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After winning a national championship as the head coach of the UConn Huskies, Kevin Ollie's name has surfaced as a potential NBA coaching candidate. If he is to make the jump, he will want a contract larger than what Steve Kerr signed with the Golden State Warriors, according to Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal:
One source with knowledge of at least one team's coaching search said Ollie will want a contract larger than the five-year, $25 million deal the Golden State Warriors handed Steve Kerr.
The reasoning is simple: Ollie has a longer record of success and accomplished more (won a national title) than Kerr has as a head coach. This is Kerr's first head-coaching job.
Ollie has said that he wants to be at UConn but that he would listen to NBA offers, and he is reportedly in the middle of renegotiating his contract with the university. Considering his experience as a pro point guard and the reputation he earned while he was in the league, it is no wonder that he's a hot commodity. One team in particular -- not the Los Angeles Lakers -- is reportedly making a strong push to bring him aboard, according to the Los Angeles Daily News' Mark Medina.
An undisclosed NBA team not named the Lakers reached out to Ollie about interviewing for its vacant head coaching position, leaving the UConn coach mulling over the team's latest extension offer, according to a league source familiar with the situation.
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Ollie's current contract runs through the 2017-18 season, but both Ollie and the Huskies are mindful of his increased market value stemmed from UCONN's recent NCAA championship and heightened NBA interest. Ollie's contract offer is believed to be about double of the $1.25 million he made this past season.
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Feedback -- Steam Hacked & The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Impressions
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Question: How come Mr. Roche-Sowa hasn't been on Feedback sooner?
Please have him on more; he contributes quite well to the Feedback convo. =)
In regards to portability..
..Do you have a GAEMS G155 carrying case for your console?
The one that you guys reviewed in your Tech Junkie segment in July?
'Cause uhmm..yeahh..that would definitely help.
Guys (or Nikole); I think its time to update Morgan's silhouette hairstyle to her current hairstyle (in this Feedback episode).
Every time I see her current silhouette's hairstyle when she's on Feedback, I keep having to remind myself that it's Morgan's & not Dana's (i r confuzed).
Morgan's current hairstyle (in this ep.) looks great; her silhouette's hairstyle should mirror that.Posted: November 18, 2011 2:26 PM -
Mods are a GOOD thing on the PC Morgan... the words you were looking from were Hacks/Cheats, Valve has always EMBRACED a Modding culture, and the reason games like Counter Strike, Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress (and somewhat Portal) were made in the first place ARE Mods...
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I love the camera man who filmed Blair in this episode. The horns matched up perfectly so many times. Either the camera man is hilarious or Blair is actually turning into his skyrim character.
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microsoft CAN NOT put a blu-ray player in their system. sony owns all rights to the blu-ray player and blu-ray format
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i only played about 20 hours of morrowind and loved it but stopped playing because the load screens would literally take about 5 minutes so that eventually deterred me from playing again, but i am extremely excited about skyrim. i'm waiting till after finals in a couple weeks to get it in order to actually pass my classes, but i spend my free time watching playthroughs which only make me want to play it even more
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When i buy this game it will be when it has game of year on it, and more mods and dlc.
Yes it's great and all but i will get best experience.Posted: November 18, 2011 9:58 AM -
Patrick: "...incredibly complex math-based leveling system ... with perks ontop of that..."
Jessica: "isn't that called Dark Souls?"
Perks in Dark Souls ? 57 hours in, and I haven't seen any yet :)Posted: November 18, 2011 8:25 AM -
Actually, back in 2008 it was rumoured that Xbox 360 would receive a Blu-Ray attachment, although, 5 months later it was denied.
P.S. When you sitting in front of a camera you tend to make small mistakes, so don't put someone down unnecessarily. She definitely knows her sht...Posted: November 18, 2011 8:19 AM -
This would have been so much better with Adam. It was OK, but I'm not sure it's still worth my time to watch.
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I saw a troll fight a cave bear best thing ever
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I wish you guys would have a live twitter chat or something for this show because I have so much to contribute.
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This episode only confirms Jessica is clueless she said and I quote " ya i had a 3DS and a 3DS lite...Ya the Xbox 360 has a blu ray adapter" . Last week's episode was good and I was starting to think I could actually watch the show but holy crap is Jessica annoying. I get it Ryan Dunn got drunk and and crashed into a tree and died so her show on g4 is done but do we really have to have her on feedback.
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Awesome Feedback, looking forward to the next session...
Also, Guild Wars 2 looks sic and, SUPER amped for The Secret World which looks to be breathtakingly spectacular.
Literally, after watching this ep I registered. Just thought I'd inform the hundreds of uninterested people NOT reading this comment.Posted: November 17, 2011 2:07 PM -
Here's a thought to people complaining for long loading times for Skyrim on Xbox -> Play it on the PC like true TES fans!
I bought it on PC and I have quite decent rig and my loading times are less than 2 seconds long.Posted: November 17, 2011 12:12 PM -
I get the feeling that Adam was squeezed out due to his obscure references, which I miss. I think the gaming public, of any age, are of slightly higher intelligence than the average citizen and it feels like a put-down to say "The viewers don't like Adam because he mentions Pasolini and 'Infinite Jest'. " It's time for the suits to step off. Again. Your job is to increase profits, not make creative decisions for which you are woefully underqualified. Or to put it in terms you think the audience will understand: "Stop being douchebags." (If I'm wrong and Adam quit Feedback, then you suits STILL need to get back to work.)
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I know a good way to reduce load screens... play on PC! I've average load screen is less then 2 seconds.
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So SPE is up to date again. The Winpdb debugger now features autocompletion. It is looking for a new name, as most people associate win with Windows (while winpdb is being developed on ubuntu now). The new XRCed (gui designer for wxpython) looks really slick. This is a screenshot on ubuntu:
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while trying to run xrced shell says "no module xh_gizmos"
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Hi Stani,
I have the same problem as described in the first email about de xh_gizmos module.
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I was a tad disappointed with Laoag City itself. There simply wasn't anything to do, and the city just seemed stagnant. I was all set to leave for Baguio on the first available bus on Friday morning. However, a couple of text exchanges with Kathy, Sacha's sister, convinced me to at least give a couple of sights in the nearby area a quick look.
That's exactly what I did. I took an early morning jeepney to Paoay. 'Twas a long ride, and all the while, I had misgivings about the time. Then I saw it, and my jaw fairly dropped: Paoay Church.
The architecture of Paoay Church follows what they call "earthquake baroque", and it is truly massive. The informational plate reads:
Parish founded by Augustinian Missionaries, 1593. Cornerstone of church laid 1704; of convent, 1707; of bell tower, 1793. Used before completion and kept in repair by the people under the joint auspices of the Church and the town officials. Inauguration ceremonies 28 February 1896. Church damaged by earthquake 1706 and 1927. Tower used as observation post by Katipuneros during the Revolution, by guerrillas during the Japanese occupation.
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With help of Aldor Acres, paid on call firefighters from Hall 8 will be escorting Santa on a circuitous route through Walnut Grove on Sunday evening, Dec. 18, from 6 to 8 p.m.
The parade, which will include carolling, will start at the fire hall on 208 Street and 96 Avenue and will travel past Gordon Greenwood Elementary, James Kennedy Elementary, Walnut Grove Secondary School, and Walnut Grove Community Centre. It will then go across 88 Avenue, up past Alex Hope Elementary School, and wind back through the neighbourhoods between 212 Street, 214B Street, and 95 Avenue, across 96 Avenue, up Yeomans Crescent, and then through Derby Hills.
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Michael Berrow: "Huge ambition was driving 'Planet Earth.' We knew the point of departure was about to happen and it had to be great, otherwise we'd got no chance."
Fate, however, was on hand, as brother Paul recounts: "Nick, who was a huge Bowie fan, had seen Colin Thurston's name on a 12" mix by a band called the Men. (The Men, being a short-lived Human League side-project; which suggests the record may have been "I Don't Depend on You.") We bought the 12", played it in the club, and we could hear that the production value; the aesthetic was exactly what we were looking for."
Aside from Duran, Thurston is remembered for engineering David Bowie's "Heroes" album and co-producing Iggy Pop's The Idiot. The producer died in 2007 from a degenerative muscular disease, but Ambrose remembers his talent as such: "Colin wasn't what I would call a producer-musician, he was more an engineer-producer, and in a sense he found the perfect band with Duran. See, there are two types of producers. You have the engineer-producer, who can pick up on whether the vocals are pitch perfect, the drums razor-sharp, everything is spot-on; or a producer who's also a musician, who comes in and just dominates. Where Duran were concerned, it was not necessary for them to have a domineering producer—because they had all the song structures really worked out."
But before recording could commence at Red Bus Studios in London, there was one final preparation to undertake. Paul Berrow: "Colin came up to the Rum Runner and sat pretty much on the dance floor for hours on end one day, spent the whole afternoon just playing one Studio 54 track after another. That way, by the time he left he'd heard all the classic drum sounds and production values that the Americans were doing at that moment through a big American sound-system, and to his credit, he absolutely got it."
Less than two months after Duran Duran had signed to EMI, "Planet Earth" was released first in the UK on Monday February 2nd, 1981, followed by all major international territories. At Sounds, Betty Page was listening out: "When I first heard the single I just thought, yeah, this is going to be huge. I just thought it was so clever of them to actually get the words 'New Romantic' in there. I always thought there was something a bit calculated about them, but in a good way."
However, Duran Duran were not off the blocks yet, as Dave Ambrose reveals: "Things were looking very dire for a minute. At that time it was radio or bust, and we weren't on any playlists. Duran had got a bit of press, but that for a new band is not going to win the day. Even the power of EMI could not make a band happen unless there was support; and with 'Planet Earth' there wasn't really enough to make it go. When that happens, the sales team can't operate. They can't walk into a shop and say 'Here, take this record', because the shopkeeper will say 'Why?'"
Fortunately, after several weeks Peter Powell, at that time Britain's highest-profile DJ on BBC Radio 1, gave 'Planet Earth' a spin. Liking what he heard, he added it to his show, and Duran began their slow—by today's standards—climb into and up the charts, finally reaching #12 six weeks later. Even still, Michael Berrow remains pragmatic: "Without getting ("Planet Earth") played on Radio 1 as we did, we would have lost it; I don't think it would have been a hit, because there were people who were definitely anti-Duran in the media."
Friction provides movement; but as Duran were about to find out, it can also prove a bumpy ride. Did Betty Page pick up on any anti-Duran sentiment while at Sounds? She laughs: "(Duran Duran) weren't accepted by the serious music journalists at all. I used to get a lot of flack from other writers for even writing about them. They were seen as merely a pop group, with no redeeming features at all. But what those same critics failed to understand was, Duran were what people wanted; what they needed—escapism—because things were pretty bad economically, and socially."
Yet it seems another factor was at play. EMI might have been one of the four biggest labels in the world. But—and as a direct result of maintaining such a profile—their board had famously fired the Sex Pistols several years earlier, for their headline-grabbing, drunken appearance on a late-afternoon UK TV show.
Page: "EMI were still considered to be an 'establishment' record company, especially after the Sex Pistols fiasco."
A fact which John Warwicker picks up on: "What you have to remember is that when punk happened, especially the Sex Pistols and 'God Save the Queen,' for one brief moment it really did look like something was going to change. Nothing could hold (the Pistols). So whatever came after punk was never going to compare; it could not live up to that sense of expectation."
Andy Taylor recalls the time with some discomfort, but remains pragmatic: "We were never that well supported by the cultural British media. They were pretty awful to us in most respects. But we didn't give a toss. Besides, we had America firmly in our sights."
If media heat was becoming an issue in the UK, "Planet Earth" would experience no such problem in America, where Duran Duran had near-zero profile. Despite his music industry experience, Dave Ambrose was also on a steep learning curve, especially when it came to coordinating Duran's pick up by EMI's American partners, Capitol Records. "I'd been told 'This is your band, so go out to LA and just do it'. So I'd gone out there specifically to push Duran, and I will never forget—I was in a limo on the way to Capitol Records (offices), in the back with all these A&R guys. And I played the demos for the first album, saying this is going to be the biggest band in the world—and they all laughed."
Speaking to respected KROQ DJ Rodney Bingenheimer, the so-called Mayor of Sunset Strip reveals how his role as the breaker of Duran into America came not through a Capitol plug, but more pro-active means: "I was the first to play ('Planet Earth') on my radio show. I used to go to this record shop in Pasadena called Pooh-bah, and they had all of the English imports, and that's where I found it. 'Planet Earth' was just a fantastic dance tune."
Ambrose: "The fact that Bingenheimer had to go out and buy the record himself tells you that there wasn't much enthusiasm at Capitol Records; so that groundswell was crucial." An observation Bingenheimer backs up: "People didn't know who they were at all. They were calling in, wanting to know who Duran were. 'Planet Earth' got people's attention because it was so different. But the label wasn't doing anything. I don't think it was until people started hearing them on my show and asking about them that Capitol started (promoting Duran)." Ambrose picks up: "At that time, the American acts were all very conservative, so you had to be very strong about (introducing) bands from England. I really had to push: I would have gone to the wall for that band."
"Planet Earth" would not hit with much clout in America. However, unbeknown to the band and all concerned, with that first single the mother of all countdowns had been initiated. One that would, inside of three short years, see the band race into orbit becoming (officially) the world's biggest. But before leaving 1981 and our return to 2011, I couldn't resist asking Andy Taylor one last question. Okay, he's a rock star, and his former band Duran Duran are currently thirteen albums strong—no mean feat, itself—but, how did it feel when he first received that shiny black "Planet Earth" 7"—his very first, but by no means the last Duran Duran record to pass out the pressing-room door: "Whatever was about to happen, nothing felt better in that moment. We had done it: here's the fuckin' single! From our first album! With EMI! (He laughs) I think we probably all got well drunk that evening."
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Sony Music Entertainment has acquired the rights to distribute the music of Karan Johar's much awaited film Agneepath, starring Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra. The album composed by musical duo Ajay-Atul boasts of six tracks encompassing a wide array of themes – from romance to qawwali and from dance to devotional. The soundtrack features singers like Sonu Niigaam, Roop Kumar Rathod and Shreya Ghoshal. "We are proud to be associated with Dharma Productions' Agneepath. The six new songs are not only original and refreshing but also soulful and unforgettable," Sanujeet Bhujabal, marketing director Sony Music India, said in a statement. "This is our 11th venture with Dharma and it's always a matter of pride and a great experience to work with them. The soundtrack is varied and we expect a great response from music enthusiasts," he added. Directed by Karan Malhotra, Agneepath is a remake of 1990 cult classic of the same name starring Amitabh Bachchan in the lead. After the hit song Sheila ki jawaani, Katrina Kaif will be seen grooving to another dance number, Chikni Chameli, in the new Agneepath. The film also stars Rishi Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt and releases January 26.
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I have one question concerning the ghunnah and its ranks. In your tajweed lesson you said there are 4 ranks. |
As-salamou aleykom wa rahmatoullahi wa barakatuh First jazakoumou Allahou khayran for your great work!!!! I have one question concerning the ghunnah and its ranks. In your tajweed lesson you said there are 4 ranks. I am asking if the last rank (ithaar) when making it clear whith a noun sakinah for example: min hakim >> is it the same rank when we stop on a noun sakinah for example: rabbi al 3alamin. when stopping at "3alamin". In other words, are these two examples the same (in their ranks of ghunnah) ? BaraakaAllahou fikoum wa salam aleykom!! Answer Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, The of the or saakinah is the third rank, not the last rank of the ghunnah. The last or fourth rank is for these two letters when they have a vowel on them and are pronounced with the vowel. As to your question, yes, masha' Allah very good dervation, when we put a sukoon on the for stopping, it will have the same rank, ie third rank as the saakinah read with . Wa feekum al-Barakah. For those wanting to read about the ranks of the ghunnah please see the following link: http://www.abouttajweed.com/the-ghunnah-and-its-ranks/ranks-of-the-ghunnah.html Wa assalaam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. |
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Former Ford Foundation President Franklin Thomas to Lead September 11th Funds As Chairman; Board Named; Joshua Gotbaum Named Executive Director & CEO
Oct 15, 2001, 01:00 ET from United Way of New York City
NEW YORK, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York Community Trust and United Way of New York City, the nonprofit organizations that established The September 11th Fund, today announced the formation of a Board to oversee and direct the activities of the Fund, as well as the separate September 11th Telethon Fund supported by the entertainment industry's "Tribute to Heroes" show. Franklin Thomas, former president of the Ford Foundation, was appointed Chairman. Members of the Board were also named, drawn from the governing bodies of the two sponsoring institutions and other recognized leaders from the public and private sectors. Joshua Gotbaum, former executive associate director and controller of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, has been named Executive Director and CEO. Under the leadership of Mr. Thomas and Mr. Gotbaum, the Board will be responsible for making grants from the September 11th Fund and the September 11th Telethon Fund. To date, the September 11th Fund has received pledges and contributions from thousands of individuals, corporations, and charitable organizations totaling more than $170 million and will address both the emergency and longer-term needs of the victims, their families and the affected communities. The Board will also establish guidelines for the distribution of about $150 million pledged to the September 11th Telethon Fund for victims and families. It will ensure all funds are distributed fairly and effectively, in accordance with the wishes of those from around the world who have donated. "I am privileged to begin this effort with the distinguished individuals who have agreed to serve on the board, " Mr. Thomas said. "With their intelligence, wisdom, and insight, I am confident that we will advance the extraordinary work being done by government and the business and nonprofit sectors to rebuild our communities." The September 11th Fund's grant program is currently supporting efforts to improve the health and well-being of individuals and families touched by the tragedy; spur the economic recovery of individuals and families in New York and other affected communities; and ensure the capacity of nonprofits to continue to provide services. The September 11th Fund works by making grants to organizations that are expert in providing direct services and meeting a variety of needs. Nearly $16 million in grants has already been approved to more than 35 nonprofit agencies in the New York region. For example, emergency grants from the Fund have already made it possible for Safe Horizon to distribute over 6,000 checks to victims' families that will cover basic needs such as mortgage payments and utility bills. The Fund is currently reviewing more than 100 proposals for both immediate and longer-term needs. In accepting the position, Gotbaum noted, "Thousands suffered from the events of September 11th, but thousands more have reached out to provide help. Our task is to turn their contributions into action, to work with many organizations and speed the recovery." All of the funds contributed to the September 11th Fund will go directly to grants. Mr. Gotbaum and a small staff will be supported by funds raised separately and expressly for this purpose. The Fund will continue to draw as well on the experienced teams at United Way of New York City and The New York Community Trust. "We are enormously pleased that Frank Thomas, a man of extraordinary experience, integrity and judgment, has agreed to lead this critical effort," said Lorie A. Slutsky, president of The New York Community Trust. "We established The September 11th Fund to provide a way that thousands could help the victims of the attack, their families and communities with confidence that their funds would be used wisely, effectively and fairly." "Speaking for the thousands of annual United Way contributors around the country who donated to The September 11th Fund, the selection of Frank Thomas and Josh Gotbaum should assure all of us that our charitable dollars will be distributed in an expedited, direct and appropriate fashion," said Ellie Ferdon, chair of United Way of America. Franklin Thomas heads the TFF Study Group, which focuses primarily on assisting the development process in Southern Africa. He was president of the Ford Foundation from 1979-1996. Before joining Ford, Mr. Thomas was the first president of the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation. He served as Deputy Police Commissioner in Charge of Legal Matters for the New York City Police Department and Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Thomas serves on several corporate and nonprofit boards and is an advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations. Joshua Gotbaum is the former executive associate director & controller of the US Office of Management and Budget and has over 20 years of financial and management experience. Prior to joining OMB, Gotbaum was Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy for the US Treasury, Assistant Secretary for Economic Security for the US Department of Defense and general partner at Lazard Freres & Co, an investment bank in New York City. Below are a list of Board members and their affiliations and a list of all grants awarded to date. About the September 11th Funds The September 11th Fund was established by The New York Community Trust and United Way of New York City to meet the immediate and long-term needs of victims, families and communities affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11th. To date, over $170 million has been contributed and pledged. The September 11th Telethon Fund was established to collect donations pledged through the entertainment industry's "Tribute to Heroes," the two-hour telethon that aired live on multiple TV networks and thousands of radio stations around the world. The September 11th Telethon Fund has received about $150 million in pledges. The website address is http://www.september11fund.org. About The New York Community Trust The New York Community Trust was established in 1924 to improve the quality of life in New York City and help people with their philanthropy. An aggregate of 1,500 charitable funds set up by individuals, families and business, The Trust last year distributed over $145 million in grants throughout the New York region and all over the country for issues related to children and families, health, community development, education, the arts and many other worthwhile causes. Their website address is http://www.nycommunitytrust.org. About United Way of New York City United Way of New York City (UWNYC) is a volunteer-led organization dedicated to helping New York's most vulnerable citizens become and remain self-sufficient. UWNYC funds a network of the most effective health and human services nonprofits in the five boroughs; mobilizes collaborative efforts to address our community's most pressing needs; and provides management assistance, technology training, donated computers and more to help nonprofits achieve maximum impact. UWNYC is part of a system of 1400 local United Ways nationwide. Visit the website at http://www.uwnyc.org. September 11th Fund Board Bruce L. Ballard, M.D. Dr. Ballard is associate dean for Student Affairs and Equal Opportunity Programs and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He is a member of the Group for Student Affairs of the Association of American Medical Colleges, and a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and the New York Academy of Medicine. He is a member of The New York Community Trust Distribution Committee. John H. Biggs Mr. Biggs is the chairman and chief executive officer of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and the College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF). He has been with TIAA-CREF for almost 20 years, as president, chief operating officer and trustee. He is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries, member of the American Economic Association, and director of National Bureau of Economic Research. He serves as vice chairman of the board of United Way of New York City. Stanley Brezenoff Mr. Brezenoff is president and CEO of Maimonides Medical Center. He was the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He served Mayor Edward Koch as Deputy Mayor for Operations and First Deputy Mayor. Other government posts have included serving as commissioner for the Department of Employment and president of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation. He chairs the Dean's Council of NYU's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service and the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York. Samuel C. Butler Mr. Butler is chairman of the board of the New York Public Library and the former managing partner of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He is a director of several corporate boards and has served on the Harvard Board of Overseers and the boards of the American Museum of Natural History and Vassar College. Reverend Calvin O. Butts, III Rev. Butts is the pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City. Dr. Butts is the chancellor of the State University at Westbury and is chairman of the C.T. Walker Housing Corp. and a member of the board of the Central Park Conservancy. He is actively involved in the African-American community in New York City and has received numerous awards and commendations for his efforts. He serves vice chairman of the board of United Way of New York City. C.L. Clemente Mr. Clemente is the senior vice president of Corporate Affairs of Pfizer, Inc. A member of the Corporate Management Committee, he also serves as corporate counsel and secretary of the Pfizer Board of Directors. Mr. Clemente is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the United States Council for International Business, the Board of Directors of the Public Affairs Council, the Business-Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC), and Project Hope. He serves as chairman of the board of United Way of New York City. Ernest J. Collazo Mr. Collazo is managing partner of Collazo Carling & Mish. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, a director of the United Hospital Fund of New York and the VIP Community Services. He also is a member of the Federal Bar Council (Committee on Second Circuit Court), the Federal Bar Council Inn of Court (Master), the Advisory Committee to the Rules Committee of the Second Judicial Circuit of the U.S. Labor Advisory Council (to the Health Care Industry), and the Committee on Second Circuit Courts (Federal Bar Council). Mr. Collazo is a former director of the Lehman College Foundation and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund, Inc. He is a member of The New York Community Trust Distribution Committee. Jill M. Considine Ms. Considine is chairman and chief executive officer of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. She served as president of the New York Clearing House Association and she was managing director, chief administrator officer, American Express Bank, Ltd., and was the New York State Superintendent of Banks. She was the president and chief executive officer of The First Women's Bank and was a vice president at Bankers Trust and the Chase Manhattan Bank. James E. Copeland James E. Copeland is the chief executive officer of Deloitte & Touche in the U.S. and its global parent of Deloite Touche Tohmatsu. He serves on the board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the U.S.-Japan Business Council. He is former chairman of the board of United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta and was president of Research Atlanta. Abigail Disney Ms. Disney is a philanthropist and speaker active in supporting women's initiatives. She is the president and founder of the Daphne Foundation and Vice President of the New York Women's Foundation. Ms. Disney is also one of the founders of Liberty Media for Women. Charlotte Moses Fischman Ms. Fischman is a partner of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP. She is a director of NAMI-Metro, a member of the New York City Bar Association Ethics 2000 Committee, the Board of Visitors, and Columbia Law School. She is also a member of the First Judicial Department Disciplinary Committee, a former trustee of Brandeis University, and a former director of the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund and The Legal Aid Society. She is a member of The New York Community Trust Distribution Committee. Marty Franks Mr. Franks is executive vice president for CBS Television and senior vice president of Viacom Corp. Mr. Franks has also held a number of posts in Washington, including service under President Jimmy Carter, chief of staff to Senator Patrick Leahy, and executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Gary Ginsberg Mr. Ginsberg is executive vice president of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications for News Corporation. Mr. Ginsberg is a former senior editor and counsel for George magazine and former assistant counsel to President Clinton. He serves on the board of New Visions for Public Schools and New York Cares. Thomas S. Johnson Mr. Johnson is the chairman, president and CEO of Greenpoint Bank. He is the former president and director of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company and former president and director of Chemical Bank in New York City. He is a trustee on numerous boards, including U.S. Capital Group, The Asia Society, The Cancer Research Institute of America, The Institute of International Education and WNET Channel 13, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He serves on the board of United Way of New York City. Robert M. Kaufman Mr. Kaufman is a partner of Proskauer Rose LLP. He is the board chairman of Pirelli Cables and Systems LLC, Old Westbury Funds, Inc., and the Times Square Business Improvement District. He is a trustee of Brooklyn Law School, chair emeritus for the Fund for Modern Courts, and past president of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the American Judicature Society. He is vice-chairman of The New York Community Trust Distribution Committee. Shelly Lazarus Ms. Lazarus is the chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide. She is a member of the board of directors of a number of industry, business and academic institutions, including Ann Taylor Stores, General Electric Company, Teacher's Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund, New York Presbyterian Hospital, and the World Wildlife Fund. She also serves as chair of the board of trustees of Smith College, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and The Business Council. She is former chairman of the American Advertising Agencies. Barbara Scott Preiskel Ms. Preiskel is the former senior vice president and general counsel of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. She is a trustee of Wellesley College, the American Museum of the Moving Image, and Tougaloo College. She is a former director of Textron, American Stores Co., General Electric Co., Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., and the Washington Post Co. She is a former member of The New York Community Trust Distribution Committee, where she served as chairman. Rossana Rosado Mrs. Rosado is editor-in-chief and general manager, News and Sales, of El Diario-La Prensa. Mrs. Rosado is an Emmy-award winning television producer for her work at WPIX-TV in New York City. She is El Diario's first female editor-in-chief and has helped build the tradition of advocacy journalism. She serves on the board of United Way of New York City. Anne P. Sidamon-Eristoff Mrs. Sidamon-Eristoff is chair emerita of the American Museum of Natural History. She serves on the boards of the Black Rock Forest Consortium, the God Bless America Fund, the Greenacre Foundation, the Storm King Art Center, and the World Wildlife Fund. She is a former director of the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York, the Museum of Modern Art, and Scenic Hudson. She is chairman of The New York Community Trust Distribution Committee. Wilma ("Billie") S. Tisch Mrs. Tisch is the president of Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York. She is also chairman emerita of the WNYC Foundation and a life trustee of the UJA Federation. She serves as vice chairman of the board of United Way of New York City. Lulu C. Wang Ms. Wang is the chairman and CEO of Tupelo Capital Management LLC. She is a trustee of Wellesley College and on the Finance Committee of the Rockefeller Family Fund. She is president of the Shoreland Foundation and a board member of the Women's Forum and WNYC. She is a member of The New York Community Distribution Committee and chairs its Finance and Investment Committees. Carl Weisbrod Mr. Weisbrod, an attorney, established and is president of the Alliance for Downtown New York. He has been president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, director of the Mayor's Office of Midtown Enforcement, executive director of the City Planning Commission, and president of the New York State 42nd Street Development Project. He is a trustee of the Ford Foundation and NYU Down Hospital among other organizations. September 11th Fund Grants Organization Purpose Amount Safe Horizon To provide emergency financial $7,546,000 (3 grants) assistance to the families of ($1,000,000 attack victims and no-interest loans cash-flow loan to meet cash-flow needs of the State funding and Crime Victims Board fund. $846,000 for operational support-2 weeks) Seedco For a loan fund for nonprofits $2,150,000 directly affected by the disaster. (one year) United Ways For direct cash assistance to $2,100,000 throughout victims and their families. the region Forest Hills To replace three destroyed volunteer $937,000 Volunteer ambulances and to enhance the (6 months) Ambulance ability of 34 volunteer ambulance Corps, Inc. corps to provide backup for the City's Emergency Medical Service system for the next six months. Mental Health To augment a citywide crisis resource $910,847 Association of database, including certified (6 months) New York City clinicians, and increase the capacity of its mental health hotline. Consortium for For the Emergency Employment $438,000 Worker Clearinghouse, which is providing (3 months) Education assistance to those who lost jobs as a result of the attack. Cross-Cultural For rescue efforts, respite services, $320,000 Solutions and volunteer coordination at Ground Zero and on the Spirit of New York, from 9/11 through 10/20. New York City To provide grief counseling to $225,000 Fire Department firefighters and their families. (6 months) NPower New York For coordination of technology $196,900 services to nonprofits affected (2 months) by the World Trade Center attack. Food for To provide emergency food relief $195,500 Survival to those affected by the attack and (2 months) food management and operation assistance to organizations involved in the recovery effort. Legal Aid To provide emergency civil legal $171,000 Society assistance to low-income (6 weeks) attack victims. Feed the For emergency relief efforts consisting $137,000 Children of deliveries of food and supplies. (1 week) Interfaith To provide counseling, support, and $100,000 Neighbors, Inc. crisis intervention to children, (10 months) teens, teachers, and youth practitioners in the aftermath of the attack. Disaster To provide psychiatric services to $75,000 Psychiatry victims of the attack. (6 months) Outreach Arab-American To provide emergency assistance $60,000 Family Support to individuals, schools, police (3 months) Center and other agencies in dealing with the effects of the attacks on Arab-Americans. National Fallen To purchase the ceremonial materials $54,000 Firefighters required for the funerals of (3 months) Foundation New York City firefighters who died during the rescue efforts. New York For emergency information and $50,000 Immigration help immigrants get access to relief (6 months) Coalition assistance harmed by the attack, and to document and inform authorities of bias incidents against members of immigrant groups. Asociacion To assist families of Mexican workers $40,000 Tepeyac de killed in the World Trade Center attack. (2 months) New York God's Love For meals provided to emergency $37,870 We Deliver personnel at the World Trade (1 week) Center disaster site and a senior center near the disaster area. Asian American For legal assistance and other $30,000 Legal Defense preventive measures against hate (6 months) and Education violence in the wake of the Fund World Trade Center attack. Women's Venture To provide technical assistance to $30,000 Fund, Inc. the small business community affected (6 months) by the World Trade Center attack. Alianza To provide emergency services to $20,000 Dominicana Washington Heights residents who (2 months) were victims of the attack and to help other agencies serving immigrants provide grief counseling. Community For emergency funding to an agency $16,400 Resource displaced by the attack. (2 months) Exchange Children's Hope To help an agency located near the $15,500 Foundation World Trade Center reestablish itself. (1 month) Healing Works To provide short-term counseling and $15,000 health services to victims and (6 months) survivors of the disaster and the caregivers and social service providers working with them. Liberty Center To provide emergency assistance to $10,000 for Immigrants Guyanese immigrants in the Richmond (6 months) Hill area of Queens to deal with fear, bias incidents, and concerns of the undocumented. Women's Housing For feeding rescue personnel at the $8,600 and Economic World Trade Center disaster site. 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She's known for playing some of the more memorable airheaded blondes commited to celluloid in "Mighty Aphrodite" and "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion," but Academy Award-winner Mira Sorvino is no dummy. Since winning an Oscar for her career-making turn as a daft prostitute in Woody Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite," the Harvard Univeristy graduate (she majored in East Asian Studies magna cum laude) has built an impressive body of work by juggling indie work with studio fare, all while giving birth to four kids and serving as the United Nation's Goodwill Ambassador for human trafficking since 2009.
In her latest indie vehicle to hit theaters, "Union Square" (opening this Friday), Sorvino plays Lucy, a manic mess of a woman who surprises her estranged sister Jenny (Tammy Blanchard) by showing up unannounced at her glam New York apartment overlooking the New York location of the title on Thanksgiving eve. Over the course of two days, Lucy and Jenny lay their grudges bare, reveal some big secrets, and make an effort to get along once and for all.
A glowing and chatty Sorvino caught up with Indiewire in Manhattan to discuss what she describes as "one of the best movies" she's done in a "very long time"; her relationship to her father, veteran character actor Paul Sorvino; her refusal to play the villain; and that Oscar win.
Lucy is the definition of a hot mess in "Union Square." It must have taken so much out of you to play her.
It did — although it was very fun and freeing. It's electrifying to get to play someone who's able to do whatever she feels. That being said, you had to feel whatever she felt. It felt so extreme all the time because she's struggling with bipolar disorder. The funny thing is, in the beginning of the movie you just think she's hysterical, not knowing if you can take much more of her. But once you get into it, then you see her more delightful side. She can be bubbly, ebullient and funny, but then she crashes into these moments of sadness. But, you come to realize, it's for a good reason.
It was hard to play the heavy side of it. The scene along the river [where she contemplates suicide] killed me. The thing was, we had a short window of time to do the scene because the sun was coming up. We did it at four, five and six am. Every minute of that was too long for me, because it was so upsetting to play. But I was lucky to get the role. It's a fantastic one.
How do you get your energy level up to where it needs to be to play a character as charged as Lucy?
A lot comes the personality of the character. Once you find that, it just drives you around. I do work off of caffeine a lot. I'm a sort of coffee addict. And protein bars. Every few hours I'd have one and a latte from Starbucks [during our interview, Sorvino sipped from a Venti Starbucks latte].
Did the rushed shooting schedule help you in that respect?
Yes, it helped because you had the adrenaline of a race. You had to start it and you had to finish it. You couldn't just decide, "Today I want to shoot five pages rather than ten." If it had been longer, it would have been very hard for me. Nobody was doing it for money. There was no money in it. You could say that I paid to be in it, because I had to pay my nanny twice my daily salary to work on it [laughs].
But I think it's one of the best movies I've done in a very long time. It's rare to find something that's a dramedy like this. Usually it's only comedy or drama. And a lot of independent films, it's usually heavy drama. As a viewer these days, I don't want to choose something that's going to bring me down, but I don't want to see something that's stupid either.
Do you know anybody like Lucy?
Yes, and I'm not at liberty to say who. She's parts of that person in terms of the way the bipolarity expresses itself — the fun and juvenile [aspects] of her personality. But there are other parts of the character that are unique to her. If I had not had that person to draw from, it would have been a very different portrayal.
You've stuck to mainly indies over the course of your career. The few studio dips you have made were for the most part with auteur types like Guillermo del Toro ("Mimic") and Spike Lee ("Summer of Sam"). Since winning the Oscar, did you set out to only do work that really spoke to you as an artist?
Yeah, that's always been my way. I think it's commercially that hurt me. But I never had this strategy to stay on top, or be as marketable as possible. When I was a kid and wanted to be an actor, I used to think, "Gosh, I'd like to do great roles, but have no one in my real life know who I was." I wanted to enjoy anonymity. I'm a private person.
Did growing up with your famous father influence that wish?
Yes. People would always come up to us, and he would have to sign autographs… at restaurants, airports and stuff. I was always shy. It just made me nervous. Other people love that and that's what they want. They have that life of the party personality. So in an odd way, I've got to play great roles, but I'm not nearly as famous as some of my contemporaries. That's worked for me in my personal life.
Right now, with my four kids and my marriage, I love them so much and I'm happy to not be constantly barraged with attention. It's interesting, how everything's turned out — not to say that I don't want commercial success, or don't want to make big movies that are powerful.
Also, being pregnant four times has taken me out of the market for a few chunks of time [laughs]. But I also think that in indies, you have the chance to achieve something that is pure, and this is the perfect example of that.
Despite having four kids, you're remained remarkably busy on the film front.
I still love working. I love doing what I do, but I try to do shorter projects now. But I don't want to retire! You do a few projects a year, you pick interesting roles, so it works out. You can't only do ones the size of this film, because you can't survive financially. Right now the business is very difficult for actors, very difficult. A lot of actors have to go back to their day jobs in order to get paid for their acting. Obviously I have to mix it with jobs that have financial salaries.
I did this movie that comes out in September that stars Dermot Mulroney that's about the slave trade of children in Cambodia. Because I work as the Goodwill Ambassador after making "Human Trafficking," it was a great way to marry activism and artistry. On that one I took the children. It was a great experience for them. They got to ride all these boats on these rivers and meet the kids. It was so eye-opening for them to get to travel. I remember when I travelled with my dad on location, how interesting that was.
You just balance. There are negatives to working away from home, but it also broadens your kids' world so much.
It's always a hard push because my dad and my mother made the decision, once I was in second grade, that my mom would stay in Jersey with us at home while he worked during the school year. So we did not follow him around, except in the summertime. Before that we had gone to the Bahamas, Spain, England… I think it eventually broke up their marriage. So much time apart separated them. I don't want that to happen to us, so I do bring the kids along more than some people.
Your father initially wasn't thrilled about the idea of you entering the industry, correct?
Well, I got bitten early by doing school plays. I did a play in third grade called "The Mystery of the Missing Capitalizations of Punctuations" [laughs]. I played a teacher with a silly voice and a big wig. Fifth grade, I did another play, and that's when my dad started to teach me about substituion. My dad was my [acting] coach when I was a kid. Then doing these performances in front of an audience gave me a rush like downhill skiing. You never knew what was going to happen next. This movie has that same feeling — I didn't know what was going to happen next with Lucy.
The roles that you're best known for — Linda Ash in "Aphrodite" and Romy — are so endearing because they seem so unaware of how folks perceive them. They're not the brightest bulbs, but they don't seem to know it or care. What attracts to you to those types of characters? Are people surprised when they meet the real you?
I think they used to be more surprised. Now people have to some extent through media gotten to know my essential personality. Also, people always stress that I went to Harvard, so they assume that I can't be all that dumb. There is a thread of continuity in those roles. But in this one, the character is actually smart. She's just emotionally all over the map. She looks like a dumb blonde, but she's actually not dumb.
I have a hard time playing people that I don't like. I haven't played many villains. I think very early on I played a femme fatale in a short film that got me the Robert Redford movie. But that was one of the only times I played a morally corrupt character. Oh, and in "Barcelona" too.
That's the film that got you the Woody part.
Yeah, you're right. Whit [Stillman] screened it for Woody. The casting director had read me once and thought it was too far away from my natural personality. But to get back to why I'm drawn to these roles — one is the heart, two is the unfettered quality (maybe because in my life I am not unfettered, I get anxiety about how I said something).
About your Oscar win — how's it been living with that title over your head?
Well they don't give you a tiara and scepter. You got this beautiful and wonderful honor. It's definitely a great addition to my life, but I don't wake thinking, "I'm an Academy Award winner." I just remember it as this incredible, pivotal moment for me. It took the pressure off my career in a way, even though people would probably think it's the opposite.
Many people go their entire career — great actors — never being nominated or never winning. I had this incredible gift given to me at a young age, so I felt validated and appreciated early. I'm not a greedy person. It's not like, "Okay, where's the next?!"


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7. In your view, his biggest sin in this trade is poor risk management?
Answer: From a portfolio management/fiduciary duty standpoint, without question that is the big bulls eye on his back. Seriously, what sane fiduciary engages in an infinitely risky short position of 20-25% of a public company that is buying back its stock feverishly with massive free cash flow, and then paints himself into a corner by both publicizing his outsized position while antagonizing the one investor on Earth who has the will and skill to eviscerate him? As far as personal integrity, Ackman may not be a genius, but he can be terribly disingenuous. As seen over and over again in Ackman's 'blind them with your science', intentionally overwhelming-in-volume presentations, he can play David Copperfield smoke-and-mirror games with the facts. Like with a magician, Ackman's sheer volume of distracting bells and whistles allows him to both a) take data out of context to confuse his audience, and b) omit from his "stage" material, related facts that substantially negate those selective words and numbers that he highlights in his bearish favor. He knows that nearly all Wall Street analysts and reporters, already over-worked by endless streams of news and data points, just don't have the time to hunt down, open up and analyze source documents that expose Ackman's legerdemain.
8. And he has a history of that?
Answer: Well, Pershing Square's business model is one of highly concentrated positions. However, shorting 20-25% of a public company utilizing an estimated 10% of Pershing Square's equity capital? That takes risk to an entirely new, and potentially irresponsible, level.
9. The hedge fund community has a track record of being aggressive with their investments but not with fellow hedge fund managers. I can't recall a case like this with so many high profile investors lining up on the other side of a trade against someone and a handful really criticizing him. I know people want to make money on this but has Ackman burned a lot of bridges with others in the last 10 years?
Answer: Making money while investing is sweet. Making money while taking the other side of the industry's biggest pontificator is pure honey. There are a lot of hedge funds dipping into the beehive on this one.
10. You had some kind words for Icahn in your recent Bloomberg TV interview. Why is he "the best investor of our time"?
Answer: In his 30s, Icahn was taking over airlines. Forty years later, after establishing a track record second to none, he's still killing it making investments in widely disparate industries, from Netflix DVD's to CVR's refineries to Herbalife's protein shakes. He's nearly 80 years old, yet hold his own discussing his investment rationale on live, highly confrontational international television. What can I say? He's King Carl.
11. So you said in that same interview the next shoe to drop in this saga could be for Ackman to actually achieve some sort of support from some state Attorney General or other government regulator. And that would make you bullish again. That's because you think there's not going to be any quick action by the government with any real teeth to it?
Answer: Just like with MBIA, Pershing Square is on a perpetual roadshow carting around and E-mailing to regulators, investors, lenders, and reporters his 334-page, "How to Kill Herbalife Starter Kit". It's just a matter of time before some regulator takes Ackman's bait, or his bullying and baiting as is his latest tactic. Ackman is fortunate to have 52 bites at the American apple – two federal regulators (SEC & FTC) and 50 state attorney generals. MBIA's housing crisis era demise gave Ackman short selling credibility and a residually deep regulatory Rolodex – remember that in fighting MBI's AAA rating, Ackman made contacts that will help him on his Herbalife crusade. I simply want the headline, "________ [fill in the blank] commences investigation of Herbalife" out of the way, for sentiment to shift into fear mode again, in order to clear out the weak hands in this stock. As Ackman has stated several times, he only needs one of the two primary federal regulators or 50 state attorney generals to commence and publicize some kind of Herbalife witch hunt to start to build real force behind his Herbalife jihad. That being said, I believe Ackman so far has appeared to fail in this regulatory quest because it is logical for anyone getting an Ackman FedEx box containing his 334 page, "Death to Herbalife" roadmap might wonder if they are being recruited for the job of corporate suicide bomber – if a regulator takes Ackman's bait, goes medieval on Herbalife but gets it wrong, it may very well be the end of that regulator's political career – as I said, something akin to a suicide bombing where the target, Herbalife, survives the financial terrorism.
12. So we're going to have a clear-cut winner in this drama eventually? It's going to be Icahn, Loeb, and others possibly including you or Ackman winning?
Answer: Maybe not so black and white. Unless a bidder buys out all the public shares, Herbalife could be caught in the no-man's land of P/E multiple contraction wherein while it's not being forced out of business globally and thus isn't "Ackman's zero," still the fear of some damage from Pershing Square restrains the stock from getting a P/E-Growth ratio that it would earn without the Ackman jihad in place.
13. When are we going to know who wins - and is it going to be a lot of see-sawing between now and then?
Answer: The only definitive win comes with either a Herbalife global regulatory shutdown or a Herbalife public (via massive share repurchase) or private (via outside bidder) takeover. The odds of such a shutdown are near zero, but the odds of a takeover are easily over 30%. This company was just LBO'd less than a decade ago, and private equity is frothing at the mouth to do deals. People forget that just six years ago Whitney offered to take Herbalife private again (it owned 27% pre-offer) at $38/share, but the Company wisely rejected that offer, allowing the stock to double from 2007 to 2012.
14. If you were Icahn, which of the potential avenues would you pursue to smoke out Ackman from his short?
Answer: Two words: float shrinkage - remove Herbalife shares from the public float via the Company's existing massive share repurchase program, a supersize version thereof via a leveraged recapitalization, or a straight up takeover that removes all of Herbalife's stock from public hands. This would put a wood stake into Ackman, 'full stop' (whatever that means).
15. Icahn's got all his personal money in this deal. Ackman has outside money. But it's been reported that his investors can only redeem from him once every 2 years and then are forced to wait for the next opening. So how vulnerable is Ackman to a run of redemptions?
Answer: I hear investors who want to redeem from Pershing Square are gated, allowing 12.5%/quarter to be removed, but you'd have to verify this. Redemption gates like this cut both ways, however. While it would buy Pershing Square time to replace fleeing capital, it often creates "run on the bank" risk in that it leads some investors to redeem sooner to begin what may be a long, 2-year process of getting full liquidity out of Pershing Square. But again, check with Ackman on this matter.
16. Could this battle jeopardize the future of Pershing Square as a fund?
Answer: Anyone involved in Herbalife must read Confidence Game - that novel is the Pershing Square short raid playbook, and he's following it to the "t" in assailing Herbalife. Without question, Ackman is zealously persistent to a fault, and I do mean to a fault. He utilizes deep and broad resources to execute a tenacious, "end of the earth" strategy to the very end. Ackman could star in the Wall Street version of Die Hard – this guy seems to have been born without a the gene that feels pain and governs conventional risk management. That being his personality trait, it takes a sledgehammer blow like his long investment Borders going bankrupt, or nearly $2 billion reported loss in Target making mincemeat out of him, for Ackman to throw in the towel.
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There is something extra tasty about melon balls when you're a child. Perhaps it's because melon balls are only ever made from the best bits of the melon (whoever heard of a melon rind ball?), or maybe it's because they remind us of cool, refreshing snacks on long summer days. Whatever the reason, I could never eat enough of them during the late summer months. So when I first learned of today's featured drink, I could barely contain myself. It's a grown-up version of a fabulous childhood snack and a cocktail to boot! The Melon Rumballa (say it out loud — totally fun, right?) is brought to us by former Martha Stewart and Food & Wine stylist, Lauren Fister. Lauren now works for the simply wonderful collaborative studio, Teroforma. You will find many of Teroforma's beautiful objects sprinkled throughout the photos. Salud! — Alissa + Ryan
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Summer is just reaching its golden peak here in South Norwalk, CT, where we have our studio. The water has recently become a swimmable temp, the humidity is settling down and the farmers' markets are spilling over with fruits and veggies. Since we like to make our cocktails based on what is locally in season, a walk through the market is usually a great source of inspiration. On our latest trip, it was the fragrant late-season melons — like crenshaw, honeydew, cantaloupe and baby watermelon — along with handfuls of fresh mint that set us along just the path of cocktail creativity we were looking for. Realizing we haven't mixed a rum drink for our own blog yet, we decided to anchor things with white rum and picked out some ginger soda and vanilla beans as accompaniments. Going for something perfectly summery with the melon and mint, yet nodding to fall with the added ginger and vanilla, we are happy to share our latest creation: The Melon Rumballa.
There are a couple things going on with this cocktail that we should mention right up front. The melon is meant to be eaten between sips of the Melon Rumballa. A good cocktail pick should be served with each glass. At the end, the candied ginger complements all of the other flavors.
Melon Rumballa
Makes about 8 cocktails
- 3–4 ripe melons, depending on size
- 1/2 liter white rum
- 1 bunch fresh mint, cleaned and stemmed
- 3 limes juiced
- 8 oz ginger soda
- 8 oz coconut water
- whole vanilla beans
- candied ginger (for garnish)
- sugar for rimming the glasses
- ice
1. We made our own vanilla rum and suggest you do, too — it's fun and allows you to use any quality of spirit you want while controlling the sweetness. Place 1 vanilla bean in a sealed jar or other vessel with rum and let sit. We used our own Issi cruets, which are usually intended for oil & vinegar but work just perfectly for this. Taste frequently until the rum reaches desired flavor. After a week, the rum will be fully infused; however, you can let stand for up to a month for a more intense punch.
2. Use a melon baller to, well, create melon balls and place in the freezer a full hour before serving. If juice from the melons is left over, this can be added to the drink.
3. Muddle mint sprigs and lime juices until well combined.
4. In a pitcher, add muddled mint (and juices), lime juice, rum, ginger soda and coconut water and stir together. Again, a pitcher with a stirrer works best, but you can use a long spoon, too.
5. We love the mad scientist aspect to making cocktails. At this point, taste your drink to see what it needs. Every taste is different, so however you imagine it is how it should be. For more sweetness, we suggest more ginger soda, melon juice or even some simple sugar or pineapple juice. To reduce the sweetness, consider adding a touch more lime juice.
6. Prepare glasses: Run a lime wedge around the rim of each glass and dip in sugar. Add icy melon balls to each glass to fill half way. Place a piece of candied ginger on a pick for an edible garnish.
7. Just before serving, drop in a handful of ice along with icy melon balls and stir.
8. Of course we pulled our glasses, linens and other accessories from our cupboards, all of which can be found at Teroforma. Check out our blog for lots more design, lifestyle and cocktail inspiration. Enjoy!
Teroforma is an independent studio that collaborates with designers and manufacturers around the world to create its range of thoughtfully crafted objects for the table and home. Lauren joined Teroforma in the spring as its Content Director, a role for which she can combine her background as a former stylist for Food & Wine Magazine and Martha Stewart with her love for photography.
That looks sooooooo good.
great, now you've got me craving a cocktail at 10:20 am. seriously though, these look as delicious as they are beautiful. i can't wait to try this recipe.
is it happy hour yet? it's 5pm somewhere, right?
This looks amazing. I love a creative CT girl. :) And gorgeous photos. Cheers!
Do you think it would work as well to make it quick with just a splash of good vanilla extract instead of infusing the rum? My sister's 18th is today, and this would be so awesome to try.
Certainly! Just remember, a little goes a long way and use a 100% pure vanilla extract. Have a great night!
YUM! Thanks for showing me how
These would work so well with the neon wedding that was just posted!
This looks incredible. The colors sell the drink for sure! Cant wait to try this myself.
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It looks great.. I love the little glasses.. I'm sure it tastes just as good
That looks delicious!!! The colors are so soft and fruity.
Any ideas how to make this non-alcoholic while still using the vanilla?
The vibrant colours!
To make this a non-alcoholic cocktail, you could make a vanilla infused simple syrup and add a splash for that beautiful flavor:
2 cups sugar, 1 cup water, 2 vanilla beans
1. Bring the sugar and water to a boil in a saucepan.
2. Split the vanilla beans lengthwise into halves and place in a heatproof jar or bottle.
3. Pour the hot syrup over the vanilla beans and let stand for 8 to 10 hours.
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This article is sooo gorgeous! I don't even need to drink the rum – I just want any kind of summer drink dunked with melon balls.. Keep up the nice work!
Just made this cocktail for my husband's birthday, and if I had to describe it, I would say it's like a ginger mojito. Steeped the vanilla beans in rum for 4 weeks and also used ginger infused sugar for the glass rim. Very refreshing on our 90 degree Texas October afternoon! This one's a keeper. Way too easy to drink too many :)
Is Ginger soda-Ginger Ale?
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thanks for sharing this kind of articles… it can help a lot for those who wants to know how to make it.
Can't wait to try it! Looks so refreshing!!!


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LEIPSIC, Ohio -- Officials with Pro-Tec Coating Co. say they are now able to process new grades of steel here that will play an integral role in helping the world's automakers meet the challenge of building cars that are lighter and stronger, providing drivers with better fuel economy as well as better safety.
Knowing the challenges automakers are facing as they work toward meeting government standards for fuel economy, the owners of Pro-Tec recently invested $400 million into the Putnam County plant to add a new continuous annealing line that can process especially lightweight, workable steel that retains superior strength.
The annealing process changes the physical properties of steel with precise heating and cooling.
"There's the chemistry of making the steel, and then there's the magic of the control of the temperature -- heating, cooling, and heating back up," said Bryan Vaughn, president of Pro-Tec. "That's giving us that really high strength and the good formability."
The line just recently began processing limited quantities of steel. On Monday, officials hosted a ceremony to officially commission the line and show off the process to media, government officials, and -- most importantly -- potential customers.
"We think advanced high strength steel is an answer to their challenge," said John Surma, the chief executive officer of United States Steel Corp. "We hope that they agree."
Pro-Tec is a joint venture of U.S. Steel Corp. and Kobe Steel Ltd. of Japan. The two major steel companies started Pro-Tec in 1990 as a way to help automakers fight corrosion by developing a special treatment process for steel. The Leipsic facility was completed in 1993. The company went from producing 600,000 tons of treated steel a year to more than 1 million tons a year with the addition of a second line in 1998.
The new line will produce 500,000 tons of high-grade, high-strength steel each year.
Officials said the expansion added 80 jobs to the facility, which now employs 317 people. It also created about 500 construction jobs.
Leipsic, a town of about 2,100 people 45 miles southwest of Toledo, is far from an industrial hub. Pro-Tec's building conspicuously rises from the ironing-board-flat farm fields on the north side of town.
But company officials say there couldn't be a better location for the plant.
Two major railroads intersect at the site, and Leipsic is centered among four U.S. Steel plants that supply its raw steel. Mr. Vaughn said it's also a central location for the company's customers.
Steel comes into the plant predominantly by rail in coils weighing an average of 25 to 30 tons. They're unloaded and stretched out, snaking through the new 1,300-foot-long processing line. The steel makes several passes through a natural gas-fired furnace that heats it to temperatures as high as 1,650 degrees. The steel then moves to an area where it is cooled, either by cooling jets or by a quick bath of water, depending on the grade. Induction heaters reheat the steel to finish the process.
It takes a coil of steel 20 to 25 minutes to complete the process.
The result is steel that can be formed into important structural supports for cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles.
"These parts will be lighter than parts that are produced today, and they will also be higher strength to protect the passengers for safety purposes," Mr. Vaughn said.
Mr. Surma said in some applications, weight savings of 30 to 40 percent are possible.
Officials couldn't say Monday when the processed steel would first appear in automobiles. Each part has to be individually certified before it can be put into production. Mr. Surma said discussions are ongoing between Pro-Tec and customers.
"It didn't start today," he said. "Our technical groups have been having conversations about this type of product development for quite some time. And in fact, if we hadn't had those conversations, we wouldn't have built this line."
Pro-Tec is already a supplier to most major automakers that have manufacturing operations in the United States, and officials said they intend to reach those same customers with their new product.
Pro-Tec was awarded a $500,000 rapid outreach grant from the Ohio Department of Development related to the project in late 2010. At the time, the company said the new jobs would pay an average of $20.50 per hour.
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Alexis LeondisLegg Mason Inc.'s Mary Chris Gay, a portfolio manager at the division that was home to Bill Miller, has left as her unit is folded into the firm's ClearBridge Investments equity affiliate after a decline in assets.
Gay, who ran the Legg Mason Capital Management Value Fund domiciled in Ireland, left May 15, Mary Athridge, a spokeswoman for Baltimore-based Legg Mason, said today in an e-mail. Randy Befumo, head of research at Legg Mason Capital Management, also left last week, Athridge said.
Legg Mason said in January it was folding the Legg Mason Capital Management division into ClearBridge Investments as assets tumbled. Miller, famed for beating the Standard & Poor's 500 Index for a record 15 years before his streak ended in 2006, stepped down last year from his Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust fund, while staying as manager of Opportunity Trust fund.
The Value Fund previously managed by Gay, which is modeled on the U.S.-domiciled $2.4 billion Value Trust fund, will now be run by Sam Peters. Peters also manages the Value Trust fund formerly run by Miller. The Value Fund has returned 30 percent in the past year, ahead of 67 percent of peers, and the Value Trust fund has gained 32 percent, beating 52 percent of rivals, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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