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Nearly 80% of American workers would rather receive a great holiday gift than have an office party, according to the 2013 Holiday Business Gift Survey released this week by Lands' End Business Outfitters (asi/250566). The percentage of employees preferring a holiday gift grew 12% compared to one year ago.
"The holidays are a natural time to recognize employees and business partners with a thoughtful gift," said Carl Atwell, senior vice president of Lands' End Business Outfitters. "Our survey shows that people really appreciate those gifts."
According to the survey, the best time for corporate gift shopping is now through November 30 – a window of time that distributors can take advantage of. "I think budgets are loosening and employers are shifting their focus to recognizing and thanking their employees during the holiday season," said Jim Guarnera, national account director with 2020 Promotions, Inc. (asi/170720).
For the holidays, data shows that many employers (42%) prefer to give workers apparel, with gift cards (28%) and bags/totes (27%) close behind. Yet, 45% of employees prefer to receive a holiday cash bonus, followed by gift cards (23%) and apparel (11%).
While employees value cash as gifts, Linda Stevens, owner of LS Enterprises (asi/246865), has had success providing staff gifts like logoed vests, zip-up hooded sweatshirts, duffel bags and blankets. "Employees like cash, yes, but as we all know, it is spent and there is nothing tangible," she said. "Their employees are proud of the articles they receive."


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Broadway Sessions Celebrates Musical Director Joshua Stephen Kartes' Birthday, 9/13
BROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron (Bway Wicked, Aida and Footloose) and features musical director Joshua Stephen Kartes on piano.
This Thursday, September 13th, Broadway Sessions will celebrate the birthday of resident musical director Joshua Stephen Kartes. The evening will feature performances by some of Kartes' favorite singers.
Scheduled to perform are Eric Michael Krop (Godspell), Michelle Dowdy (Hairspray), Corey Mach (Godspell), Russell Fischer (Jersey Boys), Molly Pope, Colleen Harris, Anthony Fett, Brandon Cuttrell, host Ben Cameron (Wicked) and more. The evening will also feature performances by singer/actor Crystal Mosser. Open Mic party follows the show til 2 am.
Broadway Sessions takes place every Thursday evening at The Laurie Beechman Theater inside The West Bank Café located at 407 West 42nd Street (corner of 42nd Street and 9th Avenue). Call 212-695-6909. Doors open at 10:30 pm with showtime at 11pm and musical theater open mic party goes til 2 am. $5 drink specials all night. $5 cover includes a donation to Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights Aids. For more information, visit www.BroadwaySessions.net.

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£950 IPad Cartoon Game
April 23, 2012 by staff
£950 IPad Cartoon Game, Boy of six blows £950 of parents' money playing iPad cartoon game, Jake Sadler managed to fritter the money on "pretend gold" to play Zombie Takeover, Astronomical bill: Jake Sadler with the iPad he ran up a £950 debt on
He looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth… but this little boy spent almost £1,000 playing an online cartoon game.
Six-year-old Jake Sadler managed to fritter the money on "pretend gold" to play Zombie Takeover on his mum's iPad.
His shocked parents only discovered what he'd been up to after their bank's fraud team rang over concerns about "unusual activity" on their account.
More than £950 had been spent in just 30 minutes.
Last night Jake's mum Gemma, 31, a nursing support assistant, said: "We had no idea the money was even going out of our account until the bank rang us.
"When we looked at our account and found such a large amount missing I felt absolutely sick."
Gemma and husband Martin, 34, an electronics assembler, from Portsmouth, at first feared they were victims of an elaborate sting.
'Unusual activity': Jake with his mum Gemma and brother Luke
But it was then that they saw Jake sitting in the corner with Gemma's iPad.
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5- or 6-Day Bathroom Remodel: Part 2 – Paint
In my last post, I took on a bathroom refresh that was intended to be a quick update, maybe a faucet…some paint…and I'm out. But as I peeled the onion, I realized the previous owner of the home did some pretty shoddy work—I saw my one-day refresh turn into a remodel. Stripping wallpaper, patching drywall, … Continue Reading


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Welcome, April Bookseller+Publisher magazine. We hope you enjoyed your trip from the printers. You really are a most delightful-looking publication. And what's that you say? You contain 45 reviews of yet-to-be-published forthcoming Australian books? Well aren't you just the best thing since sliced bread. (PS, you smell pretty good too.)
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Our dark and private spaces
Citing the rise of text-based social interactions such as Facebook and Twitter, Margaret Simons made the point at last night's first official 'Meanland' event, that 'text is everywhere, there is more text being used than ever before'. Like fellow panelist Sherman Young (The Book is Dead, Long Live the Book), she predicted that ereading would soon be widespread. 'In 10 years most of our reading will be on ereaders', with coffee table and children's picture books remaining in print, along with 'precious' books: 'I have no intention of throwing out my Jane Austen collection.'
None on the panel, which also included Marieke Hardy and Peter Craven, doubted that ereading would soon be upon us (Simons herself thinks 'you'll see ereaders everywhere by the end of the year'); the question that remained was whether reading on a screen would change what we read or the way we create.
Sherman doesn't believe 'screens will make us do things … that paper doesn't'. So long as we still write and publish it, we will still be reading long-form fiction. But Simons didn't seem so sure we would remain unchanged by the digital age. Social networking and developments like the forthcoming Google Wave are enabling a public collaborative process that may dilute our sense of the author, she suggested. Reading and writing 'becomes less private'.
Authors on Twitter update followers on their works in progress, responses altering the work. Blogging authors invite readers to help decide the fate of their characters. The idea of collaboration in fiction writing is at least as old as, well, the word editor, I suppose, but Simons was suggesting something more dispersed than that–and that new technology was hastening it. We are in danger, she says, of 'losing our dark and private spaces'. Fellow-panellist Hardy exhorted writers to ensure they were not being 'watered down' by their social networking, urging creators to be 'light online' but complex in their works Continue reading
Bestsellers: The undead are alive and well
The vampires fight back! Proving vamps have a way to go before we're all thoroughly sick of them, Hourglass by Claudia Gray has overtaken the three Stieg Larsson titles this week in the Nielsen BookScan Bestsellers chart–appearing at number one, the book is also this week's 'fastest mover'. Peter Lerangis' The Viper's Nest is top of the Highest New Entry chart followed by Original Sin by Allison Brennan—Weekly Book Newsletter.
Hey there good-lookin': our best covers of the year?
Are these the best Australian book covers you've seen in the past year? The Australian Publishers Association seems to think so—each of these books have been shortlisted in the 'best designed cover of the year' category for this year's Book Design Awards.
The titles in the running in this and several other 'best designed' categories have been shortlisted from more than 420 entries (you can read the shortlists here), with the winners to be announced during the Sydney Writers' Festival on 20 May. What do you think? Are there any particular titles you think have missed out?
Among those shortlisted for the best designed YA book is Liar (designed by Bruno Herfst for A&U in Australia). The US cover for the book drew a lot of criticism last year for depicting a white girl when the book's character Micah describes herself as black. After much criticism the book was released with a new cover design.
And on the subject of covers, what do you think of the new one for Michael Meehan's Below the Styx (A&U)? When we reviewed the book in the March issue of Bookseller+Publisher, the artwork submitted to run with the review was the cover you can see below left. But, as sometimes happens given our long lead-times and pre-publication reviews, the design has since been changed and Meehan's book will be launched at Adelaide Writers Week with the cover on the right. Which do you like better?
Interview: Foz Meadows on Solace and Grief (Hybrid Publishers)
Self-proclaimed geek and first-time novelist Foz Meadows speaks to Kate O'Donnell about Solace and Grief, her young adult urban fantasy.
Solace and Grief, in spite of its gothic appearance and dramatic plot, is also a very funny story with witty characters. Was it hard to find a balance of light and dark?
Yes, at times. Whenever I'm writing a tense or emotional scene, it feels like there are three different writers in me vying for control—a dramatist longing for tragedy, a closet romantic, and a comedian who looks for the humour in everything. And I do mean that literally. When I was 13 or so, I took it into my head to give names, faces and distinct character attributes to three different parts of my personality, and 10 years later, it's still hard to resist thinking of myself in those terms, especially when writing. In that sense, then, the balance of the story is a bit like the balance of my personality—skewed. I have to fight with myself on multiple fronts. At the same time, humour often creeps in unannounced, but in ways which, once I notice, feel completely natural. I've always had a healthy appreciation for irony and the absurd—the original Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series is one of my favourite things in the entire universe—because life is so rarely a straight-up choice between laughter and seriousness. More often, the two are blended together; poignancy is a mix of different emotions, not an absolute state. Reality seldom misses an opportunity to tromp all over the drama of human existence with the Gumboots of Inopportune Timing, so why should fantasy be any different?
The top five most-mentioned
The top five books in Media Extra's Most Mentioned chart all received the same amount of mentions this weekend. This included two bushfire-related titles. Jane O'Connor's Without Warning: One Woman's Story of Surviving Black Saturday recounts her experience of the devastating fires in Victoria recently and Danielle Clode's A Future in Flames also features stories from bushfire survivors. Also on the chart was Joanne Horniman's new young adult novel About a Girl, a love story between two young women, while Andrea Levy's The Long Song explores the life of July, a slave girl living on a sugar plantation in Jamaica. Diana Patterson also received a few mentions for her book The Ice Beneath My Feet: My Year in Antarctica—Media Extra.
Be prepared
So the March issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine reached subscribers a couple of weeks ago (looking delightful, if we do say so) and among the goodies inside were 59 reviews of as-yet-unpublished Australian and New Zealand titles. Of course, to read them all you'd have to get your hands on a copy of the mag, but because we're generous folk, we thought we'd give Fancy Goods readers a heads up on a few of the titles among those that got four stars and above from our reviewers this issue. And they would be: Below the Styx (Michael Meehan, A&U, March); The River: A Journey through the Murray-Darling Basin (Chris Hammer, MUP, March); Gravel (Peter Goldsworthy, Hamish Hamilton, March); Malcolm Fraser: Enduring Liberal (Malcolm Fraser & Margaret Simons, Miegunyah, March); Stormlord Rising (Glenda Larke, Voyager, March) and Reading by Moonlight: How Books Saved a Life (Brenda Walker, Hamish Hamilton, April). Any of these take your fancy?
[Edit: Oh, and you can read one of the stories from Gravel here.]
Literary iPhone apps: bite-sized, pocket-sized and with Shakespeare to go
As someone who takes every opportunity to read, I'm usually distraught when I've forgotten to put a book in my bag in the morning. Not anymore. I got my iPhone a few months ago and have discovered plenty of cheap, quality reading material to peruse on lunch breaks, on public transport, and at home in bed.
My favourite literary app so far is the American journal Electric Literature. I bought Issue 1 ($5.99) because I love the work of Michael Cunningham—and there is an extract from his upcoming novel in the issue. The other authors I hadn't yet heard of, but enjoyed their stories. They are T Cooper, Lydia Millet, Jim Shepard and Diana Wagman. Looking at my phone now, I discovered that along with an update for the app, Issue 2 has found its way onto my phone. Colson Whitehead—woo! And Stephen O'Connor to round it out. Issue 3 is also available.
American journal McSweeney's also has an app, which updates itself with bonus material from the website and print journal. McSweeney's content is highly entertaining. I recently read a conversation between author/artist/film director Miranda July and actor/aspiring writer James Franco. Available also is a short story by Wells Tower, an interview with Francis Ford Coppola, comics, and plenty of digestible nonfiction and humour titbits.
What's it like reading on the iPhone? After a few pages I don't notice the weeny screen. That said, I don't think I'd read a whole novel… Short stories, which I love anyway, are perfect for reading on a device. The apps remember where you're up to in the text, and you can make adjustments to the screen with text and colours Continue reading
Digital dilemmas: think like a reader
This has been quite a week for the Australian publishing industry, with the Revolution in Digital Publishing seminars held in Melbourne on Monday and Sydney on Wednesday, and additional 'digital chat' sessions with special guests on the Tuesday and Thursday morning in each city. (You can read our Weekly Book Newsletter reports here and here and see what the Twitterverse was saying here.)
All the events have attracted hundreds of delegates—the Melbourne session that I attended filled the State Library's auditorium to standing room (well, for the morning keynotes—Faber's Stephen Page and Bloomsbury's Richard Charkin, pictured—at least …)
These days were organized under the aegis of the Australian Publishers Association's excellent professional training program, so it's not surprising—and is right and proper—that the focus was on informing *publishers* about how digitisation is rapidly changing their world.
But considered from a wider book industry point of view, it was disappointing how little consideration was given to retailers, readers and authors, and how much of the talk was about reassuring publishers that digital was 'same but different'—it's just another format, it will operate within existing territorial copyright conditions, it won't change rights sales, etc.
There was a real need for a contrary voice on the program, someone with radically different opinions on digital rights management (DRM); the future of copyright; and the rapidly changing relationships between creators, publishers, retailers and readers Continue reading
Bestsellers: Now with extra caffeine
So Bookseller+Publisher Online editor Matthia Dempsey spent this Christmas to New Year break surrounded by family members who were all reading Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. Actually, competitive reading it—the holiday house containing only one copy of the final book they had collectively decided that whoever finished The Girl Who Played With Fire first would be allowed to start on the single copy of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. (A tough strategic dilemma really—read fast and you could win the prize, but you also risked finishing second with no Larsson left to read at all…)
Larsson's series has taken out the trifecta in this week's Nielsen BookScan bestseller charts, so Matthia's relatives aren't alone in their obsession. All well and good. But tell us this: has anyone else noticed how much coffee is consumed in the series? It was all Matthia's mother could comment on (and she did, regularly). So our query is this—could someone take a look at coffee sales since the Larsson craze began? We wouldn't be surprised to find some kind of correlation…
Also on this week's Nielsen BookScan charts, as reported by the Weekly Book Newsletter, were Erica Spindler's Blood Vines is number one in the Highest New Entries chart, followed by Sapphire's Precious (the film of the same name having something to do with this no doubt)—Weekly Book Newsletter.


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" Brand: Miss KG / Type: Sandals "
I saw these on ASOS when I was browsing through there Miss KG selection and the design of the shoes grabbed my attention. I am very fond of peeptoes and strappy sandals. Initially I was not going to get them but then I decided that because I shall be going on holiday soonish I should get them. I can't do last minute shopping because I need to know that I have done everything in advance otherwise I panic.
These have a very slight wedge so they aren't completely flat. They are a mix of matte gold and black which really works well together. The sandals are strappy as in they have horizontal gold lines across the shoe up to the ankle. There is a single black band in the middle that gives the shoes definition and style. The black band is made from a textile material which basically means it is made from a fabric and I do find that it does attract dust and small particles. This can make the shoes look a little old and it may look like wear and tear even though they have been once or twice.
The gold bands are made from a rubbery material and if you feel them they do feel like rubber. The soles feel quite hard and stiff. When I put them it feels like I am walking on a very thin carpet that has been worn down. It does feel comfortable and I haven't experience any pain from wearing them for long periods, it's just that I think they could have made the soles more comfortable than they are. There is a zip on the back at the ankle which can be unzipped to get into the shoes.
I bought these from ASOS and I got 20% because of my brothers NUS card so I paid a reasonable £44.00 (£55.00 normal price). They are very simple but I like the simplicity of the shoes which is what I really need for when I go on the beach. These are also available from Debenhams and Kurt Geiger stores but they are slightly more expensive at £60.


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The listed Abacus Property Group has struck a joint venture with multi-national real estate investment management firm Heitman LLC to invest in core-plus office, retail and industrial properties in major Australian gateway cities.
The pair will contribute equity of up to $266 million in coming years with the aim of expanding assets to about $600 million.
Heitman, on behalf of a global institutional investor, will provide 75 per cent of the equity and Abacus will provide the remaining 25 per cent.
The pair's first move will be to buy an office building at 32 Walker St, North Sydney, for $35.6 million. The price for the 13 level A-grade property opposite North Sydney train station represents an initial yield of 9.6 per cent per annum.
The property comprises 6,619 sq m of net lettable area including 12 levels of office accommodation and the Station Hotel on the ground floor. It is nearly fully occupied and has a weighted average lease expiry of about three years.
Abacus will provide local property management services to the venture and share managing the assets with Heitman.
Abacus executive Frank Wolf said the group was "extremely pleased to be announcing the formation of a new joint venture with Heitman".
Abacus is focused on core-plus assets with value add characteristics and its new backer will give it the capital to pick up opportunities in the still recovering market.
Heitman chief executive Maury Tognarelli said the group viewed the venture "as an attractive opportunity to continue our global expansion by replicating our 30-year experience investing with strong joint venture partners".
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COLUMBIA, Ill. (CBS/AP) "Punished" and "whore paid," those are the messages spray-painted in red on the walls of the Coleman house, according to a lawyer representing Sheri Coleman's family, the News Democrat is reporting.
The revelations came after Sheri Coleman's brother Mario Weiss, her cousin, Enrico Mirabelli, and the attorney, Jack Carey, spent 45 minutes inside the Coleman home on Tuesday.
Hours earlier, Carey had filed a wrongful death suit against Christopher Coleman on behalf of Sheri Coleman's mother, Angela DeCicco, and Weiss.
Sheri Coleman and her two sons, Garett, 11, and Gavin, 9, were found strangled to death in their Columbia, Ill. home on May 5. Christopher Coleman, Sheri's husband and father to the boys, is being held on first-degree murder charges. He has pled not guilty.
Attorneys say the lawsuit is meant at least partly to keep Chris
Coleman from selling the home.
The lawyers separately were granted a temporary restraining order allowing Sheri Coleman's relatives access to the home, which they sought so the family could collect photos and other personal items.
On Friday, the News Democrat reported that Dr. Michael Baden, famed pathologist and star of the HBO program, "Autopsy: Postmortem with Dr. Baden" was asked by police to review material related to the triple murders.


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Burned (Hardcover)
Burned, the twelfth installment in Sara Shepard's YA Pretty Little Liars series, is packed with thrilling secrets and spicy scandals. This #1 New York Times bestselling series is also a hit ABC Family original TV show.
High school seniors Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer have made some terrible mistakes, but nothing compares to what they did last spring break.
Now the girls are packing their bags for a Caribbean cruise, hoping the trip will be a much-needed vacation from their stalker, A. But they should know by now that A won't be left high and dry.
Sure enough, A shows up on deck, ready to send these pretty little liars to a watery grave. . . . .
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Praise for Pretty Little Liars:"Shepard does a fine job of writing an intriguing tale full of provocative exploits and adventure…It will not disappoint the fans."
-Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
"Shepard writes a suspenseful page–turner that will have teens thirsting for more."
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West Michigan Whitecaps Single Game Tickets Now On Sale
If you're not a cold weather fan and you're desperately searching for a sign of spring…there is hope.
Single game tickets for the West Michigan Whitecaps are on sale now!
The Whitecaps first game isn't until Thursday, April 4. But every sign that we are one step closer to the return of baseball is good news for both baseball fans and fans of warm weather. Tickets went on sale at 10:00am this morning.
Can't wait for baseball, but it's going to be a while before we can replace our winter gloves with baseball gloves.
Buy West Michigan Whitecaps tickets here.


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Wake up with Bashar Assad: Syria and Iran launching Arabic TV channel
Syria and Iran are launching a joint-Arabic language TV channel. (AFP/File)
Ali Jannati, the Iranian Minister for Culture and Islamic Guidance, announced on Saturday that Iran and Syria have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their cultural and media cooperation.
"A joint Arabic TV channel will be launched by two countries, aimed at counterbalancing the spread of religious radicalism across the region," Jannati said.
The bilateral agreement also encourages two sides to disseminate Friday prayer sermons given in both countries, Jannati added.
Iran and Syria will establish a cultural committee to study and address the disagreements between Sunnis and Shi'ites, the Faraa-Ru news website is reporting. The committee will be tasked with bringing together the main two sects of Islam and decreasing sectarian tension in the region.


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All back to Whalley Range!
For this show on Thursday 19 February:
Alan Courtis/Aaron Moore + Helhesten + Infinite Light + Beach Fuzz
Alan Courtis and Aaron Moore are touring as a duo in support of their new album on No=Fi. The latter plays with Volcano The Bear, who the Wire proclaim as being responsible for 'producing some of the finest, wildest British music of the last 10 years on record and on stage'.
Helhesten are a three-piece from Deptford/Essex who employ clarinet, beat-up guitar, effected-voice and a variety of percussion to craft an aching flux of soaring and swamped-out sounds.
Infinite Light is the solo moniker of Warrington guitar improviser Barry Dean who has played with the likes of Stuckometer, Axis Mundi, Horse Hair and Beach Fuzz over the past few years.
Beach Fuzz is the stripped-down duo of Tom Settle and Nick Mitchell, playing bowed, scraped and intuitively picked lap steel, wailing, echo drenched fuzz synth, percussion and spontaneously composed vocals.
It's happening from 7pm in Bernie's garage at 76 Demesne Road, Whalley Range. There's a £5 suggested donation. Visit Golden Lab Records' Myspace for more information.


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Problems installing wordpress on unix web server
I had a blog successfully with wordpress running on windows web server but when I wanted to use a new theme which needed file permission etc, So I'm forced to change to Unix and completely re-install wordpress from fresh.
The only problem I'm coming across is that unix seems so much more specific and complex where as windows was more user friendly and had alot of support.
I'm using streamline.net web hosting.
Has anyone attempted or successfully installed wordpress on unix and would you mind helping me solve this issue please?
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Reinhard Poetz wrote: > Leszek Gawron wrote: > >> Vadim Gritsenko wrote: >> >>> Leszek Gawron wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Previously we have discussed about three continuations manager work >>>> modes: >>>> >>>> - standard (current functionality) >>>> - continuations invalidated along with session, still the continuation >>>> is reachable from other sessions (or no session at all) >>>> - fully isolated. only the session that created the continuation can >>>> access it. > > > IIUC before you introduced your changes it was possible to reuse > continuations independently from where they have been created. What's > the usecase for this so that we still have have to support it? Hmm after 2nd reading of your post I see I did not understand you. There are two orthogonal aspects of continuation visibility: - interpreter aspect: continuation should always be resumed by the same interpreter that created it. If not you could invoke your continuation in other sitemap (wrong context, resource not found exceptions, security problems). This case has been fixed. Still you can enable the old behaviur because some users relied on that functionality (although broken). - security aspect: - OLD MODE: you can make your continuations visible for everyone. One user creates a continuation and passes the link to another user. The other one invokes it in a browser - it works. This is just as it has been from the start. - NEW MODE: secure continuations. Above behaviour creates following problems for authenticated web applications: * continuation ids might be stored in browser link history or page cache. * even though user has logged out and the session has been invalidated the continuation might still be valid. As long as resuming continuation does not query data from user session it will work. This way you can have access to secured part of application without even logging in. So the following mode has been introduced: * continuations are bound to the session. * You can lookup the continuation only among the ones you have created yourself. This way even though you "steal" a continuation id from somewhere it's no use for you. * When the session gets invalidated all continuations get invalidated too. Hope that clears the situation. -- Leszek Gawron firstname.lastname@example.com Project Manager MobileBox sp. z o.o. +48 (61) 855 06 67 http://www.mobilebox.pl mobile: +48 (501) 720 812 fax: +48 (61) 853 29 65
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Patricia Milstead, 81, of Byesville, passed away on Thursday (Oct. 25, 2012) at her home.
She was born on Oct. 30, 1930 in Valdosta, Ga., daughter of the late William Arthur Prichett and Caroline Eugenia (Merriman) Prichett. Mrs. Milstead was a chef at the Shennandoah Truck Stop and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Malcolm George Milstead, on June 28, 1972. Also deceased are three sons, Colin D. Milstead, Malcolm D. Milstead Sr. and William P. Milstead; two sisters, Margaret and Jane; and six brothers James, Arthur, William, Walter, George and Warren.
She is survived by two daughters, Sheryl McLain of Byesville and Jan C. (Ron) Bobeck of Holly Springs, N.C.; four sons, Michael T. Milstead of Bayou Ridge, La., Keenan J. (Marion) Milstead of Oregon, Gregory A. (Vicki) Milstead of Thibodaux, La., Phillip K. (Kim) McLain of Chatham, Ontario, Canada; 28 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; and a great-great-grandchild on the way; three sisters-in-law, Mary L. Fowler of Texas, Ruth L. Milstead of Macksburg and Florence M. Dobbins of Nevada; and many many nieces and nephews and greats.
Visitation will be Wednesday at Bundy-Law Funeral Home, Cambridge, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., where services will follow at 1 p.m.
Burial will take place in Guernsey Memory Gardens.
The on line guest book may be signed at www.bundy-lawfuneralhome.com.


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DISAPPOINTED primary school pupils have had to cancel their outdoor lessons after vandals destroyed their woodland classroom.
Staff at Burford School in Marlow Bottom, which constructed an outside area as part of the international 'Forest School' scheme, found it in tatters when returning from the Easter break.
Pupils use the area for building teamwork, practical outdoors skills and learning about environmental issues but have been forced indoors after vandals stole equipment and set fire to large swathes of the clearing.
And assistant headteacher Ian Garner said he is urging residents to be vigilant to help catch the petty criminals who caused the damage to the woodland site, fearing former pupils could be responsible.
He said: "We have had little bits of vandalism in the past. We do checks before we use it for litter and bottles, but this time went we found it like this.
"The children have built dens and were going to work on them this term and it must have been people with nothing better to do over the school holidays.
"We've had a lot of support from parents who are landscapers and tree surgeons and it's been a real community effort and it's a real shame the kids have not been able to use it.
"It is frustrating and disappointing and the worst part is Marlow Bottom is a small village and this may have been carried out by people who attended the school, but of course we hope not.
"We want to ask members of the public to be vigilant. Obviously if they are not comfortable challenging anyone in the area they should call the police on the non-emergency number as we have a very good relationship with PCSOs in the area."
The vandalism includes broken dens, stolen ropes, fires and damage to log seats.
Mr Garner said he is hopeful they can pick up the pieces and repair the damage can in time for pupils to use the wooded classroom for part of the summer term.
The Forest School initiative was developed in Scandinavia in the 1950s and is supported by groups such as the Forestry Commission and the National Trust.
As well as practical skills, the scheme also aims to boost children's health and fitness and a love of the natural world.
Wendy Avery, Burford's Forest School teacher said part of the problem with the layout of the Forest School is it runs near a public footpath and invites unwanted guests.
She said: "We understand that the Forest School Area is in the middle of a public right of way but it is very frustrating that people have so wilfully damaged it.
"The children have been very upset this week that they have not been able to use the area whilst repair work has had to take place."


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It looks like their activity on the trade market was enough to distract the Washington Wizards from their game against the Philadelphia 76ers. Even if the Wizards were pretty good at the start of the match, they couldn't keep their concentration throughout the game and were beaten to a pulp. Odds.
"When word got around, guys kind of lost their concentration," Flip Saunders, Washington Wizards coach, stated.
The first quarter was awesome for the Wizards. They quickly got the lead and were able to keep it. The 76ers did a poor job in defense and they were quickly overrun. The score was set at 31-24 and it looked like the Wizards will have it easy.
However, something happened to them and they couldn't reproduce their performance in the second quarter. The 76ers had little trouble stopping them and managed to get a healthy advantage. They heavily outscored their opponents. It was 18-30 in the second quarter and the overall score was 49-54. Scores.
The third quarter was a painful one for the Wizards. They were terrible on the offense, horrible on the defense and it really looked like they have other things on their minds. Meanwhile, the 76ers kept scoring and scoring. The whole team had a great night and almost everyone managed to score. It was 64-89 and it didn't look like the Wizards could do anything about it.
"I think it was a great thing to see us push forward in the second half," Young stated. "We've had too many games this season where we let teams back in it. We didn't do that this time and I think it's a sign of us maturing as a team."
The management was also very pleased with the team's performance. And who wouldn't be after a night like this one?
"I like our team," Rod Thorn, Philadelphia 76ers president, stated. "Does that mean we wouldn't do something if the opportunity presented itself? No, we'll look at everything." Las Vegas odds.
The Wizards managed to hold their own in the fourth quarter but it was nowhere near enough to cut through the whole deficit. Jrue Holiday and Thaddeus Young had a great game, with the latter scoring 18 points and getting 10 rebounds, 2 steals and being declared top performer for his team. The score of the fourth quarter was 30-29, which brought the total score to 94-117. It was a good win for the 76ers and their future is looking bright.


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What the Hell Happened to Renee Zellweger?
Renee Zellweger has won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, she was nominated twice for Best Actress and she has won three Golden Globes. For roughly a decade, she topped the A-list with both critical acclaim and commercial success. But she has been missing from the big screen for the last several years.
What the hell happened?
Zellweger started acting in TV movies like A Taste for Killing in 1992 and the mini-series Murder in the Heartland in 1993. She had uncredited roles in the zombie rom-com, My Boyfriend's Back and the 70's high school comedy, Dazed and Confused (pictured above) in 1993.
In 1994, Zellweger appeared in Reality Bites as one of Ethan Hawke's girl friends. The picture above is pretty much the sum total of her part. She gives the slacker heart-throb a kiss on the porch and is never seen or heard from again. She was little more than an extra, but it was her first credited role in a Hollywood movie.
One week after the wide release of Reality Bites, Zellweger had a slightly larger role in Luke Perry's bull-riding bio-pic, 8 Seconds. The film was Perry last grasp at transitioning from TV star to the big screen. Despite mostly negative reviews it was a small hit at the box office in relation to its modest budget.
Later that year, Zellweger starred in the Showtime movie, Shake Rattle and Roll. SR&R was part of a series of remakes of 1950's B-movies that Showtime produced under the title Rebel Highway. The idea was to give drive-in movies a "90's edge". Series creator, Samuel Z. Arkoff wondered "what it would be like if you made Rebel Without a Cause today. It would be more lurid, sexier, and much more dangerous, and you definitely would have had Natalie Wood's top off".
The clip above includes footage from several of Zellweger's movies from 1994 set to a song from Shake Rattle and Roll.
Just about every successful actress in Hollywood has a horror film in their early days they wish they could make go away. For Zellweger, that film is The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
The low-budget sequel starred Texas natives Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey who were both unknowns at the time. Zellweger played the girl in peril and McConaughey went way, way, way over-the-top as the next generation cannibal who terrorizes her.
In spite of the presence of two future stars, The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre was terrible even by the standards of a low-budget horror sequel. It got dumped in a few theaters in 1994 and was screen at the South by South-west Film and Media Conference in 1995.
In 1997, when Zellweger and McConaughey were both rising stars, it was re-edited and released under the title Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation. McConaughey actively campaigned to prevent the film from getting a wide release. And with good reason. His performance is laughable.
Reviews were almost unanimously negative. McConaughey successfully blocked the film from getting a wide release. It opened in just 20 cities in 1997 before being dumped to video.
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Posted on February 23, 2013, in Movies, What the Hell Happened?, WTHH Actress and tagged bridget jones, chicago, cold mountain, empire records, entertainment, jerry maguire, movies, renee zellweger. Bookmark the permalink. 205 Comments.
rennes movie with Keanu could be a hit with renes age she could be do mother roles instead of rom coms but aside iron man movies she making flops u mentioned u might make diane lane a caudate on wthh happened yet she is starring in the the 2nd superman movie so she cant be doing to a bad it is a form flattery but at same it mentions how damage there career is at the moment
on the other hand laws like paltrow is appearing in the box office hits Sherlock holms and like paltrow they were supporting roles but I guess like u said before women are held different standards since its rare they actually lead a box office hit
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Renée Zellweger
In 2014 Renée Zellweger turned heads at the annual Elle Magazine Women in Hollywood Awards – leading to speculation that she'd had extensive plastic surgery during the self-imposed hiatus she'd been on since 2010's My Own Love Song. Still, with The Whole Truth due out later this year and two movies scheduled for release in 2016, Zellweger is now well and truly on the comeback trail.
What happened to Renée Zellweger?
She's very talented, but she didn't shape her career in the right way. She got huge around 96, then got huge (acclaim) with Bridget Jones. From there she was the critics/awards darling for a little while, but, as is often the case with actresses, once they awarded (winning the Oscar for Cold Mountain) the industry lost interest. Here next couple awards plays mostly flopped (Cinderella Man, Miss Potter), which all but killed her career. With actresses, you usually don't do well to follow up an Oscar win with more Oscar-y prestige stuff. You have to balance that with wider-appealing, blockbustery type stuff. The second Bridget Jones didn't get the same success, and most of her other projects were the awardsy stuff that weren't going to reach a wide audience.
She could always make a comeback in a couple more years, but she peaked at a terrible age where the roles for actresses start to dry up. She might have better luck in her 50's/60's cause we don't yet know who the dominant actress in her generation will be at that age.
Patrick Dempsey Joining 'Bridget Jones's Baby' For Working Title:
EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Dempsey is in final negotiations to join the cast of Bridget Jones's Baby for British production powerhouse Working Title co-chiefs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. The much-anticipated third installment sees Renee Zellweger reprising her role as the mishap-prone British publishing executive as she enters her 40s. Colin Firth also returns as love interest Mark Darcy.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, including which role Dempsey will be playing, although, as the title suggests, Bridget Jones does find herself unexpectedly expecting. Less clear at this stage is if and when the father's identity will be revealed, leaving open the possibility that Dempsey — TV's own (former) Doctor McDreamy — could play a love rival in a similar vein to Hugh Grant's dashing Daniel Cleaver. Grant is not returning for this, although director Sharon Maguire, who helmed the first Bridget Jones's Diary in 2001, will be at the helm again.
The story is believed to be based on columns written by Bridget Jones creator Helen Fielding and not her latest novel, Mad About The Boy (in which the titular character has a couple of kids and Firth's character has died).
Bridget Jones 3 has been confirmed for September 2016 http://t.co/1qH7f9T9of
#BridgetJonesBaby Has Begun Filming In London http://t.co/e5foxUikRf
Renée Zellweger opens up about "Bridget Jones's Baby" http://huff.to/1LyqpKx
Category: This Sucks So Bad … Created on Saturday, 05 January 2013 17:04 Written by George Rother
The only thing that saves Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation from a "NO STARS!!!" rating is a delightfully demented performance from Matthew McConaughey. They can keep the rest of this awful movie! Originally titled The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, it was completed in '94 but didn't see the inside of movie theaters until late summer '97. By this time, both McConaughey and Renee Zellweger had become big stars and the producers saw an opportunity to separate moviegoers from their hard-earned money. They needn't have bothered since very few people took the bait. I have a memory for this sort of thing (as everybody knows by now) and I know that TCM4 (as I like to call it) didn't open in any theaters in the Philadelphia area. I would have been one of the poor dumb bastards who paid to see it. I admit it, I'm a sucker when it comes to horror movie sequels. As long as the studios keep churning them out, I'll go to see them. I saw it when it hit home video; I stayed up late one night to watch it. It totally wasn't worth being tired at work the next day. This movie sucks hard! Not only does it lack any memorably gory scenes, it also throws in a subplot that's so ludicrous that it has to be seen to be believed. This is NOT an endorsement of TCM4! I do NOT recommend seeing it under any circumstances! By nature, this type of flick is usually stupid and pointless, but with the aforementioned subplot, it attains a level of stupidity that very few movies have achieved.
This is in addition to the super-annoying, one-dimensional characters and horrible dialogue. I know that I shouldn't apply the traditional principles of film criticism to a movie like this, but I feel obligated to point them out in this instance. It's that kind of movie.
As if it even matters, here now is the "plot" of TCM4. I use the term very loosely since I didn't notice any perceivable storyline. I'm still on the fence as to whether I should reveal the ridiculous subplot; I suppose that I should as a service to mankind. More about that in a moment. The movie opens with four insipid teenagers at their senior prom. They're so annoying that I wanted them dead seven minutes into the movie. Nerdy Jenny (Zellweger, Jerry Maguire) attends the prom with her boyfriend Sean (Harrison) and bickering couple Barry (Cone) and Heather (Newmyer). She's pissed off that she caught him making out with his ex-girlfriend and drives off in his car with Jenny and Sean in the backseat. He manages to jump in and they head out towards some unknown destination. They end up getting into an accident approximately two minutes after Heather expresses a desire to get into a car wreck. This leads to a particularly stupid line where Barry says, upon inspecting the damage to his vehicle, "I'm dead. Somebody kill me please!" Can we say "redundancy"? The driver of the other car falls down unconscious and Sean stays behind with him while the others go looking for help. At this point, Jenny removes her heels and foot fetishists will appreciate that she spends the rest of the movie barefoot. They come across an insurance office where the lone agent Darla (Perensky) calls for a tow truck. Let me remind you of the rule that states that everybody horror movie characters encounter in a remote area are inevitably related to each other. The tow truck is driven by her husband Vilmer (McConaughey, A Time to Kill) and he's a real loony tune! He kills the other driver and goes after Sean, prompting the boy to plead, "Please mister, you're scaring me." Yeah, that always works. Meanwhile, Barry and Heather get separated from Jenny and come across a house occupied by …… you guessed it! They encounter our old friend Leatherface (Jacks) and the nightmare really begins. There are no surprises here; you know exactly what's going to happen next. Virginal Jenny will eventually be their "guest of honor" at dinner. Now, here comes that subplot. It turns out that Vilmer works for a super-secret government agency and the murders are all part of a bigger plan. The whole situation is intended to be a "spiritual experience". Huh? We get only a vague explanation of this, but we don't need to know very much to figure out that it's completely moronic. Then there's the deus ex machina in the final scene, but who wants to get into that?
TCM4 is really, really bad on every single level. It's so bad that it doesn't even qualify as camp. I can't believe that the studio even released it. Did anybody even inspect the final product before it hit theaters? Whatever happened to quality control? This movie would have likely faded into obscurity if not for the presence of the two major actors. I'm sure that they both leave this movie off their resumes on purpose for much the same reason that Angelina Jolie omits any mention of her role in Cyborg 2. It's a complete embarrassment for all involved. I can't believe that Kim Henkel, one of the original's co-writers, is responsible for this. The only saving grace (still no reason to watch it!) is McConaughey. I don't know what it is about that guy, but he brings something cool to even the worst roles. He gets to go full-on freak show in this movie. I wish that were enough to save TCM4, but it's not. It doesn't even come close to making this travesty watchable. The other performances don't even matter; they are terrible across the board. I didn't even like the guy playing Leatherface in this movie. That brings up another problem with the movie. For something with the word "chainsaw" in the tile, there's a curious lack of chainsaw-inflicted violence. It's not even that gory. It's violent and nasty, but there's nothing to satisfy even the most undemanding gorehounds. The term "waste of time" comes to mind. So does "waste of film". It's the cinematic equivalent of solid waste. It's possible that TCM4 would have worked if the filmmakers had added more gory violence. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, Grandpa (Schirmacher) makes his fourth appearance in as many movies and I have to wonder just how old is this geezer? In the first movie, he's supposedly 137 years old and he must have earned himself a place in the Guiness Book of World Records by now. You would think that the writer would have addressed this at some point. I'm just saying. Either way, nothing really makes any sense in TCM4 and we can only hold out hope that Henkel will clear things up in a better sequel. I'm not holding my breath though.
she has a film with keanu coming up a drama called same kind of different as me lastly bridghet jones flick. These films could a hit . I see bridget jones being safest bet
Blockbuster Buster: Shark Tale (2004)
ERod faces what many claim is the worst DreamWorks animated movie.
15 Actors Stuck In Hollywood's Dog House
Reneé Zellweger
What has gone wrong? Another that falls under the "did you know she was still working?" banner, Zellweger really did have the Hollywood world at her proverbial feet. A superb supporting role in the epic Cold Mountain brought her an Academy Award and a BAFTA following previous nominations for Bridget Jones' Diary and Chicago, leading to massive box office in the early 2000's.
Almost overnight, though, Zellweger plunged from the heights of the A-list, to the depths of the Z-list. Offers were not forthcoming and she seemed to disappear altogether. You know you're in trouble when a career hiatus is forced upon you.
So What Next?
Well, there is another Bridget Jones film on the way but there really is little else in her cinematic future. Zellweger desperately needs a role she can get stuck into. Maybe a script Julianne Moore doesn't quite fancy could be the answer, and one that would generate some much needed credibility.
Renee Zellweger
She was doing so well and hit every womans struggle niche market.
Went and had plastic surgery and destroyed every single one of her unique features that really made her stand out in the crowd. Haven't seen her since.
Where Are They Now? The Cast Of Empire Records
Renee Zellweger (Gina)
Brassy, confident Gina revealed that she wasn't quite as confident as everyone thought in an epic Empire meltdown that was the most emotional part of the film. Post-Empire, Zellweger shot to A-list stardom, becoming one of the biggest names of the next ten years. She became best known for the smash-hit rom com series Bridget Jones Diary, alongside other huge hits like Jerry Maguire, Chicago, and Cinderella Man. She won an Oscar for her performance in Cold Mountain, and was nominated for two more (for other films).
She has won a further 24 awards, including a BAFTA and three Golden Globes. However, a few years ago she took a hiatus from the acting world after some less-than-stellar movies. She has since returned to the limelight with a new look that shocked many fans, although the star brushed it off as just part of getting older. She'll be back in a familiar role later this year, though, as Bridget Jones's Baby comes to screens to complete the Bridget Jones trilogy.
Phelous: Case 39 (2010)
Phelous is put on the case on why this movie was delayed for four years.
Where Are They Now? The Cast Of Jerry Maguire
Dorothy Boyd portrayed the level-headed, yet at times impulsive love interest to the titular Jerry Maguire. When Jerry decided that he is going to start his own sports management firm, Dorothy impetuously agrees to join Maguire without really knowing him all too well, and with little regard to her financial well-being along with best interest of her young son Ray. She was a woman that (up until Jerry entered the picture) always took the sensible path and generally chose to be responsible well beyond her years.
Between the years of 2001 and 2004, there was arguably no actress hotter in Hollywood than Renée Zellweger. In three consecutive years, Zellweger was nominated for Best Actress – twice in a leading role, once as a supporting actress – and finally took home the gold statue for her portrayal of Ruby Thewes in Anthony Minghella's directorial effort, Cold Mountain. The Oscar winning actress has been on a bit of a hiatus from film over the past six years or so, but it appears as though a comeback is in the works, with two motion pictures slated for release in 2016 – director Courtney Hunt's sophomore effort entitled, The Whole Truth, and the latest installment of the Bridget Jones series, Bridget Jones's Baby.
She's done it again! Renee Zellweger, 46, is unrecognizable as she sports fuller lips and wrinkle-free face on coffee run in LA
If Renée Zellweger no longer looks like herself, has she become a different actress? http://bit.ly/2961a6J
Renee Zellweger: If She No Longer Looks Like Herself, Has She Become a Different Actress?
It's a ritual of our vanity-fueled image culture. You go to see a movie that features an actress or actor — in most cases it's an actress — you know well, and somehow she looks…different. Her nose is thinner, or her lips are fuller, or her lips are thinner and her cheeks are bolder, or her forehead is younger, or maybe you can't even quite put your finger on what the difference is, but you know it's there. Like everyone else, I've had this experience and then followed it with a makeshift seminar of perusing photographs on the Internet, scouring them for the before-and-after truth, which always comes down to one question: Did she or didn't she?
As familiar as the situation is, though, I was caught off guard the other day when I saw the trailer for "Bridget Jones's Baby." The movie' [more inside]
Presenting a history of everyone freaking out over Renée Zellweger's face: http://vult.re/298uJZn
I's been six years since Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger has appeared in a film, but her just-released fresh, floral British Vogue cover makes it feel like no time at all has passed. The July issue, shot by Patrick Demarchelier, serves as a sort of announcement that she is indeed stepping back in the spotlight.
In the accompanying interview, the 47-year-old Bridget Jones actress — who stars in Bridget Jones's Baby this September — reveals why she took a hiatus from Hollywood in the first place. "I found anonymity, so I could have exchanges with people on a human level and be seen and heard, not be defined by this image that precedes me when I walk into a room," she told the magazine, adding, "You cannot be a good storyteller if you don't have life experiences, and you can't relate to people."
Her most famous role, though, has always been fairly relatable to women, even as she caught flak in 2014 for a seemingly altered appearance. For this new movie, she says, "I put on a few pounds. I also put on some breasts and a baby bump. Bridget is a perfectly normal weight and I've never understood why it matters so much. No male actor would get such scrutiny if he did the same thing for a role."
The issue, which hits stands June 9, also explains that she said no to once-in-a-lifetime projects during her break, but that fatigue had caught up with her and she had to make tough decisions. Also, "I got sick of the sound of my own voice: it was time to go away and grow up a bit."
What It's Like To Be An Actress On The 'Wrong' Side Of 40
Last week, the highly regarded Variety film critic Owen Gleiberman wrote about Renée Zellweger's appearance, and how he thought she'd lost her essential self through plastic surgery. He hardly mentioned her magnificent range, vulnerability, or the kindness that shines through her acting. Instead he chose to focus on the idea that, "In the case of Renée Zellweger, it may look to a great many people like something more than an elaborate makeup job has taken place, but we can't say for sure." So perhaps it shouldn't be said at all.
She looks a hell of a lot better since the plastic surgery. If she had done this 10 years ago the uproar would not have existed. Only the tabloids would've had the audacity to point it out.
Renee Zellweger: Rose McGowan defends actress in new column
Renee Zellweger slams speculation about her appearance in powerful op-ed: http://usm.ag/2b0ySyO
Renee Zellweger SLAMS media speculation about her appearance in scathing essay… and says she did not have surgery to change her looks
Renee Zellweger: "Not that it's anyone's business, but I did not alter my face and have surgery on my eyes!"
Since we are on topic zellwegger . Do you guys agree that her chicago costar gere part was more supporting role and his golden globe should been best supportign actor
I understand . there other cases where i think supporting actor gets best actor nod. I thought denzel in training day morgan freeman and shawshank michael douglas wall street and daniel day leiws where all supporting roles
It seemed to revolve more around hawke. I know there are movies with 2 leads like midnight cowboy rainman trading places a lot of buddy cop movies and rom comedies. and sixth sense but training day hawke was the main character trying get away from denzel. the movie was kind of seen through hawke eye. Denzel was amazing but he sohuld won best supporting actor not actor
thne your probaly think douglas was colead in wall street
Michael douglas was more a evil mentor role like the devil on his shoulder. I KNOW again there are roles with co leads but wallstreeet training day and gangs of new york not one of them i judge lead and supporting role by plot . if plot revolves more around 1 character then other i call actor main.
defiantly untouchables was costner flick. He was leader of group he organized everything he was the danny ocean. I REMEMBER READING jack nichsol got golden globe for best actor in comedy for batman, I thought that odd lol since keaton was clearly the lead in the role hence the name batman, While joker was supporting he was the villian. Which exact reason i thought daniel day lewis for mre supporting in gangs of new york it revolved around leo the hero taking down the villain. The villain in a lot of movie is supporting role hence hackman role in unforgiven,
The exception of the hero and villain being lead and supporting was obviously face off. Since the plot equally revolved around cage and john . In some cases some actor are marketed as supporting to avoid competing with their costar. Like jake from brokeback. Tom cruise i was read was campaigned for supporting in rianman even though he was defiantly co lead. It did not pay off since he got snubbed
Renée Zellweger on her return to Hollywood: 'I craved the creative process again' http://peoplem.ag/blu5Zl1
Renée Zellweger says she doesn't need to have kids to be happy: http://celeb.bz/2c2JxsM
The REAL reason my face looked so different: Renee Zellweger – back as Bridget Jones after 12 years – explains away those cosmetic surgery rumors
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Cast Of Bridget Jones's Diary: How Much Are They Worth Now?
Renee Zellweger
Estimated Net Worth: $60 million. Renee Zellweger is one of the most successful actresses in Hollywood. Back in 2007 she was deemed one of the highest paid actresses and has received critical acclaim for her work including an Academy Award, three Golden Globes and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Zellweger focuses primarily on film, but she has worked on the small screen. She was the executive producer for the Lifetime film Living Proof and appeared in a few TV films. Her real success is on the big screen where she's most recognized for her role as Bridget Jones in the all three of the Bridget Jones's Diary films. She starred in and was the executive producer for Miss Potter which also earned her a Golden Globe nomination, and held co-starring roles in huge projects like Cold Mountain, Me, Myself & Irene, Cinderella Man, Case 39, Chicago, Appaloosa, Jerry Maguire, Nurse Betty and Leatherheads — just to name a few. She's also voiced characters in animated films like Bee Movie, Monsters vs. Aliens and Shark Tale. Renee Zellweger is now worth a whopping $60 million!
'She's a lot of fun!': Renee Zellweger reveals she 'selfishly' hopes to reprise her role as Bridget Jones in another film
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Why did everyone turn on Renee Zellweger?
I mean there is always such venom toward her. I thought she did a very good job with Bridget Jones. She even won over the British who were mad that an American was cast.
Plus she learned to sing and dance for Chicago. The girl was a hard worker. Why the hate?
Bridget Jones's Baby bombs as Renee Zellweger's big-screen return is beaten by Tom Hanks' Sully at the U.S. box office
Why Americans Are So Bloody Awful at British Accents
And in the midst of some recent half-assed work on the elliptical, I noticed that something seems very off about Renée Zellweger in this film. Just … not quite right, you know? Like, vaguely resembling its actual self, but still mutilated almost beyond recognition.
No, not her face, you patriarchal jerk—I'm talking about her fake British accent, which somehow, over the course of 15 years and three films, appears to have gone from ace to pants.
When the original Bridget Jones adaptation premiered in 2001, it caused granny-underwear-size shockwaves not just for its star's monstrous weight gain (to the unheard-of size of many healthy human females), but also for the alleged authenticity of her dialect, which native Britons described as "bang on" and "impeccable." In the intervening decade and a half, however, it appears that Zellweger has either switched dialect coaches or sacked hers altogether, and I fear Bridget Jones's Baby will land the actress somewhere between a Costner and a Reeves in the annals of accent history—a bollocks designation to be sure, but one that places her squarely in the majority of her North American peers, when it comes to the seeming impossibility of faking vocal stylings from across the pond.
Renee Zellweger Roped into Boyfriend's War with Ex
Why Hollywood won't cast Renee Zellweger anymore
By the early 2000s, Renee Zellweger was a serious star. She dazzled us in Chicago, put in two pitch-perfect performances as Bridget Jones, scored an Oscar for Cold Mountain, and turned "You had me at hello" into one of the most quotable lines of all time. But instead of continuing on to ever-greater success, she dropped almost completely off the radar. Why haven't we seen Zellweger onscreen as much lately?
Gossip no one in Hollywood will say out loud!
Renee Zellweger's career ended because she had a bad coke problem. She was always a user throughout the 90's, but it flared up badly when she had to lose the weight from the first Bridget Jones. In fact, she was reportedly coked out of her mind at the Oscars when she got her first nomination. The rumor was she actually fell out of her limo when it arrived and spilled coke everywhere. Despite only being 15 years ago, the red carpet at the time wasn't photographed the way it is now where we can see every single inch of it.
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Connie Britton on Role That Got Away: 'Truly, Truly Devastating'
Former Nashville star Connie Britton revealed during an interview on Talking With Chris Hardwick the one role in her career that she regretted not getting. Sure, Britton has had an extremely successful career, including four Emmy nominations, but it hasn't always been easy going for her.
Near the end of the show, actress Yvette Nicole Brown asked Britton, "Is there something that you wish you could've done a little different, not necessarily regret, but something that you could've maybe changed in your career or wished you could've done in your career?"
The former Friday Night Lights star admitted, "I was very close to, um, getting the role in Jerry MaGuire." The role of Dorothy ended up going to newcomer Renée Zellweger, launching her career.
Britton worked closely with the film's director, Cameron Crowe, during the audition process. After finding out that she wasn't getting the part, Britton said, "It was truly, truly devastating for quite a while."
But Britton doesn't want people feeling bad for her: Although "that was the one that got away … I can't say that there's anything that I wish hadn't been the way it was because I feel so lucky."
#1 – This A- list mostly movie actress is an Academy Award winner/nominee. I think people forget that about her. She works and keeps her head down. She also has been cheated on by every single person she has dated the past few years. I might have missed some people she went out with, but the ones I do know about all cheated on her. The crazy thing is, she is so nice that she has given many of these people second and third chances after catching them. Renée Zellweger
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A COUPLE fear they are the victims of a hate campaign which is putting people's lives at risk.
Peter and Heather Morgan are the owners of the four-wheel drive training centre Motor Safari, which is based at a former quarry site, Seren Country Park in Bwlchgwyn, and which has worked with a number of television programmes including Top Gear and Fifth Gear.
Mr Morgan says over the last few weeks a series of sinister attacks have taken place which have put people in danger.
In one incident guiding sticks used to mark out a 4X4 vehicle trail were changed by saboteurs, but the new false route would have led the driver over a cliff.
In another attack a device with sharp spikes to puncture tyres was found and Mr Morgan said if someone had stepped on it they could have impaled their foot.
"One of our customers has driven a Landrover Discovery on the course. When he left he found he'd suffered punctures on all wheels, with nail marks in the tyres," said Mr Morgan.
"We have had locks glued. It makes you wonder what is going to happen next. A trip wire? We just don't know.
"We are the victim of a hate campaign. We don't know why, possibly someone is trying to force us to leave the site. It shows a disturbed mind."
Mrs Morgan said: "We ensure we walk the site before anyone goes on it and it is marshalled at all times.
"We have just completed a large investment in CCTV and security worth thousands of pounds to help apprehend these individuals.
"We have spent the last four years returning the site to a country park – nature reserve.
"This has been achieved despite Peter's serious ill health, he has been fighting cancer. We have turned the park into a national flagship venue that attracts customers from across the UK.
"We train Bangor University researchers from the department of hydrology and ecology, and run training courses for organisations such as BT engineers, Voluntary Service Overseas volunteers, park rangers, and St John Ambulance.
"We are a small family business and one of the jewels in Wrexham's tourism crown. The motives of the people responsible for these highly dangerous attacks is unclear.
"We own the site and are committed to be good neighbours within the community. Because of Peter's serious illness I am finding these criminal actions deeply distressing."
She added: "This is a superb family orientated venue that offers tremendous scope for local jobs and trade.
"We only use local accommodation and country pubs such as The Moors Inn Bwlchgwyn for catering.
"Motor Safari has been very successful in bringing high profile media attention to the area from Blue Peter to training the celebrities for the BBC's The World's Most Dangerous Roads.
"We are a local, Welsh family who take great pride in highlighting the history of the site."
Cllr John Edwards, the chairman of Minera Community Council, said he was shocked to hear about the attacks.
"A lot of hard work has been put into the site. I would urge anyone who sees anything suspicious or knows anything about the attacks to get in contact with the police," Cllr Edwards added.
A police spokesman said: "We have had reports of criminal damage on the site.
"Police have increased patrols in the area and inquiries are on-going."
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If you want to use different team icons for each skin you need to first:
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My top two spiritual gifts are leadership and administration, so the subject of organization is something I love and gravitate toward. If you have the spiritual gift of administration, you love structure, systems, processes and org charts. If you don't, those things probably drive you crazy.
Regardless of your primary gifting, it helps to approach leadership with a 30,000-foot view and try to see the big picture of what's going on in your organization. The way the body of Christ works is if this is difficult for you, surround yourself with other leaders for whom this is natural.
In my travels, speaking, consulting and conversations with leaders of all types, I've discovered a major reason they are not getting the results they desire is due to a system designed to give them the exact result they're getting. If your system is designed to fail, you will fail every time. If your organization's culture is one of creativity, innovation and trust, and you have a healthy system in place, there is no limit to what you as a team can accomplish (through the Holy Spirit).
Do you think the Bible cares about organization? I do. Read the story of Moses and his father-in-law in Exodus 18:13-26.
I thank God for including the story of Moses and his father-in-law, Jethro. In this story, we see Moses was a man with flaws and had made a poor decision on how to best go about judging the people. Maybe he didn't have the gift of leadership or administration. He did, however, have the wisdom to listen to someone who did, and the Bible tells us this gave Moses new strength to carry out whatever God commanded him. The people also flourished in their settings. It was a win-win.
The book The Externally Focused Quest by Eric Swanson and Rick Rusaw has some great thoughts on this as well. I could easily quote chapters of it for you, but I'll just encourage you to read it.
It's crucial to recognize your system could be choking the life, health, creativity and innovation out of your organization. My encouragement to you is to have someone with the gift of administration evaluate your systems. This could be someone in your church (maybe a business leader who will volunteer), a gifted staff member, or an outside consultant who can come in and look at the big picture.
One scripture I've found myself quoting to church leaders often is when Jesus told his disciples to be "wise as serpents" (Matt. 10:16). In The Message, verse 16 reads, "be as cunning as a snake." I am often referring to this verse when I'm engaged in helping an organization with strategic planning and overall strategy.
I don't think there's anything wrong with strategy when it comes to church leadership. Of course we need to always be sensitive and open to the Spirit's leading and sudden change, but God can be with us in the strategy and planning of any organization. So as you set up your systems, structure and processes, I would suggest two thoughts: keep it simple, and keep it fluid or flexible.
Neil Cole, director of Church Multiplication Associates said, "Simplicity is the key to the fulfillment of the Great Commission in this generation. If the process is complex, it will break down early in the transference to the next generation of disciples. The more complex the process, the greater the giftedness that is needed to keep it going. The simpler the process, the more available it is to the broader Christian population" (Cultivating a Life for God, page 10).
Albert Einstein said, "Out of complexity, find simplicity." I agree. You might have 75 staff members on your team, but this doesn't mean you can't approach your structure and processes in such a way in which they are simple to share, quote and move people through. Did you know research strongly backs this principle?
The book Simple Church is full of thoroughly researched and proven principles. I want to strongly encourage you to read it if you haven't already. In Simple Church, the authors, Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger, tell us that, "In general, simple churches are growing and vibrant. Churches with a simple process for reaching and maturing people are expanding the kingdom. Conversely, complex churches are struggling and anemic. Churches without a process or with a complicated process for making disciples are floundering. As a whole, cluttered and complex churches are not alive. Our research shows that these churches are not growing" (Simple Church, page 14).
The preceding is a brief excerpt from one chapter of Greg Atkinson's new book Strange Leadership: 40 Ways to Lead an Innovative Organization. Go to the book's website for more information.
Greg Atkinson is an author, speaker, consultant and the editor of Christian Media Magazine. Greg has started businesses including the worship resource website WorshipHouse Media, a social media marketing company and his own consulting firm.
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A JAILED Perth pedophile could have his conviction reconsidered, after the High Court ruled that a note from a juror claiming he'd been bullied into finding him guilty did cast doubt on the verdict.
In WA's District Court in January 2012, Mark Sharne Smith was convicted on two counts of indecently dealing with a child under the age of 13.
But the following day, it was revealed a note addressed to the trial judge had been left in the jury room claiming physical intimidation among jurors.
"I have been physically coerced by a fellow juror to change my plea to be aligned with the majority vote," the note read.
The trial judge at the time said because the verdict had already been entered, he could not do anything about the note, although he did mention unusual factors surrounding the delivery of the verdict including one male juror who seemed upset.
Smith was subsequently sentenced to 12 months in prison.
He then appealed to the WA's highest court, claiming his trial should be ruled as miscarried because a juror had been physically coerced into changing his verdict.
The WA Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed the appeal, ruling the note inadmissable.
But after a further appeal to the High Court, that ruling was overturned today.
The note "was capable of giving rise to a reasonable apprehension or suspicion on the part of a fair-minded and informed member of the public that a juror did not discharge his task because of unlawful coercion," the High Court said.
WA's Court of Appeal has been ordered to reconsider Smith's appeal.


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Our mission is to transform youth sport by delivering a contemporary sports system that unifies and amplifies sports for every stakeholder. Korrio provides the tools required to get players on the field as well as an online environment for staff, families and fans to share and build community. There is an organization (club) website, team websites and individual dashboards. Everything you need is in ONE place.
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Every team in your organization has their own team site or "hub" to improve their experience both on and off the field. Kids can communicate in a safe online environment and every member in your organization has their own personal dashboard to their sports life. Your club and team can communicate better because your Korrio calendar syncs with your personal calendar and messages forward to your personal email. You are also able to receive alerts about last minute changes on your mobile phone as a text message or robo phone call.
Here are a few quick start guides targeted to meet your needs based on your role in your organization (also attached):
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Team sites
Teams receive free team sites with their club's membership. Each team website is automatically generated when your club creates teams for the roster building process. The coach or team manager is ready to start customizing their team website – with no coding, design or technical skills required.
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Baton Rouge police Thursday arrested a 27-year-old man accused of serving alcohol to two girls, 13 and 14 years old, and having sex with the 14-year-old between March 1 and March 3.
Police booked Albert Tate, 24103 Larry Drive, Denham Springs, into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on one count each of sexual battery, indecent behavior with a juvenile and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, according to information in an affidavit warrant.
The incident occurred at a hotel at 10920 Mead Road, in Baton Rouge, the warrant says.
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Stove pot blamedAn unattended pot on a stove led to a fire Thursday that caused more than $85,000 in damage to a house on Lanier Drive, firefighters saud.
Firefighters from District 6, Central and the Baton Rouge fire departments responded to the fire at 5935 Lanier Drive, District 6 Chief Joel Hancock said in a news release.
The owner was not home and a neighbor called 911 to report the smoke at 12:54 p.m, Hancock said.
The house sustained heavy fire damage to the kitchen and attic, and smoke and heat damage to the rest of the house, Hancock said. No injuries were reported, Hancock said.
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Authorities arrested at least five people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and 2:30 p.m. Thursday, booking records show.
Those booked and the counts against them:
- Paula Bergeron, 49, 7550 Pecue Lane, Baton Rouge, first-offense DWI.
- Andrew Hutchinson, 23, 5201 Miss. 13, Lumberton, Miss., first-offense DWI, reckless operation of a vehicle and equipment violation.
- Jon Reine, 50, 12426 Goodwood Blvd., Baton Rouge, first-offense DWI and reckless operation of a vehicle.
- Brent Scott, 56, 6334 Ritterman Ave., Baton Rouge, third-offense DWI and operating a vehicle while driver's license suspended for prior offense.
- Ralph Siverio, 24, 404 Dodson Road, Purvis, Miss., first-offense DWI, reckless operation of a vehicle, insurance required, license plate required and drinking in a motor vehicle.
Compiled from staff reports. To talk to a crime reporter at The Advocate, call (225) 388-0369.


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A MAN convicted of drug offences has been ordered to carry out additional hours of unpaid work in the community after breaching his original sentence.
Jason White, of Herrison Road, Charlton Down, appeared at Dorchester Crown Court after admitting failing to attend for two appointments to carry out unpaid work in August.
The breaches came after White was sentenced to a 12-month community order in April for a charge of possession of cannabis with intent to supply which carried a requirement to carry out 240 hours of unpaid work in the community.
The court was told White had medical reasons for missing the appointments but failed to inform the Probation Service of his absence.
The 23-year-old, who had completed over 100 hours, was ordered by Judge Roger Jarvis to carry out a further 20 hours of unpaid work in the community.


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because your sins are forgiven on account of his name.
13 I am writing to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young people,
because you have conquered the evil one.
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because you know the Father.
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15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world; 16for all that is in the worldthe desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in richescomes not from the Father but from the world. 17And the world and its desire* are passing away, but those who do the will of God live for ever.
The New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition), copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange on Wednesday morning, CSR also said that it had advised Bright Food that it needed to be able to present CSR shareholders with a superior proposal to the planned demerger before the demerger was put to a shareholder vote.
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Lesson Plan
Creating Family Bannners
Family investigations lead to learning with this "make a banner" activity.
Ready-To-Use Teaching Idea: Art
- books about families, such as Families by Ann Morris and Loving by Ann Morris
- chart paper
- large sheets of drawing paper or craft paper
- construction paper
- child safety scissors
- glue sticks
- markers and crayons
Objective: Children will develop language, creative thinking, and social awareness by creating banners about their families.
1. Read a book that highlights the concept of families. Engage the class in a book talk to discuss how the stories reminded them of their own families. Were the families in the story similar to the children's families? How were the story families the same or different? Did certain characters in the story remind children of particular family members?
2. Write the heading My Family Is Special on top of a sheet of chart paper. Then, ask the class to think of all of the special things about their families. Record their comments. Review the chart with the class. What are the similarities between their responses? How do they differ? Create another chart with the children to summarize what they learned from the discussion.
3. Invite children to each create a banner about their families. Each banner can include the child's first and last name and four drawings that depict special things about his family, such as favorite activities, celebrations, foods, travel adventures, things the family does together, or even family pets. Provide the suggested materials in the art center and invite a few children to work at a time.
4. Plan a special event for the children to share their family banners. Play music and encourage them to march around the classroom with their banners. Then invite children to describe their banners to their classmates. Display the banners in the classroom or hallway for everyone to enjoy. Invite family members to view the banners, as well.
Curriculum Connection: Language
The Names for Family Members. Ask children to think of all of the words that they use to describe family members (brother, aunt, mother, or grandfather) and record their comments on chart paper. How many different words did they list for the different family members? Invite the class to share their observations about the words. How are they similar or different?
Related Books
Mama Zooms by Jane Cowen Fletcher
My Dad by Anthony Browne
Our Granny by Margaret Wild
What does it mean to be a part of a family? You may use these resources to help students develop their ideas.


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Friday, June 13, 2014
The Devil Throws Me A Curve (Or Five)
12 comments:
- Kathy Felsted Usher said...
That's a shame, but maybe next week!
- June 13, 2014 at 7:44 PM
- Sunnybrook Farm said...
You must be mistaken, the TV news reports that the economy is coming back and everything is going great.
- June 13, 2014 at 8:27 PM
- Harry Flashman said...
"The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men , Gang aft agley,"
One of my favorite poems.
Things like that happen. Life seems to be one constant series of problems requiring attention, one after the other. Don't feel like the Lone Ranger.
- June 13, 2014 at 9:05 PM
- Chickenmom said...
Easy come - easy go. We've all been there (and still are). Think how boring life would be without it! :o)
- June 13, 2014 at 9:13 PM
- Sixbears said...
When we got some money I told my wife we'd better spend it on a sailboat before we have to spend it wisely. Good thing we bought it when we did as "unexpected" expenses soon cropped up. Such is life.
- June 13, 2014 at 10:11 PM
- Gorges Smythe said...
LOL! I've been saying that for decades, Kathy. My mother-in-law used to grin and say, "Live in hope if you die in despair!"
Yeah, SF, I think I'll do a piece on THAT, too!
HF, I think I've heard it said that life is what happens while we're busy making plans.
That's true, Cm, and what would I have to whine about?
Wise words, Sixbears!
- June 13, 2014 at 10:32 PM
- HermitJim said...
One thing is almost always true about plans...they very often seem to fail!
Hope you find some level ground again soon!
- June 13, 2014 at 11:34 PM
- Gorges Smythe said...
Thanks, Jim!
- June 14, 2014 at 12:16 AM
- Brian said...
I hope your next sale, stays in your pocket a little longer. Sometimes it just seems to be one thing after another.. Happy and healthy money can come after these two... ;)
- June 14, 2014 at 10:35 AM
- Gorges Smythe said...
One thing this past year has taught me, Brian, whine as I will, the Lord DOES provide!
- June 14, 2014 at 12:33 PM
- Vicki said...
I thought old Murphy was living at my house, but it seems he has moved on to yours! Hope he moves on to greener pastures soon, and leaves you and your wife alone, and let you get on with living.
- June 14, 2014 at 1:16 PM
- Gorges Smythe said...
lol - I'msure he has time for ALL of us, Vicki!
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Bell Canada launches a pair of new BlackBerry 7 OS devices
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Up north, Bell Canada is launching the new BlackBerry Bold 9900 4G and the BlackBerry Torch 9810 4G which is a pumped up sequel to the BlackBerry Torch 9800; with the usual Canadian 3 year contract signed, the Bold 9900 is $169.99 and the Torch 9810 is $149.99...
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1. Gunship (unregistered)
Lovely job RIM. I love how the comment section is always empty when RIM does something correct.
2. jesusa.nunez (unregistered)
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With the incredibly same old designs, is it any wonder why RIM's stocks are down and they are reducing staff? They are designing themselves into complete obsolescence. See where they are in two years if they don't smarten up.
5. pete7625 (banned) (Posts: 86; Member since: 01 Jul 2010)
These are some very nice looking cell phones. I'm not sure why people don't like Blackberry that much. I loved my blackberry. It was a very nice phone. It was definitely the best phone to text on. Nothing beats a physical keyboard, and blackberry definitely made the best.