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|Casting Tidbit
|Tweet Topic Started: Apr 19 2009, 02:37 PM (2,747 Views)
|Apr 19 2009, 02:37 PM Post #1
Roy Vongtama Joins the Cast of Days of Our Lives.
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Salem is about to add yet another doctor to help ease the burden of their overworked hospital staff.
Roy Vongtama will be making his debut this spring when he comes to Days to play Dr. Richman. You can expect him to make his first appearances on April 20 and April 21.The Buffalo New York native actually began his career as a doctor. After earning a medical degree at the University of Buffalo, he did a residency at UCLA and is now board certified in radiation oncology.
You'd think a doctor wouldn't have time to pursue an acting career but that hasn't stopped Vongtama. He's already worked on the big screen along such heavyweights as Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in "The Bucket List." You may have also seen him on Primetime series like "24" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation." The actor also has one soap role under his belt. He played Dr. Boyd on "General Hospital: Night Shift."
|Apr 19 2009, 03:05 PM Post #2
I am happy that they are diversifying the ethnicity of their cast....but honestly...uhhhh Salem Hospital is busy....since when?
|Apr 19 2009, 03:41 PM Post #3
|Hey at least it is someone that Dr. Dan will not sleep with! ;-)
|Apr 19 2009, 06:15 PM Post #4
I read somewhere there was some casting going on for a guy and he read the lines opposite Melanie. This actor looks the right age, older than Will/Mia and younger than Phillip/Brady, so I would guess he is the one.
Btw, doktor Richman??? Good one TPTB. With name like that I´m willing to bet the character will be freshman just from university, totally poor and with debts everywhere.
|Apr 19 2009, 06:29 PM Post #5
I think you're right.
Here's another actor auditioning.
This scene is with Melanie's character.
|Apr 19 2009, 07:38 PM Post #6
His audition for an other role or the same as the asian or what
Edited by LovingDays, Apr 19 2009, 07:38 PM.
|Apr 19 2009, 07:48 PM Post #7
No, the same roll as the asian Dr.
|Apr 19 2009, 07:53 PM Post #8
|Radiation oncology and Melanie? Could Stefano's diagnosis of diabetes be wrong?
|Apr 19 2009, 10:10 PM Post #9
Unless he gets sick. ;)
|Apr 20 2009, 12:27 AM Post #10
Buh-Bye Tan of Our Lives
Good! Some diversity on this show will be fucking nice for a change!
Hope he can act :)
|Apr 20 2009, 12:59 AM Post #11
Good move IMO.
First off, glad they are adding diversity. I also do think another doctor is needed. I only wish they would bring on someone as a nurse that would end up being a major character because I think that would be nice.
I have to admit at first read I didn't think this part was anything more then a role for a few episodes because the way it reads comes off as him only appearing for a few episodes but, based on what Jane and leah alluded to, I'm guessing it's more substantial. We'll see. The guy is from Buffalo, which is very close to where I live so I'm rooting for him LOL.
Edited by PhoenixRising05, Apr 20 2009, 12:59 AM.
|Apr 20 2009, 01:22 AM Post #12
|Good to see some diversity. Let's just hope he's not intended for Melanie if he's more than a reccuring player.
|Apr 20 2009, 02:49 PM Post #13
Thanks. But now seeing it this "Nathan" part probably isn´t the Dr. Richman unless the script the actor reads is completely fictional.
Anyway, assuming it´s true there were a lot of interesting information in it. First, seems TPTB will fullfill wish of many here and they plan to bring some Horton back. The Nathan character seems to be a perfect Horton o him falling for Melanie, the worst girl in Salem makes a perfect soapy sense and promises a lot of conflict.
Another thing, apparently Mel will be Phillip´s girlfriend at the time, for some yet unknown reason. I think that´s where the triangle wil heat up as promissed. It´s probably some Phillip´s scheme how to protect Steph as the writing for them is getting stronger and stronger and after seeing friday and today I have no doubt Tomlin wants them to be another big DAYS couple. Having to slit but still stay in love with each other is right from DAYS couple writing 101.
My last comment, it was weird to hear all the Melanisque lines but without all the energy and personality Molly is able to infuse into the character. It really shows why she got the part.
|Apr 20 2009, 03:15 PM Post #14
Q&A with actor Roy Vongtama
Born in Buffalo, New York, Roy Vongtama began pursuing a career not as an actor, but as a doctor.
In addition to earning his medical degree from the University of Buffalo with residency at UCLA in Los Angeles, he is board certified in radiation oncology, and completed undergraduate work at the University of Pennsylvania where he received a degree in Biological Basis of Behavior, with an emphasis on depression.
But it was acting that led to his working with veteran actors such as Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in The Bucket List, as well as a recurring role on the daytime soap Days of Our Lives.
He's currently writing a book about the business of acting and has formed a non-profit organization for artists called Actors Helping Actors, which is devoted to helping improve healthcare for low-income actors, who often cannot afford proper health insurance.
First off, not only are you an actor, but you're a Board Certified Radiation Oncologist. What inspired you to pursue a career in entertainment after earning a degree in medicine?
Great question. I started acting in 2001 taking an intro class at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia PA. After giving a try at a monologue, the instructor asked me what I did during the day, and I told him I was a doctor, and he said, "maybe you should stick to that?" (laughing) I took it as a challenge and kept coming back. So in the beginning it was simply that I was competitive. Yet, as I've learned, as time goes on the motivations for my behavior turn out to be more complex, and truths are revealed. Looking at it now, I started to really find myself within acting, becoming freer and happier, something that I think was lost somewhere along the line. So as I have moved forward and have been working more and more on the craft, not coincidentally it has been working on me. As long as that remains true and I keep feeling that passion inside of me for it, I'll keep going.
How have you managed to juggle two careers? What are the challenges?
Juggling two careers has been interesting -- I've found it's about listening to myself, planning and managing the relationships in both fields. I've found that the world will tell you that you need to choose between things, your family OR yourself, what you love OR what you need, etc, but in my reality, you can do both. As my friend Dr. Andrew Mayer calls it, the genius of AND rather than the tyranny of OR. The challenges? Dealing with other people's perceptions. As an actor, people like to assume that it's my hobby and I have to quickly correct them on that, because I am very serious about it. As a doctor, the perception is that I don't know my stuff because I don't do it full time. Also a big challenge honestly is enjoying my life in a moment to moment way, especially when tests are set before me. I read an interview with Michael J. Fox yesterday (who has Parkinson's) and I love what he said: "Don't wish for smaller problems, wish for bigger shoulders."
Roy Vongtama
What did your parents think of you becoming an actor?
Man, great question again. I think most Asian American first generation kids will understand this story: When I got done with residency training, I got offered a movie role (The Wrath) starting the week after I finished my training. That's also when I was supposed to start working as a doctor in the real world. I realized I couldn't do both. When my mom called to find out when I would start working (as a doctor) , I told her, "Well, the movie starts in a few weeks." (laughing) She didn't speak to me for a while. It transitioned into criticism and now it has come to the point of silence about acting, which is a big change for her. So I am at peace with it. My dad has always supported my dreams, with a typical condition: "You can do whatever you want -- as long as you finish med school and finish residency." (laughing) Now my dad is getting more verbally supportive and trying to understand why I don't book every audition I go in for, like I did in sixth grade taking math tests. "Dad, in acting 15% is actually good."
How did you get your first big break in Hollywood?
I had an audition for a great lady named Felicia Fasano who was the casting director for a show called Windfall on NBC (since canceled). My agent at the time told her I was SAG, which I wasn't, so they booked me on the show. My manager called me and told me of the lie and that the production would have to pay a penalty to use me, so what should we do? I said to tell them the truth, because I didn't want the casting director to get in trouble because of me. He told me that I would probably lose the role. Of course I was bummed because it would have been my first SAG job and it would have gotten me into the union. For some reason, I knew that being true to myself was the best (and in this case hardest) choice. Then we found out that Felicia had pushed for me to still get the role, and they agreed! I got the role! As Mark Twain said, "When in doubt, tell the truth."
Do you find typecasting or stereotyping to be a limitation to your career?
I will answer that this way -- I think a breakout role has yet to come along for me, as I see myself as a leading man. To be Asian, really be a doctor, and have this as a goal, I really have to believe it to be truth. Which I do. For the doubters, I just point and say look who is running our country. Also, from a business perspective, international sales are at least 50% of the take in feature film revenue nowadays and the industry is forced to consider Asian talent in their decisions more and more, especially with Asians being over 60% of the world's population. Personally, I have found that the best way to do this is to be prepared for when opportunities are at my doorstep. To that end I'm training with a great coach, have a great manager and a great girlfriend, all three who believe in me.
You've worked with some major stars including Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. What kinds of advice or tips have you gotten from working with them?
I have had the opportunity to work with so many great actors already, and from each of them I have learned something different. From Jack Nicholson, I learned that preparation is the key to success, even at that level. He makes it look easy because even at 70 years of age, he literally lost sleep the night before because he was so concerned about making it right on set the next day. That's why he has 12 Oscar nominations and three wins. From Morgan Freeman, I learned perseverance, humility and respect for the craft. There's so much I can tell you about him, but the main thing is he approaches life from such a grateful perspective that it literally stopped me in my tracks. This man was so generous as to give me an interview for a book I am writing on the business of acting, right in the middle of his day during off time in the production of the Bucket List. The book is going to benefit actors knowledge wise and also help with an organization that I started to increase awareness for health care for artists, (www.actorshelpingactors.org) so he found it a great way to give back. How awesome is that?
Do you have any words of wisdom you'd like to share with other aspiring actors?
Always (laughing). Being a doctor I like to give advice but from my girlfriend I've found to only give it when asked. Since you asked, here it is: (1) There is always room for improvement. Look to improve yourself as an actor, from two perspectives: from a technique and also an emotional perspective. Find someone who can help you be focused, real and specific in auditions. Find someone who can teach you a way to access your emotional depth in response to situations -- find someone who can help you take that journey quickly. There isn't much time between the waiting room and the audition and neither is there much time on a set especially in TV. (2) Submit online and go to every audition you get. There is no substitute for experience. You'll meet other actors, you'll meet casting people, directors, directors of the future, and also refine your technique. After booking at the level that you are at, you'll know when and what to submit for, and also be compiling material for (3) Getting a great reel. Put on your reel the work you've done and also the work you would like to do. Make it easy for casting people to see the talent you have. There are a lot of companies for a few hundred dollars will shoot professionally done scenes and even edit them for you. That way you can: (4) Get great representation that can help on two levels: Where you are and where you need to go. You need to get access to the auditions to have any chance at making a career out of acting. By doing #1 #2 and #3, #4 will come and so will #5 which is: Slow down and enjoy the process!
What's next for you?
I'm looking for a new agent that can move me forward, producing a short film called Juche Rules (based on an award winning play by Mark Niu), as well as working on my own writing -- I have two features in development that will be produced at some point. One definite thing I can tell you: I have a recurring role on Days of Our Lives starting April 21 and 22nd on NBC. If readers are interested, they can certainly check out www.RoyV.com for more current things.
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|I presume, this role is nothing.
|Apr 20 2009, 03:27 PM Post #16
^I figured as much. The only reason I thought it may be something is because they were casting a new guy named " Nathan" but, after watching the audition footage, it's clearly not the same guy.
As Jane said, it seems whoever this "Nathan" is will be a Horton. The audition scripts usually aren't what you end up seeing on screen but usually the particulars in the script that pertain to the character being auditioned for are right on. Assuming that is the case, I'm going to guess "Nathan" is Jeremy Horton. There is a smugness that is very in keeping with how Jeremy was in 2007 and I think he would be the perfect fit in the Melanie/Philip/Stephanie circle since he had a relationship with Stephanie already. We'll see but I hope it's true. More Horton's are needed and I'm all for his return. I also like the idea of Melanie as a nurse, if that ends up happening. The show could use one.
|Apr 20 2009, 05:37 PM Post #17
Melanie a nurse at 18?? LMAO.
I agree that more Horton's are needed. Jeremy would be a nice addition and Nick needs to come back from jail...
|Apr 20 2009, 07:00 PM Post #18
Can you be so sure of that? LOL!
|Apr 20 2009, 07:35 PM Post #19
Hilarious!!! I love it!!!
Great post...have not chuckled like that in a while.
|Apr 22 2009, 02:48 PM Post #20
|OK, he mentions his Great Grandfather and the family name; for sure, he's a Horton. Makes me very happy :)
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i thought Lebron was in ct for this wedding... i guess not cuz he is in MIA....why Gren, CT for decision makes no sense
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GET this The cavs still agree to a sign and trade .. cuz they got no choice.. can t turn down two first rounders and a 2nd one tooo... gota get something...this is stupid.. keep it funky and say at the start pf Fagency.. we r tryin to play together..
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Plz give Melo the brass to undercut Denver and force -them- into a corner where they must trade you to NY.
The depressing thing though is...any way this can get done without giving up Gallo?
Douglas, Walker, Chandler, pick, Curry?
Could Randolph be a key that we turn around and use? Hmm..
wouldn't it be better to wait a year when he is a FA and get him without losing any major components
It could very well be best for Melo and best for Nuggets to want to deal him.
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Melo semi-bluffs.
Emphatically declines extension and says either trade me to NY or I'm walking to NY the milisecond the season ends.
Force Denver to trade or risk looking like supreme fools and left covered in dust (a la CLE).
Might be able to get her done then and wrapped up without risking a snafu or Gallo/Randolph (more time can be good, but it can invite crippling néw variables to come in play).
I could almost see an E-City like deal; in that we mortgage our future and include a couple firsts to go along with Curry and Chandler.
SOMETHING that will ALWAYS be in the back of my mind. Is this dude Lebron comin up north bein real close to what the Knicks call home. Is it true he went down south after
However if he did that, come free agency he walks into a great situation. His native city full with respect for him since he passed on $65 mil 3-year deal and joins a team stacked ready to contend for a championship, including one of his best friends in Amar'e and Gallo who he loves.
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Waiting risks Melo caving into a secure, juicy, fat extension amidst unpredictable and ominous CBA uncertainty. And other whack **** that could always skullfck our chances with him.
If we can secure him now and give up a package like Curry, Chandler, Walker, and a couple 1sts we gotta do it and not theorize about getting this huge something for nothing (aside some cap cash) at a later date.
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Charles Krauthammer nails it today in an editorial in the Washington Post (and not just because he and I agree that something called "health care reform" is going to pass):
Yes, Obama's aura has diminished, in part because of overweening overexposure. But by year's end he will emerge with something he can call health-care reform. The Democrats in Congress will pass it because they must. Otherwise, they'll have slain their own savior in his first year in office.
That's party politics (which we've come to learn from both parties, usually means putting the party first and the country second). They are not going to be responsible for killing the presidency of a Democrat. But they're also not going to pass anything like what they started out to pass.
So what will it be?
But that bill will look nothing like the massive reform Obama originally intended. The beginning of the retreat was signaled by Obama's curious reference — made five times — to "health-insurance reform" during his July 22 news conference.
Thus the beginning of the campaign to demonize the insurance companies as "the villains". And it is going to be a long and loud campaign until the "something" is passed.
Reforming the health-care system is dead. Cause of death? Blunt trauma administered not by Republicans, not even by Blue Dog Democrats, but by the green eyeshades at the Congressional Budget Office.
Krauthammer have a slight disagreement on this. Not that the CBO is the primary entity that put a lance through the heart of "health-care system" reform – and that is what Obama referenced repeatedly and, when you talk about type of care and changing the behavior of doctors, is obviously more than "insurance reform".
Our disagreement stems from my belief that health-care system reformation isn't at all dead, it's just delayed. One things the Democrats are adept at is incrementalism. They've worked diligently for decades to expand relatively modest programs into huge, wasteful bureaucratic monstrosities that hand out money – at least that which finally works its way through the bureaucracy – like a political party handing out "walking around money".
This, unfortunately will be no different. And even more unfortunately something on which the Democrats can begin their incremental construction will be law by this fall.
Demonization Time – Dems Target Insurance Companies
Why? To take the heat off of them and to counter the Republican message about "government run health care".
The message in the memo, though, won't fit on a bumper sticker:
"Remove the insurance companies from between you and your doctor— capping what they can force you to pay in out of pocket expenses, co-pays and deductibles, and giving you the peace of mind you will be covered for the care you need, if get sick, or if you change or lose your job."
Or, "replace the insurance companies with the government which is sure to do a much better job".
Ye gods.
And the brains behind this message?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) brought out the new message in an exchange with reporters in the Capitol, when she said, "They are the villains in this."
Ah demonization – one of Pelosi's favorite tactics. Apparently she didn't learn much when she did it to the CIA.
Racism and Crying Wolf
As we discussed on the last podcast, as well as in various posts here at QandO, the biggest missed opportunity in the whole Gates kerfuffle was to draw attention to the civil liberties issues. By immediately crying racial profiling, Prof. Gates clouded an otherwise sympathetic view of his standing as a homeowner. Of course, if he hadn't behaved the way that he did (calling Sgt. Crowley a racist cop), then he likely would never had been arrested in the first place. Nevertheless, what we should have taken from the l'affair Gates was that scenes such as the following are all too familiar:
Pepin Tuma, 33, was walking with two friends along Washington's hip U Street corridor around midnight Saturday, complaining about how Gates had been rousted from his home for not showing a proper amount of deference to a cop. "We'd been talking about it all day," said Tuma. "It seems like police have a tendency to act overly aggressively when they're being pushed around," Tuma recalled saying.
Then the group noticed five or six police cruisers surrounding two cars in an apparent traffic stop on the other side of the street. It seemed to Tuma that was more cops than necessary.
"That's why I hate the police," Tuma said. He told the Huffington Post that in a loud sing-song voice, he then chanted, "I hate the police, I hate the police."
One officer reacted strongly to Tuma's song. "Hey! Hey! Who do you think you're talking to?" Tuma recalled the officer shouting as he strode across an intersection to where Tuma was standing. "Who do you think you are to think you can talk to a police officer like that?" the police officer said, according to Luke Platzer, 30, one of Tuma's companions.
Tuma said he responded, "It is not illegal to say I hate the police. It's not illegal to express my opinion walking down the street."
According to Tuma and Platzer, the officer pushed Tuma against an electric utility box, continuing to ask who he thought he was and to say he couldn't talk to police like that.
"I didn't curse," Tuma said. "I asked, am I being arrested? Why am I being arrested?"
It should come as no surprise that, in fact, Tuma was arrested on a charge of 'disorderly conduct":
D.C.'s disorderly conduct statute bars citizens from breaching the peace by doing anything "in such a manner as to annoy, disturb, interfere with, obstruct, or be offensive to others" or by shouting or making noise "either outside or inside a building during the nighttime to the annoyance or disturbance of any considerable number of persons."
Tuma spent a few hours in a holding cell and was released early Sunday morning after forfeiting $35 in collateral to the police, he said. A "post and forfeit" is not an admission of guilt, and Tuma doesn't have a court date — but the arrest will pop up if an employer does a background check.
So, adding insult to injury, Tuma gets arrested for expressing his opinion on a public street, spends the night in jail, and then is "legally" pickpocketed by the police. This is a problem, just as it was with the Gates mess, and is the real issue that should be discussed.
Forget racial profiling and other obscurants for a moment and contemplate just how much power has been granted to the police here. Is that a wise decision? Surely we want the police to be able to use their judgment in a given situation, but when a law is drafted so broadly as to provide cover when a cop feels insulted then such law flies in the face of constitutional protections.
Furthermore, situations like this really undermine the concept of police being "professionals". Having the power to arrest someone because they get a little mouthy is not a power any real professional should want or need. Being a professional means being able to negotiate the situation through one's abilities, not through one's grant of extraordinary power. I mean, could you imagine if lawyers had the ability to throw people in clink for insulting them? Who would be safe?
The fact of the matter is that there are just too many laws to begin with. Cut down on number if infractions cops are expected to enforce, and you will cut down on the number of incidences where the police overstep their authority. When the only thing in danger is a cop's feelings, then I think it's safe to say that incarcerating anyone is a monumental waste of time and resources that could be better spent going after real criminals.
Welfare Statism Update
I showed you the chart yesterday – here are the numbers and trends behind it:
The top 1 percent, those earning over $410,000, consists of 1.4 million taxpayers, while the bottom 95 percent contains 134 million.
In 2000, before the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts that some claim disproportionately benefited the rich, the top 1 percent paid less than 38 percent of income taxes while the bottom 95 paid almost 44 percent. Since the tax cuts, the top 1 percent's share increased over 2 percentage points while the bottom 95 percent's share decreased 5 percentage points. Those that argue the tax cuts solely benefited the rich are mistaken.
President Obama plans to raise the top 2 marginal tax rates on those making over $250,000 a year, and Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) wants to slap a 6 percent surtax on top of that to partially pay for a government take over the health care system. These tax hikes, in addition to damaging the already badly weakened economy, will further shift the burden of the income tax to the highest earners.
In contrast, the bottom 40% of taxpayers pays no income taxes on average. In fact, they get money from the tax code well above anything they paid in because of refundable credits. And President Obama's Make Work Pay credit, passed as part of the stimulus, will increase the money redistribute to these non-taxpayers.
So you have 1.4 million paying more in income taxes than the bottom 134 million. And 40 million of those 134 pay nothing and, in fact "get money from the tax code well above anything they paid in", which, of course, would be any withholding.
Fair? Of course not. Additionally Democrats are interested in increasing the marginal rate by 2% on those making $250,000 a year (can you even begin to imagine how many small businesses that will impact?) with Rangel all for piling another 6% on top of that.
And yet the economic picture is looking up?
I'm emphasizing this story because of the impact it has on this obvious movement from less freedom and more welfare statism. This is directly out of that playbook. Like the old saying goes, the problem with, in this case welfare statism, is at some point you run out of other people's money.


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"The president of the Council of Prince George's County PTAs said her phone has been ringing nonstop since final results from Tuesday's primary election were reported," writes Ovetta Wiggins in today's Washington Post. The results of that election? Three young adults, including two students from UMBC and one from College Park, soundly defeated their Prince George's County Board of Education primary opponents to advance to the general election in November.
Wiggins reports that although the isolated election of a single teenager to a school board is not unusual, this case's three young candidates make it exceptional. UMBC student David H. Murray, a 20-year-old UMBC economics major and Sondheim Scholar, is vying for a District 1 seat. Fellow sophomore Edward Burroughs is running for reelection in District 8. Both received the most votes in their districts by wide margins.


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Should I Become an Entertainment Lawyer?
Entertainment lawyers provide legal counsel on contracts, intellectual property rights, and other legal issues in the film, television, music, and gaming industries. Most work at law firms or as in-house counsel at entertainment companies. Their duties generally include handling either transactional work or litigation, and they often specialize in a particular entertainment field.
Almost all lawyers work on a full-time basis, with the majority working long hours at some point in their careers. Although most work in an office setting, travel may be required and off-site meetings are likely.
Career Requirements
|Degree Level
|Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree
|Degree Field
|Law; undergraduate major can vary
|Experience typically gained in law school
|Licensure and Certification
|Bar membership required; continuing education mandated in most states
|Key Skills
|Interpersonal skills; problem-solving skills; strong research, writing, analytical and speaking skills
|$114,970 (Annual median salary for lawyers as of May 2014)
'Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics'
Step 1: Earn a Bachelor's Degree
Before applying to law school, aspiring lawyers need to complete a bachelor's degree program. The American Bar Association recommends picking whatever major will challenge and inspire future law students to do their best. There are particular skills that lawyers need, such as being able to research, analyze, speak and write well, so taking classes that help develop those skills could be especially useful. Relevant fields include English, economics, political science, history, math and public speaking.
Success Tip
- Begin learning about the entertainment industry. Courses in film studies, cultural studies, communications, literature and music departments can provide insight into how the creative industries have evolved and currently function, along with honing appreciation for the arts themselves.
Step 2: Take the Law School Admission Test
Many law schools, including most approved by the American Bar Association, require Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores of applicants. The LSAT has five multiple-choice sections plus a writing exercise, each of which must be completed in 35 minutes. The test is designed to measure critical-thinking skills, reading comprehension, capacity to make reasonable inferences and the ability to assess others' arguments and reasoning. LSAT scores are not the only credential that law schools consider, but they can be important to one's chances in the highly competitive admissions process. The LSAT can be taken four times a year at various testing centers throughout the nation.
Success Tip
- Study carefully for the LSAT. Test takers should at least become familiar with the test's format, instructions and general types of questions. It is also a good idea to take practice tests under time constraints, to get used to completing all sections on time. The test administrator, the Law School Admission Council, offers free sample tests and questions. For more extensive preparation, students can enroll in a private course or purchase study guides.
Step 3: Obtain a Law Degree
Earning a J.D. is normally a full-time endeavor over three years. The first year is devoted to required courses that cover essential areas, such as civil procedure, torts, property and contracts. Second- and third-year law students take more electives and begin specializing. Future entertainment lawyers should take courses on such topics as the first amendment, intellectual property, copyright law, negotiations and income tax, plus any industry-specific electives that match their interests, such as music law or film and television law. Several law schools offer certificates in entertainment law that can be earned mostly by completing a set number of relevant courses. For practical experience beyond the classroom, students can participate in school-sponsored legal clinics and moot court competitions, work at an entertainment-themed law review and seek out relevant summer internships.
Success Tips
- Consider attending law school in an industry hub. Entertainment industry hubs, such as California, boast a high concentration of law schools with entertainment law programs and resources for aspiring entertainment lawyers. Being in an industry capital could help in finding work opportunities during and after law school. Gaining local knowledge of how these industries operate, such as state laws and regulations, could also be important for future professional life.
- Consider specialties within entertainment law. Their industry and clients, not a particular body of law, define entertainment lawyers' work. Depending on the type of practice, some may spend a lot of time on such areas as labor and employment, securities, immigration or litigation. Those who work with individual artists may find that along with negotiating TV deals, their clients need the same general services as other people, including divorce filings or estate planning. Law students should consider what kind of entertainment lawyer they want to be and choose classes to help prepare for the less obvious responsibilities.
Step 4: Join the Bar
To become licensed attorneys, law school graduates must become members of their state bar association. Rules and procedures vary by state, but the main qualifications are a law degree and passing the bar exam. The bar exam is actually comprised of several parts. In most states, bar applicants will need to pass the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE). Test takers have six hours to complete 200 multiple-choice questions on criminal law, contracts, constitutional law, property, torts and evidence. There is normally a second day of testing that features writing and lawyering skills. Nearly every state requires a general ethics exam, too, which is handled separately. In addition to passing the tests, bar applicants must also submit to screening by state bar examiners for character and fitness to serve the public.
Success Tip
- Prepare for the bar exam According to law schools, studying for the bar exam should be a full-time job for up to two months. They also strongly recommend taking a commercial prep course, even though the cost of some can be high and law schools often offer their own study aids and advice.
Step 5: Go to Work in Entertainment Law
A new member of the bar is free to begin practicing law. Most entertainment lawyers join law firms and corporate legal departments, known as in-house counsel, and cluster in New York, Los Angeles or Nashville, although other options do exist. Entertainment lawyers may represent clients ranging from huge film studios to individual artists, and may focus on one or more of a wide range of specialty areas, including film, TV, radio, music, performing arts, museums and art, gaming and new media, merchandising and licensing, literary publishing and litigation.
Depending on the type of practice and client, daily work may include such diverse duties as reviewing a celebrity endorsement deal, researching collective bargaining agreements or handling a tax filing. Those who represent artists may need to be especially clear about what services they provide (i.e., not being a talent agent) and whether they will depart from the norm of hourly billing (i.e., accept contingent fees or percentage agreements).
Success Tip
- Start reading trade publications regularly. More than other lawyers, entertainment attorneys need to understand well the business side of their industries. The current multimedia age also requires many to know about multiple entertainment fields. New entertainment lawyers especially should get in the habit of reading leading publications like The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Advertising Age and Television Week.
Step 6: Continue Your Education
In most states, lawyers must complete continuing legal education at regular intervals in order to maintain their knowledge and advance their career. Continuing education is generally available from bar associations and law schools. Attorneys may attend approved courses, seminars or conferences or, in a growing number of states, gain credits for online courses or webcasts.


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– by Bill Morgan
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Franchise disputes in Australia
Buying a franchise can be a life-changing experience. There are many reasons why you might consider becoming your own boss and open or buy a franchise.
In Australia, the franchising industry is rising rapidly. Currently there are approximately 1180 franchisors in Australia. The below infographic demonstrates the increase in demand for franchises and the types of industries these franchises are found in.
The franchise infographic below also indicates that over 76% of franchise disputes settle at either mediation or via information resolution with a solicitor. Only 24% of all disputes reach litigation stage, due to the effectiveness of mediation and informal discussion with the aid of legal professional.
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Bill Morgan, who has been involved in complex commercial litigation for over 20 years including numerous proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Queensland, with particular emphasis on consumer protection litigation, franchising disputes, contractual disputes, property disputes and insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings.
Bill has acted in a large number of dispute and litigation matters involving franchisors and franchisees including Frontline Recruitment, Pets Paradise, Destiny Financial Services, First Class Accounts, Cold Rock Ice Cream, Red Rooster and Danoz Direct.
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Etihad Airways will bolster its European presence by entering into a code-share agreement with Brussels Airlines. The move is "a natural next step in what has been a very successful partnership since 2006, and we look forward to continuing to work with Brussels Airlines to also enable passengers from various points on their network to travel to Abu Dhabi and further afield," said Etihad CEO James Hogan.
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Judith Steinhart, senior health educator for Columbia's Health Education Program and part of the team behind Alice!, will be making a presentation Monday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. at Whittenberger Auditorium on the IU Bloomington campus as part of the Kinsey anniversary commemoration as well as the IUB campus' AIDS Awareness Week/Safe Love 2003 initiative. Steinhart will be discussing questions received at the Web site over the years from many countries. She also will be answering questions from IU students.
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|Choose Your Own Adventure (1979-1998) #1
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|Translated Into:
|Aikaluola (Finnish)
La caverna del tempo (Italian)
La caverna del tiempo (Spanish)
La cova del temps (Catalan)
La cueva del tiempo (Spanish)
La Grotte du temps (French)
A gruta do tempo (Portuguese)
A gruta do tempo (Portuguese)
Gua masa (Malay)
Lorong waktu (Indonesian)
Peschera vremeny [Пещера времени] (Russian)
Shíguāng Suìdaò [時光隧道] (Chinese)
Taimu tanneru no bouken [タイムトンネルの冒険] (Japanese)
Tímahellirinn (Icelandic)
Waqt kā ghar (Urdu)
Zaman tüneli (Turkish)
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|The Cave of Time (Video Game)
|Edward Packard
|Paul Granger (pseudonym for Don Hedin) (original artwork)
James Warhola (reissue cover)
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|115 pages
|Number of Endings:
|You wander into a cave which transports you randomly through time, leading to all manner of adventures.
|barryattles's Thoughts:
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|Rating: 3.5
Edward Packard kicks off this long-lasting series with an interesting theme. You go to anywhere from the Ice Age to AD3700 with a philosophical time old-man somewhere in between being particularly impressive. The shortcoming of #1, as with many other earlier entries, is that the book contains too many choices and endings, which weakens the story as a whole. Nevertheless, the book's a solid work and reminds you that it's just the beginning, with more instant-classics to come in the next 20 years.
|DavidSky's Thoughts:
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|The writing and mechanics here are both clunky and amateurish, but occasionally fun nonetheless. The choices are somewhat arbitrary and nonsensical, the endings are very abrupt and none are truly satisfying, and there are a few different choices that lead to the same result, which is annoying. Also, there's an irritating tendency that I don't think crops up in any other CYOA book - different choices lead to adjacent pages, thereby spoiling the surprise of where choosing differently would have gotten you. You can see my map for the book here. (Circled page numbers indicate an ending, and the endings are graded from A to F in terms of how favorable they are.)
|Demian's Thoughts:
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|This is a good start to a good series. There's nothing out of the ordinary in terms of gameplay, but the adventure is nonetheless memorable and entertaining.
|gergsnickle's Thoughts:
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|This is my all-time favorite Choose Your Own Adventure book (possibly because it was the first one I ever encountered, but also because the concept of time travel has always fascinated me). As mentioned by Toadjo in another review, the feeling of this book is very different from most other books in the series, with mysterious and sometimes sinister overtones. The wonderful illustrations by Paul Granger serve to heighten this effect. My only question is who is the bearded character with the sword on the cover? This illustration doesn't seem to correspond to any of the storylines in the book. I am interested in reading #50 to see if the Return to the Cave of Time is as exciting and interesting.
|Good's Thoughts:
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|Personally, a great starting book to the series. I think it's a shame Packard made it easy to get to the old man. (Especially after the hundreds of reads.)
I've read it countless times, and love many endings!
I enjoy the fact it's like a time machine.
Another great thing, is it's a little maze like on page 10 and 16. I wish I could find out who holds the sword on the cover. 10/10.
|Hedin's Thoughts:
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|I love this book - if not for the fact that it's the first book in the whole series.... I love how you go into the cave, and come out somewhere else, space/time/location keep changing, enough to fuel any kid's imagination....
I just picked up the first edition special book club edition, does anyone know what the book club editions were? [Editor's note -- I believe that the book club editions were sold to school students through flyers, while book fair editions were sold at special school events]
|Madeye's Thoughts:
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|On the surface this seems like it should be the prototype for the whole series. You make decisions that can radically alter the course of the book. The Cave of Time premise allows for endless situations and settings, each with a unique storyline. However, most of the books that followed were more focused, involving one primary storyline where the choices affect paths and outcomes within that plot. That winds up more satisfying, I think. As a result of the diversity within The Cave of Time, I don't really remember a single thing about it (it's been about three years since I read it last).
|nev's Thoughts:
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|As gamebooks go, this really only deserves 3 stars. BUT it *was* the first (well, not quite, but anyway...) and that has to count for something.
This was hugely ambitious - there are so many possibilities that Packard was only able to give a cursory amount of choices to each location, most ending very abruptly. In essence, much of it is completely random. It would take a lot more practice before gamebooks came up with real choices and consequences that weren't just a throw of the dice.
There are some funny things in this book. For example, in the year 3742AD there's a "computer terminal that enables you to select any movie or other program you desire from over 10,000 possibilities"! To a child in 1979 when this was written that would have been a wild imagining!
|stevesterling's Thoughts:
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|This is definitely one of the more well-written books of the CYOA series and one of my favorites. Some of the endings left me irritated due to their lack of depth or explanation, others kept me intrigued, such as the integration of the Loch Ness Monster into the book. All in all, a pretty good book.
|toadhjo's Thoughts:
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|Maybe it's just because this is the first book in the series (although not the first one I read), but this one of my favorites. The entire adventure seems to have a sort of fog cast around it, giving it an aura of uncertainty and mystery. More importantly, it feels like a real adventure, not just a series of random events; most choices lead to logical, yet not obvious, conclusions. The book usually doesn't spell out to you before hand which choices are "bad," which I appreciate, and for the high number of endings, there are few boring, "dead end" choices. Choosing your own adventure is better when you aren't forced along a path. All in all, definitely one of the better books in the series. Oh, and on a side note, IMO, the reissue cover doesn't fit the atmosphere of the book; I prefer the original cover, which paints a much darker picture.
|Waluigi Freak 99's Thoughts:
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|The Cave of Time has an interesting idea behind it, and this book could've gone over the edge of grabbing the reader, however, it is ultimately brought down by the fact that it contained several very short, abrupt stories and very few longer and more enjoyable ones. However, the book did have its moments; I particularly enjoyed the ending when the girl from the future has no idea what a Cadillac is. It's worth taking a look at, if only for its importance in gamebook history.
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I was going to actually go out and find real pictures of furry humping for this article. But then after thinking about it for a bit, I didn't. Naturally I called 911. They did say they'd send animal control over right away, but it wasn't until five minutes later that I realized they were fucking with me. My experience with Mike the fat tiger demonstrated that I wouldn't get far trying to physically throw these people out. I found a flashlight, and using the old shine a light on the ground and see who chases it trick, managed to lure a couple guys dressed as cats outside. But that was the extent of my success. This was happening. Watching it happen was out of the question. Reluctantly then, I retired to the porch, where I spent the next six hours crying and collecting admission. EPILOGUE: All told, the furries were actually OK people. The house wasn't that badly messed up at all, although I cleaned it thoroughly regardless, and in truth, will probably never stop cleaning. The Care Bears were gone. I was OK with that. I don't think I really wanted them back anyways. Some good news though: I cleared $2200 at the door. Though that's also probably bad news, the more that I think about it. __
Like most Internet users, my life is a mockery of the human condition. Every day, I seem to accomplish less and less. Indeed, aside from my ability to turn oxygen into carbon dioxide and Doritos into poo--qualities that are hardly unique--I appear to have no impact upon the world at all. I often feel as if there is a cavernous void inside of me, and where others might keep "love" or a "sense of accomplishment from past feats" in such a place, I instead try to fill it with an endless stream of popular culture miscellanea. Because being able to remember all the Dinobot's names is surely going to keep me warm on my death bed. Anyways. Mondays. I bring this up because it (partially) explains how I ended up with several hundred dollars worth of mint condition Care Bears in my possession. The details of how this happened are unimportant, although I will say that it occurred a few weeks back and involved the twin scourges of eBay and expired Kahlua. (Mondays again.) Consequently, I didn't recall making said purchase, and was initially delighted to find two Care Bears sitting on my doorstep a few days later. "What a magical day!" I remarked to no one. However after further reflection, aided by my girlfriend, I realized this may not have been one of my savviest investment decisions. Using the reasoning and logic that all people who don't use the Internet possess, she observed two key points: 1) Our landlord was unlikely to accept rare stuffed animals in lieu of rent money. 2) She would leave me if I didn't return the damned things. ___ Initially I looked into re-listing them on eBay. Having never sold anything on eBay before, I was pants-crappingly annoyed to find out how high their fees were. For some reason, the idea of losing money on my very first Care Bear flip didn't sit right with me. "No way," I said, silently applauding my gutsy, Warren Buffet-esque investment genius. Lacking any better options, I decided to list the bears on Craigslist. Not only was the ad free but, judging by the people I see on public transit, the municipality I reside in has an ample supply of libidinous cousins. I was sure to find someone damaged enough to buy these off me. MINT CONDITION CARE BEARS! HOLY CRAP DUDE, THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW Bedtime Bear!!!!! Love-A-Lot Bear!!!!!! COME ON DOWN AND GET YOUR *&(@ING AMAZING BEARS. THIS WILL BLOW YOUR MIND'S ASS. $20 OBO As predicted, I got a ton of responses. Sensing the opportunity to start a bidding war, I directed most of them to come by my house Friday evening. I had the place to myself that night--my girlfriend was going to be at her parents for the weekend, where no doubt my qualities as a provider and human being would be discussed. "No real job." "No prospects for same." "Can only use a digital watch." Etc. The first caller came by a little after eight. I opened the door to see a man standing there, looking kind of nervous, a backpack slung over one shoulder. He appeared to be in his mid 40s, and had the look of a fellow who'd never once lost a fight with a cheeseburger. There was something a bit off about him, though he didn't look threatening in the least. I guess this is what Care Bear enthusiasts look like. "Hi," he said. "I'm hear about the uh, bears?" "Yeah, come on in," I said, opening the door and making room for him to enter. "You were...?" "Mike. I sent you an email." "Yeah. Yeah, I remember. Mike. Come on in." He followed me into the house, past the front bathroom and kitchen to the living room. I had set out the two bears on the dining room table. "Here we are," I said, gesturing at them. "Nice. Very nice!" he said, looking around the room. He seemed more interested in the house than anything else. Eventually his eyes drifted over to the table. "Wow. Awesome bears! I haven't seen those for ages." "You don't collect them yourself?" I asked, slightly off balance. Why did he want them then? "No, no. I mean yeah, I've got a bear right. Sure. For quiet time. But I don't collect em like some of the guys." I struggled to piece all the words he had just used together into a better sentence. What the heck was "quiet time"? Before I could ask him to clarify, he excused himself to use the bathroom. I reeled, mouth hanging slightly open. Not actually recalling a time when I gave him permission to use the bathroom, I just sort of stood there, dumbstruck. Once the bathroom door shut behind him, I shook myself out of it. Well. Probably best not interrupt him now. But assuming he didn't rape and kill me, I decided he was going to be asked to leave pretty soon. That's probably the Emily Post preferred method of dealing with this sort of situation. When dealing with a prospective raper in your home, in all circumstances make him known where the door is. If it is the Autumn months it is expected you provide a tweed coat for him. The doorbell rang, interrupting my meditations on tweed clad rapists. I walked to the front door and opened it to find two girls standing outside. They were not attractive in a conventional way, or, for that matter, an unconventional way. If pressed, I would probably have described them as "very nice people." "Hi," one of them said, "I'm Cynthia. I emailed you earlier." "Right. You were the one who asked if you could bring your friend?" I asked quizzically. "I don't see why you'd think that would be a problem." "You're so sweet," her friend said. She wasn't wrong, but I played it cool and didn't say anything to indicate I agreed with her assessment. I opened the door for them. As the pair walked past me into the house I noticed they had those huge bulky purses girls seem to love these days. Like they expect to have to set out for the headwaters of the Congo at a moment's notice. Following them in, I frowned at the bathroom door as I passed it. Mike was bumping around in there, not making regular bathroom noises. Fucking Craigslist. This was becoming a very weird scene. "Wow, you've got real Care Bears!" Cynthia exclaimed. "Of course. That's what the ad said. Look," I said, rubbing my hands together, anxious to get this over with. "Two hundred a pop. You interested or not?" "Two hundred?" The girls looked at each other, confused. "The ad said twenty." I stared blankly at them. Had I messed up the ad? It was entirely possible. The user interface for Craigslist looks like something that fell out of a monkey's ass. Frowning, I crossed my arms and looked them over. "OK, well, that was a mistake then. Each bear's two hundred." "Each bear?" Cynthia asked. "Your ad said $20 for admission." "Admission? For what?" I asked, incredulous. Behind me, I heard the bathroom door opening. "Hi Cynthia!" "Hey Tiger!" I turned around to see a fat tiger standing on its hind legs in my living room. Stunned at the sudden appearance of a bipedal jungle cat in my home, it took me a moment to realize this was Mike. "Holy cats man, what are you doing?" "Just getting a little more comfortable," he said. An incredibly disturbing sound emitted from his head somewhere. Hours later I would realize, while shaking violently, that this was meant to be purring. "Here's your money," he said, putting $20 on the table. Cynthia's friend placed $20 on top of that and, with a wink, ducked past me and headed to the bathroom. "Wait, whoa. What exactly do you people think my ad said?" Cynthia and the fat tiger exchanged a glance with each other. "You said you were a furry enthusiast who wanted to hold a party." I gaped, incredulous at what she just said. "My ad? The ad which said I had two mint condition Care Bears for sale? A Bedtime Bear, and a Love-A-Lot Bear? That ad? You read that and thought I wanted people to come over, dress up as animals and fuck each other in my house?" Cynthia squinted at me, as if I was the one being insane in a tiger costume. "You posted an ad in the Services Offered section with the words 'Bear,' 'Bedtime,' 'Love-A-Lot' and 'Come on down?' Dude. You knew what you were asking for." "You're saying I posted a coded message advertising my fervent desire for people to get their sex smell all over my house, WHILE DRESSED AS ANIMALS!?" "Yes." "Oh. Well, that makes perfect sense then. All right. Have fun." Cynthia and Mike the fat tiger looked at me blankly. "GET THE FUCK OUT!" I shrieked at them. "DON'T ANIMALS UNDERSTAND SARCASM?" With surprising speed the fat tiger suddenly lunged at me. I recoiled in horror, stumbling to the ground as I backed away. The man-beast fell on me, using his extra 50 pounds to easily pin me down. "Growl," he whispered in my ears. It was right around here when I think my penis retracted itself entirely within my body cavity. If it helps, please visualize the remainder of the story as if told by a hermaphrodite. Full body panic spasm. I was suddenly in the middle of a very special episode of the 80s sitcom that is my life. But I knew there was no Mr. Drummond coming to make everything better. I struggled to fight the man-tiger off, but given my reluctance to touch any part of him, I found the process somewhat difficult. I was forced to devise a new martial art on the spot, using nothing but the principles of elbows and cringing. Big playful, furry slaps and terrifying noises greeted my ineffectual blows. Elsewhere in the apartment I could hear Cynthia letting more people in. Very quickly the house began filling up with people clad in costumes. Cats, dogs, gerbils, hamsters, wolves. Winnie the fucking Pooh. They were mostly just talking and chatting first. Someone found the stereo and put on some music. Did you know that furries have their own music? I do. Not long after that, Mike the fat tiger got off me, but by that point I had completely lost control of the situation. Apparently word must have gotten out on some sort of Furry phone tree, because people started showing up by the car load. In very short order the chatting and music was drowned out by an entirely different, and much worse type of sound. It was the aural equivalent of tasting someone else's barf.


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A new study warns that a fungus that devours the roots of Douglas fir trees in the Northwest could become a bigger killer as the climate changes.
Laminated root rot occurs from Montana to the Pacific Ocean and already costs the timber industry millions of dollars each year.
The Spokesman-Review reports that if the disease doesn't kill the fir trees outright, it leaves them weakened and susceptible to bark beetle attacks and uprooting during wind storms.
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Michael Gavin Joseph Bisping (born February 28, 1979 in Cyprus) is an English professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter from Lancashire. Holding a professional record of 13 wins and 0 losses, he currently fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and is the former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion, and former Cage Rage light heavyweight champion.
Bisping was born on a British military base in Cyprus in 1979, but moved to Clitheroe, Lancashire, England when he was a child. Taking an early interest in martial arts, Bisping began training in a traditional form of jiu-jitsu known as Yawara Ryu under Paul Lloyd Davies when he was 8 years old. In 1994, at the age of 15, Bisping competed as an amateur in England's first "no holds barred" competition, a precursor to modern MMA, called Knock Down Sport Budo (KSBO), organized by Davies.
At the age of 18, Bisping decided to abandon his martial arts training in order "to pursue real life". But less than a year later Bisping began training kickboxing and karate on the advice of Alan Clarking, owner of Black Knights gym, who saw potential in the young fighter. Bisping enjoyed a short, but successful, kickboxing career, winning the North West Area title, and later the Pro British light heavyweight kickboxing title. After again briefly quitting competition in 1998, Bisping returned to kickboxing to take the Pro British light heavyweight title for a second time. Soon after winning his second kickboxing title, Bisping was forced to abandon his full-time training for a "real job", working as a postman, a demolition worker, and a salesman.[citation needed]
As his days of competition faded away, Bisping grew to miss fighting and training, and in 2003, he tracked down his old coach Paul Lloyd Davies. Davies, who was then running a mixed martial arts gym in Nottingham, encouraged Bisping to visit his gym, and it was there that Bisping first learned about the new sport of mixed martial arts. After one day of sparring, Davies offered to train and manage Bisping as a MMA fighter.[citation needed]
Bisping made his professional mixed martial arts debut at Pride & Glory 2: Battle of the Ages on April 4, 2004, taking a 0:38 armbar victory over Steve Mathews. Just one month later, Bisping scored his first knockout against John Weir at UK MMA Challenge 7: Rage & Fury. In his third MMA match, Bisping became the Cage Rage light heavyweight champion at Cage Rage 7, defeating Mark Epstein by technical knockout. Bisping went on to defend his championship title in a rematch against Epstein at Cage Rage 9 in a knockout victory that solidified Bisping as one of the top light heavyweight fighters in England. It also earned him the moniker "The Great British Hope", by UFC.com.[citation needed]
At The Ultimate Fight Club UK: Natural Instinct on January 29, 2005, Bisping made his cage kickboxing debut against David Brown (fighter)David Brown in a light heavyweight contest. With Brown badly cut, Bisping picked up the win via medical stoppage in round two.
Bisping, who trains with the Wolfslair MMA Academy, the professional fight team of Cage Warriors, made his debut for the promotion at Ultimate Force on April 30, 2005, defeating Dave Radford to win the vacant Cage Warriors light heavyweight title. Bisping then competed in another light heavyweight cage kickboxing contest, against Cyrille Diabaté at CWFC: Strike Force 1 on May 21, 2005, losing to Diabaté via decision after the end of the first extra round. In his first Cage Warriors title defense, Bisping defeated Miika Mehmet at CWFC: Strike Force 2, on July 16, 2005.
In September 2005, Cage Rage stripped the light heavyweight title from Bisping due to "management issues that Michael currently has", though Cage Warriors however stated that "Bisping was willing to defend his title but is being punished by Cage Rage due to his Wolfslair and Cage Warriors links". Towards the end of 2005, Bisping continued to successfully defend the Cage Warriors title against Jakob Lovstad, and Ross Pointon in the CWFC: Strike Force series of events, leading to a record of 10 wins and no losses.
In early 2006 Bisping was featured on the UFC's The Ultimate Fighter reality television series as a contestant training under Tito Ortiz. He won a preliminary bout against Kristian Rothaermel by TKO, which he followed with a semi-final win against the aforementioned Ross Pointon, by submission after landing a flying knee followed by a series of strikes. In the finals, Bisping defeated Josh Haynes by way of TKO at 4:14 into the second round, making Bisping the second light heavyweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter television series.
Five months after his victory in the TUF 3 finals, Bisping was slated to fight Eric Schafer at The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale. Bisping was forced to withdraw from the contest, possibly due to issues with processing his visa. The fight was re-scheduled and held on December 30 at UFC 66. Bisping defeated Schafer by way of TKO at 4:24 in the first round.
His last fight was a TKO win over Elvis Sinosic at UFC 70 in front of a hometown crowd in Manchester, England on April 21, 2007.
Bisping was a special guest referee at the Cage Warriors events Enter The Wolfslair on March 5, 2005, and CWFC: Strike Force 6 on May 27, 2006.
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Dr. Java's co-owner Brandy Mogg is seen in the coffee shop's new location, at 425 15th St. E.
The "New Venture" award Dr. Java's Coffee House received at last week's Samuel McLeod Business Awards was the second time the business has been recognized at the annual ceremony.
The first came shortly after the married couple opened their first coffee shop outside of the Victoria Hospital in 2011, when Brandy and Chad Mogg received the "Young Entrepreneurs" award.
"That was possibly more exciting on one level because it was the first recognition we got in the business community," Brandy explained of her and her husband's efforts.
"But this one, I think given the struggles and the challenges of everything we've faced in the last three years, it means a lot more on a whole different level."
The first award recognized the duo for trying something new, whereas the second award recognized the couple's success.
Chad and Brandy opened their first coffee shop in April, 2011.
Although it wasn't a drastic change for Brandy, who funded her way through university by waitressing, Chad left a job in the oil patch to take on coffee shop ownership.
"It was something that we've always both loved, and something that we always thought that we would do, but maybe something we would do after our kids had grown -- that it would be a retirement hobby," Brandy explained.
"If you could pick any job, any career, what would you do, and this is something that we've always wanted to do."
Taking the plunge to fulfill professional aspirations and personal fulfillment, Brandy said that it was the right decision for them to make, but it hasn't been easy.
I think given the struggles and the challenges of everything we've faced in the last three years, it means a lot more on a whole different level. Brandy Mogg
"We knew the challenges but I think we figured in a few months we'd have staff trained and we'd work 40 hour work weeks," Brandy said.
"I think that for the last three years, I would say on average my husband and I both put in 60 to 70 hour work weeks."
Just as they begin easing back on work hours, they expand into other things, ramping their work hours back up, Brandy said.
The "New Venture" recognition they received last week comes as a result of their relocation from their Victoria Hospital area location to a much larger building at 425 15th St. E.
Although they just received the "New Venture" recognition last week, a new effort opens the door for the couple to receive the award again in the future.
A large machine surrounded by bags of fresh beans welcomes customers to Dr. Java's Coffee House -- a functional industrial-sized coffee roaster that Chad has been studying up on and honing his skills with.
"My husband, he wants to one day see our coffee in a grocery store," Brandy said. "That's the end point he wants to one day get to."


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Nicholas Felton presented at PopTech 2009—video released in February—on "What We Are Saying," produced with Ken Reisman and Rob Deeming. (You can see What We Are Saying online.)
Nicholas has just released his 2009 Annual Report:
The 2009 Feltron Annual Report
"Each day in 2009, I asked every person with whom I had a meaningful encounter to submit a record of this meeting through an online survey. These reports form the heart of the 2009 Annual Report. From parents to old friends, to people I met for the first time, to my dentist… any time I felt that someone had discerned enough of my personality and activities, they were given a card with a URL and unique number to record their experience."
Two cards from the 2009 Annual Report are tacked onto a wall at the Brooklyn PopTech office, and we're looking forward to our copy of the Report.
Two cards for the 2009 Annual Report live in the PopTech Brooklyn office.
You can order the letterpress version of the report too.
Find out more about Nicholas's work and current interests on his blog, and check back in a few weeks when we'll release the video of his talk.
Kris Krug Images of Streb RAW Flying Dancers in Vancouver
PopTech photographer and friend Kris Krug photographed Streb RAW, a group of dancers attempting to fly, this weekend.
The group is directed by 'action specialist' Elizabeth Streb, who spoke at PopTech 2007 on dancing in the sky. Below are Kris's images from last Friday, and below that, Elizabeth's talk at PopTech.
Find out the power of exploration, being lost, and staying in the present tense:
Congrats to the dancers performing in Vancouver; you can follow the Streb RAW tour here.
FLAP Bags to Haiti; Dr. Serena Koenig on Health Care in Haiti
Very soon, we will ask for your help as we send FLAP (Flexible Light And Power) portable light bags with a solar panel, an LED, and a USB charger to relief efforts in Haiti.
The FLAP bags are a prototype off-grid light solution (video below) that can be used in undeveloped areas and emergency situations:
If you are willing to help, please leave us a comment or send us an e-mail: hello [at] poptech [dot] org (Find out more about the bag in the FLAP FAQ and PopTech Hub FLAP group.)
At PopTech 2006, Director of Haiti programs for Partners in Health Dr. Serena Koenig told us why she believes equal lives deserve equal treatment. Her ideas for addressing global inequalities in health care are more relevant than ever.
Watch Serena Koenig at PopTech 2006 on Haiti and health care:
You can donate to PIH's work in Haiti online.
For Haiti coverage, we continue to follow PopTech Social Innovation Fellows Erik Hersman and Ory Okolloh's Ushahidi (crisis-mapping software) site: haiti.ushahidi.com
Expect more updates soon on the FLAP bags and how you can help.
Please leave us a comment if you have ideas for applications of the FLAP bag and ways to use them in Haiti or would like to be involved.
PopTech Fellow Emily Pilloton on Colbert Report
PopTech Social Innovation Fellow Emily Pilloton was on Colbert Report last night, talking about her work with Project H Design and her new book, Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People and demonstrating the Hippo Roller. Watch her great interview below (and here's her PopTech talk):
VIDEO: Willie Smits and Katy Payne
This week, join us as we learn how to rebuild a rainforest (with a plant used as currency in Indonesia) with biologist and activist Willie Smits, and listen as animal researcher Katy Payne samples jungle sounds to decode the language of elephants. Ready?
Watch Willie Smits on saving rainforests:
Biologist Willie Smits has spent the last thirty years searching for ways to restore fragile ecosystems. From his home in Indonesia – a leading producer of greenhouse gases – Smits has discovered a method of sustainable energy production: using the forest to generate biofuels with a carbon-positive impact.
Go Deeper:
- Willie is Chief Science Officer of Tapergy; find out more about their reforestation efforts and the Sugar Palm.
- Willie and Borneo Orangutan Survival using Google Earth to drive reforestation participation. (Oct 29, 2009)
- Willie is also known for and committed to orangutan research through RedApes.org. (@redapes)
Watch Katy Payne on elephant songs
Animal communication researcher Katy Payne has been studying the sounds of African elephants and humpback whales for decades. Her research has led her to fascinating conclusions on how acoustic phenomena shape relationships and communities. In 1999, Payne founded the Elephant Listening Project to monitor elephants' movements.
Go Deeper:
- Watch Katy Payne on CBS's "60 Minutes."
- More on the "60 Minutes" shoot with Cornell researchers.
- Buy Katy's book Silent Thunder on B Corp Better World Books.
Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches and Awareness
This afternoon in New York City, free fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches were handed out to commemorate Elvis Presley's 75th birthday, while The King's greatest hits were sung by a group of impersonators with autism, the latest activity of the FREE (Free Family Residences and Essential Enterprises) Theatre Arts Program, a group that uses music and dance as therapy for individuals with mental challenges and developmental disabilities.
Besides a great excuse to wear bedazzled jumpsuits, Elvis is sometimes linked to autism causes through an autistic character who appeared in his final movie, "Change of Habit." For original music about autism, you might turn to the album "Songs of the Spectrum" with songs sung by Jackson Browne, Dar Williams, and Mike Viola. 90% of the album profits go to autism groups.
Here's my recipe for fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches:
Roast 1 split banana at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, spread two slices of bread with your favorite peanut butter. Cut the roasted banana halves into two pieces each and place on one slice of bread. Squish the slices together.
Melt 1 tablespoon of butter (or fry a piece of bacon, if you like, then removing bacon and using grease in pan) in a skillet on medium-high. Fry sandwich on one side for 3 minutes, until crunchy and golden. Flip and fry another 3 minutes.
With this holiday's successful "Rage Against the Machine for Christmas No.1" campaign, an effort to put the band's 1992 song "Killing in the Name" at the top of the Christmas charts in the UK instead of the newest winner of the television show "X Factor" and raise money for Shelter (a national organization that work on issues of homelessness), we can expect to see more ways groups use music celebrity avenues to raise awareness and money for causes. You can donate to the campaign here; £94,183.00 was the tally as of this afternoon.
What are your favorite examples of recording artists' celebrity or subversiveness being used for social good?
VIDEO: Luis von Ahn Harnesses Brainpower
As the latest tech products and applications launch at CES this week, we are releasing Luis von Ahn's talk about the power of big groups and small increments of time to solve problems computers cannot. What other forms of social good are possible in this new decade as we turn more attention to microcontributions of time and energy?
Watch Luis von Ahn on harnessing brainpower.
Computer scientist Luis von Ahn's programs harness the human brainpower to solve complex problems. von Ahn invented ReCaptcha, a program that uses squiggly characters that humans easily decipher but blocks spambots – and helps digitize millions of old texts. The CMU professor also makes games that use human knowledge to improve computers. Find them at gwap.com.
Go Deeper:
- Luis's blog and personal site
- See more examples of transcription accuracy and reCAPTCHA resources
- ZDNet on new questions for reCAPTCHA (December 2009)
An Interview with Better World Books
While in Atlanta over the holidays, I asked Xavier Helgesen, Co-Founder of Better World Books, a few questions about what the social enterprise book company does—how they find used library books, why they are located in Atlanta (change.org blogger for Social Entrepreneurship Nathaniel Whittemore includes Atlanta in his recent post on burgeoning "regional innovation ecosystems"), and why Better World Books is a B Corp (find out more about B Corps in our December blog post):
Questions for Xavier? Tell us what you think in the comments—we are planning to highlight more B Corps in the coming months.
VIDEO and MP3s: Zee Avi, John Forté, and Zoë Keating
This week, new videos and the accompanying mp3s from Zee Avi, John Forté, and Zoë Keating, three of the talented musicians who graced the PopTech 2009 stage in October. Find out their upcoming tour dates and how to support their music with the links below.
If you are still seeking gift ideas, you might donate a goat (and hear a new track with Zoë!), contribute to the PopTech Social Innovation Fellows' organizations, join the PopTech Impact Fund, and purchase books from 2009 PopTech speakers.
Watch Zee Avi perform at PopTech 2009
Shortly after posting self-styled videos on You Tube, singer songwriter Zee Avi woke up to 3,000 emails one morning. One offered her a recording contract with Brushfire Records. Since then, Avi left her home in Kuala Lumpur for Los Angeles. Avi performs melodic, melancholy songs tinged with irrepressible optimism.
Download mp3s: Honey Bee, Bitter Heart, Poppy, Just You and Me
Go Deeper:
- Zee's personal site, zeeavi.com, and her MySpace page
- Zee's upcoming tour dates
- Zee's Twitter, @zeeavi
Watch John Forté perform at PopTech 2009
John Forté is an accomplished musician and producer who recently released StyleFREE the EP, his first album since serving seven years in federal prison. Forte's career was interrupted by a 14-year sentence for a first-time non-violent drug offense; Former President Bush commuted his sentence in 2008.
Download mp3s: Face You World, Play My Cards For Me, Running Up That Hill, The Breaking of a Man
- John's personal site, johnforte.com, and his MySpace page
- John's upcoming tour dates
- John's Twitter, @john_forte
Watch Zoë Keating perform at PopTech 2009
Cellist Zoë Keating uses a cello and a small box of electronics to create a one-woman avant-garde orchestra. A former member of the cello-rock trio Rasputina, Keating has played live on radio and television, in the Nevada desert, in medieval churches, punk clubs, and in venues across North America and Europe.
- Zoë's personal site, zoekeating.com, and her MySpace page
- Zoë's upcoming tour dates
- Zoë's Twitter, @zoecello
More music in 2010!
New York Designers Propose Ideas for New York Transportation, Navigation, and Waterfront Development
Two weeks ago, GOOD and CEOs for Cities held a Manhattan event where Alissa Walker, a design writer, and Scott Stowell (of NY design agency Open) moderated six design teams proposing solutions to New York societal problems.
Below, excerpts from presenters Jake Barton (Local Projects) on the appeal of bicycling as alternative transportation, Brett Snyder (Cheng+Snyder) and Guy Zucker (Z-A Studio) on wayfinding in Times Square, and Colin Brice and Caleb Mulvena (MAPOS) on waterfront development in Sunset Park:
What do you think about these proposals?


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I am a Bot...Beep
Offering a Modest Mareep holding the Ampharosite. I'd like a Jolly Aerodactyl in return. Gender doesn't matter. PM me if you're interested!
Can breed, pm if interested
Looking For Hidden Ability Aerodactyl. PM if you have, I got more to offer then whats in my sig.
SuMo/ORAS FC: 3840-5358-6754
IGN:Blaze or BushidoBlaze
Offering: HA geodude, HA mudbray, HA mareanie, HA morelull, HA cubone, HA cutiefly
Looking For: Battle items, Torkoal, Cynadaquil , HA exeggcute
All wants/offers are for SuMo
Just got an Aerodactyl from a friend. Starting to breed them now.
Mostly looking for Vivillons (Archipelago, Jungle, Monsoon, Sandstorm, Sun, Tundra) or whatever else you want to offer! Higher evolutions (because I'm too lazy to do it myself), Pokemon that only evolve via stones, X or Y exclusives, earlier generation Pokemon, etc. Or if you're trying to collect for your kid's game let me know and I'm a lot more lenient on trades. Honestly, I'm not picky. Send me a PM if you're interested.
I can breed these so ill basically give them away, i just want your FC for the safari LOL and maybe tyrouge OR x exclusives LOL but if you dont ill just give them out
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I can breed these, though my focus is on Eevees I can breed Aerodatyls as well. Just PM me also friend code is Friend code is 0705-3357-6432
Update: I have almost a full box of males I am trading :3
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Hi, i'm looking for an Aerodactyl that knows Stealth rock so i can pass it to a Skarmory. I'm playing pokemon Y. PM me if interested. Thanks.
FC : 3926-5097-4270 (Bug)
I need one i dont care how good or bad to be honest please PM me if you wanna trade !
hi i as wondering if you could possibily trade one to me i need it to breed some moves over id really like your help thanks
looking for this poke with unnerve to complete my collection of the mega families with hidden ability. can offer the following for trade...
Any starter (with or without HA)
Any Mega family
Any X or Y exclusive
Any Fossil
Ditto (with or without HA)
Eevee (with or without HA)
PM me.
3DS Friend Code: Doobius - 1607-2505-9784
Safari: Electric - Pikachu - Dedenne - Luxio
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Im looking for a 5 IV Jolly Female Aerodactyl (31/31/31/XX/31/31) PM if you have one and I'll give you some offers
3DS Friend Code: 4485-1742-0709
SuMo IGN - Moon
Got 6IV Modest Lunala after 3 soft resets - 11/27/16 12:32 AM!
I have a few Aerodactyl, all UT and open for trade.
NUMBER ONE: Female, level 20, Rash, Rock Head
63, 48, 36, 34, 32, 58
NUMBER TWO: Male, level 20, Timid, Pressure
67, 45, 33, 31, 40, 68
NUMBER THREE: Male, level 20, Calm, Rock Head
62, 46, 36, 34, 44, 60
If you want any of these, please title your PM: "AERODACTYL <number>"
I will be on here very, very rarely. The account is not dead, per se, but I will not be on often. This has become a den of hatred, hostility, and anger. It is not the SPPF it was when I joined, and I really dislike coming here. To those of you who were nice to me and were my friend, thank you. Goodbye.
Name: Nicole
Electric Friend Safari. Pokemon: Dedenne, Pikachu, Manectric
Before you try to act superior to someone else on here, remember that no matter how much of an "internet cool-guy" you think you are, this is a Pokemon forum.
looking for a 5V adamant aerodectyl any egg moves are a bonus xD can offer some 5V pokes and throw in some 4V's xD let me know with a private message
I have tons of Wishmaker Jirachis
Collecting UT Shokotan Pichus
After all my over 10 years of pokemon got stolen I have a new team xD
Want to play around with a shiny eevee, not dream world and not hacked, careful nature ideally flawless, but not picky will trade an arm and a leg for it...maybe 2
My Friend Safari is grass : Quiladin and
trading adamant 31/31/31/x/31/31 aerodactyls pm me
only everyday to check messages, pm me : )
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Friend Safari- Flying
I Breed Perfect IV'd- Scythers, Fletchlings
Looking for a Female Aerodactyl with Jolly nature and egg moves Tail Wind and Wide Guard. If it has 5IV, I can offer you a 5IV in return. PM me for my list.
EDIT: If you have a 5IV Jolly female without the egg moves, PM me anyway.
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Friend Code: 3866-8099-9870 - IGN: Pyreon
Pyreon VGC Player
If you want to have a VGC battle, send me a message!
Looking for one of these pokemon! I can offer a 5 IV (not perfect) Snover, a 5 IV Adament Beldum (not speed), and a few other randoms.
Friend Safari Pokemon: Noibat, Gabite and Sliggoo
looking for a shiny 4-6IV aerodactyl
offering a female timid protean froakie
3ds fc: 2853 0716 1830
Unnerve Aerodactyl
Inner Focus Kangaskhan
ANY of the other (breedable) mega family members with HA
ANY starter
ANY fossil family
3DS Friend Code: Doobius - 1607-2505-9784
Safari: Electric - Pikachu - Dedenne - Luxio
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I am currently offering a level 1 Aerodactyl with good speed IV's and is holding Aerodactylite.
I am currently looking for an adamant Pinsir holding Pinsirite but anything else will be considered.
PM me if you are interested.
looking for any aerodactyl, have a lot to offer PM me.(:
Last edited by 4ever; 2nd January 2014 at 9:52 PM.
Got a 4 IV Japanese Adamant Aerodactyl with Roar, agility, and ancient power. pm
Friend Code:2122 7033 1213 Normal with Audino, Tediursa and Smeargle
Looking for a Jolly Aerodactyl, IV (31/31/31/x/31/31) with egg moves Roar and Stealth Rocks.
Can trade:
Perfect Timid (31/x/31/31/31/31) Protean Frokie
Perfect Bold (31/X/31/31/31/31) Oblivious Feebas
Perfect Modest (31/X/31/31/31/31) Flame Body Litwick
+ Master Ball!!!!
Friend Safari Pokemon: Noibat, Gabite and Sliggoo
Looking for a 5 IV Aero female perferable not English if anybody has it pm me