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- Genius (2015) Played by Guy Pearce
- "Hotel Secrets & Legends"
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- Mad Scientist; Hollywood Scandal; Outlaw's End (2014) TV episode, Played by Ryan Gangl
- Lives and Deaths of the Poets (2011) Played by Boris Alexander
- Midnight in Paris (2011) Played by Tom Hiddleston
- Fitzgerald's Flask (2006) Played by Robert M. Snyder
- Meeting F. Scott Fitzgerald (2006) (V) Played by Larry Vanderveen
- American Writer (2004) Played by Tom Getty
- Fitzgerald (2002) (TV) Played by Jeremy Irons
... aka "Last Call" - Canada (original title)
- "American Masters"
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams (2001) TV episode, Played by Campbell Scott (as F Scott Fitzgerald)
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) Played by Malcolm Gets
- Zelda (1993) (TV) Played by Timothy Hutton
- "Hollywood Detective" Played by Ian Buchanan
- The Muse (1991) TV episode, Played by Ian Buchanan
- Perfidi incanti (1985) (TV) Played by Tomas Arana
- "Magnum, P.I."
- The Case of the Red-Faced Thespian (1984) TV episode, Played by John McCook
- F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood (1975) (TV) Played by Jason Miller
- A Dream of Living (1975) (TV) Played by David Hemmings
- F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' (1974) (TV) Played by Richard Chamberlain
- "Omnibus"
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Dream Divided (1969) TV episode, Played by Edward Woodward
- Beloved Infidel (1959) Played by Gregory Peck
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New coach, plus 16 starters graduated
The Powell High School football team's run to the state semifinals seemed improbable three months ago.
So much so that even former Powell quarterback Dustin McPhetridge admitted earlier this week to being "somewhat surprised" that the Panthers (12-1) have made it this far.
McPhetridge, now a freshman at Austin Peay State University, was one of 16 starters from last season who graduated Powell after leading the Panthers to the Class 5A state championship game.
The Panthers lost 17-14 to Henry County. The only blemish in 15 games.
With that type of mass departure — plus coach Matt Lowe later stepping down — the odds of Powell making another deep playoff run weren't exactly a slam dunk.
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Notable Performers[edit]
I feel this section may need work. Many mentioned simply do not fall into the category of notable performers. For example, Paul McCartney, Sting, Joshua Bell, Tom Jones, Hayley Westenra and the likes are not notable as street performers. All notable in their field, but no more notable as street performers due to busking "once" as a stunt or for charity than they would be notable as chess players or footballers should the partake in either of those activites. On the other hand, genuinely notable street performers such as Richard "Jim Cellini" Sullivan (a hugely influential magic busking act) see no mention in the list. I propose removing *all* entries in this section who have not achieved notability as a street performer (I fear that would leave a very short list, but certainly one which can be better described as "notable". I invite discussion here before I make the edits. Jack of Many (talk) 18:29, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
- This article tends to attract un-notable performers looking for publicity, recognition, or sales for their books and music; I've had to delete a lot of linkspam. If you can establish notability for Sullivan et al, then go ahead, but noncommercial and reliable sources are going to be key.
- As for famous one-time buskers: generally not notable. Those like Joshua Bell (due to the massive publicity) and those who actually made a living or recorded albums as buskers should stay.
- I look forward to working with you! Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:07, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for the cordial greeting, Pi (I trust you don't object to shortening of your handle). I can see how a lot of linkspam would find its way onto the article. Commercial issues shouldn't be an issue for Cellini as he passed away in 2009. There are living street performers who I believe are notable enough for a mention in this article, one being Gazzo (who has his own Wiki entry, as it happens). I'll hold off making any additions until I have reliable sources ready to back them up. Jack of Many (talk) 20:52, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
- On the topic of reliable sources, I'll have a look in the usual places, but street performance being what it is the ones most likely to find their way into newspapers and the like are, I suspect, those who are notable for other things doing something for charity or as a stunt (more on that in my next point). Considering the mainstream press doesn't pay a great deal of attention to street performance, what sort of sources/publications/sites might be seen as reliable in this case?Jack of Many (talk) 20:52, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
- I'm not entirely convinced that Joshua Bell's press stunt qualifies him as a notable street performance. Don't get me wrong, I've read the article and couldn't put it down; I'm just not sure publicity about someone doing something once qualifies him as a notable street performer. I know notability for an article is a different matter, but it strikes me as somewhat related to the guideline in BLP for people notworthy for a single event. As an insight into culture, work-life balance and so on it's fascinating story, but in the context of street performance, I don't know if Bell truly is noteworthy. Perhaps this kind of thing needs a mention elsewhere in the article, a short section about mainstream performers dipping a toe into street performing could be worth the server space and in that Bell and his performance would certainly fit. Thoughts on any of this?Jack of Many (talk) 20:52, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
- I'm totally okay with being called Pi. Just as long as I don't accidentally get confused with User:Pi! We don't run across each other much, though.
- Cellini is safe, yeah. If Gazzo has his own wiki article that's not just advertising then he's maybe worth a mention.
- That's the very essence of notability, though: coverage in multiple reliable sources. Interviews in college newspapers or mentions in other articles are important - third-party sources where the performer doesn't have a monetary stake in the publication.
- Yeah, fair point about notability. I suppose my question was more to try and get an idea of what nature of publication is seen as reliable. Self published by the author isn't reliable to establish notability. What about self-published by non-connected individuals? What about (and you'll spot my interest in street performance here) the bigger magic websites, organisations like the IBM, Magic Circle and so on? Ones that have multiple contributors and some degree of editorial oversight are favourite, I know, but where that's lacking is it worth digging through specialist sites and resources with less a formal editorial structure for references? Jack of Many (talk) 11:45, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
- Bell I thought was interesting and notable because he did it specifically to direct attention to street performers. A 'professionals who busked once' section would be very interesting; Be Bold and add it! Pi.1415926535 (talk) 04:45, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
- Something that really jumped out of that story for me was a proof of a concept I've seen and heard mentioned by many street performers; that it's not about how good you are. Clearly it doesn't get much better than Bell, and yet he got practically no interest. A different pitch or presentation could have been very different (a music-busker local to me makes about £200/day, for contrast). I didn't get the impression it was an attention thing so much as an experiment though. I'll read more on that as it's entirely possible I missed something. Re: "Be Bold"... when I have the time I'll get on it (unless someone has a mad urge to beat me to the punch). Jack of Many (talk) 11:45, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
I don't think the article needs a "Notable performers" section at all. A few (two to four ) notable street performers should be named in the main article, and that should be perfectly sufficient. TheScotch (talk) 12:00, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
When i created that section i called it celebrity anecdotes It should be renamed that because that is what it is. I am changing it forth with I also removed self promos by unknowns — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 02:45, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
- You also just managed to remove two artists with singles that charted in the UK. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 03:06, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
Re: "In medieval France buskers were known by the terms troubadours and jongleurs. In northern France they were known as trouveres. In old German buskers were known as Minnesingers and Spielleute."
These are very suspect sentences. Troubadours and "trouveres" (missing accent mark here) were generally noblemen who composed poetry and song for court performance, which makes them not buskers at all. Neither were the meistersingers buskers; they were guild members, and they competed formally for awards. TheScotch (talk) 12:00, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
Italian: wrong[edit]
I object to the sentence "In Italian it evolved to buscare which meant "procure, gain" and in Italy buskers are called buscarsi or, more simply, Buskers". There is no such word as "buscare" in Italian, that is Spanish. I am Italian and never heard the word "buscarsi", as to the idea that they are called simply Buskers, well, that's absolutely not the case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 08:40, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
I object to the sentence "In Italian it evolved to buscare which meant "procure, gain" and in Italy buskers are called buscarsi or, more simply, Buskers".
There is no such word as "buscare" in Italian, that is Spanish. I am Italian and never heard the word "buscarsi", which would at any rate not respect Italian language morphology. As to the idea that they are called simply Buskers, well, that's absolutely not the case. I do not know what might be the source for that. 184.108.40.206 (talk) 08:44, 29 September 2012 (UTC) MarcoFant, 9/29/2012
- I've removed the sentence. Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:00, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
- OK, so 22.214.171.124 you say the noun Buskers (in English) are not known in Italian as either Buscarsi nor Buskers, so what are they called then, as you didn't say, thus no fix can be thought about and done by English-language speaking editors? Additionally on this, Google Translate gave me Buskers (en) > Buskers (it) (http://translate.google.com/#en/it/Buskers ) so which is correct? Also, you say the verb "buscare" is not Italian but Spanish, but what is the term for "to busk" in Italian then? Things like this help edits get done. Thanks. (NOTE: I joined the two similar comments from 184.108.40.206 under the same subtitle on this talk page.) Jimthing (talk) 15:38, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
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Why the website http://www.buzzkers.com can't be add to demonstrate street musicians performance ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buzzkers (talk • contribs) 09:15, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
- This article in the past has become spam pit full of people trying to sell themselves. Adding your own link is a very clear conflict of interest; see WP:ADV which states "you should avoid linking to a site that you own, maintain, or represent". A mere repository of videos adds nothing to the article; there are hundreds of blogs with exactly the same thing. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 12:17, 14 June 2013 (UTC)


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If Latin American heads of state want to shame the United States into changing its Cuba policy, then Washington should insist that its allies and the summit's host, Panama, also invite Cuban dissidents and human rights activists, says Americas Quarterly Editor-in-Chief and AS/COA Senior Director of Policy Christopher Sabatini. Read his December 16 article in Foreign Policy below.
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Four months before the next Summit of the Americas takes place in Panama, talk of who will be invited has already overshadowed the agenda of the biannual event. Part of this is because, quite frankly, the official agenda has never made much news in the summit's 20-year history. But the current debate over the invite list has served to bring a long-overdue focus on the most controversial country in the region: Cuba.
At the last summit, in 2012 in Cartagena, Colombia, all the Latin American and Caribbean heads of state voted to invite Cuba to the next gathering. The vote, which was opposed by both the United States and Canada, was clearly intended to embarrass Washington and force a change in its 53-year-old failed policy of imposing an economic embargo on Cuba in an effort to improve the human rights situation there.
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If Latin American heads of state want to shame the United States into changing its Cuba policy, then Washington should insist that its allies and the summit's host, Panama, also invite Cuban dissidents and human rights activists.
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The interview, moderated by CNN reporter Maggie Lake, focused on the further deteriorating economic situation in Venezuela as a result the downturn in oil prices following OPEC's decision last week not to alter its production ceiling as well as possible implications for state policy and President Nicolas Maduro's political future.
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What does the future hold for Cuba and Colombia? The Fall 2014 issue of Americas Quarterly, released on November 5, explores the promising but difficult roads ahead for two Latin American countries potentially on the verge of historic change. Will the Colombian government's progress in forging a negotiated peace with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—FARC) bring a just and sustainable end to the country's deadly 50-year-old armed conflict? What major challenges must Cuba overcome to jump-start its economy and improve life on the island—and how can the U.S. facilitate this process?
In this issue, Juanita León examines the legal and political obstacles that Colombia faces in its quest to secure a lasting peace, Marcela Prieto dispels common misperceptions about the peace process, and Rodrigo Uprimny and Nelson Camilo Sánchez discuss how to best achieve justice for victims of the decades-long violence. Meanwhile, journalists Jenny Manrique and Ramón Campos Iriarte interview the FARC's delegates in Havana and ELN guerrillas in Chocó, and Alejandro Eder explains how disarmed ex-combatants are being re-integrated into Colombian society.
In our section on Cuba, Carmelo Mesa-Lago describes the political resistance and red tape that must be resolved to ensure that Cuba's recent economic reforms are successful. Robert Muse lays out a roadmap for improving U.S.-Cuba relations, and Richard Feinberg argues that the U.S. must rethink its policy toward the island well before next year's Summit of the Americas in Panama. AS/COA CEO and President Susan Segal finds inspiration and promise in the island's pioneering entrepreneurs, and Alana Tummino and Allie Fleder take a trip across the island to meet with Cuban cuentapropistas to document their successes and struggles.
AQ also looks at the surge of unaccompanied minors at the U.S.-Mexico border, as Sam Quinones urges politicians in Washington to take quick action to resolve the humanitarian crisis. Eduardo Guerrero and Alejandro Hope debate the merits of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's security policy, and Daniel H. Levine asks whether Latin America's first pope, Francis I, will change the future of Catholicism in the region.
Read the table of contents and check out the AQ app. Subscribe now to take advantage of our special limited-time discount.
View an interview with AQ's Christopher Sabatini below
Christopher Sabatini, Senior Director of Policy at Americas Society/Council of the Americas and founder and editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly, was interviewed by the International Development Bank as part of the its Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative. Following the launch of AQ's Winter 2014 issue, Our Cities, Our Future, Sabatini comments on the challenges and opportunities that cities face in the 21st century to become more inclusive and sustainable.
What are the main challenges that cities are facing today?
Energized with confidence after nearly ten years of consistent economic growth, Panama envisions itself as becoming the Singapore of the Western hemisphere. In an article recently published online by World Politics Review Chris Sabatini and Rebecca Bintrim see an optimistic future for the country despite deep-seeded corruption, new regional shipping competition, China's economic slowdown, and difficulties in upgrading US port facilities. Though a difficult task, Panama can get expansion right, they argue, if President Juan Carlos Varela capitalizes on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), re-invests financial gains into social programs and lays the foundation for a judicial system that is sufficiently strong and independent to end the crippling legacy of corruption.
On Sunday, The New York Times published an editorial urging the Obama administration to dismantle the U.S. economic embargo on Cuba. Given the shifting domestic attitudes and policies towards U.S.-Cuba relations and the changing economic climate on the island, Obama now has a unique opportunity to re-engage with Cuba, thus ending more than half a century's worth of hostilities. In The Times' "Room for Debate," Christopher Sabatini makes a case for the political expediency of liberalizing elements of the embargo on Cuba to allow for social and commercial exchange.


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Parents Are More Aggravated By Their Kids Than In Previous Generations
Jim LiebeltJim is Senior Writer, Editor and Researcher for the HomeWord Center for Youth and Family at Azusa Pacific University. Jim has over 25 years of experience as a youth and family ministry specialist, and has been on the HomeWord staff since 1998. He has served over the years as a pastor, author, youth ministry trainer, adjunct college instructor and speaker. Jim's culture blog and parenting articles appear on HomeWord.com. Jim is a contributing author of culture and parenting articles to Crosswalk.com. Jim and his wife Jenny live in Olympia, WA.
- 2014 Apr 08
A new Child Trends research brief says kids aggravate their parents more than they did 15 years ago, creating stress that could lead to less effective parenting.
Using data from the National Survey of American Families, taken in 1997, 1999 and 2002, as well as the National Survey of Children's Heath, collected in 2003, 2007 and 2011/12, the researchers concluded that the proportion of parents who reported aggravation rose from 20 percent to 35 percent between 1997 and 2007. It has since flattened out; one-third of parents were aggravated when asked in 2012.
They determined aggravation using three markers: "how often the child does things that really bother the parent; how often the parent has felt the chid is much harder to care for than most other children of the same age and how often the parent has felt angry with the child," the brief said.
The researchers note that parental coping skills have a big impact on interactions with children. "High levels of stress associated with the parenting role and parents' impatience with their child may be reflected in inappropriately high behavioral expectations and/or coercive discipline. Over time, this parenting pattern can negatively affect child outcomes ranging from physical health to academic success to psychological and social well-being. Research finds that, on average, children of parents with high levels of aggravation are less well-adjusted and experience more negative outcomes."
What they don't know, they said, is whether recent economic shifts such as more employment for parents, family structure changes and less economic security have impacted overall parental aggravation.
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Squaring-Trimming-Binding Question
Do you trim your batting & backing when squaring your quilt after machine quilting and then sew your binding to the trimmed edge? --OR-- do you measure and draw lines, squaring the quilt, and sew the binding onto the drawn lines, then trim off the excess batting and backing?
I have been squaring the quilt and trimming before sewing on the binding -- then saw in a few books that I should be trimming after I sew on the binding. I took a class on finishing a year ago & pulled out my samples and the handout & the trim first method was taught.
So, I am curious - how you square your quilts and sew on the binding for the best results.
I take about three measurements side to side and top to bottom to check the size accuracy. As for squaring up? I don't do that unless the quilt looks really out of whack to me....and they usually don't. I sew around the perimeter of the quilt right on the edge with a basting stitch using my walking foot. Then I trim the batting and backing right up close to that stitching, then sew on the binding.
I make my own bias bindings and they are narrow. I do just exactly what Teresa does. I've never had a problem doing it that way and simply don't want to work with the bulk when using the narrow bindings. Another thing I do is inadvertently cut material I'm not supposed to when trying to trim thicknesses with those sharp professional Gingher scissors. I've had to repair several quilt tops because of that, so now want all the superfluous material out of the way first.
I do what Teresa does also but with one less step. My wonderful LA quilter, Eileen at Designing Quilts (shameless plug) stitches around the perimeter for me. As she does this while the quilt is in the frame, I'm always sure to have a squared up rectangle to bind.
Here is a link that might be useful: Designing Quilts
I guess I am just a cheater. I make my outside border about 1/2 inch wider than I really want it. After I quilt it I lay it nice and flat and using a long ruler measure from the inside seam of the outer border and cut to desired size. At the corners I make sure it is square and keep cutting using the inner seam as a guide. Even on the frame mine seem to get a bit wonky, with the outer border just a bit wide I can be sure it is the size I really want, and is "full" all the way to the edge.
Thanks everyone! When I sew a border, I use Beverly's "add a 1/2" cheater method" after she posted it awhile back. I also have been squaring like Beverly squares, then measuring to make sure the sides and middle are the same - but I have been folding the sides together - not using a tape. So far, so good, but I think I will start using a metal tape measure.
I do measure and try to square as I piece the quilt along the way, so maybe that is also a key for me.
I do pretty much as Beverly does but have never stitched before I put the binding with one exception. When I made the scolloped edge on the last baby quilt it called for marking and putting the binding on before I trimmed, for that I did stitch on the markings. It worked and I liked it for the scolloped edge but will not used for a st. edge as it is more work. Jayne


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COMMENTARY: Planning Pleasanton's 'last frontier'
Original post made on Jul 27, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, July 27, 2012, 7:25 AM
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a resident of Downtown
on Jul 27, 2012 at 12:59 pm
18 members? I'm sure they'll get LOTS done.
a resident of Castlewood
on Jul 27, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Kind of feels like shades of Big Brother, doesn't it?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 27, 2012 at 5:59 pm
There goes Stanley Blvd.
I hate this high density-low-income-housing!!!
They're ruining Everything!!!! This will change our little town for
eternity. Thanks JerryBrown! You're a real jerk! You even
thought Solyndra was a car! Idiot! Should not be suing Ptown!
But they keep voting this jerk into office over and over!
They arent building these places for our kids to have a chance
at them...no its so they can move Oakland in here.
This will ruin Ptown.
a resident of Downtown
on Jul 27, 2012 at 8:10 pm
Why not use SIMCity?
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I have the 50 pound Vittles Vault (but it's the version with the lid on the top so it would need to be unstacked) and it easily holds a sack of grain.
Thanks for the quick reply!
I'd been looking at http://www.amazon.com/Vittles-Vault-...ttles+vault+40
So if the tall 40# fits a sack, I'm guessing the stackable 40# one would too!
That's my thought, as well, but I can't confirm it.
Like I said, the 40# fits a bag RIGHT UP TO THE TOP. With the opening on those being toward the front, there may be a risk of spilling if they are too full when opening.
Maybe I'll snag the 60# version just in case =)
I just bought 60# stackables and put the grain in with them stood on end, then stacked them.
when stacked the grain is about level with the bottom of the opening.I think to fill them when stacked
you will have to push the grain back to get it all in. I don't think there is any way tou could put a bag of grain
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Guest Column: Yazoo flooding testifies to need for pumps
I flew my first flood rescue mission this past weekend, flying my friend Hayes Dent over his ancestral home just south of Yazoo City. He can't get there by car.
Hayes was lucky. His home wasn't flooded. The waters were within a few feet of the front porch. As we continued the flight around the surrounding area, we came to realize how few shared Hayes' good fortune.
In fact, at one point we were so surrounded by water, it made me worry about where we would land if our one engine quit. All the airports were flooded and there was not enough dry land to put down a plane. At 3,500 feet there was water, water everywhere as far as the eye could see. The south Mississippi Delta is flooded.
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