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Surface Tension: The Threat of a Animation Bubble Burst
Future of 'anime' industry in doubt
The industry will also have to evolve in response to the true needs of their viewers like us.
|2009-03-03, 23:39
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That's stupid. Sazae-san is incomparable to any other series, it's an institution among millions. All Ghibli titles are also powerhouses that rock everything else when they're released.
Both have absolutely nothing to do with the animation method. What are they even thinking bringing it up?
|2009-03-03, 23:44
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In any case, while I agree that thinking outside the box will be essential for many animation companies in the near future, that comparison of Sazae san, Miyaki, hand drawn movies and success is the biggest example of a correlation implies causation fallacy that I've seen in a while
|2009-03-04, 00:10
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I think they said that out of fear (or envy) of Miyazaki's hand-drawn triumph. Seriously, IMHO Yamaguchi forgot to realize that storytelling and artistry -- whether hand-drawn or digitally-vectorized -- is what marks the difference between triumph and failure of a title. Furthermore I think there's also a kind of a "generation gap" among viewers, which may account for the lopsided rating figures.
As I was posting this thread I was to add Iwata's side, but I'm not the kind who post very long articles, hence only the concluding quote. The rest (the "too long" version) is on my blog.
I'm one of those people willing to buy for the sake of having the genuine article or even watching a dubbed show on local TV (both acts to support the industry a very long way), but some younger cheapskates think otherwise.
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If the series is really good, I would buy the corresponding manga. For Iriya no Sora, I bought the 4 novels instead of the OVA.
I think of anime as part of the franchise. It's up to the franchise to expand ways of getting us to pay.
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I agreed with coming bubble burst of anime...I mean....now we have like 40- 60 new series churning out every year which is quite high. I do wonder when it going down soon or how they gonna make $$$$ with current economic crisis, globally.
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As for the rest of the article, it catalogues a variety of problems facing the studios and R1 licensors that most of us here have known about for some time now. Remember that major networks like TV Tokyo are primarily interested in megahits like Pokemon or Naruto that can be turned into long-running cash cows. I have no doubt that fansubs cut into profits for shows like Naruto; whether they matter for something like Hataraki Man is another story altogether. I'd also guess that Iwata is more concerned about the drying-up of demand for anime from networks like Turner than whether he can cut a licensing deal with Funi to sell a few thousand DVDs. If Funi thinks it can make a profit by licensing a series like Oh! Edo Rocket, even in this supposedly adverse climate, you know there's more to the story than "fansubs are evil; the end is nigh."
I found the hand-drawn vs. computer-generated argument silly; content is king, particularly for the most-popular properties. Presentation styles matter only to the aficionados.
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|2009-03-04, 11:14
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Then i second those who says that the success of studio ghibli and sazaesan has really nothing to do with the handmade animations.
On a side note, the most viewed anime is not necessarily the best one, but i guess they don't really care about that.
|2009-03-04, 12:26
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Déjà vu , déjà vu, ...
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Sazae-san, Miyazaki, and otaku-oriented anime are three totally different worlds under the very wide and thus basically meaningless umbrella "animation". It's like Boing considering to build cars because some poll found out that more people buy cars instead of a 707.
And for the protocol, I'm not interested in Sazae-san and Ponyo was only a shadow of former Miyazaki glory. BTW, American digital animation makes a lot more money than hand-drawn Ponyo.
Point is, a thousand viewers have a thousand different ideas what their true needs (a bit strong perhaps?) are. I for once hope the anime industry is not going after some ¥15 billion trillion fata morgana and does not forget that anime is a niche medium. If you want to become more popular you have to become more mainstream. But if I wanted mainstream I wouldn't bother with anime and download some Dexter instead.
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i been buying my anime but i can't aford most of my favorites i think the need to find a way for us to be able to aford it. and seeing all these releases here in the united states there is way to much releases they are putting out i shop at rightstuf and when i see how many releases are coming out in a month thats like over 300 bucks there >-<
i spend bout 150 bucks a month on my anime goods i could aford at lesat 3 dvds maybe fit a manga or 2
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wow "Slice of Life" those quotes are really enlightning XD
"it'll pop soon like the economy in 1990" sounds like a joke compared to the crisis the world is facing in this 2009.
well, i do believe that the current animation fandom is going to scale down over time, but i don't really expect a burst and wipe out.
|2009-03-04, 15:55
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Ya know, they can keep mouthing the propaganda lines but the fact remains that I and many other Western fans would be spending what we spent *before* we discovered fansubs without fansubs or some equivalent: $Zero dollars$ Zero. I don't buy what I can't see.
I spend thousands of dollars a year on anime, manga, and industry merchandise because of fansubs. So do many other people. If the industry won't provide an equivalent mechanism for me to view broadcasts - they lose me and others like me as a customer. That's a real loss of dollars. Counting non-paying eyeballs as a loss is a false metric and it always has been. Understand your niche in the economy and excel in it and you'll pay the bills and make a profit, Mr. Anime Spokesblobs.
|2009-03-04, 19:13
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I believe the international fandom is slowly growing and still has a lot of room for growth. However, the hardcore consumer base--meaning people who are willing to pay for anime and merchandise--will remain a constant of small proportions. Japan has hundreds of thousands of viewers watching/recording individual anime shows for free via TV broadcast, yet only a couple of thousand buy the DVDs. There are only so many crazies out there that are willing to purchase heftily priced R2 DVDs; the same goes for North America, but yeah, mind the scale.
|2009-03-04, 19:59
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Then I realized that for the industry to "evolve" could be a mistake on my part, as those studios have their own ideas and agendas, and some of them are very stubborn, despite being so flawed.
Right now some animation industry analysts make reads on everything, from TV ratings to DVD sales to 2ch episode commentaries, but I'll never know if those studios are really getting their ideas from their supposed audience to keep them afloat, ideas that could range anything from the smartest to the dumb time/money-waster.
To quote one of my favorite pundits:
Going back to topic, as Slice of Life has pointed out, the industry worries of a "burst" turned out to be a very "old" problem.
When I first got myself involved in watching a few years back (and naturally wet behind the ears), there was so much coming out from those studios that not all of it I could watch (compared to a few titles I could see on local TV), and I wondered if all of those shows could entertain and also turn in a profit (as if the ol' "Walkman" formula of "build something and they would come" could work for them as well). Well, not all of it, as a percentage of those titles were made to pander to a very specific audience; to serve as milking cows; and others are produced to serve the whims of its creators.
Now, I don't think a total collapse would happen. Some studios would find themselves in the red and eventually close down (partly because of the mistaken assumption that they'll have guaranteed profit by churning mediocre stuff for the geeks or the Western audience to consume), but others will find a way through in this unfavorable economic climate.
*sigh* Looks like I'll have to take a wait-and-see approach.
|2009-03-04, 22:31
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On the note, pundits just assume one point and run with it without really analyzing the other aspect, this is what makes them stand out, this is the one problem with talking heads, they rarely are grounded in reality, their in their own little verse where everything is black and white. This leads to good pundits allowing a base to gather moment under them but they really take everything to the extreme. I think the truth is non japanese anime fans just want what japanese anime fans get in support from the industry, nothing more nothing less. If thats a sense of entitlement, then I find the word entitlement has been greatly distorted. As a consumer of a product, I don't want to pay twice as much as the guy across the ocean and also get an inferior product. It doesn't make sense. It's like selling me fois gras, but serving me chicken liver, then to add insult to injury the guy next to me who order fois is getting fois and he gets a complementary bottle of beur blanc. Hell its gonna take a long time till what I want as a fan comes but right I just want something comparable, and something that relies on blind faith, or internet testimonials of whether or not a product is good just isn't going to cut it. I think its very safe to say that the Anime industry is very similar to the infomercial industry, they give you a 10 minute (mind you the anime pitch is proabably 30 seconds of your typical narration voice) pitch and expect you to relieve your cash like a 40 yr old virgin whos with a 5 dollar hooker. My whole schtick is why am I as a willing consumer being treated like a second class citizen. If the americans are not part of your demographic then don't market to us, and don't bitch that we don't buy your shitty hand me downs, I mean its basicaly segmenting the fanbase based on the geographical boundries, whilst we live in a digital age that pretty much unites the world.
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|2009-03-04, 23:02
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Something is causing that decline, and it's hard to deny that the proliferation of downloads (ie, free content) is at least partly responsible. We can, of course, debate the real extent of the damage.
It does basically mean that business models have to be tweaked somehow. While online distribution does seem like an obvious solution, I'm not sure if it would bring in the same levels of revenue for anime studios as compared to DVDs, merchandising (which can also be bootlegged) or licensing (which never really earn much for producers; licensing fees are usually good enough to cover only costs, apparently).
I don't think Japanese studios are blind to the potential of export markets. While it's indeed silly to sob over the "loss" of revenue from places where anime titles aren't even available, I think it'll also be instructive to learn why the studios aren't selling overseas more aggressively. I suspect the factors involved are fairly complex, but I don't know for sure.
|2009-03-04, 23:31
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Everything I've read implies they basically don't "get" why an entertainment product designed and targeted for a domestic audience (Japan Otaku) is getting such mileage across the ocean. They don't get it, don't understand it, and they don't want to mess with it (hence the licensing). The only reason they seem to rail against fansubs at all is that they mistakenly think it will result in "backwash" into their domestic market. Now I differentiate between broadcast files and DVD-rip files. DVD-rips? I'm right with them, that's a 1:1 theft within their domestic market and they should pursue those vigorously (for now).
I could argue effectively that they're saturating their own market with mediocre material. If you have 5 quality shows a year out of 50, then 10% sell well ... 5 shows out of 200, then 2% sell well.
Couple that with a fairly fixed pile of money (discretionary income) or more likely, a *declining* pile of money in the hands of consumers ... then naturally its going to decline after a spike.
I'm not going to call them stupid.... but I also have a lifetime of experience of watching my relatives and coworkers from Japan often letting "stubborn" win out over good business sense.
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As I was leaving the house to go grocery shopping one afternoon in late April, I was suddenly under attack by a very aggressive fox. It came charging at me from around the corner of the house, about ten feet away, and was closing in on me FAST! I had no time to turn and run, so I did the only thing I could in that split second… I began to swing my AmeriBag to hit it. The instant realization that hitting it might do no good at all prompted me to throw the bag at the fox instead, in hopes that I would knock it over. It was no more than two feet away from me when my AmeriBag connected soundly with the animal and did, indeed, knock it off its feet.
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The Mexican blogspot Mexicore has released another provincial compilation.
This time the new compilation "Escena Y Profecias" focuses on thirteen bands that hail from the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico. There are all kinds of bands on this anthology, ranging from deathcore, metalcore and even grindcore. You can download it courtesy of Mexicore by going here. Below the tracklisting is the Cancun band Rottenness, who are on this comp with "As Far as the Fist Can Go." Rottenness made a first U.S. appearance at the Maryland Death Fest VIII, and below is an cover of the Pungent Stench classic "Klyster Boogie."
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The "time out" that the title refers to is Microsoft's reaction to first the big iPhone-led smartphone revolution over the past few years, and now the iPad-led advance of the tablet as a serious computing contender. In both cases, Microsoft had been laboring in those markets for years, with little traction, then faced with a successful competitor, seemingly said. "wait, wait, we need some time to adapt our technology to the new reality, but once we do, it will be awesome!" I don't need to comment more on how this is working out, as any OSNews reader would be able to speak at it at length, but the upshot is that the history of the tech business since the beginning of time is cycle upon cycle of nimbler companies upstaging and overtaking slower-moving competitors.
But it's not always the big companies that lose, and, as we all know, it's not always the best technolgy that wins. Apple itself, as Enderle points out, when Steve Jobs returned, was in dire straits, with a lineup of mediocre products. Apple survived to become the juggernaut is is now, not by retrencing to work on its next big thing, but by focusing on making the best of the lineup it had, and using that momentum to make better products. To use a military slogan that was all too overused during the time of Apple's renaissance, "you have to fight with the army you have."
The second part of Enderle's editorial is more interesting, because it's not as obvious (Microsoft getting outmaneuvered by Apple in the mobile space is such an old story by now it's practically bound in leather volumes). But Google's vaunted Android program, for all its success, is showing some signs of suffering not from inattention, but resource-starvation. The big evidence from the editorial is Schmidt's bragging that the Android initiative is profitable, while hardware vendors complain that Google is unpredictable, secretive, and unhelpful, and in particular aren't doing enough to help their partners make money selling the Android platform.
I'm not sure whether there's enough evidence to definitively draw this conclusion, and even if it's true that the hardware partners are having a hard time, I'm not sure that Google bears much of the blame. In a lot of cases, the telco carriers and/or hardware makers are digging their own graves by playing the same games that caused the mobile computing marketplace to stall for a decade: not paying enough attention to the overall user experience, filling devices with bloatware and creating artificial barriers to users enjoying the devices as they see fit, being lacksadasical about software updates (because out-of-date phones are more likely to spur hardware sales, they figure). And the harsh reality of the situation is that, Android being free, they're all competiting against each other, with not much way to differentiate, and the ways that they choose to try to differentiate (custom UIs, custom apps) are in many cases, customer-hostile.
But I think it's clear that if Google's primary goal with Android is to make money for Google every quarter, they're going to miss out on a lot of strategic long-term benefit.
The real benefit of these case studies may not be to analyze the Microsoft/Google/Apple war for computing dominance, but rather for the future upstarts that will vie to lead computing in 2020 or 2030. Two frequently-shared pearls of wisdom in the entreprenurial community are: 1. Don't wait to release your product. If you wait until your product is perfect, or the market is perfect, you'll be eating your competitors' dust when and if you ever do get your product out the door. And 2. Frugality is a major virtue for a startup enterprise, but you can be penny wise and pound foolish. Give your developers the tools they need to be productive; spend your marketing funds wisely, but do spend them.
Large companies are always at a disadvantage against startups when it comes to agility. Agility is really the only superior weapon in the small company's arsenal. And the ability to apply large amounts of money to a problem is the large company's primary advantage. So if a large company like Microsoft can shake things up and show some agility, it will neutralize a competitors' sole advantage, and if a rich company like Google fails to plow resources into what's arguably its most important non-search related initiative, then it's making a major strategic blunder. May the college kid whose startup company is destinted to give all three of these firms a major wakeup call in ten years heed this lesson well.


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Assignment 14-2
Some Astronomy History:
There have been many great scientists all around the world. The first of these lived in ancient Greece and Arabia thousands of years ago. They discovered the size of the Earth, named many of the stars and constellations, and were very smart. Sadly, for a very long time after these scientists died people did not remember what they had discovered. That is until around 500 years ago when a period of time known as the Renaissance began.
Nicolaus Copernicus:
The first of these Renaissance scientists was a man named Copernicus. In 1543, Copernicus published a book about a new idea he had. Most people in his day thought that the Earth was at the center of the Universe, an idea known as a Geocentric Universe. They thought that the stars were little holes in a glass ball which surrounded the Earth.
Copernicus thought, "what if the Universe is not centered on the Earth? What if the Earth is actually a planet circling the Sun?" Not many people liked his book, they may have put him in jail for writing it, if he hadn't died shortly after writing it.
Of course, we know today that Copernicus was right. The Earth really is a planet which circles the Sun.
Galileo Galilei:
Shortly after the death of Copernicus, the next great Astronomer was born. His name was Galileo Galilei. Galileo was the first Astronomer to use what we call science to find out what the Universe is made of. Copernicus was right, but he was only guessing. Galileo was not going to guess.
In the fall of 1609, Galileo heard about a new invention called a telescope. He decided to build a telescope and use it to look at the Universe. Up until now people had only been able to guess what the Universe was, but Galileo was actually going to look at it and find out the truth.
You may remember that in Astronomy Packet #1 we talked about some of the things Galileo saw with his telescope. He looked at the Milky Way and discovered that it was made up of millions of stars, each at a different distance from the Earth. If the Universe was really a glass sphere, then all the stars would be at the same distance from the Earth.
When he looked at the Moon he discovered mountains, valleys and craters. Everyone at that time thought the Moon was also a perfectly round ball. Galileo discovered that it was not.
He noticed that the planets Mercury and Venus pass through phases just like the Moon. The only way they could do that is if they circled the Sun, and not the Earth.
And most importantly of all, Galileo discovered four moons around Jupiter. This meant that everything in the Universe did not circle the Earth. He could clearly see four moons which circled Jupiter.
In addition to these discoveries, Galileo also discovered that everything falls at the same speed. If you jumped off a bridge at the same time as an elephant you would both hit the water at the exact same time. Galileo did not throw an elephant off a bridge, instead, he dropped two round balls off the Leaning Tower of Pisa. One was very heavy, and one was light. Both hit the ground at the same time.
The most important thing about Galileo is that he was not guessing. He could clearly prove to anyone that what he had discovered was true.
Isaac Newton:
Galileo accomplished a lot of amazing things in his life, but they pale in comparison to what Isaac Newton was able to do. He invented Calculus, a difficult type of math; he discovered prisms; he invented a new type of telescope; he discovered the laws of motion which govern how things move in space, and he was
Newton's Myth:
Most people think that Isaac Newton discovered gravity when he was hit on the head by a falling apple. This story is actually not true. People have known since the beginning of time that apples go down when they fall from trees. What Newton did was realize that the force of gravity follows the same mathematical rules as light. He did this by observing how quickly the Moon circles the Earth.
Newton's Laws of motion:
As stated above, Isaac Newton was the first person to understand how objects move in outer space. He came up with three laws, which we still use today. He described these laws as such:
- An object continues at rest or in motion in a straight line unless acted upon by another object or force.
- The acceleration of an object is inversely proportional to its mass. In other words, the heavier an object is, the more energy it will take to speed it up or slow it down.
- To every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. Or in other words, if you push on something in outer space, it will push against you just as hard. If you throw something in outer space, you will go the opposite direction.
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SUBJECT: City again prevails in court over Sisleys
Kimberly Mills (206) 684-8602
The City has won a five-day jury trial in King County Superior Court that centered on negligence and breach of contract claims brought by Martha and Hugh Sisley, notorious violators of Seattle's housing and zoning codes.
In rendering its verdict on Nov. 9, the jury found that the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) did not act negligently when it did not issue Certificates of Compliance to the Sisleys because the couple had failed to demonstrate that they brought two rental properties in the Roosevelt neighborhood into compliance with Notices of Violation that identified multiple code violations. The properties are at 6515 16th Ave. NE and 6317 15th Ave. NE. The City presented evidence at trial that the Sisleys had not obtained permits to correct the violation.
The jury deliberated less than three hours before reaching its unanimous verdict.
Jurors also considered whether Seattle City Light committed a breach of contract by transferring past-due power account balances totaling $23,118.45 owed on the Sisleys' rental properties to the Sisleys' home account. The City maintained that because the transferred power charges were reversed by a Seattle City Light hearing officer, the contract to provide and pay for power was not breached. The jury agreed, finding that City Light had not breached the contract.


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Boozy nordic cops rip off crooks, enjoy pork-chop pizza
The latest clutch of Scandinavian crime novels reminds us that the fictional detectives now apparently overrunning Helsinki, Stockholm and Gothenburg are no strangers to sex, violence and the excessive consumption of alcohol.
"Helsinki Blood," the fourth of James Thompson's Inspector Kari Vaara books, provides a hero who is a mess -- "shot to pieces" and still recovering from a brain operation.
In short order, a brick and worse are being tossed through the window of his apartment, where Vaara holes up with his compatriot, an alcoholic nicknamed Sweetness, and a lovely young nurse named Mirjami. She's cousin to Milo, the third leg of an illicit Vaara-led group that stole 10 million euros from crooked politicians earlier in the series.
The trio stocks up on meat, eggs, beer and kossu, a potent Finnish drink that resembles vodka, and prepares revenge against tormentors who happen to be high-ranking policemen. An Estonian girl with Down syndrome must be rescued before she is forced into sex slavery. Assassinations are plotted in a sauna. What could possibly go wrong?
Plenty does, much of it related to the three previous Vaara books by Thompson, an American married to a Finn and living in Helsinki for more than 15 years. It's mayhem with an appreciatively leering wit: Vaara takes down one thug by slamming him in the solar plexus with his cane, capped by a lion's mouth rimmed by razors.
"I think I just invented a poor man's liposuction," he says.
It's not a book for the fainthearted. Still, if you hanker for a gory trip into the Helsinki underworld -- and yearn for a taste of tar-infused salmon -- this tough, spare novel is worth the read.
"The Andalucian Friend," the debut from Sweden's Alexander Soderburg, is far more conventional, as you may gather from a handy front-of-the-book list that divides its mostly villainous cast into Swedes, Spaniards, Germans and Russians.
Sophie, our widowed single mother of a heroine, meets Hector after he's been hospitalized for a mysterious accident. The Spaniard has a past; he's the scion of a global crime family whose ruthlessness puts the Corleones to shame.
Before long, an investigator is after Sophie to spy on her new companion. Russian and German drug lords appear. A Swede makes his way to Europe from Paraguay on a tramp steamer stocked with guns and cocaine. An Ericsson AB executive will be blackmailed by his Iranian mistress.
The police prove to be by turn inept, incompetent and alcoholic. A pair of detectives pre-game an evening's mission with beer and shots of Jagermeister (and a bite of pork-chop pizza with bearnaise sauce).
As we know from the introduction, Sophie and Hector will be chased down a highway by gun-toting motorcyclists. Will things eventually be put right? They'd better: I suspect Sophie may reappear in Soderberg's next book.
From Stockholm it's on to Gothenburg, Sweden's second- biggest city, where Chief Inspector Erik Winter makes his seventh appearance in "Room No. 10," the latest in a series by Ake Edwardson, a former journalist and university lecturer who has three times won his nation's award for best crime novel.
Brutality is kept to a minimum and, for a change, Winter and his colleagues are more interested in solving crimes than sabotaging office colleagues or ripping off ruffians.
Yes, Winter savors his whiskey. Yes, he's haunted by an unsolved crime from his past. But mostly he's just a cop trying to do his job (and thinking a lot about the weather -- this is Scandinavia, after all). No one so much as sips an aquavit until the book is a quarter done.
A young woman is found hanging dead, alone in the titular room No. 10 of a seedy downtown hotel. One hand is painted white. A sparsely punctuated note lurks nearby. Suicide? Not a chance.
Could it be related to the case of a missing woman two decades earlier that also involved a hand -- although that one was spotted sans corpse? It stands to reason, since she was last heard from checking into the same hotel room.
Midway through the book, people are finally starting to die and everyone's worried about the long unlit winter days ahead. We even learn a bit about Swedish cooking ("Good potatoes were rare in Swedish restaurants").
But I must confess, after Thompson's reckless savagery and Soderburg's world-hopping brutality, Edwardson's tome had me hungering for sustenance a bit less bland than boiled tubers.
"Helsinki Blood" is published by Putnam (306 pages, $26.95). "The Andalucian Friend," translated by Neil Smith, is published by Crown in the U.S. and Harvill Secker in the U.K. (446 pages, $26, 12.99 pounds). "Room No. 10," translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles, is published by Simon & Schuster (447 pages, $25.99). To buy these books in North America, click here.
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Crushing It
Colorado Crush 2013
The 4th Annual Colorado Crush Block Party -- organized by Dread, Sam Pisto and Nicole O'Reilly and held Sept. 7 this year -- is a day to embrace graffiti as a positive medium, uniting the community of Denver on a conscious level through art, music and fun. Each artist or group of artists had from sunup to sundown to create in their wall space. Scroll through the gallery -- put together by snow/skate/art collective So-Gnar's Pat Milbery, who participated in the event -- for a sampling of the day's activity.
Alley Cats
Phetus, an artist in town from NYC, gets up on the three-block wall takeover in Denver's RiNo (River North) Arts District.
Monster Mash-Up
A colorful, crowd-favorite piece by Phetus (NYC) embodied layers of character expression on the gritty, textured brick walls.
All Aboard
Even animals dig graffiti thanks to the FX Crew (NYC), who destroyed this wall with their giant wagon full of inspiration. The piece plays on the familiar Barnum's Animals graham-cracker box.
Sad Clown, Happy Can
Jamie Hef painted a super-fresh sad clown that embraces the legacy of the Krylon spray can. The character is a detail from the larger piece, "Graffiti Animals," shown earlier in this gallery.
Complementary Colors
As the sun sets in the west, the painters carry on with their colors that match up well with those of the sky.
So-Gnar Style
David Sheets (painting), Pat Milbery and #adognamedtora, the hometown creators of the So-Gnar Collective, add some street-art flavor to the lineup.
Best Friend, Trusting Assistant
A Dog Named Tora kept it mellow, provided creative direction and posed for dozens of fan photographs despite the 90-degree Denver temps.
Any Canvas
Spiderman and his posse: The youngsters were in full effect, showing that the Colorado Crush's creativity wasn't limited to walls.
Building Up, Mulling Over
With any work of art, it's all about the process. The amount of thought and patience that goes into the layers on top of layers is remarkable to watch.
Local Knowledge
Mike Graves has recently become a new father to a baby girl and remains on top of his can game, holding it down in his hometown of Denver.
Trike Life
Nicer, member of NYC's world-famous TATS CRU, lit up this two-story giant tricycle.
Future Tense
Ewok (NYC) laces the walls with his mad futuristic style.
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Hello! I'm new to the board and also very new to Bentos. It looks like a great idea and a lot of fun! I'm always on the hunt for fun, different, healthy lunches so this just seems perfect.
Anyway, I've been searching the internet for the past few days just looking at supplies, trying to figure out what I should get for starters. But when it comes to boxes, I'm overwhelmed! There are so many sizes, styles, brands, I just don't know where to start or what I would need.
One of my main concerns is that the box be made out of a safe plastic. I read some of the reviews of plastics on the Just Bento article, but how do I tell what a particular box is made of? Stainless steel looks like a good option, but they just aren't as cute and many of the styles I have seen look like they would be a little bulky to carry around. Also, what about the safety of the accessories? I saw some cute rice shapers, chopsticks, all kinds of stuff that might be fun for later on, but I just want to be sure of the safety of the product before buying.
Also, I'm really not sure what size I would need, how many layers, etc. What is a good size box for a lunch?
I like the design (and price) of this model- http://www.jbox.com/PRODUCT/KKU158
Would that size be okay? And what about the safety of the materials?
I'm so sorry for all of the questions, but any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much in advance, I look forward to learning a lot from this forum!
I remember reading that the amount of ml a bento box is is about how many calories in food you should have for 1 meal. So if you are trying to eat less for diet concerns, a bento with a ml count that corresponds with the reduced-cal meal might be good. That bento you like is only 310ml which doesn't seem like enough room for you (maybe unless you just put fruits and veggies if you wanted to snack).. but for a meal it might not be the best. I'd go for something at around 500 myself..
As for safety, I can't help much, as I haven't read too many things on it. I would think that you should get a bento box that can be microwaved (although I don't think the lid can be) only if necessary. I've seen bento's that are BPA free, "Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical used in polycarbonate plastic food and beverage containers and in resin linings for cans. Research has shown that BPA can leach into food from these containers and cans."... but I wouldn't be too concerned about this. I would think the only thing you should be concerned about is how you are packing your food ie. letting it cool before you seal it up so that it doesn't go bad.
As for sizes and brands as so on, I think it's more about what you are willing to spend. If you are intent on making bentos, you could always get better quality ( I would think that wood & metal would be a good idea). Of course, I don't think it will hurt to try out one of the plastic one's too. You could also use a tupperware for the time being if you can't make up your mind. I don't think style is too much of a concern as for how much food you want to put into it. If it's easily portable and doesn't have a chance of spilling, you should be okay. :D
Hello :)
I'm new to the board too! I just got my first bento box in the mail a while ago. I haven't used it yet, but I'm looking forward to trying it out. It's a two-tier Natural Lunchtime box which I bought on ebay for $17. It came with a drawstring bag, and utensils. I chose it mainly because I liked the cute but simple design, and because it has everything included. It's pink and white but I think it comes in other colors too. It won't keep your food hot, but atleast you can microwave it with the lids off.
There are some really cute thermal bento boxes on ebay and jlist, which would be good if you don't have access to a microwave. I really wanted one but they're all atleast $50 plus shipping. (Ok I'll admit it.. I'm still going to get one, when I have the money!) If you can afford it, I'd go for one of those... but it's really up to you and what your needs are. Take some time and look at all of your options. Think about the foods you'd like to bring for lunch. A thermal style box, with a thermos and two little containers, would be best for bringing rice or soups, while a two-tier plastic box would be more versatile, but not so good for bringing soups.
This new post on the main site may answer some of your questions ^_^
The Big Onigiri.
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I like my fancy bento boxes, but you can start with more commonly found containers first.
You weren't very clear about what you consider to be a "safe plastic". Could you give more details? If you're worried about your plastics, you might want to look at laptoplunches.com for their systems. I'm sure that there are other makers as well. Many of my Indian coworkers are using the Pyrex containers that have lids. I haven't asked why they are so popular but it might be that they microwave and they don't stain from the Indian spices.
Most of my Japanese bento boxes are labeled as okay to microwave the base of the box, so a Japanese-reading retailer should be able to tell you if the box they are selling is considered microwave safe by the maker.
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Feril named UPS Scholar
PLAINVIEW – Wayland Baptist University student Mary Feril has been named a UPS Scholar for 2005. Feril, a junior from Grand Prairie, received the United Parcel Service scholarship recently as part of the UPS fund's $68,759 in grants dispersed to the 22 schools participating in the Texas Independent College Fund.
UPS Scholars are selected by their universities based on academic achievement and financial need. The scholarships and grants are funded by the UPS Educational Endowment Fund. Since its inception, the UPS Educational Endowment Fund has generated more than $37 million in scholarship support.
"The UPS Foundation has been honored to support education through partnerships with such organizations as Foundation for Independent Higher Education and the Texas Independent College Fund," said UPS Foundation president Evern Cooper. "The availability of quality, affordable higher education is critical to establishing a talented, more diverse workforce."
Feril, who is majoring in theatre and education with a minor in English, hopes to teach theatre at the high school level in the future. She is heavily involved in the Wayland theatre program, acting in several productions and playing other key roles behind the scenes. A member of the Fine Arts Ambassadors group, Mary is the daughter of Harry and Cindy Feril.
"I am honored to receive this scholarship and use it to further my education and reach my goals," Feril said. "I'm glad that UPS believes in youth and entrusts their resources to further the next generation."


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LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Secondhand smoke is the leading cause of childhood illness and premature death, especially in rural areas, University of Kentucky researchers say.
Study co-author Ellen Hahn, a professor at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing and director of the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy, said elimination of the source of tobacco smoke is the only way to completely protect non-smokers, including children, from secondhand smoke.
Hahn said the study used data from an Internet-based panel survey administered to 400 to 500 Kentucky residents per year from 2007 to 2012. Most of the participants were women ages 35 to 54 with at least some college education.
Almost half of the participants lived in a county with a comprehensive smoke-free law -- all workplaces and public places totally smoke-free -- and 14 percent of the participants lived in a county with a moderate or weak law, with some places excluded from the law.
The study, published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal, found respondents living in urban counties were nearly two times more likely to report a smoke-free home than rural dwellers.
Controlling for smoking status and other personal characteristics, those who responded to the survey in the last two years of the study were more likely to have a smoke-free home compared to those in 2007, the study said.
"The good news is that more and more Kentuckians have made their homes smoke-free since 2007," Hahn said in a statement.
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The RC teaching is that infallible statements are those by the Ecumenical Councils or those made by the Pope "ex cathedra" and accepted by the Church. Do either apply to the Amoris. Laetitia?EOs reject Papal infallibility, and so even did Popes commonly up to maybe the 19th-20th c. One 19th-20th c. Pope rejected it, because he felt it was actually a huge noncanonical constraint on him. It meant that if he or his predecessor personally made some theological statement on behalf of and accepted by the church, he could NEVER EVER contradict it. Something like that is better left to Councils, if at all.
My friend, just have a look at the history of the Church and you will see, historically, that the Orthodox Church is Christ's true Church. History will show you the root of the RCC's heresies when they left the Faith and the Church of Christ.I can suggest to read "The Orthodox Church" by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware which is very enlightening in my opinion. I was RC too and that book helped me a lot to see clearer with all the falsehood and the distortion taught by Rome.Praying that you may find the Lord in your journey.
consider becoming Orthodox, or perhaps consider returning to my Anglican roots. I will not be making any decisions in a hurry but I am very grateful for some perspective on the matter.
Hi petros,Were you looking for a "non-Catholic take" on the issue of infallibility? Any non-Catholic by definition would reject that teaching. If there's a non-Catholic out there who believes in papal infallibility, they should convert to Catholicism. Something to prayerfully keep in mind if you yourself are struggling with that particular teaching is that the First Vatican Council anathematizes any Catholic who rejects it. As such I'm not sure how any Catholic who takes their faith seriously can deny that teaching and still call themselves Catholic or believe that Catholicism is the true church.As for Amoris Laetitia - it is not an infallible document strictly speaking, but it is a magisterial document and must be read within the context of what the Catholic church teaches about the papacy. Many traditionalists and conservatives, led by the likes of Cardinal Burke, are trying to convince themselves and others that it is not so because of the implications that necessarily follow. However, when one recalls that Pope Francis himself said that his interviews were part of his official papal magisterium and had the Vatican's printing office print them as such, it's frankly absurd to suggest that an apostolic exhortation written at the conclusion of two church synods is somehow not magisterial.That said remember what Catholicism teaches about the papacy which from a Catholic perspective is infallible. The two most recent (supposedly) ecumenical councils - Vaticans I and II - state the following:"Wherefore we teach and declare that, by divine ordinance, the Roman Church possesses a pre-eminence of ordinary power over every other Church, and that this jurisdictional power of the Roman Pontiff is both episcopal and immediate. Both clergy and faithful, of whatever rite and dignity, both singly and collectively, are bound to submit to this power by the duty of hierarchical subordination and true obedience, and this not only in matters concerning faith and morals, but also in those which regard the discipline and government of the Church throughout the world." - Pastor Aeternus"Religious submission of mind and will must be shown in a special way to the authentic magisterium of the Roman Pontiff, even when he is not speaking ex cathedra; that is, it must be shown in such a way that his supreme magisterium is acknowledged with reverence, the judgments made by him are sincerely adhered to, according to his manifest mind and will." - Lumen GentiumThe issue of divorce, remarriage, and communion is certainly one of faith, morals, and discipline, and Amoris Laetitia, while not ex cathedra, requires the reverential obedience of the Catholic faithful assuming that the above teachings are true.When I was in the seminary we had a professor who repeatedly stressed to us that God gave us both faith and reason and that we could not rely on one to the exclusion of the other. These issues have to be looked at not just with faith but with reason as well. You mention logic - when you boil it all down - here are your only logical, reasonable options:1. What the Catholic church teaches about the papacy is true and Francis is truly the pope. However, what that means, as we are discovering, is that moral truth is not objective but subjective. That's what Jesus meant in the passage in Matthew's gospel where he bestows the keys on Saint Peter, that what was once bound on earth can now be loosed. Today, it's the definition of adultery, tomorrow it's homosexuality or abortion or who knows what, and a pope can contradict his predecessors and/or the teachings of councils because he holds the keys and has that power.2. What the Catholic church teaches about the papacy is true but Francis is not really pope. That will lead you to sedevacantism in some form - either the traditional "there hasn't been a real pope since Pius XII" version espoused by people like those on the website Novus Ordo Watch or the seemingly growing "resignationist" version where the resignation of Benedict XVI was invalid and therefore he's still pope and Francis is not. To accept that you have to believe that the 99.99% of the world which thinks that Francis is pope is wrong and that includes Benedict himself who recognizes the reality of Francis' papacy.3. Francis is pope, but what Catholicism teaches about the papacy is false which leads to Orthodoxy.Some people are trying to construct for themselves a false middle ground. The so-called "recognize and resist" option, popular among traditionalists that often leads its proponents to parishes run by traditional orders like the Fraternity of Saint Peter, or to the newly created Ordinariate, or to Eastern rite Catholic churches. But a better, more reverent liturgy, is really just a placebo for such individuals, an effort to escape from reality rather than confront it. All such groups are under the full authority of Pope Francis and in full communion with the church in Malta which, largely based on Amoris Laetitia, just approved communion for those divorced and civilly remarried Catholics who are "at peace" with the choices they have made, rejecting the explicit and "infallible" doctrine of the Catholic church.Religion, like politics, involves A LOT of emotion, but I hope that you will be able to put some of that aside and prayerfully look at these matters with logic and reason. A crisis of faith, although painful and traumatic, can be a great blessing in the end if it leads you to the truth. May God bless you and guide you in your journey.
CCC 2089 Incredulity is the neglect of revealed truth or the willful refusal to assent to it. "Heresy is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith, or it is likewise an obstinate doubt concerning the same; apostasy is the total repudiation of the Christian faith; schism is the refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him."
Infallability would also seem to take away from the free will of the faithful. On CAF today I asked what happens if someone does not believe certain doctrines. This was the responseQuoteCCC 2089 Incredulity is the neglect of revealed truth or the willful refusal to assent to it. "Heresy is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith, or it is likewise an obstinate doubt concerning the same; apostasy is the total repudiation of the Christian faith; schism is the refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him."
I don't see how that has anything to do with free will.
QuoteI don't see how that has anything to do with free will. Papal infallibility is a form of predestination and predestination is denial of free will.
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The idea that Jesus speaks through the Pope is frankly bizarre.
Papal infallibility is a form of predestination and predestination is denial of free will.
It is reasonable to think that when the Pope speaks on these matters, he wishes (an act of will) to speak truth.
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How do you know what he wishes ? What if he is passionate about a false dogma and want to proclaim it from his chair ?
Quote from: Vanhyo on February 08, 2017, 02:56:11 AMHow do you know what he wishes ? What if he is passionate about a false dogma and want to proclaim it from his chair ?The burden of proof rests on the one claiming that the Pope intentionally wishes to proclaim falsehood. Unless proven, we cannot ascribe to anyone bad intentions without being condemned ourselves.
I don't know why intentionality matters. If he proclaims a false dogma, intentionally or not, it's wrong.
Quote from: xOrthodox4Christx on February 08, 2017, 06:53:38 PMI don't know why intentionality matters. If he proclaims a false dogma, intentionally or not, it's wrong.We were talking about whether papal infallibility entails a denial of free will. It does not, because the Catholic teaching assumes that the Pope is infallible when he wishes to declare something as truth. That's all.
Yeah, I don't see how it denies free will. It denies free will on the part of those who have to adhere to it, surely.
But the Pope isn't infallible unless he speaks definitively on an issue of morals or faith. The Pope just saying something heretical in an off the cuff manner is not infallible in RC ecclesiology.
In theory it should, but look at Christiane's post above. I'm a convert to Orthodoxy so I can't speak to how well, in general, the average individual Orthodox knows and follows the tenets of the Faith. However, I do know that the average post-V2 Catholic is extremely ignorant when it comes to the tenets of Catholicism and even when they do have more than a basic grasp of its teachings, they often don't care and choose not to follow them. Cafeteria Catholicism is epidemic whether with liberals under popes JP2 and Benedict or now with traditionalists under pope Francis. I couldn't square the circle despite my best efforts so I left Catholicism for Orthodoxy, but that's not the case with most Catholics unfortunately.
It was the last hurdle I had to overcome before becoming Orthodox. But I can understand how a marriage can fail and how under very specific circumstances the Orthodox Church will bless a second marriage.
Divorce and remarriage is impossible.
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Educators may notice a little extra going out of their paychecks into to the California State Retirement System (CalSTRS) beginning this month, but that's a good thing since the money will not only come back to them at retirement, it will stabilize the retirement system into the future.
After years of attempts to close a shortfall in the teachers retirement system that has mounted to $74 billion, the Legislature in June approved Gov. Jerry Brown's pension plan that provides increased contributions from educators, school districts and the state.
"For roughly the last 10 years our highest priority and our members' most pressing concern has been to secure the long-term stability of the Defined Benefit Program," said Harry Keiley, chair of the Teachers' Retirement Board and member of the Santa Monica-Malibu Classroom Teachers Association.
The historic action calls for member contributions to increase from 8 to 10.25 percent over the next three years. School and community college district contributions will increase from 8.25 percent to 19.1 percent over seven years while the state's portion would increase from the current 3.041 percent to 6.3 percent in the next three years. The increases began to take effect July 1.
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Leave it to a trained investigator to run down the truth behind false claims.
In an incisive op-ed, Jim Unland, the president of the San Jose Police Officers' Association, takes on claims by San Jose Mayor Charles Reed that the public retirement "reform" initiative the mayor's been pushing won't "eliminate" the public pensions of law enforcement and public safety personnel, including firefighters.
As the governing board of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) begins its two-day meeting today, our CTA members will be among those expressing the organization's ongoing commitment to work with the pension system and other stakeholders to ensure its long-term viability.
A great deal is happening in Sacramento on a key issue affecting the public pension system and its members, the issue of "unfunded liability."
Accompanied by Assembly Public Employees, Retirement, and Social Security Chair Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), Assembly Speaker John Perez (D-Los Angeles) tells reporters at a Wednesday morning Capitol news conference that the Assembly is committed to having the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) 100% funded. The lawmakers said they would be convening hearings beginning Feb. 19 to determine the exact size of the currently unfunded liability and the proportion of increased contributions that should come from school districts, individual teachers, and the state to ensure the system's continued viability. (Photo by Len Feldman.)
Assembly Speaker John Perez (D-Los Angeles) and Assembly Member Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) pledged during a Capitol morning news conference to fully fund the California State Teachers' Retirement System and protect teachers' retirements. The legislators said all options are "on the table" except the "ostrich" option of pretending a problem doesn't exist.
As San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed promised last week during a presentation to the conservative Hoover Institution think-tank, he and some of his fellow mayors have filed a new "pension reform" measure that threatens to undermine the promise made to firefighters, teachers, police officers, school bus drivers and other public employees by allowing their retirement benefits to be slashed in mid-career.
Mayor Reed and the mayors of San Bernardino, Santa Ana, Anaheim and Pacific Grove say they are aiming to put on the November 2014 ballot a measure that would allow reductions in the pension benefits that current employees would otherwise earn during the balance of their working lives.
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) is reporting some good news to its members and the public: the system's investments earned 13.8% over the past year—a drastic comparison to earnings in recent years.
"The reality is that even good investment performance addresses only part of the long-term needs of the fund, which suffered a severe setback in the crash of 2008," said CalSTRS Investment Committee Chair Harry Keiley, a high school teacher and CTA member.
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CalSTRS' earnings in the 2012 fiscal year handily outpaced its "assumed rate of 7.5%." The assumed rate is the factor used in estimating the fund's long-term earnings, the financial resources that help cover its projected costs – including the funding of retirees' pensions. CalSTRS has earned at a 12.6% rate over the past three years and at a 7.5% rate over the past 20 years. Over the past five years – due to the impact of the Great Recession – the system's earnings rate hit only 3.7%.
CalSTRS board members and staff caution that investment earnings fluctuate, and the stock market's volatility in recent years spotlights the need for the legislature and the governor to help the system achieve long-term stable funding. CalSTRS is responsible for making pension payments to 862,000 California educators and their families.
Both Keiley and CalSTRS Chief Executive Officer Jack Ehnes point out that good investment earnings are just one element needed to keep CalSTRS on solid ground. "The Legislature and the Governor must implement a long-term funding plan that includes gradual, predictable and fair contribution increases for all parties involved," Ehnes advises.
CalSTRS staff note that the governor and legislature alone have the power to change the system's contribution rate, the amount employers and employees pay into the pension fund each month.
CalSTRS is the largest teacher pension fund and the second largest pension fund in the U.S.
Check the CalSTRS news release about the system's earnings and the CalSTRS Investment Overview for more information.
On Feb. 14, CTA Legislative Advocate Jennifer Baker and Ed Derman, Chief Deputy Executive Officer of the State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) helped lawmakers' staff members get a better understanding of how the teachers' pension fund works and the challenges facing it in the years ahead.
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) Board has just released its report about how the multi-billion dollar pension system can continue funding its defined benefit plan.
The effective date of laws "reforming" the state's public pension systems – CalSTRS and the
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) -- is January 1, 2013. These changes generally impact new employees, although some of the revisions will also affect employees hired on or before December 31, 2012.
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), the 2nd largest pension fund in the country, has just announced it may push corporations to disclose their political donations, under a policy adopted by the CalSTRS investment committee.
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HOW-TO: Side Swept Waves and Side Parts at the 2013 Met Ball
The red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC was the epicenter of glamour recently as A-list celebrities and designers turned out for the 2013 Met Ball Costume Gala to see "PUNK: Chaos to Couture," the exhibit celebrating the influence of the raucous punk scene on high fashion.
Deconstructed Retro-Chic
Leaving it to others to show up in modern renderings of torn T-shirts and safety pins, Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard made her grand entrance in a stunning strapless Dior couture gown with her hair styled by celebrity stylist Robert Vetica.
Try it: Start with towel-dried hair. Apply René Furterer Volumea Volumizing Foam-no rinse. Give your client's hair a blow out, make a low side part, and then pull the left side of the hair tight, straight back and pin it into place. Using a small ½-inch curling iron, curl the outer perimeter of the right side of the hair into soft waves. Next, pin-curl the very top of the head to create a wave that falls off to the front and side of the face. Apply finishing spray to the look. Brush the curls out and pin the hair under to form the asymmetrical shape.
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Subtle to dramatic side-parted wavy down 'dos ruled the red carpet at the Met Ball Costume Gala. Celebrities seen with this trendy style ranged from Kirsten Dunst, styled by celebrity hair stylist Diego Da Silva, to Sienna Miller, Emilia Clarke, Jamie King, Cara Delevingne and Brooklyn Decker. Some celebs spiced up the look with some braids, while others went beachy or classic.
Get the look: "After washing the hair, saturate from roots to ends with Sebastian Professional Volupt Spray. Blow dry the hair using a round brush for maximum root lift," says Da Silva. Create your side part (decide how dramatic you want it to be). "Depending on the curl, use anywhere from a medium to large-sized curling iron to curl the hair softly from mid shaft to ends creating waves throughout rather than curls. Once the hair is cooled, spritz with Sebastian Professional Halo Mist for shine and finish with Sebastian Professional Shaper." Optional: Add an accessory for an added effect.


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DLO debuts HD-ready iPod dock
Dock and roll?
Philips-owned audio add-ons maker DLO has created a docking station to let Apple fans connect their dockable iPods up to an HD TV.
DLO's HomeDock HD: view iPod content on your HD TV
Dubbed HomeDock HD, the minimalist-looking unit not only lets you play all your iPod's musical content through your telly, but it also connects to your HD TV via an HDMI cable for video content, which is upscaled to 1080i or 720p, depending on your set.
However, the dock also has s-video and composite-video connections, god forbid you should still be living with an old, standard-definition TV.
Your iPod's operated though the HomeDock HD's remote control, allowing you to scan through content using the HomeDock's own icon-based interface. DLO claimed the remote works through walls, though we're not convinced this is an essential feature. However, it still lets you display, say, the album covers that accompany your music, should you stay in the same room.
Plenty of ports, including HDMI, USB and digital audio
The HomeDock accepts a whole range of iPod models, including the Touch, Classic and both generations of the Nano. It'll be available in the second quarter of this year for around $250 (£125/€190), but a European release date, likely coming under the Philips brand, or price wasn't been given.
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Whenever summer travel season beckons, airline stocks gain renewed attention.
With the winds of winter behind it, the turbulent industry finds itself traveling a smoother course than in the past seven years. Many airlines are making money, carriers have become more efficient, there's potential for raising fares and some of their stocks might be worth buying.
But oil dependency, fierce competition, volatility, seasonality, economic cycles, capital needs, union contracts and bankruptcies are among the serious challenges.
Realistically, Southwest Airlines Co. is probably the only stock investors could stash in their retirement accounts with long-term confidence. The rest are for daring souls willing to buy and sell."We think this is a turnaround year, with the airline group making about $4 billion," said Vaughn Cordle, chief executive of AirlineForecasts LLC in Washington, D.C., which does research and consulting for groups such as hedge funds.
"In the short run, the industry looks robust, even though it is fundamentally bad and cannot earn its cost of capital over the full cycle."
Some estimates for this year's industry earnings approach $6 billion, based on expected record passenger traffic and especially strong performance in the second and third quarters. That would eclipse the $5.4 billion industry record set in 1999.
"It's going to be a crowded summer, and it is getting harder and harder to fly," said Ray Neidl, airline analyst with Calyon Securities in New York. "But let's face it, it is still a very efficient system that does a commendable job of getting people where they want to go with their luggage, especially considering the cost and the crowds."
Passenger load factors will be at record levels, in part because most major carriers have cut back their domestic capacity.
Meanwhile, revenue per passenger mile is 25 percent lower than in 2000, an indication that this is not an easy business.
The major carriers now account for 68 percent of industry capacity, as their dominance continues to erode. Their share has been chipped away by high-roller passengers who take private aircraft and budget-conscious travelers who opt for discount carriers. One advantage major carriers do have is that, unlike the discounters, they are not under constant pressure to grow in order to survive and thrive.
"Airline stocks are generally trading vehicles with short time horizons that have to be continually re-evaluated," said Jim Corridore, airline analyst with Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services in New York. "Almost every stock I cover, except for Southwest Airlines, is categorized as high risk and generally should not be in a 401(k) retirement account."
Every time oil prices shoot upward, companies and analysts revise their earnings estimates. When prices come down again, often within a tight time frame, they do it all over again. Analysts are constantly formulating bull and bear fuel scenarios, taking into account volatile fuel costs. Neidl, for example, believes the industry is capable of making money with oil at $60 a barrel.
Stocks of airlines often decline in the summer and rise in the winter. With all the variables and caveats of the industry kept in mind by potential investors, some airline stocks are worth a look.Corridore and Neidl recommend Alaska Air Group Inc., AMR Corp., parent of American Airlines, Continental Airlines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc.
Southwest Airlines is recommended by Corridore, and UAL Corp., parent of United Airlines, is favored by Neidl.Cordle forecasts that Canadian carrier WestJet Airlines Ltd. will be the most profitable carrier in the industry this year, as it flies aggressively into the U.S., while Southwest Airlines will rank second. WestJet's profit margins the past 12 months have been about 11 percent, compared with 10 percent at Southwest, he said.This is an industry that always will court its share of trouble, so some carriers inevitably don't receive the highest marks.
Cordle said JetBlue Airways Corp., whose aggressive growth came home to roost when it couldn't cope with the effects of winter storms, remains an overvalued stock. It has brought capacity down and brought in a new management team but still has problems to solve related to its dramatic passenger growth last year, he said.
Corridore advises investors to unload shares of regional carrier Mesa Air Group Inc. because its fare-war strategy in Hawaii is suspect. He also would sell shares of another regional firm, ExpressJet Holdings Inc., because Continental has been shifting away from it. ExpressJet's decision to fly some other planes on its own doesn't look promising, experts said.
Sell Northwest Airlines Corp. because its shares will become worthless once the company exits bankruptcy and new stock is issued primarily to unsecured creditors, Neidl added.
The market appears ready for airline consolidation, though government regulators would have to give their blessing to deals.
The fact the industry is rising makes mergers a little less likely, since consolidation usually takes place during a downward cycle. Thus far, US Airways' bid for Delta hasn't panned out, and Midwest Air Group Inc. has rebuffed a takeover offer by AirTran Holdings Inc.
Andrew Leckey is a Tribune Media Services columnist. E-mail him at email@example.com.


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Cablevision Files Antitrust Suit Against Viacom For Forced Bundling Of Crappy TV Channels
from the when-big-companies-fight dept
Oddly, we can't show you the full lawsuit, because it's been filed under seal. You see that sometimes when it involves contractual disputes, since the terms in the contract are secret. However, it's rather unfortunate that they couldn't file the document with the secret stuff redacted. At this time, we just have Cablevision's side of the story via their press announcement. The key argument is that this is an illegal "tying" arrangement. Of course, just last year we had a ruling in a similar lawsuit, in which cable customers filed a similar suit, which flopped in court.
Cablevision may have a difficult time making this claim succeed as well. As Viacom quickly pointed out in response, the bundling is not "forced." Pay TV companies can choose individual channels without other channels, it's just that the price is higher. So, they argue, the bundling actually leads to discounts. Whether or not anyone actually believes that claim may become a key question in the lawsuit. If I had to do an initial handicapping, though, I'd guess that Viacom wins this one, even if Cablevision can make Viacom (and others) sweat for a bit. In the long run, however, this is still about fighting the last battle. The idea of TV channels is an increasingly obsolete concept. This fight is over the way video content was distributed. Not the way it will be distributed in the future.


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Monday July 21, 2014
The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts joined the Henley Festival festivities, in partnership with BMW, on the banks of the River Thames the weekend of 9 – 13 July.
This summer Prince Charles's charity linked up with the non-profit organisation that supports charitable initiatives in the Thames Valley, to promote children's participation in the arts.
Legendry group The Jacksons took to the stage at the glamorous event before taking the time to meet a group of local children benefiting from the charity's support.
All proceeds went to the Henley Festival Trust who in turn are supporting the Prince's Foundation to give underprivileged children the chance of inspirational and life-changing experiences.
Children & the Arts helps to transform the lives of children from socially and economically deprived backgrounds through involvement in the arts. The initiative also aims to give teachers the confidence and resources to bring the arts into the classroom as well as offering intensive arts-based training and development.


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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Former East Tennessee State University track and field standout Angie Barker was one of five individuals inducted into the Southern Conference Hall of Fame, announced the league office on Monday.
Joining Barker in the 2012 class are Percy Beard (Auburn), Dick Modzelewski (Maryland), Paul Scarpa (Furman) and Jim Burch (Southern Conference).
"We look forward to inducting these five talented individuals who contributed so much to the rich history and tradition of the Southern Conference," said Southern Conference Commissioner John Iamarino. "It is interesting that their SoCon careers span the decades from the 1920s all the way to the 21st century."
Barker, who competed for the Bucs from 1987-89 and was inducted into the ETSU Hall of Fame in 1997, was a three-time Southern Conference champion in the shot put. She won the indoor title in 1988 and 1989 and captured the outdoor championship in 1989. Barker was also crowned the 1988 NCAA Indoor Shot Put Champion and was a two-time All-American in the event for the Buccaneers. In addition, Barker was named a Strength and Conditioning All-American, and qualified for the 1988 Olympic Trails. Barker still holds the league record in the indoor shot put with a mark of 54-6.
The 2012 Southern Conference Hall of Fame Induction ceremony will be held Thursday, March 1 at the Diana Wortham Theater in Asheville, N.C., prior to the league's basketball tournament. It is the fourth year the conference has inducted a class of former athletes, coaches and contributors to the league's 91-year history.
Student-athletes who competed for a minimum of two seasons in the Southern Conference were eligible for consideration, along with coaches and administrators who spent at least five years in the league. A pool of over 250 candidates from the conference's current and former member institutions were nominated for consideration. The pool of former student-athletes, coaches and administrators was cut down to 45 individuals who comprised the final ballot. A voting panel of 20 media members and league administrators made the selection of the induction class.
Percy Beard, Track & Field (Auburn, 1928-1932) – The 1932 NCAA champion in the High Hurdles, Beard captured the Southern Conference low hurdles 220-yard low hurdles in 1928 and later won the 120-yard high hurdles in 1929. While at Auburn he set a world record of 14.2 seconds in the 120-yard hurdles and later tied the record in 1934. Beard won the silver medal in the 110-meter hurdles at the 1932 Olympics. Following his career he later coached from 1937 to 1964 at the University of Florida, where the school's track is named is his honor. He was inducted into the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1981.
Dick Modzelewski, Football (Maryland, 1949-52) – A three-time All-American, Modzelewski was a consensus pick in 1952 and was named the winner of the Outland Trophy, given to the best interior lineman in college football. He helped the Terrapins post a record of 24-4-1 during his time at Maryland, including a streak of 22-game unbeaten streak. A second round pick of the Washington Redskins, Modzelewski spent 14 years in the National Football League and never missed a game, playing in 180 straight contests. He won a title with the New York Giants and Cleveland Browns. Modzelewski was induced in the Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992. The following year he was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993.
Paul Scarpa, Tennis (Furman, 1967-2011) – The longest tenured coach in the Southern Conference in any sport, Paul Scarpa finished his career as the NCAA's all-time wins leader in men's tennis with 853 victories, 817 of which came at Furman. He captured 17 Southern Conference titles and was named the league's Coach of the Year nine times. Scarpa's contributions to the game are felt beyond the SoCon as he developed the current dual match scoring system adopted by the NCAA in 1993, the "3-6" format or "Scarpa System" specifying that all matches begin with doubles play featuring eight-game pro sets with all three doubles teams playing for one team doubles point. He also invented and patented the tape (Tenex) used to mark clay courts throughout the world. Scarpa was inducted into Furman's Hall of Fame in 1994.
Jim Burch, Special Contributor (Southern Conference, 1967-2011) – Inducted to the conference Hall of Fame as the league's Special Contributor for 2012, Jim Burch spent 44 years with the Southern Conference. The first African-American men's basketball official to work in the SoCon and Atlantic Coast Conference beginning in 1967, Burch spent 21 years as an active official. He later transitioned to serve as the conference's Officials Coordinator, a position he held for 23 years until his retirement this past spring.
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