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FX has officially ordered season 4 of the series Fargo with Chris Rock to star as one of the two leads. Previous seasons of the series featured the likes of Martin Freeman, Kirsten Dunst, Billy Bob Thornton, and Ewan McGregor.
Inspired by the Oscar-winning Coen Brothers movie of the same name starring Frances McDormand and William H. Macy, FX's Fargo anthology series centers around the troubled lives of small-time criminals in the American Midwest. The show's upcoming fourth season will be set in the 1950s, centering around two criminal families in Kansas City, Missouri - one Italian American and one African American - who strike an unusual peace pact in order to thrive financially. However, following the death of Kansas City's mafia kingpin, the pact becomes strained, leading to unexpected consequences based wholly around the series' central theme: greed. Now, Chris Rock will officially star as one of the two families' patriarchs, though little else has been revealed about the character.
Related: Fargo Season 4 Won't Begin Production Until Fall 2019
According to The Wrap, Rock confirmed his involvement with Fargo in an official statement. The actor, who has ties to FX through the standup comedy television series Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, which he executive produces, explained that he is not only a fan of the show, but is looking forward to working with Fargo's showrunner Noah Hawley. Rock, who recently finished his international standup tour called Total Blackout, said, "I'm a fan of Fargo and I can't wait to work with Noah."
While the Fargo series has explored several time periods over the past three seasons (season 1 took place in 2006, season 2 took place in 1979, and season 3 took place in 2010), the fourth season will draw the series back the furthest, with the intent to explore immigration and assimilation in the 1950s. There is currently no word on who will star as the opposing patriarch to Rock's character, nor are there any details on additional casting.
FX's Fargo has expertly examined an intimate portrayal of small-town Americans facing larger-than-life ordeals, much like the movie on which it's based. The film earned Joel and Ethan Coen the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Frances McDormand her first Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1997. The series has managed to maintain a strong hold on critics and audiences, earning 11 Golden Globe nominations over the past three seasons, with Billy Bob Thornton and Ewan McGregor winning the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television in the first and third seasons, respectively.
There is currently no premiere date for season 4 of Fargo.
More: Things You Didn't Know About Fargo (The TV Show)
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TV Line has recently reported that the search for Klaus is finally over. The legendary vampire will be probably played by Joseph Morgan. As you can guess, this immediately became top "Vampire Diaries" news. Although the actor's credits include mostly British films and TV series, he does have some intriguing roles. Back in 2003, he starred in "Master and Commander" along with Russell Crow. Morgan has also played Philotas in the biography movie about the life of Alexander the Great (starring Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie). Something about his face (right) reminds me of Klaus. I think he would make a fierce Original! What's your opinion? Learn more over at TV Line.
Let's continue with the tidbits, shall we? In this article, Natalie Abrams reviews the latest TVD spoilers from TV Guide. She comments on the showdown between vampires and werewolves, warlocks Martin, Jr. and Martin, Sr., Elena's destiny, etc. Great recap, especially if you haven't had a chance to caught up with the news lately!
TV Guide Magazine also highlights the top moments from "Daddy Issues" in its 7-13 February issue. As usual, spoiler warning for the ones, who haven't seen the episode yet. HUGE thanks to tariel22 via @tvdfansonline, the scan is up at their site!
Clevver TV caught up with Stephen Amell's (Brady) cousin, Robbie last week. He spills up about his cousin's guest role on "The Vampire Diaries", teasing he's going be around for two episodes. It means 214 "Crying Wolf" is his final ep. Why is he gone after only two weeks? Are the Salvatore brothers to blame? That, we'll see this Thursday. For now, enjoy Clevver TV's report. Thanks, Vampire Diaries Online!
Official descriptions for episode 15 ("The Dinner Party") and 16 ("The House Guest") (click to visit VampireSite.net) have been released as well. Airing February 17th and February 24th, respectively.
In addition to "The Dinner Party" synopsis, episode stills have been revealed. Third flashback episode this season = plenty of Stefan and Damon. Head over to Vampire Diaries Web to check the images out.
CW television has uploaded an extended trailer for "Crying Wolf". This week, "a romantic getaway is about to get some unwanted guests". All new "The Vampire Diaries" Thursday 8/7c. See you there!

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Harbour Law appears increasingly likely to be given the rest of the year off following his historic triumph in Saturday's St Leger.
Laura Mongan became the first woman in the Doncaster Classic's 240-year history to train the winner as her pride and joy got up in the shadows of the post in the hands of George Baker.
Epsom-based Mongan admitted on Sunday morning she was still on cloud nine and is keeping her fingers crossed Harbour Law is still in her care next season.
"He's absolutely fine. He ate up last night and pulled out well this morning," said the trainer
"He's probably a little bit quieter than normal, but you'd expect that. He had to dig deep and he did.
"It was an awesome, brilliant day and I'm still wearing the smile.
"I wouldn't say we were shocked, as we felt he had every right to be there, but you just don't even imagine what it would be like to win.
"I don't think he'll run again this season. Nothing is set in stone and we still need to have a discussion about it, but I think he's probably done enough,
"He's a horse who is still improving and we've always felt he'll be a better horse next year."
Mongan revealed her stable star has been the subject of offers already this year and that interest is only likely to increase following his terrific display on Town Moor.
"Fingers crossed we still have him next season. We've had a few offers during the season, so he might not have been here now, but thankfully he is," said Mongan.
"We haven't had any offers today – I probably won't answer the phone.
"I suppose every horse is for sale, but we're not going to complain about that.
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Andy Beadsley, director of the Wheelyboat Trust, and Jennifer Cameron, the CEO of Action4Youth, talk to Education For Everybody magazine about the new fully-accessible powerboat launched recently at the Caldecotte Xperience in Milton Keynes…
What challenges do SEND schools face when organising trips and how does Caldecotte Xperience address these issues?
SEND groups face a number of challenges when organising trips including ensuring that staff qualifications are of a high standard to instil confidence in the staff booking the activities. Caldecotte Xperience addresses multiple issues with the qualifications of the staff being outstanding and this is used as a benchmark when deciding whether to go elsewhere. This results in re-booking rates being very high as we always compare favourably.
Getting to and from any new venue for any activity can be difficult with SEND participants. The centre is in a prime position with great road and nearby rail links enabling ease of access from around the area and within the town itself. The centre minibus has proved invaluable to some members of Action4Youth allowing them to extend the provision of their stays, adding extra activities available at local amenities and help keep the costs down. As both land and water sports activities are close together the arrangements during a stay are logistically easy to manage. Transfers from the car park to either venue is easy due to the single level access.
The Wheelyboat adds to the variety of what is on offer to the children and participants. It means that the participants can completely be independent boarding and disembarking. It gives them the freedom to be in control of the boat from their wheelchair and be on the same ability level as able bodied peers. They can become qualified in an activity that they could not achieve without the accessibility of the new boat.
Donna Mulholland from Redway School, told us, "The range of activities fit all students criteria, complies with the ASDAN units for outdoor learning, new experience, residential stay and independent living and sport which means that it fits in with the curriculum requirements perfectly."
What facilities are there on the wider site at Caldecotte Xperience for disabled visitors?
Caldecotte Xperience's facilities for disabled visitors are extensive, from parking all on one level with paths to access different parts of the site, to self-catering and catering options in the residential facility. We make every effort to accommodate dietary requirements with the ability to prepare feeds and soft food diets in a safe kitchen.
There are also spaces to change and furniture has been placed to give excellent access to allow for turning circles, walking aids, guide dogs, support staff etc.
The accommodation is varied with a mixture of dormitory-style rooms. They promote social interaction, accessible beds and mobile hoists – we also have the water hoist for access to boats – ramps to access where necessary, wider doors, wet rooms and access furniture for transferring where needed.
We can also accommodate apparatus to ensure the health and comfort of participants while taking part through clever use of particular boats, activities and locations.
How do children react when they are on the Wheelyboat, and what do they learn during the day out on the water?
The children and participants are so excited by the feeling they get on the Wheelyboat. Some of the children have tears of happiness; some scream excitedly; some are very quiet and reflective. We have seen efforts to communicate increase; communicating to go faster and turn and wanting to learn how to take control and act as crew on board.
The participants learn how to be properly dressed for the boat, fasten the zips and clips on the buoyancy aids, learn nautical command vocabulary and use devices to assist with communication such as 'Big Mac' – a pre-recordable button which speaks a command word such as STOP to use on the boat when there is need to stop the boat. Also, ASDAN qualifications can be achieved as well as RYA Sailing and Powerability qualifications.
For some participants this is the only interaction with the outside world beyond their home and school and we strive to make it the best experience that it can be for the staff organising the visit to enable the participants to have the most enrichment from their time here.
Donna added, "On the return journey to school there is a buzz of pure joy from all participants and from the staff at what has been achieved!"
Whereabouts does the Wheelyboat Trust operate and are there plans to roll out more Wheelyboats in the future?
The Wheelyboat Trust is a national charity and Wheelyboats operate all over the UK from the north of Scotland to the west of Cornwall.
The role of our Wheelyboat Trust is to help organisations like Action 4 Youth and Young Epilepsy acquire Wheelyboats for them to operate on behalf of their disabled service users and students.
We are about to launch a Coulam Wheelyboat V20 at Liverpool Watersports Centre and we are currently working with Fife Sailability and a Sea Scout troop on the River Thames to help them acquire V20 Wheelyboats.


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The Parthenon, Marshall University's student newspaper, was published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly on Thursdays during the summer. Due to budgetary constraints, beginning with the 2016 Fall semester, the newspaper is only published two days a week. Physical issues are printed on Tuesdays and Fridays. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.


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Yael Selfin, Chief Economist at KPMG in the UK, comments on today's labour market data:
"The latest labour market data shows a mixed picture. While the unemployment rate rose marginally to 4.4% in the three months to December 2017, and the employment rate also fell slightly, the number of vacancies reached a record high of 823,000 between November 2017 and January 2018, pointing at an increasingly tight labour market. High demand for workers saw a rise in the number of people working full time and a continued fall in the number of self-employed.
"With the market reaching boiling point, more may need to be done to alleviate labour shortages in services, and in particular in consumer and retail, health and social care services where they have been reported most acutely. More targeted training for school leavers to improve the skills of younger workers is also needed as data shows those between the age of 16-24 experience more difficulties in getting jobs. Focusing on regional performance is also important, with the rise in unemployment driven by increases in Wales and Scotland, of 0.9 and 0.5 percentage points respectively, while England experienced no change from the previous quarter.
"There are signs that average weekly earnings, which rose by 2.5% in Q4, are beginning to respond to the tightness of the labour market, although households are still feeling the squeeze when accounting for inflation, with real earnings falling by 0.3%. However, there are very encouraging signs for UK productivity performance, which rose relatively strongly for the second quarter in a row, led by finance and business services. If stronger productivity continues into 2018, the Bank of England may decide to hold at least once on raising rates this year."
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ONCE every four or five years, Dr. William H. Masters locks up his office and hides. That's the day on which he publishes one of his studies on human sexual behavior, for which he has observed sexual intercourse in the laboratory.
And that's about the only time he ever takes a break from his work, which has consumed about every minute of his time seven days a week, 52 weeks a year, for the last 16 years.
The scientist who has per formed some of the most radical daring research into human behavior is a church going Episcopalian, a regis tered Republican who voted for Richard M. Nixon and a man who describes himself as "a little on the conserva tive side."
He sees no particular con tradiction in this, viewing his work mainly as that of a sci entist seeking objective in formation. But unlike most scientists, whose work is des tined to obscurity in special ized journals, the 54‐year‐old baldish gynecologist must duck everytime he publishes.
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His work has special ap peal because as he puts it, "there are damned few of us who do not have a sexual orientation." But there are those, including many in his own profession, who believe that sex is not a proper sub ject for scientific inquiry.
It is this attitude of taboo and fear that Dr. Masters and his colleague for 16 years, Virginia E. Johnson, believe to be at the root of much of the tragic sexual failure they seek to treat.
"Our effort has supported fallacy and taboo because it has made sex an area that cannot be evaluated." he said. "So everybody consid ers himself an expert—and the level of knowledge is 99 per cent fallacious. One of the fun things of this work is to destroy old sacred cows."
Doing that has become much easier than it was when he started sex work in 1954, and he sees this as a very hopeful sign. "I don't think we'll begin to have the flak we had four years ago this time," he said. "Our so cial climate is changing."
Curiously, he said, opposi tion to his work comes more from other scientists than from the theologians. His methods are highly regarded by some medical specialists but roundly condemned by others, one of whom last week called them "as old as the Kama Sutra."
In appearance, Dr. Masters has all the respectability of a banker. He dresses with conservatism, and his hair is gray. His eyes are deep set and his gaze fixed and pow erful. He exudes an air of warm confidence and his pre cise rapid speech is pinged with a twang that betrays his Midwestern birth.
No Family Sex Talk
William Howell Masters was born in Cleveland on Dec. 27. 1915, the son of Francis and Estabrooks Masters. His father was a very successful sales representative for Pit ney Bowes and his upbringing was typically restrictive—no sexual discussion between parents and children.
Dr. Masters first developed an interest in sex research during his third year at Roch ester Medical School, where he met Dr. George W. Corner, a well‐known reproductive biologist who had helped the late Dr. Albert Kinsey finance his studies of sexual behavior.
No one had ever directly studied human sexual inter course and Dr. Masters asked Dr. Corner and others what would be required to do it, in view of the prevailing taboos. The answer was that the scientist would have to be a senior man with an established reputation in other fields and have medical school support.
So Dr. Masters waited until he had become a recognized expert in hormone therapy. He began his sex work at Washington University Medi cal School in St. Louis — at the respectable age of 38.
Today, he directs a wide range of experimentation and treatment at the Reproduc tive Biology Research Founda tion, which is now separate from the school. He is also a clinical professor of obstet rics and gynecology at the university and maintains a small private practice.
He lives in the comfortable Ladue area of St. Louis with his wife, the former Elisabeth Ellis, and a son, William Howell 3d, a senior in high school. Their daughter, Sall, is a freshman at Trinity Col lege in Hartford.
Few Outside Interests
His dedication is almost totally to his work. He takes off only on Sunday afternoons and Tuesday and Fridav nights he occasionally goes to the symphony on one of the nights. His preference is Brahms.
Despite his fairly conven tional personal life, he main tains this philosophy: Any form of sexual expression he tween consenting adults in private is acceptable.
He believes sex laws to be totally out of date "If the sex laws were applied ?? tically," he say, "I wonder who the jailers would be."
VIRGINIA ESHELMAN JOHNSON believes that "all feminity means is that a woman needs to find a meaningful role where she can value herself. A woman's power doesn't have to come from competing with men." Mrs. Johnson is the very feminine living proof of that belief. As co‐author of "Human Sexual Response and Human Sexual Inadequacy," she values herself as social scientist and researcher and as the devot ed mother of two teen ‐ age children. She also believes that the women's liberation movement is a bit too inten sive and destructive to hold meaning for her.
"I really haven't had the time to read up on what these women are saying," she said recently, "but it seems to me that men and women need so much from one another now, there should be a great deal of give and take." She has been lucky, she said. "I've grown up in a man's world and loved every minute of it. I've been given so much con sideration by men, both pro fessionally and personally."
Mrs. Johnson, born on Feb. 11, 1925, and raised on Mis souri farms ("I feel very rural") devoted most of her childhood and young adult years to music. She studied piano and then turned to singing. She has a rich mezzo soprano voice, which was heard over St. Louis radio in the late 1940's and early 1950's.
Since she joined Dr. Mas ters in 1957, however, she has had no time for singing. "I've hardly hummed in the bath tub," she said.
Although she is probably one of the most talked about social scientists in the coun try, Mrs. Johnson holds no formal college degrees. Nevertheless, she has been a "professional student" most of her life. She has taken college courses since grad uating from high school in 1941, and even became a doctoral candidate in 1964. But she has always been too busy to finish the course work for the degrees. She has also held various jobs with the government, news papers and radio and tele vision.
Divorces After 5 Years
In 1951, while attending Washington University in St. Louis, she met and married a young student, George Johnson, who had his own orchestra. She sang with him until their divorce in 1956. A year later, through the uni versity placement office where she sought work to support further academic study for herself, she met Dr. William H. Masters.
Dr. Masters has always had a master plan for his work, Mrs. Johnson said. He knew all along that he would need a woman co‐worker some day to carry out his work on human sexual be havior. "When I joined him", she said, "I really had no idea of what he was plan ning."
But she is glad that she did. "It is a male and fe male world," Mrs. Johnson said, "and it takes two, a male and a female, to do re search on human sexuality."
"I still have a real thing against the fact that 95 per cent of the things written about female sexuality in the past were written by men without ever thinking to consult women," she said.
Mrs. Johnson, who is some times ("I do not see how") mistaken for Happy Rocke feller, is optimistic that all the "old, Victorian restric tions on sexuality are break ing down."
Nevertheless after the Johnson and Masters book on human sexual behavior was published in 1966, Mrs. Johnson said her neighbors in St. Louts reacted in a very peculiar way to the notorie ty it produced. "They had a kind of Midwest mode of handling us," she said.
'The Visceral Clutch'
This was manifested, she said, when she went to a P.T.A. meeting 48 hours after having been seen in all the newspapers and on national and local television. "No one said anything to me about the book," Mrs. Johnson said. "They were nice to me, but pretended nothing happened." Dr. Masters and Mrs. John son refer to this behavior as "protecting the comfort fac tor, of the visceral clutch."
"We're terrifically familiar with this behavior," Mrs. Johnson said, "and we're used to it."
Her children, on the other hand—Scott is now 18 and Lisa I4—did have some hard moments in school.
Mrs. Johnson, a conserva tive dresser who uses cos metics sparingly, is con vinced that her work with Dr. Masters has done "a lot of good."
"We never defend our work," she said. "We will discuss it with those people truly interested in it. But the thing that speaks for us most is scientific productiv ity. We've so much more to do. We just keep plodding on."
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"Too much change!" is a refrain that every leader has heard. School district leaders often rely on their gut to tell them if they should proceed with the change effort and if the effort will be too much for their staff. Most leaders work hard to try to discern between the expected resistance that accompanies any change effort and whether their organization truly has the capacity to put in the effort required to change.
Why should we measure affinity and level of effort for change with school district initiatives?
Most leaders overestimate their capacity to support change efforts even as they identify initiatives and feel the urgency that accompanies their goals. Organizations that are subject to too much change will push back and modify those initiatives. Tolerance and trust dissipate when leaders overestimate organizational capacity for change.
Leaders can avoid organizational stress by:
- limiting the number of people affected by the change,
- being mindful of the affinity for the change effort and,
- adjusting the depth, or magnitude, of the planned change.
Change makes people M.A.D.: The three variables that make up the "Change Value Unit" (CVU)
Frederick Douglass once penned: "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." What if a school district leaders could reduce the impact of change, so as not to eliminate the struggle, but to evaluate the readiness of staff and dispositions toward the change so that progress was possible?
Too much change can create a toxic and unproductive environment. The greater the portion of the organization that has to change, the more profound that change. The more intense the change is disliked, the more difficult success will be and it will take more effort to achieve the desired results. I have found in my district and my work with leadership teams that there are three main variables to consider when making a change in an organization.
These main variables are:
1. (M)embership: the number of organization members the change affects.
2. (A)ffinity: The organization members' affinity, or distaste, for the change.
3. (D)epth: The depth, or the magnitude, of change the effort represents.
I have developed a measure called Change Value Units (CVUs) that combine these three variables and assist leaders examine how much change is involved in the initiative.
How much change can a district handle in a year at one time?
"Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end." - Robin Sharma
Each change effort a district undertakes has a value for Membership, Affinity, and Depth. These factors are multiplied to determine the CVU for each initiative. The higher the CVU, the more organizational stress is associated with that initiative.
Membership is calculated by identifying the percentage of members of the organization that are affected or targeted by the initiative and assigning the analogous factor. The membership factor is calculated based on a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 indicating more than 40-100% of the staff will be affected.
Affinity is a rating of how much dislike the change represents. The affinity for change is measured using a 5 point scale, with 1 representing Preference and 5 representing emotional or non-rational opposition.
Depth quantifies the degree to which members must change the way they do or think about things. The more fundamental the change, the greater the depth factor. The depth of change factor is measured using a 5 point scale, with 1 representing minor changes to routine and practice and 5 representing changes in assumptions of how and why members do their work.
Multiplying these three elements provides a change factor that can range from 1 to 125.
To work through the exercise, leadership teams should identify each proposed initiative, calculate the Change Value Unit (CVU) for each and then add these values together. The sum of all change initiatives should not exceed 225 at any single moment. Organizations looking to implement change that exceeds 225 Change Value Units, can expect that the organization may work hard against the change. Single change efforts that represent more than 80 CVU represent significant, disruptive and taxing events. They should be treated with great care and caution.
Worked Example: Customer Service Relations Systems
Let's look at an example of a change a district may undergo when implementing a customer service relations system.
A school district is interested in instituting a new customer service relations system. They hope to take many functions that were done on paper or through e-mail are now going to be done with one integrated system. The implementation of this system will ensure that parental complaints and queries are addressed in a timely fashion and allow the district to track improvements in their parental relationships. This change not only affects the customer service staff, but also the managers that make use of that data. Additionally, the switch represents a major upgrade in technology. Many staff will not like giving up their handwritten notepads and having all their interactions recorded by the "system".
The chart below shows how the magnitude of change is calculated for a moderate sized initiative like the implementation of a CSR database.
This change will directly affect nearly 30% of the total staff, resulting in an M factor of "4." Additionally, the members have a dislike for this change as it can be perceived as an increased level of monitoring. Initiatives that increase perceived supervision and accountability often have a high A rating, and in this case I would assume a factor of "4." The depth of change represents a significant change in how work is accomplished, but not a complete rethinking. The basic premise of what is done is not changing, but almost everything about how it is done is changing – resulting in a relatively high D factor of "3." I would anticipate this initiative taking roughly 20% of the capacity for change across the whole district to complete, with a total of 48 CVUs.
When considering the full impact of all change efforts in an organization, it is crucial for leaders to anticipate resistance that may derail initiatives. The CVU algorithm allows leaders and their teams to have a structured way to better plan for effective implementation and scaling of multiple change efforts. When leaders consider all factors that can impact effective implementation of change efforts, they are better able to determine the organization's likelihood for success of new change efforts.
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Elevator Lab Bootcamp is an educational program that addresses people or teams who have a start-up idea of fintech that they want to transform into a business.
Created by Raiffeisen Bank Romania in partnership with TechHub Bucharest, the Bootcamp Elevator Lab consists of intensive training sessions in which participants will learn from experienced entrepreneurs how to build a startup from 0, how they can turn their idea into a minimal product Viable (MVP) and what are the resources they need to do that.
In order to be accessible to as many participants as possible, even those who have a work program from 9:00 to 18:00, training and events will take place in the evenings and on the weekend.
All the ideas submitted in the Elevator Lab Bootcamp will go through a selection and the finalists will enter the two intensive training sessions from the 17th and 19th of May to the 7-9th of June.
Winners of the program will receive a 2-week training in Vienna, with all the costs included, at the Summer Innovation School.
During workshops and meetings, participants will develop relevant connections both in the local community and in the fintech regional industry and will learn more about:
➔ How to develop a startup from Oliver Auerbach (Co-Founder, GloriaFood), Daniel Nicolescu (Managing Partner & Co-Founder at SymphoPay) and Cristian Munteanu (Managing Partner at Early Game Ventures) from Mircea Capatina (SmartBill Co-Founder) ;
➔ The development stages of a startup and formation of a team at the beginning of the road, from Shane Freeman (Founder, okapihq.com);
➔ Validation of ideas and definition of user profile from Mircea Vădan (Managing Partner, Activize);
➔ Legal aspects to consider, from Tudor Stanciu, (Digital2Law Co-Founder and Independent Advocate);
➔ How to identify acquisition channels and win the first users and clients from George Dita (Founder WiseUp);
➔ Business development for startups from Mihai Anghel (GloriaFood Co-Founder);
➔ How to present the product and sell it to investors and potential clients from Ciprian Borodescu (Co-Founder, MorphL), Mircea Vadan (Managing Partner, Activize)
Elevator Lab Bootcamp will end on Wednesday, June 12, with Demo Night, an event in which finalists will present their ideas and how they have evolved, before a jury composed of: Vlad Stanilescu (Chief Digital Officer, Raiffeisen Bank Romania ), Eliza Gheorghe (Head of PI Segments, Raiffeisen Bank Romania), Mihai Lazar (Capital Markets Manager, Raiffeisen Bank Romania), Alin Neacsu (Corporate Banking Director, Raiffeisen Bank Romania), Ciprian Borodescu (Co-Founder, MorphL) Dragomir (Co-Founder, TechHub Bucharest) and Liviu Cadariu (Event Manager, TechHub Bucharest).
Winners of the program will receive a 2-week training in Vienna, with all the costs included, at the Summer Innovation School.
" Raiffeisen Bank is for the second year part of the global Elevator Lab program. Last year we organized a Local Elevator Lab Challenge that helped us discover the already mature companies in the fintech market in Romania. These are not in a very large number because the field is still at the beginning. We want to grow the fintech community, discover those people with ideas that have not had the chance, the resources or the right context to start working on developing a business. Through this year's program, we want to bring together future entrepreneurs with already experienced business people. We hope that in a few years we will see at least one successful fintech started at Elevator Lab Bootcamp 2019. "says Vlad Stanilescu, Chief Digital Officer at Raiffeisen Bank Romania
Elevator Lab Bootcamp is taking place in Romania as part of the largest Fintech partnership program between Central and Eastern Europe, Elevator Lab, organized by Raiffeisen Bank International. In 2018, Raiffeisen Bank Romania, in partnership with TechHub Bucharest, organized the Elevator Lab Challenge, a local selection program for the global Elevator Lab program. 8 of the fines entered in the Challenge participated in a Demo Night from which ThinkOUT winners came out.
Launched in June 2017, Elevator Lab is an acceleration program organized by the Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) group that offers potential participants access to 14 markets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In 2018, the RBI group focused on the fintech ecosystem in the CEE through the organization of the Local Challenge Elevator Lab.
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07 November 2015 | in FISU
LAUSANNE – Today, 7 November, the 34th edition of the FISU General Assembly opened at 'Amphimax', on the Campus of UNIL, the University of Lausanne. The General Assembly will last until 8 November and is an electoral one as on the 2nd day a new board to lead FISU for the next four years will be elected by the FISU members.
On the first day of the Assembly different reports were presented, covering the period 2013-2015.
After a welcome word from FISU President Gallien and the playing of the Gaudeamus Igitur, FISU's anthem, Benoit Frund, UNIL Vice-Rector welcomed all delegates on the UNIL Campus, stressing the importance of sport at the University of Lausanne, be it recreational, amateur or elite, with some student-athletes participating in major events like the Olympics and the Universiade. He also stressed the special relationship between UNIL and FISU with the building of the 'Synathlon', where the future Headquarters of FISU will be installed, once the building has been completed. "University sport is very noble. It is an honour to welcome you here. Vive le sport universitaire, vive la FISU!"
President Gallien & UNIL Vice-Rector Frund
Next José Savoye, Chair of the FISU Legal Committee took the floor to announce that all mandates were validated with 125 Member Associations of the 167 present, this result in 63 being the absolute majority for the elections. His intervention was followed by the roll call by Secretary-General/CEO Eric Saintrond.
Then the FISU President took the floor to present his report. "The context of economic and moral crisis which has developed over the years in the world in general – and in the world of sport in particular - has significantly complicated FISU's work; it has also made it even more essential", the FISU President said.
"We now observe the increasing development, around and inside the sports movement, of dangerous networks of wheelers-dealers that combine strong business sport organisations, political and financial powers and even criminal mafias, all having common transnational economical and/or political interests. It is not so much the profits they can take directly from sport that interests them; they want to take power over the sports movement, encroaching into the decision-making bodies, the dressing rooms, the stadiums, the social networks and the media, and they manage to use sport as a tool to develop a much more lucrative side-business based on money laundering, illegal betting on sports events, match fixing, bribery, corruption, politics or ideology. The world of sport is more and more looking like a "shark tank".
President Gallien warned that clean sport is in danger. "The Olympic and Sports Movement already has to face the problem, our federation is not immune and cannot ignore the threat. FISU is a strong independent international multisport federation focused on youth in general and students in particular. No doubt that it might be an excellent target for ambitious external organisations looking for a good platform to launch questionable highly profitable activities. This 34th FISU General Assembly shall give FISU a new impetus to develop its projects and actions, and rush beyond the 'shark tank'." The President vouched for interdependence and being co-operative with the international sports movement, walking side by side with the Olympic movement.
FISU Treasurer Bayasgalan
Next, FISU Treasurer Bayasgalan presented his report explaining the financial efforts of FISU in these difficult economic times. "Given the circumstances along with the current world economic context of weak growth, where the effects of the financial crisis are still far from recovery, FISU enjoyed positive financial results."
Then FISU Internal Auditor Gagea presented his report followed by the report of external auditor KPMG. Mr. Gagea, was also given the 'Emeritus Honorary Member' status rewarding him for his many years of FISU service.
IOC President Thomas Bach
After the coffee break IOC President Bach joined the FISU GA and gave a welcome speech, remembering his times as a student-athlete participating as a fencer at the SU in Moscow (1973) and Mexico (1979), celebrating the open atmosphere, bonding with athletes from around the world. "Thank you FISU for the experience, which was an important part of my sporting life", President Bach said. "FISU and the IOC are saving the values of sport, maybe more important now than ever. We all have to learn our lessons and draw conclusions in this changing world. We cannot ignore changes anymore, hence the IOC agenda 2020. We have to change at the time of success, to change for not being changed. New questions need new answers. Please continue in this respect of being a good partner of the IOC. If we can help with our experience, we are happy to do so. Our doors are always open to you. And we are here as well to open doors for you."
FISU SG/CEO Eric Saintrond
Then FISU Secretary-General/CEO Eric Saintrond took the floor to present his report elaborating on the FISU activities for the period 2013-2015, reviewing step by step the FISU events highlighting that these events were one after the other very successful, not only looking at the number of participants, but also in relation to worldwide media and TV coverage and also, very important, the legacy left to the host cities and universities after the closing ceremonies of these major FISU events.
The SG/CEO also stressed the collaboration with the international sports federations, with already 42 conventions signed. He also discussed all other activities like education and development and the special projects that were developed, such as the 3X3 Basketball FISU World University League and the 'Lausanne in Motion' Festival. The latter promoting the 'World University Sport Day' that was recently approved and acknowledged by UNESCO.
Progress Report from Almaty OC
In the afternoon session, the Membership voted on amended statutes and internal regulations. These discussions were chaired by the FISU President.
Three new Member Associations were admitted: Aruba, Afghanistan and Gambia, bringing the total to 170 National University Sport Federations. The admission vote was followed by the discharge of the EC for the period 2011-2015 with the approval of the budget next.
The Award of the Gender Equality Committee was presented to the NUSF of Spain.
After the afternoon coffee break, the 2015 Summer (Gwangju) and Winter (Granada/Strbske Pleso/Osrblie) Universiade hosts presented a final report of these successful major FISU events.
From the past the GA switched to the future with progress reports from the Organising Committees of Taipei City (2017 SU), Almaty (2017 WU) and Krasnoyarsk (2019 WU). The first day of this GA ended with the presentation of the upcoming Championship year with 34 World University Championships in 25 countries in 2016.
Tomorrow, the FISU MA delegates will elect a new Executive Committee for the period 2015-2019.
C. Pierre, FISU Press Officer


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Council transfer of £12m to Elizabeth Finn Care
The City of Edinburgh Council is set to transfer £12m of charitable funds to Elizabeth Finn Care, a national poverty relief charity.
The City of Edinburgh Council is set to transfer £12m of charitable funds to Elizabeth Finn Care, a national poverty relief charity.
Scotland rugby legend Scott Hastings dusted off his skateboard yesterday at Saughton Skatepark, after the hugely popular facility landed an award just months after opening.
Winning art and photography inspired by the Pentland Hills is due to go on display at the City Chambers.
Trading Standards Officers from the City of Edinburgh Council and Scotland Crimestoppers are launching the Edinburgh element of a national campaign to tackle counterfeiting in the city and raise awareness of the more serious links it has to organised crime.
Three city parks are set to get new and improved play facilities.
Businesses, groups and individuals have only one week left to submit their nominations for the next Edinburgh Award recipient.
A first point of contact for people calling the City of Edinburgh Council has been described as 'dynamic and exceptional'.
Councillors today (18th November) gave their backing to the creation of a single promotional body for Edinburgh.
At today's meeting of the City of Edinburgh Council, Council Leader Jenny Dawe tabled a Motion regarding the Edinburgh Tram Project. This was subsequently carried.
The following statement relates to today's Full Council agreement to implement a three day working week for BlindCraft.


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The Future Space Leaders Foundation (FSLF) is pleased to announce the 2019 Future Space Leaders Grant Programme. Intended for U.S. graduate students and young professionals who are pursuing space- and satellite-related careers, the program will provide grants for participation in the 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) to be held in Washington, DC, USA, October 21 – October 25, 2019.
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The Technology Fast 500 is a leading technology awards program. It has recognized the fastest-growing public and private technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America for more than 20 years. The Fast 500 companies, large, small, public and private, define the cutting-edge, transform the way business is done; combine technological innovation, entrepreneurship and rapid growth, and disrupt the technology industry.
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On Thursday, we woke up to some disturbingly gory pictures circulating on whatsapp. A young undergraduate girl in one of the universities in Accra had been hacked to death by her heartbroken boyfriend who feared a breakup. The story had it that he had covered the upkeep of the girl from high school all the way to her third year in the university. With the university being one of those charging high tuition fees, the taxi driver probably divested his daily sales and occasional tips into the girl's education. So he felt a sense of entitlement. Was he justified in killing her because of the imminent break up? Hell no. There is no need to go into the moral arguments invalidating any claim of ownership of a person due to some financial spending on the latter. So why then did we hear blame pouring in from some quarters of society on to the girl?
It speaks to our very patriarchal society. Where the female victim gets blamed for the actions of the alpha male. Where we break down the thought process of the male and say "had she not done so and so, it will not have happened". The more reason why we ask the rape victim "why she did not keep her legs crossed" or "why she wore miniskirts". And so the ridiculousness of those who ask why the victim of the stabbing incident continued to take the money of the taxi driver when she did not love him is explained. But what is saddening is the lack of empathy or inadequacy of it. When people refuse to walk a mile in the shoes of the victim, spewing equalization and rationalizing every act of the perpetrators, you know a part of our humanity is lost.
The events of Friday the 13th of November made it clearer that we indeed are beginning to lose our humanity. It is a given that ISIS followers and fanatics are bereft of any emotion. This is a group which tweets pictures of its members kicking severed heads around like soccer balls and shares videos of beheadings like normal people circulate funny vines. So the loss of faith had nothing to do with the perpetrators but with those who were supposed to be mourning the victims. The larger human race which is supposed to be empathetic.
In the aftermath of the coordinated attacks on Paris, we all trooped to the various social media platforms as usual, to follow the developing news. Within seconds, #PrayForParis was trending, celebrities and world leaders sent in their condolence messages and Facebook initiated a French flag filter for profile pictures and a "Mark Safe" button. That was where everything went downhill. A day or so before the attack on Paris, ISIS had struck at the heart of Beirut, killing dozens and injuring hundreds more. The world was silent on the matter save for a couple of stories and tweets on the attack. Why the selective show of concern and empathy? Did all lives really matter?
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Throughout the years, beloved cartoons have come and gone, gracing our television screens, only to inevitably end, making room for the next beloved cartoon. From big name franchises to barely remembered one-season obscurities, television has seen all manner of cartoons, some of which have gone on to cultivate devoted fans all over the world. But it's not like a cartoon just suddenly appears on your TV set; no, that cartoon had to undergo a creative process, notes from studio executives, and, most importantly, a pilot. This pilot allowed the cartoon to establish its look, humor, and world, and would set the pace for every episode of that cartoon to follow. But that's not to say that every cartoon that makes it to the pilot stage is destined for TV; in fact, there have been plenty of rejected cartoon pilots.
Many pilots are screened before network executives and turned down on the spot; for the lucky few, sometimes a cartoon pilot will make it onto the air, but still fails to get that coveted series order. From cartoons just too weird for TV, to cartoons just made at the wrong time, hopeful animators have seen their cartoon pilots turned down for numerous reasons. Today, CBR invites you to join us as we take a stroll down memory lane to look at the cartoons that could have been, maybe should have been, and never coulda been. These are 15 rejected cartoon pilots!
You may know John Kricfalusi as the mind behind Nickelodeon's popular Ren and Stimpy, but John K., as he's better known, is a prolific animator that worked on dozen of projects over the years. But Ren and Stimpy was far from John K.'s only foray into television; in 1999, he would oversee the rejected pilot for a truly bizarre superhero spoof show entitled He-Hog The Atomic Pig.
Following the oddball misadventures of the titular He-Hog, this was chock full of John K.'s trademark bizarre comedy. The hero was a psychiatrist by day that spent the pilot interviewing a busty woman going through puberty, the hero touted X-Ray nipples and the ability to taste evil. He-Hog was assisted by Half-Life The Decaying Molecule, a kid sidekick composed entirely of molecular symbols. Maybe this cartoon was just a little too weird for TV.
Here's a cartoon pitch that sounds less-than-stellar on paper: an adult cartoon created by Adam Carolla centered around a cantankerous woodshop teacher character that Carolla created for the puppet crank call show Crank Yankers. Despite the not-so-great origins of the show, the rejected pilot produced for Birchum showed great promise.
Birchum followed the eponymous Mr. Birchum as the no-nonsense teacher at George Washington Carver Junior High as he dealt with snotty kids, a complicated home life, and changing times. A slice-of-life blue collar comedy in the same way as King Of The Hill, Birchum had funny quips ("Remember when we were growing up? Other kids' Dad's could hit you! Simpler times.") and a solid premise. Unfortunately, Fox passed on the show, leaving Birchum as just another rejected cartoon pilot.
As Adult Swim's never-ending avalanche of shows has proven, there's a thin line between "weird and funny" and "weird and stupid." Supanaturals managed to toe that line, leading to a bizarre cartoon that could best be described as "Indiana Jones meets Clueless."
Here's the elevator pitch: Supanatural follows two sassy women who split their time between rescuing ancient artifacts and working at the mall. Just as comfortable fighting giant spiders as they are throwing shade, our heroines are foul-mouthed adventurers that trash talk the Pope and bicker with the woman that mans the mall kiosk. Throw in a liberal helping of talking crystal skulls, a book bound in human skin, and Satanic ritual, and you've got one truly unique show. Ultimately, the cartoon made it into Amazon Prime's "Pick Your Pilot" test program but failed to gain traction, and the studio ultimately passed on the show.
A common complaint levied against modern cartoons is that there is an inherent "sameness" in design. Derisively referred to as the "CalArts Style," critics complain that cartoon designs begin to bleed together, leading to one, big uninspired lump of character designs. But you'd be hard pressed to make this accusation against Verne On Vacation, as there simply aren't any other cartoons that look like it.
Created in 2009 by animator Sylvian Marc in collaboration with Cartoon Network Europe, Verne On Vacation followed an energetic little boy named Verne as he explored the farm he is spending Summer vacation on while palling around with his friends, Gaston the pig and Horace the monster. The show featured bright, charming visuals and lively animation, setting the cartoon apart from the rabble. But Cartoon Network Europe ultimately passed, leaving the whimsical Verne On Vacation as just another rejected cartoon pilot.
It was a good year, in 2012, to be a fan of DC cartoons. Cartoon Network debuted "DC Nation," a block of programming themed around DC Comics, putting shows such as Young Justice and Teen Titans Go! back-to-back. In addition to these established shows, Cartoon Network and DC used the programming block to test the waters with shorts based on smaller characters, leaving open the possibility of converting these shorts into full-blown shows. While DC Nation featured numerous popular programs, one of the more popular reoccurring shorts followed the stretchy hero Plastic Man.
Across six minute-long "episodes," Plastic Man fought crime, wrestled with mailing his water bill, and got trapped inside a TV. Unfortunately, despite the popularity of the shorts, Cartoon Network opted to let Plastic Man end, stomping out all hope of a full-blown series.
You may not know the name Craig Bartlett, but you definitely know his most famous cartoon creation: Hey Arnold! As one of the most popular Nick toons, Craig Bartlett managed to stay plenty busy during Hey Arnold!'s original run. While Hey Arnold! would return as a TV movie in 2017, there was a period after the series ended in which Bartlett hoped to move away from Arnold and start a new series. Thus, in 2004, Bartlett turned to Cartoon Network with a pilot for Party Wagon.
In this western cartoon, a band of misfits sharing a wagon train come upon a map leading to a hidden jewel mine, forcing the motley assortment of travelers to put aside their differences and work together to find the treasure. The pilot aired on Cartoon Network, and the cable channel showed interest in the series, but the deal fell apart, leaving Party Wagon on the cutting room floor.
Let us paint you a picture, dear reader. The year is 2001, and anime is all the rage. While Cartoon Network's popular Teen Titans was still two years away, cartoon channels were eager to get a piece of that sweet, sweet anime money. Enter Constant Payne, an anime-inspired action cartoon that looked to bridge the divide between Eastern and Western animation.
Created by animator Micah Wright, Constant Payne followed the exploits of action-scientist Dr. Payne and his daughter Amanda as they fought evil in a steampunk-esque city. Positively dripping with anime influence (which makes sense, as the pilot was animated by famed anime studio Madhouse), Constant Payne very nearly became Nickelodeon's first action-adventure series. Ultimately, Nick opted to pass on the cartoon, leaving fans of the pilot to wonder what could have been.
Every year, just about the time when school is set to resume, every red-blooded American child wishes for the same thing: a summer that would never end. Who can blame them? All that freedom, all the fun, gone! While a never-ending summer sadly remains a pipe dream, one failed cartoon pilot set out to show a world where summer never has to end: AJ's Infinite Summer.
In this oddball slice-of-life comedy, we follow AJ, an average teen that just wants to enjoy his Summer vacation. In the pilot, AJ is hired by an unfeeling corporation and nearly forgets the meaning of Summer, only to leave the job and resume hanging out with his friends. Unfortunately, despite receiving critical acclaim, the network opted to pass on the series.
Let's make this perfectly clear: Jammers is not for everyone. In fact, there are plenty of people that are vocal in their hate of this pilot, and it's easy to understand why; after all, Jammers is super weird. But for this very same reason, Jammers has amassed a legion of devout fans. Whatever your feelings on Jammers, we can all agree that this failed pilot was certainly unique.
The premise of Jammers is simple: Carol, an imaginative, boy-crazed middle schooler, deals with bullies, hangs out with her best friends Jeremy and Danny, and argues with her subconscious, who takes the form of a floating head named "Lil' Carol." Also, Carol converses with a mute humanoid frog named Tim Tam and a character farts a woman into existence. It's weird, but the manic energy of the show earned Jammers plenty of buzz. Unfortunately, Cartoon Network opted to pass on the show,
In the early '00s, cartoons set in the city were rare. Sure, Hey Arnold! followed the adventures of kids in the inner city, but there weren't any other prominent cartoons that explored life in the urban jungle. A Kitty Bobo Show looked to remedy that by bringing hip, city-dwelling twenty-somethings to Cartoon Network.
The oddly named A Kitty Bobo Show followed the titular Kitty Bobo as he hung out in diners with his friends, enjoyed his newly purchased cell phone, and generally... existed. The pilot gave a glimpse at A Kitty Bobo Show's muted, calming color palette and general low-key nature, which set A Kitty Bobo Show apart from the more energetic cartoons found on TV at the time. Perhaps A Kitty Bobo Show was just a little too different for Cartoon Network, as the studio passed on the cartoon in favor of Codename: Kids Next Door.
Sometimes, life just ain't fair. Perhaps a pilot is created that features an interesting world, fun characters, and shows great promise, but is ultimately pushed aside for inane reasons. Such was the case for The Modifyers. Pitched to Nickelodeon by animators Chris Reccardi and Lynne Naylor, The Modifyers follows Agent Xero, who, along with her transforming sidekick Mole, fights the villainous Baron Vain in a vibrant world inspired by '60s British mod fashion.
Across the pilot, Xero deals with Vain's sidekick Rat and tussles with the putrid pair for the fate of the mystical All Seeing Eye. Despite eliciting strong fan interest and strong critical reviews, Nickelodeon opted to pass on the show, citing the failure of previous female-led cartoons on the network. Still, a strong fan following has sprung up around the failed pilot, with hopes that The Modifyers might one day make it to TV.
Listen, not to be dramatic or anything, but the fact that The Amazing Screw-On Head didn't get turned into a full series is one of the greatest tragedies of all time. A beautifully animated cartoon, featuring famous actors, based on a Mike Mignola character? This show had it all!
Here's the basic concept: a steampunk robot with a screw-on head (voiced by Paul Giamatti) works for President Abraham Lincoln fighting supernatural evil, and is constantly dogged by the insidious Emperor Zombie (voiced by David Hyde Pierce), an undead crime-lord with a penchant for smoking his victims. With a unique premise and an art style that looked like Mignola's moody comic had jumped right off the page, The Amazing Screw-On Head seemed destined for greatness, but the Sci-Fi Channel would opt to not pick up the series, leaving fans wondering what could have been.
You may not know the name Jhonen Vasquez, but you have definitely encountered some of his most popular creations in your local Hot Topic. Responsible for Nickelodeon's Invader Zim, along with darkly comedic underground comics such as Squee and Johnny The Homicidal Maniac, Vasquez has amassed himself a legion of diehard fans. While Vasquez is set to return to Nick with an Invader Zim TV movie, the cartoonist very nearly made the jump to the Disney Channel to spearhead a new show entitled Very Important House.
While little is known of Very Important House, clips of the pilot were released by Vasquez online, highlighting a show that would have seen main character Frolie visiting a planet of puppies, drinking bubble tea with a mustachioed cat named Grampa, and meeting a flame-headed man from a reality beyond time and space. Fan interest was strong, but Disney ultimately passed on the cartoon.
We nerds are a weird group. While loving comics, anime, or whatever-your-obsession is just fine, nerdom seems to give rise to "mega-nerds," those nerds that believe themselves to be the only "true" fans, thus making them superior to their fellow nerds. These kind of nerds are awful. Welcome To Eltingville follows these kinds of nerds.
Adapted from the popular underground comic The Eltingville Club, Welcome To Eltingville follows The Eltingville Club, a group composed of four argumentative, holier-than-thou uber-nerds, as they bicker, complain, and fight about nerdy things. In the pilot episode, the group fights over D&D, engage in a Star Wars trivia-off, and break a rare Bob Fett figure. Welcome To Eltingville was great because it was just so damn real. Despite a promising pilot, Adult Swim opted to not pick up the series, leaving fans of the comic to wonder what could have been.
Legend has it you can still hear the moans and cries of animation fans lamenting the fact that Korgoth of Barbaria wasn't picked up. It's easy to understand how Korgoth amassed such a cult following: after all, this is a show that was one part Conan, one part Metalocalypse, and all parts crazy.
A tongue-in-cheek tribute to sword-and-sorcery books such as Conan, Korgoth of Barbaria followed the titular Korgoth, a brutish barbarian, as he drank, stabbed, drank, maimed, drank, drank some more, and murdered his way across the dangerous lands of Barbaria. Featuring plenty of gags and stomach-churning violence, Korgoth was as pretty to look at as it was funny, thanks in no small part to acclaimed animator Genndy Tartakosky directing the animation of the pilot. Despite ample interest from Adult Swim and fans, the network was forced to pass on the show, as it was deemed too expensive to produce.


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