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GALT, Calif. (AP) -- The suspect in the fatal shooting of an animal control officer trying to retrieve pets from a Sacramento County home was taken into custody early Thursday morning after an all-night standoff, authorities said.
Joseph Francis Corey, 65, was arrested around 5 a.m. by members of a SWAT team that had managed to get access to the home's garage, according to Sheriff's Sgt. Jason Ramos.
Ramos said Corey was unaware of the officers' presence. They rushed him when he went to retrieve one of his dogs and took him into custody before he could retreat.
He was taken to a hospital as a precaution because officers used some force during the arrest, Ramos said.
Police had surrounded the two-story house in Galt, about 20 miles south of Sacramento, following the Wednesday afternoon shooting.
Corey had been evicted from the home on Tuesday, when a deputy accompanied a bank official there, Ramos told the Sacramento Bee. The Bee reported (http://bit.ly/SgU6q9 ) that his home had been taken over by a bank in 2011.
The unidentified animal control officer, who also was accompanied by a bank employee, went there to tend to the pets after Corey had apparently complained he had nowhere to take the animals.
When the pair knocked, Corey fired a shotgun through the door, hitting the officer's torso, Ramos said.
The bank employee flagged down a police volunteer, who helped pull the officer to safety, but paramedics were unable to revive him, Ramos said. The bank official suffered minor injuries but was not hit by gunfire.
Ramos said it was not known what exactly set Corey off.
"What made him take the actions Wednesday that he didn't take Tuesday when officers had contact with him, who knows," Ramos said.
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Clearwater, FL (January 2009) - Most people feel safe inside their own home and once inside, their personal belongings are often left unsecured or easily accessible. This is especially true when it comes to prescription medications. A recent trend suggests that medication has become a popular target for thieves. I would like to take this opportunity to offer some suggestions on how to properly secure your prescription medications and to prevent the expense and inconvenience associated with this type of theft.
Over the past few years we have seen an increase in the theft of prescription medication from private homes. In some cases the theft is part of a burglary in which the perpetrator targeted jewelry, cash, and small electronics. After gathering valuables to steal, the burglar simply opened a medicine cabinet before leaving and then took whatever prescription medication that was in plain view. In other cases, a theft was committed by trades people, invited guests, or even relatives who had access to medication that was in a medicine chest or left out in plain view. Some thefts were not discovered for an extended period of time because individual pills had been stolen or because the medication was no longer being taken by the victim.
Tampa, FL (February 2009) - A US Special Operations Command Parachute Team landed on Bayshore near Howard during the Gasparilla Extravaganza on Saturday the 24th. The main festivities for Gasparilla Pirate Festival will be held on February 7th in Tampa starting at 11:30am, and celebrate Tampa's historic pirate invasion by Jose Gasparilla and his men.
Dear Readers,
My name is April Cook and I am a Licensed Medical Esthetician and the Owner of "Ageless Solutions Skin Care" located in Dunedin. Don't stop reading—I know—just like attorneys and hair dressers, estheticians are a dime a dozen. What sets me apart from all the others is my passion for educating the public that skin care is not only beneficial for their health and well-being, but vital.
I was fortunate to have been raised around a nutritionist all my life, my mother. Living my life as organically as possible and knowing how important internal health is, I naturally saw the need to focus on the largest organ in the body, our skin.
Artists' Expansion in Downtown!
Clearwater, FL (February 2009) - Artists in Action International (AIAI) will celebrate its 2nd Anniversary and the Grand Opening of its new downtown gallery on Saturday, Mar 21st. The event will be from 7:00-10:00pm and will feature City of Clearwater's Vice-Mayor George Cretekos as well as celebrity guests, music, finger food and refreshments. COME JOIN IN THE FUN!
The new gallery space is 9,000 square feet and located at 400 Cleveland St. "Our move marks incredible expansion for our gallery and for our mission to beautify downtown Clearwater," says Jack Potter, AIAI's president. "We have even bigger plans for next year's growth, events and art expression in downtown Clearwater."
AIAI is a 501C-3 non-profit organization that believes in using art in all forms to positively impact the world.
To learn more about Artists in Action International, visit their website at http://www.artistsinactionint.org/ .
- Tampa Bay Informer
The Good News Newspaper
Art Lovers Draw "Lots" for Charity at the annual Martinis and Matisse event. Martinis and Matisse is a fundraiser with a name impossible to say if you're not temperate with the former.
Clearwater, FL (January 2009) - On a swanky Saturday evening, the Clearwater Free Clinic held their annual fundraising soirée in the building of one of the largest privately held companies in the state—the FrankCrum building—which occupies an impressive 14-acre campus in downtown Clearwater.
"It's the best event in Clearwater!" Dana Rizzuto of the Montage Gallery, proclaimed.
Local restaurants such as Bonefish Grill, Carrabba's, Greektown Grille and E&E Steakout Grille donated food. Guests munched on fashionably small portions of chorizo-stuffed pork tenderloin, chicken marsala and taramosalata, a Greek style caviar as they mingled and enjoyed the open martini bars. They also admired art with titles like "Three at a Martini Party" and "Sandpipers on Clearwater Beach" and listened to a jazz band playing a soft and sophisticated rendition of "Girl from Ipanema."
Frank Crum Jr. generously donated his building to host the event and has been doing so for the past two years. "It's in Clearwater and supports a Clearwater function," he says. "It was the right thing to do."
"Steel-toed" Touchdown Record-Breaking Sixth Lombardi Trophy for the Steelers
Tampa FL, (February 2009) - Super Bowl history was made in our very own backyard this year—Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. It was the Pittsburgh Steelers versus the Arizona Cardinals and the game couldn't have been more exciting. The Steelers were ahead for nearly the entire game. They were the seasoned pros, this game being the team's seventh trip to the Super Bowl; coupled with their reputation for "steel-clad" defense made them the favored winners. The Cardinals were clearly the underdogs for a majority of the game, but things changed in the fourth quarter and it seemed as if they wouldn't be going home empty-handed.
Orlando's Stan Van Gundy and Minnesota's Kevin Michael named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month
NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2009 – The Orlando Magic's Stan Van Gundy and the Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin McHale today were named the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month, respectively, for games played in January.
Van Gundy guided the Magic to the best winning percentage for Eastern Conference teams in January (.769) by virtue of its 10-3 mark for the month. Orlando bested the Spurs, Lakers and Nuggets on the road as well as the Cavaliers at home. The victories in San Antonio and Los Angeles helped Orlando to record its first season-series sweeps in franchise history over those teams. Orlando outscored its January opponents by 10.2 ppg.
Emmy Awarding Winning Smucker's® Stars on Ice®
Is "On the Edge" And Coming To Tampa, FL Headlined by Olympic Silver Medalist Sasha Cohen & Special Guest 2006 World Champion Kimmie Meissner America's Premier Figure Skating Production Is "On the Edge" At St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, FL on March 1st @ 3:00 PM A Portion of SMUCKER'S® STARS ON ICE® Proceeds To Benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Tampa, FL (February 2, 2009) – America's premier figure skating production, Smucker's Stars on Ice, expands its boundaries as it returns for the 23rd season. The all-new production "On the Edge" promises to keep fans on the edge of their seats as the best skaters in the world show their amazing moves on the ice. Olympic Silver Medalist Sasha Cohen returns for her second season with Olympic, World, and National Champions to show fans what it takes to have the heart of a champion. Smucker's Stars on Ice will visit St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, FL on Sunday, March 1, 2009 for a 3:00 PM performance.
Orlando's Jameer Nelson set to Compete in Playstation® Skills Challenge New Jersey's Harris, Orlando's Nelson, San Antonio's Parker and Chicago's Rose to Vie for Title
NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2009 – A new PlayStation® Skills Challenge champion will be crowned as the New Jersey Nets' Devin Harris, the Orlando Magic's Jameer Nelson, the San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker and the Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose will take the floor on Feb. 14, as part of NBA All-Star Saturday Night at US Airways Center in Phoenix.
The PlayStation® Skills Challenge was introduced at NBA All-Star 2003 in Atlanta and consists of four players competing in a two-round timed "obstacle course" consisting of dribbling, passing and shooting stations. All players must observe basic NBA ball-handling rules while completing the course. The two players with the fastest times from the first round advance to the finals with the order of competition determined by inverse order of the first round times. At the discretion of the referee, television instant replay may be consulted for clarification of rules compliance.
CLEARWATER, FL January 28, 2009 - The 3rd Annual Knology Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival will be held Friday, Feb. 20, Saturday, Feb. 21 and Sunday, Feb. 22, Coachman Park, 301 Drew St.
A kick-off party featuring live blues music by Julie Black will be held in downtown Clearwater in the Cleveland Street District Thursday, Feb. 19, 7 p.m.
Come for three seafood- and blues-filled days featuring artists Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, John Nemeth, Jonny Lang, Elvin Bishop, Walker Smith Group, Lil' Malcolm & The House Rockers, Nervous Turkey, Tommy McCracken, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, The Nelms/Chavers Band, Kenny Neal, and Marica Ball.
Experience the finest Gulf Coast cuisine, including jumbo shrimp, crab cakes, oysters, crawfish, gumbo and more. This event is free and gates open at 4:30 p.m. Friday, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, and noon Sunday. There is limited reserved seating available for purchase at Ticketmaster.
For more information:
call (727) 562-4700 (remember to dial 727 first if you are in the 813 area code) or visit www.ClearwaterSeaBlues.com

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Wilfredo Gonzalez, Steve Halverson, Ann Hicks, Wanyonyi Kendrick, Judith Solano, Bruce Taylor, Carol Thompson. Luther Coggin, O'Neal Douglas, and Kevin Twomey participated by telephone.
Edythe Abdullah, Toni Crawford, Jerry Watterson.
Chair Thompson verified that trustees had received the minutes and asked for a motion to approve them. Trustee Douglas so motioned; the motion was seconded and approved unanimously.
Chair Thompson summarized the reasons for calling the meeting, stating that, though there was some discussion in the last conference call, it had been determined that more discussion was required regarding block tuition. She reminded the group of the request from the Board of Governors for input on whether they would be interested in block tuition as a way of speeding up the time it took for students to get a bachelor's degree, which would ultimately result in more bachelor degrees from each university. The university boards were also asked to submit ideas for instituting block tuition in their institutions.
Chair Thompson said she was concerned about discerning how best to maximize the University's resources. Though block tuition could be one possibility, in examining the institution's funding mechanisms, it could have financial ramifications. She said the Board had been very responsible in determining its role in policy of setting strategic goals for the University, as well as administration's role. She noted that, as the Board of Governors had requested input, such input might be the need for more information for both the Board of Governors and the university boards before moving to put any block tuition model in place. She recommended that trustees take the opportunity presented by today's meeting to ask questions, offer input, and be innovative in their thinking about what was best for UNF. She asked President Delaney to discuss the request further.
President Delaney said he had three quick comments prior to beginning discussion on the block tuition item. He offered his congratulations to Trustee Taylor for winning an award for outstanding service to the engineering profession. Mr. Delaney said he planned to meet with the BOT committees in September to discuss Division I. He told trustees that University administration was still in talks with the faculty union. He said there had been some breakthrough but an agreement had not yet been reached.
Regarding the item on block tuition, President Delaney agreed that the details were quite complicated, stating that staff came up with another permutation each time the issue was addressed. He said several other models had been proposed by some of the other universities, falling into roughly three categories. The model UNF administration had proposed he referred to as a pure response, which was based on the goal of block tuition to speed up graduation by encouraging students to take an extra class. The University proposal encouraged students to take an extra class by essentially offering them a free class or so after a certain amount of credits. One proposal by UCF had the potential of adding revenue to the institution's coffers by penalizing the students for not taking an additional class. Students who took 12, 13, or 14 credits would pay for 15 credits. President Delaney said it appeared that UF and FSU would adopt proposals similar to that of UCF. The University of South Florida, he said, was a more static model, which was somewhat revenue negative. He noted that there were a number of ways in which the goal could be accomplished.
Trustee Douglas asked if the possible shortfalls to UNF or any of the other universities had been addressed in any way during conversations with the Board of Governors. Ms. Owen replied that in a recent presidents' conference call it had been mentioned that revenue loss and FTE gain would need to be fully funded. However, she said the details of how such funding would occur had not been discussed. Some universities, such as UF, were willing to accept the added cost, but others felt that any move to adopt block tuition should be contingent upon funding. Trustee Douglas noted that it did seem that other universities had some of the same questions as UNF.
President Delaney said he felt the first issue to address was whether or not the University actually wished to encourage students to take an extra class for a tuition break. Upon deciding that issue, if trustees were interested in the concept of block tuition, the current proposals from UNF could be examined, as well as any other options, including those proposed by other universities. He added that some of the options proposed by other universities were interesting and worthy of consideration, stating that trustees were in no way bound to the proposal offered by UNF's administration. He also noted the cost to UNF, stating that there would be a loss in the subsidy for the class in addition to the cost of the extra classes required the meet the needs of the added students. Dean Serwatka estimated the cost at approximately $9 million.
Trustee Douglas wondered if block tuition would be advantageous to UNF as there were so many non-traditional students. He asked if block tuition would help UNF to accomplish the overall objective of providing more graduates. Chair Thompson verified with Dean Serwatka that under UNF's proposal students would not be penalized if they did not wish to graduate more quickly.
Trustee Taylor said he thought trustees should consider the larger issues, such as the priorities at UNF. He said some of the University's top priorities were excellence and the quality of the education offered. He said that one of his biggest frustrations was the mandate on the maximum number of credit hours for some degrees. He felt it limited the quality of education that students received. He felt that block tuition could have some advantages if it did indeed expedite student graduation, however, he would rather see students get a better education for their money.
Trustee Hicks pointed out that there was a vast difference in the maturity level of students from incoming freshman to those who graduate four years later. She asked if the UNF proposal took administrative costs into account. Dean Serwatka said no estimate on those costs had been made. President Delaney said that, though there would be some increase administratively, he did not feel it would be exorbitant.
Chair Thompson asked Trustee Solano if she would address the issue from the faculty perspective. Dr. Solano said that part of faculty's response was consistent with Trustee Taylor's observations. Faculty were concerned about the quality of education under a block tuition policy. An important thing to consider, she said, was whether there was a problem with the graduation rates at UNF. She said the average time taken for graduation among FTICs was 4.4 years, perhaps one semester over four years. She said she did not believe that faculty were in favor of block tuition at this time given the nature of much of UNF's student body. A fair percentage of these students were non-traditional students who worked full-time and had family obligations in addition to their courseloads. While they might attempt to take advantage of the tuition savings, the decision could ultimately cost them by causing them to overextend themselves. She noted that even traditional students often had jobs of some type and faculty would much prefer students took courseloads they could handle and did well rather than trying to rush through. Dr. Solano said faculty were also concerned with the cost to the institution. She said that even if the proposal were to be enacted as contingent upon receipt of the revenue loss and additional funding necessary, she was not sure if the University would actually see the funds as similar situations had occurred in the past and the history of those occasions had been that universities were instructed or encouraged to make costly changes with the idea that the funding would follow when, in fact, it often had not.
President Delaney said that he also doubted that the Legislature would fund the additional FTE. He directed trustees to Attachment 3B, indicating that some of the positive and negative consequences were discussed in that section.
Chair Thompson asked trustees if they felt that a proposal was needed from UNF, stating that she didn't wish to attempt to fix something that wasn't broken. She added that quality was of great concern to the trustees as it was to the faculty.
Vice Chair Halverson thanked staff for all of the information that had been presented, stating that he would be heavily influenced by what administration and faculty had to say. He said his first priority was the highest quality education for UNF's students, observing that the issue for him was not how much UNF would receive in funding for instituting a block tuition plan. Overall, he felt that more and larger classes would make it more difficult to improve the quality of the institution, outweighing any pros of block tuition, regardless of the option adopted. Further, he said his understanding was that UNF was near the top in utilization of resources. He saw the issue at this time for UNF as the quality of education rather than the use of resources.
President Delaney pointed out that the goal was really to accelerate the number of baccalaureate degrees through UNF. Trustee Halverson noted that he had seen degree production listed as a principle of success, but he did not feel it was as prominent a success metric as the report suggested. For UNF, he felt the most important thing was the quality of the degree and he felt block tuition would result in the derogation of that quality.
Trustee Gonzalez said he agreed with all of Trustee Halverson's comments. He said he hoped the Board of Governors was not looking for a unanimous perspective for the universities and planned to consider each university individually, not only in terms of population, as the large majority of UNF's students did not live on campus, but also according to the goals of each board, as this institution's trustees, faculty, and staff were primarily concerned with the quality of education at this point in the institution's history.
Trustee Douglas thanked staff for an excellent job on preparing the information. He said he did not view the option in terms of either/or. While he certainly would not like to penalize students in any way, nor would he wish to put pressure on them to perform at levels they were not able to handle, he wouldn't want to deny students the opportunity to exercise the option to take the extra classes if there were no downside for the University. In any case, he did not wish to take an opposing position to the Board of Governors, but rather an analytical one.
President Delaney observed that the object of block tuition was not to reward students who were already taking extra classes, but to encourage students to take extra classes they would not usually take, which would, in turn, result in students needing more study time, etc. Additionally, the option could prove costly to the University. Thus the block tuition policy might not prove a fiscally sound policy for UNF. He noted that Trustee Watterson, as a representative for the students, would almost certainly disagree, as he would say that the students who were taking extra classes would have appreciated the break in tuition.
Trustee Gonzalez asked if students would be required to take a class within their major to receive the break. President Delaney replied that they would not, which could also result in the accumulation of excess hours. He said it was possible that such a requirement could be arranged, however. Trustee Taylor added that he agreed with Trustee Douglas that he would not like to stand in opposition of the Board of Governors as he did not want to have something mandated that might not be in the best interests of UNF. Trustee Coggin agreed as well. Vice Chair Halverson offered that he believed the outcome resulting from this discussion was to let the BOG know that the block tuition option needed further investigation.
Chair Thompson said the request from the Board of Governors asked whether each board of trustees would institute block tuition if given an opportunity, and by what means such a policy could be instituted for each institution. She acknowledged the Board's fiduciary responsibility, but reiterated the concern about the quality of education. She wondered if the response from the trustees might be stated to indicate that trustees and University administration did not see student graduation rates and use of resources as a cause for concern at UNF, thus did not feel a block tuition plan would be beneficial at this time. However, in looking at possible block tuition options, UNF's administration had developed a model that may be useful to the BOG in future conversations about the issue. She recommended a cover letter for the background material already gathered that stated the Board's concerns, indicated the lengths the Board and UNF administration had gone to in order to investigate the matter, and presented their findings. In this way, she felt the Board could address the subject for not only UNF but also statewide. President Delaney said that once the letter had been drafted, he would circulate it to trustees for their approval.
Upon Chair Thomspon's request for a motion to approve the course of action, the motion was offered, seconded, and approved unanimously. Trustee Douglas thanked Chair Thompson for leading a great discussion. President Delaney expressed his appreciation for the work done by Dr. Perkins, Ms. Owen, and Dean Serwatka to prepare the meeting materials. Chair Thompson noted that this was the first face-to-face meeting with Provost Giordano and welcomed him to UNF. Dr. Giordano said he felt honored to have spent the morning with such a distinguished group and felt it a privilege to be at the University of North Florida. Chair Thompson thanked everyone for their thoughtful deliberation on the subject of block tuition and adjourned the meeting.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Waldorf Dolls- More Lessons from the Sage
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15 comments:
- renee ~ heirloom seasons said...
I become attached to my dolls as I make them too. I find myself holding just the head and having to give it a kiss!
- March 23, 2010 at 9:26 PM
- nicola@which name? said...
i love that a dad attended! i love your doll baby. nico is a cutie.
Which Name?
- March 23, 2010 at 10:51 PM
- Nicole Spring said...
What a sweet post <3 I love these workshops you are attending with Christine. You are very lucky my dear friend, and your doll is just perfect! You going to sew her a dress, next? Oh and a bonnet! Hee,hee.
I agree with Renee, I do the same thing and even after years of play I still hold the dolls I made lovingly while the others are more likely to be 'just carried', my girls do the same, and I bet your boys will, too.
Less than three always <3
- March 23, 2010 at 10:53 PM
- Anne said...
- March 24, 2010 at 1:13 AM
I just love these adventures with your dollies! So sweet! Perhaps one day I will be so inspired!
- March 24, 2010 at 2:44 AM
- Joy said...
That's so amazing, Marina! You did a fantastic job. Do you know how fortunate you are to be so near such wonderful resources? :)
- March 24, 2010 at 3:36 AM
so sweet! how fun to learn from her!
- March 24, 2010 at 4:43 AM
- Nicole Benjamin said...
so very, very beautiful!
such a gentle process of creating such a magical friend for your little one.
- March 24, 2010 at 7:30 AM
- momma rae said...
so special that you get to attend these workshops! it is so fun to have your babies come to life in your hands. ;)
- March 24, 2010 at 1:06 PM
- CHILDHOOD MAGIC said...
How amazing to be able to take these workshops. Your doll is beautiful!
- March 24, 2010 at 3:58 PM
- Lisa said...
Marina, what a wonderful class! I wish we had something like that around here. I know what you mean getting attached to the makings. Every critter I make is so hard to let go of when finished. Your doll looks great. Keep up the good work.
- March 24, 2010 at 5:27 PM
- Misha said...
That was such a wonderful class and it was great to meet you! I'm glad Nico loves the new baby.
Mine is still hairless and my son Wyatt keeps asking me to put hair on her. For now she is snuggled in my knitting in progress basket. I think she'll get hair and clothes this weekend.
Christine is a wonderful teacher and I'm so inspired to create more gorgeous Waldorf handiwork.
- March 25, 2010 at 10:25 AM
- micha said...
The doll is beautiful! I'm sure it was wonderful to be part in this workshop.
- March 25, 2010 at 12:56 PM
- Tanya said...
What a sweet, beautiful doll. I recently made one for my 8 year old and am about to start another for my soon-to-be 6 year old. I wasn't expecting to become so attached to her and realized I quickly needed to let go (otherwise I would drive myself bananas with her getting dirty, etc.) So wonderful seeing a papa making a doll!!!!
- March 31, 2010 at 10:57 AM
- Centro la Milpa said...
Lovely, we are having a Waldorf doll class here in Costa Rica, too.
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Anyone who has previously attended Eurobike will be able to confirm that the world's largest bike show is full of weird and wonderful bike gear. This year's show was certainly no exception.
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This will be very familiar, including the comically awkward stepsisters danced by men, but this original version is bigger, wittier, more opulent and multilayered. It's one of the most exciting productions we've undertaken —Artistic director Adam Sklute
As Ballet West prepares for the Feb. 14 opening of "Cinderella" with reality show cameras rolling to capture every moment, no doubt much will be made of the three ladies cast for the coveted lead role.
With the CW Network's filming crew camped out everywhere from the studios to backstage, it's no wonder all eyes will be fixed on Christiana Bennett, Katherine Lawrence and Arolyn Williams. However, fans of the TV show "Breaking Pointe" will have to wait until summer to see any behind-the-scenes casting drama.
"I'm thrilled to have been selected to dance as Cinderella," says Williams, "It's been a dream since I was a little girl." Like most women, she remembers twirling with a broom from a very young age, imagining she was that scullery-maid-turned-princess. Such memories only add to the "very surreal" feeling of dancing the part, she says.
During last season's "Breaking Pointe," the realities surrounding casting unfolded before viewers' eyes. True to form, tears were shed and blood boiled. Certainly the show's producers will be looking to capitalize on the prestige of the Cinderella role.
"It's an incredible opportunity," says Bennett, the company's prima ballerina who's been with Ballet West for 13 years and is the stuff of fascination for reality TV producers. Although she's danced as Cinderella in other productions, dancing the part in the "original" production is exhilarating.
"We are fortunate to be one of only two American companies (Chicago's Joffrey Ballet being the other), who have acquired permission to perform Sir Fredrick Ashton's famous version," says artistic director Adam Sklute. He notes that the ballet, which first premiered in London in 1948, was the forerunning masterpiece from which later "Cinderella" interpretations have borrowed.
The Ashton Foundation fiercely guards its "Cinderella" for a variety of reasons. As a result, the most widely used adaptation in the U.S. is by Ben Stevenson, a protégé of Ashton's who borrowed heavily from his mentor. But what of those Ballet West fans who have loved the Stevenson version?
"This will be very familiar, including the comically awkward stepsisters danced by men, but this original version is bigger, wittier, more opulent and multilayered. It's one of the most exciting productions we've undertaken," he says.
Undertaking the lead role of Cinderella comes with unique challenges — which is part of its allure.
"They must be not only technically brilliant, but extremely committed to the theater of it," says Sklute, adding, "All of the Royal Ballet's greatest ballerinas of the 20th century have danced this role."
Katherine Lawrence has experienced some anxiety despite having danced the part in productions past. "The technique is unusual for me — it has an understated quality, even in the port de bras (arm positions)," she says. "I already have one version of this ballet in my body, so I'm fighting against that sometimes as well."
All three women relish artistically stretching themselves. A few favored moments include Cinderella's presentation at the ball, when, holding the arm of her prince, she descends a long staircase en pointe while looking straight ahead.
"It's finally her moment in the sun — and she's both thrilled and stunned by it," says Bennett, whose own life experiences provide inspiration. The first time she landed a solo role seems a fitting parallel. "I can relate to that moment a little — the amazing costume, the spotlight, the nervousness, the dreamlike sensation when you walk out on stage. It's kind of the ballerina's world," she says.
A ballerina who's made it to the top, that is.
Another paramount moment is the kitchen scene after the ball in which Cinderella, dressed again in rags, wakes up from what she believes may have been a wonderful dream.
"Then she finds that slipper in her pocket and everything changes. Not just her face, but also the way she moves, holds herself and executes steps," says Williams. All agree it's a magical scene.
There are company-wide challenges in mounting the storybook ballet as well. The vastness of the production may be the greatest.
"We are utilizing the whole company, plus Ballet West II and even many of the academy children," says Sklute, "And the parts aren't just courtesans standing around the stage. They're carefully choreographed roles."
In Sklute's estimation, Ballet West, and particularly the three Cinderellas, have devoured the challenge. Not a surprise for a ballet company robust enough to handle cameras zooming in on dancers' every move for weeks on end, watching a spliced narrative of themselves unfold on TV months later, and then agreeing to do it all over again for another season. If Ballet West does have a "breaking point," we've yet to see it.
If you go
What: Ballet West's "Cinderella"
When: Feb. 14-17, 20-23 at 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 and 23 at 2 p.m.
Where: Capitol Theatre, 50 West 200 South, Salt Lake City
How Much: $19-$75
Tickets: 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org
Visit balletwest.org for more info.


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The proposed building of a nuclear plant in Levy County got a push forward when the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board rejected a challenge by environmental groups opposing the plan on environmental grounds.
OCALA - The proposed building of a nuclear plant in Levy County got a push forward Tuesday when the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board rejected a challenge by two environmental groups opposing the plan on environmental grounds, according to a media release Tuesday from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The Nuclear Information and Resource Service and the Ecology Party of Florida had challenged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's final environmental impact statement on the nuclear plant's environmental impacts. In late October, the ASLB presided over a two-day hearing in Bronson, during which the environmental groups had a chance to question the report in front of panels of experts.
The location of the proposed Levy County two-reactor project is nine miles inland from the Gulf Coast, in an area with more than 700 acres of fresh-water wetlands.
NRC spokesperson Joey Ledford said Tuesday's decision was "another milestone in a long process."
"We are one step closer to a combined license," he added, referring to a combined construction and operating license, to be carried out by Duke Energy.
The first two nuclear plants approved for a combined license — Plant Vogtle in Georgia and Plant Summer in South Carolina — are currently under construction, Ledford added.
The proposed plant in Florida must still clear a few hurdles, however, before licensing would be granted, Ledford continued.
In the coming months, the NRC will produce its final safety report, which looks at things like how weather patterns might affect safety — if heavy winds, for example, could cause radiation to be released, or the impact of flooding. It also looks at off-site power supplies, Ledford said.
The NRC is also in the process of re-examining its plans for nuclear waste storage after a U.S. court of appeals last June struck down certain aspects of the NRC's waste confidence decision "that said we feel confident that nuclear fuel can be stored safely and without environmental impacts," Ledford said.
He added that "there isn't a plan for a permanent repository," but that "staff is looking into a long-term solution."
The lack of a repository is one of the issues that the environmental groups opposed to the plant's construction are worried about.
"You would think that would be a major problem (to solve) … before you would allow anyone to turn on the reactor," said Diane Curran, the Washington, D.C.-based lawyer representing the environmental groups.
Calling the lack of a repository an example of the "backwards thinking" behind the project, Curran added that its planners are putting off important problems for future generations to solve.
"We are very concerned that the board (ASLB) was punting the whole problem into the future, by relying on a state monitoring plan that doesn't even exist yet," Curran said.
One example of putting off problems is the idea of building a desalination plant should salt water intrustion in drinking water become an issue.
"When is the bill for the desalination plant? How much do they (utility) want to pay for something with back-end costs?" she asked. "By basically not dealing with the environmental issues now, the NRC is adding more potential costs at the end," she said.
"It's too bad that our children and grandchildren will have to deal with it," Curran added.
Curran called the ASLB's decision a big disappointment.
"We thought we showed with a lot of support that the environmental impact statement did not reflect an adequate understanding of the geology of the site, the groundwater and environmental impacts on the wetlands," Curran said.
One particular objection raised in October focused on the fact that Duke Energy and the NRC did not base their model on the region's own karst geology, which is characterized by rocky ground and sinkholes that can cause preferential pathways in water flow.
The groups Curran represents do have the right to appeal the ASLB's decision. "We are looking into that," she said.
Ledford said that if its safety document is approved and the waste confidence issue resolved, there is a final mandatory hearing.
"That would be the last attempt to argue that the license should not be granted," he said.
And pending that approval, Duke Energy would still have to sign off on it, Ledford said.
"If and when the utility is granted the license, it becomes a business decision for them whether to proceed with operation and construction," Ledford said.


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NILES, IL, January 15, 2009 — Shure Incorporated announced that Mark Humrichouser has been promoted to General Manager of its U.S. Business Unit. In this role, he will have day-to-day responsibility for the management of the sales, marketing, customer service, and applications engineering functions for the U.S.
"Mark has done an outstanding job of directing our U.S. sales team for the past three years," said Al Hershner, Vice President of Shure's Asia and U.S. Business Units. "I'm confident that he will continue to apply his talent and experience to the broader role of coordinating all of our U.S. business unit departments in his new leadership role."
In addition to Humrichouser's promotion, Jim Schanz has been promoted to Director of U.S. Field Sales and Abby Kaplan has been promoted to Senior Manager of National Accounts. Schanz will be responsible for managing all of Shure's U.S territory sales activities. Kaplan will oversee all activities related to the Company's designated national accounts, including national music instrument retail chains, consumer electronics big box retail chains, and specialty channel dealers.


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Yuma's RV Parks Prepare for Snowbird Return
October 10, 2011 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Yuma's RV Parks Prepare for Snowbird Return
RV parks in Yuma, Ariz., are gearing up for the season, cleaning out the pool and getting ready for the thousands of winter visitors expected to start arriving this month.
An estimated 84,940 winter visitors made the trek to Yuma last year, about 1,000 more than the previous season and not far from the record 85,950 in 2007-08, the Yuma Sun reported.
While many own their homes or choose hotels, thousands stay in Yuma's nearly 100 RV parks and resorts, which offer well over 23,000 rental spaces.
An informal survey of parks indicates that the number of winter visitors will stay on track this year and park managers are predicting a good season, if not better than last year. For example:
• Friendly Acres RV Park in Yuma had only 20 vacancies left in the 450-space park this week. "We're looking good. We're a family-owned park and a lot of people come back year after year," said Cynthia Crisp, office assistant.
• Pioneer RV Park in Wellton reported that all but three of its 326 spaces had already been reserved, with a few spaces left open for "in-and-out" visitors.
• West Sands RV Park in Yuma is expecting to be full again this year, with its 156 spaces already reserved.
• Sunset Palm RV Park in Yuma also reported that the park was almost full with only a few of its 117 spaces left.
This is all good news for Yuma's economy as winter visitors shop local stores and patronize restaurants as well as play golf, enjoy the city's amenities and support community events.
Winter visitors also regularly volunteer their time at charitable and nonprofit organizations, schools and the hospital.
However, Yuma Stats is predicting "a record year for attendance but with proclivity toward less per-capita spending."
"I suppose that's better than no visitors so let's hope more in general, spending a little less each, is enough to bring revenues up above past records," said Paul Shedal, a professional statistical analyst and owner of Yuma Stats.
The firm's annual September survey of park managers produced "mixed results."
"Comments from 20 park managers show reservations about average but not below past year levels at this point. No problem," Shedal said.
"What is troubling are several reports of fewer inquiries. These are the folks who haven't committed to a lease or made a reservation."
Shedal also noted a new generation of visitors last year. He described them as "bargain-minded but willing to spend for good value."
"Looking at multiple trends, visitor spending during early (last) season was subdued but finally came on par starting in February."
In the meantime, the Yuma Visitors Bureau is starting to the see the "first wave" of winter visitors, many of whom regularly make reservations at RV parks for the next year before they leave in the spring.
"Every day we're seeing a steady increase in visitors coming in. We expect a larger flood in late October," said A.J. Mosqueda, manager of the Visitor Information Center operated by the bureau.
"We usually see the first wave in October as the weather here cools off and the weather back home gets cold. Then we see another bump after Thanksgiving and another after Christmas. People want to spend the holidays with their families, and it seems more Christmassy with snow than palm trees," said Ann Walker, the bureau's media relations specialist.
The number of winter visitors usually peaks in January and February, she added.


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Crossing Lines: Histories of Jews and Gentiles in Three Communities
Morrow, 1992 - Bangor (Me.) - 320 pages
Crossing Lines provides a sharply etched portrait of the Protestant establishment and Jewish immigrants in three communities. Bangor, Mount Desert Island and Calais are all in Maine. But over the past century these particular instances of accommodation and assimilation strongly represent what occurred in small cities, small towns and exclusive resorts throughout America. This highly unusual and perceptive narrative brings together Yankee lumber barons and Jewish peddlers, Wall Street financiers and Main Street clothing merchants, local and national elites, and immigrants from Germany and Russia. Some of the personalities who are present in this book--John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Jacob H. Schiff, Charles W. Eliot and Henry Morgenthau, Sr.--maintain strong national reputations many years after their deaths. Others--Dr. Lawrence Cutler, and Sara and Arthur Unobskey--achieved distinction on a purely local scale. Patterns of acceptance varied from place to place. Calais was the most tolerant toward the Jews; yet, in Bangor and Mount Desert Island, rejection of the Jews, fueled by anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic attitudes, eventually gave way to acceptance and economic mobility. Shared by all three, however, was a deep respect for American-style success: wealth, civic pride, residential and commercial development, proud reputations and confidence about the future. Although Jewish immigrants in Bangor, Mount Desert Island and Calais differed in their numbers, cohesiveness and inclination to build Jewish institutions, they were similar in their patterns of development. The first immigrants were peddlers, the more successful of them eventually establishing clothing and dry-goods stores. Theyscrimped and saved to bring their families from Russia and poured their hopes into their children, who rose through the public education system into the middle class. As the immigrants and their children reached out to be part of American life, their eastern-European religious and cultural traditions were radically, often awkwardly and painfully, transformed. Crossing Lines covers the histories of Bangor, Mount Desert Island and Calais from the Gilded Age through the first world war, the 1920's, the Depression, the second world war, postwar prosperity and the civil rights movement. Beginning within a framework of Gentile domination and wealth in contrast to immigrant aspiration and poverty, the book concludes with exclusivity giving way to equality of opportunity for Jews in all but a few pockets of life.
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Lemur, (suborder Strepsirrhini), generally, any primitive primate except the tarsier; more specifically, any of the indigenous primates of Madagascar. In the broad sense, the term lemur applies not only to the typical lemurs (family Lemuridae) but also to the avahis, sifakas, indri, and aye-aye of Madagascar, in addition to the lorises, potto, and bush babies of Southeast Asia and Africa. Defined more narrowly, it excludes the last three (the Lorisiformes).
…the group that includes the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans. The order Primates, with its 300 or more species, is the third most diverse order of mammals,
General features
Most lemurs of Madagascar and the nearby Comoros Islands have large eyes, foxlike faces, monkeylike bodies, and long hind limbs. Lemurs range in length (excluding the tail) from about 9 cm (3.5 inches) in Madame Berthe's mouse lemur (Microcebus berthae) to nearly 70 cm (28 inches) for the indri (Indri indri). The bushy tails of lemurs can be longer than their bodies; the indri, however, has only a stub of a tail. Except for the aye-aye, lemurs have woolly fur that is reddish, gray, brown, or black; some species are variously patterned with white. Among other markings, they may also have eye-rings or crown patches.
Lemurs are less intelligent than monkeys. Their sense of smell is more acute but their vision less so. Although some species are at times active during the day, their eyes seem to be adapted for nocturnal life, trading acuity for increased sensitivity in low light conditions. All lemurs are characterized by a reflective layer (tapetum) behind the retina in the eye, but no fovea or macula lutea; a hairless, moist tip to the muzzle; a noninvasive (epitheliochorial) placenta; comblike forward-directed lower front teeth (with the exception of the aye-aye); and a claw ("toilet claw") on the second toe of the foot.
Lemurs are docile, gregarious animals; some species live in groups of 10 or more. Most of their time is spent in the trees eating fruit, leaves, buds, insects, and small birds and birds' eggs, but diet varies among different species. Some, for example, are mainly insectivorous, whereas others feed almost exclusively on foliage. All breed seasonally, and females may have only one fertile day during the entire year. Single offspring are usually born after two to five months' gestation. The newborn lemur then clings to its mother's underside until it is old enough to ride on her back.
A number of lemurs are rare or endangered. Several either were not discovered until the late 20th century or were rediscovered after having been thought extinct. Remains exist of species larger than any of today's lemurs. Some of these may have survived until only 500 years ago. They were probably exterminated by overhunting or habitat modification by the Malagasy people, who arrived on the island less than 2,000 years ago.
Lemur diversity
The "true lemurs" (family Lemuridae) include five genera and about 18 species. The best known of these is the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), commonly seen in zoos. It is unique both in its habitat (some dry and rocky areas of Madagascar) and for its striped tail (all other lemurs have solid-coloured tails). Troops are made up of several males and females, and the females are the dominant sex. A male marks the troop's territory by slashing the trunk of a small tree with a horny spur on his wrist, making an audible click, and leaving a scented scar on the tree. Members of the related genus Eulemur include the black lemur (E. macaco), in which the male is black and the female is reddish brown. The rare black-and-white or black-and-red ruffed lemurs (genus Varecia) live in rainforests on the eastern side of Madagascar. The gentle lemurs, or lesser bamboo lemurs (genus Hapalemur), and the highly endangered greater bamboo lemurs (Prolemur simus) feed on bamboo stems in the eastern and northwestern rainforests of the island.
There are at least 10 species of sportive lemurs (family Megaladapidae) that live throughout Madagascar in both rainforests and dry forests. They are solitary and nocturnal, feeding on leaves and flowers, which are digested in their enormous cecum with the aid of bacteria. Bacterial fermentation enables energy to be extracted from the large quantity of otherwise indigestible cellulose in the lemur's diet.
The dwarf lemurs (Cheirogaleus), along with the mouse (Microcebus), Coquerel's (Mirza), hairy-eared (Allocebus), and fork-crowned (Phaner) lemurs, make up the family Cheirogaleidae, which in many respects are the most primitive living lemurs. Dwarf lemurs store fat in their tails and are dormant (estivate) during dry periods; they live in monogamous pairs. Mouse lemurs, which eat insects and fruit, are the smallest living primates. Fork-crowned lemurs inhabit the forests along Madagascar's western coast and live on a diet of gum and insects.
Strepsirrhine primates first emerged in the Early Eocene Epoch (some 50 million years ago), though their origins may be traced to the preceding Paleocene Epoch. These Eocene lemuroids were abundant in North America and Europe, and some are known from complete skeletons. By the close of the Eocene (approximately 34 million years ago), strepsirrhines had practically disappeared from the Northern Hemisphere. The lemur lineage continued in tropical forests, however, and they were particularly successful in Madagascar, where they were relatively free from competition with more-advanced primates. No fossil deposits are known in Madagascar between the Mesozoic Era (251 million to 65.5 million years ago) and recent times, so the fossil history of the island's lemurs is unknown.


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SHANGHAI—The prison sentences last week for two of the best-known antifraud specialists in China was a reminder of the stiff risks that can accompany buying and using information that the government deems private.
Yet for businesses operating in the world's No. 2 economy, the case did little to clarify exactly what information is legally accessible. By prosecuting British corporate investigator Peter Humphrey and his American wife and business partner Yu Yingzeng, authorities took direct aim at some basic tactics used by...


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I'm fighting against the seasonal clock to make as many rhubarb infested treats as possible. The window is short. Too short. I nearly broke out in sweat on a cool 70° morning at the farmer's market this week. Was I late? Where's all the rhubarb? Oh, it was there alright. At the very last stand.
Right across from the flowers I snatched up to keep our last couple of weeks in Oak Park, in what should be our box-filled condo, pretty. I guess you could say we haven't started packing yet.
There's too many people to see, projects to finish, and galettes to bake. Case in point. This little gem is semi-healthy. I prefer galettes to be rustic and wheaty. So I've snuck in some oat and wheat flour without compromising that delicate flakiness we all love. Just beyond the crust sits tart rhubarb and sweet strawberry and orange. They come together to make a beautiful marriage. Complimenting each other every bite of the way. Oh, and some homemade ice cream on top. Why not? Makes perfect sense to me.
- Crust
- 3/4 c. unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 c. oat flour
- 1/2 c. wheat flour
- 2 tsp. sugar
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- 3/4 c. (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cold
- 1/2 c. water, cold
- Filling
- 2 1/2 c. rhubarb, sliced about 1/2-inch thick
- 1 1/2 c. strawberries, sliced
- 1 tbsp. orange juice, fresh
- 1/3 c. sugar
- 2 tsp. all-purpose flour
- pinch of nutmeg, freshly grated
- 1 large egg, beaten
- turbinado
- Whisk together flours, sugar, and salt. If you don't have oat flour on hand, finely grind rolled oats in food processor.
- Using a pastry blender, cut butter into flour until it is edamame-sized. (You may be tempted to cut the butter into smaller pieces, however, as you add the water and continue to work the dough, the size of the butter will decrease.)
- Add in the cold water. Use a pastry fork and work dough until it comes together. Gently knead with hands to incorporate any loose pieces. Do not overwork dough.
- Shape dough into a disk, and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least an hour.
- Preheat oven to 375°. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or Silpat; set aside.
- In a bowl, add rhubarb, strawberry, orange juice, sugar, flour, and nutmeg. Stir and set aside.
- Meanwhile, divide dough into 4 equal pieces. On a well floured surface, roll each out into a circle, about 1/8-inch thick.
- Add rhubarb mixture into the center of dough, leaving about a 2 1/2-inch border all the way around. Fold dough around the fruit mixture, pressing gently to adhere the folds. Brush edges of dough with egg, and sprinkle with turbinado. Transfer to freezer for 10 minutes.
- Bake until crust is golden brown and juices are bubbling, 35 to 40 minutes. Allow to cool. Serve warm or at room temperature with a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream. Duh.


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Feb. 18, 2006
Lipscomb Lady Bisons got off to a slow start Friday in the first day of the War Eagle Classic at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala.
The Lady Bisons lost the first game to Furman 5-4 in extra innings.
In the Furman game the Lady Bisons jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning with Kim Jacobson, Kate Richards and Niki Bails each driving home runs with singles.
Furman came back to tie the game with three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.
The Lady Bisons took the lead again with one run in the top of the eighth. Heather Collins started the inning on second base. She advanced to third on a ground out to first by Julia Davidson. She then scored on a throwing error by Furman's catcher.
Furman, capitalizing on a single and a double scored two runs in the eighth to seal the victory.
Lady Bisons lead-off hitter Leigh Little had her second multi-hit game of the season with two singles.
Sara Meek was on the mound for the Lady Bisons. She gave up six hits and five runs, four earned, in 7.2 innings. She struck out five and walked three.
The Lady Bisons, 1-4, had six hits for the game.


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AlienLion writes:
Let us take a quick look at Epic Games and what has been happening there, because it almost seems like something stinky might be brewing behind the closed windows and doors. Of course, the big news today is that the president of the company, Mike Capps is stepping down after a decade of service. That is not that remarkable in itself, if you are not aware that there have been suspiciously many such moves from Epic, as of late.
That would be pretty great in my opinion! They can still make PC games too. (although for GFWL which doesn't bother me like most cry babies)
Epic also had a lot of design input when it came to the Xbox 360. They told Microsoft they needed more ram than it was originally going to have and they got their wish.
Hope to see a new Unreal game on the next Xbox.
"Epic also had a lot of design input when it came to the Xbox 360."
Hmmm? I wasn't aware of that. Maybe this time they do too?
I believe it was Epic who convinced Microsoft to put in 512MB of RAM instead of 256MB. They told MS that Gears 1 would not be able to look/run good with just 256MB of memory.
They didn't have a lot of input, but hey convinced MS to bump the ram from 256 to 512. Can you imagine how gimped these games would be with 256 to work with?
They didn't just tell them, they actually showed them.
Anyway, this article is pretty pointless and conspirative: when a company buys another company, the first thing they sign is that key talent must stay on board for a certain period of time. Otherwise they are simply risking buying an empty shell of a company since everyone can leave at once. Key people leaving Epic now is actually an indication this is not going to happen.
Not to mention: Epic's bread and butter is the Unreal Engine itself being licensed to almost every major studio and even indie devs. What would become of this source of revenue once MS acquires them? This engine is the top engine in the industry because it scales from consoles to iphones, and once it becomes exclusive to a certain platform most studios will drop it. This simply doesn't make any sense.
Not to mentioned the hilarious biased point of view of the writer:
"Barely a month ago, another big name left the company in Cliff Bleszinski. As hugely annoying as that dude could be, he created some decent waves in the industry, on occasion..."
Just LMAO at "Decent waves of games, on occasions". Way to understate the contribution of someone who's responsible for award winning series from Jazz Jackrabbit, through Unreal Tournament to Gears of War. What's next? Claiming that "Shigeru Miyamoto made a a few games that don't suck here and there" perhaps?
What?! Cliffy B. was behind Jazz Jackrabbit? I friggin' loved that game! Used to play it with my siblings all the time...good times.
Anyway, M$ buying Epic wouldn't necessarily mean they'd have to stop licensing out Unreal--not if they're smart, anyway.
I think your comment is pretty spot on, albeit I think MS buying Epic and licensing Unreal to competing platform would be just fine (for MS) as they can now better shift preferences to their console.
MS has shown that they are willing to invest in competing platforms.
I think your comment is pretty spot on, albeit I think MS buying Epic and licensing Unreal to competing platform would be just fine (for MS) as they can now better shift preferences to their console.
MS has shown that they are willing to invest in competing platforms in the past.
If everyone's bailing out, that's like someone buying a bag of peanuts, but only getting the shells.
They're just buying the name, not the people who made the games great.
Cliff, Mike Capps and other employees at Epic are starting to resign, just like Rare employees did by the time Microsoft bought them.
Gears Of War Kinect confirmed(?)
i really hope NOT. Sony,MS and Nintendo should look to buyer the smaller studios and leave these billion dollar companies alone.
i rather have them spend $100 million on xblive and just hire bunch of smaller devs to work on xblive games.
get your facts straight MS killed Rare. and Until 343 studios work on something new you can never say MS proved anything. one thing i do give MS about 343 studios is how many top talent developers they hired for 343 studios.
i wish Nintendo would just buy Rare back
Get your fact straight rare was shit before MS bought them.
Donkey Kong Country, Killer Instinct, GoldenEye 007, Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark and Conker's Bad Fur Day.
In 2002, the company was wholly purchased by Microsoft and has since focused on developing games exclusively for Microsoft video game consoles. Rare since then has developed Kameo: Elements of Power, the Viva Piñata series, and the Kinect Sports series
see the difference? they use to make games than MS bought em and all the talent left and what was left work on crappy games and than even they left
there is a reason both sony and nintendo has so many studios yet being bought by MS is like a death sentence
"Kameo: Elements of Power and the Viva Piñata series" Are awesome, so was the last Banjo game.
"Why would MS pay $375 million for a dead company?"
To make your precious avatars and kinect games.
if they buy epic it will be just
gears,halo,gears,halo. over and cover.
IP's and copyrights. doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out.
Why do you think they were able to be bought so cheap. They were in the toilet. What was Rare's last hit? When MS bought them they churned out Perfect Dark Zero which was trash and it's been downhill since then. Donkey Kong Country and Golden Eye was the old Rare. MS didn't buy Rare when they were on top. They bought them when they were struggling. Looking at their body of work when the N64 was relevant shows how short minded you are. What did they do during the PS2/Xbox generation? Of course MS is going to buy the company for the license of the Unreal Engine. Do you really think it's just for the game development? They are looking at the bigger picture. Games can flop and could turn out to be a loss, but that same crappy game is running on an engine. That's where the money is. Why open a restaurant or bar when 75% of them fail when you can sell the equipment they need to operate.
cee773-You are a shallow thinker and would never make it in business. Thinking they would buy a company for Gears is retarded. They already have that locked down, so why buy the company? IPs, Copyrights, and Trademarks are worth more you idiot. They would own the #1 game development engine in the world. The engine alone could sell for 15 million to a developer....DUH, small eyes
You are spot on!
If MS really wanted Gears alone, they could easily just lock it down with a contract like they already have with Gears 1-3 and now Judgement.
A game can flop, making the IP pretty worthless (not literally). Now buying expertise and technology is a whole other set of questions, but then again I don't see why a company like MS would have any problems creating a game engine that rivals Unreal.
They already created a fantastic engine for Halo 4 with 343 Industries.
Please do research before you post the same regurgitated statements that ignorant fanboys post.
Rare was basically a shovelware developer for the NES in the 1980's, they put out over 50 games, mostly licensed properties like Sesame Street and Nightmare On Elm Street. They had mass turnover because of working conditions.
Eventually they made some quality games, but the team that built GoldenEye on the N64 was actually a brand new side division of Rare whose members had never made a game before. The core of Rare at that time was working on other projects.
There were mass quitting again shortly after Banjo Kazooie was released. Rare has made some great games, but they have gone through a ton of turnovers and have had their fair share of troubles and flops. I've enjoyed a lot of what they've done, but don't list a game like Conker, which was released on N64 and flopped, Microsoft gave that IP a chance and it flopped again, selling less than 50k.
Killer Instinct was good, but the second one flopped as well. Not every game that is well made sells well.
On the topic of Epic, I could see Microsoft buying them, for one thing it would be a constant source of income because of the licensing rights to the Unreal Engine.
As for 343i, they are specifically a Halo developer, that is Microsot's killer app and 343i was built to work on those games. They aren't going to be making anything else. Its the Reclaimer Trilogy that they are working on for the foreseeable future.
they pretty much already have.
yup, that's pretty true.
as a non Xbox owner it would make no difference to my life whatsoever.
Yeah nothing new there, if MS end buying them no one would notice the difference.
If Microsoft is buying Epic Games , i don't think Cliffy b would have left epic then ,he is the biggest MS fanboy .
Cliffy B always said he wants Gears on other platforms but as long as M$ is good to them(MONEY!!!) they won't do that but other projects could be realized on other platforms.
This is why Cliffy B probably wanted to leave and go Multiplat.
He maybe wants to try his skills on an other crowd of gamers and we all know this is only possible with the Sony Community cause they don't only play Shooters.
i dont think it will happen....
on topic....i have not seen any news on the new gears of war game....im thinking its getting can.
They said there would be gameplay footage debuting this friday on VGA's.
Won't happen. Epic would cost a LOT and MS already have 20 first party studios now. I doubt they need any more mega studios
Agree with the first part, disagree with the second. MS do not have 20 1st party studios. In order of # of studios for the three manufacturers: Sony > Nintendo > MS
Microsoft Game Studios have 19
Sony Computer Entertainment have 13
Nintendo have at least 13
@ Domination:I looked at that Wikipedia list.First, lets count studios that actually make games. Microsoft has 343, turn ten , twisted pixel, Xbox live productions, lionhead and rare. That is 7 studios. All those others listed only make kinekt games. Some of these studios listed here only make 1 game and some of these studios only make downloadable games. If we ignore those Microsoft is left with ... nothing. But we all know Microsoft doesn't need
to sell GAMES to succeed. It has a different business model. XBOX Live.
@ Leviathan
Maybe you should look at the list again. 3 of the 20 studios appear to be exclusively making Kinect games.
Meanwhile 12 of those studios are working on Untitled Projects. At least 12 games of tap, mostly likely non-Kinect games, exclusively for the Xbox 360.
Gotta say, it's a good time to be a 360 gamer:) thanks for providing the links Dom
You can't be so picky. I was questioned on how many studios MS has and I provided the evidence. Yes, some have made kinect games but who cares? They are still first party and still count.
By your logic does that mean we don't count SCE London for Sony? Because all they've done it make Singstar and Buzz games or crappy move only games? Do we not include Team Ico because they haven't even made a game this gen? Of course not, that would be ridiculous.
Sony have some incredible first party studios but they have ditched a few recently.. and MS are certainly trying to fix one of the biggest and fairest criticisms aimed at them over recent years. They have a LOT of games in development, exclusively for their next console. Now lets see if they will make good games :)
Please NO! MS have destroyed every games company they have bought in the past bar bungie who only managed to not fall apart thanks to not being 100% MS owned. Look at what happened to RARE for example once a huge name in the gaming world and now a 2nd rate developer that nobody looks forward to their next release. EPIC needs to stay independent for that reason. Ms should take a leaf from Sonys book on how to handle studios when taken over.
What type of stuff was rare putting out when MS bought them? It was my understanding that rare was starting to struggle which is why they sold up. Rare started to slip further into decline in in terms of quality well before the buyout, i dont understand how some people can ignore such basic facts solely for the purpose of doing the old "MS is teh evilness studio killers" routine. Its getting old now. Not to mention that this whole thread is based purely on speculation so what we end up with is people bringing in half truths based on opinions about rare into an argument that is based purely on speculation and circumstance. Its crazy. What ever happened to waiting for the truth before we comment on it?
It won't happen. This is ridiculous speculation based on a shift in management and staff.
Epic makes the bulk of their money off Engine licences and they make A LOT. They wouldn't kill or jeopardize that cash cow by locking down their customer base, which MS would seek to do almost immediately.
Not going to happen.
As a PC gamer, not a big loss. I could live without an Unrel Tournament, Gears or a new Bulletstorm. Even if these franchises will come to PC, they'll support that mess of a client called GfWL which only benefit 360 gamers.
How does that make them cry babies because you are more tolerable of a piece of crap like GFWL -_-
Thy bought Rare games to remember?
And they have a bright future..
past: "Rare Wanted To Make Killer Instinct 3 But Microsoft Canned It"
present: "Rare sticking with Kinect for its new project"
future: "Rare hiring new developers for Kinect 2 and Xbox 720 games"
3 exclusive core games and 61 exclusive kinect games.
Why do people like MS again?
Remember these days?
vs today
They only care to make casual dollars.
And now this?
"Microsoft Is Essentially Making A Casual Xbox"
If "Casual Xbox" takes off then good luck seeing xbox gamers are already screwed anyway since kinect 2 will be ready day 1 this time around with the new xbox.
I like these guys much better now..
Why not make casual games but keep your original customers first?
"Why not make casual games but keep your original customers first?"
They are.
MS makes Fable, Halo and Forza with Gears as a 2nd party IP.
Halo, Forza and Fable are came over from last gen. These are MS's 1st party studios. Therefor they are giving the top selling core games to the core audience. Now that MS is ALSO giving casual games, everyone seems to think that suddenly MS only cares about casuals. It only makes practical sense that MS support their Kinect peripheral. MS have a MUCH larger library of 360 core games found on the 360 then they do casual games yet nobody wants to consider the ENTIRE 360 catalog. They would only rather focus on the current year.
It's just ignorant to think MS are only focusing on the casual market. Right now MS is preparing for their next gen console release which is why the only exclusive core game we know that is coming out next year is Gears of War Judgement. The 720 and the starting game launch for it will be released 4th quarter of 2013.
Bottom line, regardless of what many on this site like to imagine, MS are still pushing their top selling exclusive franchises. Forza Horizon just released and Halo 4. MS also gets timed exclusive DLC for the largest franchise on the market as well....the COD franchise.
The 360 is still just as much of a core system as it is a casual system. It's got something for everyone.
With what M$ has done with 343! Gears with that backing would be amazing as hell with replay value to please all fans.
Of course some of the main writers, developers, & programmers must stay & build a team from there, same as with 343.
Also, work something with Cliff to pull him on board & M$ will have something.
The bigger question would be, what would MS gain by buying out Epic? While they certainly do have some killer IP's under their belt, outside of Unreal, GOW, and maybe Infinity Blade, most of their games aren't as well known.
Epic's biggest asset is their Unreal Engine. Much of it's popularity is due to the fact that it's powerful and multi-platform. Unless MS would keep it multi-plat it's hard to see the engine staying a major contender in the market, especially since publishers are now making their own powerful multi-plat engines (Frostbite, Luminous, Fox, etc).
Buying out a company only to reduce it's worth doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. If many of the key players from Epic are leaving, then they'd just be buying the name, which unfortunately is nowhere near the value of the company as it is now. If MS is buying it to get exclusive rights to Unreal Engine, then why would they do that. They could produce their own engine for a fraction of the cost. Hate of Love MS, they have some of the best software engineers in their company, and for the most part they do understand pipeline development and usability.
People leaving Epic sounds like a buyout is likely than not. The signs are there.
M$ needs a vast portfolio of new brands, this is it. But that also means Unreal will no longer be multiplatform.
Microsoft has a keen habit of taking "not-known" names into cult icons. Just like Halo before MS bought it.
Oh, and that Unreal Engine? Most likely they want that so that M$ wouldn't have to spend an extra few billions into development of new SDK's. As they do with each Halo title released, or each Forza title released, etc. etc.
Your argument generally makes sense and I won't really dispute it.
However key players in the company are leaving, which is not usually the case before a big buyout occurs. They would stay on because of the big payout they would receive in the transaction. The only reason, if a buyout were true, that they might leave is that MS would have a clause that they'd have to stay on for a while. If true, then they may not approve of the direction that MS would want to take with the company, which is why they are now leaving.
Also, a few billion to develop an engine? That's a gross over-estimation of what it takes to create an engine. If that were the case you wouldn't see all these publishers making their own engines to use, and Epic would not be making money off their engine licenses. I can also assure you that Halo's development budget was not in the billions.
MS is very well equipped to make their own engine if they so desired. They've been making programming tools for longer than most of us have been alive. Not only do they have Visual Studio which could serve as a base, they also have XNA which in itself is a type of game engine. Adding a pipeline development layer for the developer (like you see in most game engines like UE or Unity), would not be that big a deal for them.
Honestly I see these key players leaving as a sign of something else. It's possible they want to do something different. It's not unthinkable that they may be looking at creating their own studio, or they have offers to go work with other big players in the market and they are just biding their time until their non-compete contracts run out.
This would be a big buy for MS since they basically have zero top notch first party Dev teams.
except, I'm pretty sure Epic has been pretty vocal about their dislike of the closed source system MS uses on the xbox. (see unreal tournaments map packs and mod system) So i'm not entirely sure that they'd go through with selling out completely.
It wouldn't surprise me a bit. Not even the least.
I expected Epic to be bought by M$ when that other buyout rumor started.
This is one of those cases of "a little too late, Microsoft!"
God I hope not. They killed Rare, they will kill Epic too.
I kinda agree. They did completely destroy Rare.
Just like Sony completely destroyed Zipper Interactive (among others).
At least Rare is still alive (and i hope they make better games in the future), but Zipper Interactive is completely dead.
Sony destroyed Zipper how? They didn't do no such thing they still released plenty of games for PS3 unlike RARE. They just couldn't keep up with current gen. Zipper wasn't that great anyway. Finally Sony got sick of them losing money and pulled them. Sony did well to stick with them so long.
@lelo2play yeah, sony really killed zipper. Look at all the games zipper made before they were part of sony (sarcasm)
And at least they "died" with the game that made them who they were (Socom) and not psMove only games and avatars. That was a noble quick "death" not the slow and humilliating that Rare has being trough
What does any of this have to do with Sony?
Are you in denial or paranoid or some shit? Too many people attacking MS so you assume they're Sony die-hards?
MS didnt kill Rare. Rare was DOA when they got to MS. Most if the top talent had already left Rare. MS has shown they can build a top tier studio. .. 343i says hi. Regardless of this rumor something is definitely up at Epic.
343 basically copied and pasted the work of bungie so that not really proof of anything.
Until they create a new IP that is rated very well. Then they can be called top tier but until then...
Please don't pull **** out of your *** and state it as fact. Rare was doing great at the time of acquisition and most of the key figures didn't leave until after the acquisition, including the founders (Stamper brothers). Hollis himself stated that Microsoft was very ham fisted in its' management of Rare. First there was lack of management and then there was a mess that made a several key people leave.
Why would MS pay $375 million for a dead company?
343 took over one of the biggest series ever and made a brilliant game true to the franchise's roots... they didn't "copy and paste".
If MS did acquire EPIC (which I highly doubt will happen), as long as MS treats them like 343 and hands them a blank check and says "Make the best damn Gears (or whatever) game possible", then it would be a good merger for fans.
Look at Rare's first project on the 360, Kameo.
They were CLEARLY still a brilliant studio at the start of the generation. Then they were forced to shoehorn XBL into their games. Then Kinect. All downhill from there.
MS as shown they can build a top tier studio.
343 has made 1 game, and some of the people are from Bungie.
and they make Halo, which had a pretty solid formula of building off. Try a new IP, then you can say they build top tier studies...also more than 1 example.
"God I hope not. They killed Rare, they will kill Epic too."
No. Rare was already dead when Microsoft purchased them. BTW how many studios have Sony and Nintendo killed ? Zipper Interactive (Sony) comes to mind in recent months.
try zipper,London, Liverpool,Evolution Studios,Bigbig Studios,LightBox Interactive,Eat Sleep Play,and Game Republic.
let's not lie now. Lightbox Interactive, Eat Sleep Play and Evolution Studios, are all alive and kicking. Sony gave Lightbox Interactive the green light to make a Warhawk sequel knowing very well it wouldn't sell much, but would add variety to the PS3.
Game Republic was never owned by Sony, they could have chose to reject Sony money and not make exclusive Sony titles.
the only studio that didn't deserve the cut was Studio Liverpool. that was a huge mistake by Sony. everyone else deserved the boot.
Evolution? Lightbox? Eat Sleep Play?
You might want to do some actual research, vega. Eat Sleep Play isn't even a first party studio. Neither is Lightbox.
@torchic, Liverpool got merged with Evolution Studios.
Zipper was the only real loss, not that i'm into shooters but MAG was pretty decent.
And Evolution Studios are still alive and well. Hopefully we'll see a new Motorstorm from them as a PS4 launch title.
With what making Kinect games? Last I heard a Kinect for Gears Of War was scrapped and was never gonna work.
If MS bought Epic they would put them hard at work. By creating new Ips for them, and expanding current franchises like Gears, BulletStorm, Unreal, and Shadow Complex 2. Think about it, MS could have a new Ip every year if they wanted, if they bought epic.
who is this "among others" you've listed?
and yeah..Zipper tried some new things and it just didn't work. When you have other studios producing top quality games, why keep one that's a Ps2 success around?
they could've handled it a bit better from some of the reports I've read, but when it comes down to it, its a business about making money. Zipper wasn't making it happen.
it would be an industry shaking move, would that affect who could and couldn't have licensing of the unreal engine? i think it would be a strong decision for xbox and microsoft but may hurt gaming as a whole and i don't think epic would end up as rare. microsoft sort of kept rare alive but didn't use them well which ultimately ended the company, epic on the other hand has software, games, and established ip's that sell well acrooss all platforms, it'd be hard to take down a company like that, also microsoft had a great relationship with bungie which didn't end in its demise so i think epc and microsoft would do fine together.
Oh I don't know, man. Rare had quite a few massive games and established IP's. I think most forget just how revered and important the company once was. Plus, so many major figures leaving the company all of the sudden like a sinking ship? Something is up.