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BEN GURION AIRPORT, Israel — With the heavy summer travel season looming, airport directors from U.S. cities on Tuesday studied Israel's airline passenger screening system, known as one of the world's toughest and most effective.
The visitors noted the main difference between the two countries - Israeli security openly employs profiling, singling out passengers for stricter screening based on their appearance or ethnic group, a practice that is banned in the U.S.
"The definition of profiling for me has taken on a whole new meaning," said John Clark III, head of the Jacksonville, Fla., Airport Authority. "It's a continuous process of security versus a one-stop shop."
The directors, representing airports from California to Florida, inspected at the security arrangements at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, where safety concerns affect the design of everything from windows to trash bins.
No successful hijacking has occurred on a plane leaving the airport, and no attack has taken place inside the terminal since the 1970s, although Israel and planes entering and leaving the country are prime targets for Islamic extremists.
"The Israelis are legendary for their security," said Steven Grossman, head of aviation at the Oakland, Calif., International Airport.
Israeli experts say bolstering security efforts requires an extensive, and at times intrusive, interrogation process. Upon reaching the departure terminal, all passengers undergo individual questioning by security officers, who probe everything from their religious beliefs to travel companions inside the country.
Since profiling is employed, stricter security checks are not random. Instead, Israeli citizens are passed through with minimal questioning, unless they are Israeli Arabs, who are often subjected to humiliating body searches and interrogation. The security process has triggered many complaints, but in a nation where security is the top priority, little has been done to ease the checks.
Foreigners almost automatically receive closer scrutiny, and racial or other types of profiling can trigger extensive questioning and searching.
The Israelis believe this is one of the keys to their success, and the airport officials from the U.S. could only speculate about how it would affect their work.
"Let's face it. The whole issue of profiling -that is a difficult word to use in the United States," Grossman said. "The level at which they do it is far beyond, I think, anything we practically can do," for reasons of legal liability and higher number of passengers.
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As in the United States, airport officials in Israel recommend all international passengers arrive three hours before departure. Due to heightened security, though, travelers often need every minute to make their flight.
About 9 million passengers come through Ben Gurion Airport each year, an airport spokeswoman said, the vast majority going to or from international destinations.
By comparison, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nev., handled 46 million passengers last year, most on short flights, said aviation director Randall Walker.
If passengers "have to show up at the airport three hours early to fly one hour, pretty soon they're going to say, 'Why don't I just drive?'" Walker said.
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This image really made me think about the challenge which organizations face today in ascertaining the work experience and educational qualifications of employees. I keep hearing lot of stories about the way recruitment happens in some of high attrition industries like call centre and support functions. The lack of skilled talent and high pressure to recruit people often means recruiting people who may not be the best suited for the job.
In the past we have debated the validity and predictability of the interview process and selection tests for entry or mid level jobs but typically in a high attrition industry quality checks and rigid processes means high turnaround time and low offer acceptance.
Given the market situation today, one if often tempted to put inaccurate details or outrightly falsify. Some are smart or rather lucky to get through and make merry on the job. We often come across situations when an employee who has claimed some particular experience may not be able to demonstrate the competency and skills as per the profile. Backgrounds checks are often re initiated in such cases as it becomes a daunting task if one has to be asked to leave due to unsatisfactory performance on job.
Its actually sad when one has to be separated on account of falsification and on account background check reports. Since these checks have been made very stringent in recent times it difficult to estimate the number of such cases from different organisations.
Business week recently had a story on the ethical job hunter.
In recent years, the ethics of running a business has garnered plenty of attention in the B-school classroom. But until now, MBA students rarely got a lesson on the rights and wrongs they themselves might commit while on the hunt for jobs.Patrick E. Murphy, the Smith co-director of the Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide and professor of marketing at University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business helped create a manual, at www.ethicalbusiness.nd.edu, for students and recruiters that answers some of their questions about how to face certain dilemmas when looking for a job. Murphy encourages other schools and organizations to adapt the document to create their own set of guidelines.
Among the ethical proscriptions for job hunters, the manual lists:
•Misrepresenting background and skills (in a job interview or embellishing a résumé)
•Misrepresenting job-seeking status (e.g., number of offers)
•Accepting on-site interviews when not seriously considering the prospective employer
As for recruiters, the manual warns against:
•Using exploding job offers (failing to allow applicants to participate in the entire recruiting season, or giving applicants less than two weeks to decide at other times)
•Tying signing bonus to exploding job offer
•Using high-pressure interviewing tactics on campus or during firm visits
Murphy says students should consult lists of employers that magazines and newspapers put out to gain insight into companies and their culture (see BusinessWeek.com, 9/18/06, "The Best Places to Launch a Career").
He also suggests talking to those who already work at the company and taking the time to do some assessment of your own character. "You'll come out ahead in the whole process if you're more transparent and honest,".
The fact that we rarely talk about ethical means of searching jobs in our classroom is a point worth considering. We really can't expect our job seekers to live in a different /perfect world where truth is always rewarded. Also it's worth question the ethical practices of organizations today, an organization may claim to be practicing ethical values but then not all of them follow the ethical practices when it comes to the hiring philosophy, especially when it comes to hire people for positions which are critical and talent is in short supply.Talent poaching is also a catalyst as it often allows people to get away with unethical practices.

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UC San Diego Parking Operations Study
To more easily understand parking lot utilization trends overs time at UC San Diego, we developed this data-driven 3D model.
- The shapes of the "bars" mimic the real-world shape of the parking lots.
- The heights illustrate total parking capacity in each lot.
- The fill height represents the extent to which the lot is occupied.
- The color implies how close the lot is to being full.
Feel free to interact with the model by clicking the time options in the menu at the right, and see the changes in utilization throughout the day. You can also move around in the model for a specific point-of-view (POV).
Future versions may include commenting features, and/or dynamic calculations of LOS, LTS, and other professional-quality measurements of the transportation environment.
To discuss your project's visual communications needs, please contact Cullen McCormick.


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Georgia native Spencer "Spence" Erwin and his wife, Mary Catherine Erwin, came to Montana to ski and wound up moving here.
Now the couple and some family investors are opening Montana's first Steak 'n Shake diner just south of the Verizon Cellular Plus store in the Sapphire Subdivision off King Avenue West and Shiloh Road.
"It's family food. It's a superior milk shake. Everything is fresh, in terms of nonprocessed," he said.
During high school in Rome, Ga., Spence Erwin worked for the restaurant chain, which started nearly 80 years ago and now has 500 restaurants across the South and Midwest. Except for Las Vegas, there are no Steak 'n Shake diners north or west of Colorado, he said.
When another owner bought the company and started offering franchises, the Erwins jumped in, buying three in Montana. The $1.5 million Billings restaurant, including the land, will open first. Next year, the Erwins hope to open diners in Bozeman and Missoula.
Langlas & Associates should start work by mid-July and complete the 3,500-square-foot 1950s diner with a drive-through window in October.
The chain specializes in ground steak burgers and hand-made milk shakes, plus salads, soups and chicken. A dozen specialty items under $4 will be offered on a daily menu board. Eventually, the Billings restaurant will be open 24 hours a day.
The Erwins live in Gallatin Gateway and this is their first major food venture.
New life for old site
Last week, Laughlin Construction Inc., of Billings tore down the China Express building at 1438 Grand Ave. Before its Chinese food days, the site housed a Burger King restaurant, according to the city building department.
On Thursday, a Sanderson Stewart employee was surveying the narrow, but deep, site between the Frame Hut and United Blood Services.
The city of Billings demolition permit lists the land's owner as Rehberg Ranch Land & Livestock. No building permit has been filed yet, so its future use is unknown.
FedEx plans hit town
A large roll of building plans for FedEx's transportation hub at Gabel and Hesper roads showed up Thursday in the Billings building department.
The 8-inch roll outlining plans for five buildings on the 97-acre site was submitted by Zirkelbach Construction Co. of Palmetto, Fla., which is south of Tampa. Zirkelbach's website also lists a regional office in Roberts.
Savvy Seconds
Last fall, longtime friends Debbie Dryer and Maureen "Mo" Turpin opened a women's consignment clothing store in the former Raffia space at 1739 Grand Ave.
They are having fun and the clothing for women of all ages is selling well, Turpin said.
"I have a 3-year-old who comes in here often, who is a 'fashionista,' " Turpin said.
Out and about
The American Cable Association, representing smaller cable operators, is warning about what it calls the end run around the country's rules generally prohibiting newspapers from owning TV stations in the same markets. Last week, Gannett announced it is spending $2.2 billion to buy another media company, Belo. The ACA said this latest media consolidation doubles the number of TV stations that Gannett will own. With 43 stations, Gannett will have a "virtual duopoly" in some cities, an ownership concentration that the Federal Communications Commission should examine, the CAC said in a Daily Clips article.
The fresh fruit sale of produce picked and flash frozen in the Oregon orchards runs until June 25 this year, although Karen Burroughs of Billings is willing to fudge that deadline by a few days. If you are interested, call 406-256-8167.
If you like dinos and don't mind dirty hands, sign up for Dawson Community College's dinosaur paleontology class and lab from July 22-Aug. 2 in Glendive.
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Albertsons has eliminated the loyalty cards that shoppers had to carry to get sales prices. On Wednesday, the grocery chain posted a notice on its website: "The card isn't so special anymore. Everyone had one. So we want to take the special step of not requiring one anymore."
Points (finally) pay off
Loyalty to Diet Coke is being rewarded in Billings.
One couple has cashed in on a soda pop addiction and an amazing example of computer patience.
"She, of course, drinks caffeine-free Diet Coke like it's water," said Craig McKinney, who teaches keyboarding at Shepherd Junior High.
"My job was to drink the Coke. His job was to enter the points. We were a team," said Lyn McKinney, a librarian at Billings Senior High.
For two years, Craig dutifully entered all the numbers from his wife's Coke purchases into a company rewards website. Then he decided to enter all 3,500 points in one contest offering two free airline tickets. First, they did an Internet check to verify that ePrize — the company handling Coke's contest — was legitimate.
After ePrize sent them an email saying they may have won, they had to list their Social Security numbers on a form and FedEx it back to meet the deadline.
They did win and the prize was a pair of e-tickets that are good until May 2014. The McKinneys are thinking about flying to Florida for Christmas.
"I just want people to know it pays to drink Coke in a Pepsi town," Lyn said, with a laugh. "I love the Dimichs (owners of the Pepsi plant), but I like Coke better."
Scams du jour
A Laurel woman received a call recently from a man claiming to work for DISH Network. He wanted to come out to her house and check the quality of work that had been done on her cable television system.
Sensing a scam, she refused.
A DISH employee in Texas said the only time their technicians come out to someone's home is to install or repair equipment.
Meanwhile, to help prevent financial exploitation of the elderly, remember these three tips from the Better Business Bureau and Western Union:
1. Never wire money to someone you haven't met face to face.
2. Wait several days after depositing a check before spending the money to allow time for the funds to clear the bank.
3. Watch out for telephone calls from alleged relatives demanding money because they've been arrested. Always call the family member first to check out the story.
Laugh lines
Did you ever wonder why:
If flying is so safe, why do they call it the airport terminal?
The man who invests all your money is called a broker?
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The 82m (269') motor yacht Alfa Nero is now available for Christmas and New Year charters in the Caribbean.
Alfa Nero has design features that set her apart from rivals. An immense aft-deck area features a 7m x 3.5m infinity pool that can be converted to a helipad or dance floor and she also has a sauna on the pool deck.
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Greyfox Dock or Grand Truck Car Ferry Launch
The former Grand Truck Railroad Car Ferry Launch is now the home of the US Navy Sea Cadet Greyfox. Since the opening of the new tunnel, Grand Truck abandoned the launch and the former yard is now a dirt and gravel parking lot for the Seaport Terminal. Today the Greyfox and crew are at the Seaport Terminal giving tours of the ship as part of the "Be a Tourist in Your Own Town" event. The local authorities were driving in the area too as a training exercise for marine rescue.
Ferry Apron
This is the ramp, called an apron, that used to connect to the Grand Truck Railroad car ferries taking the railroad cars from the U.S. to Canada and back.
This structure has a matching unit on the other side. Together they would set the apron at the appropriate level to meet the car ferry.
Launch Turned to Dock
The once car ferry dock is now the dock for the Navy Sea Cadet Greyfox. Today it was out at the Seaport Terminal giving tours to the good people of Port Huron.
No Trespassing
Its a government property. Why would we think any differently?
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CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu challenged Democratic Presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton's claim on a Phoenix radio station that "We've done a really good job securing the border."
Speaking on 92.3 KTAR, Clinton said, "I think we've done a really good job securing the border and I think that those who say we haven't are not paying attention to everything that was done for the last 15 years under both President Bush and President Obama."
Babeu said if Clinton really wants to learn about the border conditions, he would take her on a tour to show the smuggling routes used day and night to ferry people and drugs through Arizona's desert.
"If Secretary Clinton really wants to grasp the extent of the human and drug smuggling going through Arizona, I will take her on a tour of the most popular smuggling routes used," Babeu said. "She would come to understand that our border is far from secured."
Babeu noted his deputies routinely come across drug smugglers in Pinal County, seizing marijuana, cocaine, meth, heroin and other drugs in large and small quantities.
"My deputies led the largest drug bust in Arizona history, arresting 76 Sinaloa Cartel members, seizing $3 billion work of drugs and money along with 108 weapons," Babeu said. "Last week, my deputies had six significant drug busts arresting 25 smugglers and cartel scouts. Hillary Clinton doesn't have a clue about what's really happening along the southwest border. Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants are caught each year by the Border Patrol in Southern Arizona. If illegal immigrants and cartels can roam freely, certainly ISIS and terrorists with military training can just as easily make their way into America."


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Negotiation is not a mystery. It's a skill that can be learned. Following are some basics on the art of the deal.
Don't Be Afraid to Negotiate
In an industry such as ours, where work is often scarce, writers may be reluctant to negotiate. Writers may feel they should just accept the contract and rates they are presented with, lest they appear "difficult"or "ungrateful", but all writers have the right to negotiate a fair deal. Writing for free is NOT a fair deal!
Be Flexible
The easiest way to fail at negotiation is to have a traditionalist win-lose mentality (I win, you lose). Modern negotiation favours the win-win model. It is not always possible for both sides to win all the advantages they want in a negotiation, but both should feel mostly comfortable with the outcome. Any writer should have a bottom line, something they are not prepared to go below, but equally, writers should avoid unrealistic expectations. Writing for free is NOT being flexible!
Understand the Economic Realities of the Industry
The most common complaint the Guild hears from producers is that writers don't understand the economic realities of the local industry. These realities shift from production to production: a low-budget short film is produced on a different scale from a one hour drama series. Find out what is an achievable rate for the type of production you are working on and negotiate around that. Writing for free is NOT an economic reality!
Know Your Value
Many writers seriously undervalue themselves. Good writers know that their services are worth more than the average, because of the skills they bring to a job. If you are bringing experience, skill or specialist knowledge to a production, then that deserves to be appropriately rewarded. Knowing your value also means understanding what your bottom line is, and being prepared to say no or refuse low-paying work if necessary. Writing for free has NO value!
Be Clear
Clarity is vital in a successful negotiation. If one party doesn't understand your request, how can they grant it? Understand exactly what you want and be prepared to accurately communicate that to the other party. Make certain that you understand exactly what the other party requires from you. Draw up a list of your expectations before the interview to make sure you remember everything you want to say. Once you have reached an agreement, insist on a contract which includes everything you have discussed. Do NOT commence work without a SIGNED CONTRACT.
Trade Off Concessions for Demands
Good bargaining is about give and take. Ensure that you prioritise your wish list. What things are most important to you? Trade off your lesser wants for things that are most important to you.
Upskill Yourself on Negotiation
There is an entire industry devoted to helping people improve negotiation skills. A good place to start is with a basic primer on the subject, like Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher, William L. Ury and Bruce Patton.
Such as: "100 thousand against 300 thousand which looks like this:
100k/300k. This is the option price against the total purchase price. So in this instance it means that the writer was paid 100 thousand upfront and will be paid 200 thousand upon start or completion of principal photography, or whenever the contract calls for the last payment.
They are the folks who sell your material and get you an assignment. They take 10% of your pay-cheque, which gets sent to them first before you see it. Agents represent more clients than managers, and many don't have the same amount of time to work with a writer on rewriting material. Their day is spent on the phone selling specs and getting assignments. They'll read a script only after their assistant reads it and likes it. Avoid the big agencies. You're better off with a smaller agency that deals with new writers. Are there any in South Africa? Not yet, but there are some ex-South Africans working in the UK as script agents and managers. Do your research. WGSA is presently investigating the feasibility of having local agents and/or managers.
This is when a writer is paid upfront for writing services, whether or not the screenplay is produced.
No, this isn't the file you send with an email. In film terms, this refers to an actor, producer or director who has agreed to do your movie. When a star comes aboard, the chances of the movie getting made goes up tremendously. That's because usually a star guarantees a big opening at the box office and the first two weekends of a movie's release, which is when the studio makes most of its money.
Beat Sheet
List of the major story changes or beats in a screenplay.
Bidding War
This is when two or more companies are bidding on one spec script. This is usually done when the agent has a high concept script from a produced writer (although non-produced writers have sold this way in the past). With the right material, it's a great way to drive up the price of a script.
Written synopsis and evaluation of any literary material such as a script, book or play provided by a reader or "story analyst" so that agents and producers have an idea of what the material is about before they decide to read it. Most material that gets submitted in Hollywood is usually given coverage first before it moves up the ladder.
Creative Exec
In the USA, after the reader or story analyst reads a script and writes up coverage, the next person up the ladder is usually the creative exec. They will make a recommendation to the company or studio whether to option/buy the material or not. If the material is bought or optioned, they most likely will be in charge (possibly along with others) in developing the material. Locally, this person could be the creative director, or the head writer.
Deal Memo
Summary of the major points of a contract. This is used so that the writer can begin working while the much larger contract is being drawn up. In South Africa we hardly ever work with Deal Memos, but talk about MOUs or MOAs, which stands for Memorandum of Understanding and Memorandum of Agreement. These signed Memoranda do not replace a the final contract, but can give you the peace of mind to start work while your contract is being drawn up.
This is when a story, idea, script, is rewritten many times, based on notes and meetings between the story execs, producers, directors, actors and the writer. Each company works differently, so it's possible at a small company that only the writer and story exec will be involved with a screenplay's development. The studio or production company's goal is to get a better script, but sometimes the script ends up in the dreaded "development hell," which means that each draft makes the screenplay worse and the movie is never made.
Development Hell
This is when a script gets rewritten so many times (usually by many writers) based upon studio or production company notes, that it faintly resembles what the studio saw in the original script in the first place. William Goldman said that nobody knows anything when it comes to picking a winning script and maybe he was right. If they did, most of the movies we see would be hits. "Hell" for writers is almost a given these days in Hollywood. Story execs have to give notes to justify their paychecks! Even if a script is great and ready to shoot someone will probably have notes for it. If you want to avoid this, write novels or plays. This is a tough, crazy business which is not for the faint at heart.
A Star, producer or director who, when attached to a project, adds credibility to it, and a better chance of it getting produced.
Another name for a full-length movie that usually runs from 85 to 130 minutes.
First Look Deal
This is when a company or individual producer finds a project, and must first allow the studio to have the first right of refusal on that project. If the studio passes, then the first company or individual can take the project elsewhere.
Four Audience Quadrant
An audience that consists of men, women, young, old. Huge tent pole movies are designed to appeal to the four quadrants. This type of movie is what drives the studio machine.
Green Light
It's when a script gets the nod by the studio to go into production. There is no guarantee it will ever see the theaters though. When you see your movie in the theater is when you know it has happened.
Gross Profits
Only major writers like Shane Black get this kind of deal. It means that he/she will get a cut of the gross profits, not the net like most of us mere mortals do.
High Concept
1-3 line logline (see logline definition below) that gets a response from a producer or exec such as: "Hey, now that's a movie! I can see a movie star in the lead role and on the movie poster. Send me that script yesterday!" Studios prefer high concept because they can sell it to a large audience much easier than non-high concept stories. Here's an example: Romantic Comedy. Title: "Blind Date" – A couple on a blind date from hell witness a murder and are whisked away by the FBI into the Federal Witness Protection Program and have to live together as husband and wife." High concept can be any genre. New writers stand a much better chance of selling if they have a high concept script.
Hip Pocket Deal
It's when an agency signs someone only to sell a spec script and not to get the writer any other work. It's better than nothing, but you want an agent who believes in you as a whole and not just one of your scripts. The bigger agencies tend to offer this to newer writers.
Short for independent. Can refer to a certain type of movie, or the company that produces them. Usually the movies are lower budget, and character driven. For many years, it usually referred to companies that worked outside the studio system, but today many studios have their own indie or specialty division, such as Fox Searchlight.
Short 1-3 line description of any literary material that tells the reader concisely and succinctly what the movie is about, who the characters are and what they are going to experience. The logline is extremely important in the film industry, as many producers do not even look at a script if the logline doesn't grab them.
A type of rep similar to an agent, but who will work for a larger piece of the pie (usually 15-20%) and with fewer writers. They are usually more about career guidance, whereas as agent is about getting the deal.
Can be a script, book, play, article etc.
Movie of the Week, which is a movie written especially for television. Written in screenplay form and feature length, but usually with 7 acts instead of 3.
Written feedback and suggestions on a script that's in development. Can be offered by agent, manager, producer, creative exec etc.
Agreement by which the optioning party pays the writer to keep the work off the market, while the optioning party seeks financing to actually purchase the work. The time of the option can be any length and for any amount. The legal minimum price is $1. If possible, get a short option for a lot of money. This is because most movies don't get made. There are plenty of writers in Hollywood just living on option money without ever seeing one of their movies made.
Summary of the major scenes in a script.
A Package
The marketing elements of a film project. These can include a good script, a good director who has committed to do the film; film stars who have committed to it; unusual locations; a "high concept hook," etc.
This is usually when an agency company adds elements to your project such as a star, producer and/or director before presenting it to a production company or studio.
Page One Rewrite
This is when the writer has to completely rewrite the script, usually because of plot or structural problems.
Production Bonus
A cash reward given to a writer of a screenplay who ends up getting sold or shared "screenplay by" or "written by" credit on the movie.
This word has several meanings. With coverage, getting a pass means that the company is rejecting the material. You don't want the dreaded pass. In terms of writing, it has a better connotation. It means that a writer will work on a project. They'll take a pass at it.
Purchase Price
The amount paid for literary material. This price is negotiable and is based on current market conditions. If five studios want your script, you'll get more than if one indie company wants it. Spec scripts have sold for 50k up to a few million. As with anything, your price will go up as you make a name for yourself.
It's when you give a short summary of your script to a producer or someone else in the industry, with the goal of having them pay you to write a script based on the pitch, or read the script if it has already been written. The goal here, as with your script is, "less is more." Give them just enough to arouse their curiosity, but not too much to turn them off. A high concept pitch is best if you are pitching to a company that has a deal with a studio.
Anyone that has access to the industry and some money to be able to option your material. Many producers with money still won't give you much on an option, especially if you're a newbie. That's because most movies don't get made, and there's a rule in town: "spend as little as possible and never spend your own money." Your job, along with your representative's job, is to get as MUCH as possible for your material, but the main thing is to get it made. Some producers are called line producers. They work on the money side of the production of the film, and not on finding new material. They are of little interest to a writer who is still pitching his work.
Production Company
A company that is in the business of creating entertainment products, such as movies or TV shows. Some production companies are owned by a writer, actor, producer, director or a combination of the four. Generally a production company is funded by a studio or financing company. A production company can have a studio deal, but still be located off the studio lot. Deals can last one or more years, depending on how successful the TV shows or movies are that the production company produces.
Another name for literary material that is in development. "Tom Cruise is working on the British Magician project."
Any type of literary material such as a book, play, short story etc.
Query or Query Letter
Letter (usually snail-mailed) to see if an agent, manager, production company, studio etc. would look at literary material that is available for sale. Addressed to a specific person, it includes a brief description of material and a short bio of the writer. Wait a few weeks before calling to confirm that your material was received. Then wait about a month before calling again. If you become a pest, they will trash the script. At this stage, you need them more than they need you.
A person who reads literary material for an entertainment company, and who provides an analysis of the material aka "coverage." The old adage of "no one reads in Hollywood" is somewhat true. Material that is submitted in town is first read by the reader. The reader writes up a coverage report and passes it along to their superior who decides to read the script based on the coverage. With this system, it is possible for a producer to produce a movie even though the producer read nothing more than the coverage report.
Release Form
A document signed by a writer that frees the creator of the document from any kind of liability. Most production companies, studios and agencies will ask for a release form to be signed before they consider reading material from a writer.
Short for romantic comedy. We know how it's going to end but "how" is the operative word. Often they are female-driven and can be made on a budget. If you write one of these, make sure it is unique! What are you bringing to the genre that is new?
Scale (as in work for "scale")
Writing for the minimum that has been set. Usually it is scale plus 10% to include the fee that the writer's agent will receive.
Any company, such as a studio or production company, that is bound to the Writers' Guild by a signed agreement, agreeing to the Guild's rules and procedures. In the USA, most companies that deal with the production of major TV shows and features are signatories. In South Africa, WGSA is only starting to build signatories to its rules and regulations.
Short for sneak preview. It's when a movie opens in a few theaters in order to gauge an audience's reaction to the movie before its big release. Often a studio will sneak in a movie in a small city so they can get a good idea of how the film will fare throughout the country.
Spec Script or Spec Screenplay
Script written on speculation, without any deal in place. The writer is hoping to sell it upon completion. This is the opposite of a writer writing a script based on an assignment. The advantage of writing on spec is that the writer is writing an original story and not having to answer to anyone. Also, if the spec sells, the writer can make a lot more money than they would if they wrote this on assignment, but there's no guarantee that it will sell. Writing on an assignment still doesn't guarantee that the script will be produced, but it is a guaranteed pay-cheque.
Screenplay Polish
Minor rewrite, but what is a minor rewrite to one, is a major rewrite to another. Usually includes changes to dialogue and action, but nothing that will affect the structure.
Story Analyst
See "reader."
Short summary of a literary property, written in prose form. Usually one-two pages that include the major plot points.
Tent pole Movie
This is a term used to describe big event movies, that drive the rest of the studios' slate and generates a franchise. They appeal to the largest audience (men, women, young, old) known as the four quadrants. An example of a tent pole would be the Batman series.
This is the ultimate meaning behind any story. On the surface "Wizard of Oz" was about a teenager trying to get back home, but it was more than that. It was also about the how love of family and friends can enable us to overcome all adversity. A theme is a universal thing we can all identify with.
Told in prose form and similar to a synopsis, the treatment goes in-depth in terms of what happens in the story. Can be many pages and include some dialogue. Most professionals first write a treatment before they write their screenplay.
Process of following what projects companies have in development and what material might be available for sale. All the major studios have personnel who are responsible for tracking.
This is when a company offers the rights to a literary property to another company after the first company has developed the property, but has not turned it into a movie. This can be very expensive for the second company acquiring the rights since they must not only pay for the script, but all development costs that have incurred. Usually a company buys something in turnaround when they are very sure they will produce the movie. They are sure when they have a star and a director. Even then the star or director can back out, but that's a chance they usually are willing to take.
This is when a company or broadcaster receives material that it did not request. Many companies will simply return it unread and unopened due to legal hassles. Usually it's a waste of time and money to send material out like this and far better to mail a query letter first. Presently in South Africa, however, SABC has been requesting producers to submit unsolicited proposals.


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Journeymen – Old Man & The C [Video]
The Journeymen (Mickey Boston, John Wholetrain & Melo Malo) release a first video off their "Pledge of the Respirator" EP. "I got a split personality like the island of Hispaniola", says Melo Malo, the NYC native member of thre group. Mickey Boston and John Wholetrain are both currently residing in Montreal.
In "Old Man & The C", they don't shy away from controversial political subjects like the Cold War and Reaganomics. The filmimoso directed visuals take you back and forth through Bed-Stuy, Queens and Mount-Royal.
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Celebrate in style. Make this quick and easy to make purse...and make it reversible. Denim trimmed with red, white, and pink on one side and red, pink, and green on the other side. This great fabric is from the "Prairie Gothic" collection. It has two different borders to work with. It's like getting a whole bunch of fabrics printed on one. See more views of this purse here.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Use free motion sewing to add fun designs quickly!
Now that it's summer...and it's hot as blazes outside...it's time to sit under a cool fan and work on some sewing techniques. You have that stack of quilt tops and gorgeous fabrics that you've been meaning to "quilt". Set aside some quiet time. Gather up your free motion foot, drop the feed dogs on the sewing machine, sandwich some fabric with batting in between and GO! Look in magazines and online for motifs that interest you. Create a line drawing. Use your pencil to trace the outlines a few times. It will help you get accustomed to the curves in the lines. If you like...trace the design on to your fabric using the Dritz Marking Pens with water soluble ink. Sew over the lines. Use a moist Q-Tip to remove the lines before you press. Hmmm...looks pretty good. Now for the stack of quilts...
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Use a feather brooch to dress up a purse, jacket lapel or velvet headband.
No time or money to make a fabulous outfit? Just use something you have...add a feather brooch to a black velvet clutch bag, or to a white lace Chico's jacket, or pin it to a wide headband. These brooches would make great accessories for bridesmaids....and one in pure white for the bride. Be creative this summer!
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It's summertime...time to make a bunch of new bags!
Check my Etsy store:
Make a bunch of new handbags, wallets, and small accessories. You can make them up quickly and wear them out the door in a short time. Wear lots of bright pinks and greens and add a great purse handle. Don't worry about if they will match all your outfits. That rule no longer exists. No rules. It's all about YOU!
BTW, I just love this pink and green fabric. It was designed by Jane Sassaman and it's from her Prairie Gothic collection. I'll be listing it on Etsy because I just ordered MORE!
Labels: bamboo handles, Etsy, fabric, green, hand bags, handbag, Jane Sassaman, pink, prairie gothic, purse handles, purses, sewing, strawberry, tote
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Papaya Treehouse
I'm also growing a papaya tree in honor of my Mom who loved papaya. Well...I may not have a lot of fruit yet but I am providing shelter for a frog. Look right in the center of the photo.
Designer Tomatoes
I'm not great at "farming" yet. The plant cost $4 and my crop so far has yielded TWO miniature tomatoes.
Wow..new Michael Miller Fabrics!
Check it out... http://www.michaelmillerfabrics.com/
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Darlene and Debbie in the Cayman Islands on the ASG Cruise
Peggy and Marilyn with turtle friends on the ASG Cruise
Peggy (left) and Marilyn went ashore during the ASG cruise and met some cute turtles. Look at their great purses (they made those before the cruise.) Marilyn provided this photo and used it in her ASG Chapter's (Hudson Valley) newsletter.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Corset Couture is coming in Belle Armoire on July 1!
I got my complimentary issue of Belle Armoire (which will be in stores on July 1) yesterday because my Corset was accepted for their magazine. It has its own FULL page (57) and their photography is exquisite. Thank you to Jenny Doh and staff. I also LOVE their Altered Couture magazine and thanks Amanda Nolan (editor). Please look through their submission guidelines and submit your works of art. The staff at Stampington love artists and embrace all "styles". It's a great way to share what you create with all of us.
Labels: brooch, corset, couture, embellishment, fabric, feathers, quilting, sewing, Stampington magazines
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Thank You Jan Squires & The Central West Coast Florida Chapter
Thank you Jan Squires for putting this cruise together...we really appreciate it! Thanks for even finding us some fabric stores in the Cayman Islands!
We want to thank Connie and Robert Milan for all their hard work and patience putting the travel part together and not losing any of us when we went ashore.
Thank you Emma Seabrooke our Co-Educator who got Citrus Sew & Vac (we thank Sue & Scott too) who supplied the sewing machines.
We want to send out "Get Well Wishes" to Patti Van Matre and Bette Walker!
I want to thank Rosalina for the beautiful gift of a robe in my favorite color. I want to thank you ALL for the lovely rose and card.
Sheila Shultz of the Nature Coast FL Chapter made all the incredible Lotus Pin Cushions (as pictured above)....love MINE. I got the pin cusion and this incredible blue screen tote at the Regional meeting prior to the cruise. Joan Ruffing (President and fearless leader) and her Tampa Chapter made these great totes with the logo...I know it must have been a lot of work...thank you so much.
Our attendees came from: Ocala, Jacksonville, Crestview, Pensacola, Brandon, Tampa, Jensen Beach, The Keys, Northern Virginia, New York, New Jersey, and North Carolina...whew.
Marilyn Martin's Cruise Photos in her ASG Newsletter
Boy that Marilyn Martin works fast. She takes care of the newsletter "Stitchin Times", for the Hudson Valley New York Chapter of the ASG. She has some wonderful photos including our group photo in the latest issue. If you are a member of the http://www.asg.org/, go to the Members Only page, Log in, click on Chapter Newsletters, scroll down to New York, and click on Hudson Valley. If you are not a member...please join us! You can learn to sew, come back to sewing, or just hang out with us.
Dining Divas
Here we are at dinner. That Bev (the one writing in her journal...oh, and that's the other Bev to her left) kept a lot of notes. Don't let those empty plates fool you...those are just the chargers. I couldn't believe how fast the food was brought after we ordered. In this photo we have Carole near the window, Darlene (where's her daughter?), Bev, Bev, and Connie's husband (and Connie is sitting across from him).
Say "CHEESE"!
This is one of our waiters. Hmmm...there must be some good snapshots on that camera.
"Napkin waving" means something exciting is about to happen. On this night it meant we were going to do the MACARENA! We also formed a Conga Line and danced around the dining room. I guess that was to get us moving after all that food. Click on these photos for a larger image. If you look carefully...there are interesting things going on in the background...like Wendy (from the Charlotte, NC Chapter) waving her napkin and "who" is too busy eating to wave the napkin. Ha, ha, ha.
"Napkin waving" means something exciting is about to happen. On this night it meant we were going to do the MACARENA! We also formed a Conga Line and danced around the dining room. I guess that was to get us moving after all that food. Click on these photos for a larger image. If you look carefully...there are interesting things going on in the background...like Wendy (from the Charlotte, NC Chapter) waving her napkin and "who" is too busy eating to wave the napkin. Ha, ha, ha.
Maybe we should have practiced with this video before we went on the cruise:
Chris and Susan with their new jackets.
Look at these good lookin' gals wearing the beautiful jackets they finished and are on their way to the dining room for dinner. Chris (on the left) made the Kimura Jacket with coordinating fabrics with Asian designs. Susan made the Self Collar & Cuff jacket. She used a lovely floral with pinks, blues, and aqua for one side and a matching blue (with a tiny print) for the other side. Whichever way she wears the jacket, both prints will show up. They both worked hard and yet found lots of time to laugh. Chris makes the most perfect bias tape...miles and miles of it. Susan opted for the quick and easy jacket because she was there for rest and relaxation...she deserved it!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Central West Coast Florida (now a separate Chapter from the Nature Coast/Ocala) ASG Cruise on May 4, 2009
Well, this was an adventure. We planned on going to Mexico but because of the Swine Flu we went to the Cayman Islands. It was great because Jan found two fabric stores. Jan Squires is the President of the Nature Coast/Ocala Chapter of the American Sewing Guild. We had members from Tampa, Ocala, Jacksonville, Pensacola, D.C., N.Y., and N.C.
We sewed all day and all night. We kept stopping to eat and all the food was fantastic. There was so much to do and we got back to our rooms late. Rosalina was my roomie and when we entered the room and turned on the lights....we almost screamed...at our towel sculpture gift left on the bed. Every night there was a different towel origami gift.
I'll be adding more photos that I have and that you send.
We sewed all day and all night. We kept stopping to eat and all the food was fantastic. There was so much to do and we got back to our rooms late. Rosalina was my roomie and when we entered the room and turned on the lights....we almost screamed...at our towel sculpture gift left on the bed. Every night there was a different towel origami gift.
I'll be adding more photos that I have and that you send.
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SPIN Cohort.
In order to develop SPIN programs, to test whether these programs work well in real life and to make them widely available, our team needs to recruit a large, multinational cohort of people with scleroderma. A cohort is a large group of people who share a set of similar characteristics or have lived the same experience (in this case, living with scleroderma), and who begin to participate in a research study or studies at the same time.
Individuals recruited into the SPIN cohort will help to develop and test supportive programs. They will then participate in several large clinical trials over the number of years. The trials will investigate how well the supportive programs work by comparing information collected from different groups of participants within the cohort. SPIN was awarded a 5-year Emerging Team Grant for Rare Diseases from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in 2012 to help support its initiative. Recruitment sites from across Canada, the United States, and Europe have started to recruit scleroderma patients for the cohort in early 2013.
Online Support Programs.
Many people with scleroderma face daily challenges caused by their illness. Problems such as chronic fatigue, reduced hand function, visible changes in appearance, and other symptoms can make it difficult to manage daily tasks and participate in enjoyable activities. This may cause unnecessary stress and emotional problems, such as sadness, hopelessness, fear, or anger. The supportive programs that are currently being developed by SPIN aim to address these problems for people with scleroderma. These programs are psychosocial, because they help boost emotional well-being and nurture social ties. Their other aim is rehabilitation, as they purport to help managing symptoms and balancing daily activities. In short, the purpose of the online supportive programs is to improve the quality of life for people living with the disease.
Many programs of this type already exist. They are the result of extensive research and practice in medicine, psychology, occupational therapy and other disciplines. SPIN programs are largely based on already existing information and research. However, the novelty of SPIN programs is twofold. First, SPIN programs are tailored specifically for people with scleroderma. Second, all the programs are Internet-based, which increases accessibility for patients who live far from treatment centers, have mobility issues, or other barriers to treatment. Moreover, interactive technology is used in all Internet-based programs, making the information more accessible and easy to implement in real life.
Support Groups.
Many people living with scleroderma attend support groups to cope with their illness. Support groups offer a safe and comfortable environment where people facing a similar challenge can come together to give and receive support. This kind of exchange can offer many personal and practical benefits, such as learning how others have dealt with issues related to scleroderma or learning more about current scleroderma research. Leaders of scleroderma support groups play an especially important role as they are in charge of the many tasks that go into running a successful support group meeting from coordinating administrative details to facilitating a meaningful group discussion.
The Scleroderma Support Group Team is comprised of researchers, members of Scleroderma Canada and the Scleroderma Foundation in the United States, and patient support group leaders. This team has come together to create the SPIN-Scleroderma Support group Leader EDucation (SSLED) Program. The goal of this 3-month training program is to provide leaders with information and resources to help them feel more comfortable, confident and supported in their roles, and in turn, contribute to a more positive support group experience for all those who attend.
Caregiver Project.
Many people living with scleroderma are supported by a family member or a friend. Informal caregivers are family members or friends who provide unpaid care for a loved one with a health condition. This project focuses on better understanding challenges faced by informal caregivers of people living with scleroderma, and their preferences for types of support services that could potentially be developed. Our long-term goal is to develop interventions aimed at increasing overall quality of life for informal caregivers of those living with scleroderma.
The Scleroderma Caregiver Project Team is comprised of researchers and informal caregivers of people living with scleroderma. This team has collaborated to create an online survey to obtain information about the experience of informal caregivers of people with scleroderma. With this information, our goal is to develop resources that are tailored to meet the needs of caregivers of people with scleroderma.
Feasibility Testing.
It is important to know the degree of complexity involved in implementing the SPIN supportive programs, as well as in using them. SPIN will conduct feasibility testing for each of its programs. This will involve reviewing the process of implementing each program, required resources (including time and budget), management issues (personnel and data systems), and various scientific aspects of evaluating each program. Importantly, feasibility testing will include assessing how straightforward and engaging the programs are for people with scleroderma. This will be evaluated by conducting interviews with randomly selected study participants, in which questions about acceptability, utility and practicality of program components will be asked.
Based on the information obtained from feasibility testing, SPIN programs can be modified to better suit the needs of patients. On the side of program providers, the number of resources invested in each program can be optimized.
Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs).
An important consideration for any supportive program is whether it reaches its goals. For SPIN, this means asking whether the program actually makes it easier for people with scleroderma to cope with the challenges posed by their illness. For instance, if a program is designed to help an individual feel less sad or anxious, how can we tell if the participation in the program does indeed reduce sadness or anxiety? A Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) is a type of scientific study specifically designed to answer questions like these. In an RCT, participants are randomly assigned into two different groups – the group that receives the program and the group that does not. The groups are then compared on a characteristic that interests researchers (for example, do participants in the program group feel less sad compared to the participants in the no-program group after the program is finished?).
SPIN will use a particular variation of an RCT to determine whether the programs work for people with scleroderma. Thus, each participant in the SPIN study and in the SPIN cohort may be invited to participate in one of the RCTs currently being conducted by SPIN.
Dissemination of Programs.
Once the SPIN programs have been fully developed and tested, SPIN will make use of its partnerships with scleroderma patient organizations around the world to make these programs fully available for free to all people with scleroderma, not just those who have participated in the SPIN studies.


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Two thousand events on the university calendar
Last week the Texas A&M University calendar passed a major milestone: two thousand events posted since it was launched.
Now that anyone with a NetID can submit events (and nearly 600 people have), we're able to give the world a better idea of what's happening at Texas A&M, in all its variations and colors. Instead of just wondering what a certain mysterious department really does, visitors can now view performances, lectures and seminars, campus-wide, in one place. I'm waiting to hear stories of large donations or interdisciplinary discoveries that began simply by reading the university calendar. I can imagine:
"I had never even heard of the technique before, but while lacing up my running shoes one morning when I was a freshman, a seminar on the calendar happened to catch my eye. And that led to completely changing my major, publishing my book four years later, the dedication of this new institute which I was privileged to fund, and… well, you know the rest."
— Class of 2017
Well anyway, here are some current facts about the university calendar:
- The university calendar system now includes more than 150 departmental calendars, from every college, about 60 of them with active contributions.
- According to Google Analytics, the calendar was visited 214,002 times in the past month. People viewed 3,525 calendar pages.
- Some of our most popular events so far this semester have been Freshman Convocation, Gig 'Em Week, and MSC Open House. And of course, everybody wanted to know, "When is the first day of class?" (More than 21,000 people searched for academic calendar information).
- Events featured on the A&M home page are viewed by 1.4 million people every month – that's some exposure! But if you want your part of it, you have to submit your events – we don't create the listings ourselves.
That doesn't mean we don't have more work to do. We still have important "information gaps," where visitors are searching for events that haven't been submitted but which they expected to find. As I said, each department is responsible for submitting its own events. If you hear of missing events, tell the sponsoring group to contact us, so we can explain how to add them. We're still spreading the word about the calendar to more departments and more people.
- It's easy to add and edit events.
- Any university department, division or institute can get their own calendar.
- You can customize and display your calendar events on your web pages.
You can read more online about how the university calendar works. Contact the University Webmaster Office if you're interested in getting started as a calendar contributor or administrator.


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GBP/JPY Trading for July 8, 2014
Tuesday offered a very trade-able market, with a decent amount of volatility and trades setting up well right on expected points of resistance.
The first trade came at the resistance 1 level of 174.524. A touch of 174.524 had become pretty readily foreseeable for the past fifteen minutes with the market moving up on the few candles preceding the touch. The first wicked back down, followed by a higher wick on the second candle, which in turn was followed by a five-pip bullish candle. This suggested that the buying efforts would be likely to at least reach this particular pivot point. Given there was already some resistive force to the buying denoted by the top wicks, I figured it would be unlikely that price would be able to break resistance 1 at this time.
So when resistance 1 was hit on the 2:50(AM EST) candle, it was expected that it would wick back down, which it did. I got into a put option on the re-touch on the 2:55 candle and despite initially going a pip or so out of favor, I eventually had a five-pip winner by expiration.
My second trade set up in a similar manner. The pair retraced back down fifteen pips from 174.524, which indicated that selling was still the general preference in the market. As I like to emphasize every now and then in my trading articles, whenever you have a weak retracement off a price level of interest, perhaps one where you already took a trade, it denotes that that particular point in the market is likely to be broken on the next touch. The dynamics of the scenario frequently imply that, say in the case of a resistance level, the selling that occurred after the bounce was weak and not enough to sustain a downward movement. This usually means that the buyers are exerting enough force in the market to cause an eventual breach of that price level. But in this case, a retracement of fifteen pips was clearly indicative that selling was still strong in the market and resistance 1 could still be an area worthy of further put option set-ups.
When the pound/yen rejected its resistance 1 level again on the 3:55 candle, I was definitely willing to get back into another put option on the re-touch, which I did on the subsequent candle. This produced an even more definitive winner than the last trade (more trading volume helps), with about a seven-pip winning margin.
Selling continued after this trade, including a big 39-pip drop on the 4:35 candle, causing price to fall below the pivot level of 174.126. Naturally, when you have a clear selling preference in the market, one's attention might rationally follow that put options should certainly be preferred. In this case, the pivot level was the most logical area for possible put option set-ups.
It took over two hours for my alert to inform me of price getting up to the pivot (or down to support 1, which didn't happen and would've likely been a lower-probability play as a call option anyway). But when it did another nice put option set-up formed.
The first touch was on the 6:45 candle, and I got into the trade on the re-touch on the 6:50 candle, producing a winner of over two pips by its expiration at the top of the hour (denoted by the close of the 6:55 candle).
Overall, this day worked out beautifully. Three very high-probability set-ups with all three going in the money. Based on my estimation, trades of these kind are those that will usually work out about 80% of the time. The first trade was solid yet had the lowest odds, given no precedent had yet to be set at resistance 1, while the final trade had the greatest odds, based on the clear wave of selling that was occurring. But it was nice to bounce back after the 0/2 day on Monday.


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UDR Announces Public Offering of Common Stock
UDR, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: UDR) today announced that it has agreed to the sale of 7,500,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for planned acquisitions of assets, including an approximately $270 million pending value-add acquisition in Boston, MA, working capital and general corporate purposes.
J.P. Morgan and Citigroup are acting as underwriters for the offering.
This offering is being conducted pursuant to the Company's currently effective shelf registration statement, which was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A preliminary prospectus supplement related to the public offering and a final prospectus supplement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and final prospectus supplement, when available, may be obtained from J.P. Morgan, Attention: Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, telephone: 1-866-803-9204 or Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, telephone: 1-800-831-9146.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
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UDR, Inc. (NYSE: UDR), an S&P 500 company, is a leading multifamily real estate investment trust with a demonstrated performance history of delivering superior and dependable returns by successfully managing, buying, selling, developing and redeveloping attractive real estate properties in targeted U.S. markets. As of June 30, 2019, UDR owned or had an ownership position in 50,829 apartment homes including 366 homes under development. For over 47 years, UDR has delivered long-term value to shareholders, the best standard of service to residents and the highest quality experience for associates.
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"He who rejects change is the architect of decay".
Harold Wilson
Ever heard of Joel Tenenbaum? Well I hadn't really paid any attention to that name until today, and more precisely until I read this article from The Guardian – "How it feels to be sued for $4.5m". I have always known thousands in the states had been sued for absurd sums for sharing music, everyone's aware of the RIAA's sissy-fits, but to read such a testimonial set me aback some. Do read it: it was written by Joel himself, and weather you're with him or against him, it won't leave you indifferent to his cause.
I don't want to go into the details of his story because it is all written marvelously well in that article. What I'll say is this: Joel is one of the tens of thousands of people who have got their lives crushed just for sharing music. Joel is not the compulsive file-sharer type who detains tera bytes upon tera bytes of music storages on dozens of 7200 rpm, RAID intertwined hard-drives, he's just one in 50 million file-sharers who unluckily won the RIAA lottery. His battle started off small, just in for a couple of thousand of dollars. Now he is in for millions because he fought back.
He finally made it to the trial which started yesterday (most people cave in before reaching that point). Joel's story struck a chord in many music lovers' hearts, and he is now backed-up by thousands from all over the world. He has got his proper "Joel Fights Back" twitter account (@joelfightsback), twitter feed (#jfb) and website.
The Guardian's article holds ten pages full of comments, but the very first one made my day. It was written by a nut who hammers Joel by invoking the "you just shouldn't steal from people more creative than you. You deserve what's coming at you" speech. I can take a step back like any other and realize there are laws for a reason, that these laws must be reinforced to maintain order. I am not defending Joel 100% just because it's easy and comforting to be on the martyr's side, engaging resistance against corporate fat cats, I'm on Joel's side because if we succumb to absurdity, we are headed straight for a brick wall, the likes of which mankind has a tendency to bang its head against over and over again.
For such trials to be enacted in this day and age is absurd for the simple reason that there is no balance whatsoever between technological advancements and copyright law anymore. The later has, since its most primitive founding, been intimately linked to the former. They both go hand in hand, and when one changes, the other follows briefly after. The recording industry caved in on many accounts in the past because of ever-evolving music distribution mediums, yet now, the RIAA still won't accept the change p2p brought to their consumers' consumption habits. And why are they so aggressive? Because of scalability. Never have the paper-rolls, the radio, the cassette-tapes and so on scaled such a gap between consumers and content owners. So members of the RIAA have litterally been shittin' their pants these two past decades. Their solution: to frantically sue customers at random for completely absurd sums of money for no reason other than fathering fear and making up for decreasing profits. I would like to repeat myself here: it is only to engender fear and make money that the RIAA is suing. There is no long-tail humanitarian purpose here, there is no will whatsoever to educate the masses, there is no greater master-plan behind all this grief – just fear and money.
We don't burn people on stakes anymore just because they refuse to believe in the virgin Mary. Same should apply to file sharing and music in 2009. But apparently, that is still far from being the case.
Accepting change is the key to healthy evolution. The first step would be for major labels to admit their wrongs in terms of serving musical garbage to us all these past 10 years. Economic instability, growing gaming industry, DVDs and Internet- related-entertainment didn't help them one bit in getting back that entrepreneurial spirit they lost so long ago. Add to that p2p networks, and it all seems so logical that the RIAA affiliates are going down the drain, taking 15% decreasing market blows every year or so.
That is just the ways things have changed, and those who go against what has changed, although it is completely beyond their power to do anything about that change, are fools, plain and simple.
Good Luck Joel. You have my total support.


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A massive digger fell off a trailer on the M80 causing traffic disruption.
The incident happened at around 2.30pm today on a verge on an extension to the hard shoulder of the motorway at the Castlecary Arches.
Police officers were in attendance and reported it was causing a "blockage" on the road and moves were being made to recover the vehicle.


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Chad is a vast and diverse territory, which at independence had poor communications, few known resources, a tiny market, and a collection of impoverished people with sharply differing political traditions, ethnic and regional loyalties, and sociocultural patterns. The French colonial powers that had created the country's boundaries had done little to promote economic interdependence, political cooperation, or crosscultural understanding.
Chad became independent in 1960 under President François Tombalbaye. In January 1962 he banned all political parties except his own PPT, and started immediately concentrating all power in his own hands. His treatment of opponents, real or imagined, was extremely harsh, filling the prisons with thousands of political prisoners.
Tombalbaye survived as President until 1975 when he was killed during a military coup. The incumbent government had been ineffectively dealing with an armed insurgency in the form of the Liberation Front of Chad, which had developed in the north of the country. Felix Malloum served as both President and Prime Minister under August 1978, when Hissène Habré – the former Northern rebel leader - was appointed Prime Minister to integrate armed northern rebels into the government.
From 1979 – 82 Chad spiralled into civil war, with Southerners (Malloum's faction) finally losing control of government, and insurgent northerners (under Habre). A period of bitter factional infighting led to Goukuni being named head of the GUNT. The war developed into a regional affair with Sudanese and Libyan support crucial in the eventual victory of Habre's forces of those of Goukuni in 1982. Habre ruled as President until 1990 facing fierce opposition on multiple fronts and participating in the brutal suppression of political opponents.
Idriss Deby – the current President of Chad – defected from the Habre government in late 1980s and launched an attack from Sudanese Darfur at the head of a Zaghawa (his own ethnic group) rebel organization. In December 1990, with Libyan assistance and no opposition from French troops stationed in Chad, Déby's forces successfully marched on N'Djamena. Despite coups attempts and continued violence Deby survived and won the country's first multi-party presidential elections in 1996.
Déby, in the mid-1990s, gradually restored basic functions of government and entered into agreements with the World Bank and IMF to carry out substantial economic reforms. Oil exploitation in the southern Doba region began in June 2000, with World Bank Board approval to finance a small portion of a project.
Déby won a flawed 63% first-round victory in May 2001 presidential elections after legislative elections were postponed until spring 2002. Having accused the government of fraud, six opposition leaders were arrested (twice) and one opposition party activist was killed following the announcement of election results. However, despite claims of government corruption, favoritism of Zaghawas, and abuses by the security forces, opposition party and labor union calls for general strikes and more active demonstrations against the government have been unsuccessful. Despite movement toward democratic reform, power remains in the hands of a northern ethnic oligarchy.
A war in the East – relating to the conflict in Darfur has also been fought since 2005. Deby accuses Sudanese President Omar el Bashir of trying to "destabilize our country, to drive our people into misery, to create disorder and export the war from Darfur to Chad." Attacks on the capital in 2006 and 2008 proved unsuccessful – the violence appears to be a power-struggle within the Chadian ruling elite.


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Plenty of people played and enjoyed Star Wars Battlefront, but even the most staunch defenders of the game will probably admit it had some shortcomings. Star Wars Battlefront 2 is on the way later this year and every early indication is that EA is aware of those shortcomings and has done their best to course correct this time around. A newly released featurette for the game provides further evidence that is the case, and also gives some more details on the game's protagonist, as well as some excellent new footage.
The featurette made its way onto the PlayStation YouTube channel and gives us our first new look at Star Wars Battlefront 2 since Star Wars Celebration. EA brought on a creative partner for this installment, with Motive handling the single-player campaign for the game. Something that was sorely missing for the first Star Wars Battlefront. In the video, it is revealed that the story will be taking place from the end of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, all of the way through the beginning of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Plenty of stories have been told in that time period since Disney reset the canon, perhaps most notably the Star Wars: Aftermath novels, but Star Wars Battlefront II is going to be very different because it is telling the story from the perspective of an Imperial soldier.
Not only is the new Battlefront going to give us a single-player story mode, but that story is actually going to be part of the Star Wars canon. The story will revolve around an Imperial soldier named Iden Versio, voiced by Janina Gavankar, who is part of an elite Stormtrooper group named Inferno Squadron. Following the destruction of the second Death Star, she is trying to navigate her way through the mess and help the Empire rally after a crushing defeat. Here are some of the new details about the character provided by Motive Game Director Mark Thompson.
"Our protagonist is Iden Versio. She is a loyal member of the Empire. She's an elite Imperial Tie pilot. She comes from an Imperial family. Her father is an admiral. She's the perfect candidate to believe in the good of the Empire."
Disney has done a lot with Star Wars since buying Lucasfilm in 2012, but the video game department has easily been the department lacking content. Star Wars Battlefront was the flagship game for them, but it really didn't land with many fans. Before Disney took over, Star Wars video games were some of the most cherished elements of the expanded universe and some of the best Star Wars storytelling was done in those games. So it should be great for fans to hear, and see, that Star Wars Battlefront II will (hopefully) be a return to that.
We'll see if this game can manage to live up to the hype on November 17, but this featurette provides us with some more stuff that certainly looks like EA is taking this in the right direction. Also, all of the footage looks awesome. So we have that to look forward to even if Star Wars Battlefront 2 falls short elsewhere. Be sure to check out the new featurette for yourself below.


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"And it shall come to passe, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rocke, and will couer thee with my hand, while I passe by."
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33:22 I will put thee in a cleft of the rock - In that he was to be sheltered from the dazzling light, and devouring fire of God's glory. This was the rock in Horeb, out of which water was brought, of which it is said, That rock was Christ, #1Cor 10:4|. 'Tis in the clefts of this rock that we are secured from the wrath of God, which otherwise would consume us: God himself will protect those that are thus hid: and it is only through Christ that we have the knowledge of the glory of God. None can see that to their comfort, but those that stand upon this rock, and take shelter in it.


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With a membership of more than 30,000, California Professional Firefighters (CPF) is the largest statewide organization dedicated exclusively to serving the needs of career firefighters. It is one of the nation's strongest and most influential public employee organizations.
California Professional Firefighters is the officially chartered state council for the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), which represents more than 298,000 front line firefighters nationally. The partnership between IAFF and CPF was never closer than it was in 2005 and 2006. IAFF helped support CPF's fight against the Special Election and pension grab, and IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger personally rallied the troops in support of CPF's political endorsements.
California Professional Firefighters derives its strength from more than 175 local affiliates, representing some 30,000 front line firefighters and paramedics. CPF services are directed to members through the leadership of these local affiliates.


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This weekend we went to pick out a pumpkin. Max was having a blast walking through all of the pumpkins, stopping to point at almost every one and say, "oh!" He tried to pick up a few, thinking it was going to be easy. He was bent down grunting and pulling, but couldn't pick up the big ones. He's so cute though, he kept trying! Until of course, he saw a nearby excavator! There was some construction going on in the lot next to the pumpkin patch, and it was all over once he saw that. He ran straight up the hill to it and just stared up once he got close. He seemed a bit overwhelmed with how big it was, he just looked up and stared. I held him and encouraged him to touch the bucket on the front end, and he got all excited.We ended up getting him a little pumpkin that he could pick up, and a big one for carving. All in all, it was a great trip!
Tuesday Max walked out of his room at daycare all by himself like a big boy. He stopped to get a cracker at the desk, and kept on walking all of the way to the car. How has he grown up so quickly? Mister independent was so happy just walking along and waving goodbye to everyone.
Speaking of food, I've learned a new trick for grocery shopping. Max is an active little boy, as we all know, so it's tough to keep him contained during a shopping trip. I gave him a bag of grapes to munch on while we shopped, and he was as happy as a clam! I found out that Daddy had discovered this weeks ago, but I was thrilled about the discovery. Don't worry, I asked to pay for the grapes he ate when we were done shopping. Oh, and he's also getting independent during dinner time. When he's all done, he doesn't just sign that he's done. Now he signs it and then reaches to the sides of the high chair tray to pull the levers to pull off the tray. Smart boy!
He still loves bath time. He's so good with knowing the routine and where everything belongs. Now when we're cleaning up after, he reaches up to put the soap and face cloth where they belong. He can't reach either, but he reaches up and tries. He's a determined little guy. He has also added a new step to his tooth brushing routine. After brushing his teeth, he opens the mirror, puts his brush in the cup, and waves goodbye before closing the door. Adorable!
Max is very interested in trying to dress himself nowadays. He wants to wear a baseball hat frequently, and he puts it on top of his head and pulls down. Unfortunately, it's usually folded and doesn't go on his head correctly, but he's getting the hang of it. He's also pulling his socks off and trying to put them back on. He started this last week, and I just love quietly sitting and watching him do this. He put the sock on top of his foot and looks at it, like he's trying to figure it all out. He'll eventually bring it to me to put on, but he tries on his own a few times. I love watching him learn and figure things out!


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If chronic pot smokers present to your office with recurrent episodes of tummy trouble, consider a diagnosis of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome.
First reported in Australia in 2004, cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is marked by "horrible abdominal pain, but mostly nausea, and vomiting" in chronic pot smokers, Dr. Walter J. Coyle said at a conference on primary care medicine sponsored by the Scripps Clinic.
Symptom relief comes only after patients take a hot bath or shower. Patients who experience CHS tend to be males who have been smoking "at least two bongs a day for a long time—months and months," said Dr. Coyle, who, with Dr. Emily Singh, published the first clinical report of the syndrome in the United States. "The treatment is to quit the weed."
Sometimes patients take baths or showers with water so hot that it causes scald marks on the skin, Dr. Coyle said. Others refuse to curb their pot smoking. In fact, one patient told him "thanks for telling me [about CHS]. I'm not gonna stop."
According to a 2009 article from the American Journal of Gastroenterology, the suggested pathogenesis of CHS includes "toxicity due to marijuana's long half-life, lipophilicity, delayed gastric motility, and dysfunction of thermoregulatory and autonomic effects on the limbic system and hypothalamus secondary to the effect its active ingredient, Tetrahydrocannabinol, on the endogenous Cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2."
If the fictional character Jeff Spicoli from the 1982 film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" were to visit his physician with telltale signs of CHS, one wonders how that dialogue might go.
SPICOLI: Gnarly stomach trouble, Doc. Really cramping my style. Can't surf. Can't impress the ladies.
SPICOLI'S DOCTOR: The only way you'll get better is if you quit smoking pot. Is that something you'll consider?
SPICOLI: Um, dude. I don't think so.
SPICOLI'S DOCTOR: But if you quit you'd be able to master the ocean waves and you'd have good breath for the ladies.
SPICOLI: I didn't think of that. You're smart, Bud. Let's party!
— Doug Brunk (on Twitter@dougbrunk)