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Fashion Statement: Diana Vreeland
"Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more." —fashion editor Diana Vreeland from D.V., her autobiography published on this day in 1984 that has since become the bible for anyone interested in the history of fashion. Vreeland influenced how women dressed and considered fashion during the 20th century probably more than any other single person. Harper's Bazaar editor Carmel Snow courted Vreeland in 1936, after spotting her at an event at the St. Regis Hotel Read More »
Diana Vreeland Adds Another Feather to her Cap: Editor of Vogue
She had joined the hallowed team just seven months earlier, and on this day in 1962, Diana Vreeland was promoted from associate editor to editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine. The question was: Why did Vreeland leave Harper's Bazaar, where she had been editor for 25 years after founding her now-iconic "Why Don't You…?" column and established herself as one of the world's most respected fashion editors? "Her appearance at a fashion show is the highest accolade a designer can hope for," wrote the New York Times following her resignation from Bazaar on March 2. "When she jots down the number or name of a model during a showing, other editors are quick to do the same. At her rare appearances backstage at a fashion show, high-placed executives trail after her as docilely as school girls."
The newspaper diplomatically implied that "drastic changes" occurring amid the magazine industry were the reason for Vreeland's resignation. But money might have had something to do with it. For 22 years the editor was paid the same salary of $18,000, only receiving her first raise—of $1,000—in 1959. Read More »
Emilio Pucci may have been Born to Aristocracy, but he was No Stranger to Getting his Hands Dirty
Some people have all the luck. Take a look at Signor Emilio Pucci. Born in 1914 to one of Florence's oldest aristocratic families, the Italian fashion designer grew up with few cares, other than perfecting his moves on the ski slopes and tennis courts, that is. The gifted athlete did so well that he even skied for the Olympic team—twice. Later on, the now heavily decorated (naturally) Air Force captain perfected a fresh, new image: that of the quintessential European playboy and Renaissance man. He loved sports, fast cars and beautifully dressed women, and even created outfits for his lady friends whose wardrobes didn't quite suit his tastes. But it's tough to hate on Pucci, who died on this day in 1992. Sure, the handsome designer was handed just about every privilege a person could ask for—his haughty lineage even granted him the title of marquis at birth—but he was no stranger to getting his hands dirty. The same man that the New York Times described in 1959 as "tall, dark and with dashing distinction…resembling the hero of a romantic novel" later proudly claimed he was the first person in his family to work in 1,000 years, and told Time magazine, "Money is not the goal. If you do Read More »
Diana Vreeland Galloped
"There's only one thing in life and that's the continual renewal of inspiration," wrote Diana Vreeland toward the end of D.V., her 1984 stream-of-consciousness autobiography that has grown into a cult-classic. Vreeland lived those words, seeming to never have sat still or taken life for granted and always finding beauty, if sometimes in the oddest of things. But it is Vreeland herself who continually serves as inspiration for others some 21 years after her death. Just last month Zac Posen painted his models as "young Diana Vreelands" for his Spring 2011 show, earlier this year Saks 5th Avenue designed its spring 2010 catalogs around Vreeland's famous "Why Don't You…?" columns from Harper's Bazaar, her endlessly quotable quotes, such as "Elegance is refusal," are frequently rehashed and, on this day in 1995, one fan premiered "Full Gallop," her one-woman show about the famed Vogue and Bazaar editrix, at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City.
Vreeland was often called "the Empress of Style" and she was. Who else could emphatically describe walking home in white slippers splattered with blood from a speakeasy massacre with the same aplomb and detail as she gushes over the extraordinary Read More »
Why Don't You Just Do What Mrs. Vreeland Tells You?
It's the column that every fashion editor wishes she'd thought of. But no one could have pulled it off like the peerless Mrs. Vreeland. It was the late 1930s and the country was just beginning to emerge, cautiously and bleary-eyed, from the Great Depression. Spending ridiculous amounts of money on frivolous and whimsical notions was not in the national mood, even for the well-to-do readership of Harper's Bazaar. But in the August 1936 issue, then-columnist Diana Vreeland issued a call to arms of sorts for women to do just that, offering the one justification that's nearly impossible to say no to: Why not?
The first "Why Don't You…" column presented some reasonable and not-so-reasonable ideas for accessorizing: wear a bowler hat, stick Japanese hair pins in your hair, wear fruit hats, currants and cherries. And they just got more outlandish over the column's 26-year run: Why don't you own, as does one extremely smart woman, twelve diamond roses of all Read More »


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Individuals posing as members of USC's athletic department have been reaching out to potential coaching replacements for Lane Kiffin, according to a release sent out by the school.
One such person who identified himself as a "high-ranking official of the USC athletic department" attempted "several times" to reach out to members of the Denver Broncos to discuss the open position.
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Another imposter contacted a representative of NBC broadcaster Tony Dungy, who declared on Monday's edition of the Dan Patrick Show that he had no interest in filling the Trojans head coaching position.
That's when USC athletic director Pat Haden realized that the school had to address the issue and identify the individuals responsible.
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"Tony's discussion on the radio today of being contacted by USC was a complete surprise to us," USC Athletic Director Pat Haden said. "So were the calls made to the Broncos. I can assure you no authorized representative of USC or our athletic department made these calls."
In both cases, USC has identified the culprits and the school has taken what it calls "appropriate action."
No replacement has been named for Kiffin, and the school stands behind last week's statement.
"As I said last week, we will not comment on every name that comes out. It would be a disservice to our players and coaches, who are devoting everything they have into the remainder of our season. We have a head coach right now in Ed Orgeron. We have not offered the job to anyone," Haden said.

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A vehicle driven by a suicide bomber exploded at the gate of a major US military base in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday, killing the attacker and three Afghans, Afghan police said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police Gen Abdul Qayum Baqizai said a local guard who questioned the vehicle driver at the gate of Camp Chapman was killed along with two civilians and the assailant. The camp is located adjacent to the airport of the capital of Khost province, which borders Pakistan. Chapman and nearby Camp Salerno had been frequently targeted by militants in the past, but violent incidents have decreased considerably in recent months.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in an email that the bomber targeted the US base. He claimed high casualties were inflicted.


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What a year the last one has been... From the awful earthquake that befell Japan, the royal wedding, the fashion wedding and the short reality show wedding to the discovery and killing of Bin Laden, the ending of Gadaffi, John Galliano's crazy moment and lot's more. It has been a year of political unrest and economic uncertainty.
For Ceesie 2011 was not such a great year. Although I went to Sydney, moved to a new house, did some fun shoot and had some great and unforgettable moments I'm not very satisfied and happy when I look back over the past year.
Let 2012 be a better and much more fun year then the last one.
Toast to the good life and HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you! Ti amo!!


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Saturday, February 23, 2013
Live post: Devils at Washington Capitals, 2/23/13
The Devils lost 5-1 to the Washington Capitals in this afternoon's game at Verizon Center.
Alex Ovechkin notched his 11th career hat trick and also had an assist for Washington.
Ilya Kovalchuk scored the lone Devils' goal.
Alex Ovechkin scored his second goal of the game 1:23 into the third period to give the Capitals a 2-1 lead. Ovechkin took a long pass from Matt Hendricks, skated in the right circle, delayed to use defenseman Anton Volchenkov as a screen and ripped a shot between Volchenkov's legs that beat Johan Hedberg inside the far post for his seventh goal of the season.
Eric Fehr upped Washington's lead to 3-1 with a shorthanded goal at 3:56. With Capitals defenseman John Erskine serving a delay of game penalty, Hedberg went behind his net to play the puck and gave it away to Fehr, who then scored into the empty net on a left post wraparound.
That was the first shorthanded goal the Devils have allowed this season.
Ovechkin completed his 11th career hat trick with a power-play goal with 4:47 remaining in the third period. Ovechkin took a pass from Mike Ribeiro and ripped a left circle shot over Hedberg's right shoulder for his first three-goal game since Jan. 22, 2011.
Troy Brouwer redirected in Ovechkin's left circle feed for another power-play goal with 2:51 left to make it 5-1.
Devils goaltender Johan Hedberg made a glove save on defenseaman John Carlson's head-high slap shot from the right circle at 1:01.
Adam Henrique had two good chances on the right side off a set-up from Patrik Elias at 1:41: Braden Holtby made right pad stops on Henrique's initial shot and his rebound effort.
Holtby also thwarted Andrei Loktionov in front at 3:23
Alex Ovechkin gave the Capitals the lead at 5:20 with his sixth goal of the season. Devils defenseman Mark Fayne, back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch for three consecutive games, lost coverage on Ovechkin, who was left alone in the left circle for a one-timer off a feed from Mike Ribeiro. Goaltender Johan Hedberg had no shot to slide over in time to make the save.
The Devils received their second power play of the game on Carlson's delay of game penalty at 11:40 and then Steve Bernier was awarded a penalty shot when he was hooked from behind by Capitals defenseman Tom Poti at 12:31.
Bernier tried to beat Holtby between the legs, but caught the top of Holtby's right pad with his shot.
Devils coach Pete DeBoer juggled his lines quite a bit in the second period searching for some combinations to produce offense. He had Adam Henrique out with Patrik Elias and Ilya Kovalchuk late in the period and Kovalchuk remained on the ice with Andrei Loktionov and Alexei Ponikarovsky after Elias and Henrique changed.
That paid off when Kovalchuk tied the game with just 37.5 seconds left in the period. Loktionov tried to chip the puck past Capitals defenseman John Erskine in the high slot, but it bounced off Erskine and remained in the high slot for Kovalchuk, who ripped a wrist shot under Holtby's blocker for his seventh goal of the season.
The Devils outshot the Capitals 10-4 in the second period.
The Devils looked a bit sleepy in that first period with the noon start, getting outshot 11-5.
The Devils received the first power play of the game with Joey Crabb going off for interference with David Clarkson at 6:58. They managed only one shot on goal during it -- Ilya Kovachuk's left point slap shot that Braden Holtby caught at his midsection at 7:24.
Washington's Wojtek Wolski somehow missed a wide-open net behind Johan Hedberg at 12:50. The puck dropped in the crease at Wolksi's feet, but he fired wide right,
This is the second game of a rare two-game regular season series in the same city. The Devils scored twice in the third period to rally for a 3-2 victory here Thursday night.
The Devils (10-3-4) are 2-2-1 in their last five games following a five-game winning streak and are tied for first place in the Eastern Conference with 24 points. The Capitals (5-10-1) have lost their last two games following a three-game winning streak and are in last place in the East with just 11 points. They are 0-8-1 against the top eight teams in the conference.
After Martin Brodeur played Thursday, backup Johan Hedberg started in net for the Devils today against Braden Holtby for the Capitals.
Defenseman Mark Fayne returned to the Devils' lineup after being a healthy scratch the last three games. He replaced Henrik Tallinder, who struggled again in Thursday's game.
Peter Harrold is a healthy scratch again for the Devils.
Devils rookie left wing Stefan Matteau is celebrating his 19th birthday today.
Capitals defenseman Mike Green took warm-ups, but is sitting out his third game in a row with a groin injury.
Here were the starting lineups:
Forwards: Patrik Elias-Adam Henrique-David Clarkson. Defensemen: Bryce Salvador-Marek Zidlicky. Goaltender: Johan Hedberg.
Forwards: Eric Fehr-Nicklas Backstrom-Troy Brouwer. Defensemen: John Erskine-John Carlson. Goaltender: Braden Holtby.
Here is the Devils' complete lineup with the line combinations and defense pairs from warm-ups:
Forwards: Alexei Ponikarovsky-Travis Zajac-Ilya Kovalchuk; Patrik Elias-Adam Henrique-David Clarkson; Stefan Matteau-Stephen Gionta-Steve Bernier; Krys Barch-Andrei Loktionov-Bobby Butler.
Defensemen: Bryce Salvador-Marek Zidlicky; Andy Greene-Adam Larsson; Anton Volchenkov-Mark Fayne.
Goaltender: Johan Hedberg.
Injured: LW Dainius Zubrus (left wrist surgery), LW Ryan Carter (upper body).
Healthy scratches: D Henrik Tallinder, D Peter Harrold.


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The technology that lit the first T12 bulbs over 70 years ago remains basically unchanged today, and there are many ways to light your space more efficiently. T8 and T5 systems can give you similar or even better light output and quality of light, all while saving you a substantial amount in energy costs.
There's probably a good reason that you've stuck with your T12's. Perhaps the lighting scheme you're using works well and you've never needed or wanted to change your fixtures. Maybe you've been concerned about the cost of buying new fixtures, or the disruption to business that would result from installing them. One option is to simply replace the ballast and the bulbs, but while you're already pulling the fixtures apart, it's worth considering taking one more step that can really help you save on energy costs.
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Decades have passed since the financial press proclaimed that a "Checkless Society" was close at hand. Check 21, image statements, computer output to laser disk (COLD), and document scanning brought banking's paperless dream closer to reality. But business complexity and regulation have continued to inflate the paper monster, making bankers wonder if paperless banking would always remain a dream.
Today the news is that paperless banking is alive and possible – not just for super-regional institutions with bottomless technology budgets, but for community banks who have the vision and desire to move the paper mountain.
Do any of these technologies sound like "plug and play"? Of course not. Inserting technologies this deeply into a bank's operations provides an opportunity for the bank to thoroughly review its workflows, information needs, and security.
Why? Because paperless banking's real contribution to bank efficiency lies in managing paperless business processes and establishing best practices.
Paperless banking opens the door to automating time-consuming processes, such as account opening, archiving, search, and access, Employees will cut the time spent searching for paper documents by 95% or more. Executed forms are available within minutes of e-Signature. Every search is documented for audit purposes.
Technology investments at this level should include custom installation services coupled with training and workflow design. This will ensure that bank staff understand how paperless banking can raise efficiency bank-wide. It can also be a catalyst for employees to discover new ways to generate savings with paperless technologies.
One of the most important generators of paperless banking savings is customer adoption. With e-Statement adoption hovering at 20-25% nationwide and remote deposit capture at 1% of all U.S. businesses, there is a lot more room for growth in paperless banking.
Banks might consider selling paperless banking technologies to consumers and small businesses as a gateway to efficiency as well as a 'Go Green' product. Consumers who use e-Statements can find their transactions more quickly and eliminate filing cabinets in their houses. Small businesses that use remote deposit can save thousands of dollars each year by reducing the time needed to prepare and verify deposits as well as drive to and from the bank.
When community banks and their customers see the savings available from paperless banking, adoption will certainly rise above the current disappointing levels. We will save a great deal of money while preventing tons of carbon from entering the atmosphere each year. That's a dream worth making real for everyone.


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Every hero needs his nemesis, and just two weeks after Marvels upcoming Daredevil series found its horned cowl hero in Boardwalk Empires Charlie Cox, the Netflix original series has landed what will presumably be its big baddie. TV and movie veteran Vincent DOnofrio (Law & Order: Criminal Content) has signed on to bust some skulls as criminal mastermind Wilson Fisk, better known to the world as Kingpin.
I admit my gut reaction was a mental triple take, bypassing DOnofrios more confident roles to remember only the parts where he was put-upon and bullied. How is bug-assed Edgar from Men in Black going to strike fear into New York City? And then, of course, my memory kicked in and it all became a little clearer.
Daredevil is the most high-profile of Marvels four Netflix ventures, so it makes sense that theyre going with a well-established actor for its prime antagonist. It doesnt take a comic nerd to realize what Fisks role will be in this show, but it's worth nothing that Marvels announcement officially describes him as a powerful businessman whose interests in the future of Hells Kitchen will bring him into conflict with the blind attorney Matt Murdock and his alter ego Daredevil. No big surprises there.
There isnt a whole lot to say about the Kingpin without knowing more about where executive producers Steven S. DeKnight (Spartacus) and Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods) are taking the story. Its safe to assume hell be bald, will wear a white suit and will appear larger than life. But something tells me theyre going to replace his ever-present cigar with a candy cane or something equally asinine. The Brooklyn-born DOnofrio is no pipsqueak, but hes nowhere near as imposing as Michael Clarke Duncan was in the film version. The self-loathing cynic in me wants him to be a giant CGI character, to make a shot like this appear real.
Goddard will also be scripting and directing at least the first episode of Daredevil, which will delve into the life of the Hells Kitchen lawyer, blinded as a boy and given powers much greater than sight. He delivers justice both in and out of the courtroom, usually with a quip or two. He's Daredevil, you know?
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An Alabama man remains in critical condition after he was stabbed during a fight outside a Greenville convenience store near the ECU campus.
Police say 22-year-old Christopher Daniels of Huntsville, Ala. was cut during a fight in the parking lot of the Sheetz at Charles Blvd. and 10th Street. Police say he is under a security watch as they search for a suspect.
Police say the man's throat was cut.
Detectives found Daniels bleeding heavily when they arrived on scene at 2:21 a.m., and say he was transported to Pitt County Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Greenville Police Public Information Officer Sgt. Carlton Williams says detectives have determined the fight between the groups of people started at another location downtown. Two cars arrived at the Sheetz gas station, and the fight ensued. There were between ten and twelve people involved, Williams said.
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A man is being treated for life threatening injuries after being stabbed in a large fight outside a Greenville gas station early Friday morning.
Greenville police responded to the Sheetz at Charles Blvd. and 10th St. at 2:21 a.m. Friday.
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Towards Darkness -- Montreal, Quebec -- October 21st, 2011
Venue: Katacombes
Opening band: Bludgeoned
As always at the Katacombes, the concert started 1,5 hour late (around 10:30). Bludgeoned were ok, they play a mix of thrash, punk and stoner/doom. Their riffs were pretty generic, but they had some good ones. They had a female singer, but she sucked: she had no stage presence and she had a powerless raspy scream.
Then, Dopethrone were incredible. For those who don't know them, they play really good sludge/doom in the vein of Weedeater. They sounded heavy and powerful as fuck! Some of the riffs were so heavy that they gave me chills, especially during "Dark Foil". The new songs were excellent, I can't wait for a new album. Easily one of the best stoner/sludge performances I've seen, better than Weedeater themselves in my opinion.
Finally, Towards Darkness came in around 1:00 pm. Half of the crowd had left, but they gave a hell of a show. They played a really dark and cold, keyboard-infused funeral doom metal. The atmosphere was crushing and the melodies were hypnotizing. They played a new song off their new EP and 3 of 4 songs of the new album, which I heard is finished; they're only waiting on the label to release it. Their set lasted over 1,5 hour (there were like 20 people left at the end of the set) and I loved the experience; you don't see bands like this often. If you haven't heard about them, you should definitely check out their album.
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This weekend, "The Great Gatsby," Baz Luhrmann's overstuffed piñata of a literary adaptation, opens everywhere (read our review). Leonardo DiCaprio stars as the mysterious mogul Jay Gatsby, with Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, the object of his very intense desire. Anyone who has taken a freshman literature course (um, spoiler alert?) knows that the central love story of "The Great Gatsby" doesn't exactly end well, but even more alarming is the fact that within the career of Mr. DiCaprio this seems to be what a therapist would describe as "a definite pattern." Over the years Leo has been embroiled in a quite shocking array of cinematic trysts that ended in absolute catastrophe.
Through nightmares and dreamscapes, historical disasters and literary classics, DiCaprio has faced an almost unrivaled myriad of doomed romances. He finds love -- fleetingly -- only to have it ripped away from him, usually in the most depressingly tragic way possible. "The Great Gatsby" is no exception. It is at least his first doomed romance in 3D, so there's that. Without further ado -- the top 5 Leonardo DiCaprio doomed romances!
The Romance: Frank (DiCaprio) and April (Kate Winslet) are a married couple in suburban Connecticut in the '50s. He commutes into the city while she stays at home with the kids. They once deeply loved each other, and spoke about leaving their dull life behind and moving to Paris. Sadly, that never gets to happen.
How It's Doomed: Frank and April's relationship is wracked by conflict – screaming matches, infidelity, and general unease – but the tragic end to their marriage occurs after April becomes pregnant. She tells Frank that she wants to get an abortion, which sends him flying into a rage. Later on, she tries to give herself an abortion… and things do not end well. Under the direction of Sam Mendes, "Revolutionary Road" unfolds as a series of mournful tableaus and the final abortion sequence is jaw-dropping precisely because it's so well composed. In the history of Leonardo DiCaprio wives who crazily kill themselves, though, Winslet has a surprising amount of depth – her decision doesn't seem all that nutty, partially because Mendes is such an empathetic director.
Emotional Devastation Factor: Pretty high. This was, after all, the highly touted reunion of DiCaprio and Winslet, who co-starred in the sweepingly romantic (and equally doomed) "Titanic." That was, at one point, the biggest movie of all time. "Revolutionary Road," by comparison, was small potatoes, but it might have packed an even bigger emotional wallop.
"Shutter Island" (Martin Scorsese, 2010)
The Romance: Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio), a U.S. Marshal, is investigating a missing mental patient named Rachel Solando, a resident of the insane asylum on Shutter Island, a craggy mass in the Boston Harbor. Solando apparently drowned her children – but why is Teddy wracked with similar visions?
How It's Doomed: "Shutter Island" unfolds with a loopy, nightmarish logic all its own but what's eventually revealed is this – Teddy isn't actually a U.S. Marshal but is in fact a patient – a man who killed his wife after she drowned their children. The entire plot of "Shutter Island" it seems, is an elaborate attempt to uncover repressed memories and free DiCaprio's character (whose name is really Andrew Laeddis) of his insanity. DiCaprio doomed romances don't usually have this much murder and mayhem (expertly visualized by Scorsese, who is clearly having the time of his life referencing dozens of B-movie chillers).
Emotional Devastation Factor: Surprisingly low. There's just so much stuff in "Shutter Island" (including but not limited to: Nazi doctors, World War II flashbacks, multiple actors playing the same characters, and hazy fantasy sequences) that it's hard to make an emotional connection to any of it. Still, Scorsese tries his best, and the scenes where we see what really happened with DiCaprio's wife and children, are pretty disturbing, even if they are still ensconced in Scorsese's cobwebby haunted-house aura.


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Let's face it: The rules of weight losseat less, move more, treats in moderation are a drag. And they don't fit with most dieters' quick-fix, thinner-by-dinner expectations. Cue diet crutches: tricks, based on scant science, that may speed up results. So if a friend swears that munching on grapefruit gets her into skinny jeans, or a coworker credits ice water for his sleek physique, should you try it too?
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The fundamental constants that are involved in the laws of physics which describe our universe are finely-tuned for life, in the sense that if some of the constants had slightly different values life could not exist. Some people hold that this provides evidence for the existence of God. I will present a probabilistic version of this fine-tuning argument which is stronger than all other versions in the literature. Nevertheless, I will show that one can have reasonable opinions such that the fine-tuning argument doesn't lead to an increase in one's probability for the existence of God.
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Despite record-breaking audiences for swimmer Michael Phelps's bid for record-breaking Olympic gold medals, the semi-wide release of Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" managed to crack the overall top ten, grossing $3,755,575 in 692 theatres. Though its $5,427 average wasn't enough to claim the top spot on the iW BOT, which is ranked by per-theater averages. Claude Chabrol's "A Girl Cut In Two," playing on a rather incomparable two screens, topped it with a $9,329 average. Both films can take pleasure in the fact that they aren't Mark Pellington's "Henry Poole Is Here," which debuted on 527 screens to the sad tune of just $805,219 or about $1,528 per screen.
The iWBOT is based on per-theater averages reported by Rentrak Theatrical, the complete indieWIRE BOT weekly chart is available on indieWIRE.
Ample Allen, Poor "Poole"
As August winds down and the ultra competitive Fall speciality season draws near, Indiewood is getting really aggressive. Two releases saw ambitious debuts this weekend, with Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" gracing 692 theatres (Allen's highest screen count since "Anything Else" five years ago) and Mark Pellington's "Henry Poole Is Here" finding 527. The results were in complete contrast. Overture Films bought "Poole" for a reported $3.5 million at this year's Sundance Film Festival, a number they are unlikely to even come close to during its theatrical run. Grossing $800,000, the Luke Wilson-starrer averaged just $1,528. "Barcelona," on the other hand, got off to a great start.
"Michael Phelps took the gold but we took the silver," said Harvey Weinstein in a statement yesterday regarding "Barcelona"'s weekend estimates. "This weekend exceeded our expectations and the film is in a position to do terrific business. The great reviews we received across the country calling it a 'funny, sexy, beautiful, end of summer film' helped us." Steve Bunnell, Chairman Domestic Distribution for The Weinstein Company (TWC distributed the film through MGM), agreed in an interview with indieWIRE. "It's not 'Match Point,' which was quite dark, or 'Cassandra's Dream,' which we released earlier this year," he said. "'Vicky' is much funnier and lighter and we think we're capitalizing on that."
Economically, "Vicky" is certainly no "Cassandra's." It outgrossed that film's entire run sometime Friday night. But its not quite "Match Point" either. That film averaged a whopping $49,824 on a much more modest 8 screens back in December, 2005. It went on to gross over $23 million, Woody's highest number since 1986's "Hannah and Her Sisters." Although a more fair comparison comes with Allen's other summer-and-Scarlett outing, "Scoop," which debuted on a similar amount of screens (538) during a similar time of the year (late July). "Vicky" topped "Scoop"'s overall opening gross by over $500,000, but fell slightly behind its per-theatre-average despite considerably more positive reviews.
One must consider Mr. Phelps though. "Vicky" should easily end up surpassing "Scoop"'s $10.5 million final gross once the Olympics fade. One indication is the film's impressive 38% increase from Friday to Saturday, the highest in the overall top ten. "We think we're really positioned to run for a while here," said Bunnell. "We feel like we opened pretty wide. The key for us is to see what the drop off is this weekend and then make plans accordingly. We would expect to increase markets and runs on Labor Day weekend."
Labor Day was recently going to be "Vicky"'s start date, but the Weinstein Company reconsidered. "The movie was just playing so well," explained Bunnell. "Everyone we showed to thought it was great. We originally had a more cautious or limited release on Labor Day weekend and have it be more of a September film. But the more we started showing it, the more we felt it was more apporpriate for a wider release in late summer." So far, it seems like it was a smart move.
Number One "Girl"
"Vicky"'s high screen count helped keep it from topping the iW BOT. That honor went to Claude Chabrol's "A Girl Cut In Two," which averaged $9,329 on 2 screens for IFC. "Girl" becomes the first IFC release to top the chart since May's "Savage Grace," which averaged $11,156 on 2 screens. "We are happy with the opening weekend numbers for 'A Girl Cut in Two' in a pretty crowded marketplace," Mark Boxer, Vice President of Sales and Distribution for IFC, told indieWIRE in an interview. "We feel confident there is still a great appetite for French language films."
Boxer's confidence is most likely attributed to Guillaume Canet's "Tell No One," which is still showing great numbers in its seventh weekend, grossing $275,387 and bringing its cume to over $3.3 million. With recent hits like "Persepolis and "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" and December hopefuls "A Christmas Tale" (also from IFC) and "The Class" (from Sony Pictures Classics) on the way, France's mini U.S. invasion could grow increasingly impressive.
Whether "Girl" grows the same will be clear in the next few weeks, as IFC begins a slow rollout leading into mid-September, when the film will be in the top fifteen markets. Next weekend it will hold steady at its two New York debut runs (Lincoln Center Cinemas and the IFC Center), as another anticipated late-summer film aims to take its iW BOT crown. Focus Features will begin unspooling Andrew Fleming's "Hamlet 2," which it acquired for more than $10 million at Sundance, on 90 screens.
[For a take on documentaries at the box office this weekend, please check out indieWIRE's Dox Office column on our DocSider blog.]
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Hormone Administration
The use of cross-sex hormones (estrogens in male-bodied people and androgens in female-bodied people) to balance gender (induce or maintain the physical and psychological characteristics of the sex that matches the patient's gender identity [see section Transgender Terminology]) is increasing around the world. Cross-sex hormone administration is currently an off-label use of both estrogens and androgens; however, over 50 years of clinical experience have shown that this practice is effective in treating gender dysphoria. (See Hembree, et al (2009) and Gooren, et al (2008) in References.) It is important that the ability to understand and monitor this treatment becomes a part of primary care practice. This protocol is intended to aid in that process.
Not all transgender patients will want to take cross-sex hormones, but if a transgender patient does need to express a gender different from their assigned birth sex on a consistent basis, cross-sex hormones are the most common body modification that transgender patients can access for self-actualization, bringing the endocrine and psychological systems into balance.
An individual may already be receiving cross-sex hormones when they become the physician's patient. Review the current regimen in combination with a thorough assessment of the patient's general health to determine whether to recommend changes in dosage or preparation.
Most medical problems that arise in the transgender patient are not secondary to cross-sex hormone use.
Discuss fertility issues with all patients considering hormone therapy. (See section Fertility Issues)
Note: Testosterone is not a contraceptive substance; transmen having unprotected sex with fertile non-trans males are at risk for pregnancy if they have not had a hysterectomy.
If prescribing cross-sex hormones for a patient who has not used them before, assess for pre-existing conditions, to aid in determining which preparation and dosage to prescribe (see recommendations below). It is the clinician's responsibility to monitor the effects of hormones. (See section Assessing Readiness for Hormones)
Hormonal therapy for transwomen may include anti-androgen therapy as well as estrogen therapy. Non-oral estrogens, including sublingual, transdermal, and injectable hormones are preferable. These have the advantage of avoiding first pass through liver metabolism. (Grade B)
- Dosing: Sublingual (dissolve oral formulation under the tongue) 1-4mg estradiol/day (single or divided dose), 100-200mcg transdermal estradiol/day, 10-20mg estradiol valerate IM every 1-2 weeks (injections continue for no more than 2 years, then change to lower dosage). (Grade C)
- Over 35/smokers: Oral estrogens confer an increased risk of thromboembolic disease. (Grade B)
- After gonadectomy: Lower doses are recommended: 50-100mcg transdermal, 1-2mg sublingual estradiol, 1-2 sprays/day Evamist®. Titrate to effect, considering patient tolerance. (Grade C)
- Progesterone: The risks and benefits of progesterone are not well-characterized. Some providers have found it to have positive effects on the nipple areola and libido. Mood effects may be positive or negative. Different progesterone regimens include daily 5 to 10mg medroxyprogesterone orally, 100-200mg prometrium at bedtime of oral or compounded micronized progesterone, or Depo-Provera 150mg IM every 3 months, for 2-3 years. There is a risk of significant weight gain and depression in some individuals.
As per other studies using oral progesterone in post-menopausal women (e.g., the Women's Health Initiative [WHI] study), the use of medroxyprogesterone orally may increase the risk of coronary vascular disease whereas IM injections (i.e., Depo-Provera) may minimize this additional risk. (Grade B and C)
- Anti-androgens: Initial dose of spironolactone is 100mg daily in a single or divided dose, with titration up by 50mg weekly to a typical dose of 200mg daily (with occasional patients -- especially larger or younger -- requiring as much as 400mg daily. Dose may be divided bid or may be taken all at once in the A.M. (all at once in A.M. is advised against due to diuretic effects interrupting sleep). Check potassium. Progesterone may have some anti-androgenic activity, and may be an alternative if spironolactone is contraindicated.
If patients have significant hair loss issues, finasteride may be added as an adjunct (even initially). Generally 1 - 5mg daily. If patients pay out of pocket, they may buy the 5mg tabs and divide them in half or quarters.
Other meds sometimes prescribed for transwomen
- Eutectic mixture of local anaesthetic (EMLA) and analgesics for hair removal. If no allergy: ibuprofen 400-600mg +/- hydrocodone 5-10mg 1 hour before treatments.
- Viagra® (or related drugs) for patients with significant sexual dysfunction.
Hormone therapy for transmen consists of the androgen testosterone, which is available in several forms: intramuscular, transdermal patch or gel, or subcutaneous implant. (Grade B)
Testosterone therapy is not withheld for hyperlipidemia.
Adult transmen are initiated on depo-testosterone 50-200mg IM every 2 weeks; most adults can start at 200mg. Doses are titrated to effect. Usual dose is 200mg q 2 weeks, but dosage may be split, e.g., 100mg q week. If patients have side effects attributable to peak or trough levels, doses are changed to q 7-10 days depending on patient's preference (weighing the adverse effects against the increased frequency of injections.) Some patients do well on lower doses, and weekly injections, especially those with history of trauma (avoiding excessive peaks and troughs, which may set off emotional reactions). Rarely, doses as high as 250mg q 2 weeks are needed, but usually only if trough levels remain in the low normal range on 200mg q 2 weeks. Excessive testosterone can convert to estrogen and impeded desired effects. (Grade C)
Patients should be taught to self-inject. A family member or friend may be taught to perform the injection for the patient. Patients who develop polycythemia may respond well to transdermal gel preparations.
Allergy Alert: Testosterone cypionate is suspended in cottonseed oil. Testosterone enanthate is suspended in sesame oil; Sustanon® (available in Europe) is suspended in peanut oil. Some patients experience skin reactions to the adhesive in Androderm® (transdermal patch). Compounding pharmacies may be able to provide testosterone cypionate in sesame oil.
Use of transdermal preparations (e.g., Androderm® or Androgel® 1%/Testim®) may be recommended if slower progress is desired, or for ongoing maintenance after desired virilization has been accomplished with intramuscular injection.
Rarely, use a progestin to stop periods if patient only wants a low dose of testosterone, or is having difficulty stopping menses.
Note: Testosterone is not a contraceptive substance; transmen having unprotected sex with fertile males are at risk for pregnancy.
Other meds sometimes prescribed for transmen
- For male-pattern baldness (MPB): finasteride or minoxidil. Caution patients that finasteride will likely slow or decrease secondary hair growth, and may slow or decrease clitoromegaly.
- For patients with concerns about too heavy secondary hair growth (e.g., male relatives are excessively hirsute): finasteride, dutasteride.
- For patients with too significantly increased sexual interest: low dose SSRIs.
- For patients who desire greater clitoromegaly: topical testosterone on clitoris (must be subtracted from total dose and patients must be warned that this may hasten Male Pattern Baldness).
Children/youth (both transgender boys and transgender girls) can be evaluated for GnRH blockers or histrelin implant, but depending on resources, insurance and family desires, cross-sex hormones may be chosen in place of GnRH blockers or histrelin implant for youth 12-13 and up. Individualized treatment is required to meet the physiological and emotional needs of this population. (Grade A)
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Posted By Jim On 12/26/2012 @ 8:30 am In Personal Finance | 11 Comments
I want to discuss an idea that popped into my head the other day, the idea of a true liquid net worth to complement your "net worth [3]."
When you look at your net worth, you have a liquid part (cash, short term investments) and an illiquid part (hard assets like your home, your cars). The liquid part is easy to convert into cash. With stocks, you can sell them pretty quickly. Just load up your broker, enter in the order and boom. Funds won't be available immediately but you can usually get them within a few days. The illiquid part is still convertible to cash but it takes longer than a few days. It's hard to sell a car very quickly unless you're willing to take a haircut.
That's where the idea of a true liquid net worth, a term I'm pretty sure no one else uses but it's what came to me when I was playing with our net worth Excel spreadsheet. I was trying to build one sheet that acted like a Dashboard. One sheet that hid all the rows and columns of numbers and gave you a 10 second look at where we are with our finances.
The sheet broke out where all of our money is – cash, investments, and miscellaneous. Cash is broken out into the bank account it's in while investments is broken out into taxable, retirement, or other. Taxable is for those holdings I have in a taxable account while the retirement category covers the Roth IRA, Rollover IRA, etc. Miscellaneous is for everything else – cars, our home, and our Series I bonds (which, by the way, I am still not sure where to categorize them).
Cash is 100% liquid, obviously, but what discount should you put on the other categories?
So we have four items that need to be discounted: Taxable investments, retirement investments, our home, and our car (we only include the Venza we purchased since tracking our net worth).
Taxable Investments are discounted by 5%. I wanted one simple number that would reflect the taxes, both long term and short term capital gains, we would owe upon selling everything. Long term and short term rates are much higher but the majority of that sum consists of my initial investment and not our gains. Initially my guess was 10%. When I went back to calculate what it should actually be, I discovered my discount is actually just 2.06% given share prices at the time. So I settled on 5%.
Retirement Investments are discounted by 35%. The majority of our retirement assets are in a tax deferred retirement accounts like Rollover IRAs and 401(k)s. A small portion is in tax free Roth IRA. My guess was that if we liquidated all of these accounts then we'd owe taxes at effectively 25% (federal + state) plus another 10% for the early withdrawal penalty.
Our Home was discounted by 25% and our Toyota Venza was discounted 50%. The tricky part with both of these values is that I don't have much confidence in the assessed value of either asset. For our home, I've kept it at the appraised value when we purchased the home back in 2005. Our home is worth somewhere in the neighborhood of that figure (plus or minus the percent) and I never kept up with it because I didn't care much. As for the car, I always check the KBB private sale value once a year and leave it at that.
The goal of this exercise was to get a better understanding of where our finances are in more real terms. As it turns out, given all the discounts, our true liquid net worth is about 11% lower than our actual net worth. In my mind, the number itself is not as useful as the thought process behind the discounts and just thinking about what you would do to liquidate some assets. It's a lot like running a fire drill.
Like many things in finances, it's not the numbers that matter. It's the thinking behind it and that's where I want to get your thoughts on what I did. Do you think the idea of a true liquid net worth, adjusted for how you would actually liquidate assets, is worth doing? Is it just a useful exercise with little practical value? Do you think my discount figures are too high or too low? Please let me know what you think!
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John Hyde (1865-1912) was a missionary to the Punjab in India. He had trouble picking up the local language because of his partial deafness, but persevered to grasp a workable fluency in it. Hyde was best known for his bold, passionate and heartfelt prayers to God for converts in India. He was an inspiration to his fellow missionaries in India, and he lived long enough to see the fruit of his prayers through a revival in India.
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Bradley Cooper: I Live With My Mom And She's Great
By Mack Rawden 3 years ago
There was some debate as to whether Bradley Cooper was actually the Sexiest Man Alive when he was honored with the crown back in 2011. Whether he was the right choice or not, I think we can all agree on one thing: he is the Sexiest Man Alive currently living with his mother.
The actor opened up about his living situation in the newest issue of Details Magazine. Apparently, his father passed away a few years ago. Everyone in the family has always been extremely close; so, to help fight off the grief, he and his mother decided to move in together. Its kind of goofy. Its not ideal, but theres something about it that just makes sense.
It's not like I live in a compound and she's in the guesthouse. No. She's in the next room. But here's the thing: She's a cool chick. We can hang, and she can roll with the punches. If that wasn't the case, there's no way."
This story is pretty good evidence of why asking at least one follow-up question is always a good idea. Yes, Cooper lives with his mother, but hes not under one roof with her because he cant afford his own place or because hes incapable of being on his own. Hes living with her because shes trying to get over the loss of Bradleys father, and theres something quite special and even beautiful about that, even if it probably is weird when he brings girls home.
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So I am trying to find out what kernel processes are calling some functions in a block driver. I thought including backtrace() in the C library would make it easy. But I am having trouble to load the backtrace.
I copied this example function to show the backtrace:
All attempts to compile have error in one place or another that a file cannot be found or that the functions are not defined.
Here is what comes closest.
In the Makefile I put the compiler directives:
-rdynamic -I/usr/include
If I leave out the second one, -I/usr/include, then the compiler reports it cannot find the required header execinfo.h.
Next, in the code where I want to do the backtrace I have copied the function from the example:
//trying to include the c backtrace capability
#include <execinfo.h>
void show_stackframe() {
void *trace[16];
char **messages = (char **)NULL;
int i, trace_size = 0;
trace_size = backtrace(trace, 16);
messages = backtrace_symbols(trace, trace_size);
printk(KERN_ERR "[bt] Execution path:\n");
for (i=0; i<trace_size; ++i)
printk(KERN_ERR "[bt] %s\n", messages[i]);
//backtrace function
I have put the call to this function later on, in a block driver function where the first sign of the error happens. Simply:
So when I compile it, the following errors:
user@slinux:~/2.6-32$ make -s
Invoking make againt the kernel at /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/build
In file included from /usr/include/features.h:346,
from /usr/include/execinfo.h:22,
from /home/linux/2.6-32/block/block26.c:49:
/usr/include/sys/cdefs.h:287:1: warning: "__always_inline" redefined
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:86,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/include/linux/compiler.h:40,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/include/linux/stddef.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/include/linux/list.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/include/linux/module.h:9,
from /home/linux/2.6-32/inc/linux_ver.h:40,
from /home/linux/2.6-32/block/block26.c:32:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h:15:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
/home/linux/2.6-32/block/block26.c:50: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
WARNING: "backtrace" [/home/linux/2.6-32/ndas_block.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "backtrace_symbols" [/home/linux/2.6-32/ndas_block.ko] undefined!
Note: block26.c is the file I am hoping to get the backtrace from.
Is there an obvious reason why the backtrace and backtrace_symbols remain undefined when it is compiled into the .ko modules?
I am guessing it because I use the compiler include execinfo.h which is residing on the computer and not being loaded to the module.
It is my uneducated guess to say the least.
Can anyone offer a help to get the backtrace functions loading up in the module?
Thanks for looking at this inquiry.
I am working on debian. When I take out the function and such, the module compiles fine and almost works perfectly.
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Biometric technology, touted to be the fastest growing technology in the world, has several applications across educational and financial institutes, government organizations and security companies. Biometric technology can be used to identify the behavioral and physical characteristics of a person and is being rapidly adopted by governments worldwide to enhance national security.
The report by RNCOS indicates that from 2012 to 2014, the biometric market globally will witness a growth at a CAGR of 21%, fuelled by the demand from security companies to curb identity theft and enhance corporate security.
Biometric technologies are being rapidly adopted for several commercial and civil applications that include border security, ATMs and point of sale. Automated biometric software systems are being developed with automated features and reduced costs. The Biometric Market Forecast to 2014 report also predicts scenarios of the biometric market across regions, applications and verticals and also details the market trends. The report identifies the Asia-Pacific region as the emerging dominant player of the biometric technology market by 2014. The report indicates that biometrics vendors in retail, financial services and e-commerce segments are likely to benefit as these biometric segments will hold a significant portion of the market segment. The major share of the biometric technology market worldwide is held by fingerprint recognition biometrics. Ear shape recognition, facial thermograph recognition, keystroke dynamics, heart pattern recognition and gait recognition are some of the emerging technologies, which have been detailed in the report with their benefits.
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The president of Sony Worldwide Studios has hinted that PlayStation 4's online features may adopt a tier-based subscription format.
Shuhei Yoshida told The Guardian that Sony's next-generation console could utilize a model not unlike Microsoft's Xbox LIVE service.
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"We could have gold, silver or platinum levels of membership, something like that. We can do subscription services when we have more content – especially now that we have the Gaikai technology available. With one subscription you have access to thousands of games – that's our dream."
Sony lifted the wraps off PS4 last week during an event in New York City. While the console itself wasn't shown, the company did talk at length about the system's online features, which include the ability to share and stream content with your friends via PSN.
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I have a user who has two desktops and two laptops and wants to keep all the mail in sync, but has been using POP3 for years and I'm just now talking him out of it (and into IMAP). He uses Outlook Express (seriously!) and of course it can't handle message rules/filters for IMAP accounts. That's ok, because it seems that messages filters added in the web client work in the background even when the web client isn't logged in, so I can just add all the message filters to the server (I'm right about that, aren't I?).
All is well except for his stupid Windows Mobile 6.1 cell phone. The problem is that he wants to use all those message rules to split out his email into lots of different folders for the desktop clients, but wants to see the past 5 days of email (regardless of folder) in his "Inbox" on his cell phone. I can actually create a saved search that shows that and serve it up through IMAP and get the WM6.1 device to see that folder (and some, but not all of the messages contained in it), but I can't unsubscribe to the true Inbox folder (which I don't want to see on the cell phone) so I can instead use the saved search as my "Inbox".
Or I could go the POP3 route and just log in as username{folder:"Mobile Inbox"} but then the cell phone won't save sent emails back to the IMAP server or move things into the Trash.
Does anyone have a suggestion? Could I somehow log in to Zimbra and force it to send the cell phone back a different folder as the top-level IMAP folder (the equivalent of creating a "Cell Phone" folder with an "Inbox" subfolder and logging in as username{top-level-folder:"Cell Phone"} through IMAP or something)?


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At the beginning of the film, there is a Rumsfeld memo talking about containing Sadaam Hussein, how the Iraqi dictator has "not been kept in the box" and poses a nuclear threat. "What does that memo tell us?" Morris said. "It tells us the Clinton policies of containment aren't working and something is needed — yes, from Rumsfeld's perspective, but it's a powerful perspective, given that he's secretary of defense. And in the next memo he's talking about rearranging the map of the Mideast – 'We have to hit a few more countries one or two, maybe more.'
"The memos themselves, which are the heart of the film, are his attempt to project an idea of himself, to others and also to himself," Morris said. "Memo to self … I could go on and on and on but the only way people can say there is nothing new here is that they don't know what's transpired in the last 15 years."
As pertains to his treatment of his subject -- an easy man to despise given his blasé attitude about the death and destruction that lay in his wake -- Morris is philosophical, and just a little defensive. "I don't mean to sound defensive, though I am defensive," he said. "But not all interviews work by virtue of being adversarial. And this film -- self-serving for me to say so, but I'll say it anyway -- this film could never have worked as an adversarial film for many reasons."
The chief reason, it seems, is Rumsfeld's personality. "Many people have asked me to medicalize his, if you want to call it, 'condition,'" Morris said. "Last night at the screening I started talking about the addition I wanted for the DSM5 [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition], which I call IDD –irony deficit disorder. The absolute inability to appreciate irony on any level. He exhibits endless examples of irony deficit disorder. He has, I would say, almost no awareness of himself. He's aware he needs to justify himself, he needs to explain himself -- in the words of Jefferson, he needs to give 'an account of thy stewardship' but beyond that is little or nothing."
What he finds most interesting about his subject, Morris said, was that what you see is what you get. "It's not as though there's this hidden Rumsfeld I didn't capture," he added. "I think I captured the real Rumsfeld and it's there on display. Sometimes the power of an interview -- often in my view -- comes from things that are not said."
What has been said, he acknowledged, is that he was easy on Rummy, and gave him a pass. "Anne Thompson, by the way, falls into that category," Morris said. "'Rumsfeld 1, Errol, 0.' 'Doesn't land a glove on him.' 'Candy ass.'"
Anne Thompson wrote "candy ass"?
"No, I added that," the director said, smiling. "I'm using it about myself so I'm entitled."


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Chief content officer role takes center stage
Last week, Time Magazine released its 100 most influential people. As I was clicking through the slideshow, paying scant attention, one person caught my eye and it wasn't because I knew who he was, it was because of his title: chief content officer.
The individual considered one of the most influential, Ted Sarandos, holds this lofty title at Netflix. That there is such a title is revealing in itself, but that someone who carries that moniker could be one of the most influential people in the world shows just how important content has become.
Netflix, which is a tremendously popular streaming service as it is, took it to a whole new level this year when it started producing original content. Its first series, "House of Cards," starring Kevin Spacey, was released to critical acclaim in February. Netflix took the unusual step of releasing all 13 episodes at once.
But more than anything, as I wrote at the time of the release, "House of Cards" was a brilliant bit of content marketing because it drove audiences to Netflix.
And it's working. PaidContent reported this week that Netflix had a billion dollar quarter for the first time, driven by solid subscriptions, due in part at least to interest in "House of Cards." Great content drove interest and people came in big numbers as the company added more than 2 million domestic subscribers and a million more outside the United States.
Traditional forms of marketing and advertising have become increasingly clogged. People have so many entertainment options available, it's hard to know exactly how to focus advertising dollars, but if you can create compelling content and people start talking about it, that's better than any advertising you could hope for--and depending on how you approach it, it could cost you a lot less.
"House of Cards" was actually a huge investment for Netflix, costing them a cool $100 million, but it has already almost earned that back with new subscribers in just one quarter.
Seth Godin, appearing at the AIIM conference in March, talked about how it was getting harder to reach customers with traditional advertising, pronouncing that the era of interrupt marketing was over. Using email marketing as an example, Godin said it's tough enough to get someone in your own company to answer your email, never mind the rest of the world.
Godin explained that in the old model, you got a sales force, created an ad campaign, then interrupted as many people as possible. Every brand you ever heard of grew up this way up until 10 years ago, he said.
But as the Internet has developed, suddenly people weren't interested in being interrupted anymore, and what's more, they had plenty of choices for entertainment. In the old world, there was a limited amount of entertainment. Today, there is too much, so instead of trying to use advertising as the form of communication, you need to use content.
Which brings us back to Netflix and the notion of the chief content officer.
Forward thinking companies that understand that the world has changed need to put content front and center, and for some organizations that could involve creating an executive position to drive content. You might think this is the chief marketing officer's job, and you could be right, but unless the CMO is willing to give up stale brochure-driven strategies, it might be time to create a position devoted specifically to generating quality content.
That means Time might have unwittingly recognized a coming trend, and that the age of the chief content officer could be upon us. Is your company ready? - Ron


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The Issue of Political Leadership in the Third World: What Is to Be Done?
Udogu, E. Ike, Journal of Third World Studies
The issue of political leadership and the desire to produce men and women who command national legitimacy has been tough in all polities-and this dilemma is probably more critical in the developing nations. (1) Indeed, the assumption is that a good leader possesses some significant attributes--qualities that are bestowed on the actor by the milieu in which leadership is demonstrated. Nevertheless, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a former Secretary-General of the United Nations, contended that leadership cannot be visualized only within the context of individuals and their decision to act in moments of conflict and inferred that leadership as a quality "may be more innate than acquired." (2) He then enumerated the following features as conducive to leadership characteristics: 1. Vision; 2. Eloquence; 3. Cooperative spirit; 4. Courage; and 5. Political intuition.
In general having a clear vision suggests that in order for a leader to lead effectively she or he must comprehend the nature of the society in which leadership role is to be performed. Thus, in order to construct a society that advances democracy, development and human rights, for example, a ruler must be able to articulate such a vision with eloquence in "Churchillian, Reaganesque and Castroan" oratorical skill, in a manner of expression. Possessing an adequate idea as to how a society is to be effectively governed and eloquence to galvanize various competing publics to action are important and useful variables only to the extent that the leader works in a cooperative spirit with the immediate elite and followers. This supposition is fundamentally significant because leadership cannot be demonstrated in a vacuum. Leaders' inability and sometimes deliberate attempt not to connect with followers at the grassroots has solidified the doctrine of "the iron law of oligarchy" at the top level of the state system in developing nations with disastrous consequences for many citizens. Courage and political intuition imply that a leader may have to, from time to time, take or make decisions that work against corporate and elite interests in order to maximize the interest of the system as a whole. (3)
Undeniably, political intuition as one of the tools in the arsenal and repertoire of a good leader is so invaluable that Boutros-Ghali contended that "it is the "summum bonum of the leadership qualities." (4)
Speaking on "Democracy and Leadership challenges in Latin America" the former Brazilian President Fernando H. Cardoso alluded to the antinomy between facts and values, practice and theory, technical knowledge and political decision in the leadership calculus in any society, and posed the salient query: what balance between these roles should be struck for a ruler to be successful? He further opined:
Some may argue that there is no need for accommodation or compromise; politicians should simply abide by an ethic of responsibility and follow what they believe to be the most sensible and politically rewarding course, regardless of any technical consideration. I am afraid that today's world does not allow for such a facile situation. Be it in the developed or in the developing world, politicians, once in office, are supposed to respond to an increasingly wide range of societal interests [that are often clashing] ... (5)
Writing on "Leadership for the Twenty-first century, learning from the Past," John Mukum Mbaku notes with lucidity that only fundamental measures and profound changes in leadership and its character can arrest the collapsing economic infrastructures and social conditions in the [developing nations]. Such a change could create the enabling environment for important improvements in the living standards of the masses... (6)
Overall, the thrust of this address flows from the following: 1. Definitional and conceptual overview of leadership. 2. Concise theories of leadership. …


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Energy establishes research hub for rare earth metals
To address the domestic shortage of rare earth metals, the Energy Department announced Jan. 9 that it has awarded $120 million over five years to start a new research center led by an Ames Laboratory team.
Rare earth metals are critical to produce wind turbines, electric cars, fluorescent lights, smartphones and more. Shortages of dysprosium, neodymium, terbium, europium and yttrium could well impede the development of such technologies in the future, the department says.
The center, named the Critical Materials Institute, plans to work toward more efficient use of the metals in manufacturing, establish new sources, and improve systems for reuse. It also intends to design replacement materials.
It will include researchers from four national laboratories, academia and the private sector, under the direction of Alex King, the current director of the Ames Lab, which will be the site of its headquarters.
"The CMI has built the right team, management, and technical plan and is ready to pursue its mission to eliminate the criticality of materials as a barrier to adopting clean energy technologies," King said in a press release.
The center is the fifth Energy Innovation Hub the Energy Department has established since 2010. The hubs bring together researchers from different institutions and backgrounds and are modeled after efforts like the Manhattan Project, the department says.
The other hubs include the Energy Efficient Buildings Hub, the Fuels From Sunlight Hub, and the Modeling and Simulation for Nuclear Reactors Hub. The Batteries and Energy Storage Hub, announced in November, is to be based at Argonne National Laboratory.
For more:
- go to the Jan. 9 announcement
- download DOE's Critical Materials Strategy (.pdf)
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