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A Snake Of June (Rokugatsu No Hebi)Dir: Shinya Tsukamoto. Japan. 2002. 80 mins.Having burst onto the international indie scene in 1989 with Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Shinya Tsukamoto has always been a one-main show, writing, filming, editing and acting his private visions of a nightmare world in which humans have fused to machines, all set to a pounding soundtrack of industrial noise. After becoming a cult sensation, however, Tsukamoto seemed to hit an impasse, recycling the same outrages to ever dim
Advanced's corrected figures show deeper losses in '99, but less red ink in 2000German rights trader Advanced Medien has published its revised financial statements for 1999 and 2000 after auditors exposed "dubious" transactions in the original filing, rendering them "ineffective" and, according to some analyst allegations at the time, possibly fraudulent. (ScreenDaily, March 21, 2002)According to the corrected figures, the company recorded revenues of Euros 11.26m in 1999 (compared to the original total of Euros 33.16m) and an EBITDA of Euros 4.71m (previou
Alfonso Cuaron is guest director for LA Film FestAlfonso Cuaron, currently enjoying a major US specialized hit with Y Tu Mama Tambien, will serve as guest director for the 2002 IFP Los Angeles Film Festival which this year has moved to June (dates are June 20-29), started an international section and scored a host of new sponsorship deals. In this newly created role, Cuaron will host a two-day film-maker retreat, programme a sidebar of films that have inspired his own work and attend the opening night festivities. IFP/Los Ange
Annual amfAR AIDS research gala set for May 23 in CannesCannes jury president David Lynch and jury member Sharon Stone will join other celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor, Elton John, Iman and Harvey Weinstein at the annual amfAR AIDS research gala. The event will take place on Thursday May 23 at the Moulin de Mougins restaurant and be sponsored by Motorola. Co-sponsor De Beers will provide a $100,000 diamond necklace from its new collection for one of the auctions at the fund raising event.Since 1993 amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS a
Australia to re-asses Baise-Moi classificationFrench film Baise-Moi, which is due to be released in Australia by distributor Potential this Thursday (April 25), is being re-examined by the Classification Review Board at the request of the Federal Attorney-General Daryl Williams. The original certification restricted the film to viewers over 18 years of age (R18). The film also had to be withdrawn from screening at New Zealand's Incredible Film Festival by the High Court two weeks ago after the Society for the Promotion of C
Australia's Palace boards De Heer's ProjectPalace Films has picked up all Australasian rights to Rolf de Heer's tenth feature Alexandra's Project and, in what is the largest ever financial commitment to an Australian film by the long-standing distributor, has also signed on as a major investor. Palace founder and manager director Antonio Zeccola will get an executive producer credit as a result. "This is the natural progression of our close involvement with Australian features to date, and the result of a convergence of
Beckham picked up for GermanyHighlight Film has picked up German speaking rights for Gurinder Chadha's box office hit Bend It Like Beckham, which has so far clocked up $6.6m on its UK release. Highlight plans to organise a large scale marketing campaign to launch the football comedy into German cinemas this year and has already indicated that the film will have another title for its German release. Bend It Like Beckham, which was co-produced by Germany's Road Movies Filmproduktion and received
Beckham shows strong legs in UK and kicks ScorpionLocal hit Bend It Like Beckham saw off fierce competition from UIP's The Scorpion King at the weekend to hold the top spot at the UK box office.With an impressive second weekend take of $2.5m (£1.7m) from 386 sites Beckham, which is distributed by Helkon SK, dropped off a miniscule 6% from its opening weekend. Its screen average of $6,453 was also the highest of any title currently on release and the ten-day gross now stands at $6.6m (£4.6m).
Berlusconi's Mediaset posts heavily-reduced profitsMediaset, the leading private Italian network owned by Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, recorded a sharp drop in net profits in 2001 on the back of losses linked to its 2.3% stake in KirchMedia. Net profits were down to Euros 248.4m, compared to Euros 423.5m in 2000.Overall, the group's net financial position on December 31st 2001 showed a deficit of Euros 247.8m (compared with a surplus of Euros 125.3m on December 31st 2000). Mediaset attributed the loss to "expenditure related to
Bernal turns revolutionary for Motorcycle DiariesRising Mexican star Gael Garcia Bernal is to play Che Guevara in Walter Salles' The Motorcycle Diaries.The white hot star of Y Tu Mama Tambien and Amores Perros will spend two months in Argentina this summer preparing for the production, which is being co-financed by the UK's FilmFour and Germany's Senator Films. "Apart from anything else, I need to get used to riding a motorbike," he said. "It's a good chance to learn", he told the UK's Telegraph Magazine i
Biggie & TupacDir: Nick Broomfield. UK. 2001. 107mins. The ostensible subject of Nick Broomfield's first feature since Kurt & Courtney, his controversial 1998 film about the suicide of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, is the unresolved murders of rap stars Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls. Its actual subject is much the same as that of all Broomfield's documentaries: the sweat, nerve and thick skin that go into making them. Fans and foes of the idiosyncratic director will find these qualit
Brazil softens foreign pay-TV tax regulationsBrazil's Senate approved yesterday a more palatable version of new rules imposing taxes on foreign pay TV programmers, following a congressional nod last week. However, the original proposed regulations on new taxes and fees on film studios remain unchanged.Studios face an 11 percent tax on remittances and increased fees on film imports. TV programmers will have to pay a three per cent tax instead of the proposed 11% on cash remittances to their bases abroad. New fees on imported
Can Hungary's Bridgeman cross-over to commercial success'Historical biopic Bridgeman, the most expensive film ever produced in Hungary, opened last week with the country's fourth highest weekend gross ever for a local film. But despite national interest in the subject matter, controversy has erupted over the government's massive $2.5m investment in the $6m film, when the Hungarian average feature budget is just $500,000.Following the massive success of director Gabor Herendi's A Kind Of America (Valami Amerika)
Cannes 2002: all the films in Official Selection2002 CANNES COMPETITION, UN CERTAIN REGARD, SHORTS AND SPECIAL SCREENINGSCannes official selection listOpening film - out of competitionHollywood Ending Dir: Woody Allen (US)Closing film - out of competitionAnd Now Ladies And Gentlemen' Dir: Claude Lelouch (Fr)CompetitionPunch Drunk Love Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson (US)The Hour Of Religion Dir: Marco Bellocchio (It)Spider Di
Cannes Critics Week selection announced"More accessible," "less cerebral," are the watchwords used by chief selector Claire Clouzot to describe the line-up for the Critics' Week section at Cannes.The section will open with Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's Spanish thriller Intacto, in which every character is the pawn of another. It premiered at Sundance and has already been bought for remake by Disney. The section continues with a rare Japanese tragi-comedy Chicken Heart and continues with fluid story-telling in Ema
Cannes: A tale of two committeesCannes' selectors this year have opted for absolute simplicity: main competition is the home of the established names of the art-house, while Un Certain Regard gives room for experimentation, new directors and little seen schools of film-making.Rather than follow the example of Venice last year and launch two largely indistinguishable competitions of supposedly equal merit, they sought established talent and known quality for the competition showcase. Gilles Jacob, Thierry Fremaux and
CasomaiDir: Alessandro D'Alatri. Italy. 2002. 116mins.Alessandro D'Alatri is back with a stylish romantic comedy which draws more than any of his previous outings on his other job - directing TV commercials. Set in contemporary Milan, Casomai will appeal to the generation it depicts: urban professional thirtysomethings, caught between work, the pleasure imperative and the family instinct. Bolstered by a solid poster campaign, a tie-in soundtrack and the bankable Stefania Rocc
Controversial Italian G8 documentary to screen at CannesNew controversy is scheduled in Italy around the documentary Bella Ciao, about the riots at last year's G8 meeting in Genoa, which will screen in Cannes' Critics Week. The film, which was co-directed by the outgoing head of RAI 2, Carlo Freccero (under alias), was repeatedly rejected for broadcast by RAI management, and has never been seen on Italian TV.The documentary is named after an Italian WWII resistance song which became an anthem of the Italian G8 protesters following th
Digital pay-TV platforms fold in Spain and the UKTwo European pay-TV platforms, Spain's Quiero TV and the UK's ITV Digital have simultaneously reached the end of their struggles to survive.Spanish pay television platform Quiero TV, Europe's second digital terrestrial television platform behind the UK's ITV Digital (formerly Ondigital), is pending formal closure following a decision by shareholders to return its DTT license to the government.In a press statement released late Thursday evening (April 25) following a general sha
Director's Fortnight unveils six more titlesThe Director's Fortnight (Quinzaine Des Realisateurs) came closer to completing its line up when it announced the selection of a further five films. These included Shane Meadows One Upon A Time In The Midlands, Lynne Ramsay's Morvern Callar from the UK, Romanian first film Occident by Christian Mungiu and three US pictures. They are Joseph & Anthony Russo's Welcome To Collinwood, Lisa Cholodenko's Laurel Canyon and Rafael Nadjari's Apartment #5C.
Farrugia appointed chairman of Canal Plus SADominique Farrugia (pictured) has been appointed chairman of Canal Plus SA, the principal French channel within the Canal Plus and Vivendi Universal empire. His appointment, which is subject to approval by Canal Plus shareholders at a meeting tomorrow (Friday, April 26), sees him replace Pierre Lescure at the channel. Lescure was fired last week and replaced as chairman of the Canal Plus group by Xavier Couture. Farrugia was one of Lescure's closest allies and is c
Five-hour thriller wins top prize at Singapore's Silver Screen AwardsDespite a running time of five hours, the Filipino thriller Batang West Side, directed by Lav Diaz, beat 14 other contenders to win the Best Asian Feature Film prize at the Silver Screen Awards of the 15th Singapore International Film Festival (April 11-27). Quantity with quality paid dividends for Batang West Side (pictured, top) which triumphed over a field of strong contenders including competition favourites such as Camel(s) (Korea), and two
Fortissimo to handle remaining sales on Pau's The TouchHan Entertainment, Thomas Chung's nascent media empire, is to appoint fellow Hong Kong outfit Fortissimo Film Sales to handle outstanding territories on big-budget extravaganza The Touch. Produced by superstar Michelle Yeoh through her Mythical Films, which has a deal with Han, the film is the English-language directorial debut of Oscar-winning cinematographer Peter Pau. Starring Yeoh, Ben Chaplin, Richard Roxborough and Brandon Chang the romantic action drama is the story of a
Germany's NRW film body awards Euros 9m backingNew features by Amos Kollek, Max Faerberboeck, Lone Scherfig and Peter Lichtefeld are among the projects granted over Euros 9m backing by Filmstiftung NRW in its latest round of funding. The highest sum - Euros 1.022m - was awarded to Bosko Biati Film's Spanish-German co-production of Lichtefeld's Playa Del Futuro, which will shoot in Spain and North Rhine-Westphalia and star Peter Lohmeyer, Nina Petri, Outi Maenpaa and Hilmi Soezer, while Euros 1m went to Max Faerberboeck's omn
Germany's third largest exhibitor faces bankruptcyGermany's third biggest cinema chain, Ufa Theater, with 240 screens at 42 sites, is threatened with insolvency after its bank declined to provide further financing following two years of restructuring.Ufa spokesman Uwe Kattwinkel confirmed a report in the German weekly Der Spiegel that the chain needed an additional Euros 3m to compensate for a drop in business in the traditionally quiet summer months and that the company expected to post profits of Euros 300,000 this year.Speak
Germany's TiMe distribution scales back staff, moves HQThe difficulties facing the German independent distribution sector has forced Wolfram Tichy's TiMe Group to re-locate its theatrical distribution and licensing arm TiMe Medienvertriebs GmbH from Munich to the group's headquarters in Potsdam.Commenting on the decision, which saw the laying off of distribution head Rudy Tjio and five other staff, Tichy declared that it had "not been easy" to give up the Munich-based operation after almost 12 years in business. "Under the present market c
Hong Kong's Lark flies with new distribution armLark International Holdings (LIH), which owns Hong Kong exhibitors UA Cinemas and Cityplaza Cinemas, has launched a distribution arm, Lark Films Distribution (LFD).Headed by former Edko Films executive Karen Wong, LFD plans to acquire 8-10 films a year with a focus on quality US product. The company has already attended this year's American Film Market and expects to close its first deals during Cannes.'We saw an opportunity to pick up films that could be shown in UA cinemas bet
Ice Age heats up international box office20th Century Fox saw its computer-animated hit, Ice Age, pass the $100m mark in international box office at the weekend. With a total international gross of $104.3m, Ice Age is only the second film release on the international circuit this year to pass the watershed. The first was A Beautiful Mind, which now stands at $110.8m.Featuring the voices of Ray Romano, Denis Leary and John Leguizamo, Ice Age has proved successful around the world, setting rec
Internationalmedia claims revenues set to double in 2002After posting a decrease in revenues and a negative EBIT for the financial year 2001, Internationalmedia (IM) has announced that revenues in 2002 will be between Euros 330m - 370m and operating profit before goodwill amortization (EBIA) estimated at between Euros 21m - 25m. "The budget for 2002 is based on cautious assumptions," underlined IM's new deputy chairman Caspar von Blomberg (pictured), pointing out that "for the first time, the annual budget is calculated
Italian film industry wins credit bonanza from Euro bankThe European Investment Bank (EIB) has made its biggest investment into European film production by granting a Euros 100m credit line to the Italian film and theatre industry.The investment, which comes under the Audiovisual Innovation 2000 Initiative (i2i), will be managed by the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL)'s film and theatre credit department, under the direction of Romano Franza.Funds will be available to finance up to 50% of the cost of a project, from a minimum of Eur
Italy's antitrust body set to approve Stream/Telepiu saleItaly's Antitrust Authority is set to greenlight the deal which will see Rupert Murdoch's News Corp sell Italian pay-TV platform Stream to Vivendi Universal, if Vivendi's Telepiu complies with new conditions regarding its ownership of pay-TV rights to Hollywood movies.According to unconfirmed reports, the Italian watchdog will demand that when Telepiu renegotiates contracts with US studios in 2004 and 2008, it reduces the duration of its ownership of pay-TV rights to movies.Simi
Japan's Toho posts record profit of $78.5mToho, Japan's largest film distributor and exhibitor, has posted a record-breaking net profit of $78.5m (Y10.29 billion) for the fiscal year 2002, ended February 28, an increase of 16.2% over 2001. The impressive profit surge is largely thanks to the unprecedented local success of Spirited Away, Hayao Miuyazaki's animated feature which has grossed $230m (Y30.19 billion) and recorded 23.33 million admissions since its Japanese release on July 20 last year.Among Toho's othe
Kaurismaki sheds past, switches sales to Bavaria FilmGermany's Bavaria Film International has picked up international sales rights to Aki Kaurismaki's new film The Man Without A Past (Mies Vailla Menneisyytta), which will appear in a Cannes competition slot.The Man Without A Past (pictured) is produced by the director's company Sputnik and co-produced with Kaurismaki regulars, Germany's Pandora Filmproduktion and France's Pyramide with Sweden's Wilmar Andersson holding Nordic rights. The film was or
Ken Loach, Rebecca O'Brien launch new production companyUK director Ken Loach and producer Rebecca O'Brien, whose Sweet Sixteen was confirmed for Cannes competition on Wednesday, are splitting from long-standing UK film co-operative Parallax Pictures to launch a new production company, Sixteen Films.Parallax Pictures is being dissolved next month, ending a partnership that has been prominent in UK and continental European film production for more than a decade. Parallax's Sally Hibbin will be based at a new company, Parallax Independ
Kragh-Jacobsen starts filming on English-language SkagerrakDenmark's Iben Hjejle and New Zealand's Martin Henderson top the international casting line-up for veteran Soren Kragh-Jacobsen's Skagerrak, the highly anticipated English-language follow-up to his Berlin Silver Bear-winning Mifune Produced by Denmark's Nimbus Film by Lars Bredo Rahbek and Bo Ehrhardt, Skagerrak started shooting Monday April 22 on location in Scotland, where Hjejle and Henderson will be joined by Bronagh Gallagher (The Commitments, Pulp F
Life Or Something Like ItDir: Stephen Herek. US. 2002. 103 mins. "Live every day as if it was your last" is the none-too-original moral of Life Or Something Like It, an insipid romantic-comedy/drama that casts Angelina Jolie as a post-feminist Marilyn Monroe who discovers the drawbacks of blonde ambition and the virtues of true love. Jolie's rising star power will be put to the test by this, her first major comedy outing. The young men who made Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Gone In 60
Lightning strikes with first acquisition: American GunLightning Entertainment, the new LA boutique sales outfit run by Richard Guardian, has made its first acquisition, buying worldwide rights to the completed feature American Gun starring James Coburn, Virginia Madsen and Barbara Bain.Written and directed by Alan Jacobs, who last directed Nina Takes A Lover, and produced by Brent Morris, American Gun stars Coburn as a a World War II veteran whose daughter is shot to death. While embarking on a cross-country trip in a
Lord Of The Rings sinks Titanic in DenmarkThe Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring became the biggest grossing film of all time in Denmark over the weekend, dethroning four-year leader Titanic.Still playing well in the Scandinavian territory Rings took $17,639 (DKr 147,533) over the three-day weekend (April 19-21), bringing its total gross to $11.01m (DKr 92.1m). This just tipped the fantasy adventure past Titanic's standing record total Danish gross of $10.999m (DKr92m), set in 1998.
Messier called to account for his actions by French TV watchdogJean-Marie Messier will have to detail the half-year accounts of Canal Plus Group and French pay-TV channel Canal Plus, a 49% subsidiary of Vivendi Universal, to the CSA (Conseil Superieur de l'Audiovisuel), the French broadcasting industry watchdog.Following Messier's controversial firing of Canal Plus Group's chairman Pierre Lescure, the CSA has written to Messier stating that, since the change in management was linked with 'important financial losses' at the pay-TV platform, he will
Messier faces the heat at Vivendi Universal shareholder meetingYesterday evening, Vivendi Universal chairman, Jean-Marie Messier stepped up to the stage before a sweltering and packed house at Paris's Zenith theatre to face a 5,000-strong audience of the annual shareholder's meeting and deliver the performance of his life.Defending himself following weeks of bad publicity, questionable decision making and a 70% drop in his company's stock over the past two years, Messier (whom Fortune magazine once labelled a 'corporate rock star') remained defian
Moby Dick gets biggest slice of German film fund backingNew feature film projects by Soenke Wortmann, Sherry Hormann, Wolfgang Panzer and Benjamin Quabeck are among more than 20 projects backed with over Euros 6m by FilmFernsehFonds Bayern in its latest round of funding.The largest single amount of Euros 1.5m though, went to Trixter Film for Moby Dick: The Legend Returns, its animated feature film adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith short story Moby Dick II or The Missile Whale, which is being planned as an internation
Monopoly worries force sale of Canadian cinema stakeAnti-trust concerns by Canada's Competition Bureau has forced the sale of exhibitor Famous Players' minority stake in regional cinema circuit Galaxy Entertainment.Viacom's Canadian exhibition subsidiary Famous Players actually sold its stake in Galaxy Entertainment three weeks ago, appeasing monopoly concerns raised by the Competition Bureau. The public confirmation, however, was made yesterday.The concerns were prompted by Onex Corp's March 21 takeover of Loews Cineplex, the gr
Moretti appeals to Italy's president over Berlusconi's threatItalian filmmaker Nanni Moretti has appealed to Italy's president to intervene after premier Silvio Berlusconi charged that three top RAI personalities should be fired because their use of state-run television has been "criminal.""You are the custodian of the constitution, therefore the guarantor of the freedom of each one of us,'' Moretti wrote in a letter to president Ciampi, which was published in Italian newspapers on Sunday. "But what is left of freedom when the freedom of opini
MRP plans Finland's first digital cinemaFinland's MRP: Matila & Rohr Productions is planning to build the country's first digital cinema. 'We are building it from scratch,' Marko Rohr told Screendaily, 'it will have three screens and is the next obvious step for us in our ambitions to be involved in every part of the film chain.' The site will be constructed as part of a new high-tech IT building in the centre of Kajaani in the North of the country, an area already well known for its booming IT and technology community. Work
Murder By NumbersDir: Barbet Schroeder. US. 2002. 120mins.Murder By Numbers is an ambitious attempt to make a multi-layered murder investigation film, loosely retelling the chilling Leopold and Loeb case which has intrigued everyone from Alfred Hitchcock in Rope to Tom Kalin in Swoon. And with Barbet Schroeder behind the camera, the film is instantly more fascinating and character-based than your average studio genre movie. But absorbed as he clearly is by the situation,
My Brother Tom wins 'Britspotting' audience awardThe 3rd 'Britspotting' British Independent Film Festival in Berlin awarded audience prizes for the first time this year, with the Best Feature Film category won by Dom Rotheroe's feature debut My Brother Tom which took home Euros 13,000 in prize-money donated by Das Werk and Metropolitan TV.The prize for Best Short Film, meanwhile, went to Simon Hook's Knit Your Own Karma with prize-money of Euros 500 donated by the British Embassy in Berlin.The Britspotting
Myriad's D'Amico resigns from IN-motion boardKirk D'Amico has resigned from the executive board of directors of IN-motion AG, the German media outfit which bought out his Myriad Pictures in July 2000. D'Amico, who took up his post on the board in 2001, will continue to be president of Myriad which is an international sales company with a library of over 200 titles and a production/financing slate including new films from Neil Jordan and Christopher Hampton and a host of titles from Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope.D'Amico
New support award for German cinema planned for Munich FilmfestLeading German bank HypoVereinsbank has been joined by Bavaria Film and public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk for an expanded version of its Director's Support Award which is presented during the next Munich Filmfest at the beginning of July.Now in its 14th year, the Euros 40,000 prize for directors is to be renamed Support Award for German Cinema ("Foerderpreis Deutscher Film") and will be joined by two Euros 20,000 awards for screenwriters and actors of German films screening in th
New York Lesbian & Gay Fest opens with CHO, closes with Lan YuThe 14th annual New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival will open with Margaret Cho's latest performance film The Notorious C.H.O. from Wellspring Media and close with Stanley Kwan's Lan Yu from Strand Releasing.The event, which takes place June 6-16, also hands out annual film-maker awards decided by the audience and juries consisting of New York-based journalists and professionals. They will be handed out at the closing night event. Winners are also announced for the Vito
Nina Sadowsky named president of production at Signpost FilmsStewart Till's Signpost Films has appointed Nina Sadowsky as its Los Angeles-based president of production.Sadowsky was president of Meg Ryan's Prufrock Pictures for five years and executive produced The Wedding Planner. Prior to joining Prufrock, she produced Sundance title Jumpin' At The Boneyard."Nina has all the attributes we were looking for in this position," said Signpost chief Stewart Till. "She has great taste and a strong history of effective development
Nordisk Film adds to Egmont's profits slumpNewly restructured Nordic media major Egmont revealed its highest revenues ever on Wednesday (April 24) - at the same time as announcing a 67% dive in after-tax profits.While Egmont's revenues for 2001 reached an all-time high of Euros 1.1m, its profit after tax was a mere Euros 5.4m, compared to 2000's Euros 16.5m. Recently appointed president and CEO, Steffen Kragh (pictured) said "The result for 2001 is clearly unsatisfactory and underscores the importance of the change process alr
Norway's Film Fund supports first-time directorsThe Norwegian Film Fund has greenlit seven new films, all of which are set to roll this year, with newcomers and children's films grabbing most of the $4.1m support from the fund.Production outfit Yellow Cottage has received funding for two high-profile children films based on well-known local franchises. Originally a TV-series created by Norway's public broadcaster NRK in the eighties, the adventures of a Volkswagen police beetle as told in Pelle Politibil became a popular fran
NuVision launches distribution division in ArgentinaLatin American regional distributor NuVision has launched its own distribution arm in Argentina. It will continue its sub-distribution deal with local partners In the rest of the region. According to NuVision director Pedro Rodriguez, NuVision parent company, giant live entertainment conglomerate CIE, owns radio stations in Argentina which will provide some media support for its releases. 'By running our own operations, we hope to ride the storm in Argentina,' said Rodriguez. I
Palm/Manga sign domestic video deal with WEAThe home entertainment division of Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures, which releases films from both Palm and Palm-owned Japanese animation label Manga Entertainment, has struck a domestic distribution deal with WEA Home Video to replace a previous arrangement with RYKO Distribution.The Palm/Manga catalogue consists of over 300 titles including live action movies such as The Basketball Diaries and Stop Making Sense as well as Manga's anime line featuring films like Ghost
Peter Hoffman launches new sales arm under David LampingPeter Hoffman, chairman of Seven Arts Pictures, has launched an international sales division Seven Arts International and hired veteran David Lamping as president. Lamping will head into Cannes with a broad slate of films including the next pictures from Bronwen Hughes (Forces Of Nature), Paul McGuigan (Gangster No 1, The Reckoning) and Bob Rafelson (Five Easy Pieces, The King Of Marvin Gardens). Lamping, who has been head of his own sales and marketing con
Saddam's Bombmaker is first acquisition for BBC Films' LA armBBC Films has optioned Saddam's Bombmaker, the autobiography of Khidhir Hamza, the former head of Iraq's nuclear weapons program who defected to the US in 1995. The project is the first acquisition made by BBC Films' new Los Angeles office run by Peter Kalmbach, who will oversee development and production of the project. Producers are Scott Kalmbach and David Koplan.'Given the current world crisis, my story is very sensitive and highly charged," Hamza said. "I have every
SAG faces cross-border legal assault over Global Rule OneThe Screen Actors Guild (SAG) will face legal challengesin both the US and Canada if it tries to stamp its authority beyond USterritory through its controversial Global Rule One, according to producersassociations in those two countries.Last week, the US-basedAlliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) and the CanadianFilm and Television Producers Association (CFTPA) threatened to take SAG tocourt, with the AMPTP saying the intended new rule contravenes
Scorpion King paralyses April opening record in USUniversal's TheScorpion King paralysedthe competition over the weekend and went straight to the top of the domesticbox office with a record-breaking April opening of $36.2m, according to studioestimates released today.The Mummy spin-off sees former wrestling star TheRock (a.k.a. Dwayne Johnson) headline as a mercenary nomad who battles an evilwarlord and is set in Egypt 5,000 years ago.With expectations running highfor what the studio hopes will become a lucrative
Selection field narrows for Cannes contendersSalesagents, distributors and publicists are waiting anxiously for news of whichfilms have made it into which Cannes section. As the days count down to theofficial announcements for the various sections, Screen International sifts through the gossipand the guessing to bring you the low-down on the state of play around theworld.USWoodyAllen told Screen International last year that he was hoping his new film, HollywoodEnding,would play at the Cannes film f
Senator International takes international rights to Sundance film XX/XYSenator International, the LA sales arm of Germany's Senator Entertainment, has acquired international rights to XX/XY, the romantic drama written and directed by Austin Chick which played in competition at the Sundance Film Festival. IFC Films has domestic distribution rights on the film which stars Mark Ruffalo, Maya Stange and Kathleen Robertson."This was one of the most talked about films at Sundance," said Senator International president Joe Drake. "It is a passionate, emot
Senator sells 10-film package to ZDFGermany's Senator Entertainment has closed its second free-TV package deal of 2002, this time for ten titles with German public broadcaster ZDF.The package (the contents of which was not disclosed) was equally split between first- and second-run licenses and follows another combined deal of seven titles, with the ARD network's central film buyer DEGETO in January. Speaking to Screen International, Senator Entertainment's COO Dr. Friedrich-Carl Wachs explained that due to curren
Sex-scandal priest drama acquired by Columbia TriStar MexicoA topical and controversial story of a priest involved in a sex scandal has been acquired by Columbia TriStar Mexico. Carlos Carrera's El Crimen Del Padre Amaro, starring Mexico's fast-rising star Gael Garcia Bernal (Amores Perros, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Motorcycle Diaries) sold all Mexican rights, with a first option for worldwide rights to the company. Earlier this year, Columbia Tri Star Mexico boarded its first Mexican co production, the comedy thri
Spain's MediaPro launches in to feature film productionSpanish producer and rights broker MediaPro has announced its fully-fledged entry into feature film production, with plans to produce and back between five and seven films per year.Newly appointed film chief Juan Ruiz de Gauna, former CEO of Via Digital, said MediaPro won't "just play a financing role, we will play a creative role and develop our own projects," going directly to talent sources, seeking alliances with other producers and developing two to three films in-house annually.
Sweden's Strix unveils controversial Solidarity TV showFormats, the formulae under which game, reality and quiz shows are sold for adaptation in different countries, have been big business for the last few years. But at concept stage it is sometimes difficult to tell one from another - hence a high degree of unlicensed copying. But there will be no mistaking one, called Solidarity, unveiled by Strix Television, a division of Sweden's Modern Times Group.Speaking at a seminar on the future of formats Strix MD Anna B
The Water Giant re-locates from Canada to New ZealandEight weeks of principal photography has just begun at Lake Wakatipu near Queenstown in New Zealand on the $20m family adventure The Water Giant, formerly called Ogopogo. The original plan was to shoot on Canada's Lake Okanagan, but it was too developed to offer the wilderness backdrop required. A relocation to Winnipeg was then abandoned because of the threatened SAG strike. British director John Henderson is working from an original screenplay by Barry Authors, who is a
Tony Manne to leave Columbia TriStar, set up NY consultancyTony Manne, the international distribution veteran who has worked at Columbia Pictures for 30 years, is leaving his post as executive vice president of international marketing and distribution for Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) and setting up his own distribution and marketing consultancy. Manne will move from Los Angeles to New York to set up the company, Bristol Media International, which will also have a non-exclusive deal with CTFDI. "I am thrilled to be b
UK's Gala acquires Mon-rak TransistorThe UK's Gala Film Distributors has made its first acquisition of a Thai film, buying Pen-ek Ratanaruang's Mon-rak Transistor, which will get its international premiere in Cannes Directors' Fortnight.The film is billed as a contemporary genre-defying odyssey of self-discovery about a young man from rural Thailand. Handled by Fortissimo, the film was also sold to Ocean Films for France.Earlier sales include Klockworx for Japan, Lucky Red for Italy and Ablaze for Hong Kong.
Warner Bros. to make live-action version of AkiraWarner Bros. is to make a live-action feature based on the Japanese hit animation Akira. Currently in pre-production, the film is set to be released as early as 2004. The Hollywood studio has concluded a deal with Kodansha, the Japanese publisher which holds all rights to the animated feature, to produce a live-action feature. Released in 1988, the animated feature grossed $12m at the Japanese box office and enjoyed moderate success in other territories such as Europe, Asia and
Wellspring gets worldwide rights to Margaret Cho concert filmWellspring Media, the specialized US distribution outfit which is now independent of former owner Winstar Communications, has acquired worldwide rights to Margaret Cho's stand-up movie Notorious C.H.O. (pictured). The film is a 90-minute film of Cho's July 4, 2001, Seattle concert, part of her 37-city North American tour which went from 2001 into Jan 2002. Wellspring will open the film theatrically in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco one year later on July 4, 2002, before
Woody Allen names new film Anything Else, Capitol Films to sellAnything Else will likely be the title of the next Woody Allen film which the prolific director is planning to start shooting on June 3 in New York City. Starring Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Glenn Close and Danny De Vito, the film is a more serious comedy than his more recent films, said Allen at the weekend as he conducted interviews for his 32nd film Hollywood Ending which will be the opening night film at next month's Cannes Film Festival."It's a character comedy wit


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Turnstyle Talks: Word Lens iPhone App
Kai Hsing on Thursday, Mar. 3rd
Word Lens is an innovative iPhone app that translates languages in real-time by actually replacing the text being seen through the camera's phone with the translated text in the same color and font as the original.
Wired magazine has called the app one of the "most amazing" they have ever seen, and in this edition of Turnstyle Talks, we hear from Word Lens co-creator John DeWeese about how they were able to put together the app and how he sees it being used in the future.
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(March 1999)
On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 02:13:52PM -0800, Michelle Dick wrote: > > Again: the correct definition of spam is UBE, "unsolicited bulk email". > > Reasonable people disagree, but nevermind, for the moment let's go by > your definition. This isn't my definition. This is the definition which has been hammered out, refined, debated, tested, etc., by the anti-spam community over a period of many years. It is deliberately phrased in this manner in order to avoid the unnecessary issues of motivation, number of complaints, and so on -- and to avoid free speech issues, which are frequently raised, red-herring fashion, by spammers. It seeks to define spam as conduct, not speech. > Define "bulk" Hmmm, I would have thought it self-evident, but let's try "not sent individually by one human being to another". > So, are Stephanie's emails requesting information to the appx 1/3 of > list-owners who are on her list unsolicited (i.e. they didn't ask to > be added to PAML), spam? Yes. > And what about Topica's emails to list-owners whose lists are listed > on their site not at the list-owner's request, offering archiving, spam? Yes. [ Aside: I suggest that any entity whose business model cannot work without resorting to spam has a flawed business model and should either abandon that model or the business itself. ] > If I have a one-time mailing to 10,000 people, is it OK as long as I > spread it out over enough time or if it is triggered by third parties > (who don't know they are doing so)? Is it unsolicited? If so, it is spam. The time period you spread it out over is not relevant to the definition of spam. Nor can it be: if diluting the impact exonerated the activity of spamming in any way, spammers would simply hang their hats on it as justification for their activity. They have already done so with far flimsier rationales. For example, spammers frequently cite proposed-but-never-passed legislation as if it had the force of law. ---Rsk Rich Kulawiec email@example.com


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No Objection Letter for Recycled Plastics #86
Return to inventory: Submissions on Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) Plastics for Food-Contact Articles
See also Recycled Plastics in Food Packaging
June 4, 2004
Dr. Dietmar Loidl
OFI Technologie & Innovation GmbH
A-1030 Wien (Vienna)
Arsenal Objekt 213, Franz-Grill Strasse 5
Dear Dr. Loidl:
This letter is in response to your inquiry of September 22, 2003, requesting on behalf of your client, STARLINGER & Co. GmbH, FDA's opinion regarding the capability of their | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |. secondary recycling process to produce post-consumer recycled (PCR) polyethylene terephthalate (PET) suitable for use in manufacturing food-contact articles for use with all types of food under conditions of use E through G. Although you have stated that only post-consumer PET food containers will be used as feedstock for this process, sufficient information has been provided in your submission for us to evaluate the inclusion of non-food containers in the feedstock makeup. This request has been entered into our files as PNC 244.
We have evaluated the residual surrogate testing data provided in you submission as well as the diffusion calculations modeling the migration of each of the five surrogate contaminants into food. Based upon our review of these data and our own calculations, we have concluded that the | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |. recycling process put forth by STARLINGER & Co. GmbH is capable of effectively removing contaminants from PET resin to levels safe for food contact use. This conclusion covers the use of PCR-PET with all food types under Conditions of Use E through G as described in Table 2 in CFR 176.170 when the feedstock consists of food and/or non-food containers, provided the PCR-PET complies with 21 CFR 177.1630 and any other applicable regulations. Please note that our conclusion applies only to PCR-PET containers obtained from deposit and curbside recycling programs (i.e., feedstock would not include industrial PET containers such as 55 gallon drums that had previously held chemicals) and processed by the method described in PNC 244. If STARLINGER & Co. GmbH's recycling process is modified, new data would need to be evaluated.
If you have any further questions concerning this matter, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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When it comes to tweaking the Madden series on a yearly basis, fans are always interested to see if EA Tiburon is focusing on new modes or the actual gameplay. …Continue reading →
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|When we purchased the Inn in October of 1992, we knew that we would have to upgrade the electrical, mechanical, and plumbing systems for the Inn. We were not sure prior to purchasing the Inn if the foyer entry and chimney staircase was not an addition added at some later time. A review of the framing of the home confirmed that indeed the home was built all at one time and it did not have an addition.
In January of 1993, we closed the Inn and started the task of installing central heat and air conditioning, new electrical service and wiring for the power distribution and some of the lighting, and new bathroom fixtures and piping. Our goal of course was to avoid negatively impacting the interior or exterior architecture of this fine building. We did add some partitions for the added comfort of our guests within the existing suites, mainly for privacy in the two bedroom units.
The main challenge was to remove and replace wall and ceiling finishes and create soffits and chases to run the necessary mechanical and electrical lines and ducts. We were able to accomplish this in a manner that did not impact the interior of the Inn. The real adventure of this process was to find out about the original home and how it was used.
Addition and Renovation to Victorian Lace Inn (2002)
The owner's quarters when Carrie and I purchased the Inn is the dining room. The pocket doors were kept closed to the parlor and that was our private sitting room and bedroom along with our two dogs (Brenie, a Bouvie, and JayJay, a large golden retriever) that came with us from a four-bedroom house on ten acres in Hunterdon County. Our dogs thought we were crazy but they did love meeting all the guests. Fortunately, I did not live at the Inn full time until 2001 when I started to plan an addition to the Inn for our living quarters (now the Cork Suite) and did the construction in the winter of 2002.
The challenge of course was not to impact the architectural interior or exterior of the Inn. The only logical location was the east side of the Inn set back from the front of the building. The problem for the interior was not to take away the openness of the foyer and maintain the architectural detail of the chimney staircase. The foyer had two nice windows but we needed to start the addition between the first and second window. Solution, build a room with a window and maintain the window in the foyer -- a "borrowed light room."
As to the windows on the landings of the chimney staircase we removed the original windows but kept the window frames and designed stained glass windows with backlighting at each level. The window borders are the borders of our website. The exterior detailing followed the "Dutch Colonial" gambrel roof line as it was to be extended form that elevation while the front elevation was carefully detailed to be sympathetic to the shingle style Arts and Crafts dormer and porch design. The deepest compliment about our efforts was from a person on a "renovations tour." While standing on the porch looking at the addition, he asked Carrie where the addition was. Hearing that made my day!
The second part of the construction was to rebuild the porch to its condition prior to the 1963 Northeasterner that wiped out all the railings and left the porch decking and columns in need of repair.
It was not until I saw a photo of the Inn taken right after the September 15,1944 hurricane, (below left) that I noticed that the roof of the front porch had railings and was indeed used by the family as a deck. I knew that two windows went up into the wall to allow access but until seeing that photo was not aware of the railings.
This was great news and immediately incorporated a walkable deck over the porch and reactivated one window to provide access to the deck from the Leitrim Suite, which has great ocean views. The rest of the construction was pretty straight forward - replace or rebuild the columns depending on condition, remove the existing porch deck and install new mahogany deck and framing, repair the porch ceiling and install new fan/lights, remove the aluminum railings and install new wood railings to match the original.
We are very proud that we were able to have the Inn porch look like it did when it was originally constructed.
- Andy O'Sullivan


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Comic: 'Is Olbermann Sleeping His Way to the Bottom?'
VH-1 comedian Don Jamieson on Tuesday took some humorous swipes at Keith Olbermann.
Appearing on HLN's "Joy Behar" show, Jamieson commented that Al Gore's Current TV was "harder to find than Osama bin Laden," and moments later asked, "You're going to go from TV to the Internet? What is [Keith Olbermann] sleeping his way to the bottom?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
JOY BEHAR, HOST: OK, attention, liberals. Keith Olbermann has landed a new gig. He's going to Al Gore's Current TV as its chief news officer and will be hosting a nightly primetime show starting in the spring. Will it be a good show, or will it be the worst show in the world?
With me now to talk about this and other stories in the news are actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, Don Jamieson, comedian and co-host of "That Metal Show" on VH-1 Classic, and Rachel Sklar, editor-at-large for Mediaite.com.
Sheryl, is this a good home for Olbermann?
SHERYL LEE RALPH, ACTRESS: It's an absolute great show for Olbermann because I like, you know, Current TV because it's got that stuff that's really current and so good, you'll never see it on TV. So finally, somebody's going to be able to really pinpoint on Current TV.
BEHAR: Do you mean to tell me you know where Current TV is?
RALPH: I know where Current TV is!
BEHAR: Is it near Reelz TV?
DON JAMIESON, COMEDIAN: It's harder to find than Osama bin Laden!
RALPH: ... good. He's going to be great on it. They need him. Current TV needs Olbermann!
BEHAR: What do you think? What do you guys think?
RACHEL SKLAR, EDITOR-AT-LARGE, MEDIAITE.COM: They need something. I mean, and this is a great move for Olbermann, too. He gets to say that, you know, Current is starting from, you know, not the position of being the highest-rated...
BEHAR: That's right.
SKLAR: ... network on cable. So he's going to be able to say, I built up a network again because he's going to bring people in.
RALPH: Right. Right.
SKLAR: And Olbermann is most comfortable as an underdog. He really is.
JAMIESON: You're going to go from TV to the Internet? What is he sleeping his way to the bottom?
JAMIESON: I heard Bill O'Reilly's going to do a podcast from his grandmother's basement.
RALPH: Yes, right.
SKLAR: Isn't that where Limbaugh does it from?
RALPH: Well, he's going to make them top dog. I really think Olbermann is going to be great for Current.
BEHAR: Yes, but you know, they got -- they got rid of him over at MSNBC -- rather nastily, I thought. They don't like his personality. Comcast came in. They didn't like him backstage. That's what I heard. Comcast came in, and it's possible that that had something to do with his demise over there. And Comcast owns, what is it, 10 percent of Current TV.
SKLAR: I don't think that was -- I mean, Olbermann has been brewing discontent over there for quite a while. If you remember, at the conventions in 2008, there was the on-air squabbling with Chris Matthews. And you know, he does -- you know, rumor has it that he would do things, like, he would -- You can't talk to me, like, Slip a note under my door if you want to talk to me. There was a lot of, like...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh! He's a diva.
RALPH: You go, Mr. Olbermann! Join the diva clan. Don't talk to me. Here's the note. Did you read it? OK. Fine. Now you can talk to me. OK. Forget about it now.
Now, I know Rush Limbaugh is advising Fox News to ignore Olbermann now that he's partnered with Gore, but a comedian making fun of the two of them is just too tough to resist.


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I had a breast augmentation 2 weeks ago.. Saline, 600 cc under the muscle, crease incision. When I move a certain way or sometimes when I bend over a get a weird shooting pain in my left nipple and sometimes it feels like there is a bubble in my left nipple when I move a certain way. I have pretty bad nipple sensitivity in both nipples but only my left has this weird shooting pain and bubble feeling. Is this normal? what am I feeling and why do I only feel this in my left side? i do massage
Weird Nipple Sensation, Shooting Pain and Bubble Feeling After BA 2 Weeks Ago?
Doctor Answers 7
Nipple Discomfort At 2 Weeks After Breast Augmentation
Dear Mommygirl,
What you are feeling is usually normal and you are only 2 weeks post-surgery.
I encourage you to have a little more patience and let nature takes its course.
It is advised to keep your surgeon in the loop of your recovery progress as he/she knows best the details of your surgery.
Thank you for your inquiry.
Best of wishes to you.
Dr. Sajjadian
Learn more: http://www.DrSajjadian.com
Weird Nipple Sensation
Weird Nipple Sensation?
Thank you for your post. In general, most women who have a disturbance in nipple sensation, whether it be less (hypo-sensation), or in some cases too much (hyper-sensation), the sensation goes back to normal with 3-6 months. Occasionally, it can take 1 - 2 years to be normal. Extremely rare, the sensation never goes back to normal. This is extremely rare in augmentation alone, more common in lift or reduction. Signs that sensation is coming back are needle type sensation at the nipple, itchiness at the nipple, or 'zingers' to the nipple. The number of women that lose sensation is much lower than 10%, closer to 1% in a simple augmentation. Unfortunately there is no surgical correction for this. Massaging the area can help sensation normalize faster if it is going to normalize, but will not help if the nerve does not recover. In women with hyper-sensitive nipples, this will go away with time. usually 3 months or so in most cases. In the interim, I have them wear nipple covers or 'pasties' to protect them from rubbing. It is unlikely that down-sizing the implant will cause regaining sensation. Down-sizing the implant may cause saggy breasts, however, and may necessitate a breast lift. In your case, most likely this will go away with time as the nerve adjusts.
Best Wishes,
Pablo Prichard, MD
Learn more: http://www.aaaplasticsurgery.com/photo-gallery/details.cfm?ID=77&StartRow=16
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Nipple sensation and pain after augmentation
Hi, you are only 2 weeks out and it is within normal sometimes to have these weird sensations and pains. please continue to follow up with your plastic surgeon as scheduled so nothing important is missed.
Learn more: http://www.hallakplasticsurgery.com/breastaugmentation.html
Two weeks after breast augmentation
The sensations you are having and the bubble feelings feel at 2 weeks after surgery sound pretty normal. They usually get better with time. If concerned contact your doctor.
Shooting Pain and "Bubble Feeling" after Breast Augmentation?
Thank you for the question. At this stage in your recovery, is very likely that the sensations you are experiencing fall within "normal" for this time frame. It is not unusual for patients to have more symptoms on one side versus the other. I would suggest continued close follow-up with your plastic surgeon, sooner than scheduled if you have real significant discomfort/concerns/questions.
Besrt wishes.
Learn more: http://www.poustiplasticsurgery.com/Procedures/Procedure_breastAugmentation.htm
Weird Nipple Sensation, Shooting Pain and Bubble Feeling After BA 2 Weeks Ago?
After two weeks post op Breast Augmentation you are still in the recovery phase. You may experience nerve sensation, prickling, etc for several months while you are fully recovering. Make a follow up appointment with your surgeon.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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Shape UUA Justice Commitments: About the Social Witness Process
While called by various names, the social witness process is the method by which the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) comes to understand and act on the social issues of our times, finally bearing witness through statements adopted as Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) policy by the delegates of a General Assembly (GA). The process has been an integral part of our faith the since the merger between the Unitarians and the Universalists in 1961. This process is congregationally driven and is facilitated by the Commission on Social Witness (CSW).
The UUA makes two different types of social witness statements: Statements of Conscience (SOCs), which arise from Congregational Study/Action Issues, and Actions of Immediate Witness (AIWs). At the 2016 General Assembly, delegates voted to suspend AIWs for 2017. Therefore, no AIWs will be submitted, voted on, or adopted in 2017. This will provide an opportunity to re-think how the Association does social witness work – and your voice is important to that process. Share your ideas by going to the Vision for Social Witness forum.
Congregational Study/Action Issues; Statements of Conscience
Congregational Study/Action Issues (CSAIs) are issues selected by Unitarian Universalist member congregations for four years of study, reflection and action. In the third year of this process, delegates at GA can vote to approve a Statement of Conscience (SOC) resulting from three years of congregational feedback on the CSAI. A fourth year is devoted to implementation.
CSAI to SOC Process Charts
This chart demonstrates the new CSAI to SOC process (PDF), from initial CSAI proposals to adoption of a UUA Statement of Conscience. For those more visually inclined, this is a graphical version (PDF).
Proposer's Guide
Part 1 of the Proposer's Guide provides information on the Congregational Study/Action Issue process.
Actions of Immediate Witness
Normally, delegates at each annual General Assembly have the opportunity to take positions on issues that require immediate witness through the Action of Immediate Witness (AIW) process. An AIW expresses the conscience and carries the authority of the delegates at the GA at which it is passed. AIWs are initiated by individual delegates and move through their entire creation and adoption process during a single GA. However, in 2016, the delegates voted that there shall be no Actions of Immediate Witness in 2017.
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FLAG Telecom says that the Feb. 1 cut in a submarine telecom cable that caused outages in the emirate of Dubai was caused by a ship anchor. "The FALCON Cable cut between Dubai (UAE) and Al SEEB (Oman) is due to a ship anchor; an abandoned anchor (weighing 5-6 tonnes) was found," the company said in an update on its web site. Repairs to the cable are expected to be completed by Sunday, Feb. 10. All circuits have already been rerouted, the company said.
FLAG is still investigating the cause of a cable cut near Alexandria, Egypt that was reported Jan. 30. The process involves tracking along the cable path and checking for cuts using an ROV (Remotely Operated Submarine Vehicles). It also expects that cable to be repaired by Sunday.
The cable outages have fueled many conspiracy theories and received enormous attention in the blogosphere. See our full coverage of the Middle East outages:
- Cable Fever and the 'Fifth Cut'
- Submarine Cable Repairs Underway
- Cable Cuts, Coincidences and Conspiracies
- Egypt: Ships Didn't Cut Internet Cable
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Let Us Now Praise a Famous Man
Posted By Alex Belth On October 19, 2012 @ 1:23 pm In 1: Featured,Arts and Culture,Bookish,Links: Biography | Comments Disabled
John Cheever turns 100.
Here's Allan Gurganus on Cheever over at the New York Review of Books [2]:
I come, not to bury Cheever, but to praise him.
John was my teacher then my friend. Forty years later I write early every morning, like him. Like him, instead of deciding what new work to read I reread Flaubert's "A Simple Heart." I have never let one of my students pay for lunch. Two strong bourbons are now my wild outer limit, unlike him. But that lesson also comes from John. Unlike Cheever, I've never made a sexual move on one of my students, even when they beg. (And lately there's been far too little begging.)
John Cheever, now unfairly known as the gloomy, sodden satyr of suburbia, was at least rarely gloomy. Fact is he was more fun per minute than is legal in a nation this Republican. If his fiction still throws off salt spray and blinding daylight, his company amused, intrigued, specialized in dares. He always wanted to have a good time. "What'll we try for fun now, and next, and…?"
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Death mountain!!
This post is from a very long time ago and i finally have reliable enough interent to post it
We were supposed to wake up early today to see the sunrise but neither one of us could drag ourselves out of bed until 8am. Then we were kind of slow going and we eventually left a little before 10. It was mostly my fault though because I didn't charge my camera ahead of time and there was no way I was going up death mountain without having photographic evidence! We had asked the front desk service people about how to get to the bus that takes us to hua mountain but after wandering in a few circles in the rain we eventually just took a cab to the train station. We tried to buy a train ticket but they were sold out. Then we saw it. I think it is referred to death mountain because you die just trying to get there. I mean this bus we took was a complete dump. And full of old Chinese men and three girls our age. We got a seat in the back. These are our what are we doing on this bus faces
We kinda waited around for a while until we asked the girls next to us when we will leave. "When seats have no more opens" so pretty much when the bus completely full. Oh and could this bus driver, uhm...drive? Swerving in and out of traffic, honking like crazy, slamming on his brakes, going really fast. It was like he was on his own little private race course. I will admit, I was getting really nervous. By this point it was snowing and we had no idea how long the bus ride would take, how we would actually get to the mountain etc, and when we asked the girl sitting next to us she kept saying "no problems, you just get a hotel. No problems" we tried to explain that we had an early flight to Nanjing the next day and we didn't want to stay the night but she couldn't really understand. It wasn't until we were in the middle of nowhere that we realized the two girls in front of us wanted to climb the mountain and come back to Xi'an later that night as well. These two girls literally saved us. We had absolutely no idea what we were doing, where we were going. Nothing. If we didn't meet up with them we would probably still be at Hua Mountain.
Once we got dropped off we ordered some really cheap soup and bought some "supplies" which included a "fashion color poncho" and gloves with traction dots on the bottom. We were then told to take a cab to the bus station and buy the tickets for the bus up to the mountain. We caught the bus and 20 min later after driving up a long and windy road we made it. It was snowing sooooo hard. We bought our gondola tickets and crammed into these rusted tin bucket things. It is at this point, when you are hundreds of feet in the air, that you think of Chinas lack of quality control and you ask yourself "why in the hell would I trust this?" I asked the two girls if they were scared and they said no not at all. Ahhh communism will provide. By this point you couldn't even see the wire that was a few feet above us it was so foggy and snowy...and it was like this for about 10min. Dontfreakoutdontfreakout
We finallllyyyy made it to the climbing point. Here we stood shaking under the eaves trying to put on our fashion panchos over our backpacks and taking pictures. You really couldn't see much. One thing I've learned in china is that when you climb mountains, you actually just walk stairs. So in all honesty we walked the stairs of death mountain. There was even a hotel on top of one of the peaks. I would hate to have had to build that! We pretty much just played around on the mountain and took pictures.
it is also very common to inscribe your name on a lock and write a prayer on a ribbon so the whole mountain was scattered with them.
also... chinese people dont make snow angels and this is the look of confusion when you try and show them how to make one.
At one point or another we all took a spill. I was lucky enough to catch myself on the chain rail before I slid down a cliff, although my knees are now bruised and scraped it all worked out in the end.
We made it down the mountain
and back to the bus just in time to catch the bus home to Xi'an. All in all this day we took, 3 cabs, 5 busses, and 2 gondolas. All in about a 7 hour period. We all pretty much passed out on the bus ride home. When we got back to the rail station we ran across the street to eat at....McDonalds. I know I know, but here in China you eat at Mackies if you have money. For some strange reason I ordered a McFlurry even though I was freezing. I sat at a table next to this old man. Everything was fine till he hawked up the biggest nastiest sounding luggie and spit it.right.on.the.wall.
If you know me, you know how much I hate that sound and everything revolving this. And I hate to say it but this is a common occurrence everywhere you go in china, and probably the hardest thing to get used to. I couldn't handle it though or eat my chicken nuggets without gagging so we found a new table.
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