text: The Re-Rebirth of Showtime 9:38 AM PDT 3/28/2012 by Lacey Rose FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Joe Pugliese "I sweat every show. I sweat every episode. But I still really like it. I still feel a sense of possibility," says David Nevins (left). First, Bob Greenblatt brought the heat. Then newbie David Nevins supersized it with a surprise slate of anti-artsy hits charged with action, sex, currency -- and, yes, even awards -- that have the town talking. As Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa put the finishing touches on their Homeland script in spring 2010, several networks started calling. Fox, which aired the writer-producers' counter-terrorism hit 24, got the first crack at the serial drama centered on a female CIA agent who believes a freed American POW has been turned by al-Qaeda. The network's entertainment chief Kevin Reilly loved the writing but feared the pilot was more Manchurian Candidate than action-heavy 24. The Gordon-Gansa spec was floated next at NBC, which had similar concerns, and then at FX, where execs were said to be nervous because they had been burned by a short-lived Steven Bochco war series, Over There, and because its serialized Damages was struggling to lure viewers. VIDEO: Behind the Scenes of THR's Showtime Cover Shoot Enter David Nevins, 45, who had arrived only days earlier as Showtime Networks' new president of entertainment. Having worked closely with Gordon and Gansa in his previous role as president of 24 producer Imagine Television, Nevins called their WME agent Rick Rosen at his home on a Saturday afternoon with a stunning offer: He would commit to ordering Homeland to pilot on the spot. Even better, he would fast-track the Twentieth Television production for the following fall and couple it with Showtime's top performer, Dexter. Upping the ante: The series would be timed to debut around the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks -- and, they would later find out, months after the death of Osama bin Laden. PHOTOS: THR'S Cover Shoot With The Stars Of Showtime "David went in really fast and made a very strong offer -- an offer we couldn't refuse," says Gordon, who recalls Nevins telling him that this project was precisely the kind of programming he wanted to make in his new job. Showtime, a network once known as a soft-core porn peddler (remember The Red Shoe Diaries?) and, later, a home for critically admired (if narrow) fare, had never had a major zeitgeist breakout nor a true drama series front-runner on the awards circuit. The challenge was daunting -- the network paled in comparison to big-daddy rival HBO's financial resources and A-list pedigree, and longtime chief Bob Greenblatt, who had famously put Showtime on the map, had only recently left. What's more, Nevins hadn't worn a network executive hat since he left Fox in 2002. But a year and a half after Nevins bet on Homeland, a plot twist even its protagonist Carrie Mathison couldn't predict has happened: Showtime has become, arguably, cable's buzziest network. After debuting in October to 2.8 million weekly viewers, Homeland grew to a first-season average of 4.4 million -- far from the 9 million who tuned in to AMC's The Walking Dead finale or the 9.3 million who regularly watched HBO's Game of Thrones last spring, but a noteworthy uptick from the ratings of the female-driven dramedies (Nurse Jackie, The Big C) that defined the network under Greenblatt. Of Showtime's four top-rated shows, three -- Homeland, the corporate comedy House of Lies and the dark ensemble dramedy Shameless -- have launched in the past 14 months. (Dexter, with nearly 5.5 million viewers in its sixth season, remains the top ratings driver.) VIDEO: Behind The Scenes Of THR's Showtime Cover Shoot It's still a ways away from having the viewership or awards glow of HBO, but something is going right at Showtime. Among influencers, Homeland has driven the kind of water-cooler chatter that draws new viewers to a network. And it didn't hurt when President Obama named it one of his favorite shows and later invited star Damian Lewis to a White House dinner in mid-March. Now, Homeland, which took home the Golden Globe for best drama in January (one of three trophies Showtime received) and two Writers Guild of America Awards in February, is positioned as Mad Men's biggest threat as Emmy season heats up. "For the first time, we really have a show that everybody is talking about," says Showtime CEO Matthew Blank, who has guided the network for more than two decades. "I like to say we're not in the eyeballs business like most networks are; we're in the hearts and minds business, and I think Homeland has owned the television hearts and minds like nothing we've done before." [pagebreak] Nevins' strategy -- which one agent describes as "more masculine, more entertaining, more adrenaline" than his predecessor's -- comes as Showtime's subscriber numbers are reaching new heights. Amid tough competition, fears of cord-cutting and a dismal economy, Showtime has ballooned more than 75 percent from 12.2 million subs in 2003 to 21.3 million in 2011, adding nearly 2 million customers in the past year alone -- stats that have surprised and impressed analysts like RBC Capital Markets' David Banks, who was skeptical when Showtime dropped its output deals with such major movie companies as Paramount and Lionsgate half a decade earlier. HBO, while still considerably larger and more profitable, has remained static at 28 million to 29 million subs, though an HBO insider suggests Showtime's growth, like Starz's, has more to do with beneficial affiliate deals than it does strong programming. (Interestingly, whatever competitive bragging rights are sought by each pay cabler, the success of one traditionally lifts that of the others, given how premium packages are sold by carriers.) STORY: Showtime President Developing Alexander Payne Series At this rate, Showtime is on track to generate about $800 million a year in profit by 2013 (compared to HBO's roughly $1.5 billion) and will comprise more than a quarter of parent company CBS Corp.'s total enterprise value, according to a recent Morgan Stanley report. "It's a financial dynamo," CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves says of Showtime, noting that it has grown about 15 percent to 20 percent each year since 2006, not just in regard to subscribers, but also revenue and EBITDA. "Everybody knows the profit level HBO brings to Time Warner, and Showtime is a significant part of our profit." Of course, since the network merely licenses -- as opposed to owns -- much of its programming, it isn't able to collect on the shows' ancillary revenue or spend lavishly on budgets and lengthy shooting schedules the way HBO does with its homegrown fare. Homeland, for instance, produced and owned by Twentieth, is made for less than $3 million per episode, which sources say is about a third of the cost of a Boardwalk Empire hour. What's more, HBO is a global behemoth in a way that Showtime is not, with 60 HBO and Cinemax branded channels in 60 countries and another 200 markets in which it sells all of its content. ("Showtime's brand means nothing overseas," snipes an HBO source.) But Nevins -- along with his bosses Moonves and Blank, both eager to own more of its fare going forward -- has positioned the weaknesses as an advantage, pitching his network as leaner and meaner than HBO and a place where good material has a better chance to get on the air. That pitch appealed to Gansa. Following a recent afternoon in the Homeland writers room on the Fox lot, he acknowledges he was relieved to hear that the Fox network had passed on the show because he and Gordon didn't want to return to the 24-episode season schedule; and he claims he had little desire to see his series go to HBO, where he would be competing for airtime with the likes of Martin Scorsese (Boardwalk Empire) and Michael Mann (Luck). "We just felt that our chances were going to be better at a place that was going to look at the material for what it was, rather than who was bringing the project," says the Homeland showrunner. "I had been developing at HBO [with limited success] for a couple of years, and I knew the mountain that you had to climb there, the people that you were competing against, and frankly the star-f--ing that goes on." Call it the Nevins-ization of Showtime. In place of half-hours centered on damaged 40-something women, in the network's pipeline is a broader variety of adrenaline-charged ensembles -- darker, edgier and more culturally relevant -- designed to appeal as much to males as they do females. His goal: more sports, more documentaries, more laugh-out-loud comedy and more widely appealing drama. In addition to a development slate that includes an adaptation of Stephen King's Under the Dome, THR can reveal that Nevins and his five-person programming team, many of whom are holdovers from the Greenblatt era, are working on an untitled drama from Oscar winner Alexander Payne that explores the impact of a new Indian casino on its tribe members and its greater Midwestern community. Also being prepped is The Maze, a Bourne Identity-style international political thriller from Oscar-nominated Frost/Nixon scribe Peter Morgan. Nevins even met recently with cable-news bad boy Keith Olbermann for a meal. Although he's tight-lipped about the details, he says, "It didn't really go anywhere." Asked whether he had envisioned a sports or politics show for the disgruntled Current TV host, Nevins suggests he "didn't get that far." Over lunch in late February, the D.C.-bred father of three lays out the larger strategy that he's already put in motion. "Showtime got taken seriously with Weeds, Dexter and Nurse Jackie; what I've done is challenge some of the formulas because we had gotten a little rigid in what we were doing," Nevins says between bites of Dover sole. "There needed to be some rebalancing. Because we're a monthly expense in pay cable, you never want to have one or the other side of a household saying, 'Why are we spending eight bucks a month?' " The still-green executive, whose easygoing if competitive personality plays as confident without being cocky, is careful not to jab Greenblatt, who as NBC's entertainment chairman has spent the past year-plus trying to get his fourth-place network out of the ratings basement. But Nevins' strategy is a pointed diversion. Subversive characters remain a critical piece of the Showtime mandate, but with Nevins, there's a bigger push toward mass entertainment. He acknowledges that he largely shuns the slower-paced snootiness that has come to define a genre of cable, preferring instead what he describes as particularly relevant and broadly entertaining fare. For Gary Levine, Showtime's veteran executive vp original programming, the more mass (some might say pedestrian) focus has taken some adjustment. "David and I have an interesting tug-of-war at times. I'm trying to keep what we've been building in that rarefied atmosphere, and he's saying, 'No, no, we can now move it a little more to the mainstream without losing the essence of what is a Showtime show,' " he says, adding that it's a fine line that Nevins has been able to walk deftly. Ask those doing business with Showtime to describe Nevins' style, and they'll talk of a refreshing transparency (Greenblatt was famously guarded), a willingness to collaborate and a desire for noisier fare. "Things that really push the envelope and are a little bit on the dangerous side is something David is open to," notes WME's Rosen, "with the understanding that if something is going to be on pay cable, there has to be a reason for people to pay for it." Nevins seems willing to roll up his sleeves to win those eyeballs, attending table reads for every episode of series from Shameless in L.A. to Episodes in London. Though Gansa recalls a few "knock-down, drag-out battles" in Homeland's early days, he confesses that the suggestions given by Nevins and his team genuinely improved the series. Among the early notes: making Danes' Carrie a more deeply troubled character (she didn't have a mental illness in the initial script) and replacing original Scottish actress Laura Fraser, who played a more soulful version of Jessica Brody, with V's Morena Baccarin. House of Lies' Don Cheadle says it was Nevins who convinced the Oscar-nominated actor to take a stab at series television. "David said, 'I got this great story for you,'" Cheadle says of a role that wasn't explicitly written for an African-American and a series that centers on a group of people, management consultants, about whom he knew very little. "I laughed all the way through and couldn't anticipate what was happening from one moment to the next, and when you read something like that, it gets you very interested." But two to three months before the January launch of House of Lies, Nevins panicked. Just as the Occupy Wall Street movement was gathering steam, his team was running with the tagline, "They put the con in consulting," and getting zero traction. "Sometimes we're cocky, and we're like, 'We don't need to test our marketing, we know what we're doing,'" he says, a tinge of embarrassment in his voice. "But I was like, 'This is not smelling good to me, we better test what we're doing here.'" His fears were confirmed when test results came back: Audiences were interested in Cheadle but had no idea what the show was, and what they saw they didn't think they liked. Nevins knew a major repositioning was in order. "This wasn't a show about rich assholes; it was a show about people sticking it to rich assholes," he says, acknowledging that the latter needed to be reflected in every piece of marketing going forward. "The show could be perceived as either terribly insensitive of what was going on in the country or incredibly timely," says creator Matthew Carnahan, praising Nevins' foresight to pull the 99 percent-1 percent conversation into the promotion of the series to ensure the latter became its reality. THR chief TV critic Tim Goodman said of the series: "Although consultants as good guys (even thieving good guys) is itself a tough sell, House of Lies makes it all work by having the victims -- companies, executives -- look like even more unsympathetic dupes who deserve what they get because of their greed." House of Lies has been averaging 3.4 million viewers, and if its April 1 finale holds up, it would become Showtime's highest-rated comedy. [pagebreak] "This is so f--ing great," says Nevins as he watches Jon Voight, 73, dance topless with a hooker amid a cloud of marijuana smoke. It is mid-March, and Nevins is sharing dailies on his iPad from his Ray Donovan pilot, a Liev Schreiber-led drama about a fixer with his own demons. Minutes earlier, Nevins had been making his way around the Malibu set with the kind of excitement of a budding actor getting his break. Schreiber had just completed a scene in which he breaks the hand of another man, one of many windows into his character's complexities, and now a fully clothed Elliott Gould is standing knee deep in the Pacific as his character unravels in the wake of his wife's death. As costumers, dialect coaches and a sizable crew scurry about the beachfront property on day seven of a 15-day shoot, Nevins keeps his distance from the cameras to avoid falling back into producer mode. With those around him inching down the cliff to capture the beach scene, he grins widely from his perch above the California coastline, knowing the drama has the hallmarks of a Nevins show: masculinity, contemporariness and the kind of in-your-face sexual content that separates pay cable from even edgy fare on FX and AMC. Showtime viewers are no stranger to that onscreen raunchiness, having seen explicit sex scenes on Homeland (in a car), House of Lies (girl on girl in a bathroom) and Shameless (in a sink). "Ray Donovan has all of these different shades of men in transition, which is why I like to say it feels like Passages for men," he says, referencing Gail Sheehy's book about adult life stages as he waxes on about the modern-day Los Angeles pilot, featuring Schreiber, Voight and Gould's characters at significant turning points in their own adult lives. "It's so interesting to me that it is written by a woman [Southland's Ann Biderman] who really seems to understand male psychology with a depth." Nevins is still several weeks away from making any decisions about the future of Ray Donovan. Also in contention for a slot on Showtime's 2013 schedule is Masters of Sex, adapted from Thomas Maier's book about the intriguing lives and unusual relationship of married professor William Masters and his former assistant Virginia Johnson, 1950s era pioneers of the science of human sexuality. This project, too, plays into Nevins' desire to offer what the other networks cannot with both its explicit language and many sex scenes, including an early one in which Masters observes a prostitute and her client having intercourse. "I've been leery of doing period fare, but I think the subject is so specific, so provocative and so contemporary that I got over it," explains Nevins, who was urged to read the Maier book when he bumped into producer and longtime friend Sarah Timberman on a plane ride to New York shortly after taking the gig. "By the time the plane landed, I said, 'Yes, we have to do this,' and she said, 'I think I can get [The Pacific writer] Michelle Ashford, who both of us have known for a very long time,'" he recalls, adding of the New York-based project starring Lizzy Caplan and Michael Sheen, "It was at the top of the list from that moment on." He has spent multiple days on the set of both pilots, one of the perks of working in cable, where far fewer projects are in production at any given time (Showtime typically has three to four projects going, with plans to expand). That freedom to be hands-on, as he was for nearly a decade at Imagine -- where he produced such series as Friday Night Lights, Arrested Development and Parenthood -- is chief among the reasons Nevins agreed to take the gig. (Although this time around, he sits before the bank of cameras with a headset dangling from his neck taking stock of what the producers have gathered, since he has been off running the network.) To hear Nevins now tell it, he had considerable doubt as he drove to Moonves' house to discuss the job opportunity on a Sunday morning in June 2010. "I went from, 'No, I love being a producer,' to 'Yes, it's the one network job that could be really fun where I can still sort of feel like a producer' in 36 hours, and there was very little of the calculation that you're supposed to do," recalls the onetime NBC and Fox executive, chuckling as he continues, "And clearly the handbook says you're supposed to go into a network when it's sucky, and then you can be the hero and bring it back." Friends and peers reveal that they felt for Nevins in his first year on the job. Despite his reputation and track record, he spent the first year and a half in the position hearing comparisons to his revered predecessor. "I didn't tell him at the time, but I thought, 'Wow, how's he going to do that?'" recalls Gordon. "I felt not only scared for David, but also pressure because by being so all-in on this show and putting that kind of support behind it, he was laying a lot of his eggs in our basket. In many ways, I wanted this show to succeed as much for David as I did for Alex and me." Nevins downplays any pressure he might have felt. "There may have been a little bit of the, 'OK, prove it to us. What does this guy got?' " he says. "But I had confidence that when we put the stuff out there, it would at least be interesting, and I understand what it meant to be doing premium television." Still, he was eager to make his mark quickly, deciding Homeland and House of Lies would be the first two series he'd champion after just days on the job. He sent both scripts to Moonves, who was as impressed by the projects as he was by Nevins' tenacity. "David was really taking hold of the job and saying, 'I'm going to push for what I want to do,' " Moonves says, recalling his new hire voicing slight concern that Homeland might be "too network" initially. "I remember saying: 'That's OK. I'm a network guy,' " Moonves says, " 'and just because it's on Showtime doesn't mean it has to be way out there.' " Nevins spent the year or so that followed making certain both series fit with his mandate for Showtime, or "the inappropriate network," as his young children with wife Andrea Blaugrund, a filmmaker, have come to know it. ♦♦♦♦♦ Now, some 20 months into the job, Nevins, an avid reader who has helped found an L.A.-based synagogue and a charter school, has proved he can launch a series. Next on his agenda is to go where his competitors are not. Straight-ahead genre fare is off-limits, for instance, because HBO (Game of Thrones) and AMC (Walking Dead) are already there, though many suggest he's clamoring for their commercial impact. Genre comedy, on the other hand, is an area Nevins hopes he can own, and he's working to get the script right on an adaptation of the graphic novel Chew, about an FDA agent who cracks cases by tasting his evidence. Coming into the role, he had high hopes for doing straight-up comedy, particularly because so many cable half-hours -- many on his network -- feel more dramatic than they do funny. But getting the genre right has been harder than anticipated. "I thought the fact that I could do R-rated comedy and go to places that even basic cable cannot would be a huge advantage," he says. "But I still need sophisticated and smart, so just a bunch of frat-guy humor isn't going to cut it, and that's what I get pitched." Nevins is now developing a comedy about a young couple exploring an open marriage as well as one about a group of brilliant, quirky young people who move to a lavish apartment in Las Vegas to pursue the $10 million prize at the World Series of Poker's Main Event. Also of interest are higher-profile stand-up specials, though he's coy about which comedians he's courting. Similarly appealing are documentaries, a genre where he believes he can stir the pot with larger-than-life characters, dead or alive. Nevins' first foray includes Dick Cheney (the former vice president has agreed to participate in an R.J. Cutler film), Suge Knight and Richard Pryor docs. He'll look to acquire documentaries from the festival circuit as well. Nevins, whose wife has directed such docs as 2011's The Other F Word, will start with four a year but has plans to ramp up to six. Miniseries, long dominated by HBO, hold considerably less appeal, he says, but one need only look to the recent media generated by Game Change to see the potential for timely telepics. That leaves sports. He's particularly excited to add a weekly Jim Rome series to his network, which already airs sports documentary series The Franchise, set to follow the Miami Marlins this season, and weekly football show Inside the NFL. Although Rome's day-and-date show will start as a truncated series, Nevins foresees expanding it to a year-round offering. Politics, a passion for the liberal exec, also is something with which he has toyed; he says he "takes a lot of exploratory meetings with interesting people." (A drama project in development with Salman Rushdie came about through Nevins' desire to sit down with the British-Indian novelist.) These days, there are many more interesting people seeking time on Nevins' schedule. A leading TV agent acknowledges the perception shift within his agency: "Now people are saying, 'Well, wait a second, I don't have to go only to HBO,' " he says of Showtime. And the network's entertainment chief, who wasn't instantly sure he'd accept the gig, is now thrilled he did. "I'm cynical about a lot of things," says Nevins, "but not television. I still really feel a sense of possibility." ♦♦♦♦♦ SHOWTIME'S CACHET GROWS THROUGH THE YEARS: The network's nominations and wins at the Emmys, Golden Globes and SAG Awards 1988-1995: 24 noms, 3 wins In 1988, It's Garry Shandling's Show nabs four Emmy noms. Later, Beau Bridges and Laura Dern are nominated for series work. 1996-2003: 120 noms, 17 wins Helen Mirren earns an Emmy for starring in The Passion of Ayn Rand; Jack Lemmon (Inherit the Wind) collects his final Globe. 2004-2012: 212 noms, 43 wins Dexter nabs four Emmys and two Globes. In January, Homeland picks up Showtime's first drama series Globe. ♦♦♦♦♦ THE PRICEY BATTLE FOR SUBSCRIBERS: A mix of the networks' ratings drivers and critical darlings. HBO True Blood: 12.6 million Boardwalk Empire: 8.6 million Game of Thrones: 9.3 million Luck*: 4.3 million Enlightened: 1.7 million SHOWTIME Dexter: 5.5 million Shameless*: 4.8 million Homeland: 4.4 million House of Lies*: 3.4 million Episodes: 1.9 million STARZ Spartacus: Vengeance*: 6.0 million Boss: 2.9 million * Season to date. Includes digital, on demand and live+7 viewership. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Lacey Rose firstname.lastname@example.com @thr


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Don't curse in front of the baby, and don't let him drink, either. Key quote: "The toddler also was taken to the hospital, where tests revealed he had a blood alcohol content of 0.094, the sheriff's office said. The legal limit for driving in New York state is .08."
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Well then, it's a good thing they didn't let him drive!
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WarGames becomes the third franchise to receive the "reboot treatment" from MGM which also has plans to resurrect RoboCop with director Jose Padilha and Carrie with playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. As for Gordon, he most recently directed Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, and Colin Farrel in the upcoming comedy Horrible Bosses. That pic hits theaters on July 8th.


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Today As I was driving my son to school and dropping the other two boys off at the turnstile, thoughts of our future came pouring in. They were not necessarily happy thoughts either. I am a mom, first and foremost and I need to provide the best for my kids. However, being a military family makes that just a little more difficult than your average mom.
In just a few short weeks my family will be on the move once again. This will be our 3rd state, 3rd house, and the kids 3rd school in one single calendar year. Yep, you read that right. In one years time we will have lived in 3 separate locations. So when I get to thinking about schools I start to feel myself panicking on the inside. My children are resilient, I know this. My children are exceptionally intelligent, I know this too. But what I don't know scares me.
You know, how will they be accepted in their new school? Will they be able to make as good of friends as they have here and D.C.? Will they be behind in school or certain subjects like when we arrived here? Is this fair to my children? Will they be mad at me in 10 years time when they are teenagers near or past high school graduation? All of this questions are running rampant in my little head today. I am not sure how to deal with them.
Last night we were sitting at the dinner table talking about all the countries Zeus has visited throughout his military career. It was rather amazing. But then we started talking about our roots. Like that question people ask you regularly, Where are you from? Omega asked mom, what do I tell them? Where am I from Mommy? My heart immediately sank and felt like it shattered into a million pieces on the dinner table. I felt terrible for him. I felt like a failure in that mere instant. What have we done to this beautiful precious babies? I gained my composure and told him of the story of the military child, also known as the military brat. The child that does not call any specific city or state home. The child that has friends in just about every state you can name. The child that knows more about Muslim countries and foreign lands than most adults. That child that depends on his or her parents for safety. That child who makes friends faster than you can unpack boxes.
I had to remind myself that these type of children are special, unique and well loved. My husband nor I were military brats. We did not understand military life until be became airmen ourselves. So neither of us understand even remotely what our own children might be feeling or experiencing. It is scary and sad all at the same time. Through all the preparations and planning for our move in 6 wks, I feel guilty. Guilty for the babies in not having a "home". Guilty for not being able to see their best friends often. Guilty for not being able to continue schooling in one system. Guilty for riping their hearts out every time we move. Guilty for all the nots that are out of my control. Guilty that they must suffer. Guilty that they do not know their extended family.
That's me Guilty as Charged.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Guilty as charged
Today As I was driving my son to school and dropping the other two boys off at the turnstile, thoughts of our future came pouring in. They were not necessarily happy thoughts either. I am a mom, first and foremost and I need to provide the best for my kids. However, being a military family makes that just a little more difficult than your average mom.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
The Lost Housewives
Today I was down and out for the second day in a row from some ridiculous stomach bug. Nevertheless I have lost 3 pounds from all the upchucking. However, I am feeling much better at this point. While I was sick I turned on the daytime television. Bad idea. After watching a show I actually cared about these weird shows came on, they were all called The Housewives of OC, DC, New Jersey and Atlanta. The shows are ridiculous. Do we really need to show what 40 yr old women do and how much money they have. Come on now.
Why are we not showing the Housewives of Fort Hood, Bolling AFB, Quantico? Why do we not have shows that show the pure heart of this country. These are the people that need the money of the show more than all those millionaires. I am very disturbed by these shows and what they are doing. What is the point? You are rewarding all the cattiness and rude, stuck-up behavior. Why are you not showing the struggling single mom who works two jobs to pay the bills and lives on sandwiches to get by? There is so much drama and attention surrounding these shows and I can't understand why someone hasn't thought of going into the "REAL" America and try to portray the lives of those that just recently lost jobs, those returning from war, those struggling from other issues. Middle America needs more attention and more money.
I do not know about you but I am fed up with these shows and I only saw one episode of each of them.
Too bad producers have decided to put this garbage on TV.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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Thursday, October 7, 2010
What are Octobers for?
Today is October 7, 2010.
Today is my Daddy's birthday. I sure hope you have a great day Dad. We love you and miss you.
What does October bring to your family?
For us it starts with cool, crisp air. How wonderful to have beautiful colors and the sweet smell of the ocean breeze.
This October is very different from those in the past. Tomorrow night, yes it is already here, we are going to a military event called Drop Night. A celebration and presentation geared toward pilots but modified for the *new* Cyber Officers, to receive notification of their upcoming base assignment. It is very nerve wracking. We had to put in a list of 5 bases or geographical locations and 3 job listings. A group of instructors and chain of command got together Tuesday night to decide each of the 15 class members next duty location. It is rather scary. So tomorrow is the day however good or bad it is, we will finally be able to start planning for the move that is now 61 days away.
Then we will have a little time to relax.
We get to work in a 7th birthday party for my dear Zulu who is overly excited.
Then I get to be a real life babysitting Auntie for a week. My brother who leaves for the U.S. Army in 90 days is taking his wife on a short but fun vacation and they have chosen me to watch the baby. I am ridiculously excited about spending time with such a sweet little girl, for a whole week. Watch out J & S, Auntie is gonna spoil her rotten and she will get mega playtime with cousins. Woo hooooo!!!
Then there's Halloween. Awwwww, what a fun time that always is. We always choose a theme to go by each year. The theme can not be scary, wicked or perverse. It has to be fun and happy. The theme was chosen in the Spring and I purchased all the costumes online in late August and September so I beat the rush and did not have to panic with last minute changes if one of my costumes was not available. What about your family and Halloween? Will you celebrate the good things that come with Halloween? We do. Remember last year? We brought home 28 pounds of candy. Yes, that is for real. Lets go for 30 pounds this year. I'm totally kidding. 2 pounds would be good enough for us anyways.
During the month we are going to be very busy planning for the move and securing all those things required to move a big military family. You know get hotels lined up on both sides of the move. Research schools. Sort through our stuff and get rid of a few things. Organize the house. Get on a housing list. Get a TMO (movers) date scheduled. And this list goes on and on, those of you military will understand the stress, excitement and shear madness that goes along with PCSing and during the holidays at that.
Welcome October. Welcome Fall weather. Welcome school pictures. Welcome pregnancies galore. Welcome base assignments. Welcome family birthdays. Welcome Halloween. Welcome Fall festivals. Welcome to all the fun, happy and exciting things October brings to our family.
Haskins House
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"This time Brazil won't lose†– Andrea Zorzi
Mar del Plata, Argentina, July 17, 2013 – With less than 24 hours before the start of the FIVB Volleyball World League Finals 2013, volleyball legend Andrea Zorzi runs through the contenders for the premier annual volleyball trophy for men.
"The opening match between Brazil and Russia is set to be brilliant. This is
not the first time the two countries have met and no doubt Brazil will be working
hard to ensure that they do not have a repeat of the 2012 Olympic Games final
in London.
"For this week, the odds are stacked in Brazil's favour. Russia's Muserskiy may have turned around the Olympic final for his country but he doesn't have the same influence this time around especially as there have been many changes to the Russian team.
"Nevertheless, the Olympic champions still have enough class to cope well with the challenge. Russia currently has a lot of players, who are not well known, but who are technically and physically very good. They are like a machine and the inexperienced players can rely on the depth of play from some of the more experienced players on the team.
"With regards to the other finalists, I am pleased to say that it's a new era for Italy who have made their way back to the top after many years. A bronze medal in London was a great achievement. They have some good players and are playing a good game with a better attitude. However, there is room for improvement and the team needs to work on their consistency and strengthen their mental prowess.
"Brazil has been the leader in this sport for the past 15 years because in training all 12 players and their coach are focused on the job at hand. This is the secret of winning and the Italian team need to concentrate. I hope their loss to Iran during the intercontinental round will help the Italian team to regroup and find the motivation they need to take them far in the World League Finals.
"Bulgaria surprised me last year and again this year. They have earned their place in the Finals and coach Placi is going a great job. However, they still have a long way to go and I hope that by learning from experiences in the World League so far that they will be encouraged to get better.
"Argentina is currently missing some important players like Facundo Conte and for this reason I am not sure if they will be very competitive in the Finals.
"Canada's qualification
for the Finals was a big surprise for the volleyball community and also for
them and no doubt a disappointment for the Netherlands who were leading the
pool until recently.
"I had the opportunity to watch the Intercontinental Round action closely and have to say that Iran played superbly. It is a pleasure to see my former coach Julio Velasco doing so well. His assistant Manuel Cicchello is from Mar del Plata and together they have been able to build an excellent rapport with the players.
"The Iranian players have a clear idea of how they have to play, have a great attitude and fight for each point until the very end - qualities that Velasco instilled in the Italian team all those years ago. Time will tell if Iran can show the same level of skill over the long term.
"This year is the first of a new Olympic cycle and as many coaches have decided to introduce younger players to their teams, the level of play is not so high. The difference between the teams that got the good results and those that did not is focus. That is why Iran and Canada did so well this year.
"Indeed a strong team needs to show consistency and for this to happen every rally must be important. As defending champions, Poland started with too much confidence, losing their first four matches and consequently did not have time to recover. They had a slim chance of getting into the Finals in their last two games against Bulgaria but failed to go for every single set. It was a disappointing finish to their World League run but they have the unconditional backing of the Polish fans who are willing them to go far in the European Championships.
"All will be revealed in a few hours and I know that whatever happens, we will be in for a treat.â€
Andrea Zorzi is a former Italian volleyball star who won two FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship crowns in 1990 and 1994 as well as three World League titles from 1990-1992 where he also won the Most Valuable Player award at both the 1990 and 1991 editions. He was also a silver medallist at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and won the 1989 European Championship in a career which spanned 325 matches. After retiring in 1998, he collaborated with a number of important Italian TV networks as well as international newspapers as a journalist.
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A blog to compile what I have learned (and what I am learning) about Mandriva (and GNU/Linux in general) since 2009, when I migrated. Current distros I'm using: OpenMandriva Lx 4, Mageia 7, PCLinuxOS, MX 19, PicarOS, Elive 3, and AntiX 13.
jueves, 19 de mayo de 2011
Zenwalk 7: Shall We DANCE?
Upfront, let me clarify that my netbook was a quad-boot (Mandriva 2010.2, Pardus 2011, Mepis 11, Mageia 1 RC1) the second time I attempted to take Zenwalk for a dance again. I know that that quantity might seem excessive given the fact that one can use virtual machines. However, because of the modest configuration of a virtual machine, I consider that they are ideal for testing, but you cannot enjoy the full potential of the Linux distro unless you install it. Why installing so many distros? To maximize writing productivity. Sam Dean might be right about writers and dual monitors, but I have discovered that, when I write, changing not only the workspace, but also the entire OS, gives me a mental relief and the possibility of keeping my projects in "different typewriters".
Of course, that quantity of distros became part of my headache last time. The other part was that was not prepared to carry out a text installation. The good news is that, thanks to the support of readers and their insightful comments, I was better equipped this time.
The Dance
As in the Japanese film "Shall we DANSU?", I was a Sugiyama determined to learn the Zenwalk steps. Like him, my initial performance was deplorable. However, practice makes perfect. Therefore, I was not discouraged and analyzed what I did wrong.
First, the installation problems I was having occurred due to my lack of familiarity with the process. For example, the partitioning tool gives you all the information you need if you go to the appropriate tab. Once you are satisfied with your settings, all you have to do is hit "write" to apply the changes.
Then, the bootloader LILO: I tried first following the suggestion of keeping LILO in the boot sector of the partition, not the MBR. However, it did not work because I couldn't boot it to finish the post-configuration process and the info in lilo.config did no good, either.
I suspected that the problem was caused because of the partition soup that I had. Mageia was located in sda 9, but GRUB showed that it booted from sda8, which was my Zenwalk root partition. So, I tried a more Spartan approach: I deleted all OSs except Mandriva and reorganized the partitions. After that, I reinstalled Pardus, Mepis, and Mageia (I got the RC1, yay!). Now that all the systems were sitting on the correct chairs, the dance with Zenwalk could proceed.
I reinstalled Zenwalk without a glitch (reading and preparing DOES make a difference, right?). This time, however, I changed the location of LILO and put it in the MBR. Of course, that sent my other OSs to the Zen garden again, but I did not mind because I wanted to finish the Zenwalk installation. When Zenwalk was up and running, I grabbed the Mandriva PowerPack DVD and used the utility to restore GRUB. In doing so, I lost Zenwalk, but I mounted its partition and following the process here and opened lilo.config.
My only problem was now to boot Zenwalk. I tried several solutions I found online, but none of them made GRUB stand up and invite Zenwalk to the dancing floor. So, I resorted to Mandriva Control Center. I opened the boot manager and tried to add the entry manually. Again, I was not sure of what I was doing, but I had to give it a try. I added a new Linux entry cutting and pasting info for tag, append, and image from lilo.config. Then, I clicked "advanced" and changed network profile to "default" and copy/pasted the info for initrd.
I rebooted and, when I saw the entry for Zenwalk, I selected it without hope. However, GRUB, full of valor, stood up and walked decisively to the partition where Zenwalk was sitting. Using a trope, I could almost hear in disbelief GRUB say "Shall we DANSU?"
So, now I'm the proud owner of a penta-boot netbook that has Zenwalk 7 as one of its five operating systems.
Dave Spiegel was right when he said that I could have used a distro that does it all for me, but then I wouldn't have learned anything. And Zuru was also right: this was great fun and the sense of accomplishment is irreplaceable!
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Yes, success is sweet when it comes from learning and effort. Congratulations on your Zenwalk!ResponderEliminar
What's wrong with a penta-boot netbook? Mine also boots five OSs. My desktop boots 7: Mepis 8, Mandriva, Pardus, Mepis 11, MiniNO, antiX M-11, and Win XP! Also, I have an 8th partition waiting for another OS (will that be Kongoni?)
As you said, it is great to turn on the machine and ask "what system do I want to use now?" Virtual Machines are not the same! :P
- Anónimo16 de enero de 2013, 14:25
I have just visited the Zenwalk web site and most of the download mirrors dont work, so I decided to write to the webmaster and clicked on contacts... gues what - the contact page does not exist.... Is Zenwalk dying?ResponderEliminar
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Domain knowledge is crucial for effective performance in autonomous control systems. Typically, human effort is required to encode this knowledge into a control algorithm... In this paper, we present an approach to language grounding which automatically interprets text in the context of a complex control application, such as a game, and uses domain knowledge extracted from the text to improve control performance. Both text analysis and control strategies are learned jointly using only a feedback signal inherent to the application. To effectively leverage textual information, our method automatically extracts the text segment most relevant to the current game state, and labels it with a task-centric predicate structure. This labeled text is then used to bias an action selection policy for the game, guiding it towards promising regions of the action space. We encode our model for text analysis and game playing in a multi-layer neural network, representing linguistic decisions via latent variables in the hidden layers, and game action quality via the output layer. Operating within the Monte-Carlo Search framework, we estimate model parameters using feedback from simulated games. We apply our approach to the complex strategy game Civilization II using the official game manual as the text guide. Our results show that a linguistically-informed game-playing agent significantly outperforms its language-unaware counterpart, yielding a 34% absolute improvement and winning over 65% of games when playing against the built-in AI of Civilization. (read more)PDF
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Hey people
I'm still looking for somebody who could be Events Manager on Sunday during the Meadowsfestival?! Lynne will be there as License so you just have to have an eye out everything is going fine, coordinate the beer tent a bit etc... You can either do the whole day from 11-6 or split it into two shifts. Just get back to me or directly to the Forest if you can do it!
Would be great if somebody could post this in the Working Group Forum as well. Thanks and enjoy the sunny evening. x
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Treatment for Dysthymic Disorder
Staying in a constant state of moodiness is no way to live. That's one reason to seek treatment. Another is that dysthymic disorder can also increase your risk for physical diseases. Yet another reason to pursue treatment? If left untreated, this mood disorder can develop into more severe depression. It can also increase your risk for attempting suicide.
Psychotherapy ("talk therapy") is generally considered the treatment of choice for dysthymic disorder, and no medicine is formally FDA-approved for its treatment. However, if psychotherapy alone is not fully helpful, a two-pronged, long-term treatment approach may then include antidepressant medication in addition to psychotherapy. Some studies show that antidepressant medications or psychotherapy can be effective for dysthymic disorder, and sometimes a combination of both may work best.
Antidepressants , such as selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitors or tricyclic antidepressants, are often used to treat dysthymic disorder. Because you may need to continue treatment for a lengthy period, it's important to consider which medications not only work well but also ideally have few side effects. You may need to try more than one medication to find the one that works best. But know that it may take several weeks or longer to take effect. Successful treatment for chronic depression often takes longer than for acute (non-chronic) depression.
Take your medications as your doctor instructs. If they're causing side effects or still not working after several weeks, discuss this with your doctor. Don't suddenly stop taking your medications.
Specific kinds of talk therapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psychodynamic psychotherapy, or interpersonal therapy (IPT), are known to be effective forms of psychotherapy that treat dysthymic disorder. A structured treatment lasting for a certain period of time, CBT involves recognizing and restructuring thoughts. It can help you change your distorted thinking. IPT is also a time-limited, structured treatment. Its focus is on addressing current problems and solving interpersonal conflicts. Psychodynamic psychotherapy involves exploring unhealthy or unsatisfying patterns of behavior and motivations that you may not be consciously aware of which could lead to feelings of depression and negative expectations and life experiences.
Some studies also suggest that aerobic exercise can help with mood disorders. This is most effective when done four to six times a week. But some exercise is better than none at all. Other changes may also help, including seeking social support and finding an interesting occupation. Used for patients with seasonal affective disorder, bright-light therapy may also help some people with dysthymic disorder.


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Duck Sausage and Fennel Ravioli
These delicate pasta squares are filled with an aromatic mixture of duck sausage and fennel. They are a gourmet delight served on a bed of cabbage and drizzled with sherry-soy broth.
2 tbsp. olive oil
3 large onions, finely chopped
1 fennel bulb, finely chopped
2 tsp. garlic, minced
3-31⁄2 oz. smoked duck sausages, finely chopped
Salt and pepper, to taste
6 pasta sheets, (6-in. wide x 24-in. long)
1 egg, mixed with 1 tbsp. water
4 cups sautéed napa cabbage
1 cup sherry-soy broth
1⁄2 cup black beans, for garnish
- In a large pan, heat oil and sauté onions and fennel until caramelized, about 12-15 min. Add garlic and sauté about 3 min.
- Add sausage, season with salt and pepper, and mix thoroughly. Set aside.
- Lightly egg wash three sheets of pasta and place 2 tbsp. of sausage filling 4 -in. apart. Cover filling with the remaining sheets of pasta and cut into equal pieces. Press edges together and place on dusted cookie sheet.
Place ravioli in boiling water and cook about 5-6 min. until done. To serve, place cabbage in center of plate and surround with three ravioli. Drizzle with sherry-soy broth and garnish with black beans.


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This just hit the wire two hours ago:
Google's iPhone Tracking
Web Giant, Others Bypassed Apple Browser Settings for Guarding Privacy
Google Inc. and other advertising companies have been bypassing the privacy settings of millions of people using Apple Inc.'s Web browser on their iPhones and computers—tracking the Web-browsing habits of people who intended for that kind of monitoring to be blocked.
The companies used special computer code that tricks Apple's Safari Web-browsing software into letting them monitor many users. Safari, the most widely used browser on mobile devices, is designed to block such tracking by default.
Google disabled its code after being contacted by The Wall Street Journal.
Tracking Leaves a Trail
The Google code was spotted by Stanford researcher Jonathan Mayer and independently confirmed by a technical adviser to the Journal, Ashkan Soltani, who found that ads on 22 of the top 100 websites installed the Google tracking code on a test computer, and ads on 23 sites installed it on an iPhone browser.
The technique reaches far beyond those websites, however, because once the coding was activated, it could enable Google tracking across the vast majority of websites. Three other online-ad companies were found using similar techniques: Vibrant Media Inc., WPP PLC's Media Innovation Group LLC and Gannett Co.'s PointRoll Inc.
In Google's case, the findings appeared to contradict some of Google's own instructions to Safari users on how to avoid tracking. Until recently, one Google site told Safari users they could rely on Safari's privacy settings to prevent tracking by Google. Google removed that language from the site Tuesday night.
In a statement, Google said: "The Journal mischaracterizes what happened and why. We used known Safari functionality to provide features that signed-in Google users had enabled. It's important to stress that these advertising cookies do not collect personal information."
Google's privacy practices are under intense scrutiny. Last year, as part of a far-reaching legal settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission the company pledged not to "misrepresent" its privacy practices to consumers. The fine for violating the agreement is $16,000 per violation, per day. The FTC declined to comment on the findings.
An Apple official said: "We are working to put a stop" to the circumvention of Safari privacy settings.
Of the ad companies found to be using the technique, Google has by far the largest reach. It delivers Internet ads that were viewed at least once by 93% of U.S. Web users in December, according to comScore Media Metrix.
A Vibrant Media spokesman called its use of the technique a "workaround" to "make Safari work like all the other browsers." Other major Web browsers don't block tracking by default. Vibrant, a top 25 ad network in the U.S. according to comScore Media Metrix, uses the technique "for unique user identification," the spokesman said, but doesn't collect personally identifiable information such as name or financial-account numbers.
WPP declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Gannett described its use of the code as part of a "limited test" to see how many Safari users visited advertisers' sites after seeing an ad.
PointRoll's coding was found in some ads on WSJ.com. "We were unaware this was happening on WSJ.com and are looking into it further," a Journal spokeswoman said.
To test the prevalence of Google's code, the Journal's technology adviser, Mr. Soltani, surveyed the top 100 most popular websites as ranked by Quantcast earlier this month. He found Google placed the code within ads displayed on major sites including movie site Fandango.com, dating site Match.com, AOL.com, TMZ.com and UrbanDictionary.com, among others. These companies either declined to comment or didn't respond. There is no indication that they or any other sites knew of the code.
"We were not aware of this behavior," said Michael Balmoris, AT&T Inc. spokesman. Google's code was found on AT&T's YellowPages.com. "We would never condone it," he said.
Google has already been facing broader questions about privacy. Last month, Google—which offers many services including YouTube, Gmail and of course, Google search—said it would revise its privacy policy to combine nearly all the information it possesses about its users.
The move prompted an international outcry. European Union privacy officials asked Google to "pause" its changes until it can ensure the privacy of EU citizens. Google said it briefed European officials in the weeks before its announcement and plans to roll out the new privacy policy March 1.
Across the digital landscape, the issue of online privacy is taking center stage. In recent months, large institutions and tiny app-makers alike have been accused of mishandling personal data. Trying to reassure a worried public, lawmakers have introduced more than a dozen privacy bills in Congress. The Obama administration has called for a Privacy Bill of Rights to encourage companies to adopt better privacy practices.
Trade in personal data has emerged as a driver of the digital economy. Many tech companies offer products for free and get income from online ads that are customized using data about customers. These companies compete for ads, in part, based on the quality of the information they possess about users.
Google's tracking of Safari users traces its roots to Google's competition with social-network giant Facebook Inc. After Facebook launched its "Like" button—which gives people an easy way to indicate they like various things online—Google followed with a "+1" button offering similar functionality on its rival social network, known as Google+.
Last year, Google added a feature to put the +1 button in ads placed across the Web using Google's DoubleClick ad technology. The idea: If people like the ad, they could click "+1" and post their approval to their Google social-networking profile.
But Google faced a problem: Safari blocks most tracking by default. So Google couldn't use the most common technique—installation of a small file known as a "cookie"—to check if Safari users were logged in to Google.
To get around Safari's default blocking, Google exploited a loophole in the browser's privacy settings. While Safari does block most tracking, it makes an exception for websites with which a person interacts in some way—for instance, by filling out a form. So Google added coding to some of its ads that made Safari think that a person was submitting an invisible form to Google. Safari would then let Google install a cookie on the phone or computer.
The cookie that Google installed on the computer was temporary; it expired in 12 to 24 hours. But it could sometimes result in extensive tracking of Safari users. This is because of a technical quirk in Safari that allows companies to easily add more cookies to a user's computer once the company has installed at least one cookie.
Google said it tried to design the +1 advertising system to protect people's privacy and that the placement of further tracking cookies on Safari browsers wasn't anticipated.
Among some Web programmers, the type of maneuver used by Google appears to have been an open secret for some time. Anant Garg, a 25-year-old Web developer in Mumbai, India, blogged about the technique two years ago.
Mr. Garg said when he developed the Safari workaround he didn't consider the privacy angle. He came up with the idea simply to "ensure a consistent experience" for a group of people accessing a chat system from different Web browsers, he said.
The coding also has a role in some Facebook games and "apps"—particularly if the app wants to store a user's login information or game scores. In fact, a corporate Facebook page for app developers called "Best Practices" includes a link to Mr. Garg's blog post.
"We work to educate our developers on how to deliver a consistent user experience across all browsers," said Facebook spokesman David Swain.
Mr. Mayer, who spotted Google using the code, also noticed variations of Mr. Garg's code at work in ads placed by Vibrant Media and WPP's Media Innovation Group. Mr. Soltani verified those findings, and also found code being used by Gannett's PointRoll. In a test, Mr. Soltani found the PointRoll code present in ads on 10 of the top 100 U.S. sites.
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Hearing scheduled for woman prosecutors say lied to investigators in UNH student's death
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) � The 19-year-old woman accused of lying about her whereabouts the day a University of New Hampshire student was killed is due back in court Jan. 2.
Kathryn McDonough of Portsmouth remains in custody on charges related to the disappearance and death of 19-year-old UNH sophomore Elizabeth Marriott of Westborough, Mass.
Prosecutors say McDonough lied when she said she and 30-year-old Seth Mazzaglia ("maz-ZAY-lee-ah" )of Dover had no contact with Marriott Oct. 9, the day she disappeared.
Prosecuters say Mazzaglia, who is charged with second-degree murder, suffocated or strangled Marriott.
McDonough has been in custody since her arrest Christmas Eve. She's due in Portsmouth District Court Wednesday for a hearing on charges of conspiracy and hindering apprehension.
Her lawyer says he and McDonough haven't decided whether to waive the hearing.


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So you'd like to adopt or purchase a new dog, but you can't stand the shedding? Though no dog is completely free of shedding, there are a number of dog breeds out there that are less likely to have the hair and dander shedding issues that cause problems for many dog owners.
Don't like the mess that comes with a shedding house pet? You might consider a breed that typically sheds very little, such as the Affenpinscher, Havanese, Italian Greyhound, Lhasa Apso, Maltese, Poodle, or Schnauzer.
Most types of Terriers also fit this category, including Airedale, Australian, Bedlington, Black Russian, Border, Cairn, Dandie Dinmont, Irish, Kerry Blue, Lakeland, Manchester, Norfolk, Norwitch, Scottish, Sealyham, Silky, Tibetan, Welsh, and Yorkshire Terriers.
If dander-related allergies are a major problem for you, though, the Bichon Frise might be your dog. Though they sport a thick coat of wavy hair, they have no undercoat. Or how about a Chinese Crested or Mexican Hairless? Both have virtually no hair and very little dander—though they might be a little funny-looking, they can still make great pets.
Got severe allergies? The American Hairless Terrier has absolutely no body hair and sheds almost no dander. Most people who can't tolerate other dogs will do fine with one of these, though no dog breed can guarantee a 100% allergy-free experience. If allergies or asthma are possible issues, it's best to try out a pet before you decide to adopt or buy to make sure they won't cause sneezing or wheezing.


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AAA LyC (SUN) 10/21/2012 Arena Coliseo Monterrey
***Arena Coliseo 57th Anniversary***
1) Chamaco Gurrola, Darkgenis, Mini Hator b Crazy 93, Extreme Boy, Mini Neurosis
2) Jennifer Blake b Lady Puma, La Hiedra
3) Antifaz del Norte b Máscara Púrpura, Rico Rodriguez, El Tackle, Lumino, Gabanelli, Genocida, Perseus, Bengali, Angel Dorado Jr., Rey Imagen, Caballo Dorado, Potro, Rey Orion [Copa 57 Anniversary]
Antifaz defeated Mascara Purpura to win the cup (though no trophy was actually seen)
4) Difunto I, Monje Negro Jr., Pirata Morgan b Gemelo Muerte I, Gemelo Muerte II, Super Parka
Pirata was with LUM's Hombre de Negro & La Monjita, and won with an unseen foul on Super Parka.
5) Hijo del Ninja, Humberto Garza, Zumbi DQ Cuervo, Espíritu, Ozz
Zumbi replaced Hector Garza, who appeared earlier in the show with the rest of his family (Mascara Purpura, Humberto Jr. and Hijo del Ninja.) Humberto thanked the fans on Hector's behalf, saying Hector couldn't talk. Perro interrupted to challenge Hector to get better so he could beat him for his hair in his home town of Monterrey. Humberto and Ninja angrily challenged Perro. Perro didn't seem interest, so Hector took the microphone and talked to make the challenge on behalf of his family (Pupura included.) Perro promised to cause the Garza's problems later. The men in the crowd have turned on Hijo de Ninja. Garzas were about to win when Perros ran in for the DQ.
6) Jack Evans & La Parka b el Hijo del Perro Aguayo & Nicho el Millionario
Nicho replaced Teddy, said to be out with an injury but wrestled in Canada the night before. Crowd was divided. Jack took out Nicho with his dive, Parka knocked down the ref by mistake, Perro fouled him and covered, Humberto Garza ran in to foul Perro and put Parka on top for the win. Challenges followed.
LyC is hyping a big show in December. Humberto vs Perro in a hair match would do good business here and the angle at the end points that direction. Ninja vs Perro would be more difficult – Ninja is the centerpiece here but losing strong to Perro maybe proves something to the fans who dislike him? – but there's never any guarantee anything will happen.
LyC posted Saturday morning that Teddy was injured and would be replaced. Instead, Teddy wrestled and won tag team titles in Real Canada Wrestling that night, a promotion in Edmonton. That match also included the guy who won the AAA tryout seminar and the guy who debuted on TV as Uro Rocker. Teddy's gone from being out of AAA to being in well enough that he get friends and associates jobs. There was some warning that Teddy would be gone from AAA if he started misbehaving, but I'd be surprised if that was the case.
They seem to be surprised about Teddy not wrestling either (and really didn't lose anything by switching from Teddy to Nicho or saying Teddy was hurt rather than just missing the show; they're probably innocent on this.)
CMLL (SUN) 10/21/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Cancha, El Occidental, Informador]
1) Sádico b Brillante
Sadico used a top rope 'rana to win.
2) Mr. Trueno & Rey Trueno b Black Metal & Javier Cruz Jr.
3) Demonio Maya & Maléfico b El Divino & Máscara Mágica
Malefico snuck in a foul on Mascara Magica.
4) Bárbaro Cavernario, In Memoriam, Infierno b Eros, Gallo, Leo
A Rafaga distraction set up the win.
5) Hijo del Fantasma, Máximo, Valiente b Dragón Rojo Jr., Niebla Roja, Sangre Azteca
Tecnicos took 2/3, Fantasma small packaging Rojo, setting up a Fantasma vs Rojo title match.
I think they are setting up a cage match with the locals here. Not totally sure.
CMLL (MON) 10/22/2012 Arena Puebla [@CMLL_OFICIAL, CMLL]
1) Black Tiger & Tigre Rojo Jr. b Akron & Policeman
2) Taurus b Super Halcon Jr. [lightning]
Taurus won in just over six minutes.
3) Hombre Bala Jr., Magnus, Stigma b Artillero, Inquisidor, Súper Comando
Tecnicos took 2/3, Magnus defeating Inquisidor with a backcracker.
4) Sagrado, Stuka Jr., Triton b Misterioso Jr., Sangre Azteca, Virus
Tecnicos took 2/3, Sagrado surprising Misterioso with a cradle for the win. Virus & Sangre were annoyed with Misterioso for blowing the match.
5) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush DQ Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Último Guerrero
Tecnicos took 1/3, Terrible fouled Rush. Bucanero hurt a knee in the third fall.
6) Dragón Rojo Jr. b Valiente [CMLL MIDDLE]
Dragon Rojo came in as champion. Seconds were Super Comando & Stuka. Dragon Rojo took the first with a cristo invertido, Valiente came back in the second with an armbar, Dragon won fall three and kept the title with the Dragon Bomb.
Today's Arena Mexico trio main event is Reyes del Atlantida versus Depreadors de Aire, a rematch of the Mexican Trios Title title change back in June. This is the first time Volador, Black Warrior, and Mr. Aguila have teamed up since winning the titles four months ago; that CMLL Gaceta article sort of implies this dispersal act was all a fiendish plan by the rudos so Atlantis, Delta and Guerrero Maya couldn't beat them and get a rematch. In reality, these national trios titles have a long history of going to a random assembly of three men because the programming idea likes the idea of them being a team, but then quickly losing interest in them as a team. Atlantis squad did well, but the preceding champions were also trios who never teamed except to defend the belts or teams that lost their belts because one of the champions just wasn't interested in defending the belts. Programming has plans for the these teams up to the time when they win the titles, but rarely past that.
On Sunday's Arena Azteca Budokan show, Martha Villalobos appeared to announce she'd be retiring on an upcoming show. Rossy Moreno immediately challenged her, so it'll probably be some trios match involving them.
AAA's put up a schedule of upcoming Twitter live cam chats
10/25: Silver King & Chessman
11/01: Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. & Texano Jr.
11/08: Psycho Circus
11/15: Mesias
11/22: Joe Lider & Xtreme Tiger
11/29: Octagon
Rob has highlights of 04/06/12 CMLL – part 2 of Gran Alternativa.
Bill has highlights of 09/16/2004 ENESMA,a night of bad fortune
Many CMLL women are heading to Monterrey for shows this weekend.
Magnus is heading to Puerto Rico this weekend.
R de Rudo draws Canek and his new son.
Robin replaces Tigre Blanco and Tiffany replaced Lady Apache on Friday. The women's change means the women's match isn't the resumption of the Lady Apache/Dark Angel feud.
CMLL (SUN) 10/28/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Azteca de Oro vs Acertijo
2) Gallo vs Smaker, Leo, Ráfaga, In Memoriam, Esfinge, Bárbaro Cavernario, Infierno, Eros, Espectrum [seeding battle royal]
3) 1, 2, 3 vs 4, 5, 6
4) 7 & 8 vs 10 & 9
5) Guerrero Maya Jr. & Rey Cometa vs Puma King & Tiger
6) Dragón Rojo Jr. vs Hijo del Fantasma [NWA MIDDLE]
Nice of Dragon Rojo to evenly distribute the title defenses. He could just defend both them at the same time, but let's not go crazy. Semimian looks very fun. Undercard is right out of every other Arena Aficion card.
CMLL (SUN) 10/28/2012 Arena Coliseo
1) Freesbe & Oro Jr. vs Camorra & Cholo
2) Höruz, Leono, Stigma vs Ramstein, Súper Comando, Zayco
3) Molotov vs Cancerbero [lightning]
4) Ángel Azteca Jr., Fuego, Sagrado vs Sangre Azteca, Shigeo Okumura, Virus
5) Ángel de Oro, Blue Panther, Máscara Dorada vs Averno, Ephesto, Pólvora
6) Diamante Azul, La Máscara, Shocker vs Felino, Tama Tonga, Terrible
Scratch that tag title match, but Azul vs Tonga still seems possible. Maybe he can defend the Mexico City Heavyweight Title! (They've been doing much more non-title singles matches of late.)
CMLL (MON) 10/29/2012 Arena Puebla
1) Dinámikoo & Tigre Rojo Jr. vs Ares & Centauro de Fuego
2) Höruz vs Cholo [lightning]
3) Asturiano, Metálico, Molotov vs Bobby Zavala, Disturbio, Espiritu Maligno
4) Dalis la Caribeña, Goya Kong, Marcela vs Amapola, Mima Shimoda, Tiffany
5) Namajague, Shigeo Okumura, Tama Tonga vs Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Hijo del Fantasma
6) Atlantis, La Máscara, Mistico vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto
Fiebre Amarilla! Okumura will be so pleased. Mima seems to be around permanently now.
IWRG (THU) 11/01/2012 Arena Naucalpan
***Castillo del Terror, 2012***
1) Mini Super Astro & Voladorcito vs Bracito De Plata & Mr. Aguilita
2) Amazona, Fenix, Ludark Shaitan vs Cristal, La Sádica, Pasion Kristal
names do not seem right here.
3) Alan Extreme, Centvrión, Comando Negro, Dinamic Black, Eterno, Golden Magic, Imposible, Saruman vs Dragón Celestial, Electro Boy, La Cobra, Matrix Jr., Relampago, Serpiente de Oro, Sky Ángel, Violencia Jr. [Copa High Power]
FILL 1st Generacion vs FILL 2nd Generacion rematch.
4) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown vs Cien Caras Jr., Espíritu, Heddi Karaoui
5) Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 vs Trauma I, Spartan, Oficial 911, Factor, Trauma II, Carta Brava Jr., Oficial Fierro, el Ángel, Hijo de Pirata Morgan [cage, mask]
Traumas are definitely not losing, and I'd be very surprised if Hijo de Mascara, Hijo de Parta or even Carta Brava lost their masks here; they could all carry singles matches or bigger name cage matches. Spartan and Angel are the best bets.
IWRG's Twitter notes Hijo de LA Park and Hijo de Dr. Wagner are trashing each other on Facebook, LA Park trying to talk Wagner into both of them being in this match. Neither really has a chance of losing.
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Brainstorming THE SISTERHOOD OF DUNE
Now that HELLHOLE is delivered and in production, Brian Herbert and I spent most of last week holed up together in intensive brainstorming for our next DUNE novel.
After writing two novels at the far end of the Dune timeline (HUNTERS and SANDWORMS) and two standalone "inquels" closely set within Frank Herbert's original "Dune" trilogy (PAUL OF DUNE and THE WINDS OF DUNE), we're going back to the exciting and unexplored territory of the first century after the end of the Butlerian Jihad — a trilogy that explores the formation of the major schools and political organizations that guide and shape the Dune universe.
Over the course of three novels, we'll describe the formation of the Bene Gesserit, the Mentats, the Suk Doctors, the Spacing Guild and the Navigators, as well as the solidifying of the Corrino imperium. It's a big story set against the great turmoil of continuing anti-technology fervor and the religious unrest of the C.E.T. The first novel is titled THE SISTERHOOD OF DUNE and will likely be published in early 2012. Anyone who's attended our talks and signings knows that Brian and I have been planning this series for a long time.
We still have two more inquels to do, after WINDS and PAUL, but those are independent books, and we plan to go back to them later; right now, we found ourselves much more engrossed with this story in the early time period—and a large portion of our fan mail comes from readers asking when they'll see more of Vorian Atreides.
We've written a detailed 84-chapter outline and are fine-tuning and fleshing it out right now. We should start writing our individual chapters by the end of the month.
Also, we just received the French translation of THE ROAD TO DUNE. Cover below.


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Weighty issues on show
Leading nutritionist Rosemary Stanton has hit out at the latest series of The Biggest Loser, labelling it ''humiliating'' for featuring parents trying to lose weight with their children.
She said the notion of families losing weight together was a sound one but not in such a dramatic fashion and not on television.
''It's totally unrealistic and it's done for entertainment, and the people are just fodder and I really worry about it,'' Dr Stanton said.
Every duo on the Channel Ten show, due to air next month, is a parent and child, with the younger contestants ranging in age from 15 to 24.
''It would be a good message if it was something practical and simple, and slow and steady,'' Dr Stanton said.
''[But] dramatic differences can't be kept up. You can't have someone heckling you the whole time to do this enormous amount of exercise and controlling everything you put in your mouth.''
The show, which is being filmed in Sydney's north-west, has stirred up a debate between health experts about whether parents should take more responsibility for their families' health.
Susie Burrell, a nutritionist, said there was no point ''tip-toeing'' about the issue, saying there were too many big adults and big children in Australia.
''Parents need to own it and they need to manage it. If there's one family who does something about their weight issue because of that show [The Biggest Loser], that's a good outcome,'' she added. ''They have a big audience and they can take away some of the stigma.''
Shannan Ponton, one of the trainers on The Biggest Loser, said he was sick of experts always advocating the ''slow is better'' approach.
''We've got this fear now from doctors and psychologists, a fear of failure; they want to set these stupid low benchmarks for people … they want moderate, moderate, moderate,'' Ponton said. ''As a society, we need to toughen up.''
The show's executive producer, Stuart Clark, admitted the issue about parents working with their children, even older teenagers and those in their 20s, to lose weight was controversial and that those on the show debated whether or not to air a program in this year's format. But in the end they decided it was a pressing social issue.
''We were always hesitant,'' Clark said. ''This isn't about baking a cake or renovating your home, it's about changing lives.''
''We spent a long time debating it but we realised it was the most significant health issue in Australia.''
Todd Nester, 15, the youngest contestant on this series of The Biggest Loser, said he was motivated to go on the show after his sister suggested it. But he said he would not have taken part without his father, Gerald Nester, being there too.
''It's really good having dad there next to me. I couldn't do this by myself,'' he said.
Dr Stanton said she feared for the contestants when the program was over and they returned to their normal lives and had to cope with the sudden changes.
''They're all vulnerable,'' she said. ''I shudder to think, I find it cringe-making that [they] do this to people.
''And I would be particularly worried about anyone who's still at a vulnerable age being involved in that sort of activity,'' she said.
The new series of The Biggest Loser features overweight contestants who are solely parent-and-child combinations. Expect everything from a soft father and his spoilt daughter, to mothers and daughters who look strikingly alike and a working-class dad (who rarely cries) and his very heavy son. The teams go through the usual intensive exercise regimes and diets but also plenty of soul-searching about the role of parents in ignoring or influencing their child's weight gain. There is many a teary confessional from parents who take the blame.
Christine Sams is an entertainment writer


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House-approved FITARA includes "monetary incentives" that aren't in the Senate bill.
One plan to overhaul how the government buys and builds information technology systems would establish an awards program for excellent IT acquisition staff, including "monetary incentives."
Language in the plan passed by the House multiple times -- most recently last week -- directs the Office of Personnel Management to develop a program "to recognize excellent performance by federal employees and teams in the acquisition of information systems and IT," a summary of the legislation said. The bill also "requires such policies to include guidance regarding the award of cash bonuses and other incentives."
IT acquisition reform legislation in the Senate, sponsored by Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., does not establish an awards program or suggest cash bonuses. "But Sen. Udall has heard concerns from government and industry and continues to work with them on the best way to ensure the best workforce available," his spokeswoman Jennifer Talhelm told Nextgov.
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy already has an awards program to recognize excellent acquisition performance. While winners have included IT procurement officers, they do not have a special category, and the program does not hand out cash awards.


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Bob Greenslade
July 17, 2012
Why do Liberals and Progressives want you Disarmed?
Following the shooting of Treyvon Martin earlier this year, liberals and progressives renewed their calls for more restrictions on firearms and repeal of Florida's stand your ground law. Some called for the out right ban of handguns. Once again their justification is so-called public safety because they claim the police are entrusted with duty of protecting you. As I wrote in "The Police are Under No Legal Obligation to Protect You", this assertion is patently false because courts throughout these United States have consistently held that police have no legal duty to provide police protection to any individual citizen.
That being the case, then there must be some other reason why liberals and progressives want the American people disarmed. In my mind, the answer is a no brainier; they know the only way they can force their statist policies down the throats of the American people is through the power of government and their biggest fear is the people will eventually draw a line in the sand and resist.
Statists worship at the alter of government and believe individual liberty is subordinate to the power and dictates of the state. An armed populace scares the hell out of these people. That is why they constantly misrepresent and demonize the right to keep and bear arms.
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The news earlier this week about Cllr Ian Jobling's defection to the Labour party came as a partial shock. I knew, from talking to Ian, that he wasn't going to stand for election again. I got a sense he was gradually bowing out. I knew he had some difficulties with some of the Coalition announcements but I believed that he, like me, would have felt able to lobby within the party on those things he didn't like. (And after all we have a great opportunity to do that given that any Lib Dem member can attend national conference and it is in Liverpool this September)
The whole subject though got me mulling over the reasons why people change parties (and I mean in the high profile way with the press coverage and the formal letter and all of that).
Thinking about why people defect/change parties (actually I hate the word defect as I think some of the meanings it carries aren't quite right for these situations) it seems to me that there are really three main reasons. I base this on being involved in, and watching politics for a long time. I expect many of those who defect have a mixture of motivations and it can be interesting to work out who has which motivations in which quantities.
First reason - I am going to lose so I will push off to another party now and therfore spare myself the embarassment/loss/ expense etc. This is not the same as changing parties to be offered a "safe seat" as you can make this change without actually expecting to gain anything. You do however, if your old party loses, have a retrospective justification and you can tell yourself you did the right thing. It's also not the same as simply bowing out or even sitting as an independent for a while as you do have to make a choice of destination.
Second reason - my career prospects are being harmed by my existing party/would be much better in another party so I am going. The obvious examples here are people who have been deselected or can see that the new party would offer them more positions. Often promises have to be made up front to the defector to make sure the move happens as this is bridge burning time. Someone who feels they are going to lose, but who is persuaded they will be offered a candidacy in the new party and will win there falls into this category.
Third reason - I have changed my mind on policy or the party I am in is now doing things I don't agree with. I am off to one that I do agree with. Obviously there are two necessary parts to this. You have to have the disagreement on policy and have decided that you can't resolve it through your own lobbying AND you have to have a destination you believe fits your views better. The second condition is important because otherwise you could just walk away from it, or become an independent.
Obviously there are other elements, like whether or not you are comfortable with the culture of a particular party (they can be very different) or whether you get on with the people. But on the whole I think the three categories I have mentioned are the main drivers and those who defect have one of these as their primary motivation (even if they have elements of the others in the "mix".
Clearly the only person who really knows about the mix of Ian's motivation is Ian. But when I read the press coverage I did feel that I had to take some of it with a pinch of salt. Labour is the party that took us to an illegal war and tried to introduce ID cards for goodness sake. These are both things Ian spoke strongly about.
Interestingly some people have commented that the timing of this defection announcement was faulty because it was a "dead news" period. Actually that's not a great argument as certainly Emma Nicholson's defection to the Lib Dems years ago was in another allegedly "dead news" period and was planned to be so. These times, when there is not a lot of news around, can actually be better in terms of maximising coverage.
Linked to this however is the suggestion that the timing was faulty as leaving this until the eve of Lib Dem conference would have had more of an effect. It's a possible argument although from what I know of Ian Jobing he would have had some difficulty in maintaining a pretence/lying between now and mid September.
I am a former Councillor in South Liverpool and have also been leader of the Liverpool Lib Dem Group. I also work as a Lecturer at Edge Hill University.
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Park Survey
A quick reminder about the on-line survey about Garston Park. This is organised by the Friends of Garston Park (more info at www.fogp.blogspot.com)
The link to the survey is here
The link to the survey is here
Garston waste plant plan update
We'd hoped by now to have the result of the Public Inquiry into the plans by private company Jack Allen Holdings to build a waste plant at Garston Dock (next to the Cressington Heath housing development)
Frustratingly we are going to have to wait longer.
The Inspector has written to the City Council and to the applicant asking for more information. The deadline for that to be received is not until the end of this month. It looks looks as if we may not hear until October.
This is hard for everyone who cares about Garston but there is nothing we can do to speed up this process.
As soon as I have more news I'll blog about it. There is also a website set up by local residents as part of the fight against the scheme. It's at www.southliverpoolresidents.org.uk
Frustratingly we are going to have to wait longer.
The Inspector has written to the City Council and to the applicant asking for more information. The deadline for that to be received is not until the end of this month. It looks looks as if we may not hear until October.
This is hard for everyone who cares about Garston but there is nothing we can do to speed up this process.
As soon as I have more news I'll blog about it. There is also a website set up by local residents as part of the fight against the scheme. It's at www.southliverpoolresidents.org.uk
Blogging interrupted.
Feeling rather guilty looking at the date of my last post. Must be more organised about blogging in future!
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