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With the future of cinema – Avatar – out on the same day as St Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Fritton's Fricking Gold , we track down the flicks that had to do box office battle with other blockbuster big boys…
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY vs. TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY
In 10 Words: Action mayhem from the ultimate robo-hitman or supernatural sentimentality?
Date Released: 16 August 1991
Target Audiences: Action freaks, fledgling film theorists and middle-aged hankie packers…
Sample Critic Quote s: Truly "Think of this persuasively acted British romance as the thinking man's Ghost." Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
T2 "Nobody, I think, will complain that it doesn't have enough action." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Potential Crossover: It's one for him, one for her. Truly's 'dead man walking' Alan Rickman is him out of Die Hard while sceptical girlfriends are intrigued by Linda Hamilton and subtext-tweaking themes of gender and violence in T2. Crossover action and a weepie for anyone with a beating heart…
Money Made: T2 $519,843,340
Truly $1,554,742 (US)
Next: Aliens vs Highlander [page-break]
ALIENS vs HIGHLANDER
In 10 Words: Ripley duelling alien queens or immortal Scotsmen duelling one another?
Date Released: 29 August 1986
Target Audiences: Extra-terrestrial haters and kilt-frenzied Connery die-hards.
Sample Critic Quotes: Aliens "This sequel dares to build slowly, allowing Weaver to develop a multi-dimensional character... There is always an interesting tension in Cameron's work between masculine and feminine qualities." Tom Charity, Time Out
Highlander "Narrative coherence is not a quality which director Mulcahy brings to this mondial of machismo..." Richard Rayner, Time Out
Potential Crossover: Substantial. Both are sci-fi, both are violent, both are aimed mainly at boys. But then, James Cameron's highly anticipated "Fembo" bug-hunt is the sequel to a stomach-churning and hugely successful original and the kilted Scots with swords are more about camp and cult curiosity value. Wait till the video for that one, then.
Money Made:
Aliens $131,060,248
Highlander $12,885,193
Next: Titanic vs. Das Boot: The Director's Cut [page-break]
TITANIC vs DAS BOOT THE DIRECTOR'S CUT
In 10 Words: Three hours of doomed seafaring or 180 minutes of… oh.
Date Released: 23 January 1998
Target Audiences: Kleenex lovers, romantics, first-time dates, event-movie fans, the curious and the rep/arthouse hardcore.
Sample Critic Quotes: Das Boot "...by no means a pleasant experience, but it's an intelligent and emotionally gripping one." Keith Phipps, The Onion AV Club
Titanic "A good, often stunning movie caught in a three-and-a-half hour drift." Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Potential Crossover: Minimal. Sure, both have general water-related peril alongside spectacle and tragedy, but only one has a MASSIVE marketing wallet and is the talk of every town. The sweeping romantic one wins… if only for the timeless Celine Dion song attached to the end of it.
Money Made:
Titanic $1,842,879,955
Das Boot $11,487,676 (US)
Next: Sex & The City vs. Zoo [page-break]
SEX AND THE CITY vs ZOO
In 10 Words: Chic urban women talk sex or networking horse 'lovers' get documented.
Date Released: 30 May 2008
Target Audiences: TV hounds, metrosexual blokes and the morbidly curious arthouse set
Sample Critic Quotes: Sex "It is still unusual to see a film that features women as the leading characters of their own lives…" Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
Zoo "…the filmmakers reserve judgement, instead turning their attention to the larger question of how human beings have revised and re-evaluated codes of acceptable behavior…" Scott Foundas, Variety
Potential Crossover: Hard to say. Sex And The City has always been more about the sex than the city, so a movie about chaps into bestiality could easily please the Carrie clans looking for a something a little more Samantha. That said, word is Carrie changes her hair colour in the Sex movie – oh yes, indeed – so no fan's going to miss out on that earth-shaker for a spot of horse cock.
Money Made :
Sex : $415,252,786
Zoo : Less than London Zoo takes in a single hour.
Next: King Kong vs. Lassie [page-break]
KING KONG vs LASSIE
In 10 Words: The roaring king of the jungle or a yapping collie?
Date Released: 16 December 2005
Target Audiences: Rings withdrawal sufferers, weekend-movie regulars, one-film-a-year types and... erm... Crufts attendees? The ghost of Barbara Woodhouse?
Sample Critic Quotes: Kong "A super-sized version of a yarn that was big to begin with, a stupendous adventure..." Todd McCarthy, Variety Lassie "The scenery is lovely..." Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Potential Crossover: Minimal. Kong's the beast for role-playing Rings lovers turned spouses who've hired the babysitter for a (long) night out. Lassie's a dogged bitch but soggy-nosed sentiment with an oddly high-grade cast can't beat Skull Island. Don't sniff at Lassie, mind: she outscored Kong on reviews website Metacritic. "Woof" to the big ape!
Money Made:
Kong $550,517,357
Lassie $6,436,340
Next: Star Wars Episode I vs. The Third Man [page-break]
STAR WARS EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE vs THE THIRD MAN
In 10 Words: Welles resurrected to challenge the dark side of event cinema.
Date Released: 16 July 1999
Target Audiences : Pre-teens/terminally nostalgic adults and Jedi warriors for the repertory rebellion.
Sample Critic Quotes: The Phantom Menace "Nothing has the right to bore and disappoint us this much." Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
The Third Man "You cannot see Carol Reed's classic often enough." Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
Potential Crossover Huge: No, really. There will always be people queuing up to cruise through Vienna's inky shadows at the flicks, but most of those people were movie-reared under Tatooine's twin suns, so getting the geek on at the weekend was essential to all. After all, pre-James Cameron's Avatar, it was the biggest thing at the movies.
Money Made:
Menace $924,317,558
The Third Man $618,173 (US)
Next: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire vs. The Libertine [page-break]
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE vs THE LIBERTINE
In 10 Words: Growing boy wizard waggles his wand at Johnny Depp's debauchery.
Date Released: 18 November 2005
Target Audiences: Youthful fantasists and either Depp-heads or degenerates.
Sample Critic Quotes: Potter "...even more SFX than its predecessors and a major injection of sex." Philip French, The Observer
The Libertine "Depp is a raunchy wonder..." Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Potential Crossover: Huge. Booze drama Factotum and boozy biopic Stoned also stood up to Harry, a slate resembling some smart-arsed "Harry Pothead" distributors' in-joke or an attempt to tempt kids growing out of JK to embrace drink and sex? But Potter grew up a bit in this outing, so no-one's upset when they can't get into the 18 cert.
Money Made : Potter $895,921,036
Libertine $10,852,064
Next: Star Wars Episode IV vs. Rollercoaster [page-break]
STAR WARS EPISODE IV A NEW HOPE vs ROLLERCOASTER
In 10 Words: Disaster movie cycle tail-ender tussles with the FX movie agenda-setter...
Date Released: 27 December 1977
Target Audiences: Every kid in the world and oldsters craving more rickety thrill rides.
Sample Critic Quotes: Star Wars "Entertainment so direct and simple that all of the complications of the modern movie seem to vaporise." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rollercoaster "The rollercoaster rides are the highlights and they are fabulous." Anon, Variety
Potential Crossover: It's a father-son thing. Pre-Airplane! dads relate without embarrassment to George Segal's struggles to quit smoking in 'Coaster. Everyone loves a disaster romp, too. But the kids won't shut up about Star Wars. They think it's the future of cinema. So dads go along for a bit of peace and quiet…
Money Made: Star Wars $775,398,007
Rollercoaster Did anyone count?
Will Avatar trounce St. Trinians 2? Will it be the biggest upset in box office history?


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Wednesday October 5th ... Blog Entry the Island of North Seymor and the Magnificent Frigate bird.
This mornings visit to North Seymor Island was a much anticipated landing. This is the only island in the Galapagos that the Frigate bird nests on.
The tiny island of North Seymor is located on the map below just above Baltra Airport and for some time the National Park authority has had concern about visitors to the islands. The concern is if a Frigate birds is disturbed they will abandon their nests and the young won't survive. From time to time the island has been closed to visitors for this reason. We were lucky and at this time visits are permitted.
A little background on one of the most amazing birds in the Galapagos. The Magnificent Frigate bird fully grown can measure 39 inches long with an 85 inch wingspan. The males are all black with a scarlet throat pouch which they inflate like a balloon in the breeding season. Females are black, but have a white breast and lower neck. The immature birds have a white head and white patches around their bodies. I have posted a good selection of this bird.
This was a dry landing and good food wear was required due to the rocky pathways. We were also asked to keep our voices down as not to disturb the nesting birds. They were so close as we walked along the trails you could almost reach out and touch them. As we quietly walked along you could hear the clicking noise the male birds make as they try to attract the females flying overhead. And of course they fill out their red throats and flap their wings. It's an amazing experience to watch them, and this was one of the moments just to quietly observe Mother Nature at her best.
The trail brought us in full circle and as we approached the shoreline many more birds and animals came into view. It was interesting to see the sea lions amounts the brush instead of on the sand and rocks. We also came upon a very large land iguana, there are some images in the post below.
We had a shorter time on North Seymor as visits here are strictly controlled, as not to stress the birds. We still had plenty of time and came away with some great images.
We then had a short navigation, sailing to Baltra Port to take on supplies. Then after lunch onboard our ship we sailed to Dragon Hill on the island of Santa Cruz. The Frigate birds kept us entertained and gave us plenty of photo opportunities as we sailed to the other island. At one point there was 15 to 20 of the birds soaring overhead of our ship. We were able to go up to the top deck and photograph them. It seemed like they were floating in air.
Our afternoon landing was a dry landing at Dragon Hill. Here we hiked up to another salt water lagoon. We were met there by one solitary Pink Flamingo who was busy looking for food. The view from the look out was spectacular and once again demonstrated the vast difference as we visited each of the islands.
In the evening we enjoyed a beautiful but fast sunset from onboard the ship, had our nightly briefing and then set sail for Rabida Island and Santiago, Egas Port for our next days adventure. Enjoy the images from todays trek.
The first image is the map showing our overnight route, todays route is in blue.
Source: http://www.freeworldmaps.net/southamerica/galapagos/map.html
Some of the group speaking with one the Naturalist Guides before our morning departure. Thanks to all our guides during the journey they were a vast wealth of knowledge.
An interesting island formation just off the bow of the ship. Note the tree line on top of the rock.
The Magnificent Frigate Bird with his ruby throat in fully inflated.
Here are a couple of images of the interesting landscape of North Seymor Island.
Close-up of cactus.
Erika moving along the pathway, Tom, Brenda and Nancy in the background.
Another view of the male Frigate Bird, they next within the tops of these bush type trees. The trees have many small branches that make for challenging photography.
Female Frigate Bird nesting.
Our ship anchored in the bay, notice the interesting pattern of clouds and light in the background.
A family of Frigates, I included this image to show you how protected they are within the trees.
Another male Frigate notice his red deflated throat.
Junior ...
Close-up of a baby Frigate.
They are so fluffy.
We had a good cross section of immatures. Notice the construction of the nest.
Two male Frigates looking skyward for females.
Another immature Frigate.
As the Frigate Bird matures they continuously change their feather colours.
Another view of the throat of the Frigate. As you can see, even though our time was restricted we had many opportunities and many different angles to photograph the Frigates.
A male flapping his wings and throat full inflated to attract the females flying above him.
Wings fully extended. I wonder if they have to be careful of a puncture if they caught the sharp end of those branches???
Immature Frigate asleep. The touch of green and partly blue sky added to our shots.
Maria, Sandi and Terry along the trail. I think Terry is saying if I see another Friggin Frigate I'm going home ...
Sandi, Lorna and Dave looking for interesting angles.
Watch your step Frank. Take note of the lava rock pathway. Brenda, Dick and Erika in the background.
A Striated Heron watching the group pass by.
Do you think he has a question ??????
A very interesting angle, take note of the sea lion on the sand hill top left. The ground covering was interesting on this island.
Funny to see the Sea Lion relaxing on the ground cover.
Sea Iguana warming in the morning sun.
Frank and Jim comparing shots.
A baby Sea Lion feeding ...
Land Iguana soaking up the sun. I've included two shots to give you an idea of the size of this guy.
This gives you a better idea of his size.
Brenda, Jim and Frank shooting along the shoreline. Thanks to Terry Lennox for providing this image.
Nancy, Dick and Brenda as we hike along the coastline.
Another group of Marine Iguana's. These guys are everywhere.
Family catching the warmth of the sun together. Marine Iguanas require the warmth of the sun to survive, but also have the ability to dive to the depths of the ocean for feed on seaweed and other plant life. They can only stay under for a short amount of time or will perish in the cooler waters.
Bonnie, Bill and Karen checking out the many photo opportunities the shoreline has to offer.
Sally Lightfoot Crabs cover the shoreline.
Mid morning we stopped at Baltra Port for supplies and fuel.
As I described in todays blog entry, the Frigate Birds followed us out into the ocean. many of these birds soared just out of reach above our ship as we sailed across the channel to Santa Cruz.
Our Navigator, female Frigate.
Look up, shoot and then dodge what might be falling from the sky.
Bill getting a few close-ups.
A couple of close-ups. They seemed to float.
Another close-up.
This guy took a break on the roof of the ship.
Great close-up opportunities.
They followed us for miles.
Nancy, Sandi and the back of Bill. The birds were just amazing to watch.
Dry Landing on Santa Cruz as we visited Dragon Hill.
Randy checking out the view.


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Design and prototype of a Help Desk System for EHRI: an Information Retrieval approach
User surveys of researchers and archivists realized at the EHRI project show that historians often find a significant amount of their archival sources not through finding aids, catalogs and research guides (online or not) but by talking directly to archivists.
In the case of very dispersed archival sources, an additional problem for researchers is to find the archival institution that can help them find useful material. That motivated the EHRI project to integrate an automatic helpdesk in the portal as a partial solution for this problem. This helpdesk should be able to interpret the user needs and compute the relevance of institutions to give help.
Paper: Comparison of named entity recognition tools for raw OCR text
This short paper analyses an experiment comparing the efficacy of several Named Entity Recognition (NER) tools at extracting entities directly from the output of an optical character recognition (OCR) workflow. The authors present how they first created a set of test data, consisting of raw and corrected OCR output manually annotated with people, locations, and organizations. They then ran each of the NER tools against both raw and corrected OCR output, comparing the precision, recall, and F1 score against the manually annotated data.
Read the paper in the online proceedings of the KONVENS 2012
Presentation: "Active Annotation of Corpora"
Presentation at the Text Analysis Seminar.
Göttingen Center for Digital Humanities (GCDH)
Annotation of corpora is a labor-intensive and time and resources consuming task. Active annotation is an active learning based semiautomatic annotation procedure. The goals of Active Learning are to speed-up and make easier the human annotation process. In Active Annotation we use the models learnt during the annotation process in order to find potential annotation errors and cases that are hard to be automatically annotated with the features used by the learner. The analysis of these cases allows extending and optimizing the set of features used by the learner.
Keywords: annotation of corpora, machine learning, semiautomatic annotation, statistical language modelling
Video of the meeting of ERHI in Prag
Video of the project meeting about privacy and copyright in May 2011.
The second issue of the EHRI Newsletter
This edition contains more information on:
- EHRI in Prague
- Workshop on Privacy
- EHRI Fellowships in Holocaust Studies 2012
- EHRI is looking for Holocaust Researchers
- 'Technothings': A Presentation of EHRI in Athens
- An Information Database for EHRI
- EHRI Hosts International Workshops
- People in EHRI: Veerle Vanden Daelen
You can download the PDF file from this link.
EHRI Fellowships in Holocaust Studies 2012
EHRI (European Holocaust Research Infrastructure) invites applications for its fellowship programme for 2012.
The EHRI fellowships are intended to support and stimulate Holocaust research by facilitating international access to key archives and collections related to the Holocaust. The fellowships intend to support researchers and younger scholars, especially PhD candidates with limited resources. Candidates from Central and Eastern Europe are especially encouraged to apply.
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Born and raised in Richmond, BC, Breanne has worked as a professional Stage Manager for close to ten years. She graduated with honours from the University of British Columbia with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Production/Design, where she was the recipient of the Norman Young Scholarship for Theatre and the Dean of Arts Scholarship; while also completing the Fine Arts Program in Visual Arts at Langara College. Breanne has had the pleasure of working for various theatre companies across Canada, including; The Shaw Festival, Arts Club, National Arts Centre, among many others. She was also the Production Manager at Presentation House Theatre for the 2013/14 Season. Breanne is excited to bring her touring knowledge and experiences to Green Thumb Theatre, having completed many cross province and Canada tours. Breanne sits on the GVPTA's Theatre Engagement Project board, has sat on the Jessie Richardson Theatre for Young Audiences jury and was a Stage Management Mentor with the Cultch's Ignite program. Breanne is also the resident Set Designer for Beach House Theatre.
Her time at UBC:
"My time at UBC was a time of discovery. I entered the BA Theatre program after completing the fine arts program at Langara College with a strong desire to go into Theatre and Arts Education. After my first year of taking theatre courses, specifically the 99-courses (wardrobe running, scenic painting and set building) and stage managing my first production, "Shadows of Troy", directed by Tom Scholte, I quickly re-directed my attention to the BFA program with a specialization in Stage Management and Scenic Painting. The individuals I met and worked with, both students and staff members, were incredible resources and supports. Through my time at UBC, I made strong, lasting relationships and connections that helped catapult my career into theatre. One lasting memory was being given the opportunity to stage manage Chris McGregor's MFA production, "The Idiots Karamazov". With a team of almost 50 student actors, assistant stage managers and crew, this show was one for the books! My time at UBC prepared me for the many challenges we all face as theatre artists equipping me with the tools needed to overcome these challenges thus forging a lasting career in the arts."


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How Do We Make People Care About Conserving The 50%-80% Of Household Greywater?
The Water leech is a defunct Australian water/reuse system intended for suburban usage outside of the home. To reintroduce this device, our team initially tackled the design flaws. The size of the water reservoir dominated the look of the device and restrained how it could be used. Rethinking how it connects to a water source in a convenient way was also critical. We recognized that creating a new type of product category instead remaining within water irrigation could leap over competitors by intelligently adding logical technological conveniences.
Water Conservation For The Part-Time Environmentalist
Our target audience is between ages 23-35 years old, single and are urban dwellers. They don't completely have their lives in order, love to buy new gadgets & appliances, and consider home decor very important. The target also prioritizes perception over reality and values appearing environmentally- responsible. To make the highest impact possible, a product roll-out included several major metro areas like New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Miami. Stores selected included Target, Home Depot, and Whole Foods.
Easily Conserve Water By simplifying the PROCESS
The Tembo was designed so that reusing greywater to take care of and monitor your plants can be easily integrated into your life. A detachable hose sucks up water from your shower or sink into the Tembo's reservoir. The spout is then attached to the front of the Tembo for watering use. The design draws inspiration from an elephant (Tembo means elephant in swahili) and is also meant to compliment your kitchen space when not in use. The design of the website was intended to reflect the ease of use of the device with the main goal of informing the user about how to use the Tembo. The Tembo Sensors notify you when your plants need water via a mobile app.


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Baptiste Coulmont explains on his blog how to use the R package maptools. It is based on shapefile files, for example the ones offered by the French geography agency IGN (at départements and communes level). Some additional material like roads and railways are provided by the OpenStreetMap project, here. For the above map, you need to dowload and dezip the files departements.shp.zip and ile-de-france.shp.zip. The red dots correspond to points of interest longitude / latitude, here churches stored in a vector eglises (use e.g. this to geolocalise places of interest). Then run this code from Baptiste's tutorial
library(maptools) france<-readShapeSpatial("departements.shp", proj4string=CRS("+proj=longlat")) routesidf<-readShapeLines( "ile-de-france.shp/roads.shp", proj4string=CRS("+proj=longlat") ) trainsidf<-readShapeLines( "ile-de-france.shp/railways.shp", proj4string=CRS("+proj=longlat") ) plot(france,xlim=c(2.2,2.4),ylim=c(48.75,48.95),lwd=2) plot(routesidf[routesidf$type=="secondary",],add=TRUE,lwd=2,col="lightgray") plot(routesidf[routesidf$type=="primary",],add=TRUE,lwd=2,col="lightgray") plot(trainsidf[trainsidf$type=="rail",],add=TRUE,lwd=1,col="burlywood3") points(eglises$lon,eglises$lat,pch=20,col="red")
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Alternate title I considered "John's Search for Work"
As I prepare for myself to look for new career opportunities, I'm grateful to friends that have already helped me refine how I should be searching and what I'm actually looking for.
To that end, I'm going to post here the three short bullet points about what I'm looking for in my next opportunity.
- Company - I'm looking for a company that has established itself but remains agile enough to execute new ideas -- ideally between 150-2,000 employees.
- Department - With 8 years of experience in communications and marketing, I'm looking for a position in a marketing or social media department.
- Role - My passion as a marketer lies in content development. Creating valuable content starts with a clear understanding of audience, requires skillful execution, and ends with measuring results. I have experience across this entire cycle.


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UNC Now
Is UNC now the favorite to win the Coastal Division?
North Carolina has played but one conference game. But it was an important one – one at Georgia Tech.
The Yellow Jackets entered the season as the favorite in the ACC's Coastal Division, and entered the season, too, with an eight-game home winning streak against the Tar Heels.
That streak is no more after UNC's 38-31 victory Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Also no more: the Yellow Jackets' status as the division favorite. They've now lost three consecutive games, are 0-2 in the ACC and still have yet to play Clemson and Florida State.
So amid Georgia Tech's descent, who is the favorite in the Coastal? There's a good argument to be made that it's UNC. You might have seen on Monday that ESPN.com's Football Power Index (FPI) does indeed consider the Tar Heels the mathematical favorite to win the Coastal.
The FPI, which is "a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of a team's performance going forward for the rest of the season," gives UNC a 51 percent chance of winning the division. Duke has the next-best chance, 22 percent, according to the FPI.
The nuts and bolts behind the FPI aren't exactly clear – it's designed to be a measure of "how many points above or below average a team is," according to its description, and its projections are based on 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season. It projects UNC's final regular-season record to be 9-3, which means it'd be 6-2 in the ACC. Sounds about right for a team that's projected to win its division.
So the FPI is one thing that offers a favorable take on UNC's chances. You don't need to be a data-head, though, to understand why the Tar Heels just might be the ACC favorite. A quick look at the league standings and at UNC's remaining schedule, and that of its division rivals, makes it pretty clear.
First, the standings. Georgia Tech, as we've established, is 0-2 in the ACC and Virginia Tech, another team that entered the season with hopes of competing for the Coastal, is 0-1. Miami and Virginia have yet to play conference games. At the top of the standings, Duke is 2-0 and UNC and Pitt are both 1-0.
Now, there are a lot of games to be played. It's early yet. Way early. But take a look at some of the scheduling highlights for the four teams with what appears to be the best chance to win the division:
▪ Duke: Plays at Virginia Tech and at UNC, plays three of last four games on the road.
▪ UNC: Gets Duke at home, and Miami, but closes the season at Virginia Tech and at N.C. State.
▪ Pitt: Plays at Georgia Tech (this weekend) and Duke, gets UNC at home on a Thursday night. Four of final five games are at home.
▪ Miami: Tough schedule for the Hurricanes, who play the above three teams on the road – and also goes to Florida State this weekend.
The Tar Heels end the season with difficult road games at Virginia Tech and N.C. State. Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium always offers a challenging environment. The Wolfpack could be winless and Carter-Finley Stadium would still be loud and hostile for a game against UNC.
The Tar Heels, though, have an opportunity to build some momentum, and perhaps some separation if other teams falter. UNC's next two games are at home against Wake Forest (on Oct. 17) and Virginia. UNC should win both of those and, if it does, it'd be 6-1. If it happens that way, it'd be the Tar Heels' best start since 1997, when it won its first eight games before finishing 11-1.
The question is whether the Tar Heels can avoid losing a game(s) it should win. That has been an issue for them for a while now, including earlier this season against South Carolina.
UNC underperformed last season in several defeats. It lost when it shouldn't have the season before that, and the season before that (remember the 28-27 loss at Wake Forest in 2012?).
For now, though, UNC appears to be the favorite in the Coastal. Not because of what will happen, necessarily, but because of what's expected to happen. In a few weeks the Tar Heels should be 6-1 entering its difficult five-game stretch that ends the season.
You might remember that UNC coach Larry Fedora entered the 2014 season saying "it's time." He might have been a year early. After the victory at Georgia Tech, which came after UNC trailed 21-0 late in the second quarter, the Tar Heels have as good of a chance as any team, and a better chance than most, to emerge from the ACC's unpredictable Coastal Division.
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Naughty Dog has released a new story trailer for "Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection" in full 1080p/60fps. Most of the clip comes from the third game, but scenes from the second and first can be glimpsed.
Though there's been an upgrade of resolution and frame rate, the remastered games look otherwise pretty much the same as before though some of the lighting and textures have seen improvements. A video comparing PS3 & PS4 versions of the same scene in "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" can be found here and is more revealing.
Naughty Dog Community Strategist Eric Monacelli has also done a posting on the PlayStation Blog which says the games will have new ways to play – "New Trophies and modes such as our Explorer, Speed Run and Brutal Modes will invite long-time adventurers to replay these classics while welcoming newcomers to discover Uncharted greatness."
Explorer mode is for those who aren't a fan of shooters and combat difficulty is reduced greatly. Brutal mode is exactly that – with your weapons not faring so well and the game proving much harder. Speed Run mode includes a timer and is all about those who want to play the game super fast. "Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection" hits stores on October 9th.
That isn't the only news on the "Uncharted" front today as Game Rant has caught a German Amazon listing which has the much anticipated "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End" hitting stores on March 9th, a strange date as it's a Wednesday and not the time usually for game releases.
Naughty Dog and Sony have both previously said they have every intention of getting the fourth game out in stores in the first quarter of next year.


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Lenders seek information that is simple and straightforward, yet essential
By Stephen A. Sobin, president and founder, Select Commercial Funding LLC | bio
An effective executive summary to accompany a loan application:
John Smith is requesting a refinance of his 30-unit apartment property located at 123 Main Street. The property recently appraised for $2 million, and there is an outstanding loan of $800,000 with ABC Bank, which matures in six months and needs to be refinanced. The current rate is 5.5 percent, and the loan is open to prepayment in three months without penalty. Mr. Smith also is seeking cash out of $250,000 to replace the roof and pave the parking lot. The new loan request will be $1.1 million to pay off the first, provide cash out and cover closing costs.
123 Main Street was built in 1970 and completely renovated in 2012. The property consists of 30 apartments. There are eight studios, 12 one-bedroom units and 10 two-bedroom units. Rents range from $750 per month for the studios to $1,300 for the two-bedroom units. The property is fully occupied with 29 rentpaying tenants and one free unit provided to the super. The property is located on 1.5 acres and has parking for 60 cars. The building is three stories and has an elevator. Common-area facilities include a laundry room and children's playground.
Mr. Smith purchased this property in 1990 for $925,000 and refinanced in 2012 when he performed the renovation. Mr. Smith also owns two other apartment properties in the same neighborhood. He has cash liquidity of $275,000 (bank and brokerage accounts), net worth of $4 million and credit scores of 720, 735, and 740. Mr. Smith is seeking a loan with a 10-year fixed-rate, 30-year amortization and a step-down prepayment penalty. He also is seeking a nonrecourse loan.
Loan applications are put together in many different ways before they land on an underwriter's desk. Some borrowers and originators submit a simple one-page request, while others submit reams and reams of paperwork upfront.
Neither approach is ideal: Commercial loan underwriters do not have the time to read through hundreds of pages of tax returns and other data when deciding whether to pursue an application. A one-page synopsis does not usually provide enough detail either.
Underwriters and other decisionmakers need a clear and concise package that can be read quickly and understood. There are some standards you can apply to create an effective loan application with information that is most likely to get the loan approved.
In a typical apartment-loan application, begin with a short summary of the property, borrower, qualifications and loan request. The property-information section should indicate whether the transaction is a purchase or refinance and include the purchase price, property value, loan
balance or request, downpayment amount and requested terms.
It also should include a quick description of the property, occupancy percentage, amenities and anything unusual or outstanding. The borrower-qualifications section should include the borrower's net worth, liquidity, credit scores and experience owning or managing similar properties.
The loan-request section should clearly list the type of loan and terms requested. In reviewing just a few short paragraphs, and in just a few minutes of reading, underwriters can decide if loan requests meet their institutions' guidelines for financing. If the loan does not meet the guidelines, you will
receive a very quick "no." If the loan is of interest, you will have piqued the underwriter's curiosity and accomplished the very important task of getting the underwriter's attention quickly.
Now that you have the underwriter's attention, you need to focus on the profit-and-loss statement (P&L) for the property. You need to provide two full years of operating history — either two full calendar years or two trailing 12-month periods.
The P&L should include three sections: income received, normal operating expenses and capital expenditures. The income section should list and detail income received from all sources, including rents, parking, laundry, vending, application fees, late charges, etc.
If there are any wild or unusual swings in income for any category, they should be explained in a footnote. The expense section should include allowances for vacancy, management fees, taxes, insurance, utilities, payroll, garbage, repairs and maintenance, reserves and general administrative costs. The expenses must make sense and be reasonable given the location and size of the property. Underwriters have
certain minimum standards that they apply to each level of expense, even if they are not included on the P&L.
For instance, 5 percent for management and 5 percent for vacancy might be used. When it comes to insurance, many underwriters will use a minimum of $300 per unit per year. Repairs and maintenance might be estimated at $750 per unit per year. Be aware that sellers have an interest in stating
very low levels of expenses, but underwriters will be more detailed and conservative.
The capital-expense section should list clearly any long-term capital expenditures, such as a new roof, windows, boiler, etc. These are expenses that are depreciated over many years and should not be included in normal operating expenses. Underwriters often look at industry standards for an
expense ratio, which is often between 40 percent and 45 percent for apartments. This means that a typical property would have $40,000 to $45,000 of expenses for every $100,000 of income. Expenses that are higher or lower than the typical range will be scrutinized carefully.
Underwriters will want to see a current rent roll. It's worth emphasizing the word "current." The rent roll must be no more than 30 days old.
" Include several photos of the interior of the units, exterior of the property and street scenes. Let the underwriter see specifically what the loan is funding. "
Underwriters do not want to know who occupied your property last year. They want to analyze current income. Any unusual vacancy rates should be explained upfront. The rent roll should include the unit number, unit size (number of bedrooms), current occupancy status, lease start date, lease
end date and current rent.
Underwriters will look to see if the vacancy rate is in line with the market. They will look at turnover and how long the tenants have been in place as a sign of good or poor management. They will look to see if rents are at or below market levels. Low rents often are a sign of management woes
and a need for property improvements. Underwriters also will look to see if the rent roll is trending up or down. Negative trends will need a solid explanation. Do not wait for the underwriter to ask. Address any problems in the executive summary of the loan application.
Include several photos of the interior of the units, exterior of the property and street scenes. Let the underwriter see specifically what the loan is funding.
Any areas that need improvement should be detailed in photos. Don't wait for the appraiser to be the first to document deficiencies. Address them clearly, rather than delaying the inevitable and having a problem a few weeks before closing. You can't hide the truth and should not assume that
the lender won't inquire.
Lenders also will require property inspections. If there are concerns about a property's condition, have the borrower get cost estimates for improvements before applying for the loan, and include those estimates in your budget. Take a close look at the street scene, and put yourself in the
underwriter's position. Is there a gas station or dry cleaners nearby? If so, the property might need an environmental report. This can take weeks and should be addressed immediately to avoid delays at closing.
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The underwriter will definitely ask for more detailed documentation, such as tax returns, financial statements, a survey, etc., if the loan moves forward. Don't burden the underwriter with all of this additional paperwork at the beginning of the process, however. All that does is
delay the decision by taking up too much of your underwriter's time.
Keep it simple. Submit the documents necessary to determine if your underwriter is interested in your project. If the prospective loan sounds good, the underwriter will usually issue some proposed terms, or offer a letter of interest, along with providing a list of documents that will be
required for processing. Sometimes, less is more.
Stephen A. Sobin is the president and founder of Select Commercial Funding LLC, a nationwide commercial mortgage brokerage company. He is an industry veteran with over 30 years of mortgage-lending experience. Sobin also is a founding member of the InterCapital Group, a nationwide alliance of commercial mortgage professionals. Reach Sobin at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Happy 2017, @mkulischphoto fans! I hope everyone survived Inauguration Weekend this last weekend—I know it wasn't the brightest news for me! The LA skies seemed to weep all weekend long, actually, so much so that my kitchen started flooding a little... Luckily, I've survived.
I come bearing good news, too. First and foremost, I have some new work to share with you all. Last week, I had the opportunity to be featured by a fun, sexy new blog called Pineapple Blog. This 7-photo editorial, entitled "Drawing upon," is a collaboration with dancer and amateur model, Andrew NJ; you can check out Andrew's Tumblr as well (if you don't mind more explicit content than mine). Here's a little from me about the feature:
"Andrew and I had been chasing each other (professionally) for a good year, before I moved to Los Angeles and we were able to put a session together. I floated a few concept sheets his way, like I normally do before a shoot; the one entitled "sleep train" stuck. We built a shoot around the special kind of lazy sensuality of half-lit mornings. Sure, waking up isn't terribly emotionally-expressive. And I think Andrew's youthful and petite appearance belies the subtle strength of presence he brings to these photos."
Check out the bottom of the post today for a couple more photos from Andrew's session. And once more, here's the link to the editorial with Pineapple Blog.
Next up, you'll notice there's a couple new sections to the website. I've added a "News & Press" section. This'll list all my credits, plus any press or features or gallery exhibitions (if I ever have any) that may come up in the future; it'll also be the place for special appearances, in case you wanna join me for some event. Visit the News & Press Page here.
Finally, you'll notice a new drop-down menu called "Support." For those of you who don't already know, there are several ways you could do that—if you were so inclined. There's an option to make a direct donation via PayPal. Easy and straightforward. Or, if things are your thing, you can always donate some gear off my Amazon Wishlist; this is particularly good if you're like my dad, and enjoy nerding out over new toys. However, I'm most excited about the final way: Patreon.
Patreon is a way for artists and content-creators (like me) to create their own subscription service. Think Kickstarter, only via a smaller monthly donation instead of one big lump sum. What's more? Patreon allows me to give monthly subscribers my pick of rewards: things like a monthly newsletter with behind-the-scenes candids and stories from the set; exclusive never-before-seen images from old sessions; even physical things, such as Polaroid sets, style guides, and (yes!) prints. Not everybody can afford to buy shit all-at-once, I know that. Patreon offers a more economical way to do this overtime. So if you're interested, check out mine! And feel free to share the page with others.
Patreon also allows you to set funding goals. I've got one in mind: enough money for a photobook through Blurb Books. If that doesn't encourage a little subscribing, I'm not sure what will.
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New Orleans Spicy Cajun Shrimp
August 27, 2014 by Emily
My new job gives me the glorious flexibility to work from home at least one day a week. Words can't express how much happier of a person it makes me to be able to wake up an hour later, still fit in a long run and a latte, and squeeze in my grocery shopping all before 6. Now that my schedule is becoming more normal, working from home also means it's much easier to meal plan for a homemade dinner that evening, taking advantage of the time not spent sweating in a subway car.
This week I was feeling extra inspired, so I selected a recipe from the Nordstrom Friends & Family cookbook. If you didn't know that one of the best department stores in the U.S. also creates amazing cookbooks, do yourself a favor and go buy one. I have had nothing but good luck with the recipes I've tried from their cookbooks and, though sometimes laborious, each meal has truly delivered.
For whatever reason, I was craving some heat when I skimmed through the book so my eyes obviously settled on the New Orleans style Cajun shrimp. I've never actually made shrimp before and I liked how intimidated I was by this recipe, so I set off for my lunchtime shop to get all of the ingredients. After an awkward conversation with the fish man at Whole Foods that consisted something like "um..do these shrimps have veins? Can you devein them but keep the shell on exactly like this picture?" I was all set for my Louisiana feast.
If you have a spice stock in your cabinet, there's probably minimal purchases you need to make for this recipe other than fresh shrimp, quality rice, and a doughy baguette. All in, this took about an hour, and that was mostly spent waiting while components were cooking.
I will add that I was horrified by the amount of butter this recipe required. No recipe should require three sticks of butter, ever. I would have been totally unable to enjoy a meal that contained three sticks of butter; I had a hard enough time enjoying it with half the portion. That being said, it tasted like I'd used 1.5 sticks of butter..in an obviously amazing way that only butter can.
The shrimp was delicious, so flavorful and spicy in all the right ways. For a truly indulgent but deliciously homemade dish, make this, especially for your Southern friends. Revel in the messiness of shelling your own shrimp with your hands. Cover the table with 2 layers of newspapers, set out bowls of rice and bread to sop up the Cajun butter, and get ready for a feast!
Creole Seasoning
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 2 teaspoons granulated garlic
- 1 tablespoon granulated onion
Cajun Shrimp Butter
- ¾ pound unsalted butter, at room temperature (I use half of this, but if you want your arteries clogged, use the full amount to the left)
- 2 tablespoons Creole Seasoning
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon granulated onion
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
2 pounds large shrimp in the shell, deveined
- To make the Creole Seasoning, in a small bowl, combine the salt, black pepper, cayenne, thyme, oregano, paprika, and the granulated garlic and onion.
- Mix well and store in a jar with a tight-fitting lid.
- In a food processor (I use my Vitamix) fitted with the metal blade, combine the butter, Creole Seasoning, garlic, pepper, paprika, granulated onion, salt, Worcestershire sauce, and Tabasco sauce.
- Process until thoroughly blended. Set aside.
- To cook the shrimp, preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
- Arrange the shrimp in a 9 x 13 baking dish and cover with the Cajun Shrimp Butter.
- Bake the shrimp, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Stir the shrimp around and continue baking until the shrimp turn uniformly pink and the translucence is gone from the thickest part of the bodies, about 2 minutes longer.
- Transfer the shrimp and all the butter sauce to a warmed serving dish. Serve immediately with bread and rice to soak up all the juices.


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