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Increase in Savings Accounts Due to a Rise of Tuition Fees
READING, England, Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Britons' savings were given an unexpected boost in the final quarter of 2010, after the government's proposed tuition fee hikes prompted parents to put away more cash.
According to the ING Direct Consumer Savings Monitor, a quarter of parents (23 per cent) have either started a university fund (13 per cent) or increased the amount they put away (10 per cent) in response to the planned fee increases, contributing to a 3.6 per cent rise in accessible savings in the final quarter of 2010.
This kind of saving is most common amongst parents of children under five, suggesting the adoption of long-term savings plans similar to US 'college funds' – where parents save years, or even decades in advance. This is reflected in ING Direct's figures, with those aged 16-34 – who are most likely to have young children – topping up their savings the most (15 per cent increase).(1)
Alternatively, many are reconsidering the value of higher education. Around a quarter of 16-17 year olds (24 per cent) are rethinking their options in light of the planned hike(2) and one in eight (13 per cent) parents of teenagers are reassessing whether university is right for their child given the increased cost.
Yet despite the savings 'bounce,' the rise was not enough to prevent an overall decline in accessible reserves across the year, with levels falling by 11 per cent (221 pounds) in 2010. This has left savings levels of ordinary Britons standing at 1,834 pounds.
Factors contributing to this fall included rising prices and static incomes during 2010. There was also a distinct desire amongst Britons to reduce their dependence on credit, cutting their average unsecured debt by 7.7 per cent (234 pounds fall to average of 2,812 pounds), often at the expense of cash reserves.
It is also clear that the British public see 2011 as a year for belt-tightening, with a third (32 per cent) planning to restore their savings and a similar number (28 per cent) intending to cut down debt. Furthermore there is clear evidence that the VAT rise will have an impact on spending, with 45 per cent of Brits intending to reduce their expenditure due to this tax increase.
Understandably, those most determined to set their savings plans back on track in the New Year are those who had the most difficulty in 2010.(3) Young people (aged 16-34) struggled most, with their reserves almost cut in half across the year (48 per cent fall). Married women also saw their savings fall significantly across the year (25 per cent fall) after men bore the brunt of the savings decline experienced in 2009. The only significant 'savings winners' of 2010 were those aged 45-54, who were able to increase their rainy-day reserves by six per cent.
ING Direct CEO, Richard Doe, commented on the findings:
"While we've seen savings levels decline for much of the year, the final quarter has brought with it an unexpected bounce, clearly driven by parents saving in response to the proposed hike in tuition fees.
"We'll have to wait and see if this leads to any sort of savings renaissance, as while Britons are clearly determined to restore their cash reserves in 2011, there will be a number of obstacles which will make saving difficult."
James Knightley, ING Group senior economist said:
"2010 was a tough year for savers and unfortunately the environment will become even more difficult in 2011 given the scale of fiscal austerity.
"With wages failing to keep pace with the cost of living and households continuing to pay down debt this leaves us with two possible outcomes for savers. We suspect that the most likely is that they further run down their savings in order to fund ongoing spending. Alternatively they can save more, but this will mean less money to spend on goods and services – a situation that will put the UK economic recovery at risk."
For a full copy of the latest report from the ING Direct Consumer Savings Monitor, visit http://www.consumersavingsmonitor.co.uk
1. Those aged 16-34 increased their savings by 15 per cent, compared to those aged 35-54 (two per cent) or those aged 55+ (four per cent), suggesting that it is the younger age cohort which are driving the rise in average savings observed in Q4 2010.
2. 24 per cent of parents of children aged 16-17 said their child was reassessing university as an option for them, in light of the changes to tuition fee levels.
3. Those most determined to restore their savings balances in 2011 were married women (37 per cent) and young people (41 per cent).
All figures quoted are from the findings of the ING Direct Consumer Savings Monitor. Full methodology can be found in the latest report, available at http://www.consumersavingsmonitor.com
The term 'ordinary Briton' is used to illustrate the fact that the ING Direct Consumer Savings Ratio uses median averages for savings as the distribution of savings is so strongly skewed by the very wealthy (mean averages give figures of around 20,000 pounds).
Sampling methodology
A sample of 1,300 UK adults, fully representative of the UK adult population is recruited on a monthly basis by PureProfile, one of the world's leading research panels, with more than 600,000 panellists worldwide. This sample contains approximately 1,000 savers (approx 25% of Britons have no savings).
The interviewees are interviewed over the same 7 day period over the last week of every calendar month. Interviewees are asked an identical series of tracking questions every month. These tracking questions commenced in January 2009 and run on a monthly basis. This quarter's findings come from the results of October, November and December 2010 tracking.
A further representative sample of 2000 UK adults is also questioned in the midpoint of each quarter, on a quarterly basis.
SOURCE ingdirect.co.uk


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Could Harbor Bridge shine once more?
Most recent estimates, in 2000, priced lighting the bridge at $430,000
CORPUS CHRISTI - Lights could glow again on Harbor Bridge if Mayor Joe Adame wins support for the idea.
A majority of the City Council has said they like the idea, so it may depend on if the city can afford it.
The lights on the bridge were turned off in February 1998 after numerous circuit failures and corrosion damaged a quarter of the lights.
Adame said he spoke recently to a group of hotel and restaurant professionals at a luncheon and mentioned relighting the bridge among a list of things he'd like to do. The crowd broke into spontaneous applause.
"I had to compose myself," he said. "It's not often people get that excited."
Since then, he has talked to engineers at the Texas Department of Transportation to see what it would take to bring the lights back.
The plan is still in its preliminary phases because Adame said he didn't know how much it would cost. The most recent estimates, in 2000, priced lighting the bridge at $430,000.
Relighting the bridge would go before the City Council for approval. It has not been scheduled.
City Councilwoman Chris Adler said the idea has gained momentum since Adame mentioned it.
"I'm so excited about it," Adler said. "It would be so beautiful. I really loved it when it was lit."
Adler and Councilman Larry Elizondo suggested that the city use solar-powered lights to cut costs.
"We have learned some lessons that we can apply this time around as far as the corrosive issues and the expense of keeping it lit," Elizondo said. "I think it's a fantastic idea. It's something that the city can be recognized for and would make a beautiful postcard."
Councilwomen Nelda Martinez and Priscilla Leal both said they like the idea, but want it to be affordable.
"If there is a way to do it that is cost-effective, then we need to do it," Martinez said. "That's our signature landmark. What a great welcome into Corpus Christi."
The bridge belongs to the state transportation department but the city paid to light it, department spokeswoman Frances Garza said. The department removed the 200 high-pressure, 70-watt, sodium vapor lights sometime after the bridge went dark, Garza said.
The bridge will be better suited for lighting later. The department expects to award a contract in January for repainting the rusted bridge, a job that was partially completed five years ago. Workers painting the underside of the bridge needed more paint than expected because corrosion was worse than anticipated. Finishing the paint job has been delayed several times because of tight state funding.
The state also wanted to make sure there weren't other repairs the bridge needed before resuming the paint job. The transportation department conducted two studies to identify areas that needed reinforcement and made those repairs before resuming the painting.
In 2000, a $9,300 study paid for by the city and the Port of Corpus Christi recommended installing ground lights similar to the system that illuminates the Lexington Museum on the Bay. That method was estimated to cost $318,000. The study said it would be easier to maintain and be more durable over time. The same study found that putting lights on the bridge and ground would cost $748,000 and putting new lights on the bridge only would cost $430,000.
At the time, the old lights were still on the bridge and could have been repaired for $260,000.
The lights were put up in 1986 by the Central Business District Association, a predecessor to the Downtown Management District. The association, however, used construction materials not well-suited to withstand the harsh environment, according to city memos written as the city decided to turn the lights off.
During the 12 years that the bridge was lighted, maintaining and operating the lights cost the city about $4,000 a year.
The state plans eventually to replace the Harbor Bridge, completed in 1959. A state environmental study, a precursor to replacing the bridge, resumed in September, Garza said. A new Harbor Bridge won't likely be here for at least 20 years, she said.
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The Congress on Saturday slammed activist-politician Arvind Kejriwal saying that he is only interested in defaming people by levelling charges of financial wrongdoing.
"By levelling allegations before the media he can only defame somebody but cannot get anything substantial out of it. This shows that he is only interested in defaming people," Congress spokesperson, Rashid Alvi told reporters.
Alvi said that if Kejriwal had any evidence he should go to the government or any government agency.
"If anybody has done anything wrong, law will take its own course," he said.
Kejriwal accused industrialists, Mukesh and Anil Ambani, Jet Airways chief Naresh Goyal, Congress MP Annu Tandon and several other Indians held accounts in HSBC Bank's Geneva branch. The bank and all of those targeted by Kejriwal have denied any wrongdoing.


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January 24, 2014
District theater boom on the rise
WASHINGTON, DC — D.C. is in the midst of the a theater boom with various projects in the works in addition to their almost 50 existing screens. They're comparing it to the building boom of 100 years ago with the culmination being the opening of the new Landmark theatre opening next year in Northwest.
Read more in the Washington Post.
January 20, 2014
2 theaters face digital transition
EMERALD ISLE, NC & SCRANTON, PA — The Emerald Plantation Cinema recently made the switch to digital and continues improvements around the theatre. The Marquee Cinemas though seems to be less concerned about its future. They haven't jumped to digital yet and haven't announced plans. With the lease set to run out this year, no one knows what will become of the space.
(Thanks to jeterga for providing the photo.)
January 15, 2014
Omaha World Herald photos
OMAHA, NE — The Omaha World Herald has been dusting through their archives and are presenting features on former theatre photos. For this first installment, they roll out pics of the Cinema Center, Chief, and the Dundee. If you have any interest in these forgotten theatres, you don't want to miss this.
UPDATE: Part II featuring the Admiral, Astro and the Center theatres.
January 14, 2014
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WESLEY CHAPEL, FL — A movie theater was the site of another unfortunate incident yesterday when a retired cop opened fire on a couple at the Cobb Grove 16. A man has already been pronounced dead and the theatre is currently closed. The altercation arose from a disagreement over texting.
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Consumer care, lighting biz revenue up 27 pc in '05-06
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Bangalore, April 19
Wipro Ltd plans to set up a lighting unit at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh this year to manufacture bulbs and tubes.
Mr Vineet Agrawal, President of Wipro's Consumer Care and Lighting Division, told
Business Linethat Baddi would be the company's third lighting unit after Waluj and Mysore. However, he declined to spell out the investment details.
Despite setting up a new unit, the company would continue its tie-ups with dedicated vendors, Mr Agrawal said.
Key driver
It has 12 dedicated vendors spread across who manufacture luminaries for the company for whom Wipro provides tooling, specifications apart from maintaining quality control.
He said the lighting division was one of the key drivers of Wipro's consumer care business and grew at around 31 per cent during financial year 2006.
Revenues from consumer care and lighting business grew by 27 per cent year on year and stood at Rs 601 crore in fiscal 2006. "The growth was broad-based across all our product lines," Mr Agrawal said, adding that his division expects to sustain the growth during the current year with the economy set to do well.
Golden run
For the fourth quarter of 2005-06, the consumer care division recorded revenues of Rs 166 crore, a 35 per cent growth over the corresponding previous quarter.
"Wipro's consumer care business had a golden run in the past three years as we doubled our revenues from Rs 300 crore to Rs 601 crore by growing much ahead of the industry, which is growing at around 10 per cent a year," Mr Agrawal said.
"This is primarily because all our product lines have done well including the recently launched wellness products such as honey among others," he said.
Wipro's soap brands like Santoor grew by 19 per cent, while Chandrika grew by 18 per cent. Glucovita rose 19 per cent while furniture business grew by over 200 per cent.
Further, Mr Agrawal said the company was contemplating some new product lines, which he declined to detail. "We may also come out with variations of our existing product lines," he said, adding the company is also on the lookout for acquisitions.


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ON THE COVER: Anastasia Brown in Dolce Gabbana top and Theory pants from JAMIE. Necklace, earrings and bangle with diamonds in 18kt gold by Slane & Slane, available at Fine Jewelry at JAMIE. Photography by Michael Gomez Studios. Hair and makeup by Debbie Dover.
Anastasia is wearing a silver Victorian tiger claw with turquoise cross on black suede cord and a Victorian jet with tiger claw on black suede cord, both by Shelly Litvak, available at JAMIE. Photo by Michael Gomez. Hair and makeup by Debbie Dover.
Photo by Michael Gomez. Clothing from JAMIE. Hair and makeup by Debbie Dover.
Photo by Michael Gomez. Clothing from JAMIE. Hair and makeup by Debbie Dover.
Cast from No Regrets, left to right: Robert Merrill, Lari White, Edward Albert, Kate Jackson, Jennifer Hetrick, Brad Johnson & Janine Turner.
From August Rush, left to right: Phil Ramone (Music Producer), Richard Lewis (Film Producer/Writer), Kirsten Sheridan (Director/Writer), Johnathan Rhys-Meyers (Actor), Jeff Pollack (Music Supervisor), Anastasia Brown (Music Supervisor) and Rob Mathes (Arranger/Musician).
On the set of No Regrets
The Roy Orbison building, a former warehouse turned office suites, sits at the confluence of Broadway and West End, just before Broadway straightens for its final, honky tonk-lined run for the Cumberland River. For a long time this small area of the city was something of a no mans land, empty square acreage (and square footage) to be passed through on your way downtown or back up toward Music Row. Now, of course, the nearby Gulch area is trading in its urban squalor for a trendy new downtown cachet and block after formerly underutilized block between, roughly, the edge of Vanderbilt University and interstates 40 and 65 is making up for lost time in a hurry with condominium high-rises and shiny new office towers. And yet the Orbison Building is still a bit off by itself, more the physical vanguard of the growth as opposed to a part of the body of the movement. Its as though the building saw its usefulness before it could actually be used and simply stood its ground until the city could catch up to it. Which, it just so happens, is right now.
In an airy fifth-floor corner suite, Anastasia Brown blasts a virtually seamless mash-up of classic Marty Robbins and the hip hop collective the Wu-Tang Clan, Robbinss form-perfect song structure providing the ultimate framework for---and contrast to---the subversively laid-back aggression of Ghostface Killah and RZA, et al. Its a bold combination, digging deep into the core of both genres (this is no mash-up of Big & Rich and Kid Rock, after all) and pulling out something surprisingly whole. Shes talking about one of her latest projects, the Quentin Tarantino-produced Daltry Calhoun, a coming-of-age story of sorts starring Johnny Knoxville thats set to include this unlikely alliance of country & western and hip hop on its soundtrack. Her office is busy-chic, a tasteful combination of interesting furniture and prints, personal photos, and stacks upon stacks of CDs in various postures of access. Behind her, outside the Orbison Building, stretches the relatively small but famous Nashville skyline. From this vantage, Music Row is, as it were, at her feet.
As the bass line thumps, it comes to mind that Anastasia Brown is probably the only person in the entire world right now who couldve managed to get Marty Robbins mixed up with the Wu-Tang Clan and Quentin Tarantino in a high-profile Hollywood movie.
At the risk of stating the obvious, thats probably because no one else has ever tried before. But let that not distract you from what Anastasia Brown, former Music Row executive and current co-head (with Eric Geadelmann) of the 821 Entertainment Group, has accomplished in just a few short years. Starting with the Steven Spielberg and Leslie Bohem-produced miniseries Taken, winner of the 2003 Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries and nominated for a Golden Globe award, Brown has served as music producer---kind of like the casting director, but for songs, and with the longer-term impact of soundtrack sales---for multiple independent and feature films including, most recently, Miramaxs Calhoun and the upcoming music-driven Warner Bros. feature August Rush, starring Robin Williams, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Freddie Highmore. And with Nashville-based artists represented in every movie she makes (I consciously scour Nashville first, all genres, for music that could work for my directors vision before I go outside of Nashville, she says. Im loyal to Nashville big-time. Im as loyal as a dog.), now more than ever Music City, long a hub of struggling indie activity, is finally poised to make its presence felt in Hollywood.
Not that we havent broken through a few times and in other ways before. This years most high-profile televised event, the Academy Awards, featured Nashville native Reese Witherspoon, who starred in a multiple-Oscar-nominated movie about Nashville icons Johnny and June Carter Cash. To date, Walk the Line has earned more than $100 million, and the effects on tourism that even this single film will yield on the Nashville economy and culture in coming years may be incalculable. Many celebrities whove lived and worked in Nashville have long graced the big and little screens, most often country music stars or their family, from Dolly Parton (Nine to Five), Randy Travis (Matlock), and Minnie Pearl and George Jones (40 Acre Feud), to the more recent Reba McIntyre (Reba), Billy Ray Cyrus (Doc), Faith Hill (The Stepford Wives remake), Tim McGraw (Black Cloud, Friday Night Lights, the upcoming remake of My Friend Flicka), and, of course, Ashley Judd, star of numerous films.
Even so, Browns approach to Nashvilles role in the multi-billion-dollar film industry is unique. Instead of asking how we can turn more musicians into actors, she wondered why more films couldnt play our music. Duh. But as obvious as this sounds, the road has not always been smooth.
When I told my friends in LA about my idea of starting a music supervising business in Nashville, they said Dont do it, Brown recalls. This, she says, was after the success of Taken, a 40-hour miniseries that featured over 50 percent Nashville artists. I have to admit, it gave me pause for a moment. I wanted people to say, Yeah, do it---no ones ever done that before. But they didnt.
Still, she persisted, and hooking up with Nashville film producer Eric Geadelmann proved to be the perfect next step.
Eric and I merged to become 821, she says. We got the corporation: a music supervising company, a label, a digital packaging company, a production company, all under 821.
It totally makes sense, she goes on. Jon Levin, a very successful packaging agent with CAA, said, Oh, yeah, I get it---a production company with Southern sensibilities. You should have Pat Conroy, John Grisham.
The idea is still fresh to both Hollywood and Nashville, but its logic is starting to spread. Because of their successful experience making Calhoun, which was filmed in Columbia, Tenn., Tarantino, Knoxville and Calhoun director Katrina Bronson are creating a TV series that would be based in Nashville. And, says Brown, Les Bohem, who wrote Taken and is writing three other scripts for Steven Spielberg right now, and whos an Emmy-winning screenwriter and producer, is writing a script for a future film inspired by Nashville.
But the groundwork for a film industry in Nashville was laid long before Anastasia Brown came along, and has recently grown dramatically through the concerted efforts of both for-profit professionals like Anastasia and non-profit entities working to generate more feature film and television activity locally.
In the 1950s and 60s, Nashville began developing a local filmmaking infrastructure initially based around the creation of commercials to service local television stations. In the 70s, though, our town began attracting Hollywood motion picture projects, most notably Robert Altmans somewhat infamous Nashville, which left many locals wondering whether the iconoclastic filmmaker was depicting a Nashville from an alternate universe or sacrificing our locale as a metaphor for his greater gripes about America. Nonetheless, all the hubbub of the 70s precipitated the creation of the Tennessee Film, Entertain-ment & Music Commission (its current moniker), and from then on Hollywood motion picture projects were courted to drop millions of dollars into our economy. To date theyve included a string of projects including Blue Valley Songbird (Dolly Parton), The Last Dance (Sharon Stone), The Green Mile (Tom Hanks), and The Last Castle (Robert Redford), among numerous other works stretching back three decades.
Two major developments occurred in the 1980s that would forever change the Nashville filmmaking landscape. The success of MTV eventually spawned its country music equivalent, CMT, and with the rise of CMT, the sudden demand for hundreds of music videos per year necessitated a rapid expansion of both the creative and business infrastructures of the filmmaking community, attracting producers and directors from as far away as New York, California, and Canada to Music Row during the late 80s and early 90s. The other significant development was the successful launching of the Ernest movie franchise, starring the late, great Jim Varney. The Ernest films, helmed by John Buster Cherry and Jerry Cardin, have reportedly earned $200 million worldwide to date; but just as significantly, that franchise had tremendous impact on the careers of future Nashville filmmakers such as writer/director Coke Sams (Existo), writer/producer Dan Butler (Americas Dumbest Criminals), and a number of other creatives, cast and crew whove gone on to form their own film companies and projects.
In the mid-1990s, the bottom nearly dropped out of the local filmmaking economy, however, when the country music market share ---like all forms of music---hit one of its cyclic low points, and Music Row began cutting back on both the amount and budget size of music videos. This had a dramatic impact on the droves of professionals working in the music video industry. Further exacerbating the situation was that CMT, along with TNN, was sold by Gaylord to CBS/Westinghouse, later acquired by Paramount Viacom, eventually to become formally part of the MTV/VH1 family. The net result was that CMT would come to rely less on its original music video profile and begin to resemble a country music version of MTV, involving more reality-based programming, much of it produced in-house. It was time to explore new opportunities.
In the late 90s, our filmmaking community began to take deliberate steps to think in other categories, says Andy van Roon, president of FilmNashville, the trade organization based in the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau, which serves just over 1,200 businesses and individuals in the film and television community. We sincerely appreciated that country music enabled our local infrastructure to initially expand to significant proportions, but also realized that for the sake of our livelihoods, families, and true independence as an industry---and as artists---we had to move more broadly into long-form filmmaking. This means that, in addition to courting the ever-important Hollywood productions to town, we had to develop more of a local permaculture where we could continuously create, finance, and ultimately secure domestic and foreign distribution for our own feature films, television movies, documentaries, and one day even sitcoms and dramatic series.
Along with FilmNashville, a number of non-profit film organizations and offices have been on the front lines of this effort, including the Nashville Film Festival, the Tennessee Screenwriting Association, the Watkins Film School, the Nashville Screenwriters Conference, the Nashville Composers Association, the Alliance of Film & Television Actors, the Mayors Office of Film, and, of course, the Tennessee Film Entertainment & Music Commission.
David Bennett, Executive Director of the Tennessee Film, Entertainment & Music Commission, provides a concrete sense of the economic power of the filmmaking industry statewide. Gross operating revenues in the state currently exceed $5 billion---thats 5,000 people with a payroll of over $260 million. Its a major industry here. Gross production dollars---the actual production budget for TV commercials, videos, television series, corporate videos, religious videos, independent films and feature films for 2004-2005---was $486 million.
On continuing to attract major Hollywood productions to our state and city, Bennett is both cautionary and hopeful. Louisiana is our primary competition, plus North Carolina and Georgia. In 2002, Louisiana passed a film-and-TV incentive package that was so robust it blew the industry open there. They started out in 02 with a base of about $20 million a year in film production. Hollywood really responded to their tax credit incentive package, and in three years theyve grown to $350 million a year. Production companies were circling Louisiana like buzzards, waiting for someone to move so they could land. Universals Ray was due to be shot in Georgia but they didnt have their incentive plan in place yet, so it went to Louisiana.
To make Tennessee competitive with other states and countries vying for film business, Bennett formed a film production team from across the state and hired a Hollywood top gun consultant to create the Tennessee Film & Television Production Study, many months in the making and completed as of February 1 of this year. The goal of the report is to yield state legislation for a Visual Content Act similar to the one Louisiana put in place.
This report was created by law, Bennett points out. Its a first-time occurrence. Never have we evaluated the size of the industry. Basically what were saying is if you spend half a million dollars you qualify to receive a 17 percent transferrable tax credit. If you use Tennessee crew, you get another 5 percent. And Tennessee music, another 3. Thats a total of 25 percent to incentivize both major and indie productions. Were starting out slow, and were doing it purposefully. This is a macroeconomic issue, but it filters down to the local companies. And what theyve found in both Louisiana and Georgia is that the local companies really prosper from this.
Tessa Atkins, director of film for the Mayors Office, is in agreement. Tennesseans by heritage and heart are idea people whove spun lead into gold, she says. I believe they will again this legislative session by passing the Visual Content Act, the state incentive package to lure films to Tennessee.
And Atkins also believes in the vision of a home-grown filmmaking economy: Branding a city has a lot to do with screenwriters and/or novelists. Nashville is a hotbed full of story stylists and lyricists. That one lucky screenplay can catapult a writer and the city itself to silver screen fame. The city or setting can become synonymous with the television series or movies that are shot there. This can mean big bucks for travel and tourism. For example, the Dawson's Creek series was a huge draw to Wilmington, N.C. And I cant mention cities without noting Sex and The City---not that New York needed more advertising, but the series showcased New York weekly. I believe the beauty and flavor of a film can be derived from a backdrop, and every tourist envisions themselves one day standing in that scene.
Atkins cites the capabilities of Nashville filmmakers, as well. Our crews are world-class, she notes. Often when Memphis lands a feature they pull most of their crew from Nashville. And creative talent---the secret untapped resource of Nashville---sets Nashville apart from other cities whose sirens are seductively singing from the bluffs with incentives packages of their own. Nashville is stockpiled full of talent waiting to be harvested. A large part of our future is clearly indie-driven. I believe were just the city to develop the independent film director and producer. We have a unique feel and incredible character. We have a strong film-friendly community. This could be our niche and, more importantly, our time.
She may be right. An increasing number of local indie filmmakers have recently created feature films that have found profitable distribution, though with vastly different experiences.
Curt Hahn, writer and director of No Regrets starring Janine Turner, knows what local filmmakers are up against. Putting all the elements together to make an independent feature film is a monumental challenge, he observes. You need the right script, a bankable cast, a great crew, the perfect locations, great music and lots of money. But even when your film is finished, youre only halfway home. You still need to sell the rights to a distributor to get your film seen and recoup your investment. This is the point at which most independent producers fail. We identified 78 prospective distributors for No Regrets. Some specialized in domestic distribution, others international. We began marketing it to them while we were still editing the film. Within days we had a written offer from Lifetime Television. After some serious negotiating, we signed with Lifetime for domestic rights. International rights went to MarVista Entertainment. In the first year, Lifetime has shown the film nationally five times and MarVista has licensed the film to dozens of countries around the world, including HBO in Europe. No Regrets has even been translated into Chinese.
Spurred on by that success, Hahn is now co-producing Two Weeks, starring Sally Field, Ben Chaplin and Tom Cavanagh, with Los Angeles-based writer-director Steve Stockman. Two Weeks was shot in Nashville last year and has just completed editing. Hahns company is also actively developing three new feature films, including Autumn Soul, written by Nashville attorney Ben Fordham.
Steve Taylor, director of The Second Chance which features Contemporary Christian music star Michael W. Smith, has a different story. Im a rookie director and we had no conventional Hollywood stars, so getting a major like Sony to distribute our indie film was like winning the lottery, he says. Despite our very tight budget, I think they felt wed made something that looked like a real movie and had an audience. It speaks highly of Nashvilles filmmaking infrastructure that virtually our entire cast and crew were Nashville-based. Meanwhile, Ive just finished the screenplay on a comedy with the working title Jerrys Kids that I hope to shoot next. Most of it will be shot in Nashville, and Im assuming its going to be easier to secure funding this time around. My wife graciously agreed to let us take out a home equity loan to fund a third of The Second Chance budget, but, she said, were only doing this once.
Antony Vidmer, writer and director of High Roller---The Stu Ungar Story, which stars Michael Imperioli of The Sopranos, conveys some of the harsher realities of his experiences: Id love to be able to say that securing distribution for High Roller was the result of a careful plan executed to perfection, but its not true---it was just luck. Truth is, we made quite a few mistakes in our naive first foray into the jungle of Hollywood, not the least of which was to give away our premiere to the first film festival that asked, thereby effectively eliminating us from consideration for the major fests that followed. For us, in the end, we were invited to participate in the Directors Guild Film Finder Series in LA, where New Line Cinema, with whom wed made a deal, was one of the 15 distributors in attendance. In short, had we not had that one screening at the DGA, High Roller might still be on a shelf instead of doing $6 million in rentals.
As a result of this experience, it occurred to us that there must be hundreds of marketable movies out there that for one reason or another never found their opportunity to find an audience, Vidmer says. So we decided to create FYLMZ, a film festival that takes out all the gatekeepers and personal agendas and committees, and begins by asking the audience to vote for the movies they want to see based on a trailer and synopsis posted on the web [at www.fylmz.com], and ends with 20-60 films participating in a traditional brick-and-mortar film festival where the winner gets a $1 million distribution deal.
On the television side, there are local powerhouses like Jon Small, producer of the hit series Nashville Star, country musics answer to American Idol (and which has featured Anastasia Brown as a judge). In addition to music videos, his company, Picture Vision, has produced mainstream TV programming for over two decades. From the groundbreaking Garth Brooks live HBO concert special from Central Park to Janet Jacksons Velvet Rope HBO special from Madison Square Garden, Small has been involved with live TV concerts for major rock and country stars for a long time. But when he was first approached by Universal TV about Nashville Star, Their initial idea was to shoot the series in Hollywood and use karaoke to highlight the contestants, says Small. If that were the direction the show wouldve taken, I wouldve passed. I wanted to be involved with a program that would show the true color of Nashville. We have the best musicians and songwriters and the best history of colorful performing artists. I really wanted to keep the integrity of the town intact. No more hay bales. I still fight that every day. But thats what makes it fun and challenging to produce.
Carey Burch, film and television agent for the William Morris Agency, adds to Smalls view of how Nashvilles filmmaking community needs to be perceived and where it needs to be headed. Theres a preconceived notion about Nashville by those in LA and New York. Theres a sense that were a hillbilly town when really theres a vast amount of untapped talent in this sophisticated environment of ours. My goal and intent at William Morris is to not only educate both coasts as to what we have to offer film/TV-wise, but to introduce them to the writers, directors and actors who have so much to say.
Nashville is building bridges to Hollywood on other fronts as well, as with Alan Brewer, who just scored a new film that recently premiered at Sundance, Come Early Morning, starring Nashville native Ashley Judd. Brewers experiences and involvement in the Nashville music community over the past several years were key to his being hired to compose and produce the score.
The writer/director, Joey Lauren Adams [co-star of Chasing Amy and Big Daddy], was intent on working with a composer who not only had scored features before but who had a strong feel for various aspects of country music and country-blues, and who would be comfortable writing and performing a guitar-based score, Brewer recalls. After we met and talked music for a few hours, Joey decided I was the guy, and I subsequently had a blast working on the movie.
Brewer now has two feature films in development that would likely be shot in Tennessee, and is music supervisor for and one of the producers of a music-oriented mini-series, along with Nashville-based creator/executive producer Daryl Sanders and executive producer Andy van Roon.
And not to be dismissed, Nashville has a powerful new generation of independent filmmakers who are currently generating between 50 to 100 short films per year, a loose group of creatives ranging from students at the Watkins Film School and Vanderbilt to local filmmakers competing in the annual 48 Hour Film Competition. FilmNashville is the producer of the 48 Hour Film event in Nashville, and hands out over 70 awards each year for everything from Screenwriting and Editing to Scoring and Directing. Think of it as the Academy Awards for local indie filmmakers. Last years award-winner for Best Actress in a 48 Hour Film, Kai Porter, relays her experience: The competition occurs over one weekend where a crew writes a screenplay, acts, directs, composes, edits, and delivers the finished product all within 48 hours. What started out as an unnerving experience actually ended up being a blessing in disguise.
Anastasia Brown might say the same thing about her career change. Coming off of a highly successful decade on Music Row---she was partners with the legendary Miles Copeland and is commonly considered to have discovered Keith Urban, among other career highlights---starting over in a whole new business was at times intimidating, even for the usually indomitable Ms. Brown. But through her initial years of involvement with the Nashville Screenwriters Conference, she realized she was in a unique position.
That year at the conference---1999--- everyone was coming up to me and saying, Oh, man, wed use Nashville music so much more if we knew who to go to for it, she says. You should be the go-to person. That planted a seed, so I studied it and said, OK, Im going to become a music supervisor.
Nothing, of course, happens overnight, especially in show biz. The opportunity to combine Marty Robbins and the Wu-Tang Clan for Quentin Tarantino---or, for that matter, to hire local songwriters like Blue Merles Luke Reynolds to write original music for the upcoming Warner Bros. feature August Rush---came only after years of forging relationships on all three coasts, ours being the third. And though she sees a growing opportunity for the Nashville film industry in the field of music supervising, she also sees the development of local film and television production as a whole as vital to our citys future.
There are other cities similar to ours that are enjoying a thriving production business, Brown says, in reference to incentive packages and programs similar to the one presented to state legislators now. This is what our government and voters should understand---that its really good for us. It takes a lot of people to make these projects happen, and when they get here, theyll eat our food, theyll shop in our stores, theyll hire our workers.
To innovators like Brown and to longtime local industry promoters like van Roon and Bennett, it is, honestly, that simple. The key is to get everyone else to see the big picture.
The more film and TV thats done out of Nashville, the more our music---country---will be used. Its just common sense, Brown notes, adding, with her trademark smile as she looks out of her office window at the vibrant downtown district literally rising up around her, I dont think people think the movie business here in Nashville is really do-able. I dont think people think its a very realistic goal. But I do.


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A blimp expert will lead a discussion Tuesday on the Houma naval air station's role during World War II.
Richard Van Treuren, who is a Navy veteran, will address the Military Roundtable Discussion Group during a free public session at Houma's main library.
The Courier reports ( http://bit.ly/107Nxbj) the discussion will begin at 6 p.m.
On display will be records, news articles, photographs and artifacts from the war years.
The base was used for blimp patrols against German submarines in the Gulf of Mexico.
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U.N. committee on torture grills Vatican on sexual abuse
- Description: For the second time this year, a Vatican delegation was in Geneva to discuss the obligations of the Holy See under international law with U.N. experts, and for the second time Catholic doctrine on abortion was at issue, drawing media attention and criticism for the mostly obscure U.N. committees. Some on the U.N. committee against torture suggested the Church's teaching on the inviolable dignity of human life is a form of torture. We talk to David Rivkin about a piece he wrote in the Wall Street Journal last week entitled "Using a 'Torture' Claim Against the Catholic Church."
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David Rivkin
Attorney at BakerHostetl and Co-leader of the firm's national Appellate Practice. He has extensive experience in constitutional, administrative, and international law litigation and has been involved in numerous high-profile cases. Considerable experience in litigation involving national security-related matters. Co-author last week of a Wall St Journal piece entitled "Using a 'Torture' Claim Against the Catholic Church."
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- Using a 'Torture' Claim Against the Catholic Church (http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304178104579534370116475920)
- Another UN panel batters Vatican on abuse (http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=21307)
- Vatican tells U.N. Abortion is a Form of Torture (http://c-fam.org/en/issues/un-organizations/7834-vatican-tells-u-n-abortion-is-a-form-of-torture)
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- David Rivkin
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Paul VI to be beatified in October 4 along with other priests and religious. Why aren't more laity canonized?
- Description: In an audience with Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Pope Francis approved the publication of a decree on a miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope Paul VI. In addition, Pope Francis approved the publication of decrees on the heroic virtues of two priests and the foundress of a religious order. We ask about the grueling canonization process and why more laity aren't seen on the path to canonization. Matthew Bunson is our guide.
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Senior Correspondent at Our Sunday Visitor. Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. One of the United States' leading authorities on the papacy and the Church. Author of over 50 books
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- Paul VI to be beatified in October; 4 other sainthood causes advance (http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=21371)
- Miracle credited to Paul VI is approved by Francis; late pontiff's beatification this fall (http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/05/12/miracle-credited-to-paul-vi-is-approved-byfrancis-late-pontiff-beatification/)
- The Canonization Process for Sainthood (http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/the-canonization-process-for-sainthood.html)
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Donald Sterling tells Anderson Cooper: I was 'baited' into 'a terrible mistake' / Making roster will be tough task for Sam
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- NFL draft: Reactions heat up after Michael Sam kisses boyfriend on TV (http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/12/us/michael-sam-nfl-kiss-reaction/index.html)
- Michael Sam signs with Visa (http://espn.go.com/espn/print?id=10903420&type=story)
- Michael Sam 'Proud of Where I Am Now' (http://abcnews.go.com/US/rams-make-michael-sam-openly-gay-player-drafted/story?id=23667100)
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Every game matters when you're a Wellington Dukes athlete, but there are certain games that mean a little more.
Facing off against the rival Black River Pirates ups the ante, especially when you're looking for payback.
The Pirates got the best of the Dukes on the football field and on the court in an earlier meeting this season. With Black River coming to Wellington's home court for a Patriot Athletic Conference Stars division game, anything less than a win — and by a wide margin — was going to be unacceptable for both players and fans of the maroon and white.
In the end, a long season of struggles was capped as the Dukes, supported by a boisterous student section, routed the Pirates 66-45.
"We were on a mission tonight," said junior Bryce Gibbs, who also plays football. "We had a lot of energy in the beginning of the game and just fed off our student section. They were loud tonight and feeling it. As players you enjoy hearing that and it pumps you up to play."
Gibbs was a big reason the Dukes got off to a strong start. He came off the bench to score six points and corral four rebounds in the opening quarter.
With Gibbs handling the inside, the Dukes outside game went through senior Dylan Kidd. The Wellington guard scored 13 of his game-high 30 points in the first quarter as the Dukes raced to a 21-12 lead.
"That's the way we want to start games," said Wellington coach Dan Gundert. "The guys were focused and played with a lot of energy. We took care of the ball and played well on both ends of the court. As a coach, you can't ask for much more than that."
Wellington (2-17 overall, 1-12 PAC) actually trailed 6-3 as the Pirates opened the game with a pair of three-pointers from Allan Benson and Logan Goff.
The Dukes grabbed a 7-6 lead on a basket by Joey Holliday before Kidd and Gibbs took over. Kidd scored eight straight points, including a pair of three-pointers, to cap a 12-0 run that extended the lead to 15-6.
Gibbs scored the next six points to give Wellington a 21-12 lead entering the second quarter.
Wellington continued to clobber the Pirates as Kidd's third trey of the game doubled up the score at 30-15 with 4:18 left in the half.
Black River came back to pull within 32-24 on a basket by David Jeske with 1:17 remaining before the Dukes scored four straight to take a 36-24 lead into the break.
The third quarter has been an Achilles heel for the Dukes this season, but that wasn't the case in this game.
Kidd opened with another three-pointer to push the lead to 39-24 and the Dukes never looked back.
Kidd's fourth trey put the Dukes up 50-35 as they continued to pour it on the Pirates. He added another long ball in the fourth quarter to extend the Dukes lead to a commanding 60-41.
"This was a game that we wanted," said Kidd. "They beat us earlier in the year and that hurt. We wanted to pay them back tonight and show everyone how we can play. Now we need to build off it for a strong end to the regular season and into the playoffs."
Holliday finished with 12 points while Gibbs tossed in eight points. Benson led Black River (3-14, 1-12 PAC) with 12.


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Waves sweep coastal village in Cebu
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CEBU CITY—Big waves spawned by Typhoon "Pablo" on Tuesday night destroyed the sea wall and 17 houses and damaged seven government offices in Boljoon town, about 100 km south of this city.
The typhoon also displaced at least 300 persons — among them residents of the 17 houses that were washed out by big waves in the coastal village of Poblacion, Boljoon.
The others were residents who were forced to leave their homes in anticipation of the storm that placed southern Cebu under storm signal number 3 on Tuesday.
The evacuees were temporarily housed inside the church, private school and covered court in Sitio (subvillage) Talisay, Barangay (village) Poblacion.
Boljoon Municipal Planning Officer Engr. Corazon Medida said the surge of big waves occurred at 7:30 p.m. which lasted for at least 30 minutes. She added smaller waves continued at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The big waves made some residents think that a tsunami had hit the town. A listener of radio station dyLA sent a text, asking if there was a tsunami alert because the town's seawall had collapsed and some houses were washed out.
Medida said the seawall at the town's baywalk was destroyed after its riprap collapsed.
The strong waves entered the different offices in the municipal hall, which is located near the sea, she added.
The back portion of the municipal hall was affected, including the offices of the social welfare, budget, treasurer, engineering, planning and civil registry as well as the police station.
Cebu Provincial Police Office director Patrocino Comendador said Boljoon policemen had to transfer to another area after seawater entered the police station.
Medida said some documents were damaged by water but they were able to save these since some personnel had reported for work.
But the 17 houses in Sitio Talisay were destroyed by the waves since these were made of light materials, said Medida.
She said most of the occupants failed to save their belongings.
One man, she added tried to get some of his belongings but was almost swept by the waves. Fortunately, the man was saved.
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Guest Post: Immigrants and Modern-Day SlaveryPosted September 29th, 2010 by Tom
Whenever you have a vulnerable population living amidst a much more powerful one, there's always the potential for exploitation that at its worst can become a story of modern day slavery. In the United States, we have a vast immigrant population; many of these immigrants come to the U.S. seeking a better income and life. Those who come with shaky English and limited education often end up working in service industries. They pick fruit, they work in hotels, and they bus tables at restaurants. These agricultural and hospitality industries are exactly the type of independent, non-unionized workplaces where human rights abuses can persist unseen.
Just a few days ago in Florida, a disturbing story of modern slavery played out after the owners of a labor contracting agency were arrested for holding 39 Filipino workers against their will. After the workers showed up at a contracting agency in Boca Raton, their passports were confiscated and they were placed in crowded, substandard living space without food or water. They were warned that they would be arrested and deported if they complained about their situation, and were thus coerced into working at local hotels and country clubs for little or no pay. The owners of the labor agency, Sophia Manuel, 41, and Alfonso Baldonado Jr., 45, knew that the workers faced potential harm or jailing upon return to the Philippines because they had significant amounts of debt there. The case is currently being investigated by the FBI, Homeland Security, and the U.S. Department of Labor.
Florida isn't known, however, for shining the light on labor abuses, even after previous accounts of enslaved workers there. One of the most high-profile cases happened in 2008, when a family-run slave ring was uncovered. Two brothers, Cesar and Geovanni Navarrete kept twelve Mexican and Guatemalan migrant workers enslaved from 2005-2007. The Navarrete's laborers worked on some of the biggest tomato farms in Florida, including two that were members of the Socially Accountable Farm Employers program, an organization that is meant to keep human rights abuses out of farm work. The workers were forced to live in a semi-truck container; they weren't even let out to use the bathroom. They endured beatings from their captors. They finally were able to make a hole in the side of the truck to escape.
Politicians and leaders in states like Florida with large, vulnerable migrant populations need to recognize the potential for human rights abuses and speak out against them. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a Florida organization that supports farm-worker rights, has called on Charlie Crist, Florida's governor, to take more of a stand against modern slavery. The governor has yet to make a statement regarding the abuses, and he has not made any trips to the Florida tomato fields to see the conditions of the workers there.
Another part of CIW's campaign, and one that all people can make a difference in, is the effort to boycott food sellers who use tomatoes and other produce that are picked in sub-standard work conditions. The CIW has had wins in convincing Taco Bell, McDonald's, and Burger King to increase tomato pickers pay by a penny per bucket of tomatoes, something that can increase farm workers wages from $10,000 a year to $16,000. CIW is still trying to convince Trader Joe's, Kroger, and Stop and Shop to accept the wage increases.
You can download letters at the CIW website to send to these companies, asking them to support worker welfare. Or better, yet, be conscious of where you pick up your produce and what your grocer's buying practices are. In a global world, where you buy your tomatoes can have an effect on the prevalence of modern day slavery in America. Be conscious of the repercussions of personal buying habits and tell your local politician to take a stand against human rights abuses of the United States' vulnerable populations.
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Seafood Steamers are an easy way to dress up weeknight meals. One pouch contains everything you need for perfectly seasoned steamed fish or shrimp.
Garlic, Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Corn Syrup Solids, Butter [Cream (Milk), Salt], Sugar, Lemon Juice, Herbs And Spices, Nonfat Dry Milk, Maltodextrin, Lemon Peel, Red Bell Pepper, Natural Flavor, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Citric Acid, And Turmeric (For Color).
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 6 to 7 minutes
Stand Time: 5 minutes
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1 pkg. McCormick® Seafood Steamers Seasoning & Steaming Bag
1 lb. fish fillets, fresh or thawed (about 1/2-inch thick)*
2/3 cup cold water
MIX Seasoning and water with whisk until well blended. Place opened Steaming Bag in 2-quart microwavable dish. Arrange fish in single layer in Bag.
POUR seasoning mixture over fish in Bag to coat evenly. Close Bag loosely with nylon tie. Cut 4 small holes in top of Bag to allow steam to escape.
MICROWAVE on HIGH 6 to 7 minutes. Remove from microwave. Let stand 5 minutes. Cut open Bag. Remove fish; stir sauce before serving.
* For salmon or thicker fish fillets, cut fish into 4 serving-size pieces and increase water to 3/4 cup.
Makes 4 servings.
Microwave ovens vary; cook times are approximate.
For Shrimp: Use 1lb. peeled and deveined shrimp (31 to 40 count). Decrease water to ½ cup. Microwave on HIGH 3 ½ minutes.
Oven Directions: Preheat oven to 350° F. Prepare fish as directed in Steps 1 and 2 using 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake in lower half of oven 18 to 20 minutes.
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What can I do if my husband won't help with the baby or the housework?
I'm grateful that I can stay home with our 6-month-old, but my husband doesn't realize that while his job is Monday through Friday, mine is seven days a week. It's like pulling teeth to get him to watch our 6-month-old for half an hour so I can take a shower or just get a breather. He won't change a diaper unless I ask, and then he gives me a hard time about it. The same goes for feedings or even giving the baby attention. I can't get him to clean, cook, or help with the laundry either. I'm exhausted and I never have time for myself. What can I do?
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Thank goodness I am not the only one!!! I though my husband was a lazy jerk! This problem must be the result of having 2 X chromosomes-haha. I essentially have a tantrum to shower, eat, or go potty!posted 01/31/2005 by Dinosaur Mom
My husband was a little like yours at first, that is until I changed MY outlook and MY actions. I felt the same way you do?tired physically from no sleep, tired of doing all the cooking, all the cleaning, all the laundry- tired of it all never being done. After all, he wasn?t losing sleep, and he sure was eating and contributing to the household workload. I used to ?nag? him about it, let out all my frustrations, and he in turn would come right back with his frustrations. Then my husband said something that just hit me. He said that if this was my ?real? job?like for a company with a real boss- that there was no way I would manage my career like this. Then it hit me, I was looking at this all wrong. Raising our daughter, being a good wife, and managing the household was my job. And there is no way that I would behave this way in the workforce. Now, I can't imagine asking my husband to do he laundry, dishes, cook, etc.- that is MY job since he is the one that has to go out to an un-fulfilling job and work his heart out to support our family financially. This is not saying that if he offers to do the dishes that I am going to turn him down. But when he does, I don't criticize how he didn?t do them exactly how I do, and I make sure he gets a big hug, kiss and thank you from me. When he sees how thankful I am to him for doing this one small thing, it makes him want to do more for me cause he knows what is coming if he does ;) It also seems to me that a solution to your lack of ?time for yourself? has to do more with time management than anything. I am sure that if you look in your day, you will see that there are plenty of times where you can create "time for yourself". One of my favorite things to do with my 6-month old daughter is to strap her in the stroller and walk. She is more than entertained with all the cars driving by and different things to look at, and it allows me some time to clear my head and get some exercise. You would be amazed at what 15 minutes of walking can do for your mood, energy level, and mental state. I have made a habit of walking by local parks and when I see other moms, I stop and say hello. Don?t give up on your husband?most men are pretty easy to please, we just have to be willing to change our attitude a little. Give it a try, I mean what do you really have to lose?posted 01/31/2005 by spazz41
i know what you mean. i also have a 6 mo old. it was like that till about two weeks ago. we think i may be pregnet again and i had a very hard time with the first. alex never been around babys before and he was scard. we are working on things now but i had to make it clear that he may have bring the money home but i could have just as easily gotten a job too and found a babysitter and raised the child on my own. it isn't that he may not love the child he may be scard too. you need to find time to talk to him. and if he just has a reason that he is tired then tell him that you are tired too. because you have a home and a baby. explain what goes with haveing a baby. if the baby isn't sleeping at night you don't sleep, alot and even when you are asleep you have a tendency to sleep very lightly so yo can hear the baby. (mine dont and i know the feeling of no sleep) make him see that breast feeding takes up about half the day. pumping takes time. just minamal house work takes more time. he will come around if he loves you and the baby. he may not get over his fear but he will do his best tht is all you should want of him. and i also gave alex a list of all the things i want him to do for the week. if you have to ask him ask him jsut ahead of time that it needs to be done. and as time goes you may even be able to leave off changing the trash. another thing that helped me was that my daughter has been very attached to me because i was the only one who really took care of her. she wasn't to keen at first to let alex give me a break. so you must let him deal with the problem of that. the baby knows who he is but dosent trust him is what my dr says so don't go to far but don't fuss about the child or nether will learn.posted 01/31/2005 by trinalynne
Oh and for shower while the baby naps yeah right!! I shower and the baby wakes up everytime no matter how quite I am. I would rather get the other house work done then shower and have him wake up after 10 minutes of a nap. Its like he has radarposted 01/31/2005 by Jessicapetway
Oh God. If someone knows the answer to this problem please let me know. My son will be 9 months old on Feb 13th and his father don't help with jack. We fight about that all the time. Granted he does work very hard 12 hours a day Monday thru Thursday or 10 hour days Monday thru Friday and I have expressed to him he has off time which is something I do not have. I do not expect his to clean the house cause I like my way of cleaning anyways. However when I need a shower I need a shower. And me asking him to watch our son for 5 minutes strikes up a huge fight. He trys to tell me that he works and is tired that all I do is sit at home on my butt. Which pisses me off cause all of you stay at home moms know that you have no time to shower, eat, sleep, even wash a load of clothes is difficult much less sit on your butt. I haven't even figured out the way to make him realize the shit I do. I thought about letting the house fall down around him and then maybe he would see but I know I would be the one suffering more. I mean hell I can't leave his tools and screws out on the coffee table and on the floor with a 9 month old. Must less have the rest of the house be a hazored waiting to happen. As far as cooking he auto- thinks that is my job and I would rather do it then fight about something so silly. However I feel it is worth a fight to make him hold his son once a day. I can't make him change a diaper. He hasn't done that since our son was a few weeks old. He hasn't fed one bottle since our son was 2 months old. And as far as bathing, feeding jar food or finger foods, and clothing our son he has never once done any of those things. Sometimes I think I have to the most unlucky woman on earth to have gotten with a man like him. But I just look back and I am thankful that he is still here with us and that he works his ass off at work and brings his checks to me and his son to pay everythign and buy the things that are needed without a complaint. I guess it could be worse. I tried to make it more fair and for me to have some away time so I don't go nuts. My idea was for me to get a part time job and him watch our son at night on my nights to work. I mean hell thats the easy part considering our son is in bed by 8:30 everynight. But he said that would not happen he simply sez he doesn't have the paciense for him. My point is I will never understand the male specis and why they think they are Gods gift on earth and why they think they are to good not to give up 10 minutes of there rest and themselves time so that there wives can take a shower once ever so often. I worked for years supporting him before he grew up and realized he had to work to survive and as a stay at home mom now I am telling anyone that staying at home is much harder than going to work. Oh also for what I said earlier about me working part time and him watching him on nights that I work his response was. Yeah well why don't you just work after you get him in bed at night. No need to expressed how pissed that made me. All I will say is one comment I said back which was thats right I can work all day with our son then go to work and never sleep again. Thanks Hun how sweet. Great Idea. Anyways when someone figures out the answer to the male specis please let me know.posted 01/31/2005 by Jessicapetway
i have the same problem too.the maximum time he can spent his time with the baby,i mean helping me to look after the baby is 10-15 minutes.okay,fine,at least i can get my shower.but not more than that.if the baby needs to change her diaper,he will yell at me no matter how tired i am or what i am doing at that time.its so annoying.and the most frustrating thing is,when our baby cries in the morning,he cannot listen.BUT,he can hear even the vibrates of his handphone from far to entertain calls from his friends.now, i am working and he's just resigned.i hope that he can look after our baby,but guess what,he dont.he just left the baby with my mother in law's maid.my emotion is easily distracted when it comes to this kind of situation and sometimes i feel that i hate him even more.posted 01/31/2005 by Nurfadzliana
I am a SAHM of two boys, 2.5 and .5 years old. My husband works pretty hard, often taking on two jobs at a time (he is a contractor and a building manager). BUT, I still feel that I put in more hours. Not only do I work 24/7, but I am always stuck at home. SOmetimes I would love to work just to get out. He just does not get it. I cook and clean and do all the laundry. SO, I have a cleaning lady 2x a week to help me and that is his contribution to the house work. I recomend that you do the same. Get a cleaning lady to pick up the slack and if you need to, get a mother's helper to watch your baby and help you around the house. If your husband is not willing to do anything, make him pay for someone to do his part. I think that husbands need to be remeinded of all the work we do. We are child-care providers, personal chefs, housekeepers, personal assistants, secrataries, and drivers. How much would he have to pay to hire all those people to help him? Make him realize what you do. One thing that I do have to say about my DH is that he is a great dad, and now that our son is older he spends more time with him and takes more resposibility for his disipline and education, not to mention that he plays with him all the time! Bottom line it, DO NOT let him get away with doing nothing. If you have to go on strike, do it! Just take care of the baby and let him know that is enough. Taking care of him is EXTRA!posted 01/31/2005 by Rochel_Ratner
Do what I do...don't cook for him or do his laundry. If I cook it's enough for one serving, if there's left over food...it goes to the dog. Don't do his laundry. Men need to realize that if they can't help us with the baby, then we can't do anything for them! The baby is your priority, as for the man...there are alot more when he came from :) Trust me he'll start getting the picture when his stomach is empty and he has no clean underwear! He'll definitely try to help you out some more, it worked for me.posted 01/31/2005 by a BabyCenter Member
This is what helped me ... We talked about what my job is. We both agreed that my job is to raise the kids, not to be a housekeeper or a laundry service. Is it always perfect, no, but we're getting better at splitting things when we're both home.posted 01/31/2005 by a BabyCenter Member
Get a sitter or wait until your baby is in bed, turn off the tv unplug the phone and the two of you just talk. Without blaming him for anything, tell him how you honestly feel. tell him what you need from him and don't jump down his throat when he opens up to you or you'll get nowhere. Communication is the key. I would strongly suggest seeking help with counsulling or some other professional help. Especially if he is depressed, this will not go away on it's own. For the sake of your child and your relationship, please seek help!posted 01/31/2005 by andrea.d
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