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LOYAL phone users who stay with the same telco and don't bother upgrading their plans are likely to be paying too much.
New research released by telco comparison website WhistleOut shows "sticky" phone users are causing themselves more harm than good - 46 per cent have never changed their phone plan unless they upgrade their phone.
The site's data has revealed some of the best plans released 18 months ago that included 5GB of data cost around $40 per month but today they can cost just $25 per month -a difference of $360 over a two year contract.
WhistleOut's spokesman Kenny McGilvary urged more telco users to review the deals they are on, particularly those that have seen through a contract, because chances are there's going to be much better for value offers available.
"Phone plans are changing all the time, with carriers consistently bringing bigger and better deals on to the market at good prices,'' he said.
"So those people who don't look at what's available outside of their phone ownership cycle are missing out, sadly -checking what's available just doesn't seem to be a consideration for half of us."
And the perception that changing phone carriers is difficult appears to be nothing more than a myth -once customers have found the new plan or deal they want, they just need to order a new SIM card through their new carrier and when signing up let them know they want to take their existing number with them.
Once the new SIM arrives it just needs to be activated and the process of transferring the existing number across can begin, usually taking just a couple of hours.
But before ditching your old phone provider, the peak body for consumer representation in communications, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network's spokesman Luke Sutton, said consumers should try and do it without being slugged by nasty contract exit fees.
"If you're locked into a contract with a mobile provider it's likely that you will have to pay an early termination fee to break the contract early," he said.
"It might be best to wait until the contract expires to switch providers to avoid paying the early termination fee."


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Hold onto your red hats and make sure you have plenty of emergency sandwiches, because everyone's favourite Peruvian, marmalade-loving bear will be back on the big screen in Paddington 2, released on 10th November.
From his sense of style to his honest values, here's just some of the reasons why everyone should have a pal like Paddington…
He's the most polite bear you'll ever meet
Paddington is the sort of bear you could take to meet your grandparents, or anyone for that matter. Having been taught etquiette by his Aunt and Uncle in darkest Peru, Paddington always remembers his pleases and thank yous and could put any human's manners to shame. You might just want to keep an eye on him when he's using the "facilities" however...
He's a great conversationalist
What's a friend if you can't have great conversation with them? As well as etiquette lessons, Paddington was also taught the importance of chit-chat whilst he was young. As any true Londoner would be able to, Paddington can talk about the weather and even name all 100 plus ways to say that it is raining, which comes in pretty hand let's face it. It's hard to deny that we love talking about the weather in all its extremes, so whether it is positively tipping it down, or raining cats and dogs, Paddington would fit right in.
He always tries to do what's right
What better quality to have in a friend than someone who will always try to do what is right... even if they do it by accident.
In Paddington our favourite bear diligently tried to return a dropped wallet, without actually realising the careless customer was in fact a thief. Borrowing a skateboard, hitching a ride on a bus, and even flying through the air, this little bear from Peru would stop at nothing until he had caught the bad guy. He's a real unassuming hero, the best kind of BFF.
He's a style icon
Not only is Paddington a fun and charming furry companion, it's a well known fact that hanging out with him increases your cool factor by at least 75%. Whilst you might not be able to compare to his iconic sense of style (all hail the blue duffle coat and red hat), as long as you've got ample sandwich pockets on your jacket, you'll both be good to go.
He's honest, brave and loyal
Honesty is one of the best virtues anyone could have, and Paddington is always truthful... even when the truth seems a little bit ridiculous. As his daring exploits against dastardly taxidermist Milicent (Nicole Kidman) proved, he's also the bravest bear you'll ever meet and fiercely loyal to his new-found family, the Browns. As well as saving the day, Paddington also teaches them what it means to be a real family, and helps to bring them all closer together.
He's got great taste
Aside from being adorable, stylish, loveable, and polite, Paddington is also very low maintenance so would make a great house guest. As we all know, marmalade contains all the vitamins and nutrients a bear needs, so as long as you're well stocked up on the sweet stuff, you'll have a very happy bear.
Click here to book your tickets for Paddington 2, released on 10th November.
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Found Sound # 3
Wednesday March 18 2009
Tape Projects space, Melbourne
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Ross Manning =--- light, electronics, generating sound, video, Upside down cake, instrument building, colourful noise, dinosaurs, junk assembly, re purposed old technology, sculpture, custom devices, kinetics, film, installation and love. Ross has performed and exhibited his light/electronic/invented contraptions widely, including at Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Bus Gallery Meloburne, Australian Centre for Photography, Liquid Architecture, Other Film Festival & Brisbane Festival check out www.myspace.com/rossfmanning
Rod Cooper is a Melbourne-based artist who works across the fields of sound, metallurgy, painting and sculpture. Since 1998, he has been transforming traditional instrument designs into new hybrids. Each sculpture features a large range of sounds, incorporating percussion, bowing mechanisms, resonant springs and acoustic noise. Rod has collaborated extensively with musicians and artists such as Ben Harper, Sean Baxter, Anthony Magen and Ros Bandt, has performed at many events including The Make It Up Club Festival, Liquid Architecture, NowNow and UnSound and has also toured his hybrid forms to Ireland, New Zealand, America and the UK.
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21, October 2014: The Elite Travel Group Conference of 2014, held in Seville, has reported how the Financial Conduct Agency (FCA) could play a role in making banks either work on improving or outright cancel misleading family holiday insurance policies.
"These free policies are not really free, and there's a lot of small print," said speaker Andrea Clayton. In her speech, the speaker highlighted how banks had, in the past, managed to get away with providing appealing travel insurance by hiding numerous conditions in the fine print. These banks would then mask the fine print further by using legal terms the average consumer would have difficulty understanding.
There is good news, though, in that banks may not be able to do this anymore, since the FCA have begun to formally review such insurance policies. Clayton notes that the FCA now insists banks implement processes to provide clear, truthful and transparent information about their coverage online.
Clayton adds that dedicated insurance agencies are still the best places to obtain family holiday insurance. "They are the experts and they know what the customers need," she says. Experts in the industry agree, saying that brokers are not only more familiar with the ins and outs of travel insurance, but their occupations are directly tied to the reliability of the services they provide. They stress that while banks may offer free travel insurance in order to entice consumers to give them their business, making a claim on these policies can be very difficult if all conditions are not met.
The FCA's formal reviews, however, may change all that in the near future. Banks will be forced to expose the fine print they rely on to avoid paying out on claims. This will work in one of two ways: they will either improve their travel insurance payouts, or they will stop offering the service altogether.
In any case, the seeds of doubt have been sown - and those seeking family holiday insurance will benefit the most from this government crackdown.
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Unnecessary Opinion of the Day: George R. R. Martin Really Liked Ant-Man
Everyone's favorite part-time author has some Marvel opinions he would love to share with you.
George R. R. Martin, creator of something called Game of Thrones wrote a post on his blog July 21 detailing his satisfaction with the newest Marvel movie Ant Man.
In long form he admits his anxieties that the film would destroy everything he loved about the original Stan Lee character...
I am relieved and delighted to report that they did it right.
Scott Lang is the featured Ant-Man, yes, and Paul Rudd makes him a sympathetic and engaging protagonist, but due honor is done to Hank and his own career as the first Ant-Man as well, with Michael Douglas turning in a fine performance as Pym. There's a lot of humor in this film, but it is not a farce, as I feared it might be. There's a lot of action too, but not so much that it overwhelms the plot and characters, which was my problem with the last AVENGERS film... and the one before it, to think of it. A superhero movie needs a fair share of smashing and bashing and stuff blowing up, of course, but IMNSHO that stuff works best when it is happening to people we actually know and care about, and if you jam in too many characters and don't take time to develop any of them properly, well...
ANT-MAN has a proper balance of story, character, humor, and action, I think. A couple reviewers are calling it the best Marvel movie ever. I won't go that far, but it's right up there, maybe second only to the second Sam Raimi/ Tobey McGuire Spider-Man film, the one with Doc Ock. I've liked most of the Marvel movies, to be sure, I'm still a Marvel fanboy at heart (Excelsior!), but I liked this one more than the first AVENGERS and a lot more than the second, more than either THOR, more than the second and third IRON MAN and maybe just a smidge more than the first (though I liked that one a lot too).
Just so you know, Martin's whole blog post totals 1,040 words. That's like four pages of a Game of Thrones book. Just do that for 3,200 days and baby, you've got a book going.
Martin has already said that the next book, The Winds of Winter will most likely not come out until 2016, though the publisher has yet to set a date.
Of course, we all know what his reaction would be to this entreaty:
In closing, you do you, George. Glad you liked that movie.
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Industry Ministry Internet Site in Arabic
(Communicated by Ministry of Industry and Trade Spokesman)
The Ministry of Industry and Trade today (Tuesday) 11.4.2000 has opened its internet site in Arabic. This is the first Arabic-language site for a government ministry and will provide information, aid for investors and entrepreneurs, projects, small businesses, technological greenhouses and training programs as well as international commercial relations, consumer issues and industrial regulations.
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Types of Answering ServicesBy: Ivy Fernandez
In digital age, business sectors has been doing a lot of innovative way to expand their services even in digital platforms.
Business companies have different types of answering services to the most of their clients.
First is what we call The Live Answering Services. It is the most effective way and common method to communicate with people. Using telephones and mobile phones, they use to render services for their clients. It is like answering calls like you were talking personally and doing business face to face. It takes time yet shows professionalism because of interpersonal communication which both can directly tell the messages for a better understanding. This type of service can work for a lot of businesses, and can handle a wide range of call volumes, which is why it's the most popular and the most common.
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Third is The Internet Answering Services. These answering services would also include features such as accessing your messages online, live web chat services, answering web inquiries, and order processing. In this services, people may inquire online and a generated messages will reply to you telling the answers to your queries. This is also a live chat support where online transactions are being made. It is a way of sending messages through emails, chat and other process.
Lastly is what we call The Call Center Services. This is very common nowadays. With BPO as what we can refer them. They cater a huge amount of calls everyday from different parts of the world. It is like a Live Answering Services but to a specific task of qualifying the lead, taking orders, placing orders and assisting clients needs accordingly. It requires time to assist each clients over the phone having measured of quality and quantity of calls.
These four types of answering services play the biggest role in a company. It is where communication starts leading to understanding the clients and giving the satisfactory rate of customer services.


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Off-form Ashfield RUFC were knocked off the top of the table after they were beaten 30-5 by Bingham.
Ashfield needed to bounce back from two consecutive defeats to maintain their top of the table position, but they did not expect to encounter a spirited Bingham side who played the conditions and better rugby throughout.
It's difficult to identify the reason for the loss of form by Ashfield. They currently have injuries, they have players who have made themselves unavailable, and the numbers at training have dwindled, but it's the lack of confidence that is most worrying as Ashfield only a few weeks ago looked to go all season undefeated in the league.
Head Coach Paul Hodson said: "Today was a difficult result to take, we were beaten by the better team and I know at the end of the game all the lads were bitterly disappointed.
"League titles are not decided on one game and I am sure that our lads will use this defeat as motivation for the rest of the season, following the examples of players Rob Kirk and Mark Denman who both put in great effort in defeat".
Bingham playing with the wind at their backs in the first half and unsurprisingly took an early lead with a try from forward Lee Stokoe.
Ashfield have for several weeks fallen foul of the referee's whistle and it was a series of penalties that lead to the first try as Bingham went 7-0 up.
Trying to clear their defensive line, Ashfield kicked the ball away and how Bingham made them pay.
John Thomas crossed the try line from a 5m scrum in front of the Ashfield posts following another moment on indiscipline by the Ashfield forwards to extend the lead to 12-0.
Ashfield had few clear cut chances in this match, but on 26 minutes, following a sustained period of play inside the Bingham 22, Ashfield should have converted this territory advantage into points.
Ashfield's forwards, in particular Dan Chapman and Chris Houseman, coming close but Bingham were resolute in defence.
With the penalty count increasing it was inevitable that the referee would take some stern action and it was the Bingham scrum half who took a team yellow card, the first of four the referee would issue.
This didn't affect the Bingham side who had gained in confidence throughout the opening 30 minutes.
It was an indiscretion by Ashfield's Mark Denman, holding on in a ruck that gave Bingham a further three points, which was compounded by a yellow card to Denman for his troubles. Some 15m out and in centre field, the invitation was accepted, to give the home side a commanding 15 point lead.
With the players from both sides trying the referee's patience, flanker Simon Downie was time and again penalised at the breakdown when he was for the majority playing the ball legally.
But it was Bingham on 43 minutes who collected their second yellow card for not rolling away having moments earlier returned to 15 players.
The half-time whistle sounded much to the relief of Ashfield who were sure a 15 point cushion for the home side would not be enough to defend.
With the second half underway Ashfield had pegged the Bingham side back to the edge of their 22 with probing runs by Andy Bennett, Gareth Jones and Greg Newbutt and, against the run of play Bingham stole the ball and broke from deep.
Playing a running game, which was the best way to play the conditions, and eventually finding wing Jamie Graham, who raced in for a try from just inside his own half. The conversion was missed but Bingham had now increased their lead to 20 points.
The referee then penalised Ashfield's Matt Upton for not rolling away in the tackle and to add further misery he was shown a yellow card.
With this, the belief seemed to drain from Ashfield and were systematically taken apart by a rampant Bingham side.
With the Ashfield midfield exposed, Alex Richards breezed through three flailing defenders on 71 minutes to score Bingham's fourth try to all but seal the victory.
Ashfield did score a consolation try on 77 minutes through Mark Denman going in from close range.
With the game almost up there was time for Jamie Graham to race in again for his second try with the Ashfield defence nowhere to be seen.
Ashfield Ladies secured their first league victory over Scunthorpe Ladies RUFC by 15-12.
Tries from Vicky Fagan and Jo Dawson with a conversion and penalty from Chip Harrison secured a vital and much-needed home victory.
Ashfield should take great confidence from this victory and believe that they can match the opposition in skill, endeavour and desire.


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1-Talk is cheap. But its okay, if the person talking is attractive.
2-When the going gets tough the tough get going. Or they stick around. The thing is, the tough do what they want, which is why I started to learn how to cage-fight. Which leads me to my next point.
3-Fighting does solve some problems. Learn how to reason, learn how to punch.
4-Looks are only good for 30 years on a man and 20 years on a woman.
5-I have no idea how the internet works, but its awesome.
6-What goes around comes around. Thanks to the Vietnam Vet, the fence workers, the insurance agent, the mexicans, the other mexican, and the german tourists for giving me rides when I hitchhiked this summer.
7-Women are simple creatures. Just check your ego at the door.
8-Check your ego at the door.
9-Check your massive ego at the door.
10-Life is too short to learn how to play HALO.
11-Life is not too short to spend time on Facebook.
12-Never say never. Unless you really should forget about it.
13-Going uphill is harder than going downhill. Downhill usually signifies a state of progressively worsening conditions. I still don't know how to use the phrase, "Its all downhill from here" properly.
14-I try to provide entertainment for the friends I have who are smarter than me.
15-Traditional education, as it stands and is packaged, is a farce.
16-Pink Floyd has 90% of it right.
17-No task is below you. Unless its literally on the ground.
18-Its 'manila' folders, not 'vanilla' folders.
19-Salad is the best medicine.
20-God, indeed, does care
21-Obama, indeed, does not
22-The FED is a private corporation, unaudited and largely unregulated by the US government.
23-The only stillness left in the world is outdoors in remote, wild places. However, I'm not sure how much fun Henry Thoreau would have been to hang out with.
24-Money really doesn't matter. Except when you need it.
25-Life goes better when you do what you know you should do. I don't think I'll ever make the bed though.
26-Relationships and agency. Thats all we really have. But Ipods really are cool while we got 'em.
27-My mom knows best.
28-My father is easier to get a 'yes' from.
29-Beautiful women are like dollar bills. They used to have value.
30-You don't have to be able to squat 400 pounds.
31-If it doesn't kill you, it can only make you stronger. My motto. And justification for some really stupid crap.
32-'Large' t-shirts don't go down far enough, so, when they're new, you have to stretch them in between the washer and dryer. Stretch them every time you wash them. You'll have your perfect t-shirt.
33-Sizzler's medium-rare steak is the best inexpensive steak out there.
34-Costa Azul's Barbecue Pork Quesadilla is the only food that has ever made me say a dirty word because it was so delicious.
35-Whoever said "Its better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all" was mentally handicapped.
36-Love does not conquer all.
37-Only when you lose everything are you free to do anything.
38-Charity is one of the best ways to hurt someone. And help. But a sword it is. With two-edges.
39-HMS will accomplish big things.
40-East of Eden is one of the best books ever written.
41-Don't take things too seriously. Unless it needs to be taken seriously.
42-Despite all the evidence that justifies you, there's a good chance you're wrong.
43-It is always your fault.
44-Based on results, you have exactly what you intended. Which is weird to think about when I think of when I tripped on the last hurdle in a race in front of the whole freshman class.
There's more, but that'll do for now.


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Contemporary Examples of sacrilege
He tells The Daily Beast that people thought transplanting organs "was sacrilege."Sanjay Gupta's Pot Pilgrimage for Pain Relief
Valerie Vande Panne
March 11, 2014
In this respect, sacrilege as it may seem, Netanyahu may actually most closely resemble Yitzhak Rabin.Is there a Rabin-Netanyahu Link?
Danielle Spiegel Feld
August 2, 2013
His gesture is so bold it has a whiff of sacrilege, not just of art-world rebellion.If Jack the Ripper Had Made Art
Blake Gopnik
May 28, 2012
The alternative—burning gas over fake logs—seems a sacrilege.The Fireplace Delusion: A Metaphor for Religious Belief
Sam Harris
February 3, 2012
OK, well maybe we do agree with the latter view; that sort of extreme flavoring can veer dangerously close to sacrilege.Lights, Camera, Cocktails
Brody Brown
September 2, 2011
Historical Examples of sacrilege
It was sacrilege to think of changing such old, venerable things.The Dream
Emile Zola
They could not, above all, endure this immensity of perjury and sacrilege.The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete
Duc de Saint-Simon
We have treated of sacrilege, and of conspiracy, and of treason.Laws
His horror at the sacrilege was so ludicrous that Kendrick laughed aloud.Fair Harbor
Joseph Crosby Lincoln
Look at our sacraments—are they a lie, or are they a sacrilege?The Christian
Hall Caine
Word Origin for sacrilege
c.1300, "crime of stealing what is consecrated to God," from Old French sacrilege (12c.), from Latin sacrilegium "temple robbery, a stealing of sacred things," from sacrilegus "stealer of sacred things," noun use of adjective, from phrase sacrum legere "to steal sacred things," from sacrum "sacred object" (from neuter singular of sacer "sacred;" see sacred) + legere "take, pick up" (see lecture (n.)). Second element is not from religion. Transferred sense of "profanation of anything held sacred" is attested from late 14c.


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Submitted by Dan Greenman on Mon, 13/12/2010 - 13:27
On the 13th December of 2010 I received a reply from the Ombudsman. It is interesting to read what they had to say and how they said it.
Of particular note is the confirmation of my new status in law. To quote (emphasis in bold is mine):
"Your affidavits state that you are not a person and it appears that you consider that Government statutes and rules do not apply to you. That being the case, and in the absence of details of any specific administrative action by IRD that could be considered to be unreasonable, no further action will be taken by this Office in relation to your correspondence."
The Ombudsman has not countered my claim and has confirmed that I am no longer an Officer of HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF NEW ZEALAND. I am a freeman on the land.
The Letter
My address has been obscured for obvious reasons.
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HP said net income for its fiscal fourth quarter, ended October 31, rose to $1.7 billion, or 60 cents per share, up from $416 million, or 14 cents per share, in the same period last year. Revenue climbed 7 percent to $24.6 billion. The company took a massive charge in last year's fourth quarter to pay for the layoffs of more than 15,000 employees.
Not counting some additional restructuring costs, earnings per share were 68 cents, above estimates of analysts polled by Reuters Estimates and Thomson First Call. For the full year, HP recorded a profit of $6.2 billion, a 158 percent increase over last year's $2.4 billion in net income. Revenue was $91.7 billion, up about 6 percent, compared with $86.7 billion last year. Earnings per share were $2.18, a 166 percent increase over last year's 82 cents per share.
"This is our most balanced performance in recent memory," said HP CEO Mark Hurd on a conference call with reporters following the release of the numbers. The company enjoyed solid performances from its businesses both by operating segment and by geography, he said.
HP's PC business continued to improve its operating margins during its fourth quarter. Operating profit for the group was $336 million, up from $200 million a year ago. Revenue increased 10 percent compared with last year led by notebook revenue, which was up 24 percent.
Revenue from consumer PC purchases was up 19 percent, while commercial growth was just 4 percent, in line with broader industry trends seen throughout the year. HP regained the top spot in the PC market during the quarter, on the strength of the consumer-focused back-to-school shopping season. Dell, the previous leader, is more dependent on revenue from corporate PC purchases than HP.
That also means that HP usually has an advantage over its rival heading into the end-of-year holiday shopping season. Right now, Hurd said he wasn't completely sure what to expect from the upcoming season, given the lack of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, but he said that the company otherwise expects a normal holiday period.
The company's imaging and printing group traditionally forms the basis of HP's profits, and the fourth quarter was no exception. Imaging and printing profit accounted for about two-thirds of the overall company's total at $1.1 billion, up from $896 million last year, while revenue grew 7 percent to $7.3 billion.
On the enterprise technology side, the company's enterprise storage and servers group posted a 4 percent increase in revenue to $4.7 billion. Profits were $502 million, up 24 percent, compared with $404 million a year ago. Revenue from servers based on Intel and Advanced Micro Devices' x86 processors was up 9 percent, but networked storage revenue grew just 1 percent.
HP's software business will look very different in upcoming quarters, as it folds in products from Mercury Interactive, which it officially acquired last week. Mercury will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary until early 2007, Hurd told financial analysts on a separate conference call. A product road map should be coming in 90 days or so, with merged products expected by February, he said.
HP's revenue gains may appear tepid, but that's the consequence of reaching $90 billion in annual revenue, Hurd said. Instead, profit gains have been Hurd's mantra since he took over last year; though 15,300 people had to lose their jobs to achieve it, HP's profit margin is greatly improved from a year ago. The company has "substantially" completed the layoffs announced last year, Hurd said.
Despite the gain in profits, Hurd said the company still has more work to do in eliminating costs from ongoing activities, not just settling for the one-time gains from the layoffs. "We've got to do better than this," he said, though he noted that he was pleased with the company's performance this year.
In response to questions, Hurd briefly addressed the boardroom spying scandal that cost Patricia Dunn her post as chairman of HP's board of directors, in addition to the resignations of General Counsel Ann Baskins and another top lawyer at the company. He had no news about the vacancies on HP's board following the resignation of Dunn, George Keyworth and Tom Perkins, but said, "We're trying to get HP the best board we possibly can and the best board on the planet."
He also did not provide an update on the company's internal investigation into the matter, but said HP will eventually share some of what it had learned with the public.
"I'm trying to not only understand exactly what happened, but how we're going to lead in this area going forward," Hurd said.
Dell had been expected to report earnings on Thursday as well, but delayed its earnings because of an ongoing SEC investigation into its accounting practices.
Reuters contributed to this report.
Facebook wants to show it's a force for good amid scandals: At Facebook's Communities Summit, the social network unveils updates to tools for blood donations, nonprofits and mentorships.
Qualcomm-FTC lawsuit: Everything you need to know: The antitrust case could decide how smartphones get made in the future -- and what they cost.


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Broadway To Vegas
Copyright: November 23, 1998
By: Laura Deni
Barbra Streisand and James Brolin
When Barbra Streisand married James Brolin the diva looked into the eyes of her beloved groom and sang
I've Dreamed of You.
The meaningful lyrics were written by Ann Hampton Callaway, who is not only a gifted composer-lyricist but, with a three-octave range, one of the best cabaret singers in the business.
I had the pleasure of interviewing the intelligent, gracious lady at the Skyline Recording Studio in Manhattan where she was busy at work.
Ann Hampton Callaway
I've Dreamed Of You
wedding serenade wasn't the first time Streisand had sung a Callaway lyric. Streisand recorded Ann's
At the Same Time
At the Same Time
is a song I wrote about world peace," explained Callaway.
Nor is Streisand the first superstar to record Callaway creations.
Several years ago Ann developed a friendship with Liza Minnelli who was noted for the parties she threw. "She has great New York parties and all of us got together in her home. During some of these nights she heard some of my songs and said she wanted to record two of my songs, which is incredible!" exclaimed Callaway.
Callaway is also the only person accepted by the Cole Porter estate as a collaborator.
"A friend of mine introduced me to a lyric of Cole Porter's that had never been set to music. He wrote it after his accident," she said referring to a tragedy that began while Porter was on vacation in the summer of 1937. While riding his horse threw him and fell on his legs, crushing them and causing extensive damage to Porter's nervous system. Porter spent the remainder of his life in constant paint. Even after 31 operations, he never fully recovered. In 1958 his right leg was amputated.
Cole Porter
"It's a beautiful poignant lyric," continued Ann about Porter's lyric to
I Gaze Into Your Eyes.
My friend suggested that I write the music. So, I did. I never dreamed that the Cole Porter estate would accept it as the only musical collaboration to his lyric. I'm just very honored that they have allowed this to be in the catalogue."
As a Porter aside - the legendary composer-lyricist, who died Oct. 15, 1964, came to the then New Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas in June, 1955. Porter's Broadway musical
Silk Stockings
was a huge hit. It had been seven months since Sammy Davis, Jr. had lost an eye in an auto crash. Davis was making his first appearance since losing the eye and Porter came to Vegas to see the show. Davis along with his father and uncle were known as The Will Mastin Trio. During the act, Davis performed three of Porter's top hits.
Cabarets, bistros, intimate nightclubs. Ann Hampton Callaway is a mainstay. She's optimistic about the future for cabaret artists.
"We are seeing a great resurgence of talent, and development of more talent as record labels start to take these people more seriously. Cabaret is finally being recognized as a very important part of American art form."
"I like the intimacy of cabaret," she continued. "I like it when people can get really close into a song, hear all of the words and live an emotional experience."
"Good music is coming back," she insisted."We're starting to see some of the great singer/songwriters coming up with lyrics that really mean something - the pendulum is swinging. People want to hear songs that make them feel something, not just going through the motions of just hearing a beat. Beats are great," she quickly added, "but I think people want to get in touch with gorgeous things in life - to feel love."
"One of the great things about cabaret is that it allows people to completely lose themselves. You get out in the modern world and there is just too much going on to remember what it is important in life. So, when you hear music it just gets you back to your roots.
Ella Fitzgerald
Ann's ability to scat has drawn raves, comparing her to Ella Fitzgerald. That and her name have resulted in some confusion. An inspired Ann wrote a little ditty called
I'm Too White To Sing the Blues' Blues
in which she reflects that because of her name, folks who have only heard her sing, think she's related to Lionel Hampton and Cab Callaway.
"My father is John Callaway. A journalist. People in Chicago know him. He's had a show on PBS there. He's a great jazz fan. So, I got a lot of my jazz influence from him. He taught me to sing scat," she explained.
My mother is a voice teacher here in New York and my sister and I got tremendous inspiration from her," said Ann referring to her sister, Liz, who was in the Broadway production of
Miss Saigon.
Ann and Liz have also performed together.
It's been an extremely long road that Callaway has climbed in the limited world of cabaret. On the plus side, the cabaret venue is one of the few that doesn't worship youth.
Ann's voice can handle soft ballads to brassy tunes. She also has a wit that can handle the crowd. She's worked the rooms with the drunks - the ones where the stage is so close to the door that people walk in and out during mid sentence.
Years ago Ann developed an audience grabbing gimmick of writing a song based upon audience suggestions. "I'm unpredictable and I have a lot of fun," she explained. "I get maybe 10 or 15 suggestions. Then I say a silent prayer to the cabaret god, and write a song including all of the audience suggestions."
That can lead anywhere.
Take the first time Ann heard the word liposuction - "I didn't know what it was, or barium enema, and those were two of the suggestions people in the audience yelled out. I did a very funny song about them. Then I found out what they were!"
Recently Ann Hampton Callaway finished another outstanding engagement at Rainbow & Stars. Her CD
After Hours
was voted Outstanding Recording by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs. Her current act features songs from her forthcoming
Easy Living
The Very Thought of You, Round Midnight,
She's talented and magnificent, personable and a delight. If you have a chance to experience her performance, you'll understand why Ann Hampton Callaway helps make cabaret an art form to treasure.
The highly touted
The Blue Room,
which had London critics dog-earring the old thesaurus scrambling for superlatives about Nicole Kidman's naked body, begins previews Nov. 27 at the Cort Theatre.
Nicole Kidman
The play stars the gorgeous Nicole Kidman in her birthday suit debut and the handsome Iain Glen - also bare beamed.
To the credit of Kidman and Glen, satiated after the requisite eyeful, the audience actually pays attention to the play and marvelous acting ability of both stars.
Davis Hare has adapted Arthur Schnitzler's turn-of-the century lustful classic
La Ronde.
Sam Mendes directs. This production also marks Kidman's American stage debut.
Biggest problem for Nicole, while she is on stage, will be to keep her husband, Tom Cruise, in check. Rosie O'Donnell, who refers to Nicole as "the woman married to my Tommy," is within walking distance of her unrequited love.
The Blue Room,
is in for only 111 performances. Official opening is Dec. 13. Good luck on getting tickets.
on Feb.15 the tennis champ receives the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the ESPY Awards at Radio City Music Hall.
Dana Carvey entertained for over an hour and you had to be a billionaire to sit in the first two rows.
Dana Carvey
Comdex, the largest trade show in the country, pulled out of Las Vegas on Friday with a goodly number of computerites taking with them hangovers and memories of a rowdy good time.
Las Vegans have long joked that Comdex computer geeks arrive in Vegas with one shirt and a $20 bill, changing neither during the five day convention.
The disgruntled Vegas businesses tend to be people who expect overly generous tips, or those involved in structured showroom entertainment. Comdex attendees aren't noted for going to hotel showrooms to catch a production show or the superstar du jour. Many in Vegas have wrongly concluded that the reason tips and showroom counts are down, is because people who wear pocket protectors are dull, boring stiffs.
Really wrong!
Comdex people partied away the entire week. The difference is that virtually every major company holds their own private party - one reportedly setting the company back a quarter-of -a-million dollars. If there was an unemployed Vegas musician, a lack of work wasn't the reason. A chili cookoff featured reggae music. There was a cool jazz party, a 70s retro party, that infamous toga party, live musicians at cocktail parties that could seemingly stretch from Vegas to New York and back again.
These folks love to party. They just want to do it at private events where they can bring their good customers and schmooze some business while having a good time.
It's tough to woo a new client or coyly tell a customer about the special deal you can give them when you're seated in a theatre style showroom, lights dim and expected to pay attention to what is happening on stage.
It isn't that Comdex buffs are geeks who only know laptops and think the idea of a good time is to pay to have a topless one dance on yours.
Comdex has seen a change in attendee profile. The low-ranking dufus, who acted like he'd never been off the farm - or out of the computer supply room - has been left from whence he came. Convention expenses have become too enormous to permit just any lecherous Joe to tag along at corporate expense.
What you are seeing now at Comdex are the heavy player rainmakers.
They're smart enough to translate party time into a money making event.
Even if the deal closing is detrimental to one's health. "We're all up," one wide eyed executive told me. "There is this power drink that has as much caffeine as five cups of coffee, plus a lot of ginseng and ma-huang. We're all living on the stuff." When I mentioned that there are studies that suggest potential dangers, and they might want to be careful how much of that combination they consumed, he answered; "For the deals we're closing, we'll take the risk."
Bill Gates
If they survive the job, many turn into billionaires. The kind of money that, if you want to see an entertainer you don't go to
show - you hire them to come to you.
Comedian Dennis Miller was contracted to be in a Comdex booth signing autographs. Dana Carvey entertained the moneyed crowd attending the Computer Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Good evening billionaires, said Carvey. He wasn't kidding. The first two rows were reserved for billionaires.
Carvey did the obligatory impersonation and commentary on President Clinton and ridiculed Bill Gates, whose personal worth of about $50 billion makes him the world's wealthiest person. Gates had delivered the keynote address,
Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer, and now is numero uno of Pixar, the major movie studio that will debut
A Bug's Life
this Wednesday. When Carvey noticed that Jobs had arrived at the swank function wearing a sweater and no tie, Carvey quipped that the billionaire mogul looked like he'd been up in his room smoking pot. The audience convulsed in laughter. That big bucks bunch love to make fun of their own.
They also love good food. The inexpensive Las Vegas buffets probably didn't see an increase in customers, but the high priced gourmet restaurants were full up. One dinner in an exceptionally elegant Oriental restaurant at the Bellagio Hotel was for six people. The bill, including wine, but before the tip, was almost four thousand dollars. The tip was based upon calculating 15% down to the penny.
Not only does the high tech crowd enjoy food and frolic, some even gave up show biz for the computer world.
One woman, who spent several years earning a living as Snow White in Disneyland, is now a high ranking computer company executive.
An all male
Swan Lake
isn't the only production to push the envelope by using all men.
Nunsense Amen!
Nunsense A-men!
with an all male cast, was the season opener for St. Petersburg, Florida's American Stage's 20 anniversary mainstage season.
Director Kenneth Mitchell, ho spent five years as the theater manager for the New York Shakespeare Festival, became artistic director last June along with the company's new managing director, Lee Manwaring Lowry. The theater is celebrating the retiring of a record deficit. The year was also marked by record ticket sales.
Mitchell directed
Nunsense A-men!
Dan Groggin's all-male version of his award winning hit
which premiered in 1982.
Nunsense A-men!
onto the American Stage is
Private Lives
running January 22 to Feb. 14.
The New York production of
Nunsense A-men!
continues at the 47th Street Theatre.
November 30 is the date for the gala which takes place at New York's World Trade Center. The event benefits the American Foundation for AIDS Research. Clive Davis, Tom Hanks and Barbara Walters will be honored. Whitney Houston and Sean "Puffy" Combs entertain.
Dec. 1 finds Rosie O'Donnell headlining her White Rose Awards Gala at the Marriott Marquis. This gala benefits For All Kids Foundation, which the talk show host started. This first awards honor; Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jan and Michael Eisner, and Melinda and Bill Gates. O'Donnell will serve as mistress of ceremonies with presenters including; Whoopi Goldberg, Bette Midler and Mary Tyler Moore. Entertainment by the talented Barry Manilow.
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Last Monday the annual Los Angeles based Ovation Awards were presented to the best in Los Angeles theater at the Shubert Theater in Century City.
Bring In Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk
won three awards including Best Ensemble.
Great Men of Science Nos. 21 & 22
also took home three awards.
Ian McKellen and Terrence McNally received lifetime achievement awards. Ironically, they both were absent and accepted via previously recorded videotape.
Barbara Beckley, Colony Studio Theater producer and former Theater LA President, received the James A. Doolittle Award for leadership in L.A. theater.
The first community outreach award was presented to Margaret Ladd and Lyle Kessler co-founders of Imagination Workshop, which conducts theater workshops for at risk individuals.
The Cider House Blues,
Mark Taper Forum
Great Men of Science Nos. 21 & 22,
Circle X Theatre Company at Lost Studio
Ahmanson Theatre
On the Twentieth Century,
Colony Studio Theatre
Pamela Forrest,
Milena Albert,
The Seagull
Tim Dang,
Pacific Overtures
Andrew J. Robinson,
Yield of the Long Bond
Tony Abatemarco,
The Mystery of Irma Vep
Patricia Place,
Deven May,
Bat Boy
Charlotte D'Ambroise,
Tom Beyer,
The Cider House Blues
Stephanie Faracy,
Two Rooms
Wilson Cruz,
Jennifer Leigh Warren,
Hello Again
Cast of
Bring In Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk
John Napier,
An Enemy of the People
Gary Smoot,
Great Men of Science Nos. 21 & 22
Naomi Yoshida Rodriguez,
Pacific Overtures
M.E. Dunn,
Great Men of Science Nos. 21 & 22
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhower,
Bring In Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk
Deena Lynn Mullen,
Request Concert
Red Ramona,
Old Wicked Songs
: Derick K. Grant, based on original choreography by Savion Glover,
Bring In Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk
from left to right: David Riedy, Holli Harms, India Cooper, Geneva Carr and Tristan Fitch in
Step In and Stand Clear
Photo By: Carol Rosegg
in New York City presents the eight member actor-writer collective know as The Lexington Group in
Step In and Stand Clear.
This is a collection of vignettes spotlights several original songs.
Subject matter addressed includes: getting from one day to the next in Manhattan - dealing with sex, finding an apartment, fast food, the subway, and the Statue of Liberty.
Production runs through Nov. 29.
No show on this Thursday - Turkey Day.
closes out a successful run at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Ft. Lauderdale on Nov. 29. The production opens Dec. 3 at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center for an engagement running through Jan. 10.
the 1997 Tony Award winning play, opened Nov. 17 at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami.
star in
Power Plays
at the Promenade Theatre. Written by Elaine May and Alan Arkin with Arkin directing. Of course it's funny.
at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, the funny
Fool Moon
with the delightful David Shiner and Bill Irwin.
that gorgeous and talented Tony Award winner stars in
Almost Like Being in Love
The Lerner and Lowe Songbook in a limited engagement Dec. 1-Dec.6 at the Shubert Theatre, Boston. The gorgeous and talented Carroll will be joined by a stellar Broadway cast for a thrilling event featuring showstopping songs from
My Fair Lady,
is also in Bean Town - in a one nighter, Dec. 5 at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, while Rob Becker's
Defending the Caveman
is at the Colonial Theatre Dec. 1-Dec.13.
the veteran Australian singer, putting her stamp on New York, performing through Nov. 28 at the Fire-Bird Cafe. She sings Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Marilyn and Alan Bergman, Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
the Italian soprano returned to the Metropolitan Opera house yesterday afternoon to join tenor Luciano Pavarotti in a staged version of Act 111 from
La Boheme,
the opera in which Pavarotti debuted at the Met 30 years ago.
Juan Pons, touted as the most sought after dramatic baritone in the world - he's booked years into the next century - is currently singing
at the Met. Don't Miss.
who has five sold out concerts at Madison Square Garden has added a sixth show, Dec. 22. Tickets go on sale this morning at 9 a.m. EST. Expert the tickets to be gone by noon.
a five time Tony nominee, and producer Peter Manning have expressed interest in adapting David Schulner's
Disturbed by the Wind,
a drama about the Wright Brothers, into a Broadway musical, according to the Minneapolis
Star Tribune.
The drama premiered in Minneapolis last April.
the announcer on
Hollywood Squares,
who played Kenny Becker on the CBS sitcom
Dave's World
for three years, has his Los Angeles home up for sale. Shadoe and his wife, Beverly, are asking $2.25 million for the 4,500 sq. ft. English-style, five bedroom house. Shadoe and Beverly want to move into a larger home with an art studio.
can jam til all hours at the House of Blues and then bed down at the new House of Blues hotel. The first House of Blues Hotel has opened in Chicago's Marina City riverfront complex, also home to Chicago's House of Blues Hall and Restaurant. The Loews Hotel has 367 rooms and suites. Rates from $125 to $325.
in Las Vegas begins its annual Christmas in the Park celebration November 25 with the lighting of the 25,000 square-foot indoor Mystic Falls Park, with millions of lights, and animated displays. The focal point of Christmas In The Park is a 35-foot tall poinsettia tree. Hundreds of thousands of lights are hung from the 120-foot high atrium ceiling. Animated displays are placed throughout the atrium and Santa Claus becomes a resident. The celebration runs through January 6.
- not musical opposites - rather, winning horse flesh.
Recently, Mr. Sinatra and Rock and Roll ran 1-2 in the Aqueduct Grade 3 1000G Stuyvesant Handicap.
Mr. Sinatra won by three parts of a length going the mile and an eighth over a muddy track in 1:48. The other horses were left breathless.
Sort of sums up Frank Sinatra's career, too.
The entire staff of Broadway To Vegas wishes everyone a Happy Turkey Day, a day in which we all should count our blessings.
We at www.broadwaytovegas.com are thankful for your readership.
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