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HR 1852 - Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007 - National Key Vote
Jesse Jackson, Jr. voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Read statements Jesse Jackson, Jr. made in this general time period.
- Sept. 19, 2007 Senate Bill Sent To Committee
- Sept. 18, 2007 House Bill Passed
- March 29, 2007 Introduced
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Legislation - Bill Sent To Committee (Senate) - Sept. 19, 2007
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Title: Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007
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Vote to pass a bill that expands mortgage insurance programs under the National Housing Act.
- Raises the maximum amount that may be approved for multi-family mortgage insurance by the FHA to 170 percent in normal cost areas and 215 percent in high cost areas (Sec. 27).
- Establishes the Affordable Housing Fund to provide grants that make rent and home ownership more affordable for low-income families (Sec. 31).
- Extends the term for mortgages from 35 years to 40 years (Sec. 4).
- Requires mortgage companies to notify foreclosure prevention counseling services and have them contact mortgagors over 60 days late with payments to offer counseling services funded by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Secs. 10, 31).
- Creates the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund to guarantee that mortgagors are being charged appropriate premiums for their risk level, to minimize the default risk to borrowers and the Fund, and to meet the housing needs of single family borrowers (Sec. 17).
- Limits mortgage origination fees to 1.5 percent of the total mortgage claim (Sec. 20).
- Allows the mortgagor to be rewarded the amount of the money not paid from escrow plus any penalties accrued or the penalty amount plus attorneys fees if a mortgagee or servicer fails to pay taxes, insurance premiums, or other charges from the mortgagor's escrow account (Sec. 23).
- Establishes a pilot program to allow mortgagors with insufficient credit histories to obtain an alternative credit rating based on rent, utilities, and insurance payment histories (Sec. 25).
- Sets the amount needed to fund housing counseling for mortgages insured under title II of the National Housing Act at $100 million for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 (Sec. 31).
- Authorizes the appropriation of $25 million for each fiscal year 2008 through 2012 to improve the technologies, procedures, processes, and salaries of mortgage insurance programs under title II of the National Housing Act (Sec. 31).
- Prohibits any programs under the National Housing Act from charging mortgage insurance premiums above the October 1, 2006 amounts (Sec. 32).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - March 29, 2007
Title: Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007
- Donna Marie Christensen (VI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Elijah E. Cummings (MD - D)
- Anna G. Eshoo (CA - D)
- Bob R. Etheridge (NC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barney Frank (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- William J. Jefferson (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Edward J. 'Ed' Markey (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- James P. 'Jim' Moran Jr. (VA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bobby L. Rush (IL - D)
- Adam B. Schiff (CA - D)
- Albio Sires (NJ - D)
- Peter F. Welch (VT - D)
- Albert R. Wynn (MD - D) (Out Of Office)


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The Technical College of the Lowcountry Division of Continuing Education will offer a series of basic computer courses in February and March at the Beaufort Campus, 921 Ribaut Road.
Internet and Email
Wednesday, Feb.15, 6 to 9 p.m. Cost is $49.
The Internet is a vastly growing source of information with numerous services available. Do you know what you should and shouldn't trust? This class will take you through surfing the web using browsers and search engines. Learn how to safely explore web activities such as shopping, paying bills, emailing, playing games, arranging travel with online booking agencies and more.
Intro to Word
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 6 to 9 p.m. Cost is $39.
Microsoft Word has many applications. Learn the Word interface (the tools of the trade), discover entering text and pictures, and learn how to create documents using templates, and more. This class is for anyone with an interest in word processing.
Intro to Excel
Wednesday, Feb. 29, 6 to 9 p.m. Cost is $39.
Microsoft Excel is useful in tracking budgets, statistics, lists and so much more. This spreadsheet interface is capable of performing tasks such as formulas, charts, graphs and even predictions. This class is an introduction to these concepts and will allow the student to become more familiar with the screen and menu options.
Intro to PowerPoint
Wednesday, March 14, 6 to 9 p.m. Cost is $39.
Microsoft PowerPoint is presentation application software. Learn the basics of setting up a quick and easy PowerPoint presentation. Students will learn about inserting text, pictures, sounds and more. Also, learn the do's and don'ts of mastering a great PowerPoint presentation.

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KByrdJr needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 148 designs submitted by 35 freelance designers.
Natural Hair Community
NaturalHairCommunity.com is a social networking service and website that will be launched in February 2011. We will blog about natural hair and we also allow users to create a personal profiles, add other users as friends and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Additionally, users may join common interests groups, organized by the community, update their status (think facebook), follow other users (think twitter), upload pictures, videos, and much more. So, we are focusing on building a community of individuals who are interested in natural hair. The community will be a place where naturals around the world can interact and learn from the experiences of other naturals.
We define natural hair as unprocessed hair that has not been chemically altered in texture (meaning perm-free hair). Individuals who have perm-free hair or relaxer-free hair are sometimes referred to as "naturals".
Some example pictures are attached below. If you included an avatar or an image of a women in the logo these pics will give you an example of how she should look.
We aim to be a place where naturals (or people wanting to become natural) come to share experiences with each other. The website will be free (so anyone can register and participate).
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We are looking for an original logo to represent our social networking company - Natural Hair Community.
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Former U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur has turned to Andy Murray's former coach Miles Maclagan to help reverse her slide down the world rankings, Tennis Australia said on Thursday.
The 29-year-old Australian, who has dropped to 18th in the world from fourth in 2011, failed to get beyond the third round at any of the year's Grand Slams and split with her long-time coach David Taylor shortly before this year's U.S. Open.
Briton Maclagan joined Murray's camp in 2007 and helped the Scot develop into a grand slam contender before parting ways in 2010. He recently split with British women's number Laura Robson after a four-month stint.
After the hard-hitting Queenslander made the semi-finals at Roland Garros in 2009 she broke through for her maiden grand slam title at Flushing Meadows when she humbled Serena Williams in the 2011 final.
However, she has struggled for consistency since and plunged to her lowest ranking in three years after being dumped out of the first round of this year's U.S. Open by a qualifier.
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
Tinkerbell Party
19 comments:
- Polka Dot Moon said...
A fairytale of a party. Another fabulous job Donna!
- September 6, 2009 at 1:06 PM
- Enchanted Expectations said...
Great Job. I love all of the details
- September 6, 2009 at 4:20 PM
- designdazzle.blogspot.com said...
The party turned out beautiful as always! Love the Julie Andrews comment:)
I'll be linking....
- September 6, 2009 at 4:57 PM
- Lori said...
Absolutely stunning! The table was glorious!! Lori
- September 6, 2009 at 11:17 PM
- dana said...
What a beautiful party...and the little guests looked so happy to be a part of it! Of course, you know I loved every little detail you added to make the event perfect!!!
Hope you're having a great Labor Day! L, Dana
- September 7, 2009 at 8:01 AM
- Susan Crabtree said...
Absolutely adorable-love your tablescape & all the magical touches!
- September 7, 2009 at 8:02 AM
- justfineinflipflops said...
This is adorable! I love all of the fabulous details. Great job!
- September 7, 2009 at 9:50 PM
- Shelley@divinepartyconcepts said...
Everything looks wonderful and colorful!
- September 8, 2009 at 6:46 AM
- Marcy said...
Your Tinkerbell party is spectacular (like all your parties)! We had a Peter Pan party this weekend for a couple of one-year-olds. Our little home-made party doesn't compare to the galas you put on :) but maybe you will enjoy some pictures from our little get together!
- September 8, 2009 at 12:24 PM
- Brenda said...
You've outdone yourself again! I wish you lived closer so I could have you plan my daughter's fairy party next month!
Did you hang out in front of the house a little while hoping to catch a glimpse of Julie?
- September 9, 2009 at 12:45 AM
Cute job~
And the Tink was from SEND IN THE CLOWNS! www.sendintheclownsla.com
- September 10, 2009 at 5:31 PM
- Brenda said...
Hi Donna!
I'm dying to know where you found your pink mushroom & petal placemats????
Thanks, Brenda
- September 19, 2009 at 4:18 AM
- paintedpreppy said...
Just adorable, love it!
- September 19, 2009 at 1:49 PM
- Melissa Lester said...
That party looks beautiful! With all that fairy dust floating around, I wouldn't be surprised if you get to meet Julie Andrews -- or even plan a party for her!
- September 20, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Donna- You have such a great vision! Would you be willing to share your source for the flower filled tutus, pixie wings and headpieces from your Tinkerbell party? Would love to find some for my daughter's upcoming 4th birthday party in AZ. Thanks!
- September 21, 2009 at 9:41 PM
- Katie said...
What a magical time, I love the tablscape the placemats alone are super fun. You did a great job and there's a chance this is the way my daughter is leaning for her next party. So thank you for all the inspiration:)
- January 15, 2010 at 8:53 AM
- Kendra@My Insanity said...
Any little girl's heaven, I'm sure!
- January 24, 2010 at 7:21 PM
- KidsPartyFavors said...
Very colorful! Tinkerbell Party Favors are very cute.
- April 11, 2010 at 9:57 PM
May I ask where you got the tea cups for the kids?
- January 7, 2011 at 8:48 PM


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Nobody's arguing about whether or not governments do this, that's been the official forum position since long before you showed up.Bragallot wrote:Why would I give an example about how politicians and the media consciously make us care about imaginary problems and constantly point out our differences so we forget about raising our voice as one against actual problems like being extortionated and exploited by rich companies, banks and a wasteful government, I wonder... You can't seriously be this stupid. I've seen this obnoxious attitude before. I'm not inclined to post any longer.
The discussion in this thread, however, has always only been about the fact that you feel entitled to keep calling the legitimate suffering of actual people "imaginary problems" just because they don't happen to affect you personally. Please feel free to continue thinking everyone else is stupid and you're the only smart one though.
Next you'll object to calling water wet and fire warm, I'm not sure the obnoxious thing was a big secret.OneEye589 wrote:Did you seriously call Stubby obnoxious? Only because he doesn't agree with you?
Or I guess if you wanted to keep it topical, you can go ahead and object to the shocking revelation that the government and media manipulate us, which is just about as stupidly obvious.


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In the largest reported breach of personal data, hackers infiltrated the computers at a credit card processing center and stole as many as 40 million card numbers, MasterCard International disclosed yesterday.
MasterCard said card numbers and expiration dates were harvested by a rogue program planted inside the computer network at CardSystems Inc., one of the low-profile firms that process merchant requests for credit-card authorization. When a retailer swipes a customer's card, the information goes to companies like CardSystems for approval before getting passed along to banks.
At least 68,000 accounts have had fake charges posted to them, said MasterCard Vice President Linda Locke. Most credit card companies reverse fraudulent charges that are reported to them. Social Security numbers and other personal information were not taken.
The attack exposed the numbers of 13.9 million MasterCards and an unknown number of other brands of cards, including American Express. Atlanta-based CardSystems processes $15 billion in charges annually for MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover and other cards. Visa did not return a call seeking comment.
"I think all four [of the major card issuers] will be tainted," said Chris Hoofnagle, West Coast director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. "This is the biggest security breach by far."
Hackers and identity thieves trade and sell pilfered credit card numbers in online chat rooms, making it relatively easy for a single big theft to affect thousands of cards quickly. MasterCard, which uncovered the incursion, would not divulge the dollar amount of the fraud uncovered so far or say when the improper charges began.
"Several banks reported atypical patterns of fraud" this week, Locke said. With the help of security firm CyberTrust Inc., "we traced disparate patterns of fraud back to CardSystems." After examining the computers there, she said, "we believe that a hacker intruded and installed some malicious code that captured card information."
The FBI is investigating.
MasterCard said CardSystems hadn't been using industry safeguards at its Tucson, Ariz., processing center, suggesting to analysts that the numbers had not been encrypted. CardSystems did not return telephone calls seeking comment.
"There's no excuse for this," said Avivah Litan, a Gartner Inc. expert on the security of financial data. "This takes the cake."
MasterCard's revelation is the latest in an unprecedented series of reported data breaches that began this year with word that identity thieves had accessed sensitive information on at least 145,000 people tracked by data broker ChoicePoint Inc.
Major security lapses have also been disclosed affecting LexisNexis, Bank of America Corp., Wachovia Corp. and Citigroup Inc.
Hearings in Congress
The reports, spurred by a California law requiring notification of consumers put at risk, have driven a spate of Congressional hearings and proposals for tighter regulation.
On Thursday, a Senate panel heard members of the Federal Trade Commission call for a national disclosure law and mandatory encryption, among other steps.
Several members of Congress said the latest incident underscored the need for new legislation, for example to extend the data-protection rules that are already applied to credit bureaus.
"Hardly a week goes by without startling new examples of breaches of sensitive personal data reminding us how important it is to pass a comprehensive identity theft prevention bill in Congress quickly," said Sen. Charles E. Schumer, a New York Democrat, who has sponsored a consumer data protection law.
MasterCard said it would support applying stricter rules to credit-card processors.
As typically happens when credit card information is stolen, MasterCard is leaving it up to the banks that issued the cards to warn the cardholders. It declined to name the banks.
Those banks usually don't pass the information along, since most pilfered numbers don't get used and since issuing new cards, as many customers would demand, can cost $35 or more.
If all 40 million cards were replaced, that might cost more than $1 billion.
"They could contain the damage," Litan said. "All they need to do is put a stop on those cards and issue new ones. But of course they won't do that, because it costs too much money."
Review statements
All credit card holders should review their monthly bills carefully, since they will be reimbursed only if they complain. And it's not hard to get a new card, which some consumer advocates recommend doing every few years as a matter of course.
Although cardholders won't be liable for fraudulent charges they report, they risk having their credit record damaged and spending many hours straightening things out.
Without mass replacement of the credit cards, the biggest financial losers could be retailers.
The credit card associations hold merchants responsible for most fake charges, even though they and their member banks often don't share their watch-lists of compromised cards.
Retailer resentment of those fraud policies and of the fees they pay credit-card processors is growing and could lead to class-action litigation, Litan said.
Financial data processors are obvious targets for hackers. In what may have been the largest previously known breach of credit card data, 8 million numbers were taken from a similar firm, Data Processors International, in 2003.
The Los Angeles Times is a Tribune Publishing newspaper.


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Martin Luther King Shot!
We all know the "supposed" truth surrounding Martin Luther Kings Death. But what is the real truth? Who was involved? Check out the lecture by Dick Gregory and get some truth about the Martin Luther King shot.
Inside the FBI's counter intelligence files it clearly states that it would be desirable to get rid of King and "replace" him with another leader who would be the voice for Black people but wouldn't cross certain boundaries. Obviously they took him out… But who was the replacement?
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A 22-year-old man was arrested in Baltimore Wednesday in the death of Donte A. Stephens, who was found dead inside an overturned vehicle last week in Rodgers Forge.
Baltimore County police said they will not identify the suspect until he has formally been charged.
According to a police statement, Stephens lived with his girlfriend and her daughter on Murdock Road where he was killed. Police said the suspect is an acquaintance of the daughter, and that Stephens and the suspect got into an argument days before the shooting, police said.
Police are still working to determine the exact motive, but said there are no known gang connections to the shooting.
Officers were called at about 5:30 a.m. on July 17 to Murdock Road and Blenheim Road for a report of shots fired. They found the Stephens down the street where his vehicle had crashed, damaging several other parked vehicles.


text: Mark Hahn <hahn at coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca> writes: > > What size of CRCs are being used? If it's a 32-bit CRC and the errors > > involved are likely to involve several bits, I think your chances of > > having an uncaught data error are only four billion to one. Four > > billion microseconds is about eighty minutes, a billion milliseconds > > is about a month and a half, and four billion seconds is about 125 > > years. > > hmm, I'll admit I never actually looked at the details. > the CRC is 16b (not really surprising, since ATA is that wide): > G(X) = X15 + X12 + X5 + 1. > > so I think your point was to be less blase' about badCRC reports, > and you're certainly right. hmm, so the chance of undetected errors > depends on tranfers/second, right? so figuring a worst-case ATA100 > and nothing but 4K transfers, we'd see something like 20K t/s. > hmm, how do you go from those numbers to mean time to undetected failure? Well, you need to know what the mean time to detected failure is. > I think your back-of-envelope numbers were assuming 1 transfer per us, > right? so with 16b CRC, you'd expect an uncaught error in 64K/20K=3 s. > but is that assuming some particular distribution of errors? The three-second figure would be roughly correct if every transfer had a many-bit error. In general, you'd expect that one many-bit error out of every 64K would be undetected. (I think the CRC will detect all one-bit errors, although I can't remember.) If all your observed failures are one-bit errors, you could square their frequency to get an estimate of the number of two-bit errors. I think "two" is a big enough number to be "many", but I'm not sure.


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Spotlight Malawi: saving Liwonde National Park – one fish at a time
In the video above, IFAW CEO Azzedine Downes discusses why the opening of the Chikolongo Community Fish Farm is so important to the protection of local Malawian wildlife.
Liwonde National Park is one of Africa's lesser known gems. Tucked away in Malawi – a tiny country best known to many Westerners as the place from where the pop star Madonna adopted two of her children - Liwonde is one of Southern Africa's most important biodiversity hot spots.
And it is under threat.
The park and its animals – hundreds of elephants, rhinos, hippos, grazing mammals and over 600 species of birds – battle it out daily within the dense human communities that surround Liwonde, for access to food, water and grazing space.
Commercial poaching threatens the survival of rarer species, and illegal fishing in the Shire River – a nursery for catfish and bream - has reduced fish stocks upstream in Lake Malawi, affecting the fishing industry and taking its toll on the availability of a key source of protein for local communities.
SEE ALSO: In Africa, historic agreement for elephants in the creation of the Kitenden Corridor
The Malawi Voice: Balaka's Chikolongo village now safe from elephant, crocodile attacks
This weekend I joined the Honourable Mrs Rachel Mazombwe-Zulu, Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture for Malawi; Ms Tressa Senzani, Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture, Mr Brighton Kumchedwa, Acting Director of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife; and Dr Peter Woeste, Ambassador for the Federal Republic of Germany at the opening ceremony of the Chikolongo Community Fish Farm, just outside the western boundary of Liwonde NP.
The community of Chikolongo, who built the farm, turned out in the hundreds to celebrate a project that will bring long-lasting economic prospects to them and their families.
Chikolongo Community Fish Farm is an important alternative livelihoods project of the Liwonde NP Conservation Programme, for which IFAW partners with Malawi's Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW). This programme includes community outreach as a key part of its work. If Liwonde NP is to survive as a safe place for wildlife then ways must be found to ensure the communities enclosing the park thrive.
You might be wondering how this project is going to help. Here is the situation; the river in the National Park of Liwonde is the life line for both animals and people and when I say "lifeline" I don't mean it in a literary flair, I mean it literally.
People live along the border of the park, they go into the park to poach fish and other animals, and to fetch water. As a result, people are often killed; sometimes by elephants but more often by the crocodiles. Community residents know that many of their family and friends could easily die hunting for food and still they go because they have no choice; they need the fish and they need the water.
Every project in which we engage is different and, in this place, we need the cooperation of the local community. We need the community as a partner.
Our mission at IFAW is to keep the animals in the park safe; we can do that by helping to keep the people who live around the park secure in their livelihoods. Ignoring the needs of this community would guarantee that the poaching and the snaring would continue.
Other partners in the fish farm include the Government of the Republic of Malawi, the Federal Government of Germany, through their mission in Malawi, IFAW, DNPW and the Microloan Foundation. Funding for the project was made possible by the German Embassy and IFAW through the generosity of our donors.
Liwonde NP is truly one of Africa's most beautiful, sacred places. IFAW works here to safeguard elephants and other wildlife affected by human-wildlife conflicts in the park and along its borders. The creation of this fish farm will help us in our mission to protect Liwonde and serves as a potential model we can replicate to help protect wildlife through other alternative livelihoods projects around the world.
Your donations are critical to the success of projects like the Chikolongo Community Fish Farm.


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Hamid Mehinovic necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 5 diseños de 3 diseñadores freelance.
Energis is an NGO (Non-Government Organization) founded in 2009 with the aim of promoting and educating the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as raising their awareness of energy efficiency and renewable energy by doing various projects funded by local and state level, companies and international organizations aiming in raising awareness of energy efficiency.
Our targeted audience are mainly young population of Bosnia and Herzegovina (leaving mainly within the country but all over the world) with a sence about importance of saving and protecting the nature for the next generations. These people should be informed that the current initiatives for construction of new hydro and thermal power plants within the country could be reduced or eliminated with implementation of modern opportunities of energy efficiency techniks. Increasing awareness about benefits and contributions of energy efficiency and importance of renewable energy are the main focus of our activities. Currenty there are several NGO's with similar focus but our aim is to be the number one recognized (by our work and our style) NGO in the country in the field of energy efficiency.
Since we are a NGO with the main purpose of raising awareness of energy efficiency, the web design should be associated (at the first look) to the following words/contexts: energy, cleanliness, natural, rich and environmentally friendly. Using the attached Energis logo it is expected that designer will create a web page which corespond with it but could be described as: fresh, light, optimistic, dynamic, modern, interesting. The web page will be educative and interactive with a lot of frequent visitors - it has to be user friendly, easy and to look each time a little different. The web layout should have the following buttons as site navigation menu: Home, About Us, Education, News, Events, Partners, Initiative and Energy Efficiency Appliances. Furthermore, these can be drop-down menus or flash based animated. it is necessary to have one part of the site in flash just so we can have several pictures changing on the start up every time someone opens the site, so they don't get the same dull/boring look so feel free to be creative. It needs to have an area where a poll can fit, a register/log in area, search button, a DONATE button/link and an area for Energis Newsletter subscription. It is VERY IMPORTANT to have space for other companies/organizations/individuals for marketing purposes, where their banner can be displayed and viewed on the main page.It needs to be in photoshop


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And a very Downton day to you (or, a call for social pet peeves)
"Downton's Abbey's" got me thinking about good manners and all things proper. The denizens of Downton — both upstairs and down — pride themselves on proper form, tradition and civility, and I'm wondering if that's part of the show's massive appeal. (Anyone who watched Sunday night's premiere with Twitter cued up knows what I'm talking about. For those who don't, officially, everyone and their mother watched the season three premiere on PBS Sunday night. Trust me.)
I know English wit and form are part of the draw to "Downton" for me (also: great costumes, Maggie Smith, and O'Brien's zingers). I swear I'm not the only person who shares this (sad?) fascination with what some call "hysterical dramas." Indeed, I meet with a group of girlfriends for historical movie-viewings at each other's homes several times a year—a practice that grew from our common love of the "Anne of Green Gables" films, another gift from PBS we encountered as pre-teens. We watch "Anne" once a year, complete with tea sandwiches, "raspberry cordial" and lots of cake, which fuel a running commentary throughout the film. (It's a bit like Mystery Science Theater 3000, but with better costumes.)
Don't judge us: there's more "Anne" fans out there than you might think.
Annnnnyway, back to etiquette and manners. I'm no Emily Post, but I truly wish I was born into that family. The rules of etiquette fascinate me, and the lack of their employment annoys the crap out of me (scratch that; it's probably rude to use the word "crap" in this context huh? Revision: "...the lack of their employment distresses me to no end.") While the world likely won't end if we all don't know our salad fork from our...whatever the big fork is called, there are certain Rules for Everyday Engagement that, for me, are massive dealbreakers/grounds for dismissal from polite society. Behaviors that cross the line from quirky to inconsiderate.
Mine include: loud eating (I know some dogs who eat more delicately than some people I've heard at table/desk); nose-blowing at table or in office (maybe I should move to Japan); those who speak with food in their mouths; weak handshakes/bone-crusher handshakes (Seriously, what the heck?); loud talkers and/or those with no functional interior monologue (you know, that person who must speak every blessed thought they have aloud, apparently under the belief that everything they dream up is so fascinating, we must all behold it? That person.); those who talk over others in alleged conversations; those with no concept of how to end a conversation; and gentlemen of a certain age who think it's OK to call all women "dear."
I suspect we've all got some social pet peeves, and I'd love to hear what greatly distresses you to no end. Post them in the comments or email me, and if we get enough, I'll collect them for a spread in Daybreak. Consider it a public service toward a more genteel world. Otherwise, we'll have to commiserate on Twitter next time "Downton" is on.
I'm on Twitter: @TheMDesk.
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Leadership Marion Co. takes class applications
Leadership Marion County is now taking applications for the nine session series of classes that begin meeting on Feb. of 2014.
LMC's goal is to develop unity among county communities, identify current and future county leaders, examine issues facing the county, and encourage service at local and county level.
Classes will meet every other Thursday in various county locations and take one day to go to Topeka to meet with county representatives.
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"I normally feel a bit wonky on reverse camber, but this was one of the few exceptions where I felt like I was putting in surfy snap turns and it wasn't washing out. Really damp underfoot, so there was no chatter on the eastern Washington hardpack."-Rich Carlton, Seattle, WA (Snowboard Connection)
Lengths: 151, 154, 156W, 157, 159W, 160, 162W
Base Material: 4000 Sintered
Core: BamBooyah™ Core
Shape: Twin Tip, Hyper Progressive
Flex (from 1-10): 6
Website: k2snowboarding.com
"More fun than a Las Vegas strip club."-Steve Rosal, Vernon, NJ (McAfee Ski and Snowboard)
SNOWBOARDER's 2011 Best of Test was full of surprises. With host resorts spanning the entire country–from Vermont to Washington and California to Michigan–the grid of on-snow demos kept us on the road, compiling all pertinent data as to determine which are the best snowboards for 2011. This is SNOWBOARDER Magazine's 2011 Best of Test Men's #3, the K2 Fastplant. See the rest of the results here.
Bambooyah Indestructible Core
One of Mother Nature's most resilient resources is the foundation of the Fastplant's framework, making it one of the toughest boards on the planet. The Fastplant's 5-year warranty backs the Bambooyah core.
Jib Rocker
Rocker for jibbing? What will they think of next? K2 utilizes a small amount of jib-specific reverse camber, giving the Fastplant a softer feel on rails and boxes while still maintaining better float than normal cambered boards in the steep and deep.
Twin Tip Hyper Progressive Sidecut
An infinite number of different "radii" are blended together flawlessly, making K2's hyper progressive sidecut responsive enough for high-speed Euro carves yet forgiving enough to allow you to let loose on more jib-oriented features.
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Reviewed by Isaac R. (age 8)
I liked the book because it shows not to judge people for what they look like. So if someone is pretty they could be mean. Eddie reminded me of my friend Ethan. In the book Eddie decided that someone was a ninja just because he had a sword, but that wasn't true. One time at my friend Ethan's house, he said someone was ugly, but I said that he could be nice. You just can't jump to conclusions. The book made me feel happy. I've read Bailey School Kids books before. I like that series because it has good characters in it, and interesting things happen to the characters.
I recommend this book because it tells not to think people are this kind of person or that kind of person because someone could think you're this kind of person or that kind of person and you're really not. I think my bother to read this book because he likes ninjas. My brother would like the part where the guy got out a sword and the kids thought he was going to chop them. He'd like that part because he likes violent stuff.


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Watching the Democratic presidential candidates on MSNBC last night, I found it truly alarming that one of them may well be the next president of the United States. To outward appearances, they seem to think that the most serious threat faced by the United States is the Bush administration. On this point there is no disagreement apparent among them. As Bertie Wooster used to say, what a crew! I have a hard time evaluating the field except as prospective opponents. Here are my impressions of the candidates as they presented themselves last night.
Ms. Hillary: Her approach to these multicandidate forums is consistently evasive. Her answers are finely calculated not to commit her to anything. She conceals the radicalism of her true views to further the impression that she is a traditional liberal Democrat, perhaps in the mode of Mr. Bill. Her public persona is so synthetic it should be patented by Dupont. I'm sure that her true views are completely compatible with those of the Democrats that form the base of what has become a radical party. Her awkwardness in evading the Clinton archives and immigration questions last night was unusual only in its transparency.
Barack Obama: A complete cipher. A windbag of grating vacuity. I thought at one point he was pulling his punches and running for vice president, but I now think he doesn't know how to throw a punch. Despite his apparent intelligence, he has yet to say something smart. He holds himself out as the sunny alternative to politics as usual. His flat gibe at Romney (if he dressed up for Halloween, he would wear a two-faced Romney mask) was not the least bit endearing. He could and should be a happy warrior, but he is neither happy nor a warrior. He has gone further on less ammunition than any of the Democrats.
John Edwards: Last night he was the credible left/populist alternative to Ms. Hillary. Unlike Obama, he has a visible competitive streak and appears to be running to win the nomination. He is only slightly less synthetic than Ms. Hillary, but his fake populism would make him a weaker national candidate. He seized the moment to call out Ms. Hillary as a phony last night — she doesn't altogether forthrightly support the illegal immigration platform like he (and Obama and Biden and Kucinich) does.
Christopher Dodd: What is he doing here? He looks the part and talks a good game, but his candidacy lacks any rationale. Afflicted with a major case of senatitis: Is competitive with Joe Biden in the love of his own voice.
Joe Biden: What is he doing here? He does not look the part and does not talk a good game. He believes his own press clippings to the effect that his purported foreign policy expertise has something to offer. Afflicted with a major case of senatitis: Is competitive with Christopher Dodd in the love of his own voice.
Bill Richardson: Running for vice president. Takes a daring stand against Iran using the nuclear bomb. If he becomes the vice presidential candidate, will probably have to "fine tune" his stand on that issue. If he mattered as a candidate, his putative opponents would call him on his resume padding. Could benefit from the Huck thin weight-loss plan. Not an angry man, and therefore out of sync with the Democratic base. Of this crew I like Richardson personally the most, by far.
Dennis Kucinich: Forthrightly in tune with the radical base of the Democratic Party — a bit like the late Paul Wellstone, but without Wellstone's normality. Indeed, he's goofy, although his goofiness is slightly misleading. He's a serious player in the eyes of the far-left National Lawyers Guild crowd. Are we completely sure he was not piloting the UFO he claims to have seen?
UPDATE: A friend comments in a variation on William Norman Ewer: "How odd, of Dodd, to make the News." Ewer is the British journalist responsible for the couplet (which I originally attributed to Ogden Nash): "How odd of God/To choose the Jews." Thanks to my learned friend Martin Dworkin for the correction.
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text: By Alex Newman As trust in the Federal Reserve System and its fiat dollar continues to plummet worldwide, legislation making gold and silver into legal tender was given final approval by Arizona lawmakers on Monday when the Republican-led state House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill. With tremendous grassroots support, an earlier version of the precious-metals measure sailed through the GOP-controlled Arizona Senate in late February. If the legislation is signed by Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, Arizona would become the second state to officially define gold and silver as legal tender. Utah adopted a similar law two years ago, garnering widespread praise among free market-oriented economists and sending shockwaves through the financial community. Since then, as the privately owned Federal Reserve and its wild policies have come under increasingly fierce criticism, the movement to restore sound money has been spreading across America like wildfire. Over a dozen states already have similar efforts underway. Under the Arizona SB 1439 legislation, precious metals would be treated just like debt-based fiat dollars for taxation and regulation purposes. However, unlike fiat dollars, nobody would be forced to accept gold or silver currency. While the original Senate bill would have allowed citizens to pay state taxes in any form of money, including precious metals, the House added an amendment striking that provision in an effort to ease opposition from the state Department of Revenue. Republican State Rep. David Livingston, who added the amendment exempting tax authorities from having to accept gold and silver, told reporters that the Department of Revenue had requested the change. "They just didn't want to have to deal with it right now," the key lawmaker involved in getting the measure approved told the Associated Press, adding that the amendment was not indicative of problems with the bill. "They wanted to make sure they wouldn't be required to take gold and silver." ...Continue reading at thenewamerican.com...image: flickr.com/daviderickson


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2009AA Braden Scale Source Information
Web site:
The Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk® was developed by Barbara Braden and Nancy Bergstrom. The Braden Scale included in the Metathesaurus is extracted from LOINC® and may not be a complete representation of the original source.
The Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk is a clinically validated tool that allows nurses and other health care providers to reliably score a patient/client's level of risk for developing pressure ulcers. It measures functional capabilities of the patient that contribute to either higher intensity and duration of pressure or lower tissue tolerance for pressure. Lower levels of functioning indicate higher levels of risk for pressure ulcer development.
The Braden Scale is a summated rating scale made up of six subscales scored from 1-4 (1 for low level of functioning and 4 for the highest level or no impairment). Total scores range from 6-23 (one subscale is scored with values of 1-3, only). The subscales measure functional capabilities of the patient that contribute to either higher intensity and duration of pressure, or lower tissue tolerance for pressure. A lower Braden Scale Score indicates lower levels of functioning and, therefore, higher levels of risk for pressure ulcer development.
Metathesaurus Scope
The Metathesaurus representation of the Braden Scale is extracted from the LOINC release files and includes the six subscales as well as observations for total score and the skin assessment panel.
The Braden Scale is used by nurses and other health care providers.
Metathesaurus Update Frequency
The Braden Scale is updated in each Metathesaurus release as part of LOINC.
Sites Consulted
- Bergstrom N, Braden BJ. Predictive validity of the Braden Scale among Black and White subjects. Nurs Res. 2002 Nov-Dec;51(6):398-403. Cited in: PubMed; PMID 12464760.
- Prevention Plus [Internet]. Omaha (NE): Prevention Plus; c2000, 2001. The Braden Scale; [cited 2008 Sep 29]. Available from: http://www.bradenscale.com/bradenscale.htm
- VandenBosch T, Montoye C, Satwicz M, Durkee-Leonard K, Boylan-Lewis B. Predictive validity of the Braden Scale and nurse perception in identifying pressure ulcer risk. Appl Nurs Res. 1996 May;9(2):80-6. Cited in: PubMed; PMID 8871435.


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Podcast #191 - ASUS AMD GPU Roundup, IMFT Flash, and tons of news from MWC!
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | February 29, 2012 - 06:51 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: vengeance, tegra, podcast, nvidia, MWC, Intel, corsair, asus, amd
PC Perspective Podcast #191 - 02/29/2012
Join us this week as we talk about our ASUS AMD GPU Roundup, IMFT Flash, and tons of news from MWC!
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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom, Josh Walrath, and Allyn Malvantano
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- 0:01:38 Contest Reminder - http://pcper.com/contest
- 0:03:35 SilverStone TJ08-E Micro-ATX Tower Enclosure Review
- 0:05:00 Asus DirectCU and DirectCU II for AMD: 6850, 6870, 6950, and 6970 Boards Under the Microscope
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- 0:23:45 Intel Ivy Bridge delay is confirmed essentially
- 0:27:30 GPU sales look a little down in the month
- 0:31:13 Could this new research lead to light speed RAM?
- 0:33:45 Just Delivered: Corsair Vengeance K90, K60, M90, M60 Keyboards and Mice
- 0:36:30 Intel / Micron Flash Technology Venture Expands, Micron Assumes Two Plants
- 0:40:30 Qualcomm Shipped Most Smartphone and Tablet GPUs in 2011
- 0:42:20 MWC 12: Samsung to compete with Tegra on quad-core CPU
- 0:45:20 MWC 12: Huawei enters the mobile SoC world with quad-core K3V2
- 0:47:00 Nokia World's Largest Windows Phone OS Smartphone Vendor in Q4 2011
- 0:49:00 MWC 12: Intel branded, Atom-powered smartphone to be sold by Orange
- 0:51:30 MWC 12: ASUS Unveils Infinity Tablets, Dockable Smartphone
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- 0:56:55 MWC 12: NVIDIA Roadmap Outlines Tegra's Future Including 4G and Die Shrink
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Why can't you consistently get the RSS feed right?!?! it will work in my podcatcher for a few weeks then it stops downloading. In a couple of weeks it starts again.
If you look at a CORRECT RSS XML page in firefox you should see a nicely formatted page. Yours looks like shit when it is not working. Check out ANY of the Twit Shows (TWICH?). That is how it is supposed to be formatted.
What is so hard about doing it right CONSISTENTLY?
We check our feeds in iTunes and they CONSISTENTLY work. We can't possibly check with every podcatcher.
What Ken said. It works in iTunes and in the Zune software so we are pretty sure we have the syntax mostly correct.
I understand your comments though - our page does look slightly different and we are going to start using some different software to manage it coming up soon.
Another interesting note: in Internet Explorer, the RSS feed does show up just fine with the "RSS Formatting".
a very good podcast i listen always
i have a problem can you give us more information on ivy bridge i know it has been delayed but i need to know how many cores i have a sandy bridge 2500k setup but need better performance in video encoding now this amd 8 core processor seems like a good idea but if ivy bridge is going to have 8 or 10 cores then i would definetly wait
Did you ever use a WP or even seen WP 7.5 before?
Not a big fan of M$, but there new WP 7.5 rocks
O have a Lumia 800 and not ever owned a iPart (hate the company now(*), but they make nice looking products), me and my daughter (how dose own a lot of iCrap), compared phones.
(*) My first PC was a Apple II, and also owned a Macintosh for a wile.
After some hefty debating, she admitted that WP was the better OS, whit mouths better integration, and easier to learn.
After using Galaxy S for 2y, I now have a Lumia 800, and really like it a lot more then Android 2.3, and after the comparison with the 4S, i also like WP7.5 way more then iOS 5.
Anyone saying that WP is no competition to iOS or Android, has clearly never used it, because i would say WP made a leap forwards wit its mobile OS, and "I" think MS is at least 2y ahead of its competition.
And when WP8 come's out i properly gone buy a phone like the Lumia 900, and give mine 800 to my wife, and even my daughter, a big Apple fan, is at least considering a WP model for her next buy.
I have not, having no cellphone has limited the amount of phone OSes I have seen to almost none ... well except for Win 8.


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No Budget Film School's "The Art & Science of No-Budget Filmmaking" 2/28/15
No Budget Film School
Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 9:00 AM - Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 6:00 PM (PST)
No Budget Film School Presents "The Art & Science Of No-Budget Filmmaking"
Saturday & Sunday, February 28 & March 1, 2015 • 9:00am - 6:00pm
Raleigh Studios • Chaplin Theater
5300 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038
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"The absolute best class you can take on how to make your own low/no budget film. Seriously." - Signe Olynyk, Founder, Great American Pitchfest; Writer/Producer, "Below Zero"
"I did Mark's workshop and it was awesome. I couldn't recommend this more for anyone in the movie business. Do yourself a favor and check it out!" - Blake Robbins, Writer/Director/Producer/Actor, The Sublime And Beautiful, (2014 Slamdance - Narrative Competition)
"The No Budget Film School is designed for the moviemaker who possesses nothing but a dream and a drive. If you take the course and can't make some kind of film at the end of it, you'll have no one to blame but yourself. " - Peter MacNicol (Emmy Award Winning Actor: Allie McBeal, Numb3rs, Sophie's Choice)
"I've sat through similar film seminars and classes in the past and must say that your No Budget School was the most inspiring, yet pragmatic in approach and method. It should be called the No Excuse Film School. None of us have any excuse for not producing a feature after taking your class." - Jim Long, Director/Producer, The Phone In The Attic
"I cannot say enough about the two-day class we just completed today...the course was fantastic!! I feel like I have learned in two days, what would've taken me several years of experience and experimentation to learn. Thanks for sharing your wealth of experience and knowledge with us." - Monica Vazquez
"The best filmmaking training money I ever spent." - Amir Masud, Writer/Director, Affliction
No Budget Film School presents it's famed "The Art & Science Of No-Budget Filmmaking" two-day seminar. No-budget first features launched the careers of filmmakers like Christopher Nolan (Interstellar, The Dark Knight), Joe Carnahan (The A-Team, Narc), Darren Aronofsky (Noah, Black Swan), Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace, Finding Neverland), David Gordon Green (Your Highness, Pineapple Express), Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 6, Fast Five), and Craig Brewer (Footloose, Hustle & Flow). These first films all went through the offices of Next Wave Films, the former low-budget financing arm of IFC. Now producer Mark Stolaroff--a principal of Next Wave--is sharing what he's learned from years in the trenches of no-budget independent filmmaking in this in-depth, one-of-a-kind class.
Micro-budget (under $200,000) filmmaking is unique. The methods, models, and priorities are radically different from those of studio or even "low" budget $1 million films. In this class, students will learn the rules of micro-budget production critical to making this type of film successfully, whether the budget is $200,000 or $200. Attendees will walk away with powerful ideas that they can use immediately, saving them time and money, and preventing fatal mistakes that could doom otherwise worthy projects. Guest speakers provide an up-to-the-minute perspective on what works and what doesn't in the current no-budget landscape. These cutting-edge techniques can NOT be found in a book, at film school, or in other film classes. For filmmakers who are preparing to make their micro-budget features, this class is indispensable. The approaches taught will enable filmmakers to maximize very limited resources and minimize critical errors that can doom otherwise worth projects.
LEARN cutting edge techniques and how to choose the latest digital cameras and software
HEAR no-budget professionals offer first-hand knowledge of production, post production, marketing, and distribution
EXAMINE a budget line-by-line and discover where and how to spend money (and, more importantly, not spend money)--whether your budget is $200,000 or $200
SEE clips from successful micro-budget films illustrating the tricks-of-the-trade used by resourceful filmmakers
MEET other like-minded filmmakers and find teammates who will help you make your no-budget project a reality
If you're through talking about being a filmmaker and ready to become one, this will be the most practical filmmaking class you will ever take.
The classes will be held at Raleigh Studios' Chaplin Theater, from 9:00am to 6pm, on February 28th & March 1st (though plan on staying until about 7pm on the 1st). Single day tickets are also available for each day. Tuition includes class materials, plus several special offers and giveaways!
"The Art & Science of No-Budget Filmmaking" is being held alongside Tom Provost's essential "Cinema Language: The Art of Storytelling" class, which takes place the following weekend, March 7th & 8th. You can take each class separately, or together and save. For more information on "The Art & Science of No-Budget Filmmaking," see below. For more information on "Cinema Language," visit the Cinema Language Eventbrite page. The two-weekend, four-day package can be purchased on this page or on the Cinema Language page. **Attendees to both weekends will get a free 30 minute consultation from either Mark Stolaroff or Tom Provost.
"Our ability to successfully produce a feature film can be traced directly back to what we learned at No Budget Film School and the follow-up Cinema Language weekend. They provided valuable insight into making a low-budget film, and, more importantly, inspired us to do it. Great investment of time and money!" - Ron and Wayne Jackson, Producers of 5 Hour Friends
No Budget Film School has partnered with Write Brothers to bring you an incredible offer: all registered attendees will receive Movie Magic Screenwriter software absolutely FREE! (a $250 total value!). Attendees also receive big discounts on Quick Film Budget's innovative budget-making tool, and on Lightspeed's new cloud-based production management system. And we'll be raffling off some goodies, too. (see below for details)
"The Art & Science of No-Budget Filmmaking"
Course 101: "The Art of No-Budget Filmmaking"
"Tremendous stuff, all weekend long, and so professionally put together. The 'write to your definition of no-budget/write to your resources' philosophy at the center of your teaching really came through and rang true -- absolutely vital, and really sums it up." - Chris Soth, Screenwriting Instructor
This course gives filmmakers the tools and the confidence to make a feature right now, with the resources available to them, however limited those resources might be. The class offers a unique overview of Production, Post Production and Distribution from a no-budget perspective, encouraging filmmakers to throw out old templates of moviemaking. The approach guides filmmakers to examine their own specific circumstances--their limitations and their resources--and reinvent the moviemaking process to suit their unique situation. Learn:
• Director/cinematographer Ricky Fosheim will discuss his new feature And Uneasy Lies The Mind, which he directed and shot entirely on an Apple iPhone, (the first narrative feature to do so). The film was made with a tiny crew on a budget of $10,000, which was raised on Kickstarter. It premiered at the 2014 Cinequest Film Festival and was recently released by Gravitas Ventures. Ricky has directed two other features and is also the producer of Thankskilling 3, the successful sequel to the no-budget cult hit Thankskilling. A prolific DP, Ricky was a freelance cinematographer for Will Ferrell's Funny Or Die website for four years.
• Peter Broderick, considered the leading authority on alternative distribution strategy, will give an empowering presentation on maximizing distribution with new, innovative techniques; and will also discuss Crowdfunding, with platforms like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. Broderick has been one of low-budget filmmaking's leading experts since the early 90's. He wrote a series of articles for Filmmaker Magazine back then that helped drive the micro-budget filmmaking movement. In 1997 he founded Next Wave Films, which helped launch the careers of filmmakers like Christopher Nolan, Joe Carnahan, Amir Bar-Lev and many others. Now, as the President of Paradigm Consulting, he is a sought-after consultant, speaker, and producers rep.
• Matt Radecki, co-director of TV Junkie (Sundance 2006) and producer of numerous award-winning features and documentaries, (including the feature documentary Marwencol, winner of over 15 awards), will discuss post production for no-budget features. Matt is the co-founder of Different by Design, a production company and post production facility that caters to independent filmmakers.
(Guest speakers are subject to change based on schedule availability)
Course 201: "The Science of No-Budget Filmmaking"
"I can't tell you enough how helpful I found your No Budget Budgeting lecture. So many things you spoke about that day have come up for me. I'm very glad I took your class." - Pamela Pedder
A detailed line-by-line analysis of the production budget from a no-budget perspective. Topics include: Cast & Casting, Crew, Equipment, Insurance, Locations, Permits, Props/Set Dressing, Vehicles, Makeup/Wardrobe, Camera/Format, Sound, Legal, and Miscellaneous Budget Items. The class will dissect the production of the $50,000 feature True Love (a Sundance Screenwriters Lab Project), demonstrating the low-budget tricks used--and the mistakes made--showing clips from the film and valuable behind-the-scenes footage, in this comprehensive examination of a no-budget film. Learn:
• Veteran actor Blake Robbins, perhaps best known as Dave Brass on HBO's Oz or as Tom Halbert on NBC's The Office, will share his experiences writing, producing and directing his first feature, The Sublime And Beautiful. S&B premiered as one of only 10 features in Dramatic Competition at the 2014 Slamdance Film Festival. Since then it has played in numerous film fests, winning 8 awards, and was distributed in the U.S. by Candy Factory Productions. Self financed via Kickstarter and shot for $30k, the film follows many of No Budget Film School's principals of successful no-budget filmmaking. No surprise: Blake attended No Budget Film School before embarking on the production, making him the first student to come back as a guest speaker--coming full circle in a kind-of Lion King sort of way.
• Writer/Director/Producer Matt Sobel will give us the inside scoop behind his hit feature film Take Me To The River, which just premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Starring Robin Weigert (Deadwood), Josh Hamilton (Dark Skies), and Richard Schiff (West Wing), the film is closing in on a disribution deal, to be announced soon. Matt will discuss how he quickly raised the money for the film, how he wrote the script around his resources, how he was able to attract name actors, and how he and his team tackled Sundance. Matt is an IFP Narrative Lab and Binger FilmLab fellow and was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2014.
• FSI: Film Scene Investigation - analyze scenes from an award-winning no-budget movie, from script to screen. Hear the scenes read, get the opportunity to identify and solve production problems, learn how those problems were solved in the movie, see behind-the-scenes footage of the scenes' set-up, then see the filmed scenes in their finished form.
• Filmmaker Tom Provost will give a preview of his Cinema Language class, taking place the following weekend, and will be on-hand throughout the two days as a resource. Writer/director/producer Provost's independently financed and produced feature The Presence, starring Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino, Golden Globe nominee Justin Kirk, and Shane West, has won numerous awards at festivals throughout the past year and was released by Lionsgate. He is also a graduate screenwriting professor at Pepperdine.
(Guest speakers subject to change based on schedule availability)
Mark Stolaroff is an independent producer and a founding partner of Antic Pictures, an LA-based production company producing a slate of low budget, high quality digital features. Stolaroff's recently completed micro-budget film Pig, the fourth feature from award-winning writer/director Henry Barrial (Some Body), was an official selection at over 35 film festivals worldwide, winning 10 awards, including 7 Best Feature awards. It was released by Kino Lorber in March 2014. With Ron Judkins, Stolaroff produced Barrial's third feature, True Love, which was developed in the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and was a success on the festival circuit. He is a producer on Barrial's new film The House That Jack Built, which premiered at the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival and has won 8 awards so far; and has consulted on numerous projects, including Farah Goes Bang, which premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, winning the Nora Ephron Award.
Stolaroff was formerly a principal at Next Wave Films, a company of The Independent Film Channel that provided finishing funds to exceptional, low budget films; and through its production arm Agenda 2000, financed and executive produced digital features. Included in Next Wave's 13 films are Christopher Nolan's (Interstellar, The Dark Knight, Inception, Memento) first feature, Following; Joe Carnahan's (The A-Team, Narc) first feature, Blood, Guts, Bullets, & Octane; Amir Bar Lev's (The Tillman Story, My Kid Could Paint That) first feature Fighter; the Academy Award-nominated documentary Sound And Fury; and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning documentary Southern Comfort. He was the Associate Producer on a number of Next Wave projects, including Some Body and Manic (starring Don Cheadle, Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Zooey Deschanel), two digital features at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, and the award-winning theatrical documentary Keep The River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale. In all Next Wave took seven films to Sundance and five to Toronto; nine were released theatrically in the U.S. and two premiered on HBO; nine were shot digitally and six of those were transferred to film.
Stolaroff has lectured on low budget and digital filmmaking throughout the world and at many of the major film festivals and film schools. He has taught film classes at UCLA Extension, the Maine Film Workshop, and The Learning Annex and has written for Scientific American, Filmmaker, Sight & Sound, Film Festival Reporter, and Film Arts Magazine. He has been on countless filmmaking panels over the last two decades and has sat on the juries of many film festivals. He was on the Advisory Board of HBO's US Comedy Arts Film Festival and he currently serves on the advisory board of Filmmakers Alliance.
Stolaroff has extensive production experience on several low budget features and shorts, including production managing the Academy Award winning short film My Mother Dreams The Satan's Disciples in New York. His background also includes two years in Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch Capital Markets, and five years as the Managing Director of Curtains Theater, an innovative legitimate theater he founded in Houston. A native Texan, Stolaroff received his BBA from the prestigious Business Honors Program at the University of Texas in Austin and minored in Film Production, directing several 16mm shorts.
Move Magic Screenwriter is the best screenplay formatting software, an industry standard, and the choice of Hollywood professionals. Screenwriter formats while you write so you can focus on what you're writing, not where it goes on the page. It also formats for television, stage, novels and comic book scripts so you've got it all in one package for any story you want to write. With a massive set of features designed to make the rewriting process fast and simple you can get from FADE IN: to FADE OUT effortlessly. Developed by writers for writers, Write Brothers is the first and ony creative team ever to receive a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science for screenwriting software. All No Budget Film School attendees get this terrific product FREE just for registering.
QuickFilmBudget.com is a revolutionary budgeting tool that helps independent filmmakers move toward production by automating the budget-making process and delivering a professional customized budget in minutes. Quick Film Budget can create budgets for Short Films, Micro-Budget Features, and Studio Films. You can select to have your budget delivered in a modifiable file format such as Showbiz Software (above), EP's Movie Magic, Excel, or Numbers. Everyone who attends No Budget Film School will receive a 20% discount on Quick Film Budget! QFB co-founder Nolan Lebovitz will give a brief introduction of the product on Sunday.
LightSPEED eps is a a web-based entertainment production management system designed specifically for the film and television industry. It centralizes your production information and provides secure access from your computer, cell phone, or wireless device. LightSPEED combines and integrates several production management functions, like scheduling, call sheet creation, contact list creation, and makes them available in the cloud for your whole production, safely, efficiently, and cost-effectively. All attendees receive a discount on the LightSPEED product.
Early-bird discounts are available to attendees who pay before the end of day February 14th. Further discounts are available to students, (both former No Budget Film School students and all other students with a valid Student I.D.). All tickets at the door for the 2-day class are $300 (single day = $175). Tuition includes complimentary refreshments and class materials.
No Budget Film School has secured a discount at the Hollywood Historic Hotel, a beautiful and affordable hotel that is only 2 blocks from the Chaplin Theater. To book a room, call Betti Robles at (323) 426-5787 and tell her you're coming in town for No Budget Film School, to get the best rate.
You will be able to ask for a full refund up until 10 days before the first day of the class. No refunds will be given within 10 days of the class, but you will be able to apply the amount you paid toward a future class.
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NO BUDGET FILM SCHOOL is a unique series of classes specifically designed to help the NO-BUDGET filmmaker, whether he or she is working with a budget of $200,000 or $2,000. The lessons, tools, and techniques gained from these courses are intended to maximize very limited resources and minimize critical errors that can doom otherwise worthy projects.
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