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NABATIEH, Lebanon - In late 2013, Haneen, now 14, fled Syria with her parents and 10 siblings. As her family made its way to the Turkish border, her father sustained injuries that left him paralyzed. Fearing he could no longer feed his 11 children or protect his daughters, he married Haneen, then 13, off to a middle-aged Turkish man.

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UX for Change Mar 18th, 2016
Introducing UXforChange.org
For the better part of my career I have been giving back to the web design community in some fashion or another, its sort of my way of saying thanks to all the amazing people who helped me along my way and helped mentor me. I've ran an online publication for web designers for 10 years, I contributed to an open-source design curriculum project, I have mentored many designers, and I have given many design workshops. Despite all this effort I have found some pretty large gaps in our industry.Read more | View all


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It's been too long since we've seen the divine form of Freida Pinto on the screen. So we're heartened to hear the news that she is in talks to star opposite James Franco in "Rise of the Apes."
Variety.com reports that Pinto will play the role of Caroline, a primatologist in the prequel to the "Planet of the Apes." Trust us, she's not going to like what her new ape research comes up with in this movie. Franco will play a fellow scientist and John Lithgow will play the father of Franco's character.
It seems that scientists will learn the "Jurassic Park" lesson again the hard way in this prequel as they mess about with Mother Nature, this time with genetic engineering. This leads to the development of supreme intelligence in apes. Naturally, there's a war from supremacy. Judging from the fact that this is a prequel to "Planet of the Apes," well, let's just say that the war doesn't go really well. In a perfect world the apes will stroll out of their cages, say, "Who's your Daddy now?" kick some human butt, order Chinese food and discuss whether Woody Allen has another movie in him.
Even though man is about to gets its collective butt whipped by supremely smart monkeys, this prequel is all the more exciting since will it will feature Peter Jackson's visual effects house. This means no goofy costumed actors. It also means that King Kong will have his spiritual revenge once and for all.
No doubt, the smart apes will spare Pinto because you never can be too smart to appreciate smoking hot. Good move fellas!
The beginning of the end begin shooting next month and hits screens on June 24.


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Example KPIs
The example KPIs on this page are provided for educational purposes. They are not intended to be used 'as is' as the most effective use of a KPI is when it is aligned to the business strategy and the business plan of the organisation.
HR – Human Resourses Sample Key Performance Indicators
- New employee satisfaction rate with recruiting process
- Percentage of new employee retention after x time
- Percentage job offer acceptance rate
- Percentage of vacancies filled within x time
- Average Number of Interviews from Submitted applications/ CVs
- Recruitment source ratio – internal -v- external applicants
- Recruiting fee as percentage of annual salary
- Percentage of new employees with a recruiting fee paid
- Performance evaluation scores on hired candidates after, a given period.
- Average time that transpires from the moment a candidate is submitted to a hiring manager to receiving initial feedback from the hiring manager.
- Average cost to recruit per job position
- Average open time of job positions
- Average number of responses for open job positions
- Average number of interviewees for open job positions within a given measurement period.
- Average time to recruit
- Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews.
- Average time employees are in the same job or function.
- Percentage of new hire retention after a given period
- Ratio of internal versus external training (hours or cost)
- Employee satisfaction with training.
- ROI of training
- Percentage of Human Resources budget spent on training.
- Percentage of employees gone through training in a given period
- Average number of training hours per employee
- Average training costs per employee
Finance and business Key Performance Indicators
The list below contains factors which while important may or may not become key performance measures – it will all depend on the objectives of the organisation at a given point in time.
- Accounting costs
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Payable Turnover
- Accounts Receivable Collection Period
- Accounts Receivable Turnover
- Average value of overdue invoices
- Cash Flow Return on Investments (CFROI)
- Common Stock Equity
- Corporate credit rating
- Cost Income Ratio
- Cost per payslip issued
- Creditor days
- Creditor days
- Cumulative Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)
- Cycle time for expense reimbursements
- Cycle time to perform periodic close
- Cycle time to process payroll
- Cycle time to resolve an invoice error
- Cycle time to resolve payroll errors
- Days Payable
- Debtor days
- Direct costs
- Enterprise Value / Takeover Value
- Equity ratio
- Expenses claims processed per FTE
- Fixed costs
- Gearing
- Indirect costs
- Invoicing processing costs
- Long-Term Debt
- Marginal costs
- Net Change in Cash
- Number of invoices outstanding
- Number of overdue invoices
- Other Current Liabilities
- Other Non-current Liabilities
- Payment errors as Percentage of total payroll disbursement
- Percentage of bad debts against invoiced revenue
- Percentage of electronic invoices
- Percentage of expense report exception line items
- Percentage of financial reports issued on time
- Percentage of invoices disputed
- Percentage of invoices requiring special payment
- Percentage of invoices under query
- Percentage of low value invoices
- Percentage of manual payroll payments
- Percentage of payable invoices that have not been matched to a purchase order
- Preferred Stock Equity
- Profit per customer
- Profit per employee (FTE)
- Profit per product
- Profit per project
- Receivables against Product,
- Region, Sales office
- Return on capital employed (ROCE)
- Return on Equity (ROE)
- Short-Term Debt
- Cost of payroll process as Percentage of total payroll cost
- Total Assets
- Total Current Liabilities
- Total Equity
- Total Liabilities
- Total sum of monetary value of outstanding invoices
- Total value of overdue invoices
- Variable costs
Health and Safety – Sample Key Performance Indicators
Corrective actions impacting health and Safety may be derived from various health and safety sources.
This information can provide the organisation with …
- Cost of solved safety non-conformances for the month
- Employee perception of management commitment
- Health and safety prevention costs within the month
- Lost time (in hours) due to accidents (including fatalities) per e.g. 100,000 hours worked
- Lost time (in hours) due to non-fatal accidents per e.g. 100,000 hours worked
- Number of fatalities per e.g. 100,000 hours worked
- Number of non-conformance with legal or internal standards in safety inspections
- Number of reportable accidents per e.g. 100,000 hours worked (including fatalities)
- Number of reportable non-fatal accidents per e.g. 100,000 hours worked
- Number of safety inspections for the month
- Number of solved safety non-conformances for the month
- Percentage of attendance at occupational health and safety (OHS) committee meetings
- Percentage of corrective actions closed out within specified time-frame
- Percentage of fatal accidents relative to all accidents (non-fatal and fatal) per e.g. 100,000 hours worked
- Percentage of health and safety representatives (HSR) positions filled.
- Percentage of issues raised by H&S Reps actioned
- Percentage of occupational health and safety (OHS) committee recommendations implemented
- Percentage of products/services assessed for health & safety impacts
- Percentage of significant products and services categories subject to procedures in which health and safety impacts of products and services are assessed for improvement
- Percentage of staff with adequate occupational health and safety (OHS) training
- Total of hours in safety and health training in the month
Environmental Key Performance Indicators
- Amount of energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements.
- Average electrical consumption per employee or product sold
- CO2 Tonnes per employee per month
- Energy costs per unit of production
- Energy saved due to conservation & efficiency improvements
- Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per employee per month
- Number of paper pages used per employee per month
- Percentage of hazardous operational waste
- Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials.
- Percentage of non-hazardous operational waste
- Percentage of recycled hazardous operational waste.
- Percentage of recycled non-hazardous operational waste
- Total energy used per unit of production
- Total on-site created energy
- Total Purchased Energy per month
- Waste disposed of per amount of product manufactured
- Water use per employee per month
- Water used per amount of product manufactured
Read more about KPIs at our page on KPI's
Key performance indicators in construction
Key performance indicators in healthcare & the NHS
Key performance indicators in housing
Key performance indicators in manufacturing
Key performance indicators in maintenance
Key performance indicators in call centres
Service level agreements can use key performance indicators as metrics


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Ted Cruz's longwinded speech is not a filibuster. It's just a loudmouth Texan going on and on. You know, like the next table over at El Pinto.
Since e-cigarettes are just as addictive as their non-e-peers, and since nobody besides the company that makes them is really sure what goes into their mystery vapor, and since it's still legal for minors to buy them, maybe it's time to regulate them?
Two teenage girls on a tour of Albuquerque Metropolitan Detention Center say they were punched, groped and verbally assaulted by inmates while nearby guards looked on. "… We have a good program; I don't know how many kids it may or may not change their ways. If we reach one, that's better than none," says on online instruction manual about the tour program.
Experts warn that use of the drug Molly is on the rise. Also, that we call ecstasy "Molly" now. Also, I am old.
Horse-ebooks has been pulling your leg for about 2 years.
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TV Preview: NBC's "Deception"
It's an intriguing premise: a former housekeeper's daughter, now a detective, is sent to infiltrate the filthy rich family that may be at the center of a cover-up, in which Big Pharma is the ultimate villain. The series, "Deception," is noteworthy for some big names in its ensemble and, not least, for casting a woman of color as the lead.
"Deception," premiering Monday at 9 p.m. on Channel 9, stars Meagan Good ("Californication," "Eve's Bayou") as Det. Joanna Locasto. Tate Donovan and Victor Garber are among the regulars; Wes Brown ("True Blood") plays a past love interest. S. Epatha Merkerson and John Larroquette have recurring roles.
"Deception" is essentially NBC's midseason response to ABC's "Revenge," the sprawling soap opera set in the world of the super-rich gives almost everyone a motive and makes almost everyone a suspect. Det. Locasto's childhood best friend, the heiress and socialite Vivian Bowers, is found dead as the story opens. Locasto is enlisted by the FBI to go undercover into the world of the Bowers, a secretive New York family she knew years earlier. Flashbacks expose past entanglements with feuding family members as the plot inevitably thickens. Whether it thickens to the point of curdling remains to be seen. Judging by the first two hours, "Deception" is not as seductive as "Revenge" and contains even more clunky acting and just as much melodramatic music.
Is it worth the investment of your time? Take it from the second episode's dialog: "Nothing's ever free, baby girl. Remember that."


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A Maryland woman says she felt racially profiled when extra police officers were on hand for the showing of "Lee Daniels' The Butler" at a downtown Silver Spring movie theater.
Tiffany Flowers tweeted about her outrage, which is now gaining international attention.
Flowers tells News4 she saw the movie Saturday night at Regal's Majestic Theater, where three police officers were verifying tickets and escorting moviegoers in and out of the theater.
She says she felt profiled by the added security because the crowd was predominantly African-American.
"A lot of people feel that an overwhelmingly African-American audience getting three police officers to guard and manage our entrance and exit from the theater is very, very suspicious," she said. "So I'm hoping that they come up with an answer that we can all deal with...."
Regal Cinemas released a statement on the matter that reads, "Regal Entertainment Group routinely employs security personnel to ensure the safety of all our guests and staff. When a theater experiences sold-out showings of any feature, security will assist with crowd control and guest assistance throughout the facility, including auditoriums."
Flowers said she's never seen officers at the theater before. She's received a lot of support for her stance via social media, of which she said, "I think it's great. I think that Regal should be on high alert because it's really about how this makes them look and how they're being portrayed in the community."
The almost entirely black audience of #TheButler was subjected to watching the film while armed guards faced the audience. Why? @RegalMovies — Tiffany (@MsFlowersTweets) August 18, 2013
Tickets were double validated. First they get torn then upon entering the theater (10 FT. AWAY) we were asked for stubs again. @RegalMovies — Tiffany (@MsFlowersTweets) August 18, 2013
Then as soon as we enter the theater we were greeted by an actual police officer who herded traffic in one direction. @RegalMovies — Tiffany (@MsFlowersTweets) August 18, 2013
Once we get around the corner and start looking for seats we see yet another police office inside the theater facing patrons. @RegalMovies — Tiffany (@MsFlowersTweets) August 18, 2013
"Lee Daniels' The Butler" tells the story of a man (Forrest Whitaker) who worked at the White House during six presidential administrations. It was loosely based on the life of Eugene Allen, a Virginia man who worked in the White House for 34 years and was ultimately promoted to the highest rank, maître d'.
The film -- which features an ensemble cast that also includes Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Robin Williams -- premiered Friday and was the highest-grossing movie last weekend, bringing in $25 million.


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Dubuddha tattoo gallery - what is it?
The web site is created to become a home for all tattooers and people with inks to share the most awesome tattoo ideas. These ancient body drawings became very popular nowadays, and had turned from their spiritual meaning into an additional way to express oneself plus In some cases, they underline main character features - reveal, "who you really are". Having a tattoo these days don't even suggest a social rebel as it has been just several decades ago. Now it became the Art. Dubuddha.org dwells upon different genres of modern tattoo art, such as black and white styles, old school, new school and many others. We take in consideration professional tattooers and talented beginners as well. Creating the collection of the most awesome tattoo design examples from all over the world.
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Ballast Point, Manzanita and BNS among brewers making whiskey, gin, other spirits
Ballast Point released its first batch of whiskey in late August. A week later, all 440 bottles of single-malt Devil's Share had been sold.
That's gotta hurt. The San Diego company, already unable to satisfy a growing thirst for its Sculpin IPA beer, is frustrating a new group of would-be customers.
"It's difficult to juggle spirits and beer," said Earl Kight III, vice president for sales and marketing at Ballast Point Brewery and Distillery. "It's like Sculpin all over again." While beer companies that venture into spirits face numerous challenges, a few high-profile American brewers dabble in these high-octane waters. San Francisco's Anchor Brewing was one of the first, christening its distillery in 1993. Some notable craft breweries, including Oregon's Rogue and Delaware's Dogfish Head, followed suit.
In 2008, Ballast Point became Southern California's first post-Prohibition distillery. This summer, though, two Santee breweries — BNS and Manzanita — also began issuing spirits.
"We're bottling right now," said Nina Izadi, Manzanita's director of marketing. "The first in our line of craft spirits is a moonshine, but a cane-based version. It definitely goes down a lot smoother than Eastern, corn-based moonshine."
While brewing and distilling share some of the same techniques, distilling often takes more time and money. Moreover, distilleries and breweries are subject to different state and federal laws. When Ballast Point built its distillery inside its brewery in the Scripps Ranch neighborhood, for instance, it was necessary to separate the two operations with a chain-link fence.
What's the Devil's Share?
In the barrel, a small portion of spirits evaporates — a phenomenon known as "the angel's share." The remainder, co-founder of Ballast Point Yuseff Cherney figured, had to be "the devil's share."
"We actually tossed around the idea of making spirits," said Shawn DeWitt, brewmaster at Coronado Brewing. "But right now we can't make enough beer. You add spirits into the mix, that's another complicated piece."
Ballast Point staffers insist the distillery will become profitable — in five to eight years, about the time a top-flight whiskey spends in a barrel.
"Right now," Kight said, "any money we make from distilling is paying back the brewery."
Heads, hearts, tails
Why did Ballast Point pursue spirits? Two words: Yuseff Cherney.
"This is a hobby of Yuseff's that is becoming a business," said Skip Stegmair, a former Marine who is in charge of selling Ballast Point's spirits.
Cherney and Jack White co-founded Ballast Point in 1996. After a successful decade in beer, Cherney used some spare parts to assemble a stainless steel distillery. Built on the cheap, the contraption quarantined behind the chain-link fence looks like a cross between a stovepipe and the Tin Woodman. Cherney's first hooch is remembered with shudders — "Lots of sulfur," Stegmair said — but the brewer kept tinkering.
While the first products were gin and clear rum, the goal always was to produce dark, barrel-aged rums, whiskeys and bourbons.
"The white stuff is easier to make," Stegmair said. "But it's the brown stuff that makes the world go round."
Whiskey and bourbon begin the distilling process in the same brewhouse as Ballast Point's beer. With the brewery operating round-the-clock, finding time in the brewhouse is no easy task for lead distiller Derek Kermode.
But Kermode notes that brewers are equipped with items vital to distilling. Besides the brewhouse, there are fermentation tanks and ample supplies of a key ingredient.
"We are extremely privileged to have 30-plus fermenters full of yeast," Kermode said. "We harvest it right out of the beer."
Kermode, a 28-year-old who resembles Al Pacino in "Serpico," comes from a brewing background. Yet he's well aware of the critical differences between brewing and distilling.
Such as heads, hearts and tails.
After the fluid is boiled and fermented, it's drained off in three distinct parts. Flowing out first, the head is laced with methanol and smells like nail polish remover.
"That's the stuff that'll kill you or make you blind," Kermode said.
The head is discarded, unlike the heart, a sweet fluid that will comprise most of the finished product. Last is the tail, heavier in alcohol and with a rank aroma. "You want just a little bit of tails in the hearts," Kermode said. "That's what gives the spirit character and body."
Also adding depth and color: years in barrels whose internal staves have been toasted or charred, releasing more residual sugars.
Area 51 Proof
Ballast Point's main focus, though, is beer — and that business is booming. Last year, the brewery produced 48,000 barrels of beer, making it the nation's 46th-largest craft brewery — and the third-largest in San Diego County, behind Stone and Karl Strauss. This year, Ballast Point's 100 employees expect to turn out 80,000 barrels.
Craft distilling, by the numbers
Maximum annual production of a craft distillery: 250,000 gallons
Craft distillers in the U.S.: 280
Sales (2011): 600,000 cases
Sales (2012): 750,000 cases (estimate)
Share of U.S. spirits sales: Less than half of 1 percent
States with craft distilleries: 46, plus the District of Columbia
State with most craft distilleries: California, with 29
Source: American Distilling Institute
The Scripps Ranch plant is crowded with new fermentation tanks, new canning line, new employees. The distillery is literally fenced in, with no room to grow.
This year, 150 barrels of Ballast Point spirits were moved to what Stegmair calls a "secure, undisclosed, bonded location." In this Area 51 Proof, whiskeys and bourbons will slumber for four years, five years, maybe even longer.
"So this is an expensive hobby," Kight said. "And it is like a hobby to us now."
But there are signs that this hobby — er, business, Mr. Kermode? — may succeed. This spring at the American Distilling Institute's meet, Devil's Share took Best of Class for all whiskeys and a gold medal in the straight malt whiskey category.
Those honors increased demand, but not supply.
On Tuesday, Ballast Point released its first batch of Devil's Share bourbon. But the next installment of Devil's Share whiskey? Won't be ready for at least another four months.


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Upon hearing about EA's official announcement regarding the fact that it's indeed working on a new SimCity title, I (like many of you) let out a bittersweet shout. While the promise of the return of the best game franchises ever elicited geekgasm responses around the globe, having to wait a whole year is going to be torture. Directly thereafter, I went on the search for something to tide me over until I could get my hands on the real thing. Luckily, I found a short-term substitute in the form of Ubisoft's Anno 2070, a futuristic strategic building game that actually ties together mechanics from several of my favorite games. There are elements of StarCraft 2, Civilization, and SimCity all in one interesting package, and it's doing a great job of scratching my city simulation itch.
As a long time fan of city-building situations, I have played many of the SimCity clones that are available. While some titles like Cities XL 2012 are certainly entertaining, none of them truly hit the mark. After logging about 25 hours of gameplay with Anno 2070, I am confident enough to say it comes the closest, while still maintaining a unique gameplay style that keeps it from being a blatant ripoff of the SimCity franchise.
What makes this possible is the foresight the developers had to not recreate the wheel, but to change how it connects to the vehicle, so to speak. As mentioned above, the mechanics used in the game draw from some of the best in other titles. For example, instead of using the zoning method of laying down buildings like in SimCity, Anno 2070 adopted the StarCraft 2 method, and allows you to place a building anywhere you want as long as you have the resources and space to do so. For the plot (which is light and not limiting), it reminds me a lot of the Civilization franchise in that you can try to satisfy the victory conditions in scenarios or free play by either being friendly to neighboring factions, or by all out conquest.
I think my favorite feature is the political system Ubisoft built. Upon starting, you pick a faction to be a part of but are not limited to supporting everything that group stands — you get to vote at regular intervals on sweeping changes that will either hinder or help your progress. If you don't like what your faction is doing, you're free to lobby and vote for something else. This adds a whole level of subtle gameplay that I find highly entertaining.
As for multiplayer, besides the obligatory being able to play with your friend either in cooperation or against each other, there's an interesting global system that allows you to benefit by taking part. Called "World Events", they call upon the entire user base to unite and work together to achieve goals and finish missions. This is an opt-in experience that runs for months at a time, with the rewards given by how many people actually participated. While I can't see Ubisoft being able to maintain a game plan like this for a long period of time due to people getting bored with the title, it's pretty cool to jump in with players for a common goal without having to be in a matchmaking lobby.
As far as eye candy and graphics, Anno 2070 doesn't disappoint (especially if you have a high-end rig). The screen shot above was captured on the highest settings the game offers, which are immersive when you are zoomed in to inspect your infrastructure. In addition to the visuals, the game also gives you audio feedback while zoomed in as to how happy your residents are. It feels a lot like eavesdropping, but it's incredibly helpful when you are multi-tasking to keep up.
All-in-all, you really can't make a mistake with Anno 2070 if you choose to buy it. However, if you're looking for a high-action game or a laddered RTS you will probably be disappointed. The game costs $49.99 for the standard version on Steam and $54.99 for the digital deluxe edition that comes with a few in-game items that are nice-to-haves, but not game-changing.


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Discover the Lafayette Museum and Lafayette Ballet Theatre near our Romantic Louisiana Cottages!
If you are looking for fun Lafayette activities during your stay at our romantic Louisiana cottages, you may want to consider the Mardi Gras Exhibit at the Alexandre Mouton House where a stunning collection of costumes and other Mardi Gras memorabilia can be seen. Admission is $4, Seniors $3, Children $2.
The Alexandre Mouton House (also known as the Lafayette Museum) is located in the heart of downtown Lafayette. The original structure was built in the 1800s by the founder of Vermilionville, Jean Mouton. The house later became home to Louisiana's 12th governor, Alexandre Mouton. The house is located at 1122 Lafayette Street, Lafayette. For more information, call 337-234-2208.
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Another great option is the Lafayette Ballet Theatre. Guests can enjoy a performance of Cinderella on March 31 from 7-9 pm, held at the Heyman Performing Arts Center in Lafayette. Tickets are available throough Ticketmaster outlets and cost $40, $35, $30, & $20 plus handling fees. Call 337-291-5555 for more information.


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Craving mountain views and open space without saying goodbye to the perks of city living? The Vistas at Gleneagle is a hidden treasure tucked away in Northern Colorado Springs! There's something for everyone within the Vistas of Gleneagle: hiking, biking, shopping, two golf courses within four miles, and award winning District 20 schools. Within 2 miles of I-25 and Northgate for easy access to the Air Force Academy, Monument, Castle Rock, and 35 minutes from Denver Tech Center.
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Combine two parts versatility, one part bike-fueled thirst for the open road, and a dash of Minnesota-bred style, and you've got yourself All-City's Space Horse Disc. The 612 Select chromoly frame and fork blend traditional touring and randonneuring geometry for a bike that's at home on a fully-loaded trek across the state or commuting to and from work.
A relatively short rear end and a bottom bracket that's slightly lower than a standard road bike gives it both agile handling for riding unbridled and increased stability when loaded. With the addition of the all-weather control of Hayes CX-Expert disc brakes, and the ability to fit smaller riders better by utilizing 650B wheels on the 43cm and 46cm versions, this Space Horse is without a doubt the best version yet.
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Grains were sharply lower while the old crop soy complex was strong. December corn closed 9 ¾ cents lower at $5.46 ½, September wheat down 17 ¼ at $6.87 ¾, and November soybeans unchanged at $12.73 ½. A favorable forecast and weak outside markets resulted in a sharp decline overnight but the tightness of nearby soybeans was enough to support the entire oilseed market.
After the market closed the USDA released their Weekly Crop Progress Report. Corn ratings jumped another percentage point and are now 65% good-excellent. It was at this time last year when we started to see a decline in ratings from the heat. On this week last year corn ratings were 56% good-excellent. Corn is 96% emerged compared to 99% on average.
Soybeans were 92% planted compared to 95% on average. This is at the low end of expectations but not necessarily friendly for price action. Soybean condition ratings were up 1% to 65% good-excellent with 81% emergence.
Winter wheat is 20% harvested compared to 37% on average. Conditions were up 1% from last week but are still only at 32% good-excellent. Spring wheat ratings jumped 2% and are now 70% good-excellent!
Overall the crop progress report was neutral in our opinion but that is significant in the fact that there is no news to "feed the bulls". Without a story to keep the investment money flowing, the risk premium built into the market may slowly subside. We don't expect too much of a move this week as traders await the June 28th reports. The USDA will release acres and June stocks and will be a major source for market direction.
The average acreage guesses are in from the Reuters poll. They are pegging corn acreage at 95.313, soybeans at 77.933, and all wheat at 55.902. In the Dow Jones poll, the average quarterly stocks are guessed at 2.856 billion bushels of corn, 441 million bushels of soybeans, and 750 million bushels of wheat. The report will be released at 11:00am, Friday, June 28th.
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This spacious 2 bedroom apartment features an open plan living/dining room that opens out to a South facing private balcony boasting views towards the River Itchen and Southampton. Furnished to a high specification, this stunning home provides a sleek contemporary kitchen complemented with integrated A rated appliances, fully fitted Roca bathrooms with Hansgrohe taps, Porcelanosa tiling and Amtico flooring. The bedrooms are generously sized, with Bedroom 1 benefiting from fitted Gap Nano wardrobe with smoked glass and en suite. Designed to be low maintenance, giving you more time to enjoy the waterside lifestyle with the modern conveniences of citing living.
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LIT, HISTORY, GLORY: The luster of literature and the sheen of history cannot be undervalued when it comes to creating a longstanding annual tradition. But that luster and sheen can be hard to come by, and if you're a modern-day event creator you can sometimes feel as if you're shoehorning your particular festival into a concept or idea where no festival belongs. A few fortunate happenings, however, have those strong ties early on and continue to grow through the decades. One of those nearly mythic events is the Jumping Frog Jubilee of Calaveras County, which is set to leap again from May 17-20, 2012.
FAMOUS AMPHIBIANS: The Jubilee has the luster of being associated with the Mark Twain short story -- that was called "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," you'll recall from high school -- and it certainly possesses the sheen of time. Take a look at the photos of lovely 1940s ladies cradling beautiful, glossy amphibians. But don't let luster and sheen make you think this thing is all hoity-toity. Frogs are at its heart, and they famously don't put on airs (Michigan J. Frog, perhaps, being the one exception, thanks to his top hat and tiny tuxedo). And there's a county fair going down, too, at the same time, and it is happily homespun and laid-back.
THE GIANT LEAPS: If you plan on going, you're probably wondering just how far you'll see a frog jump. Recent champions have cleared 18 and 19 feet, which, we have to be honest, would be difficult for us, even with the aid of a springboard and fancy sneakers. We also dearly love the amphibians' names. Champs from the past include "Golden Girl" and "Fun & Froglic." Yep, and "It's Cheaper to Leap Her" is on the winners' roster, too.
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THREE LAST THINGS... One? The town of Angels Camp takes its froggy cred seriously, and for that we say this: We love you, Angels Camp. You can barely walk through a door in The AC without seeing a frog sculpture or a frog doll or a frog. (Yes, we said "The AC" because it is that cool.)
Two? Gold Country. It's like that one restaurant we want to keep secret and save for ourselves, and yet we feel compelled to talk about it, because we think it is so hill-rolly and wine-tasty and rootin'-tootin' and frog-fantastic. You feel this way about the western Sierra foothills too, right? Good.
And three? Mark Twain would probably take issue with us trotting out the word "luster" for one of his short stories. The man didn't go in for that sort of kowtowing talk. So we do apologize. We're all nerves when it comes to talking about the author, a man every Californian should read and revere. (Oh shoot; we did it again with "revere"; forgive us, Mr. Twain?)


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drooping testosterone levels probably don't cut years off a man's life, although earlier studies had suggested they might, according to a new report.
Instead, decreases in the male sex hormone may simply be a sign of overall health status, which also dips with age, researchers say.
The findings come in the wake of surging interest in testosterone's role in men's sex drive, their mood and thinking, and even early death.
While drug companies refer to "low T" as a treatable medical problem affecting millions of American men, critics say they are trying to make a buck by turning normal aging into a disease.
There is no doubt that very low testosterone levels affect the body and dampen sex drive.
But where to set the threshold between normal and abnormal levels is still an open question, whose resolution is not made easier by natural variation in the male sex hormone.
It dwindles with age, for instance, and fluctuates between countries, races and individuals — even from one hour to the next.
The new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, takes an in-depth look at earlier research into the link between testosterone and death.
"It's the ultimate endpoint," said Andre Araujo of the New England Research Institutes, who worked on the study.
So far, he said, most but not all research shows men with low testosterone die before their peers with higher hormone levels.
"The results were disparate, they were confusing," he told Reuters Health.
So he and his colleagues gathered all the medical literature they could find on the topic, including a report of their own that had found no link. They only chose studies of men living in the wider community, as opposed to hospitals or long-term care, to try to avoid the muddying influence of severe illnesses on the data.
Based on 11 studies, which tracked more than 16,000 middle-aged men for between five and 17 years, the researchers did find signs of trouble: it appeared that men in the lowest third of testosterone levels had a 35-percent higher chance of dying than men in the highest third.
"There is certainly a link," said Araujo. "But the important thing is that the estimates are a little bit off from one another."
That means they aren't really comparable, statistically speaking. Digging deeper, Araujo found that shorter studies were more likely to find a connection, as were those including mainly older men.
On the other hand, low testosterone levels did not seem to be associated with early deaths in younger men.
Although the work is limited by including only 11 studies, "these data indicate to me that testosterone seems to travel with declines in health and (with) mortality, but it is not really driving the mortality," Araujo said.
The new results add to earlier evidence that companies promoting testosterone replacement for "low T" may be jumping to conclusions, or at least reaching beyond the evidence.
Experts say more than a million testosterone prescriptions are written in the U.S. every year, and many go to middle-aged and older men with stunted libido and depressed mood.
A Google search for the phrase "low testosterone," for instance, yields a link to the "Is It Low T" website, owned by Abbott, which produces a testosterone replacement product called AndroGel that costs about $280 per month.
On the site, a visitor can take a quiz asking about things like grumpiness, lack of energy and decreased libido. If you answer yes to three questions, or have decreased libido or "less strong" erections, you are urged to "Talk to your doctor about your symptoms and ask if you should be tested for low testosterone (Low T)."
But so far, there isn't any solid research to prove that dips in testosterone will necessarily cause those problems — or that testosterone therapy will fix them.
"Causality, I mean hey, causality is a very tough bar to reach," said Araujo. He is a consultant to drugmaker Eli Lilly, which makes a testosterone gel called Axiron, but declined to spell out what he does for the company.
Araujo said the National Institutes of Health is currently running a trial to test the efficacy of testosterone replacement therapy.
Last year, Dr. Michael Marberger, who heads the urology department at the University of Vienna Medical School in Austria, told Reuters Health testosterone replacement has become a common fix for sexual problems.
"It is like putting more gas in the car to make it go faster," he said, adding, "We need a lot less testosterone for sexual function than people used to think,"
Abbott did not respond to an email request for comment.
According to the company, nearly 14 million American men "may have" low testosterone. But independent work suggests the number of men who qualify for a strict diagnosis of "late-onset hypogonadism", in which the testicles stop or almost stop making testosterone, is much lower.
Meanwhile, sociologists are worrying about the effects of putting a medical label on what many consider normal aging.
"With something like sexuality and sexual performance the medicalization has gone pretty far down the road," Susan Bell, a social scientist at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, told Reuters Health.
"Essentially it says, you should have the same kind of sexual function as you did when you were 20 or 30. If you don't, there is something wrong with you, and therefore you can use Viagra or another drug."
She said the push now for men to use testosterone to stave off aging mirrors the earlier urging of women to start hormone replacement therapy around the time they hit menopause to preserve youthfulness.
Yet in effect, that treatment turned out to do more harm than good for many women, producing slight increases in heart attacks and breast cancer among other problems.
"The cautionary tale is that hormone replacement has had damaging effects on women's bodies that have become apparent over time," she said, adding that some women with severe menopause symptoms might still benefit.
"One of the messages for men is, what does this mean for the rest of your life and what do we know about dangers of taking a medication over a long period of time?"
Short-term side effects of taking testosterone are swelling around the joints and in the breasts, but the long-term consequences are less clear.
Bell said the new study strikes a cautious note that is less commonly heard in industry marketing messages.
"That kind of gap between the uncertainly in the medical community and the enthusiasm in the pharmaceutical industry is similar to what happened with women's hormone replacement therapy," she said.
SOURCE: bit.ly/pzbbZk Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, online August 3, 2011.


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Texas Catholic hospitals did not follow Catholic ethics, report claims
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July 3, 2008
Huntington, July 03 (CNA) - At least 9,684 sterilizations and even some abortions may have been performed at Catholic hospitals in Texas between 2000 and 2003, a whistleblower report based on state records alleges. While Catholic ethical directives are supposed to govern Catholic healthcare systems, the report claims that "all six US Catholic hospital systems operating in Texas do not follow these directives."
The July 13 issue of Our Sunday Visitor examines the anonymous group's report, based upon data from the Texas government, which requires most major hospitals to file information from inpatient records. The group reportedly includes a self-described biostatistician who says she worked with four other people, including a computer scientist and a medical ethicist. The biostatistician says the group chose to remain anonymous because of "concern over job loss or retaliation."
According to Our Sunday Visitor, the researchers said they were motivated by a desire to increase transparency and accountability in Catholic hospitals, to inform the public about practices in Catholic health systems, and to encourage accountability for the Religious sisters who own and run the systems. The researchers believe the unethical practices could be taking place nationwide.
The data used in the report covers procedures performed between 2000 and 2003 at the Texas facilities of Ascension Health System, CHRISTUS Health System, Franciscan Services Corporation, Sisters of Mercy Health System, Trinity Mother Frances Health System and St. Joseph Health System of Orange, California. The researcher said her group had to purchase the state data at a cost of $4,600 per year, with more recent data being prohibitively expensive.
The report says that, according to state data, 9,684 instances of allegedly unequivocal "sterilization for contraceptive purposes" were performed in the 2000-2003 time period. The state data also indicates 39 abortions were performed at Catholic hospitals during the same period, but such statistics may record morally licit procedures such as the removal of a stillborn baby or emergency services for an abortion performed elsewhere, according to Our Sunday Visitor.
The researcher told Our Sunday Visitor that the abortion coding used in the state data is complex and must be studied on a case-by-case basis.
Joining together with the Catholic Health Association, the six Catholic health systems examined in the report issued a statement saying they are committed to "serving in fidelity" the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs), which are the national standards for Catholic medical ethics. The healthcare providers also said some of the report's data could be open to interpretation "and cannot be taken to infer immoral practices."
The statement further argued that the numbers may not "reflect current practices," saying some data codes indicate licit "indirect" sterilizations or could be due to joint operating agreements, no longer in effect, that allowed non-hospital staff to perform sterilizations on-site.
"The Catholic health ministries in Texas are engaged in investigating and interpreting the meaning of the data in the report and are in direct conversations with their bishops," the statement said, according to Our Sunday Visitor.
Professors of biostatistics consulted by Our Sunday Visitor said a surface review of the report's methodology looked reasonable.
Obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Lorna Cvetkovich at the Tepeyac Family Center in Fairfax, Virginia, told the magazine that many Catholic hospitals now have non-Catholic boards and administrators who see Catholic directives as impediments to financial solvency.
"They rationalize that if they don't offer the full smorgasbord of contraception, abortion, sterilization, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, patients will go elsewhere for those services, as well as for delivery of their babies, and thus they will lose the small financial margin which allows them to care for the underserved," Dr. Cvetkovich said.
She added that the problem is compounded by "the great confusion over Catholic teaching on contraception and sterilization over the past 40 years."
Catholic hospitals also face ethical dilemmas in hospital mergers and state legislation, some of which could require contraceptives to be distributed and sterilizations or even abortions to be performed.
The report on Texas Catholic hospitals and the data on which it is based has been posted at the whistleblower site Wikileaks.org. It is viewable at
First appeared at: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=13120. CNA sponsored this work. Reprint rights remain with CNA.


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Senior midfielder D.J. Miller led the Ashland offense with five goals and one assist as the Clockers (5-3, 4-2) rolled to a 14-6 win over Tri-Valley League opponent Bellingham (0-6) on Wednesday. Fellow senior attack Mick Prozinski added a goal and four assists for Ashland in the win.
Senior attack Austin Nunn tallied four goals and sophomore goalie Eric Cote made 10 saves for the Blackhawks.
HOLLISTON 8, HOPKINTON 7: Junior midfielder Zach Elkinson and classmate attack Jack Nissi scored two goals apiece as host Holliston (5-3) edged Hopkinton (2-6) in a Tri-Valley League contest.
Senior attack Sam Lacascia tallied three goals for the Hillers, who also got a pair of goals from senior midfielder Kyle Clark. The Panthers led 5-3 at the half.
WESTWOOD 10, MEDWAY 6: Ryan Burns potted three goals as Medway (1-7, 1-4 TVL) fell to to Tri-Valley League foe Westwood.
Jeff Wenzel, Tom O'Connor and Mike Giacobbe also scored for the Mustangs, who trailed 8-4 at the half.
FRAMINGHAM 15, DEDHAM 0: Senior attack Jake Cotton tallied a pair of goals to go with five assists as visiting Framingham (4-2, 3-1) blanked Dedham in Bay State Conference play.
Junior long stick midfielder Sam Luz had a goal and an assist for the Flyers, who had 14 assisted goals and eight different goalscorers.
SHREWSBURY 5, ALGONQUIN 1: Senior Mike Wood scored, and goalie Colton King stopped 11 shots as Algonquin (3-2, 3-1 MA) fell to Shrewsbury in a Midland A division tilt.
RIVERS 7, BROOKS 6 (OT): Senior attack Alec Cover scored his only goal of the game with 2 seconds left in overtime to give Rivers (4-2, 3-1) a thrilling Independent School League victory over Brooks.
Junior attack Sam Cleveland led Rivers with three goals and classmate goalie Josh Kirson made 16 saves.
MEDFIELD 14, DOVER-SHERBORN 8: Senior captain and attack Mallory Stewart netted four goals to lead Dover-Sherborn (4-3-2, 4-3 TVL), but Medfield rallied from a 6-5 halftime deficit to defeat the Raiders in a Tri-Valley League match.
Attack Holly Bertschmann, defender Kate Masterson and attack wing Alex White played solid games for D-S.
The Raiders play at Scituate on Thursday, April 24. Scituate ousted D-S 14-5 in a Div. 2 South first round matchup last year.
HOPKINTON 14, HOLLISTON 4: Freshmen Meg Anderson, Maddie Maguire and Anna Joyce all potted their first varsity goals as Hopkinton (3-2, 3-2 TVL) picked up a Tri-Valley League win over Holliston. The Hillers led 12-2 at the half.
WESTWOOD 17, MEDWAY 3: Corrie Brown, Alissa Petinge and Katie Peters all scored as Medway (5-3, 3-3 TVL) fell to Tri-Valley League power Westwood.
Goalie Kailyn Lapham made six saves for Medway, which trailed 10-2 at halftime.
FRAMINGHAM 14, DEDHAM 1: Sophomore midfielder Molly Covarrubias led Framingham with five goals and one assist as the Flyers (2-4, 2-2 BSC) easily handled Bay State Conference visitor Dedham.
Junior attack Kristin Wilder added five goals and one assist, while Aileen Kelly and Bailey Donnelly combined for four saves for Framingham.
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Cooked dinner for my parents last night. Up early. Flight to Boston.
Boston is beautiful as always, albeit a bit cold and very wet. But it is a nice change from the weather of Florida.
Jeff broke the news this weekend, but now it is official: today is my first day at Ximian (now a unit of Novell). I am going to be working as a kernel hacker, dedicated full-time to the advancement of the Linux desktop experience.
We have some very interesting things planned, and I am totally psyched. Desktop integration, better hardware discovery/management/naming/etc, 3D/X improvements, performance tuning, and the total elimination of world hunger, poverty, and bad beer.
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If you have Ethernet connectivity in your living room, the smart move is to go with an entry-level Blu-ray player. Most such players available in 2010 offer much of the functionality of step-up models, minus built-in Wi-Fi. That's the case with the LG BD550 ($150 street), which is nearly identical to the step-up BD570, except it lacks Wi-Fi and DLNA compatibility and costs about $100 less. If you can live without those features, the BD550 still delivers excellent image quality, relatively speedy load times, and a generous suite of streaming-media services, including Netflix, Vudu, Pandora, and YouTube. It's missing the expandable Apps platform of the competing Samsung BD-C5500, but if you mostly care about core streaming services, the BD550 is a solid entry-level choice.
At first glance, the exterior design of the BD550 looks almost identical to the step-up BD570, but we actually liked it a little better. The main difference is that the BD570 has one long flip-down panel that covered the entire front panel, whereas the BD550 is broken up into three sections: disc tray on the left, power and eject buttons in the middle, and a flip-down panel on the right. We preferred the partitioned design since the BD550's automatic door mechanism tends to work better. We also favored the LG's more low-key look compared with the Samsung BD-C5500.
LG's included remote control is a complete redesign over last year's clicker. The main surface is glossy black, which looks sleek coming out of the box, but being a remote, it naturally accumulates fingerprints quickly. Its button layout is mostly straightforward. Playback controls have a "hill" that runs underneath them, making it easy to find by feel; there are also nubs on the rewind/fast-forward buttons. The remote's main directional pad is surrounded by six buttons, which is a little more cluttered than most Blu-ray remotes we use, but we didn't find it that troublesome. Along its bottom are a few buttons for controlling a TV.
User interface
We loved the dead-simple user interface on last year's BD390, so we were a little dismayed to see that LG has given this year's model a complete interface overhaul. The redesign moves all the streaming-media features off the main page onto the separate Netcast interface. We see why that makes sense–there are simply too many streaming-media services to fit them all on the main page–but Samsung's new interface does a better job of letting you quickly jump to the service you want. We also found the "floating ice cubes" design a little goofy and slightly slower to navigate.
Netcast is what LG calls its suite of media-streaming services. Once you enter the Netcast section, you're greeted by large tiles with the names of services. We found this design more to our liking; navigating the streaming services feels speedy and there are large buttons for each service. LG's YouTube layout is also one of the best we've seen, and we found it quick and easy to browse for videos. The exception, as always, is using the onscreen keyboard to input search terms; perhaps we'll see QWERTY keyboard remotes on future players to alleviate that problem.
The BD550 lacks a quick start mode and therefore by default uses very little power in standby mode. In comparison, the Sony BDP-S570 has an annual cost of $7.35 with its quick start feature enabled. The downside with the BD550 is that you don't have the option of faster load times if you're willing to pay the extra cost. Though the BD550 is a relatively faster player overall, we would have liked a quick start option for those willing to use more energy to cut down on the initial bootup time.


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Helped by his new assistant, the young Scots scientist Robert McIntosh, the Doctor struggles to unravel the twisted knot of temporal implausibilities which bind the TARDIS to Thomas Brewster. Meanwhile, lost in the stews of Victorian London, Nyssa must face a host of spectral creatures gathering in the fog.
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Helped by his new assistant, the young Scots scientist Robert McIntosh, the Doctor struggles to unravel the twisted knot of temporal implausibilities which bind the TARDIS to Thomas Brewster. Meanwhile, lost in the stews of Victorian London, Nyssa must face a host of spectral creatures gathering in the fog.
This story takes place between the television adventures, Time-Flight and Arc of Infinity and after the Big Finish audio adventure, Renaissance of the Daleks.
By Barnaby Edwards
Audio directors are often asked what exactly we do: surely it's just a question of assembling the cast in a studio, giving them the script and pressing record? Well, by way of illustration, I thought I'd show you what my duties were on The Haunting of Thomas Brewster:
Jonathan Morris is asked by Alan Barnes and Nicholas Briggs to suggest a storyline for a Fifth Doctor and Nyssa adventure. He sends in a brief synopsis for a story set in Victorian London. It's at this point that I become involved. Along with Alan and Nick, I read the synopsis and give notes. It's returned to Jonny, who refines the synopsis accordingly. Alan sends the revised storyline to the Doctor Who production office in Cardiff for approval.
The first draft of episode one comes in at the end of September and it's clear we're going to need a good young actor to play the title role. On 26th September I suggest two actors for the role: John Pickard and Sid Mitchell. When the finished script is delivered on 16th October, it becomes apparent that the fresher-voiced John would be perfect for Brewster and the slightly more knowing Sid would be better suited to Pickens. But we also need someone to play the Doctor's new assistant. I ponder this.
Alan, Nick and I give our notes on Draft One and Jonny goes off to write a second draft.
While Jonny is busy rewriting, I start discussing the cover with our designer Alex Mallinson. We both want something suitably gothic. I send him some picture ideas, including artwork from the films An American Haunting, The Haunted House, The Wolf-Man and The Haunting. Alex reads through Draft One of the script and starts formulating ideas. Alan and I write the blurb for the back cover. Alex sends me a sketch of the pose he wants the actor playing Thomas Brewster to adopt. I file it away for when I'm at the studio.
Jonny's second draft is superb. We have a number of tiny amendments, mainly to do with making some characters more sympathetic and others less so. My main contribution is rather nerdish: the story features Tower Bridge, which I point out wasn't built until 1894. Jonny happily moves it to another London bridge. The retweaked script goes off to Cardiff for approval.
As ever, I won't be able to afford all the actors on both recording days, so I need to work out whom I'll need when. I break the script down into individual scenes and part scenes, so I can arrange which bits I'll be recording on which days. In an ideal world, you'd start with Scene One at the beginning of the first day of recording and work through to the final scene at the close of the second day. Sadly, that's rarely possible on a tight budget, so you have to be more inventive in your scheduling.
The Haunting of Thomas Brewster is without doubt the most technically complex script I've yet directed. Any single scene may need to be recorded up to six times (not counting retakes):
- Main action: Doctor, Nyssa, Brewster, Lilian and Meg, say.
- Narration: Brewster narrating what's happening.
- Ghost: an ethereal voice speaking inside the head of one of the characters.
- Flashback: a scene from the past we only see in flashback within this scene.
- Doubling up: one of the actors playing two roles in the same scene, meaning we have to record the whole scene twice (for example, Leslie Ash playing both Lilian and Meg).
- Background voices: street sellers, hawkers and so on.
Working all this out and fitting it into a two-day recording schedule takes me nearly two weeks.
Having worked out which characters I need on which day(s), I prepare a shortlist of actors I'd like to play each part (perhaps ten actors per role). Peter, Sarah and the studio have been booked for 13th and 14th December, so the rest of the cast will have to be available for one or other or both of those days. Then begins the lengthy process of phoning agents, making offers, sending out scripts, negotiating fees and so on. I start casting on 26th November, sending Jonny, Alan, Nick and David Richardson regular updates on my progress.
The first actor to confirm is Christian Coulson (Tom Riddle from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) as the Doctor's new assistant, Robert McIntosh. I've stayed in touch with Christian since I cast him in The Bride of Peladon. He's such a talented actor and I knew I wanted to work with him again, so this is a great start. Next to confirm is John Pickard (from 2point4children and Hollyoaks) as Thomas Brewster - and the rest fall into place after that until finally the whole thing is cast.
We record in our usual studios from 10am until 6pm, with a break for lunch during which I have to take all the publicity photographs of the actors (these pictures will be used on the cover and in the booklet of the CD, as well as being sent to Doctor Who Magazine and other periodicals). The cast are uniformly excellent and a good time is had by all. Jonathan Morris comes in to hear what we're doing with the script and is able to offer some useful pointers to the actors as to the meaning of words like "kinchin" and "libbege".
Alex Mallinson's superb cover comes in, although we have to replace his moody shot of Tower Bridge with another, more period bridge. My fault entirely: I forgot to mention my historical nicety to him! I write my director's notes for the interior of the booklet and send David Richardson a selection of photographs, together with a cast list. I'm amazed at how many roles Trevor Cooper plays - we must get him again.
Sound designer Simon Robinson and I discuss the feel of the music. I suggest Saint-Saens's Carnival of the Animals, Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition, Stravinsky's Isle of the Dead, the soundtrack to The Name of the Rose, Philip Glass's music for Dracula and some of John Harle's pieces for A History of Britain. I don't want Simon to copy any of these works, but they're useful as a sort of musical shorthand for the atmosphere I'd like to establish for the story. This is the third story I've done with Simon and I absolutely adore his music, so I'm already excited thinking about what he'll come up with.
On 14th January, Simon sends me the dialogue edit for my approval. This is an assemblage of all the correct takes in the correct order and will be the first time I can listen for real to what I had hitherto only heard in my head. Usually this sounds a bit disappointing because there aren't any effects or music and the voices all sound like they're in a studio booth rather than in a railway tunnel or on a riverbank or wherever. However, this time I'm pleasantly surprised: the story comes across well and the performances are wonderful (Barry McCarthy's Creek is a particular joy). I type up some sound design notes, decide to use a handful of alternative takes on certain lines, make some trims and send it back to Simon to have the effects put on. We talk a lot about pitch bending some of the characters: Leslie Ash's two aunts, Lilian and Meg, are tweaked up and down respectively to make them sound more distinct from each other; Creek is pitched up a teensy bit as well.
On 10th February, Simon starts sending me a version with the sound effects on it. He's done the most spectacular job. Over the next three weeks we tweak and adjust and refine the effects edit. We're in relatively good shape before I have to go away for the whole of March to work on something or other. While I'm away, Simon sets about composing the musical score and e-mails me each episode as it comes out. Simon's music gives the story a wonderful sense of drama and emotional depth and my only note to him is: more!
Happy with the finished result, I sign off on the project. Nick Briggs wants us to tweak a couple of the TARDIS effects, which takes Simon a few more days. Once that's completed, Simon does the CD mastering and sends the discs off to our duplication facility. That's that. The Haunting of Thomas Brewster has kept me - and many other people - busy for eight months. I hope you enjoy it.
- Peter Davison (The Doctor)
- Sarah Sutton (Nyssa)
- John Pickard (Thomas Brewster)
- Leslie Ash (Mother / Judy / Lillian / Meg / Young Thomas)
- Trevor Cooper (Shanks / Toby / Hartwright / Guard)
- Christian Coulson (Robert McIntosh / Victor)
- Barry McCarthy (Creek)
- Sid Mitchell (Pickens)
- Cover Artist Alex Mallinson
- Director Barnaby Edwards
- Executive Producer Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Music Simon Robinson
- Producer David Richardson
- Script Editor Alan Barnes
- Sound Design Simon Robinson
- Written by Jonathan Morris
- Product Format: 2-disc CD (jewel case)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Duration: 120 minutes
- Physical Retail ISBN: 978-1-84435-316-3
- Production Code: 6C/K


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In unusually direct language, Taipei yesterday called on Beijing to pay more attention to Taiwan's position on China's controversial new passport, saying that China's refusal to acknowledge its indignation had "hurt the feelings" of Taiwanese.
At the heart of the controversy is a new passport that the People's Republic of China (PRC) began issuing in May, which features watermarks that include famous tourist attractions in Taiwan, such as Nantou's Sun Moon Lake and Hualien's Chingshui Cliffs; Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin — areas whose sovereignty Beijing disputes with India; and 90 percent of the South China Sea.
Countries in the region, including Vietnam, India and the Philippines, reacted with indignation when the contents of the new passport were reported in news articles last month, making demarches to Beijing and issuing visas to Chinese visitors bearing imprints of their own rectified maps.
Taiwan's response to the inclusion of its territory in the passport was much more muted than that of the other countries, prompting accusations that President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) was not being vocal enough in asserting Taiwan's independence and had failed to take seriously the implications of China's action on the nation's sovereign status.
Mainland Affairs Council Minister Wang Yu-chi (王郁琦) told the legislature yesterday that the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) had written to the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) last week to explain Taiwan's position on the matter.
The SEF and ARATS are semi-official bodies created to handle cross-strait affairs in the absence of official bilateral diplomatic relations.
In a reply received on Wednesday, ARATS dismissed Taiwan's protest as "invalid," adding that the design of the new passport had only become an issue after "pro-independence activists" had "made a fuss" over the matter, Wang said.
Wang said that Beijing's response misrepresented the situation and he urged China to pay greater attention to Taiwan's indignation over the passports.
"This incident is not a partisan concern, nor does it bother only a small number of people in Taiwan," he said, dispelling the notion that only supporters of Taiwanese independence had been angered. "If the mainland authorities fail to realize this, the development of relations across the Taiwan Strait will be undermined."
Beijing's handling of the matter is "unacceptable" to Taiwan because it demonstrates that Beijing does not realize how serious an impact the incident has had on cross-strait ties, he said, adding that ties between Taiwan and China were defined as "special relations" rather than direct state-to-state relations, echoing remarks made by Ma the previous day.
Taiwan's territory as outlined in the Republic of China (ROC) Constitution includes China, but at present its jurisdiction covers only Taiwan and the outlying islands of Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, he said.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators last week demanded that SEF Chairman Lin Join-sane (林中森) step down after he said that Chinese officials had assured him that the new passport had not been designed with any "particular motive in mind," except to be "trendy."
In reaction to what it called an insufficiently assertive reaction to the matter on behalf of the government, the DPP began issuing passport stickers earlier this month featuring a map of Taiwan and its outlying islands over which a text reading: "Taiwan is my country" was superimposed.


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