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It should be the best week in Matrix Reloaded director Larry Wachowski's life. But with exquisite timing, court papers have emerged at thesmokinggun.com that probably make him feel like he's in the Matrix itself.
Wachowski's wife, Thea Bloom, is suing him for divorce — and it's going to get ugly.
Her court papers not only reveal all his financial dealings with Warner Bros. but also suggest that recent gossip in the British press about Wachowski being a cross-dresser could be true. To wit: In the legal papers, Bloom says the couple's decision to separate was mutual and "based on very intimate circumstances ... which I do not elaborate on at this time for reasons of his personal privacy."
But Bloom is more interested in money than undergarments, and with good reason. According to her papers, the Wachowski brothers received $16 million for their work on The Matrix movies recently — and it's unaccounted for in her divorce.
Interestingly, if Bloom had waited until this fall to file for divorce, she might have passed the magic 10-year mark under California law. She and Wachowski, she claims, were together from 1984-93 and then married in 1993. A judge will have to decide if that constitutes 10 years of marriage.
In the meantime, Bloom will be watching The Matrix Reloaded box office very carefully this weekend — and maybe doing an inventory of her unmentionables as well.
Another gold star incident involving Michael Jackson came to light yesterday. He made a weirdo appearance and got a lot of press -- his favorite thing to do.
Jackson apparently decided to visit his local congressman recently. He had his chauffeur driven Bentley pull up to the local office of Rep. Elton Gallegly in Solvang, Calif. Unfortunately, Gallegly wasn't there, but his deputy, Steve Lavagnino was present for the fun.
Jackson, wearing a Spider-Man mask, asked Lavagnino why their surrounding area doesn't have more fast food restaurants. Lavagnino replied by pointing out there's a Subway sandwich shop. Jackson retorted: "But I like Taco Bell!"
By the time this hit the wire services yesterday, Lavagnino had already been put on ice by the congressman's office. All calls were referred to the Washington office, where Tom Pfeiffer handled calls.
So did this really happen? "It did," Pfeiffer told me. He assured me that the now sequestered Lavagnino was a longtime resident of the area and knew Jackson from an impostor. Pfeiffer did say that Lavagnino was alone at the time and there were no other witnesses.
This all comes a day or so after Jackson had his picture taken wearing a fake Afro in Miami, and on the heels of his settlement with Sotheby's over paintings he hadn't paid for. What's going on? Is Michael crazy?
Crazy, I would say, as a fox. Jackson knows how to manipulate the press, and this week he's already gotten two good publicity hits for strange behavior. But believe me, it is orchestrated by the Gloved One.
As nuts as you may think he is, Jackson knows that riding around in a Bentley looking for fast food will get him the attention he craves.
Think of him as a publicity vampire. Attention is the blood he needs to suck. So hey there, Mike, we haven't forgotten about you! We're just taking a rest before your next trial starts. We have duly noted your Miami appearances and await your purchase of a new home there.
Natalie Wood's Daughter Engaged
I am told that Natalie Wood's daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner, is engaged to be married. Her intended is screenwriter D.V. DeVincentis, good friend of actors John and Joan Cusack, and author of movies like Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity.
The 32-year-old daughter of Wood and Richard Gregson was raised by actor Robert Wagner after Wood died in a mysterious 1981 drowning. Gregson had been married to Wood in between her marriages to Wagner. An up and coming actress, Wagner has three new films set to come out this year including Wonderland also starring Val Kilmer and Lisa Kudrow.
Spector Murder Case Proceeding at Right Pace
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department et al seem like they're taking forever with the Lana Clarkson murder investigation. But I am told there is a purpose to this slowness.
The Sheriff's Department will not present evidence in the case before August 1st, even though the murder took place on Feb. 3. The reason for this is simple, says a police source: They want to make sure their i's are dotted and t's crossed.
"There is a lot of evidence, and it must be handled properly," said my source, recalling the O.J. Simpson debacle.
Indeed, the amount of time here is not unusual, he insists. And for an example, look at the Robert Blake case. The police took months gathering that evidence before arresting and arraigning Blake.
Phil Spector should note that the police are not amused by his pronouncements of being cleared in the case. That is simply not true, reminds our source. And lest he think Lana Clarkson's mom has gotten over her grief, the truth is quite the opposite. I am told the Clarksons have been in touch with the police and remain devastated by their loss.
The August 1st date, by the way, will not be an arraignment as such. That may be the day the evidence is presented. Or Spector and attorney Robert Shapiro could ask for another postponement. There's a good chance we won't hear Spector plead in court before Labor Day.
Great story yesterday from the British press and picked up the New York papers: Matrix director Larry Wachowski is a cross-dresser. By last night the story going around was that he wanted to have a sex change, like the main character in the HBO Movie Normal.
If it's true, it's his business. If it's not, and it's a hoax perpetrated by the Wachowskis, it's even better. The brothers have made a big deal out of having no publicity. No one's ever heard a word about this latest peccadillo, and I suspect it may be a hoax perpetrated by Wachowski just for fun -- much like the Coen Brothers' insistence that Fargo was based on a real story. (It wasn't.) Something tells me if this news were true, it might have come out years ago. Oh well, life in The Matrix is surreal, isn't it?


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The Sisko System
Now, you already know of my undying affection for the criminally underrated Deep Space Nine, but as it happens, and entirely coincidentally, Kendra James posted a piece to Racialicious.com shortly thereafter making the case for Brooks and Captain Benjamin Sisko's place of importance in the pop cultural firmament not just as a Star Trek hero, but for breaking boundaries as a black leading man in the traditionally white-dominated genre of science fiction. From the article:
I'm struck by how much more I understand this show at the age of 24, compared to when I rewatched it at 17, and before that when I originally watched from 1993 to 1999. I was only 11 when the finale aired (and grounded for a good deal of the season, but that's another issue entirely) and while I vaguely understood the significance of Sisko, I admit to taking his presence–the presence of a starring Black man–on my screen as normal. I like to think that Brooks would have appreciated that, knowing that part of his reasoning for accepting the role of Sisko was his belief that "brown children must be able to participate in contemporary mythology."That last quote from Brooks is remarkable not only in its profundity, but in its prescience. I was all of thirteen years old when Deep Space premiered in syndication in early '93, so I'm a little bit older than the author, but the sentiment expressed is the same as what I felt all along (and still do, for that matter). I never thought of Sisko, to use Brooks' own vernacular, as "the brown captain." It was just never a big deal to me.
And mind you, it's not like his race was ever left in the background. Quite the contrary, in fact. It was an integral element of the character. But it wasn't the only element of the character, which is what made all the difference. So many of the things he represented and portrayed, whether the unquestionable bond with his son as a single parent or the stress of command so far from civilization, are universal constants anyone can relate to, and his ethnic and cultural background just made the tapestry that much richer.
There's no doubt in my mind that Sisko represents Star Trek at its best. And when I think of Sisko at his best, my mind is immediately drawn to this closing monologue from Deep Space Nine's amazingly textured sixth season episode "In the Pale Moonlight," which I would argue is one of the finest Trek hours ever produced. Faced with the consequences of making stark, morally grey decisions in the midst of an expanding and devastating war, Sisko nicely conveys everything that made him stand uniquely apart from his fellow captains:
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- Abdul-Halim V. said...
Thanks for the mention. Some of the other dimensions which made Sisko unique were 1) the entire religious component, I mean how many captains were messianic figures? 2) he was at least a little bit alien... at least there was that whole storyline where his mother was possessed by a wormhole alien / prophet for a while 3) I think he was connected to our current 20th/21st century life in the most concrete ways... between his love of baseball, his dad in New Orleans, the Bell Riots storyline and the Benny Russell storyline, he is most like us.
- Abdul-Halim V. said...
Also have you gotten around to seeing Babylon 5 yet? lol.... I think a big part of why I like Sisko is just that I like the show overall... and many of the things which made Deep Space Nine good were also shared by B5
- Zaki said...
Still need to watch B5! I assure you, it's right there in my mental queue...unfortunately that queue is has about a half-dozen other series stacked up in front of it!
- Adam Hutch said...
I have such a soft spot for the Dominion War storyline that saw them forced off of DS9. I liked that DS9 was able to walk a fine line that allowed for some moral grey areas while holding true to the psuedo-Utopian future that Star Trek's famous for. It rang a lot more true for me than the early very-Roddenberry Next Generation episodes.

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Why America Loves Serial Killers
They give us an alibi for our murderous culture.
Long Island again. Serial killer(s) again. The media have—a little too overeagerly—been conjuring up the specter of "the Long Island serial killer," even though those five words compress at least two unproven assumptions: There's no proof that the remains of up to 10 victims (so far) found on the sandy barrier island that parallels Long Island's South Shore were killed by a Long Islander, or even by a single individual. Or that they were killed on Long Island. For all we know, they were killed by a Yale comp lit professor, who deconstructed them in Connecticut and carried them to Long Island where he "unpacked" them from the trunk of his Prius.
But even if the perp or perps came from elsewhere, at least one of the presumed murdered prostitutes, Amber Lynn Costello, operated out of a seedy home in Long Island's West Babylon. It was she who was the subject of murderous speculation in a chat room that made the front page of the New York Daily News: "HOOKER SLAY EXCLUSIVE, WEB OF L.I. SICKOS, Inside secret site where johns plotted revenge." It's indisputable that these "sickos" did come from Long Island and apparently patronized the murdered hooker from West Babylon. (There's a name to deconstruct!)
But it's evident that in tab world, Long Island and serial killer seem to go together. I feel a certain responsibility for that, having thrown a spotlight on the L.I./serial killer connection back in the '90s in a lengthy essay for the Times magazine, when my "Guyland" homeland—as I fondly called it in tribute to the way the L.I. accent rendered it: "Lawn Guyland"—had begun sprouting corpses (20 or so) from serial killers like Joel Rifkin. It was a time when Long Island also had to endure the embarrassingly seedy Amy Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco scandal—and the three made-for-TV movies based on the case of Fisher, the "Long Island Lolita."
Why, I'd asked back then, had the peaceful, boring suburb I grew up in (though my long-form birth certificate proves I was born in Manhattan) turned into a tabloid hell? "Long Island Babylon," I called the piece, and, boy, were Long Islanders mad at me. You can't go home again.
Dudes, own it! I didn't kill them. It wasn't as if I was proposing a giant statue of a serial killer similar to the huge Long Island Duck that graces the tail end of the real Long Island (meaning the Un-Hamptons). I was just reporting—but the conjunction of Long Island and serial killers seems to have stuck.
Still, for a while things seemed to have simmered down out on the Guyland. Yes, we had tabloid outbursts like "the love judge," Solomon Wachtler, an eminent jurist who went cuckoo and dressed up like a cowboy, the better to blackmail his mistress. (A scandal whose best exegesis can be found in Laura Kipnis' recent book.) And, yes, the Guyland has continued to have a steady stream of bizarre spouse-slayings and would-be spouse-slayings: one inept but really, really angry spouse or another clumsily trying to hire a hit man to rub out the other, a hit man who often turned out to be an undercover cop. (What happened to the do-it-yourself spirit?)
But a recent Slate piece has offered evidence that serial killing in general has diminished, although it did proffer the caveat that the past decade's apparent declining crop of killings may not account for victims still buried unfound. And the Times quoted a self-proclaimed serial killer expert who said they were making a comeback (though, thankfully, he didn't blame Long Island):
Vernon J. Geberth, an author and former New York Police Department homicide commander who has analyzed more than 300 serial killings in the United States, said popular culture, not the locale, was to blame.
"I don't think it's strange at all," Mr. Geberth said. "I think that people fail to realize that we have more serial murders today than ever before. We've taken the most reprehensible members of society and given them star status. We've raised a generation of psychopaths. As a result, we have an increase in serial murder."
So what is it—more or fewer of them? Long Island or American culture in general? Fascinating that nobody can agree on whether the number is increasing or decreasing. Of course, "serial killer experts" have a stake in convincing us they are still on the rise, but it's hard to argue with Mr. Geberth's point about the culture and the "star status" we've given them.
I'm not saying I blame it on Jonathan Demme (although I once did) but I think the "star status" in the culture can be traced back to Silence of the Lambs and the way it made a star out of Anthony Hopkins' campy Hannibal Lecter by emphasizing his charming eccentricity rather than his cannibalism (or by making his cannibalism a charming eccentricity). Ever since then, serial-killer chic has achieved a stranglehold (so to speak) over American popular culture. Demme certainly didn't intend this, but his undeniable skill and reputation as a "classy" filmmaker mainstreamed his Lecter and opened the door to a torrent of less artful purveyors of serial-killer fare. And ever since, from Lecter to Dexter, through all the CSIs, the Michael Connelly novels (best in class but still), and, yes, the vampire craze (a thinly disguised serial killer cult for 'tweens), it's clear we love us our serial killers.
But why? Especially when you consider that almost every single one of them depends on the graphic depiction of the terrorizing, slicing, and dicing of attractive young women. (Maybe there's your answer: It's where sick misogyny goes to die.) But I have a theory that includes but subtends that. Because if it were only the appetite for terrifying and murderous violence against women, it could be focused on one woman at a time. It's the serial nature of it that is the attraction, the source of the "star status."
My theory is one I derived after my investigation of America's greatest fake serial killer, Henry Lee Lucas, for a 1990 Vanity Fair story that can be found in The Secret Parts of Fortune. (Unfortunately, Henry is probably best known through the credulous film Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.) It was an investigation that took me into Death Row holding cells in Huntsville, Texas, and Starke, Fla. (That was where I interviewed Henry's "running buddy," Ottis Toole, one of the worst humans I've ever been in a room with. Toole claimed—falsely, I believe—that he killed and ate the son of "America's Most Wanted" TV host John Walsh.) And, for good measure (in a later story), I was led by an FBI man into a burnt-out crack house in Detroit, the burial ground of a real serial killer.
I should mention before laying out this theory that I hesitate to return to the subject, because almost anything you write, even about fake serial killers, contributes to the myth. But this Long Island story hits even closer to home than the previous ones. The Jones Beach island sand-pit burial ground that has been the locus of recent victims is just a few miles from the home I grew up in, in Bay Shore, Long Island. My high school friends surfed at Gilgo Beach, where four bodies have been exhumed from the dunes. (Yes, there was surfing on the Guyland, though not by me. Homie don't surf.)
And my family and friends had spent summer weekends on beach blankets getting sunburned and eating fried clams at Jones Beach, just down the road. I'd always thought that the blacktop that traversed the island, Ocean Parkway, had a lonely, bleak beauty. Now I feel a kind of resentment that the stupidity of serial-killer culture has stained the nostalgia-inducing primal scene of my past by making stars out of serial killers, making it seem like a kind of local profession.
More importantly, I think that all the literature, fictional and pseudo-scientific, has not articulated what I believe is the real reason why our culture seems to love serial killers.
So please allow me to introduce you briefly to the fake serial killer who opened my eyes to our longing for real ones. Yes, longing—that's what I've come to believe the Henry Lee Lucas case demonstrates.
Looking back on it, it's hard to believe that Henry, a homeless drifter, not too bright but with rat-like cunning, was able to take in so many, including the vaunted Texas Rangers, and the supposedly highly trained psychologists who quoted Henry's bogus self-analysis as gospel in textbooks, some of which are still in use even after his vast hoax had been exposed.
Henry was no angel; let's be clear about that. Convicted of murdering his mother in Michigan, he took to the road after his release from the state pen there. In the months before his star turn as super serial killer began, he had been living in a converted chicken coop in a weird religious cult called "The House of Prayer" in North Texas. (I'm not making this up.)
Picked up by the local sheriff on suspicion of murder of a young female travelling companion, Henry would later claim he started confessing to multiple murders in order to put an end to what we'd now call "enhanced interrogation" techniques in his holding cell (kept naked in an artificially freezing cell with just a metal bedframe, etc.).
So he started confessing and once he started he didn't stop for years. Not just the murder he was wanted for, but for random unsolved slayings, cases the cops had never been able to close. And once he started confessing he got himself transferred to better quarters, and the more he kept confessing to local unsolved murders the better his conditions got and the further down the line he put his eventual trial conviction and date with the Big Needle on Huntsville's death row. Eventually he got himself a comfortable cell with premium cable TV and unlimited takeout menu selection for grub, so he kept on confessing, and soon the sheriff had become a law-enforcement star because he had a star serial killer cracking cases for him.
The sheriff, one W.F. "Hound Dog" Conway, an ex-Texas Ranger, eventually brought in his fellow rangers and soon Henry blew up big, statewide, nationwide, confessing to multiple, dozens, scores of unsolved murders throughout America. It was amazing, the number of them—usually lone young women whose bodies were found in the culverts beneath interstate exits, identity undetermined, often because they'd been abandoned by their families once they became runaways or sex workers. Nobody wanted them but Henry and Hound Dog, the rangers, the so-called "serial killer psychologists," the superoverrated FBI "serial killer profilers" (another bogus legacy of Demme's Lambs—they almost always get everything wrong or offer the obvious "He's probably an unmarried male who lives alone." Duh!), and their enablers among the psychiatrists who could make a quick buck out of pop-psych serial-killer books.
The rangers were grateful for Henry because he substantially raised their "case closed" percentages, and soon they were going from bringing in lawmen from around the country to whom Henry would confess to unsolved murders to taking Henry around the country like a touring rock star, arriving in towns to "take cases." Meaning gullible or greedy lawmen would show him some corpse photos of some poor hapless murder victims whose bodies nobody wanted and Henry would say, "Yep, I remember doing her" and provide enough vague details to clear the case. Nobody looked too closely into it, as they just liked the way Henry expeditiously closed the books on nagging, unsolved deaths.
Eventually, he got up to claiming he'd killed 300, 400, 500, or 600, until …
The big recantation. Nobody's exactly sure why, although it had something to do with some born-again woman named Sister Clemmie who at first believed and tried to save Henry's soul and then became suspicious—and then a local DA began looking into some of Henry's confessions with a skeptical eye and in a dramatic standoff, Henry finally confessed his confessions were frauds.
What followed was a major blow-up that ended with a six-month-long judicial hearing in El Paso, a Texas State Attorney's investigation, and major embarrassment for the Texas Rangers, the serial killer "experts," and all others who profited from Henry's lies. Eventually, after years of litigation, then-Gov. George Bush was forced to commute the death sentence Henry had gotten for himself, and he eventually died in jail, though not after confessing to me, during my death row visits, his fake confession methodology. He'd developed a con man's skill at getting the cops, all too eager to close a case, to ask him more and more specific questions that Henry could accede to. ("Was she wearing socks, Henry, any memory of orange socks?" "Why, yes, come to think of it," etc.)
I'd spent weeks in El Paso reading the transcripts of the hearings and it was so clear that Henry pulling a scam from beginning to end that the question I've wondered about ever since was: Why? Why had he succeeded in fooling so many for so long?
Why is there an unhealthy air of excitement whenever a new serial murderer like the Long Island killer or L.A.'s "Grim Sleeper" turns up? Why is American culture so perversely in love with the idea that there are swarms of serial killers roaming our interstates (and now our interwebs—many of the L.I. victims were solicited by Craigslist, the serial killer of newspapers)? Ever since I saw The Silence of the Lambs, I felt that it and its successors played to, preyed on, some dark impulse in the culture to dramatize the terrorizing of women, but there is more, I think.
What I learned from Henry is that there are real constituencies for serial killers. Cops who get to use one guy to improve their closed-case stats—that's obvious. Then, more touchingly, heartbreakingly, there are the victims' families, some of whom I've talked to, some of whom clung to the belief that Henry wasn't faking it because his confessions gave them that "closure" they so desperately sought. Closure is a modern buzzword much overused, but it reflects an ancient human need when a child is killed, one that dates back to the closure at the end of the Homer's Iliad when the brokenhearted King Priam begs for the return of the body of his slain hero son, Hector—so that he can begin to put an end to his deeply lacerating mourning.
And then there are those pseudo-scientific charlatans, the "serial killer profilers" made heroes by The Silence of the Lambs and the bullshit best-sellers they write who claim to have fathomed the source of human evil in bromides like "low self-esteem" and "abusive family situations." The profilers get to be heroes because they convince Americans that however much evil is out there, however many serial killers, these specters are not unfathomable. Rather, they are explicable, capable of capture both physically and psychologically by these brilliant knights in scientific armor who can put the killers under the microscope and deliver us from evil.
And, finally, there is American culture itself. Serial killers are an alibi for our nation. Think about it. What would you rather believe? That there's a single lone sicko like Henry killing 500 hapless victims? Or that there are 500 murderers still at large (by virtue of Henry "taking" their cases) who have already gotten away with one murder and may be cruising into your town right now looking for another?
What paints a more disturbing picture of American culture? The one serial killer driven by inner demons or the 500 murderers driven by a sick and murderous culture that produces 500? And yet the latter, alas, seems closer to the truth. A sick and murderous culture that, I'd argue, comes full circle by creating actual serial killers, killers who have taken as their role models the fake ones on our screens. America has made serial killing a self-replicating phenomenon.
Don't turn away: Serial killers are America's alibi, and every time you pay your 12 bucks for another serial-killer movie or put one on your Netflix queue, you're feeding the beast.
You're an accomplice. In making serial killers giggly, kitschy chic, we're all accomplices.


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On March 28, 2009 at 8:30 P.M., cities all over the world will be turning off their power to raise awareness about climate change for Earth Hour 2009. Blogs and newspapers alike have been reporting the haps — and anyone who is looking can certainly find a wealth information about the history of the campaign — and why they should participate this year. Here's a bit more information from around the blogosphere on Earth Hour 2009:
First all, you can follow Earth Hour on Twitter and watch videos on YouTube.
Treehugger takes a deeper look at Ikea participating in Earth Hour 2009.
Morsels and Musings suggests cooking a low-carbon meal in celebration.
Earth Times announces that Pennsylvania, California, and Arkansas are the first US states to join the cause.
Treehugger reports that Earth Hour is gaining attention throughout the world.


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Salaries for archaeologists vary and everyone going into this field should familiarize themselves with the salary and how to improve it before diving in. Archaeology is a branch of anthropology. Those in this field study humans. Those working in this field will need a college education and the level their obtain will determine their job prospects and potential salary.
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Archaeologist Salary
In the United States, the general annual salary range for archaeologists is about $30,000 to $100,000. The average starting salary is approximately $34,000 per year and with each additional five years of experience, the increase in salary is about $5,000 per year. Salary will vary depending on the person's level of education, his or her region, how long they have been in this field and level of experience, and their employer.
In the United States, salaries for archaeologists possessing a bachelor of arts in anthropology earn an average salary for $20,000 to $41,000 per year. Those possessing a master of arts in anthropology earn an average salary of $31,000 to $42,000 per year. Those possessing a PhD in anthropology earn an average salary of $37,000 to $64,000 per year.
Those who want to improve their salary can do several things. The easiest way is to move to a geographic region where salaries are higher. Next, he or she can pursue further education. Lastly, as he or she gains experience in this field their salary will increase. Changing type of employer may also result in a salary increase.
Archaeologists with one to four years of experience earn an average of $26,000 to $43,000 per year. Those with five to nine years of experience earn an average of $34,000 to $54,000 per year. Those with 10 to 19 years of experience earn an average of $39,000 to $62,000 per year. Those with 20 or more years of experience earn an average of $42,000 to $72,000 per year.
Those working for a college or university earn an average of $24,000 to $33,000 per year. Those working for a non-profit organization earn a average of $24,000 to $52,000 per year. Those working for the federal government earn an average of $48,000 to $73,000 per year. Those working for a company earn an average of $35,000 to $50,000 per year. Those working for a private firm earn an average of $38,000 to $55,000 per year. Those working for a local or state government earn an average of $37,000 to $55,000 per year.
Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Ehcline
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Career Outlook
Those working in archeology can expect to see an increase of about 15 percent in employment opportunities. Most will find employment in research institutions. The next most common field of employment for archaeologists is with the United States federal government.
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What Does an Archaeologist Do and How do I Become One?
Archaeologists dig up ancient artifacts and remains to study past human cultures. They do this to get a glimpse into how past civilizations lives. They will determine how long the things they dig up have been underground and will spend time analyzing the data they gather in a laboratory, and then will write up reports on the outcome. They will often work in teams and spend a large amount of their work time outside on site. They may work in mountains and caves, deserts, and other areas so they must be able to tolerate different weather conditions and extreme temperatures well.
For entry-level research assistant positions in this field, a bachelor of science in archeology is needed. Those who wish to teach or gain higher-paying employment opportunities, a master of science in archeology is needed. For those who wish to write books about the excavations they have done, lead their own excavation teams, and have the reputation and knowledge to complete projects that private foundations, government agencies, and trust organizations fund, a PhD is necessary.
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StateUniversity.com. (2010). Archaeologist Job Description. Retrieved on December 10, 2010 from StateUniversity.com: http://careers.stateuniversity.com/pages/7752/Archaeologist.html
PayScale. (2010). Salary Snapshot for Archaeologist Jobs. Retrieved on December 10, 2010 from PayScale: http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Archaeologist/Salary


text: |The Pentek 158117 Slim Line #10 Clear 1/4" Housing w/pr has 1/4" NPT inlet/outlets. It uses 10" L x 2.5" W water filters. The Pentek 158117 slim design reduces space required for installation without sacrificing capacity. It has a leak-proof seal with a top-seated o-ring. The housing has four bosses molded into the cap for mounting purposes. The filter housing is clear to allow for on-site examination of flow, performance, and cartridge flow. Drinking water filters produce healthier, better-tasting drinking water by reducing chlorine taste and odor and other contaminants. The Pentek 158117 Slim Line filter housings are an excellent choice for low-flow applications and when space and chemical compatibility are concerns. It is manufactured of clear, Styrene- Acrylonitrile (SAN). The sumps are stress relieved for added clarity and strength. The blue polypropylene caps have a pressure-relief button on the inlet side to relieve pressure inside the housing when changing filter cartridges. The water filter cartridge is not included with the housing. This allows you to purchase the best water filter for your water supply. The water filter cartridge life depends on the water filter cartridge purchased, the quality of your water, and the amount of water used. You will know when to change the filter cartridge when your water pressure drops. The water filter cartridge is not included with the housing. This allows you to purchase the best water filter for your water supply. The Most Popular Water Filters for the #10 Clear Filter Housing are P5 5 Micron Sediment Filter and C-1 5 Micron Chlorine Taste & Odor Reduction Carbon Filter. Recommended parts and accessories include replacement OR-38 O-Rings. One o-ring is included with the housing purchase, but you should replace the o-ring periodically to prevent leaks. Use silicone grease to lubricate the o-rings to prevent leaking. Use the SW-1 housing wrench to remove the sump. The wrench should not be used to tighten the sump back onto the cap. Over tightening may cause damage to the o-ring. Use a SL-BR stainless steel mounting bracket to mount the whole house housing. The Pentek 158117 Slim Line #10 Clear 1/4" Housing w/pr is very easy to install. It has 1/4" NPT inlet/outlets for easy installation on a cold water line. The housing is 12-1/8" x 4-5/8" (308 mm x 118 mm). You will need to allow slightly more room in addition to the housing dimensions for installation.


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MOSCOW, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Russia's largest lender Sberbank has completed building up provisions for a loan it gave to Croatia's indebted food and retail company Agrokor, the bank's press office said on Wednesday.
Sberbank's exposure to Agrokor amounts to about 1.1 billion euros. To lift part of the burden from the struggling Croatian food group, Sberbank last month bought a stake in Slovenian food retailer Mercator from Agrokor. (Reporting by Kira Zavyalova; Writing by Andrey Ostroukh; Editing by Christian Lowe)


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Storm Clouds Gather
Codebreaking at Bletchley Park first took place in August 1938
A small group of people moved into the Mansion under the cover story that they were 'Captain Ridley's Shooting Party'. They had an air of friends enjoying a relaxed weekend together at a country house. They even brought with them one of the best chefs from the Savoy Hotel to cook their food. But the small group of people were actually members of MI6, and the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), a secret team including a number of scholars and academics turned Codebreakers. Their job; to see whether Bletchley Park would work as a wartime location, safe from the risk of bombing in London, for intelligence activity by GC&CS as well as elements of MI6. Satisfied with the suitability of Bletchley Park, they returned to London to await the impending conflict.


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Finn and The Defenders cast featured on Empire UK new issue. You can find the digital can on our gallery and read the article here:
IF THERE'S ONE thing people love more than superheroes, it's more superheroes. Superheroes all over the shop, teaming up, palling around, occasionally squabbling. Oh, and fighting evil.
The Avengers did it, to great success of course, in 2012, which triggered a vast expansion of costumed crusaders. And now comes the latest big Marvel team, streaming straight to sofas everywhere: The Defenders. The latest bingeable Netflix series isn't, as you might think, focused on a flat back four. Instead, it brings together, over a truncated eight episodes, the four heroes introduced over the last three years — Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Krysten Ritter's Jessica Jones, Mike Colter's Luke Cage, and the most recent addition, the much-maligned Danny Rand/Iron Fist (Finn Jones) — to face down a threat so great, one hero won't do: Sigourney Weaver, as a mysterious and powerful executive called Alexandra. Oh, and shadowy ninja organisation The Hand.
"I was concerned about how you could combine those worlds," admits Cox. "Tonally they feel so different. But it feels like all the characters have been respected, and the show has a tone of its own. [They've] kept it grounded, but at the same time it lives in a slightly mythical world."
It may not rival The Avengers in scale, but The Defenders will mark a definite step up in scale from the solo shows, where these street-level heroes set about — yes! — defending their New York boroughs, from Hell's Kitchen to Harlem, with vigilante vigour. None would be a prized card in a Marvel Top Trumps game. There's nobody here with Thor-level powers. Daredevil is a blind man with heightened senses and ninja training. Jessica Jones punches things and delivers sardonic one-liners. Luke Cage is bulletproof and also punches things. Danny Rand has a glowing fist, ideal for karate-chopping things, and is again with the ninja training.
But its joys won't just come from seeing them facing off against Weaver and her minions ("Aliens is one of my favourite movies," laughs Cox. "I wanted to say, 'Get away from her, you bitch!' when I met her at New York Comic-Con, but I chickened out"). It'll also stem from the interplay between these four hardened, cynical heroes, some of whom (Luke and Jessica) have already met, and exchanged more than fighting tips. "We're very reluctant at first," says Colter. "Nobody really wants to work with anyone." In fact, there could be so much infighting, it might well be a case of Defenders Disassemble. "By the end of the show, I think it might be more like The Hangover," laughs Colter. "'I don't ever want to see you again!'"


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Temukan harga terbaik untuk setiap produk Traveloka yang Anda butuhkan. AirAsia tidak mengizinkan kursi roda atau perangkat mobilitas yang dioperasikan dengan baterai dalam pesawat. Dalam kondisi tertentu, kursi roda atau perangkat mobilitas yang dioperasikan dengan baterai dapat diterima apabila baterai dikeluarkan. Berat maksimum yang diperkenankan untuk kursi roda atau perangkat mobilitas adalah 85 kilogram. Enter your 10-digit cell number when prompted by the International Travel Hotline. Are you aware that there are Australians registered with Morgellons Disease that work for Centrelink in Queensland??? and it is spreading round their workplace also. One woman is on medication for an unknown itch" (she will not be registered with the Morgellons Reserach Basis). Those who're registered with MRF are scared as a result of they feel they're spreading it to their co-workers.
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Puffins are among the most immediately recognisable, iconic and well cherished of birds. For many they're a highlight of the UK's summer season coastline and their colourful look, comedy antics and approachability just add to their reputation. A number of 'hotspot' are attracting excessive ranges of interest in visits to their colonies. Regardless of the high degree of interest in, and appeal of, these birds there has been a stunning lack of books targeted on Puffins as a species. Award-profitable wildlife photographer Mark Sisson has spent several years photographing Puffins and this new e-book combines photos that superbly encapsulate their appeal and visible enchantment with an accessible textual content written by main wildlife writer Dominic Couzens. The e book covers the birds' life cycle, behaviour, habitats and the present and future challenges that they face, together with many shocking facts and anecdotes.


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There is very little to top a relaxing Sunday at popular rooftop oasis, The Living Room in Maboneng.
Why go?
Chill out with great food and drinks, vibey music and fabulous people at Living Room this Sunday. Enjoy one of their legendary homemade cocktails while enjoying the Jozi skyline, eccentric plant chandeliers and decadently healthy menu.
When is it?
Sunday, 22 June 2014.
Where is it?
Living Room, Maboneng Precinct.
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Even this fan can't figure out why the hell Swift is doing this. (via Gawker)
Recently, Taylor Swift gave a fan $90 out of her purse for more or less no reason. Yes, because she was hungry, but not in the "global fight against hunger" sense of the word. This fan just saw Taylor Swift in Central Park and decided to get in a boat and paddle over to the celebrity and interrupt her interview with a Rolling Stone reporter.
Seriously can't get over this. Taylor & security help a fan off a boat so she can take a pic! http://t.co/aCE0KOu25F pic.twitter.com/tUTYCl8ma6— TT4Taylor (@TT4Taylor) July 24, 2014
After taking some photos, Taylor Swift heard she was going to Chipotle, decided she should have something nice, and gave her $90 in cold, hard cash.
You guys! Taylor is the sweetest she gave a fan $90 for her bday to eat a nice dinner! http://t.co/vP73ExC0F8 pic.twitter.com/QS3uwePYmz— TT4Taylor (@TT4Taylor) July 25, 2014
Whether she meant "something nice at Chipotle" or "please eat somewhere nicer than Chipotle" is unclear. Photos from this day appeared in news outlets, but they were unaware of the cash transfer at the time, and focused on the part where Swift helped the interrupting fan out of her boat while T-Swif was looking super cute AND WEARING HEEEEEEELS!!!!
In New York City celebrating my friend's birthday, we went for a boat ride and we found Taylor swift pic.twitter.com/Kvn8UhkvLH— Alex Garcia (@Acoustic_Garcia) July 24, 2014
One of the people with this lucky fan, however, was Alex Garcia, who posted pictures of the cash transfer that have since been deleted. Fortunately, Gawker's Crosstalk blog retained a screenshot.
Dear Guy in Sunglasses: Please teach me your poker face secrets.
I really hope this isn't a viral marketing campaign, since I just reported this morning on John Oliver's takedown of advertising that disguises itself as real content (or worse, real news). Although I suppose "Chipotle: Celebrities Have No Idea What Our Food Is Like" isn't a very good slogan.
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According to NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy, a group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut will perform "America the Beautiful" during the Super Bowl pregame show on Sunday.
The league is flying the students and their families to New Orleans at the end of the week. Their performance will be broadcast live on CBS prior to the performance of the National Anthem.
The NFL has demonstrated its support of the Newtown community through its use of "S.H.E.S." (Sandy Hook Elementary School) stickers on players' helmets, moments of silence prior to games, personal visits by players to the families, and charitable donations for relief causes.
The New York Giants hosted Newtown students and their families during pregame introductions prior to their win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
A group of Sandy Hook students also recorded a version of "Over the Rainbow" with pop singer Ingrid Michaelson, with proceeds from the sale of the recording directed to the Newtown Youth Academy and the United Way of Western Connecticut. The song was performed a couple of weeks ago on ABC's Good Morning America and was made available for sale on Amazon and iTunes.


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Ab Crunch Exercise Demo and Instrucitons
From eDiets
Starting Position:
Lie on a mat on your back.
Make sure that your lower back is relaxed against the mat during this exercise.
Bend your knees until your legs are at a 45 degree angle.
Contracting the upper abs, raise your head and upper torso off the floor until your shoulders are slightly lifted.
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Real Life Home No.7: Colorful + Ecclectic
• 09 June 2011
The theme for this week's "Real Life Home" is color, color and more color! Quite different from the other spaces featured in this series, this Portland home shows us all how fun life can be when we brighten things up a bit...literally. One of my favorite aspects of the "Real Life Home" series is appreciating decorating styles that aren't exactly like our own--styles that uniquely reflect another person and his or her aesthetic. Peeking into this happy, color-swathed Portland home is a visual feast prepared for you by my friend Sara. And now that I live in the Pacific Northwest, I can honestly see why colorful interiors are so popular up here--a wonderful strategy to counteract the gray!
{above photo} Sara's Francophile bedroom (she and hubby speak fluent French)--this girl is not afraid to mix and match color and patterns--I love that! Personal favorites include the chandelier, zig zag bedding and that to-die-for-chartreuse trim.
For those of you just tuning in, this series showcases living spaces decorated by people who are not formally-trained interior designers; people who mix new finds with antiques and secondhand pieces from Craigslist (or the like). People who have figured out, on their own, what looks and feels good in their living space.
Sara and her husband are lucky enough to have a little guest house in their backyard--the perfect respite for friends and frequent flyers like grandma and grandpa. They had a lot of fun with this renovation and made sure to add the family's signature pops of color inside too {below image}.
Loving the appearance of that chartreuse again--what a pretty contrast against the exposed brick wall. And let's talk about that cobalt blue door...isn't that beautiful? I feel like I need that now.
Also notable is the chandelier and the growth chart mounted on the wall to document the stature of her two, sweet kiddos.
Below you see the exterior of Sara's home as well as a portion of her kitchen. The hues of blue compliment the pops of red so well. Putting those colors together was simply brilliant!
This angle makes me want to revisit our open shelving discussion.
Last, I want to share these colorful, "kid spaces" Sara created for her two toddlers. I feel so happy looking at them! Highlights include that funky pillow on the sofa, the upholstered chair in Penelope's room (such a cute girls name, right?) and the painting over the changing table. I love the gentle reminder that nursery art does not have to be juvenile per se, in order to be appropriate for a childlike space.
All of the people who've shared their living spaces specifically for this series expressed feeling a little timid about putting it all out there, Sara included. I hope you consider leaving a little note here on this post, sharing any thoughts you might have about this colorful, ecclectic, inspiring space. It means a lot!
More beautiful spaces designed by non-designers:
Real Life Home No.6 - Amy (calming neutrals)
Real Life Home No.5 - Lynne (whimsy + details)
Real Life Home No.4 - Emily (clean + textural)
Real Life Home No.3 - Kirsten (whites + woods)
Real Life Home No.2 - Maria (white kitchen love)
Real Life Home No.1 - Cherilee (mid-century modern)
all of these lovely images are courtesy of Portland-based Heather Keeling Photography. Merci Heather!
26 comments:
- Gabrielle - Design Mom said...
I adore color! The pink door is my favorite
- June 9, 2011 at 4:21 AM
- Courtney said...
I love all the color! This feels to me like the most "real" home so far-- I can imagine people and a family in it. I guess that means it's my style, so I should come back when I need decorating inspiration!
- June 9, 2011 at 4:38 AM
- brooke said...
I really love that kitchen!
- June 9, 2011 at 4:57 AM
- Lesley said...
I agree, this home feels very real, which helps me see how I can apply some of the bold colors in my own home (something we greatly lack here!). I am in love with so many of the elements, but especially the pillow with "Penelope" on it. I've now been inspired to making something similar for my daughter. Thanks!
- June 9, 2011 at 6:41 AM
- Ana Degenaar said...
Ok, now I'm beyond hooked!
Happy day, friend!
- June 9, 2011 at 7:36 AM
- Briana said...
This home is wonderful!
- June 9, 2011 at 7:55 AM
- Mary said...
Awesome! I love Sara, and I adore her house. It so perfectly reflects her fun and spunky personality!
- June 9, 2011 at 7:59 AM
- The Romneys said...
I tend to be a bright color fan myself. While all the neutral houses look so pretty in a picture, I can't imagine living in them and trying to keep them looking so perfect. I love this house in all its bright bold glory.
- June 9, 2011 at 8:30 AM
- lynne said...
Such a happy house! I love it all... especially the to-die-for bedroom!!
- June 9, 2011 at 9:23 AM
- moorni said...
All the homes you've showcased have been lovely. I'm not sure what it was about this one, other than I'm from the northwest as well, but it has encouraged me to think about how I might inject pops of bright color in our home to help offset the frequent gray days of our area. Thank you!
- June 9, 2011 at 10:52 AM
- Leah said...
Beautiful! I love that you are featuring homes of those of us who really enjoy design but are not professionals...even better when they are also fans of thriftstore/Craigslist items! Great series. And now I'm thinking about painting my front door!
- June 9, 2011 at 11:51 AM
- Maryanne said...
I love it too! It looks so put together and, at the same time, real. I'll be bookmarking some ideas. Thanks for sharing!
- June 9, 2011 at 12:25 PM
- Martha said...
love, love, love this. i love when people aren't afraid to be bold with color and she does it so tastefully.
- June 9, 2011 at 1:27 PM
- Pinecone said...
I love love love color! The chair on the bottom left photo is perfect!
- June 9, 2011 at 1:30 PM
- Cass said...
LOVE the color! Truly inspiring. :) The kids rooms are my favorite.
- June 9, 2011 at 4:39 PM
- jaclyn @ thelateafternoon said...
this is such a colorful, cute home! the bedroom is my favorite!
- June 9, 2011 at 7:38 PM
I love the chandelier in the first bedroom, the colorful chair in the little girl's room and the colorful rug in the other little girl's room.
- June 9, 2011 at 8:37 PM
- Rebecca said...
Oh! Oh! Oh! Absolutely love all the color. Gorgeous home and so well styled!
- June 10, 2011 at 8:52 AM
- Stacy said...
Color makes me happy and I'd be smiling forever in this home! So beautiful and fun. A place you want to be.
- June 10, 2011 at 9:05 AM
- Denise Laborde said...
Yes! That blue door with the red chair and pale blue walls is beautiful.
In my current home, I've shied away from bright colors expect for certain accent pieces. Now that we are moving I am looking forward to using more color in a more substantial way which is why this post is particularly inspirational.
I really enjoy this series. Thanks Stephanie!
- June 11, 2011 at 12:03 AM
- simplygrove said...
What a great space!!
- June 12, 2011 at 9:41 PM
So many great details without feeling overwhelmed. Well done, just love the color!
- June 13, 2011 at 10:08 AM
So many great details without feeling overwhelmed. Well done, just love the color!
- June 13, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- kh said...
So cheery! It makes me smile just looking at the pictures. I can only imagine how joyful it feels in real life. Thank you for sharing!
- June 13, 2011 at 1:35 PM
- Portland Sunshine said...
thanks for all the house love. reading the comments is like a big hug. merci.
- June 23, 2011 at 1:24 PM
- VanityofVanities said...
Wow! i love the color of the door, pink and purple. Kid friendly colors and yet so beautiful to look at for adults. Wonderful hose, eh.
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- September 28, 2011 at 11:03 PM


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Brokers Jarrod Lege, Shelley Moncrief and Rick Schenck, formerly of Capital One, are joining the New Orleans-area firm -- Standard Investment Advisors, which has $140 million in assets under management -- founded last year by advisors Merritt Talbot and Margie Benjamin. Lege and Montcrief together managed $194 million of assets at the bank while Schenck serviced $130 million, LPL said in a statement.
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Now that the excitement over the dress has died down, we can move onto lesser matters like Kate's makeup, her hair, and the accessories she wore to wed her prince. Read on for all the need-to-know details!
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According to a palace spokesperson, Catherine's wedding band was created by Wartski, a family jewelry business, from a piece of Welsh gold that was given to Prince William by Queen Elizabeth shortly after his engagement. The wedding band will accompany the sapphire engagement ring that Prince William gave Catherine in October, which famously belonged to his mother Diana.
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text: Bayville Golf Club collaborates to protect the environmentThe club partners with organizations to ensure a healthy watershedJ. Cutler Robinson Jr., CGCSBayville Golf Club, Virginia Beach, Va.Publication date: June 2007Bayville Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course built in the early 1990s. Situated on the banks of the Lynnhaven River, the golf course is within two miles of the Chesapeake Bay. A former dairy farm, the 265 acre-property has more than one mile of estuary shoreline. Simply stated, estuary is the ocean's inlet into the lower end of the river. Protecting this shoreline and the adjacent waterway is integral to the club's success. From the onset of construction, we met with local and regional environmental leaders for direction and counsel on environmental issues. Their inclusion opened a two-way communication that has continued to this day. An environmental philosophy Our commitment to the environment originated with the founding members of the club. 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Enhancing the environmental benefits on the course During the course's construction, Billy Mills, BayScapes project director from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, made site visits and offered suggestions on how to enhance the environmental benefit the course would have to the Lynnhaven River. Environmental consultant Mary Heinricht steered the club through the permitting processes with ideas and goals that were not only met, but exceeded required environmental regulations. Architects considered their environmental recommendations and incorporated them into the design of the course. From the lake drainage system that keeps creek marshes healthy to native trees, shrubs and colorful wildflower meadows planted along the course, Bayville Golf Club has kept both golfers and nature in mind. Innovative designs Environmental tours showcase BayScaping in lieu of landscaping, which promotes ways of keeping fertilizers and other chemicals from running off into the Chesapeake Bay. 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