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Witchblade Site Up
El Cosmico here, there's a site up for the upcoming TNT television movie, Witchblade, starring Yancy Butler (Mann and Machine, Hard Target).
The look isn't quite as, well, revealing as the comic book...so, why not check out the site and tell everyone what you think?
Go check out http://www.witchblade.com/
-El Cosmico
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Aug. 1, 2000, 1:04 a.m. CST
Yancy Butler just isn't hot enough, sorry!
by Psyclops
She isn't exactly the picture perfect image of the character in Witchblade. I do remember her from movie like Hard Target, and she did that little stint on the short live TV series (I think it was called...Brooklyn South??) where she played a cop. She's not that great of an actress, but I guess you can't really win when this shit goes directly to cable. 'Nuff said.
Aug. 1, 2000, 1:28 a.m. CST
Highlander: The Witchblade Chronicles
by Whosyourdaddy
Where is all the cool twisty-metal looking armor witchblade usually wears? Could be cool, but I really don't dig women in midevil armor...sorry...
Aug. 1, 2000, 2:58 a.m. CST
by Tracheotomy Man
So why exactly is this movie being made? I mean, hell, Witchblade was decent for about two issues, and then it went absolutely nowhere. The art wasn't even any good. If it wasn't for the fucking awesome coloring job that them Image guys can have done on their books, 99% of the bullshit they print would look even more amateurish. Well, at least witchblade comes out on a semi-regular schedule so that the fanboys who aren't evolved enough to know that the book is a steaming pile of shit can enjoy it on an almost regular basis. and no matter how bad Witchblade sucks, it'll always be a thousand times the book that Fathom is...Which probably means absolutely nothing...
Aug. 1, 2000, 5:52 a.m. CST
Oooh Man! You are sooooo *not* saying that Yancy Butler isn't ho
by Alien Gonzales
How can you say she's a bad actress when she's the *only* good thing about "Brooklyn South"? Umm... okay so *that's* not saying much but, she is still a fine actress who *is* heinously underused. And in my opinion, underhumped. Well, at least 'till we *actually* meet. (I'm going *through* a Chandler thing this week)
Aug. 1, 2000, 6:03 a.m. CST
Hate to play Devil's Advocate, but Psyclops is somewhat right.
by Pippin's Diamond
I know only an absolute moron would think there are actually women out there who are the picture perfect image of Sara Pezzini, but Yancy Butler actually is not hot enough. I know this because I know of a woman who resembled Sara a hell of a lot more than Yancy last time I saw her. Her name is Bibi Gaytan. Sadly, she got pregnant and married several years ago, and I haven't seen her on TV ever since.
Aug. 1, 2000, 7:03 a.m. CST
by The JTB
Honestly, could they have made this any crappier?
Aug. 1, 2000, 10:28 a.m. CST
Re: Yancy isn't *HOT* enough?
by rkhalloran
Someone's been reading too many indie titles. As Steve Dallas put it so succinctly at the end of Bloom County, "These chicks all look like Dolly Parton in zero-G!"
Aug. 1, 2000, 10:53 a.m. CST
Matrix fight scenes
by darqleo
*sarcasm* Great...more Matrix like fight scenes. Yeah I know that The Matrix wasn't wholly original, but at least they were the first to actually think it would be cool to put anime to live action in the U.S., and now every frickin' genre movie that comes out needs to have pseudo "bullet-time" scenes. Oh yeah, and since the days of BLADE & MATRIX, everyone needs to have frickin' techno/drum&bass music going for them too. What's up with that?
Aug. 1, 2000, 11:06 a.m. CST
Correct me if I'm wrong...(no fear)
by MrToade
This appears to be just another slip-shod attempt to force some viewership out of the hopeful masses. It looks (by design anyway) that no one really knows what they want to do with it. The armor is sort of silly, especially when you consider any given polymer alternative could have been molded to specs. It would be cheaper as well. Kinda gets old knowing the suits are just sitting there thinking, "It doesn't matter. Just put something out there. Some schmuck will watch it. We'll get advertisers for a while, at least".
Aug. 1, 2000, 12:09 p.m. CST
No, she's hot....just doesnt seems like the type for Sara Pezzin
by XTheCrovvX
I guess we'll all see when the show comes on how well this works, right? Because unlike the movies recently, unless it's animated, TV still has a curse upon comic book adaptations...(The Generation X movie! The Crow series!! The Spider-Man Live action series!!! ARRGH!!!) Revolution is my name...
Aug. 1, 2000, 4:29 p.m. CST
comic book adaption curse?
by Tracheotomy Man
Yeah, right. Then how do you explain David Hasslehoff as Nick Fury in that FOX Movie Of The Week? Oh wait, that movie sucked. Guess there is a curse after all. Carry on...
Aug. 1, 2000, 6:16 p.m. CST
The face is all wrong
by Surly Duck
This is the only actress they could find for the part? She doesn't have the face for it, the eyes are too wide, forehead too big, just not cute enough. Not a big Yancy Butler fan.
Aug. 1, 2000, 10:18 p.m. CST
Arghh...Put her back in. She's not done!
by Krang
If the woman everyone is talking about is the stupid person from Hard Target(the lady who hires Van-Damme), then there is no question. She looks like a man and has huge eyebrows. In a sentence - she's dog ugly. There ya go, that should keep everyone happy.
Aug. 1, 2000, 10:55 p.m. CST
Witchblade actually has a story . . .?
by Lord Shell
I always thought it was just an excuse for Image Fanboy/Artists to draw a barely clothed female. Will wonders never cease?
Aug. 1, 2000, 11:19 p.m. CST
Lord Shell: Of course there's a story...
by Tracheotomy Man
It's just not a very good one. And you'd think that if they were going to draw mostly nekkid women in their books that they would at least hire artists with some sort of talent. Jeez...
Aug. 2, 2000, 12:06 a.m. CST
What have I done!!!
by Psyclops
Jesus, didn't mean to stir up a controversy! I have nothing against Yancy Butler, but I just didn't see any of the Witchblade character look in her, that's all. I guess it was an ignorant thing to say...because I've never even READ the comic. I know, you're all screaming out loud: "Then what the hell did you say that for, asshole!!"--Well, I thought the talkbacks were kind of empty and I typed down the first thing that popped in my head. Stupid, Stupid Ignorant Fool!! Anyway, in response to those 'fanboy' comments. Can somebody define a fanboy for me? Because the first time I heard that term used was actually on this site... skimming through the X-MEN posts. I was under the impression that fanboys were comic book lovers, or people that are 'fans' of one specific genre. I don't read comics, I just love movies. Although I am familiar with many of the Marvel and D.C. comic characters, I am also familiar with the Star Trek, X-Files, and Star Wars characters--mostly because I have a tendency to retain useless information about characters,names, and plots of every comic, movie, or televison show I've happened to come across in my 21 years. Oh, and by the way, I've never gone bowling.
Aug. 2, 2000, 1:29 a.m. CST
Definition of a "FanBoy"...
by Alien Gonzales
... A "FanBoy" is just like a "LazeeBoy" (Tm), With built in air-conditioning. This feature has neccessitated by the "ButtSweat"(Tm),factor. This is a side effect of hyper-utilisation of the ass-parking device. "Ahhh! Don't you just love that patented breeze?"
Aug. 2, 2000, 4:52 a.m. CST
I have just joined the 'real' world...
by Psyclops
...and this world is scary! I'm going to run back into YOUR mothers basement now!
Aug. 2, 2000, 7:10 a.m. CST
This type of thing makes me happy I don't get Cable TV
by angry
This looks very bad... I'm happy I won't ever get to watch it... And what's up with the big ol' suit of armor anyway? For fuck's sakes, we wanna see skin godammit!
Aug. 2, 2000, 10:21 a.m. CST
I wasn't expecting the actress to run around , bare assed..but c
by Horus
The makers of this shit, claim that the original costume wouldn't translate to live action.They added , that its not about the Witchblade body suit..and a girl running round nearly naked.Theyre going to make a *serious police drama* .Yeah right.Why buy the rights to a comic that relies entirely on its heroine running round , showing as much ass as possible , {in a cool bio-mechanoid suit}..and then turn it into a police drama!Is it going to be N.Y.P.D Blues..with a funny gauntlet.Theyve made no attempt at translating even the witchblade glove itself.What theyre using on this show , appears to be something left over from Excaliber!Theres no hint that its a supernatural thing.As for the body suit,in the third of the Lexx pilot movies a female character called "wist" wears a costume that could easily pass as a Witchblade outfit{It was some sort of sculted rubber , with loads of little holes in , given a slightly metallic finish}So theres no reason it couldn't have been done.They dont give a shit.I'm fed up with comic adaptions , having their costumes fucked about with , when translated to film and tv.Most of the changes , seem done for the sake of it.The producers seem to have a strange contempt for the comics fans , saying "Only the fans will notice".Who the fuck else do they think is going to watch the stuff in the first place!They seem to believe that theres some mythical audience out there..{that isnt the characters fan base.}.that will be tuning in each week.The case in point is Spidermans web shooters.{Changing the entire concept , to him spraying peaple with his body fluids, is just horrible.}Why dont they just try hard to translate the comic to the film'tv.It aint that difficult.Not making fucking pointless changes for no reason ,is a good start!
Aug. 2, 2000, 12:54 p.m. CST
Jack's How to Be a Fucking Asshole: Rule #1...
by IAmJacksUserID
Post nothing original or productive to the topic and instead insult or belittle the opinions of others. Abuse, abuse, ABUSE the inherent, silent code of respect that's SUPPOSED to be present on this forum. (For additional research on RULE #1, please read every single scathing post by John Q. Hull on AICN. Stay tuned for additional rules from Jack's "How to be a Fucking Asshole"!!!)
Aug. 2, 2000, 2:35 p.m. CST
I know it's nitpicky, but this is getting on my nerves!
by Sgt. Bilko
It's adAPtation, not 'adaption' fer cryin' out loud!
Aug. 2, 2000, 4:30 p.m. CST
by foreverguardian
Okay, just saw the trailer. I haven't read the other talkback posts yet but I want to get this off my chest; The trailer looked okay, the voiceover was f**king annoying, Yancy looked great as Sara, but the suit... ah... well... it sucked, basically. I know they couldn't go overboard with the fx but sheesh... And the Matrix rip off shots? *sigh* I think this will be another case of wasted potential. She should have been granted the big screen treatment.
Aug. 2, 2000, 4:35 p.m. CST
The mantle is now handed to Top Cow
by Blue Devil
Now that it looks like Marvel is getting it's act together, it seems Top Cow is assuming the title of "Comic Book Company with the Worst Movies". Good Lord, imagine what they'd do to Fathom- Roseanne Barr in a fish suit.
Aug. 2, 2000, 5:01 p.m. CST
The villain sucks. That's my first impression.
by superninja
He seems to like taking people by surprise by shooting them in the head. Still, I like Yancy Butler. I also like that she's not half-naked like the comic book character, but she does carry through on her strength. It looks good.
Aug. 2, 2000, 5:03 p.m. CST
Please stop...
by Psyclops
...No more fanning the flames. C'mon, lets all grow up and see what happens. Fanboy or not, some people will like this and some people will hate it. Plain and simple, no one...NO ONE...will EVER be completely on the same page as everybody else.
Aug. 2, 2000, 6:12 p.m. CST
Text book example.
by Horus
Steady on there , John Q. Hull.My post, only becomes a text book example of your Rule No1 , if I start "gushing like a three year old" about , this show ..once I've seen it.Somehow.. I don't see that happening!The show may turn out ok..but the costume ,isn't going to suck any less, than in the clips and photos seen so far.And it ain't going to look any closer to the comic.
Aug. 3, 2000, 3:59 p.m. CST
Looks...well like crap
by Sobewankinobi
So it has all the over used Matrix effects and looks nothing like the character, wow it will be rad! Sorry, it's just a trailer but come on, it looks nothing like it, nothing.
Aug. 8, 2000, 10:28 a.m. CST
TNT has a site too
by Mr_Sardonicus
It's at www.tntwitchblade.com. I think you need Flash to see it.
Aug. 10, 2000, 2:09 a.m. CST
Response to Psyclops
by freed
With all due respect, you wouldn't recognize acting talent if it bit you in the face (nor beauty for that matter).
Aug. 10, 2000, 2:20 a.m. CST
Response to Krang
by freed
You clearly need to get your eyes AND your head examined, troll. Saying that you have no taste is way too nice to an idiot like you.
Aug. 10, 2000, 2:23 a.m. CST
Response to Pippin's Diamond
by freed
You're right that Yancy Butler doesn't look that much like Sara. She does look a LOT better and those promo pics that try to make her look like the comic book Sara don't do her justice.
Aug. 10, 2000, 2:25 a.m. CST
Response to darqleo
by freed
I agree that the whole bullet-time thing cheapens the whole project. Frankly, beyond Yancy, the scenes where she has visions and the few dramatic scenes, the rest of the movie looks very underwhelming.
Aug. 10, 2000, 2:28 a.m. CST
Response to Surly Duck
by freed
Maybe you should consider that Barbie dolls are not the beauty ideal of normal men.
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Murder in the First and the U.S. Penitentiary, Alcatraz
Murder in the First claims that Young was a teenage orphan who was sentenced to Alcatraz for stealing $5 from a grocery store in order to feed his starving sister, and that he "never harmed or attempted to harm anyone" before entering Alcatraz. The true story is that he was a bank robber who had taken and brutalized a hostage on at least one occasion and committed murder in 1933--some 3 years before being incarcerated at Alcatraz. He had served time in State prisons in Montana and Washington before entering Federal prison for the first time in 1935 at the U.S. Penitentiary on McNeil Island, Washington (which is now a State prison).
Although Young did participate in a January 1939 escape attempt, he was not kept naked in a dark dungeon for 3 years as punishment, as the movie indicates. Instead, he was held in the disciplinary segregation unit in the main cellhouse as punishment for the escape attempt. He was confined to a normal cell--not a dungeon--with plumbing, an electric light, a cot, and other appropriate cell furnishings. Various events in the movie set in a dungeon--such as scenes where the associate warden slashes Young's Achilles tendon to prevent future escapes--are fabrications.
The events surrounding Young's fatal attack on Rufus McCain are also portrayed inaccurately. In the movie, Young becomes a madman after 3 years in the dungeon, is then taken directly from the dungeon to the dining hall, and, moments later, stabs McCain to death with a spoon handle. The implication is that Young's homicidal behavior was a direct result of his inhumane confinement and that he had no control over his actions.
In reality, Young was released from his cell in segregation after only a few months. He was returned to the general population no later than autumn 1939. More than a year after that--in December 1940--he killed McCain in the industries building.
The movie also implies that Young died on Alcatraz in 1942, evidently committing suicide after scrawling the word "victory" on the wall or floor of his cell. This is not true, either. Young remained at Alcatraz until 1948, when he was transferred to the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners at Springfield, Missouri. When his Federal sentence expired in 1954, he was turned over to the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla to begin a life sentence for an earlier murder conviction. In 1972, he was released from Washington State Penitentiary, but he jumped parole and, according to Washington State authorities, his whereabouts are unknown. Far from committing suicide 53 years ago, therefore, Young might still be alive.
Many of the depictions of Alcatraz and its staff are completely inaccurate. Murder in the First portrays the warden as managing three prisons simultaneously: USP Alcatraz, and the California State prisons at Folsom and San Quentin. The movie further states that the warden visited Alcatraz only 24 times over a 3-year period. In fact, no one has been warden of a Federal prison and a State prison simultaneously.
James A. Johnston, the actual warden at Alcatraz and one of the most respected prison administrators of his generation, was warden at Folsom in 1912 and San Quentin from 1913 to 1924; he did not become warden at Alcatraz until 1934, and served in that position full-time. He lived right on the island, in a house just a few yards from the front door of the cellhouse.
Nor is there any validity to claims that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover selected Johnston to be warden at Alcatraz, that Hoover and the Alcatraz management intimidated prospective witnesses in Young's trial, that inmates were being driven insane at Alcatraz, and that 32 were removed from the island in straitjackets during a period of only a few years leading up to Young's trial. Equally groundless and unfair is the depiction of officers at Alcatraz as sadistic brutes. The evil prison officer is one of the oldest and least imaginative movie cliches, and one of the most misleading.
I am firmly convinced that the jury which tried Henri Young for murder of another inmate in the Alcatraz Penitentiary has been misled about conditions at the prison. It has been impressed by tactics which sought to free Young through disparaging and attacking a public institution performing humanely and intelligently a most difficult task of protecting the public from hardened and unregenerate criminals. Young has been described by former United States Attorney Simpson and Federal Judge Stanley Webster of Spokane, Washington, as "the worst and most dangerous criminal with whom they ever dealt" and as "one who would not hesitate to kill anybody who crossed his path." He has been permitted to go virtually unpunished on the basis of inferences and innuendoes made by inmates whose criminal records and life histories show them to be wholly unreliable and who were able to commit deliberate perjury with impunity since they could not be reached by any effective legal process. From such information as I have about the trial, it is apparent that the Jury had before it no first-hand information or reliable evidence as to the policies or methods followed in the management of the most difficult and desperate group of prisoners ever assembled.
Alcatraz is now and always has been open to inspection and investigation by any qualified or properly commissioned person or groups. It has been inspected by Judges, Congressmen, penologists and qualified private citizens and has been approved as a modern and intelligent method of protecting the public from those desperate criminals who have proved themselves to be wholly intractable.
The institution, for instance, was recently inspected by experts of the Osborne Association of New York, a private philanthropic organization devoted primarily to the investigation of prisons, and was pronounced by them as well managed and operated and as using no improper system of discipline. Members of the Appropriations Committee of Congress in the course of their examination of our estimates also recently inspected the institution and made no criticism of its methods or operations.
I have visited Alcatraz frequently as have various members of our staff and know personally most of the inmates, including Young. As a matter of fact, I have on several occasions personally interviewed Young and done everything possible to obtain his cooperation. I have never found or had called to my attention any authentic case of brutality or inhumanity at Alcatraz.
Corporal punishment is prohibited in all the Federal penal institutions including Alcatraz. We stand on our record as the most modern and humane penal system in the world. I have every confidence in Warden Johnston. He is a just, humane, and intelligent prison warden capably performing the most difficult job any warden was ever asked to assume. The entire institutional staff has consistently displayed their courage, patience, and devotion to the public service. They deserve the support of every fair-minded citizen whose homes and safety they have helped to protect.
The statements made by the prisoners so far called to my attention have already been carefully investigated by the Department [of Justice] and found to be wholly unfounded. When, however, a transcript of the testimony has been received, it will be carefully gone over as in every other case, and if any evidence or facts are found showing brutal or inhuman treatment, vigorous corrective measures will be taken
A Brief History of Alcatraz
Before the Prison
The name Alcatraz is derived from the Spanish "Alcatraces." In 1775, the Spanish explorer Juan Manuel de Ayala was the first to sail into what is now known as San Francisco Bay - his expedition mapped the bay and named one of the three islands Alcatraces. Over time, the name was Anglicized to Alcatraz. While the exact meaning is still debated, Alcatraz is usually defined as meaning "pelican" or "strange bird."
In 1850, a presidential order set aside the island for possible use as a United States military reservation. The California Gold Rush, the resulting boom in the growth of San Francisco, and the need to protect San Francisco Bay led the U.S. Army to build a Citadel, or fortress, at the top of the island in the early 1850s. The Army also made plans to install more than 100 cannons on the island, making Alcatraz the most heavily fortified military site on the West Coast. Together with Fort Point and Lime Point, Alcatraz formed a "triangle of defense" designed to protect the entrance to the bay. The island was also the site of the first operational lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States.
By the late 1850s, the first military prisoners were being housed on the island. While the defensive necessity of Alcatraz diminished over time (the island never fired its guns in battle), its role as a prison would continue for more than 100 years. In 1909, the Army tore down the Citadel, leaving its basement level to serve as the foundation for a new military prison. From 1909 through 1911, the military prisoners on Alcatraz built the new prison, which was designated the Pacific Branch, U.S. Disciplinary Barracks for the U.S. Army. It was this prison building that later became famous as "The Rock."
The Rock
The U.S. Army used the island for more than 80 years--from 1850 until 1933, when the island was transferred to the U.S. Department of Justice for use by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Federal Government had decided to open a maximum-security, minimum-privilege penitentiary to deal with the most incorrigible inmates in Federal prisons, and to show the law-abiding public that the Federal Government was serious about stopping the rampant crime of the 1920s and 1930s.
USP Alcatraz was not the "America's Devil's Island" that many books and movies portray. The average population was only about 260-275 (the prison never once reached its capacity of 336 - at any given time, Alcatraz held less than 1 percent of the total Federal prison population). Many prisoners actually considered the living conditions (for instance, always one man to a cell) at Alcatraz to be better than other Federal prisons, and several inmates actually requested a transfer to Alcatraz.
The island's most famous prisoner was probably Robert Stroud, the so-called "Birdman of Alcatraz." In reality, Stroud never had any birds at Alcatraz, nor was he the grandfatherly person portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the well-known movie. In 1909, Stroud was convicted of manslaughter; while serving his prison sentence at the U.S. Penitentiary (USP), McNeil Island, Washington, he viciously attacked another inmate. This resulted in his transfer to USP Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1916, he murdered a Leavenworth guard, was convicted of first-degree murder, and received a death sentence. His mother pleaded for his life, and in 1920, President Woodrow Wilson commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment.
It was Stroud's violent behavior that earned him time in segregation. During his 30 years at Leavenworth, he developed his interest in birds and eventually wrote two books about canaries and their diseases. Initially, prison officials allowed Stroud's bird studies because it was seen as a constructive use of his time. However, contraband items were often found hidden in the bird cages, and prison officials discovered that equipment Stroud had requested for his "scientific" studies had actually been used to construct a still for "home-brew." Stroud was transferred to Alcatraz in 1942, where he spent the next 17 years (6 years in segregation in "D Block" and 11 years in the prison hospital). In 1959, he was transferred to the Medical Center for Federal prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, where he died on November 21, 1963.
Prison Life
While several well-known criminals, such as Al Capone, George "Machine-Gun" Kelly, Alvin Karpis (the first "Public Enemy #1"), and Arthur "Doc" Barker, did time on Alcatraz, most of the 1,576 prisoners incarcerated there were not well-known gangsters, but prisoners who refused to conform to the rules and regulations at other Federal institutions, who were considered violent and dangerous, or who were considered escape risks. Alcatraz served as the prison system's prison - if a man did not behave at another institution, he could be sent to Alcatraz, where the highly structured, monotonous daily routine was designed to teach an inmate to follow rules and regulations.
At Alcatraz, a prisoner had four rights: food, clothing, shelter, and medical care. Everything else was a privilege that had to be earned. Some privileges a prisoner could earn included working, corresponding with and having visits from family members, access to the prison library, and recreational activities such as painting and music. Once prison officials felt a man no longer posed a threat and could follow the rules (usually after an average of five years on Alcatraz), he could then be transferred back to another Federal prison to finish his sentence and be released.
Escape Attempts
There were, however, prisoners who decided not to wait for a transfer to another prison. Over the 29 years (1934-1963) that the Federal prison operated, 36 men (including two who tried to escape twice) were involved in 14 separate escape attempts. Of these, 23 were caught, 6 were shot and killed during their escape, and 2 drowned. Two of the men who were caught were later executed in the gas chamber at the California State Prison at San Quentin for their role in the death of a correctional officer during the famous May 2-4, 1946, "Battle of Alcatraz" escape attempt.
Whether or not anyone succeeded in escaping from Alcatraz depends on the definition of "successful escape." Is it getting out of the cellhouse, reaching the water, making it to land, or reaching land and not getting caught? Officially, no one ever succeeded in escaping from Alcatraz, although to this day there are five prisoners listed as "missing and presumed drowned."
Following are summaries of the 14 escape attempts:
April 27, 1936 - While working his job burning trash at the incinerator, Joe Bowers began climbing up and over the chain link fence at the island's edge. After refusing orders to climb back down, Bowers was shot by a correctional officer stationed in the West road guard tower, then fell about 50-100 feet to the shore below. He died from his injuries.
December 16, 1937 - While working in the mat shop in the model industries building, Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe had, over a period of time, filed their way through the flat iron bars on a window. After climbing through the window, they made their way down to the water's edge and disappeared into San Francisco Bay. This attempt occurred during a bad storm and the Bay's currents were especially fast and strong - most people believe Roe and Cole were swept out to sea. Officially, they are listed missing and presumed dead.
May 23, 1938 - While at work in the woodworking shop in the model industries building, James Limerick, Jimmy Lucas, and Rufus Franklin attacked unarmed correctional officer Royal Cline with a hammer (Cline died from his injuries). The three then climbed to the roof in an attempt to disarm the correctional officer in the roof tower. The officer, Harold Stites, shot Limerick and Franklin. Limerick died from his injuries. Lucas and Franklin received life sentences for Cline's murder.
January 13, 1939 - Arthur "Doc" Barker, Dale Stamphill, William Martin, Henry Young, and Rufus McCain escaped from the isolation unit in the cellhouse by sawing through the flat iron cell bars and bending tool-proof bars on a window. They then made their way down to the water's edge. Correctional officers found the men at the shoreline on the west side of the island. Martin, Young, and McCain surrendered, while Barker and Stamphill were shot when they refused to surrender. Barker died from his injuries.
May 21, 1941 - Joe Cretzer, Sam Shockley, Arnold Kyle, and Lloyd Barkdoll took several correctional officers hostage while working in the industries area. The officers, including Paul Madigan (who later became Alcatraz's third warden), were able to convince the four that they could not escape and they surrendered.
September 15, 1941 - While on garbage detail, John Bayless attempted to escape. He gave up shortly after entering the cold water of San Francisco Bay. Later, while appearing in Federal court in San Francisco, Bayless tried, again unsuccessfully, to escape from the courtroom.
April 14, 1943 - James Boarman, Harold Brest, Floyd Hamilton, and Fred Hunter took two officers hostage while at work in the industries area. The four climbed out a window and made their way down to the water's edge. One of the hostages was able to alert other officers to the escape and shots were fired at Boarman, Brest, and Hamilton, who were swimming away from the island. Hunter and Brest were both apprehended. Boarman was hit by gunfire and sank below the water before officers were able to reach him; his body was never recovered. Hamilton was initially presumed drowned. However, after hiding out for two days in a small shoreline cave, Hamilton made his way back up to the industries area, where he was discovered by correctional officers.
August 7, 1943 - Huron "Ted" Walters disappeared from the prison laundry building. He was caught at the shoreline, before he could even attempt to enter San Francisco Bay.
July 31, 1945 - In one of the most ingenious attempts, John Giles was able to take advantage of his job working at the loading dock, where he unloaded army laundry sent to the island to be cleaned - over time, he stole an entire army uniform. Dressed in the uniform, Giles calmly walked aboard an army launch to what he thought was freedom. He was discovered missing almost immediately. Unfortunately for Giles, the launch was headed for Angel Island, not San Francisco as Giles hoped. As Giles set foot on Angel Island, he was met by correctional officers who returned him to Alcatraz.
May 2-4, 1946 - During this incident, known as the "Battle of Alcatraz" and the "Alcatraz Blastout," six prisoners were able to overpower cellhouse officers and gain access to weapons and cellhouse keys, in effect taking control of the cellhouse. Their plan began to fall apart when the inmates found they did not have the key to unlock the recreation yard door. Shortly thereafter, prison officials discovered the escape attempt. Instead of giving up, Bernard Coy, Joe Cretzer, Marvin Hubbard, Sam Shockley, Miran Thompson, and Clarence Carnes decided to fight. Eventually Shockley, Thompson, and Carnes returned to their cells, but not before the officers taken hostage were shot at point-blank range by Cretzer (encouraged by Shockley and Thompson). One officer, William Miller, died from his injuries. A second officer, Harold Stites (who stopped the third escape attempt), was shot and killed attempting to regain control of the cellhouse. About 18 officers were injured during the escape attempt. The U.S. Marines were eventually called out to assist, and on May 4, the escape attempt ended with the discovery of the bodies of Coy, Cretzer, and Hubbard. Shockley, Thompson, and Carnes stood trial for the death of the officers; Shockley and Thompson received the death penalty and were executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin in December 1948. Carnes, age 19, received a second life sentence.
July 23, 1956 - Floyd Wilson disappeared from his job at the dock. After hiding for several hours among large rocks along the shoreline, he was discovered and surrendered.
September 29, 1958 - While working on the garbage detail, Aaron Burgett and Clyde Johnson overpowered a correctional officer and attempted to swim from the island. Johnson was caught in the water, but Burgett disappeared. An intensive search turned up nothing. Burgett's body was found floating in the Bay two weeks later.
June 11, 1962 - Made famous by Clint Eastwood in the movie Escape from Alcatraz, Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin vanished from their cells and were never seen again. A fourth man, Allen West, believed by some people to have been the mastermind, was also involved; however, he was still in his cell the next morning when the escape was discovered. An investigation revealed an intricate escape plot that involved homemade drills to enlarge vent holes, false wall segments, and realistic dummy heads (complete with human hair) placed in the beds so the inmates would not be missed during nighttime counts. The three men exited through vent holes located in the rear wall of their cell - they had enlarged the vent holes and made false vent/wall segments to conceal their work. Behind the rear wall of the cells is a utility corridor that had locked steel doors at either end. The three men climbed the utility pipes to the top of the cellblock, and gained access to the roof through an air vent (the men had previously bent the iron bars that blocked the air vent). They then climbed down a drainpipe on the northern end of the cellhouse and made their way to the water. It is believed they left from the northeast side of the island near the powerhouse/quartermaster building. They used prison-issued raincoats to make crude life vests and a pontoon-type raft to assist in their swim. A cellhouse search turned up the drills, heads, wall segments, and other tools, while the water search found two life vests (one in the bay, the other outside the Golden Gate), oars, and letters and photographs belonging to the Anglins that had been carefully wrapped to be watertight. But no sign of the men was found. Several weeks later, a man's body dressed in blue clothing similar to the prison uniform was found a short distance up the coast from San Francisco, but the body was too badly deteriorated to be identified. Morris and the Anglins are officially listed as missing and presumed drowned.
December 16, 1962 - John Paul Scott and Darl Parker bent the bars of a kitchen window in the cellhouse basement, climbed out, and made their way down to the water. Parker was discovered on a small outcropping of rock a short distance from the island. Scott attempted to swim towards San Francisco, but the currents began pulling him out to sea. He was found by several teenagers on the rocks near Fort Point (beneath the Golden Gate Bridge) and was taken to the military hospital at the Presidio Army base suffering from shock and hypothermia, before being returned to Alcatraz.
One of the many myths about Alcatraz is that it was impossible to survive a swim from the island to the mainland because of sharks. In fact, there are no "man-eating" sharks in San Francisco Bay, only small bottom-feeding sharks. The main obstacles were the cold temperature (averaging 50-55 degrees Fahrenheit), the strong currents, and the distance to shore (at least 1-1/4 miles). Prior to the Federal institution opening in 1934, a teenage girl swam to the island to prove it was possible. Fitness guru Jack LaLanne once swam to the island pulling a rowboat, and several years ago, two 10-year-old children also made the swim.
If a person is well-trained and -conditioned, it is possible to survive the cold waters and fast currents. However, for prisoners - who had no control over their diet, no weightlifting or physical training (other than situps and pushups), and no knowledge of high and low tides - the odds for success were slim.
Alcatraz Closes
On March 21, 1963, USP Alcatraz closed after 29 years of operation. It did not close because of the disappearance of Morris and the Anglins (the decision to close the prison was made long before the three disappeared), but because the institution was too expensive to continue operating. An estimated $3-5 million was needed just for restoration and maintenance work to keep the prison open. That figure did not include daily operating costs - Alcatraz was nearly three times more expensive to operate than any other Federal prison (in 1959 the daily per capita cost at Alcatraz was $10.10 compared with $3.00 at USP Atlanta). The major expense was caused by the physical isolation of the island - the exact reason islands have been used as prisons throughout history. This isolation meant that everything (food, supplies, water, fuel...) had to be brought to Alcatraz by boat. For example, the island had no source of fresh water, so nearly one million gallons of water had to be barged to the island each week. The Federal Government found that it was more cost-effective to build a new institution than to keep Alcatraz open.
After the Prison
After the prison closed, Alcatraz was basically abandoned. Many ideas were proposed for the island, including a monument to the United Nations, a West Coast version of the Statue of Liberty, and a shopping center/hotel complex. In 1969, the island again made news when a group of Native American Indians claimed Alcatraz as Indian land with the hope of creating a Native American cultural center and education complex on the island. The "Indians of All Tribes" used their act of civil disobedience to illustrate the troubles faced by Native Americans. Initially, public support for the Native Americans' cause was strong, and thousands of people (general public, schoolchildren, celebrities, hippies, Vietnam war protesters, Hells Angels...) came to the island over the next 18 months. Unfortunately, the small Native American leadership group could not control the situation and much damage occurred (graffiti, vandalism, and a fire that destroyed the lighthouse keeper's home, the Warden's home, and the Officers' Club). In June 1971, Federal Marshals removed the remaining Native Americans from the island.
In 1972, Congress created the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and Alcatraz Island was included as part of the new National Park Service unit. The island opened to the public in the fall of 1973 and has become one of the most popular Park Service sites - more than one million visitors from around the world visit the island each year.
Murder in the First
Murder in the First is a 1995 film, directed by Marc Rocco, about a petty criminal named Henri Young (played by Kevin Bacon) who is put on trial for murder in the first degree.
As a 17-year old orphan, Henri Young stole $5.00 from a grocery store/U.S. Post Office to feed himself and his little sister, both of whom are destitute. He is apprehended by the store clerk, and his sister is sent to an orphanage. Although Henri's goal was only to steal $5.00 from the store, it doubled as a US Post Office and he was convicted of robbing a post office, which was a federal offence. Henri never sees his sister again and is sentenced to Leavenworth prison. Young is later transferred to Alcatraz where he participates in a scheme to escape. The plot fails due to the betrayal of a fellow inmate, Rufus McCain, and Young is sent to solitary confinement, where he is left for three years (except 30 minutes at Christmas). During this extraordinary period in solitary confinement (typical confinement lasts no more than 19 days), Young slowly begins to lose his mind. Upon being released from solitary confinement, Henri experiences a psychotic episode in the cafeteria and attacks McCain, who is still in general population, stabbing him to death with a spoon in full view of the prison staff and convict population.
Henri is put on trial for the murder in the first degree, in what is assumed to be an open-and-shut case by both the prosecution and the public defender's office. James Stamphill, a recent law school graduate, is given the case. After discovering the facts behind Henri's case, the young lawyer attempts to put Alcatraz on trial, alleging that the conditions in Alcatraz caused Henry to commit the murder. In a highly politicized and contentious trial, Henri is convicted only of the lesser offense of involuntary manslaughter, but later dies after returning to Alcatraz to serve his sentence. After the events of the film, Milton Glenn, the associate warden in charge of day to day activities of Alcatraz, is convicted of mistreatment and is banned from working in the penal system.
Production notes
The producers wanted authenticity so Bacon, Slater and Oldman spent some of their free time locked in jail cells while the movie was being filmed. Kevin Bacon even lost twenty pounds for his role as the Alcatraz inmate.
Filming during one of the courtroom scenes was interrupted by the 1994 Northridge Earthquake.
Historial accuracy
The movie ends with the fictional Henri Young being returned to the dungeons of Alcatraz in the early 1940s where he dies. In reality these areas were already closed by then.
Neither was the real Henri Young convicted of stealing $5 to save his sister from destitution. He had been a bank robber who had taken a hostage on at least one occasion and committed murder in 1933. Before being incarcerated at Alcatraz in 1936, Young had already served time in State prisons in Montana and Washington entering Federal correctional facilities for the first time in 1935 at the U.S. Penitentiary on McNeil Island, Washington.
He remained at Alcatraz for 12 years before being transferred to the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners at Springfield, Missouri in 1948. When his Federal sentence expired in 1954 he went to Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla to begin a life sentence for his earlier murder conviction.
In 1972 Young was released from Washington State Penitentiary but he jumped parole. According to Washington State authorities his whereabouts are unknown. Young therefore might still be alive.
Kevin Bacon - Henri Young
Christian Slater - James Stamphill
Gary Oldman - Milton Glenn
Embeth Davidtz - Mary McCasslin
William H. Macy - D.A. William McNeil
Stephen Tobolowsky - Mr. Henkin
Brad Dourif - Byron Stamphill
R. Lee Ermey - Judge Clawson
Mia Kirshner - Adult Rosetta Young
Ben Slack - Jerry Hoolihan
Stefan Gierasch - Warden James Humson
Kyra Sedgwick - Blanche, Hooker
Alex Bookston - Arthur "Doc" Barker
See also
Land of the Free
The Ethics of Capital Punishment
The pink mile: women on death row
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It's getting to the point where having another spray gun would be useful – one for paint, one for lacquer. Another Fuji XT gun would be nice, but jeez, they are expensive. Has anyone got a lower priced HVLP gun for use with a turbine (NOT A HVLP CONVERSION GUN, thank you) with the 3/4" fitting that they could recommend?


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There are four cameras constantly watching this South Austin home and Jeremy Shirk can see them any time, even on his phone.
"It's well worth it, for the peace of mind," said Jeremy.
He's feeling a lot better than when we last spoke to him at the end of May.
Jeremy said, "He's lucky the cops got him before we did."
You're looking at surveillance video Jeremy shared with FOX 7. The suspect comes equipped with a backpack and flashlight. He even takes the time to scope out the trunk before taking off with a pair of boxing gloves.
Detective Wendell Stevens, with the Austin Police Department, said, "This was a great example of teamwork between the victims, their cooperation with us, the patrol officers in the police department and the media."
"We got the Crime Stoppers tip, which gave us a name, pointed us in the right direction," Stevens said. "About a month later, a patrol officer, on a completely unrelated case...a witness came forward with some information about the burglary."
Jeremy said, "As far as the video, your coverage, FOX 7's coverage, and the Austin Police Department's uncanny ability to solve crimes, it just amazed me."
"I wish every case I had could work out that way," added Stevens. "I wish they could all be like this."
Richard Hargis is charged with burglary of a vehicle, a state jail felony, because of prior similar crimes on his record.
"The main goal for me is getting the property back to the owners, I've been a victim myself," said Stevens.
Jeremy said, "I had no idea I'd see these things ever again, ever."
"The first thing that these crooks are gonna do is they're gonna walk up and look in your car and if they see something in there that they think they wanna steal, they're gonna try the door handle and go in and if it's something they really want, they're gonna smash window and go in," added Stevens.
Jeremy says they still leave their doors unlocked, so they don't have to keep paying for window repairs, but no longer leave anything inside their vehicles.
Detective Stevens says it's important to have a home security system. If you choose to add surveillance cameras, it's also important to have them well lighted.
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Hello Ladies,
Have you taken or know of Nutritional Yeasts & Brewers Yeasts flakes?
Which one is better? Which one has more minerals, nutrients,etc.?
What are the benefits?
Can you please help me out with your opinions. I am trying to find different ways to remineralize my teeth, to avoid the Dentist...
A non GMO one would be nice.
Thank you
I think it's only the nutritional yeast you want. Brewers yeast is for making beer. I dont have a brand recommendation because I have alwasy purchased from the bulk section of the store. You can also put it on your pet's food and it's sold as a pet supplement too.
Thank you
I've read that you want a primary grown yeast that is unfortified (with no synthetic vitamins added) and de-bittered.
I use the Nutritional Yeast flakes on my popcorn, it tastes good and it's high in B vitamins. I have never tasted brewers yeast but have taken the tablets before. I thought they were both kind of the same thing really..
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What kind of incident? … Oh. My. God.
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Core courses: done
After a rather quick ten months the EMBA core courses are all but done – only a couple of individual assignments left. Some of us will be moving swiftly into the Capital Markets and Financing block week, some will be going on the South Africa International Assignment and others will chill until September. Good stuff.
I was advised when I started writing the blog that I should try to make lists, that bullet points make posts readable and appreciated. So I thought I'd summarise some key personal learnings from the core experience:
- From reading all (well, sometimes not all) those cases across several modules it appears that common sense is not that common in business. I'll be careful when making decisions not to hold my opinion too highly and to question my assumptions.
- It seems that more than half of the value of the EMBA journey is to be found in figuring out exactly what it is you want to do. Over the course of the last ten months, time became a constrained resource and paths became easier as I intuitively preferred to do some things over others. Being very busy can, temporarily, be a good thing.
- My partner will be doing the full time MBA starting in four weeks. They've already had a bunch of networking events. Over the last ten months I've made some good friends and forged key connections for the future. Someone pointed out yesterday that I haven't done enough networking. Big 'to do' for 2014/15.
- I've read some articles questioning the value of the EMBA. I think this is very hard to assess objectively. Empirically, I have made a couple of moves at my current job that wouldn't have happened without it and I got interviewed by a company that wouldn't have paid attention to me before I had the MBA stamp on my CV. I believe it is worth it now and value will increase as I go along my career.
- Horses for courses. I just love that phrase. No literal translation to Spanish. Probably hard to tailor the core courses to everyone's development wishes and I certainly found some content repetitive from my previous education. Same with the faculty, hard (but not impossible) to find unanimous opinions. I think it is key to segment quality of content from quality of delivery though. Hard to tick both boxes all the time (but not impossible).
Looking forward to the electives…
Businesses in Britain and across the world are only just beginning to touch on the impact technology is having on operations, routes to market, and how leaders behave. This year's Global Leadership Summit focused on "Generation Tech"; a broad and deep subject matter that touched upon the multi-faceted way technology is impacting businesses, societies and individuals.
One of the key takeaways I got was that business needs to be agile in adopting the latest shifts in technology in order to be more responsive to consumers. Technology can often be seen as a disruptor to the established order of things and this can breed a resistance to change. Companies that fail to change are doomed to failure. Paraphrasing LBS Professor Gary Hamel, "CEOs who are personally resistant to change fail their employees, shareholders and customers".
Therefore, it is imperative that companies from various sectors be agile in adopting the shifting sands of technology. This does not mean a "technology first" approach but rather using technological gains as part of a business leader's toolkit. As Royston Seaward, Partner at Deloitte said, "organisations think too much about their product and not enough about how their customers want to use that product". So beware: don't put the cart before the horse!
Business leaders who are in service industries are only now waking up to the immense power big data and the analysis that comes from that can be used in providing personalised services for their customers. Those who are at the vanguard of this create a competitive advantage for their businesses. What it takes is for the combination of available technology and old-fashioned intuition and risk-taking.
The businesses that will be successful in the future are those who are agile enough to see where the power rests in their sectors and then utilising the right "toolkit" to take advantage of this. Professor Julian Birkinshaw was particularly persuasive in identifying the changes in the computing and car manufacturing sectors over the last few decades and how easily it can be for today's established companies to be tomorrow's minnows. Business leaders need to take a macro view of their sector and identify where the particular points are in the value chain that control the most power: influence, bargaining etc, and how they can bring the resources at their disposable to take advantage of these areas.
The final point I want to bring up is the impact GenY will have on businesses. This generation is the first that has been brought up with emerging technology and a globalised marketplace where the tyranny of distance has been defeated by the ease of the internet. GenY employees (and future leaders) are more flexible and place greater emphasis on corporate missions than Baby Boomers or GenX. The challenge for GenY is how to take this inherent risk-tolerance and combine it with the steely resolve needed to be successful business leaders. The future of business will be 'mission-first' with a greater emphasis on their purpose and product generation than quarterly results. This means how we picture business leaders will need to shift: if you are an existing business leader you must recognise than a GenY rival is more prepared to use (social) media to promote their mission and to quickly build up brand awareness. So don't be complacent!
London Business School's Global Leadership Summit was an outstanding success and demonstrates the power of having in one room academic, business and social leaders bouncing around ideas and views with each other. Businesses are facing increasing strains from diverging social, technological and demographic trends so this year's summit was particularly important to creating the right framework to approach "Generation Tech". I am certain that next year's summit will be just as interesting as this one!
A sense of community
It seems hard to believe, but the September EMBA has now transitioned into the final term of the first year. I was really eager to get back to school after the break and the Corporate Finance 2 and Operations Management modules look like they are going to be very interesting. The Social Committee guys, who go out of their way to organise events, send a newsletter before every weekend and in it the EMBAs can find the "quote of the week". I am not one for quotes, but I will remember the "who to be impressed by" rule of thumb provided by the Finance professor: "[In Central London] don't be impressed by the person who has a Ferrari, be impressed by the person who lives above the ground and has more than one loo".
Over the first two terms I went through a bit of a hard time – a lot going on at work, pressure on the EMBA, ill health, etc. – which coloured most of my interactions with classmates and some of my impressions around day-to-day life as well. Fortunately, I'm doing a bit better now so I'm trying to be more perceptive of a number of positive things going on around me – a surprisingly easy task once you keep your 'eyes' open and I wanted to share some examples here:
- Due to the ill health portion of the mood darkening events I could not attend the much expected Moscow trip. Bummer! During this first weekend back, the EMBA crowd that went to Moscow approached me to have a chat, they made a little circle and gave me a gift – an ushanka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushanka) . I'm not the kind of person that would cry, but I was really touched by their kindness.
- During the first term I applied for the LBS Mentoring Scheme and I was lucky enough to be paired with an alumnus. My advice for next year's applicants: don't over-spec your request – the perfect match in terms of all of your requirements may not exist. My mentor has been very generous with this time and has been a great sounding board for me to discuss some difficult events in my professional life. He just brings a totally different perspective for me.
- As I carry on with deciding what to next in my professional life many of my classmates have offered advice during our days at LBS, have introduced me to other people that I could ask questions to and have met with me after work to answer some of my questions.
- Even between strangers I have seen surprising things recently. A neighbour found a lost key chain in the street and posted a note in a tree nearby offering to return them. A pharmacist offered advice to a customer on how to reduce the overall cost of her prescriptions. A young lady helped an aging man cross the street.
- Etcetera, etcetera.
I tried to think what all these elements have in common as it is very comforting to 'find' unity in disjointed events. I believe it could be argued that the common thread is a sense of community that I normally overlook and will try to notice a bit more.
This summer a new conference will be gracing our diaries, The Global Sports Symposium. The Global Sports Symposium, which is being presented by the same team behind the US-based Ivy Sports Symposium (Sports Symposium, Inc.), this student-run event, will bring together the leading decision-makers of the industry for a day of networking, discourse and learning. The organization is excited to be expanding internationally by hosting the first GSS in partnership with Arsenal FC and Emirates Stadium.
This year not only is it the first event outside the US, but there is a dedicated Career Workshop, We have partnered with GlobalSportsJobs on the Careers Workshop, "Supercharge Your Career in Sports – Powered by GlobalSportsJobs". Where you can learn from those who have made it in the industry.
There are over 30 speakers, 6 panels and 2 workshops. To name just a few of the confirmed speakers we have:
- Mark Lamping (Jacksonville Jaguars, President)
- Michael Cunnah (iSportConnect, Executive)
- Tom Fox (Arsenal FC, Chief Commercial Officer)
- Charles Baker (DLA Piper, Partner)
- Abeed Janmohamed (RadiumOne, Commercial Director Europe)
- Jim O'Toole (London Irish Rugby Club, Commercial Director)
- Paul Bell (Leeds United, Commercial Director)
- Jeff Bennet (Raptor Sports Properties, LLC, Chief Executive Officer)
- Lucien Boyer (Havas SE, President and Global CEO)
- Matt Rogan (Two Circles, Managing Director)
- Russell Stopford (Perform, Director of Product Development)
- Adam Paker (Commonwealth Games England (CGE), Chief Executive)
- Ameesh Manek (England Basketball, Director)
- Glenn Lovett (Repucom, Senior Management)
- Phil Carling (Octagon (UK), Head of Football)
- Bob Reeves (Rugby Football Union, President)
The Sports Symposium has traditionally welcomed student attendees from over 60 colleges and universities and professional delegates from a wide range of companies. Its intimate setting combined with engaging content and dynamic speakers have made it a "must attend" event every year; we are certain that the same successes will be met during our first global conference.
How will you benefit from attending whilst studying?
- There is a very generous student discount!
- You will gain a unrivalled knowledge of the sports business industry
- Network opportunities! Meet your idols in the sports business industry
- A Career workshop "Supercharge Your Career in Sports – Powered by GlobalSportsJobs" – A chance to talk directly with and have your questions answered by young professionals across a breadth of industries within sport.
- Free goodies- Including breakfast and lunch!
The Sports Symposium is dedicated to helping students and those new to the sports business industry, by providing opportunities to network with top level executives, creating career workshops and offer industry insights.The symposium promises to bring a 360 degree view of the Sports Business world, with talks and panels representing all aspects of the business. However, it comes with a nice twist as it's aimed at both seasoned professionals and those who want to enter the business.
"Throughout the planning process the student-run team has received positive feedback from the industry leaders it has reached out to. We believe this is a testament to the US-based Ivy Sports Symposium that has attracted top industry names over the course of its eight-year history. We are expecting similar successes for this first event in the UK and continue to get excited as we move forward with our planning."
– Harriet Thayer, 2014 Global Sports Symposium Co-Chair
The 1st annual Global Sports Symposium ("GSS") takes place on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at Emirates Stadium in London. The registration page can be accessed from our site: http://www.sportssymposium.org or here.
We hope that you share our enthusiasm for the 2014 Global Sports Symposium and that you will be able to join us and help spread the word. If you need an extra push to take the leap and attend these events read: 10 Reasons Why Uni Students Should Attend Conferences.
Follow us on Twitter @SportsSymposium and our dedicated hash tag #GSS2014, to keep up to date with The Global Sports Symposium.
MiM Spring Activities in London
With Spring (and occasionally, sunny weather) finally upon us in London, here's a list of some warm weather activities for current and future MiMs to enjoy throughout London:
1) Brick Lane Market
Brick Lane Market is basically a giant flea market near the heart of Shoreditch High Street. With tons of stalls and warehouses selling antiques, vintage clothes, and all sorts of accessories, it's a great place for some unique finds. They've also got an amazing food hall with pretty much every type of lunchtime snack you could think of!
2) The Color Run London
This year, a large group of MiMs will be participating in London's Color Run! The Color Run is "a five-kilometre, un-timed race in which thousands of participants are doused from head to toe in different colors at each kilometre. The fun continues at the finish line with a gigantic "Color Festival," using more colored powder to create happiness and lasting memories, not to mention millions of vivid color combinations." This year, the Color Run will take place the first weekend of June at Wembley Park!
3) Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Right next to our own London Business School Campus, the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park is the only professional, outdoor theatre in Britain. And it offers a range of events and performances starting from May through to September. This year's productions include To Kill a Mockingbird, Twelfth Night, and more. This year, students can also grab discounted tickets for preview performances!
Tickets for the 12th Annual Middle East Conference are now on sale:
The London Business School Middle East Club is delighted to invite you to the 12th annual Middle East Conference.
The theme of the 2014 Middle East Conference is "Bridging the Gap". We would like to offer you an unparalleled opportunity to engage with the region's leading CEO's, entrepreneurs, financiers, innovators and leaders through five keynote speeches and a panel session on the future of Islamic Finance held by professionals from J.P. Morgan, Strategy& (Formerly known as Booz & Company), Cobalt Underwriting and King & Spalding, which will be followed by a networking reception.
Keynote speakers:
- HRH Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, Former Saudi Ambassador to the United States and Founder of the King Faisal Foundation
- HE Riad T. Salamé, Governor of Banque du Liban
- Shaikha Al Bahar, Deputy Group CEO of National Bank of Kuwait
- Dr. Saad Al Barrak, Chairman of ILA Group and former CEO of Zain Group
- Joe Saddi, Managing Director at Strategy& (formerly Booz & Company)
The Conference will be held on Friday the 30th of May (1PM-8PM) at the Landmark Hotel in London. For queries, please contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Register for the Conference here:
First Week Of Final Term
The final term of our degree at London Business School is already here! The MIM's are back on the London Business School campus for the last time, with new study groups and some spectacular weather. It was really nice to see our classmates again and learn about where they had travelled to during the break.
We have just finished our first week of classes, owing to a Bank Holiday weekend for Easter. Our classes for this term include Strategic Analysis taught by Chris Coleridge, Entrepreneurial Management taught by Ben Hallen, Applied Microeconomics and Management Accounting. In particular, the Discovery Project assignment in our Entrepreneurial Management class is going to be one of the highlights of our term, as we will work in our study groups to present a 3-D physical prototype of our solutions to customer problems in a trade show. Various members of the schools network will attend this show to share their opinions about our solutions.
We also have several events and guest speaker series taking place this term. The Family Business Club has Alex Sharpe and Peter Leach speaking about the challenges and opportunities of working in a family business, whilst the Industry and Marketing Clubs have invited Laurent Philippe from Proctor and Gamble to give us insights about P&G's strategy to build winning brand equities.
Finally, the MIM's are also looking forward to the GIFTS Trips for the term, to Stockholm, Madrid and Paris. I'm really looking forward to going to Paris, as the focus on the trip is "customer experience" and we will be visiting the offices of Disneyland and Hermes. Overall, I have had an amazing experience and I couldn't have asked for a better way to finish my final term at London Business School!
Spring Break around the World
The spring break is about to end. In a few days holidays will be over and MiM's will once gain be back on campus for another term of hard work, group projects, networking, job searching, partying and great moments that we will remember forever.
The last two weeks of holidays reflect properly the multicultural and international environment of our community. I was impressed by the number of traveling, networking or volunteering treks that occurred during spring break or that will occur in the upcoming months. I saw pictures of MiM's taken in Poland, Bulgaria, Morocco, Cuba, South-east Asia and other places around the world during the Spring Break. This reflects the diversity of cultures in the program and also the desire of MiM's to get to know new places, cultures and perspectives. Definitely a good feature in an increasingly global world.
When reflecting on my experience as an LBS student, what I like the most is the possibility of getting to know people from literally all over the world. I guess that apart from the UN general assembly is hard to find a place as diverse and multicultural as our campus in London. The possibility of exploring cultural differences and learn from different perspectives and views in one place is an invaluable experience that justifies on itself spending one year at LBS, but we tend to value this only when we are far away from this environment. During my holidays in my home country I realized that I was always telling my friends about the conversations and enjoyable moments I had had with my fellow MiM's during last term. Unfortunately, our program will only last for two more months, but I am sure that the bounds created during this year in London will perdure and influence my future path and career. I know they have already influenced my views on the world.
Spring Break
My recap of term 2: Undertaking the MBA at London Business School
Spring Break!!!
It was a fast-paced term. It whizzed by before we even knew what was happening. From the first Corporate Partner Presentations in the second week of January down to the final core course exam on Sunday, March 23, it's been one roller-coaster of a ride. Without the hurling, of course.
There's a huge divide amongst the 2015 MBA student body, the haves and the have-nots. The haves, it seems, are walking with considerable swag, their heads held high, without a worry in the world. The have-nots are walking with swag (MBAs, after all!), their heads held level, with perhaps a sense of uncertainty about the future. I'm talking about… internships. Places in the highly coveted banking and consulting gigs are mostly (if not fully) taken. The 2014s, out of the abundance of experience, tell us not to worry. Their prevailing line seems to be summed up thus – 'Everyone who wants an internship will get something. It may not be what you wanted prior to coming to do the MBA, but it'll work out right in the end.' Fingers crossed!
The high point of this term for me was my very first career trek to the United Arab Emirates – organised by the Energy Club. Best trek ever!! (I know, hyperbole, considering I have no prior experiences to compare with). But it was! Why? 5 reasons. Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4…
- Excellent organisation (kudos to Bassam Frem & Marius van Straaten!!)
- Great group dynamics
- Free accommodation!!! (beat that, other LBS treks!!)
- We got to meet and discuss with leading companies and public sector institutions in different sectors of energy – Petrofac, GE, McKinsey & DEWA – to name a few. We learnt a lot about the current state and future of the industry in the Middle East
- Our hosts were very accommodating. In one case, we finished a company visit with a huge lunch, and started a second company visit with… wait for it… another huge lunch!
Sign me up next year!!!
Two awesome treks taking place during the spring break – the Japan trek, and the Morocco trek. Sadly, I am in neither place.
In conclusion, I was just reminded that school resumes in 2 weeks L. On the bright side, I have 2 free weeks J !!
Oil and Gas and Fondue in Geneva
Organising a trek and running it: One of the more rewarding experiences of my life.
I have always wanted to be in the commodities industry (where people source, transport and process large volumes of merchandise). This year I had the privilege of organising and attending the Commodities trek to Geneva, Switzerland.
At London Business School I had the great pleasure of joining the executive committee of the Commodities Club, which focused on an industry that I hardly had an opportunity to explore at the undergraduate level. I quickly realised that at LBS you can take on as much responsibility as you possibly want, and I decided – along with an MBA student – to head-up the annual trek for the Commodities Club which is the flagship event for the Club. The weeks of planning that followed were intense and took a great deal of work.
The trek itself was incredibly insightful we even managed to talk to the CEO of Louis Dreyfus Commodities, one of the leading agricultural trading companies in the world. Engaging with leading individuals in the commodity trading firms enabled us to better understand the challenges faced by these organisations in a way that can only be achieved through working at the firm, I took away a great deal from all of the meetings we had.
When we weren't in meetings with traders and executives we explored Geneva and also connected with the Swiss LBS Alumni Club in a sensational bar overlooking the lake in Geneva. Everyone on the trek really bonded as we attempted to master the bus system in Geneva and ran from one end of the city to the other trying to see all the sites.
Overall, the whole experience was incredibly rewarding; I made many good friends and learnt a lot from our company visits. I would recommend that every student gets involved in some form of club activities at their time here, especially MiMs since we have a limited amount of time on this amazing campus.