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Corporate WomenAmanda Troy Segal
"I don't sense a lot of progress has been made in terms of women moving up in business. That hasn't changed in a decade or more. It's the power structure that doesn't allow women entry."
--Marion O. Sandler, co-CEO and president, Golden West Financial Corp.
"I have never felt that my sex has been a disadvantage to me. There's a lot of discussion that men won't give adequate clout or power to women. Women share an equal burden for that. No one can expect to be handed power."
--Carleton S. Fiorina, Network Systems vice-president for strategy and market development at American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
It's not surprising that these contradictory views coexist as statements of the times. The times themselves are contradictory. Women are entering companies in record numbers, women are leaving companies in record numbers. There are more females on corporate boards, there are fewer female CEOs. It's the kind of era in which a major company receives an award for its training programs from a women's group and loses a $7 million sex discrimination suit--in the same month.
Such polarization mirrors the growing ferment over feminism itself. Women disagree on how much progress they have made in the 1980s--or if they have made any: Susan Faludi, author of the provocative best-seller, Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, argues that women have actually lost ground in the past decade. And even those who agree about women's progress (or lack thereof) debate about how best to further the cause, with attitudes ranging from just-do-your-job-well laissez-faire to a call for renewing activist tactics. The debate gets so heated because sexual discrimination is insidious, and when inequality is not overtly acknowledged, it's harder to openly address. "We're still at the stage where it's a novelty to have a woman promoted," says Faludi. "And that means the playing field is not level for women."
That sense of inequality is pervasive among America's women executives, to judge by a recent BUSINESS WEEK survey of 400 female managers. While half the respondents believe that Corporate America is doing "somewhat better" in terms of hiring and promoting women, half also believe that the rate of progress is slowing. Compared with the sentiments expressed in a similar BW poll in 1990, the sentiment is more downcast now. Today, 70% of those polled see the male-dominated corporate culture as an obstacle to their success. Two years ago, only 60% thought so. More than one-third of the respondents thought that in five years time the number of female senior executives at their companies will have remained the same or fallen.
Women aren't stewing in silence, however. Three-quarters of the respondents thought women should take legal action if they see evidence of discrimination. Fully 70% also felt women should take a strong public stand on the hiring and promotion of women executives. "Clearly, there's a lot of frustration among women in the system now," says Amanda Fox, a vice-president at Chicago corporate recruiters Paul Ray Carre Orban International.
That frustration is understandable. In the early '70s, 99% of senior management was male. Now, after 20 years of "progress," 97% of senior management is still male. Five years ago, two women chief executive officers ran BUSINESS WEEK 1,000 companies. Today, only one does. Despite years of rosy predictions that women would quickly ascend the corporate ladder, their presence in the executive suite hasn't changed significantly in a generation. And female executive salaries are still below those of their male counterparts.
CRITICAL MASS. But women are starting to achieve equal representation in the lower and middle ranks. Fully half the entry level management corps is female (up from 15% fifteen years ago), and soon the midlevel echelons will be, too. Such unprecedented numbers by necessity will break down barriers. If they don't, "the amount of active discrimination would be so obvious as to be outrageous," says Anne Ronce, a San Francisco-based management consultant. The numbers suggest that the 1990s may be the breakout decade for women. But after the glacial progress of the past 20 years, many believe the pace of change will still be measured in smaller steps and individual victories.
In the past, women haven't reached the top because there's been no real need to put them there. Despite all the proclamations about the increasing diversity of the work force, corporate officers have still had plenty of male candidates to fill the upper ranks: "They've heard about the demographic change, but haven't seen it or experienced it," says Mary C. Mattis, vice-president for research at Catalyst Inc., a New York research firm that focuses on women in business. If a superb female candidate was under everyone's nose, fine. But the idea of promoting women has really been more of a social issue than an economic necessity.
That will soon change. While women have been packing into the corporate pyramid base for years, it's only now that their presence is reaching critical mass. Even more important, a growing number of women are in so-called line jobs--those integral to company profit centers--rather than staff positions. If the first generation of senior management women made it with such titles as "executive vice-president for human resources" or "managing director of public relations," this second generation seems to have a predominant number of chief financial officers and general counsels.
The number of qualified women rising in the pyramid will soon be so great that ignoring them will not only be discrimination but bad business, some analysts argue. "Companies will want to mobilize the best talent," says Felice N. Schwartz, president of Catalyst. "So there will be intense competition to recruit, develop, and retain these women."
It may be happening already. Since 1986, the percentage of officer-level searches at Paul Ray that include women candidates has increased from 11% to 40%. Other corporate headhunters have noted a steady increase in female hires. In 1981, 5.5% of Korn/Ferry International's senior management placements were female. In 1991, the figure had jumped to 16%. In the mid-'80s, 2% of execs placed by Cleveland-based recruiters Lamalie Associates, were female. Last year, 10% were.
Coming off a minuscule base, these numbers do show progress. But in absolute terms, the figures still seem small. The problem is not that women haven't advanced in the corporate ranks but that they haven't advanced in proportion to their presence in the work force. Because women represented 15% of all managers in 1968, you might expect 15% of today's senior managers to be female, notes Ann M. Morrison, co-author of the 1987 book Breaking The Glass Ceiling. Instead, they make up about 3%, even though the percentage of women managers overall has grown to almost 41%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. As for the number of women actually heading public companies, "you can count them on one hand--with fingers missing," says Golden West's Marion Sandler.
NOT IN MY COMPANY. Why aren't more women running things? The reason is something beyond natural attrition. That's the thesis of All the Right Stuff, a new study by a trio of professors from Loyola and Northwestern Universities. The survey analyzed the career progress of 1,000 male and female midlevel managers at 20 corporations. All were comparably educated, career-oriented, and performing similar functions. But the researchers found that over five years, the women's salary raises lagged 11% behind the men's, and that the women had received fewer job transfers. "The women had done all the same things, and yet their progress was less, and they earned less," says co-author Linda K. Stroh, assistant professor of organizational behavior at Loyola. "The women were not only disadvantaged, but discriminated against."
Discrimination is something that most male--and many female--execs would deny happens in their companies. Yet, as the Labor Dept. made clear in its 1991 study of nine companies, Report on the Glass Ceiling Initiative, gender-related bias still exists. Judy B. Rosener, a professor at the University of California at Irvine's School of Management, calls it "sexual static"--a subtle, even subconscious discomfort at seeing women assume certain roles or behave in certain ways.
Last August, along with the report, the Labor Dept. announced its determination to eradicate workplace prejudices. The news has stirred the business community: 50,000 copies of the report have been distributed, and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs logged some 2,500 hours in three months advising government contractors.
Some women haven't waited for their companies to comply. In 1985, Barbara Sogg filed a discrimination suit against American Airlines Inc., charging she was passed over for a plum job--general manager of operations at New York City's LaGuardia Airport--because of her age, sex, and health. A younger, less-experienced man got it. In January, she was awarded $7 million, which a state judge recently cut to $3.8 million. American is appealing.
GETTING MAD. But while the case dragged on, American's CEO, Robert L. Crandall, began several innovative training and management programs to identify and encourage talented women. American's Supertrack program, launched in 1988, opens evaluations of promising managers to all of the company's senior officers. Supertrack and other programs were not in any way related to the Sogg lawsuit, American insists. But as a result of these efforts, the percentage of women in mid- and upper-level management at American rose from 12% in 1986 to 21% in 1991.
Some women say relying on management-sponsored efforts isn't enough. Organizations such as the Fund for the Feminist Majority think businesswomen need to get mad. "These guys aren't going to open the doors willingly," declares Katherine Spillar, the group's national coordinator. "By playing it safe, you're gaining nothing." Figuring that "at the current rates of increase it will be 475 years before women reach equality in executive suites," the fund's literature urges corporate women to form in-house caucuses, complain loudly and publicly about inequities, and generally concentrate on challenging the old-boy-network rules.
In the late '60s and '70s, organized, adversarial tactics got women into companies and paved the way for their promotions. And they can still be effective: Don't even think of getting a piece of California's $67 billion public employees' retirement fund, State Treasurer Kathleen Brown tells investment managers, unless your team includes a woman. But others fear that pro-woman policies just create affirmative-action appointments. "The worst thing for women in business is a token position. It undermines them," says Lois D. Juliber, chief technological officer for Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Many of her colleagues would agree, especially those who have won top jobs during what Faludi calls "the last 10 years of silence." Unlike their predecessors in the '60s and '70s, who self-consciously--and justifiably--saw themselves as pioneers and role models, this generation of executive women puts the emphasis on "executive" rather than on "woman." Some senior execs are loath even to acknowledge their companies as particularly woman-friendly--"meritocracy" is the word they prefer. "Sara Lee is relatively neutral, and that's the only thing I can hope for," says Mary Ellen Johnson, who became the company's treasurer and top-ranked female in 1986.
`COLLECTIVE VOICES.' Nevertheless, there are signs of "corporate women finding the strength of their collective voices," as National Organization for Women President Patricia Ireland puts it. In the past year, employees at a variety of companies have formed in-house groups. Sponsoring lunches and panel discussions, these organizations are hardly militant. Yet, "merely having a public network is in a sense doing something activist," says Vicki Kramer, a Philadelphia career consultant.
Since these women see themselves as management, however, a strong sense of pragmatism permeates their activism. "Women's issues must always be seen as furthering the goals of the corporation," says Elizabeth Pugh, a vice-president at First Boston Corp.
Few women managers expect their progress to be anything other than gradual. In a 1990 Korn/Ferry and University of Los Angeles survey of 4,000 senior executives, a majority estimated that women would occupy 16% of upper-management posts at the turn of the century. That's quite a jump from today's 3%--though still rather low, considering that by then half the work force will be female.
For further advances to occur, "Corporate America must get over its fears" of women in authority, says John P. Mascotte, CEO of Continental Insurance Co., which actively prepares its female personnel. More women in the ranks will help. Management attacks on bias will help. Female execs uniting behind common causes will help. If this combination of demographics and enlightenment--along with a little legal pressure--can coalesce, the '90s might become a breakout decade after all.


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Washington: Republicans have conceded defeat in their bitter budget fight with President Obama over the new health care law, agreeing to end a disruptive 16-day government shutdown and extend federal borrowing power to avert a financial default with potentially worldwide economic repercussions.
With the Treasury Department warning that it could run out of money to pay national obligations within a day, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday evening, 81 to 18, to approve a proposal hammered out by the chamber's Republican and Democratic leaders after the House on Tuesday was unable to move forward with any resolution. The House followed suit a few hours later, voting 285 to 144, to approve the Senate plan, which would finance the government through to January 15 and raise the debt limit through February 7.
Shortly after the Senate vote, President Obama said he would sign the measure as he soon as he received it. While he praised Congress, he said he hoped the damaging standoff would not be repeated.
"We've got to get out of the habit of governing by crisis," said Mr Obama, who urged Congress to move forward, not only with new budget negotiations, but immigration changes and a farm bill as well.
"We could get all these things done even this year, if everybody comes together in a spirit of, how are we going to move this country forward and put the last three weeks behind us."
The result of the standoff that threatened the nation's credit rating was a near total defeat for Republican conservatives, who had engineered the budget impasse as a way to strip the new health care law of funding even as registration for benefits opened on October 1 or, failing that, to win delays in putting the program into place.
The shutdown sent Republican poll ratings plunging, cost the government billions of dollars and damaged the nation's international credibility. President Obama refused to compromise, leaving Republican leaders to beg him to talk, and to fulminate when he refused. For all that, Republicans got a slight tightening of income verification rules for Americans accessing new health insurance exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act.
"We fought the good fight," said Speaker John Boehner, who has struggled to control the conservative faction in the House, in an interview with a Cincinnati radio station. "We just didn't win."
In a brief closed session with his Republican rank-and-file, Mr Boehner told members to hold their heads high, go home, get some rest and think about how they could work better as a team.
Two weeks of relative cohesion broke down into near chaos on Tuesday when Republican leaders failed twice to unite their troops behind a last-gasp effort to prevent a default on their own terms. By Wednesday, House conservatives were accusing more moderate Republicans of undercutting their position. Representative Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, a leading Republican voice for ending the fight, said Congress should have passed a bill to fund the government without policy strings attached weeks ago.
"That's essentially what we're doing now," Mr Dent said. "People can blame me all they want, but I was correct in my analysis and I'd say a lot of those folks were not correct in theirs."
Under the agreement to reopen the government, the House and Senate are directed to hold talks and reach accord by December 13 on a long-term blueprint for tax and spending policies over the next decade. Mr Obama said consistently through the standoff that he was willing to have a wide-ranging budget negotiation once the government was reopened and the debt limit raised.
Mr Boehner and his leadership team had long felt that they needed to allow their restive conference to pitch a battle over the president's signature health care law, a fight that had been brewing almost since the law was passed in 2010. Now, they hope the fever has broken, and they can negotiate on issues where they think they have the upper hand, such as spending cuts and changes to entitlement programs.
But there were no guarantees that Congress would not be back at loggerheads by mid-January and deep scepticism exists in both parties that Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Senator Patty Murray of Washington, who will lead the budget negotiations, can bridge the chasm between them.
"This moves us into the next phase of the same debate," said Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Democrat. "Our hope is now that Speaker Boehner and his caucus have played out their scenario with a tragic outcome, perhaps they'll be willing to be more constructive."
As Republican lawmakers left the closed meeting on Wednesday, some were already thinking of the next fight.
"I'll vote against it," said Representative John Fleming, Republican of Louisiana, referring to the Senate plan. "But that will get us into Round 2. See, we're going to start this all over again."
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader who was instrumental in ending the crisis, stressed that under the deal he had negotiated with the majority leader, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the across-the-board budget cuts extracted in the 2011 fiscal showdown remained in place over the objections of some Democrats, a slim reed that not even he claimed as a significant victory.
The deal, Mr McConnell said, "is far less than many of us hoped for, quite frankly, but it's far better than what some had sought."
"Now it's time for Republicans to unite behind other crucial goals," he added.
Chastened Senate Republicans said they hoped the outcome would be a learning experience for the politicians in the House and the Senate who shut down the government in hopes of gutting the health law, Mr Obama's signature domestic achievement. Instead of using the twin issues of government funding and borrowing authority to address the drivers of the federal deficit, conservatives focused on a law they could never undo as long as Mr Obama is president, several politicians said.
"Goose egg, nothing, we got nothing," said Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie.
Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina took a swipe at his fellow Republican senators, Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah, as well as House members who linked government financing to defunding the health care law, which is financed by its own designated revenues and spending cuts.
"Let's just say sometimes learning what can't be accomplished is an important long-term thing," Mr Burr said, "and hopefully for some of the members they've learned it's impossible to defund mandatory programs by shutting down the federal government."
While Mr Cruz conceded defeat, he did not express contrition.
"Unfortunately, the Washington establishment is failing to listen to the American people," he said as he emerged from a meeting of Senate Republicans called to ratify the agreement.
For hundreds of thousands of federal workers across the country furloughed from their jobs, the legislative deal meant an abrupt end to their forced vacation as the government comes back to life beginning on Thursday.
With strict orders not to check government e-mail while on furlough, workers were left to their own devices to figure out whether the shutdown had ended. The furlough notices that went out on September 30 told workers to monitor television broadcasts and to keep an eye on the Web site of the Office of Personnel Management for instructions.
Furloughed workers at the Labour Department, for example, were told: "Please note that all employees are expected to report for work on their next regularly scheduled work day following the enactment of appropriating legislation which allows normal DOL operations to resume."
For Mr Boehner, who had tried but failed to unite his conference around a workable plan, Wednesday's decision to take up the Senate bill proved surprisingly free of conflict. Hard-line Republican lawmakers largely rallied around the speaker, instead blaming their more moderate colleagues who they said had not had the backbone to stand strong in the fight against the health care law.
And Representative Raúl Labrador of Idaho, said was "really proud" of how Mr Boehner had handled the situation.
"I'm more upset with my Republican conference, to be honest with you," he said. "It's been Republicans here who apparently always want to fight - but they want to fight the next fight - that have given Speaker Boehner the inability to be successful in this fight."
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2013 (Junior): Played in eight games…Attempted one shot…Had one assist for one point…Played a season-high 14 minutes versus Long Beach State… Assist came off an Emily Wadell goal against Weber State.
2012 (Sophomore): Played in eight games with one start...Earned start against Sacramento State...Did not attempt a shot...Played season-high 37 minutes at UC Davis...Averaged 15 minutes per game.
2011 (Freshman): Played in 12 games with six starts...Started six straight games between Sept. 9-30 in the defensive backline...Recorded one assist for one point against Embry-Riddle...Attempted three shots, all coming against Embry-Riddle...Played every minute in two games.
High School: Four-year letter winner, three-year starter in soccer and volleyball at Torrey Pines HS...Named all-league in 2010 and 2011...Team was league, CIF, and southern California champion in 2011....Team also was league champion in 2009 and 2010, finished second in CIF playoffs in 2009 and third in 2010, and finished fifth in the state in 2009...Also played for Carlsbad Elite and Rancho Santa Fe Attack club teams...Two-time all-league selection for volleyball, helping team win two league championships.
Personal: Mary Elizabeth Harrah was born July 17, 1992 in San Diego, Calif....Daughter of Jim and Teri Harrah...Three brothers, Rob, James, and Ryan...Father, Jim, was the boy's and girl's volleyball coach at Torrey Pines HS and was recently inducted into the San Diego County High School Coaching Legends at the San Diego Hall of Champions...Mother, Teri, played soccer at UC Santa Barbara...Participated in the three day breast cancer walk in 2008 and 2010...Hobbies include snowboarding, going to the beach and spending time with her family...Also considered Washington and UC Santa Barbara during the recruiting process.


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neurons typicallyjoin axon to dendrite. how could this information be used to explain why some neurons need to receive input from many cells in order to "fire" a message?
(this called a neuronal pooling)
Um... it uses dendrite to receive signals (inputs) from many other cells because dendrite has many branches of nerve endings. Axons are joined to the dendrite from the head body so the information (message) can be facilitated to the head body.
This is what I think, at least.
It depends on the limen for firing of the neuron and whether the neuron is also receiving impulses from other neurons that increase this limen to make it harder to fire. it is the combined influence from all the influencing neurons that determines if the single neuron will fire or not.
However, strictly speaking, the axons and dendrites (or cell bodies) are not "joined." They are separated by a small space — the synapse.
I searched Google under the key words "neuronal pooling" to get these possible sources:
You may need to use the <Find> command for "pool."
In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.
I hope this helps a little more. Thanks for asking.


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ATI only launched one product at CeBIT this year, but this time around it wasn't a graphics card - instead choosing to launch a new motherboard chipset. The Radeon Xpress 200 for Intel chipset will retain the same name as the version for AMD's Athlon 64 processors, but with the "for Intel†moniker stuck on the end. This was done as the chipsets share most the features and the only real difference is the CPU support. This is ATI's first PCI Express chipset for Intel. The Radeon Xpress 200 for Intel has powerful enough graphics for Windows MCE, so there's no need for a discrete graphics card for those slim-line HTPC boxes. The graphics core is derived from the Radeon X300 and should be powerful enough for all but the latest games.
In conjunction with an ATI graphics card the Radeon Xpress 200 for Intel chipset supports SurroundView with three displays, as it's the only integrated graphics solution that doesn't disable itself by default when a graphics card is fitted. The Radeon Xpress 200 for Intel chipset does of course support all the Intel specific CPU features such as HyperThreading, XD bit and Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology. The Radeon Xpress 200 for Intel is also the first chipset to officially add support for DDR2-667 memory and ATI is working closely with Corsair to make sure that there will be suitable memory available to purchase with your motherboard. Add to this the fact that several boards were on display at CeBIT from a variety of motherboard vendors and it seems like a very successful launch for ATI.


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GoHeels Spotlight: Norkeithus Otis
Then his fellow junior bandit Norkeithus Otis walked in and sat down, but he received very little attention.
While Lipford certainly made his share of impressive plays on the field, Otis quietly had himself a nice game. He finished with five tackles, a forced fumble and two sacks.
Not bad for a guy who had three tackles, one sack and a forced fumble all of last year.
"Norkeithus played great to me," Lipford said. "He's a hard worker and works hard all the time. I love feeding off his energy. We feed off of each other and Travis Hughes and try to play with intensity the whole game."
Otis has already shown significant improvement from last year. Against South Carolina, he had five tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack and two quarterback hurries.
When asked about his performance today, Otis took the humble route.
"There's some things I still need to work on, being able to set the edge better, being able to get off blocks more, but other than that I think I did OK," Otis said.
In the second quarter, Middle Tennessee State faced a third and 12 on their 42-yard line. Last year, the bandit might not have made much of an impact on that play, but this time, Otis made his presence felt. He fought through blocks, even losing his helmet in the process, to sack quarterback Logan Kilgore and force a punt.
"He's got a high motor," senior defensive end Kareem Martin said. "That's why he's so good. He's not the biggest defensive lineman, but he's a lot faster than any guy who's going to be blocking him. He's just relentless."
Otis said he knows the bandits need to step up more this year. Previous bandits who have come through assistant head coach for defense Vic Koenning's 4-2-5 system include NFL stars DeMarcus Ware and Whitney Mercilus, so there are high expectations for the position.
"We're the bandits, so we hold a lot of responsibility on the defense," Otis said. "We've got to be able to get them up when they're down. We've got to make plays when plays need to be made."
It's important to note that both Otis and Lipford are playing well, not just one of them. Shakeel Rashad's season-ending knee injury means both of them will be instrumental to seeing defensive improvements.
"The bandit position is going to be a vital key to our defensive success," Lipford said. "We have a lot of schemes based around it, and just our position in general opens up a lot more opportunities, and we can create a lot more havoc."
Martin said Lipford and Otis need to make the most of their opportunities.
"Last year, we didn't take advantage of those opportunities," Martin said. "We didn't have much production out of the bandit, but this year, with those guys making a lot of big plays, it's making the defense that much better."
One of the ways Koenning is trying to take advantage of the skillsets of Otis and Lipford is a new "money" package with both bandits on the field at the same time.
"It gives us opportunities to get some mismatches with the front because they're not really sure what we are going to do," Lipford said.
Otis said the "money" package is his favorite because of the playmaking possibilities.
"Something has to happen," Otis said. "(Graduate assistant coach Tommy Richardson) told us, 'You got two bandits in on the 'money' package--something has to happen. One of you guys has to make a play.' (We) love that challenge."
Although Otis hasn't had a ton of experience, he's played well so far this season, and his continued improvement and production, along with Lipford, will bode well for the defense as it continues to gel.


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Kathleen, I liked your post! And I agree the timely/timeless question is a bit of a false dichotomy. And, yes, most people I've asked are saying some version of "both." Still, I think the question is worth asking, worth thinking about. I see a shift toward valuing "timeliness" or being more willing to talk about the pleasure of timeliness, of everydayness, not just the sublime. I've always been attracted to poems that describe everydayness, that feel as though they're happening in real time, that are not recollected in tranquility. And, part of why I write is to fix myself in space and time. Recently, in order to push myself to be present, I started keeping daily blog where I record one-sentence descriptions. My rules are: no "I" and outside (the self, the apartment) whenever possible. Are these descriptions poetry? I'm not sure, but the practice is pushing me to exercise my powers of observation, my timely muscles.
I'm also rethinking the value of timelessness. Last year I asked a student, "but what do you want your poems to do??" and he said (evading my question), "well, of course I want my poems to be timeless…" and I blurted out, "like PLASTIC?" What would it mean to want a biodegradable poetry now that we know the horror of things that last and last and last?
Last Friday as I was waiting for my yeast to proof (I make challah every Friday and though I'm not religious love the way the ritual marks my week, marks time for my family), I heard Garrison Keillor on NPR's "Sound Check" talking about his new book Good Poems: American Places. He said, "people don't have time" and said he wanted to offer "poems people can get as they're buttering their toast and yelling at their children… not everyone's an English major." Then he talked about Robert Frost (with reverence) and said that Frost's poems are great because "they last." And then he said that the poems in his new book are great because they are "about a here and a now."
So, he too, wants poems that are timely and timeless even though or because people don't have time. It's all mixed up. By then the yeast had proofed, and I had added eggs, flour, oil, sugar, and salt. I continued thinking about this as I kneaded the dough for ten minutes, which feels like a long time when kneading dough. I wondered if poems are required to be timely in order to timeless? I wondered if these qualities are ineluctable. And then my time was up.
Next post: What Matt Rohrer thinks about this. Then, what Patricia Smith thinks about this.
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A heads up to all the DE/Racers,
IMG and the Motorsports Rehabilitation Foundation (http://www.gomrf.org/) will be hosting a Twilight HPDE & Sprint Race at Pocono Raceway on Saturday, September 8th, 2012.
This is the first Twilight event of this type to be offered in the Northeast! How often can you say that you have driven on a NASCAR track at night? Not too often I bet.
It is a full day event from 4 PM right until midnight, starting in daylight and finishing under track lighting at Pocono Raceway! It will be the ultimate experience for everyone, as it is not often that you can say that you have raced/done an HPDE event under the lights at Pocono International Raceway!
Racers will receive a 20 minute practice, a 20 minute qualifying session, and a 30 minute flag-to-flag feature race under the lights on Pocono North! The Sprint Race includes daytime practice, qualifying at dusk, and a 30 minute feature race at 11:15 PM.
Entry for the Sprint Races is just $195 for IMG members, and $220.00 for non-IMG members. For DE participants, the cost is $195. Dinner is included for all drivers. Best of all, proceeds from the event will go to a charitable organization that supports fellow racers in need (MRF).
All participants will be organized into run groups in accordance with experience, skill, and type of vehicle based on the experience of the applicants. Participants not "signed off" to solo will be required to drive with an instructor on board at all times. Under no circumstances will timed laps be permitted!
This event is open to all makes and model vehicles, and will start in the daylight, at 4:00pm, and continue until at 12:00am. You will receive the same amount of track time as a daytime HPDE.
Students should sign up early as this event is sure to sell out!
For details and Registration Info, head to:
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The length of time needed to build a website varies from person to person depending on how many pages your website is and whether or not you outsource content. For the sake of argument though, let's say that you don't outsource content. How long does it realistically take you to build a website.
By the way, this thread is not for my own reference, but is intended to show newbies how much work is actually involved in getting the IM thing up and running.
It typically takes me between 20 and 23 hours to build a 20 page website. That includes:
- installing wordpress
- uploading my theme and plugins
- modifying my theme
- configuring my plugins
- creating a custom header
- creating and posting original content
- managing ad placement
I'd estimate that I spend an additional 20 to 25 hours marketing a 20 page website. That includes:
- submitting the site to search engines
- pinging
- directory submission
- social bookmarking
- article marketing
By the way, that doesn't include the keyword and product research that I do beforehand, which typically takes about 1 to 2 hours.
I hope this has helped some newer members to realize just about how much work actually goes into producing websites.
Now, the above outline obviously isn't true for everyone, which is why I'm asking other experienced warriors to chime in on how long it typically takes for them to build a site by hand from scratch. The point is to prove that in the vast majority of cases, building and marketing a website takes a decent amount of time.


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Premiere: Sophicide's "Within Darkness"/
No need to go overboard on the introduction here: Perdition of the Sublime, the upcoming full-length debut from German tech death metallers Sophicide, slays. Front to back, beginning to end, Perdition is a overflowing platter of nasty, bestial epics from which this morning we proudly serve an exclusive appetizer, "Within Darkness." "'Within Darkness' is a song about radical religion -- more specifically radical islamists, people who are brought up to defy every form of sanity and reason and stop at nothing to live up to their hideous and inane beliefs," Sophicide founder/mastermind Adam Laszlo tells Decibel. "Our society needs to overcome this insanity. It's time to discard our gods and 'holy scriptures' and reach for intellectual enlightenment!"


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Well flippedy do! The baby is finally here! A future King! That was history right there in the making at 4.24pm yesterday afternoon in that private clinic in London – seriously, can you imagine the actual scene? But what's all this talk of thunder? We've had none here, um, yet – keeping a close eye on the gathering clouds outside though.
So with a focus on the beautiful city of London, this mornings wedding come's to you from our capital's East side, where Sarah and Dom tied the knot earlier this year, with a ceremony at The Old Marylebone Town Hall, followed by a reception at The Zetter Townhouse.
The couple's photographer was the amazingly talented Joanna Brown, who I chose to work with on my book and that gorgeous dress was a creation by one of my favourite designers (and who made this little blue number), Joanne Fleming. I love how Joanna has captured the completely laid back and fuss-free nature of this wedding…
Love My Dress Wedding Blog – Photography Copyright (c) 2013, Joanna Brown
"We wanted our wedding to be like any party we'd throw; relaxed,
informal and low key. Tradition pretty much went out of the window and
when we found The Zetter Townhouse, it all fell into place. It's
basically just a beautiful, cozy living room where people could snuggle
up and enjoy the incredible cocktails. We did few of the things you'd expect at a wedding and it got exactly the response we were after; happy, relaxed, slightly tiddly guests.
As for the style of the day, that was easy. I'd already booked Joanna Brown
to capture our day. I saw her at work at a friend's wedding a couple
of years ago and was blown away – so she was the first person I got in
touch with when we got engaged."
"We knew we wanted something vintage and I've always loved wearing 50s style dresses. I spotted a dress by Joanne Fleming
on a blog and fell in love. I booked an appointment and inevitably
ended up with something different, but it was even more perfect than I'd
imagined. I didn't need to go anywhere else."
Words of Wedded Wisdom…
flexible. You never really know what you want until you start and
sometimes something different can be even better than you imagined.
think the main thing is if this is the first time you've organised
something, go easy on yourself and work out what you're willing to
compromise on. It'll make yours (and everyone around you's) lives way
One of the trickiest bits was organising the transport back from
the Town Hall to the Zetter. As a Londoner who uses more than her fair
share of black cabs, I wanted a fleet of them to ferry my guests to the
reception. Sounds easy, but it was by far and away the hardest bit to
organise. Finally the wonderful women at 'Get Taxi' helped me out and
for no more than the average fare from Marylebone to Clerkenwell, I got
my wish."
What a simply gorgeous, relaxed, cool East London wedding. Huge thanks to the immensely talented and super lovely Joanna Brown for sharing these photographs.
Are there any more London brides reading this feature today? I'd love to hear if you're planning a relaxed day like Sarah and Dom, or something more extravagant perhaps?
With much love,
Photographer – Joanna Brown
Venue – The Zetter Townhouse
Wedding Dress – Joanne Fleming
Bridal Accessories – Fur coat no knickers/Tantrums and Tiaras
Groom / Ushers Outfits – Oscar Udeshi
Hair + Make Up – Sergio Giannasso Hair & Make Up
Flowers – Inwater Flowers
Food + Cake – The Zetter Townhouse
Entertainment – Esquire Swing Quartet


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Just tried #19
Im getting some problems with this one.
The first thing I noticed was that it took me really long time to find a client ( was waiting around 10minutes) I then tried to find client manually and I did so in 8 seconds.
I aborted with CTRL+C and wiffy restored environment.
When I ran the script again I did not find a single AP.
I tried to run airmon-ng manually and I find
So yeah, if I abort wiffy script, I need to reboot my system in order to find WLAN's again, re-plugging wlan-card would not make a difference.Code:
root@bt:~# airmon-ng start wlan0
Interface Chipset Driver
wlan0 RTL8187 r8187 (monitor mode enabled)
root@bt:~# airmon-ng start wlan0
Interface Chipset Driver
wlan0 RTL8187 rtl8187 - [phy0]
(monitor mode enabled on mon0)
I tried wiffy #9 and the problem was not in that version of the script.
Anything I'm doing wrong?
#20 ooooh pretty colors ;)
You know it's a sin to add flashy stuff to linux :D
* When running mode'"inject" it stalls on installing airpwn because the connection is in monitor mode
* (suggestion list) What would be nice is if the wiffy.keys was searched first to see if the AP is already been cracked. A simple grep <AP Name> wiffy.keys usually suffices though.
to this:Code:
if [ "$wifiDriver" == "rtl8187" ] ; then action "Changing drivers" "rmmod rtl8187 ; rmmod mac80211 ; modprobe r8187" ; fi
or just do a simple quick fix:Code:
if [ "$wifiDriver" == "rtl8187" ] ; then action "Changing drivers" "rmmod r8187 ; rmmod mac80211 ; modprobe rtl8187" ; fi
:~# rmmod r8187
:~# modprobe rtl8187
Wrt the drivers, to understand the differences read install_drivers [Aircrack-ng]
One seems to inject better (monitor mode), the other one connects better (managed mode).
However, what your saying is to flip rtl8187 & r8187 the other way around....:confused:
It's been used to switch drivers.Quote:
man rmmod — simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel
man modprobe — program to add and remove modules from the Linux Kernel
Im not running vmware either, and still get this problem..
I did say I was new first before anything, i put them in order cuz im still new to linux period, but im already familiar with backtrack. Like I said, i didnt know what the commands did per say in depth, so i took a guess what they did. :-\
thanks for the correct info tho.
So I was trying to capture a WPA handshake from my network.
I first tried to do in manually withI did send countless of DeAuth's, see below:Code:
aireplay-ng --deauth 10 -a 00:**:**:6E:**:** -c 00:1C:**:3A:**:** mon0
for about 10 minutes or about 500 DeAuth's with no luck on the handshake.Code:
21:07:47 Sending 64 directed DeAuth. STMAC: [00:1C:**:3A:**:**] [12|41 ACKs]
21:07:47 Sending 64 directed DeAuth. STMAC: [00:1C:**:3A:**:**] [16|30 ACKs]
21:07:48 Sending 64 directed DeAuth. STMAC: [00:1C:**:3A:**:**] [16|19 ACKs]
21:07:48 Sending 64 directed DeAuth. STMAC: [00:1C:**:3A:**:**] [22|20 ACKs]
21:07:50 Sending 64 directed DeAuth. STMAC: [00:1C:**:3A:**:**] [33|46 ACKs]
21:07:51 Sending 64 directed DeAuth. STMAC: [00:1C:**:3A:**:**] [26|52 ACKs]
21:07:52 Sending 64 directed DeAuth. STMAC: [00:1C:**:3A:**:**] [27|56 ACKs]
21:07:53 Sending 64 directed DeAuth. STMAC: [00:1C:**:3A:**:**] [18|53 ACKs]
I then launched wiffy to see if wiffy was able to capture the handshake (I'm still quite a beginner and suspected that I did something wrong.)
Wiffy found the handshake after about 10 seconds and I had a nearly empty wordlist for wiffy, just so I would get the *.cap.
I then tried to crack the cap file wiffy generated with cowpatty. With the results:
"End of pcap capture file, incomplete four-way handshake exchange. Try using a different capture."
I then tried to run the *.cap file that wiffy generated into aircrack-ng
and aircrack just launches and starts to plow thru my wordlist.Code:
aircrack-ng /root/wiffy/wiffy-NAMEOFCAP.cap -w /root/internal/wordlist/testlist.lst
This brought some questions, not all of them are directly related to wiffy I hope it's OK to post them anyways.
Is the CAP incomplete since cowPatty wont take it?
Or does cowPatty require different information then what aircrack-ng does?
Could wiffy caputre a incomplete handshake?
Why did I fail to manually DeAuth my laptop, was the signal strength too low? (As I understood by reading about aireplay-ng the low ACK count could be because of bad signal strength)


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Lisa continues her break-out season with a 9th place at Jingle Cross.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Lisa Curry
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A New Feeling
Usually, this time of year is reserved for early nordic adventures, ski touring, and hot drinks.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Jesse Doll Races the Utah State Champs
Jessie Doll stormed onto the cyclcocross scene. Last year in the 4's he was consistently in the top 5. While JDoll was a solid rider, not many people could have predicted the success he's having this year. Hard work, a passion for the sport, and a gritty attitude have taken Doll to the next level. Top results include a 7th at the state championship, 8th at Greased Lightning, and 5th overall in the MT series. Not a bad sophomore season :). Look for JDoll to be ripping legs in Bend...
Very interesting weekend...planned on doing both Saturday and Sunday, but Saturday's race was less than stellar with 2 flats (front and rear) and a nice introduction to Utah's goat head thorns. I was able to talk to some people afterwords and EVERYBODY runs Stans sealant in their tires regardless if they are tubular or clinchers. I pulled out 5 thorns on my rear wheel and 3 thorns in my front wheel, great way to ruin a pair for tires. So needless to say I chased all day and was able to stay on the lead lap. Bart Gillespie and Alex Grant both top 5ish at La Ruta de los Conquistodores a few weeks ago and Ali Goulet the leader of the USGP cycloross 35+ series and I think he was top 10 at elite nationals last year. Would have been easy to be intimated for sure.
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Monday, November 23, 2009
Polson Cyclocross - Alex & the Polson Crew
The Polson Crew is on fire. The Seeleys, Campbells, 5VV riders and Volunteers did an excellent job making the Polson Cyclocross race a huge success. A great course complete with the "British Open" feel. High winds, cold temps, and beautiful Ireland like scenery. Special features included a Cross and Tie Race (one bike two people), First Timers Race, and post race feast! If Matt and 5VV are willing I think Polson CX will be a long lasting event.
I didn't envy the first racers of the day. The wind was blowing and the sun had yet to shine. The ladies race was highlighted by the Zickovich Ladies and Campbell. Campbell was fueled by performing in front of a home town crowd and took the victory. Julie Z looked strong in second and never gave up to much ground to LC.
Nice racing in the men's 4 race. Four super strong 4's duked it out. Strongman Brent Ruby came up with the victory. He was never able to let up, because Great Divide rider Mark Brooks was constantly charging in 2nd. Also of note was third place John Bardsley on the mtb. 4th place Erik Horn was killing the technical sections of the course including riding up the run-up.
Masters B was won by Pat Scharfe who was right in the middle of the men's 4 battle.
The men's 1,2,3 race was scored separately. The men 3 hadn't gotten face time since Greased Lightning. In a much anticipated battle Alex G and Bob Presta didn't disappoint. Alex came out on top. His form is starting to peak towards nationals......very impressive. Bob did all he could including riding the run-up and a big last lap charge that put him a bike length behind at the line. Riding great in 3rd was Tim Noonan. 4th was promoter Seeley. The cat 3 race was hot. I loved racing for a place. Bob was obviously out of reach, so it came down to a battle for 2nd. Mtcx Videographer Dan Pierce was a good pick for 2nd, as was Connelly, Flathead Russ, and JMills. After a crazy first couple laps the dust settled and I had major flashbacks of Missoula #5. Me riding with Tack and Fiore. Our different skills complement eachother. Tack in off season form, Fiore the consistent technical master, and myself putting in surges. With two teammates I was super fortunate to hold off the Brown Bear Pierce, Cman, and Flathead Russ. Tack and Fiore didn't know about the cat 3 pack challenge........but I sure did. I took 2nd and 3rd was Brown Bear Pierce. Two teammates on a super windy course was super lucky.
Great racing in the masters A. The perennial master A killer Chance Cooke was racing....and he was flying. He took the win. A hot battle for 2nd settled into John W, followed by Gaertner, and Cochran. The masters A look prepared for a hot showing at nationals. I only know of a couple masters attending, but really the full MT fleet should go. WOW, we have fast masters. Shout out to Flathead Cycling who had the biggest squad there (Noonie, Cooke, Gaertner, Greenburg, Muller, and Russ).
Great Montana Cyclocross season. Look for more wrap-up and nationals preview stuff in the next couple weeks. Tomorrow is JDoll's Salt Lake City Race Report.
Photos by Pat Scharfe
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There's a good reason that the Hamerlas have been skiing Burke for more than 15 years.
"It's just very family friendly," said Sara Hamerla of Framingham, Mass. "Our kids are down in the ski lessons. They're having a great time. We know the quality of the instruction. Also, our son is named Oliver Burke. We named him after Burke Mountain."
That's something you don't hear every day. But what does happen at Burke each and every winter day is lots of skiing, with a local vibe.
"I like that it's local," said Ilana Abramson of Barnet. "There's not usually too many people here, which is good. And you always see someone you know when you're getting on the lift or going down the mountain."
Burke skis like two mountains in one due to its very unique layout. The upper part of the mountain is full of intermediate and advanced terrain, but the lower part of the mountain is all beginner terrain, and this makes for a much safer family ski experience.
Burke is now under new ownership, and positive changes are helping them cope with this season's variable weather.
"If we didn't have the new upgrades in our snowmaking system, we wouldn't have been able to recover so quickly and resurface our trails so quickly," said Hannah Collins of Burke Mountain.
Burke is currently skiing on about 75 percent of their terrain. Patrons tell us conditions are enjoyable right now.
"Today's fast. It's very smooth. No extra bumps or anything, no ice. It's really just comfortable skiing," Perry Hamerla said.
Rob and Laura Leaver of Boston said the snow was fast, smooth and a lot of fun. They also said there was plenty of it, so you can cut an edge fairly well.
Racers have been cutting edges at Burke for many years. Since its birth in 1970, Burke Mountain Academy has produced more than 50 Olympians. Mikaela Shiffrin is a 17-year-old senior at the Burke Mountain Academy. This season alone she's had three World Cup slalom victories. And last weekend she became the third youngest women's slalom world champion. She is setting an example for other racers with big dreams.
"If they pursue their dreams and passions with the same type of dedication, they could realize those as well," said Kirk Dwyer, the headmaster at Burke Mountain Academy.
Racers and recreational skiers alike can appreciate all that Burke has to offer.
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21 November 2001
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Academy has record number of Foreign Oscar entriesFifty-one countries have submitted films for consideration as best foreign language film of 2001, according to Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president, Frank Pierson.It is the largest number of films ever entered in the competition, beating last year's record by five films. Films from Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania and Uruguay qualified this year for the first time. This year's submissions are: Albania, Slogans, Gjergj XhuvaniAlgeria, Inch'Allah
Advanced revises 2001 sales forecastLess than two weeks after Germany's Advanced Medien announced the closure of its theatrical operations at the end of the year, the rights trader has now reforecast its consolidated sales for 2001 from Euros 23m to between Euros 18m-Euros 20m.Although sales in the third quarter, at Euros 4.2m were up 12.7% on the same period for 2000, overall sales for the first nine months of 2001 registered only Euros 12.5m (2000: Euros 22.8m) with a negative EBIT of minus Euros 9.45m (2000: minus Eur
Assumption Of The Virgin becomes doubtfulSydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella's Mirage Enterprises is battling to save Assumption Of The Virgin, one of the highest-profile UK productions on the market, after being forced to shelve plans to start production in March. The Benicio Del Toro-Juliette Binoche drama, which Mirage developed with BBC Films and Intermedia, first hit trouble this month when director Walter Salles pulled out after delays meant the production was set to clash with his Che Guevara project, Motorc
Catalan nationalists call for Harry Potter boycottCatalan nationalists have called for a boycott of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, which goes on release next week.The Convergence of Catalonian Christian Democrats (CDU), a party which forms part of the governing coalition in the Catalan region, have launched the protest because the film has not been dubbed into Catalan and will be screened in Spanish only. JK Rowling's Harry Potter books have been translated into both Spanish and Catalan.The CDU i
Clark's Bully wins Stockholm's Bronze HorseThe Bronze Horse for the best film at the 12th Stockholm International Film Festival 2001 went to Larry Clark's controversial Bully, while the festival's Lifetime Achievement Award went to Jean-Luc Godard for "his indefatigable excursions into new cinematographical landscapes, for his youthful lust for rebellion which has only grown bigger over the years, for his provocative talent of expanding our visions and thereby changing our views on life and on the world and the art of cinema.
Clooney, Soderbergh together again on SolarisActor George Clooney and director Steven Soderbergh are reteaming for the third time on Solaris, an erotically charged film version of Stanislaw Lem's 1961 science fiction novel which will start production in April 2002 for James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment and 20th Century Fox. Clooney will star in the film which Soderbergh has written and will direct.Solaris, famously filmed by Russian master Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972, is the story of Kris Kelvin, an astronaut wh
Coppola to board recut version of SuriyothaiFrancis Ford Coppola is poised to board the recut international version of Suriyothai, the epic Thai historical drama directed by Prince MC Chatrichalerm Yukol.The $14m picture, which closes the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) on Saturday (Nov 17) night, currently runs to three hours and five minutes. It recounts the life and exploits of 16th century Queen Suriyothai who died in battle defending her country and her husband against the Burmese and Portuguese armies. The
Czech media mogul Zelezny arrestedPolice took into custody the Czech Republic's top media mogul, Vladmir Zelezny, on Nov. 13 in a move that appears timed to coincide with recent international rulings against Zelezny and his firm, CET-21.The arrest of Zelezny could put a hitch in the planned sale of Barrandov Studios, but observers say it might be a good sign for foreign investors, particularly in the media sector. Prague has recently been considered a hot spot for Hollywood shoots due to skilled labor and low costs.
Danish film institute appoints new consultantThe Danish Film Institute has appointed the 66-year-old Morten Grunwald as film consultant in charge of new projects in collaboration with Vinca Wiedemann, film consultant since 1999, who, at the same time, has had her contract extended another two years. Between them, the consultants manage some $8.9m (DKR75.5m) annually.Grunwald is a veteran in the Danish entertainment industry, who started out as an actor on stage and film, including the phenominally successful Olsen-Gang-films.
Dutch tax confusion sees production plummetThree changes in as many years to the Dutch system of tax breaks for the film industry have resulted in a reduction in the volume of local productions to an average of less than half that of just a year ago. Now a new version, incorporating improvements, is being readied for 2002Compared to 2000's peak of $80m, the current level of production spending has plummeted to between $20m and $24m. The Netherlands Federation of Film Professionals has asked the national government for an indepe
Equity Pictures fund lines up new projectsA second season of Tales From The Neverending Story TV series is among three projects being lined up for backing by the new Munich-based private media fund Equity Pictures.Launched by producer Andreas Thiesmeyer and financial expert Josef Lautenschlaeger, Equity Pictures is inviting private individuals to each put up a minimum of Euros 25,000 by 30 June 2002 toward a total investment volume of Euros 19.5m. The volume can be extended to Euros 60m depending on demand.Budge
Fat Girl distributors lose Ontario appealThe North American distributors of Catherine Breillat's controversial film Fat Girl (A Ma Souer!) have lost an appeal to the Ontario Film Review Board (OFRB). Given that joint distributors Cowboy Pictures and Lions Gate Films have chosen not to make the cuts requested, the decision effectively bans the film from screening in the province's theatres. The film has been cleared for release in the provinces of Quebec and British Columbia, was released unrated in the US and ha
Film Council funds Grand Ambition optionUK support body the Film Council has funded the option on Lisa Michael's hotly contested novel Grand Ambition as part of the second round of awards from its $7.2m (£5m) a year development fund.Set in 1920s America, the love story was optioned by producers Diana Phillips (Bad Lieutenant, Birthday Girl) and Robert Fox (The Hours, Iris). Nicholas Rohl is adapting the debut novel, based on the true story of a young couple running the rapids of the Grand Canyon in a hom
German cinema ticket tax proposal sparks outrageGerman Culture Minister Julian Nida-Ruemelin's plans to increase the national cinema ticket tax by "a few percent" has prompted the local exhibition sector to vow to fight any increase "on all political, legal and internal industry levels".While German exhibitors have been vocal in their appeals for greater diversification on the part of the local production industry, they have lambasted the Culture Minister for his proposal to increase the levy on cinemas' annual turnover as a way of
German cultural film funding gets boostGerman Minister for Culture Julian Nida-Ruemelin will have Euros 1.5m more to spend on film funding measures in 2002 as part of a global 3% increase in Gerhard Schroeder administration's arts budget.The budget for culturally-oriented film funding will increase from Euro 9.7m to Euros 10.7m while German contribution to EURIMAGES is being increased from Euros 3.6m to Euros 4.1m.Observers believe that part of the increase will be used to fulfil some of the proposals Nida-Ruemelin h
Germany delights to Scary Movie 2Scary Movie 2 took pole position at the German box office over the weekend with $4.4m and a site average of $6,584 from its 663 prints in the penultimate opening weekend before Harry Potter arrives in Germany on an anticipated 1,000-odd screens on November 22; In terms of admissions, the Scary sequel achieved around 675,000 ticket sales and a average of more than 1,000, although this was less than the opening of the first Scary Movie which posted 850,000 admissions
Germany's Road Movies relocates to LondonGerman production outfit Road Movies is to relocate from Berlin to London from 2002 as part of a restructure by the Das Werk Group in order to generate savings of around Euros 5m next year.Das Werk spokesman Wolfgang Borgfeld stressed that the move did not mean the closure of the Berlin office, "but rather that the co-ordination of international projects can be handled better from a base in the UK". The relocation will result in savings of around Euros 0.5m in this area. In addition, t
Germany's Senator postpones three releasesGerman theatrical distributor Senator Film has announced that it will hold over three planned winter releases until early 2002. This follows a recent Constantin Film postponement of nine of its planned 25-film line-up for 2001 to next year (Screendaily, Oct 14 2001)The anticipated clogging up of screens with a handful of US blockbusters at the end of the year has been cited as the principal reason for the postponements - Harry Potter opens next week with at least 1
Ghost World penetrates Potter's UniverseAlthough no film could be expected to compete against the might of Warner Bros' Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, which demolished all UK box office records with its $13.6m (£9.6m) three-day opening gross (not including previews), there were several films that successfully staked their own claims on other audience segments.Leading the handful of brave titles prepared to open against the behemoth was Icon Film Distribution's Ghost World which opened on just 40 scre
Hi Dharma sets new S Korean admissions recordSouth Korean comedy Hi Dharma (pictured) has set a new box-office record by drawing 203,600 viewers in Seoul on its opening weekend and earning over $4m nationwide.. Filling seats to a 93% capacity, the film broke the previous 2-day Seoul record of 197,426 admissions set in 2000 by Mission: Impossible 2.Hi Dharma, directed by debut filmmaker Park Chul-gwan, tells the story of a group of gangsters who take refuge in a Buddhist temple. While in hiding, they come in
Hong Kong develops taste for comedyHong Kong's reputation as a voracious market for action films may be set to change - a faltering economy and widespread distaste for violence post-September 11 means that light-hearted films are expected to outperform traditional action fare during the all-important Christmas and Chinese New Year holiday season.Six of last year's top 10 films in Hong Kong were local productions, of which four were action films. But last week's release - straight in at number one in the chart - of Joe
Hong Kong's Singing Horse springs into productionLeading Hong Kong comedy director Joe Ma has set up a new production label Singing Horse Productions to deliver a slate of youth-oriented pictures. The company is jointly owned with Thomas Leong's talent agency International Pacific Artists (IPA) and Ivy Kong, former managing director of Mei Ah's production arm B.I.G. Singing Horse initially aims to deliver five to seven pictures a year, all either directed by Ma or produced by him. Details of a slate involving directors from Hong Kong
Iberoamerican co-prod forum wins approvalThe second annual Iberoamerican Co-Production Forum came to a close Tuesday (Nov 20) midway through a quiet Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva, with both events emphasising the Latin American industry. The Forum earned positive marks by participants, both for the quality of the projects being pitched and the good turn-out. Organisers said more than 300 professionals had participated, many of whom were walk-ins from the parallel festival event, and more than 400 meetings were held. S
Icon boards Scottish serial-killer projectMel Gibson and Bruce Davey's Icon Entertainment has boarded The Bothy, a tentatively titled UK thriller budgeted at $10m-$15m.The project tells the story of an American serial killer on the loose in the Scottish Highlands during the worst storm in living memory. Ros Borland and Catherine Aitken are producing for Gabriel Films, the Scottish production company which is developing the project with writer James MacInnes.Bruce Davey is producing for Icon, which is expected to
India's film and cable industries fight piracyThe Indian film industry and cable operators have reached an agreement to curb video piracy, with the film sector coming forward to make available "properly authorized" old films, legally to the cable operators for telecast over cable. The agreement would allow cable operators to telecast an Indian film -after it is a year old. At present most ''new'' films are screened on the cable networks in the week of their release hurting their commercial exploitation. The agreement comes
Intermedia predicts fourth quarter improvementIntermedia is predicting a massive surge in revenues in the final quarter after announcing results for the first nine months that leave the company more than Euros 217m short of its target of Euros 355m in sales for the entire year.The Neuer Markt-listed powerhouse said that revenues of Euros 137.7m in the first nine months were on target as fourth quarter revenues would come from the delivery of Adaptation, The Quiet American, Plague Season, National Security and The Discove
Italy's Eagle feathers its nest with booksItaly's Eagle Pictures, which recently received substantial acquisition and production funding from financial group Interbanca (Screendaily Nov 20, 2001), is just one of the internationally-minded Italian companies filling its production slate with screen adaptations of literary masterpieces.In particular, hot on the heels of last year's Oscar contender Chocolat, Eagle scooped film rights to Blackberry Wine, the follow-up from the best-selling author of Chocolat, J
Italy's Eagle Pictures gets huge cash boostAmbitious Italian distributor and producer Eagle Pictures has secured a major cash injection from leading financial group Interbanca, which has acquired a 13.79% stake in the film outfit for a value of Euros 10.3m. In addition, the bank has also awarded the company a Euros 50m fund to be invested in theatrical acquisitions and production in the medium-term. Eagle, which has offices in Milan and Rome, recently unveiled a slate of high-profile pictures in development, including
Italy's Medusa buys Cecchi Gori packageRome's leading distribution outfit, Medusa Film, has finalised a late deal to buy five completed films from Cecchi Gori, enabling the former Italian number one to inject some cash back into its beleaguered film distribution and production operation. Medusa is believed to have paid between 68 and 70 billion lire ($35m) for theatrical and TV rights to the five films, which were all due to be released imminently by Cecchi Gori. Medusa spokesman Claudio Trionfera said the group had
Japan's Softbank posts $411m net lossesSoftbank Corp., a Tokyo-based Internet and computer software company with extensive media interests, has posted a group net loss of $441m (Y54.3 billion) for the first half of fiscal 2001, ending in September. This compares with a $295m (Y36.3 billion) profit for the same period the previous fiscal year. Despite group sales gains of 2%, to $1.5bn (Y183.4 billion) in the first half, losses from overseas investments dragged Softbank profits down. Group pre-tax loss for the first h
Korea's MBC invests in PPP title: Cry WomanKorean broadcast giant MBC has set Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) title Cry Woman as one of the first pictures to benefit from its new feature investment arm. MBC Production Co, which benefits from a modest $13m (Won15bn) revolving fund put up by 16 of the channel's regional branches and Terasource Venture Capital, aims to invest in pictures which broaden the demographics of Korean cinema. Cry Woman is a $1m art-house title set up as a co-production between Korea, Chi
Lantana makes history at AFI awardsIt was a one-horse race at the annual AFI (Australian Film Institute) Awards on November 16. Lantana made history by being the only film to win the seven top awards: best film for Jan Chapman, best director for Ray Lawrence, best actor and actress for Anthony LaPaglia and Kerry Armstrong, best supports for Vince Colosimo and Rachael Blake, and best adapted screenplay for Andrew Bovell.In an unprecedented occurrence, Armstrong also won best actress in a television drama series fo
Last call for leading festival calendar entriesOn January 11 Screen International publishes its 2002 festival calendar. This will incorporate more film and TV events than any other film and TV industry calendar. If you have not already sent us details of your event, be aware that time is rapidly running out. The deadline for entries is 27 November 2001. The good news is that there is no charge for inclusion and submitting details is easy. Simply fill in the following form and email it to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Liberty confirms German operational baseUS media group Liberty Media will base its German operations in Munich and create up to 10,000 new jobs throughout Germany. After meeting with Bavaria's prime-minister Edmund Stoiber in Berlin, Liberty's chairman John Malone declared that "the density of television stations and internet companies around Munich had been a deciding factor" as well as Bavaria's central role in the European IT business. A workforce of between 100-150 will be employed at the Munich HQ with others at
London film fest set to exceed 2000's admissionsThe London Film Festival appeared to weather the opening of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone in its middle weekend to hit 106,000 admissions on Sunday, according to the festival's figures.With five days to go, the tally puts the event on course to beat last year's total sales of 112,000. Despite Harry Potter, admissions rose over the weekend as the gala screening of Monsters, Inc. on Saturday sold out even though it was another family film.Average at
Media Asia loses second high-profile executivePeter Poon has quit Hong Kong studio, Media Asia where he was deputy general manager and took particular responsibility for international distribution.The surprise move is the second high-profile departure at Media Asia since the summer. Earlier, chief executive Thomas Chung was shifted away from day-to-day management of the group to concentrate on production of large projects, such as the Michelle Yeoh-produced The Touch. He subsequently left the group for Yeoh's Mythical Films
Media Salles launches exhibition training schemeMEDIA Salles, the cinema exhibition initiative of the European Union's MEDIA Programme, has launched a training strand for exhibitors with particular attention to the main trends shaping today's cinema industry and to the demands of audiences of European films.The first of the courses in the series "European Cinema Exhibition - A New Approach" will be held next June in collaboration with the Danish exhibitors association Danske Biografer (DB), and the European Film College (EFC), in Eb
Mira Nair named Berlinale 2002 jury presidentIndian director Mira Nair has been named as president of the International Jury of the 52nd Berlinale 2002. Nair's feature debut, Salaam Bombay, won the Camera d'Or in Cannes, as well as 25 other international awards. It was also nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. Nair's other works include the feature films Mississippi Masala and Kama Sutra."I'm absolutely delighted that Mira Nair will be the Jury president for the coming Berlinal
Nadia Bronson & Associates buys stake in DDANadia Bronson & Associates (NB&A), the entertainment consultancy launched by industry veteran Bronson at Cannes this year, has formalised its relationship with Dennis Davidson & Associates (DDA) taking a minority equity stake in the longstanding PR consultancy. Bronson and associate Thomas Castaneda immediately join Davidson and partner, president and CEO Melanie Hodal on the DDA board of directors.Bronson had worked extensively with DDA while international marketing and distribution
New pan-regional Cibermedia fund launchedSpanish, Portuguese and Latin American producers will soon have a fresh source of financing available for projects integrating "new technologies" through a new pan-regional funding initiative known as Cibermedia. The initiative was formally approved this week by the Conference of Iberoamerican Film Authorities (CACI). It will launch in January 2002 with headquarters in Madrid. Though few details are yet available concerning Cibermedia, it is expected to run parallel to existing
O'Sullivan's Heart Of Me set to roll in UKThe Heart Of Me, a drama set in 1930s London starring Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams and Paul Bettany, starts production this week in the UK.Directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan, the film tells the story of two sisters, one of which has an affair with the other's husband. Years later the sisters have to work out for themselves which one he loved and what it was they did to the man they both loved.The film is backed by BBC Films, Pandora Films, Take 3/Baker Street Media
Pathe acquires UK rights to Dog SoldiersPathe Distribution has acquired UK rights to horror thriller Dog Soldiers from Victor Films following a bidding war for the film at London Screenings and MIFED.The film, produced by LA-based Kismet Entertainment, had its premiere screening at London. "The picture screened so well in London that we were confident it would emerge as a favourite of the buyers," said Kismet president Harrison Kaslow. "In a matter of hours, we had offers covering most of the world."Other sal
Pie 2, Cats & Dogs join international $100m clubAmerican Pie 2 and Cats & Dogs have become the latest in an unusually long list of titles to have crossed the $100m mark in international box office this year, both passing the milestone over the weekend.Since its international debut in Israel on Sept 13, where it has now taken $1.3m, Pie 2 has grossed $100.5m for distributor UIP. The film has proved particularly popular in Germany, the UK and France where it has recorded figures of $29.4m, $24.9m and $15.5m respec
Potter rewrites UK box office record bookAs expected Warner Bros' highly anticipated children's title Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone has laid waste all previous box office records in the UK taking a massive $13,714,811 (£9,600,368) over its opening three-day weekend. This shatters the previous record of $10.8m taken by Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace in 1999.Including last weekend's two-day previews Potter's UK box office total already stands at $23.3m (£16.3m). Phantom Menace's
Re-cut Flower blossoms at blooming Pusan festivalLocal picture Flower Island (Kotsom), by first time director Song Il-gon, was the outstanding winner at the 6th Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea. It scooped the main prize, the FIPRESCI prize and the audience award.The film, a story of three women literally on a voyage of self-discovery, has been substantially recut and shortened by 12 minutes compared with the version presented in the Cinema Of The Present section at Venice. A Korean-French co-production, the f
Release patterns: Potter wide, Wars simultaneousHarry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone is set to break records in the US this Friday when it opens in 3,672 US theatres.The previous record for the widest US release was held by Mission: Impossible 2, which opened last year on 3,653 theatres. Shrek still holds the record for the most theatres overall - the film widened to 3,715 after debuting in 3,587 theatres.Harry Potter has already been selling record-breaking volumes of advance tickets in th
Scandi films triumph at Mannheim festivalScandinavian cinema dominated the awards at the 50th edition of the International Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival in Germany (November 8-17).The Art of Film Award for Best Fiction Feature Film went to Danish filmmaker Tomas Gislason's P.O.V. (Point of View), while Norwegian Erik Smith Meyer received the Award in the Best Short Film category for his seven-minute comedy Sveits (Switzerland). Denmark also provided the winners for the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Prize -
Seafood (Haixian)Dir: Zhu Wen. China. 2001. 84mins. This idiosyncratic and extremely personal debut film by the poet-novelist Zhu Wen won't be to all tastes, but its offbeat sensibility and intriguing glimpses of a little-seen side of contemporary China earned it the Special Prize in the Cinema of the Present competition at Venice earlier this year. With this accolade as bait, Seafood should expect to attract bites from further festivals and, perhaps, from more daring niche distributor
Soderbergh's next gets new title - Full FrontalSteven Soderbergh's next film, formerly known as How To Survive A Hotel Room Fire has been retitled Full Frontal, and has begun production (Nov 6) in Los Angeles.Financed and distributed worldwide by Miramax Films, the contemporary comedy - a sequel "of sorts" to sex, lies and videotape - has an 18-day shooting schedule and will open in the US on March 8, 2002.The film, written by Scott Kramer and Gregory Jacobs from a screenplay by Coleman Hough, features
Swiss film award nominations announcedThomas Imbach's Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Stefan Haupt's Utopia Blues and Lutz Konermann's Lieber Brad have each received two nominations for the 2002 Swiss Film Awards which will be presented during the Solothurn Film Days on January 16, 2002.Imbach and Haupt's films have been nominated in the Best Feature Film category along with Jean-Luc Godard's Eloge De L'Amour, Christoph Schaub's Stille Liebe and Nino Jacusso's Escape To Paradise. L
The New Hollywood style: Part IIAbstracted from Screen International - Part IITo read the previous article, enter: Mike Goodridge into the Screendaily search barPivotal to the symbiotic relationships developing between the US studios and independent production companies lies the purchasing power of TV. "What international broadcasters want is big-budget movies," explains Jay Firestone, chairman and CEO of Canwest Entertainment, whose Los Angeles subsidiary Fireworks Pictures partnered with Paramount
The Royal TenenbaumsDir Wes Anderson. US 2001. 108mins.The same distinctive sensibility that informed Wes Anderson's first two innovative films, Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, is very much in evidence in his new serio-comedy, The Royal Tenenbaums, except that the scope is more ambitious, the budget bigger and the cast more glamorous. With brief, wild strokes, the gifted Anderson paints onscreen a canvas of a three-generational dysfunctional family, headed by an errant,
UK documentary awards for Killers Don't CryClifford Bestall's Killers Don't Cry bagged two awards at the Grierson documentary awards, held last night (Nov 14) at the London headquarters of BAFTA.The documentary, which follows activities at the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town, came away with the Premiere Grierson and the best documentary on a contemporary subject award. Other winners included Fifteen, a look at the lives of 15-year-old girls produced by Daisy Asquith for Channel Four, which took
UK targeted for high volume 'easyCinemas'easyGroup, the UK company which operates the no-frills airline easyJet, is contemplating a move into the densely populated UK exhibition sector.easyCinemas, a concept currently being researched by the company, could see the 'easy' concept shaking up the UK exhibition sector with its focus on low-cost tickets and high customer turnover.The size, location and number of potential cinemas is as yet undecided, although the company will look at a ticketing model similar to that of its
Universal crosses $1bn in international grossesUniversal Pictures became the first Hollywood studio this year to cross the $1bn mark in international grosses over the weekend. It is only the second time in the studio's history - 1999 was the first - that the milestone was crossed and continues a blisteringly successful year for the company which releases its films internationally through its jointly-owned distribution outfit United International Pictures (UIP).Leading the pack for the studio was The Mummy Returns which took
Universal Studios Japan to top 8m in first yearDespite a deepening recession at home, the Japanese appetite for US-style theme parks remains undiminished. According to Daniel Jensen, vice president, Universal Studios Japan (USJ), the company's Osaka-based park has "hit a home run" since its March 31 opening, with admissions expected to exceed eight million before the end of the year.Jensen said that USJ parent Universal Studios is in talks with officials in Beijing and Shanghai to build a similar park in China. The success of USJ -
US is wild about HarryWarner Bros scored the biggest opening in North American box office history over the weekend as Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone, the film of the best-selling novel by JK Rowling, grossed a phenomenal estimated $93.5m in the three day period from Friday to Sunday.The film also broke the record for the biggest single-day take (Saturday with $32.9m), as well as the biggest Friday ($31.6m), Saturday and Sunday ($29m) daily grosses on record. It also played in a record number
USA Films picks up star-laden Eight WomenUSA Films has acquired domestic distribution rights to Francois Ozon's Eight Women - the all-star French musical murder mystery produced by Marc Missonier and Olivier Delbosc of Fidelite Productions. The deal was made with French sales agent Celluloid Dreams.Eight Women features eight French screen actresses - including the legendary Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant, Danielle Darrieux and Isabelle Huppert, new goddesses Emanuelle Beart, Virginie Ledoyen and Firmine Richar
Winchester kills off fruitless Chuck Gordon dealUK sales and financing house Winchester Entertainment, which unveiled interim results on Nov 15, has confirmed that it has ended its vaunted deal with US producer Chuck Gordon The Gordon deal, which first established a Hollywood presence for Winchester, expired without yielding a single film. Winchester spent a year assembling a network of international distributors for the deal, which drew in financing from Cobalt Media Group, but has since struck a string of deals with other US prod


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Hey all, brand new to BSci.com and fairly new to graf this is my first attempt at handstyle, let me know what yall think.
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It needs some work. first just get rid of all the fancy stuff and keep writing it out and it should just flow naturally. and post in the toy tags thread.Originally posted by GLAD@Apr 25 2007, 11:39 AM
Hey all, brand new to BSci.com and fairly new to graf this is my first attempt at handstyle, let me know what yall think.
An Ireland Unfree shall never be at peace
"Our revenge will be the laughter of our children."-Bobby Sands.
"We must see our present fight right through to the end . Generations will continue to meet the same fate unless the perennial oppressor Britain- is removed for she will unashamedly and mercilessly continue to maintain her occupation and economic exploitation of Eire until judgement day if she is not halted and ejected" Bobby Sands
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They call it the $100 dollar hamburger, it's when you hop in your plane and fly it somewhere for lunch.
People were doing that Saturday in Lincoln. The local pilots association hosted a fly-in at the Lincoln airport. The town purchased the land around the airport a few years ago using matching grant funds from the federal government.
It's one of a few small towns with an airport, and it has all kinds of amenities for pilots. They've got a large runway and space for water landing planes.
Saturday planes and air enthusiasts flew in from all over the place.
"It's just to enhance the local aviation, attract more people into the area there's a lot of Aviation Enthusiasts here. We have about 35 aircraft based here in Lincoln," said Keith Strange, President of LAOPA.
Strange says they want to use the airport to attract more people to Lincoln and help out the economy.
He also says everyone in town is welcome to come check the airport out.


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The concept is called Samsung Galaxy Skin, since it flexes, bends and adjusts to the task at hand. There are two fairly rigid sides, and a flexible screen in the middle, so that a number of shapes and poses variations are possible, depending whether you are listening to music, using the GPS in your car, or projecting images from the phone.
The Samsung Galaxy Skin is also meant to be super thin and to use a special version of Google's mobile OS, called Android Flexy, which adjusts the interface according to the phone's current position and the app it is running, as in the renders below:
We'd straight out dismiss this concept as the usual designer daydreaming, not so much because of the extended flexible display radius shown in the concept (we are sure Samsung will be improving on that more and more), but mainly because we thought that batteries will be rigid in the foreseeable future. Flexible printed circuits are finding their way both in the lab and in real life applications, but batteries?!
transparent Li-Ion battery that is also quite flexible, and will be perfect for placing into a phone like the Samsung Galaxy Skin one day.
The good part is that these flexible batteries retain capacity almost as good as the metal collector-based ones we use in our smnartphones now, and are not going to cost much more to manufacture either. Watch the transparent flexible batteries demo in the Stanford video below, and dream of the times we will have phones like the Samsung Galaxy Skin concept in our hands.
source: Yankodesign & Ubergizmo