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Newsrooms Grapple with Appropriate Level of Personality
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KATIE COURIC, CBS News: Tonight, it was the first…
JEFFREY BROWN: On CBS last night, it's safe to say the news
was not the star of the evening. Instead, it was the star who was the news. After
months of anticipation and relentless promotion, Katie Couric took over the
anchor chair on "The CBS Evening News."
With a nod to the past, the program opened with the voice of
Walter Cronkite, introducing Couric.
WALTER CRONKITE, Former CBS Anchor: This is "The CBS
Evening News with Katie Couric."
KATIE COURIC: Hi, everyone. I'm very happy to be with you
tonight. For many Americans…
JEFFREY BROWN: The newscast ran the gamut from hard news…
KATIE COURIC: But in the war on terror…
JEFFREY BROWN: … a lead report on a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan…
LARA LOGAN, CBS News: Our tense journey into Taliban
JEFFREY BROWN: … by foreign correspondent Lara Logan, to
an interview with New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, to softer fare, a
commentary segment called "Free Speech."
MORGAN SPURLOCK, Director: It seems like, every time I turn
on the TV, some reputable news source is telling me how we're a nation divided.
JEFFREY BROWN: And later, a first look at the heretofore
unseen baby born to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.
Couric's debut easily won the ratings war last night among
the three network evening newscasts, and CBS is counting on the appeal of her
personality to continue to win viewers, the principal reason, after all, the
network is paying her a reported $15 million a year.
KATIE COURIC: I'm Katie Couric. Thank you so much for
watching, and I hope to see you tomorrow night.
A media experiment
JEFFREY BROWN: So, is there anything more to say about theKatie Couric phenomenon?
Well, interestingly, to us, some media watchers see it aspart of a larger and evolving media universe. One is William Powers, whorecently wrote a piece called "The Personality Test" in his columnfor The National Journal. He joins us from Boston.
William Powers, why don't you first explain what you mean bypersonality?
WILLIAM POWERS, The National Journal: Well, what I wastalking about, Jeffrey, was the idea that, in this vast product launch that CBSwas doing last night, they were participating in a grand experiment that'shappening across the media today, which asks the question, can you sell newswith personality?
Personality was the key product being launched last night,Katie Couric's personality. And we tend to think of this as a networkcommodity, but it's actually something that's happening all across media, asall these competing news outlets struggle for audience. There are millions,literally, of news outlets now, if you include the blogs. And personality isjust a crucial factor in the sales job.
JEFFREY BROWN: So, start with last night. What did you see? Putit in terms of your thesis on personality.
WILLIAM POWERS: Well, it was all about Katie, obviously.
I mean, the months-long run-up and the listening tour thatshe did, and really the show itself, it was very much, how is Katie going todo? And they were attempting to deliver the news to us and to draw us asviewers on the wings of personality.
And, if you watched it, you know it was an enjoyable showfrom that perspective. It was a lot of drama in whether she was going to pullit off. She did pull it off, I think, basically. As many critics noted today,there were some flaws.
But I think the longer-term question is, in this day and ageof so many news outlets, and this explosion of the media all over the place,where we all have so many choices, can one personality, or a personality-driven product, like "The CBS Evening News," really draw in the kindof audience the network news traditionally has drawn for decades? And the juryis still out on that.
How much is too much?
JEFFREY BROWN: The larger context that you're talking about hereis different media competing against each other -- that is, network againstnetwork, in this case...
WILLIAM POWERS: Right.
JEFFREY BROWN: ... but with all other kinds of newtechnology and changing behavior among audience, right?
WILLIAM POWERS: Right. Exactly.
I mean, personality, broadly defined, it's not just aboutthe movie star qualities of someone like Katie Couric. Under the heading ofpersonality, I would include such things as ideology. You know, people who arevery ideological, pundits who appear on TV, on cable and so forth, have bigpersonalities.
And there's an assumption in many corners of the mediatoday, that the more personality you use in the product, the more you're goingto draw people, the better your numbers, and the more you're going to succeed.
I argued in the column -- and I actually feel personallythat there's a fallacy there -- that, long range, I think personality bumps upagainst a limit, and that people, many people, are driven away by too much personality.
The best evidence is cable, cable news, which has neverapproached the numbers of the networks, and perhaps never will. And, on cable,it's a more personality-driven product.
JEFFREY BROWN: So, then, it becomes calibrating the right amountof personality.
WILLIAM POWERS: Exactly.
And that's what's fascinating to me in this experiment onCBS and beyond CBS, the idea that people are attempting to adjust how muchpersonality people want. How much should we should we foist on them, in anattempt to draw them in?
And it will be interesting to watch, for example, the Katieexperiment. How much will she lean on her personality? How much will the showlean on her personality? How much will they bring in other big personalities tohelp sell the product? We have already heard about some of the commentatorsbeing big-brand names.
And we will see. Will people be drawn to it? I think, youknow, there's a lot of doubt, in my mind, that it will work, again, becausepeople have so many questions. And many of the options open to us now,including wire stories on our computers, blogs, are less personality driven.
And, for many people, including me, that's very attractive. Ithink a little personality goes a long way.
Analyzing the changing media
JEFFREY BROWN: Well, you have mentioned blogs a couple oftimes.
WILLIAM POWERS: Yes.
JEFFREY BROWN: And we have done stories about newspapers introuble that are trying to figure out how to reach people with a particularlocal personality.
What do you see media doing to break out of the mold?
WILLIAM POWERS: Well, they're all taking differentapproaches. I mean, if you look at the blogs, there are blogs that arebasically subject-driven blogs, blogs where it's all about the news happeningin a particular city or on a particular topic or within a particularprofession. And the person doing the blog perhaps injects a little bit ofpersonality around the edges, but it's not about that person.
And, at the other end of the spectrum, there are blogs thatare completely personality-driven. There are blogs that are all about attitude,whether it's sarcasm or jadedness, you name it. There are just blogs of allstripes. And, across that spectrum, I think you see this dynamic happening.
At the moment, the personality-driven blogs are getting,like Katie Couric, a lot of attention. But I don't know what kind of stayingpower they're going to have. I do think that the news-driven blogs, the blogsthat let the story be the main story, for me, have more staying power.
And interestingly, you know, in the network tradition, thenetwork news tradition, that was how it worked. That's the Walter Cronkitetradition. It wasn't mostly about Cronkite's personality. It was about thestory. He injected himself very rarely into the news. And people liked that. Andmaybe we're living in a different culture now, and times have changed. I thinkthis Couric experiment will tell us.
JEFFREY BROWN: Well, that's what I was going to ask you.
I mean, presumably, CBS did all kinds of testing in...
WILLIAM POWERS: Yes.
JEFFREY BROWN: .. bringing Katie Couric out, as do all thenetworks. So, they must be finding that people want this kind of personality toput forward in their newscasts.
WILLIAM POWERS: They do.
You know, I think people are sort of trained byentertainment, by the shows they watch, the reality shows, you know, whetherit's "The Amazing Race" or "Survivor" or whatever, to wantthese personalities sort of looming large in their lives. And, perhaps, whenthey answer questions like that about the news, that's what they say.
But I really think, in terms of integrating the news intoour lives, and having a daily diet of keeping up with what's happening in theworld, I think, again, too much personality can become overwhelming andfatiguing. And, really, you want to move away from it. There are options thatare much more appealing to a lot of people, you know, public radio, this show.
You know, there are so many less personality-driven newsoutlets that have followings. And I think those -- that following is going togrow for a lot of those outlets. And I'm not sure that the personality-drivenmodel, which I think is part of what is CBS is doing, we have only seen one dayof it, so, you know, we can't say for sure -- but I think that model may beflawed.
JEFFREY BROWN: All right, well, thanks for the plug. And wewill all keep watching.
JEFFREY BROWN: William Powers...
WILLIAM POWERS: My pleasure.
JEFFREY BROWN: ... thanks a lot.
WILLIAM POWERS: Thank you.


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Not TV News: Green Groups Tried All-or-Nothing Strategy, and 'Nothing Won'
Darren Samuelsohn of Politico made the front page of their newspaper on Thursday with this stark sentence: "Environmentalists went with an all-or-nothing strategy for the 111th Congress. Nothing won." He added: "Now, green groups licking their wounds after spending tens of millions of dollars to pass a cap-and-trade bill must answer serious questions about whether they are capable of playing another round of hardball."
I wouldn't expect this to be a big television story. Cap-and-trade never was. There were zero stories with the words "cap and trade" on ABC, CBS, and NBC before the House voted last year. After the vote, there was a smidgen or two, but none before. But it's slightly amazing that with all the climate hype the media have dished out, nothing was accomplished. Samuelsohn's story didn't touch on Climategate's effect. It didn't even come up as he talked about how nobody in the green groups is getting fired:
But D.C. environmental groups aren't looking to clean house. Activists at the Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Defense Fund, Union of Concerned Scientists and Clean Energy Works said leading officials won't be fired because President Barack Obama isn't signing a climate bill into law.
Steve Cochran, who ran EDF's national climate campaign, actually got a promotion to run the entire global warming team, including state and international efforts.
"The reason why I'm not looking around, hearing a lot of people scared for their jobs, I think the general view within the environmental community is consistent with mine: We ran a very effective, well-coordinated effort," said Dan Lashof, director of NRDC's climate center.
"We fell victim to much broader politics that were beyond our control that really didn't have to do with the specifics of either the issue or the campaign," Lashof added.
After Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) last month scrapped plans for a vote, the White House made clear it wasn't impressed with the environmentalists' effort.
"They didn't deliver a single Republican," an administration official told POLITICO just hours after Reid pulled the plug on the climate bill. "They spent like $100 million, and they weren't able to get a single Republican convert on the bill."
Eco-lefty Bill McKibben claimed the greens did all they could. It's just that the politicians weren't interested.
The environmental movement needs a radical overhaul if Congress is ever going to pass a climate bill, McKibben said. That means lawmakers need to be aware of the political consequences if they don't side with the greens.
"We weren't able to credibly promise political reward or punishment," McKibben said. "The fact is, scientists have been saying for the past few years the world might come to an end. But clearly that's insufficient motivation. Clearly, we must communicate that their careers might come to an end. That's going to take a few years."

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Enjoy Super Fast Updates in the New Canadian Google Local Dashboard
Creating a new listing or claiming an existing business listing on Google Local can be an extremely confusing task these days. I work out of Ottawa, and a lot of the new features that Google Local rolls out, I get pretty late in the game. Today, I noticed a slight change in the claiming process and a few interesting tidbits that I'll share here.
As some of your can remember, this is the old process (that I was will going through a week back) of searching Google Local's database of existing listings:
Today, this is what I was presented with after creating a new Google account.
This may or may not be foreign to you if you are working with U.S. based businesses. I'm seeing this for the first time with a Canadian business (restaurant to be specific). The interface looks like the new Google Local dashboard Mike Blumenthal pointed out earlier this year.
UPDATE: I'm still seeing the old interface from time to time. From what I can tell, new accounts are being rolled into the new interface, while if you are accessing Google Places with an existing account, you will encounter the old phone number search page.
A few things I noticed while filling out and claiming my client's listing…
Edits in Google Local now gets reflected within minutes!
By far the most interesting change is all my edits got reflected in Google search results within minutes (~10 minutes)! Prior to claiming this business listing, Google displayed only a plus.google.com link in the search result. Was lucky to be offered either a phone verification or a postcard – of course I went with a phone. The automated call came in and the listing was verified within minutes. I completed the listing to 100%, uploading one image (there was no image before) and all that information plugged right into Google's knowledge graph box.
FUN FACT: My parents used to own Cathay in Ottawa. They retired and sold the restaurant 3 years ago 🙂
Editing the address information can be tricky
I noticed for this business that I was claiming for – the postal code was not correct. After attempting to change it multiple times, nothing worked. The new postal code I wanted to replace the existing one with just wouldn't save. It kept reverting back to the old one. Google does link you out to Canada Post (here link shown below) to check the postal code, and mine was actually correct (the existing one in Google was not). Bizarre!
But, there is a little hack to get that change at least to pending. By simply moving the marker over a mm or cm allows you save a new postal code (currently still pending).
Closing thoughts
The time it takes for Google to update local information seems to have sped up a lot. Seeing changes happen within minutes is quite incredible and really beneficial to local business owners. Share any thoughts you might have about this change or if you've endured something different.
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Mike Blumenthal says:
Glad the new dashboard has finally arrived in Canada. You have it right… a newly claimed business will go to the new dashboard. If you claim into a dashboard with previously claimed listings it will take you to the old dashboard (where you can still use custom categories… ). Gradually Google will convert these old dashboards to the new dashboards (you will get an email) starting on the simplest ones (ie one business without adwords) first. Then move along to convert the more complicated ones. What they will with a dashboard that is claimed into two accounts is unclear.
Jackson Lo says:
Thanks for the added info Mike. What fascinates me though is how quickly the SERPs information changes after you claim an existing listing and you make modifications via the new dashboard.
Mike Blumenthal says:
Google has been changing the architecture of local from top to bottom over the past 1.5 years. Starting in Jan 2012 they moved local to the knowledge graph structure and replaced the "web results" architecture.
This allowed them to keep a static canonical local listing to which they could add or update information. To do this they created new data pipelines into this canonical listing.
Those pipelines have been rolling out as Google updated the front end(s) to the various inputs. First up was Mapmaker. Last April or so it got an update and the new data pipeline. With that new pipeline, once edits were approved, they went live almost immediately.
Last summer when they rolled out the G+ Page for Local, that too got the new pipeline and had nearly instant updates.
Now the Dashboard, with the new interface, received the update to the pipeline architecture. Any data that doesn't need human curation goes live almost instantly. Some changes that are more profound require human curation and will take several days. Also the photo pipeline, because it is in a different database and does not have as much juice, is also slower.
Jackson Lo says:
Thanks for the (non) brief explanation Mike. Good to know what's happening behind the scenes and you're definitely the man to go to for that 🙂
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As I said then, I have been meaning to start this new 'book blog' for a long time, but I continued to procrastinate and over think things and then procrastinate some more. Well, not anymore. So, if you are wondering exactly what this is a drawing of, then pop over to my new blog (yikes! I'm nervous) and find out.
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Tracy Metz (LF 2007) was recently back at the GSD headlining a panel to examine how the Dutch negotiate their evolving relationship with water--and what the rest of the world can learn from them as our sea levels rise, our rivers swell and storms and droughts multiply.
Presenters included Vivien Li, president of the Boston Harbor Association; Juliet Simpson, coastal ecologist at MIT Sea Grant College Program; Dan Schrag, professor of geology and director of the HU Center for the Environment and Armando Carbonell, senior fellow and chairman of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
Metz co-wrote Sweet & Salt: Water and the Dutch with Maartie van den Heuvel to untangle the complex history of how the Dutch have lived with water and suggest creative templates for ways to live and work with water.
The Netherlands, built upon reclaimed land and converted marshland, is largely below sea level. For centuries windmills have assisted in pumping out water. Thus, the Dutch may well be world experts for living on the precipice of rising sea levels.
Watershed moments in Dutch history have shaped policies towards water. The 1953 North Sea flood that claimed nearly 2,000 lives sparked Deltaworks, a network of dikes, dams and pipes. The system is designed to separate sweet—fresh—water from saltwater.
With climate change presenting new pressures on land, Metz proposes that there are new ways to defend the country from water that are less ecologically damaging. Sweet & Salt considers three scales of intervention—architectural, urban and landscape, the largest scale of thinking.
At the architectural scale, the demands of sea-level rise will offer new opportunities for designers. Land use and housing are closely related, and some farmers have shaped the landscape at a micro-scale, arranging mounds so that they can live alongside the land they till.
At the urban scale, there are innovative ways of incorporating water into the city. Urban design in the city of Rotterdam is selectively including water in public spaces as a calming measure during flood periods. The wet and dry fluctuation is functional, as well as a pedagogical and theatrical display about the changing nature of place.
New Dutch dikes are beginning to be multifunctional, used for housing, or recreation. For example, by draping a promenade over a dike it becomes an active public space. One project, nicknamed Super Dike, has 2 km section that includes a swimming area. These changes, Metz contends, all require a different mindset. Engineers often dislike programs on dikes, since they can't visually check the system for leaks, however built-in sensors can do the job.
Tracy Metz's talk comes at a sobering time for the U.S. as policymaking now will influence how we will shore up against future disasters like Hurricane Sandy, which paralyzed East Coast cities in October 2012. She contends that new ways to manage water will take citizen participation. We can "learn from American pragmatism, with Dutch collectivism."
In a panel discussion following the presentation, Dan Schrag responded with strategies for disaster management. He prefers to frame the challenge as "preparedness" rather than "adaptation," which carries a negative connotation in the U.S. Schrag points out how Americans persist in living in harm's way—the majority of Florida, for example.
The National Flood Insurance Program under FEMA has insured around $500 billion in assets on the taxpayers' dime. This insurance is thus the second largest fiscal liability of the US government after Social Security, yet it is all but invisible for many Americans. Schrag states, "We need to align basic financial behaviors and policies with the behaviors that we want."
Vivien Li said that Sandy showed sea-level rise and flooding is "very real, and can happen anywhere." Li addressed students in the audience, stating, "the work you're doing at the GSD will influence and be implemented, so keep being creative and imaginative."
Metz, in advocating for "soft" measures to counter sea-level rise, muses that "People love to be around water. Design can make living with water safe and more palatable."
Read more examples of the Dutch approach in the recent N.Y. Times article by architecture critic Michael Kimmelman, "Going with the Flow."


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Audie Murphy Combat Soldier, Movie Star, Gambler
Audie Murphy became the most decorated combat soldier in American history before he was old enough to vote. By the end of World War II, he was a legend.
The seventh of ten children, Audie was born in Hunt County, Texas, in 1924. His family, sharecroppers, were considered "poor white trash". His father, who seldom worked, walked out on the family when Audie was twelve.
In order to help feed the family, young Audie had to quit school and work in the cotton fields. To put food on the table, he became an expert hunter, highly skilled with a sling shot or a gun (if they "could afford a shell or two").
When he was sixteen, his mother died. His brothers and sisters were sent to relatives or an orphanage. The next year, on December 7th, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States entered World War II.
Audie, 17, rushed to join the Marines. However, at 5'5'' and 130 lbs., he was rejected as "too small". Next, he tried to get into the Paratroopers; but they turned him down for the same reason. Finally, he convinced the Army to accept him.
After basic training, Audie was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division as a Private. By war's end, he was the Commanding Officer, with every promotion earned on the field of battle.
By the time the war ended in 1945, he had received every decoration for valor in combat that our nation awards, including the Congressional Medal of Honor and three Purple Hearts. He returned to the US a national hero; his picture was on the front cover of Life Magazine.
When actor James Cagney read about America's hero, he invited him to Hollywood to make movies. Over the next 20 years, Murphy appeared in more than 40 films, mostly westerns. He also starred in "To Hell and Back", a WWII film in which he played himself.
Audie Murphy was not just an American hero; he was also an American tragedy. Three years of intense combat, credited with killing over 250 enemy soldiers and saving his unit, had taken its toll. He suffered from what was then called "battle fatigue" or post-traumatic stress disorder.
He had a fascination with guns and was always well armed. On more than one occasion he woke at night in a panic, grabbed his pistol and fired off several rounds before coming to his senses. He had a hair-trigger temper and threatened to kill several people who crossed him during his movie career, including Howard Hughes.
But Audie's biggest post-war struggle was with gambling. Never having had money, he had little regard for it. He earned $3 million dollars over his movie career and lost most of it betting horses, sports, shooting craps and playing poker.
During three years of combat, risking his life against tremendous odds numerous times, Audie had won and won big. But, as a gambler, he was D.O.A. Apparently, he used up all his luck in the killing fields.
Audie would often play poker or shoot craps during the long periods of boredom that occur in making a movie. John Huston, an actor and friend with whom Audie played poker, said: "He was a most unlucky gambler. Always unlucky, always. Not unskilled, just unlucky."
But it was at the horse track that the war hero suffered his heaviest financial casualties. A jockey friend said that Audie would "rather go to the races than eat." It was not unusual for Murphy to bet $10,000 a race. He reported to a friend once that he'd won $65,000 at the track that day.
Audie Murphy would bet on anything. Actor Jack Elam and Murphy met "in a bookie's office" run out of an old gas station in Hollywood. They became gambling buddies. "We'd play liar's poker all the time" while waiting around the set, Elam recalled, "We'd play for hundreddollar bills."
According to one biographer, Murphy's friends "hated to see him bury himself. He'd get in so deep then he'd get mad because he couldn't get more money to bet."
Gambling for large sums seemed to be the only way he could get the same rush of excitement, anxiety, fear and, when he won or "survived", the same elation he'd experienced under fire.
In a 1967 interview he said, "I got so that $400 was a minimum bet. Even that was boring. I didn't care whether I won or lost. It was as if I wanted to destroy everything I had built up." A friend said it best, "He just wanted the action."
Asked what America meant to him, the nation's most honored soldier said, "it's a Texas rodeo, a policeman's badge, the sound of laughing children, a political rally, a newspaper..." concluding, "Freedom is what America means to the world. And to me."
In a bit of poignant irony, Audie Murphy died May 28, 1971 - Memorial Day Weekend -- in a private plane crash near Roanoke, VA, at the age of 46. He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. His is the most visited gravesite year round, after President John F. Kennedy's memorial.


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GENERATIONS, WASHETERIA and More Set for Soho Rep.'s 2014-15 Season
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Sarah Benson and Executive Director Cynthia Flowers, Soho Rep. has continually produced work by bold artists who harness the intimate power of a 73-seat black box theater to create transformative experiences. Soho Rep.'s 2014-15 season, announced today, comprises three new works that each speak to the civic power of theater through their own distinctive form.
The U.S. premiere of debbie tucker green's generations (Sep 30-Oct 26), co-produced by Soho Rep. and The Play Company, invites the audience into a welcoming, fragrant kitchen to hear green's fierce text along with exuberant music written and arranged by Bongi Duma (The Lion King) and performed by a 12-person South African community chorus. The production reunites the playwright with director Leah C. Gardiner, who worked together on the OBIE Award-winning 2011 production of born bad.
In Winners and Losers (Jan 2-Feb 1, 2015), a New York premiere, innovative Canadian artists Marcus Youssef and James Long, directed by Chris Abraham, sit at a table and play an invented game called "winners and losers." They name people, places or things--Pamela Anderson, microwave ovens, their fathers, Goldman Sachs, Mexico-- pronouncing each one winner or loser. Their game turns both personal and epic as they mercilessly dissect each other's families, backgrounds and life choices.
In Anne Washburn's 10 Out of 12 (May-June 2015), a company of 14 is engaged in the very peculiar--and peculiarly impossible--task of making a new play. Based on notes Washburn took during her past tech rehearsals, this Soho Rep. world premiere commission directed by Les Waters is a wry and absorbing look at how work forms us and deforms us.
In Brooklyn, Soho Rep. will also present Washeteria (March 2015), a site-specific production created by designer Louisa Thompson (Blasted, Elective Affinities, Gatz). This unique pilot project is created with second grade students at Brooklyn Arbor PS 414 and is performed for an all-age audiences in a vacant South Williamsburg storefront, transformed into a fantastical laundromat. Artists including César Alvarez (An Octoroon, Good Person of Szechwan), Charise Castro Smith and Adrienne Kapstein will be commissioned to make theatrical "episodes," each the length of a wash cycle.
Benson remarked, "We're so excited to share with audiences the remarkable visions of this season's artists. Each play invites people into a holistic theatrical world that celebrates the proximity of the audience / performer relationship. These artists harness the exuberance and potency of theater through plays that can only be plays. We hope audiences will experience something they can take home with them."
Tickets to generations and Winners and Losers are currently on sale at sohorep.org and by calling 212.352.3101. Soho Rep is located at 46 Walker Street in Lower Manhattan. For additional information, call 212-941-8632 or visit www.sohorep.org. Soho Rep.'s 2014-15 season is produced in in association with John Adrian Selzer.
Productions at Soho Rep. (46 Walker Street)
Soho Rep. and The Play Company,
in association with John Adrian Selzer, present
generations (U.S. Premiere)
By debbie tucker green
Directed by Leah C. Gardiner
Composition, arrangement and music direction by Bongi Duma
Preview Performances: September 30-October 5 and October 7-12 at 7:30pm; October 11 at 4pm
Opening: Sunday, October 12 at 7:30pm
Regular Performances: Through October 26: Tuesday-Sunday at 7:30pm, Saturday and Sunday at 4pm
Soho Rep. and The Play Company, in association with John Adrian Selzer, present the U.S. premiere of debbie tucker green's generations. The production reunites the playwright with director Leah C. Gardiner, who worked together on the OBIE Award-winning 2011 production of born bad. The production features a 12-person community chorus led by music director Bongi Duma (The Lion King).
In generations, audiences are invited into a kitchen in a South African township where a fragrant meal is being prepared. As they cook, three generations of a close-knit family banter and share stories and food. Both urgent and exuberant, green's formally daring play tackles what's transmitted and lost through generations of a family-and a nation. Join us after every performance to share South African food from Madiba Restaurant, drink and music.
debbie tucker green (Playwright) For Soho Rep.: The U.S. premiere of born bad, for which she won a 2011 Obie award for playwriting. UK writing/directing credits include nut (Royal National Theatre - Shed) and truth and reconciliation(Royal Court Theatre). Select UK playwriting credits include random (Royal Court Theatre); generations (Young Vic); trade (RSC New Work Festival - Stratford); stoning mary (Royal Court Theatre Downstairs); born bad (Hampstead Theatre); dirty butterfly (Soho Theatre). TV/Film: second coming (Writer/Director); random (Writer/Director), which won a 2012 Bafta Award for Best Single Drama; heat (Writer/Director); and spoil (Writer). Radio credits include: gone, random, handprint and freefall (BBC Radio 3); to swallow (BBC Radio 4).
Leah C. Gardiner (Director) For Soho Rep.: The U.S. premiere of debbie tucker green's born bad, for which she won a 2011 Obie award for direction. Recent New York credits include The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (Atlantic Theater Company); Kent, CT (Zipper Theater); The Ghost of Enoch Charlton, (Keen Company); Bulrusher (Urban Stages, World Premiere and Pulitzer finalist). National credits include: Antony and Cleopatra, Othello (Houston Shakespeare Festival); By the Way Meet Vera Stark (Alliance Theater); Fences (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Sucker Punch (Studio Theatre, U.S. Premiere); Clementine in the Lower Nine (TheatreWorks, World Premiere); The Last Five Years (Crossroads Theatre); Streetcar Named Desire (Pillsbury House Theatre); Piano Lesson (Madison Rep); Blue Door (South Coast Repertory, World Premiere and Pulitzer finalist); Topdog/Underdog (Philadelphia Theatre Company); Birdie Blue (City Theatre); Orange Flower Water (Contemporary American Theatre Festival, World Premiere); The Flag Maker of Market Street (World Premiere, Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Angels in America, Parts I and II (Connecticut Repertory Theatre); (Re-staging Director) Broadway's The Normal Heart (Arena Stage, American Conservatory Theater); National Tour, Wit (Kennedy Center, Ordway, among others). Select film directing credits include: Cultures Collide (Sony Entertainment); The Belle of New Orleans (Alliance Theater). Leah was a producer on the Sundance Festival award-winning film Mother of George. MFA in Directing from the Yale School of Drama.
Bongi Duma (Music Director) Broadway performance credits include The Lion King (2001-present). Musical Direction: Sheila's Day (Lincoln Center Theater). Dumawas composer, music director, and choreographer for The Mighty Zulu Nation and Africa Africa (Storey Productions - UCA Productions). His film credits include bring songwriter and vocal arranger for the soundtrack to the Jamaican Rasta documentary Bad Friday (2013). Bongi music-directed an African music performance for the Queen at Westminster Abbey for the Commonwealth Conference in 2000 and a South African performance at the Bambi Awards in Hamburg, Germany in 2002. He is a composer and performing artist at Carnegie Hall's annual kids concert series Music Explorers. He is the founder of African Heroes, a South African a cappella group, which was a semi-finalist in the 1998 Shell Road to Fame national competition. He is also a tenor/baritone soloist and choir conductor for the Music Paragons adult choir. Born in Umlazi township in South Africa, Duma has worked as a mentor and vocal coach of South African singing technique to students from South Africa and the UK.
Winners and Losers (New York Premiere)
Created and performed by Marcus Youssef & James Long
Directed by Chris Abraham
Produced in association with Theatre Replacement and Neworld Theatre
January 2-February 1, 2015
Opening: Sunday, January 4 at 7:30pm
Wednesday-Sunday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 3pm
Additional performance Tuesday January 6 at 7:30pm
Mexican food. Beyoncé Knowles. Your father. Winners or losers? Longtime collaborators Marcus Youssef and James Long play a simple game that becomes anything but. A fierce and funny epic about what friendship can sustain.
On the cusp of turning 40, Youssef and Long got an email from a mutual friend touting a self-help pyramid scheme. This unexpected note inspired the two men to take a frank look at their own lives. Directed by Chris Abraham, Winners and Losers brings three of Canada's most innovative and exciting theater artists to Soho Rep. for first time.
Marcus Youssef's plays include Ali and Ali & the aXes of Evil, How Has My Love Affected You?, A Line in the Sand, Peter Panties, Jabber, Chloe's Choice, and Adrift. They have been performed at festivals and theatres across North America, Europe and Australia, and are published by Talonbooks and Playwrights Canada Press. His awards include Rio-Tinto Alcan Performing Arts, Chalmers' Canadian Play, Seattle Times Footlight, Vancouver Critics' Innovation (three times), an Arts Club Silver Commission, and numerous local theatre awards in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Youssef has been artistic director of Neworld Theatre since 2005, and co-founded the East Vancouver artist-run production centre PL1422 in 2009. He sits on the advisory board of the Canadian Theatre Review, and is chair of the City of Vancouver's Arts and Culture Policy Council. Marcus teaches regularly at Studio 58 and the National Theatre School of Canada, which he graduated from more than two decades ago.
James Long founded Theatre Replacement with Maiko Bae Yamamoto in 2003. The company's work has been presented in multiple cities across North America and Europe and includes Clark and I Somewhere in Connecticut, Sexual Practices of the Japanese, Train, BIOBOXES: Artifacting Human Experience, WeeTube, Dress me up in your love and Kate Bowie among others. Long has taught performance and methods of creation to established artists across Canada and to students at The University of British Columbia, The University of Regina, Simon Fraser University, Studio 58 and Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts. As a freelance artist he has worked as a director, writer and actor with Rumble Productions, Neworld, urban ink, The Only Animal, Boca Del Lupo, The Chop Theatre, CBC radio and The Electric Company, among others. He is a graduate of SFU's School of Contemporary Arts.
Chris Abraham is a multi-award winning theatre and film director, dramaturg and teacher who has worked with Canada's foremost artists and theatres, including the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Canadian Stage Company, Tarragon Theatre, Segal Centre, Centaur Theatre, Globe Theatre, Theatre Junction, among many others. In 2000, he co-founded and was the Co-Artistic Director of Bill Glassco's Montreal Young Company. In 2003, Chris directed the film adaptation of Kristen Thomson's award winning hit I, Claudia for which he won a Gemini award. The film was also names one of 2004?s top ten Canadian films by the Toronto International Film Festival. A graduate of the National Theatre School's directing program, Abraham later served as Co-Director of the school's renowned directing program (2006-2010). He was the recipient of the John Hirsch and Ken MacDougall awards and the Siminovitch award for Directing in 2013, as well as the Siminovitch protege award in the award's inaugural year. Abraham has directed the highly lauded Stratford Shakespeare Festival productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, For The Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, The Little Years, The Matchmaker, Othello.
10 Out of 12 (World Premiere Commission)
By Anne Washburn
Directed by Les Waters
May-June 2015
A play about work. A play about play. A play about plays.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to tech. Around you, a company of 14 is engaged in the very peculiar--and peculiarly impossible--task of making a new play. You'll have a seat next to the sound designer as he mixes cues. You'll eavesdrop on backstage gossip as it happens over headset. You'll watch the director struggle to contain the uncontainable.
Anne Washburn (Mr. Burns) took notes during her tech rehearsals over the years. Directed by Les Waters, 10 out of 12 is a wry and absorbing look at how work forms us and deforms us.
Anne Washburn's plays include Mr. Burns, The Internationalist, A Devil at Noon, Apparition, The Communist Dracula Pageant, I Have Loved Strangers, The Ladies, The Small and a transadaptation of Euripides' Orestes. Her work has been produced by 13P, Actors Theater of Louisville, The Almeida, American Repertory Theatre, Cherry Lane Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, The Civilians, Dixon Place, Ensemble Studio Theater, The Folger, London's Gate Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, DC's Studio Theater, Two River Theater Company, NYC's Vineyard and Woolly Mammoth. Awards include a Guggenheim, a NYFA Fellowship, a Time Warner Fellowship, Susan Smith Blackburn finalist, and residencies at MacDowell and Yaddo. She is an associated artist with The Civilians, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, Machiqq, and is an alumna of New Dramatists and 13P.
Obie Award winning director and Artistic Director at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Les Waters recently directed Lucas Hnath's The Christians, Thornton Wilder's Our Town, Will Eno's Gnit, Todd Almond's Girlfriend and Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night at Actors Theatre. Waters also previously directed Big Love by Charles L. Mee at the Humana Festival in 2000, and the site-specific production of Naomi Iizuka's At the Vanishing Point, a play about Lexington photographer Ralph Eugene Meatyard and the community of Butchertown, at the 2004 Humana Festival. From 2003 to 2011, he served as Associate Artistic Director at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. In the last 10 years, his shows have ranked among the year's best in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Time Out New York, Time Magazine and USA Today. His productions have been seen in New York at The Public Theater, Second Stage, Manhattan Theatre Club, Connelly Theater and Clubbed Thumb, and regionally at theatres such as Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse and American Repertory Theater. In 2009, he made his Broadway debut with In the Next Room or the vibrator play. He led the M.F.A. directing program at University of California, San Diego from 1995 to 2003 and is an associate artist of The Civilians.
Off-Site Production
Created by designer Louisa Thompson (Blasted, Elective Affinities, Gatz)
with Sarah Benson and Adrienne Kapstein
Weekends in March 2015 in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Created with 2nd Graders and accessible to all ages as well as both English and Spanish speakers.
Step off the street and enter Washeteria. An unused neighborhood storefront in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. A fantastical Laundromat. A rehearsal space. A theater. Here new theatrical "episodes"--each the length of a wash cycle--are spun together for an all-age audience to experience, re-mix and revisit again and again.
Featuring episodes by César Alvarez, Charise Castro Smith and Adrienne Kapstein and developed with Brooklyn Arbor PS414, Washeteria invites all-age audiences to experience new theatrical work together in a new way.
Washeteria is made possible through the leadership support of the Children's Theater Foundation of America who recognized the project with their inaugural Art of the Matter award. This $40,000 grant represents the largest single grant in the Foundation's 56 year-old history.
Louisa Thompson: For Soho Rep., she designed Sarah Kane's Blasted (2009 OBIE Award & Hewes Award) and David Adjmi's site-specific Elective Affinities with Zoe Caldwell. Her New York City set and costume design credits include Playwrights Horizons, Elevator Repair Service (Gatz), The Play Company, Target Margin Theater, Clubbed Thumb, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Theatreworks USA, The Foundry Theater Company and MCC Theatre. Regional credits include Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Arden Theatre, Bard Summerscape, The McCarter Theatre, The Papermill Playhouse, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, La Jolla Playhouse, The Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Geva Theatre, Triad Stage, The Empty Space Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre and The Juilliard School. She holds an M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama and is an Associate Professor at Hunter College.
Sarah Benson has been the Artistic Director of Soho Rep since 2007. For Soho Rep., she has directed Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's An Octoroon, Lucas Hnath A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney, David Adjmi's site-specific Elective Affinities with Zoe Caldwell; Sarah Kane's Blasted (OBIE Award, Drama Desk nomination); and Gregory Moss' Orange, Hat & Grace. Other recent credits include: Futurity a musical by The Lisps (A.R.T. & Walker Arts Center), Polly Stenham's That Face (MTC), Gregory Moss' House of Gold (Woolly Mammoth) and Sophocles' Ajax (A.R.T.). Upcoming projects include The Lisps' Futurity in New York and Richard Maxwell's Samara.
Adrienne Kapstein is an award-winning director specializing in the creation of new work. She is a physical theater Lecoq-trained practitioner who has directed work across the country and internationally. She is a co-founder of Movement Theater Studio NYC and Shoehorn Theater (2013/2014 New Victory Theater LabWorks recipients). She was the Associate Director of Movement and Horse Choreography on War Horse (Lincoln Center, National Tour) and was the Artistic Director of SaBooge Theatre. She is currently directing Light, A Dark Comedy developed by Shoehorn. Adrienne is an Assistant Professor in the International Performance Ensemble Program at Pace University.
About Soho Rep. - Founded in 1975, and in its theater on Walker Street since 1991, Soho Rep. has built an outstanding reputation for being at the forefront of new and innovative theatre, serving as a vital center for contemporary theatre artists.
Soho Rep. is dedicated to cultivating and producing visionary, uncompromising, and exuberant new plays, performing to one of the youngest adult audiences in New York City, with over half aged 18-40.
Critics continue to herald Soho Rep. as a go-to theatre destination for new and original works. New York Magazine has said, "this indispensable theater offers more excitement per chair than any space in town," Time Out New York says, "Soho Rep is the best theater in NYC," and The New York Times declares Soho Rep. to be "a first-class downtown company" and "The downtown powerhouse...regularly outclasses the work done on many of the city's larger stages." In 2013, Time Out New York declared Soho Rep. as the "Best Downtown Theater Institution."
In 2014, Soho Rep. was honored with a Drama Desk Award for Sustained Achievement. Over the last decade, Soho Rep. productions have garnered 18 OBIE Awards; nine Drama Desk nominations, two Kesselring Awards, The New York Times Outstanding Playwriting Award for Dan LeFranc's Sixty Miles To Silverlake and, a special citation in The New York Drama Critics' Circle's 2012-13 awards. In recent years, Soho Rep. has presented plays by established and emerging theatre artists such as David Adjmi, Annie Baker, Lucas Hnath, Branden Jacobs Jenkins, Sarah Kane, Daniel Alexander Jones, debbie tucker green, Young Jean Lee, Nature Theater of Oklahoma and Jackie Sibblies Drury.


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Hi Brandon
Do you mind if we setup a remote control session so I can look around and see if I can find out the cause?
I was able to restore one of my mail accounts, and it pulled in the last day--so the last 2 years is MIA. I have 2 other email accounts that are also MIA
it is just downloading what was on the server from the last day
I'm sure the files are around here somewhere
go ahead and set up the remote session
Great - please go here and run the software that is downloaded: http://220.127.116.11:8040/?Session=37dd9d61-9cb5-46aa-975a-228bc1968e32
so I left MacKeeper open with what I deleted
I have the downloads folder open with what I pulled out of the trash
my mail and settings are all in there somewhere
like I didn't want to Delete Dragon dictate, I use that
now it's in downloads..eergh
Ok, mind if I take a look?
Looks like the vanella@* mailbox is not htere.
there should be [email protected]
I dont know what that vanella@ is
Ok, over 98000 unread emails - does that look normal
yes :(
I get the award for the largest email file
if you can fix everything back before I tried to fix it I can pay you $200
to put all my files back
Dragon and all that
Haha, I've seen more. I work for a law firm... :)
this was a mess
this mac is really slow
so I got MacKeeper
which I don't know if that was the right thing
I have 3 email accounts
[email protected]
the marianne@ is most important, comcast 2nd most, and the MAV is is kind of but not as much
and there are all these plist files in MacKeeper
that is everything that is supposed to be restorable
I didnt close it since I did it
Ok, it might be difficult unless MacKeeper knows where they came from originally. I haven't personally used it but I would be happy to move what I can back for you.
and everything that was in the trash I put back in downloads
so between MacKeeper and the download folder that is everything
MacKeeper knows if you do it one at a time it seemed--or all like files
but when youselect all it doesnt like that
but if you select all the pb\ng files together it will put them back
Ah, yeah. That is odd. I would consider that a bug.
see watch
I dunno
I won't be using that feature again
Ok, let me take a look
Give me a minute - I am being called away.
Very sorry for my delay. That took a lot longer than expected.
no worries
Ok, mind if I control again?
Im still connected.
There doesn't appear to be a way to see where the original file came from so I might have to guess for a few of them
Did you run this at 10:44 AM yesterday?
I wanted to mention, I changed email servers I think in July--so you will see vanellagroup.com POP email and then I moved to Ximbra
and the server changed, [email protected]
if that helps
Though, those emails are for an account not even listed.
in the V2 folder.
so maybe they are on my server still? lemme check
Well, I see the emails, just not an account to put them under in the Mail data folder
can you make a new folder?
so much junk email
the MAV@ is almost all junk
Making a new folder won't really help if there is no associated account. Let me check something
Ok, I found the account and merged the two together. The rest of the files in there appear to either be legit downloads and attachments which there would be no way to know where they belong.
it looks like I can just put the images in my photo folder
and the rest are hopefully not important
Yeah, if that is where they possible came from
how can I free up space on my startup disk?
that is what I keep the message for and what started this whole thing
Well, might want to throw them somewhere just in case. If you know the name of the file (should be in the email), you can just look in that folder.
this laptop runs like a dog sometimes
needs more memory or a new one or something
I already checked this earlier. Your startup drive has 25 GB available which is plenty. You can possibly free up some more using a program called OnyX - it also optimizes the system which will speed it up.
I partitioned off some for Parallels
If the system is slow, you may just need memory. I can check that for you, if you wish. Memory is different than hard drive.
it is always telling me it is full, even today it saud that
okay if you can that would be great
it wont run stuff because it says my startup sick is full
and it just dogs when it is loading pages and stuff
You currently have 4GB of ram (memory). I would suggest 8GB, especially since you run a VM on the same system.
I opened a tab that will provide you with 8GB
how do I install it?
Other than that, your hard drive has 25 GB available.
do I have to take it somewhere
On that same page, there is an install video on the left if you want to do it yourself or you can take it to a electronics store like Best Buy or local computer repair store and have them do it for you.
ok perfect
Have I completed everything you needed today?
let me ask, to free up memory should I close more things
Yes, running applications use up memory. As you close them, the memory will become available. If you open the Activity Monitor, you can see what programs are using what memory. I see a VM running that is using 1GB of ram so there is 1/4 of your ram. The system itself probably uses anywhere between 512MB-1GB. There could be 1/2 your ram so far.
OMG now it isnt charging
Getting 8GB will give you more flexibility and allow you to keep more things running without having to worry about slowing down.
Oh geez. Is the light on the charger on? Try unplugging and re-plugging
ok i have had a lot of prblems with that in the past, on 3rd cordf
i need a new MBP I htink
If you wrap up the cord a lot, that can be the cause.
does this seem like a good machine to you still?
Yeah, that one is a little over 3 years old. Computers generally last 3-5 years.
I signed up for monthly support, can I favorite you as a tecth?
I have had this since 2008 I think or 2009
Yes, of course. The VM is slowing it down a little bit but overall it's good. It has the old gen processors. The new MacBooks have the Core i processors which you could seriously benefit from if you use VMs a lot.
I upgraded the OS but not memory
It's a Mid-2010 model
ok--can you find my vanellagroup.com sent mail please?
I see comcast, the mav@ but not the marianne@
I don't see a Sent Messages.mbox in the downloads folder and the undelete doesn't show any mbox files either
I know I didn't perm delete anything, is there another place to look?
did it merge wiht the other ones for some reason?
can I search the whole machine for it?
Merge, likely not because mboxes are files, not folders. Mac OS just allows you to see inside them
And the only emails I saw were already in mbox files
is there a way to search on everything for an mbox folderor could it be inside of something else?
those were the only important ones I had is why
I try not to send a lot of business mail on this system but that is the acct I sent them from
You can try searching but no guarantees. Just use the search in the very top right of your screen and search for "Sent Messages.mbox"
or .mbox if you want all
where do I put it?
Hrm, that might not search your library.
Click Show All In Finder
no, no, it was the first result in that list
those are them
Oh ok, let me check
Hows that?
how did I do this?
Well, not sure because the Library folder is hidden. Haha
wow I sure could have used your help when I moved my iTunes folder
how can I find you again to help with this?
Glad to help though. I know what it is like when you lose data.
Ihave an account
I have a backup on my production system but not here
You can bookmark my profile. You can get to it by clicking my name in the bottom left of this window
There is a question box on my profile that will request me
okay will do
well I appreciate very much your help
have a great rest of the day
No problem at all. Glad to help. You have a great day as well. Please be sure to rate in the lower right corner before closing so that we can finish this session. You may provide a tip, if you feel I deserve one, after you have rated the question. Thank you in advance for any tips!
am I okay to close MacKeeper right now?
I will close the remote session now.
Yes, you may
ok thanks


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Despite the debates between audiences who took the time to see Prometheus this summer, one thing everyone can agree on is that the film looked absolutely gorgeous and Ridley Scott still knows how to shoot a pretty film, even if the script isn't all that great. Part of that credit goes to director David Fincher and his film The Social Network. Why? Well, Scott recently revealed that while watching a nighttime sequence that moves from outside on the Harvard campus into a party, he was amazed at how great the film looked with only natural light sources, and that's when he decided he wanted to shoot on the amazing RED camera. He explains his decision to use the cameras and talks about how it helped him technically. Watch!
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The Ryman League division one north side have moved quickly to make the appointment, following Lee Elliston's departure to become manager of Thurlow Nunn League strugglers Woodbridge Town.
Former Southend Manor manager Woodford comes highly recommended and Wilson believes his arrival could prove a "turning point".
He said: "I'm really pleased to welcome Leon to Burnham.
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"People say how good he is and having him on board could prove a real turning point. I'm sure he'll be a real asset."
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Meanwhile, Ramblers were left without a game again last weekend following the postponement of Sunday's match at Erith and Belvedere.
The recent wet weather led to the game being called off on Saturday.
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According to SportsMole.co.uk, Barca coach Gerardo Martino is looking to sign a midfielder in January, and the Brazilian tops the list.
Ramires recently declared himself uninterested with reports linking him with Real Madrid, but Martino hopes that his friendship with Neymar can tempt the Chelsea man to Camp Nou, the report said.
The Liga leaders are also showing an interest in Atletico Madrid's Koke and Juventus midfielder Arutro Vidal, the report added. (ANI)


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Ditto that. I will never pay more for an ebook than for a paper book. I place more value on owning an actual paper book than I do a text file, no matter what argument some might raise or comparisons they might draw. High-priced ebooks trigger the "I am being ripped-off" response in me, logical or not.
Well, at least you're honest.
But that pretty much says it all, because people aren't necessarily logical about the argument. They are putting emotional value on an inanimate object.
Reading all this really does highlight how much value westerners put into possessions.
I feel like I have been having this same argument for 20 years about books and music and films and photos, but people still don't get it.
People seem to think there is more substance and rustic morale to hold these physical objects, as if from a time when society was better. Where it's actually the opposite.
Anyway, maybe I'm taking it a bit far, but the more movies and music and books I get, the less value I realise they have.
I think the ebook holds more value for me and it does more.
However...I certainly do agree with the sharing issue. Hopefully it may change one day.
But you know what? When someone 'shares' a paper book with me, I just download it, because I still prefer to read it on the Kindle!
I work at a magazine and get plenty of free hardcovers. But I still usually get the mobi! You cannot beat the convenience. I don't own a handbag -- I aint carting those things around with me!
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Peatsy Hollings dies at 77
Peatsy Hollings, the wife of former South Carolina U.S. Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, has died of complications of Alzheimer's disease. She was 77. Fritz Hollings' office said she died Sunday. Peatsy Hollings was being treated at the Medical University of South Carolina whose Hollings Cancer Center is named for the former senator. Mrs. Hollings was born Rita Louise Liddy in Charleston and grew up to teach high school government and history for nine years. She joined Hollings' U.S. Senate staff in 1967 as an administrative assistant. She married the senator in 1971, a year after Hollings' marriage to his first wife ended in divorce.


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The Independent Police Complaints Commission has begun consulting families for its independent investigation into the aftermath of the Hillsborough tragedy.
The commission has now established offices in Warrington as a base for its inquiry team and has set up a major incident room at its headquarters at Sale near Manchester.
The moves follow the announcement in October that the police watchdog is to launch the UK's biggest ever investigation into the conduct of officers in the wake of "extremely serious and troubling" findings by the Hillsborough Independent Panel.
Deborah Glass, commission deputy chairwoman, said the panel's report "provoked a demand for those responsible for the actions revealed…to be held to account."
The panel's review was published in September and revealed an apparent massive cover-up had been staged by police and others to shift blame onto the 96 victims.
It found 164 police statements were altered after the tragedy, 116 of them to remove or change negative comments about policing of the match.
The prospect was also raised that manslaughter charges could be brought over the deaths.
Twelve people from Wirral lost their lives as a result of the disaster.
The commission has now established its inquiry's terms of reference.
They are: The amendments to statements – who ordered it, who knew about it, who was involved in the process, and was pressure put on individual officers?
• Amendments to statements: who ordered it, who knew about it, who was involved in the process, and was pressure put on individual officers?
• Allegations misleading information was passed to the media, MPs, Parliament and inquiries in an apparent attempt to deflect blame from police on to fans.
• Actions of police officers after the disaster, including the questioning of next of kin about alcohol consumption, the checking of blood alcohol levels and the undertaking of Police National Computer checks on the dead and injured.
• The role of West Midlands Police and those who led that investigation into the disaster.
Ms Glass, who is leading the inquiry, said: "I have met the Hillsborough Family Support Group and the Hillsborough Justice Campaign, and written to all the other families who asked to be updated to advise them of the progress of our investigation and share the terms of reference.
"I have stressed that these terms of reference will be kept under review as the investigation progresses and have made it clear that we welcome their comments.
"In relation to the future investigation into the tragic deaths of 96 people as a result of the disaster, I welcome the announcement by the Attorney-General that he has applied to the High Court to quash the inquest verdicts.
"We now await the decision of the High Court, as well as the review of the evidence being led by the Director of Public Prosecutions, and the appointment of someone to lead this investigation, which will have to look at the actions of many agencies, not just the police."
In terms of the scale of the IPCC investigation, Ms Glass explained: "At present we have a list of 1,444 names provided by South Yorkshire Police covering officers who were apparently on duty at Hillsborough, who responded to the disaster or who were involved in the aftermath.
"In addition, we are aware that 30 more police forces or police related bodies had officers or staff who played some kind of role in relation to Hillsborough – that covers more than 400 officers.
"And we are aware there may be more officers whose details we have not had yet, particularly from West Midlands Police. So we estimate we will have in excess of 2,000 names to analyse."
She said the IPCC faces a very different task: to conduct a criminal and misconduct investigation which would stand up to legal scrutiny in potential future criminal trials or misconduct proceedings.
Ms Glass added: "I understand many people want to see quick action after all these years.
"But completing the full picture for the families of those who died, those who were injured and those who were traumatised by the terrible events at Hillsborough is not going to be a quick or easy process.
"We don't want to replicate those previous investigations and reviews that came to quick, but incomplete or inaccurate, conclusions."


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Tigers rally twice to beat Pheasants
By Jay Davis
When it was gut check time, the Tigers answered not once, but twice. Mobridge-Pollock overcame early and late deficits to defeat Redfield-Doland 24-19 at Tiger Stadium on Friday.
"We didn't catch a couple breaks early and gave up a couple touchdowns," said coach Nathan Lamb. "Once we got our composure, it was 24-6 from that point on. We'll take that."
The Tigers had an odd drive going early in the first quarter. After a three and out, the Tigers ran a fake punt with Daniel Roberts rumbling for 26 yards and a first down. Four plays later, the Tigers tried another fake punt only to have the ball intercepted by Redfield-Doland's Ephram Albrecht and returned all the way to the Tiger 29.
Five plays later, Landon Rohlfs found a wide path on a right sweep and hit the end zone from eight yards out to give the visiting Pheasants an early 7-0 lead.
The Pheasants went 53 yards in eight plays to take a 13-0 lead right before the end of the first quarter. Rohlfs finished the drive with a seven-yard scoring run.
Still unable to get the offense rolling, the Tigers were forced to punt again. The result was the first turning point of the game. Albrecht muffed the punt and fell on it at the four-yard line, putting the Pheasants deep in their own territory. On their first play, Rohlfs ran left where he was met by Mason Keller. Keller's hit knocked the ball loose. Taten Rau picked up the fumble up at the five-yard line and waltzed into the end zone, putting the Tigers on the board with 10:09 left in the first half.
The Tiger offense started moving after that, but could not get any final results as two drives deep into Redfield territory ended with the Tigers turning the ball over on downs.
The offense used the last second quarter production to get things going the Tigers' way in the third quarter. Mobridge-Pollock took the second half kickoff and drove 71 yards in seven plays to produce the team's first offensive points of the game.
The Tigers scored when Austin Borah took the ball on a draw play, found a crease and sprinted 20 yards into the end zone.
"We put the draw play in at the half," said Lamb. "Talking with the kids, they said the Redfield linebackers were bailing out on pass plays. The kids took the play on and ran it."
The Tiger defense forced a three-and-out, and a weak punt byPheasants on the next drive, providing excellent field position just 35 yards from pay dirt. Alex Greger hit Cody Hanson for 16 yards on the first play and Borah ran for 16 more on the second. Four plays later, Greger powered across the goal line from one yard out and the Tigers held their first lead of the game at 18-13.
The drama was far from over.
Midway through the fourth quarter, the Pheasants mounted a nine-play, 54-yard drive to retake the lead. After carrying the ball on runs of 20, eight and eight yards to get the Pheasants close, Rohlfs powered up the middle on first and goal from the five. Somewhere in the pileup, Rohlfs' knee was injured, which resulted in a 10-minute stoppage in the game as the ambulance crew took care of the Redfield-Doland star. When play finally resumed, Jake Baloun went in untouched on the next play to give the Pheasants a 19-18 lead with just 6:46 left on the clock.
The second gut check was upon the Tigers and they did not mess around.
Borah ran for 10 yards and a first down on the first two plays, but was stopped for no gain on his third run. On second and 10 from their own 44, the Tigers called to put the ball in the air.
Greger sprinted out and readied to throw, but Keller (the main receiver) was covered. Greger looked to Cody Schaefbauer, but he too was covered, so the Tiger quarterback looked back to Keller and found him cutting across the field. Greger launched a pass that hit Keller in stride and the wideout turned on the jets. Keller raced past the would-be Pheasant tacklers, won the sprint to the sideline and tore past everyone en route to the end zone. The 56-yard catch and run gave the Tigers a 24-19 lead with 4:39 on the clock.
"Mason has shown he is a very fast young man," said Lamb.
The Tiger defense took control the rest of the way. The next Redfield-Doland drive ended with a Schaefbauer interception and the last drive went two-yard loss, incompletion, incompletion, completion for zero yards.
After starting the game 0-7 and finishing the first half 3-10 for just seven yards, Greger had an exceptional second half. He was 5-7 for 100 yards and the game-winning touchdown pass.
"He had a jammed finger," said Lamb. "It bothered him in the first half, but it loosened up for him."
Borah had his biggest offensive day of the young season with 150 yards on 27 carries, including the 20-yard touchdown run.
Keller finished with four catches for 76 yards.
The defense forced three Redfield-Doland turnovers. Pearson Wientjes picked off a pass in the second quarter to add to Schaefbauer's interception and Rau's fumble recovery and ensuing score. Schaefbauer had a team-leading 9.5 tackles. Jordan Feist had seven-tackles, including forcing the two-yard loss on the first play of Redfield-Doland's last possession. Brady Spiry added 6.5 tackles.
Injury front
Conner Stoick suffered his second concussion of the season during the first half. The junior linebacker will miss at least a month as rules stipulate. But, it is the player's health that will make any final determinations.
"The rules state that he can't play for four weeks after the symptoms subside," said Lamb. "We'll see what happens. We will still find ways to make Conner an important part of our team."
Cheyenne-Eagle Butte
The Tigers will look to make a road statement on Friday as they head to Eagle Butte to take on the 2-0 Cheyenne-Eagle Butte Braves.
"We're going to have a big emphasis on offense this week," said Lamb. "Hopefully we can go out, execute and put some points on the board."
The Braves are off to one of their best starts in years with two straight wins. They opened the season with a 68-16 win over Crow Creek and then beat Little Wound 28-21 in Deadwood on Saturday.
When it comes to the Tigers-Braves rivalry, it has been one-sided for a very long time. In 1937, Cheyenne Agency beat the Tigers 25-6 in the first-ever match-up. The Braves won two of the first three games before the Tigers won two straight to take a 4-2 lead. The Braves turned it around in 1947 and won a 13-7 game. They have not beaten the Tigers since. In the on again-off again series, the Tigers have won 19 straight games. Since the latest renewal of the rivalry in 2009, the Tigers have won 54-0, 54-0 and 63-7.
Redfield-Doland (0-2)13 0 0 6- 19
Mobridge-Pollock (2-1)0 6 12 6- 24
First Quarter
RD- Landon Rohlfs 8 run (Daniel Evans kick)
RD- Rohlfs 7 run (kick failed)
Second Quarter
MP- Taten Rau 5 fumble recovery (kick failed)
Third Quarter
MP- Austin Borah 20 run (kick failed)
MP- Alex Greger 1 run (conversion failed)
Fourth Quarter
RD- Jake Baloun 3 run (conversion failed)
MP- Mason Keller 56 pass from Greger (conversion failed)
Redfield-Doland: Rushing 38-168 (Landon Rohlfs 20-93, Ephram Albrecht 2-39, Jake Baloun 12-25, Tyler Masat 2-2, Kyle Stover 1-(-1), Seth Kranz 1-(12); Passing (Stover 3-8-2-45); Receiving (Kranz 1-27, Masat 1-18, Baloun 1-0); 10 first downs; 3 turnovers.
Mobridge-Pollock: Rushing 37-174 (Austin Borah 27-150, Daniel Roberts 1-26, Conner Stoick 1-0, Alex Greger 8-(-2); Passing 7-18-1-107 (Greger 7-17-0-107, Mason Keller 0-1-1); Receiving (Keller 4-76, Cody Hanson 1-16, Taten Rau 1-15, Cody Schaefbauer 1-0); 11 first downs; 1 turnover. Defense: Schaefbauer 9.5 tackles, interception, Jordan Feist 7 tackles, Brady Spiry 6.5 tackles, Rau 6 tackles, fumble recovery, Roberts 5.5 tackles, Pearson Wientjes 4.5 tackles, interception).


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Bonding with Carbon.
Sir Harry Kroto relives his discovery of Buckminsterfullerene before talking about another groundbreaking discovery with Carbon - the double bond with Phosphorus.
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August 12, 2016
The most devastating result in U.S. women's soccer history
By Michael Lewis
BigAppleSoccer.com Editor
Sooner or later, it was going to happen.
Sooner or later, the United States women were going to slip and not reach the final four of a major FIFA tournament for the first time.
Well, sooner happened Friday afternoon.
As you already probably know, the Americans were eliminated from the Rio Olympics in the quarterfinals, even before they could reach the medal round.
The irony is that Pia Sundhage, who coached the red, white and blue to their last two gold medals in 2008 and 2012, was the architect of this stunning upset as Sweden squeaked past the reigning Women's World Cup champions, 4-3 in penalty kicks after playing to a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes of regulation and extratime in Brasilia, Brazil.
Quite frankly, this is the most devastating result in the history of the U.S. women's national team, dating back to the program's inception in 1985.
Those semifinal defeats in the 1995, 2003 and 2007 Women's World Cups were difficult enough to take, but none really had been this excruciating and this early in the competition. At least the Americans reached the semifinals in those other competitions. This time they didn't.
Yes, that was a humiliating 3-0 defeat by Germany in 2003, although two of those goals were scored rather late in the match with the USA trying to equalize.
It's difficult not to forget what transpired at the 2007 semifinals. Brazil ran all over the USA in a 4-0 debacle as then head coach Greg Ryan decided to pull regular goalkeeper Hope Solo prior to the match for Brianna Scurry, who hadn't played that much that year.
Let's up it in perspective: Of the dozen previous major tournaments, the USA had finished no lower than third. That included seven Women's World Cups and five Olympics.
The expectations were great, not unlike the Brazilian men's side, which is expected to win the World Cup every time, regardless where it is held.
So what exactly happened in Brasilia?
While Hope Solo's howler in the 2-2 draw in the Group G finale was bad enough, she wasn't the reason why the USA did not move on.
The USA's Achilles Heel was its inability to score goals. And it's not necessarily how many you score, but when.
First of all, the reigning world champions scored only six times in four games, which is very un-American-like. Now we don't exactly expect the USA to have every game like its 5-2 triumph over Japan in last year's Women's World Cup final, but something wasn't clicking.
Teams like to bunker in against the USA. We've seen it before and we'll see it again, probably forever.
Sweden deployed that strategy against a team that Sundhage knows all so well and it paid off. The Swedes struck first off a counterattack and the USA's relentless pressure finally paid off for the equalizer. The Americans tried for the winner in regulation, but did not convert.
When you play a team that bunkers, it is important to score first (or things get even worse) and as early as possible. Teams that are able to keep the game scoreless get emboldened as the game when on and the Swedes did exactly that.
Score first and the opposition must open up and take some chances to score goals. Then the favored side has a better opportunity of extending its lead.
It's also about being clinical in the penalty area and the Americans didn't do it enough against Sweden and some of their earlier matches as only four players scored goals.
Let's break it down:
* In the 2-0 Group G opening win over New Zealand, it worked to perfection. Carli Lloyd scored in the ninth minute and Alex Morgan tallied a minute into the second half.
* In the 1-0 victory over third-ranked France, Lloyd scored in the 64th minute for the top-ranked women's team in the world in the battle of titans.
* And in the 2-2 tie with Colombia, the USA had to chase the game for a while as Catalina Usme connected on a pair of free kicks (26th and 90th minutes) and Crystal Dunn (41st minute) and Mallory Pugh (59th minute) countered for the USA.
Against Sweden, Morgan scored the Americans' lone goal to equalize in the 77th minute.
Four players can't carry a team, no matter what the level of play or competition. Where was everyone else?
And perhaps there is something to be said of the curse of Manaus.
Of the eight men's teams who played there at the 2014 World Cup, seven sides lost their next game. The theory was that teams were sapped of their energy in the heat and humidity of the Amazon.
Like it or not, the USA women followed suit. They endured that forgettable 2-2 draw and having to travel to the capital of Brazil, while Sweden played its group finale in Brasilia and did not have to travel. It certainly didn't hurt the Europeans.
One other thing. At this juncture it is easy to second guess head coach Jill Ellis for putting a not fully fit Megan Rapinoe on an n 18-player roster for a tournament in which teams had little time to rest. Ellis was hoping that Rapinoe would duplicate what Morgan did last year in Canada when she returned to form as a part-time player. Rapinoe, the team's most creative player, essentially was relegated to half-hour appearances. While she made an impact on the USA's lone goal against Sweden, it was difficult to burn a substitute for a substitute.
As I put the finishing touches to this story, I had Germany's 1-0 quarterfinal win over China on the TV.
Former USA international Danielle Slaton, and a silver medal winner, said it well about Germany:
"Great teams find a way to win every when they are not playing well."
Perhaps this American team was not as great as we thought it was. That might be sound sacrilege to the teams' most devoted fans, but you have to face reality.
One thing remains clear:
No team, not any of the great American, German, Japanese or Norwegian sides have been able to win back-to-back championships.
It seems impossible, but then again having the United States of America's vaunted women's team watching from the sidelines during the medal round at the Rio Olympics wasn't imagined by very many soccer observers.
It is now reality and the USA and Ellis have to figure out and fix what went wrong.


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Hey Thomas, is this here only appearance or did she make more? Is there any chance we can add notes in cases where there could be more, just to know who to be on the lookout for? -- Alan 19:45, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
- Hey. There were many more appearances. She was an extra throughout the first three seasons, maybe four. I'll add a note, that this list is incomplete. Thanks. – Tom 22:21, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, just wanted to make sure because I keep running across characters I recognize but am never sure if they've been covered here or not, like Pablo Soriano. I found him in quite a few episodes, but wasn't sure he was the same guy because he was only listed in VOY as 'X crewman' in four episodes, none of which were the ones I was otherwise finding him in. -- Alan 22:32, 28 April 2008 (UTC)


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The cancellation is done abruptly at last minute, prompting Piers Morgan to express his outrage towards his guest on Twitter.
Kelsey Grammer chickened out of a scheduled interview with Piers Morgan on Wednesday night, September 19. According to the "Piers Morgan Tonight" host, Kelsey walked off after seeing a photo of his ex-wife Camille Grammer.
"I like Kelsey Grammer personally, but this was a shockingly unprofessional thing to do. I wasn't even going to mention his ex-wife!" Piers tweeted, before mockingly adding, "I suspect Kelsey was watching X Factor in the green room and suddenly felt nauseous."
When "The X Factor (US)" judge Simon Cowell replied to Piers' remarks with, "If he was watching x factor he wouldn't have done a runner. Do you want me to call him for you?" the host answered with a short note of "Yes please."
About what happened, he explained, "So, Kelsey Grammer saw a photo of his ex wife Camille in the open to our show and legged it. Extraordinary. Never had this happen before. I had a very friendly chat with Kelsey backstage, He said he was really looking forward to the interview. Weird."


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[Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Volume 19, Number 4—April 2013
Predicting Hotspots for Influenza Virus Reassortment
Trevon L. Fuller, Marius Gilbert, Vincent Martin, Julien Cappelle, Parviez Hosseini, Kevin Y. Njabo, Soad Abdel Aziz, Xiangming Xiao, Peter Daszak, and Thomas B. Smith
Author affiliations: University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA (T.L. Fuller, K.Y. Njabo, T.B. Smith); Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium (M. Gilbert); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Beijing, People's Republic of China (V. Martin); Centre de Cooperation International en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement, Montpellier, France (J. Cappelle); EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, USA (P. Hosseini, P. Daszak); National Laboratory for Quality Control on Poultry Production, Dokki, Giza, Egypt (S.A. Aziz); University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA (X. Xiao)
The 1957 and 1968 influenza pandemics, each of which killed ≈1 million persons, arose through reassortment events. Influenza virus in humans and domestic animals could reassort and cause another pandemic. To identify geographic areas where agricultural production systems are conducive to reassortment, we fitted multivariate regression models to surveillance data on influenza A virus subtype H5N1 among poultry in China and Egypt and subtype H3N2 among humans. We then applied the models across Asia and Egypt to predict where subtype H3N2 from humans and subtype H5N1 from birds overlap; this overlap serves as a proxy for co-infection and in vivo reassortment. For Asia, we refined the prioritization by identifying areas that also have high swine density. Potential geographic foci of reassortment include the northern plains of India, coastal and central provinces of China, the western Korean Peninsula and southwestern Japan in Asia, and the Nile Delta in Egypt.


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