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Stir and Fry. The names of these two guinea pigs conjure up the image of delicious Chinese cuisine but, as history has taught us, names are fleeting. Soon these two therapy pets at the Imaginif counseling services in Cairns, Australia, will be given new names by the child patients at the center.
"We work with some children who have been really hurt by adults," said Megan Bayliss, Imaginif's director. "Making a lasting choice is a skill that these children are still learning." She said the children don't trust easily and stopped forming attachments.
The children will submit names for the house guinea pigs when they visit the center for their weekly appointments. During the course of two weeks, Bayliss plans to allow the children to pick their favorite from the pool of names.
"To choose only one name to submit and to be in competition with other names is really scary to our kids," she said. "If the names put forward for the guinea pigs change from week to week, that's fine. We will work with that."
The children at the center are victims of abuse and sexual assault. The counselors, or talk doctors as they are called at Imaginif, use the guinea pigs throughout the span of the counseling sessions to help foster attachment and maximize the growth of empathy in the children, Bayliss said.
The idea to use guinea pigs for therapy spawned from a session the children had with a foster puppy the organization's psychologists brought in. Some children are scared of dogs, however, and one couldn't be kept at their facility, so the staff at Imaginif decided to go with a smaller, shyer animal – the guinea pigs.
By cuddling and holding the guinea pigs, the children with dissociative disorders can become grounded and learn to focus on what is happening with the guinea pig and, in turn, learn about themselves.
"By noticing how the guinea pig may be feeling, the child learns valuable skills about what their own body does when they are scared or stressed," Bayliss explained. "Similarly, the child can learn ways of self soothing and stilling their racing heart – all modeled through guinea pig body language."
Stir and Fry are kept on the front lawn of the center, so the children encounter the small animals when they first enter the facility. During the sessions, talk doctor Rebekah Allen supervises the interaction of the children with the guinea pigs. She monitors the time for "teachable moments" and offers therapeutic questions and suggestions to the children. As the center expands, Bayliss said the guinea pigs also will be used in the therapy rooms.
Imaginif also keeps bantams, a small variety of chicken, and was offered a miniature horse to use in therapy.
"We really wanted the miniature horse but caring for it would have caused us too many difficulties," Bayliff said.
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My favorite (among many) highlight from the earnings call was the following:
Jeffrey Y. Volshteyn - JP Morgan Chase & Co, Research Division: Okay. And one follow-up on bad debt expense, it came down in the quarter, it was coming down last quarter as well. What are you guys doing differently on the collections front?
Daniel J. Devine - Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President: Well, we're putting a lot of effort into the collections. We continue to try to improve our processes, add some staffing there where required. We still expect it to be about 6% for the year.
Really? BPI has a failure / drop out rate of 80% to 85% and they are ramping up collection efforts on those same students it failed to educate. And, it's doing so at the same time it's sitting on $471.4 million in cash it took from those students by charging full tuition and only spending $200 per student for academics. Class Act. That will play well with WASC and HLC.

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Monday, May 21, 2012
Rambling: Back home
I'm tired. I'm stupid. I'm having occasional inexplicable moments of murderous rage at trivial things. (OK, not that I'd actually murder anyone. Or even yell at them. But, you know.) I ate chicken and ice cream that Himself got for me while I was gone. Himself is not the target of the murderous rage. I like Himself.
OK, that's not much of a post. But I was getting all writers-blocky. So here it is.
Image: By Sfeol. Wikimedia Commons.
Posted by Martha at 10:21 PM
Labels: Cat Picture, Mom, Rambling
6 comments:
- queen_cupcake said...
Oh, Chickenfreak, so sorry about your loss. Don't worry about not writing much for a little while--you'll get back on. Love the cat picture. Take care.
- May 22, 2012 at 3:07 AM
- Vanessa said...
You are bereaved, so anything and everything you might feel is understandable. For example, you are now "rambing", I see. It is all totally natural.
- May 22, 2012 at 4:00 PM
- Pete W said...
Hooray for Martha!
- May 25, 2012 at 11:18 AM
- Undina said...
Sending warm thoughts your way.
- May 26, 2012 at 12:55 AM
- ChickenFreak said...
Thanks, you guys. I suspect that the rambling is going to be continuing, hopefully at at some level of coherence.
- May 27, 2012 at 10:03 PM
- Pete W said...
I'm not sure people are realizing just how complicated your feelings are. Getting them sorted out a bit will help some, so I hope you manage that sometime soon.
- May 29, 2012 at 9:54 AM
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Continuing our lessons on cooking vegetarian and vegan recipes we now want to learn the pineapple tart recipe.In order to prepare a pineapple tart you need the following ingredients:-
- four cups crushed pineapple, undrained
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How Much Can Namco Charge for Ace Combat 6 DLC?
We crunch the numbers and ask the game's producer.
When Microsoft first announced the points system and microtransactions for Xbox 360 a few years back, many critics feared it would trigger a trend where game publishers would suddenly charge for the things that gamers once expected as built-in incentive in their games. Easter eggs like extra costumes, vehicles, or missions -- which were once simply unlockable -- might now become 'premium content' at an additional charge. Huge expansion packs like those created for Oblivion or Phantasy Star Universe warrant the dollars paid for procuring them, but while most of the industry's game publishers have been fairly reasonable about what they charge for in DLC (with a substantial amount of content often made available for free or at a minimum price, like Bullet Witch), a handful of early offenders have begun to price gouge for content that should have been built into the game at no cost. Blue Dragon not tough enough? Download an extra difficulty level at a marginal cost! Want to unlock that extra content that's already on your Beautiful Katamari disc? Pay for it!
While most games have some form of DLC, the worst offender of post-purchase price gouging is undoubtedly Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation. To date, Namco Bandai has released over 35 extra planes, and while some are free downloads, most cost 200 points ($2.50) each, and others -- the notorious Idolmaster planes (based on and skinned with imagery from Namco's Japan-only Idolmaster game) -- command 400 Microsoft points ($5.00) apiece. We did the math for you, and if you merely bought the game alone, at $59.99, and decided you just had to have all of the planes, your wallet would be hit for a $181.82 charge, with that number subject to further damage should Namco release more planes. If you were determined to have the most gutsy experience possible, you would have spilled for the AC6 set, which goes for $149.99 retail (this not rare set is commanding prices of $400 and up on eBay for whatever reason). Add in the full suite of planes and you're already looking at a $271.82 package without tax.
Seem ridiculous? You can check out all the numbers below.
Downloadable Planes Released in October
F-14D -Halloween -- 200 points
F-15E -Active Stripes -- 200 points
F-16C -Type Ace 2 -- 200 points
F-16C -Scarface Emblem -- Free
Subtotal: 600 points ($7.50)
Downloadable Planes Released in November
Su-33 Flanker - The Idolmaster Miki -- 400 points
F16C - Historic Windhover -- 200 points
Mirage 2000-5 - Experimental -- 200 points
A-10A - Thunder Shark -- 200 points
F/A-18F - Scarface Emblem -- Free
Subtotal: 1,000 points ($12.50)
Downloadable Planes Released in December
Mirage2000-5 - Scarface Emblem -- Free
F-22A Raptor - Mobius -- 200 points
F-15E Strike Eagle - Cipher -- 200 points
F-15E Strike Eagle - Pixy -- 200 points
A-10A Thunderbolt - Xmas -- 200 points
F-117A Night Hawk - The Idolmaster Yukiho -- 400 points
Subtotal: 1,200 points ($14.99)
Downloadable Planes Released in 2008
Typhoon - UPEO Emblem -- Free
F-117A - General Emblem -- Free
F-22A - Gryphus Emblem -- Free
F-16C - PJ Emblem -- Free
Su-33 - Yellow Squadron -- 200 points
F-14D - Razgriz -- 200 points
Tornado GR.4 - Raging Shark -- 200 points
CFA-44 - Prototype -- 200 points
Su-33 - Crimson Wing -- 200 points
Mirage2000-5 - Advanced -- 200 points
F-14D - Zipang -- 200 points
F-22A -Indigo Wing -- 200 points
Typhoon - ROT -- 200 points
Razgriz Set 02 -- 300 points
Orange, Violet Set -- 300 points
Su-47 - The Idolmaster Miki-Ex -- 400 points
F-15E - The Idolmaster Chihaya -- 400 points
Mirage2000-5 - The Idolmaster Yayoi -- 400 points
F-22A - The Idolmaster Haruka -- 400 points
Razgriz Set 01 -- 400 points
Rafale M - The Idolmaster Iori -- 400 points
Razgriz Set 03 -- 400 points
Subtotal: 5,200 points ($64.97)
Downloadable Missions and Multiplayer Modes
Team Battle DL 1 -- 100 points
Ace of Aces Mission 01 -- 350 points
Siege Battle DL 1 -- 300 points
Co-op Battle DL 1 -- 300 points
Battle Royale DL 1 -- 100 points
Co-op Battle DL 2 -- 300 points
Ace of Aces Mission 02 -- 300 points
Subtotal: 1,750 points ($21.87)
Grand DLC Total: 9,750 points ($121.83)
Ace Combat 6 (Xbox 360) -- $59.99
AC6 bundle set -- $149.99
Total: $181.82 (game + points)
Total: $271.82 (game + joystick + points)
To get to the bottom of this particular business decision to exploit Ace Combat fans, we decided to grill Namco on the topic and ask them who exactly they think has all this money to spend on their planes and whether they plan to continue this sort of practice in the future.
1UP: Hello, and thank you for taking the time to address our questions regarding Ace Combat 6's downloadable content. Please introduce yourself and tell us what your position/role at Namco Bandai is for our readers, please.
Hiroyuki Ichiyanagi: Thanks for giving us the opportunity to have this discussion with your readers. My name is Hiroyuki Ichiyanagi and I am the producer of Ace Combat 6.
1UP: In the past, Namco has been very generous with the unlockable content in their Ace Combat series of games, from PlayStation 1 to PlayStation 2. Ace Combat 6 gives you a decent amount of planes to play with in the game, but by the time people read this, you will have released over 20 planes for sale on Xbox Live Marketplace. What's the rationale behind this particular business model?
Ichiyanagi: The industry and its consumers have changed a great deal over the past few years. With the explosion of information available to gamers through magazines, online sites and message boards, it's hard to keep a players attention for an extended period of time, let alone attract new users who might be unfamiliar with or had little interest in certain titles in the past. By regularly releasing a diverse selection of downloadable content, we're trying to keep the game interesting for fans who picked the game up on day one as well as the constantly expanding gaming audience that probably isn't familiar with Ace Combat at all.
Of course, preparing these contents post-release costs money just like any other aspect of game development, so in order to meet our goal of having a steady stream of content, we're maintaining a consistent pricing structure.
1UP: Air Combat had 11 planes to unlock. Ace Combat 2 had 16 unlockable planes. Ace Combat 3 had 7 unlockable planes, and Ace Combat 5 and Ace Combat Zero both had a couple dozen planes to unlock each. How do you justify suddenly charging fans for what used to be -- throughout the history of video games -- free?
Ichiyanagi: First of all, I appreciate your in-depth knowledge of the Ace Combat series. As you're aware, Ace Combat 6 has 30 unlockable aircraft based on 15 licensed planes -- all of which are free to those who play the game. The opportunity for players to obtain new planes by playing the game free of cost hasn't changed much over the history of the series and likely won't change in the future either.
The planes that are available for download are all variations on the 15 licensed planes we have in the game with new attributes and looks, so we are definitely not introducing all-new licensed planes that can only be obtained through additional payment.
1UP: The grand total of additional planes alone, not counting extra multiplayer modes, equates to well over $50 in the U.S. It's enough for several entirely new games. These planes are just skins and stats, which can't possibly take up that much space on the DVD. Basically, it's pretty expensive to try and collect all these planes. Sure, you can say 'well, gamers can merely download what they want,' but most players would want the complete set. Did you ever think to offer these as packages? Like, five planes for a special rate?
Ichiyanagi: We do seriously understand your assertion that most players will want to have a complete set of planes in their virtual hangar. To increase the value to the players, we have started to offer themed packs of planes for download at a reduced price, which is something we will continue to do in the future. We also always offer one free plane each time we introduce new content.
We have seen a strong reaction from consumers on certain downloadable planes which have proven to be very popular, so we do feel that this type of downloadable content speaks to a certain selection of the market who might want something totally different than what we initially offered in the game.
1UP: What have you learned from the Ace Combat 6 DLC experiment? Can we expect to see this sort of thing continued in the future?
Ichiyanagi: As we plan to continue to introduce new downloadable content for Ace Combat 6, it's probably still too early for us to draw broad conclusions on our experiences. However, we do pay very close attention to user feedback and comments and appreciate all the fans that have shared their thoughts on downloadable content with us so far.
On the development side, it has been a valuable experience for our team in terms of proving that we can continue to support a game well after it launches with a variety of new content. As Ace Combat 6 is the first game in the series with online capabilities, I feel proud of the scope of online functionality we've been able to implement.
[NOTE: Namco opted not to answer several of our questions, including why the Idolmaster planes cost double the price of other downloable planes and how the Ace Combat 6 DLC experiment stacks up with their decision to sell "downloadable" levels that were already on the disc in Beautiful Katamari. We also asked Namco how DLC would factor into future releases such as Soul Calibur IV, fearing a possible future where we're paying Microsoft points to unlock new outfit pieces for our fighters. Namco declined the opportunity to speak about Beautiful Katamari and Soul Calibur, as those would have required a different developer to answer knowledgeably.]
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Its the multiplayer stuff that bothers me.Posted: Sep 13, 2008 12:00AM PST by Alfred_P_McLovely
I am not bothered by the dlc planes, because the game that comes in the box allows you to unlock more planes than the previous games and the ones that you can buy are just pallette swaps. So its no big loss if you can't afford them.
What bothers me is the multiplayer dlc. It really sucks when you want to play with a friend but they don't have the multiplayer dlc needed to play. It can sometimes make you feel like you wasted your money, especially if you don't like playing with strangers. And I think it shows a lack of appreciation for their audience.
Also, doesn't multiplayer dlc make it harder to recommend to friends? You tell them about the fun you're having then later they do the math and don't feel like dropping that kind of money on an unkown.
Im late to the party butPosted: Sep 12, 2008 12:00AM PST by Autobot_Blaster
Honestly, So long as they are not charging me money for things that are essential to playing the game, and offer at least some unlockables, I guess I dont care. Im not the kind of gamer that has to have every plane or every gun or free level ups or whatever.
I mean if I really like the game that much, and am willing to pay the price, then how is the developer doing anything wrong. As a person you are obviously ok enough with the prices to by these items at that price, so why should they, as a BUSINESS, think about giving it out for free when they know they can get money.
Im sorry for all of you who think that games and movies and bands shouldnt sell out because they should only be in it for the music, gaming, entertainment. But thats about hte most naive bullshit I can think of. These people have a right to earn money for the products they provide. If they wanna be cool about it and be like whatever have this for free, thats awesome. Im not saying they shouldnt.
But for fucksake, if they want to release things and ask you to pay money for it, its your choice to pay for it. If you cant overcome your need to have every plane despite the price, then maybe you need to seek some clinical help cause that sounds like an addiction to me. Im not trying to be an ass, but seriously, you dont like the price, dont buy it. Buy not buying it your showing the develoiper that hey, this is one guy/girl who doesnt wanna pay 400 MS points for a crappy little plane skin.
However, It would be nice if developers gave as much out for free as they could. As a human being, I love free stuff. And lower prices are always nice, but in my opinion, no DLC that isnt an integral part of the game (aka map packs, etc, and even those who have the option of not buying and still being able to play online) should really be somehting that gets anyone bent outta shape.
But thats just this one guys humble opinion on the subject.
great story ideaPosted: May 03, 2008 12:00AM PST by Count_Elmdor
This is the kind of think I'm interested in seeing the gaming news guys delve into more. As a "hardcore" gamer, more and more these days I feel like publishers are trying to bend me over a barrel. Well fuck that; I know gaming is extremely economical as a hobby in terms of enjoyment/time, but I'm not a sucker.
Guitar hero dlcPosted: May 02, 2008 12:00AM PST by abercrombieco2
gh3 dlc is totaly differnt then this , adding music to a game extends game play its so much differnt then buying some skins for your airplane. they need to pay fees to put songs in the game , they need to make that money back some how.
Re: A puff piecePosted: May 02, 2008 12:00AM PST by Milkman
Wow, I usually think of a puff piece as not putting a developer or publisher on the spot, which I did. We also refrained from reprinting verbatim the questions we asked that they didn't answer, which basically asked how the hell they could charge twice as much for Idolmaster planes, which aren't even a licensed IP, since Namco owns Idolmaster. Etc, etc. Keeping the unanswered questions (which we discuss at the end of the interview) in would just have been a messy read, but that's why we're editors. I think YOU missed the point of the whole, well-researched article which showed just exactly how much it costs to have the 'complete' version of Ace Combat 6, how ridiculous the prices are, and how this could impact future Namco titles. Is that your definition of a puff piece? I think you're a puff piece.
Who cares?Posted: May 02, 2008 12:00AM PST by Animeman
Who cares if Namco is releasing plane skins for $2.50 a pop? As I remember it, the main fear people had with microtransactions, is if a company releases only half a game for retail, and then tells customers to pay extra to finish the game. Kind of like if Sony packaged Gran Turismo 5 Prologue as the full retail product, but told players that they had to pay extra for the rest of the cars, tracks, and licenses. Fact is, none of the planes offer any significant advantages to the gameplay, and they're not offering any brand new planes. Just different plane skins. So what? I'm not playing only half the game just because I didn't download additional content. If somebody wants to part $2.50 for what they think is a neat design; let them! Which would piss you off more? If you bought GTA4 and Rockstar decided to release different clothing or accessories for Nico at a price, or if while traveling the city, you hit an invisible wall and they tell you to cough up $15 to play the rest of it?
Well..Posted: May 02, 2008 12:00AM PST by xXDecoyXx
I don't like the trend of DLC but as long as the DL planes don't have an advantage over the other planes in the game (since they are just skins) the player doesn't need to purchase them to compete equally in online multiplayer. Though to defend Rock Band I do not believe they gouge gamers like other games do. You get a fair amount of content for the price. Occasionally less than a dollar a song.
Why all the complaining?Posted: May 02, 2008 12:00AM PST by sconnolly
What's with all of the whining? No one is putting a gun to your head to buy this stuff. If Namco thinks they can make some extra money from fans of the game, there's nothing stopping them and they SHOULD see if the market supports it. It's business. No one complains about $10 for maps we all used to get for free not too long ago. They happily run out and buy them. Those were maps players were getting for free not too long ago on a platform where customers DEMAND more for less (PC). With the move to consoles, these guys found people who will PAY for the things they used to be free and they're taking advantage. Instead of bitching out Namco, why don't you turn it around and look at yourself. The players are the ones enabling these companies to charge for stuff that used to be free of charge. YOU are letting them get away with it and you're happily doing it. Who the hell would pass up free money like that?!
It really does add up...Posted: May 02, 2008 12:00AM PST by lokey013
...I think if stuff like this were bought in increments one wouldn't notice as much...but if someone purchased the game late....then he/she would definitely be surprised...wish they had a Tales or Soul Calibur plane =P
It's ridiculous Namco!Posted: May 02, 2008 12:00AM PST by Sunspot01
You should really be ashamed of yourselves with this crap you're pulling. Beautiful Katamari really pissed me off the way you locked the content on the disc. You made it way shorter then the previous 2, and had this content released almost a week after the game came out (and it was on the disc, we just have to buy it to play it...). Ace Combat is just RIDICULOUS with content. And Soul Calibur? I'm truly frightend as to what they will do...it'll be pathetic with content compared to SCIII. I just know it. Namco has been on a roll with this crap lately.
DLC= Downloaded CrapPosted: May 02, 2008 12:00AM PST by Urza83
I think Namco isn't the only company with issues, Look how they charge for Rockband, and Guitarhero DLC. Tetris online charges like 8 Microsoft points for fish on the title screen. Who wants that? I'm betting that rockstar is going to charge for extra cars, in witch you will not see that often since theirs already a crapload.
One way to send them a message...Posted: May 02, 2008 12:00AM PST by PanzerDSS
Don't pay for that crap. I have Beautiful Katamari and I won't pay for those levels. I don't need them. That's not one of those games where I feel compelled to get the WHOLE experience. Japanese developers, from what I've read, seem to have a different idea of what DLC is/should be. After a few botched experiments (like this), I think they'll get it right.
never againPosted: May 02, 2008 12:00AM PST by ibanezdropd
after playing the broken mr driller (off)line.... namco/bandai can go screw themselves.. i'm not buying anything new from them
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.Posted: May 02, 2008 12:00AM PST by abercrombieco2
why would you want this stuff for your game? this seems so not needed. i can understand charging for maps to extend online game play or adding in extra areas or missions but charging for skins or extra planes that probally do the same thing as the other ones? that has nothing to do with the game. im looking forward to H A W X alot more now. then again look at burn out paradise where pretty much everything they have added as all been free.
Too muchPosted: May 01, 2008 12:00AM PST by NegativeZero
I'd actually buy all the Idolm@ster planes (and incidentally I'd also buy the Idolm@ster games, but Namco won't release them outside Japan) if they were 200 points each. I often have 200 points sitting unused in my account after picking up XBLA games. By pricing them at an unreasonable 400 points they've effectively prevented me from buying them, and I don't think I'll be the only one with this problem.
"experiment"Posted: May 01, 2008 12:00AM PST by NYSTOFMIND23
Great choice of word!
Tough Questions.Posted: May 01, 2008 12:00AM PST by Super_Kaiju
I'm glad to see that at least one site is calling publishers out. The Namco employee made it sound like he thought it was less of a ripoff to sell skins and stat adjustments than it would be to sell entirely new models, how does that make sense. Who's next EA for their European Rock Band price?
About Time Someone Asked NamcoPosted: May 01, 2008 12:00AM PST by fanger
All the plane that are downloadable are only reskins. Namco have not released any new planes from what is already in the game. I'd probably buy new planes if they were reasonable priced but not this reskin shit which seems to be aimed more towards the japs anyway.
WOW. just wow.Posted: May 01, 2008 12:00AM PST by maraxusofk
i will never EVER buy another namco game after soul calibur 4 (already paid for it) if they do crap like this.
MaybePosted: May 01, 2008 12:00AM PST by Galactic_Barret
they figure 360 have alot of disposible income. Especially considering that 360 games take up most of the NPD charts every month. I guess Namco is just trying to get a really big slice of the pie.
screw the round-eyesPosted: May 01, 2008 12:00AM PST by AlchemistX
thats pretty much his bottom line.
Great ArticlePosted: May 01, 2008 12:00AM PST by notalkjustrock
A good read, thanks Mielke. Makes me worried for Soul Calibur IV. Idolmaster costumes?
GREEDY WHORES!!Posted: May 01, 2008 12:00AM PST by Pooldevil
i have ace combat 6 but theres no way im gonna spend extra money on planes, its sad some game companies are doing this, might lose me as a fan to the ace combat series in me. I been buying and playing these games since ace combat 2 on the PS1


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Sketching today at Café Smagløs on Klostertorvet square while waiting for our lunch to arrive. The annual Århus Jazz Festival is in progress, and we listened to a trio playing live on the open scene of the square.
Lots of people were out enjoying the sunny weather and listening to the music.
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Dogs have been domesticated for longer than any other animal on the planet, and humans have developed a unique relationship with these furry friends.
We treat our pets like a part of the family, and we feel that they can understand us in a way other animals cannot. Now, new research is revealing what dog lovers have suspected all along: Dogs have an uncanny ability to read and respond to human emotions.
What is surprising, however, is new research showing that humans, in turn, respond to dogs with the same hormone responsible for bonding mothers to their babies. How did this incredible relationship between humans and dogs come to be? And how can dogs, so closely related to fearsome wild wolves, behave so differently?
It's all in the genes. "Dogs Decoded" investigates new discoveries in genetics that are illuminating the origin of dogs—with revealing implications for the evolution of human culture as well.
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Letters to the editor: Edinboro's community college effort falls short
Here we go again.
That was my reaction to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania's plans to establish the "community's college" at its Porreco Center in Erie ("Reaction optimistic," Erie Times-News, March 27).
Edinboro has made a strategic business decision intended to pre-empt efforts to create a true community college. The university obviously sees a real community college as a threat, as opposed to the partner and vital piece of the educational landscape they are everywhere in the nation but Erie.
Real community colleges must be nimble, flexible and close to the ground in order to meet the challenging needs of employers, families worried about college costs, dislocated workers, those trying to escape poverty, and others. It takes a laser-focused commitment, diligence and sustained hard work down in the trenches.
While there is a little bit of overlap, Edinboro's mission and culture as a four-year institution are very different. By its very nature it is a bureaucratic, rigid, "ivory tower" institution that not long ago was decrying state funding reductions that required it to cut programs and lay off staff.
Edinboro's plan is just another brick in the wall that the existing universities, for-profit trade schools and others have been building for years to protect their interests. This new initiative is designed to divert attention, energy and resources away from any further community college efforts.
But I have to give the forces of self-interest and inertia in Erie a perverted tip of the cap. They have been relentless in their efforts to suck the lifeblood out of the community college effort. And in my case, they have succeeded.
To some people's delight, no doubt, after some five years of tilting at the community college windmill, I'm done.
Steve Bishopexecutive director, Corry
Higher Education Council, Corry
Prom donation
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In 2013, Erie demonstrated its generosity to local young women who were not able to attend their prom because they could not afford a dress.
The Mercyhurst Prep Prom Project is again collecting gently worn formal dresses, long, short or in between, any color or fabric, as long as they are in good condition. So, please take a look in the dark, back corner of your closet and see what you have hidden away. Jewelry, purses, gloves, shawls or capes and other formalwear will also be gladly accepted. Formal clothing for young men is needed as well, so if you have a tux that you have outgrown, a young man will love to give it some use.
Clothing and accessories can be dropped off at Mercyhurst Prep, 538 E. Grandview Blvd., between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. If you cannot come during those hours, please call or e-mail Nancy Zimmerman to make other arrangements. We will be collecting dresses, etc., until April 16.
The dresses will be delivered to an organization that works with teens on a daily basis. You can be sure that your contribution goes to a worthy young person. Thank you, Erie. You always come through in times of need.
Nancy J. Zimmermancommunity service
coordinator, Mercyhurst Preparatory School, Erie
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Despite evidence to the contrary, spring will eventually arrive in Erie and with it the urge by local governments to patch the potholes left by this season's harsh winter. Before they do so, however, I would urge all local governing bodies to consider not patching the potholes for the following reasons.
First, patching potholes is very expensive and ultimately futile, since they will simply reappear after next winter. Rather, the money should be saved or spent on more worthwhile endeavors, such as hiring additional police, improving local parks or sending elected officials to conferences.
Second, potholes increase drivers' skills by forcing them to dodge potholes. Navigating around or through potholes requires a very precise knowledge of where your tires are, thus increasing drivers' skill at precise handling and steering.
Third, police can't be everywhere and thus seldom arrest speeding drivers traveling at, say, 40 mph through a 25 mph zone. More effectively than police patrols, potholes slow down drivers who like to speed and thus increase safety on our local roads.
Fourth, drivers who insist on speeding often hit deep potholes, puncturing their ties or throwing their wheels out of alignment, or both. Such drivers need new tires and/or alignment work, thus stimulating the local economy and guaranteeing continued employment for mechanics.
For all of the above reasons, I urge our local officials to forego the futile ritual of patching potholes and urge them to spend the money more wisely on projects of lasting value to taxpayers.
Dean BaldwinErie
Hobby Lobby
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I respect Christians taking a stance, despite personal hardships as the Bible narrative God demands. As I understand it, the Hobby Lobby birth control case is about abortion for them; they don't want to pay for birth control that rids a fertilized egg. And I could respect that -- if they didn't do huge business with China, which has horrible one-child and forced abortion policies.
I'd like to challenge the local Hobby Lobby spokesman to speak to the rationalization of them doing business with China and how that's not a case of supporting what they're against.
I don't want to be premature, but I'd bet it comes down to money to be made. Not to mention some Christians' view that women are to be subservient.
Mark AmatangeloErie
Kid boxing hit
Lately we've heard a lot of reports about the danger of concussions in children who play sports. The picture on your sports page showing one child punching another child in the face during a boxing match was shocking in light of all the new research ("Battling it out," Erie Times-News, March 24).
The child being hit clearly suffered a great deal of pain. He also seemed in danger of suffering a concussion.
All child boxing does is promote a culture of violence in children. What were these parents thinking who would allow their children to hurt other children or to be hurt by other children? What was your sports editor thinking in promoting such violence as wholesome sport? Those parents and your sports editor should be ashamed of themselves.
Virginia W. SabolErie
Editor's note: The letters refers to a stand-alone photo from a 55-pound bout at a Pennsylvania Golden Gloves tournament at the Holy Trinity Social Center on March 23.


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Murder suspect Travaris Walker is back in Charleston after being extradited from Georgia, where he fled after slipping from his electronic monitoring bracelet last month, authorities said.
Charleston County deputies brought Walker, 29, back to the Lowcountry on Wednesday evening and placed him in the Cannon Detention Center, sheriffs Maj. Jim Brady said.
Walker is accused of fatally shooting Marquis Rashad Richardson, 25, in the head Dec. 19 in Lincolnville after Walker and three others allegedly abducted Richardson from a peninsula home.
Investigators said Walker shot Richardson after he was unable to reclaim some property he believed Richardson had taken from him.
Walker fled Charleston on Oct. 20, after slipping out of his monitoring device, authorities said. The U.S. Marshals Service tracked him to Riverdale, Ga., where he was taken into custody Oct. 26.
Walker will be scheduled for a hearing before a circuit judge, which will likely occur next week at the earliest, Brady said.


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Students plan school of future
Four students from Eastview Middle School have come up with an architectural design for a school that connects education to Red Deer's downtown community.
They call it Mamawayawin School, which translates to 'living in a community' in Cree.
Grade 7 and 8 students Cole Webber, Connor McCallister, Alison Harman and Aidan Schafer are competing in the School of the Future contest put on by the Council of Education Facility Planners International.
The Red Deer team won the right to represent Alberta and is now competing against two teams, one from Alaska and a team from Washington State, for the title of Pacific Northwest regional finalist.
Students will find out on Monday if they are one of eight international teams heading to the finals in April in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mamawayawin School was designed to attach to the existing Recreation Centre. Students came up with an innovative plan to expand the aquatics centre and add a museum and art gallery to their proposed Kindergarten to Grade 8 school. Grade 9 to 12 students would be taught in a nearby science centre.
The concept grew from a desire to make students more successful based on the Finnish education system that emphasizes individualized education suited to students' needs.
"In our design we kind of wanted to make learning fun and really want the students to be happy to go to school," McCallister said on Thursday.
Opportunities to learn from businesses and organizations in the downtown community would further enhance students' education.
"We really wanted to make it interactive. Everybody in the community plays a part in their education," McCallister said.
The team worked to complement city plans for future development in the downtown.
Webber said the facilities were designed to be shared with the community. Constructing multi-use facilities means fewer facilities are needed.
Sustainability is a big part of schools of the future and Mamawayawin School would use geothermal heating, solar energy, and harness waste energy from rinks to cool buildings.
A green roof edged with railing on the main school facility would double as a playground.
"This building is very big and we thought it would take away the aspect of the park so we designed this part here to almost act as a path so you can walk right up and over it," said Harman while pointing to the curved roof that touches ground in the team's table-top model.
"We designed it like that so the students can still feel a part of downtown and the site without being at risk of danger."
Craig Webber, principal with Group2 Architecture Engineering Ltd., was a professional mentor for the Eastview team. Eastview teacher Kelly Aleman worked with the students.


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Gregg Marshall has been so Gregg Marshall this week.
"It was such an amazing achievement for that team to get an at-large bid," he said, recalling the 20th anniversary of the College of Charleston's first NCAA tournament bid, when Marshall was an assistant coach under John Kresse. "I was excited to speculate back and forth with coach Kresse during the days leading up to the selection show."
Marshall told North Carolina freelance reporter Barry Jacobs that Wake Forest - the program the College of Charleston faced back in that 1994 NCAA tournament - is the only ACC school that has shown interest in tangling with his suddenly elite Wichita State program.
"To be honest with you, we don't think they're good enough," Marshall said. "They don't help our schedule."
Wichita State, No. 2 in The Associated Press poll and looking to lock down a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, rolled past Missouri State on Saturday in the Missouri Valley Conference semifinals to improve to 33-0.
Regardless of what happens Sunday in the league championship game, Gregg Marshall and the Shockers - groovy name for a garage band - will win it all this year. No other team in your soon-to-be-filled office pool will have a better combination of talented players, wise head coach, incessant approach, available fans and March Madness moxie.
Marshall's simple "run hard" mantra works with a roster full of overlooked prospects who buy in. Bradley head coach Geno Ford said it best after a 69-49 loss to Wichita State: "At the rim they have unbelievable length. It's length and it comes from anywhere. . They're absolutely terrific at help and recover, and they deny (passes). You can't find five teams in the country with that."
True. Wichita State's schedule is every bit as weak as advertised.
The Shockers have not played a ranked team. They are No. 15 in USA Today's Sagarin computer rankings.
But most of their games have been routs.
Last year, Wichita State as a No. 9 seed upset No. 2 seed Ohio State, 70-66, in an NCAA regional final. The Shockers came close against eventual national champ Louisville in the Final Four, losing 72-68.
Wichita State won't have to travel far for NCAA tournament fun: St. Louis for opening-round games, on to Indianapolis for the Sweet 16, Dallas for the Final Four.
Much more fan friendly for the Shockers than their Salt Lake City-Los Angeles-Atlanta jaunt of 2013.
At the 'epicenter'
Marshall, a 51-year-old Greenwood native, has a sunflower yellow locomotive rolling down the tracks and everyone else better watch out. It's fueled by a powerful concoction: knowledge Marshall gained from Kresse at the College of Charleston, savvy sifted from Marshall's seven NCAA tournament trips at Winthrop and the frighteningly steady gains at Wichita State.
The Shockers went from 11 wins in Marshall's first season to 17, then 25, then 29 and an NIT championship in 2011.
They made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2012 and the Final Four last year.
Wichita State might be just as good next year. Two of the three Shockers that made the All-Missouri Valley first team are sophomores, guards Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet, who won the Larry Bird Trophy as the league's Player of the Year.
Why leave?
Marshall makes approximately $2 million per season. He and his family - wife Lynn, who has a College of Charleston masters degree, son Kellen and daughter Maggie - live on a golf course.
The 10,506 seats at Charles Koch Arena are filled for every game. The Missouri Valley Conference this week gave Marshall its Coach of the Year award for the third straight season.
Another Final Four appearance probably guarantees Marshall a spot in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Plus, Marshall gets to hang out every Monday night during the season at Deano's Grill & Tapworks, host site of Marshall's weekly radio show. Typically, he orders a pizza with sausage, onions, jalapenos and banana peppers while answering questions from avid fans.
This week, someone asked about recruiting.
"To be quite frank, we don't get the pick of the litter," Marshall said. "That goes to Duke or UNC or those type programs. We get the next level guys that want to go somewhere now where they can go to a Final Four and win every game in a regular season and win the NIT and be on national television and be the focus, if not the epicenter, of college basketball. Which is what we've been the last couple of weeks."
That is, players like Fred VanVleet, who picked Wichita State over Northern Illinois and Kent State and quickly emerged as a national star.
Cherishing 1994
Food and good basketball go together. Marshall fondly recalls the College of Charleston's 1994 NCAA tournament Selection Show watch party at a now defunct East Bay Street restaurant. The Cougars, though 24-4, were not smart money to make the field.
"The excitement in that Arizona's restaurant will always be something I cherish," Marshall said.
Not taking NCAA tournament appearances and seeding for granted is another reason to like Wichita State.
Going into this week's Missouri Valley Tournament, Marshall preached caution.
"They know it's possible to lose to these teams," he said of his players. "We played these teams twice and the way you go 31-0 is you have a healthy respect for your opponent, and you know if you don't play well against them, you can lose."
A conference title gives Wichita State a 34-0 record heading to the NCAA tournament.
Six more wins and it's 40-0, a pizza topping even better than jalapenos and banana peppers.
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Friday, 4 November 2011: ninemsn has today revealed its bold new retail ad format, the Centrefold. A digital play on the traditionally risque magazine placement, this interactive format allows users to 'peel back' pages of a high-impact and engaging catalogue.
The Centrefold expands from a homepage medium rectangle placement, to a full double page spread allowing up to 12 'pages' of creative content in the one rich media execution.
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The new retail focused format also pitches itself as ideal for advertisers looking to create seamless cross-media campaigns, by supporting hard copy catalogue drops with an instantly recognisable digital component.
The Centerfold has been released this week along with another expanding retail unit on the ninemsn homepage shopping module. The new releases are just in time for last minute retailers buying out media for the January sales.
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Today over at Simply Stated – check out some colorful garden party ideas to help inspire your summer celebrations! {Three stylish, floral-inspired partyware collections, plus coordinating drinks, favors, and decor ideas…}
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what lovely and colorful garden party finds! i am in love with this blog. amazing ideas for entertaining… something i love to do!
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Learn Rangoli Design – Step by Step
Sometimes making rangoli step by step in the manner shown helps to get a big rangoli design. You can go on building your design till you are really satisfied with it. Notice that all the above three designs shown are complete designs on their own.
Outline of the rangoli design was first made with different colors. As you can see, in the second step areas within the boundaries were filled with colored sand. Finally glitters (चमकी) were sprinkled over the rangoli.


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Should Alcohol Product Placement Be Banned in Hollywood?Joslyn Gray
A new study shows that children and teens may be more influenced by what they see in movies than by what they're taught by parents, a new study shows. The study, conducted by researchers at Dartmouth Medical School, was published on the British Medical Journal's BMJ Open site this week. The study may warrant considering placing restrictions on alcohol placement in movies.
The study found that children who watch movies with drinking scenes are more than twice as likely to try alcohol, and the rate actually tripled for teens who moved on to binge drinking, as compared to children who watch relatively few movies.
We're not talking tiny percentages here, either. Over the two-year course of the study, the number of movie-watching teenagers who had started drinking rose from 11 percent to 25 percent. The number of teens who began binge drinking rose from 4 percent to 13 percent.
"The effect of movie exposure … derives from the fact that alcohol use in movies is typically modelled in positive situations, without negative effects, and often shown with alcohol brands, which consolidates both the adolescent's identity as a drinker and brand allegiance," the study argues.
The study is particularly concerning because while cigarette product placement is banned in U.S. movies, alcohol product placement is not, regardless of film rating. In fact, alcohol use is not even included as a factor in the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings system.
"It's really not incorporated into the ratings at all," study author James Sargent says. "There's just as much in PG-13 movies as there is in R movies."
The study looked only at the effects of alcohol use and alcohol product placement in movies, and did not factor in the repeated exposure kids have to advertisements on the Internet, in print, and on television.
The study also brings up concerns about alcohol product placement on both a national and global level. The study found that half of all Hollywood films, regardless of film rating, contained at least one alcohol brand appearance. Additionally, more than half of the revenues for Hollywood movies comes from overseas, meaning that movies with alcohol placement are affecting adolescents everywhere they are distributed.
How can parents and clinicians battle the effects of alcohol marketing and product placement? The study authors offered these suggestions:
- Parental restriction on certain types of media, for example, R-rated movies, which contain high levels of drinking (90%) and brand placement (61%). Parental movie restrictions have been associated with lower risk for alcohol and tobacco use, and parental media management merits greater emphasis by clinicians and intervention researchers.
- Parents should not allow alcohol-branded merchandise in their homes; this type of alcohol marketing seems particularly problematic because adolescents become promotional vehicles as they wear their merchandise in schools and other public places, another point clinicians can make when discussing substance use prevention in office visits.
- Parents may limit onset of alcohol use by being responsive and setting limits, by promoting extracurricular involvement, by keeping home alcohol in a secure location or by not drinking frequently themselves.
What kinds of restrictions do you place on what your kids can watch? And do you think alcohol product placement should be banned in movies?
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"I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Those words, spoken by an unhinged anchorman named Howard Beale, "the mad prophet of the airwaves," took America by storm in 1976, when Network became a sensation. With a superb cast (including Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, and Robert Duvall) directed by Sidney Lumet, the film won four Academy Awards and indelibly shaped how we think about corporate and media power. In Mad As Hell, Dave Itzkoff of The New York Times recounts the surprising and dramatic story of how Network made it to the screen. Such a movie rarely gets made any more - one man's vision of the world, independent of studio testing or market research. And that man was Paddy Chayefsky, the tough, driven, Oscar-winning screenwriter whose vision - outlandish for its time - is all too real today. Itzkoff uses interviews with the cast and crew, as well as Chayefsky's notes, letters, and drafts to re-create the action in front of and behind the camera at a time of swirling cultural turmoil. The result is a riveting account that enriches our appreciation of this prophetic and still-startling film. Itzkoff also speaks with today's leading broadcasters and filmmakers to assess Network's lasting impact on television and popular culture. They testify to the enduring genius of Paddy Chayefsky, who foresaw the future and whose life offers an unforgettable lesson about the true cost of self-expression.show more
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Itzkoff's engrossing, unfolding narrative contains the perfect amount of inside-baseball moviemaking stories and anecdotes about stars. It is an inspiring, conflict-driven account of the parade of the indignities and happy accidents that are always present when making a movie, even a great one. "Rob Lowe, The New York Times Book Review" Absorbing and revealing ... ["Mad as Hell"] garners insights into what made the film enduringly provocative and riveting. "USA Today" Between the time the covers were glued on [Itzkoff's] lively and terrifically detailed account and this very minute, the media world has become more Chayefskyian still.... Itzkoff's narrative is thorough yet brisk as he catalogs the good and the bad that befell Chayefsky and his passion project. It is fortified with vivid anecdotes. "The New York Times" Dave Itzkoff's account of how the brilliant, stubborn, and pugnacious Chayefsky did his research, wrote his script and, ultimately, imposed his vision on the film is elegantly executed.... Itzkoff is right to give Paddy Chayefsky his due as a cultural icon. "Ted Koppel, NPR All Things Considered" Dave Itzkoff's "Mad as Hell" chronicles not only Chayefsky's arduous efforts to get Network' made but also the influence its several messages have had Almost 40 years after Network, ' we're less mad than distracted, looking to be amused. We could use another Paddy Chayefsky. "The Washington Post" I salute Itzkoff for zooming in at book length on "Network." "The Atlantic" Fun Offers a vivid portrait [and] great anecdotes. "Maureen Dowd, The New York Times" Dave Itzkoff takes us on an extraordinary journey, and in the process reveals Chayefsky's prognosis for TV, a prognosis we've chosen to ignore even as its come true before our eyes. "Forbes" "Mad as Hell " reminds us of that era when the profession of screenwriting was revered, and some top writers could actually get a movie made Chayefsky brought to films like "Hospital" and "Network "both anger and irony -- elements that go missing from "Monuments Men." "Variety" Riveting a compelling portrait. "Details" In "Mad as Hell," Itzkoff tells the story, lovingly and in depth, of the creation of a brilliant and important movie that would almost certainly never be made today . Itzkoff makes a convincing argument that Chayefsky was only using the news as a metaphor to reflect the degeneracy of empathy and decency . [Howard Beale] deserves to have his story told as deftly as Itzkoff has told it here. "The Miami Herald" Dave Itzkoff's book both meticulously reconstructs the making of the film and sketches, with depth and sensitivity, the complex, troubled life of its screenwriter-creator Paddy Chayefsky. "The Daily Beast" Briskly readable. "San Francisco Chronicle" Amply researched and highly readable. "The Santa Fe New Mexican" A terrific book by a "New York Times" writer about a film classic. "The Buffalo News" Itzkoff gives the film its due. More important, he shows just how vital one writer can be. "Sioux City Journal" "Mad as Hell" provides an in-depth account of the making of the 1976 film that's particularly impressive because almost four decades have passed since the late screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky brought Network' to the big screen The three-ring-circus that Beale's newscast morphs into certainly resembles some of the reality shows that fill network schedules today. "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" Itzkoff digs into every nook and cranny of the film's production--and also interviews contemporary television journalists such as Keith Olbermann, Bill O'Reilly and Anderson Cooper to discuss its impact This is a very sharp and insightful book Popular cultural history at its best. "Shelf Awareness" It's a joy to read and should be on the list of students of media and PR .We're all living in Paddy's world. Things won't change until we get as "mad as hell" as "Network"'s crazed visionary Howard Beale. "O'Dwyer's" [A] compellingly told story of the making and cultural effect of the 1976 Hollywood satire of the TV industry [and] a solid behind-the-scenes movie book Fans of the film will find the book irresistible. "Kirkus Review" "Network," the satirical masterpiece that won four Academy Awards in 1976, remains a cultural touchstone [and in" Mad as Hell"] Itzkoff peppers his straightforward and balanced narrative with plenty of juicy anecdotes but Itzkoff's real achievement is in his chilling analysis of "Network" as prophecydemonstrating through interviews with Anderson Cooper, Stephen Colbert, Bill O'Reilly, and others that Chayefsky's satire has become our reality. "Publishers Weekly" Absorbing [Chayefsky] kept a passion for the worth of the common person throughout his career, and every insult to human dignity infuriated him A making-of film book that's also a piquant biography. "Booklist" Dave Itzkoff has written a sensational and definitive book about how the twentieth century's most important screenwriter came to write the twentieth century's most explosive movie. It's a loving and intelligent examination of what happens when talent and skill take common pain and anger and focus it into a magnificent work of art. I believe this is the first thing written about Paddy Chayefsky that Chayefsky would have liked. Watch "Network" and read this book. "Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing and The Newsroom and screenwriter of The Social Network" "Network" is still a movie worth arguing about, and Dave Itzkoff shows us not just how this movie got made, but how, step by step and line by brilliant, argumentative line, it got written. This is one of the most rewarding books I've read about how a script evolves, and a tough, true and unsparing portrait of an extraordinary writer. "Mark Harris, author of Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood" Dave Itzkoff does a terrific job of bringing this signal moment in movie history to life, conveying the larger significance without losing sight of the crazy day-to-day stuff that goes into the process -- the egos, uncertainty, desire, money, and power struggles that make us love to read about movie-making. And he does it all with an intensity and passion Paddy Chayefsky would admire. "Julie Salamon, author of The Devil's Candy and Wendy and the Lost Boys" This is that rarest of the biography of a movie' genre: the one that allows you to enjoy, in new ways you never dreamt of, the greatness of a perfect, prophetic film like "Network." "Keith Olbermann" Dave Itzkoff's account of the making of "Network, " Paddy Chayefsky's prescient if mordant x-ray of network news on its way down from its postwar heights to the pabulum it is today, makes for riveting reading. "Peter Biskind, author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and editor of My Lunches with Orson" The story of "Network" is the story of a prophetic screenwriter and his unrelenting determination to make the film that would not only change the way we looked at television, but free us to express our anger, individually and collectively. This is more than a book about a seminal movie. It's a book about a seminal moment in American history, told with grace, force, wit, and intelligence. "Jonathan Mahler, author of Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning" This thorough and rousing book reminds us that Paddy Chayefsky, aside from being one of the knockdown smartest individuals Hollywood has ever allowed, ranked with its most visionary. "Mad As Hell" makes painfully clear how our country's tabloid ethic has only worsened in the years since this Paul Revere of screenwriters saw it coming four decades ago. We should have listened. "Sam Wasson, author of Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman" Dave Itzkoff has blessed us with a vivid and richly entertaining account of what goes on inside the making of a hit movie -- the mixture of intrigue, creativity, infighting, and astonishing behavior of the famous and the driven; all of which somehow came together to produce a superb motion picture. Not to be missed. "Dick Cavett""show more
About Dave Itzkoff
Dave Itzkoff is a culture reporter at "The New York Times," where he writes regularly about film, television, theater, music, and popular culture. He has previously worked at "Spin," "Maxim," and "Details," and his work has appeared in "GQ," "Vanity Fair," "Wired," and other publications. He is the author of two previous books, "Cocaine's Son" and "Lads." He lives in New York City.show more


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The Premier League is one of the best football leagues in the world, if not the best.
It makes sense that players generally wish to play in England, and rumors are started with the slightest word of mouth.
Many journalists jump on a slip of the tongue, even if it holds no merit at all.
They stretch the idea so far that people begin to speculate and become excited about what they have read.
Here are nine of the silliest rumors of this summer thus far.


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Kling a song of sixpence
Honestly, you have no idea that headline took me to come up with. I was trying to think of something that rhymes with "Kling", in that it has an L in it and really, I'm stumped. Fling? But, like, what …
Honestly, you have no idea that headline took me to come up with. I was trying to think of something that rhymes with "Kling", in that it has an L in it and really, I'm stumped. Fling? But, like, what headline can I come up with there? Really, who cares. . . And I finally get to the point!
This morning I went, with the lovely Fiona, to the S/S 2010 press day for Kling, a Spanish brand of ladies' clothing in the Italian Quarter in Dublin city centre (as well as locations in Cork, Galway and Limerick – see the website for details). There were cakes, there was champagne, and there was, of all things, a bath that had been cut out and filled with cushions, to make the best couch you've ever seen.
There was also a huge range of their S/S fare – dresses, tops and skirts. There weren't any trousers that I saw, but that kind of fits with the whole "feel" of the brand, which is very girly, with a lot of candy colours, flounces, tiered layers and soft cottons.
The brand is labelled "one size", which is often one of my least favourite things in the world, as "one size" usually means "size 8″, but it was explained that the designer likes to design one size in each design, so that one dress only comes in size 14, and another only in size 8-10, which actually makes a lot of sense (there are a LOT of dresses in life that will not look as good on a 14 as they will on an 8, and vice versa). For our part, myself and F (who is a very different size to me) tried on a few garments (for the purposes of research), and found that the sizing malarkey really does work; I tried a lovely chiffon dress that fit me like a glove, and F was into the tailoring of their sailor-style gúnaí.
There are also shoes, which obviously come in a full size range, displayed on this gorgeous bookshelf – and a lot of the furniture instore is secondhand or recycled, which is always a nice touch. And overall there is a great feel to the store – there's something about bright colours and light fabrics that will put a spring in the rainiest February day. Plus, they have these gorgeous wedges, that are remarkably reminiscent of Melissa P's range with Vivienne Westwood last year. . .
I'll do another post at a later date with proper photographs (apologies for shoddy iPhone quality, but I couldn't resist taking the little cakes!) from their press imagery, but for now I'd say go in, have a good rummage, because there really is a huge range, and while it appeared a little "girly" for me in the beginning (having to remind myself constantly that I'm no longer 14), there are definitely pieces in the collection to suit almost everyone.


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As they look ahead to the balance of the year, chain executives are generally upbeat in assessing the prospects for the industry and their own companies. Barring any unforeseen upheavals in the economy, they told SN, the rest of 1997 should be pretty similar to the early part of the year. "In a macro sense, it will be business as usual," Robert A. Mariano, president and chief executive officer of Dominick's Finer Foods, Northlake, Ill., said. "I don't see anything on the horizon to cause ...
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COLUMBIA To South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier, it seemed like quite a while since the last time his team beat Arkansas before Saturdays 38-20 victory.
It was good to beat Arkansas, finally, Spurrier said. I think the last time we beat them, Bush was the president.
He meant George W. Bush, of course, not his father. And Spurrier was technically correct. USC last defeated Arkansas, 34-21, on Nov. 8, 2008, four days after Barack Obama was elected to replace Bush the following January.
USC had lost three straight and five of six against Arkansas before Saturday. And the margins of those defeats werent close: 16, 12, 17, 21, and 16 last season in Fayetteville.
USC is now 8-13 against Arkansas, with all the games coming since 1992, when the teams joined the Southeastern Conference together USC in the Eastern Division, Arkansas in the Western.
But will the series continue past next season, when USC travels to Fayetteville for the first of three road trips (along with Tennessee and Missouri) in three weeks?
The SEC is using 2013 as another bridge year to its new scheduling format, as a result of Texas A&M and Missouri joining the league this year. USC was going to be paired with Texas A&M as its permanent Western opponent, but the league wont decide the permanent cross-division pairings until its athletic directors meet early next year.
Clowneys sack record
Jadeveon Clowney recorded another sack and now has 9½ for the season. Another sack and he breaks the South Carolina single-season record; Andrew Provence (1982) and Melvin Ingram (last season) had 10 sacks.
Tight end depth
The Gamecocks have nice tight end depth with Justice Cunningham and Rory Anderson. And now introducing Jerell Adams, a true freshman tight end from Pinewood.
Adams (6-6, 224) caught his first touchdown pass, a 29-yard strike from Connor Shaw, to give South Carolina a 7-0 lead. Adams was so wide open, I think I could have caught that pass, Spurrier said.
Lattimore sends message
Marcus Lattimore offered thanks to fans in a video board message during the first quarter. The junior running back suffered a season-ending knee injury against Tennessee two weeks ago.
Hey, Gamecock Country, Lattimore said. I just wanted to take a minute to say thank you very much for all the notes and cards. I appreciate all of your support. I am feeling fine and working to get back to football. To my teammates, I only have one message: Beat Arkansas! Go Gamecocks!
Lattimore will receive a game ball from teammates.
I thought that was pretty awesome, quarterback Connor Shaw said of the video message.


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text: Tommy Hilfiger branches into the realm of lifestyle art with the release of the latest Surf Shack Boards Collection. Tapping artists such as Lola Schnabel, Richard Phillips, Scott Campbell, Gary Simmons and Raymond Pettibon, each of the various-sized boards are emblazoned with the artwork of the collective. Citing a glimpse into the reasoning behind the collection, Hilfiger stated, "Art plays a significant role in my own design process and I'm always inspired to collaborate with great artistic talent."


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University of Washington coach Lorenzo Romar refers to West Virginia's basketball team as one of those teams that's "easy to scout, hard to stop."
But that will be the task at hand for his 11th-seeded Huskies when they battle the East Regional's No. 2 seed in Syracuse at 7:27 p.m. Thursday in a Sweet 16 match-up.
"There's not a whole lot of secrets in what they're doing," Romar said. "They are so efficient at doing it. The combination of their length, athleticism and toughness is not something we have seen this year."
The Huskies are led into the contest by senior forward Quincy Pondexter, who is averaging 19.7 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. Isaiah Thomas, a 5-8 sophomore guard, is scoring at a 17.1 points per game clip. The Huskies, winners of the Pac-10 tournament, are averaging about 80 points per contest.
The Huskies were ranked in the top 15 in the early part of the season, only to stumble when they began making their trip through the conference.
But at some point, the team came together and gelled just in time for madness of March.
"They were on the border line of doubting themselves," Romar said. "To come back from that and be in the Sweet 16 is very rewarding."
WVU, on the other hand, has played this season with high expectations.
The Mountaineers seem to be treating this excursion hrough March as a business trip.
"They're not all giddy about going to the Sweet 16," Huggins said. "We came in, did what we were supposed to do, and now we move on."
The Mountaineers are riding the hot hand of senior forward Da'Sean Butler, who just recently became only the third player in school history to score more than 2,000 points. He joins some lofty company in legends Jerry West and Hot Rod Hundley.
Butler was the tournament MVP as WVU captured its first-ever Big East Conference championship, scoring the game-winning bucket in the waning seconds in two of the team's three victories. He scored 28 points in leading WVU to victory Sunday over Missouri.
"Da'Sean does a great job at leading our guys," Huggins said. "He really takes it to heart.
"You only get to spend four years in college, and it's the best time of your life," he continued. "You should enjoy it. But these guys know the difference between having fun and going to work."


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SHERMAN OAKS, Calif. -Bernie Corrigan, 39, of Sherman Oaks, Calif., formerly of East Palestine, died accidentally on Sunday.
Mr. Corrigan was born Sept. 14, 1971, the son of the late Nadine (Weber) Caratelli and Bernard Corrigan.
He was raised in East Palestine before moving to California in 1992. He had worked for East Palestine China in this area, and for Howard Rosen Music Productions and Guitar Hero in California.
Mr. Corrigan also was employed by Line 6 out of Los Angeles, and had performed with several bands in the West Coast music industry, most recently with the band "Elviss Simons."
Concurrently, he wrote original music for TV, movie soundtracks and various other projects. From tracks recorded with Oscar and Grammy-winning producer Giorgio Moroder ("Life Goes On" in the Media section), to current projects with Grammy-winning songwriter Ben Moody (Evanescence, Kelly Clarkson, Celine Dion, We Are The Fallen).
He also performed with Gretchen Bonaduce's band "Ankhesenamen," with whom he also filmed a TV show for Fox Reality entitled "Re-Inventing Bonaduce."
Bernie also actively instructed students in guitar, bass, vocals and percussion.
He is survived by his wife, Beth Lovejoy-Corrigan; a son, Bernard; a daughter, Sarah; his stepmother and stepfather, Peggy and Ronald Caratelli; a sister, Denise Corrigan; a brother, Dennis Bischoff, a step-sister, Emily Marek, three nephews, Denny Bischoff, Cory Andrews, Patrick LaPergola; and two nieces, Bailey and Riley LaPergola.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Nadine (Weber) Caratelli; father, Bernard Corrigan; brother, Ted Bischoff; and infant sister, Shannon Corrigan.
Services and burial will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills.
A local memorial service will be held in the very near future and will be announced on the website berniecorriganmemorialfund.org
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial tributes be made at berniecorriganmemorialfund.com.


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|Nebraska Center for Writers
Selected Publications
of Mark Sanders
Conditions of Grace: New and Selected Poems. Stephen F Austin University Press, 2011.
A Dissimulation of Birds, (stories). Sandhills, 2002.
Before We Lost Our Ways. Texas City, TX: Hurãkan/College of the Mainland, 1996.
Breaking Windows/Guns: Two Essays Texas City: Main-Travelled Roads.
Country Western. Texas City: Main-Travelled Roads #1, 1996.
Digging for Fossils. League City, TX: Jalapeno Press, 1994.
Self-portrait . League City, TX: Jalapeno Press, 1994.
Guilty Party & Infidels. Weatherford: MeadowLane, 1993.
Here in the Big Empty. Backwaters Press, 2006.
Ten Poems. Weatherford: Aquifer, 1992.
The Lost Book. Weatherford; Aquifer, 1992.
The Sandhills of Nebraska and Other Poems. Ord: NoLo, 1992.
North Window. Ord: NoLo, 1992.
The Suicide. Omaha: Curnmington Press, 1988.
Gone Fishing. Fairbury: Nebraska Review/Southeast Cornmunity College, 1981.
First Hunt. Ord: Sandhills, 1979.
A Bibliographic Introduction to Poetry in Nebraska.
Ord, NE: Monograph #1, 1992.
Plains Sense of Things: Eight Poets from Outstate Nebraska (features Welch, West, Sanders, Holland, Buettner, Brummels, Harrison, Schmitz). (Sandhills Press, 1997)
Plains Sense of Things 2: Eight Poets from Lincoln, Nebraska (features Behrendt, Strayer, Raz, Kloefkorn, Kooser, Saiser, Scheele, Hansen). (Sandhills Press, 1997)
Plains Sense of Things 3: A Tribute to Larry Holland. (Sandhills Press, 1999)
Death of a Regional Poet, Canto 1, by Kathleene West (Main-Travelled Roads #13)
The Decade Dance: a Celebration of Poems. Ord: Sandhills, 1991.
On Common Ground. the Poetry of William Kloeflorn, Ted Kooser, Greg Kuzma, and Don Welch. with JV Brummels. Ord: Sandhills, 1983.
Jumping Pond: Poems and Stories from the Ozarks. with Michael Burns. Springfield: Southwest Missouri State UP, 1983.
The Sandhills: Poets of the Great Plains, II. Ord: Sandhills, 1981.
The Sandhills & Other Geographies: an Anthology of Nebraska Poetry. Ord: Sandhills, 1980.
Plains Poetry Series
The Marginalist, Don Welch. 1992
The Farmer's Daughter, Kathleene West 1990
Other Men and Other Women, David Dwyer 1987
Moving to Malibu, Mary Kathryn Stillwell 1987
The Inheritance, Robert Lietz 1987
Pointing out the Sky, Roy Scheele 1985
Pine Creek Parish Hall and Other Poems, Barton Sutter 1985
Plainswoman. Her First Hundred Years, Kathleene West 1985 Main-Traveled Roads
Worry and Other Stories, Ronald Wallace
My Link to the Plains, Larry Holland
Holding Katherine, Ann Townsend and David Baker
Without Reservation, Carolann Russell
Seven Poems, David McCleery
The Plain Sense of Things: Five Poets from Outstate Nebraska
Never Write in a Glass House, Don Welch
The Lives of the Saints, Barbara Schmitz
Short Suite, Roy Scheele
Prairie of the Universe, Thomas Reiter
Transformations, Heather Dubrow
Mildred Bennet Award, Nebraska Center for the Book, 2007