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Andy Strickland notes that the two sides can continue to talk after the NHLPA files to decertify.
Craig Custance tweets "Yes, decertification is a long process. Filing a disclaimer of interest, however, could happen immediately. Arguably as effective."
Seth Rorabaugh spoke with Sidney Crosby who said that the NHLPA has "licked around" the idea of decertifying.
James Mirtle tweets: Sports law expert Nathaniel Grow on decertification: "It is really the only way for the players to go on the offensive at this point."
At the NY Times, Jeff Klein breaks down the process of decertification which starts with getting at least 30% of the NHLPA to sign a petition.
- That petition goes to the National Labor Relations Board who then sets a decertification election date which is usually 60 days after approving the petition.
- If the majority of players vote in favor of decertification on that date they are dissolved as a union and can begin filing antitrust lawsuits against the league.
Klein says that it is unlikely any lawsuits could be filed before February 1, if the petition is filed by 12/1, and that is most likely too late to save the season.
At TSN, Eric Macramalla writes that the NHL would likely say that decertification is "nothing more than an opportunistic and transparent attempt to extract leverage in CBA Negotiations.
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By JORDON BIGELOWSun Advocate Games Reviewer
What exactly is rushing through a gamer's mind when he is playing StarCraft II? Well a ton of things to be honest! Today we're going to talk a little bit about why StarCraft II is such a difficult game, again. We've already talked about what APM (actions per minute) is and how fast it should be to be a professional, and now we're going to talk about very crucial things that go on inside of the gamer's brain.
As soon as the game starts you immediately have to think about what type of strategy you want to do against your opponent. You're strategy is going to vary quite a bit depending on whether he is playing Terran, Protoss, or Zerg. The reason being the different races have different strengths and weaknesses. For example, Protoss can not defend against early 'cheese', or pressure.
When I say the word 'cheese' I'm talking about a strategy that involves you or the other opponent basically trying a 'cheesy' strategy that will outright kill, or wound their economy severely, basically winning the game right then and there. The reason Protoss can't defend well against this type of strategy is because their units are very costly but strong. So they won't have a big army until they are at least on two bases. They can be overrun by greater numbers with good micro, or micro-management of your units.
Now let's talk about what we actually think about now that we know a little bit about strategy in accordance with race. Let's say I'm up against a Zerg, I immediately know that this player loves to expand really fast. Expanding is simple building another base near minerals for more income. Taking that into consideration, I can assume that if I plan a 'timing' attack I can possibly due huge amounts of damage to his economy, and even flat out kill him if he doesn't have the units to counter my attack. This is just the start of the thinking that goes on during the first minutes of the game.
Now that I know what I want to do, I now have to think of what I have to do in order to execute my strategy. So I will obviously want to get up an early couple of barracks. Barracks produce my most basic infantry units. Why would I want early barracks? Obviously so I can get some early pressure going. Now by doing this, I am immediately know that I am taking a risk because if my attack doesn't work, or gets scouted early, then I am going to be behind in terms of economy which is a bad place to be. Or he may even send a counter attack around the same time to stop me.
So now that we have the first part down, let's think about a possible follow up so that we don't lose if the attack fails. I'm a risk taker so often when I follow up with something, it is going to either kill me or him. So what I would like to do is expand, right after the attack because I know he is going to be rebuilding his economy, and with Zerg they have to choose between making drones or army units. A drone is the harvester/worker for the Zerg race, and the other units make up their army. So now that I know that, after I expand I'm going to go for some infantry attack/defensive upgrades. So if I am able to defend any attack that is thrown at me I will be in the lead because my units will be more deadly and cost effective when my next 'timing' attack occurs.
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Expected Results for the Red Head Grass Experiment
This experiment is designed to test the influence of water temperature on the growth rate of redhead grass (Potamogeton perfoliatus). The water temperature in growth chamber A will be set at 24°C (75°F) while growth chamber B will be set at 29°C (84°F) or 33°C (92°F). Both growth chambers (black tubs) are identically setup except for the water temperature.
Plant Height: All bay grasses have an optimal temperature range which maximizes growth. As temperatures deviate from this optimal range, growth rates decrease.
Maximum redhead grass growth rates typically occur between 15°C (59°F) and 26°C (79°F). As temperatures are increased above 15°C (59°F) or below 26°C (79°F), growth rates will decline until the plants eventually die. In the Chesapeake Bay, these conditions maybe found in the summer in very shallow, poorly flushed areas.
As temperatures decrease below 15°C (59°F), growth rates will decline. A decline in water temperature is a cue for redhead grass to begin preparing for the winter. In early September, redhead grass will begin producing over-wintering structures (tubers). As temperatures continue to decrease, the leaves and roots will decompose. By late November, only the seeds and tubers will remain. When water temperatures increase the next spring, the remaining seeds and tubers will produce another bed of redhead grass.
pH: The pH scale is a measure of the
acid-base balance of water, with a pH of <7 representing 'acidic' solutions, and
pH of >7 representing 'basic' solutions. Pure water would be perfectly neutral
(pH of 7), but water naturally contains a certain amount of dissolved substances
that act either as acids or as bases. If the water contains more acids (H+) than
bases, it is said to be acidic; if it contains more bases (OH-) than acids, it
is basic or alkaline. If acids and bases are present in equal amounts, the water
is said to be chemically neutral. When CO2 is in short supply, many aquatic
plants take CO2 from the hardening constituents of the water (CO3 and HCO3).
When this happens, more OH-1 molecules are generated, increasing the pH of the
water. So as more and more OH-1 molecules are generated by the shortage of CO2
and the production of more oxygen, the pH in the growth chambers will increase
over time. Because the Redhead grass in the 92°F growth chamber will be growing
slightly faster than the Redhead grass at 75°F, pH's may be slightly higher in
the warmer tank.
pH values above 10 have been shown in lab tests to decrease photosynthesis of Redhead grass, which in turn decreases it's growth rate. When the pH values are acidic (below 7) a lot of OH-1 is in water, and the CO2 (carbon dioxide) that plants need for photosynthesis turns into CO3, which plants can't use. The plants have a harder time "breathing," and as a result they grow more slowly. Causes of low pH can be the result of acid rain (local rain pH is about 5) and the poor buffering capacity of the land due to variations in geology. Redhead grass can be found in pH's ranging from 6 to 10 with a preferred pH around 8.
Nitrates: Nitrogen is one of the most
important plant nutrients (along with phosphorus). With the help of bacteria,
nitrogen goes through a cycle of chemical changes as it is absorbed, used and
then restored to a form which it can again be used. Most plants absorb nitrogen
from the sediment or water column in the form of nitrate (NO3-) or ammonium
(NH4+). Other common forms of nitrogen (nitrite (NO2), ammonia (NH3), etc)
aren't available to plants, and can even be toxic at high levels.
In the Chesapeake Bay, areas with excess nutrients typically have large concentrations of short lived microscopic plants called phytoplankton (algae). Large concentrations of phytoplankton (algal blooms) can color the water green or brown and greatly reduce or eliminate the amount of light available for bay grasses. In addition, since algae are also plants, they produce oxygen during the day and consume it at night. A large algal bloom can remove so much oxygen in an area at night that it may kill any fish and crabs present! When phytoplankton die, they decompose (consuming oxygen) and release a large amount of nutrients back into the water which can fuel more algal blooms.
Redhead grass (and other bay grasses) are important because they consume nutrients as they grow and only slowly release them back into the water column late in the year when the water temperature has cooled below the preferred temperature of the phytoplankton.
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To further investigate differences in the immunologic function of various lymphocyte subsets in HIV-infected patients who are treated early in their infection and during the chronic phase of the infection. Studies will also be done to further delineate the various antigen-specific and innate immune responses including characterization of soluble factors associated with primary HIV infection.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Procedure: leukapheresis
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|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Leukapheresis Procedures to Obtain Lymphocytes for Research Studies on Antiretroviral Naive HIV-infected Patients
Obtain lymphocytes for research studies on anti-retroviral naive HIV-infected patients.
|Study Start Date:
|August 2003
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2008
Procedure: leukapheresis
Primary HIV-1 infected and chronically infected individuals will be recruited and leukapheresis will be performed. This one year study requires that patients be apheresed once before initiating therapy and on two other occasions (at month 6 and month 12) after suppression of plasma viremia. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells will be isolated by sodium diatrizoate density centrifugation and subjected to immunologic and virologic studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
HIV-infected adults who have a positive ELISA and a confirmatory western blot HIV test.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult HIV-1 infected patient
- For primary infected patients anyone with an exposure to a known source of HIV infected material or individual, with symptoms and signs if present consistent with primary HIV infection, a negative ELISA, indeterminate Western blot for HIV and a positive HIV plasma RNA levels > 10,000 copies/mL by either RT-PCR or bDNA
- Chronic HIV-infected patients should have a positive ELISA and a confirmatory western blot and willingness to give informed consent for the storage of blood.
- Willingness to be able to make follow-up visits for apheresis at 6 and 12 months for those who undergo antiretroviral therapy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant women
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00333892
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|Mario Ostrowski, MD
|University of Toronto
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|Canadian Immunodeficiency Research Collaborative
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|NCT00333892 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|June 2, 2006
|Last Updated:
|June 4, 2012
|Health Authority:
|Canada: Health Canada
Keywords provided by Canadian Immunodeficiency Research Collaborative:
primary HIV infection
chronic HIV infection
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
HIV Infections
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Lentivirus Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Slow Virus Diseases
Virus Diseases
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12 U.S. Code § 2015 - Lending authority
(a) Real estate loans and related assistance
(1) Real estate loans
The Farm Credit Banks may make or participate with other lenders in long-term real estate mortgage loans in rural areas, as defined by the Farm Credit Administration, or to producers or harvesters of aquatic products, and make continuing commitments to make such loans under specified circumstances, for a term of not less than 5 nor more than 40 years.
(2) Financial assistance
The Farm Credit Banks may provide and extend financial assistance to, and discount for, or purchase from, a Federal land bank association any note, draft, or other obligation with the endorsement or guarantee of the association, the proceeds of which have been advanced to persons eligible and for purposes of financing by the association, as authorized under section 2279b (a) of this title.
(b) Intermediate credit
(1) In general
The Farm Credit Banks are authorized to make loans and extend other similar financial assistance to and to discount for or purchase from—
(B) any national bank, State bank, trust company, agricultural credit corporation, incorporated livestock loan company, savings institution, credit union, or any association of agricultural producers engaged in the making of loans to farmers and ranchers, and any corporation engaged in the making of loans to producers or harvesters of aquatic products,
any note, draft, or other obligation with the institution's endorsement or guarantee, the proceeds of which note, draft, or other obligation have been advanced to persons and for purposes eligible for financing by production credit associations as authorized by this chapter.
(2) Participation with other entities
The Farm Credit Banks may participate with one or more production credit associations or other Farm Credit Banks in the making of loans to eligible borrowers and may participate with one or more other Farm Credit System institutions in loans made under this subchapter or other subchapters of this chapter on the basis prescribed in section 2206 of this title.
(3) Limitations on extension of financial services
(A) General rule
No paper shall be purchased from or discounted for, and no loans shall be made or other similar financial assistance extended by a Farm Credit Bank to any entity identified in paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection if the amount of such paper added to the aggregate liabilities of such entity, whether direct or contingent (other than bona fide deposit liabilities), exceeds ten times the paid-in and unimpaired capital and surplus of such entity or the amount of such liabilities permitted under the laws of the jurisdiction creating such institution, whichever is the lesser.
(B) Limitation on national bank
It shall be unlawful for any national bank which is indebted to any Farm Credit Bank, on paper discounted or purchased under paragraph (1), to incur any additional indebtedness, if by virtue of such additional indebtedness its aggregate liabilities direct or contingent, will exceed the limitation described in subparagraph (A).
(4) FCA regulations
(A) In general
All of the loans, financial assistance, discounts and purchases authorized by this subsection shall be subject to regulations of the Farm Credit Administration and shall be secured by collateral, if any, as may be required in such regulations.
(B) Requirement of regulations
The regulations shall assure that such loans, financial assistance, discounts, and purchases are available on a reasonable basis to any financing institution authorized to receive such services under paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection, and that—
(ii) demonstrates a continuing need for supplementary sources of funds to meet the credit requirements of its agricultural or aquatic borrowers;
(C) Fees
The regulations may authorize a Farm Credit Bank to charge reasonable fees for any commitment to extend service under this section to such a financing institution.
(D) Subsidiaries and affiliates
For purposes of this subsection, a financing institution together with the subsidiaries and affiliates of such may be considered as one, but such determination to consider such institution together with the subsidiaries and affiliates of such as one shall be made in the first instance by the bank and in the event of a denial by the bank of its services to a financial institution, then by the Farm Credit Administration on a case-by-case basis with due regard to the total relationship of the financing institution, its subsidiaries, and affiliates.
Source(Pub. L. 92–181, title I, § 1.7, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 401,Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1625; amended Pub. L. 100–399, title IV, § 401(e), (f),Aug. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 995, 996.)
In subsec. (b)(5), "December 24, 1980" substituted for "the effective date of the Farm Credit Act Amendments of 1980".
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2015,Pub. L. 92–181, title I, § 1.7, Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 585; Pub. L. 96–592, title I, § 104,Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3438; Pub. L. 99–509, title I, § 1033(a),Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1877, related to interest rates and other charges, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 100–233, § 401.
1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–399, § 401(e), inserted in heading "and related assistance" and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Farm Credit Banks are authorized to make or participate with other lenders in long-term real estate mortgage loans in rural areas, as defined by the Farm Credit Administration, or to producers or harvesters of aquatic products, and make continuing commitments to make such loans under specified circumstances, for a term of not less than 5 nor more than 40 years."
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 100–399, § 401(f)(1), struck out provision that banks may own and lease or lease with an option to purchase to persons eligible for assistance under this subchapter, equipment needed in the operations of such persons.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 100–399, § 401(f)(2), substituted in heading "services" for "assistance" and in subpar. (B) "described in subparagraph (A)" for "herein contained".
Subsec. (b)(4)(A). Pub. L. 100–399, § 401(f)(3), substituted "subsection" for "section".
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–399effective immediately after amendment made by section 401 ofPub. L. 100–233, which was effective 6 months after Jan. 6, 1988, see section 1001(b) ofPub. L. 100–399, set out as a note under section 2002 of this title.
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Alfonso Cuaron and Warner Bros have had a hard time finding a leading lady to anchor Gravity after Angelina Jolie has declared herself anti-Gravity twice. A slew of actresses including Rebecca Hall, Naomi Watts, Sandra Bullock, Marion Cottilard, Blake Lively, Sienna Miller, Abbie Cornish, Scarlett Johannson, Olivia Wilde, and Carey Mulligan have been approached for the role, but none have agreed to float at zero G's in a room full of Teamsters. Now, there's news that Natalie Portman may be buying a box of Dramamine.
A firm offer has gone out to the actress after early buzz about Black Swan has her on track for an Oscar. The belief is that if she can handle that challenging role, she's more than capable of carrying the unofficial Lost In Space sequel. (THR)
The class-acts over at FilmDrunk were kind enough to put together this montage of 20 classic movie farts, and boy is it a gas (keep your damn rimshot!). They're also quick to point out that three of the films are Academy Award winners. Note to future filmmakers: More poopy jokes!
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Ridley Scott will make the Alien prequels even if he doesn't feel like it, if only to spite James Cameron. The director told the Independent that Cameron has raised the bar, and "he's not going to get away with it." Dems sounds like fightin' words! Ridley was upset when he wasn't asked to make Aliens, and then Cameron came along and pissed in his soup. Except Cameron's piss, arguably, improved the franchise. Now Ridley wants to piss back with even better piss.
"The film will be really tough, really nasty… It's the dark side of the moon. We are talking about gods and engineers. Engineers of space. And were the aliens designed as a form of biological warfare? Or biology that would go in and clean up a planet?"
You had me at "engineers of space." If these movies focusing on The Space Jockey of the first Alien film never happen, I'm pitching "Engineers of Space" to the The History Channel. I'm certain the title alone will land me a production deal.
Meanwhile, The Playlist dug up an interview that Gemma Arterton did with the Sunday Times in which she says, "Ridley Scott saw Alice Creed and he loved it. He wants me to meet for Aliens: The Remake, or something." As you can tell by her attention to detail, Arterton is watching this project like hawk. Only time will tell if she could be the new Ripley. Ridley first has to take time off from poking his Cameron voodoo doll to meet with her. (CinemaBlend)
While doing my daily rounds of visiting every site on the Internet, I came across pictures of Rooney Mara in costume as Lisbeth Salander over at RooneyMara.net. The pics show a leather-clad Mara riding a motorbike while sporting short black hair.
Rooney landed the role in David Fincher's adaptation after facing fierce competition. Every young actress in Hollywood was clamoring to test for the part. And now that we've seen the first pics, I can say that between the pale skin, pouty expression, and spunky, black hair, Frank Dillane was robbed.
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It's the Friday before the holiday weekend so news is slower than my bowl movements when I'm on vacation. I could bore you with more casting news that you don't care about, or I could show you the dance remix of the Crazy Coffee Lady.
In case you're not up to date, the other day a video hit the interwebz of a woman giving an animated testimony of her brush with death. She was getting coffee at a Shell station when two robbers busted in. I'll let her explain the rest because I won't do it justice.
The original video is after the jump.
Oren Peli, the writer-director of the indie hit Paranormal Activity is looking to get his feet wet in the world of television. Peli is close to landing a deal with ABC to bring his original drama idea "The River" to primetime. According to Deadline, "The River follows the story of a famed adventurer/TV personality who goes missing and is presumed dead deep in the Amazon. His friends and crew go to look for him on their state-of-the-art research vessel." The show would be shot shakey-cam-style (cinema verite to all you elitists) like Paranormal Activity, a trend that's quickly becoming tiresome.
I'm not sure how you make an entire series out of that premise, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. I'm more concerned about this "state-of-the-art" research vessel. Such words make James Cameron's ears ring. If he gets word that people are doing "research" near "water" he could take the whole thing over and turn it into an Omnimax documentary about indigenous jungle wildlife.
Going the Distance
R, 97m., 2010
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Charlie Day, Christina Applegate, Jason Sudeikis, Jim Gaffigan, Kelli Garner, and Ron Livingston
Directed by Nanette Burstein
Screenplay by Geoff LaTuippe
Going the Distance is a romantic comedy with two very likable leads in the shape of Justin Long and Drew Barrymore, who find themselves going out for one lazy been there seen that before script.
The script by newcomer Geoff LaTuippe and direction by documentarian Nanette Burstein tries to give the film some edge by basing the movie's love fling in reality but gets caught up in the standard whining of most romantic comedies.
More after the jump…
Olivia Thirlby, 2008's It Girl (non-Kat Dennings version), will be joining Karl Urban when he shoves his gavel up bad guys' butts in the Judge Dredd reboot. Thirlby is best known for her turns in Juno and The Wackness. It looks like she's attempting to break into bigger, less-shoe gazey projects between this and The Darkest Hour. In other words, momma wants a pool.
For Dredd, she will play a young telepath who shadows Dredd on his beat. C'mon, do you really need to read minds to know where he's sticking that gavel? (Up butts.) (Variety)
Frank Darabont has responded to the news of an early pick-up of "The Walking Dead" season two with an interjectory "Slow your roll, homeboys." It seems that the news from the other day that AMC has already renewed the zombie survival drama for a second season was premature. Darabont himself tells AICN:
"Shooting in February? As tired as I am right now getting season one through post, I'd rather shoot myself."
There you have it from the man himself. No greenlight for season two as of yet. We'll keep you posted when AMC eventually does go all Deerhunter and place the cold, hard steel in Darabont's hand. You can however catch the premiere of season one on October 31st. If you watch, a second season is much more likely.
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I don't want to get you too excited this early in the morning, but Liam Neeson is going to take on wolves. Bradley Cooper jumped ship on Joe Carnahan's forthcoming directorial effort The Grey, and his A-Team co-star Neeson has taken his place. The film is about "a group of Alaska pipeline workers whose plane crash lands on their way back ome from a remote worksite. The workers then find themselves hunted by a pack of wolves."
Are you kidding me? When can I buy my ticket?! Liam Neeson mopping the floor with Frenchmen in Taken was tantilizing enough, but now he's actually going head-to-head with wolves? Mother Nature better shave her legs 'cause she's about to get f*cked. (/Film)
If you think the new "Nikita" is just another Hollywood remake, you might be interested to know how much effort has gone into proving you wrong. The forthcoming CW series…
M. Night Shyamalan claims the question fans ask him the most is if he is doing a sequel to Unbreakable. He also claims that at one point, he had a great idea for said sequel ready to go. Unfortunately, that idea was broken up and sold for scrap.
"It was such a cool idea for a villain, and it was actually originally in the script for 'Unbreakable,' and it was too much. There were too many villains, so I pulled this villain out and was like, 'I'll make this the second flick.'" He even started developing it into a sequel story. But now he says, "the third 'Night Chronicles' movie is what would have been the sequel [to 'Unbreakable']. So now I need to come up with a new idea."
Recently, Shyamalan's had a streak of box-office flops, so it'd be easy to join the crowd of detractors. At the moment, it also happens to be 3:28 AM, so I'm more than happy to take the easy route.
If he's making flop after flop after flop, but fans are still expressing interest in Unbreakable 2, why in the world would he cannibalize his "great idea" for a sequel and make it into a film that no one cares about? That makes about as much sense as the plot from Signs. God killed the preacher's wife so her last words could inspire her brother-in-law to kill Aliens with a baseball bat and some friggen water? Why not just skip the wife killing and not send the damn aliens in the first place, god? "Swing away" my ass. (MTV via Cinema Blend)
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I'm not a big fan of ruining movies for myself by watching clips, but I'm glad I sucked it up and hit play on this new one for Let Me In. Now I for seriously can't wait to check out this film at Fantastic Fest. I know a few of you out there are pissed that they remade the Swedish version, but c'mon, it's got Richard Jenkins in it. The man can do no wrong. Except for Say It Isn't So, and even in that film he's covered in bees WAY better than Nic Cage ever was.
Take a look at the clip after the jump and see if it changes your skeptical mind…
Last week, Screen Junkies and Break scored some sweet, sweet hangin' time with Machete stars Danny Trejo and Michelle Rodriguez, and director Robert Rodriguez, at an international press junket. FX guru and filmmaker Freddie W. put together a scene that starts out simple enough with everyone taking some bad-ass pics for the cameras, but then quickly takes a dark turn once Michelle's strength is brought into question. In my opinion, this is the way all press junkets should end. Although, I'm sure the hotel staff would vehemently disagree.
Check out the video below…
If you were a nerd with an affinity for the occult between the years of 1988 and 1996, this news may upset. Warner Bros. Television is moving forward with plans to adapt Neil Gaiman's "Sandman." Also, condolences on being a nerd.
It's not all bad news though. "Supernatural" creator Eric Kripke is said to be Warners' #1 choice to head up the project. We don't write about "Supernatural" much around here but it is a mostly-solid show. Kripke is immensely talented, and is certainly capable of building the intricate world required to pull this off. Unless he's not available. In which case, you could always get Tim Kring. That would be good too, right guys? Guys?? (THR)
Scarves = Happiness.
In an effort to collect a handful of "Free Sex" coupons, Jon Hamm could star in his long time girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt's next directorial effort, Friends With Kids. They haven't officially kissed on it, but a deal is reportedly in the works. The names Anne Hathaway and Kristen Wiig are also floating around the project, but again, no spit handshakes.
Another thing that isn't known is what the film is about, except that it'll probably focus on someone's friends who have kids. They could be young kids. They could be old kids. "Friends" might used in a sarcastic way, so that it really mean enemies. Same goes for kids. The movie could be about enemies with adults. But one thing is for certain — if it happens, Jon Hamm will be in it. (ThePlaylist)
On Monday, we reported that Lauren German, Kristin Kreuk, and Paula Patton were in contention for the sexy female role in Mission: Impossible 4. Well Paula Patton has emerged victorious! The Deja Vu star will play a young operative who works with Ethan Hunt.
Tom Cruise will reprise his role as Hunt, but Paramount doesn't want to make a big deal about his involvement. He was the cat's meow back when the first movie launched, but now he's that guy you dread having lunch with simply to maintain the relationship. Maybe M:I 4 director Brad Bird can elevate his status back to Top Gun levels. That is if co-star Jeremy Renner doesn't steal the spotlight. Oh how that would anger Cruise so. Couch-stomping mad. (Deadline)
Move it along. Nothing to see here.
With a second season already confirmed before the first has even aired, AMC's "The Walking Dead" is shaping up to be a monster hit. Thomas Jane agrees with that point, and is eager to get the chance to hang around with BFF Frank Darabont and his stiff, rotting corpses. When the series was first announced, I'd thought Jane in the lead would be a no-brainer, if he could work his schedule out. Turns out, that was the plan back when the series was expected to go to HBO. When it ended up going to AMC, his inclusion fell through. Now, he may get the chance to bash in some zombie skulls afterall.
"That show is going to be a a big f*cking hit. I've seen it and is fan-f*cking-tastic. I'm going to come on and do a guest thing. Maybe play a bad guy. I'm not going to be a zombie. That's too much make up."
Jane is polarizing for a lot of people, but I think he'd be a great addition to the cast. As long as he's not expected to do any crying scenes. (NBC Washington)
Machete R, 105 min., 2010 Cast: Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Jeff Fahey, Cheech Marin with Don Johnson, Lindsay Lohan, Steven Seagal, and Robert DeNiro Directed by Robert Rodriguez…
"Follow me if you want to live!!!"
There's a video going around the Internet that depicts a young woman gleefully throwing newborn puppies into a raging river. Seeing as the Internet is comprised of 80% adorable puppies, that sh*t just don't fly. Michael Bay took time out of his busy schedule of writing terse letters, to write a terse letter damning the puppy-thrower, while placing a bounty on her head:
There is a disturbing video going around the news outlets. It's a video of blonde young woman in a red sweatshirt casually tossing squealing puppies into the fast-moving river one by one.
Michael Bay has informed me that he is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and successful prosecution of the woman in the red sweatshirt and the person who shot this act of cruelty.
And now it's time to pay up. 4chan was already on the case and managed to gather everything there is to know about the young woman, including her name, phone number, address, school address, email address, Facebook profile, and Volleyball team info (?). Good job, Internet. Too bad 4chan users are anonymous and can't outright accept the money. Michael Bay, you can leave that $50K in the newspaper box on the northeast corner of Wilshire Blvd and N. Arnaz Drive. It will make its way into the right hands.
As if that weren't a sweet enough payout, I would like to up the ante by personally offering a heartfelt pat on the back to the first person who ties the culprits to a chair and force feeds them a bag of cement mix. (WWTDD)
"Could we have this removed, please?"
Here's some nutso casting that seems to be torn from Peter Berg's playbook (aka left field), "The Office" showrunner Paul Lieberstein wants to replace the departing Steve Carell with professional actor/cleaner Harvey Keitel. Though no talks have begun, the plan would be to bring him in as an old salesman who attempted to retire, but was pulled back into the workforce after the stock market collapse. Speaking of Keitel's comedy potential, Lieberstein had this to say:
"He's a real tough guy, but I saw him in 'Life on Mars' and I saw a lot more comedy in his work, just little slivers of it, little things he would do that made me think he's capable of a lot more than what (he's done)."
Also, he did Little Nicky. So, you know he's not above this. (Reuters)
If there's one thing he loves more than stealing babies, it's cleaning.
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I normally don't report on people shopping projects around to networks, even if those people are J.J. Abrams, but damn is it a slow news day. So hey, Abrams and former "Lost" writer Elizabeth Sarnoff are waving Sarnoff's drama pilot "Alcatraz" under the nose of hungry execs.
Not much is known about the script except that it takes place on the San Francisco Bay island that once housed the worst of the worst offenders. A few years ago, Ed Harris took over Alcatraz, and Nic Cage had to bring him down with Sean Connery, but the show most likely won't recognize those events. Poisonous green balls or not, someone will buy this script quicker than you can say, "Abrams equals profit." (Deadline)
"That dog musta been sick."
Here's the first look from Peter Berg's perplexing Battleship adaptation of Rihanna dressed like one of those guys that hang out at the mall trying to recruit poor people into combat. I still find it really odd that she joined the cast, which includes Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, and Alexander Skarsgard. Then again, I find it really odd this movie is being made. But what strikes me as most odd is this thing standing next to Rihanna. Didn't E.T. dress up as that once?
(via Movieline)
Zach Galifianakis's brother, Seth, takes over for him in this episode of "Between Two Ferns" with guest Sean Penn. The video confirms my belief that Penn is incapable of smiling, and possibly even feeling joy. Maybe I'm wrong though. Maybe the blooper reel is full of Penn rolling on the floor laughing his ass off and his stoic persona is built through the magic of editing. But there's no denying that the ferns look scared sh*tless.
Check out the interview after the jump…
Fox has turned to Jamie Foxx to fill the offensively-unfunny-sketch-comedy-show shaped hole left by the cancellation of "Mad TV." The network picked up a twelve-episode order of "The Jamie Foxx Project," a half-hour sketch series that will skewer pop culture with a diverse cast of comedians, for mid-season.
Hopefully this won't delay the Skank Robbers film we were promised. Because we still want that. (Deadline)
"Tell them no MSG."
"Robot Chicken" creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich have decided to take the main premise of Matthew McConaughey classic EdTV and turn it into a interactive reality show. The duo is teaming up with Ford Motor Co. and Sprint Nextel for "ControlTV." The series, which will follow six weeks in the life of a guy in his twenties, enables the audience to vote, in real time, on every aspect of his life—from what he wears and eats, to where he works, to who he dates. What they can't decide on is what kind of car he drives and phone he uses. Ford and Sprint got the lock on those.
They say the audience can vote on every aspect of this guy's life, but I'm sure we'll get some pretty standard choices. What should he eat? A) Tuna Sandwich B) Cheeseburger C) Chicken Soup. What the demented viewing audience will want is an option D, which would be somewhere inbetween dog sh*t and spoiled milk. Hey, if you're going to let us decide, don't cuff our hands behind our backs. (Deadline)
It seems like everything's changed for Dexter this year. SPOILER ALERT!!! for people waiting to watch Season Four on DVD, but he's lost his wife and his executive producers in one fell swoop. Chip Johannessen takes over for departing Clyde Phillips and Melissa Rosenberg, but continues their story from the death of Rita.
Over the summer, Johannessen told the Television Critics Association that new guest stars are coming in who will end up helping Dexter deal with grief. We've got Peter Weller (Robocop), Julia Stiles, Jonny Lee Miller and Shawn Hatosy. Could they each represent one of the five stages of grief?
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8 U.S. Code § 1444 - Photographs; number
(a) Three identical photographs of the applicant shall be signed by and furnished by each applicant for naturalization or citizenship. One of such photographs shall be affixed by the Attorney General to the original certificate of naturalization issued to the naturalized citizen and one to the duplicate certificate of naturalization required to be forwarded to the Service.
(b) Three identical photographs of the applicant shall be furnished by each applicant for—
(1) a record of lawful admission for permanent residence to be made under section 1259 of this title;
(5) a certificate of naturalization or of citizenship, in lieu of one lost, mutilated, or destroyed;
(6) a new certificate of citizenship in the new name of any naturalized citizen who, subsequent to naturalization, has had his name changed by order of a court of competent jurisdiction or by marriage; and
Source(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 333,66 Stat. 253; Pub. L. 101–649, title IV, § 407(c)(14), (d)(11),Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5041, 5042; Pub. L. 103–416, title II, § 219(w),Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4318.)
1994—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 103–416substituted "1259" for "1259(a)".
1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–649substituted "applicant" for "petitioner" after "by each", and "Attorney General" for "clerk of the court".
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–416effective as if included in the enactment of the Immigration Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101–649, see section 219(dd) ofPub. L. 103–416, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.
Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and Transfer of Functions
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of this title.
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Here is a lesson in creative writing.
First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.
And I realize some of you may be having trouble deciding whether I am kidding or not. So from now on I will tell you when I'm kidding.
For instance, join the National Guard or the Marines and teach democracy. I'm kidding.
We are about to be attacked by Al Qaeda. Wave flags if you have them. That always seems to scare them away. I'm kidding.
–Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country*
* Kurt V's book was written in 2007. Look at how naively surperior his other quotes are. Comparing us to Nazis? I suppose that was acceptable in those dark days.


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When John Tortorella was brought in to be head coach last season, an air of change seemed to be surrounding the New York Rangers franchise. Just prior to the deadline, Tortorella was critical of the team's conditioning and also promised to deploy a high-flying, hard-working, and resilient team that could go deep in the playoffs.
The 2009 trade deadline began that transformation, jettisoning young wingers Nigel Dawes and Petr Prucha as well as veteran bust Dmitri Kalinin and a pick, to Phoenix and Toronto, respectively, for defenseman Derek Morris and forward Nik Antropov.
Each move proved fruitless in the end as Morris signed with Boston and Antropov with Atlanta. Perhaps it was an ominous sign of things to come.
Nonetheless, Tortorella's first offseason was chock full of change.
Spritely center Scott Gomez was sent to Montreal for a top defensive prospect in Ryan McDonagh and reasonably priced forward Chris Higgins. All-Star winger Marian Gaborik was signed. Hobey Baker winner Matt Gilroy chose the Rangers to begin his NHL career. And the solid fourth line (and top penalty killing unit) of Freddy Sjostrom, Colton Orr, and Blair Betts were all told to look for employment elsewhere in favor of a tougher, more offensively minded group of Brian Boyle and Donald Brashear as well as Aaron Voros.
Add to that list the signing of Ales Kotalik, the acquisition of Enver Lisin for Lauri Korpikoski, and the last-minute addition of veteran Vinny Prospal. All-in-all, the Rangers had an eventful offseason.
Even with the contract holdout of Brandon Dubinsky, there was a lot of promise surrounding this group. A renewed sense of accountability and work ethic.
A tremendous training camp left everyone applauding the effort both the players and coaches put in, which translated to a terrific winning streak to begin the season.
Rookie Mike Del Zotto was making his presence known from the point of the power play and even maligned veteran Wade Redden seemed to be on the upswing.
But somewhere along this roller coaster ride of a season, it all went wrong.
Inconsistency became the consistent analysis of the Rangers play. Kotalik and Redden became the patsies of the coaching staff. The promising Lisin became the latest "Prucha," and line combinations changed more frequently than an infants diaper.
Brashear was a shell of his former self and eventually found himself in the press box more often than the ice. Today he resides in Hartford.
Kotalik's feud with the coaching staff became apparent and he, along with offensively-struggling Higgins, found themselves shipped to Calgary in exchange for tempermental center Olli Jokinen and young bruiser Brandon Prust.
The train got off the tracks somewhere this season and seemingly it couldn't be rescued as the Rangers now sit seven points out of the final playoff seed after yesterday's 2 - 1 loss at the hands of the rival Boston Bruins.
There's no easy answer as to why. In fact, this season has taken on an eerily similar reflection to last year. Former head coach Tom Renney was praised for the conditioning of the players in the offseason and the team got off to a terrific start overseas and continued that back on North American soil.
But his luck ran out and the players eventually quit on him.
Tortorella similarly was applauded for his tough training camp, but the arguable overuse of his top lines has left his stars laggard and tired. His promise of limiting goaltender Henrik Lundqvist's starts, especially with the Olympics, fell short as the Rangers got further behind in the standings and backup Steve Valiquette was sent to the minors.
Now, Lundqvist lacks the sharp, confident play that has made him successful in his first seasons in New York.
And the offensive system that Tortorella had promised, lasted about as long as the team's October winning streak. Whether it was due to personnel or otherwise, the fiery coach learned quickly that he needed a more defensive sysetm to be successful.
Essentially, he was playing Renney's style that he expressed such a dislike towards.
The mea culpa of all of this may have occurred this past week in the comments of Captain Chris Drury. As we discussed over at Blueshirt Bulletin Plus, the "immaturity" that Drury cited is valid and the quick dismissal of it by the coaching staff only exemplifies further the disconnect that exists amongst the locker room.
While the math is still possible for a Rangers post-season appearance, their on-ice play is reminiscent of a team that has quit on their coaches and quit on themselves.
Personnel changes are going to have to be addressed in the offseason, but the culture surrounding the franchise goes much deeper than any top-line center can fix. Accountability starts at the top down and right now, the Rangers and the organization are pointing fingers in a lot of different directions.
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The debate around crowdsourcing – the outsourcing of a job or problem to a large and open group of people – is heating up again as an increasing number of brands are gaining headlines by launching design and ad creation contests.
On one side of the debate are those who argue that crowdsourcing is nothing more than outsourcing cheap labor and a temporary fad, while on the other are those who believe that involving large, undefined groups of people can increase creativity and productivity at lower costs.
Critics of crowdsourcing, usually people with an Ad Agency or a professional design background, are quick to point out that crowdsourcing is just a fashionable term for something that's existed for ages; call it freelancing, outsourcing, competitions or spec-work. The latter, I've learned, is somewhat of an insult in the design industry which has even taken an official position on the subject through AIGA. Probably the strongest point I've encountered though, is regarding the sustainability of a model where many spend the time to produce work but only one gets paid for it.
Notwithstanding these points – crowdsourcing has had a growing number of success stories and media exploits recently: Unilever dropping its agency Lowe to pursue a crowdsourcing ad campaign for their Pepperami brand. Netflix announcing the $1M winner in its long-running call to improve its recommendation algorithms. The impressive growth of services like Crowdspring and Innocentive. Mofilm crowdsourcing video ads for large brands and linking these to the major film festivals worldwide. The self-proclaimed first crowdsourcing Ad Agency, Victors & Spoils. Across the board, participation in these crowdsourcing campaigns has been strong, with businesses and brands expressing satisfaction with the final creative products received.
What both sides of the debate are ignoring, at least in the advertising space, is the potential impact of the Real Time Web on the future of crowdsourcing. With so many available tools that facilitate online conversation and collaboration, there can be as much value (if not more) in the crowdsourcing process as there is in the end result. The experts call this Engagement. In other words, while the ROI for most of the crowdsourcing activities to date has come from the cheaper creative result (and the press coverage that came with it) – by treating the process as an interactive and potentially viral campaign, crowdsourcing ROI could come from both Engagement and the creative result.
What drove me to contribute the millionth opinion on the subject is my surprise at history repeating itself once again – the reluctance of most Agencies to embrace a new model in its early stages. After all, who is in a better place to generate the kind of value described above than those who are experts at client brand strategy, campaign planning and insight? The case for Agencies to embrace real-time web crowdsourcing seems pretty straight forward:
- The strength of a Client proposition that combines the Agency's partnership, strategy and direction with the benefits (Engagement, creative and cost) of crowdsourcing.
- Being able to generate more value from the individual creative contributions resulting from crowdsourcing by recognizing broader trends or individual brilliance.
- Extending the life of a creative team on a single client account (one of the issues behind the broken model of agencies)
Looking ahead:
Crowdsourcing in the real time web is in its early stages and as such, is bound to evolve from its current state. For it to become a sustainable model, there needs to be a way to improve the current "many work one gets paid" issue. As the software world has been able to teach us with open-source communities, recognition, reputation and reward (both monetary and non) are an important factor. In applying the open-source principles to an Agency-driven model, I can imagine a platform that allows agencies and advertisers to rate contributors (reputation & recognition) and assign a share of the profits to those who had the most impact on overall ROI.
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By Christine Arrington
Political discussion at work can actually strengthen an employee's job satisfaction and commitment to the organization, but only if the discussion is characterized as "an exchange of perspectives" with "give and take," rather than as "political pressuring" to agree with a supervisor's political ideas. This was the surprising preliminary finding of an innovative, nationally representative study of couples in which both the employee and spouse were surveyed on how political discussions at work can impact the work and home life of employees.
The Utah State University study, completed on Nov. 1, was conducted by two professors at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business; one author is a human resources expert, Merideth J. Ferguson, Ph.D., assistant professor of management at the Utah State University Huntsman School of Business, and the other author is an expert on the First Amendment and ethics, John Ferguson, J.D., lecturer of management at the Utah State University Huntsman School of Business.
Perhaps even more surprising than the potential significant benefits was that political discussions at work can affect the employee's life outside of work, including family life -- open political discussions can have a positive effect on family life, and "political pressuring" conversations can have negative effects. The possible negative effects of "coercive" political discussions at work include:
- Engaging in "deviance directed at the supervisor"
- Experiencing work-family conflict
- The spouse's concluding that the employee intends to look elsewhere for work
- If the political pressure comes from coworkers, employees considering ways of getting revenge on the coworkers
John Ferguson, J.D., and Dr. Merideth Ferguson have researched the impact of political discussions in the workplace.
Even though many workplaces have policies restricting political speech, fully 40% of the sample participants reported that their supervisor pressured them to accept the supervisor's political ideas and perspective; 55% reported that a coworker pressured them to accept the coworker's positions. On the positive side, 55% reported that their supervisor engaged them in a "give and take" conversation about politics, with 79% reporting such a conversation with a coworker.
"Employees who are a captive audience to a supervisor's political expression and feel pressured to agree with the supervisor are more likely to engage in deviance directed at the supervisor and to experience work-family conflict," said Professor Merideth J. Ferguson.
"So many workplaces have policies in place restricting political speech, but with no real research to support these restrictions," said Professor John Ferguson. "Many workplaces and workers could be missing out on the benefits of political discussion, especially when that discussion is handled appropriately."
"Political speech at work is not necessarily a bad thing," he continued. "In fact, when supervisors engage employees in a political discussion characterized by a sense of 'give and take,' those subordinates experience more job satisfaction and higher commitment to the organization."
The study included 304 workers and their spouses. Workers were employed full-time, had co-workers with whom they regularly interacted, had a supervisor, and had a spouse who agreed to complete a survey. After respondents completed an online survey, they were asked to have their spouse complete a separate survey. The combined responses from the initial contact and the spouse constituted one complete response in the database. Approximately 38% percent of the employees were male with an average age of 43, while 62% of the sample was female with an average age of 44. Of these couples, 60% had children living with them.
"Unlike other forms of expression at work, the study of political expression in the workplace is in its infancy," said Merideth Ferguson. "These findings demonstrate that both forms of political expression have far-reaching effects, not only for employees but for their families, as well."


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Cameron Diaz was a miserable teenager
Actress Cameron Diaz says she had a "miserable" time growing up as a teenager because of her acne, and admits that it cleared up when she stopped eating junk food.
The 41-year-old admits that her love for junk food took a toll on her skin and she couldn't leave her house, reports femalefirst.co.uk
"You might think my life is always totally glam, but I used to have horrible acne - deep, boiling pimples - the kind that hurts so badly, I didn't want to leave my house."
"My friends said they didn't notice, but I'd say, 'It's the only thing anyone can see!'," Diaz told the February issue of Seventeen magazine.
"No amount of concealer and foundation could take away the texture of my skin, the embarrassment I felt, or the pain of those raging pimples. I was miserable," she added.
The "Bad Teacher" star said that eating healthy food and working out regularly helped clearing up her skin.
"Once I cut out the junk, I saw such a major difference that I felt like an idiot. It not only cleared up my acne, but it also gave me this huge amount of energy. I went from focusing on how my face looked to focusing on all the awesome things my body is capable of," Diaz said.
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Julia Child, in the two volumes of her monumental ''Mastering the Art of French Cooking,'' turned the art of French cooking into prime-time television entertainment and brought cassoulet to a casserole culture. She died on Aug. 13, 2004, two days before her 92nd birthday.
She was the subject of a 2009 movie, "Julie & Julia," directed by Nora Ephron; Meryl Streep portrayed Mrs. Child.
Mrs. Child was a towering figure on the culinary front for more than 40 years. Most Americans knew her as the imperturbable host of the long-running PBS television series ''The French Chef.'' She was a tall, exuberant woman who could make lobster bisque look as easy as toast. But she was also respected by food professionals for the clarity and rigor with which she translated French cuisine for an American audience, most impressively in ''Mastering the Art of French Cooking,'' a work that Craig Claiborne, in The New York Times, said ''may be the finest volume on French cooking ever published in English.''
In August 2009, almost 48 years after it was first published, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" finally topped the best-seller list, bringing with it all the butter, salt and goose fat that home chefs had largely abandoned in the age of Lipitor.
The book, given a huge lift from "Julie & Julia," sold 22,000 copies in one week in August, according to Nielsen BookScan, which follows book sales. That is more copies than were sold in any full year since the book's appearance, according to its publisher, Alfred A. Knopf.
The book made its debut at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list of Aug. 30 in the advice and how-to category.
"Mastering the Art" — co-written by Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, and the first of two volumes — is not the only book that got a lift from the movie. The book "Julie & Julia," which was written by the blogger Julie Powell and was a basis for the movie, has been reprinted often in movie tie-in versions by publisher Little, Brown, as has the movie editions of "My Life in France," the 2006 book that chronicles Ms. Child's years there and provided biographical material for the movie. Knopf has also reprinted "Julia's Kitchen Wisdom," which topped the Aug. 30 Book Review list of advice and how-to paperbacks.
Mrs. Child was not the first dedicated cook to turn cooking into a spectator sport — James Beard preceded her on television in 1945, Dione Lucas in 1948 — but she brought a fresh, breezy approach to daunting material, expressed in her up-the-scales signature signoff, ''Bon appétit!''
''She demystified French cuisine in a way that had not been done before, in an appealing, straightforward way,'' said Jacques Pépin, who teamed up with Mrs. Child in the cooking series ''Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home.''
A self-confessed ham, she became a darling of audiences and comedians almost from the moment she made her debut on WGBH in Boston in 1963 at the age of 50. ''I fell in love with the public, the public fell in love with me, and I tried to keep it that way,'' Mrs. Child once said in an interview.
What made Mrs. Child such an influential teacher was her good-humored insistence that competent home cooks, if they followed instructions, would find even complicated French dishes within their grasp. Mistakes were not the end of the world, just part of the game.
In fact, minor slips and mishaps were weekly events on ''The French Chef,'' and none of them seemed to faze Mrs. Child. At the same time, she always put the food before showmanship. She had real respect for recipes, and by example she helped elevate the status of cooking in the United States.
Beginnings of an Outsize Life
Julia Carolyn McWilliams was born Aug. 15, 1912, in Pasadena, Calif. Her father was a wealthy farm consultant and investor; her mother was a housewife with a cook and maid who could make not much more than baking powder biscuits, codfish balls and Welsh rarebit. Julia was the oldest of three siblings, each so tall that their mother boasted that she had ''given birth to 18 feet of children.'' Otherwise, she gave no indication that she would lead an outsize life.
She attended Smith College at a time when ''women could be either nurses or teachers,'' she said, and she had some vague idea of being a novelist or a basketball star. After graduation in 1934 and a stint as a copywriter in between cocktail parties in New York, she returned home. According to her biographer, Noel Riley Fitch, in ''Appetite for Life'' (Doubleday, 1997), her one real job in her hometown, in advertising and public relations, ended when she was fired for insubordination, and rightly so, she always said.
After World War II broke out, she signed up for intelligence work with the Office of Strategic Services, hoping to become a spy, but was sent off as a file clerk to Ceylon. There she met Paul Child, the head of a chart-making division who was 10 years older and several inches shorter. He was also an artist, a poet and a serious food lover who opened up her taste horizons on their travels in China.
They married in 1946 and spent a year in Washington before Mr. Child was sent to Paris by the United States Information Agency. It was a fateful move, because Mrs. Child by then was struggling to learn to cook and her husband was suffering the consequences. French food immediately took her attempts to a higher plane. Out of those early experiments came her core belief: that cooking was an art to be studied, not picked up on the fly.
She threw herself into studies at the Cordon Bleu and later joined the Cercle des Gourmettes, a club where she met Ms. Beck and Ms. Bertholle, two cooking enthusiasts who wanted to write a cookbook for the American market but lacked the English to do it. The three became partners in a cooking school they called L'École de Trois Gourmandes in Paris and set to work on their cookbook, even as Mrs. Child followed her husband to postings in Marseille, Bonn and Oslo. In 1956 the couple took up residence in Cambridge, Mass. They continued to visit Europe frequently, maintaining a home near Grasse, in the south of France.
After nearly a decade, Mrs. Child and her partners produced an 800-page manuscript that Houghton Mifflin, the publisher that had originally contracted for it, rejected as too daunting. Judith Jones at Alfred A. Knopf read a later, more comprehensive version and decided it was the detailed, lucid, approachable French cookbook that she, and all of America, had been waiting for.
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Books of The Times | 'My Life in France'
Julia Child's Memoir of When Cuisine Was French for Scary
"My Life in France" is Julia Child's exuberant, affectionate and boundlessly charming account of her love affair with French cuisine.April 8, 2006 booksReview
'My Life in France,' by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme
Becoming Julia Child
How a tall young Californian moved to Paris and discovered her true calling.May 28, 2006 booksReview
Editorial Desk
Mastering the Art of Julia Child
A few days before Julia Child died, we sat together in her compact, fragrant garden in Montecito, Calif., talking about her life.August 20, 2004 opinionOp-Ed
Dining In, Dining Out/Style Desk
Recalling Julia Child, Oyster-Loving Idealist
Julia Child loved food, loved eating, loved cooking, loved teaching others to cook. But Mrs. Child had many other dimensions, as I discovered the first time I was seated next to her at dinner, at a fund-raiser in a Washington hotel.August 18, 2004 styleNews
Dining In, Dining Out/Style Desk
The Julia I Cook With
On the day Julia Child died, I loused up her Potage Parmentier. I knew the only fitting celebration of her long life and peaceful death would be a weekend of buttery, creamy, vermouthy excess.August 18, 2004 booksNews
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A chef focused on sustainable cooking explores the mix of technology, tradition and compromise that best fits the Anthropocene.
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Women Who Belong in the Kitchen: Ana Sortun
The reality, Ms. Sortun said, is that long hours make it "hard to be a man or a woman in this business."
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Ms. Adams talks about her life in the restaurant business and the impact of meeting Julia Child.
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Bon Appétit
This fall brings four more books over which Julia Child's long shadow looms.
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The Gifts She Gave
Julia Child was born 100 years ago Wednesday, and many home cooks still have a recipe or two that, unlike her cassoulet, come together quickly and will always be a part of their repertory.
August 15, 2012, Wednesday
The French Chef's Detour to China
If Julia Child had ever ventured into Chinese cooking, she may have made something like this Franco-Chinese salad, with grilled chicken breast and a zesty vinaigrette.
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Memories of a Friend, Sidekick and Foil
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Behind the Scenes With the Dishes
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The Ni4kids Family Awards have been created to celebrate and recognise individuals and organisations who support and go above and beyond for families with younger children in Northern Ireland. This will be a unique event for 2012 celebrating family life in Northern Ireland and the individuals and organisations that put families first.
BIA Business Development Director, Uel Hoey said, "Belfast International Airport believes it has a responsibility to be sensitive to the needs of the local community including its customers, employees, suppliers and local community organisations. We believe in the importance of forming partnerships to ensure that we meet our corporate, social and environmental responsibilities.
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MASSENA Free rent of teaching space at Massena Public Library may soon end for the St. Lawrence-Lewis Board of Cooperative Educational Services.
And BOCES officials are looking for ways to pay.
After months of discussion, library officials have asked BOCES to begin paying rent for the 980-square-foot basement space, which they said is 8 percent of the library. That, they said, translates to $2,960.96 a year, or about $250 a month.
BOCES has used the space rent-free since January 2012, when it teamed with the library to convert a room, previously used for Friends of the Library book sales, into an adult education classroom. Classes started Jan. 17, 2012 as part of the BOCES Gateway to College and Careers program.
The classroom, seating 24 people, has state-of-the-art equipment and an eight-station computer lab. Library officials said at the time that they hoped the use of the classroom would draw more visitors.
However, with tight budgets, the subject of rent has been addressed by the librarys trustees, most recently at last weeks meeting after they had spoken with BOCES officials.
Library Director Elaine Dunne-Thayer presented BOCES with a summary of costs involved with using the space: BOCES share of those bills per year would be $1,055.56 for about two hours a week of cleaning, $920 for Massena Electric, $947 for St. Lawrence Gas and $38.40 for the Wi-Fi bill through Slic Network Solutions.
Library and BOCES officials then met to discuss the issue. Among the participants were Ms. Dunne-Thayer, board President Mark Englert, board member Linda McDonald and Councilman Albert N. Nicola, the towns liaison to the librarys board of trustees.
We made it clear as we have before that we want something for the space. We stand by that, Mr. Nicola told trustees last week, noting the town board was looking at all town properties used by outside organizations.
The issue has yet be addressed by BOCES, and Mr. Nicola said his concern was having an answer by the time the town approved its 2014 budget, which must be adopted Nov. 13.
If you feel that theyre moving toward some kind of payment, thats fine. Wed like to know, he said. Just as a personal aside, BOCES has got money. Its not a problem for BOCES.
But thats not necessarily true, said BOCES Adult Education Supervisor Lisa McKeel, who said funding for programs comes from tuition and grants. She also noted that the BOCES fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30, so the request for rent comes as the organization is four months through its budget season.
However, she said, BOCES is looking at its budget to see where it might find the funding.
Were tweaking budgets right now. The difficult piece is to try to come up with anything when the budget is established midyear. Were looking at rubbing nickels together to come with anything. For July 1 of next year, it becomes a little bit easier of a discussion piece, Ms. McKeel said.
I certainly understand we are utilizing their space. With tough fiscal times, they are looking to recoup some of the costs associated with the room, she said.
But like the library, the BOCES adult education program is facing financial difficulties, Ms. McKeel said.
Literacy Zone grant funding from the federal government, channeled through the state, has been reduced significantly, she said.
For our Massena location with the Literacy Zone, we faced a $150,000 reduction in funding. Its not coming at a very good time, she said.
The space, which BOCES has equipped with items including 20 laptop computers, tables, chairs and Smart Board, is in a location beneficial to BOCES and the library, she said.
Weve installed quite a bit of startup capital in terms of physical hardware, and wed like to stay there, Ms. McKeel said. We hope to come up with something. Wed hate to vacate the space. Its a great learning environment.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lipscomb men's and women's cross country squads return to action against some of the nation's best teams Friday at the Notre Dame Invite in South Bend, Ind.
Friday's invitational features eight men's and eight women's teams ranked in the top 30 nationally. A total of 1,210 runners are set to compete in the meet.
The meet will serve as a bench mark for the Lipscomb squads as the men have won three meets in a row, while the women have finished first twice and second once. This meet also serves as the first race that Lipscomb will participate in that will offer the chance for at-large points to help qualify for NCAA National Championships.
Of the top-ranked schools in attendance, No. 7 Tulsa tops the men's field. Of the nationally-ranked South Region field, Florida State comes in at No. 26.
On the women's side, Florida State is ranked No. 2 while Duke is No. 4 in the NCAA.
Lipscomb was last on the course on Sept. 21 in Spokane, Wash., where both teams picked up the victory. Dani Walker led the women to a 1-2-3 finish enroute to being named the Atlantic Sun Conference Runner of the Week.
The men were led by Juan Gonzalez who finished fifth overall.
The Lady Bisons start their race at 3:15 p.m. The Bisons race begins at 4 p.m.
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