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--Tickets On Sale for Cirque Club Members Monday, April 18, at 10 a.m.----Public On-Sale Friday, April 28, at 10 a.m.--
BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND (April 18, 2017) – Cirque du Soleil will bring its new arena show, OVO, to Barclays Center July 5-9, and to NYCB Live, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Presented By New York Community Bank from August 30 to September 3.
Tickets to both shows go on sale Friday, April 28 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-745-3000. Tickets to the shows at Barclays Center can also be purchased in person at the American Express Box Office starting Saturday, April 29th at noon (if tickets are still available). The Ford Parking Lot at the Coliseum will open two hours before doors. To guarantee the best rate, fans are encouraged to buy parking passes in advance of the event. For more information, visit http://www.nycblive.com/parking.
What began as a Big Top show in Montreal in 2009, OVO will embark on a new journey, performing the same captivating production in an arena setting, giving more people the opportunity to enjoy a Cirque du Soleil show in their own town.
OVO, which means "egg" in Portuguese, is a production of a colorful ecosystem where insects work, eat, crawl, flutter, play, fight and look for love in a non-stop riot of energy and movement. When a mysterious egg appears in the midst, the insects are awestruck and intensely curious about this iconic object that represents the enigma and cycles of their lives. It is love at first sight when a gawky, quirky insect arrives in this bustling community, and a fabulous ladybug catches his eye – and the feeling is mutual. The cast of OVO is comprised of 50 performing artists from 12 countries specializing in many acrobatic acts. One highlight of OVO is the stunning Flying Act in which a group of scarabs soar high above the stage, from both edges to the middle landing on a platform. The Creative Team behind the world of OVO includes: Artistic Guides Guy Laliberté and Gilles Ste-Croix; Writer, Director and Choreographer Deborah Colker (first female director at Cirque du Soleil); Director of Creation Chantal Tremblay; Set and Props Designer Gringo Cardia; Costume Designer Liz Vandal; Composer and Musical Director Berna Ceppas; Lighting Designer Éric Champoux; Sound Designer Jonathan Deans and for the first time at Cirque du Soleil: Rigging and Acrobatic Equipment Designer Fred Gérard; Acrobatic Performance Designer Philippe Aubertin; and Makeup Designer Julie Bégin.
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Advance tickets for OVO are available now online to Cirque Club members through April 28. Cirque Club membership is free and benefits includes access to advance tickets, special offers and exclusive behind the scenes information. To join, go to www.cirqueclub.com.
The Long Island Family programming platform is presented by Allstate, and the BROOKLYN FAMILY programming platform is presented by AXA.
Cirque du Soleil Sponsor: OVO gratefully acknowledges its official sponsor Forsythe Technology.
Downloadable OVO images:https://s3.amazonaws.com/Arenas/OVO/PR_Selection_Photos_OVO.zip
Downloadable OVO B Roll & Promo Roll:https://s3.amazonaws.com/Arenas/OVO/OVO_PromoRoll_Broll_HD_H264.mp4ABOUT CIRQUE DU SOLEILThe company has brought wonder and delight to more than 160 million spectators in more than 400 cities on six continents. Cirque du Soleil has close to 4,000 employees, including 1,300 performing artists from close to 50 different countries.For more information about Cirque du Soleil, visit https://www.cirquedusoleil.com.To find out more about the ONE DROP Foundation, visit http://www.onedrop.org.
ABOUT BROOKLYN SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENTBrooklyn Sports & Entertainment (BSE) develops and operates state-of-the-art venues and manages premier sports franchises, delivering dynamic content and experiences for audiences. BSE oversees programming, marketing, sales, and operations for Barclays Center and NYCB Live, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Presented By New York Community Bank, and manages and controls the NBA's Brooklyn Nets and its Development League team, the Long Island Nets, as well as the business operations of the NHL's New York Islanders.
Barclays Center, which opened on September 28, 2012, offers 17,732 seats for basketball, 15,795 for hockey, and up to 19,000 seats for concerts, and has 101 luxury suites, four bars/lounges, four clubs, and 40/40 CLUB & Restaurant by Tanduay.
NYCB Live, scheduled to reopen April 5, 2017 after extensive renovation, will offer 13,000 seats for hockey, 13,500 for basketball, and 14,500 for standard concert configurations, with the ability to flex up. The bowl will have a theater seating option for 4,000 guests. With a focus on emerging businesses, BSE identifies and creates alliances, strategic partners and other business opportunities to ensure the success of its assets.
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Fundamental Forecast for Gold: Bullish
- Technical Setup Suggests Gold to Advance Toward $1700/oz
- Gold – Forex Correlations at Record Levels on US Dollar Risk
The path of least resistance appears to lead higher for gold prices as mounting inflation expectations drive demand for the metal as an alternative store of value. The two-year breakeven rate, a measure of investors' bets on future price growth as reflected in bond yields, appears to have overturned the down trend in place since late April with a break above its 20-day moving average. The correlation between the breakeven rate and gold prices stands at the highest in three months, suggesting that if inflation expectations rise then so too will the yellow metal.
Inflation bets are on the rise following a pair of Congressional testimony outings from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. In the first sit-down with the House of Representatives, Bernanke conspicuously left the door open for a "QE3" stimulus program if the recovery remains anemic. In the second, he qualified that no such thing was on the immediate agenda because inflationary pressures thought to be temporary (such as those from the spike in oil prices earlier in the year) may not dissipate as quickly as expected, while the recovery was thought to be finding its footing.
Taken together, this amounts to two possible scenarios. If the recovery stumbles – either on its own or because the failure to reach consensus on raising debt ceiling sends borrowing costs higherin the absence of a QE2 program, snuffing what little growth there is – then the Fed will step in with more stimulus. If the central bank is right and growth picks up, prices will find natural upward pressure from accelerating economic activity. In either case, inflation expectations over a 2-year time horizon (the aforementioned breakeven rate) have scope to drift higher.
Lingering uncertainty in the Euro Zone is wildcard. The results of European bank stress tests published Friday proved suspect as expected. As with last year's outing, the key thing not tested was the likely impact of a sovereign default within the Euro Zone on lenders' balance sheets, seemingly defeating the point of the exercise. The Economist newspaper put it best, drawing a parallel between the test outcome and a doctor who declares a patient complaining of chest pain to be healthy, as long as he's not having cardiac arrest. If this paves the way for an upswing in sovereign risk concerns, the safe-haven US Dollar is likely to advance, which may pressure gold lower considering the metal is denominated in terms of the greenback on global markets.

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La Soirée: For Your Eyes Only
You don't have to be a fashionista to appreciate the fabulous styles, beautiful models, elegant décor, entertaining themes and philanthropic cause of La Soirée, Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Foundation's annual gala, scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 25, at 6:30 p.m. at the Beaumont Civic Center.
In its sixth year, La Soirée brings with it a slice of the Big Apple in a fashion extravaganza featuring models that strut the runway while showing off the latest trends from local retailers for the upcoming season.
"Right here in Jefferson County … you can click your heels and feel like you have entered a Milan fashion show," said Angie McClelland, coordinator of the fashion show portion of the gala.
"Angie has great vision," said Kate Carroll, executive director of Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Foundation. "Taking fashions from all the different boutiques around is how she works her magic and what's so unique and inspirational about this event."
Each year the fundraiser features a new and exciting theme, which Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Foundation Business Development Director Christy Hardt said she, Carroll and a committee of around 100 members brainstorm well in advance.
"We're already planning next year," Hardt said.
Past years' themes have included Texas on the Ritz, Moulin Rouge and Cirque du Soleil — all of which have come with plenty of surprises.
"We've had an elephant come through the Civic Center," McClelland said. "We've had live longhorns. No one was expecting those things."
This year promises to be no exception. With a James Bond theme, the 2013 edition of La Soirée is "For Your Eyes Only."
"We've transformed the Civic Center into a magical medley of the expeditions of James Bond," said McClelland, who wouldn't give away any secrets but promised patrons would see a little gold in the show. "I'm a Goldfinger girl," she said.
"James Bond traveled all over the world. He was skiing, he was scuba diving, he was in Paris, he was in Hong Kong. I have a feeling we're going to see this fashion show all over the place. We could be on the Moonraker," said Carroll, a self-confessed Bond "junkie" who loves Sean Connery as well as Daniel Craig and cited On Her Majesty's Secret Service as well as Casino Royale as Bond favorites. Hardt said, like McClelland, she prefers Goldfinger.
The night will kick off at 6:30 p.m. with a "Shaken, Not Stirred" cocktail reception named for Bond's martini preference and sponsored by Previty Clinic For Surgical Care. The cocktail hour will also feature a special guest appearance sponsored by Pinewood Trading Fund and will be followed by a silent auction using BidPal — a cutting-edge method of bidding using smart phones to text bids rather than scribbling on paper bidding sheets.
"It is the future of auction," Hardt said.
"You can use the BidPal devices that are checked out or just use your cell phone and download the app," Carroll said. "People can keep up with their cell phone and you don't have to keep running back to see if your bid is outbid. You can just have your cell phone at the table to watch how your bid is going and enjoy your cocktail."
There will be around 60 items for auction including a Disney vacation for four, Hardt said.
"This is exciting for our auction," she said. "We've had small vacations … but we've never had Disney."
Others items include purses (last year's auction featured a Louis Vuitton), jewelry, sunglasses, portraits, and much more.
"We will have BidPal up early so (people) can peruse the items up for auction," Carroll said.
During the auction, guests will enjoy appetizers followed by a sit-down dinner.
"We have some new and exciting things we are introducing this year food wise," Hardt said.
After dinner and following the fashion show, guests will enjoy dancing to Motown favorites,' 70s disco and funk, '80s and '90s R&B, and popular hip-hop and Latin songs, performed by Sauce the Band, straight out of "The Live Music Capital of the World" — Austin, Texas.
"They've got a great, groovy sound," Carroll said. "Your typical, fun dance music."
Southeast Texans don't have to wait until Jan. 25 to feel like a VIP, however, as Fashion Week leads the way to La Soirée.
Those planning to attend the gala will have an opportunity to find that perfect outfit to wear to the show and shop in style as Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Foundation offers Fashion Fleet on Friday, Jan. 17. Shoppers may purchase VIP tickets for $75 or Fashion Fleet tickets for $25.
"VIP shoppers get to ride in a limo," Hardt said. "Everybody who purchases a ticket gets a heavy-duty shopping bag they can use throughout the year, but the VIP shoppers get a swag bag. Their shopping bags will be filled with great treats that we've put together just for them."
Hardt said this year's swag bag goodies would include spa items meant to pamper. Non-VIP shoppers will board buses provided by Acadian Ambulance. All participants will begin their shopping excursion at Bistro LeMonde, 3199 Dowlen Road in Beaumont. Retailers will offer major discounts and in store specials, along with refreshments.
At the end of the night, door prizes will be given and shoppers can enjoy dinner from Bistro LeMonde — which offers favorite dishes from around the world from casual to fancy — as they listen to live entertainment.
The money raised each year from Fashion Week and La Soirée supports Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Foundation. Money raised at previous events has helped fund the breast health expansion at the Charline and Sidney "Chief" Dauphin Cancer Screening and Prevention Center, assisted with a makeover and new equipment purchase at the Baptist Cancer Center, and helped to establish a family room on the Oncology Unit at Baptist Hospitals.
"To get to see the foundation on the front side and the projects that the foundation funds is amazing," said Carroll, daughter of the late U.S. Congressman Jack Brooks. "To actually see the funding going into place at the hospital … it's so rewarding. It's such a great feeling. If we can make one child feel comfortable coming in the pediatric ER as opposed to getting lost in the big ER or help one family in Oncology feel more comfortable … it inspires me and I hope it inspires others too. You're always wanting to do that much more."
This year's La Soirée is being chaired by Dr. Mark and Aileen Larson. Dr. Larson is an innovative plastic surgeon who was one of the first in Texas to perform transaxillary endoscopic breast augmentations. According to his website, Dr. Larson is the only plastic surgeon in Jefferson County who performs this surgical technique.
"Mark and I are honored to be a part of and to support the Baptist Foundation and La Soiree," said Aileen Larson, Dr. Larson's wife. "This event supports such a worthy cause and is always so much fun. Mark and his father have been affiliated with Baptist Hospital for more than 30 years. The staff and doctors are excellent and Baptist has always been so supportive of us. We feel like family."
Tickets for La Soirée are $175 each and table sponsorships range from $2,500 to $50,000. Both are available by RSVP only by calling (409) 212-6110. For more information, search Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Foundation on Facebook. The Beaumont Civic Center is at 701 Main St. in Beaumont.
"From the beginning … (La Soirée) never lacks energy," Carroll said. "From the time you walk in the door to the time you finally decide to leave, it's one thing after the other. I think that's why it's the most fashionably fun evening in Beaumont."


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Brussels, 21 September 2007
New forum established for sustainable nuclear energy research
Energy consumption worldwide is likely to double between 2000 and 2050, and nuclear energy will remain a key element in future low-carbon energy systems. Europe has the largest nuclear industry in the world and one third of its electricity comes from nuclear plants. To prepare for the future and maintain European leadership in this sector, a Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform is being launched in Brussels today, bringing together researchers and industry to define and implement a Strategic Research Agenda and corresponding Deployment Strategy. This Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform will allow a new and fully integrated approach to research in Europe, its launch being very timely as the Commission prepares a Strategic Energy Technology Plan for the EU.
"For those countries that choose it, nuclear power will be a very important part of their solution to security of supply and reduction of greenhouse gases," said European Science and Research Commissioner, Janez Potočnik. "It is clear that we need to address two important concerns – ensuring that nuclear power is economically competitive and, more importantly, our duty to make it as neutral as possible in environmental terms and in terms of the legacy we leave future generations. The answer to both these concerns can be found in research: innovation and the next generation of nuclear power plants, with increased safety, efficiency and a significant reduction in nuclear waste as well as sound ways of recycling or storing it."
The European Technology Platform brings together all nuclear energy stakeholders to implement their vision of how the sector should develop in the future, identifying the research needed to make that vision a reality. It will provide expert advice and recommendations to the European Commission and national governments to help define and concentrate the efforts and budgets on priorities agreed at EU level. This will reinforce the European scientific base, while fostering dialogue on key issues such as management of waste and safety and protection of populations against radiological hazards, which are essential to reassure the public at large that these issues are being addressed appropriately.
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Petition of the day
The petition of the day is:
Mount Holly v. Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, Inc. (Granted )
Docket: 11-1507
Issue(s): Whether disparate impact claims are cognizable under the Fair Housing Act.
Certiorari stage documents:
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- Amicus brief of American Financial Services Association, et al.
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- Amicus brief of National Leased Housing Association, et al.
Recommended Citation: Ben Cheng, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Jul. 13, 2012, 11:25 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2012/07/petition-of-the-day-313/


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Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for your actions. If doing this breaks your country's laws and you do it anyway, you could spend time in jail. If you are not careful, you could also get yourself killed by drinking too much, drinking poorly made likker or driving thereafter. If your still is a piece of crap, it could explode, or if you made it out of a radiator you could die of lead poisoning. Don't be stupid. This recipe is for educational purposes only.
This article is about Making Moonshine. I have copied alot of this info from another of my posts on another website.
First select your grain to be malted. Some popular grains for this are wheat, barley, corn(Zea maize), rye, oats, & rice. Barley malt is the kind used for milkshakes and malt balls. All of these can be used for bread, beer, or distilled spirits. When you decide what to malt, you should then obtain the grain from a farmer or co-op as it comes from the fields. un-processed. Wash the grain to remove chaff and dirt. soak the grain overnight. Spread it out on a clean dish towel and lay another on top. Keep this all moist and warm (approx.78[sup]O[/sup] F) until all have little roots and some start to get shoots. Then you dry them in a warm oven. Any roasting or toasting or smoking thereafter just adds flavor. you can do that or leave it as is, either way you now have wholesome delicious homemade malt.
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this was the last post オタク(otaku) made on this forum. As you can see by the date it was posted two years ago.
I'm afraid it seems unlikely you will get a response.
You only use a gallon of malt to fifty pound of corn or what ever your using
25 pounds of sugar makes one gallon of shine or 50 lbs if corn will make about the same
The malt will be your yeast
this means all the corn you use doesnt have to be malted? just a percentage?
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Stressful days in the office, jam-packed weekends with the family, breakfast with the girls. With schedules that are this busy, a little pampering goes a long way, and our Bath Bomb Fizzies are key for just that. Say so long to the stress of your crazy days, and slip into something fragrant and bubbly! And, the best part, these bath time essentials leave your skin super soft and smelling amazing (so you can take their soothing properties with you during your hectic days).
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Investing: Time to oil up your portfolio?
During the 1970s energy crisis, a popular bumper sticker in the West was "Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark." And that was in western Canada. You should have heard what they were saying in Texas.
Given the enormous amount of gas and oil discovered recently, you probably won't freeze in the dark unless you lock yourself in the refrigerator. Unfortunately, we won't be returning to $1 gasoline anytime soon: The new supplies of oil and gas are much more expensive to extract. Nevertheless, a wide array of industries will be profiting from the new energy boom, from railroads to chemicals to oil-supply companies.
The U.S. is already the fastest-growing non-OPEC oil producer, in large part because new drilling techniques have allowed companies to reach previously unavailable supplies. U.S. oil production is now more than 7 million barrels a day, up from 5.7 million barrels in 2011, according to the Energy Information Administration. Canadian production is up 18.6%, while Norway and the U.K. have seen production drop more than 10%.
Most of that new supply comes from land-based sources, and it's expensive, says Ted Davis, manager of Fidelity Select Natural Gas. "Companies need $85-$90 a barrel for capital investment to grow in those regions," he says. If you were dreaming of cruising the USA with low-cost gasoline, forget about it: The EIA forecasts that regular gasoline will average $3.53 a gallon during the summer driving season from April through September.
For investors, however, the new supply of oil has several intriguing ramifications for several other industries. One of the first is for the companies that supply equipment for the drilling industry, and particularly for the offshore drilling industry. After the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, offshore drilling declined: In July 2010, there were 12 rigs operating in the Gulf of Mexico, according to Baker Hughes. There are 53 rigs working the Gulf now, about as many as when the Gulf oil spill began.
Derek Rollingson, portfolio manager for ICON Energy fund, likes Oceaneering (ticker: OII), an oil-services company that caters primarily to offshore oil and gas drillers. "Offshore drilling has been ignored, in general," he says, in part because of the attention that land-based drillers have gotten through fracking — a technique of injecting fluids into gas- and oil-bearing rock formations.
Will Riley, co-manager of the Guinness Atkinson Global Energy fund, also thinks offshore drilling services are an worth a look. "The U.S. needs deepwater oil — it's a vital source of supply for the country," he says. One favorite: Helix Energy (HLX), which also provides cleanup services for oil spills.
But oil services aren't the only beneficiaries of a steady supply of reasonably priced oil. Refiners, too, should benefit, particularly if crude prices weaken a bit. "Profitability goes up when prices go down," Rollingson says. The price of oil is a cost to refiners: When prices go down, they tend to lower their own prices slowly. "You don't pay 10% less at the pump the next day if oil prices go down 10%," he says. Two domestic refiners Rollingson likes: Valero (VLO) and Phillips 66 (PSX).
Refiners also profit from low-cost natural gas, because it can be used in the process of converting crude to gasoline and diesel fuel. "The U.S. is becoming one of the lowest-cost producers of diesel and gas," says Fidelity's Davis.
Other areas likely to benefit from new supplies of oil and natural gas:
•Chemicals. Fertilizer companies use enormous amounts of energy to make their products, and chemical companies are one of the biggest beneficiaries of cheap natural gas, Davis says. "Asian competitors are using crude to burn and generate product," Davis says. Japan uses more expensive liquid natural gas, and Germans are using natural gas from Russia, which is more expensive than its U.S. equivalent.
•Rails. "Energy infrastructure in the U.S. is pointing in the wrong direction," Davis says: It's designed to take oil and gas from the shore inland. Many new supplies are coming from the interior of the country and going to refineries that are often near the coasts. "Rail has become a reasonably efficient stopgap in allowing crude to make it to market," he says.
Eventually, companies will need to build more infrastructure to handle the flow of oil and chemicals around the country, and that, in turn, should help the U.S. employment picture for years to come. "It's a nice tail wind for high-income, high-skill jobs in the U.S.," Davis says.
The biggest losers have been coal companies, which have seen demand fall as utilities have switched to cleaner and cheaper natural gas. And new environmental regulations could force some utilities to close their coal-burning plants, Riley says. But the stocks have been so hammered — some down as much as 75% — that they could eventually become a value play. "We're not there quite yet," he says.
Fund investors have been well served by energy index funds the past five years or so. And if you decide to add energy to your portfolio, check and see how much you have already. The Vanguard 500 Index fund (VFINX) has about 10.9% in energy.
The new supplies of energy come with problems as well as opportunities: No one likes flaming drinking water or 89-octane seafood. But the new supplies of energy have at least made some investing choices a bit more palatable.


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Anchoring the News
"America is NOT the greatest country in the world," news commentator Will McAvoy barks, in answer to a seemingly simple question from a student during a college forum: "Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world?"
Up to that moment, McAvoy had been diffident, jokey and noncommittal, living up to a forum moderator's description as the "Jay Leno of news anchors. You're popular because you don't bother anyone."
But in an instant, McAvoy's world changes.
Played by Jeff Daniels in the new HBO series, "The Newsroom," McAvoy's vitriolic diatribe (about the decline of the country's standing in most relevant world-rankings) becomes a YouTube sensation—and that moment unleashes something life-changing in McAvoy. He's never previously voiced strong opinions publicly: about politics, the media and the alternately synergistic and cannibalistic relationship between the two. When he does, he finds himself at the center of a firestorm because he finally felt compelled to "speak truth to stupid."
That opening crisis becomes the pivot point in "The Newsroom," written by Aaron Sorkin, who won an Oscar as screenwriter of The Social Network (about Facebook), and multiple Emmy Awards as the creator of "The West Wing," the long-running series that took an inside look at White House politics.
Politics—in the broadest sense—can't help but also be at the center of "The Newsroom." And it's a given: "The Newsroom" will raise hackles, which is, after all, Sorkin's trademark.
"When this airs, the guy who's sitting in his Barcalounger watching is either going to go, 'Hell, yeah!'—or he'll throw his beer at the TV screen," Daniels says. "There will be a reaction. This one is heading for the water cooler."
But then, that's what Sorkin does: He forces viewers to think, creating controversy in the process.
"TV is something we use as background music, or for company," Sorkin notes. "But the stuff I write doesn't work well if you use it as that. The audience that comes to HBO knows they need to pay attention."
That's why HBO began courting Sorkin, even before he had the idea for the series, says Michael Lombardo, HBO's president of programming.
"When I first got this job, [HBO copresident] Richard Plepler and I were talking about writers we loved, and Aaron's name was at the top of the list," Lombardo says. "So we went to lunch with him—this is three or four years ago—and said, 'We love you and your writing and we want you to think about what we might do together.' "
They continued to check in with him as he worked on films such as The Social Network and Moneyball. "Then we got a call that he'd written a script," Lombardo continues. "And we knew from the first draft that we wanted to do it.
"There are writers—and then there's Aaron Sorkin. There's nobody who can weave a story and write dialogue like Aaron at his best. And I believe this is Aaron at his best."
Though he'd just won an Oscar for The Social Network, Sorkin, who became a playwright (A Few Good Men) after struggling as an actor, was eager to get back to television.
"The schedule is ferocious, but I love series TV," Sorkin says. "You get to tell a different kind of story. A season of shows is like the chapters in a book. Each season is like a book in a series."
Over the course of the first season's 10 episodes, McAvoy's show, "News Night," will change from innocuous to confrontational, as McAvoy—goaded by his new producer (and former girlfriend)—makes the decision to be blunt, rather than filtering himself. McAvoy's transformation from someone who has strenuously avoided controversy to someone who
unleashes it causes a panic among the network's executives, particularly its bottom-line-obsessed owner, played by Jane Fonda (perhaps channeling ex-husband Ted Turner).
In focusing on the cable news world, Sorkin has plenty of fodder, particularly about partisan divisiveness and the media as enabler, rather than explainer or debunker, of political lies and half-truths. But that's not Sorkin's only focus.
Rather, he says, the show's plot will be built on the relationships in the newsroom, particularly the one-time romance between McAvoy and his new producer, MacKenzie MacHale (Emily Mortimer), a triangle between McAvoy's assistant (Alison Pill), his former producer (Thomas Sadoski) and MacKenzie's right-hand man (John Gallagher Jr.). And that's not to mention the professional give-and-take between McAvoy, his boss (Sam Waterston) and the network chief.
Notes Daniels, "Over the course of the series, Aaron also gets to write funny. And he's got people in this cast who know where the jokes are."
While Sorkin's writing definitely is funny, it's also both pointed and sharp-edged, as well as topical (without focusing on the headlines of the moment). Which means that "The Newsroom" is not a show that will leave viewers neutral.
But as Sorkin (who won or shared five Emmy Awards for his work on "The West Wing") is quick to note, politics is never his first focus.
"I wouldn't even say politics is second on the list. It's probably fourth or fifth," says Sorkin, 51. "I hope the success or failure of this show has nothing to do with whether people agree or disagree with the characters. This show is not hammering home one political point. But it does bring up things people disagree about. I have no political agenda. My goal isn't to persuade or preach."
In fact, the show is as much about McAvoy's personal life as his work: specifically, his contentious relationship with his bosses, his ill-tempered treatment of his underlings and his involvement with his new executive producer, a former lover who shattered him a few years earlier when she walked away from their relationship. McAvoy is notoriously prickly (even though he argues loudly, "I'm AFFABLE!"). But he's not knee-jerk about anything. "I'm a registered Republican," the character says early on. "I only seem liberal because I happen to believe that hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure and not gay marriage."
As Sorkin explains: "I do like writing in a romantic, idealistic, swashbuckling style... I like workplace shows, with people in the trenches. A newsroom is a place where all kinds of stories come in over the transom."
While Sorkin has nothing but kind words for his experiences working for ABC ("Sports Night") and NBC ("The West Wing," "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip"), he acknowledges that cable offered several advantages. "Obviously, there's the language—every once in a while, I can use language I wouldn't have been able to use on the networks," Sorkin says. "But the biggest creative difference is that each episode feels like a one-hour movie. It's not broken up by commercials. And there are different things I can do, subject-wise, on HBO that I would have gotten notes from the network about."
Notes Lombardo, "He doesn't have to worry about being too political."
Is there such a thing as too political for HBO? "Well, we're the home of Bill Maher," Lombardo says, "so I'd say we haven't yet gotten to the outer bounds of that."
Sorkin's presence—and the quality of his work—is what attracted Daniels to the series, after years of resisting the notion of working in TV.
"There's a musicality to Aaron's writing. It's so well-written," says Daniels. "When I got this show, I heard from my friend Tim Busfield (who was part of the cast of Sorkin's "The West Wing") and he said, 'Wait until you see the stuff you get to say.'
"You have to learn it so you can make it appear as if you're thinking and saying these things at that moment, at 100 miles per hour. That's the challenge. The trick is to get to the point that you're not worried about the lines, that they're second nature. On a lot of films I've done, you'll see people memorizing that day's lines while they're sitting in the makeup chair. You can't do that with Aaron's writing."
Because we see McAvoy on the air as well as off, Daniels found himself forced to embody job skills that were out of his comfort zone.
"The challenge in playing Will McAvoy is finding the intelligence about world affairs, being able to fence with even the toughest interview subject," he says. "I had to get on top of that so it looks like the news desk is my second home, as if I'd been doing this for 25 years. Will has a fierce intelligence about things that I personally haven't even thought about. I'm saying words I've never said in my life.
"I've always been a news junkie and I'm interested in politics, in the machinations of it all. But Will's got a knowledge and an ability to interview that I don't have that's crucial to the character."
Daniels, still boyishly handsome at 57, lives in Michigan (where he was reared), but temporarily relocated to Hollywood from Thanksgiving 2011 to April 2012 to film the series (the pilot was shot in July 2011). The series came on the heels of God of Carnage, the massive Broadway hit for which he received a Tony Award nomination and in which he appeared in close to 400 performances in 2009 and part of 2010 (in two different stints in the cast, playing two different roles).
The play, his first on Broadway in more than 15 years, led indirectly to his being cast in "The Newsroom." Partly, that had to do with the people he was associating with in the play: costar James Gandolfini and one of the play's producers, Scott Rudin, who is also one of the producers of "The Newsroom."
"As soon as Scott read the pilot, he mentioned Jeff's name," Sorkin says. "I felt lucky to get Jeff. I've been a fan of his since I saw him in The Fifth of July when I was in college, both off-Broadway and on."
Still, it was all about the timing. Daniels had ignored series television for most of his career, because, aside from the fact that it rarely offered the kind of quality he sought, it also would have meant long absences from his family (he has three children) in Chelsea, Michigan, the hometown where he and his wife have lived since returning there in 1986.
But with his youngest daughter in college, Daniels (who has an apartment in New York) felt freer to take on a longer Broadway run like God of Carnage, and to consider a television series that would have him working in Hollywood for long stretches. So he consulted Carnage castmate Gandolfini.
"He asked me what to look for in a series and I said, 'Get a great writer,' " Gandolfini says. "You need a great show-runner. The great TV shows have a guy or two in the front who are very passionate about the work. And he's certainly got that in Aaron Sorkin. I think it's a perfect vehicle for him."
For his part, Daniels was looking for work that would challenge and fulfill him in the same way that films once had. While he still landed the occasional role in bigger budget studio films (such as 2009's State of Play), those were fewer and farther between, which left the independent-film world. That offered some strong roles, including Bernard Berkman, the self-absorbed novelist and father in 2005's The Squid and the Whale, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, and the little-seen The Answer Man in 2009. But, again, those kinds of roles came along too seldom to be satisfying.
"I became disenchanted with the independent-film scene," Daniels says. "I was getting offered a lot of 'asshole father' roles, after I did Squid and the Whale. People would say, 'Oh, you were so great in that,' and then I'd get a script with a role for an asshole father who was in about four scenes. I've done a lot of independent films and nobody sees those. And since the economy went south, half the independent distributors have folded. Things changed and, for a guy like me, they didn't change for the better.
"HBO is where the writers are. After I looked at several things, along came this script by Aaron Sorkin—and I chased it."
And then HBO chased him: "When we read the pilot, in part because the character is a newscaster, there are whole pages of dialogue for him. We were wondering who could pull it off, because Aaron writes with a certain cadence that's really challenging for a lot of actors," Lombardo says. "So it had to be someone smart and fresh. Then Jeff's name came up and we thought that was an interesting choice. He's the right age, and he's got the good looks. When he read for it, there was no question after we heard him that Jeff Daniels was the best choice. After he read, we couldn't imagine anyone else. It was so clear that Jeff was made for this role.
"It was the perfect confluence of actor and role. You never see Jeff act; there's an ease with which he inhabits the role. You never feel as though there's a speech or a monologue going on; it's just this character talking. Jeff does that better than any actor I've ever seen."
It's a quality Daniels had from the start—even before the start—of his career: the ability to mix the serious with the silly, to be funny and heartbreaking, glib and vulnerable within the same scene. His talent was apparent to Marshall Mason, one of the founders of New York's Circle Repertory Company, who discovered Daniels while Mason was a visiting director at the University of Eastern Michigan one summer in the mid-1970s. "He was unusually honest in his work," Mason says. "He had this natural, innate talent."
Mason was a visiting professional at Eastern Michigan, imported to Ypsilanti in 1976 to direct a college production of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke for a summer repertory season. But he was having trouble casting the central male role, a young doctor who has an affair with a prim older woman.
"Then in walks this big blond boy, this big jock who looked like he'd strayed in from the football field," Mason recalls. "It was Jeff; he was a student at Central Michigan—and his reading was a miracle. He put himself in my hands and did everything I asked in the exploration of the character."
"I think Marshall saw a simplicity, an honesty and truthfulness in what the character was saying," Daniels says. "I think I had that back then. I don't know how, because I was very raw. Marshall would give me a direction and I'd execute it with a simplicity that I guess was unusual for a 21-year-old college actor."
Says Mason, "Jeff was very funny but also very serious about the work. I talked to him about his experience and, in fact, he did play football. But he had also done musicals and plays at school and enjoyed that. He was just a natural, honest actor who showed a natural talent.
"I never encourage anyone to be an actor but I felt strongly about him. I said I'd do anything in my power to help him. I offered him an internship at Circle Rep, which paid, I believe, $50 a week, and he came to New York."
It was the moment that changed Daniels' life. He left Michigan for New York and, almost immediately, landed a role in a Circle Rep play visible enough to earn him an agent. He kept working there, and then playwright Lanford Wilson wrote a role specifically for him.
The play, The Fifth of July, played off-Broadway, then was presented in Los Angeles. When it went to Broadway—with a cast that included Christopher Reeve and Swoosie Kurtz—Daniels rode it all the way to a Tony Award nomination in 1981. Hollywood called shortly afterward—a small part in Milos Forman's Ragtime, followed by career-making roles in Terms of Endearment and The Purple Rose of Cairo.
Asked what his life would have been like had he not met Mason during that fateful summer, Daniels shakes his head and offers a rueful smile.
"I would have gone to New York to try acting and maybe lasted a year," he says. "I'd probably be back in Michigan, helping my brother run the lumber company with my dad. I'm not sure the lumber company would have been better off if that had happened. But the lumber company is still there and my dad and brother are still running it.
"I owe my career to Marshall," he says. "Not only did he pull me out of Michigan, he kept me in New York. With each passing year, I knew more what I was doing—but I didn't initially. But Marshall and Lanford kept saying, 'You're good. Stay here.' "
His parents were supportive, despite the fact that he hadn't finished college: "Before Marshall came, they'd seen four years of me starring in high-school musicals and community theater. There was obviously something going on above and beyond what the other kids were doing. They knew that, somehow, this was what I should be doing. But they didn't know how I should go about it.
"Then Marshall said, 'I know what you should be doing with your life.' He wanted me to drop out and go to Circle Rep. Here's a guy from New York, saying, 'Come join my theater company.' And my parents said, 'You should go.' "
Mason chuckles as he disputes one part of Daniels' story: "If I'd known he had only finished his junior year and was leaving college to come, I never would have offered."
The shock to Daniels' system—moving from Michigan to Manhattan in the mid-1970s—was significant. "I came from a small town in the Midwest to Dante's Inferno with Central Park," he says. "That was a lot to deal with. But after two years, I was OK."
Once he was launched in movies, he found himself working with a variety of directors whose work he admired, cast in leads in work as diverse as The Purple Rose of Cairo (in which he replaced Michael Keaton after Woody Allen decided Keaton was wrong for the role), Jonathan Demme's Something Wild in 1986 and Robert Altman's TV production of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial in 1988.
"With Jonathan, you knew it was a Jonathan Demme movie just from the way he shot it," Daniels says. "There was this energy he had—like he would have done it the same way whether the budget was $100 million or $100,000. It's this excited attitude of 'Look what we get to do for a living.'
"Bob Altman would create these train-wreck stagings, this kind of creative mess—and the messier the better. And it brought this surprising energy to the work. With Woody, well, I got to play not one but two roles. A lot of actors would have retired after that. The first thing Woody said was, 'This script is not the Bible or written in stone. If you need to change it, go ahead.' But, if he needed you to say it a certain way, he'd say so. Still, it made me want to say the lines word for word.
"Altman, Demme and Woody all shared this quality of saying, 'Why don't you do this and see what happens?' and then they'd say, 'Rolling.' They were trying to make something happen during that first time between 'Action!' and 'Cut!' You might flame out, but if you don't, then you might have something great. I call them happy accidents. You create them by winging it to see what happens."
Daniels is a one-time cigar lover, who gave them up a few years back: "I was into Romeo y Julietas, the Cuban ones. It was partly the excitement of the contraband—who did you know who could get them from Canada? My grandfather and my uncle always had a cigar in their hands. So when I smoked, it always brought back fond memories."
In his career, Daniels has played a rogues' gallery of characters—everything from oily villains (State of Play) to cartoon characters made flesh (101 Dalmatians), from 19th-century war heroes (Gettysburg) to corporate bigshots (Good Night, and Good Luck) to taciturn lawmen (Infamous).
But his real love was theater—and so, when he and his wife moved back to Michigan, he put his energy into creating a professional company in his hometown. The Purple Rose Theater Company, which he founded in 1991 in Chelsea, started in a garage and has grown into one of the town's economic mainstays, a regional center where theater professionals can work, playwrights can see their work performed and area residents can see professional theater in rural Michigan. (Chelsea is in the central part of Michigan's lower peninsula, about 50 miles west of Detroit.) Daniels put his own time and money into the theater, writing plays for it that have become a regular part of its annual schedule.
"I've been involved with it for 20 straight years. They've done 14 of my plays and I have a 15th that will be part of the coming season," he says. "Over the last few years, I've turned the running of the theater over to people who are there everyday. The actual management no longer needs or requires me.
"The theater was designed for professionals who maybe went to New York or Los Angeles but didn't get a break. They're back in Michigan, but they still have talent; it just went undiscovered. They're Equity actors, and now they've got a professional theater within a half hour of their home.
"I brought back everything I learned at Circle Rep, that sense of collaboration with playwrights. Someone said to me that Purple Rose was born the day I set forth from Chelsea for Circle Rep."
Daniels was able to satisfy his own long-dormant stage urge when he was cast in Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage, which became the Tony Award-winning sensation of 2009. A four-character play in which he appeared with Gandolfini, Marcia Gay Harden and Hope Davis, it detailed an increasingly uncivilized meeting between two pairs of upscale New York parents who get together to discuss an act of playground violence by one couple's son against the son of the other. The four actors argued, fought, destroyed property—and even dealt with a moment of projectile vomiting—in an intermission-free, 90-minute cage match, a dark comedy of recrimination and shifting alliances that ultimately pitted couple against couple, husband against wife and men against women.
"It was a real workout. If you weren't in some state of exhaustion at the end, then you didn't do it right," Daniels recalls with a smile. "There were nights where I would verbally spit on Jim from across the stage and just treat him like shit. We'd get offstage and he'd say, 'God, you're being a sonuvabitch tonight.' "
Gandolfini praises Daniels for helping him through the rehearsal process: "I hadn't done a play in a long time and Jeff was very patient," he says. "We did 300-plus performances together and got along great. That was part of the success of the play."
God of Carnage was a massive hit, playing to more than 100 percent of capacity during the original cast's run. It was Broadway's hottest ticket, attracting a who's who to see it on a nightly basis: "Tony Bennett, Mike Nichols, Robert De Niro, James Earl Jones—all these people were coming backstage after the show," Daniels recalls. "But we were so busy up there trying to make it work with the speed and precision that (director Matthew Warchus) demanded; that's what we were focused on."
After the original cast left and other actors came in for a while, Daniels returned to the show, taking over the role Gandolfini had played, with Janet McTeer as his wife: "I always wanted to be one of those guys who flipped roles," Daniels says. "But I always felt I was renting the role from Jim. I gave it my best shot. But when he came back to the show when we did it in Los Angeles, I thought, 'He owns it.' "
"I was better," Gandolfini jokes, adding, "Jeff is an artist. He'll try stuff like that. And he's a good man, a regular guy."
Offstage, Daniels has a laconic presence, an observer who takes things in before offering his considered assessment. Gandolfini affectionately uses words like "curmudgeon" and "grumpy" to describe him. McTeer offers a similar appraisal.
"He'd sit there in rehearsal and be grumpy—and then come out with something brilliant because he's very intelligent and clever," she says. "Really, he was an absolute love to work with. We would riff off each other brilliantly. Every night on stage was different. It was like playing tennis with someone who is never in the wrong place. He really made me laugh every single show. It could be a Wednesday matinee where I was really tired and not sure I had a screaming match in me. He'd give me a kick in the bum by throwing a curveball and waking me up."
Daniels has played smart, and he's played dumb…and dumber—in, of course, Dumb and Dumber. Daniels says that playing dumb was a much tougher gig—at first.
"I was having nothing but difficulty in rehearsal, getting past caricature," he says. "But I only needed one key thought to trigger the character. Sometimes actors make things too complicated. So I did two things. First, I said to myself, 'I have an IQ of 8.' Not 7, not 9, but 8. Once I did that, I literally could feel my brain relax; thoughts were leaving my head out of both ears. The other thing I did is that I would literally shake my head before each take, as though I was sloshing my brain around, so it was just this massive organ that was going unused."
Dismissed by critics when it was released in 1994, Dumb and Dumber, which teamed Daniels with Jim Carrey in the first film by the Farrelly brothers, was a massive hit with audiences, holding the No. 1 spot in the box-office rankings for six straight weeks. Decried by social commentators of the time for dumbing down the level of movie comedy, it remains an audience favorite, a film that fans of all ages mention to Daniels when they stop him on the street.
Indeed, there has been considerable talk about a sequel. Though Daniels says, "The movie doesn't have a green light yet," he'd be happy to reprise the role of Harry Dunne, for a couple of reasons. "I've had 17 years of people of all ages who have seen and enjoyed it, and who'd like to see those two guys again," he says. "The idea of two middle-aged guys being that stupid, naïve and oblivious is still funny.
"The serious reason is that I went to Walter Reed hospital, twice, to visit injured servicemen. You see a 19-year-old with no legs and one arm, who was in Iraq four days ago, who just wants to feel good again. When he looks up and one of the guys from Dumb and Dumber walks in, well, that movie is what he wants to talk about. He says, 'It makes me laugh.' To me, that's as good a reason as any to do a sequel."
The energy required for God of Carnage and the acting chops it honed are serving Daniels well in his new role in "The Newsroom." While the play was a workout, starring in series television is more so.
Says Gandolfini: "The play was two hours and then you were done. With a series, you work all day, and then you go home and work some more, because you have to memorize crap for the next day. But it's also incredibly fulfilling when the work is good. We talked about it before he took the show. After he started, he sent me an e-mail, saying, 'I get it now.' He waited a long time to do a series. And now he's doing it in such a right way."
For his part, Daniels says, "(The pilot) might be the best script I've read since The Purple Rose of Cairo. Aaron writes in a way that's very exciting, very dangerous. He discovers it as he goes and HBO has given him the freedom to do that. One of the first things he said to me, after he asked whether I'd read the pilot, was, 'Don't worry—I'll fix it.' And it was great to start with.
"There's a mental endurance you have to have to stay ahead of Aaron. You can't have an off day or an episode where you feel like you don't have to work so hard. I've been up and I've been down. This is up—creatively, it's way up. I'm working hard because I don't want my peers to look at this show and say, 'I think I could have done it better.'
"Lanford Wilson used to say, 'Make it matter. Make it count.' And this show does. As Aaron said, each episode has to be the best yet."
Contributing editor Marshall Fine writes about movies and entertainment on his website, www.hollywoodandfine.com.


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I don't know what to think about this. It is a dilemma and if I am honest, if I had thought of it, I would a) be fairly well off and b) doubtless be justifying my fee on the basis that some 5000 registered charities benefit from the £340million or so channelled through justgiving.
However, it seems that the gripe from charities is that not only do they have to pay the 5%, they also have to accept the rise and rise of justgiving as a charity brand in its own right, taking limelight from their own brands and marketing efforts. A whisper tells me that there are a couple of new entrants who are charging less than justgiving and allowing charities the option of white labelling their online fundraising tools.. so who are they, does anyone know? will they be the ones to level the playingfield and is there really a problem here, or is this a storm in the charity digital tea-cup?


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Do you know that the Conch Fishery is the most valuable commercial fishery on Martha's Vineyard? The island fishermen land well over 1 million pounds of this shellfish every year. Where does it all go? How is it caught? What does it taste like? Who eats it?
Come to the Meet the Fleet program at the Chilmark Library and learn all about Conchs! Meet our local fishermen and ask all of your questions.
The Martha's Vineyard / Dukes County Fishermen's Association was created by the County Commission on February 25, 2009.
The goals of the coalition would be to:
1. Represent the Martha's Vineyard on fishery issues before the local, state, regional and federal regulatory agencies.
2. Identify and champion methods to make fishing sustainable and consistent with sensible environmental goals.
3. Maintain employment, create opportunities in helping with our strong maritime heritage.
4. Educate ourselves and communicate with the community about the issues facing all of fishing.
5. Conduct the research necessary to advocate well.
For more information please contact Michele Johnes at 508-693-7652.
Report on activities (1/25/2013):
The Martha's Vineyard / Dukes County Fishermen's Association was started in mid winter 2009. We have now been in existence for four years. The Association has done a good job representing island fishermen at meetings of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, The New England Fisheries Management Council, The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries, and the Massachusetts State Legislature. We have brought both our State Senator Dan Wolf and our state Representative Tim Madden to our on island meetings. And at our urging the Massachusetts Fisheries Advisory Commission has held several of their meetings in Vineyard Haven to hear the opinions of Vineyard Fishermen.
We have raised our voices loud and clear to keep Striped Bass a commercial fish in Massachusetts, to prevent a moratorium on the selling of lobster in Southern New England, to restrict mid-water trawling for herring in our waters, and to evaluate proposals for new regulations on the landing of conch. The Association has worked hard to make sure a Vineyard voice is heard on regional fisheries issues.
The County of Dukes County
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Okay, so we've been obsessively downloading Top Gear torrents since we found FinalGear. But, for those of you less technologically inclined than us, who have computers that launch GoLive when one tries to watch RealVideo and whose Windows Media Player only seems to work half the time, the Beeb has relented and posted Season 8 of everyone's favorite motoring series for you to watch online. As for us? We're going back to the torture of torrents. [Thanks to Marc for the tip.]
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NOAA Issues Severe Weather Outlook Three Days Ahead of Tragic Tornado Outbreak
Each year, the United States experiences approximately 1,300 tornadoes. No state is invulnerable to the twisting, destructive winds that emanate from dark thunderstorms–and last week, Nature's fury was focused on the central and southern states.
Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has in place a multifaceted tornado early warning system that includes general area outlooks days in advance and that gives individual cities and towns an average of 14 minutes warning before the potentially deadly tornadoes strike. Through a tremendous investment in research, observing systems and forecasting technology, NOAA's National Weather Service issues more than 1,000 watches and nearly 30,000 warnings for severe storms and tornadoes each year.
On February 29, 2012 that investment resulted in an outlook issued by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center a full three days ahead of the deadly outbreak. This outlook advised forecasters and the emergency management community that conditions would become favorable for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.
Advances in research and technology have increased the average warning lead time from only five minutes in the early 1990s to 14 minutes in 2010, thereby giving people and communities more time to seek shelter and reducing loss of life. But technology can only do so much; individuals also need to be prepared for disaster. Visit www.ready.gov to learn more. NOAA Weather Radio webpage The Weather Channel, "Tornado Outbreak: As It Happened"


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For many years, Brazil has been an emerging economic hub, attracting investors from all over the world. The Brazilian economy saw an 368% increase in Gross Domestic Product growth from 2003 to 2011. In addition, Brazil took in almost half of Foreign Direct Investment flowing into South America during 2015. This doesn't come as a surprise since it reigns as one of the major emerging national economies. However, Brazil has seen a recent economic downturn with increasing unemployment and a contracting GDP. In fact, the Brazilian government cut 2017 GDP expectations from 1.6% to 1% growth. Having been one the most lucrative foreign investments for governments to individual investors, what happened to the so-called "Country of the Future" and can Brazil regain its momentum?
Back in 2015, recession hit Brazil hard and the country is still struggling to get back on track. According to the CIA World Factbook, the economy contracted 32% from its peak in 2011 and unemployment reached a new high at 12.6% in 2016. Being based mostly on services, agriculture and oil, Brazil's economy has a direct correlation with global demand. With global recession looming, Brazil is feeling the effects of a slow world economy.
Brazil is a top tourist destination offering beautiful beaches, a diverse culture and exciting festivals. However, with the world economy slowing down, people are less likely to travel abroad. Since the majority of the country's GDP derives from the service industry, Brazil will not be able to rebound any time soon unless there is a major boost in consumer confidence.
The demand for Brazilian exports was slashed when its largest trading partner, China, entered into an economic slowdown of their own. The decrease in exports caused massive layoffs throughout the nation. The notorious economic downward spiral began by wary consumer spending as unemployment rose. Companies that tried to gain capital by borrowing in U.S. dollars found it difficult to pay back those loans as the Brazilian Real crashed 25% in the span of a year in 2015.
One of the major hits came from low oil prices and the corruption of Petrobras, a large oil company and Brazil's largest source of investment. Brazil is major producer of oil, exporting $11.8 billion worth in 2015, according to the Observatory for Economic Complexity. OPEC delivered a major blow when the cartel decided not to cut oil production, causing oil futures prices to plunge. In order to cope with heavy losses, Petrobras was forced to sell off assets and halt future research and expansion plans.
As if things weren't going poorly, Petrobras was also caught in a scandal with former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and other high office executives. From 2004 to 2012, the company had spent over $2 billion on bribes to politicians whom would allow the company to charge inflated prices for construction contracts. Now that the scandal has unfolded, Petrobras executives face jail time and the company as a whole is forced to pay billions in fines.
So what does the future hold for Brazil?
Although at the moment the future looks dim, there are still signs of hope Brazil can turn itself around. The Real has seemed to stabilize in 2016 and heads into 2017 with an upward trend. Moreover, experts' GDP projections for 2018 through 2020 show promising figures that Brazil can restore pre-recession level growth.
Even more promising, U.S. companies are still showing faith in Brazil's future. American Airlines plans to invest $100 million in an aircraft maintenance center in Sao Paulo. Brazilian Investment Partnership Minister Wellington Moreira Franco and many countries like the United States, United Kingdom, France and Japan agree there are still reasons to invest in Brazil. This should be seen as a sign of confidence that the Brazilian market will grow soundly with the support of both national and international investment.


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Commonly known as Anxiety Disorders
There are several types of anxiety disorders including panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, and generalized anxiety disorder.
Anxiety is a normal human emotion that everyone experiences at times. Many people feel anxious, or nervous, when faced with a problem at work, before taking a test, or making an important decision. Anxiety disorders, however, are different. They can cause such distress that it interferes with a person's ability to lead a normal life.
An anxiety disorder is a serious mental illness. For people with anxiety disorders, worry and fear are constant and overwhelming, and can be crippling.
Phobias — See What Makes Some People Afraid
What Are the Types of Anxiety Disorders?
There are several recognized types of anxiety disorders, including:
Panic disorder: People with this condition have feelings of terror that strike suddenly and repeatedly with no warning. Other symptoms of a panic attack include sweating, chest pain, palpitations (unusually strong or irregular heartbeats), and a feeling of choking, which may make the person feel like he or she is having a heart attack or "going crazy."
Social anxiety disorder: Also called social phobia, social anxiety disorder involves overwhelming worry and self-consciousness about everyday social situations. The worry often centers on a fear of being judged by others, or behaving in a way that might cause embarrassment or lead to ridicule.
Specific phobias: A specific phobia is an intense fear of a specific object or situation, such as snakes, heights, or flying. The level of fear is usually inappropriate to the situation and may cause the person to avoid common, everyday situations.
Generalized anxiety disorder: This disorder involves excessive, unrealistic worry and tension, even if there is little or nothing to provoke the anxiety.
What Are the Symptoms of an Anxiety Disorder?
Symptoms vary depending on the type of anxiety disorder, but general symptoms include:
- Feelings of panic, fear, and uneasiness
- Problems sleeping
- Cold or sweaty hands and/or feet
- Shortness of breath
- Heart palpitations
- An inability to be still and calm
- Dry mouth
- Numbness or tingling in the hands or feet
- Nausea
- Muscle tension
- Dizziness
What Causes Anxiety Disorders?
The exact cause of anxiety disorders is unknown; but anxiety disorders — like other forms of mental illness — are not the result of personal weakness, a character flaw, or poor upbringing. As scientists continue their research on mental illness, it is becoming clear that many of these disorders are caused by a combination of factors, including changes in the brain and environmental stress.
Like other brain illnesses, anxiety disorders may be caused by problems in the functioning of brain circuits that regulate fear and other emotions. Studies have shown that severe or long-lasting stress can change the way nerve cells within these circuits transmit information from one region of the brain to another. Other studies have shown that people with certain anxiety disorders have changes in certain brain structures that control memories linked with strong emotions. In addition, studies have shown that anxiety disorders run in families, which means that they can at least partly be inherited from one or both parents, like the risk for heart disease or cancer. Moreover, certain environmental factors — such as a trauma or significant event — may trigger an anxiety disorder in people who have an inherited susceptibility to developing the disorder.


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Homework 5: Heuristic Evaluation of Each Other's Implementations
Assigned: Mon, Nov. 25, 2013; Due: Mon, Dec. 2, 2013 (note: no late turn-ins for HW5!)
Each person will evaluate the user interfaces of two other people in the class. After you turn in your system for Homework 4, the TA will e-mail you the two systems you are to evaluate. You can also see the assignment of systems to people on Blackboard.
You will be getting two (2) systems. You should write a heuristic evaluation of the site using Neilsen's Ten Usability Heuristics. (There are lots of different lists of heuristics, but for this assignment, you must use only the ones that Nielsen lists). Although two people are assigned to evaluate each project. you should do the evaluation individually.
Perform a heuristic evaluation of the systems you have been assigned, and write a report using the HE Report template. See the template here: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bam/uicourse/HE_Report_template.doc (see also the partial example in doc format).
- Your report can include both problems and things done well, but it is better to list problems.
- You should include pictures of the system that illustrate each of your points (either directly in the "Prototype Screen" column as in the example, or below the table with a hyperlink reference, as in the template). You can use screen captures to do this (on a PC, the print screen key puts the screen on the clipboard; on a Mac, command-shift-4 let's you pick a selection on the screen to send to a file, command-control-shift-4 puts it on the clipboard).
- Each point should be annotated with the particular Name of Heuristic that is being violated or being followed (put this in the "Name of Heuristic" slot). If violated, you might suggest a fix in the Way(s) to rectify column.
- For each system you are assigned, you must list at least 8 (eight) points that illustrate at least 4 (four) different guidelines. I am looking for insight, subtlety and depth. Thus, saying "the system doesn't have good color choices because it doesn't use color" is pretty trivial and won't count for much. Also, since this is a prototype, saying that functions aren't implemented also doesn't count. For example, prototypes generally won't have "documentation and help" so it is not useful to point that out.
- Be sure each row lists which heuristic is violated or upheld, and why, and what you recommend be done about it. Be sure it is clear in your description whether you are saying the interface violates the heuristic or does it well.
You will be graded for this homework on how well you evaluate the prototype, the quality of the feedback you are providing, how many problems and good things you found, and the extent to which you assign them to the correct heuristics.
In homework 6, you will be trying to fix the problems that other people identified with your system, and your grade will be based in part on your response to your classmate's Heuristic Analysis of your prototype (what you did based on what they found), so it is important to you to make sure your classmate gets a chance to evaluate your prototype.
- The deliverable for this assignment are two HE Report templates filled out, one for each of the systems you evaluated. This will be at least 2 (systems) x 8 (items) = 16 items.
- Please keep the documents as two files, so that we can email them to the people whose projects you evaluated. Please name your two files as follows: HE-Report-of-otherPersonsName-from-yourname. For example, if one of the systems I was evaluating was by Rebecca Chen, my file about that evaluation would be named: HE-Report-of-Chen-from-Myers.docx.
- Collect all your files together into one zip file, and upload the one zip file named HCI-HW5-lastname-firstname.pdf to Blackboard, as described in the submitting instructions.


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Robert Pattinson wants to meet Liberty Ross, the wife of the man who had an affair with girlfriend Kristen Stewart, in order to "find answers", it has been reported.
British actor Robert Pattinson is reported to be seeking a meeting with Liberty Ross, the wife of director Rupert Sanders, in order to find "peace of mind" following revelations of the fling.
Stewart, who has issued a public apology after photographs of an intimate moment with Sanders were published, has claimed the affair was just a "momentary indiscretion".
It has now been claimed Pattinson is seeking reassurance from Ross that the relationship did not go any deeper.
An unnamed source told the Daily Mirror: "He needs to know for his peace of mind if theirs was just a fleeting moment.
"He hopes Liberty can help him find the answers he so desperately craves."
The insider speculated that a meeting with Ross, who has been married to 41-year-old Sanders for a decade, "would lend some clarity to the situation".
Pattinson, 26, is said to be "heartbroken and angry" at the revelations about Stewart's relationship with Rupert Sanders, the father-of-two who directed her in Snow White and the Huntsman.
Earlier this week, it emerged he had been planning to propose to Stewart, 22, after being in a relationship for three years.
Dina Sansing of US Weekly, the magazine which broke the story of the affair, said: "Friends of Robert have told us that this was the woman that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with and he was actually very close to proposing when he heard about the affair."
The pair have both left the home they shared in Los Angeles, with removal vans spotted leaving the grounds on Saturday.
Sources told People magazine that Pattinson has severed communication with Stewart, 22.
The pair are scheduled to appear on stage together at MTV's Video Music Awards on September 6, where they are due to co-present.
Their final film together, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 is due out on November 16.
Paparazzi shots of Stewart and Sanders together appeared last week. They were photographed in public displays of affection in a parked car and at a lookout spot with a view over Hollywood.
Shortly afterwards, Stewart issued an emotional public statement pleading for forgiveness.
"I'm deeply sorry for the hurt and embarrassment I've caused to those close to me and everyone this has affected," she said.
"This momentary indiscretion has jeopardised the most important thing in my life, the person I love and respect the most, Rob. I love him, I love him, I'm so sorry."


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Reunion! Guess who has one coming up?
My FORTIETH. Wow.
That's me on the top left looking rather glum. Wonder why I didn't smile? The twins next to me were jocks. The boy underneath me died shortly after graduation in a car accident. Andrea Klimt is a grandniece to Gustav Klimt, the artist.
I haven't been to any reunions since my fifth. I'm psyched. My mind is turning with memories as I turn the pages of the Towson High Year Book.
But what's freaking me out a bit is that when I think of the people I'll see on July 12, it's like I'm not forty years older. Instead, we're all still back in high school. I'm amazed at how sharp some of the memories are. The funny stuff. The hurtful stuff. The exciting stuff. The touching stuff.
So who's been to a reunion recently?
Did you feel like you were still in high school when you walked through the reunion door, or did you feel like a regular old adult?
And if we do feel ALL grown up, is that how we want to feel?
Towson High School is in Towson, Maryland, a Baltimore suburb. Famous grads include Jean Marie Donnell, who played Gidget's mother in some of the Gidget movies; Sunny Griffin, model and actress; Olympian Michael Phelps; and poet Mary Jo Salter, who graduated with me.


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Tuesday, 30 November 2010
❄ the more it snows ❄
18 comments:
- nath said...
me, me, me, me, me!
- 30 November 2010 at 09:39
- jax said...
Wish I could nip round and give you a helping hand! And if all else fails we could hit the mulled wine and karaoke ;o)
jax x
- 30 November 2010 at 11:10
- louloulovesbooks said...
Oh Jax, you've more than helped me through emails but yes, I do wish you were within visiting distance...the learning curve has been ENORMOUS but very enjoyable. I think I may have sussed it.
Can you email me your address please? Thanks xx
Nath~you are on the list xx
- 30 November 2010 at 11:50
- chocolategirl64 said...
{hands up}
❥ a new one for my collection please:
we've got floury hands, bread on the rise:
lovelove being snowy holed up!
- 30 November 2010 at 12:08
- Francesca said...
ooh yes please. i'll email you my address, please send me yours too. big snow here. x
- 30 November 2010 at 15:35
- Rebecca said...
I miss that padded silence. Like I miss crunchy footsteps. And I miss the thu-thump of the letterpress. And I miss you. Ohhh man do I miss you. XXXOXOXOXOXO
- 30 November 2010 at 16:44
I'd love a card, please. And I'll flick you one from The Big Apple! (see email)
- 30 November 2010 at 19:35
- Anna Watkins said...
I want one too, pleasee! But save a stamp and give it when we meet next. No postie today anyway. I think he must have fallen over in the snow... xx
- 30 November 2010 at 20:56
- Rebecca said...
Yes pleeeeeeeeeeease Lou! You've got my address, haven't you? BTW, keep picking up and admiring Benjamin's book, it really is beautiful and you could definitely get a ton of commissions if you wanted them xxx
- 30 November 2010 at 21:37
You have an Ajax! — a 'Major', I think. I have their tiny Number 1 flatbed.
Did you know they were made in Southend?
- 1 December 2010 at 07:54
- louloulovesbooks said...
Alan, yes it is the Major...and I did hear that they were made here in Southend, very near to where I live. I can't find out much at all about them, just a brief note on the web. I'm loving it, it's working out to be a great press. Wish I knew more....Can you help?
- 1 December 2010 at 09:43
- Abigail Thomas said...
* tiddly pom *
lovely little press
- 1 December 2010 at 12:46
- mise said...
You can print beautiful money too, right? I'd love a postcard and am just about to email you my address.
- 1 December 2010 at 23:13
- Carol said...
I'd love a card too, Louise, and I'll send you something from Australia. I'll also send you an email which has my address on it. I'm very envious of your little press but I'll keep looking for one.
- 1 December 2010 at 23:37
Help will be on the way by real-mail soon, Louise — the web doesn't know everything.
Here's the Number 1 flatbed
- 2 December 2010 at 07:21
- louloulovesbooks said...
Mise, I have received your address but don't ever ask me to say it...
Carol, I don't think I have yours yet?? and Abigail, can I have yours?
- 2 December 2010 at 10:28
- suzie said...
Hello Madam, I'd be affronted if I didn't.
- 2 December 2010 at 16:21
- Sarah said...
I love the look of your cards and would love one! The press sounds challenging but fun. Glad you are enjoying the advent calendar!
- 2 December 2010 at 21:58


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C.S. Friedman avec When True Night Falls (The Coldfire Trilogy, #2)
Two men, absolute enemies, must unite to conquer an evil greater than anything their world has ever known. One is a warrior priest ready to sacrifice anything and everything for the cause of humanity's progress; the other, a sorcerer who has survived for countless centuries by a total submission to evil. In their joint quest, both will be irrevocably changed.


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Looking for MT58K256M321-Ja110 to add 12th memory chip to 1080 TI
I have a friend who is getting a 1080 TI shortly. I can easily physically add the missing 12th memory chip. It probably won't work, but it's easy and safe enough to do that I might as well try it.
The memory chip is MT58K256M321-Ja110. If anyone knows an affordable means to obtain this chip (aka cheaper than taking a chip from another 1080 TI), I'd like to hear it so we can try this out.
Interestingly all the pull-ups, pull-downs, and filtering are already present around the missing chip, so physically all that's needed is the chip.
I do still think this is a long shot to get 384-bit memory. Nvidia flashes GPU core configuration on the core (they dropped laser cuts in favor of flashing like CPUs and CPUID on the Kepler to Maxwell transition), so it's likely that the ROPs are disabled and cannot be enabled.
vBIOS is also problematic, but I am less concerned than the ROPs being disabled via core flash. vBIOS has become increasingly dynamic in terms of memory detection lately, with vBIOS between 4GB/8GB Maxwell cards being interchangeable in some cases. The 12th chip may be detected and run properly. If not I think I can modify a Titan XP vBIOS for the 1080 TI and flash it on, which should work.
Also if a die hard overclocking record pusher wants to sacrifice one 1080 TI in attempt to fully unlock another 1080 TI, I can switch the chips and see what happens. If it fails I can restore the donor card.
So in short, I'm looking for a spare 1080 TI memory chip to attempt to enable all ROPs and 384-bit memory on a 1080 TI. I 100% can get the chip on right. The only question is if the card will use it or not.
Also 1080 memory would work as well. It's only rated for 10 GHz, but can still be used to test if it works and should overclock about the same anyway.
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