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UCAR Update
December 2008
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In brief
• ASP postdoc deadline coming up
• Seeking protégés for 2009 SOARS program
• Learn about CISLs services for universities at AMS meeting
• Current job openings at UCAR
• New from COMET: Wildland fire, weather and health, remote sensing
• Reminders from previous issues
ASP postdoc deadline coming up
NCAR's Advanced Study Program (ASP) intends to hire as many as seven new postdoctoral fellows in early 2009. The postdoc program is open to individuals who have earned doctoral degrees in atmospheric science or related fields and who seek to broaden their understanding by interacting widely with scientists and other postdoctoral researchers at NCAR. Applicants must be able to conduct research with minimal supervision, exercise considerable independent judgment and creativity, and demonstrate strong communication skills.
ASP postdoc positions are for one year with an opportunity to renew for a second year. Successful applicants will join the appropriate divisions, institutes, or programs at NCAR that best match their interests.
Appointments may begin as early as June. Applicants who will not be available to begin work until after January 2010 should wait until the 2010 recruitment period, which will begin in November 2009. Fellows should not be more than four years beyond the Ph.D. degree at the start of the appointment. See below for more details.
Application deadline: 5 January 2009
Contact: Paula Fisher, NCAR/ASP, 303-497-1328
ASP Postdoctoral Fellowship Announcement
Seeking protégés for 2009 SOARS program
SOARS (Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science) provides up to four years of paid summer research, mentoring, community support, and funding for undergraduate and graduate education. Students from many disciplines, including meteorology, geography, chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics, ecology, and the social sciences, are invited to apply their expertise to understanding our planets atmosphere and to use that understanding to improve life on Earth. SOARS seeks to involve more students from historically under-represented groups in the sciences, including black or African-American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Hispanic or Latino, female, and first-generation college students, as well as students with disabilities. SOARS welcomes lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students.
Protégés will perform original research guided by scientists at NCAR and partnering laboratories in projects matched to their interests and skills. Benefits include a competitive wage, housing in Boulder, and transport to and from Boulder.
Application deadline: 1 February 2009
Contact: Moira Kennedy, UCAR/SOARS, 303-497-8622
SOARS Application
Learn about CISLs services for universities at AMS meeting
Staff from NCARs Computational and Information Systems Laboratory invite you to join them in Phoenix at the American Meteorological Societys annual meeting. CISL staff will provide two short presentations followed by a question-and-answer session on Tuesday, January 13, in the Gilbert Room of the Hyatt Regency Phoenix (across from the convention center). The presentations will cover computing and data analysis services at NCAR (5:10 p.m.) and new and future resources in the Research Data Archive (5:40 p.m.). Refreshments will be available starting at 4:30 p.m.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to the CISL contact below.
Contact: Janie Young, NCAR/CISL, 303-497-1288
Current job openings at UCAR
Below are the titles of scientific positions now open at UCAR/NCAR/UOP, along with the relevant tracking code. All jobs are based in Boulder unless otherwise indicated.
Applicants can view the full descriptions for these and other positions at the UCAR Human Resources site.
Contact: UCAR Human Resources
Careers at UCAR
New from COMET: Wildland fire, weather and health, remote sensing
Below are details of three new online publications available from UOP/COMET. Please see the accompanying Web links for more details.
Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior Unit 5: Temperature and Relative Humidity Relationships
This 45-minute module focuses on methods of describing humidity in the atmosphere and how temperature changes can affect relative humidity. This module is the second of thirteen units that will make up the Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior Course.
Weather and Health
Funded by the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), this course will help meteorologists and others broaden their understanding of the impacts of weather and climate on public health, including the impacts of heat waves and cold temperatures, winter storms and thunderstorms, flooding, drought, poor air quality, tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfire, ultraviolet radiation, and other phenomena.
Microwave Remote Sensing Topics
This self-paced distance learning course is aimed at forecasters, students, researchers, and developers who have a need or desire to know more about basic microwave remote sensing science and applications. The modules are intended to provide an understanding of basic microwave remote sensing principles and concepts, spacecraft and instrument configurations, applications, and available datasets.
Contact: Hildy Kane, UOP/COMET, 303-497-8470
COMET MetEd site
Reminders from previous issues
Climate Prediction Applications Postdoctoral Program
Application deadline: 15 December
Postdoctoral fellowships in HAO
Application deadline: 5 January 2009
HAO seeks undergraduate summer interns
Application deadline: 9 January 2009
NOAA climate and global change postdocs sought for 2009
Application and recommendation deadline: 15 January 2009
Seeking undergraduates for NCAR summer workshop
Application deadline: 6 March 2009
Applications now being accepted for 2009 Heliophysics Summer School
Deadline: 1 April 2009
Visiting scientist openings: air pollution, space weather, satellite retrievals
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Florida Atlantic University Doctoral Student, Awarded $10,000 Minority Doctoral Scholarship From KPMG Foundation
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Phebian Davis, a Florida Atlantic University Doctoral Student, Awarded $10,000 Minority Doctoral Scholarship From KPMG Foundation
Montvale, NJ. October, 2011-The KPMG Foundation has awarded Phebian Davis a $10,000 KPMG Minority Accounting Doctoral Scholarship to pursue her doctorate at Florida Atlantic University. The scholarship, renewed for the 2011-2012 academic year, is renewable for up to five years at $10,000 a year.
Since 1994, the KPMG Foundation has awarded over $10 million to 297African-American, Hispanic-American, and Native American scholars pursuing doctorate degrees, as part of its ongoing commitment to increase the representation of minority students and professors in business schools. Today, 194 of those scholarship recipients have successfully completed their doctoral program and are professors at universities throughout the country. Furthermore, 72 minorities are currently enrolled in accounting doctoral programs, and will take a place at the front of the classroom over the next few years.
Bernard J. Milano, President of the KPMG Foundation, believes Ms. Davis "has demonstrated that dedication, hard work and ambition pay off. Like all our scholarship recipients, she is key to our country's future and we look forward to following her success after graduation."
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Victoria and Roy Delgado of Killeen welcomed a daughter, Ember Leigh Celeste Delgado, 8 pounds, on April 23 at Scott & White Hospital in Temple.
Ember's sibling is Gavin, 4.
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2008-09-26 / Letters
In memory of Maria Elena
I first met Maria Elena Villalobos a few years ago when she volunteered in my class while waiting for her middle school bus to take her off to school. She always greeted the kids and me with her amazing smile and continuously showed her appreciation with everyday acts of kindness—imagine that.
Before school would start each day, I'd share stories of my oldest daughter, Christyna, and how much she loved softball. I was hoping she'd join a team or something when she got into high school. Well, she did—softball.
My youngest daughter, Melanie, also decided to give it a try. Both novice players made the freshman team. I'll always remember how Maria loved throwing the ball from the side instead of overhead.
Out in right field she anticipated some action. The coach seemed to think our daughters did best on the bench, so that's where they sat—a lot. Maria and Melanie decided to make the most of it. Cheering, "peanut butter" and other goofy expressions was much more fun.
Over the last year Belen shared Maria's desire to attend FIDM (The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising). Belen and I had many conversations about our girls attending FIDM. They both applied, presented their projects, and were accepted. Just recently Belen was telling me how the teachers at FIDM treated her like the teacher's pet—they loved her work. She was having the time of her life.
Last week, we all came together as a friend, staff, school district, and community.
Chris Kelley was an amazing asset to all of us. She kept to the important and difficult details. I know the Villalobos family will be forever grateful. Many thank you's to the Mountain Meadow's staff for allowing us to borrow her.
A special thank you to all who gave so unselfishly—you know who you are. In addition, the following were quick to donate and we all appreciate your incredible kindness: Flowerage Florist in Northridge; FIDM scholarship, pictures, and manikins; Black Cat limo; Peloso Photography; Holy Cross Church; Target, and Command Performance Catering.
A special friend helped me to stay focused last week. He kept saying something good will happen because of this. Well, I think that "something good" might be that we all came together as a friend, staff, school district, and community to help support the Villalobos family.
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Al Futtaim Motors, the exclusive Importer for Toyota within the UAE are showing us just how open minded they can be. In collaboration with Arctic Trucks – Remember them from the Top Gear Polar expedition – they dropped what they are branding the Xtreme product range at the recent Dubai International Motorshow. So far so good then!
What they have basically done is taken a Land Cruiser, an FJ Cruiser and the mighty Hilux, and thrown the kitchen sink at them, in traditional Arctic Trucks style.
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Praying your way through the Streets
An Offering to Ganesh
I've noticed that all the drivers from the (taxi-driver to the auto-rickshaw wrangler) here have some religious trinket or other to protect them from harm.
If you're a muslim, you have green or black religious text in arabic scrawled on your windshield.
If you're a christian, you have a sticker of Jesus with his hand out in blessing.
And if you're a hindu, you have a statue of Ganesh (remover of obstacles) with a fresh offering of flowers.
Speaks to the chaotic driving here in Chennai
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This love was consuming and when I was 12, I saw another child wearing a bracelet that read, "WWJD."
He believes that consuming the spirit on a regular basis gives him the strength of a tiger and the senses of a predator.
That translates into more people working, starting businesses, and consuming—and paying taxes.
consuming yagé is believed to be a general cure-all for almost anything: cancer, depression, alcoholism, etc.
Take, for example, the word "alcohol," which is probably what many of them were consuming before posting on Facebook.
The vice of intemperance, the mania for gambling, these are the vultures that are consuming the vitals of our people.
He had no sense of fear; he was only filled with one consuming idea.
I found but one, who, like me, came from a consuming desire to hear new doctrine for the soul.
The consuming flame of suspicion blazed up in the soul of this woman.
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Roads, power lines and buildings take up biological space that would otherwise be occupied by plants and the organisms that depend on them. However, a great deal can be done to minimise this negative effect.
The site is served by just over 2 km of road, all covered with a layer of blue metal (basalt chippings) to a width of 2.5 m. This implies that the area of road, 5,000 m2 (half a hectare) is clear of native biodiversity. This isn't quite true. For instance, some pigeon species obviously like it (picking up grit?). There is a worm that throws up large, wet casts, even at times when the topsoil is very dry. But the main biological our roads supply are seedlings. In particular, kangaroo apple (see photo), red ash, euodia and trema can often be found between the tyre tracks.
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Overhead power lines radiate to the sites of bores from a diesel generator. Trees have to be pruned so that their branches can't touch the lines. The best way to do this, from a biological standpoint, is to cut the trunks at ground level. This results in a dense coppice growth that is low and bushy. Many native insects, including butterflies, prefer this young regrowth over mature foliage to browse on. It is difficult to get contractors to cut trees this low, however, rather than at waist height.
In a fertile rainforest environment, there is an inevitable progression to tall trees that are incompatible with overhead lines. However, either side of the lines, species that are naturally undershrubs in the forest can be planted. These include sandpaper fig Ficus coronata, callicoma Callicoma serratifolia, white bolly gum Neolitsea dealbata, brush bloodwood Baloghia lucida and bleeding heart Omalanthus populifolius. These species have the added advantage that they respond well to pruning.
We have bore sites that have substantial buildings on them, each surrounded by a cleared area to allow access for maintenance. A diesel generator is housed in two shipping containers placed one over the other. A number of bore sites that are used to monitor ground water are have just a pipe showing above ground. The Landcare group has two shipping containers for tools, mowers and a tractor. It has a covered table and water tanks, used for coffee breaks and visitors.
The principal fear of the authorities controlling the bore sites is that they may be threatened by a bushfire. Fortunately, the climax vegetation of subtropical rainforest is not highly inflammable. However, some of the pioneer species that regenerate on the cleared fertile surrounds are. In particular, our wattles (Acacia irrorata, spectabilis, maidenii, prominens & schinoides) all become inflammable when they die. The are best removed from fire-sensitive sites while they are still young.
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It crystallises in the 4th (rhombic) system, and its lustre is vitreous.
The crystals are colourless tables, rhombic or hexagonal, according to the modifications produced principally in the acute angles.
Achenes various shades of brown to black, flattened or rhombic in section, obovoid, 1.5–2 mm.
The continuation of this curve, therefore, above 151 forms the stable fusion curve of rhombic sulphur (curve CD).
Above this temperature the rhombic changes into monoclinic; at lower temperatures the monoclinic changes into rhombic.
It crystallizes in the cubical system, often in beautiful octahedra and rhombic dodecahedra.
rhombic, Rhomboidal, Somewhat lozenge-shaped; obliquely four-sided.
Aragonite, a mineral formed of calcium carbonate crystallized in the rhombic system; specific gravity 2.94 (compare Calcite).
At this part the shaft is greatly flattened and the cross section becomes oblong or rhombic.
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The Use of Fractional Laser Photothermolysis for the Treatment of Atrophic Scars
Dermatologic Surgery, 33(3):295-299
Patients with atrophic scars commonly seek treatment for their removal but are often concerned about the prolonged recovery, short-lived results, and/or ineffectiveness of available therapies. A novel treatment using a 1,550-nm erbium-doped fiber laser to induce fractional photothermolysis of treated skin has been used to resurface photodamaged skin but has not been studied previously in patients with atrophic scars to determine its effectiveness for this condition.
To determine the effectiveness and safety of 1,550-nm erbium-doped fiber laser treatment on atrophic scars.
Fifty-three patients (skin phototypes I-V) with mild to moderate atrophic facial acne scars received monthly treatment with a 1,550-nm erbium-doped fiber laser (Fraxel, Reliant Technologies Inc., San Diego, CA). Clinical response to treatment was determined at each treatment visit and 6 months after the final treatment session by two independent assessors using a quartile grading scale. Side effects and patient satisfaction were monitored at each follow-up visit.
Clinical improvement averaged 51% to 75% in nearly 90% of patients after three monthly laser treatments. Mean improvement scores increased proportionately with each successive laser session. Clinical response rates were independent of age, gender, or skin phototype. Side effects included transient erythema and edema in most patients, but no dyspigmentation, ulceration, or scarring.
Atrophic scars can be effectively and safely reduced with 1,550-nm erbium-doped fiber laser treatment.
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This key textbook will become core reading for students studying a module on human resource strategy at upper level undergraduate, MBA and Masters level. It integrates HR strategy with the overall business strategy, examining both how the HR function contributes to, and is affected by, that strategy
Available at Internet, London Library and St Peter's Library.
This key textbook will become core reading for students studying a module on Human Resource Strategy at upper level Uundergraduate, MBA and Masters level. The author team have proved successful with students and academics alike with their market leading Research Methods for Business Students and, more recently, Employee Relations.
As people and their capabilities are core to an organisations' competitive advantage, the planning and implementing of strategies including the human resource becomes a focus of all managers in a business. This new text successfully integrates HR strategy with the overall business strategy, examining both how the HR function contributes to, and is affected by that strategy.
A true teaching and learning resource, the book combines cutting edge coverage of issues such as performance management and measurement, strategic reward systems, the learning organisation and managing knowledge for strategic advantage, with a wealth of examples, self-assessment exercises and encouragement to critique.
Strategic Human Resource Management contemporary issues
by Mike Millmore, Phil Lewis, Mark Saunders, Adrian Thornhill and Trevor Morrow
As people, knowledge and talent become increasingly core to an organisations competitive advantage, strategic approaches to the management of human resources become ever more important.
In this exciting and definitive new guide to managing human resources strategically, the authors have:
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Promoted student understanding through the provision of numerous examples and case studies, key concept boxes, self-assessment questions, suggestions for follow-up study and a comprehensive glossary.
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Geek Art: Hulk - The Doctor Is In
Here's a great piece of geek art which was awesomely inspired by Charlie Brown. It features The Hulk getting some psychiatric help from Doc Samson, a superhero and psychiatrist from the Marvel universe. The art was created by Fred Chao, and it has a fun tone that makes me smile.
Joey Paur — Co-Founder / Editor of GeekTyrant.com, and if you haven't noticed I write… a lot. Movies are my passion and I live and breathe all things geek. This site is part of my life's work, it's a part of me. I love what I do, and I enjoy sharing everything I can with you when it comes to movies and geekery. In my spare time I travel to the netherworlds to battle demons. @JoeyPaur | email@example.com
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Spacious three floor loft with downstairs room for rent in Vulcan Lofts. Room is huge and has 18 electrical outlets (used to be a computer room). You may build or paint in the room as you see fit. There are three cats living here in addition to the humans. The space has a large kitchen with lots of storage and a gas range. About a 10 minute walk to Fruitvale BART.

About us: Xander is co-owner of Monkeylectric, has an extensive electronics lab, and a taste for hijinx. Kayobi runs an online bento supply/craft store, takes care of carnivorous plants, and has lots of random hobbies. We both play lots of games (360/Wii/board/card) and host regular game nights. We keep fairly normal sleeping hours. We're looking for a gainfully employed artistic and/or hacker type person to share our space with. The space has wifi and two suspension points (there used to be a trapeze artist living here).

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The SparkFun 9DOF Sensor Stick is a very small sensor board with 9 degrees of freedom. It includes the ADXL345 accelerometer, the HMC5883L magnetometer, and the ITG-3200 MEMS gyro. The 'stick' has a simple I2C interface and a mounting hole for attaching it to your project. Also, the board is a mere 0.036" thick (0.093" overall), allowing it to be easily mounted in just about any application.
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While other industries are currently engaging effectively with different consumer groups using different social media and digital channels, the pharmaceuticals and healthcare industry is generally viewed to be lagging. Rigid regulatory guidelines and formal, professionally-driven communications are often cited as one of the factors why there isn't greater online interaction by companies in this space — but are there lessons to be learned from other industries? In this session, you will hear from experts who understand the healthcare space as well as those from outside of the industry discuss how the experiences of other industries could be applied to online health communications.
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The Clothesline Project
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. In an effort to raise awareness about Military Sexual Trauma and its impact, VA San Diego Healthcare System is hosting a "Clothesline Project" on April 26 & 27, 2011.
The Clothesline Project is a visual display that allows survivors to "break the silence" that often surrounds these experiences. Survivors share their stories by decorating a shirt or piece of their military uniform in a way that reflects the impact the sexual violence has had on their lives and their road to recovery.
VA San Diego Healthcare System invites you to attend the Clothesline Project's Opening Ceremony and Display Days:
Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 11:30 a.m.
Multipurpose Room (1st Floor of the La Jolla Medical Center)
April 26 & 27, 2011, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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For more information about the VA San Diego Clothesline Project, please call Jennifer Roberts, Women Veterans Program Manager, (858) 642-3676 or Carolyn Allard, Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator, (619) 400-5189.


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Experiment with length. Tank tops provide the
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2. Take advantage of the tank's low scoop neck and show off an incredible necklace. Layered necklaces, turquoise beads and crochet collars will dress up any tank and draw attention to your sun-kissed neckline.
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Consumer Staples SPDR
Next up, we have an ETF that encompasses some of the most famous names in the world. And those names — and the stocks associated with them — are famous because their founders figured out decades ago that certain products must always be purchased by human beings, particularly in developed nations.
That's why those products are called "staples."
The best ETF for must-have consumer products is pretty obvious as well: The Consumer Staples SPDR (XLP). The XLP includes a wide range of companies, which provide everything you could possibly need.
There are basic healthcare and hygiene products from Procter & Gamble (PG), beverages that are cheap from Coca-Cola (KO), tobacco from Philip Morris International (PM) and the catch-all store that is Walmart (WMT).
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Adam & Paul takes top Galway honoursAdam & Paul, the new debut feature film fromIrish commercials director Lenny Abrahamson, ran away with the Best FirstFeature Award at Sunday's closing event for the Galway Film Fleadh.The Porridge Pictures film, which was produced by JonnySpeers and written by lead actor Mark O'Halloran, had its world premiere inGalway on Friday evening. Shown at the Fleadh without a sales agent attached,the darkly comic day in the life of two junkies searching for a fix had twointerested compan
AFMA is now IFTA to reflect global concernsFollowing extensivereorganisation that has seen the American Film Market (AFM) move to a Novemberslot and link up with the AFI Fest, AFMA has switched its name to theIndependent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA).It is understood the changeresponded to a need for a name that more clearly identified independentproducer and distributor members, and their role in the worldwide marketplace.Organisation chiefs havebeen working hard to bolster IFTA's international c
Anchor Bay engineers domestic theatrical release of MalevolenceAnchor BayEntertainment in association with Painted Zebra Releasing is to release StevanMena's award-winning horror title Malevolence in the US, beginning with a Long Islandbow in August.The picture,which won best feature at the New York City Horror Film Festival and best 35mmfeature at the Long Island International Film Festival, is the middle sectionof a trilogy.Events in Malevolence take place 10 years after a madman hascommitted a series of
Arte drawn to five starry French featuresArte Cinema, thefilm division of the Strasburg-based Franco-German television channel Arte, isto co-produce five new films, starring among others Emmanuelle Devos, LambertWilson, Ludivine Sagnier, and Charlotte Gainsbourg.The movies weredecided upon by a selection committee on July 6, and are some of theapproximately 20 films chosen annually for funding by the company.C'est Pas ToutÀ Fait la Vie Don't J'ai Rêve will be directed by Michel Piccoli with additional
Atmosphere, Wild Bunch team for Romero zombie picEighteen yearsafter Day Of The Dead,George A Romero is preparing a fourth instalment in his legendary zombie seriesthat will be co-financed by US production company Atmosphere Entertainment andWild Bunch.Land Of TheDead is due to startfilming this autumn and will be produced by Atmosphere chairman and chiefexecutive officer Mark Canton, president Bernie Goldmann and Peter Grunwald ofRomero Grunwald Productions.Steve Barnett,Atmosphere's executive vice president, wi
Azkaban, Troy now in Warner's top five international hitlistWarner Bros confirmedyesterday (12) that Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban and Troywere the studio's fourth and fifth biggest international releases of all timerespectively.Azkaban reached $405.3m at the international box officefollowing a $21.7m weekend haul and lies behind the first two Harry Potterinstalments and The Matrix Reloadedin Warner Bros' all-time pantheon.Highlights to date include$79.4m in the UK, $46.3m in Fra
Babelsberg management tipped to takeover studiosStudio Hamburg has dropped out of the bidding for the Babelsberg film studios, leaving the management buy-out team led by Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures boss Thierry Potok as the most likely winner.Speaking to the Berlin daily newspaper Berliner Morgenpost, Studio Hamburg chief Martin Willich explained that he "didn't see any basis at the present moment in time to continue the talks with Vivendi. After almost five months of good negotiations, the French have now presented new ideas
Berlin Music Fair to target film licensingFilm licensing is one of thetarget areas for a new music trade fair to be held in Berlin in SeptemberThe event, held under the banner GlobalMusic Buyers Fair, will bring together some 40 independent labels with the aimof exploring fresh opportunities for themusic business. The agenda includes such areas as TV and film synch licensing,advertising, computer games and mobile phones.The fair will run September 30 in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz. For furtherinformation see
Bradley promoted at MGM International TV DistributionAngela Bradleyhas been promoted to vice president of international pay-per-view and video ondemand at MGM International Television Distribution.Bradley willcontinue to oversee distribution for international pay-per-view andvideo-on-demand programming for stations and hotels.She joined MGM'stelevision operations in 1999 as director of international sales planning andlater served as director of international pay per view, moving on to the postof executive director of international
Children's Story captivates Karlovy VaryAndrea Frazzi and Antonio Frazzi's AChildren's Story (Certi Bambini) wonthe top prize, the Crystal Globe, on Saturday night (July 10) at the 39thedition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.The Italian drama follows a young boy, Rosario, who liveswith his sick grandmother but grows up on the streets in a world filled withcrime, poverty and violence.15 films screened in the main competition, and of thesethree were world premieres while twelve screened internationally for the
ContentFilm blames Winchester for lossUK-US producer, distributorand sales company ContentFilm has posted a pre-tax group loss of £15.2m for theyear ending March 31.The loss includes an £8mwrite down against the film library Content acquired when it took overpublicly-listed UK media group Winchester Entertainment. It marks a £4m rise onthe loss recorded for the year before.Alton Irby, non-executivechairman of Content, pointed out that the results largely represent theactivities of Winchester before the takeover.
Dench, Sutherland round out Pride castJudi Dench, DonaldSutherland, Brenda Blethyn, Tom Hollander and Penelope Wilton have joined thecast of Working Title Films' Pride And PrejudicePrincipal photography startson July 19 on the adaptation of Jane Austen's novel. The film, which starsKeira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Rosamund Pike and Jena Malone, will shootentirely on location around England until October.Joe Wright will make hisdirecting debut on the film, which Deborah Moggach's has adapted faithfully toth
DENMARK 13 JulySpanish-German co-production FoodOf Love (Manjar Amor) saw a strong limited performance in Denmark thisweek. The drama, which stars veteran British actress Juliet Stevenson and KevinBishop (L'Auberge Espagnole), landed in 18th place off just two prints.The film's screen average of $2,400 ranked as sixth best of the weekend on apar with the likes of chart leaders Troy and Harry Potter.Like elsewhere Spider-Man 2 easily swung intothe
DGA sets annual awards for Jan 29, 2005The 57th AnnualDGA Awards dinner has been scheduled for Jan 29 2005 at the Century plaza Hotelin Los Angeles.The deadline forreturning all film nomination ballots is Jan 5 and the five film nominees will beannounced the following day.The deadline for returning final film ballots is Jan 28,DGA president Michael Apted and awards committee chairperson Howard Storm saidyesterday (12).The DGA Award for Outstanding Directo
Dirty Pretty Things script wins top Humanitas prizeSteven Knight's screenplayfor the drama Dirty Pretty Thingswon the feature film category in the 30th Humanitas Prize ceremony in LosAngeles yesterday (8), earning $25,000 as judges praised its "stark andrealistic depiction of the life of undocumented workers".Jacob Estes claimed the$10,000 Sundance Feature Film honour for the screenplay to his directorialdebut Mean Creek, which ParamountClassics is due to release in the US on Aug 20.Humanitas Pr
Distributors eye magazine DVD goldmineDistributors can significantly boost their revenues byallowing publishers to offer 'free' copies of DVDs in magazines, Screen's DVD:The Home Cinema Summit heard yesterday.Farfrom destroying a film's library value, giving away copies of a DVD in magazinecan also significantly boost sales in the months following the promotion.In Germany, magazines that offer readers free D
Domestic box office up 5% on first six months 2003At the half-way point in thecalendar year, official figures released by Nielsen EDI show North American boxoffice to be tracking 5% ahead of the same period last year.Chief drivers areDreamworks' Shrek 2 on $418.5m,Newmarket's The Passion Of The Christ on $370.2m, Sony's Spider-Man 2 on $256.4m, and Warner Bros' Harry Potter And The Prisoner OfAzkaban on $232.8m. Those figuresare at July 12.At July 8, the cumulativebox office is $4.89bn compared to $4
du Toit named programming director at Palm Springs shorts festHelen du Toit has been nameddirector of short film programming at the tenth Palm Springs InternationalFestival of Short Films, which is scheduled to run from Aug 31-Sept 6.Du Toit was oneof the programmers for the 2004 Palm Springs International Film Festival andhas worked for film festivals including Seattle and Toronto in a variety ofcapacities since 1990.Her producingcredits include Treed Murray and The Rings Of Saturn and she is currently developing three featu
Edinburgh announces festival programmeBoasting six world premieres and 40 UK premieres, theEdinburgh International Film Festival has launched a 2004 programme aiming todefend its position as the premiere UK Festival for British cinema.Facingcompetition from a revitalised London Film Festival and the recent Londonscreenings, Edinburgh will host premieres of Shane Meadows gritty ganglandthriller Dead Man's Shoes, Antonia Bird's S
Empire launches US video arm with 9/11 shortsArthouse distributor Empire Pictures is set to launchvideo arm Empire Pictures Home Entertainment this autumn with September 11(11'09"01), the composite work featuringthe responses of 11 film-makers to 9/11.The divisionwill be headed up by executive vice president and industry veteran StevePennie, who most recently served as director of national accounts for CentralPark Media."We are veryexcited at the prospect of delivering to the burgeoning home entert
Fahrenheit fires up European box officeMichael Moore's Fahrenheit9/11 received a mighty international debut this weekend in Europe.In the UK the film shatteredthe record for the best ever opening for a documentary, taking a colossal $2.4m(£1.3m) on 132 screens including previews through distributor OptimumReleasing. Moore's own Bowling For Columbine previously held the record,opening on $292,680 (£157,898) for Momentum Pictures in 2002,
Film piracy business set to increaseScreen International's DVD: The Home Cinema Summit last week revealed the growing threat of piracy to the film industry's bottom line.According to Thomas Dillon, the Motion Picture Association's (MPA) legal counsel for anti-piracy, Europe, Middle East & Africa, seizures of pirate DVDs rose from 7.5m in 2002 to 16.5m in 2003 - a growth rate outstripping the legal DVD market. And the growth trajectory of piracy shows no signs of abating.Already, in the first six months of 2004, th
First Look restructures legal departmentFirst Look Media isrestructuring its legal department following the promotion of Doug McClure togeneral counsel, business and legal affairs.Kian Ghaffari will continueto report to McClure as director of business and legal affairs under anexpanded brief that will feature a more active role in video acquisitions.James Fagen is joining thecompany as manager of business and legal affairs and will handle internationalsales exclusively for First Look International.
FRANCE 9 JulyShrek 2 remainedon top this week taking in an additional 1.5 million admissions. Dawn Of The Dead opened in the fourthspot for 194,031 admissions. LesChoristes sees its lowest rank in its 16 week run now down to number 8.Other new films include the Drew Barrymore vehicle 50 First Dates at number 10, comedy Bienvenue En Suisse at number 11, French film Clara Et Moi at number 13, McDonald's skewering
German media funds look to local productionGermany's private media funds are showing increasinginterest in backing local feature production and dispelling the belief that theprivate equity they raise flows only as 'stupid German money' intoHollywood productions.As part of a move to work more closely on local features,Munich-based fund VIP Group has begun collaborating with the German DirectorsGuild (BVR - Bundesverband Regie). VIP has produced films including Monster,The Punisher and German comedy Sieben Zwerge - Maen
Gilliam, Winterbottom get benefit of ForesightTerry Gilliam and MichaelWinterbottom's next productions are amongst the debut slate of titles to securea quarter of their budgets from start-up UK tax-based fund Foresight.Foresight has now raised£5m, meaning it is past its minimum subscription and halfway to its overalltarget. The fund has earmarked Gilliam's previously announced Tideland, which is set up with producerJeremy Thomas, and Winterbottom's Laurence Sterne adaptation
Global Film Initiative takes US rights to WhiskyUS-basedcharitable trust the Global Film Initiative has picked up Juan Pablo Rebellaand Pablo Stoll's Cannes award-winning drama Whisky for its Global Lens touring filmsseries.The Initiative is also partnering up with the Museum ofModern Art for the New York premiere, which is expected some time in Decemberas part of MoMA's 10-week series of premiere screenings.Whisky will screen at cultural institutionsacross the US throughout 2005 as part of its
Harry cracks the $400m barrier for Warner International with $20.3m weekendWarner Bros' Harry PotterAnd The Prisoner Of Azkaban passed$400m at the international box office at the weekend after an estimated $20.3mhaul on more than 6,700 screens in 51 countries.The family picture's grossis now an estimated $403.8m and weekend magic was driven by a mighty $8.9mthird weekend haul on 757 screens in Japan that raised its total there to53.6m.In Hong Kong it opened on anexcellent $1.4m on 76 screens, surpassing the first picture by 7% and thesecond pict
Horror summer for Korean cinemaSouth Korea'scinematic output over the next few months will be concentrated less on festivalofferings and more on potential box-office hits.With a string ofhorror titles and star vehicles lined up for mid to late summer, local cinemawill be looking for some commercial successes to tide it over until the autumn,which is traditionally its strongest season.Horror filmscontinue to be seen as the best bet for summer success, as Korean customassociates a good scare with relief from th
HUNGARY 14 JulyShrek 2 led the box office at Hungarian cinemas over the weekend.Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights came closest to challenging ogre-mania, but fell wayshort with just over 10,000 admissions on 15 prints to Shrek's 85,000.Hidalgo was clearly the disappointment of the week with a mere 8,500 admissions ontwenty prints while Swedish title Kopps fared solidly, nearly reaching the 5,000 admission mark at just nine locations.Good word
IFC Films takes US rights to Nobody Knows, EdukatorsIFC Films has picked up USdistribution rights to two award-winning pictures that screened in competitionat Cannes this year, Kore-eda Hirokaza's Nobody Knows and Hans Weingartner's The Edukators.International sales for bothtitles are being handled by Celluloid Dreams.Nobody Knows is styled as a heartbreaking and humorous account ofthe daily lives of four siblings who are abandoned by their loving yet immaturemother.Hirokaza wrote, directed andproduced
IFP/LA announces details of August Screenwriters LabIFP/LA has named theparticipants in its 2004 Screenwriters Lab, which recently kicked off and runsinto August.The lab aims to helpindependent screenwriters improve their skills and develop unique voices aswriters and will feature The Dangerous Lives Of Altar Boys screenwriter Jeff Stockwell as lab instructor.Confirmed guest speakersinclude Patty Jenkins (Monster),Larry Karaszeswki (Man On The Moon, The People Vs. Larry Flynt), Audrey Well
Industry weighs up DVD pricing dilemmaThe DVD release of Finding Nemo earlier this year hassparked a pricing revolution in France, said Jean-Paul Commins, chief operatingofficer of independent distributor France Televisions Distribution (FTD), atScreen's DVD: The Home Cinema Summit in London on Thursday.Apanel comprising Commins, Jan Rickers, head of marketing for Germany's Kinowelt Home Entertainment, and R
Isabelle Adjani to get special tribute at MontrealFrench actress IsabelleAdjani will be the guest of honour and focus of a five-film retrospective atthe 2004 Montreal World Film Festival (MWFF). MWFF will present her with itsSpecial Grand Prix des Ameriques at a tribute evening on Friday 27 August. Thefestival runs from August 26 to September 6.The five films in theretrospective will be Camille Claudel (Bruno Nuytten, 1988), L'Histoire d'Adele H. (Francois Truffaut, 1975), Adolphe (Benoit Jacquot, 2002), L'Ete
ITALY 9 JulyColumbia Tristar's crime caper The Punisher opened at number one in Italy last weekend, knockingoff Warner Bros's Harry Potter and ThePrisoner of Azkaban after five weeks of box office glory.The weekend's only other new release, Simon Cellan Jones's The One And Only, opened on 44 prints atnumber 14, grossing a poor $24,372 for Fandango.Meanwhile, Turkish film Distantsurprisingly scored the box offi
Italy 15JulyWhileItaly has to wait until September 16 to see international blockbuster SpiderMan 2 soar into the local box office, it was Eagle Pictures' time travelmovie Timeline that opened on top last weekend, grossing $778,022 from258 screens for an average of $2,638 per screen.UIP's TheStepford Wives also opened
KOREA Production Listings - 13 July 2004SOUTH KOREAN LISTINGSPRE-PRODUCTIONKIDARI AJEOSSI(Well Made Entertainment) Co-prod: Yu-bin Pictures. Backer/dist: CJEntertainment. Drama about a disadvantaged woman who goes through universityand beyond thanks to the help of a nameless benefactor. Exec prod: ParkDong-ho. Dir: Gong Jeong-shik. Main cast: Ha Ji-won, Yeon Jeong-hoon. Shootingfrom July.Contact: CJ Entertainment, (82) 2 726 8291SAGWA(Chungeorahm) Dist: Ch
Leigh to nominate Katrin Cartlidge bursary recipientUKdirector Mike Leigh will nominate the recipient of a bursary from the recentlyfounded Katrin Cartlidge Foundation at the forthcoming Sarajevo Film Festival.Leigh, who is serving as the president of the festival'sinternational jury this year, will announce his choice on August 24 before agala screening of his film Career Girlswhich featured the late Cartlidge in a lead role.The Foundation was set up earlier this year by the trusteesMike Leigh, Simon McB
Leon And OlvidoDir. Xavier Bermudez.Spain. 2004. 112mins.A coming-of-age picture with a difference, Leon And Olvido, XavierBermudez's tale of an adolescent afflicted with Down's syndrome and hisinfatuation with his older sister walks a narrow path between bad taste andhigh melodrama. Thankfully it manages, almost until the end, to avoid slippinginto shoddy predictability and mushy sentimentality.Although it exudes stronglyincestuous, erotic undercurrents, Leon
Les Choristes selected to close Montreal Film FestivalFrench smash LesChoristes has beenselected to close the 28th Montreal World Film Festival, August 26 to September6. The post-war period film, which has drawn 6.7 million admissions over its16-week run at the French box office, will screen as part of the closing nightgala celebration.Directed byChristophe Barratier and written by Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval, thefilm tells the story of a music teacher (Gerard Jugnot) who finds a job as asupervisor in a
Locarno goes on 'journey of exploration'Locarno's festival directorIrene Bignardi promises "a journey of exploration" for this year'sInternational Competition (Aug 4-14)line-up with films from France to Vietnam, fromKazakhstan to Belgium and from South Africa to India."We chose the titleswhich had most to say about the tumultuous upheaval of the world today - andthe most pertinent, impertinent and interesting ways of saying it,"Bignardi commented on the selection.No less than ten of the 18competition films come from E
Locarno goes on 'journey of exploration'Locarno's festival directorIrene Bignardi promises 'a journey of exploration' for this year'sInternational Competition line-up with films from France to Vietnam, fromKazakhstan to Belgium and from South Africa to India.'We chose the titleswhich had most to say about the tumultuous upheaval of the world today - andthe most pertinent, impertinent and interesting ways of saying it,'Bignardi commented on the selection.No less than ten of the 18competition films c
Locarno names Swiss showcase titlesFilmsby veteran director Alain Tanner, documentary filmmaker Ulrike Koch andanimator Georges Schwizgebel are among the line-up for this year's"Appellations Suisse" showcase of new Swiss cinema to be presented atthe forthcoming Locarno International Film Festival (August 4-14).The complete line-up for the "Appellations Suisse"showcase, which is aimed primarily at international buyers a
Mirren to be honoured with Britannia Award by BAFTA/LAHelen Mirren will receiveBAFTA LA's Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in InternationalEntertainment at the 2004 Britannia Awards in Los Angeles on Nov 4.Mirren can currently be seenopposite Robert Redford in Fox Searchlight's kidnap drama The Clearing, and is filming the contract killer thriller Shadowboxer opposite Cuba Gooding Jr.A veteran of screen,television and stage, her notable film credits include Oscar nominated roles inThe Madness Of King George
MPAA survey concludes that one in four internet users has downloaded film illegallyA survey of internet use in eight countries conducted by the MPAAand online research company OTX has revealed that nearly one in four users haveillegally downloaded a film at some point.
Mythos Studios starts production on Poetry Slam docMythos Studios, the filmmaking arm of Austin, Texas-based advertising agency GSD&M, has begunproduction on the poetry slam documentary Slam Channel.Executive producer TimMcClure is collaborating with producer and co-directors Mike Henry and KyleFuller of Confessions Multimedia and producer Chris Ohlson of 824 Pictures.Scheduled to open nextspring, the picture follows a team of local Austin poets and their counterpartsin New York City as they prepare for this summer's Nati
NORTH AMERICA 14 JulyCanada'sembrace of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 offers more ammunition to USRepublicans who fear that their northern neighbour may one day join the US.Thefilm has earned $8.6m (C$11.5m) in 17 days at the Canadian box office, a sumequivalent to 14% of the North American gross in that period according to JimSherry, pre
Obituary: Carlo Di PalmaCarlo Di Palma, the renowned Italian cinematographer wholit Woody Allen's films for 18 years, has died in Rome. He was 79.Di Palmalaunched his career as a director of photography on Roberto Rossellini'spost-World War II movie, Rome Open City. He lit Italian films rangingfrom Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow up and Red Desert to PietroGermi's classic Divorzio all'Italiana w
Oh Happy Day to open Hamburg FestivalHella Joof's Danish gospel comedy Oh Happy Day willbe the opening film of this year's Filmfest Hamburg (Sept 23-30).Oh Happy Day is beinghandled internationally by Nordisk Film International and will be released inGermany on December 30 by MFA.
Radclyffe options best-selling Edge ChroniclesUK producer Sarah Radclyffehas optioned 10-book children's fantasy series The Edge Chronicles.Jigsaw Films, the productionlabel for family films that Radclyffe runs with Courtney Pledger and BillGodfrey, aims to turn the series into a studio-level family action-adventurefranchise.The story of a younglibrarian knight, which Jigsaw optioned with support body the UK Film Council,has sold one million copies in the UK and entered the children's bestsellerlist in the US in unde
Right Now (A Tout De Suite)Dir/scr:Benoit Jacquot. France. 2004. 95minsBenoitJacquot's Right Now contains a series of incidents rather than what onemight usually call a story - which hits just the right note for this study of ayoung woman drifting without a compass through a tumultuous period of her life.Based on events that happened to Elisabeth Fanger, recalled in her memoir WhenI Was 19 (Quand J'avais Dix-neuf Ans), Jacquot's vivid,non-judgmental film is comp
Russia revs up race car dramaLeading Russianproduction outfit Top Line Productions, headed by Sergei Gribkov, is set to begin shooting this week on a newproject, car racing drama Eau Rouge (Krasnaya Voda).The film will be directed byyoung Russian director Dmitry Cherkasov with a script by playwright OlegAntonov. Shooting, which will last throughout the summer, will begin at the SPA track in Belgium, moving on to famous Imola track inSan Marino, and finish up in France.Nikolai Fomenko plays the mainch
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 14 JulyAs Spider-Man 2 opened with $23,268 for theweekend to add to a total of $60,062 from 16,254 admissions including previews,distributor Tuck is now behind the top four films in the Serbian-Montenegrinchart.Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban follows with 3,296 tickets in its thirdweekend and total of $140,456; while the older favourites Day After Tomorrow and Troy took$3,169 and $3,057 respectively.
Shrek 2 crosses $250m international markShrek 2 added approximately $50.5m this weekend, despiteadding only one new territory, to pass the $250m international mark.A week of stellar holdovers saw thefilm take $49.1m from UIP territories over the weekend. UIP also opened theanimated hit in the Czech Republic where it grossed $354,795 from 26 screens.Shrek 2 also took approximately $1.35m from South Korea
Six young directors chosen for Cannes ResidenceTawfikAbu-Wael, the Palestinian director who made a splash in the Cannes Critics'Week section this year with Thirst (Atash) is one of six youngfilm-makers selected by the Cannes festival for its residential trainingprogramme, Cannes Residence.Selectedby a committee headed by director Marion Vernoux, the other five interns areCelia G
Spider-Man 2 continues to dominate US box officeSony's Spider-Man 2 was too strong for the opposition at the weekend,beating off the challenges of Anchorman and King Arthur to staytop on an estimated $46m for $257.3m after its second weekend.The arachnid passed $200mafter a record eight days last week and is roughly $20m ahead of its 2002predecessor at the same stage.That picture went on togross $403.7m at the US box office and such is the momentum of Spider-Man 2 that a higher final total may well
Spider-Man 2 fends off strong attack from AnchormanSony's Spider-Man 2 was too strong for the opposition at the weekend,beating off the challenges of Anchorman and King Arthur to staytop on an estimated $46m for $257.3m after its second weekend.The arachnid passed $200mafter a record eight days last week and is roughly $20m ahead of its 2002predecessor at the same stage.That picture went on togross $403.7m at the US box office and such is the momentum of Spider-Man 2 that a higher final total may well
Spider-Man 2 prepares for second wave attackBarely one week into release, Sony's Spider-Man 2 has already spun such a solid international platformthat a raft of second wave releases in several major markets and strongholdovers elsewhere could take it past $100m this weekend.The comic book sequel has amassed $60.5m to date and was dueto open in Germany through Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International ona massive 1,137 prints yesterday ( July 8), followed by Japan on 710 on July10.Strong openings seem assured
Spider-Man 2 scores $53m haul in 50 territoriesSpider-Man 2 smashed through $100m during its secondinternational weekend as it grossed an estimated $53m on 6,754 screens in 50territories for a $115.7m running total.The arachnid spun superbopenings through Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) inJapan, Germany and Scandinavia and enjoyed several strong holds including aremarkable performance in Brazil.It opened in Japan on $12.6mon 700 screens for the 11th biggest opening ever. The result was 15% bet
Spider-Man 2 to get IMAX treatmentIMAX andColumbia Pictures have struck a deal whereby Spider-Man 2 will be digitally remastered for releaseon IMAX screens around the world beginning Jul 23."When you have amovie like Spider-Man 2,it makes sense to offer audiences an opportunity to experience the film in thisincredible format," Jeff Blake, vice chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainmentand president of worldwide marketing and distribution, said in a statement."We are very pleasedto add this phenomenal
Stage BeautyDir:Richard Eyre. US-UK. 2004. 106minsLikeits cross-dressing hero Ned Kynaston (who makes his name playing female partson stage), Stage Beauty isn't entirely sure of its own identity. On theone hand, this is a bawdy and colourful Restoration-era romp, stuffed full ofpuns and sexual innuendo and propelled by some tremendous character turns. Onthe other, it's a closely focused study of a tormented actor who can't escapehis stage persona as "the most b
Supermarkets and specialists set to dominate DVDA polarisation isthreatening to disrupt the UK DVD and video sector, according Alison Casey,head of content division at market researchers Understanding & Solutions.Speaking at ScreenInternational's DVD: The Home Cinema Summit, Casey warned that the UK'shigh street and internet retail and rental business faces a shake-up in whichthe middle ground could disappear. Casey and other speakers on the HighStreet Hollywood panel, which looked at routes to the market, highlightedt
Surging Korean industry powers into int'l chartThe strength of the South Korean market is well reflected in this week'sinternational box office chart.Representing five of the top 30 positions this week, South Koreanreleases playing well enough at home to make the international chart were ledby comedy sequel Hi, Dharma 2 at number ten.So far this year, the market share for local films in South Korea standsat an incredible 64% - up 12.6% year-on-year, according to new figures compiledby Korean distributor CJ Entertainme
SWEDEN 14 JulyColumbia TriStar's successful July 7 release of Spider-Man 2finally toppled Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban from the topspot of the Swedish chart.The second film in the Spiderman series improved the first films' fiveday results with 6%, and had a massive $9,618 screen average on its high 118prints.The Day After Tomorrow and Troy managed to hang on to third andfourth after seven and nine weeks, grossing solid $4m and $4,6m.
Toronto unveils first festival titlesNew films from Taylor Hackford, JohnSayles, Dylan Kidd will make their world premieres at the Toronto InternationalFilm Festival (Sept 9-18). The festival unveiled a number of titles across thespectrum of its selection, including two world premieres from South Africa, thefocus of this year's national spotlight programmeHackford's Ray, a biopic of recently-departed blues legend Ray Charles,features Jamie Foxx in the lead role with a script by James L. White.Sayles,a long-t
UK drives European DVD bonanzaWhen it comes to the success of DVD in Europe, sales andpenetration are being driven by the UK - but the continent's Easterncountries are still playing catch up.Speaking at Screen International's LearningLessons: Europe And The US seminar, JeanPaul Commin, president of industry body the International Video Federation,said that in 2003, DVD player penetration was up 92.8% year-on-year: last year26.4% of European households had access to a machine of some sort.But the stati
UK producers express Development concernsThe UK's production community has issued an urgentcall to public funding body the UK Film Council to revise its ambitious"Slate Development Scheme." A strongly worded statement circulated byproducers' trade body PACT has expressed fears that the Film Councilplans will "destabilise the market."PACT's release -issued after a special meeting of itsmembers on Friday - will come as a blow to the Film Council, which was holdingmeetings with producers throughout last week in a bid to reassure
UK/IRELAND 14 JulyWith the major studioskeeping their big releases away from Shrek 2 in the UK this week it wasleft to the independents to make the headlines in the chart.Headlines were certainly madeby Optimum Releasing. The distributor released Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit9/11 on 132 screens setting records for best documentary opening ever inthe UK and for an Optimum release. The film's total weekend gross, whichincluded previews of $651,775 (£351,626), mak
Unifrance re-elects Menegoz as presidentMargaretMenegoz has been re-elected president of Unifrance Film International, theFrench film export support body.Menegoz was appointed acting president in Februarylast year following the sudden death of Daniel Toscan Du Plantier. Unanimouslyelected, Menegoz now has a two year mandate.Theorganisation has three vice-presi
UPI president calls for DVD discipline"The DVD successstory is really just beginning, but we are goingto have to be very intelligent about how we manage this story," said PeteSmith, president of Universal Pictures International, giving the keynoteaddress at Screen International's DVD: The Home Cinema Summit in Londonyesterday (July 8).Smith's speech, TheFuture Of Digital En
Vivendi Universal sells Babelberg studiosVivendiUniversal (VU) has sold the historic Babelsberg Studios to a group of Germaninvestors led by Carl Woebcken, managing director of Berlin Animation Film, andChristoph Fisser, managing director of the Munich studio facility StudioAtelierbetriebe Schwabing (SAS).VU sold the studios for the symbolic price of Euros 1. TheWoebcken-Fisser group will assume Euros 18m of the studio's deb
VoD roll out threatened by DVD boomThe take-up of video-on-demand and other digital contentdelivery services could be slowed because of the ongoing strength of DVD profitmargins, delegates at Screen International's DVD: The Home Cinema Summiton Thursday (July 8) were told.On some European services, a movie via video on demand cancost as low as Euros 3 - far less than the high profit margins on premiumpriced DVDs."Studios are cautious about VoD - they are not going tocannibalise the DVD cash cow," said Guy
Walden ties up five family pictures with FoxTwentieth Century Fox andWalden Media have signed a five-picture production and distribution deal inwhich Fox will handle worldwide releasing on all titles.The slate includes threepreviously announced adaptations of acclaimed children's novels - Wendy Orr's Nim'sIsland, Katherine Paterson's BridgeTo Terebithia and Lois Lowry's TheGiver - and Kate DiCamillo's BecauseOf Winn-Dixie and Adam Mortimer'sas-yet-unpublished comic book proposal Biblionauts.
Works sells Italian pair to Oz's PalaceUK-based sales agency TheWorks has sold two Italian titles to Palace Pictures for Australia and NewZealand.The distributorpicked up Paolo Sorrentino's Cannes Competition film The Consequences OfLove and Matteo Garrone's psychological thriller Primo Amore, whichpremiered in Competition at this year's Berlin International Film Festival.Both films wereproduced by Fandango's Domenico Procacci, who recently became a shareholder inThe Works' parent, C
Years takes up European marketing job at WBITDChandra Yearshas been promoted to vice president of European marketing at Warner BrosInternational Television Distribution (WBITD).The Burbank-based Years will relocate to London to overseeWBITD's marketing, publicity and servicing executives and staff throughoutEurope, and support WBITD's European sales executives on marketing campaigns.She willcontinue to report to Lisa Gregorian, senior vice president of Warner BrosTelevision Creative Ser


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IT is never too early to start protecting your skin, that was the key message given by Hale-based skin expert Dr Sarah Norman to the girls in Year Nine at Manchester High School for Girls recently.
"As a former pupil of MHSG, I was delighted to be invited to educate the girls on matters of skin health and skin protection," said Sarah, who consults at the BMI Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle and her own BrightNewMe clinic in Altrincham.
A substantial part of Sarah's talk focused on the need to wear sun protection, in all weather conditions.
"Exposure to the sun is the biggest cause of ageing of the skin, and over-exposure can also lead to cancers of the skin. I advised the girls to wear sun protection all year round, as sun damage can occur even on cloudy, wintery days."


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Learning Styles Research Stirs Debate
By: Pam Kessinger, PCC Faculty Librarian
May 4, 2010
A recent study by Harold Pasher et. al., "Learning Styles: Concepts and Evidence," was heralded on The Chronicle of Higher Education website with the blaring headline "Matching Teaching Style to Learning Style May Not Help Students." David Glenn did a reasonable job of summarizing the outcomes of the study, though he may have over-emphasized the more controversial aspects of it. (The article was later printed in The Chronicle as "Customized Teaching Fails a Test.")
Glenn states that "…now four psychologists argue that you were told wrong. There is no strong scientific evidence to support the 'matching' idea….And there is absolutely no reason for professors to adopt in the classroom." Jay Mathews in the Washington Post summarized the hysteria as "learning styles are hogwash."
At this point I turned to ask myself, really?
What about all the anecdotal evidence for the trend towards visual learning in younger students? Are not problem-based learning and active learning techniques more engaging to reluctant learners? Doesn't it help students to present course content with context, and ways to connect to prior learning?
It is inconceivable for me to consider reverting to the teaching style I used years ago or to the learning style I used in my own college experience even further back: sit for a lecture by a professor, who stood at a lectern, while I took binders full of hand-written notes, trying to simultaneously process the information, listen, and keep my questions until the end.
In the late-eighties instructional excellence training emphasized the importance of creating learning environments which would incorporate the primary learning style components—visual, auditory, kinesthetic/tactile—and by the mid-nineties, the added reading/analytical factor. Discoveries in neuroscience and research studies in the links between personality type, learning preferences, and dimensions of cognitive development further informed the debate about approaches to teaching.
The main point of the Pasher study was in seeking empirical evidence about the effectiveness of instructors attempting to match teaching style to their students' learning style, an investigation the authors claim heretofore not done. It is a valuable exercise, and it raises some important questions. Isn't it impossible to constantly and consistently teach with all learning styles accounted for, every minute? Might you be stressing yourself out unnecessarily in attempting to teach in a way that is so foreign from your own style, without enough student achievement improvement to justify the effort?
Pasher recommends "further research," of course, but here's the key for me in the current debate: when students identify their own learning style, and define their own particular needs for themselves, they can begin the all-important journey to taking responsibility for their learning.
ABE and DE instructors have emphasized to me that when students take some type of learning styles inventory, they realize several important truths. Though they may have a learning disability, there are strategies to compensate for it. And most important, people learn differently. It is, in other words, okay to need to draw diagrams, do an activity, or ask for the context of the information in order to remember a new concept.
When I work to develop or select teaching strategies of various modalities, by default I make my performance in front of a class more interesting. I consciously put myself into the frame of mind for connecting with every student in a class.
I may not be able to avoid lapsing into the teaching style most comfortable to me, or expecting students to use the learning style most familiar to how I view the world. My check against that is to pay attention to student engagement, and when any students start to appear disconnected, I remind myself to pause and use some technique to re-engage their attention or participation.
How do you inform your art of teaching? I have found considering learning styles and multiple intelligences invaluable. I welcome research in the area of application, but see the headlines here as oversimplifying at best.
Recommended Resources
- Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching: Learning Styles and Preferences
Provides a summary of the developments in learning theory, including personality, information processing, and multiple intelligences models.
- Index of learning styles
By Felder – includes FAQ and styles descriptions
Tools to Offer Students
- Vark: A Guide to Learning Styles
How do I best learn questionnaire
- Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire
From NC State University
Works Cited
- Pasher, Harold, et al. "Learning Styles: Concepts and Evidence." Psychological Science in the Public Interest 9.3 (2009): 105-119. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 14 Apr. 2010, or on the Association for Psychological Science website.
- Mathews, Jay. "Some Say Learning Styles are Myth, Others Magic". Washington Post. Feb. 11 2010. p. 18. Web. 14 Apr. 2010.
- Glenn, David. "Customized Teaching Fails a Test." Chronicle of Higher Education 56.17 (2010): A1-A8. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 14 Apr. 2010. or on the Chronicle of Higher Education website.
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