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The Art House Announces Huge Summer 2019 Program
The Art House has launched its program for the school holidays, and the line-up is so good that this summer the whole family will be heading straight from the beach to the theatre.
In The Heights - January 10-12
First up, The Art House stage will be transformed into a vibrant Manhattan street corner as The Art House presents its first all-star musical, 'In The Heights'. The four-time Tony Award-winning show comes to Sydney Opera House Concert Hall in mid-January, but not before an exclusive premiere season at The Art House.
In a coup for the Central Coast, not only will The Art House present this salsa-fuelled musical, but leading its all-star cast is Central Coast local and Hi-5 star, Joe Kalou. The show is also choreographed by nationally recognized Central Coast-born choreographer Amy Campbell.
Hot on the heels of In The Heights comes a mini comedy festival featuring a clutch of some of the best-known Australian Comedians. Whether it's a single show or, for the more dedicated comedy fan, a four-show pass, The Art House is banking on there being a show for just about every kind of comedy fan.
Tom Ballard - Wednesday January 16
Winner of the Best show at Sydney Comedy Festival 2017, best comedy at Edinburgh Fringe and Winner of zeitgeist-riding brand of comedy to The Art House for one night only.
Luke McGregor & Tommy Little Comedy Double Bill - Saturday January 19
Two of the biggest names in Australian Comedy – Tommy Little and Luke McGregor are bringing their bromance to The Art House.
Peter Helliar - Sunday January 20
Since bursting onto the scene back in the 1990's as a cast member on Rove, there's not much that Helliar hasn't done. Most recently Helliar has become a familiar face in Australian households as he brings home the laughs most evenings on Channel Ten's nightly news program The Project.
For kids, there are plenty of opportunities to get them theatre-lovers away from their screens and into a show or a school holiday workshop.
Escape from Trash Mountain - Show and Trash Puppet Workshop – January 18 -19
A kids show with an environmental message! Join the puppet heroes as they escape the dreaded landfill in search of a better life. Be amazed as they fight trash bats, navigate treacherous ravines, and outwit hideous trash monsters! Kids can create their own trash puppet in the Trash Puppet Workshops.
Children are Stinky - Show and Circus Workshop – January 21 -23
Against a backdrop of high calibre circus, a rocking '90s soundtrack and genuine belly laughs, this acrobatic duo's attempts to prove kids STINK are met with messy, ridiculous and hysterical twists. They only succeed in proving that children are awesome … and they know it! Book the show + workshop package and kids will be taught circus skills by the performers!
See The Art House website for bookings and further information.
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When a flag is more than a flag
There's a LGBT flag at White Hart Lane. It's the one in the corner with the rainbow on it. It appears to have kicked up a fuss with some supporters that have concluded the flag represents unwarranted segregation and special treatment for a supporters group and that it's contradictory to the clubs stance on other flags of a political nature that are not allowed within the stadium.
The crux of the argument against it from some asks 'where does it stop?' and if one flag representative of one group is permitted is the club guilty of affording select groups they feel are more deserving and ignoring others and therefore setting a precedence they might not be able to honour?
As for LGBT themselves, are they paradoxical with their intentions or is it far more complex than simply suggesting that there is hypocrisy if a group are immersing themselves with the requirement of special treatment whilst seeking to break down social barriers? It's important to point out that Tottenham are being supportive and the criteria for being recognised is worthy of said attention.
I think context here is everything. If it was easy to blend in without the fear of being subjected to homophobic behaviour they'd do just that. Having to group together and display a flag is a transition that appears to be the only way to raise awareness and to do so with strength in unity. Some might prefer not to and sit wherever they wish within the ground. There is choice.
As for segregation, how is it an issue if there are people wishing to actively sit together? It's no different to people wanting to stand next to each and sing for 90 minutes. You might argue the latter is purely about the football, but go and have a discussion about the impact of 1882 and some are passionately against it, to the point of belittlement. It's segregation if you wish to perceive it as such. They don't. They see it as a positive. We should respect that.
Modern crowds are diverse, be it predominately male. There isn't a prototype for the perfect supporter. We are all individuals and behaviourally have one thing in common on the day of a football match - we suffer agonisingly together watching our beloved team play. It still isn't as simplistic as suggesting 'we're all Tottenham so there's no need to single yourself out as something different because the football is the one thing that is bringing us together'. If it was this uncomplicated they'd be no rainbow flag.
If you're straight you're in pretty much the perfect position to frequent a match. For the most part it's a blokes domain where men get to be men at their lowest common denominator. Sweary and pseudo punchy, pumped full of testosterone. Although some prefer to stand with their iPhone aloft or drink beer during the game and miss most of it. You can basically enjoy the game as you choose to.
The reality is, the experience is far more placid. Most stadia are made up of family and kids and women and men that actually prefer to sit in silence whilst others might occasionally break healthy and safety regulations by standing up. It's not the 1980s and although atmosphere has degraded in a variety of ways thanks to being over policed and the corruption of consumerism, it's improved in other ways. It's an open house to more or less anyone that wishes to watch their team play as long as they have a fat enough wallet. Almost anyone.
It's still perceived as this heterosexual escapism, you know, with all the hugging and kissing and looking into each others eyes when Spurs have scored a goal. Like I said, it's a blokes domain.
There are many that want to go to the football but don't feel comfortable because of some elements, like homophobic chanting. Others go and tolerate it (remember, once upon a time it was bananas being chucked onto the pitch). Thanks to the tribal gathering within the ground, normal social rules can sometimes be stretched thanks to the sheer numbers of supporters saying something in unison - although not to the point where people are completely accepting of certain language and behaviour.
Those that want to attend or do so (and tolerate) want to be able to blend in and if they feel they wouldn't be accepted if those around them knew they were gay then this pretty much stops them from being themselves at the Lane. Something that most in attendance take completely for granted and never give a seconds thought about it. So they have to be more forward, blatant about it. Those that take this particular choice.
It's easier said than done to suggest that '...if they want to be considered equals (I'm paraphrasing what is being said by others) they should just get on with it and be treated like everyone else'. How do you think two men in a relationship and behaving like so will be received in the stands if you ever witness it because I'm certain they won't be ignored the same way a traditional boy/girl couple would be.
We can be who we want to be. We don't need a flag. They can't. The fact there's a we and a they further highlights the point. It might not matter to you but then you have no reason to feel marginalised or socially isolated within this particular context. It might be that other areas of our society are more accepting but that's not the case in football. Which is why there's a supporters group and a flag. A call to arms, a 'we're here, so deal with it' stance. Maybe the point, in the long term, is that people will stop caring about being bothered about any of this and with it discrimination will slowly die away. Sadly I think that's for a future generation to enjoy long after we've all left this life.
LGBT want to make people aware. Not that sexual orientation is important to the experience of the game itself but let me know how many gay footballers have come out and how accepting supporters are of the ones rumoured to be.
Not sure you can really compare any of this to a political endorsement, like the Cypriot flag that is no longer on show and to suggest a 'Hetro group and flag' is bordering on parody. The fact we have tags and labels is because on the whole we are uncomfortable with sexuality as our social evolution continues its struggle from crawl to walk.
When this discussion first kicked off, I've got to be honest, I did think 'what's the point?' I made light of it citing the Cypriot flag (removed apparently by its owner after a disagreement with another gentlemen) and why anyone has to feel the need to shout out about who they are above and beyond being Spurs. And then I realised, it's a positive for those that want it and that it doesn't bother me in a negative way. I don't care. Not in a detached disparaging way, but it's none of my business how you live your life but if there's a group that wants to shout about it then the likelihood is that they need to shout about it.
Football is not a forgiving or understanding environment. Even with all its modern characteristics. Society in general is in its infancy with so many things relating to not only sexuality but race and cultures and religion.
If you're not homophobic then why should any of this bother you? If you're not and you're still bothered, what is actually intrusive about it? How is it actually harming you and your own experience and personal expression to be free to be whatever you are? If it's about wanting football to be just about the football, well let's be honest, if it was just about the football we'd all drown in each others misery.
Are some supporters more equal than others?
Giving a flag to LGBT doesn't put them on a level pegging with the rest of us. It's actually showing how far they have to go before a flag isn't a necessity and nobody has hang ups over people's choice of sleeping partners.


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By Luc De Jaeger
Marriages Over 15 Years - Luc De Jaeger
"Michael Bergen, who has a B.A. in Applied Math from Brown University and a M.A. in Math Education from Brooklyn College, made some innovative discoveries regarding astrological research and life events.
With the help of the AstroDatabank, among others, he was able to identify statistical evidence that the planets influence our life.
In his research he organized 12,566 birth charts into different groups with at least 70 charts in each group.
The groups are based upon objective facts that happened in the native's life.
One of the groups he researched is based upon the birth chart of people who are or were married over 15 years.
During his long research to find statistically significant results, he eventually discovered that he had to use the 36th Harmonic (aspects of 10° and multiples) in the aspect analysis with an orb of 40'.
He also used the 9th Harmonic charts (called Navamshas in Vedic astrology and commonly used by Vedic astrologers -- clearly for a reason) as well as the conjunctions to midpoints (with an orb of 3°!).
He discarded the houses because of a lack of significant results but still uses the angles (Ascendant-Descendant and MC-IC) in his investigations.
What are the major findings in the natal charts regarding lasting marriages?
He found the following statistically significant results:
- Jupiter rises (is conjunct the Ascendant) OR culminates (is conjunct the MC)
- Pluto is often conjunct the IC
- There is a Venus-Saturn aspect (remember the aspects he uses!)
- There seldom is a Venus-Jupiter aspect
- Sagittarius is strong (because of a Sagittarius stellium for example)
- Aquarius is strong in the 1st and 9th Harmonic (for example because of a stellium in both signs)
Our opinion about his method and results:
When we found out he uses an orb of 3° to analyze the conjunctions to the midpoints, we raised an eyebrow (or two).
The fact that he found statistically significant results by using such a wide orb, raises our eyebrows yet more and questions the worth of statistical research the way it is conducted today in the 'scientific community.'
There are thousands of midpoints situated on a horoscope wheel of 360° denoting there are different ones sharing the same degree.
In our opinion, widening the orb beyond 1° is beyond common sense.
However, this is the only objection we have for his methods so far.
We tried out his findings on a couple of natal charts of nativities that were married for longer than 15 years.
We also used a 36th harmonic aspect set with an orb of 40' to find the aspects he lists.
It was a bit of a hit and miss in the end.
Listing astrological configurations that are statistically significant is one thing and already difficult enough but what is really important is finding the right combinations of these astrological configurations.
Research is about finding chains of separate conditions that blend and bring or show the event, characteristic or fact.
It's about combining all the individual and separate pieces of the puzzle and bringing them together to get the cover of the puzzle (and the event).
In doing astrological research, we ALL fail here because it's so laborious to blend the conditions and try to find out if they are still significant.
We need Super Humans and Super Computers to help astrological research because it looks like we're now touching the boundaries of the abilities needed to do astrological research.
This all does not downgrade Michael Bergen's interesting findings at all.
On the contrary!
We particularly like the way he assessed the aspects and incorporated the Navamshas (9th Harmonic) in his research.
The use of Harmonics in astrology has long been found valid and scientific and is actually a Hindu technique.
It's less understood, unfortunately, among Western astrologers but certainly needs a much closer look.
His study group about marriages over 15 years should not be confused with 'marriages till death do us part' nor with people who were or are only married once.
Such life events would be part of another group.
However, the marriages over 15 years group is a category in the AstroDatabank, making it easier to identify people who fall under this category."


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Eating Disorder Myths
The most common image of a person suffering from an eating disorder is an already skinny teenage girl striving to look more like a supermodel. But, eating disorders don't discriminate. Anyone can have an eating disorder no matter their age, gender, or body type.
National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) just wrapped up their 15th annual eating disorder awareness week and the theme was "I had no idea…" The purpose of this week was to dispel common myths about eating disorders. We are going to cover five common myths and the real facts behind them.
Myth- Eating Disorder are only for girls
Facts- 40 million people in the US suffer from eating disorders. About 10 million of them are male. While the majority is female, a significant number of men suffer. Just as girls are constantly pressured with the Barbie doll image and that of celebrities, men are pressured to look like super heroes and famous actors.
Myth- The cure for eating disorders is just to eat more
Facts- While eating more will solve the physical problems it will not solve the psychological problems. Most eating disorders stem from a place of wanting to obtain the perfect body and from there become gradually more and more dangerous. It is important to address the psychological issues as well. Just telling someone with an eating disorder to eat more healthfully is not going to solve the problem, and it could make it worse.
Myth- Eating disorders are only for skinny people
Facts- There are three main types of eating disorders and they include people of all body types.
Anorexia Nervosa is not consuming enough calories for the body to perform properly, while this is common among people who are really skinny, overweight and average weight people can also suffer from this disorder. It is not about being underweight, but rather about not getting enough calories.
Bulimia Nervosa is characterized by eating large amounts of food in one sitting and then purging them regularly though vomiting after the meal. Again, while this is more common among underweight individuals, being underweight is not a requirement for diagnosis.
Binge Eating is eating large amounts of food at once without the intent of purging. This disorder is more common among overweight individuals.
Myth- Eating disorders are just phases
Fact- All types of eating disorders are dangerous and have serious consequences on a person's health and should be treated as such. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. 20% of people with eating disorders will die from their illness.
Myth- There is no hope
Fact- While recovery can be hard, it is possible. People who complete treatment are able to live healthy long lives.
If you think you might be suffering from an eating disorder talk to someone there are people out there who want to help.
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Too Much Anxiety?
A lot of teens today are super busy. They have tons of stuff going that they worry about: extracurricular activities, big tests, college applications, school projects, dating, friends, family stuff. Having so many things going on can cause stress: that's totally normal. Everyone gets a little stressed from time to time. But sometimes stress can turn into anxiety, and too much anxiety can be bad.
Anxiety is essentially feelings of uneasiness, nervousness, dread, fear, or panic. People who are experiencing anxiety may experience a faster heartbeat or breathing, tense muscles, sweaty palms, a queasy stomach, and/or trembling hands or legs. These feelings are caused by a rush of adrenaline that occurs as a defense mechanism when someone feels threatened in some way, like potentially feeling embarrassed, making a mistake, not fitting in, stumbling over their words, or feeling rejected.
Don't you usually feel this way when you're about to give a presentation, or go on a date, or take a big test? I sure do. That's totally normal. Most people do feel that way when they're about to do something big and unusual that they aren't used to doing. Sometimes a little anxiety and nervousness can be helpful, and motivate you to do your best. But there are a lot of people who feel anxiety all the time.
Some people feel anxious and nervous for no reason at all, or about something that's part of their daily routine. This is usually because they have an anxiety disorder. People with anxiety disorders can let their nerves take over their life. They can feel so panicked and tense that they won't go out with friends, or do things they enjoy. It can affect their happiness and quality of life.
If you think you may have an anxiety disorder, here are the signs:
- You feel anxious, worried, or afraid for no reason at all
- You worry too much and feel nervous about everyday events or activities
- You're constantly checking to see if you did something right
- You're so panicky that you're unable to function in certain situations
If you think you have this issue, it can be embarrassing and hard to talk about. But realistically, you aren't alone! SO many people have bad anxiety. Believe it or not, approximately 13% of teenagers just like you have bad enough anxiety that they need treatment and medication.
Here are some things you can do to help your anxiety:
- See your doctor and get a checkup. They might be able to prescribe you some medication that will help.
- See a mental health professional. They can definitely help you figure out exactly what you can do to feel more relaxed.
- Get regular exercise, good nutrition, and enough sleep. Just being healthy can help your nerves.
- Try some relaxation techniques. Find something that works for you, whether it's doing yoga, breathing exercises, listening to relaxing music, or going for a walk.
- Recognize your emotions and why you're feeling that way. Sometimes just admitting that the situation is stressful and being prepared to deal with it can help you calm down significantly.
There are all different kinds of anxiety, too: OCD, phobias, social anxiety, panic attacks, and PTSD are all forms of it. They can all hurt you and make your life miserable if you don't get help. Experts don't really know what exactly causes anxiety, but some of their ideas are: genetics, brain biochemistry, stressful life circumstances, and learn behavior. But no matter how it happened to you, it isn't your fault. Just ask for help and start living your life to the fullest, without a worry in the world!
Thinking About Running Away?
In the United States, 1 in 7 kids between ages 10-18 will run away at some point. On any given day, between 1 and 3 million runaway and homeless kids are alone on the streets.
Kids run away for lots of reasons. Most of the time, it's because of family problems of some kind, like big arguments or abuse. Sometimes they did something wrong and they're too afraid to tell their parents, so they just leave. Sometimes it's something else like a new baby in the family, a death in the family, their parents splitting up or a new stepparent comes along, or they start drinking or doing drugs, or maybe their parents are drinking and doing drugs.
If you're thinking about running away, you're probably wanting to do it to avoid your problems. But you need to know that running away and being on the streets will create a whole new set of problems for you. You might run out of money, you might not have any food and water, you won't have anywhere safe and warm to sleep, and you might even get mixed up in the wrong crowd and get into some scary, illegal stuff. So, there are some other things you can do.
Instead of running away…
- Express your feelings with friends and trusted adults, instead of keeping everything to yourself. Let them know what's going on, and talk about it so you can come up with a better solution than running away
- When you're really upset, try calming yourself down by doing something you enjoy, like listening to music, writing poetry, writing in a journal, or exercising.
- When you're having a problem, make a list of ways you can fix it and make everything better.
- Get help from an adult, like a teacher or counselor. Ask them to help you figure what to do, or somewhere else you can stay.
- Talk to your parents about it and see if you can work it out as a family.
If you have a friend who wants to run away…
- Warn them about how tough it will be to survive on the streets. Let them know that they won't have enough money, food, or water, and that they could have to deal with some really scary stuff out there all by themselves.
- Remind them that there are other ways they can deal with their problem, and that an adult will know how to help.
- If your friend doesn't want to tell an adult, tell an adult anyway. When your friend is out on the streets, you don't want to keep that a secret. You aren't being a bad friend by telling when they asked you not to… You're probably saving their life.
Another thing you can do is call The National Runaway Switchboard at 1-800-RUNAWAY (1-800-786-2929). Their hotline is open 24 hours a day, and your call is free from anywhere. You can also go on http://www.1800runaway.org and live chat. They'll be able to help you find somewhere to stay.
If you live in Yamhill County, Youth Outreach has a Safe Shelter program for anyone 11-17. If you need help, you can come into our drop-in center Monday-Friday any time until 9 p.m., or call us at 503-538-8023. For weekends and after hours, you can call 1-866-538-8023 (free call from anywhere) and we'll come pick you up wherever you are. We'll find somewhere for you to stay.


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Thrill to high-speed stunts as Lightning McQueen, Mater and the crew of Disney•Pixar's Cars race across the ice. Dive into The Little Mermaid's enchanting undersea kingdom and enter the mystical world of Pixie Hollow with Tinker Bell and the Disney Fairies as they reveal the magic that lies within! The toys are back in town with heroic action when Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Jessie, and the Toy Story gang escape from the rambunctious tots of Sunnyside Daycare and race for home, in their most daring adventure ever!
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According to the website CodesForUniversalRemotes.com, the most common three-digit Toshiba codes are 013, 049, 089 and 105. If the TV requires four-digit codes, the most common ones are 0260, 0358, 0394 and 0924. The codes vary between television models.
Remote codes are necessary to program universal remotes to work with a number of devices like, TVs, DVD players and stereos. Typically, the remote is programmed by holding down the button for the desired device on the remote and then entering in the provided code. If the correct code is entered, the volume, power-on and power-off, and channel-changing functions for the devices can be controlled by one remote.


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Current Manager Ned Yost
Team Value1 $331 mil
are owned by Mark Attanasio,
who bought them in 2005
for $223 mil.
2007 Wins-to-player cost ratio8 115
Valuation Breakdown
The skinny
Since buying the Brewers from the Selig family in 2005, California banker Mark Attanasio has turned a dysfunctional operation into one of baseball's best small-market franchises. Attanasio bought a team coming off of three straight last-place finishes. Last season, led by young stars like Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun, the Brewers finished just two games out of first in the NL Central. The team's attendance, up for a fourth straight year, hit a record 2.9 million. Attanasio has been putting the increased revenue toward payroll and improvements in Miller Park, including a new retail store and an interactive area for kids.
Major corporate sponsors are Gehl, PepsiCo (nyse: PEP), Citgo, Klement's. Naming rights sponsor is Miller Brewing.
Historical Snapshot
Facility Information
Miller Park
Owner: SE Wisconsin B-ball Park DIstrict and team
Year Opened: 2001
Capacity: 41,900
Cost To Build: $414 mil
Concessionaire: Sportservice
Average Ticket Price: $18
Sport: Portion of franchise's value attributable to revenue shared among all teams.
Market: Portion of franchise's value attributable to its city and market size.
Stadium: Portion of franchise's value attributable to its stadium.
Brand Management: Portion of franchise's value attributable to the management of its brand.
Revenues and operating income are for 2007 season and are net of revenue sharing.
NA: Not applicable.
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|1Value of team based on current stadium deal (unless new stadium is pending) without deduction for debt (other than stadium debt). 2Current team value compared with latest transaction price. 3Includes stadium debt. 4Net of stadium revenues used for debt payments. 5Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. 6Includes benefits and bonuses. 7Includes club seats. 8Compares the number of wins per player payroll relative to the rest of the MLB. Postseason wins count twice as much as regular season wins. A score of 120 means that the team achieved 20% more victories per dollar of payroll compared with the league average. Photos AP
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Randgold Resources Limited: Bought a few Call Options
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 04:25PM | Email Article | Print Article
Having trailed our intentions regarding Randgold Resources Limited (GOLD) today we decide to pick up a few Call Options and they are the June 2010 series with a strike price of $75.00 (GUD Jun 19 '10 $75 Call) and we paid $5.50 per contract for them. Todays trading range was between $5.30 and $5.50 per contract.
We have made this purchase in anticipation of gold prices steadying and then making some headway in a northerly direction. If and when this happens Randgold should respond accordingly with some decent gains.
Taking a quick look at the chart we can see that Randgold has taken tea with its 200dma having dropped from a recent high of $86.00 to trade at $67.85. The technical indicators are in the oversold zone which suggests a bounce back, hopefully soon.
Randgold Resources Limited has a market capitalization of $6.11 billion, a 52 week trading range of $40.41 to $90.30, a P/E ratio of 114.65 with an average volume of 1.0 million shares traded.
Randgold Resources Limited trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol of GOLD and on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol of RRS.
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Soundslice Will Revolutionize How Guitarists Learn From YouTube
As of yesterday, there were only two ways to learn guitar music from the web: Googling a tablature file and emulating another guitarist on YouTube. While both are easier (and cheaper) than buying a book of sheet music, they are not without tedium.
Tablature files (or "tabs" — a simplified guitar notation in plain text format) are aggregated by shady content farms with strong SEO and dubious quality control. YouTube videos provide audio and visual instruction, but require patience and the ability to "read the fingers" of the performer.
That's why Soundslice is a revelation for self-taught musicians. Built on YouTube's API, it's a transcription interface that syncs tablature and videos so players get the best of both worlds. You can also play the video at half speed (without changing the pitch) and loop small sections if you're trying to pin down a tricky riff. Everything functions in your web browser or iPad — there's no software or apps to install.
While these tools are outstanding in their own right, the big promise here is in creating a rich trove of living, accurate guitar tutorials for everyone on the web to enjoy.
"My goal was to make something for myself, to make transcription less painful," the site's founder Adrian Holovaty tells Mashable. "I'd spend hours transcribing stuff, either on paper or in lousy text files, then I'd come back to it later and have to re-listen to the music to make sense of my own tab. I started to think, it would be so much easier to learn if the tab were synced with the original audio."
Holovaty has been working on this project for the last three-and-a-half years, and is no stranger to the web startup world. He launched EveryBlock, a network for "microlocal" journalism, in 2007. It was acquired by MSNBC.com in 2009, and Holovaty stayed on, working on Soundslice in his spare time. He left the company in August looking to do something new, and ended up focusing on the music project. "This is actually the third incarnation of Soundslice. The first version was in Flash and used MP3s, the second version was a really bad HTML5 MP3 version, the third works only on YouTube."
Soundslice uses YouTube's official HTML5 JavaScript API, which allows developers to control videos using their own interface. Users can work from any YouTube video, not just their own. The transcription editor UI is similar to multi-track recording software. Add a track for chords, tab notation, song structure (chorus, verse, bridge) and start plotting.
Drag the length of the note on the string and add the fret number. Space bar will start and pause the video. You quickly realize that Soundslice adds a temporal dimension to tablature without need of time signature or measures. If the community takes off, it could fundamentally change how the Internet thinks about, creates and shares this kind of notation.
I asked Holovaty about the potential for Soundslice to become a social network.
"It can become a commons for user-generated musical annotations and transcriptions," he says. "At the moment, social interaction is very limited — you can see other people's annotations and see all the other videos they've annotated and that's it. But obviously, there's a ton of potential to do more."
Holovaty envisions the classic 20/80 split — 20% of users will create the content for the other 80%. "Originally I imagined it to be for relatively advanced musicians, but I've already seen some simpler stuff come through the system. Never underestimate the power of bored high school or college students who want to learn music!"
Why would someone painstakingly transcribe a song into tablature and give it away for free on the Internet? The fact is, people have been doing that for years. "If you're already doing the work of transcribing something — which is very labor intensive — you might as well do a tiny bit of extra work to make an incredible synced video thing. The end result is just so much better than a text tab, and it benefits other people who want to learn that tune in the future."
That work will also be connected to your Soundslice account. Savvy transcribers might sync their own videos to teach, thus generating views and ad revenue from YouTube's partner program. There's a lot of potential for power users.
Quality Control of UGC
Current tab repositories are a cluttered mess. A song might have 20 versions, each with its own errors or embellishments. Quality control of user generated content can be a challenge, but Holovaty sees two potential modes.
"I'm considering both a revision-control model (like GitHub) or a Wikipedia model," he explains. "What would make more sense for annotations: "branching" changes where everybody owns their own data and accepts pull requests, or a more shared wiki-style thing where anybody can edit anything, with revertible history? I've been thinking about it for a long time and am still not sure."
Business Model
The other challenge for UGC networks is monetization.
"I'm planning to add a pay-for version, where you can upload your own tracks as opposed to relying on YouTube," Holovaty says of his future business model. "Plus, you'd get some niceties like a graphical waveform display, more fine-grained slowdown and an automated first-pass at the transcription (which would be imperfect but at least a starting point). I'd also like to talk to music education companies who might want to pay me to embed the interface into their own sites."
Regarding that automated transcription, Holovaty is experimenting with software created by The Echo Nest — algorithms that power music analysis apps like Spotify and iheartradio.
Turns out, auto-generating sheet music from a complex recording is still a long way off. It's a computational feat akin to sentient artificial intelligence, says Holovaty, who has been studying this kind of technology for some time.
"The Echo Nest has some nice APIs that make automated guesses at the underlying musical information in an audio recording," he says. This means that a human could provide the framework for the transcription, and an algorithm could work from that to fill in the gaps, speeding up the process. Holovaty hopes to include this in future paid accounts.
For now, he and his designer PJ Macklin (the only two people working on Soundslice at the moment) are looking forward to seeing what users create, and adding features based on feedback. "Next up is the long list of feature additions and improvements. And of course, paying the bills and getting people to use it!"
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U.S. public companies recently began disclosing their CEO-to-median employee pay ratios, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act and Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K. It is still too early to draw conclusions, but this memorandum outlines some preliminary observations based on our review of the pay ratio disclosure included in 35 SEC filings through February 2018, including the range of pay ratios and calculation methodologies disclosed.
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SEC Staff Examines Impact of Regulation on Capital Formation and Market Liquidity
In response to a statutory requirement, the SEC Staff of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) has issued a lengthy report to Congress on the combined impacts of the Dodd-Frank Act and other financial regulations on access to capital for consumers, investors and businesses and market liquidity. DERA studied (a) capital raising in the primary markets by analyzing evidence on the evolution of the issuance of debt, equity and asset-backed securities across registered and exempt offerings and (b) secondary market liquidity by analyzing market activity and liquidity in corporate bonds and US treasuries, along with funds and investment companies that invest in those securities.
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Mr. Clayton Goes to Washington
SEC Chair nominee Jay Clayton's March 23rd hearing before the Senate Banking Committee covered much of the expected ground. In a series of responses designed to avoid controversy, Clayton repeatedly returned to the three core mandates of the SEC – capital formation, investor protection and efficient markets – as touchstones for his future leadership of the Commission, should he be confirmed. Beyond these general areas, Clayton offered few specifics or signals as to how he might steer the Commission during his term as Chair. He did, however, discuss concerns about growing companies finding the U.S. public markets unattractive due to the burdens of being a public company.
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Dodd-Frank Update: Incentive Compensation for Financial Institutions
On Monday, May 2, 2016, the Federal Reserve and, on Friday, May 6, 2016, the SEC issued their versions of a reproposed rule to regulate incentive compensation at the financial institutions under their purview, as required by Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act. These issuances follow the releases in the prior weeks of the proposed rule by the National Credit Union Administration, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Housing Finance Agency. We reported on the release of the proposed rule in our visual memorandum released last Monday.
As a reminder, Section 956 of Dodd-Frank generally requires that these agencies jointly issue rules that:
(1) prohibit incentive compensation that encourages inappropriate risks by certain financial institutions by providing excessive compensation or that could lead to material financial loss; and
(2) require those financial institutions to disclose information concerning incentive compensation to the appropriate federal regulator.
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Court Orders SEC to Issue Resource Extraction Rules
Oxfam America scored a recent victory when the U.S. District Court in the District of Massachusetts decided that the SEC must file with the Court an expedited schedule for promulgating a final rule on resource extraction disclosure within 30 days of the decision. The Court intends to monitor the schedule and ensure compliance. We previously discussed Oxfam's complaint here and our memo on the original resource extraction rules is here.
Section 1504 of Dodd-Frank requires publicly traded oil and gas companies to annually disclose payments made to foreign governments or the federal government for the commercial development of oil, natural gas or minerals.
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Congress Tries to Influence Timing of Pay Ratio Rule
The SEC's proposed rules on pay ratio disclosure is again the focus of Congressional attention, as three members of the House, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN), joined by Financial Services Committee member Maxine Waters (D-CA), sent a letter to the SEC asking them to finalize those rules.
The letter states that as Dodd-Frank was enacted more than four years ago, the SEC should finalize the rule since boards, investors and others "need this information to better understand and assess CEO compensation" when casting say-on-pay votes, and also "whether company employees are fairly compensated." The letter goes on to discuss ongoing concerns regarding the level of executive compensation.
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Using the Courts to Force the SEC to Act on Dodd-Frank Rulemaking
It has been nearly four years since April 17, 2011, the original deadline under Dodd-Frank for the SEC to adopt a resource extraction disclosure rule. After the SEC adopted a rule 2012, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacated it the next year, which we previously discussed here. The court remanded it to the SEC, and it has not been re-proposed since then.
Last fall, Oxfam America sued the SEC to get the agency to act, filing a summary judgment motion for an injunction in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Oxfam contends that the SEC should be forced to propose a rule by August 2015 and issue a final rule by November 1.
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Another SOX Clawback from Executives Without Wrongdoing
A federal district court in Texas recently upheld the right of the SEC to seek clawbacks of bonus and other compensation under Section 304 of Sarbanes-Oxley from executives who have not been accused of any wrongdoing, by denying the executives motion for summary judgment. In the case, SEC v. Baker, the SEC is seeking reimbursement of bonuses, incentives and compensation from the CEO and CFO of Arthrocare in connection with the companys restatement of its financial statements. The restatements were due to alleged fraud by two senior vice presidents of Arthrocare. The SEC did not allege that the CEO and CFO committed any conscious wrongdoing.
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NYSE Updates Its Rule Filing on Compensation Committees
The NYSE has published an updated rule filing submitted to the SEC on the recent proposed listing standards related to compensation committees. The rule filing notes that Amendment No. 1 corrects a single error in the rule text in Exhibit 5 as originally filed. The error was in Section 303A.00 under the heading Transition Periods for Compensation Committee Requirements.
To be clear, listed companies will have until the earlier of their first annual meeting after January 15, 2014, or October 31, 2014, to comply with the new director independence standards with respect to compensation committees. Other proposed changes, including those related to compensation committee advisers, will become operative on July 1, 2013.
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Nasdaq Proposed Standards on Compensation Committees Differs from NYSE Approach
We just discussed the NYSE's proposed standards applicable to compensation committee members and their advisers, which closely follow the SEC final rules. Nasdaq has posted its proposed version, which contains some differences worth mentioning. Details will follow in a client memorandum, but headline items include:
Compensation Committee Requirement
Nasdaq currently permits CEO and executive officer compensation to be determined by an independent compensation committee or independent directors constituting a majority of the board's independent directors, but has proposed to eliminate the latter alternative and to require companies to have a standing compensation committee, with a minimum of at least two members.
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NYSE Proposed Listing Standards Affecting Compensation Committees
The NYSE has posted its proposed filing with the SEC to implement the SEC rules for compensation committees and advisers. We are preparing a client memorandum to describe the standards in more detail shortly, but headline items include:
Compensation Committee Independence
The NYSE has not added any additional bright-line prohibitions to its independence standards. Rather, it has followed the SEC final rules in giving a board discretion to determine how consulting, advisory and other compensatory fees and affiliate status may affect a compensation committee member's independence. The standards make clear that these factors should be considered, as part of its affirmative determination of all factors, specifically relevant to determining whether a director has a relationship to the company which is material to that director's ability to be independent from management in connection with the duties of a compensation committee member.
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SEC Updates Its Dodd-Frank Governance Rulemaking Schedule
As we remarked back in August 2011, the SEC website with its rulemaking schedule on Dodd-Frank initiatives is changed with little notice, as it has been again. Back in August 2011 we even speculated whether the corporate governance rules would apply to the 2012 proxy season, but the SEC did not meet most of its previously stated timeline with the exception of the rules on mine safety. The current schedule for January to June 2012 is as follows:
Final rules: (a) disclosure by institutional investor managers on how they voted on executive compensation; (b) listing standards on compensation committee independence and compensation advisers; and (c) disclosure on conflict minerals and by resource extraction issuers.
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Controversy Over Methods to Determine Median Employee Pay for Dodd-Frank CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure
Although the SEC staff has publicly stated that the clawback provision is the most complex of the remaining Dodd-Frank governance rulemaking, the most controversial provision appears to be the requirement to disclose the ratio between the CEO total compensation and the employee median. Given the specific and prescriptive nature of the legislation, interested parties have been struggling for some time to come up with a workable solution, while some continue to argue for outright repeal.
In August, the AFL-CIO suggested that the SEC could permit issuers to comply through the use of statistical sampling, with SEC guidance on how to construct the sample methodology, such as sample size and specific confidence levels, as well as allowing issuers to identify the median employee based solely on cash compensation.
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Whistleblowers and Internal Certifications
We've been discussing with a number of clients whether it is appropriate to require employees to certify periodically that they are not aware of violations of the company's code of conduct or, put another way, that they have reported to the company all violations of which they are aware. Some companies believe that this requirement can be a useful complement to a compliance program in that it requires employees to focus on the issue. Others have been concerned that it could generate a lot of noise in the form of false leads, creating an investigative burden that could actually complicate the record.
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Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Internal Pay Ratio Disclosure
Section 953(b) of Dodd-Frank requires companies to disclose the internal pay ratio between the total annual compensation of their CEO and the median total annual compensation of their employees. Effectiveness of the requirement has been delayed until the SEC promulgates implementing rules. Meanwhile, companies have complained that the calculations required to comply with the disclosure requirement are burdensome and unfeasible, and proposals for Section 953(b)'s repeal have been introduced in Congress.
Against this background, it is somewhat surprising that shareholder proposals seeking disclosure of the internal pay ratio decreased in 2011, and average shareholder support for this disclosure has remained low (although it increased slightly in 2011).
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SEC Enforces SOX Clawback in Shadow of Dodd-Frank
Earlier this week, the SEC announced a settlement with the former CFO of Beazer Homes USA to clawback incentive compensation and profits from the sale of Beazer stock of more than $1.4 million pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Neither the CFO nor Beazer's CEO, who reached a similar settlement with the SEC earlier this year for almost $6.5 million, was charged with personal misconduct. Notably, the SEC blames Beazer's chief accounting officer as the main perpetrator of the fraudulent actions that led to accounting restatements, but in accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the SEC could not seek recoupment from any officers other than the CEO and CFO.
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Reading the Tea Leaves on SEC Rulemaking Schedule
The SEC website contains a schedule of Dodd-Frank rulemaking, which has been helpful but at times confusing when the schedule is updated with little notice. Currently, the schedule for the next five months of August – December includes:
Final rules: (a) disclosure by institutional investor managers on how they voted on executive compensation; (b) listing standards on compensation committee independence and compensation advisers; (c) disclosure on conflict minerals, mine safety and by resource extraction issuers; and (d) end-user exception to mandatory clearing of security-based swaps.
Proposed rules: (a) disclosure of pay-for-performance, pay ratios; and hedging by employees and directors and (b) recovery of executive compensation.
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Proxy Access Strikedown Could Impact Other Dodd Frank Rulemaking Across Many Agencies
The DC Circuit's vacating of the SEC's proxy access rule has wider applications for the possible challenge of regulations under the Dodd Frank Act on the grounds that they fail to analyze the economic impact. Even though we all know that the DC circuit is especially hard on the SEC, other agencies could also find themselves in a similar position given the fact that the speed of deadlines under the Dodd Frank Act has essentially forced a very minimal economic review of hundreds of regulations. The court's view that the SEC "inconsistently and opportunistically framed the costs and benefits of the rule; failed adequately to quantify the certain costs or to explain why those costs could not be quantified; neglected to support its predictive judgments; contradicted itself; and failed to respond to substantial problems raised by commenters" is a warning shot across the bow of Dodd Frank implementation.
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Activist Judges Strike Down SEC Proxy Access Rule
A unanimous D.C. Circuit panel this morning invalidated Rule 14a-11 as "arbitrary and capricious", ruling that the SEC had failed to consider the potential costs and other impacts of the rule. This outcome was fairly predictable given the composition of the panel that decided the case, but even so the scathing and dismissive tone of the opinion is remarkable. The panel essentially swallowed the Business Roundtable and Chamber of Commerce arguments hook, line and sinker, even to the point of second guessing which academic studies the Commission should have relied upon and which it should have disregarded.
Where do we go from here?
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SEC Adopts Rule on Beneficial Ownership of Security-Based Swaps
Earlier this month, the SEC readopted rules to ensure that its current definition of "beneficial ownership" would continue to apply to persons who purchase or sell security-based swaps ("SBS") on and after July 16, 2011. The reproposal was prompted by Dodd-Frank's addition of Section 13(o) to the Exchange Act, which would have otherwise excluded security-based swaps from the disclosure and short-swing profit rules. The SEC did not give any guidance as to when SBS constitute beneficial ownership for Section 13. However, the SEC staff is evaluating possible changes to the Section 13 reporting requirements but the outcome and timing of that evaluation remains uncertain.
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Whistleblowers and Corporate Compliance Programs
We presented a webcast today discussing the final Dodd-Frank whistleblower rules that the SEC adopted a couple of weeks ago. It was a good discussion covering the range of challenges that companies are facing and expecting to face. Based on questions raised by listeners both during and after the podcast it's apparent that many are struggling with how to continue to motivate employees to submit information internally through existing compliance systems, such as hotlines, rather than starting with the government. Lots of variations on the theme:
- Can I provide by policy that employees are required to provide the company with information concerning suspected noncompliance?
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Updated: SEC Adopts Final Whistleblower Rules
The SEC held an open meeting today at which it adopted final rules implementing the whistleblower provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act. As expected, the final rules do not require employees to first report allegations through a company's corporate compliance system before coming to the SEC, despite numerous comments by members of the corporate community urging the SEC to do so. The rules do contain additional provisions that purport to incentivize whistleblowers to report their concerns internally first although it is unclear what practical effect these provisions can reasonably be expected to have. Our Client Newsflash summarizing the final rules is available here.
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5/25 Whistleblower Meeting Confirmed
As was rumored, the SEC has announced that it will hold an open meeting at 9:30 a.m. EDT on May 25, 2011 to consider the adoption of final rules implementing the Dodd-Frank whistleblower provisions. The SEC's announcement is here. We'll be focusing on the open meeting with great interest.
Our memo from last November on the proposed rules is here. Our webcast on the proposed rules is here.
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The Impact of the Elimination of Broker Discretionary Votes on Executive Compensation
When the SEC decided to eliminate the ability of brokers to vote on a discretionary basis without specific client instruction for director elections in July 2009, many predicted that it would seriously affect the ability of directors to obtain majority support. The concern proved to be a false alarm. As a result, when the Dodd-Frank Act required the elimination of broker discretionary voting for executive compensation matters, including say-on-pay, there wasn't nearly the same chatter.
But it turns out that given the closeness of many of the failed say-on-pay votes, the reported broker non-votes would have made a real difference. We calculated that 7 of the 21 companies reporting failed votes so far would have passed, in some cases by a decent margin, if the non-votes had actually been counted as "for" say-on-pay, which is not an unreasonable assumption given these discretionary votes generally favored management.
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Guntur cops to make use of command control centre
AMARAVATI: The Guntur police will use Krishna Pushkar Command Control Centre to monitor law and order in the city.
The police department started training classes to select policemen to Work in the Command Control Centre (CCC).
Guntur additional SP. J. Bhaskar Rao said that the CCC largely helped the police department to monitor the situation and offered good services to the public during Krishna Pushkaralu. He said that after the completion of Krishna Pushkaralu, Guntur
urban SP SarvaSreshth Tripathi proposed about using the Command Control Centre to serve the public of Guntur city through continuous monitoring.
Mr Bhaskar Rao said that CCTV cameras have been installed in majority of the centres, junctions and important areas in the city. Now these cameras would be linked to the CCC for round-the-clock monitoring.
He said that the CCC Would monitor the realtime traffic, protests, agitations, vehicular movement, public Wandering and night patrolling. He said that
CCC staffs Will immediately alert Blue Colts and Rakshak if any problems Wre observed in the city through CCTV cameras and the police would plunge into action to resolve the situlation. Mr Bhaskar Rao said that several policemen Were selected for Command Control Centre and they were undergoing training given by Guntur West DSP.K.G.V. Saritha.
Guntur CCS SP. B.P. Tirupal, DSPs, Santosh and Meher Baba, circle inspector Hyma Rao, sub-inspector D.Subramanyam and IT core staff participated in the training meet.


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Luke 14:1-24; Isaiah 25:6-8
Reflection Questions
1. What is the best party or celebration that you have ever attended? Why was it the best?
2. Read Luke 14:1-6. Why do you think the Pharisees said nothing in response to Jesus? What is Jesus trying to get the Pharisees to understand in these verses?
3. Read Luke 14:7-14. Why do you believe Jesus is approaching the issue of humility here? What does this have to do with the idea of bad religion versus compassionate faith?
4. Read Luke 14:15-24. What do the excuses of the guests reveal about them and their hearts? What does the invitation to the poor and others reveal about the heart of God?
5. Like those in the story, how do we sometimes find ourselves "too busy" to accept God's invitation? Why do you think the so called people of the "streets" readily accept the invitation while those who knew about and had RSVP'd then rejected it? What can we learn from the "outcasts" of the story, and how can we apply it to our own faith?
Going Further
Read Isaiah 25:6-8. The image of a great banquet in God's Kingdom for all eternity was very common in ancient Israel. How does this image resonate with you today? More specifically, how does this image transform and impact your way of thinking right now? Can you have a celebratory faith with all the chaos of the world? Does this banquet image make you joyful?


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You know how to swipe right and left, you know how to split a bill without making it uncomfortable, you can make small talk for hours without seeming bored, you know how to fake out a kiss on the cheek to the lips, but intimacy? Terrifying.
We've created a camp where you can get comfortable with yourself in places that scare you. We'll basically throw you off of cliffs and into lines that make you want to weep but you'll come out stronger from. You'll get used to doing more than one thing a day that scares you, and your humility will be endearing to those around you and you will send this dope line and at the bottom be like, hi, and this other person that is on the camp alone will be like, hi, and then you will touch hands in the sauna later and be like, oops, sorry, I'm sweaty, and they'll be like, me too.
We've always kind of wanted a couple to be able to say they met on a Capow! camp. Or even a couple to be like, we met this other great couple that we skied with again a few weeks later and then had dinner in the city with. We are unsure what our company policy around free love is. This is a confusing time in the world.
People are like, it is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all, but before they say that, they usually go absolutely nuts making love on pillows and choking on powder. No matter where you are in your journey, this camp is a place to get vulnerable, real, and have a guaranteed ROI. It's love without the sacrifice. Unconditional love, but conditions will probably be SWEET.
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One of the most surprising bits of news to come out of the entertainment industry in 2012 was the fact that Arnold Schwarzenegger was in talks to star in The Legend of Conan, a sequel to the franchise that put him on the map in the 1980's. And in a recent interview with Ain't it Cool (via Coming Soon), Schwarzenegger went into some detail on how the project is coming along.
[Universal] finally came forward and said, "You're absolutely right. The previous regime has missed the boat here. We want to pick it up. We're going to buy the rights and we're going to be serious about it and make a quality film with an A-director and with A-writers and so on. And we want you to participate in this. We want you to star and you to play Conan. We're going to take a story where Conan is at that age so it's totally believable and you're not looking like a 30-year old action guy."
So it really looks like Arnold, Universal, and an A-list director could be gearing up for another stab at Conan as soon as possible. The site is even reporting that the project could start shooting later this year. While Schwarzenegger reprising his Terminator or Predator roles would look downright goofy at this point, the prospect of him playing an older, more jaded Conan might actually hold some promise. Let us know what you think in the comment section below.
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[Ain't it Cool via Coming Soon]


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The chicken keepers' worst scenario last wednesday morning. Checked the chickens a little later than usual. Found a fox had gotten into the duck house which I thought was impregnable due to its roof. A scene of carnage inside. The little hen sitting on the duck eggs slaughtered together with all the chickens and the one rooster in this pen. Five dead in all. Not even eaten. I noticed a duck looking sore and picked her up. She had a some bad injuries under her wing.I thought she'd need putting down but put her in a pen to recover anyway. I was so angry. I wanted to tear the fox apart, poison it, anything. I considered photographing the bodies to show everyone why people want foxes dead, why they put out baits but thought better of it. Instead, I worked all day on a door for one pen and strengthening the defences of others. They'll all have to be locked away each night now. Somehow the fox missed my 9 growing babies in the divided pen next to the ducks. They got shifted to the main pen where they have settled in well.
The ducks gave the fox a fight , I think as one of the drakes was skinned down the front and looking sore but ok. I heard nothing, not a thing.
The antidote is of course birth. On the following days we had two turkey babies hatch successfully and one tiny chick. All are still ok so far. I put all the duck eggs the duck and hen had been sitting on straight into the incubator. We shall see if they survive. Their candling looks good so far.
The injured duck is still alive 5 days later. I treated her wounds with salty water and Iodine spray. She's not happy being locked up in a cage under the brooder but its too hard to treat her if she goes back to the pen. In a few days, she should be right to return. The poor ducks hate being locked up in their pen but I have let them out and supervised them closely every second day. The chickens and turkeys have had a few goes out to free range as well but also closely supervised. Things carry on but I miss the hens who used to scratch in gardens near the house and the beautiful red rooster who was so keen to be with them. I wished them a beautiful life next time around.


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Will Smith Reveals Reasons For Willow Withdrawing From ANNIE Remake
Willow Smith, the "Whip My Hair" tween hitmaker daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, has withdrawn from the forthcoming feature film remake of ANNIE. Charles Strouse, Thomas Meehan and Martin Charnin's Tony Award-winning stage musical ANNIE has previously been filmed twice, the first time in 1982 with John Huston in the director's chair and later in a made-for-TV adaptation produced by Disney and helmed by CHICAGO director Rob Marshall in 1999.
Smith spoke at Temple University this weekend as a part of REAL TALK WITH SISTER SOULJAH AND Will Smith and stated: "Willow was supposed to be doing 'Annie,' we got Jay-Z to do the movie, got the studio to come in and Willow had such a difficult time on tour with 'Whip my Hair' and she said, 'You know Daddy, I don't think so' and I said, 'Baby, hold up! I said no, no, no, listen, you'll be in New York with all of your friends and Beyoncé will be there. You will be singing and dancing,' and she looked at me and said, 'Daddy, I have a better idea, how about I just be 12.'"
For the full article, click here.
ANNIE is currently playing on Broadway in a James Lapine-directed revival starring Lilla Crawford, Katie Finneran and Anthony Warlow.
Reports have recently surfaced that Jay-Z will be co-producing the film remake with Smith and potentially act in a music production capacity, as well. Of course, Jay-Z found much success in 1999 with sampling the ANNIE staple "It's The Hard-Knock Life" in "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)", reaching #15 on the Billboard Hot 100. Oscar-winner Emma Thompson has contributed a new screenplay and the film is moving ahead, Willow-less, according to appointed director Will Gluck.


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Der Sturm (1910-32)
Posted: Tuesday, 9 August 2016 - 2:24pm
The early 20th-century German arts periodical Der Sturm is profiled in a recent article featured in the online, New York-based arts and culture site "Hyperallergic." Marquand's run of Der Sturm is mentioned (available in Marquand Rare Books AP30 .S768f), as well as the Blue Mountain Project, which contains the digitized version of the journal. Head Librarian Sandra Brooke was interviewed for the article and is quoted therein.
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