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|Game 12 Outlook: Kansas vs. WVU
|Scott Grayson
|I will be shocked if anyone on our panel here at WVi picks Kansas. WVU will win this game and win it big. The seniors will go out with a huge win in their final game and a pair of seniors, Geno Smith and Tavon Austin, will put up some big numbers in the win. The WVU defense can stop the run and that is Kansas' only real threat. Granted, Kansas has some very talented running backs, but I don't see them breaking free much at all in this game. WVU finishes the regular season with a 7-5 record.
Scott's Season Record: 7-4
|Geoff Coyle
|There will be 22 seniors walking off Mountaineer Field with a win on Saturday. WVU's defense is going up against an anemic passing offense, so KU's ground game will have to get the job done and it just won't be enough to keep up with an attack that finally looks like it could be back to form. Geno, Tavon and Stedman close out the season strong as Kansas loses its 11th straight contest.
Geoff's Season Record: 9-2
|Matt Allevato
|The only way WVU lets this become a game is if the Mountaineers don't play with the necessary effort and/or the defensive line is not able to stop KU's rushing attack of James Sims and Tony Pierson. Considering the effort has been good lately on WVU's part, even after two one-point losses to TCU and Oklahoma, and Shaq Rowell has led a defensive line that has arguably been one of the team's strongest units, I don't expect either of those issues to present itself against the lowly 1-10 Jayhawks. KU is still searching for its first win over an FBS opponent this year, and they're likely to finish their season in Morgantown with their 21st straight loss in league play, dating back to Nov. 6th, 2010 when they defeated Colorado. The last time KU defeated a current member of the Big 12 conference? Oct. 10th, 2009, when the Jayhawks took down Iowa State at Memorial Stadium in what turned out to be Mark Mangino's final victory as head coach. Expect Geno Smith and Tavon Austin to go off in their final game in Mountaineer Field while Stedman Bailey adds in a score or two for good measure in what could also be his final home game if he declares for the 2013 NFL Draft. The trio boasts a ton of Mountaineer records and they should add to their totals against the nation's 109th rated passing defense.
Matt's Season Record: 8-3
|Von Barclay
|Even when this team was in the middle of a five-game losing streak, everyone was pointing to Kansas as the game that should be won. That hasn't changed. The Mountaineers have played well against the run this year, and Kansas doesn't do much but run the ball. The seniors should go out with a win and send West Virginia into a bowl game with a winning streak.
Von's Season Record: 8-3
|Jess McCadam
|Behind, arguably, the most electrifying player in college football, Tavon Austin, and the incentive of spending Christmas in sunny San Diego, I say, simply, the Mountaineers send their Seniors off with a win in their last regular season game in Morgantown.
Jess' Season Record: 6-5
|Aaron Williams
|This one's pretty easy. If the Mountaineers show up for this game, they win. If Iowa State could put up 51 points on Kansas, WVU should be able to as well. Mountaineers win this one for the seniors (and Stedman Bailey).
Aaron's Season Record: 8-3
|Sean Manning
|This is the most sure I have been of my prediction since the Maryland game back in September. Kansas has one of the worst pass defenses in the nation and they are going up against three guys who will likely be playing their last games at Mountaineer Field in Geno Smith, Tavon Austin and (possibly) Stedman Bailey. The KU offense is built through their running game, which the WVU defense has been pretty good against in 2012. West Virginia wins this one big.
Sean's Season Record: 6-5
|Michael Ploger
|A 1-10 Kansas team against a 6-5 West Virginia squad doesn't seem like much of a contest. However, some things to be aware of: Kansas is attempting to avoid their worst season since 1988, when that team finished 1-10; Stedman Bailey needs just five receptions to be the second WVU receiver to go over 100; and of course, it's senior night in Morgantown. Which means there is as much of a reason to be in Morgantown for this game than any other one. The Mountaineers head into a bowl with a big win.
|Michael's Season Record: 7-4


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Spencer, IA (KICD)–Monday night's Spencer City Council meeting featured approval of a $6,000 donation to the American Legion Glen Pedersen Post No. 1 Flag Replacement Project.
Former Post Commander Bob Faulkender says this tops off their fundraising efforts.
Faulkender says they maintain 250 American flags and 50 state flags.
The council passed a number of items in relation to the paving portion of the 2014 Fairway Woods First addition project. The project calls for a 31 foot wide street that is 6 inches thick. The estimated cost is $245,000. Bids will be taken on February 3rd.


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10:40am Sunday 17th February 2013 in News
Two Pembrokeshire people are among 111 in Wales on a construction industry 'blacklist', despite not a single company on it being punished or any compensation being paid, according to the GMB.
The construction workers' union said less than 10% of those listed knew they are on the list and being "deprived of an honest living through these illegal tactics".
Pembroke and Kilgetty are among the 46 areas in Wales where it is known workers on the industry blacklist have either lived or worked.
The blacklist first came to light in 2009 when the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) seized a Consulting Association database of more than 3,000 construction workers.
This was used by 44 companies to vet new recruits and keep away from employment trade union and health and safety activists.
GMB has identified 200 union members and is working with them to get their files and seek compensation.
Paul Kenny, GMB General Secretary, said: "They have been the victims of injustice over many years by multinational companies, now seeking to live off public sector contracts. Not a single company has yet been punished nor have any of them paid compensation."
Construction workers from these areas who were trade union and health and safety activists and were denied work for reasons they could not explain are asked to get in touch so that GMB can cross check the records for them.
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ladybench wrote:Either you missed that the blacklist was illegal or you merely condone a practice which is illegal. Workers have a right to safe, legal and dignified working conditions.
If there trouble makers,get shot of them.There's plenty of people looking for an honest days work.
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Cecil Newton, that is. According to this article from Scout.com, Cecil Newton has let the cat out of the bag that the Vikings,along with 5 other teams, have scheduled private workouts/visits for his son Cam. Apparently while visiting with NFL.com's Gil Brandt at Auburn's proday, Cecil indicatated that the Vikings, along with the Panthers, Bills, Redskins, Titans, Dolphins(and possibly Cleveland and Cinnicinati) have all scheduled workout/visits with Cam.
In truth it's no big secret that the Vikings will be looking to improve their QB situation, one way or another. However, this "revelation" certainly deflates any hopes the Vikings may have had in keeping their draft strategy in round one a secret. Typically these type of private workouts aren't leaked until after the draft.
To say that Cecil Newton is a "controversial" character would be putting it mildly, however I wonder what effect his influence will have on Cam as a pro? Afterall, it was his father who picked out Blinn Junior College for his son to attend following his exodus from the University of Florida. Cecil also notoriously tried to pimp Cam out the highest bidder after serving his one year hiatus from Div I football. Newton the elder also ignored the NCAA's request to refrain from attending the BCS National Championship game, another potential sign of his unwaivering desire to be close to his son, even if it's not in his son's best interest.


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I have to ask why the thread on Sutton's disappearance has been closed, given that it was extremely active, and seemed to serve the purpose of allowing people to express their feelings on this very significant and unresolved issue pertaining to our favorite team.
I think that Daron was given much love on that thread, particularly compared to pretty much every other website. The fact is, the posts on that thread were made by people like me who LIKE Daron, who want to see him RETURN, and who just want to get some ANSWERS as to why he's been kicked off the air.
This issue needs to be KEPT ALIVE so someone can't just conveniently bury it in the sand, and sure, that may require hanging on Derrick Hall's every tweet, or trying to make sense of what's going on by postulating different theories in the absence of evidence, but so what? How was it determined that the constructive dialogue had come to an end just because we were purposely being kept in the dark? Are all the other hundreds of threads on this website really so much more grounded? I think the dialogue itself was important - it exists nowhere else - and without that conversation we have nothing to show our support. What transgression is worse than ignoring the plight of those in need?
Blue Bulldog made a compelling post about how the British supported their own when they cheered Andy Murray at the conclusion of his match with Federer. Well, here we have one of our own, Daron Sutton, and we're going to do worse than boo him, we're going to shut him out completely and pretend he never existed.
One of the last posts on the closed Sutton thread was someone suggesting that the theories being put forward sounded too much like a conspiracy. Well, what is a conspiracy other than a group of people acting secretively to accomplish a politically-motivated goal? In this case, we seemingly have everyone associated with the Dbacks organization conscripted to silence, along with the Fox national network, sponsors, and from what I can tell, MLB network. To what degree the media are also being manipulated is also an open question, with disappearing headlines and reports, and apparently no one investigating the story at this point. And now, the last bastion of fan support, the Snake Pit, seems to have been affected, maybe because certain members who are in the know don't want wayward rumors coming from here. But I say those people are missing the big picture.
Daron Sutton is a good person, of that I have no doubt, and I can't tell you how much I miss his analysis. Nothing he could have done deserves the treatment that the rest of the world, and now the Snake Pit, have given him. All it would take to solve all of this is a shred of honesty by somebody. Why is that so hard to come by?


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These are all of my predictions for the upcoming 2010-11 NBA season, including records for each team, playoff predictions, and award predictions.
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Eastern Conference
Boston (5) 48-34
New York (6) 46-36 Note: NY trades for both Paul and Melo at trade deadline
Philadelphia 37-45
New Jersey 23-59
Toronto 18-64
Chicago (4) 50-32
Milwaukee (8) 38-44
Indiana 34-38
Detroit 32-50
Cleveland 27-55
Miami (1) 65-17
Orlando (2) 55-27
Atlanta (3) 54-28
Charlotte (7) 44-38
Washington 29-53
Western Conference
Dallas (2) 57-35
San Antonio (7) 43-39
Memphis 41-41
Houston 40-42
New Orleans 34-48 Note: I think that Paul will be traded by the trade deadline
Oklahoma City (3) 56-36
Portland (4) 50-32
Utah (5) 47-35
Denver (6) 44-38 Note: I think that Melo will be traded by the trade deadline
Minnesota 21-61
Los Angeles Lakers (1) 60-22
Los Angeles Clippers (8) 42-40
Golden State Warriors 36-46
Phoenix Suns 33-49
Sacramento Kings 29-53
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Miami over Milwaukee in 5
New York over Orlando in 6
Charlotte over Atlanta in 7
Boston over Chicago in 6
Western Conference Quarterfinals
Lakers over Clippers in 4
Dallas over San Antonio in 6
OKC over Denver in 5
Portland over Utah in 7
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Miami over Boston in 5
New York over Charlotte in 7
Western Conference Semifinals
LAL over Portland in 5
OKC over Dallas in 7
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Miami over New York in 6
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OKC over LAL in 7
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Miami over OKC in 5
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MVP: Kevin Durant
Runner-up: Kobe Bryant
ROY: John Wall
Runner-up: Blake Griffin
DPOY: Dwight Howard
Runner-up: Lebron James
MIP: Anthony Randolph
Runner-up: Tracy McGrady
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So I want everyone to take a second and think about how crappy we all feel right now....sucks right? Now thinkabout where we were at last year after week 2? I'm not trying to depress anyone, and if I was I don't think I could do it any better than the Chiefs did on Sunday. But my point is we've been here before, last year every game early in the season was a step closer to the ledge for us fans. But what happened?
We played better!
Seeing our Defensive play last year and what we've done this year makes we wonder, does Romeo's D just take a few games to warm up? Our Defense was HORRIBLE first 2 games of last year and was again these first 2 games. But then it came together and was good to great at times, it wasn't all roses, remember the Jets, Dolphins, and Patriots games? We all wanted to believe the Defense would be elite this year and obviously we're not there yet and won't be next year either most likely. I don't think I'll get much argument when I say that the offense was obviously better these past 2 weeks than it was a year ago.
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California is weighing how to avoid a looming electricity crisis that could be brought on by its growing reliance on wind and solar power.
Regulators and energy companies met Tuesday, hoping to hash out a solution to the peculiar stresses placed on the state's network by sharp increases in wind and solar energy. Power production from renewable sources fluctuates wildly, depending on wind speeds and weather.
California has encouraged growth in solar and wind power to help reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. At the same time, the state is running low on conventional plants, such as those fueled by natural gas, that can adjust their output to keep the electric system stable. The amount of electricity being put on the grid must precisely match the amount being consumed or voltages sag, which could result in rolling blackouts.
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Any undergraduate student taking out new subsidized loans after July 1 would be affected, which means about 7 million students nationwide.
With student loan debt already at an all–time high, local experts say graduates will have to start making some life changes in order to keep up with the payments.
"It may impact the choice of a career that they pursue," UNK Financial Aid Director Mary Sommers said. "Rather than pursuing a career perhaps in the public sector where they pay might not be so good, students will opt to take a job in the private sector where they feel they can earn a salary that will allow them to repay their student loans successfully."
The House proposal would cap interest rates at 8.5 percent for students, while President Barrack Obama's measure has no cap but does include plans for a new repayment program which would limit monthly loan payments to 10 percent of the students' annual income.
Congress will be debating the options in the coming weeks, but many experts are saying it's not looking good for students.
Not only would students be faced with bigger student loan balances, but local officials say the jump in rates could be detrimental to Nebraska's economy as a whole, forcing many well–educated professionals to relocate in order to pay off their massive debts.
"Do students leave Nebraska if they've accumulated student loan debt at a pretty high rate and they need to be in a place where they can earn a higher salary to be able to afford their student loan repayments?" Sommers said. "Would they choose to leave Nebraska because of that? We don't know that for a fact, but instinctively we kind of think that may be definitely a factor."
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People in CO are fired up. They're ready to take on this state legislature and take back their 2A rights. #mags4freedom—
Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 29, 2013
Someone had better check in on Piers Morgan, Jim Carrey and Michael Moore, because if they get a look at what's going on at the Farewell to Arms Freedom Festival in Glendale, Colo., today, heads will certainly explode. In March, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law a number of gun control restrictions, including a ban on magazines with a capacity of more than 15 rounds, that are driving manufacturers like Magpul out of the state.
(For those readers who aren't firearms experts like Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette, magazines "are ammunition, they're bullets, so the people who have those now, they're going to shoot them.")
Not surprisingly, residents are buying up the supply while they can, and today they're sending off the 30-round magazine in style.
It's official. @ChrisLoesch singing the Anthem. @DLoesch revving the crowd and I'll even MC! #mags4freedom http://t.co/pc13xevE9J—
Kelly Maher (@okmaher) June 26, 2013
The highlight of the event comes at 5 p.m., when radio host Dana Loesch arrives via helicopter bearing cases of 30-round magazines. Sweet.
#Colorado you ready for #mags4freedom? http://t.co/aIrSeIl8dD—
Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) June 29, 2013
It's hysterical how CO thinks a murderer will be less likely to murder if his or her mag holds 15 as opposed to 30 rounds. #mags4freedom—
Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 29, 2013
@DLoesch They don't think that. It's incremental gun control. They know they can't get it all at once.—
Joe I. (@JoeInscore) June 29, 2013
If my FIL wanted to gift my son a deer rifle it would be illegal in CO. #mags4freedom—
Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 29, 2013
FYI: not a single person over 35 organizing the #mags4freedom event.—
Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 29, 2013
#COleg actions forced #Magpul to leave the state and take its jobs and revenue with it. #mags4freedom—
Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 29, 2013
Glad to see CO has so many extra jobs that they can afford to run off Magpul w/their stupid gun control laws. Must be nice #freemags—
Johnna Cooper (@nezperce1973) June 29, 2013
Proceeds from the event will go to support Second Amendment causes, including the effort to recall Colorado Senate President John Morse. Organizers collected more than 10,000 verified signatures to initiate the recall, 3,000 more than needed.
Proceeds raised from #mags4freedom go to recalling CO Senate Prez Morse and fighting anti-2A laws.—
Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 29, 2013
Pot was legalized because it went to a vote of the people. The people did NOT get to vote on mags. #mags4freedom—
Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 29, 2013
If mag restriction was left to a vote of the people it would not have passed. #mags4freedom #theblueprint—
Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 29, 2013
On my way to FreeColorado and Magpul's airdrop in Glendale.. Keep you guys posted, stoked for the chopper.—
LUKE (@footnoodles) June 29, 2013
Standing with Magpul. #magsforfreedom—
Kyle Rodecap (@RodeyCap) June 29, 2013
thoughts and prayers go out to all those at @Magpul_HQ as they prepare for CO gun control laws starting monday. Keep fighting the good fight—
Justin (@jpowell444) June 29, 2013
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Look out, Rep. Joe Salazar: Dana's on her way, and if she gets confused and feels threatened, she might just "pop off" a few rounds in a panic. Women, huh?
Air drop in the #Magpul chopper! #mags4freedom instagram.com/p/bKG4B_L5P7/—
Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 29, 2013
Patriots at the #mags4freedom event during the national anthem. http://t.co/uePv6Q6Mll—
Aaron Gardner (@Aaron_RS) June 29, 2013
Estimates of 4-5,000 at the Magpul event #mags4freedom #copolitics #2a—
CO Peak Politics (@COpeakpolitics) June 29, 2013


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We need to fire Rex Ryan! He is responsible for the loss of 5 seconds off of the game clock. Also, when the blitz doesn't work, a completion is a result. It has to work every time. Finally, having a real QB competition is not what you are supposed to do. You have to secretly decide, from the beginning, a starter.
Marty is not a good coordinator. He used the Wildcat. We would have gotten 99 yards per rush if we ran the ball conventionally.
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Decatur - Garfield Montessori School gets the ok to expand.
The Decatur School Board voted unanimously to add Montessori classes for 3 to 5 year olds at Enterprise school.
Roughly 200 families are on the waiting list to enroll their children into the Montessori program. Enterprise will get three classrooms with three new teachers. Each class would have 14 students. The plan will transform the school into a Montessori program over six years.
Montessori classes are different, kids learn on the floor. The teachers sit with students and those students are multi-age. The focus is not only on academics, but to develop the whole child.
The change will take effect in the 2014-2014 school year.
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>
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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - In Lubbock, TxDOT has cleared most roads, but there are still some slick spots on bridges and overpasses. Just outside the city, a lot of the Farm to Market roads still have ice on them. Interstate 27 looks clear until you get past Abernathy, then it turns into a sheet of ice.
A sprinkle of snow can make the world look peaceful until you get on the roads and discover motor vehicles and Mother Nature don't always mix. "It's very slippery, so people if you don't have no where to go you better stay at home," said Lubbock driver Clarence Hawking.
Friday's ice storm caused lots of cars to spin off the road and lots of wrecks. Even NewsChannel 11's Mini Storm Chaser got stuck in the snow. A NewsChannel 11 crew was traveling to Plainview to do a story about fixing power lines, but on their way there spun off the road and ended up in a ditch. Luckily, a few good Samaritans stopped to help. "I've just seen several people wrecked along the way, and we're all out here to help one another as best we can, so just try to get everybody out," said Dusty Elkins.
Justin Riojas and his dad spent the morning rescuing stranded strangers. With their shovel and a little muscle power they helped folks get on our way, and left to spread their kindness to the next person in need.
TxDOT re-opened up some of the roads in the Amarillo area including I-40, US 87, and US 287. However, they say conditions are still hazardous. US 54 from Stratford to Tucumcari remains closed.
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ATLANTA — There will be no death penalty for Brian Nichols.
On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney David Nahmias announced he will not seek death against the quadruple murderer, ending a case that began with a bloody rampage four years ago at Georgia's busiest courthouse.
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This is a spiritual sequel of Mario's Secret Weapon, this is also the sequel of Mario's New Secret Weapon.
Most of this was done by the time Part 1 came out; which I suggest you watch before watching this; Part 3 should be out quite soon, but considering Mario Kart Wii comes out today, maybe not...
I feel that this part is the weakest of the three parts; but that doesn't mean it's terrible.
Also, make sure your screens brightness is high enough; otherwise you may not see some things.
Full credits will be given in the conclusion.
NOTE: Part 3 is out now.
Rated 5 / 5 stars June 10, 2010
Hey by the way, what is the music for the Caged Fight scene? I tired looking at the credits (even went as far as screenshoting them) in the third one but I can't find it.
Think it's something like Awesome Power from Resident Evil Code Veronica
Rated 5 / 5 stars July 13, 2009
this is awesome but where do you get the oddworld stuff from
Rated 5 / 5 stars July 7, 2009
whoa the end was creepy cool dude, I was just waiting for something to pop out or something like that, It looked like half life was here.
Rated 5 / 5 stars January 11, 2009
way cool.
and i mean way coooooooool.
Rated 5 / 5 stars August 19, 2008
Great Job
I loved how it went from the action element into the horror like element very nice work.
Thank you very much :)


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Buzz: Jets Working out WR Thomas Mayo
The Jets are trying out a receiver today, a 2012 UDFA who played in college at California (PA).
Confirmed that former Raiders WR Thomas Mayo is working out with the #Jets today. #nyj—
Conor Orr (@ConorTOrr) February 28, 2013
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Mayo would likely be a camp body for the Jets. He was with the Raiders last year and the Jets are likely to be looking for guys to fill the back of the roster. Mayo was a rookie last year and was probably best known for getting into a fight with Tyvon Branch during the Raiders first day in pads, but he's known as a very hard worker so the Jets would get a guy who will be dedicated to football.


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I've said it before and I'll say it again — Malibu doesn't remind me of New Jersey one little bit. Everything is different here, even the wildlife. For one thing, what should be the New Jersey State bird doesn't particularly care for Malibu. Of course, I am referring to the New Jersey mosquito which grows so big with human blood it might as well be a bird.
Back in the old country on a hot humid night after a down pour, they suck you so dry you sometimes need a transfusion. And their buzzing noise will drive you bunkers.
Here at my home in Malibu the cool nights and mild breezes keep the critters at bay. I can use two hands for barbecuing because I don't need one to swat the little buggers. The absence of these blood suckers makes Malibu a great place to live.
Turkeys also prefer New Jersey to the good life of Malibu, but nobody ever said turkeys were the smartest birds on the planet. Every autumn not long before Thanksgiving a dozen or so wild turkeys would descend upon my home only five minutes from the George Washington Bridge.
Turkeys are about as attractive as vultures if you get my drift. And if they are not the dumbest creatures on earth, they surely make the top 10 list. Once I saw a mother turkey deliberate for almost fifteen minutes on how she could get over a four foot fence separating her from her baby. This same bird had no trouble every sunset flying 30 feet or more onto a tree to spend the night but a four foot fence presented a dilemma for her bird brain.
You might find this hard to believe, but turkeys have even stopped me from getting my mail. One day my former mail carrier Curtis who is well over 6 feet tall saw a tom turkey between his mail truck and my mail box. Rain and sleet did not deter this postman, but that turkey sure did.
The closest I've come to a turkey in Malibu is in the freezer at Pavilion's and that suits me just fine.
On the other side of the ledger, we have some creatures here which are rarely if ever seen in New Jersey. Once I rented a house in Malibu and was leaving the hot tub when I noticed a tarantula nearby. We looked at each other and the spider quickly went one way and I the other. I saw no reason to get better acquainted.
We rarely see a coyote back East, but here they seem to be a common occurrence. At night I frequently hear them howling like a pack of wolves. A friend of mine says they especially like to howl after catching a rabbit which means to me the rabbits haven't been doing very well lately.
Recently I was driving on the PCH and saw a sign which read something to the effect, "Rattlesnake vaccine available here." Those words are not music to my ears. I read that only five people were killed last year in the entire United States from rattlesnake bites, but I have no desire to be No. 6.
I was walking the other day in when a hiker advised me to beware of a rattlesnake further down the path. I can assure you I followed his advice. I stood so far back from where the big rattlesnake lay that I almost needed the Hubble telescope to see it.
I understand there are many people who adore snakes. I do not count myself among this group. Serpents justifiably have a bad reputation. If it weren't for a serpent, we would all be walking around naked and because of serpents I have to get dressed every day. I rest my case.


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Here's a little screen grab of what my wife and I are working on. It's for the AMC, "Hey Dish, where's my AMC?" contest. The photo above is from our recent scene/depiction of Mad Men. I used two 650 fresnels, each with 1/2 CTB. My Key also had Full diffusion. My fill was positioned to the back left corner aimed down at a 32" white reflector for a subtle fill on the right side of my face.
As for color grading, I used MBL along with adding a little bit of artificial film grain. Knowing that Mad Men is shot on Kodak film stock, I wanted to give this scene a slight reddish tint trying to mimic the film stock. That's it for now. We'll be putting this out soon.
So here we are, just about mid July and the time to submit your shorts to many film festivals is upon us. The question I've been wrestling with and hopefully YOU can help me figure out is: is submitting your short film worth it anymore?
Let's take a look at what we have at our fingertips as filmmakers today: Vimeo, YouTube, Video on Demand (VOD), Genero.tv, etc. All of these are platforms where a filmmaker can upload and share his or her movie with the entire world. And the best part is, all of these submissions are…FREE!
Now take a look at film festivals. There are LOADS of them now. One pops up every minute of the day (a slight exaggeration), but I think you get my point. Then it comes to where do you submit your film? Do you submit to a low tier festival, mid level, or go for the cream of the crop, SXSW, Sundance, Slamdance, or the "Olympics" of festivals, Cannes? These are important questions. Then there's budget. If you were to pick 9 festivals you wanted to submit to, some are mid level, one might be a lower level, and the others could your cream of the crop. Roughly it could cost you $35/fest and that's if you hit the Early Bird submissions. Don't forget that IF your film is accepted you'll need a press kit, movie poster, the appropriate screening copy for the festival (16mm, 35mm, DVD, BluRay, HDCAM Tape), travel expenses, all of which costs money. Add up all your submission fees, and the fees it might cost if you have to show your film in one of the various formats mentioned above and you'll have yourself a pretty expensive short. But with the given times and outlets, is it worth it to submit shorts to festivals anymore?
Since the release of HDSLR's, filmmakers have been able to get their vision out in a much more inexpensive way. It's easier to make a short film than a feature, so the short film market is becoming flooded with more content than ever before. Finally those who couldn't afford to get their vision out now can.
Last year Sundance received 6,467 submissions in the shorts category. Only 81 films were picked. I've always been of the mind that if any of my films were to get into Sundance then I would have made it. But as submissions grow, I'm starting to wonder if my film would ever been seen within the sea of thousands of other films? Would it be better to just post your short online, forget the fees, the waiting games and the potential exposure you could be getting? There's the rule (some are changing their minds) that if you submit to a festival, your film should not have premiered anywhere else, i.e., online, a theater, etc. So you have to play the waiting game, especially if you submit your film within the Early Bird stages. It's a long time to wait and see if you've been accepted or not. During that time you could have been sharing your film with the world and gaining access to festivals that you didn't even submit to.
Wes Anderson and PT Anderson both made shorts that screened at Sundace and now look at them. Wes Anderson made the short Bottle Rocket, then the feature Bottle Rocket. PT Anderson made Sydney which became the feature, Hard Eight. Back then it seemed the "short" was a filmmakers calling card. Today a short is still a filmmakers calling card, but now they can get more exposure via online.
Yes it's nice for your movie to gain critical acclaim. It can do that online, not just through film festivals. It's also cool to see your movie poster fill up with those olive branches that say, Sundance Official Selection 2011, or Best Short! There's also the chance that you might receive an award that will sit atop your mantle piece or desk for you to look at and enjoy. But out of thousands and thousands of filmmakers, how many of us are going to achieve that? I've had many of my shorts premier in low and mid level festivals either as an Official Selection, Nominated, or Won. It also cost me a lot of money to do so. When I posted my short film, Home last year, I was lucky enough to have it selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick. To me that was huge! After that it got into a couple festivals where I never even submitted to. Again, another really cool opportunity. In the end, it cost me…$0. Out of curiosity, I did submit to SXSW and was rejected, but that cost me I believe $25. Not too bad as I didn't submit anywhere else.
As the years progress, newer, less expensive cameras will come out, allowing more and more filmmakers to share their vision with the world. Submissions to festivals will grow along with the amount of festivals. So where do we go from here? I've been wrestling with this very idea since I finished my recent short, The Best Day Ever. I've already begun submitting to festivals, but every time I do, I wonder is it worth it? Would it do better online? I'm confident with the story and with the acting. However, with so many submissions will it even be seen by the right person? If I put it online, could that "right" person see it and say, "hey, we'd like to screen your short at our festival, wadda'ya say?" Maybe I should just chalk it up to luck, perseverance, content, and being in the right place at the right time. One or all of the above.
At the end of this write up, I'm curious to know what you think or where you stand. I'm Thanks for reading.
There's a small enchanting cafe around the corner from where I live. Philadelphia in general has loads of cafes that all do the same thing: brew delicious coffee. However, since living in Philadelphia, I found myself going to the High Point Cafe a lot. One major reason was that it's right around the corner. So the accessibility of grabbing a good cup of coffee was always appealing. As my coffee horizons grew and the more I sampled Philadelphia's coffee's, I realized that the High Point Cafe served, IMO, some of the best coffee the city has to offer.
Today every street corner has a Starbucks, Seattle's Best, or a Dunkin Donuts just waiting to take your money. Then there's the hipster coffee shops that look quaint, but when you get in side, if you don't have at least three piercings and a tatoo sleeve, you'll get the impression you're not welcomed. Finally you have your mom & pop, Persian, cafes that takes coffee to a whole new level. Their coffee is Fair Trade, organic, sharp with every sip AND their prices aren't bad either. They might be .10 more expensive, maybe even .25 more than your chains, but in the end, you're paying for quality over quantity. This is what the High Point Cafe has to offer.
For a while now I've always wanted to do something for the High Point Cafe, but I never had the right idea that I wanted to pitch to owner, Meg Hagele. It wasn't until a few months ago that something clicked and my creative juices began to flow. I wanted to create a visually stylized mini-doc that would focus on the art of coffee making. Later, my wife would broaden the idea than just focusing on the artistry of coffee making, but what role the High Point plays within our community. You have to understand, Mt. Airy is a small community and at its core is the High Point Cafe. It's not just a cafe, but it's a place where people meet, plan, relax. They're also responsible for the Mt. Airy Fair, the weekend festivals, and large supporters of community programs. High Point isn't JUST a coffee shop. It's the heart and soul of a community.
At the helm of the High Point is Meg Hagele. She's a smart business woman that: 1) knows her coffee, 2) understands what it takes to run a successful business, 3) understands what keeps a community together. When my wife and I sat down to interview Meg it was apparent that she wore many hats. But what's really amazing is her attitude. At 6am Meg is wide-eyed and raring to go. Her attitude is happy, excited, joyful, through another positive adjective, or many more and you're beginning to see who Meg is. Besides her excitement, she's very positive and passionate about what she does.
The way I look at the making of this film is that it's a thank you to Meg and for all of her services she has done for the community. The interview she gave was an amazing one. One that we probably could have made a much longer film from. However, as it stands, my wife and I are very proud of what we put together. It's a clear representation of what the High Point and Meg stand for. In Mt. Airy it's all about the community.
This Saturday, July 7, the High Point Cafe will be celebrating its 7th Birthday. So if you live in the Philadelphia area, stop on by and enjoy the party. It'll be a good one.
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy the film.
This is what #TheBestDayEver looks like when the audio is locked!!! Finally! Time for some color correcting then…SUBMISSIONS!!!!
While working on the reality tv series, "Good, Better, Best", I had the wonderful opportunity to meet a young and very talented musician named, Janelle McDermoth. She's nineteen years old and sings in the very popular, a cappella group, Off the Beat for the University of Pennsylvania.
During our lunch breaks, Janelle and I talked about our passions, what we like to do, and music. Overhearing her sing when loading in gear and setting up, I was very intrigued by her voice. I approached her to see if she would be interested in collaborating on a music film. She immediately became very excited by this concept and was ready to go.
Since Janelle is a student, and finals were quickly approaching, our window of opportunity to film together was small. We were able to meet up for a couple of hours in late April to film. The location in which Whisper Low was filmed in was at the Psi Upsilon house on Penn's campus, or as the students call it, Castle.
Going into filming, I didn't know whether I wanted this to be in color or black and white. I had been listening to Janelle's demo continuously, but felt a little foggy on colors. It wasn't until I entered Castle that I realized this film would be in black and white. The basement, or bar area we filmed in was very dark. The room was surrounded by old brown wood paneling. The overhead pool table lights had been switched out to red and green colored bulbs from a past party. Even the surrounding candle lights were red and green. Basically, this was a giant black hole. Needless to say, shooting in color would have been a mistake, let a lone a nightmare for CC work in post.
Filming in black and white gave this film a smooth, dramatic, and high contrast look. I didn't want to get too fancy with the lighting as my goal was to let the music and artists be the main focus. Having said that, with the songs lyrics and mood, I felt that the dark, noir style really complemented the song in a non-distracting way.
My inspiration for this film was to continue the style in which I shot the last two films, Traffic, and Packed My Bags, but film it in more of the "in studio" documentary fashion. I continued with the handheld and Glidecam work, but didn't intercut like I did with Traffic as that was filmed in the French New Wave style. Packed My Bags had the story and structure that fit the song perfectly in my mind. As for Whisper Low, what I saw in my head had always been an in studio session. There's something about seeing an in-studio documented session that has always fascinated me. They're very personal and intimate.
Accompanying Janelle, or Laila Blake (her stage name), was Greg Oliveras who played the guitar and was the baking vocals. Greg too, is a student at Penn that I had the wonderful pleasure of meeting. He played a major role in this song as he and Janelle both worked together to create and bring this song to life.
I hope you enjoyed watching the film. Again, there's always more to come. Until next time. Thank you for reading and watching.
I'm one of the many people who have been posting, blogging, tweeting, google'ing/awaiting for the announcement of the new Canon 5D Mark 3. If you haven't read about it or have been living under a rock, check out Canon Rumors and the 5D3 spec list. It's looking pretty cool.
A still from yesterdays music video shoot of Liam Gallagher. Again, I'm shooting in the lovely cinemascope 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Moreover, I shot this video in the vein of the French New Wave. I chose this style because I wanted something that was stripped down, and wouldn't hinder the music. A lot of music videos today seem to overshadow the music, and this was something that I didn't want to do. The final version of the video will be up soon. I'll keep you posted.
As my wife and I embark on a new journey; taking over a film company and making it our own, we've begun two new projects that will be apart of Zag Films. The still above is from our mini-documentary on the Meg Hagele and her High Point Cafe. The man pictured above is a patron of this fine establishment. This screen grab is from the Canon 5Dmk2 with the Canon 85mm f/1.2 L. The is quite possibly some of the best glass I've used. It's gorgeous, fast, and very sharp even in its wide open stage of a 1.2. This is also the ungraded image from the camera. We are using the Technicolor CineStyle picture profile.
I'll be keeping you all posted with more information as our days progress. Check out Zag Films on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and hop on over to our website: Zagfilms.com We're in a transitional phase, so please bare with us. The site will be changing and more films will soon be added.
Talk to you soon.
I don't normally post these sort of things on the blog, but I thought in a way it did pertain to filmmaking. Two excellent tools used to create amazing moving pictures. Click the link and get started. Enjoy.
As the excitement builds inside me with my upcoming film, I'd like to share that I have officially finished the rough cut to, The Best Day Ever. At this moment, this guy is very stoked! There's still plenty of work that needs to be done until the film is completed: a couple insert shots, sound mixing, color correcting, etc. But what makes me even more excited about this movie is that I just added the three musical tracks into place, and they work perfectly! I'm talking about Foreigner's, "Headknocker" and "Hot Blooded" and Beethoven's "Ode to Joy." Obviously there's going to be some major tweaking that goes on, but for now, things are looking really good. Especially when you add music from Foreigner into the mix.
With what I have, we're looking at a 15minute and 34second run time and a 17minute and 24second run time with credits. Either way, this feels really good. I'll be keeping you all posted on my progress as I continue my pursuit on creating, The Best Day Ever.
One last thing, there will be a trailer coming soon.
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That's right, we're not out of it yet. In fact, as long as the Chiefs manage to keep winning, there is a decent chance for us to make the playoffs. The division and the Wild Card are both still in play.
AFC West: Denver (7-5), Oakland (7-5), Kansas City (5-7), San Diego (5-7)
Wild Card: Pittsburgh (9-3), Cincinnati (7-5), Tennessee (7-5), Oakland (7-5), New York (7-5), Buffalo (5-7), Kansas City (5-7), San Diego (5-7)So here is what we need to happen:
Week 14:
Kansas City (6-7) beats New York (7-6)
New Orleans beats Tennessee (7-6)
Houston beats Cincinnati (7-6)
Chicago beats Denver (7-6)
San Diego (6-7) beats Buffalo (5-8)
Green Bay beats Oakland (7-6)
Pittsburgh has that spot pretty much wrapped up, so we're not going to follow them.
I don't see a single outcome on that list that isn't possible. In fact, the Chiefs are the only team I don't give at least a 50/50 shot to, and that's just barely. The Chiefs could definitely improve some playoff stock this weekend, but they HAVE to win.
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It has been so long since I blogged that I bet most of you didn't even know that there was a blog. Actually, before I was a full time flower farmer, I was a big time blogger. But life has a way of ebbing and flowing. I have more than a few passions in life, namely flowers (obviously), photography, baking and writing. I can't decide if knitting belongs on that list or not? Nah, it's just something to keep my hands busy while watching TV. Anyhoo, when the weather turns chilly — especially when it turns damp at the same time — my brain gets the itch to play more with words than flowers. A famer's prerogative is to turn to other tasks in the winter. Alas, it's not quite winter yet and there is still much to be done in the flower fields before putting them to bed, but I couldn't resist gathering together some thoughts in a blog.
The dahlias have been rioting the past two weeks. I harvest buckets upon buckets nearly every day and yet they still throw up their colorful faces in succession after succession of stunning blooms. I'm not complaining that they are so needy.
The dahlias went into making this van full of wedding flowers especially colorful and sumptuous. The bride couldn't have been more happy. She and her ladies looked amazing holding their bouquets.
The flower field changes its topography almost every day as crops begin to fade in the cold and we prep newly empty beds for fall planting. Already tucked in the freshly tilled earth are several million (yes, million!) seeds for 6 varieties of larkspur, 4 varieties of nigella, 3 varieties of queen anne's lace, a tried-and-true variety of buplerum, and the ever-classic bells of Ireland. Coming this week are about 4,000 tulip bulbs that will be in the ground by Friday (I hope). There are also several thousand daffodils arriving that I hope to naturalize along the fence line so we can pick as needed but not give up precious bed space to give them a home. Plus won't that be a lovely display each March and April, ruffled happy heads encircling the field, cheering us on with our spring chores? And then there are the 150 peony roots that will be added to what we already have. Not to mention the 1500 ranunculus and 600 anemone corms that need planted before the end of the month.
Ever present amongst these autumn additions is the time-consuming task of harvesting the blooms that are still pouring out of the current-season's rows of flowers. At least until frost comes. The air seems to be chilling more rapidly this year so the frost may not be far off. The topic of frost is poignant for a farmer and deserves its own blog post someday.
One gargantuan task that finally got checked off the to-do list (just in the nick of time if frost is indeed nigh) is finishing the hoop house construction. I bought the "kit" last November and it took nearly a year to get this puppy finished! Granted, we only focused working on it for about a total of 15 days, but those days were spread out over the entire year and it felt like this wonderful addition to the farm would never. ever. ever! be complete. I am so grateful for all the amazing help I got from my family, my staff, and my landlord. It really does take a village (and maybe a mini van) to build a hoop house! Now the plants inside (dahlias, mums, lisianthus, dianthus, salvia, ornamental cabbage, cerinthe, ranunculus, and more) are feeling snug as a bug in a rug, and I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief. It will be a wonderful place to escape to on winter days when it feels like spring may never come. Though at the moment, I honestly can't wait for winter. I am very tired right now. I never knew a person could work so hard and exist on so little sleep. I look forward to many winter naps!!! And hopefully more blog posts.


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O'Malley also supports indexing the minimum wage to keep up with inflation. The Democratic governor has made the minimum wage hike from $7.25 an hour a priority of his legislative agenda this session, the last of his final term.
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Fans of the US soap As The World Turns are up in arms because young lovers, Luke and Noah, haven't kissed since September.
As the hit show is on every weekday, producers have had a fair bit of opportunity to squeeze in some boy-on-boy lip action.
The boys first kissed back in August - the first time two gay men kissed on a US soap. They puckered up again in September, and, err, that's it. Nada. Nothing.
Crazed leftist conspiracy theorists claim it's because of the hold the US Christian lobby has over advertisers - and not just because one of the lads has got really bad oral herpes or something.
You can watch two grown fellas kissing like a couple of girls, find out more about them and the show, and sign a petition kicking it to the TV man here!
Fascinating factoid! America's first soap opera, As The Soap Sings, began broadcasting in 1956 and featured characters carved out of bars of soap singing popular opera arias.


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Right attitudeShinno Yamasoba, 58, is the vice head priest at Daijyo-ji, an an 8th-century Shingon temple three hours outside Kyoto by train. In the Japan Times, he shares some monkish wisdom with Japanese TV reporter Judit Kawaguchiwho: "We'll know if the road was correct when we arrive," Yamasoba says, "That's how we Buddhists think. But since a monk's road is never straight, the trip is always fun. It really doesn't matter where I'm going." More »
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5 recent quotes from Thich Nhat Hanh in today's GuardianIn the current issue of Tricycle, contributing editor Andrew Cooper recounts his travels with Thich Nhat Hanh, the much beloved Vietnamese teacher, poet, peace advocate and environmentalist. Cooper's view is unique; charged with attending Thay, as he is called, on an early visit to the United States, Cooper offers an up-close-and-personal view of a man who changed—in fact, helped to shape—Buddhism in the West. Today's Guardian features a nice piece on Thay on the occasion of his visit to Nottingham, where he led nearly 1,000 people in walking meditation (above). Here are five outtakes: 1. "The situation the Earth is in today has been created by unmindful production and unmindful consumption. We consume to forget our worries and our anxieties. Tranquilizing ourselves with over-consumption is not the way." 2. More »
Eido Shimano Roshi and Zen Studies Society in the TimesMark Oppenheimer covers the Eido Shimano Roshi story in The New York Times. He begins: Sooner or later, every traditional faith has to confront sexual impropriety by its spiritual leaders: extramarital sex, or sex with the wrong people (members of the congregation, minors) or, for supposedly celibate clergy, any sex at all. But there are great differences in how religions handle these transgressions. For Jews and many Protestants, it is the local congregation that decides what sins are too great to countenance, and what kind of discipline is needed. For Roman Catholics, a worldwide hierarchy decides, depending on reports from local representatives. And for Buddhists — well, the answer is not so clear. The root of the problem, some experts say, is that the teacher/student relationship in Buddhism has no obvious Western analogy. More »
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When our spiritual journey beginsOnly when we have a genuine, abiding desire to free ourselves from suffering and all its causes does our spiritual journey begin. That original desire is very potent and very real. It is the basis upon which we enter the path that will lead us to our goal. Yet from the point of view of the Vajrayana, or tantric, school of Buddhism, there is no place to go on that path, no end of the road where we will one day satisfy our thirst for liberty. Why? Because the very thing that we are looking for—freedom, wakefulness, enlightenment—is right here with us all the time. Adapted from a 2004 talk given by the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. To read the complete talk, visit Young Tibet Online. More »


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On March 23, 2009 the University of Southern California hosted the first-ever TEDx event, where "X" equals 'independently organized TED event' - a new program TED just launched. (Check out the TEDx blog announcement here.)
At its heart, the mutual goal of TED and USC is to foster the spread of great ideas. USC aims to provide a platform for the world's smartest thinkers, greatest visionaries, and most-fascinating teachers to inspire people to gain a better understanding of the issues faced by the world and create a better future. And thus, USC partnered with TED to host the first-ever independently organized TED event at a university.
And now…the TEDx USC "Ideas Empowered" Conference
As the first university to pilot the TEDx program, USC found great synergy with TED and considers this event to be a grand experiment – one where new ideas, dialogue, and conversation are delivered to the USC community through a wide array of thought-provoking and innovative content.
The TEDx USC "Ideas Empowered" conference stayed true to the spirit of the TED conference – hosting some of the world's most prolific thinkers and doers, and challenged them to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes or less.
Confirmed Speakers
Salman Ahmad
Dr. Salman Ahmad leads an interesting double life. He is a UN Goodwill Ambassador and the biggest rock star in the Muslim world. The lead guitarist of Junoon has sold more than 25 million records, and the band is considered the "U2 of South Asia." Dr. Ahmad is an artist, physician, humanitarian, and social activist and has led Junoon to perform at diverse venues like the U.N. General Assembly Hall —the first performance of its kind. In December 2007, Junoon performed at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo. In May 2008, Junoon defied death threats from militants to perform in the ethereal valley of Kashmir, the first-ever rock concert to be held in Srinagar. He performs unplugged, and gives us a sneak peak into his next project: solving world peace.
Markus Nordberg
A huge scientific adventure is starting at CERN, the European Organization for nuclear research in Geneva, Switzerland to reveal the secrets of the early universe. Dr. Markus Nordberg is a physicist and an MBA, and he's been tapped to coordinate the resources on the ATLAS experiment on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the most complex instrument ever built. The goal of the LHC is to recreate the conditions one billionth of a second after the Big Bang. Nothing like this has ever been attempted before. But we've already heard about the physics. Dr. Nordberg's true talent is something even more impressive: how to motivate and coordinate thousands of physicists from over a hundred different countries around the world to achieve the same goal, without being in charge of their paychecks.
Jane Poynter
British-born Jane Poynter is a TV host, biosphere 2 crewmember, sustainability consultant, author, speaker, and technology company president. She has conducted experiments on the International Space Station, worked on projects to mitigate climate change, dived with sharks, raced motorcycles, and flown in zero gravity. Two years sealed inside the first-ever man-made biosphere gave Jane Poynter a particular perspective on sweet potatoes, carbon dioxide, sunlight, booze, policy, Mars, business, health, the new green revolution, and just about everything. Now she's turned her inimitable energy and passion toward sustainability and living green. She focuses on what it means to be a biospheric species and what we can do to save the planet. (You may think humans can be greedy, but they're nothing compared to microbes!)
Kellee Santiago
Game innovator Kellee Santiago insists that games are more than entertainment. They are art. As a student in the MFA Interactive Media program at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Kellee's research focused on game design, interactive narrative, and physical and gestural interfaces for digital media. She has produced and managed a number of interactive projects including "I'm Gonna Kill the President! A Federal Offense" at PS122, and "The Angel Project" at Lincoln Center. While at USC, she teamed up with fellow student Jenova Chen to develop the student-created game, "Cloud." The critically acclaimed game led them to found their own studio, thatgamecompany, which landed a three game deal with Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. to develop downloadable games for Playstation Network. thatgamecompany's mission is to create games that push the possibilities of what games can communicate.
Paul Debevec
Called "Hollywood's Master of Light" by MIT's Technology Review, Paul Debevec leads the Graphics Laboratory at USC's Institute for Creative Technologies, where he directs the development of the Light Stage systems, which capture and simulate how people and objects appear in real-world illumination. His work on lighting digital objects has been used in films like X-Men, The Golden Compass and Terminator: Salvation. He leads the design of HDR Shop, the first high-dynamic-range image editing program. He has collaborated with TEDster Golan Levin on an interactive art installation called Rouen Revisited. "By creating more accurate artificial lighting on a computer, he says, his team is "giving filmmakers more flexibility" in their shots and more efficient ways to generate effects. Which means time and money saved on shooting, editing, and drawing graphics-not to mention more convincing results." - Gregory T. Huang, Technology Review
Mark Humayun
Restoring sight to the blind? All in a days work for Mark Humayun. Dr. Huymayun has tackled the challenges of bioengineering in ophthalmology, through basic research to clinical applications to bring to life the artificial retina. Dr. Humayun is a professor of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Engineering, and Cell and Neurobiology at the Doheny Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine at USC.
David Logan
David Logan studies how people communicate within a company -- and how to harness our natural gifts to make change within organizations. He looks at emerging patterns of corporate leadership, organizational transformation, generational differences in the workplace, and team building for high-potential managers and executives. He's the co-founder and senior partner at CultureSync, a management consulting firm, and works with Fortune 500 companies, governments, and nonprofits. Much of CultureSync's work is derived from a ten-year study of over 24,000 people published at Tribal Leadership (2008), which shows how organizational culture evolves over time and how leaders can nudge it forward. He teaches management and leadership in the USC Executive MBA, and is also on the faculty at the International Centre for Leadership in Finance (ICLIF), endowed by the former prime minister of Malaysia, and on the Foundation for Medical Excellence in Portland. From 2001-2004, he served as Associate Dean of Executive Education at USC. During that time, he started the Master of Medical Management (MMM), a business degree for midcareer medical doctors. He also initiated new executive education programs (often, in concert with the USC School of Policy, Planning and Development) with organizations as diverse as the Sierra Health Foundation, Northrop Grumman, and the City of Los Angeles. He continued to oversee many programs, including one of USC's first distance learning education courses for managers in Japan and a senior executive program at Toyota. Logan is co-author of four books including Tribal Leadership and The Three Laws of Performance.
Donal Manahan
Is our world ready for a blue revolution? Agriculture acreage is decreasing, many commercial fisheries are predicted to collapse, and with an ever-increasing human population to feed, novel ways to increase food production are essential. Dr. Donal T. Manahan is Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Southern California, Director of the USC Wrigley Center for Environmental Sciences. Expanding our ability to cultivate the ocean will be critical to sustainable human food production in the future. Dr. Manahan unlocks the future of human food.
Qi Zhang
Organ virtuoso Qi Zhang plays her electric rendering of "Ridiculous Fellows" from Prokofiev's "The Love for Three Oranges" orchestral suite. This exhilarating performance from TEDx USC features the Yamaha Electone Stagea, a rare, imported instrument specially programmed by Qi herself.
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Andrew bynum has been suspended for two games for his hit on Beasley. This helps us tonight as we are a little thin at the center position. I predict a close game. I think Portl;and can pull it out. i will miss game tonight but if there is anyone in SoCal area that knows when KCAL re-broadcasts game on Monday, let me know.
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