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THE nation's fast-growing information corridors need a ``highway patrol,'' observers say, as communications and entertainment companies rush into alliances.
These alliances, such as Bell Atlantic's planned merger with cable television giant Tele-Communications Inc., are forcing national and local officials to grapple with a complex issue. What regulatory changes are needed, they ask, to ensure that the information superhighway meets the public's needs as well as commercial imperatives?
Many experts agree that removing the walls that keep phone and cable monopolies from competing on each others' turf is part of the answer. But other key issues remain unresolved - and have received relatively little attention so far.
Public access is ``one of the most important issues'' relating to data highways, Stanford University's Eric Roberts told the recent annual meeting of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility in Seattle. ``It's a lot easier to talk about universal access than it is to achieve it in any meaningful way,'' said Dr. Roberts, who is the group's president.
At stake is the degree to which the United States becomes a nation of information haves and have-nots, advocates say. The information infrastructure is envisioned as linking American homes, offices, schools, and other institutions to enhance economic competitiveness. Yet much of the recent corporate dealmaking appears aimed at the ``couch potato'' market for home shopping and movies-on-demand.
AMONG the concerns voiced at the conference: Will rural and low-income urban areas get a second-class information infrastructure? Will the use of computer networks be simplified and developed so more people can take advantage of them? Will cable companies, with their control of program content and distribution, limit the information sources available to customers?
``We didn't let Ma Bell control information. Why should we let these alliances [do so]?'' asks Sonia Jarvis of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
Cable customers should have the option to break out of the one-way TV mode altogether and use the wire for two-way individual uses, argues Daniel Weitzner, counsel for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an advocacy group in Washington. These uses might include anything from a video ``visit'' with a business associate across town to searching for information stored in a library across the country.
In testimony before a Senate antitrust hearing last week, Bell Atlantic chairman Raymond Smith sought to allay critics' worries. He said the merger will give ``our customers a whole new level of choice, control, and convenience.'' The two companies plan a $15 billion, five-year investment to create a ``full-service network'' with two-way capabilities.
Mr. Weitzner says that, although Mr. Smith ``said all the right things,'' there needs to be legislation to ensure that information deliverers make good on such promises. If there is insufficient competition, price regulation may be necessary too, he says.
Communities, meanwhile, are taking grass-roots steps to achieve the public-service goals of the information highway. Here in the Seattle area:
* The public library offers access to Internet, a nationwide computer network.
* Nearby Snohomish County plans to link communities electronically. If a school district has only one teacher of Japanese, for example, students at several schools could take the class by video.
* Local cable TV providers are required to offer public-access and government-access channels that offer a window into local politics, religion, and arts.

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xoxoxoBruce Monday May 4 12:30 AM
May 4, 2009: Tire Sculptures
After the rubber meets the road for awhile, tires get replaced. I've read that happens 300 million times every year, just in the U.S., so worn out tire carcasses are readily available... they might even pay you to take them away. There are lots of good uses for them, and they burn rather readily, although I wouldn't roast a pig over one.
SPUCK Monday May 4 05:57 AM
Don't tread on me..
capnhowdy Monday May 4 07:44 AM
Amazing. Proof positive that a true artist can create art from ANY medium. If the talent is there, it WILL come out. Good find, Bruce.
ZenGum Monday May 4 09:12 AM
It's groovy, but it'd get tired pretty quick.
birdclaw Monday May 4 09:57 AM
I think this artist is in for a good year.
Sheldonrs Monday May 4 10:10 AM
Well he's good with tires, but what about rims?
sweetwater Monday May 4 10:39 AM
capnhowdy Monday May 4 05:02 PM
No info in the link about the process. I'd like to know what he cuts them with, and what type of adhesive he uses. Obviously they are very sturdy.
lumberjim Monday May 4 05:18 PM
used to be, back in my day..., we would talk about eating the IOTD. Now it's all you punning whippersnappers taking over lately.
Wombat Monday May 4 06:45 PM
spudcon Monday May 4 07:40 PM
I always thought we should have rubber roads and concrete cars. I had a Plymouth Duster in the 70s, I had to fill the wheel wells with concrete to seal the rust holes.
ZenGum Monday May 4 07:43 PM
* passes Lumberjim a knife and fork*
Cloud Monday May 4 07:56 PM
I like those a lot better than the wooden ones
capnhowdy Monday May 4 09:08 PM
I don't have time to post... I'm making blackened tire in the backyard.
monster Monday May 4 09:37 PM
I love the kids' play equipment the make from old tires.
monster Monday May 4 09:38 PM
capnhowdy Monday May 4 09:48 PM
Sure. It's a GOODYEAR for that.
capnhowdy Monday May 4 09:53 PM
And if a couple HOOSIERS join me maybe I HANCOOK something. Anybody got MICKEY THOMPSON'S number? Oh... I got it. It's 235.R.16.
monster Monday May 4 10:04 PM
Who knows, maybe you'll get a rating in the Michelin guide?
capnhowdy Monday May 4 10:11 PM
It'll take balance and scheduled rotation.
monster Monday May 4 11:18 PM
It's a path I choose not to tread
dar512 Tuesday May 5 12:21 AM
dar512 Tuesday May 5 12:22 AM
Has everyone gotten tired of these puns?
Undertoad Tuesday May 5 06:07 AM
They just go round and round.
capnhowdy Tuesday May 5 07:02 AM
We'll all be ok... we're just under pressure to be mounted.
monster Tuesday May 5 08:04 AM
I'm feeling a little flat today, i need to sit down. Is there a pun chair?
classicman Tuesday May 5 10:00 AM
We really seem to be circling the rim on this one.
Gravdigr Tuesday May 5 01:47 PM
Lj, the 'back in my day' bit reminds me of a Dana Carvey SNL skit. Great GranPa said "Back in my day when we went out to play, there was only one game. It was called "Stare At The Sun". We'd go out to the yard there, and stare at the sun til our eyeballs burst into flame. That's the way it was, and we liked it!"
SPUCK Wednesday May 6 05:45 AM
You punners!
capnhowdy Wednesday May 6 08:16 AM
A plug may be more effective.
classicman Wednesday May 6 09:11 AM
Oh guys, c'mon - just patch up your differences.


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Maybe it doesn't matter where the mountains are, so long as there are mountains.
The Kruger Brothers, one of the finest bands of their kind in the world, perform progressively minded, classically conscious music that's wildly diverse but ultimately rooted in the tradition of American bluegrass, a genre born in the foothills of Appalachia. But Jens and Uwe Kruger grew up in the shadows of another mountain range: the Swiss Alps.
The children of German immigrants, the Kruger brothers were inundated with American folk and bluegrass. Their father had studied in the States in the '50s, and brought back with him the music of Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Tom Paxton, singers who were popular in Germany around that time. Jens was so fascinated with the banjo music of Earl Scruggs and Bill Monroe that he taught himself how to play on a broken instrument, nailing the strings to the pegboard. By the time they were 16, he and Uwe, himself a virtuoso guitarist, eked out a living as street musicians traveling across Europe.
"In Europe, when we played banjos and guitars, it was more expected of us to be more like American music," Kruger says. "It wasn't expected that Europeans would reinvent their own music on American instruments."
They met Joel Landsberg, the group's bassist, in the mid-'90s, when they performed together in a Western-style musical. Landsberg, who emigrated to Switzerland with his Swiss-born ex-wife, was a classically trained New York City studio musician steeped in Broadway, disco, and funk. He was working as a sideman in a litany of bands, but he'd never played anything resembling roots music, let alone bluegrass, before.
"It took me moving 3,500 miles from home to be introduced to it," Landsberg laughs.
All three soon dropped all their other projects to focus solely on The Kruger Brothers, largely playing a grist of American music, bluegrass and country especially. In 1982, Jens Kruger spent a summer being mentored by Bill Monroe, who introduced him to a murderers' row of Grand Ol' Opry players.
But Monroe urged Kruger to go his own way, too.
"He encouraged me to write my own music because I'm not from Kentucky," Kruger laughs.
Eventually, the brothers would come to America, settling in Wilkesboro, N.C. — home to the late Doc Watson's MerleFest, where The Kruger Brothers made their American debut in 1997.
"Doc was a very big influence on us," Landsberg says. "And he was always one of our biggest supporters. He said, 'You boys just keep doing what you're doing. Just play the music that you play, and people will love you for who you are.'"
The Brothers' early American influence yielded soon after the trio moved to North Carolina in 2003, and the Krugers increasingly incorporated elements of European folk and classical music into their music. Soon enough, they'd write a flowing suite (the 2007 record Suite), a graceful bluegrass-trio-and-string-quartet concerto (2010's Appalachian Concerto) and, most recently, a full-scale orchestral production, this year's Spirit of the Rockies.
Slowly, the traditionalist mentality that dominated their rootsy material gave way, too.
"What was beautiful for us in America is that people accepted us," Kruger says. "In Europe it was more difficult because people wouldn't accept my music in the same way Americans would. The idea that a banjo would play with a symphony is far-fetched." He laughs. "Bach is pretty much our folk music, you know?"
Indeed, bluegrass has long worked more as a departure point than a cornerstone for The Kruger Brothers, who incorporate bebop, free jazz, and classical styles into their dervish music. It's European crafted, but wholly American.
"It's not as American, per se," as what they started playing, Kruger says, "but it's as American as it can get. [We're] immigrants playing their music in a way so everyone else in America can understand it. That's a very American way of doing things."
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I have a friend who owns a Jaguar XJ that is a few years old. When she was checking out our long-term 2012 Jaguar XF she said she really liked it except for one thing.
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She loves her Jag and keeps it in meticulous condition. And when the time comes for a new car, she would consider a new Jaguar but she would really miss the hood ornament.
Where have all the interesting hood ornaments gone? I miss them, don't you?
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When the HOW team decided on Might & Main's brand identity for Eventide Oyster Company for the Best of Show winner in the Self-Promotion Design Awards, we knew exactly who should design our September cover. The HOW team came up with a few ideas, but Might & Main blew us away with their blowfish concept. What better way to say self-promotion than with a fish that actually puffs itself up?
To better understand the process behind the cover design, we caught up with Might & Main principal Sean Wilkinson. Here's what he had to say:
When HOW first came to you with the idea for the cover, how did you get the process started?
SW: We had a good visual vocabulary established for the Eventide brand, and we knew the HOW cover would be rooted in that, but we wanted to have fun with it and take some liberties we might not with the restaurant. We brainstormed together, presented some ideas to the creative team at HOW and jumped into visual concepting. Once we were off in a direction, we handed the file back and forth a bit between all of the designers here to design, refine and hone the concept.
Did you always think of using a blowfish or were there other contenders as well?
SW: Once we hit on the idea of the blowfish, ideas started flowing pretty quickly. The idea of self promotion, puffing yourself up, scaring off predators … It also lends itself well to the illustration style, especially as a popular oddity of the sea from pre-photography times. Another idea was a jellyfish, but while beautiful, that seems awfully floppy in comparison.
Is this illustration style a signature of Might & Main or does this vary from project to project?
SW: We're really lucky to have two great illustrators in house. Arielle (a principal and creative director) has a background in illustration, and she can tackle just about any style. This 'scientific' precise style is something she does really well, and we made it one of the cornerstones of the Eventide brand. Morgan, our designer, has a great, whimsical illustration style (as seen on tellingroom.org) and is a master of patterns.
How did you determine the color scheme?
SW: The color scheme is one of the most direct ties to the Eventide brand, shifted slightly for readability and 'pop' on the newsstand. It's that rich world of maritime blues—not just the water and the sky, but the industrial nature of the working waterfront that inspired Eventide: buoys, boats, barges and sails. The overlay of sobering black with the blues is a nod to the documentary style of the drawing and is also seen on the Eventide coasters, letterpressed in black and PMS 309.
Might & Main came up with a lot of clever phrasing for cover lines, how did this come about?
SW: We love playing with language in the office, and we do a lot of writing for our clients. From early brand strategy to social media content, we've got some heavy hitters in the wordsmithing department. Like most things around here, we tend to fearlessly throw ideas around and share freely, asking for collaboration, until they're perfect.
How many people were involved in the process? Is this amount of people typical?
SW: Everyone here at the office was involved. The whole team is often brought in on projects, especially at early stages. We recognize that we've all got valuable ideas, and we all bring a range of assets to the table. We tend to group-think on almost every project and pass things around without ego. We founded Might & Main based on the idea of making great design even better by collaboration, and we try to follow that rule.
Is there anything else you'd like to add?
SW: The project was great fun to work on, and the creative team at HOW was a pleasure to work with. We're thrilled that we were given the freedom to bring this to life as a project that truly feels like Might & Main, and can't wait to share this with our friends in the industry.
Check out the cover and all 70 sexy self-promotion projects in the September 2013 issue of HOW magazine available in our official online store, MyDesignShop.com.
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True to Form
Celebrity fitness trainer, Rahul Bhatt, on the transformation of Aamir Khan for Dangal's gritty wrestler.
Mumbai-based gym instructor and son of acclaimed filmmaker, Mahesh Bhatt, prefers using the phrase 'professional body confidante', to describe his profession. With over a decade in the fitness industry, this 'Bandra boy' may look like Kratos now, but that wasn't always the case. "I struggled with obesity during my teenage years, I used to weigh 130 kgs. But, I chose a few improper/unhealthy fitness plans and lost 40 kgs in two months. This is when I decided to get my act together, educate myself and become a certified professional," explains Rahul Bhatt, who now trains celebrities like Richa Chadda and Aamir Khan.
Fat to fit
Dramatic body transformation is Rahul's forte. Having been there himself, the fitness expert claims he's a great motivator as he fully comprehends the psychology of weight loss. "My favourite strength training workout is the deadlift, but the truth is, regardless of whether you're 15 or 51, there's no cookie-cutter approach to getting fit. Methods come and go but (individual differences aside) my four principles of fitness training are still: nutrition, (the slightly controversial) ergogenics, mental fortitude and training. It's a truly rewarding experience helping people change their lives," explains Rahul, who is inspired by visionary fitness trainer, Kaizzad Capadia, who runs The K 11 Fitness Academy.
The Dangal plan
Regarding all the intrigue surrounding Aamir Khan's fitness regime, Rahul shares that the secret is there's no secret. First, the 51-year-old actor gained mass to tip the scales at 98 kg to play the role of 45-year-old wrestling coach Mahaveer Singh Phogat in Dangal. Then, he sliced it to 78 kg to play a version of the wrestler in his late 20s (under the supervision of US-based nutritionist, Dr Nikhil Dhurandhar, by consuming between 1,800-2,500 calories of high-fibre Indian food and salmon). Rahul—who handled Khan's ergogenic and weight training—explains that it's all about hard work, discipline, mental toughness, delaying gratification, punctuality and surrendering to the trainer. "The man is the epitome of the adage 'Genius is 99 per cent perspiration and one per cent inspiration'. There are days he woke up at 4 am to train," shares the 33-year-old, elaborating, "The sessions were split into two: cardio (45-60 minutes) and weight training (80 minutes). All while using a combination of isolation and compound movements (think squats, military presses and bench presses to focus on his back and legs). He kept to the basics."
Path to perfection
Though the Bigg Boss 4 participant claims he isn't very tech-savvy, he recommends fitness gadgets like the FitBit as it effectively monitors movement, calories burned, sleep quality and the likes. Besides revealing that he's working on a fitness-oriented book, the celebrity trainer also suggests that aspirants for washboard abs and a sculpted look must pick up Michael Matthews' book, Bigger Leaner Stronger. "Without compromising a person's well-being and safety, it is possible to go from a 45-inch waist to a Men's Health cover model waist', in about 1.5 years with rigorous training. There is no magic diet. Regardless of whether you choose the trending Ketogenic (low carb, high protein) or General Motor diet (low sugar, high carbs), the correct diet is what works for the individual," concludes Rahul, who's currently setting the groundwork for his own chain of health clubs.
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Regardless of what your body type is—an ectomorph (lean, with difficulty building muscle), endomorph (pear-shaped, with a tendency to store body fat) or mesomorph (muscular, with high metabolism)—you can outsmart your genes with the right training. "In Bollywood, Aamir's body type is a combination of endo-meso and Hrithik has an ectomorphic body. Stars like Salman and Tiger Shroff are blessed with a mesomorphic body," shares Rahul, adding an ectomorph requires high caloric intake, an endomorph must do metabolism boosting training, while a mesomorph can do moderate weights and cardio.
Form follows function
"Fitness trends are a waste of time. What passes as functional training today is actually dysfunctional. Jumping on a bosu ball doesn't push the body into the path of muscular energetics. Strongman training (lifting large tires and pushing logs uphill) is where it's at," shares Rahul. Some fitness formats:
*Weight-bearing endurance is best achieved by running (great for weight loss), whereas a good non-weight bearing endurance training is spinning. *Avoid machines while strength training. Stick to barbells and dumbbells. *For anaerobic endurance, kettlebells are the way to go.
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Opera CEO Jon Von Tetzchner in the fall said Opera Mobile one day would be released for Android, and that day has come.
Sort of.
Opera this morning announced its new cross-UI framework, which in layman's terms means the browser should look, feel and act the same whether on Windows Mobile Symbian, Android, etc.
And so, Opera Mobile is ready for Android. But you can't have it, unless you're an OEM or network operator. Why, you ask? Says Opera, "Currently, these platforms present limitations that hinder mass consumer distribution."
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August 24, 2015
SFWC Continues to See High Number of Botulism Cases in Birds
SFWC's wildlife hospital has seen a record number of birds suffering from botulism, but thanks to our expert staff these birds have all been given a second chance at life
You've probably heard of botulism, and know it's a dangerous toxin, but did you know that it can affect wildlife? At the South Florida Wildlife Center hospital we're acutely aware of this as we continue to see a steady stream of ducks and other wild birds suffering from the effects of this neurotoxin, which is caused by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.
While other species of wildlife can suffer from this often fatal disease, the majority of patients treated at SFWC are avian species. Since May, our veterinary staff has administered treatment for 139 cases of botulism in birds, bringing the total to 213 for the year so far.
Birds contract this disease from ingesting the stagnant water found in ponds, lakes and marshes that are contaminated with the bacterium and toxin. Due to the heavy rainfall in South Florida, the risk of a bird ingesting this water is high.
A bird infected with botulism will become unable to walk or blink what is known as the "third eyelid," a translucent membrane that moistens and protects the eye. If left untreated it can cause paralysis of the bird's respiratory system as well as other parts of the body and eventual death.
The good news is that this disease is treatable if caught. At our wildlife hospital we will administer one or more doses of activated charcoal to bind the toxins in the stomach. In addition, fluids are provided to hydrate the bird, and their eyes are gently kept lubricated until they are able to blink on their own.
So what can you do to prevent a bird from contracting this deadly disease? Here are a few tips:
- Keep standing water from becoming stagnant – even pools with fountains could leave sitting water at the edges.
- Remove dead animals and decomposing vegetation from ponds, lakes, and any other wet areas.
- And if you find an immobile or weak bird, move him or her to a cool area out of the heat and contact a wildlife rehabilitator in your area. If you are in the South Florida area, call 1-866-SOS-WILD (1-866-767-9453).
With South Florida's rainy season expected to last until October, we anticipate many more botulism patients coming through our doors. Please consider making a donation to South Florida Wildlife Center to ensure we can continue to care for the wildlife of South Florida 365 days a year.


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There's a growl from the brush, the sound of the predator creeping towards us. The sound is dampened, as the rush of fear takes hold. An invisible power holds my feet to the ground in place, as I turn slowly to view the inevitable lunge I expect. I hold my breath, barely moving my lungs, as if this would hide me. Courage has left my heart, and terror has taken its grasp. Slowly I step back from the bushes, as I shake, watching them with my eyes wide, and my fist clinched, hoping to escaped the doom. I have avoided him this time, but eventually, I fear that I must face this one who hunts me.
(This is not the one that hunts me… though she looks like she could be :P )
Across the horizon I see him. My enemy has returned. He who has vowed to destroy me, he who has prophesied my end, is standing in my path. Even at this distance, I can hear the sound of his sword as it leaves the sheath, shrieking out like an evil spirit in rage. I stop and stare as my enemy slowly paces towards me. For a moment I stand frozen in decision. Do I flee? Could I out run him? Should I run, or should I stand? Could this be that defining moment of victory? The one I would tell my grandchildren about as they prepare to face the challenges of life? Or could this be the moment people would remember, the instance I should have turned and run, the time when I lost it all? To flight, or to fight: is there really a choice at all? He approaches.
We know it will come soon enough. Peace in life is only peace because we can compare it to times of trouble. The valleys prove us, define us, and inspire others. Who cares about the one who lived a lavish, pleasure filled life, without struggle or trial? The ones remembered from history, the ones we look to for example, the heroes, they had to fight. They faced insurmountable odds, and massive forces of opposition. If not, you would never know their name, or care to. Kings have conquered nations, the names of which we will never know, but those who braved the face of death to map our continent, their names we know. Rich men have moved politics and decided the fate of millions of lives, but they can be lost in the past while surfacing to the top is the poor one who stood up and defied tyranny, though it cost him his life.
Many are near to us. Those we love, those who love us, those who need us and those who watch. The masses horde together, like the cattle funnelled towards the slaughter. Their eyes glazed over with false hope and no concern. They follow the ones in front, like the ones in front follow the ones in front. The world is a stream of fluid folly, falling towards the flame, just enjoying the ride. It is not nations that destroy the souls of men. It is not the slaughterhouse of the end of sin that kills for profit. The masses live a lifeless grey existence of hopeless search because the ones who have been raised and groomed and called to be heroes have stared across the valley at their enemy, sheathed their swords, and left their people to die. You know what you are. You know what you could be. You have a responsibility to them to use what you have been given to give them hope.
"Give me a man!" says evil's champion. I say, give him too many to handle. I say, face his challenge with fight! I say rise up! No longer hide in the shadows, while your people face evil's attack without resistance or hope. You must fight, not with violence, but with the power and strength to move the hearts of men from demise to determination. Strength of body may win a scuffle, but wars for freedom, and right of the soul are won by strength of spirit and determination of heart.
Show us a hero, and we will follow you to victory. Accept the challenge to fight for right, and our honour will drive us to follow you to battle. Be a fighter, not for the pride of the fight, but for love of the ones that you will save. This fight, the fight of today, is not unlike other times. The question is, will you dare to stand and fight?
"And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised (foreign enemies): it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart... And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him. And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow... And there was trembling in the host (of the enemy), in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling. And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another... And Saul (the King of Israel) and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. So the LORD saved Israel that day:"(portions of 1 Samuel 14:6-23)


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@robertberens Well on the minus side that #supernatural promo gives away too much. On the plus side it's totally misleading and contains one outright lie.
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@JerryWanek Tonight's EP directed by Johnny Mac. Great job with a very complicated script. another fun romp. Enjoy!
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@OsricChau Pshhhh, don't they know it's always Colonel Mustard with the candlestick in the library? * Though I've only played clue once.. I probably need a bigger sample size. Or just stick to the movie, clueless *The number of times Dean's been thrown across a room you'd think all his ribs would be broken by now. *Lol, sure Dean, everyone believes you when you say that. "It was totally like that when I got here!" *Sam Winchester, living room, with the peen of death *Dean… That's.. That's enough. Demon Dean doing crazy bad things I can handle but when it's just Dean.. Nope! *I'm gonna play a lot of #Supernatural clue next year. First game is gonna be.. Castiel with a bag of honey in Crowley's dungeon *Communication boys.. If I could give you one additional superpower, it would be the power of communication *Also, the music on that episode needs to be noted
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@jaygruska So grateful for your music comments tnite a big team effort Writers actrs drectors prducers editrs crew/glad 2b on the team * Lots of fun writing an 'older style' score for Ask Jeeves
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A nonanimal training movement is revolutionizing medical training. Last month, the University of Minnesota Medical School announced that it will stop using sheep in its emergency medicine clerkship. And the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey ended a trauma training course that used and killed live, anesthetized pigs to practice surgical procedures.
At the University of Minnesota, this shift completes the school's move away from animal use toward simulators. The announcement follows the official complaint PCRM filed in April 2008 with the U.S. Department of Agriculture citing the university's unlawful use of live animals. Since the complaint was filed, PCRM cardiologist John Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C., has corresponded with university faculty and administrators outlining human-centered alternatives that could replace the use of animals in the course.
Recently, Joseph Clinton, M.D., head of the school's department of emergency medicine, sent a letter to PCRM stating that the university has "markedly curtailed the use of live animals for medical student education in emergency medicine" and "will have completely phased out their use by December 31, 2009."
"Our students are being taught using simulation models including some of those you cited in your communication," Dr. Clinton wrote in his letter to Dr. Pippin. Last year, the university replaced the use of pigs in its surgery clerkship with training tools in its SimPORTAL simulation center.
University of Minnesota officially joins the more than 95 percent of medical schools in the United States that have eliminated live animal laboratories from their curricula.
But it's not only university and hospital administrators in medical schools who are responding positively to PCRM's requests to switch to nonanimal training methods. The same trend is at work in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) programs that teach procedures designed to respond to acute trauma injuries.
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey's (UMDNJ's) University Hospital recently joined the four other New Jersey trauma training programs, including UMDNJ's programs at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Cooper University Hospital, that had stopped using animals.
Last year, PCRM filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture against UMDNJ's unlawful use of animals. The complaint cited an ongoing PCRM survey showing that 95 percent of responding ATLS institutions used only nonanimal models—such as the TraumaMan System, a high-fidelity simulator—for ATLS instruction.
Thousands of doctors, alumni, and concerned citizens like you persuaded UMDNJ to stop practicing surgical procedures on live, anesthetized pigs in its ATLS program. You can do the same at Massachusetts General Hospital. It has one of the last programs in the country using animals in such courses, although effective nonanimal training methods have been approved by the American College of Surgeons, the body overseeing these courses.
Sign PCRM's petition asking Mass General to end the cruel and outdated use of live sheep in its trauma training courses. And if you are in the Boston area, join PCRM's educational demonstration at Mass General on Oct. 15, just days before the hospital's next ATLS course.


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All the attention was focused on Bryce Harper, baseball wunderkind. National television, a packed press box, and even if the sellout crowd came for bobble-heads, the focus was still on the 19-year-old making his major-league debut for Washington.
And then the strangest things happened. A great game broke out. A great, zany, stupefying game. Oh, yeah, and Matt Kemp.
While the much-heralded Harper, the first overall pick in the 2010 draft, brought a historic feel to the game, the Nationals' Stephen Strasburg and the Dodgers' Chad Billingsley locked into an old-fashioned pitching duel.
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by Greg Wells
So how exactly should you pay your BDC? It's a simple question with no simple answer. Let's start with your expectations and work backward from there.
The simplest job description for a BDC agent is "Create quality showroom and service-lane traffic with effective follow-up and daily appointment-setting practices." There are two sides to this coin. BDC agents work with active prospects to set sales and service appointments, but they must also maintain existing relationships.
BDC agents are both hunters and farmers. If you're in it for the long run — and I assume you are — the work your agents do to nurture and maintain your database and offer individualized service to your customers is just as important as answering the phone and writing quality responses to Internet customers.
With that in mind, let's start by setting a reasonable hourly wage. If you're in the Midwest, it could be $8 an hour; in northern New Jersey, $14 might be more reasonable. It varies that much. Bear in mind that the number you choose won't be a secret for long, so be sensitive to your other hourly workers. A significant wage gap between them and your BDC agents can lead to conflict.
Next, when incentivizing your agents, don't just wing it. Back into the right numbers by looking at your lead count and the quality of your leads. Apply your expected close rate to the opportunities and see what that does to the payroll.
A common practice is to pay BDC agents a bonus for a kept appointment and an additional bonus for a sold appointment. Fifteen dollars for a show and $10 for a sale is fairly common. This concept works pretty well, but there are two potential pitfalls:
1. You must track the leads carefully. Customers have been known to show up at the dealership after reading or listening to a particularly compelling email or voicemail. That's a real skill, and agents should be recognized for it. In the first quarter, we found that about 15% of Internet traffic was represented by an "unappointed" show. But if the customer doesn't mention the email or voicemail, and the person who greets them doesn't ask, the agent is out of luck.
2. Agents may spend too much time tracking down information. They shouldn't have to comb through records to look for deals they may have missed due to duplication or a spouse's name being used in a transaction. The BDC manager should monitor CRM input. Look for ways to simplify tracking and reporting.
Remember the first line in the job description: "Create quality showroom traffic." The close rate on unappointed shows is 42% — quality traffic indeed. If you factor this metric into your pay plan up front, it won't be a point of contention in the future.
But bonus-based pay plans are not the only option. In our own call center, we stick to an hourly wage that's aggressive for our market. There is no bonus structure. Instead, we frequently do spiffs on specific skills or results for a dealer client, typically for a short period of time.
One spiff our agents have fun with is a poker game. We put a three-card "river" on the big board. Agents earn cards by scoring high on phone calls or setting a certain number of appointments. At the end of the day, the agent with the best poker hand wins the prize, which could be a $25 gift card, lottery tickets or paid time off.
On the service side, focus on volume. Service BDC agents are typically paid a slightly higher hourly wage but earn fewer bonuses. Trying to track bonuses and spiffs for service can be a complex endeavor. I have seen dealers incentivize service BDC agents based on hours or dollars per repair order.
A popular way to pay BDC managers is a monthly base salary, somewhere in the $2,500 range, plus the same bonus as the agents —$15 for showroom visits and $10 for sold customers.
Personally, I like to put more emphasis on kept appointments, since that is their job description. The close rate on kept appointments is mostly out of the agent's control, but they certainly influence the purchase. They can also hinder the purchase by giving bad information or setting unrealistic expectations.
If you can identify your lead volume and expected close rate, you will be able to work backwards into a fair pay plan. You also will have earned a healthy ROI and inspired your BDC team to set more appointments and act as good caretakers for your database.
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Hi and thank you for this great article.Kindly email me with the typical or average results (Potential Contacts, Actual Contact Made, Number of Appointments, Number of the Appointments that actually Showed up for their Appointments, Number of Sales made to those Appointments (closing ratio?).Or, if you prefer to tell me the percentages for each of the above results that's fine.I'm under the impression we'll sell approximately 10% of those we initially contact or make contact with.Thank you.
How much do BDC's at acura carland in duluth georgia make an hour?
My work, at our dealerships BDC Department does 50-60% of our total traffic, we are also responsible for Serivce leads, and Parts leads. My have multiple lead generating services, and our pay structure is generous. I am paid $11/hr w/ 15 hours of over time most weeks at time and a half. $5 per appointment set & SHOWN in the showroom. $25 per sold vehicle. With bonus pay at 15 cars =$150 20 cars = $200 25=$375 30 cars = $600. I have received this kind of pay plan after 8 months of working at my dealership and often getting 25 cars or more. BDC Depts. are one of the strongest assets to a dealership, if ran correctly. Have a proposal? Send me an email. email@example.com I am willing to relocate.
I run a different kind of BDC it's hands on for sales and service... The reps are actually trained to be an asset to our sales and service team by going through training to learn how to sale and be an advisor. I have reps that have moved on to be great service writers and sales associates and are 20 to 30 more effective because of their extensive training. They have a visual on the day to day operation. Please contact me if you are a BDC rep. looking to advance...
Started my dealerships BDC single handedly and interested in what other dealerships have to offer. Contact me.
I recently took over the BDC at my dealership. We have seen lots of different figures on what percentage of internet leads should turn into kept appointments. Is there a general percentage that we should be striving for? Also, what percentage of kept appointments should result in sold cars?
I have 10+ years of BDC sales manger. I have recently been offered a Bdc manager position just for service in nj. I'm wondering what my pay plan should be as well as my reps. Thanks
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I am the only bdc at my location and i make around 4500 a month with an inventory of 120 cars. i think every bdc needs to be paid that because theyre bringing in business for the dealership. so eseentially they are the main assets of the dealership.
Hey Brian I am the only BDC in the department covering internet fufu showroom etc averaging over 150 calls a day and I don't get paid that my
I started a BDC at my current location. I was asked to come on with the agreement that I would take a low hourly wage and in 3 months, once I proved successful, I would be paid what I am worth and the department would grow. I have been there for 6 months and I am lucky to make $400 a week! It is a lower volume store with fewer sales people and management is very slow when it comes to change. I need to be paid what I am worth. I am doing a whole departments work. How should I approach this, and any ideas on what I should be realistic for?
I'm a BDC Agent at my dealership and they only pay us once the appointment that we set buys and we only get half of the commission which is usually a minimal $100 for a New vehicle and $50 for a used vehicle. No bonuses or incentives. How should I approach a solid pay plan for my GM to actually look at?
I dont get paid if they come in asking for me even though I have been talking to them over a week or so . Not ever can make appointments these days.
I work in BDC service I have been there a year I get a salary new worker get hourlyI get $2 per RO she gets $1 per ROSo far so goodYesterday I found out she gets additional bonus our boss told me was a raise( when I asked for base salary to be raised)He suggested this additional performance bass bonus would be considered my raiseHow is this a raise when new employee also qualifies for bonus??Not happy :(
DougSo not fair you need to talk to your manager or look for a job that will properly pay you . Good luck.
How can you turn an old school gm into understanding what is a BDC Department is for? How its a department not a one person show. Where sales calls, service, internet leads, are filtered into one department not a free for all.
Hi everyone. Ideas on how does the bonus plan work if the BDC is ALSO taking all service and sales inbound calls. Does anyone have any incentive ideas for incoming calls? We are a team of 4 and work for an autogroup of 4 dealerships.
I just started as a bdc manager 2 months ago and I'm thinking about stepping back down to a rep. 2500 is my salary and 10 a sold car up to 75 cars then 15.00 for 76 to 90 and anything from 90 up 20.00...I'm not sure if my pay plan is fair.
My dealership is a 3 car AutoGroup, we do internet sales for all 3. We have 5 reps and our manager. We work as a team, so no matter who books the appt. Doesn't matter.As long as it comes through the internet and one of us book it AND it sells then we make $10 per car. I like that idea of 10-15-20 BC since I've been there we have always been over 100. Lowest was 113 last month, but this month will probably be the lowest (67 cars as of Tuesday)... Anywyay I'm wondering if this is fair or does anyone else get better pay plans? We get no bonuses either. I feel satisfied with my pay and commission but does any other bdc rep think this is low balling us?
BDC managers are largely underpaid in my opinion. Starting salary in NY is $81,000 a year. The BDM is a store manager, sometimes doing more than assistant sales managers or used car manager yet are paid much less. They run the BDC, oversee sales, oversee managers, are meeting with dealer Reps, running the CRM systems, Auto Alert, TrueCar, making sure everyone is using the software properly to get the fullest potential and the responsibilities just keep growing. I could go on and on. Our BD agents start at $550.00 a week salary, $10 for appointments and another $25 if it sells. Half the time the deal is already done when the customer comes into the showroom. When we give sales a bonus we also give the BDC department one as well. They are the first touch, they are doing most of the leg work. I started out selling cars in 1999 and boy have things changed! Give your BDC's all the resources they need to be successful, keep them happy and you will get results. Its amazing how much work they will do for a measly $10.00 appointment.
Here here Heather. You are on point.
I would like to know how people are handling the Customer that The BDC has worked with, left voice mails, answered their questions, do not commit to an appointment, then walk in. One FL dealership suggested that if I had put information into the CRM showing that I spoke with them or contacted them, if they came in, it would be marked as an appointment, not a showroom up.What do you think?
I have been a BDC Director/Rep/Sales Manager for about 15 years. Some of what I see on this thread is absolutely crazy. Shelley absolutely if you have been working a client and they come in you should be paid on that. If not you are being taken advantage of. A good quality message can bring a customer in even if you never spoke with them. I think a good rep should make around 1000-1200 a week. Avg 120 calls per 8hr shift and 2-4 appts per shift. If this is not happening something is wrong with the process. I hope this helps some of you.
I have been a bdc for 3 yrs and have seen a few pay plans. One that was best was tiered. $10 per show, and that jumps to $20 per show once you hit 50. And it retros. Solds were $25 and goes to $30 once you hit 50 sold appts (although that was very rare.) We'd also added tesm bonuses. X amount of outbound emails n calls a month total and each person would get say $200. That was a win together lose together kind of deal. Unfortunately, not everyone carried their weight, and those hard pushers, like myself, would double the call quota each day to assure the team hit goal. We also gave credit for a show/sold if someone walked in that originally was an online inquiry, given the work was put in. We always say, if its not in the CRM it didnt happen. So always be sure to notate every single detail on each customer! Btw, the average calls should be about 120-150. The more calls the contacts, thus more appts. My team averaged 5-6 per person a day. Of course some individuals did more like 8 a day average, and others less than expected. Hope this helps.
At the dealership that I work at the BDC gets paid $10 for appointment show, not sold, and an additional $50 for a sold unit. This seems like a lot for what they do when most leads are only name, phone number, and a general idea of what car they want. I know that they only do about 70-90 calls per shift. Does this seem right to anyone else?
Hello, so I currently work at a dealership that gives me 11$ an hour with a 15$ per show and 10$ sold bonus. I also get daily bonus's of 4 shows = 50$ and a 6 show bonus that gives 75$. Also an additional 50 show bonus a month and 75 show bonus a month. I am actually not content with this and was offered another job else where, now they are willing to give me a different pay plan as well as a higher pay. What should I do? I'm really good at this I bring in atleast 100 people a month with atleast 30 sold. They don't want me to leave, what can they do to keep me if I'm offered a 50k base plus 3% commission end of the month on inside sales ?
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JoJo the best bdc school is you! there is a lot of free training on you tube. Sean V, Grant Cardone and others. Soak it all up, refine it and keep what works and don't be attached to what's not. Just started in this but I can see the opportunity and appreciate it. I have a long way to go because I need to overcome other things as well, but I'm not afraid to take on the tips from others to shorten my learning curve to be a top producer in this craft. When I go home I'm practicing, learning. Following the money trail..
OK i'm a BDC for service anyone just do service appointments ?
hey Denise, I do the Service BDC and a little of the sales
I'm the BDC Director for an auto group in FL.I pay my team a 2k draw plus$3.0 for every car the store sells ( weather its a bdc customer or not)$100.00 if we pass CSIA percentage on internet leads that sold - Tier 1 $500 / #2 $650 / #3 $750A percentage on the phone leads that sold -Tier 1 $500 / #2 $650 / #3 $750An individual sold spiff - 18-24 cars sold $250.00 - 25-30 $500 - 31-36 $750 - 40 plus $1000.00First place for shown phone appts - $250 2nd place $150.00First place for shown internet appts - $250.00 2nd place $150.00Most sold BDC units from the BDC department gets $250.00Plus I always put out a spiff based on your performance. ( Always setting goals to beet your last months performance)
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Media advisory: Press Notice and Press Release for a "Freedom First - No Olympics Medal for China" Rally on August 7, 2008, in Front of Chinese Embassy in Washington DC, Sponsored by Multiple Organizations and Joined by Hundreds Tibetans and Freedom Loving People
No Olympics Medal for China: Protesting China's Abysmal Human Rights Record
DATE: August 7, 2008
TIME: 2PM to 5PM
PLACE: Chinese Embassy (2300 Connecticut Ave. NW., Washington, DC, USA)
Contact: Ms. Doma Norbu 646-812-5228 or Ms. Ciping Huang 202-543-1538
Speakers include but not limited to Ms. Rebiya Kadeer and Mr. Wei Jingsheng, both of whom met with President Bush in the White House on July 29 regarding their efforts in promoting democracy and human rights in China; as well as leaders of Asia Democracy Alliance, and representatives from the international human rights organizations including Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International.
There will be hundreds of Tibetans traveling from New York to attend this demonstration, led by Doma Norbu, President of Chushi Gangdruk.
Sponsoring Organizations:
Asia Democracy Alliance
Chushi Gangdruk
Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA)
Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition
World Uyghur Congress
Inner Mongolian People's Party
Reporters Without Borders
China Support Network
Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars
Freedom First, Olympics Second Coalition
Press Release "FREEDOM FIRST" - " NO OLYMPICS MEDAL FOR CHINA"
August 7, 2008
The Olympics is intended to be a celebration of the human spirit, but the spirit of the Tibetan, Uyghur, Inner Mongolian and Chinese people are being crushed under the weight of an oppressive regime. As the opening ceremony of the Olympics are underway, harsh measures are currently being implemented in Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and China to intimidate the people and prevent any further signs of dissent.
Thousands of people are still missing or in detention, and a climate of fear prevails. While Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia are in theory open to foreign visitors and journalists, in practice, only a government-approved few are permitted.
When Beijing won the rights to host the 2008 Olympics in 2001, the Chinese government made a promise to the International Olympic Committee and the international community to concretely improve human rights. But those promises have for the most part been empty.
Amnesty International in its 8th July 2008 report states "In fact, the crackdown on human rights defenders, journalists and lawyers has intensified because Beijing is hosting the Olympics. The authorities have stepped up repression of dissident voices in their efforts to present an image of "stability" and "harmony" to the outside world. This has resulted in the detention and imprisonment of those who wish to draw attention to the other side of the picture, which includes human rights violations perpetrated in preparation for the Games.
We are counting on President Bush and other world leaders to make clear while in Beijing that token gestures from the Chinese government are not enough to silence international concern for these oppressed people. "The Chinese government's policies in these areas will continue to impact China's image abroad, for good or ill, long after the Olympics spotlight dims.
In light of this grim situation, we request that:
1. The Chinese government stops its crackdown on innocent people in the guise of Olympic security.
2. The Chinese authorities should account for those who remain in detention and that they will be accorded due process in accordance with international legal standards.
3. Journalists, Representatives from the United Nations and Aid agencies should be provided with free access throughout Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia.
4. President Bush and all world leaders attending the Olympics should request permission to travel to Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia. Such a visit would demonstrate their genuine concern in resolving the issue through a meaningful and lasting process.
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Event notice: Protest on Aug. 7 '08
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Warning: This video contains profanity and drug use — and unsubstantiated claims of smoking marijuana at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
Weed isn't this legal in D.C. yet.
In an episode of his online show "GGN: The Double G News Network" that just went live, Snoop Dogg claimed he smoked Mary Jane in a White House bathroom.
Though Mr. Dogg did not explicitly say so, the implication was that President Obama was not there when the rapper toked up. For the record: Obama recently turned down pot at a bar in Denver — though, if it's relevant, he has been known to dodge questions about whether he smokes cigarettes of the non-marijuana variety in the White House.
Dogg's revelation came in an exchange with guest Jimmy Kimmel. Try to follow along:
Kimmel: Have you ever smoked at the White House?
Dogg [smoking what appears to be a marijuana blunt]: In the bathroom.
Kimmel: You did? In the White House.
Dogg: In the bathroom. Not in the White House — but in the bathroom. Because I said, "May I use the bathroom for a second?" And they said, "What are you going to do? No. 1 or No. 2?" I said, "No. 2."
Kimmel: Who said this? The first lady?
Dogg: No. The CIA. Or the FBI. The alphabet boys. So I said, "Look, when I do the No. 2, I usually, you know, have a cigarette or I light something to get the aroma right." They said, "You know what? You can light a piece of napkin." I said, "I'll do that." And the napkin was this. [indicates blunt]
Kimmel: This is some story.
USA Today confirmed that the man once known as Calvin Broadus was at the White House ahead of the Kennedy Center Honors in December.
So: The man had the means, motive and opportunity.
If Dogg did indeed get lit in a bathroom at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. with the permission of an unspecified government security agency, this would not be the executive branch's first experiment with marijuana. As everyone with a NORML bumpersticker knows, Presidents Washington and Jefferson grew hemp.


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Paul Feig voices support for female-led comedies
Paul Feig has insisted ''funny women can make money''.
The 52-year-old director - who helmed new action comedy film 'Spy', which stars Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham and Rose Byrne, and the 2011 hit 'Bridesmaids' - has reiterated his view that female-led comedies can be profitable.
He told the Guardian newspaper: '''Bridesmaids' showed people that movies starring a lot of women, funny women can make money. I think it's easy for a while to go, you know, 'Maybe it was just a fluke'. It throws me that they're so slow on the uptake.
''Again, it's been proven as 'Pitch Perfect 2' has just made a bazillion dollars. So I just hope that we can end the debate and just have more projects.''
Meanwhile, Paul recently revealed the crucial role swearing played in his new movie.
He shared: ''Swearing is an art form and I had some really good minds on it. People were always giving me jokes and coming up with different creative ways to do it.
''When we first started (filming) I said to Jason (Statham), 'Say f**k here!' and he goes, 'Oh, we can swear?' Once I said yes they could swear then the floodgates just opened. He's another amazing swearer and who knew Rose Byrne would be such a great swearer?''


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Published by Atria Books on April 25th 2017
Pages: 432
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"You never want to get away from home as much as you do when your're fifteen years old."
Ain't that the truth?
"You can't live in this town, Maya, you can only survive it."
You are preaching to the choir here. Small towns, man. I grew up in a small town. You either know everybody or you are related to them. I could not get away fast enough. People in small towns have each others backs – until that moment when they don't. People like to choose a side. What if you chose the wrong side?
Beartown is a hockey town. Seriously, who does not love a hockey town? Showing my bias – I love hockey. Beartown residents love the game, they love their players, they love to win. They take great pride in their hockey achievements. The small town hockey team is about to compete in the national semi-finals and guess what????? They might just win!!!! The town's pride rests on the shoulders of the teenage players. Most are hungry to win. Most have dreamed (and trained) of this moment for as long as they can remember. But is carrying the towns hopes and dreams on their shoulders too much for this group or will they rally to the challenge? Are the town and their parents putting too much pressure on them?
"Never again do you find friends like the one's you have when you are fifteen years old."
Peter is the General Manager of the Beartown Hockey team and the Maya's father. A former player himself he wants his team to win and then a devestating act changes him and his family forever. Maya and Ana are close friends. Ana spends most nights at Maya's home as her home life is uncomfortable and strained. Both rely on each other for emotional support and friendship. Their friendship is strong and can weather any storm.
And a storm is coming……..
After a night of celebrating a violent assault takes place. An assault that turns good hard working people into angry people out for blood – parents trying to save their hockey team. People take sides. They don't seem to really care about facts, or the truth, they believe what the want to believe. Once they have that belief, it is hard to change their mind. Who do you believe? The 15 year old girl with bruises? or the Confident Hockey player who the town has placed all of their hopes and dreams upon.
"Words are not small things."
They are HUGE things. People use their words to hurt in this book i.e. bullying and blaming the victim. There is also a group mentality among the family members of the players. Other characters are also the victims of harsh words via bullying.
Before I go any further let me just make one thing clear – I LOVED this book. I will make a stand and say I believe it is Backman's best. It is powerful and poetic at the same time. His writing is beautiful and poignant. I'm mean seriously take this line: "The room is silent enough to hear when his heart breaks." I'm mean really…his words are beautiful and haunting. Backman eloquently gives the reader a glimpse into the inhabitants of a small town's lives. There are a lot of characters in this book and yet the amount of characters never seems overwhelming. There are characters who are driven to practice day in and day out because they do not lose (Kevin), characters (Benji) who lost a parent to suicide and raised by his sisters, a man (Peter)who is a father and General Manager of the Hockey team whose daughter is the victim, a player (Amat)who has been raised by a single Mother and is the fastest and youngest on the team, a character (Maya)who is a 15 year old who loves her guitar and plays day and night. There are so many characters in this book and yet each has an interesting back story. Each contributes to the story, each causes us to think and feel.
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If you're going to build a career on bad taste, sooner or later you'll have to tackle the most sacred icon of all, motherhood. John Waters is just the man to do it, for he sends up only what he deeply adores. In "Serial Mom" he takes to heart the idea that being the All-American mother is enough to drive a woman crazy. What could be more sympathetic?
Kathleen Turner leaps into the most delicious role she has had in years as Beverly Sutphin. She is a Baltimore housewife with perfectly bobbed hair, a sparkling clean kitchen, a dentist husband (Sam Waterston) and two teen-age children with names that seem lifted from "Ozzie and Harriet": Chip and Misty. But the strain of being a perfect mom is showing, for Beverly has developed a tendency to murder anyone who gets on her nerves.
How dare a teacher suggest that Chip (Matthew Lillard) may need therapy? Beverly responds with normal disbelief, then finds the teacher in the parking lot and runs him down with her car. When Misty (Ricki Lake) is stood up by a handsome date, she will regret crying to her mother, "I wish he were dead."
Mr. Waters, of course, no longer traffics in the truly vulgar, as he did in early films like "Pink Flamingos" (notorious for its canine scatology). With his recent lighthearted films of 50's and 60's adolescence, "Hair spray" and "Crybaby," he entered the mainstream, where his sense of the tacky fit right in. With "Serial Mom" he concocts a cute suburban satire, a warmly funny movie that even a mother could love.
The movie is milder than its premise makes it sound. Although the story is set in the present, Beverly seems stuck in one of Mr. Waters's favorite twilight zones: 50's sitcoms that shaped a generation of dysfunctional families. A detective who questions the Sutphins even points out how remarkably Beverly brings to mind June Cleaver, though he misses a crucial clue about the obscene note sent to their whiny neighbor, Dottie Hinkle (Mink Stole). The note is signed with a smiley face. As soon as the detectives and her loving family are out the door, Beverly displays girlish delight at muttering dirty words in an anonymous prank call to Dottie. Beverly is the kind of matron who would profess to be disgusted by a John Waters movie while secretly relishing every cathartic moment.Continue reading the main story
The film is shaped by Mr. Waters's flair for capturing the excruciating details of suburban life. An especially nice touch is the way Beverly cheerily sings Barry Manilow's "Daybreak" while cleaning her house or driving to another murder. Ms. Turner plays the good mother with such sunny conviction that her murderous side seems plausibly self-righteous. And Mr. Waterston, escaping from many earnest roles, shows a flair for understated comedy that works perfectly for the befuddled husband.
Like all Waters films, "Serial Mom" is uneven and often predictable. When the police close in on Beverly while she is riding to church with the whole family, she wonders, "Do you think I need to call a lawyer?" The astute Chip answers, "You need an agent." Suzanne Somers, in a cameo role, suddenly wants to make a mini-series of Beverly's life. The media frenzy about the latest mega-star killer is too close to reality to work as satire.
Despite Mr. Waters's tame approach, there are still some disgusting moments in "Serial Mom," including a close-up of what looks like a human liver skewered on a fireplace poker. He hasn't, after all, lost his sense of values. Who would you rather be? he seems to ask. The famous serial mom or the neighbor who, when a favorite ceramic egg has been broken, wails: "It's Franklin Mint! I collect Franklin Mint!"
One victim rents a video of "Annie," settles into her easy chair and starts singing along with "Tomorrow." Legally that doesn't justify murder. But there are higher esthetic issues involved. They explain why, in the world of John Waters, this serial mom is a pop-culture heroine.
"Serial Mom" is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). It includes foul language, sexual suggestiveness and some bloody murders. Serial Mom Written and directed by John Waters; director of photography, Robert M. Stevens; edited by Janice Hampton and Erica Huggins; music by Basil Poledouris; production designer, Vincent Peranio; produced by John Fiedler and Mark Tarlov; released by Savoy Pictures. Running time 93 minutes. This film is rated R. Beverly Sutphin . . . Kathleen Turner Eugene Sutphin . . . Sam Waterston Misty Sutphin . . . Ricki Lake Chip Sutphin . . . Matthew Lillard Dottie Hinkle . . . Mink Stole Suzanne Somers . . . HerselfContinue reading the main story


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