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Please read Martha's interview with K.T. Horning about the CCBC's fabled accounting of diversity in children's books. I wonder what those numbers would look like from here, that is, if you counted the same variables for those books reviewed by the Horn Book Guide, would you get the same kind of numbers? I don't think […]
Diversity by the numbers
Book Publishing—from Executives to Reviewers—Is White and Female, Survey Finds
Nearly 80 percent of publishing and review journal staff is white, according to the 2015 "Diversity Baseline Survey." The under-representation of African Americans in the book industry mirrors a trend among children's book authors, says survey creator Jason Low.
What's Trending? What Is, What Was, What's Soon to Be in Kid Lit
From evil hummingbirds and odd picture book cameos, to how things stand on diversity, Betsy Bird considers where we are and where children's books might be headed in 2016.
This article was published in School Library Journal's January 2016 issue. Subscribe today and save up to 35% off the regular subscription rate.
Study to Explore Link Between Book Challenges and Diverse Books
Is there a correlation between the Common Core recommended reading lists and challenges to diverse books? Emily Knox, assistant professor at the University of Illinois, is planning a related study.
Kid Lit Still Mostly White, but Diversity Gaining Ground
Children's books with significant African or African American content nearly doubled in 2014, according to new data from the Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. There was also a slight uptick in publications featuring Asian/Pacific or Asian/Pacific American content.
Kathleen T. Horning Named 2015 ALSC Distinguished Service Award Recipient
Kathleen T. Horning, the director of the Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the 2015 recipient of the Association for Library Service to Children's Distinguished Service Award.
Fusenews: Chock full o' NYPL
Some me stuff to start us off. NYPL turned its handy dandy little 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 2014 list into an interactive bit of gorgeousness. So as to help it along, I wrote a blog post on the library's website (I have two blogs, if you want to get technical about it, but […]
Lemony Snicket's 'The Dark' Takes 2014 Charlotte Zolotow Award
Acclaimed children's book author Lemony Snicket's The Dark, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen, is the winner of the 17th Annual Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding picture book writing, given by the Cooperative Children's Book Center.
Embracing Diversity in YA Lit
From social media to publishing industry-led initiatives, the call for diversity in children's and young adult literature has steadily grown into a loud roar in the past months. As part of School Library Journal's SummerTeen virtual conference, the "Embracing Diversity" panel featuring Karen Arthurton, Jonathan Friesen, James Klise, and Amanda Sun, led to a lively and ongoing conversation about the importance of not only publishing books for kids by and about diverse people, but also getting them in the hands of readers. SLJ spoke to industry professionals who are raising awareness on the need for different perspectives in young adult books, and compiled a list of resources to find these titles.
Poetry Writing Contest for Kids; Eric Carle's 'Friends' Exhibit | News Bites
Publisher Kane Miller is cosponsoring a nonfiction writing contest for budding poets. Educators can enter the "Pin It to Win It" MathMovesU sweepstakes via Pinterest. From September 17, 2013 through March 24, 2014, the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA, is featuring the artwork from Carle's new picture book, Friends. The Canadian Children's Book Centre has announced the finalists for its seven major children's book awards.


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Well if you use LDD (lego digital designer) Ctrl K will take a picture of your creation with a white backround just look here if you want to see the way it turns out.
| September 17, 2011, 3:20 pm
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For those of you who are bionicle builders, three-pronged meteor blasters are ten times more awesome than the conventional ones. Granted, the don't actually fire, but who really cares!
Here's how to do it.
You need:
(I'll use bricklink's names for the pieces)
Slide the 3 Technic Bushes onto the connectors of the Axle Connector Hub (one on each axel).
Next put the three Thornax Launcher Halves on each of the axles of the Axle Hub(Its more stable than you might think). Now the opening between the three Thornax launcher halves is exactly right to for a Zamor Sphere.
| October 22, 2011, 11:00 am
Thomas Z.
For those who are mainly LDD Mecha builders, I'll give a little advice on how to pose a mecha in LDD. It's pretty hard to pose in LDD so here's how I do it: First, when I start building the specific parts of the mecha I divide it into groups and sub-groups, like a leg makes 1 group and 3 sub groups (thigh,ankle,feet) When you have these sub-groups It'll make it a lot easier to position them seperately.
To move the leg you just have to remove the completed leg from the main joints (I use ball joints most of the time) but leave the tigh joint on (part that I use
After this I position the socket part in the desired angle and re-connect the leg with the joint. This method is good because LDD has some issues of moving complex parts such as legs or arms.
You can also use hinges to further position the already posed MOC, like you want it to bend forward or sideways with a few degrees. Just use a hinge, place it somewhere, select the whole mecha, and try to connect it with the hinge.
These are simple tricks for posing complex builds, so I hope it was somewhat helpful. If you have any other questions about, posing, building techniques, feel free to ask!
EDIT!: The above tricks are useful only in the unpatched LDD4 or LDD3 versions. In the patched version you can simply move the whole complex part freely with the hinge tool!
| October 30, 2011, 10:30 am
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Hi everyone. Andrew has asked me to write some advice on building cars (sorry for the delay Andrew). There are lots of much better car builders on the Pages than me, but I would be honoured to help anyone who is attempting to build a car. My first piece of advice:
The first thing I do, after deciding which car to build, is to choose the correct wheels and tyres. For me this is the most important stage of the build. I use the wheels to scale the whole moc. Most cars have four wheels ;) but sporty cars often have larger wheels than road cars. Once you have chosen your wheels then start to build the chassis based on the size of the wheels. So, the total length of the chassis is based on how many wheels long the actual car is (hope that makes sense). Most cars are 6 or 7 wheels long. If you follow this simple rule (based on your chosen car and wheel) you should get the length (and height) of the car right.
If anyone has any questions on the above (or anything else Lego related) please do not hesitate to contact me. I will post more advice in the coming weeks and months (opening doors, body shaping, interiors etc) if you find this useful.
Good luck
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| November 17, 2011, 11:05 am
Manthan Dutta
If u build microscale warships just put a minifig's head and body 3 blocks below the deck and make an opening where the minifigs head comes up and put your gun on top of his head To make it rotate, and also if u have hinge blocks you can put it on top of your gun, tilt it down 90' and put your barrels on the front yo make the elvate
| November 20, 2011, 3:26 am
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Well if anyone needs help with all things non-Universe LDD (I prefer to always have the option of buying it if I want) I'm the one to ask! By the way, what do you guys think of some of the newer patches? Every patch seems like less and less buy able bricks :/
| December 3, 2011, 1:18 am
Builder Allan
Hello all :-) I need some advice on how to build a dome with an outside diameter of 7 or 8 studs.. It needs to be as round as possible, made from reasonably available bricks or plates (mine HAS to be green) and strong enough to be mounted vertically. Ideas anyone?
| December 22, 2011, 2:57 am
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Coming up with paintschemes in LDD used to be really difficult for me. I'd choose a color, paint all of the important pieces that one color, then call it completed. This lead to a lot of basic-looking, primary-colored monstrosities that I'm rather ashamed of today. Somewhere along the line, I realized that there can be primary/secondary colorschemes, and even a tertiary layer could be added. This is my system for making paintschemes in LDD.
1. Since I mainly make mechs, my models can be broken down into frame and armoring. What I generally do is color all of the section designated as armor in medium gray. I'll then take the paint tool and paint highlights in light gray. Finally, since I usually have greebles such as thrusters and whatnot on the back of my mech, I'll paint those in dark gray.
2. Next, I'll go to the Selection tool and modify it so it will select pieces of the same color. I'll go to the paint tool and select the color I think will work for the main armoring section. Then I switch back to the selection tool and select a piece that is colored medium gray. Finally, I'll click on the paint tool again to paint the entire selection with my desired color. I'll repeat for each section in a different color. Now it is easy to switch between colors in certain areas.
3. Occasionally I'll feel the need to add an extra layer of color to the model. To do this, I will either; A. Paint the frame a different color other than black, or B. Add some extra highlights, generally assymetrical. Both of these are easyto do using the system I've explained above.
4. As far as particular colors go, I am very fond of Dark Stone Gray or Old Dark Gray as a primary, and a darker color as the secondary, such as Dark Red/Blue/Green. I also really like mixing in transparent colors, usually for greebles or extra highlights, as it can get intense if you use it for primary or secondary.
5. Try not to go over the limiit of colors I've described. By the time you surpass five layers (frame/primary/secondary/greebles/extra highlights), the paintscheme can get a bit noisy. Also, if you use transparent colors, that can act as two layers in itself, just because of how intense it can get.
Well, that's about it! Hopefully[,] you have found this information helpful. I wish you luck in your paintscheming adventures to come!
| February 4, 2012, 2:03 pm
Andrew AKA Hump-Free
It would appear that I have failed to recall that when an Account is deleted, much unlike Comments on a MOC, comments in a Group no longer appear.
So, here's the Link to the Additional LDD Colors File I made back in November for the LDD Builders.
The File Contains the colour Palette from Version 4.0.2, keep in mind the colours are still in the Code and are displayed in the newer Versions of LDD.
All the colours are in 1x1 Brick Form, so you will need to use the Dropper Tool to select Colours, there is no other way to select the colours.
| February 4, 2012, 11:21 pm
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JERUSALEM (Feb. 23)
The Arab states all want to resume the suspended Middle East peace talks, but the fate of the Palestinians deported to Lebanon is still a major obstacle, U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher told Israeli leaders here Tuesday.
As both Israelis and Palestinians staged demonstrations, Christopher met with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, as well as with a Palestinian delegation led by Faisal Husseini, who is a senior adviser to the Palestinian team negotiating with Israel.
Israeli officials were surprised and somewhat disconcerted to learn from Christopher that Egypt still sees the deportee issue as unresolved and an obstacle to resuming the peace process, despite the compromise deal worked out by Christopher and Rabin earlier this month.
Israel Television reported that Christopher urged Rabin to agree in practice, if not formally, to a more accelerated return of the deportees than first proposed.
At the same time, Christopher reportedly took a firm stand in his meeting with Palestinians, urging them to join in the resumption of the talks.
Reports from Arab sources spoke of a proposed "new compromise" that the secretary was bearing with him.
According to these reports, which significantly were not denied in the American camp, Israel would come under pressure to bring back two-thirds of the deportees before the talks are slated to resume and the final third before the end of the summer.
Under the deal worked out with Washington earlier this month, Israel agreed to accept back 101 of the 415 Palestinian activists deported to Lebanon in December. The rest would be returned by the end of the year.
News reports said Christopher believes there is fair chance of resuming the talks as early as next month, rather than the April date that had been bandied about.
But the deportation crisis still looms. Husseini is said to have told Christopher of the near-unanimity of Palestinian opinion in the territories that resumption of the peace talks be conditioned on the prior return of all the deportees.
Indeed, Palestinians interviewed at random by both Israeli and foreign journalists here seemed united in their conviction that the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian negotiators from the territories must not agree to return to the talks under any other condition.
"If they agree, then they will no longer be the representatives of the Palestinian people," said one middle-aged Palestinian in a low-key interview with Israeli army radio.
But like the PLO and the Palestinian negotiators, Rabin too is under pressure from his own constituency.
When Rabin agreed to the compromise on the deportees, he vowed he would make no further concessions. And on Tuesday, Israeli activists on the political right made clear the prime minister that they would mount a vigorous campaign opposing concessions on this issue and others, such as withdrawing from the Golan Heights.
As Rabin and Christopher dined together Tuesday night, thousands of demonstrators protesting negotiations over the Golan Heights wound through the streets of Jerusalem bearing torches and placards.
While the marchers themselves largely comprised yeshiva students and Golan settlers, opinion polls consistently show that most Israelis are still uncomfortable with the idea of giving back the entire Golan, even in the context of international supervision or other security arrangements.
Yet those on all sides of the Middle East conflict are keenly aware that a moment of decision is at hand.
That point was driven home when Syria said last weekend that it is ready to resume the peace talks because they are "more important" than the crisis over the Palestinian deportees.
Christopher reportedly delivered a message to Rabin from Syrian President Hafez Assad, which said Damascus is ready to offer peace on Israel's terms, including full normalization and complete diplomatic relations. But it wants in return that Israeli renounce its sovereignty over all of the Golan Heights.
Such an offer puts Israel in a difficult position. On the one hand, it holds out the prospect of "real peace" with one of Israel's most implacable foes.
On the other hand, even Labor and Social Affairs Minister Ora Namir, a member of the Labor Party's dovish wing, declared Tuesday that the government is determined not to cede all of the Golan.
Earlier in the day, members of Moshav Neveh Ativ in the northern Golan transported 15 tons of snow from Mount Hermon to the park across from the Prime Minister's Office and built an igloo.
"The igloo represents our feelings regarding our home in the Golan," explained Jeanine Nave, a moshav resident. "You see how cold this snow is? We would like to freeze any peace negotiations that call for a return of the Golan to Syria."
A block away, another group of protesters had erected a huge placard of a smiling Yasir Arafat holding an American flag in one hand and a sign with the words "Welcome Warren" in the other. A collection of skulls and knives hung from his waist.
The demonstrators, all members of the group Victims of Arab Terror, set up a tent several weeks ago to protest the planned return of the Palestinian deportees.
Pointing to the likeness of Arafat, spokesman Meir Indor said: "We brought this today to protest Warren Christopher's attempts to pressure our government to return more of the deportees."
In the morning, the families of the Palestinian deportees also sought the secretary of state's attention by staging a rally.
Carrying placards and chanting "Bring back our sons," the families walked to the Prime Minister's Office. Along the way, a scuffle broke out between the Palestinian protesters and members of the Golan moshav, but there were no serious injuries.
While Palestinians in the territories are insisting on an unconditional return of the deportees, the deportees themselves said this week they would be willing to accept a phased return, if Israel promises to end its policy of deportations.
That could only have come as relief to the Palestinian leadership, which is anxious not to miss out on the peace talks.
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To be nominated for an Oscar, a film would have to be released in a commercial theatre during the previous calendar year in the Los Angeles County and run for at least seven consecutive days. Of course, there are exceptions for categories such as Foreign Language Film or Documentary. For a film to collect the award, we imagine it would have something to do with great directing, phenomenal acting, and brilliant scriptwriting. The kind that makes you remember the moment you experienced the film.
Gearing up for the Academy Awards this weekend, we present a list of recent films about social change, including one that literally touches the heart and is nominated for an award.
Nominated for Best Documentary – Short Subject, Open Heart tells the story of eight Rwandan children who travel alone without their families to the Salam Center where they undergo high-risk, open-heart surgery. An estimated 18 million people have rheumatic heart disease, which develops due to untreated childhood strep throat, and are in need of surgery.
The film is directed by Kief Davidson and produced by Cori Shepherd Stern, who were working on a documentary about Partners in Health and felt they had to tell this story after stumbling upon it and meeting protagonist Dr. Emmanuel Rusingiza.
The film follows Amlan Ganguly, a social entrepreneur and lawyer who saw that the poor were given a legal system with little justice because they were unable to pay fees, as he goes on a journey to empower children to become change agents of their own communities.
The children use dance, theatre, and data to mount polio vaccination drives, turn garbage dumps into playing fields, and conduct education campaigns that helped their neighbourhoods reduce malaria and diarrhea. Through their journey, the children have not only changed their neighbourhoods, but themselves. The film will begin its theatrical screenings on March 29.
In Transition 2.0 gathers stories about "ordinary people doing extraordinary things". It shows how people respond to uncertain times by taking matters into their own hands, from printing their own money to growing food everywhere and setting up community power stations.
La Educación Prohibida (The Forbidden Education)
In an era where school systems are widely considered obsolete, The Forbidden Education explores alternative education practices and unconventional schools in Latin America and Spain. The Spanish film is the first to be funded and released using crowdfunding.
The film follows Rafea, a Bedouin woman living on the Jordan-Iraq border with her four daughters. She and thirty illiterate grandmothers were given the opportunity to attend the Barefoot College in India where they will train for six months to become solar engineers.
If she succeeds and returns to her country as the first female solar engineer in the country, she will be able to provide power to her village, train other engineers, and provide for her daughters. But will she be able to overcome the traditional minds in her Bedouin community?
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Overheard Saturday night in the men's room near the main gate at Gibson Amphitheatre:
"That midget was hilarious," said one 20-something.
"Yeah, man – way funnier than that British dude," said another.
Back to the first, letting out a groan: "That was like sitting through history class."
Poor Eddie Izzard. I know comedians of his caliber – or that of the other exceedingly funny guys in the mix for Kevin & Bean's fourth annual April Foolishness charity cavalcade at the Universal CityWalk venue – are supposed to be accustomed to rough nights and tough crowds.
But how it must have felt for the beloved Englishman to have made history at the Hollywood Bowl less than nine months earlier, when he became the first stand-up comic to ever headline that landmark, and yet come away from this Gibson gig having turned in one of the least memorable sets of the entire three-hour-plus event.
It wasn't that he was particularly bad or off this time; actually, I thought his bit about iTunes – how most of us sign away who-knows-what every time we blithely agree to the service's maddeningly revised terms and conditions – went over better here than it did at the Bowl. ("I don't know about you but I've signed 4,521 agreements with iTunes. No one in this room, in Los Angeles, in California, in America, in the world … not even God has read the terms and conditions," remarked the confirmed atheist.)
His joke about pop-up windows offering ever-shifting download times – "eight minutes, seven minutes, six minutes, five minutes … nine minutes, 12 minutes, two hours, three days" – that got a hearty laugh, too, as did his line that the title of Hitler's manifesto, Mein Kampf, translates to "I'm Going to Kill Everyone."
Yet, despite how much he may pepper his sometimes rambling monologues with endearing silliness (his dinosaur voices crack me up), Izzard is at heart a cerebral comic with a manic streak who prefers to free-form it on stage, rather than stick too closely to his own script.
That goes over smashingly with his own fans, many of whom (clad in Cake or Death T-shirts, after one of his best bits) waited patiently for his arrival and lapped up every last brain dropping. The majority of the capacity crowd, however, had just sat through nearly three hours of much more crudely, absurdly hilarious humor, which hit an early peak with a flawless performance from Fullerton's own Brad Williams (the midget in question) and a riotous turn from another Brit, Tim Minchin, who looks like a blond Robert Smith but crafts remarkably clever and complex piano ditties that skewer PC notions of race, bigotry and misogyny.
Chase that with saucy sex talk from Eddie Ifft and some jaw-dropping, no-way-he-just-said-that zingers from Australian sensation Jim Jefferies – and Izzard suddenly seemed very out of place and a tad stodgy.
His critiques on the cumbersomeness of Latin and the illogic of grand-design creationism – that God planned for "nothing, nothing, nothing … monsters for 165 million years … nothing, nothing, nothing … then us" – are spot-on, even scathing. But such drawn-out explanations – along with random thoughts like "Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin lived two letters away on Dictionary Lane and Alphabet Street with Prince and Machiavelli" – simply sailed over too many heads, or just didn't tickle any funny bones of people who were more or less laughed out.
"It's very good that you're keeping up with this at this time of night," he acknowledged at one point, sounding resigned to reaching at best half the room. Plenty of people peeled off and went home – and why not? They'd already gotten their money's worth.
The smallest player unquestionably killed. Remarked Jay Mohr, curiously resembling a young Stephen Stills this night: "After Brad Williams, we're all playing for second place." True, he's got go-to material, given his stature, but he easily could bluster through his bits with all the grace of Joe Rogan on speed. Instead, he's deftly self-deprecating about life among the little people: "I'm 28 … but when people come to my show, they don't think I'm 28, they think, 'Ooooh, puppy!'
"You're always happy when you see a midget. You don't see a midget and think, 'Well, now my day's gone to hell.' They should be giving midgets to cancer patients," he figures, to cheer them up. They'd work great in anti-terrorism missions as well. Call it Operation Willow Drop: "We don't drop bombs, we drop dwarves."
He's even got a solution for child molestation: "We give the pedophiles gay midgets. Think about it … when the pedophile gets caught, he can say, 'But he's 40.'" Oh, and rainbows? That's caused by two midgets having sex. "Double rainbow? I had a threesome." Williams just slayed 'em – the audience was roaring from the get-go and howling by the time the little dude brought KROQ morning-show personality Lisa May on stage to give her a wild lap dance, at times leaping and cart-wheeling onto her. It brought the house down.
Minchin, perhaps less-known to the crowd, was just as funny and nearly as winning. Barefoot and fearless, he served up gag-filled songs that almost have to be seen to be properly understood. One, seemingly called "Cont" (say it with an English accent) but actually titled "Context," found him initially singing lines like "I don't like Jews … neither should you" … before he admits to having covered up half the lyrics. Thus the line was really supposed to be: "I don't like Jews … who make and sell child pornography … and neither should you."
That doesn't really read funny on paper, but it busted up the Gibson audience, as did two other pieces, one slagging off the pope with a barrage of f-bombs, the other ("Confessions") counter-balancing thoughtful comments on feminism and poverty with a bouncy chorus of "F*** I love boobs, though."
That eventually led to a round of "And I-eee-I-eee-I will always love boobs," set to Whitney Houston's signature tune. But that was nothing compared to Jefferies' taboo-shredding jokes about the late singer.
From early in his set: "Ever since Whitney Houston died it's upset me, and I'll tell you why … it's because I thought she was already dead." Later on, while suggesting that Bobby Brown is a more strong-willed drug-taker: "Not only was she a lightweight, but she was a bad swimmer." That got a loud oh-no-he-didn't reaction that grew deafening after this: "Who drowns in a bath? I'm gonna list everyone who ever drowned in a bath? Babies … and Whitney Houston … and that's f***ing it."
After lines like that – and he had loads of 'em, like this one: "I'm AIDS away from being Brandon Flowers in the Killers" – Eddie Izzard didn't stand a chance.
As for the rest of the lineup, the most consistent array of talent (including Izzard) that KROQ has ever assembled for this randy yuk-fest:
Larry King was wisely chosen to open, not lull the crowd late in the night. (He's "the only comedian who showed up here tonight in a hearse," quipped Kevin Ryder.) People chanted his first name as he took the stage, and not ironically: "I'm 78 years old and I'm a rock star," he noted, adding "I'll prove it's me" before pulling back his jacket to show off his trademark suspenders.
Some of his bits were musty: "Everyone wants to know what it was like to kiss Marlon Brando … the other night I woke up crying Stella, and I don't even know anyone named Stella." Others were knowingly on-point: "You look at her," he said after bringing out his much younger wife Shawn, "you look at me, you look at her, you look at me – and I know what you're thinking. If she dies, she dies." But his main piece, about the consequences of convincing his junior high school principal that a classmate suffering from TB was dead, had a grandfatherly charm to it that surprisingly held the interest of the mostly young crowd.
Felipe Esparza, one of the champs from NBC's Last Comic Standing, does Latino humor at the level of George Lopez or Carlos Mencia, smartly trading on stereotypes you'd think would have grown old by now. Mexicans, he says, "answer our own questions: 'Hey, can I borrow five bucks? Yeah? Why not? 'Cause I'm broke, huh?'" Whole Foods is for white people, but Food 4 Less? That's "Mexican Costco."
How about Latino drivers: "I got into an accident with someone who didn't have car insurance either. We just looked at each other." Or drugs? "I used to sell marijuana to my son's mom's new husband … and then give her back the money as child support. I called it my 420 pyramid scheme." And yes, he isn't exactly Antonio Banderas: When he takes off his shirt in front of woman, he explains the stretch marks by saying "I got attacked by a mountain lion."
Bob Saget's routine is well-known to comedy fans by now, but it's no less gut-busting – or shocking to the uninformed who never imagined that sweet Full House dad could talk so obscenely. "I hope to offend everyone," he admitted halfway in, though at the outset he wondered: "Are you all wasted? Let's just go to the Psycho house and pee all over it."
I wish I could repeat even a fraction of what he said; I'm skirting indecency just mentioning that he did a bit about sending in a self-fellatio clip to the show he used to host, America's Funniest Videos. The highlight was his guitar song "Danny Tanner Was Not Gay," set to the tune of Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way." It mocked both his old sitcom ("sometimes the show wasn't that funny, but f*** you, it made lots of money") as well as the sexuality of co-star John Stamos … who then stepped out and dished it right back to him.
Eddie Ifft had the best stuff about sex and marriage. Monogamy? "That's like fishing in a pond with one fish: 'Oh, look who it is again.'" Mormon polygamy? That's no male fantasy come true, either. "It's eight wives, not eight chicks you picked up at a bar. Imagine coming home late to that: Where were you? Where were you? Where were you? Where were you? Where were you?"
He also joked about those moments when your lover says "I have to tell you something" in the thick of getting busy: "That's never good. That's never followed by '… I have the best score on Donkey Kong.'" But he got his biggest reaction with this one: "I personally think you should be able to abort a child up to two years … especially if it's crying on an airplane. I'd rather see al-Qaeda get on with box cutters."
And Jay Mohr, an April Foolishness veteran, was reliably raw, spewing scatological stuff and teeming with impressions – like Norm Macdonald and Adam Sandler doing the "Funny how?" scene from GoodFellas.
Still getting over an illness ("I just lost 12 pounds on a new diet called Flu"), his centerpiece was an account of driving across the U.S./Canadian border while high on weed spiked with angel dust. Not only did he mistake a gust of snow for the white dots that signify a leap to hyperspace in Star Wars, but he was so far gone, he refused to listen to anything other than the James Gang, Nirvana and the Police – no groups with more than three members, "because I didn't think they would fit into my stereo."
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Let's bring in Congressman Peter King of New York. He joins me now. Good morning, Congressman.
REP. PETER KING (R), NEW YORK: Good morning, Carol. How are you?
COSTELLO: I'm good. Thank you for being here.
KING: You're welcome.
COSTELLO: First of all your reaction to these U.S. troops in Poland and those other Baltic nations?
KING: I think it's very important that the President do this. We should have them again in Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, and make it clear that this is not just a temporary measure. I think one criticism I would have of the President is that he's not up until now shown we're in this for the long haul. He's talking about off ramps for Putin.
I think we have to make it clear that our troops should be there. Also I think we should consider restarting the missile defense system in Eastern Europe, which again will be a signal to the Russians. And also we have to dramatically accelerate, I believe, the production and exporting of liquefied natural gas to Europe so the allies won't be dependent on Russia. And again it will be a strong signal to Russia and investors in Russia that we are serious about this.
COSTELLO: There are 40,000 Russian troops amassed along the border with Ukraine.
KING: Right.
COSTELLO: Some have suggested that the United States should send more troops to Eastern Europe. Do you agree with that?
KING: I don't know if we have to at this stage. I think right now this is sending a first signal. But if we have to send more, we should. But again the purpose of our troops is not to counter the Russians per se, you know, man-to-man or soldier-to-soldier but to send a very strong signal that we are standing with our NATO allies and that any movement by the Russians against a NATO ally is a move against the United States.
So in many ways our troops there are a trip wire. And you know the Russians have to realize that a move against Poland, for instance is, a move against the U.S. and NATO and that means that NATO would come to the defense of one of those countries.
COSTELLO: So we seem to be at the standoff now and I must say it's unsettling to see U.S. troops there even though you know there is no interest in any military action per se.
KING: Well, again, I mean you know NATO to be taken seriously we have to show that we are serious about defending these countries. We do live in a very dangerous world. And Vladimir Putin has really changed the calculus in that part of the world. We have thought from 1991 on that we could find a way to work with the Russians, that we have economic links that again there would be societal links between us and the Russians and the Russia would become more and more westernized but Putin wants to apparently rebuild a Russian empire so we have to be serious about this.
NATO just can't be there for decorations or for parades. It has to show that it is willing to stand and fight if it has to. Now nobody wants that to happen. But I think you know one way to invite aggression is that we show any sign of weakness and we show that we're not going to stand by our allies especially the Baltic States.
I mean, some of those Baltic States have 25 percent, 30 percent, 35 percent Russian population. And that would be a very good excuse for the Russians to say they have to go in to Estonia or Latvia or Lithuania to protect the Russians in those countries. We have to make it clear that we're not going to tolerate that.
COSTELLO: OK so is it safe to say then that you don't think that tougher sanctions is the answer and we shouldn't bother with them?
KING: Oh no. I think we have to do sanctions. We have to increase the sanctions. We should make -- this has to be a full-pronged comprehensive plan against the Russians. Sanctions are very important. We should go higher than we have. We should get the people closest to Putin, and we should make it clear to other countries that want to invest in Russia that this is going to be a long struggle against the Russians, an economic struggle.
It's going to be a military standoff, if you will, and we are very serious and we're going to be increasing our exporting of energy to Europe which will then weaken the Russians because they won't have the markets in Europe they had before and the European countries won't dependent on them.
Now I think this is similar to 1946 when Winston Churchill and Harry Truman realized that there's going to be a struggle with the Soviet Union. We're not looking to a military struggle but this has to be an all-out economic and diplomatic struggle with the military in reserve which is why we are having these training maneuvers going on in Poland. Training means that you are training to be ready for combat, God forbid that happens. So that's why the troops are there.
COSTELLO: I know it just seems like deja vu all over again.
KING: Yes.
COSTELLO: And Congressman -- yes Congressman Peter King, thanks so much for joining me this morning. I appreciate it.
KING: You're very welcome, Carol. Thank you.
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Children who woke up twice or more times a week up to the age of three were twice as likely to go on to develop asthma, the teams from Australia and Canada found.
The findings have surprised experts who previously thought the connection between sleep patterns and asthma was that the wheezing symptoms were what was causing children to wake.
The study, published in the European Respiratory Journal, followed 2,400 children in Australia from birth to age 14 with their mothers filling out detailed questionnaires about the child's sleep patterns, their pregnancy, family lifestyle and any other medical conditions.
They found at age one, a third of children woke up at night more than twice a week which dropped by 27 per cent by age three.
The children who had broken sleep up to the age of three were more than twice as likely to be receiving treatment for asthma at age 14. The effect remained even after taking into account other factors that associated with asthma such as breastfeeding and sleeping with parents.
The link was found only with non-allergic asthma, the form of the disease brought on by cold weather, exercise, or infection and not with the allergic form, where wheezing is in reaction to pets or pollen.
Lead author Anita Kozyrskyj, of the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, said: "A reduction in the number of hours of sleep had already been blamed for ADHD and child obesity, but to our knowledge this is the first time the onset of asthma has been associated with broken sleep."
She said certain chemicals produced by the body encourage inflammation and are involved in both sleep control and sensitivity of the airways, which could be the reason for the link.
Leanne Metcalf, Director of Research at Asthma UK, said: "The UK has one of the highest rates of childhood asthma in the world so this research could have significant implications for parents. It is important to note however, that the children in this study with broken sleep also tended to come from low-income families with a stressful home environment.
"The link between stress and asthma is well established, although the relationship is still not fully understood. Part of the link may be due to the effects of stress on the body's immune system and we know that the workings of the immune system can also be affected by sleep.
"At this early stage in the research we can only reinforce the need for a healthy and balanced lifestyle during pregnancy and early life as this is the best way to protect your child from developing a condition that affects one in 11 children in the UK."


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Vera Wang decided to mix things up a little bit and instead of the traditional runway show to debut her Spring 2015 bridal collection, the famed designer released this video, entitled Chasing Alix on her website.
"Four young women searching for the elusive and astonishing Madame Gres," the description reads. "From a fallow forrest to the inner sanctum of an old, abandoned mansion on the Gold Coast, they inhabit a private world of mystery, romance, and dark seduction." Doesn't really explain much, does it? Well, neither does the video.
It's kind of confusing and gives off a little bit of a 'zombie bride who wants to kill you' kinda feeling. Not exactly the lovey-dovey 'look at these beautiful bridal gowns' we were expecting. But, that's high fashion for ya, it never really makes a whole heck of a lot of sense (See: These shrink-wrapped models at Paris Fashion Week).
Honestly, we still can't figure out who "Alix" is, but if she's any of these girls, we think people would be running away from, not chasing her--unless you're into that sort of thing. The tragedy of it all is that we don't even really get a good look at the gowns.
Side note: You might wanna mute the music unless you want your nightmares to have their very own soundtrack.
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Drumheller has grown in prominence as a regional centre in the last several years, in part because of its larger stores drawing from a bigger geographical region.
Walmart opened its doors in 2006, and Canadian Tire and a large 24-hour IGA store were fixtures in the community for several years before that. Extra Foods has also located in Drumheller, and Shoppers Drug Mart is opening a 12,000-square-foot store this year. Drumheller's trading area extends east into Saskatchewan, and north, south and west for 50 kilometres or more.
The cost of leasing retail space in the valley community varies significantly, according to Bob Sheddy, broker/owner of Century 21 Power Realty.
Sheddy says that while downtown retail space can be leased for anywhere from $6.50 to $7.75 per square foot, space along the highways that snake through the valley is considerably higher priced, in the $18.50- to $28-per-square-foot range. The difference reflects the traffic volumes on highways 10, 9 and 56 that pass through Drumheller.
Sheddy says there's no vacancy in buildings right on the highways, but space is available for an 18,000 to 28,000-square foot retail store in the local Co-op Mall between Walmart and downtown.
All the new space that came onstream in 2008 is leased, Sheddy says, but there's room for development of new service/retail buildings on the highways in town.
While major names such as Boston Pizza and many of the fast food giants are already in Drum, one Canadian icon - Tim Hortons - has yet to locate in the Badlands capital. It's still being hotly pursued.
In terms of industrial space for lease, supply has kept up with demand, but there's no glut of space.
"I don't expect any new [industrial] construction for 2009 or 2010," Sheddy said. "We have a healthy industrial market right now. There is a stirring of activity. Smaller companies are selling to larger corporate companies, moving into larger spaces, and some large private companies are reducing their lease space by 20 per cent to become more efficient."
One 2,400-square-foot bay is available for lease, Sheddy says, and the City of Drumheller is selling serviced industrial lots at Rosedale (about 10 kilometres southeast of Drumheller's centre) on Highway 10 for $75,000 per acre.
While Drumheller has long been a community served by a significant rail line, CN Rail wants to formally abandon its line through Drumheller that connects Calgary and Saskatoon. Telford says the community would like the line to stay for freight or perhaps be used for tourism trains, but that may be a losing battle.
Even without the rail line, businesses that set up in Drumheller that used the line aren't in a big hurry to relocate.
W. Ralston (Canada Inc.) has a plastics manufacturing business in Drumheller that employs roughly 80 people. It was using the rail line to bring in material but now trucks it in from Calgary. Still, it has no plans to leave the valley community.
After more than two decades in Drumheller, Mike Conley, W. Ralston's plant manager, sees Drumheller as a good place to do business.
"I see it as a promising community in the future. I don't plan on going anywhere and neither do we as a company. We're happy here. We think it was a good move," Conley said. Conley's upbeat sense on where Drumheller is going is shared by Ron Zuke, manager of the new 99.5 Drum FM station and its associated community Internet portal site.
"I think the company [Golden West Radio] saw the opportunity in Drumheller," Zuke says, noting the broadcaster has a history of expansion in larger Prairie towns and small cities
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They say you should never meet your heroes... but that's exactly what happened this past weekend, when I was offered the opportunity to sit down with the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, Lita Ford, prior to her appearance at HRH AOR this past weekend.
We chatted about Lita's autobiography, the challenges she faced in writing it, how she was recently named "the First Lady Of Rock Guitar", the influence she has had on women in the music industry and her plans for a new studio album:
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Advisory Report
March 31, 2011
Defining an Operating Measure for Independent Colleges and Universities- Revised March 2011
(originally issued January 5, 2007)
The complete Advisory Guidance document can be viewed here.
In January 2007, NACUBO's Accounting Principle Council (APC) published this position paper in an effort to provide recommendations to independent colleges and universities on items that should be classified as nonoperating. These items arise from other than the mission-related activities of the institution and, as a result, would best be reflected outside of the operating activity of the entity. In addition, the activity will likely be presented in either the investing or financing sections of the Statement of Cash Flows.
With the codification of accounting standards by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and new issuances and updates to those standards, NACUBO has revised the recommendations as follows:
- "Gains and losses on sale of long-lived plant assets that are incidental or peripheral to central operations" has been removed. Because this type of transaction does not meet the criteria to be considered a discontinued operation it, therefore, should be included in income/loss from continuing operations.
- "Cumulative effect of a change in an accounting principle & prior period adjustments and corrections of errors of prior periods" has been removed as subsequent FASB pronouncements have changed the way in which these items are presented in the financial statements. See further discussion about this change on page XX, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections.
- References to specific FASB pronouncements have been updated to reflect the relevant sections in the Accounting Standards Codification (ASC).
A substantial percentage of independent colleges and universities voluntarily report an intermediate operating measure on their statement of activities, as permitted under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). However, there has been no standardized definition of operations for higher education. For independent institutions that provide an operating measure, the APC recommends that the following items be classified as nonoperating. In other words, these transactions or events should normally be separately reported within the changes in Unrestricted Net Assets.
- Investment gains or income in excess of the institution's spending policy.
- Net assets released from restrictions related to capital additions or acquisition of long-lived assets [contingent on Net Asset Release policy, see below].*
- Gifts restricted by donors for capital purposes (acquisition of long-lived assets) if the institution's policy is to record gifts as UNA when expended within same fiscal period.
- Changes in value of split-interest agreements reported in UNA.
- Change in value of derivatives that are not part of the investment portfolio e.g., interest rate hedges or swap contracts related to institutional debt.
- Gains & losses associated with the issuance, restructuring, and extinguishment of debt.
- Changes in net assets related to pension and other postretirement benefits other than net periodic costs (as reported under ASC 958-715)
- Extraordinary gains and losses from unusual or infrequently occurring events.
- Result of discontinued operations & impairment of long-lived assets that are part of a discontinued operation.
This is not intended to be an exhaustive list nor is complete consensus anticipated. For example, some institutions exclude unrestricted estate gifts from operating since their internal board policy would designate these for capital or future endeavors. The same rationale that is used to defer unrestricted undistributed investment income to nonoperating can be used to say these bequests are nonoperating. However, arguments for including these transactions are also prevalent, e.g., the gift was the result of operating activities, i.e., fundraising. Moody's and S&P both classify unrestricted estate or bequests as operating since they consider it "available" for operating and is a result of management's value adding activities. In either case, if these are reported as nonoperating then disclosure within the footnotes would be appropriate.
This report is organized as follows:
- Illustrative example of a statement of activities with an intermediate operating measure
- Tables for each transaction or event which include examples and an expanded discussion
- Background for the project
- Theoretical discussion of the basis for our conclusions
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How funny would it be if literary figures had nicknames like street thugs? Pretty funny, it turns out. We'd be discussing "Boom-Boom-In-Da-Room Harold Bloom" and "my Once-A-Week-O Freak-O Critique-O Michiko Kakutani." Those are from a short story by J. Robert Lennon. Taking the form of the authors' notes at the back of a short story collection, it features a list of "shout-outs" to my "homies" by a writer who apparently killed some people in real life. His list goes on.
Tommy "Tomcat" Lynchin' Pynchon; Write-Till-She-Moan Toni More-and-Morrison; Abracadabra-Gift-a-Gab Gabriel García Park-It-In-The-Fiction-Market Márquez; Donny Fill-O, Chill-O, Careful-Not-Ta-Spill-O DeLillo; and finally, the Chairman of the Boards, the Original Globe-Trotter, Sir Mike-It, Spike-It, As-You-Like-It, Mistah Bling-Bling-Play's-the-Thing, the Killa of Fear, William Shake-Bake-and-Take-A-Bow Shakespeare. Word.
It's one of the best gags in the book, and it could sum up Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, "Found" Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts. Editors David Shields and Matthew Vollmer define a "fraudulent artifact" as
a text purporting to be a particular form of writing—a journal entry, a note, a yearbook letter, an e-mail, a transcript of a speech, a grocery list, a musical score, a screenplay—which also tells a story, stirs thought and emotion, inspires inquiry, initiates action, and/or calls into question that which is—or has purported to be—real.
As far as selecting fiction that purports to be other kinds of documents, Shields and Vollmer have done a marvelous job. Fakes include disclaimers, instructions, personal ads, police blotters, and Twitter feeds by writers like Lorrie Moore, George Saunders, Lydia Davis, and J. G. Ballard. These are joyful, puzzling works that make you feel young and perplexed and excited about the possibilities of literature. But, notable exceptions aside—Elizabeth Stuckey French provides a devastating interview between a college student and his mentally handicapped brother, for example—this is very light reading. Fakes devotes itself to jokes, wordplay, formal innovation, and the contrast between literary and pop sensibilities. Like that list of thug nicknames. Or Chris Bachelder's Amazon reviews of his own beard. Or Jack Pendarvis's fake publisher's catalog, written by a troubled publisher who's about to slit his throat. It is contemporary fiction whose highest ambition is to poke fun at contemporary fiction.
Published by Norton, Fakes is what you might call a Norton anthology with a lower-case a. Three of its forty stories are credited as having first appeared in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, but that number feels low. The anthology will compete with the Best American Nonrequired Reading Series for a prime spot on creative writing syllabi, and college students will identify with its petulantly clever stories, like Mark Halliday's essay by a 9th grader, "One Thousand Words on Why You Should Not Talk During a Fire Drill." But must we really teach college students—a generation raised on The Onion, The Colbert Report, and sincere YouTube videos taken hilariously out of context—about subverting traditional narrative forms? Aren't they the ones teaching us?
Fakes approaches one of the most exciting topics in fiction with an ass-backward sense of our moment in history. The introduction implies, grandiosely, that creative reappropriation is an essentially literary pursuit, and a relatively recent one—the oldest copyright date in Fakes is 1985. But ever since, oh let's say 1985, literature has struggled to keep pace with creative reappropriations in pop culture and on the Internet. I wish Fakes had make a different, even more grandiose argument: that today's "new" narrative forms on TV and the Internet have their origins in the literary past. An appendix lists older "fraudulent artifacts" by Bram Stoker, Mark Twain, Jorge Luis Borges, and Vladimir Nabokov. Why stop there? Why not list every writer ever? All writers have ever done is create fraudulent artifacts. But I suppose that wouldn't fit on a syllabus.
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The Frenchman underwent an 11-hour open-heart surgery after suffering from a condition known as dissection of the aorta at half time during his side's 1-1 draw with Leeds in 2001, but he insists that he is now completely fit and healthy.
Related ArticlesGerard Houllier must wait to start Aston Villa roleVilla confirm Houllier as bossThompson snub for Houllier and VillaGerard Houllier 'to sign two-year Villa deal'Houllier Villa deal hits hitch over MacDonaldGerard Houllier held up'When you go into this job there is pressure, hard work, you won't sleep every night, so you need to make sure that your body is ready to sustain the challenge,' he said.
'But I would say I'm even fitter than when I was at Lyon.' Houllier was referring to his two years, from 2005-07, at Olympique Lyonnais, who hired him to turn domestic dominance into European success after winning their fourth successive championship.
'I would say that this was very demanding,' he says, with the unuttered coda that if he had dealt with that well enough, Villa will be a walk in the park.
Houllier, who was last given a check-up in early August — he likes to meet with his specialist in Liverpool 'on a friendly basis' regularly — is understood to have hesitated from accepting the role because his wife Isabelle was worried about what a return might mean to his health.
Asked whether his family were happy, Houllier made a noise like a kettle coming to the boil. 'Good question,' he joked. 'They are happy because I'm doing what I want to do.'
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The 3/19/12 Report
I check my numbers, I think they're wrong but if they are correct, I need to get my readership up. I want to give you consistency, no excuses. I'm not like Desperate Housewives, I don't take two week breaks to leave you in suspense for award shows and specials, I'm just really working hard at the newspaper. Aiming to be a great reporter shows me I had to make sacrifices but also makes Delafreshnews. My passion is still giving readers news that they can laugh at. Believe me, I live in a small enough town where I've considered creating a blog just about the experiences here under an alias of course but one step at a time. So here is the post I promised you if you're reading out there, and PLEASE no spam comments, just genuine feedback. I'll take it all. Thanks!
Kony film director takes it off
So this week's news hilariously gave some realities. Starting with the director of the Kony documentary that went viral this month, Jason Russell was transported to a medical facility for running through the streets in his underwear screaming. Well as you may know, I'm Facebook friends with Montez from Workaholics on Comedy Central so that makes me like a tenth of a friend in real life. His status (edited for style and clarity) to me is what you should get out of this story and I'll leave it at that:
"Is Kony an ok guy now because Jason Russell had a drunken night? Yeah you enslaved and raped kids, at least you didn't beat off at the beach drunk. The cause is bigger and more important than the people running it."-Erik Griffin.
SXSW Hot Spots
There was some controversy this week over the music festival SXSW in Austin and their Wi-Fi hotspots. Homeless people were paid to be Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the music festival for people to tweet their douchebag statuses and pictures. I guess SXSW is the new Coachella but they took it a step further by taking recycling to a whole new level. Seriously, these are people! They weren't doing them any favors with this one. SXSW organizers just set back hippies another 50 years, which is exactly where they want to be. You think people were pissed about it, Gary Busey was surrounded by festival-goers and he didn't even know why. He was just trying to catch Bruce Springsteen's keynote address.
Keeping up with the Republicans: GOP racing
A lot went on last week with state primaries and territories. Secretly democrats were happy that GOP presidential candidate hopeful Rick Santorum won some of the southern primaries like Mississippi and Alabama because if the idiot wins the GOP nomination, they know President Obama is going to get that second term. I guess Mitt Romney's fake southern accent and hankering for grits didn't help him none in the South, but Romney did win the Puerto Rico primary because I'm assuming that Santorum made it known that he wasn't behind Puerto Rico pushing for their statehood. I think Puerto Rico's citizens were confused when the majority voted for Romney. Romney doesn't want to make them a state; he wants to make them his estate. I mean if he's elected that's going to be Romney's vacation spot for when difficult things happen in office like war and poor people.
College band yells racist chant
As we stay in the South for this story, the President of the University of Southern Mississippi apologized last week after school band members yelled "where's your green card?," at a Latino player from Kansas State University during an NCAA tournament game. Although it was reported that Angel Rodriguez of Puerto Rican decent said they were ignorant people and had moved on from the incident, people were still very upset with the band's conduct. If they could go back in time, here are some things Kansas State's band could have yelled back:
- Where are some of your teeth?
- How many times have you or a family member have been seen on Jerry Springer?
That last one was kind of long but it still stands.
The Obvious Truth is Out
A Goldman Sachs executive resigned in a very public manner Wednesday calling the firm toxic and disrespectful of its clients in an op-ed piece published by the NY Times. I wonder how many other big execs will quit and state the obvious, could you imagine that?
Ideal resignations:
- Samuel Robson Walton, Chairman of Wal-Mart: "We are one of the devil's minions."
- Bob Iger, CEO and Chairman of Disney: "Walt in fact did hate the Jews."
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Spurs must do their bit to ensure Bale remains boy down the Lane
SOCCER ANGLES:Top four finish and Champions League spot needed to keep whizz kid at the club, writes MICHAEL WALKER
Gareth Bale is on the run. Bale is charging into territory occupied only by those who have been scintillating at the highest level of the game. He has become one of those players people pay to watch, a player the rest of the game revolves around.
Tottenham Hotspur have a had a few in their time, plenty of supporters watched Glenn Hoddle, and only Glenn Hoddle, when he was at White Hart Lane, and for Bale to be mentioned in this company shows the development of the 23-year-old Welshman.
He has become good enough for the English to be openly regretful of his nationality.
It happened with Ryan Giggs, with Roy Keane, and with Kenny Dalglish long before. It is a back-handed, cack-handed compliment, one with which Bale will be at ease. If he is brattish, he hides it well; he has taken to understanding that compliments come in varieties in football.
There is the obvious form: the season before last Bale was voted player of the year by his fellow professionals. That is usually a signal that quality has arrived. Then there is the clamour industry – speculation that links Bale with Barcelona or Real Madrid after every effervescent display, and there have been a few of those of late.
Then there's the match day practical praise. Increasingly Bale has found that his is "double-teamed". Which aggravates him.
Adapt my game
"I've had to adapt my game, mix it up," he said midway through last season. "It's something I want to do to improve, something I have to do. I've started to come inside a lot more and that has made me a better player and harder to play against.
"But having two people on you blocking a pass is frustrating. It annoys me, I'd rather have a one-on-one, but it's kind of a compliment. If they are developing tactics to try to stop me, it shows that I'm doing well. But it is annoying."
Bale made that remark over a year after terrorising Inter Milan, then champions of Europe, in the Champions League. This shows Bale has now been excellent on a consistent basis, a mark of true pedigree.
Yesterday morning the back pages in England were again dominated by Bale's antics, this time from Thursday night's Europa League tie against Lyon at White Hart Lane.
Bale's two goals – in a 2-1 win – were free-kicks of devastating swerve and speed and in themselves were something to cherish. But it is the fact Bale has now scored seven goals in his last five matches, and in the space of five days delivered two doubles to beat Newcastle United, then Lyon, that really makes you think he has entered a new phase.
Cast some doubt
Arsene Wenger cast some doubt on this theory yesterday, downplaying Bale by comparing him to Lionel Messi – "Messi has won two or three Champions Leagues, a few championships, scored 95 goals in a year, so let's not go too quick," Wenger said – but that misses the point that Messi is a phenomenon. Bale isn't, but he is some player, one who could transform a better side than Tottenham.
A more appropriate comparison, perhaps, is with Cristiano Ronaldo. There is a high-speed winger element to this, of course, but there is also added goals. Bale has 21 this season, and it's February. What's more, some have been superb – his run from inside his own half against Norwich City to score a late equaliser last month, actually had the whiff of George Best about it.
With a new four-year contract signed last summer, and with a new baby, Bale's future at Tottenham should be a reliable peg for manager Andre Villas-Boas and those above him. But this is football and it seems like two things need to happen in the next few months to ensure Bale remains at White Hart Lane.
The second springs from the first, which is that Spurs must make the top four places and trust that what happened to them last May with Chelsea, does not happen again.
Then Spurs finished fourth on 69 points but lost their Champions League place when Chelsea, who came sixth in the Premier League, produced that triumph in Munich.
With Manchester United likely to win the Premier League, their progress in Europe will not affect Tottenham. But this is where Wenger comes back in. Arsenal are the other English club left in Europe and it would fit Spurs' fans doomed sense of themselves to think of Arsenal winning the Champions League to deny them their place in it.
Good news
That is hard to foresee – good news for Spurs. Around 69 points should again secure a top four place, and the financial wherewithal to rebuff bids for Bale, but that will require them to maintain their form and victory level for the rest of the season. Arsenal lurk here, too.
Failing to stay the course is why Harry Redknapp is no longer manager. And he also had passages when Bale was unstoppable. Despite the evidence Bale has been serving up this season – again – he cannot do it all on his own.
Coming of age Jones beginning to live up to hype
As someone who has been resistant to the hype surrounding Phil Jones, it was with some surprise to discover a few weeks ago that Phil Jones is 20. That changed things, altered the perception of the young centre-half who can play midfield, it appears, with a veteran's ease.
On seeing Jones roaming around the Bernabeu on Wednesday night as a key Manchester United performer, the hype looked for the first time to be at least worthy of some form of discussion.
It was Bobby Charlton, no less, who the Christmas before last, when Jones was 18, said that Jones carried similarities with Duncan Edwards. Given the emotional pull of Charlton and Edwards, this sounded over the top and it does still.
But Jones will be 21 next week – his birthday is the date that Edwards died, February 21 – and his all-round display against Real Madrid had a coming-of-age feel to it.
On leaving Celtic Park on Tuesday night, there was a small ball of criticism beginning to roll in the direction Neil Lennon. It was said that Lennon had risked too much on the doubtful fitness of Efe Ambrose, back from the African Nations Cup final and a long flight.
Ambrose had a game to forget, but how many alternatives did Lennon have? Juventus's victory in Glasgow was in one sense a victory of superior resources. Lennon has a decent starting XI, who have surpassed themselves in Europe. Juve have a squad.


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By: Betty Wheeler
Mulligan, Do-Over, Ctrl-Z: these terms signify an opportunity to undo something and start afresh. For songwriters and other creators ("authors" in copyright terminology), the Copyright Act of 1976 provides just such a do-over, giving authors "termination rights" – the opportunity to recapture rights to their creative works that they previously transferred to someone else. For example, a songwriter who signed a contract granting rights to a catalog of songs to a music publisher can regain those rights, even if the contract said the assignment was forever.
Termination allows creators to recapture economic, creative and administrative control over their works, gaining the chance to strike better deals or manage their works in ways tailored to today's market.
Termination is not an instant do-over. This second chance kicks in some 35 years after the original transfer (after 55 years for pre-1978 transfers), and creators must comply with technical notice provisions and exercise their rights within a defined window of time, or the termination right is lost forever. While 35 years is a long time, the recaptured time can be far longer, since copyright for individual authors typically lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years. (Length of copyright can be a complex matter.)
This article outlines key issues to help creators (or their heirs) understand the basics; it is not intended to provide legal advice, and you are advised to seek expert assistance with termination rights. The simplest "who, what, when, why and how" of termination rights is complicated, but creators seeking to maximize the financial return from their creative works need some understanding of this issue.
Why: The Superman Example
To understand the rationale and significance of the termination right, consider Superman. The full story is complex, but here's the short version: Superman was created by two teenagers, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel; Detective Comics paid them $130 in 1938 for signing over all rights in the Superman character, universally and forever. This scenario illustrates the rationale for termination: young creators who sign away lucrative rights for little compensation, due to inexperience, poor business acumen or lack of negotiating clout. Decades later, Siegel's widow and daughter relied on termination rights, among other claims, to regain a share in the U.S. copyright for the Superman character. (The court order in the Superman case is a fascinating, well-illustrated read; an online link to it follows this article.)
Who & What: Simple, With Two Tricky Complexities
Termination rights apply to all "authors": songwriters, recording artists, photographers, painters, sculptors, writers and more – generally, creators of any types of work eligible for copyright protection.
A tricky complexity arises if a work is claimed to be a work made for hire. If a work meets the definition of a "work made for hire" in section 101 of the Copyright Act, then the employer or person for whom the work was prepared, and not the creator, is legally the author of the work from its inception (and not by transfer). That means the termination right is unavailable to the creator, because the right applies to authors, and because there is no transfer of rights to terminate. Whether something is a "work made for hire" can be a complex and highly contentious issue, not necessarily resolved by language in a contract stating that it is a work made for hire. Why might you care about this issue? Because, for example, many recording contracts have provisions stating that the sound recordings covered by the contract are works made for hire. The extent to which sound recordings are works made for hire, and thus not covered by termination rights, is an issue for litigation and stakeholder negotiations as the termination windows open for these works; for now, it's a murky area.
Termination rights generally apply to any transfer of rights – exclusive or nonexclusive grants or licenses of copyright or any right under a copyright. However, there is a complexity in the "what" department involving previously-created derivative works. The termination provisions of the Copyright Act provide an exception for derivative works prepared under authority of the grant before its termination. This exception has produced interesting court cases involving "Who's Sorry Now," "When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along," Joe Cocker's versions of "Bye, Bye Blackbird" and the film Sleepless in Seattle.
When & How (Heed the Ticking Clock!)
Termination rights are available only during a designated window, with specific time frames for giving advance notice, and detailed requirements as to the content, service and requirements for recording a copy.
Terminations of pre-1978 transfers are somewhat different from those for post-1977 transfers. Pre-1978, copyright term was split into an initial 28-year term plus a renewal term of 28 years, with later amendments adding 19 years, then an additional 20 years, to the renewal term. Renewal, rather than termination, provided a measure of protection to authors from bad deals. The Copyright Act of 1976, which went into effect Jan. 1, 1978, did away with renewal for post-1977 works and instead extended the duration of copyright, creating the termination provisions of section 203 for post-1977 transfers, and sections 304(c) and (d) for pre-1978 transfers.
For pre-1978 transfers, authors have a five-year window for termination, beginning in the 56th year after the transfer. Authors missing that window have another opportunity at the end of 75 years to recapture the last 20 years of copyright term. The Jassin article listed below provides detailed information about termination rights for pre-1978 copyrights, including who can exercise these rights when the author is deceased.
For post-1977 transfers, termination can occur during the 5-year window beginning at the end of 35 years from the date the grant was executed.
For all terminations, notice requirements apply. Notice must be sent not less than 2 nor more than 10 years before the effective date of the termination, and the effective date of termination must be within the 5-year window described above.
Example: A songwriter transferred rights to a song to a music publisher on 1/1/78. The five-year window for termination is from 1/1/13 to 12/31/17. For the earliest possible termination date of 1/1/13, proper notice must be given no earlier than 1/1/03 and no later than 12/31/10.
The clock is always ticking. Creators should keep track of the windows of opportunity for termination rights to their works and factor in time to gather the information required for the notice.
Notice requirements are detailed by federal regulation, 37 CFR section 201.10 (link below), including identification of the work, which section of law the termination is made under, details about the grant being terminated, the effective date of termination and more, including requirements for recording a copy of the notice with the Copyright Office as a condition to its taking effect.
Details are key to successful termination of rights. This article only sketches the outlines. Further study and expert counsel are highly recommended. If creators resist being overwhelmed by the details and stay aware of the ticking clock, termination rights can be a powerful tool to regain financial, creative and administrative control over their works, for the betterment of their retirement years and their legacy for their heirs.
Post-1977 grants: Section 203 of the Copyright Act, www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap2.html. Pre-1978 grants: Sections 304(c) and (d) of the Copyright Act, www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap3.html
L. Jassin, "Copyright Termination: How Authors (and Their Heirs) Can Recapture Their Pre-1978 Copyrights, www.copylaw.com/new_articles/copyterm.html.
Federal Regulations covering to terminations under Sections 203 and 304: http://www.copyright.gov/docs/201-10-final.pdf
The Superman case: The March 26, 2008 court order, with a full reproduction of the original Superman comic from 1938, is online here: http://uncivilsociety.org/siegel_superman_032608.pdf


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Published on October 24th, 2011 | by Chris1
Armadillo (2010)
Much like the incredible Restrepo, Armadillo puts you right in the middle of the war in Afghanistan. Only this time we go with a group of recruits from Denmark.
This is a pretty undefinable little film. It departs significantly at times from the usual documentary format. In fact, at times you will (at least I did) wonder if some of the shots aren't staged. There are a lot of these moments. So many in fact that it somewhat takes away from the entire experience.
Fortunately, though, none of these moments occur when the camera is out in the field with these guys. Which is where the shit really hits the fan. The final scene where the platoon gets split with a squad of Taliban stuck in a ditch between them.... It doesn't get much more harrowing than that. And brutal. Scenes like this show just what its like. Without any sugar coating. Apart from that it reminded me more of a TV reality show. Mainly because of the camera/production work that they dressed it up in during the soldiers' down time. Then the almost "fabricated" soap opera surrounding that ambush which never goes anywhere....
This review is pretty short, I will admit. It's basically because there isn't a lot to say. The basic premise is this: 1) Film a bit of the guys before they leave, 2) film them "over there" as various things happen to them, 3) film a bit as they return home.
All that said, I'm going to give this a solid 7/10. I would have gone less, but the actual "in the field" stuff really does make the "other stuff" not quite so important or distracting overall. I know this was a pretty acclaimed movie, but I couldn't bring myself to get all excited about it.
One thing I did notice, and I wondered why it wasn't included, because you know at one point one of them said it. None of them really wondered out loud on camera, "just WTF are we Danes doing here, anyway?" Especially as their guys get killed and wounded. I know I'd be thinking it. Don't get me wrong, the contribution they make to the overall effort over there is invaluable, and greatly appreciated. I'm speaking on a personal level, from their point of view....
Obviously, all of the dialog is in Danish and subtitled. Not a problem for me, just need to point this out.
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All reviews are written by Cappies student critics and edited by Cappies adult mentors prior to publishing.
Marielle Burt, a student at McLean High School , reviews 'West Side Story' performed by Heritage High School as a part of the Cappies Critics and Awards Program.
Two lovers. Two gangs. One gun shot. Can the passion of the classic star-crossed lovers withstand the gang rumbles in the graffiti covered streets of New York City? This epic conflict unfolds in Heritage High School's enthralling production of West Side Story.
A modern take on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", West Side Story is a favorite American musical, with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and original choreography by Jerome Robbins. The classic tale of ill-fated lovers is told in the context of the 1950s gang violence and racial tension that plagued New York City. Replacing the Montagues and the Capulets are two equally ruthless and belligerent street gangs: the Sharks, a collection of Puerto Rican immigrants, and the Jets, a group of Polish-American, working class hoodlums. The protagonist, Tony, a member of the Jets, and Maria, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks, fall in love, challenging the stringent social divisions that define life on the West Side streets of New York. Through the lovers' tragic struggle, West Side Story tackles dark issues of the urban world while paying homage to the romance of Shakespeare.
As the star-crossed lovers, the genuine passion between Maria Regina (Maria) and Devin Clawson (Tony) created a captivating juxtaposition between their own love and the hatred surrounding them. Their natural chemistry in scenes such as "One Hand, One Heart" made these two a magnetic pair. In a cast lacking in consistent singers, Regina's pure, soprano voice shone in her solo scenes. As Clawson thrashed around the stage it a fit of rage and frustration after learning of his lover's death, his emotional crescendo sent chills down the spine.
Every performer in Heritage High School's supporting cast contributed to the fiery atmosphere of the show. From riveting fight scenes to a salsa dance off, the cast's enthusiasm was unwavering. Giselle Tirado and Bella Tenaglia's choreography electrified the already ample energy, though some dance sequences could have been more synchronized. Several supporting actors showed tremendous dedication to their characterization. Becky Schneider, as Maria's sister in-law Anita, put stupendously sassy spin on her role. She also displayed admirable vocal conviction -- especially in the number "America," in which she struts around the stage gleefully singing about the perks of living in America. Liam Kittson, as Action, the "class clown" of The Jets gang, sent eruptions of laughter through the audience with his vibrantly animated expressions and deadpan comic delivery. As Kittson and the rest of the Jets rebounded around the stage making fun of a police officer in "Officer Krupke," their brotherly dynamic illustrated a softer side of the ruthless gang.
Despite some minor glitches, the technical elements of the production were a success. The lighting was often mesmerizing. In the dream sequence "Somewhere," shadowy lights silhouetted a group of ballet dancers, whose effortless movements created an appropriate dreamlike quality. The set, complete with a wall of graffiti and exposed brick, wondrously transported audiences to the dark, dangerous streets of New York City. The scene changes were expertly executed, and allowed the production to continue seamlessly.
Whether it's the Elizabethan Era or the 21st century, passion, violence and danger are sure to draw a crowd. Heritage High School does this and more in their rapturous production of West Story.