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The dispute between the IPL and the News Broadcasters Association(NBA) was settled on Wednesday night with the NBA dropping it's threat to boycott the IPL. "All the pending disputes were resolved and the meeting was a success," sources close to IPL told PTI. The IPL will now provide four minutes of match footage instead of the 30 seconds that was offered earlier. The news channels can use this in archival form for one year. The IPL has also relaxed restrictions on the number of crew members present on the ground. Earlier, an entire electronic media group was allowed only a single pair(one cameraman and one journalist) to represent them at the ground. Now, each news channel(part of the media group)will be given accreditation for the crew. A few days ago, IPL had resolved a dispute arising from the stringent media restrictions with the Indian Newspapers Society. Cricket specific websites still remain the worst hit. Their journalists will not be allowed to enter the press box and news agencies will not be able to sell match pictures to the websites.
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- Starring: Larry Lamb, Mathew Horne, James Corden
- Summary: The award-winning comedy about the romance between a Welsh woman and an Essex man who meet online is one of many British programs set to be remade for American television.
- Genre(s): Comedy
- Show Type: In Season
- Season 1 premiere date: May 13, 2007
- Episode Length: 30
- Air Time: 09:00 PM
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Positive: 7 out of 7
Mixed: 0 out of 7
Negative: 0 out of 7
The reliably hilarious supporting cast of family members and friends--quirky without being cartoonish--makes a creaky zit subplot forgivable.
Horne and Page have sweet chemistry, but what makes the show work is the cast of eccentrics that Corden and Jones have created around them.
It's amusing and knowing and will make some viewers smile, but it probably won't provoke gales of laughter. And that's fine. It's still more clever than most single-camera comedies ABC has put on the air in recent years.
The most endearing comedy about love to come to television since the Manolos were packed up and put away.
Gavin & Stacey is a gem of a show -- funny, touching and welcome proof that the romantic comedy can and will survive irony, Botox, Judd Apatow and all the vagaries of the modern age.
Fortunately, the series never veers terribly far from the central duo, each of whom--to borrow a bit of vernacular--is played in cracking fashion by Horne (from "The Catherine Tate Show") and Page ("Love Actually").
Score distribution:
Positive: 3 out of 4
Mixed: 1 out of 4
Negative: 0 out of 4
martynjDec 18, 2008Its not about the crying with laughter omentts, although there are a few, its a genuine enjoyable series . helps if you know the culture behind it abit.… Expand
BobDec 23, 2008I'll be tell'n you for why. It's a cracking good show. The best brit com in many years. You'll laugh till it hurts. Nessa and Uncle Bryn are wonderful. And, Joanna Page, who plays Stacey, is lush. Bravo. Can't wait for the Christmas special to air along with season III.… Expand
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Heisman candidate Todd Gurley suspended indefinitely by Georgia
|10.10.14 at 10:57 am ET
What started as a promising year for University of Georgia running back Todd Gurley might now be over halfway through the season.
The Heisman Trophy candidate was suspended indefinitely by the school Thursday as administrators investigate the possibility that Gurley violated NCAA rules. Georgia did not specify what Gurley did to get suspended, but a SI.com report, using an anonymous source, said Gurley reportedly took $400 to sign various pieces of memorabilia.
Georgia coach Mark Richt said he is trying to be focused on the team's upcoming game.
"I'm obviously very disappointed," Richt said in a statement. "The important thing for our team is to turn all our attention toward preparation for Missouri."
Though NCAA says players must be declared ineligible if they have committed any type of rule violation, there is a possibility that Gurley could return this year. It is not unprecedented for a school to apply for a player's reinstatement after an investigation is concluded. In 2010, Cam Newton was deemed ineligible and then reinstated after an investigation concluded he was unaware his father solicited money from Mississippi State University.
Regardless if Gurley does come back this year, he will not be in the lineup against Missouri. Freshman Nick Chubb is expected to be the primary tailback in his place.
Friday's Morning Mashup: Prosecutors seek new arrest warrant for Adrian Peterson after admission of marijuana use
|10.10.14 at 8:03 am ET
Welcome to Friday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
MLB playoffs: Royals at Orioles, 8:07 p.m. (TBS; WEEI-FM)
NBA preseason: Celtics at Raptors, 7:30 p.m. (CSNNE)
NBA preseason: Thunder at Mavericks, 8:30 p.m. (NBA TV)
College football: Washington State at Stanford, 9 p.m. (ESPN)
College football: San Diego State at New Mexico, 9:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
College football: Fresno State at UNLV, 10 p.m. (CBSSN)
College hockey: Boston College at UMass-Lowell, 7 p.m. (NESN; WEEI-AM)
MLS: Whitecaps at Sounders, 10 p.m. (NBCSN)
Soccer: Exhibition, United States vs. Ecuador, 6:40 p.m. (ESPN)
Soccer: European, Netherlands vs. Kazakhstan, 2:30 p.m. (FS1)
— Texas prosecutors are seeking an arrest warrant for Adrian Peterson based on his admission that he smoked marijuana while out on bond. Peterson allegedly confessed to a drug tester that he "smoked a little weed" before he was tested during Wednesday's court appearance to address a child abuse charge.
Peterson has been free on $15,000 bond since being charged with felony child abuse. Using illegal drugs usually is a condition for revocation of bond.
"In light of this statement, and the fact that it was made during the urinalysis testing process, and the term 'weed' is a common slang term for marijuana, the state argues that the defendant has smoked marijuana while on bond," the district attorney's office wrote.
MASHUP POLL: Should Adrian Peterson go to jail for using marijuana while on bond?
- Yes, if he breaks the rules he should be treated like everyone else (66%, 121 Votes)
- No, he's not a threat to anyone and it would be unnecessary and unreasonable to imprison him (34%, 62 Votes)
Total Voters: 183
No action can be taken on the matter until a hearing is held on whether a new judge should be appointed in the child abuse case. Prosecutors asked that the judge be replaced after a comment he made about the lead attorneys playing to the media.
A trial date tentatively was set for Dec. 1 for Peterson, who did not enter a plea during Wednesday's hearing.
The 29-year-old running back remains on paid leave from the Vikings, who placed him on the exempt/commissioner's permission list last month. He is not allowed to participate in any activities, although he continues to draw his $11.75 million salary.
— Colin Kaepernick revealed Thursday that he was fined $10,000 for wearing Beats by Dre headphones after the 49ers' victory Sunday.
The NFL has a contract with Bose. Kaepernick, who has an endorsement deal with Beats, knew he could be punished for wearing the Beats headphones — a pink version in honor of breast cancer awareness month in October.
Tweeted Kaepernick: I support breast cancer awareness! My grandma is a survivor!
Asked if Beats would pay his fine, Kaepernick said, "We'll let that be unanswered."
Thursday's Morning Mashup: Adrian Peterson gets court date, eager to defend himself
|10.09.14 at 7:59 am ET
Welcome to Thursday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
NHL: Bruins at Red Wings, 7:30 p.m. (NESN)
NHL: Avalanche at Wild, 9 p.m. (NBCSN)
NFL: Colts at Texans, 8:25 p.m. (CBS, NFL Network; WEEI-FM)
College football: BYU at Central Florida, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
College football: Hampton at North Carolina A&T, 7:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Soccer: Euro 2016 qualifier, Slovakia vs. Spain, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
Soccer: Exhibition, Mexico vs. Honduras, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)
— Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, eager to go to trial as soon as possible on child abuse charges, will head to court Dec. 1, as a Texas judge set the tentative trial date Wednesday
Peterson's attorney, Rusty Hardin, said his client is "chomping at the bit" to get the chance to explain his decision to punish his 4-year-old son by whipping him with a tree branch and leaving marks that lasted for more than a week. Peterson, who said he was disciplined the same way when he was growing up, faces up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted of causing injury to a child.
Peterson, who is on paid leave from the Vikings while the charges are pending, did not speak during his court appearance.
"He just keeps getting hammered without the ability to respond," Hardin told Judge Kelly Case. "This is the place to resolve all those allegations."
MASHUP POLL: Do you think Adrian Peterson be convicted of abusing his son?
- Yes, anyone can see that he went way too far and deserves to be punished (63%, 66 Votes)
- No, there will be support for him as a parent who has the right to discipline his child (37%, 39 Votes)
Total Voters: 105
Added Hardin after the hearing: "This is a case about parenting decisions and whether something unfortunate happened when a parenting decision was made by a man who believes strongly and loves his children very much."
Peterson will not have contact with the child until the case is resolved.
— Heat forward Chris Bosh said Wednesday that he has not spoken to LeBron James since James' decision to return to Cleveland.
Bosh's Heat play James' Cavaliers on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, and Bosh responded with hesitation when asked if he was looking forward to seeing his former teammate.
"Yeah … I don't know," Bosh said, adding: "I'm in the mode where I'm trying to lead my team, help these guys out around here. … If guys aren't in this locker room, I don't have much time for them — if any."
Washington coach Jay Gruden to look into players laughing following loss
|10.08.14 at 11:15 am ET
A loss to the Seahawks apparently was not enough to keep some Washington players from smiling and laughing.
Following the 27-17 defeat to Seattle on Monday night, veterans Pierre Garcon and Trent Williams were part of a contingent that was joking around in the locker room. Coach Jay Gruden was not around to see it unfold, as he was holding his postgame press conference.
The coach said there should be almost no reason for his players to be happy after the loss and plans on investigating further.
"Hopefully it was taken out of context or what have you, but I have no idea what it was like," Gruden said. "If it was upbeat, it shouldn't be, and that is disappointing that it was because they played their hearts out. They played hard, I thought. We lost the game. No reason to be upbeat, though, whatsoever."
From what Gruden saw Monday night, the players looked, according to him, "dejected." That feeling would come as no surprise to anyone. Washington finished last year with a 3-13 record and has started this season at 1-4. But the lack of one big leader, though, could be the reason why some on the team did not take the loss as hard.
"We have guys that have leadership qualities," Gruden said. "We just haven't had that guy stand up and really take charge."
NFL owners meeting Wednesday to review league's conduct policy
|10.08.14 at 9:54 am ET
Amid criticism that the NFL is not doing enough with domestic abuse cases, owners are meeting Wednesday in an attempt to move forward with the league's personal conduct policy.
Football has taken heat over the past month and a half for not doing enough to discipline its players, such as Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson, who have committed violent acts off of the field. Commissioner Roger Goodell has especially faced scrutiny for his inaction or delayed reactions in dealing with the players in question.
"We need to limit this," Texans owner Robert McNair said of the violence in the league, "so punishment is not an issue."
During the meeting, representatives from the player engagement department intend to speak about how those in the league can be educated on the subjects of domestic violence and abuse. Goodell sent the owners a memo earlier this week to describe just why the conduct policy needs to be reevaluated.
"For the past seven years, the personal conduct policy has brought credit to the league and to NFL players," Goodell said in the memo. "But during that time, we did not sufficiently review the policy to keep it current and ensure that it properly reflected our values and those of our society."
The meeting also gives the owners the chance to approve the sale of the Bills to the Pegula family and review the possibility of adding more NFL games in London.
Ray Allen's NBA future not clear despite speculation he will join Cavaliers
|10.08.14 at 9:52 am ET
Despite rumors claiming he has agreed to terms with the Cavaliers, guard Ray Allen remains uncertain about his future in the NBA, said his agent Jim Tanner.
The former Celtics player, a two-time NBA champion, played with LeBron James the last two seasons in Miami. Together, they were able to make consecutive NBA Finals, taking the title in 2013. James then left the Heat to join the Cavaliers for the second time earlier this offseason.
After James made the move, some speculated Allen would follow suit and go to Cleveland as well. But according to Tanner, the top 3-point shooter in the history of the NBA game has not decided if he will play in the NBA again.
Tweeted Tanner on Tuesay: Ray's position has not changed. Ray has not decided if he will play this season nor has he signed w/the @Cavs.
It would be the 39-year-old's 20th season in the league if he does decide to come back. Last year in Miami, he averaged 9.6 points per game on 44 percent shooting from the field.
Adrian Peterson to plead not guilty in child abuse case
|10.08.14 at 9:47 am ET
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson intends to plead not guilty on charges of child abuse in court on Wednesday, said a spokesperson for Peterson's attorney.
Peterson came under fire in September when it became known that he disciplined his young son with a small tree branch. For his role in the incident, Peterson has been charged with reckless or negligent injury to a child.
Despite the chance he could get on the field quicker with a guilty plea, Peterson intends to plead not guilty if asked Wednesday in the Montgomery County, Texas, court.
"If the court asks for a plea tomorrow [and we do expect that to happen], it will very definitely be NOT guilty," said spokesperson Mary Flood in an email to ESPN.com. "We hope that a trial date is also discussed but don't yet know how the court's docket is looking."
Now that Peterson intends to plead not guilty in the case, it appears that any chance that he returns to football this season is dwindling. Vikings coach Mike Zimmer would not say Tuesday if he thought Peterson could make a comeback in 2014 with Minnesota.
"Honestly, I want the best for Adrian, number one, OK?" Zimmer said. "But I also have to coach the guys that are here and go forward. If things get resolved and it's a good thing, then the more power to him," Zimmer said. "We will worry about that when the time comes."
Wednesday's Morning Mashup: Josh Beckett announces retirement after Dodgers' elimination
|10.08.14 at 7:48 am ET
Welcome to Wednesday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
NHL: Flyers at Bruins, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN)
NHL: Sharks at Kings, 10 p.m. (NBCSN)
NBA preseason: Knicks vs. Celtics, 7:30 p.m. (CSNNE)
— Following the Dodgers' elimination at the hands of the Cardinals on Tuesday night, pitcher Josh Beckett said he plans to retire.
Beckett pitched a no-hitter in May, but a torn labrum in his left hip forced him to the disabled list for most of the final three months of the season. A pending fee agent, Beckett said he plans to have surgery in May but will not attempt to return to baseball after that.
"I just don't see me going through that rehab and coming back to pitch at this point in my life," he said (via MLB.com).
Beckett was traded from the Red Sox along with Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Nick Punto late in the 2012 season. He missed most of the 2013 campaign while dealing with thoracic outlet syndrome. He no-hit the Phillies on May 25 and posted a 6-6 record with a 2.88 ERA this season, but his body could not hold up.
The 34-year-old is 138-106 with a 3.88 ERA in 14 seasons. He was MVP of the 2003 World Series with the Marlins and won another title in 2007 with the Red Sox. A three-time All-Star, Beckett was runner-up for the American League Cy Young Award in 2007, when he went 20-7 with a 3.27 ERA and 1.14 WHIP.
— Jets coach Rex Ryan is not shying away from the fact that his job is on the line, with his team losing four of its first five games, including Sunday's 31-0 shellacking at the hands of the Chargers.
Ryan acknowledged he won't be around much longer if the team's four-game losing streak balloons.
"If that's the case and we don't this thing on the right track, I don't think for a minute I'll be here," Ryan said Tuesday during his weekly appearance on ESPN New York's "The Michael Kay Show." "I know I won't, but I believe this team will right itself and we'll find a way."
Added Ryan: "If the season ended today, you're probably dead on. There's no 'probably' about it. But the season is far from over and I think we have time to get this going."
Tuesday's Morning Mashup: Patriots nemesis Bernard Pollard out for season with ruptured ACL
|10.07.14 at 8:04 am ET
Welcome to Tuesday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
MLB playoffs: Dodgers at Cardinals, 5 p.m. (FS1; WEEI-AM)
MLB playoffs: Nationals at Giants, 9 p.m. (FS1; WEEI-AM)
— Titans safety Bernard Pollard, known around these parts for his role in major injuries to Patriots players Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski and Wes Welker, suffered a ruptured right Achilles tendon Sunday and will miss the rest of the season.
Pollard, who signed a multi-year deal with the Titans in the offseason after leading the team in tackles last year, was hurt trying to block the decisive extra point as the Browns completed an NFL road record 25-point comeback Sunday. The 29-year-old, who had never been on injured reserve in his career, tweeted that he is scheduled to have surgery Tuesday morning.
"Bernard has been a good leader and a good player for us," Titans coach Ken Whisenhunt said. "That happens in this game. It's unfortunate. We'll certainly hope he stays involved with our team, which I think is an important piece of it. But I know how disappointed he was [Sunday] night, as we all are."
Pollard played for the Chiefs when his hit on Tom Brady's knee tore the quarterback's ACL in the opening game of the 2008 season. He never hit Welker but was defending for the Texans when the receiver tore his ACL at the end of the 2009 season. And Rob Gronkowski suffered a severe ankle sprain in a January 2012 playoff game while being brought down by Pollard, then with the Ravens. The hard-hitting safety also concussed Stevan Ridley with a helmet-to-helmet blow in a Patriots-Ravens playoff game in January 2013.
MASHUP POLL: Do you harbor ill feelings toward Bernard Pollard?
- Yes, he clearly doesn't mind causing injury to others and now got what he deserved (74%, 601 Votes)
- No he's just a hard-hitting safety and wasn't being dirty when he injured Patriots players (26%, 208 Votes)
Total Voters: 809
While Pollard is not popular in New England, Titans players sang his praises Monday.
"I learned a lot from that guy," second-year defensive back Daimion Stafford said. "He is a stand-up guy. He taught me a lot, no matter if we were competing for a spot or whatever. So I'll take all the knowledge he passed on to me, and once I get my shot, I'm going to show him I was listening."
— Dolphins defensive lineman Derrick Shelby was suspended indefinitely by the team after his arrest at a nightclub early Saturday.
Shelby was tased three times and faces misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and trespassing at a nightclub after he allegedly touched women without their permission. The 6-foot-2, 282-pounder appeared intoxicated and took an aggressive fighting stance when police attempted to take him into custody, authorities said.
Shelby's agent released a statement saying he was disappointed by the team's decision to suspend the player, but coach Joe Philbin said it seemed like the right thing to do.
"We're still gathering information," Philbin said. "I feel like from the information I have at the present time, I took the appropriate action and suspended him indefinitely."
Teammate Jared Odrick said he was shocked, because Shelby is "such a smart guy." Odrick also said black players have to be careful in public.
"The thing we're reminded as professional athletes and black men is we're targets more than anybody else walking down the street," Odrick said. "We're targeted sometimes, and we have to understand we have to uphold standards and society's rules more than a regular passerby. We have to set the example."
— One day after Michael Phelps announced plans to seek treatment following his second DUI arrest, USA Swimming suspended the Olympic legend six months, which will force him out of next year's world championships — the biggest international meet leading up to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
The suspension is for violating the organization's code of conduct, and while Phelps still can train with his North Baltimore club, he will lose funding totaling over $10,000.
"Michael's conduct was serious and required significant consequences," USA Swimming executive director Chuck Wielgus said. "We endorse and are here to fully support his personal development actions."
Phelps' representatives at Octagon released a statement saying: "Michael accepts USA Swimming's sanctions. He has apologized for his actions and, as he shared [Sunday], is taking steps to address them."
ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): The seventh of October has not been a successful day for the Red Sox throughout the years. On this date, they lost World Series games in 1946 and 1967, and playoff games in 1986, 1990, 1999 and 2005. They did have one big victory on Oct. 7, when in 1975 they beat the A's, 5-3, to sweep the three-game ALCS. Who was Boston's winning pitcher?
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Absolutely not [true]. I've always had input. There's not one play that's ever been called in a game that I've said, 'Look, I don't want to run that play.' That's not the way it works." – Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, during his weekly appearance on Dennis & Callahan, on reports that there has been tension between him and the offensive coaches
STAT OF THE DAY: $2.6 billion – Reported revenue for the NBA from its contract extension with ESPN and TNT
'NET RESULTS (mobile users, check the website to see the videos): Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval makes an impressive diving catch of a popped-up bunt in the seventh inning of Monday's loss to the Nationals.
Canucks anthem singer Mark Donnelly skates around while singing "O Canada" prior to a British Columbia Hockey League game but doesn't see the carpet at center ice and takes a tumble.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Rick Wise
SOOTHING SOUNDS: Damian Kulash, lead singer for OK Go, was born on this day in 1975.
Monday's Morning Mashup: Rex Ryan takes blame after Jets' latest embarrassment
|10.06.14 at 8:04 am ET
Welcome to Monday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
MLB playoffs: Nationals at Giants, 5 p.m. (MLB Network)
MLB playoffs: Dodgers at Cardinals, 9 p.m. (FS1)
NFL: Seahawks at Washington, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
NBA preseason: 76ers at Celtics, 7:30 p.m. (CSNNE)
— While the Patriots appear to have righted their ship with Sunday's rout of the Bengals, things are only getting worse for the Jets. In New York's 31-0 loss to the Chargers, Geno Smith was yanked in favor of Michael Vick, but neither quarterback could find the end zone.
Coach Rex Ryan attempted to deflect the blame after his team fell to 1-4.
"First off, I apologize to our fans — those that are left," Ryan said. "This is on one person and that's it. It's certainly not on a quarterback and one individual that way. It's on me. Clearly got outcoached. I thought we had a good plan going in and obviously that wasn't the case."
Added Ryan: "Even if we had Joe Namath, it wouldn't have made a difference."
MASHUP POLL: WIll Jets coach Rex Ryan last the season?
- No, this team is being embarrassed and is desperate for a change (73%, 374 Votes)
- Yes, he's earned enough respect to not get fired midseason (27%, 138 Votes)
Total Voters: 512
Smith, who reportedly missed a team meeting Saturday night because he and a few teammates were at a movie and got confused by the three-hour time change between New York and San Diego, completed 4-of-12 passes for 27 yards and had a 7.6 passer rating when he was pulled at halftime for Vick (9-of-20 for 47 yards).
Smith acknowledged that it was "a pathetic show on my part. I didn't help at any point during the game, so I'm going to look myself in the mirror."
However, Ryan said he still plans to start Smith next Sunday when the Jets host the Broncos, despite the frustrating loss.
"I've never been in a spot like that," Ryan said. "We're scratching, we're clawing, anything we can do, but it seems like — at this stage — like too great a challenge, but I know it's not."
— Multiple reports out of San Francisco indicate Jim Harbaugh will not return to the 49ers after this season, with the relationship between the fiery, opinionated coach and the front office getting worse.
Fox Sports' Jay Glazer said Harbaugh's style has "worn thin" with the organization, adding: "I don't see any way Jim Harbaugh comes back next year as the head coach of the 49ers, even if they hoist the Lombardi [Trophy]."
Team owner Jed York attempted to downplay the rumors Sunday, tweeting: Jim is my coach. We're trying to win a SB not a personality or popularity contest. Any more questions?
Jim is my coach. We are trying to win a SB, not a personality or popularity contest. Any more questions?
' Jed York (@JedYork) October 5, 2014
— Five days after his second arrest for DUI, Michael Phelps announced that he will enter a six-week program to help him "better understand myself." Although he will not swim competitively at least through mid-November, Phelps did not indicate any desire to give up his comeback bid.
"The past few days have been extremely difficult," Phelps said in a statement. "I recognize that this is not my first lapse in judgment, and I am extremely disappointed with myself. I'm going to take some time away to attend a program that will provide the help I need to better understand myself."
Added Phelps: "Swimming is a major part of my life, but right now I need to focus my attention on me as an individual, and do the necessary work to learn from this experience and make better decisions in the future."
Phelps retired from swimming after the 2012 London Olympics with 18 gold medals. He is bidding to compete in the 2016 Rio Games and appeared on track to get back to form.
ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On Oct. 6, 1906, which Red Sox player homered in his final at-bat, as he committed suicide before the following season, shortly after he was named manager?
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Tonight was just kind of our night. A lot of things went in our favor. We made a few things happen and that was good. We just have to really give all the credit to the players for the way they played. They're resilient, they're tough and they worked hard this week and they played hard tonight. I'm proud of them for that." – Patriots coach Bill Belichick, after Sunday's 43-17 victory over the Bengals
STAT OF THE DAY: 6 – Quarterbacks in NFL history with 50,000 passing yards, as Tom Brady became the latest during Sunday's victory over the Bengals
'NET RESULTS (mobile users, check the website to see the videos): During the Royals' series-clinching victory over the Angels, Kansas City center fielder Lorenzo Cain makes two impressive catches in the fifth inning.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Chick Stahl
SOOTHING SOUNDS: Kevin Cronin, lead singer of REO Speedwagon, was born on this day in 1951.
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CAPE CORAL, Fla. - Are some Cape Coral signs encouraging people to get behind the wheel after drinking, just so they won't be towed? One business owner fears that's the case.
She want the city to change the signs which surround a public parking lot in front of Dixie Roadhouse, located of off SE 47th Terrace.
The signs read loud and clear: no parking in between 2am to 6am.
What you don't see, is that these signs only mean "no parking" for commercial vehicles, not your personal one.
"I think they are confusing and misleading." Dixie Roadhouse owner Lynn Pippenger says the signs need to be clarified for her customer's sake.
She wants to make it clear to everyone that it's ok to leave your car in the parking lot overnight, especially if you've had a little too much to drink.
"We always have taxis available. We don't want them concerned their car is going to be towed. If they make the right choice to take a taxi home, they can come back in the morning and get their car," she explained.
There's about half a dozen of the no parking signs that circle this lot.
They site city ordinance 3-12-5A. WINK News discovered that information is incorrect. The information that should be sited
is under a different code of ordinances altogether.
So WINK News wanted to know - will anything be done to change the signs and clarify them? A city spokespersons says, they will stay the same -- for right now, but the city will be addressing the issue in the near future.
"They don't contribute to good choices," said Pippenger. "It's not accurate information, and we want to make sure people have accurate information!"
The police department is in charge of towing commercial vehicles that park here illegally. As for the future of these signs, and if they'll be changed, count on WINK News to follow this story.


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Stewart Donald believes Oxford United are at a 'critical stage of their history'.
And that is why he has decided to back Charlie Methven's consortium in their takeover bid of the club.
The wealthy businessman, whose company Bridle Insurance were the U's main sponsors, yesterday gave his backing to their proposal, which was submitted to United owner Ian Lenagan.
Donald is a lifelong fan and says he is getting involved because he is confident his money will assist the club long-term.
"I was approached by Charlie Methven about helping them out, and I have agreed to do this," he said.
"I am a huge Oxford United fan and feel that the club are at a critical stage of their history.
"That is why I have decided to get involved.
"I support the club and hopefully I might be able to help it maximise its potential."
Although not wanting to give detailed figures, when asked how much his financial contribution would be, Donald replied: "It's substantial. I think that's the best way to put it. It's seven figures."
Donald revealed he had contacted Lenagan earlier in the year about helping the club secure the Kassam Stadium, but the idea never got off the ground.
"I did contact Oxford United and said that if they wanted assistance for funding in order to buy the stadium, I might be willing to help," he said.
"But for one reason or another, that didn't proceed.
"OxVox were aware of this and I think they put Charlie in contact with me because of my interest.
"They know I will help the club without any personal benefit."
He added: "I do still think the numbers are quite high, but I am doing this because I know my funds will be used for the good of Oxford United Football Club.
"I think that is a realistic concern with people that others have not made clear their intentions.
"But it could be that the other consortium will have Oxford United's interests at heart too."
Donald owns Conference Premier club Eastleigh, but says his involvement in Oxford will have no bearing on that.
"None whatsoever," he said.
"It does not impact at all. I am fully committed to Eastleigh and I am in the middle of a project there, maybe not even in the middle.
"I cannot own more than ten per cent of another club because of that involvement, so it will have no impact at all."
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The Book of Mormon star Rory O'Malley kicks off his video blog series, The Book of Rory, with a scary tour of the Eugene O'Neill. Like something out of a horror film, the tour includes ghosts, flying beds and a levitating donkey.
It's Alysha Umphress' first video blog and she's pulling out all the stops. We're talking rehearsal shenanigans, glamorous dressing rooms and super secret hallways. Watch the vlog and then go see On the Town!October 14, 2014
Tony Danza, Rob McClure, Brynn O'Malley and the whole Honeymoon in Vegas team welcomed the press for a sneak peek at rehearsals of the new musical comedy.October 28, 2014
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Get a sneak peek at the national tour of Once.September 3, 2013
See Jessie Mueller and the cast of Beautiful record the title song from the Broadway show. The CD is already available for download on the Sh-K-Boom label and will be in stores May 13.April 11, 2014
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This Thanksgiving you can be thankful for another thing, adopt a pet from the Taylor Jones Humane Society this holiday season.
Do you believe technology connects us or distances us? Well one play pushes the boundaries between strangers and a cell phone. Dead Man's Cell Phone showcases todays societies obsession with technology.
Have you ever been stuck with this problem; your children have the day off from school but you as a parent have to work.Well don't worry because there is one place in Abilene to solve your problem KidsHub.
With lots of family visiting this time of year are you finding that you don't have as much room as you thought? And are needed a little something extra to help clean out your home. Well don't worry because right buildings can help you with their portable buildings.
It's almost never to early to start prepping for Thanksgiving Dinner, and with it just around the corner everyone is making sure they have enough ingredients. If you need some extra help you will definitely want to stop by the civic center tomorrow which is hosting the Taste of Home cooking with culinary specialist Jamie Dunn.
Prepare yourself for the ultimate craft fair this weekend in Haskell. The Haskell Young Homemakers have held this craft fair annually since 1985. With all that years of experience this is something you don't want to miss.
It seems with Christmas on everyone's mind. Texas Star Trading Co. has a great new book. The Face of Texas the book is about some of the very prominent Texans and some not so prominent Texans.
This holiday season we want everyone to have a healthy body and mind. Any one can help by purchasing a poinsettia from The Mental Health Association in Abilene.
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An event that provides truckloads of clothing, food, blankets, and more to the homeless and poor in Abilene is scheduled to take place this Friday.
Hendrick Cancer Center honored Lung Cancer Awareness Month by hosting an inaugural program designed to help smokers quit.
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Using her star status in the political arena, Natalie Portman stepped out on Saturday (August 25) to lend her celebrity to President Barack Obama's campaign re-election efforts.
The "Black Swan" beauty spoke to a group of more than 300 women at the Historic Fifth Street School auditorium in Las Vegas as part of the Nevada Women Vote 2012 Summit.
Getting polished up for the weekend, Natalie Portman and the girls headed to Fancy Nails in Los Feliz on Friday (August 24).
The "Black Swan" star sported a new shade of red as she emerged from the salon wearing a white t-shirt, holy jean cutoffs, tennis shoes, and a large handbag.
In an effort to stay out of the spotlight, Natalie Portman was spotted covering her face while with a friend in Los Angeles, CA this afternoon (August 14).
The 31-year-old newlywed blinded onlookers with her beautiful wedding ring while donning a lime green blouse and jeans during her casual outing.
Newlywed Natalie Portman went back to work on Friday (August 10) after her wedding last weekend.
The "Black Swan" star was all business in a long-sleeved white blouse, black pants, and black flats as she carried a silver sparkling clutch while leaving an office building in Beverly Hills, CA.
She spent the weekend as a blushing bride, and now newlywed Natalie Portman is featured in a new ad campaign for Dior Nude cosmetics.
The "Garden State" actress strips down for the photo spread, snapped by Mario Sorrenti and sure to attract plenty of attention to the pricey foundation, lipsticks, and various other products.
It was an exciting weekend for Natalie Portman, as she tied the knot with her longtime boyfriend/babydaddy Benjamin Millepied in sunny southern California.
In exclusive just-released images, the "Black Swan" babe and her handsome hubby look thrilled to be husband and wife as they celebrate at the Big Sur nuptials.
Finally, after being spotted wearing wedding bands since February, Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied exchanged vows.
Jeweler Jamie Wolf confirmed the matching rings, telling Us "I designed the rings worn by Benjamin Millepied and Natalie Portman . . . They were made with recycled platinum and conflict free diamonds," though the couple refused to comment.
Filling up ahead of delving into her afternoon agenda, Natalie Portman was spotted grabbing an early lunch in Hollywood, CA on Wednesday (August 1).
Casually clad in a white t-shirt and jeans, the Oscar-winning actress opted to chow down at Square One Dining while emerging to find a pack of paparazzi ferverously snapping away as she strolled out to her nearby ride.


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The Power Rangers Megaforce Lion Mechazord Vehicle is based on the Power Rangers Megaforce TV series on Nickelodeon. It comes with a Robo Knight Power Ranger who is also part of the vehicle.
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The Lion Mechazord vehicle has two modes. The first is the Lion Mode, which can be morphed into Tank mode through a few easy steps. When the vehicle is morphed into tank mode, the lion's head transforms into the Robo Knight figure, which is designed specifically for the tank. Both modes have two missile launchers.
In addition to the vehicle and figure, this toy also comes with two Power Rangers cards that can be scanned by a mobile device using the Power Rangers Card Scanner App. The app is a free download that's available for Android and iOS devices. When you use it to scan the cards, it unlocks Power Rangers content and give kids a great way to expand the Power Rangers fun beyond the toys.
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Elana Maryles Sztokman, in her recent Sisterhood blog post titled "The Case Against the Sheitel," seems to be mistaken in her critique of the wigs that many married Orthodox women choose to wear. Sheitels are a model of how Jewish law is supposed to function and change. We will know that the Arab world has modernized when they, too, favor sheitels over headscarves.
Let me explain. Many religious communities, including traditional halachic ones, have deep-seated concerns about matters of modesty. Sure, these concerns seem quaint to some of my students — students with their belly buttons out for display, students who comfortably endorse sexual activity as a form of recreation. As one of them said to me, "Sex to us is like food to Jews; we use it to celebrate, and variety is the spice of life." But the simple fact is that how one dresses and what one shows frequently does serve as a signal of how one is prepared to act.
Hasidic families in the United States are about to reach a crisis of sorts. Many Orthodox Jews, including Hasidim, will only use certain dairy products, including a type of infant formula that's only available as an import from Israel — and now it's no longer available.
Let me explain. There's a certain kosher stringency, called chlolov yisroel, that many Orthodox families abide by. Only two types of formula, Materna and Similac, manufacture acceptable versions. Similac is ridiculously expensive — look, here's a 32-oz. package for $42.99 — and so Materna, which is shipped here from Israel, is a relative bargain at $10 or so a case.
Or it was until this week.
"Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women" is the first museum exhibit to explore this unique niche of autobiographical storytelling by Jewish women. The touring exhibit, sponsored by the Forward, features the work of 18 Jewish women artists. The Jewish Women's Archive — whose Jewesses With Attitude blog partners regularly with The Sisterhood — is interviewing each of the artists about their work and their experience as a female, Jewish graphic artist. This week's interview is with Ilana Zeffren, an acclaimed Israeli cartoonist. Zeffren's Sipur Varod, her graphic autobiography as an Israeli lesbian, is widely regarded as a breakthrough comic. Much of her work is available on her Flickr photostream.
Leah Berkenwald: How did you get into cartooning?
Ilana Zeffren: I got into comics after a dramatic break-up with my first girlfriend. After I stopped sobbing, I realized that what happened was actually kind of funny and ridiculous, so I made a comics strip about it. When I did it, I realized how much this medium that combines words and illustrations suits me. A short while after this comics was published, I got an offer to draw and write a graphic novel and I've been doing comics ever since.
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There's a young Orthodox woman named Dina Mann whose hilarious new YouTube video has gone viral. In it, she impersonates a mamish chasidishe woman who takes a trip to Miami and is surprised at the pool when men arrive. You can watch Mann's video here.
For those who want to fully appreciate the Miami trip video but aren't conversant in Yiddish, here's a version of "Chaye Surie's" video with English subtitles. One question though: Is liquor really called "Bronfman," as in the Seagrams family?
And, since frum women making spoof videos appears to be a burgeoning cottage industry, here's a response to Dina's Miami trip video by "Danielle." She impersonates a rebbetzin who takes issue with the idea that "Chaye Surie" would even be so un-tzniusdik as to go swimming — or discuss the color of the flowers on the black shoes she bought for her trip.
One out of every four Israelis had their lives put on hold this week — those impacted by the strike of the government-employed social workers. The strike is a desperate, last-ditch effort to bring some measure of human dignity to the dedicated workers who are saving people's lives on a daily basis. And significantly, both the striking workers and those whose lives are most deeply impacted by them are overwhelmingly women.
The professional lives of social workers are among the most taxing in society. They deal with the most harrowing cases of violence, abuse, poverty, drugs, crime and more. Their job is to help people function under the direst of circumstances, to believe in people's abilities to change, to grow, to rehabilitate, and to build a better life, and to keep fighting to help people even when the rest of society has written them off. They go directly into the pit where most of us would not dare.
My mom handed me a copy of "Jane Eyre" when I was 10, after she had finished re-reading it herself. Despite some rough going at first, I pushed my way through it and have a distinct memory of finishing it behind my prayerbook in the women's section of an Orthodox synagogue in Rochester, N.Y. At the very moment that a family friend a few years my senior became a bar-mitzvah, my eyes popped open at the destruction of Thornfield, the death of Bertha, Edward Rochester's maiming and Jane's return. I still consider myself lucky to have read the book before I had any inkling that there was a madwoman in the attic.
As a child reading the book, I was puzzled as to why Jane loved Rochester — mostly because he was described as not handsome. But Rochester's soul, which Jane Eyre finds beautiful, is a subject of much more debate than his appearance. A few writers this week, inspired by the umpteenth film adaptation, have written about the less savory aspects of Rochester's personality. Jessica Winter at Slate writes, "our hero is, objectively speaking, a bit of a creep." Edan Lepucki at The Millions goes as far as to list all the reasons for that creep-factor, while Sadie Stein at Jezebel says says, "Rochester is weird, manipulative and borderline sadistic."
Aviva Braun, a social worker and psychotherapist specializing in eating disorders in young women, and Rabba Sara Hurwitz, a pioneering Modern Orthodox spiritual leader at New York's Hebrew Institute of Riverdale and Yeshivat Maharat, are teaming up for an event that will focus on body image from feminist, therapeutic and Torah perspectives. The event — aimed at bat mitzvah-age girls through college age women, and their parents — will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale. There will also be a screening of "Hungry to be Heard," the Orthodox Union-produced documentary about Jewish adults struggling with eating disorders.
"Judaism supports the notion that our bodies are sacred," Hurwitz told The Sisterhood. "Philo, a Jewish philosopher said, 'The body is the soul's house. Shouldn't we therefore take care of the house so that it will not fall into ruin?' We have an obligation as a community to help foster a positive body image in our own selves and in our children."
Braun spoke recently with The Sisterhood about the specific challenges of treating eating disorders in the Orthodox community, Braun's use of a feminist therapeutic model and her forthcoming book that is part memoir, part recipes.
Two courses are underway to teach the teachers of Orthodox brides, grooms and married couples how to better prepare their students for healthy sex lives.
In Israel, a course for male teachers of grooms is currently being held at the Puah Institute and in New York, a course for female teachers of brides will be held for the second time by the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance.](http://www.jofa.org/).
According to this article the Puah course, run in conjunction with Bar-Ilan University, is training marriage counselors and rabbis to address sexual problems among married Orthodox Jews. The JOFA course is titled "Demystifying Sex & Teaching Halakha: A Kallah Teacher's Workshop," and is being held in conjunction with Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School and Yeshivat Maharat. March 13th-16th.
But as I wrote in this New York Times piece, there has been a growing embrace, in recent years, of the need to address — or even prevent — such problems.
Crossposted from Haaretz.
At 32, Likud's Tzipi Hotovely is the youngest Knesset member; she was raised on religious Zionism. An attorney by profession, she takes part in right-wing ideological battles. But she also wears another hat as head of the Knesset Committee on the Status of Women. In the run-up to International Women's Day today, a series of bills designed to benefit Israeli women were proposed — and most of them shot down — by the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee. She spoke recently with Mazal Mualem.
Mazal Mualem: Is this a happy day for Israel's women?
Tzipi Hotovely: The trend is always one of improvement, though there is still a lot of progress to be made in women's rights, and we're still far from the equality we seek. We're in the midst of a week in which the social workers' cries have been heard; their struggle reflects the sad situation of women's salaries, as more than 90 percent of social workers are women. This can be seen also in other professions staffed by women such as teaching and childcare. In professions in which women are dominant, salaries are much lower, and public battles are fainter because, I'm sorry to say, women are still considered secondary wage-earners.
The work world creates the dilemma of career versus family for many women. This is one of the goals of the committee I head: to provide relief for working women by making daycare more accessible to more sectors of the population. It hasn't yet happened, unfortunately, and as long as childcare expenses are higher than salaries, we'll see more women staying home.
Once upon a time, baby clothes printed with pithy phrases extolling cuteness referred to the cuteness of the baby. But on a new crop of cheeky onesies that I discovered while out shopping for my nephew, it is all about the mommy.
With phrases like "If you think I'm cute, you should see my mommy," on Amazon and "My Mom's a Fox," at Target, these onesies direct your eyes to the attractive little number pushing the cart, not the one in it. There is even "She's not a cougar, she's my nana," at the Los Angeles boutique Kitson.
I can't help but find it all a bit gross. (Not that grandma can't be sexy, but does she really need her new grandson to advertise it on his tiny chest? A time and a place, ladies, a time and a place.) At Walmart you can customize a onesie or fleece romper with a "cute" relative's name. Their example is "If you think I am cute, you should see my Aunt Barbara." Looks like the cult of female hotness has struck again, this time with a strange Freudian twist.
Today is the 100th annual International Women's Day, commemorating the achievements of women, past and present. This year's theme: "Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women."
To mark the occasion, The Guardian sheds light on the lived experiences of women around the world — including those who call Israel and Gaza home.
Who are the top 10 Jewish women in labor history? Anticipating the centenary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, which killed 146 garment workers — most of them young Jewish and Italian women — the Jewish Women's Archive's Jewesses With Attitude blog is profiling the Jewish women who had a transformative impact on workers' rights legislation in America.
After designer John Galliano's was caught on tape making virulently anti-Semitic remarks, Rachel Shukert, over at Tablet, looks into high fashion's hateful legacy.
"Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women" is the first museum exhibit to explore this unique niche of autobiographical storytelling by Jewish women. The touring exhibit, sponsored by the Forward, features the work of 18 Jewish women artists. The Jewish Women's Archive — whose Jewesses With Attitude blog partners regularly with The Sisterhood — is interviewing each of the artists about their work and their experience as a female, Jewish graphic artist. This week's interview is with Lauren Weinstein whose comics first appeared as syndicated strips in the Seattle Stranger and gURL.com. Weinstein published her first solo comic, the Xeric Foundation award-winning Inside Vineyland, in 2003. Her story collection "Girl Stories" was published in 2006.
Leah Berkenwald: How does your Jewish identity influence your work?
Lauren Weinstein: My Jewish identity manifests itself in my personality with neuroses and self hatred and obsessive compulsions for whatever is going on in my life (right now it's making curtains for my house; I look online at least five times a day for the best deals on textiles). Also a bleak and cynical world view which my Atheist grandfather gave to me, and also the constant urge to kvetch. So basically all the negative aspects of my personality I can attribute to being Jewish, but I also feel it gives me the power to laugh about it all.
Do you think the experience of being a cartoon artist is different for men and women?
In a post on eJewish Philanthropy's blog on Tuesday, rock musician and Jewish feminist blogger Naomi Less discusses four recent communal endeavors at which she believes women were given the shaft.
Less doesn't simply list grievances against the Jewish community, but suggests solutions to the problem of female under-representation, and proposes a series of four questions that every organization should ask itself when planning events to avoid gender discrimination or misrepresentation. She even offers to connect various organizations with different women for their events.
Reading Less's commentary and her recounting of these episodes are both heartening and exhausting: We are still having the same conversation about how to include Jewish women in a community that is apparently evolving towards a place of gender inclusion. Furthermore, as is demonstrated in the comments following Less's piece, members of the Jewish community continue to question the validity of that conversation.
A cantor at a Conservative synagogue, Congregation Beth El in Vorhees, N.J., is featured in this video, put up by the professional organization Cantors Assembly. It's a lovely portrayal of female cantor Alisa Pomerantz-Boro, who works at at what had been a non-egalitarian shul. The video shows how she has changed the hearts and minds of the congregants as she leads by example and creates possibilities for other women, as well as men, to grow in their observance and connection to God and tradition.
It's worth watching.
The photos of 14 men are plastered across the cover of last week's finance supplement of Yediot Aharonot. What makes this particularly outrageous is the context: a story on the salaries of senior managers in Israel's business sector. Apparently there is not a single woman in Israel's business community making a salary worth reporting about.
The issue at hand is a legislative effort currently underway to correct socioeconomic inequalities by capping top salaries in publicly traded companies. Last week, Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman, who is heading the committee debating the issue, announced that the government will not intervene in salary decisions, because "[i]ntervening can cause more harm than good". And so, men such as Haim Katzman, chairman of Gazit Globe, who made 18.8 million NIS ($5.2 million) in 2009; Eli Yunis, CEO of Mizrahi Tfahot, who made 18.6 million NIS ($5.1 million), and Shlomo Rodev, chairman of Bezeq, who made 11.74 million NIS ($3.26 million), will continue to get what they want and believe that they deserve, without any government action. It's like the Wild West over here — if you can get it, grab it, and there's nobody to stop you. At least if you're a man.
"Do you like the blond better? With or without the ponytail?"
Wig-shopping is the new initiation into religious life for women, writes Tali Farkash, a Haredi columnist for Ynet who alternates between defending religious life and kvetching about it. If women used to accompany brides to the mikveh in order to welcome them ritualistically into the club of married women, she says, today a trip to the sheitel macher, or wig-maker, is the thing to do. Farkash, who recently accompanied her friend to get a wig, is still recovering from the experience.
Her friend sat "right there on the seat of honor at the sheitel macher's," Farkash writes, "surrounded by relatives whose job it is to say 'That looks so nice on you!' and to elegantly avoid the obvious questions about the net in front that presses on the forehead, or the sadistic job of the comber. There is something bittersweet about sitting on the waiting couch as a support, witnessing the metamorphosis… from permitted hair to forbidden hair."
The sheitel is undoubtedly one of the strangest customs of modern Jewish life. No matter how many perky rebbetzins try to write funny or pedagogical blogs to rationalize this practice, there is no way to make this normal or sane. "Every attempt to take the discussion out of the religious-halachic loop is doomed to failure," Farkash writes.
The language of human morality has no way to make sense of this. That's not to say people don't try.
While we have been busy looking at women in magazines, Martha Lauzen, executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University has been tracking the rather sluggish growth of women in Hollywood. The Center just released its annual report, "The Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women on the Top 250 Films of 2010" and the numbers are dismal.
According to the report, women made up just 7% of directors, 10% of writers, 15% of executive producers, 24% of producers, 18% of editors and 2% of cinematographers. That means roughly that only 16% of Hollywood bigwigs are women — sadly, a 1% decline from 1998.
In her report made public on the Women's Media Center website, Lauzen writes that some industry insiders explain this disparity by saying that fewer women are interested in working in film, but she says that simply isn't true and has film school enrollment to back her up. Others explain the lack of women by suggesting that men are, well, better, as evidenced by their bigger box-office success. Lauzen says men earn more at the box office because their films get bigger budgets, and that studies show that films with similar budgets, regardless of who makes them, fair similarly at the box office.
"Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women" is the first museum exhibit to explore this unique niche of autobiographical storytelling by Jewish women. The touring exhibit, sponsored by the Forward, features the work of 18 Jewish women artists. The Jewish Women's Archive — whose Jewesses With Attitude blog partners regularly with The Sisterhood — is interviewing each of the artists about their work and their experience as a female, Jewish graphic artist. This week's interview is with Miriam Katin, author of "We Are On Our Own," a story of a mother and her daughter's survival in WWII and a number of other other works.
Leah Berkenwald: How did you get into cartooning?
Miriam Katin: I am doing comics and it is different from cartooning. I think. During my work in animation I met artists who did comics and I felt that with this method, much drawing and not much text, I can tell my stories.
How does your Jewish identity influence your work?
In every way since all my work is coming from being Jewish. My place in history, relationships, my faith or the lack of it etc.
If you have a career, being a mother in this country costs you — in promotions and salary, and, because of a near total lack of legally mandated parental leave, in physical and emotional health as well. This is a well-known reality for every working mom I know, and now the international NGO Human Rights Watch has published a comprehensive look at the breadth and depth of the problem, and notes that it also has a negative impact on the economy.
The report, titled "Failing Its Families," which can be read in its entirety here, says that the U.S. is one of just three countries in the world — alongside Papua New Guinea and Swaziland — that lack paid maternity leave.
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The parents interviewed for this report recounted serious harms related to the meager policy supports for US working families. They described struggling with the lack of paid leave, and reported negative effects on their careers, on family finances, or on their children's health. Many also confronted inflexible workplaces after leave, including with respect to requests for flexible hours or reduced schedules, and concerning pumping breast milk at work.
The White House released a comprehensive report today on the state of women in America, the first report of its kind in nearly 50 years. The information in the report isn't new, but rather a compilation of a wide-range of studies that together provide an aerial view of the progress, and lack of progress, made by women over the past five decades.
I broke it down into good news and bad news. I am starting with the good. (Note: Good news, to me, means an increase in life choices and opportunities available to women. I am not, for example, saying fewer children is good news; but that more women feel that they can choose whether or not to have children is definitely a positive change.)
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Classes have begun at both locations of Monona Academy of Dance!
What you missed registration? Don't worry! Please call or stop at the main studio at 6332 Monona Drive, Monday through Thursday from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm and someone will be able to help you.
You want to dance at the Sun Prairie location? You still need to stop at the Monona Drive location to complete your registration and be sized for shoes if necessary. The 838 Grove Street location and how the classes run are not set up for administrative paperwork. The teachers are there to teach! Staff on Monona Drive is happy and eager to help with administrative issues.
How late can I register my dancer? Unless a class becomes full due to size or needs we consider adding students thoroughout the remainder of 2014. Please stop in at 6332 Monona Drive to speak with staff.
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Monona Academy of Dance's RISING STARS!
A trio choreographed by Ashley Dahm and Chelsey Bradley and performed by three Monona Academy of Dance dancers, Regan Batterman, Frances Violante and Maggie Batterman was performed on Sunday evening the 28th of September on the Capital Theater Stage at the Overture Center Madison. The performance was a part of the Overture Center's 10 year celebration and the finals of a competition entitled Overture's Rising Stars.
A series of auditions were held between April and August 2014 at six regional locations. The top 89 acts were invited to a Callback, in early September, on the Capital Theater stage and 24 finalists were named. The trio "And She Was Perfect" was named a finalist! At the conclusion of the performance on the 28th the trio and these dancers were named one of six Overture's Rising Stars. Congratulations Dancers, Choreographers and Monona Academy of Dance Studio Owner, Jo Jean Retrum.
Monona Acadeny of Dance is proud to be a tenant at the new Sun Prairie Ice Arena. Classes are now being held at 838 Grove ST Sun Prairie.
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Mary Lefkowitz, who was the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Wellesley College from 1979 until her retirement in 2005, is one of the best-known classical scholars in this country. In her recent work Lefkowitz has sought to restore the gods to their original and frequently misunderstood role in ancient narratives. According to The New York Times Book Review, the "thought-provoking Greek Gods, Human Lives (2003) is precisely an attempt to write the gods back into Greek myths."
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IRVINE, Calif. â Sept. 3, 2009 â Compix, a leading developer of professional-quality character generators (CGs), announced today the launch of CompixMOS 2.0, an easy-to-use MOS interface for advanced newsroom integration of content from online play-to-air broadcast graphics systems. CompixMOS 2.0 will be demonstrated for the first time at IBC2009 in Amsterdam at stand 8.A98.
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Assertiveness is the key to getting more of what you want and less of what you don't, says empowerment coach Ruth Frances.
Our careers are part of who we are. They can symbolise our ambitions, passions, drive and future plans. But, if we are not being authentic - true to ourselves - and we feel dissatisfied in some way at work, it is not a positive place to be. And if we feel helpless and unsure of how to do something about it, spending so much of our time at work can be demotivating and demoralising. Confidence and assertion are the keys to getting more of what you want and less of what you don't want.
I have witnessed some incredible transformations of women at work, who complained of people around them asking too much, expecting too much, not noticing their dedication, keeping them 'in their place' and not rewarding their efforts. Fundamental changes in these women's experiences began to occur after they began implementing assertive behaviour and practising the conversations they were fearful of having.
The first thing to do is to identify the areas that you are not happy with. There may be things that you absolutely love about your job and only have one or two issues that you feel need addressing. It is crucial to identify these in order to transform them into areas that you are happy with.
This simple exercise will get you to assess where you are right now and from here you can move on to work on eliminating or transforming these issues.
Next, a wonderful way to get the positivity flowing (and this applies to any area of life, not just work), is to appreciate and list the parts of your job that you love and thrive off.
You may find that this list of things that you appreciate is long - or you may struggle to think of any. The more the better though, as this really gives you a lift to see that it's worth sticking around. If you are really finding it hard to think of anything you enjoy or are grateful for at work, it is definitely time to assess whether your amazing talents and wonderful skills would be better suited to another organisation.
Now, to get more of what you want and less of what you don't, we can look at the areas you are not happy with, and get to work. It's time to get assertive. Do you find you change how you behave with certain people at work? We can sometimes worry so much about what people will think of the real us if we don't behave how they want us to. Although it is important to adhere to a high level of professionalism within the company and its mission statement, we must be true to ourselves and not be afraid to speak up about things that concern us. If we can do this in an assertive way, everyone around us benefits and so do we and ultimately so does the business.
Assertive behaviour is honest communication, fairness, confidence and compromise. If our self-esteem is low we can sometimes behave in a way that is passive, aggressive or sarcastic and manipulative. It can just take practice and awareness to start to increase our self-esteem and following these simple principles will really help. Self-esteem builds when we ensure our needs are being met and through respecting others and ourselves, plus we can face challenging situations without getting stressed or behaving in a passive, aggressive or indirectly aggressive way.
A bit of assertive preparation and assertive behaviour can go a long way to get you more of what you want and less of what you don't. And this applies to all areas of your life, not just at work.
I hope this helps and gives you encouragement to get out there and be the fabulous, empowered, assertive woman that you are!
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