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Festive Future Straight Ahead // IFEA Europe Annual Conference 2013
IFEA Europe and ARCUB
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 1:00 PM - Friday, February 1, 2013 at 4:00 PM
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Event Details
IFEA Europe Annual Conference 2013, Jan 30th- Feb 1st, 2013
featuring a special EVENT EDUCATION STREAM
and an exclusive social programme in association with
the INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM.
Official conference hotel: THE OFFICIAL CONFERENCE HOTEL, H2OTEL, has been fully booked. If you are in need of accommodation, we suggest that you refer to www.hotels.com or other alternatives.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME as of January 22nd 2013
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 2013
Location: Hotel New York, Koninginnehoofd 1
From H2otel:
18:30 Joint departure time from the hotel. Students from InHolland University who have arranged the opening reception will guide everyone to the event. If you travel on your own, take the metro from station Beurs in the direction of Slinge, get out at Wilhelminapier, and follow the green arrows. Alternatively, it is a 20 min. walk from the hotel - across the Erasmusbrug.
19:00 - 21:00 | Rotterdam Conference Welcome Reception
Welcoming reception hosted by InHolland University with drinks, entertainment, and informal welcome speeches.
Water taxis are arranged to bring you back to the city centre/hotel.
After 21:00 | Late evening
"A Late-Night Welcome"
Hospitality suite in the bar at the H2otel.
THURSDAY, January 31, 2013
Location: De Gouvernestraat (theatre), Gouvernestraat 133.
From H2otel: Take the metro from station Beurs in the direction of De Akkers, get out at Eendrachtsplein, and walk into the Nieuwe Binnenweg. Or 20 min walk.
From 8:00 | Registration
9:00 - 9:15 | HALL 2 | Conference welcome
Allan Xenius Grige, Chairman IFEA Europe
Johan Moerman, CEO, Rotterdam Festivals
9:15 - 10:00 | HALL 2 | Great events, great legacies
London 2012 Festival - the largest UK-wide cultural celebration ever staged.
In his opening keynote presentation, Nick Dodds, Managing Director of the leading arts consultancy FEI, reveals some of the many challenges faced in delivering the cultural programme that ran parallel to the London 2012 Olympics. Nick Dodds played an instrumental role in the planning and execution of the praised cultural programme that made the Olympic year memorable not only to Londoners, but to all of Great Britain and many thousands of visitors from abroad.
10:00 - 10:30 | Refreshments break
10:30 - 11:30 | Workshop Streams, 1st session
Join one of the parallel streams to learn more about a topic of interest. All workshops aim at providing insight into best practices, latest trends, and execution of excellent event policies, These professional workshop feature speakers from the industry as well as speakers who can provide an "outsider's look" at the practices of festival and event organisers.
Stream I: HALL 2 | Innovative Marketing
Innovative Marketing - Old Fashioned?
Innovative marketer Sebastian Hesse, founder of the Berlin-based company "Big Bang & Whisper", takes a starting point in interesting social media tools and discusses the linkage between programming, actual media content, desired target audiences, and the overall brand experience. Drawing on examples of best practice and the use of "fascination triggers", he reveals how the art of storytelling can help convey an idea and provide a bigger picture of what will happen, bringing audiences a sense of not wanting to miss an upcoming event. Sebastian Hesse is an expert and consultant for Communications and Business Development with a track record in international PR and marketing communications of more than 10 years, including 6 years at Weber Shandwick, one of the leading international PR firms. He counselled numerous NGOs and companies such as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Mia Farrow's Dream for Darfur, Bertelsmann Foundation, Ski Dubai / Mall of the Emirates, eBay Germany, Vattenfall, Russian Standard Vodka and L'Oréal.
Stream II: HALL 4 | Event Management Education.
Festival and Events practice, education, research, and professional development: Harnessing opportunities
This session is led by Bournemouth University's Caroline Jackson, Ivana Rihova, Debbie Sadd, and Matt Frew. They will address wide-ranging relationships between festivals, cultural events, higher education, research, and the exchange of knowledge between universities and the sector. Specifically, they address the "translation" and sharing of knowledge developed by researchers, educators, and practitioners. They will also consider the "co-creation" experience by audiences and festival organisers and also projects involving visual arts, tourism, and the development and application of emerging technologies.
11:30 - 13:00 | Round table talks - with lunch
This is your opportunity for a peer exchange of ideas and best practice within an informal small setting, allowing for plenty of discussion, debate and personal stories. Grab your lunch and meet around the tables set-up for the following topics:
Event sponsorship ideas * Use of social media * Board relationships * Event Education * Challenges of multidisciplinary event programming * Volunteer management * Event/University relationships * On-site engagement of audiences * and more…
The exact number of round tables and topics to be announced based on the make-up of delegates.
13:00 - 14:00 | Workshop Streams, 2nd session
Stream I: HALL 2 | Sponsorship.
Selling arts, city, and event sponsorship: Trends, Best Practice, and Tips
Join William Fenton, author of "The Sponsorship Handbook", presents a powerful session on sponsorship in today's world. As a leading consultant in the field, William Fenton's Brussels-based sponsorship agency, Sponsorship Ideas, helps both sponsors and those looking for sponsorship. Clients include: The European Space Agency; Dubai International Film Festival; The World Motocross Championships; The Olympic Business Club; The British Library; Epson; and FedEx. In this session, William advances significant insights into recent trends and sponsorship practices relevant to city and festival sponsorships, and offers creative ideas on the art of selling sponsorship in today's competitive sponsorship market.
Stream II: HALL 4 | Event Education.
Isomorphism in the festival and events industry
Presented by Professor Drs. Wes Wierda, InHolland University.
Nowadays there is a huge economic pressure on the festival and event industry. Budgets are cut, taxes increased, investors and governments withdraw and consumer spending is declining. The response of the industry has a similar pattern. Exploitation models have to be strengthened. New 'Holy Grails' are introduced simultaneously. 'Social media', 'cultural education' and 'business clubs' should save the industry from destruction and secure companies valuable social and economic market shares. However, there are creative solutions for each specific event or festival that need to be distinguished. Professor and economist, Wes Wierda of InHolland University explains how this behaviour can be partly explained by the neo-institutional theory of Dimaggio and Powell (1983). Their mechanism of isomorphism remarkably supports the unconscious behaviour of the festival and event industry. He presents a dynamic model of market transformation of the creative industries, supported by research findings.
14:00 - 14:20 | Refreshments
14:15 - 15:30 | HALL 2 | The 2013 "Hot Topics & Trends" – A Debate
Following a few concise delegate presentations on the issues that are "Hot" in the festivals and events sector of their own countries, we'll open up a floor debate to which all delegates are invited to input ideas, comments and observations. You can use this forum to, express your concerns, share success stories (or your disappointments!), in order to reveal an accurate "state-of-affairs" of our industry across various European markets.
The session will be moderated jointly by Colm Croffy, CEO of the Association of Irish Festival Events, and Charlotte DeWitt of International Events Ltd.
15:30 - 16:00 | HALL 2 | IFEA's World Festival and Event City Awards
Steven Wood Schmader, President of IFEA World, recognizes the cities that have received the IFEA's ultimate recognition as recipients of the World Festival and Event City Awards. Learn how your city may become a candidate, and how your city might benefit from becoming a candidate and, ultimately, gain the world-wide award.
BREAK - an opportunity for social gatherings or to refresh yourself at your hotel.
17:40 - 23:00 | Special programme at the International Film Festival Rotterdam
Meet at the "De Doelen", Kruisplein entrance
17:45 – 18:45 Meeting in Van Cappellen Zaal with festival director Janneke Staarink.
18:45 – 20:15 Dinner in the Jurriaanse Foyer.
20:30 – 21:46 Filmpresentation 'Diego Star', Jurriaanse Zaal.
21:46 – 23:00 Drink in the Jurriaanse Foyer.
FRIDAY, February 1, 2013
From 8:45 | Registration
09:15 - 10:10 | HALL 2 | Great Events, Great Legacies
Eurosonic – more than a music festival
Since its inception in 1986, the Eurosonic Noorderslag held in Groningen has grown to become one of the most significant music festivals in Europe. It is famed for presenting a combination of up-and-coming bands and well-established headliners, and not least a unique cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union. But can Eurosonic and other European music festivals maintain relevance and public interest in the years ahead? In this keynote address, Peter Smidt, founder and creative director of the Eurosonic, will provide an "insider's look" at his own organisation and share his perspective on challenges and changes to music festivals in the decade to come.
10:10 - 10:30 | Refreshments
10:30 - 11:30 | Workshop Streams - 3rd session
Stream I: HALL 2 | Sponsorship
Sponsorship - the ins and outs of the International Film Festival Rotterdam
Festival director, Janneke Staarink, reveals how the IFFR is organised, and in particular how the organisation works with sponsors. She will reveal processes that deliver winning sponsorship strategies through to the successful implementation of sponsor services during the Festival period. For many years, the IFFR has proven its value to its sponsors, and the festival may easily serve as a role-model for other organisers of cultural events.
Stream II: HALL 4 | City-event relationship / Events & Tourism
The European Cultural Capitals and EU festival funding
Caught between its Austrian-Hungarian history and post-socialist reality; original in its multi-cultural identity and well aware of its opportunities as the second largest city in Slovakia; Košice is bursting with culture this year. The foundation of Kosice2013 is the "Interface" project that seeks to embrace the City's dual role as the metropolis of the Carpathian region and its geographical position close by the Schengen border. Creating a metaphoric 'gateway' to Eastern Europe, the Interface project displays a cultural and artistic programme that becomes a platform for new communication in the European cultural area. It brings with it a lot of innovative ideas, has a clear European dimension, and offers opportunities for cultural exchanges that mutually enriches Košice and its European partners. Meet the Tourism & Regional Development Manager of Kosice2013, Peter Germuska, when he presents the programming aims, community engagement aspect, and the expected tourism and economic impact of Kosice's unique European Cultural Capital project.
11:30 - 12:30 | Workshop Streams – 4th session
Stream I: HALL 4: Cross-border cooperation
Best practice in Event/Event Partnerships
Based on examples from the Millennium celebration of Singapore's Chinese New Year, the Kuala Lumpur International Buskers Festival, and other events, Charlotte DeWitt of International Events Ltd. outlines how participation, collaboration, and co-operation between IFEA members in the past has led to successful events, and how not only organisers, but also audiences, may benefit directly from international co-operation. Maybe the session will inspire you and your event to nurture your international partners?
Stream II: HALL 2: The audience experience.
Audiences - customers not to be fooled with!
In recent years, NHTV - University of Applied Sciences - in Breda, The Netherlands, has carried out extensive research in event marketing; the customer journey; the visitor experience; and parallel topics of high relevance to those seeking to improve knowledge of their audiences. Important aspects of this research have been undertaken in collaboration with Rotterdam Festivals. Learn all about the theoretical elements and practical undertakings of the research in this highly informative session headed by NHTV faculty members Margo Rooijackers, Gert Jan Remmers, Dorothé Gerritsen, and Ronald van Olderen.
Stream III: FOYER: Cross-border cooperation / Events & Tourism
Trinidad & Tobago: A Celebration Paradise
Samuel Sankar, CFEE, is coordinator of Sport and Tourism at the Tourism Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago. This Caribbean republic covering 5.128 square kilometers is a diverse, multi-cultural country where just about everything is celebrated. Their world famous Carnival featuring Calypso music and steel drum bands is the highlight for many, but there are many festivals, concerts and special events happening throughout the year. In 2012, Trinidad and Tobago was a recipient of the IFEA's World Festival and Event City Award, recognized for community leadership and outstanding festival and event partnerships. This presentation will tell you why!
Details to be announced.
12:30 - 13:15 | Lunch
13:15 - 14:15 | HALL 2 | Audiences and tomorrow's technologies
Keynote by UK based innovation producer and entrepreneur Rohan Gunatilake.
Having completed two years as the lead producer of the Edinburgh Festivals Innovation Lab, Rohan Gunatilake now helps run 'Sync', which works to support arts organisations across Scotland enjoy a more progressive relationship with technology and technologists. Sync's activities include Culture Hack Scotland, Geeks-in-Residence and the magazine SyncTank. He also produces wellbeing apps and in 2012 'Wired' magazine named him in their Smart List of 50 people who are about to change the world.
14:15 - 15:20 | HALL 2 | Festival futures – Straight Ahead
Panel and floor discussion
What are the most important industry issues and trends in Europe, what tools and skills do festival organisers need to have to stay ahead of the game; how do we best prepare the next generation of event managers? Conclusions to the conference are drawn, and we look ahead to new opportunities for exchanging industry practice during the coming year.
15:20 - 15:30 | HALL 2 | Conference closing. Thank you to Rotterdam
15:40 - 16:40: | HALL 4 | IFEA Europe Annual General Meeting. For members.
Agenda in accordance to the association's bylaws.
17:30 - Optional evening social event | IFEA Europe 20th Anniversary Dinner
Separate payment necessary.
When & Where
De Gouvernestraat
Gouvernestraat 133
3014 PM Rotterdam
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 1:00 PM - Friday, February 1, 2013 at 4:00 PM
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IFEA Europe and ARCUB
Founded in 1992, the International Festivals and Events Association Europe - IFEA Europe - is the European affiliate of IFEA World. For the past 50 years, IFEA has served as the global network organization for professionals who work in the cultural festivals and public events sector. The IFEA is represented in 40 countries on 5 continents and it is the worlds largest network for festivals & events. It spans the industry from world-renowned cultural festivals to small community events.
Members of IFEA come together to share ideas. knowledge and best practice, to facilitate personal and professional development and to promote networking and international exchange.
Members include public and private organisers, city officials, festival managers and marketing personnel, tourist destination organisations, venue managers, suppliers, academic researchers, and many others. IFEA is also open to students aiming for a professional career in public events management.
The diversity of IFEA is reflected in the subjects, speakers and delegates at our annual European conference as well as regular "behind-the-scenes" events, our e-newsletters, international webinars and ,many further activities throughout the year. A strong focus is given to research and practice in areas such as sponsorship, programming, community engagement, staffing and volunteer issues, crowd safety, environmental sustainability, tourism and destination branding through events.
In summary, IFEA provides a framework for strong personal and professional networks and relationships, and aims for constant improvement of skills, knowledge, and practice within the sector.


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Public support for fracking slumps, survey reveals
6:33pm Wednesday 29th January 2014 in News
Public support for "fracking" continues to decline, despite promises of financial payments to communities who allow shale gas development, a survey has found.
Backing for the controversial technology, which involves pumping liquid at high pressure deep underground to fracture rock and release gas, has been on the slide since protests in Balcombe in the summer.
The latest in a series of surveys on public perceptions of the issue has shown that concerns over water pollution as a result of fracking have continued to increase.
Worries about water contamination had been declining before the Balcombe protests, but it formed a key issue for protesters worried that energy company Cuadrilla would frack in their area.
The survey of 3,751 people this month found that of those who had heard of fracking, 43% associated it with water contamination compared to 27% who did not.
In July, before the protests got going, 35% associated fracking with contaminating water, and 30% did not, a gap of just five percentage points.
But the split grew, with those concerned about contamination outstripping those who did not associate fracking with the issue by 11 percentage points in September, with the gap now standing at 16 percentage points.
Fewer people now consider shale gas to be a clean energy source either, with 30% thinking it was clean, compared to 43% who did not.
In July last year, 34% of people considered shale a clean energy source, while 37% did not, the research by the University of Nottingham found.
And although more people do see it as a cheap source of fuel, suggesting that Government claims that the alternative energy source could cut bills is having an effect, even that view is less strong than it was six months ago.
Half of those polled who had heard of fracking think shale is cheap, compared to 27% who do not.
Six months ago it was seen as cheap by 55% of people while just over a fifth (21%) did not think it was a cheap option.
Professor Sarah O'Hara, from the University's School of Geography, said the survey did show that people considered shale was a cheap form of fuel but the trend was moving away from a positive view of shale on cost.
"This suggests that the 'turn against fracking' indicated in September was not a 'blip' and may represent an increasing sense of unease with the environmental implications of fracking techniques amongst the UK public."
General support for fracking in the UK has also reduced and opposition has grown, although more than half still support it.
Friends of the Earth energy campaigner Tony Bosworth said: "With more communities facing up to the threat of fracking in their backyard it's little wonder that people increasingly realise that shale gas has been massively over-hyped, and its impacts down-played.
"Communities are right to be concerned about the impact that fracking will have on their lives and environment.
"And with experts warning that it won't lead to cheaper fuel bills or do much to tackle climate change, the Prime Minister's shale gas enthusiasm looks increasingly misjudged."
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Take it Personally wrote:Nothing has happened.
The evidence against fracking is astounding. No wonder people are not supporting it. Just look at what's happened where they have fracked. It's just not worth it.
1:58pm Thu 30 Jan 14
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5:21pm Thu 30 Jan 14
Kamacan says...
Morpheus wrote:Morpheus (how appropriate is that) you must have been asleep and missed it.
Take it Personally wrote:Nothing has happened.
The evidence against fracking is astounding. No wonder people are not supporting it. Just look at what's happened where they have fracked. It's just not worth it.
Come and sit at the front of the class and wake up!
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While studying journalism at
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What did you major in at Miami
I was a broadcast journalism major. I was able to take
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else, people hire those they know. When it comes time to fill entry-level positions,
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How did you get to
I hired an agent to look around the country to seew here I could
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Why did you decide to move to
CNN asked me to be White House correspondent and I
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What are some of your favorite
events that you have covered?
Countless great events: the war in
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Gulf War.
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that they have a heart, too, and you could show that on
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Practice, no. I think a touch of anxiety is
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interviewing politicians or public figures versus others?
political strategists always come with what they're going to say. Often politicians also
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different answer from what they've said in the past. That's one of the tricky
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I've always admired Peter Jennings and Dan Rather.
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Despite Lack of Proof & Contrary Evidence, Nets Insist "Bush Knew" WMD Not Found
Cameron relayed on Special Report with Brit Hume: "Defense Intelligence Agency command issued a joint report with the CIA that said they were weapons labs. The six-page document titled 'Iraqi Mobile Biological Warfare Agent Production Plants' concluded that there could be no other purpose for the trailers beyond biological weapons....Waving that report, the White House spokesman said it was the basis of the President's remarks." Raddatz acknowledged in her Wednesday World News Tonight story that "the White House said today the President, at the time, believed his statement to be true," but skipped the powerful evidence of how the White House had received an official intelligence report backing up the WMD discovery. Anchor Elizabeth Vargas set up the Raddatz piece: "Tonight, questions about claims the President and members of his administration made in 2003. They said two trailers in Iraq were mobile weapons labs, proof Saddam Hussein had been developing weapons of mass destruction. The problem was, a Pentagon team had already determined the trailers had nothing to do with WMD." (More and transcripts follow)
(Beyond the specifics of what report was filed on what day, this seems to me to be a thin basis for a front page story worthy of broadcast network attention -- especially when there's no proof the field report ever made it to Bush's attention, and certainly not within 48 hours. Obviously, all of the administration's claims about WMD in Iraq fell apart during the summer and fall of 2003, so it isn't as if some comment by Bush in late May of 2003 still stands.)
Raddatz, who conceded it was "unclear" who ever saw the secret report, thus undermining the premise of her story, ignored the CIA/DIA report which did not match her agenda despite how even before McClellan held it up at his daily press briefing the original Washington Post story had included references to it, though buried off page one. "Lacking Biolabs, Trailers Carried Case for War: Administration Pushed Notion of Banned Iraqi Weapons Despite Evidence to Contrary," read the headline over the front page April 12 article by Joby Warrick, who was a guest later in the day on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann. He led:
"On May 29, 2003, 50 days after the fall of Baghdad, President Bush proclaimed a fresh victory for his administration in Iraq: Two small trailers captured by U.S. and Kurdish troops had turned out to be long-sought mobile 'biological laboratories.' He declared, 'We have found the weapons of mass destruction.'Warrick's 13th paragraph:
"The claim, repeated by top administration officials for months afterward, was hailed at the time as a vindication of the decision to go to war. But even as Bush spoke, U.S. intelligence officials possessed powerful evidence that it was not true.
"A secret fact-finding mission to Iraq -- not made public until now -- had already concluded that the trailers had nothing to do with biological weapons. Leaders of the Pentagon-sponsored mission transmitted their unanimous findings to Washington in a field report on May 27, 2003, two days before the president's statement."
"The technical team's findings had no apparent impact on the intelligence agencies' public statements on the trailers. A day after the team's report was transmitted to Washington -- May 28, 2003 -- the CIA publicly released its first formal assessment of the trailers, reflecting the views of its Washington analysts. That white paper, which also bore the DIA seal, contended that U.S. officials were 'confident' that the trailers were used for "mobile biological weapons production."And his 32nd paragraph:
"In Washington, a CIA analyst had written a draft white paper on the trailers, an official assessment that would also reflect the views of the DIA. The white paper described the trailers as 'the strongest evidence to date that Iraq was hiding a biological warfare program.' It also explicitly rejected an explanation by Iraqi officials, described in a New York Times article a few days earlier, that the trailers might be mobile units for producing hydrogen."
How the story unfolded during the day Wednesday, April 12, with closed-captioning correction/transcribing provided by the MRC's Brad Wilmouth:
-- ABC's Good Morning America. After Martha Raddatz checked in from Washington, DC with a report on Iran, co-host Charlie Gibson raised the Warrick article:
"There's a story in the Washington Post this morning that's interesting. The President gave a speech, I think it was around Memorial Day 2003, in which he said, we've actually found some weapons of mass destruction. They found a couple of trailers that he said actually were the mobile biological laboratories that he said showed that they were indeed developing WMD and the Washington Post has a story today that says the President knew at the time that was not true. What's going on?"
Martha Raddatz: "Really quite an extraordinary story, Charlie. Apparently secret teams had already been into Iraq and determined, according to the Washington Post, that these were not mobile biological labs. Two days later the President goes out and says this is proof that there is WMD in Iraq. And the administration pretty much stuck to that story for many, many months after that."
Gibson: "So, another embarrassment for the White House?"
Raddatz: "It certainly is, Charlie. I would say it is."
-- FNC's Special Report with Brit Hume. Hume introduced Cameron's piece:
"The White House struck back sharply today in response to reports in two major media outlets that suggested President Bush knowingly misrepresented the discovery of weapons of mass destruction, or at least the means of producing them, in Iraq. Fox News chief White House correspondent Carl Cameron reports."
Carl Cameron: "At issue, two trailers found in Iraq in 2003 that the President said were mobile biological weapons labs. Today the White House blasted the Washington Post and ABC News for suggesting that the administration knew they were not weapons labs but said so anyway."
Scott McClellan: "That is absolutely false, and it is irresponsible."
Cameron: "This is what the President said in an interview with Polish television on May 29, 2003."
George W. Bush clip #1: "We found the weapons of mass destruction, you know, we found biological laboratories."
Bush clip #2: "For those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong. We found them."
Cameron: "Two days before those remarks, a team of Defense Intelligence agents in Iraq filed a secret three-page field report to the Pentagon indicating the trailers were not for biological weapons. But the next day Defense Intelligence Agency command issued a joint report with the CIA that said they were weapons labs. The six-page document titled 'Iraqi Mobile Biological Warfare Agent Production Plants' concluded that there could be no other purpose for the trailers beyond biological weapons. Quote, 'We have investigated what other industrial processes may require such equipment -- a fermentor, refrigeration, and a gas capture system -- and agree with experts that bioweapons agent production is the only consistent, logical purpose for these vehicles.' Waving that report, the White House spokesman said it was the basis of the President's remarks, and it was not until several months later that a consensus to the contrary emerged. ABC News suggested this morning that the President knew the trailers were not labs when he said they were."
Charles Gibson, ABC News, on Good Morning America: "So another embarrassment for the White House?"
Martha Raddatz, ABC News: "It certainly is, Charlie. I would say it is."
Cameron: "McClellan complained."
McClellan: "-they express their apologies to the White House. I hope they would go and publicly apologize on the air about the statements that were made."
Cameron: "It was the second time in as many weeks that some media and Bush critics accused the President of deliberately distorting intelligence on Iraq, but based their charges on inaccurate or incomplete information. Just yesterday, the special prosecutor in the CIA leaks case, Patrick Fitzgerald, had to correct an embarrassing mistake in his own court filing. The error led some reporters to wrongly accuse the President of directing former vice presidential chief-of-staff Scooter Libby to provide false information about Iraq's nuclear ambitions to New York Times reporter Judy Miller and to attribute it to the CIA's National Intelligence Estimate, or NIE. Fitzgerald first wrote, quote, 'Defendant,' meaning Libby, 'understood that he was to tell Miller, among other things, that a key judgment of the NIE, held that Iraq was "vigorously trying to procure" uranium.' The intelligence report did allege Iraq was aggressively seeking nuclear materials, but it was not among the so-called key judgments which carry significant weight and require broad agreement. Fitzgerald's misquote prompted some media, including the New York Times, to suggest the President had directed aides to misrepresent and exaggerate the NIE in order to justify the invasion of Iraq. Fitzgerald's corrected version reads, 'Defendant understood that he was to tell Miller, among other things, some of the key judgments of that NIE, and that the NIE stated that Iraq was "vigorously trying to procure" uranium.' That seemingly small change amounts to a whopping, 'Oops, never mind.'
"And it's the second time that special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has had problems with his facts in the leaks case. He has said that Scooter Libby was the first government official to disclose the identity of CIA official Valerie Plame to the media, specifically the New York Times. But since Fitzgerald said that, the Washington Post's Bob Woodward has come forward and said he was the first reporter to learn that information. He hasn't said who his source was, but he has said it was not Libby."
-- ABC's World News Tonight. Anchor Elizabeth Vargas:
"Now, to the new controversy over the White House and the case for war in Iraq. Tonight, questions about claims the President and members of his administration made in 2003. They said two trailers in Iraq were mobile weapons labs, proof Saddam Hussein had been developing weapons of mass destruction. The problem was, a Pentagon team had already determined the trailers had nothing to do with WMD. Here's ABC's chief White House correspondent, Martha Raddatz."
Martha Raddatz: "The administration first talked about mobile biological labs in February of 2003 at the United Nations when Colin Powell made the case for war."
Colin Powell, former Secretary of State, at the UN: "We have first-hand descriptions of biological weapons factories on wheels and on rails."
Raddatz: "In mid-April and early May, trailers resembling the images that Secretary Powell presented were found in northern Iraq. The Pentagon said they appeared to be biological labs."
Stephen Cambone, Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, May 7, 2003: "The experts have been through it, and they have not found another plausible use for it."
Raddatz: "On May 25th, according to the Washington Post, the Defense Intelligence Agency sent a nine-member team of scientists and engineers to Iraq to determine whether the trailers were, in fact, biological labs. The Post says two days later, the team transmitted a report to Washington saying the trailers had nothing to do with biological weapons, calling them 'the biggest sand toilets in the world.' Two days after the report was sent to Washington:"
George W. Bush in May 29, 2003 television interview: "We found the weapons of mass destruction, you know, we found biological laboratories."
Raddatz: "The White House said today the President, at the time, believed his statement to be true."
Scott McClellan on Wednesday: "The President was saying what the intelligence community assessed to be right based on their intelligence-gathering."
Raddatz: "David Albright was a former weapons inspector."
David Albright, former Iraq weapons inspector: "I think there was a scramble in May and June of 2003 to find whatever evidence could be found to support the administration's claim about WMD, and the intelligence community's claim about WMD."
Raddatz: "In fact, the administration continued to repeat the claims about the trailers. This is Vice President Cheney four months after the report to the contrary."
Dick Cheney on Meet the Press, September 14, 2003: "They are in our possession today, mobile biological facilities that can be used to produce Anthrax or smallpox."
Raddatz: "In fact, it wasn't until a month after that that a weapons inspector sent by the administration raised public doubts about the trailers. Elizabeth?"
Vargas: "Martha, the White House says it did not know about this report saying these trailers weren't mobile weapons labs. Who did read that report? And why didn't they correct the President or the members of his administration?"
Raddatz: "Well, that is unclear, Elizabeth. And we were unable to get those answers from the White House or anyone else. The White House says they're checking into that. They're not certain whether or not the President saw it. They really just couldn't provide those answers. It would go to the Defense Intelligence Agency, and likely the CIA. But they weren't answering questions, either."
-- CNN's The Situation Room, 7pm EDT hour. Following a Suzanne Malveaux story on the Washington Post article, fill-in anchor Heidi Collins at least allowed:
"A quick fact check now on this story: We asked our nation security correspondent David Ensor about the time frame for intelligence information to make it from the field to the White House. He says in almost case, raw data would not arrive on the President's desk within a day or two."Nonetheless, Jack Cafferty presumed the relevance and accuracy of the story and based his 7pm EDT hour "Cafferty File" on it:
"Heidi, I want to go back to that story Suzanne Malveaux was talking about a couple of minutes ago. As if this administration isn't in enough trouble, along comes this report in Washington Post this morning that President Bush was declaring to the world, quote, 'we have found the weapons of mass destruction,' unquote 50 days after the fall of Baghdad in 2003. But that statement was false and some U.S. intelligence officials knew it was false. A secret fact-finding mission to Iraq had discovered that those much-publicized trailers, touted as biological weapons labs, were nothing of the sort. ABC News has even reported that President Bush knew what he was saying about those trailers was false. Well, needless to say the White House not very happy about any of this. They poo-poohed the Post story and they want ABC News to apologize. What the White House did not do, is answer this question: Did President Bush know what he was saying about the weapons of mass destruction was false. No answer. Here's our question, though: 'Who's to blame for the President's credibility problem, is it the White House or the media?' E-mail us at email@example.com."
-- MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann. His Nixon-reminding tease:
"Which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? No hits, it's just the misses that keep on coming. The mobile weapons labs we, quote, 'found,' unquote, in Iraq, the ones the administration kept applauding itself for for months after Baghdad fell. Not only weren't they mobile weapons labs, but the President knew they weren't mobile weapons labs from the very start. How Nixonian is this? We will ask John Dean."Olbermann set up his interviews with Warrick and Dean:
"Good evening from New York. It is one thing to be the emperor in the story of 'The Emperor's New Clothes' before you go to war. It is quite another to be such after war has begun and as the facts scream at you, 'The Emperor Has no Clothes,' to insist that this scream confirms that you are wearing the finest material in the world. Our fifth story on the Countdown, new reports of honesty-challenged conduct at the White House, not with pre-war intel about WMD in Iraq, but with mid-war intel about WMD in Iraq. The purported mobile weapons labs, the ones that Colin Powell cited at the U.N., one of the most vivid arguments supporting U.S. military intervention in Iraq, finally located by allied forces just weeks after Baghdad fell, cited then as proof that there was too WMD in that country. But the Washington Post reports a Pentagon fact-finding mission in the weeks after the invasion had already concluded that these trailers had absolutely nothing to do with biological weapons. They were instead part of Iraq's vast stealth program to produce weather balloons. The three-page Pentagon field survey had made it back to Washington on May 27, 2003, yet President Bush was hailing the capture of those trailers just two days later and again just six days after that."
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@JUsoftball Signs Six Student-Athletes in Class of 2018
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville University Head Coach Ali Higgs announced the signing of six student-athletes in the class of 2018 to join the Dolphins in the fall of 2014.
High school seniors Brooke Hardy, Danielle Baker, Kristen Griffith, Jordan Daniels, Courtney Smith and Allie McCourt each signed National Letters of Intent to start at JU next year. This class consists of three Floridians and three Northerners.
Brooke Hardy, IF/OF/UT (Tewksbury, Mass.)
Hardy, from Tewksbury, Mass., is a member of the Tewksbury High School softball team under Head Coach Leo Dirocco. As a junior in 2013, the second-baseman and shortstop earned a .563 batting average, hit four homers and grabbed 30 stolen bases, 35 runs and 28 RBI.
She was named a two-time Merrimack Valley Conference All Conference First-Team selection and a two-time Lowell Sun All Conference First-Team honoree. She was also named to the Boston Herald All Scholastic Second-Team during her junior and sophomore seasons. In the latter season in 2012, Hardy hit .606, stole 31 bases and earned 37 runs.
Danielle Baker, SS/UT (Clermont, Fla.)
Kristen Griffith, P/1B (Mount Airy, Maryland)
Jordan Daniels, IF/OF/UT (Green Cove Springs, Fla.)
Courtney Smith, OF (Callahan, Fla.)


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WASHINGTON, D.C. - All eyes are on the Senate tonight to try and end the stalemate in Washington and broker a deal that both re–opens the government, and lifts the debt ceiling before it's too late.
Anger reached a boiling point outside the White House today. A group of conservative military activists removed barricades from the closed Lincoln Memorial and dumped them at the White House in protest over the government shutdown.
This afternoon in the Senate, there was a last minute scramble to reopen the government and stave off default until the end of January.
Talks broke down Saturday over the Democrats' demands to eliminate spending cuts from the Sequester as part of any deal.
Republican leaders in the Senate have given up the demands to defund or delay Obamacare – demands that led to this crisis.
"We're in conversation today. I'm confident republicans will allow the government to open and extend the ability of this country to pay its bills, and I'm going to do everything that I can throughout the day to accomplish this," said Democratic Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Harry Reid.
Some national parks like the Grand Canyon and Statue of Liberty did re-open this weekend with the state's picking up the tab.
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Changes should be afoot in the AFC South.
QB competitions featuring the likes of David Garrard vs. Blaine Gabbert and a veteran QB [maybe Matt Hasselbeck?] vs. Jake Locker beginning.
Peyton Manning's John Hancock should be on the dotted line of the richest contract in league history.
The Texans' defense should be getting schooled by Wade Phillips — who has reached the playoffs in the first season with each of the last seven teams he has taken over as head coach or defensive coordinator. [Think Houston desperately needs this time to transition to Phillips' 3-4 attack?] Mario Williams should be getting tips from Phillips on how he can become DeMarcus Ware; a young secondary should be starting to see its potential with better coaching.
Mike Munchak's first chance to lead the organization he gave his heart and soul to for 30 years should already have started. Waiting to greet him should be critical decisions on whether Locker should start immediately or if the club should go with a veteran signalcaller, how to get through to one of his most talented players [Kenny Britt] and what type of work environment he wants to create for his club.
The Jaguars should have addressed the linebacker and safety positions in free agency by now. Optimism should be flowing that whoever was brought in at those positions to supplement GM Gene Smith's rebuilding project will start making plays and bring a potentially dominant defensive tackle pairing the attention it deserves.
Jacksonville should be following up its impressive run of zero blackouts last season with an uptick in ticket sales because of the excitement surrounding Gabbert and the Jaguars hosting two "Monday Night Football" games for only the second time in franchise history.
Bill Polian should be grinning at Colts headquarters, with Manning already directing rookie OTs Anthony Castonzo and Ben Ijalana on his countless hand gestures and other ways of communicating for all of the different audibles at the line.
We should be asking if the Colts, after giving him the historic deal, are finally ready to help Manning by running the football more (don't count on it). Is rookie RB Delone Carter finally going to bring some physicality to the offense? The Colts should have updates on the injuries of roughly half their football team by now. [Austin Collie, please pick up where you left off last season and find a way to stay on the field.]
And seriously, we should really be debating whether or not Phillips can pull another rabbit out of his hat. With rookies J.J. Watt, Brooks Reed, and Brandon Harris being thrown into the mix with Williams, DeMeco Ryans, Brian Cushing, and Connor Barwin, they should already smell QBs' blood in the water. That offense is Super Bowl-caliber right now.
We should be imagining what Arian Foster and Maurice Jones-Drew can do on two good knees. Can the NFL rushing champion who took the league by storm last season actually play better? Is MJD's knee, which experienced bone-on-bone contact at the end of last season, still able to withstand the rigors of a 16-game season?
Debates should be under way regarding which rookie passer will be thrown into the fire first. Pressure to win for Jack Del Rio is far greater than Munchak. But is Munchak confident Locker can correct the accuracy issues Locker swears don't exist? And how fast can the Titans teach the kid to slide when scrambling for the good of his own health?
We should be asking if Gabbert can beat out Garrard, the streaky veteran who lasted all of six quarters before Jacksonville tried to turn to Luke McCown last season — McCown proceeded to tear his ACL almost immediately upon entering the game in San Diego.
We should be on our way to finding out if Del Rio and Kubiak can save their jobs. Del Rio has one postseason trip in eight seasons; Houston would love its first taste of playoff football.
And what about the Super Bowl in Indianapolis? Can the Colts become the first team to play on the biggest stage on their home field — Lucas Oil Stadium? Will the city of Indianapolis be dealt a better hand than "Big D"?
The Pro Football Weekly offices should be buzzing, with the draft barely in the rearview mirror and the final touches being applied to our first edition of PFW's NFL Preview 2011 magazine.
As you can see, the NFL is a year-round business for lots of folks. There are tens of thousands of hardworking people behind the scenes whose livelihood depends on this game.
But, instead, things are eerily quiet at PFW headquarters — a lot like the silence at the Eighth Circuit Court — and I'm selfishly taking one more opportunity before football purgatory commences to get excited discussing what should be in store for the AFC South next season.
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Back on the mountain, our layout and trail network offers miles of playful terrain to suit any ability level with gentle beginner slopes, long intermediate cruisers, bumps, steeps, glades and plenty of freestyle action in the Superpipe, and terrain parks for every ability level. From the Okemo base to Jackson Gore, families can ski and ride together from virtually any lift, or go their separate ways to explore the vast and varied terrain.
Skiing and snowboarding are among the few activities that the entire family can do at their own level, yet participate in together. But getting the entire family ready for the slopes isn't always an easy task. Diane Mueller, co-owner of Okemo Mountain Resort can attest to that. Over the years she has developed some time-tested tips that her family uses to get ready for the slopes. By developing a "to-do" list, they put the fun back into preparing for a family getaway.
"When my kids were old enough to pack for themselves, I created a list for them to follow", commented Diane Mueller. "It taught them responsibility and took the hassle out of getting ready for a family getaway."
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- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.baroloseattle.com/
- Phone: 2067709000
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Lunch: Monday - Friday: 11:30am - 3:00pm
Dinner: 7 days a week: 3:00pm - midnight
Happy Hour: Every day
3:00pm-6:30pm and 10:00pm-midnight
- Payment Options: AMEX,Carte Blanche,Diners Club,Discover,JCB,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Italian
- Executive Chef: Maurizio Milazzo
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Takeout, Wine
- Catering: Food delivered only, no equipment.
- Private Party Facilities: Large and impressive semiprivate communal table for 22 people with dropped Italian crystal chandeliers. Semiprivate round table for 8 people with dropped Italian crystal chandelier.
- Private Party Contact: Jason 2067709000
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Barolo Ristorante, located in the heart of downtown Seattle, offers a mix of timeless, old-world northern Italian dishes crafted with a contemporary presentation, using quality natural and organic products and ingredients, many from the Pacific Northwest. The wine list at Barolo includes more than 400 notable labels and varietals from around the world including Italy, California, Washington, Oregon and France. The restaurant also hosts a lively bar offering classic and specialty cocktails, over 40 kinds of grappas and late night dining. Set within a modern, urban building, Barolo's smart Italian style is represented by lush textures, fabrics and ornamental design trends, merged with warm and comfortable accessories like hanging glass chandeliers over a large communal table, dark wood finishes, interesting interior lighting, and an abundance of flickering candlelight.Continued
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- Food4.4Service4.3
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- Wardawg100WarrenCVIPDined on 8/26/2014Service seemed undertrained and not experienced. Food was generally pretty good. Salmon was reslly undercooked. Good vibe, nice both and centrally located.Special Features:
- FantasticLuv2dineVIPDined on 8/19/2014Was in Seattle from Miami on business and took clients to Barolo. The service was outstanding! Our waiter was attentive, knowledgeable and funny. Food was fantastic! Will definitely go back when we return to Seattle and recommend to others.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Italian foodsouthdakotafoodies1Dined on 8/17/2014We were visiting Seattle so I really wanted seafood but my daughter wanted Italian, which I typically do not care for. The food was excellent. I had a ravioli on special, my daughter had a tortellini, and my husband had I believe a ravioli as well. My son wanted spaghetti and though it wasn't on the menu they made it for him anyway -- how nice. We had great salads, awesome apps and desserts that were heavenly. The portions are not large, but they were just right for having 3 courses. We had a great time. The only drawback to the place is that it is situated across the street from McDonalds so that is your view.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/16/2014Noisy, Average menu selection, wine list NOT exceptional. I would Not choose to dine here again on vacation.
- Rushed serviceKathylk1VIPDined on 8/12/2014Barolo is beautiful and has a great ambience and menu but the service was so rushed it ruined the meal. We were a party of 5 and with apps and dessert were there about an hour. With the entrees one of us was still eating and they cleared every other dish and silverware from the table.Special Features:
- ExcellentItalianDined on 8/11/2014our favorite restaurant in Seattle very good veal good wine good serviceSpecial Features:
- Food good, beautiful, sarcastic svcSeattleVisitorDined on 8/10/2014Interesting yet well-balanced menu, good chef, reasonable price for good quality food. Loved the enchanted, magical feel of the place: ceiling ht white vapor drapes, candle-lit tastefully decorated tables. Service seemed to vary in quality, table to table.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great experienceTexan1Dined on 8/8/2014This restaurant was everything I hoped it would be for a first date. The Food was great as was the service. I will be a regular going forward.Special Features:
- Great lunch, incredibly affordableNKOEDDined on 8/6/2014I don't have enough praise to shower about this restaurant. Our server was very personable and engaging and his passion for the food was instantly recognizable. We had a three course (Caprese, Tortelloni, Tortino) lunch with a glass of pinot for $23. Everything tasted amazing. Will definitely be back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- FoodieVIPDined on 8/5/2014This was my third time here. This time for dinner rather than lunch. The Octopus Salad was very good. The Rigotoni was terrific. The gnocchi was average at best and there was no sign of the mozzarella cheese described on the menu. Maybe they forgot that part. I requested Clams Vongole and asked for no red chili flakes, so instead they put a load of black pepper and a little bit of chili flakes which made the dish way too spicy. The clams were rather old. The prices here are a tad too high for the quanity that they serve.Special Features:
- great food; slow servicehoneygirlDined on 8/5/2014The food is what always brings me back. This time, however, the service was unusually slower than before. It may have just been a very busy day for the restaurant. I'll still be back, but not when I have to get back to work at a certain time.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2005Dined on 8/3/2014We had a delightful dinner after seeing a show at the Paramount. The calamari, grilled ceasar salad and gnochi were superb. The osso bucco was a touch salty. Excellent chianti. Just the right level of attention from our waiter. Thanks for a lovely meal!
- menu and pricesloveitalianDined on 8/2/2014the online menus are way out of date and don't reflect the current offerings or real prices but the food and service are very goodSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- FabulousTravelDinerDined on 8/1/2014I was in town for business and my client suggested Barolo as "a great place to have dinner in Seattle." They said the menu hasn't changed much since it opened because every loyal customer comes for their favorite dish (our server confirmed that there have been very few changes over the years). The Osso Bucco was exceptional - and I'm really picky about that as a top 5 favorite of mine, so that endorsement isn't given lightly. The Lobster Risotto was rich and full of flavor. We wanted to sample all of the apps, but settled for the Tuna Tartare, and *loved* it. Great place for a cocktail; outstanding place for a great dinner.Special Features:
- Let the food speak for itselfCopa19Dined on 7/31/2014We went for my boyfriend's birthday dinner before a show. Our server Max had that perfect balance of attentiveness and knowing when we wanted to be left alone. He made us feel very welcome. We ordered the grilled cesar salad and mozzarella appetizer to start. Max had the kitchen split the salad and app for us so they were served pre-portioned on our own plate. Both were simple but beautifully prepared. I ordered the gnocchi in tomatoe sauce. This was so simple but executed in a way that I savored every bite. My boyfriend ordered the pheasant gnocchi which was more complex and excellent as well. We embedded the night sharing the cannoli. This was also very good. Would go again in a heartbeat.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great nice weather spotOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 7/26/2014The caprese was wonderful, if a little small. The gnocchi was perfectly cooked and well-portioned. The real highlight, though, was the veal carpaccio. On a hot summer day, with arugula and parmesan, it was so refreshing. Drinks were nothing special, really, and we brought our own wine (they either waived the corkage fee or forgot to charge it), but the food here is really quite good. I'm not generally one to dine at Italian restaurants and yet I'll definitely go back. We ate outside, so I can't really comment on the scene in the much larger indoor dining area.Special Features:
- FoodieVIPDined on 7/25/2014Good food. Especially love the grilled cesear salad. The Calimari in the red broth was too salty. Possibly too many capers. Would have been nice to taste the calimari. Salt sometimes just covers up the real taste of the food itself.Special Features:
- FoodieVIPDined on 7/22/2014The food was wonderful. Had the Calamari Grilled and a Grilled Casear Salad. Less salt to the Calamari would have been a tad better, that way we can taste the calamari. Can't wait to go back.Special Features:
- Barolo - always specialSeatteliteVIPDined on 7/18/2014We've been to Barolo 10+ times and always find it a delight - authentic Italian food, exquisite service and fine winesSpecial Features:
- all great, but...OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 7/12/2014it was a warm day and the restaurant was hot with no air or breeze, which was a major distractionSpecial Features:
- Great Selection for Upscale ItalianFoodieFrancesVIPDined on 7/7/2014We have eaten here several times as it is close to home. We are trying different things on the menu each time. The braised octopus was amazing. The clams were perfectly seasoned in the broth. The pasta dishes are all very good. The rack of lamb was way over cooked but the waiter brought a replacement which was perfect. Love the cherry Amarone sauce with the lamb. The desserts are underwhelming - but that's a minor issue for a great overall experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great placeawestruckDined on 7/1/2014Innovative menu We will certainly go back nice wines by the glass Friendly staff Always great music but too noisy to SoundHoundSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great foodLynnDined on 6/29/2014Service was great and so was our supper! We will definitely be back the next time we are in Seattle. It was super convenient as well as its right downtown.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 6/27/2014Great food, excellent service! Multiple employees checking in with us on a regular basis.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Lunch is Excellent, Dinner SuperbniceguyseattleVIPDined on 6/26/2014I've enjoyed three business lunches and finally had an opportunity to try Barolo for dinner. It was a special occasion, and the restaurant staff acknowledged it, printed menus that did so as well, and offered superb pasta (try the triangle with truffle butter), grilled veal scaloppine, and other dishes. Service was almost more attentive than needed.Special Features:
- Excellent as alwayscatiritaVIPDined on 6/24/2014Food was delightful .. Veal was perfect! Service interesting & attentive enough. Wine choices amazing! Viva Italiano!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- LovechocolateVIPDined on 6/23/2014I've been here 3 times, this time was the best: fettuccine pasta with salmon-excellent! Almost like I was in italy(almost!), salads are tricky so I don't like their cesar but the chicory salad was good. Didn't have any good dessert though.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Staff wardrobe...PinkSugarDined on 6/17/2014The food it's ok, but I must say the management or owners need to tell their staff (hostess and bartender girls) to dress a bit more appropriate. Let's not confuse sexy with trashy. Atmosphere it's nice.
- Delightful Father's Day exerienceGG2014VIPDined on 6/15/2014The bar was packed with great looking people! We were greeted by two lovely ladies at the hostess stand and took our coats. The ambiance was beautiful and inviting. Mckenzie was our server and she helped us select the most delicious dishes. We started with the sautéed calamari in a puttanesca sauce, grilled romaine caesar salad and a chicory salad with sardines, ricotta salata and speck-all excellent! The chicory had kind of a bitter, salty flavor which I loved! For our entrees, we had the special Monk fish wrapped in proscuitto with 4 clams over parmesan risotto, fettuccini with a rabbit ragu, pasta carbonara, and the wild boar. Every dish was amazing and we can't wait to go back. It was a fabulous fathers day dinner!Special Features:
- Barolo's great diningOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 6/14/2014Warm friendly service with complimentary sparkling mineral water on the table and the bread flows freely! I also loved the veggies on my plate but would like to see more plant based choices on the menu!Special Features:
- JkeiserJkeiserDined on 6/13/2014Great location and food for a business lunch or date. The service was excellent and knowledgeable for food and wine recommendations. I will come again and recommend Barolo to others.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great for Client Dinner-or RomanceOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 6/11/2014Really nice upscale but not snooty restaurant. I was hosting a client and his wife, and it was perfect. However, the booths would have been great for a romantic dinner. And it had a nice bar which looked quite crowded too. Food was delicious and well-presented. Noise level was a bit high for conversation, but that's a common complaint in busy restaurants.Special Features:
- always pleasedLucianoDined on 6/8/2014I keep returning to Barolo. Great wine list and food. They make their own ravioli and have a different type every now and then.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Enjoyable dinnerJerrykDined on 6/8/2014Excellent food, great service. A great find when visiting Seattle.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- oksterlinghawkDined on 6/7/2014Service was below par, waitress kept looking for some reason at the table behind us and goofed up my order. Service was slow
- The place to be!JerryWVIPDined on 6/6/2014Barolo was really hopping on the Friday night we were there, and it was really fun to people watch with a very diverse crowd. The food was great, but our server (Lindsey) was even better, with her knowledge and recommendations; we might return just because of her alone!Special Features:
- A great placeVisitorDined on 6/5/2014A restaurant for special ocassions. Good food, service and atmosphere.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Would have given 5 starsOpenTable Diner Since 2002VIPDined on 5/31/2014As the food was really good and I loved the ambiance (inside).....chandeliers, candles, etc. Only reason I gave it 4 stars is we were eating outside and our waitress didn't tell as about the happy hour menu which the other 2 tables seem to be in the "Know of". Before we had dessert we asked about the happy hour menu and she said oh yes it is happy hour for another 10 minutes let me bring you the menu.... would have been nice to have gotten both menus prior to ordering our dinner. We will go back to try happy hour in the future as it looked like some really good deals. Even without the happy hour incentive would still go back as the food was really good.Special Features:
- Modern ItalianLarryVDined on 5/29/2014Great food and service. Acoustics is very lively; but, there are spots good for intimacy.Special Features:
- Great location and fresh fishDerYupYupDined on 5/27/2014My first time at Barolo was for lunch. Great location and food was delicious. I arrived early and wait staff was engaging and warm. I will return for dinner!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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CATEGORIES MoviesReleased 20 years ago this week , "The Player" seemed at the time like one of the most merciless lampoons of Hollywood ever made, but director Robert Altman liked to insist that it was "a very mild satire." He meant that it could have been even meaner if he'd made it more realistic.
Altman was working from Michael Tolkin's screenplay, adapted from Tolkin's own novel, but the observations it made about the movie industry's contempt for art and artists were clearly informed by Altman's own decades of frustration as a creative filmmaker with a singular, idiosyncratic vision who repeatedly clashed with executives interested only in profit. Judging by how many Hollywood A-listers he got to do free cameos in the movie -- about five dozen of them -- a lot of the industry's top talent must have felt as he did. So did critics and audiences, who helped make the movie one of the biggest hits of Altman's lengthy career.
You'd think Hollywood would have learned from "The Player" some chastening lessons about the way it does business. Unfortunately, the lessons it learned were all the wrong ones. Instead of taking the movie as a cautionary tale, Hollywood saw "The Player" as a how-to. The practices the movie spoofed most savagely are the ones it has lived by most faithfully over the past two decades. For instance:
Everything should be reducible to a high-concept pitch. Especially during the opening segment, where Altman and Tolkin have a lot of fun crafting imaginary movie pitches that fit the "high-concept" formula: that is, movie ideas that can be explained in 25 words or less, usually with reference to other familiar movies. It's "Ghost" meets "The Manchurian Candidate." It's "The Gods Must Be Crazy," but with a television actress instead of a Coke bottle.
Of course, this approach doesn't allow for much in the way of originality or dramatic complexity, but then, it's not supposed to. Rather, it's supposed to lead to movies that will be easily marketable, especially overseas, where that kind of conceptual shorthand can overcome the language barrier. Simplicity and familiarity are much easier to put on a poster than complexity and originality. Today, even more than 20 years ago, this is the sort of picture Hollywood likes; in the years since "The Player," Hollywood has almost completely gotten out of the business of making serious dramas, character studies, or non-franchise movies made from properties viewers don't recognize right away.
A movie needs a big box-office star to succeed. A running joke in "The Player" has Bruce Willis proposed as the male lead for every film and Julia Roberts proposed as the female lead for every movie. It's assumed that a) these actors are suitable for any lead role and b) that the movie will fail without someone of that stature as a box-office draw. These assumptions are so ingrained that, when "Player" protagonist Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) hears a pitch for a downbeat, star-free movie about capital punishment, he buys it only to sabotage his rival, Larry Levy (Peter Gallagher), on whom he'll blame the movie's inevitable failure. Of course, by the end of "The Player," the movie has been turned into a formulaic piece of Hollywood hackwork, starring Willis and Roberts (gently sending themselves up).
Today, the insistence on casting stars persists. If studio chiefs could cast Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, or Will Smith in every movie, they would. It's only in recent years, as once-dependable stars like Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy, Harrison Ford, and yes, Willis and Roberts have faltered with ticketbuyers, that studios have begun to realize that no actor can guarantee a big opening weekend. After all, in modern franchise movies, the concept is the star. No one really cares who stars in "The Avengers" or "The Hunger Games," they just want to see familiar characters in action. Which leads us to the next lesson...
Talent is expendable. At a studio meeting, Mill muses on how much easier it would be for producers if writers, actors, and directors could be eliminated from the process. (This after he has literally eliminated a troublesome screenwriter, killing him in a fit of pique.) Levy goes on to demonstrate how easy it would be to eliminate writers by crafting several high-concept pitches from articles picked at random from the newspaper. In Mill and Levy's world, where formula is king, the writer really is superfluous. We haven't yet reached the stage where actors and directors are superfluous, too, though CGI movies like "Avatar," with their digitally-generated characters, have a lot of actors worried that they'll be cut out of the loop next. Directors, too, have become unnecessary, with visionary artists replaced by technocratic managers and project delegators. Sure, it may have taken a skilled craftsperson like Gary Ross or Catherine Hardwicke to cast, design, and launch a franchise like "The Hunger Games" or "Twilight," but after the first movie, the franchise reins might be passed on to any competent filmmaker.
ABC -- Always Be Cutting. "The Player" famously opens with a tracking shot that lasts for eight minutes without a cut and which includes references to the similarly lengthy shot that brilliantly opens Orson Welles' classic "Touch of Evil." The shot, which introduces most of the major characters and thematic concerns of "The Player," offers a reminder that audiences can stretch their attention spans and assimilate a lot of complicated information if the filmmaker trusts them to follow along. It's also a rebuke to what was then becoming common, the short-attention-span quick-cut editing made popular during the '80s by MTV music videos, TV commercials, and the directors who had graduated from those formats to the big screen.
Aside from a handful of Altman emulators, however (notably, Paul Thomas Anderson, who began "Boogie Nights" with a similar tracking shot that was an apparent homage to "The Player"), Hollywood directors have largely continued to use rapid-fire editing, which creates suspense and excitement, but often at the expense of coherence and logic. Anyone who's seen an action movie recently and wondered who was fighting whom in what space knows that longer takes would be a welcome luxury.
Anything made once can be remade. There are a number of jokes in "The Player" about Hollywood's hunger for sequels and remakes, even to movies that don't need them, like "The Graduate" (whose sequel is pitched in "The Player" by Buck Henry, who wrote the original's screenplay) or "The Bicycle Thief" (which Griffith facetiously suggests remaking). Here, real life has overtaken Altman's satire. A sequel to "The Graduate" (the novel) has been written; a movie seems inevitable. And 2011 saw the release of "A Better Life," an Americanized remake of "Bicycle Thief," transported from postwar Rome to present-day Los Angeles, with a pickup truck as the stolen vehicle. (The movie wasn't a big hit, but it did earn a Best Actor Oscar nomination for Demian Bichir.) Clearly, Hollywood finds it easier to market a known product, no matter how obscure, than a completely original one.
Characters must be likable. It's hard to imagine more unlikable leads than amoral killer Griffin Mill and June Gudmundsdottir (Greta Scacchi) -- the dead screenwriter's girlfriend, who falls in love with Griffin and doesn't seem to mind that her old boyfriend was murdered, or that her new boyfriend is the culprit. But Altman places them at the center of the movie and twists viewer sympathy so that you root for Griffin to get away with murder and win the girl. Today, a movie hero can be somewhat amoral but still has to be sympathetic and more blatantly good than the villain; this is true even if the hero is a pirate or a vampire. Hollywood likes its heroes (and its occasional heroine) to be a little bit badass but with, over all, no more moral ambiguity than was permissible in the movies of the 1950s.
Endings must be happy. That's been a Hollywood imperative for a century. "The Player" tweaks it, ridiculing the makers of the capital punishment drama for selling out and letting Bruce Willis rescue Julia Roberts from the gas chamber at the last minute. But then "The Player" itself ends the same way, with the same throwaway joke Willis utters ("Traffic was a bitch"), and with Griffiin and a pregnant June living happily ever after. Earlier, Mill observes that the formula for a successful movie should include "suspense, laughter, violence. Hope, heart. Nudity, sex. Happy Endings." "The Player" delivers all of these elements, but with a bitter, ironic twist.
Today, Mill's formula still holds, though with less nudity and sex; studios in pursuit of a PG-13 are more prudish now, and sex just tends to slow down the narrative in an action movie. But the happy ending is still key; let the viewers leave the theater on an upbeat note, and they'll recommend the movie to their friends. That hasn't changed since "The Player," and it probably never will.


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To survive the harsh gaming wilderness, indie devs have become pack animals
There's never been a better time to be an indie developer, but in some ways it still kind of sucks. For better or worse, the popularity of independent games has skyrocketed over the past five years. Game development tools have gotten better and easier to use, and there are more options than ever for getting a game out to the public. And yet the oldest and most difficult hurdle for indies to overcome is still a problem: how does anybody know you're making a game?
On Saturday, June 29th at 10:30 AM (EST) a band of indies will unveil their own particular solution to that age-old problem. They'll be running a 13 hour telethon-style stream event on Twitch.tv that will introduce viewers to 25 games such as Tower of Guns, Paranautical Activity, and Ray's the Dead, all of which are currently seeking approval on Steam Greenlight.
The Greenlight Supershow, as it's being called, represents the latest in a trend of indie developers grouping together like a waddle of penguins, huddled together for warmth in the unforgiving wilderness.
"Our motto while making and promoting Legend of Dungeon has been 'obscurity is death' and I think that it's a fairly accurate reason for all these indies grouping together," said Alix Stolzer, organizer of the Greenlight Supershow. "When we band together we are something people almost have to notice. If I sent out a press release saying 'I'm going to be streaming one game no one has heard of for 13 hours' I don't think I would see any interest whatsoever."
The idea of grouping together makes sense for more reasons than just for exposure though. It provides a wide-ranging list of benefits for the indie community.
"Indie developers are building such a large variety of games and we charge comparatively little that it doesn't make sense for us to be in angry-competition with each other," said Joe Mirabello, creator of Tower of Guns, and a participant in the Greenlight Supershow.
"Rather, it makes more sense to stick together and try our best to inform gamers about what even exists in the world of independent games," he continued. "And, of course, these events are tons of fun, and you get to meet a lot of awesome people. The kind of genuine developer-to-developer cheerleading that rises up from groups like this is infectious and incredibly motivating."
In this case it seems like the emotional boost that results from a sense of camaraderie is an important factor that keeps indies working hard and pursuing their visions. The creator of the Greenlight Supershow, for instance, doesn't even have a game that's being shown in the production. She's just doing it to support the community.
Window into the future
These groupings of indies may not produce immediate sales, but they can often be a great look at what lies ahead for the gaming industry as a whole.
"You can see the list of games that have been through IndieCade and subsequently picked up or released to great success," said Stephanie Barish, CEO of IndieCade. IndieCade is like an indie dev advocacy group that puts together events like the IndieCade booth at E3 to display the latest and greatest indie games. "IndieCade is consistently a window into the future. And not just for digital games, even our board games have gotten publishing deals."
Barish rattled off a list of well-known games that have gotten a boost from participating in the IndieCade group: Skulls of the Shogun, The Unfinished Swan, Hohokum, LIMBO, Johann Sebastian Joust and Fez.
It's not always about producing big hits though. In some cases indies don't have any choice but to publicize their own games.
"Legally, Microsoft couldn't promote [Xbox Live Indie Games] due to the fact that they were not certified by the ESRB, PEGI, or other ratings board, therefore it was in the hands of the developers," said Dave Voyles, co-organizer of the Xbox Live Indie Games Summer Uprising in 2011 and Uprising 3 in 2012. "We saw an open opportunity, took it, and I think it worked out pretty well for everyone involved."
"In today's gaming landscape, it's not only the quality of the game that counts, but how effective you are at promoting awareness and providing a charismatic face for your company for gamers and journalists to communicate with," said Voyles.
Getting involved in these sorts of large-scale collaborations isn't the only path to success, but it gives developers a number of advantages. It's the latest solution to a long-standing problem that has plagued indies for decades.
"It's certainly a very smart way for a developer to validate themselves to the press," said Tower of Guns' Mirabello. "Association with Indiecade or the Greenlight Supershow provides a form of instant curation for both [journalists] and the gamer."
"Getting people aware that your game even exists is a constantly evolving problem and as independent developers we just have to keep our eyes open and adapt."
The only potential trouble is that these days large-scale collaborations are becoming common enough that even they themselves might need to be curated. With the IndieCade, XBLIG Uprisings, the Greenlight Supershow, the Independent Games Festival, the Indie Megabooth, the Indie Game Showcase, and plenty more, even the big-name pushes for publicity may begin to overwhelm gamers. Until we get to that point though, these are some great games getting much-needed attention.


text: They say point guard is a thinking position in basketball. So it seems to fit that Richland's Kennedy Corrigan is a 4.0 student, and this week's Academic All-Star."I think academics is huge in athletics because you have to think on your toes, have to use your problem solving skills that you develop in school to transfer over to the game," said Corrigan.There's plenty of time to study in the fall, but now that basketball season's here, performing at that level takes extra focus with all that practice."Two and a half hours a day, so that's more than 10 hours a week, plus games. School, work, I just have to find time before practices, after practices, just have to put in the extra time, get help when I need to. It ends up balancing out in the end," said Corrigan.But as any good point guard knows, success is about teamwork, even in the community with National Honors Society."[I] do community service projects, we have to put in so many hours but I enjoy doing all the community service projects we plan, get to feel good about myself and contribute to the community," said Corrigan.And her success doesn't surprise her coaches one bit."She is a very driven individual, she's very conscientious about doing the right thing, and doing it well. She puts a lot of focus into things she feels are important. She was one of our leaders last year and she is just really stepped into that role even more this year," said Richland Head Basketball Coach Cindy McCoy.She's headed to college in the fall, and whether or not she's playing basketball, the school will be lucky to have her.


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Class IV Dairy Price as reported by Hoard's Dairyman
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July Class IV price is $23.78 — up $4.88 from last year
Class IV PriceAnnounced on July 30, the June Class IV (butter/powder) price was $23.78. The price per hundredweight was up 65 cents from the previous month. The Class IV not only prices butter and powder but also affects the Class I mover. The Class I mover (based on "higher of" advanced Class III or Class IV skim milk price) plus the Class I differential for each order determines Class I skim milk price. The mover is equivalent to the Basic Formula Price (BFP) under the old pricing system. It equals (base skim milk price for Class I times 0.965) plus (advanced butterfat pricing factor times 3.5). The Class I mover is announced on or before the 23rd of the previous month.
Note for September 2013 and October 2013 Class IV price: Due to the lapse in Federal government funding, equivalent weekly pricing constituents were announced by the Upper Midwest Milk Marketing Order. The equivalent pricing constituents were computed under authority of 7 CFR, Section 1000.54 and can be found at: http://www.fmma30.com/.
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Kickin' Chili
Recipe courtesy of Emeril Lagasse
Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2007
- Emeril Live
- Total Time:
- 2 hr 50 min
- Prep:
- 20 min
- Cook:
- 2 hr 30 min
- Yield:
- about 5 quarts, 12 entree-size servings
- Level:
- Easy
- Total Time:
- 2 hr 50 min
- Prep:
- 20 min
- Cook:
- 2 hr 30 min
- Yield:
- about 5 quarts, 12 entree-size servings
- Level:
- Easy
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4 pounds ground beef
- 4 cups chopped yellow onions
- 3 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons Emeril's Southwest Essence
- 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 4 (12-ounce) bottles dark beer
- 2 (28-ounce) cans whole tomatoes, crushed
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 -ounce (1 square) unsweetened chocolate
- 6 cups cooked red kidney beans (see Chef's Note) or 4 (15-ounce) cans, drained and rinsed
- 1 cup grated Cheddar, for garnish
- 1 cup finely chopped green onions, for garnish
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves, for garnish
Heat the oil in a large heavy pot over high heat. Add the beef and brown well, about 10 minutes. Add the onions, chili powder, cumin, Southwest Essence, cayenne, cinnamon, crushed red pepper flakes, and bay leaf and cook, stirring often, until the onions soften, about 8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the beer and cook until the foam subsides, about 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, salt, brown sugar, and chocolate to the pot. Stir well and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until slightly thickened, about 1 hour, stirring occasionally to prevent the chili from sticking to the bottom of the pot. Skim off as much fat as possible. Add the beans, return to a simmer, cover, and cook until thickened, about 1 1/2 hours longer. Serve with the cheese, green onions, and cilantro alongside as garnish.
Chef's Note: To make 6 cups cooked red kidney beans: Soak 1 pound dried beans for 6 hours or overnight. Drain the beans and place them in a large saucepan. Add water to cover by 2 inches and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until just tender, 30 to 45 minutes. Drain and set aside to cool.
Cooking Tips
More Recipes and Ideas
Touchdown Chili
Recipe courtesy of Rachael Ray
Chili-Rubbed Free Range Chicken with Guacamole and Pico De Gallo, Smothered Black Beans and Tortilla Threads
Recipe courtesy of Emeril Lagasse
Grilled Chili Fries
Recipe courtesy of Sandra Lee


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ELMWOOD, La. - It all started a few years ago, after getting kicked off a beach for having a glass bottle. At that moment, three guys from Kenner came up with an idea. That idea became a product and a company, and a multi-million dollar company with eyes on the world.
There are growing pains and then there's what the company Big Easy Blends has enjoyed since launching in 2009.
"When you're growing at the speed we are growing, it's unbelievable growing pains," said co-founder Sal LaMartina.
When Eyewitness News first met the three young co-founders from Kenner, their product, a frozen cocktail in a pouch called the Mar-GO-Rita, was relatively new. They initially hand-filled each one, screwing on each cap.
But now this is a company exploding. They have 135 employees across 44 states. Their first year, in 2009, they did $140,000 in sales. Last year they did $5 million and this year, they've doubled that -: $10 million plus, and growing.
And no more hand-filling; now fully automated, they churn out 300,000 a day.
"I think it's just the right time, right place," said LaMartina. "Pouches are becoming more and more popular and I think we just hit it at the right time with the right product, a good product."
The third co-founder, Sal's younger brother Antonio, wasn't around the day we visited. He was in Paris, pitching the pouch product to a thirsty international market, their next target.
"It's a huge opportunity for us," said co-owner Craig Cordes. "We get a lot of requests, probably at least four or five a day."
In the peak of summer, the company's plant runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This year, Big Easy Blends rolled out two new flavors and a football-shaped drink pouch. Six days later, they were gone.
"It's surreal. I mean, we have retailers calling us to take in the product," said LaMartina. "It's been an amazing journey."
Over the next month on Eyewitness News, Mike Hoss will introduce you to other young entrepreneurs who have taken a simple idea and turned it into a new Louisiana company. Look for those stories on Eyewitness News at Six.


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