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Ingmar Bergman is considered to be one of the most influential film auteurs of all time, which is partly owed to his visionary dream-like aesthetic.
Ever the 'lucid dreamer', 's films were born out of his subconscious, where the manifestation of surreal images were channeled as creative inspiration for his work. FilmMaker IQ included this beautiful quote which perfectly encapsulates the notion of:
Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.
Born in 1918, Bergman actively engaged in Freudian theories of psychoanalysis; as was in accordance with the zeitgeist. His dynamic dream state specifically invoked the motifs of 'demonic visitations' and 'sexual anxieties', as described in the short poetic Video Essay below (via Filmmaker IQ):
Bergman considered the medium of cinema to be able to offer the most accurate evocation of the dream state, which was attributed to the filmic potential of: editing, montage, superimposition and most importantly its undulating temporal nature.
The following is a quote taken from the 'Bergman's Dreams' essay which recites the concluding lines in his 1982 film Fanny and Alexander:
Everything can happen. Everything is possible and probable. Time and space do not exist. On a flimsy framework of reality, the imagination spins, weaving new patterns.
Which Bergman film do you believe to be the most evocative of the dream like state?
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For more information on hair jewelry see Bell, C. Jeanenne, "Collector's Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewelry," (1998); Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910," v. 2 (1991): 680-698; Campbell, Mark, "The Art of Hair Work: Hair Braiding and Jewelry of Sentiment with Catalog of Hair Jewelry," Eds. Jules & Kaethe Kliot (facsimile of 1875 printing, 1996); Dawes, Ginny Reddington & Corinne Davidov, "Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures," (1991): 139-143; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 98-107, 214-219.
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text: Christmas is fast approaching, and if you were already considering picking up a Nexus 7 for a special someone, Google's offering a little something extra to sweeten the deal. For a limited time, both 16GB and 32GB Nexus 7s purchased from the Play Store will come with $25 in Google Play credit. That's not as appealing as saving $30 off a device, especially once taxes are taken into account, but it's still a nice way to fill a new purchase with content.Read More


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Refugees wishing to study at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) need to follow the same steps for application as all non-EU prospective UvA students. Be sure to state whether you are interested in a Bachelor's or Master's programme, your prior education, if you have already obtained any diplomas (and if so, which ones) and the languages in which you are proficient. If you meet the admission requirements, you can take part in an acclimatisation programme during the first semester of your studies alongside the regular course load.
If you have any questions about studying at the UvA, you can look through our FAQ.
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Refugees who have already earned an academic degree may be eligible for work experience training. For more information, please contact the Staff Immigration Office. Be sure to indicate which degree you hold and the type of work you wish to do. In case you have to study a programme first, follow the same steps as for prospective students.
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During the Open Day for Refugees on Monday, 20 June, the UvA and AUAS welcomed around 175 refugees who were interested in studying and working in the Netherlands.
During the open day, visitors were provided with information on the Dutch higher education system, legislation and regulations, entry requirements, financial support for students, and a work experience programme for graduates. After the information sessions, visitors were able to ask questions at the information fair, take part in a crash course in Dutch and a workshop on intercultural communication.
The UvA and AUAS were pleased to organise this day and may arrange additional information events for this refugees in the future. Keep your eye on this page for more information. The open day was made possible with the help and support of the Amsterdam University Fund (AUF) and CREA, the student cultural centre.
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The UvA has a long history of partnership with the UAF (Foundation for Refugee Students) and was one initiators in the formation of the UAF in 1948.


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One of the biggest problems with a Holiday Inn Express is the lack of a bar and restaurant. This one provides a free bar (beer, wine and Margaritas) and hors d'oeuvres from Monday to Thursday. The room are clean, the housekeeping is a bit iffy. But the bed was made everyday. The staff are very friendly and helpful. There is a woman called Sue who will do laundry (for a price!) or use the machines on the 2nd floor. The exercise room has an elliptical, two treadmills and a bike, all nice and new. The pool and spa looked clean and warm but I didn't use them. The breakfast was usually OK, better than most continental breakfasts. We actually went to the Bob Evans next door most mornings. We ate mostly at the Quaker Steak & Lube across the freeway, but the Mexican Salsitas was also pretty good. I'd stay there again.
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This is a review of the Impact Reversible Muslin Background. When I'm shooting portraits in the studio or on location, I sometimes want to use a backdrop that is not a seamless paper. Why? Seamless can be too uniform in color and also difficult to transport. I have always wondered what it would be like to shoot some portraits on a muslin background with subtle color variations, so I decided to grab one of these made by Impact and try it out.
Impact Two Monolight Softbox Kit Review
This is a review of the Impact Two Monolight Softbox Kit. If you're interested in learning studio photography and have looked at purchasing some gear, you know that once you start purchasing lights, light stands and modifiers, it can get expensive very quickly. Fortunately, there are some inexpensive options available out there, but are they worth it? While I don't consider myself a master in the studio, I do have quite a bit of experience with different types of lighting equipment and, with a little use, can tell if I'd use something on a regular basis or not. Want to know what I thought of this Impact kit? Read on…
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There are times when you wish to manipulate light sources but don't always have the luxury of having an assistant to position and hold a reflector. The Impact 42″ 5-in-1 Reflector with Lightstand and Holder Kit comes in handy during such situations, as it allows you to tinker with different lighting angles, position the reflector, lock it in place, and carry on with your shoot. It is like having an assistant when one is not available (albeit a rather silent one!). It also comes in handy when it is not convenient to take multiple lights with you on a photo shoot. The reflector kit can act as a "second light" by maximizing the effects of a single light.
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This is a review of the Bolt CBP-N1 Compact Battery Pack for select Nikon flashes. Whether used during a portrait session or at a wedding reception, a battery pack can greatly improve and extend the usefulness of an off-camera flash. My hopes for this battery pack are two-fold. First, I want it to extend the battery life of my flash's batteries, giving me more shooting time without having to worry about changing batteries or waiting longer for my flash to recycle over the course of my shoot. Second, I want it to give me a consistently faster recycle time.
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As you know from reading this site, Impact makes a number of excellent products that offer quite a bit of bang for your photography buck. The Impact 22″ Beauty Dish Reflector Kit represents a solid value for those that want to engage in portrait photography, but don't want to pay more for a beauty dish kit than they paid for their portrait lens.
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Do you need to take photos of small objects or products, maybe in order to sell something on E-Bay or Craigslist? You could make a white walled box out of paper or sheets, but doing so can be a bit of a hassle. What if you had a pre-assembled light shed that is easy to set up and quick to take down? The Impact Two-Light Digital Light Shed Kit is a ready to go kit to help you take product shots easier. Let's take a look at it and its capabilities in more detail.
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I use baking soda to keep my fridge smelling fresh. It also helps keep stuff fresh. I get it at the dollar store. It's a healthy way to keep things fresh. It's better than the generic things I've bought. I'd keep buying it.
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I use this for everything! I clean with it. I brush my teeth with it. I use it to deodorize my cat boxes. It is the best go to product. I even use it when I cook.
After I'm done brushing my teeth. I mix baking soda with Listerine and I use this as a teeth whitener it's gets all my coffee stains (:
I use baking soda for my hair occasionally! I often have problems with "grease" especially in the summer and this always helps a lot.
I wouldn't buy any other brand! I use it in baking, and I always leave an open box in my fridge to keep the fridge smells away!
You can you this baking soda for almost every thing. To cleaning to using for beauty. To adding a bit to tooth paste!
Works great for soooo many different things! I always have like three boxes in my house! Very affordable
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UEFA Cup goals: Villa held by CSKA Moscow, Diego saves Bremen's bacon
Aston Villa 1 – CSKA Moscow 1 (UEFA Cup, February 18, 2009) (Longer highlights here.)Â CSKA took the lead courtesy of a brilliant goal by Vagner Love, the Brazilian played a neat one-two with Alan Dzagoev, raced forward past the Villa backline and finished expertly past Brad Guzan. Villa drew level with 20 minutes to go, Gardener pulled back Young's loose cross to John Carew and the big Norwegian powered home the equaliser.
Werder Bremen 1 – AC Milan 1 (UEFA Cup, February 18, 2009) (Longer highlights here.)Â A calamity of errors in the Werder Bremen defence resulted in the Germans gifting the Rossoneri the opener, Flamini crossing in for Pipo Inzaghi to turn home. Bremen found an equaliser six minutes from time when Almeida's knock-down was picked up and converted by Diego.
Dynamo Kiev 1 – Valencia 1 (UEFA Cup, February 18, 2009) David Silva put Valencia ahead tapping home Mata's cross at the near post. The Ukrainians drew level just after the hour mark through Artem Milevskiy, only for the goalscorer to pick up his second booking and marching orders minutes later.
Zenit St. Petersburg 2 – Stuttgart 1 (UEFA Cup, February 18, 2009) Zenit took the lead inside two minutes, Szabolcs Huszti firing home a rebound after the keeper had only parried the ball into the centre of the box. The Germans were only behind temporarily, hot-shot Mario Gomez fired the equaliser in the near post from the edge of the box. The Russians moved back ahead on the stroke of halftime when a fierce Tymoschuk shot beat Lehmann at his near post. (First half highlights here.)
Olympiakos 1 – St. Etienne 3 (UEFA Cup, February 18, 2009) Didier Domi was caught out trying to play football on the edge of the Olympiakos box, he lost the ball to Machado and Ilan gave St. Etienne a 12th minute lead. And it got better for the French outfit minutes before the break when Geoffrey Dernis curled in a second. In the 63rd minute Predrag Djordjevic pulled a goal back from a spot. But there was no fairytale comeback, Bafetimbi Gomis wrapping up a fine away win with a third in injury time.
NEC 0 – Hamburg 3 (UEFA Cup, February 18, 2009) (Longer highlights here.) Hamburg took control of their match at NEC with two quick-fire goals just before the break through Piotr Trochowski and Alex Silva. Ivica Olic sowed up the comfortable victory beating the offside trap with 15 minutes to go.
PSG 2 – Wolfsburg 0 (UEFA Cup, February 18, 2009) (Longer highlights here.) PSG won the game with two late headers from Guillaume Hoarau, the first looping over a stranded keeper and the second arriving from a corner.
Braga 3 – Standard Liege 0 (UEFA Cup, February 18, 2009) Standard fell behind to a wonderful angled drive into the top corner from Wason Renteria. And it was 2-nil after 26 minutes when Leone crashed in the second following a free-kick. Luis Aguiar grabbed the third with six minutes remaining, finishing off a confident flowing passing move.
Aalborg 3 – Deportivo La Coruna 0 (UEFA Cup, February 18, 2009) Anders Due gave Aalborg the lead controlling the ball at the back post and then seeing his deflected shot beat the keeper. Due doubled his contribution for the night with a simple second tapping home Enevoldsen's centred pass. Michael Jakobsen's last gasp penalty sealed the empathic win.
Bordeaux 0 – Galatasaray 0 (UEFA Cup, February 18, 2009) Bordeaux and Galatasaray played to a stalemate in the first leg of their last-32 clash but it was not for a lack of chances at either end. Both keepers had to be on top form to keep the scoresheet clear, and it will have been be Gala that came away the happier side.
Sampdoria 0 – Metalist Kharkiv 1 (UEFA Cup, February 18, 2009) Denys Oleinik headed home the winner to give the Ukranian side an impressive first leg victory in Italy.


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Before we begin let's review an important point about Google. When most people think of Google they think of the dominant search engine (and in that they would be right) HOWEVER if Google was primarily a search engine they would be much smaller than they are now. No, they are an advertising company and the world's largest at that. To this end they need traffic, market share, and clicks. They need you to love Google.com, visit it often, visit their other properties and offerings such as Gmail. If you do this, the odds of you clicking on one of the paid ads increases and their primary function is fulfilled. It is driven by this purpose that Google has developed the most complex search algorithm that has ever existed. Their search is their primary source of traffic. The better their results, the more you will return, the greater the likelihood you will click an ad, the more revenue they generate (thus leading to their continued increases in reported revenue quarter-after-quarter). Why is this important? Because this is the driving force of their current algorithm and will be for the foreseeable future we can assume that any action that increases relevant traffic to your site, increases the stickiness of your site and/or increases the number of links from relevant sites to yours will help your rankings and it will help Google keep their visitors loyal.
Let's also recall the purpose of this article it's about the hidden aspects of SEO that are often overlooked. And so, without further ado, let's get down to the meat - what are the dark tactics that you can use to boost your website rankings.
Building A Sticky Site
A point I've made in past articles that I will reinforce here as opposed to "contradicting" will be that of the importance of a sticky site. Of course, monitoring your statistics to assess your visitors' behavior is an important practice for the conversions on your site however it's importance from a search engine optimization perspective is often overlooked. I've mentioned before and I'll mention again, the search engines have the ability to monitor the length of time a visitor spends between visits to that engine. If you are on Google, enter "seo services" into it and visit the Beanstalk site but only spend 5 seconds there before hitting the back button Google can infer that the site was not what you were looking for. If it was 5 or 10 minutes before you returned back to Google they could thus infer that you found content you found useful to your query.
So let's put that more obviously, having a site on which visitors find what they're looking for quickly, easily, and in a visually pleasing way will increase their time on your site which will thus increase the assumption by the search engines that you are relevant for the phrase the searcher has queried. This will reinforce that your site does indeed belong among the top site. As a disclaimer: this works on a mass scale so don't go running off and clicking through to you competitors and quickly hitting the back button. First, it's unethical (like clicking their paid links) and second, it doesn't work like that (how big a hole would THAT be in the algorithm) so it would only be a waste of your time.
The how to of building a sticky site I will leave to designers (being an SEO - my skills lie more in understanding mathematical formula).
Click-ability Counts
The engines know when your site appears in a set of search results and they further know how often your site was click on when it appeared. The more often your site is selected when presented in a set of results the more relevant it is assumed to be and thus, the more entrenched it becomes in that set of results (assuming your stickiness issues are dealt with).
What this means is that your title and description matter, not just as part of the classical search engine optimization tactics we've used them for since the 90's but also to draw visitors to your site. Fortunately the end goal of the engines closely matches what your own end goal should be for your site - maximizing traffic. Let's take a look at two example titles that the Beanstalk site could have:
An old-school over-optimized title: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Services Company | Beanstalk Search Engine Optimization | SEO Services, Internet Marketing, Link Building, Consulting, Training & Copywriting
Our current title: Expert SEO Services by Beanstalk
Can you see the different? While our title changes periodically as we test new titles for clickthroughs we always keep it short, easily read, and always such that the whole title will appear in the SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages). Our clickthroughs are much higher with shorter titles than longer and we have seen the same results with client sites.
The same applies to your description tag but the rules are a bit different. With your description tag you want to make sure to include your targeted keywords and make the copy compelling to a searcher. The reason for this is that when searched keywords are including in your description, is is typically the description that appears in the SERPs. This give you an opportunity to determine how your ad to the world appears. You write your title, you write your description - write both well and your clickthroughs will increase. And when your clickthroughs go up, the implied relevancy the engines will assume your site has to that phrase will increase with it and thus, so too will your rankings for that phrase.
Getting People To Link To You
We're not going to bother discussing reciprocal link building, directory submissions or the other usual suspects. There are countless articles out there on those topics; what we're going to focus on here are the tactics for getting articles picked up widely the resources you want to get them onto (and if you're reading this - you know it works) as well as ways to get the links that both you and the search engines will love the most - the ones you don't ask for or work for outside of creating a great site with useful content. The best part of these links is that they not only work to boost your link popularity but they also tend to drive great traffic to your site. Let's begin with articles.
When you're working to publish an article there are two main audience members: the readers and, more importantly, the editors (I say more importantly as they're the ones that determine if you have any readers at all). There are some tactics for increasing both:
- Write a compelling title. This gets back to the point I was making in the first paragraph. Everyone is interested in black hat search engine optimization, even those of us who don't practice it. Readers will be drawn to it as it receives relatively low coverage and editors like to publishing something that they feel may draw some controversy. While this article doesn't get into black hat tactics as some editors may have hoped, it will draw them in and get their attention.
- Find quality related resources and get the article published there. I generally use a tool like PR Prowler
to find good, quality resources to submit articles to. You can do it
manually through a search engine, PR Prowler just speeds up the process
so much that after its first use it's paid for itself. You want the
places you submit to, to be related to your industry and you want them
to provide a link back. If you can setup that link as anchor text
instead of your URL - all the better.
- Keep a list and add to it. If you're going to publish multiple articles don't start from scratch every time. Keep a list and try to add a few sites to it with each submission. This will keep your list growing and get you more exposure/links as time goes on.
- Keep a good relationship with the editors. They are the end-all-be-all of whether this tactic will work or not as a link and traffic building tactic. Make sure you're polite and don't write nasty emails if you get declined. Read what they say and make sure to take it into account with future articles.
But what if you don't want to build links with articles, what if you want to get links the old fashioned way (and I'm talking about the old old old way - you know, before there was any SEO value to it). What if you would like to get people to link to you simply because they like your content (I know, shocking but it actually happens !!!) There are a few different factors that you need to take into account to accomplish this. Here are a few important rules to follow:
- You'll need to create content that others will want to link to. This is an art in-and-of-itself. I wrote about some of the basic rules involved with this in a past article "Building Link Bait" and so I won't repeat it here.
- Get the bait into social bookmarking sites. This will get people interested in your topic aware of it. If it's good, they may link to it. Don't just focus on Digg and the other majors, look around for some industry-specific bookmarking sites. For example, when this article is complete I'll work to get it into Sphinn, an SEO bookmarking site.
- Get the bait into forums and/or blogs. I'm not talking about blog sp@mming here, I'm talking about finding blogs and forums that are RELATED to your topic and who's visitors could be genuinely helped by the tool, information, etc. that you're providing. Don't worry if the blog has rel="nofollow" on the links. The purpose is webmaster awareness, not getting links from the blogs (I'll leave that to a different article).
- Promote the bait on your site. Use banners, links, your blog, etc. to build awareness.
- Provide the code to link to your bait. The easier you make it for people to link to you, the more of them will. Provide the code with a text and banner option and you'll increase the number of people who will link to you.
- Put out a press release. If it's big enough news, put out a press release. If the media grabs it you've won the lottery both in publicity and in high valued links.
- If the topic of your bait is searched on the engines, rank it. :)
So these are the darker arts we're talking about. Not black-hat, just overlooked more often than not. Add these to your repertoire of thoughts as you optimize and link building for your site and you've given yourself a one-up over most if not all of your competition.


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The effectiveness of synthetic polymers as soil conditioners was found to depend on polymer properties. We hypothesized that the polymer penetration and movement into the aggregate are important factors in reduction of surface sealing. The effect of nonionic (P-101), cationic (CP-14), and anionic [Complete Green (CG)] commercial polymers on infiltration rate (IR) and aggregate formation was studied in a sandy loam (Typic Rhodoxeralf). Amounts of 25, 50, and 75 kg ha−1 of each polymer were spread across the soil surface. After air drying, the surface was subjected to 68 mm of distilled water with impact energy of 18.1 J mm−1 m−2 using a rainfall simulator. Soil particle association was studied in 10% (w/v) soil suspension with polymer concentration ranging from 0 to 50 g m−3. Viscosity values 3.3 109, and 165 mPa s were determined in 5 g L−1 of P-101, CP-14, and CG solutions at shear rate of 27 s−1, respectively. The final IR values were 63 to 30 mm h−1 at P-101, 18 to 24 mm h−1 at CP-14, and 18 to 30 mm h−1 at CG, compared with 8 mm h−1 in untreated soil. The critical time values in suspensions with different concentrations of polymer were 4.3 to 2.7 min for P-101, 1.0 to 3.4 min for CP-14, and 1.0 min for CG. The critical time indicates the size of the aggregate formed in a suspension; the lower the critical time, the larger the aggregates. It was suggested that because the particle surfaces are exposed to polymer molecules in suspension, the large molecule of CG could tie more suspended particles to form aggregates. The greater effectiveness of P-101 in preventing sealing was probably due to its ability to penetrate into aggregates, because of its small molecular size and low viscosity in solution.
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Pretty soon we get to watch Scar Jo become the sexiest alien of ALL TIME when she reveals everything to lure some hopeless man feed into her deadly alien arms. While we're waiting, feast your eyes on these 15 other sexy aliens whose ranks Scarlett is about to join:
1) Neytiri, Planet Pandora
Oh baby I'll convert to your Mother Goddess!
2) Princess Leia, Planet Alderaan
I mean...can you really blame Jabba for wanting to keep her so close?
3) Leeloo, Planet Mondoshawan
...AKA why Bruce Willis is actually the luckiest man on (/off) Earth.
4) Gaila, Planet Orion
...and then I started watching Star Trek. A lot.
5) Serleena, Planet Kylothia
The only time we haven't wanted to know what's actually underneath a model's lingerie...
6) Supergirl, Planet Krypton
...Wonder Woman who?
7) Jenny, Planet Messaline
Doctor Who gave her an extra heart and it's ALL mine!
8) Alice, Planet Cybertron
Destructive technology + a very toned, tan body = Transformers most deadliest victim yet.
9) Chiana, Planet Nebari Prime
She's sexy, she's feisty and she's even got a heart - and a big one, too.
10) Seven of Nine, Tendara Colony
Whatever you say, girl!
11) Leela, (future) Planet Earth
Fry wasn't the only one to be immediately infatuated.
12) Dame Vaadko, Planet Helion Prime
I'd go Necromonger for Dame. In a heartbeat.
13) Laliari, Planet Thermia
Even if she strangled me with those tentacles it would totally be worth it.
14) Padme Amidala, Planet Naboo
You don't deserve her, Darth Vadar!
15) Galaxina, Planet PLAYBOY (not really but might as well be...)
Um...she's a Playmate. End of story.


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This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson fights an unknown named Kevin McBride here in Washington, DC, this weekend. Almost 10 years after he last held the title, Tyson is still the most recognized name in boxing. But it's clear that he's a shell of the fighter he used to be. It's probably fair to say that many who see this fight in person or on Pay-Per-View TV will be watching to see if Tyson pulls a bizarre stunt, like the time he bit off part of an opponent's ear.
Not so many years ago, boxing was a major sport in this country and a championship fight was a national event. Today, even most sports fans don't know who holds the title, any title. In many parts of the world, boxing is big, but not here--not anymore.
On the other hand, the success of movies like "Rocky," "Raging Bull," "Million Dollar Baby," and the newly released "Cinderella Man" suggest that we are still interested in the drama, violence, discipline and athleticism of boxing. Americans have always responded to larger-than-life figures from John L. Sullivan to Muhammad Ali, but there's no one in the sport today who commands anything close to that level of interest. What happened?
Later in the program, an update on the political crisis in Bolivia, where the president has resigned amid angry demonstrations. And we'll take a look at the upcoming visit of South Korea's president to Washington.
But first, what happened to boxing? If you're a fan or if you used to be, call and tell us why. Should something be changed? Why do you think there are no more big names? Is there anything that would draw them or you back to the arena? Our number is (800) 989-8255; that's (800) 989-TALK. And the e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
And joining us to begin is Teddy Atlas, a boxing analyst and announcer for Friday- and Tuesday-night fights on ESPN2. He's with us from Staten Island in New York.
Nice to have you on the program.
Mr. TEDDY ATLAS (ESPN Boxing Analyst): No problem.
CONAN: And obviously if boxing is on a cable television channel, the prominence of ESPN, two nights a week, it's obviously not being done in secret. Yet the sport is nowhere near as big as it used to be.
Mr. ATLAS: No, it's not. I mean, when you go back--you just mentioned "Cinderella Man." When you go back to that time in the early 1900s, boxing was the biggest sport in the country. The New York Yankees during that time were drawing 9,000 people to Yankee Stadium. Boxing was drawing 50 and 60,000 to the Polo Grounds and to other arenas, like Yankee Stadium, outdoors. Madison Square Garden was always full when there was a boxing match on.
There's a lot of reasons for it. First of all, boxing was (technical difficulties) sport back in those days. I mean, all the immigrants, all the different flows of people that came to this country--boxing was one way of getting them (technical difficulties) in society. And you had--people in different neighborhoods were attached to that and would follow that. Also you had a lot of clubs, you had a lot of activity where fighters could be developed. There's a lot less clubs now, a lot less places where fighters can be developed. There's other options for people where parents and society will push them rather than towards boxing.
And obviously, also, there's a time where--the best fighters were fighting each other in those days. It didn't matter if you lost a fight. As long as you were at a certain level, as long as you fit in with a certain company of opponent and a certain company of level of ability, you could fight again a week later, two weeks later, three weeks later. People didn't care as long as they were seeing competent fighters and the best fighting the best.
Nowadays people are more concerned--even though there isn't a lot of network television, with whatever television is out there, whether it's HBO, Showtime, pay per view, people want to see records. So managers are more inclined to keep their fighters safe and to develop a glossy record rather than let them develop as a fighter and let the best guys fight the best, which really would draw and attract more fans.
CONAN: Does it help the fight game when Mike Tyson is still a big name, and--I don't mean to denigrate the guy he's fighting against tonight, but nobody's ever heard of him. He's regarded as a stiff.
Mr. ATLAS: Well, Tyson will probably score a one-round knockout because--not wanting to knock anybody who has the courage and the wherewithal that it takes to come out of that locker room and take that long march to the ring and step up those lonely (technical difficulties) squared circle. That's a difficult thing to do. But this fighter is not a fighter of real athletic merit. He's been knocked out four times by nominal (technical difficulties) subpar opponents. So this is a fight that will not be competitive, most likely.
I don't think that Tyson really helps boxing in the long term. The short term, just like the movies that you mentioned and the other things, the peripheral things that are happening that are attached to boxing--I think that that helps temporarily. Right now, there will be attention that Tyson's back in the ring. He's been on all the news stations. He's been on different radio programs across the country as well as television programs. But long-term, I don't think the image of Tyson really is conducive really to building the sport.
When you go back to the days when boxing, as we just mentioned, was the top sport in the country, believe it or not--and I'm almost scared to use this word--but character was attached to boxing. I mean, it was a noble sport. These were the noblest of athletes. Kids would scurry around the neighborhoods to carry their gym bag to the gym. I mean, they were proud to be around the contender or around the champion or soon-to-be champion. And I don't think the conduct of a Tyson obviously perpetuates that kind of image.
CONAN: We're talking about the future and the past of the fight game. You're welcome to join us: (800) 989-8255, (800) 989-TALK. Our e-mail address is email@example.com. We're talking with Teddy Atlas, a boxing analyst with ESPN2.
And Natasha. Natasha's on the phone with us from New Braunfels in Texas.
NATASHA (Caller): Yes. Hi. How are you?
CONAN: Very well, thanks.
NATASHA: Great. I wanted to talk a little bit about "The Contender." I really thought that that show--it was hosted by Sly Stallone and Sugar Ray Leonard. I thought that that show would bring new life to boxing. They had middleweight boxers; they were nationally ranked. I just really thought that that would be a good thing to bring life back into the boxing game. And NBC's decided to cancel it. And I think it's a real shame.
CONAN: That was one of two boxing reality programs that was on TV. And, Teddy Atlas, both of them bombed.
Mr. ATLAS: Well, the first one really bombed. The Fox one was poorly conceived and really poorly navigated by the people involved, to be quite frank with you. It had Oscar de la Hoya attached to it, as far as their marquee name and their host. But that didn't even, you know, get to the second round.
But "The Contender" was done better. It had a better production value, I believe, for whatever my humble opinion is worth. But it was done by Mark Burnett and the DreamWorks people. And of course Sylvester Stallone, as just mentioned, was involved with it. It didn't bomb. I mean, they hit certain numbers, but they didn't hit the demographics, the numbers that--nowadays the magic numbers that you have to hit, of course, go to families, go to women, or go to certain age groups. And they didn't do high enough in those numbers. But from what I understand, especially the last episode, they did well enough where they showed they can shop it. If not NBC, they can shop it to other networks and hope that it will find a place to, of course, come forward again and maybe be up there again next year.
But I think one of the problems with it is they were trying so hard to hit across, you know, into other markets outside of just across the market that boxing would attract. And that's what you have to do on network if you're going to do a reality show that's going to be successful. And they might have tried too hard. I mean, reality means reality. And in some ways, they almost had to put another word to it and say `sometimes reality' because bringing the kids in and bringing the family in--that's not reality in boxing. You're not going to have the family coming into the locker room, you're not going to see kids crying at ringside. And I'm not so sure that that brought forward the response that they thought it would bring forward to people watching it.
And you have a trainer there that really was talking like he was out of central casting. You know, he wasn't really saying the things that a trainer would say. He was saying things that he thought television executives wanted him to say. So again, I'm not so sure that's reality television. I'm not so sure that they didn't miss the boat with not understanding that. But they were trying so hard to cross that market.
CONAN: Natasha, thanks very much.
Here's an e-mail we got from Brock Altman(ph) in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. `I am a young American who very much enjoys boxing. I can certainly name a heavyweight champion or two--Vitali Klitschko, for example. In my opinion, many of these fighters are stars, though admittedly more stars exist in lower weight divisions. I believe the unpopularity of boxing stems not from the fighters. Actually, watching them in the ring will never become unpopular. However, boxing really loses viewers because it's thought of as corrupt. Having multiple titles furthers this impression because it would seem that money and claims of prowess are more important than actually beating other contenders for titles. Having one title held by one person who fought the other good fighters out there--that,' he says, `would significantly help boxing.'
What do you think, Teddy?
Mr. ATLAS: Well, that is on the mark. That's a guy that understands the boxing situation all the way across the board. The organizations and therefore parts of boxing are corrupt, quite frankly--WBC, IBF, WBA. The IBF was found guilty--aside from everybody, what they thought of the corruption and what they perceived as the corruption, it was proven in a federal court of law that the IBF, the head of it, the president at that time, Bob Lee, was caught on videotape taking payoffs to rank fighters; taking pay for ratings, in other words. So, yeah, it is corrupt, and it's a damn shame that we can't get a national commission.
Senator McCain has been trying--I've talked to him in the past. For the last six years I've been advocating, I've been lobbying on my show on ESPN, to try to get a national commission, as the other major sports have, to give us structure, to give us credibility, to give us the things that this person on the e-mail just rightfully talked about. I think that this sport needs it. I think that the fans need it, and they deserve it. And I think that the athletes in this sport deserve it, and that they would beg for it to come--where we could have structure, we could get rid of some of these organizations that rate fighters, nothing to with the merit in the ring, but with the merit of the relationships that these organizations have, the corrupt relationships that they have with different promoters and different managers connected to the sport.
And of course one of the other things that goes along with that problem is bad decisions. I talk to fans all around the country every time I get on an airplane going to another show. And one of the things they say is what that e-mailer just said. We love the sport. We love when there's a good fight. There's nothing quite like watching men against men, making choices, making decisions, being put out there in that chamber of truth that we talk about sometimes in that squared circle. There's nothing quite like it. But, at the same time, when there's a bad decision; when it's a horrible decision, a tremendously bad decision, it turns away people. It makes them run for the fences because they start to feel like it's been preordained; that no matter what happens, the wrong thing is going to happen at the end. And that's, again, corruption in the sport. And that's lack of structure, as far as anybody being accountable when it comes to judges.
I'd like to put...
CONAN: Teddy Atlas, I'm afraid we're out of time. But we thank you for your time today. Appreciate it.
Mr. ATLAS: No problem.
CONAN: Teddy Atlas, a boxing analyst for ESPN2. And he was kind enough to join us by phone today from Staten Island in New York.
When we come back from a break, we'll be talking with Jeremy Schaap, also of ESPN, and the author of the new book, "Cinderella Man."
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CONAN: This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.
We're talking about what's happened to boxing, the sweet science. If you'd like to join the conversation, (800) 989-8255, (800) 989-TALK. E-mail us: email@example.com.
Boxing was probably never more popular in this country than it was in the 1920s. Jeremy Schaap has written a book about that era. It's called "Cinderella Man." It comes out with the movie of the same name. And Jeremy Schaap joins us now from Howard University here in Washington, DC, where he's preparing to cover this weekend's Mike Tyson fight.
Thanks very much for being with us.
Mr. JEREMY SCHAAP (Author, "Cinderella Man"): Thanks for having me, Neal.
CONAN: Remind us, how big a deal was boxing in those days?
Mr. SCHAAP: Well, I don't think you can overstate it. It was, in this country, certainly--along with baseball, college football, horse racing--the pre-eminent sport. Its champions were the most famous, the most well-compensated athletes in the United States. And beyond that, it was the only truly international sport. You know, there was no such thing as international soccer. Baseball was limited professionally to the United States. Race-car driving hadn't really become an international sport. Golf and tennis were purely country-club sports, although they were played in different places around the world. At the same time, there were boxing champions from everywhere. I mean, just in the heavyweight division, there were world champions in the first 30 years of the 20th century from Italy, Germany, the United States, New Zealand, Canada. There were light heavyweight champions from France and Senegal. So it was truly huge.
CONAN: And it stayed--it was truly huge then, but it stayed very, very important in this country for a long time. But I was just reading part of your book about the Jim Braddock/Max Baer fight. There's a moment in the book where it's revealed at some point that Jim Braddock was on relief. This was the Depression, and this made big headlines. And all of a sudden a fight that hadn't been all that attractive--reporters start coming up to the Catskills from England to report on this underdog who's suddenly become the man of the masses.
Mr. SCHAAP: Yeah, exactly. I mean, it was one of these remarkable stories that, you know, people really started paying attention to when they found out that Jim Braddock had been on relief, that he had been among the first people in this country really to go on welfare in 1933 because of the dire circumstances he had at home--he couldn't feed, he couldn't shelter his family, he had to farm out his kids. And like millions of his fellow Americans at that time, he went on relief. And that's what made him an enormously sympathetic figure to so many people. It was something that he was ashamed of, something that embarrassed him, but the story broke not through his own doing, not as a marketing ploy, but through other circumstances. And that really changed the whole nature of what was going on in his fight against Max Baer. It made it a huge international story.
And boxing was huge at that time. I mean, to put into a little bit of perspective, think about in 1927 when Gene Tunney fought Jack Dempsey--it was their second fight, a rematch--in Soldier Field in Chicago, for 30 minutes' work plus about 10 minutes sitting in his corner between rounds, Gene Tunney made $990,000 from that fight, which was more than twice what Babe Ruth had made for his 14 major-league seasons to that point combined.
CONAN: So what happened, Jeremy?
Mr. SCHAAP: A lot of things happened. You know, in a lot of ways, I think the country just kind of grew up. It became a less brutal, savage society in many ways, and boxing became less appealing. But beyond that, the sport was really torn from its grass roots. You know, in the days of Dempsey and Tunney and Braddock and Baer, every neighborhood had a champion. And boxing was linked very closely to ethnicity, you know--there were Irish champions, there were Italian champions, Jewish, German, Polish, black. And people cheered for fighters on the basis of where they came from, their ethnicity, their religion, etc. And, you know, when that all kind of started to fade away, when Italians and Jews and Germans in particular and the Irish stopped fighting, they lost a lot of fans. And they did kind of fall away from the ranks of boxing.
And it certainly is partially a racial story, but it's also an economic story about what happened when television came along. And it make it easy for people to just sit at home and watch the big fights and watch only the champions and the top contenders. There was no reason anymore to go around the corner to see the neighborhood guys fight. And slowly that just kind of strangled the sport.
CONAN: Carlo Rotella joins us now. He's got a slightly different take on the declining popularity of boxing in America. He's director of American studies at Boston College and author of "Cut Time: An Education at the Fights." He's with us from the studios of member station WBUR in Boston.
Good of you to be with us today.
Mr. CARLO ROTELLA (Author, "Cut Time: An Education at the Fights"): Thanks for having me.
CONAN: I wonder, Jeremy was talking about how we've changed. Has boxing also changed?
Mr. ROTELLA: Well, I mean, I think that both he and Teddy Atlas have hit on the main thing, which is that at its base, the most important thing that made boxing what it was, was all these neighborhood gyms. You know, boxing was a sport of the industrial working class. And it was really rooted in these gyms in the urban villages. And for all the many, many reasons that the urban villages broke up in the second part of the 20th century, boxing lost its roots.
So one of the things that happened was that trainers were no longer able to impart the same sort of deep knowledge to fighters that they had before. And boxing has definitely changed. I mean, I think--and you see it most in the heavyweights, where defense is less valued than it has been before; where, you know, especially in the case of characters like Tyson, I think, just incredible musculature is so valued by audiences and perhaps TV executives that something like being able to slip a punch or block a punch becomes much less--not only less valuable, but people can't even see it anymore.
CONAN: Here's an e-mail from Michael Sekulich--I hope I'm pronouncing that correctly--in Grand Rapids, Michigan. `Big boxing matches used to be on network TV. I can remember when all of Leonard's, Ali's, Hearns' fights were broadcast on mainstream TV. Now you have to have Showtime or HBO and a thick wallet to view the fights. And now that Roy Jones Jr. has retired, there's no longer a Michael Jordan of the sport. Floyd Mayweather from my town has a lot of ring charisma and is technically an excellent fighter, but he seems to be a head case.' Well, we'll let that go aside, but, Carlo, TV obviously plays a big role in all of this.
Mr. ROTELLA: Absolutely. And it also depends where you look, for instance. Yes, it's true that promoters can sort of go for the main chance and set up too many title fights just to get TV money. On the other hand, it depends where you're looking on TV. I mean, if you're looking at Tyson/McBride, I think that, you know, your decline story is going to work very well. But if you look to a different channel and you look in a different place on that same night--Madison Square Garden instead of down in Washington--you see a Puerto Rican fighter named Miguel Cotto who, you know, has the mark of perhaps greatness upon him fighting a guy from Uzbekistan named Mohammad Abdulaev. Madison Square Garden will be full, the fight will be on TV, and a very large Hispanic audience for boxing will be tuning in. You know, the Census Bureau tells us that one out of seven Americans is Hispanic. And there's a very strong Hispanic audience for boxing. So even when you say, well, it's TV's fault, it depends what channel you're watching and it depends who you're thinking about as the audience watching.
CONAN: Jeremy Schaap, ESPN watches very carefully. And you just don't see a lot of boxing on their mainstream "SportsCenter" program, for example.
Mr. SCHAAP: No, that's true. There isn't a lot of coverage of boxing on "SportsCenter." There is this week--I happen to be hosting our coverage here as we're covering the Tyson/McBride fight. And that kind of, you know, tells you all you need to know about what's happened, particularly, as Carlo mentioned, the heavyweight division. The fact that 17 years after Mike Tyson's last big win--I mean, 17 years since he knocked out Michael Spinks in Atlantic City--he is still the biggest draw, the most compelling figure in the heavyweight division. We're still paying attention to this guy. And "SportsCenter" is no different. I mean, I was at the press conference yesterday, the pre-fight press conference for a guy, again, who hasn't held any of the titles in nine years, who's fighting a tomato can at best in Kevin McBride. There were reporters from all over the world--Sweden, Japan, South America, all over Europe, all over Asia because Mike Tyson fascinates. And the only reason he continues to fascinate--I shouldn't say the only reason, but the primary reason is because no one has come along in the last 15, 17 years to really replace him as the object, the focus in boxing.
And, you know, you were talking with Carlo about the TV factor. You know, it can't help a sport when all of the big events are Pay-Per-View events. I don't think anyone could reasonably suggest that the NFL would have benefited 30 years ago from deciding to put all the Super Bowls on pay per view and limiting the audience to people who've got 45 to $50 to spend to watch the game. And, you know, there's no way for the sport to grow when you are not exposing it to the people who want to see it.
CONAN: Here's an e-mail from Roger in San Diego. `I remember fondly boxing of the 1960s with Ali and Stevenson and the Olympics, and the matchups with Ali in the '70s and his quick wit. I lost complete interest when I saw Ali in person in the early '80s and saw the impact boxing had on him. He could barely talk, his eyes had a glaze to them, and it was so emotional for me that I walked in the opposite direction because I didn't want him to see the tears in my eyes.'
We've had a couple of e-mails along that line. And, Carlo Rotella, that aspect of the game--well, people are more aware of that now.
Mr. ROTELLA: I think so, although I think it might be a mistake to imagine that the American people are, you know, somehow more compassionate or squeamish than they were a hundred years ago. I think the case of Ali is really interesting. This is the danger of putting the whole sport's fortunes and popularity on one person, is that, you know, as much as that attachment to him helped the sport to become more popular in the '60s, exactly seeing what had happened to him later on encouraged people who were already inclined to turn away to turn away. There are certainly plenty of witty, interesting characters in boxing who one could look to now. And I think in a way it's too bad that since everything was placed on Ali, everyone can now turn to him and say, `See? This is what happens in boxing. So I'm not going to listen to, say, Bernard Hopkins, who's a fascinating character around now. I'm not going to invest in it, you know, 'cause it's just going to break my heart again.'
CONAN: Let's get another caller on the line. Ryan is with us. He's calling from St. Louis, Missouri.
RYAN (Caller): Hi, Mr. Schaap. I love the work that you do.
Mr. SCHAAP: Oh, thank you very much.
RYAN: No problem. I used to watch all the fights on pay per view until, if I remember correctly, the Lenox/Holyfield fight that was given by decision to Holyfield.
Mr. SCHAAP: Yeah. I covered that fight at the Garden in January of 1999.
RYAN: Yeah, and I remember that I felt Lennox manhandled him...
Mr. SCHAAP: He did.
RYAN: ...and the decision was unfair. And Don King was involved in promoting that fight, and since then I've never seen another fight. I've completely lost interest in the sport. I think that a lot of the fights are predetermined, they're rigged, or there's a general understanding of what the outcome's gonna be. And I'd like your comments on that.
Mr. SCHAAP: Well, I have to say that I think one thing we have to bear in mind--and I'm sure Carlo will agree--is that in terms of fixing fights, the sport was more corrupt in the 1920s and 1930s than it is today. I think it's very rare that we get what you would really call a `fixed fight.' That being said, there are outcomes that are essentially fixed, because we have so many guys fighting people they shouldn't be fighting, who shouldn't be ranked as highly as they're ranked.
And in the case of the fight you're specifically referring to, that was a fraud. Jean Williams, who was the notorious judge in that fight, who saw it entirely in Evander Holyfield's favor, was basically on Don King's payroll, and that was a disgrace and there was a New York state Senate investigation, etc. But the sport hasn't essentially cleaned itself up. There are people who were at that fight, distinguished people such as Dave Anderson--I disagree with him--who thought that Holyfield did win the fight. I think that's easily a minority view.
But there is a problem. I think the real problem with corruption--I know you were discussing this with Teddy Atlas earlier in the show, though--is the whole idea that people are ranked where they shouldn't be ranked, that we don't get the fights we want. I mean, it is to boxing's eternal discredit that in the 1990s, when there were four really compelling heavyweights in Holyfield, Tyson, Riddick Bowe and Lennox Lewis, that Mike Tyson never fought Riddick Bowe, that Riddick Bowe never fought Lennox Lewis as a pro, and that when Lewis and Tyson met and when--that they were over the hill. I mean, the fact that those guys never ended up getting into the ring to fight each other is disgraceful. And I think that's another thing that turns off fight fans such as yourself.
RYAN: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I have to say, though, that Muhammad Ali is still one of my all-time favorite athletes ever.
CONAN: I think there are a lot of people who would echo that line. Thanks very much for the phone call.
We're talking with Carlo Rotella, Boston College, and Jeremy Schaap of ESPN. You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News.
And let me ask you both about the future of the boxing game. Teddy Atlas did mention the idea that's been floating around for a long time, and it's been brooded even in Congress--of the idea of one national commission, one set of championships, one group to police and market and promote the sport and try to develop it. Carlo Rotella, is this a fantasy?
Mr. ROTELLA: Well, I'm not sure that it is a fantasy. I suppose it's remotely possible. But let's assume that happens. Boxing is still not going to be what it was. It's still basically an esoteric TV spectacle put on by a few thousand people who know how to do it. It's not part of the fabric of neighborhood life in the way it used to be. So let's say you get all those reforms in place. Boxing will definitely be better. I don't know that people will be flocking to boxing matches, even so.
But I will say this: We've been talking about all the things that turn people off.
CONAN: Mm-hmm.
Mr. ROTELLA: Let's say, for example--a few weeks ago, if you'd seen the fight between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo, a lightweight fight--so not heavyweights, not, you know, people who speak only English and not big, you know, media names--the opposite of Tyson--if you'd seen that fight, even somebody who didn't like boxing, a person would have been so compelled by that fight, I think, that that person would have gone on to see other fights. And if Tyson and Holyfield had managed to have a fight that good, I think they would have converted a generation of sports fans to boxing. So, you know, I think that people are in such a hurry to say what turns them off about boxing and to paint a picture of decline; if you look elsewhere, if you look at the little guys, you look especially at Hispanic boxers, eastern European boxers, Asian boxers--I mean, just think about China. If boxing is the sport of the industrial working class, you know, China could have a great renaissance in boxing coming in the next century. It's not necessarily all gloom and doom and decline.
CONAN: Jeremy Schaap?
Mr. SCHAAP: Well, I certainly think it can't hurt. I mean, the sport is in such a bad state right now that it needs reform. The sanctioning organizations are, I think, hopelessly corrupt. They have absolutely no credibility. The promoters have never had the best interest of the sport in the long term--that's never one of their concerns. It needs some reform. But I'm not sure how much can be done. At the end of the day, you know, you create some kind of an organizing body that--I don't know what control it would exert.
And I agree with Carlo that there are a lot of great things out there in boxing, and there are ways to get people excited about it. And, you know, I saw some great fights in the last year, covering them for ESPN. I'm sure Carlo would agree Tony Margarito is one of those guys who's really compelling and exciting, and he had a fight a month ago against a guy named Kermit Cintron, you know, a Mexican guy vs. a Puerto Rican guy, and there was so much about that fight that was compelling.
And the thing that interests me about boxing, working at ESPN where we cover all sports--and I've made a conscious decision to spend more time doing boxing than NFL or baseball or anything else--is that it's the last sport where winning really matters, where so much is at stake every time a guy steps into the ring. And that's just not the case in the other sports anymore. I mean, you know, a guy like Phil Mickelson or Tiger Woods or Ernie Els, they could go the rest of their life without winning anything, and it won't make any difference. For the fighters, you know, it matters financially, it matters in terms of their pride; it matters because if you lose, you get hurt, and that's what's still compelling about boxing. There's nothing else that I think equals that.
CONAN: Thanks very much for your time today, both of you. Jeremy Schaap, good luck. What, you've got the weigh-in for the Tyson fight in--What?--half an hour?
Mr. SCHAAP: It's actually 5:00 Eastern time.
CONAN: OK, an hour and a half, then. Good luck with that.
Mr. SCHAAP: Thank you.
CONAN: Appreciate it. Jeremy Schaap, an anchor and correspondent for ESPN, and also the author of "Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History." Carlo Rotella is director of the American studies at Boston College, author of "Cut Time: An Education at the Fights," and he joined us from member station WBUR in Boston. Thanks very much.
Mr. ROTELLA: A pleasure to talk about boxing on NPR.
CONAN: When we come back from a short break, an update on the political crisis in Bolivia, where the president's resigned amid angry demonstrations. This is TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News.
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Fizz, i mean Fizz using this build is a Assasin, he does extremely Burst-Damage, with this build u can kill any carry ad or ap (with normal build) on one Skills-combo
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Martin Scorsese is going to be pissed! The Weinstein Company has optioned the rights to "No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley" (pick up a copy on Amazon.com), a book written by Bob Marley's widow Rita Marley, with plans to turn it into a biopic about the legendary Jamaican reggae singer. Scorsese previously announced that he would be directing a documentary about Marley that would be aiming for a February 2010 release. Now No Woman No Cry is going to hit theaters right before it, in late 2009. Apparently a biopic has had issues getting approved by Rita previously, but now this time this one has made it through and is heading into production.
Although no director is attached yet, Lizzie Borden (Working Girls, "Red Shoe Diaries") has written the script and Rudy Langlais (The Hurricane) will produce alongside of Rita Marley, who will be operating as executive producer. The project is only in very early development, which means it won't be some time until we see a director or cast attached.
Rita's book focuses more on the couple's tempestuous marriage, which began in 1966 and weathered numerous separations and affairs, the birth of four children together and an assassination attempt in 1976. Bob Marley died of cancer at 36 in 1981, and in the book, Rita Marley defends herself against accusations that she financially mismanaged the estate. You can read more about Bob Marley's tremendous life in Martin Scorsese's previous article.
"This is about a girl from the ghetto and a boy from the rural areas," Marley said. "It's more than being a superstar -- we have trod the rocky roads. It's more than just a story, it's a reality."
I'm a big Bob Marley fan myself and it's great to see the reggae master finally be given some cinematic appreciation. Maybe it all started with I Am Legend, but that's very unlikely… I'm only worried that one of these two moves is going to be overshadowed by the other. To be honest, Scorsese's just sounds a lot better. Plus, it's Martin Scorsese! Although, I haven't seen Shine a Light, his Rolling Stones doc yet, so I'm not entirely sure he's the greatest documentary director - but screw it, I'm sure he'll do a great job either way.
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The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection continues to maintain it will hold a June hearing on horse racing, but no date had been set as of June 2.
The subcommittee is headed by U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois and U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield of Kentucky. Kristin Walker, Whitfield's press secretary, said June 2 there could be more details the week of June 6.
Traditionally, the names of those asked to testify before Congress are released before a hearing. There has been no indication which Thoroughbred racing industry officials will be asked to testify on issues such as equine medication use, safety, and breeding practices.
Letters requesting information were sent to five industry officials: Ed Martin, president of the Association of Racing Commissioners International; Ogden Mills Phipps, chairman of The Jockey Club; Frank Stronach, chairman of Magna Entertainment Corp.; Robert Evans, president and chief executive officer of Churchill Downs Inc.; and Charles Hayward, president and CEO of the New York Racing Association. Officials had until June 2 to submit statistics and comments to the subcommittee.
In a release, Rush and Whitfield indicated the time has come for a look at issues plaguing the racing industry.
"Horse racing is an iconic and exciting cultural event in our country," Rush said. "The recent tragedy surrounding the untimely death of Eight Belles at the conclusion of this year's Kentucky Derby raises serious questions about the care and treatment of Eight Belles, and other young fillies like her, and whether adequate preventive measures are in place to prevent similar incidents in the future. The questions my colleagues and I are raising mirror the concerns of horseracing fans throughout the country."
A necrospy revealed Eight Belles had no previous condition that led to her catastrophic injuries. Also, it is widely believed the filly was well taken of by trainer Larry Jones throughout her career.
"For too long, the problems plaguing the sport of kings have flown under much of the public's radar screen to the detriment of the horses, the jockeys, the fans, and the very integrity of American horseracing," Whitfield said in a statement. "These industry leaders have the best understanding of these challenges, and their input is critical to any discussion on the future of sport."
Congress in the past has held hearings into use of steroids in sports and jockey health and welfare issues.
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Your attitude can boost your confidence, make you feel better about yourself, and even help you to achieve your ultimate goals. However, with that being said, you will find that there is no class on how to get a better attitude, improve your overall attitude, or how to change you attitude and have it stick. Here, though, we will talk about why attitude, overall, is so important, as well as how to change your attitude, permanently and easily, for good and for the better.
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Attitude is a very important predictor of your overall success. If you want to have more success, you need to change your attitude from average to awesome. Only people with fabulous attitudes can make it big. Have you ever noticed that some people just seem to have a constantly down and out attitude that seems to spread, almost like a disease, to other areas of your life? Have you also noticed that some people just seem to always have a better attitude than others? How is this possible? Believe it or not, you, too, can get a better attitude by following our tips and tricks.
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First off, you want to understand that you attitude is only your own, that you have power over it, and that you are responsible for your actions. Only dwell on good things, as dwelling on good things will help you to produce good things. Encourage yourself by believing in how awesome you are, and telling yourself you will achieve what you want most. Try to envision a moment of great success for you every day right before you sleep. Take the time to list your goals, both long-term and short-term, and then try to give yourself a set period of time in which to achieve these goals.
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Keep your eyes on the prize. Do not waste time with foolishness when it comes to achieving goals. Surround yourself with people you admire, who can be teachers, and who seem to have their own goals. Fill your life with positivity by avoiding those who have very bad attitudes, or might even have bad habits. Of all the things listed above, try to make these changes for around a month, until they become habits in your life. By controlling your own attitude and surrounding yourself with greatness, your attitude with become great.


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