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Jewel thief gets 28 years for failed robbery
When Randy Flatau walked into his jewelry shop in Beaumont's West End on May 9, 2012, he was already on edge. He and his wife had stared down the barrel of a gun some two weeks before when his family store was robbed by a masked gunman.
But when a man later identified as Joshua George Nowland, 37, of Sacrimento, Calif., walked into Flatau's small business of more than 20 years asking to buy gold or silver with a wad of cash, Flatau was surprised to later find Nowland's .22-caliber pistol pointed in his face.
Nowland was indicted May 24, 2012, in Jefferson County and pleaded not guilty to aggravated robbery Tuesday, July 9. He was later convicted that same day after his defense called no witnesses in the trial phase.
In testimony before Judge Layne Walker's 252nd District Court, Flatau told a jury that at first, he complied with Nowland. After being ordered to the ground, Flatau pleaded with Nowland not to tie his hands with zip ties due to a shoulder injury from the last robbery.
"I couldn't put my hands behind my back," Flatau said on the stand Tuesday.
His previous injury would be both a blessing and a curse.
In the struggle to tie Flatau up, Nowland's .22-caliber pistol went off, striking Flatau in the leg.
"I was bleedin' pretty good," Flatau would say in a later interview.
But now a frantic and apologetic Nowland was distracted, saying in testimony during his sentencing phase he didn't mean to shoot Flatau or hurt anyone.
"I told him to get out," Flatau said. "Somebody heard that shot."
After securing a sizable bounty of gold bars and diamond rings worth an undisclosed amount, Nowland made his way to the door, but not before a wounded and angered Flatau brandished a hidden .357 magnum.
"I unloaded that revolver," Flatau said in an interview.
Nowland was struck at least four times. Bloody crime scene photos Tuesday showed Nowland crawled through the broken glass and out of the store, where he was detained by police moments later.
Limping through the shot-out jewelry cases and blown out glass, Flatau said the firefight that ensued helped to alleviate the pain in his wounded leg, and he held Nowland at gunpoint until police arrived.
"I told him if he moved, I'd kill him," Flatau said
Police arrived "in no time" according to other witnesses who testified at Nowland's trial.
After a jury convicted Nowland, it was up to them to sentence the would-be thief.
Nowland's defense called his mother and father to the stand during the sentencing hearing, who told jurors their son was a college-educated, nature-loving Eagle Scout who had never been in trouble with the law. Nowland's mother suggested he suffered from undiagnosed Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism causing difficulties in social interaction.
Nowland has no criminal record, with no convictions for felonies or misdemeanors.
Nowland later took the stand in his own defense, telling jurors he had just lost his job and was desperate. Nowland was thoughtful and soft spoken while on the stand, but somewhat awkward when questioned by prosecutors.
"That was my last $150," Nowland said to jurors before his sentencing, speaking of the cash he had flashed at the crime scene.


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The University area was once a cow pasture and rural byways, with University of North Carolina at Charlotte (chartered in 1960) plunked in the middle. Today, the UNCC area spans several miles. New subdivisions and shopping centers dominate the landscape, which has become a bustling residential and employment center, home to more than 65,000 jobs and many new corporate headquarters. Over the past decade this area has developed rapidly, in response to retail and corporate businesses, as well as the growth of the UNC Charlotte campus.Wells Fargo (Wachovia) and IBM are two of the areas largest private employers. The area is surrounded by a wide variety of housing options ranging from golf course communities like Highland Creek and SkyBrook to large apartment communities centered around the University itself.
Recently the shopping has been growing in this dynamic area as well, starting with the addition of IKEA in 2009.


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(visited by Captain Peter and Werner Furlan)
17-Oct-2003 -- After having visited 36S 61W we continued immediately on route
65 towards the next confluence, 35S 61W, mear the small settlement of
General Viamonte.
Almost exactly on latitude, we crossed an abandoned railtrack, and
parallel to it there is a dirt road, where me met a
The dirt road leads comfortably towards the confluence, and after a 2.5 km
or so we were exactly on longitude 61W and a 250 meters South of it.
Beautiful flowers were growing there along a grain field. We saw a beautiful
passion flower. Werner,
being a medical doctor, explains: The passion flower, botanically called
"passioflora" is used as a sedative phytotherapeutical, similar to
The picture offers a certain contrast: The beauty of a flower beside the
ugliness of a barbed wire ...
The confluence itself is in a grainfield, with still young
Looking towards North we see the hacienda, towards West there are several trees, and towards East
we see the open field.
Wheat is produced everywhere in this area. About 5 km from the confluence
there is a collecting plant, owned by CARGILL, a wordwide
operating grain company, trading wheat in all the world over.
After this visit we drove a 35 km North to the city of Junín, where we
intend to spend the night.
And today I can celebrate a jubilee:
This is my 100th confluence visit! Looking back, I remember to having learned about the project for the first
time in summer 2001 from Werner, and now we are here together in Argentina,
more than 10,000 km from our homes in Europe ...
Let's see where I will enjoy my 1,000th visit ... :-)


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The economy is going up – except when it is going down.
Are we in for another recession, a depression, or a boom? My investments, yours, everyone's retirement savings are bouncing around like a fox with rabies and too often are about as attractive.
But today came
and you need to make a living, rebuild your business, and grow.
But today came
and you were fearful. The economy is frightening and the news too often bad.
And you are swamped with so many "to do" things.
The things you know you need to get done. Those you keep meaning to do. And all the plans and goals you say you must define.
If you could find the top of your desk or the bottom of your email inbox, you'd be delighted – for a day, maybe.
If clients are too demanding
you feel pressured by all those expectations and wonder if you can sustain the demands and grow.
If you do not have too many demanding clients
you feel pressured by the need to find more work.
You probably cannot, single-handedly, solve our economic difficulties. But you can move yourself forward. Need a reminder, try this ode to entrepreneurs.
Do you know that there are studies which show that connecting to others, even electronically, raises levels of a brain chemical involved in feeling good?
Just think
A nice cold lemonade with a business colleague could make both of you feel better! And if you used it to do some brainstorming about your business issues, so much the better.
A series of notes to your connections to learn more about a potential opportunity – and you are feeling better able to cope.
I sent my last WGB post, Why Not Me?, out to a group of women who had inspired a part of it. Several sent me notes back about actually doing some of what I recommended, and two even included their new signatures.
Wow, did I feel good.
Does that mean a new client tomorrow? Probably not. But it did get me back out in front of people who can help grow my business. And boosted my strength for other steps forward.
Right now a lot of folks are feeling scared or wonder whether they can sustain their business dreams and goals. Managers are hunkering down instead of inspiring and leading people.
And I am remembering a Wadsworth poem from my childhood:
" Tell me not in mournful numbers
Life is but a dreary dream…"
It is from "A Psalm of Life" and very 19th century but also pretty real.
Whether you end the day by planning for the next
or start the new day with 10 minutes to organize and plan, a small effort each day becomes a big goal achieved.
Give yourself 10 – 15 minutes each day to move forward on one small step to a larger goal and see for yourself.
Need help? Bet you know someone else who does also and you can become peer coaches.
you can hire a coach.
an expert in a field you need to learn.
undertake some online research to create your next step.
Buy someone you admire lunch and get a little mentoring on how they did whatever you admire them for.
Or if you need a good swift kick, go read "The Worst Hard Time" by Timothy Evans. Wow, and I thought I had had some bad times to overcome.
You can create the future you want. And help the economy we all are a part of too.
Are you in?
More from Women Grow Business:
- Guest contributor Terry Neese discusses Peace through Business: changing the world, one woman at a time
- Patricia on personal capacity building
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"It couldn't be this galaxy is lifeless/I keep searching for a sign". Brent Knopf's leading lyric from "Spore", from Ramona Falls' new album Prophet is an interesting one when placed within the context of his music career....
Ramona Falls'' Brett Knopf and Paul Alcott perch high above 6th Street to dish on the bands' latest album Prophet....
Brent Knopf officially left Menomena last year...a big and bold leap of faith to fully focus on his personal ambitions with his band, Ramona Falls....
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42 day detention without trial
Ekklesia's response to the crucial parliamentary vote on 42 day detention without trial.
The religion and society think-tank Ekklesia has joined the huge body of opinion, which includes church, secular and Muslim organisations, opposing the UK government's proposal to extend the 28 day detention without trial period for terror suspects to 42 days.
Simon Barrow, Ekklesia co-director, said today: "The case against lengthy detention without trial, on both civil rights and security grounds, is very strong indeed. The way to combat violent extremism is not through clamping down on basic legal and human rights."
He added: "The government will bring shame on itself if it 'wins' this vote. People of all faiths and none are united in wanting to see fairness as the founadtion of a just and free society. The 42 day plan compromises that badly."
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As I have mentioned before, I live with several fantastic film and dramatic writing majors. One of my roomates, Kelsi, is midway through shooting her senior thesis film, The Big @#$%! Apple. The story is about Morgan, a recent college graduate, who is facing bleak career prospects in life after college. It's a funny film that features strong female characters, women in above the line positions, and passes the Bechdel Test.
Films are expensive to make, and students at SCAD must raise the budget for their senior projects themselves. If you like supporting female filmmakers, and have a little cash to spare, please donate at Kelsi's IndieGoGo page.


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Google Calendar Sync upgrades Outlook 2010 support
Google Calendar sync started supporting the 32-bit version of Outlook 2010 back in August. Outlook sync has continued to be a top feature request, which is why we've continued to improve upon it and are pleased to announce that Calendar Sync now supports the 64-bit version too.
To start syncing your calendar with the 64-bit version of Outlook 2010, download Google Calendar Sync version 0.9.4.1. When the Settings window appears, enter your email address and password, choose your sync option and frequency, and you'll be all set. Note that if you're already using Google Calendar Sync, you'll need to download and install this new version in order to be able to sync with 64-bit Outlook (we're in the process of auto-updating everyone but reinstalling will ensure it works for you). For more info, take a look at our getting started guide.
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Letter, C. Robinson to "Dear Madam" [Emma Willard]
Author: Robinson, Charles
Date: March 30, 1860
In response to Willard's letter of March 22, Robinson wrote from Quindaro that he was "gratified" to learn of her interest in Kansas history and that she was "disposed to examine for yourself the random thrusts of the press." Robinson went on to make some interesting observations regarding his interpretation of Kansas events and the importance of the various factions, free state and proslavery.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Charles & Sara Robinson Collection, # 488, Box 1, Folder 8
Item Number: 101186 Number of images: 4
Keywords: Abolitionists; Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896; Free state cause; Kansas question; Law and Order Party; Lecompton Constitution; Millard, Emma; Proslavery; Proslavery supporters; Republican Party (U.S.: 1854- ); Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
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|2012-07-12, 00:32
|Link #61
Toji Affairs Secretary
Join Date: May 2009
Location: the Philippines
I really have to wonder why UN never initiated a treaty that unites all the forces on Earth to combat a common enemy. It's not like the Cold War is more important than the destruction of the human race.
|2012-07-12, 00:41
|Link #62
Senior Member
|2012-07-12, 00:57
|Link #63
Truth Martyr
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Doing Anzu's paperwork.
Age: 33
Also, the Americans had the advantage of seeing what works and what doesn't work. American doctrine, IMO, is less about right and wrong and honor, and leans a bit more to doing what has to be done.
Also, something that bugged me about the Fall of Kyoto is that i don't recall seeing any F-15s around - where the hell were the Type-89 Kagerous that the IJA bought years ago?
|2012-07-12, 01:09
|Link #64
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
@Wild Goose: The F-15Js were probably the same place all their Type-94s where, at the bottom of the 'couldn't show due to budget' bin. I mean, just look how off-model the Jolly Rogers F-14s were. An excuse would be that we mostly saw an out-of-the-way supply depot where their defenses were lighter, perhaps the Kagerous and Shiranuis were deployed closer to the city centre and we just never saw them.
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|2012-07-12, 04:58
|Link #65
Takao Tsundere Cruiser
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Classified
So i read in here that in the Muv-Luv Alternative Universe, Japan surrender to the Allies in 1944 rather than fight to the last man until the atomic bombs hit them in 1945.
So how is Japan's relationship with Asia with this universe and how was the Shogunate reestablished in this universe when it abolished during the Meiji Restoration era?
|2012-07-12, 05:25
|Link #66
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: GMT 10+
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|2012-07-12, 05:51
|Link #67
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
It's a little unclear, they sort of skirt around exactly what happened to end up with their current situation. What we know from the game is that "in 1867, to resist the threat of European and American domination, the shogunate family and anti-shogun daimyo united for a common cause and established the restoration of imperial rule."
The Emperor does hold absolute power, but appoints a Shogun from one of the five regent houses Koubuin, Ikaruga, Saionji, Kujo, and Takatsukasa to govern the country as leader of the "元枢府", translated in the fan translation as "Central Department", the government's highest administrative arm, and delegates authority over all state matters to said Shogun.
So it sounds like the Meiji restoration ended with some sort of compromise instead, and probably Tokugawa still got the boot.
Either way, after their WWII, most of the Shogun's power was taken away and placed in the hands of the democratically elected Diet, leaving the Shogunate as mostly a figurehead position, thanks to the post-WWII treaties and occupation policies.
As for relationship with the rest of Asia, Japan doesn't seem to have the empire in Asia that it wanted in our WWII, so for lack of concrete information they presumably did the whole WWII "invade China, bomb Pearl Harbor, invade South East Asia, lose" thing. The retaking of the Japanese mainland after it completely fell in 1999 was done by a UN task force lead jointly by the Unites States and COSEAN (the Coalition of South East Asian Nations), though.
@encia: The main advantage of a neutron bombs would be somewhat diminished considering the whole "unaffected by radiation" thing. Meanwhile Hive infiltration units do carry S-11s, the yield of which is comparable to a tactical nuke, intended to be set on the ground and set for a delayed explosion for use against a Hive Reactor or as a suicide bomb if need be so there's that. On the surface, though, firing off tactical nukes results in said nukes getting lasered anyway, which is a fairly big issue. They could probably deploy them if they could somehow clear away all the lasers from the battlefield, but that happens all too rarely since the BETA do make an effort to protect laser units, and when it does happen they generally start conventional bombing runs and ground strafing with planes and helicopters rather than going crazy with nukes.
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|2012-07-12, 06:30
|Link #69
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
I guess that would depend on how low they can reliably fly and to what extent they can be controlled in real time and maneuver to keep other BETA between them and any lasers until they get to within a suitable detonation range. Either way, they don't seem to employ them, they'd rather deploy heavy metal clouds and launch dumb artillery shells and tank barrages over the horizon en masse while TSFs charge in along the ground.
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|2012-07-12, 06:49
|Link #70
Truth Martyr
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Doing Anzu's paperwork.
Age: 33
That's true... Though arty, in sufficient numbers, would be quite cost-effective at stopping BETA: the naval gunfire mission was quite effective... Just not effective enough.
|2012-07-12, 08:25
|Link #71
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: GMT 10+
The nuke itself is just a warhead and the delivery system can be near ground level.
Silicon would be a poor shield against gamma frequency photons and high speed neutrons.
|2012-07-12, 08:39
|Link #72
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
I don't see what silicon has to do with anything, since BETA are carbon based. The value of a nuclear bomb when fighting BETA would not be the long-term effects of ionizing radiation, but the heat and mechanical shockwave produced by the explosion, since the ionizing radiation does jack all to them.
A ground burst delivery system would have to be pretty close to the ground, low enough to keep other BETA between it and any lasers until it gets close enough, and maneuverable enough that it can rapidly shift trajectories on a dime to remain that way, since the BETA do actively coordinate to move aside and clear paths for lasers to high-priority targets, which nukes would be.
Actually, if you're going to go that far, they might as well just put the warhead in a suicide TSF and have TSFs get close in to detonate with a pilot crazy/sacrificial enough to do it, since TSFs fit the bill for what you'd need a ground delivery system to do. They kind of already do that with the S-11s anyway, but suicide generally seems to be out of the question unless they're stuck deep in a Hive cut off from all support or something, since the 'proper' use of an S-11 generally involves setting the timer, dropping it and getting the hell out of the blast radius, as opposed to setting it off right away and dying for it. In Chronicles 02 a TSF did manually deliver an S-11 to the battlefield and blow up a Carrier-class BETA, though there weren't any lasers active at that engagement.
Long story short, they don't think up convoluted nuke delivery methods because the system of plot and narrative causality doesn't want them to, the lasers are just a plot device to say "NO PLANES NO NUKES". It's a bit of a handwave, I suppose.
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|2012-07-12, 08:58
|Link #73
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Well looks there won't be any radical war-winning technology. Everything is built around to have TSF as main BETA weapon to the bitter end. So basicly it was very farsighted from US to make those stelth Raptors, which in long run will make everybody else US bitch and kiss their asses. They seem in such "confortable" position it almost asks for bitching.
Is there any info or map showing how much of territory is under control of humanity/BETA? What about Australia, Europe situation. I doubt humanity have any time left with that little population.
|2012-07-12, 09:07
|Link #74
Storm Vanguard
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Type-00
Well, the development of the F-22 did make the other nations question America's intentions for the post-beta world. They even asked the United States if they could also start marketing the F-22 like the F-4 and F-15, but they gave the other countries the middle finger instead.
A map? Don't have one but the entire Eurasia has fallen other than the British Isles.
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|2012-07-12, 09:26
|Link #75
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Shows the BETA-held territory.
There were two major BETA assaults on Great Britain across the English channel, in 1985 and in 1996, repelled both times, with difficulty.
Australia is clear for now and accepting refugees. Unites States also accepts refugees, and offers US citizenship to any refugees willing to enlist in the U.S. armed forces.
Soviet government currently resides in Alaska.
Combined Arabs and Jews, et al are preventing BETA incursions from the Iran and Iraq hives from invading Egypt across the Suez.
COSEAN (Coalition of South East Asian Nations) holding the line in Thailand.
As for radical war-winning technologies, the main "radical new technologies" revolve around the use of G-elements (which basically amount to alien-made phlebotnium that humans can't figure out how to manufacture and have all sorts of weird properties like one having negative mass, another being a room temperature superconductor, and so on) captured from the nuked Canada landing unit.
The first is the XG-70, a product of the HI-MARF project, a gigantic flying fortress armed with an experimental charged particle cannon as well as gatlings, missiles with S-11 warheads, railguns and so on, which flies by gravity control and shields itself from lasers and BETA by way of gravitational warp fields (Rutherford fields).
It was shelved due to human technology of the time being insufficient to fine-control the shape of the Rutherford field for safe controlled flight, and because of the invention of the G-bomb, which makes use of a runaway G-element reaction to create massive spacetime/gravitational distortions tearing up everything within a certain large radius, which can be deployed without fear of lasers because it also produces a Rutherford field that distorts lasers around it, without that pesky problem the XG-70 had of needing to fine-tune the field shape for safe controlled flight. The downside is that it creates permanent severe gravitational distortions and fluctuations in the area where it explodes, making the land around it unsuitable for supporting life ever again. Because of which, only two have ever been deployed as a test case (which allowed them to capture Hive 22), and the results of the test case were enough that there is significant political pressure holding back any further G-bomb deployment.
Alternative Plans are based around finding an alternative to winning the war besides conventional military might. Alternative I was an attempt to figure out how BETA communicate and ended in complete failure. Alternative II revolved around capturing live BETA for study but failed to return anything significant about BETA physiology besides "carbon-based reactions are involved somehow". Alternative III used mass-produced Soviet ESPers in two-seater modified F-14s to infiltrate Hives and attempt psychic communication with the BETA, and returned no significant results besides the fact that the BETA do not consider humans to be living organisms, killing most of the ESPers in the process. Alternative IV's objective is a spoiler. Alternative V involves the evacuation of 100,000 humans on a migrant space fleet to another Earthlike planet in the Barnard Star system a few lightyears away, while the United States initiates mass G-bomb bombardment on the Eurasian continent, and is the final fallback in case Alternative IV fails.
Spoiler for Alternative V results:
So yes, in terms of conventional arms, the TSFs are set up as humanity's valuable anti-BETA weapon to the bitter end. If you can consider giant humanoid machines to be "conventional arms", anyway.
@Silvance: Well, they did offer up the Silent Eagle and later the Lightning II for export, at least. As a peace offering of sorts "here you can have stealth too!", I suppose? Not like IRL Congress isn't blocking F-22 export anyway.
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Conservationists fear many animal and plant species will vanish forever thanks to our impact on the planet. The big question is what we can do to prevent it.
In around 300 years time, 75% of all mammal species will have disappeared from this planet. That's the startling prediction from Anthony Barnosky, a palaeobiologist at the University of California, Berkeley – that's if the current rates of extinction continue and the animals already threatened or endangered are wiped out this century.
Barnosky studies biodiversity changes and extinction rates that occurred in the deep past, and compares them to trends happening now. Since life first evolved billions of years ago and flourished, diversified, and made our planet what it is, there have been five mass extinctions. Each was triggered by a cataclysmic event and resulted in at least 75% of all species going extinct. The last of these events occurred 65 million years ago, when a meteorite slammed into Earth, throwing up persistent clouds of debris that darkened the sky for years. The resulting change in climate led to a mass extinction that included the dinosaurs.
Barnosky calculates that humans are now creating a mass extinction on the same scale – the planet's sixth one – through a combination of habitat encroachment and fragmentation, hunting, climate change, pollution, and the spread of disease and introduced species. As many as 30% of all species may be lost over the next four decades, conservationists estimate.
Extinction is actually a natural and common phenomenon – of the roughly 4 billion species estimated to have evolved on Earth, some 99% are gone. In the past, the extinction rate has been balanced by the evolution of new species, but the current, human-caused extinction is happening so fast that evolution cannot keep pace. Barnosky estimates that the current rate is 1,000 times the natural rate, putting it easily on a par with the so-called "big 5" mass extinction events.
The Anthropocene, or Age of Man, will be marked by a rapid decline in biodiversity as animals and plants disappear from the planet forever. It won't just be the individual creatures that vanish, but also their descendants on the evolutionary tree – whole lines of phyla will prematurely cease.
And the Anthropocene will also be notable for its homogeneity – what Barnosky describes as the "McDonaldization of nature". Many animals and plants have evolved to occupy specific geographical niches, such as islands or mountain lakes. As a result, it's possible to find some endemic species that exist nowhere else on Earth, such as the giant tortoises of the Galapagos, the lemurs of Madagascar or the koalas of Australia.
Occasionally, during Earth's history, shifting tectonic plates have forced land masses together, enabling the separated biodiversity to mix for the first time. This happened when the North and South American continents collided into each other, around 3 million years ago, for example. In the invasions that followed, South America got its first large carnivore – the jaguar from North America – which proceeded to eat much of the native fauna, resulting in the loss of many species.
Dominant force
Humans have been orchestrating tectonic-scale species migrations of their own, either deliberately or accidentally, which has left its mark on the living planet. Some species including rats, goats, rhododendron, wheat and eucalyptus are found around the world while many others have become rare or vanished. Many introduced species are invasive – or "weeds" – which out-compete the natives for food, light and habitat, or like the jaguar simply consume them to extinction.
We've also been spreading pests and diseases from place to place, often causing local extinctions. Isolated human populations have even been wiped out in this way, when we've introduced diseases such as flu, smallpox, HIV or malaria to places where the local people haven't developed adequate immunity.
Meanwhile, we've been artificially boosting the populations of certain select species, such as cows, dogs, rice, maize and chickens – most of which have been bred to create new varieties radically different from their wild ancestors. The combined weight of humans and the animals we've domesticated now outweighs all the wild back-boned creatures on the planet's surface by a ratio of 95 to 5, Barnosky says. Ten thousand years ago, at the beginning of the Holocene geological epoch, the weight of humans and domesticated animals was just 0.1% of the total.
Since we have become such a dominant force on our planet, we have to decide how best to manage the situation we're creating. Many are calling for a change in the way that conservation has traditionally been practiced. Instead of battling to return ecosystems to a pre-human state, as previous efforts have tried to do, some conservationists say we should be realistic and recognise that humans are an integral part of many ecosystems now. In many cases, they argue, we should accept ecosystems that incorporate non-native species, value them and try to conserve them as "novel ecosystems" that are worth protecting.
Tipping point
From Hawaii to the Galapagos, conservationists are beginning to accept and implement this new approach - embracing introduced species, while trying to route out the more harmful invasives that out-compete unique flora or fauna. In the Galapagos, plagues of blackberry bushes originally from the Himalayas are simply being controlled, whereas rats and goats that eat the food of rare tortoises are being eliminated.
In other places, such as the vast monocultures we create through agriculture, efforts are already being made to restore native ecosystems, or in some cases plant non-native trees and grasses, or introduce animals to restore the functions that the pre-human ecosystem once provided – such as reducing soil erosion, pollinating flowers or controlling wildfires.
There have never been so many areas of conservation – national parks and protected zones – so you could argue that humans may be acting in time to save endangered species from extinction. But many of these areas are protected in name only – the parts of the world with the greatest biodiversity are often in the poorest and most troubled regions, such as the Congo and Borneo.
It is fairly certain that the Anthropocene will be a time of much poorer biodiversity. Once-common species will be extinct, or exist only in human-made environments like zoos or private breeding colonies far from their natural habitat, such as the lemur sanctuary in the Caribbean that Virgin boss Richard Branson proposed last year.
Paradoxically, just as we approach a tipping point for extinctions, we are beginning to understand how we could bring extinct animals back from the dead. Scientists are hopeful of cloning mammoths and even restoring our own extinct cousin, the Neanderthal. Sadly, expensive techniques like this, even if successful for individual animals, could not be applied practically to restore the intricate diversity of life that existed before humans took over the planet. Instead, in our human world, we must decide what type of ecosystems we would collectively like, and set about creating and protecting them. In the Anthropocene, we are no longer just another part of the natural world, we are the planet's gardeners. And that means we must develop our nurturing skills.
You can hear my conversations with Barnosky and others, discussing our impacts on the planet's biodiversity and geology, in a four-part series called The Age We Made, broadcast weekly on BBC World Service from Mondays at 19.32 GMT.
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I am a huge fan of Bissell products and everything that I have ever bought from the company has been a roaring success in our house. We have the Bissell Quick Steamer and the Bissell Steam Mop. Both of these little vacuums get a workout in our house, but I have yet to find a cordless vacuum that I am happy with. We bought a Shark which I absolutely loved until it burned out two years later. The next investment was our Dirt Devil Vibe. The suction was great for about a month and then it just stopped picking up. Since then I have been making do with a good old-fashioned broom and pan, but I always keep my eyes peeled for a cordless vacuum that works.
Bissell sent over their new Bissell Versus Cordless Bare Floor Vacuum and I couldn't wait to open it up. As with all cordless vacuums it requires a good charging before it will work so I had to wait until the next day to use it. Upon it charging, I was ready to roll and I had two willing and messy children to help me break it in. After a morning breakfast of cornflakes (for Ethan) and Cheerios (for Emily), we had the perfect scenario for testing out this vacuum.
The first thing you will notice about this vacuum is that it is an unusual shape. The design might not make sense at first, but when you are trying to get in those crevices around your furniture, it makes complete sense. It is a V-shape design that allows you to get right against your kitchen table and chairs without having to manuever around it. It does require a little manuevering though when you are trying to get around the outer perimeters of your room, but you just line it up against the wall and push around that way.
This vacuum has great suction and within minutes, I could see that it had picked up every last little cornflake bit and Cheerio. Again, the design factor comes into play on this model because the V-shaped design helps so that you aren't scooting stuff around (as I had experienced with other cordless models) and actually suctions it into the center.
While intended for bare floors, you could also use this vacuum on low pile carpeting. The vacuum is brushless so you aren't having to deal with trapped hairs and threads underneath. Best of all, it is bagless and has any easy to release cup where you can dump out what you catch…like Cheerios or cornflakes!
I would highly recommend this vacuum and can't wait to put it to the Clark test and see if it can survive a few years of hard work in our house.
Here are a few easy tips for picking a cordless vacuum that will be a good fit for your family:
1. You will be much happier with whatever you are purchasing if you can test drive it. Borrow one from a friend or just take them through a spin in the aisle. It would be ideal if you could use it, but if you can't just try pushing it around to see if it glides easily.
2. Pick a store that has a good return policy. Many times, picking a good quality cordless vacuum is a game of trial in error. In the case of the Shark, I read a story of one lady who had went through three in a month so it is good that the return policy would allow her to do that.
3. Online stores are great and might have more affordable pricing on these, but the pure and simple fact is, if it is defective or you just plain hate it, you have to ship that back. Who wants to be running a sweeper over to the post office? Physical stores are better in this case.
4. Sometimes extras (which cost extra) aren't worth it. Stick to the basic functions and look for ones that offer the best sweeper for your money.
5. Just like all things, the highest price does not make it the best. Some of the higher priced models had a lot less power than this one so make sure you read the box carefully before buying.
A big thanks to the Bissell company for letting us take their product for a test drive!
Suggested Retail Price: $59.99
Website for More Details: Bissell Versus Corldess Bare Floor Vacuum
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Bureau of Land Management can resume its roundup of dozens of wild mustangs in northern Nevada, but wranglers must limit their use of electric cattle prods and take other steps to ensure the animals are treated humanely, a federal judge said Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Miranda Du's formal order lifted an injunction she issued last week blocking the roundup of 50 horses near the Idaho-Nevada line.
Although disappointed that the roundup was set to resume Friday, horse protection advocates were pleased that Du's order outlined specific conduct for the BLM.
"The judge has begun what the BLM has failed to do, and that is to establish humane standards for roundups," said Deniz Bolbol, spokeswoman for the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign.
The judge prohibited the routine use of "hot shot/electric prod treatments" to expedite movement of horses through gathering and loading chutes, allowing their use only "as necessary to ensure the safety and security of the horses."
Also, BLM contract helicopter pilots who chase the horses toward the gathering traps must make sure that slower young foals aren't separated from the herd. And the judge specifically forbade the agency from driving horses into barbed-wire fences, as they did with several earlier in the roundup at the Owyhee complex about 90 miles northwest of Elko.
Laura Leigh, a photographer and director of Wild Horse Education who has been battling BLM over a series of roundups for years, captured that incident on video.
It was among the evidence she submitted in obtaining last week's emergency injunction, along with footage of wranglers repeatedly shocking horses in a loading chute on Nov. 30.
She hailed the ruling as a significant victory.
"Three years of running this grueling marathon from range to courtroom to gain an honest conversation about the inhumane handling of an American treasure and we now have the very first specific language toward actually gaining the first humane care standard," Leigh said in an email to The Associated Press late Thursday.
During a hearing in her Las Vegas courtroom earlier Thursday, Du said she intended to grant the government's request to lift the injunction because opponents had failed to prove the agency lacked authority to remove the mustangs from the high desert.
But she also indicated she was inclined to include language in the order addressing concerns about the allegations of abuse, including repeated shocking of mustangs and running animals to the point of exhaustion.
"If I were to allow the gather to continue, I would want to ensure the horses were gathered in a humane way, as the BLM is required to do by statute," she told Justice Department lawyer Erik Petersen, referring to the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burros Act of 1971.
BLM argues the herd in the Owyhee Horse Management Area is too large to be sustained given lingering drought. The agency has warned that some of the animals could die if they aren't removed before spring.
Wild horse protection advocates countered by accusing the agency of shamefully exaggerating the threat to the animals in an area.
"I think it is fiction, your honor," said Gordon Cowan, a Reno lawyer for Leigh. "There's really no emergency out there. There's no proof of stress on the range."
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The inshore area from the Empire Canal eastward to the 89 degrees 30 minutes 12 seconds west longitude
The portion of state inside waters south of 29 degrees 13 minutes 12 seconds north latitude and north of 29 degrees 10 minutes 16 seconds north latitude
The portion of state inside waters south of 29 degrees 10 minutes 16 seconds north latitude from the western shore of Bayou Lafourche westward to the eastern shore of Bayou Grand Caillou at 90 degrees 56 minutes 14 seconds west longitude remains closed to all recreational and commercial fishing
Territorial Sea Opening
The state's territorial seas between Empire Canal at 89 degrees 36 minutes 19.9 seconds west longitude eastward to the western shoreline of Sandy Point Bay at 89 degrees 30 minutes 12 seconds west longitude
LDWF continues to work closely with the Department of Health and Hospitals to conduct tissue-sample analysis in an effort to assess all opportunities to resume normal fishing activities on Louisiana's Coast.
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ajaxbro Posts: 5Has anyone purchased a colorado lateley using the GM supplier discount. Specifically a Z71 LS 4x4 Extended cab.0
banjoec Posts: 5Just factory ordered a '04 Canyon. 4WD Z71 SLE W/3.5L engine & 5speed. Paid $21,499 before rebates. Can anyone that really knows the answer, tell me why the GMC's sell for $600-700 more than the Chevy's. Lots of reasons floating around out there.
tko Posts: 1Was at a dealer and told him that I only wanted to pay $400 over invoice - handed me a dealer search report with the MSRP, DIP and GMS figures on it. Told me that GMS is below invoice and reserved for employees or current GM owners. Is this the case? Much obliged.0
I sell Chevrolets in Fl. Here is the scoop
DIP = Dealer invoice price, what the dealer pays not counting holdback
Supplier price = price reserved for employees of large companies like Disney that have an arrangement with GM. Usually around invoice, sometines below.
GMS is reserved for current, and retired GM employees. It will always be below invoice, but GM makes it up to the dealer0
I just took delivery on '04 Colorado Z71 4X4 in blue, crew cab with every option but Onstar. Paid invoice price ($28488) plus body molding add-on (nicer chrome $100) minus $3000 (rebate plus GMAC bonus). Came out to be a little above $27K with taxes. Plan to pay it off as soon as the payment book comes from GMAC. Did not really want XM radio, but man is it nice! Like the truck so far. Anyone have any advice on bed covers that look nice on the crew cab? How about bedliners?0
Check with your dealer, you have to make at least 3 payments or lose the GMAC bonus on that rebate.0
Are you sure about that? One dealer told me to wait 90 days before paying it off, or the title work would get screwed up, which makes a little sense. The dealer I bought from told me that I could pay it off the minute I got my payment book. It's probably worth a call to GMAC.....I have to get the pay off amount from them anyway.0
I sell Chevrolets in Florida, and unless it is state regulated, you will find that to avoid a penalty you need to make the first 3 payments before you pay it off.0
wallet Posts: 38In MA, several dealers told me I could pay the note off as soon as I got the paperwork in the mail. One single dealership told me I had to wait 90 days lest GM somehow bill me for the rebate.....0
2wheel Posts: 1We bought a 2004 Chevy Colorado today at a dealership in Northern California: extended cab, 4x4, 5cyl, 3.5L, auto, 3800mi for $19,500 cash before taxes & fees. Has premium sound, CD, XM radio, OnStar, alum. whls, power windows & locks, sliding rear window. Dealer price was $23,995. Purchase experience was easy.0
sbmackie Posts: 7Supplier discount $26,014. Got some front tint and a bed liner for $100 to close deal. Dealer fee (couldn't negotiate it away) $150, so $26,264. Less $4k in rebates...so $22,264 plus tax and license.(I am active duty military so got another $500 in rebates). Dealers agent was good, dealership management a pain. Used GMAC financing for one month, then paid off with credit union (4% for 5 years 50% loan to value) The credit guy at the dealership said it was a convenience issue with title work; no penalty for early payoff.0
luv2fgtfire Posts: 105 Colorado 4WD LS Crew Cab Z71 1SE 3.5L I5 Automatic w/ Heavy Duty Trailering Equipment ($270), Body Colored Wheel Flares ($100) & Body Side Moldings ($100) $28,355-MSRP. Paid $22,943.85 after GM Employee Discount and $2000 cash incentive. Tax, Title, License and Dealer Fees were extra.0
Why did the employee pricing change from end of July to September on Colorados? It appears GM is still advertising employee pricing but is it truly employee pricing since prices decreased approx. $700 - $1000? Employee pricing is usually a percentage off of invoice and the invoice price did not change on the colorado. Is this false advertising?
I paid approx. $800 more in July than the current employee price in September even though I purchased with a dealership that participated in employee pricing.
I do not think I paid what GM employees paid as there advertising goes.0
I got the employee price after reviewing my contract.
The #14 posting is in error. No wrong doing by the dealership or GM.0
tampaconsumer Posts: 2Hi, my brother just bought a 2006 Chevy Colorado Regular cab, 2WD, 5-speed manual Transmission, 2.8 liter/4-cylinder. He was telling me over the phone that the MSRP on the truck is $15,330 and the Invoice price is $16,260. when he said this, i got a very bad feeling that he got taken by the salesman. I looked over my papers from the purchase of my 2004 Silverado that i bought new back in mid-2004. It had an MSRP $27,260 and the Invoice price of $24,096. I believe that the Invoice for my brothers truck includes the Factory Holdback and possibly other in-valid charges. Can anyone on this forum tell me if i am reading these numbers correctly? Should the Invoice price always be quite lower than the MSRP? I read this really good site that is very imformative. The Factory Holdback is not supposed to be included in the buyers price as it is given back to the Dealership once it sales the vehicle. Please contact me if you have any information on this issue.
Juan, Tampa, FL0
I sell Chevys not that far from you, Invoice will always be lower than MSRP, I suspect your brother did not have his figures right. Holdback is not reflected in either MSRP or Invoice pricing, it is listed separately on the invoice. For the record, if you ask to see the invoice and the salesman refuses, you are in the wrong dealership. Today, since everyone has access to this info anyhow on the net, there is no reason not to be up front with all of this information.0
Does $24,000 with $26000 OTD sound like a good price on a left over 2006 Canyon SLT 4x4 with an MSRP of about $32,000?0
Check the used price of your vehicle 06 with 100 miles on kbb.com, nada.com and edmunds.com. Take the average of the 2 lowest prices and add 1000-1500. The car is almost 2 years old. I'm assuming around $21000 is what you are looking at (closer to 20-21 if the build date on the drivers door well is in 05). Otd is not very descriptive as sales tax is 300- $2000 depending on State.
Do check into the 07 Nissan Frontier (they sell for 3500-4000) off MSRP or the Tacoma. (5000-6000 off MSRP). The quality differential, power and features are too good to mess with colorado/canyon as GM really screwed the pooch with it.
You are probably talking about 24-$27000 for a 07 crew Frontier or Tacoma with features of the SLT. The Honda Ridgeline may also be something you want to check out. (5000-6000 off MSRP)
If you want to go GM the Silverado Full size is the way to go. If published turning circle is correct, a Chev Silverado is the same as the Canyon in a fullsize truck, and much higher quality and power. Last summer the Silverado sold for 9-10k off MSRP and will probably do the same this year putting you in the 22-24000 range for a 07 Silverado (with the new 100k warranty).
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Does $24,000 with $26000 OTD sound like a good price on a left over 2006 Canyon SLT 4x4 with an MSRP of about $32,000?0
The Colorado is the only midsize truck I can find with a powerful 4cyl, double cab, and automatic. Anyone recently get one in that trim, and what did you pay?
Ford, Nissan, and Toyota don't seem to want business, so why is this forum so dead?0
See if you can work 10000 off msrp for a 07 Dodge Dakota 4x4 v6, (19000 range with lifetime powertrain warranty) or a nissan frontier 4x4 crew 21000-22000 range. A tacoma will cost you at least 23000-24000. The colorado interior an build quality are miserable and you should at least test drive the others to prove it. It would be less for a 2wd.
The Colorado is the only midsize truck I can find with a powerful 4cyl, double cab, and automatic. Anyone recently get one in that trim, and what did you pay?
Ford, Nissan, and Toyota don't seem to want business, so why is this forum so dead?0
Thanks for the reply jfritsch.
I want a double cab, strong 4cyl, automatic, and 2wd. I guess the Colorado is the only truck that can deliver all those requirements.
I would take a V6 if the purchase price and gas mileage weren't more than an I4, but I guess that ain't happenin'.
I know the Colorado's interior is no great shakes, but I'm not style conscious for work trucks. Are you saying the Colorado's mechanicals are poor? I thought the Vortec 2.9L and Hydramatic were considered rock solid. Am I hearing wrong?
If you look at the specs, you have an awful heavy truck paired with a 4 cyl. Even the I5 5 cyl colorado is criticized for being underpowered. The reason you can only find one option in a crew cab 4 cyl is that it isn't a good idea.
If the real world hwy/city mpg of the others would be about 19mpg, I wouldn't trade a weak truck for 22 mpg. The mileage might not even pan out. Check out the new mileage specs for the 08s (which is supposed to be more "realistic") and see. Perhaps there is a real world mpg forum for the colorado like the other vehicles.
I drove the colorado 4cyl in addition to the others and the body roll (with a 200 lb passenger), handling, build quality and power were miserable. No comparison to the quality of Chev's Big Silverado and other more mid size offerings. Plus with the others you can tow 6000+ pounds.
Given the choices, I would not buy the 07 4 cyl crew colorado in a 4x4 unless well under 19-20k. A 2wd even less. This is if you have many GM points and need to use them.
Good luck
Yea, I do have about $2K worth of GM points.
Look, I have an old Toyota that is surprisingly heavy, and has a 105hp 4cyl. Now that truck has always been a dog, and I've lived with it happily for 14 years. I don't need to drive faster than 65mph, I don't need to tow, and I don't need a 0-60 time in under 10 seconds. So I figured the 185hp would be fine.
I do get your drift about a 4cyl. If you are impatient or tow, a big 4cyl can be less fuel efficient than a small 6cyl. I am concerned with every MPG, considering that gas may be $8 a gallon in 5 years.
While the power issue doesn't bother me, I am concerned with your comments about build quality. I thought the GM I4, Hydramatic, and driveline were reliable, but apparently you know something I don't. Do you care to elaborate?
In my drives I was noting the interior quality, body fit and finish, handling, comfort and power.
As far as statistical quality for mechanics goes, Consumer reports yearly automotive survey at your library has the most comprehensive survey of reliability available.
Good luck
Yea, I do have about $2K worth of GM points.
Look, I have an old Toyota that is surprisingly heavy, and has a 105hp 4cyl. Now that truck has always been a dog, and I've lived with it happily for 14 years. I don't need to drive faster than 65mph, I don't need to tow, and I don't need a 0-60 time in under 10 seconds. So I figured the 185hp would be fine.
I do get your drift about a 4cyl. If you are impatient or tow, a big 4cyl can be less fuel efficient than a small 6cyl. I am concerned with every MPG, considering that gas may be $8 a gallon in 5 years.
While the power issue doesn't bother me, I am concerned with your comments about build quality. I thought the GM I4, Hydramatic, and driveline were reliable, but apparently you know something I don't. Do you care to elaborate?
I don't consider CR to be a legitimate source for auto info. It's one scandle after another with CR outsourcing drivers seat tests and making a public announcement about the contractor who messed up the test giving 8-11 bad ratings incorrectly. CR bases its owner evaluations off of those who subscribe to the rag so who knows why some of their subscribers respond and why others don't.0
bwherr Posts: 1A left over, never titled 2006 Chevrolet Colorado with a window sticker of $21,230.00 can be mine for $16,500.00 plus tax and title. Is this a fair price?0
Look up your vehicle used on kbb.om or edmunds .com since that is what your car is now for practical purposes. That may be a mediocre price on a new 07 much less an 06.
Good luck
A left over, never titled 2006 Chevrolet Colorado with a window sticker of $21,230.00 can be mine for $16,500.00 plus tax and title. Is this a fair price?0
I would try to get at least another $500 off.0
misha1957 Posts: 6I never throught I would buy a Colorado because the automotive press has always been so hard on them, but the deals over the past few weeks were too good to resist. Frankly, once I test drove one, it was clear the press had really exaggerated any drawbacks compared to the Tacoma. Also, after reading on the internet about Tacoma's un-resolved "engine surge" issues and the company's refusal to acknowledge them, I really soured on getting one of those. I had also considered Nissan's Frontier, but the company's reliability record has been generally no better (or worse) than Chevy's on JD Powers surveys the past few years, so I couldn't justify the higher price. Basically, the small-sized GM trucks started looking better and better, and the massive incenrtives finally enticed me. Anyhow, I digress. Here was my buying experience on Sunday, 21 September 2008.
I did massive research on he internet, so I walked in knowing exactly what I wanted, and exactly what I was willing to pay. I found exactly what I was looking for and called the dealer up to make sure it was still in-stock - a 2008, Colorado Crew Cab, LT, 5 Cyl, RWD, in Dark Ruby pretty well "loaded" with:
- Leather seats & Leather wrapped steering wheel
- Power seats (both passenger & driver)
- Heated seats
- Side air bags
- Power windows, locks and mirrors
- Sunroof/moonroof
- 6-disc,CD changer w/ XM & MP3
- Sliding rear window
- Chrome wheels (basically extra-shiney "alloy" wheels)
- Onstar
- Bedliner
- probably a couple of things I'm forgetting
MSRP was 27,5XX, GM Employee price was 24,7XX, minus $1,500 "cash back" it came to $23,265, and after subtracting an additional $1,500 in GM credit-card discounts, it came to $21,765. Unfortunately sales tax was $1,800, which pretty much wiped out my GM-card benefits - Maryland sucks for sales tax.
The dealer's finance guy got us 4.9% interest over 60 months thru BoA (which beat my bank's pre-approved 5.44%).
I'd newer used this dealer before (Ourisman Rockmont, in Rockville MD), but they were fine, and very efficient. The entire process from walking in, to driving home took about 1hr 20 minutes.
So far, so good. I'm happy with my purchase. We'll see how it holds up over time; maybe I'll post a follow up in a few months.
Mike R.0


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Pink is the new black, 50 is the new 40 and, when it comes to summer movies, Wednesday has become the new Friday.
Between now and Labor Day, the major studios and several independent distributors are releasing more than half a dozen new films on a Wednesday, usually considered one of the slowest days of the week for moviegoing.
Although this week's national Wednesday premieres - Sony's Pineapple Express and Warner Bros.' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 - opened two days early in part to avoid the start of the 2008 Olympics, the midweek theatrical openings are largely designed to maximize positive buzz so the new releases can hit Friday with a full head of steam.
"We think our movie plays really, really well," says Chris McGurk, whose Overture Films will release Don Cheadle's terrorist drama Traitor on Aug. 27 in order to get a jump on the Labor Day holiday. "We just believe releasing it on a Wednesday before a four-day weekend is like having a rolling sneak preview."
Says Jack Foley, the distribution chief for Focus Features, whose comedy Hamlet 2 will move into wide release on Aug. 27: "You get a lot of positive word of mouth going into the weekend. You have two days of people validating the movie locally."
While The Dark Knight's summer receipts are so stunning it's not a fair predictor of any other movie's performance, the Batman Begins sequel's midweek numbers have shown that moviegoers will flock to the multiplex on days other than the weekend.
In breaking so many box-office records (on Monday, it became the fastest film to surpass $400 million domestically, doing so in 18 days), The Dark Knight has sold more than $8 million in tickets every weeknight except Monday (when it grossed $6.3 million), with its earliest midweek nightly grosses topping $20 million.
Thanks in part to so much midweek attendance, total summer grosses are up about 1 percent from last year's vacation season, when domestic ticket sales hit a record $4.16 billion. Total summer admissions, however, are down more than 3 percent from last summer, with the higher grosses driven by an average national ticket price of $7.16, according to new data from the National Association of Theater Owners.
Some distributors say the summer's overall returns - coupled with the consistent midweek revenue - suggest that some people hurt by the struggling economy are going to the movies rather than taking off on vacations.
"It's a sign that people are not only picking movies as the weekend choice for entertainment but also in the middle of the week as well," says Jeff Blake, vice chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Sony moved up the release of Pineapple Express from Friday to Wednesday for several reasons: to avoid the Olympics, separate itself by a week from this coming Wednesday's Tropic Thunder (which Paramount and DreamWorks previously moved from Aug. 15) and generate early heat for its R-rated stoner comedy. It worked; Pineapple shattered the record for a Wednesday release, raking in more than $12 million on its first day in theaters.
"No one would ever release a movie on a Wednesday if they didn't have a movie that really played," Blake says. "You don't want to risk the weekend if you have a movie that doesn't."
Distributors say Wednesday openings - especially late in the summer, when kids are starting to return to school - actually boost, rather than cannibalize, weekend grosses.
In deciding to release Hamlet 2 in 100 theaters on Aug. 22 (a Friday) before taking it to 1,700 theaters on Aug. 27 (a Wednesday), Focus looked at the performance of its Vanity Fair in 2004 and The Constant Gardener in 2005, both of which opened on Wednesdays and did strong business before the weekend.
"Wednesday is not a dead day at any time of the year, frankly, because of what it can do for your film," Foley says. "You get a lot more money on the Wednesday and Thursday of that first week than what you would get on the following Wednesday and Thursday. And I would rather get as much of my money up front then let the movie play out week after week."
Similarly, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 maker Warner Bros. looked at the Wednesday premieres of Disney's The Princess Diaries 2 in August 2004 and Freaky Friday in August 2003 and saw that a film appealing to girls could do strong business following a midweek launch; both Disney films grossed more than $95 million domestically.
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For nostalgic fans of Hollywood marketing, the Wednesday premiere appears to be killing off a long-standing sales tool: the sneak preview.
In years past, studios would present special screenings of a few movies with broad audience appeal every year, usually a week or two before premieres.
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I am curious about reverse mortgages and am wondering if this is a good option for me. If so, how do I find a reputable mortgage rep to work with? --Jeanne, Boothwyn, PA
This is a question that more and more people have been asking since 2008 when many retirement nest eggs shrunk significantly. On the surface -- and certainly in those TV commercials featuring aging actors -- reverse mortgages sound great: tax-free, easy access to cash that is safe and effective. That description is mostly true, but there are a few caveats.
Here are the basics: a reverse mortgage is a special kind of loan that allows you to turn your home equity into cash in a variety of ways. You can choose to receive monthly payments, or an equity line to pay-outs as needed, or a combination. The amount you can borrow varies and is based on your lender, your age, the value of the home, current interest rates and loan fees.
You can use the money from a reverse mortgage for anything, from paying bills to making home improvements. Unlike a traditional home equity loan, a reverse mortgage doesn't need to be paid back immediately or even during your lifetime. So, no monthly payments required! Additionally, reverse mortgage loans are not taxable (however loan interest is not tax-deductible) and do not affect your Social Security or Medicare benefits.
To be eligible for a reverse mortgage, you have to be at least 62 years old and own your home outright -- or be able to pay off your home with proceeds from the loan -- and you must also live in the home. Most residences qualify and there is no income or medical requirement; however, you must be current on your property taxes and homeowner's insurance and may need to show evidence to a lender that you can continue to stay current on those payments.
Here's the catch: the costs associated with reverse mortgages are usually steep and include having to pay for mortgage insurance regardless of how much equity you have and accruing interest owed over time, typically at a variable rate. Upfront costs tend to be high and are paid out of your home equity at closing. In addition, there are other fees tacked on the backend.
The costs may not be a concern at first since most of them are paid after death or selling the home, but keep in mind that they could significantly reduce what is left for your heirs. Additionally, it is important to consider that a reverse mortgage could affect Medicaid eligibility since they count loan proceeds as an asset; and if you ultimately needed to leave your home for medical reasons or became delinquent on property tax and homeowner's insurance bills, the lender could require selling your home ASAP.
Another danger with reverse mortgages, as with most other senior-focused products and services, is the potential for scams and unethical sales practices. An example of this is when a lending representative sells a reverse mortgage and then recommends using the proceeds from the loan to purchase a potentially expensive and restrictive financial product, like an annuity.
Some experts who specialize in advising seniors recommend a reverse mortgage as a "last resort," because of the costs and risks compared to other options, like refinancing, home equity loans or single-purpose loans they may not know about. Many cities around the country have local organizations that offer free or low-cost programs to help seniors in need. To find out what resources might be available in your area, visit www.ncoa.org or www.eldercare.gov.
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