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Congress is imploding, and the wheels of government may soon grind to a halt. Big deal. The Monterey Jazz Festival opens tonight.
Between now and Sunday, Gregory Porter will sing his sweet soul music and Wayne Shorter -- at age 80 -- will travel beyond the sound barrier. Joe Lovano will play some bebop. Dr. Lonnie Liston Smith, who dresses in the robes of a guru, will tease his organ's keys as if that keyboard were his mistress.
All of the above and many others -- Bobby McFerrin and Diana Krall, Bobby Hutcherson and Cuba's Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club -- are coming to the 56th annual festival. Too much, right? Each year, tens of thousands come, attracted by the music, but also by the mystique of the event, not to mention the deep-fried catfish, and the schmoozing with folks you haven't seen since -- well, since last year's Monterey Jazz Festival.
So there's a sense of community and of somehow being in history's flow. Because at Monterey, you're walking where Miles once walked, where Duke and Coltrane and Monk walked. And each year, you return to Monterey carrying memories.
I've got one.
I remember running down an empty path on the perimeter of the fairgrounds one night, taking a shortcut from one venue to another -- and stopping short because a golf cart was blocking the path. And Dave Brubeck, white-haired and frail, was gingerly stepping into the cart, assisted by his wife of 60-plus years, Iola, who held him gently by the elbow. She looked concerned, waited for him to get seated, then stepped into the cart and sat down beside him. As they were driven away -- Brubeck was about to perform -- I had the sense of having seen something entirely ordinary yet meaningful, something about the depths of old love. The image has stayed with me, and now Brubeck is gone.
Mostly, though, Monterey is about figuring out who the heck you want to see the most, and trying to snare a seat somewhere near the front of whatever venue that musician is playing in. I have been studying the chart that maps out tonight's performances, and this is what I have decided. (Here's the chart: www.montereyjazzfestival.org/2013/sites/default/files/uploads/MJF%202013%20Master%20Schedule.pdf.)
After pianist Roberto Fonseca opens the festival on the Garden Stage, I'll float over to the Arena to hear Gregory Porter, who was so genuinely soulful at last year's festival, a pleasure, singing in the Night Club. He's moved up this year. After his set, I'll go to the Coffee House Gallery to catch part of a set by pianist Uri Caine. He's an old favorite, going back to the 1980s when I used to see him play with saxophonist Bootsie Barnes (a childhood friend of Bill Cosby's) at T'n'T Monroe's Bar and Restaurant, a noisy and happening club in Philadelphia.
But, you know, I may not be able to stay for all of Caine's set, because I'll want to hear a bit from vocalist Carmen Lundy, who will be singing at the same time in the Night Club. Although I may not get to hear much of her, either, because it may become necessary to catch part of Porter's second set in Dizzy's Den, or to run back to the Arena for the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club -- and later return to the Night Club (at the opposite end of the fairgrounds) for Joe Lovano's drum-fueled "Us Five" Quintet. And Caine's final set, you know, will last until midnight, so there's always the chance of catching the tail end of that. And...
You know how it is. See you tonight.
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Some are real..some are not. Can you tell the difference?
1) I was born in the same hospital as my mother and grandmother as was my daughter.
2) I grew up in Dry Prong, a town of 324 people. Everyone knew everybody and I couldn't do anything without my parents finding out…usually before I got home!
3) I have been a radio announcer, a mortgage broker, a real estate agent, a freelance travel writer and a teacher.
4) I have two brothers, and one sister.
5) My favorite food is escargot.
6) I went to a Baptist College and was on the debate team
7) I debated my husband in the President's Cup debate in front of the whole college…and won.
8) Joel and I got married, separated, divorced and got married again.
9) We are puppy raisers for Southeastern Guide Dogs.
10) My favorite past time is skateboarding.
Can you spot the ones that are wrong? Leave your guesses below.
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> Workbench says we can configure it for developing native application
> that can be run on the host itself. I'm using Workbench 2.4 on WinXP.
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Bradey Shipley won his sixth game of the season on Friday pitching eight shutout innings.
April 13, 2012
RENO, Nev. – University of Nevada (17-16, 2-2 WAC) sophomore Bradey Shipley pitched eight shutout innings but had to survive a Louisiana Tech (17-17, 1-3 WAC) ninth inning rally to win a Western Athletic Conference game 3-2 at Peccole Park Friday afternoon. With the victory the Wolf Pack improved 17-16 and 2-2 in WAC play while LA Tech is now 17-17 and 1-3 in conference action.
With the Pack leading 3-0 Shipley (6-2) left after eight innings and closer Matt Gardner came in to pitch the ninth inning. Gardner walked two and Tim Culligan replaced him on the mound. A walk and two RBI single closed the gap to 3-2. Culligan had to leave the game after an apparent injury on the single up the middle and third baseman Garrett Yrigoyen followed him on the mound and walked one and hit another to load the bases with one out. Righty Sean Prihar, the fourth pitcher of the inning recorded the final two outs on a popup and ground ball to earn his first save of the season.
Left fielder Tommy Niebergall doubled to start the game and scored on Brooks Klein's RBI double in the first to give the Pack an early 1-0 lead where it remained until the seventh inning. After two walks Niebergall's second double of the game scored two more and Nevada had its three runs for the game.
Shipley pitched a career-high eight innings to win his sixth game of the season and struck out five. Prihar (1) earned his first save recording the final two outs of the game. Jeb Stefan (2-6) suffered the loss giving up three runs on three hits. Stefan struck out 10 and walked five.
Niebergall (2-for-4,2,2RBI) led the Pack with his two doubles and two RBI as Nevada totaled four hits in the game. Klein extended his team-high hit streak to 14 games with his double in the first inning.
LA Tech catcher Tyler Qualls (2-for-2) had two hits for the Bulldogs and center fielder Justin Gordey drove in two with his ninth inning single.
The two teams play the second game of the three-game series on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.
Nevada 3, Louisiana Tech 2 (Apr 13, 2012 at Reno, Nevada)
Louisiana Tech...... 000 000 002 - 2 4 0 (17-17, 1-3 WAC)
Nevada............... 100 000 20X - 3 4 0 (17-16, 2-2 WAC)
Pitchers: Louisiana Tech - Stefan, Jeb; Gilley, Jamie(7) and Qualls, Tyler. Nevada -
Shipley, Bradey; Gardner, Matt(9); Culligan, Timothy(9); Yrigoyen, Garrett(9); Prihar, Sean(9)
and Escobar Jr., Carlos.
Win-Shipley, Bradey(6-2) Save-Prihar, Sean(1) Loss-Stefan, Jeb(2-6) T-2:24 A-391
Weather: 40,cloudy,8mph
Gardner, M. faced 2 batters in the 9th.
Yrigoyen, G. faced 2 batters in the 9th.
Nevada 1st
Niebergall doubled down the lf line (2-1 BBF). Rowe, J. struck out swinging
(2-2 SBFBS). Klein, B. doubled to center field, RBI (2-1 BKB); Niebergall
scored. Yrigoyen, G. struck out looking (0-2 KKFK). Meyer, Kewby grounded out
to 2b (1-1 SB). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Nevada 7th
Byler, A. grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-0). Escobar, C. struck out looking
(1-2 BKSK). Hunt, Kyle hit by pitch (3-1 KBB). Hunt, Kyle stole second. Kohan,
J. walked (3-2 BBBKSB). Gilley to p for Stefan. Niebergall doubled down the rf
line, 2 RBI (1-1 BS); Kohan, J. scored; Hunt, Kyle scored. Rowe, J. struck out
looking (1-2 SSBK). 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Louisiana Tech 9th
Gardner, M. to p for Shipley, B.. Kimbell walked (3-1 BBKBB). Hedges walked
(3-2 KFBBBB); Kimbell advanced to second. Culligan, T. to p for Gardner, M..
Qualls walked (3-2 BBKKBB); Hedges advanced to second; Kimbell advanced to
third. White pinch ran for Qualls. Gordey singled up the middle, 2 RBI (1-1
SB); White advanced to second, out at third cf to 3b; Hedges scored; Kimbell
scored. Yrigoyen, G. to p. Byler, A. to 3b. / for Culligan, T.. Burch walked
(3-1 BBKBB); Gordey advanced to second. Neel pinch hit for Bayliss. Neel hit by
pitch (1-0); Burch advanced to second; Gordey advanced to third. Prihar, S. to
p for Yrigoyen, G.. Alvis S. fouled out to 1b (2-1 BKB). Gebhardt reached on a
fielder's choice (1-1 BK); Neel out at second ss unassisted. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 3 LOB.
-- nevadawolfpack.com --
Burns continues international run in China
Monday, June 29, 2015 - Women's Basketball
Wolf Pack golf alums qualify for the U.S. Open
Monday, June 8, 2015
A letter from Doug Knuth: Much to be proud of for Wolf Pack fans
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - General
Pack women's golf signee Collom wins state tournament
Thursday, May 21, 2015 - Golf
Letter from Doug Knuth: Questions and answers about our 2015 football schedule
Monday, March 9, 2015 - Football
Pack puts on clinic for local children in Puerto Vallarta
Friday, March 6, 2015
Former Nevada coach headlines Boys and Girls Club Dinner
Friday, January 30, 2015 - General
Christenson earns spot in World Cup rifle competition
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - Rifle
Pack freshman Surin races against her Olympic medalist father
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - Track and Field
A letter to Wolf Pack fans from Doug Knuth: Successes on the field and in the classroom.
Monday, January 5, 2015 - General
Former Nevada track & field standout Hanson passes away
Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - Track and Field
Tonight's Wolf Pack basketball game will feature "Kindness Minute"
Saturday, December 13, 2014 - General
A letter to Wolf Pack fans from Doug Knuth: Mackay Stadium renovation approved
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AMHERST - Getting your mind and body in motion is important for good physical and mental health. So why not go for a walk?
Minds in Motion walk set for May 6
In recognition of Mental Health Week, a local group is encouraging everyone to do just that.
The second annual Minds in Motion walk will be held May 6, beginning at the back of Cumberland Mental Health office at 30 Prince Arthur St., and working its way through downtown and returning to the centre.
"Last year's event was such a great success that the organizing committee didn't hesitate to hold another walk," said Pam Chenhall, committee member and psychologist with Cumberland Mental Health Services.
Chenhall said last year's inaugural two-kilometre event included around 140 participants and she's hoping more people will take part this year.
"The purpose of the walk is to not only highlight the importance of Mental Health Week, but also the value of exercise in maintaining good mental health," she said. "It also emphasizes that walking is accessible to everyone, all you need is a pair of sneakers. It's also good to get out and enjoy some fresh air."
Chenhall said research has shown that walking is an essential part of the recovery from depression and for anxiety disorder management.
"What better way to get some exercise than to go for a walk," she said.
One of those who will be walking is committee member and client Carleen Slack.
"I didn't think I would make it last year, but I finished," said Slack, who said she's been training for this year's event. "I really enjoyed it and am ready for this year's."
The organizing committee is comprised of representatives from the Cumberland YMCA, the Cumberland Chapter of the Schizophrenia Society, Canadian Mental Health Association, Addiction Services and Cumberland Mental Health Services.
Registration is required for the event that kicks off in the parking lot. Onsite registration begins at 11:30 a.m., with the walk beginning at noon. The walk will be followed by lunch provided at 30 Prince Arthur St.
The walk is free, but free will donations will be accepted to help with the cost of lunch. Businesses and organizations are encouraged to get involved as a group and be recognized by bringing a banner or flag or wear matching T-shirts.
Mental Health Week runs from May 4-10 and is supported by the Canadian Mental Health Association. More information is available at www.cmha.ca.
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FDI's role in China's growth
It is hard to set about becoming the world's largest economy without thinking big. Ever since 1978, when it embarked on the reforms that have elevated it to the status of superpower-elect, China has thought on the very grandest scale.
The results are abundantly clear, yet an enduring concern of late has been the question of how the Dragon can sustain its astonishing growth. This topic has occupied economists and investors for a number of years and, perhaps tellingly, is now increasingly earning public acknowledgment among the highest echelons of Chinese officialdom.
Li Keqiang, for example, began 2012 by once again underlining the need for China to find new economic drivers. This has been a consistent theme for the vice premier, who expressed similar sentiments in a major speech last year and also outlined the country's long-term vision in a landmark presentation at the 2010 World Economic Forum in Davos.
His latest address called for further restructuring and innovation to help tackle challenging conditions at home and abroad. Not for the first time, Mr Li identified urbanisation as a key strategy, revealing the government is to extend basic public services to encourage qualified migrant workers to settle in cities. He also urged China to promote the development of advanced manufacturing, emerging strategic industries and the modern tertiary sector. The ultimate aim, he said, should be to "transform" the way in which China propels its economic expansion.
Of course, Mr Li has a record of championing economic transformation. When he became governor of Henan in 1998, aged just 43, he famously travelled around the troubled province as part of his attempts to conceive a solution to its mounting problems. Henan had broken into the top 20 of the national GDP rankings by the time he moved on in 2004.
According to a new study by the Nottingham School of Economics' Globalisation and Economic Policy Centre (GEP), such a willingness to examine the situation at a more parochial level could play a valuable part in shaping China's future strategy to optimum effect.
Central to this is the role of foreign direct investment (FDI), whose importance to the Dragon's remarkable ascent is universally accepted but by no means perfectly understood.
The implications of the study should be of interest not just to economists. By focusing on the level and spread of FDI in each manufacturing sector within a province, as opposed to the level and spread of FDI merely in the province itself, China's policymakers would be able to pay far closer and more instructive attention to the various drivers of economic development around the country.
A thorough appreciation of precisely how and why the changing economic and industrial structure of, say, Jiangxi differs from that of, say, Beijing could help design policies that will attract the best-suited industries to each and every province.


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Definition of product in English:
1An article or substance that is manufactured or refined for sale: food products
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- Despite modest gains in food sales and more significant ones in household products, overall sales were down sharply.
- The company immediately closed their premises, stopped production and withdrew all products from sale.
1.1A substance produced during a natural, chemical, or manufacturing process: waste products
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- It is also used for other natural products, including fruit juices, beer, wine and honey.
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Taylor Gang's Lola Monroe and Bad Boy's Los team up for this new release titled 'Murder'. Lola is currently working on her new mixtape "Lipstick & Pistols" which should be dropping soon. The two future parents are also working on a joint mixtape.
Listen to the track below.
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Please do not leave any trash on the course, if you take something with you on to the course make sure you bring it back with you
NO BROAD-HEADS. Use field tips only
Course Layout
There is a practice area set up in the field behind the 25yd. rifle range. The course begins right next to the practice area, and winds through the woods on the west side of the club property. There are 30 stations set up, station 1 begins in the field, when you get to station 17 (at IDPA) you will turn around and walk back through the woods to end at station 30 near the practice area. There is parking at the practice area or at the 25yd. range.
Yardages listed below are the maximum for each stake.
• White – 15 yards
• Red – 20 yards
• Green – 30 yards
• Blue – 40 Yards
Helpful hints:
• Take insect repellent.
• Use the restroom before you head out, there are not any on the course.
Any suggestions or tips for the course are certainly welcome. If you
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Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
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The six men ate nothing throughout that day and the next. They were not even given any water to drink, and they could not go out to urinate or go into the bush when they were pressed. At night the messengers came in to taunt them and to knock their shaven heads together. (23.16)
The guards make a point of showing the leaders of Umuofia that their strong reputations mean nothing to white men.
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Obierika, who had been gazing steadily at his friend's dangling body, turned suddenly to the District Commissioner and said ferociously: "That man was one of the greatest men in Umuofia. You drove him to kill himself; and now he will be buried like a dog…" (25.18)
Obierika speaks out in defense of his good friend Okonkwo and espousing his honor and greatness. He feels indignant that the white invaders drove such a great man to destroy his reputation by committing the crime of suicide.


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"I didn't expect him (taoiseach) to come and speak with me so it was a surprise but a nice surprise. He is very nice," said MacCourt still a little red-faced after her encounter.
As Cowen left the park, the children went back to their drills and football games. One young man ran with some friends and under his breath he could be heard saying, "I think that Irishman would be a good goalkeeper, but he's too old to play with us."


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This week's Grand Valley Power Student of the Week is an early graduate of Palisade High School. Amanda Atkins has always been fond of school,
but during her junior year of high school she decided to graduate early so she could focus on other things. While it was hard to squeeze in all the required credits, Amanda's glad she did. Amanda is a volunteer at her church and hopes to help out the school district by volunteering as a teachers aide. Amanda plans to attend mesa state college in the fall and major in elementary education.


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Made possible by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian, the exhibition Heartland Reverberations will provide an opportunity for artists from descendant American Indian communities that were relocated out of Kansas to present work that speaks to the issues of place, identity and relocation. In spite of the many "celebrations" of statehood that have occurred in recent years (e.g. Oklahoma, Arizona), few opportunities have been offered for Indian people to express their own sense of commemoration. The five artists invited by the Spencer for this installation have distinguished themselves through their unique and thought-provoking treatment of these topics. They are Norman Akers, Bunky Echo-Hawk, Chris Pappan, Ryan Red Corn, and Dianne Yeahquo Reyner. Heartland Reverberations is presented by the Spencer as part of the Kansas Sesquicentennial.
Norman Akers utilizes iconic Osage symbols in his paintings and prints, overlaying them on landscapes both real and imagined. Road maps of the Kansas-Oklahoma territory that the Osage cultivated and roamed freely serve as the backdrop for Akers' dreamscapes. State borders are removed and Osage place names are highlighted to emphasize the Osage origins that serve as the basis for the more prominent symbols. Akers will contribute three to five new works to the installation and provide an opening lecture and gallery talk to facilitate understanding of personal and shared concepts.
Pawnee artist Bunky Echo-Hawk's paintings are motivated by a sense of justice expressed in broad strokes of warm tones that communicate messages of environmental responsibility and historical reckoning. He utilizes irony and popular imagery to transcend stereotypes and communicate across cultural divides.
Chris Pappan's "displaced persons" series overlays historical images of Native peoples on contemporary road maps, thus serving as a visual call that aims to encourage people to return to their homelands. His contemporary ledger drawings bring attention to the distortion of Native peoples in contemporary culture. Pappan will contribute three to five new works to the exhibition and will participate in a panel discussion on historical and contemporary ledger drawing in collaboration with Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence.
Ryan Red Corn has distinguished himself as a graphic and installation artist, working with museums and communities across the country to bring recognition to American Indian issues. Red Corn will serve as the graphic artist for the exhibition, creating dynamic visual imagery that gives voice to the collective creativity emerging from the group exhibition.
Dianne Yeahquo Reyner is the creative force behind the American Indian Repertory Theatre. As a Kiowa playwright Reyner addresses issues relevant to contemporary indigenous people, confronting stereotypes through juxtapositions of imagery and ideology. Reyner will develop a solo performance piece that relates the experience of Kiowa removal to Oklahoma.
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Your gift will help us to offer a place of hope where patients and families can go for advanced medicine and compassionate care.
The Cancer Center at St. Joseph Mercy Brighton provides advanced radiation treatment, chemotherapy and opportunities for patients to participate in research studies. We were the first Health System to offer radiation treatment using a linear accelerator in Livingston County. Along with state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment services, the Cancer Center also provides resources for support and education. In addition, patients receiving care here have access to benefits that only a larger Health System can provide, such as a vast network of expert physicians, nurses and clinicians and leading-edge equipment such as CyberKnife®.
Your gift will help to ensure that patients and families in Livingston County and the surrounding area have world-class cancer care close to home.
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Your gift for the Senior ER will help us to continue providing specialized emergency care to address the unique and often complex needs of adults ages 65 and over living in your community.
An alternative to the traditional rapid pace of the ER, a specialty-trained team of emergency physicians, nurses and other health care experts at the Senior ER will thoroughly assess the patient's physical ability, cognitive status and level of risk for pre-existing medical conditions, medication interactions, insufficient nutrition, dementia, living condition concerns and even depression. This innovative approach helps to develop a personalized care plan that promotes recovery, health and wellness.
Patients will also benefit from amenities including pressure-reducing mattresses and reclining chairs; soft lighting and noise buffers to reduce anxiety; and non-slip / non-glare floors, handrails and hearing and vision aids to enhance safety.
Your generosity will help us to provide emergency services that meet the needs of seniors in your community.


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|50 Years of CPM Service
Pictured below, HMT Jim Bolden presents Mr. Charles Kelly of Camilla, GA the Holm Award on the steps of the Camilla Courthouse. Mr. Kelly is being recognized for outstanding service in observing and reporting precipitation from Camilla, GA. His consistent and reliable records span 50 years and contribute to a record that began in Camilla in October 1889.
The Holm Award was created in 1959 as a way for the National Weather Service to honor the coooperative weather observers for outstanding accomplishments in the field of meteorological observations. It is named for a Lutheran minister, John Campanius Holm, the first person known to have taken systematic weather observations in the American Colonies. Reverend Holm made observations of climate without the use of instruments in 1644 and 1645 near the present site of Wilmington, DE. In later years his son had the records published. No more than 25 of these awards are given annually.


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Taylor and Harry ARE Getting Back Together—for an Awards Show
Yeah, yeah, the Academy of Country Music Award nominations are great, but did you hear about the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards nominations?
Taylor Swift and her ex Harry Styles' boy band One Direction are both nominated—in the same category! OMG!
Taylor's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" will face off against One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" in the Favorite Song category. Taylor is also up against Adele, Pink and her friend Katy Perry for Favorite Female Singer.
And congrats to Blake Shelton, who scored a Favorite Male Singer nomination along with fellow Voice judge Usher, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber.
Voting starts on Valentine's Day (Feb. 14) at nick.com, and the Nickelodeon awards show airs live March 23.
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ASPEN - For four decades, since emerging in 1974 with the ultra-cult film "Pink Flamingos," John Waters has trumpeted his distinctive traits loud and clear: his affection for Baltimore and soiled, C-grade celebrities; alliterative names for the characters in his films (Corny Collins, Tracy Turnblad, Ursula Udders); his own homosexuality and pencil mustache; and especially, his fetish for all things trashy. Which makes Waters ripe for parody. A 1997 episode of "The Simpsons" walked that line; Waters voiced a character that was essentially himself: John, the flamboyant owner of the campy Cockamamie's Collectibles Shop, who befriends Homer and ultimately causes Homer to question Bart's sexuality.
But Waters believes that he moves too fast for easy parody. Even at 66, he is unwilling to settle comfortably into the well-paying role of the Maryland-centric purveyor of good bad taste - or as William Burroughs has called him, the Pope of Trash. "I keep reinventing myself," Waters said by phone, and then began detailing the ways.
Waters, along with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, had just debuted a concert version of "Hairspray," the mega-hit 2002 Broadway musical adapted from Waters' 1988 film. The concert version featured Waters himself on stage as the narrator; featured in the cast, as Wilbur Turnblad, was Mickey Dolenz - the former Monkee, and the sort of marginal celebrity that Waters favors. Next week, the concert version heads to the promised land: Waters will team with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for performances in Baltimore of "Hairspray," the story of a girl in the early '60s who takes on racism and prejudice against the overweight to chase her dream of appearing on a TV dance show.
In between those performances, Waters makes a stop in Aspen. He appears Friday at 8 p.m. at Belly Up to perform "This Filthy World." It is a monologue he has been doing for decades, though he says it has grown and changed over time, been presented under different names, and over the years has attracted a younger and younger audience. "You can't buy that," he said.
Waters questioned the timing of the event. "Isn't it Gay Ski Week then?" he asked. "I love that."
Waters had an idea that he thought could spice up Gay Ski Week. He had recently heard about nude square dancing, an activity which apparently is becoming trendy in homosexual circles.
"Gay men and women dancing together - which is really odd," he said. "It takes a lot to surprise me. But that surprised me. Maybe we should introduce that to Gay Ski Week. I'm not going to do it, by maybe I'd get booked as the guy who announces nude square dancing."
If you think Waters is surprised by the sight of gays and lesbians do-si-do-ing, imagine what motorists in middle America thought of seeing a 66-year-old thumbing for a ride along the interstates. This past summer, Waters caught 21 rides over nine days of hitchhiking from Baltimore to San Francisco. Waters, whose six published works include "Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters" and "Art: A Sex Book," is writing a book, "Carsick," about the adventure.
"I looked like a homeless guy, In fact, at that point, I was a homeless guy. Only I had credit cards," he said. "But I ended up very optimistic about America - how kind people were and how different people were. Of course, people who pick up hitchhikers tend to be very nice. And they want to hear you talk. That's your job as a hitchhiker, to talk. And sometimes, the longer you talk, the longer they take you."
Waters learned some valuable lessons along the road: "How to find cardboard. How to dry off," he said. But one of the things he wanted to discover was, How far can fame go? Or more specifically, how far does his particular fame go?
"Am I recognized on an exit ramp in Kansas?" Waters wondered. "Well, they did. They drove five exits debating whether it was me, and when they decided it was, they drove back five exits to pick me up." Waters understood the confusion. "Why would it be me? Why would I be standing there?"
The majority of Americans - those who didn't warm to, say, Divine, the late Baltimore-born drag queen who was a regular in Waters' early films, and, in "Pink Flamingos" ate dog poop - know Waters through "Hairspray." It was a departure from Waters' earlier work - it was rated PG, a shocking thing for a Waters product. Starring Ricki Lake as the plump, determined Tracy, and with a cast that included Sonny Bono and Debbie Harry, the film earned a modest gross of $8 million and seemed destined, like most of Waters' output, to be relegated to cult status.
But in 2002, the story - with Harvey Fierstein playing Tracy's mother, Edna - was reborn as a Broadway show and became a hit, running for over 2,500 performances and winning eight Tony Awards. A second film version, this one a musical and staring John Travolta as Edna, was released in 2007. With a gross of over $200 million, it is the fourth-highest earning musical film ever.
John Waters being a success on Broadway back when Broadway had plenty of dirt under its nails was easy to picture. Waters having a presence in the current cleaned-up Broadway is harder to see, and you could imagine Waters himself being ambivalent about having a family-friendly Broadway hit. But no.
"I love it. Are you kidding? It brought me an apartment in San Francisco!" he said. Apart from the financial haul, Waters loves the message "Hairspray" sends. "Finally, the fat girl wins."
Waters looked forward to the show becoming a staple of high school theater - which it has, though there has been a downside. "Because of political correctness, there are laws against casting by weight or by race," he said. "A skinny girl playing Tracy? The plot really doesn't work like that."
Part of the John Waters persona is to remain upbeat. When I phoned him, the first thing he told me was that he had a nasty cold - and then, proclaiming himself "fine," dived into the interview in perfect form. Waters said that the success of "Hairspray" was more than he could have asked for - the fact that he was making movies at all, and appearing on stage and publishing books, was more than he could have imagined back when he was a kid, reading Variety magazine.
"My dream came true years ago," he said. "This is all gravy. I'm still telling stories, and that's what I wanted to do from the beginning."
Consistently, the stories, whether they have been proper for family viewing or been banned in certain countries, have had a sweetness and earnestness to them; that might be the ultimate Waters trademark, even more than his high-pitched laugh.
"Most reality TV asks you to feel superior to your subject matter," Waters said. "I try to look up to the people I parody. I'm amazed by those people."
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Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35th Ave
Astoria, NY 11106
(718) 784-0077
Film screenings, family movie nights, memorabilia and video classes are all available at this Queens-based museum, dedicated to all things movies. Learn about how the special effects masters made the gooey aliens in "Men in Black," discover how producers filmed the Charlie Chaplin comedies, see toys from movies like "Jurassic Park" or even the Kermit the Frog puppet. The museum boasts over 400 film screenings every year, education programs, changing exhibitions and one of the world's largest collections of movie-related archives and artifacts. It is well worth the trip and makes for a great spot for families.
Related: A Summertime Guide To NYC's Outdoor & Rooftop Movies
Planet Hollywood Restaurant
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
(212) 333-7827
Right in the center of Times Square, this restaurant can get pretty crowded with tourists at any time of the day or night. It's definitely worth stopping by for dinner or drinks at least once if only to take in the incredible amount of movie memorabilia that hangs from the walls and ceilings and lines every available wall. The handprints of movie stars line the staircase, a larger-than-life sized Rocky makes for great photos and movie costumes stand on display behind diners.
"Made In NY" Walking Tour
Locations Vary
Offered by The Mayor's Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting
(212) 489-6710
This series of podcasts is free and obtainable with the simple click of a button. Wander through Tribeca, home to the annual Tribeca Film Festival, and see the "Ghostbusters" firehouse. Stop by City Hall and Battery Park where many films have been created. See locations from classics like "Kramer vs. Kramer," "Annie Hall" and "Mo Better Blues." There are only two self-guided tours currently available, and the website states that more are on the way.
Ziegfeld Theatre
141 W 54th St
New York, NY 10019
(212) 307-1862
This theatre, part of the Clearview Cinemas group, is considered "the last movie palace showing films in New York City." This is the theatre where all the action happens. Pass by on any given evening and you're sure to see crowds lining up just to catch a glimpse of a famous actor or actress. The space holds over 1,100 seats and features chandeliers, red carpets and gold trim. While the theatre is often used for special functions, the single screen occasionally opens its doors to the public for popular films throughout the year.
New York Film Academy
100 E 17th St
New York, NY 10003
(212) 674-4300
While there are many film schools in New York, the NYFA boasts famous students in all areas of film production. From individuals connected to Steven Spielberg, Susan Sarandon, Robert Downey Jr. and Diana Ross to Pixar president Arthur Cohn and HBO producer Sheila Nevins, the NYFA has a long list of accomplished alumni. The academy offers many programs of different lengths, and students can begin making their own films within the first week of classes.


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UCLA Cleared by HHS for Giving Organs to Japanese
UCLA Medical Center didn't err by giving scarce liver transplants to an alleged Japanese gang boss and three other patients with suspected ties to organized crime in Japan.
That's the view of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Earlier this year, LAT reported on the transplants, which occurred between 2000 and 2004, "a time of pronounced organ scarcity." The patients had suspected ties to Japanese gangs known as yakuza, and three later were barred from entering the U.S.
CMS subsequently paid UCLA a visit and found the donated livers had been turned down by other patients. In one case, there were two pediatric patients ranked higher on the transplant last than the Japanese recipient, but the donor liver was too large for them. In another, there was worry about the liver's function and how long it had spent between being removed from the donor and being put on ice.
Though two of the patients gave $100,000 each to the hospital a few months after their surgeries, CMS said there was "no evidence of misapplied policies, preferential treatment," according to LAT.
Meanwhile, Sen. Charles Grassley, often a subject of our posts for his health-care investigations, is interested in this transplant issue too. He told the Times he saw no evidence of wrongdoing by UCLA, but wrote a letter to the United Network for Organ Sharing with broader questions. "With such organ scarcity, how are we going to ensure that available organs are given to recipients in a way that is fair and medically sensible?" he wrote in an email to the Times. "Should available organs in the United States be made available to those outside of the country?"
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What are your favourite, easy to make, healthy meals?
I spose I'll start.
One of my go-to's is fruit, yoghurt and muesli for breakfast. Today I used kiwi, but you can use banana/berries/apple.
- Get a tumbler glass
- Layer the bottom with muesli
- Proceed to alternate layers with muesli and yoghurt until you get about an inch from the top
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Good News, more entry level EV's the better! Interested in the design possibilities
Fisker Working on Entry-Level Chevy Volt Competitor
With the recent appointment to CEO of former Chevy Volt development leader Tony Posawatz, Fisker Automotive is apparently shifting its strategy toward a much more affordable next car, potentially targeted to compete against the Volt. Fisker had been working on a second model, called the Fisker Atlantic, to be priced well below the Karma. Last week, we learned that the Atlantic has been delayed until late 2014 or early 2015. News of the delay came on the heels of a series of problems encountered with the company's Karma model. Web reports of a third model from Fisker, coming so soon after the announcement of a delay for the Atlantic, could mean that company recognizes the critical importance of affordability, if it's going to become anything more than an ultra-niche low-volume automaker.
According to InsideEVs.com, Fisker's recent investor presentation revealed the automaker's plan for this third plug-in. This vehicle, which is only described as a P-platform model, will be the automaker's first "entry-level" offering. By entry-level, Fisker means entry-level premium segment, so figure around $40,000. That price nearly match the MSRP of the Chevy Volt.
Additionally, Fisker revealed that a new more affordable plug-in hybrid could be developed with assistance from a strategic partner. Who's this strategic partner? Well, it's mere speculation at this point, but it might be Chrysler-Fiat, which is the only major automaker currently on the sidelines when it comes to robust electric-drive vehicles.
· Anon (not verified) · 3 years ago
"So if the volt is such a failure. Why is everyone from ford ( it's cmax) to fisker trying so hard to copy both it's performance and its price point?"
Because even the biggest morons in the auto industry can see the writing on the wall. Pretty soon the public will begin to realize it too.
· Anonymous (not verified) · 3 years ago
The original story has a lot of added information, I dont see the link to it here anywhere
· volt owner (not verified) · 3 years ago
It's easy to follow the leader. The General spent a lot of money designing, and proving the volt. The result is a solid, excellent performing car. I would buy another in a second. Many say it is over engineered. There was a time when people used to say the same thing about Sony. I have a 30 year old Betamax, still works as good as the day it left the factory, and i use it regularly. I would buy another volt in a second, and when it is time to buy another car, a second volt it right at the top of my list for the wife. We both love the car, and not having to visit the gas station.
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CAPE GIRARDEAU - Herschel "Jim" Ledbetter, son of the late Herschel Ledbetter and Naomi Keith Ledbetter was born on May 16,1932, at Oak Island and departed this life in the Veterans Home at Cape Girardeau o Jan. 30, 3008, at the age of 75.
Mr. Ledbetter served in the Army Air Force from Dec. 12, 1950 to Dec. 11, 1954. He was a basic Airman and earned the Korean Service Medal, U.N. Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.
Jim worked on his grandparent's farm and his father's auto parts store in Parma and later owned and operated the store. He retired in 2005. He loved to play slot machines, sitting outside in the yard, picking up pecans and listening to '50's and '60's music and country and western.
He married his current wife, Billie, on Aug. 28, 200. He has two stepchildren from his first marriage and two stepchildren with Billie.
A graveside memorial service will be conducted at a later date at the Taylor Cemetery near Essex.
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Shopping center developer and investor Simon Property Group said Wednesday that it has acquired full ownership of Paragon Outlets Grand Prairie in Grand Prairie.
The $100 million shopping center – which opened this summer on Interstate 20 – has 417,000 square feet of space and is anchored by tenants including Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH, Bloomingdale's The Outlet Store, Coach, Cole Haan, DKNY, Hugo Boss, Kate Spade New York, J.Crew, Michael Kors, Nike and Tommy Hilfiger.
The project is fully leased and will be renamed Grand Prairie Premium Outlets.
The Grand Prairie retail center was a project of developer Prime Retail, which Simon purchased in 2010.
Indianapolis-based Simon also bought full ownership in a Prime outlet center in Livermore Valley, California.
"The projects have been very well received by merchants and shoppers, they are wonderful additions to our business, and they will be immediately accretive to our earnings," John R. Klein, President of Simon's Premium Outlets, said in a statement.


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Joe Pilato's character in Day of the Dead. Universally known to be a badass although he doesn't actually do anything badass, apart from bad mouth all the other characters and yell at zombies.
Still cool.
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CHOOOOOKE ON 'EM! says Captain Rhodes.
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Virgin Australia Unclips Its Wings
Offshore investors could soon throw cash at Virgin Australia Holdings following a restructure of the business which will eliminate the Air Navigation Act's foreign ownership limit of 49% for its listed entity.
The airline's international operations will be held in an unlisted entity, Virgin Australia International Holdings, meaning publicly traded shares will represent solely the domestic business.
As it stands, Richard Branson's Vieco 2 Limited and Air New Zealand own 26% and 20% respectively, restricting international investors to dabble in only 3% of the airline. But the proposed structure will allow unlimited institutional investment which will increase the stock's liquidity and potential to be a takeover target. Current ownership restrictions in Australia only apply to international airlines.
This means Virgin will be able to engage with institutional fund managers more freely.
"There are good sized institutions that play in airlines internationally and this would probably be one that would rate well with them given its capital-light strategy and strong domestic market share," Moelis & Co. analyst Simon Fitzgerald told Deal Journal Australia.
According to FactSet, offshore institutions currently on Qantas' shareholder register include Capital World Investors, Capital Research Global Advisors, BlackRock Fund Advisors and The Vanguard Group. The same names appear across shareholder registers of other airlines including Delta Air Lines, Singapore Airlines and United Continental Holdings.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia equities analyst Matt Crowe told Deal Journal Australia the company, post-restructure, would effectively be in play. "It was virtually impossible to takeover Virgin as a foreigner and won't be once this is passed. Shares will then include a takeover premium that wasn't there before."
To be sure, any interested party would need to consider the substantial shareholdings of both Mr. Branson and Air New Zealand and their resulting blocking stakes. Air New Zealand is one of a handful of Virgin's alliance partners, and others include Etihad Airways, Delta Air Lines and Singapore Airlines.
Virgin rose 8.2% to 39.5 cents a share Thursday after reporting revenue for the six months to Dec. 31 of 2 billion Australian dollars (US$2.13 billion). It has a market value of A$873 million.
Lazard advised Virgin on the restructure, which is expected to take effect by the end of March.
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Folio Builder Lab Locations
ASK IT Question:
I need to be able to create interactive PDFs in InDesign, but the computers in the library don't have the required updates (for folio builder). Where can I go to do what I need to do for class? I know a couple of classrooms in C have them, but those are usually in use for class time.
I'm pretty desperate – please help!
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According to the 2015 US News & World Report 100 Best Jobs list, diagnostic medical sonography is #8 in health care jobs and #12 overall.
The Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program at UNMC is part of the Division of Radiation Science Technology Education. Our program offers Radiographers the unique opportunity to advance their careers in the field of sonography.
The 12-month program consists of lectures, labs, and over 1100 hours of supervised clinical instruction. A comprehensive knowledge base and clinical competency are achieved through a plan of study that focuses on increasing proficiency under the guidance of qualified faculty and staff.
A Bachelor of Science Degree in Radiation Science Technology or a Post Baccalaureate Professional Certificate is awarded upon completion of the program. Graduates are eligible to take the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography credentialing exams in Sonographic Principles and Instrumentation, Abdomen, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pediatric Sonography.


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Department of Greek & Latin
Departmental Manager
Greek & Latin: position now being advertised. Closing date 1 Sept. 2016 More...
Guardian League Table 2017
UCL Humanities Ranked 5th in World
In the The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-16
MA Reception Courses
This page is being frequently updated. Please check back for the latest information.
Approaches to Reception of the Classical World
Dr Matthew Hiscock
[Pre-approved module from the MA in Reception of the Classical World at UCL]
This module will be taught by a combination of lectures, seminars and research visits to relevant institutions, such as the British Museum, Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, British Film Institute and Sir John Soane Museum. The core module is intended to provide training in research techniques and resources for postgraduate study in the reception of antiquity, and to introduce students to relevant methods and theories of classical reception studies, as well as offering an overview of different kinds of reception in practice.
Assessment will be two coursework essays of 4,000 words each. For students on the MA in Reception of the Classical World there will also be an oral disseratation presentation.
Day: Thursdays 2-4pm
UCL room: G09 Gordon House
This course is also available to UCL students on other MA programmes as a 30 credit unit. Assessment: 2 essays of 3,000 words.
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Ancient Rome on Film
Professor Maria Wyke (UCL)
[Pre-approved module from the MA in Reception of the Classical World at UCL]
How does cinema reconstruct Roman history? What distinguishes cinematic histories of Rome from conventional scholarship? The option will introduce students to the relevant critical vocabulary of reception studies and film analysis, and engage with issues of sources, narrative, spectacle, contemporaneity, commodification, and spectatorship. Through study of a variety of Italian and American representations of ancient Rome, students will explore changes and developments in Rome's cinematic historiography from its beginnings to the Second World War. The module will then explore a variety of post-war Hollywood 'blockbusters' and the decline of the genre in the 1960s. It will conclude with examination of variations from and challenges to the classical Hollywood style of representing Rome, and with consideration of the disappearance of such reconstructions in the 1960s and their re-emergence in the 21st century.
Assessment will be by 3 essays of 4,000 words.
Day: Thursdays 11-1
UCL room: G09 Gordon House
This course is also available to UCL students on other MA programmes as a 30 credit unit. Assesment: 2 essays of 4,000 words.


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How did shooting in Toronto affect the film?
At certain points it felt like the Antarctic, because we shot at the tail end of winter, so it was very difficult to speak outside. And then ironically the spring came and it warmed up and we were faced with a new challenge, because we had three or four layers on and we were sweating profusely, so after every take you had to mop down and act the cold.
We had incredible set directors that recreated the '80s meticulously; I mean, they went to painstaking details. The vehicles that were used, the tools that we used to excavate, everything really was the '80s, and when you stepped on that set you felt like you were in the Antarctic, even in the middle of spring in Toronto.
In Toronto, we shot a lot of the scenes in a quarry that was outside of the city. So we did have that feeling of isolation, 'cause we had an intense two weeks where we shot a lot of the base exteriors, but that was pretty much where we did the film. In the opening of the film, the vast exteriors, that was Vancouver.
Sometimes you might be playing heavies a lot, and you're like, 'Hey, it'd be nice to do a romantic comedy.' Or vice versa, it'd be nice to shoot somebody.
You mentioned this being your first horror film. Are you a fan of the genre?
The funny thing is, I don't really look at films in genre. I enjoy all kinds of films, and as an actor I look at the story first, and I think what appealed to me about this project is it's one of the more intellectual films of that genre, because it really hinges on that suspense. I think why these type of films are successful is they really appeal to the primal fear that we as human beings have about the unknown, and that's always been something that's intrigued me, whether it be in Lost or The Thing, the mysticism about the unknown. And in this film it's really unleashed in the so-called Thing.
So certainly I look at the story, and then I look at what my character's arc within that story, what impact it has on the story, and what I can do that is unique in that character. I don't really look at genre. I mean, sometimes you might be playing heavies a lot, and you're like, hey, it'd be nice to do a romantic comedy. [Laughs.] Or vice versa, it'd be nice to shoot somebody. So it comes like that, but generally it's about the story.
Are you trying to do a romantic comedy?
Hey, I'm open for business. I'd certainly venture that way, because, you know, it's another discipline, and I'm a funny guy. I've still got my looks and I could get the girl and be in love. Why not? See, to play these twisted, tormented characters is very draining. You have to sit in the pocket of that character for the duration of the shoot, which is normally an average of three months, and that can be taxing!
And that's what was enjoyable about playing Jameson, because he's very laid back and light-hearted in a sense. So certainly it would be a welcome relief to play a comedy, or for me, my eyes are set on playing the leading man, whether it be the action-guy cop, or an athlete, a footballer or boxer, something like that. I think that's really where my head is at for the moment.
How do you feel you're doing on your quest to make that happen?
Well, when you work with the likes of De Niro, and then Stallone, you're getting much closer to that. People are starting to see the range with this new slate of films, and that's what I've always tried to show, the diversity of my craft.
In Killer Elite, I play a British guy in a suit and tie and people haven't seen me play that—again, he's not so much being the brawn, he's the brains, the manipulator, the smart guy, the con man, which is an interesting departure from what you're seeing. I'm really excited about this other film I did called Best Laid Plans. In it, I play this character who's a paraplegic and he has a seven-year-old mentality. It's based on [John] Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men, the Lenny character, so I'm really excited about that. And again, with Stallone, my character is the arch villain.
So all these different role types are showing people my artistry and taking them out of the physicality and the color, in fact. So I think definitely I'm in a better position to play a leading man than I may have been before.
What is Best Laid Plans about?
It's a British indie. My co-star in that was Stephen Graham, from Boardwalk Empire. Sony Pictures will be distributing it and I believe it's gonna be out before Christmas.
It's a direct Of Mice And Men adaptation?
It's a British modern adaptation, so these two guys.... I play a guy who's loosely based on the Lenny character. His friend is in debt and there's this inner strength that this paraplegic guy has and this guy uses it to put him in the ring in these cage fights in order to get out of debt. It's like putting a seven-year-old kid in with these giant savage men, but you see the bond and the relationship and the friendship, and you question who's really taking care of whom. I have a love interest in it; she's a paraplegic as well.
It's a very emotional story; it'll pull the strings, even for a grown man. I had to dig deep for that one.
It was great to be shooting Oz in the Meatpacking District. I used to ride to work with the hat on my head and you'd just see people in the morning: 'Adebisi! Adebisi!'
It sounds totally different from anything you've done.
Yeah, and this one really will show my chops. It's back to the basics. It's nice to do the big blockbusters but it's also nice to get down and dirty and get back to what the craft is, which is you going inside with a camera, no big explosions or anything. It's just, What can you drop between "action" and "cut"? It sharpens your tool. I'm excited.
And the Stallone movie, Bullet In The Head, is that more of the explosions and the insanity?
Well no, it's a great film, really. It's such a great action film. It's got so many characters in it. Christian Slater's in it, Jason Momoa's in it, Holt McCallany from Lights Out is in it. It's got an array of really good actors in it and it's helmed by the legendary director Walter Hill, who did Warriors and 48 Hrs..
It's got some heavyweights in it, and it's a classic action movie. Stallone plays a hitman, and he's double-crossed. His partner gets knocked off and he goes on a revenge mission trying to get those who really messed him up. The chain leads to me, the arch villain.
What is particularly nice about this film is that, with Walter Hill, we got to create this character within a studio movie, because Walter was very fond of a particular nouveau movie—I won't tell you which, I'll let you see the movie and see if you can guess—but what we did, we made [my character] a cripple, and it was really taxing. He had two canes, and the disability just made this guy quite demented in his mind. Because he doesn't have the physicality, his muscle is his brain, and so he's playing everybody like chess. My character is quite poetic; he has a great vocabulary, he's very sophisticated, he puts everything on to mask his disability.
Stallone is one of those guys who gets played, and so he wants payback, and there's the quintessential standoff between the crippled arch villain and Stallone. It was really a challenging and interesting project, and a great context in which to still be a character, because sometimes you see the big films and it's always the one-dimensional baddie, but here we actually got to create somebody quite special. I had fun, but it was hard work, because it was 105 or 110 in New Orleans when we shot it, so after every take it was changing the shirt, putting on a fresh shirt, after every take.
I didn't realize there was the cripple aspect to your character in that film. That definitely takes it in a different direction.
Yeah, and Walter gave me the option, do we want to do it or don't we? I like challenges, and I thought it would bring an interesting dynamic to the film. Because I'm a physical guy, it's like, "How would he not be able to beat you?" And so we made him [a cripple] and it worked out.
And working with Stallone, he's one of the few actors who's larger off screen than he is on screen. He has that persona. He's a real movie star. I'm like everyone else, I grew up watching these guys, the Stallones and De Niros. You have a surreal moment when you're in front of them, and you give yourself that moment, but then you have to snap right back into the character. When they say "Action!" you gotta bring it—otherwise they'll fire you! [Laughs.] There is no time for stargazing. You have a moment and then you get on with it.


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MR. WAGNER: Hey, good morning. I'm John Wagner, the Executive Director for Admissibility and Passenger Programs in U.S. Customs and Border Protection. So thank you for coming this morning.
I wanted to take the opportunity to go over a couple of the initiatives we have been doing to make the U.S. arrivals process more welcoming and more efficient for travelers, and then talk a little bit about the specifics and the Know Before You Go Campaign, and then we'll have questions and answers afterwards.
As you may be aware, or maybe not, a couple years ago with Department of State we kicked off the Model Ports Initiative, and this was designed to make the U.S. arrivals process more welcoming and more facilitative for people, and more efficient from our end as well. Some of the things we implemented at the ports – we did a couple videos that now play at all the primary processing areas on large video monitors at the top 20 airports in the U.S. There's two videos that we show. One was done by the Disney Corporation and donated to us, which is just different scenes of America and Americans from around the country, with a very welcoming message and theme throughout that.
And then we also have a CBP instructional video which is about seven minutes long, and it goes through the arrivals process from start to finish, about what to expect through that processing, and then what the requirements are. And this is designed to get people informed, to get them ready, and really have them – help them understand what to expect when they arrive and reduce some of that apprehension or fear about that they might have their fingerprints taken, or they might be asked certain questions, or what forms they'll need to fill out and how to fill out those forms, and how to help them be ready when they do come up to the officer in the booth to allow us to quickly process them and get them on their way and through the process.
We've also been working on the signage in the airports. We've been working with the airport operators on the physical layout of the buildings and the aesthetics of the building, just to present a more welcoming environment when people come off that plane for the first time. And what they see of America, we want that to be a hospitable and welcoming type atmosphere.
We've also designated uniformed supervisors. We call them passenger service managers. We have them out there on the floor during the peak arrivals times, and they're there to work with the travelers, help them fill out their forms, answer their questions, address any type of situations that arise, and really take care of things as they're happening in real time out there on the floor, and really to be the eyes and ears of the organization during the arrivals process.
Some of the other things we've been doing – we have our Trusted Traveler Programs. Global Entry is the latest one, which we have at the 20 model ports. At the land borders we also have the Nexus and Century programs. And the way these programs operate is a person fills out an application, goes through a series of background checks with us, pays a small fee, then comes in for a personal interview with a CBP officer, we take a full set of 10 fingerprints, check their travel documents, confirm their identity. But then what we offer them is an expedited and dedicated exclusive process for them to use upon arrival in the United States. At the land borders at all the major ports, we have lanes designated for their use and only their use. And they are issued an identification card by us, which also serves in lieu of a passport for most U.S. and – all U.S. and most Canadian citizens as well. There's an RFID chip in there, and what that does is able to expedite their entry into the United States at the land border.
At the airports, the Global Entry Program offers a dedicated kiosk for these travelers to use so when they come off the plane, they go right to a kiosk. They don't have to wait in line. The kiosk reads their passport. It will also confirm their fingerprints. It will ask them to put their fingerprints down on a reader. They can do their customs declaration via the touch screen, so there's no forms to fill out on the plane. It does the systems checks in the background and then it prints out a receipt and they can claim their baggage and hand their receipt in at the exit. So the total transaction time is really about 40 – maybe 45 seconds to process through that. Every time someone uses this kiosk, it also saves us about a minute to three minutes of officer resources that we don't have to spend time with these frequent low-risk travelers, and allows us to redirect those resources to everyone else to process them through more efficiently as well.
Global Entry is open to U.S. citizens, Canadian citizens, Mexican citizens, and the Netherlands. And we also have agreements in place with Germany, the United Kingdom, and Korea, but we have not opened up those operations yet and we're working with each one of those countries to also extend the benefits to their citizens as well.
Speaking of the land border and the RFID documents that we put out for the Trusted Traveler Programs, for Nexus and Century, we also work very closely with CIS and the Department of State in the issuance of documents that also have RFID chips in them as well. And what we've been doing is designating something called a ready lane at some of the land border ports of entry as well. And they're designated for travelers just with these RFID-enabled documents. By the way, there's 10 million of them out there now issued. Some of the state driver's licenses have these now, too. And what this does, it allows us to read and process the information as the vehicle as driving up to the land border. This way, the information's ready and it's presented, the officer has a picture on their screen or who that cardholder is, and all the system inquiries are done before the person even arrives. So it really just allows us to speed up the process and make it more efficient.
We just launched a lane at Otay Mesa in California, and I believe we've reduced the wait times by 20 minutes in the first week of operation. So they really have a significant impact on just helping make us more efficient and helping the compliant people get on their way and through the process.
Back to the airports for a minute, we'll talk about the ESTA program. ESTA is required of all visa waiver applicants. You go to a website that CBP runs, you fill out your basic biographical information, answer a few questions that used to be on the I-94W, the green form. You do pay a small fee; it's $14. That information is processed by us. We do a series of background checks and then return a response to the visa waiver applicant and whether or not they're approved. It only takes a few minutes to get approval, and I believe over 99 percent of them are approved. This is a requirement, though, for the visa waiver applicant to have before they travel to the United States. And we work with the airlines to confirm that that ESTA is on file before that person boards the plane to the U.S.
Part of that fee goes to fund the Corporation for Travel Promotion. Then part of the fee also comes to CBP to maintain the program itself. We've been working very closely with the Corporation for Travel Promotion. The idea there was to help market the United States as a tourist destination overseas and increase the amount of travel to the United States. We've been working very closely with them, too, to make sure we're getting our message out and that we're doing things in conjunction with them, and that the U.S. arrivals process is seen as an understandable and welcoming and efficient process.
A couple of other quick mentions of programs we've been doing with the private sector at a few airports: Something we started in Chicago and now offer at seven airports is called Express Connection, and we work very closely with the airlines on this. And this is designed for travelers with tight connection times. The airline will identify them, bring them to us. We designate a processing booth for it and we're able to process them through quickly and make their connecting flights, and we'll be able to significantly reduce the number of missed connections at the airport and help these travelers make their connecting flight and get on their way.
And the other program is something called One Stop, which we're piloting at Houston Airport right now, and the way the process works is you come up to our primary inspection area, you claim your baggage, then you go through an egress check at the end. For One Stop, travelers with no checked bags, there's no need to have them go into that egress point and mix in with the travelers claiming their bags. So we were able to designate a specific exit for them to use. So they go to the One Stop, they're out a side door, and we're done with them, they're done with us, and they're on their way to their destination.
We have about a thousand people using it a day in Houston, and we're looking to expand that to additional airports this summer. A lot of it depends on the logistics of the airport and the physical layout of what changes would need to be made to build that designated exit. But that's something we are going to pursue as well, too, and it helps makes us more efficient as well.
There are a few publications which we'll be handing out which help us get the information out to people. One's called the Know Before You Go pamphlet, and then the other is the Welcome to the United States. It's just a reminder to people of what the requirements are and what the travel document requirements are, some of the agriculture reminders of what you can and cannot bring to the U.S., reminders for travelers to declare everything that they're bringing in or things that they acquired abroad, especially foods and gifts and any type of articles that they're bringing into the U.S., and really to help people become aware of the process and be ready when they do present themselves to the officers so we can quickly process them and get them on their way as well.
One final thing we'll talk about is for small boaters, recreational boaters. We're in the process of launching the Small Vessel Reporting System. It's an online application for travelers, can register their small boat with us, and they can file their plans in advance of their trip and allow them to phone in their arrival for further instructions when they return home. We did get this out across the northern border, Florida, and the Caribbean in time for Memorial Day, which is traditionally a very busy boating season for us. So it'll help all those small boaters comply with our regulations, and help us process through the large numbers of boaters out there.
So with that, we can open it up for any questions.
QUESTION: Good morning. My name is Dagmar Benesova, World Business Press Online. Well, I have a couple of questions if you don't mind.
MR. WAGNER: Sure.
QUESTION: Okay. First, you mentioned that there is Express Connection, which is already in Chicago and in seven other airports. Please if you could specify also the other airports where is this Express Connection?
MR. WAGNER: They are at Boston, JFK, Miami, Atlanta, LAX, and there's one I'm forgetting.
QUESTION: In Washington also or no?
MR. WAGNER: Not yet.
QUESTION: Okay.
MR. WAGNER: Not yet. Let me get you that final one. I have it somewhere here. I will get it for you.
QUESTION: Okay. Thank you. And I have also questions about the ESTA program. You launch or implement this $14 fee, and my question is: How much money have you collected so far for this fee? And also after implementing the fee for ESTA, do you observe some decrease in applications, or is this – is it the same? Thank you very much.
MR. WAGNER: I'm looking for the latest figure. We've had 31 million applications to date that we've processed. We have not seen any decrease in the applications because of the fee. I believe it was about 80 to 90 million of what we've collected. Ten dollars of that fourteen dollars goes to the corporation to fund the Travel Promotion Act, and then four dollars comes back to CBP just to maintain the program itself. But we have not seen any decrease in applications, and we continue to see a very steady stream of applicants. And this time of year, as travel increases, we are seeing the commensurate increase in applications.
MODERATOR: Okay. Other questions?
QUESTION: Nikolay Zimin, Russian newspaper (inaudible) ITOGI. Sir, could you please clarify one technical thing? This Global Entry program, is it open only for American citizens, Canadian citizens citizens, but what about the green card holders?
MR. WAGNER: Yes, I'm sorry I omitted that. It is U.S. citizens, permanent residents, citizens of Canada, citizens of Mexico, and the Netherlands right now. But yes, green card holders, permanent residents, yes, can apply. We have – in our Trusted Traveler Programs, we have over a million people now enrolled. In Global Entry in particular, we have about – over 650,000 people are eligible to use those kiosks right now. The website's globalentry.gov to apply. We're seeing about two to three percent of our traffic at the airports now using those kiosks. They are at the top 20 airports, in all the terminals at those airports. We're getting about 2- to 3,000 uses a day of the kiosks. So it's a great efficiency saver for us and it's a great timesaver for the people using it, because if you don't check a bag, really you can be out of that airport in about a minute to get through the process.
We had – a gentleman at JFK told us that he got from the plane to his car in six minutes using the kiosk, so we thought that was pretty good. We've also been getting a lot of assistance from the private sector in helping us market the Global Entry program. The airlines in particular have been sending the information out to their frequent flyers, who are really the target audience for this. It's that frequent traveler. So they've been helping us promote it through their frequent flyer clubs and memberships to get them that information and make them aware of the program.
And then we also had American Express contact us and they offered to pay the fee for all their platinum cardholders, and that brought us about 20,000 applications in two weeks just from that effort. So American Express has been also marketing this for us as well. And we're seeing the other credit card companies and some of the hotel chains now contact as well. So it's really starting to catch on, which is good news for us.
Yes, sir.
QUESTION: Zhengzhu Liu from Phoenix Television, Hong Kong. I did find at some major airports that people with (inaudible) sometimes a long line there and waiting for that process there, visa or their entry permission. So sometimes most of the people missing their connection flights. So do you have the schedule to have – do all airports have the experts to handle these visitors with (inaudible)?
MR. WAGNER: Yes, we're at seven locations right now and we're trying to expand it as quickly as we can to additional airports. We're working closely with the airlines because a lot of the work is on the airlines to identify the people with the close connections and then bring them to us and we'll process them through. But we don't want anyone to miss their connection either, so we want to make sure we an accommodate that and process people and get them to their connecting flights. So we will be expanding it to additional locations this summer. We're just in discussions with a lot of the airlines and the airport authorities on how exactly we do it.
MODERATOR: Other questions?
QUESTION: Hello. My name is Grace Lee from the Korea Daily. I'm just wondering whether there are any changes from last year to this year regarding the (inaudible) of any (inaudible) security from any other countries from, you know, like, any changes from last year?
MR. WAGNER: Any changes for?
QUESTION: Like regulating or checking or any other foreign country in a traveler's –because I see all the regulation now is actually quite similar to the last year's. So I was wondering.
MR. WAGNER: We did do away with the NSERS program. We put that notice out last month. And basically, it became a redundant process, so anyone that was subject to that special registration, it would take them awhile to process through the port. But we were already collecting all that information from other programs that we already have between the APIS and the US-VISIT process and some of the other systems we have. So we were able to do away with that program.
We did automate the I-94W with the ESTA program so you don't have to fill out that green form anymore. And that actually made us more efficient in processing people as well, because we didn't have to process that form. It allowed us to speed up the primary inspection process, and I believe we took about 20 to 25 seconds off of each process of the person just by not handling that form anymore.
We're looking at trying to automate to I-94, that – the other form, the white form. There's a few more challenges with that, but we're looking at that. And we're just always looking for ways to make the overall process more efficient, so those are the big things we've changed.
MODERATOR: Okay, we have a question from New York. Go ahead, New York.
QUESTION: Hi, this is Susanne Lingemann from ZDF German television in New York. And please, could you repeat what makes traveling easier for tourists from Europe? What could I tell them?
MR. WAGNER: Well, there's several things we've been doing. Any visa waiver applicant does need to have the ESTA filled out and approved. And this helps us address and identify any type of document concerns and allows the traveler to take care of that before they travel so they don't have to do it upon arrival in the U.S. By doing that, also – we've also eliminated the I-94W form which speeds up the inspection process upon arrival.
Then we've been in discussions with the United Kingdom and Germany about extending Global Entry to citizens of those countries. We're fairly close on both accounts to open pilots up. We do have the pilot with the Netherlands; that's a couple years old. They were the first country in Europe to sign up for that. And this allows, then, participants to use an automated kiosk upon arrival in the United States.
MODERATOR: Do we have other questions? Okay.
QUESTION: Hi, it's me again. If you could please, one more time, specify this Global Entry? How does it work, this procedure, when the tourists or the passengers are arriving to U.S.? Thank you very much.
MR. WAGNER: Yes. They have to be approved first to use it, so they go online to the – our website, fill out the application, which is all their biographical information and some questions about their employment and residence history. We then do a series of background checks on the information. The person comes in for an interview with a CBP officer. That's done at the airport. They can schedule it separately or in conjunction with a trip. We'll take a full set of their 10 fingerprints. We'll also review their travel documents and run them through an interview. This, by regulation, is considered a pre-inspection of the person, and that's why a CBP officer has to do it.
Through the biometrics, then, on each trip after that, we're able to confirm that that interview took place, the person is admissible to the United States, they are who they say they are, and they are that low-risk person we've enrolled in the program. Once they're enrolled, then, when they come off the plane, they go right to a kiosk. They do not have to wait in line. They do not have to fill out any forms like the customs declaration. It's all automated via the kiosk. And they read their passport at the kiosk, it asks for their fingerprints, they do their declaration via the touch screen, it does the systems checks in the background, and then it prints out a receipt which they then hand in at the exit point, and they're able to process through.
So it takes really about 35 to 40 seconds at the kiosk. There's generally no wait for the kiosk, so you come off the plane, you go right to it, and you can go right out the door. We have about 135 kiosks at the 20 airports. We're ordering some more and we're putting them out as we see the usage increase, so we're – every day, we look at the numbers to make sure we have enough kiosks out there. And it would do us no good to have a longer line at the kiosks than it does for the regular process, so we want to make sure we're – we have enough there to process people through.
QUESTION: So, if I could understand – so it is understanding that these – for example, employment background and all this background information you collected before the flight, and they also schedule the appointment at the country where they are actually?
MR. WAGNER: Yes. We collect it. We put it into a system that we own and operate and stays with us. We do our background checks based on that information. And you only enroll one time – you provide that – and then it's good for five years. So then when you travel, you go right to the kiosk each and every time over that five-year period. And through the fingerprints, we'll confirm you're that same person we enrolled.
MODERATOR: Okay. We have a question in New York. New York, go ahead, please.
QUESTION: Yes, my name is Tom Deptula. I work for the Polish Newsweek. And as you probably know, Poland is one of a very few EU member countries with a visa requirement. And it looks like recently you tightened your databases and there are lots of people, Polish citizens, who are called inadmissible to the United States despite the fact they visited this country before, but they had some, let's say, immigration scenes from the very, very long past. And my question is: Are you going to tighten these regulations in order for them to be included in the Visa Waiver Program?
MR. WAGNER: I'm not aware of anything we've tightened specifically to Poland. We're always reviewing the information we do get in advance through the airlines, through our what we call APIS data, which is advanced passenger information, or the use of the reservation data that we do get from the airlines as well. We do use that and process it and do our systems checks before the person departs for the U.S. It does allow us to identify any type of document discrepancies or any questions and allows that person to resolve that, hopefully before they board the plane and come to the U.S. But we – there's nothing specifically new that we've done just in relation to Poland.
QUESTION: Guido Olimpio from Italy. You mentioned several countries have special treatment, we say. Poland, Germany – correct? England. It's very strange for me. I study terrorism. And all these countries – from these countries came a real threat for the United States – from England, from Poland, from Germany – September 11. So it's very strange how you decide these countries from other countries? (Laughter.)
MR. WAGNER: And that's part of the reason we've talked to those countries. And what the arrangements allow us to do – it allows – they're predicated on both governments doing background checks on their citizens. So what happens is the United States does their background checks on the person. The – say in this case, the United Kingdom also a deep level of background checks on the people. We exchange whether or not that person has met our threshold for disqualification, and then we'll enroll them in the program. But this gives us greater visibility into data that we ordinarily would not have access to by the virtue of their own country doing their systems checks and not necessarily disclosing the information behind it but whether or not the person raises any concerns of their own as well.
So it increases the security of that, allows that person to be enrolled as a trusted traveler, gives them an automated process to use, which does the same level of checks we do a the officer in the booth. But because they're a frequent traveler, we just don't run them through the same routine questioning each and every time, but the systems checks in the background are identical. And it gets them through the process, allows us to redirect more resources to people we know less about, theoretically higher risk, and allows us to focus our attention on that. It's just a risk management type approach. If we have to make our best guess about which people we check with our finite resources, we want to make the best decision we can about the person we may or may not know the least about, and make sure we're putting our resources where it's valuable.
We've had the discussions with those countries, partially also because they have programs that they've allowed U.S. citizens to enroll in as the reciprocal nature of that arrangement, so U.S. citizens can participate in their country's programs well. And they know that the U.S. Global Entry member will sit down and discuss with them the types of background checks we'll do and what we've done to make us confident this person's a low-risk traveler and allow them to use that status to facilitate their entry into that country as well.
QUESTION: After the death of Bin Ladin and the threats to attack the U.S. coming from overseas, did you tighten your inspection of all the foreign visitors coming to the U.S.? Any special measures you're taking after death of bin Ladin?
MR. WAGNER: Nothing specifically in relation to that, other than a heightened – a general heightened awareness over an abundance of caution. I don't believe there was anything specifically related to that. We do use our systems and the information we collect in advance to screen all travelers, U.S. citizens or foreigners, through that information the airlines provide to us, and we do run that through our systems and do our checks before the person boards the plane. And then, working with our colleagues in TSA and Department of State and other agencies, we're able to identify those people before they do board and address whatever type of questions or concerns we may have with that person before they board the aircraft overseas.
We also have something called the Immigration Advisory Program, where we have CBP officers working overseas at 11 locations at the boarding area, which are able to meet certain travelers, verify their identity, verify their travel documents, and then work with the airlines as to whether or not those passengers present a concern to us, whether or not they'll be admissible to the United States if they do fly them. And it may end up in us making a recommendation to the airline that they don't board the person and bring him to the U.S. because they'll be found inadmissible and then they'll have to bring them right back.
But it also helps us address any type of similar names issues, people confused with someone who might be on one of our watch lists, and it also helps those people with document deficiencies – it can correct them before they travel – or U.S. citizens that might have lost or missing documents, we can help board them and facilitate them as well, too. But we work very closely with the airlines at these locations, and they'll refer passengers over to us as well that – to check certain documents or check the validity of certain documents and really help them secure who's boarding that aircraft, is it the right person, is it the true document holder, and then are they admissible to the U.S. when they do ultimately get here? And it helps the airline make that decision.
So we have several things we're trying to work because we want people to have confidence in air travel. We want people – we want to do our part to help keep air travel secure. We want people to come to the United States. We want to increase travel to the United States. We want to be seen as a welcoming and facilitative process, but there is a very serious and significant security and law enforcement response that we also take because we want people to have confidence when they're flying the planes that they are safe and secure. So we have a very significant role in keeping that, too.
QUESTION: Just – I will tell my experience. Last year, I went with my family to Mexico. I flew from Baltimore to Cancun, no problem. When I tried to board from Cancun to Baltimore, the computer say you're not allowed to go. I have visa. I'm journalist. And I was stuck for two hours. Then, they changed my reservation and the computer allowed me to go inside. What's happened? They say it's just after you introduced the new regulation, new rules. You remember in April last year, it was a new TSA – I think TSA –
MR. WAGNER: Maybe it was secure flight --
QUESTION: Yeah.
MR. WAGNER: -- process. Yeah, I would have to defer that to TSA on – see, the airline also interfaces with TSA on the secure flight checks, and –
QUESTION: That is very strange. I have visa for four years. I'm journalist. So might be sometimes happens when you're traveling. You are – I'm Italian. I'm traveling from another third country to the United States. I think the computer – in the computer is a red flag that said: Why this man came from – it says Italian – is traveling from Mexico to the United States? I think the computer said this man is threat, okay? (Laughter.)
MR. WAGNER: It's not that uncommon, so I don't know that we would particularly look for that, but –
QUESTION: But it's – a lot of people told me happened the same story.
MR. WAGNER: Yeah. It's not that uncommon, so I don't know that that would necessarily flag something. But really, I have to defer to TSA on what would happen with the secure flight checks as well, because TSA does have a hand in the process as well.
MODERATOR: Okay. All right. Well, thank you all very much for joining us, and this concludes our briefing.
MR. WAGNER: Thank you.
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