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John Metcalfe
John Metcalfe was CityLab's Bay Area bureau chief, covering climate change and the science of cities.
Welcome back to our weekly look at what's been outlawed in cities across the world (last week's edition here):
It's a sad day for brew lovers in East Central Spokane. Faced with a rash of malt-fueled boorishness, the city has decided to rid the neighborhood of cheap, high-alcohol beers like Stack, Natty Daddy, Blast, Earthquake, Dog Bite and something called Vampt's "Smooth Talker." The prohibition mirrors another passed two years ago in downtown Spokane, and covers all beverages with a 5.7 alcohol content or higher. However, critics complain that these bans simply make alcoholics relocate to other parts of the city; after the downtown ban went into effect, for instance, emergency calls for intoxication went up 80 percent in East Central. But it's hard to fault the decision-makers for attempting to gain control of the situation. Spokane has gotten particularly bad press this summer, with stories about a boozed-up, middle-aged naked woman ramming her boyfriend's car, a foggy-headed man showing up inside a senior citizen's house in the middle of the night ("I am not trying to start anything here"), and a drunk law student driving over a young child riding a bicycle. Even the pilots landing in Spokane have had a few too many.
The ruling of the Austrian court is clear: less cowbell. In a blow to the country's musical-ungulate fans, last month a judge upheld a law that cows should not wear bells when confined in fenced meadows if their incessant clanging disturbs the neighbors. The case originated with a farmer in the small town of Stallhofen, who had a herd of cattle that tolled regularly through the night and kept up everyone within hearing distance. The man refused to take off the bells, according to Der Spiegel, because "they were traditional and had a generally calming effect." (They also help an owner locate a lost animal.) But a judge who visited the scene agreed with neighbors that the ringing was a nuisance, especially when the beasts scraped against a metal trough. Now Stallhofen is presumably locked in eerie silence save for the occasional moo, at least until the farmer finds the loophole that lets him to put concertinas onto hooves.
A town that's knee-deep in turkeys has forbidden residents from feeding the snooded birds or face a $2,000 fine. You read that right: This burg is so terrified of the Thanksgiving centerpieces that throwing one a kernel of corn could ding you the amount of a used car. Officials in Hainesport, just south of Trenton, adopted the ban after residents reported being attacked on a walking path by the bulky, virgin-birthing gobblers. A postal worker complained that he got pecked whenever he tried to deliver a letter, and the woman in the hilarious Fox news report above got run off her land by an irate bird and eventually fell on her face. ("I think he was trying to eat me.") Locals blame the turkeys' bad behavior on people feeding them all the time; when somebody cuts them off, they apparently revolt. State officials plan to clear the town of turkeys when the fall comes.
Top photo of a young turkey by Peter Smith.
Most serious urban violence is concentrated among less than 1 percent of a city's population. So why are we still criminalizing whole areas?
In the 1930s big auto dreamed up freeways and demanded massive car infrastructure. Micromobility needs its own Futurama—one where cars are marginalized.
A just-approved plan will redesign Market Street to favor bikes, pedestrians, and public transit vehicles. But the vote to ban private cars didn't happen overnight.
As WeWork crashes and Uber bleeds cash, the consumer-tech gold rush may be coming to an end.
The troubled coworking company is the largest office tenant in New York City. What happens to the city's commercial real estate market if it goes under?


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Good morning everyone! What beautiful weather we are having this week. I don't know about you, but these spring-like temperatures are making me want to get out in the garden and get my hands dirty! And with the weekend fast approaching, now is the perfect time. If you have been bit with a similar bug, here are a few lawn and garden tips to keep in mind for the month of April. Fescue lawns will greatly benefit from a dose of Fertilome Weed Out which will kill any germinated weeds in the lawn. Two applications may be necessary before temperatures steadily reach 90 degrees. Be sure to apply ONLY to lawn areas, as it will damage plants and trees. Additionally, now is the time for a second application of Hi Yield Crabgrass control.
Now is also the perfect time for mulch renewal around trees and shrubs. Not only does mulch supress weed growth and help retain moisture in the soil, it just looks good. Just be careful not to overdo it. About 3 to 4 inches of mulch is enough for a shrub bed or under a tree. Make sure the mulch doesn't gather around the base of the tree and touch the bark. This could invite rot damage and problems.
Mulch options at the garden center include shredded hardwood mulch and bark nuggets in bags, and pine needles in bushels, to name just a few. We also offer triple shredded hardwood mulch in bulk. We have a full menu and sample jars of all our mulches, composts, and landscape materials at the front desk in the Greenhouse to help you with your selection. Delivery and mulch installation are available. Call for details.
At Garden Supply, we have everything you need to get your yards in tip-top shape this spring. We are here 7 days a week and are ready to assist you in achieving the perfect lawn and a beautiful garden. Come talk to our experts. You'll be glad you did.
Thanks so much for stopping by and happy gardening!

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It's that time of year again! Both of the boys are heading off to high school this year! Evan is a freshman and Jonah is a junior, and just about to get his driver's license!
No more elementary school aged kids for this mama! Isabella started middle school on crutches (and then a wheelchair) because a few days before, she tore her hamstring and quadricep at dance practice. She's been such a trooper though!


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Conversion of Animated GIFs to Flash SWFs for Use in Breeze Presentations
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This guided tutorial explains the process of how to convert an animated GIF into a Flash SWF which can then be inserted into a Adobe Macromedia Breeze presentation. The tutorial uses Adobe Macromedia Flash MX to perform the conversion process.
A guided tutorial is available which explains the process used to insert the resulting Flash SWF into a Breeze presentation:
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zh-CN:MPlayer MPlayer is a popular movie player for GNU/Linux. It has support for pretty much every video and audio format out there and is hence very versatile, even though most people use it for viewing videos.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Additional installation tips
- 3 Usage
- 4 Tips and tricks
- 5 Troubleshooting
- 5.1 MPlayer fails to open files with spaces
- 5.2 MPlayer has black or strange colored font for OSD and Subtitles
- 5.3 SMPlayer: No video issue
- 5.4 SMPlayer: fail to resume playback after pause
- 5.5 SMPlayer: no video when using transparency in GNOME
- 5.6 SMPlayer: OSD font too big / subtitle text too small
- 6 See also
Various flavours of MPlayer can be installed from the official repositories or from the AUR:
- mplayer - Official package.
Notable variants are:
- mplayer-vaapi - VAAPI-enabled version.
- mplayer-svnAUR - Development version.
- mplayer2AUR - Fork of MPlayer. with few enhancements.
- mplayer2-gitAUR - Development version of mplayer2.
Additional installation tips
- Deepin Media Player — Rich GTK2/Python interface for the Deepin desktop.
- GNOME MPlayer — Simple GTK+-based GUI for MPlayer.
- KMPlayer — Video player plugin for Konqueror and basic MPlayer/Xine/ffmpeg/ffserver/VDR frontend for KDE.
- Pymp — PyGTK frontend for MPlayer.
- Rosa Media Player — Multimedia player based on SMPlayer with clean and elegant UI.
- SMPlayer — Qt multimedia player with extra features (CSS themes, YouTube integration, etc.).
- Xt7-Player — Graphical user interface for MPlayer written in Gambas, with a huge list of features.
Browser integration
If you want to let MPlayer control video viewing in your favorite web browser, install one of the following plugins for your browser.
A browser plugin is available in the official repositories with the gecko-mediaplayer package.
A plugin for Konqueror can be found in the AUR with the kmplayerAUR package.
The gecko-mediaplayer plugin for Firefox also works in Chromium.
System-wide configuration is located in
/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf, whereas the user-local settings are stored in
~/.mplayer/config. The file
/etc/mplayer/example.conf is a good starting point.
An example configuration:
# default configuration that applies to every file [default] # use X11 for video output, use a framebuffer as fallback vo=xv,directfb # use alsa for audio output, choose oss4 as fallback ao=alsa,oss # multithreaded decoding of H264/MPEG-1/2 (valid: 1-8) lavdopts=threads=2 # prefer using six channels audio channels = 6 # scale the subtitles to the 3% of the screen size subfont-text-scale = 3 # never use font config nofontconfig = 1 # set the window title using the media filename, when not set with --title. use-filename-title=yes # add black borders so the movies have the same aspect ratio of the monitor # for wide screen monitors vf-add=expand=::::1:16/9:16 # for non wide screen traditional monitors #vf-add=expand=::::1:4/3:16 # disable screensaver heartbeat-cmd="xscreensaver-command -deactivate &" # stop xscreensaver stop-xscreensaver="yes" # stop gnome-screensaver # correct pitch when speed is faster or slower than 1.0 af=scaletempo # allow to seek in a file which is still downloading whilst watching it idx=yes # allow to increase the maximal volume #softvol=1 #softvol-max=600 # skip displaying some frames to maintain A/V sync on slow systems framedrop=yes # more intense frame dropping (breaks decoding) #hardframedrop=yes # profile for up-mixing two channels audio to six channels # use -profile 2chto6ch to activate [2chto6ch] af-add=pan=6:1:0:.4:0:.6:2:0:1:0:.4:.6:2 # profile to down-mixing six channels audio to two channels # use -profile 6chto2ch to activate [6chto2ch] af-add=pan=2:0.7:0:0:0.7:0.5:0:0:0.5:0.6:0.6:0:0
Key bindings
System key bindings are configured via
/etc/mplayer/input.conf. Personal key bindings are stored in
~/.mplayer/input.conf. This is a list of some basic default MPlayer keys. For a complete list of keyboard shortcuts look at
man mplayer.
|Toggle pause/play.
|Toggle pause/play.
|Return to menu when using dvdnav.
|Seek backward ten seconds.
|Seek forward ten seconds.
|Seek backward one minute.
|Seek forward one minute.
|Go back in the playlist.
|Go forward in the playlist.
|Mute the sound.
|Volume up.
|Volume down.
|Toggle fullscreen mode.
|Toggle OSD state.
|Toggle subtitle visibility.
|Show filename.
|Adjust contrast.
|Adjust brightness.
|Cycle through the available subtitles.
|Cycle through the available audio tracks.
Tips and tricks
Automatic resuming from where you left off
To get this behavior, you can install the mplayer-resumerAUR package from the AUR. The package contains a Perl wrapper script for MPlayer which will allow you to autoresume playback from the point it was last stopped.
To use it, simply call the wrapper script in place of MPlayer:
$ mplayer-resumer options path/to/file
If this script is restarted within a short amount of time after closing MPayer (default 5 seconds) then it will delete the file used to keep track of the videos resume position, effectively starting the video from the beginning.
If the video file to be played is on a read-only filesystem, or otherwise lives in a location that cannot be written to, resume will fail. This is because the current implementation uses a file parallel to the video file to store the timecode.
Enabling VDPAU
For a complete list of NVIDIA VDPAU capable hardware, see this table. Ensure the nvidia driver is installed and consider one of the following two methods to automatically enable VDPAU for playback.
For Intel/AMD, you can use libvdpau-va-gl — VAAPI backend for VDPAU. For AMD you should also install xvba-videoAUR. To use it, create:
#!/bin/sh export VDPAU_DRIVER=va_gl
and make it executable:
# chmod +x /etc/profile.d/vdpau_vaapi.sh
and reboot or relogin.
Using a configuration file
Append the following to either the system-wide (
/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf) or user-specific (
~/.mplayer/config) configuration files:
vo=vdpau, vc=ffh264vdpau,ffmpeg12vdpau,ffodivxvdpau,ffwmv3vdpau,ffvc1vdpau,
ffodivxvdpau codec is only supported by the most recent series of NVIDIA hardware. Consider omitting it based on your specific hardware. See the NVIDIA page for more information.
Using a wrapper script
The AUR contains a trivial Bash script called mplayer-vdpau-autoAUR that detects which video codec to use and when to use VDPAU as the video output.
Another simple wrapper is mplayer-vdpau-shell-gitAUR, which can recover from a VDPAU FATAL error.
This wrapper uses the "-include" option to include a VDPAU configuration, so it will ignore any VDPAU specific settings in your
~/.mplayer/config file.
Translucent video with Radeon cards and Composite enabled
To get translucent video output in X you have to enable textured video in MPlayer:
$ mplayer -vo xv:adaptor=1 file
Or add the following line to
You can use
xvinfo to check which video modes your graphic card supports.
Watching streamed video
If you want to play a video stream (e.g an
ASX link) use:
$ mplayer -playlist link-to-stream.asx
-playlist option is necessary because these streams are actually playlists and cannot be played without it.
DVD playing
To play a DVD with MPlayer:
$ mplayer dvd://N
where N is the desired chapter number. Start at 1 and work up if unsure.
Mplayer checks
/dev/dvd by default. Tell it to use
/dev/sr0 with the
dvd-device option at the command line, or the
dvd-device variable in
To play a DVD image file:
$ mplayer -dvd-device movie.iso dvd://N
To enable the DVD menu use:
$ mplayer dvdnav://
Enter key to choose.
To enable mouse support in DVD menus use:
$ mplayer -mouse-movements dvdnav://
To find the audio language, start MPlayer with the
-v switch to output audio IDs. An audio track is selected with
-aid audio_id. Set a default audio language by editing
~/.mplayer/config and adding the line
alang=en for English.
With MPlayer, the DVD could be set to a low volume. To increase the maximum volume to 400%, use
softvol=yes and
softvol-max=400. The startup volume defaults to 100% of software volume and the global mixer levels will remain untouched. Using the {ic|9}} and
0 keys, volume can be adjusted between 0 and 400 percent.
alang=en softvol=yes softvol-max=400
DVB-T Streaming
See DVB-T for more info.
JACK support
To have MPlayer audio output directed to JACK as its default behavior, edit
~/.mplayer/config and add:
If you don't have JACK running all the time, you can have MPlayer output to JACK on an as-needed basis by invoking MPlayer from the command line as such:
$ mplayer -ao jack [path/to/file]
MPlayer fails to open files with spaces
MPlayer can fail to open a file with spaces (e.g. 'The Movie') by saying that it could not open the file
file:///The%20Movie (where all spaces are converted to
%20). This can be fixed by editing
/usr/share/applications/mplayer.desktop to changing the following line from:
Exec=mplayer %U
Exec=mplayer "%F"
If you use a frontend/GUI for MPlayer, enter its name in
Exec=gui_name "%F".
MPlayer has black or strange colored font for OSD and Subtitles
There appears to be an issue with OSD and Subtitle colors when using vdpau output, which mplayer may be using by default. You can get around this issue by using xv instead of vdpau:
As a command line option:
mplayer -vo xv
Adding the following line to your
~/.mplayer/config file :
See the original forums thread for details.
SMPlayer: No video issue
SMPlayer may have trouble opening some
MP4 (and probably
FLV) videos. If it plays only audio without any video, a possible fix is to add the following lines to your
~/.mplayer/config file:
[extension.mp4] demuxer=mov
If problem persists after doing so, it is because SMPlayer is keeping settings for that specific file. Deleting the settings for all the files that SMPlayer is keeping will solve this problem:
$ rm -rf ~/.config/smplayer/file_settings
SMPlayer: fail to resume playback after pause
SMPlayer might stop playing a video after pausing it if your audio output driver is incorrectly set. You can fix this by specifically setting your audio driver. For example, if you use PulseAudio, this can be done by starting MPlayer with the
-ao pulse argument or by adding
the following to your
~/.mplayer/config file:
You can also change this from SMPlayer by going to Options > Preferences > General > Audio and setting the Output Driver option to pulse.
SMPlayer: no video when using transparency in GNOME
This problem may arise under GNOME when using Compiz to provide transparency: SMPlayer starts with a transparent screen with audio playing, but no video. To fix this, create (as root) a file with the contents:
export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 exec smplayer.real "$@"
Then do the following:
# chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/smplayer.helper # ln -sf /usr/local/bin/smplayer.helper /usr/local/bin/smplayer
SMPlayer: OSD font too big / subtitle text too small
Since SMPlayer 0.8.2.1 (with MPlayer2 20121128-1), the ratio of the subtitle font to the OSD font is very strange. This can result in the OSD text filling the whole screen while the subtitles are very small and unreadable. This problem can be solved by adding:
-subfont-osd-scale 2
or to the extra options passed to MPlayer from SMPlayer. These options are found in Options > Preferences > Advanced > Options for MPlayer. This can also be achieved by adding the following line to


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CD - 4 tracks + full album download
26.02.06 Release date ::: Launch party ::: Ash 13 @ Fylkingen, Stockholm
1. Johannishus [10:05]
2. Cobra Mist [6:50]
3. Reality Distortion Field [19:28]
4. Field Grey [8:41]
Recorded in Studio Styrka, Karlskrona, Sweden April 2005
Controllers: Joachim Nordwall & Jan Svensson
Analogue sound experiments from old Sweden 1987-2006+
This album is the first release in what will be the 13th anniversary since the foundation of Ash International.
'Interference' by Alvars Orkester was edited by Mike Harding and Philip Marshall, who here also designs his first CD for the label. 'Interference' consists of analogue drones, interspersed with hardcore electronics, hair-raising voices and spine-chilling ambience.
Alvars Orkester, was formed in 1987 in Johannishus, a small village in the south-east of Sweden by a group of young boys interested in the mysteries of psychic sickness, mental institutions, the industrial music culture and the power of sound. For the first very creative years, Alvars was very active within the independent cassette culture scene releasing their stuff (that quite soon drifted from the industrialism inspired by Test Dept, TG, SPK and z'ev to an atmospheric, psychedelic and quite ambient version of noise) on small labels in Italy, Portugal, USA etc.
AO was always very closely connected to the Börft Records label, run by the two core members Jan Svensson and Joachim Nordwall. Börft was a label for weird electronic experiments, noise and industrial. In 1994, Nordwall left the label and Sweden (to return to the country forming the iDEAL Organisation but never to Börft and the south-east) and Svensson continued by focusing on bent acid house and dance stuff.
The psychedelic aspect of the music came in though an early interest in natural drugs and the need to investigate different ways of messing with the mind.
For years, AO remained silent with a few short exceptions, but in April 2005, Nordwall and Svensson recorded the 'Interference' album for Ash International. Coloured by Svensson's increasing paranoia sickness and the tension between the two that have been there since their youth, they put down the aspects of the mysteries of psychic broadcasting and manipulation on tape.
Long sessions during the years in the mainly analogue Studio Styrka in Johannishus built up a huge archive of recordings, most unreleased to date but slowly being brought to light by labels like Kning Disk, RRR and White Tapes.
The Wire (UK):
Swedish noise combo Alvars Orkester were active in the 80s Industrial cassette underground. Interference marks the return of core members Jan Svensson and Joachim Nordwall after a long layoff. Inspired by faintly ghoulish interest in extreme mental states (both psychic and chemically induced), the duo present four highly involving pieces, some of which feature source material dating back to the group's beginnings. Their approach switches between slowly evolving electronic dreamscapes ("Field Grey") and noise constructions ("Cobra Mist"); "Reality Distortion Field", the album's highlight, pits feedback whine against processed and cut-up voices, occupying a space somewhere between the two poles. There's a sense of careful retsraint about Interference, evincing a reluctance on the part of the duo to be drawn into making noise for noise's sake. [Keith Moliné]
Further information/reviewsFor more information, please visit this product's webpage.
Track 1: Johannishus


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Posting on Facebook is an easy way to connect with people, but it also can be a means to alienate them. That can be particularly troublesome for those with low self-esteem.
People with poor self-image tend to view the glass as half empty. They complain a bit more than everyone else, and they often share their negative views and feelings when face to face with friends and acquaintances.
Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, wondered whether those behavior patterns would hold true online. They published their findings in the journal Psychological Science.
"People with low self-esteem tend to be very cautious and self-protective," says one of the researchers, psychologist Amanda L. Forest. "It's very important to them to gain others' acceptance and approval. ... So given that, we thought people with low self-esteem might censor what they're saying to present a kind of positive and likable self-image on Facebook."
She and fellow psychologist Joanne V. Wood collected the 10 most recent status updates from 177 undergraduate volunteers who had completed the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. A team of objective "readers" then rated the updates based on how positive or negative they were.
People with low self-esteem posted far more negative updates than those with high self-esteem. Forest says they described a host of unhappy sentiments, from seemingly minor things like having a terrible day or being frustrated with class schedules to more extreme feelings of rage and sorrow.
On the other hand, those with a healthy dose of self-esteem often wrote about being happy, excited or thankful for something.
When researchers asked people rating the updates if they wanted to get to know those who wrote the negative posts, the answer was a resounding no.
Researchers even looked at actual Facebook friends because, Forest says, "you might think that a real friend would care if you're expressing negativity." It turned out actual friends didn't like the negative posts, either. The posts actually backfired, neither winning the author new friends nor generating good feelings.
Even for people with high self-esteem, aspects of Facebook can be difficult, according to mental health professionals — for example, if other people get lots of "likes" or thumbs-up on their posts and yours don't, or if friends post photos that you're not in.
The bottom line for everyone — no matter how much self-esteem you have — is to be selective about what you put on Facebook, says Dr. Mike Brody, a psychiatrist at the University of Maryland and in private practice. Especially since posts live in cyberspace forever.
Well, distraction aside, for many the benefit of being connected is, of course, being connected to family, friends, colleagues. But for some people, that's not necessarily a good thing. NPR's Patti Neighmond reports on what Facebook can mean for people with low self-esteem.
PATTI NEIGHMOND, BYLINE: People with low self-esteem tend to see the glass half empty, and they often share their negative feelings with their friends in person. So researchers wondered if they share their low self-esteem online as well.
Amanda Forest is a psychology researcher at the University of Waterloo in Canada.
AMANDA FOREST: People with low self-esteem tend to be very cautious and self-protective. So, it's very important to them to gain others' acceptance and approval and they really want to avoid being rejected. So, given that, we thought perhaps people with low self-esteem might censor what they're saying to present a kind of positive and likable self-image on Facebook.
NEIGHMOND: So, Forest collected status updates from 177 student volunteers. The updates were rated on how positive or negative they were. It turned out people with low self-esteem posted lots of unhappy updates.
FOREST: Things like what a terrible day. They might have said that they were frustrated because the classes they had wanted to take were all reserved. Or upset because the TV show they were hoping to watch had been a rerun. Some people were just quite extreme and said they were filled with rage and sorrow or felt hollow inside.
NEIGHMOND: On the other hand, people with high self-esteem posted lots of positive updates, like being happy, excited or thankful for something.
When researchers asked people rating the updates if they wanted to get to know those who wrote the negative posts, the answer was a resounding no. Researchers even looked at actual Facebook friends...
FOREST: Because you might think that, you know, a real friend would care if you're expressing negativity, might be a little bit more sensitive and less likely to say oh, you know, I don't want to hear this than a completely stranger would.
NEIGHMOND: But no, the actual friends didn't like the negative posts much either. The posts actually backfired, not winning new friends or generating good feelings. Psychologists say even for people with high self-esteem, aspects of Facebook can be difficult. For example, when everybody else gets lots of likes or thumbs-up on a posts and you don't.
John Schultz is a 24-year-old law student who recently deleted his Facebook account - too public and too much of a distraction, he says.
JOHN SCHULTZ: And you posted something or put up something and nobody liked it or nobody recommended it, that you feel that your idea was worthless and nobody really valued it or you've made people mad.
NEIGHMOND: And when friends plaster photos across Facebook walls that can be equally upsetting, says Schultz, if you're not in the photos.
SCHULTZ: So, if friends went some place or to a concert or a movie and you weren't invited or you were working, you find out much more quickly that you weren't a part of that group and it starts to feel like you were specifically excluded or, at minimum, forgotten about.
NEIGHMOND: Made even worse, he says, because everybody can see that you weren't part of the group.
SCHULTZ: And especially in high school when where you were, who you were with was probably more important than anything else at that time.
NEIGHMOND: Dr. Mike Brody is a psychiatrist at the University of Maryland and in private practice.
DR. MIKE BRODY: This is a time in life where kids, in terms of development, are moving away from their family. Friends become much more important. It's very, very important to be chosen, not just in terms of romantic interest but also in terms of friendships.
NEIGHMOND: Bottom line for everyone, says Brody, no matter how much self-esteem you have, be selective - especially since posts live in cyberspace forever.
Patti Neighmond, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Obama rejects oil pipeline from Canada, triggering loud controversy
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Wednesday denied a permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, touching off a torrent of criticism from Republicans — whom the White House blamed for forcing a decision.
President Barack Obama, who was under a 60-day deadline imposed by congressional Republicans, left open the door to approve the 1,661-mile pipeline in the future. He also suggested the possibility of an alternative pipeline that could get Canadian oil sands crude to refineries and ports in Texas.
The company that wants to build Keystone XL, TransCanada Corp., said Wednesday it would apply for a new permit that, if approved, would allow the pipeline to be built by late 2014.
The decision was fraught with political complications for Obama over issues of energy security, jobs and the environment. Environmentalists had made the project a test case on whether the administration was serious about fighting climate change. And though Obama didn't rule out future pipelines, they declared victory.
Business groups, congressional Republicans and the GOP's presidential candidates hammered Obama for rejecting the project, which they said would create jobs.
In a statement, Obama said he was siding with his State Department and denying the permit because of a "rushed and arbitrary deadline" that congressional Republicans attached to a payroll tax-cut extension in December.
"This announcement is not a judgment on the merits of the pipeline, but the arbitrary nature of a deadline that prevented the State Department from gathering the information necessary to approve the project and protect the American people," Obama said.
Obama said his administration would "continue to look for new ways to partner with the oil and gas industry to increase our energy security," and he said that would include a potential pipeline from Cushing, Okla., to the Texas Coast. An existing Keystone pipeline from the oil sands ends at Cushing; extending it could be an alternative way of getting the oil sands crude to the Gulf Coast.
The administration's decision was a delay, but not necessarily the end of the line, when it comes to linking Canada's oil sands with Texas. The State Department last summer said it found no major environmental problems with the pipeline, but later it changed course because of concerns about the pipeline's route through Nebraska's sensitive Sand Hills region and asked for a review of alternative routes.
TransCanada president Russ Girling said the company would reapply for a permit and "largely maintain the construction schedule of the project." He said a route would be found by October to avoid the Sand Hills.
But he charged that "until this pipeline is constructed," the U.S. will continue to import oil from "foreign countries who do not share democratic values Canadians and Americans are privileged to have. Thousands of jobs continue to hang in the balance if this project does not go forward."
Republicans were even more vehement, accusing Obama of making an election-year decision to bow to environmental activists.
"There's really — there's no other way to put it: The president is selling out American jobs for politics," House Speaker John Boehner said.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, who spoke before the administration announced its decision, blamed Republicans for launching a "purely partisan effort to score a political point." He said the State Department had warned that forcing a decision within 60 days "would make it virtually impossible for an adequate review."
He said the concerns under review included environmental effects on air and water quality in Nebraska and a request by Nebraska's governor to consider an alternate route.
"We don't even have an alternate route identified yet, so how could anyone possibly review it thoroughly in the manner that is expected in this process?" he said.
Carney insisted Obama doesn't necessarily oppose the construction of pipelines.
"This president's commitment to expanding domestic oil and gas production is firm," he said.
Environmental groups opposed the Keystone XL pipeline chiefly because of climate change, but also because of the risk of oil spills. Canada's oil sands require more energy to extract and refine the crude, and that means a greater release of greenhouse gases than from refining conventional oil. They also argued that oil sands crude wouldn't improve energy security because it could be exported from Texas ports.
Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune called called the decision a victory for clean air and water and "another downpayment on the administration's plan to move our country beyond oil."
"The knock on Barack Obama from many quarters has been that he's too conciliatory," said author Bill McKibben, who organized protests against the pipeline. "But here, in the face of a naked political threat from Big Oil to extract 'huge political consequences,' he stood up strong."
The comment was a reference to a statement reportedly made earlier this month by American Petroleum Institute president Jack Gerard. On Wednesday, Gerard said that the pipeline was "essential to our nation's energy future."
The American Petroleum Institute said a consultant's study for the oil industry concluded the pipeline would produce about 20,000 U.S. and Canadian jobs in manufacturing equipment and constructing the line over two years. A Cornell University study said that figure was exaggerated.
On the campaign trail, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney said: "By declaring that the Keystone pipeline is not in the 'national interest,' the president demonstrates a lack of seriousness about bringing down unemployment, restoring economic growth, and achieving energy independence."
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, appearing at Bobby's Bar-B-Q in Warrenville, S.C., tossed aside his stump speech and railed against Obama.
"This is a stunningly" he started to say, and someone yelled out, "stupid mistake."
Ginigrich grinned. "This is a stunningly stupid thing to do," he said. He then used the word "stupid' repeatedly for about five minutes, suggesting that the White House thinks it's "governing Mars."
Obama left the door open to future oil sands pipelines.
"We'll be remaining constantly vigilant on that" and oppose any pipelines that would increase production of Canadian crude and open possibilities of exporting it, said Kim Huynh of the environmental group Friends of the Earth.
Still, like other environmental activists, she was happy with the administration's decision. "The climate movement took on Goliath and won," she said.
(David Lightman of the Washington Bureau contributed to this article from South Carolina.)
Obama administration delays decision on Keystone XL pipeline
Hard times in S.C. make economy the dominant issue
Fate of U.S. effort to isolate Iran could rest with China


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Allied Works Architecture, the Manhattan-based firm that designed Denver's Clyfford Still Museum, has won the 2012 Honor Award from the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for the project.
The award, the highest given by the country's premier AIA branch, is one of the most competitive in the United States. Any project built in New York City, or designed by an architect with offices there, is eligible. Allied shared the honor with three firms that designed the National September 11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan.
Architect Brad Cloepfil is chiefly responsible for the design of the Still, built for $29 million and opened in November. It houses the life works of artist Clyfford Still, a highly revered abstract expressionist painter who did little to show his work or grow his reputation during his lifetime.


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Marie: "Um... Have dessert?"
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A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
Sensible child...
wow, she knows how to party!
I like the way she thinks.
You gotta love it when kids are so easy to please. What kind of dessert did you end up having?
Sounds better than anything I've done for the last decade.
Would have been better if she said "Have dessert and got to bed early."
I'd do that, but I'm out of ice cream and I'm not going out this time of night on new years eve for ice cream/cake/pie/cookies
Marie rocks!
WV = vered, which is "rose" in Hebrew. A New Year's rose to you, Grumpy.
Girl after my heart...
Mine had Mike's Hard Cider. And hangovers.
Go Marie.
Little Calf Creamery. Delicious homemade ice cream and food in Thousand Oaks!


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Gay Clergy Eligible for Episcopal Ministry
Episcopalians declared gays and lesbians eligible for "any ordained ministry" Tuesday, a vote expected to upset world Anglican leaders who had sought a clear moratorium on consecrating another gay bishop.
Leaders of the Episcopal Church, the Anglican province in the United States, insisted they were still committed to membership in the Anglican Communion. Some Anglican leaders, however, predicted the vote would break their fellowship.
The Episcopal General Convention, meeting in Anaheim, California, gave final approval to the measure during their once-every-three-years legislative assembly, which runs through Friday.
"God has called and may call" gays in committed relationships to "any ordained ministry" in the church, the resolution says.
Lay people voted 78-21 and clergy voted 77-19 to approve the measure. The House of Bishops had earlier voted 99-45 to adopt the statement. In the debates, delegates said they worried about the reaction of other Anglicans, but felt a duty to vote yes.
"I personally believe we had to do this," said John Cheek, a delegate from the Diocese of Western Massachusetts, based in Springfield. "It's the way we see the Gospel."
Episcopalians caused an uproar in 2003 by consecrating the first openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. Since then, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the Anglican spiritual leader, has struggled to prevent a permanent Anglican split.
Last month, breakaway Episcopal conservatives and other like-minded traditionalists formed a rival national province to the Episcopal Church called the Anglican Church in North America.
The new body includes four seceding Episcopal dioceses and is supported by several overseas Anglican leaders who have broken ties with the Episcopal Church.
The 77 million-member communion is the third-largest grouping of churches worldwide, behind the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian churches.
Williams attended the convention in its opening days last week, telling delegates, "I hope and pray that there won't be decisions in the coming days that could push us further apart."
To ease tensions with overseas Anglicans, the Episcopal General Convention three years ago passed a resolution that urged restraint by dioceses considering gay candidates for bishop.
The latest statement is widely viewed by advocates for gay clergy, theological conservatives and others in the Anglican world as repealing that pledge.
The Episcopal gay advocacy group Integrity said in a statement that the declaration "effectively ends" the temporary prohibition on gay bishops. Robinson, in a post on his diocesan blog, acknowledged the risk the bishops' took in adopting the measure.
"No doubt, they will pay a price for opening their hearts, much as gay and lesbian people in this church have paid a price for their exclusion," Robinson wrote. "I applaud them for their courage and will stand with them in the consequences of their vote."
The few traditional Episcopalians who attended the convention said they were there to express the conservative view, but had largely resigned themselves to the liberal direction of the denomination, which has about 2.3 million members.
"If you think you're going to convince the Episcopal Church, you're smoking something funny," said Bishop Peter Beckwith, a theological conservative from the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois. "That's unrealistic, but we're still called to be faithful."
Episcopalians and Anglicans have been debating for decades how to interpret the Bible on issues from salvation to homosexuality. Traditionalists believe Scripture bans same-gender relationships, while liberals emphasize the Bible's social justice teachings on tolerance.
Church of England Bishop N.T. Wright, a prominent Anglican scholar, wrote in an op-ed in The Times of London, that this week's vote "marks a clear break with the rest of the Anglican Communion" and formalizes the Anglican schism.
When Williams learned that the latest statement was heading toward approval, he told British reporters that he "regrets" the move.


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On May 4, 1970 the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed students protesting America´s invasion of Cambodia. Four students were killed and nine were wounded. The incident triggered national outrage in a country already divided over the Vietnam War. In the days that followed more than four million students rose up in dissent across 900 campuses, generating the only nationwide student protest in U.S. history.
The Kent State shootings have never been thoroughly examined and no person or group has been held accountable for wrongdoing. Forty years later, family members of those killed have initiated the Kent State Truth Tribunal to preserve and honor the stories of those whose lives have been touched by this tragedy. Taking inspiration from British Prime Minister David Cameron´s apology for the Bloody Sunday killings on
June 15, 2010, the KSTT seeks official acknowledgment of the 1970 Kent State shootings.


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Napolitano: Lone wolf terror threat growing
PARIS - U.S. Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano said Friday that the risk of "lone wolf" attackers, with no ties to known extremist networks or grand conspiracies, is on the rise as the global terrorist threat has shifted.
Such risks, Napolitano said in an interview in Paris, heighten the need to keep dangerous travelers from reaching the United States, and she urged European partners to finalize a deal on sharing passenger data that has met resistance over privacy concerns.
Napolitano acknowledged shifts in the terror threat this year, but said the changes had little to do with the uprisings that have overturned the old order in countries around the Arab world and opened up new opportunities for extremist groups.
Asked about the greatest current threats to the United States, she said one from al Qaeda has morphed. "From a U.S. perspective, over the last several years we have had more attacks emanating from AQAP (al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula) than from core al Qaeda," she told The Associated Press.
"There's been a lot of evolution over the past three years," she said. "The thing that's most noticeable to me is the growth of the lone wolf," the single attacker who lives in the United States or elsewhere who is not part of a larger global conspiracy or network, she said.
She named no examples, but it's a phenomenon that is increasingly the focus of international anti-terror operations.
A former U.S. Army psychiatrist is the sole suspect in deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009. In March, a Kosovo Albanian acting alone fatally shot two American airmen in Frankfurt, Germany. In April, a remote-control bomb exploded in a Marrakech cafe popular with tourists, killing 17 people, mostly foreigners an attack devised by a Moroccan who was inspired by al Qaeda and tried unsuccessfully for years to join the international terror network before returning to Morocco to devise an attack of his own.
One threat that has remained constant, Napolitano stressed, is that of terrorists reaching U.S. territory. She said the agreement with the EU on sharing data on air passengers for flights from Europe to America is needed to "make sure these global networks and global systems that we all rely on remain safe."
She stressed that such data aided high-profile U.S. terrorist investigations in recent years, including that into Najibullah Zazi, who admitted plotting to bomb New York subways, and David Headley, who was involved in the 2008 Mumbai, India, terrorist attack.
The United States and European Union initialed a new agreement on Nov. 17 after a previous accord from 2007 had to be renegotiated because of changes in EU legislation, and amid criticism that it allowed U.S. authorities too much insight into the private data of EU citizens.
The new deal sets clear limits to what data can be used by U.S. authorities and for how long, and allows passengers to obtain access to their records to correct and delete them.
The accord must still be endorsed by the EU Council the heads of state, expected to sign off easily later this month and the European Parliament, where a small group of legislators remains opposed.
The U.S. effort won support Friday from France's interior minister, who acknowledged that Europe gets spillover benefits from the tough U.S. line on terrorism. Claude Gueant said the U.S. made concessions to European concerns about privacy and agreed to share some data with Europe.
"I think this is accord is really a win-win," he told reporters after meeting with Napolitano and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.
Napolitano and Holder were in Paris for a meeting with counterparts from the so-called G-6 countries: Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain.


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David Podley necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 329 diseños de 73 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a letterpress printing company looking to expand our offerings.
Brides-to-be tend to be the decision maker in this process. As such, we're looking for some designs that are both feminine and trendy.
We're looking for a letterpress wedding invitation and response card design that is hip, trendy, and feminine. If it comes out of a clip art book, it's not for us. We own all of the Dover books and several other royalty-free books, and we are branching out to a more modern (yet still conservative) look.
Please use the sample text below:
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Mr. and Mrs. John Smith
Request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Sarah Ann to Mr. Robert Adams
at six o'clock in the evening
Saturday, the thirteenth of May, Two Thousand and Nine
The Garden Club
Los Angeles, California
Dinner and Dancing to Follow
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Your reply is requested by the tenth of April.
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All art will need to be provided in Illustrator or EPS format.
Colors should be spot colors based on the Pantone Solid Uncoated book.
No more than two colors should be used.
No Photos on the invitation.
We will need to know what fonts you use when we get the file from you.
Bleeds are welcome.
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Reaction Search is a nationwide Telecommunications executive search firm dedicated to identifying, evaluating, recruiting and delivering the highest-caliber Telecommunications professionals. We're talking about telecommunications executives who can step into a telecommunications position and begin contributing to your company immediately. Whether you need to find a telecommunications CEO or to build an entire telecommunications team virtually overnight, Reach Search is the answer to your telecommunications executive search needs. We connect time-strapped telecommunications employers with talented telecommunications candidates.
An energetic and highly skilled group of Telecommunications recruiting consultants, with a wealth of industry knowledge and experience, powers RSI's telecommunications Executive Search Firm Specialty Practice.
RSI delivers for our client's national and international Telecommunications Executive Search Firm needs. Our Telecommunications Executive Search Firm team is comprised of individuals who attract and place professionals in capacities that include the following Telecommunications Search areas:
RSI has a network of professional Telecommunications executive search recruiters located in major cities across the country. These telecommunications recruiters have a proven process to find quality telecommunications candidates and match them to positions that fit their particular skill set. Many are industry insiders who have worked in the positions for which they now recruit talent, and use this advantage to perpetuate RSI's extremely high retention rate within the Telecommunications Executive Search Division. They are familiar with the key players and the "ins and outs" of the telecommunications field. These telecommunications executive recruiters know the questions to ask, and are able to quickly assess candidate competency. These insights enable them to consistently recruit premium applicants.
Companies, at their hearts, are not made of products, brands or balance sheets, but people.
Successful companies consist of people who can navigate the business landscape and product a string of victories, people who can establish real ambitious objectives and then achieve them.
Finding and securing the person who can do both is not easy. It requires a careful analysis of your needs, challenges and plans that reach far beyond a job description. It requires collaborating with a Telecommunications Executive Search firm that understands your business, and can help you locate and secure the people who will contribute to your enduring success.
RSI's Telecommunications Executive Search Firm team specializes in specific careers. By determining which career path a candidate wants to take, and whether or not they have what it takes to succeed in such a career, RSI can successfully wrap up the search for your new Telecommunications professional.
While having basic knowledge of technology is required in our candidates, we also look for the following:
This is a trait that is necessary in all customer service jobs, but I don't think it is truer than in telecommunications. In this industry, people come in—or call in—from everywhere, and if they're not looking for a new device or to set up a new plan, they're looking to get something fixed. Even though they cannot fix it themselves, they will get mad at employees for not being able to fix their device or their problem in a record amount of time. If you have ever been in an AT&T or Sprint or Verizon store, you will know that it can take half an hour to two hours to even see a clerk, especially if there is only one working at the moment. Then add another hour on top of that for them to resolve the issue. It doesn't take them so long because they are bad at their job, but simply because those tiny devices are actually quite complicated. If a candidate wants to work in this industry—whether in a store or in a call center—they must be prepared for some very impatient, very angry people. And they must deal with them with a spring in their step and a smile on their face, no matter how rude a customer may be.
When customers come to you, again, it's for one of two reasons: Either a) they want to buy something or b) they want to fix something. Either way, CANDIDATES MUST KNOW YOUR PRODUCT. If a customer is looking to upgrade their plan, it is up to the employee to figure out the best plan for their needs. If they are looking to buy a new cell phone on which they can send emails and take videos, candidates have to know exactly which phones offer those services. If their internet works in one room of their house and not the other, employees must figure out not only why, but also how to fix it. If a customer comes to your company and all your employees can say is, "I'm sorry, I can't help you with this," sooner or later, they will start looking elsewhere, which more than likely will lose you business, and therefore, them their job.
Depending on what area of telecommunications a candidates is working in, some careers within this industry—especially the in-store positions, is essentially like working in sales—they are trying to show off your company's products in the best light possible, that way customers will buy it, even if it's not exactly what they need, or if at all. In order to do this, candidates must have the following:
Having a genuine love for your product makes them all the more irresistible to your customers. Passion cannot be faked, so it has great weight with shoppers.
Why are used-car salesmen so poorly regarded? Because the perception is that they lack integrity and that they'll say anything to get the sale. Instead of going in for the kill, your employees need to know how to build a relationship with your customers, that way when they recommend a product or a plan, customers will trust them, and will feel comfortable with the purchase they made when they leave your store.
Feeling good about a purchase is a hallmark of buying from a salesperson with integrity. That feel-good feeling brings customers back, and that's a key factor to the success of any salesperson.


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We made mention some time ago that an unofficial Nike+ Fuelband app was in the works for the Windows Phone 8 platform. Well the app, Fuelboard, has completed testing and certification and is now live in the Windows Phone Store.
While Fuelboard won't directly sync with your Nike Fuelband, it will tap into your Fuelband account and pull the data to your Windows Phone.
Fuelboard gives you the ability to review current, past week and lifetime summaries from your Fuelband account. You also get graphs for Fuel Calories and Steps to keep you in tune with your fitness progress.
The downside to things is that there isn't a trial version for Fuelboard but the full version is only running $.99. Not a bad deal if you need to monitor your Fuelband data on the go. Oh, there is also a Windows 8 version of the apps in the works and should be submitted for certification in the coming weeks.
You can find Fuelboard here in the Windows Phone Store. Just keep in mind it's for Windows Phone 8 devices only.


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Hear the untold stories of enslaved people and learn about historical and contemporary slavery.
Historical and contemporary slavery.
A beautiful building housing one of the UK's finest collections of fine and decorative art.
Paintings, Wedgwood and Chinese ceramics.
Uncover objects from the Titanic, find out about life at sea and learn about the port of Liverpool.
The Titanic, life at sea and Liverpool's port.
This museum tells the story of Liverpool with diverse exhibits housed in a stunning building.
Liverpool's history and popular culture.
Explore a Victorian merchant's house with its period furniture and beautiful paintings.
Paintings, vintage fashion and furniture.
Beautiful paintings, sculpture and decorative art from the 13th century to the present day.
Paintings, sculpture and decorative art.
Discover treasures from around the world, explore outer space and meet live creatures!
World cultures, space and live creatures.
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The Lutyens cathedral model in a conservation studio
The wooden model of Sir Edwin Lutyens' unbuilt design for Liverpool's Catholic Cathedral is one of the most elaborate architectural models ever made in Britain, second only to the 'Great Model' of Sir Christopher Wren's rejected design for St Paul's. It is an example of a tradition which has now been superseded and whose techniques have largely been lost.
The model was made at the suggestion of Lutyens, in order to demonstrate the design in three dimensions and to assist in fundraising. It was shown to great acclaim at the Royal Academy , London in 1933. However, when the project was abandoned due to spiralling costs, the model was put into storage.
When the model was gifted to the Walker Art Gallery in 1975 it was in poor condition with considerable damage, caused by years of handling the heavy but delicately detailed parts. Important parts of the exterior had been lost including spires, belfries and the intricate lantern that had surmounted the dome. The model had been cleaned leaving it with its present 'faded' appearance.
The conservation of the model took place between 1992 and 2005, supported by contributions from many individuals and a major grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund , made in 1997. A small team rarely numbering more than two have consistently worked through this enormous project. When you realise that just the tiny lantern surmounting the dome is made of 900 separate pieces of carefully crafted wood, the lengthy timescale may be understood.
The conserved model was displayed for the first time in the exhibition The cathedral that never was at the Walker Art Gallery in 2007. It is now on display in the Museum of Liverpool , as one of the key exhibits in the People's Republic gallery.
Follow the links below to read more about how the model was conserved and see pictures of the conservation work in progress.
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BERKELEY — Chez Panisse, one of the world's famous foodie meccas, will be closed indefinitely following a March 8 fire and is not taking any new reservations, according to a post by owner Alice Waters on its website.
Following the fire, which started in the early morning under the front porch of the Shattuck Avenue eatery, the restaurant said it probably would reopen March 23, then it moved it back to March 30.
It turns out those dates were overly optimistic.
"We are calling everyone personally to cancel all existing reservations, and we will post new updates as we receive additional information about the progress of the reconstruction," Waters said on the website at www.chezpanisse.com.
As builders began doing demolition work, they realized that both the top and bottom porches of the building will have to be removed and rebuilt.
"In addition to the significant damage to the lower room, much of the damage was structural and the upper porch sits on the lower one," said General Manager Jennifer Sherman. "The new design takes into account the fact that both had to come down."
Sherman said the restaurant has business interruption insurance "so we will be stable for the duration of the rebuild."
Kip Mesirow, who designed the original building and who has worked for Waters since 1971, will oversee the redesign of a "team of talented wood workers," Waters' post said.
In addition to rebuilding both the upper and lower porches, Mesirow will redesign the facade of the building, all in wood.
Waters said in her note that the staff is "cleaning and repainting every inch" of the restaurant.
Berkeley fire spokesman Avery Webb said the fire probably started when some electrical equipment under the front porch of the restaurant malfunctioned. His original damage estimate was about $200,000, but Sherman said it will be higher.
Doug Oakley covers Berkeley. Contact him at 510-843-1408. Follow him at Twitter.com/douglasoakley.


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Editing in Word 2007: Track Changes and Review
Writing is a lonely art . . . that is, until editors show up. They'll make revisions by adding to your carefully written work, moving stuff around, and deleting text (ouch!). There's no way to identify your original text from the modified text — unless you use Word 2007's Track Changes tool.
Tracking changes as you make them
To note changes on the screen as they're made, simply activate Word's revision-tracking feature: Click the Review tab and then click the Track Changes button. The keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+E.
With revision tracking turned on, simply start editing the document. Any new text you add appears in red underlining. Text you delete is colored red with strikethrough. (Those aren't really text attributes, but rather are Word showing you which text has been messed with.
To turn off revision tracking, click the Track Changes button again.
- The only clue that you've properly activated revision tracking is that the Track Changes button appears highlighted.
- It's common for Word users not familiar with revision tracking to be frustrated with unexpected red-underlined text. This is simply revision tracking, which someone has enabled. To disable it, click the Track Changes button in the Review tab's Tracking group.
Reviewing the changes
It's understood that you want to scrutinize every change made to your document. Word makes the task easy, thanks to commands in the Changes group found on the Review tab. Here's how things go:
1. Press Ctrl+Home to start at the top of the document.
Ensure that you're looking at the compared document, not the original or edited version (refer to the preceding section).
2. Click the Next button to locate the next change in your document.
• To accept the change, click the Accept button. The change is approved, and you're taken to the next bit of modified text. Or:
• To reject the change, click the Reject button. The change is removed from your document, and you're taken to the next location where text has been modified.
3. Save the final document.
When you've found the last change and fixed it (or not), a dialog box explains that your quest is over. The document has been reviewed. You should now save it to disk by giving it a new name so that you know it's the result of combined efforts.
Going through this process removes all the revision marks from your document. Here are a few more pointers to keep in mind:
- Use the X buttons to close various task panes that are open for the reviewing process.
- When you're in a real hurry, you can use the drop-down menus beneath either the Accept or Reject command button to choose either the Accept All Changes in Document or Reject All Changes in Document commands, respectively.
- When you goof, you can choose Edit –> Undo, just as you can undo any other boo-boo.
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'The To Do List' review: Vile and unfunny
The To Do List
Romantic comedy. Starring Aubrey Plaza and Johnny Simmons. Directed by Maggie Carey. (R. 105 minutes.)
Aubrey Plaza, who is 29 and doesn't look a day over 28, plays a girl newly graduated from high school in "The To Do List," and the miscasting gives moments a strange undercurrent. There she is, in scene after scene, in various states of anger, impatience and irritation, and her exasperation is completely understandable. Why listen to your mother, for example, when she is only 10 years older than you are?
"The To Do List" is a romantic comedy with no romance and little comedy, but with an ugliness of spirit that's surprising and unrelenting. Almost everyone in the movie is mean, selfish and spiteful, which might have been interesting, except that writer-director Maggie Carey seems to think they're swell, or the norm, or funny. The protagonist is horrible. Her sister is horrible. Her friends are horrible. And when she gets a job, her boss is horrible. Not funny horrible, just horrible.
The story, which is set in 1993 for no discernible reason, begins with a graduation. Brandy (Plaza) is her high school valedictorian, but in another area of her life, she knows nothing and is beginning to worry about it: Just months away from starting college, she is still a virgin. And so, ever methodical, she makes a list of all the sexual things she wants to do before leaving for school, from kissing all the way up to intercourse, and including various acts of an oral and digital nature, respectively.
At first, this might sound daring and interesting, a female version of "American Pie," but the movie soon runs into two problems. The first is a simple matter of structure: It's the same action over and over, with Brandy trying to strike off another item on her list. The list moves forward, but the story doesn't.
The second problem is a matter of comedy. A teenage boy trying to lose his virginity has more potential for laughs, if only because the task is potentially difficult and requires the cooperation of a willing partner, someone who must, somehow, be persuaded. If the boy is ardent but inept, that's comedy. Conversely, a girl who decides to engage in a sexual act faces virtually no obstacle. She can practically pick a name out of a hat and, barring bad luck, she will have success. Thus, suspense and the prospect for comic embarrassment go right out the window.
These problems might have been overcome or mitigated with a heroine who was charming or comically bumbling - or if the story became not just about knocking off items on a list but about the personal journey resulting from this exploration. But no. Brandy starts off as a cold, unpleasant control freak, and she ends up a colder, more unpleasant control freak. Aside from the fact that the camera happens to be on her, there is really no reason to care whether she has sex or contracts smallpox. Either outcome would be equally acceptable, as they'd both have the same desired effect: ending the movie.
Rachel Bilson plays Brandy's older sister, who berates her for being a virgin with the disdain the Romans once had for lepers. Bill Hader, of "Saturday Night Live," shows up as a creep who runs the local pool and whose idea of humor is to taunt Brandy repeatedly for having small breasts. Both Bilson and Hader play what are supposedly witty, comic characters. It's not enough to say that they're not remotely amusing. They actually border on vile.
Alas, the same might be said for "The To Do List."
Mick LaSalle is The San Francisco Chronicle's movie critic. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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It is time to address the plague of injuries resulting from youth sports – recreation leagues, high school, junior programs and the like. We are not saying get rid of them.
Sports, with appropriate emphasis, are good for kids. Left on their own, kids generally get it right. It is when adults get involved that these sports can morph into situations that result in serious problems.
For one thing, we don't need longer high school sport seasons. Anyone desperate to watch football last weekend could have watched marquee high school teams in Florida, Texas and California playing on national television. That was a week before Labor Day and they were playing real games, not practice games.
The high school football season in Massachusetts used to end with the Thanksgiving Day rivalry games. The state high school Super Bowls this year will be played on Dec. 6, which happens to be one of the days on which SAT and College Board tests are scheduled.
And while we are happy to see high school teams on the court and on the ice, we are now pushing season-opening games back to the point where, like the colleges, hockey and basketball will begin before the football teams have cleared out of the locker room.
Enough for the longer seasons. Give the kids a chance to move on to something else.
Which brings us to parents and over-use injuries. We used to see kids play football or soccer in the fall, basketball or hockey in the winter and baseball or softball in the spring. We now have 12 year olds playing one sport year round. Yes, your son throws a good – a really good – curve ball, and yes, he may get a college scholarship if he keeps it up for another seven years. But is that worth Tommy John surgery at age 15 to repair the damage to his left arm? The surgery replaces an elbow ligament with a tendon.
No one keeps good, current national statistics on sports injuries to young people. The most recent national study, done by the federal Centers for Disease Control in Prevention in 2006, said two million high school athletes were injured annually in high school sports, resulting in 500,000 doctor visits and 30,000 hospitalizations.
A story in last weekend's Patriot Ledger quoted from a Sun Life Financial study that said $935 million would be spent this year for emergency room visits by young athletes. That study projected there would be 73,000 ER visits this year in Massachusetts resulting from sports injuries, and half of them – more than 36,000 trips to the emergency room – would be by young athletes 22 years old or younger.
We now have kids who are good athletes – who may ultimately get that free ride to college – who play high school basketball, play AAU basketball, play on so-called traveling teams (for elite young players) and go to basketball camps. That's too much. No more than a handful of these kids – at most a handful – will make a living as a professional athlete. So, parents, take it easy. Let kids play their games. Let kids be kids
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The past week has supplied quite a few videos immortalizing conflicts around New Eden. This is a round up of a few of those battles:
31/12 Free for all in Kourmonen
To usher in the new year, 4 fleets clashed in Kourmonen, the Bleak Lands. The fight, which occurred on the Huola gate, saw a Tempest battleship fleet engage several other gangs including a mixed shield cruiser fleet, a Rattlesnake battleship fleet and a Confessor tactical destroyer fleet.
Battle report can be found here.
1/1 Major Battle in F4R2-Q
Cinematic View of the Battle #1
Cinematic View of the Battle #2
F4R2-Q in Catch saw the first major offensive in the war over the region between Stain Wagon (SW) coalition to Stain Fraggin' (SF) coalition. The former, supported by Goonswarm Federation [CONDI] attempted to destroy 2 Fortizar citadels belonging to member alliances of the latter, namely Circle-Of-Two [CO2] and Test Alliance Please Ignore [TEST]. The subsequent fight saw 4,000 pilots fight for 9 hours straight over the fate of the citadels.
Full article can be found here.
1/1 Adversity. versus Guardians of the Galaxy versus Brave Collective
DO6H-Q in Fade saw an Adversity. [AVRSE] Armageddon Navy Issue battleship fleet engage a Guardians of the Galaxy (GotG) coalition Ferox battlecruiser fleet on the U-INPD gate, with Brave Collective [BRAVE] bringing a Maller cruiser fleet as a third party. The three clashed on the gate, with the fight continuing later on in E-9ORY.
Battle report for DO6H-Q can be found here, and E-9ORY here.
2/1 Did he say Jump and Lazerhawks versus WAFFLES.
Bosboger in Heimatar saw a tower defense mounted by Did he say Jump [JMP-N] and Lazerhawks [LZHX] with a Machariel battleship fleet, facing a similar fleet by WAFFLES. [N0MAD]. The two sides clashed in a close range brawl on the tower.
Full article can be found here.
4/1 The-Culture and Northern Coalition. versus LowSechnaya Sholupen, Red Menace coalition and Stain Wagon coalition
PNQY-Y in Fountain saw a final timer for a Fortizar citadel belonging to LowSechnaya Sholupen [-LSH-]. The attackers, The-Culture [-T C-] fielded a Rattlesnake fleet, supported by a Northern Coalition. [NC] Proteus strategic cruiser fleet engaged LowSechnaya Sholupen in the system, who had formed a joint Tempest battleship fleet with Red Menace (RMC) coalition and was supported itself by a SW Gila cruiser fleet. The two sides clashed on the RP2-OQ gate before moving the battle to the citadel itself.
Battle report can be found here.
5/1 Did he say Jump versus WAFFLES.
Siseide in Heimatar saw Did he say Jump defend an Azbel engineering complex from WAFFLES. Did he say Jump brought a Rattlesnake fleet, while WAFFLES. had a Machariel fleet. Both sides fielded capitals in their battle, meeting on the Azbel itself.
Battle report can be found here.
Salivan Harddin is a member of V0LTA, WE FORM V0LTA, and covers battles across New Eden


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Coroner Thomas Wakley and the Hounslow incident
The exposure of the circumstances surrounding Private John White's death at Hounslow Barracks in 1846 scandalized the British public. At the first inquest, the coroner's jury, upon hearing the testimony of a military surgeon, ruled that White died from natural causes. But Thomas Wakley, coroner of Middlesex, convened another inquest. That investigation found that White's death was caused by the 150 lashes he received. The re-opening of the case received much notice in the British press, where it was cited as a vindication of the argument that justice could only be served if coroners were democratically-elected, medically trained, independent and fair-minded. Public uproar over the killing of John White eventually spurred the reform of Great Britain's military disciplinary codes: White was the last British military man to suffer death by flogging.
Coroner's inquest: The inquiry or investigation as to the cause of death, held by the coroner's court, a tribunal of record, consisting of the coroner and jurors (the coroner's jury). From ancient times, the coroner was asked to undertake an investigation "upon a view of the body." Before the 20th century, this view was sometimes held at the site of the body's discovery, or in a public meeting place such as a tavern.


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Spain police say 25 Hells Angels arrested _ including Europe leader _ on Mallorca island
MADRID – Spanish police say they have arrested 25 members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang on the Mediterranean resort island of Mallorca.
A police statement issued Wednesday said the group's alleged European leader, German citizen Frank Hanebuth, was among those detained in 31 house raids.
Police said the 25 were wanted for suspected drug trafficking, trafficking in human beings, extortion, money laundering and corruption.
The statement said Hanebuth owned an estate on Mallorca valued at 2.5 million euros ($3.3 million) where the gang had planned to build a Formula One race track.
Police say several cars and motorcycles, as well as arms, cash and jewelry were seized in the operation Tuesday.
Authorities in Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Austria helped in the two-year investigation.


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Mule Deer, Squirrel Seasons Top Suite of Proposed Hunting Regulation Changes
AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is proposing expansion of mule deer hunting in several counties and extending squirrel season into February across parts of East Texas.
TPWD staff presented proposed amendments to the 2014-15 Statewide Hunting Proclamation to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. The recommended changes include:
- Implement an archery-only open season and 16-day general season for mule deer in Knox County, where the season is currently closed;
- Implement a nine-day general season for mule deer in Castro, Hale, Lubbock, and Lynn counties, where the season is currently closed;
- Clarify rules regarding utilization of antlerless mule deer permits;
- Shorten the current year-round open season for desert bighorn sheep by one month and eliminate the requirement of a landowner affidavit for skulls and horns found in the wild;
- Extend squirrel season in 51 East Texas counties;
- Eliminate bag and possession limits for squirrel in 12 counties in the Blacklands Prairie;
- Allow the take of squirrel by means of air rifles meeting minimum standards;
- Implement rules allowing use of mobile technology by hunters to check harvested Eastern turkeys;
- Clarify rules governing possession of firearms while hunting deer or turkey during an open archery season;
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MOVIES OPENING (Friday; subject to change)
Higher Ground
The Ides of March
Machine Gun Preacher
Real Steel
Pop Up Video (returns after a decade absence; noon; VH1)
House (season premiere; 9 p.m.; Fox)
The A-List Dallas (series debut; 10 p.m.; Logo)
Made in America (series debut; 8 p.m.; Travel)
Mysteries at the Museum (series debut; 9 p.m.; Travel)
Gene Simmons Family Jewels (season premiere; 9 p.m.; A&E)
Viking Wilderness (series debut; 9 p.m.; Anmal Planet)
Onion News Network (season premiere; 10 p.m.; IFC)
Mad Fashion (series debut; 10 p.m.; Bravo)
Fashion Hunters (series debut; 10:30 p.m.; Bravo)
American Horror Story (series debut; 10 p.m.; FX)
Penn & Teller Tell a Lie (series debut; 10 p.m.; Discovery)
South Park (mid-season premiere; 10 p.m.; Comedy Central)
Nick Swardson's Pretend Time (season premiere; 10:30 p.m.; Comedy Central)
The League (season premiere; 10:30 p.m.; FX)
Top Secret Recipe (series debut; 9 p.m.; CMT)
Say Yes to the Dress (season premiere; 9 p.m.; TLC)
Sanctuary (season premiere; 10 p.m.; Syfy)
Rules of Engagement (season premiere; 8 p.m.; CBS)
Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event (special; 8 p.m.; E!)
NEW ON DVD/BLU-RAY (Tuesday)
African Cats
Bored to Death: The Complete Second Season
Fast Five
Friday Night Lights: The Complete Series
The Heart Specialist
In Treatment: The Complete Third Season
The League: Season Two
Lie to Me: Season Three
The Lion King two- and four-disc diamond editions [Blu-ray]
The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway
Scream 4
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season
ALBUMS RELEASED (Tuesday)
Bonnie Prince Billy, "Wolfroy Goes to Town"
DJ Shadow, "Less You Know the Better"
Dreamers of the Ghetto, "Enemy/Lover"
Feist, "Metals"
Hank Williams Sr., "The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams"
Indigo Girls, "Beauty Queen Sister"
Jack's Mannequin, "People & Things"
Joss Stone, "The Best of Joss Stone: '03-'09"
LIGHTS, "Siberia"
Mayday Parade, "Mayday Parade"
Merle Haggard, "Working in Tennessee"
Misfits, "The Devil's Rain"
MGMT, "Late Night Tales"
Modeselektor, "Monkeytown"
Mutemath, "Odd Soul"
New Found Glory, "Radiosurgery"
Prince Rama, "Trust Now"
Rodney Atkins, "Take a Back Road"
Ronan Keating/Burt Bacharach, "When Ronan Met Burt"
S.C.U.M., "Again Into Eyes"
Scott McCreery, "Clear As Day"
Styles P, "Master of Ceremonies"
Styx, "Regeneration"
Wayne Static, "Pighammer"
We are the In Crowd, "Best Intentions"
We Were Promised Jetpacks, "In the Pit of the Stomach"
Zola Jesus, "Conatus"
RAMS HEAD LIVE: Skrillex, 12th Planet, et al (Wednesday; sold out); In Fate We Trust/Bella Versa (Friday); Trey Anastasio Band (Saturday)
PIER SIX: Scream. The Next Generation. W/Mindless Behavior and Diggy Simmons (Friday)
BALTIMORE SOUNDSTAGE: Joe Budden (Wednesday); Rubblebucket (Thursday); Battle of the Bands (Sunday)
GOLDEN WEST: Dark Dark Dark/Pillars & Tongues/Secret Mountains (Monday); Thou (Sunday)
TALKING HEAD: Anika (Wednesday); Trans Am/Psychic Paramount (Thursday); College Night (Friday)
SONAR: The Underground 2 (Friday); 2011 Project Independent metal showcase (Sunday)
RECHER: Aries, Septimus, et al (Thursday); Woodswork, et al (Saturday); Nobody Likes Neville, et al (Sunday)
OTTOBAR: Chucklestorm comedy show (Tuesday); Harmonic Blues, Three Man River Band, et al (Wednesday); Tune Yards, Pat Jordache, et al (Friday); The Toasters (Saturday); Bear Hands, et al (Sunday)
METRO GALLERY: Winks, Gem Club, et al (Monday); Arbouretum, Eternal Tapestry, et al (Tuesday); Andy Friedman, Ray Bonneville, et al (Wednesday); Celebration, et al (Saturday)
8x10: The Werks/Jesters of Kindness (Monday); Toubab Krewe/Zongo Junction (Tuesday); Emmitt-Nershi Band/Cris and Kenny of the Bridge (Wednesday); Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes/3 Fifths (Thursday); Technicolor Motor Home (Friday); Splintered Sunlight (Saturday); Dropping Sully (Sunday)
RAMS HEAD ON STAGE: Eric Roberson (Tuesday); Corey Glover/Danielia Cotton (Wednesday)
FILLMORE SILVER SPRING: Levon Helm (Monday); Joe Jonas/Jay Sean (Wednesday); Josh Thompson (Saturday)
9:30 CLUB: Theophilus London/Ra Ra Rasputin (Monday); Ben Harper (Tuesday-Wednesday; sold out); The Bangles (Thursday); Trans Am/Les Savy Fav (Friday); Robert Randolph and the Family Band (Saturday); James Blake (Sunday)
DAR: Il Volo (Wednesday); Chris Tucker (Friday-Saturday)
VELVET LOUNGE: Poe Houe benefit concert w/ Lenorable, Nunchucks, Dance for the Dying, LTW (Friday)
BLACK CAT: Left on Vermont (Tuesday); Beatallica (Wednesday); Screaming Females (Thursday); the Lemonheads (Friday); Tune Yards (Saturday)
ROCK AND ROLL HOTEL: The Funk Ark (Thursday); Ha Ha Tonka (Friday); Fear of Virginia (Saturday)
Revival Series — "Shoot the Piano Player (Monday and Thursday; Charles Theatre)
Fall Film Series — "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" (Monday; Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium, Towson University)
CAmm Cine Salon (Monday; Creative Alliance)
CineFest 2011 (starts Monday, runs through Oct. 26; Gordon Center for Performing Arts)
Baltimore Speaker Series — Ron Chernow (Tuesday; Meyerhoff)
"Painterly Brushwork" exhibit (opens Tuesday; on view through Dec. 31; Steven Scott Gallery)
"Shear Madness" play (opens Tuesday, runs through Dec. 31; Kennedy Center)
Can You Dig It Happy Hour for Parks & People foundation (Wednesday; Waterfront Hotel)
Wes Moore public lecture (Wednesday; Hyman Forum, Goucher College's Athenaeum)
Glenfiddich Scotch Tasting (Thursday; Morton's The Steakhouse
Baltimore Beer Week 2011 (Wednesday through Oct. 16; various locations)
Science on Tap: Beer-ology 101 (Thursday; Maryland Science Center)
Baltimore Beer Week Opening Tap Celebration (Thursday; Rams Head Live)
"Image Transfer: Pictures in a Remix Culture" exhibit (opens Thursday, on view through Dec. 10; UMBC)
Comedian Angel Salazar (Thursday-Saturday; Baltimore Comedy Factory)
Mondo Baltimore (Thursday; The Windup Space)
Trawler Fest (Thursday-Sunday; Rash Field/BMC Inner Harbor Marine Center)
"Star Wars V. Horror" exhibit (opens Friday; Charmed Life Studio)
Ryleigh's OysterFest (Friday-Sunday; Ryleigh's Oyster, Federal Hill)
72 Film Fest (Friday and Saturday; Weinberg Center for the Arts, Frederick)
"Our Town," Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (Friday through Oct. 30; Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park)
"Anna Bella Eema" play (opens Friday, runs through Oct. 22; Stand Theater Company)
"Fall/Fail" exhibition (opens Friday, on view through Nov. 9; Brown Center's Rosenberg Gallery, MICA)
The Streets of Baltimore: Songs of our City (Friday; Creative Alliance)
"All Things Round: Galaxies, Eyeballs & Karma" exhibition (Friday through Sept. 2, 2012; AVAM)
"Starved for Attention: 195 Million Stories of Childhood Malnutrition" interactive exhibition (Friday-Sunday; Patterson Park)
Bat Country, a beer-lesque review featuring Sticky Buns Burlesque (Friday; Metro Gallery)
Shogun Fights V (Saturday; 1st Mariner Arena)
Baltimore Heritage and Baltimore Black Pride Event — screening of "30 Years of African-American GLBT History" (Saturday, Metropolitan Community Church)
Maryland Brewer's Oktoberfest (Saturday; Timonium Fairgrounds)
Cooking Class at the Dogwood (Saturday; The Dogwood)
Kings of Salsa concert (Saturday; Meyerhoff)
"Monty Python's Spamalot" (Saturday and Sunday; Lyric Opera House"
Pink Ribbon Project (Saturday; Reginald F. Lewis Museum)
Make Your Own Glass Pumpkin (Saturday, and Oct. 22 and 29; Corradetti Glass Studio and Gallery)
Revival Series — "The Soft Skin" (Saturday and Oct. 10; Charles Theatre)
Second French Fair (Saturday; St. Mary's Park, Seton Hill)
Walk for Paws (Sunday; Howard County Board of Education)
Charm City Wing Wars (Sunday; Mother's)
Crab feast and auction (Sunday; Timonium Fairgrounds)
Cut-A-Thon (Sunday; As You Like It Hair Salon, Glenelg)
Flying Dog Bachelor Beer Dinner (Sunday; Golden West Café)
Pints & Pancakes (Sunday; Mahaffey's Pub)
25th Anniversary Showcase (Sunday; Miriam A. Friedburg Concert Hall at Peabody Institute)
Run Wild for Autism (Sunday; Maryland Zoo in Baltimore)
Tour du Port 2011 (Sunday; Canton Waterfront Park)


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Since last week's announcement that Disney had acquired Lucasfilm for $4 billion, news has been coming out quickly on the development of Star Wars: Episode 7. Just today, StarWars.com confirmed that Academy Award-winning screenwriter Michael Arndt was scripting the film. Now the conversation has turned to possible directors for the highly-anticipated film.
Some of the names that have already been tossed around as candidates for the coveted position include Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) and Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class). Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams, and Brad Bird are a few other names that fans have suggested (though Spielberg recently shot down the idea).
While nothing has been made official yet, George Lucas and new president of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy recently discussed what they'd like to see in a director. Check out the video (via StarWars.com) at the top of the page.
Here's a short summary of Kennedy's key quotes:
"There's a whole generation of filmmakers that have been inspired by George and 'Star Wars' and they're absolutely thrilled, excited, and daunted at the prospect of being able to step in and carry the mantle of making these movies... I think we have a unique opportunity to go after some really incredible people. It's not going to be people who don't already have some affinity for 'Star Wars' probably. It's going to be somebody who appreciates what 'Star Wars' meant to them and is excited to dive in and be a part of this."
There are hundreds of directors that would kill for the chance to leave their imprint on such an iconic franchise. But, as Kennedy explained, it's also a hugely daunting challenge - not to mention a big risk for Disney. Whomever they entrust to take over this franchise needs to have a bold vision that is also appealing to the broadest possible audience.
We'll be keeping an eye on the possible directorial candidates as they emerge, but in the meantime, share your favorite directorial candidate with us in the comments.
Star Wars: Episode 7 hits theaters in 2015.
Source: StarWars.com