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The 42-Hour Improv Marathon
The 42-Hour Improv Marathon was the third annual Hideout Improv Marathon. It was performed in 2011, running from 6/3/11 to 6/5/11.
Two attendees at the event, Ryan Hill and Cat Drago, decided to start doing improv after watching long stretches of the marathon. The following year, they would come back to perform in one of the hours of The 43-Hour Improv Marathon.
 Core Players
- Andy Crouch
- Jason Vines
- Jordan T. Maxwell
- Karen Jane DeWitt
- Lisa Jackson
- Peter Rogers
- Tim Redmond (guest from Australia)
- Troy Miller
- Friday 6pm: "Inaugural Show", free-form improv with the core improvisors
- Friday 7pm: Maestro
- Friday 9pm: Junk
- Friday 10pm: Parallelogramophonograph presents "Impromatic!", an improvised play using old photos
- Friday 11pm: TheatreSports
- Saturday 12am: Girls Girls Girls
- Saturday 1am: Sarah 7
- Saturday 2am: Three Hot Chicks
- Saturday 3am: The Intentions
- Saturday 4am: Local Genius Society presents a Family Feud show with improv games!
- Saturday 5am: Firth & Arjet
- Saturday 6am: The "Truth Chair" act from Austin Secrets
- Saturday 7am: Student Show
- Saturday 8am: Midnight Society
- Saturday 9am: Bad Boys
- Saturday 10am: The Institution Theater
- Saturday 11am: Dubbed Indemnity
- Saturday 12pm: Student Show
- Saturday 1pm: 8-way Hell Dub narrative
- Saturday 2pm: Confidence Men presents "The Blank Variations"
- Saturday 3pm: Pick Your Own Path
- Saturday 4pm: Happy Butter
- Saturday 5pm: The Knuckleball Now
- Saturday 6pm: Start Trekkin'
- Saturday 7pm: The Nightmare Video Project
- Saturday 8pm: Holy 1960s Batman, Batman!
- Saturday 9pm: Improv for Evil
- Saturday 10pm: Maestro
- Sunday 12am: McNichol and May
- Sunday 1am: "The Bat" with ColdTowne
- Sunday 2am: The Puppet Improv Project
- Sunday 3am: Live Nude Improv preview
- Sunday 4am: Secret Senate
- Sunday 5am: The Dancy Street D'Orchestra
- Sunday 6am: Doctors Without Boundaries
- Sunday 7am: Your Dad’s Friends present "Improvention"
- Sunday 8am: The Amazon & The Milksop
- Sunday 9am: False Matters
- Sunday 10am: Improvised Shakespeare
- Sunday 11am: "The Final Countdown", free-form improv with the core improvisors
- Video of hour 5 with Parallelogramophonograph
- Video of hour 8 with Sarah 7
- Video of hour 9 with Three Hot Chicks
- Video of hour 10 with The Intentions
- Videos of hour 21 with Confidence Men:
- Scene #1, Jason Vines and Troy Miller, "Women at the Bar"
- Scene #2, Asaf Ronen and Mike Ferstenfeld, "Tchaikovsky"
- Scene #3, Jordan T. Maxwell and Peter Rogers, "Turtles"
- Scene #4, Karen Jane DeWitt and Lisa Jackson, "God"
- Scene #5, Andy Crouch and Christopher Allen, "Wigs"
- Scene #6, Tim Redmond and Troy Miller, "Waiting"
- Scene #7, Jeff Britt and Lisa Jackson, "Intermission"
- Scene #8, Jason Vines and Mike Ferstenfeld, "Dreams"
- Scene #9, Andy Crouch and Asaf Ronen, "Seventh Billing"
- Scene #10, Jordan T. Maxwell and Karen Jane DeWitt, "Double Trouble"
- Scene #11, Christopher Allen and Peter Rogers, "High-Wire Act"
- Scene #12, Jeff Britt and Jason Vines, "Integrity"
- Scene #13, Asaf Ronen and Lisa Jackson, "Hank Charlie"
- Scene #14, Mike Ferstenfeld, Troy Miller, & Tim Redmond, "Tourists"
- Video of hour 41 with Improvised Shakespeare
- Video of hour 42
- Photosets of hours 0 and 1, as well as hours 2 and 3 from Lorraine DeNardis.
- Photoset of hours 20, 21, and 22 from Nicole Beckley.
- A photoset by Steve Rogers of hour 23 with Happy Butter.
- A photoset by Steve Rogers of hour 24 with The Knuckleball Now.
- A photoset by Steve Rogers of hour 25 with Start Trekkin'.
- A photoset by Steve Rogers of hour 26 with The Nightmare Video Project.
- A photoset by Roy Moore of hour 33 with the Puppet Improv Project.
- Overall photosets:
 More Information
- The schedule announcement, on the forums and on the Hideout web site.
- A post about how the marathon raised money for kids' classes by Jessica Arjet.
- A story about the marathon in The Austin Chronicle.
- A recap of the event from core player Peter Rogers.
- A 5/30/12 interview with Ryan Hill about discovering and watching the event.
- A 6/1/12 interview with Cat Drago about discovering and watching the event.


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It's been a while since we last checked in on Oscar season, and a lot has changed in the last few weeks. Let's run this down film-by-film for the sake of sanity.
The Monuments Men. Directed by George Clooney and featuring a massive all-star cast, it looked like a possible shoo-in for Best Picture… until it got pushed out of 2013 entirely last week. It's now getting when even Clooney calls the "Shutter Island spot," an early February release date that worked wonders for Martin Scorsese's thriller when it opened in 2010. That early date may mean it's not an awards contender for 2014 either, but at the very least we have a few more months before we have to worry about that.
The Wolf of Wall Street. Speaking of Scorsese, his newest film was looking like a question mark when rumors emerged that he couldn't finish the film in time for its intended November release date. Somehow strings were pulled, arrangements were made, and the film has been delayed only until Christmas, which keeps Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and the rest of the film squarely in the middle of the Oscar race. Because nobody has yet seen it, though, it's still hard to know just how big a player it may be.
Saving Mr. Banks. And speaking of Christmas Day, Disney's big planned holiday release debuted at the London International Film Festival last weekend to some mixed but largely positive reviews; Guy Lodge called it bright and entertaining and praised Emma Thompson's lead performance as Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers, while Variety said right up front that this "mash note to the magic of movies" ought to be irresistible to awards voters. The film premieres for a wider industry audiences at the AFI Festival in Los Angeles, which should give us a better sense of just how formidable a contender it will be.
The Counselor. It always seemed like a long-shot given the utter lack of promotion, but when Ridley Scott's The Counselor opened to dismal reviews and even worse box office, it knocked itself fully out of the awards race. Bummer-- I was still hoping Cameron Diaz might be able to knock the Supporting Actress on its ear with an out-there performance as a crazy cheetah lady villain.
Blue is the Warmest Color. The acclaimed and controversial Cannes champion also premiered last weekend, to a vastly different fate than The Counselor, earning more positive reviews and even more fervent discussion of the performances from Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux, who will be competing as Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. Attention for a foreign language performance is always tricky but Oscar has been exceptionally friendly to France lately, thanks to winners like Jean Dujardin and Marion Cotillard and nominees like Emmanuelle Riva and Berenice Bejo. And with the war still raging between the actresses and the film's director, it ought to at least be an entertaining entry in this year's contest.
12 Years A Slave. It's open now in limited release, it's still getting ecstatic reviews, and it led the pack of Gotham Award nominees last week, a small but possibly telling indication of how popular it will be throughout the season. Even riding on an enormous wave of hype to its release it has yet to stumble as the presumed Best Picture frontrunner, and now the question is how it can sustain that prestige through many, many long months ahead.
Gravity. Though it was finally knocked out of the #1 box office spot by Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, of all things, it's undeniably the hit of the fall and already the 9th-biggest movie of 2013. Its status as a Best Picture nominee is essentially guaranteed at this point, but we have to see how complaints about its flimsy screenplay, and its one-woman show status, might impact it as the season moves along.
All Is Lost. A partner with Gravity and Captain Phillips in the survivalist theme of this year's awards race, the Robert Redford-starrer is not doing particularly well in limited release, with just a $6,000 per-theater average from 81 screens last weekend (that's just over a third of what 12 Years A Slave is doing on 123 screens). Some thought Redford was a potential Best Actor winner, but can he now compete with Tom Hanks, another veteran surviving against all odds in the much more successful Captain Phillips?
Lee Daniels' The Butler. Completely absent from the Gotham Awards lineup even though it would have been eligible. Is it just an oversight from a relatively small committee, or a sign that the summer sleeper hit is fading away?
And now on to the charts, where logic dictates that it's finally time to declare a few locks. OK, it's mostly box office determining this-- but that counts for a surprising amount every Oscar year.
Congratulations, Gravity-- you're the first mortal lock of this year's Oscar season, with that unbeatable combination of rave reviews, huge box office and star power. Curiously enough, it's far from a lock to win, both thanks to general Academy sci-fi mentioned and the frequently cited weaknesses in its script. But it's impossible to imagine the Academy not wanting to honor this massive technical and populist achievement. Right behind it is 12 Years A Slave, which probably ought to be a lock thanks to the Academy's proven willingness to go a little intellectual lately (Amour, No Country For Old Men, The Hurt Locker-- the list goes on). Maybe next week I'll man up and do it. Elsewhere Monuments Men, The Fifth Estate and The Counselor have all been removed for reasons discussed above, and Nebraska has been bumped up to Still in the Running, given the buzz that's increased around it since its NYFF premiere.
As goes Gravity's mortal lock status, so goes Alfonso Cuaron's, since his technical accomplishment is a huge part of what makes the film so great (and Ang Lee won Best Director for a similar level of commitment and skill for Life of Pi last year). Both Greengrass and McQueen remain hugely likely to join him, but I hesitate for various reasons-- Greengrass because Captain Phillips isn't yet a proven zeitgeist hit like Gravity, and McQueen for being generally averse to Oscar schmoozing. But I have an extremely hard time imagining them left out of the final 5 either way. I've knocked Clooney (for Monuments Men) out of the group, along with Ron Howard and Denis Villeneuve-- as much as their films might have potential as wild card Best Picture options, they won't find room in this hyper-crowded Best Director field.
Still no mortal locks since it's hard to know which of the top five is the most guaranteed, and which might be the most vulnerable to someone from the lower categories jumping up. Removing Clooney from Monuments Men helps a bit, but not nearly enough.
Go for it, Sandra Bullock-- you've had a great 2013 and you've earned that mortal lock status. The question of who will be joining you, though, continues to look fuzzy, except for Cate Blanchett who is a very likely nominee. I've bumped down Kate Winslet, since Labor Day was wanly received at festivals and hasn't made much of a peep since, and bumped up Exarchopoulos thanks to all the talk about Blue mentioned above. With Bullock and Blanchett both recent Oscar winners, there's a lot of room for upsets here.
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Dallas Buyers' Club opens on Friday, which ought to give another boost to Jared Leto's campaign in this category, and Fassbender continues to loom as the biggest contender (to me) in this category. But a lot of the potential spoilers remain unseen as American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street stay out of view. It felt good to pare things down by removing all those Monuments Men guys, though, and to get real about the chances for Jake Gyllenhaal-- Prisoners has a tiny awards season presence as it is, and not for him regardless.
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This category, as in so many years, continues to look sadly empty, though maybe that could mean some surprising attention for Sally Hawkins or maybe even Scarlett Johansson and that Her voice performance. There are still no locks, especially as The Butler continues to fade from view.
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Industry events showcasing Dante audio networking <see all>
To support the rapid adoption of Dante™ audio networking technology, Audinate has expanded its Australian global headquarters in Sydney, Australia and more recently its North America headquarters in Portland, OR. The company recently completed an expansion of its global headquarters and Innovation Center in Sydney, Australia, doubling the size of the office. The new North America facility is located in the historic Albers Mill Building in Portland, OR and triples the size of the previous office. The new facility also features Audinate’s new North America training center.
Leading visitor experiences company Merlin Entertainments has revealed that it is making extensive use of Audinate’s Dante audio networking technology at a variety of its London attractions. These include a number of popular sites on the city’s South Bank, including the Coca-Cola London Eye, SEA LIFE London Aquarium and Shrek’s Adventure! London.
The latest addition to Soundcraft's Vi range of digital live consoles, the new Vi2000 brings unparalleled mixing power to the live touring, install and corporate AV markets in a single-box, cost-effective package.

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Genosha Hotel 70 King St. East Oshawa
Photo probably late 60's.
The rock club "Main Street" was opened in 1977 and was located downstairs at the Genosha Hotel. The Genosha Hotel opened on dec 5, 1929 and was Oshawas largest hotel. It was closed down in 2007. It's currently being renovated to hold apartments.

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This has been quite a good year for young same-sex-attracted men and women in NSW. The state government has finally equalised the age of consent for male homosexual sex, NSW-based gay and lesbian internet site Mogenic.com continues to provide a professional outlet for the youth of the world and ACON’s Fun and Esteem Project continues to help young men work themselves out in a safe and healthy environment.
And from next week, young same-sex-attracted women may also have a win, with ACON starting a program aimed at giving them a chance to meet and chat in a similar safe and confidential environment.
Young Same-Sex Attracted Women’s Project Officer Katy Roy is facilitating the Fun and Esteem-modelled group for women aged 25 and under.
The group follows on from a joint project between ACON and Twenty10 which has recently ended.
The attendees will talk about forming and maintaining relationships, sexuality and sexual health, and anything else they feel they want to. On some nights guest speakers will lead discussions and make presentations, Roy says.
There’ll be someone coming in and doing a safe-sex workshop, and a couple of speakers are going to talk about relationships -“ being in a relationship and also not being in a relationship, Roy says.
The meeting schedule is based on what some young women want to discuss. Early applicants filled out forms suggesting some of the things they were interested in talking about.
Most of them want to find out about relationships. Some want to hear about safe sex, a few want information about drugs, but mostly it is relationships. It’s also about meeting people their own age.
The results of the pilot project will be used to determine whether a similar program is viable in the future.
ACON and the Sydney Sexual Health Centre are also hosting a six-week pilot program for slightly older same-sex-attracted women called 27 Up, aimed at providing support and information to those who may have arrived on the scene a bit later. The 27 Up group is currently full, but organisers are hoping to run similar programs in the future.
ACON will be running a group for young same-sex-attracted women 25 years and under, starting on Wednesday 17 September from 6pm to 8:30pm. It will run fortnightly for 10 weeks and aims to create a safe, fun and educational space for young same-sex-attracted women. For more information please contact Katy on 9206 2012 or email firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) is going to open its first online virtual reality (VR) demonstration shop by the end of this month. This shop will simulate the experience of shopping in a physical store. Consumers use their own VR headsets or glasses to navigate within the shop. They are first greeted by a robotic associate in the store who also recommends new products based on the past shopping history and preferences of the customer.
Shoppers can also ask the associate of how a particular product is to be used or worn. For example, customers can look at different combinations of a dress in terms of color, texture and style before making a final purchase. The acceptance of these devices is increasing exponentially in China. Alibaba has said that it is selling over 300,000 units of VR gears every month. The company has created renderings for hundreds of products and would soon be providing the merchants the standards required to have their own VR enabled options.
Alibaba is currently acting as a middleman by providing its platform to content developers and also making investments in new VR startups. This strategy has helped in promoting a large number of startups who are providing different solutions for a VR ecosystem. The first quarter has seen investment of close to $1.1 billion in the VR industry in China which has over 200 startups. Earlier this year, Alibaba led a new funding round for Magic Leap Inc which is building a device to simulate reality. This round raised $793.5 million for Magic Leap valuing it at $4.5 billion.
Currently the cost of converting a real product to an equivalent digital 3D is $50. Alibaba hopes to bring this cost down to $1 per product as this program reaches sizable scale and better solutions are provided by the startups. The domestic VR gear market in China is also expected to grow to 55 billion yuan ($8.5 billion) by 2020 which should increase the penetration of VR devices substantially.
This technology is specifically useful for increasing the online purchase of certain categories like clothing, luxury items and household goods. These categories require a closer look at the items before a final purchasing decision can be made. VR technology can make buyers more comfortable in making certain purchases online for which they would earlier choose only physical stores. This should help in expanding Alibaba's total addressable market.
Alibaba has also been trying to woo major luxury brands to sell their products on its platform. They recently launched a new IP Joint-Force system to promote greater trust among the brands and reduce counterfeit products on its platform. Broader use of VR for shopping should further reduce the occurrence of counterfeit products as only genuine brands would be able to afford the VR program and the customers would also be able to make more educated purchases.
Alibaba has taken aggressive steps to boost virtual reality ecosystem by promoting several VR startups. It is set to launch its first demonstration shop which will allow customers to use their VR gears to take a tour of their 3D digital store. The company hopes to make a broad rollout of this option by the end of the year. This technology should help the company make greater inroads in categories having higher touch and feel component like clothing, luxury items and household goods. It will also attract major brands to Alibaba's platform as VR helps customers get closer look at their products. This should help in increasing the seller base significantly providing additional revenue stream for the company.
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By MATHIAS KIN
ON Sunday the 28th August the people of Simbu celebrated the 50th anniversary of the death of Kondom Agaundo. The commemoration ceremony began at Daulo Pass where their great leader died in a car accident. The main celebration was held four days later on Thursday, at Wandi near Kundiawa in Simbu. The traditional celebration at Daulo Pass was significant for the people as 28th August was the day in 1965 when Kondom was killed on that very mountain.
The Simbu contingent which included the provincial administrator, officers from the Governor’s office, members of the organizing committee and Kondom’s family members from the Narku tribe
travelled to Daulo in eight truckloads. It had been prearranged so the Daulo,(Eastern Highlands) people were waiting all clad in mud as a sign of mourning and respect for the late leader. Lasi, a leader of the Daulo people who also owned the land where the crash site occurred the Simbu team.
The events of the day were; speeches by leaders, exchanges of pigs and garden foods, stories of the life of the great man and actual stories of people on site during the crash.
Provincial Administrator, Joe Kunda Naur, announced the erecting of a permanent monument and other infrastructures on the site of the car crash. He stressed the importance of maintaining friendship through the bondage Kondom had created. He said Kondom was not only a leader of Simbu and EHP people but was actually the first elected leader for the Central Highlands to the 2nd Legislative Council in 1961 and therefore the site is important for all peoples of the highlands. The place will be a stopover for all commuters on the Okuk Highway. He asked the people of Daulo to welcome everyone who visit the site.
The important traditional event of the day was the recalling of Kondom’s spirit back to Simbu. This traditional ritual of significance in the Simbu and highlands culture had not been performed at that time in 1965 until now – 50 years later. An elder of the Daulo tribe performed this ceremony and presented a tanget he used in the ritual to the family of Kondom, in this way signifying the
release of Kondom’s spirit back to his family. The plant was later planted at his grave yard at Wandi and it is believed that from then on the spirit of Kondom will always be among them at Wandi.
There was much emotion from both sides during this part of the ceremony as men and women clad in mud wept openly. Lasi’s wife said she was the mother of Kondom’s spirit and she believes that Kondom’s spirit is always around them.
Representing the Kondom family Paul Wagire said the fact that this vital ritual to bring back his spirit from Daulo Pass had not happened caused unhappiness for the family. He said many things the family attempted since his death had not worked out, including attempts to go into politics, education and business.
Kondom Agaundo was the son of a tribal fight leader, Agaundo of the Narku tribe. His mother, Singa, gave birth to him at Wandi village circa 1917.
Agaundo died when Kondom was still young and the boy grew up with his mother’s people at Koglai near Kundiawa. By the late 1940s, the young man was already outspoken and charismatic and much liked by his people.
In 1951, in his 30s, Kondom was appointed a Luluai (headman) and became the kiaps’ favourite among all the other Luluais of the area. He was a popular agent for the work of the administration and missionaries in Simbu, Eastern and Western Highlands. He assisted the kiaps to stop tribal fights and conduct peace settlements.
As a strategy to hasten the pacification of the Simbu people, the colonial administration took Kondom to visit many areas outside Simbu – to towns on the coast and overseas – to see how government and business was done.
When he returned from these trips, Kondom brought many new ideas about business, government and social services like roads, schools and health centres. He appealed to the people as a great heroic leader leading the way towards the new ways of the white men.
Kondom is remembered for many things including being the first person to bring coffee to Simbu. He planted his own coffee garden near his home at Wandi and from there distributed seeds to other villagers.
He also introduced cattle and goats to his village. In 1959, he was the first Simbu to own a semipermanent house (that house still stands today near his grave), owned a restaurant at Wandi, a coffee-hulling machine and he rode his own horse which made him an awesome figure among the Simbu people. Prior to that only missionaries and kiaps
In 1959 Kondom Agaundo was elected President of the Waiye Local Government Council. Waiye Council was the first in the highlands and was made up of the four tribes around Kundiawa – Kamaneku, Endugla, Naur and Narku.
In 1961, he was elected to the Second Legislative Council, a precursor to an elected parliament in PNG. Kondom was the first and only elected member from the highlands at the time. Among his early compatriots were Pita Lus from Maprik, Mathias Toliman from Rabaul and John Guise from Milne Bay.
On a visit to Australia in 1963, Kondom addressed an audience at Canberra with these famous words: “….In my village I am a chief among my people but today I stand in front of you like a child and when I try to speak in your language you laugh at my words. But tomorrow my son will come to you and he will talk to you in your language, and this time you will not laugh at him….”
During the first House of Assembly elections in 1964, Kondom Agaundo lost to Waiye Siune of Yongomugl. After that, he devoted his time to other areas of development like roads, schools, hospitals and business.
Kondom spent more time on coffee growing and assisted other areas of Simbu to also grow the crop. In 1964 he became the first Chairman of the Kundiawa Coffee Cooperative which in 1966 became Chimbu Coffee incorporating other coffee growers in the district. In August of that year, Kondom was returning from a meeting in Goroka when he was killed in a vehicle accident near the Daulo Pass summit.
The Simbu provincial headquarter building in Kundiawa, built in 1982, is named in honour of this great leader. In 2012 a new high school near his village at Wandi was named after him.
Today Kondom Agaundo is remembered as a great leader who championed the colonial transition to bring social development and economic prosperity to the people of Simbu and the highlands.
By MATHIAS KIN

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Having a child is a joy, but it can be stressful when he or she doesn't feel well. It is important to take each complaint in regards to health that a child has serious, as certain conditions can affect a child in a more extreme manner than adults. The reason why is because a child's body isn't as strong and developed, as well as due to him or her being small in size. If your child has been complaining about health problems more than usual, it is likely time to seek professional assistance at a place like Kitsap Children's Clinic LLP in case the problem is more serious than you think. The content below contains questions that you can ask yourself in an effort to figure out how to deal with the situation.
What Kind of Diet is Your Child On?
The types of foods that are consumed play a major role in how healthy a child is. If your child suddenly began complaining about health problems, it might be due to a change in his or her diet. For example, if you have been giving your child more sugary drinks and foods lately, it might be the root of the problem. Put your child on a healthier diet and see if that makes him or her feel better. Be sure to include a substantial amount of water, as it is the main thing that a body must have to stay healthy.
When Was Your Child's Last Health Check-Up?
Whether your child is sick or not, it is important for him or her to undergo a health check-up every now and then. It is a good idea to find a primary pediatrician to perform the check-ups when they are needed, as your child will eventually get used to him or her. Check-ups can reveal problems before they get out of control and put your child's life in danger. In some cases, a check-up might simply reveal that your child is low on certain nutrients and need to take vitamins. Basically, your child's overall health will be better if he or she undergoes occasional check-ups.
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Teen retailer Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) scooped up Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) digital head Joel Anderson on Tuesday to serve as president overseeing merchandising and marketing.
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The Walmart.com CEO will join Five Below in July. Wal-Mart did not immediately respond to FOX Business regarding whether it has begun searching for a replacement.
At the world’s largest retailer, Anderson oversaw all aspects of the e-commerce business, including merchandising, marketing and site operations. Previously, he worked in retail and marketing roles at Lenox Group and Toys R Us.
“We have been actively engaged in a search for the right candidate to fill the role of President and we are incredibly excited to have someone with Joel's talent and extensive experience joining the Five Below team," said Five Below CEO Tom Vellios.
The Philadelphia-based retail chain also hired Ascena Retail Group vice president and retail industry veteran Eric Specter for the role of chief administrative officer, where he will head supply chain operations, information technology and real estate.
Vellios said both additions were contemplated in its recently provided fiscal 2014 guidance.
The company last week raised its fiscal 2014 revenue outlook to between $675 million and $681 million and reaffirmed its full-year non-GAAP earnings per share view of 86 cents to 89 cents. Analysts on average are calling for earnings of 89 cents on sales of $680 million.
Shares of Five Below were up 4.5% to $37.03 in recent trade. They are down about 14.2% since Jan. 1.


The fervor of live soccer is infectious, but for the millions of fans with visual impairment, it’s nearly impossible to follow the action in real time. So Irish haptic-tech startup Field of Vision created a tablet-like device that sits in users’ laps, allowing them to follow the ball’s movement up and down the field with their fingertips—“a bit like a Ouija board,” says co-founder David Deneher. Special cameras positioned around the pitch track the ball and relay its exact position to the device, which vibrates when players, say, slide tackle. (Descriptive audio commentary is also integrated.) A prototype is now being tested in partnership with Dublin’s Bohemian Football Club.
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Snapchat has, apparently mistakenly, revealed a collaboration with Jeff Koons via a dedicated website, art.snapchat.com. The social media platform launched the site simply showing a photo of Central Park in New York, overlaid with a countdown clock. It wasn’t long before users discovered a loophole, by changing the time on their computers to trick the site into revealing its secrets – an augmented reality project with the renowned pop artist – earlier than scheduled. It could also be a publicity stunt, that appears to have worked.
Images shared by the hackers before the loophole was closed show Koons’ well-known sculpture works, such as numerous stainless steel balloon animals and Popeye, popping up in international tourist hotspots, including Trafalgar Square, the steps of Sydney Opera House, the Eiffel Tower lawn and the fountains outside the Bellagio hotel, Las Vegas.
The artist is clearly a fan of employing new tech in his work, also contributing to Brilliant Minds’ VR arts project Acute Art, alongside Marina Abramovic and Olafur Eliasson.
Snapchat’s AR project will be officially revealed at 8pm UK time on Tuesday 3 October 2017.
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Blood Pressure Home > How to Lower Blood Pressure
With approximately 65 million people suffering from the condition, many people want to know how to make blood pressure lower. Learning effective techniques can reduce the long-term effects of hypertension. Strategies to reduce blood pressure include lifestyle changes, such as losing weight, exercising more, and quitting smoking. In some cases, medications are used to treat high blood pressure.
Anyone can develop high blood pressure (also known as hypertension). In fact, one in three Americans (more than 65 million people) have high blood pressure. Unfortunately, in more than 90 percent of cases, the causes of high blood pressure are not known. But hypertension research scientists have found that certain lifestyle changes can lower blood pressure. For those people who cannot lower blood pressure to a normal level through lifestyle changes, medication can be prescribed.
By employing these techniques, people can reduce the long-term effects of high blood pressure, including:
Lifestyle changes are the first step in high blood pressure treatment. Lifestyle changes help lower blood pressure, but they usually help improve a person's quality of life as well. It may take three to six months before your healthcare provider sees the full benefit of lifestyle changes on your condition. Some of these changes may include:
- Increasing your physical activity
- Losing weight
- Minimizing your salt (sodium) intake
- Cutting back on your alcohol consumption
- Adopting a healthy eating plan that emphasizes fruits and vegetables while reducing fats and cholesterol.


December 14th, 2017|Comments Off on New research briefs: Why isn’t there enough affordable housing in LA?
The research is clear: Los Angeles needs to build more housing. The city’s affordability crisis, which drives its growing homelessness, displacement, and resident cost burdens, is indisputably the result of a severe housing shortage. The pace of housing development has not remotely kept pace with the increase in new residents over the past three decades. Why isn’t there enough affordable housing in LA? And what could be done to create more? Lewis Center faculty and students have spent the past year studying these question in detail, and have produced three briefs detailing new research into the causes of, and potential solutions to, LA’s housing problems: Is Los Angeles Destroying Its Affordable Housing Stock to Build [...]
November 20th, 2017|Comments Off on Housing, Equity, and Community Series: Panel takes on LA’s crisis of homelessness
By Zev Hurwitz With nearly 60,000 Angelenos struggling with homelessness, local change agents have taken on the task of developing policies and services to address the crisis. At a Nov. 15, 2017, panel discussion at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, four leaders in the field discussed the challenges and opportunities in finding solutions for the plethora of Los Angeles residents who do not have access to permanent housing. The talk was part of an ongoing "Housing, Equity, and Community Series" put on by the Lewis Center, the Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin, and the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate. More events in the series will take place in the winter [...]
November 16th, 2017|Comments Off on Bloomberg: California’s housing crisis harms state climate goals
How can California be a global environmental leader if its runaway housing crisis makes climate change worse? This question was at the heart of the 2017 edition of our annual Lake Arrowhead Symposium, held in October around the theme "Global Climate Change, Local Growing Pains." It's now being asked in the national media, in a new article in Bloomberg Businessweek. "California risks losing the lead in the fight against climate change if it can’t reduce its citizens’ commutes," reporter Esmé E. Deprez concludes. "To do so, it’ll need more housing." Deprez's piece tracks how the lack of affordable housing in California cities forces lower-income people to move further and further outside the urban core, producing more [...]
October 23rd, 2017|Comments Off on 2017 Lake Arrowhead Symposium: Global Climate Change, Local Growing Pains
The annual UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium brings together influential planners, policymakers, academics, and other stakeholders for three days of immersive discussion on the connections between land use, transportation, and the environment. This October's 27th edition of the gathering tackled the highly relevant topic of "Global Climate Change, Local Growing Pains," examining how land use policy interacts with and often impedes climate goals.
Sessions covered everything from housing displacement to freight logistics to infrastructure planning for greenhouse gas emissions. Speakers summarized some of the symposium's key themes and insights in the video below:
October 20th, 2017|Comments Off on Lake Arrowhead Symposium: Implementing climate goals through local tools
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The 27th Annual UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium - “Global Climate Change, Local Growing Pains” - tackles the connections and conflicts between sustainability goals and land use policy in California and beyond. Here's a dispatch from a session on Tuesday, October 17, and a summary video with the three panelists.
How can we grow our urban areas more responsibly? The 2017 symposium’s final panel, moderated by the Lewis Center’s John Gahbauer, featured pragmatic local leaders presenting tools they have each used to help communities, developers, and decision-makers better understand, create, evaluate, and modify individual projects that support positive growth.[...]
October 18th, 2017|Comments Off on Lake Arrowhead Symposium: How pricing and technology can improve transportation and climate impacts
By Jordan Fraade
The 27th Annual UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium - “Global Climate Change, Local Growing Pains” -tackled the connections and conflicts between sustainability goals and land use policy in California and beyond. Here’s a dispatch from a session on Monday, October 16, and a summary video with the three panelists.
Users of our transportation system are accustomed to flat fees — a single fare per transit ride, a set per-hour rate for street parking, a fixed delivery fee for packages, and so on. [...]


New facility to give the German premium brand capital-wide coverage as demand for Audi cars soars
Ali & Sons Audi have announced that construction plans for their US$ 27 million exclusive Audi Workshop in Mussafah are on track. The project, which is part of the company's strategic expansion plans in the capital region, is set for completion in the first half of 2017, following a green light from the Abu Dhabi Municipality.
The exclusive Audi facility will allow customers across the capital even easier access to top class vehicle service facilities as part of Ali & Sons' commitment to the highest standards of service and an enhanced customer experience.
In addition to the workshop, the new facility will also house the largest Audi-approved used car showroom in the Middle East, with as many as 60 pre-owned cars on display. The impressive new complex will be equipped with the latest diagnostic testing facilities and a substantial increase in available stock - all integral to the company’s mission of offering exceptional quality Audi vehicles, as well as outstanding after sales service and repairs at convenient prices.
“The new workshop and used car complex in Mussafah gives the entire capital region better accessibility for our customers.” remarked Mark Austin, General Manager of Ali & Sons Audi. “This is part of our ongoing commitment to offer our customers the best possible levels of service, wherever they are.”
The Mussafah Workshop and Pre-Owned Car Complex adds to the city-spanning presence of Ali & Sons Audi in Abu Dhabi, which now has points of sale right across the capital namely: at the Corniche, the new showroom in Al Rawdat and the Mussafah Complex. The expansion is in line with the German marque’s expansion of facilities throughout the region in response to the growing demand for Audi vehicles.
For customers who want to sell their Audi, the company offers transparent pricing, and outstanding car finance options.


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Classical touring theatre company, This Is My Theatre, is reviving their critically acclaimed adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth and performing at The Medieval Hall (Cathedral Close) in Salisbury on 30 and 31 October 2020, at 5pm and 7.30pm.
Using the play’s original language in combination with traditional Scottish Gaelic music played live and choral song, this beautiful adaptation performed by a cast of four actors will captivate audiences of all ages.
This Is My Theatre is also part of “Signal Fires” which is a national initiative by touring theatre companies inspired by one of the original forms of theatre – storytelling around a fire.
Our “Signal Fires” are a tribute to the difficulties the theatre industry is facing due to the current pandemic and aims to create a beacon of light across the country that connects audiences, artists and theatres.
Sarah Slator, director of This Is My Theatre said:
“In our adaptation of this Shakespearean classic we use the witches as the driving force for the action, the storytellers, without whom there would not be a tale. The witches will gather around a fire pit incorporated into the set, to traditional Scottish Gaelic song at the start of the show, within which we will place scrolls listing all our venues affected by the pandemic in the county in which we are performing that night. At the first and last performance, at our own open-air venue in Sussex, we will have a real fire burning throughout. The ashes from the first will remain in the fire pit throughout the tour, the real flames replaced by lighting effects. At the final performance, all of the scrolls will be lit to create our final “signal fire”.”
This is dedicated to each of the venues toured by the theatre company, which have been unable to re-open or host theatre productions since the start of the pandemic.
The theatre company has worked hard to bring you an exciting night of theatre in a safe environment. Measures are in place at all venues to ensure the show adheres to government guidelines and is safe for audiences to attend including reduced capacities, socially distanced seating, paperless tickets and hand sanitisation stations.
Tickets are available to purchase here: www.thisismytheatre.com/macbeth-2020
The show has been well received by critics:
“A well-conceived and stylish adaptation, confident in its voice and at home in its venue… Of all the Macbeths I’ve encountered in my years at the Fringe, this might just be the most evocative… and most thrilling.” – Fringe Guru, *****


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Desperate Media Chases It’s Tail On Alex Rodriguez Trade Rumors – Bruce’s Thought Of The Day
So now, blowhard Keith Olbermann is the "source" starting the Alex Rodriguez to the Miami Marlins trade rumors. I wonder if Benedict Arnold started a rumor if the lame media would chase after that.
In case you missed it, the media was in a frenzy yesterday over the "rumor" that the Yanks would deal A-Rod to Miami in a huge package of players and money transfer. The same media ran around and got people in a frenzy just a few weeks back when some clown started the Robinson Cano failed a steroid test rumor. That "journalist" later apologized. We can wait for death before Olbermann will do the same.
If the Yankees even had a sniff of being able to deal the joke known as A-Rod they would be on it fast. I doubt any team would be dumb enough to deal for Rodriguez. This is a guy that, in addition to being a steroid cheat, we now know was more interested in picking up some hotties than supporting his team during game one of the ALCS against the Detroit Tigers. So concerned about his ball club, and so distraught over being yanked from the game, the liar and phony Rodriguez started to hit on two women sitting close to field level. Yeah, I am sure teams are dying to acquire this rot from the Yanks.
For a moment let's play "let's break down this rumor." Yeah, the Marlins after their brutally bad season are going to send the Yankees a package of players for the fraud A-Rod including Josh Johnson, the tall and talented right hander who is still recovering from arm surgery two years ago. Yeah, I don't think so.
If Brian Cashman, General Manager of the Yankees can unload the waste and selfishness of Rodriguez he will, but it will cost the Yankees to the tune of $100 million as the Yankees will have to eat almost the entire contract the Bombers are saddled with for the next five years (five years left, $114 million).
In addition, the Yankees would have to pay big money for the salaries of the returning players. This totally goes against the stated mission of having the payroll around $190 million by 2014. If the Yankees could acquire players with expiring contracts then this might be doable, but doubtful. Remember A-Rod also has the ability to turn down any deal.
Yes, he lives in the Miami area and was a hero in the region many years ago. However, that was before the steroids and fake stats he has compiled. The Marlins have enough problems with their manager and other things. It is very doubtful they want another headache, and Rodriguez is a migraine!
So, bored media, you keep reading Olbermann's blog. You look like the fools but, hey, what else is new?
Okay, I am going to start a rumor and let's see if the clown media will chase after this. Here is the rumor, run for it media. The Yankees are talking to the Mets and the trade on the table is this: Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera plus Robinson Cano for Frank Francisco and Jason Bay. Go chase, media and let me know what the parties involved have to say.


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Palesa Matjekane, who is eyeing the Mrs SA 2022 crown, has added fashion design to her many titles. This as she gears up to launch a denim fashion line, Maison Lisa, on April 2.
The tenacious Matjekane, who has made it to the semi-final round of the beauty contest, also featured in the 2020 beauty contest but did not succeed.
She said more than making women feel good through fashion, she also wants to encourage them to never give up.
“As women, we owe it to ourselves to chase after our own dreams no matter how big or small. Regardless of how many times you have tried, the aim is to never give up until we grab hold of that dream, because it is possible,” said Matjekane.
About her business ventures, Matjekane said the name Maison Lisa derives from the two women who are her pillars of strength.
“My mother and grandmother are both named Elisabeth, so Lisa in short. My grandmother Elizabeth Makwa was aspiring to be a designer when she fell pregnant with my mother Elisa Makwa. So, this brand pays tribute to three phenomenal generations.
“I wanted to celebrate and pay homage to the women who made me who I am today. The women who groomed me, and every garment is made to honour them.”
Matjekane’s collection – from denim jeans, dresses, jackets, skirts, and shorts – embrace African women bodies and figures of all shapes and sizes.
She shared: “Women, especially African women, struggle to find jeans that are suited for our bodies. We tend to have a smaller waist and fuller hips. Some are short, tall and we are all unique, and the market does not cater for all our shapes.
“The brand is to celebrate and embrace the African figure in its uniqueness.”
A veteran in marketing and advertising with over 10 years of experience, the Sebokeng beauty holds a BCom in Marketing qualification. She was hit by the fashion bug while travelling with her mother to New York, London, and Brazil.
Matjekane has also walked the South African Fashion Week ramps and posed for billboard and magazine spreads.
“I got my experience working for big fashion industries such as AFI Prive Platinum Group, Jenni Button, and Hilton Weigner. That gave me a perspective of the fashion industry and how it works,” she said.
Married for 10 years with two children, Matjekane said her passion for fashion reawakened when she first entered Mrs South Africa in 2020.
“I am excited for the journey ahead and using a platform such as Mrs SA sisterhood to learn and grow with other women, and paving a way for the next generation to come.”
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Didn't see many striking old churches during our short stay in the Highlands (most seemed to have been built late 1800's onwards), but this church the most striking I have EVER seen not just because it's a pretty little thing but the position it holds on the edge of Loch Shiel is striking and surreal. We didn't go inside but having since seen people's photos who did, wish I had convinced my husband to (he was in a hurry to get back to the cafe for lunch!).
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As with the previous blog on personal activity, there is another provision that is applicable only to NSW. Under this legislation, a driver sitting in the drivers seat with the engine running may count this time as rest time under certain conditions.
Section 248A states: Occupying driver’s seat to count as rest time in certain circumstances [NSW]
(1) A period during which the driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle occupies the driver’s seat of the vehicle while its engine is running counts as rest time rather than work time if—
(a) the vehicle is stationary during that period; and
(b) the driver is not subject to work demands during that period; and
(c) the period is at least 15 minutes or forms part of a period of rest time of at least 15 minutes.
(2) This section has effect despite paragraph (d) of the definition of work in section 221.
Now we’re not sure how this provision could be utilized but there may be some drivers out there that could enlighten the rest of us. How could you use this? Sitting at red lights or in traffic doesn’t count.
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Time to Rethink Infrastructure Finance As cities worldwide strive to upgrade their existing infrastructure, the gap between current expenditure and necessary investment requirements is widening. Across almost all sectors from transportation to water supply...
10 smart financial habits for homeowners
10 smart financial habits for homeowners
Welcome to the world of smart homeowners. The premium membership to this club depends on your smart choices. Are you making a good call, to ensure a healthy luxurious lifestyle? It is essential to get your to-do list correct in order to achieve this. Here is a list of all the smart financial habits that homeowners of modern times incorporate in their lifestyle, that will help you look at your goal clearly and reflect on your own financial choices.
Keep an eye on your financial goals and adjust them at regular intervals.
This first step to success might not look important enough, but this holds immense consequences. With time, it is possible to lose sight of your goal or to lag behind it. If you desire to adhere to your financial plan, keep a strict check on its improvements. This also provides you with an incentive to work harder.
In some rare scenes, you might overachieve. In that case, it is advisable to adjust your plan to higher goals. Important life events must be included in the plan accordingly. If you own a house already, you might look at events like marriage, having kids, or taking a world tour for a whole year. Whatever your choices are, make it a point to meticulously add them to your financial plan. Another key objective that should be inculcated, is the tendency to save at regular intervals.
A significant part of your financial goal should be to save and that begins with building a budget. Saving and intelligent, informed investments are the secret to a successful life in these modern times.
Have a structured plan for the maintenance of your home that is sustainable in nature.
It is important to note that your home needs care and maintenance in order to sustain itself. In these modern times, efficient eco-friendly techniques coupled with sustainable energy and style is the new cool. These are one-time investments that shall keep your health boosted and the environment safe.
Consider laying engineered flooring in your homes. This provides better stability to the floors, and has the ability to withstand deformation due to changes in the environment. Embrace the future of home painting and decor, eco paints. Eco paints don’t emit the harmful VOC or Volatile Organic Compounds that are known to cause damage to your lungs. On the surface, these might seem like expensive options for your home. But, the inclusion of collateral damage helps you see through the complicated finances. These are clearly better and cheaper options, if you consider the longer run.
How well are you managing the energy of your house? Are your methods sustainable and eco-friendly?
Have you contemplated on the energy that is lost due to windows? The general structure of a window is not designed to optimise its performance. Newer structures have a special coating, nonconductive materials for your frames, and many more fascinating features that you might want to have for your home. Another crucial aspect to consider is the usage of renewable energy for the smooth running of your appliances. Don’t let the installation cost of renewable energy alternatives daunt you. They will definitely pay off in the future, with maximum returns and minimum operation cost.
Are you aware of the energy-efficient appliances? These will help you reduce the energy intake and save you from greater expenses. These are particularly long-lasting, with very promising returns. Having a fair estimate of the energy usage of your home appliances is a very healthy practise.
Do you have a homeowner insurance that will insure your home against unforeseen damages?
Homeowners insurance is the insurance agreed between two parties. Namely, the owner of the home and the insurance company. As the name might suggest, that former pays a regular premium in exchange for financial aid by the latter, in times of unforeseen damages. The extent of these coverage varies from one insurance company to another. There are plenty of insurance companies out there that offer great deals in their insurance policies like Emerald Life.
A thorough study of the different policies must be compared, and your final decision should be based on a range of criteria. Your list of caution should necessarily include the credibility of the insurance company, its reliability, and other pointers. It is always wise to learn and understand before you make a financial commitment, however urgent it might seem.
The safest option for you, is to find a promising homeowners insurance blog and do your research to ensure you have the maximum protection and coverage on your insurance terms. Pick the insurance that suits and caters to most of your needs, if not all of them.
The key ingredients, that are adopted by the homeowners of modern times, can act as a guide to all . These habits secure the future of your home and your family. Certain one-time investments are costlier than the risk-prone cheaper alternatives. Do not be tempted by these cheaper options, which incur harm to the home and your health. It is very important to be farsighted and well informed about all your financial choices.

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According to the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE), 25% of the Spanish population has either suffered, is currently suffering or will suffer from some type of mental illness.
Mental health disorders can be divided into two groups:
- High degree of severity and disability. In this first group we can include psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, etc.
- Milder degree of disruption. Here we can find prevalent mental health issues such as anxiety, depression or addiction.
Psychiatry is the branch of medicine that studies, prevents and treats psychiatric disorders.
The team of psychiatrists at Hospital Ochoa in Marbella assesses the social, psychological and biological aspects of each patient. A diagnosis is established and a treatment prescribed, which may be psychotherapeutic, behavioural or pharmacological. In addition, the hospital’s psychology department specialises in mood disorders and legal psychiatry.
The general recommendation for when to see a psychiatrist is in circumstances where the mental health issue profoundly disrupts the person’s daily life. Some moderate examples are: difficulty in falling asleep, irritability, tiredness, or apathy. If the condition is treated early before it becomes serious, medication can be avoided.
Hospital Ochoa has both a psychology and psychiatry department which work in close collaboration to provide optimum care for mental health patients.
The team of psychiatrists at Hospital Ochoa in Marbella is able to evaluate and treat many mental health issues, including:
- Psychotic disorders: Schizophrenia, paranoia, psychosis, schizophreniform disorder, etc.
- Mood disorders: Bipolar disorder and depression.
- Anxiety disorders: anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, adjustive disorder.
- Addiction: All types.
- Children and adolescents: In cases involving underage mental health patients, treatment is often avoided unless absolutely necessary. In addition, treatment is typically psychological talk therapy instead of psychiatrically prescribed medication.
- Cognitive impairment: Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

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A bouncer who posted on the internet video footage of England rugby captain Mike Tindall flirting with an old flame has taken a case to the Court of Appeal.
A jury found Jonathon Dixon guilty in April 2013 of dishonestly obtaining security camera footage. He was was sentenced in August that year to four months' community detention and 300 hours' community work.
During his trial, Dixon maintained he was allowed to download the footage, because he had full access to the computer as an employee of the bar in Queenstown where it was taken.
Mike Tindall - who is married to the Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips - was in the South Island resort town with members of the England side during the Rugby World Cup in September 2011 when the footage was taken.
The essence of Dixon's appeal case revolves around whether video footage is property. His lawyer told the court on Thursday a normal photo could be considered property but an electronic image would not meet the legal definition.
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We keep going to the tight ends and it keeps paying off, this time 15 yards to Austin Hooper to the USC 1. Then Remound Wright stuffed up the middle. I say keep the USC D on the field and, more importantly, the clock running. Sure enough, it's second down on which Wright finds paydirt, and guess he's our goalline back after diving in for his third score of the day.
Stanford 38, USC 28, 11:21 remaining
Nearly a seven-minute drive to go 48 yards, beautiful. USC just doesn't have an answer for our tight ends, as Austin Hooper and Dalton Schultz now have seven catches for 119 yards.
I'd say SC very nearly has to go score-stop-score here to make up the 10 points in 11:21 of clock time. Meaning if we can break that sequence at any point – scoring ourselves on offense, or stopping the USC defense – USC is in some desperate straits. They can probably afford to punt once, or give up one more score, but not a lot of wiggle room for the Trojans here.
Time of possession is 32 minutes to 16. SC with third and seven after Adoree Jackson returns to nearly midfield. But it's Juju Smith for 19 to push quickly into Stanford territory – exactly the drive this USC offense needs. Ronnie Harris with again great pass defense, shoving SC's receiver out of bounds before he could plant a foot down. Third and nine at the Card 23, and the Stanford D has its biggest stop of the night, forcing USC into a 37-yard field goal attempt. Elsewhere, Ole Miss 17, Alabama 10. Here, it's a one-score game with 9:19 to go as USC is true on the field goal try.
Stanford 38, USC 31, 9:19 remaining
Okay, a score of any kind just about wins the game for the offense. Who gets to be the hero?
Again outclassed on special teams, as we start from just our 19 after USC returned to near midfield. But McCaffrey runs left for seven or so, and right now, just keep that up, and it's a winning formula. McCaffrey for five running right, new set of downs.
False start on Josh Garnett, so might have to start passing now on first and 15. I'd keep looking to the tight ends, incorporate some play-action here. Instead, Hogan's in the shotgun and it's McCaffrey running tackle right for 13, and USC is used to watching this show at the Coliseum, but it's usually the home team running student body left and student body right. Remound Wright for three, move the chains yet again.
This would be an epic drive if we can keep it up. We won't, but I would go for it on a fourth and one if we get there, just keep the ball out of USC's hands. So two first downs, but now a passing down as Remound Wright is buried to force a third and eight. We're at nearly 37 minutes of possession, and under five minutes on the clock.
Wow, we're going to win! Screen to Christian McCaffrey as we send a man in motion left and Hogan looks left, but it's back to McCaffrey on the right on another BEAUTIFUL call. Tick, tick, tick, clock now under three minutes and we're at the USC 35 facing a third and seven. One more first down here is a clincher.
Instead Hogan scrambles for five to the USC 29, and Conrad Ukropina has a chance to be the hero as USC uses its first timeout. 2:33 to go, total yards now 475-364 with Stanford leading time of possession 39:19 to 18:08.
46-yarder for Conrad Ukropina to all but clinch the game – and Ukropina curls it in by a foot or two! Absolute nails, in a series that has come down to some big kicks over the years.
Stanford 41, USC 31, 2:27 remaining
Don't play overly defensive, I'd still kick it deep and make USC earn it. Sure enough, Jake Bailey does just that.
Right now, path to a Pac-12 Championship runs through Palo Alto. Heck, hope Oregon without their star quarterback loses two, and we can make that game in Palo Alto largely moot. Guess with Northwestern still winning and the result today, you put Stanford back in the Top 25 too.
Clock ticking down to 1:06 and USC's just to midfield. This tempo suits us just fine. Alameen Murphy gets beat and is quite smart to bring his man to the ground and take the pass interference call instead of anything worse. USC's down to Stanford's 16, though the official missed a USC knee hitting the ground ten yard earlier. Oh – and Josh Rosen is 2-of-6 with an interception. Good day for Stanford football.
USC Hail Mary tipped and falls short, and once again, Stanford and David Shaw are nails in a huge game.
Stanford 41, USC 31, Final

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This oratorio in three acts was first performed in London on February 26, 1752 at Covent Garden, conducted by the composer. This recording is based on the version from 1758 and comes from a live production in June 2008 at the Frauenkirche Dresden. Sung in English, the full text is included.
This account of arguably the greatest of Handel's late works captures its elegiac spirit perfectly...the account rises to a moving climax with Markus Schäfer's noble Jephtha and Miriam Meyer's heartbreaking Iphis attains real intensity in the slow section of her final aria.
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Works DetailsHandel, George Frideric : Jephtha, HWV 70
- Performers: Markus Schäfer (Tenor); Britta Schwarz (Alto); Patrick Van Goethem (Countertenor)
- Conductor: Matthias Grünert
- Ensemble: Dresden Baroque Orchestra
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1752

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British luxury car maker Rolls-Royce has launched the Ghost Series II in India starting at ₹4.5 crore (ex-showroom Mumbai).
Ghost Series II has been launched with minor tweaks both inside and outside and among the changes, the most noticeable one is the new LED powered rectangular headlamps instead of the round main headlamps. The car also gets new 21- inch alloys with new paint shades and a new rear bumper.
As said before, the changes are limited and inside the cabin, the new Ghost series gets a new infotainment system, 10-inch multimedia screen with a touchpad controller and new seats with reworked electronic adjustments and heating options. In terms of dimension, the car measures 5,569 mm in length, 1,948 mm in width, 1,550 mm in height and comes seated on a wheelbase of 3,465 mm.
The power comes from 6.6-litre, twin turbo V12 engine, which can generate a power of 563bhp and a peak torque of 780Nm and comes mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission. The Ghost Series II can attain 0-100 km/h in 4.7 seconds with a top speed of 250km/h.
The company, which is seeing India as a potential market for high end cars is planning to expand its dealership network in the country in the coming years.
"We are bringing the car to India because there definitely is a demand and we want to fulfill it. People in India love our cars," NDTV quoted Sven Ritter, GM Rolls-Royce Asia Pacific.
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Paramount Insurge has crossed a new threshold: Its low-budget horror film “The Loved Ones” has its first audience-requested screening confirmed through fledgling on-demand hub Tugg. As of early Thursday afternoon, the creeper about a girl’s nasty revenge on the guy who declined her prom-night proposal had attracted more than 50 fans — the bar necessary to lock in the event — for a June 1 screening at the New Beverly Cinema.
Potential screenings of the film in San Francisco, Austin, New York, Chicago and Houston have yet to meet their quotas, but as the running countdowns on Tugg’s event pages make clear, viewers still have 28 days left to fill them. Many of the events are pitched with invitations to potential audience members to dress up in prom wear and vote on a king and queen.
The Tugg method also lends itself to activist documentaries. On Thursday, 13 cities hosted screenings of the Ryan Gosling-narrated Occupy movement documentary “#ReGeneration,” with another 5-10 in the works.
“It’s a really good way to get the movie out to places where it might not survive a theatrical release,” says Paul Federbush of Red Flag Releasing, which is distributing “#ReGeneration.”
“Tugg helps people who care about the issues to get engaged,” adds Red Flag’s Laura Kim.
The Austin-based Tugg, formed by Nicolas Gonda and Pablo Gonzalez in 2010 and still in beta after a February launch, is a collective-action web platform designed to give individual moviegoers the power to select what they want to see in their local theaters and promote those events using social media. Insurge put an early version of the phenomenon to wildly successful use when it invited fans to request a local screening of “Paranormal Activity” in 2009. But the Tugg model, which Insurge is trying out for the first time, is the latest effort to harness crowdsourced, preemptive demand.
Right now, the biggest obstacle to Tugg’s success is content. At the moment, the model makes available films that don’t get wide release (or were never released at all). For example, genre fans can use the service to bring hard-to-find festival midnight movies (such as “Loved Ones”) to their local theater and get a bunch of their friends to commit to seeing it on a certain date. At, say, $10 a head, they’re paying market rates and once Tugg has a group large enough to justify the expenditures — which are low, since no marketing costs are involved and most of the film “prints” are now digital files — voila: The audience just programmed its own film. It’s exhibition at its most granular.
But the real goal — and perhaps the real money — is in making studio archives available to the public. Tugg’s founders are currently exploring studio vaults, assessing what they have in what shape and which format (Tugg does work for physical prints, but at a higher cost threshold). If Tugg can broker a partnership that sees digital entrepreneurs bring demand to the studios before they spend a dime on marketing or prints, it becomes found money for the likes of Paramount, Warner Bros. and Universal. The Tugg platform is designed to trigger deliverables only when the demand has already made the effort profitable.
With all studios on board, the potential for cinema lovers would be huge. A single person who loves “Top Gun” or “Pulp Fiction” or “Mamma Mia” and wants to build a birthday party or class reunion around it will merely need to have enough people sign up on Tugg to meet that threshold. And with studios (slowly) converting films to digital and theaters transitioning their projectors to same, those costs will continue to decrease.
All those different cuts of a movie, most of which are never seen? You could request the director’s cut, the “lost” version, the kitchen-sink rough cut — or the NC-17 version, pre-MPAA-demanded cuts. Want to program a mini-festival of James Van Der Beek movies? Send the invitation to the Facebook fan club right off the Tugg event page and start the popcorn machine.
Recent real-world examples include screenings of “One Day on Earth” in 11 cities on Earth Day; screenings of “Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope,” where individual promoters received letters from director Morgan Spurlock to read to each crowd before the film; an Austin screening of “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” that a mother’s group set up so they could all take their screaming babies without complaint (that has led to a recurring series); and a screening of “The Pruitt-Igoe Myth” organized by a University of Pennsylvania design student because the documentary never made it to Philadelphia theaters. That has led to a new series that will next feature a Tugg-enabled screening of “A Better Life,” complete with mariachi band and Q&A with local immigration lawyers.
“What’s most exciting is when people come up with ideas and experiences that wouldn’t have been possible before – that we hadn’t even thought of,” says Gonda.
You’re a specialty distributor and you want to extend the playability of your fall awards contender? Promote it on Tugg and have people ask for it. As a test case, Tugg recently made available Magnolia’s annual compilation of Oscar-nomimated shorts. A group of cinephiles in Chattanooga, Tennessee sold out two screenings and ended up building a new indie-film series for a local community hungry for that content. “It wasn’t even an appetite that had to be discovered,” says Gonda. “It was already built up and waiting for a resource to enable it.”
Granted, having easy access to prints of “Citizen Kane” and “The French Connection” is still a long way off. Studios aren’t fully on board yet. That “Loved Ones” effort is a low-risk experiment for a film that was hardly getting much exposure anyway. But Netflix, iTunes and Hulu have made viewers expect to watch almost anything they want at any time on any device. Why shouldn’t true cinephiles be able to use their beloved local theaters the same way? It would help the arthouse theaters stay solvent, it could reinvigorate film history by allowing big-screen viewing of classic films at will, it would provide studios with another revenue stream and provide an incentive to restore or digitize more movies. And moviegoers would see more of what they wanted.
Gonda said a number of studio-related announcements are coming in about a month and said they’re bringing their own ideas about how to test titles that may not have fit a theatrical model before — even foreign films that may now get a chance on American screens.
“People are coming from different departments with a strong appetite to use this tool,” he says. “They see Tugg can be a real catalyzer. They’re not having to speculate or take risks.”
Imagine. Just as the moviegoing experience was migrating from the theater to the living room, the Tugg model could encourage just as many moviegoers to head back to the theater.
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Parties agree on road map for Turkey's new charter
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
Cemil Çiçek. AA photo
Parliamentary Speaker Cemil Çiçek outlined the steps that will be taken to draft a new constitution during a meeting with newspapers and television stations’ editors-in-chief yesterday in Istanbul.
Çiçek said the chair of the commission would be the speaker of Parliament (Çiçek) and the commission would meet at least twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The commission will convene with at least one member from three political parties and the commission will make decisions with the consensus (unanimity) of all political parties making up the commission, Çiçek said, adding that topics where no decision is reached will be re-evaluated at a time the commission deems appropriate.
Starting Nov. 15, three committees will be created to solicit the opinions of different organizations in society, he said.
One of the committees will contact political parties and constitutional organizations, while a second will ask the opinions of professional organizations and unions. A third committee will seek advice from NGOs, foundations and religious communities.
Çiçek asked the aforementioned organizations to submit their written advice on new charter draft before the end of December. The committees will then invite representatives of the organizations for a verbal discussion of their charter proposals, he said.
“The process of drafting a new constitution is not a process of asserting one’s views on others or persuading others on the correctness of one’s ideas, but creating a social contract together,” he said.
Each political party may have a maximum of two consultants present in meetings, he said. The commission meetings will be closed to the press.
The commission aims to finish its work by the end of 2012 and the work of the commission will include four phases, he said.
The first phase consists of participation, data collecting and assessment. Determining the principles and writing the text will be in the second phase, publicizing the text and public debate will be in the third phase and reviewing the draft following input from the public and transforming it into a motion will consist of the last phrase. The first phase will be considered finished by the end of April 2012.
The draft text of the constitution, unless there is a consensus among the political parties, cannot be changed or appended either in the conciliation or legislation commissions or in the General Assembly, he said. He added that all segments of society will be encouraged to participate in the process of writing the constitution.
The commission’s task will end with the passing of the constitutional motion in the General Assembly and its passing into law or with the withdrawal – or de facto withdrawal – of one of the political parties, he said. A political party that does not attend at least three meetings will be considered to have withdrawn.


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Firm with deep anti-Native rights practice brings assault on Indian Child Welfare Act to SCOTUS free of charge.
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No one labors under the illusion that every representation is going to be as morally pure as driven snow. But if you’re going to find yourself defending a client’s right to smother poor people for sport, the least you can do is get paid for it. Student debt doesn’t pay itself!
So when Gibson Dunn takes on a case challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act — a statute designed to remediate the horrific legacy of colonial assault upon native culture — you’re forgiven for assuming the firm is planning to make a mint. But you’d be wrong! Gibson Dunn is arguing this case pro bono.
The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 emerged as a response to over a century of cultural genocide initiatives on the part of the United States government aimed at eradicating Native peoples through family separation and assimilation efforts putting children through torturous boarding schools. ICWA puts a priority on placing Native children with their families or tribal members. The United Nations has even been asked to consider ICWA as a model for combatting cultural genocide. It’s basically the absolute least the United States could do for communities that are still, in fact, sovereign nations.
Three non-Native families are challenging this law at the Supreme Court after seeking custody of Native children. Gibson Dunn would certainly hope the public focuses on their specific clients, a decently off couple who provided foster care for a child in need and ultimately sought to adopt him. This set off a battle when the court ruled that the child be placed with a Navajo couple, but ultimately Gibson’s clients successfully adopted the child.
In fact, two of the families have adopted the children in question and in the case of the one family who didn’t, the child was placed with its grandmother which… seems to be the right result regardless of ICWA. You might wonder why Gibson’s case is still happening given these facts. The Navajo agree, writing in their brief:
Petitioners seek only prospective relief but have no actual or redressable injuries. They are also improperly attempting to bypass state court systems—the courts in which ICWA cases are actually litigated—and to concoct a sprawling, abstract federal facial challenge to the statute.
Because, like most Supreme Court cases, the matter isn’t really about the welfare of any individual litigant. The case is just an invitation to a general broadside against race-conscious legislation, asking the justices to deem ICWA an impermissible race-based preference to toss aside right next to affirmative action.
And that’s where the money behind these suits comes in. Per Mother Jones:
In all three lawsuits, non-Native foster parents wanted to adopt Native children; two of the three were ultimately successful in doing so. But the foster parents—along with the attorneys general for three states, with the backing of deep-pocketed right-wing groups like the Goldwater Institute and the Bradley Foundation—are suing the federal government and five tribes on the grounds that ICWA represents race-based discrimination and an overly intrusive federal government.
Remember when I recently praised the Goldwater Institute but cautioned that I’m generally not on their side? This is why. As Mother Jones notes, the right-wing groups throwing money toward this case have deep ties to fossil fuel companies — an industry that generally challenges tribal sovereignty at every juncture. Tribes can’t stop companies from poisoning the water if they don’t have rights!
Although, that doesn’t totally explain how Gibson Dunn got mixed up doing this case for free. To resolve that mystery, you need to know a little bit more about Gibson Dunn’s niche anti-Natives practice:
Then there’s Gibson Dunn, the law firm which has been representing the Brackeens pro bono. The firm has represented plaintiffs in several cases that take issue with laws specific to Native communities; Matthew McGill, the lawyer representing the Brackeens, also serves as counsel for a casino company in a federal case arguing that the Washington law limiting sports wagering to tribal entities is discriminatory. Gibson Dunn is known for representing Chevron in the decade-long lawsuit brought by indigenous communities in Ecuador, as well as the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Chevron and casino companies. Taking a financial loss litigating a family law case is a small investment toward advancing the interests of the rest of the firm’s clients in diminishing the last, tenuous pockets of tribal sovereignty. And that might be a business decision the firm likes, but make no mistake that it is a business decision. All the “everyone deserves a lawyer” rhetoric doesn’t play here — the firm is taking on a pro bono case for a family with seemingly no injuries as part of a broad attack on tribal rights.
So unless John Roberts decides to slink out of the case on standing, expect another 5-4 decision eroding Native rights.
At least Gorsuch’s dissent is going to be straight fire.
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MoMinis, an Android game publisher headquartered in Tel Aviv, has raised $6 million in new funding.
In addition to providing free development tools and financing development for some premium partners, MoMinis also runs PlayScape, a virtual environment where gamers can check out different titles and developers can promote their games. The company says it currently reaches 35 million users, including 5.5 million actives and 1 million daily actives, with 100 MoMinis games planned and in development.
To illustrate the platform’s power, CEO Itzik Frid described a New York game developer that previously worked with a leading publisher but received fewer than 10,000 downloads. However, when it partnered with MoMinis, the game saw more than 1 million downloads in a month. Frid also pointed out that MoMinis has been highlighted as a top developer on Google Play — something you can see for yourself in all of its game listings.
The new funding comes on the heels of a $4.5 million round earlier this year, bringing MoMinis’ total funding to $15.4 million, including more than $10 million this year alone. Gemini Israel Ventures led the funding, and Frid said the round is still open.
Why all the fundraising? Frid said it’s because the company is just growing so quickly, and that he’ll use the money to expand the team, move to other platforms like iPhone, Windows Mobile, and Facebook, and to add new revenue channels.

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