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New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) All eyes will be on the young Indian team as it gears up for the Hockey World League Final that starts here Friday at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.
India are in a tough group with Olympic champions Germany, World No.4 England and New Zealand. World champions Australia, Olympic runners-up the Netherlands, Argentina and Belgium make up the other group.
India captain Sardar Singh said that the tournament will be a challenge for the team in transition.
"We are a team in transition and have prepared hard for the tournament. It will be a challenging tournament for us but hopefully the boys will give their best," said Sardar.
The India captain was realistic in saying that a 4-5 finish would be a decent performance for the side.
"The young boys have done well and hopefully they will be at their best. We are hoping for a 4th-5th place finish. But we have to really do well to meet our targets," Sardar said.
Sardar also said that the tournament will also be a preparation for the FIH Hockey World Cup in Hague this May.
"We have an exciting year ahead. There couldn't have been a better opportunity to test ourselves in a competition like this. We have high hopes from this year. Hopefully the team will also step up to the challenge," he said.
India will start their campaign against England. Both the teams are short on match-practice, and England coach Bobby Crutchley said they are not worrying too much about the hosts.
"We are probably a bit like India; not played many matches recently. But we have done quite a lot of training. Our strategy will be just about focussing on our game and to give our best performance out there, not worrying too much about India," said Crutchley.
"If India play well then they would be putting us under enough pressure but our challenge would be to play our quality ball game and show the ability to play at high intensity. We are trying to get into the tournament with a good start and then trying to build that momentum throughout," he added.
Meanwhile, Germany remain one of the favourites to win the title. German coach Marcus Weise was happy with the training sessions here.
"The team is doing good and has been undertaking extensive training sessions for the tournament. Our players have been showcasing excellent skills during these sessions, which is a good sign and talks of their confidence. Throughout the practice matches, our focus has been on improving the basics and play good hockey," he said.
Germany start against New Zealand and Weise hoped it would be an intersting contest.
"We are all set for tomorrow's match against New Zealand. It is definitely going to be an interesting one, and, as it is our first match in the tournament, we will put in our best efforts to win. We are looking forward to put up a good show in this tournament and have targets set in our mind," he said.


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The William Castle Film Collection (US - DVD R1)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced a new 5-disc collection
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Released: 20th October 2009
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced The William Castle Film Collection which includes 13 Frightened Girls, 13 Ghosts (1960), Homicidal, Strait-Jacket, Mr. Sardonicus, The Old Dark House, The Tingler, and Zotz! The 5-disc collection will be available to own from the 20th October, and should retail at around $80.95. Extra material is listed below, along with the artwork:
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# Battle-Axe: The Making of Strait-Jacket
# Joan Crawford Wardrobe Tests
# Axe Tests
# Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and The Tingler
# Taking the Punishment Poll
# Psychette: William Castle and Homicidal
# TV spots
# Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
# Commentary with Producer/Director Jeffrey Schwarz and Terry Castle
# Ghost Story: Pilot (The New House)
# Ghost Story: Graveyard Shift
# How To Plan a Movie Murder- Vintage Featurette
# HOMICIDAL Youngstown, Ohio Premiere.
# Original "British" Trailer Introduction
# Original Candy Web Trailer
# Original "Candy Web" Theatrical Opening Message from William Castle
# Original "Candy Web" Theatrical Closing Message from William Castle
# Alternate Opening (British)
# Alternate Opening (Swedish)
# Alternate Opening (French)
# Alternate Opening (German)
Quote: Iconic horror director WILLIAM CASTLE created a simple, but winning formula for his films: a little comedy, a lot of scares, a preposterous gimmick, and a clear sense that fright films should be fun. This even meant Castle would, like Hitchcock, appear in his trailers and even the movies themselves. Though his career spanned 35 years and included everything from westerns to crime thrillers, he'll always be remembered for his horror films from the late 50s to the mid-60s. And now Sony presents all eight of his Columbia features - three making their DVD debut, the rest newly-remastered - in one "spook-tac-ular" collection. And as a bonus, it includes the award-winning feature-length documentary, SPINE TINGLER! THE WILLIAM CASTLE STORY.
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This looks great, I already have HoHH, so the absence isn't a other to me, but I am a huge WC fan. It's a shame Dark Castle sort of went on it's own, I would have loved them to stick to their original "purpose", to update william castle flicks with the help of his daughter (or was it grand daughter? or neice? either way). Their other flicks seem to be a hit or miss with me, but I enjoyed 13 ghosts and HoHH.
great collection. not so great price.
and where is The House on Haunted Hill?
and where is The House on Haunted Hill?
Definitely a buy for me! ToySoldier79 really put it in a perfect brief form of what William Castle has done for cinema. Looking forward to this one!
HELL YEAH!! I'm definitely picking this one up, this man brought showmanship and more fun to the movie going experience. "Matinee" was mostly inspired by him. I am a huge William Castle fan.
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With so many titles to choose from, Netflix Instant's library can be overwhelming. So we bring you this biweekly column as a tool to cut through the clutter by highlighting some now streaming titles that pair well with the latest theatrical releases.
Looking to Captain Phillips, ACOD, and Machete Kills for inspiration, we've pulled together a selection of inspiring biopics, wild family-comedies, and over-the-top action flicks.
Captain Phillips
Tom Hanks stars as the titular captain who made headlines in 2009 after he was forced to confront a gang of Somali pirates. When they boarded the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama cargo ship, Phillips knew he was the only thing standing between these gun-toting terrors of the high seas, and the safety of his crew. Barkhad Abdi, Catherine Keener and Barkhad Abdirahman co-star; Paul Greengrass directs. Read our full review.
There's nothing so inspiring as an incredible true story. For more tales of men who overcame harrowing odds, try this trio about a crippled aristocrat, a former freedom fighter, and a lonely boy named John Lennon.
The Intouchables (2011) An odd couple story that's stranger than fiction, this biopic centers on the friendship that blossomed between an quadriplegic aristocrat and the stubborn young man from the projects who he hired to be his caretaker. Showing a remarkable warmth and joie de vivre, this French dramedy won praise worldwide, and became the nation's biggest box office hit. Francois Cluzet and Omar Sy star; Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano direct.
The First Grader (2010) When Kenya attempted to revitalize its nation with a new education initiative, it meant hordes of children got access to primary school. No one expected an 84-year-old Mau Mau freedom fighter to show up with a dream to learn to read. No matter the ridicule, threats, and scorn he faces from the controversy-torn community, Kimani N'gan'ga Maruge is committed, as is the young teacher who'll risk everything to help him reach his goal. Oliver Litondo and Naomie Harris star; Justin Chadwick directs.
Nowhere Boy (2009) Before he was an internationally beloved rock star and activist, John Lennon was just a boy living with strict aunt Mimi, and trying to start a band. But his simple life is derailed when his estranged mother shows up and tries to make up—or smooth over—all the years she's missed. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster co-star; Sam Taylor-Johnson directs.


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I owe much of my bow-hunting success this past season to my son, dry fallen leaves, and some very special arrows.
My son helped me set up perfect tree stands and drag out heavy deer. Crisp, noisy leaves alerted me to approaching deer long before I could see them, and my favorite arrows greatly helped me recover deer in the dark.
You can't buy a great son or a carpet of dry leaves, but you can wrap up a dozen lighted-nock arrows for your special bow hunter.
Rhythmically crunching crisp, fallen oak leaves, a heavy buck passed my stand shortly before last light one evening during last November's rut. Stopping it with a guttural grunt, I shot as it stood broadside, 15 yards away. The deer didn't even flinch, though I felt certain I had made a good shot.
When an arrow flies more than 300 feet per second, sometimes it's difficult to assess your hit in low light. The buck moved off slowly, without reaction, as if I had missed. For a disconcerting moment, I began to question whether I indeed had hit it after all.
Waiting doubtfully in my tree stand for a nerve-wracking 45 minutes, just as it got dark, I finally noticed out of the corner of my eye the tiny, lighted nock of my arrow sticking out of the ground about 20 yards away. Whether the deer was hit or not would be quickly verified after checking for the presence or absence of blood on the arrow's vanes.
Descending uncertainly, I found, much to my relief, its yellow-and-white fletching and shaft totally stained dark red. I had indeed hit it well. Following the blood trail in the dark with a good light, an essential tool for all bow hunters, I soon came upon the big buck, which had gone down quickly 70 yards from my stand. Dressing it out on site, I saw that it was hit lethally in the liver, about two inches from the heart.
Had it been hit in the heart or lungs, it would have exhibited an obvious reaction to the shot — generally a body contraction and a quick leap. The blood on the arrow would have been a brighter red. What made finding both my arrow and the deer so quickly and easily was the invaluable arrow my son and I now always use. Its lighted nock verified the success of the shot, got me started right away on a blood trail that I might not otherwise have readily found, and saved me the cost of a potentially lost arrow and broadhead, in this case more than $20. This is one high-tech product that's clearly worth its cost; it greatly lessens the possibility of losing a deer.
Lighted nocks deservedly have earned numerous local fans. Their tiny batteries have ultra-bright LEDs with a shelf life up to three years. Our fastest shooting bows, though, can diminish considerably that optimum longevity. Fortunately, the batteries can be replaced easily.
Nocks are available in both red and green. Eric Price, co-founder and vice president of the Burt Coyote Co., which makes the Lumenok arrow, told me the brighter green LEDs, which I prefer, use energy faster than red ones, so they dim more quickly. This is one of the most helpful gifts that Santa can add to an archer's quiver.
Because I am constantly at risk from attacking flies, chiggers, ticks and mosquitoes both here and in the tropics, I'm perennially looking for reliable protection. I've lately been relying on the permethrin-impregnated clothing manufactured by Insect Shield in Greensboro, N.C. Embedded in the cloth fibers is a neurotoxic synthetic insecticide that is harmless to humans.
Entirely odorless, it's a highly effective for deer hunting — especially during the early September mosquito season in Connecticut. Its protection lasts through about 70 washings. Insect Shield clothing's greatest local benefit here may be its potential for reducing Lyme disease.
One of the least expensive Christmas gifts I received last year turned out to be a great help hunting — a case of 50-pack white trail tacks for marking my way to my tree stands in the dark. HME Products makes the best I've seen.
SOG makes some of the toughest, sharpest and most affordable specialty knives in the world. Their reputation is well deserved. Each year, I treat myself to trying at least one of SOG's new knives for field-dressing deer. Its fixed-blade Aura Hunting knife has good ergodynamics, and its gut hook was sharp out of the package.
Deer hunters need a good light to follow blood trails after dark. ICON's Modus 2 flashlight has a long-lasting LED, operated inexpensively by two AA batteries. Durable, waterproof and having two brightness levels, it lacks only a red filter light that would minimize advertising one's presence.
One of the most appreciated gifts I annually bring down to the Amazon's Quichua Indian guides has been a green laser pointer made by the H.E. Long Co. Though intended for interior use, it's perfect for pointing out birds and other difficult-to-see outdoor wildlife, even in the rainforest canopy.
An Indian with limited foreign language skills invariably finds it challenging to communicate to a birder that "the toucan is in the tallest cecropia tree, 3 feet in at 2 o'clock" — especially when his client could be from any country in the world and likely doesn't know a cecropia from a kapok. But even a colorblind, myopic observer can spot the laser light directed at the feet of a bird.
We've found that the green laser surprisingly shows up on green vegetation far better than the red laser. If you guide people on bird walks or other nature expeditions here or abroad, these lasers can prove invaluable.
Today — Worcester County League of Sportsmen's Clubs meeting at the Hubbardston Rod & Gun Club, 55 Williamsville Road, Hubbardston, (978) 928-4490.
Saturday — Westminster Christmas Bird Count: Compiler: Charles Caron, (978) 874-5649.
Sunday — Trap shooting, 11 a.m. at the Auburn Sportsman's Club.
Jan. 9 — Auburn Sportsman's Club Indoor Archery League begins, running 10 weeks. Shooting will be on Wednesday nights at 6 p.m. Cost: $5 per week. Contact Mark Goodwin or Ron Kazlauskas.
Feb. 23 —Singletary Rod & Gun Club game supper, 300 Sutton Ave., Oxford 01540; (508) 987-8783. Game and fish donations are needed for this event. Join to participate.
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Perhaps no other scientific issue has received more debate in the past decade than global climate change. Marcia Franklin talks about the phenomenon with two experts, and also discusses changing human perceptions about the issue.
One of Franklin's guests is Stephen Schneider, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University. Dr. Schneider was one of the lead authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He was the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" Fellowship in 1992, and is the author of numerous books on climate change, including Climate Change Policy: A Survey and Laboratory Earth: The Planetary Gamble We Can't Afford to Lose.
The other guest on the panel is Stephen Pyne, Ph.D., a professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. Dr. Pyne is considered one of the world's experts in fire ecology, and has written more than ten books on the subject, including Fire: A Brief History and World Fire. He was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship in 1988 and two National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships.
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Last we spoke, I was having some reservations about the whole Santa thing. It was great to read your comments on that post; I'd had no idea other parents shared any of my doubts in that department. After considering all of your thoughts, Aaron and I officially decided to casually skip over Santa this year. And after finishing the last of our late-December work projects, we decided to get on with Christmas!
I, in particular, have really been feeling it this season. I baked cookies and everything. I even got a head start on gifting. This year's been wonderful and BUSY, and I've been looking forward to getting cozy with the fam for the holidays, distraction-free (which almost never happens) and set to celebrate our shared love and successes, and our ever-evolving lives. Of course, then the grandparents all called and asked what our plans were.
I've written before about the challenges of navigating time off amidst grandparent visitation requests. It ain't easy. And while Aaron and I run our own work lives, which affords us a lot more time with Kaspar than most people get with their kids (for which I am unspeakably grateful), that also means that we generally work seven days a week, largely at night, and usually trading off parenting shifts during the day. We always eat dinner as a family, and we definitely see each other throughout the day for quick hellos, kid-poop-status updates and stolen kisses, but we don't often have time to just chill out and decompress together. So times like Hannukah and Christmas-- when all of the art directors and editors have gone home to celebrate with loved ones of their own, inboxes closed-- give us the rare opportunity to switch off our dual-citizenship freelancer/family-boss brains, and to bust out some presents and play.
Yet, if there's one holiday that Grandparents have a role in (slash feel very attached to... understandably), it's Christmas. The day when kids lose their little minds with excitement and joy. My parents are in New Hampshire, and we just saw them last month; we all just had a little holiday Skype date... and Aaron and I agreed to fly our family there for Christmas next year (how do they do that?). Aaron's mom, however, lives a hop-skip-jump away in Dallas, and we knew before even picking up the phone that her plans would revolve around visiting with us. Probably for the entire holiday weekend. And then some. We were going to need to strategize.
We talked amongst ourselves: Aaron's mom is a super sweetheart, and we definitely felt good about spending some of Christmas with her. But we've also seen a lot of her this fall... and, as I mentioned, not so much of each other (I just finished massage school classes last week, on top of the rest of it). Plus, we haven't spent time off just with our little family unit since our honeymoon, and Kaspar barely counted as a family-unit member during that magical escape (although he was there, some three months and cooking). Our best Christmas in recent memory took place the December before that, when we turned down all family invitations for the first time, bought ourselves a Wii and ordered an old school Brooklyn pizza to be delivered through the swirling snow. Although we recognize that, with a little kid in the mix, we can't pull that kind of stunt again just yet-- the grandparents have to get theirs, too-- we wanted to honor our desire for something comparable. We wanted to keep it simple, with a focus on the little guy. We thought, if we don't do holidays our way now... when will we?
We came up with a rather genius plan. We decided to bump Christmas up by a day, to celebrate in our style for its entirety, and then to turn Christmas Day Two (the real Christmas) over to Granny Em's visit. Kaspar wouldn't know the difference (in fact, it'd be twice the awesome for him), and we wouldn't feel that our holiday had been completely overtaken by extended-family time. My MIL did suggest she'd come from Friday through Tuesday, but we suggested Sunday through Tuesday instead. She was flexible, and we called it a deal. Everyone had a better time, really appreciating the holiday and each other, because of it. I say this with the best of intentions for everyone, and I say it from the bottom of my heart: boundaries are a beautiful thing. ...Communication counts for a lot, too.
We had a fabulous Christmas down here, y'all! (Check out the photographic evidence below). We went to a party with good friends on Friday night, and then from six a.m. on Saturday morning (when Kaspar woke up to discover a ride-on fire truck in the living room and a swing on the back porch) to eight 'o clock this evening (when we shared Christmas dinner with Aaron's mom), we rocked around the tree-- and the clock-- with the best of 'em. We all enjoyed our time together.. The two-day trick was TOTALLY genius! Hannukah knows what's up with the multi-day holiday. As for us, we're never looking back. This is the way it's gonna be for the Newmans from now on. And who knows: next year we might make it a week long celebration, with a day of gifts and playtime at home and then travel plus relatives galore after that.
I hope all of your holidays were the best holidays yet. Celebrating with children is truly special, however you choose to celebrate, wherever you are.
Thanks for sharing this very fun year here in this space. I'm sending much love to you all. XO
Kaspar looooves his brand new swing. Here he is, bright and early.
His new fire truck rocked his world, too.
He caught some fish just after sunrise.
And then went exploring outside.
In the afternoon, we hunkered down indoors, listening to old school country Christmas music.
When Granny Em arrived Sunday morning, Kaspar read The Polar Express about 6,000 times. (Santa features prominently in this story, by the way, which we're fine with. We're just not talking him up like he's real around here. Kaspar seems totally fine with that). These two are so sweet together. Click here for a peek via video.
Here's to simple, happy holidays! Best wishes from our family to yours!


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- It's easy to use and even easier to clean.
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- Eliminating cookie cutter 'blah' (see 'before' shot) and increasing storage. we added the ikea staples for our utensils. We hung bookshelves, built a pan rack and stuck up a pin board (in the niche beside the fridge so it doesn't look messy from the living area). We've utilised every square centimetre of our limited cupboards; i'm not sure if the space above the cooker was intended to be a spice rack, but they fit just perfect up there! we also took advantage of the height of our ceilings to add some much needed colour and art... I accept that this is not an impressive, gut-it-all renovation, but i hope you'll agree that our dull kitchen at least has some personality now!
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Miley Cyrus covers Bob Dylan's classic "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" in this newly released video.
The 18-year-old entertainer teamed up with Johnzo West for the cover, which is part of the compilation set Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International.
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Black Keys Reflect on Their First Headlining Coachella Slot
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is wrapping up its second of two sold-out weekends today (April 22). This year marks the fifth Coachella appearance for the Black Keys, and the first as headliners. Seeing as they worked their way up the lineup over the years, the Akron, Ohio duo believes it has made them "super-tough."
Rolling Stone sat down with the Black Keys before they were set to close out the first night of Coachella over a week ago (April 13). The two were pointing out the differences in their experiences between being a headliner and small band in a hot tent.
"I like to remember the first time we played Coachella, in '04," drummer Patrick Carney says. "It was hot as f—ing balls. We were sweating our asses off, and there were very few people there."
"It was in a tent with no ventilation," vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach adds. "It was the kind of hot where you're completely drenched, except for the top of your head where the heat's coming out of."
Carney joked that they survived rock festival boot camp so anything else is a piece of cake. "So if we can make it through that, which is basically, like, Navy SEALs hell week for rock 'n' roll — this is, like, the Palm Springs retirement."
"Yeah," Auerbach adds. "We made it. We're, like, super-tough now. Tough as nails."
The Black Keys aren't ready to take a break anytime soon. They will continue to tour throughout North America, as well as Europe and Australia. However, the blues-rock revivalists plan to record new material for a follow-up to last year's 'El Camino' album.
"We're going to start soon," Carney says. "We're not sure how long it'll take, but I think we'd both like to put another record out next year. We've got to keep rolling the dice."


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Oops, I Did It Again
By River Huston
June 17, 2011
Since moving to Water Island in the Caribbean, I have kept a low profile. Most people here think of me as a painter, and I run a non-profit art alliance called sevenminusseven on St Thomas. I did do a couple of programs for the department of health but they were also low key and on other islands (St. Croix). So when another non-profit art group asked me to do a short performance at their women empowerment evening, I said yes. As soon as I did I realized that I would no longer be under the radar. These islands are like very small towns where no one can leave and the national pastime is gossip.
I asked the woman who asked me perform what she wanted me to do. I assumed she had watched my videos. I have performed for Catholics, so I can behave, though even with my best behavior I tend to offend a little bit. She kept saying go for it. So I did. Ahhhhhhh when will I learn.
So here was the set up: The performance space was akin to doing a street show. I was in front of the door to the gallery, which was once an ice house; there are about 200 people milling about, no seats, half the audience is wandering between the gallery and a smaller space that was showing a film, Who Does She Think She Is? I hate to dish something that attempts to be empowerment, but this film was really a whiny lament on why there are not higher-profile female artists, why women are not taken seriously and not shown in museums as much. I would say probably because of films like that. Anyway Meowww. I will have to put that resentment on an amends list, but for now fuck it.
I have my girls in the audience up in the front; they are yelling my name to get the audience focused. So far no one has paid a bit of attention to anyone on the mike. On the way over one of the organizers said none of the art they received had been very edgy so I thought okay, you want edgy, I know how to be edgy ...
I was even considering doing the whole thing in the nude using my body as a work of art, since it resembles so many of the figures painted during the Renaissance Art period; but before I could even begin to disrobe, about 10 minutes into my performance, the organizer takes the mike from my hand and asks me to tone it down, there are children in the audience; and then tells the crowd next would be a singer who would perform nice sweet songs. As if to say, this obnoxious woman will be leaving soon.
I was stunned when she handed the mike back to me. I was almost speechless and thought I would just drop the mike, say fuck it and walk off the stage. I have done it before. Instead I said, "Well we could talk about something totally depressing or more sex." The audience yelled more sex. So I told them something depressing. I told them I was HIV positive and the reason I talk about sex and sexuality in an empowering way is to help people see beyond disease, shame, guilt and fear, and I guess that didn't work out too well tonight. I ended with a poem about living with HIV and still wanting to have sex. They applauded and I gathered up my peeps and we headed to the boat to go back to Water Island.
The only response I was waiting to hear from the event was if I won first in show, since a painting of mine was in the top three. I thought it would be cool, but as the day went on and I did not hear anything I figured someone else won, no big deal. Then on Monday, two days after the event, I received an e-mail from the organizer telling me that there was an uproar about my performance. Why did they bring some sleazy performer in to talk about sex and AIDS to ruin the event?
The complainer went on to say that people were rushing to their cars to get their children out of there before they heard any more lewd comments. Some people could not get their children out fast enough and now had to deal with the trauma of what happened. (By the way, I saw no one leaving and even said before I went on this might be considered R rated and to take their kids into the film or the gallery if they are concerned about that kind of thing.)
I have been doing sex educating through lecture, performance, art and writing for over two decades, and I have been here before; but I am still shocked and amazed that the adults of the world feel that speaking positively, openly and with humor about how to protect yourself will permanently damage their offspring -- when these same children are hit with billions of images that sexualize them through the Internet, TV and clothing choices. The schools preach abstinence and fear when it comes to sex, so when they do end up pregnant or with an STD they are surprised.
I am back in my studio today painting vaginas. (It is a relaxing exercise -- try it!) I was mad, then sad, then resigned. I can only be me; I will not edit my style. (I don't mind changing content but I believe in a sex-positive message done with humor.) I will not hide my positive status and for now I will let the emotions calm down and start to plan my February event which will include nudity, burlesque and everything sex called Tend to Offend or something like that. Being an educator means pushing the envelope sometimes. Even though the name-calling can be hurtful, it is better to evoke a conversation than live a life that is filled with polite applause.
River lives on a remote island in the Caribbean. She performs all over the world for colleges, conferences and in theaters. She is also currently the co-director of a nonprofit art alliance on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands called sevenminusseven. Keep an eye out for River's upcoming book, SEXED, and her next show, "The Dominatrix Next Door."
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River Huston is an award-winning poet, journalist, performer and activist. She travels through the United States speaking on issues related to sexuality, communication, overcoming challenges and change. She has been featured on Good Morning America, Showtime, Nightline, CNN and ABC Up To The Minute. River has written three books of poetry as well as The Goddess: A Guide to Feminine Wisdom and A Positive Life: Portraits of Women Living With HIV. She wrote and performed a one-woman show, Sex, Cellulite and Large Farm Equipment: One Girls Guide to Living and Dying off off Broadway and is currently working on a second show, The Dominatrix Next Door. For more information about River you can go to riverhuston.com.
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After breakfast, we go from Dades Valley to the Sahara desert of Merzouga. Berber villages are scattered along the way. We'll pass through Tinjdad, Jorf and Erfoud in which we'll feel the beginning of the Saharan oasis of Tafilalet.
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after relaxing few minuts,we go to the camels who are waiting to take us on an adventure in the sand dunes. We will spend the night in an equipped camp with drums music in the middle of the Sahara,this is a great opportunity to take lovely pictures of the sunset and sunrise,when we arrive at the camp we go to a high dunes to see the sunset , we will spend the night in nomad tents .
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After seeing the sunrise we go back on camels to Merzouga after the breakfast and take shower in Hotel then start our journey to Ouarzazate . On the way; we visit the Berber shops containing fossils, carpets, lamps, leather... Tinjdad .todra gorges .Boumalene-du-Dades ..we arrive a ouarzazate in evening
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Leaving Ouarzazate in the Morning ,we will visit UNESCO protected site of Ait Ben Haddou. A most impressive Kasbah and well-preserved fortress in Morocco. Many movies were filmed here such as the Gladiator. Leave Ait Ben Haddou and start heading towards the majestic Atlas Mountains. Cross the High Atlas Mountains via the highest road pass in Morocco Tizni Tichka 2260m high offering impressive views of valleys, mountains and many Berber villages nearby. arrive a in evening
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Hopefully you know enough not to use your last name, birthday, dog's name, etc. for your password. Odds are that your company enforces some sort of more complex password policy (or at least they should be).
If you have run out of ideas you can use this free online tool to generate passwords: Sprex Password Generator
It gives you three levels of complexity to choose from- Strong (upper and lower case), Ugly (upper and lower case and numbers) or Ugliest (upper and lower case as well as numbers and special characters). It will generate a list of 15 passwords of varying length for you to choose from.
Of course, I have no way of knowing if they aren't secretly maintaining a database of which passwords were dished out to which IP addresses so they can come back and try them later- but I thought it was sort of cool.


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FOX Business: Capitalism Lives Here
U.S. stock-index futures ticked higher on Monday as traders braced for a week full of economic data, corporate earnings and a Federal Reserve meeting.
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Today's Markets
As of 8:05 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures climbed 10 points to 15504, S&P 500 futures gained 0.5 point to 1755 and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 5.5 points to 3379.
Wall Street will have its plate full this week.
Many big-name companies have reported earnings over the last couple weeks. However, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), the world's biggest technology company has yet to weigh in. Analysts are expected to scrutinize the Cupertino-Calif.-based company's results when it posts them after the closing bell. Of particular interest will be how many iPhones it sold, and whether its low cost model snagged the interest of buyers looking for cheaper equipment.
Merck (NYSE:MRK) posted better-than-expected third-quarterly profits ahead of the open, but sales came in short of estimates.
Also on Monday's docket is a report on pending home sales from the National Association of Realtors. Economists expect signed contracts to buy previously-owned homes to have climbed by 0.1% in September from the month prior. The housing rebound has been a cornerstone of the broader economic recovery. However, the the real estate market has shown signs of weakening in recent months.
The data come ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy-setting meeting later this week. The central bank is expected to keep its foot squarely on the economic accelerator, not slowing down the pace of asset purchases until December at the earliest.
Elsewhere, U.S. crude oil futures fell 7 cents, or 0.07%, to $97.78 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline rose 0.22% to $2.593 a gallon. Gold slipped $1.50, or 0.11%, to $1,351 a troy ounce.
Foreign Markets
The Euro Stoxx 50 fell 0.43% to 3022, the English FTSE 100 dipped 0.08% to 6716 and the German DAX slipped 0.03% to 8983.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 rallied 2.2% to 14396 and the Chinese Hang Seng rose 0.48% to 22807.


text: In one of his books, John Steinbeck once spoke of his feelings for Montana. He noted that he felt admiration, respect, and even affection for other states, but with Montana it was love. Here in Southeast Montana, we aren't surprised by the words of John Steinbeck. When you visit our state, you will find that there is something special about it. Whether you are looking for outdoor recreation, scenic forests and badlands, famous battlefields, or are just passing through, we encourage you to slow down, and allow yourself to fall in love with Montana.


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Watchful Peace
The Watchful Peace is a relatively peaceful period during the Third Age.
The Watchful Peace began in Third Age 2063, when Gandalf went to Dol Guldur and the evil dwelling there (later known to be Sauron) fled east. It lasted until 2460, when Sauron returned with new strength.
During the Watchful Peace Gondor strengthened its borders, keeping a watchful eye on the east, as Minas Morgul was still a threat on their flank and Mordor was still occupied with Orcs. But no major escalations occurred except for minor skirmishes with the Haven of Umbar.
In the north, Arnor was long gone, but the Hobbits of the Shire prospered, getting their first Took Thain, and colonizing Buckland.
The Dwarves of Durin's folk under Thorin I abandoned Lonely Mountain, and left for the Grey Mountains, where most of their kin now gathered.
Sauron was not idle in the east: he created a strong alliance between the various tribes of Easterlings, so that when he returned he was more powerful and had many Men in his service.


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Deputies investigating Hess store robbery
Deputies investigating Hess store robbery
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. —
Officials in Orange County are investigating a robbery of a Hess Gas Station.
Authorities said a dark-skinned Hispanic man entered the store in Curry Ford Road early Monday and announced the robbery to the clerk.
The man made threats to the clerk with a gun, according to investigators.
Officials said he is described as standing about 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall and is between 25 and 30 years of age. He has black hair with a goatee and was wearing prescription glasses, a ball cap with the letter "C" and a dark jacket with the letters ENYCE on the front, detectives said.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Crimeline at 407-423-TIPS.


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BERLIN (AP) — Germany's opposition has ousted Chancellor Angela Merkel's party from the mayor's office in the capital of a traditional battleground state — a blow ahead of national elections in September.
Center-left Social Democrat Sven Gerich won election in the western city of Wiesbaden in a runoff ballot Sunday with 50.8 percent of the vote, defeating incumbent Helmut Mueller of Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats.
Wiesbaden is the capital of Hesse state. Merkel's party has run the state, which has swung between left and right over the decades, since 1999, and hopes to extend that run in a state election Sept. 22 — the same day Germany elects a new Parliament.
The result extends a run of poor results in major cities for Merkel's party, which lost Frankfurt and Stuttgart last year.


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My dad is a "keeper", a "saver", a genealogist's dream! He recently had a new furnace installed in a storage room at his house and in the process of making room for that furnace, boxes had to be moved. I noticed one poor box that was close to caving in as heavier boxes were piled on top of it. I acted on my urge to rescue that box, and I put it in my trunk and hauled it home. That was several weeks ago!
Finally two days ago I brought that box into the house thinking I'd take a quick peek at its contents, tape it up, and move it to my attic for storage. Little did I know what treasures it held.
The first item I saw was a newspaper from my home town of Great Bend, Ks dated July 9, 1942. I knew that my parents were married July 9, 1943, but I didn't know the significance of the 1942 date. As I looked at the newspaper I discovered it commemorated my dad's induction into the Army with a photo and accompanying story.
As I dug deeper into the box I found such things as (1) letters from my brother when he was stationed in Viet Nam, (2) a letter that my dad received while in the Army from HIS grandfather in Kansas---written in German, (3) a little log book my grandfather kept of his farming and household expenses, (4) school papers that belonged to my Dad's younger brother, who passed away at age 9, (5) both my dad and my step-mother's high school year books, (6) lots and lots of photographs--some are family portraits taken in the early 1900s.
So in the weeks to come I'll be posting specific details about the contents of this box full of blog food! I'm so excited about this "find" that I hope to be able to scan, organize, document and archive these things regularly in the months to come. Wish me luck, and check back often.


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The wiccked stepmother tarot project is a work in progress. Copyright is mine. Enjoy them, but don't take them. They're not finished. But they're still mine.
The basis for these cards is my photography. I'm very much a tarot novice, and these cards probably show that. They're my own interpretation of what a certain card might feel like to me. Not what I think it should look like. And definitely not what someone else might think it should look like. That said though, I do welcome your feedback. These are beginnings. The end isn't here yet.
And the end is likely to be a very long way down the path.
As of April 2006 sales of a Limited Edition Majors Only deck are continuing. 78 numbered copies, plus The Artist's deck for me, and The Empress' Deck for my daughter. I'm assembling cards, LWBs, and bags as orders come in.
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Re: Program unexpectedly terminatesby ColonelPanic (Friar)
|on Nov 19, 2012 at 08:31 UTC ( #1004481=note: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
The code you have shown has a problem. You are assigning an array (1..100) as the value in a hash. You need an array reference for that (use brackets instead of parentheses). However, I doubt that is the real problem with your code--it was probably just a mistake when you created the simplified example.
Also, I tried your CORE::GLOBAL::exit override, and it didn't do anything--it only got worked if I explicitly called the exit() command, which your code does not.
I think your problem must be in the processing that you are not showing. It could be failing on the same one each time. Because you are processing in a random order, it would take varying amounts of time for that condition to be reached.
I suggest some good, old-fashioned debug print statements within your processing loop. Log the id of each record you are looking at, and record the success of each significant operation. That should help you to know where it fails.
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Think back to when you were in elementary school. In between doing all the dittos and spelling tests and times tables, there were specials (and aptly named, too). Nothing was quite as exciting as the gleeful anticipation of putting on your smock for art class or pulling out the wooden recorders for music. And when it was time for the class play, just forget it. Whether you starred as Snow White or donned a furry costume as Woodland Creature #7, school couldn't get much better. And that was the whole point.
These days, however, not only are many kids lucky if they have art-on-a-cart, but when they do, proponents often have to justify the programs in relation to students' performance on standardized reading and math tests. Because in the age of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), few things matter more than test scores (read our report on NCLB at Parenting.com/nclb). Well, the bad news first: Although kids who are involved in the arts do tend to test better, there's no direct cause-and-effect evidence that participation actually helps raise scores.
This sounds like awful news and justification to slash school arts programs even further, right? But "dismissing the arts if they don't directly boost scores is a big mistake," says Richard Kessler, executive director of the Center for Arts Education in New York City. "In fact, plenty of research shows that children who spend time in school doing visual art, performing music or dance, or even acting in a play gain a whole set of creative and analytical skills that are quickly disappearing from the rest of the curriculum."
That's because in the majority of public schools, the emphasis is on test prep, which means lots of memorization, rote learning, and following directions. In fact, many have more than doubled instructional time in math and English language arts (ELA) since NCLB was enacted in 2002. More math and reading instruction might sound like a good thing -- that is, until you realize what's being eliminated to make room for it. Those same schools have cut arts education by an average of 35 percent. Ideally, children should have an hour of each arts discipline once a week. But few schools make the grade. Twelve percent of school districts don't offer any arts instruction at all.
And it's not like putting all the focus on nonstop test-prep is having the desired effect. Test scores have failed to rise as hoped. Meanwhile, Hong Kong as well as Japan, Canada, Finland, and five other countries that consistently outperform us in math and reading all require extensive education in the arts without narrowing their curriculum, according to a new report from Common Core, a Washington, DC, educational research and advocacy organization. For example, national guidelines in Hong Kong recommend that fourth-graders visit artists' studios and study great works of sculpture and painting; in Ontario, Canada, learning musical composition and conducting are standard for eighth-graders. "The situation here is extremely frustrating," says Lynne Munson, Common Core's executive director. "We have lots of proof that a broad education that includes the arts works better than what we're doing -- and yet we're ignoring it."
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All of this has education experts worried indeed. It should also worry parents. "It's not as easy to test the skills that children learn from the arts, but that doesn't make them any less important," says Kimberly Sheridan, Ed.D., coauthor of Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education. According to a recent study she conducted with colleagues at Harvard's Project Zero, an educational research group, participating in a school arts program increases a child's ability to:
Observe the world carefully and discard preconceptions n envision something and then create it
Go beyond just learning a skill to express a personal voice
Problem-solve and persist despite frustration and setbacks
Reflect on the results and ask what could improve them
What's more, other research using brain imaging along with behavioral assessments has established strong links between the arts and specific cognitive skills. In a landmark 2008 study by the nonprofit Dana Foundation, neuroscientists at seven universities found that:
Musical training improves reading by helping children distinguish the sound structure of words
Acting boosts memory and the ability to articulate ideas
Strong interest in a performing art leads to better attention and memory
But perhaps most crucial of all, the arts foster creativity and innovation far beyond the classroom. "Art gives kids a chance to learn by doing instead of just being lectured to," says Jeff Gonzalez, a middle school art teacher in Dobbs Ferry, NY. "There's no right answer in art, which means they can explore, connect new ideas, and learn from what they feel were their successes and failures without negative consequences. They just can't get all that in math or history." This is why our current educational strategy is so shortsighted. The arts have definite practical applications for our kids' futures. A recent survey of business leaders rated creativity as a top skill that will only increase in importance. And as First Lady Michelle Obama said in a recent speech, "My husband and I believe strongly that arts education is essential for building innovative thinkers who will be our leaders of tomorrow."
The Obama administration is starting to act on this belief by launching a new survey to assess the state of arts education. Results aren't expected until 2011, but in the meantime some schools are proving that wonderful things can happen when arts are a valued part of the curriculum. When administrators at Middle School 223 in New York City's South Bronx realized that art classes were a big draw, they began to schedule them on Mondays and Fridays, when attendance was typically lower. Attendance went up immediately, says principal Ramon Gonzalez. More than that: "Once we got the students engaged and feeling confident in art, we were able to use that as a bridge to build engagement and confidence in other subjects. For example, we see that kids who don't normally like to talk in class will discuss their painting or hip-hop routine passionately, and this new skill spills over to other areas." That's one reason Gonzalez goes against current practice and eliminates periods of math, English language arts, and other subjects on a rotating basis to make room for 12-week blocks of visual arts, drama, dance, and both instrumental and digital music. "The academics haven't suffered," says Gonzalez. "Instead, the whole school has improved."
Across the country, in Flagstaff, AZ, third-grade teacher Diane Immethun incorporates music into her lessons as part of Keeping Score, a program that trains classroom teachers to enhance learning through music. "I'm not a music teacher, but ever since I began using music, I've noticed an immense improvement in my students' logical thinking, creativity, and writing skills," says Immethun. "Music enhances their imaginations. I'll have them listen to Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring' and make up a story. Their writing is much richer than it was before. Or I'll use 'Flight of the Bumblebee' to teach them how a composer gives a voice to a musical instrument and how that's similar to the way an author gives a character a voice in a book. It's a sophisticated concept for third-graders, but music helps them make the connection."
The Creative Connections Arts Academy, a K-8 charter school in North Highlands, CA, has taken things even further. In addition to providing classes in music, drama, dance, and drawing and painting, the school has integrated the arts into almost all academics. In social studies, students act out plays or create drawings about the people they're studying; in math, they make the connection between quarter- and half-notes and fractions. In total, students are involved in the arts for a whopping four to six hours each day. "Kids get tired of rote learning, but they never get tired of the arts," says principal Joe Breault. "We have a wide variety of students, including kids with learning disabilities, but we have no trouble engaging any of them." And -- surprise! -- standardized-test scores have risen at all three of these schools (Immethun even warms up her students' brains on test days by having them sing rounds). "Research might not always be able to prove a direct connection to higher scores, but there's no doubt that an arts program makes kids better at everything they take on," says Breault. "It helps them become well-rounded, well-prepared thinkers and citizens of the world -- and that should be our main goal."
Save arts education at your school!
Arts programs are expensive-so they're often the first thing to go. But they don't have to fall victim to the budget ax, especially if parents take action. Last spring, when the San Diego Unified School District decided to cut its art programs, parents organized and spent several hours pleading before the school board. The result: The board reversed its decision. "Parents have much more power than they realize," says Richard Kessler of the Center for Arts Education. "But they have to use it." How to do just that:
Sign up for Parenting's Mom Congress at Parenting.com/momcongress. You can connect with moms from across the country who are fighting for the same changes you are, plus access our Arts in Action tool kit, a one-stop-shop resource guide. You'll find links to top arts-advocacy organizations, along with a super-easy way to let your representative know that funding for arts education is one of your top priorities.
Find out what the law says. Contact your school board and state department of education to learn how many hours of arts education your state mandates. Then look at your child's schedule to see if that's what he's getting. Unfortunately, it's common for schools to ignore the law without repercussions.
Reach out to the principal. If you'd like to see more arts on the school schedule, gather a group of like-minded parents and ask the following questions: Does every grade receive arts instruction every week? Is there a budget for the arts? Is there a designated arts teacher for each discipline?
Speak up. Show how much you value arts education by sharing your child's experience at school-board meetings, and encourage other parents to do so. A few voices can go a long way.
Go public. Let your local news reporters know immediately if your school's arts program is being threatened. Another effective strategy: Submit a letter to the editor or an opinion piece about the importance of arts education.
Get riled up. Need more motivation? Watch the video of Tom Chapin's satirical (and hilarious) song "Not On the Test" (Notonthetest.com) and e-mail the link to school officials.
Help us celebrate creativity!
The National PTA has been honoring students' artistic achievements through the Reflections Program since 1969, and this year Parenting is proud to be the official national media sponsor. More than 500,000 students in pre-K through high school enter each year in one of six categories: musical composition, literature, visual arts, photography, film production, and dance choreography. Their work goes through four levels of judging at the local and state levels, before reaching the nationals. (Check out some of last year's entries at Parenting.com/pta.) "Reflections is so much more than a contest," says Chantay Carter, program coordinator for arts and education at the National PTA in Washington, DC. "I've heard incredible stories that it's helped kids who never thought they were smart actually raise their hand in class because they won a medal." Get all the details on the program at PTAreflections.org. And while you're there, check out the Mary Lou Anderson matching-grant program, as well. This fund (named for Reflections's founder) provides up to $1,000 to local PTAs serving at-risk kids who want to establish an arts program in their school.
Nancy Kalish is coauthor of The Case Against Homework.


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As Washington stumbles from one crises to the next involving taxes and deficits, we need to take a moment to reflect upon exactly what is involved. The fundamentals of economics are still in play despite the words of "cliffs", "debt limits" and "entitlements".
So, the two basic elements of production, like in Gross Domestic Production are capital and labor. Capital consists of plants, equipment, stocks, bonds, cash, intellectual property, natural resources, etc. Labor is defined as those people that use all of that capital to produce goods and services.
You can take all of the cash, all of the equipment, factories, ships, planes, patents, natural resources and they would be useless without labor. You can stack up billions of dollars for someone to mow your grass, but if there is no labor to do it, the grass does not get mowed and the money is worthless. That goes for health care, auto mechanics, plumbers and yes, even lawyers. Without labor, capital is worthless. In short, capital is only a means of acquiring labor.
So, with that back drop, one would think that our government would want to tax labor the least but surely no more than capital. Such is not the case and you only had to look at the decisions of the last few days to see that.
As of now, the highest effective tax rate for wages (labor) is 39.6% yet the highest rate for long term capital gains and dividends is only 20%. The taxes for labor is almost double the taxes placed on capital. Now, when I say "long term", just remember that if you hold a stock for six months and sell it for a profit, then that is considered "long term" and thus subject to the lower tax rate of 20%.
So, think of this. If a person has 10 million dollars to invest and he puts it into a company that pays a 5% dividend, he will get $500,000 a year. At a 20% tax rate, he pays $100,000 in taxes.
If he takes the same money, creates jobs or uses it to make a wage, he will be subject to a 39.6% tax or almost $200,000.
In short, labor is paying a penalty. Labor should be taxed at the same rate as capital and the mere ownership of property should not allow the abuse of another's labor.
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Lizzy Caplan is a very funny lady. She was funny as Janis Ian in Mean Girls. She was funny as Casey Klein on the cult hit Party Down and as Julia on New Girl. I even found her funny in Cloverfield, which was really not funny. But Lizzy has always known she and her fellow female comedic actresses were funny. This is why she was mad about the whole nation finally realizing women were funny thanks to the massive success of Bridesmaids. "Totally insulting," she said to The Hollywood Reporter. "Because we comedic actresses knew that we could be funny, even though I guess everybody conveniently forgot that for a few years. But I think Bridesmaids is a totally hilarious movie, and if that's the one that reminded everyone of the fact, then I couldn't love it anymore, but maybe that makes me like it slightly even more."
As I have said many times, Bridesmaids was a game changer for women in the film industry. "For 10 years, people were really afraid that there wasn't an audience for an R-rated female-centric comedy," says Bachelorette writer/director Leslye Headland. "(Bridesmaids) proved that there was. I think it will get hundreds of movies made." Not only did Bridesmaids make $288 million worldwide but it also earned two Oscar nominations. According to Hollywood Reporter writer David Friendly the Bridesmaids effect has resulted in all the major film studios asking "Where's our Bridesmaids?!"
Last week, The Grindstone interviewed Katie Anne Nylon and Lauren Miller, the writers of For A Good Time Call. The film is about two 20-something female roommates that start a phone sex line out of their apartment. Though it is really a sweet story about female friendship it is set in the context of something very raunchy, so a lot of studios passed. But once Bridesmaids came out, the phone started ringing and now the film is out in theaters. Other writers like Liz Meriwether (New Girl ) Dana Fox (What Happens In Vegas, Couples Retreat), Lorene Scafaria (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist) and clearly, Miller and Naylon, all benefited from the film.