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TERENCE SMITH: You don't have to go looking for bad economic news these days; it comes right to your doorstep.
Headlines in newspapers across the country have been highlighting the slumping economy and corporate chicanery on a daily basis. And news weeklies and business journals paint a grim picture of times to come, asking of Wall Street, "How corrupt is it?", and focusing on the "Wickedness of Wall Street," "The angry market," and "Big business's bad behavior."
This week's Time Magazine, for example, asks an upsetting question: "Will you ever be able to retire?" The story inside story shows a retirement-age lifeguard and says, "Everyone back in the labor pool." There are many questions, few answers. What started as a Wall Street story consigned to the business pages and tucked in the middle of news broadcasts has become the lead.
CBS ANCHOR: CBS's Jim Axelrod has more tonight about this crisis of confidence.
JIM AXELROD: On Main Street, people have been splattered by the blood flowing on Wall Street. What they're trying to do now, it seems, is avoid getting soaked.
CORRESPONDENT: Glen and Nancy Stevic of Pittman, New Jersey, sold out of the market last week after watching the $80,000 they had saved up for their kids' college education be cut in half.
GLEN STEVIC: I actually kind of felt like I was having a nervous breakdown last week, but I pulled myself together.
TERENCE SMITH: Even as President Bush addressed the nation last week, trying to spur investor confidence, the cable networks showed that confidence heading south, in the bottom right of the television screen, by superimposing the falling market numbers. Newspapers reinforced the notion the next day, suggesting that try as he might, the nation's CEO could do little to rally Wall Street.
TERENCE SMITH: Joining me now to discuss how Americans are reacting to their diminishing returns are business writers and editors from around the country: Kathy Kristof of the Los Angeles Times, Chris Lester of the Kansas City Star, Beatrice Garcia of the Miami Herald, and Doug Heuck of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Welcome to all of you.
Kathy Kristof, we have a new word, a new phrase in the language these days: "retirement panic." In your reporting, are you sensing that?
KATHY KRISTOF: Well, I'm not seeing panic but I'm definitely seeing profound worry. And I think the reason that we're not seeing panic is a lot of people really don't know how to calculate how much they actually need.
TERENCE SMITH: When you say "profound worry," profound worry that there simply is no bottom?
KATHY KRISTOF: Well, that there's no bottom, that suddenly their retirement funds won't be adequate to actually finance what they need when they retire. And it's a legitimate concern especially if you're close to retirement.
TERENCE SMITH: Chris Lester, what do you think is the right word: Nervousness? Panic? Anxiety?
CHRIS LESTER: Anger. That's what I'm hearing from folks. I sat around a lunch table last Friday with 12 retirement-age investors and what I picked up on more than anything is just anger.
TERENCE SMITH: Anger at?
CHRIS LESTER: At the numbers, at the numbers that are reported by public companies and whether they can trust them — you know, certainly there have been a few specific examples and that raises questions about all the numbers that are put out.
TERENCE SMITH: Beatrice Garcia there are of course a lot of retirees in Florida. Is there anxiety in that population or panic if that's the word?
BEATRICE GARCIA: I think anxiety is the right word here among some of the people who are close to retirement or already at retirement. I talked to a financial planner last week who said she got a call from a couple on vacation, and they wanted to entirely sell out their stock position. And they were going to come in on Monday morning and figure out what to do because they just felt they couldn't withstand the losses any longer because, like other folks around the country, they just feared they weren't going to have enough to get by for the years of retirement they've got left.
TERENCE SMITH: Was that reaction typical, that sell it, sell it all?
BEATRICE GARCIA: No, I think they were perhaps in the minority. I think there are a lot of other retirees who are thinking that perhaps they may have a little bit of time on their hands. And what they're doing is maybe redirecting new money not into stocks but maybe into a money market fund or bonds — kind of to bide their time and rebalance their portfolio very gently at this time when there's just so much chaos going on.
TERENCE SMITH: Doug Heuck, what sort of reactions are you hearing?
DOUG HEUCK: Well, I think we're seeing some people who are close to retirement age just even if they're sophisticated they look at their numbers and they realize I'm going to have to work a couple more years. I think among a lot of other people, the question that is mounting is, you know, how far are we from some point of inflection and, you know, are we at the point we've sustained so many losses but would we be better getting out now? I think that people have held on but I think that's an increasing problem in their minds.
TERENCE SMITH: Kathy Kristof, the word anger has come up here. First of all, are you hearing that? And secondly who are people angry at?
KATHY KRISTOF: Well, I think people are angry at the dishonesty that they're perceiving on both Wall Street and Main Street. They have every right to be in this whole debacle. What we're seeing is people who have broken the law and stolen money from shareholders. When you wonder about how far lower we can go in the stock market, the answer really pivots on how many people are out there, how many CEO's did the same sort of thing? How many falsified the numbers? If you can't rely on the numbers, you don't know how low this market can go.
TERENCE SMITH: Chris Lester, these drip-by-drip disclosures that we get every day, what's the impact of those?
CHRIS LESTER: Oh, it just wears away on public trust and confidence in the numbers. And folks are on a buyers' strike. I mean. people are watching these things and they are not being given a compelling reason to invest until they're convinced that the system has been wrung out. I think a real key date is going to be August 14. That's the date when all the CEO's and CFO's of the thousand largest companies are supposed to submit in writing that they stand by their numbers. And I think a lot of folks who watch the market very carefully are saying, okay, let's wait and see what we learn over the next few weeks. And I think we're going to learn a few more things but I think that process among many other things is going to help cleanse out the market because there's a lot of pressures on CEO's to stand by their numbers. I think most CEO's are more than happy to do that, but this is going to flush a few things out of the closet, I think.
TERENCE SMITH: Beatrice Garcia, that would suggest that people are not simply ready to get back into the market when they conclude that it has reached the bottom, that there's a greater hesitation or, as Chris suggested, a buyers' strike.
BEATRICE GARCIA: He's probably right about that. I think it would really be a good thing for the market if you saw investors walking away from a lot of companies where the CEO's did not stand by the numbers. If you recall in the mid '80s when there was a movement to avoid stocks that did business with South Africa because of its apartheid policies, in that situation investors stood up and said, "we're not going to invest in these companies." Companies eventually had to change the way they did business. And we might be at another inflection point in the market like that where investors say, you know, you've got to come clean with your books. You have got to be honest about your reporting. You didn't do good this quarter. Okay. I'll take that. But don't lie to us. We can't believe in any of the companies now. It's a real crisis of confidence among investors.
TERENCE SMITH: Doug Heuck, what will it take to restore that confidence?
DOUG HEUCK: Well, I think it's going to take a lull in the steady drumbeat of bad news and it's going to take some good news. I mean the trouble is you have good companies right now that are certainly getting washed out just in terms of the sentiment. But a lot of the good companies are also getting really hit because, for instance, they might be supplying a company that has been one of the high-profile companies that is now suddenly bankrupt. We have a local company that their biggest, one of their biggest customers was Adelphia and they make fiber optic. They may be doing very well but all of a sudden this big customer is in trouble. So it's not just kind of investor panic. It's actually inter-connectedness of these companies and the supply chains really are hurting more than just the troublesome companies.
TERENCE SMITH: Kathy Kristof just in the last week we've had the President, the chairman of the Federal Reserve in effect trying to talk up the market and to assure people that the economy itself is fundamentally sound. Is this jaw boning having any effect?
KATHY KRISTOF: I don't think so and I frankly think the politicians are a little bit extraneous in this whole thing. If you want to see who's going to have an effect I think it's the Justice Department. If some of these corporate wrong doers are not sent to jail, I don't know that we're ever going to restore confidence in the market.
TERENCE SMITH: Chris Lester, what's your view of that? Is that the requirement, or is there something even more?
CHRIS LESTER: That certainly is one of them. People want to see wrongdoers prosecuted. I mean the folks I talked to around that lunch table last Friday, they want folks in handcuffs and in jumpsuits being walked away. They really, there's a real hunger for that, to see some justice done where folks broke the law. You know, the economy broadly is still relatively healthy. And that gets lost all the time in these conversations. The market is a mess. The economy so far at least is pretty healthy. We did a story here in Kansas City about how the labor market has actually grown through some serious times for some of our major companies here in town. The other point that is being lost I think by a lot of folks is that stocks today are cheap, cheaper than they have been in years and years and years if we can trust the numbers. When the numbers can be trusted, investors will come back and there are people– maybe not folks at retirement age or about ready to send their kids to college– but there are people that will make a lot of money in the stock market if they have got a long enough term time horizon. There are going to be some real deals out there over the next several months I think.
TERENCE SMITH: Beatrice Garcia, that goes to this much advertised disconnect between a fundamentally sound economy and a market that keeps falling. How do you reconcile that and at what point does the market finally respond to the positive signs that Chris Lester is talking about?
BEATRICE GARCIA: Well, I think the market usually anticipates an economy turning around or an economy moving into a recession, and I think here what we had especially after September 11 when there was so much uncertainty, you know, everything basically came to a standstill that the market really anticipated a big rebound. I think some of that has happened but it hasn't been I think as strong as the market anticipated. That's what I think as we were moving into the spring of this year, you started to see the market falter. And I think it has to regain its footing by seeing some numbers that are, you know, more positive and real solid gains. I think some of the economic indicators have not been really strong. They've been up but not really strong. And I think that's given the market some pause. I think one of the things that is also giving the market and investors in general some concern is that there may be a fear of people feeling less wealthy, less well to do, because of their stock market losses. So maybe they're not going to buy that new car. Maybe they're not going to trade up to a bigger house. And that in a sense can then become a sort of a domino effect and slow down the economy some if all of a sudden consumers begin to retrench because they feel poorer.
TERENCE SMITH: Doug Heuck, have you sensed any of that, a situation in which a falling market would actually undercut an otherwise solid economy?
DOUG HEUCK: Absolutely. In fact I've been surprised that we haven't seen that earlier. If you remember the peak was, what, March 2000. We've had a falling market for a while. I've been surprised that the consumer confidence numbers that we haven't seen that. I think we may well see that more now. I think what's also interesting is that reverse wealth effect — it is not only going to affect the individual, certainly at some. They're going to be less likely and willing to buy the big items but you're going to see it affecting the institutions and kind of community largesse. You'll see it in hospital systems that were able to fund some of their missions through a market that was doing well. You're just going to see a change in that regard that isn't just limited to the individual.
TERENCE SMITH: Kathy Kristof, you said earlier that much in Washington on this issue anyway is extraneous to what's going on in the market. Is there anything Washington can do? Is there anything this administration's economic team can do to either persuade people that the economy is fundamentally sound or otherwise affect the market?
KATHY KRISTOF: Well, I mean, I think the proof in the pudding is actually what happens here. We just don't know how fundamentally strong the economy is because we don't know whether people are going to start to feel poorer and stop spending, which of course could derail the economy. But I think that one of the things that we fail to see is that the stock market dropped not just because the economy went into the tank but because stock prices were way too high. People had been telling everyone, look, stock prices should not be at these levels, for years and years and years. And we just all ignored it because we were all exuberant about, you know, life as a whole and the economy. But sooner or later it had to come down. We are now at prices where this begins to reflect the future and these are more reasonable prices. But we didn't get there until just recently.
TERENCE SMITH: Enough about irrational exuberance.
KATHY KRISTOF: We were wringing out excesses in this market for a really long time.
TERENCE SMITH: Thank you all four very much.


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Other historians attribute the word "Aboite" as developed from the French a Bouette, for "river of minnows;" or boit, which refers to a box in which fish are kept. The two different derivations — a slaughter or a fish story — seem normal enough; however, they signal there might be something else behind the name.
Was this place the site of LaBalme's "Waterloo," a marshy area with a lot of aquatic life or both? Historian John B. Dillon described the LaBalme expedition, which started out from Kaskaskia with 20 or 30 men against British-held Detroit and came up the Wabash River from Vincennes. On the way they made what became an infamous stop at the British trading post Kekionga we now call Fort Wayne.
Eyewitnesses told Charles B. Lasselle about the incident and gave a much more graphic report which can be read in a 1964 History Center Old Fort News article. LaBalme, a Frenchman, came with Lafayette in 1779 and landed in Kaskaskia with the assignment of raising an expedition to raid Kekionga and extend his operations against Detroit. While in Vincennes, he added a few volunteers, and by the fall of 1780 LaBalme could count 50 to 60 men in his party. Coming up the Wabash and across the marsh portage, the expedition surprised Kekionga, causing the inhabitants to flee the scene. Lasselle was quoted as saying, "After remaining a short time and plundering the goods of some of the French traders and Indians, he retreated to a place near the Aboite River and encamped."
Jean Baptiste Bruno, a French trader who experienced the raid, said the troops took the place without resistance. Then, "About noon the enemy marched into the village. They numbered about sixty men, mostly Frenchmen and half-breeds, a dirty set of ragamuffins. Only a few had guns; the others were armed with knives and tomahawks. They ordered the British officer to take down the British flag. The order was promptly obeyed. They broke into the trading house of Antoine Beaubien … Here they found some whisky, of which they drank freely. … a large number of them had become drunk and quarrelsome … The commander, who was himself badly intoxicated, did not try to control his men."
Bruno said that he spoke with LaBalme who claimed he had arrived from France two years prior and that he held a commission in the French army. He also said he had been authorized by the United States government. "This I subsequently learned was not true. He did not even have the sanction of Colonel Clark; he was an irresponsible adventurer."
Finally, LaBalme and his raiders departed and Bruno wrote, "Reaching the Aboite River some twelve miles away, the marauders encamped for the night." Exhausted, and while the invaders fell into deep sleep, they were attacked by Miami War Chief Little Turtle's warriors, traders and others whose families had been maltreated by them. As Bruno's story concluded in his April 7, 1892 Indianapolis News report, "LaBalme and his entire command were put to death just where they had lain down to sleep."
These eyewitnesses and prominent historians such as Wallace Brice and Thomas B. Helm place the massacre along the Aboite River in western Allen County. However, it should be noted that there also is a tradition that places the event on the Eel River in Union Township in Whitley County where weapons and human remains have been found. Wherever the bloody event occurred, we know the LaBalme party got their comeuppance, and we in Allen County got our Aboite.
Allen County Historian Tom Castaldi, a retired Essex vice president, hosts "On the Heritage Trail," which is broadcast at 6:35 a.m. and 8:35 a.m. Mondays on WBOI, 89.1 FM, and "Historia Nostra" heard on WLYV-1450 AM.

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"The paranoia was fulfilled" – that's how Joan Didion described the murders carried out in 1969 by Charles Manson and his band of devoted followers known as "The Family." Translation? The late sixties were already a time of intense political change and civil unrest. Throw in sensationalized murders and an equally dramatic trial, and this period was officially the craziest and most unsettling in American history, no matter one's political or ideological leanings. In Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson, Jeff Guinn traces the hardscrabble origins of the boy who grew up to become the infamous cult leader and murderer. Although Manson did have a somewhat unstable home life, he exaggerated or fabricated childhood tales of woe to win sympathy and devotion from his followers. In the true fashion of an "opportunistic sociopath," as Guinn describes him, Manson used skills obtained in prison, like Dale Carnegie's popular How to Win Friends and Influence People program, to manipulate followers and bring them under his control. His teachings that "Helter Skelter", the end of an orderly American society, was close at hand led to the "Tate murders," where pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four others were brutally killed. Additionally, his followers murdered several other people before and after this most infamous crime.
Guinn does an excellent job alternating national and world history with Manson's development, meticulously chronicling his childhood and adolescence in and out of reform schools, his young adulthood as a petty repeat criminal, and his time in Haight-Ashbury, the neighborhood that was the epicenter for the darker side of the hippie movement where Manson did much of his initial recruiting. Those who enjoyed Vincent Bugliosi's Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders will appreciate this in-depth account of these suspenseful and chilling crimes. As James Lee Burke writes in his cover review: "Hang on, reader. This is a rip-roaring ride you won't forget."
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COLUMBIA CITY – Larwill resident and former treasurer of the Union Township Fire Department Nichole Potts was in court Monday to face charges of theft, stemming from allegations that she took an estimated $28,000 from the department.
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Good news for the D.C. art community: A new gallery will be opening up a few doors down from Long View. It's called Lamont Bishop.
Salon says we should all cut Gilbert Gottfried a break, already.
New York Magazine says: Bring Arena Stage/Steppenwolf's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf to Broadway.
The Washington National Opera has dedicated all remaining performances of Madama Butterfly to the people of Japan.
America's Next Top Roommate from Hell.
So how long after this knuckle tattoo of crazy Natalie Portman in Black Swan was complete did the slow shame of regret creep in? Five minutes? Ten?
THE ROBONAUTS ARE COMING. To the Air and Space Museum, for demonstrations at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. today. If you go to this, tweet us some pictures!
And lastly, here's what is occupying space in America's brains that should be dedicated to things like Japan, calculus or climate change: Rebecca Black. It's not this girl's fault that daddy has enough money to indulge her by purchasing a pre-packaged singing career. But goodness gracious, is that sausage factory known as Ark Music strange! Salon agrees. Rolling Stone beats a fuming Slate to the obvious contrarian article about how "Friday" is not the worst video ever, but actually kinda good. Paste shows us what it would be like if it were sung by Bob Dylan, and it still sounds like shit. Gizmodo reveals to us the terrible theater of the Ark Launch Party, and I wonder what will happen to these children in 5, 10, 20 years. Charlie Sheen meltdowns? Maybe they'll reject all of this, move to Oregon, and take up organic farming. And D.C. is not immune from the tween music pandemic: City Paper gives us Zachary Freiman's bar mitzvah video. Mazel Tov! He's got nothing on this precious little moppet, though. Take it away, CJ Fam:


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This movie is amazing I love it. All the stars did an amazing job in my point of view. This movie really captured my attention, it was great.;)
*:) This heartwarming comedy is just simply delightful. This film teaches you about the true meaning of friendship and love. All the characters play an important role in its overall plot development. Emma Roberts, Jojo, and Sara Paxton are fantastic, humorous, and ambitious. This movie shall always remain in my heart! I encourage all viewers and all movie lovers to see this magnificent film.:) *
Initial Reaction: Isn't that a color?
Main Characters
Hailey, Claire: Two thirteen year old girls played by Joanna Levesque and Emma Roberts
Aquamarine: She's a mermaid played by Sara Paxton.
Plot Summary
It is days before two girls are to be separated because one of them is off to New Zealand (from the U.S.). The girls, Hailey and Claire, hate that idea and wish they could do something to stop it.
That night, during a storm, Aquamarine is shoved into the pool outside of the house where one of the girls lives. The three girls meet up soon afterwards.
Aquamarine wants to run away from a bad marriage, and to keep from marrying that merman she doesn't want to, the mermaid has to show that love exists.
Or, more to the point, that a guy can fall in love with her in three days.
By the way, it's not just any guy -- it's the VERY FIRST GUY she sees, a hunky lifeguard that all the women want to go out with.
Hailey and Claire say no, but when Aquamarine tells the girls that they will get a wish if they make that hunky lifeguard fall in love with her.
And with a wish, Hailey and Claire can stop that trip to New Zealand, and they won't have to be separated.
Main Characters
The mermaid is very much a ditz because she goes for the very FIRST guy she sees. She knows he's the one because the plot makes her say that.
As for the girls, they're okay, but there's nothing magical about them. SCORE: 4
Supporting Cast
We have the mandatory bad girls, the creepy guy and the lifeguard who's nice, but very bland. These are characters that will quickly be forgotten. SCORE: 3
I had high hopes for the film -- it had the potential to get into magical, mystical, awe inspiring plot lines. But the instant that Aquamarine says something like "I want him to love me in three days", all that magic and wonder went out the window. From that point on, it became a high school after school special that sinks faster than the Titanic. SCORE: 2
This plotline is basic to almost all teen comedies: A handsome guy has to fall for a gorgeous girl with other girls trying to ruin the relationship, but failing. This film needed more wonder, magic and mystical stuff to set it apart.
Besides, if you want to see a film about a mermaid falling for a human go see The Little Mermaid. SCORE: 3
Violence Factor
There's a few slap fights between the girls, but nothing too bad. SCORE: 9
Other Moral Issues
This movie tries to talk about love and friendship, but the love part is rushed too much -- three days is nowhere near enough to determine if he's Mr. Right. SCORE: 3
Final Score (out of 60): 24 % Score: 40%
This film needed more magic, and more awe inspiring scenes, instead of the tired romantic "I have to have him love me" plotline.
This movie was like a Disney Channel version of Splash meets The Little Mermaid meets Emma Roberts' show on Nickelodeon. It was cute, but really cheesy. I am a 21-year old college student though, not exactly the target audience. The obnoxious 11/12 year olds in the seats behind me seemed to love it though. So I think the movie is pretty good for that age. I'm still only giving it a 6 though because to me, it was kinda boring. However, it was kind of scandalous that the costuming department chose to have Aquamarine be a "real" mermaid with her hair always covering her naked chest.
A lighthearted, gum-smacking, boy-crazy film with a hopeful message for young girls.
Yeah, if you're a mermaid you can find true love
:rotten: i seriously hated it. i saw it today and me and my frinds were all like when is this movie goin to be over. the only good thing in the only part is sein the hot guy. everything is horrible it is a good movie for a litle kid but not for people 13 and older.
The movie was preety good, i went into hopeing it wouldnt be gurly and it really wasnt. It was a nice movie.
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Not much to say, boring, chessy with bad acting and an overdone to deaths script. JoJo is fugly and Emma Roberts is to; neither show any talent and need to get off the screen. The mermaid is even nasty looking, is she supposed to be hot? NOT! This movie is stupid and has been done a million times, but this is the worst
This is my second viewing of Wes Craven's ("Red Eye") The Hills Have Eyes. And while it does have some tense parts, it's not nearly as disturbing as his earlier Last House on the Left or as scary as his later Nightmare on Elm Street. The dog, Beast, in the film should really get top billing. He's smarter than all the humans combined. Also, every time I watch these 70s horror films, I'm just reminded of how badly Rob Zombie ripped them off. Anyway, I'm sure I'll be suckered into watching the remake. So now I'm ready to compare and contrast.
Aquamarine was really quite entertaining. I found myself giggling more than I thought I would. If I were a pre-teen girl, this would be one of my favorite movies. So I think the filmmakers did what they set out to do.
Three Extremes is a collection of horror films from Asian horror masters. I enjoyed all of them, but the first one, Dumplings, really stands out as the most disturbing. It really shouldn't have been first, because the others had a hard time living up to the shock. Cut, the second film, was probably my favorite. But I found the third one, Box, a little lackluster.


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COLUMBIA CITY — Due to possible future increases in sewer rates, Columbia City Mayor Ryan Daniel will be getting to work on building a Utility Rate Advisory Board.
"In the near future, we are going to have a lot of decision-making that is going to happen in regards to the sewer rates and how we are going to fund $12 to $13 million in sewer work," Daniel said.
Columbia City's Common Council passed the second reading of its Utility Rate Advisory Board Ordinance Tuesday, clearing the way for Daniel to appoint five members to the board.
The board, as per ordinance changes, will consist of four utility payers inside the city limits and one utility customer from outside.
Daniel said he will begin working on advisory board selections within the next couple of weeks. The reason he is getting started so quickly is because the city is anticipating possible rate increases even before an expensive project that is nearly six years down the road.
Conversations with the public have informed city officials that most people want the rate increases phased-in slowly over time — not all at once.
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[J]ust four months down, 2012 is already proving itself to be a great year for Indian cinema internationally. With a record Indian presence at Cannes this year and a few other awards to boast about, Indian filmmakers are soaring high! DearCinema rounds up the achievements of Indian films in the international arena in 2012 so far. Click through the links to read interviews of the filmmakers.
Indian thriller Peddlers directed by Vasan Bala has been selected in 51st edition of Cannes Critics Week. Cannes Critics Week, a parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival showcases first and second feature films by directors from all over the world.
I started off wanting to just make a film…any film: Vasan Bala, director of Peddlers
Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur will screen at Directors' Fortnight, a non-competitive section at the 65th Cannes Film Festival. Since its inception, it has showcased the first films of Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Nagisa Oshima, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Ken Loach among others.
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Miss Lovely directed by Ashim Ahluwalia will screen at Un Certain Regard in 65th Festival de Cannes. Miss Lovely is set in the Bombay of the mid-1980s. It is the story of two brothers, Vicky and Sonu, who produce sleazy C grade films and end up falling for the same woman. Un Certain Regards is a competition section that carries the second most prestigious award at the Cannes Film festival.
Time spent on sets of low grade films- the basis of Miss Lovely: Ashim Ahluwalia
Shivajee Chandrabhushan's project 'The Untold Tale' is among 15 projects from all over the world selected for L'Atelier, a workshop to be held during Cannes Film Festival 2012. 'The Untold Tale', to be directed by Shivajee Chandrabhushan and written by Triparna Banerjee is about a young puppeteer's journey to India to meet her long lost father.
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Roasted salmon, pepper & broad bean salad
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Cooking timePrep: 25 mins Cook: 25 mins
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- 379
- protein
- 22g
- carbs
- 8g
- fat
- 29g
- saturates
- 4g
- fibre
- 5g
- sugar
- 6g
- salt
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- 3 red peppers, halved and deseeded
- 4 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for roasting
- 4 skinless, boneless salmon fillets
- 3 tbsp capers, rinsed
- 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- small bunch basil, finely shredded, plus a few whole leaves
- 100g broad beans, double podded
- 2 avocados
- squeeze lemon juice
- 1 fennel bulb, very thinly sliced
- 100g bag rocket
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- Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Rub the peppers with a little olive oil, put in a roasting tin and cook in the oven for 15 mins. Rub the salmon with a little oil, add to the tin and roast for 8 mins more. Lift out the peppers, pop into a bowl, cover with cling film and set aside. Cool the salmon, then chill until ready to serve.
- When cool enough to handle, peel the skin from the peppers, then slice the flesh into strips. Mash the capers with the oil and vinegar, garlic and seasoning. Mix with the pepper strips, any pepper juices and the shredded basil. Set aside.
- Blanch the beans in boiling, salted water for 2-3 mins until just tender. Drain and rinse under cold water to cool. Set aside until ready to serve.
- To serve, flake the salmon into large chunks. Halve, stone and roughly chop the avocados, squeezing over a little lemon juice to stop them browning. Layer the fennel, rocket, basil leaves, avocado, beans, salmon and peppers with their dressing on a large platter. Gently toss, then serve immediately with crusty bread.
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Excellent lunch. I served it as an individually plated and layered salad and rather than flaking the salmon, simply placed a piece of salmon fillet on top. Looked and tasted great. As one guest requires gluten free diet, we had gluten-free sundried tomato bread with it http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2070/glutenfree-sundried-tomato-bread


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PRIDE Community Services conducted a community needs assessment in order to determine causes of poverty in Logan County and mobilize resources in a plan to meet community needs. The results of the community needs assessment are now being released.
In November 2012, PRIDE enlisted the assistance of Kingery and Company, LLC, to determine causes of poverty in Logan County and mobilize resources in a plan to meet community needs. The results of the community needs assessment are now being released.
The project included surveying residents, interviewing community stakeholders, conducting secondary data research, facilitating an analysis retreat to prioritize the issues, and providing a summary report with key findings and recommendations.
PRIDE engaged members of the community in the needs assessment process. This took place in the formation of a Needs Assessment Steering Committee comprised of internal PRIDE staff and external community stakeholders. External stakeholders included representatives of Social Service Agencies, Churches, Healthcare and Elected Officials. The Steering Committee served to set direction, assist with the collection of primary data, monitor progress, and analyze results.
"It was really important that we involved a diverse group of community representatives to participate in the needs assessment process. PRIDE Community Services is proud to lead the way in identifying needs and taking action to make life better for the individuals and families in Logan County." stated PRIDE Executive Director, Reggie Jones.
Since PRIDE is an anti-poverty organization, it was important to use community action poverty indicators as the foundation on which to build the needs assessment. With guidance from the WV Community Action Partnership, the statewide association representing 16 community action agencies, and the Office of Economic Opportunity, the following poverty indicators served as the primary and secondary data collection issue areas: Employment, Education, Housing, Health, Nutrition, Use of Income, Transportation and Emergency Situations. The supplement indicator that was also used was Children's Needs.
As part of a one-day debriefing retreat with the Needs Assessment Steering Committee, a paired comparison technique was used to analyze the survey results and secondary research to prioritize the issues that are most needed in their communities. Below are the results of the retreat, which includes the top issues identified and a list of action plans that will be used to help meet the needs of those in the community.
Issue #1: EDUCATION
Action Plan:
• Educate families about the available resources to achieve an education.
• Provide workshops on spendable income: minimum wage income vs. college income.
• Donate used computers to qualifying families.
Issue #2: EMPLOYMENT
Action Plan:
• Provide in-school financial training for youth and teens on the "real world" (ability to pay for necessities and how to live).
• Educate parents on the need to support children in attempts to better themselves (Many children are told, it was good enough for me, so it will be good enough for you; some believe only "rich" kids can attend college and get degrees)
• Promote Individual Development Accounts and develop partnerships with organizations such as Small Business Association in providing training on entrepreneurialship and small business development.
Issue #3: HEALTH
Action Plan:
• Develop and promote educational opportunities that promote healthy choices such as healthy cooking classes and Shop Smart Programs.
• Educate individuals/families on preventative health measures (many only see the doctor once something is wrong, usually requiring extensive treatment at that point).
• Develop and/or support the availability of clinics in more rural areas with non-traditional hours.
Issue #4: CHILDREN'S NEEDS
Action Plan:
• Provide/facilitate parenting classes.
• Provide educational opportunities which will enhance family values and income.
• Educate families about the purpose and benefits of Head Start.
The final report was shared with the Needs Assessment Steering Committee in advance of the public release. Steering Committee members were asked to share the report with their own organizations and other groups in an effort to mobilize community resources to address needs beyond that of PRIDE. For a copy of the full Community Needs Assessment report, contact Reggie Jones, PRIDE Community Services Executive Director at (304) 752-6868.
PRIDE Community Services is one of 16 Community Action Agencies located in West Virginia. PRIDE is a private, non-profit corporation that provides a wide variety of services to low-income individuals and families. PRIDE's mission is to make a positive impact on the lives of those in need by bringing together educational, financial and human resources that support self-sufficiency.


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Below is the poem entitled A Town Called Suicide pt. 2 which was written by poet
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a silent phantom
walks the halls
watching his world
as darkness falls
he's the oldest resident
of a town called Suicide
and he of all people
knows there's no place to hide
nowhere to hide
from the sins of his past
the cold black memories
are all that will last
he remembers what he was
a happy young man
before he ended his life
and all this began
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Seven (arguably) must-visit European cities well off the beaten backpacker and tourist track, all just a cheap flight away.
1. Szczecin, Poland from £50
Between Berlin and the Baltic in the far north-west of Poland, Szczecin has only very recently appeared on the city breaker's radar thanks to new flights from the UK. Check out this elegant, exciting city on the River Odra before the crowds get there – it could be the new Krakow or Tallinn.
2. Aalesund, Norway from £57
Norwegian sea port Aalesund really is stunningly situated across seven islands. Get your bearings by climbing the hill of Aksla, which overlooks the town with its pretty red, yellow and blue waterside houses and the surrounding islands.
3. Olbia, Sardinia from £48
Close to the resorts of the Costa Smerelda, Olbia has long been a popular summer sun destination for holidaymakers from northern Europe, but now easyJet fly there, and not just in high season, so you could explore the delights of this Mediterranean island free from the holiday crowds.
4. Memmingen Allgäu, Germany from £34
You may have considered flying to Memmingen in order to get to Munich, 68 miles away (the airport is sometimes called Munich West), but it's actually a very useful access point for gorgeous Bavarian countryside such as around Swangau (pictured), or for the Austrian Alps.
5. Debrecen, Hungary from £66
Fans of football teams who regularly participate in European competitions, will have more knowledge of un-touristy places than most. Like Decrecen, whom Liverpool played a few years ago, and which is in fact Hungary's second-largest city after Budapest. The city boasts some formidable architecture, including the Great Reformed Church (in the bottom left of the picture).
6. Tirgu Mures, Romania from £60
Also known as Târgu Mureș (look out for the trilingual street signs, in Romanian, Hungarian and German), this Romanian city isn't blessed with tourist brochure good looks, but it is cradled in green rolling hills, that will actually be white in winter, for snow covers the ground here for an average of two months a year.
7. Castletown, Isle of Man from £44
The Isle of Man doesn't often spring to mind when one thinks of a holiday island, but maybe Majorca is too mainstream for you? Tell your friends that this year you're off to the self-governing British Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man. Castletown is in fact one of the oldest towns in Britain, but not the UK (because it's not in the UK).
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Parkin focuses her practice on real estate, corporate and business law,
assisting business owners and entrepreneurs execute transactions that
are key to their success. Jeri has served as in-house counsel for a
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Lisa has a degree in marketing and design. She has worked at Wells Fargo and charitable organizations in marketing and other roles. She took on her father's business in 2009, expanding prior traditional marketing knowledge base with that of the ever changing world of technology. "It is here that we can better reach out other woman business owners who can be better served by the mission of NAWBO to grow their businesses and themselves as well. Through technology we are better able to increase the reach for NAWBO to a greater number of women without expense."
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Kenneth Faried scored 25 points and Wilson Chandler added 12 for the Nuggets, who had won two straight entering the contest.
Ty Lawson had 11 assists and nine rebounds, but totaled just two points on 0- of-12 shooting from the field.
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I. Introduction
II. In Which Our Hero is Dashed on the Rocky Shoals of Software Coypright
A. The dream case walks through your door
B. What are the rocky shoals?
III. Software Programming for Dummies and Lawyers
A. Computers are stupid, but they're really good at repetition
B. Most programs are written in high-level languages.
C. Procedures encapsulate complexity.
D. Libraries let you use other people's code.
E. Application Programming Interfaces are the bridge between libraries and new code.
F. Programs can be statically or dynamically linked.
IV. Google's Braving of the Shoals in Oracle v. Google
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B. Oracle's sued over 37 Java packages.
C. The jury found that Google copied Java's APIs.
D. The Court held that APIs are not protectable.
E. Oracle affects Android's "scrubbed" Linux header files.
F. A cautionary tale about programmers' utility libraries.
V. Non-Literal Copying in Other Cases
A. Creative structure and sequence in Whelan Associates.
B. Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison in Altai.
C. Interoperability and fair use in Sega v. Accolade
D. Command hierarchies in Lotus v. Borland
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B. A brief introduction to hardware drivers
C. Dynamic linking of proprietary drivers in Linux is controversial
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Remember all that Alex Rodriguez drama from this summer, when his wife dumped him and blamed Madonna for their split? Well it turns out she may have been on to something. Now that Madonna's divorce with Guy Ritchie is out in the open, spies who flock around the abtastic pop star are revealing that she and A-Rod are "definitely romantic." Apparently Guy and Madge have been over for a while, and A-Rod is just her really hot, really rich rebound. And – how cute – he misses her beautiful, botoxed face! "Alex has really missed spending time with Madonna," says a spy. "However, he understands the position Madonna's in." At least he can spend his alone time brushing up on his Kaballah skills.
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But Robins chairman Paul Baker has warned the Town boss not to repeat such behaviour in the future.
Yates issued a public apology on Sunday for the use of bad language aimed at a supporter immediately after the promotion-chasing club's disappointing defeat at Home Park.
The fan in question had singled out substitute Kaid Mohamed for strong criticism at the end of the game.
Baker told the Gloucestershire Echo: "It was an abysmal performance at Plymouth and I think we probably all felt like swearing, but Mark should not have said what he said.
"We have mentioned it to him and stressed to him that he must try to bite his tongue in those sorts of situations in future.
"We are all human and it was a heat of the moment thing so I do not envisage any action being taken.
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International Food Festival
The All Nations Club will be holding their 23rd Annual International Food Festival
4:30 - 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 16, Jacobetti Complex
Tickets for students are $5 in advance and $8 at the door. Adult tickets are $11 in advance and $14 at the door.
There will be 10 different cuisines from Germany, China, South Korea, Spain, Japan and Egypt.
You can purchase your ticket from the International Programs Office in 145 Whitman Hall or from any ANC member.