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"The Cavewoman" - Joel, Nick and Andy fall under the spell of the deliciousness of Fruitberry, a frozen yogurt shop. Though Nick is wary of falling for a fad, he can't help but fall for the hot cavewoman who works at the shop. Meanwhile, Kate is upset with Joel for not coming to her defense when the cavewoman insults her.I will emphasize this. Heather the yogurt-slinging cavewoman, as played by Mazuresque amazon Kim Director, is truly hot and truly funny, hairy knuckles and all. "The guy who hates everything everybody else likes because it makes him feel superior!" she proclaims at one juncture. Heather, meet talkback! 8 p.m. Tuesday. ABC.
Oct. 16, 2007, 2:50 a.m. CST
by Darth_BaIIs
First post and I'm first!! I'm cool!
Oct. 16, 2007, 2:51 a.m. CST
by Darth_BaIIs
This show still blows
Oct. 16, 2007, 2:54 a.m. CST
by Boondock Devil
She was hot as hell when she was all gothy in Blair Witch 2 (ugh..). Awesome eyes.
Oct. 16, 2007, 3:06 a.m. CST
by TitsMcgee
worst thing on TV now right behind Smallville?
Oct. 16, 2007, 3:25 a.m. CST
by Dragulf
Shame on all who are involved in making this pile of feces.
Oct. 16, 2007, 3:52 a.m. CST
by Darth Fabulous
This shit is horrible...
Oct. 16, 2007, 4:05 a.m. CST
by Det. John Kimble
Is Kim Director related to Kim Possible?
Oct. 16, 2007, 5:25 a.m. CST
by Uncle Stan
So you are saying that According to Jim and Reba are better than Cavemen?
Oct. 16, 2007, 6:24 a.m. CST
by Yeti
Then what is the first? And should I be afraid to look?
Oct. 16, 2007, 6:46 a.m. CST
by Dazzler69
Oct. 16, 2007, 7:08 a.m. CST
by BizarroJerry
Don't encourage them!!
Oct. 16, 2007, 7:16 a.m. CST
by KillDozer
Oct. 16, 2007, 7:25 a.m. CST
by MurderMostFowl
I have only watched one episode, and I didn't think it was very good, but shouldn't we show it a little love? I can easily name a dozen sitcoms worse than this that made it more than one season. I'm not saying it' good... I'm just saying, there's far worse out there past and present.
Oct. 16, 2007, 7:33 a.m. CST
by Darkman
...it sounded like the show was a) cancelled or b) outdone by an even worse concept.

 Kim Director... To the person who mentioned BLAIR WITCH 2, I'll see that and raise you INSIDE MAN. What a fox.
Oct. 16, 2007, 7:55 a.m. CST
by batjac
Ghost whisperer, moonlight, smallville, supernatural-----I'd take a talkback on THE UNIT for God's sake! Ridiculous. But to stay on topic--the worst show on TV (based on the crazy amount of hype) Pushing Daisies. Bye Bye. Thanks for playing.
Oct. 16, 2007, 8:34 a.m. CST
by AnimeJune
I'm holding out hope for it to get better, it's Cavemen on TV dammit!
Oct. 16, 2007, 8:57 a.m. CST
by chrth
"ABC just gave me $$$$ to post a Caveman talkback"

Oct. 16, 2007, 9:19 a.m. CST
by Abin Sur
I'm glad Herc is keeping me up-to-date on the Cavemen goings-on...God knows I'LL never watch it.
Oct. 16, 2007, 9:24 a.m. CST
by grampageezer
If they were going to take a commercial and turn it itto a weekly series, I wish they would've done that with those spots from a few years back.about the egotistical, but inept football athelete. I don't remember the product it was hawking, but I do remember the character's name was Leon. That could have been a hilarious, original show commenting about professional sports and the egos involved.
Oct. 16, 2007, 9:26 a.m. CST
by Blood T Cat
then the caveman could've been noble, suffering but very proud people. The kind of people who would rebuild a crime filled hellhole because it's their "home" and it's all they got. Spouting lines like "we're cavemen, we shouldn't have to live in trailers like white trash, damn it."
Oct. 16, 2007, 9:26 a.m. CST
by askholia
Seriously, can you deplete your credibility anymore Herc? Why not just advocate us watching Moonlight or even better the woman's murder club...oh wait, you did that already...you my friend are a total louse.
Oct. 16, 2007, 9:33 a.m. CST
by jccalhoun
I think the worst thing about Cavemen isn't that it is horrible and unfunny but that in both of the episodes that have been aired the basic plot is: "One of the cavemen thinks someone is bigoted and doesn't like cavemen. Then it turns out that the caveman was wrong and overreacting." So the basic message of the series is that bigotry doesn't exist and if you think someone is prejudiced you are overreacting.
Oct. 16, 2007, 11:15 a.m. CST
by TheBaxter
this woman would make a perfect Wonder Woman
Oct. 16, 2007, 11:39 a.m. CST
by Immortal_Fish
If Herc likes it, then it has to be awful. Glad I never wasted any time on it.
Oct. 16, 2007, 12:09 p.m. CST
by wash
I could mention the shows you should be watching instead Herc. But why bother? I'm not going to pay you to talk about them.
Oct. 16, 2007, 12:21 p.m. CST
by wash
Whoa, Moonlighting was a good show. You can think of way better examples than that. Like "Ow My Balls!" or something, I'm sure Future Herc will be all over that one (It's got electrolytes).
Oct. 16, 2007, 12:40 p.m. CST
by Dollar Bird
In no particular order... (I should add the caveat "That I've Seen") 1) Still Standing 2) One On One 3) CSI Miami ... I have never seen Caveman, nor do I plan on it. Actually, I don't watch a whole lot of tv, now that I think about it. C'mon you tube-heads, add to the list!
Oct. 16, 2007, 12:40 p.m. CST
by jim
First episode of Cavemen was bad, but it did have the "keep you penis in your genus" line so it had one laugh. That's one more than last week's episode. The plots are sterotypical sitcom plots. What next, one caveman, in order to get a promotion at work, invites his boss over for dinner but forgets to tell the other cavemen? I'm surprised there isn't a Mr Roper on the show "you can live here just as long as you are not cavemen", "we're not cavemen, just hairy guys". How long before one of the cavemen's cousin Oliver comes to live with them?
I'll probably record tonight's episode and watch it when I have time. But it will need to be great in order to get me to change my mind about how horrible a show I have found it to be. And it will need to continue to be that good. One funny episode alone does not make up for all the bad ones. A funny series can be excused the occasional dud; the occasional funny episode in an otherwise unfunny series does not make that series any more worthwhile.
Oct. 16, 2007, 12:49 p.m. CST
by skimn
..what IS the worst thing ever? If not Cavemen? DollarBird, any MTV reality series. I know they're not "scripted", but they make me sad for humanity as a whole.
Oct. 16, 2007, 12:50 p.m. CST
by The Moseph
God, I don't understand why anyone would find this pathetic drivel remotely interesting. I mean some bigwig somewhere had to be thinking ya know, there's a lot of stupid people out there...just look at all the garbage they watch, eat and drink...and these caveman commercials by Geico are really bottom of the barrel...I'll bet we could make a series with the same premise and make a killing! Just like "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"...insulting.
Oct. 16, 2007, 12:52 p.m. CST
by jim
Since that is your name, and not Askholia, to whom you were responding.
Oct. 16, 2007, 1:12 p.m. CST
by Gislef_crow
The plot of last week's show was that there was bigotry. And that the person who got fired tried to make it about bigotry when they were just incompetent. So it's skewering the bigots and the "I'm a victim" types. The problem is the show's pretty uneven and not sure where they want to go. Like last week, the first part is pretty standard sitcom junk. Then they get into the bigotry angle, and some slapstick, and some just general cut-loose comedy. Suddenly they're talking about dancing bears stealing pies ("I think you mean hobos.") Carlos Jacott isn't too bad, but don't know if he's sticking around. I got a snicker or two out of it, and it's better then Carpoolers.
Oct. 16, 2007, 1:17 p.m. CST
by Bob Dobbs
You forgot to mention Veronica Mars.
Oct. 16, 2007, 1:46 p.m. CST
by yesiamaplant
It would make by body seize, and wrack with pain down to it's very core to find myself actually liking this, so I will not, can not watch it. That's a really petty reason not to watch something, but those Geico commercials are so patently offensive to my taste as a consumer whore, that I won't even give this thing an opportunity to endear itself to me. Its too frightening a prospect.
Oct. 16, 2007, 2:08 p.m. CST
by slone13
As a few of the more level headed people that post on this site have mentioned, there are PLENTY of television shows (both current and old) that are far worse than Caveman could ever be. I know it's hip and cool to rag on Caveman and call it the worst show in history, but the simple fact of the matter is that it doesn't come close. Rest assured, there has been, and will continue to be, much more awful television programs in the history of bad TV. Please find something else to complain about. WHat about remakes? People don't seem to complain enough about all the movie remakes being produced...
Oct. 16, 2007, 2:20 p.m. CST
by Blood T Cat
it has some moments, far from the end of television that the hipsters claim it to be. Better than current sitcoms really.
Oct. 16, 2007, 2:45 p.m. CST
by Dr. Butthole
Kim Director = Wonder Woman. Look at those eyes and that hair! She's fantastic! (Settle down... settle down... can't reveal too much of your nerd crush...)
Oct. 16, 2007, 3:01 p.m. CST
by Richard Cranium
A bunch of Pirates trying to adjust to modern civilization. Pirates are way more bad ass than cavemen. This show (and the commericals that spawned it) are just a ripoff of Phil Hartman's brilliant 'Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer' character.
Oct. 16, 2007, 3:38 p.m. CST
by theycallmemrglass
Watch this series. I am shamelessly promoting this so the blasted network do not cancel a quality series. Sorry - but it is a cool series, better than Quantum Leap and the now decaying Heroes.
Oct. 16, 2007, 3:58 p.m. CST
by jim
I thought it would be good, and it is better. They take the time to add little touches to the scenes in the past that make me love this show. They do more than just have the characters wearing period clothing. The entire scene on the airplane in the 70's was great; from the dude standing outside the can smoking (as was half the plane) to the slutty stewardesses in hot pants, the kid with the cap gun and the Evil Knievel doll, and the movie being "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes". It was during that scene that I went from liking the show to loving it.
Oct. 16, 2007, 4:06 p.m. CST
by TallBoy66
Nevertheless, it still sucks.
Oct. 16, 2007, 4:07 p.m. CST
by TallBoy66
Hah! see, there's a pun for ya! Be sure to tip your witress!
Oct. 16, 2007, 4:42 p.m. CST
by Larry of Arabia
It's just not worth it when I can spend time ripping out my spleen instead.
Oct. 16, 2007, 4:54 p.m. CST
by borisF
In four yoears she will be legal.
Oct. 16, 2007, 5:28 p.m. CST
by UltraMeerkat
check her out in this pic http://tinyurl.com/38jrm2. Her head is totally out of proportion to her body. And a different colour.
Oct. 16, 2007, 5:46 p.m. CST
by christian66
And here is the ulimate proof. "Me like CAVEMAN. Herc laugh now! HA HA HA!" Herc, save what's left of your IQ and turn it off. You can do it!
Oct. 16, 2007, 5:51 p.m. CST
by Wed Vid Guy
That show is really finding its legs. Especially after the latest twist.
Oct. 16, 2007, 7:18 p.m. CST
by CarmillaVonDoom
Really, how can anyone, ever, top the hideousness of 'Small Wonder'? Nothing else even comes close. The pirate idea someone mentioned above would be hilarious, reminds me of Dodgeball.
Oct. 16, 2007, 7:48 p.m. CST
by jah_kingdom
Why they never did a Jackie Chiles spin-off show I'll never know. That dude is hilarious. You coulda made fun of lawyers, had him bangin white chicks and have a show with a black dude who was the main character and not the funny friend sayin stereotypical ebonics. But seriously, there's so many good ideas out there, why start mining material from commercials.
Oct. 16, 2007, 8:14 p.m. CST
by BetaRayBill07
I put myself through like 90 seconds of this. That cavewoman was not hot. Again...not hot. Thought maybe it was the return of Chyna. Ugh I'm gonna puke.
Oct. 16, 2007, 8:19 p.m. CST
by Holodigm
Then Carpoolers started. That show is far far worse.
Oct. 16, 2007, 8:30 p.m. CST
by Bramton1
Get out of my head! Terry Tate was my idea!
Oct. 16, 2007, 8:39 p.m. CST
by Bungion Boy
But most of the time it was at lines that had nothing to do with the fact that they were cavemen. There are some really good comedic performances and some really funny one liners. I almost wish the show was just about three roommates. But I'm going to keep watching for a little while. It surprised me. I expected to hate it, but I remain intrigued.
Oct. 16, 2007, 8:45 p.m. CST
by Series7
and I don't care how knows it. (1) It has to be one of the cheapest shows ever made. (2) Compared to all other sitcomes out there (say for the alternative one such as Earl, 30 and Office and I say Scrubs with a bit of reserve) its at least watchable. Have you tried to watch 2 and 1/2 men?? or Big Bang Theory??? FUcking horrible. Samantha Cancelled? Plus cavemen moves real fast it feels like an adult swim show. Meaning it doesn't feel a need to fill the whole 30 (Big Bang Theory, seriously anyone dissing Cavemen has not seen that crap). Granted I have not sat through Carpool but it obviously sucks. The only other sitcom I can stand is Rules of Engagement and thats mainly because you can tell Patrick and Spade and just having a good time. Herc I may not agree with most of your TV choices but I'll keep watching Cavemen. Plus the show doesn't have a fucking laugh track (Big Bang god that show is horrible). I would enjoy Cavemen taking Scrubs spot on (Comedy NIGHT DONE RIGHT!!! HUH BOYS!). NOW if I could just put an end to those Bee Movie Shorts, and convince Jerry to just piss off with his money and not pollute our screens with a crappy Dreamworks Cartoon (Though Over the Hedge was much better then it had right to be) but you can tell Bee Movie is gonna fucking blow. Stick to stand up.
Oct. 16, 2007, 9:05 p.m. CST
by El Borak
i can't believe it either.
Oct. 16, 2007, 9:30 p.m. CST
by El Borak
has to be ........ SCRUBS! i hate that show so much it's blinding.
Oct. 16, 2007, 9:57 p.m. CST
by Shakes
the part where she punches his social security card had me laugh out loud
Oct. 16, 2007, 11:17 p.m. CST
by kabong
They want to determine the level of human tolerance for crap.
Oct. 16, 2007, 11:22 p.m. CST
by slkboxrman
the claims of wasted talkbacks, i remember the handfull of "dr.who" talkbacks....... now thats a waste.....not that this is any higher or lower than that
Oct. 16, 2007, 11:26 p.m. CST
by GrndlWnderer
I could not remember why I knew her name, so I looked her up and looking at her pics ( cuz she be hot) I thought of something...she wouold make a mighty fine ( lookin' at least) WonderWoman. Now whether a good WonderWoman movie can be made...I don't know...but she certainly looks the part.
Oct. 16, 2007, 11:27 p.m. CST
by Dollar Bird
Oh-ho! Small Wonder. Now that was a stinker. Actually, any of the syndicated to Saturday afternoons shows were pretty bad. I don't even know if anyone does that anymore, but when Small Wonder came on, I knew it was time to either go play outside or hit the vomitorium.
Oct. 17, 2007, 12:28 a.m. CST
by Gislef_crow
Sorry, my point was above that you've got the store company that actually are bigots. Then you've got the employee who gets fired and claims it's because it's bigotry but it's really because he's incompetent. If they tried that with African-Americans or Hispanics they'd be boycotted in droves. So like Alien Nations, the disguised racism angle kinda works. As for tonight's, again it was kinda funny. No Carlos Jacott, no slapstick. I got some laughs out of it, and I hate half-hour sitcoms. Like someone else noted, it's more like Adult Swim then whatever CBS feel-good sitcom that network serves up. Or even Carpoolers immediately after.
Oct. 17, 2007, 12:36 a.m. CST
by chromedome
that was a good line....
but I really can't see watching this every week, and I can't see it lasting even if I wanted to keep watching
Oct. 17, 2007, 1:22 a.m. CST
by Kirbymanly
Albiet keep the campaign for Barbarella. I'm now with those you say Kim Director takes the part. Its genius. She actually LOOKS like the Alex Ross paintings. On top of that, she's hot as fresh apple pie in a window on a summer's day. I've always wondered why she doesn't get anything outside of Spike Lee movies (add Blair Witch)....
Oct. 17, 2007, 3:58 a.m. CST
by cornstalkwalker
I saw the pilot and immediately realized I didn't have enough time in my life to waste on this garbage.
Oct. 17, 2007, 6:36 a.m. CST
by garofellatio
Sorry if I misspelled the name. When I worked at TV Guide in 1998, "The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer" was regarded as the most horrendous new show of the Fall season, talked about like Cavemen is now. But the worst pilot I saw there was Costello. My point is, the hiugh-profile crap always gets slagged but the truly awful oaffal slips under the radar. Something like Still Standing is far more hideous than anything like Cavemen could ever be. That said, I wish I;d known KIm Director was on it, I would have Tivo'd it. Oh, and Kim Director foe Wonder Woman? YES. I've only seen her in Blair Witch 2. Is she still voluptuous or has she coked her weight down?
Oct. 17, 2007, 8:19 a.m. CST
by askholia
Your right to vote in this country should be revoked immediately. You have proven, beyond a doubt, that you are not capable of making informed, rational decisions. Please shred your voter registration card and your penis so you can neither vote nor procreate. Thank you.
Oct. 17, 2007, 9:43 a.m. CST
by MontyPigeon
That's the one good thing to come from the so called television show named Cavemen. As Bill Hicks would say "Keep on sucking that black jizz from Satans cock".
Oct. 17, 2007, 9:46 a.m. CST
by bluebottle
That was awful. Lame, lame, lame. Hey, they're taking on racist stereotypes, but with cavemen, GET IT?! Herc, come on, you've got to be joking.
Oct. 17, 2007, 9:50 a.m. CST
by Pipple
Studio: genius!!! let's do it!
Oct. 17, 2007, 10:17 a.m. CST
by BLWiseass
yes, I am calling a show based on Cavemen to be a wasted opportunity. It is only funny when the guy from the actual Geico commercials shows up. That guy is hilarious.
Oct. 17, 2007, 11:23 a.m. CST
by Wed Vid Guy
Too bad Phil Hartman is dead.
Oct. 17, 2007, 11:26 a.m. CST
by christian66
...then you're not likely to vote anyway since reality or concern of a world outside TV has no bearing anyay.
Oct. 17, 2007, 12:06 p.m. CST
by Napoleon Park
Anyone who thinks Cavemen is the worst new show or the worst premise of the year hasn't stayed tuned to see Carpoolers.
Oct. 17, 2007, 12:07 p.m. CST
by Napoleon Park
Cavewomen are large, striking, sexually voracious and violent. So the minority they're really targeting are Klingons?
Oct. 17, 2007, 12:29 p.m. CST
by slone13
Fuck you if you didn't.
Oct. 17, 2007, 12:35 p.m. CST
by Gislef_crow
But I snickered a few times. Reaper is what gets the laughs out of me. ("Happy Halloween from You-Know-Who.") Then again, that's more then most sitcoms of the last 7 years get out of me.
Oct. 17, 2007, 12:59 p.m. CST
by jim
There is potential there, buried deep within the recycled plots and choppy pace.
I don't know if Series7 is right in saying it is one of the cheapest shows ever made. I think ABC shelled-out big bucks to Geico in order to buy the rights to the characters and concept. Sure it's probably cheap to make each individual episode, but the pre-production costs were probably huge.
Since it is only 1/2 hour and it probably won't last past Christmas, I may still record the episodes and watch when I have a spare 20 minutes now and again. But I honestly don't think this show has a chance of surviving the season.
Oct. 17, 2007, 2:43 p.m. CST
by TVguy4566
I was pretty bored. I didn't think it was horrible, but I don't think I will watch it again. Definitely not the worst show ever, but not enough to keep my interest either.

 I put it on the level as many of the other ABC comedies like According to Jim. I doubt I will go out of my way to Tivo it or watch it, but if it is on and nothing else is on I will watch in hopes for a chuckle or two. I don't know if that is a ringing endorsement, but it is far better than most of the reviews it has gotten.
Oct. 17, 2007, 4:15 p.m. CST
by TheNothing
Best new show this season, IMHO. Great story that keeps me guessing, the cast is awesome, and I totally agree about the little touches during all his travels. Very quality show that deserves to stick around. NBC is completely owning my Monday nights.
Oct. 17, 2007, 6:03 p.m. CST
by JoeSixPack
I might watch it on ABC.com
Oct. 17, 2007, 6:39 p.m. CST
by barsoom44
Watched the first episode and it was easy to dismiss this show as crap. I couldn't edit my DVR listings quick enough to stop recording the second episode. Then comes this week and I hear my wife laughing her butt off from the family room. When I go to investigate, I found her watching the show and loving it. So decided to give it a shot. It was truly funny! I find it hard to believe that it could be the same writer(s) for both episodes as last weeks show was such a stinker. I will be watching next week and hopefully they can keep up the good writing.
Oct. 17, 2007, 9:45 p.m. CST
by zillabeast
It was pretty goddamn good. I was pleasantly shocked.
Oct. 18, 2007, 5:27 p.m. CST
by Napoleon Park
Any videophile with a good memory and a reference book could type up a list of shows worse then Cavemen so long you'd think it was a gray gabrial post.
 That's not a valid defense of Cavemen, though. Sturgeon's Law was right, 95% of everything IS crap.
Oct. 19, 2007, 4:31 p.m. CST
by Napoleon Park
Now THAT would be a good title for a show. Cavewomen sling yogurt like monkeys slinging poo.
 So when are they going to do all the obvious "We invented the wheel, you know" type jokes? They don't even have a fireplace in their apartment to huddle around.


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When there's something new that I like, whether it be a new song or movie or TV show, I post about it a few dozen times before stopping. Not all at once, mind you, just over the span of a few days. For example: I freaking LOVE Being Human, both the US and UK versions, and I've posted probably a hundred videos pertaining to the show on my Facebook. Something else I've done is spam people's newsfeeds with music videos. I'm still wondering why I even have any friends at all, haha!
When I get obsessed with something nothing can stop me, and one of my biggest obsessions was writing Dehumanized. I'm not sure what it was, but I just had this need to write this novel. If I wasn't writing for it, I was thinking about it. If I had writer's block, I'd think about what I had already written and try to think of ways to improve it. There were times I was afraid this book wouldn't make it, but even then I was thinking about the day it was published. I may have had a lot of doubts, but I still imagined the day it was done.
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As posted before, I got the change to get an unpainted Grand Nagus Cane. Most probably a replica done but still a very nice piece to own.
Thinking over it and with the advice of some fellow collector, I decided to hand it over to Tom Spina Designs to paint it and get a display base done for it.
This is the end result.
As always Tom and his team did a fantastic job, can't be recommend anyone to approach them for any work related to display or restore their movie props.


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Measurement and Analysis of Tracfcfifc-Induced Transient Motion in Navigation Channelsby Vahid Alavian, TVA, United States,
John C. Furry, TVA, United States,
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Two-induced physical effects related to navigation changes on the Kanawha River, West Virginia were measured at three environmentally sensitive representative locations. The purpose of the study was to make sufficiently detailed measurements which can be used to evaluate the impacts of an altered increment of the river traffic on the environment. Methods used for measurement of tow-induced velocity, temperature, turbidity, and waves at a number of locations as well as the results of the preliminary examination of the velocity and wave data are presented.
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Needabeat is a new innovative and rather revolutionary website which aims to connect together musical enthusiasts through the power of crowdsourcing.
Württemberg, Germany -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/06/2013 -- Needabeat is a new innovative and rather revolutionary website which aims to connect together musical enthusiasts through the power of crowdsourcing. The site effectively serves as a hub where musicians can seek out the talent of other musicians. The site was born in Germany, after a group of young music enthusiasts had the idea of connecting musicians from all over the world together.
They identified that there's great free beats available on the market, but nowhere to go for something more personalized, or different. With that in mind, the team set out to create Needabeat – and thus far, the site has been largely successful since it's initial launch.
Needabeat allows users to use the market place to seek out talented individuals to form part of their song. For example, if a jazz musician needed somebody to sing a chorus, they could offer music competitions where users will chip in with their bid. From there, the user can choose which talent wins the competition, and payout accordingly.
Additionally, Needabeat has a Beats & Vocals section for those who need something immediately. Simply shop through the section and purchase any beats or vocals accordingly. Finally, Needabeat has a Producers & Singers section where artists can hire a producer or singer to create background music for a theme song or for vocals.
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Lessons Learned on the Road to Becoming an Industry Veteran
Rick Polansky is an accomplished sales leader with a successful record of over 20 years selling and closing in Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) for leading brands such as Celestica and Flextronics, and major OEM companies. He is an expert customer solutions executive delivering multimillion-dollar revenue growth, expanding his client base, and securing customer loyalty.
1. Talk to me a little about the passion you have, as someone charged to grow the business in this space?
I have been in the industry almost since the inception of contract manufacturing. Back then the change to SMT created an environment where the contract manufacturers brought real value in the transition from through hole to SMT. All the EMS companies were small in the 80's, so we had to listen and develop solutions our customers needed, and to be successful, we had to establish a deep trust and add real value to have major organization move their internal manufacturing to an outside partner. Trust and commitment was a core part of this.
We are, again, in an environment where the customers need skills that they do not have internally to compete in a global economy. But, the change we are seeing is much more complex than just a technology shift, it is customization and flexibility as a competitive advantage. Companies like OtterBox and Samsung, Logitech, Bose, showed the dynamics of this. This is the right time to offer creative, flexible and customized solutions. The dynamics are similar to the SMT conversion, but the solutions are much broader and more complex. And the trust and integrity that you will do what you say to truly help is even more important.
2. Tell me Rick, how have you seen the market evolve?
We are seeing a re-emergence of a market all about not only getting the customers what they need, but getting them things that they do not know that they need. They don't need widgets to ship to big box stores anymore or through distribution; they have to address many channels they need to deliver an exceptional customer experience. They need solutions profiled to their specific market needs and they need suppliers that can manage the entire process to assure that their customer experience is exceptional. The winning corporate brands need a total solution and a partner that enhances their deep product technology skills with innovation and complimentary services. The companies that are embracing these changes are the ones winning. It is no longer about providing a quote for build to print; it's about bringing innovation that enhances their overall solution.
3. Who has influenced the way you approach leadership in this competitive environment?
I had the good fortune to work with thought leaders of this industry that include Michael Marks, former CEO of FLEX (formerly Flextronics), Mike McNamara, current CEO of FLEX, Jure Sola, CEO of Sanmina, Pete Lindgren, CEO of Otterbox, Craig Muhlhouser, former CEO of Celestica. Every one of these leaders knew their core assets were their people. They built an industry by developing, mentoring, training and acknowledging the talents of their teams. They had a clear plan and from that they built innovative companies with innovative dynamic talent. That passion and desire to bring extraordinary solutions to their customers is inspiring. They wanted solve big problems and they inspired those around them to do the same. I believe that when people are inspired they then inspire others. With a clear focus on direction, a commitment to excellence, an inspired team will win.
4. You have a very successful track record and recently were referred to as an 'industry veteran'. How did hearing your name linked to this term make you feel?
Aside from old? Seriously, I am proud to have made a career helping companies succeed. Being on the forefront of innovation, being part of the explosive growth of technology, and the impact of that technology has been exciting. But more importantly, being in front of the customer and listening to, and helping them address rapid change, global competition and faster and faster product development and deployment cycles is exciting. When your success is predicated on your customers' success, and you define the partnership in that light, all parties bring their best game. The success becomes shared success. I want my machine operator to be impassioned by the knowledge that what she is doing is helping our customers and that helps her and all her co-workers achieve success. I want my program managers and the entire staff committed adding value through a deep-seated knowledge and creative solutions that achieve greatness.
5. And fill us in on your background, walk us up your ladder of success through to today.
I came to Texas on a Greyhound bus from New Hampshire and started my career in the oil industry on the offshore drilling rigs; hard work, dangerous and everyone knew that what they did or did not do impacted the safety of everyone around them. That was a good life lesson. Then, after the big oil crash of 1985 I moved into defense electronics in a sales support role for Minco Technology Labs. There I quickly made the transition to sales and in my first year, with the support of our top talent engineering team, we won the largest contract in the history of the company for a submarine subsurface communication system for the US Navy. I was hooked! This was less dangerous work but the stakes were bigger. Failure could put many at risk, so failure was not an option. And the dynamics that we were changing how things had been done since WWII was both exciting and humbling.
Then I joined XeTel, in 1989. At that time Solectron was the largest EMS at $140M and were about half that size. XeTel, a spin-off of Texas Instruments, was a technology leader and our customers needed us. I left after XeTel went public and joined Sanmina, opening up their first remote sales office in Austin. In 1995 Sanmina was still under $1B and Juri Sola (CEO) was active in every aspect of the company. He was tough, a Croation football (soccer) player. He knew that it took a team to win. He was demanding but fair and I learned a lot. Three years later I joined SMTC where we were part of the roll out of DSL FTTN (Fiber to the Node) bringing Internet to the masses through the installed phone lines, still in broad use today. This single piece of business doubled the size of the SMTC and still has an impact on how we get our broadband data today. That was challenging; hard work, but fun. After the "tech wreck" in 2001, I went back into Defense where I had top secret clearance for 3D visualization technologies; working with some of the world's leading scientists and defense departments like DARPA that was funding innovative new technologies. This was mind-bending technology in use at a critical time for the US military. But the people I worked with at SMTC had joined Flextronics and recruited me to stand up new business segment, SBS (Small Business Solutions), creating a small flexible company inside the giant company to support low volume, high technology solutions, bringing the resources of a giant company with the flexible and innovative market offering of a smaller more nimble operation.
After the Flex acquisition of Solectron for $10B in 2008, I left and joined Celestica. We set up a new Industrial Segment and I was tasked with leading that initiative. In my first year in Celestica we brought in a giant appliance company by demonstrating innovation they had not seen. We bought and took apart their and their competitors' products and in our first meeting showed them that though we were not experts on appliances we were experts in manufacturing and solutioning. We were experts in our approach to problem solving. In a supplier conference with ten competitors we were selected to support a product we had never built, because we differentiated with innovation resulting hundreds of millions of dollars. Following that I was asked to manage to global team for sales and solutions and for the next four years traveled over one million airline miles to every part of the planet where our customers were, and me and my team posted record sales revenue every single year.
My entire career has been about challenging the status quo, leading with innovation and creativity and the privilege to work with some of the leaders of this industry and using that knowledge and those experiences for building and developing customer centric winning teams and delivering results.
6. Back to your new role with VirTex Enterprises, what challenges are you looking for in this position?
The market is truly hungry for the technology capable, innovative and flexible manufacturing partner. They are not seeking a quote model; they are seeking a solution that lets them differentiate with innovation, and the products they produce are a piece of this. The market has always been product driven and that is changing. The large EMS giants are not nimble enough to address this and they are trying to solve it with innovation centers. But they do not have the patience to truly listen and develop solutions around a specific customer's needs; we do. They try to bend the customer to their methods. They are still trying to fit them in a box. We develop value based solutions around the customer's specific needs; not ours. We participate with solutions that enhance their unique aspirations.
7. As I stated earlier, there is no greater value than a positive reputation and VirTex Enterprises enjoy the solid reputation that precedes them. Why do you think VirTex Enterprises have been so successful in building up and maintaining such a strong reputation?
What is most exciting to me is the focus that Brad Heath and VirTex has had on customized customer solutions. He built a company on this and has proven that there is a market gap for this service offering. Brad and I worked in the dynamic Austin market for our entire professional careers, have worked together in the some of the same companies and we have always held a strong mutual respect for one another. Austin has been an incubator only second to the Silicon Valley. We both approached the market with a long term approach based on our integrity and always trying to do the right thing, no matter what. We both believed that your integrity and reputation is built across a timeline. VirTex is a company built on realized promises of providing in-depth solutions where the largest EMS companies have failed. Many of our customers are also friends, business associates and former co-workers and former employees from different companies. They know us, they trust us and they count on us. In addition we provide this same service to some of the Tier 1 EMS companies specifically because they cannot do what their sales people promised.
Thank you Rick, it has been a pleasure. Congratulations once more, I'm looking forward to hearing more about VirTex Enterprises, your strategic direction and growth.


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For the past four weeks, I've been sharing my family's experience with the Sony PSP with you as part of the #PSPFamilyFun Campaign. Today I'm wrapping up my posts with a video that I created as part of my final task which was to use the FlipCam that I got with my Summer Fun Kit to creatively share my experience.
Fingers crossed that this video might win me some money towards BlogHer but if not, it has been a fun four weeks! Come take a look!
Now that you have read my posts and watched the video, enter to win the $50 Sony PlayStation Network gift card one last time! Just leave a comment about what aspect of the PSP your family would like the most or if you are a PSP owner, please share what you most love about your PSP!
If you need a refresher course or would like to make sure you have entered as many times as possible, please visit my past posts about the Sony PSP:
- In the Air with our Sony PSP
- Tooth Fairy on the PSP for our Toothless Wonder
- Leaving on a Jet Plane with Our Sony PSP
- If I were a teenage boy…I'd be great at Rock Band!
- Sony PSP Combines on the Go Reading & Gaming for Summer Fun
- Comics Go Digital on the Sony PlayStation Portable
- Shhh…Don't tell the kids Mommy's watching a movie on her PSP!
- Getting to Know My Sony PSP- How You Can Help & Win!
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Well-designed, course-related library assignments are an effective way to introduce students to research.
Recommendations for a Positive Research Experience
- Address Learning Goals Related to the Research Process. Information Literacy, the ability to find information and use it effectively to accomplish a specific purpose, is included among the "Essential Learning Outcomes" for students at UW-Madison. Consider what research skills you would like students to develop in completing the assignment and discuss with your students the importance of developing those skills.
- Be Clear about Your Expectations. Remember that your students may not have prior experience with scholarly journals, monographs, or academic libraries. Spend time in class discussing how research is produced and disseminated in your discipline and how you expect your students to participate in academic discourse in the context of your class.
- Scaffolding your Assignment Brings Focus to the Research Process. Breaking a complex research assignment down into a sequence of smaller, more manageable parts has a number of benefits: it models how to approach a research question and effective time management, it gives students the opportunity to focus on and master key research skills, it provides opportunities for feedback, and it can be an effective deterrent to plagiarism.
- Devote Class Time to Discussion of the Assignment in Progress. Periodic discussions in class can help students reflect on the research process and its importance, encourage questions, and help students develop a sense that what they are doing is a transferable process that they can use for other assignments.
- Criteria for Assessment. In your criteria for assessment (i.e. written instructions, rubrics), make expectations related to the research process explicit. For example, are there specific expectations for the types of resources students should use and how they should be cited? What do you mean by "scholarly articles"? Research shows that students tend to use more scholarly sources when faculty provide them with clear guidelines regarding the types of sources that should be used.
- Test Your Assignment. In testing an assignment yourself, you may uncover practical roadblocks (e.g., too few copies of a book for too many students, a source is no longer available online). Librarians can help with testing your assignment, suggest strategies for mitigating roadblocks (i.e. place books on reserve for your students, suggest other resources), or design customized supporting materials (i.e. handouts or web pages).
- Collaborate with Librarians. Librarians can help you design an effective research assignment that helps students develop the research skills you value and introduces your students to the most useful resources. We can also work with you to develop and teach a library instruction session for your students that will help them learn the strategies they will need in order to complete your assignment.


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What to wear in Iceland during Winter?
How is the weather in Iceland during winter? What is the average temperature in Iceland? What to wear for winter in Iceland? And how to dress in Reykjavik during winter?
Are you traveling to Iceland in the winter? If so, you are doing a great job by looking up what to wear and how to dress in Iceland for this time of the year. Because one thing is for certain: It. Will. Be. Cold!
In this blog post, I am going to do my absolute best in telling you everything you will need to know on what to wear and how to dress for your Iceland trip! And if you still have any questions, don't hesitate to fire away in the comment section below and I will personally get back to you asap!
To get you started, here is a little list of what to expect in this article about winter in Iceland!
- The weather in Iceland during winter
- Average temperatures in Iceland
- What to wear in during winter in Iceland
- How to dress in Reykjavik
- Recommended Icelandic outdoor clothing
See Also: The Best Day tours from Reykjavik
It is safe to say that Iceland is literally a winter wonderland. With short summer months from May-August and cool spring and autumn, it's easy to call everything from October and until April, winter in Iceland!
The average temperature in Iceland during the winter is around 1,7 °C or 35°F. January is always the coldest month of the year with February and March as strong runners up. Other signatures of the Icelandic weather are wind and rainfall – Or our favorite: Snow!
So, it will definitely be cold. No doubt on that. But on our clear, snowy days – Oh, how beautiful it gets to be!
The average temperature in Iceland by month:
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I decided to split my little 'what to wear blog' into two! What to wear in Iceland while touring around, doing road trips, exploring waterfalls or glaciers – And then on the other half, how to dress in the city (see below).
So, for exploring the outdoors you will obviously have to be prepared for any kind of weather and your job is to dress so warm that nothing will stand in your way from enjoying the day to the fullest! Here are my recommendations:
- Shoes: First and foremost – PLEASE do not go for sneakers. You might think this is too basic but you would not believe how many people travel our country during winter in their Nikes and complain that they are cold on their feet. Good walking shoes are the minimum requirement, hiking boots are recommended or anything with water/snow blocking.
- Good socks: One thing that has followed our culture from the Viking ages are our "Ullarsokkar" or simply wool socks in English. Oh, god they are good on cold days! Big recommend.
- Your warm base layers: The last thing you will regret while spending time outside is wearing quality base layers from top to toe. Most Icelanders will have a wool first layer underneath their other clothes and parkas. Essential on cold days!
- Icelandic wool sweaters: Well, do I even have to mention this? Our hand knitted wool sweaters almost serve as the national costume of Icelanders and for a great reason. They are as warm as a sweater can get! … And so trendy!
- Jackets and/or parka: For most days this is your most important layer. A warm jacket – Or a super warm parka like most Icelanders wear is going to keep you warm and dry from October – April. When exploring Reykjavik and definitely the countryside you will notice almost every single local wearing a parka. I recommend the same to you. And on extra cold days or when you are spending a lot of time outdoors, we recommend base layers and even wool sweaters or a fleece layer underneath!
- Hats and gloves: Like every Icelandic mom will tell her children: "It's better to dress too warm and be able to take layers off rather than to not dress properly and be cold!". Definitely, go for your favorite set of warm clothes or stock up with some of our super trendy Icelandic outdoor clothing brands (see below!).
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I can easily say that almost everything I mentioned regarding what to wear (up there) definitely applies for the city as well. Since on the coldest days of winter, walking up and down the main shopping street Laugavegur might feel like you just hiked up a glacier!
However, the only difference is that most locals try to be more trendy in Reykjavik. Icelanders have a great sense of fashion (or at least we like to think so!) and obviously, it's all about winter fashion! Here are some things to keep in mind for your Reykjavik trip and what to wear:
- Even though you are only spending time in the city – You still have to dress warm! Use the list above as a guideline.
- Most importantly I recommend a good jacket or a parka to keep you warm. It's a big pro if it also looks great as then you can use it in the evening as well if you want to visit fine dining restaurants, bars or clubs.
- Keep trendy hats and/or gloves in your pocket. Believe me, you never know when you just might need it!
You might also like: How to dress for a night out in Reykjavik
As you might have guessed, winter fashion is huge in Iceland. On the top of my mind right now I can think of 4 major brands (Cintamani, ZoOn, 66° and IceWear) that are the largest outdoor clothing brands in Iceland. And personally, I cannot recommend my personal favorite brand, Cintamani enough to you.
Even though they have been keeping Icelanders warm for more than 25 years, I feel that for the past 5-10 years Cintamani has been significantly growing and are getting more trendy every winter now. Today they are the most popular brand for young and fashionable Icelanders and you will definitely see that when you walk around in Reykjavik.
If you are planning a trip to Iceland in the next weeks or months I'm sure you might see some of their shops in Reykjavik but if you're looking to do some trendy outdoor clothing shopping you can warm up by browsing their website here.
Iceland will be awesome and cold. Are you prepared for it? I certainly hope so!
I really hope that have found the information you were looking for in my blog but please don't hesitate to let me know and help me to make it better if there is something I missed! Also, you can let me know what you think or if you have any questions in the comments below! Other than that, I host the delicious Reykjavik Food Tour on multiple days every week, so maybe I will see you there when you are in Reykjavik? #JustRememberToDressWarm


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Cougars Move Practices To Evening
Aug. 10, 2001
PULLMAN, Wash. -- - Washington State's afternoon football practices have been moved to the evening for the next several days, according to Cougar head coach Mike Price.
'Temperatures are projected to be over 90 degrees for the next few days and we believe it is better for our players if we practice in the evening,' Price said. 'When it is real hot, players do not recover as quickly and their attention level is often not as great. We have better practices and the players are more attentive and learn more when we can practice in comfortable conditions.'
Price said the team held their first evening workout Thursday. Evening workouts are also slated for Sunday and Monday.
Saturday, the Cougars will hold practices at 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., while Sunday's scrimmage has been moved to 7:00 p.m. Sunday is the first day WSU players can practice in full uniform and participate in full contact drills. Price said Sunday evening's workout will only last an hour. Monday the team will hold two practices, 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
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My intention to bake along with the Mellow Bakers bake-along have been somewhat hampered by a lack of funds to acquire the necessary ingredients to bake (along).
Fortunately, due to a morale-boosting donation from my grandparents I have been able to order the more hard to find ingredients (white poppy seeds, and whole rye grains, I'm looking at you), and popped in to Shipton Mill whilst on a quick visit to a good friend of mine in Tetbury. It is an advantage being in the same county as such a well-regarded Mill, although this is the first time I've made the trip.
I bought some stoneground wholemeal, malthouse, light rye, wholegrain spelt, semolina, and Italian "00", as well as a round cane banneton. Phew!
Can't wait to get to baking!
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If we had been asked to compile a list of all the mainstream media outlets where Appleis consumer video production software would get a review, let alone a positive review, TheStreet.com would not have been very high on that list. In fact, it probably wouldnit have made the list at all. TheStreet.com is a financial magazine that usually covers things like profits, warnings, market share, and IPOs, but the site published just such a review today, and the reviewer, Tish Williams, had some pretty positive things to say. From that article:
Appleis advertising campaign is oddly compelling: Not because youive always wanted to elope to a tropical isle and donit know how to break it to your parents, but because weive all had the urge to climb into the directoris chair. iMovie is your beginneris course. For $3,000 in starter cash -- youire going to need an Apple computer -- anyone can take simple home-movie clips and turn them into snappy, finished products with music and effects. Weigh that against tuition payments for the University of Southern Californiais film school.
"There was almost no learning curve. Maybe Iim some kind of savant, maybe Iim Spielbergian," boasts one satisfied amateur with a dozen iMovies under her belt. "Iive learned so much about techniques of making film. Lighting, shots, transition from scene to scene. Now when Iim watching North by Northwest I notice how it goes from scene to scene, no transition, just quick cuts."
And you wonit just be copying your movie onto the DVD; you can build table- of-contents pages with selected background music, fonts and thumbnail pictures. Apple has brought the price of blank DVDs down to $6 apiece from 2000 prices in the $40 range. While DVDs may look like CDs, thereis a big difference -- each holds 90 minutes of video and takes about twice the length of the video content to burn. And for the Windows faithful, the new XP operating system from Microsoft offers a new version of Window Movie Maker, which has XPis updated graphical feel. (Movie Maker debuted with Windows Millennium.) Movie Maker is no iMovie, but it has a similar look, up to the point when you are searching for audio, transition and special-effects tools.
If youire dreaming of munching seared tuna with Hollywoodis A-list, iMovie is your starting point. When youire on the red carpet, remember who gave you the tip.
There is more in the full article at TheStreet.com.


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Rolando 2 Review
If Rolando–one of our favorite iPhone games of all time–was a very tough act to follow, making a new game to surpass Rolando 2 will be next to impossible.
This sequel trumps the original in every conceivable way: story, gameplay, graphics, sound, online, everything. It shows what a talented development team can do on this platform when given the right resources, and it should leave Nintendo and Sony sweating. Once is a fluke, but twice is a trend. The iPhone's signature game is now a flagship franchise.
Welcome to the Temple.
Basically, Rolando 2 is to Rolando as Super Mario Brothers 3 was to the original Super Mario Brothers. Many sequels just concentrate on giving fans of the series more of the same–a difficult enough task by itself–but this one set out from the beginning to grow and improve in all directions at once.
It's ambitious to the point of being foolhardy, frankly. The further you reach, the worse it looks when you fail to pull it off. But Hand Circus and ngmoco know better than anyone that six months on the App Store is like two years on other platforms; making a game that would deliver the same impact as the original Rolando in July 2009 takes an exponentially more ambitious effort. And they delivered a real quantum leap.
The game's story is still simple–a crew of Rolando adventurers must make their way to a far-off island to search for a cure to their diseased Sages' infection. But once things start rolling, you'll see that the writing has been kicked up several notches.
Much more attention has been devoted to giving the Rolandos individual personalities, and playing them off one another to comic effect. The Rolandos comment and crack jokes in the middle of the action, adding to their characterization.
For instance, a fancy-pants Rolando sporting a monocle winds up with a vulgar ex-pirate, resulting in a hilarious Odd Couple. They start the game by insulting one another, but their banter gradually turns to camaraderie as the game rolls along.
There's a pair of child Rolandos in the crew, a couple of big dumb lugs, two Royal Spikey Commandos who stick to walls, and the intrepid explorer at the helm of the expedition. They all have different personalities, as well as varying attributes that are exploited to switch up the gameplay.
Smaller Rolandos float on water, while big ones sink, making for some interesting puzzles in Rolando 2's new water environments. A friendly savage Rolando encountered early in the game swells up and floats when he eats peppers, allowing him to navigate vertical levels.
And the Jungle.
And the explorer often winds up by himself, confronting levels full of crazy, Indiana Jones-style deathtraps… including the infamous rolling boulder.
These gameplay switch-ups are one of Rolando 2's best attributes. There are puzzle-like levels where you have a whole crew of Rolandos to work with, and you must systematically use teamwork to navigate through a maze. There are also fast-paced levels that put your platforming skills to the test, and "Spirit Quest" levels that play like traditional ball-rolling mazes, where you control gravity by tiling the phone.
These changes keep things fresh, and show off different aspects of the game to great effect. Many new machines mix up the gameplay even further, like bow-and-arrows, "boomfinger" stations, bomb trees, and vehicles. If you don't like a level, you can skip it entirely using collectible Golden Idols that are hidden throughout the game.
The easy touch-and-tilt controls work just as well as they did in the first game. We did notice a few odd camera and physics glitches–for example, if you're manipulating a machine at one end of a level, and your Rolando rolls away, the camera will confusingly zoom all the way out–but they're fairly minor.
Rolando 2's graphics have received a major makeover. The new 3D engine adds layered backgrounds and subtle camera movement to the visual equation, and it looks fantastic. Championship-level DJ Mr. Scruff returns with a bunch of awesomely funky new tunes that you can buy right off of iTunes. A few of the vocal pieces seem out of place, but they're hauntingly beautiful nonetheless.
From the new script, to the new gameplay elements, to the many new achievements, to the inclusion of ngmoco's Plus+ online challenge system, Rolando 2 is a revelation. This is a platformer that puts the competition on the App Store to shame, and can easily roll with anything the other consoles have to offer.
We're guessing that you didn't need to wait for our endorsement to buy this game, but just in case you were–go for it. It's a hell of a ride.


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Boys and girls yell "elefante!" and cry out "grandotote," which is Spanish for "huge." They ooh and ah, and ask questions of their parents in English, Korean, Tagalog and many languages more.
Visiting the zoo is a Los Angeles rite of passage. I started coming in the late 1960s. For my Guatemalan immigrant parents, it was one more liberating thing about living in California. They had the strange notion that bringing their son to see the animals would somehow make him smarter.
Many L.A. families still think of the zoo that way -- as a window into the larger world we want our children to know. We get angry when the window shrinks and there's less for our kids to see.
"Why even come to the zoo if they're going to give the animals away?" Jose Cardenas tells me as he holds his 3-year-old son, Nathan. He says this as we stand looking at the zoo's most controversial resident: Billy, the Malaysian-born ambassador of the species Elephas maximus.
Billy the elephant is the protagonist of a long-running City Hall drama. The council chamber has filled more than once for debates about his fate. Most of those who show up are advocates for elephants, not people like Jose Cardenas.
As a lifelong observer of the city's political life, I wasn't surprised when the council voted last week to take a big step toward a zoo without elephants. History shows you can take away a lot from the working families of Los Angeles without hearing them make an organized complaint.
Animal activists say Billy's current enclosure, at 0.57 acres, is too small. Many visitors say he looks lonely: Two of Billy's companions have died in recent years, and another was sent off to a sanctuary. So the Los Angeles Zoo has been building a new, $42-million compound for Billy and a couple of future companions.
The "Pachyderm Forest" exhibit would be 3.6 acres, which is significantly larger than the field at Dodger Stadium. It's still not big enough, say the animal rights activists. Spurred on by their vocal concerns, the council vote forced the zoo to stop construction.
Like thousands of other zoo patrons, Jose Cardenas was too busy trying to earn a living to drive to the City Council hearings at which the issue was decided. He can manage to bring Nathan and the rest of his family to the zoo but three or four times a year from Palmdale. It's a long drive for Cardenas, a 26-year-old corrections officer, but it's worth it for the look of wonder in young Nathan's eyes.
"I guess we'll have to drive to the San Diego Zoo instead," he says.
Billy's defenders want to send him to a sanctuary. That might be good for Billy, but I think it would be a disaster for the zoo. And a subtraction from the zoo hurts all of us because of the zoo's unique place in the life of the city.
The far-from-finished Pachyderm Forest is now a gaping hole in the heart of the 80-acre zoo. The old reptile house and other exhibits were torn down years ago to make room for the expanded elephant enclosure. Longtime visitors say they've grown tired of waiting for the new exhibit.
"It's become a political football. I really don't get it," said Michael Weiner, 46, of Sherman Oaks. "If it's not big enough for the elephants, what about the lions and the jaguars?"
Like me, Weiner visited the zoo as a child. Now he brings his 2-year-old daughter.
I met Weiner, a commercial real estate broker, outside Billy's paddock just after I spoke to Cardenas, the prison guard. Strollers glided past and parents stopped to unbuckle their infant daughters and sons, lifting them to peer through a fence into a small sliver of the wild.
A Honduran family wandered past. And then a woman from India, who asked: "Is that fence really enough to keep him from stampeding?"
That's one of the great charms of the zoo. It is, arguably, the city cultural institution whose audience best reflects the diversity of Southern California. Zoo attendance figures read a bit like the last Los Angeles County census: 45% white, 40% Latino, 7% African American and 5% Asian.
Like Los Angeles, the zoo has suffered through cycles of boom and bust. It opened in Griffith Park to great fanfare in the 1960s. A generation later it had slipped into decline.
In 1989, I brought my future wife to the Los Angeles Zoo on our first date. It was a quiet place then whose sad atmosphere didn't quite live up to my happy childhood memories. A few years later, it briefly lost its accreditation.
Attendance bottomed out two years after the 1992 riots. The comeback began with Mayor Richard Riordan in the late 1990s. In 1998, 79% of Los Angeles voters approved Proposition CC, a $47.6-million bond measure to improve the zoo.
A series of new, audience- and animal-friendly exhibits have steadily increased attendance, including "Chimps of Mahale Mountain" in 1998 and the "Campo Gorilla Reserve" in 2007.
The elephant enclosure, with its waterfalls and mudholes, was to be the centerpiece of the zoo's renaissance.
Now, it may never open.
I'm not happy at the wait and neither is Billy, at least according to one of his keepers, Jeff Briscoe. "He's frustrated too," Briscoe told me. "Ideally, we should have had him running through this exhibit years and years ago."
Animal welfare advocates say Billy has developed a strange tic from confinement. I witnessed this tic, briefly, a rising and falling jerk of the head. Then it disappeared. How much is he suffering? Experts are divided. I'm not an expert. I do know, however, that if he's taken to a sanctuary fewer people will get to see him. The sanctuary in Northern California that accepted Billy's friend Ruby charges $200 to visit its public area.
Yes, I noticed the tic. But I also felt the sense of awe that swept through the dozen or so people watching him with me Sunday as he twisted the muscles of his trunk and marched across his paddock.
It was a child's picture book come to life and a lesson in the complexity and beauty of nature.
If a city government can shift direction for the sake of an elephant, I thought, why can't it also bend, shift and compromise for its children?
As I walked away down the hill, I saw more children coming. On that day, an elephant was waiting for them.
Tobar is a Times staff writer.


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Frances Stark: Collage
- Talitha Kotzé
- 19 March 2010
But what of Frances Stark, standing by itself, a naked name, bare as a ghost to whom one would like to lend a sheet?
Los Angeles-based artist, Frances Stark, uses collage on paper and canvas board to create gentle and visually pared down works which often leave large areas of the surface white and empty. She covers the rest with textual inscriptions and juxtaposes these with images to form hieroglyphic-like collages.
Initially better known for her art criticism and creative writing, the visual component of her practice has taken a stronger stand in recent years. Her current show spans a period in her oeuvre from 2001 to the present.
An earlier work, 'In-box' (2004) is exceptionally well crafted – both in its execution and its visual intrigue: a vertical collage made up of cut out pieces of paper, not layered, but meticulously laid next to one another so that they grow into a tall heap of scrap paper, loaded into a cardboard box. All of this happens on a thin sheet of paper, where there is no room for error. Some of her later works revisit these techniques, as evidenced in the striking piece called '50% Head', made in 2009, where a brain-like object has been constructed out of tiny pieces of paper taped together and the words 50% head collaged from cut out newspaper letters. Here the pleasure is in the viewing.
As shown by the title of the exhibition, Stark implicates herself in her works. These works could not have been made by a man, which is interesting when you look at her most recent three-dimensional works: in complete contrast to her earlier feminine trademark, the 'Inchoate Incarnate' series take on a more hermaphroditic quality. Three somewhat amorphous figures are dressed in black kimonos on which old fashioned telephone dials have been embroidered. They reveal something uneasy about the artist's changing practice, or maybe they indicate an embryonic, formless prenatal stage?
Perhaps this inchoate matter could be transformed into a better blend of the divine feminine with her masculine counterbalance.


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to life in prison in the same trial that resulted in the jail term for Istvan Bibo (see Bibo, Istvan).
Goncz was freed by the general amnesty in 1963 and found work at first as a translator, then as a writer. He participated in the democratic opposition during the 1970s and 1980s. Goncz was among the founding members of the Committee for Historical Justice and the Alliance of Free Democrats. In 1989, he was elected president of the Hungarian Writers' Union. A year later, the Hungarian parliament elected Goncz president of the republic.
Hegedus Andras, Life in the Shadow of an Ideology (In Hungarian) ( Munich, 1985); Ministry of Education, The Hungarian Revolution of 1956: Reform, Uprising, Fight for Freedom, and Vengeance (In Hungarian) ( Budapest, 1991).
Hanak, Peter (1921-). Hanak was born to a middle class Jewish family. He keenly felt the persecution of the late 1930s and early 1940s; most of his family perished in the German death camps in 1944. After World War II, Hanak joined the Hungarian Communist party and became an ardent believer in the ideals of Marxism-Leninism. In the early 1950s, he became a member of the Historical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, where he soon rose to the post of department chairman.
The Revolution of 1956 (see Revolution of 1956) changed Hanak's outlook on politics. He was a supporter of Imre Nagy (see Nagy, Imre), and, when the Revolution was suppressed by Soviet tanks, Hanak refused to join the reconstituted Hungarian Socialist Workers party, as the Communist party was renamed. Instead, he concentrated his energies on raising the next generation of historians. In 1980, he was invited to become a professor of history at Eotvos Lorant University in Budapest while remaining a member of the Historical Institute. He was long bypassed for membership in the Academy of Sciences for less prolific and lesser known historians because of his withdrawal from politics.
Finally, in 1986, Hanak was elected to that institution. He traveled widely in the West, taught as a guest professor at various universities in the United States and Europe, and contributed to various historical projects in Hungary and abroad. He interested himself mainly in the last period of the history of the Habsburg empire and its successor states in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has been a prolific writer whose contributions to history will be long lasting. In the 1990s, Hanak became the director of the Central European University, established through support by private funds, whose headquarters in Prague and Budapest are aimed at providing graduate-level education for East European as well as Russian students. In 1992, Peter Hanak retired from the Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Hanak Peter, Hungary in the Monarchy: Studies (in Hungarian) ( Budapest, 1975); --, The Garden and the Shop (In Hungarian) ( Budapest, 1988); Kulcsar Kalman, and Szelenyi Ivan, The Road of the Intelligentsia to Class Power (In Hungarian) ( Budapest, 1989).


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We all have those fond memories of our best friend in our formative years. But sometimes those friendships just drift...
Rachel's best friend when she was a teenager was called Anna. They haven't spoken since the dim and distant past and Rachel couldn't work out the reason why.
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