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"What starts here changes the world."
In his commencement speech at the University of Texas at Austin, Admiral William McRaven, ninth commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, opened his remarks by quoting the slogan of his alma mater.
McRaven's mission that day was to inspire the 8,000 graduates to impact the lives of others. He said, "If every one of you changed the lives of just 10 people, and each one of those folks changed the lives of another 10 people—just 10—then in five generations, 125 years, the class of 2014 will have changed the lives of 800 million people."
His speech, reprinted in The Wall Street Journal, got me thinking about how each of us in financial services hopes to leave this industry better than we found it. Based on early returns, it appears that we are losing ground. Both potential clients and prospective employees have come to view the business with suspicion and disdain, and we have not done enough to combat this negative perception. I see at least three recent developments that are putting the future of our business at risk.
First, consider the way today's consumers manage their financial lives. While many factors led to the Great Recession of 2008, financial illiteracy ranks high among them. People purchased things they could not afford, borrowed money without understanding the implications and chased financial returns that were not reasonable. Of all the things that Dodd-Frank and other reforms out of Washington addressed, they failed to tackle measures to help consumers help themselves. Uninformed consumers made it easy for unscrupulous pitchmen, bankers, brokers and advisors to exploit them.
Hand in hand with financial illiteracy, consumer distrust is casting a pall on the profession. We have created an environment in which retail investors feel insecure. They don't know who will keep their assets safe or who might be looking to game the system. This disaffection, especially within the next generation, is causing many individuals to attempt to manage their money without a guide, relying on technology and data obtained from other sources. It is easy to dismiss this threat, but just ask your clients' children about their view of investing and investment professionals.
If consumers could manage all their financial goals just fine with a DIY model, no harm would be done. But if you accept the first problem I noted—rampant financial illiteracy—then it is clear that the risk is great indeed.
The third problematic element comes from within the industry itself. We need new talent in order to thrive, yet the financial services business has become unattractive as a career choice. In my opinion, the first two elements contribute to this third problem: Young people have not learned enough about personal economics to see finance as a legitimate career option, and those who might consider financial services feel cynicism and scorn for the industry.
Consider the Facts
In my opinion, there is a direct correlation between financial literacy, confidence in the financial industry and the desire of young people to become part of the business.
The financial services business ranks as the least trusted industry in the world—and has held this unfortunate position since 2008. According to the 2014 Edelman Trust Barometer, financial services companies are less trusted than oil, media, energy, alcohol, tobacco, government and automotive companies. According to Phoenix Marketing International, only one-third of all households feel that financial firms look out for their best interests.
Even advisors aren't on board. According to Pershing's Second Annual Study of Advisory Success, more than half (53%) of the respondents strongly agree that their personal brand is more important than their firm's brand when it comes to their clients. What have we come to when we don't want to be associated with the company we represent?
No wonder the industry is suffering a marked decline in the number of college students choosing to enter the advice profession. Where will the industry find the next generation of talent when only 12% of new financial professionals are entering the industry directly from college? Career changers offer one recruitment channel, but large organizations remain focused on enticing people away from other firms rather than developing their own talent.
New talent development is an urgent issue because of absolute shrinkage in the number of financial professionals. Cerulli predicts a negative 1.8% compound annual growth rate for advisors; projecting that CAGR forward to 2030 shows 226,000 advisors departing the business without systematic replacement.
Yet getting back to basics: How can young people contemplate financial services as a career when personal economics are not addressed in high school, let alone elementary school where real financial literacy could take root?
Only 14 states require a high school course in personal economics. Anecdotally, schools that offer this class as an elective have difficulty finding both qualified teachers and sufficient student interest to run the course.
This problem has persisted for decades. A recent study found that almost half of adults who closely monitor their finances say they learned about personal finance from their parents or at home. (Check out: www.consumerfinance.gov/blog/talking-to-our-daughters-and-sons-about-personal-finance).
While it's heartening that many parents take this issue seriously, I question whether they themselves are well-grounded in the areas of saving, budgeting, borrowing, investing and managing risk. The low savings rate and high bankruptcy rate paint a more discouraging portrait of financial education on the home front.
It's Not Hopeless
We are a profession of big ideas, but real progress starts with a few small steps. I have participated in many conferences where these issues have been raised and some great solutions have been proposed. As with many exciting plans, however, the participants enjoy the idea for a few days then let their enthusiasm gradually fade away.
Several years ago, Jim Joslin, a well-regarded financial planner in Boston and CEO of TFC Financial, inspired me with his efforts to help his former school. Subsequently I reached out to my former high school to develop the concept of teaching financial literacy. Initially I helped the school purchase classroom materials on personal finance, but now I am attempting to expand this initiative. I am calling it "The Gladstone Project," after the school I attended in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
In states like Michigan, personal economics is an elective course in high school so getting proper funding and help is difficult. According to Dr. Jay Kulbertis, the superintendent of my former school district, schools need teacher training, teaching manuals and classroom materials. About 20% of the senior class now participates in the personal economics course, but my goal is to double that amount, if not increase it to 100%.
We are exploring ideas such as adding another teacher with a focus on economics, creating additional coursework based on the needs and desires of the students, setting up summer internship programs with financial planning firms in the Midwest (who would also commit to practical on-the-job education of these students) and providing partial funding of college scholarships for those who achieve a certain level of proficiency in the subject. At this stage, we are trying to turn these ideas into reality.
I share my personal story as an example, not because I want or need the attention. I hope to inspire you to impact the lives of others, to "change the world," as Admiral McRaven said to the University of Texas graduates. What are your ideas? Is there a concrete action that you feel would address a problem in our business? Are you willing to share your idea with me so that I may help promote it and perhaps even adopt it for the small arena I am playing in?
How will you help build an industry to last? Tweet using #FutureofFinServ to share the impact you will make on the future of the financial services industry. Many financial advisors offer to hold seminars, workshops or one-hour talks at the local college or high school. But how about something more systematic, something focused on the very basics of personal economics? How about if you "Adopt Your High School"?


text: Richard Nixon has all the charm and warmth of an obscene Christmas card. Let's remember him always. For instance, whenever you are asked for your Social Security number for no good purpose to you, and when giving a false one will not harm you, give them Richard Nixon's number. It's the least we can do for all that he did to us. Richard M. Nixon's Social Security number is 567-68-0515.

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A reason not to believe Tim Donaghy is because he's a felon.
A reason to believe him is because he confirms what people have been thinking.
Such as the Spurs.
Deadspin.com printed excerpts from Donaghy's book, "Blowing the Whistle: The Culture of Fraud in the NBA." A division of Random House chose not to publish the book because of "concerns over potential liability."
A Random House spokesman denies the NBA threatened legal action. Still, the accusations are damaging to the league, such as this passage, according to Deadspin.com:
"Studying under Dick Bavetta for 13 years was like pursuing a graduate degree in advanced game manipulation. He knew how to marshal the tempo and tone of a game better than any referee in the league, by far. He also knew how to take subtle — and not so subtle — cues from the NBA front office and extend a playoff series or, worse yet, change the complexion of that series."
Donaghy went on to cite the infamous 2002 playoff series between the Lakers and Kings. But the Spurs had their own example, just three years earlier.
The Spurs had easily won the first two games of the 1999 NBA Finals in San Antonio with a defense that was the best in franchise history. Then came Game 3 when the phrase "extend a playoff series" applied. Bavetta was a member of the officiating team.
Even then, some Spurs officials wondered about the circumstances using the same words that Donaghy used. Was Bavetta there as the company man taking his cue from the league office?
That's why the Spurs rolled their eyes when the rules seemingly changed that night. Sean Elliott and Mario Elie were unable to touch Allan Houston and Latrell Sprewell without a foul being called.
Was it coincidence that Bavetta was there? Had the Knicks simply responded as conference champions often do?
Or, after the lockout, with the Finals in the New York market, did the league not want to see a sweep?
The Knicks would never score more points against the Spurs in those Finals. That was also the only loss the Spurs suffered in any of their best-of-7-games series that season.
To be fair, no one got in the way when the Spurs swept the Cavaliers eight years later. There was even a moment, at the end of that Game 3, when Bruce Bowen appeared to be trying to intentionally foul LeBron James. There was no whistle.
Either way, Donaghy adds to both the paranoia and suspicion, even in successful NBA cites such as San Antonio. Another excerpt from Deadspin.com will further that:
"Two weeks before the 2003-04 season ended, Bavetta and I were assigned to officiate a game in Oakland. That afternoon before the tip-off, we were discussing an upcoming game on our schedule. It was the last regular-season game we were scheduled to work, pitting Denver against San Antonio. Denver had lost a game a few weeks prior because of a mistake made by the referees, a loss that could be the difference between them making or missing the playoffs. Bavetta told me Denver needed the win and that it would look bad for the staff and the league if the Nuggets missed the playoffs by one game. There were still a few games left on the schedule before the end of the season, and the standings could potentially change. But on that day in Oakland, Bavetta looked at me and casually stated, "Denver will win if they need the game. That's why I'm on it."
I was thinking, How is Denver going to win on the road in San Antonio? At the time, the Spurs were arguably the best team in the league. Bavetta answered my question before it was asked.
"Duncan will be on the bench with three fouls within the first five minutes of the game," he calmly stated.
As it turned out, Denver didn't need the win after all; they locked up a spot in the playoffs before they got to San Antonio. In a twist of fate, it was the Spurs that ended up needing the win to have a shot at the division title, and Bavetta generously accommodated. In our pregame meeting, he talked about how important the game was to San Antonio and how meaningless it was to Denver, and that San Antonio was going to get the benefit of the calls that night. Armed with this inside information, I called Jack Concannon before the game and told him to bet the Spurs.
To no surprise, we won big. San Antonio blew Denver out of the building that evening, winning by 26 points. When Jack called me the following morning, he expressed amazement at the way an NBA game could be manipulated. Sobering, yes; amazing, no. That's how the game is played in the National Basketball Association."


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The Parking Lot Experiments have been making music in Melbourne since time immemorial, since before Docklands was a dollar sign in a developers eye, Courtney Barnett was still ghostwriting for Boomgates, Tomomaji was still Timomatic (RIP) and Jake Cleland was still junior vice deputy senior intern at adamNOTeve. Those were simpler days weren't they? Even then though, The Parking Lot Experiments were in their forties. Now in their sixties, they've released the appropriately titled 'Live Long', recorded and mastered by Jonathan Boulet, the man, the legend. It's building, swelling, corker of a track that sounds like some mix of Cloud Control and the Polyphonic Spree and a few other things that don't yet exist. Good on me for writing about them just after they played their Sydney release show so unfortunately that boat has sailed. I have to get on to the next post though, because I haven't written about any #greataustralianmusic for a long time and now there are lots of songs backed up so treat yourself below and use the hashtag #SoundDoctrineDoesItAgain if you want to discuss this on social medias. Keep it snappy, keep it viral.
I thought the vocal was what was dragging me into this track but that synthetic organ is actually the main drawcard here, tonally glorious and artfully manipulated into staggered rythm. Or it could be that vocal which is similarly filtered and by the end of the track, layered over itself a whole buncha times. Maybe it's the video though, a binary tale of a Tokyo micro-chef and a Tokyo businessman-organist who work in the same dive bar. That's the work of Natalie Erika James, and she's unexpectedly found a video that does justice to the track. You're looking at and listening to a triple threat here people, this is a true Hugh Jackman of a track. Hugh can sing and probably dance though I haven't checked that second bit. To look at him you'd have to think he can dance a bit, you'd have to. And just like Jackman, Life Is Better Blonde (real name Nathan) is from Melbourne, which is the same as Hugh who is from Sydney which might as well be Melbourne because we have small bars now. It's just science. There's more on the way from LIBB and just as well because this has whet the appetite
A highly specific situation that speaks to a broader social experience and feeling. The alternative is a track like Snow Patrol's Chasing Cards.
"If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?"
Immediately those phrases mean everything to everyone. Would you lie here with me and just forget the world? Weirdly the mostly specific thing in that entire idea is The World and, now correct me if I'm wrong here, I do believe the world is fairly large, at least compared to my apartment which isn't altogether enormous, particularly given that we're paying $6,400 per week in #sydney rent. There are no proper nouns, no person or place is mentioned, just empty house painted in the faintest beige so as we can all agree that we could happily fit our own furniture in it. "It's perfect for me!" So in summary, that Snow Patrol song means everything and nothing to everyone and noone, which is actually harder to do than you'd think, at least with any degree of success. That first sort of song though, that's the work of Courtney Barnett. That sort of song is lyrically pinpoint specific while still entertaining a bigger concept like nostalgia or loss and translating that smaller element so as it might speak the bigger idea to a broader audience. That's Barnett, that's what she does and that's what she's done. The imagery is perfect put together to be altogether familiar in it's discrete specifics. You know those jars, you know what a railing in the shower implies and you know where Preston is even if you don't know where Preston is, and if you don't, then you do. Right? Wrap it up Tommy. The track itself sounds like it would fit admirably on the Middle East's one glorious LP I Want That You Are Always Happy. The forthcoming CB LP is going to be quite some record, it seems.
I've never written about Lanks (real name Will Cuming) for a variety of reasons. He's only one EP deep so far so we're not referring to a lifetime of omission, but nonetheless he's been heavily present on quite a few Australian music blogs and websites these past few years. Present enough so as that he was unmissable in the world of the aus music blog, which at some subconscious level must have contributed to my failure to pen. The truth of it is that I was never so struck by his music that I couldn't not write. His singles have been solid since 'Rises And Falls' dropped a year ago and even Beach Houses from a few months ago challenge my static hand. This newest single Hold Me Closer though, that's the one that demanded attention. It's Will's best vocal performance and some of the most assured songwriting + structure he's put on show so far. Here's the thing though. It actually doesn't matter a lick that Lanks never features on Sound Doctrine because the guy's work ethic has driven him to the top regardless of the thirty six extra plays I could have offered him. Now for the song.
Reminds me of some sort of Oscar Key Sung and FKA Twigs hybrid whilst those those rolling toms drive some energy into the track when its pulse starts to slow. She's got the voice, the production is great, the songs are strangely alluring and everything feels good to go for 2015, here's hoping the rest of 2015 is as on board with this project as I am. For the uninitiated, Moon Holiday is Sydney's Alex Ward – she's dropped just the one EP way back in 2010 but she also featured on the deluxe edition of Flume's record and if she has the Streten tick of approval then who are we mere mortals to ask questions? Absolutely nobody, that's who. This is the second single from her next EP which is already two from two and looking likely to fulfil some rather high hopes.


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When the girls were young and still trying to figure themselves out--and we know they are all finished with that now at 23 and 25--I made every effort to offer them ample opportunities with varied efforts to make that task all the more easier.
Anything they wanted explore, I supported them. Of source the one stipulation was, anything they started they had to finish through--just to give themselves the full benefit of having explored it.
We--as a family--had so many creative outlets! Now, in hindsight, I have to say we are the more richer as a result (even though the "original" family is scattered!).
Part of that enrichment took the form of Philharmonic Orchestra and the once-a-year Nutcracker Ballet.
We were privileged to visit the Philharmonic Orchestra performances on a variety of occasions. I was tutoring the conductor's wife on computer and she was kind enough to provide me and my young girls with exceptionally good seats. So befitting the occasion, we dressed to the nines and attended with quiet respect. The girls ages were still in the singles digits. They were quiet and sat in awe of the precision in which the musicians played. And after each performance, they were privileged enough to go backstage and see all those shiny instruments up close and personal. I still think these visits had something to do with my eldest being first chair cello and my youngest being first chair flutist in their high school years. The seed was planted...
The ballet was a different matter altogether.
It was always such a special occasion. The girls would don their Christmas dresses. The good perfume would be brought out and used with wild abandon, Hair would be upswept and the "fancy" earrings would be pulled out of safe-keeping. This was a grand occasion.
In spite of their early years, I remember how the girls would sit mesmerized throughout the entire performance. During intermission, we'd venture into the lobby for bathroom breaks and keepsake Christmas ornaments were purchased.
At the end of the performance, we'd gather up our treasures and spend the ride each discussing out favorite parts of the evening.
This was a "girls only" outing-- not that Dad every felt slighted or showed any interest at all.
This was a girl thing.
This year--after a 10 year break from this holiday tradition--the city-girl and I will be introducing Momo to the Nutcracker Ballet. I'm really terribly excited.
I'm sure the city-girl will be happy to know that tickets have been purchased and the date has been marked on our calendars. Three generations will be seeing the Nutcracker this year.
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I Saw You Today:
I saw you today.
I haven't seen you in a while, actually.
But I saw you today.
I thought that I was completely over you. Turns out that I was wrong
One look at you and my breath flew out the window. It's crazy really. I'm not supposed to like you anymore.
But turns out that I do.
But why the sudden change in me? I don't know.
All I really know is that right now, it's two hours since I waved goodbye, and I can't stop thinking about you.
It's kind of sad, actually.
How did you manage to worm your way into my heart again? I thought that I'd cast you out a long time ago.
We've known each other too long for anything to happen. I mean, I knew you before you actually looked gorgeous. And you knew me before I was... well, me.
You were always like my older brother, and I was like you younger sister, so you didn't have to be the baby of your family. I just needed someone to be there for me.
In many ways you weren't there for me, but then there were the other things that you do and say, the little things... I think it was those that made me fall for you.
It's not right though. Somewhat incest? Since we're like... brother and sister to each other. Right?
This is all so confusing. When did life get like this?
I remember the day you left. I was still in Year 9. I hurt for a while after that.
Then suddenly I forgot about you; I moved on.
Well, it turns out like I didn't really banish you that far away.
You looked really good in your suit today.
Weddings are supposed to be a time of love and happiness. Maybe my emotions were just getting carried away. Maybe I haven't really fallen for you all over again.
And I thought I liked this other guy.
But you just won't get out of my mind.
This sucks. I don't know why I keep thinking about you. We were never meant to be together anyway. It was always supposed to be me and then you, travelling in different directions. But I guess it didn't turn out like that huh? Maybe it's fate that we keep coming back together.
But I don't believe in fate.
Now I wish I did.
Another one-shot from the heart of me. Yeah... whatever. Thanks to the people that reviewed Words Of A Broken Heart, which I posted yesterday.
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Australian researchers have come up with a non-invasive ultrasound technology that clears the brain of neurotoxic amyloid plaques – structures that are responsible for memory loss and a decline in cognitive function in Alzheimer's patients.
If a person has Alzheimer's disease, it's usually the result of a build-up of two types of lesions – amyloid plaques, and neurofibrillary tangles. Amyloid plaques sit between the neurons and end up as dense clusters of beta-amyloid molecules, a sticky type of protein that clumps together and forms plaques.
Neurofibrillary tangles are found inside the neurons of the brain, and they're caused by defective tau proteins that clump up into a thick, insoluble mass. This causes tiny filaments called microtubules to get all twisted, which disrupts the transportation of essential materials such as nutrients and organelles along them, just like when you twist up the vacuum cleaner tube.
As we don't have any kind of vaccine or preventative measure for Alzheimer's – a disease that affects 343,000 people in Australia, and 50 million worldwide – it's been a race to figure out how best to treat it, starting with how to clear the build-up of defective beta-amyloid and tau proteins from a patient's brain. Now a team from the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at the University of Queensland have come up with a pretty promising solution for removing the former.
Publishing in Science Translational Medicine, the team describes the technique as using a particular type of ultrasound called a focused therapeutic ultrasound, which non-invasively beams sound waves into the brain tissue. By oscillating super-fast, these sound waves are able to gently open up the blood-brain barrier, which is a layer that protects the brain against bacteria, and stimulate the brain's microglial cells to activate. Microglila cells are basically waste-removal cells, so they're able to clear out the toxic beta-amyloid clumps that are responsible for the worst symptoms of Alzheimer's.
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Metabolites 2012, 2(3), 553-566; doi:10.3390/metabo2030553
Mathematical Modeling of Plant Metabolism―From Reconstruction to Prediction
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AbstractDue to their sessile lifestyle, plants are exposed to a large set of environmental cues. In order to cope with changes in environmental conditions a multitude of complex strategies to regulate metabolism has evolved. The complexity is mainly attributed to interlaced regulatory circuits between genes, proteins and metabolites and a high degree of cellular compartmentalization. The genetic model plant Arabidopsis thaliana was intensely studied to characterize adaptive traits to a changing environment. The availability of genetically distinct natural populations has made it an attractive system to study plant-environment interactions. The impact on metabolism caused by changing environmental conditions can be estimated by mathematical approaches and deepens the understanding of complex biological systems. In combination with experimental high-throughput technologies this provides a promising platform to develop in silico models which are not only able to reproduce but also to predict metabolic phenotypes and to allow for the interpretation of plant physiological mechanisms leading to successful adaptation to a changing environment. Here, we provide an overview of mathematical approaches to analyze plant metabolism, with experimental procedures being used to validate their output, and we discuss them in the context of establishing a comprehensive understanding of plant-environment interactions. View Full-Text
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No one can refuse a happy surprise, and these packages sure come with pleasant ones
When Preethi Gavagal saw a subscription box advertisement pop up on her social media newsfeed, she got interested. "I have two-year-old twin boys who need a lot of attention and even more toys to keep them busy," says Gavagal, a mother who is juggling between the twins and a fulltime job as a software engineer. Flintobox, the subscription box that held her attention, was like a toy store which she approved. The Chennai based ecommerce education start-up sends age appropriate toys which are conceptualised by educators, prototyped by designers and manufactured by state-of-art printers in an attractive box. The twins loved the magic hats and wands that came in the magic themed box but some of the toys Gavagal felt were still not safe for them to handle.
The need to keep her younger daughter engaged in activities which kindle her creativity was the reason why Aparna George subscribed for a Flintobox last year. She had read about it online and felt that the toys they were packaging were not easily available in a toy store. "I remember my daughter having a lot of fun with the Ocean World themed box," she says. The five-year-old had to make a periscope from the cut-outs provided and there were several related activities to keep her busy. "Multiple activities around a theme will reinforce a concept in young minds," George feels.
The excitement of receiving a box of surprise is something George can relate to easily. As the founder of Belly&Soul, she has been providing surprise boxes to her subscribers. Self-taught baker and ex-corporate world member, she began preparing boxes of baked goodies, both sweet and savoury, for eager recipients after she quit her day job. "I was good at baking and was looking at a unique concept that could be my niche," she says of the venture that was rolled out in 2013. From just six orders in the beginning to being able to restrict herself to 50 orders, she believes that the concept has found appreciation. "The USP of my boxes – I call them belly boxes – is the surprise element," she states. Every month, these belly boxes are sent out to five locations within the city – Indiranagar, Whitefield, Jayanagar, Vasanthanagar and Old Airport Road – to be picked up by the subscribers. One of subscribers is Padmalatha Ravi, a filmmaker who also runs her own production house. She has been subscribing these boxes for her seven-year-o old daughter as a special treat. "Neither can I bake nor do I have the time for it," she says. The baked goodies are her way of weaning her daughter from excessive junk food. With variety like chocolate éclairs, coconut macaroons and jalapenos olive corn bread, the belly boxes have found favour with quite a few young subscribers. The cost of the box (`625) isn't so prohibitive for Ravi to order more boxes for her daughter's friends as well. "In case of food, the best way advertisement comes from word-of-mouth," says George, who hasn't done much marketing for Belly&Soul, except for a well updated Facebook page.
The trend of subscription boxes have found favour with those who are time-pressed and willing to scour online for convenient deals. Sometimes, at the cost of simple pleasures of walking into a bookstore and browsing for books. Bibliobox, which co-founder Abdul Rahman claims as the first of its kind in India, has subscription boxes of books. He too relies on their Facebook page to shortlist books related to a particular genre before making the final curation of two titles that are a surprise to the subscribers. A MBA graduate, Rahman decided to send in thirty boxes to friends and friends of friends when he first started the subscription service this year. "The response was more than what I expected," he says, adding that since then, he has sent out a 1000 boxes across different cities, mainly Mumbai and New Delhi.
But wouldn't a trip to the bookstore be more satisfying? For Emine Sharma, a school teacher in New Delhi, a visit to a bookstore can be overwhelming because of the variety available. "Also, I tend to pick up books from the same genre," she feels. By subscribing to Bibliobox, which she first read about in an online magazine, Sharma has now expanded her reading choices. "No pun intended but I feel these boxes are out-of-the-box solutions for a reader like me," she quips. At `1,350 per box, this concept has takers like architect Pooja Ram who has bought the boxes a few times. "There is a surprise element as well," she says. In the Classic theme box, she was pleasantly surprised to find Madama Bovary and The Great Gatsby, two titles she had not read earlier. "In order to avoid getting books one has already read, we need to inform them about it earlier," she says.
Rahman also does special themes and customisations and so does George who finds that themed boxes like Valentine Day Special or the upcoming Christmas Special are more attractive for the subscribers. "They want to be surprised and are curious how much of surprise the box can be," she opines.
Sometimes, the boxes are not surprises but play on the feel-good element. Sanjay Rao, co-founder of Monkey Box, relies on this feeling when he pitches the theme of his boxes to parents. "Imagine your child getting three nutritious meals at school?" he asks. "Would you not feel good about it?" Monkey Box delivers breakfast, lunch and a snack to children at school. What's more, the empty boxes are collected every day from the school itself. All that the parents need to do is download the app and select the menu for their kids. Rao and co-founder Sandeep Kannambadi had worked together in a sports start-up earlier and after interacting with athletes and cricketers realised the importance of diet and fitness. In October last year, they started this venture by first supplying boxes to their own kids. The feedback from them and their friends helped in getting more subscribers and today, they supply over 1000 boxes to 25 schools in South Bangalore alone. With different combos and price points – the costliest package is `3,000 per month, Monkey Box is gearing up for expansion by investing in two more kitchens in Yelahanka and Sarjapur Road apart from the one in Uttarahalli.
The boxes can often be ways to gift one own self. London School of Economics-graduate Niharika Jhujhunwala, founder of Sugarbox, began her subscription box service in 2014 as a way to pamper oneself. "Traditionally, gifting has always been about someone else. In today's hectic lifestyle there are a lot of convenient options to gift others. I decided to look at things a little differently," she comments. Based out of Mumbai, this start-up delivers products across categories like fashion, beauty, lifestyle and gourmet. Her launch edition was themed around Christmas and had a range of winter products like ear muffs, winter slippers, eye mask and more. And unlike subscription boxes that are available online for beauty products that send out samples, Jhunjhunwala insists on providing full-sized products. She claims that each Sugarbox has a value more than double of what one would pay otherwise.
Whether it is value for money, uniqueness or feel good factor, getting a box delivered to you or your loved ones seems to be a trend that is catching on with those who are time-pressed or are looking for pleasant surprises. It seems like serendipity is what one is looking for.
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'Company Men' review: Labor parable earns its keep
Published 4:00 am, Friday, January 21, 2011
The Company Men
Drama. Directed by John Wells. Starring Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones. (R. 104 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.)
Scant minutes into "The Company Men," Bobby, a hotshot exec played by Ben Affleck, gets the boot from a Boston-area shipbuilding company. And what a jerk he is. He ignores his wife's pleas to cut back on expenses. He leaves abusive messages on an ex-employer's voice mail. He pops off at job interviewers who suggest less pay for less glamorous work.
In the midst of all this, he attends a party at his brother-in-law's house. The brother-in-law, a gruff sort named Jack, offers Bobby construction work. Bobby makes some graceless comment about not visualizing himself as the nail-pounding type and walks away, at which point the rebuffed Jack turns to his sister and says: "Your husband's such a (part of the male anatomy)."
The charm of this scene isn't just its terse diagnosis of Affleck's lead-in-need-of-a-whuppin'. It's that Jack is played, beautifully so, by Kevin Costner - the world-conquering leading man of a previous generation. Not so long ago, it would have been Costner's character accused of being arrogant. Now he's the working-class mahatma, an older, wiser, plainspoken type who quietly grounds the movie with a few blunt scenes.
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It's a minor role - one of many in a drama assembled from them. This serious-minded ensemble film portrays the wide psychic fallout of corporate downsizing with actors of considerable stature in small, pointed roles. "The Company Men" - the first feature film written and directed by "E.R." maestro John Wells - also stars Chris Cooper as a worn-thin salaryman and Tommy Lee Jones as Gene, Bobby's mentor, a founder of the company who sorely misses the old days.
The women in the film include Rosemarie DeWitt as Bobby's wife, exasperated and frugal; Patricia Kalember as Gene's wife, chilly and spendthrift; and Maria Bello as a corporate shark, satiny and relentless. But it's the men whose self-worth is tested here, the men being choked and challenged. As Bobby navigates the thickets of unemployment, applying for jobs, befriending other out-of-work folks at a placement agency, he moves through the stages of grief until he's finally edging close to acceptance.
Wells' interest in the alienation of the modern American employee - that quasi-Marxist disconnect between the worker and the work - drives much of the narrative, propping up blue-collar Jack and white-collar Bobby in an undisguised labor parable. Solid performances, and a sincere faith in the dignity of the average working stiff, save it from getting too preachy.
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Texas Star Nut & Food Co. in Boerne has expanded its operating plant after its business has grown by about 30 percent a year over the last 10 years, company officials said.
Its new 32,000-square-foot plant triples its space, giving Texas Star 3,000 square feet of office space and 9,000 square feet of production space. Other areas are reserved for shipping and cold storage.
The company has been in Boerne since 2001, focusing first on producing nuts and dried fruit products but expanding into other snack products, including chocolate-covered pretzels, sesame sticks and trail mixes. It currently ships more than 100 items daily and sells products directly to customers online. It has 40 employees.
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If you follow me on Instagram, you already know that a few weeks ago I went to Porto with a friend. We were coming from Lisbon and decided to road trip our way up, stopping in Coimbra along the way.
Now, I've been to Porto once before but it had been raining so much that I was barely able to see anything in the city. (Cool side note: Did you know that Porto actually gets more rainfall than London? I don't know if that means that London just gets a bad rep or if Porto is actually just rainy AF.)
This time, though, the weather was PERFECT. And two days was not enough to see the whole city.
Let's start from the beginning, shall we?
Day 1
We got to Porto at around 8pm, just in time for dinner. We had spent a hot afternoon in Coimbra and were ready to drop off our bags and EAT.
We stayed at Being Porto Hostel in a twin room with a private bathroom and the place was pretty much… perfection. (I can't be the only Friends fan here.) Check out my full review here.
That night, we went to N'O Mercado for dinner – it was the closest thing to our hostel and I was starving and they had pizza. Nuff said. The pizzas were actually quite big and I would've been happy enough with sharing one but when I'm hangry I can't think and I ordered an entire one for myself. The staff were also really nice and recommended some wine. I always find it is so underrated how well pizza and wine go together – but not in Porto apparently! I was sold.
We ended up going right back to our hostel from there because I wanted to sleep.
I like sleeping.
Day 2
After resting from all the driving the day before, we were super ready to explore. We had our very touristy city maps, our comfortable shoes and we set off right after breakfast. The plan was to walk everywhere, since we were pretty much in the city center. It was a good idea, but also a painful idea.
Our first stop was the São Bento train station which is really just my favorite place on Earth. I know, you're thinking like – What's the big deal, it's just a train station.
This is the place where all those 19th century romance novels were inspired. Where dramatic goodbyes were said and passionate kisses were given and perfectly embroidered handkerchiefs were waived. I could just see it all…
… except I actually couldn't because the place was absolutely crowded with tourists. And not even the kinds of tourists you can easily overlook and walk around – no, these were crowds of organized tours with elderly tourists and foreign tourists. And, don't get me wrong, I think it's great that so many people are loving Porto! But it really was just a lot of people – over 200 for sure at the train station all huddled in huge groups and talking loudly.
We moved on to Sé, the main cathedral in Porto, which was just a few steps away. Porto has a gazillion churches (yes, that is the accurate figure) so you're never going to get through them all. If you have to select just a few, put Sé on your list. Not only is it beautiful and grandiose and full of pretty mosaics, but its location also gives you a pretty neat view of the rest of the city. So go.
Next on our list was Mercado do Bolhão, a popular local market that sells pretty much everything. From fresh fish to vegetables all the way to souvenirs. The cool thing about it is the atmosphere, which is very Portuguese.
In all honesty, the place has become a bit less "authentic" because it's becoming more catered to tourists (hence the selling of souvenirs). But I actually liked that we could get some gifts there. I bought myself a cute little fridge magnet and was quite content. Plus, the old lady who sold it to me was a sweetheart in true Porto fashion.
Visiting the market grew our appetite so I took my iPhone and looked on Zomato for some lunch recommendations. Do you guys have Zomato in your countries? It's an app for searching restaurants. Even in Portugal it's not available for every city but, hey, it worked for Porto and we scored BIG TIME. We found a nice burger place and since we were starving (read: since I was starving) that looked like the best option. Plus, they were recommended for their great sangrias. That may or may not have influenced our final decision.
First, though, we walked through Avenida dos Aliados which is essentially the main avenue/square thing in the city center of Porto. A very historic place. We took photos. We loved it. Really, though, we were just thinking about our burgers.
So we get to DeGema, the burger place, and what happened was I died and went to heaven. The end. That's it. K BYEEEEE.
JK, we ate and it was amazing and the sangria was the best I've ever had but it was also a huge serving (in true Porto fashion). We still needed to do some sightseeing in the afternoon so you know I paced myself and managed not to get drunk (always an accomplishment in my book). It all ended up being quite cheap (€11 each for a burger, sangria and an extra side of chips) so I was happy.
We moved on to Livralia Lello. This bookstore is known for being one of the most beautiful in the world. It was once free to visit but now you have to pay €3. And now you're going to ask me – What? Girl, no. I'm not paying to get into a store.
To which I have to say:
Shut the F up. Listen hun. This is the most beautiful bookstore in the world (at least according to me and, oh yeah, Lonely Planet. No biggie). It inspired the moving stairs in the Harry Potter series. You could spend all day in there and you would still want to come back the next day. So. Don't.
The bookstore is basically now paid because they were getting +4,000 visitors per day and no one was buying any books which made it impossible for them to keep it open (and for any visitor to get a good look at the place). Now, they get about 400 visitors a day and it's much nicer to visit.
In the afternoon, we decided to do a free walking tour with Porto Walkers who were wonderful and fun and I loved it. We learned a lot more about Porto's history and all kinds of crazy stories about the city. We walked from Avenida dos Aliados, to the Lello Bookstore and Torre dos Clérigos, past Praça dos Leões, down to Antiga Cadeia da Relação (an old prison), got a beautiful view of Porto at Miradouro da Bataria da Vitória and walked down Rua das Flores.
We were pretty much exhausted from all the walking after that so we headed back to the hostel to rest and then went out to dinner at Clérigos Vinhos e Petiscos. This was kind of like a tapas place but the sangria we got was subpar and the food was a little expensive so it wasn't a great night. We ended up going to an Irish pub up the street to chill for a little and then we were back at our hostel for the night.
Day 3
This was our last day in Porto.
We still had some major spots to hit up so we started off the morning early.
First we headed to Torre dos Clérigos, only Porto's most iconic landmark. We got there before 11am which was perfect because there was almost no line. (When we were coming back down at around 11:30am the line was super long!)
After getting those gorgeous views of Porto, we headed to our car for the first time in two days. We wanted to head to the other side of the river to get the iconic view of the Porto riverside. And that we did.
Then, it was time to quickly walk through the Crystal Palace Gardens. I really wish we had more time to see this place because it's huge and beautiful and gives you some of the best views of Porto. But, alas, we were running out of time so we only had a few minutes to get the highlights.
And that's it friends! Those were my 48 hours in Porto. I definitely think it wasn't enough time to see it all. Maybe if we hadn't done the walking tour we could have gone to see other city landmarks. But we learned a lot about Porto's history in that tour so I'm glad we didn't skip it! I guess now I just have an excuse to return!
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by Jessica DeLorenzo
Basking in the sun with shoes kicked off, is typically the start of a summer beach tale. However, this time the hiking boots were ditched to keep silent, while belly crawling against the dusty, cacti ridden prairies of Big Sky Country with the late summer sun hammering down, all the while creeping inch by inch closer to wary pronghorn.
It didn't take much convincing by my dear friend, Montana native and proficient Big Game hunter, Amanda Caldwell, that I needed to pack up my bow and join her for a DIY spot and stalk antelope hunt. This would be my first big game hunt out west. Right from the first stalk, it was clear, this was going to be a team effort. We were cohesive partners with one of us driving and one scouting the hills or one of us ranging with the other crouching behind some sage ready to draw.
After a few full days of relentless stalks, we each had a full quiver of clean arrows. We had seen plenty of antelope but hadn't been afforded any shot opportunities. The few bucks that we had become familiar with were getting the best of us. The doubt was starting to build, fatigue was setting in (at least for me), but the mood was kept light with tailgate lunches and cracking jokes. Crossing our fingers, we traveled out further hoping to find a solo buck we could get in on. With Amanda in the driver's seat and Jordan our cameraman extraordinaire to my right, we headed towards new ground, exchanging hunting stories and excessive amounts of jerky.
Being used to whitetail hunting in the same type of terrain back east, managing the varying landscapes of Montana was a success for me in itself. Amanda and I had scaled jagged rock faces with the wind ripping at our faces, crawled through endless prairies of swaying tall grass, darted between farm equipment like agricultural ninjas and made our way through mazes of sagebrush and dried up drainage ditches.
Mid afternoon, our buck was spotted. We played the wind and bided our time, moving slowly and undetected, within 100 yards. We got to a point where the decision to sit and stay or risk being seen to get closer was inevitable. Luckily, the buck made the decision and started meandering his way toward us. 80 yards, 70 yards, then 65 yards, the questions again were mounting in my mind. "When will he stop? Will he take off? Will he turn and give me a shot?" 60 yards, 50 yards, and then something I couldn't have predicted happened. The buck bedded down quartering away at 45 yards, presenting me with the perfect scenario.
After many stalks, some exhilarating and some exhausting, we had sealed the deal. Amanda and I shared shrieks of excitement and hugs over my first antelope. The feeling was reminiscent of other hunting "firsts", and the level of gratitude I have for Amanda sharing her knowledge and time with me to accomplish it stands above all. Sometimes after a successful hunt I feel it's the end of that season or a finalizing feeling. However, this hunt ended with a sentiment of looking ahead, knowing that I would be back again. The experience has provided me with lessons in the field, moments that will stand out in my mind, and a friendship made even stronger, that I'll hold close forever.
The experience has provided me with lessons in the field, moments that will stand out in my mind, and a friendship made even stronger, that I'll hold close forever.
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You have just finished performing in our benefit, "Soaps In The City", and I know you have been involved so much in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
I probably have been involved for the last three years, at least. Last time, we had the east coast event at the club "Prohibition" in New York. It's for a great cause.
Have you personally been affected, or touched by people in your life, or in show business that have died of HIV/AIDS?
I lost many, many people… and there was a friend mine that was the stage manager from "Grease", and then we lost another stage manager. Then, my wonderful Christopher Adler died, and this was early on. Then I lost more than 20 people that I knew, some which were really close to me. I lost my manager, and that was a tough one, because I don't think he knew he had AIDS. Then he got pneumonia and he died. This was in 1994, and that was extremely difficult. It was a real shock because there was no time to prepare for that.
Do you feel that here in the US, AIDS awareness has been sidestepped as an issue, where globally it's a pandemic?
Honestly, I don't think we can ever do enough. But, I think it's changed considerably from the 80s, for sure. I have a lot of friends living with AIDS, but not dying of AIDS. One of my very closest friends is HIV-positive and he is doing well. Of course, he is on the cocktail, and if people can't afford the cocktail and the medications, that's a problem. It's changed a lot over the last 20 years, so people aren't dying immediately. In fact, I haven't heard of anybody dying that I have been friendly with. So, that's a great thing!
We all know you from your portrayal of Roxy Balsom on "One Life to Live", and
the amazing, Delia, on "Ryan's Hope". But now, you seem to be taking the musical aspect of you talents to new heights?
I have always sung with one rock band or the other. I have always kept it on the down- low to some degree. If people had bands, they would want me to sing with them; so I would. Then, I started songwriting a lot in the 90's. I had written
a lot in the 70's and then I was doing a lot of other people's songs. Then in the 90's I started doing my own stuff. I started writing with a great writer out in LA…
Kenny Mazur. One day he said, "You know, you really ought to start writing, because you have so many adventures and you need to get them out, and start getting your life out." There was a song I wrote called, "No Matter What", which was about my life, and he said, "You are on a soap, Ilene, and you need to spice this up a bit!"
Why were you so low on the radar with your great singing ability?
It's a very big problem, and it's kept me from doing a lot because I grew up listening to the best music you could listen to. My criteria have always been very high. I listen to Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald, just the great people. The way I sing, is like a Julie London- type singer, kind of smoky. I feel if I am not as good as those people, I don't count. And then after seeing KD Lang last night, I never want to open up my mouth again. But because I am a very good actress, I am going to pretend that I am full on KD Lang. I am the feminine KD Lang. She is all boy. It's fantastic! I think
she is so comfortable in her skin, and she came out with no shoes on and looking like a man, but she was beautiful… and the voice was the best instrument that I ever heard! You want to be up there with the really good people to call yourself a singer, and I don't call myself a singer. I call myself, a "Thinger". I have a "thing" and I think it's good.
The songs you performed for us at "Soaps In The City", please tell us about them?
This one jazz song I wrote is a combination of "Fever" and "Moondance". Then I wrote a song called, "Rise to the Occasion", and my first job was with the great, Johnny Pacheco. I was a dancer at nine, dancing with two Cuban guys, and that is how I started in show business. So, this song is a kind of Latin boogaloo, which was popular in the 60's. It was written as an assignment, between Lenny Kravitz's, "Lady" and Cyndi Lauper's, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun". Then when that did not happen, I changed into a different groove. I performed a song called "Flesh and Blood", that was written for a friend of mine who was dying; the wonderful and beautiful, Nancy Addison (Ex- Jillian Coleridge, "Ryan's Hope"). I remained close with her, and was with her every day until she died. Nancy was a wonderful friend and she died from a form of cancer. The doctors did not know the origin of it, and it was very difficult, and it took about two and half years. I started writing the song about the thought of losing someone, but knowing they will always be there with you…. and then 9/11 happened! This song came out of that, and then it really wrote itself. I knew Nancy would be dying, and I knew I would sing this song at her funeral, which was what happened. It's a song I did not sing at my father's memorial, but I recited the words. I have done it at other friend's funerals. The list just goes on. I am proud of it.
Your stupendous and stunning portrayal of Roxy on "OLTL", is so completely different than any character or actress on daytime. The scene that aired last week where Roxy pushed Adriana up against the hospital glass letting her know that she was causing her son, Rex, to basically die. That was because Adriana would not allow Gigi in Rex's hospital room, and that was heart wrenching. Did you know those scenes were dynamite?
I knew things were real for me. The thing that is so difficult about that is, once they put up the hospital set, they will do three shows a day at the hospital set. You are so overwhelmed. You are so scared that you are going to be sacrificed, and you have to get to another scene. I felt like there was a little scene I had with the troll days, and I was not sure I was totally on my game. But then, the stuff where I put Adriana against the glass, I felt that I was on my game. With age, you are able to pull so much stuff out of your life and access it for your character. Before, when I was playing Delia on "Ryan's Hope", I had to do crying scenes all the time. I would have to go in back of this set, and do all this sense memory stuff. Now, I don't have to go to that place or substitute much anymore, because of my life experience as Ilene.
How is working with John Paul Lavoisier (Rex)? We need more mother/son scenes between them.
Oh, it's great! The audience wants more, and its short changing both Rex and Roxy, but they may get it. We got extraordinary reaction as to who is Rex's father? That is yet untold, and they better tell it!
Will it be Mitch Laurence?
It would be great if it was Mitch, if they
tell a real story. They were about to do something when the writers' strike happened, and then they felt it was not an important enough story to do, so they bypassed it. We waited till head writer, Ron Carlivati came back to the show. Once Ron came back, it didn't go anywhere, but we are hoping that it does. You know, stories have to be approved by ABC Daytime and SOAPnet President, Brian Frons. So hopefully, he will see fit to give us a story. I know he likes me, but he has to like me enough to let me tell a story. The one thing I know I am capable of, is telling a good story…. even the stuff I had with Miles…. where did it go?
What about working with Erika Slezak (Viki)?
She is wonderful to work with. With Erika, this is nothing that she enforced, but she has her scenes early in the morning. So, if you have scenes with Erika, you better be on your game. First of all, she is so professional and wonderful to work with, and so generous. But, she knows all of your lines as well, and that's a spectacular thing to do. Every once in awhile, I am on my game like that, but she is always on her game. Erika has been very, very, good to me.
I love that Roxy stumbles around drunk all the time. Do you think that will ever change?
Until she resolves certainly some of her issues, I think she should have a bit of a substance problem. I think when she goes to work, she really tries to do that hairdo. I know a lot of people like Roxy, who have more than slight substance problems, whether they are on Quaaludes or something else. I think Roxy was pretty coherent with the recent hospital stuff with Rex, though.
In your performances, do you like towing the fine line between comedy and drama?
Oh, yes! I like towing the line, because I feel that people need the humor, and it's hard to play comedy on a soap. I think I have managed to do that extremely well, and better than most, and it's my background. When I came on the show I came on right after 9/11. I felt that people needed a break, and also needed to be highly entertained. I felt people needed cushioning, especially in New York; it was like a scorched landscape. What happened was I got the job on September 10 and I only called a couple people to let them know, and then 9/11 happened. At first I thought, what is acting? What does that mean to people, after we have gone through something like this? Does anyone even care anymore? Is watching television, except for watching the news, important? And then a couple of days before I had to go to work, I got very inspired. I felt that somebody had to entertain the troops, and I really felt it was my job to do that.
Now tell me about working with the fabulous Melissa Archer (Natalie)?
I really like working with Melissa. She has had a lot of responsibility at "OLTL". You know, once they see that you can do three shows in a row that is probably 18 scenes, they will do that and work you a lot. They will get away with doing that, and it is very difficult. One day Andrea Evans (Tina) had 100 or so pages. The Game Show episode with Rex, of "Whose Shane's Daddy?", we had a lot to do that day. Then the director said to us, "Not to put any stress on you, but this is going to be my Emmy submission!" Then it was like, you got to
be on!
I think you have a few good shows to submit for Supporting Actress Emmy competition for next year. Would you go for it?
I think I would. I did have scenes last year had I gotten nominated. My second year on the show I got nominated and it was a bit tricky. First of all, you have to have shows, which not only are you good in,… but the person you are working with is good, too. There is nothing worse than your doing a good performance, and the other person not delivering. I tend not to like to submit hospital scenes. I said to 'JP', when it was the scene when I was in the hospital with Charlie and he comes in and says, "I don't want to know you! Both of you!" I said to 'JP', "I don't care what other people say, but these are the scenes you are going to submit!" In the past he has not submitted the right scenes. He has not done the right choices. I helped Renee Goldsberry (Ex- Evangeline) with her choices, and I was very proud that I could help her with that, and she had good stuff.
Now to "Ryan's Hope", and your iconic role of Delia Reid Ryan Coleridge. Ah, the list of married names goes on and on. Why do you think that worked so well?
The answer is, because of the show's creators and head writers, Claire Labine and Paul Mayer. They wrote something from their heart. They had the bible on that show written extraordinarily well from day one, and what they had written for these characters always stayed in my mind. I knew what they wrote in those three paragraphs for Delia… I could get it. At the time, what was hard for me was that I was a very happy person playing a very unhappy person and that was difficult. I had just come from doing "Grease" and making people laugh, and once you have made 1200 people in a room laugh, you want to do that all the time.
So, after "Grease" you went to "Ryan's Hope"?
I had done "Grease" for two years. I quit "Grease" in 1974 and got "Ryan's Hope" in 1975. All of a sudden, I am playing this semi-tragic character who is crying all the time, going, "Love me. Please love me!" That was not second nature to me… being that screwed up. So, it was hard for me and difficult. Also, what was difficult, was you got these long scenes, which made it extremely potent for the audience, and addictive for the audience. You've got to travel with these characters when they made certain transitions. What disturbed me about the recent scenes with Adriana on "OLTL" in the hospital, was that the initial scenes with her were so short. I said to her, "Listen pipsqueak…" and the scene was over.
The soap climate now is faster, quicker scenes, than in the classic soaps presentations of yesteryear. It seems to fans that they think perhaps the perception is the actors can't handle that much dialog.
I don't think that's what they are doing. When MTV came in, and I do not know what they are doing now, people got faddy or trendy. Now in daytime, they are trying to tell as many stories as possible, where Claire Labine just tried to tell two really good ones. I actually think the half-hour soap format is better. It gets you to concentrate and to be mesmerized by these people's lives. People were addicted to the emotion of it, and not so much to flashy story. You know, I don't know why we try to do car crashes or train crashes on soaps. Why do we do that, when "Lost" does it so much better? Why are we trying to compete in an area that we shouldn't compete in, when people just want to be touched by a story? I think there was real value to the way "Ryan's Hope" was done and was shot.
Can you tell me, off the top of your head, some Delia moments that you just loved?
The hysterically blind scenes when I am on a cruise with Pat. He realizes I am lying and throws the hairbrush at me and I catch it. The stuff with Roger and Sheila in the cooking lessons were fabulous, and every time Maeve would say, "Where you going Delia?" And she would go, "Oh, I've got cooking classes", and the audience would go nuts.
Speaking of Maeve Ryan, tell me how was working with the incredible Helen Gallagher?
Oh my God, fantastic! She is a pure gift. Both of us were hoofers! The wonderful thing about the cast was it really didn't matter what you paid us, we would show up, because we did not make a lot of money on "Ryan's Hope". It was like
hoofer pay. Helen did have in her contract, that nobody could get more than her. Malcolm Groome (Ex-Pat) Kate Mulgrew (Ex-Mary), and Ron Hale (Ex- Roger) these were great, great people.
Now to "OLTL" favorite Roxy moments?
First of all, working with Jim DePaiva (Ex- Max) was a pleasure. Our wedding scenes in Las Vegas, where he wakes up the next morning, and does not realize he married me, was during the live week. Everything shot during the live week was priceless, but it scared me.
But you perform sketch comedy, as you did here in Los Angeles this weekend at the ACME Theatre and other venues. Why are you scared, if you can do such impromptu performances on the spot? I know why, but probably most people looking in from the outside, would not figure it to be the case.
I am scared of everything. I did "Grease' for two years and the adrenaline would be out of control. It's all scary to me, but I guess it's good to be scared, because you can come up with interesting work, but your stomach is upset all the time. I have been in this business so long, and I am still scared. It keeps you coming up with new creative things for yourself.
Do you ad-lib a lot as Roxy? Some of those jabs she gives to the other citizens of Llanview seem like it.
I am a great ad-libber, especially in the role of Roxy. If it's a group scene and they need a Roxie line, they go, "Please come up with one!"
You are in a new film called "The Manhattanites"?
Yes. We had a screening for it in New York and Aidan Turner (Aidan, "AMC") is terrific in it. David Fumero (Christian, "OLTL") is also in it, and Forbes March (Ex-Nash, "OLTL") plays my competition and steals my boyfriend away from me. Jill Larson (Opal, "AMC") was going to do my part, but it worked out better because she ended up playing a homeless woman in the movie, because she wanted to try something different.
What is the premise of the movie?
It's all these people's different stories and how they intersect. They are in somewhat of a community, and that gets the ball rolling. I play a real professional type. I play a lawyer. It was not a comedic character, and not a villain. I am kind of one of the leads in it.
In closing what would you
say is at the core of Roxy Balsom, if you were going to explain her to someone who does not know her very well?
Party! Party! I think she has fun, even in times of tragedy, and she will always find a way to rock.
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VOL. XXXV PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY 10,190o6.
Hazel Happenings.
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making for the front and not foxtrot
along by ourselves any longer.
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... but there's something strange about this one that I can't quite put my finger on...
Originally posted by Aelfrede
Heard about the following on the news. They are saying that its DNA is half lizard and half human:
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Alfafox, all your trying to do is discredit anything Maussan touches, even when he isnt the one doing filming!
People come to him with these things and I believe some of the time he gets too excited and lets it go early before fact checking and debunking! but throwing in that list is enough.
I dont have enough time to go through that whole thing - but the Alvin Texas UFO was investigated scientifically and proven to be real - why is that on your list?
If you're lying about anything or stretching your ideas any further that is just as bad as Maussan!! VIDEO SHOWING SCIENTIFIC STUDY
(sorry about music) The UFO shooting out spheres is FAR from debunked, YOU just think its CGI when all there has been is horrible looking attempts at recreating that (no offense to those that attempted), continue with your Maussan bashing,
but dont show people lists that are not 100 percent true.
Originally posted by Oreyeon
Alien Baby, and Mysterious Death
Here's another twist on the story. Mr. Lopez is now dead. He was burned alive in a parked car, at temperatures evidently hotter than what should have been.
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Government Shutdown? We're Still Howling.
The government may have shut down, but they can't silence wolf
supporters. Despite the shutdown, Defenders is going ahead with planned
trainings and public events for wolves on Wednesday in Sacramento and
Friday in Albuquerque.
Due to the shutdown of the federal government, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (FWS) has officially postponed its scheduled public
hearings on their ill-conceived proposal to remove Endangered Species
Act protections for most gray wolf populations. The agency had planned
to hold hearings in Sacramento, CA on October 2nd and Albuquerque, NM on
October 4th.
However, in anticipation of these hearings being rescheduled,
Defenders of Wildlife is still holding training sessions and gathering
of wolf supporter we've planned in these cities. The October 2nd Sacramento training session
and show of support for wolves will begin at 3:30 pm. The location is:
Clarion Inn, Comstock Room 1401 Arden Way Sacramento, CA 95815.
The October 4th Albuquerque training session
and show of support for wolves will begin at 3:30 pm. The location is:
Embassy Suites, Sierra Ballroom 1000 Woodward Place NE Albuquerque, NM
Read more about these efforts on our blog at http://www.defendersblog.org/2013/10/government-shutdown-still/


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