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(0) Comments | Posted January 13, 2015 | 1:33 PM
Allison Burnett is a rarity in Hollywood. He is not just a successful Hollywood screenwriter, a respected novelist, and a published critic and poet, but also a film director. His new film, Ask Me Anything, which he wrote and directed based on his own novel Undiscovered Gyrl, was released two weeks ago in selected theaters and on all-digital platforms. It stars Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Justin Long, and, in the lead role, luminous newcomer Britt Robertson. Recently I sat down with Allison in his Los Angeles home to discuss the challenges of indie filmmaking in general, as well as the difficulties with his leading lady that has caught the attention of the national media.
Dusty Wright: You wrote and directed Red Meat in 1996 and then did not direct again until Ask Me Anything. What took you so long to tackle directing again?
Alilson Burnett: To me the great allure of directing is creative control. Something screenwriting rarely affords. Making an indie movie requires a huge exertion of time and energy to raise the independent capital or attract a production company that will secure that freedom. As much as I loved directing Red Meat, I simply wasn't prepared to go through that ordeal again. Also, as indie filmmaking pays next to nothing, I needed to make a living. So I returned to studio screenwriting. In the years that followed, whenever I craved authorial control, I achieved it not by returning to directing, but by writing novels. I published five novels between Red Meat and Ask Me Anything.
DW: Why return to directing at all then?
AB: I missed it. And I had what I felt was an important story to tell. If Mary Harron, Greg Mottola, Noah Baumbach or some other indie filmmaker I admire had wanted to direct my script, sure, I would have given it away in a heartbeat, but that wasn't about to happen. And since the script was based on my novel, Undiscovered Gyrl, I knew I was distinctly well suited to direct it.
DW: I'd like to discuss your recent problems involving your lead actress Britt Robertson's refusal to promote the film. But first give our readers some background on how the movie got made and how she landed the role.
AB: Britt was one of the first actresses I auditioned. She was ideal for Katie Kampenfelt in so many ways, but she seemed to be struggling with the lighter side of the character. Later, after I had seen dozens of actresses for the role, I learned that Britt had been offered a small role in a studio comedy whose schedule conflicted with ours. She far preferred to play Katie. If we did not cast her now, however, we would lose her forever. I was also told that she had had trouble with the humor when she auditioned for me because she had been going through a rough patch with her boyfriend, and that she was feeling much better now. So I called her back in. She blew me away. I knew we had found our Katie. I spoke at length with my producers, and we all agreed to give her the role. That should have been the happy ending. But because of a disastrous mistake by our casting director, the offer took four days to reach Britt's agent. It arrived an hour too late. Heartbroken that we did not want her, Britt had just said yes to the studio movie. It was a nightmare for us, because without a brilliant Katie, there was no point in making the movie.
DW: Was there any talk of giving up?
AB: No, but it was scary as hell. We brought in dozens of more girls. I eventually chose a newcomer with almost no meaningful acting experience. It was a risk but I thought she might have the raw talent to pull it off. I worked with her almost every day for weeks until I discovered five days before shooting that she refused, despite previous assurances to the contrary, to shoot nudity of any kind. The movie is hardly explicit, but Katie's sexual encounters had to feel real. I was forced to fire her. Now the movie was scheduled to start shooting in five days and we had no Katie.
DW: That's unbelievable.
AB: Tell me about it. We put out an immediate SOS and auditioned and re-auditioned everyone we thought had a prayer of getting the part. In the middle of this madness, I got a letter from Britt, telling me that she had heard that I had lost my Katie, and that she was still desperate to play the part. She said she would do anything asked of her if we would work around her other movie and give her the role. The letter was so beseeching and heartfelt that I gave her the role, even though it meant shooting the movie in two installments.
DW: And costly, right?
AB: Very, but not as expensive as what happened next. Several days into shooting, they announced Hurricane Sandy was on its way to smash New York City. Britt's other movie was shooting in New York City. So the other producers decided to yank Britt off our set and fly her to Atlanta, where she was to sit in a hotel room until Sandy had blown over. It didn't make a whole lot of sense of many levels, and it was devastating to our schedule, but they had the muscle and used it. Well, we all know the chaos wrought by Sandy, almost as bad as could be imagined. To make a long story short, the next months were absolute insanity. The other movie's schedule was blown to pieces, changing every day, and somehow we had to cobble our movie together in Britt's little chunks of free time. In the end, we shot five days in October, six in November, five in December, and six in January. If anyone watching the movie wonders how a small indie managed to capture real Halloween and real Christmas in the same movie it's because we actually shot at both times. Sheer lunacy. And, as you correctly pointed out, very, very expensive. But worth it because Britt's attitude and work ethic were exemplary, and her performance is undeniably once of the best any young actress has pulled off in years.
DW: Okay, so let's flash forward. You finally finish the movie and...?
AB: Britt won Best Actress at the Nashville Film Festival. The movie also won Best Music there. We received a rave review from the LA Times. It's streaming everywhere and doing well. But Britt refuses to help us promote the film.
DW: Why go AWOL?
AB: The short answer is "I have not the faintest idea." Here's the long answer. When Britt saw the completed movie for the first time, she wrote me an email. She said that she had never been more proud of anything she had ever done and that she would do anything to help promote the film. She was, to put it mildly, over the moon. We sold the film to the first distributor who saw it. Naturally, Britt's total commitment to promoting the movie was intrinsic to the deal. But something had occurred between the time I gave her the role and the movie's moving toward its release: Britt had landed the leads in two giant movies -- Disney's Tomorrowland, starring George Clooney, and the new Nicholas Sparks film, The Longest Ride.
DW: You think the fact that she is about to become famous is the reason she has disappeared?
AB: Where facts are absent, rumors fill the void. The first thing I heard was that Disney, not too keen on their leading lady promoting a movie in which her character gets drunk, smokes pot, and has sex with three different men, had put a gag on Britt. It seemed far-fetched but what did I know? Then I heard the same thing about the producers of The Longest Ride. And now I am hearing that there is a jealous boyfriend in the mix. Which I suppose is possible, as Britt's boyfriend Dylan O'Brien, star of The Maze Runner, is quite close with teen idol Max Carver, one of the three men Katie sleeps with in the movie. This sort of speculation in the end is a dead end, though, because what really matters is that a brilliant young artist has given a breathtaking performance of which she is deeply proud, and for some reason she has been advised to keep her mouth shut about it. Maybe I'll never know the real reason. Maybe it's a combination of all of the above. Maybe Britt is simply too valuable a commodity right now to risk her brand by pushing a movie this raw and honest. All I know is, after a long expensive ordeal to use Britt, we have been repaid with total betrayal. It stinks. A planned press junket was canceled. TV show appearances scuttled. In a marketplace cluttered with choices, this sort of media exposure would have launched the movie in an incredible way. Instead, we are almost solely reliant on social media.
DW: Any chance Britt will have second thoughts?
AB: No. She hasn't written back to me in months. And her agent is claiming that no one from our movie ever contacted her about publicity -- which is laughable. What indie movie would not approach its lead actress to do publicity? Plus, her reps have been fighting tooth and nail to have the "best-faith efforts to promote" clause expunged from her contract. If we never approached her to promote, why bother with that? No, the ship is sailed. Britt is gone. And her beautiful performance is now being treated as a dirty little secret. I just hope that in years to comes when she is reminded by fans how incredible she was in the part it occurs to her that maybe what she did was not just unethical but foolish.
DW: What's your take away from all of this?
AB: Don't ever cast anyone in a small movie without iron-clad assurances of marketing support. And that in Hollywood no good deed goes unpunished.
DW: Sadly nothing surprises me in this business we call show. Any new projects looming on the horizon you'd like to share with our readers?
AB: I want to direct my own adaptation of Tish Cohen's brilliant novel Inside Out Girl. It's about a parenting expert, single mother of two, who falls in love with a wonderful man. The only impediment to their being together is his special-needs daughter, who forces her to confront her buried issues as a woman and a mother.
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(0) Comments | Posted April 5, 2014 | 5:34 PM
It was a brutal winter (of our discontent), but it's finally spring and there's plenty of new music to thaw even the most solid block of plowed snow. Here, then, are ten of my favorite new rock, pop, funk and folk songs. Let us begin with this tremendous track (and album) from one of my favorite folk-rock singer/songwriters, the former New Yorker and now L.A.-based David Poe. Here he shares his muse on his debut single "When I Fly" from his soon-to-be-released long player When I Fly. Check him out on tour, too.
NSFW aside, the "Leeches" video -- directed by Jessica Lauretti of the band This Frontier Needs Heroes is just one of the infectious moments from the Shoulders album released by the terrifically talented singer/songwriter/composer PT Walkley, who just happens to hail from NYC. So there.
Real Estate has released one of the best rock singles of this young year. It has received heavy rotation in our office since we received the advance. Majestic, ringing, and just about perfect in texture, tone, and message.Their latest album, Atlas, was just released.
Aerosmith keyboardist Russ Irwin celebrates the freak in all of us on this ridiculously infectious pop-rock dance tune -- "The Perfect Beast" -- from his Get Me Home album. It takes a sideways swipe at Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" video. Directed by Casey Patrick Tebo, it features transexual model/actress Ximena Olivares, Miss Teen California Nicole Jattsis, fetish model/actress Cece LaRue, actress Michelle Duncan, bi-sexual actress Beatrice Munoz, and sideshow performer Jason Brott aka The Penguin Boy.
Eighteen years on and it's safe to say GALACTIC is a helluva lot more than a pedestrian jam band. Drummer Stanton Moore and his cohorts bring the funk with plenty of their NOLA sauce on their latest single, "Dolla Diva," with some righteous vocal help from David Shaw and Maggie Koerner. Currently on tour.
Some songs beg for the repeat button and so it is with this infectious folk-pop nugget from Side Saddle AKA Ian McGuiness, the pop maestro from Astoria, Queens, NY. Download this track for free on SoundCloud until you BUY The Postcard EP which dropped on March 25th.
Walter Martin has been woodshedding as the multi-instrumentalist in The Walkmen, but has finally decided to step out solo. One can't help but catch the Nancy (Sinatra) & Lee (Hazlewood) vibe, especially since Karen O. (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) lends her sweet, sweet yodels. My favorite Americana song of this new year, so far. We're All Young Together CD drops on May 13th.
Hard to believe that Morrissey's seminal third solo album, Your Arsenal, was released in 1992. Produced by Bowies's Spider from Mars guitarist and arranger Mick Ronson, it was a massive success in the US. The "definitive master" of that album was released by Rhino Entertainment on premium vinyl, CD, and digital download. The CD includes a previously unreleased live DVD concert from October 31st, 1991 from the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA.
Yes, one more snow is expected before Easter, always happens, but this percolating, hypnotic synth-pop tune (think New Order) from I Am Snow Angel (producer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Julie Kathryn) should keep most cold-weather bound folks de-iced.
Singer/songwriter/pianist Judith Owen proudly wears her troubadour influences (Carole King, Laura Nyro, Joni) on her sleeve. Hey, being informed by such grand company only works when you can deliver. And deliver she does on her latest solo effort, Ebb & Flow. She even enlisted one of the best L.A. backing bands ever -- bassist Leland Sklar, drummer Russ Kunkel, and guitarist Waddy Wachtel. "I've Never Been to Texas" is one of my favorite songs from her soon-to-be-released, delightful soft rock album. She's currently on tour with Mr. Sklar. Don't miss her!
Hope these tunes warm your bodies and souls.
(2) Comments | Posted December 30, 2013 | 9:21 AM
One of my most diversified year-end lists yet -- rock, electronica, jamband, prog, pop, R&B. I didn't really think I'd even find 10 albums that could hold my attention start to finish and believe me, I tried to listen to most of my fellow critics' top 10 titles and could...
(0) Comments | Posted December 3, 2013 | 3:11 PM
The energy exchange between fans and musicians during live events can be intoxicating, even without mind-altering substances. New York-based photographer Erin Feinberg has perfectly captured that dynamic in her new B&W coffee table book. Moreover, she...
(0) Comments | Posted October 18, 2013 | 4:53 PM
Some believe that America is still paying a karmic debt for the kidnapping, enslavement, and centuries-long degradation of millions of Africans. Watching UK-director Steve McQueen's brutally honest film 12 Years A Slave leaves no room for doubt that we deserve to. This brave, disturbing movie tells...
(0) Comments | Posted October 16, 2013 | 11:47 AM
Many of us of a certain age were informed by rock music. It permeated and dominated our free time; time away from school studies, our parents, our siblings, the man! And we were heavily...
(0) Comments | Posted September 17, 2013 | 12:30 PM
I don't know what the hell happened...I've been moaning about quality albums, you know, with great songs top to bottom, and then bam! I get 28-year old singer/songwriter Willy Mason's excellent new release Carry On, Bob Dylan's Another Self Portrait - The Bootleg Series...
(0) Comments | Posted July 26, 2013 | 4:34 PM
In a previous article earlier this month, I suggested that we are in the era where singles -- once again -- roam the earth. With too many media choices and digital distractions -- Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, emails, blogs, games, time-shifted content, et al. -- vying for our attention,...
(1) Comments | Posted July 22, 2013 | 9:04 PM
Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classic)
After his questionable union with his stepdaughter, I'd abandoned Woody Allen. Not completely, but the once-brilliant auteur creeped me out, so I couldn't give his movies my full attention, respect, or merit. A few weeks back, after receiving an invite from the PR firm handling his latest effort (a drama!) and seeing one of my former clients in the cast, I couldn't resist the lure of the screening. I'm happy to say that this is one of his better latter-day films, and Cate Blanchett turns in an Oscar-worthy performance. (Fortunately we don't have to listen to any of his actors prattle along in Woody-speak or watch him lust after some younger woman.) Blanchett plays the elegant, free-falling, Xanax-popping New York socialite Jasmine, married to the financially Ponzi-scheming cad Hal (Alec Baldwin), who gets busted on all fronts; she's forced to sell everything and move into her sister Ginger's (Sally Hawkins) low-rent San Francisco apartment. It's a mighty fall from grace, and she's left damaged goods, not only from the disgraceful behavior of her husband but from her pathetic and phony one-percenter reality. (Isn't it the scorned woman who is always the last to know?) It will take everything in her power to keep her fragile mental state together. And that means losing her narcissism and polluted upper societal views. Those of us who live and play in New York have rubbed elbows with women like Jasmine (and not just the Real Housewives of New York!), and Ms. Blancett plays the role perfectly. Also of note are the riveting New York-based actor Bobby Cannavale (love to see him in Brando's role in Streetcar) as Ginger's short-fused but passionate boyfriend Chili, and comedian Andrew Dice Clay (believe it or not!) as her simple but hard working ex-husband Augie. Not to be missed. Well played, Woodman!
The Way, Way Back (Fox Searchlight)
One of those perfectly executed coming-of-age stories that I hope will not get lost in the giant summer tsunami of animation, sci-fi (see Pacific Rim below), and 3D mega-action films. Co-written and co-directed by the Academy Award-winning team of Nat Faxon and Jim Ras (they also have supporting roles in this film), who have hit the nerve of what it means to be young, uncertain, and disengaged in the new digital America. Moreover, we empathize with our 14-year-old introverted protagonist Duncan (Liam James) as he tries to understand his place in a world of adults who refuse to grow up -- tricky business for the children and even more so for the hard-partying parents. But when your mother Pam's (Toni Collette) new boyfriend Trent (Steve Carell) is a douchebag hellbent on "winning" your respect, and you can see right through his phoniness because you want the best for your mother, it can spell all sorts of emotional pitfalls. Just when it looks like his forced Cape Cod summer will be ruined by his "new" family, along comes the freewheeling, wisecracking Owen -- wonderfully played by Sam Rockwell (one of my favorite American actors) -- manager of the Water Wizz water park. When Owen hires Duncan, and becomes his mentor, the movie really picks up. I "forced" my moody 14-year-old son to attend the advance screening with me, and we were both glad I did. If you loved Little Miss Sunshine, then this flick will provide a much needed respite from the heat.
It's not some fix-this-blockbuster-with-a-cool-director accident that Guillermo del Toro's latest movie should tackle this Japanese monster movie genre in full clichéd spectacle. This is his $180 million homage to giant monster AKA kaiju movies that he grew up watching on TV and in theaters in his native Mexico. If you understand the aesthetics of the genre, you'll appreciate the kitsch factor and over-the-top characters. Don't get me wrong, the wonderful 3D CGI detail and city-leveling mayhem is marvelous and center stage; the only thing really missing is the obligatory men-dressed-in-monster-suits flinging each other into miniature buildings and bridges. Putting normal-size humans into giant combat robots, AKA Jaegers, is a very cool twist. Because these robots are so enormous, they require two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge to operate them. Plenty of action, strutting machismo, and utter and chaotic destruction prevail. The plot is simple. We pick up the storyline sometime in the near future after the Kaiju, arriving from a dimensional portal deep in the sea, have destroyed some major cities. Only after the nations of Earth band together to create the gigantic robots to defend mankind was their any success defeating the gigantic Kaiju, but that will not last and thus the story unfolds. No doubt the cast and crew had a helluva time making it. Turning in a film-stealing supporting role and outro credit cameo is del Toro regular Ron Perlman (Hellboy). Also excellent are comedic actors Charlie Day and Burn Gorman as two cartoonish research scientists both vying for their science to defeat their giant enemies. Idris Elba (The Wire) provides the General Patton sermons and leadership for his robot fighting force. Robot vs. Monster was never so much fun. The perfect summer popcorn movie.
Happy viewing. - Dusty Wright
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(9) Comments | Posted July 3, 2013 | 2:27 PM
These past few months, I've grown weary trying to find albums that engage me from start to finish. In fact, I've yet to find one album in the past few months I can listen to top to bottom. I truly believe that we are back in the land of...
(0) Comments | Posted May 23, 2013 | 12:15 PM
It may seem that I'm diggin' in the dirt. Gettin' back to my punk rock roots. Well, some of my favorite new music does seem a wee bit primal, oui? And some of it is even out this world. But all of this music is party playlist-worthy for any weekend...
(4) Comments | Posted May 6, 2013 | 3:45 PM
Spring has arrived -- flowers and music in full bloom. Some of it only hints at what might be as summer approaches. Until then, here are few things I'm carting around in my wheelbarrow. Dig it.
"Spiderlegs" Danny Malone: Balloons (DM)
Happy accident as I had no prior knowledge of...
(7) Comments | Posted April 8, 2013 | 9:48 AM
Kidney Brothers: Coal Tattoo (Hearpen)
Having grown up and loved from afar, forced to do so after I moved to NYC, there are few bands still playing live -- four decades later -- worthy of my unbridled accolades and devotion but so it is with the heady agro-blues of
(0) Comments | Posted March 22, 2013 | 11:51 AM
"Ingenue" Atoms for Peace Amok (XL Recordings)
Thom Yorke, Flea, long time Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, session drummer Joey Waronker, and percussionist Mauro Refosco have conjured up some heady experimental rock and electronica juju on this album of Radiohead-like alt-dance and fragmented rock tunes. Much of what I hear...
(6) Comments | Posted February 23, 2013 | 2:04 PM
Some music needs to be heard in concert to be fully appreciated. No amount of spin doctoring by journalists or peer pressure from fanatical fans can justify an act unless one catches said act live. Best to let the music do the talking in a live music venue and judge...
(0) Comments | Posted January 29, 2013 | 12:29 PM
It's inevitable that I miss out on some terrific music and culture every year. The sheer volume of releases seems to increase every year, and the lack of time to listen to everything, the recommendations of fellow critics and friends, well, there's just so many hours in a day....
(39) Comments | Posted December 28, 2012 | 1:20 PM
Wasn't easy to whittle this list down to 10, let alone 11, so I picked 12 for 12-12-12. A few of these selections were last minute additions that knocked two other picks out of top spots. Moreover, I decided to include 12 more picks at the end of my...
(4) Comments | Posted November 23, 2012 | 10:26 AM
Happy Thanksgiving. It's been a terrific month for mining new music. I caught an advance screening of Led Zeppelin's new concert movie at MoMA (and their press conference), discovered what may be my favorite album of the year, and found inspiring young musicians sharing their chops and...
(0) Comments | Posted October 26, 2012 | 4:46 PM
Not all that glitters is gold on the radio, and often one must scratch below the glossy surface of the neatly pressed and homogenous music business where TV pop stars litter radio playlists. Thankfully there is a growing number of outlets that cater to every type of rock music. Here...
(0) Comments | Posted October 2, 2012 | 9:20 AM
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The CURF Undergraduate Advisory Board is a diverse group of students intended to enhance communication and awareness of the opportunities that CURF provides to the Penn student body. The board aims to reach out to the student community through various events and research fairs, promoting CURF and its programs. By working with students, faculty, and alumni, their goal is to promote the research interests of the student body and also connect students with research opportunities in their given fields.
Shams Haidari
I am a history and political science double major with research interests in security studies, Middle Eastern politics, and energy markets. During my time at Penn, I have worked with the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program as an intern at later project lead for the Security in International Affairs Team, interned for The Brookings Institution, and enjoyed taking some of the incredible research seminars at Penn. Outside of my work with the CURF UAB, I am a member of the Philomathean Society, Student Committee on Undergraduate Education, and History Undergraduate Advisory Board.
Dee Luo
Vice Chair, External
COL '16: Biological Basis of Behavior, Healthcare Management
My research interests are in neuroscience, biology, and healthcare management. Freshman year, I worked in a biology lab to investigate the effects of specific genes on bristle cell growth. We used drosophilia as our model and RNAi techniques to determine which genes controlled bristle length. Sophomore year, I was an assistant to Wharton professors and researched organizational behavior in the workplace. Junior year, I examined the response to limitations in PET/CT scan usage with Dr. Benjamin Roman and Dr. David Asch in the Healthcare Management Department. This last summer, I ventured more to the economic side of healthcare and spent 10 weeks researching the challenges and barriers to implementation of personalized medicine for age-related disease. I was featured on Penn News Today and if you want to learn more about my research, SAS Frontiers has an informative blog post here: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/series/frontiers/science-rejuvenation. For senior year, I'm currently working with Dr. Gordon Barr in the department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Department at CHOP. Feel free to email me with any questions! I believe that research is one of the most fulfilling things an undergraduate can participate in, and I would love to help you find your place if you are equally passionate.
Seok Hong
Vice Chair, Internal
"The population of college students is the only population in the world who do not want to get the most out of their investments. They are paying lobster money to eat chicken." Coming into college, I was that naïve chicken-eater who simply wanted to finish the premed requirements, get a good GPA, and graduate. However, working in cancer immunotherapy at the June Lab, I realized there is more to college than classes and GPA. It involves passionate, active learning both in and out of the classroom. Research made me want to eat the lobster I deserved. Weird food metaphor aside, I view research as an opportunity for undergraduate students to grow in ways we never can in a classroom. It has inspired me to make the most of my attendance at Penn. Currently, I am a double major in Biochemistry and Biophysics pursuing a minor in Health Care Management and Biological Basis of Behavior and a Master's in Chemistry. Outside of CURF and research at the June Laboratory, I am involved in the MedX Program, Korean Students' Association, and volunteering at hospitals and hospices. As a hobby, I love eating food.
Nimansha Jain
My research interests lie in the neurosciences. I am currently working at the Penn Medical School to improve knowledge on Frontotemporal Dementia. Previously, I have conducted research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center on the formation of gap junctions in diseases like prostate and pancreatic cancer and was honored as a semi-finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search competition. I have also spent a summer researching the effects of atrazine on fathead minnows. Outside of the CURF UAB, I am the president of Penn Science Across Ages and am a volunteer through the Student Hospice Organization of Penn.
Rakesh Goli
COL '17: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Psychology minor
So far, I have tried my hand at research in microbiology, oncology, stem cells, and most recently cardiac development although my primary interests lie at the intersection between genetics and technology. I am starting to try my hand at computational biology and I hope to integrate this into my research both at Penn at home. Since sophomore year I have been working in the Epstein lab studying protein-mediated cardiac development. This work has been both exciting and challenging, allowing me to apply much of what I learn in the classroom to a more practical setting. I've enjoyed research because of the independence and confidence you can gain handling an independent research project and trying to ask yourself what the next step or quick fix needs to be based on results you get. Each day brings excitement, and in any lab there is an amazingly smart and friendly community excited to teach you and get you up to speed.
Outside the academic atmosphere of Penn, I am involved in a South Asian fusion dance team, Penn Dhamaka. It's been by far one of my best decisions at Penn, and I have had the opportunity to perform in different parts of the country and right at Penn in front of friends in family. In my free time I enjoy playing tennis, watching sports (except baseball), and reading whenever I get a chance!
Hyong S. Kim
COL '16: Biology
My research interests lie along interdisciplinary boundaries encompassing genetics, regenerative medicine, and neuropsychology. During the summer after my freshman year, I worked under the Harvard Stem Cell Institute's undergraduate research internship program. My summer project there primarily explored the differentiation potential of mesenchymal stem cells derived from murine adipose (fat) tissue into hepatocytes (liver cells) in vitro. At Penn, I have been working at a lab in the Department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine, participating in projects that use mouse models to study psychiatric disorders, such as autism and schizophrenia.
Nicole Paul
COL '16: Biological Basis of Behavior, Bioethics minor
I am interested in neuroscience and psychology. I completed my honors thesis last semester in the Epstein Lab at the Center of Cognitive Neuroscience at Penn. My thesis focused on the concept of a "cognitive map;" how one mentally represents and remembers an environment. Recently, I have begun working on a language development study at the Center for Autism Research at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Previously, I was involved in a study at Magee-Womens Institute in Pittsburgh that focused on assessing pain in post-mastectomy breast cancer patients for genetic study.
Angela Perfetti
COL/WH '16: Biophysics and Statistics
I am interested in medicine, medical anthropology, and public health. My previous research has focused on women's health, health disparities, and environmental justice. I am now working with a community health clinic in North Philadelphia to understand Iraqi refugees' perceptions of and decisions about seeking primary healthcare. I am also working on a collaborative project that examines the ways in which qualitative methods are being used in patient-centered and outcomes research, with the goal of informing grant-giving institutions' expectations as well as guiding future investigators. My research experiences have been fun and enriching, and I am more than happy to chat with anyone who would like to know more about research at Penn!
Vicky Ro
COL '16: Molecular Biology
My research interest lies in Biology. Currently I am working on a couple of projects. First, I am working on the development of a technique to purify proteins at specific genomic loci. I am also working on a sociological project to better understand the usage of cognitive and physical enhancements on campuses. Finally, I am working on a medical-record based project looking at the effects of metformin on breast cancer patients. Previously, I researched the effect of chelators on the efficiency of phytoremediation. I have also researched the bacterial cause of necrotizing enterocolitis, a gastrointestinal disease that largely affects premature infants.

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Rates to charter Capesize ships, the biggest mineral and grain carriers, reached a five-month low as a strike at a Colombian coal mine and a storm near Australia curbed bookings of the vessels.
Average daily hire costs slid 7.2 percent to $4,724, the lowest since Sept. 17, figures from the London-based Baltic Exchange showed today. That sent the Baltic Dry Index, a wider measure of freight costs, down 0.3 percent to 741 even as charter rates increased for the three classes of smaller vessels tracked by the gauge.
Workers at the Cerrejon mine have been striking since Feb. 7 over wages and benefits. Severe Tropical Cyclone Rusty approached the northwest coast of Australia, triggering orders to evacuate parts of Port Hedland, site of the world's biggest bulk export terminal. Australia is the leading global shipper of iron ore, the main Capesize cargo.
"The strike among coal miners in Colombia and the cyclone outside West Australia have reduced cargo flows, pressuring Capesize rates," RS Platou Markets AS, an Oslo-based investment bank, said in an e-mailed report today.
Capesize rates tumbled 37 percent this month as disruptions in Colombia and Australia worsened a decline in hiring of ships for single voyages in February, amplifying an oversupply of the vessels and further curbing earnings.
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Sixty-eight Capesizes were booked so far in February, against 95 for the entire month in 2012, according to figures from Clarkson Plc, the biggest shipbroker. Not all bookings, known as fixtures, are reported to the market. Fixtures from ports in Brazil, the second-largest iron-ore shipper and the biggest generator of demand for the vessels, plunged to four this month from 19 in the prior period, Clarkson data show.
Bookings to carry Brazilian iron ore must increase if rates are to rebound, according to Platou. The investment bank predicted a revival starting in April as mills in China, the biggest global importer of the steelmaking raw material, start to restock inventories.
"Because of the huge trading distances, Brazil-to-China shipments require about three Capesize vessels for every one Capesize moving between Australia and China," the bank said.
Four weeks have passed since Jan. 28, the last time Capesize returns as assessed by the exchange exceeded daily operating costs estimated at about $7,758 by Moore Stephens LLP, a London-based accountant. That's before paying for fuel. The ships need $16,000 to break even and cover finance repayments, says Pareto Securities AS, an Oslo-based investment bank.
The world's 1,513 Capesizes comprise about 40 percent of the dry-bulk fleet's total capacity. Capesizes will carry 90 percent of the estimated 1.2 billion metric tons of iron ore to be transported by sea in 2013, according to Clarkson.
Average daily rates for Panamaxes, the largest ships to navigate the Panama Canal, gained for a 15th session to $7,502 as Supramaxes that are about 25 percent smaller advanced 1.4 percent to $7,674. Handysizes, the smallest vessels in the index, climbed 1.2 percent to $6,235.


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Groupon is worth a couple of billions dollars less to its shareholders today than it was Friday after a 19% stock drop that followed the downward revision of its fourth quarter financial results. But the leading provider of daily deals is still valued at nearly $10 billion. To justify that valuation it will have to keep retailers and restaurants interested in offering deals, and that may be hard to sustain.
That's largely because Groupon was always an expensive way for merchants to advertise. Groupon made its name by passing along discounts of at least 50%, and it increased its revenue rapidly by taking 50% of the price the consumer paid for the product or service. If a retailer, restaurant, spa or other merchant offered a $100 voucher, the consumer paid $50 and the merchant wound up with $25—with the other $25 going to Groupon. As an occasional customer acquisition expense that may be fine, but it's not something many merchants will keep doing. From a merchant's perspective, Groupon may well have been a great way to reach new customers when the daily deals it offered were novel to so many shoppers. But deals from Groupon, LivingSocial, Amazon, Google and hundreds of smaller competitors now bombard inboxes, and = I have to believe consumers are increasingly hitting the Delete button when they see that flood of offers.
Those daily deal competitors want to imitate Groupon's considerable success—the company's revenue increased more than 100 times from 2009 to $1.62 billion last year. But the fact that so many competitors have joined the fray in just the past two years shows there's little barrier to entry. Anyone can buy an e-mail list of consumers in a local area, call up merchants to craft discount offers and go into the daily deal business.
Groupon realized that, and has sought to differentiate itself by racing into new markets. It now operates in more than 40 countries, and has 10,000 employees, many of them pounding the phones in major cities around the globe trying to convince merchants to offer its deals.
But that kind of global scale doesn't provide as much of an advantage for Groupon as it would for big brands like Nike or Apple. If I live in St. Louis, I'm just interested in deals in St. Louis. Anyone can set up a daily deal service in that city and compete with Groupon. And if that new service offers merchants a better deal, I'll wager they'll give the newcomer a chance to show what it can do.
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"Over the last eighty years Sedgwick has met the needs of clients wherever they arose and our fifteen offices around the globe reflect our dedication to exceptional client service," said Firm Chair Michael Tanenbaum. "Our move to Two World Financial Center demonstrates our long-term commitment to serving the needs of our clients in the New York region and allows us to participate in the revitalization of Lower Manhattan. It is a win-win."
Two World Financial Center is located in the World Financial Center complex, adjacent to the new Fulton Street Station. Once completed the expanded PATH Terminal at the World Trade Center Transit Center and the WFC Ferry Terminal will provide unparalleled access to Grand Central, Penn Station and New Jersey.
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Analysis of the structure of decapod crustacean assemblages off the Catalan coast (North-West Mediterranean)
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We sampled the communities of decapod crustaceans inhabiting the depth zone between 3 and 871 m off the Catalan coast (North-West Mediterranean) from June 1981 to June 1983. The 185 samples comprised 90 species differing widely in their depth distributions. Multivariate analysis revealed four distinct faunistic assemblages, (1) littoral communities over sandy bottoms, (2) shelf communities over terrigenous muds, (3) upper-slope communitics, and (4) lower-slope or bathyal communities. The brachyuran crab Liocarcinus depurator is the most abundant species of the shelf assemblage, although L. vernalis dominates over the shallow sandy bottoms of the shelf. The dominant species of the upper-slope assemblage are nektobenthic species (Solenocera membranacea, Plesionika heterocarpus, Processa canaliculata), pelagic species (Pasiphaea sivado, Sergestes arcticus), and benthic species (Macropipus tuberculatus, Munida intermedia, Nephrops norvegicus). Aristeus antennatus comprise most of the biomass of the lower-slope community, which supports a greater diversity than the other assemblages. The main assemblages appear to be related to different hydrological characteristics, the extent of seasonal fluctuations, and to the changes in sediment structure associated with changes in the steepness of the bottom.
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Posted: 11/17/2015 - The local National Wild Turkey Federation Chapter in partnership with the local Piggly Wigglys have donated 84 turkeys to the Wiregrass Area United Way Food Bank.
Posted: 11/16/2015 - Members of the Coffee County Youth Leadership program visited the Enterprise Farmers Market recently as part of the program's "Agriculture and Industry Day."
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Doesn't it seem kind of early for this? Usually Seattle gets its one or two days of snow sometime in early February, not late November. But whatever: It sure is pretty outside, huh?
The kids on our block are running up and down the street, having a snowball fight. They're tossing snowballs at any cars that drive down the street too. We used to do that in Chicago, where I grew up, and where angry drivers would jump out of their cars and chase us through the gangways between the apartment buildings on our block. No drivers are jumping out of their cars on block tonightthey seem almost amused, these Seattle drivers, by the snowballs hitting their vehicles.


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The celebration of her legacy will air at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT on OWN. It will also be available via Oprah.com.
"I've been blessed to have Maya Angelou as my mentor, mother/sister, and friend since my 20s," Winfrey said in a statement. "She was there for me always, guiding me through some of the most important years of my life. The world knows her as a poet but at the heart of her, she was a teacher. 'When you learn, teach. When you get, give' is one of my best lessons from her.
"She won three Grammys, spoke six languages and was the second poet in history to recite a poem at a presidential inauguration," Winfrey continued. "But what stands out to me most about Maya Angelou is not what she has done or written or spoken, it's how she lived her life. She moved through the world with unshakeable calm, confidence and a fierce grace. I loved her and I know she loved me. I will profoundly miss her. She will always be the rainbow in my clouds."
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Blaze guts Mill Spring log home
Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10:58 p.m.
At least three dozen firefighters spent Wednesday afternoon battling a large house fire in Mill Spring.
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Just after 1 p.m., a neighbor called to report the blaze at 391 Fire Tower Road and may have suffered minor injuries, said Mill Spring Fire Department Chief Trent Carswell.
No other injuries were reported, and no one was at home at the time of the blaze, which was contained by 4 p.m. No cause had been determined as of late Wednesday afternoon.
The log cabin-style home's roof caved in, and the building was completely gutted despite the effort of at least a dozen firefighters spraying water on the stubborn flames. Other firefighters assisted with running hoses to the scene and bringing in tankers to refill the water supply.
Neighbors Dave and Ruth Ann Miller said they heard the sirens and then saw the flames. They also said no one was at home, and the owner often travels out of town.
Mill Spring was assisted by Tryon, Columbus, Sunny View and New Prospect fire departments, along with the Polk County Sheriff's Office, Polk County EMS and the Polk County American Red Cross.
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AHEAD of the Autumn term City of York Council has announced more than 250, among which are a wide range of one-day sessions.
These new all-day courses include crafts such as needle felting Christmas robins, and bookbinding at the Yorkshire Museum, while at Huntington School others can try mount cutting or making stained glass Christmas Angels. The courses run from mid-morning to mid-afternoon and teach the main skills needed to take these arts forward.
Also new are several IT classes including a couple focussing on the new operating system Windows 8.1 and using a computer cloud. In addition, courses to master I-pads, using the internet and social media are on offer alongside the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) qualification.
For those wanting to boost or maintain their physical fitness, the new programmes include Easy Fit for the Young at Heart at St Olave's Church Hall, and Fitsteps and a free Cheerfit taster session which uses cheerleading routines will run at Huntington School.
The popular full bike maintenance programme is expected to be even more so in the slipstream of the Tour de France in York.
Cookery skills can be learned or honed at courses aimed at those wanting to turn out complete meals, including Scrumptious Starters, Mouthwatering Main Courses and Delicious Desserts.
While some old favourites of York Learning including an Introduction to Astrology, Lip Reading, Book-keeping or Languages.
The full programme can be found at www.yortime.org.uk (click on the learning link at the top) or hard copies can be picked up from all Explore York Libraries or from West Offices.
Courses can be booked and paid for at www.yortime.org.uk. Many courses are discounted for those on certain benefits, while courses costing over £100 can be paid for in four instalments. Call 01904 552806 for further details.
The sign-up sessions will be held on:
• Wednesday, September 3, 6-8pm at Huntington School
• Thursday, September 4, 6-8pm at Fulford School
• Monday, September 8, 10am-4pm at West Offices, Station Rise.
Cllr Janet Looker, Cabinet Member for Education, Children and Young People, said: "Whether people want to boost their skills for the workplace, pursue their interests to a higher levels or learn for the sheer pleasure of it, we've got a superb programme of courses which offer something for everything."


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Hello, in most (if not virtually all) tabbed Windows application the hotkey combination to close the current/in-focus tab is Ctrl+W. This doesn't work in XML Copy Editor.
Please consider adding this.
Of course it would also be good to also support the equivalent key combinations for other platforms (e.g. ⌘+W on Mac).
Thanks in advance!
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I'm really confused?
she looks like she needs an adult. or a bathroom I cant decide which
Don't worry Twilight. Growing wings doesn't hurt. I Promise.
Looks like Twilight just left Equestria Daily with the latest news on the finale
Good work, its look just like the show
The face of Twilight Sparkle when she see a Ponyfag.....
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Cosmetic Procedures and Liposuction
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Op-Ed: iPhone 5 Or iPhone Why?
Discussing Apple's take on the y-axis and the "why"-axis.
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Apple's rumored move to a smaller dock connector is no price-gouging conspiracy.
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I want to register a belated thank you to Eugene McCarraher ("Morbid Symptoms," November 23, 2012) for allowing me to see myself as I really am: a suburban medievalist. I was born, raised and, until three months ago, have always lived in suburbs. There are a lot of us: since the mid-1970s more Americans have lived in suburbs than in cities. Worse, I am convinced that the culture of the 1950s was vastly more creative than that of the '60s or '70s. Moreover, I was much impressed in 1953 when I read James J. Walsh's Thirteenth: Greatest of Centuries—to which McCarraher alludes—and undoubtedly it clouded my already distorted vision. I've spent a good part of my career in the company of academics and have found medievalists an unusually happy and congenial bunch. Since moving to a condo in downtown Chicago, however, I want to alert McCarraher to another phenomenon: Catholic Urban Feudalism, a lively tradition stemming at least from the days of "Boss" Daley and much praised by Andrew Greeley when he was a columnist, and which continues in the inbred patron politics of Rahm Emanuel and Chicago's Democratic machine. Makes me nostalgic for the footloose life I knew growing up in the suburbs' Wordsworthian sublime.
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I have the following class:
class Enum(RootFragment):
def __init__(self, column, packageName, name, modifiers=["public"], enumValues=[]):
RootFragment.__init__(self, packageName, name, modifiers, "enum")
self.column = column
self.enumValues = []
map(self.addEnumValue, enumValues)
... more methods
Now I create a number of Enum instances that are put into a dict. This is what gets printed on
print collidingEnums:
{'ManagerRole': <Enum instance at 0x0998F080>, 'StaffMemberRole': <Enum instance at 0x0998B490>}
Now because the
<Enum instance at 0x0998F080> is not very useful I'd like to call the
getName method on each instance. I was trying:
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but this gave me an error saying:
TypeError: unbound method getName() must be called with Enum instance as first argument (got tuple instance instead)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Artistic rendition of Altamaha-ha
|Sub grouping
|Aquatic animal
|United States
The Altamaha-ha (or Altie) is a posited aquatic creature, alleged to inhabit the myriad small streams and abandoned rice fields near the mouth of the Altamaha River (after which it has been named) in southeastern Georgia, United States.[1] Sightings are particularly reported around Darien and elsewhere in McIntosh County.[2]
The legend has its roots in Native American tradition.[3] Cryptozoologists report that there have been uniform sightings of the creature, in which witnesses claim the creature is 9-meter (30-foot) long, and swims like a seal, rather than a fish or eel.[1] They claim the rare sightings are due to the creature's green skin, allowing it to blend into the surrounding area.[3]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Vivlamore, Barbara (August 29, 2006). "CLOSER LOOK AT ... State's 'Altie' tale". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. pp. 4E.
- ^ Crenshaw, Holly (February 26, 2001). "eMETRO". The Atlanta Journal and Constitution. pp. 2B.
- ^ a b Ferguson, Anna (May 13, 2009). "McIntosh showcases a new mascot". The Brunswick News (Georgia).
External links[edit]
- Cryptomundo article of Altamaha-Ha, June 5, 2011
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Keep your wine bottles on hand in a convenient location and make the most of your unused counter space with this 5-Bottle Under Cabinet Wine Rack. Stack it with your 5 favorite flavors for great tasting wine when you want it most. Made of metal with chrome finish for a modern aesthetic in your home. Features foldable design for space saving capabilities.
Number of Pieces: 1
Features: Foldable
Frame Material: Metal
Hardware Material: Chrome
Finish: Shiny
Maximum Bottles Held: 6
Care and Cleaning: Wipe Clean with a Damp Cloth
Dimensions: 5.000 H x 22.000 W x 8.000 D
Weight: 2.000
Assembly Details: assembly required, no tools needed
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Survey finds teachers underprepared for CCSS
Above are the survey responses by question
UTLA's online survey on Common Core preparation finds the majority of teachers do not feel personally prepared to teach Common Core State Standards, but as they are given professional development, their confidence in being able to teach CCSS greatly increases.
4,462 UTLA members completed the survey during the three days it was available online. Only 1,000 of those 4,400 have received more than 3 days of professional development on Common Core.
The survey found that 95% of teachers want more planning time and more time to collaborate with colleagues on CCSS.
After 1 day of professional development, two-thirds of teachers found their colleagues useful in building their understanding of Common Core. After 6 days of professional development, that percentage jumped to 90%.
The survey also found that after 6 days of professional development, teachers are much more prepared to serve English learners, students with disabilities, low-income students and at-risk students.
Teachers who participated in the survey think their schools have done more to prepare for Common Core, than the District or the State.
UTLA President Warren Fletcher will present the survey results to the School Board at its Tuesday meeting. The Superintendent is calling for $44 Million for 200 "out-of-classroom" positions to implement Common Core the first year. Fletcher said, "We believe the wiser course is to provide paid training days for all LAUSD teachers. Our survey results make it clear, professional development works at the school level."
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Hi there,
I'm having a hell of a time trying to get my Blog page to show a list of posts with the paging navigation.
As it is, the posts show and the navigation but when you click on one of the paging links, the url changes, but the posts are the same.
I was trying it with this code
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Yummy Yummy Macaroni and Cheese
Total Time
Prep 20 mins
Cook 20 mins
I am always trying to find something my entire family agrees on and I think I finally did it!! This by far is my best recipe yet! I added broccoli and salad for a main dish meal we all loved!!! I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 cups small shell pasta (7oz)
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 1⁄4 cup flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 3⁄4 cups milk
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (8oz)
- fresh breadcrumb
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Cook pasta as directed on the box.
- While pasta is cooking, melt butter in saucepan over low heat. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, and mustard. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is all smooth and bubbly;remove from heat. Add milk, and put back on heat, until boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir approx 1 minute. Mixture will thicken. Add cheese. Cook, stirring occasionally, until cheese is melted.
- Drain pasta. Add pasta and cheese mixture to ungreased 2 quart casserole and top with fresh breadcrumbs if desired. (I use fresh that I make).
- Bake uncovered for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
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Wonderful! Big hit in my family! I've made this recipe several times... very good! Cheese sauce is also good on vegies such as asparagus (with bacon crumbled on top) and broccoli. Thanks for sharing!
This was my first time making real mac and cheese (not from a box!) and it was really good. May add more dry mustard next time or maybe some very sharp cheddar cheese. Thank you!


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YOU can tell that an election is on the way when the Government suddenly remembers that 20 per cent of the population - and a much larger proportion of the electorate - is over 60. What other explanation can there be of the timing of the Health Secretary's hideously named National Service Framework for Older People?
Why, for example, should it have taken this lot four years to announce its revolutionary new proposal that the NHS should treat older people as individuals? It is not as if the Government has been kept in the dark about the disgraceful way in which the old are treated in some hospitals. Sixteen months ago, The Telegraph exposed the scandal that patients were being refused operations and abandoned to die, unfed and uncared for, simply because of their age. Yet only now, while the ballot boxes are being dusted off for their next outing to the polling stations, has Alan Milburn chosen to address his mind to the problem. Still, better late than never.
New Labour has always had a difficulty with the old. It was a little-noted fact about the last election that, while Tony Blair won his landslide, he actually managed to attract a smaller percentage of pensioners' votes than had Neil Kinnock before him.
It was also noticeable that the older the voter, the less inclined he or she was to vote Labour. Mr Blair's strongest support, and John Major's weakest, was among the 18-24 age group. Mr Blair's weakest, and Mr Major's strongest, was among the over-55s. The in-betweens voted on a sliding scale from pink to blue, getting bluer as they got older.
One explanation may be that Mr Blair has always seemed to go out of his way to annoy his parents' generation. All that rubbish about Britain being a "young country", and all that sucking up to Britpop stars and Britartists, barely out of their nappies, irritates me no end. If I feel like that, at exactly Mr Blair's age, how much more so must the generation that remembers the war.
The over-60s may also have selfish reasons for being wary of Mr Blair, since Labour has traditionally attacked savings and Gordon Brown has been notoriously parsimonious with the state pension (he will not readily be forgiven for that 75p-a-week increase he announced in his last Budget but one).
But I prefer to think that older voters are less inclined than their children and grandchildren to vote New Labour because they are wiser, less easily duped, more independent-minded and more experienced in spotting the tricks of politicians ambitious for power.
What, then, will older voters make of the National Service Framework? The first thing that may strike them is that Mr Milburn seemed to be claiming yesterday that he was breaking the news of an extra £120 million to be spent on making life more comfortable for older patients. In fact, the money is to come out of the allocation to the NHS already announced by Mr Brown in the Budget. But that is a favourite New Labour trick: keep on announcing the same Budget increases, over and again, in the hope that the voters will be fooled into thinking that they are being told something new.
The next thing that they may notice is that this extra money is to be spent over three years. There is another New Labour trick: spread your spending over as many years as possible, and then announce it as a lump sum. It is as if an employer, hiring a clerk for £25,000 a year, were to say: "I am going to pay you £1 million," adding, sotto voce, "over the next 40 years."
You do not have to know much about the ageing population, the soaring cost of medical treatment or the parlous state of the NHS to realise that £40 million a year, for three years only, is not going to transform the way in which older patients are treated.
Nor, I suspect, will many of the elderly be taken in by the Government's boast that, from now on, NHS services will be provided "regardless of age, on the basis of clinical need alone". That is an excellent principle, of course - and it is a scandal that some hospitals would refuse treatment to a 70-year-old, who might have another 20 years of life in him, for no better reason than that he is 70. But how much difference will the new rule make?
When resources are very limited - as they always will be, until a future government has the guts to revolutionise the funding of healthcare - choices will have to be made. Imagine that two patients are in need of a heart bypass - one a 45-year-old father of young children, the other a 75-year-old grandfather. Now, imagine that there are surgeons, anaesthetists and theatre nurses available to perform only one bypass. Guess which patient will be given priority. Call it "clinical need" or "age discrimination" as you will: it comes to much the same for the poor grandfather abandoned on the waiting list.
All these new "targets" - an extra 70,000 cataract operations, 16,000 more hip and knee replacements and 3,000 more heart operations - may sound jolly purposeful, but you have only to think about the matter for a second to realise that the only meaningful target is to provide exactly as many operations as are needed.
Presumably surgeons are not going to be required to perform unnecessary operations, simply to meet their targets. So we can assume only that people will still be left waiting in acute discomfort for operations that they need. It will be cold comfort to them to know that the Government is meeting its wretched targets.
The rest of the proposals - free advice to old people on how not to fall over, "Older Patients' Champions" on every "Patients' Forum" and the others - are just so much New Labour waffle. They will change nothing. But at least the Government is thinking about the older generation, now that an election is looming and there are grey votes to be had.
Perhaps the best hope for the old and ill would be to have an election every year.


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The international sign for choaking in hands around the throat. Pretty much what everyone wanted to do to me today.
3 rounds of:
10 Turkish Getups (total)
10 Wall Ball tosses
40 Hollowrocks
Run 400 meter
20 Body Rows
20 Plyo Push Ups
Run 400 meters BACKWARDS
That one almost made me yak.
A great group this morning! Thanks to all for making it this morning.
30 minutes of:
Dimensional lunges (x3) - Lunge to side, 45, straight, opposite leg straight, 45, side
10 full extension sit ups
Walk with a purpose/Run to tennis courts
5 Body Rows
10 Plyo-push ups
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EC-KFR short final rwy 25R
History ... When Olympic operate into Geneva ...
Flight JK0138 from Munich is ready for landing at 25R
Ready to taxi for departure. Shot from my room in hotel Tryp Azafata, just across the road from the airport boundary wall.
The first 717's that visited AMS were these from Olympic Aviation. Vey nice at that time.


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Eastern Mountain Sports
|Alan McDonough & Roger Furst
|Meriden, Connecticut
Number of locations
Area served
|United States
Key people
|CEO - Mark Walsh
|Outdoor gear and clothing
|Versa Capital Management
Number of employees
Eastern Mountain Sports (or EMS) is an outdoor clothing and equipment retailer in the U.S. Northeast headquartered in Meriden, Connecticut.
EMS sells outdoor equipment and clothing from both name brands and its own EMS line. The company also has a set of EMS Schools that offer classes in rock and ice climbing, kayaking, stand-up paddle boarding, trekking, and skiing. The EMS Schools headquarters is located in the White Mountains in North Conway, NH; and has other locations near Boston, the Shawangunk Ridge and the Adirondacks in NY, etc.
EMS is owned by Vestis Retail Group LLC, and its current CEO is Mark Walsh.
EMS was founded in 1967 in Wellesley, Massachusetts by two climbers - Alan McDonough, who was running the family hotel chain, and Roger Furst, a lawyer whose office was in the McDonough complex. They targeted the outdoor equipment market in Boston. The first store on Linden St. in Wellesley carried the Gerry outdoor equipment line as well as downhill skis.
In 1968, the two enterprises merged and built the 1041 Commonwealth Avenue store - at 10,000 sq. ft. the largest outdoor equipment/mountaineering store in New England.
McDonough and Furst sold the company in 1979 to The Franklin Mint, which was acquired by Warner Communications in 1981. Four years later Warner sold the Mint but retained EMS, subsequently selling it to the American Retail Group, owned by the Brenninkmeijer family.[1]
In July 2003 Will Manzer became President and CEO and shifted the company focus back towards specialty outdoors gear. A new logo, store reorganization, and a shift from stores in shopping malls to freestanding community-based stores followed.[2]
American Retail Group sold Eastern Mountain Sports to investors led by J.H. Whitney & Company in 2004.[3]
Bob Mayerson was announced as new president in March 2010, as Will Manzer continued leading the company.[4]
In 2012, Versa Capital Management bought EMS from J.H. Whitney and Mark Walsh became CEO.[5] In April 2016, Vestis Retail Group, the Versa Capital-owned unit which owns the Sport Chalet and Bob's Stores sporting goods chains as well as Eastern Mountain, announced it had filed for bankruptcy protection and reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. Vestis said it would reorganize and focus on the operations of Eastern Mountain and Bob's, while all Sport Chalet stores would close. [6]
- ^ Dinger, Ed (1998). "The Franklin Mint". International Directory of Company Histories 69. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
- ^ Conley, Lucas (April 2005). "Climbing Back Up the Mountain". Fast Company. pp. 84–86. Retrieved 2008-04-30.Archived on 2008-04-30.
- ^ Eastern Mountain Sports bought out
- ^ "EMS announces executive promotions". The Boston Globe. 2010-03-03.
- ^ Versa Capital buys Eastern Mountain Sports
- ^ Dawn McCarty & Steven Church, "Eastern Mountain in Bankruptcy as Shopping Habits Change", Bloomberg News, April 17, 2016.


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MEXICO DAYBOOK: Pena Nieto Wins Election, May Remittances Report
Presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto won yesterday's election, according to preliminary results. Mexico's peso advanced 0.7 percent on the news as Pena Nieto has pledged to boost foreign direct investment and initiatives to make easier to hire and fire workers.
All events listed in Mexico City time.
*9am: May remittances; est. $2.28 billion (prior $2.03 billion) *9am: Central bank monthly economist survey *12pm: June IMEF Manufacturing Index (prior 54.3) *12pm: June IMEF Non-Manufacturing Index (prior 55)
*The Federal Electoral Institute will continue releasing results from yesterday's presidential, congressional and gubernatorial elections *2pm: Economy Minister Bruno Ferrari and Agriculture Minister Francisco Mayorga to speak in Mexico City about WTO ruling.
*OHLMEX* MM rose 6.2% *ICA* MM rose 3.3% *LIVEPOLC MM rose 5.5% *AZTECACP MM rose 5.1% *GRUMAB MM fell 3.9%
*Mexico IPC index rose 1.4 percent. *Peso appreciated 1.9 percent to 13.3608 per dollar on June 29. *MSCI Latin America Index rose 5 percent. *DJIA rose 2.2 percent. *S&P 500 rose 2.5 percent.