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In a small, nondescript office building somewhere in Los Angeles, director Joseph Kosinski (TRON: Legacy) and his post-production team are working feverishly behind the scenes finishing up his second feature film, Oblivion, for its April 19 release. Tom Cruise stars as one of the last remaining drone repairman stationed on a post-apocalyptic Earth. He works as part of a mission to extract vital resources from the ground following a decades-long war with a threat known as the Scavs. When Cruise's character rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft, events are set in motion that force him to "question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands." Oblivion also stars Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Melissa Leo.
Recently, I got to do an extended interview with Kosinski at his post-production facility. We talked about how he came up with the idea, why they filmed in Louisiana and used the new Sony CineAlta F65 camera, how and why they're releasing the film a week early in IMAX, why he chose M83 to do the soundtrack (and if it's all new music), how long was his first cut and what's the current running time, how he landed Cruise, the costumes and design of the ships, why Disney passed and how it landed at Universal, if things changed on set, and so much more. Hit the jump for what he had to say.
Before getting to the interview, if you haven't seen the trailer yet, I'd watch that first. Also, a big thank you to Universal for the cool image of Kosinski on set with the new Sony camera (the full image is at the bottom of this interview)
Here are some of the highlights with the full interview further down the page:
- They shot the film using the brand new Sony CineAlta F65 camera, which is a 4K camera with an 8K chip so it provides extremely sharp detail. Kosinski tested different frame rates and thought about 3D before deciding on 4K 2D for the film, and Oblivion will be the first film released that was shot on the F65 camera.
- Kosinski had listed M83 as who he wanted to do the soundtrack in the first draft of the script back in 2005.
- M83 is providing an entirely original score for the film, which will be orchestrated by Tron: Legacy's orchestrator Joe Trapanese.
- The recording of the soundtrack begins in January, and Kosinski thinks that about 80% of the film will be scored.
- The first assembly cut of the film was over three hours, but the first cut he showed to the studio was around two hours and fifteen minutes. He thinks the final cut will be just over two hours long.
- In the marketing of the film, he says that since it's an original property they want the marketing material to make it feel like the film is familiar, even though it's a new property.
- In keeping with the uniqueness of the film, Kosinski wanted to make a science-fiction movie that takes place in daytime, and he wanted the hero's costume to be white.
- The Bubble Ship is a hybrid of a Bell 47 helicopter and a jetfighter.
- Disney's decision to not move forward with the film was more a concern over the movie's un-Disney-like content rather than the film's rating.
- Tom Cruise signed on without a script. He got a hold of a mini pamphlet about the film that was released at Comic-Con, got in touch with Kosinski, and after the pitch meeting he was 100% in.
- Kosinski wanted to make the script was as perfect as possible before they started shooting so that they weren't rewriting onset, like they were on Tron: Legacy.
Collider: First of all thanks for talking to me.
Joseph Kosinski: No problem.
You guys filmed in Louisiana.
Kosinski: Yes.
Was it for tax reasons or because you just wanted to film in Louisiana? What was the motivation there?
Kosinski: Well it was twofold. One was obviously the incentive there is really favorable so you get more movie for your given amount of money, which is always a good thing. And the facilities there at Celtic studios in Baton Rouge, because of the size of the ceilings and the spaces they had there, for what we were going to do we needed lots of vertical space and just massive footprint for some of the sets we were building. It was all one complex with a shop so it ended up being a great facility for us.
You used the Sony CineAlta F65 camera.
Kosinski: Yes.
Which I believe just came out earlier this year.
Kosinski: Yes, it came off the assembly line a couple weeks before we started shooting.
I'm curious what was the motivation to use that camera as opposed to the ARRI Alexa or the RED Epic?
Kosinski: The F65 is kind of the next generation of the F35 which is what I used on Tron and was really happy with. I've always liked Sony, the way it renders color and skin tone. I've always felt that Sony has always had the best color. The Alexa is a fantastic camera, but the F65 is a 4K camera with an 8K chip, so it takes an 8K sensor and down samples it to 4k, so you get an extremely sharp 4k and for this movie and the locations we were going to in Iceland detail for me was very important. So I tested all the different cameras I tested different frame rates, thought about 3D, but in the end I decided the 4k 2D was the best format for this movie. And I think we'll be the first movie out on the F65 because After Earth was also shot with that camera and I think they're out in the end of the summer.
How soon do you think we're going to get to the point where a digital camera can do like IMAX resolution? Do you think that's possible?
Kosinski: Well, I've heard people say different things on what the actual resolution of IMAX film is. I think David Keighley over at IMAX has told me it's 8K, but I think the F65 in 4K is a huge leap forward in resolution. So personally even if I was given the choice, I've always shot digital so for me F65 would be my choice now for almost anything. For me it kind of feels like a 65mm, a digital 65mm in terms of its resolution and sharpness.
You guys are doing a week early release in IMAX.
Kosinski: Yeah.
Which I believe is the first time a full seven days early.
Kosinski: Yeah.
Were you pitched this idea? Did you pitch it? How did that idea come about?
Kosinski: I think it was kind of a simultaneous idea. Tom had a lot of success doing on Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol we had a lot of success on Tron: Legacy just in IMAX as a format because of what IMAX offers in terms of brightness, picture quality and sound. Tron: Legacy did a lot of business in IMAX. As a percentage I think one of the highest. So from early on, once IMAX found out what this movie was about, the kind of landscapes and shots we were doing we all liked the idea that IMAX would be the first way to experience the film. I think it's the best way. And then roll out from there.
One of my favorite scores of the last decade is the Tron: Legacy score.
Kosinski: Cool.
I've listened to it like 5000 times, I mean it's just ridiculous how much I've heard it. I couldn't believe you got M83 to do this. Clearly you have some really good taste with the music. I'm curious how you managed to get them, was it a challenge? Or did you point to Tron: Legacy and say, "I did this one, too."
Kosinski: No I had been thinking about M83. I went back and I found my first treatment for Oblivion from 2005 and it had listed in the treatment a soundtrack of M83, Boards of Canada; they were listed back then when they had only done an album or two. So I always felt like Anthony's music was suited to this story from its very inception. So when it came time to putting this film together, obviously the Tron: Legacy collaboration with Daft Punk worked out as good as I would have ever hoped, I wanted to do something similar in that I'm pulling an artist from outside the movie business to create an original sound for this film. But I didn't want it to be—Daft Punk's music wouldn't make sense for this movie. It had to be an artist whose music fit the themes and story I was trying to tell. And M83's music I felt was fresh and original, and big and epic, but at the same time emotional and this is a very emotional film and it felt like a good fit. So I talked to him very early and he was finishing up his latest album at the time and I am so excited. I brought in Joe Trapanese, the orchestrator from Tron: Legacy is now the orchestrator on this so it's very similar arrangement of talent. I'm as excited about what we're doing musically for this film as I was for Tron.
If I recall, when we spoke on Tron: Legacy, Daft Punk had given you a lot of demos and then you picked out some stuff, has it been a similar process with M83?
Kosinski: It's been a little different because on Tron the timeframe of that movie from development through shooting through post was three years, so Daft and I got started very early on ideas. So when we were shooting I actually had a dozen tracks or something, demos, but something I could play on set. I don't know if you were on set, at the End of Line club, I think you were probably there.
Kosinski: We were playing the tracks that were eventually used in that scene. That's very unusual, I think, to have your score before you shot. Having the music while you're cutting it was a good thing in many ways and maybe not so good thing in other ways. But that was the process and ended up with a score and a picture which were very interlocked and I think it made sense for that movie. This one was a little different just because we're moving faster I didn't have full songs on set in the same way. The development was a little more typical where I had a couple demos while we were shooting, but most of the work's been done in post. We're going to be recording everything in January.
Is it going to be all new tracks or will there be any tracks that he's done in the past?
Kosinski: All new. All original, all new, yeah.
Do you foresee fifteen tracks or do you have an idea of how many there are?
Kosinski: I'm not sure what the count is, but it's a lot of music. There's a lot of music in the movie. It's probably eighty percent scored. I would say the same thing I said for the Daft Punk tracks, some stuff feels like Daft and some stuff you would never guess Daft would do. Some of my favorite tracks from Legacy were tracks that you would never guess in a million years were Daft Punk and I think the same goes for this. Some of the stuff you're going to hear the M83 in its full glory, screaming out, but at other times it serves the movie as a score should it's under the surface. So it will be interesting to see what people think.
Obviously you're knee deep in editing right now. How long was your assembly cut when you finally got in the editing room?
Kosinski: It was long. We shot a lot on this movie. It's a complicated movie with a lot of twists and turns, so I came in with more than I needed, which is a better place than having-
Did you break three hours on the assembly?
Kosinski: The assembly was, yeah, it was over three hours. My editor's assembly, which is essentially everything you shot put together without any kind of editorial, but I think the final cut will be closer to two.
Let's say your assembly is over three hours, then you start cutting and you start getting to that comfortable length, sometimes that can be around two hours and thirty minutes, two hours and fifteen, was that what you were achieving at first, and then you started bringing it down to two hours?
Kosinski: My first pass through it very quickly got down to two and a half hours, very quickly. I think the first thing I showed the studio was around two hours and fifteen minutes, two hours and twenty. That's where we just keep working, distilling, focusing. There's certain narrative threads that you don't need but you don't really know until you get into it. You don't really know what you need and what you don't until you sit down and watch the whole movie. I think we'll be closer to just over two hours, which is where we are now and I think that's where we're going to stay.
Earlier this year at CinemaCon Universal blew the water out. They were the best because they showed footage from everything. Even stuff-
Kosinski: Years out, yeah.
It was unbelievable what they did. One of the things they showed was your raw dailies.
Kosinski: I know, it was insane.
My jaw was on the ground when I was sitting in the theater because he was like, "We just started shooting this."
Kosinski: Yeah, we were three weeks in and they just cut some dailies together, which was…
I couldn't believe it.
Kosinski: Yeah.
So I saw footage back then of Tom and Morgan and that room that you show in the trailer. So did you know they were going to do that, and what was your reaction when you heard that?
Kosinski: Yeah, of course they absolutely wouldn't do that without letting us know. I felt like CinemaCon is unique in that it's an in-house industry thing so that made me feel better about showing stuff early because it was done in that context. But I understand, it's an original property and that is unique out there. You've got to build awareness early because we don't have a built in fan base, you know, we're not Star Trek or Batman or Superman and we've got to build from scratch. From a marketing point of view that's the big challenge, people are always dying for original material, but in order for it to work you've got to get the butts in the seats. So how do you do that with an original property?
Kosinski: That's step one, you get Tom Cruise. Step two, you get Morgan Freeman. And in the marketing of the movie I think they're going to market in a way that tries to make it feel familiar even though it is a new property. And I think we saw a little bit of that in the trailer. Try to lean in to those trailer tropes so it feels like something that we've seen before even if it isn't.
I'm sure you've looked online to see the reaction to the trailer, just to see what the hell people are saying. From what I've seen it's been very, very positive and people are really loving the look of it. I think also with Tron: Legacy, you really nailed the look and it looks like you've really nailed the look on Oblivion. I know that's something you're very familiar with, the look, talk a little bit about coming up with a unique, original take on the future.
Kosinski: Well, like I said this is something that started in 2005 for me. It was period when I had just moved to Los Angeles and I couldn't get a job to save myself. The commercial music video industry is very hard to break into, and until you break in, that first job is the hardest thing in the world to get. I spent about a year just writing treatments and bidding on project after project with no success, and in order to keep myself from going insane I wrote this treatment for this small character driven science fiction film that I knew I had to keep contained if it was ever going to be my first movie. So I modeled it thinking back to Omega Man or Silent Running, these very character driven stories that had a small cast of characters but set against an epic backdrop with big ideas. In terms of the look and my vision for it I felt that I wanted to do something that I hadn't seen in a while, which was a daytime science fiction film. After Alien, which is one of my favorites, science fiction kind of went into a very dark place for a long time and I thought it would be an interesting challenge to bring it into the daylight. So this aesthetic of taking this kind of very clean refined technology set against a rugged backdrop, which ended up being Iceland. For me that juxtaposition of those two looks felt like something that could be very unique. For whatever reason that was something that came to me very clearly and something that we stuck to and that has worked throughout the whole film.
What people can watch right now is the trailer, and I'm looking at it on the desk and we see Tom Cruise's ship. What's this ship called?
Kosinski: The Bubble Ship.
Talk a little bit about who came up with this design. How many incarnations has it gone through?
Kosinski: Yeah it's evolved over time. I can show you first image I ever did for this project. I actually have it on my laptop. It's kind of cool, just to see the genesis.
I apologize to all the people reading this or listening to this and they're say "F you for not providing the image."
Kosinski: Yeah, well maybe we can at some point I think there's probably no harm in it. It looks so elementary now compared to what's in the trailer.
How much were you personally designing, or really getting in there in terms of designing what we see in the "future" of this movie?
Kosinski: I mean I came up with all the fundamental pieces that are still there; the house, the ship, the location and the cast of characters and the three act narrative. It was all there in that first treatment.
(Kosinski pulls out a Mac Book Air with his original treatment)
Kosinski: So here you can see the first treatment and it's so funny to look at now.
That does look like the image in the trailer.
Kosinski: And you'll see something else you saw in the trailer at the very top of it, you'll see the ship parked in the background. Here's the actual story and I don't want you to read it because I don't want to spoil anything for you. So you see the very early incarnation of the layout of what this thing was. It was always meant to be hybrid of a Bell 47 helicopter and a jetfighter was kind of the concept. I think I was at MOMA in New York and they have a Bell 47 hanging there and if you look at a Bell 47 next to this you'll see it feels like the evolution of that classic design.
Talk a little bit about the costumes. Both Tron: Legacy and Oblivion have really unique costumes. Talk a little bit about collaborating to come up with that look, and again to come up with stuff we have not seen before.
Kosinski: Right, well the look of Jack Harper's costume had to fit the world he was living in; the bubble ship, the sky tower, all had to feel like one consistent aesthetic. I wanted it to feel like everything is connected. It has to feel consistent the technology, the palate and the materials. Jack's suit, you know, we haven't seen our science fiction hero in a white suit before I don't think, that's a unique look. So that certainly was one of the aesthetic challenges that you have to push through an industry that's used to having heroes in black. Pick any movie all these palates look the same, so having to switch that on its head was one of the early challenges of pushing this aesthetic through, but that's what makes something look different you've got to change the perception around it a little bit. I worked as hard on the design of the costumes as everything else and had a great costume designer to collaborate with on this movie in Marlene Stewart.
There was a lot of mystery in the trailer and there's actually not a lot actually known about your movie, you've almost incorporated the J.J. Abrams method of secrecy if you will.
Kosinski: Yeah.
Which I'm actually a fan of because I think too much gets out there now a days.
Kosinski: Absolutely. This movie is a thriller, it's got a lot of twist and turns and the movie needs to be experienced in the theater. So that's always the challenge, particularly with a movie like this, how do you say enough to an audience to promise them that there is a story worth coming to see but in doing so don't give away enough that they see things coming. That's always a challenge. But it is a thriller, my advice would be if you're sold on going based on what you've seen so far, don't watch anything else. That's what I do, once I'm sold I cut it off I don't look anymore because I find that the experience itself I so much more enjoyable.
I completely concur. Originally there was a bidding war for the property, Disney lands it, they wanted to do it PG, you wanted to do it PG-13, and they let you-
Kosinski: It wasn't really the ratings; it didn't come down to something just as simple as PG-13 or PG. I think when the movie comes out it will be very clear as to why it didn't make sense as a Disney movie. There's some stuff in the trailer that's very un-Disney that was always important to me to be in the movie. Obviously I have a great relationship with Disney and all the people over there and it was a totally amicable decision that in order for the movie to be what it wanted to be it didn't make sense to be there. So we landed at Universal which was a great place for it and now the movie's kind of able to be what it needs to be. Disney's clearly in the business of doing giant tentpole movies based on properties that they own. And that's what they should be doing because they're great at doing that.
I have not asked you about working with Tom Cruise and that's something that I definitely have to ask.
Kosinski: Yes.
Was it tough to get him? Obviously he's a big movie star and getting him to commit to something is a big deal. Talk a little bit about that first meeting with him, pitching him the idea, was he sent the script?
Kosinski: There was no script, that's kind of the amazing thing. I showed the ashcan, which is kind of like a little eight page preview I don't know if you've seen it. The first thing that came out, it was at Comic-Con 2010.
Right, from Radical comics.
Kosinski: Yes. That's all I had. Obviously I had the whole treatment, but in that little ashcan we just put a little opening chapter that kind of introduced the story and it had like eight pictures in it; just a little teaser pamphlet. The day after I got back from Comic-Con I got a call from his agent that he wanted to meet, that he had seen the ashcan. Somehow he had gotten his hands on it the day after Comic-Con. So we had a meeting out at his hanger and I pitched him the story—there was no script yet—and based on the pitch he signed on.
At the meeting did you get the vibe that he was really interested?
Kosinski: I did. And you don't know if someone's really interested or if they're being friendly because you just spent two hours pitching the whole thing out and they're like "Yeah, that sounds fantastic," and then you never hear from them again. That was the first time I had met him, but he was really enthusiastic and we just hit it off immediately as to what the film was really about. I got a call from his agent right after the meeting saying, "No, seriously, normally it doesn't work this way. Normally there's a script and there's a process and everything, but he's on board a hundred percent." And he's been a hundred percent committed to this project since that first meeting every single day and the experience of working with him is the best I've had. In my short career of making two movies the experience of working with Tom is at the top. It was unbelievable in every way.
I've heard this by the way from every director, that he is fully committed to making it work. Adam Shankman told me that in Rock of Ages Tom dissected every possible move and wanted to know why he had to do certain things. Like he really rehearsed and made sure that it was flawless for his moves. I'm curious what was he like preparing for this role and what did he use, maybe what did you show him or give him as assets to study to get ready to play this role?
Kosinski: Basically we spent a year working on the script. Because like I said he had attached. I got started with Bill Monahan and then Karl Gajdusek and Michael Arndt developing the script so it was everything I wanted it to be, and I had him and he was a part of that process. My work with him was almost a hundred percent script based. In terms of everything else in the movie, he knew that I was going to make it all happen. So all of our conversations were all a hundred percent script based and going through the scenes and the character and that kind of level of detail to make sure everything lined up so he understood exactly what it is he needed to do for the movie. It was an amazing process. I learned a lot from him. He's worked with all of my heroes, literally, and just is so knowledgeable and has done so many movies and so many great movies. So through him I was learning from Stanley Kubrick and Michael Mann and Ridley Scott and Sydney Pollack. All that advice and talks they had with him I got to get that second hand and there's no replacement for that, it was an amazing, amazing opportunity. So I'm really excited about the movie and really proud of it. It was an amazing experience. I would say any director that has a shot at working with Tom, do not hesitate. Go immediately and you will learn, you will be pushed and you will have an experience you will never forget.
Often times when you're on a film set things change along the way, I'm sure you've experienced that. How was that on Oblivion, in terms of here's the script we started with and here's what we finished with? How much changed along the way?
Kosinski: Nothing really. I mean, that was the lesson I learned on Legacy. Legacy was the movie where I was learning what the job of director is. That movie was like driving a Formula 1 car and trying to change the tire at the same time, which sometimes happens, and it was a great experience to have. But for Oblivion my one lesson I came out with was I wanted the script locked before we roll one frame. That was the goal and that's what we did. It makes the whole rest of the process much easier that way.
So you're trying to say that if you were to make a Tron sequel the script needs to be in that Oblivion position?
Kosinski: Absolutely, no doubt, the whole point of experience is to learn from your past mistakes. So to make the same mistake twice would be stupid. Absolutely, the bar's been set now and that's the only way to proceed.
If you missed what Kosinski told me about Tron 3, click here.


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My little sister Chelsea (not by blood) turned 18 this weekend. I forgot I was going to make cupcakes for her so instead I made her a Birthday Banner! I'm still aching to be creative and domestic.
With Chels turning 18 it reminded me of the time I was at that age and the time I had no real responsibility. Wouldn't it be fun to go back in time with the knowledge I have now? I wondered how it would have changed my course in life. Then I quickly quite thinking about it because I don't regret one thing. (well except not finishing my degree). But I know Heavenly Father knew what kind of person I wanted to be, and that meant learning a valuable lesson early in life and in a way I never thought possible. Wow, talk about distraction..
Highlights of the weekend:
*Chelsea turning 18!
*We competed in the Georgia Games- I won 2 gold, Cony won gold & bronze
*I learned Macro on my camera!! Hello, why didn't I know about this sooner!!!???
Here are a few pictures with my new learning tool..
Monday, July 14, 2008
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My little sister Chelsea (not by blood) turned 18 this weekend. I forgot I was going to make cupcakes for her so instead I made her a Birthday Banner! I'm still aching to be creative and domestic.
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Monday, July 7, 2008
Happy Independence Day!
I had a few days off from work, so we decided to take a little road trip! We went to visit our good friends Nick & Lindsay in Newport Beach, VA. We were hoping to get there much earlier than we actually did, but I guess that's how road trips go. Thanks to a good book, an iTouch and our PSP to watch movies on, the time flew. Here are a few of our adventures...
Taken on a hidden pier near the Hansen's house.
Our friends with their darling boy, Gavin.
I LOVE barns. I can't wait to have one someday with horses, a cow, milking goats, and chickens.
We celebrated the 4th by going to Yorktown, VA. This was a really cool experience because this was the last battle during the Revolutionary War, where we won our Independence thanks to the French Navy that came at the last minute to save us. I imagined this was the place the soldiers saw the French Navy coming and knowing they were saved. I also love history, even if I have a hard time retaining all the information I learn.
The little band that played during a parade. I was a little surprised that the celebration at Yorktown of all places wasn't more dramatic. But Less is More and I really did think it was perfect.
After we toured Yorktown and the Riverwalk we sat down to watch fireworks, but it began to rain and thunder. Since we were allowed to park on the battlefield we had a ways to go, and I was wearing white shorts!! Not a great combination in the rain.
I had to take a picture of these..They were the perfect amount and I wish all candy came in small packages!
Our camping site on Cape Hatteras Beach. It was so fun to camp on the beach. Until of course it stormed ALL night! It rained so much our tent began to leak. So unfortunately we didn't get a lot of sleeping done. We just stayed one night and since it's a National Park it only cost $20 to stay. With that $20 you get a nice cold shower. I will say, it's better than nothing after you have spent the entire day in salt water.
After we set up camp, we went Jet Skiing!! Which was such a blast. We rented two for an hour, and I kinda wish that we just rented one so I could have the task of hanging on. Although it was fun to race and then win. Cony was doing all kinds of tricks I didn't know he had up his sleeve, but he also fell a few times and now has a bruise on his hinny.
Cape Hatteras is part of the Outer Banks, but we drove south from our camp site to a beautiful part of the beach. It wasn't as crowded, the sand was so soft and the weather was perfect. (Until the storms showed up later that night of course..)
This is what Cony did to keep himself entertained while I took a nap and later went running. Which by the way was one of the hardest runs I've been on.. running on soft sand is a great leg workout!
My steamy HOT husband. Later that night we found the Outer Banks Fudge Company. Well it's a tradition for us to buy fudge while we are on vacation, so we went in almost at closing time. The nice lady working was older and we started talking, making nice conversation, when she started to hit on my husband. She said "You sure do look like Ashton Kutcher!" (this is the 2nd time I've heard this) She blamed it on her age and she can get away with flirting with younger men... and continued to say "I may have white on the roof top but it doesn't mean there isn't fire in the furnace!!!"
We almost passed out. We paid and quickly ran out.
On our way out the next morning we stopped at one of the 3 lighthouses on the island. Lighthouses always make me think of Maine, which is a state that I have ALWAYS wanted to visit. Which is funny because Cony's ancestor's are from Maine. Apparently George Washington stayed with the Metcalf family for a night and I think the house is now a historical landmark. Not sure about that though... I should really get started on his family genealogy...just add it to the list of things to get done.
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'The Unravelling' is an epic, slow-building construction set in cast-iron majesty. Starting in retention, the band sustains a solemn mood for two minutes, before subverting the quiet with a torrent of guitar noise and cymbal crashes. The result is hugely affecting, with the gentle atmospherics of the opening creating a perfect juxtaposition to the cathartic wall of noise that follows. Redjetson are a band like no other - they are the sound of the future.
This is the review you'd be reading had Redjetson released this single ten years ago. This isn't 1997 though, so however hard they try with their overwrought crescendos, gloomy lyrics and calculated nihilism, they won't be breaking the status quo for complacent post-rock bands. I was as excited as everyone else about the return of Redjetson, but I was hoping that they'd progressed a bit. You see, in the time since I stopped listening to New General Catalogue, I've discovered bands that can do instrumental rock better (Do Make Say Think), bands who take the genre to new places (65daysofstatic), and bands that think outside of the formula completely and are, in turn, more worthy of the term 'post-rock' (Battles).
'The Unravelling' isn't a bad song by any means, but Redjetson need to break out of their vapid routine before they trap themselves in the dark realms of monotony.
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It started with ghost stories, of a sort. The wood floors creaking at night, dad assured me, confirmed the presence of spirits in our home. Years of night terrors followed. Then years of transference. Thank you for attending my slumber party. Let me tell you about the noises, friends...
Eventually, the joy a child finds in manipulating other children's emotions matures into a high school theater career. In that regard, my teen years were of the traditional, unpopular variety.
One day, a few years after college, an editor at the St. Petersburg Times pulled me aside from my part-time job sorting mail and delivering faxes. "Why is your hair orange?" she asked. "And did I see you unicycling in front of that theater across the street?" Few things a person does in the services of "Art" translate into being taken seriously as a human being. To my surprise -- to my eternal, immeasurable surprise -- this was the start of a career as an arts reporter and critic, first at the Times, then at the Memphis Commercial Appeal and for many magazines, journals and newspapers in between.
In some ways, radio journalism is a back-to-basics medium; people tell stories, share insights, opinions, beliefs and experiences of the verbal kind. And for all the Tweets and Facebook posts and clickbait headlines that parade so stridently upon our psyches day-to-day, the surest way to convince someone that their house is haunted is simply to turn off the lights and let their ears confirm it.
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Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation imposing tougher penalties on those who harass the children of celebrities and other public figures.
The bill from Democratic Sen. Kevin de Leon of Los Angeles would increase penalties for actions that include taking photos and video of a child without consent and in a harassing manner.
RELATED: SB 606 seeks to protect celebrity children from paparazzi
Actresses Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner testified in support of SB 606. The women told lawmakers how their children are intimidated by aggressive photographers who follow them daily.
De Leon says his bill also will help protect the children of figures like police officers and judges, who may be susceptible to harassment or negative attention due to their parents' occupations.
Media organizations opposed the legislation, saying it was overly broad and could restrict legitimate newsgathering activities.


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I decided to spend more time on Google this week to continue my search for Benjamin Foss.
First, I found out another great piece of source information that pointed me to who Benjamin's parents were and possibly the emigrating ancestor. This information came from the Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Vol. IV
Benjamin Foss was probably a grandson of John Foss, the emigrant mentioned in the preceding narrative. He was in Scarborough in 1700 upon the resettlement of the town after its evacuation in 1676 on account of the Indian delegations. His wife's name was Silence. They had Samuel, William, Susanna, Benjamin, Mary, John, Hannah, Peletiah and Thomas. His wife died in 1757. He removed to Machias in 1765 to help set up civilization in that sea-blown town.
In Volume III of the Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder I found the marriage of Benjamin Foss and Silence Winch.
Records of the First Congregational Church in Scarborough, Maine
Oct. 26, Benjamin Foss and Silence Winch.
In Volume VI of the Maine Historical Magazine Benjamin's second marriage to Hannah Miller is recorded.
Machias Marriages from the Town Records
Sept. 23, Benjamin Foss and Hannah Miller.
I think this is the last of my Google books searches for Benjamin Foss. I could not find anything else meaningful going through the results.
"Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine: Volume IV." Google Books. Web. 04 Oct. 2010. <http://books.google.com/books?id=xdsgysln66MC&dq=Benjamin%20Foss%20Machias%20Maine&pg=PA2203#v=onepage&q=Benjamin%20Foss%20Machias%20Maine&f=false>.
"The Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder: Volume III." Google Books. Web. 04 Oct. 2010. <http://books.google.com/books?id=hrc-AAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Benjamin%20Foss%22&pg=PA83#v=onepage&q=%22Benjamin%20Foss%22&f=false>.
"The Maine Historical Magazine: Volume VI." Google Books. Web. 04 Oct. 2010. <http://books.google.com/books?id=Ifc7AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Benjamin%20Foss%22&pg=PA144#v=onepage&q=%22Benjamin%20Foss%22&f=false>.


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CEDAR HILLS, Utah – August 29, 2016 – A new family history service launched today that will fill a critical gap in the multi-billion dollar genealogy industry. genealogyDOTcoach(SM) is a new online service that matches up professional genealogists (called Genealogy Coaches) with people who want to have all the fun of making family history discoveries for themselves but just need a little assistance from someone they can trust.
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Saturday, November 10, 2007
In-Progress At Phoenix: NASCAR RaceDay And Victory Lane
SPEED continues to compete head-to-head with the NASCAR Countdown portion of the ESPN on ABC TV package once again this week in Phoenix, AZ.
NASCAR RaceDay will air live at 1:30PM Eastern Time and run for two hours. The last hour of the program overlaps with NASCAR Countdown.
Later, at 8PM Eastern, SPEED returns to Phoenix with the tape delayed Victory Lane show that is recorded immediately after the race.
John Roberts hosts both programs, alongside of Kenny Wallace and Jimmy Spencer. Wendy Venturini, Hermie Sadler, and Ricki Rachtman join Roberts for RaceDay.
This page will host your comments about these two TV shows on SPEED. You may add your comment before, during, or after the program. Please keep your comment TV-related, and review the rules for posting on the right side of the main page before adding your comment.
To post, simply click on the COMMENTS button below and follow the instructions. There is nothing to join, and we do not want your email address. All we want is your opinion, and we thank you for stopping-by to add your comment.
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- Anonymous said...
Hey JD, did you ever find out why the race started early last week? I apologize if it was posted in one of your blogs and I missed it!
- November 11, 2007 at 9:34 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
I was absolutely stone-walled on that one. In fact, as you could see from the live SPEED and ABC shows in-progress, I don't think they knew it was coming either.
I was hoping someone would email me with the scoop, but it never happened.
- November 11, 2007 at 10:05 AM
- Anonymous said...
Hopefully it won't happen again this week. I always watch Raceday and almost missed the invocation and National Anthem. Some might consider me a little odd but I always stand and put my hand over my heart even if I'm in my living room.
I would like to thank you for your hard work and dedication! I just wish I had found your blog sooner, although it's great being able to read through the archives. And a thank you to Jayski also, without his site I never would have found yours.
- November 11, 2007 at 12:15 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Beautiful weather in Phoenix, and RaceDay seems to be in high gear.
What an interesting comparison between the approach of SPEED and the approach of ESPN to creating a NASCAR news and feature program series.
- November 11, 2007 at 1:45 PM
- PammH said...
The Speed guys know how to have fun & like each other. I definitely don't get that vibe from the ESPN crew. Plus, their soooo serious. Let loose, for cryin' out loud.
- November 11, 2007 at 2:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
Is that Melanie doing the promos for Speed's Holiday show marathons?
I'm having trouble recognizing her with all those clothes on! :-P
- November 11, 2007 at 2:46 PM
- Anonymous said...
Ya know JD, I just can't watch ESPN with Raceday on.. I turn over to espn on the commercials (thats about all I can take) this show is so far and above better than anything ESPN can offer pre-race IMO.
- November 11, 2007 at 3:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
Just take the difference between Jamie & Wendy on pit road pre-race interviews... mercy!
- November 11, 2007 at 3:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD, SPEED keeps mentioning NASCAR coverage all week. where will it be? will there be extra shows during the week besides the regular ones?
- November 11, 2007 at 7:50 PM
- PammH said...
Check on speedtv.com. It looks like Speed is going to have a show at 8pm every nite this wk. I can't watch VL tonite-another interview w/JJ will turn my stomach.
- November 11, 2007 at 8:20 PM
- Newracefan said...
Cool Lowes Move of the Race with JG in victory lane and throwing in the towel (so to speak). JG is a real class act, I wonder with what went on this year if it will give him less boos in the future of course it will prob get JJ more.
- November 11, 2007 at 8:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
I don't mind JJ. but if anyone else does, you can all feel free to join victory lane after 8:30. By then they move on to highlights, analysis and interviews with other divers.
- November 11, 2007 at 8:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
PammH said...
-another interview w/JJ will turn my stomach.
November 11, 2007 8:20 PM
It actually was a fun interview.
- November 11, 2007 at 8:30 PM
- Illpolo said...
i'm pretty sure this site is to critique and analyze the coverage by ESPN, Speed, and anyone else.
It shouldn't matter who wins or how often they win. It shouldn't matter if you can or cannot "stomach" another Jimmie Johnson interview, regardless of if he is the RACE WINNER for the fourth race in a row.
- November 11, 2007 at 9:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
interesting fact: during a segment on College Football Live, they used the same music used in the regular intro for Inside Nextel Cup.
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The lake was formed due to a massive landslide at Attabad village in Gilgit-Baltistan,14 km upstream (east) of Karimabad that occurred on January 4,2010.The landslide killed twenty people and blocked the flow of the Hunza River for five months. The lake flooding has displaced 6,000 people from upstream villages. The lake reached 21 km long and over 100 metres in depth by the first week of June 2010 when it began flowing over the landslide dam. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attabad_Lake
Asia is the biggest continent on Earth, a darling little gem floating around in space.Hm, what is Asia? Who's in on it?China and India are safe bets for Asian nations. Korea, Japan, Thailand, you're fine.Europe? No. Europe would sort of be on the "Asian continent" if not for those pesky Ural mountains dividing things up in the middle, and then also the whole lineage of kings and wealth and nations and the EU and all that "give me my respect" stuff.Russia would probably be happiest as its own continent, so for now we'll leave it in "Eurasia" and just hope the natural gas supplies keep flowing.Pakistan and Afghanistan are dang close to Asia, but politically they show up in "Middle East" news stories an awful lot. Verdict: Eurasia.I guess we'll actually have to consider everything from Turkey on eastward to be "Eurasian", although the moniker seems overlappitory of the territory.The Asian economy is now officially raging like a wild furnace of lava that consumes everything in its path. Japan has had the largest individual economy in Asia for decades, but it is forecast that both India and China will outstrip Japan within twenty years.China is the largest holder of United States debt and is positioned to become the world's next superpower, provided that Godzilla doesn't return and decide to stomp everybody back into the Shang Dynasty.Text by Steve Smith.


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The talented and oh so sweet Susan Weinroth agreed to be the guest designer this month. I had seen her work numerous times but just had to ask her after I saw her work in 101 things you can do with your scrapbook supplies magazine. Anyone else have that magazine? LOVE it. One of my favorites. Anyway, here is some of her fabulous projects with the kit materials:
One more thing...there is still time to enter the box contest! (See February 5th post) We are extending the deadline until tomorrow night at midnight. Thanks for everyone who entered. Very inspiring!
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Chapter 3 - Educational Policies
Click here for a PDF copy of this policy
Part 1. Definitions.
Subpart A. Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program or "PSEO." The Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program is the program established by Minnesota State Statutes 124D.09 to "promote rigorous educational pursuits and provide a wider variety of options for students." Through PSEO, high school students may earn both secondary and postsecondary credit for college or university courses completed on a college or university campus, at a high school, or at another location.
Subpart B. PSEO Concurrent enrollment course. A PSEO concurrent enrollment course is a college or university course made available through the PSEO program, offered through a secondary school, and taught by a secondary teacher.
Part 2. Postsecondary Enrollment Options Expectations. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall provide opportunities for students to participate in the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program. Students shall be admitted according to criteria that promote progress through college-level coursework and that augment their continued academic growth consistent with board policies and system procedures.
Subpart A. Enrollment on campus. Enrollment of PSEO students in courses on a college or university campus shall be allowed on the basis of available space as defined by the college or university.
Subpart B. Compliance with standards. Colleges and universities shall require PSEO students to perform to the college's or university's academic and student conduct standards.
Subpart C. Developmental Courses. Colleges and universities shall not enroll students in developmental courses through PSEO.
Related Documents:
- Procedure 3.5.1 Procedures for Post-secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) Program
- Minnesota State Statute 124D.09
Policy History:
Date of Adoption: 12/20/94,
Date of Implementation: 7/01/94,
Date & Subject of Revisions:
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday approved spending nearly $16.5 million in federal funds to continue setting up a marketplace where more than 500,000 people can shop for insurance under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
The Arkansas Legislative Council approved spending two grants from the federal government for Arkansas to set up its insurance exchange. The state has received more than $43 million in federal funds for the exchange.
The panel, which meets when the Legislature isn't in session, approved the grants on a 23-9 vote despite objections from some Republicans lawmakers over implementing the health care law in the state.
"The concerns are the same as they've always been," said Rep. Debra Hobbs, R-Rogers, who voted against the grants. "We're taking a lot of federal dollars that the federal government doesn't have, and I'm wondering how wisely we're spending those dollars."
Cynthia Crone, who leads the Insurance Department's Health Benefits Exchange Partnership division, said the funds will help the state as it moves toward the start of open enrollment for the exchange in October. The state this summer is hiring more than 600 people to help enroll people for the insurance exchange.
"I think our state has done a tremendous job," Crone told reporters after the hearing. "The team that's working has done well, the contractors have done well. We are a leader among the partnership states."
Arkansas is one of seven states using the partnership model for running its health exchange.
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ESA hands over control of the Metop-B weather satellite to EUMETSAT
PR 30 2012 – Yesterday, at 18:30 local time EUMETSAT took control of Metop-B operations, following the three-day Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) conducted by the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) of the European Space Agency (ESA). The handover follows the launch of Metop-B on 17 September.
Since Monday evening, teams at ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, have been busy day and night during the Launch and Early Orbit Phase. As planned, they checked all of Metop-B's systems and ensured that its solar array was deployed and oriented towards the Sun to provide crucial power to run the satellite and its 11 scientific instruments.
On Day One, the ESA Flight Operations teams checked the power, temperatures, software, telecommunication links and activated a number of systems. On Day Two, they deployed five payload instrument antennas. On Day Three, with Metop-B in a near-circular orbit at around 800 km altitude and 99 degrees inclination, the teams conducted one thruster burn to fine tune the orbit and get into 'phase' with the orbit of Metop-A - and to prepare for handover to EUMETSAT on Thursday.
After the handover, work began immediately on the in-orbit verification of Metop-B, for a six-week period, during which all Metop-B's 11 instruments will be switched on in sequence.
The European instruments on board Metop-B will be activated in the following order:
- GOME-2 ultraviolet spectrometer for ozone monitoring five days after launch
- ASCAT advanced scatterometer one week after launch
- GRAS instrument for atmospheric sounding using radio-occultation of signals from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) one week after launch
- MHS microwave humidity sounder (three and a half weeks after launch
- IASI infrared atmospheric sounder six weeks after launch
Altogether, these instruments will deliver measurements of vertical profile of temperature, humidity and trace gases in the atmosphere, the wind field at the surface of the ocean, and soil moisture.
The Metop-B in-orbit check out activities will use the comprehensive EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) ground segment. They will be coordinated by the EUMETSAT Control Centre located at EUMETSAT's headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany, with the support of ESA, the French space agency CNES, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and industry.


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Expert: Expect More Than 100 Hybrid and EV Models in U.S. by 2015
The one consistent truth in automotive sales forecasting is that all forecasts are wrong. The size of the market for emerging technologies, like hybrids and electric cars, is even trickier to forecast. That's partly because car companies, governments, and environmentalists like to publish and promote rosy scenarios based on market goals, rather than concrete plans.
But when you take a hard look at concrete plans for specific electric-drive vehicles in the next five years, you see a burgeoning market with more than 50 conventional hybrids, more than 30 pure electric cars, nearly 20 plug-in hybrids, and a handful of fuel cell vehicles. Those numbers come from Alan Baum, a Michigan-based auto industry analyst who has been running auto market forecasts since the 1980s.
"My forecast is model-by-model and bottom up. Most of the other forecasts are based on assumptions, and work top down," Baum said. "It's not that I'm smarter. It's an outgrowth of my work on the broad automotive market for a long time." Baum, who recently left The Planning Edge to form his own market analysis firm, also looks at supplier orders, plant capacity, volume planning, and macroeconomic conditions such fuel prices, interest rates, and government regulations.
"In the past few years, major automakers have changed their strategy. They used to fight fuel efficiency regulations," Baum said. "Now, as the numbers go up and time marches on, automakers are saying, 'Look at the list of models. We're doing our part. We're bringing a raft of new vehicles and technologies.'"
We keep track of the growing list of electric cars and plug-in hybrids at our sister site. PluginCars.com also has news and community forums.
Baum is tracking a whopping 108 electric-drive vehicles by model year 2015. That's up from 22 grid-free hybrids and one electric car, the Tesla Roadster, in production today. There will be 27 new model introductions for the model year 2011 alone—effectively doubling the number of hybrids and plug-ins in a single year. Baum indicates that the 2011 U.S. line-up will add 13 conventional hybrids, 3 plug-in hybrids, and 11 battery electric cars. By the model year 2015, the new car market will have 108 electric-drive models. Nearly half of them will be conventional hybrids, but there will also be 18 plug-in hybrids, 32 EVs, and 6 fuel-cell electric cars. Many of these models have been announced, but just as many have not yet been unveiled.
Inflection Point
Baum acknowledges that the U.S. hybrid market has been flat—approximately 2.5 percent of the new car market—for the past couple of years. That's largely due to a sluggish economy and low gas prices. But things are about to change, according to Baum.
When you combine government incentives, rising fuel economy requirements, and automakers eager to provide hybrids and EVs to a group of consumers "salivating for the product," the market will grow. "We got ourselves an inflection point," Baum said. "Getting out of the 2 percent market range, and into the 4s or 5s is a big deal. The planets are aligned for this."
Growth of the U.S. market to 4 or 5 percent—as much as 900,00 hybrids and EVs per year by 2015—could pave the way for even bigger growth in a subsequent phase. In fact, fuel economy regulations expected for the period between 2017 to 2025 essentially will require a massive shift to hybrids, supported by a growing number of electric cars—which are likely to give carmakers extra credits to meet those higher standards.
Conventional Hybrids Will See Biggest Growth
Baum groups conventional hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and electric cars into a single "electric vehicle forecast." He sees the biggest growth in conventional hybrids, and believes that pure electric cars will only strengthen the market for standard hybrids. "Consumers will look at EVs and plug-in hybrids and say, 'That's kind of out there. If that works, then maybe it's time for a conventional hybrid, available in many more models, and with no need to worry about range or infrastructure.'"
In addition, Baum believes that General Motors and Nissan will make sure that this year's introduction of the Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF will be a success—creating even more consumer confidence in the whole market for electric-drive vehicles.


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The latest in a series of interviews with artists whose work makes use of or responds to network culture and digital technologies.
Wickerham & Lomax, BOY'Dega: Encore in the AFTALYFE (Season 2) (2014).
JG: DUOX started as a collaboration between the two of you, and collaboration seems completely central to your practice even though you're now working under the name Wickerham & Lomax. You've worked closely with DIS Magazine and other high-profile sponsors, and even the feel of your new work seems deliberately corporate and commercial. What is the shape and direction of this collaboration? Where did DUOX end, and how does Wickerham & Lomax extend?
Lomax: I think aside from using the language of surface which is one of our subjects—appearances, mirrors, screens, reflections, storefronts, sheen—we employ the language of accessibility, and that gets foregrounded explicitly in corporate and commercial imagery which isn't really an idea we investigate but an aesthetic we employ. I think the corporate and commercial for us is really a mask, not an interest.


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UniQuest start-up Vaxxas, the developer of Nanopatch vaccine delivery system, won the Janssen 2012 AusBiotech Emerging Company Award
Singapore: Vaxxas, a UniQuest start-up established in 2011 to commercialize the Nanopatch vaccine delivery system based on research from the University of Queensland (UQ), won the Janssen 2012 AusBiotech Emerging Company Award at the national conference in Melbourne last night.
Congratulating the Vaxxas team on another award to add to its impressive list of achievements, UniQuest MD, Dr David Henderson, said that, "There are very few Australian biotechnology companies, which could match the number of significant achievements Vaxxas has logged in just over 12 months, including investment and licensing deals as well as wining the Australian Innovation Challenge and the Best Venture Capital Investment at the 2012 Vaccine Industry Excellence Awards, held at the World Vaccine Congress in Washington DC."
Vaxxas' Nanopatch technology originated from Professor Mark Kendall's research group at the Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) within UQ. UniQuest led the initial commercialisation of the Nanopatch technology prior to Vaxxas being formed with a $15 million syndicated investment led by One Ventures with Brandon Capital, Healthcare Ventures, and the Medical Research Commercialization Fund.
Vaxxas recently appointed an international CEO, Mr David Hoey, as the first step towards establishing operations in Massachusetts, US, to expand access to global pharmaceutical partners and complement the company's research and development operations based in Queensland.
Earlier this month Vaxxas announced a research collaboration with Merck (MSD). The collaboration will evaluate Vaxxas' proprietary needle free delivery technology that induces robust immune system activation by targeting vaccines to the abundant immunological cells immediately below the surface of the skin. The deal included Vaxxas granting Merck a licence for the technology for commercial use for an undisclosed vaccine candidate.


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The recall will impact different batches of Figo and Classic models manufactured between January 2010 and June 2012.
"Ford India is extending its existing voluntary Field Service Action (FSA) and will recall the remaining batches of Ford Figo and Ford Classic models to inspect them for potential issues related to the Rear Twist Beam (RTB) and the Power Assisted Steering (PAS) Hose," Ford India said in a statement.
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PureDWTS Season 18 Food For Thought & POLL: Is Danica This Season's "Secret Ringer"?
Let me lead off with this: I don't mind ringers. Actually, I appreciate 2-3 in each season, for the simple reason that it ensures that we get to see some good dancing and that the bar is set high for the competition. The show needs ringers just like it needs really bad dancers, and every skill level in between – it's part of what makes DWTS work. The ringers please those who just love great dancing, and the inexperienced dancers ensure we get to see some good growth arcs.
Now what I DO mind is when someone who has enough experience to be considered a ringer tries to insist that they aren't – in our experience here at Pure, this certainly does not negate the fact that they do have a bit of an edge, and it also tends to rub some viewers the wrong way. The viewers are not stupid – they know when their intelligence is being insulted by the machinations of the powers that be or a celeb that tries to downplay his/her experience level. And they especially don't like feeling like they're being lied to.
So an interesting discussion came about when Vogue posted this video of Danica & Val's first rehearsal yesterday. In it, Danica seems to give the impression that she's new to this whole dancing thing – lots of giggling, clueless looks, and "Huh? What?" It's what you'd normally expect during the first rehearsal with a celeb who's never danced before – but considering that Danica has had some fairly extensive ballroom training, it kind of bugs. We know for a fact that she's taken lessons before – check out this clip of her on 20/20 back in 2008:
While working on Inspector Mom (the TV movie mentioned in the clip), she met Gocha Chertkoev, a Latin dance champion who was playing the role of a dance instructor. Presumably, she started taking lessons with him, as that's who we see her dancing with in the clip. Some have argued that she "only took lessons for that movie", and it was a "one-time thing" – but if that's the case, then why is her picture plastered all over the newsletter from Gocha's dance studio as recently as a year ago? And why is he plugging her book while she takes a cha-cha class?
Possibly worth noting: Gocha is also one of the judges on the Georgian version of DWTS, Tsekvaven Varskvlavebi. Regardless, I get the feeling Danica's lessons with Gocha weren't just a one-time thing – they've more likely been ongoing. She's also had some dance training for another film, 21 and a Wake-Up, courtesy of Jamie Bayard (Lacey Schwimmer's former swing partner, and of SYTYCD fame). She talks about in more detail here, on this now-defunct post at her website. Yes, I'm aware it's in code – that's the only way to access it now that it's been conveniently removed from her website (thank goodness for caching!). You'll see why in the excerpt below – pertinent parts in bold:
Says Danica, "I love to dance! I got hooked after learning to Tango for the TV Movie Inspector Mom: Kidnapped in 10 Easy Steps."
"Gocha Chertkoev and Shorena Gachechiladze are worldwide ballroom dance champions, and I was so lucky to be trained by them for the movie. I was a fan of Gocha's from his TLC series, Ballroom Bootcamp. He was a real find – a great actor and dancer! Since then, I dance whenever I can — I love it! I've even trained with Jamie Bayard from So You Think You Can Dance"
"Perhaps I'll end up dancing on stage or in front of the cameras again soon. I've been asked more than a few times about Dancing with the Stars, but I think I actually have a little too much professional training this stage. And that's fine by me – I'm not sure I'd like the judges' on-stage criticism very much!"
Sorry, but I'm having a harder and harder time buying the whole "I'm new at this!!!" act of their rehearsal video, and this interview that she herself posted presents some pretty damning evidence that she is, in fact, a ringer. The rehearsal video itself is a bit shady, too – my boyfriend (who has been teaching ballroom for 12 years) even remarked that "It's almost like she's trying too hard to act confused for the first half – she clearly has danced salsa before, she's following him pretty easily." As for the second half of the video? "She's already doing rumba walks with great hip action and transfer of weight, and she's spotting turns like she's been taught before. No way Val could have taught her that in one short rehearsal."
So what's my beef? The fact that Danica has had some pretty extensive ballroom training is being conveniently swept under the rug, while Meryl & Charlie get raked across the coals for being "practically professional ballroom dancers already!" If you're going to cry that "DWTS is for celebs with no dance experience!" (not true, but whatever floats your boat) and that it's "unfair" that Meryl & Charlie get to be on the show this season – then it's only fair that you call Danica out, too. But for whatever reason, the two Olympians are the ones fielding most of the cries of foul from viewers, while Danica flies under the radar, with incriminating blog posts being quietly removed from her site and mentions of her previous dance experience being conveniently omitted from interviews. And to what end? I like to think that Danica herself is too smart and too confident to let a few cries of "Ringer!! RINGER!!!" deter her from being open and honest about her dancing. I'm leaning more towards someone from further up the chain at DWTS "gently encouraging" her to downplay her dance experience – it's happened before. Sabrina mentioned in an interview once that she was told by producers to "dumb down" her dancing during the first few weeks of her original season, in order to give the impression of a much more level playing field. Sabrina (honest as a girl scout) didn't comply, but it does set a precedent for what might be going on now with Danica – or it may even be someone from her own camp, such as a publicist, trying to paint a better picture of her client with regards to the show.
I guess overall, I'm just left feeling a bit…deceived by the whole thing. I do not like having my intelligence insulted, and trying to pass Danica off as a beginner to me is insulting. I'm left with a bit of a bad taste in my mouth, as I did back in season 14 when Sherri Shepherd tried to downplay the fact that she took lessons at Maks & Val's studio immediately prior to being cast on DWTS. In both Danica AND Sherri's cases, I think the whole situation would be a lot better-received by fans had they just been honest about it from the get-go, instead of lying by omission, dodging questions, and dancing around the truth before finally coming clean. Hiding things implies some sort of guilt on the part of the hider. 🙂 I actually really like her as a person, and I'm hoping that Danica, in the interest of full disclosure, is able to be open about her previous experience – I really don't think being labeled a "ringer" is going to hurt her OR help her. Ringers don't always win, and they don't always lose. Unless, of course, they're paired with Derek – in which case they ALWAYS win…cause "Ugh, Derek always gets all the good partners!!!", y'all. 😉
So all of that being said…what do YOU guys think of Danica and her previous experience? Is she a ringer, or not a ringer? Vote in our poll and weigh in down in the comments!


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ST. LOUIS (August 8, 2016) –After focusing commercial efforts with SPORULIN® in the United States since 2012, Novus is launching SPORULIN® in Brazil, which will be followed by a number of launches in major poultry producing countries around the world.
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European Starlings:
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"I call blue jays "beautiful bullies" because they, along with grackles and starlings, can empty a peanut feeder in less than an hour. I use a cage around one peanut feeder to allow only smaller birds, like chickadees, nuthatches and woodpeckers, to feed. The jays get their own cage-free peanut feeder." Deanna Frautschi, Bloomington, Illinois
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"Starlings, grackles, blue jays and the odd magpie come to my feeders and also stop for water. Instead of discouraging them, I spread several feeders full of different types of seed around the backyard." Ken Orich, Lethbridge, Alberta


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Quit monkeying around Iran, the world community seems to be saying. Very recently, Iran boasted of putting its very first primate into space and to bring him safely back to Earth. However, the image of a monkey, which Iranian officials claim is the 'wrong picture', has shattered Iran's claims. People have several questions: did the landing happen? Did the monkey survive the journey? Or even, did the mission ever happen?
Not the same Monkey!
Iran's rocket Pishtam (meaning 'pioneer' in Parsi) was scheduled to carry a primate, a grizzly monkey, into space. The mission would last 20 minutes. The release of a picture showing a monkey which bears little resemblance to the one supposedly launched into space has now called into question the veracity of Iran's claims. What happened to the other monkey?
The new photo clearly shows a monkey with dark fur and narrower nose, while the one supposedly launched was grizzlier and had a distinctive red mole over the right eye.
The doubts increase further since there were no landing photos released by Iran, despite there being launch photos. Some are calling the whole mission a hoax, and it seems justified too!
The interest in Iran's space launch is because any space launch capability directly influences the state's ability to develop long-range ballistic missiles. Topped with a nuclear warhead and a regime not afraid to use nuclear weapons, this could be a deadly combination.