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Why can't Hollywood make great original films like they used to in the 1970s?
In previous films, you have worked within the conventions of specific genres (science-fiction, thriller, war film, etc.). Were you attracted to The Shining because it gave you the opportunity to explore the laws of a new genre in your career?
Stanley Kubrick: About the only law that I think relates to the genre is that you should not try to explain, to find neat explanations for what happens, and that the object of the thing is to produce a sense of the uncanny. Freud in his essay on the uncanny wrote that the sense of the uncanny is the only emotion which is more powerfully expressed in art than in life, which I found very illuminating; it didn't help writing the screenplay, but I think it's an interesting insight into the genre. And I read an essay by the great master H.P. Lovecraft where he said that you should never attempt to explain what happens, as long as what happens stimulates people's imagination, their sense of the uncanny, their sense of anxiety and fear. And as long as it doesn't, within itself, have any obvious inner contradictions, it is just a matter of, as it were, building on the imagination (imaginary ideas, surprises, etc.), working in this area of feeling. I think also that the ingeniousness of a story like this is something which the audience ultimately enjoy; they obviously wonder as the story goes on what's going to happen, and there's a great satisfaction when it's all over not having been able to have anticipated the major developments of the story, and yet at the end not to feel that you have been fooled or swindled.
Amazing advice from Kubrick (of course) on working within the horror genre.
- Reblogged from strangewood
I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. Films that make you confront aspects of your own life that are difficult to face. Just because you're making a horror film doesn't mean you can't make an artful film. David Cronenberg
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- Reblogged from cinemastatic
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Who are the greatest Film Editors?
Five of my favorite editors:
Walter Murch
No explanation needed, but here are the fundamentals. Wrote the definitive book on editing, In The Blink Of An Eye. Invented the field of sound-design, and cut sound for Gimme Shelter, American Graffiti, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, and The Godfather: Part II. Picture edited Apocalypse Now, Ghost, The English Patient, and The Talented Mr. Ripley.
Anne V. Coates
Ms. Coates was a credited motion picture editor for almost sixty years. She edited Lawrence of Arabia, The Elephant Man, What About Bob?, and Out of Sight. Talk about range!
Sam O'Steen
He had a long career and was nominated for three Oscars. It's crazy that he never won. Some of his credits: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Cool Hand Luke, The Graduate, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Silkwood. He was the main editor for Mike Nichols and Roman Polanski at the height of their careers.
Ralph Rosenblum
In my opinion, the two great books on editing are Walter Murch's In The Blink Of An Eye and Ralph Rosenblum's When The Shooting Stops… The Cutting Begins. Some of Ralph's credits include Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Pawnbroker, A Thousand Clowns, The Producers, and Annie Hall. With regards to editing, The Pawnbroker and Annie Hall were both groundbreaking films when they were released.
Susan E. Morse
Susan took over as Woody Allen's editor after Ralph Rosenblum. She cut most of Woody Allen's classics including Manhattan, Zelig, and Hannah and Her Sisters. Before she started working with Woody Allen, Susan E. Morse cut The Warriors and now she's cutting the TV show Louie.
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In case I haven't already made it clear, Louis C.K. is my hero. Everything in this interview is worth reading, but one simple sentence really stood out to me.
I don't like when I'm prevented from doing things the way I think they should be done.
The more I think about it, I realize that this statement from Louis C.K. the driving force of my life. I am an incredibly opinionated person when it comes to subjects that I care about. I think there are right ways to do things and wrong ways to do things. I may not be correct all the time, but I want to try to do things the way I think they should be done.
This is why I was drawn to producing films independently rather than at studios. This is why I feel frustrated when we finish a film hand it over to a distribution company, and they don't listen to what we have to say about the release of the film. Even if they pay us well for the right to distribute a film (which unfortunately is not the most common case), it still frustrates me that we lose control over that part of the process. And then it's just insulting in cases where we lose all control and the distributor is only risking a small fraction of what we risked to actually make the film. The system as it currently stands is overvaluing distribution and undervaluing creation. Things have to change.
[via Marco.org]
Tear Down These Walls
In the entertainment business, we're living in very interesting times. There's a wave of momentum pushing forward a powerful new relationship between artist and fan.
At its most basic, there are only two important parties in the world of art and entertainment: the artist and the fan. However, over time, a wide variety of industries have set up shop between the artist and the fan. These middle-man entities took control of helping artists fund their art, helping artists market and distribute their art, helping fans discover and consume the art, and helping fans build a semblance of a relationship with artists they admire.
These industries used to serve incredibly important purposes. It was very expensive to make a lot of modern art forms such as music, Broadway, or film. It was very expensive to create and administer a distribution network that had to get vinyl records into thousands of stores or to manufacture and ship heavy 35mm film prints to hundreds of theaters. It was very expensive to market art to the public. And while some of these expenses are still here, the need for most of them have started to drop or disappear over the last few years.
Unfortunately as these expenses have started to disappear, the middle-man system has clutched harder and harder at the control it maintains over the creation and distribution of creative content. Studio executives wield creative power with a stronger fist than any time in the last few decades.
But over the last few years, the reality is that these middle-man positions have become less and less important. First the web and now the social-web (mostly Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr) have removed communication barriers between artists and fans. Platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo make it possible for artists to fund their work through a direct relationship with fans. Amazon, iTunes, Steam, and other initiatives make it simpler for artists to make their work available directly to millions of potential customers. Google and Facebook both have advertising systems that are incredibly powerful and user-friendly.
It's possible today for artist and fan to have a direct relationship in terms of content consumption, communication, and commerce.
From my position as an independent film producer, it looks like we're at a turning point. If you are creating content that appeals to an online-savvy audience, all of the tools you need for creation, distribution, and marketing are accessible and affordable. And clearly I'm not the only person to see this. There are success stories across all popular forms of art and entertainment:
- Louis CK's phenomenal success with his direct-distribution standup special and with selling touring tickets directly to fans.
- Amanda Palmer's huge $1m Kickstarter campaign for her new album.
- Big successes in the video-game industry such as Minecraft or the Double Fine Adventure.
This is something Patton Oswalt recently discussed in his keynote address at Montreal's Just For Laughs 2012. Patton puts it incredibly well:
Our careers don't hinge on somebody in a plush office deciding to aim a little luck in our direction. There are no gates. They're gone.
The old gates are gone, and new gates don't try to control the content. Kickstarter, iTunes, and Twitter don't try to fiddle with what an artist wants to create. They don't try to own the content. They don't try to insert themselves into a position of power in the artist/fan relationship. They have business models based on facilitating artist/fan relationships, not based on controlling the content of those relationships.
I believe that comedians and video-games are the best early-adopters for this new model, and that's why we're currently seeing the most success in these areas.
Comedians have been building direct artist/fan relationships for years, based on touring. This is what lets Louis CK reach his fans directly. This is what led to Kevin Hart's huge success with his theatrically self-released standup special. As artists in other fields build these direct artist/fan relationships, they can start using the same powerful direct-distribution and communication models that are being pioneered by comedians. I suspect that music will come next, and then finally film.
In terms of potential business models, video-games are the most interesting example. The current state of video-game distribution gives a sense of where all entertainment distribution will go over the next few years. Video-games are ahead on this timeline compared to other forms of entertainment for a variety of reasons:
- Video-games appeal to people who are already online-savvy.
- The people in control of video-game production are already online-savvy.
- Video-game players are already conditioned to experience the content on the same platform where they discover and purchase content.
All three of these things will happen to other forms of entertainment over the next few years. So let's see what interesting models we see in the world of video-games…
- Steam is a hugely successful distribution platform for independent games.
- Kickstarter has had multiple video-game projects funded for over $1m, proving the power of a direct artist/fan relationship.
- Humble Bundle provide a powerful promotional and sales platform for independent games. They package multiple video-games into a limited time sale where people can pay whatever they want for the games. A business model like this would be laughed out of most board rooms a decade ago, but the last Humble Bundle video-game bundle grossed over $5,000,000.
Right now Humble Bundle are selling their first non-video-game bundle. The Humble Music Bundle includes geek-friendly releases by OK Go, MC Frontalot, They Might Be Giants, Christopher Tin, Hitoshi Sakimoto, and Jonathan Coulton. There are ten days left in the bundle, and they've already sold $300,000 worth. That's a pretty significant chunk of change for a limited-time sale where people are allowed to pay whatever they want.
So I sit here in 2012, looking around myself as an independent film producer stuck in the traditional world of film marketing and distribution. Like Patton Oswalt, I have benefited and failed based in large part on the whims of people in a plush office deciding to aim a little luck in my direction. And I'm stuck in this position despite the fact that I usually only show up in the plush offices with completely finished and releasable films. I could get into specifics, but there's no real advantage to throwing people and companies under the bus. But I sit here looking at the film-industry around me right now, and I don't like what I see.
I look over the fence at Louis CK, Amanda Palmer, and Double Fine. It's not just that their grass is greener than my grass. It's that their grass is growing, and my grass is dying. I want to be on the side of the fence where the grass is growing.
So I'm putting my money where my mouth is. I recently invested in VHX, a platform for artists and filmmakers to distribute video content directly to fans. I am a vocal supporter of Kickstarter, and have backed over 30 projects on their platform. I'm looking to support new platforms that will help build direct relationships between artists and fans.
And yes, my plan over the next year is to jump over that fence myself. I'm sick of relying on somebody in a plush office deciding to aim a little luck in my direction. I want to live at the intersection of artist and fan. I want to help tear down the broken system so we can build something better in its place.
[You might also want to read my follow up post: "But They're Already Famous…"]
I'm a big fan of the website Quora (specifically a place for asking and answering questions, and generally a fantastic resource for information). I've been answering questions there this year, and I've decided to start cross-promoting some of my popular answers here on my personal blog.
Why do IMAX 3D glasses use linear polarizers whereas most other 3D glasses use circular polarizers?
There's a lot of noise out there with regards to stereoscopic 3D systems, and I assume it comes from a mix of competing companies wanting to tout their technological choices and a basic lack of understanding of the technology and science behind stereoscopic 3D from most of the film press.
I have tried to sort through the noise and figure out what's going on, but there's always a chance I have some details wrong. If you catch an error, please let me know, as I don't want to compound the 3D misinformation that keeps spreading online.
There are a few reasons why IMAX chooses linear polarization over circular polarization, and the choice has a range of benefits and downfalls.
Benefits of Linear Polarization
Linear polarization glasses are cheaper to produce and purchase than circular polarization glasses. I assume this is a big driving factor in the decision.
The process of linear polarization allows for lower light-loss than the process of circular polarization. Simply put, all things being equal with bulb brightness, screen, and throw distance, IMAX 3D is brighter than circular-polarization 3D systems. The brightness of image for a 3D film is a common complaint and almost all 3D system suffer from significant light loss compared to 2D projection. I think this is an important factor for IMAX, as they aim for premium audiovisual presentation. (Another drawback with Real-D is that they use a single projector for 3D, which results in compounding the light-loss problem.)
I haven't seen convincing hard facts to support this, but a lot of people say that a properly calibrated linear-polarization system will have less "cross talk" than a properly calibrated circular-polarization system. That means that if your head is straight with your eyes in a horizontal line, there will be less leaking of right-eye image into left-eye through the polarization. In other words, for normal usage the linear-polarized 3D should separate the left-eye and right-eye images better than circular-polarization would.
Benefits of Circular Polarization
If you tilt your head at all, linear-polarization cross-talk will drastically increase. You'll start to see combined images in each eye, ruining the 3D effect and potentially giving you a headache. The same problem occurs with circular-polarization, but at a much lesser degree. Supporters of linear-polarization believe that most people will immediately get that something is wrong when they tilt their head, and will adjust back to an optimal viewing position. However, this makes a big assumption about how viewers will react to a suboptimal image and also places restrictions on the viewer that might lead to physical discomfort while watching a long film.
This isn't necessarily a benefit of circular polarization, but the Real-D 3D system uses a single projector and the IMAX 3D system uses dual projectors. A big problem with using dual projectors is that if dust, hair, or dirt gets in a projector it will show up only in one eye's image, and that by using two projectors you are effectively doubling the likelihood of visible particles showing up. I can say that anecdotally I have noticed this every single time I've seen a film on IMAX 3D, but I've never had it bother me at a Real-D 3D presentation.
Personally, I prefer the presentation of IMAX 3D over Real-D 3D, but I don't have a problem with keeping my head straight while watching a movie. If I wanted to slouch in my seat or lean at an angle, I would definitely opt for a circular-polarization system like Real-D.
On a side note, one of the downfalls of stereoscopic 3D in general is how subjective and personal the effectiveness of the technology is. The process of stereoscopic 3D is to essentially trick our brains into thinking it is receiving legitimate 3D information and the response can vary differently between people. This isn't the same with persistence of vision, the trick that allows for film to work. There are very few people for whom persistence of vision doesn't work on a 24fps image.
In my opinion, the biggest problem with stereoscopic 3D is that the process of viewing stereoscopic 3D involves our eyes doing something that nothing else in our lives asks them to do. Imagine this example. You are looking at a screen that is ten feet away from your eyes. On this screen is a stereoscopic 3D image where a foreground object is perceived to come 3 feet out of the screen, and a background object is perceived to exist 3 feet behind the screen. As you look at the foreground object, your eyes cross slightly as they would in real life if you were looking at an object that is 7 feet away from you. However, the individual eyes have to focus at 10 feet away because that's where the plane of the screen actually exists. In essence you are asking your binocular vision to focus at seven feet and for your individual eyes to focus at ten feet. There is literally nothing (I can think of) in the real world that would ask our eyes to do this.
I believe this is why stereoscopic films generally minimize how far objects appear to extend from the screen-plane, and why the best 3D films will use "in your face" 3D sparingly. If they stick out too much or go back too much for long periods of time, it's just more than our bodies are used to doing.
I also believe this is why children seem to respond better to stereoscopic imagery. They aren't overcoming decades of muscle memory and experience when they are watching stereoscopic imagery. (Obviously these last few points are pure conjecture on my part, but I do believe that I'm right on this.)
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I'm a big fan of the website Quora (specifically a place for asking and answering questions, and generally a fantastic resource for information). I've been answering questions there this year, and I've decided to start cross-promoting some of my popular answers here on my personal blog.
Which movie scenes absolutely infuriate you?
I am mostly infuriated by bad dramatic storytelling, and I think the of two biggest crimes that you'll see are the following…
Characters making decisions that not only feel wrong for that character, but feel wrong for any human being. They are doing something only because the writer needs them to do that thing.
Scenes that have no dramatic purpose in the story, thus ruining the momentum of the film and causing you to worry that you're going to be in unsure storytelling hands for the rest of the film.
Some recent examples of these storytelling crimes (from memory, so I might have some details wrong).
Snow White and the Huntsman is full of scenes that serve no dramatic purpose in the story. I believe this is what led to many people finding the movie to be boring, despite many striking visual moments. For example, there is the scene where Charlize Theron's character takes a bath in a white liquid that appears to be milk. The milk also spills out of the bath, draining down from her tower to a bunch of poor kids who drink her second hand milk. Charlize going in and out of the milk bath is a stunning visual that was well used in the trailer, but the scene serves no dramatic purpose in the story. The plot doesn't advance at all. We already know that the Queen attains eternal youth by magically stealing beauty from young girls in the kingdom, so the purpose of the bath is totally unclear. We already know that she is a terrible Queen, so it's not like seeing starving kids is really necessary at this point. In essence we are wasting screen-time with a dramatically pointless scene just to get a shot of Charlize Theron entering into and emerging from a milk bath.
Prometheus is full of scenes where characters make decisions that are in direct opposition to their established character and are in direct opposition to anything that I would consider to be human. A simple example would be when two scientists decide to pet an alien snake creature. These scientists previously made clear that they had no interest in taking unnecessary risks or interacting with alien life while on this planet. On top of that, they were just trapped in an alien structure against their wishes during a storm. And now suddenly they decide to investigate and actually pet a scary-looking alien snake creature. This is in direct opposition to something we just learned about the characters. It's also in direct opposition with any action I believe a normal person would take in that situation. These guys are both rightfully scared at that point in time, and there is no way I believe they would start petting an alien creature. Obviously the creature kills them.
These two types of storytelling flaws are interwoven throughout Prometheus and Snow White and the Huntsman, making them interesting to study for the impact of these storytelling decisions on a finished work. Obviously these problems don't bother all people to the same degree, as there are people who love both of these films.
But I do think that if SWATH had well constructed dramatic scenes as well as striking visuals then the film would have pleased everyone to a larger degree. I believe that if Prometheus had the same exquisite attention to detail applied to character decisions that was applied to visual texture, then the film wouldn't be plagued by complaints regarding confusion and weak characterization.
It's incredibly hard to make a good movie, and every storytelling decision you make has to balance multiple positive and negative ramifications on how the audience experiences your film. Unfortunately, I believe that the two types of storytelling flaws I point out above are becoming more and more common as the business of the film industry changes. Primarily this is because the success of big-budget movies these days is based more and more on opening weekend economics.
If a big-budget film does well enough on opening weekend, then the rest of its revenue follows a predictable pattern and the film will be profitable. If a big-budget film doesn't do well enough on opening weekend, then it's incredibly unlikely that word-of-mouth will boost the revenue across its entire release. That is the basic nature of the film industry today, and I believe it leads to some frustrating problems for the quality of these films.
Because a film's success is primarily driven by its opening weekend, the overall quality of the film becomes a less and less important factor in the success of the film. Audiences make their decisions to see a film based on information that is extrapolated from the film, but are not necessarily related to the film itself. Decisions to see a film are usually made based on marketing materials, elements associated with the film, and the level of exposure to these two things.
Marketing materials primarily consist of trailer, television ads, and key-art. The stronger these materials sell an appealing experience, the more likely an audience will want to see the film. Now of course the question remains of what makes a film seem appealing. I would argue it's a mix of comfortable familiarity (this film is going to be like other films that I know I like) and visceral uniqueness (this film is going to show me something I've never seen before, but getting a peek at it in the trailer excited me). Both SWATH and Prometheus benefited heavily from this. The overall quality of a film can sneak into the marketing materials, but it can't really drive them.
So let's say you're constructing the story for a big-budget film and you are approaching the creative decisions required for a film. You have a bunch of different ideas of what could happen in this scene, and you get out your storytelling scale to balance out the impact of the various creative decisions you can make. One type of decision will have the characters make sense and the story advance, but doesn't really lead to a striking visual moment that will help sell the film. Another type of decision leads to a fantastic striking visual moment, but it's almost impossible to also have that moment advance the story and be consistent with character. Which do you choose? If the marketplace rewarded the overall quality of the film, then the system would encourage you to choose the former. If the marketplace rewards the strongest marketing materials, then you are encouraged to choose the latter. Of course the ideal solution would be something that serves both story and marketing, but films are generally made under strict time pressure. You don't have the luxury of saying we haven't figured out a way to do everything perfectly, and you're forced to choose from amongst the ideas you have at hand (the time pressure of filmmaking is another big problem, but way beyond the scope of this answer).
It's a bit disingenuous to say that each creative person sits there and makes a calculated decision like this. In truth, I believe that artists such as directors and screenwriters have a voice and an approach to filmmaking that is natural to them. Most filmmakers won't just make decisions based on whether they think it will make the film more marketable. However, there is a bit of market selection going on here. The filmmakers who naturally would choose to sacrifice story quality for strong marketing moments are more likely to have their films made and are more likely to have the films be rewarded by a system that values opening-weekend box-office grosses. The filmmakers who are driven by story and character decisions and don't come up with the strong marketable moments will have fewer films greenlit and those films will probably underperform in a system that's designed around opening-weekend success. This is how the system encourages choosing marketing quality over film quality.
But back to the other piece of the puzzle for how people decide what movie to watch. When I say the "elements associated with the film" I generally mean the title, the concept, the genre, the director, the stars, and the property. These are the things that an audience knows about a film without seeing it. An audience doesn't really know the storytelling quality of the film, except via out-of-context snippets presented in a trailer. It's a rare film and a rare trailer that can express storytelling quality well, but it's easy to tell people that Johnny Depp is in the movie and Tim Burton directed it. So when a film is made, the decision is usually driven by these elements and by the perceived ability to make strong marketing materials from the screenplay. Of course the quality of the script and the storytelling is a factor, but it's not really a primary factor because what really matters commercially is can you get people to the theater on opening weekend, and that audience decision is driven by marketing.
So as an audience member and as a filmmaker, it frustrates me when I see scenes that exhibit sloppy storytelling in favor of moments that can work well in a trailer or TV commercial. In part these moments frustrate me because they are bad, but mostly they frustrate me because they are symptoms of a short-term thinking approach to filmmaking that I think is undermining the art form and undermining the audience's goodwill towards movies. There are only so many times you can fool someone into watching a bad movie with good marketing before they decide to just stop watching movies and find an art form that they can enjoy and trust.
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"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
Some Thoughts On 3D
The "debate" over 3D has become a polarized polemic, a one-dimensional (sorry) and mind numbingly boring exchange of "3D sucks" "no you suck" back and forths. It gives "film vs. digital" a good run for the title of "discussion I'd most rather chew my own foot off than get sucked into on twitter." So why am I writing about it? Because even as the debate has (sorry again) flattened, my feelings about stereoscopic photography have grown more complex and nuanced. I'm sure I'm not alone in this. I'm hardly an expert on the topic, technically or otherwise, but I'm setting down my current thoughts just to get them in order, and posting them for anyone who's interested. If even one foot chewing incident is prevented or delayed, I'll be happy.
I highly recommend reading Rian Johnson's thoughts on 3D. As someone who often instigates debates with Rian on Twitter about "2D vs. 3D" and "film vs. digital" I took special delight in reading a longform exploration of his views.
A few years ago, I think that Rian and I had diametrically opposed opinions with regards to stereoscopic 3D. I was a strong believer in the format, and I pushed for BATTLE FOR TERRA to be rendered and released in stereoscopic 3D.
So here's the funny thing… Even though Rian and I each started with directly opposed opinions on stereoscopic 3D, we have ended up in almost exactly the same place. As Rian has been seduced by the potential of a future real 3D cinema, I have been let down by the fundamental problems in the current incarnation of 3D filmmaking.
At first I thought the problems of stereoscopic 3D were minor technical hurdles that could easily been polished away. I now realize that these hurdles are actually insurmountable roadblocks.
The simplest reason is that stereoscopic 3D asks our eyes to do something they have never been intended to do. We are asked to focus our individual eyes at one distance while our binocular vision is asked to converge on a different distance. To put this simply, if we are sitting 20 feet from the screen then our eyes will focus at 20 feet to keep the picture in focus. If something appears to come 5 feet out of the screen, then our binocular vision converges as if we're looking at something 15 feet from us but our individual eyes still need to focus on the plane 20 feet away from us. This is something that we literally never ask our eyes to do at any other point of our lives.
So now, like Rian, I go out of my way to find 2D showings are for big 3D tentpole hits. I check out the occasional stereoscopic 3D film, but mostly out of technical curiosity. At this point, I know I'm much more likely to be absorbed by a movie if it's on a big bright screen with loud sound, and the only glasses on my face are the ones with my prescription.
I believe in the potential of 3D filmmaking. I just think the optical illusion of stereoscopic 3D isn't the way to get there. There is more to dimensionality than presenting each eye with a flat rendered image designed to fake stereopsis. There are just too many aspects of how we perceive and interact with dimension that can't be fooled by the process we call stereoscopic 3D.
[Edited to add: @prairie_oysters let me know that Walter Murch made the same observation a few months ago in a letter to Roger Ebert. Of course, he words it better than I do.]
- Reblogged from rcjohnso
I've heard this story paraphrased over the years, but it's nice hearing it straight from the horse's mouth.
Alfred Hitchcock On Mastering Cinematic Tension (by afi)
- Source: youtube.com
"My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them!"
"To those who question whether clarity is all that important, I can only say that it is the most important quality in the making of a film."
"I love huge movies. Not sure I am the guy to make them, but you can rely on me being there watching them."
I generally dislike the "listicle" format and sensationalist headlines, but this well researched list is definitely worth exploring. I know so little about the art and craft of matte painting, but I'm always amazed by the results.


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Ivan Eland: Obama Calls for United Front Against Russia
Recorded: Thursday, April 24, 2014
Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, appears on CTV to discuss Obama's call for a united front against Russia in response to instability in Ukraine.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: TelevisionIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Defense and Foreign Policy, Government Power, Nationalism, Politics, Terrorism and National Crises, Trade
Ivan Eland on The Tom Woods Show
Recorded: Monday, February 17, 2014
Ivan Eland, author of Recarving Rushmore, appeared on the The Tom Woods Show. Eland talks about U.S. Presidents on the merits of their policies and whether those strategies contributed to peace, prosperity, and liberty.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: RadioIssues: Economic History and Development (U.S.), History (U.S), Political Ideology and Philosophy
Ivan Eland on the Paradoxical Relationship Between China and the US
Recorded: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Senior Fellow Ivan Eland on RT discussing the paradoxical relationship between the US and China.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: TelevisionIssues: Business, Economic Policy, Trade
Ivan Eland on Sanctions Against Iran
Recorded: Monday, November 21, 2011
Originally aired on Russia Today. Senior Fellow Ivan Eland discusses the negative effects of increased sanctions against Iran.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: TelevisionIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Trade
Full Video of The Independent Institutes 25th Anniversary Gala for Liberty
Recorded: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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Full Video of The Independent Institutes 2011 25th Anniversary Gala for Liberty held November 15, 2011.
Part 1: Introductory Remarks and Tribute to Robert Higgs
Part 2: Tribute to Mario Vargas Llosa
Part 3: History of The Independent Institute and Fund for the Future
Part 4: Tribute to Lech Walesa
Part 5: Special Tributes, Sponsors, and Credits
Experts: Leszek Balcerowicz, Price V. Fishback, Robert Higgs, Ron Paul, Jorge Quiroga, David J. Theroux, Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, Mario Vargas Llosa, Lech Wałęsa, Yuri Yarim-AgaevType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Business, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Defense and Foreign Policy, Democracy, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Government Power, History (International), History (U.S), Latin America, Nationalism, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Privatization, Property Rights, Terrorism and National Crises
Ivan Eland on Secretive Oil Deal in Kyrgyzstan
Recorded: Thursday, November 4, 2010
Ivan Eland on Russia Today comments on the recent secretive U.S. oil deal in Kyrgyzstan and its efforts to maintain its air base in the country.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: TelevisionIssues: Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Trade
Ivan Eland on U.S. Embargo on Cuba
Recorded: Thursday, October 21, 2010
Ivan Eland on Russia Today discusses the counterproductive effects of the current U.S. embargo on Cuba.
What President Obama Should Learn from His Predecessors
Recorded: Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Amid the current economic and financial crises, President Obama may do well to remember the men who have come before him.
Experts: Ivan Eland, Andrew R. RuttenType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Culture/ Society, Defense and Foreign Policy, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Freedom, Government Power, History (U.S), Nationalism, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Race Issues, Terrorism and National Crises

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Faculty who were promoted to full professor include: Mary Carlsen, Julie Legler, James McKeel, Meg Ojala, Steve Reece and Janice Roberts. Faculty Jason Engbrecht, Rika Ito, Karil Kucera and Jeff Schwinefus were promoted to associate professor and tenured. Additionally, Ariel Strichartz received tenure.
"We're very proud of our tenured faculty this year," College dean James May said. "They are the greatest insurance to providing a good education at St. Olaf."
An intense six-year process brought faculty to their tenured positions. Chemistry professor Schwinefus admitted, "It was a great journey to get here." Schwinefus attributed his promotion to his love of teaching, students, research and access to fancy toys. Besides teaching, Schwinefus serves on the Health Professions Committee. He is also actively involved with summer research programs at St. Olaf.
For many professors, being awarded tenure did not come as a surprise. "It took a while to sink in," Physics professor Engbrecht said.
After reaching this milestone in their careers, professors can finally take a breath.
"It's been nice," Engbrecht said.
Outside the classroom, Engbrecht has been actively involved with students in positron research. In addition, he organizes the Honors Day Science Symposium and is leading a group of students who will eventually construct a Rube Goldberg machine.
Although students frequently hear about faculty receiving promotions and tenure, many admit they know little about the process.
Candidates are initially hired for six years on a tenure track position. During this probation period, comprehensive reviews are conducted during the second and fourth years of employment. The first two reviews are designed to help the candidates improve and prepare for their final and most important review, the sixth year tenure review.
Each comprehensive review takes data from three main sources, involving nearly everyone on campus.
Many students have been asked to respond to a class evaluation. These evaluations are carefully analyzed by a committee to develop a sense of the candidate's teaching.
Professors within the candidate's department are also called upon to conduct evaluations. These professors often sit in on classes, watching their peers teach.
The professional activities of the candidate outside of the classroom are also analyzed. Such activities can include research and published papers.
In addition to these three sources, other criteria are used such as classroom teaching, significant professional activities and service to the community and college.
After the final tenure review, documents amassed from the previous six years are sent to the tenure promotion committee. This committee consists of five elected members from various disciplines who have already received tenure. Together, the committee meticulously reads and examines every paper in the candidate's dossier which includes letters from colleagues, outside experts, alumni and a personal statement from the candidate.
Interviews are then conducted with the college dean, department chair and the candidate.
If the committee is satisfied with the candidate's teaching, professional activities and service to the college community, a recommendation will be made to the college dean. If merited, the dean will then make a recommendation to the president. Based on this recommendation, the president will then decide if a recommendation is to be made to the Regents. Finally, with the Regents approval, tenure can be awarded to the candidate in question.
Often at the time of tenure, candidates are promoted from assistant professor to associate professor. However, the candidate's journey is not yet over. After another six to 12 years, the candidate can be promoted to full professor. Since most tenured faculty choose to spend the rest of their careers at St. Olaf, a rigorous tenure and promotion process is necessary for this multimillion dollar, decades-long investment.


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The modern day women of today are abused and tortured.
Not the physical of scars and wounds,
but the mental of intellectual suffocation.
What man can say: I am the bearer of life.
show me your proof and I'll show you a liar.
What man can step forward and say: I was not born from a woman.
What man can say: I did not spend 9 months in their mother's womb.
The truth is plain to see.
The hatred for women is bitterly unjust.
We should not simply acknowledge our women,
but understand, respect and love our women
for they are walking sanctities of wisdom and truth.
How can we celebrate life without saluting our wonderful women?
The nurtures of time; past, present and future
and still we choose to cast authority over them.
This general consensus of ownership must stop.
There is nothing weak in acknowledging a female heart.
As a man it is not a crime to say; I love you mother.
I love you sister. I love you wife. I love you friend.
On my behalf, I will respect each and every woman
regardless of if she respects herself.
Yet in time,
I know she will grow to love her own.
Valuing her every curve, acquired intellect,
display of heart, and ounce of spirit.
As a beautiful and insightful woman,
in time she will grow to love herself,
love her eyes and love her soul
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Look at it now, Yankees fans. Your dynasty is starting to fall.
Let's recap your team for a little bit.
Robinson Cano: May not be resigned in the offseason, effectively having the team lose it's most productive player. (Believe it or not, Derek Jeter is no longer that player)
Derek Jeter: While a come back is possible, his age and injuries are going to catch up to him. And yes, his defense was atrocious before, and it'll only get worse.
Mariano Rivera: Though the organization is begging him not to retire so they can at least try to stay relevant in 2014, he's more or less gone. Wave goodbye, folks.
C.C Sabathia: Had the worst season of his career this year. There's plenty of reason to believe he can return to form, but having an ERA close to 5 is a little alarming. Especially with the dwindling defense on the Yankees team, he's more susceptible to be giving up hits that would have otherwise been caught or defended.
Alex Rodriguez: Looking to be gone for the next season and a half, and quite possibly the rest of his God-forbidden, steroid laced career. He hasn't been that good anyways, but good luck finding a decent replacement that the Steins' are going to want to pony up for.
Andy Petitte: Retiring. Again. Possibly for good but who knows? He hasn't even been that spectacular this season to begin with.
Mark Teixeira: Down the entire season for a strained wrist tendon? Good lord, that's lousy. Of course, lamer injuries have happened, but not enough to limit a player to less than 10% of the season's games (15 of 162). He should be good to go by 2014, but how will be perform after battling an apparently bad injury to his wrist, which is imperative to the game of baseball?
Vernon Wells: Someone tell me why the Yankees decided to take he and his contract on? A guy making over $20 million to bat .239 with average at best power and run production, who can't field well at all?
So basically, the entire Yankees team is going to change even more and just cause more grief. If they don't make big offseason moves, a playoff chance in 2014 is going to be a dream out of reach, and fans better be prepared for that. Your "27 rings" aren't going to save you this time.
You know what I hear a lot of in the baseball scene? That Yankees fans aren't "that bad".
Excuse your face, but when Derek Jeter, who has been on the disabled list the entire season, and is close to beating out Elvis Andrus, who has played 55 of 56 games this season at the time of this writing, and has a good player, you know what that says about Yankees fans? It say's that you're all fucking retarded.
Seriously. I'm all for voting your favorite players, even if they're big pieces of shit and haven't done a damn thing all season. Wait, no I'm not. I'd much rather see players who are actually GOOD and DESERVE to go to the All-Star game. I don't want to see a crying, bloodied corpse on the field who complains about wanting more money, and had been to more All-Star games AND won more Gold Gloves based on his name alone, instead of his skill (which Yankee fans don't want to acknowledge is SHITTY.)
Yankees are the best fans in the sport? Bullshit, they are the worst. "Durrr lets vote a shitty player who hasn't played all season to the All-Star game! He deserves it more than the people who actually have played well!" Why don't you actually do this sport a favor and vote the players who deserve it? That, or die. I'd like the latter one more though.
I've seen a lot of All-Star games in my lifetime, but never have I seen the sheer audacity the Yankees fans have in voting for their players, even though they are either:
A.) Absolutely terrible and don't deserve the vote.
B.) Injured and haven't played a single game.
C.) Writing in players for any of the above reasons.
The All-Star game is a publicity stunt, I get it, it's not actually important. But when All-Star appearances can actually help a player's career, then yes, the players who actually deserve it should go to the game. Add that in with the fact that the League that wins get's home field advantage, wouldn't you want to vote for players who could make that happen, should your team go to the World Series?
I've wasted too much time. Simply, Yankees Fans are delusional and full of idiots. And more than likely, if you're a Yankee fan reading this, you're one of them. Be a true fan and vote for the best players, not your aging shell of player who has been sitting his ass at home all season. Give someone else a chance, for fuck's sakes.
Brian Cashman saying A-Rod's hip surgery "is a huge blow to us" needs to quit kidding himself. A-Rod is old, broken, and a piece of shit now. Anyone who honestly believes that he's a "strong asset" to the team are kidding themselves and need to get their head out of their ass.
And why is it that whenever a player does bad, excuses come up? "Too much caffeine" "I was playing with a bad hip" "I was sick", "I was too caught up in being a coke head". Bullshit. Does anyone really believe that players just never have natural slumps? That if they actually do bad for awhile, it's not their fault? Laughable.
At any rate, losing A-Rod is probably the greatest thing to happen for the Yankees. Sure, they're still paying him a salary in which every single at-bat, he makes money equating to a middle-class family's yearly salary, but they can explore new options for third base and DH and get his corpse out of the lineup and off the field.
A.J Burnett flourishing in Pittsburgh
If you follow baseball, it's no secret that Burnett was a huge bust with the Yankees. After having career years in Toronto before packing his bags and putting on the Pinstripes, his career was never really the same.
A huge reason why Burnett's time in New York was such a "bust" because people over hyped him. In 2008, before coming over to New York, his record was an impressive 18-10. However, his ERA was just a smidge above 4. The Yankees seem to have always been in playoff contention, so any added player that could "bolster" their team, everyone expects them to be on fire.
In his time as a Yankee, Burnett went 34-35. In 2009 he was 13-9 with a 4.04 ERA. Realistically, not very bad at all. Saying that he played in AL East is the reason he had an ERA over 4 does not work; Toronto Blue Jays are also in that division.
2010: 10-15
2011: 11-11
Both seasons he had an ERA over 5. It doesn't help that he's been notorious for giving up a good amount of home runs because he's a hard thrower. So putting him into Yankee Stadium with that infamous short right field, as well as the field as a whole being smaller than most, probably contributed to his higher home run total, thus his raised ERA.
In actuality, Burnett has always been a good pitcher. Just good. A number 3-5 starter on most teams. He may be an Ace on a handful of teams, but on a team like the Yankees, being anything higher than No. 3 in the rotation, or expecting him to be that high, is a bit ridiculous.
The lowest ERA he ever recorded in a season with more than 25 starts was in 2002. 7 years before the Yankees acquired him. And it was 3.30. Very good, but nothing to really turn your head. After that, he hovered between 3.70 and 4.00 in just about every season, aside from 2005's 3.44 ERA performance.
Ergo, expecting Burnett to go 19-8 with an ERA under 3, which it seems a lot of people were expecting to happen, was not a good idea. Even the 18-10 record of 2008 should have thrown up red flags; a W-L record means nothing, especially if in that season, the pitcher had an ERA over 4. That means that he was backed by a lot of offense, or pitched VERY well when he won, and pitched terribly when he lost.
Before his 18-10 season? Let's look at his other W-L records in previous seasons:
2007: 10-8
2006: 10-8
2005: 12-12
*2004: 7-6
*2003: 0-2
2002: 12-9
*2004 and 2003 were shortened seasons for him.
Now, even if you believe that W-L is a great way to measure a pitcher's talent, before 2008, he wasn't a star pitcher. 2008 was a career year for wins and strikeouts. His WHIP was 1.34, he walked a lot, and he actually gave up more runs in 2008 than 2009.
Bottom line? I'll admit that Burnett really slumped in a Yankees uniform. At least, in 2010 and 2011. But he was never an Ace and never should have been treated like one, or expected to pull numbers that were numbers he never attained, even in his 2008 performance, which arguably, while it was a career season, wasn't that good.
So, to get to the point of this article: Why would Burnett flourish in Pittsburgh?
Pittsburgh is the MLB's smallest marketing team. They are also rebuilding, so to speak. There are low expectations for the team, much less eyes on him, and a weaker division to pitch in.
You can look at his stats and grimace, or you can be rational. He's 1-2 with an ERA of 8.04. He must have started off the season terribly!
Well, in only one start.
In his first start, he pitched 7 innings, gave up 3 hits and no runs while striking out 7. Great, right? Second start, 6 innings, 6 hits, 2 runs and 8 strikeouts. Not bad at all. After two starts, his ERA was 1.38. he had struckout 15 and walked 5 in 13 innings of work. The walks could be a bit lower, but that's Burnett for you; he walks a lot.
In his third start is where he got knocked around.
He pitched 2.2 innings while giving up a sky high 12 runs on 12 hits. There's where his ERA came from.
Now, when your pitcher is struggling, you generally don't leave them in there to struggle even more. When you realize that he's not up to his usual stuff, you pull him. Not Pittsburgh!
They left him out to dry, and let Burnett get shelled more than he should have. One explanation could be because in the game before, Pittsburgh's starter only lasted 4.1 innings, and the bullpen after him gave up 5 runs. It's entirely possible the bullpen was depleted and they were hoping to get a couple more innings out of Burnett, and it just didn't happen.
As you may have been able to guess, his last start was fully situational. Not to mention that he was pitching against a strong Cardinal's offense that had Carlos Beltran "Belting" 2 home runs off of him.
I think Burnett will pitch decently in a Pirates uniform. I don't expect him to pull All-Star numbers or Cy Young numbers, but they will be good numbers for a team that has little expectations overall. And that will be a great thing for Burnett.
Not everyone can handle The Big Stage.
A good reason why I dislike ESPN
Andy Pettitte throws one inning. One inning. And they write a whole article on how "strong" his outing was.
I know that Andy Pettitte is a big name pitcher in baseball history. I know that he'll have strong consideration for Hall of Fame voting.
But his "strong outing" was one inning, in which he gave up a single. I was thinking more along the lines of 5 scoreless innings with a hit or two, maybe a walk.
Not one measly inning with a hit. Most pitchers don't get told it was a "strong outing" if they come out, pitch one inning with a hit, and that's it.
I'm sorry to my followers with my ranting, but ESPN has the biggest East bias I have ever seen, with the Yankees, Red Sox, and Phillies basically all they ever talk about. Need an article? Why not write about a Yankee pitcher coming back and throwing one inning, but make it sound like he was strong and pitched very well? Throwing 10 pitches deserves recognition you know.
Let it be known, I've always liked Andy Pettitte, and it's nothing against him. But seriously now, ESPN has some strong bias and recently their articles are getting a little ridiculous.
AL East Predictions
I made predictions for each division as soon as the offseason started on my personal blog, but with the new signings and tradings going on, I feel like doing new predictions should be done, starting with the AL East.
1. New York Yankees - 95-67
2. Tampa Bay Rays - 92-70
3. Toronto Blue Jays - 86-76
4. Boston Red Sox - 84-78
5. Baltimore Orioles - 70-92
It's hard to deny that the Yankees are still one of the best teams in baseball, and just barely the best in their division.
The Rays have shown to have one of the best and youngest rotations in the league, led by James "CG" Shields, David Price, ROY of '11 Jeremy Helickson, Wade Davis, and the young phenom Matt Moore. The only two rotations that come to mind that are anywhere near or better than the Rays would be the Angels and the elite rotation of the Phillies.
Ever since Jose Bautista exploded in Toronto, they have been a team with a postseason appearance just waiting to happen if they built around him. As he gets better, and the rotation starts to shape up with Brandon Morrow and Ricky Romero, they can play a good spoiler and may have a shot at making it into the postseason.
Boston is going downhill, and will be for some time. With the addition of Adrian Gonzalez in the 2010 offseason, it seemed that the team would shine in offense, which they did. The problem lies with the abysmal talent in the bullpen and disappointing rotation last season. With the loss of Papelbon, where the Red Sox will end up doesn't seem promising.
And the Orioles are the Orioles; lackluster and doomed to playing in the toughest division in baseball. They are slowly getting better and more polished with their players, as Matt Wieters is proving to be a premier catcher.
I expect a good battle between the Yankees and Rays for the top spot in the division, but the Blue Jays are my "sleeper" team in the division. What are your predictions?
Halladay to be next 300 win player?
Over at ESPN, David Schoenfield wrote an article explaining why "Doc" is going to be the next pitcher to reach 300 wins.
Halladay, who is 34, turning 35 in May, has a record of 188-92, meaning he needs 112 more wins to reach 300. If you read David's article, he's got the math all down there, so I won't list it.
While I don't exactly doubt that Roy Halladay will get to the 300 milestone, there's someone else that is probably a better contestant for that title: C.C Sabathia.
Sabathia is 3 years younger than Halladay, and has 12 wins less. Does anyone predict Sabathia to average 4 wins a season over the next three seasons? Didn't think so.
If I had to choose the better pitcher, I'd choose Halladay over Sabathia all day long, no question. The reason why I pick Sabathia over Halladay is for a number of reasons:
- CC is durable. Incredibly durable. He throws innings like it's what he's meant to do. He's started 30 games in every season he's been in the big leagues except for the 2006 season when he started 28.
- Halladay has been on the diasbled list a few times in his career, missing a number of starts. Injuries take off a lot of time for a pitcher to continue to pitch effectively. I believe Sabathia has never been on the disabled list, or had any substantial injury in his entire career.
- Sabathia plays for the Yankees. While it's true that the Phillies have been THE team in the entire league, it has only been like that for a little while. The Yankees have, for the last…forever, been a 90+ win team, with absolute power in their bats. If I had to pick which pitcher would be bailed out by their offense more often, Sabathia would be chosen all day long.
- The Phillies are on the downfall. Their key players are all getting older and are on the decline, which is a huge problem. While their rotation and bullpen are both elite, their bats and fielders are not going to keep up. If they want to keep their team atop the NL East pedestal, they need to either trade, sign, or producing some great talent down in the farm system.
We must all remember that being a great pitcher is the biggest quality to have when it comes to earning a win in a game. But another huge part of that equation is playing on a team that, should you get knocked around in, can bail you out with a large amount of runs. Sabathia is a great pitcher and has the best offense in the game (aside from maybe the Tigers with the acquisition of Fielder, or the Rangers), and Halladay is a superb pitcher with a team that has a good amount of power.
Can both of these pitchers get to 300? Absolutely. But if I had to pick one of them making it and the other not making it, I'd go with Sabathia and Halladay, respectively.
So are there any other pitchers currently that have a good chance of making 300? Well assuming pitchers will usually retire around 38-42, I would have my money on Mark Buehrle of the Miami Marlins (formerly from the Chicago White Sox) who has 15 less wins than Sabathia, and is only a year older. He's possibly the most consistent pitcher in the entire league, and has been for years. I'd like to see him hit that 300 mark.
So, who do you think will get to 300 first? Who do you think will make it there eventually, or who won't?
NYY Montero traded for SEA Pineda
New York Yankees were desperately in need for some good pitching. On the other side of the country, the Seattle Mariners were scuffling around trying to find a big bat to add to their league-worst offense.
Both teams got what they wanted.
Jesus Montero (Yankees), long considered their top prospect, was traded to Seattle for their rookie pitching sensation, Michael Pineda.
Last season, Pineda went 4-1 with a 2.07 ERA in April, his first month ever in the big leagues. After that he slowed down considerably, going 1-4 after the All-Star Break, ending the season with a 9-10 record and 3.74 ERA. While most would deem it "average" or "lackluster", we must remember that Pineda pitched for the Mariners last season, whose stats in just about every category were in the bottom half, if not near the bottom, among every other team. The Mariners last season went 67-95, so a 9-10 and sub 4 ERA from a rookie starting pitcher is nothing to grimace at.
Jesus Montero only played for the Yank's down the stretch last season, playing in 18 games and getting 61 ABs in that span. In 61 ABs, his stats were as shown:
9 Runs, 20 Hits, 4 2B, 4 HR, 12 RBIs, 7 BB, 17 K, .328/.406/.590.
8 of his 20 hits were XBH, which is great, but there's no telling if he'll be able to keep that over a full season. As for his 12 RBIs in 18 games, when you're playing in a lineup like the Yankees, who scored the second most runs in the entire MLB, you're going to have more chances at knocking in runs with every other at-bat. The Yankees scored a total of 867 runs, and the Mariners a total of 556, 300+ less runs. I read a statistic somewhere that the Boston Red Sox had 556 runs scored at the all-star break.
But all statistics aside, there is one thing that we always have to remember when regarding both of these players: They have not proven to be elite big league players.
Jesus Montero has been considered as the Yankee's top prospect, and while he showed flashes of brilliance last season in his short time, there is absolutely no guarantee that he'll keep that.
Michael Pineda was one of the strongest rookie starting pitchers last year who pitched for a terrible team. He could break out of his shell next season with a much better offense backing him up. But he's only been in the big leagues for one season. There's no guarantee he'll pitch better.
So the big question is, What team got the better end of the deal? The answer is simple: no one knows for sure. This isn't saying "Pujols was traded for Johnny Damon", who are both established players, with the obvious answer being Pujols. We know just how well both of these players can play over numerous seasons, so making the judgement is easy.
But for both players, it's difficult. Montero has played in 18 games, Pineda has started/played in 28. Very very small numbers to work with.
In the end, only time will tell where these guys go, but one thing is for sure; Yankees needed pitching, Seattle needed a big bat.
Maybe they got screwed, maybe they hit the lottery. But we won't know until the time comes.


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Which is cool but not as cool as the fact that you can now feature translations independently of their English equivalent on location landing pages.
This means that on occasions when what is most important for an overseas office to communicate to English speaking users is different to users speaking the local language need to know, then the prominent featured slots can customised to help.
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The Te Au Rangahau Undergraduate Scholarships are offered to Maori undergraduate students studying in the areas of Accountancy and/or Finance, and to assist toward the completion of undergraduate studies.
These Scholarships are open to Maori students who are enrolled in undergraduate study (in Accountancy and/or Finance) at Massey University, in either a part-time or full-time capacity. They must also have the proven ability to complete their qualification at the end of the current academic year.
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The Te Au Rangahau Undergraduate Scholarships are awarded for 2011 only. There are ten (10) scholarships, valued at $500 each.
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Looks like the National Wrestling Association still existed in 1975.
From the 1975/12/09 issue of the Morning Herald (Hagerstown, MD):
Jack Adkisson (Fritz von Erich) was the president of the NWAlliance around this time.
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The Association still existed in 1975
Looks like the National Wrestling Association still existed in 1975.
From the 1975/12/09 issue of the Morning Herald (Hagerstown, MD):
Jack Adkisson (Fritz von Erich) was the president of the NWAlliance around this time.
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The Records of NWA World Heavyweight Championship Matches?
More a request then a question but could someone continue to recored the record of NWA World Heavyweight Championship matches in 2013. there has been some great defenses this year with Rob Conway takeing on big names.
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NWA title controversies over the years
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World Heavyweight Title is vacant...again
After the last match of the "7 Levels of Hate":
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NWA under new management
The lawsuit filed against the National Wrestling Alliance this past January has been settled, paving the way for changes in the organization.
The ownership and management of the NWA brand will be transferred from the Pro Wrestling Organization LLC managed by Bob Trobich (who pretty much saved the promotion from going into destruction back in 1989 when the last true member of meaning, Jim Crockett Promotions was bought out by TBS, creating World Championship Wrestling) ...
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NWA Warzone Wrestling Australia
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Last Show of Paul Bowser
I have found on Tim Hornbaker's Website legacyofwrestling.com this:
Massasusetts Wrestling History
He wrote:
"In my Bowser biography and on page 279 of my book on the National Wrestling Alliance, I clearly stated that Bowser's final wrestling program occurred on July 15, 1960 at Boston
Garden. I was wrong - completely wrong. Bowser's last wrestling program was actually
three months earlier on March 11. 1960. The July 15 show was promoted by Eddie Quinn, ...
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NWA/TNA titles
Hey there. I have seen that in the past that TNA has recognized all NWA title changes that took place in TNA as it being the same title changes as the same titles that they have now. Meaning that they didnt recognize Christian Cage or Kurt Angle as the first TNA world champion, but Ken Shamrock as the first TNA WORLD CHAMPION. I remember Ken Shamrock was the first NWA world champion in TNA. They ...
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title switches in New Zealand/Singapore
I found this info that Libnan Ayoub, a historian in Australia, sent to another great historian Steve Yohe:
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1939 World Junior Heavyweight Title
Found out that John Swenski defeated Bob Kenaston on 39/03/27 in Tulsa, OK for the NWA (Association) World Junior Heavyweight Title.
The 39/04/02 issue of The Oklahoman says that Swenski defeated Kenaston "in Tulsa last Monday."
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Long-time Atlanta businessman and developer Tom Bell, a founding member of Grady Memorial Hospital's corporate board, who is credited with raising $320 million and keeping Grady's doors open, received the Ada Lee and Pete Correll Healthcare Legacy Award.
"Everybody knows this award out to go to Pete but we couldn't figure out a way for him to give it to himself so here I am," said Bell, the retired CEO of development firm Cousins Properties Inc. "We have made a lot of progress but we have so much left. I would dearly like to telll you we have it all figured out. We do not. Health care delivery and health care economics change every day and we don't know where it is going to end up. That one thing we have that we can count on is you."
Dr. Alfred W. Brann, who pioneered neonatal and perinatal care around the world, even while battling cancer, received the Senior Sage Award. He shared that his mother died while giving birth to him, and that he has been propelled to improve women's health throughout his career.
"As care was being provided for smaller and smaller babies, I began asking the question, where are all these babies coming from?" said Brann, noting the importance of prenatal care.
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Time for all of the college hoops you can handle! The Tournament is underway, and the place to watch it is Dave & Busters in Ontario Mills, KCAL Tournament Headquarters! We'll be out at D & B all day today and tomorrow catching all 32 of the 1st Round games with you.
Whether you're just popping in for a quick update and a cold one, or you're hanging out and catching all the action on all the big screens, you'll have a chance to win a great weekend getaway to the M Resort in Las Vegas and $1,000 cash! Patrick will be hosting from 11am to 2pm both days, Kelli will be out there from 5pm to 8pm this evening, Jimbo form 5pm to 8pm on Friday, and The KCAL Crew will be breaking out all sorts of great prizes though out the day. Join the fun, and catch the action. We'll see you there!
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Exciting news, Laker Nation! This just in: the Lakers have been retroactively awarded the 2007 NBA title, reversing the beatdown they suffered in the NBA Finals and passing That Which Is Most Evil as the most decorated team in hoop history with their 17th NBA championship (the Celtics now being reduced to 16 rings). That's why they hopped in their H.G. Wells Time Machine and scooped up the finest point guard Canada has ever produced, right?
You don't actually believe the Forum Blue & Gold are now on track to take the cheese in 2013, do you?
July 5, 2012 at 12:02 pm | Basketball, KCAL Crew, KCAL Rocks, Sports | No comment
Yee-freaking-haw – it's time for the Lakers' Second Annual Quest To Catch The Beelzebubs of Basketball, er, Boston Celtics In NBA Championships, also known as the playoffs. Yep, it's now okay to come to after another pointless NBA regular season, conveniently shortened by a couple months thanks to a lockout we've all forgotten.
And this go-round, as expected, we have some exciting new guests. Please welcome to the dance floor the professional sporting world's former answer to The Twelve Stooges, "yourrrrrrr" Los Angeles Clippers!!! (Actually, the Clips have really always been about one Stooge, but since he owns the team, and his buffoonery has been so, uh, buffoonarific, even all-stars like Danny Manning and Dominique Wilkins have staggered under his buffoonishness.)
Going into the season, we told you SoCal's two NBA entries were more or less evenly matched, and that's more or less how things played out this season, with the Lakers (thankfully) taking the season series and, by the skin of Kobe Bryant's shin, the Pacific Division. Okay, so what happens now? Here we go…
April 27, 2012 at 5:08 pm | Basketball, KCAL Crew, Sports | No comment
Longtime Laker fan favorite was traded to the Houston Rockets minutes before the NBA trade deadline today. D-Fish is truly one of the good guys in the NBA. Nothing but class, and nothing but clutch when you needed him most. Here's wishing him good luck, and hoping that when he's done he comes back to be part of the Lakers family forever.
Enjoy some of his most legendary moments…oh, and do yourself a favor and be sure to click on the full screen option to really enjoy it.
March 15, 2012 at 5:38 pm | Basketball, KCAL Crew, KCAL Rocks, KCALFM.com, News, Sports News | No comment
This time, Eddie Vedder singing "Jeremy (Lin)".
February 24, 2012 at 9:30 am | Basketball, Entertainment News, General Stupidity, KCAL Crew, KCAL Rocks, KCALFM.com, Sports | No comment
While it certainly doesn't suck to be LeBron, we're guessing you didn't go to work on Christmas and get heckled by a confrontational Santa. We had no idea that, after bringing joy to the world's good girls and boys, the jolly old elf likes to drop the sleigh at the American Airlines Center and get his drink on at a Mavs game for a little r&r. Can't you just picture the conversation at the Dallas concession stand?
"Okay, Beertender. Gimme tee martoonis…and…and…a G&T. Whaddya mean I gotta drink out of a plastic cup? What kinda joint is this – Stu's house? My beard? I tink I lost it when I made that delivery at the agave factory in Jalisco. C'mon bro…didja think that suckers real? Hurry up. I don't wanna miss Bosh blowing another layup."
December 28, 2011 at 10:11 am | Basketball, KCAL Crew, KCAL Rocks, Sports | No comment
Ahh, Christmas – A day for joy, hope, and basketball. Well, that and Laker Nation's worst nightmare.
Let's start with the second worst thing you can tell any Lakers fan (including this one): The Clippers are a better bet to hold up that giant golden basketball than the Lakers. Oh sure, they won't do that this year, but – unless until Donald Sterling screws things up again – they're in much better position to win their first ring before the Lakers tie the evil green empire with #17.
Take heart, Lakers fan. For the foreseeable future, at least we're not going to be hearing the single worst thing we can ever hear: The Celtics win the championship. Thanks, for that Kendrick Perkins trade, Danny Ainge! Oh, and enjoy watching him in the Finals this year when the Thunder get worked by The Heatles.
Anyway, here's a look at why it might be time to consider jumping bandwagons. In an attempt to avoid causing Laker Nation to break out in hives this Christmas Day, we'll resist saying the words "Chris Paul†and "Lamar Odom†unless absolutely necessary.
December 25, 2011 at 12:08 am | Basketball, KCAL Crew, KCAL Rocks, Sports | No comment
Update: After putting the deal on hold, it looks like the NBA, which owns the Hornets, just killed the deal. For now anyway.
That having been said, the action moved up the 5 Freeway from Anaheim to downtown L.A on Thursday. For a while there, things were apparently changing forever in the land of Forum Blue & Gold: Chris Paul almost became a Laker, giving the team their first dominant point guard since…Magic?
The bad news: original rumors had Pau Gasol going to Houston, who would send players to New Orleans. The "final" deal had L.O. going to the Big Easy too.
Just a couple problems if the deal really does go through: (1) Who's the new power forward? Derrick Caracter? Kenyon Martin? Look! Vlad Rad and Kwame Brown are available!!! (2) The other obvious move in Mitch Kupchak's playbook is to make a run at one Dwight Howard, who wants out of Orlando. Just one thing: with both Pau and Lamar gone, what would the Lakers have to offer besides 'Drew Bynum?
December 8, 2011 at 4:51 pm | Basketball, KCAL Crew, KCAL Rocks, KCALFM.com, Sports | No comment
Not that it's exactly a surprise, but us sports fans are now being treated to a doubleshot of lockouts. With the NBA having joined the NFL in Laborstrifeland at midnight, instead of getting amped up for the new seasons, we get to watch two simultaneous episodes of Billionaires vs. Millionaires.
Who do you think will win? Do you really care? Us neither.
And now…to hop on the itsovernoitisnt rollercoaster! Over the last couple weeks, there's been increasing noise that the NFL lockout may be done soon. Today, the WWL says "optimism is waning" for an agreement. Like we said, enjoy the rollercoaster ride.
July 1, 2011 at 4:46 pm | Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, KCAL Crew, KCAL Rocks, Sports | No comment
Meet the Lakers' new starting small forward: Metta World Peace! Yep, the erstwhile Ronald William Artest, Junior has decided to take his quest to pass Dennis Rodman as the most…uh…colorful NBA player ever to a new level by changing his name to – you read it right – Metta World Peace.
There's no word yet on whether we're expected to stop calling him Ron Ron and start calling him Metta Metta, World World, or whatever whatever. We are reminded, however, of a few amusing athlete name changes from days past.
June 24, 2011 at 12:02 pm | Basketball, KCAL Crew, KCAL Rocks, Sports | No comment


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The Tigers bullpen struck once again, and the Red Sox are heading to the World Series
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Last night's Game 6 was eerily similar, as he left the game with one out in the 7th inning, only to watch the bases get loaded on an improbable error from defensive wizard Jose Iglesias, followed by a go-ahead grand slam by Shane Victorino.
The game personified the series, as it was a demonstration of the incredible shut-down pitching that the Tigers have had throughout the series, as well as the stark contrast of their impotent bullpen.
On the other side of the field, the Red Sox bullpen was once again dominant. Franklin Morales slipped up a bit last night, but over the course of the entire series, the Red Sox bullpen only gave up one earned run in 21 innings of work.
The Red Sox will now play the St. Louis Cardinals in a rematch of the 2004 World Series, which the Red Sox won in a 4-game sweep. They're both very different teams now, with David Ortiz being the lone representative from either of those 2004 teams. It should be an incredible series, and both teams are sure to present a huge challenge.