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Showtime has decided that Daniel Gillies is the man for them.
Gillies, who appears on The CW's The Vampire Diaries as Elijah, spends his time away from that series working on feature films. Showtime apparently thinks Gillies knows what he is doing, as it has signed a deal to air two of his films.
The first, Broken Kingdom, will premiere on the pay cable network at 8:30 p.m. on May 15. It was directed and stars Gillies. The film involves two different stories that weave together, taking viewers to Bogota as well as Hollywood. A young street girl and an American writer learn they have a unique union, while a daycare teacher (played by Gillies wife Rachael Leigh Cook), tries to cope with a tragic secret.
Prior to Broken Kingdom's premiere, a documentary looking at the making of the film called Kingdom Come, will air at 7 p.m.
Gillies will be spending quite a bit more time with Elijah in the coming months, as the character is one of those that is being featured in The Vampire Diaries' upcoming spinoff, The Originals. The backdoor pilot for that airs thus Thursday.
He also will be returning to Saving Hope, a Canadian medical drama, as surgeon Joel Goran for its second season soon.


text: Photo Gallery Pictures: Civil War Shipwreck Revealed by Sonar Shifting sands reveal a Civil War shipwreck and bring to light stories of the bravery shown by her crew as she went down. PUBLISHED Sat Jan 12 05:05:00 EST 2013 0 1 / 9 Time Capsule New 3-D images (bottom picture) released today by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) show the Civil War-era gunboat U.S.S Hatteras (top) in exquisite detail. Severe storms, such as 2008's Hurricane Ike, have moved sand off of the shipwreck that sank during a battle exactly 150 years ago, on January 11, 1863.Resting in 57 feet (17 meters) of water, the shifting sands enabled archaeologists to go in with high-resolution sonars and map newly uncovered parts of the wreck.The resolution is so good, "it's almost photographic," said archaeologist James Delgado, director of maritime heritage for NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. Delgado and his collaborators have also produced fly-through animations of the historic site and war grave."You literally are giving people virtual access to the incredible museum that sits at the bottom of the sea," he said.—Jane J. Lee Illustration courtesy Becker Collection, Boston College; sonar image courtesy Teledyne BlueView and James Glaeser, Northwest Hydro Outgunned On this day 150 years ago, the Hatteras, under the command of Hommer Blake, tried to prevent a Confederate commerce raider, the Alabama, from running a blockade set up around the port of Galveston, Texas (map).Woefully outgunned—as shown in the above painting, "The Fatal Chase"—the Hatteras was blown full of holes and sank to the bottom, taking two men in the engine room with her.Archived documents state that the two crew members who died were Irish immigrants, Delgado said. They may have joined the U.S. Navy to gain citizenship, or to escape harsh economic times, he speculated."And they paid the full measure for their service. Did they set out to die in a burning, steam-filled engine room? No, but they stayed at their station." Illustration courtesy Tom Freeman Steam Power Part of the steam cylinders (pictured in a closeup) that powered the Hatteras' paddle wheels has started poking above the sand.Built in Wilmington, Delaware (map), and launched in 1861, the ship was originally christened the St. Mary. President Lincoln had recently established a blockade of U.S. ports, but the Navy did not have enough ships to enforce it, said Delgado.So they immediately purchased the St. Mary, retrofitted her as a gunboat, renamed her the U.S.S. Hatteras, and sent her to Florida for blockade duty. Sonar image courtesy Teledyne BlueView and James Glaeser, Northwest Hydro Starboard Paddle Wheel From Florida, the Hatteras used her paddle wheels—the starboard one is pictured above—to take her Navy crew to Galveston, which had been retaken by Confederate forces.They were about 20 miles (32 kilometers) off the coast of Galveston when it started getting dark, said Delgado. The crew saw a steamship approaching and hailed her.The approaching crew initially identified their ship as the H.M.S. Petrel, said Delgado. As the Hatteras lowered a boat into the water for their crew members to investigate, the men aboard the Petrel then identified her as the Alabama and opened fire on the Hatteras. (See related pictures of Civil War battlefield art.) Photograph by Jesse Cancelmo Full of Holes The new, high-resolution sonar images enabled Delgado and collaborators to pick up details on the wreckage, such as damage to machinery in the engine room (pictured, the steam cylinders) that scientists hadn't known about before."[The] Alabama had been built in England as a warship for the Confederacy," said Delgado. "For 13 minutes the two ships traded gunfire, but the Hatteras was outgunned, shot full of holes, and sank." (Read about the H.L Hunley, secret weapon of the Confederacy, in National Geographic magazine.) Sonar image courtesy Teledyne BlueView and James Glaeser, Northwest Hydro Wheels Go Round Their sonar scans also recorded a bend in a shaft connected to one of the paddle wheels (pictured, the starboard paddle wheel), indicating it was damaged when the ship capsized, according to a NOAA statement."What I think was exceptional was the captain and his men knew they were outgunned, but they went in anyway," Delgado said. Photograph by Jesse Cancelmo Watery Grave A top view of the Hatteras shows its paddle wheel at the top and its steam cylinder near the bottom.Just as new sections of the ship emerge from the seafloor, this mapping project has given Delgado the opportunity to dig through archived documents to discover stories about the men aboard the doomed gunboat.Two of the bravest men, according to the captain, were stewards who went above and beyond the call of duty, said Delgado.When one of them saw that a fire was heading toward the munitions, he tried putting it out while also throwing ammunition up to the men on deck. Delgado noted that the other steward took up a rifle and kept firing on the Alabama. Sonar image courtesy Teledyne BlueView and James Glaeser, Northwest Hydro Past and Present A fishing net, likely only decades old, drapes over machinery that once connected the Hatteras' pistons to its paddle wheels, said Delgado.From archived documents, the NOAA archaeologist learned that Blake, the ship's commander, surrendered as his ship was sinking. "It was listing to port, [or the left]," Delgado said. The Alabama took the wounded and the rest of the crew and put them in irons.The officers were allowed to keep their swords and wander the deck as long as they promised not to lead an uprising against the Alabama's crew, he added.From there, the Alabama dropped off their captives in Jamaica, leaving them to make their own way back to the U.S.Delgado wants to dig even further into the crew of the Hatteras. He'd like see if members of the public recognize any of the names on his list of crew members and can give him background on the men."That's why I do archaeology," he said.(Read about other Civil War battlefields in National Geographic magazine.) Photograph by Jesse Cancelmo See Pictures of a Civil War Submarine Photograph by Randall Hill, Reuters Related Stories Clothing from 1600s Shipwreck Shows How the One Percent Lived No, Captain Cook's Ship Hasn't Been Found Yet Watch Archaeologists Reveal the Vasco da Gama Shipwreck

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The record on oil
Money | The real record oil prices were set nearly 25 years ago, records that we have not even approached yet this year
In 1981, a postage stamp was 15 cents, a typical new home cost about $83,000, and the median household income was about $19,000. Today those numbers are 37 cents, about $217,000, and more than $43,000, respectively.
Remember that as you read press reports this month about "record high" oil and gasoline prices, and be skeptical. The number of dollars that it takes to buy a barrel of oil or a gallon of gas may be higher than ever, but that is not the whole story.
Headlines about supposedly record-setting oil prices began making the nation's business pages late last month. "Crude oil reached a record of $60.95 a barrel in New York on June 27," reported the International Herald Tribune. The Bloomberg news service added that "record oil prices" may hurt airline profits. The Associated Press reported that higher oil prices sent average gasoline prices up to $2.24 per gallon, "8 cents from the all-time average high of $2.32 set in April."
All of this sounds scary, but the first clue that it may not be so bad is what did not happen: The stock market did not tumble; consumer confidence did not plunge, with the Commerce Department actually reporting an increase in June; and Americans did not curtail their driving habits. (According to AAA, 40.3 million Americans traveled over 50 miles during the Fourth of July weekend, an increase of almost 1 million over the previous year.)
How can this be? When oil and gas prices jumped during the 1970s and early 1980s, economists talked about "stagflation," lines formed at gas stations, and the country was overtaken by what President Jimmy Carter called "malaise."
The reason for the difference: The real records for oil and gas were being set then, records that we have not even approached yet this year.
The problem today is that when reporters talk about records for oil and gas prices, they aren't adjusting for inflation. Oil and gas may cost more dollars than they did 25 years ago, but those dollars aren't as valuable and those prices don't take as big a bite out of people's incomes. Measured in constant 2005 dollars, oil hit $90 a barrel in 1981 and gasoline rose to over $3 per gallon.
This isn't to suggest that rising oil and gas prices aren't a drag on the economy; economists say the jump in oil prices this year has cost the economy about $75 billion. But the economy is still growing (at a 3.8 percent annual rate in the first quarter) and inflation is still relatively tame (about 3 percent). The U.S. economy is so much larger now than it was in the 1970s and early 1980s-and the typical American so much wealthier-that rising energy prices don't affect us as much.
Another thing to keep in mind: Americans may grumble at the price we have to pay at the pump, but then millions of us go into the food mart at the gas station and voluntarily pay 99 cents-the equivalent of $6.33 per gallon-for 20 ounces of something already abundant in every home: water.


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Dave Brubeck's 1959 recording "Time Out," with its infectious hit "Take Five," became the first jazz album to sell 1 million copies.
In his seven-decade career, Dave Brubeck was an artistic and a commercial success, a pianist and composer who expanded the musical landscape and who crossed other borders as one of the world's foremost ambassadors of jazz.
He had an inventive style that brought international music into the jazz mainstream, but he was more than a musical innovator: He was an American original.
Mr. Brubeck died Wednesday at a hospital in Norwalk, Conn., one day before his 92nd birthday. His manager, Russell Gloyd, said Mr. Brubeck was on his way to a regular checkup with his cardiologist when his heart gave out.
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Considered one of the greatest figures of a distinctively American art form, Mr. Brubeck was a modest man who left a monumental legacy. His 1959 recording "Time Out," with its infectious hit "Take Five," became the first jazz album to sell 1 million copies. He toured once-forbidden countries in the Middle East and in the old Soviet empire and was honored by presidents and foreign dignitaries.
He wrote hundreds of tunes, including the oft-recorded "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke." His quartet, featuring alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, was one of the most popular jazz groups in history, and he kept up a busy performing schedule into his 90th year.
He also composed ambitious classical and choral works, released nearly 100 albums and remained a charismatic and indefatigable performer into old age. In December 2010, the month Mr. Brubeck turned 90, his quartet won the readers' poll of DownBeat magazine as the best group in jazz, 57 years after he first won the poll.
A bespectacled cowboy who grew up on a remote California ranch, Mr. Brubeck was known for his complex rhythmic patterns, which he said were inspired by riding his horse and listening to its syncopated hoofbeats striking the ground.
He studied in the 1940s with the experimental French composer Darius Milhaud, who encouraged his interest in jazz. Mr. Brubeck was among the first jazz musicians to make wide use of polytonality, or playing in more than one musical key at a time. He was also an early advocate of "world music," adopting exotic sounds that he heard in his worldwide travels.
After forming his quartet in California in the early 1950s, he sought to branch out from the dank nightclubs of San Francisco and Los Angeles. His wife, Iola, suggested the quartet perform on college campuses, which produced a nationwide sensation, with record sales to match.
"We reached them musically," he told The New York Times in 1967. "We had no singers, no beards, no jokes. All we presented was music."
With their curly hair and horn-rimmed glasses, Desmond and Mr. Brubeck looked like professorial brothers and were unlikely jazz stars. The two had an instant musical bond and could anticipate each other's bandstand improvisations, as Desmond's ethereal, upper-register saxophone soared above Mr. Brubeck's driving keyboard attack.
With the release of "Time Out" in 1959, Mr. Brubeck had the first jazz album to sell more than 1 million copies. It reached No. 2 on the pop charts, and its eternally catchy signature tune, "Take Five," became a surprise hit.
The tune, written by Desmond but heavily arranged by Mr. Brubeck, built a memorable melody over a complex rhythm in the unusual time signature of 5/4. "Take Five" became a staple of his concerts and helped make the Dave Brubeck Quartet the most popular jazz group of the 1950s and '60s.
"Every once in a while," jazz historian and critic Ted Gioia wrote in an email exchange with The Washington Post, "jazz is blessed by one of those great figures who can do it all. They give us a body of work that is full of musical riches … but the music also can appeal to the average listener. Dave Brubeck is one of those figures."
"Cool jazz"
Mr. Brubeck's position in musical history has often been debated. He was born the same year as Charlie Parker, the tortured genius of the bebop movement who brought a new rhythmic and harmonic sophistication to jazz in the 1940s, but Mr. Brubeck was never a true bebopper. He defied the raffish image of the jazz musician by being a clean-living family man who lived with his wife and six children.
He was considered a seminal force in the West Coast's understated "Cool Jazz" school of the 1950s, but he disdained the "Cool Jazz" label and preferred to forge an original musical path.
After early struggles, he was reportedly earning more than $100,000 a year by 1954, the year he became the second jazz musician to be featured on the cover of Time magazine (after Louis Armstrong in 1949).
Some musicians and critics resented his success, and others questioned his prominence in a form of music that was created primarily by black musicians.
But Mr. Brubeck was an outspoken advocate of racial harmony and often used his music as a platform for cross-cultural understanding. He once canceled 23 of 25 concerts in the South when local officials would not allow his African-American bass player, Eugene Wright, to appear with the rest of the group.
On a tour in the Netherlands in the 1950s, African-American pianist Willie "The Lion" Smith was asked, in Mr. Brubeck's presence, "Isn't it true that no white man can play jazz?"
Smith gestured toward Mr. Brubeck and said to the reporter, "I'd like you to meet my son."
In 1958, Mr. Brubeck and his quartet undertook an international tour for the State Department, spreading the improvisatory spirit of jazz to Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey and Sri Lanka, among other countries. In Poland, they were among the first U.S. jazz musicians to perform behind the Iron Curtain.
In each new country, Mr. Brubeck mingled with musicians, absorbing local rhythms and melodies. Long before the term "world music" gained currency, he was writing compositions that borrowed elements he had heard in Mexico, Japan, Turkey, India, Afghanistan and other countries.
Cowboy childhood
David Warren Brubeck was born Dec. 6, 1920, in Concord, Calif. He and his family lived on a 45,000-acre ranch near Ione.
His father was a champion rodeo roper and his mother was a conservatory-trained pianist who had studied in London with concert star Dame Myra Hess. She gave her three sons a surprisingly advanced musical education, and his two older brothers, Henry and Howard, became music teachers and composers.
Because of early eyesight problems, Mr. Brubeck always had difficulty reading musical notation. He compensated by learning to improvise and to play by ear, which served him well in jazz.
At the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif., he had planned to study veterinary medicine. But a zoology professor saw how much time he spent in the music department and suggested he change majors.
A dean called him a disgrace but allowed him to graduate after a professor pleaded on his behalf, calling him a budding genius.
In college, Mr. Brubeck proposed on his first date with Iola Whitlock, and the two were married in 1942.
During World War II, Mr. Brubeck was pulled from the ranks of an infantry unit by an Army colonel, who asked him to start a jazz band to entertain troops on the front lines.
After the war, he did graduate work at Mills College in Oakland, Calif., with Milhaud and wrote and performed avant-garde jazz.
Drummer Joe Morello joined Mr. Brubeck and Desmond in 1956, followed by Wright in 1958, forming a group that recorded dozens of records and found international acclaim. The quartet had a huge following until it split up in 1967.
Besides his wife, of Wilton, Conn., survivors include his four sons and a daughter. One son died in 2009.
In the early 1980s, Mr. Brubeck formed a new quartet, with which he toured until shortly before his death. In 1996, he won a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement, and he was a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2009.


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Things to Do This Weekend in NYC
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Weekends in NYC are packed with festivals, performances, exhibitions and more—many of them free. See what's in store below, plus check out our events and Save the Date tool for even more things to do.
Friday, August 16
The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter
Delving into the world of children's literature, this exhibition celebrates our first experiences with reading. The ABC of It brings together stories from throughout the New York Public Library's collection that span cultures and generations, showing their connections to art, pop culture, technology and history. The eclectic mix of titles on display includes the version of Mother Goose owned by the family of Nathaniel Hawthorne; selections from Charlotte's Web recorded by E.B. White; and a copy of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland once owned by the girl who inspired Lewis Carroll to write the tale. The show seeks to go beyond the titles themselves and bring to light their impact on society and the lessons they teach to both children and adults.
New York International Fringe Festival
A brief synopsis just can't do the New York International Fringe Festival justice. For 17 days, Fringe Fest will include more than 1,000 distinct stage performances—including absurdist comedies, social commentaries and hip-hop musicals—with participating theater companies from down the street and around the globe. Choose a show—or two—that floats your boat, or buy a multiday pass to get the full experience.
Hudson River Park's RiverFlicks for Kids: Beetlejuice
Free outdoor movie screenings are a welcome New York City tradition. This summer's offerings include flicks from almost every genre—including blockbusters, indie films and cult classics. This Friday, round up the family to see Beetlejuice at Hudson River Park's Pier 46.
Saturday, August 17
Jazz Age Lawn Party
Over two weekends this summer, take a seat on the lawn at Governors Island and travel back to the 1920s and '30s courtesy of Michael Arenella and His Dreamland Orchestra. The festival brings live music, dance instruction and games, along with the perfect picnicking opportunity.
Mostly Mozart Festival
What would come to be known as the Mostly Mozart Festival began in August 1966, with help from new air-conditioning in Lincoln Center. While the climate control is no longer a novelty, the huge popularity of the event endures, a testament to the artistic triumphs of one Wolfgang Amadeus as well as the organizer's curatorial prowess. Thanks to inexpensive ticket prices, the festival attracts its fair share of classical music novices in addition to aficionados of Mozart and his ilk. Check mostlymozart.org for today's offerings.
Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest
Sink your toes into the sand and test out your sculpting skills during Coney Island's annual competition. No experience is necessary and all ages are welcome. After all sand creations are finished, judges will choose the winners and award prizes to the best design in each category.
Sunday, August 18
Back to the Beach
For two weekends this summer, Back to the Beach (now in its 18th year) attracts visitors to the Midland and South Beach boardwalks for free celebrations. Bask in the sun while you browse hundreds of vendors' merchandise and listen to live music throughout the day—from reggae to country Western. Tempting fare includes sausage and peppers, funnel cake and cotton candy.
Free Fashion District Walking Tour
Explore New York City's Garment District during this one-and-a-half-to-two-hour tour, led by Mike Kaback. You might visit a private showroom, a sample sale, Mood Designer Fabrics and more, all while learning about the neighborhood's historic background and importance. The tour—which starts at 10am on weekdays and 2pm on Sundays at the northeast corner of Seventh Avenue and West 39th Street—is free, but reservations are required.
Bronx Salsa Fest
"New York's 'Salsa Borough'" presents a month of programming including the "Hip Hop Generation Next Block Party," music performances at Orchard Beach and The Morrison Avenue Festival—a community celebration packed with food and music. Today, the Orchard Beach Summer Concert Series stages a tribute to Puerto Rican salsa artist Hector Lavoe.


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Rchard, im a bit worried about you. Are you saying there is a nearsighted Lycanthrope who likes to manipulate comment and has a tendency to be intolerant and is into Indy car. Richy this is a f1 forum so ill try and engage you on f1.
Yes you were right i deliberately did not mention the 40 points difference between Nico and Schumi only because of the combination of retirements due to cars unreliability and general bad luck along with some stupid maneuvers, if not for these Schumi could be leading his teammate a bit like Hammy who should be leading the WDC if not for errors mainly by his team.


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The Cabinet on Wednesday approved some amendments that were made to the Food Security Bill, including the extension of deadline for implementing the law to one year from six months. On August 28, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had approved around nine amendments to the bill without the Cabinet nod.
The food ministry had sought ex-post facto approval of the Cabinet for the same amendments since the food law has been passed in Parliament, sources had said.
Amendments to the food bill have been approved by the Cabinet, food minister KV Thomas said.
Amendments included protection of existing foodgrain allocation to states and extending implementation time of the Act to 365 days from 180 days. Last month, Parliament passed the food law to give 67% of the population the right to subsidised foodgrains.
Each eligible person would get 5 kg foodgrain per month at R3 per kg of rice, R2 per kg of wheat and R1 per kg of coarse cereals under this historic law.


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Lobster Salad with Watercress
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A very special summer salad, ideal for outdoor dining
Prep Time: prep 20 mins
Serves: 4
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 1 3 / 4 cups vegetable oil
- 3 tbsp chopped dill and/or chives
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 / 2 red onion, very thinly sliced
- 1 tsp red wine vinegar
- 4 cooked lobster tails
- 1 large bunch of watercress, tough stalks removed
- 1 / 2 fennel bulb, very thinly sliced
- 8 sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained and chopped
- chervil, dill, or chives, to garnish
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- To make the dressing, combine the egg, egg yolk, mustard, and lemon zest and juice in a food processor. Slowly add the oil. Add the dill and season. Transfer to a bowl, cover, and refrigerate.
- Combine the red onion and vinegar in a bowl. Let stand for 10 minutes. Drain well.
- Remove the lobster meat from the shell, and chop it in large chunks.
- Divide the watercress among 4 plates, and add the fennel, onion, tomatoes, and lobster; drizzle with the dressing. Serve with more dressing served on the side.
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After three years of planning and three million dollars the park is a reality. Mayor Bob Bruggeman and other officials cut a ribbon to celebrate the occasion. Bringle Lake Park offers pavilions, floating fishing docks and sand volleyball courts and much more. There is a boardwalk and eventually in 2016 a seven mile wilderness trial will be upgraded.
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Having a small forehead can make some people feel very self conscious about their face shape. Thankfully, there are certain looks and styles you can try with your hair, that may ease the discomfort of having a small forehead. If you want to take the focus away from it, learn some hairstyles to make yourself a little less self-conscious, and a lot more self-confident.
Short Bangs
One style trick you can try is rocking baby, or pixie cut, bangs. Pixie bangs are very short bangs that lie at the very top of your forehead, but not too far down, say only an inch or two. These shorter bangs actually display your forehead, but stop high up above brows. elongating the forehead and giving the illusion that you have more than you really do. This style works for both long and short hair and requires minimum maintenance. You can style bangs soft or choppy depending on your preference.
Side Swept Style
Long side-swept bangs are another great optical illusion you can try, to get a longer forehead. Have your stylist cut bangs so that they start out shorter on one side, giving a peek of your forehead, and getting longer across the face, eventually blending in with the rest of your hair on the other side. Style bangs with a blow-dryer or straightener and a smoothing serum to fight frizz. As with the pixie bangs, the side-swept style works with any hair length.
Pull Back
If you are not a fan of bangs, try having hair all one length and pulling it back and away from the forehead and face. This gives the illusion of a larger forehead, as the pulled-back sleek direction of the hair will elongate the forehead. This look doesn't mean you have to pull hair back in a ponytail all the time. You could opt for a half-up half-down look, or tease the crown and comb the front of your hair back and pin it up on the crown.
Men's Solution
Men with small foreheads are not without hope either. They typically have a triangle-shaped face, which means they have wide-set jaws and a smaller forehead. To balance out the smaller forehead, try and style hair thicker around the front of the forehead, and just a little down the sides, getting less thick as it gets to the wider jaw. This can mean doing thick, tousled, locks in the front, with a shorter cut all over the back and sides, or longer hair just at the hairline, that can be spiked up in the front.
Looks To Avoid
One look to avoid when dealing with a small forehead is long, blunt bangs. Blunt bangs tend to only point out just how small your forehead is. This is because with a small forehead, long bangs, that go just above the eyes, aren't really that long at all. They just accentuate forehead size.
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Nov. 16, 2012
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Season tickets for the reigning national champion Alabama softball team are now on sale. Brickyard seats are available at $40 each.
The Crimson Tide will host two tournaments in 2013 with the home opener slated for Feb. 12, against South Alabama.
The Tide will have marquee matchups against Florida, Auburn, Mississippi State, Kentucky and Southeastern Conference newcomer Missouri to name a few.
To be part of the excitement of the 2013 Alabama softball season, purchase tickets at RollTide.com or call the ticket office at 1.877.TIDETIX.


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This is a sponsored post. I am a Kmart blogger, though all opinions are my own.
I am so ready for Spring!
Daffodils, fun bright colors, NO SNOW, and sunshine!
I keep looking around our house trying to find ways to brighten up our living room without spending a fortune. I want to add in some cute fun pillows, new blankets and pops of color.
Right now we have 5+ inches of fresh snow on the ground and freezing rain due in the next few hours. Any thing I can do to bring a bit of fun and Spring into the house is welcome!
Thankfully this week is the Kmart Semi Annual Home Sale!
I want these storage cubes for our TV room downstairs. I think they would be perfect to hide all of the random stuff that seems to live down there.
Seriously! How is it possible to have so many game remotes, games, and gadgets in one space. Some days it takes me a few minutes just to find the correct remote to turn on the TV.
We can all find great deals on decor and furniture for our bedrooms, bathrooms, living rooms and well any space in the house that needs a bit of refreshing for Spring.
Check out the Kmart Semi Annual Home Sale Video for a great giggle and to win back your home from winter play!
It is time to pull down the winter forts made up of your dining room table and sheets and create a home that is bright, cheery and Spring like!
Who is ready for a bit of Spring fun in their house?
Are you tired of snow and ready to open up the windows and let a nice Spring breeze air out the house as you relax on your couch with gorgeous new pillows and decor from the Kmart Semi Annual Sale?


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To upgrade my Life Insurance, I had to get a basic physical. They send a nurse by the house to check blood pressure, pulse, draw blood etc etc.
The nurse had to take my pulse twice because she couldn't believe that my resting heart rate was 52.
She asked,"Are you a runner ?"
I replied, "Naw, runners are wimps"


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I got approached by the Timothy Roberts (GameStreamer's CEO) and Nathan Lands (Co-Founder and Executive Vice President) about a possible cooperation with GameStreamer. We agreed that I'd do a detailed review for them, and Nathan also agreed to do an interview later. I will mostly focus on the developer side (which – bit confusingly – they call "publisher") in this review, but will also highlight some points about the benefits for those who want to sell their games.
In short: if you are interested in getting more sales (whether you are developing games or selling them), you want to check out their system.
GameStreamer (GS) has been working silently for couple of years and recently opened their doors. Basically, they mention having a massive network that contains both publishers and developers. GameStreamer works with clients that have good traffic coming to their sites – and GS to provide targeted traffic to certain demographics. In my mind, this means that for example Car sites could offer targeted Car games to their audiences (instead of "new random casual game every day"). In terms of conversion this sounds good.
They are also working with variety of clients to create new type of revenue streams and they have various payments models available – ranging from try & buy, only buying, subscription, micro-transactions to rental and advertising.
Benefits for developers
There's some obvious benefits for developers who wish to use GameStreamer to distribute their games:
- First of all, it's free (so basically, you have one additional way to get publishers to sell your game)
- The royalty rates are quite low – as we often see in today's gaming industry (GS offers 25% of net revenue at the time of writing this review). It's hard to say if that's a bad or good rate, since they claim to have a great amount of publishers that can sell games (with great technology) – so who knows if the conversion rates are better (and if their net revenues are decent), then to me it sounds like worth pondering.
- You might also earn revenue from trial downloads, since the 25% net revenue goes for that too. So basically, the more people download your games – the more you have chance to earn (that sounds like a solid deal to me)
- Registration is pretty straightforward (register here – but be sure to read the terms before registration, don't just do what I write here). No hassles to figure out "how to get published".
- Please notice that the terms say that you are required to have 36 months with them (although in my experience you usually can discuss on how things go) – I asked this from Nathan and will update this as soon as I get more information on this.
I briefly mentioned to Nathan about getting Dead Wake into the system, and when the time is nearer for release of Dead Wake we'll continue discussion and see if it sounds like a good deal to try out. Right now I don't know how good the system is, but to me the concept sounds promising: if they can sell my game to targeted audience (and generate me revenue) then it's worth the deal. These type of portal options aren't always available for niche games, so to me this sounds a good distribution possibility for my game. Their site sells games ranging from casual to multiplayer to much more.
Benefits for those who want to sell games in GS catalog
If you want to start selling games from their catalog, you can sign up to become a White Label Partner with them (see WLP overview). They can also help you create your portal with their system. I've registered to become a partner to see how the system works, but right now I have no further information about this – except that I'd guess you can customize your portal (at least according to their site) to provide targeted games to your audience.
Royalty rates
Like said, they give 25% of net revenue. The net revenue is a tricky term (which unfortunately most publisher/distributor will give you). If game costs $10, then net revenue isn't $2.50. It can be $2.40 or $2.00 or $0.73. It all depends how cost-effectively they can provide games. If the costs of providing games are big, then 25% net revenue sounds bad. If they have little overhead in selling games, then of course net revenue sounds just fine.
Since I don't have access to information that would say what this 25% means in practice, it's hard to know how good deal it will be. Basically, if it's a bad deal for developers – then the word will spread and eventually they won't get many developers and their company will not be here for long… but if it's too good for developers, then the publisher won't like it, and soon they might end up having loads of developers but just few publishers.
If on the other hand they manage to balance this to create a win-win-win situation for every party (developers, publishers and of course for themselves) then we know things are good: this means that it might be a simple way to get your game distributed.
Like said, I don't know how good deal they have, but they've got World of Goo in their system, so it can't be all that bad I believe.
Update: Nathan from GS informed that "they are carefully reviewing some of the feedback and also are considering upping the revenue share from 25% to 35%".
Revenue also from downloads
I really like that they also offer potential revenues for downloads. I presume this works so that if people click their ads (in case there is such) in your game (or game download page perhaps – my wild guess), you earn 25% of the net revenue. A really nice way to increase developer income (at least when the conversion doesn't work).
How the GS distribution works
GS allows game developers to upload their games to the system, and then distribute to partner online games stores. So basically, you upload your game – then the GS partners will start selling it. And if all goes well, you start getting bucks.
Bottom line
While I've been exchanging emails with the GS folks, I've got a professional image from them. I got prompt replies. I felt friendly attitude.
My gut feeling is that GS can be a really big thing in the digital distribution for games. I think they have spent a good deal of resources to make the concept true, and we'll see how things will go. That's why I think the developers who get first in the system can benefit from this the most.
I don't know how much hype GS offers, but the impression I got from them (and seeing all the studios they partner with) is at this point positive, and I think this can help add another way for developers to monetize their games. In their website they say:
… not only can the multi-national developers get involved, but so can the 2 guys working out of a coffee shop in San Francisco.
Sounds good for one-man studios.
Where to go next:
There's several resources to check out:
- They have a brochure about GS: download (9 megs).
- If you are a developer, and wish to get more information about them, I recommend that you visit their game distributor pages.
- If you want to see their catalog in action, check out their store.
- If you want to sell their games, see WLP overview.
For everything else, check out their website: GameStreamer.net.
An interview with Nathan coming in the nearly future (say: within couple of weeks or so) – dedicated to game promotion and marketing for developers (questions will be outside GS too). Please comment in this blog entry and ask anything. I'll be asking Nathan any clarifications there might be about this system, but also will be making questions regarding game promotion in general – and trying to get some tips for developers.


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The Amityville Horror II: The Possession (1982) Movie Review
I caught "The Amityville Horror 2: The Possession" a few nights ago on AMC. This 1982 film was the first sequel to the (in my opinion) awful "The Amityville Horror". The movie stared Burt Young (Rocky), the lovely Diane Franklin (Better off Dead), James Olson and Jack Magner.
The Amityville Horror 2: The Possession story is about the Montelli family. They buy the infamous Amityville house and right off the bat begin to experience some strange occurances. However, a major thing about this picture is the abusiveness of Young's character, Anthony. He beats the shit out of the kids everytime the ghosts mess up the house. It's pretty disturbing.
His son, Sonny (Magner) becomes possessed by the Amityville horror house. The way they filmed the camera angles coming over his head, and following behind him reminded me alot of the camera shots in Evil Dead.
Sonny goes on to seduce his little sister Patricia (Franklin) and ends up blowing away his entire family with a riffle half way through the movie. Now to me that would've been the perfect place to end the movie to make it a very good horror movie. But no, The Amityville Horror 2: The Possession story goes on with the family's priest, Father Adamsky realizing Sonny is possessed and goes way out of his way to try to help the boy.
The first half of the movie is very enjoyable, but after Sonny kills his family the movie goes down hill, way down hill. The ending flat out sucks. All in all, The Amityville Horror 2: The Possession is a decent movie, much, much better than "The Amityville Horror". Recommended for Amityville Horror fans.
About The Amityville Horror II: The Possession (1982)
Year: 1982
Starring: Andrew Prine, Leonardo Cimino, Rutanya Alda, John Ring, Hollis Granville, Kim H. Ornitz, Alice Playten, Burt Young, Diane Franklin, Frank Patton, Rudy Jones, Ken Smith, Gilbert Stafford, Anita Keal, Petra Lea, Sondra Lee, Alan Dellay, Martin Donegan, Peter Radon, James Olson, Lawrence Bolen, Tony Boschetti, Jack Magner, John Clohessy, Moses Gunn, Ted Ross, Erika Katz, Lindsay Hill, Brent Katz, Todd Jamie
Director: Damiano Damiani
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Sadie Mae MacAskill
Born In: Baddeck
Born: March 25th, 1949
Passed on: February 6th, 2013
Sadie Mae MacAskill of North River Bridge, Victoria County, died Feb. 6, 2013, at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney.
Born March 25, 1949, at Victoria County Memorial Hospital, Baddeck, she was the daughter of the late Malcolm Jim MacAskill and Dolena (MacLeod) MacAskill.
She is survived by two brothers, Lloyd (Delores) and Mel, both of North River; four sisters, Rachael Burbine, Tarbot, Stella Horton, Christie MacAskill, Edna (Leonard) Smith, all of Baddeck; and many nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents, she was predeceased by a sister, Molly MacSween, Sydney, brothers-in-law, Clarence MacSween and Ralph Burbine.
Cremation has taken place under the care and direction of MacAskill Funeral Home, Baddeck.
By family request there will be no visitation, and a graveside service will be held at a later date.


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Polishing optical acrylic lens element in a Lunt s
Posted 11 September 2013 - 06:05 PM
Remove the prism by loosening the set screws. Then unscrew the tube. You can see the fogged element inside.
Remove the retaining ring with a spanner wrench. For lack of better tools in Bryce Canyon National Park, we used needle nose pliers.
Posted 11 September 2013 - 07:02 PM
After searching the WWW for polishing compounds for optical acrylic plastic, I found three recommended compounds: Meguiar's PlastX, Novus plastic clean and shine, and Brasso. We drove 80 miles to the nearest city, Cedar City, because Meguiar's is sold in Walmarts.
I polished the lens element (or filter) with the Meguiar's using cotton underwear. The results were amazing.
Views through my solar scope are as good as they have ever been.
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If it looks bad, send it back to the manufacturer.
Posted 12 September 2013 - 04:24 PM
Thank you,
Rikki Hocking
Lunt Solar Systems
Posted 12 September 2013 - 09:44 PM
Posted 13 September 2013 - 04:45 PM
Since my problem is fixed, I won't request replacement of the blocking filter. Thanks Rikki and Richard for your feedback.
Posted 13 September 2013 - 05:20 PM
How can simply removing the damage or "film" be an acceptable repair? What is this "film" composed of if the part is not coated? Where exactly did all these "mineral deposits" come from and why don't they affect any other internal lenses in the telescope?
Posted 13 September 2013 - 05:54 PM
We do not use ITF's in our systems anymore. The poster image you have is very old. This is BG glass. There are no coatings on it. The glass itself is the filter. We have not had any film on any other element.
Rikki Hocking
Lunt Solar Systems
Posted 12 October 2013 - 01:57 PM
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See the BG glass filter curves in this document: http://www.us.schott...r/us/index.html
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hi. the same problems for me. now i will try the magic formula with PlastX lets see if it works.
in the first picture you can see the initial condition of the filter (bought sh). In the second one the condition after the first cleaning attempt.
not clear yet. now i just read this thread and i will apply the same method, hope it will works. right now i am in Europe so sending back to Lunt is not an option. anyway i did not receive many support from them, i have to mention here.
so if i understand correctly the filter has no coatings, the glass himself makes the job, this is the Induced Transmission Filter yes? did i understand correctly?
i just received a Coronado PST two days ago. unfortunately if i put some direct lights on the coatings i can see some cloudy changes on the front lens interior side. i wonder if i can apply the PlastX on this surface to?
any remarks are welcomed.
Happy New Year to everyone here on CN.


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Starting fresh
After unhappy ending with Padres, Greene is grateful for shot in St. Louis
Starting fresh
Despite Khalil Greene's lack of production with the Padres last season, St. Louis obtained him to help its offense. Here is a look at the least productive positions, in terms of RBI, in the majors last season.
JUPITER, Fla. Khalil Greene would like to thank the Padres.
His seven-year relationship with the club ended so badly last season that a grievance still must be settled. The Padres nonetheless gave him the parting gift of a trade to St. Louis.
Well before the end, Greene was ready to get away from the Padres. To be sent to the Cardinals, a regular contender that plays before full and adoring houses and needed a shortstop, made a change all the more appealing to Greene. The Padres could have acted out of spite and exiled him to baseball Siberia. Instead, they gave him a chance to revive his career in a nurturing environment.
"It's worked out well for me," Greene said at the Cardinals' spring-training complex. "This is a team that has tremendous players and is a solid team in terms of talent and personalities. As far as the social aspect of it, this team is a great situation for me."
The perks include a locker of honor in the spring-training clubhouse. Greene has the spot nearest the door, allowing him to get in and out quickly. It is the Cardinals' way of saying welcome to a fresh start.
The pairing of Greene and the Padres began in June 2002, when the team took him with the 13th pick overall in the June draft. It officially ended in December, when the Padres sent Greene to St. Louis for right-hander Mark Worrell.
The breakup began July 30. Frustrated by his poor performance, Greene punched a storage chest with his left hand after striking out against Arizona right-hander Danny Haren. It was his last act as a Padre.
He emerged with a fractured left hand and did not play again. The Padres, under orders from club CEO Sandy Alderson, stopped paying him because the injury was self-inflicted.
The players association filed a grievance on behalf of Greene. The Padres caved and paid up but filed their own grievance in an attempt to recoup the remaining $1.47 million owed Greene.
Nothing was the same between Greene and the Padres after that. Greene declined to discuss the specifics of the Padres' grievance but admitted he was finished with the club as soon as it was filed. The Padres, meanwhile, were looking to cut payroll and were able to pare Greene's $6.5 million salary.
"I really foresaw it," Greene said of the trade. "It felt like the way the season went and the way the situation was dealt with in terms of the grievance on me, it was pretty much the beginning of the end."
The battle of grievances was a fitting end to a lost season for the Padres and Greene.
The club went 63-99, its worst record since the 101-loss season of 1993. Greene dug himself into an inescapable hole by swinging at nearly everything. He dropped from hitting .254 with 27 homers and 97 RBI in 2007 to .213 with 10 homers and 35 RBI.
St. Louis manager Tony La Russa said Greene must "re-assert" himself as a player. Greene said the combination of playing poorly on a last-place team wore him down.
"Once you get into a routine or monotonous situation where you're doing the same things over and over, it's difficult when it's not going well," Greene said. "To be able to get away and move into a new situation where everything is fresh and no one has a preconceived idea, that's healthy."


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Update Currency and Country
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You can find out more about owning and operating a Gallery One franchise, by reading the Franchise Overview document, click here to download the pdf.
If you would like to discuss the franchise opportunity, write to email@example.com outlining your position and your market. Include your contact details and we will be in touch with you.
The cost of a g-1 franchise will vary according to where you are and how big you want your gallery to be. g-1 charges an initial fee for becoming a franchisee and then charges a management fee based on gross revenues. The cost of store fit-out and the initial stock are the most significant start-up costs. We can help you negotiate an appropriate lease, estimate store fit-out costs and advise on optimising stock levels, particularly in the early days. We want our franchise partners to succeed and we work hard to minimise the cost of joining g-1. You will be buying a proven system and we provide the time, the expertise and the manuals to support you every step of the way.
We recommend that you start your business with proper planning. We can help you with the financial modeling and cash flow projections. We will give you scenarios based on your actual costs and encourage you to use this information to properly forecast your business performance. We do this after we have entered into an initial agreement and once we are certain there is market potential in your chosen Territory.
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Hey all. I'm a roadie that just purchased a MTB yesterday. Picked up the CDale F600. I was very surprised at how well this bike rode. The only MTB I had ridden was an old Huffy POS that weighed as much as my car, was uncomfortable and shifted like a car without transmission fluid in it.
The bike came with the Shimano type clipless pedals. I have Time pedals on my road bike that I like alot. I found it a little difficult to clip into the new pedals. Does it get easier when they are broken in, or is it just a difference I've got to get used to. I was considering trading these out for a set of Time ATAC XC pedals. Does anyone have any comments/suggestions on pedals?
Also, it seems like it might take a little more getting used to clipless on an MTB. On the road, once your rolling you aren't doing a bunch of maneuvering around on loose soil, so it seems like I need to be ready for some spills from not unclipping quickly enough.


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From all of us at Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, thank you for your invaluable support this year. Together, we've created a year of amazing accomplishments for the Hui. We know this positive momentum will continue well into the new year- and you can help by making a gift to our Annual Fund campaign.
The Annual Fund is vital to sustaining the mission of Hui No'eau, directly supporting the educational and community enrichment programs of our nonprofit arts institution. 100% of the dollars raised go back into local communities by providing the highest quality educational opportunities, programs and exhibits at the lowest cost so art is accessible to all. The Annual Fund enables us to:
- Offer free access to the studios, gardens and galleries
- Provide financial aid for families in need
- Maintain our historic grounds for public use
- Create a safe and equipped art-making environment
Who is invited to give?
Teachers, students, alumni, artists, arts enthusiasts, and community supporters. Every student and aspect of Hui No'eau is supported by the Annual Fund. If you are or were a student, parent of a student, exhibiting artist or Hui visitor, you have benefited from this support. The strong tradition of giving back shown by alumni, parents, grandparents and friends who generously contribute to the Annual Fund each year are what keeps our doors open.
Become a Corporate Sponsor! Join a growing number of businesses in support of visual arts education with a Corporate Sponsorship. You and your business will benefit from employee memberships to the Hui, private walk-throughs of the gallery, a number of marketing opportunities to promote your business and more! Call the Membership and Development Office at (808) 572-6560 ext. 25 for more information. Current Corporate Sponsors include: Blue Ginger, Haleakala Ranch, and Maui Coffee Roasters
Support our mission!
Hui No'eau is a 501(c)3 nonprofit arts education organization. Since 1934, it has invited the community to experience and celebrate the visual arts through classes, artist lectures, exhibitions, events, tours, and educational outreach programs. The Hui relies on gifts like yours to help advance its mission of unlocking creativity through exceptional visual arts education.
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Take action now by giving to Hui No'eau and the Annual Fund campaign. Your 100% tax-deductible contribution to the Hui will help provide invaluable opportunities in the visual arts that benefit you and your community. Giving is easy!
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Ways to give to Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center:
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Technote (FAQ)
What steps need to be performed for the password to be automatically generated for the Tivoli Data Protection for SAP® (Oracle)?
Using Passwordacess=generate provides the advantage of automatic password handling. This allows the Tivoli Storage Manager API Client to automatically create a new password when the password expiration policy on the Tivoli Storage Manager server is reached.
Follow the steps given below to set automatic password.
- Remove the options "PASSWORDREQUIRED" and "ADSMNODE" from initSID.utl or comment them with sign "#" (if they exist).
- Add the following options to the dsm.sys file that is used by the Tivoli Storage Manager API (default location is /.../tvioli/tsm/client/api/bin or bin64):
- Nodename XXXX (where XXXX is the nodename that is registered for this SAP backup)
- passwordaccess generate
- passworddir /ORACLE_HOME/dir
- (Replace /ORACLE_HOME/dir with a directory that has write permissions for the orasid user)
- As the orasid user, run the following command to initially set the password:
- backint -p initSID.utl -f password
This will store the password in encrypted format within the TSM.PWD file.
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Patrick Neary
Patrick received his BFA from the School of Art/Design at California Institute of the Arts. The interdisciplinary nature of the program allowed Patrick to focus on electronic music, analog video synthesis, and computer graphics. While at CalArts, Patrick was employed as the staff sculptor at AVG in Valencia, California, where he created robotic figures for the entertainment industry.
After graduating from CalArts, Patrick ran a computer-controlled animation stand for 35mm film. His duties included converting two-dimensional client artwork into three-dimensional digital "wireframes," and then animating digital camera-moves around the dimensional logos. Frame-by-frame paper printouts were then painstakingly converted to animation-stand-ready artwork.
Animating wireframes and camera-moves gave Patrick the experience necessary to work on the first computer animated kids show for Saturday morning, season two of Fox Television's Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Patrick was an Art Director and Technical Director on the computer animated short film, Gahan Wilson's DINER. As the Lighting and Compositing Supervisor at Wildbrain Animation Studios in San Francisco, Patrick supervised five television commercials in the on-going Lunchables ad campaign, and provided pre-production look-development for the Nickolodeon animated series Bubble Guppies.
Patrick's early production experience drew the attention of Industrial Light and Magic, where he received his first feature film credit on Jurassic Park. Subsequently, Patrick has earned credits on 28 feature films while working at companies such as Sony Pictures Imageworks, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and ImageMovers Digital. Some of his other credits include: Dragonheart; Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace; Minority Report; AI: Artificial Intelligence; ET: The Extraterrestrial; The Polar Express; Monster House; Meet the Robinsons; and Disney's A Christmas Carol.
Patrick has lectured at San Jose State University as part of the National Science Foundation funded series Optics for Artists. He is a member of The Visual Effects Society (VES). As a member of the American Society of Primatologists (ASP), he has presented behavioral observation data at scientific primatology symposiums, most notably about spontaneous tool use and communicative symbolic gesturing in captive great apes.
Patrick lives in Marin County with his wife Julie, and is in the MA teaching program for Digital Media and Learning at the University of San Francisco.
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Q&A: City Attorney Jan Goldsmith on his busy agenda
Q: You're now in your second and final term. What's next for you?
A: I have a grandson, and my kids and my wife, and I love San Diego, so we're staying here.
Q: Out of
A: I don't know. I know four years ago I said, "Oh, I'm not running for mayor." That was the right thing to say at that point. I had to and I felt comfortable doing it. I don't want to be mayor, probably not [seek] elected office. But I don't know if I would just go away.
Q: Just to be clear, though, you're not ruling out that you may run for mayor in 2016.
A: Probably not, probably not, I didn't want it in 2012, I felt very comfortable not running. Although sometimes in the [recent mayoral] campaign, I have to tell you, I was like a kid on the outside of a candy store kind of looking in, saying, "I could debate this too."


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I find myself yearning...still...to be just a little bit sick.
Barely queasy enough to slow me down, and lessen my responsibility.
I recently had strep throat and it tickled my itch to check-out.
Because I was sick, I couldn't eat much, so I didn't have my usual energy.
Without the full force of mind and body, I was content to coast.
It felt like riding a bike down a slight decline. I could pedal if I wanted, but I didn't have to.
I could stay home under the guise that I was resting.
I dropped a couple pounds, and my waist felt wispy. My muscles went into hibernation, demanding nothing.
Will I ever not relish this feeling of the empty belly?
Will it always arouse my senses as the smell of cigarette smoke and red wine?
Now my Awakened Soul is the stronger arm.
It slams down my Urge to Escape and forces her head up to see Vast Possibility.
She doesn't want to. For a long time, I called her Lydia. This whispering vixen who would lull me to sleep.
Now I know, she is not separate from me. She is the part of me who holds back. I do not need to cut her off. I need to pull her in. Rock her in a chair until she is ready to join the world. For hers is also the sensitive heart. She is the one who is afraid to be hurt, afraid to fail, and afraid to loose things.
I smooth her hair and whisper the truth:
Yes the world is scary. You will get hurt. You will fail. Things will unfold differently than you intend. People will leave. They will die. You have limited ability. All of these truths are part of being human. It is ok to be this way...to be human. It is the most beautiful experience available to you.
When I am awake and the truth is zinging, I cannot hold back.
It makes no sense to be sick.
I realize it is a privilege to be an artist, a writer, a mother, a sober alcoholic.
If I believe that my spot could be filled by anyone willing to do the work, then I want to be the one to fill my own shoes.
If I don't teach, someone else will.
If I don't paint, someone else will.
If I don't write, someone else will.
And if I am not sober, the tide of recovery will continue to swell with those who are grateful for a 2nd chance.
The ones who are simply happy to wake up Not Sick.
Remember that?...when waking up without a hangover to watch the sunrise was enough.
But I guess I just get tired sometimes.
The trail feels monotonous and I question whether I am actually going anywhere.
In a way I am not. I am not going anywhere. That is not even the point.
The point, as I can understand it, is to connect with my fellow travelers.
It is to walk with them, share meals with them, share stories, and strength.
The point is to shed my illusions so I can give what I have to give.
But those illusions - I like them. They shut out the fact that I don't know where the trail ends.
All I can say is Wow, how beautiful and touching. I can relate to this so much.
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Reliance MediaWorks and China-based Galloping Horse America are set to part-own some of the businesses of Hollywood film-maker James Cameron's Digital Domain Productions through a USD 30.2 million bid.
The "winning bid" was submitted with Galloping Horse, a leading firm in China engaged in film and TV financing, production, distribution, advertising and publishing, Reliance MediaWorks said in a statement today.
Digital Domain Media, which has churned out blockbusters such as 'Titanic' and 'Avatar', had filed for bankruptcy protection on September 11.
The sale is subject to execution of an asset purchase agreement and bankruptcy court approval in the US, the hearing for which is scheduled for today.
"A joint venture, led by Galloping Horse America, LLC in partnership with Reliance MediaWorks has submitted the winning bid to acquire the visual effects, Mothership Media and certain other businesses and assets of Digital Domain and subsidiaries for USD 30.2 million at a September 21, 2012 auction in New York," the RMW statement said.
While RMW, part of Anil Ambani group, will hold 30 per cent stake, the majority would remain with Galloping Horse in the Digital Domain joint venture.
The two companies will acquire all assets constituting the businesses of Digital Domain in feature films, advertising, visual effects, commercial production, studios in the US and Canada and a co-production stake in the feature film "Ender's Game", the statement said.
The businesses will continue to operate in the normal course, with the joint venture assuming ownership upon court approval, it added.
Shares of Reliance MediaWorks were trading higher by 6.28
per cent at Rs 72.80 on the BSE at 1112 hrs.
"We have had a wonderful working relationship with Digital Domain over the years and we could not be happier to take it further through the joint Galloping Horse ' Reliance acquisition," said Venkatesh Roddam, CEO, Film & Media Services, RMW.
"We are looking forward to working with Digital Domain employees and customers to make the operation better and stronger," he added.
Ivy Zhong, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Beijing Galloping Horse Film said: "We are thrilled to have found a partner in Reliance MediaWorks that is as committed as we are to ensuring Digital Domain¿s continued excellence and success."
Digital Domain CEO Ed Ulbrich said: "Our new partners have incredible strength and reach in the global entertainment marketplace. They are powerful strategic partners that understand our business and our clients' business. Their support


text: Acclaimed author David Mitchell is in town this week as part of the lineup surrounding the opening of the new Northrop at the University of Minnesota. The man behind "Cloud Atlas" and "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet" is getting ready to publish a new book in September, "The Bone Clocks." Marianne Combs talks to Mitchell about the new book and the recurring themes of survival and morality.


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What Is Hip? Remix Project Volume 1
Released By: Warner Brothers
release description
'What Is Hip?' is compilation album that highlights some of the true classics from the vast Warner Brothers Records catalog while showcasing some of the best and brightest studio talent in the world today. Remixers such as Mocean Worker, Nightmares On Wax, Meat Beat Manifesto and Supreme Beings Of Leisure add their personal touch to vintage hits by the likes of Rod Stewart, America, Devo, Seals & Croft and Doobie Brothers.
Summer Breeze - Remixed by Philip Steir and Ramin Sakurai
What Is Hip? - Remixed by Meat Beat Manifesto
Express Yourself - Remixed by Mocean Worker
"We cannot stop playing Cuica's Brazilian-spackled remix of Maria Muldaur's 1974 top 10 hit, "Midnight At The Oasis." It's sunny, disco-laced rhythmsare tailor made for the lazy, hazy days of summer. This is the type of postcard-perfect remix that, if you didn't know better, you might think was the original version of the song. The tune's new musical bed- concocted by Cuica's Peter Herbert and Simone Serritella - sweetly surrounds Muldaur's blues-tinged vocals. This rerub is one of many highlights on What Is Hip? Remix Project Vol. 1 due on November 2nd. Other choice cuts include Nicolette Larson's "Lotta Love" (remixed by Nic Jodoin), Gary Wright's "Dreamweaver (Supreme Beings of Leisure), America's "Ventura Highway" (Deepsky), Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" (Halou) and Charles Wright's "Express Yourself" (Mocean Worker). The lead single "Philip Steir's mix of Seals & Croft's "Summer Breeze," is making headway at radio."" — Billboard - July 24, 2004


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Re: Little help on DDR [7:89791] posted 06/18/2004
You need to configure a dialer load-threshold command to bring up additional channels, check in www.cisco.com El vie, 18-06-2004 a las 04:28, tcom78 @hotmail.com escribis: > I'm having trouble understanding the relationship between DDR and B channels. > > I'm using the default HDLC encapsulation and dialer string statements. No > dialer profiles, commands are right on the physical interface. I'm trying > to keep it simple and build up from there so I know this is not the best way > to do it. > > >From what I read, because I'm using dialer string statements both B channels > are supposed to initiate in 2 different calls and allow only unidirectional > traffic per B channel. However, when I get my call established, it's only > over the 1st B channel and the 2nd channel never kicks in. I'm able to > communicate both ways over the 1st B channel so communications is fine, I > just don't understand why that 2nd guys isn't initiating as per my book > (Caslow 2nd edition). > > > Any feedback would help me out. Thanks in advance! Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=89803&t=89791 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html


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For Mr. Breitenfeldt's classes: [ Home Work Due ] [ Weekly Lesson Plans ]
Montana War on WeedsWe hope that this web site will educate you about Montana State Noxious Weeds in a user friendly, how-to, information, link and picture packed series of pages. The students of Whitehall High School (who have researched and written over 90% of this site) are dedicated to Integrated Pest (Weed) Management (IPM), which means this site will inform you of any and all reasonable methods possible to help you fight your 'War On Weeds.'
The students of WHS and the students involved in the summer Whitehall Project received the Montana Youth Weed Fighting Group Of The Year award for 2002 from the Montana Weed Control Association (MWCA) at their annual convention in January of '03.
Visit our Site Sponsors page for information on weed fighting companies and those who help sponsor the site. The site hosting is funded by these generous sponsors.
MWCA January, 2008 Annual Meeting
Spurgia esulae gall on leafy spurge. Also notice the leafy spurge flea beetle on a leaf and the flea beetle feeding damage to several leaves. Photo by Todd
Breitenfeldt, July, 2013.
Biological Weed Control Using Insects - A Field Guide For Montana
This is a large .pdf file of this newly published guide. This guide is available at most County Weed District offices.
One thousand mixed leafy spurge flea beetles just collected, sorted and placed into an insect container with spurge foliage for transport. Photo by: Todd Breitenfeldt, July 2013.
Cyphocleonus achates - the knapweed root boring weevil on a spotted knapweed flower. This is a newly released weevil that we collected and the land manager released on an infestation of the weed.
Photo by: Grif Heath, 8-2013.
Jaapiella ivannikovi gall on Russian knapweed (Centaurea repens). These gall forming midges are a new biological control agent for Russian knapweed. We are now growing these in our insectary at Whitehall, MT. 6-18-13. We will have these available for release on very selective sites this summer. You must be able to mow or weed-eat the site 1-2 weeks before the release date to stimulate the production of new Russian knapweed shoots. This new shoot growth stimulates the midge larvae to emerge as adults, lay eggs in the new stems and form new galls.
In Montana, contact: Todd Breitenfeldt 406-498-5236 or Kirby Myers 406-208-2855 for more information.
Photo by: Todd Breitenfeldt, June, 2013.
Useful links:
The Whitehall crew collecting with some Bitterroot crews. We were collecting leafy spurge flea beetles along the Bitterroot R. Summer 2013.
Montana Governor and First Lady's Math & Science Initiative, Knapweed Insectary
Weed Information
Weed Fighters
Weed Control
Weed ID
Weed Fighters by MT County
MWCA Link
Weed Prevention
Weed FAQ's
Montana Weed Fighters
Biological Control
Weed Fighting Companies
Chemical Control
Montana Weed Laws
Student Weed Control Projects
Cultural Control
New Weed Alerts Montana Weed Control Assoc Integrated Pest Management
Montana Department of Agriculture Site Sponsors
Bio-Control Before & After Photos
Success Stories by MT County
Weed Education
Other School Insectaries & Projects
Whitehall Insectary Project
Weed Education Curriculum
Whitehall Project
PowerPoint Slide Shows
Knapweed Insectary
Student Noxious Weed Artwork
2004/5 Summer Class
Weed Events Calendars Augusta
2005 Summer Class Whitehall Project Summer Class
Ag. Exp. Station, Corvallis
2005 NWTF NRCS Grant Weed Movie Downloads Darby
Bioagent Collection #'s Artificial Diet for Root Feeders Victor
Whitehall Project Summer Crew's Page Alien Invasion Noxious Weed Curriculum
NWTF 2006 Grant Text Alien Invasion Work Shop Photos
Target Range - Missoula
Grassrange flea beetle collections
Hellgate M.S. - Missoula
2008 Whitehall Project Summer Class
July 7-9 +2-day optional extension to collect "heaps" of biocontrol insects. :^)
2008 Idaho Summer Biocontrol Institute
2011 Summer Crew
2012 Summer Crew
2013 Summer Crew
Helena HS
(toadflax insectary)
Fairfield, ID
2006 Whitehall Project 3-day +2 Summer Class, July 10-14th, 2006
Priest River, ID
Lamanna High School
Boise, ID 3-day Summer Class
Last Week of June, 2006
"Bugs With An Attitude"
Area Noxious Weed Web Sites
Montana Weed Control Assoc MT's Weed Awareness & Ed. Campaign Center For Invasive Plant Mgmt.
Wyoming Weed & Pest Council Colorado Weed Mgmt. Assoc. Alberta Ag.: Weeds Idaho OnePlan Washington
North Dakota
Montana Department of Agriculture
Other Useful Information
Weed Management
Weather Link
Contact Site Supervisor
Weed Management Plans
Montana's Winter Road Cond.
6th Grade Cons. Dist. Field Trip Montana Weed Management Plan
Montana Pass Cameras
Current Student Project Weed Control Successes Other Montana Webcams
Welcome to Whitehall
Montana NWTF Grants MT Road Weather Info System
Site Map
Whitehall Ledger - Newspaper
Whitehall High School Web Page
[ 2007 Montana Weed Control Association Annual Meeting ]
[Montana Weed Control Association Annual Meeting January, 2005]
[ Noxious Weed email Discussion Groups ]
[ Sounds and Sights of Weeds ] [ Comments & Survey ]
Montana Noxious Weed Trust Fund - Grants 4/2000
Montana Weed Control Assoc. Annual Meeting 1/2000
Jefferson Valley Conservation Dist. Tour 10-99.
Jefferson/Madison County Leafy Spurge Flea Beetle Net Day '99
Jefferson/Madison County Joint Weed Boards Meeting 8/5/99
MWCA 2006 Annual Convention, Jan. 2006
This site is being created, built and maintained by Whitehall High School students as an educational project, in cooperation with the Montana Noxious Weed Trust Fund, Montana Department of Agriculture, Whitehall Schools and the Madison and Jefferson County Weed Districts.
The creation of this site is a continuing educational project, funded by Site Sponsors. This mtwow.org site is constantly being revised and added to by the students of Whitehall High School. The project is supervised by the WHS faculty, County Weed Districts, and the Montana State Department of Agriculture.
As pages become active they will appear as links on your browser. If we have incorrectly credited a photo and/or have any errors or user unfriendly areas in this web site, please feel free to contact us! Suggestions and photo/info. contributions are always welcome!! Also, please feel free to use any photographs and information on this site. Just give the photographers, authors and this site the credit they deserve. Thank you!
Site Supervisor: Todd Breitenfeldt, WHS Science Teacher/Whitehall Project. Contact Site Supervisor.
E-mail: email@example.com - School Phone: (406) 287-3862
S-mail: mtwow.org Whitehall Schools,
P.O. Box 1109, Whitehall, MT 59759.
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Date of Stay: September, 2010
Being Labor Day weekend, I called a week in advance to make a reservation. The reservation was very lax, all they wanted was my name. I was camping here with several friends so I asked to be grouped together, they said no problem. When we showed up, there were 3 men in the office, very friendly. I was able to park next to one of my friends, but there was already someone else on the other side, so the last to arrive was not right next to us. We based here to go Jeeping in the area and the park staff as well as the full time residents were very friendly and visited with us about the local area. The park is rather old and could use a little work to make it nice. It is right next to I-40, so there was some road noise, but not enough to keep us from sleeping. The restrooms needed to be stocked with toilet paper. As stated in other reviews, the spots are a little tight, but my class C fit under the branches just fine. No trouble connecting to the WiFi, but it is unsecured with no password protection. For the price, I'd stay again.
Date of Stay: July, 2010
The Wi-Fi was either slow as molasses or didn't work. Due to the resort size, this park tends to have an elitist feel to it. I felt as if my class C was barely adequate to be allowed. I stayed here last year and when I called for a reservation on January 2, I asked for a spot that faced North so that I could have the afternoon shade. They said that they save those for the long-term occupants. It is obvious that they cater to monthly occupants over shorter stays. Also, the non-refundable deposit that they took when I booked was the $210 weekly rate rather than the first night as most places charge. Mosquitoes were an issue in the evenings. Otherwise, it is a nice place.
Date of Stay: April, 2010
This is a decent place for an overnight stay. It gets you far enough away from the railroad tracks and I-40 to be quiet. This park is run by the city and not attended full time. We arrived on a Saturday, picked a site, then a city worker came to collect the fee that evening. Restroom keys are given on request. There are hiking trails that look to head into beautiful country. Many of the trash bins were full. There were four other occupants and a majority of the sites were unused. I did not count the number of sites. The park itself is not much to look at but the backdrop is very pretty. I would stay overnight again.
Date of Stay: July, 2009
This is a nice little park. It is located on the North side of town on Highway 56 at E. Point Rock Street. There are no restrooms or laundry. It is right next to a car wash that is also part of this establishment. It is self-pay. You enter behind the car wash and fill out a payment envelope. The first two rows (1-12) are pull throughs and the last row are back-ins. Each site is nice and wide, covered with pea-gravel with grass between each site. There are some trees, but not positioned to give any shade to the site. Sites have 20,30,50 Amp hookups. This was an overnight stop for us as we visited family in town. There was some mention of internet access on sign at the pay station, but it said to call the campground phone number. Nice quiet place to spend the night.
Date of Stay: July, 2009
We stayed here with our 4WD club. The park is great! We were in site 141 which had grass at its side. The restrooms and showers were always well kept as well as the grounds. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The park is celebrating its 10th anniversary. There are three Wi-Fi connections to choose from in the park and I did not have any issues connecting. Connection speed was great. It is the only RV park in Creede, but a good one. We will return.
Date of Stay: September, 2008
We chose this park because we were traveling with family who stayed in a cabin at this park. Being frugal, we chose a Standard Back-In site. These sites are on the North end of the park and closer to the highway. These particular sites are packed very close together. The rest of the sites are behind a row of cabins. The patrons of this park totally disregarded the 5 mph speed limit even though it is posted at least 4 times along the row that our site was on. In hind sight, it would probably been worth the extra $2 per night for a Premium Back-In site as they are further away from the highway and spaced further apart. All of the picnic tables and riverfront decks were very weathered or broken. The web site states cable TV as one of the amenities, but is only available in the cabins. The cabin that our family rented was not very clean. In fact, there was still hair in the bathtub drain. When we made reservations, we indicated that we would have a dog staying in the cabin and would be crated inside while we rode the train. The person on the phone offered that they would come and let the dog out in the middle of the day for us. When we arrived, they said that they did not know who told us that and they would not let the dog out. As far as this place being called a "resort", that is a big stretch.
Date of Stay: July, 2008
Nice RV park, but the rates are steep for electric only. Also the showers are coin operated. For that price, I would think that use of the showers would be included.
Date of Stay: May, 2008
This is a small RV park with paved sites and gravel in between. The spacing of sites is adequate and the staff is very friendly. We really enjoyed all of the trains and figures in the office. I will stay here again when I return to the area.


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Spinal cord injuries can be devastating, resulting in paralysis, loss of sensation, disruption of body functions and permanent disability.
There are 350-400 new cases of spinal cord injury in Australia every year. Spinal cord injuries are often a result of trauma such as experienced in motor vehicle accidents, sports injuries and falls, and are seen most frequently in young men aged between 15-24 years. Spinal cord injuries can also have non-traumatic causes, such as arthritis, disc degeneration or other diseases such as cancer.
Our research ranges from development of preventative strategies to studies of treatments that improve the health and capacity of spinal patients.
The spinal cord is part of the central nervous system, carrying messages from your brain to the rest of your body.
If the nerve fibres that make up your spinal cord are damaged, the function of part or all of the muscles and nerves that connect to the spinal cord below that site may be impaired.
For example, if the injury site is at the level of your chest or lower, your abdomen, legs, bowel and bladder function may be affected. If the injury occurs near the top of the neck, your arms and your ability to breathe and cough may be affected.
Spinal cord injury research at Neuroscience Research Australia covers a large area. Here are several of our current research projects.
How the spinal cord responds to mechanical force
Prof Lynne Bilston's team is studying how mechanical forces affect the tissues of the human nervous system, including the spinal cord and peripheral nerves. Recent work has shown that the differences in spinal cord injury incidence and severity between adults and children are influenced by differences in spinal column flexibility and in how spinal cord tissues respond to mechanical loading.
Control of coughing in spinal cord injury
Respiratory complications are the major cause of death for people with spinal cord injuries. Due to paralysis of the abdominal muscles, people with high level spinal cord injury have a reduced ability to cough and to clear secretions from the lungs, which can lead to infection.
Dr Jane Butler and Prof Simon Gandevia are looking at ways to improve coughing in people with spinal cord injury using electrical stimulation of the abdominal muscles. The team has already shown that this type of stimulation can improve coughing significantly and is now looking to improve coughing through muscle training as well as ways to develop a portable stimulator that would allow independent activation of a cough.
Nerve dysfunction after spinal cord injury
Prof Matthew Kiernan's team is using nerve excitability testing in spinal cord injury patients to investigate the complex changes in nerve excitability that occur over time after the injury, including the mechanisms underlying the processes involved in nerve dysfunction.
Muscle control after spinal cord injury
Surveys have shown that people living with a spinal cord injury list improved hand control second only to bladder and bowel control.
Dr Penelope McNulty's team is undertaking studies to understand how muscles change after spinal cord injury and how the voluntary control of these muscles can be improved with rehabilitation. The goal is to increase the ability of people with a spinal cord injury to look after themselves.
We are also developing a tool that will allow us to identify the potential for the recovery of voluntary movement control after spinal cord injury. The difference between stimuli delivered to the muscle and to the brain will identify whether there are intact connections between the brain and the muscle that patients cannot yet activate during voluntary movements. The presence of such connections signifies that further recovery is possible.
Mapping the spinal cord
Prof George Paxinos is currently completing atlases of the rat and mouse spinal cord. We are using the distribution of chemicals (immunohistochemistry) to find those neurons in the spinal cord which animate muscles or control the autonomic system. We have also commenced our work on the human spinal cord, establishing the areas that correspond with the cord of experimental animals.
Immune reactions within the nervous system after nerve and spinal cord injury
Prof Elspeth McLachlan is studying changes in the nervous system that follow injury to or disease of peripheral nerves and the spinal cord. We focus on the recruitment and activation of immune cells to sites remote from the injury and the consequences for other nerve pathways. Whether the immune cells are beneficial or detrimental is not known, but we are currently testing the link between immune cell activation and the progressive death of injured nerve cells.
Use of video games in rehabilitation after spinal cord injury
Dr Stuart Smith is using video games to aid with rehabilitation in patients with spinal cord injury. Watch a video about his research project here.


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Sad but true. The march of time continues to bring inevitable shifts in the media world.
Newsweek has been swallowed by The Daily Beast. And now Time Warner's publishing arm ($3.4 billion in revenue last year) is considering creating a new joint magazine venture with broadcast giant Meredith Corporation (worth about$1.6 billion). Time Warner and Meredith would each merge their magazine titles, leaving Warner more of an entertainment conglomerate than a publishing company, although it plans to hang on to "news mags" Time, Sports Illustrated, Money and Fortune --for now. They are the crown jewels of what was once a storied publishing empire, now down on its heels. Michael Wolff paints a vivid picture of the Time Inc. decline here.
The new publicly traded company would own Time Warner's People, still a sales behemoth though down from its heights, InStyle, Real Simple and EW as well as Meredith's Better Homes and Gardens, Family Circle, Parents, and Child and Fitness.
Time Warner magazines have been going through layoffs and buyouts, among them EW top critics Ken Tucker and Lisa Schwarzbaum, who are moving on. The future of EW, lately edited by People veteran Jess Cagle--who will be front and center on the Oscar red carpet Sunday--is up in the air. Long-time EW editor Jim Seymore, who built the magazine into a powerful entertainment title, later ravaged by the recession and online competition, wrote on Facebook:
The imminent sale and breakup of Time Inc., the greatest magazine publishing company in American history, is a devastating coda to a long, sad decline. Everyone knows the financial pressures crushing print media these days, but no one has mentioned the internal, editorial rot that has undermined Time Inc. during the last 20 years. This may not be the place to name names, but this may well be the time to do so...
Cable Neuhaus, the west coast editor when I was at EW in the 90s, also wrote on Facebook:
If Meredith ends up closing the deal for Time Inc.'s magazines, chiefly to bulk up its strength in the traditional (and older) women's demographics, one can easily imagine the company selling or shutting down Entertainment Weekly (where I spent 11 years).
Consider me a fan of EW and Time--I still subscribe to both. Whatever Time Warner hasn't been doing right with these magazines, I highly doubt that Meredith will do better by them. EW isn't a women's magazine. I was always amused by the fact that one of its target demos was known inside the mag as "men who like to shop." I hope there's a way to keep it going. More details on the Time Warner transition here.
Meanwhile Jay Penske, CEO of Variety parent Penske Media Corp, is about to reveal his reboot of Variety amid considerable anxiety at the venerable trade. Penske, who also runs sites Deadline and Movieline, will be making radical changes in the direction of an online/print hybrid which insiders describe as a classy bi-weekly publication more like the late great Premiere (which was an expensive monthly newstand-only venture). While The Hollywood Reporter is the consumer-friendly celebtastic version of a trade, we don't know their real numbers, even though editor Janice Min is making solid gains on her target, luxury ads, beyond endemic advertising during awards seasons. Variety --which insiders insist is in better financial shape than outsiders believe--wants to polish up the respect and authority that go with its Tiffany brand, heading in the direction of quality entertainment business journalism. A new online site will be going up, among other changes.
"The future is unbelievably bright," says Variety executive editor Steven Gaydos. "It's what we've wanted for a long time: to be lead by someone progressive, adventurous, intelligent, focused, creative and transformative. It's a very exciting time." Soon, Gaydos promises, the news of various changes afoot will start to roll out. He couldn't comment on the frequency of publication.
But it's indicative of the insecurity at Variety that yet another one of their stars, television and features managing editor Stuart Levine, is leaving the pub for greener pastures. Levine is joining NBC's PR team as v.p.of editorial and media relations. "We're grateful for the 15 years Stu has devoted to Variety and for all his hard work," Penske stated. "We will be announcing two senior TV hires in the next few weeks as part of the evolution of the business. We wish Stu every success in this new chapter of his career."
Meanwhile there are rumblings that vendors and Variety freelancers, including regular non-staff critics, are not getting paid in a timely manner. Some of this is the transition from one accounting infrastructure to another, but Variety is also changing up its payment practices so that they will pay contributors via monthly invoices rather than by the piece. See the December 10 letter from Variety editor Tim Gray (below). According to several writers, the January 15 and February 15 payment dates have come and gone; one critic just got his November check today while others are still owed thousands of dollars. A Variety spokesman denies that writers have not been paid, citing the changing time frame for payments.
Meanwhile, as more critics hang up their hats, Michael Sragow, who several years ago transitioned from reviewing for the Baltimore Sun to editing duties at the paper (a move protested by John Waters), applied for and landed a job as film critic for the Orange County Register (their first in a decade), and is in the process of moving back to Los Angeles, where he lived in the 80s when he wrote reviews for Rolling Stone. Sragow has also written for The New Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The San Francisco Examiner, and salon.com, as well as editing several books; he published a 2008 biography of filmmaker Victor Fleming. Welcome back, Michael!
Variety editor Gray's letter to contributors is below: