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Thank you, thank you, anonymous benefactor (Gary? Was that you?). How privileged we are to be privy to the uncensored inner thoughts of all these talented actors. We just had to share them with the world.
I've got paintings of redheads on my walls and seek out gifts and cards with photos and drawings of those luscious locks. So naturally, I took notice when I saw the ad on the back of an LA city bus -- a fetching, red-haired woman named Tanna Frederick was starring in a play called The Rainmaker.
The popularity of the hit drama Mad Men has almost single handedly brought 1960s-style home interiors back en vogue. From furniture to wallpaper, the retro style of the mid-century modern era is suddenly all the rage.
What's Scotch got that rum hasn't got? Rum has been an "on the brink" spirit for ages, but its breakthrough may finally be nigh.
I turned 50 last week. My younger friends smiled sympathetically and offered hugs, as if I'd just received a cancer diagnosis. Older ones grinned conspiratorially, as if I'd suddenly succumbed to their evil charms and crossed over to the dark side.
Writer/director Sally Potter has switched the shift typical of films set in the 1960s from personal and sexual enlightenment to stone-still disillusionment in Ginger and Rosa, which begins with the mushroom cloud of Hiroshima.
I was in Rio to cover the Diageo Reserve World Class global bartending final. She was in Rio to promote Johnnie Walker's high-end Blue Label whisky, for which she is the spokeswoman. I scored an interview with her -- a five-minute interview, but an interview nonetheless.
Just when you get complacent with the status quo, Weiner purposefully pulls the rug out from under you. It might not always be elegantly done, but it's usually effective.
As soon as I saw what happened, I figured there would be a lot of controversy about the latest episode of Mad Men, "The Other Woman." And sure enough, there is.
Selling sex is a basic advertising concept that we see over and over, but it's much harder to swallow when the concept becomes a reality.
"Christmas Waltz" is an improved episode of Mad Men in this uneven season of a longtime great TV series, an episode with a very welcome return to advertising. Too much of this season has been taken up with some fairly arbitrary soap opera doings.
They stand on opposite ends of the show, as counterparts to one another -- the sexy, damaged powerhouses with perfectly crafted exteriors. When they finally come together, their chemistry is so explosive that we simultaneously want and fear their union.
When Mad Men's set decorator needed paintings with the specific panache to match Roger's sly and savvy personality, she turned to the collection of photographer and painter Lisa Gizara.
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So I think I'm going to consistently bump in the mornings, announcement or not, just for the sake of gauging which days seem to have more activity than others... And, well, of course to keep my thread active, haha. I am doing my best to not needlessly post during the midday and such without an announcement, or if there's a long period of inactivity, but as for mornings it's likely I'll kick them off with a bump.
Alright, so the end result of my little morning experiment is that this morning was slow XD I digress though. While I don't have an announcement, I did want to share my feelings on my own skin for a moment because I think you guys will find this amusing. One of the big reasons I'm excited about the skin potentially happening is that I really want to see how Riot does the splash art
I will throw riot 1820 for this legendary awesome.
Heh, it's definitely not intended to be legendary as I've said, but I am surprised at how many people have said they'd pay legendary price for it. Not an overwhelming amount enough for me to make it legendary worthy, but an interesting amount.
I'm sorry guys, I really am trying to find time to work on that splash art. What with Thanksgiving break coming along I've been going nuts with how much work I've had apart from art. I'm going to have a pretty busy break as well, so I might have an opportunity to draw over the weekend but I don't know how free I'm going to be for the next week or so. I will always be on daily to check and monitor the thread, answer any questions, and bump, but I can't guarantee there will be art updates.
Bump of the day :P
Thanks XD It's definitely much appreciated
But seriously. This skin needs to happen. All the work has basically been done for riot. They just have to add some particles and slap a pricetag on it.
Well, honestly, at the moment we just need to hope we have Riot's attention moreso than the couple of employees who have commented on it. (actually, technically four employees have; Two posted on the Fan Art thread. I'm honestly surprised we haven't gotten a red visit on GD in ages ): ) Other than that, keeping the thread going is the biggest thing we have to do. Community support has been so stellar though, I really do have hope for the skin.


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[iPhone] Penny Saved Pro helps you save money by separating your 'needs' from 'wants'
Posted By Tucker On December 20, 2012 @ 12:37 AM In iOS | No Comments
[1]Saving for a vacation, a new car, or a special item like an engagement ring? You might need a financial app to keep you on track. If you want to reach a savings goal that big or small, you might want to check out Penny Saved Pro, developed by Tardent Apps.
Main Functionality
Penny Saved Pro is an iPhone app that lets users find balance their financial life and work towards savings goals. The app works by asking users to put their expenses into one of two categories: "needs" and "wants." By cutting back on "wants" over time, users can easily see where they can cut back, and start to get better about saving towards big ticket items.
[2]I'll be honest: I've probably reviewed about a dozen personal finance apps this year, and I still haven't found one that I like well enough to use on a regular basis. Penny Saved Pro, sadly, won't make it into my rotation of apps I use daily. The pop-up ads are aggressive and annoying, and I just can't handle having an ad or app download offer pop up literally every time I open the app.
Annoying ads aside, however, Penny Saved Pro is a pretty decent app. There's a decent amount of customization that is possible, and it's easy to organize your expenditures in a way that is as specific or as general as you'd prefer. I also think that breaking every single expense down into either a "want" or a "need" is a smart way to see where you can cut back.
Being forced to put each app in a "want" or "need" category may also help you be more careful with your money. If every expense gets put into this app, then you start double-checking yourself every time you're about to buy a "want" item. It's a smart way to structure this financial app.
Penny Saved Pro may not be the best-looking financial app out there, but it has its charms. While the pop-ups and banner ads are likely to drive you nuts, the core "want"/"need" dichotomy that the app is structured around provides a solid backbone for this handy free app. Sadly, my personal quest for the perfect personal finance and savings app continues…but perhaps Penny Saved Pro will bit the app you've been looking for.
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Chris Ashton wants to be remembered as England's greatest-ever try-scorer after breaking into the top 10 with his effort against Scotland.
Ashton has already chalked up 17 tries in 30 England Tests since his debut just three years ago and he is honoured to have joined a list that includes the likes of Will Greenwood, Ben Cohen and Jason Robinson.
The Saracens wing has some way to go before he overtakes Rory Underwood, who tops the England chart with 49 tries from 85 Tests.
But Ashton is back in the groove after ending an 11-Test drought with tries against New Zealand and Scotland and in confident mood heading into Sunday's RBS 6 Nations showdown with Ireland.
"It is an honour to be on that list with them all. I hope to be on top of it one day and then sit back and reflect on it - but not now," Ashton said.
"I am only 25. I have been here for three years and hopefully I will be here for a lot longer.
"I am happy to score. It is part of my job title. It was difficult to go so many games without scoring and hopefully that won't happen again.
"There is a bit of a mindset change. I feel more confident in it and just being in a team with people who put you in the right places and give you the opportunities gives you confidence."
Ashton is one of five England players returning to Dublin this weekend with painful memories of the trip in 2009 and the broken Grand Slam dreams.
Ireland caught England cold that day, smashing them with an intensity and a physicality that Martin Johnson's side could not live with.
England won the title but it was a hollow triumph. Their victory at the Aviva Stadium three months later in a World Cup warm-up was of scant consolation.
Ashton is sick of talking about that Dublin defeat. The fact Stuart Lancaster's England set-up is so different from Johnson's regime renders it irrelevant in his mind.
"The celebrations (of winning the Six Nations) were a bit flat. It was not the way you want to win it," Ashton said.
"There was a lot of pressure on us going into it - we had never been there before so we didn't really know what to expect and then it just went wrong from the start.
"We have not used that game at all (in our preparations). It was a pretty bad day for us and it is completely different here now to what it was then.
"We are a lot different to the way we were then. We had a good tournament that time but now it just feels different.
"The team feels a lot closer together and everyone knows what we are aiming for and the direction we are going. The culture and the attitude is completely different.
"We have never been beaten like that since these coaches have been together. We have taken a step forward.
"If we win this weekend, can we never talk about that game again?"
Ashton prefers to use last season's thumping 30-9 victory over Ireland at Twickenham as inspiration, although England are not foolish enough to assume it will be as easy again.
Only last weekend, Wales were blown away in the first half at the Millennium Stadium as Ireland opened their campaign with a 30-22 victory.
"We got hammered in the first half in 2009 - it was exactly what they did to Wales last week," Ashton said.
"As soon as you get on a roll like that at home, it is pretty difficult to stop it. It is pretty hard to stop the snowball coming at you."
But Ashton is convinced this new England side will never suffer a repeat of that 2009 Dublin demolition, a confidence that was forged under the posts at Ellis Park, Johannesburg last summer.
South Africa stormed into a 22-3 lead after just 20 minutes but the way England responded is seen as one of the key foundation stones of this team.
England refused to crumble and eventually went down 36-27 before drawing the third Test in Port Elizabeth, a match they could have won.
"That was this team's first experience of that kind of atmosphere and how it feels for a team like that to come at you," Ashton said.
"We were never quite in same situation (as Dublin 2009), we never got beat as bad as we did that day.
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The Adolescent/Young Adult Education program at Urbana University is dedicated to ensuring that the teacher candidates have a wide array of educational settings throughout their field and clinical experiences. Candidates are placed at partner schools that will provide the teacher candidates with experiences that are diverse, rich in technology, and excellent in teaching practices.
Cooperating teachers for pre-service candidates are highly qualified teachers that boast significant experience in the field. The field and clinical experiences in Urbana University's teacher education programs begin after the candidate is accepted to the Adolescent/Young Adult Education program. Prior to being admitted to their program, candidates will indicate an area of concentration from the following: Integrated Language Arts, Integrated Mathematics or Integrated Social Studies.
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Ratatat - LP4
Tue 25th May, 2010 Music Reviews
inAn entertaining and imaginative romp through misty atmospherics and score-like melodrama, LP4 by Ratatat beautifully creates a consistent voice through well-pitched guitar riffs and piano melodies.
The creative duo of Mike Stroud and Evan Mast are joined in their production by a string section who all combine well, creating a very settled sound. Very much a continuation of where they were heading with their earlier release LP3, this is a fun album, off-key enough to surprise, but with such strong and consistent quality that pretty much every track draws you in and pleases.
Sunblocks is a case in point: a summery, happy tune, the keyboard tones and guitar having a patter of conversation, the string section swooping in to have a natter before disappearing off to lunch with the drums. It's happy music with a surprising intelligence. The instruments provide the voices as there are no vocals to speak of throughout. The odd snatch of dialogue in different languages is the exception. There's thankfully no story trying to be told here, but an exotic sound creeps in as the album progresses from the African drum beats to whoops and hollers of a tribal ilk.
Grape Juice City goes jazz funk scat-tastic with a voice as instrument (in a clever switch around there, you see?) and the album finishes with Alps; a surprisingly sad, almost lachrymose shuffle that's easy on the ear but pulls a curtain down on what preceded it like the end of a holiday, that last day by the pool, the last ray of sun on your face.
Other standout tracks include the heavy throbbing Bob Ghandi, with its unnerving but enthralling mash-up of styles. Throughout, you're never allowed to get bored thanks to the sheer variety – but it fits together so intelligently that's it's not variety for its own sake. It feels like you're listening to, and experiencing, Ratatat's own musical inspiration.
Start to finish, this is a quality release, well thought-out, well-produced and fun, enjoyable listening. I should imagine it's not to everyone's taste in as much as it's leaning towards the experimental, but this comes highly recommended.
LP4 is released on June 4 through XL/Remote Control.


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Scarface | |
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Directed by | Brian De Palma |
Produced by | Martin Bregman |
Screenplay by | Oliver Stone |
Starring | Al Pacino |
Music by | Giorgio Moroder |
Cinematography | John A. Alonzo |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 170 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $25 million[1] |
Box office | $65.9 million[2] |
Scarface | |
Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Brian De Palma |
Produced by | Martin Bregman |
Screenplay by | Oliver Stone |
Starring | Al Pacino |
Music by | Giorgio Moroder |
Cinematography | John A. Alonzo |
Edited by |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates |
Running time | 170 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $25 million[1] |
Box office | $65.9 million[2] |
Scarface is a 1983 American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone. A remake of the 1932 film of the same name, Scarface tells the story of Cuban refugee Tony Montana (Al Pacino) who arrives in 1980s Miami with nothing, and rises up to become a powerful drug kingpin. The film also features Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Steven Bauer, and Michelle Pfeiffer.
The initial critical response to Scarface was mixed, with criticism over excessive violence, frequent strong language and graphic hard drug usage. Some Cuban expatriates in Miami objected to the film's portrayal of Cubans as criminals and drug traffickers. Later reviews have been more positive, and screenwriters and directors such as Martin Scorsese have praised the movie. It is now considered a classic within the mob film genre and has resulted in many cultural references such as in comic books and video games.
In 1980, Cuban refugee Tony Montana (Al Pacino) arrives in Miami, and is sent to a refugee camp with his best friend Manny Ribera (Steven Bauer), and their associates Angel (Pepe Serna) and Chi-Chi (Ángel Salazar). In exchange for assassinating a former Cuban government official at the request of wealthy drug dealer Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia), the group are released from the camp and given green cards. Frank's henchman Omar Suarez (F. Murray Abraham) gives the group the opportunity to purchase cocaine from Colombian dealers, but the deal collapses. Angel is dismembered with a chainsaw, while Manny and Chi-Chi rescue Tony and kill the Colombians. Suspecting that Omar betrayed them, Tony and Manny insist on personally delivering the recovered drugs and money to Frank. Impressed, Frank hires Tony and Manny. During their meeting, Tony meets, and is instantly attracted to Frank's girlfriend Elvira Hancock (Michelle Pfeiffer). Months later, Tony visits his mother Georgina (Míriam Colón), and younger sister Gina (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), of whom he is fiercely protective. His mother is disgusted by his life of crime and throws him out. As Tony gets in his waiting car, Manny comments on Gina's beauty before being warned by Tony to stay away from her.
Frank sends Tony and Omar to Bolivia to meet with cocaine kingpin Alejandro Sosa (Paul Shenar). Tony negotiates a deal with Sosa without Frank's approval, and Omar leaves to contact Frank. Sosa claims that Omar is a police informant and then has Tony witness as a beaten Omar is pushed to his death from a helicopter. Tony vouches for Frank's organization, and Sosa agrees to the deal, parting with a warning that Tony should never betray him. In Miami, Frank is infuriated by Omar's demise and the unauthorized deal struck by Tony. As a result, Tony's and Frank's relationship dissolves, resulting in Tony establishing his own organization and informing Elvira of his intentions toward her.
At a nightclub, corrupt detective Mel Bernstein (Harris Yulin) attempts to extort money from Tony in return for police protection and information. Tony angers Frank further by openly pursuing Elvira in the club. When Tony sees Gina dancing and being touched by a man, he argues with, and hits Gina before Manny takes her home. Hitmen then attempt to assassinate Tony, but he escapes the club. Suspecting that his former boss sent both Bernstein and the hitmen, Tony, Manny and Chi-Chi go to Frank's office, where they find him with Bernstein. Frank confesses to his involvement and begs for his life, but the group kills both him and Bernstein.
Tony marries Elvira and, with Sosa's supplies, he builds a multi-million-dollar empire. By 1983, the operation gradually struggles as Tony becomes increasingly paranoid, he and Elvira excessively use cocaine, his money launderer demands more pay, and Manny grows resentful as Tony takes all credit for their success. Eventually, Tony is charged with money laundering and tax evasion after a police investigation. Sosa offers to use his government connections to keep Tony out of jail if Tony assassinates a journalist intending to expose Sosa. Later, Tony further pushes Manny and Elvira away by blaming his friend for his arrest and accusing his wife of being infertile because of her drug use. As a result, Elvira leaves Tony.
In New York City, Tony, Chi-Chi and Sosa's henchman Alberto (Mark Margolis) prepare for the assassination. Alberto plants a bomb on the journalist's car, but when he is unexpectedly accompanied by his wife and children, Tony calls off the mission. Alberto insists on continuing, and Tony becomes enraged and kills him. Returning home, Tony is contacted by Sosa who is furious about Tony's failure. Sosa ends their partnership and warns Tony that he should not have betrayed him.
Later, Tony learns that Manny and Gina have been missing for several days. His search leads him to a house where he finds Manny. When Tony also sees Gina in a state of undress, he kills Manny. Gina tells Tony that she and Manny had just gotten married the day before and were planning to surprise him. Tony returns to his mansion with Gina, where he displays remorse for Manny's death before burying his face in a large mound of cocaine. Meanwhile, Sosa's men begin assaulting the mansion and killing Tony's men, including Chi-Chi. A drugged Gina accuses Tony of wanting her himself and shoots him in the leg, before one of Sosa's men shoots and kills her. Tony kills the man and becomes distraught at the sight of Gina's corpse. In a cocaine-fueled fury, Tony uses a grenade-launcher-equipped M-16 to attack Sosa's hitmen. Tony is repeatedly shot, but continues to fight until he is shot in the back. His body falls into a fountain below, in front of a statue reading, "The World is Yours."
The cast also includes: Ángel Salazar as Chi-Chi, and Pepe Serna as Angel Fernandez, Tony's associates; Arnaldo Santana as Ernie, Frank's henchman; Michael P. Moran as Nick the Pig, Al Israel as Hector the Toad, Mark Margolis as Alberto the Shadow, and Geno Silva as The Skull, Sosa's henchmen; Dennis Holahan as Jerry, Tony's banker and money launderer; Michael Alldredge as George Sheffield; Ted Beniades as Seidelbaum; and Richard Belzer as the comic at the Babylon Club.
Scarface began development after Pacino saw the 1932 film of the same name at the Tiffany Theater while in Los Angeles. He later called his manager, producer Martin Bregman and informed him of his belief in the potential for a remake of that film.[3] Pacino originally wanted to retain the period piece aspect, but realized that because of its melodramatic nature it would be difficult to accomplish.[4] Sidney Lumet became attached as the director, developing the idea for Montana to be Cuban arriving in America during the Mariel boatlift.[3][5]
Bregman and Lumet's creative differences saw Lumet drop out of the project. Lumet had wanted to make a more political story that focused on blaming the current Presidential administration for the influx of cocaine into the United States, and Bregman disagreed with Lumet's views.[6][4] Bregman replaced him with Brian De Palma, and hired writer Oliver Stone, later stating that it took only four phone calls to secure their involvement.[5] Stone researched the script while battling his own cocaine addiction.[7] He and Bregman performed their own research, travelling to Miami, Florida where they were given access to records from the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Organized Crime Bureau.[6] Stone moved to Paris to write the script, believing he could not break his addiction while in America, stating in a 2003 interview that he was completely off drugs at the time "because I don't think cocaine helps writing. It's very destructive to the brain cells."[4][8] Although Pacino insisted he take the lead role as Tony Montana, Robert De Niro was offered and turned down the role.[3][9] Pacino worked with experts in knife combat, trainers, and boxer Roberto Duran to attain the body type he wanted for the role. Duran also helped inspire the character, whom Pacino thought had "a certain lion in him", and the work of Meryl Streep on Sophie's Choice (1982), where she also played an immigrant character. Bauer and a dialect coach helped him learn aspects of the Cuban Spanish language and pronunciation.[4]
Pfeiffer was an unknown actress at the time, and both Pacino and De Palma had argued against her casting, but Bregman fought for her inclusion.[3] Glenn Close was the original choice for the role, while others including Geena Davis, Carrie Fisher, Kelly McGillis, Sharon Stone, and Sigourney Weaver were also considered.[10] Bauer however got his role without even auditioning. During the audition process, casting director Alixe Gordin saw Bauer and instantly noted that he was right for the role of Manny, a judgment both De Palma and Bregman agreed with; he was the only actual Cuban in the principal cast. John Travolta was considered for the role.[3][9][11]
During rehearsals for a gunfight, Pacino was injured after he grabbed the barrel of a prop gun which had just been used to fire several dummy bullets. His hand stuck to the hot barrel and he was unable to remove it immediately; the injury sidelined him for 2 weeks. The gunfight scene also includes a single shot directed by Steven Spielberg who was visiting the set at the time.[12] During filming, some Cuban-Americans objected to the film's Cuban-American characters being portrayed as criminals by non-Cuban-American actors. To counter this, the film features a disclaimer during its credits stating that the film characters were not representative of the Cuban-American community.[11] The entertainment industry initially hated the film, with actress Liza Minnelli—who at the time had not seen the film—asking Pacino what he had done to leave the insiders subdued at a post-screening meal. However, during the meal, actor Eddie Murphy told Pacino he loved the film.[3]
Despite its Miami setting, much of the film was actually shot in Los Angeles as the Miami Tourist board was afraid that the film's depiction of the state, as a haven for drugs and gangsters, would deter tourism.[13] Tony's opulent Miami mansion was portrayed by El Fureidis, a Roman-styled mansion in Santa Barbara, California.[14]
Scarface was given an X rating in North America three times for extreme violence, frequent strong language and hard drug usage. The restrictive rating, more associated at the time with pornography, both limited the number of cinemas willing to screen such a film, and restricted promotional advertising, which would potentially adversely affect any box office takings. In particular, an early scene where Montana's associate Angel is dismembered with a chainsaw off screen, was singled out as the cause of the X rating. De Palma made edits to the scene and resubmitted it to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), but was again given an X rating. He made further edits and resubmitted it between 3 to 5 times before refusing to further edit the film, telling Universal Pictures to either release it in its current form or fire and replace him with someone who would edit it. Universal opted to appeal the MPAA's decision. Then-studio president Robert Rehme attended the hearing which was presided over by his friend, and MPAA President Jack Valenti. Among those speaking on behalf of the film during the appeal were film critic Roger Ebert, the head of Florida's Broward County organized crime division, and the head of a major theater chain, Alan Friedberg. MPAA member Richard Heffner would later admit that he could have fought harder to retain the X rating, but he believed that Valenti did not support the decision, as he did not want to alienate the big film studios. The decision was overwhelmingly in favor of releasing the film with a less restrictive R rating.
In response, De Palma argued that if the latest version of the film was now considered an R, then his original version would also be one, rationalizing that the edits he made were minor. The MPAA told De Palma that only his latest edit would be certified as an R. De Palma however believed that the changes were so slight that no one would notice if he released his original version anyway, which he ultimately did.[15][16]
Scarface premiered on December 1, 1983 in New York City, where it was initially greeted with mixed to positive reaction. The film's two stars, Al Pacino and Steven Bauer, were joined in attendance by Burt and Diane Lane, Melanie Griffith, Raquel Welch, Joan Collins, her then-boyfriend Peter Holm and Eddie Murphy among others.[17] The limited, 20th anniversary theatrical re-release in 2003 boasted a remastered soundtrack with enhanced sound effects and music.
The initial release of Scarface was met with a negative critical response,[3] and drew controversy regarding the violence and graphic language in the film.[18] The New York Magazine defined it empty, bullying and overblown B movie.[19]
According to AMC's "DVD TV: Much More Movie" airing, Cher loved it, Lucille Ball, who came with her family, hated it because of the graphic violence and language, and Dustin Hoffman was said to have fallen asleep[citation needed]. Writers Kurt Vonnegut and John Irving were among those who allegedly walked out in disgust after the notorious chainsaw scene[citation needed]. At the middle of the film, Martin Scorsese turned to Steven Bauer and told him, "You guys are great – but be prepared, because they're going to hate it in Hollywood... because it's about them."[20]
Roger Ebert rated it four stars out of four in his 1983 review and he later added it to his "Great Movies" list.[21] Ebert wrote "DePalma and his writer, Oliver Stone, have created a gallery of specific individuals, and one of the fascinations of the movie is that we aren't watching crime-movie clichés, we're watching people who are criminals."[22] Vincent Canby praised the film in the New York Times: "The dominant mood of the film is... bleak and futile: what goes up must always come down. When it comes down in Scarface, the crash is as terrifying as it is vivid and arresting."[23]
Leonard Maltin was among those critics who held a negative opinion of Scarface. He gave the film 1½ stars out of four, stating that "...[Scarface] wallows in excess and unpleasantness for nearly three hours, and offers no new insights except that crime doesn't pay. At least the 1932 movie moved." In later editions of his annual movie guide, Maltin included an addendum to his review stating his surprise with the film's newfound popularity as a cult-classic.[24]
In his review for Newsweek, David Ansen wrote, "If Scarface makes you shudder, it's from what you think you see and from the accumulated tension of this feral landscape. It's a grand, shallow, decadent entertainment, which like all good Hollywood gangster movies delivers the punch and counterpunch of glamour and disgust".[25] Jay Scott, in his review for the Globe and Mail, writes, "For a while, Al Pacino is hypnotic as Montana. But the effort expended on the flawless Cuban accent and the attempts to flesh out a character cut from inch-thick cardboard are hopeless."[26] In his review for the Washington Post, Gary Arnold wrote, "A movie that appeared intent on revealing an alarmingly contemporary criminal subculture gradually reverts to underworld cliche, covering its derivative tracks with outrageous decor and an apocalyptic, production number finale, ingeniously choreographed to leave the antihero floating face down in a literal bloodbath."[27]
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes offers a contemporary interpretation of the film's reception, providing an 88% approval rating from 59 critics – an average rating of 7.4 out of 10 – with the following consensus: "director Brian De Palma and star Al Pacino take it to the limit in this stylized, ultra-violent and eminently quotable gangster epic that walks a thin white line between moral drama and celebratory excess."[28] Metacritic gives it an average score of 65/100.
Pacino earned a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama and Steven Bauer was nominated for Best Supporting Actor as well. DePalma was nominated for, but did not win, a Razzie Award for Worst Director.
Scarface was released theatrically in North America on December 9, 1983. During its opening weekend, the film earned $4.5 million from 996 theaters—an average of $4,616 per theater—ranking as the second highest grossing film of the weekend behind Sudden Impact ($9.6 million)—debuting the same weekend. It went on to earn $45.4 million in North America, and $20.4 million from other markets, for a total of $65.8 million. This figure made Scarface the 16th highest grossing film of 1983, and seventh highest grossing R-rated film in North America for 1983.[2][29]
Scarface was initially released by MCA Home Video on VHS, CED Videodisc, Laserdisc, and Beta in the summer of 1984 – a two-tape set in 1.33:1 pan and scan ratio – and quickly became a bestseller, preluding its cult status.[30] A 2.35:1 Widescreen VHS would follow years later in 1998 to coincide with the special edition DVD release. The last VHS release was in 2003 to counterpart the 20th anniversary edition DVD.
The TV version of Scarface premiered on ABC on January 7, 1989.[31] 32 minutes of violence, profanity and sex were edited out, and much of the dialog, including the constant use of the word "fuck", which was muted after the beginning of "f-" or replaced with less offensive alternatives.[32]
The film received a North American DVD release on the film's 15th anniversary in 1998 featuring a non-anamorphic widescreen transfer, a "Making of" documentary, outtakes, production notes and cast and crew biographies. This release was not successful, and many fans and reviewers complained about its unwatchable video transfer and muddled sound, describing it as "one of the worst big studio releases out there".[33] In 2003, a 20th anniversary re-release, featured two documentaries — including a new interview with Steven Bauer and another produced by Def Jam Recordings featuring interviews with various rappers on the film's cult status in the hip hop world.[citation needed]
Scarface was released on Blu-ray disc on September 6, 2011 in a two-disc, limited edition, steelbox package.[34] The set contains a remastered, 1080p widescreen transfer of the film in 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound, as well as a digital copy. Disc two is a DVD of the 1932 Scarface, featuring a TMC-produced introduction by Robert Osborne and an alternate ending. Bonus features include The Making of Scarface documentary, and a new retrospective documentary: The Scarface Phenomenon.[35]
A special gift set, limited to 1,000 copies, features the Blu-ray set housed in a cigar humidor, designed by world-renowned humidor craftsman Daniel Marshall. The humidor box set retailed at $999.99.[36]
Universal also launched a "National Fan Art Contest" via Facebook. The top 25 submissions selected by Universal were entered in a poll where fans voted on their 10 favorite works to be featured as art cards in the Blu-ray set. The Grand-Prize winner had their artwork featured on a billboard in a major US city in order to promote the release. To celebrate the release of Scarface on Blu-ray, Universal Studios and Fathom Events teamed up to make a Scarface Special Event. The event included Scarface coming back to select theaters nationwide for one night only on Wednesday, August 31, 2011. A twenty-minute documentary on how the film impacted the world today also featured.
The music in Scarface was produced by Academy Award-winning Italian record producer Giorgio Moroder. Reflecting Moroder's style, the soundtrack consists mostly of synthesized new wave, electronic music. De Palma says that he has repeatedly denied Universal's requests to release the film with a "rap score" because he feels Moroder's score is already perfect.[37]
While Pacino was already an established successful actor, Scarface helped launch Pfeiffer's and Mastrantonio's careers, both of whom were relatively unknown beforehand and who would go on to individual successes.[11] In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its "Ten Top Ten"—the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. Scarface was acknowledged as the tenth best in the gangster film genre.[38] The line "Say hello to my little friend!" (spoken by Montana) took 61st place on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes list, and Tony Montana was nominated as a villain on AFI's list of the 100 Heroes & Villains.[39] Entertainment Weekly ranked the film #8 on their list of "The Top 50 Cult Films,"[40] and Empire Magazine placed it among the top 500 films of all time, at #284.[41] In 2010, VH1 rated the movie at number 5 in its list of 100 greatest movies of all time.[citation needed] In 2009, Total Film listed at number 9 on their list of the 30 Greatest Gangster movies.[42] Scarface was the first film in which the expletive "fuck" is used persistently, 226 times in total.[43] The company set up by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to launder money was named Montana Management after Pacino's character.[44]
During the time of the high profile feud with Jay-Z, Nas, on his track "Last Real Nigga Alive" from his album God's Son, compared himself to Tony Montana, and Jay-Z to Manny respectively from Scarface.[45]
Dark Horse Comics' imprint DH Press released a novel called Scarface: The Beginning by L. A. Banks.[46][47] IDW publishing released a limited series called Scarface: Scarred For Life. It starts with corrupt police officers finding Tony has survived the final mansion showdown. Similar to the game The World Is Yours, Tony works at rebuilding his criminal empire.[48]
In 2001, plans were made for hip hop artist Cuban Link to write and star in a sequel to Scarface, titled Son of Tony.[49] The plans drew both praise and criticism, and after several years Cuban Link indicated that he may no longer be involved with the project as the result of movie rights issues and creative control.[50] Universal announced in 2011 that the studio is developing a new version of Scarface. The studio claims that the new film is neither a sequel nor a remake, but will take elements from both this version and its 1932 predecessor, including the basic premise: a man who becomes a kingpin in his quest for the American Dream. Martin Bregman, who produced the 1983 remake, will produce this version,[51] with a screenplay by David Ayer[52] and David Yates in talks to direct the film.[53] On March 24, 2014, The Wrap has reported that Pablo Larraín is in negotiations to direct the film along with Paul Attanasio writing the film's script. The film's update will be an original story set in modern day Los Angeles that follows a Mexican immigrant's rise in the criminal underworld as he strives for the American Dream.[54]
Among other films, Scarface served as a major inspiration for the 2002 award-winning video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, which took place in a representation of 1980s' Miami and featured music from the film's soundtrack, as well as a recreation of Montana's mansion.[55][56][57] Scarface would get its own direct tie-in with the 2006 video games Scarface: The World Is Yours and Scarface: Money. Power. Respect..
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That's all for today, folks. Enjoy the evening and maybe another good match at the Australian Open.
Here's our evening wrap of today's session.
What to look out for overnight:
- The IMF will update its World Economic Outlook. Chief Christine Lagarde has been a bit more upbeat in her assessment of the global economy of late, so there's a chance of an upward revision to global growth estimates.
- Apple is set to reveal its first drop in quarterly earnings in a decade. Analysts on average estimate Apple's fiscal first-quarter earnings per share at $US13.41, down slightly from $US13.87 in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue is seen up 18 per cent at $US54.7 billion. The December quarter is typically the strongest one of the year for consumer electronics sales and Apple had a new product, the iPad mini, in its holiday season line-up.
Arab Bank's David Scutt has just tweeted that this is the highest close for the ASX200 441 in trading sessions. We haven't checked the numbers but we can confirm that it's the highest since May 2, 2011.
Among the sectors, materials gained 0.6 per cent, buoyed by a 1.3 per cent rise in BHP on the back of strong production numbers. Financials rose 0.3 per cenr, energy added 0.4 per cent and gold stocks jumped 1.8 per cent.
Among the losers were the health sector, falling 1.3 per cent, and industrials, down 0.7 per cent.
The sharemarket has closed slightly higher, hanging onto its early gains. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index added 8.7 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 4787.8, while the broader All Ords rose 9.2 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 4812.2.
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Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey says the government must reveal how its broken promise to return a budget surplus this financial year will impact on the cost of living of Australian households.
Mr Hockey said the latest consumer price index for the December quarter released on Wednesday showed the annual rate of inflation edged up to 2.2 per cent from two per cent previously, while domestic cost pressures remained of concern.
He said non-tradeables - domestically produced goods and services, such as meat, newspapers, takeaway food and new dwelling purchases - rose 0.7 per cent in the quarter and 3.9 per cent over the year.
He also noted that the cost of electricity over 2012 rose by 17.7 per cent, while other gas and household fuels increased by 17.3 per cent.
With less than an hour before the close of trade, here's how markets around the region are performing:
- Japan(Nikkei): -0.9%
- Shanghai: -0.4%
- Taiwan: -0.3%
- South Korea: -0.2%
- Singapore: +0.3%
- New Zealand: +0.1%
Here's an interesting piece from the Guardian, a US company has unveiled plans to launch of fleet of spacecraft to hunt for asteroids in the hope of mining them for resources.
Selecting shares to recommend is fraught with challenges, writes Motley Fool's Scott Phillips, but that doesn't mean there isn't value to be found.
After today's inflation numbers, CBA economist Michael Workman had some interesting comments on monetary policy:
- The focus will turn to the next round of Capex and jobs releases. Another downgrade to business investment expectations (due late February) in the mining and non-mining sectors could be sufficient to persuade the RBA to cut the cash rate in March. But it may also require another fall in the January jobs data (due early February) and a rise in the unemployment rate.
- If international economic trends are taken into account, then any decision to cut the cash rate may be delayed for a few months. On balance, the growth data from Australia's major export markets has been positive in recent months. Financial market volatility, and risks, in the EU and the US, have fallen appreciably compared to most of 2012. In addition, asset prices, including equities, have risen, which improves household balance sheets and, eventually, consumer confidence.
- The policy game plan during 2012 involved the RBA accommodating fiscal consolidation and offsetting the high AUD by lowering interest rates. This policy approach requires a benign inflation backdrop which looks to be still in place after today's update.
- The risks are clearly skewed towards another RBA cash rate cut, to 2.75%, in coming months. Timing-wise, March appears more likely than February. Markets see a 28% chance of a February RBA rate cut, and about 61% by March.
With the World Economic Forum taking place in Davos, Switzerland, under the theme of 'Resilient Dynamism', Quartz.com has put together a list of previous themes from the last decade....interesting.
2003: Building Trust
2004: Partnering for Security and Prosperity
2005: Taking Responsibility for Tough Choices
2006: The Creative Imperative
2007: The Shifting Power Equation
2008: The Power of Collaborative Innovation
2009: Shaping the Post-Crisis World
2010: Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild
2011: Shared Norms for the New Reality
2012: The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models
2013: Resilient Dynamism
While today's consumer price index is a pleasant surprise on the downside, it is a mild one, Michael Pascoe writes:
Core inflation has been running low enough to allow the Reserve Bank to trim rates next month if it so wishes, but not so low as to push it in that direction.
But the numbers breakdown also shows why inflation isn't dead as an issue for the RBA, why it can't afford to wildly slash interest rates as the usual suspects keep suggesting.
Something to keep in mind when looking at the inflation figures: wages have been growing faster.
In November, Bureau of Statistics figures for the wage price index showed that wages were up 3.7 per cent in the year to September.
The total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses rose 0.7 per cent in the September quarter, a drop from the previous three months when it advanced by 1 per cent.
Treasurer Wayne Swan said today's CPI result reflected subdued price pressures across the board with a number of seasonal factors putting downward pressure on inflation.
''Importantly, today's result provides further evidence that there has been no significant broad-based increase in consumer prices as a result of the carbon price,'' Mr Swan said.
''That is a result which is entirely consistent with Treasury modelling. In fact, much of the impact of the carbon price on inflation occurred in the previous quarter.''
The data also showed the ''scare campaign'' from Opposition Leader Tony Abbott and the Liberals about the carbon tax had been exposed as ''fraudulent'', the treasurer said.
IKEA, the world's biggest furniture retailer, posted a record net profit today for the 2011-12 year, helped by sales and market share growth as budget design enticed austerity-hit shoppers.
Net profit at the privately-held Swedish firm, known the world over for low-price, self-assembly, flat-packed furniture, rose 8 per cent to 3.2 billion euros in the 12 months through last August.
IKEA says it is relatively resilient to economic downturns as these make cost conscious consumers turn to cheaper goods.
HSBC have put together a nice graphic tracking inflation over the last decade:
A cyclone warning remains in place for Western Australia's Pilbara region, including the major iron ore export hub of Port Hedland.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) estimated around 9am (WST) on Wednesday that a tropical low was 95km west-northwest of Port Hedland and 110km northeast of Karratha, moving west-southwest at 8km/h.
The low lies just to the north of the Pilbara coast between Karratha and Port Hedland and may develop into a tropical cyclone, which would be named Peta, BoM spokesman Neil Bennett said.
If the system reaches cyclone intensity, gales with wind gusts to 100km/h could develop between Port Hedland and Mardie during the day, and possibly extend west towards Onslow in the evening.
Rio Tinto is facing a legal challenge over claims it discriminated between union and non-union miners by giving workers on individual contracts up to $120,000 more in redundancy payments when it shut down a coal mine in central Queensland last year.
The dispute marks the latest instalment in a long-running effort by Rio Tinto to curb the influence of unions across its workforce.
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union has accused the mining giant of discriminating between union and non-union members as it was preparing to close the Blair Athol coal mine last November. In a statement of claim filed in the New South Wales Federal Court, the CFMEU claims Rio Tinto breached four sections of the Fair Work act by discriminating against members of an industrial association.
Nice little lunchtime read in our Money section: sites like Airbnb - where you can rent a spare room out - are becoming increasingly popular. Now the taxman is twigging on.
The sharemarket has shrugged off the inflation data, choosing instead to focus on BHP Billiton's strong half-year production results.
Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith says that with almost four million shares being traded in the company, the results are spurring the Australian equities market.
BHP Billiton shares are up 1.2 per cent.
A former Treasurer and Prime Minister would have called the inflation figures a "beautiful set of numbers". And with good reason, says CommSec economist Savanth Sebastian:
- Inflation is not an issue at present, meaning that rates can stay lower for longer.
- The Reserve Bank is the envy of central banks across the globe. In Australia, inflation is contained, unemployment is low, the economy is growing close to a "normal" rate and there hasn't been a recession for 21 years. In short, the Reserve Bank's wall of worry is decidedly empty.
- Inflation is well and truly contained and the Reserve Bank certainly has the scope to cut interest rates interest rates in February if it believes it is necessary. The low inflation result removes any lasting hurdle for the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates over the next few months.
The fear and loathing of 2012 seems like a distant memory now with equities continuing to trade positively over the past week, Fat Prophets write in their weekly comment. Here are the key points:
- Markets trading positively on a strong US earnings season, US economic gains, and positivity on China
- We see a commitment to easing by central banks (the Bank of Japan being the latest) as ultimately providing a further tailwind
- Debt monetisation is building upward pressure on gold prices in our view. Germany's decision to 'take back its gold' also highly significant.
- We are bullish on soft commodities and also fertiliser businesses due to their role in helping boost crop yields
- We have added Incitec Pivot to the portfolio this week as we like the company's integrated producer model and the fact it is increasing leverage to key commodity markets in expanding capacity through plant expansions. Another attraction is the low cost nature of the company's operations.
- We have issued a sell on Graincorp at $12.05. We added to the portfolio last year at $7.79. A bid by Archer Daniel Midlands for Graincorp has crystallised a value and a premium. With a higher bid looking remote we are taking some gains off the table.
Some more economist reactions to the CPI numbers:
RBA Capital Markets senior economy Su-Lin Ong:
- These numbers are coming a bit below the RBA's own forecasts, so inflation is possibly surprising them slightly to the downside.
- It increases the risk of a rate cut, because inflation is coming in lower than what the RBA had forecast and because it is in the bottom half of the target range and very well-behaved.
- We've had one more cut in the profile. We've been thinking that they delivered some easing in Q4 and they may wait a little bit. But this will increase speculation of a move from them sooner rather than later.
Macquarie Bank senior economist Brian Redican:
- I don't think it's quite weak enough to push the RBA over the line (to cut rates). Certainly it makes it easier for the RBA to cut rates and it suggests they will be revising down some of their inflation forecasts.
- There's probably a 35 to 40 per cent chance of a February rate cut so not enough to get it over the line, but certainly we think the prospects of a March rate cut are very real.
- The RBA will continually have to cut rates over 2013. If the capex investment report at the end of February is softer again, then it will open the door to a March rate cut.
Here are some tweets on the softish CPI figures, which basically all say the numbers give the Reserve Bank the scope to cut rates, but Stevens & Co are likely to hold fire:
#CPI data allows the #RBA to cut, but they won't. Global economy is definately on the mend and they were 'finely balanced' in Dec #ausbiz
David Scutt @David_Scutt
#RBA in the fortunate position of having the flexibility, but perhaps not the need, to cut rates further after benign Q4 inflation print.
Glenn Maguire @AsiaSentry
This inflation climate gives RBA lots of scope to cut ... but the world has turned up since then
Stephen KoukoulasVerified @TheKouk
The lowish inflation numbers are the headline figures, the underlying numbers the RBA tends to followare fairly in line with expectations, rising 0.6 per cent in the quarter and 2.2 per cent over the year - definitely leaving the door open for another rate cut.
Yhe dollar is hovering just below $US1.0550, about a tenth of a cent below where it was ahead of the CPI release.
The dollar has slipped slightly on the CPI numbers, as lower than expected inflation may convince the RBA to cut rates again. The dollar is currently trading at $US1.0542.
CPI figures are in and they're lower than expected: 0.2 per cent for the quarter and 2.2 per cent rise for the year.
The dollar is trading at $US1.0559 ahead of the CPI data.
Fourth-quarter inflation numbers are due in three minutes. Expectations are for a 0.4 per cent quarterly rise and 2.4 per cent over the year.
Underlying inflation is tipped to have been 0.65 per cent for the quarter and 2.4 per cent over the year, around the middle of the RBA's target range of two to three per cent.
Here's ANZ's Warren Hogan tweeting:
AusCPI - If inflation 'pulse' is around 2.25% then no case for cut rates in next few months. Would need a very weak # to trigger cut in Feb
Growth in the Australian economy looks set to improve in the coming months, a study shows.
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index - which indicates the likely pace of economic activity three to nine months into the future - rose to 3.9 per cent in November, from 3.1 per cent the previous month. This places it above the long-term average of 2.8 per cent.
However, Westpac's Coincident Index - which measures current growth - was 2.7 per cent, below its long-term average of 3.0 per cent.
Westpac chief economist Bill Evans said he was surprised by the leading index result, which was more optimistic than the bank's predictions for gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013.
''The Index is sending a somewhat more buoyant growth signal than we currently expect to be the case,'' he said. ''Over the course of the last six months, the annualised growth rate in the Index has increased from 1.5 per cent (well below trend) to 3.9 per cent (above trend)."
Linc Energy shares have jumped more than 10 per cent after the company told the stock exchange that two independent experts had confirmed there was a potential shale oil resource of between 103 and 203 billion barrels of oil equivalent in three formations in the Arckaringa Basin in South Australia.
Linc shares jumped 20 cents to $2.17.
Linc has appointed Barclays Bank to advise on strategic options including the introduction of an experienced shale operator to joint venture the development of "this emerging world-class shale play".
Linc shares have been on a bit of a run over the past months as the following chart shows - but they're still well off 2008 record highs of $4.96.
Now for some of the early sliders on the ASX200:
- Nufarm: -7.58%
- Mirabela Nickel: -6.6%
- Downer EDI: -3.62%
- Henderson CDI: -2.95%
- Ten: -2.9%
- Amcor: -1.88%
- Billabong: -1.8%
Shares in pesticide maker Nufarm slumped 7 per cent in early trade this morning after the company said hot and dry weather in eastern Australia this summer would hurt its earnings, stoking fears of a downturn in earnings for agribusiness stocks.
Nufarm stuck to its earnings for the first half of 2012-13, saying a better than expected performance from its operations in South America and Europe would offset the weaker Australian business.
Phillips agribusiness analyst Paul Jensz said Nufarm was ''just flagging Australia's been dry, as everyone knows, but they're a diverse company and can fight back''.
Nufarm said Autumn rainfall would determine planting activity and the demand for crop protection products for the second half of the financial year.
''It is very likely, however, that due to the poor first-half conditions in Australia, the regional result at the full-year will also be well down on the 2012 full year,'' the company said. Nufarm expects its underlying profit for the six months to January 31 to be 15 per cent higher than the $37.8 million reported a year earlier.
Evan Lucas from IG Markets has asked the question, what will it take for the ASX200 to hit 5200 this year? His answer is that the share prices of the big miners need to see some gains. He writes:
Since a low of 3985 back in June, the local market has risen 20% in seven months, but the push has been led by high-yielding income plays such as the Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, Wesfarmers, Telstra and Woolworths, which have all risen by approximately the same amount as the market.
If the market is to head to 5200 points by the end of the year as some are suggesting, BHP and RIO are going to have to do some heavy lifting, coupled with investors unwinding some of their defensive yield-plays which are becoming over-crowded.
We note that the last time the ASX 200 traded around the current level of 4780 points, BHP and RIO were sitting at $45 and $80 respectively. This suggests the current uptrend can continue (and quickly) if the equity market switches from the defence to attack.
Looking at the early gainers on the ASX200 now:
- St Barbara: +7.93%
- Resolute Mining: +4.26%
- Buru Energy: +4.09%
- Atlas Iron: +3.22%
- Perseus: +2.72%
A quick reminder that we've got inflation data due out at 11.30am.
A Bloomberg survey expects the inflation rate to have risen to 2.4 per cent cent over the year, up from 2.0 per cent, but the quarterly rate is expected to have fallen to 0.4 per cent, down from 1.4 per cent during the three months to the end of September.
But those are the consensus estimates. Some are much higher or lower. Westpac is forecasting the quarterly number will come in at +0.2 per cent and the year-on-year number will print at +2.2 per cent. At the other end of the scale, Su-Lin Ong at RBC Capital Markets sees the quarterly number coming in at +0.7 per cent and the annual result to reach 2.7 per cent.
And as an aside, Credit Suisse data shows a 25bp rate cut in February has only a one-in-three chance.
Looking at the big miners early on:
- BHP is 1.04% higher to $36.96
- Rio is 0.19% lower to $66.76
- Fortescue is 0.43% higher to $4.66
Info tech shares are leading the ASX200 higher with a gain of 0.98 per cent. Here's how the other sub indices are performing in early trade:
- Materials: +0.67%
- Energy: +0.43%
- Consumer staples: +0.41%
- Financials: +0.4%
- Utilities: +0.27%
Boral shares are higher after the company upgraded its forecast for its underlying first-half profit due to cost saving measures and improved trading conditions in the lead-up to Christmas.
Its shares have added 1.2 per cent, or 6 cents, to $4.94.
The ASX has opened a third of a per cent higher.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index is up 16.5 points, or 0.34 per cent, at 4,795.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index is up 16.0 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 4,818.9.
On the ASX 24, the March share price index futures contract was up 17 points at 4,759, with 7,730 contracts traded.
Investors like the BHP update. It's shares are 1.2 per cent higher in opening trade. The general market is 0.2 per cent higher.
Evan Lucas of IG Markets points out that shares in Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold, which is the world's largest traded copper, surged 5.3% on Wall Street on the miner's fourth-quarter earnings overnight. In a note this morning he writes:
Watch for OZL, PNA and SFR to get a possible kick today on the result. If our market is going catch up to its American counterpart, the likes of BHP, RIO, WPL, and even to some extent FMG, it is going to have to be switched on. We continue to remain bullish on cyclical Aussie equities and for good reason: China has snapped a seven straight quarter GDP decline showing that it isn't in for a hard-landing.
Moving to the open and we are calling the ASX 200 up 0.21% to 4789 points. After a firm lead from the US due to its reporting season kicking into gear, we expect volumes to pick up today after two days of thin trading, and the BHP result to add weight to any market uptrend.
One to watch in early trade:
Will be interesting to see the price action on FMG today. Goldmans remove from their conviction buy list and downgrade to neutral #ausbiz
— Chris Weston (@ChrisWeston_IG) January 23, 2013
A few analyst rating changes for this morning:
- Henderson Group cut to sell at Societe Generale
- Henderson Group cut to sector perform at RBC Capital
- Mount Gibson Iron cut to neutral at Credit Suisse
- Perseus Mining cut to sector perform at RBC Capital
- Carsales.com.au cut to reduce at Nomura
Heading offshore for a moment, and German analyst and investor morale hit its highest level in more than 2-1/2 years in January, suggesting the euro zone crisis is no longer hurting Europe's largest economy as much as it was late last year.
A ZEW economic institute survey showed that German investor sentiment had soared to 31.5 points in January from 6.9 points in December - the highest level since May 2010, when Greece had to be bailed out and the sovereign debt crisis began to unfold.
ZEW economist Michael Schroeder said solving the fiscal problems in southern Europe was the main reason for the jump in the index and that its rise showed Germany's economy, which shrank 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter, had turned a corner and should start to grow slowly from now on.
Boral has this morning upgraded its forecast for its underlying first-half profit due to cost saving measures and improved trading conditions in the lead-up to Christmas.
Boral now expects its net profit for the six months to December 31, excluding one-off items, to be about $52 million, it said on Wednesday. That is up from its previous forecast of about $35 million, which it issued in November.
''The improvement on Boral's previous guidance primarily reflects better than anticipated trading conditions in Australian construction materials underpinned by favourable weather conditions,'' the company said in a statement.
Also in local news, brewing giant SABMiller has reported a boost in sales of Victoria Bitter.
VB, Foster's flagship beer, which returned to full-strength in October, was "benefiting from the brand restoration programme and improved retail engagement", SABMiller said in a statement overnight.
The result defies brewer Foster's continued drop in sales. Beer sales for Foster's slid four per cent on a pro forma basis, compared with a decline of eight per cent in the first half of 2012.
More on BHP. Pengana Capital's resources fund manager Tim Schroeders said iron ore had not quite lived up to market expectations.
''The iron ore result was probably slightly disappointing by a couple of million tonnes,'' he told Sky News Business.
The 295,000 tonnes of copper produced during the past three months was a strong result and keeps BHP well ahead in its copper numbers for the year.
With six months of the financial year remaining, BHP's copper production is already more than 10 per cent higher than it was at this time last year.
David Lennox from Fat Profits said copper would be the one division that BHP was "very happy with" on the back of today's results.
It's been a busy morning in local company news, with BHP delivering its December quarter production report.
Resources writer Peter Ker reports that the world's biggest miner will need to lift its iron ore exports over the next six months if it is to meet guidance for the 2013 financial year, after its December quarter results fell short of the improvement analysts were hoping for.
BHP's Pilbara operations produced an extra 3 million tonnes in the December quarter compared to the September quarter, but the 42.1 million tonnes attributable to the company was below the 49 million tonnes hoped for by some analysts.
The company has promised to produce 183 million tonnes in the 2013 financial year, meaning that about 55 per cent of that total will have to come in the second half of the year.
For a comprehensive look at this morning's business news, check today's need2know. Here are this morning's key markets numbers:
- SPI futures are 11 points higher at 4753
- The $A is higher at $US1.0563
- In New York, the S&P500 was 0.44% higher at 1492.51
- In Europe, the FTSE100 rose 0.03% to 6179.17
- China iron ore was flat at $US145.90 a metric tonne
- Gold rose 0.4 per cent, to settle at $US1,693.20 an ounce
- WTI crude oil added 46 US cents to $US96.02 a barrel
- Reuters/Jefferies CRB index was flat at 301.2
Morning everyone. Welcome to the Markets Live blog for Wednesday.
Contributors: Thomas Hunter, Jens Meyer, Max Mason
This blog is not intended as investment advice
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Ferdinand The Bull (1936) was a charming children's book by Munro Leaf about a sweet, non-violent bull who would rather smell the flowers than fight.
In 1938, the popular story was adapted into a memorable, Academy Award-winning animated cartoon by the Walt Disney studio.
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On May 3rd, 1938 (isn't is amazing the detailed information you get here?), the story of peace-loving Ferdinand was told in song by Slim & Slam, the seminal jazz duo who also gave us "Cement Mixer (Puti Puti)" and "Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy)." O-voutie!
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Can you offer your opinion on the writing you speak of? I spoke to two guys who grew up during WW2 and they were mentioning video games and TV and I just couldn't wrap my brain around the 'real' tough world these guys grew up in vs the make believe' tough world most of us grow up in today and somehow square that our make believe time has turned a generation into monsters.
Is it really TV or video game violence that makes someone more violent? Or is it more likely apathy and a sense of robotic like steps that many children are "encouraged" (drugged often) to follow in the name of 'success' that causes them to snap?
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I've got that down. In spades, in fact, since I almost invariably wind up as a Malkavian (that's VtM for bat$***-on-a-sandwich insane for those on this board who might have social lives...).
Earliest clear memory: Listening to Alice Cooper when I was 2 years old.
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Heavy metal: What's life with out the Big Four? Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer, for those who aren't metalheads.
Martial Arts: check
Been around guns all my life? Heck yeah.
Video games? From CoD and MoH to Fallout and Mercs to Skyrim and Mass Effect (Glenn Beck can eat my shorts for his knee-jerk reaction to that particular series), I've got it covered. Heck, I still break out Doom, Painkiller, and Duck Nukem 3D from time to time.
Manifestly NOT a homicidal maniac and currently serve the country. I feel like an A.I. trying to make sense of a logical paradox here...


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New York Times' David Kirkpatrick Complains the Muslim Brotherhood's Good Faith Was Never Tested
Posted By Daniel Greenfield On August 18, 2013 @ 9:28 am In The Point | 2 Comments
If you see a "big picture" article on Egypt in the New York Times, chances are that it's from the very slimy David Kirkpatrick whose latest magnum opus insisted that the violence could have been averted if Muslim Brotherhood leaders had been freed. The Point has taken apart some of his pieces before. But Twitter feeds are less edited than articles.
egypt gov. statement condemns alleged pro-Muslim Brotherhood bias of Western journalists while violence/detention of foreign press surges
Of course there's nothing alleged about it. Kirkpatrick's own feed is an example of cheerleading and dishonest reporting. It's the same carnage-and-crowds coverage of the Arab Spring days.
— David D. Kirkpatrick (@ddknyt) August 17, 2013
@shadihamid @peterbakernyt a confidence building 1st step; whether the MB were in good faith was never tested
— David D. Kirkpatrick (@ddknyt) August 17, 2013
To which the reply was
@ddknyt @shadihamid @peterbakernyt Plenty of evidence MB didn't act in good faith. A whole year of cheating Egypt by breeding hatred.
— Mohammad Fheili (@MIFheili1960) August 17, 2013
But David Kirkpatrick is acting as if the Morsi days never happened. Freeing Muslim Brotherhood leaders is not a confidence building measure. There's no confidence to build. Just a straight conflict.
The Muslim Brotherhood repeatedly showed that it could not be trusted. There is nothing in its past, its ideology or its actions to suggest otherwise.
David Kirkpatrick knows that quite well. But like the rest of the media, he is earnestly pretending otherwise, while slanting stories in a direction favorable to the Muslim Brotherhood.
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