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I missed you and I hope some of you missed me. There is no time for that, though. It's been a long time, and there is a lot of stuff to get into, so let's get on with it. Last summer I wrote an article about the Leafs odd decisions. I was motivated to finally question what was going on once Dave Nonis was handed a 5 year extension after what was an admittedly 15 minute conversation between himself and Tim Leiweke. The Nonis extension was the cherry on top of an off-season that saw the Leafs buyout Mikhail Grabovski, lock up David Clarkson and Tyler Bozak to long-term deals, draft a projected third line shut-down centre in the first round, re-sign their two enforcers to multi-year contracts & acquire another goaltender instead of focusing on their major weaknesses at centre ice and on the blueline. The subsequent 2013-14 season was an absolute torturous one to watch. Even when successful, the Leafs were the second best team on the ice. There was a major problem with the blue and white and the men in charge were convinced that everything was going according to plan.
The main criticisms that I had with the Leafs had nothing to do with the people on the ice, but with the people building this team. The problems were glaringly obvious, yet executives like Dave Poulin, Claude Loiselle and Dave Nonis himself would insist the Leafs were hard done by due to injuries, suspensions, cameras in the dressing room, excitement over the Winter Classic and any other worthless excuse one could think of. The brain trust's unwillingness to move forward with the game being played on the ice was the most frustrating thing for myself. The NHL is said to be a copycat league, but the Leafs management group were more interested in copying teams that won in the late 80s and early 90s than ones that have been successful in the 21st century.
While last summer was strange in a bad way, this summer has been strange in a way that has returned a smile to this Leafs fans' face. Before I go into why I like the moves the Leafs have made this summer, I'll state that there is absolutely a chance that these moves can turn out to be disastrous. Nobody is claiming the Leafs are on their way to turning everything around. The optimism (for myself, at least) emerges from the fact that the Leafs have hired forward thinking, progressive individuals to their organization. That's all I wanted. Bring in a guy who looks at things differently and challenges the old boys club mentality. Nonis, Poulin, Loiselle and Steve Kasper (the Leafs's Director of Pro Scouting) have been here making and influencing decisions since 2009. When Nonis was named General Manager (20 months ago) he said the team would continue along the same path it had been heading down for the previous 48 months. I think that path had run its course.
Change of Direction
Replacing Loiselle and Poulin with Kyle Dubas, Brandon Pridham, Cam Charron, Daryl Metcalf and Rob Pettapiece the Leafs have dramatically changed the way they do business. Yes, Nonis is still the GM. However, all final decisions are made by Brandan Shanahan and Nonis' way of thinking no longer has the votes at the table to make things happen. I don't know much about Pridham. What I do know though is that he was instrumental while working for the league when it came to CBA issues. He is in charge of contracts and the cap for the Leafs. Time will tell if he is capable of that or not. There could be nobody worse than the departed Loiselle.
As for Dubas, he is the epitome of what some wanted (myself included) in the Leafs front office. When Dubas speaks I don't cringe. He is an articulate individual who thinks the game in a way that is different than the run of the mill. Again, the time to judge Dubas will be after he has been around and created change in the team. At first blush though, he is someone that makes me feel confident that the team I love is headed in the right direction. Here are a few Dubas interviews from The Macko and Cauz show on TSN 1050 (May 6th and June 24th) . These interviews were prior to him being hired by the Leafs. His ideas are like a fresh breeze on a stagnant day. There is a reason Dubas was so highly recommended to Shanahan and why it was a move that so many praised the Leafs for making.
Charron and Metcalf are two people whose work I respect greatly. Charron was, for my money, the most insightful and accurate writer on the Leafs the past two years. His ideas were always well thought out and well written. I am a more well rounded hockey fan today because of Cam. Whether you agreed with his premise or not, he proved it every single time he published an article. Dispute his ideas if you choose, but he always presented them in a way that demonstrated logic and dedication. I'm happy for him on a personal level and look forward to him being involved with the Leafs.
That kind of springboards into Metcalf (the man behind ExtraSkater.com). His website was the bible for so many hockey fans that I interacted with on a daily basis. It was a site that I visited multiple times a day and it is something that I am sorely going to miss. When Dubas was hired he was laughing about how difficult it was to track statistics with such a low budget in Sault Ste. Marie. Dubas said that he was looking forward to using the vast resources of MLSE. I think the hiring of Metcalf is the first of many steps for Dubas in that direction.
As complimentary as I've been towards the Leafs in this article, I will once again say that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done to turn this thing around. The Leafs still have major cap anchors in Clarkson and Bozak. If they aren't the worst, they are among the worst in the centre ice position. The Leafs lack wingers scoring wingers beyond Phil Kessel, James Van Riemsdyk and the oft-injured Joffrey Lupul. As progressive as the front office hirings have been, the Leafs still employ an absolute dinosaur as their Head Coach and his impact will be bigger than the people pulling the strings behind him. While much heavy lifting is needed, I have finally begun to trust and believe in the men charged with that task. Hope is something that I have been accused of not having when it comes to the Toronto Maple Leafs lately. It has returned this summer.


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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
|Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Thor Freudenthal
|Produced by
|Screenplay by
|Marc Guggenheim
|Based on
|The Sea of Monsters
by Rick Riordan
|Music by
|Andrew Lockington
|Shelly Johnson
|Edited by
|Mark Goldblatt
|Distributed by
|20th Century Fox
|Release dates
|Running time
|106 minutes[1]
United States
|$90 million[3]
|Box office
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Thor Freudenthal. It is the second installment in the Percy Jackson film series and is based on the novel The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan.
The film continues the adventures of Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) and his friends, as they search for the Golden Fleece at the Sea of Monsters. Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, and Jake Abel reprise their roles from the previous film, while Nathan Fillion and Anthony Head replace Dylan Neal and Pierce Brosnan. New additions to the cast include Leven Rambin, Douglas Smith, and Stanley Tucci. The film was produced by Michael Barnathan and Karen Rosenfelt. Chris Columbus, who directed Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, serves as executive producer. The plot centers on Percy and his friends as they journey to the eponymous Sea of Monsters to retrieve the Golden Fleece in order to save their safe but dying haven.
The film was released in North America on August 7, 2013, receiving mixed critical reviews and became commercially successful having grossed over $199 million at the box office exceeding its $90 million budget. The film was released on 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD on December 17, 2013.[4]
|This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (January 2014)
Percy recounts the story of Thalia and her great sacrifice in order to protect her friends. A young Annabeth, Luke, Grover and Thalia are running to Camp Half-Blood while being pursued by monsters. Thalia sacrifices herself to get the others into the camp and her father Zeus finds another way for her to live by transforming her into a pine tree, creating a magical border around the camp so that no other half-blood would suffer from a fate as she did. Back at the camp, Percy has started to feel like a "One Quest Wonder". Soon after, Chiron and Mr. D investigate a Cyclops that has somehow passed through the border, and the Cyclops is revealed to be Tyson, Percy's half-brother. After the campers pick on Percy and Tyson, the camp is suddenly attacked by a Colchis Bull, who breaks through the border and ravages Camp Half-Blood. Percy finally defeats it with the help of Tyson, Annabeth, and Clarisse. Following this, Luke Castellan (who had survived) suddenly appears and confronts Percy, trying to convert the son of Poseidon to his cause. When Percy refuses, Luke disappears.
The campers soon realize that Thalia's tree has been poisoned by Luke and that they have been left vulnerable to attacks. Percy asks Chiron about a prophecy he is involved in (for Luke had tried to bait him with the knowledge earlier), and subsequently visits the Oracle, who tells him of a prophecy of a half-blood of the eldest gods either saving or destroying Olympus. Percy tells Chiron about the prophecy, and Chiron then tells him that he is the only living half-blood of the eldest gods, so the half-blood in the Prophecy may refer to Percy himself. Annabeth and Grover then find a way to save the tree as they learn about the Golden Fleece which has the power to heal anything and they then propose a quest to Mr. D, in which they retrieve the Fleece from Polyphemus' Lair in Circeland in the Sea of Monsters and use it to heal Thalia's tree. Mr. D then announces the quest, but chooses Clarisse to lead the quest instead, much to Annabeth's and Percy's dismay. Percy then convinces Grover and Annabeth to accompany him on the quest, and Tyson joins them against Annabeth's wishes. Annabeth hails the Chariot of Damnation and Percy threatens the three drivers (the Graeae) to tell him of his prophecy, causing them to give him a set of coordinates in the Sea of Monsters before ejecting the group from the cab in Washington D.C. While walking down the street, Grover is kidnapped by Chris Rodriguez and taken to Luke. Meanwhile, Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson meet with Hermes and he gives them a thermos that releases the winds from the four corners of the earth, as well as a magical box sealer that, when taped around as a border, can make anything disappear. The three ride a Hippokampos to Luke's yacht, The Andromeda, where they are captured and locked in the brig. After a plan is made, the three escape.
The group is consumed by Charybdis after Tyson loses the thermos, and they discover Clarisse in the monster's stomach. Percy and Clarisse work together to escape Charybdis's gut, and soon they arrive at Circeland, Polyphemus' lair. Percy finds Grover and the five escape Polyphemus, retrieving the fleece and trapping him in his cave. Afterwards, Luke arrives and demands the fleece from Percy, who refuses. Luke shoots a crossbow bolt at Percy but Tyson takes the bolt in the chest before falling to the water below, much to Percy's shock.
Luke begins reviving Kronos as Percy laments over the loss of Tyson. Annabeth then encourages Percy to take leadership. The team then escapes captivity and a fight ensues. Percy grapples with Luke over the Fleece, but Luke easily gains the upper hand. Luke is suddenly thrown away by Tyson, revealed to have survived his wound, due to the water healing it, as he is Poseidon's son. The group watches in horror as Kronos rises from the sarcophagus. Kronos consumes Luke and Grover, before battling Percy. Percy realizes that Riptide is the "cursed blade" of the prophecy, and slays Kronos with it, who regurgitates Grover and Luke, the latter landing in Polyphemus' Lair. Their victory is short lived as Annabeth is stabbed from behind by the Manticore, who is killed in turn by Clarisse and Grover. Annabeth dies in Percy's arms, but is resurrected by the Fleece. Percy then gives the fleece to Clarisse and they return to Camp Half-Blood. Clarisse places the fleece on Thalia's tree with Annabeth protecting the tree over night. The group returns the next day to find Thalia alive, as the fleece healed Thalia too much and returned her to human form.
Percy realizes that Thalia is a child of Zeus, and therefore is another possible child of the prophecy about either preserving or destroying Olympus. The film ends shows the sarcophagus with Kronos' remains in it glowing, presumably showing that Kronos is still alive somehow.
- Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson, the demigod son of Poseidon.[5]
- Brandon T. Jackson as Grover Underwood, Percy's best friend and protector, a satyr.[5] Bjorn Yearwood portrays a younger Grover.
- Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth Chase, the demigod daughter of Athena and Percy's secret crush.[5] Alisha Newton portrays a younger Annabeth.
- Leven Rambin as Clarisse La Rue, the demigod daughter of Ares.[6]
- Jake Abel as Luke Castellan, the demigod son of Hermes.[5] Samuel Braun portrays a younger Luke.
- Stanley Tucci as Dionysus/Mr. D, the god of wine and director of Camp Half-Blood.[6]
- Nathan Fillion as Hermes, Luke's father; the god of thieves, travelers, and messengers.[7]
- Douglas Smith as Tyson, Percy's cyclops half-brother.[8]
- Paloma Kwiatkowski as Thalia Grace, the demigod daughter of Zeus.[9][10] Katelyn Mager portrays a younger Thalia.
- Anthony Head as Chiron, the activities director at Camp Half Blood. Chiron is a Centaur.[5] Head replaces Pierce Brosnan, who played the role in The Lightning Thief.
- Robert Maillet as Polyphemus, the Cyclops that owns Circeland and is guarding the Golden Fleece. Voiced by Ron Perlman [10]
- Derek Mears and Aleks Paunovic as Cyclops.[11]
- Grey Damon as Chris Rodriguez. A rogue demigod son of Hermes who helps Luke to resurrect Kronos.
- Missi Pyle,[10] Yvette Nicole Brown[10] and Mary Birdsong[12] as the Graeae
Reports of a second Percy Jackson film first surfaced in March 2011.[13][14] On October 12, 2011, a sequel was officially confirmed by 20th Century Fox.[15] Filming for Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters began on April 16, 2012. The film was originally going to be released on March 15, 2013,[16] but in May 2012, the release date was postponed to August 16, 2013.[17] In April 2013, a final release date was set for August 7, 2013.[18] Filming took place in Robert Burnaby Park in Vancouver, B.C.; however from June 20 to July 22, they filmed in New Orleans for Princess Andromeda scenes,[19] including the former site of Six Flags New Orleans.[20] More filming took place in January 2013. On January 22, 2013, Logan Lerman released a statement on Twitter that read "Last day of shooting on Percy Jackson 2" accompanied by a photo of the shooting.[21]
In February 2011, it was revealed in the online subscription magazine Production Weekly that the film was in production.[22] In another source, the lead cast members from the first movie were expected to return for their roles. Chris Columbus would not be returning as director, though he would be producing the movie together with Karen Rosenfelt (producer of the Twilight movie Breaking Dawn). Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski were hired as the scriptwriters.[23] Marc Guggenheim was hired to re-write the screenplay and Alexander and Karaszewski were uncredited. On June 16, 2011, it was announced that Thor Freudenthal would be directing the movie.[24] Shooting began in summer 2012. On October 12, 2011, it was announced that the film would be released on March 26, 2013. On May 31, 2012, it was announced that the movie had been pushed back to August 16, 2013.[25] On April 6, it was announced that the movie was pushed up to August 7, 2013.[26]
On January 13, 2012, a brand new production list was released and stated that filming would take place between April 26, 2012 and July 11, 2012.[27][28] It was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia and New Orleans, Louisiana with the abandoned set of Six Flags in New Orleans also serving as a filming location . Filming wrapped up in July and then started again in January for reshoots. It wrapped up on January 22, 2013.[29][30]
Five official stills were released on March 21, 2013.[31] On April 2, the trailer for the film was uploaded on YouTube. A teaser poster was released on April 16. A second trailer was released on May 29, 2013. A third international trailer was released on the June 25, 2013, on YouTube. Since July 19, three TV spots have been released known as "Story", "Cast" and "Family". A clip from the film was released on the internet on July 23, where it was later uploaded onto YouTube. Later many more new clips were released.
Smart & Final stores in California, Arizona, and Nevada offered Hollywood Movie Money Certificate good for one free movie ticket with the purchase of two First Street Bakery items as part of the movie promotion.[32]
Critical response[edit]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 41% approval rating with an average rating of 5.1/10 based on 111 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "It's pretty and packed with action; unfortunately, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is also waterlogged with characters and plots that can't help but feel derivative."[33] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the film has a score of 39 based on 33 collected reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[34]
Jim Vejvoda of IGN rated the movie as 6.0 out of 10, awarding "There are worse sequels than the CG-heavy Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, but it's just such overly familiar territory."[35] Gary Goldstein from Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review, saying that "tweens and young teens should be sufficiently distracted by the movie's brisk pace and heroic mayhem — if they're not too unnerved by its at times nightmarish imagery",[36] while James Rocchi from ScreenCrush said "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is hardly the stuff of legend, but by keeping the plot straightforward and the storytelling clean, it's an odyssey the intended young audience will be glad to take."[37] Marsha McCreadie on Roger Ebert's website gave the movie two and a half stars out of four and called it "a gentler-spirited, less flashy enterprise, though it still presents a natural world that can morph at the whim of a god."[38]
New York Times writer Andy Webster states, "Sea of Monsters is diverting enough — the director, Thor Freudenthal is savvy with effects and keeps his young cast on point — but it doesn't begin to approach the biting adolescent tension of the Harry Potter movies."[39] In a negative review, Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter posted as the bottom line that "Buoyant effects help keep this sequel from being a noisily hit and myth proposition."[40] Bruce Ingram of Chicago Sun-Times thought the movie had a "deficit of thrills" and "faithful fans of the novels will be unhappy with the liberties taken with the adaptation like they were with the first film."[41] Some critics were merciless, like Josh Bell of Las Vegas Weekly who called the series "a thoroughly second-rate franchise" and said "with movies like Sea of Monsters, it can probably continue in acceptable mediocrity for years to come"[42] and Connie Ogle of The Miami Herald who says "In Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, choosing the dumbest character is a colossal task."[43]
Box office[edit]
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters grossed an $68,559,554 in North America and $131,290,761 internationally for a worldwide total of $199,850,315.[44]
The film grossed $5.4 million on its opening day, taking the number No. 2 spot at the domestic box office.[45] During its extended five day opening weekend the film debuted at the No. 4 spot and grossed $23,258,113.[46]
|Young Artist Award
|Best Supporting Young Actress in a Feature Film
|Katelyn Mager
|Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
|Soundtrack album by Andrew Lockington
|August 6, 2013
|Sony Classical
|Brian Liesegang
|"Thalia's Story"
|"Percy at the Lake"
|"Colchis Bull"
|"The Shield is Gone"
|"The Oracle's Prophecy"
|"Cursed Blade Shall Reap"
|"Wild Taxi Ride"
|"Onboard the Yacht"
|"Wave Conjuring"
|"Sea of Monsters"
|"Belly of the Beast"
|"New Coordinates"
|"Thank You Brother"
|"Annabeth and the Fleece"
|"Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters – Main Titles"
|"To Feel Alive" (composed by Andrew Lockington & Tiff Randol and performed by IAMEVE)
"My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" by Fall Out Boy and "Cameo Lover" by Kimbra were featured in the movie but are unavailable on the soundtrack.
Home media[edit]
The film was released on 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD on December 17, 2013. The film was additionally released for Digital HD download on December 3.[48][49]
In March 25, 2014, Lerman said that a sequel to Sea of Monsters would not be made.[50] However, a report of March 31, 2014 stated "Logan Lerman has said Percy Jackson 3 could still go ahead" and that the previous report "was taken out of context".[51]
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- ^ a b c d e "Anthony Head to Play Chiron in 'Percy Jackson' Sequel". Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ^ a b "First Look: Logan Lerman Returns for 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters' with New Backup [PHOTOS]". International Business Times. March 29, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
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- ^ "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters Moved up to August 7". ComingSoon.net. April 6, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
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- ^ 'Percy Jackson' sequel could be on its way Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 31, 2013
- ^ Fox Moves Ahead With New 'Die Hard' and 'Percy Jackson' Films The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 31, 2013
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- ^ Production Weekly issue 749, February 3, 2011
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- ^ Review: 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters' a heroic effort for demigod Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ^ Rocchi, James (August 6, 2013). "'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters' Review". ScreenCrush. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
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- ^ Bell, Josh (August 7, 2013). "The second-rate franchise that is 'Percy Jackson'". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ^ Ogle, Connie (August 7, 2013). "'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters' (PG)". Miami.com. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
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- ^ Daisy Wyatt (March 31, 2014). "Noah star Logan Lerman: Percy Jackson 3 could still happen". The Independent. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters at the Internet Movie Database
- Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters at Rotten Tomatoes
- Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters at Box Office Mojo
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In January 2013, Congressman Robert B. Aderholt was sworn in to serve his ninth term representing Alabama's Fourth Congressional District.
Aderholt is a member of the powerful House Committee on Appropriations, which has jurisdiction over funding the operation of the federal government. As Chairman of the Subcommittee on Agriculture, he supports greater transparency, accountability and oversight to the appropriations process. Aderholt is also a member of the Commerce, Justice and Science; and the Defense Subcommittees. An advocate of fiscal responsibility, truth in budgeting and a federal government that operates within its means Aderholt brings common-sense solutions to the Committee.
Aderholt is also a member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (also known as the Helsinki Commission). Founded in 1976, the Helsinki Commission is comprised of 56 countries around the world that together monitors human rights in Europe and Central Asia.
A staunch supporter of his community and the state of Alabama, Aderholt believes the federal government serves a critical role in assisting state and local projects and economic development efforts. He continues to support pro-growth initiatives that create jobs, strong immigration standards and robust national security.
Prior to his election to Congress, Aderholt served as an aide to Governor Fob James and as a Municipal Judge in Haleyville, Alabama. Educated through Alabama's public school system, Aderholt went on to graduate from Birmingham Southern College and from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University.
Born on July 22, 1965, and raised in Alabama, Aderholt and his wife, Caroline, reside in Haleyville with their daughter, Mary Elliott, and their son, Robert Hayes. When Congress is in session, his family joins him in Washington, DC.
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Eco-group questions Iceland oil
Back in January, China's state-owned oil company CNOOC obtained an Arctic exploration licence for the remote Dreki area, 125 miles off the north coast of Iceland. Iceland has very close relations with Beijing. When I interviewed the Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson at an event in Tromso earlier this year, he told me:
"We have a very good cooperation with China. We hope our Free Trade Agreement will be fully implemented in the summer. China is a very big player in the world economy. They are showing interest in the Arctic, interest in western Europe, and we treat them like anybody else in the world. As long as they play by Icelandic rules, Icelandic law, we don't worry. I see opportunities in working with China, no threats".
I was interested to come across a short item by the news agency AFP about a group that sees Arctic development a little differently; the Iceland Nature Conservation Association. Their opposition has nothing to do with the fact that China is investing in the region, but with the basic fossil fuels-climate paradox. The agency quotes the chairman, Arni Finnsson:
"Iceland should not bet on oil at a time when it is doubtful that humanity can reach its (greenhouse gas) goals."
Apart from the climate implications, Finnsson says oil production in the area envisaged by CNOOC along with Icelandic firm Eykon Energy and Norway's state-owned Petoro is unlikely to be cost-efficient. The cost factor is one analysts say will play the key role in determining whether offshore oil exploration in the Arctic will be viable, as discussed on various occasions here on the Ice Blog.
Iceland is still recovering from the financial crisis of 2008-2009 and hopes to follow in neighbouring Norway's footsteps and build a lucrative oil industry. "That is the hope," Thorarinn Sveinn Arnarson, who heads the hydrocarbon licensing department at Iceland's national energy authority, told AFP. "If something is found that is economically viable there would be tax benefits and of course all the other things, job creation and technical capacity like we've seen in Norway and in the Faroe Islands."
But experts warn that this vision could be some way off if it ever materialises. Dag Claes, a leading oil and gas expert at the University of Oslo, stresses the remoteness of the area. He also draws attention to the problems of developing a suitable infrastructure for an oil industry in this part of the world, a problem I wrote about here on the Blog recently. You might also like to check out the article: Are we prepared for a catastrophe in the Arctic?
DateMarch 7, 2014 | 12:47 pm
TagsArctic, Climate, Environment, Iceland, Oil
First World Wildlife Day and the Arctic
Maybe like me you were not aware that up to now there had been NO World Wildlife Day. Sometimes I have the feeling every day on the calendar must have been designated the day of several different causes. In fact, the UN only decided in 2013 that March 3rd 2014 should be the first World Wildlife Day. As I have commented on similar occasions here on the Ice Blog, the danger of these "international day of whatever" events is that the inflation can actually detract attention. Nevertheless, these designated days can be an opportunity to focus on particular topics. World Wildlife Day is a fine chance to remind ourselves once again of the need to protect biodiversity, especially in such a key region as the Arctic, which is being affected so drastically by climate change.
The Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a UN body with its headquarters in Bonn, plays a key role in wildlife protection. Given that animals do not recognize human-designated national borders, wildlife protection has to involve international cooperation, which is what CMS does. Bradnee Chambers is the Executive Secretary of CMS. He gave me this message for the Ice Blog on World Wildlife Day, focusing on that most famous of all Arctic creatures, the polar bear :
"The Arctic is extremely fragile and changes to its ecosystem from climate change will have irreversible consequences on migratory species such as the polar bear. We must stabilize global green gas emissions before the polar bear literally loses the very ice beneath its feet." I can only wholeheartedly agree. And what is true of the polar bear, is true of so many other species. Let me quote at length from an article Bradnee Chambers has written:
"The largest terrestrial predator on Earth is losing the ground under its feet. Polar bears used to dominate the expanse and loneliness of the Arctic, which can seem unaffected by human presence so far. However, appearances deceive. The polar bear is now a symbol if the many species whose survival is at risk because of the effects of climate change and pollution.
The antics of Knut the polar bear cub in the Berlin Zoo touched the hearts of the German public and won him fans all over the world. The polar bear might look cute and cuddly, making it a perfect icon for Coca-Cola and many other organizations that wish to use its iconic recognition value to promote their cause or product. It is, in fact, a ferocious predator that spends much of each year on the sea ice hunting and, in the process, covers distances of up to 620 miles (1,000 kilometers). But the polar bear is also a vulnerable species listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List — one that requires constant attention and sound conservation management humanity is to ensure the polar bear's existence for future generations.
There have long been concerted, international efforts to conserve the polar bear, and the Polar Bear Agreement meeting in Moscow in December 2013 celebrated 40 years of collaboration among the five nations where polar bears exist — namely Canada, Greenland (an autonomous community that is part of Denmark), Norway, the Russian Federation and the United States. The meeting attendees agreed on a declaration promising to beef up the monitoring of these animals and the assessment of their status, and to commit to working toward developing a polar bear action plan for the next meeting of these countries in two years' time.
Nevertheless, these countries admitted in 2009 that climate change was the main threat that needed to be tackled. Early indications from that time were that the individual conservation efforts of the five countries were beginning to bear fruit, with most polar-bear populations at least stable — with a total of 20,000 to 25,000 individuals in the wild. But all of these hard-won advances could easily be lost if Arctic ice continues to diminish.
The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and its Scientific Council have been examining the effects of climate change on migration for years and, in 2011, passed an unequivocal resolution — "Migratory Species Conservation in the Light of Climate Change" — identifying the polar bear as one of the species most threatened by climate change. (…)
Climate change, which is leading to reduced ice cover and the thawing of permafrost, is not the only factor having detrimental effects on polar bears. Increased economic activities, such as oil and gas exploration and exploitation, and shipping, are also taking their toll. As apex predators, polar bears are vulnerable to environmental pollutants, and post-mortems have shown dangerous levels of mercury and other toxins in the animals. These pollutants even affect newborn cubs, which ingest the poisons in their mothers' milk. Governments have to strike a fine balance: How are they to protect a fragile environment and forsake economic opportunities while exploiting much needed natural resources and creating jobs and wealth? The choices made often make the prospects for the polar bears bleaker, with fewer places for them to hunt and build dens in which to raise their young. The CMS is a global treaty whose parties have committed to working together to conserve the hundreds of species listed on its appendices. These range from the blue whale to the monarch butterfly to gorillas, whose territories straddle the borders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, and the arctic tern, which covers hundreds of thousands of kilometers in a lifetime in its pole-to-pole migrations. As a worldwide convention, CMS has the breadth to deal with species such as the polar bear in the context of climate change, adding a global perspective to conservation policies. The convention is used to dealing with multiple threats — such as pollution, climate change and environmental degradation — and it is recognized as the Convention on Biological Diversity's lead partner on the conservation and sustainable use of migratory species. It has a catalog of more than 30 years' worth of wide-ranging policies and a track record of fostering international cooperation.
At the International Forum on the Conservation of Polar Bears — which was held in December and attracted high-level participation, including from Russian Environment Minister Sergei Donskoi and his Canadian counterpart, Leona Aglukkaq — delegates were confronted with a disturbing prediction: The polar-bear population could fall by as much as two-thirds by 2050. Nations need to take action now, and the bears need all the friends they can get. CMS is ready to play its part if its parties agree to include the polar bear under its appendices."
Bradnee Chambers' article is available in full on LiveScience.
In a video message to mark World Wildlife Day, UNEP chief Achim Steiner says wildlife is too often thought of as a threat to development. He stresses that it is not just the big iconic animals we need to worry about. He stresses how biodiversity is essential to support life on earth. This biodiversity is under threat from climate change and pollution all round the globe – and especially in the rapidly changing and developing Arctic.
DateFebruary 27, 2014 | 12:27 pm
Tags#WorldWildlifeDay, Arctic, Biodiversity, Climate, CMS, ice, polar bears, sea ice, UN talks, wildlife
Birthday gift for Svalbard Seed Vault
Far below a mountain of permafrost, the seeds are secured for future generations. Here they are safe from war, earthquakes, tsunamis and other catastrophes. The "Doomsday Vault", as it is sometimes called, was set up on Svalbard six years ago. Some 800,000 different seed samples have since been brought north. This week marks six years of the seed vault, ten years since the Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT), was opened.
Farm crop diversity dwindling
"We need to conserve the diversity of the major crops, in order to be able to feed the world in the future. This diversity is really the building blocks for the future of agriculture. And agriculture is up for some major challenges," Marie Haga, the Executive Director of GCDT, told me in an interview as she prepared to head for Svalbard for an anniversary board meeting.
"We need to feed one billion more people in the next ten years and we have to do this in the midst of climate change."
At the same time, many species of food crop are disappearing, she explained. "Since 1900, the US has lost 90% of the diversity of its fruit and vegetables in the fields. That is dramatic."
Haga said there are similar events being documented in European countries, including major food producing nations like Spain.
"In the 1970s, Spain had 400 varieties of melons in the fields. Today they have only 12. We we are losing diversity out there in farmers' fields because of the way we do agriculture," Haga said. "That's why it is so important that we conserve these seeds in seed banks around the world."
Haga believes that by saving seeds and preserving a diverse collection of plant genes, we will be prepared for the climate challenges of the future.
"The temperature is increasing globally. The weather is more unpredictable," she said. "We know we will not dramatically change the way we do agriculture over the next few years. And that means we are even more dependent on these seeds that are stored in plant gene banks around the world."
War and disaster endanger crop diversity
GCDT supports an international network of gene banks which collect seeds from their particular region. But in the event of war or natural disaster, these facilities may be vulnerable to damage.
"We know we have lost plant gene banks in the Philippines for instance, in floods and fires. Very important gene banks have been lost in Afghanistan, These days we are very concerned about what is happening to a very important seed bank in Aleppo in Syria. Something could happen to the very important diversity of wheat we have in that seed bank. "
But the Svalbard Seed vault is considered one of the safest seed storage sites in the world. "It is in permafrost and we know that will last for a long time even though the climate is changing," said Haga. "The seed vault is far above sea level. It is in a very stable part of the world. There are no earthquakes and it's a politically stable area."
As the conflict in Syria continues, the seed bank there is in danger. But the same seeds are also stored at the site in Svalbard. "So if something happens to the gene bank in Syria, we know it is possible to retrieve the material on this island in the far north."
This week 20,000 new samples are arriving on the Arctic island to mark the seed bank's tenth anniversary,
"For the first time we will get a substantial deposit of seeds from Japan, which is important. We know Japan has gone through terrible stresses with the tsunami and earthquakes."
So far, the "Doomsday Vault" has never been called on to release its underground treasures – but they are ready if the need should arise.
"There are lots of uncertainties around the globe, some man-made, some by natural disasters. In case something were to go terribly wrong, we know it's a very unique possibility to go to Svalbard and retrieve material lost out there in the real world."
DateFebruary 26, 2014 | 3:50 pm
Why melting Arctic ice leaves us cold!
Since I attended a workshop on "Creating a Climate for Change" in Tromso in January, I have been thinking a lot about the psychological reasons why things are not moving forward on climate change. Although scientific knowledge is growing all the time, public perception of the need for action has not kept pace. Even in regions of the Arctic where climate change is very visible, a lot of people seem to be unwilling to take it on board. Of course there are people who will benefit to some extent. But the danger of a warming world for future generations and the environment is hard to avoid. Yet there is what you could all collective inaction. Is it all in the mind? I touched on this briefly in a post from Tromso, but feel it is important enough to come back to in some more detail here.
In connection with climate change, the word "denial" is highly emotionally charged. Her book entitled "Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life" brought American sociologist Kari Norgaard storms of hate mail from right-wing climate skeptics. Yet the academic from the University of Oregon is not concerned with this minority group.
"I think it is a very disingenuous debate that has been manufactured by political interests who stand to lose as the economy shifts away from fossil fuels. What they're doing is trying to make it sound like there is a debate – but actually there is no debate", Kari told me in an interview. What she wants to understand is why the vast majority of people who do not dispute the existence of human-induced climate change still fail to translate that knowledge into action in their own lives.
"How is it possible that we have so much knowledge about the urgency of climate change, yet when you look around, it seems that either nobody knows or nobody cares?". Norgaard sees an "incredible disconnect between the moral, social and environmental crisis of climate change and the lack of a widespread sense of a need for urgent action." Humans, says Norgaard, are "not getting it" and "carrying on regardless".
Refusing to accept the obvious?
The American researcher spent ten months studying a community in northern Norway, a country where media literacy, political participation and climate awareness are high. The winter she spent there was unusually warm and the snow came two months later than usual, causing problems for the community's two main revenue sources farming and tourism. Yet Norgaard observed that the phenomenon of climate change was "invisible in social or political life". Although stories in the media linked the warm winter explicitly to global warming, residents did not react by contacting politicians or cutting down on fossil fuels. Norgaard attributes this lack of response to what she calls "socially organized denial": although people are informed about the findings of climate science, this knowledge remains disconnected from political, social, and private life. She sees this as symbolic of how citizens of wealthier, industrialized countries are responding to global warming. In her home county the USA, regions are already experiencing climate impacts with economic consequences. Yet people do not want to accept that it could have something to do with their lifestyle and require unpleasant action.
"People have a real fear about what it means for the world and their future. Then a sense of guilt comes up because they realize that our high quality of life through our use of fossil fuels is directly linked to this problem. Then there is a sense of helplessness, because it feels so large and we see the lack of political response."
People prefer, it seems, to live as though they did not have the worrying evidence of climate change. Norgaard compares this behaviour to people's ignoring the holocaust or the dropping of the atomic bomb during World War II: She thinks we are trying to protect ourselves by avoiding unpleasant facts and the need to do something about them.
The greatest communication failure of all time?
Per Espen Stoknes is a psychologist at the Center for Climate Strategy of the Norwegian Business Institute NBI. He says the communication of climate science has failed to take account of psychological defence mechanisms of the sort Norgaard describes. "For a long time it was hoped that just the facts would be sufficient. But there are psychological barriers which stop people taking to heart what climate science is telling us, and these have been underestimated", he told me in an interview.
Stoknes says people perceive climate change as something distant, in time and place. An IPCC (intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) forecast for 2100 seems a long way away. Melting sea ice or sea level rise in places like Bangladesh or the Maldives seem geographically very remote.
Paradoxically, the better the facts on climate change become, the less people seem to care. Stoknes quotes surveys going back to 1989 in Norway which show a decrease in people's concern about the greenhouse effect and climate change."Only four in ten now see it as a problem".
Another interesting statistic Stoknes quotes shows the public has the impression only 55 percent of climate scientists agree on global warming. In reality, the figure is 97%.Getting the message about climate change across is the "greatest communication failure of all time", says Stoknes. He says scientists need to lecture people less and engage more in dialogue and discussion. Media coverage also plays a role: "We know about 85 percent of all the media reports about climate have been framed as doom and disaster. We know this gives people an aversion and leads to avoidance behaviour. We stop wanting to hear about the issue".
This would appear to fit with a downward slide in climate coverage around the globe, says Elisabeth Eide from the University of Bergen, author of various works on climate change in the media. She refers to "climate fatigue" in society at large and in journalists in particular.
How to motivate people to combat climate change?
If these researchers are correct and the lack of climate action is mainly psychologically motivated, the problem requires psychological solutions. Stoknes says we have to cross the "doom and disaster barrier" and point the way forward. Norgaard too argues for more positive examples and indications of what we could do to change things.".
Psychologist Stoknes stresses the power of social norms to change behaviour: He suggests campaigns that make people compete with their peers – neighbours, other towns, friends, relatives, at being climate-conscious. He reports the success of an app where people can record and compare how much energy they have used. Another possibility is to make "greener" options the default in all aspects of daily life. "If the normal way a printer works is to use both sides of the paper, for instance, people will do that. Not if they have to change a setting" says Stoknes. A mind-shift away from portraying climate change as a paralysing threat towards stressing practical behaviour that would change the situation could avoid triggering what the experts call "the emotional need for denial". Any thoughts on that?
DateFebruary 21, 2014 | 2:28 pm
Climate change back on the agenda?
Trawling the media for climate-related stories over the weekend, I began to see some signs that the message might be getting across after all. I had just put the finishing touches to my story on "Why we don't want to hear about climate change", based on interviews with sociologist Kari Marie Norgaard from the University of Oregon and psychologist Per Stoknes from the Norwegian Business school, when I heard US Secretary of State John Kerry's announcement that the USA and China would be cooperating and exchanging data in the run-up to the 2015 Paris climate talks, where a new climate deal is supposed to be agreed. I found myself feeling just a little bit more optimistic. If these two key players really put climate protection into action, maybe we will be able to get somewhere. A report on a study by the Chinese government on the disastrous air pollution in Beijing is not happy reading, but gives grounds to assume the Chinese government has to be serious about taking emissions in hand.
Arctic ambassador – a sign of the times?
Another announcement by the US Sec of State leaves me with mixed feelings. There is going to be a US ambassador for the Arctic. On the one hand, it is always good to see the Arctic getting attention. On the other hand, the motivation does not make me jump for joy. An item from the news agency AFP writes of "a region increasingly coveted by several countries for its oil and other raw materials". Indeed. That is the worrying bit. In case you missed it, (the Arctic announcement did not get huge coverage), Kerry said in his statement:
"The Arctic region is the last global frontier and a region with enormous and growing geostrategic, economic, climate, environment and national security implications for the United States and the world…President Obama and I are committed to elevating our attention and effort to keep up with the opportunities and consequences presented by the Arctic's rapid transformation – a very rare convergence of almost every national priority in the most rapidly-changing region on the face of the Earth". It is good to see climate and environment get a mention at least.
A "Stern" warning
The Guardian had a guest article by Nicholas Stern, the author of that famous Stern Report on the economics of climate change back in 2006 (yes, it really is that long ago).The background to this, of course, is the wild weather in the UK. Now I do not wish that kind of weather on anyone, but in terms of drawing attention to climate change it has certainly been very important. Stern writes "The record rainfall and storm surges that have brought flooding across the UK are a clear sign that we are already experiencing the impacts of climate change". He makes a clear case for linking the two. He also brings in the other extreme weather around the globe, including Australia, Argentina and Brazil and the devastating typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines last year. Stern has clear advice for the politicians:
"This is a pattern of global change that it would be very unwise to ignore." Stern says the risks are even bigger than when he wrote the 2006 report. "Since then, annual greenhaouse gas emissions have increased steeply and some of the impacts, such as the decline of Arctic sea ice, have started to happen much more quickly."
I hope a lot of decision-makers and influential business people have read or will still read Stern's article. He calls for rapid action and investment. He has a clear message for the European Union, currently not the most popular international organisation with the British government. "The UK whould work with the rest of the EU to create a unified and much better functioning energy market and power grid structure. 'this would also increase energy security, lower costs and reduce emissions. What better was is there to bring Europe together?" Other measures recommended would be to implement a "strong price on greenhouse gas pollution across the economy". This, remember, is a renowned economist, not an environmental campaigner. He also warns against the temptation to cut overseas aid to fund adaptation to climate change. "It would be deeply immoral to penalise the 1.2 billion people around the world who libve in extreme poverty…In fact, the UK should be increasing aid to poor countries to help them develop economically in a climate that is becoming more hostile largely because of past emissions by rich countries"- Yes. Yes. Yes.
Don't let the weather distract from your climate awareness!
The other piece of writing which inspired me over the weekend was in the ImaGeo blog by Tom Yulsman: "Move over polar vortex". He looks at the new analysis produced by the UK's Met Office:
"If a new scientific analysis is correct, the repeated bouts of extreme weather on either side of the Atlantic are indeed unusual – and both are manifestations of a chain of climatic teleconnections that reach half way around the globe and all the way to the tropics".
There is a lot of talk in this piece of whether the polar vortex is weak (as discussed in my article More Arctic Weather in a Warming World?) Or actually "particularly intense". I would recommend you read Tom's blog for yourselves for the details and his views. But the insight I would leave you with here as "food for thought" is where he quotes a paper in the journal Science.
"They conclude that the recent discourse focusing on the possible connections between winter weather and climate change distracts from the bigger issue: that is, regardless of extreme winter weather, climate change is undoubtedly real, and that harsh winters are not what we really need to be concerned about going forward as the climate continues to change".
People love to talk about the weather. But if we use every instance of unusual weather to question the overall trend of global warming, with all the complex effects that has on our climate, winds, oceans etc, we run the risk of losing a necessary sense of urgency when it comes to reducing emissions. I am reminded, as I often am, of a young climate ambassador from the Netherlands during a fact-finding trip to Alaska in 2008. As we stood at the Visitor's Centre for a glacier which is now no longer visible from that spot because it has retreated so far, he said that just brought home to him how "everything is connected". Our everyday lifestyle in the industrialised world is melting the Arctic ice – and that, in turn, is contributing to the changing climate patterns which can radically alter the planet.
DateFebruary 17, 2014 | 3:20 pm


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I'm all for suspicious white powder photos, but even these seem a little lame. I mean we know Kate loves her coke and she did disappear for hours, but she also doesn't look like the type to waste any coke on her jeans.
I'm all for suspicious white powder photos, but even these seem a little lame. I mean we know Kate loves her coke and she did disappear for hours, but she also doesn't look like the type to waste any coke on her jeans.
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It could be cake frosting.
Oh wait, what AM I saying? She's a supermodel.
And for the record, Kate looks just as beat at 9:30 as she does at midnight.
heck, i've spilled coke all over myself plenty o' times. and i'm going to be anonymous for this tidbit o' info =)
LOL @ 9:59 anon - ditto here, and anon for this as well!
Messy cokewhores...never learn.
EL...so now that THIS Brad and Jen are divorcing...was there ever a BI about them? Is he the actor beating his wofe? Cheating on his wife???
Come on!!!!
Lmao...so many COOL anon posters telling us riveting coke stories. Wow, wish I was that COOL.
I thought it Bradley Cooper was gay? Wasn't he a Ted C Blind Vice a couple of years ago between him and the older guy from Alias?
Maybe JEsposito found out being a beard isn't as much fun as it sounds.
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BY SETH GRUEN Staff Reporter November 30, 2013 1:38AM
Northwestern's Alex Olah puts pressure on guard Kyle Anderson (16 points, nine rebounds, nine assists, four steals) on Friday in Las Vegas. | Ethan Miller/Getty Images
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LAS VEGAS — Northwestern's 95-79 loss to 19th-ranked UCLA on Friday night in the Las Vegas Invitational brought into focus where the program wants to go, how to get there and how far it is from that destination.
The difference between the teams, a tournament-bound Bruins squad and a Northwestern unit with that as a long-term goal, was far greater than the 16-point margin of defeat.
The Bruins had talent, pace and athleticism that Wildcats coach Chris Collins believes he has on the way to Northwestern, but that has yet to arrive.
In the meantime, UCLA is traveling by race car and the Wildcats by horse and buggy. Playing a close game against a storied program such as UCLA's still is far off for Collins' bunch.
A quick fix after seven games would have been a little unrealistic, anyway.
An angry Collins yelled at UCLA coach Steve Alford after the game, apparently because he felt the Bruins ran up the score.
Northwestern's best player, Drew Crawford, missed the game because of back spasms, which first bothered him on the flight to Las Vegas. The spasms were exacerbated when he made a move early in Thursday's loss to Missouri and got worse when he was landed on later in the second half.
Up until tipoff, Crawford was a game-time decision.
JerShon Cobb picked up his second foul a minute into the game. With Crawford and Cobb out, Collins had no one he could rely on to consistently score.
Alford can count on nine guys for offense, including his son Bryce, who led the Bruins with 11 first-half points off the bench. Bryce, a true freshman, finished with 18 on 7-for-9 shooting.
Then again, he benefitted from having potential NBA talent around him. The Bruins shot 63.6 percent overall and hit 13 of 16 three-pointers (81.3 percent). Guard Kyle Anderson scored 16 on 6-for-9 shooting, grabbed nine rebounds, passed out nine assists and made four steals.
Nate Taphorn, Northwestern's only true freshman, got his first start in place of the injured Crawford and went 1-for-4 from the field. Cobb scored 22, hitting seven of 12 shots, and Kale Abrahamson chipped in 19 off the bench.
The game was like the wealthiest guy at the poker table trying to muscle out the player with the shortest stack. Alford knew the Cats lacked depth, so he threw his talent-laden roster at Collins, who had little to put in the pot.
Envy is likely the best characterization for what Collins must have felt as he searched for — and never found — the right combination to play with the Bruins.


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Place 30g of oats and 250ml of milk/water in a large microwaveable bowl and stir.
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Allow porridge to stand for 2 minutes before serving. If desired, serve with additional cream, sugar or honey.
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Place 30g of oats in a saucepan and add 250ml of milk/water.
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With a handful of underwhelming solo records and the drawn-out demise of Son Volt, Jay Farrar's last half-decade has been awfully uninspired—just song after song cut from the same dreary fabric that has resulted in so much monotonous blue-collar alt-country. Gob Iron, Farrar's venture with Aders Parker, is the first sign of a pulse in quite some time—ironic, considering that the unifying theme of the band's new album is mortality. When Farrar opens with "Death's Black Train Is Coming," the record blossoms with unaffected ease, and his slide-guitar treatment of "East Virginia Blues" has enough high lonesome to be placed alongside definitive renditions by Ramblin' Jack and the Stanley Brothers. Parker's contributions—especially "Hills of Mexico" and "Little Girl and Dreadful Snake"—have an equally tall pour of anguish, employing spare instrumentation and simple vocal harmonies to poignant ends. By the time the record closes with Farrar's full-band rendering of "Buzz & Grind," it's vigorous enough to bring our faith in him back to life too.


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Netflix, Hold The "Flix"
I've long had a love affair with Netflix. But perhaps more so than any other service, the relationship has changed over time. Not in a bad way, necessarily — it's just different. And it's different, because Netflix is different. It's a service that keeps re-inventing itself.
That should be obvious to anyone paying attention. But it took this post by Felix Salmon to point out the obvious to me: in its transition to full-on streaming, Netflix is no longer about movies.
Said another way: Netflix has ramped up the "net" and wound down the "flix".
Again, I don't hate this, it's just different. I originally joined Netflix in the early 2000s because I was a film buff. While the late 1990s found me buying just about every DVD I could get my hands on (including joining — shudder — Columbia House for DVDs), I quickly realized this was going to bankrupt the teenage me making minimum wage. Netflix seemed like a relative steal for my voracious movie appetite. I was probably one of those users who watched so many films that Netflix lost money on me. And I loved it.
Then something even more magical happened. The internet pipes got big enough to fit entire films streaming to us in real time. Netflix was finally fulfilling the "net" aspect of its name.1 Thanks to early deals with Starz and others, there were a ton of films — some good, some decent, some awful — that I could watch with the click of a button. This was obviously the future.
And now we're living in that future. But it's different than I thought it would be.
For awhile, Netflix was king when it came to film. Having vanquished a laughably feeble attempt by Blockbuster to copy their business — and later, having conquered all of Blockbuster itself — Netflix was more or less the only game in town. Yes, there were players like Apple and Microsoft and Big Cable which allowed users to purchase films on their various devices. But Netflix clearly had the winning model.
Then something weird happened. No, not Qwikster — though perhaps that should have been a sign of what was to come. Netflix started letting deals for feature films lapse and instead started amping up acquisitions of television show rights. From a pure time and addiction perspective, this makes sense for reasons both Salmon and Alexis Madrigal lay out. This led to where we are now: Netflix is more or less a television production house with syndicated television shows on the side.
Again, I don't think that's a bad thing — I love House of Cards. But it's different from what Netflix was. Gone is the "flix", enter the "Netshow".
I am sad for the loss of films on Netflix. But Apple and others have stepped up their games in that regard. I do wonder if we'll ever see another true streaming service for film — a Spotify for film, if you will — or if the business model, undoubtedly driven largely by Hollywood greed, simply doesn't make sense.
Anyway, I'm fascinated by the fact that Netflix has significantly reinvented itself three times now. From a DVD-by-mail service, to a movie streaming service, to a television production/streaming service. I'm honestly not sure if such a business can withstand the full onslaught from Amazon. But I have no doubt that Netflix will find a way to evolve their business yet again, if needed.
Obviously, you would pick your films online for the by-mail service, but the streaming service seemed true "net". ↩


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