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MONTREAL – Yellow Media will hire about 200 more employees this year and try to increase advertisers as the directories publisher continues to transform itself into a digital company.
The Montreal-based publisher of the Yellow Pages spent 2013 increasing its digital revenues and reducing debt and ended the year with net earnings of $31 million or $1.11 per share in its fourth quarter.
"If you want to find growth in revenues you need to first find growth in your advertising base," new chief executive Julien Billot said in an interview Thursday.
Yellow Media said digital revenues represented 45 per cent of total revenues in the fourth quarter, up from 38 per cent in the same period in 2012.
Billot said 20 per cent of small- and medium-sized businesses advertise with Yellow Media, but noted that the 80 per cent who don't represent a big opportunity for the company.
Total advertisers stood at 276,000 as of Dec. 31, compared with 309,000 at the end of the same period last year.
Billot said he wants Yellow Pages to become a brand of choice for consumers searching for information about businesses or products on their computers, but also increasingly on smartphones and tablets.
Yellow Media competes with big search engines Google, Yahoo and Bing as well as small companies providing similar services.
Billot said he will hire 200 employees to help the company adjust to the needs of the digital market. Last year, the company also hired about 200 people, mostly engineers, to help with its digital transformation.
Yellow Media wants to increase its digital revenues to 50 per cent but not at the "expense of killing print," said Billot, who began his job on Jan. 1 and comes from France's Solocal Group, an advertising and information company.
Print directories are still being used in Canada, although less so in big urban markets like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, he said.
Print revenues dropped to $130.6 million in the quarter, decreasing 20.7 per cent compared with the same period in 2012.
Yellow Media has already expanded from business listings to digital services, including producing videos, building websites and Facebook pages for small- and medium-sized companies. That's a long way from its beginnings in 1908 when it printed its first directory and was still part of Bell Canada.
The transition to a digital company has been difficult at times for Yellow Media. The company had a major financial restructuring over the last year and a half, cancelled its dividend and sold some of its assets. The company also cut about 10 per cent of its workforce, mainly in jobs related to print directories.
Chief financial officer Ginette Maille told financial analysts that Yellow Media's net debt stood at $533.1 million at the end of the quarter, down from $781.7 million a year earlier.
In its financial results, Yellow Media's net earnings of 31 million compare with $821.9 million or $29.24 per share a year ago when it posted a major one-time gain. Otherwise, Yellow Media would have recorded net earnings of $27.6 million for the quarter.
Quarterly revenue was down 10 per cent to $238 million due to fewer advertisers.
Yellow Pages also owns Canada411.ca for finding businesses and people; RedFlagDeals.co, a shopping deals site, and Restaurantica.com, a restaurant and nightlife site. The company has also launched its Yellow Pages mobile app for smartphones.


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Mickey Rourke's representative has dismissed reports that the actor is planning to wed Elena Kuletskaya.
The Wrestler star was rumoured to have proposed to the 24-year-old Russian model this week.
A source told PageSix: "They haven't booked a venue or made any solid plans. He just knows he wants to do it in April, and he's been asking what is involved in a traditional Russian wedding ceremony."
However, Rourke's spokesperson has since denied the claims, telling Gossip Cop: "Reports of an engagement are untrue. Mickey's girlfriend is Ana Makarenko."
Rourke has been married twice before. He divorced Debra Feuer after eight years together in 1989, before marrying Carre Otis in 1992. They split in 1998.

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If ANT fails as a connector of entities, it's crucial that semiosis, in Kohn's hands, succeeds. For me, thetwo projects are actually much closer than the author thinks. The following definition of an attempt to bring the reality of forms into the picture, would fit marvelously ANT's project:
Form, then, is crucial to lives, human and otherwise. Nevertheless,
the workings of this vague entity remain largely undertheorized in
anthropological analysis. This, in large part, is due to the fact that form
lacks the tangibility of a standard ethnographic object. Nevertheless,
form, like the basic intentionality of the pig and the palpable materiality
of its meat, is something real. Indeed, its particular mode of efficacy will
require us to think again what we mean by the "real." If, as anthropologists,
we can find ways to attend ethnographically to those processes of form
amplification and harnessing as they play out in the Amazon, we might
be able to become better attuned to the strange ways in which form
moves through us. This, in turn, can help us harness form's logics and
properties as a conceptual tool that might even help us rethink our very
idea of what it means to think." (Kohn 2013: 160)
Rematerializing thinking as well as rethinking what is real, that's what is common
to science studies and to anthropology.
Y es,
it is admirable to begin to think of the
forest as what is able to align growing
seeds, falling trees, startled monkeys,
shooting hunters, dreaming fathers, dead mothers, moving glottises, onomatopoeias, words as
symbols, ethnographic documents, all the
way down to the beautifully written text, yes, but when you sum it up by saying
"the forest thinks" you are bound to say
"wait a minute, now that you have given us
such amazing continuities, I want my discontinuities back, not the old ones to be sure, I don't care about abandoning
nature/culture, object/subject, world/words, but still, I don't wish to confuse a seed with
a dream or a predator with a prey." And that's
why, in my experience, the half-life of descriptive theory is about five years!
That's at least what has happened to
ANT's quickly diminishing returns. And I am afraid that's what will happen to this influx
of semiosis into ethnography. Ontologi - cal pluralism cannot be achieved
through only one mode of existence, no matter how encompassing it appears to be. 6
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The opinion of the court was delivered by: Magistrate Judge Susan E. Cox
Judge David H. Coar
Plaintiffs have filed a motion to compel responses to interrogatories and certain documents from defendants Spin Master Ltd., Spin Master, Inc., (collectively, "Spin Master") and Moose Enterprises Pty Ltd ("Moose") [dkt 380]. Specifically at issue are the following interrogatories, which ask both defendants for the same financial disclosures: Interrogatory 1 requests "gross income, net income, and profits/losses in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010" and Interrogatory 2 requests defendant state "whether you own or have interests in tangible or intangible property, and for each such property, state the current market value of the property and the annual income derived from the property in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010."*fn1 Plaintiffs also seek the production of any documents relevant to these interrogatories.*fn2 The other issue in the motion is plaintiffs' request for the production of documents exchanged between Spin Master and the Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC").*fn3 The court grants plaintiffs' motion in its entirety [dkt 380].
I. Financial Information
The court will grant plaintiffs' motion to compel responses to Interrogatories numbers 1 and 2 and related documents on the basis that the information is relevant to the Plaintiffs' claim for punitive damages. In TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp., the Supreme Court explained that a defendant's wealth is one factor that the jury may consider in determining punitive damages.*fn4 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(1) allows the discovery of relevant non-privileged information that is "reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence."*fn5 Since evidence of a defendant's wealth may be admissible at trial, as it relates to punitive damages, courts have allowed the discovery of financial information on those grounds.*fn6
The defendants rely on the Seventh Circuit decision in Zazu Designs v. L'Oreal and its progeny to argue that the financial information of a corporation is not relevant to a claim for punitive damages.*fn7 The court in Zazu Designs found a lack of factual foundation for the award of punitive damages and took issue with the district court's calculation of damages.*fn8 Within that discussion, the court theorized that consideration of a defendant's wealth does not serve the same deterrent goals when applied to a corporation.*fn9
Other courts have interpreted this discussion as controlling precedent. A case from the Southern District of Indiana, Yund v. Covington Foods, Inc., denied a plaintiff's motion to compel financial information finding that "Zazu Designs' statements are more than mere theorizing - they are controlling precedent."*fn10 In Pivot Point International, Inc. v. Charlene Products, Inc. Judge Easterbrook, sitting by designation in this district, ruled to exclude evidence of the counterdefendant's wealth at trial.*fn11 He explained that the holding of Zazu Designs is that corporate wealth is not a factor in punitive damages for claims based on federal law.*fn12 Judge Easterbrook also denied admissibility of financial information in relation to the state law claims in that case, but explained that "this decision is conditional with respect to the state claims."*fn13 His concern in Pivot Point was that the position of the counterplaintiff in the case was "unfocused" and the introduction of financial information had the potential to "distract the jury from the essential issues."*fn14 Defendants also cite Kemezy v. Peters, as a case confirming that punitive damages do not apply to corporations.*fn15 The case itself deals with an award of punitive damages assessed on an individual rather than a corporation.*fn16 In discussing the economic theory behind the relevance of a defendant's wealth in punitive damages, the court includes a parenthetical saying "Zazu Designs emphasizes [that the theory] does not apply to institutions as distinct from natural persons."*fn17
However, Kemezy goes on to refer to the discussion in Zazu Designs as a "suggestion," which may or may not be persuasive to the deciding judge.*fn18 Thus, Kemezy does not conclusively confirm that Zazu Designs is controlling on the relevance of corporate wealth to punitive damages.
More recent cases in this district, however, have dismissed this portion of Zazu Designs as dicta. For example, in Jones v. Scientific Colors, the defendant corporation sought to bar discovery of its financial status and the court explained that it "remains unpersuaded, at this stage, that the Zazu Designs dictum represents controlling authority."*fn19 In EEOC v. Staffing Network, LLC the court stated that "Zazu Designs merely raises the possibility that a defendant's net worth may be irrelevant, and the majority of courts addressing this issue have reached the opposite conclusion."*fn20
So the more recent cases that discuss this issue demonstrate that despite a defendant being a corporation, financial information may be relevant to a claim for punitive damages.
It is also important to note that Zazu Designs dealt with an appeal of damage calculations, while Pivot Point considered the equity of presenting evidence of wealth at trial.*fn21 The issues being considered at the discovery phase of litigation are very different than those debated in Zazu Designs and Pivot Point. Discovery should be reasonably calculated to lead to admissible evidence.*fn22 In this case, the claims for punitive damages are based on state law claims and, as Judge Easterbrook explained in Pivot Point, there is no per se rule as to whether corporate wealth is relevant to punitive damages based on state law.*fn23 Instead the determination of admissibility should be made on a case-by-case basis and presumably at a more developed stage in the litigation. At this point, it is enough to say that evidence of the defendants' wealth may be admissible at trial and is, thus, discoverable.
Defendants also argue that discovery of financial information is improper in this case because the claim for punitive damages is insufficient. Defendants specifically discuss the plaintiffs' claims under contract law and cite the Seventh Circuit case, Extra Equipamentos E Exportacao Ltda. v. Case Corporation, as evidence that punitive damages are not available under contract law.*fn24
Defendants also cite an order by Judge Coar pointing out issues he would like addressed in upcoming arguments and briefs on the plaintiffs' motion for class certification.*fn25 These include an update on the refund programs, a more narrowly tailored class definition, and a more complete choice of law analysis.*fn26 In that order Judge Coar does say that the alleged problems with Aqua Dots refunds deal with "contract, as opposed to tort damages."*fn27 However this statement was made specific to the issue of refunds and was not a summary of all the legal issues being alleged in this case. The plaintiffs' complaint alleges several claims for which punitive damages may attach: violation of the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act, Illinois Uniform Deceptive Trade Act, violation of various state consumer fraud laws, and negligence.*fn28 The defendants do not argue that the plaintiffs' other claims are no longer at issue in the case. At this stage in the litigation and relevant to this discovery motion, evaluating the merits of ...
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Would someone please tell the Democrats to freshen up their playbook? The accusations currently being hurled by the DNC of threats, harassment, vandalism, spitting, and racial epithets in response to the recently socialized medicine bill are reminiscent of Denver in August of '09. We do remember Maurice Schwenkler and the "attack" on the Denver Democrat headquarters don't we?
As a reminder, Maurice, (May I call you Maurice?) during the run up to the election saw an opportunity to bring public shame to the detractors of Obama. He rode his bike downtown to the location (West 8th & Santa Fe) and with a shirt pulled over his head, proceeded to break 11 windows in the office. After $11,000 worth of damage had been inflicted he attempted to leave the scene of the crime. An alert Denver cop observed the infraction at 2:20 am and gave chase, easily catching the felon. Here's the original story in the Denver Post
He was charged with felony mischief and later fined $5000, given one year probation and probably told: "to straighten up." Subsequently we discovered that Maurice, aged 25, had compiled a significant history with strong ties to the Democrat Party. It would also include an arrest in Minneapolis and a charge of disturbing the peace at the Republican convention there. It was a terrible disappointment to the DNC who were confident that they had a right-wing kook and not a loyal and faithful transvestite party member. (ED. This is not a gratuitous slur.)
Given his former association with the SEIU and prior violent history, one might be tempted to think that the Democrats jumped the gun here in a fit of anxious anticipation.
In the aftermath of passing the most onerous legislation in memory, the socialized medicine debacle, the DNC is not content to enjoy a tenuous victory. It is their obvious desire to discredit their detractors as well. Unfortunately for the Jackass Party, the ubiquitous video cameras have put the lie to to their accusations of racial comments by Tea Party activists. No absolute credentials are required among protesters so infiltration by either side is not only possible but highly likely. The event served little purpose other than to exacerbate the discourse and further damage any cooperative efforts which they might seek.
It is entirely possible that sooner or later, some less restrained and sober liberty loving right-winger may snap and actually inflict some damage. Our prayer is that our differences many be worked out peaceably. This becomes more difficult to anticipate when the other side insists upon tarring every utterance and action with the brush of accusations of racism and trumped up reports of violence.
As we observed in the case of Maurice, the truth placed the responsibility where it belonged: at the feet of the Democrat Party. Deal with it!
In His abiding love,
Cecil Moon
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Mar 2, 2010 How we did it
Or – the Two Weeks in Atlanta only felt like a year
If you are looking for work that is really demanding with extremely long hours, mediocre pay, and security searches that will drive one to drink, then shooting the Olympics is for you. On the bright side, it is very challenging and a huge amount of fun. Where else does one get to see world-class athletes from the front row?
Olympic passes are relatively hard to come by. In Atlanta, there were about 1200 photo credentials in total so I was in pretty good company. My job description for these games was to shoot all aquatic events , located at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center Complex.
There are a number of striking differences between shooting the Olympics and other international events. The biggest difference is the time commitment. Typically an international swim meet is six or 8 days – the Olympics requires a minimum of 15 days on site.
Daily transportation to venues was another major difference from other events and seems always to be the major bugaboo of any Olympic games. There were plenty of rental cars to be had, but a bare minimum of parking places with official passes – so one could drive to a venue, but one could not park there. Unless one was lucky enough to have staff assistants whose job was to manage your logistics, one was stuck with the bus transportation system provided by the local organizing committee. I will admit that while it was trying, some of my best (funniest) stories from the Olympics involve the transportation system and the stories are legion. Busses were donated for the games from cities and school systems from all over the country – with the promise that repairs would be made to make them road worthy. You can use your imagination as to the condition of the busses when they arrived in Atlanta and you can imagine the chaos created by frequent breakdowns.
Bus drivers had very prescribed routes and stops – so even if you were driving right by the place you needed to be, if it was not a prescribed stop for that bus, you were stuck. This led to some very innovative solutions. Smoking was not allowed on the busses, and one journalist who was late for a broadcast was desperate to get off at an unapproved stop (at a stop light no less). The bus driver refused to open the door, the journalist lit up and the driver threw him off the bus for smoking – no kidding. As word spread, this became a more widespread solution. I considered taking up smoking.
Security has become an ever-increasing necessity at any public event. The Olympics are a prime target for terrorism and even in 1996 security was tight. You may remember that there was a bombing in Centennial Park in the heart of Atlanta about mid-way through the games. My writer colleague from the magazine and I were there a few hours before the bombing (right at the spot where it happened). After the bomb went off, security was increased dramatically. Even those guards who knew you (after screening you and your bags many times a day for more than a week) were forced to require that every piece of equipment go through X-ray and then be taken out, lenses uncovered to see through, cameras opened, etc.
Imagine three cameras, four or five lenses and a bag with miscellaneous stuff being emptied, every time you went through a check point. In addition, all external clothing (vests, fanny packs, etc.) had to be removed and put through the X-ray machine as well. It increased the time required to travel to a venue and clear security by a huge amount. While these security measures are a necessity in this day and age, I will admit that they are a huge annoyance. Every day had four or five of these checks for me. Even today, those security checks make current airport security look like a simple walkthrough.
The system for "staking out your claim" for a spot at the venue was the biggest surprise to me. Spots in the venue were awarded on a first come first serve basis with no favoritism to any organization – so Sports Illustrated photographers, wire service photographers and all others were treated equally. The way one secured one's spot was by getting in line early – first in =first choice of location in the venue. This generally involved being at the venue at least two hours before start time.
What surprised me most about this system was that an empty camera bag was considered a legitimate stand-in – so once you arrived and put your bag down in line you could leave for the media room or the men's room and your place would be secure. Perhaps there is honor among thieves and photographers. Once in the venue, you were pretty much stuck in your spot. In the case of dire emergency, one could leave a bag, a camera and a new friend (the photographer next to you) to hold the spot.
While transportation was the worst I have ever seen, I must admit the actual running of the events was as professional and well done as at any event I have photographed. Officials managed the unruly and demanding crew of pushy photographers well and with good cheer.
I have no memory of any official being rude, biased or in any way unprofessional – an observation that I cannot make for almost any other major event that I have covered. When territorial disputes arose (they did often) generally we were advised to work it out among ourselves before enlisting the help of officials. If their help was needed, they performed their role diplomatically and well.
Shooting the competition was generally trouble free. You took your spot at the beginning of an event and it was your spot for the day. However, for awards ceremonies, we had to mover to the end of the venue to get our shots – also on a first come first serve basis.
There were a few short, dark-haired photographers from one country who had the nasty habit of stepping in front of you just before the awards were given, putting the top of their heads just at camera level. Polite did not work with these guys, but firmly grasping the shoulders of the offender and moving him back to the side worked surprisingly well. International relations at its finest!
My most unexpected moment came on the first day of diving. I went for a run in the morning before leaving for the venue and badly sprained my ankle on the run. With little time to spare, I limped to my room, put on a sock, taped my ankle with gaffer's tape, put on another sock over that, filled it ice and taped it also, showered with the foot out of the shower, dressed and limped to the venue to shoot. After the morning event, I went to the medical officer in the venue who took me to the athletes' medical area where I was treated more properly. On the way out, I went to the men's room in the restricted area. While standing and going, to my surprise former President Jimmy Carter walked in by himself and took his spot. What does one say in this situation? A simple, "good morning President Carter – great games we are having" was probably it. I had a new friend.
It Atlanta, film was still the predominant medium. When you arrived at the press center for the first time, you were given a liberal allotment of film (from Kodak-the Olympic film sponsor). Every photographer also had a set of preprinted envelopes with his name and press number on it. Periodically during each event, a runner would collect bags of film from every photographer in the photo pit and courier them to the press center.
When you arrived at the press center after your morning or evening events, your film would be ready for you with an equal number of replacement rolls. With a little pre-planning, one was never short of film.
From a practical point of view, digital photography was in its infancy and I can remember seeing only one photographer with a digital camera complete with laptop and a cell-phone connection (see photo).
He was a curiosity. In retrospect, the entire event would have been much easier with the quality of digital cameras and the ease of transmission today. In 1996, we were in the dark ages of digital technology.
Equipment repair and loans: I am a Nikon shooter and it was my good fortune that Nikon was the official camera sponsor of the games. As such, Nikon provided immediate repair of any piece of equipment that malfunctioned and provided a loaner to replace it while the repair was being done. Repairs took one day or less. In addition, as a credentialed photographer, one could borrow really nice equipment on a first come first serve basis. It was available for 24 hours and had to be returned on time. If no one had requested that piece of equipment for the next day you could keep it. If it was not available, you could request another lens instead. I used some very impressive equipment during those two weeks as a supplement to what I brought with me. Nice!
Access to athletes was by request only and had to be prearranged with the press steward. There were few places where photographers were allowed to go and, when in an athletes' area, time was restricted. I remember shooting Sheila Taormina who was the oldest member of the women's team and the only masters swimmer to win an Olympic Gold Medal. She was on the winning 800 meter freestyle relay team and the magazine was doing a feature on her. We were escorted to the athletes' practice pool where she met us wearing a team sweat suit. We had a very good shoot and were escorted out of the area. Only one problem – she had her official "warm-up" sweat suit – but not her official "media" sweat suit as determined by the USOC, so we were not allowed to use the photo. As a result, I had to return a day later to re-shoot. More than a few people were unhappy about this, including Olympic officials, but we could not run with the white sweat suit photo. The second shoot required diplomacy and a fair amount of begging – but we got our shot.
(This is the first time the white sweat suit photo has actually been seen outside my office).
As a free-lance photographer shooting the games, I was on my own and had to fend for myself every step of the way. For an SI photographer who had the might of the magazine and all the amenities that such an organization can offer (drivers, food and their own floor in the press center being the most important examples) it was an altogether different proposition.
Nonetheless, it was memorable, fun and an honor to be in such good and professional company and to witness competition at it very highest level. In short, shooting the Olympics was a real pisser. For those of you who do not know, the definition of a real pisser is something you would not have missed and hope never to do again.
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Please check out the following article written by our first uninvited contributor, Jeff Dimond, Press Steward for swimming at the Atlanta Games and long time director of Communications for United States Swimming. It offers his perspective from the other side of the lens – working to coordinate those pushy photographers.
Dealing with Tim Morse and the other Photographers of the World
A view from the press operations side of Olympic photography
by JEFF DIMOND
Let me begin by saying that in more than 15 years of working with various photographers at the Olympics and other sporting events, Tim Morse was one of the easiest and most professional people I ever worked with. He stated his objectives, I stated why I couldn't give him what he wanted, he whined (a lot) and I eventually capitulated and helped him as much as I could. Tim and Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski have a great deal in common when it comes to public temper tantrums.
In all seriousness, there is a challenge associated with press operations and photographers that forces us all to walk a fine line. In order to make the relationship work, the photographer and his or her press operations counterpart must develop a mutual level of trust. Sometimes, as with Tim, it is easy. There are times with other photographers, however, that this level of détente just isn't going to happen.
Stephen Covey's first principle of success is to begin with the end in mind. To a photographer, that end is the "perfect" shot. They can see it in their mind and they usually know exactly what it will look like in their view finder. In actuality, to a photographer, the "best" shot is always the "next" shot. In the days of film, there was a limit to how many shots they could take. The digital world, unfortunately, has removed that barrier.
The next thing a photographer needs is access. This includes more than just access to the subject; they want access to places and angles that no other photographer can get. If they were photographing the first man on Mars, they would want to be on their own spacecraft so that they could catch the exact moment of "touchdown." They would also want a good cell connection so they could wire the photo back to earth and a convenient plane connection so that they could get to their next assignment. Never mind the lack of logic – this is how photographers think.
A real-world example of this mentality can be found at the archery events in the 1996 Olympic Games. To accommodate photographers, we had to dig mid-range pits with three-quarter inch Plexiglas windows so that photographers could safely shoot full frontal pictures of archers as they released their arrows. The same request at the Olympic shooting range was denied. Drat the luck.
At the Olympic swimming venue, where Tim spent most of his days during the hot Atlanta summer, he would dutifully show up early each morning to stake out his position in the covered, non-air conditioned, poolside photo deck and not leave unless it was to answer the call of mother nature. And then it was only if a fellow photog agreed to hold his spot for him. Such is the cut-throat world of photographers that a personal defense pact must be reached before either one of them can so much as take a leak.
Photographers also believe that any venue whose lighting does not include candlepower that can be metered at anything less than four times the power of the sun is deemed inadequate. And, once this extreme level of light is finally achieved, photographers will ask – no DEMAND – that there be some accommodations for reducing the angle of the light and that a backlighting system to reduce shadows be installed.
If this extraordinary level of brightness cannot be achieved, the photographers will insist that they be allowed to use strobes. Strobe lights are powerful lights, usually placed in the upper corners of pools and gymnasiums that are triggered by remote control and timed with the camera's shutter. Think of those little flashes on your digital camera s at home that blind you just as you are about to blow out the candles on your birthday cake. Now imagine a light that is three or four hundred times more powerful. There have been atomic bomb experiments that haven't produced a flash as big as the ones produced by these strobes.
Photographers and their strobes go together like gin and tonic – you just can't separate the two. Television producers, however, detest strobes because the light literally washes out a frame of video every time they flash. I honestly believe that UFC octagons were developed so that photographers and television executives could reach a solution to this dilemma. It's simple – the last man standing wins. Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner have a better chance of finding common ground than do photographers and television execs when it comes to this matter.
Next, photographers need a clear view of their subjects. Other photographers, officials, TV camera operators and those ubiquitous parabolic microphones should never be allowed to interfere with a photographer's predetermined angle. In this same vein, things like boundary lines and physical barriers have no purpose when it comes to Olympic photography – they are merely a nuisance to be overcome.
And boy, howdy, how these people can finagle a way around those barriers. Where you and I might see yellow tape signifying a crime scene, a photographer will see a roped off section that has thoughtfully been set aside for them by the criminal. Truly, birds of a feather.
Finally, there is a pack mentality that seems to settle over all of them. It may come from sitting for hours on end next to an empty swimming pool in Atlanta's summertime heat to keep their spot from being poached. Maybe it comes from sniffing too much development fluid in the darkrooms of their youth – who knows. What is known is that if one photographer starts taking pictures of a subject, a minimum of 15 more will immediately show up and start taking the same picture. When they have satisfied their lust, the collected photographers will all uniformly turn on the press operations person to complain that the subject would not cooperate with their wishes.
So, if you truly desire to be an Olympic photographer, buy the biggest lens you can possible carry. (Freud would have a field day with this group), and get a digital memory card that would rival an elephant. Now practice for your big day by drinking a lot of beer and holding it as long as possible. A minimum three-hour bladder is a prerequisite. Purchase a book of Don Rickles' Greatest Insults to enhance the invectives you plan to hurl against your friend the press operations person and head to the venue.
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meh, At this point I rather have fox make a deal with WB or neatherrealms for video games. the capcom/marvel games will be too disneyfied ayway.
it will be great if x-men can have their own arkham asylum Game or injustice: gods among us game.
it makes me said that DC has this new injustice game coming out that is getting everyone psyched. I am sad because I know x-men will be a better fit even more than DC for those type of game and we cant get anyone because of politics or ignorance.


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There are more than 700 islands in the Bahamas, many of which have escaped the notice of tourists. The islands offer clear warm water and sandy beaches. Several are relatively large but others are tiny and uninhabited. All the larger islands offer a high standard of accommodation and leisure facilities.
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RED SAND BLUE SKY by Cathy Applegate
Amy has problems with some of her neighbors. One of them always gets her name wrong. One day her dad goes to a conference in Canada, so Amy goes to live with her "auntie" Caroline until he comes back. She meets an aboriginal girl named Lana. At first Amy doesn't like her. But after a while she realizes that they have something in common. Both of them don't have moms. After that Amy starts liking Lana more and more. One very dangerous night both of them find out that someone has been robbing a sacred and ancient aboriginal site and has sold precious items for lots of money. The girls figure out an important mission to get this under control. They work together carefully and save a life! This is a very good book. :)
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"There are no medications that have been well proven -- in large, well-designed clinical trials -- to directly help with motor rehabilitation beyond their effect on spasticity," says Rebecca Gottesman, MD, PhD, Gottesman is assistant professor of cerebrovascular neurology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
When spasticity occurs, muscles remain tight. This can cause pain, abnormal posture, and uncontrollable movements. Nearly one out of every three patients may have spasticity after a stroke. The spasticity can occur anywhere in the body, but it is most common in the arm. Activities like dressing and eating may become very difficult.
But a variety of treatments, including medications, can help. Which therapies you use depends on the extent and severity of your spasticity. You may need more than one type to manage the problem. And for best results during stroke rehab, medications in combination with therapy such as stretching and strengthening exercises work best and are typically the first line of treatment. Without daily physical rehab, the muscles will remain contracted and joints become immobile.
Oral Medication After a Stroke
If you have severe abnormal tone – an abnormal increase in muscle tension and a reduced ability of the muscle to stretch -- and all limbs are involved, oral medications may be the best option, Bogey says. These medications act on many muscle groups at the same time. However, they can also cause systemic side effects like sleepiness. "Patients tend to get sedated before they see benefits from these medications," Stein says. "It's not that they're not of some value, but the side effects generally outweigh the clinical benefits."
Oral medications for spasticity include medications such as these:
Baclofen (Lioresal) relaxes muscles by acting on the central nervous system. It can decrease muscle spasms, tightness, and pain and improve range of motion. Side effects may include confusion or hallucinations, slight sedation compared to other treatments , loss of muscle tone or coordination, and weakness in unaffected muscles.
Tizanidine hydrochloride (Zanaflex) reduces spasticity by blocking nerve impulses. However, it does not lessen muscle strength. Because it lasts for a short time, tizanidine is best used only when you need it for relief or to be able to complete certain activities. Side effects may include low blood pressure, dry mouth, and sleepiness.
Benzodiazepines (Valium and Klonopin) relax muscles and decrease spasticity for a brief time. They do this by acting on the central nervous system. Side effects may include drowsiness, muscle weakness, mental impairment, or dependence.
Dantrolene sodium (Dantrium) blocks signals that make muscles contract. This may reduce muscle tone. Side effects may include depression, weakness, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, diarrhea, and rarely liver failure.
Injections to Reduce Arm Spasticity After a Stroke
Is your spasticity limited to only one arm? If so, nerve block injections may be the best option for you. That's because they're effective and have fewer side effects than oral medications. Two main types of injections are commonly used: botulinum toxin and phenol.
Botulinum toxin (Botox or Myobloc) is a neurotoxin that works by blocking chemicals that make muscles tight. These injections usually improve muscle stiffness within two to four weeks. You may need more than one shot, although too many injections may be counterproductive, says Joel Stein, MD, professor and chief of the division of rehabilitation medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.
Ross Bogey, DO, assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, says that botulinum toxin may indirectly help with stroke rehab, especially for patients who can't undergo therapy because of spasticity in their wrist and hands. "We often use Botox to reduce spasticity so patients can participate in therapy that leads to ... recovery," he says.
Botulinum toxin is approved by the FDA for use in upper extremity spasticity. The most common side effects of botulinum toxin are:
soreness at the injection site or affecting your whole body
weakness in muscles that have been injected
trouble swallowing
a red rash
Baclofen can be given as an injection within the space surrounding the spinal cord also known as intrathecal injections. However, this this requires surgical implantation of a pump that delivers the drug to the spinal cord. Side effects may include:
Nausea or vomiting
Headache or dizziness
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Phenol is an alcohol injection that acts more quickly and may last longer. It provides relief from spasticity by eliminating certain nerve pathways.
The most common side effects of phenol are:
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Surgery is a last resort in severe cases.
"If someone has significant ongoing pain despite trying multiple injections, oral medications, or intrathecal medications, they might need to consider surgery to the tendons, for instance, to improve tone in that limb," Gottesman says. The same is true, she tells WebMD, for a patient who can't tolerate any of the medications.
Surgery might be used in cases where someone has developed a permanent shortening of the tendon and treating the spasticity alone won't help, Bogey says. "You have to lengthen the tendons to get them back into a functional position," he says. In other cases, surgery may be used to cut and transfer tendons or to sever the nerve muscle pathway.
New Treatments for Stroke in the Future
Researchers are studying how medicine might improve relearning motor skills after a stroke or the ability of the brain to take over parts of the brain damaged by a stroke, says Gottesman. "And, in the days after a stroke, we may one day be able to give a neuroprotectant, which could reduce the extent of brain injury related to stroke and would ultimately improve stroke recovery."
But it's unlikely that a single drug will ever address all the problems associated with stroke, Bogey says. "Strokes are complicated and many types of neurotransmitters are typically involved."
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Sommerfeld D. Stroke, 2004; vol 35: pp 134-139.
Ross Bogey, DO, attending physiatrist, stroke rehabilitation program; RIC assistant professor, physical medicine and rehabilitation, Chicago.
National Stroke Association: "Spasticity and Paralysis: Treatment Options."
Rebecca Gottesman, MD, PhD, assistant professor, cerebrovascular neurology; director, clinical research, Bayview Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore.
Joel Stein, MD, professor and chief, division of rehabilitation medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College; physiatrist-in-chief, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York.
Stroke Connection, May/June 2011.
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The ZerOnEight Mixed Martial Arts Academy (018 MMA) is ending the year on a high note.with a haul of 14 gold and five silver medals, from two separate taekwondo tournaments in Indonesia and Malaysia last week.
Head coach Haji Ismadey bin Haji Hussein spent a gruelling six weeks preparing the 018 MMA teams in terms of management programmes and intensive training.
The athletes were also sent for further training with the taekwondo team of Mercu Buana University in Jakarta, Indonesia, several days before the main tournaments on December 16-18.
In the K1 Super 4 (Semi Pro) Borneo Amateur Championship 3, held in Labuan on December 17, Pengiran Md Dinie bin Pengiran Haji Jamaludin took silver in the Semi-Pro 65kg category, losing the gold to an experienced Filipino athlete from the BAC gym in Labuan.
Meanwhile, in the Indonesian Youth Taekwondo Festival, held at Cibubur, Jakarta, on December 16-17, the 018 MMA team took part in two events: Poomsae and Kyorugi.
In the Poomsae event, the team won seven golds and two silvers in the individual category. They also took one gold in the pairs category and another in the team category.
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Overall, the medal tally for the 018 MMA team was three gold each for Hajah Nur Azhani and Nur Syahirah; two gold and one silver each for Mohammad Addy Shahril bin Muhammad Shamsul and Nurlia Putri Ernawati; one gold and one silver for Kyra Daize Domingo; one gold each for Norafiqah binti Mohammad, Mohammad Rizki bin Ramadhani and Ayesha Batrisyia binti Md Hasnalluddin; and one silver each for Cecilia Maksimon and Awangku Nur Hafizhurahman. - Emmielia Kartiena binti Ahmad Zaini
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He is a traveler. He has come all the way to find nothing, I thought. However, I always remember his smile in his pale face. He never tells me from where he is. He always says "Wherever we live, we are still living in this planet." I am sick of that.
He is so strange. Whenever he meets me, he always mentions several names of people. "I met Sokan. He was a great football player. He was very kind. I also met Ducken. He was a poor man, but he liked joking. He used to make people laugh. I also met Doglass. He was a successful man, but he had a problem with his wife. I also met Brokennd. He was a painter. He lived alone in a small island," and so on.
I told him that I am sick of his stories.
"You know, twelve years ago, on Saturday, I met a small kid in a small village. He was about 8 years old, but he was so smart. He asked me 'Old Man, what kind of success have you got?' I was shocked to hear that. I had no reply. 'It's no longer you will die, right?' I let him continue asking me. 'Are you proud of yourself?' I was not sure anymore if he was a small kid."
"You mean, he is an angel?" I asked him, but he left me without an answer.
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There's nothing like a secretly planned Valentine's Day dinner to start a good argument. Wait a second… isn't V-day supposed to be all about love & being nice - not to mention getting presents that should include chocolate & flowers?
We like to keep things more interesting so here's my version of what happened Saturday night… I was supposed to get off work at 5:00 sharp, Ben calls me at the office at 5:30 & tells me that we have 6:00 reservations, I ask him to bring me some jeans & he says I should probably just wear what I have on, he picks me up from work & we drive to a house nearby where several couples from our church are waiting for a special surprise V-day dinner that our husbands decided to put together for us, we walk into the house where all the other girls are wearing formals/very nice dresses, my feelings get hurt because I'm not dressed nice enough & didn't get a chance to get all pretty so Ben suggests we drive home so I can change (which he really didn't mean), I agree & we get lost on the way home & decide that we aren't going back, we get home & I change my mind & decide that we should go back, Ben sulks the whole way because he tried to do something nice for me & I had really hurt his feelings as we proceed to get lost again, we finally arrive & have a wonderful time with our friends - whew!
We had a special homegroup last night focused on our marriages and the things we love about our spouces. It was very touching hearing everyone's stories & goals for making their relationships better. Ben was proud that I was the only girl who didn't cry. Today we took Cali to Shelby Farms. She had a blast & met a lot of new friends. We'll be finishing our evening with our traditional Valentine's Day dinner (toasted ravioli) & the movie The Notebook.
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