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We have one open spot in our Wednesday night DnD group that meets at CCCG. If you are interested please reply here.
Just fair warning this is a high action adventure and we have had several casualties. Have several character ideas ready because you might get to try them all before its over.
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I have been looking for some D&D group around here for a while. Now that I have been pointed here by a friend, and registered, I might as well post my interest in joining. Unfortunately, since I am a student, I do have some problems- mainly I do not drive and am still unfamiliar with the Athens area (Despite this being my 4th semester). Also, I am currently in Org. Chem., and some Wednesdays would have exams taking up my time. If the game is too fast paced for me to be able to miss a few days, then I guess I'll have to keep looking.
I'm not sure if I could walk all the way there... That's past Milledge, right? If you have other UGA students in the game, maybe one could give me a ride there? I believe I have been there before- but only because my mother needed to go there. (Sad that I am a college student who doesn't drive.) It's behind that kid's clothing store, right?
You've got the location right (behind the kid's clothing store.) However, if no rides make themselves available, check out Route 5 at http://www.athenstransit.com/timetables.html. It goes through the UGA campus (by the Main Library, the Tate Center, and Seoul Hall) then right down Baxter street - and it's free for UGA students with a swipe of the card.
Mmmm, mass transit.
Mmmm, mass transit.
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10 Fantastic Foiling Boats
Our UK editor Gael Pawson takes a closer look at some amazing boats that can fly, thanks to hydrofoils.
November 17, 2012
Editor's Note: This story originally appeared on uk.boats.com.
Images and video footage of foiling boats in action always carries a special WOW factor. See the boats in person, or even better try sailing one, and the experience is quite simply amazing.
At its most basic you might describe a hydrofoil as a wing that enables a boat to 'fly' above the water - the foils below the hull work much like an airplane wing does in the air, lifting the boat's hull up above the water when traveling fast, so reducing drag and increasing speed. We tend to think of them as cutting edge - and the resulting flying boat is pretty spectacular, but they have been around since the late 1880s!
1. Hydroptere
The record-breaking giant foiling multihull Hydroptere is in a foiling class of its own. Designed by France's Alain Thebault, she was developed from a series of boats beginning in the early 1990s.
In 2009 Hydroptere broke the outright world speed record by hitting 52.86 knots, and subsequently setting a nautical mile record of 50.17 knots. The 'flying carpet' is currently showing off her talents in San Francisco. "L'Hydroptère DCNS is more like a plane than a sailboat. It's a real challenge to understand such a machine," says crewman Luc Alphand.
2. C-Fly
Developed over the course of fifteen years by a team from British Aerospace, the C-Fly is currently in its 'coastal' mode - a 7.6m prototype - but the aim of the team behind it is to build a full-sized ocean-going version to challenge the mighty Hydroptere. It boasts 'innovative wave- piercing hydrofoils' and is currently seeking funding to move the project to the next stage.
3. International Moth
Always one of the more radical development dinghy classes, the adoption of a foiling design (as opposed to the 'low-riders' - non-foiling Moths) completely transformed this class and gave it a huge boost in international popularity. Now you'll find foiling Moths everywhere from the UK to Australia and the USA.
It's definitely one of the world's most vibrant dinghy classes... And actually easier to sail than it looks, I promise! Okay you need to be pretty nimble, but anyone used to weight sensitive modern dinghies can get to grips with straight-line foiling pretty quickly... It's turning the corners in the air that takes some perfecting! There's even a specialist centre at Mar Menor in Spain where you can learn for yourself! Alan Hillman's Pro Vela sailing school can make your foiling dreams come true.
4. Mirabaud LX
The European lakes, with their flat waters, are ideal breeding grounds for radical new boats. Take an 18ft Skiff, more at home on the waters of Sydney Harbor... Add foils and you create a real beast! This flighty foiler was born on the lakes of Switzerland. Unlike some foilers, Mirabaud barely has anything you could call a hull.
For 2012 the boat was also fitted with a wingsail, with which she aimed to set a number of Lake Geneva records. She also competed in the famous Bol d'Or and a range of other European lake races.
5. SYZ & Co
Swiss private banking group SYZ & Co sponsored this foiling multihull,which was launched in 2009 to capture the speed records on Lake Geneva as well as with the aim of winning races. It seems the project is currently mothballed.
6. Foiling Optimist
Just to prove that you really can put foils on anything! British Moth and foiling aficionado Adam May got hold of an old Optimist and he and Katherine Knight popped foils on it! Here's the video of how they did it...
7. 600ff
Inspired by the foiling International Moths, Linton Jenkins of Full Force Boats had the bright idea to build a foiling version of the singlehanded trapezing class, the RS600. The demand came from sailors who were too heavy for the International Moth (which we'd say has an ideal weight of 60-80kg).
The beauty of the foiling 600 is it was designed so you could convert an existing 600 hull - ideal as a lot of boats came on the market when the newer, spinnaker-carrying RS700 was introduced. Linton went on to develop a specifically-designed carbon fiber hull for added responsiveness. Sadly the class hasn't taken off in the same way as the Moth.
8. AC72 foiling giants
The America's Cup has always been at the cutting edge of technology, so it's hardly surprising that the latest generation of boats, designed to the new AC multihull rule, have started to experiment with foiling technology. It's going to change the game completely.
Right now we've only seen these giant foilers out testing - with mixed results! The New Zealand boat seems to have the technology working well, while Oracle Team USA suffered a rather expensive set-back when they capsized and severely damaged their first test boat. We can't wait to see these giants racing one another - it is going to be amazing!
9. Foiling Radio Controlled yacht
Anything a full-sized boat can do, a radio-controlled yacht can do. Although you need super-fast reactions to sail this mini flier. You can see the boat in action in this Youtube clip.
10. New Zealand 'R' Class skiff
In New Zealand they love their skiff sailing, and development classes like the doublehanded 'R' Class are prime for new features. The 'R' Class started its project to get the fleet foiling back in 2008 and now there are a clutch of boats racing. One of the key elements in growing the foiling fleet has been the class focus on making hydrofoiling affordable and practical for anyone in the fleet, no matter how old their boat. The class has a specially built oven and foil molds for those who want to build their own. And anyone interested is encouraged to employ the expertise and skills of their fellow sailors.
However commonplace foilers become in the future, I'm not sure they'll ever lose their 'wow' factor... and although there are a host of power-driven foiling boats, there's something especially magical about making a boat fly using just the power of the wind. Sailing a foiling boat is definitely one for the 'bucket list'.


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Ward, of the 300-block of W. 59th St., and Williams, of the 3900-block of S. Lake Park Ave., were both charged with first degree murder, two counts of attempted first degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm, police said.Police said Ward has confessed to firing the fatal shots. Williams allegedly drove the getaway car. Both are alleged gang members.
Chicago Police Department Superintendent announced the charges at a press conference at 7:30 p.m. Monday. He was surrounded by a small army of detectives and gang investigators who helped break the case as he spoke.
"They were attempting to retalliate for a previous shooting where Williams was shot in July...In that shooting we made an arrest but Williams refused to prosecute that arrest," McCarthy said.
Ward mistook Hadiya's group for a rival gang even though none of the teens had any gang affiliations, McCarthy said.
Ward was arrested in January 2011 for unlawful use of weapon, according to McCarthy. But Illinois doesn't have mandatory minimum sentences and he was given probation and not put in jail, he said.
"Let me put it this way: Michael Ward would not have been on the streets of New York City to commit this act if it happened there. I don't know how to make it any clearer," McCarthy said.
Police have not yet recovered gun used in murder, they said. The break came when CPD realized getaway car involved in previous traffic stop.
According to police, the arrests took place early Sunday morning. Witnesses to the shooting were brought in throughout the day Sunday.
The arrests came one day after Hadiya's funeral. A police spokesperson says the men were arrested early Sunday morning after being pulled over near 67th and South Chicago Avenue, adding that Mayor Rahm Emanuel personally called Hadiya's parents to let them know.
"The mayor has been very comforting to our family," Wilks said.
A sophomore at King College Prep, Hadiya was shot and killed in Kenwood just days after performing at President Barack Obama's inauguration.
Her story has attracted so much attention, first lady Michelle Obama was among those in attendance at Saturday's service. And Sunday, the White House announced the president will bring the gun violence debate to Chicago next Friday.
"We can't have too many conversations about it, you can't overdo it. I think it's great," said Wilks. "We didn't want her to die in vain. We want to keep her name out there to remind people."
"Some people like to put a face to crime. But for me, that won't bring Hadiya back," said Ted Phipps, Kenwood.
"I hope it's the right thing to do in regards to the community, don't think there will ever be any relief as long as the gun situation's here, the way they get these guns," said Yahnahton Israel.
Meanwhile Cleopatra Cowley, the mother of slain 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, will attend the State of the Union. She was invited by Congressman Brad Schneider but will be sitting with first lady Michelle Obama.


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The United States Save Vanishing Species semipostal stamp (Scott B4) has returned to sale at post offices nationwide.
U.S. Postal Service spokesman Mark Saunders told Linn's Oct. 14 that the stamp is available for purchase again through the USPS website and at post offices nationwide.
Sales of the stamp have been extended through Dec. 31, 2018.
The stamp sells for 60¢, which includes an 11¢ surtax above the 49¢ first-class letter rate. The surtax is then donated for multinational species conservation.
The stamp initially sold for 55¢ from September 2011 through Dec. 31, 2013. Of the 100 million stamps printed, only 25 million sold before it was removed from sale.
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, pushed legislation to continue sales of the semipostal, which resulted in the remaining stamps returning to sale.


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McEwen (5-0) scored four points in the fourth end and broke a 6-6 tie with a single in the eighth. It was his second victory of the day after he beat Toronto's John Epping (3-2) 7-4 in the morning draw.
Jacobs (3-2), won his final game of the evening, 7-4 over Winnipeg's Jeff Stoughton (2-3). Jacobs scored two points each in the first and fourth ends, and added three more in the sixth to seal the victory after seven ends.
Stoughton topped Switzerland's Sven Michel 6-2 earlier in the day, and Epping downed Niklas Edin of Sweden 7-4 in the evening draw.
Kevin Martin (3-2), who announced Friday that he'll retire following the tournament, scored singles in the fifth, sixth, and seventh ends to beat Calgary's Kevin Koe 5-2 in the afternoon draw. Earlier in the day, Martin defeated Scotland's David Murdoch 5-3.
Koe (4-1) edged Glen Howard (1-4) of Coldwater, Ont., 8-6 in the afternoon draw. Brad Gushue is 4-1 after toppling Saskatoon's Steve Laycock 8-4 in Draw 11.
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On the women's side, Switzerland's Silvana Trinzoni, Sweden's Margaretha Sigfridsson, and Scotland's Eve Muirhead are tied for top spot with 4-1 records.
Ottawa's Rachel Homan, Saskatoon's Stefanie Lawton, and Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones are all 3-2 with clinched playoff berths.
Homan scored three points in the eighth end to edge Michele Jaggi of Switzerland 7-5 in her only match of the day Friday morning. Jones, meanwhile, fell 7-1 to Sherry Middaugh of Coldwater, Ont., in her morning matchup.
Lawton staved off a late comeback attempt by Calgary's Crystal Webster for a 5-3 victory in the afternoon draw.


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Architecture and interior design in Hong Kong tend toward the shiny and slick. I'm not a big fan of shiny and slick, and I'm certainly neither a modernist nor a minimalist--all of that just feels too sterile and lifeless to me. So, it can be hard for me to find an aesthetic to embrace in this bustling city of seven million. But sometimes it's possible to find a pretty interesting mix of old and new, and one of my favorite places to do this is along and around Hollywood Road.
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Now, this has nothing to do with Hong Kong--but because I enjoy the interplay of old and new as well as a vigorous mixing of textures, colors, and cultures, I appreciate the work of Wary Meyers Decorative Arts--and I see they have a book coming out later this year!
And while I'd never wish for a houseful of period-piece furniture from a sole era, (watch the movie Mon Oncle for a superb parodying of all that was brand-spanking-new in the '50s), I certainly would be happy to have a few iconic mid-century pieces here and there. I'd love an Eames chair and ottoman like the ones in the Wary-Meyers home in Maine, though I'd have a hard time fitting such items into our budget. But a purchase from Regency Shop wouldn't smart nearly so much, and these beautiful reproductions could find an eclectic, love-worn home. Happy shopping, anyone with any money left after the holiday season!


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A 76-year-old Skokie woman has been hospitalized in what village officials are calling the first confirmed human case of West Nile Virus in the village this year.
Village officials were cautious to protect the woman's privacy, but the village's health department director, Dr. Catherine Counard, said the woman was "quite ill" and was possibly bitten by a mosquito in the village.
This marks the third confirmed human case of West Nile Virus in the state so far this year, Counard said.
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Watercolorist and Old Saybrook resident, Kay R. Brigante is an avid plein air painter and an active participant in exhibitions and art associations along the shoreline. She paints socially with the Connecticut Shoreline Artists, traveling throughout the state capturing familiar imagery and local scenery. Kay's serene landscapes are often composed of calm colors and soft organic forms. She expresses control over an unyielding medium, yet her painting style seems loose and effortless. never overworked or contrived, her palette creating balance and harmony. Kay says, "unlike traditional watercolor techniques, I push and pull negative and positive shapes to arrive at the design I see within the subject before me".
She is an associate member of Guilford Art Center,Mystic Art Center and an elected member and Co-Administrative Director of Essex Art Association. She has exhibited with Silvermine Art Guild, Connecticut Watercolor Society, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts,Shoreline Arts Alliance. Mystic Art Center and the MMAS Black Box Theater & Morini Gallery MA.
Her work graces private collections in the U.S.as well as Italy and was selected for the permanent collection at the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale/New Haven Hospital.


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The objective is simple: To accrue a mountain of toys.
"I want to see a giant, multicolored mound of toys standing in the middle of the Castellani Art Museum," said Niagara University Assistant General Counsel Ryan Thompson, who also directs the NU CLE program. "When the United Way comes by the next morning, I want them to have to call for a second van. That is the ultimate goal."
The Niagara Law Center, which is a collaboration between NU CLE and the Bar Association of Niagara County, concludes the fall continuing legal education season Dec. 10 with a holiday party, toy drive and aptly named CLE, "The Law of Gifts: Legal, Life and Tax Consequences."
Rather than collect registration fees, the Niagara Law Center requires attendees to bring $50 worth of new, unwrapped toys, which will then be distributed by the United Way of Greater Niagara to needy children across the county.
Guests are welcome to attend just the CLE seminar, or just the holiday party, which includes the formal installation of BANC's new officers and directors, or they can attend both.
"The price is all the same: Toys for kids," Thompson said. "Even if you can't make it on Dec. 10, we would really encourage people to consider donating toys anyway, bringing a big smile to some child's face this holiday season. Fortunately, Paramount Settlement Planning LLC in Buffalo has already volunteered to play a vital role in the success of this toy drive and party."
The CLE, worth 2.0 credits, begins at 4:30 p.m., and the holiday party runs from 6:30-8:30 p.m. inside the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University. There will be free appetizers and eggnog, and a cash bar. The CLE speakers will be Niagara County Surrogate's Court Deputy Clerk Angela Stamm-Philipps, lawyer and former Assistant Attorney General Bill Maldovan, and HoganWillig attorney Linda S. Grear.
For more information on the holiday party, toy drive or CLE, contact Thompson at [email protected] or 716-286-8324, or visit www.niagara.edu/cle.


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Brolly Arts in partnership with Black Storytellers of Utah, Black Social Change Utah Documentary participants, and, Marian Dora Howe-Taylor have been working on a multi-disciplinary project, Black Social Change in Utah (BSCU): Preserving the Story. BSCU came about in response to growing awareness, questions and experiences of racism in Utah. The project invites us to celebrate, listen to, view and learn from Black leaders, artists and social change agents in our community who believe that change, such as attaining equality, is possible. The result is the creation of the BSCU documentary with outreach programming to follow. DONATE NOW
The documentary BSCU integrates haunting and hopeful narratives, film, soulful spirituals, choreography and theater to bring to life the forgotten and unknown stories that need to be heard in order for our community to reconcile and grow. The film guides viewers to open their hearts to what it feels like to maintain "hope" again and again in the face of unsolicited adversity. Themes of education, resilience, and faith propel the film unwrapping the key to a culture whose very foundation is built upon a forged resiliency and grace.
Brolly Arts is dedicated to creating meaningful art and vibrant communities through artistic and civic collaboration and experimentation. As a non-profit umbrella organization, Brolly Arts is committed to increasing the opportunities and impacts of artists and arts organizations in Utah.
Please join us in creating awareness and developing a greater understanding of the Black experience in Utah in an attempt to expose and address the undercurrent of unseen and silent racial inequality.
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Are race relations in Utah so misunderstood that Utahns don't understand the blatant racism experienced and reinforced everyday? Is Utah behind understanding the impact of skin color in our community? Is it the responsibility of a community to identify harmful blind spots in our cultural competency and bring them into view?
Help us celebrate, listen to, and learn from Black leaders, artists, and social change agents in our community. Black Social Change (BSC) is a multidisciplinary event integrating haunting and hopeful narratives, film, soulful spirituals performed by Lyric Baritone Robert Sims of Chicago, as well as choreography and theater performed by local dancers and choreographers Sofia Gorder and Notasha Washington.
This performing arts event is in collaboration with and in celebration of the documentary "Black Social Change: Preserving The Story," that will premiere at Salt Lake Community College Grand Theatre, 1575 South State Salt Lake City on Tuesday January 19, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.
This event brings to life the forgotten and unknown stories that need to be heard in order for our community to reconcile and grow. The event guides viewers to open their hearts to what it feels like to maintain "hope" again and again in the face of unsolicited adversity. Themes of education, resilience, and faith propel the evening's performances unwrapping the key to a culture whose very foundation is built upon a forged resiliency and grace. Join us in creating awareness and developing a greater understanding of the Black experience in Utah in attempt to expose the undercurrent of unseen and silent racial inequality. The performance begins in the Larimer Center at Rowland Hall at 6:30pm and will be followed by dessert and dialogue in the cafeteria.
Salt Lake City, UT: Brolly Arts presents in conjunction with Salt Lake Public Library and Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) Inland / Oultand: Utah, a multi-disciplinary project featuring Icelandic visual artist Svavar Jonatansson (from Academy Award winning documentary Chasing Ice), and Utah composers Devin Maxwell and Matthew Durant. The collaboration has resulted in four short films composed of tens of thousands of still photographs from four areas of Utah: Salt Flats (I-80), Arches National Park (Arches Scenic Drive), Capitol Reef (State Route 24) and Oljato Road. Each film has an original score bringing the videos to life with the dialogue and interplay between the two art forms. The intent is to offer a unique presentation of these places that invites the audience to view them through their own lens of experience, story and identity.
Jonatansson tediously photographed the landscapes under a variety of conditions: sometimes stark, bleak, and icy and other times vibrant and optimistic. By presenting Utah through the lenses of an ever-changing landscape, a playful form emerges which is amplified musically through careful presentation and transformation of compact musical cells. The beauty lies in the management of the dialogue between the score and the landscape. Jonatansson, Maxwell and Durrant have created an effective, engaging work that captures the wide range of possible emotions locked inside a long unvaried drive.
The Inland/Outland project started in 2007 in Iceland when Jónatansson travelled around the island's 900 mile ring in freight trucks and buses, photographing out the side windows every 4-7 seconds. Utah-based composers, Maxwell and Durrant began collaborating with Jonatansson in early 2012, when he began Inland / Outland : Utah. Brolly Arts joined the growing project in early 2013. In October of 2013, the work thus far was previewed at the symposium Critical Rediscovery of the Northern Rockies at the College of Art and Architecture at Montana State University. The widespread enthusiasm and support of the work leads now to the premiere of these works at UMOCA and the photographic exhibit of these places at the Salt Lake Public Library.
The photographic exhibit runs August 9th to September 12th at the Salt Lake Public Library with a reception on Saturday, August 9th from 4–5:30pm.
The Utah premier is August 15th at UMOCA at 7pm. Tickets are $15 – $20.
About Brolly Arts: Founded in 1995, Brolly Arts is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating meaningful art and vibrant communities through artistic and civic collaboration and experimentation. Brolly Art's mission is reaching a wider audience and creating links between the public, arts and landscape that contribute to sense of place, identity and community.
THE BEAUTYAND THE DESTRUCTIVE NATURE OF PLASTIC BRINGS A COMMUNITY TOGETHER Plastique, a multi-disciplinary project with community outreach components that utilizes art to engage our community and increase awareness around this vital environmental issue of plastic, its use, misuse and lasting impact.
Brolly Arts'project Plastique brings to light the wonderful horrible nature of plastic. It is resilient and it lasts. That's the beauty and the destructive nature of plastic particularly single use plastic such as plastic bags. Plastique is a multi-disciplinary show full of visual art, dance, poetry, film, and research.
Artists, community members, and community organizations will work to fully realize the performance and visual aspects of Plastique.The installation art will be made out of plastic during outreach projects and by individual efforts. Many are amazed to learn that this colorful stuff is the thermoplastic junk of our throw away culture.Plastique engages artists and audiences alike to examine, like archaeologists, how each piece of plastic opens a window to the whole of human culture, piece by piece. With our interactive event, we increase awareness of an important environmental issue and engage our community which is the first step in social change.AlthoughPlastique addresses a real environmental problem, art is the central theme.
Plastique by design will be a replicable model. Once this project premieres, it can be repeated in other areas so that many communities can benefit from a project such as this. By involving a number of artists and organizations in the creation of Plastique we are able to reach a larger audience, have a greater impact and increase the potential of our cultural and civic communities. To date, participating organizations include BrollyArts, Bad Dog Arts, Utah Arts Alliance and Rowland Hall. Brolly Arts has extensive experience and positive outcomes for work such as this. Our 2009 and 2010 H2O projects were awarded a 2010 NEAAccess toArtistic Excellence award for our work in art, environmental issues and community outreach and engagement.
BrollyArts is dedicated to creating meaningful art and vibrant communities through artistic and civic collaboration and experimentation.As a non-profit umbrella arts organization, Brolly is committed to increasing the opportunities and impacts of artists and arts organizations in Salt Lake City and Utah.
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SARASOTA, Fla. -- January 11, 2016 -- 11 a.m.
Detectives with the Sarasota Police Department have arrested a father and mother for felony child abuse and felony child neglect after learning they were not feeding their children and beating them. Kimberly Haygood, 27, of Sarasota and Anthony Jones, 30, of Sarasota have both been arrested. The children in this case are a 6-year-old boy and a set of twins, a 4-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl.
Sarasota Police Detectives received a call from the Department of Children and Families (DCF) about a child abuse case they were investigating on Thursday. Sarasota Police discovered Haygood and Jones were not feeding the three children and they were extremely malnourished and dehydrated. The 4-year-old boy weighed only 22 pounds when he was checked into All Children's Hospital. The 4-year-old girl only weighed 26 pounds. Doctors told investigators 22 pounds is the average weight of an 11-month old baby. Investigators also discovered multiple markings and scars constant with inflicted injury from a belt on two of the children.
Detective Megan Buck said, "The sight of the 4-year-old boy took my breath away. My description of him when I saw him was that he looked like a skeleton. His body was skin and bones. He has no hair because of lack of nutrients. He has a skin rash and marks from the lack of nutrients. He is non-verbal and cannot talk."
Haygood has been charged with 5 felony counts: Aggravated Child Abuse (2 counts), Child Neglect – Greatly Bodily Harm (2 counts) and Child Neglect. Jones has been charged with 5 felony counts: Aggravated Child Abuse (2 counts), Child Neglect – Greatly Bodily Harm (2 counts) and Child Abuse.
Both Haygood and Jones were at first appearance on Saturday. Haygood is being held on a $50,000 bond with no contact with the victims and no contact with Jones. Jones is being held on a $60,000 bond with no contact with victims or minors. Additional charges for both Haygood and Jones are pending.


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In 2012, Money magazine ranked Waukesha one of the "100 Best Places Live," in the United States.
In 2012, Gibson Guitar Corporation designated Waukesha for their next nationally acclaimed "GuitarTown" arts project.
In 2011, the National Recreation and Park Association granted Waukesha their "Gold Medal Award." In 2011 the Wisconsin Library Association designated Waukesha's Public Library as the "Wisconsin Library of the Year." In 2011 the League of Wisconsin Municipalities and Arts Wisconsin granted Waukesha their "Arts in Community Award."
In 2011 and 2010, America's Promise Alliance ranked Waukesha one of the "100 Best Communities for Young People" in the United States.
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Regular tours to this privately owned land, which holds this Sacred Site, are arranged for indiviudals or for groups. To book a tour to the Cederberg Bushman's Kloof area Sacred Site contact the Sacred Sites Foundation of Southern Africa c/o Dean Liprini: email@example.com / +27 (0)79 404 8762
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We have run a number of Spiritual and Sacred Journey's to the Bushmans Kloof, where we have befriended the owners of the Serville Trail and have done some research on the Rock Art trail there. Our initiative here is to further assist the community in realizing their role as custodians, developing and helping with training more Rock Art guides and creating a platform for historic re-inactments, workshops and events that showcase the life ways and spiritual beliefs of the early stone age peoples and the San Bushman.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH - BUSHMANS KLOOF: Coming soon
This was a special place that was on the migratory path of the elephants and other grazing animals moving from the West Coast to the East Coast. As the seasons changed so the animals moved to areas that provided better browsing and grazing, following passage ways that contained water and food along the way. Bushman's Kloof is one of these magical places filled with abundance of water and food for theancient people who lived deeply with the Nature and Spirit that surrounds and enshrines these sacred caves and shelters. It was here that the San peoples would have spent time in ceremony and dance, as is shared in their rock paintings, and where the Shamans would go into trance and shift into different levels and dimensions of consciousness, communicating with the spirit of their ancestors, through and into the cosmic star realms and star beings, deep into the womb and inner world of Mother Earth.


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Internet Music, Detroit Music Industry and U.S. Copyright News, November 24, 2013
Irish technology website Silicone Republic analyzed how easy access to music online could affect musicians and their relationships with fans. And a new study showed the value of Detroit's music industry. Also, U.S. copyright industries contributed $1 trillion to the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2012.
How Will Widespread Internet Music Access Impact Artists?
Technology continues to reshape the way fans listen to music, and, according to Silicone Republic, it also significantly impacts musicians, both financially and creatively.
Head of Spotify for Europe, Benelux, UK and Ireland Adam Williams said he feels that today's music consumer has finally moved beyond physical formats and is fully invested in the online world that offers them "frictionless music access": "It's about being able to access music anywhere – it doesn't matter where you are, you should be able to do it … They want it on whatever device they have at that particular point in time."
In March, 2013, Spotify reported it had 24 million active users globally, 6 million of which are paying for its premium monthly subscription service. The money the company is earning from both subscribers and advertising is fast turning this type of streaming music service into a successful business model.
Despite the fact that some artists are starting to report earning decent revenue from Spotify, other musicians continue to lash out against the company for paltry royalties, including Patrick Carney from The Black Keys, Thom Yorke and David Byrne.
But Williams added, by the end of 2013, Spotify will give more than $1 billion back to artists in revenue: "It's an incredible sum of money." However, the money will still be filtered through record labels, which will then be responsible for paying it out.
In an industry now more crowded with music than ever before, another issue continues to be important for artists: music discovery. Williams said that at its inception, Spotify was a "virtual jukebox," giving all the power to users to choose the music they wanted to hear. While it now has features that suggest new music, other platforms like Deezer were built on music discovery from the beginning.
Axel Dauchez, CEO of Deezer explained the importance of discovery for artists and fans: "If you are a smart jukebox and only a smart jukebox, [your users] will end up listening only to what they know … If that's the case, it will generate a huge amount of revenue to the people already known, but it will totally kill creation financing."
Deezer introduces its users to what is new using 50 curators from around the world. They make recommendations based on users' listening history and other information, which the company states helps enable music creation and has helped push its paid subscribers to 5 million.
Of course, musicians now have many online options to help them create, collaborate, promote and distribute their music as well as connect with fans. Eric Wahlforss, co-founder and CTO of SoundCloud said, "[The Internet is] not only a broadcast medium. It's not read-only; it's read-write."
Platforms like SoundCloud allow artists to directly communicate and even collaborate with fans. "They will re-post and re-share whatever it is you're doing through their own creativity. That's really where this works the best," added Wahlforss.
He also expressed his belief that artists need to fully immerse themselves into new technologies in order to see the biggest benefits: "The ones who embrace this and use it to the fullest potential for their art, they're really the ones who benefit most from this shift that's going on, from this revolution."
And for companies like SoundCloud, offering an open forum to foster creativity also involves being "flexible" while still making sure rights holders are protected. Wahlforss concluded, "I'm not a proponent of a completely open laissez-faire attitude … What we're trying to do is partly move this illegal sharing over to something where the artist actually has control."
Detroit's Music Business Valued at Over $1 Billion
A new report compiled by the Anderson Economic Group valued the music industry of Detroit at $1.1 billion, employing over 7,000 people and providing $170 million in earnings to the local economy, said Crain's Detroit Business. The study is the first of its kind for the city of Detroit and also showed there are 40,000 – 50,000 live music performances annually in the metropolitan area. Some experts feel that findings from the study also suggest that focusing on fostering music business could help the city rebound from bankruptcy.
Alex Risaen, senior Anderson consultant offered a statement: "The Detroit area music industry has a great brand and legacy that spans decades … In the study, we found that our great music tradition not only continues, but directly or indirectly employs over 7,000 and contributes $170 million in worker earnings to the local economy."
There were 21 Michigan cities analyzed by the study: Detroit; Troy; Novi; Birmingham; Rochester; Milford; Dexter; Ann Arbor; Pontiac; Hamtramck; Ypsilanti; Farmington; Northville; Bloomfield Hills; Dearborn; Royal Oak; Auburn Hills; Ferndale; Plymouth; Chelsea; Belleville.
The study also uncovered a lot of other information about the music scene:
The Detroit metro area houses 486 music businesses and 400 bars, parks, restaurants and other performances spaces.
Colleges and universities in the Detroit metro area have given over 3,000 degrees in music business, theory, composition and performance in the past ten years.
According to 2011 figures, Detroit's music industry makes up a greater portion of the area's total employment and payroll compared to cities such as Pittsburgh, Dallas, Indianapolis, Cleveland and Kansas City.
The total industry revenue of $1.15 billion includes record sales and ticket/door revenue from venues.
The average salary for a music industry employee in Detroit is $27,000 per year.
Since 2008, 38 Grammy Award winners and nominees have had some sort of a connection to Detroit.
The typical bar or restaurant venue in Detroit offers three days/nights of live music per week, which adds up to over 25,000 days/nights of live music annually.
There are almost 2,000 indie artists, DJs and groups that perform at bars, lounges and restaurants in the Detroit metro area per year.
U.S. Copyright Industries Contribute $1 Trillion
The U.S. copyright industries pumped $1.01 trillion into the U.S. GDP and accounted for 6.5-percent of the nation's total economy in 2012, according to a study conducted by the International Intellectual Property Alliance and reported by the Los Angeles Times.
The study looked at the economic effect of U.S. industries involved with the creation and distribution of video games, computer software, books, newspapers, periodicals/journals and motion pictures, music, radio and television shows. 2012 figures are up from $965 billion in 2011 and $885 billion in 2009. Research was released November 19 by the International Intellectual Property Alliance, which is a private entity that represents the Motion Picture Association of America, the Recording Industry Association of America and various other creative groups.
The numbers came from data collected by the Bureau of Economic Analysis and several other government agencies and include compensation paid to workers, plus gross profits of employers.
Steven J. Metalitz, counsel to the IIPA said, "This study represents a milestone … In order to preserve and enhance jobs, exports and economic contributions, it is critical that we have strong legal protections for U.S. creativity and innovation in the U.S. and abroad."
This is the 14th survey compiled by the IIPA since its formation in 1984. It was founded in order to better protect copyrighted materials and allow them to be distributed throughout the world. The most recent survey comes ahead of a major congressional subcommittee hearing on copyright issues in Washington.
Register of copyrights at the U.S. Copyright Office stated that she supports amendments to federal copyright law. The last major change happened in the late 1990s and did not account for the way technology has changed the way content is brought to consumers since then.
The study also revealed that copyright industries employed almost 5.4 million U.S. workers in 2012 and grew at around 4.7 percent annually from 2009 to 2012, which is more than two times the rate of growth for the entire U.S. economy.
And copyright industries also made up $142 billion in foreign sales and exports last year, more than sectors including aerospace, agriculture, food, pharmaceuticals and medicines. The main drivers were computer software, motion pictures, television and video games. Recorded music, newspapers and books unfortunately saw declines in foreign sales over the same four-year period.
Matt Loeb, international president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees remarked, "This report makes it crystal clear that workers in the creative industries make a huge contribution to America's economy … It also underscores the urgent need to do more to build, strengthen and protect employment in this dynamic part of our nation's economy."


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London: Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic will miss the rest of the season after rupturing his cruciate knee ligament in the Champions League defeat by Basel, manager Alex Ferguson said on Friday.
"We thought it was a bad one," Ferguson told a news conference. "He`s out for the season. It`s not unexpected but it`s still bad news."
"He`ll see a specialist on Monday to work out the progress of when he has the operation. It won`t be immediate as we have to let the swelling come down."
The Serbia centre-back was carried off on a stretcher during the 2-1 loss in Switzerland on Wednesday which sent United out of the Champions League at the group stage.
Vidic left the stadium on crutches and his agent said on Thursday the defender had "suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament."
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Warm & Bold. As the heat of summer begins to cool, it can be a great time to pour a little bit of warmth into your color choices for your bedroom. Fall is a perfect opportunity to spice up your bedroom decor with a little bit of orange or red. These traditionally autumnal colors remind us of positive change in our lives and the world around us, but they also help subconsciously lift our mood when we retreat to our bedrooms to rest, infusing those precious moments before sleep with warmth.
Cool & Classy. If you have filled your summer with bright colors and splashed of pink, orange or green, fall can serve as a time to tone it down a it. Let yourself observe your summer decor and fashion choices without judgement and then settle on a contrasting choice as you move into fall! The vibrancy of hot pink and mango orange from the hot summer months can be balanced by gentle pastels on the cooler spectrum of color. Light periwinkle or soothing lavender might be good options for your transition to autumn!
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Another transsexual scandal with St. Louis rapper Chingy is dominating headlines in the hip-hop world. This time, the transsexual in question goes by the name of Sidney Star, a self-described hip-hop dancer and aspiring actress from Chicago, IL. It boggles the mind how Chingy could find himself in this situation again, but it's not a total shock to me.
Nearly two years ago, news of Chingy's involvement with a transsexual rapper called Foxxjazell broke on my radio show, Street Disciplez Radio. I originally heard about Foxx through a friend who hosts a popular radio show that caters to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and I booked her for our show, totally unaware of how many headlines it would make in the hip-hop world.
During the interview, Foxx was incredibly forthcoming. In the days that followed, many opinions concerning the validity of her story were formulated. Some hypothesized she did it to gain fame, but in the midst of the media circus that followed, I spoke to Foxx and she revealed to me how numerous media personalities had contacted her team to offer her a much larger platform to tell her story. As of today, she's declined to take anyone up on the offer. Foxx was already a celebrity in the LGBT community by the time she appeared on our show (her videos are a fixture on the Logo channel and Qtube) and was earning mainstream recognition thanks to an appearance on The Tyra Show and a feature in the August 2008 issue of XXL magazine. Most importantly, if she did it for the fame, just how far was using the former Disturbing Tha Peace recording artist's name going to get her? Hell, I was more famous than Chingy when Foxx put him on blast.
As for those of you who accused my fellow Street Disciplez Radio hosts and I of making up the story to generate publicity for the show, we don't need any help in that area. We're a damn good show, and we've consistently made headlines for breaking some of the most talked about stories in hip-hop, and absolutely none of them had anything to do with Chingy and his little tranny problem. And chile, truth be told, if we really wanted to, we could have rode that scandalous wave into notoriety; do you know how many trannys willing to "spill the tea" on your favorite rappers reached out to us after Foxxjazell appeared on the show? Shut my mouth!
This brings me back to Sidney Star. In a recent interview with Bay Area DJ Big Von, Sidney, who some are calling "the Kat Stacks of the transgender world," confirmed her rumored relationship with Chingy, and, not surprisingly, revealed he wasn't the only celebrity she's dated. She also expressed an interest in starring in a reality show, and hopefully, someone at VH1 is paying attention. I say put Sidney, Foxx, and Bow Wow's rumored tranny on the same show and watch the ratings go through the roof! At the very least, it'd be a helluva lot more interesting and compelling than that Real and Chance bulls*it they're currently airing. Anyway, check out the interview in its entirety in the video below:


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While still a zero let-off bow, like the original Genesis, the Genesis Pro features a Draw Stop Cam, a higher draw weight of 15 to 25 lbs. and a larger clearance area for centershot adjustment. The Genesis Pro Draw Stop Cam allows users to customize the bow to their specific draw length. This feature provides the archer a "solid wall" or stop, indicating the archer is at his or her correct draw length. When utilized correctly, the archer will involuntarily activate the mechanical release aid. This surprise release maintains the archer's form and produces a consistent follow-through for maximum accuracy. The Genesis Pro also incorporates a higher draw weight than the original Genesis. With a maximum adjustable draw weight of 25 lbs., the Genesis Pro shoots arrows at desirable arrow speeds for most target shooting applications. The Genesis Pro also has an expanded range of centershot adjustment. When used with rests designed to move the arrow closer to or further from the riser, a greater clearance area can be achieved for large feathers or vanes. Also featured on the Genesis Pro are more decorative riser cutouts and red or chrome painted eccentrics. The original Genesis line was revolutionary in that the zero let-off Genesis System made it the first compound bow to cover all draw lengths. This meant that everyone (children and adults) could shoot the same bow. The same holds true for the Genesis Pro. Features Mchined 6061 T6 Aluminum Riser.
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My name is Tim Callahan, and I have been a Student Mentor in the College of Business for 3½ years. I have been working in the education field for over 10 years. I have been at an online and physical-campus student, and believe me: I understand how hard it is to work and attend college at the same time. I work here at WGU because I believe it is truly one of the best online universities and has the student's best interest at heart.
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Pioneer Investments has made a series of new hires and promotions that are part of its plan to increase its U.S. retail sales team by approximately 25% in 2012.
In total, 16 new positions were added, bringing the internal and external wholesaling sales staff to 81, an increase of 23%. The additions include 15 new wholesalers supporting wealth management firms and independent financial advisor firms in different regions throughout the U.S.
Nine of these hires fill newly created positions and six are internal promotions or replacement hires. Pioneer Investments' external wholesaling team now totals 48. In addition, Pioneer named 13 new regional sales specialists (internal wholesalers) who support Pioneer's field wholesalers.
"As part of our long-term business plan announced earlier this year, we are making strategic hires throughout the company, with a particular emphasis on the distribution and investment teams in the U.S.," stated Daniel K. Kingsbury, president and chief executive of Pioneer Investments' U.S. Division.
"The new hires announced today are a central component of a strategy to grow our business with the help of an expanded retail sales team that can reach a larger number of wealth management firms and independent financial advisors, which are among Pioneer's largest client segments in the U.S."
Joseph D. Kringdon, head of U.S. Retail Distribution, added that: "Wealth managers and IFAs are rapidly growing their businesses as retail investors look for investment advice in today's difficult markets, and Pioneer is growing along with them. Our new hires allow us to reconfigure certain territories both to reach new clients and to increase the amount of support we provide to existing clients."
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summer, Vince Vaughn struck gold with the megahit WEDDING CRASHERS, a film
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Was it a particular break-up that inspired this movie?
Well, whenever I got scripts for romantic comedies, they always had some kind of bizarre subplot to them that really didn't have anything to do with relationships like If you don't marry the girl, you will not inherit the family fortune and the mean guy who works for me will take over the company or I have to write an article for the paper... Ooops, I really did fall in love with the girl, what do I do? And I always just felt relationships were kind of odd as they are.
So it's an idea I had 10 years ago, because I love the movie The Odd Couple and I always liked that movie and as I got older I realized a lot of people were sort of buying places together because they didn't want to just spend money on rent, they wanted to have ownership and get much more kind of savvy with making their money work for them and I had some friends who ended up in that position, where they no longer wanted to date the other person and were not married, but no one could afford the place on their own, so it seems kind of modern in that.
And then it wasn't so much based in particularly any sort of one relationship I had, but there's elements of relationships that I had and I thought that there was stuff that was very universal about not remembering to bring home 12 lemons and having the argument be about the lemons, but really the argument being about so much more than the lemons, but that just sort of being the vehicle to discuss stuff about.
You've made a bunch of against-the-norm comedies that have done well, why don't more people do the same?
I don't know. I think there's room for everything, it's just my sensibilities, sort of starting with Swingers, I like stuff that's kind of character-driven, exaggerated for comedy, but, like the scene in Swingers where he calls five times and leaves that message, it's funny, but it's also really painful. And I liked in this movie, that you sort of look at the male-female drama and laugh at it and then you kind of have a more serious complicated side that's more truthful in it and not really feel the need to say OK, we're tonally this, or tonally that. So, I don't know.
You can only, sort of, for me, do stuff that you're interested in or that you find to be kind of fascinating or interesting and you certainly don't -- like with Wedding Crashers or this -- approach it saying I want to be different just for being different, you just try to put original thought into it and say, What's simple and truthful for this story even if it's not traditional. So I don't really go into any of them going, What's a way to do this totally different, I more go into it saying, What's an original way of doing it, if that makes sense.
If this is successful, will there be copycat break-up movies?
Oh, I don't know. I think that's just normal. I think there wasn't a lot of rated-R comedies being made and then not only ourselves, but Virgin did so well that now there's a lot more rated-R comedies in production. But again for us with Crashers, we weren't really going to say, Let's use the R in a way to be as shocking or vulgar as we could be. We really wanted to tell a great story that had good turns and twists in it and be R because of situations that happen and not because language was constantly being thrown out there. So then, the unfortunate side is sometimes people go, Oh, R comedy must work, so let's just go and do a bunch of R material but not really necessarily have good story or good turns and stuff in the movie.
Is there going to be a Wedding Crashers 2?
Still Crashing, it's called... Owen and Rachel are on the run. No. We haven't talked about it. I've heard people mention it, but I've always been reluctant. There was a big talk for a while about Old School 2 and Swingers, we had a script written, actually. I would never say never, but I just think that, you know, there's want to sort of go, Oh, that went well, so let's try to recreate that, but sometimes there's really no second movie to that. It just depends. If the script was really good or it was something different, maybe, but there's always new good ideas out there too, I think.
When did you realize that the chemistry was there with you and Jennifer Aniston?
You know, when we were developing the screenplay, she was the only actor that I had in mind, because she's so good with comedy and she's also a very good actor and she also has a quality to her that just inherently she's very likeable, there's a warmth to Jennifer. These characters are both very flawed, so it's important to have that. And when we started the rehearsal process right away, I really was impressed with her acting, her timing, with all of that.
Unfortunately a lot of time it's like women are stuck in movies just sort of rolling their eyes at whatever the guy does and one thing that I really liked and that me and David [Dobkin] really insisted on in Wedding Crashers is Isla's really funny in that movie too and it's really both of us and the scenes become funny. I like the comedy to come out of the situation, be grounded in reality, so Jennifer is really the heart of the movie, like Owen is the heart of the movie in Crashers. If she isn't as good of a straight man, as it would be, in this movie, and then also able to be comedic if it calls for it, but never lose that sense of being real and being a real person taking this journey, the whole movie would falter, so she was really instrumental. And yes, I did like her right off the back as a person as well. I think she's terrific.
What was it like to come back to Chicago to shoot?
Well, I really love Chicago, I mean the people there are just great and I think just being from the Midwest, I have family from Ohio and lots of places, but I was raised outside the city. Chicago really takes advantage of the summer, because they don't get good weather all the time, so there's a lot of great outdoor festivals and stuff that they have and great restaurants and food and there's great museums, there's great theaters and plays and stuff in Chicago.
It's just a great city. So, for me going up, I was a fan of all the John Hughes films and, of course, The Blues Brothers and all that kind of stuff. When me and Jon did Made together and I had gone back to New York, where he was from originally -- although he lived in Chicago for a while -- I kind of got it in my mind, I'd like to do something and bring it back to Chicago, so this seemed like the right kind of movie, because the city's sort of a backdrop lead in the movie and it just kind of made sense, it's kind of the Heartland, and it's a big city but it still has some smaller town sensibility and it just seemed like a good combination of accessibility for most folks.
Are you like this kind of guy? Would you help do the dishes and go to the ballet?
Yeah. I think we all have different sides of ourselves and definitely there are sides of myself in Gary, especially younger and it's exaggerated, again, for comedy. But yeah, I don't like to do dishes, no, not normally. I do do the dishes and I do contribute, but as I've gotten older, moreso you're open and you kind of enjoy it more, but when you're younger you don't really like it that much. Also, I do kind of like to watch sporting events and stuff like that.
I think that there is kind of a dynamic with men and women where guys are kind of less concerned with what color the curtains will be. They just want to sign off and have the conversation stop and girls are kind of like, I'd kind of an important decision and everyone should sort of weight in on it and that's sort of where the comedy comes from. But I have two older sisters. I've always gotten along really well with women. I love women. And so I've always in relationships not been as extreme as Gary is. I really enjoy kind of the friendship part of the relationship as well, but I think there is just innate things that are truthful that when it comes to certain conversations or focus and stuff that men and women have to learn how to kind of give the other person their space with stuff.
All of sudden I feel like I'm answering like kind of like Dr. Phil questions -- Well, I'm glad that you asked that... What it is is a love tank and it has to be filled up or that person...
Are you a better boyfriend than Gary is and what do you see as the key to relationships?
I think friendship is the biggest thing. And for me, sense of humor. I like someone that can make me laugh, because I like to laugh at stuff, especially myself, so I think you have to be able to roll with life. Life is always peaks and valleys, there's gonna be good times and bad times and when all the other things are there, the biggest thing for me is having someone that makes you laugh and that you have a friendship and a trust with, ultimately, in a relationship. When you're younger, you kinda have your priorities in a different place, but as you get older, I think that becomes most important to you.
Youre a lot thinner in the final scene. Howd you lose all the weight?
Yeah, I had rigorous exercise program. I wouldn't want to wish that type commitment of raw eggs and running daily... No. When we did the movie Swingers, we didn't know what the last scene of the movie was until we started shooting. We always knew there would be a last scene, which ended up being me in the diner with Mike and the baby. We shot the entire movie Made and we waited to know what is that last scene. Whenever you're summing up movies like this character-driven movies that are more about a journey and moments and learning and not so much about a final answer, it always is a question to be raised.
The ending that we ended up shooting is exactly like the ending we shot originally, just a better version of it. We realized what the journey was and how these characters were changed by their action and not so about Will they or won't they? and moreso about If they do, it would probably go very well, because they definitely, you can tell, in a real way learned their lessons. Gary goes and does his stuff with his family separate of her, because he's forever changed. She makes a decision, even there when she's on the phone, she has a meeting, she doesn't say, Hey, let's get something to eat, she says, I gotta go to a meeting. She has her life coming first, so I think it's hopeful that way.
And if they don't, there's still a great love and thankfulness there for each other and lessons learned that would go and their next relationship would be a healthier better relationship. So, on that particular one, as we had our one ending in place, we went and reshot -- well, not reshot, but shot -- versions. And we did a couple different things. There were different people weighing in. I have to say that Universal was extremely supportive. This is not your traditional type of romantic comedy. There's a lot of fear on their end, a studio's end, when you're doing something different. There's a reason why Swingers was made for what it was made and those kind of movies, but they were very supportive and open to this. And, as people had ideas...
My way of working, even in Swingers when I wasn't credited, I was very collaborative in the writing and decision making, all of us were, it's just the way that I like to work, knowing that you always can go for what is the best .What came clear to them and all of us very well was it wasn't about that -- satisfying that or not satisfying that -- it was that the original intention of the screenplay was the right intention for what this movie was and it worked out really perfect. Forget all the things about whether they went back and shot or didn't shoot, which happens on most movies, just every movie I've done, it made more sense and it worked for the character in that, as time has passed, Gary takes better care of himself, he's got his boat, he's a different person, he's shopping -- it shows change without dialogue and exposition. He's self-deprecating about the weight he's in, so he's a different person, has a sense of humor about stuff.
So for the pure story, it's the perfect thing. And again, when you do a movie like Swingers or like Made you're not under the microscope as much and on those movies it was always our journey. You have to go through process, for me anyway, of editing such a tonally different movie, tones that are different... What is the satisfying answer? What I say satisfying what is the only answer? And to me, ultimately, this became the only truthful, simple real answer that could be made.
Where the weight is concerned, there's nothing that's that complimentary to me. I was such a genius that I quit smoking before we started shooting the movie, something I wanted to do for a long time and I had quit smoking for eight months and just in time to put on 25 pounds for the romantic comedy. And then, when we finished shooting and we wrapped the movie, I said to myself, Well, I can have just one cigarette, I mean, it's been eight months, what's the big deal? And then again I was up to a pack a day, so I lost the weight then after, because when you quit smoking, you tend to eat a lot and then when you start smoking it kind of curbs your appetite, so there was no great character choice in that. It just sort of worked out well for everything.
What was the girl like in the original script?
She didn't talk in the original script. No. I'm kidding. The one thing I've learned is, wherever you're from, wherever you're from, if it's a place in America or it's some place different, as much as things are different, they're really the same. And not just in relationships. People want to take care of their families. There's very much very universal truths about people from whatever background that they're from and the more different they seem, really the more close they are. And that was one thing that we learned from Swingers. We had a lot of pressure when we ended up making the movie for nothing, but people said, People will never respond to this musical backdrop. The kids aren't into it. There's much more of a grunge music. This way talking, people don't understand it. But my thought and Favreau's thought, was always The more specific you are, the more universal you are.
So, for me, accents and ways that people talk or perhaps their job occupations -- the Midwest is not as much of a fashion oriented place, people are not in the fashion industry as much as they are in Los Angeles or New York -- but I think the dynamics are very similar. I think that's really universal. So for me, I really wanted Gary to be kind of a tour guide, a blue collar guy, from that kind of background, and Brooke to be someone who was kind of open and interested in the art world, but not from a place of financial success, just because she sort of liked it, not like it was something that she didn't love but she was just doing to be successful.
But yeah, I'd always loved Chicago and I guess you write with what you know. I grew up outside of the city, so I felt very comfortable telling a story that was authentic to that place, similar to what we did in Swingers with Los Feliz and what Jon did New York in Made. It was a place I hadn't gone. I wanted to go make a film there. Selfishly I wanted to be there in the summertime as well. I always thought it was a great backdrop for these two characters and the story that would be kind of universal. Although it's specific to Chicago, I think it's relatable wherever you're from.
How do you like to balance the acting, the writing and the producing?
I'm thankful that I get a chance to do it all. They're also kind of related depending on how you work it. Again, I just refer to my background and how I started with Swingers and how we were all so collaborative and even in Wedding Crashers, you know, most of my lines I would write in that and even scenes and that whole third act is stuff that me and Owen came up with, with me marrying the girl and all that stuff. And I've been lucky that whether it's Dobkin or Phillips on Old School, I've always been allowed to collaborate and do stuff. And that's what I mean when I say on this, Jen was so important, because we really embraced her ideas and opinions and were open to her affecting the screenplay and the character in a way for the better.
Everyone sort of has a say and weighs in and I think the more you're sort of open to that or confident to let that happen, the better the movie can be. I find that sometimes for me as an actor, when I'm just acting, if you work with a director that's very closed off and not open to stuff, a lot of times it's because they're not that confident and it can be detrimental.
Most of the guys that I've worked with, or girls, that are good are open to ideas and hearing ideas from wherever they come from. It's just the style that I like to work in, so I think that they all coincide and are relatable and it's not always about credit for this or credit for that or do this or do that and the only reason on The Break-Up it was kind of an idea that I knew it would be a more difficult type of movie to get through a development stage, so the writers wrote it and I collaborated with them, so we had a finished script that we could go out and say This is what we're shooting, buy it or don't buy it, so that I wouldn't be in a situation of trying to develop it and scenes like the strip poker scene not be in the movie. There's just a lot stuff that probably, just because it's different, we'd have had a harder time coming to the screen.
Questions? Comments? Manifestos? Send them to me at [email protected].


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