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Rachel McAdams | |
McAdams at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival | |
Born | Rachel Anne McAdams November 17, 1978 London, Ontario, Canada |
Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Alma mater | York University |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2001–present |
Rachel McAdams | |
McAdams at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival | |
Born | Rachel Anne McAdams November 17, 1978 London, Ontario, Canada |
Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Alma mater | York University |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2001–present |
Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978)[1] is a Canadian actress. After graduating from a four-year theatre program at York University in 2001, she initially worked in Canadian television and film productions such as My Name Is Tanino, Perfect Pie (for which she received a Genie Award nomination) and Slings and Arrows (for which she won a Gemini Award). In 2002, she made her Hollywood film debut in the comedy The Hot Chick. McAdams found fame in 2004, co-starring in the comedy Mean Girls and the romantic drama The Notebook. In 2005, she co-starred in the romantic comedy Wedding Crashers, the psychological thriller Red Eye, and the family drama The Family Stone. She was hailed by the media as Hollywood's new "it girl",[2][3] and received a BAFTA nomination for Best Rising Star.
McAdams withdrew from the public eye for one year from 2006 to 2007. She made a low-key return to work in 2008, starring in two limited release films: the film noir Married Life and the road trip comedy-drama The Lucky Ones. She returned to prominence in 2009 and co-starred in the political thriller State of Play, the science-fiction romantic drama The Time Traveler's Wife, and the action-adventure film Sherlock Holmes. In 2010, McAdams co-starred in the comedy Morning Glory that was billed as her first star vehicle. In 2011, she co-starred in the fantasy romantic comedy Midnight in Paris and reprised her role in the mystery and action-adventure sequel Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. In 2012, she co-starred in the romantic drama The Vow. In 2013, McAdams co-starred in the romantic drama To the Wonder, the erotic thriller Passion and the romantic comedy About Time. 2014 brought the release of Anton Corbijn's espionage thriller A Most Wanted Man, and still awaiting release are Wim Wenders's drama Every Thing Will Be Fine and Cameron Crowe's untitled Hawaii romantic comedy project.
McAdams was born in London, Ontario,[2][4][5][6] and grew up in nearby St. Thomas.[7] Her mother, Sandra Kay (née Gale), is a nurse, and her father, Lance Frederick McAdams, is a retired truck driver and furniture mover.[8][9] She has English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry;[10][11][12] McAdams' maternal fifth great-grandfather, James Gray, was a Loyalist ranger during the American Revolution and fled to Canada after the Battles of Saratoga.[13][14][15] McAdams is the eldest of three children with a sister, Kayleen, a celebrity make-up artist, and a brother, Daniel.[16] When she was four years old, she began figure skating, but turned down an opportunity to move to Toronto when she was nine years old for pair skating training.[16] Skating then became merely "a hobby".[17] She competed in skating until the age of eighteen, winning regional awards.[7][18][19] She has since said that skating prepared her for physical acting, because it trained her to be "in tune" with her body.[20] McAdams was educated at Myrtle Street Public School, and later Central Elgin Collegiate Institute.[7][21] She did not enjoy academic work and often would pretend to be sick to avoid going to school.[22][23] Nonetheless, she played an active role in student life. In addition to playing sports (including volleyball, badminton, and soccer),[24] McAdams served on the student council, participated in the Crimestoppers program, and was a member of the Peer Helping Team.[7] She worked at a McDonald's restaurant during the summer holidays for three years.[25][26]
McAdams first developed an interest in performing when she was seven years old, and while her parents did not discourage her, they did not "go out and find [her] an agent".[27] She attended both Disney and Shakespeare summer camps as a child.[27] From the age of twelve, McAdams participated in Original Kids Theatre Company, London productions.[8][28] In her late teens, she directed children's theatre productions.[25] She also was involved in school stage productions, most notably winning a performance award at the Sears Ontario Drama Festival.[7][29] She was inspired by her teachers, who taught her English and drama, respectively, in the eleventh and twelfth grades.[29] Her English teacher introduced her to the works of Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell.[30] McAdams intended to take Cultural studies at the University of Western Ontario[30] before being persuaded by her drama teacher that a professional acting career was a viable option.[7][29][31] She enrolled in York University's four-year theatre program and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts honours degree in 2001.[28][32] While at university, McAdams worked with the Toronto-based Necessary Angel Theatre Company.[33]
In 2001, McAdams made her debut television appearance in the MTV pilot Shotgun Love Dolls that was filmed during spring break from York University.[27] McAdams also made her Canadian film debut that year in My Name is Tanino. The Italian-Canadian co-production was filmed in Sicily and it marked McAdams' first time on an airplane when she was 22-years old.[34][35] McAdams later earned a Genie Award nomination in her native Canada for her role as a teenage version of Wendy Crewson's character in Perfect Pie.[18] In 2002, McAdams made her Hollywood film debut in the comedy The Hot Chick opposite Anna Faris, which McAdams has described as a "huge milestone" in her career.[22] She played a catty high school student who swaps bodies with a small-time criminal.[18] The Los Angeles Times felt she "emerges as a young actress of much promise"[36] while the Daily Mail described McAdams and Faris as "talents to watch, but they are let down by everything around them".[37] The film grossed $54 million worldwide.[38] Afterwards, McAdams returned to Canada to star in the mini-series Slings and Arrows about backstage theatre life.[39] She was written out of the second season of the program following her success in the United States.[32] She received two Gemini Award nominations for her work on the program, with one win.[40][41]
McAdams' breakout role came in 2004, when she co-starred in the comedy film Mean Girls opposite Lindsay Lohan, directed by Mark Waters and was based on the book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman. McAdams was 25-years old at the time she was cast as Regina George, the frenemy of Lohan's character Cady Heron and the mean and popular queen bee in the school, and she studied Alec Baldwin's performance in Glengarry Glen Ross for character inspiration.[42][43] USA Today praised her "comic flair"[44] while The Daily Telegraph found her "delightfully hateful".[45] The San Francisco Chronicle felt that "McAdams brings glamour and magnetism to Regina, but also the right hint of comic distance.[46] The film grossed $129 million worldwide[47] and earned McAdams two MTV Movie Awards.[48] Mean Girls later reached number 12 in an Entertainment Weekly list of the Greatest Ever High School Movies.[49] Tina Fey, who co‑starred in the film and wrote the screenplay, has credited McAdams with teaching her to act for a camera rather than an audience: "She's a film actor. She's not pushing. And so I kind of learned that lesson from watching her."[50]
Afterwards in 2004, McAdams co-starred opposite fellow Canadian Ryan Gosling in the romantic drama The Notebook directed by Nick Cassavetes and based on Nicholas Sparks's novel of the same name. She played Allie Hamilton, a wealthy southern belle who has a forbidden love affair with Gosling's character Noah Calhoun, a poor laborer.[18][51] McAdams spent time in Charleston, South Carolina prior to filming to familiarize herself with the southern accent she used,[52] and took ballet and etiquette classes.[32] Filming took place from late 2002 to early 2003.[53] Although McAdams and Gosling became romantically involved in 2005, they had a combative relationship on set.[54][55] "We inspired the worst in each other," Gosling has said. "It was a strange experience, making a love story and not getting along with your co-star in any way."[56] At one point, Gosling asked Cassavetes to "bring somebody else in for my off-camera shot" because he felt McAdams was being uncooperative.[55] The New York Times praised the "spontaneous and combustible" performances of the two leads[57] while Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times was won over by the "beauty and clarity" of McAdams's performance.[58] The Chicago Tribune declared her "a real discovery" who "infuses young Allie with that radiant, breathlessly winning ingenue grace and charm that breaks hearts".[59] The film grossed over $115 million worldwide.[60] McAdams won an MTV Movie Award and four Teen Choice Awards.[48][61] Entertainment Weekly has said that the movie contains the All-Time Best Movie Kiss[62] while the Los Angeles Times has included a scene from the film in a list of the 50 Classic Movie Kisses.[63] The Notebook has appeared on many Most Romantic Movies lists.[64][65][66][67] "I'm so grateful to have a film that people respond to in that way," McAdams told Elle in 2011. "It was a big deal".[68]
In 2005, McAdams co-starred in the comedy film Wedding Crashers opposite Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Bradley Cooper. McAdams played Claire Cleary, daughter of an influential politician, and caught in a love triangle with Wilson and Cooper's characters.[69][70] McAdams listened repeatedly to the song "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac to prepare for emotional scenes and Wilson has said the song made her cry immediately: "It was like turning on a faucet".[20] She trained for a sailing certification for a boating sequence because her character was said to be an accomplished sailor.[71] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times felt McAdams "makes the most of her underdeveloped character" and "grows more appealing with every new role".[72] Variety found her "a beguiling presence" who "actually creates a real character – a rarity for females in one of these lad-mag escapades".[73] From a production budget of $40 million, the film grossed over $285 million worldwide.[69] Afterwards, McAdams co-starred opposite Cillian Murphy in Wes Craven's thriller Red Eye about a young hotel manager (McAdams) held captive aboard a red-eye flight. Craven has said McAdams was the only actress he considered for the part.[74] She was drawn to the relatable qualities of her character: "She was not some sweaty, tank-top-wearing, Uzi-carrying super woman".[75] Variety found her "increasingly impressive"[76] while Roger Ebert asserted that "she brings more presence and credibility to her role than is really expected; she acts without betraying the slightest awareness that she's inside a genre. Her performance qualifies her for heavy-duty roles."[77] Upon release, the film, which was made on a budget of $26 million, earned over $95 million at the worldwide box office.[78] In late-2005, McAdams co-starred in the seasonal family drama The Family Stone. The film had an ensemble cast consisting of Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, and Claire Danes, and gave McAdams an opportunity to play a disheveled, sardonic sister, rather than the usual "obvious" girlfriend or wife roles.[79][80] She was eager to work with Keaton and remarked, "It's never about line counts for me. It's about the people I get to work with."[81] Variety noted that "a deglammed but still radiant McAdams proves once again that she's the real deal, delivering a deliciously feisty performance".[82] The New York Times felt that her "engaging screen presence holds your attention and sympathy despite the handicap presented by her character's personality."[83] The film was a commercial success: it cost $18 million to make and grossed over $92 million worldwide.[84]
At this point in her career, McAdams was hailed as "the next Julia Roberts"[2] and the new "Hollywood it girl".[3] Vanity Fair invited McAdams, along with Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley, to appear on its March 2006 cover, the annual Hollywood issue. Upon arrival on the photo set, McAdams discovered it was a nude session and left. She later parted ways with her publicist, who had not informed her in advance.[85] Knightley later recounted, "Quite early on Rachel just said, 'No, I'm not into that.' She's a lovely girl, and I really respect her for doing that."[86] When asked about the incident in 2008, McAdams had "no regrets".[87]
McAdams took a break from her film career from 2006 to 2007.[3] "There were a lot of cooks in the kitchen, a lot of voices around me, and I wanted to step away so I could hear my own voice again," McAdams said in 2013. "Truthfully, I never really wanted to be a big movie star. I never even wanted to work outside of Canada, or outside of the theatre."[88] During that period, McAdams turned down roles in the films The Devil Wears Prada, Casino Royale, Mission: Impossible III and Get Smart.[2] In February 2006, she made a one-off stage appearance in The Vagina Monologues at St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Toronto to raise funds for V-Day.[89] That same year, McAdams received a Rising Star Award nomination from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts[90] and hosted the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement.[91]
McAdams returned to her film career in 2008 and co-starred in two limited release films. The first was the 1940s film noir Married Life opposite Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper where she played Kay, a young widow who wins the affections of two older men, played by Brosnan and Cooper. In preparation for the role, McAdams studied old films, particularly those of Kim Novak.[92] She has said the film shoot reenergized and re-inspired her and made her eager to work more often.[93] Entertainment Weekly found McAdams "a particularly delightful vision after her two-year intermission".[94] Variety bemoaned her break from the big screen but felt that, despite a performance of "tender feeling", "her natural vivaciousness and spontaneity are straightjacketed" by the film noir format.[95] The film was a box-office failure. It grossed just over $2 million worldwide, failing to recoup its production budget of $12 million.[96] The second was the road trip comedy-drama The Lucky Ones opposite Tim Robbins and Michael Pena, a story about three Iraq War soldiers on a brief road trip back in the United States. She trained at a real boot camp, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, prior to filming.[97] McAdams, speaking in 2011, said that the character of Colee was "probably one of my favorite characters I've ever played."[98] The New York Times found her "luminous as always"[99] while Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times hailed the performance as "her coming of age as an actress".[100] "Previously she has been seen mostly as a hot chick or an idealized sweetheart", he wrote. "Here she is feisty, vulnerable, plucky, warm, funny ... Watch the poignance of the scene when she meets her boyfriend's family."[100] Entertainment Weekly found her "feisty, gorgeous, and as mercurial as a mood ring".[101] The Lucky Ones is the least commercially successful film of McAdams's career as of 2012, having grossed just $266,967 worldwide.[102]
In 2009, McAdams co-starred in State of Play, a political thriller based on a BBC television series of the same name, opposite Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, and Ben Affleck. McAdams played Della, an online reporter who investigates a possible conspiracy with a veteran print journalist, played by Crowe.[103] As part of her research, McAdams visited The Washington Post's offices and met with politicians on Capitol Hill.[104] Entertainment Weekly felt she was "perfectly cast as an ambitious wonkette"[105] while The Daily Telegraph noted that "McAdams, with her lively eyes and large, expressive forehead, holds her own against Crowe. Mercifully, she avoids any temptation to play girly and demure to his grizzled alpha male."[106] The film grossed over $87 million worldwide.[107] Also in 2009, McAdams co-starred opposite Eric Bana in the science fiction romantic drama The Time Traveler's Wife, an adaptation of Audrey Niffenegger's bestselling novel of the same name.[108][109] McAdams fell "madly in love" with the book[110] but was initially slightly hesitant to accept the film role because Clare, the long-suffering wife, is a "character that people have already cast in their heads".[111] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone said, "I'd watch the vibrant Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana in anything, but The Time Traveler's Wife is pushing it."[112] The Los Angeles Times found her "luminous [yet], sadly, her facility as an actress is mostly wasted."[113] Writing in The Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips, in an otherwise tepid review, said of her performance: "Every scene she's in, even the silly ones, becomes better—truer, often against long odds—because she's in it. Her work feels emotionally spontaneous yet technically precise. She has an unusually easy touch with both comedy and drama, and she never holds a melodramatic moment hostage."[114] The film was a commercial success, earning over $101 million worldwide.[115] In late 2009, McAdams co-starred in the mystery and action-adventure film Sherlock Holmes opposite Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law. She played Irene Adler, an antagonist and love interest to Downey's title character Sherlock Holmes, and welcomed the opportunity to play a character who is "her own boss and a real free spirit".[116] Variety felt her character was "not very well integrated into the rest of the story, a shortcoming the normally resourceful McAdams is unable to do much about".[117] The New York Times stated, "Ms. McAdams is a perfectly charming actress and performs gamely as the third wheel of this action-bromance tricycle. But Irene feels in this movie more like a somewhat cynical commercial contrivance. She offers a little something for the ladies and also something for the lads, who, much as they may dig fights and explosions and guns and chases, also like girls."[118] The film was a major commercial success, earning over $524 million at the worldwide box office.[119]
In 2010, McAdams co-starred opposite Diane Keaton for the second time in the comedy Morning Glory, where she played a television producer attempting to improve the poor ratings of a morning television program, was billed as a starring vehicle for McAdams.[120] She initially felt she was unsuited to the role because "I'm not funny. So I said, 'if you need me to be funny, you might want to look somewhere else'".[121] Roger Michell, the film's director, had a number of dinners with McAdams and persuaded her to join the cast.[122][123] Since working with Keaton, McAdams has described her as a mentor figure.[124] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times said McAdams "gives the kind of performance we go to the movies for"[125] while Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times felt she played "as lovable a lead as anyone since Amy Adams in Junebug" in an otherwise "routine" movie.[126] The New York Post was impressed by "her gift for physical comedy",[127] as was Variety.[128] While the New York Times felt she "plays her role exceptionally well" and is "effortlessly likable", it called on Hollywood to give her parts "worthy" of her talent. "Ms. McAdams has to rely on her dimples to get by. She does, but she could do better."[129] The film was a modest commercial success, grossing $58 million worldwide from a production budget of $40 million.[130] McAdams was disappointed that the film failed to find a larger audience, remarking that "I only hear these businesspeople: 'Well, no one was sure who it was for.'"[68]
In 2011, McAdams co-starred in Woody Allen's fantasy romantic comedy Midnight in Paris opposite her Wedding Crashers co-star Owen Wilson, the film opened the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.[131] Allen wrote the part of the shrewish Inez for McAdams, after hearing "glowing reports" from his friend and her former co-star Diane Keaton.[120] He said that he was "crazy about Rachel"[132] and wanted to give her the opportunity to play something other than "beautiful girls".[133] The film was shot on location in Paris and McAdams has said that the experience "will always have a great place in my heart."[134] The Guardian bemoaned that she "has morphed from the sweet thing in Wedding Crashers to the dream-crushing bitch that, according to American comedies, women become once they ensnare their man".[135] Richard Corliss of Time "felt sorry for McAdams, whose usually winning presence is ground into hostile cliché".[136] However, the Los Angeles Times felt she "deftly handles a part that is less amiable than usual for her"[137] and The New York Times found her "superbly speeded-up".[138] It has become Allen's highest grossing picture ever in North America[139] and was the most commercially successful independent film of 2011.[140] With a production budget of $17 million, the film has grossed over $151 million worldwide.[141] McAdams, along with six other members of the cast, received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination.[142] Allen won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the film itself was nominated for three other Academy Awards, including Best Picture.[143] McAdams reprised her role as Irene Adler in the mystery and action-adventure sequel Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,[144] but the female lead role was played by Noomi Rapace. Joel Silver, the film's producer, has said that "we always intended to have a different kind of girl for each movie" in the vein of Bond girls.[145] He found it "complicated" to persuade McAdams to return in a smaller role: "She loved being with us, but she hoped to have a bigger role."[145] The Wall Street Journal felt "she vanishes all too soon in this overproduced, self-enchanted sequel, and so does the spirit of bright invention that made the previous film such a pleasant surprise."[146] The Huffington Post remarked that she "exhibits far more personality and roguish charm in her few moments here than she did in all of the previous film. Freed from the constraints of being the de-facto love interest, McAdams relishes the chance to go full-villain."[147] The film has grossed over $543 million worldwide.[148]
In 2012, McAdams co-starred opposite Channing Tatum in the romantic drama The Vow, based on a true story.[149] McAdams and Tatum played a newlywed couple who try to rebuild their relationship after a car crash leaves the wife with no recollections of their marriage. McAdams was drawn to the "roller coaster" faced by her character[150] and found it interesting that the story was told "through the guy's eyes".[151] The New York Times stated that "the dimply and adorable Rachel McAdams" brings "enough physical charm and emotional warmth to distract from the threadbare setting and the paper-thin plot".[152] Newsday felt that McAdams, "exuding her usual uncanny warmth on-screen", "is the real draw".[153] However, the Los Angeles Times felt she was "wasted" in the role: "She is such an appealing actress that it's hard not to wish someone could make better use" of her.[154] Time found the film an example of McAdams "coasting" in "unabashedly romantic" movies and asserted that "she's a much more versatile and clever actress" than such projects would suggest.[155] The film, financed for $30 million, was a major commercial success and became her biggest box-office hit in a leading role.[156] It topped the US box office and has grossed over $196 million worldwide.[157][158]
In 2013, McAdams co-starred opposite her State of Play co-star Ben Affleck in Terrence Malick's romantic drama To the Wonder.[159] McAdams played a horse ranch worker in Oklahoma and the love interest of Affleck's character.[160] She found Malick to be an "incredibly helpful" director; they discussed her character in detail and he took her on a tour of the local town, pointing out which house she would have grown up in and where she would have attended school.[68] IndieWire noted that "McAdams has the least to do of the principals, but is wonderfully haunted and sad in her brief appearances".[161] The Telegraph felt she was "never better" but Variety described her character's storyline as "a brief narrative digression in which Malick seems at least as interested in the horses on Jane's ranch as he is in the woman herself".[162][163] The film received a limited US release, grossing $587,615.[164] McAdams co-starred in Brian De Palma's erotic thriller Passion, opposite Noomi Rapace, which was also released in 2013, about a power struggle between two business executives.[165] Entertainment Weekly noted that McAdams "uses her sexy billboard smile and emphatic delivery to nail a certain type of troublemaker boss who embeds her aggression in pert 'sincerity.'"[166] Variety asserted that "even in the absence of stellar material, the leads remain compulsively watchable."[167] However, The New York Times found her unable to "settle on the right measure of meanness"[168] while the Los Angeles Times remarked: "McAdams and Rapace are gesturally awkward and wildly miscast — more sorority sisters in a spat than cross-generational power antagonists."[169]
In late 2013, McAdams co-starred in Richard Curtis' romantic comedy About Time opposite Domhnall Gleeson.[170] The film follows the romance of McAdams and Gleeson's characters; the story's time-travel element illustrates the importance of living in the moment.[170] Zooey Deschanel was originally slated to play McAdams's role but dropped out shortly before filming began.[171] Variety praised Gleeson and McAdams for their "radiant, believable chemistry" which "keeps the film aloft."[172] The Telegraph remarked: "McAdams is a joy, matching Gleeson's comic timing beat for beat."[173] The Daily Mail noted that the "unfailingly cute" McAdams had starred in two other films involving time travel but conceded that, "Fortunately, she's different enough here, in a role winningly influenced by Audrey Tautou's Amélie, not to create a sense of déjà vu."[174]
She co-starred opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman in an adaption of John le Carré's espionage thriller A Most Wanted Man, directed by Anton Corbijn. The film opened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2014.[175][176][177]
McAdams is involved with a number of upcoming projects. In 2013, McAdams began voicing for an animated version of The Little Prince; other actors involved include Marion Cotillard, Jeff Bridges and James Franco.[178] McAdams has filmed Wim Wenders's drama Every Thing Will Be Fine opposite James Franco. She plays the girlfriend of Franco's character, helping him deal with his guilt after he accidentally kills a child in a car accident. The project began filming in August 2013.[179] McAdams has also filmed Cameron Crowe's untitled romantic comedy, initially titled Deep Tiki, opposite her Wedding Crashers co-star Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone.[180] In mid-2014, she began filming the boxing drama Southpaw alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and Forest Whitaker.[181]
McAdams is an environmentalist. She is a former vegetarian, and gave up on the diet due to exhaustion.[182] She commented, "it made me very tired. I just ate pasta—I was the most unhealthy vegetarian ever! I'd like to try it again now that I know about quinoa and bulgur."[25] She ran an eco-friendly lifestyle website GreenIsSexy.org with two friends for five years, from 2007 to 2011.[183] Her house is powered by Bullfrog renewable energy.[184] She travels around Toronto by bicycle and does not own a car,[185] but drives when in Los Angeles because it is "a harder town to cycle in".[184] She volunteered in Biloxi, Mississippi and Louisiana[186] in fall of 2005, as part of the clean-up effort following Hurricane Katrina.[187] McAdams sat on a TreeHugger/Live Earth judging panel in 2007.[188] She appealed for donations during the Canada for Haiti telethon in 2010.[189] She was involved in Matter of Trust's "hair boom" efforts following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.[190][191] In 2011, McAdams supported Foodstock, a protest against a proposed limestone mega quarry in Melancthon, Ontario.[192][193] In 2013, she filmed two promotional videos for the Food & Water First Movement, aiming to preserve prime farmland and source water in Ontario, Canada.[194][195] In 2014, she will narrate the feature documentary Take Me To The River, which investigates what is being done to try to save iconic rivers.[196][197]
In 2006, McAdams took part in the "Day Without Immigrants" demonstration in Los Angeles, protesting against the federal government's attempts to further criminalize illegal aliens living in the United States.[198] In 2011, she attended the Occupy Toronto demonstration.[192] In 2013, McAdams volunteered with Habitat for Humanity in her hometown of St. Thomas.[199] She has also worked with charities including the Sunshine Foundation of Canada,[200][201] the Alzheimer's Association,[202] the READ Campaign,[203][204] and United Way of Canada.[205]
McAdams resides in the Harbord Village neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[206] She shares a house with her brother.[207] McAdams also holds a U.S. green card[208][209] but has remarked that, "The world has become so small these days, and most films aren't shot in Hollywood any more, so there's no point living there."[88] She practices kundalini yoga daily.[209]
McAdams dated her The Notebook co-star Ryan Gosling from mid‑2005 to mid‑2007;[210] they briefly reunited in 2008.[211][212] She dated American actor Josh Lucas in 2009.[213] McAdams dated her Midnight in Paris co-star Michael Sheen from mid-2010 to early 2013.[214][215][216] In May 2013, she began dating Canadian music manager Patrick Sambrook.[217][218]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
2002 | My Name is Tanino | Sally Garfield | |
2002 | Perfect Pie | Patsy Grady (age 15) | |
2002 | Hot Chick, TheThe Hot Chick | Jessica Spencer/Clive Maxtone | |
2004 | Mean Girls | Regina George | |
2004 | Notebook, TheThe Notebook | Allison "Allie" Hamilton | |
2005 | Wedding Crashers | Claire Cleary | |
2005 | Red Eye | Lisa Reisert | |
2005 | Family Stone, TheThe Family Stone | Amy Stone | |
2007 | Married Life | Kay Nesbitt | |
2008 | Lucky Ones, TheThe Lucky Ones | Colee Dunn | |
2009 | State of Play | Della Frye | |
2009 | Time Traveler's Wife, TheThe Time Traveler's Wife | Clare Abshire | |
2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Irene Adler | |
2010 | Morning Glory | Becky Fuller | |
2011 | Midnight in Paris | Inez | |
2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Irene Adler | |
2012 | Vow, TheThe Vow | Paige Collins | |
2012 | Passion | Christine Stanford | |
2012 | To the Wonder | Jane | |
2013 | About Time | Mary | |
2014 | A Most Wanted Man | Annabel Richter | |
2014 | Take Me to the River | Narrator | Documentary |
2014 | Every Thing Will Be Fine | Kate | In post-production |
2014 | The Little Prince | In post-production; voice | |
2015 | Untitled Cameron Crowe project | Tracy | In post-production |
2015 | Southpaw | Filming |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
2001 | Shotgun Love Dolls | Beth Swanson | Pilot movie |
2001 | Famous Jett Jackson, TheThe Famous Jett Jackson | Hannah Grant | Episode: "Food for Thought" |
2002 | Guilt by Association | Danielle Mason | Movie |
2002 | Earth: Final Conflict | Christine Bickwell | Episode: "Atavus High" |
2003–05 | Slings and Arrows | Kate McNeil | 7 episodes |
Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
2002 | Genie Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role[219] | Perfect Pie | Nominated |
2004 | Gemini Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series[40] | Slings and Arrows (A Mirror up to Nature) | Won |
2004 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Breakout Movie Star – Female | Mean Girls | Nominated |
2004 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actress – Comedy | Mean Girls | Nominated |
2004 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Blush | Mean Girls | Nominated |
2004 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Hissy Fit | Mean Girls | Nominated |
2004 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Sleazebag | Mean Girls | Nominated |
2005 | MTV Movie Awards | Best Breakthrough Female Performance[220] | Mean Girls | Won |
2005 | MTV Movie Awards | Best Villain[220] | Mean Girls | Nominated |
2005 | MTV Movie Awards | Best On-Screen Team (shared with Lindsay Lohan, Lacey Chabert and Amanda Seyfried)[48] | Mean Girls | Won |
2005 | MTV Movie Awards | Best Female Performance[220] | The Notebook | Nominated |
2005 | MTV Movie Awards | Best Kiss (shared with Ryan Gosling)[48] | The Notebook | Won |
2005 | ShoWest Awards | Supporting Actress of the Year[221] | Mean Girls and The Notebook | Won |
2005 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actress – Drama[61] | The Notebook | Won |
2005 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Chemistry (shared with Ryan Gosling)[61] | The Notebook | Won |
2005 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Liplock (shared with Ryan Gosling)[61] | The Notebook | Won |
2005 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Love Scene (shared with Ryan Gosling)[61] | The Notebook | Won |
2006 | Gemini Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series[41] | Slings and Arrows (Season's End) | Nominated |
2006 | British Academy Film Awards | Rising Star Award[90] | N/A | Nominated |
2006 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Scream | Red Eye | Nominated |
2006 | MTV Movie Awards | Best Performance[222] | Red Eye | Nominated |
2006 | Saturn Awards | Saturn Award for Best Actress[223] | Red Eye | Nominated |
2006 | Satellite Award | Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress Comedy or Musical[224] | The Family Stone | Nominated |
2006 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actress – Comedy[225] | Wedding Crashers and The Family Stone | Won |
2009 | ShoWest | Female Star of the Year[226] | N/A | Won |
2009 | Saturn Awards | Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress[227] | Sherlock Holmes | Nominated |
2010 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actress – Action Adventure[228] | Sherlock Holmes | Won |
2011 | Satellite Awards | Best Supporting Actress[229] | Midnight in Paris | Nominated |
2011 | Screen Actors Guild | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Midnight in Paris | Nominated |
2012 | MTV Movie Awards | Best Kiss (shared with Channing Tatum)[230] | The Vow | Nominated |
2012 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actress – Drama | The Vow | Nominated |
2013 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Drama Movie Actress | The Vow | Nominated |
2013 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite On-Screen Chemistry (shared with Channing Tatum) | The Vow | Nominated |
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23 "Everything is in confusion - the land is full of murders and the cities are full of violence. | 23 "Prepare chains, because the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of violence. |
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Yz Bandera, Inc. filed as a Domestic For-Profit Corporation in the State of Texas on Monday, May 3, 2010 and is approximately five years old, according to public records filed with Texas Secretary of State. The filing is currently active as of the last data refresh which occured on Tuesday, December 3, 2013.
Francisco Chang serves as the Director and has interests in other corporate entities including Yogurt Zone, Inc., Fare Enterprise, Inc. , and Yz Stone Ridge, Inc. Francisco's past corporate affiliations include Yz Chapel Hill, Inc.
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Date Filed: | Monday, May 3, 2010 |
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Mexico Institute in the News: Experts Discuss Mexico's 2012 Election Results
Jul 09, 2012
A polling expert says Mexico's youth voters turned out in record numbers for the recent presidential election but their ballots didn't boost Enrique Pena Nieto to victory. His assessment came during a Woodrow Wilson Center panel analyzing the 2012 Mexican Presidential Election results. Mexico's Electoral Authority confirmed Pena Nieto the winner of the July 1st election with just over 38 percent of the vote Friday.
Mexico Institute in the News: Mexico returns former ruling party to power
Jul 02, 2012
Mexico's old guard sailed back into power after a 12-year hiatus Sunday as the official preliminary vote count handed a victory to Enrique Pena Nieto, whose party was long accused of ruling the country through corruption and patronage. Mexico Institute's Eric Olson comments.
Mexico Institute: May Highlights
Jun 25, 2012
Each month, the Mexico Institute will review and highlight the month's activities and feature them here. Visitors will be able to watch the recap from our most recent events, browse our new publications, and read articles that feature key media appearances of the Mexico Institute staff.
Mexico Institute in the News: A Look at the Mexican Election from a U.S. Perspective [in Spanish]
Jun 21, 2012
Four 'Mexicanists' that reside in the U.S. give their opinion on the presidential race, predict the winner, possible risks to the country, the initial actions that are needed from the candidate and the adjustments that must be done to combat organized crime. Christopher Wilson, Associate at the Mexico Institute, comments.
Latin American Program in the News: Why is Venezuela so violent?
Jun 05, 2012
Venezuela, which had over 19,000 murders last year, has banned private gun ownership. Only army, police, and certain security companies will be allowed to purchase guns.
Latin American Program in the News: Ex-minister target of Colombian bomb
May 16, 2012
A former top Colombian official survived an assassination attempt on May 15 after a daylight bombing in the country's capital.
Latin American Program in the News: Business: A welcomed new partner in citizen security
Apr 20, 2012
A good effort in this direction is the "Central American Regional Security Policy Center", an initiative by INCAE and the Woodrow Wilson Center, with World Bank and donor support. It proposes a platform for permanent dialogue between stakeholders and governments in order to generate ideas that can feed into policy-making dialogues or processes in a more systematic way.
Mexico Institute in the News: Security 'quagmire' for Mexican presidential candidates
Apr 18, 2012
Many Mexicans are weary of the sharp rise in violence that has accompanied Calderón's military-led strategy against drug traffickers. So why aren't presidential hopefuls offering alternatives?
Latin American Program in the News: Regional Security, Not Iran, a Primary Focus in South America
Apr 17, 2012
According to Arnson, though the issue of Iran is not salient compared to other issues in Latin America, its inconsistent relationship with the region highlights the already existent divisions in attitudes toward the United States. Though countries like Venezuela also reject the influence of the United States worldwide, she says, the broader region does not share Iran's hostilities.
Latin American Program in the News: U.S. Drug Policy Faces Latin Dissent
Apr 16, 2012
Since then, Latin American leaders have felt neglected, particularly as Mr. Obama's launched a drive last year to intensify his focus on Asia. "In the region there's pretty broad disappointment with the lack of attention," said Cynthia Arnson, director of the Latin America Program at the Washington-based Wilson Center think tank.


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FrameStore's craftsmen have created more than 250,000 custom frames in the store's 35-year tenure, designing pieces that now adorn the walls of prestigious institutions such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Ritz-Carlton, and the Walt Disney Company. Professional designers guide FrameStore's clients through the 2,200 moulding options that can accent paintings and treasured items while adding style and elegance to rooms. The store's craftsmen then fashion pieces to patron specifications, outfitting frames with classic or museum-quality glass that blocks UV rays from bleaching out images or censoring pictures of the moon. Every piece goes through a 16-point inspection before it is given to patrons, and the team averages a seven-day turnaround on all of its projects.
Family patriarch Nordy Rockler opened the doors of his first store in 1954 to supply his fellow craftsmen with knowledge, friendly advice, and a large selection of tools for at-home woodworking projects. Now, the chain of retail outlets brims with more than 20,000 tools and specialized woodworking equipment. Next to a steely rainbow of hinges, casters, and screws, a supply of lumber and exotic hardwoods provides planks for building tree houses or just leaving around as a warning to uncooperative trees. The tenor buzz of power tools operated by newly knowledgeable guests drifts from educational sessions on operating equipment and woodworking.
All big movements start small, but many would be surprised to learn that Ten Thousand Villages—a nonprofit and retailer with 390 outlets nationwide—began out of a car trunk. In 1946, Edna Ruth Byler started the organization out of her car, taking a name from a quote by Mohandas Gandhi, who said, "India is not to be found in its few cities but in the 700,000 villages." Her willpower and determination allowed her vision to grow into a nonprofit that today supports more than 130 artisans in 38 developing countries. These artisans' wares go on sale at the organization's nationwide retail outlets, which brim with items including jewelry, home decor, and refrigerator cozies.
Everything is made using environmentally friendly processes, and every artisan is paid a fair wage. The money raised from sales goes to supply the artisans—who might otherwise be unemployed or underemployed—with education, food, housing, and healthcare. The organization has risen to such stature that it won the People's Choice Award for Green Business of the Year in 2005, and has acted as one of the founding members of the World Fair Trade Organization.
With more than 3,000 styles of custom frames to choose from, United Picture & Frame Co. expertly mounts images and mirrors to match any décor. Feel free to furnish a subtly ornate black and gold frame with a fancy portrait of a famous forefather, or fill the metal, streamlined art-deco frame with a candid hologram of future incarnations. Most of United's custom frames can also be fitted with either beveled or plain mirrors. Because of the customizable nature of today's deal, prices may vary depending upon size; a 20"x24" picture under glass in various frame styles may range from $75–$125 and a mirror can be added to a bathroom or dresser sized 20"x40" frame for $35 or a mantle-worthy 24"x36" frame for $55. United Picture & Frame Co. boasts expert conservation methods for the vital preservation and proper display of family heirlooms, works of art, or baby's first dissertation.
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Welcome to the online home of UMUC's Commencement Services office. Adelphi commencement weekend will be held May 15–17, 2015. We have a lot of helpful information here to help you get ready!
The May 15 doctoral commencement kicks off the weekend, followed by ceremonies for bachelor's and master's graduates in the morning and afternoon on Saturday, May 16, and on the afternoon of Sunday, May 17.
May 15–17
College Park, Maryland
UMUC will celebrate our stateside graduates with four commencement ceremonies in 2015. We expect more than 3,000 of the nearly 10,000 eligible graduates nationwide to attend the commencements in College Park, Maryland.
Graduates must RSVP to attend Commencement 2015. Registration will open in late February. Learn more here.
Preparing to celebrate with our newest graduates worldwide!
Tokyo Commencement
Saturday, April 11
Tokyo, Japan
Okinawa Commencement
Saturday, April 18
Okinawa, Japan
Korea Commencement
Saturday, April 25
Seoul, Korea
Germany Commencement
Saturday, May 9
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Guam Commencement
Saturday, May 16
Get ready for your big moment!
GradImages, our official commencement photographer, will take your formal portrait while you wait for the procession, as you shake hands with UMUC President Javier Miyares, and again after you exit the stage during the ceremony.
Learn more about how to get your commencement photos, along with UMUC Gear and your cap and gown.
Make sure you're ready for your big day! Join us for an informative and informal Webinar: Preparing for Graduation Thursday, January 22, 2015, 3–4 p.m.


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TMI, Mom! 10 Epic Tech Fails Courtesy Of Your Parents
Texting is a daily argument with my mom.
And this is how it goes … I'll receive a text from her. But it's not just a text. It's the length of an epic, Shakespearean letter. Actually, it's SO LONG that her phone is forced to send it in two different messages. And then she always "signs" her texts with her name as if I'm not going to know who sent the message. And despite my daily assurances,"Mom, you don't have to sign your text messages. I know they're from you!" … she does it all over again the next day.
Oh, well. I've learned to just accept that the generational gap between us is too great. As much as I love her, she's just never going to fully comprehend things like hyperlinking, hashtagging and what she calls "The Facespace" (translation: Facebook). I've resigned myself to a lifetime of fielding her questions: "No mom, you can't tweet over Facebook ... No mom, the NSA doesn't care if you watch YouTube videos through your iPad."
Granted, I could have a worse technological snafu with the 'rents. I could be like that college student who accidentally sent her dad a nude pic (#oops).
In honor of our technologically-inept moms and dads, we've curated the best of the sometimes cringeworthy, sometimes LOL-worthy all-time best tech fails between parents and their kids. Some things are just better left unsaid … or at least over social media.
1. The deer are eating WHAT out of your WHAT?
2. Epic penis and epi pen. Yeah, that's the same thing.
3. Moms say the darndest things.
4. Dad's going to pay for this one for a LONG, long time.
5. Wait for it...
6. On the to-do list for today: clean, pay bills, make pasta and traumatize your child.
7. I certainly did NO SUCH THING with my brother!
8. Sure, mom … he gave you a "Swiffer."
9. Dad, you might want to stay off Facebook.
10. Happy Birthday aka Happy Proof Of Your Parents Gettin' It On Day!
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Tag Archives: truck nutz
from our own correspondent
Truck Nutz and Newtonian Child Labor On the Florida Campaign Trail
the death of fun
South Carolina Launches All-Out Assault on Truck Nutz
he has sarah palin's disease
Mitch McConnell Quits Debt Talks, Tells Obama To Just Do Whatever So GOP Can Blame Him For It Already
american innovation
Finally, Truck Nutz and Scooters Unite
did we learn nothing from 9/11?
Brave Firefighter Suspended For Exercising God-Given Truck Nut Freedom
they don't even have generals to fire
Canada Spills Earthquake Mess All Over Northern U.S. Border
public service announcement
Oh Here's Your iPhone Nutz, NOW STOP SENDING IT, NOT EVEN FUNNY JESUS CHRIST COME ON
bomb texas from space
Texas Candy Car's Truck Nutz Rock the Handicapped Spot
miles and miles of truck nutz
Texan Lady Sad About Those Vulgar Truck Nutz Dangling From the Bumper of Every Texan Vehicle
the great bonercare debate
Hopeful GOP Health Care Lobbyists Already Setting Up Shop In Northern Marianas
poor old lindsey graham
'Crooks And Liars' Commenter loquaciousmusic Is Famous On Teevee!
no they're called truck nutz
'Real World DC' Architectural Mouth-Rape Fortress Also Includes 'Love Sacks'
jesus fucking christ
Florida Reveals Tasteful New License Plate
from our own correspondent
The Rest of Everything You Need (?) To Know About Obama's Trip To Prague
boycott edgefield
Strom Thurmond's Hometown Trying To Outlaw Truck Nutz
the horror you've witnessed
Actual Truck Nutz Spotted In DC
obama girl
God Bless Us Wonkette Nuts, Everyone
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Latest Moms
My baby is almost 4 months weighs 20 lbs was 6 lbs 6 oz at birth. Constantly hungry.. Should I start him on baby food.... Diet..help!
- Alyssa Milano's classy response to a fat-shaming comedian — HuffPost Parents
- Are hospitals today letting parents leave without necessary skills? — The Stir
- Kim Zolciak introduces her twins — Celebrity Baby Scoop
- Gail Simmons welcomes a daughter — People Moms & Babies
- 5 postpartum yoga poses for flat abs — Fit Pregnancy
- Did having a special needs child make you pro-life? — BabyCenter Blog
- 5 tips for writing thank you notes with kids — Real Simple


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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha (NRSA) | New International Version (NIV) |
13 telling them, "You must say, "His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.' | 13 telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.' |
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Finnish singer-songwriter Mirel Wagner released her second album's worth of sparse, weary folk songs today called When The Cellar Children See The Light Of Day and she's shared a video for "The Dirt." It's set in a bleak-looking abandoned house and follows a mother-child relationship. The clip was co-directed by Wagner and Aki Roukala. Watch below.
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Occupational Therapy Assistant is a college-level program. To be admitted, applicants must demonstrate through placement test scores or coursework that they are academically prepared to enroll in ENG:101-College Level Composition and MTH:140-Intermediate Algebra.
Admission to the OTA program is on a first-come, first-served basis for those students who meet the minimum academic and other requirements. Placement on the waiting list for review by the Review and Retention Committee occurs when an applicant completes all requirements for admission and submits the OTA/PTA Program Request form. (Effective 6/1/95)
These requirements include high school or college cumulative grade point averages, minimum placement test scores or successful completion of specific courses, successful completion of the prerequisite for Anatomy and Physiology I, and completion of the OTA Observation Form.
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Posted by ChelseaMamma on Feb 15, 2013 in Uncategorized | 5 comments
I loved reading MummyCentral's Shovel List, which was originally inspired by DorkyMum's Shovel List, so much so that I felt the urge to join in!
Firstly, a Shovel List is basically a group of people that you would like to hit in the face with a shovel. The idea came from the Marian Keyes book The Mystery of Mercy Close, in which the main character has her own shovel list.
Photo courtesy of MummyCentral |
Now I am not normally a violent type but there are a certain few that I'd love to metaphorically hit in the face with a shovel!
1. Whoever invented those terrible call in a queue systems and every company that uses the blasted things!
2. Whoever devised the hospital appointment booking system!
I know I am not alone in this, as I see tweets all the time. On Wednesday, I had to go into hospital for a Glucose Tolerance Test which means I am sat around waiting for just over 2 hours. I was also booked in for a scan later on that day, but they refused to move the two appointments to fit together, so I ended up finishing one, making a 30 minute journey home, only to turn back around and go back less than an hour later. I also got the added cheek of TWO parking charges for the pleasure!
3. Drivers who think they own the road
You know the type……….
Welcome to the shovel club (I decided to give it a name). Don't you feel so much better for venting?
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CCW: One in the chamber or not?
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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I wonder why nobody ever thought to ask this before?
I carry with a round in the chamber. If I don't want the gun to fire, I don't pulll the trigger. If you can't do that, get some OC spray and a rape whistle.
Most police officers in America carry a Glock, every one of them carry it with a round in the chamber. Many of them d0on't even shoot as a hobby - the gun is just work equipment - yet they mostly manage not to shoot themselves. Those that do shoot themselves do it by pointing the gun at themselves and pulling the trigger.
This is the internet - you will never learn to shoot here.
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Gila National Forest
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Some areas of the forest remain impacted by the 2013 floods. While the main roads are passable, roads that tier off of the arterial roads may still be impassable. Forest visitors are encouraged to check with the local Ranger District office to get current information on conditions prior to venturing to the forest.
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The rose looks amazing, and I really like the pix with the white larkspurs! |
Very nice Renee. In the first pic in the lower left, what are the very light pale blue bell like flowers? Thanks |
- Posted by hosenemesis SoCal Sunset 19 USDA (My Page) on Mon, May 24, 10 at 13:27
gobluedjm- those are actually white foxgloves. |
ok thanks Renee. |
I love these 2 photos of your garden. The carpet of daisies, the tall stately larkspur and the elegant iris - wowzer! |
Beautiful as always! I think I need some larkspurs. Did you plant those from seed in the fall? |
- Posted by hosenemesis SoCal Sunset 19 USDA (My Page) on Thu, May 27, 10 at 23:00
Hoovb, yes. The larkspur were started from seed in the ground. They are over six feet tall- I am just smitten with them. They have lasted for a very long time because of our cool weather. They are called Imperial White. Renee |
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Ministry of Sound Suing Spotify Over User Playlists
Re:Don't they have something better to do? (201 comments)
fair use would not let you use 50 words from a 50 word book
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We are sorry to see you leave - Beta is different and we value the time you took to try it out. Before you decide to go, please take a look at some value-adds for Beta and learn more about it. Thank you for reading Slashdot, and for making the site better!
Re:Don't they have something better to do? (201 comments)
fair use would not let you use 50 words from a 50 word book
Re:What a surprise (329 comments)
You are an idiot. There are plenty of sites advocating the abolition of the monarchy, and plenty of sites advocating the end of Parliamentary democracy and its replacement with fascism, communism, anarchism, Trotskyism, take your pick.
The courts have spoken and they disagree with the previous poster. What they say counts, and if you can't be bothered to read the judgment I referred to that's your problem.
Re:What a surprise (329 comments)
That post is not remotely correct.
Some of the items on the list are laws enacted after the Human Rights Act, but they are not exceptions to it - the Human Rights Act has priority.
Others - sedition and advocating the abolition of the monarchy - were criminal offences two hundred years ago, but there have been no prosecutions in recent times and the courts have acknowledged that the idea any prosecution would survive an HRA challenge is "unreal" (see Lord Steyn's judgment in the ex parte Rushbridger case).
Re:Headline grossly misleading? (159 comments)
absolutely correct. The case was not about whether MPAA could sue Newzbin for damages - it is clear that under English law it can. But to do so, the MPAA would need to show its members suffered loss, and the MPAA could then only recover for their loss. The members' loss has no direct relationship with Newzbin's profits - it could be more than Newzbin's profits; it could be less than Newzbin's profits.
In fact pretty hard to show what the MPAA members' loss is - and this case was about a crafty attempt by the MPAA to avoid that difficulty.
The argument was that Newzbin's profits actually belonged to the MPAA members (in the same way that if you steal my bike, the bike still belongs to me, and if you steal my cash, I can have a proprietary right in your bank account of the same amount). Would be a great result for the MPAA, as they would then simply take the all profit and not need to show any loss. The slight problem was that there was no legal authority for such a claim, and so they lost
Re:Read their complaint again (305 comments)
I am a lawyer. The previous post is wrong - the usual rules of copyright apply whether or not you've accepted terms of service.
Piriform's objection is not very clearly stated, but there is a problem if the Bleachbit developer is encouraging people to import winapp.ini - the information in it is copyrighted and this is likely an unlicensed use. It would be prudent for Bleachbit to tell people not to use its import functionality to import Piriform's original winapp.ini, and better still if the software rejects attempts to do this.
Whether importing third party (non-Piriform) rules is acceptable depends upon the terms on which those rules are made available. If they're posted in a forum whose rules provide the files can be used only in Piriform products then Piriform has an arguable case (that Bleachbit is procuring a breach of contract/copyright) but that's a more difficult argument for Piriform to make, as they have to show the terms of the contract/copyright license are effective.
Re:Some insight into conveyancing: (227 comments)
Your firm needs to tighten up its money laundering procedures - that is an insufficient level of client due diligence. If you are not confident your client is who he says he is then you should not act. If something were to go wrong, your firm would face civil proceedings and it (and potentially you personally) could face an LCS investigation or even prosecution.
Protectionism by another name (209 comments)
This is just protectionism - why shouldn't American companies be able to hire whoever they want?
Re:Why incorporate when Section 83(a) exempts labo (691 comments)
Good luck persuading a court of that - last I checked those "tax protestor" arguments had a batting average of zero.
Re:Censorship depends on the country. (409 comments)
I'm aware that post-modernists believe it is a self-evident truth that there is no such thing as a self-evident truth.
Re:Freedom versus high quality pictures (572 comments)
Well that's just not true - Wikipedia could accept copyrighted photos subject to an absolute irrevocable non-exclusive licence for their use on wikipedia (with attribution). A simple click-through licence would suffice.
Re:So whose are the photographs? (526 comments)
As a matter of UK law, the gallery's position is most likely correct. How it enforces this against Wikipedia and/or the user in question is a different story...
Re:Keep this story in mind (93 comments)
Or they could just be an innocent citizen arrested by the secret police of a totalitarian state that denies freedom to its own people?
Just a thought.
Re:Better off not working for them... (379 comments)
You are confusing the European Court of Human Rights (relevant to this case, irrelevant to the USA) with the International Criminal Court (which the US hasn't signed up to but which is irrelevant to this case)
Re:Obligatory (391 comments)
The problem is that the study was limited to Wikipedia articles covering mainstream science, and the quality of these is generally very good. The quality goes downhill very rapidly the further one gets away from the mainstream, whether in science, history, politics or anything else.
Re:Right to return wares (543 comments)
I think you are right. I'm not a German lawyer, but on the basis of European law she has a couple of excellent arguments:
First, under the Distance Selling Directive she has 30 days to return the software and receive a refund (how precisely this applies to downloads is unclear, but it certainly applies).
Second, under Council Directive 93/13/EEC, unfair terms in consumer contracts are unenforceable. A hidden term that the consumer pay a fee for software that is normally free is likely to be regarded as "unfair".
I assume Germany has implemented these Directives into local law - it certainly should have done. So she should refuse to pay under the Distance Selling Directive, and have the Unfair Terms Directive as a fallback.
Amazing so many people are so confident she has to pay.
Re:Sorry, but how exactly is this informative? (648 comments)
Plus an injunction to prevent further infringement, which is of some use...
Re:Berne convention? (648 comments)
How can that be? The cost of physically producing a copy of OS X is tiny. There may be a huge sunk development cost but - no matter what it is - Apple will make money off each sale. Whether this is increasing Apple's profit from OS X, or reducing its loss doesn't change that.
Re:Comparison with gasoline (603 comments)
OK, but bear in mind the electricity may have been generated from fossil fuels at efficiency of 50-60%, and then transmitted across the distribution system at efficiency of 90ish%, and then used to charge the capacitor (which will have an efficiency of less than 100%, but I've no idea what it will be)
All of which will likely end up better than 20% efficiency, but some way short of 90%.
Re:Criteria for entitlement versus requirement (918 comments)
This is not necessarily correct - in construing laws and contracts it's often corrrect to interpret "entitled if" to mean "entitled if, only if". Well drafted laws/contracts make this explicit. I don't know enough about the specifics, or indeed anything about Texas statutory interpretation, to say what the correct result is here.


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Steve Wynn on Hating A-Rod and Why Peter Buck Is a Washington Senators Fan
Best known as the leader of the legendary '80s alternative band the Dream Syndicate, Steve Wynn has found surprising success in channeling his love of baseball into his songwriting. A few years back, Wynn found another baseball junkie, Scott McCaughey (best known for his work with the Young Fresh Fellows), and the Baseball Project was born. Now augmented with two REM alumni, Peter Buck and Mike Mills, the band has released three albums of songs strictly about baseball.Michael E Anderson
From a rehearsal space in Athens, Georgia, and in anticipation of his performance on Friday, August 15, at the Oriental Theater, Wynn talked about how he transferred his love for baseball into a viable musical project and how he's comfortable with the shadow cast by his former bands.
Darryl Smyers: Where did the idea for the Baseball Project come from?
Steve Wynn:Strangely, Scott McCaughey and I had never hung out together over all of these years, even though we have a lot of friends in common. We got to know each other at this party for REM's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We ended up in a corner of the room talking for hours. We realized that we were both big baseball fans, and we had this far-fetched idea about doing a record about baseball. We were kindred spirits on that idea, and we just ran with it. It happened very quickly. The time between that conversation and the record being completed was two months.
And you've just released a third album.
Yes, it's pretty wild. There are so many bands making records, and it is rare to be number one in anything. That goes for REM or some garage band in a corner. I can guarantee that we have written and recorded more songs about baseball than any band in history.
Each member of the band associates with one major-league team. Seeing that you are from Los Angeles, why did you pick the Yankees?
I did grow up in L.A. and I was a fan of the Dodgers. But I didn't like them in the '70s because they were too squeaky-clean. I couldn't go with the whole Steve Garvey vibe. I wanted to be a rebel like the Reds and the A's, with crazy hair. I wasn't a diehard Dodger fan. It was come and go. I moved to New York twenty years ago and it is my favorite city. I always wanted to live here. I had to adopt one of the teams to be a true local and I chose the Yankees because the Mets were in the National League. That would be a conflict with my Dodger roots. It was all thought through. I chose the Yankees when they were in the midst of a long, Don Mattingly lead dry spell. I didn't jump on a bandwagon.
You did write a song about A-Rod.
There are a lot of songs about the Yankees and the Atlanta Braves. We were joking about that yesterday. I had to write about A-Rod because I was so disgusted with him. I think the entire steroid scandal started when he was with the Rangers.
How did you get Peter Buck and Mike Mills involved in the band?
That was a natural thing because we are all old friends. I didn't know Scott, but I did know Mike and Peter. We toured together in the '80s. This band, besides having people who love baseball, we are all old friends. Scott and Peter have easily played together in a dozen bands. When Scott and I started writing songs, his partner in crime was Peter. For me, it was Linda. We had played in bands together and we were a couple. It was a natural combination. The first gig this band had was the night before I got married. Our second gig was on the David Letterman Show. The third gig was at a festival in Spain. It certainly wasn't the typical way to start a band, especially a band about baseball. We've had a platoon system of bass players from the very start, but on this new record, we finally got to record as a five piece.
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The Daily Grind: What MMOG would you kill off? {Massively}
Jul 20th 2008 3:59PM The new achievement system is actually more like achievements on Xbox Live. Some of them will reward you with various useless things like titles & pets, and it is certainly nothing at all comparable to EQ1's AA's or EQ2's achievements. Those are basically what Talents are in WoW except there is no separate progression.
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Jul 6th 2008 11:59AM Hey, they could have gone the 360 route and filled the game with the same drab textures over and over(Gears) or even added in completely un-necessary bright & Shiny colors like Halo 3.
Then again, this is actually a good multi player series - who the fuck cares?
The Daily Grind: Which MMO should go away? {Massively}
Apr 21st 2008 2:37PM World of Warcraft.
"Chuck Norris LOLCOPTER9000" I think nobody would care in the least if the millions of people who spend their time acting like a complete moron in Barrens chat/Trade chat just disappeared from the earth. The game disappearing wouldn't help because they would simply migrate to other games you may be playing. There needs to be a MMO culture cleansing!
WoW did absolutely zilch for the genre aside from bringing a younger audience to the scene(by making the easiest MMO of all time) and bringing a more direct marketing approach. The game is simply a half-retarded infant's version of everquest with cardboard looking scenery and absolutely atrocious attention to detail throughout the game.
People who bash EverQuest are completely oblivious to the fact that WoW wouldn't even exist without EverQuest and their astounding 1 Million+ subscribers back when there was barely that many people playing MMO's all together. While thats not a reason for the game to stick around, it still provides the best raiding experience I've come across(and I've since moved onto many other MMOs after EQ) and has a great community that stands out like a sore thumb from those like WoW.
If anyone is going to make statements about any of the grandfather MMO's going out of business "just because they are old", than why not mention Ultima Online?
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Apr 16th 2008 5:36PM Scott, its hard to come across "data" for something like that. Obviously you can obtain class data to determine what classes are being played. However, in specific regards to WoW, someone playing as a Warrior/Paladin isn't necessarily a tank. It depends on their spec, but the high end content in WoW requires a true tank, not a warrior using a 2hander/dual wielding, or a Paladin specialized at doing damage or Healing.
When most people talk/complain about the tank shortage, its generally from their personal experiences in difficulties finding tanks while seeing an abundance of other classes.
What Warhammer Online will always be remembered for {Massively}
Apr 7th 2008 8:48AM It's hard to say. Other's bring up "city sieges" and talk about it as if it's something entirely new. It is, and it isn't. Age of Conan will be out May 20th, and "city sieges"(though unique compared to WAR's style) will be in at launch. Whereas WAR is going to be in Beta for quite some time. Hard to claim "first" there.
I think WAR will probably be remembered for being "that game"....not the one to trump WoW but the one to actually make Blizzard notice a decent loss in subscribers. This in turn could be great news for the WoW community as well, as Blizzard could jump into action trying to "steal some thunder", easily done by hijacking some of the easier translated ideas used in WAR that are causing it to be so popular.
The Daily Grind: What was your gateway MMO? {Massively}
Apr 7th 2008 8:34AM My gateway drug...err MMO was EverQuest, back when the first Expansion was released. I remember there being a group of guys I used to play organized sports with who would tell me about this online RPG they were all into. Me, being a complete idiot at the time...couldnt grasp the concept of how you actually could buy and sell items for these RPGs online.
After plunging into EQ and finding myself in a humorous situation(anyone who played with the original EQ UI knows what I mean) since I not only was a newb to the MMO scene, but to RPGs all together. It was a leaning curve that I'll probably never experience again on that degree, but once I got into it no other game genre's have been able to really give the same sensations.
I can officially consider myself a MMO Junkie...
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The Daily Grind: Which PvP do you want more: AoC or WAR? {Massively}
Mar 27th 2008 1:39PM PLEASE
I played on PVP servers in EQ(including the hardcore, lose all items and go back to lvl 1 "Discord" server), EQ2, and WoW. 2 of those 3 games had item loot when I played, and guess out of those three which had the best PVP?
The fact is people dont give a shit about getting some random item from a player who was running around killing bears and pigs. Most of the time the items you receive are worthless anyways. Even when you do get something useful/valuable, its still a worthless system without any content for PVPers to do. You either run to "hot spots" where people go to exp or you just wander around aimlessly looking for soloers. That is not fucking fun, Im sick and tired of that and I refuse to play any other game in PVP without them specifically designing content for it.(such as both AoC and WAR are doing)
So please, nobody gives a shit about you not liking these games because of some pathetic loot system in pvp that doesnt add much fun factor to the game as compared to the devs spending hours and hours designing content for us to do in pvp. If they removed their PVP content in favor of a retarded, pointless loot system I would never even give the game a chance.
No more PVP without content for me. Its just too boring.
More on Moria: Massively interviews Turbine's Jeffrey Steefel {Massively}
Mar 17th 2008 11:47AM What you said is true Scop, however there can definitely be good features that can be taken advantage of by more than just people at the level cap. One example would be when EQ2 released their 2nd expansion, Kingdom of Sky. That expansion introduced teleportation rings as well as a form of Alternate Advancement that players could begin obtaining once they reached level 20. Also, even by adding in just one lower level area aside from the obvious plentiful higher level areas, it allows them to work in some nice content to fill gaps where there may not be a ton of quality content in some level ranges.
So, while the expansion should definitely be targeted at the high end....there could certainly be plenty of room for features that all levels can take advantage of.
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