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You never really know what kind of moments stick with you months after a movie comes out. For our invited voters, below are the ten most memorable scenes in Philippine cinema in 2017. This list is part of our 7th Annual Film Poll, and like what we did last year, we have invited reviewers and filmmakers (directors, writers, actors) to talk a little bit about the particular scenes.
Scene of the year: The ending (Respeto)
Paul Castillo, Kung Sine Sine Lang: "Humantong si Hendrix sa katauhang pinakakinamumuhian niya—ang taong kayang magpadanas ng dahas at kamatayan sa ibang tao. Walang naidulot ang nabasa niyang mga salita sa mga isinulat ni Doc sa lumang mga pahina o ang pabigkas na pangangaral at pagpigil ng matanda sa kaniya. Hindi naging sapat ang muling pagbaling sa nakaraan ng kaniyang tinatangkilik na sining upang bitawan ang tangan niyang bato at matulad sa pagkakamali ng nakaraan. Ang parikala rito, sariling dugo ng matanda ang napagbalingan ng ganti na madaliang hustisya para kay Drix ngunit mahabang karma para sa dating nagawa ni Doc.
Ganito na lamang ang halaga ng sumasaboy na mga papel na naglalaman ng mga salita hindi lamang ni Doc kundi ng lahat ng nabuhay na manunulat sa iba't ibang panahon. Ito ang pagkatapon at pagbagsak ng tula bilang kawalan ng silbi ng salita sa harap ng karahasan. Napapanday ng mga makata ang salita upang mapasunod ito ayon sa bisyon ng manunulat para sa kaniyang sining ngunit hindi ganoon kadaling mahuhubog ang katauhan ng kabataang pinatigas na ng kaniyang lipunan."
Treb Monteras, director: "A few days before principal photography of Respeto, we still didn't have an ending that we were happy with. This ending came about during one late night session with my producer Monster Jimenez, our creative consultant Mario Cornejo, our Cinematographer Ike Avellana and our Assistant Director Timmy Harn. I told them that I wanted a more poetic ending and told them about an idea that I'm not sure would work. I wanted to have pages fall from the sky. We all loved the idea but we were not sure if we could pull it off. On the day that we were supposed to shoot the scene, it rained and we had to reschedule. This scene is a composite of live and CG book pages."
The extraction (Triptiko)
Nicole Latayan, Tit for Tat: "The highlight in Miguel Michelina's debut of three vignette stories happened in the second episode when aspiring model Joseph Marco asks the help of shaman Art Acuña to cure his boil. This scene is Triptiko at its best – it's over the top and gross, ambitious and odd, but at the same time disgustingly satisfying."
Miguel Franco Michelena, director: "The Hinog segment in Triptiko is about vanity and the extremes that people are willing to go to for beauty. So I wanted a scene that will highlight these extremes, and I wanted the audience to experience it viscerally. The scene was inspired by the processing scene in The Master by P.T. Anderson. It's a long scene with just the actors in medium close ups, but it worked so well because of Philip Seymour Hoffman's and Joaquin Phoneix's performances. It is such a powerful scene in spite of its technical simplicity.
While writing the extraction scene in Hinog, I was trying to gross myself out and at the same time I was trying to make myself laugh. I wanted to push the characters to their boiling point (no pun intended) and eventually ended up with a 16-page scene. It was written to be funny, but I didn't want the actors to play for laughs and rather play it straight. That was crucial because for the scene to work, the audience would have to believe that what was happening, no matter how absurd, was really happening to the characters. Art Acuña and Joseph Marco understood what I was going for, and they did it perfectly.
When it was time to shoot the scene, I told the actors that I would shoot in segments, essentially cutting the 16 pages into 3 parts. But when we started shooting, we were so engrossed with Art's and Joseph's performances that we just let them play it out until the very end. They ended up doing most of the scene in just that one take. They were so unbelievably good that it was hard not to laugh while watching the monitor. It was such a fun scene to shoot."
Joseph Marco, actor: "It was one of the most memorable projects I've done so far. I had so much fun doing it because it was one of my dream projects. I like scenes that are nasty and disgusting. Anything that will gross the audience, I'm a fan of. Doing Triptiko is one for the books! It was a dream come true for an actor like me. It's not the usual kind of thing!"
The blackout (Ang Larawan)
Tristan Zinampan, Screen Anarchy: "A point often raised against Ang Larawan is how safe it feels as an adaptation; not fully-exhausting the film form in its transition. But regardless of this safety, film's inherent ability to show performances up close, as compared to theater, dramatically benefits Ang Larawan as it is able to better highlight the dynamism, range, and nuance of Joanna Ampil's performance — especially in the film's stand-out blackout scene. In it, Ampil's Candida, under the duress of her and her sister's dwindling capability to keep their noble house afloat, finally snaps after the lights fail to come on one evening.
Initially, she is restrained in her delivery of worry and shame for their house's power might have been cut due to unpaid bills. But just as fast as she descends into hysterical laughter after learning that it was all a city-wide blackout, she starts belting wails of self-hate and pity. Ampil is able to traverse this full spectrum of emotions seamlessly, the burden of excellent acting seemingly at ease. Frustration, desperation, irony, all in the span of a few minutes. If this highly-celebrated West End actress' name were the most obscure for movie-goers amidst an ensemble of Philippine star power, after this scene, it would be impossible to not take note of Joanna Ampil."
Loy Arcenas, director: "The blackout scene was designed to use the length and expanse of the Villavicencio bahay-na-bato (the location used in the Ang Larawan shoot) to its maximum. The sequence had been rehearsed extensively prior to the shoot. Both Joanna Ampil (Candida) and Rachel Alejandro (Paula) had recorded the singing parts beforehand, except the final breakdown of Candida by the window; that was done live. If I remember correctly, Joanna did two takes of the laughter and breakdown."
The run back (The Chanters)
Skilty Labastilla, Pinoy Rebyu: "Towards the end of The Chanters, we see Sarah Mae desperate not to miss the visit of her pop star idol in her school that she had to tether her increasingly senile grandfather to a sari-sari store just so he wouldn't wander off on his own while she'd make a quick dash to her school. The second she makes it to school amidst students cheering for whoever was onstage, it suddenly hits her: the perks and accoutrements that modern society brings don't mean jack compared to the love one shares with family. That epiphany sends Sarah Mae running back in tears to her grandfather, even if he doesn't look bothered at all with being tied to a furniture piece. This scene works because it's a powerful act not just of Sarah Mae's acknowledgment of her grandfather's important role in her life but also of her embrace of the culture and tradition he embodies, as the last living chanter of Sugidanon epics in their community. So we know when Sarah Mae chants at the end of the film, it's no longer to impress a pop star idol, it's to declare her pride of her own identity."
James Robin Mayo, director: "During Pre-production, dumaan sa napakaraming revisions and versions ang The Chanters. Originally, yung treatment ay ginawa ng Executive Producer ko dati sa isang TV network, si Ms. Ana Puod. It was inspired from a 2011 documentary segment sa isa naming show. Hinanap pa namin sa archive yung segment na yun, kala namin nabaon na talaga sa baul, hahaha! Anyway, we went back to the community to immerse and do location-hunting. And to our surprise, sobrang iba na yung lugar. Ang dami nang nabago. Ang daming bago.
Then, nang makabalik na kami dito sa Manila, nag-revise na agad kami. Sa tulong ni direk Eduardo Roy Jr., napiga talaga utak namin to come up with a story na makaka-relate kahit hindi ka taga-roon sa community and at the same time ipinapakilala mo rin ang community through the perspective of an outsider. And then slowly, yung story naging personal sa akin. Simula pa lang kasi challenge na yung pagiging alien ko sa community; I'm not from there. I'm just a visitor na hindi naman expert sa history and culture nila. Iniiwasan namin yung Cultural Appropriation. Pre-prod pa lang, lagi ko nang tinatanong sarili ko, why do we need to preserve our traditions? Our culture? And it was during our immersion ako nagkaroon ng epiphany. The reason is always the person, not just the tradition itself. You want to keep the memory of your loved ones through these legacies. Gusto mong i-share ang pride, yung pinaghirapan nila, yung love nila sa isang bagay, especially the stories behind it, di ba? Pansinin mo yung mga nagkukwento about their traditions, laging may mga anecdotes about their parents, their lolos and lolas. In my case, father ko naman ang inspirasyon sa part ng story kung saan binalikan ni Sarah Mae ang kanyang lolo sa gitna ng paghahabol niya sa kanyang iniidolong artista. Ayokong iwan ang father ko, or family ko in general, sa journey ng buhay ko. I want them to be with me kasabay ng pagbabago ng panahon and at the same time din, hindi namin iniiwan ang alaala ng bawat isa. For me, pag family ang reason mo to preserve a certain culture, innate na yan. Hindi mo na kailangang pag-isipan pa.
Kaya yung eksenang yan, it was somehow a metaphor of my experience. In the midst of modernization and progress, madalas (or kung hindi man, minsan) iniisip ng mga tao yan ang dahilan kung bakit nawawala ang ating kultura, pero for me, hindi. Tayo, tayong mga tao ang dahilan kasi pinili nating iwan ang ating kultura sa nakaraan. Lagi namang may paraan para isalba ang mga dying cultures natin, we can always use technology and, especially, education para ma-preserve ang mga ito while enjoying the perks of the new trends."
Kiko cries (Kiko Boksingero)
Json Javier, The Spotless Mind: "It is the simple and mundane moments demonstrating the palpable love between young Kiko and the ever-reliable Yaya Diday that makes Kiko Boksingero an emotional knockout. In the film's most affecting scene, a heartbroken Kiko (abandoned yet again by his estranged father) receives the tightest hug from a person that redefined the concept of family. It is a relatively quiet sequence, free from all the usual hysteria of Pinoy melodrama, made even more powerful by the graceful performances of Noel Comia, Jr., Yayo Aguila, and a third character, the majestic view of the Baguio landscape at night."
Thop Nazareno, director: "From the beginning, it was clear to me that this scene would be the highlight and will emotionally articulate the whole point of the film, which is family isn't defined by blood. What defines family is being able to open yourself and allow yourself to be vulnerable kasi alam mong may sasalo sa'yo.
I spent a lot of time building this scene to make sure it comes out organic yet effective and powerful, from the script to editing. I wanted this to be the quietest scene sa buong pelikula to show that less is more and I wanted to maximize that effect. Hindi kailangan malaki ang eksena, hindi kailangang magimik at madaldal. In fact, marami akong kinunan na shots but during editing I decided not to use most of them and stick to my original vision which is to keep it simple.
Ultimately, this scene is a reflection of Diday's love – hindi magarbo, simple at natural. Nasa everyday little things ang pagmamahal niya for Kiko: sa bimpo sa likod, sa coleman, sa gulay, sa juice, sa paghahatid sa school, etc. This scene is meant to highlight that kind of love – a love that endures."
The ending (Bliss)
Macky Macarayan, The Death of Traditional Cinema: "I love abrupt endings, and the way Jerrold Tarog ended Bliss, it was a two-pronged payoff: once we realize Jane Ciego's (Iza Calzado) condition halfway into the film, we wait for the moment when she finally comes back to reality. Enter Rose (Adrienne Vergara), an unhinged woman with a sex addiction due to a childhood incident. In the end, we both have the story payoff when Jane finally opens her eyes, and the more literal payoff of orgasm after Rose performs oral sex. I guess after Jerrold Tarog led us on a wild goose chase, the ending is cherry on top (pun not intended)."
Jerrold Tarog, director: "The ending was shot the way it was written and conceived, intercutting between Jane being molested by the troubled nurse, Jane climaxing in her dream, and the opportunistic people in Jane's life caught in a screaming match at the hospital lobby, with each side claiming moral ascendancy. It was intended to be a clusterfuck of hypocrisy and abuse with an intentionally mellow soundtrack to highlight how ridiculous it all was. At the final moment, after complaining throughout the story about how she just wants to sleep, Jane finally wakes up to the face of the abuser/abused. Cut to heartbeats and that little wink at the end credits which, I confess, I've already done in an earlier film.
Iza Calzado was somewhat nervous about the nudity and Adrienne Vergara was weirded out about touching another girl, but they pulled it off and I'm proud of what they accomplished. Shamaine Buencamino had to exert the most effort. The part where she fell at the end was unintentional but it worked so well for the scene. I still feel bad for TJ Trinidad because we did around 4 takes in rehearsal and maybe 5 on camera for that fight and Shamaine slapped him for real every time (I told her to pretend during rehearsals but she slapped him anyway). Audie Gemora improvised some lines and made it all even more insane. It's always amazing watching skilled actors give their best. Special mention to the male nurse walking around with the music player. That's Jai Rabin who is required to have a cameo in every independent film I do."
Adrienne Vergara, actor: "The last scene in Bliss was actually one of the easiest for me (compared to the other much heavier and loaded scenes). Yung only hurdle ko lang naman is to not tickle Miss Iza sa neck part nya during the scene or else magigising agad si Jane hehehe. May bed scenes na kaming nashoot before like yung sa dream na alternate kami ni Sir Ian on top of Miss Iza so hindi na ako masyadong naco-conscious at comfortable na. Although I admit may sense of awe pa rin sa beauty ni Miss Iza, lagi kong sinasabi homaygahd may Diyosa in front of me, so napapanganga lang ako minsan hahaha.
For Rose, aside from knowing by heart yung medical protocols ng isang nurse tending a patient with Jane's condition, dapat magmukhang as if matagal na syang routine na ginagawa kay Jane. Yung sense of control ni Rose over Jane's body, yung sense of triumph from giving pleasure, and reliving memories of Ate Ling yung what made it orgasmic for Rose. It reached an unexpected climax nung nagising si Jane and I can imagine how magical it was for Rose.
I really had a great time creating Rose and Lilibeth and favorite ko rin si Jerrold, Miss Iza and TBA katrabaho as in. Binaha ako ng happy memories!"
The bridge (Love You to the Stars and Back)
Den Lebantino, film reviewer: "Caloy's pain seeping against his attempt at powerless repression is emotionally afflictive. The moment it bursts into an adamant assertion to be left by Mika on the bridge is home, because it is reflective of our own pain and indignation. Then he questions God, expresses deep contempt against his father, and pushes Mika away. The individual interpretations of both characters are far from being staged. Joshua Garcia as Caloy is human enough to feel and embrace his pain, and Julia Barreto as Mika responds instinctively to him–in palpable panic and concern. The scene captures both the intensity and natural despair of filling one's emptiness with viable sense of affirmation that relieves him of existential guilt, which the scene is able to deliver in the absence of "hugot lines" that could have diminished its natural bravura. It is just so effective that all you can have for both Caloy and Mika is empathy for their vulnerable hearts, a reality that transcends even the truism of romantic love."
Antoinette Jadaone, director: (from previous interview) 'Two days naming kinunan yung scene. Nung first day, kulang pa rin yung emotions. So bumalik kami dun sa bridge nung second day. Wala na kaming balik. So sinabi ko kay Joshua, "Wala ka nang chance ha. Kapag ito hindi mo nagawa, wala na tayong babalikan dito talaga. Mahal na to." (laughs) Si Joshua umaga pa lang nagpe-prepare na yun e. Sinabi ko sa kanya wag kang magpe-prepare nang hindi pa naman yun kasi madadala mo yung bigat sa eksena na hindi naman mabigat.
Yung eksena na yun, nung kinunan namin nung pangalawang araw, ang sabi ko sa kanilang dalawa, "Wala tong blocking. Hindi ko sasabihin kung ano yung blocking niyo. Huwag kayong mag-usap kung ano'ng gagawin nung isa." So ang instruction ko dun kay Caloy, "Kailangan mapaalis mo si Mika. Make her leave. Yun lang ang instruction ko sayo. Dapat umalis siya." Ang instruction ko kay Mika, "Kahit ano'ng mangyari, huwag na huwag kang aalis. Umalis ka lang pag na-feel mo na kailangan mo na talagang umalis." Kaya yung ginawa ni Caloy dun na sumampa siya sa bridge, wala yun sa script. Pero yun yung way niya para mapaalis si Mika. Kaya nung nakita yun ni Mika, parang nakita ko biglang naging Julia siya e. Kasi nag-English siya, "Oh, don't do that! Don't do that!" So nung nakita ko yun sa kanilang dalawa, na-realize ko, matalino tong dalawang artista na to. Kasi wala akong instructions, pero yun yung gusto kong gawin ni Caloy talaga. Kaya bridge, kasi kung nandun ka na sa point na ano, wala, i-e-end mo na talaga yung life mo, di ba? "Umalis ka", ganyan. Pero hindi ko sinabi kay Joshua na yun yung magpapaalis. Pero sobrang happy ako na na-gets ni Kuya! Tapos si Julia, ayun, di talaga siya umalis. Sabi ko, "Words, di naman magpapaalis sa iyo e." Kaya yung itsura ni Julia dun, feeling ko sa totoong buhay talaga yun. So sobrang happy ako. Sabi ko kay Joshua, "Okay na na nag-second day tayo dito sa bridge.'
Carson's confession (I'm Drunk, I Love You)
Emil Hofileña, Rogue Magazine: "Most romantic comedies treat the confession scene as a climactic moment wherein one character attempts to initiate a serious connection with another person. So how great for I'm Drunk, I Love You to play this moment against our expectations. Carson finally tells Dio how she's felt about him for the last seven years, but this confession isn't for him; it's for herself. Everything leading up to this point has suggested that Carson confessing probably isn't a good idea. She already knows what Dio's answer is probably going to be. But she HAS to say it because this love that has consumed her–making her beat herself up and do reckless things like run off to La Union a day before graduation–is the very thing that's holding her back from growing up. Carson lets the words go and only then does she realize how petty they sound. And in a moment that's awkward, uncomfortable, and all too real, a tipsy Dio kisses her. She reciprocates first, then nudges him away. The one thing she's always wanted is the same thing she knows she can't have."
JP Habac, director: "Ang isa sa pinakamahalagang eksena sa pelikula ay kung paano aamin si Carson ng pagmamahal niya kay Dio. May mga moments sa pelikula na tila akala mo ay aamin na si Carson pero hindi pa pala para ma-build up yung mismong pag-amin. Sa daldal ng pelikula, kailangan ng isang tahimik at masakit na eksena na babasag sa kaingayan ng buong pelikula – at ito yung eksena na yun.
Maraming nagtatanong kung bakit hinalikan ni Dio si Carson nung umamin si Carson sa kaniya. Pero halos lahat ata ng lalaki na kapag nalagay sa ganung sitwasyon, yun ata ang unang-unang gagawin. Pero dahil matalino si Carson, alam niyang ginagawa lang yun ni Dio hindi dahil mahal siya ni Dio, kung hindi dahil naaawa lang si Dio sa kaniya. Saket.
Kinuhanan namin ang eksena na ito ng isang buong gabi sa La Union. Binigyan ko ng option sina Maja at Paulo na pwede silang uminom ng kaunting alak para mas maramdaman nila ang eksena – na ginawa rin naman namin sa ibang mga eksena. Ano pa't naging I'm Drunk, I Love You ang title kung walang totoong alak sa set. Hehe."
The rooftop shooting (NeoManila)
James Espinoza, Film Police: "For a film basked in neon lights, Neomanila actually depicts a gray world where no single character can be defined as good or bad. This is most evident in the rooftop scene in which Irma, captivatingly played by Eula Valdez, executes the film's unexpected twist, which upends the narrative. It was shocking, to be sure, (and one of the few times I let out an audible "shit!" while watching a movie) but a careful review reveals the responsibility with which the writers peppered just enough throwaway details to earn the deceit. While Mikhail Red should be commended for tackling timely issues in his films, Neomanila, up until that scene, could have been easily dismissed as just another EJK film, especially at a time when the audience is close to becoming, if they have not yet become, desensitized. But by letting a fully realized character like Irma make such a drastic choice, Neomanila contends that behind every individual, whether they be drug pushers or hired killers, is a set of personal motivations – not to justify wrongful actions but to open discourse."
Mikhail Red, director: "Without spoiling anything, the rooftop scene in the third act of NEOMANILA comes as a disruptive shock to most viewers, just as intended. It turns the narrative on its head; the growing conflict erupts in a scene that catches the audience off-guard, delivering a powerful and unexpected blow. We finally see that one character's journey comes to a sudden end, deprived of true freedom to choose between damnation and redemption; we realize that another character has already made that decision. We realize that in the grim reality of war, there are no victors, only victims. Lives are cut short all the time, and people's choices, freedoms, and second chances are stolen from them. To the unprepared or inattentive, it may leave a bitter taste – which is only natural, the horrific moment is intended to shatter conventional narrative expectations, reminding us that there are no true protagonists in a time of war. For those who pay closer attention or for those who view the film more than once, the subtle hints that point to another character's inner conflict start to reveal themselves, and the rooftop scene starts to appear as an inevitable collision that can only end in disaster. In fact, the very opening scene of NEOMANILA subtly prepares us for what's in store, after an assassination we see the camera shift from one perspective to the other, and at the very final moments of the film, we see it happen again. We are faced with the tragic reminder that in life there are no real main characters, there is only the dead and the dying.
Eula Valdes, actor: "We were there early for the other scenes inside the building then had to wait to get dark. Prior to that scene we shot the scene after that first, where Irma chases after Raul. I enjoyed firing at him so much it became a joke that I was actually getting rid of him for real. Also, after I fired THE SHOT, I would point my gun at Raul and Rocky thought I would just do the motion of firing then point the gun at him. His reaction would be like, "What the…", then he'd run. In the actual take, I fired talaga. The camera didn't catch Rocky. Nagulat daw sya, biglang nawala sa frame.
For the crying in that scene, my shot was side view ko, and normally tears would just cascade down my cheeks, but luckily tears fell like corn kernels so it was visible on that angle.
We shot til 1 AM, I think. I have a 2 AM cutoff for my MWF TV taping schedule, BUT if we had to finish some scenes for NeoManila I would stay til 4 or 5 AM. Eager kame to do a good job rather than finish early. We would even ask for another take, or ask Mik if he's happy with our work. He would be the one to say, "OK na tayo, pack up."
The burning village (Balangiga: Howling Wilderness)
John Tawasil, Present Confusion: "There are many scenes in Balangiga that reflect the devastation brought upon by American forces, but one scene in particular sticks: Kulas and his grandfather travel through a devastated town, aflame and in ruins. The visual analogies to hell are evident here. But at the same time, this is the scene where Kulas discovers a toddler in the ruins. To me it shows that even in the most dire of places, hope still exists, perhaps even more so when such a hell is viewed through the innocent eyes of a child, untouched by the cynicism of adults."
Jerry Gracio, screenwriter: "When Khavn asked me to collaborate with him, sabi ko, 'sigurado ka?' Medyo matagal na ako sa TV, I am perceived as a 'mainstream writer' and because I'm familiar with his works, sabi ko, 'parang hindi tayo bagay.' But I can't say no to a friend, kaya isinulat ko ang Balangiga. Aware of production limitations, ayaw ko sana ng malalaking eksena, but how can you tell the story of Balangiga without the burning of a village by the Americans? So isinulat ko ang eksenang nasusunog ang isang baryo, at doon makikita ni Kulas ang two-year old na si Bula. Base sa pagkakasulat, alam ko kung gaano ito kahirap, kaya sabi ko bahala na siya, kung hindi kaya, puwede naman i-rewrite ang script. Nagulat ako nang mabalitaan na nag-set-up si Khavn ng isang buong village para sunugin. Isa ang mga eksenang ito sa kating kati akong panoorin: madalas, iba ang ini-imagine ng writer sa papel sa nakikita niya sa screen. Pero hindi ako binigo ni Khavn. Kaya binabawi ko na ang sinabi ko, mukhang in a way, bagay kami."
Mayk Alegre, Cinemaddict
- "Mabuhay ang mga Bata" monologue (Alipato)
- "Pigsa" extraction (Triptiko)
- Confrontation and interconnection (Changing Partners)
- Demolition and final sequences (Respeto)
- Lullaby (Balangiga)
Ace Antipolo, Movies for Millennials
- The final confrontation scene between Hendrix (Abra), Doc (Dido de la Paz), Fuentes (Nor Domingo) and Betchai (Chai Fonacier) in the film's ending (Respeto)
- Felix and Maxim's "Make It Hard" scene (2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten)
- Jane (Iza Calzado) kills Lilibeth (Adrienne Vergara) and wakes up, only to see Rose (Vergara) molesting her unconscious body (Bliss)
- Felix "seeing" Magnus and stripping off his clothes during the film's final scene (2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten)
- Mika and Caloy's confrontation scene at the bridge (Love You to The Stars And Back)
Paul Castillo, Kung Sine-Sine Lang
- Papers falling scene (Respeto)
- Burning village scene (Balangiga)
- Mass grave scene (Birdshot)
- Pest control scene (Neomanila)
- Opening the door at the hallway (Bliss)
Robert Cerda, Space Aso
- Pedro Calosa and the burning bush/tree – Dapol Tan Payawar Na Tayug
- The end sequence of Ang Larawan
- Close-up of Chai Fonacier singing and then cut to a frame/montage of kids playing in the garbage – Respeto
- Sex between Raul and Irma, Irma wearing a motorcycle helmet – Neomanila
- Iah and Gennie's five-hour walk to reach the school for Aetas – Ang Maestra
Archie del Mundo, DList.ph
- Bembol Roco bugged by his family's inability to reconnect with him in What Home Feels Like
- The phone scene before bed time with Sharon and Robin in Unexpectedly Yours
- The funeral scene at sea in Baconaua
- Kiko tearfully expresses his innocence in Kiko Boksingero
- The kids trying to survive at sea in High Tide
Macoy Delociento, PEP.ph
- Death of Maya's father (Birdshot)
- Abra's flip top battle (Respeto)
- Agot Isidro as lesbian (Changing Partners)
- Jojit Lorenzo as gay (Changing Partners)
- Aicelle Santos & Cris Villonco's dance number (Ang Larawan)
Engelbert Rafferty Dela Cruz-Dulay, Sine de Kalibre
- The ending of Respeto
- Kiko crying to Yaya Diday
- Maleta scene in Changing Partners
- The animated sequence of Alipato
- The bridge scene in Love You to the Stars and Back
James Espinoza, Film Police
- Final sequence (Respeto)
- Mika and Caloy's hesitation to be abducted by aliens/go through with suicide pact (Love You to the Stars and Back)
- Rooftop shooting (Neomanila)
- When Lea revisits the places that Tonyo had taken her (Kita Kita)
- Doña Loleng and company's arrival at the house (Ang Larawan)
Fred Hawson, ABS-CBN News
- Tony Javier seducing Paula Marasigan (Ang Larawan)
- Final shot in the style of Girl with Pearl Earring (The Chanters)
- Final shot of family mourning the dog (Patay na si Hesus)
- Final bloody massacre scene (Nay)
- Women only doing the farming (Sinandomeng)
Emil Hofileña, Rogue Magazine
- The ending (Respeto) – When a series of shocking acts of violence occur, Doc feels his world crumble around him once more—tying his fate to Hendrix's, revealing the cycle of fear and hatred all of them are living in.
- Carson confesses to Dio (I'm Drunk, I Love You) – Carson tells Dio she's loved him for the past seven years. But she already knows that they are never meant to be, and painfully rebuffs Dio's advances.
- One of the Malaya Lolas sings a song (Haunted: A Last Visit to the Red House) – an old woman who survived the Japanese occupation recounts, from memory, their experiences through song.
- The family photo (Paki) – The Sanchez family, finally complete, takes a group photo, displaying both their unconditional love, and their individual issues with each other.
- Jason gets his boil drained (Triptiko) – Seeking a cure for the effects of a curse placed on him, Jason has his boil forcibly removed. Gleefully disgusting.
Json Javier, The Spotless Mind
- The slow motion final scene of Respeto with the flying pages
- Kiko and Yaya hugging each other with Baguio at night as backdrop in Kiko Boksingero
- The pulley scene of Jane Ciego in Bliss
- Candida Marasigan's window breakdown scene in Ang Larawan
- One of the Malaya Lolas singing her original composition in Haunted
Skilty Labastilla, Pinoy Rebyu
- Sarah Mae realizes mistake and runs back crying to her grandfather in The Chanters
- Extraction of huge-ass boil in Triptiko
- Astri dances while looking at her ex at the end of Si Astri maka si Tambulah
- Rose stimulates unconscious Jane Ciego in Bliss
- Chedeng talks to long-lost lover in Si Apple at si Chedeng
Jay Lacanilao, Jaynormous Mind
- Rommel trespasses in Jason Harper's house, Nabubulok
- Lilibeth mirror scene, Bliss
- Rooftop shooting, Neomanila
- Carson reveals her secret admiration for Dio, I'm Drunk I Love You
- Kulas hides in his carabao, Balangiga
Nicole Latayan, Tit for Tat
- Art Acuna helping Joseph Marco remove his pigsa in Triptiko
- That final shot of Respeto with the flying pages
- Jally Nae Gilbaliga running back to her lolo she left in the store in The Chanters
- Maris Racal and Janella Salvador escaping the killer in Bloody Crayons
- Final scene in Bliss
Den Lebantino, film reviewer
- Crying scene of Noel Trinidad in Paki (Yung nagkakaraoke ang family tapos nilapitan sya ni Dexter Doria)
- Bridge scene in Love You to the Stars and Back
- Last scene in Respeto
- Mount Arayat scene nina Bela at JC sa 100 Tula
- Bintana scene ni Candida at Paula in Ang Larawan (Yung nawalan ng kuryente)
Ricardo Espino Lopez, The Knee-Jerk Critic
Macky Macarayan, Death of Traditional Cinema
Jim Paranal, Ang mga Nabuo sa Aking Isipan
- Heartwarming scene of Angeli Bayani when she discovered that she passed the board exam in Maestra.
- Jaclyn Jose's outstanding yet hilarious scene when she accidentally damaged her husband's coffin in Patay na si Hesus.
- The cat-and-mouse action scene including Eula Valdez, Rocky Salumbides and Timothy Castillo turned out to be a dramatic confrontation and surprising revelation in Neomanila.
- Coming home scene of Anthony Falcon in Mga Gabing Kasinghaba ng Hair Ko.
- Emotional breakdown scene of JC Santos to Bela Padilla in 100 Tula Para Kay Stella.
Bernard Santos, My Movie World
- Alessandra De Rossi dancing on blindfold – Kita Kita
- JC Santos and Bela Padilla heartbreak scene in Mt. Arayat – 100 Tula Para Kay Stella
- Maja Salvador confess her love to Paulo Avelino – I'm Drunk I Love You
- When Noel Comia knows that his dad left – Kiko Boksingero
- When Maya discovers dead bodies at sanctuary forest- the last scene of Birdshot
Nazamel Tabares, Pelikula Mania
- Respeto – Climax where papers are falling in the most intense part of the movie
- Kiko Boksingero – Closing scene where Noel and Yayo discuss life
- Love You to the Stars and Back – Bridge scene
- Ang Larawan – Walang Ilaw
- Kita Kita – Alessandra visits all the locations they've gone to.
John Tawasil, Present Confusion
- Ending of Respeto
- Walking through the burning town in Balangiga
- Ending of the Chanters
- Maleta – Changing Partners
- Dexter Doria alone in a bar in Paki
Emil Nor Urao, Film reviewer
- Family Picture (Paki)
- Nakatitig Lang Siya sa Akin (Changing Partners)
- Ako'ng Nagkamali (Ang Larawan)
- Showdown (Balangiga: Howling Wilderness)
- Final Scene (Respeto)
Special Mention: Melay at Bong sa Babuyan (Salvage)
Tristan Zinampan, Screen Anarchy
- Joanna Ampil's Brown Out Scene (Ang Larawan)
- Jun Jun Quintana's Hallway Confession with Noni Buencamino (Smaller and Smaller Circles)
- Dido de la Paz' Surprise Challenger vs Abra (Respeto)
- Jojit Lorenzo x Agot Isidro x Sandino Martin x Anna Luna Final Confrontation (Changing Partners)
- Jally Nae Gabaliga's Back and Forth Sari-Sari Store Scene with Lolo (The Chanters)
- Edgar Allan Guzman learning about the Joross' cancer diagnosis while they're in jacuzzi [or so I recall, memory may be a bit fuzzy] (Deadma Walking)


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Thursday, June 26, 2008
The future for coal power stations: renewable energy production?
Posted by happy clinical depressive at 3:58 PM 1 comments
Labels: Carbon Footprint, Clean Air, Energy Use
Sunday, June 22, 2008
My Company's Carbon Footprint
- $4.50 / gallon is driving our travel expenses sky high. Perhaps we consider saving our face to face meetings for key meetings only. Would you be willing to try new technologies in this project and work virtually for some meetings?
- What if I take the time I spend on the road and use it towards working on your project?
- The environment is very important to our company and we've committed to reducing our carbon footprint. Would you be willing to partner with us in this effort and reduce the number of trips we all take in this project?
Posted by Leigh Stringer (aka Greenette) at 7:15 PM 1 comments
Labels: Carbon Footprint
LOHAS and Greenwashing
I learned a new term today: LOHAS. Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability. It speaks to the rapidly growing consumer market for sustainable products and services.
Unfortunately, the article that gave me LOHAS also gave me bad news on the greenwashing front. Natural Marketing Institute (NMI) did a study on LOHAS market trends and found four main themes:
- From Purchaser to Participant
- Sustainable Style
- Shades of Green for Everyone
- Greenwashing Washout.
Here are some sources to check out if you have some time:
- Are You Experiencing "Greenwashing Washout"? (Source article from GreenSage E-Zine)
- NMI Report (available for a mere $4,000 - no I did not buy it either, just giving you the opportunity to if you are interested)
- LOHAS Online
Posted by Jodi "Millennial 4 Earth" Williams at 6:39 PM 1 comments
Labels: greenwashing, Health, Public Relations
Friday, June 20, 2008
Garbage Gasification
Posted by Jodi "Millennial 4 Earth" Williams at 11:36 PM 1 comments
Labels: Carbon Footprint, Energy Use, Leveraging Technology, Recyling
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Livestock in the City?
- Sheep Replace Lawnmowers in Italy
- Sheep Replace Lawnmower Crews
- Sheep as Lawnmowers
- Discussion on sheep vs goats
- What's More Annoying than a 100-decibel yodel
Posted by Jodi "Millennial 4 Earth" Williams at 9:51 PM 1 comments
Labels: Carbon Footprint, Plants and Landscaping
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Time for a Hybrid?
With the price of gas crossing $4 a gallon (I paid $4.14 last time I filled up), lots of businesses and individuals are seriously considering trading in their fleets/cars for hybrid vehicles. Is it the right thing to do? This article in the Wall Street Journal argues that the answer is….maybe.
There are a number of reasons it's a "maybe" – not the least of which is that a new car is a new car, and it's wasteful to get something new manufactured when something old will do. Some of the other arguments include:
- It depends on how many miles per year you drive (the average American is 15,000 per car per year)
- Priuses cost $22K (that's for the low-end model)
- You're not going to get much money back for your trade-in, especially if it's a guzzler
- Other small cars get pretty good mileage too…especially compared to your SUV!
All this said, I have a Prius and I love it. Not just for the gas, although that's a big plus since when I calculated out the cost of getting a Prius vs. a similar-sized car, I was calculating gas at $2.50 a gallon. At $4+, I'm doing much better than I expected. The car is roomy, easy to drive, kinda cute, and my dog likes that it has a big back seat all for him. Of course, it does have a big old blind spot, but I've figured out how to work that out. For me, it was the right choice...but is it the right choice for everyone?
Posted by Jodi "Millennial 4 Earth" Williams at 9:35 PM 4 comments
Labels: Carbon Footprint, Transportation
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
The 100 Thing Challenge
I'm travelling on business for a couple of weeks and was trying to be efficient in packing up my suitcase. While on the plane, I read an article in Time Magazine, "How to Live With Just 100 Things." I guarantee I packed more than 100 things for my trip - even just socks and underwear for two weeks bring me close to 30!
In the article, Dave Bruno has challenged himself to have only 100 things (personal items) to live successfully. When applying this to business, I wonder if I could do it….despite its small size, my desk still has a good number of things (grouped below by category rather than thing) – I don't think I make it even close to only 100 things!
1. laptop computer, docking station, monitor, power cord, mouse
2. external hard drive, jump drive
3. files
4. pens, pencils, markers, highlighters
5. notepads, post-its
6. binder clips, paper clips, rubber bands
7. reusable water cup
8. desk phone & headset
9. cell phone & charger
10. books
11. drawer full of personal items (lotion, shout wipes, splenda packets, contact solution, etc.)
12. snacks (mostly diet cokes & granola bars)
13. tissues
14. vendor freebies
15. recycle pile, trash can
16. work bag, lunch bag, gym bag
How does your desk add up?
Posted by Jodi "Millennial 4 Earth" Williams at 7:31 PM 1 comments
Labels: Green Economy, Green Workplace, Space Efficiency
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Workplace
When it comes to incorporating social responsibility or sustainability in the workplace, it's not just about creating a green building or complying with green building code; it's about creating healthy and productive workplaces for people while increasing social and shareholder value for the organization.
The 100 Best Corporate Citizens list (from Corporate Responsibility Officer Magazine) ranks firms based on how well they perform in eight categories: shareholders, community, governance, diversity, employees, environment, human rights, and product. Their scores draw on both financial information and measures of corporate social performance. Here's my take on how the workplace can support these social performance categories:
Use minimal infrastructure resources to maximize shareholder value (minimize total amount of real estate needed which in turn impacts energy use, water use, cleaning, etc.)
Accommodate safe business practices that don't negatively impact their surroundings.
Create a desirable environment which supports local recruiting.
Adopt operational policies and protocols in support of a healthy and productive work environment.
Accommodate a variety of work styles and work functions through flexible work settings, furniture, technology and training.
Design an environment is healthy and productive (access to natural light, visual stimulation, access to nature, etc.)
Support work-life balance through alternative work policies (work at home, desk sharing, etc.)
Implement transportation demand management strategies in place to minimize carbon footprint (public transportation incentives or rebates, bicycle or other personal transportation accommodations).
Design a workplace that is highly flexible and adaptable, accommodating organizational change and minimizing construction impact.
Human Rights
Create work policies and practices that ensure a safe and healthy environment
Building materials, furniture and all products used in the workplace are safe, non-toxic and reusable if not easily recyclable.
Posted by Leigh Stringer (aka Greenette) at 11:01 PM 0 comments
Labels: Green Workplace
Friday, June 13, 2008
Beautiful but Disturbing: Waste Art
Image above depicts 11,000 jet trails, equal to the number of commercial flights in the US every eight hours.
Posted by Jodi "Millennial 4 Earth" Williams at 8:36 AM 1 comments
Labels: Carbon Footprint, Green in the Media
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Sustainable Style
Posted by happy clinical depressive at 6:55 AM 1 comments
Labels: Green Design
Monday, June 9, 2008
The Green Workplace of the Future
What does the workplace of the future look like? Better question... what is the nature of work in the future? Right now, most people associate work with an "office" or a single physical space where they do work. But with technology, we no longer need to be tethered to one place. In fact, for many knowledge workers, they are almost never in the office anyway (they just don't like to admit it). So, if we're completely untethered, how would we like to work? I'm willing to bet it wouldn't be in a place like this:
My idea of the perfect workplace? How about something like this...
It's one of the quietest places I've ever been and a short commute from my house… the Library of Congress Reading Room. Now that's a workplace that is inspiring and very condusive to working on heads-down tasks. Or how about any other library for that matter.
How about when I need to collaborate? How about a place like this?
You're probably thinking… So you're talking metaphorically, right? Actually, I'm not. Using libraries and cafes or other public or private spaces available to us could really be an individual or team choice. Do we even need an office? Or if we have one, perhaps it's much smaller, as we only need it to collaborate, use special equipment or regularly connect with our colleagues from time to time. Given the wide variety of choices we have to work in truly people-centric, productive places, why would we ever choose to sit in a Dilbert cube again?
Posted by Leigh Stringer (aka Greenette) at 9:18 AM 6 comments
Labels: Green Design, Green Workplace
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Shoppers - the new eco-energy supply?
Using under-floor generators, the technology could use the footsteps of pedestrians to power thousands of light bulbs at shopping centres. It uses the pressure of feet on the floor to compress pads underneath, driving fluid through mini-turbines that then generate electricity, which is stored in a battery.
The Sunday Times reports that engineers have carried out a trial of this technology at Victoria Underground station in central London, and have calculated that 34,000 travellers passing through every hour could power 6,500 light bulbs.
The article goes on to explain that the same principle can be applied to harnessing energy from trains moving over railway lines. But the most relevant application of this technology for this blog is the possible application in new office buildings.
Here is a link to the original article.
Posted by happy clinical depressive at 5:09 AM 1 comments
Labels: Energy Use
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Green Bling and Eco-Iconic Products
There is a fine line between "green bling," flashy green technology that gives lip service to sustainability, and "eco-iconic," the new term for eco-friendly goods and services that are bold, iconic markers and design, helping their eco-conscious owners show off their eco-credentials to their peers.
Posted by Leigh Stringer (aka Greenette) at 6:37 AM 0 comments
Labels: Green Design
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Energy Modeling... by an Energy Company
I'm not a huge fan of oil companies, but I am a big fan of scenario planning, a methodology for writing stories about business futures, first started by Royal Dutch Shell in the 1970s. Peter Schwartz' The Long View is a fantastic read for those interested in more reading about this. I was reading Shell's latest thinking on oil production today and noticed they continue to use this scenario planning methodology. And when you think about it, who has more interest in thinking through the future of energy than a company that lives and dies by it? Here are two "futures" they describe on their website.
Read more about Shell's Scramble and Blueprints scenarios here. I haven't gone through a fact-checked every statement, it is presented very well. Extremely thought provoking.
To help think about the future of energy, we have developed two scenarios that describe alternative ways it may develop. In the first scenario – called Scramble – policymakers pay little attention to more efficient energy use until supplies are tight. Likewise, greenhouse gas emissions are not seriously addressed until there are major climate shocks. In the second scenario – Blueprints – growing local actions begin to address the challenges of economic development, energy security and environmental pollution. A price is applied to a critical mass of emissions giving a huge stimulus to the development of clean energy technologies, such as carbon dioxide capture and
storage, and energy efficiency measures. The result is far lower carbon dioxide emissions.
Posted by Leigh Stringer (aka Greenette) at 10:19 PM 0 comments
Labels: Energy Use, Green in the Media
I'm Addicted to the Planet Green Game
I was putzing around on Starbuck's Corporate Social Responsibility website and found their Planet Green Game. It's fastastic! You pick an avatar and choose your own adventure, collecting green trivia points along the way. You can also go to a movie theater and view 7 movie shorts. Very interactive and very, very clever (maybe slightly addictive). http://www.planetgreengame.com/
Posted by Leigh Stringer (aka Greenette) at 8:45 PM 1 comments
Labels: Green in the Media, Leveraging Technology
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Save the Rainforest While Killing Time
Those of you familiar with Facebook know of the many plug-ins available. Vampire battles, Super Poke, gift giving, etc. One of my favorite time-waster plug-ins is (Lil) Green Patch.
Basically, (Lil) Green Patch allows users to send and receive plants, care for each other's green patches, and buy decorations for the green patches. This is all fun and cute, but the great thing about (Lil) Green Patch is that for every 10 plants you send to your friends, the sponsors contribute enough funds to save 1 square foot of rainforest.
Every month, (Lil) Green Patch donates revenue (after expenses of course) to funding a portfolio of reforestation projects. The most recent donation was made May 1, 2008 to the Adopt An Acre program of the Nature Conservancy.
With 454,680 daily active users, (Lil) Green Patch has saved over 20 million SF of rainforest thus far. If you have Facebook and some time to kill, it would be a great way to help the planet while doing some business (or social) networking.
Posted by Jodi "Millennial 4 Earth" Williams at 4:00 PM 6 comments

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Greece winger Charis Mavrias is set to become Sunderland's TENTH signing of this summer.
And that's likely to spell the end of James McClean's turbulent spell at the Stadium of Light, with Celtic closing in on the £2million-rated Republic of Ireland star.
Versatile Mavrias, 19, is set to arrive in the next 24 hours to complete a medical and finalise personal terms on an incentive-based £1.25m move from Athens side Panathinaikos, which could rise to double that amount.
Combined with the £6m arrival of Italy midfielder Emanuele Giaccherini from Juventus earlier this month, the Mavrias deal would leave McClean well down the pecking order - and boss Paolo Di Canio is ready to listen to offers for the 24-year-old.
The Black Cats will make a healthy profit on McClean, snapped up from Irish side Derry City for a bargain £350,000 two years ago.
Scottish champions Celtic can offer Champions League football, and there is also the emotional lure for McClean - a lifelong fan of the Glaswegians.
Assistant coach Garry Parker said: "We have options and we have our sights set on a few players."
Sunderland are set to miss out on £2m-rated Argentine left-back Lucas Orban, however.
He is expected to join French side Bordeaux from FC Tigre of Buenos Aires.


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The night at the end of my first week at the cabin was filled with the now usual routine. I ate my dinner of Spaghetti-O's down at the dock. I even whipped out the evil TV tray and brought it with me. As dusk crept in I headed back in to beat the skin-chewing insects that came along with the lessening light. I kept all of the windows around the cabin opened partially; it had been warmer than usual in the Lake Asimmia area the past few days. I played some music on my laptop while trying my best to write a sophisticated journal entry. I cracked open a pair of Sam Adams bottles as a sort of celebration of my first week, and also to drown my sorrows that from this point on I was closer to my vacation being over.
Bedtime was 10:00pm as had become routine as well. I felt a small buzz as I brushed my teeth in front of the rustic looking square vanity in the bathroom. Before heading into the bedroom I made a tour of the cabin to make sure that doors were locked and windows were closed; despite my feeling very comfortable with my surroundings I was still wary of bears or other large animals which might come looking for food or trouble. I left the windows in my bedroom open as per usual as I had grown accustomed to the calls of birds and animals, and also the occasional kiss of the Canadian winds to help me sleep.
I had no trouble falling asleep, the beer helped greatly with that. I know I had fallen asleep because I was startled out of it at some point during the night. There was a sound infiltrating the room that I had not heard during my first week at the cabin. It was far away, but had been piercing enough that it pulled me from my sound sleep. A little disoriented and still a little buzzed, I found myself sitting up in bed staring straight ahead at the closed bedroom door. What had I just heard? I turned my head to listen but there was nothing. I began to think that it had been something out of a vivid dream I was having that had sounded so real that it had awakened me. I let out a hard yawn and lay my head back down onto the stack of two down pillows I slept on. My eyes began to close. Then, I heard it again.
This time I sat up sharply in bed. It sounded like the call of some kind of wounded animal. It was a painful yelp, a blood curdling scream in the far off woods. I knew now that this was definitely real and not part of a dream. The wounded animal screamed again, it seemed to carry on the wind right to my ears, echoing across the clear, crisp July night. It sounded so horrific that I began to feel whatever pain this animal was feeling. In my tired mind I began to process the sounds, trying desperately to link the sound to a mental photo of an appropriate animal. I began to think it might be a timber wolf like Sal had said occasionally roamed the area. He had said nothing about coyotes which this animal sounded like also.
The animal screamed again snapping me from my mental Rolodex of animals. This time I threw the quilt off of my body and stepped onto the cold wood floor. Even though the noises were far away from the cabin itself I still found myself creeping quietly toward the opened bedroom window as if this animal might appear before me at any moment. I knelt down beside the window which allowed only my head and tops of my shoulders to be seen. I cupped my hand over my eyes and leaned in until my forehead rested against the mesh screen. The bright moonlight overhead did little to aide my eyes as I stared past the other cabin off toward where I thought the animal's cries were coming from. I saw nothing. Still I found myself hypnotized, unable to move from my spot. Part of me hoped I would not hear that awful sound again, yet part of me felt this obsession, a need to know what was making those sounds.
It had been nearly ten minutes and I had not heard anything. The overwhelming quiet of the night began to pull me back into my sleep. My head began to bob forward; I was fading. The animal screeched again just as my forehead came into contact with the window sill with a thud. The sound had faded into my ears as I was drifting off to sleep. That sound, coupled with the blow to my forehead, combined to create a sort of electric jolt through my body. I leaped up and smacked my head on the bottom of the window pane. Now I was afraid, curious, and in blinding pain. Groggy I stumbled backward. My interest in the wounded animal faded with the second bump on my head. I closed both windows in the bedroom and stumbled back over to the bed where I slipped back underneath the thick comforter. Despite the fact that the noises had been coming from far away, who knows how long of a distance the screams could have been carried on a clear night, I still slept on my left side. I faced the wall and slept with my head in between the two down pillows; I did not want to see anything that might appear at the window. I hoped for sleep to reclaim me fast, I did not want to hear that horrific noise again. As I drifted away my own mind continuously deceived me, I could hear those wounded cries bouncing around my head until finally I was asleep.
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Conan O'Brien Reveals He Will Host the MTV Movie Awards
Team Coco, rejoice. Comedian Conan O'Brien will host the MTV Music Awards on April 13 at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, he revealed on his TBS late-night talk show Conan.
"After eight years of intense negations, I am honored to announce I am hosting MTV's second most prestigious awards show," he said, poking fun at how the ceremony takes a backseat to the MTV Video Music Awards, which is much more hyped.
Conan jumped on Twitter to talk about his new gig:
I'm excited to host the MTV #MovieAwards on 4/13! I was going to say no, but @Harry_Styles begged me. Please don't ask him to confirm this.
— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) March 5, 2014
Hosts in recent years include Rebel Wilson (2013), Russell Brand (2012), Jason Sudeikis (2011), Aziz Ansari (2010) and Andy Samberg (2009). Dennis Miller, Eddie Murphy and Will Smith hosted the first MTV Movie Awards in 1992, 1993 and 1994.
Conan is no stranger to hosting award shows; he hosted the Emmys in 2002 and 2006.
MTV will reveal nominations March 6 at 7 a.m. ET on the show's website. Seen as the younger, rebellious sibling to the Academy Awards, this shindig honors movies and actors with edgier awards such as Best Kiss, Best Fight, Best Scared As Sh*t Performance, Best Hero, Best Villain, Best Gut-Wrenching Performance and more.
Last year for the first time ever, MTV let movie fans vote using Instagram photos and hashtags. MTV launched the Best Hero category in 2012, but the live social voting only accounted for votes coming from Twitter. There's no word on whether this option will return.


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Study programmes at DTU are research-based, analytical and innovative
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DTU will promote promising fields of research within the technical and the natural sciences, especially based on usefulness to society, relevance to business and sustainability.
International collaboration is an integrated part of DTUs activities and a prerequisite for DTUs status as an international elite university.
Learn more about President Anders O. Bjarklev.
Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
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Research interests. I am interested in complex
analytical dynamical systems and applications of mathematics within
When a systems evolves with time in a way that can be described
mathematically, then one calls it a dynamical system. The motion of
the planets in the solar system, and the balance of an savings
account from term to term when interest is applied, are two
examples of dynamical systems. In the first example, time varies
continuously, whereas in the second time jumps from term to term.
In the latter case, we say time is discrete. I am interested in
dynamical systems where time is discrete, the state is given by one
or more complex numbers, and the rule dictating the evolution of
the system is a complex analytic function.
It turns out, that complex analytical dynamical systems can behave
in two different ways. In an orderly fashion where you can make
long term predictions, and in a chaotic fashion where long terms
predicitons are impossible. This dichotomy between order and chaos
gives rise to complicated geometric figures known as fractals. The
study of dynamical systems and fractals is an exciting field where
algebra and geometry, as well as analysis and combinatorics
There are many applications of mathematics, you can even consider
the natural sciences as applied mathematics, and not surprisingly
mathematics also play an important role within industry. It
fascinates me, how classical mathematics is useful in a tecnical
context. Whether it is geometry, statistics, dynamical systems or
something else entirely is not important to me; that it can be
instrumental in finding solutions is what matters.
European Study Groups with Industry, ESGI, is a good
example where mathematics can contribute to industry, and industry
can supply good problems to mathematics. In a study group, industry
representatives pose problems to industry and then work together
with a group of mathematicians intensively for a week on solving
these problems. Afterwards reports are written describing the
progress made. In my experience both industry representatives and
mathematicians learn a lot from these sessions.


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Range may refer to:
Orange Range (オレンジレンジ, Orenji Renji) is a 5-member Japanese rock band, based in Okinawa, Japan. Formed in 2001, the band began with Spice Music and later signed with Sony Music Japan's gr8! records division in 2003. The group left gr8! records in 2010 to start their own label, Super Echo.
The band has roots in Okinawa, an area famous for being the home of many well-known acts. Before they were signed by a major label, Orange Range played mostly in small art houses and clubs until they were found by a record agent. The band is mix of pop- and rock-style music as can be heard by the vocals and the instrumentals. Their style is also made up of many different cultures and musical styles from around the world. This is attributed to their hometown being Okinawa, a well-known station for American military bases and, thus, cultures and different styles often blend. Due to high sales of their works, Orange Range's singles are often attached to various movies, shows or Japanese products. This is usually seen as a sign of a band or singer having hit "the big time" in the Japanese media.
In computer science, the term range may refer to one of three things:
The range of a variable is given as the set of possible values that that variable can hold. In the case of an integer, the variable definition is restricted to whole numbers only, and the range will cover every number within its range (including the maximum and minimum). For example, the range of a signed 16-bit integer variable is all the integers from −32,768 to +32,767.
When an array is numerically indexed, its range is the upper and lower bound of the array. Depending on the environment, a warning, a fatal error, or unpredictable behavior will occur if the program attempts to access an array element that is outside the range. In some programming languages, such as C, arrays have a fixed lower bound (zero) and will contain data at each position up to the upper bound (so an array with 5 elements will have a range of 0 to 4). In others, such as PHP, an array may have holes where no element is defined, and therefore an array with a range of 0 to 4 will have up to 5 elements (and a minimum of 2).


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Banamine Transdermal Pour-On Rx
Other products by Merck Animal Health
* The first and only pour-on for relief of pain and fever in cattle
* FDA-approved to control pain due to foot rot and fever due to BRD
Banamine Transdermal Pour-On Rx – Easy-to-use pour-on helps get cattle back on feed where they belong. FDA-approved to control pain due to foot rot and fever due to BRD. Only non-steroidal anti-inflammatory cattle product available with a convenient pour-on route of administration. Uniquely designed to control pain and fever quickly. Studies show that a single dose is absorbed into the bloodstream within minutes and has long duration of activity at the site of inflammation, giving cattle the best opportunity to be healthy and productive. Pre-calibrated packaging helps ensure the right dose every time. Unique bottle design allows for proper application along animal's back. Red-colored solution makes it simple to accurately and quickly measure the dose volume for each animal. Patented delivery eliminates the need for IV administration; less labor and supplies than with injectable administration = decreased cost per treatment. Transdermal application requires less handling resulting in less stress on animals plus no risk of injection site lesions. 8 day slaughter withdrawal.
For topical use only in beef and dairy cattle. Do not use within 48 hours of expected parturition. Not for use in female dairy cattle 20 months of age or older, including dry dairy cows. Not for use in suckling beef claves, dairy calves and veal calves. Not for use in dairy or beef bulls for breeding because reproductive safety has not been established.
Each ml pour-on contains 50 mg flunixin (equivalent to 83 mg flunixin meglumine), 150 mg pyrrolidone, 50 mg L-menthol, 500 mg propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate NF, 0.20 mg FD&C Red No. 40 and glycerol monocaprylate NF qs.
Not for sale in AA, AE, AK, AL, AP, AR, AS, AZ, CA, CO, DC, DE, GA, GU, HI, ID, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MH, MO, MP, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TX, UT, VA, VI, VT, WA, WY
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Mayo Clinic Releases Study Into Vaping-Related Illnesses
The number of vaping-related illnesses is up nationwide.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, there are now 1,080 cases in 48 states and one U.S. territory. Seven of those cases were here in Arizona, and a total of 18 people have died in more than a dozen states.
The CDC said patients as young as 13 and as old as 75 have been hospitalized with a median age of 23 years old, but the reason this is happening is still largely a mystery.
Now, the Mayo Clinic is out with a new study that sheds some light on that.
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic examined biopsies from 17 patients with lung injury due to vaping, and found injuries akin to those made by exposure to toxic chemical fumes or poisonous gases.
For more on this, The Show got a hold of Dr. Yasmeen Butt, surgical pathologist with the Mayo Clinic and author of this study.


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It turns out that Sen. John McCain was never a maverick. Sheriff Joe Arpaio hasn't read the book that he wrote. And Gov. Jan Brewer has did what was right for Arizona.
Ah, 2010—another big lunge toward the Apocalypse, lubricated by the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. Considering all that we've read over the last year—from the headlines in the morning daily to the far reaches of the World Wide Web—how can we not gush?
At a July debate in Green Valley, Republican congressional candidate Jesse Kelly suggested dropping "the mother of all bombs—the largest non-nuclear device" on BP's leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.
"Twitter User Posts as Shark Eats Tourists"
—Fox News
The Associated Press reported that UA researcher Terrence Monks received a $1.7 million grant to study the long-term effects of the party-drug ecstasy, also known as the "hug drug."
"Calif. Marriage Trial Draws Friends With Briefs"
—The Associated Press
During her successful gubernatorial campaign, Jan Brewer told Fox News that there had been beheadings in Arizona's borderlands, and then repeated the claim to a Phoenix TV station, saying, "Oh, our law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert, either buried or just lying out there, that have been beheaded."
But neither Brewer nor anyone else could produce proof of the claim.
Gov. Jan Brewer lost her train of thought during her opening statement in the one and only gubernatorial debate with Democrat Terry Goddard, before closing with a confused: "We have did what is right for Arizona."
Department of Public Safety officers responding to a 1988 car crash involving then-state Sen. Jan Brewer believed the future Arizona governor was drunk, The Arizona Republic reported.
After rear-ending a van, officers found Brewer—who has long advocated tougher penalties for driving drunk—unsteady on her feet and smelling of alcohol. She also failed a field-sobriety test, but was never charged with DUI.
In a series of incriminating e-mails, convicted hit-man Ronald Young complained to Pamela Phillips, his alleged conspirator, that she wasn't sending him enough money for his role in the 1996 bomb killing of Gary Triano. In one reported e-mail, Young told Phillips he knew she was still a suspect in the case because it was reported in the Tucson Weekly.
State Sen. Al Melvin ordered an Oro Valley diner owner to stop allowing customers to pick up copies of the Tucson Weekly there, because he felt the paper was too liberal. When she refused, the Republican lawmaker stormed out of the restaurant and said he'd never be back.
"Obama Twitter Account 'Hacked by Frenchman'"
In a deposition, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio admitted he hadn't read sections of Joe's Law: America's Toughest Sheriff Takes on Illegal Immigration, Drugs and Everything Else That Threatens America, a book he allegedly co-authored.
"TUSD Is Investigating How Student Fell Out of Moving School Bus"
—Arizona Daily Star
"Bat Fellatio Causes a Scandal in Academia"
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu talked about illegal immigration and drug-smuggling on a Tennessee-based radio program, The Political Cesspool, which veers in its far-right ideology toward white power. Babeu later said he regretted doing the interview and had no idea about the show's leanings.
In his book The Politician, Andrew Young, a former aide to presidential candidate John Edwards, recounted a conversation with the late Ted Kennedy, in which the Massachusetts senator waxed sentimental about Washington in the early 1960s: "It used to be civilized. The media was on our side. We got our work done by one o'clock, and by two, we were at the White House chasing women. We got the job done, and the reporters focused on the issues. ... It was civilized."
Failed U.S. Senate candidate Rodney Glassman's 2005 UA doctoral dissertation contained passages copied verbatim from previously published works. Glassman said the unattributed passages didn't constitute plagiarism because of the way they were used, and his work was approved by a committee of tenured researchers.
Rodney Glassman produced a four-minute music video for his U.S. Senate campaign attacking John McCain while singing a paraphrased version of "Sweet Home Alabama." Sang Glassman: "Sweet Home Arizona / Where the skies are so blue / Sweet Home Arizona / John, it's time to retire you."
Speaking about full-body security scans at airports, Democratic strategist James Carville said, "Let me buy a (security) pass ... so that they can scan me and search me and measure my penis, then let me get on the plane."
"Boner From 'Growing Pains' Still Missing in Vancouver"
—USA Today
Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl blasted the Republican National Committee after it was revealed that young staffers spent nearly $2,000 for a night at a sex-themed Hollywood nightclub. "This kind of thing has got to stop, or they won't get any contributions," said Kyl.
Singer Julio Iglesias told an audience in Uruguay that when he last performed there, at age 24, he was like a rabbit sexually, saying he "couldn't go on stage to sing if I didn't make love first." But the singer, now 67, added, "I gave that up completely 15 years ago."
Rielle Hunter, mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards, told GQ magazine that on their first night together, Edwards told her, "Falling in love with you could really (expletive) up my plans for becoming president."
The voters of Congressional District 7 narrowly re-elected Raul Grijalva after the congressman, upset over passage of SB 1070, called for a business boycott of Arizona.
After pleading guilty to drunk driving, former city manager Mike Hein issued a statement through his lawyer, saying it's never OK to get behind the wheel after drinking. Hein also "hopes that some good may come from this by people realizing that it can happen to anyone."
Republican congressional candidate Jesse Kelly declared his support for a flat tax of 10 percent on income for every American.
"If 10 percent is good enough for Jesus Christ, it's good enough for the federal government," Kelly said.
"Woman Pleads to Rat in Meal"
—Beloit (Wis.) Daily News
Sen. John McCain told a Newsweek reporter: "I never considered myself a maverick."
Arizona spent $1.25 million in federal money to build 41 rope bridges to allow endangered red squirrels on Mount Graham to get around their habitat without being menaced by passing cars, and to study their health. Cars kill about five squirrels a year. With only 250 squirrels in existence, the price tag comes out to $5,000 per animal.
During a meeting on downtown redevelopment, Mayor Bob Walkup suggested the corner of Congress Street and Toole Avenue was "the hottest entertainment spot in the country."
Researchers at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff discovered they can stop bark beetles from chewing through millions of acres of Western pine forests by exposing them to digitally altered recordings of their own calls. Scientists say acoustic sounds make the critters uncomfortable and give them a desire to flee the area. Forest entomologist Richard Hofstetter nicknamed his experiment "beetle mania."
"Neo-Nazi Couple Find Out They're Jewish"
—AOL News
A 25-year-old Florida man claimed that the cocaine allegedly hidden between his butt cheeks was not his. After stopping Raymond Stanley Roberts for speeding and smelling of marijuana, sheriff's deputies found a bag of weed stuck in Roberts' bum. Officers then discovered another bag containing cocaine in the very same orifice.
After hearing from angry citizens at a public meeting, the Tucson City Council voted to kill a much-debated and much-delayed plan to build a $190 million downtown convention center hotel, a centerpiece of the painfully mismanaged Rio Nuevo project.
Andy Goss, a failed Republican candidate for Southern Arizona's Congressional District 8, proposed cutting legislators' salaries 40 percent and using the savings to build barracks on Capitol Hill. All senators and representatives would be required to live in this fraternity-style housing.
State Sen. Frank Antenori told an Arizona Capitol Times reporter that as a Special Forces veteran, he opposed the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
"I can't even tell you how many times I was spooning with some other guy on the side of a mountain under a poncho in fricking Pakistan in the middle of fricking winter freezing my ass off," Antenori said. "I would not want to say, 'Is that your pistol that's sticking me in my back?'"
"Dead Body Found in Cemetery"
—News-Courier (Athens, Ala.)
As Gabrielle Giffords proposed naming a post office after former Congressman Jim Kolbe to her colleagues in Congress, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland, thinking Kolbe had died, rose to issue a tribute to his old colleague. Learning Kolbe was still alive, Hoyer said, "Oh. You're naming a post office? I withdraw my remarks."
A drug-smuggler wearing a wetsuit, scuba tank and mask tried to smuggle marijuana into the United States from Mexico through waist-high sewer water in Douglas. When the smuggler spotted Border Patrol approaching, he abandoned the bundles and waded through the poo water back to Mexico.
Former UA football star Chuck Cecil, now defensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans, received a $40,000 fine from the NFL for giving officials the finger during a game against the Denver Broncos.
The UA graduated only 65 percent of its student-athletes, the lowest percentage among six major athletic conferences. The national graduation rate is 79 percent.
"CNN's Larry King Says He's Ending Show"
—The Associated Press
Tucson's La Fiesta de los Vaqueros parade can no longer call itself the world's largest non-mechanized parade. Our 85-year-old procession lost the prized designation to a summer festival in Sri Lanka called Esala Perahera. Local wag James "Big Jim" Griffith remarked that we're still "the longest non-mechanized parade without elephants."
Defeated City Councilwoman Nina Trasoff signed on to host a radio program for Pima Community College, touting the school's opportunities. At a time of tight education budgets, Trasoff was allowed to bill the school for her work at $100 an hour.
"Man Bites Off Cop's Nipple"
—WMAQ-TV (Chicago)
"Arizona Restaurant Serving Lion Burgers"
A 20-year-old Willcox man was arrested by customs officials in Douglas when they noticed a suspicious bulge under his clothes. A search revealed that Trinidad Vega Jr. had an AK-47 strapped to his body. Vega had bought the weapon in Tombstone and was smuggling it into Mexico for sale.
Golfer Mark Calcavecchia said that following Tiger Woods' sex scandal involving multiple women, he couldn't trade text messages with Tiger, because the embattled golfer changed his cell number five times in a year. "The last time he did, I said, 'Man, you change phone numbers more than I change underwear,'" said Calcavecchia.
New Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan and three other justices voted to delay the execution of Arizona inmate Jeffrey Landrigan, saying the lethal-injection potion to be used wasn't safe. Landrigan was executed in October.
After Arizona prison officials provided California with a drug needed to execute a man, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Undersecretary Scott Kernan e-mailed a thank-you note that read: "You guys in AZ are life savers."
A Tucson man filed a lawsuit against University Medical Center, claiming a surgeon performed the unauthorized removal of one of his testicles in May 2007. Kenneth Irby alleges the surgeon was supposed to do a biopsy on the testicle, and only remove it if cancerous.
Believing literature can improve civic life, Shannon Cain said she would use the comment period during Tucson City Council meetings to read from her novel, an unpublished, 100,000-word tome. Cain said she would use her time each week to describe life in Tucson.
Target, a heroic dog that alerted U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan to a suicide-bomber threat, was accidentally put to sleep at a Pinal County animal shelter after she escaped from the yard of a war vet who had adopted her and brought her back to the states.
Dave Locke spent a night sleeping on the sidewalk outside of a 99¢ Only Store on Oracle Road, hoping to buy a high-def TV for 99 cents. But Locke was disqualified from the promotion when he blabbed to a store manager that he'd won a TV at a previous store opening in 2004. Locke got store coupons instead.
"Drunk Pregnant Woman Arrested After Trying to Rob a Taco Johns With a Hammer"
—WEAU-TV (Eau Claire, Wis.)
A book on Oprah Winfrey revealed that while working in local news in Nashville, Tenn., in the 1970s, she dated new-age musician and former Entertainment Tonight anchor John Tesh. But Tesh abruptly ended the relationship one night when he noticed their contrasting skin colors and couldn't handle being in an interracial relationship.
"Flushing: A Look Back"
—Flint (Mich.) Journal
A 43-inch-tall Great Dane from Tucson named Giant George appeared on the Oprah Show after capturing Guinness World Records titles for the Tallest Dog and the Tallest Dog Ever. Dave Nasser, the dog's master, told the Arizona Daily Star that Oprah's people said that George was a bigger star "than if Brad Pitt were to come in the house."
"Will Robinson Sex Scandal Break Northern Ireland Peace?"
While calling for a boycott of Arizona over SB 1070, Milwaukee County supervisor Peggy West said such a law might be needed in Texas, which is "directly on the border with Mexico." But she said it's unnecessary in Arizona, which is "a ways removed from the border" and doesn't have "a major issue with undocumented people flooding their border."
"Mouse Sleeps With Scientist, Scientist Thrilled"
Fearing a safety issue could develop should cramped passengers need to evacuate, Southwest Airlines booted actor/director Kevin Smith off a flight for being too fat to fit comfortably in one seat. Claiming he was profiled, Smith said he saw another passenger even chunkier than him on the same flight, "but I wasn't about to throw a fellow fatty under the plane."
Smith tweeted that the airline "fucked with the wrong sedentary processed-foods eater!"


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The dollar consolidated losses seen in the wake of Friday's weaker than NFP releases and other U.S. data misses, which weighed expectations of Fed policy tapering. Asian markets were relatively quiet ahead of key economic data releases out of China later this week and central bank policy decisions from RBA and BoJ. China non-manufacturing PMI data came in at a flat 51.3 reading in June, which offered little fresh impetus. Australia retail sales were unchanged in June, which was weaker than expected and reinforced expectations of a RBA rate cut tomorrow. NZD fell sharply after Fonterra said that some of its products used in infant formula and sports drinks may contain botulism, which saw China ban the company's milk powder.
EUR-USD traded a tight range. It has still not been able to clear away offers from 1.3300 despite receiving a moderate lift on Friday over the NFP reading. It traded close to 1.3280 at the Asia close after moving between 1.3265 and 1.3290 over the session. Very short term technical studies still point to higher levels, though economic fundamentals are still likely to encourage real money accounts to sell into strength.
USD-JPY remained on the heavier side. The daily trend was lower following Friday's move under 99.00. It started the session just ahead of 99.00, where Asian names were early sellers. Japanese interest to selling AUD-JPY and NZD-JPY weighed on the dollar pairing and it headed to the 98.70 area. Bias for USD-JPY may be lower this week, with the BoJ also expected to leave policy unchanged as it awaits the outcome of PM Abe's economic reform plans. The focus for USD-JPY sellers will be the 97.50-75 region, which held over a series of sessions in late July.
Cable is holding firm after it broke to 1.5308 highs on Friday in the wake of weaker than expected U.S. data. Also aiding the GBP tone is a series of better than expected U.K. economic data releases, which has reinforced expectations that the U.K. is now undergoing a period of sustained recovery. The BoE is expected to outline the details of its formal policy guidance when it releases the quarterly Inflation Report on Wednesday. The economic recovery in the U.K. suggests that further rate cuts or QE is off the table, but it should still reaffirm the current easy policy stance for an extended period of time.
EUR-CHF is consolidating under the 1.2350 region after it was unable to break 1.2400 on Friday and reverted to levels under 1.2330 amid USD-CHF weakness over the NFP release. USD-CHF is currently trading under 0.9300, which is limiting EUR-CHF's ability to rise in spite of EUR-USD support. Currently, the cross is meeting offers ahead of 1.2350, but sell-interest is being absorbed by a congestion of natural bids between 1.2320 and 1.2300.
USD-CAD is still in good shape. Apart from a brief flush out of weak longs on Friday over the NFP release, USD-CAD recovered quickly. It printed 1.0339 lows and then headed back to the 1.0400 region, where it traded during today's overnight session. The move over 1.0350 late last week reinforced bullish expectations after several sessions of base building around 1.0250 and there is scope for a sustained period of movement over 1.0400.


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By Ken Kukral
I have officially been in this business 27 years! Over half my life! I must actually enjoy what I do! Insurance, more specifically excess and surplus lines insurance is a unique and diverse area of the insurance industry. One of the things I like most about it is that I get do work on different types of accounts every day. No chance to get bored, doing that.
One of the things I enjoy the most is dissecting an account and figuring out how to put it all together and write it. Doing this is really a culmination of all the education and knowledge I have built up over years and putting it to use. A few things I have learned over my 27 years in the business:
- As much as I already know about the business, I still have a majority of it to learn. I see myself as a "coverage guy", but feel I still have so, so much more to learn. Like I can never know it ALL. I find that when I do continuing education I learn just how much I don't know.
- I see the world from an insurance perspective. I can't count the number of times I look at life situations from a perspective of how would I write that account or would that claim be covered? I think this is a mental condition that sinks in around year 10 in the business.
- Never stop learning. I am amazed when agents do not take classes that would expand their knowledge of the business and would rather just get the continuing education hours done as "painlessly as possible" in order to comply with state CE requirements. If you are going to have to spend time in educating yourselves, why not make it productive and mind expanding? You wouldn't knowingly go to a cardiac surgeon who is not up to date on the latest and greatest in heart surgery, would you? Ever think your clients think the same way?
- You can't control everything. No matter how good you do on an account you may still not write it or lose it. This happened to me recently when an account I put together extremely well (actually in my top 5) and the insured went bankrupt. All I can say is, on to the next one.
- There is a ton of new business out there. So many times I feel like I am just scratching the surface of what is out there and all you have to do is go out and find it. I call it "turning over rocks". Much like when we went potato bug hunting or night crawler hunting, you just had to turn over more rocks and you would find them. It can be as easy as asking for what is on their desk that we could help them place, or do you have any renewals that we might be able to help you get competitive numbers on? One of my clients that sends me a ton of business was developed by just sending one extra e-mail on a Thursday night when I was cleaning out my e-mails, when I asked her, is there anything else on your desk that I could be helping you with. She responded back 15 minutes later telling me to call her in the morning. Six accounts later she was able to clean off her desk and get the accounts over to me to quote.
- Communicate, communicate, communicate. Going the extra mile to communicate where things stand or where you are at in trying to quote an account makes a world of difference. Nothing agents hate more than when their client calls to follow up and they don't have a status to give them. They have to fumble for an answer or say, they will check. So I make a point to get back to them before they call me.
- Let them know you want the business. I am more likely to place an account with a carrier if I KNOW they want the account. It doesn't take much to express this and can mean the difference between writing an account and not getting an order.
- Usually the first quote in gets the business. I found this out early in my career. Speed matters. Insured's that need to get coverage in force right away will usually jump on the first quote that comes in the door.
- Details matter. One of the things I learned early on, is that you must take care of the details. Little things not taken care of can become big problems. This helps to reduce E&O exposures and prevent problems down the road. You have to remember, that we are "non-lawyers", selling contracts.
- There are great people in this business. I find this over and over and the true quality regularly shows. I strongly believe independent agents are true advocates for their clients and look every day to do the best job for their clients.
- You need to "give back" in this business. One of the things I have found is that people in this business are more than willing to answer questions and help you learn. Giving back can also mean getting involved with your trade associations. The better you can help make the insurance industry in your area, the more respect the general public will have for independent agents.
I doubt I will have another 27 years in this business, but you never know. I do know that I will never lose my thirst for learning and if I do, it will be time to get out. The best advice I can give is ALWAYS KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS! There is no way you can ever know everything in this business and asking questions shows an interest in continual learning. It is when people STOP asking questions that I worry they are content and have enough knowledge. Oh ya, ENJOY IT!


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The news is in contrast to rival Ferrari's plan to scrap its V12 power plant for future models in favour of a lighter, more efficient twin-turbo V8 unit.
As Government pressure persuades manufacturers to improve the efficiency of their cars, Lamborghini prefers to invest in the social acceptance of its super sports cars - and rightly so.
Winkelmann explains that Lamborghini sells very few cars compared to most other manufacturers and that its customers drive less than 8,000km each year meaning fuel consumption is a relatively low priority.
In total, Lamborghini sold just 2,604 of its super cars worldwide - a drop in the ocean compared to most manufacturers - even ultra-exclusive, ultra-luxury brand Bentley shifted more than 10,000 of its cars for 2007.
Regardless, Lamborghini's latest LP560-4 for example is hardly outrageous in regards to fuel consumption - its 412kW 5.2-litre V10 engine using a comparatively low 14-litres per 100kms on the European combined cycle - slightly less than a V8 Falcon or Commodore.
"It's not just about how a car accelerates and reaches its top speed but also how it sounds. We will never reach the emissions that are asked for."
In the same interview with AutomotiveNews, Winkelmann also rejected any rumours of a third model line to the Lamborghini stable despite the company's recent USD$73.8 million profit.
"Our situation is better, but that does not change our attitude. We have to stay focused. It's not just about factory capacity but that we only have 150 engineers in our R&D department who are already going full-speed."