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Surviving the 2015 D23 Expo - straight talk from Expo veteransby Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix, staff writer
[This article was updated 9:20 a.m. (Pacific), August 11, 2015]
The 2015 D23 Expo begins this Friday at the Anaheim Convention Center, and the social media landscape is full of survival guides and strategies. There's an entire Facebook group filled with people swapping schedules and spreadsheets, and obsessing over the details of the release of the Disney Store dolls.
While some sites have pulled together pretty good common-sense guides for the D23 Expo—we like the parent-friendly advice provided by the Babes in Disneyland blog, for example—others just plagiarized the official Survival Guide published by D23 last week. In 2013 we published a guide to Making the Most of the Expo, and it's worth another read, even if some of the tips were specific to that year's event.
This year, we decided to take a different approach to presenting our advice to Expo-bound readers. Based on our MousePlanet staff members's personal experience from having participated in each of the three previous events as attendees, exhibitors, and credentialled media, and we've gathered some "street savvy" tips to help you get your money's worth.
The 2013 D23 Expo starts Friday, August 14 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Photo © Disney.
Set realistic expectations
Everyone will tell you the same thing—you can't see everything there is to see at the expo. But if this is your first time attending the D23 Expo or any major convention like this, the true scale of the event will be a surprise.
As this article was published, the official convention schedule lists over 100 hours of stage presentations, performances, artist signings, photo opportunities, autograph sessions, trivia challenges, and interactive events.
That's just on Friday.
Saturday and Sunday are equally jam-packed. That doesn't even take into consideration the dozens of other events hosted by third-party exhibitors in the Expo Emporium and around the show floor. Forget trying to be in two places at once; you'd need a TARDIS* to see everything offered from official Disney partners at the expo. You need to know going in that you'll only get to see about 10 percent of what is offered, so that you can avoid that post-expo "what did I miss!?" letdown.
Know how to get inside
This shouldn't be a thing, but it is. Your level of D23 membership, arrival time, and desired first destination all determine where and when you should line up for the expo. Read the "Things to Know" section of the D23 Expo website so you know exactly what to do, whether you want to camp out overnight for the Disney Legends presentation, are a Gold member who wants first shot at the Disney Store, or are a Free member who wants to see the Parks and Resorts pavilion.
Some Expo attendees are obsessed with this collection of Once Upon a Time dolls to be released by the Disney Store. Photo © Disney.
Live for today, and stay flexible
As you make your schedule, focus on the experiences you can only have at the expo. While this differs for everyone, here are some examples of what I'm talking about:
- Those fortunate enough to live near the Wonderground Gallery can see artists like Jerrod Maruyama and Guy Vasilovich during their appearances there, and free up some expo time.
- If you live in Southern California, you have plenty of opportunities to see Charles Phoenix's Big Retro Disneyland Slide Show, so you can probably skip that here.
- Disney parks regulars need not watch the Jedi Training Academy during the expo.
Things you can only do at the D23 Expo include:
- Visiting the Walt Disney Parks & Resorts pavilion
- Playing in the Disney Interactive pavilion
- Attending live concerts and performances
- Being open to whatever magical experience happens your way. For some people, the absolute highlight of the 2013 Expo was playing the Adventureland Trading Game, something that wasn't on any published schedule.
Choose wisely
As with past years, once you enter Hall D23 for a presentation, are not allowed to exit to visit the expo floor and then return to the hall. This policy includes anyone who opts to wait overnight in Hall E to get a front-row seat for one of the Hall D23 panels. Your entire group must wait together, and you can't leave the area and return.
To ensure a spot in the Hall D23 presentation, you should be there early—however, this confines you inside the hall and unable to leave when the first StagePass distribution block opens at 9:00 a.m. This block covers every presentation that begins before 2:30 p.m., and there's a good chance the StagePass tickets will be distributed before the Legends ceremony ends at noon.
What does this mean for you? Basically, attending the first Hall D23 panel of the day means you probably won't be able to get a StagePass for any presentation that begins before 2:30 that day. It also means that you won't be in line to get a Store Pass when distribution opens at 10:00 a.m.
Those Hall D23 panels come with a big trade-off in terms of missed opportunities to do other things at the Expo. They also overlap other presentations, so you can't, for example, see the Disney Legends presentation in Hall D23, then see the Inside Out panel in Stage 28.
Which brings me to...
Watch some big presentations later on YouTube
With the exception of the handful of panels with photography restrictions, you can expect that a video of almost every other show, panel, and presentation offered at the expo will probably hit YouTube before you make it back to your hotel room that night.
The reality here is that Hall D23 is a large, long, flat room with 7,500 chairs. Members of the media have been told to bring telephoto lenses if we plan to photograph the stage. There will almost certainly be additional monitors set up around the room to improve the view of those who aren't in the first 20 rows, which means you'll be in the room but still watching everything on screen.
Consider your choices:
- Camping out overnight for a seat in view of the stage
- Sitting in the back row of a flat auditorium and watching on a monitor
- Watching online
Which is going to offer you the best experience? If your dream is to be there in person to see Danny Elfman accept his Disney Legends award live on stage, then by all means join the overnight line. If you're just as happy seeing the same thing online the next week, then you can safely skip that presentation and spend your time doing things you can only do in person.
Here are the four panels that we expect will have photo and video restrictions. Disney will certainly add more later, but these are the ones we know about as of press time:
- In Conversation with the Filmmakers and the Emotion Behind Inside Out (Friday)
- Worlds, Galaxies, and Universes: Live Action at The Walt Disney Studios (Saturday)
- Welcome to Zootopia! (Saturday)
- Aladdin – The Making of a Classic (Saturday) [Editor's note: The restriction on this presentation was announced this morning, August 11.]
- The Shorts of Walt Disney Animation Studios: From Paperman to Prep & Landing, Feast to Frozen Fever (Sunday)
Video cameras won't be allowed inside the Zootopia presentation, so see it in person if you hope to see it at all. Photo © Disney.
Use your smartphone to clone yourself
Speaking of multi-tasking... while you can't be everywhere at once, there are quite a number of websites and blogs, including MousePlanet, attending the expo, too. Any major announcements made during the expo will be online in a matter of seconds.
What's the best way to spend your Saturday afternoon—sitting in the Parks and Resorts panel while Bob Iger talks about Shanghai Disneyland, or spending the same amount of time looking at scale models and concept art inside the Parks and Resorts pavilion?
We note that the "Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives" exhibit prohibits photography, so that's something you'll have to see with your own eyes.
Download the D23 official mobile app; follow @DisneyD23 on Twitter
Even with the recent redesign, the official D23 Expo website is sorely lacking in details about the expo, and missing some useful tools—like maps, floorplans, a single-page schedule or a preview of the Expo Guide Book—offered at past events. However, maps are now available via the app, and the scheduling function allows you to save your chosen events to your phone's calendar and set alarms.
Still, we don't know if the app will send push notifications if scheduled events change, so it's best to follow @DisneyD23 on Twitter for up-to-date announcements. Note: The @D23Expo account used in past years is no longer active, so don't rely on it for notifications.
If you'll be at the expo or just want to experience it with us online, follow MPatD23Expo on Twitter for live updates throughout the show.
If you won't be at the expo and don't want all of the chirping, follow MousePlanet on Facebook or Twitter for currated updates.
Focus on exclusive live performances like Disney on Broadway to make the most of your expo time. Photo © Disney.
Packing list
Here are a few things you should tuck into your day bag:
- A stiff envelope for storing trading cards, photos, and anything else you don't want to get bent
- Permanent markers for autographs
- A notepad and pen for writing notes or trading contact information with other people.
- A charger for your cell phone. When you need to top off, stop by the MousePlanet booth to recharge.
- Extra batteries and an extra memory card for your camera.
- Refillable water bottle. There are water fountains inside the convention center, and you'll save a fortune if you don't have to buy bottles of water on-site.
- A folding shopping bag or two. You never know which booths are going to have great giveaways. At the same time, you don't want to lug a huge empty bag all day, so those little nylon bags are perfect.
- Cash – not all of the vendors take credit cards.
Hang out with MousePlanet
MousePlanet is prominently located in the Expo Emporium—come find us in Hall A, booth 403, directly across from the Store Pass distribution area and the Disney Dream Store. Stop by to meet MousePlanet columnists, Community Leaders, and fellow readers. Top off your electronic devices at or charging station. We also have a host of special opportunities planned for our readers.
Get your free MousePlanet lanyard and wear it to win
Stop by the MousePlanet booth and receive your free MousePlanet lanyard to wear throughout the expo. Your lanyard is your entry into our weekend-long contest, where you can win fantastic prizes from our sponsors just by showing your MousePlanet style. You never know where and when our Swag Squad will strike next!
Meet the authors
Meet some of the people behind the website, and learn some of their favorite theme parks tricks and tips:
- Mouse Tales' David Koenig – throughout the weekend. David's books will be available for purchase and signing at the Expo.
- Parenting in the Parks editor Adrienne Krock – Friday morning
- Newsletter editor and Team MousePlanet columnist Stephanie Wien – throughout the weekend
- Park Update editor Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix – throughout the weekend
Get the 2015–2016 MousePlanet Community Calendar
Earlier this year, we held a reader photo contest and encouraged everyone to submit their best Disney vacation photos to help create the MousePlanet community calendar. The calendars are ready to share, and will be available at no charge at the 2015 D23 Expo, August 14–17 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
If you already subscribe to the MousePlanet Newsletter, or sign up before August 12, you will receive a voucher in the August 13th Newsletter that you can bring to the Expo and redeem for your free calendar. If you're not a subscriber, you can sign up at the expo and receive the calendar on the spot.
MousePlanet reader Jennifer Dutrow contributed the cover photo for the 2015–16 MousePlanet Community Calendar.
We don't want to spoil the surprise by showing all of the chosen calendar images here, but want to recognize the photographers whose work was included in this project:
- Cover: Jennifer Dutrow – Twitter: @juniper8301 | Instagram: @juniper8301
- Gary Fernando – MousePad: RockDoc07 | Twitter: @DrGary32 | Instagram: @drgary32 | Flickr: IlliniDoc32
- Chris Salata – MousePad: GusMan | Twitter: @GusMan90 | Instagram: @gusman_90
- Nora Martinez – Twitter: @norasongbird | Instagram: @noramar
- Lucy Clark – Instagram: @quackersnaps
- Tony Dunford
- Richard J. Hayden, Jr
- Nikko Shaw – Twitter: @NaturallyNikko
- Christy Zemler – Twitter: @shortpix77
- Steven Tani
- Scott Morris
- Derek Lewis – Twitter: @MadChatters
- Elaine Collingwood
- Jim Knepley
- Rick Davison – Twitter: @PopsicleRick
Are you an Expo Expert? Share your own advice in the comments below:
- By Niwel
There is also a family area on the second floor with activities for little ones (parental supervision required).
- By olegc
I believe that the Charter Member lounge will be active again this year. Drinks and snacks are available at times throughout each day.
- By olegc
will storepass be handout out in the same spot as stagepass (i was looking at the show floor map). Also, it looks like Stage 23s queue is partially (or mostly?) outdoors. Be advised - its supposed to be VERY HOT this weekend.
- By Niwel
I think Stage 23 queue is still inside -- on the same floor as Stage 23 (third) -- just to the right of it.
From what I've read StorePass is near StagePass - but the queues are different
- By olegc
there is an indoor portion - and right below it on the map on the phone app it says Outdoor Queue with an arrow pointing right. So - if its a popular event you might find yourself outside.
- By tea4two
Part of the craziness of Expo is how warm/hot the weather usually is outside and how chilly (very efficient A/C) it can be inside the convention center. We bring packable vests or hoodies. They work well when we've been sitting still in line for a long time and also can be used as cushions (that floor is carpeted, but hard).
- By navysargent
I will not be attending the D23 Expo. Which media outlets/posters do you recommend I follow for up to the minute announcements and video presentations?
- By GusMan
Not sure of the official hashtags on Twitter for the expo, but I would think that if keep searching on #D23, #D23Expo or the like, you will get a lot of information quickly.
Of course, you should follow @MousePlanet and @MPatD23Expo on twitter as well.
- By stan4d_steph
Search on hashtag #D23Expo
I'm tweeting some from my @MPStephanie twitter account, and as stated by Gusman, we have the @MPatD23Expo account also.
- By olegc
To me its obvious now. Lots of folks have said you can't see everything so plan for your favorites. That is a complete understatement for this year. You can pick one big panel and camp out for several hours. If u want to make sure its an overnight. Not 7am. Not 5 am. Overnight. I am currently in a line to get into hall e which is a line to get into halld23. It's crazy. I have been in three 2 hour lines this weekend that have resulted in zero value: no panel, no stagepasa, no merch.
Of course D23 has a way for you to avoid the lines. It's the Sorcerers package. gold and silver membership don't get you much benefit. The one hour early entry really isn't that when the staff can't get you on the door until 10, and the hall is filled with spillover from Hall E waiters.
A new venue or a better plan. I am considering not returning.
- By cstephens
For the animation panel on Friday, we waited about 3 hours. And for the live action panel on Saturday morning, we waited about 5 hours - got in line shortly after 5am.
We never ended up trying to get a Stage Pass because it didn't fit in our schedule. When we got in line for Mickey's of Glendale on Saturday afternoon, we were told it was almost a two hour wait, but it ended up being only a little over an hour. We went to the Dream Store around 3:30 and there was no line at all. We never ended up going to the Disney Store because that line was insane all weekend.
I'm going to disagree with that, because we definitely got in earlier both Friday and Sunday because we were gold members. We got onto the show floor around 9:30 on Sunday and the general membership folk were still waiting outside until 10am to even start coming in.
- By olegc
My 2 hour lines were Friday morning outside, StagePass line to get 60th imagineering panel (which they ran out before I got to front), Disneyland exhibit, and Disney Store (for the Lasseter shirt, which they ran out of too). I had to wait standby for a couple of panels but that's a given if you're standby. By standing in lines and getting nothing (stagepass, etc) when you think you've given enough time is disheartening.
Interesting sidebar - they would not let me upstairs for the Toy Story 20th panel (I was 5 min late) because the lines for Once Upon a Time were so crazy they could not maintain control of who was in which line so they simply barred people from coming upstairs to Stage 23. I ended up using a stairway and waiting for a chance to move.
Well you did add multiple hours to your front end. If they tell me we have gold and silver, and we will start entering at 9am, and then we don't do that? then there is not a benefit to it. I don't expect to walk in right away at 9am if I am 500 people back, but I don't expect to wait until 1130am to get in the door. Again - no one told us that downstairs gets in first. All that was said is that Gold and Silver come in at 9am. If its implied - that's wrong and it should be explicitly stated. So what I will concede is there is a marginal benefit - but with so many gold and silver members, not that much more.
And StorePass while a nice concept was not that great. Again - you had to come way early (not just early) to make it worthwhile.
These are my observations and experiences. I don't expect everyone to agree with me - but I also don't expect people to use their experience and somehow state I did something not well. It just happened.
- By olegc
oh - and after speaking with several folks in lines - going solo like me is harder than ever... Again - just my experience.
but I did get Marty Skalr's signature on his new book - personalized for our shared experience as UCLA alums. Nice way to end the weekend.
- By cstephens
There were a number of panels and other things I would have wanted to do, but they would have possibly jeopardized my chances of getting into the animation panel and other things I really wanted to do, so I made my choices. And it's all guesswork. For me, it was important to get into the animation and live action panels, so I gave up other stuff to be able to do that. There were two products in the Dream Store that I really wanted, but I didn't want them more than going to those panels, so I didn't attempt the Dream Store until Saturday afternoon. Luckily, I got the second-to-last of one of the items that I wanted, but I knew there was a chance I wouldn't get either by waiting that long.
If that's intended as a shot at me, I'm going to pretend I didn't see it. I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to have a civil disagreement, so I'm going to proceed as such. I think that newbies and returning attendees alike get caught up in the madness, and it's always a fluid, changing situation when you're trying to figure out how much time is enough time to wait. Do I regret not waiting overnight for the live action panel? Not really. I'm glad my friends got a really good view of the stage for having stayed overnight, but I'm not sure the trade-off would have been worth it for me. Do I regret waiting 5 hours for that panel? I'm still sore from sitting on the concrete ground as much as I did over the past three days, but it was definitely worth it to have been in the live action panel for me. There were some panels I would have liked to have seen, and even with some of the snafus that arose over the weekend, I still had a good time. YMMV. But like with any convention, the tricky part is always about how badly you want to see/do something vs. how long you're willing to wait for it.
- By Toocherie
I was at a booth a lot of Friday and Saturday and elected not to go in on Sunday at all -- but based on discussions with friends I think the observation that you had to choose a big panel and just concentrate on getting into that--no matter how long you had to wait--was the way to go. The only thing that I really wanted to see (and was the only panel I saw) was the "Once" presentation on Saturday. Luckily, while I was at the booth some other friends took my ticket and got me a Stage Pass when they got theirs. However, there was still a lot of waiting in line--when I went upstairs to the third floor to get in line it actually went outside to the roof, because they were late seating the Toy Story panel and there was no place to put the Once line. After the Toy Story panel was moved in we came inside to line up, but because they were already running late, the 6 p.m. Once panel didn't start seating until about 6:15 and I believe it started around 6:45. Not a huge problem OTHER THAN they told us at 5:15 that we were going to be seating at 5:30 so I chose not to go to the ladies' room. Luckily there were no accidents (TMI) but being on a scooter trying to get to a bathroom that wasn't jammed and/or an elevator to go down to a lower floor to find an available restroom was crazy. They really needed a staff person at the elevators to monitor that situation.
The other thing that happened to my friends (and I don't remember which presentation) is that originally they were lined up inside the convention center for a panel, and then at some point the staff moved the line outside the convention center. Ok, not a big deal EXCEPT when the staff went to bring the line back inside they insisted you had to show your admission media again--now remember--the "stage pass instructions" specifically said that one person in your party could take the party's passes and go get stage passes--and that is what had happened with my friends. Someone else in their party (who was not going to the panel they were lined up for) had taken their admission media to get everyone a stage pass for something later while they were still in the convention center, then the staff moved them outside and the STAFF WOULD NOT LET THEM BACK IN. One friend had taken a picture of her ticket on her phone and that wouldn't even suffice. It was insane. They asked to see a supervisor and they were told that that the supervisors were "busy" and didn't have time to come and resolve the issue. I guess the friend with the passes finally came to the door (in response to texts) and they were allowed back in but it was a complete stupid situation that was caused by the staff. And, at the same time, apparently a 10-year old kid had somehow gotten separated from his parents (who were in the part of the line which was still inside) and the same jerky staff member basically told the kid to go to the back of the line and "maybe" he would be able to join his family later. Seriously, I would have been filming all of this because whoever the staff member was needs some lessons in customer service and liability issues.
- By Toocherie
The other thing I'm thinking--is that there needs to be a ticket level between "general" and the $2000 Sorcerer package. Either a package where you can pre-select one "big" panel a day (or even one for the entire convention would help), or get a fastpass for the stores/exhibits in advance or something. Because someone I know got the Sorcerer package and of course she had a "wonderful" time because she got into every panel she wanted to see (as long as no time conflicts) and the stores and exhibits with little to no difficulty as opposed to many general admission ticket holders who didn't realize that they needed to have a game plan up front on what they were going to do and not do and even then their plan could go awry and they would not end up seeing nearly all that they wanted to see. The contrast of Facebook posts between my friend with the Sorcerer's package and everyone else are markedly different in content and tone. I would also think that would help the various vendors who were in the halls because while someone is waiting in a line for 5 hours they are not out on the floor looking at things to buy (and actually buying).
Also, in prior Expos--didn't the panels go later? I remember one year that there was a presentation with Dick Van Dyke it happened at around 9 p.m.? So I'm wondering why the panels and floor were scheduled to end/close earlier (I think the floor closed at 7 p.m.?) Some panels ended up going later because they were running late but I think all panels were scheduled originally to be done by 7 p.m. too. Some of the food vendors closed at 4 p.m. (a friend tried to buy a bottle of water at 4:05 from one vendor and was told they were "closed").
And, I know that the Broadway panel was given twice, I'm wondering why they couldn't use an extra hour or two at the end of the day to repeat some of the more popular panels? (Yes, I know it would cost money and for some the excitement of "announcements" would be lost.) I can't imagine they would have had to pay Johnny Depp more (if they paid him at all) to walk out a third time onto a stage. But definitely the parks and resorts presentations wouldn't be that hard to give again as an example.
- By olegc
I agree on the pre-select. They may not be able to do that with Hall D23 panels - but others for sure. I wonder, though, do they not want to lock out folks and then end of having empty seats if pre-ticketed attendees for panels don't make it. Though I am sure there is a way.
I think the DvD show last time just started late for a number of reasons -and they sang A LOT of songs - so it ran long as well. I don't recall it being scheduled for 9pm.
- By cstephens
They had some events that went later than the show floor hours. The Dick Van Dyke event was a show, I believe, with the acapella (I think) group that he sometimes performs with. The Broadway show last year was in the evening as well, as was the Alan Menken/Richard Sherman show. I was disappointed that they had the Broadway shows during the day this year. I was glad to have seen it last year but wasn't willing to give up time at the Expo during the day to see a portion of it again.
- By tea4two
Feeling dumb here, but what was the "underground queue" to get onto the show floor? We waited outside each day, although on Sunday, D23 CMs finally allowed some of us to queue inside the arena while waiting to enter.
- By olegc
If u arrived to line up before 7am they put u in hall e which was under hall D23. Used for afternoon lineups too
- By tea4two
Ah! Thank you for the clarification.
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Their project is to dissect Walt Whitman's classic poem "Song of Myself" from his collection Leaves of Grass. Most especially his use of the pronouns I and You which is the title of Lauren Gunderson's 90-minute intermission-less two-hander. Caroline really isn't into poetry but after Anthony's impassioned pleas and some line readings from the poem, she gets into helping him with the project. Whitman's outlook on life and death touch something in both of them. The teenagers don't really seem to have much in common at first, but they eventually bond over his love of jazz and her love of "Great Balls of Fire." Caroline has been sick most of her life with a genetic disease and is on the waiting list for a new liver. She tires quickly, especially when she over exerts herself. Her bedroom seems to be her entire universe. She's into photography and has a cat named Bitter and a stuffed turtle that lights up. Anthony plays saxophone as well as basketball. He suddenly tells of a game he was playing earlier that day when one of the players just dropped dead on the court. Gunderson's writing bounces off the walls throughout and her theme is never very clear. Her quirky characters are interesting at times but overwritten with their angsts and peculiarities. The play takes a magical/mystical twist in the final five minutes that some of the audience seemed to buy but I felt was a desperate attempt to wrap things up neatly and generate some tears. The actors are fine if a bit unrestrained under Robin Larsen's loose direction.
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General Electric Theater
Avedon has the production on a dark stage lit as needed, Nelson plays to this for the effect of a nightclub act, perfectly.
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Playhouse 90
On the short end, washed up, a figure of fun he doesn't abide at all, that's the end of him.
Great direction like a prizefight, in close to the camera, maneuvering to square off, performances like a glove (Palance, Wynn & Wynn, Hunter, Adams, Stehli, etc.).
"Pity them, my azure masters." Their art was effaced, "canceled" in a word. What a thing to spend a day or days or part of a day on a shot, when all you need is a handful of cameras and instead of pages on a shooting schedule the same shot is a number in a director's notebook.
"Why would a fellow want a girl like her, a girl who's merely lovely?"
The Jazz Singer
Lincoln Mercury Startime
Nelson's deep mastery of live television is so evident here that it is amazing to read a scholar's remark that the medium is "archaic".
On the contrary, it is entirely new, except that such a composition as Alberghetti and Moore at a nightclub table in the foreground, where their conversation interrupts Lewis's performance behind them, might be adduced from Wyler's Mrs. Miniver (the two couples at table), but generally the style and technique are fast and abrupt (the changing light backstage) and contrapuntal (Lewis sidles off from his father's bedside in the foreground past Moore again with Alberghetti arguing with Reed as Uncle Nat, whereas Picon as the mother has been in the background of the scene).
A World of His Own
The Twilight Zone
This is closely related to "The Mighty Casey" in terms of the comic perfection of style, and of the manner in which it was written, even though the writers and directors are different. Surface and structure meet, there is nothing up the writer's sleeve, and you will not find better performances by these actors in the cinema because there are no better performances by actors in the cinema.
In a very real sense, television is a bridge between radio and cinema, with a constant struggle to achieve the image that fits the word in a production schedule that is notoriously rigorous. Here, Matheson's script delivers up the deepest goods from the writer's most abstract trove, offers an explanatory introduction and then produces a simple and straightforward image.
The playwright tells his wife that his characters have their own being, and produces one. She calls him mad, and he unproduces her, in the sense of an artist refining his art with experience. The merciless opening dialogue is exactly like the comedy of "The Mighty Casey", and now the situation is furthered by dramatic unity into a quintessence of farce only to be compared with Wilde.
Nelson's direction has not the unflinching resolve of Parrish & Ganzer's, but rather follows them with an unremitting articulateness requiring the greatest skill in the players.
Lilies of the Field
An aggressive, complicated satire is intentionally belied by a surface treatment that nevertheless reveals two main structures joined independently in a line that extends (on a purely formal basis) from Hitchcock's Murder! to Maté's D.O.A., and a third as well, Abt Vogler's harmony.
Eliot's The Rock is the simple basis of the anecdote, with a certain resemblance to Isaac Bashevis Singer's story, "The Collector". On the other hand, there is what might loosely be described as the romantic theme, from Bringing Up Baby toward That Cold Day in the Park.
The satire represents the Pilgrims as German nuns who've fled East Germany to the American desert, they lovingly corral a Negro and Mexicans to build their chapel.
"A wind of evil flung my despair of ease / against the spires of the one / lady." There is a sense in which Pakula's The Pelican Brief picks up the note. "I wanted to build it myself," says Herr Schmidt, anticipating Rupert Birkin at the finale of Women in Love.
The displacement of form exhibited in the contretemps, when Smith abandons the project for want of bricks after a miracle has been promised to the churchless but not unhouseled parishioners, is specifically to be compared with Renoir's The Southerner, and the fiesta in Nelson's film.
"I will build thee a house," Jehovah answers King David. Joyce's artist is nowhere to be seen, "paring his fingernails." Hairston's composition rises and falls like the church's peaked roof. Nelson is said to have shot this in two weeks on a budget of $250,000.
Soldier in the Rain
The authors of The Pink Panther, and Blake Edwards didn't direct it.
Nelson runs a taut ship in his comedy (from William Goldman).
The Great One is NCOIC on an Army base, he has a faithful dog who has a faithful dog.
The death of this latter provokes a crisis.
A tale of the peacetime Army, with a remembrance of the Pacific.
Fate Is the Hunter
Vindication of an airline pilot whose plane has crashed killing all aboard save one stewardess.
Unpleasant impressions of him slowly enlightened by interviews with friends and co-workers, a fiancée or two.
Reduplication of the fatal crash in very odd circumstances, the cause found at last.
"A stupid, annoying film" (Bosley Crowther, New York Times).
Father Goose
A very great comedy of the war. John Ford directed Donovan's Reef, no-one got it, Nelson to the rescue.
No-one got it.
Geoff Andrew sums up the critical problem in Time Out Film Guide. "It's a shame that Grant," etc.
The line is from Pommer's Vessel of Wrath and Huston's The African Queen to Ford and Lilies of the Field.
Once a Thief
The alternatives presented in the exceptionally beautiful screenplay are very precisely regulated, the young ex-con (Alain Delon) can pursue a million-dollar cache in "lightweight spools of platinum wire", or else a future with wife and young daughter, A Child's Christmas in Wales.
Marko's hipster lingo lays the turf at Big Al's for a subjective camera robbery and murder in disguise (just ahead of Frankenheimer's distorting lens for Seconds), all prepared in this opening scene by sharp dialogue on the decline of "real people" and a dyke's glance.
The direction is absolutely even with the great cast (Jack Palance, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin, John Davis Chandler, Tony Musante, Steve Mitchell, Jeff Corey, etc.) in a sustained tour de force.
The Background Beat
"A brief introduction to the scoring of a motion picture," with Lalo Schifrin (Once a Thief), seen composing at the piano exactly as they do it in the movies (he composes differently for different occasions).
Variability of theme, "imitating the camera". Application of the score, mysteries of film composition.
Duel at Diablo
The opening is a classic, a man is shown hung from his heels in the desert, another man looks on from a canyon as a woman rides across the desert floor pursued by two Indians on horseback.
This is the magicianship of Robert N. Bradbury. The woman is married to a man in the supply business, she has an infant son by an Indian. A scout (whose Indian wife was scalped) and a horse trader accompany a transfer of munitions from one fort to another, and are ambushed en route. The cavalry arrives in the nick of time.
Nelson goes back to Westerns of the Thirties for more than the opening, he uses camera cars instead of laying tracks to get the jouncing shots at a gallop that are characteristic. The extremely well-filmed ambush ends at Diablo Canyon, a cul-de-sac. The husband (who figures in the scalping) is captured by the Indians, tortured, and left for dead as in the opening scene, with the scout once again looking on.
In a quarter-hour, Nelson has stated the ground of his theme, the artist known among cognoscenti, despised elsewhere, suddenly faced with something not on the cards, summary execution, annihilation.
An American symphony orchestra playing Belgium for the USO, caught up in the Battle of the Bulge.
"Prostitution isn't the only profession that's been ruined by amateurs."
One might amuse the enemy troops, countertheme.
"These people are gangsters, they're the enemies of everything..."
Lots of angles, many incidental considerations, from a novel by Alan Sillitoe, to go with Sturges, Donen, Bergman, Fellini and Wajda, et al.
"I am not a subtle man, General."
"You're right. At last we have an area of agreement."
Sternberg, Shanghai Express. Litvak, The Journey.
"General Schiller knew all about you and me."
"That's quite a trick, I don't know all about you and me myself."
Angles, considerations. "You're a man of unceasing activity and matchless energy, the new Germany in microcosm. Oh, please delay the execution until after I have left this evening."
The point is the enemy position, amused or not.
The allusion to Baudelaire's "Une Mort héroïque" early on is noteworthy.
Though this stalled panzer division has found its fuel a mere two years after Annakin's film on the subject, there is such a thing as a Belgian Resistance.
A directive from Berlin is the death warrant.
"What ever happened to Napoleon?"
Vincent Canby wrote of this as "aggressively unbelievable" (New York Times). Roger Ebert likewise, "preposterous" (Chicago Sun-Times). Also Halliwell's Film Guide, "quite unconvincing".
A perfect exposition of Wang Chi's thousand-year-old poem, "at a public house".
nowadays I'm always drunk
and never worry for my soul
but since everyone's a sot
why should I be sober?
Charly the moron grows up to be a big strong genius in a world of morons, thanks to medical science. Nothing he can do about it.
Hardly a reviewer noticed the contribution by Ravi Shankar, a first-rate score. The cinematography is very beautiful. A split screen puts champ contre champ.
Pauline Kael gave it a name, "true schlock art", that sufficed her. The others moaned and maundered. Vincent Canby gleaned an insight from it, for example, something about Frankenstein, but couldn't make it work. "The movie didn't work for me," he said.
Likewise Ebert, "the movie would have been better on a totally human level, I think."
Michael Scheinfeld's little essay for TV Guide is a misrepresentation in very far over its head.
You can take a moron such as yourself and raise him up till he sees "things as they are", he'll be happy swinging on a playground.
Evidently the basis of Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles, west by south. The symmetry of the construction prepares Soldier Blue and is the point, yet it wasn't even observed by reviewers, who did however note something "familiar" in the circumstances, no doubt from Howard Hawks.
Nelson takes off from Carol Reed by frying an egg on the screen in the first shot.
Soldier Blue
The structure, which critics evidently did not perceive, divides the work into roughly four parts, symmetrically.
1. The massacre of a U.S. Cavalry pay troop by Comanches.
2. An encounter with savage Kiowa braves.
3. An encounter with Isaac Q. Cumber (his father's joke), a white trader who sells rifles to the Comanches.
4. The massacre of a Comanche village by the U.S. Cavalry.
The last made a forcible impression on critics, but the lesson throughout is not to descend into blood lust.
The Wrath of God
The pleasure of God, says Rimbaud, is the vision of justice. For the rest, he says famously, "spiritual combat is as brutal as the battle of men."
In the days of Villa you find just such an arena, the script overlays the image of Ireland and its war and the Tommy gun of Prohibition America in the guise of a priest for a complex picture.
The influence of Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch is seen in the turning of these forces against counterrevolutionary opposition (but see also Richard Brooks' The Professionals).
Nelson's approach to the material is quietly grandiose in the manner of the period represented.
"They murder priests here." The Metrocolor setups by Alex Phillips, Jr. go to town in the abandoned church. "That's why God has sent me here."
A cockfight. "My apologies, gentlemen, but these are extraordinary times." Stanley Kramer's The Pride and the Passion for the renewed church, a significant basis. Roy Ward Baker's The Singer Not the Song applies, and Frank Perry's Monsignor perhaps ought to be mentioned, Burt Kennedy's Return of the Seven as well. The one about the Englishman, the American and the Irishman somewhere south of Mexico, "the Gospel according to Van Horn."
Roger Greenspun of the New York Times far below his best saw "a hokum beyond the reach of art," that's criticism. Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times) found "a lot of things hard to figure out". Variety, "a good solid action-adventure film." TV Guide, "anyone who took this seriously was making an error." The Catholic News Service Media Review Office, "downright painful... embarrassing... simply ludicrous". Michael Betzold (Rovi), "a satirical western."
The Wilby Conspiracy
A view of the South African police state showing the angles by which it operates intransigently over any small thing, a pass that's needed to ride in a Capetown street, for instance.
Insular strata of the regime, divergent viewpoints, the Breakfast at Tiffany's theme.
The man from the Bureau of State Security, the male Bantu and the Englishman, always called a melodrama in reviews (Walsh's Desperate Journey is a close forebear) except the vehement denunciation by Time Out Film Guide that cannot be understood.
Nelson's companion piece to Charly is a poem on feminine vanity without equal.
No childhood, thanks to the good doctor, no future beyond sparkling praise.
The rundown of a bitch and its whelps.
Hero Ain't Nothin' But a
The characteristic technique is exposed under the credits as the camera pans and dollies out around a corner. Successive variations of this, usefully as re-compositions within the frame, cultivate or generate a "carpeted" perspective drawn toward the camera without forcing it.
After the credits, the Los Angeles rooftop from An American Dream, or one like it.
Christmas Lilies of the Field
The great director's last work aired on NBC and is nonetheless carefully titled "A Ralph Nelson Film" (he was the executive producer).
The gemütlichkeit and general carelessness about surface detail are the consequence in one way or another of a thoroughgoing composition that is delicately but solidly constructed. It posits an abstract condition of want, against which the meddlesome rich are sent hungry away, and the government is seen as useless until the government is seen as the people.


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A criminal cost need not constantly be the result of a willful layout, and maybe inconclusive evidence based on suspicion. A normal person is susceptible to lots of unfortunate fees, like damaged driving, burglary from a company, medications manufacturing as well as much more. If this is not taken care of by Legal Counsel, it can develop significant legal troubles for them. Considering that most people do not have any kind of concept regarding the different nature as well as gravity of criminal costs, they encounter a lot of troubles in such matters. This is the area where the expert and also skilled Legal Solutions play a considerable role.
When it comes to seeking qualified lawful solutions in criminal issues, it is constantly a good idea to obtain the expert aid of a professional Criminal Legal representative. An experienced Attorney comprehends the gravity of complicated lawful scenarios, and assists his customers with the appropriate lawful recommendations.
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How to appeal?
First as well as the leading is the crucial relevance of how an individual ought to appeal, if he is founded guilty in the magistrate court. If a person is proclaimed guilty by the magistrate court, he must get correct legal guidance immediately, to appeal versus the sentence imposed on him.
Premises of appeal
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Exactly how to start an allure from the Supreme Court?
The Wrongdoer Lawyers will clarify a defendant that in order to appeal versus his sentence to the Supreme Court, he is needed to file a Notice of Appeal to the nearest Computer registry of the High Court, via his attorneys. If the offender is in prison, after that he is called for to offer the notice of appeal to the sentence management, and the rest will certainly be the duty of the management to file that Allure in the Court.
Can one abandon his charm? What are the threats connected with the appealing of a decision from the High court? Similar to this, there are a whole lot more uncertainties and concerns associated with the Criminal Law, Personal Injury Legislation or any type of various other Law, for which one is required to obtain appropriate legal solution. By employing a professional Criminal Legal representative, one can obtain enough support regarding his defense against inadequate techniques of courts or lawful proceedings.


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In the latest incarnation of the series of the popular game - Assassins Creed Unity - for the first time people are able play seamless 2-4 player co-op missions.
These missions allow you to fight alongside other players in challenging and dynamic scenarios and have been crafted specifically for assassins to work in tandem as they take down targets throughout the city.
To celebrate this new feature DavidAttenbro, MorganF_Da_Man, SchwarzeKiller and ChattyManAl69 navigate the rooftops of 18th Century revolutionary Paris and attempt to break into a French aristocrat's cavernous mansion in a quest to locate a valuable hidden painting.
And here's video of their mission...
And here's a behind the scenes look at Terry Mynott, whose uncanny celebrity impressions feature in the recent Channel 4 series, The Mimic, as he takes us through his awesome impersonations. It also features our very own Will Morton who recorded the session..


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Idaho Power wants temporary delay in new commercial solar contracts
Idaho Power is asking state regulators to delay requiring them to sign new contracts with commercial-scale solar power developers.
The utility wants to complete its ongoing study of the costs of integrating large solar projects into the electrical grid before entering into any new solar agreements. The study is expected to be completed as early as mid-June.
"Idaho Power supports renewable energy development that provides reliable, fair-priced energy to our customers," said Lisa Grow, Idaho Power's senior vice president of power supply. "Making sure those prices are fair is what this study is all about."
If you have rooftop solar on your home or business this won't impact you but the integration study might have an impact in the longer term. Idaho Power is required to enter into contracts with independent power producers at rates competitive with new natural gas plants under terms of the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
It wants to make sure the integration costs are included and are accurate. Intermittent resources require Idaho Power at this moment in time to maintain reserve power on stand-by to make up for minute-to-minute changes in output from solar facilities.
Determining these added costs is the purpose of the solar integration study. Idaho Power said it has dozens of solar projects "either already under contract or attempting to obligate Idaho Power to purchase their output," which represent 501 megawatts of electrical capacity – roughly equal to Idaho Power's Langley Gulch and Bennett Mountain natural gas-fired power plants.
Since Idaho Power went through a long fight to ensure that renewable energy was priced right from 2010 through 2012 that suggests that solar power is increasingly competitive if not for the integration issues.


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It looks like you are coming from United States, but the current site you have selected to visit is Indonesia. Do you want to change sites?
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Mining operations demand a lot from their water processing systems. Whether water or slurry transport, treatment for potable and process use, or treatment of domestic and process wastewater, systems must be robust, reliable and easy to operate.


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Battle for Nano project1 min read . Updated: 05 Oct 2008, 11:52 PM IST
Battle for Nano project
Battle for Nano project
Several states are wooing Tata Motors after its bold decision to move the Nano plant out of West Bengal. They will undoubtedly offer the company incentives to close the deal.
Critics do not like such competition between states to attract investment. They say that it constitutes a race to the bottom: Governments give too much away in a bid to attract large projects. We have few such worries. Tax breaks alone rarely do the trick. States are forced to build infrastructure, invest in education and maintain industrial harmony to attract marquee projects. So, such competition between states can be a catalyst for reforms and better governance.
Yet, it is also a good idea for state governments to tell citizens the incentives they have offered an investing company.
One positive from the Singur controversy is that West Bengal made public several details of its deal with Tata Motors—subsidized loans, cheap power and low lease rents on land. Such disclosures should become standard practice for the benefit of taxpayers and citizens.


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Why might you need car insurance for convicted drivers?
A criminal conviction could make it difficult for you to get car insurance, and even if you do find cover, car insurance for convicted drivers is often much more expensive than for those without convictions.
This doesn't necessarily need to be a driving conviction, it could be a minor offence which has no bearing on how you would drive. But you'll find that many insurers simply may not provide cover.
That's because convicted drivers are, statistically, a higher risk as they are more likely to be involved in accidents and go on to make claims. This means drivers with a conviction are sometimes considered too high-risk to insure.
Will I get insurance if I have a conviction?
If you're a convicted driver, some insurers will still offer you cover providing your conviction has no relation to driving offences. If you have a conviction for burglary, for instance, you might get car insurance cover, but you could be refused if you were convicted for dangerous driving.
If you can't find cover from a conventional insurer, there are specialist insurance companies that focus on providing car insurance for convicted drivers, but premiums are usually expensive.
But, regardless of however difficult you might find it to get cover, and whatever price you are quoted, car insurance is compulsory so you must sort out a policy of you intend to drive. Not only is it illegal to drive without cover, but your car must be insured at all times.
Continuous Insurance Enforcement
Continuous Insurance Enforcement (CIE) rules state that unless you've completed a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) and registered your vehicle as being 'off the road' with the DVLA, it must be insured.
Failure to have at least a third party car insurance policy in place could result in your car being clamped, seized or even destroyed. If you're taken to court you could face an unlimited fine and you could be disqualified from driving – which then causes a problem getting insurance. A vicious cycle.
You must declare your convictions when getting car insurance
When obtaining car insurance quotes, you only need to be upfront about any convictions if they are 'unspent'. Criminal convictions become spent, or can be ignored, after a certain period, the length of which depends on your sentence. So, for example, if you were given a fine or community service, your conviction could be spent after five years. After this, you don't have to declare it to insurers.
How long this takes depends on your sentence. A prison sentence lasting less than six months would be spent two years after, according to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. A prison sentence lasting over four years will never become spent and must always be declared.
Don't be tempted to hide your conviction just to get a cheaper quote. Failure to reveal convictions could invalidate your policy, meaning that any claims would be refused and you would essentially be driving whilst uninsured.
Getting insurance when convicted of driving offences
Insurance for drunk drivers: Not unsurprisingly, drink driving is seen as a very serious offence by insurance companies because the potential for both damage to property (including your own car) and for injuries or death, is substantial. To reflect this, you can expect your car insurance premium increase to perhaps double, you will have to pay much larger voluntary excess if you claim, and some insurers will refuse to insure you altogether.
You must declare a drink driving conviction for three to five years, depending on the insurer. However, if your driving offence is more serious – death by dangerous driving, for example – then you will see the conviction stay on your licence for up to 11 years.
The same goes for driving whilst under the influence of drugs.
Insurance for banned drivers: If you are banned (disqualified) from driving for getting points on your license (12 or more penalty points within three years) from either speeding, driving erratically or driving either uninsured or without a license you will face higher car insurance costs.
Car insurance with points: Different offences have a different tally of penalty points, ranging from three to 11 points and depending on how serious the offence was, will stay on your licence for four to 11 years. Understandably, the more points you have the higher your insurance premiums could be.
The more serious driving offences might be prosecuted in court, which could end in large fines or even time spent at Her Majesty's pleasure.
Improve your driving skills with NDORS
If you're accused of a driving offence, then you might be given the opportunity to improve your driving awareness on the National Driving Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS), at the discretion of the local police.
This is not compulsory or even possible for some offenders, but police see drivers who have completed an NDORS course as rehabilitated and then do not process the penalty points on the driver's licence.
You do not have to tell your insurer about your attendance on the scheme and NDORS will not disclose the information to anyone, but if you choose to disclose it yourself then your insurance premium may increase because you have broken the rules of the road. However, as always, the details are in the small print so check your policy – and be honest if you're asked to disclose this.
Options if you're refused cover
If you have a criminal conviction and you cannot find an insurer who will provide you with motor insurance, UNLOCK (the National Assocation of Reformed Offenders) can provide you with a list of brokers who specialise in convicted driver insurance.
They can also advise people on which brokers accept which kind of convictions. The website is www.unlock.org.uk.
You should always try to compare car insurance quotes from as many different insurers as possible to ensure you find the right deal at the right price.
How to get cheaper car insurance for convicted drivers
Once you have found cover, there are various ways that drivers with convictions can keep the cost of convicted driver insurance premiums down.
- Raise your excess. The voluntary excess is the portion of any insurance claim which you must pay yourself. Increasing this often reduces premiums – but don't make it so high that you wouldn't be able to afford to pay in the event you do make a claim.
- Try to drive less. The lower your mileage, the less your premiums will cost. Insurance is based on risk, so the more you are on the road the higher the risk of an accident.
- Secure your car. Keeping your car in a well-lit area if possible, and make sure the car is fitted with an approved alarm and immobilizer, should help reduce the cost of your quote.
- Consider telematics car insurance. Otherwise known as black box insurance, this is when a device records your driving abilities to calculate your premiums.
- For more ideas on how you can increase your chances of finding cheap car insurance for convicted drivers, take advantage of our money saving tips page.


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Preview of Spring Literary Series with SMC professor Tupelo Hassman
The Santa Monica College Spring Literary Series kicks off Thursday, March 8 with SMC English instructor Tupelo Hassman's debut novel "Girlchild." Hassman will discuss her book at 11:15 a.m. in the Humanities and Social Science lecture hall in room 165 on SMC's main campus.
"Girlchild" is Hassman's first novel and was published this February by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The narrator is Rory Dawn Hendrix, an academically gifted young girl who grows up in the Calle, a trailer park outside of Reno, Nev. in the 1980's.
"I think the book might relate to the SMC student population because I was a first generation college student," Hassman said. "Part of what Rory Dawn goes through in doing well in school, is that she has to deal with her family not understanding why it's important."
When she is not touring to promote her book, Hassman teaches online English 2 classes at SMC. She herself attended SMC for four years. "I didn't graduate high school, so going to a community college was definitely the way that I had to start," she said. "And I'm so happy that I did, because I love all the choices we have at community college."
Hassman stated that many first generation college students share the problems her novel's main character, Rory Dawn, has. "I did a report on the drop out rate of first generation college students as an undergrad, and at that time it was a third higher than the typical population," she said.
"So I think that is one thing about the book that is useful to our school population," she said. "That [being a first generation student] is traumatic. It doesn't mean that you shouldn't do it. It doesn't mean that your family is doing anything wrong. It can just be painful."
When asked about the Literary Series, Hassman confessed that she went to only one reading while attending SMC.
"I worked full time when I was here, so it was hard to do these other things. One of my regrets as a graduated person is that I didn't take advantage of more of the amazing options that SMC and most schools offer," Hassman said.
The Literary Series is sponsored by SMC Associates, a community group that makes campus events, speakers, and performances outside of the classroom possible for students.
According to SMC's website, "the SMC Associates was founded in 1981 by a group of community leaders and college educators with a mission to enrich the college campus environment and to broaden students' understanding and appreciation of the larger world."
"We want students to learn something outside of the classroom; that's the value of all this," said Judy Neveau, Director of Community Relations at SMC Associates. She is also in charge of the Literary Series.
This is the ninth year of the Literary Series. There will be a total of four authors scattered throughout the semester. "We try to get authors that appeal to our students," Neveau said. "Students can expect to hear a nice cross section of voices and current literature."
This spring, students will get the chance to attend readings both with distinguished writers such as Tom McNeal, author of "Goodnight, Nebraska," and award-winning poets, like Lory Bedikian and Cassandra Love. All lectures take place in HSS 165 between 11:15 a.m. and 12:35 p.m.
"If you attend the series all four times, you will get a diverse assortment of authors and a variety of voices," Neveau said.


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Dion Fanning: Galaxy's brightest star contemplates return to a world of impending doom
There is a story told about Major League Soccer which reveals something about the principles underpinning American sport, the differences with Europe and the ongoing willingness of many in the US to believe that anything is possible.
During one of the many scheduled flights teams are required to take each year, the majority of the LA Galaxy squad found themselves in economy while their three designated players, Landon Donovan, David Beckham and Robbie Keane, were seated up front in first class.
In the old world, this might have been a problem, a source of grumbling, but this was not the old world, this was America. "One day," a member of the squad announced in the direction of the good seats, "I'm going to be sitting up front with you guys."
If Steven Gerrard had been at LA Galaxy at that time, he might have taken it upon himself to tread harshly on the dreams of this player and on the American dream itself.
In his recent autobiography, Gerrard outlines the message he gave to the England players before they played Uruguay in the World Cup which followed their defeat in the opening game against Italy. Keeping it brief, if not breezy, Gerrard pointed out they faced a "terrible summer" if they lost to Uruguay, a summer where they would "mull over" everything that had gone wrong "again and again".
He told them he was speaking from the memory of his own suffering. "I was not out to scare anyone. But we had a lot of young players and it was important they understood the importance of the game against Uruguay."
If they had any doubts, he then turned to Luis Suarez. Gerrard went to the tactics board and, inverting the approach of Bill Shankly, wrote down "all Suarez's strengths and his very few weaknesses".
Suarez might have come into the tournament with an injury but Gerrard told them to forget about that, forget about everything that made you feel confident in any way. "Never, ever think that it's fine and you've got him sorted. You can never relax against him. Suarez will come at you again and again."
After that rousing rallying cry, England managed to find 11 players to take the field in Sao Paulo and some could find a lot to mull over in the fact that Gerrard, having provided the starkest of warnings, headed the ball into Suarez's path for Uruguay's winning goal. He felt he should have received a call from his centre-backs but that didn't matter. "The old emptiness took hold of me," Gerrard writes.
In football, Gerrard has never really managed to shake off the old emptiness so it was no surprise to read last week that aspects of American life and, in particular, aspects of MLS have taken him by surprise.
Certainly he is not a man to embrace the unchecked optimism and the frontier spirit of the Californian way of life but there have been other shocks.
"Going on the road, playing on turf, playing at altitude, playing in humidity, those are the hurdles that I've had to face over the last three months that I wasn't aware of," he told LA Galaxy's website. "Every away game has a different challenge."
A piece in the London Independent detailed the long weekends he faces on the road thanks to MLS regulations which, in an attempt to ensure wealthier clubs like Galaxy don't have an unfair advantage, limit the number of charter flights a team can take in a season.
Perhaps the old emptiness had taken hold when Gerrard spoke and suggested that he might have to retire next season, in part exhausted by the demands made of him. When Galaxy were knocked out of the play-offs last week, he would have found himself wondering what those flights were all about.
He has, it is said, enjoyed the anonymity of LA life but maybe that would not be as attractive as returning to Liverpool, the club and the city, even with the attendant scrutiny. The stories last week that Liverpool were considering re-signing Gerrard as a player were immediately dismissed by Jurgen Klopp and those who remembered Gerrard last season would have understood why this was the sensible option.
There are those who insist that a role must be found for Gerrard. Some feel his association with Liverpool would be best extended by a place on Klopp's coaching staff but this seems unnecessary.
There is, also, no need for old players as part of the coaching staff except for cosmetic reasons. Is Ryan Giggs' presence at Manchester United a shield from criticism for Louis van Gaal or does he simply become an obvious replacement, despite achieving nothing as a manager, simply because he sits alongside him every week?
Gerrard also appears to be temperamentally very different from Liverpool's new manager.
When Liverpool drew with Southampton at Anfield a couple of weeks ago, Klopp spoke afterwards about the lack of belief in the side when Southampton equalised. "We conceded a goal and it felt like the end of the world."
As a player, Gerrard was often liberated by this feeling of impending doom. The end of the world, it could be said, brought the best out of him. In Istanbul in 2005 and in the FA Cup final the following year, he performed at an exceptional level when all seemed lost.
But as a presence in the dressing room, this sense of doom may not be so welcome. There has always been room in a management team for a gnarled old football man whose role was to remind players who were getting carried away that they were human with human failings. Ronnie Moran often fulfilled these duties during Liverpool's glory years but Gerrard's personality may be too big for him to be the counterweight to the almost Californian optimism Klopp is trying to encourage at Anfield.
If Gerrard stays in California, he may rid himself of that old emptiness and find he is refreshed by the spirit of relentless hopefulness.
He will be sitting in the good seats in the plane but as the transformation takes hold, he will come to believe that, in America, a man can be whatever he wants to be.
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Being asked to lie about your hours of rest. PROS and CONS??
You work on average 100 hours a week throughout the Med season on a charter boat.
Sometimes 120 in a busy week.
Sometimes waking at 7 after finishing work at 1am. Perhaps with a wake up during the night if particularly unlucky.
There tends to be a few people up the chain that don't like these kind of hours being recorded.
Head of department, officers, captains etc.
There can be pressure to fake it so everything looks like some 9 hour a day fairytale when the hours get sent to the boats management company.
What exactly are the pros and cons of faking it?
Something to keep in mind is that in the off season there may be days off granted when your contracted to work 7 days a week. Also much shorter days at the other extreme. Possibly drawing attention for the opposite reason.
hey wretches, it`s good old Uncle Ged from the Blackwater Biot posse. Is this question for REAL dude ? There are no PROs to ILLEGALLY falsifying your paperwork.
I hope you have never darkened my classroom with such stupidity sailor !
Rest is essential to prevent fatigue - why?
Fatigue causes the human being to make mistakes - !
Mistakes at sea - not one of your best days.
BUT lets be realistic about the industry of modern slaves hawking your resumes around docks begging for work sometimes working for nothing YOU SHAMELESS FOOLS.
When you get the key to your cabin in your sweaty palms and have told your millions of chums on facebook how wonderful you are then all your principles are washed overboard like a black tide of grossness.
See no evil - hear no evil - speak no evil just as long as the crumbs from the owners table are thrown at your feet for you to feast upon then all is good in your tiny false world.
I watch lots of excited wannabees arrive at the Black Hole of BEEYACHT and subject themselves to a mind numbing 5 day boredom fest of regurgitated nonsense from my good old self and then throw themselves into the arena of modern day slavery where all normal rules of society are distorted but do you say anything about the drunkeness, the cocaine, the racism, sexism, ageism and the blatant disregard for basic safety principles in the workplace or should I say "The Boat" with my baseball cap on backwards with sunnies hanging off my chin and a low slung radio on the hip like I am somehow IMPORTANT...
No you say nothing and hope nothing will go wrong because you are SCARED of losing your money and self imposed status.
I am the same and have nada problemo admitting that even as I preach a 10 year old powerpoint to you all, I have no intention of pointing out the nasty stuff right in front of your eager eyes because I might suffer the wrath of The whiskered buffoon and find myself replaced with another spineless wretch devoid of an ounce of principles and I simply MUST put myself FIRST.
Ring any bells for you ?
You know where I am dudes so pop in and discuss anytime and I will hide like a scared Roland Rat but you know you can catch me freeloading at the old drinky poo voucher gig where we spend your course fees on a FREE ??? drink voucher for you hahahahaha - PRICELESS !


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First impressions are everything. When I meet a person for the first time, the first thing I notice is their smile and character. When I enter a hotel for the first time, the lobby should leave the same lasting first impression.
A hotel lobby should embody personality. Hoteliers must select a particular lobby theme and design style consistent with the rest of the hotel. The guest experience begins the minute they walk in the door. You want them getting the right vibes from your chosen design scheme. It should complement staff tone and uniforms, the menu, etc.
While designing a lobby, consider the local area surrounding the hotel. Simple hints of locality can make all the difference. If your hotel is in a coastal city, a lobby with panoramic windows providing a breath-taking ocean view should be appropriate. On the other hand, a hotel situated in a sprawling city center might have an indoor lobby garden that gives off a bit of nature scenery which provides escape from bustling city life.
There is a lot to take into consideration when designing a modern hotel lobby. Today, I want to focus on the accommodations which can make your hotel lobby the most functional.
A hotel should aim to bring something to the table for every type of guest. Lobbies are generally quite spacious, often made up of several smaller areas within one larger room. Hotels can take advantage of lobby square footage, providing a comfortable common area to all guests. Many younger travelers are spending more time in hotel lobbies than ever, essentially using them as a living room space during their stay. This provides more opportunity for social interaction and allows the guests a relaxed escape from their room.
Coffee and other beverages should be available in the lobby. Whether this means your lobby includes a full-service cafe or simply a Keurig, coffee is a must. Guests will appreciate the close proximity of a quick snack and a caffeinated beverage.
Wi-Fi availability is also a must. Living in Texas, those traveling for work depend on a good internet connection. Besides that, everyone wants to at least have the option to stay connected during a vacation. A good hotel lobby will include high quality Wi-Fi, as well as plenty of electrical outlets and USB ports.
Guests need to be connected to their daily life. The hotel lobby is a comfortable place to check up on your email accounts after a busy day. A small business lounge with a printer can be included in the hotel lobby rather than in a separate business center.
Information about activities and interesting things to see in the area should be on display in the lobby. If the hotel provides transportation to and from these locations, guests will be even more content. Provide a list of your own lesser-known local recommendations. This will give the hotel a unique and localized feel.
Comfort and Relaxation
Do everything you can to make your guests feel comfortable. After a busy day, all we really want is to return to the hotel and relax as if we were at home. This starts with comfortable and attractive furniture. While you definitely want your furniture to appear modern and stylish, comfort should be just important. A guest who is made to feel comfortable at every point during their stay will return time and time again.
Make your guests feel as relaxed as possible. Match the decor with the mood desired for your particular clientele. Create romance with water lilies, roses, and mood lighting. Setting up a spa zone tucked away in a corner of the lobby would serve couples, families, and stressed business people alike.
Beyond cafes and spas, hoteliers can consider setting up various retail shops to sell locally made products and souvenirs. These accommodations provide guests comfort of mind knowing most of their immediate needs can be found within the hotel.