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Creating passion: bold design stirs continuing debates
If the goal of any artist is to start a conversation or an argument, then Sasa Radulovic and Johanna Hurme really are a pair of rock stars.
The principals at Winnipeg's 5468796 Architecture wanted to make a bold artistic statement when they designed the Cube, the three-year-old stage in Old Market Square, which has been praised for its audacity but also derided as an abject failure.
On the plus side, the Cube is beautiful when it's illuminated at night. On the downside, the Winnipeg film-production industry hates the thing for ruining the neoclassical views available to cameras on the west side of the historic Exchange District.
On the plus side, the Cube is perfect for events such as the Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition. On the downside, it has a functionally useless curtain that has so far proven too heavy to be raised without threatening to split apart and threaten workers below it.
Over the coming weeks, consultants are supposed to come up with a solution to the Cube's curtain-raising woes. In the meantime, the stage has been shuttered and sits empty.
And Winnipeg can sit back and ponder the recent renaissance of public art, which is beloved by many, hated by some and always good for debate. Here's a sample of what's been built in recent years:
Marbles (2012)
ARTIST: Winnipeg's Erica Swendrowski.
INSTALLATION: Twenty round fibreglass sculptures, coated with automotive paint, placed on the median of a downtown stretch of Portage Avenue, as well as in Window Park in front of the Air Canada Building.
PRICE TAG: $60,000, funded by the Downtown Winnipeg BIZ and the Winnipeg Arts Council.
ARTISTIC VISION: Most people have played with marbles at some point in their life, so brightly coloured balls will make them happy, Swendrowski said in July. Surely, there must be more to it.
OTHER INTERPRETATIONS: You could say Winnipeg has lost its marbles, or there are many spheres of influence in this town. Or maybe somebody just really loves Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo.
Emptyful (2012)
ARTIST: Vancouver architect Bill Pechet.
Installation: A 22,000-kilogram stainless-steel sculpture/fountain/fog machine on the west side of Millennium Library Park, alongside Donald Street, illuminated by four bands of LED lights.
PRICE TAG: $575,000, funded by the Winnipeg Arts Council and Ottawa.
ARTISTIC VISION: This is classic glass half-full or half-empty metaphor. "The bottle is meant to be a symbolic container of emptiness. There's a hole in the bottom of it," Pechet said in June. "I had grown up seeing pictures of Winnipeg but I had not really been here. When I got here, I was overwhelmed by the sense of space and the sky... if one doesn't look deep enough, you might perceive it as empty but there's tons of creative energy within that space."
IT'S NOT A BEAKER! When the sculpture was first described as being shaped like a beaker, lab techs rushed to correct the record. They say the fountain is shaped like an Erlenmeyer flask, also known as a conical flask. This is of little importance to anyone but lab techs, but you don't want to piss these people off. They analyze your medical tests.
Sentinel of Truth (2012)
ARTIST: Winnipeg graphic designer and printmaker Darren Stebeleski.
INSTALLATION: A 50-metre-long wall of weathering steel, on the south side of Millennium Library Park. Eighteen rectangles cut out of the wall contain stainless-steel plates etched with passages from books, with some relating to themes of censorship, totalitarianism and activism and others by once-banned artists such as James Joyce and Oscar Wilde.
ARTISTIC VISION: "As a society our ideas and our truths are ever fragile, open to corruption and attack through censorship," Stebeleski says on the Winnipeg Arts Council website. "The existence of a free and open library guarantees their safety and their dissemination."
SUGGESTED NICKNAME, GIVEN THE ANTI-CENSORSHIP THEME AS WELL AS WINNIPEG'S CLIMATE: Fahrenheit -51.
The Cube (2010)
ARCHITECTS: Sasa Radulovic and Johanna Hurme of Winnipeg's 5468796 Architecture.
INSTALLATION: An ultra-modern concrete stage in Old Market Square, covered by a skin comprised of 20,000 pieces of aluminum threaded together with cables. The structure can be illuminated at night, eventually by interactive programming.
PRICE TAG: $1.2 million, funded by the City of Winnipeg, Ottawa, CentreVenture and the Winnipeg Foundation.
ARTISTIC VISION: "The architecture in the Exchange was state-of-the-art when it was built," Hurme said in 2010. "We're honouring that spirit."
OTHER INTERPRETATIONS: Resistance is futile. Resistance to modern art is futile. Certainly, efforts to raise the curtain on this thing have proven futile.
NICKNAMES: Some performers who've used the stage have called it the Cheese Grater. Last week, a technical director called it a death trap.
City.Block.Stop. (2010)
ARTIST: Winnipeg's David Perrett.
INSTALLATION: A limestone, sandstone and steel bus shelter, covered with moss, at the north side of the University of Winnipeg, along Ellice Avenue. A 7,000-kilogram Tyndall-stone cube sits nearby.
ARTISTIC VISION: "The shelter design was created borrowing elements from both nature and Winnipeg architecture," Perrett says on the WAC website. "With four open sides, the shelter gives an inviting atmosphere and takes advantage of the ample direct and indirect sunlight at the site."
AND IN PURELY PRAGMATIC TERMS: A bus shelter made of stone is way tougher to vandalize than a puny glass shelter. The Hulk would approve.
Agassiz Ice (2008)
ARTIST: Winnipeg's Gordon Reeve.
INSTALLATION: Three stainless-steel sculptures on north side of the Assiniboine River, near the Portage Avenue pedestrian entrance to Assiniboine Park, evoking icebergs. The smallest is intended to serve as seating.
Artistic vision: Reeve has said this piece could not exist outside the context of the riverside park, as the pathways surrounding the sculpture and the green space itself are integral to the artwork.
THE REAL AGASSIZ ICE: All of southern Manitoba was covered by a glacier until about 11,000 years ago. And there still is an Agassiz Ice Cap on Nunavut's Ellesmere Island, the most northerly land mass in Canada.
River Arch (1999)
ARTIST: Montreal's Catherine Widgery.
INSTALLATION: An stainless-steel arch on the Norwood Bridge, flanked by two concrete columns featuring pixelated bison and wheat sheafs that blow like flames.
ARTISTIC VISION: "River Arch reflects the dynamic, modern Winnipeg in harmony with its past traditions and the natural world that surrounds the city," Widgery writes on her website.
TRADITIONS MISSING FROM THE SCULPTURE: Louis Riel drinking a Slurpee, Burton Cummings watching a Bomber game and some guy in a parka trying to attach booster cables to his car battery.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition August 26, 2012 A8
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The major changes include the introduction of the new 2.6.26-3.9 kernel and X.org server 7.4. The Intrepid Changes mailing list archive has a list of accepted and newly integrated packages. The stable version of Ubuntu 8.10 is scheduled for release in October 2008.
The unstable test versions are mainly targeted at developers, bug testers and Ubuntu enthusiasts. They are not suitable for production use. If you are using Ubuntu 8.04, you can give the "update-manager -d" command to load the current alpha release. Any bugs you find should be reported to Ubuntu's bug tracker.
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Fresno State 54
(1-1, 1-1 away)
Pittsburgh 75
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Coverage: FULLCT/ESPN3
7:00 PM ET, November 12, 2013
Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH -- Talib Zanna returned after sitting out the season opener and had 19 points and 10 rebounds, leading Pittsburgh to a 75-54 win over Fresno State on Tuesday night.
Cameron Wright added a career high-tying 13 points and added six rebounds for the Panthers, who dominated the paint and the glass. Pitt (2-0) had a 48-25 edge in rebounds and a noticeable advantage in scoring from the post.After being suspended for a violation of team rules for the Panthers' win three days earlier, the 6-foot-9 Zanna made eight of 10 field goals and grabbed more rebounds on his defensive end of the floor than the entire Bulldogs team did (five).Freshman Paul Watson had 18 points to lead Fresno State (1-1), which traveled east of the Mountain time zone for the first of two trips this season. Cezar Guerrero added 10 points and a team-high seven assists for the Bulldogs.Pitt began the Friday rout of Savannah State on a 19-2 run. Against the Bulldogs, the Panthers weren't as dominant right from the tip -- the game was tied 15-15 almost 10 minutes in -- but they would pull away before halftime.After switching to a zone that appeared to perplex the Bulldogs, Pitt closed out the first half by scoring the final 13 points. The Panthers took a 35-18 lead at the half, and the margin wouldn't drop below 15 the remainder of the game.Fresno State won its opener at UC Irvine Friday on an Allen Huddleston half-court shot at the overtime buzzer. The Bulldogs wouldn't be close enough at the end to pull that off Tuesday. Huddleston, a reserve guard, finished with seven points against Pitt.Starting the season without 6-11 sophomore Tanner Giddings because of a wrist injury, Fresno State's undersized lineup was at a disadvantage throughout against a Pitt team that was one of the best in the country in rebounding margin last season.In winning the first meeting between them and Fresno State, the Panthers improved to 103-3 against nonconference opponents at the 12-year-old Petersen Events Center.Zanna's game was the seventh of the senior's career in which he had at least 10 points and 10 rebounds. He fell one point short of his career high of 20 points.After making 33 field goals and shooting 52 percent from the floor in its season-opening 98-97 win at UC Irvine, Fresno State was held to almost half as many points, a 38 percent shooting effort and 19 field goals against the Panthers.Pitt had more defensive rebounds (30) than Fresno State had total rebounds.Copyright by STATS LLC and The Associated Press
Team Stat Comparison
Points | 54 | 75 |
FG Made-Attempted | 19-51 (.373) | 30-67 (.448) |
3P Made-Attempted | 6-23 (.261) | 0-11 (.000) |
FT Made-Attempted | 10-16 (.625) | 15-21 (.714) |
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) | 17 (0/0) | 13 (0/0) |
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http://www.gadling.com/2011/02/23/v...avelers/?icid=maing|main5|dl7|sec1_lnk3|46622 Somehow, I don't think Johnny would want to stay here in any of these places.
I've never stayed in any of the dirtiest hotels in America, thank God, but I'm pretty sure I stayed in the ugliest hotel room in England. Neon mint green walls with gold stenciling, big dark red lampshades shaped like wizard hats, a chandelier full of multicolored glass fruit.
The bathroom in the first one is pretty much what my hosts had in Nairobi a year and a half ago. Except instead of the pail they had a sink - with no running water. So if you really needed to flush down the toilet, you walked to the kitchen and grabbed the used kitchen water bucket from there and walked it back. My first hotel there had a frosted glass window to the hall, so anyone in the hall could see you taking a shower, etc.
when my buddies and i went backpacking through europe, seeing which hotel/hostel was worst than the previous was actually pretty exciting. lol. created tons of funny moments/stories we'll tell for a lifetime. one of those things you could only enjoy when you're young, sprightly, and eager to see the world i guess. sighs.
I've always wondered what people are supposed to do when they have, erm, stomach problems and they have to use one of those bathrooms where there is just a hole in the ground.
You also want to pull up the hems of your pants to avoid splashing. Another bizarre thing I came across was lining up to pay for toilet paper from a couple of men before going into a public toilet.
I remember having to choose between two hotels in one Nebraska town. The first, a Super 8, had a 2" gap between the bottom of the exterior door and the floor, truckers laughing their way down the hallway at all hours, and large brown stains on the matteress. The second was in a converted old-age home with ugly flowery decor, matteresses that'd kill even the spryest back, and one towel in the room, although it had been washed, had two of its layers held together by buggers. And it abutted a train line that ran at all hours. I actually picked option #2. I felt safer there, the place was much quieter, and I since I had to return frequently, I made sure to keep track of which rooms had the better beds, and I always checked the towels before using them. I also learned to request rooms away from the train track.
I stayed in a 4-star hotel in L.A once that only had one working light in it (and you had to walk all the way from the door to the window to turn it on) and a carpet that stuck to my shoes. Outside the window, the trash dumpsters cranked and whirred all night. On my first morning there, the bathroom sink fell off the wall. When I asked at the front desk to be moved, the manager looked at me as if I was crazy and disdainfully allowedthat, while they were fully booked, there might be another room available by afternoon. When I came back after lunch to move to the new room, Maintenence had taped off my old room with yellow hazard tape and wouldn't allow me inside to get my luggage. When I checked out, they tried to charge me extra for the move. They did not succeed. And we won't go into the resort in Jamaica where the daily noontime rainstorm flooded my room...
The worst had to be one in Port Hedland, Australia. Everything was covered in grime from the mines and the TV and radio didn't work. Everything was done in various shades of brown and it smelled like disinfectant.
In Romania, I paid 1USD to use the toilet and all I got was 4 squares of toilet paper. What happens if I need to empty my bowels or if mother nature makes its monthly visit? That is not enough TP.


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Temperatures are expected to be in the teens overnight Monday and will warm only to or slightly above freezing Tuesday.
We're also being warned of cold weather dangers. "We do see an increase in home fires during periods of extreme cold, such as forecasted over the next two days, partially due to the number of space heaters in operation," said Dothan Fire Chief Larry Williams.
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Are automakers also too big to fail?
A sharp drop in demand is driving the industry to pursue a bailout.
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Now, the Detroit automakers have their hands out.
In a financial scenario that probably sounds all too familiar to Uncle Sam, the auto industry is declaring itself too important – with hundreds of thousands of workers – for the government to allow it to fail.
Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors have recorded years of losses and are now hit with a significant downturn in consumer spending. The industry is seeking billions of dollars in low-cost government loans or some form of federal guarantee or bailout – with the possibility that some of the money could be used for a merger. Business groups and governors are approaching the US Treasury on the industry's behalf.
"The companies are desperate. They need help," says Rebecca Lindland, director of the autos group at IHS Global Insight, an economic consulting firm in Lexington, Mass. "For the country this is our version of 'Joe the mechanic,' and if Joe loses his job, the ripple effect is tremendous."
Behind the crisis is a sharp drop in sales. The break-even point for Detroit is annual sales of 16.2 million vehicles, says Art Spinella, president of CNW Marketing Research in Bandon, Ore. Sales are now about 14.8 million, he says.
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November 19th, 2004 (04:57 AM). Edited December 6th, 2004 by Legendary Trainer.
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Have a nice day!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: At a Starbuck's cafe
Age: 30
Chapter 5
A few hours later, Mewtwo woke up from his unconsciousness. He quickly sat up to find the battered and bruised Black Jack and all of the pokemon sitting around a campfire in the beautiful scenery of flowers, grass and trees. "Well, there's no point shouting 'wakey wakey' now, eh?" Black Jack said.
"What happened?" Mewtwo asked.
"I hate to admit it," Black Jack replied. "But I get the feeling that we were both knocked out."
Mewtwo looked down in disappointment.
"Me…" he thought. "Being beaten by a human. How can I call myself the most powerful pokemon in the world now? But wait… I did sense that there was something about him before and during the battle…"
"Snap out of it, Mewtwo," Black Jack interrupted as he instinctively knew what Mewtwo was thinking. "Neither of us has won and neither of us has lost. I guess we can leave it until next time."
"…I agree," Mewtwo replied. "By the way, why did you leave Team Rocket?"
"That punk, Giovanni," Black Jack said in an annoyed tone, he hates it when he or other people (or pokemon) had to mention that name. "He sees pokemon as a bunch of tools, and I wasn't having that."
Mewtwo's eyes glowed for a brief moment. That name just makes his blood boil.
Black Jack soon changed the subject and he and Mewtwo got into other conversations, like where did Mewtwo's clones came from, had bad life can get, how Black Jack got into life threatening situations and out, etc.
Suddenly, an explosion can be heard from the other side of the cave. Black Jack ordered all his pokemon to protect Mewtwo's, while he and Mewtwo left to investigate.
(Author's note: The pokemon speaks for this part, so I'm going to do some translation.)
"Huh!" Nidoking moaned. "How come he gets to have fun?"
"You already had your turn battling," Blaziken replied. "You need to rest."
"But I'm feeling fine!"
"Same here!" Feraligatr continued. He suddenly felt the pain in his back. "Ouch…"
"Somebody's got to go with Jack," Blaziken said. "He's bound to get into trouble without us and he's not one hundred percent healed yet."
"I'll check them out," Salamence said volunteering. But Metagross got in his way.
"No you won't, my friend," he replied, getting in his way. "I'll go. You always have trouble with not just against icy attacks, but weathers too."
"True…" Salamence admittedly thought to himself.
"I'll come with you," Tyranitar said.
"You're injured too. So stay here, Tyranitar." Metagross said. "But if we don't get back in five minutes, come get us."
"I'll stay here to guard the others," Blaziken said, suspecting that Nidoking and Feraligatr would do something stupid like getting themselves hurt again.
Metagross walked to the cave leaving the others to heal themselves and protect Mewtwo's clones.
(Author's note: Translation ended.)
Black Jack and the weakened Mewtwo ran outside to see what was happening outside. They saw a lot people in black warm clothing holding guns, struggling through the mountain snow.
"Who are those people?" Mewtwo asked. "Do you know them?"
"They don't look like Team Rocket grunts," Black Jack replied. "They must be from somewhere else."
"Whoever they are, it's clear that they're trying to get to me."
"No kidding."
Black Jack picked up some snow and made a snowball out of it.
"What are you trying to do with that?" Mewtwo asked.
"Just having a little fun," Black Jack replied.
With an evil smile, Black Jack bowled the snowball down the mountain. As the snowball rolled, it got bigger and faster. Soon it became as big as a Snorlax and it knocked down most of the grunts.
"I never saw that coming," Mewtwo said as he clapped his paws, appreciating Black Jack's smarts. "I'm impressed."
"Why are you so impressed?" Black Jack asked in a down tone. "I didn't get a strike."
The grunts started to pick themselves up and made their way up to capture Mewtwo. "Look at that! Heh!" Black Jack said with a sadistic smile. "They don't want to be next to Magikarps on the weaklings chart, do they!"
Mewtwo and Black Jack had no choice but to defend themselves against them. Mewtwo, even in his weakened state, used his psychic powers to fend off the grunts, while Black Jack uses wipes them out with his bare hands.
Mewtwo and Black Jack showed a great deal of teamwork between them. At one point, Mewtwo was about to get stabbed in the back by one of the grunts. But luckily for him, Black Jack threw a snowball at the grunt's face and then punched him in the face.
Meanwhile, far away, in a base, a man with blond, fluffy shoulder length hair in a grey tuxedo was watching in a dark room watching a visual monitor. "What!" he thought to himself in shock. "Who's that man?"
Back at the mountain, Mewtwo and Black Jack finished off most of the grunts. The other grunts ran away. "Looks like they've found another useful thing to do besides getting beaten by us," Black Jack said. Mewtwo smirked at that remark.
But to their surprise, a huge stomp can be heard. The stomp was so loud that it caused quite a short earthquake. Black Jack and Mewtwo looked at the mountain behind them, hoping that it didn't cause an avalanche. To their relief, it didn't. They turned their attention to the sound's direction. It turned out that a huge robot was coming their way. It was twice the size of a Snorlax. It had a two-sectioned body part, top and bottom, huge arms, legs and head. It had missiles on his shoulders and chain guns on his wrists.
"Only one of them?" Black Jack asked in a disappointed tone. "I can't believe that they would stoop that low!"
Mewtwo gave Black Jack a surprised look, sensing that he was going fight this robot. "A human facing a gigantic attacking robot?" he thought to himself. "This is no ordinary human!"
Soon, Metagross came running out of the cave and saw Black Jack and Mewtwo about the face the huge robot.
The robot raised its arms and started shooting everywhere like wildfire. Mewtwo instantly raised his arms to create a shield around Black Jack and himself. They soon spotted Metagross running down to them dodging each and every bullet.
"Meta gross gross!" Metagross said, which meant, "let me take care of that thing!"
Understanding what Metagross wanted to do, Black Jack shrugged and smiled as he replied, "Suit yourself."
Metagross quickly ran at the robot, dodging bullets and gave it a mighty punch, creating a huge damaged hole in the robot's armour and circuits inside it. It kept on crushing the robot continuously while climbing until the reached the robot's head, smashing it also. After the head was smashed, a massive explosion occurred from the robot.
Mewtwo still held the shield while bits and pieces of the robot were flying about. Black Jack noticed Metagross being blown away with an injured look on its face. Black Jack ran to catch Metagross.
Black Jack successfully caught it. "Are you okay, bud?" Black Jack asked. Metagross nodded in response. Suddenly, a voice was heard. "Tyranitar!"
It was Tyranitar and the others, coming out after five minutes have elapsed, just like Metagross said.
As they went back into the cave, everyone rejoiced that Mewtwo, Black Jack and Metagross were safe.
"No point in celebrating forever," Black Jack said in a down tone. "We have to split up or else those goons will turn up again."
Mewtwo smiled slightly at Black Jack. "It has been a real honour battling with you, Black Jack," he said. "Even though we must part ways, we shall meet again."
"So be it," Black Jack replied as they shook hand / paw.
Soon, everyone waved their goodbyes, hoping that they will see each other again someday.
Back at the base, the man in the suit switched off the monitor. "Hmm…" the man murmured. "Black Jack, eh?"
Next episode: Black Jack enters the Hoenn League where he meets someone very famous.
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PUBLISHED: 02 Dec 2010 00:32:49 | UPDATED: 02 Dec 2010 00:32:49PUBLISHED: 02 Dec 2010 PRINT EDITION: 02 Dec 2010Long-running tensions between the management of Shaw Stockbroking and the firm's major owner and industry veteran, Harold Shapiro, have deepened with Mr Shapiro yesterday resigning from the board.
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Published on Jan 5, 2013 1:49 PM
Parents can help nurture a love of Mandarin in their children by reading Chinese storybooks to them, said Acting Minister for Social and Family Development Chan Chun Sing.
Mr Chan was guest of honour at the launch of a new year-long reading programme by Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao at Toa Payoh Public Library on Saturday.
The newspaper's journalists and volunteers will read Chinese storybooks to children at the library every Saturday at noon, as part of the paper's 90th anniversary celebrations this year.
"English is more common in Singapore, so if we can nurture a love of Mandarin in our children when they are younger, they may enjoy it and not resist learning the language when they grow older," said Mr Chan.
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Guard who shot 15-year-old robbery suspect says he had no choice
Police say teen was robbing Dollar Store
By Rosa Flores / 11 News
HOUSTON Security guard Archie Paige says his six years in the Marines and 25 years in law enforcement prepared him for a Dollar Store robbery that ended in gunfire.
Security Guard shoots robbery suspect
Rosa Flores talks with guard who shot 15-year-old robbery suspect
Surveillance video of robbery View larger E-mail Clip More Video The Dollar Store owner hired Paige after the store was robbed at gunpoint four times by the same group of teens.
Police say one of the teens tried again on Tuesday, but this time he didnt get away.
I told him to drop his pistol and he turned his pistol toward me and I fired a shot, said Paige.
Surveillance video shows the suspect walking into the store, pointing his gun at the clerk and demanding money.
Paige says he sprung into action when he heard the clerk screaming.
When I heard her screaming, Dont shoot me. Dont shoot me. You can take all the money. Dont shoot me. Thats when I came around the corner with my 12-guage shotgun, said Paige.
Paige said that he asked the 15-year-old suspect to drop his gun and lay on the floor.
He kept reaching for his gun. I told him, 'Dont reach for the gun or Im going to shoot you.' He reached for his gun and I shot him again on his shoulder and still no reaction, said Paige.
The teenage suspect has two bullet wounds, but he's expected to be OK.
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Through the years I have noticed you have showed up in some mainstream and/or straight films such as 8MM (1999). How was your experience on the film and how long did you spend working on it? Who did you meet?
"8MM" was a day shoot. I worked directly with the killer in the movie (I always forget that actors name, but, he was super nice), and I met Joel Schumacher. He is a fantastic director, and a very down to earth person.
I was alerted to the fact that you had a bad experience while auditioning for another mainstream film. What happened?
Wow, how did you hear about that? Well, this director had wanted me to come audition, so, I bring a friend with me, and he doesn't want her to stay. That should have been my first clue. She stays, and in the middle of the audition, he starts playing with himself. I stop the audition immediately and leave. He told me that he was going to call me back for a call back. He had also told me that it was for a supporting role. So, about 6 months later, I emailed him and asked him who he had cast for the part. He told me that they had cut the role ….how do you cut a supporting role??? So, I knew he was lying. We had some email exchange, and it got kind of nasty. Nasty on his part, not on mine. I was just making him admit to his shit. So, I took the emails and everything about it to SAG, which, I had checked with SAG before I went and he was a legitimate director with SAG. Anyways, I took the information down there, and found out that he was a director, just not for (the film I auditioned for)!! AND, (it) was already IN THE CAN!! (That means it had already been shot at the time of my audition). So, this creep had just wanted to get hot girls to audition while he played with himself. I also found out that another girl that I was an acquaintance with had auditioned that same day. When I told her what had happened to me, she told me it was her first audition, and that he had promised her the job if she played with him!! She did!!! Guess what ….there was no job to begin with. That director was a complete piece of shit, and I still have all of his emails admitting to everything! He tried to threaten to sue me for slander, however, I don't think you can sue if it's TRUE!! Phew! Hope that story wasn't too longwinded.
I love longwinded! Name some of the films and roles you have auditioned for in the past?
I haven't really auditioned for much since (that one). That was so disheartening. I can't think of any film names off hand from before that.
Have you had any formal training in acting or are you a self-taught wonder.
I have formal training from a VERY well known actor. I don't think he wants to be named, though. I've been studying with him for 4 or 5 years now.
I attended acting school years ago and I find that when actors are overly trained that they become less spontaneous and more contrived in their performances, would you agree?
I think it depends on the type of training.
In detail, tell me what you have to offer mainstream films?
Well, one of my really rare qualities is that I can memorize extremely quickly. I have one of those rare memories where I actually snap a photo of the page mentally, and I've got it. There is a movie that runs on Cinemax and is in the video stores that I star in called 'All For Lust'. I was a replacement for someone that didn't show up. I learned the entire script while in the make up chair the morning of the shoot. I show up on time, and don't cost productions extra money. I'm very reliable and very responsible. Also, I can act.
I would love to see you in more mainstream roles and I think that the fine line between porno and mainstream is now nearly non-existent. Historically, many porno personalities have brushed up with the mainstream more than we think, such as Andrea True with the 1976 disco hit "More, More, More", Sonny Landham with memorable roles in "48 Hrs" (1982) and "Predator" (1987), Linda Lovelace attending the Academy Awards in 1974 and let's not forget Ron Jeremy who is in more places than God. Is there still an unfair bias towards adult stars trying to move on to legit roles?
Yes, I think so. I think production companies are afraid to take the leap. When it comes to possibly losing money, no one wants to do that. But, I asked Joel Schumacher why he hired a pornstar, and he said, "Honey, you guys bring in the fans, too". But, would he risk his production by giving me a non-adult role with more speaking?? I don't know.
How do your family and old friends feel about your porno career?
My friends are fine with it. My family doesn't like it, but, we are very close, and they love me a lot.
Name your favorite film, director, actor and actress?
Oh man!! Far too many to list here. I loved What Dreams May Come, Chicago, Finding Neverland, "What the Bleep Do We Know", "Practical Magic", and literally countless others. Favorite directors would be Joel Schumacher, or the Cohen Brothers ….oh yes, Quentin Tarantino!!! Favorite actress is Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep. Favorite Actors ….Johnny Depp, Crispin Glover, and Steve Buscemi.
As an aspiring filmmaker and screenwriter, I would definitely use you in a lead role. Remember this when I one day call you up to offer you the role of a lifetime.
I'll be there to take it!! AND, I'll do it for the 'friend' rate.
You recently wrote, produced, directed and starred in a new film, "Home Party Fantasies" (2005). This is the first film you have helmed, how did you find the added responsibility and what was it like for your first time behind the camera?
I loved it! It felt great when we were done with it, especially because I was really happy with the outcome of the project. It's definitely something I can be proud of.
Did your co-stars respect your director position or did you have to crack the whip, so to speak?
Hehe, I didn't have to crack any whip. Everyone I hired was extremely professional. We had such a good time on set that one of the girls commented to me that it was like being at a really fun barbeque, except she got to have sex. I made sure it was catered really well. That is one of my personal biggest complaints on sets. It's not that difficult or that much more expensive to have really good food on set.
You are an absolute delight and a great talent with the looks of an angel and the force of the devil. Leave us with some words of wisdom.
Thank you very much. That is a great compliment. Words of wisdom ….hmmmm, stay positive, take responsibility for yourself, don't blame others, and dance like no one is watching, love like you've never been hurt, work like you don't need the money, and 'make love' like you are doing it on film.
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Is it art? Not a prayer. It gets by on gospel tunes belted to the ceiling, hoisted heavenward with a devilish disco beat.
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The Economist provides another excellent insight. However, I believe there is more to the explanation of why democratisation is declining. All the nations listed as most democratic were formerly Christian nations. They are all now secular. None of the least Democratic nations were Christian. The Christian religion was responsible for first giving equality to women in Roman times, in leading the movement to outlaw slavery in the 1700's by Wilberforce in England, and in giving women the right to vote, first in the United States in the early 20th century. Only the Christian religion has promoted democratic principles throughout the world. Now that the countries of the world have rejected applying the principles of Christian love and equality in government, and the countries have become more secular, more corrupt, and immoral, so democracy declines. The worldwide increase in popularity of socialism, including the United States, is evidence that people increasingly look to governments to provide for them, instead of empowering people with individual rights to life, liberty, and happiness. This trend will likely lead to increasing corruption, wars, and worldwide dysfunction. History has taught us that when such a situation occurs eventually a charismatic person steps forward who will promise to provide safety and security for the people, and the people will gladly embrace that person, giving up liberty for perceived security. As Benjamin Franklin said, "those who give up liberty for security deserve neither." As long as the effect of Christianity, the most major cultural influence in the last 2000 years, is excluded from analyses, the analyses and conclusions will be flawed and incomplete.
"A comparison of the results for 2008 with those from the first edition of the index, which covered 2006, shows that the dominant pattern in the past two years has been stagnation."It will be interesting to see whether the drop in oil prices leads to more democratization or whether the total economic picture offsets the theory democratization being inverse to the price of oil. (citation--Thomas Friedman).
@ hackingbear: "The only strange thing I notice is that Iceland is at the top 3. so democracy couldn't help them get away from bankruptcy."It's strongly possible that Iceland's great in their Democracy had caused it's bankruptcy. It's like allowing your spendthrift kids to run up your credit-cards to buy whatever whenever on whims. Had Iceland some strong mature overbearing autocratic leaders to stop their wildly modernization of their banking system and watch what those bankers were doing, they would be in a better place now however with much a lower rank in this list. The ranking in this list doesn't mean a lot when you have to beg for pennies.
here's the link I attempted to posthttp://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/2480
Interesting article from Vox which calls into question the relationship between democratization and growth.Democratisation and growthThe article concludes that democratization does bring about substantial growth, yet the transition to a democracy seriously undermines economic stability.
Remember that Gore won the popular vote in 2000. Bush was "elected" by 9 supreme court justices, and that came down to one human being's "swing vote", that of Sandra Day O'Connor. And if I'm not mistaken, she was a friend of the Bush family.
Also remember that because of the electoral college, Americans don't even vote directly for the POTUS. So in all but a handful of "swing states" our individual votes really don't count.
Also remember that most congressional districts are wildly "gerrymandered" to engineer the outcomes of elections.
Also remember that senators are given equal power even though they represent consituencies ranging from a couple hundred thousand to over 15 million souls.
Also remember that while white male Christians represent perhaps 4 in 10 Americans, the vast majority of elected and appointed officials and every president has come from that single minority.
Also remember that in most elections, turnout of 50% is considered good.
Democracy is a fine idea. I hope someday we'll get to try it out.
Here's why the US is lower than might be expected:". . .the US and UK are near the bottom of the full democracy category. In the US there has been a perceptible erosion in civil liberties related to the fight against terrorism."So, not surprising.
Ricecake:US: 18UK: 21Japan: 17I imagine coming in at 18 would surprise a lot of Americans, especially the ones who believe full-throatedly in the so-called "liberal media bias." They will take this as (more) evidence that the Economist has lost its way and is silently rooting for Obama (although every indication seems to be that they'd like to endorse McCain but so far can't).
for complete list, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_index
@ricecake, the lists are for the top 15 and bottom 15. The countries you interested in are somewhere in the middle. The only strange thing I notice is that Iceland is at the top 3. so democracy couldn't help them get away from bankruptcy.
Why conspicuously leaving out the U.S.A, U.K, and Japan (without mentioning? )And how far does China stands from the bottom?
I wonder if US rankings will magically improve when Obama wins.
Eh #12
There's a link to the full report in this summary article.Going by what the opposition are saying about the government here in Ireland you'd swear we were at the bottom of that list instead of #9.
Interesting ... but there's not enough information in this article for it to be really useful. Access to the complete list of the countries would be good (not just the top and bottom few), along with some information about the indicators that were used for ranking countries.
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So, we traveled to my parents. We put a door knob cover on the inside of the door. We never needed it. The girls never attempted to climb out of the PNP. I am starting to wonder if daycare saw K attempting to climb out. She somtimes puts her feet up on the sides, and thought she could climb out. I will have to ask, I guess.
Apparently, my girls know how to climb out of a PNP. The daycare said that they have been climbing out there and they had to move them to the big kids room for naps. Obviously, we do not use PNPs at our house and only use them when we travel. The dilemma is that we travel to my parents in October to go to a local pumpkin farm with the kids. The girls sleep in my parents' office in their PNPs. Obviously, that is not a solution. I offered to move Isaiah into their office and put them in the bedroom with us on two inflatable sleeping bags or something, but my mom doesn't seem to think it will be safe. I guess I feel that they can babyproof the bedroom. All they would need to do is put outlet plugs in the outlets. There isn't anything else in there except a bed and a chair. We can put a gate at the top of their stairs and I think it will be fine. So, I have no real ideas for what to do. We cannot afford a hotel and it is not like a hotel is any safer.
Spark's been able to climb out of her PNP for months. Since we couldn't afford a crib tent, we put a bed sheet over it and tucked the corners under the legs/wheels. It prevents her from getting out. I don't know if that's an option for you, as I'm not sure how your girls would react to being covered, but ours do really well with the sheets as it allows less visual distraction when they should be sleeping.
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I was going to suggest a crib tent as well. It might help, but might need a trial run as well... but if the sheets work, maybe. I think that would seriously tick my boys off. lol. But then again, a crib tent would too. lol.
I think in the room with you would be safer, because if they are getting into something you are right there. Good luck!
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The twins didn't escape until close to 3, which means the youngest followed suit before she hit two.
We just continue to enforce the ONLY reason you get out of bed on your own is if you need to go potty, even with the youngest. It's working at this point, for the most part anyway.
Honestly crib tents scare the poo out of me. I just think, what if there's a fire and they can't get out!?! I'm sure it's silly. Crib bumpers never bothered me, and my kiddos had blankets, not sleep sacks too. I guess we all have our fears lol.
I do what Lina does. Tents make me feel like I'm caging my kids. They have been climbing out since 12 mths. I watched how they were climbing out to ensure they weren't getting hurt. They were like monkeys doing acrobats at a circus going even between cribs. As long as they were not getting hurt, I kept them in the crib and just returned them to bed if they got out at bedtime. They usually gave up after a few attempts initially, but there were times they would test the waters periodically which brought them to a time out, which they thought was no fun either. We started time outs at 12 months on bigger issues they intentionally created, such as hitting or climbing on the table or counters, etc. It's really no different than when they transitioned to toddler beds on their 2nd birthday. We explain the rules and the consequences and follow through when they don't listen. It's more often than not that they do listen. Good luck!
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Mel, if your girls are really good sleepers it's perhaps not likely they'll get into any trouble in their PnPs at night. They might just stay in them and sleep once they've settled down. Can you keep a baby monitor on in case you need to come in and put them back to bed once or twice? It might be that they escape from them at daycare because they aren't in the mood to sleep there or they put them down too early or something.
My kids sleep on adult-size mattresses on the floor. They always have, since before they could roll over or crawl, and once they're asleep they've never once got up at night. I used to sleep between them but now they sleep on their own. I still lie down with them until they fall asleep but it only takes a few minutes most nights. In the morning and if they happen to wake up in the middle of the night they stay in bed and call me and only get up and stand in the doorway if I don't come within a few minutes. Their room is totally baby-proof, though, and we keep their door and ours open and close everything else at night. If they ever did wander, they could only crawl into bed with us.
My daughter has been able to climb out of or over everything since as long as I can remember and if she can't climb it she finds a way to knock it over. They both hate being confined in any way because I never got them used to it. We have 2 playpens set up: one of them is the toy chest, and the other is where we put stuff we don't want them to touch, like computers and telephones. We just moved and we basically left all our other furniture in storage! It's a little bare but so much easier right now.
Sarah- I, personally, feel that my girls will do great for a few days in the those sleeping bag/inflatable mattress combos. We can put a gate at the top of my parents stairs, use a baby monitor, and all should be good. They may end up sleeping together instead of separate, but who cares about that.
However, my mom made it clear yesterday that it creates too much anxiety for her. she worries that the girls could get out of a room and fall down the stairs or get into something. She said she will not sleep the entire weekend. So, my DH and I basically feel that we aren't welcome. My mom wants to get and pay for a hotel room for us. I just cannot ask my parents to do that. My mom retired in the spring and their income is a little more fixed. So, I am pretty sure that they will just have to come visit us. I am really disappointed. The family that owns the pumpkin farm is a family friend and we have so much fun every year. I was really looking forward to taking my girls there this year. They are finally big enough to enjoy the animals and some of the little rides with me.
A solution for the door is to get a child proof knob cover, put it on the knob that is inside the room and wrap it with duct tape to ensure they can't get it off. We use that for their room at night because them going down the stairs and opening the front door is my big fear. Just make sure she baby proofs (and I'm sure you'll do a run through when you get there) the room. If she refuses even after offering this idea, I would address your gut hunches with her to hopefully make her rethink what she's communicating. *Hugs*
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Mel, I really like Tracey's idea, I hope your mom would be okay with that, I would be upset and bummed too.
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WOCA | Women Of Color Alliance |
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