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TechCrunch is a blog that is all about Web 2.0. This mega blog has become famous over the past 4 years and is still growing. What started out as a small company, has turned into a huge profitable network. They reportedly bring in $200,000.00 USD monthly. So how did a small, yet simple enough blog grow into a popular network? Let's take a look.
It all started on July 15 2005 (though on the archives of the site, the first post was posted on June 11 2005), when founder Michael Arrington opened TechCrunch for the first time. His goal with the blog was to be dedicated about profiling and reviewing companies and internet products. Back then, he did most of the blog posting himself and worked on it pretty much all by himself during the first year. Also during the first year, it turned out to be his full time job.
By the time the site turned one year, they had 883 posts, 23,713 comments and 65,00 RSS and email subscribers. They also had 3 other partner sites in their network and have had seven guest post writers and he already hired a co-writer to help him, Marshall Kirkpatrick. For 2007, Erick Schonfeld got hired as a co-editor for the TechCrunch blog. And for the first time in TechCrunch history, they got their own office in 2009.
Prior to staring TechCrunch, Michael Arrington worked as a corporate attorney, working only with technology companies. A few were Idea Lab, Apple, Pixar and Netscape. He also co-authored a book. He left law for a more exciting career, working for a startup company RealNames. RealNames didn't live long enough to even go public, and when the dotcom bubble burst they went under. He left RealNames and helped co-found Achex, which was lucky enough to survive the dotcom burst. They sold it later on to First Data Corp.
Along with founding TechCrunch he also found edgeio.com and is on the board of directors for it as well. Though it was sold to partly to Looksmart and Vast.com, Arrington has stayed on the board of directors. Some of the sites and products he has profiled on TechCrunch are: AbeBooks, About.com, Aboutus.org, AdBrite, AddThis, Alexa, Bebo, b5media, Cafepress, DailyCandy, DocuSign, eBay, eMusic, Etsy, Facebook, FeedBurner, FixYa, Glam Media, Getty Images, HaloScan, Helium, Hi Media, Hub Pages, iLike, IMB, iGoogle, IMVU, Jobster, JobSyndicate, Kaboodle, Knowhow, Kudzu, Lala, Last.fm, LifeLock, Mahalo, mebo, Motorola, Mozilla, MyBlogLog, Myspace, Neopets, Newsvine, NetFlix, oDesk, O'Reilly Media, OkCupid, Pandora.TV, PayPal, PayPerPost, pbwiki, ping.fm, Qype, Reddit, SanDisk, SEOMoz, SpiralFrog, SwapTree, Tagged, Technorati, ThisNext, Twitter, uTest, VeriSign Inc, WebKinz, WebMD, Weebly, Widgetbox, Xoom, Yahoo, Yedda, Zazzle.
Sites that are in TechCrunch network are-
CrunchNotes: A personal blog written by Michale Arrington
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TechCrunch Japan: Unique content, as well as translations from American version
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MobileCrunch: Keeps up with Mobile Computing industry edited by Greg Kumparak
TalkCrunch: Podcast about Web 2.0
CrunchGear: Blog about computer hardware and gadgets, editor is John Biggs
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During their short time they have been around, they have grown into a huge network and likely will still grow as long as they cover the popular topic of Web 2.0. They have covered a wide spread of companies and products during this time period, watching many companies come and go during this hard time of breaking into the big time.
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Former Maurepas High School baseball standout Kade Scivicque, a sophomore-to-be this spring at Southwest Mississippi Community College, signed a national letter of intent with LSU for the 2014 season.
The 5-foot-11, 210-pound Scivicque, a catcher/pitcher, signed his scholarship papers Thursday.
According to a news release from Southwest Mississippi, Scivicque received several other offers but chose LSU because "it was an honor getting to play in the best baseball conference (in the country)."
As a freshman in 2012, Scivicque led the Summit, Miss.-based school with a .338 average and also had a team-high five home runs and 10 doubles. As a pitcher, he worked 522?3 innings and had 41 strikeouts in compiling a 2-5 record with a 4.10 ERA.
As a senior at Maurepas in 2011, Scivicque led the Bears to the state Class B semifinals with a 13-2 record.
He batted .568 with 10 homers and 53 RBIs.
He was voted the Most Outstanding Player in Class B by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association and was the MVP of the Louisiana High School Coaches Association's All-Star Baseball Games, going 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs. He also had a save in the series-clinching game.
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The ground beneath my feet: In a slightly unusual approach to the places she inhabits and travels to, Ekaterina takes pictures of her feet standing on interesting surfaces in spots and/or with people she wants to remember and writes stories about them. From Sofia, Bulgaria, where she is based, to Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia, Hungary, Germany and Spain, the blog encompasses various cities and locations around Europe, but soon hopes to cross oceans to other continents as well. Here, you can read a selection of her blog.
Art opening | Sofia, Bulgaria
October 04, 2010 • 0 Comments Bulgaria
Opening of "Shortlist 2010: Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art" at the Raiko Aleksiev Gallery. See the rest of the photographs. Full Story
Lost in Translation | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Pozorište: 'theater' in Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian and 'massive disgrace' in Bulgarian; God – 'year' in Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian and 'the Almighty' in English.
Speaking of heavenly things, a no less confusing, but much more appropriate word is the one for tomato, which in... Full Story
Sarajevo Film Festival | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Free fitness classes are a great way for the entire family to stay fit! Join us in the garden for a free yoga class!
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10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
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Lucy Wilner: Us and Them, Birds at the Intersection of Natural and Man-made Worlds
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Summer on the Hudson: Butt & Gut
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10:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
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Free Family Day at Wyckoff Farmhouse
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11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We've planned engaging, kid-friendly tours, hands-on activities, scavenger hunts, and more.
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Central Park Tour: Conservatory Garden
at Vanderbilt Gate (in Central Park), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Join us for a staff-led tour through three gardens in one! From a magnificent wrought-iron gate made in 1894 to a sculptural tribute to The Secret Garden, Central Park Conservancy…
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LuAnn De Lesseps Debuts "Money Can't Buy You Class" Video
The moment you all have been waiting for has arrived! The Countess LuAnn de Lesseps has released the video for "Money Can't Buy You Class." It's amazing what some hair extensions and a super talented makeup artist can do. LuAnn looks really pretty, but the song still sucks hiney! And is it just me or does it look as if she's giving O-face when the video is at rest? Anyhoo, enjoy … you know you want to click play.


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The arrest of five players on the Vanderbilt football team this summer regarding an alleged gang rape shocked Nashville and college football fans across the nation. The five young men allegedly sexually assaulted an unconscious 21-year-old female student inside a Nashville campus dorm last June. Now, a new BuzzFeed article sheds more light about the alleged incident. To say the details are troubling is to put it mildly: the victim had been out partying on the night of the incident with one of the guys, who then allegedly took her back to his dorm while she was unconscious, where he and his teammates sexually violated her and filmed it.
Here's what we knew before about the alleged Vanderbilt sexual assault:
- The incident occurred in a campus dorm on June 23rd. The players were allegedly seen on a surveillance camera in a dorm's hallway by campus safety officials, who were examining the tape for unrelated reasons. When they saw suspicious behavior, they looked closer into the young men — who happened to be Vanderbilt football players — seen on the tape.
- The footballs players who were indicted are Cory Batey, 19; Brandon Banks, 19; JaBorian "Tip" McKenzie, 19; Brandon Vandenberg, 20, and Chris Boyd, 21.
- Batey, Banks, McKenzie and Vanderberg were indicted on five counts of aggravated rape each and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. Vanderberg was charged with one count of unlawful photography and one count of tampering with evidence. Boyd was charged with a felony count of being an accessory after the fact for allegedly advising Vandenberg over text message to delete pictures and video Vandenberg had taken.
- Vanderbilt immediately suspended the players from the football team.
Thanks to the new BuzzFeed investigation, more troubling details have emerged:
- The victim is a 21-year-old woman, an incoming senior from Oklahoma, who was casually dating Brandon Vandenberg. The two had been out drinking at a Nashville bar called the Tin Roof on the night of the alleged sexual assault. At some point in the evening, the woman passed out and was taken to Gillette House, a dormitory where Vandenberg and other football players lived during the summer.
- On the night of the assault, students in Gillette House heard a loud "bang," like the sound of something being broken. It may have been a door on a second-floor hallway that was apparently kicked open (and which may or may not be connected to the alleged assault). Campus safety watched surveillance tape from that hallway looking for information about the broken door and that's when when they witnessed multiple football players going in and out of a dorm room, until Vandenberg finally covered the security camera with a towel.
- BuzzFeed reported that "objects were used to penetrate the victim," though it is not explained who did that or what objects were used. It's also unclear exactly who sexually penetrated the victim in other ways.
- Because of the towel Vandenberg tossed over the security camera, it is unclear whether the victim was taken from the dorm room at some point in the evening. It's unclear where she woke up the next day.
- Vandenburg allegedly filmed video and took pictures of the alleged sexual assault on his cell phone and sent them around, including to two former teammates from a former football team in California. The two men — Miles Finley, 19, and Joseph Quinzio, 20 — have been charged with tampering with evidence for allegedly deleting the images from their phones.
- Vanderbilt's football coach James Franklin denied an accusation he viewed the sexual assault video that Vandenberg filmed and advised the person who showed it to him to delete it.
- BuzzFeed alluded to a "racially charged" nature to the video of the assault, although what that specifically means is not explained. The victim is white; Vandenberg is white and the three other alleged assailants are Black.
- The victim was unaware of the assault until she heard from her peers about the pictures and the video. She is still enrolled at Vanderbilt.
All this information came from original BuzzFeed reporting and Deadspin, a sports blog, added that they were contacted over the summer by sources with some of the same information (which they were unable to corroborate). Heavy stuff.
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A 315-acre farm along the Mississippi River in Elk River is for sale, and the Elk River City Council is interested in gathering more information about the possibility of buying it for park land.
The city staff had been approached by Dotseth Realty, inquiring if the city is interested in the Houlton farm. The farm is located near the Orono Dam.
Council members discussed the matter during a work session May 7 and agreed by consensus that the city staff should look into it further. No vote was taken.
"I don't think it hurts to explore it," said Council Member Jerry Gumphrey.
"I think it's worth looking at and at least see where it goes. Don't spend a tremendous amount of staff time on it, but see what … you can come up with," Mayor John Dietz told Parks and Recreation Director Michael Hecker and City Administrator Cal Portner.
Council Member Matt Westgaard said it's a fantastic opportunity for the city, but the question is how to pay for it. Unfortunately, the opportunity to buy the land comes at a time when things are tough and the city's park dedication fund is pretty severely depleted, he said.
But, he said it would be a great asset to have for the city and the council would be foolish not to explore possible options with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Minnesota Historical Society and any other entities that may be able to help the city secure it.
Elk River's park dedication fund is typically the source tapped to buy park land, but that fund is dry. Its balance is zero, according to City Administrator Portner.
The park dedication fund is replenished as land develops, with developers either donating land or paying a fee of $3,712 per dwelling unit, $7,444 per acre of commercial property or $2,485 per acre of industrial property. But with the downturn in development in recent years, the flow of money into the fund has slowed to a trickle.
Hecker said the Houlton property's assessed value is $1.4 million, but the list price is "considerably higher than that."
A DNR grant is a possibility to help fund acquisition costs if the city were to decide to buy it.
"They mentioned there's assistance … I'm hoping it's large dollars," Hecker told the City Council.
Hecker said probably the biggest asset the property offers is the opportunity for a trail along the Mississippi River. The farm has about 1.75 miles of river frontage. The city's comprehensive park plan shows a future trail system along the Mississippi.
Rebecca Haug, who is the staff liaison to the Elk River Heritage Preservation Commission, said the Houlton farm has huge historical significance as well.
"There are old mill ruins still intact on the property. That type of tourism is increasing greatly," she said.
Oxcart trail ruts can also still be seen, she said, and the farm is home to many bald eagle nests and the largest tree in Sherburne County.
"It does contain an island, which is pretty unique to be able to purchase an island on the Mississippi River," Haug said.
Of the 315 acres of land, about 36 acres or 11 percent of the property sits outside the flood zone, according to Hecker.


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Will Killer Croc Be the Villain of the 'Batman 3′ Movie?
Matt Molgaard of "I Am Rogue" has just added some new ideas about who the villain could be in the third Batman movie. Cobbling together a rumor about at least a part of the film being shot in Louisiana and a few teaser tweets from Mark Millar, and came up with Killer Croc. Could he be the next villain to challenge Batman?
Millar tweeted:
— "Oh, wait. Con gossip: I know who the villain(s) are in Batman 3 and the big scene outside Gotham sounds awesome. Totally timely locale."
— "One of the villains is from my favourite childhood run on the character. Again, very unexpected."
As Molgaard speculated:
Millar's statements indicate the rumors of a New Orleans shoot could be possible. Keep in mind that New Orleans has plenty of swamps, and swamps have plenty of crocodiles. Killer Croc is a character who first appeared in 1983, when Millar was just 13 years old, no wonder he's a favorite of Millar.
Of all the Batman villains out there, Killer Croc seems an unlikely choice. The first three villains were real challenges for the Dark Knight. Physically, they couldn't stand up to him, but mentally they worked him over. Ras al Ghul pushed his moral limits. The Joker pushed everyone else's moral limits until Batman was just scrambling to catch up. Croc is just a big stupid guy who can throw big stupid rocks. The main challenge he presents is to the rocks.
Then again, maybe that makes him due for a character overhaul. As far as I know he hasn't been used in any other movies, which means that majority of the audience will be seeing him for the first time. When you're working as hard as Nolan at re-doing the entire concept of Batman movies, finally having an unknown villain to work with may be a great advantage. Not to mention, it might be nice seeing Batman go up against a guy who can throw a punch back at him.
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In a relatively unknown apocalyptic fiction, a fat little man cowers, terrified and trembling before Julian Beliano...the devil himself. Amused at the large beads of sweat dotting the fat little man's face and soaking up an increasingly larger area of shirt, the devil leans across the mahogany desk and asks the question:
"Well, Brimmer, what is it?"
"W-what is what, s-sir?"
Pointing to the growing spread of wetness between the man's front pant pockets, the devil repeats himself, "What is that? Right there. Is that fear sweat or fat sweat?"
We may never know the answer to that question, but on July 31, 2012, Kyle Rowland penned a pretty good article entitled, "A Golden Opportunity". I took the opportunity on that day to report to you from the future...in the comments section, of course, so as not to draw a lot of attention. You see, I am a Time Traveler, and I seized those few moments of wrinkled time to assure Buckeye Universe that all would be well, and that there would be smiles aplently by the end of the 2012 season....despite the fact that the view from the pew was that most would be happy with a "decent" year after the implosion of 2011.
From my admittedly unique and decidedly advantageous angle of events, I had to be careful of what I said exactly, so as not to unravel the very fabric of time and space through one reckless disclosure of what was to come. And certainly, had you good folks been imbibed with full and unfettered disclosure, multitudes may have turned Vegas on its ear...betting your homes and your children's inheritance and future tuition on some ludicrous chance that Ohio State might be down to the likes of Purdue and need a miraculous last second magic act by a backup quarterback and his banged up offense.
No, no...the cosmos very likely would have started that slow and dreaded unraveling, sending that ribbon of change pulsing back into the already precariously positioned beginning of the thinly lined garment of time. Oh, no...we could not allow such a thing to happen. I simply could not trust my fellow Buckeye fans with knowledge of such import.
Can I trust you now?
In that look ahead at last year, our opponents truly learned the difference between fat sweat and fear sweat. Oh, it's not that we did not sweat it at times ourselves, especially early on, but thankfully, our sweat was of the fat kind...being seared away as Mariotti molded boys into men. It was this sweat...our sweat...and our blood...that produced their tears. And ultimately, they would all cry. Every last one of them. They would cry tears of anger. They would cry tears of frustration, of disbelief, of aggravation and even hate. And finally, they would all cry tears of realization.
And their sweat? Fear sweat.
And make no mistake. Sweet flavors, all of them. And fodder for the game shots of mourning fans tearing up as the clock ticks down on the fading moments of Hope. And Dantunio and Belemia. Sweet, emancipating tears. Let go of the emotion and accept your fate. From the hard punching UFC fight that was the Michigan State game to the positively precious purloinment of the Purdue sense of occasional pride...Buckeye Universe gaped open-mouthed at the tenacity of a team that simply would not quit. Even down by nine with mere moments remaining...and nothing to play for to boot, as the announcers would incessantly repeat.
But those are the moments made for memories, are they not? Memories recounted a thousand times to grandchildren one day, as you too get to play The Time Traveler. Little Johnny, or Zack, or Braxella will teeter on your bony, misshapen knees, bouncing softly or not so softly, and say, "But gammpaw...tell me again about that Shoe Lace guy and the cereal he choked on...that story was sooooo cool!" And you will sit back with your mildly adult beverage in one hand, grinning that amiable toothless grin you are so loved for, and savor the memories all over again. And then, at the last, you will put your drink down, lean in close to the ear of the adorably radiant face of your eventual and beautiful grand child [ok, go with me here], and with a sparkle in your eye, and in hushed and reverent tones...you will whisper, "Ahh, but honey, let me tell you about the year that came after THAT!"
So there it is. The crux of my comment now, or at the present. Be prepared for a season that will be seen as the afterburners igniting a new era in college football. The Buckeye Dominion. Here in my time, we have a new star cluster named for our achievements in the second decade of the new millennium. You are at its onset. Strap in and store up on your liquid fuels. Here it comes...2014 and Beyond.
And so my friends, I must leave you once again with only enough so as the ever-so-transitional time loop is left undisturbed by the introduction of future knowledge into your present. As we pause here at the end of February 2013 and look back on the year that WAS...2013-14, I must ask you one more time...
Can I trust you with this?
Or better put, as a dentist once querried my friend, D. Hoffman..."Eez eete safe?"
Well...is it?
Signed off, The Time Traveler.
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Greetings, my dearest pupils, and welcome to the newest installment of the Free Film School here in the ivy-covered halls of CraveOnline. I am your ivy-covered professor, Witney Seibold, who most assuredly holds a degree in something or other. Before we begin this week's lecture, I would implore that you go back to last week's article, which detailed some abstract theories on movie musicals. It was the first part of a series.
This week's lecture will be the second part in this two-part series on musicals, and I will be giving a (perhaps maddeningly) brief rundown on the history of the musical as it's moved from 1927 to the present. I will be citing many many notable movie musicals that either stand as exemplars of the genre, or that I am personally fond of. I understand that, since the genre is so large and all-encompassing, it will be difficult to mention every single one of the notable movie musicals that have been made, and it's likely that I will gloss over or fail to mention some of your favorites. To this I say: that's why God created internet comment sections.
First, a brief rundown on the introduction of sound into cinema. Nearly the first three decades of film were made without sound, and these vital first few decades were where most of standard film acting and general aesthetics were invented. If you don't know silent cinema, then you are missing perhaps the most vital era of filmmaking. Most films were released with no soundtracks at all, and were accompanied in movies theaters by live musicians who would improvise a score, or be assigned a score. Some big-budget features had entire orchestras. The first feature film to be released with spoken dialogue and on-set singing was Alan Crosland's 1927 film The Jazz Singer, which starred Al Jolson as a Jewish man who is torn between singing for his father as a Cantor, and being a hit nightclub singer. The film featured real singing, and the first words of spoken dialogue in a film were "You ain't heard nothin' yet!" The Jazz Singer, also the first movie musical, set the film world on fire and was hotly contested by many in the industry. Some actors felt that the addition of sound to cinema was a gross mutation from the important silent aesthetic; Charlie Chaplin famously decried talking pictures, and persisted in making silent (or mostly silent) films for a few more years. Famed It girl Clara Bow hated sound, and openly hoped for fires to destroy sound recording equipment. Despite detractors, music and dialogue were too alluring to resist, and sound became a proper film revolution. Some like to equate 3-D effects and the recent 48fps movies as the next revolution. Those are small potatoes compared to what sound did.
Sound, it turned out, was here to stay, and studios quickly jumped on the bandwagon, making films with quick, quippy dialogue, and plenty of singing. The innovation of sound introduced an explosion of musicals all throughout the 1930s, and many consider the decade to be the Golden Era of the movie musical. Some also cite the Great Depression as another contributing factor to the proliferation of movie musicals. For musicals, as stated in last week's lecture, are typically formed out of a very basic and primal form of performance. To escape the horror of the poverty and starvation outside, it has been theorized, many audiences fled into the opulent and entertaining world of musicals.
When people think of musicals of the 1930s, they typically think of one filmmaker in particular: Busby Berkeley (1895-1976). Berkeley was a choreographer known for large, elaborate dance numbers that involved dozens of people all dancing in unison. He essentially took the aesthetic of the stage, and tweaked it for the screen. His most famous films are the Gold Diggers movies, 1933's 42nd Street (which was later adapted for the stage), Girl Crazy (1932), and he even worked on some choreography for The Wizard of Oz, although his scenes were deleted from the final cut. Berkeley's most notable contribution to the world of musicals was his famous shooting-straight-down-from-above technique, wherein he would stage elaborate geometrical shapes using dozens of dancers. You've likely seen clips of Berkeley's musicals in the past. Berkeley's films were, rather notoriously, simple escapist fantasies. Many were about young, innocent, and poverty-stricken gals from smalltown America who moved to the big city to be discovered by a showbiz bigwig. The endings were always happy, and the heroines were always rewarded for their innocence and tenacity.
Just as frothy, and far more popular, were the dance films starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. I will be brief here, and the Astaire/Rogers films will warrant a lecture of their own someday. Suffice it to say: Fred Astaire is arguably the best dancer to ever appear on a screen, and Rogers, as the saying goes, did everything he did backwards and in heels. Their films were always romances about how the two of them suffer a complicated set of sitcom circumstances that skillfully keep them apart for the bulk of the film. Astaire/Rogers films equate dancing with love, and often more is said through the virtuosic dance numbers and through the catchy songs than through the silly dialogue. The two of them notoriously would rehearse for hours and hours, sometimes until their feet bled. Their best film is probably George Steven's 1936 film Swing Time, although I personally give equal credence to Mark Sandrich's Top Hat from the previous year. The films are peerlessly joyful, and the dancing is truly amazing. Seriously. See at least one or two Astaire/roger movies.
Most musicals of the 1930s were romances or comedies. The Marx Bros. films all featured numerous musical numbers. Fast dialogue and funny music were the word of the day, and the new form was perfectly suited for stage-bred musicians and comedians who could now record their acts in whole.
Not all movie musicals of the '30s were trifles, though. The duo of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart moved to the world of film musicals with ease, translating their stage shows to the screen with hits like Babes in Arms (1937) and On Your Toes (1936). Their magnum opus was probably Pal Joey, although their most famous movie was probably the amusingly titled Hallelujah, I'm a Bum! from 1933. Their musicals weren't any more sophisticated than their peers in terms of their stories, often being revues with romances attached, but the lyrics and songwriting were most certainly a cut above some of the goofy cuts of the (admittedly awesome) Cole Porter, or the comparatively sentimental Oscar Hammerstein.
1937 also saw the birth of a new film form: The animated feature film. While Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs isn't technically the world's first animated feature, it certainly was the first successful one. No surprise: it was also a musical. The form was so well-known, and Snow White was so successful, that Disney is still, to this day, ensuring that most of their films feature princesses in peril, and perhaps numerous songs. The animated feature, the Disney Princess brand, and the animated musical were all born with this one film.
As World War II began, however, musicals began to change. Perhaps with a recovering economy, the people were no longer interested in flighty and frothy comedies anymore, and began aching for something a bit more, I dunno, sophisticated. The more famous films of the 1940s tend to be wartime dramas like Casablanca, or stirring social dramas like Citizen Kane. There were still plenty of musicals, but this so-called Golden Age of Hollywood is known more for its explosion of filmmaking and storytelling acumen than it is for its singing and dancing. That said, there were still several notable movie musical from the 1940s, the most enjoyable of which was probably the series of "Road" movies starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. The Hope and Crosby films were all pretty much identical: Bob and Bing played a pair of irascible bachelors who decide to swear off of women right before they find themselves on the road to an exotic locale of some sort (Bali, Zanzibar, Rio, etc.), and in the company of a plucky and attractive lady. They would vie for the affections of the lady, and their friendship would suffer, only to be healed by the end. Usually during a song. Bing Crosby's voice was the most seductive thing in the world during this age of crooners.
I also recommend the films of Danny Kaye, a cheerful and fun fellow who managed to infect each one of his films with a peerless innocence that is hard to define. Try out A Song is Born. I would also be remiss if I did not mention the glorious and tragic career of Judy Garland, best known, of course, for The Wizard of Oz. That film helped launch her (tragically brief) career of movie musicals like Ziegfeld Girl, Meet Me in St. Louis, and Easter Parade with Fred Astaire. Several of her films were projects with Mickey Rooney, and the two would often be seen putting on a show in order to save some sort of impoverished institution. Garland looked like a young girl, but had the voice of a woman. Hearing her sing was a resonant and beautiful experience. She projected warmth. She continued to work through the 1950s and even into the 60s, when she died all too soon at age 47. If you get a chance, watch George Cukor's 1952 film A Star is Born, and you may see some of Garland's experience in microcosm.
By the 1950s, that silly, slight version of movie musical passed into the hands of higher-concept projects. Original movie musicals were considered passé, and indeed the best movie musical of the decade, 1952's Singin' in the Rain starring and directed by Gene Kelly, was very much a nostalgia trip for Hollywood. The film, about the introduction of sound into cinema, was an orgy of self-reflection and self-reference, only seen through a more modern eye. It comically showed the journey actors and singers had to take in order to transition to sound, and points out that many of the silent sirens may not have had very good speaking voices. Kelly, a dancer by trade, is a much more masculine presence than the Fred Astaires of the previous generation, and Singin' in the Rain is a classic corny Technicolor Hollywood film about classic silent, black-and-white Hollywood. It doesn't get the 1920s right, but it gets the 1950s perfectly. Many consider it the best film about movies ever made. I love Singin' in the Rain, although I kind of bristle at the long, long "Gotta Dance" number at the end.
Since original musicals were kind of passé, the 1950s saw a slew of adaptations of previous Broadway hits, most notably, film versions of the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein, produced on stage over the course of the 1940s and early '50s. Rodgers and Hammerstein have often been cited for transforming musicals from revues into actual musical narratives, all with Oklahoma! in 1943. With Oklahoma!, the songs in a musical were now used to advance the story, rather than take an amusing intermission from it. In the 1950s, most of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals made it to the screen. 1955 saw Oklahoma!, 1956 saw both The King & I, and the bonkers Carousel. 1958 saw South Pacific, which is a musical so colorful, you'll wonder what the usher slipped into your drink. All of these productions were well-moneyed, featured awesome music, and were considered huge "A" productions.
Disney, meanwhile, was hitting its stride in the 1950s with a string of animated features that are, today, considered the center of their brand. Disneyland opened in 1955, mind you, so Disney was just beginning to become the world-dominating power that it is in 2013. The decade saw Cinderella (1950), Alice in Wonderland (1951), Peter Pan (1953), The Lady and the Tramp (1955), and my favorite, Sleeping Beauty (1959). All of these were musicals with original songs. Again, thanks to this decades-old tradition, Disney films are still seen in a certain way: as musicals with princesses and talking animals. It wasn't until they started buying other companies and properties (Miramax, Studio Ghibli, The Muppets, Marvel Comics, Lucasfilm) that they tried to diversify. Pretty soon Disney will own you.
As the '50s gave way to the '60s, youth culture began to rise to the fore. The World War II generation had now raised teenagers in an era of peace, and trouble began to brew. Parents were not expected to open up about the violence of their past, which may have translated into violent and rebellious instincts in their kids (if I may wax sociological for a moment). Rock 'n' Roll entered the scene, and Elvis began making movies. Teen films were the new word of the day, and youth culture gave rise to the youth market. The youth market, by the way, is still the biggest money-maker in the film world, which is why so many big-money movies are simple PG-13-rated action films intended for teenage boys. The 1950s and early 1960s, then, saw all kinds of low-budget sex-laced bikini/Elvis/biker/miniskirt films that were clearly paying homage to the musicals of the past, but had a more palpable party vibe.
There were still some high-profile Broadway adaptations in the '60s, though. 1965's The Sound of Music, another by Rodgers and Hammerstein, is a truly great film, and some of these Broadway adaptations were winning Oscars. 1961 saw West Side Story, 1969 saw Oliver!. I like The Music Man from 1962, and 1967's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, a bizarre Roman spoof by Stephen Sondheim. And who could forget My Fair Lady? It should be noted that most of the musicals after the 1940s featured actors lip-synching the famous songs, with Marni Nixon or other talented singers dubbing over them. It's boldly artificial, yes, but still makes for awesome music, even if you know that's not really Audrey Hepburn singing.
The 1960s also presented us with a few high-profile flops like Paint Your Wagon and Hello, Dolly!, which may have been the death knell for the glories of musicals in the past. Musicals, like everything in the 1970s, started to take a grittier turn. American cinema in the 1970s saw the explosion of the Cultural Revolution, and watching Gene Kelly dance with an animated mouse was perhaps not what Woodstock attendees wanted to see. The mainstream Broadway adaptations began to incorporate death and tragedy, and 1971 saw Fiddler on the Roof, a very dour version of an otherwise lightly-toned show. 1972 saw the excellent and sexed-up film version of Kander & Ebb's Cabaret, starring Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland's daughter. The film took place right before WWII, and was hardly a romantic blast of nostalgia. It was dirty and wicked and sexy. It got the '70s right, and, in its way, it also got the late '30s right.
Most musicals in the 1970s tended to be rock operas, and incorporated pop music forms, rather than the classical croons and rhymes of previous generations. Now we were treated to rock operas like Jesus Christ Superstar, and The Who's Tommy, based on their concept album, directed by Ken Russell, a bizarre odyssey of commercialism, drugs, infidelity, and a scene where Ann-Margaret bathes in baked beans. When you see the beans scene, you'll know that Oklahoma! is very much a thing of the past. Now we had musicals like The Rocky Horror Picture Show to contend with. Throw in The Wiz and Hair, and you've got a pile of awesome "important" and very, very modern musicals to deal with. Even though it came out in 1982, I would count Pink Floyd's bizarre rock opera The Wall in with that crowd as well, as it dealt with surreal imagery and poetic lyrics to convey more a state of mind than a real story. Only one musical of the 1970s dealt with outright corny nostalgia, and that is the overrated 1978 classic Grease, which many love, and I kind of hate, thanks to hundreds of drunken karaoke versions of "Summer Nights."
Also The Muppet Movie (1979). I defy you to listen to "The Rainbow Connection" and not cry a little.
As the 1980s began, musicals died outright. There were a few notable Broadway adaptations, but they were clearly trying to recapture to old magic, and didn't do much of note. Annie, A Chorus Line, and Little Shop of Horrors all have their fans, but they are not at the forefront of any sort of movement. Although Frank Oz's Little Shop is a keen musical about a killer plant from outer space, and features some of the best practical special effects in any movie; it's right alongside John Carpenter's The Thing in that regard. Plus the songs burrow into your brain.
Otherwise, the 1980s are kind of a musical wasteland. Indeed, 1980 is probably the worst year for musicals, as it saw the release of four of the worst the form has to offer: The Olivia Newton John vehicle Xanadu, The Village People's Can't Stop the Music, The Bee-Gee's oddball Beatles tribute Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and a truly wonderful and brain-melting piece of crap called The Apple, which retells the Adam & Eve story in the distant future of 1994 amongst glittery outfits and evil music corporations. I grew up in the 1980s, and, looking back in such a way, it seems like it was one of the most creatively bankrupt times for entertainment; so much of what I grew up with was soulless commercial fare.
The 1990s cleaned things up a bit, mostly thanks to another renaissance of Disney animated features. This was the time when The Little Mermaid totally revitalized an otherwise flagging animation department, and led to some of the company's biggest hits. 1991's Beauty and the Beast was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, and Aladdin and The Lion King made millions. Live-action musicals were now totally passé (Newsies anyone? I love John Waters' Cry-Baby, but it's not exactly a blockbuster), but the animated musical was experiencing a new high. The only high-profile '90s movie musical I can think of was Evita starring Madonna.
One film revitalized movie musicals in the 2000s, but sadly started an unfortunate trend. That was Moulin Rouge!, Baz Luhrmann's visual assault of repurposed pop hits and clunky over-design. By all aesthetic standards, Moulin Rouge! is a failure, but the music struck audiences just right, and the film became a huge hit. The legacy of the film was that A) musicals were hip again, and B) they had to be overdesigned and glitzy. Hence we saw a mediocre adaptation of Kander & Ebb's Chicago in 2002, a film version of Hairspray in 2007, and Dreamgirls in 2006, all of which were big hits, and none of which are very good. Well, I kind of liked Dreamgirls.
Musicals were back, but not necessarily in a powerful way. They weren't as present as they seemed to be in the past, and indeed, many bad musicals started to leak in around the edges. 2005, like 1980, saw some of the worst movie musicals ever made with Rent, the musical version of The Producers, and Andrew Lloyd Weber's Phantom of the Opera, which I will not talk about for any reason. Although the 2000s couldn't be a total wash if they could bring us 2007's Once, a naturalist musical about musicians falling in love and recording a record together. Once is one of the more touching film romances as well as a stirring musical.
And where are we now? The trend these days seems to be jukebox musicals: Mamma Mia! (2008), Across the Universe (2007) and Rock of Ages (2012) are all recent films that took existing pop hits and shoehorned them into a narrative musical structure, to mixed results. One could say that, with the 2000s and '10s, we're going through another nostalgia-based revolution based on re-singing popular hits, rather than making original musicals again. These days, it is only acceptable for animated films to be musicals, and even then, it's not encouraged. We are at a down-clip in movie musicals right now. They are once again passé. I can't say where we'll go from here. Maybe movie musicals and rock operas will come back at some point. Maybe CGI-laced action bonanzas will give way to CGI-laced song and dance extravaganzas. Maybe people will long for the awesomeness of actual singing and dancing again. Maybe the purity of music and dance will once again shine through. Say what you will about the recent Les Misérables, at least they thought to let the actors sing their own songs.
No genre ever truly dies. They just go through waves of popularity. Right now, we're in sci-fi and fantasy movie mode. Angsty romances and superheroes seem to be in the center of the public eye. Perhaps westerns will come back. Maybe noir will come back. Maybe musicals will even come back. More than likely, we'll have something we cannot predict. Until then, I can sit down with Top Hat, watch the dancing, sing along, and fall in love with music again.
Homework for the Week:
Is my history accurate to you? What's your favorite era of musicals? Which movie musicals are your favorite? Do you think musicals are dead, or can they live again? What's the best approach to watching a movie musical? Do you start in the modern era and go backwards, or start in 1927 and move forward?
Witney Seibold is a featured contributor on the CraveOnline Film Channel and co-host of The B-Movies Podcast. You can read his weekly articles B-Movies Extended, Free Film School and The Series Project, and follow him on Twitter at @WitneySeibold.


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|Reviews for Twilight vs Hellsing: A Vampire Discussion
| NintendoGal55 chapter 1 . 10/19/2011
XDXDXD I can SO see this happening. Lacey liking Twilight, but the Dog River gang not at all into it! :D Awww, I wish Karen and Davis could offer their opinion on the matter! xD That would be golden! Oh well.
Everyone was just so in-character, I could practically hear the actors voicing them right there! XD My favourite line by far is when Brent says, "Never mind. Let me, the customer, get it." That is SO what Brent would say if he were faced in that situation. XD Ah, I love him. :D
And using Hellsing as comparison! I can see them liking Hellsing, what with great action, good characters, interesting storylines, no wonder they'd think it was awesome compared to Twilight, which is garbage!
Nice one! :D I love it!
| BuffyTheSlayr chapter 1 . 10/13/2011
Dude, you nailed the awesomeness of these characters! Score!
| Lion in the Land chapter 1 . 6/3/2011
Aww, that was funny! Lines I especially enjoyed:
"Never mind. Let me, the customer, get it."
"A bank's customers borrow money." Hank piped in, even though the conversation had already moved to another topic.
"See, even Hank agrees. Oh wait, Hank agrees? I may be wrong about this." Wanda mused.
I'm not even familiar w/ the characters, but still got a kick out of them. And how odd, I'm just noticing, that the favorite lines I picked out above have nothing to do w/ vampires! I must say though, I enjoyed Lacey getting so absorbed in the book that she didn't even hear Brett asking for ketchup. Been there, Lacey. ;P
| Miguel51 chapter 1 . 1/24/2011
Okay, strange subject, but somehow it captures the f-uppedness that is Corner Gass. Well done.
| hbruce chapter 1 . 6/13/2010
I can totally see Lacy as a fan of Twilight. That seems just so... HER.
good story :)
| sami chapter 1 . 1/31/2010
yah hellsing
dont by the blood vapor. i read the manga wached both anime. but there are no vampiers in twilight thy are faries.
| Konoton chapter 1 . 1/28/2010
Team Alucard I presume? :P
Good story.
| SailorGoldRabbit chapter 1 . 7/18/2009
Haha! XD Awesome! You kept them in character really well! I find it a bit farfetched that Brent, Hank and Wanda (Wanda especially) would have read Hellsing, but somehow you make it believable! Plus, it's Twihate! Love Twihate! And Corner Gas!
| The Mad Maiden chapter 1 . 7/15/2009
That was halarious. You did a great job keeping them in character, even when they were talking about Twilight and Manga.
Great job.
| Covert.Darkness chapter 1 . 6/21/2009
Yay! -claps- This was great! (I do NOT like Twilight at all... my friends do though.) Such a great oneshot!
| FoxyWolf16 chapter 1 . 6/4/2009
xD This is a neverending argument I have with people, that usually go likes this:
Close Friend: You should seriously go see the movie-
Me: No.
Close Friend: But Edward-
Me: No. He's not. Alucard owns your sparkly Edward.
Close Friend: But-
Me: OWNED. See?
Not-so-Close Friend Passing By: YOU DON'T LIKE TWILIGHT? HERETIC!
Me:...Go die in a fire.
But yeah, this story actually outlines an argument more detailed and with more evidence, rather than just "Alucard owns." Very nice. -
| smalltownpunk chapter 1 . 5/12/2009
I've gotta say, nice fanfic.
I'm kinda inbetween with the whole Twilight issue. On one hand, I do agree with Wanda with that it is degrading to women, and plus, what the f* is up with the sparkling stuff?
On the other hand though, I do like the last book in that it reminded me a little bit of some Ann Rice books I've read.
But hey, great job with this story. I can hear the characters speaking in my head.
Go Hellsing!
| narutoprincess chapter 1 . 5/1/2009
That was the first Corner Gas fan fiction I've ever read and I liked it. It's kind of sad the show's over. This would've actually made an awesome scene.
| Retro chapter 1 . 4/19/2009
Okay, so I'm NOT a twilight fan, but I won't bash it, because I'm sure you like it. Instead, I'll just rant about the characters.
I can see where the main ideas you have about the character's personalities came from, but they aren't anything like the real characters. I'd work on making them talk and act like they do in the show. I should be able to read the story and ignore the 'he said, she said' if the characters are properly established.
Which leads me to my second little rant. Do NOT call them 'the man in the powder blue smock' or 'the woman in the blah blah'. People who read these stories are generally fans. You shouldn't try to keep their identity a secret, especially when you don't have a handle on their personalities.
Sorry for being blunt, but I hope it helps a bit.
| askh8hae chapter 1 . 4/17/2009
it was okay...
Brent's awesome


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"This is a lovely cottage in a nice ..."This is a lovely cottage in a nice location. Quite a way from the beach but lots of things to do in area for all ages and weather conditions. The cottage was large and very well presented with everything that we needed in it. Very clean and nice to have a welcome pack to get us started with a few essential items.. We had a great holiday there and was surprised how quickly the time passed.This is a lovely cottage in a nice location. Quite a way from the beach but lots of things to do in area for all ages and weather conditions. The cottage was large and very well presented with everything that we needed in it. Very clean and nice to have a welcome pack to get us started with a few essential items.. We had a great holiday there and was surprised how quickly the time passed.
- Off road parking
- Open fire
- Smoke-free
- Garden / Patio
- Pub/shop < 1 mile
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Broadband / WiFi
The property
This spacious holiday cottage is near the picturesque market square in the village of Bradworthy and provides lovely accommodation in the heart of Devon.
This detached cottage has laminate flooring throughout most of the ground floor and is very child friendly, with plenty of room for the dog too!
Downstairs there is a spacious sitting room with a warming woodburning stove, a playroom and a large, well-equipped kitchen with dining area, perfect for enjoying family meals together.
With four comfortable bedrooms, this cottage provides flexible sleeping arrangements to accommodate all guests.
The large rear garden is a lovely place to enjoy alfresco dining and will be appreciated by your whole party.
From the cottage it is a five minute stroll into Bradworthy village square, reputed to be the largest in the West Country, and surrounded by local shops and an excellent inn serving good food and benefiting from a coffee shop.
Just outside of the village, Tamar Lakes are ideal for those who enjoy fishing and sailing and the area as a whole is perfect for picturesque walks and watching wildlife.
A short drive from this Bradworthy cottage is the picture postcard coastal village of Clovelly, the market town of Holsworthy and the seaside resorts of Bude and Widemouth, which has a large dog friendly beach to the south and a popular surfing beach to the north.
Other local attractions, perfect for children in the group, include the Gnome Reserve, Milky Way and the Big Sheep, all ideal for when you're after days filled with family fun and adventure.
The whole family is sure to have an enjoyable time throughout their stay at this ideally located and well-presented cottage.
Four bedrooms: 2 x double with basin and TV, 2 x twin. Bathroom with bath, shower over, basin and WC. Ground floor basin and WC. Kitchen with dining area. Utility. Sitting room with woodburning stove. Playroom.
- Oil central heating with woodburning stove
- Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, washing machine, tumble dryer, dishwasher, 4 x TVs with Freeview, 2 x DVDs, PlayStation 2 and Wii with games, iPod docks, WiFi, selection of books, games, DVDs and videos
- Fuel, power and starter pack for stove inc. in rent
- Bed linen and towels inc. in rent
- Stairgate and child safety plugs
- Off road parking for 3 cars
- Enclosed lawned front and rear gardens with furniture
- Two well-behaved dogs welcome
- Sorry, no smoking
- Shop and pub 5 mins walk.
About the location
Bude 10 miles.
With its large village square surrounded by cottages, village shops, garage and pub (renowned locally for its beer and good food), Bradworthy is the perfect example of the typical Devon country village. Off the beaten track and surrounded by the lush green pastures of North Devon, it provides the perfect base for a truly relaxing holiday in an area with several top class visitor attractions. Just 3 miles away the Tamar Lakes provide fishing and an array of watersports for the enthusiast, while south-west is the beach resort of Bude, with its outstanding surfing, rocky coves, golf course and restaurants. Several excellent stretches of the SW Coast Path, the beaches at Sandy Mouth and Welcombe Mouth, Hartland Point Quay and Lighthouse and the beautiful cliff-side village of Clovelly and bike riding on the Tarka Trail are some of the attractions that should not be missed in this fascinating area.
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My name is Steve 47 years young I love gym and fitness train 5-6 days a week Don't smoke or drink but don't mind people the do I'm quiet and easygoing and very tidy I'm moving to Brisbane ASAP as my girlfriend lives there In the Redlands Is the room still available? Thanks Steve
I am new to the area after landing a new job in the wine industry in Rutherglen. Originally from NZ I have been living in sunny Brisbane for the last 7 years. I am also currently pretty busy undertaking a PhD in Wine History and an industry wine qualification in Melbourne - the WSET Diploma. Needless to say I like to end a busy day with a glass of wine. I am a foodie and like to whip up a gourmet meal every now and then. I am quiet but sociable, keep my surroundings clean and tidy, a non-smoker and have no pets relocating with me. Looking for a furnished room in a share house with amazing flatmates.


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LOS ANGELES – Ben Olson said the medial collateral ligament in his left knee is almost completely torn, but UCLA's quarterback still is targeting the Oct.28 game against Washington State for his return from the injury, suffered a little more than two weeks ago.
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Client does not know and employer is too tight to buy FT Dividend book. Could anyone tell me what dividends the following company's paid in 2007/2008?
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Go to Northcote Data website they will give you, free of charge, any dividend rate for any company in the last few years. This is a really excellent site. For future reference, Trustnet is another useful site that will give you the dividends/interest paid on most Unit Trusts.
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Why don't read my post, dumbass. I never said anything about Cassell being young. I spacifically said that Cassell, a long with many others are STILL ON THE TEAM!!! Meaning that the Clippers have virtually the same roster as last year, but improved because Livingston and Kaman are young, talented and getting better. Do you have a chrystal ball? Why don't you tell me how the Clippers will do after Cassell leaves. Laker fans obviously can predict the future. They try it all the time. The reason why they made a contract offer for Vlad was because the Clippers original plans were to keep Cassell and Vlad so they wouldn't have to mess with any outside freeagents, dipsh!t. Vlad went to your team as you're "savior" so the Clippers signed someone who happened to be a better all around player than Vlad to be one of the backups on the Clippers. I bet if Tim signed with the Lakers, you guys would brag on how great he is, just like with Kwame Brown, Chris Mihm, Smush Parker and the rest of the scrubs on the Lakers not named Kobe and Lamar. Big deal. Kwame Brown was decent in a few playoff games... He's still Kwame Brown and he's still gunna suck. Olowokandi was decent at the end of the 01-02 season but then he turned back into the worthless piece of sh!t that he is now. Why didn't Lamar get picked to be in the all-star game in his career best season with the Heat? And in the east, Lamar would still have a hard time making it with Vince Carter, LeBron James, Paul Pierce, Richard Jefferson, Teyshaun Prince, Antawn Jamison, Jermaine O'Neal, Dwight Howard, Ben Wallace, Emeka Okafor, Chris Bosh... anyone else? Do you think Lamar would make the all-star game in the east? And just because you have a young team doesn't always mean you have a bright future.The only player on the Lakers with a bright future is Bynum... Anyone else? Is Kwame gunna suddenly become a superstar? Is Turiaf gunna be such a great player, how about Sasha, Walton, Mihm, Parker, Farmar, Shammond Williams. All of those players are garbage. The best one out of that group is Mihm and he's a backup at best. All you have is Kobe, Lamar, and Phil. Do you honestly believe that Phil will stay for a long time?
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Sources of Regional Crime Persistence Argentina 1980-2008
Crime rates vary considerably by region and these differences are found to be persistent over time. The persistence of differences in regional crime rates over time may be explained by two factors. First, differences in the regional institutional and socio-economic conditions that determine crime equilibrium levels are persistent over time. Second, the effects of shocks affecting the crime rate are persistent over time. The aim of this paper is to disentangle these two sources of regional crime persistence in Argentinean regions over 1980-2008 and subperiods for different typologies of crime. Controlling for socio-economic and deterrence effect variables, we specify an econometric model to test the persistence of shocks to crime. Results support high persistence of the effects of shocks to crime. Resumen
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David Feherty draws crowds to charity event at LeMont
Swooning is usually reserved for tweens, twerps and the rest of the teenybopper throng.
That is, until you put a roomful of grown men and women in a room with David Feherty, God's gift of razor-sharp repartee to the world of golf.
Dinner with the man, the myth, the legend drew more than 250 on Wednesday to LeMont at $1,000 a pop, although neither price tags nor mileage could stymie anyone's interest.
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3 bedroom house share to rentStockbridge Road, Sutton Scotney, Winchester
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Key features
- Large wooden beamed cottage kitchen (adjoining dining room and family room) and including an Esse oil fired range and Stoves electric hob and fan oven
- Sitting room with cosy Charnwood multi-fuel stove and many features including beams and alcove shelves
- Two bathrooms, one shared including shower, one en suite with bath
- Master bedroom with period fire place and en suite bathroom
- Spacious walk in cupboards in bedrooms 2 and 3
- Station 6 miles from the village offering regular fast trains to London Waterloo
- Day nursery in village (17 months to 5 Years)
- House Share
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- 3 bedrooms
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This former country estate cottage is situated in a designated conservation area in the heart of Sutton Scotney village.
3 good sized bedrooms with large walk in cupboards (the master bedroom has an en suite bathroom.)
- Bright and airy bathroom looking onto gardens and comprising loo sink and walk in shower.
- Sitting room with Charnwood multi-fuel stove and many features including beams and alcove shelves and large under stairs cupboard.
- Spacious dining room with small archway serving passage to the kitchen.
- Large wooden beamed cottage kitchen on two levels containing all essential services including an Esse oil fired range, and Stoves electric hob and fan oven.
- The lower level living space can serve as a home office or playroom with double bi-folding doors to close off the sitting room and direct access to the courtyard garden via french windows.
- The front of the house offers a small garden and âon roadâ parking either outside the cottage or 50ms away in the small Chapel car park.
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