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Wednesday, 29 February 2012
A Minute With: Kristen Chenoweth on her new show "GCB" (Reuters)
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Tuesday, 28 February 2012
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Monday, 27 February 2012
Afghan ministry worker suspected in killing of U.S. officers (Reuters)
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Reuters - Afghanistan's interior ministry said on Sunday one of its employees is suspected of shooting dead two U.S. officers inside its headquarters a day earlier, an attack that prompted NATO to recall all its staff from ministries.
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World News - South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela ...
NBC News Special Correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault reports on his progress.
By NBC News, msnbc.com staff and news services
Updated at 12:09 a.m. ET: ?JOHANNESBURG -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela was hospitalized Saturday for a test to determine what is behind an undisclosed stomach ailment, and the country's current leader said the much beloved 93-year-old icon was in no danger.
Mandela, a Nobel peace laureate who spent 27 years in prison for fighting racist white rule, has officially retired and last appeared in public in July 2010. He became South Africa's first black president in 1994 and served one five-year term.
Mandela "has had a long-standing abdominal complaint and doctors feel it needs proper specialist medical attention," President Jacob Zuma said in a statement Saturday morning, asking that Mandela's privacy be respected.
In a follow-up statement later, Zuma added that Mandela had undergone a planned, undisclosed "diagnostic procedure."
Mandela "is fine and fully conscious and the doctors are satisfied with his condition, which they say is consistent with his age. He was in good health before admission in hospital but doctors felt the complaint needed a thorough investigation," Zuma said.
Zuma said Mandela was expected to be discharged from the hospital Sunday or Monday.
The statements did not say at which hospital Mandela was being treated, apparently to protect his privacy, but that did not stop journalists from camping out at a military hospital in the capital, Pretoria, on the chance he might be there. In 2011, Mandela spent a few days in a private Johannesburg hospital with an acute respiratory infection.
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The South African military, which took charge of Mandela's health care after he was hospitalized last year, and a spokesman for Mandela's office said they would have no statement Saturday.
ANC spokesman Keith Khoza said Zuma's office also had reassured ANC officials.
Mandela "just had abdominal pains for some time now and the doctors decided a while ago that perhaps they should admit him, with a view to check those abdominal pains, so it wasn't an emergency admission," Khoza told reporters. "He's fine, he's in good health."
Well-wishers like Derek Kemper, a 47-year-old emergency services consultant, said they hoped Mandela would soon recover.
Kemper said he fought the ANC as a soldier for the apartheid state. On Saturday, Kemper was touring Soweto, the famed Johannesburg township set aside for blacks under apartheid and still largely black and poor, with a group of other whites. Kemper marveled at how far the country had come, and credited Mandela.
"He had the wisdom to try to reunite the country." Kemper said, speaking in front of a Soweto home where Mandela once lived that has been turned into a museum celebrating Mandela's life.
Kemper said he believed that even though Mandela has largely retired from public life, he has a moderating influence on younger black South Africans who may be impatient with the pace of change in a country where the black majority remains poor. Kemper said he worried about whether the commitment to reconciliation would outlive Mandela.
But Kefiloe Molepo, a 19-year-old student who grew up just around the corner from Mandela's home, said there was little cause for concern. Molepo, walking home from church, said he was raised on stories about Mandela, who he said was a friend of his great-grandfather.
"When he was set free, he didn't think of vengeance," Molepo said. "He wanted peace for the nation."
In 1993, after white extremists killed Chris Hani, a black leader who at the time was second only to Mandela in popularity, Mandela went on national television to call for calm. Mandela wrote later that he was among those who feared Hani's death would spark a race war, and his measured words were credited with averting further violence.
Today, white extremists have been largely sidelined. And black militants like Julius Malema, head of the ANC's youth wing, grab headlines but struggle to draw crowds.
Christian Bohm, a 32-year-old Swedish telecommunications company employee who was visiting the Mandela museum Saturday, said Mandela had set an example for the world for how leaders can pursue justice.
"South Africa is very privileged to have had such a leader," said Bohm, comparing Mandela to India's Mahatma Gandhi.
Hassan Burma was visiting Soweto from South Sudan, Africa's newest nation.
South Sudan broke away from Sudan last year, and its leaders must now cope with the devastation of decades of civil war. Burma said Mandela has shown Africa has different possibilities.
"What he did wasn't just for South Africa," Burma said. "It is for all the African nations."
Mandela's public appearances have become increasingly rare, though he did appear at the closing ceremony of the World Cup in July 2010. Mandela also held a private meeting with Michelle Obama when the U.S. first lady traveled to South Africa with her daughters last year.
Mandela has taken up permanent residence at his home in Qunu, in the southwestern region of South Africa where he was raised. Earlier this year, Mandela came to his Johannesburg home for what Zuma's office said would be a brief stay while maintenance was done at his Qunu home. Zuma's office said then that Mandela was in good health.
Mandela's last surviving sibling, a sister, died last month near Qunu. Makhulu Nothusile Bhulehluthi was 82. Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mandela, their father, had several wives and 31 children.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Sunday, 26 February 2012
West dismisses Syria constitution vote as 'farce'
A Syrian woman, center, dances between pro-Syrian regime supporters wearing police uniforms as they celebrate outside a polling station during a referendum on the new constitution, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Syrians began voting Sunday on a new draft constitution aimed at quelling the country's uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party's five-decade domination of power, but the opposition announced a boycott and clashes were reported across the country. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
A Syrian woman, center, dances between pro-Syrian regime supporters wearing police uniforms as they celebrate outside a polling station during a referendum on the new constitution, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Syrians began voting Sunday on a new draft constitution aimed at quelling the country's uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party's five-decade domination of power, but the opposition announced a boycott and clashes were reported across the country. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
A Syrian man holds up his ballot paper at a polling station during a referendum on the new constitution in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday Feb. 26, 2012. Syrians began voting Sunday on a new draft constitution aimed at quelling the country's uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party's five-decade domination of power, but the opposition announced a boycott and clashes were reported across the country. Arabic on the ballot Paper reads, "the Syrian Arab Republic, referendum card, do you agree with the new draft constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic, I agree, I do not agree." (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
A Syrian woman shows her ballot paper at a polling station during a referendum on the new constitution, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Syrians began voting Sunday on a new draft constitution aimed at quelling the country's uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party's five-decade domination of power, but the opposition announced a boycott and clashes were reported across the country. Arabic on the ballot Paper reads, "the Syrian Arab Republic, referendum card, do you agree with the new draft constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic, I agree, I do not agree." (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
A Syrian woman fills a ballot paper next to a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad at a polling station during a referendum on the new constitution in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Feb. 26, 2012. Syrians began voting Sunday on a new draft constitution aimed at quelling the country's uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party's five-decade domination of power, but the opposition announced a boycott and clashes were reported across the country. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
In this Thursday Feb. 23, 2012 photo, Syrian rebels gather in front of the remains of a burnt military vehicle belonging to Syrian government forces destroyed by Syrian rebels during a clashes at Khaldiyeh neighborhood in Homs province, Syria. Syrians began voting Sunday on a new draft constitution aimed at quelling the country's uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party's five-decade domination of power, but the opposition announced a boycott and clashes were reported across the country. In regions like the restive central city of Homs, where shelling by government forces has left hundreds dead, or the northwestern province of Idlib and the southern region of Daraa where rebels clash frequently with the security forces, turnout is likely to be minimal. (AP Photo)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? The U.S. and its allies dismissed the Syrian regime's referendum on a new constitution Sunday as a "farce" meant to justify the bloody crackdown on dissent.
But voters in government strongholds suggested why some Syrians have not joined the uprising against President Bashar Assad: Loyalty, distrust of the opposition and fear his fall will ignite a civil war.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called the poll "a cynical ploy" and urged Syrians who still support Assad to turn against him. A "farce" and a "sham vote" was how German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle described it.
"It's a phony referendum and it is going to be used by Assad to justify what he's doing to other Syrian citizens," Clinton said in an interview with CBS News in Rabat, Morocco.
"The longer you support the regime's campaign of violence against your brothers and sisters, the more it will stain your honor," she added, addressing Assad supporters, especially the military. "If you refuse, however, to prop up the regime or take part in attacks ... your countrymen and women will hail you as heroes."
While casting his vote at the state broadcasting headquarters, Assad showed no signs of giving in on international demands to end his crackdown. And as he has done in the past, he tried to deflect blame in other directions. He said Syria was under a "media attack."
"They may be stronger on the airwaves but we are stronger on the ground, and we aspire to win both on the ground and on the airwaves," he said in footage broadcast on state TV.
The U.S. and its European and Arab allies met Friday at a major international conference on the Syrian crisis in Tunisia, trying to forge a unified strategy to push Assad from power. They began planning a civilian peacekeeping mission to deploy after the regime falls.
The new constitution allows ? at least in theory ? for the formation of competing political parties and limits the president to two seven-year terms. Such change was unthinkable a year ago. Syria has been ruled by the Baath party since it seized power in a coup in 1963 and the Assad family has ruled since Bashar's father Hafez took over in another coup in 1970.
Even as the regime hailed the referendum as a giant step toward reform, its military kept up a crackdown that has been focused for the past three weeks on the opposition stronghold city of Homs. The city, parts of which are controlled by rebels, has come under intense shelling and hundreds have died, including two Western journalists.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 18 civilians and 16 security personnel were killed Sunday, mostly in Homs. Another group, the Local Coordination Committees, said 45 people were killed nationwide, including 21 in Homs province.
The opposition called the referendum an empty gesture and boycotted voting, saying it will not ease the country's crisis. Supporters of the uprising say nothing short of Assad's ouster will end the bloodshed.
Activist groups estimate nearly 7,500 have died in 11 months of unrest.
Still the referendum demonstrated the support that Assad continues to enjoy among many Syrians and pointed to the difficulties of regime opponents ? both internal and external ? will face in trying to push him from power.
For the 41 years Assad's family has ruled Syria, it has used shrewd politics, a nearly omnipresent intelligence service and brute force to maintain power. Many of Syria's minorities ? Christians, Druse and Alawites, which include Assad ? count on the regime for protection on the understanding that they remain loyal. Many others have also benefited from regime ties.
These groups could be loath to see the regime fall, especially given how disorganized and unfamiliar those fighting Assad are. Regular state propaganda characterizing them and Islamist extremists and "armed gangs" also plays a role.
Even a successful vote ? results are expected Monday ? is unlikely to bring immediate change. Activists say too many people have died for them to accept anything less than Assad's ouster.
Legal expert Omran Zoubi, who helped draft the new document, said Assad's time in office so far doesn't count. That means he could serve two more terms after his current one ends 2014, keeping him in office until 2028.
In the capital Damascus, a regime stronghold where many in business and minority communities support Assad, many appeared eager to vote in what they considered a safe step toward reform.
"I'm here because I love my country," said housewife Fayzeh Fadel, wearing large sunglasses, jeans and high heels. She said she didn't want Syria to have a civil war like Libya or neighboring Iraq.
She and other voters spoke to foreign reporters who were accompanied by government minders.
"My biggest fear is civil war," said a woman named Lana at a pro-Assad demonstration downtown who declined to give her full name. "That's why we are standing by our president and Syrian institutions."
Nearby, hundreds of people waved Syrian flags and carried signs telling Assad: "We love you." Reflecting Assad's international allies, street peddlers sold flags for Russia, China and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Eleven months after protesters inspired by successful Arab Spring revolts in Tunisia and Egypt first took the streets, the real extent of Assad's support is unclear. Syria has no reliable polling, and authorities have restricted media work.
Most Damascus voters are likely regime supporters or people scared of unrest. Actual opponents probably stayed home.
The two main opposition groups, the Syrian National Council and the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria, called for a boycott, and other groups declared a general strike that appears to have been observed in some places.
Fewer voters turned out in the Damascus neighborhoods of Rukneddine and Barzeh, where anti-government protesters have recently demonstrated.
About 20 percent of shops were closed in Barzeh, and one voter said he had come from another center where there was "pressure not to vote ... intimidation and calls for public disobedience." He did not give his name for fear of reprisal.
Videos posted online Sunday by activists ? their primary means of communicating with the outside world ? gave a very different view.
Some showed protests against the vote outside of Damascus and Aleppo. One video from the northern Idlib province showed hundreds of men chanting, "To hell with them and their constitution."
A lighter video from elsewhere in Idlib showed dozens of men filing through a fake polling station and dropping their ballots in a trash bin.
The videos could not be independently verified.
Other videos showed the continued violence, as security forces shelled dissident areas and clashed with armed rebels.
The central city of Homs saw some of the day's worst violence. One video showed men firing a rocket-propelled grenade at a tank. Another from the neighborhood of Baba Amr, which has been subject to a weekslong government siege, showed huge plumes of smoke clouding the horizon while exploding shells boomed.
"The world is watching as Baba Amr is being destroyed and it says nothing," a voice says.
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Hubbard reported from Beirut. Associated Press writers Matthew Lee, in Rabat, Morocco, Dale Gavlak, in Amman, Jordan, and Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed to this report.
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I have a joke in my office that reads ?There are two kinds of people who hate filing their income tax return. Men and women.? There?s a lot of truth in that joke.
Preparing you income tax return is a chore that few enjoy. For many, they prefer to farm out the requirement to a qualified tax preparer rather than take the task on themselves. In either case, there are few key points that every taxpayer should be made aware.
The 2011 income tax filing deadline is April 30, 2012. Self-employed persons have until June 15, 2012 to file their return, however if there is a balance owing, interest starts accumulating after April 30, 2012.
While the end of April may still seem quite far away, the deadline for RRSP contributions is less than a week away (February 29, 2012). This is a critical deadline if you intend to contribute to savings in the form of an RRSP for the tax year of 2011 while reducing your taxable income for 2011. I suggest marking this date on the calendar and not leaving a conversation with the bank or a financial advisor until the last moment. Often contributions to RRSP?s will reduce taxable income to allow a refund to be generated, which can then be reinvested or at the very least, avoid a tax liability from being incurred.
I?m often surprised by the number of taxpayers who seek my financial advice and do not believe they are required to file an income tax return. If you must pay income tax or have earnings on which CPP contributions must be paid, you are required to file a tax return. Furthermore, if you disposed of investments, capital property or if the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requests that you file a return you must do so. Many individuals may also choose to file an income tax return as a way to take advantage of such credits as GST rebates or the Child Tax Benefit Credit (CTBC).
You don?t need to be an accountant to annually familiarize yourself with changes to the Income Tax Act. We sometimes forget that circumstances such as a change of martial status, relocation or caregiving an ageing parent can affect the way we file our return. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has a free on-line tutorial explaining the basics of taxation, the tax filing process in Canada, roles and responsibilities and how to complete a basic tax return. www.cra-arc.gc.ca
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Saturday, 25 February 2012
RI Real Estate Law - Purchase And Sales Agreements - Single ...
In Rhode Island most buy and promote agreements (purchase and sales agreements) for single-household properties are on a form ready by the Rhode Island Affiliation of Realtors. The Purchase and Gross sales Settlement is a vital authorized document that sometimes units forth the gross sales worth, time, date and place of the residential real estate closing, contingencies based on financing, in addition to many other provisions.
It?s possible you?ll attempt to negotiate modifications?godaddy promo code to this agreement and are not obligated to sign the standard form. Prior to signing the Buy and Gross sales Agreement, the client ought to contact a Rhode Island lawyer / legal professional who makes a speciality of real property regulation, residential real property closings and title law.
This settlement was drafted with the intent to be fair to each buyers and sellers of residential actual estate; nonetheless, the buyer should not sign this agreement without paying careful consideration to the entire provisions together with the following provisions:
1. The settlement supplies for a certain number of days inside which purchaser must apply for his/her mortgage. Pursuant to the phrases of the standard Rhode Island Purchase and Gross sales Settlement, if the client fails to apply for the mortgage, his deposit will be forfeited. Please make certain that you enable enough days for this utility to be made.
2. The agreement provides that if the customer applies for a mortgage better than the quantity set forth within the Buy and Gross sales Settlement, buyer can have no proper to acquire a return of his deposit if his mortgage application is denied. Purchaser ought to be certain that the quantity crammed in for his proposed mortgage is in fact the best quantity that he intends to apply for.
3. The agreement gives that the client must accept the property with any easements or restrictions of file that impact the property. The customer ought to learn the Rhode Island Actual Estate Gross sales Disclosure Form previous to signing the Buy and Sales Agreement. Rhode Island Law requires that the vendor of residential real property in RI notify the customer of any restrictions or easements. Purchaser should check the disclosure form and if the vendor indicates that there are restrictions or easements, buyer ought to learn them previous to signing the Purchase and Sales Agreement. If the client does not understand the legal implications of the restriction or easement, then they should contact their actual estate attorney.
4. Purchaser?s right to a return of their deposit within the event they are not satisfied with house inspections, reminiscent of bodily/mechanical, pest infestation and septic system, is dependent upon the inspector finding a considerable / materially poor situation which has not been disclosed to the customer prior to the execution of the Buy and Sales Agreement. Which means that the customer should fastidiously learn the Real Estate Disclosure equipped by the seller previous to signing the Purchase and Gross sales Settlement to make sure that seller has not disclosed existing poor circumstances on the property on this form. If poor circumstances have been disclosed, the Purchase and Gross sales Agreement needs to be amended to indicate that buyer might terminate the settlement based upon these deficient conditions.
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The Significance of New Cell Phone Devices
The new cell phone devices are loaded with a lot of features intended to enhance the user experience. Initially, communication could only be accomplished using landline phones. Nonetheless, these phones are only suited to housewives and people staying in office settings. The following are some advantages as to why you should consider using cell phones.
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The new cell phone devices are updated with a lot of classic features which provide entertainment, even when one is on the move. You can access social media, stream videos, listen to your favorite radio station or even stream videos to keep you entertained while on the go. It is also possible to access television programs from your phone, making entertainment part of your life regardless of where you are.
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The main purpose of the new cell phones is to enhance communication.
They are designed with advanced technology to enhance call reception, regardless of where the user is. There are special applications that can be installed in these phones to allow the user to utilize it across the globe at a reasonable cost.?
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The traditional landlines were purposely meant for transferring real time audio message. However, new cell phone devices can be used to send emails, audio and text messages as well as support real time audio communication.
This helps in bringing effective communication to the fingertips of the user. You can also use the phone to perform some of the tasks you do using your laptop, such as typing or viewing photos and videos.?
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The fact that cell phones are wireless and compact means you can carry the unit in your pocket conveniently. This will ensure you are capable of communicating with your contacts even when you are running your business outdoors.?
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In modern society, the new cell phones can be used as status symbols. The expensive and complicated phones are reserved for the high-end market, but there are also cheaper phones tailored to suit every budget. Conduct adequate research when buying cell phones to get one that will complement your status. The designs, colors, brands, sizes and features are all common features that can be used to determine the suitability of a new cell phone.
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The latest phones are compact and yet loaded with essential features such as a calculator, music system, data and video conversion, GPS, camera, video recorder and TV ability among other features. The price range is also tailored to suit every budget. It solely depends on the kinds of features chosen.
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Friday, 24 February 2012
Mapping Out A technique For Workplace Safety Training | Articles ...
Manufacturing firms must provide safety training for their workers. Meeting the standards which are set by OSHA is a duty. OSHA is the Occupational Health and security Administration. The standards they set are to prevent wounds, sicknesses, or fatalities in the office.
A company should institute a plan which makes sure all necessities are met. Everyone concerned must understand the process of devising the plan will be in depth. The key considerations are collusion and cooperation from everyone.
The details in the plan a company develops are determined by the type of job jobs being performed. The company can easily contact OSHA to learn where to start. Codes and policies must be in place for each detail of every position. Makers usually allot an administrator or either a team of directors to get together a manual containing all codes and policies.
Consulting firms are also ready to supply training to employees. They can be contracted by a company to train workers to work in the needed parameters. The staff will be awarded validation after they complete the programme. This option is very effective. Although this may be expensive, companies will feel assured that employees have been trained correctly.
Technical schools also offer courses. Some corporations partner with these schools and offer inducements to staff for successful completion. This is a great way for a business to supply access to quality instruction for staff without having take time away from production.
The method used is a matter of preference. The important thing to consider is that OSHA standards must be met. This is unconditional. The best concept is generally to connect to them to find out ways to concentrate your efforts in mapping out a technique for office safety training.
Choosing the right IPAF training courses for your business employees and yourself is important for company safety. For more information and details about powered access courses visit Astra Training today.
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No evidence of medical problem in Ark. plane crash (AP)
[unable to retrieve full-text content]AP - A medical examiner who performed an autopsy on an 82-year-old pilot was not able to find any medical conditions that could have contributed to the crash that killed all four people aboard, including Oklahoma State University women's basketball coach Kurt Budke last year in central Arkansas.
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Thursday, 23 February 2012
'American Idol' reveals 14 of 24 semifinalists
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Colton Dixon, Reed Grimm and Elise Testone are all moving on.
By Craig Berman
After one night of the ?American Idol? semifinal selection process, there are three facts to note heading into Thursday?s episode: If your favorite singer is a woman whose fate hasn?t been revealed yet, you may be in trouble. If it?s a man you?re worried about, you have a better shot. And if you?re cheering for Adam Brock, you really, really hate the show right now.
By the end of Wednesday?s two-hour episode, 22 singers had learned their fate and 14 of the 24 semifinalists were revealed. Very few of the outcomes were surprising, but that didn?t stop the ?Idol? judges from milking the tension for all it was worth.
Eight of the 12 spots for women have already been claimed. Among them are a pair of teenagers in Jessica Sanchez and Brielle Von Hugel. Sanchez?s backstory hook is that she?s part of a huge family and her mom is unemployed because of Sanchez's music career. As for Von Hugel, her mother, Camille, has been the star of the peanut gallery so far.
?Where did you get that tan?? host Ryan Seacrest asked mama Von Hugel on Wednesday?s show.
?Out of a can,? she replied.
Simon Cowell, take note. She could be your next ?X Factor? host with rejoinders like that.
Jen Hirsh, Haley Johnson, Elise Testone, Chelsea Sorrell, Baylie Brown and Erika Van Pelt also moved on to varying degrees of fanfare. Brown had to undego the torture of hearing Steven Tyler say, ?It doesn?t give me great pleasure to say this?... [cue Brown?s heart stopping] actually, it makes me ecstatic.? But she never looked nervous, a good sign for her going forward.
Meanwhile, Van Pelt got the most lukewarm endorsement, as J.Lo first told her, ?We had a lot of people who didn?t do as amazing as we thought they were gonna do, and unfortunately you were one of those people.? Then she?added, ?We?re gonna take one more chance on you.? In other words, don?t necessarily expect Van Pelt?to still be around in April.
Only three women were denied: Blaire Sieber, Naomi Gillies and Lauren Gray. Gray might have been a mild surprise, but she wasn?t shocked.
?I knew it was coming,? she said as she hugged the judges
?You?re 23, you?re so good and you?re so close,? Randy Jackson told her. But not close enough.?
For those of you doing the math, that makes 10 women with uncertain fates, and only four spots in the semifinal remaining.
As for the men, unless you?re a big Richie Law fan, nothing was surprising.
Were the judges going to send Colton Dixon home at this stage for the second year in a row after they had to browbeat him to get him to audition again in the first place? Would they bring the wacky Reed Grimm this far just to let him go now? Could they really send Phillip Phillips back to the pawn shop musical circuit?
No, no and no.
The same goes for Heejun Han, who?s sure to make it big somewhere even if he doesn?t last long here. ?You?re a better star than you are a singer,? Steven told him when he gave him the good news. A throwaway quip, perhaps, but also true. We?ll find out next week whether Han's that good in front of the camera or whether the editors have just been really good to him.
Creighton Fraker and Joshua Ledet might have been on shakier ground, but both were camera hogs in recent episodes and therefore, obvious picks. But we did find out that Fraker?s biological father is in the band Flotsam and Jetsam, so feel free to break that out at your next ?Idol? trivia night.
We also saw the dream end for five others. Cowboy?Law was the most prominent, but his final ?Ring of Fire? solo didn?t do much to boost his chances. Neco Starr was the biggest surprise, while Caleb Johnson lost his shot with a brutal performance in his final solo. Clayton Farhat and River St. James also were shown the door.
That leaves 10 men left with six spots available, pretty good odds.
As for Brock, his fate was left up in the air as the cliffhanger heading into Thursday. All we know is that he broke down trying to explain how much this meant to him, and he heard Randy tell him, ?Our decision for you is definitely not unanimous.?
Here?s one unanimous decision from ?Idol? fans to those in charge of the show: Those kind of cliffhangers are annoying. Fortunately, that drama will end Thursday, and we?ll finally find out the last 10 of the 24 singers who will move onto the live episodes next week.
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Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Javier Colon, The Voice Winner, Down to Battle X Factor, American Idol Champions
The Voice reigning champion Javier Colon has accepted Simon Cowell's idea for the ultimate musical showdown - a battle between TV singing competition winners!
Simon suggested pitting the champs of X Factor, The Voice and American Idol together in a singing smackdown, with the goal of determining who reigns supreme.
Javier took to Twitter to accept Simon's "super final" challenge:
"So @simoncowell recently proposed a face off btw Idol/Xfactor/Voice winners. I really respect the other shows and winners a lot but if U want a battle I'm IN!"
American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe also responded on Twitter last week, but he was less willing, making a thinly-veiled claim to Idol's superiority:
"@simoncowell suggests the IDOL winner should take on the voice and x-factor winners. The problem is the Idol winner will be a star by then."
Ouch! Idol is really digging in against its critics these days.
With X Factor allowing managed talent to participate this season, and The Voice getting bigger ratings than ever this winter, the ante has been upped.
Will past and future champions step up to the plate?! This show would likely never happen for myriad reasons, but we ask you: Which show is the best?
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MICA unveils Executive Programme in association with Hughes ...
Hughes Communication India Limited has announced that it has partnered with Mudra Institute of Communications Ahemdabad (MICA) to launch Post Graduate Certification Program on Advertising Management and Public Relations (PGCAMPR).
The one year program will start from April 2012 and will bring together MICA?s reputed faculty to help students across India with course content specific to Public Relations and Advertising to help create a successful marketing and communication professionals tailor-made for the Indian corporate ecosystem.
Using a pragmatic and result-oriented philosophy, MICA professors will employ a variety of teaching methodologies that will include formal lectures, case studies, team and individual presentations, role-play and negotiations, action learning, group-discussions and workshops on specific aspects of communications and creative brief writing. Students will also get to learn and use numerous tactical/implementation modules related to advertising and public relations including consumer behavior, marketing research, digital marketing and media management.
Additionally, the programme provides participants an opportunity to interact with industry thought leaders to get practical perspectives and tips on managing brands. Students will also get opportunities for discussions with professionals and peers from organisations facing a diverse set of brand positioning and marketing communication challenges. In just one year, this intensive programme will aim at filling in the knowledge gaps in essential communication disciplines to facilitate the transition of functional specialists into more all-rounded generalists with a host of general marketing skills.
Speaking on the occasion Rajpreet Singh, Director Marketing and Sales of Hughes Global Education said, ?India is the next big battlefield for global public relations and advertising firms when it comes to brand building and marketing. The public relations and advertising scene in India have undergone a metamorphosis both in terms of the hugely diverse audiences and the sheer number of platforms available for dissemination of news, information and corporate messaging. The program aims to develop a strong set of communications and marketing professionals with the skill-sets and ability to plan and execute diverse positioning and communication strategies for brands and organizations.?
Added, Prof Falguni VasavdaOza, Programme Director, Mudra Institute of Communication Ahmedabad, ?The specialized one year PGCAMPR programme combines with MICA?s best-in-breed teaching-learning methodologies to equip students with specific communications and advertising insights and learning?s. The focus is on imparting lessons through courseware that includes real life case-studies and practical sessions to ensure that students emerge as skilled professionals, armed with the necessary tools and knowledge to manage brands in the digital-age.?
The PGCAMPR course will be offered through the Interactive Onsite Learning (IOL) platform of Hughes Global Education, a leader in Executive Education in India. The platform seamlessly integrates the strengths and advantages of the traditional method of education with the latest in technology. Using a very powerful interface, Hughes Global Education enables the education community to reach out to students, corporates and working professionals throughout India with highly interactive sessions using video, voice and data.
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Get to Know the Possibilities of Turmeric and Skin Cancer Protection ...
Long before scientists started exploring the connection between turmeric and skin cancer, the spice had been in the medicine chest of most healers and an essential cooking aid of most households in Asia.
If the connection between turmeric and skin cancer was not known to earlier healers, it was mainly because cancer was less prevalent or less well known at the time. However, there was awareness of its use in treating skin ailments.
Curcumin, the active compound which confers the medicinal powers, can heal wounds, kill germs, and reduce inflammation. Its antioxidant powers can prevent and reverse cell damage.
In the case of skin cancer, curcumin can cause the cancer causing melanoma cells to destroy themselves. This is very different from the more common cancer chemotherapy which destroys the adjacent healthy cells also. The curative mechanism of turmeric, and skin cancer treatment requirements are thus mutually compatible.
The demands that cancer chemotherapy makes on a patient?s immune system are enormous. The patient becomes extremely vulnerable to infection, loses hair, loses appetite, and becomes nauseated.
In the interaction of turmeric and skin cancer treatment, these types of problems are avoided. Rather than damaging the immune system, it is boosted instead. The exact mechanism through which curcumin interacts with cancer cells has not yet been fully worked out, but it is accepted that there is an effect in combating cancer.
Turmeric is not just useful in skin cancer treatment. It is also useful with regard to heart conditions, bad cholesterol and can improve the functioning of the liver. Improved liver function helps prevent the spreading of cancer. It is these myriad health benefits that makes it worthwhile to include turmeric among one?s tools for sustaining good health.
It is usually best to take a multi-ingredient health supplement which contains other supportive nutrients, minerals and factors. A multi health supplement with up to 95% unadulterated curcumin content can provide users with all round health benefits. In addition, when combined with the black pepper extract known as piperine, turmeric is better absorbed into the body and works as a shield against many infections.
I do take a multi-ingredient supplement containing among other components resveratrol, ginko biloba, lutein, multi-vitamins, zeaxanthin, trace elements and many other components whose total exceeds 70.
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Monday, 20 February 2012
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Jefferson County, Ala., Falls Off the Bankruptcy Cliff | G7Finance ...
David Bundy for The New York Times
Birmingham, above, has been struggling in recent years and its county, Jefferson, is grappling with the realities of bankruptcy.
ONE county jail here is so crowded that some inmates sleep on the floor, while the other county jail, a few miles down the road, sits empty.
There is no money for the second one anymore.
The county roads here need paving, and the tax collector needs help.
There is no money for them, either.
There is no money for a lot of things around here, not since Jefferson County, population 658,000, went bankrupt last fall. There is no money for holiday D.U.I. checkpoints, litter patrols or overtime pay at the courthouse. None for crews to pull weeds or pick up road kill ? not even when, as happened recently, an unlucky cow was hit near the town of Wylam.
?We don?t do that any more,? E. Wayne Sullivan, director of the roads and transportation department, said of such roadside cleanup.
This is life today in Jefferson County ? Bankrupt, U.S.A. For all the talk in Washington about taxes and deficits, here is a place where government finances, and government itself, have simply broken down. The county, which includes the city of Birmingham, is drowning under $4 billion in debt, the legacy of a big sewer project and corrupt financial dealings that sent 17 people to prison.
If you want to take a broad view, the trouble really began with the Constitutional Convention of the State of Alabama in 1901. The document that emerged there ? written to empower business interests and disenfranchise African-Americans and poor whites ? gives towns and counties little authority over local issues. Local taxing power rests with the state, though state lawmakers are loath to wield it today, in an age of anti-tax populism. Last summer, the Supreme Court of Alabama struck down a tax that was a crucial source of revenue for Jefferson County, finally pushing the county over the brink.
Officials here have only begun to grapple with the implications of life under Chapter 9 of the federal bankruptcy code, a municipal form of debt adjustment, rather than reorganization or liquidation. Until now, the most famous example was Orange County, Calif., which filed for Chapter 9 in 1994, after risky investments went horribly wrong. Many local governments are struggling to pay their bills these days, but hardly any have filed for bankruptcy. Notable exceptions include Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, Vallejo, Calif., and Central Falls, R.I.
?This is really a journey without a road map,? said John S. Young, the civil engineer who was appointed by an Alabama court to figure out how to fix Jefferson County?s sewer system. Today he is that project?s official receiver in name only: a federal bankruptcy court has suspended his powers, ruling that the federal bankruptcy law trumps state laws that protect bondholders.
Ordinary citizens can?t do much at this point. Jefferson County has even canceled municipal elections scheduled for this August. It seems that there?s no money for voting booths, either.
IN late 2010, a Wall Street analyst, Meredith Whitney, caused a stir during an appearance on ?60 Minutes.? The $4 trillion market for municipal bonds, Ms. Whitney said, was headed for trouble. Within 12 months, 50 to 100 sizable defaults, possibly more, would rattle the market, she predicted.
The reaction was stunning. In a blink, billions of dollars flew out of the muni market. Mutual funds that specialized in such bonds were hit especially hard.
Ms. Whitney?s prediction hasn?t come to pass, and the muni market ? usually a dull-as-dishwater corner of Wall Street ? has since recovered.
Many muni experts called Ms. Whitney an alarmist, but she clearly touched a nerve. States, counties, cities and towns issue many billions of dollars worth of new munis every year, and those bonds pay for all sorts of things. Government bodies nationwide can borrow those billions at a low cost because munis are traditionally considered among the most conservative of investments. Without quick and easy access to this market, local government as we know it would fall apart.
That?s why the developments in Jefferson County are so unnerving. About 300 municipalities nationwide are in default on their debt, but most of them are so tiny that they draw little attention. What is more, after New York City ran into financial trouble in the ?70s, and Cleveland fell into a hole in the ?80s, the federal bankruptcy code was changed to ensure that certain types of muni bonds would keep paying interest and principal even if the issuing government authority sought bankruptcy.
Yet Chapter 9 bankruptcies have been so rare, and Chapter 9?s involving lots of bonded debt rarer still, that there is almost no legal precedent for what is happening in Jefferson County. Its lawyers are negotiating with roughly 4,000 creditors, from suppliers to hedge funds. The federal bankruptcy judge in the case is exerting enormous influence. By the time this is over, the lines between state and federal power may be redrawn when it comes to who, if anyone, can force a community to make good on its promises.
?It could set a precedent for the whole market,? said Matt Fabian, a managing director at Municipal Market Advisors, a research firm.
Kyle Whitmire contributed reporting from Birmingham.
Source: http://g7finance.com/g7finance-news/jefferson-county-ala-falls-off-the-bankruptcy-cliff/
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Sunday, 19 February 2012
Washington County, Maine: Saturday's Political IQ Test (ContributorNetwork)
[unable to retrieve full-text content]ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | It comes down to the wire in Washington County, Maine, this Saturday, February 18. While Mitt Romney was already projected to win the Maine Caucus over Ron Paul last week, the margin of victory -- 194 votes thus far -- brings this one postponed super caucus contest under the microscope.
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Saturday, 18 February 2012
Scriptnotes Ep. 24: The Brotherhood of Screenwriters ... - John August
The original post for this episode can be found here.
John August: Hello and welcome. My name is John August.
Craig Mazin: I?m Craig Mazin.
John: And this is Scriptnotes. This is episode 24, in fact. Scriptnotes is a podcast about screenwriting, and things that are interesting to screenwriters. And Craig, I?m in just the best possible mood, and I?m sure you can guess why.
Craig: Because, uh? Is it Glee-based?
John: Weirdly it is Glee-related, but it is not specifically Glee-based. What happened last Sunday, or as people are listening to this, two Sundays ago?
Craig: The Superbowl.
John: Well, yes, there was a sports game played, apparently. But, a very important thing happened on Sunday which I don?t think is getting enough cultural attention.
Craig: [laughs] A sports game?!?
John: Well, I don?t know. The judges picked who the best sports team was.
Craig: Judges. [laughs]
John: More importantly ?
Craig: Yeah?
John: ? a cultural event happened that as a listener to the show, I assume you listen to the show in addition to just talking on the show ?
Craig: Yes.
John: ? you would know is incredibly dear to my heart. What do I love more than anything?
Craig: Madonna?
John: No. Well, yeah, Madonna, fine. But whatever. Something even more important happened before, I think it was before Madonna in the show.
Craig: Was it one of the ads?
John: Yes.
Craig: Um.
John: And even more than an ad. It was NBC?s promo for the whole network.
Craig: They did it. They actually did that thing.
John: They did that thing! That thing that I love more than anything on earth is a whole network promo where you see stars from various shows coming together.
Craig: Of course.
John: In this case singing a song together. So, it was pretty much just like a thousand Christmases for me.
Craig: And, the lens through which we both experience the Superbowl is so vastly different. [laughs]
John: [laughs] Now did you actually see it, or you just heard about it?
Craig: No, no. I saw it, but I didn?t care. I think I went to the bathroom. [laughs] But what was the song that they sang? What was their slogan?
John: Brotherhood of Man, which is from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Craig: Fantastic.
John: And I thought maybe we would spend just a minute or two replaying it so I can kind of talk you through it. I can give sort of the viewer?s commentary on it.
Craig: Please.
John: So, some scene setting. We start off in 30 Rock. We are in Jack Donaghy?s office. And we have Liz Lemon and the whole cast there. And they are gathered together to watch the Superbowl. And there is random chit chat. The office is somewhat over lit, because you can tell it is not the real crew doing all of this. And some people look a little bit strange; they are not acting quite right. She is holding a big plate of nachos.
Craig: Mm-hmm.
John: And then, Jack Donaghy starts singing. And it is not quite clear why he is singing. The only thing that is also weird you notice is this is early in the season for taping 30 Rock because Jack?s hair this season, for some reason, is much redder than it should be.
It?s like the hair dye just got a little bit off, and they decided, ?Oh, to get rid of the gray, maybe we are going to go a little bit more ? ? I don?t know, what?s that color? It?s like a dragon red.
Craig: [laughs] This is so funny to me. Keep going. This is great.
John: So now we move from 30 Rock. First we go to The Office, and so the three of them, the three sort of leads who are left on the show, sing their little bit. And it is a continuous one-shot. Then Parks and Rec. And then, come on, the Parks and Rec folks are great.
Craig: Yeah. It?s a good show. I like that show.
John: And Community. Community still exists as a show on NBC.
Craig: That?s right.
John: Which is encouraging. Ken Jeong doing a little hip swivel.
Craig: That?s my boy.
John: It?s fantastic.
Craig: My boy, Ken.
John: So now we are back at 30 Rock, and Liz is carrying her nachos. She and Jack are talking. They are doing their little mentors thing. And they are going into the main set where they do the show, the show that is completely implausible within the show ?
Craig: Right.
John: The thing called TGS. And Jane Krakowski gets to sing. Who, Jane Krakowski, by the way, is great. ?Jane Krakowski from Go,? is what I always say, because she started off, you know ?
Craig: Of course.
John: ? the first thing people know her from.
Craig: You should say, ?Go?s Jane Krakowski.?
John: Go?s Jane Krakowski. Because the only other thing people would know about her before that would be Vacation. Because, you know, she is the girl in Vacation where, ?Daddy says I?m the best kisser.? That?s her.
Craig: No way.
John: That is Jane Krakowski.
Craig: Really? I did not know that.
John: Okay. So now we have to cut away from here to Smash, which is of course a very natural cut here.
Craig: Yeah. Natural.
John: So Katherine McPhee and Megan Hilty are singing their belting their songs. And then the curtains open up, and then, like, the rest of the cast comes out really quickly and says, like, three lines. And you can?t even see it, it is such a wide shot. So if you are Debra Messing, you are probably not so happy.
But, then you go to Law & Order: SVU, and everyone from Law & Order: SVU is singing, except for the one guy, the hot guy who was in Oz, who was always naked on Oz. For some reason he is not here that day.
It?s a quick cutaway to Whitney and some other show that I don?t care about.
Craig: I have lost control, by the way. I just want people to know I am absolutely out of control right now.
John: Donald Trump shows up. And now the NBC news team is here.
Craig: Did they get naked?
John: They did not get naked. But now we are at the Saturday Night Live people who are all good singers. And so they are naturals for this. And it is weird how much Saturday Night Live has sort of taken over the comedy universe of NBC; so many of the people on all those shows are from SNL.
Craig: Yeah. They have cross-pollinated through the Parks and Recreation and 30 Rock.
John: And Alec Baldwin nearly falls over when he picks up the Rockette?
Craig: And was that it?
John: That was it. There is a little Jimmy Fallon tap dance number. And Jimmy is lovely, but the song is over. He is just sort of trying to mooch a little bit of energy.
Craig: So that, for you basically, they wrapped football pointlessly around that thing.
John: Yeah. It was basically an NBC promo/John August delivery vehicle.
Craig: Right. In a weird way the football was the promo for the show, which was the promo.
John: Exactly. It is like this was the hot dog, and they shoved the little medicine that the dog had to take inside the hot dog, and I ate it all up. So I ended up watching more football than I would usually watch.
Craig: The only thing that could have possibly made this gayer was the hot dog analogy. [laughs]
John: [laughs] But, anyway, so I needed to share my satisfaction and my joy, because so often it is easy to talk about the bad things in life, and sort of like how the entertainment industry does things wrong. And so when they do something so amazingly right, I think we have to celebrate it.
Craig: You know what, listen man: passion. The key is to find something you love and be passionate about it. I?m from New Jersey. I love the Giants. It was a pretty good day for me.
John: Mm-hmm.
Craig: You love those things. It was a good day for you. [laughs] I think just all around it was a great Sunday.
John: It was a great Sunday.
Craig: And our friend, Grant Nieporte? I never know if it is Knee-Port-Eh or Knee-Port.
John: It is so weird. Those people who you only see their names, especially because of online stuff. You only see their names online, and you have no idea how to pronounce them.
Craig: I think it might be Knee-Port-Eh, because I think it is Portuguese or something. But anyway, he is a screenwriter, and he and a bunch of other guys were the people behind the Doritos Slingshot Baby ad. And they collectively won $1 million.
John: Well that?s great!
Craig: Yeah.
John: Hurrah!
Craig: How about that. I mean, he was like, ?Well, but then, you know, after we all divided up I get $28,000, and then I have to pay taxes on it.? So it sounded much better than it was. But it still, I mean, it?s pretty good.
John: It?s still great.
Craig: Yeah. They win. That is the important thing. They win.
John: Winning is nice.
Craig: Yeah.
John: So other small things happened this week. We announced a new screenplay format called Fountain.
Craig: Fountain. This, actually, is an exciting thing. Tell them what it is.
John: So, Fountain is basically a screenplay markup language that is just plain text. So every fountain file is just a text file. You can open it in any text editor. You can write it in any text editor. What is different about Fountain versus just a normal plain text file is just how you lay it on the screen. So, it is basically what you think: character names are in uppercase; a line following a character?s name is dialogue; parentheticals are in parentheses; transitions end in ?TO:?
It is very simple. It is very much how you would write on paper, if you were writing out on paper. Out of the box you can use any text editor. And the main screenwriting apps like Final Draft or Movie Magic Screenwriter, they will take these files really happily, and do a pretty good job interpreting them. New stuff is coming down the pike that will actually do great jobs natively with Fountain files, and will be able to interpret things like bolding, and centering, and sectioning.
And from Beth Schacter, a friend of ours, we have built in a feature called Boneyard, which is if you have a scene that you just want to omit, but you just want to leave it in place and omit it, you can just bracket it out, and it will just not be in your file anymore. It won?t show up or print.
Craig: That?s great. You know what I like about this? Eventually, they are going to? What I would love to be able to do on a set is have a script on my iPad. And then, if I really quickly wanted to make a change, take a pen, which I know Steve Jobs hates stylists in editing, but take a pen, cross it out, hit a button to insert, and then write very quickly a couple of new lines of dialogue. Hit a button it reincorporates it in. And then it prints them out.
And it seems like the first thing ?
John: We are very close to that.
Craig: Yeah. Because you can?t really do that until? Because handwriting recognition goes to text, not to Final Draft gobbledygook markup. So, it seems like this is a very good step forward.
John: Yeah. And, weirdly, handwriting recognition is relatively simple, and kind of a solved problem. Speech recognition is getting much better now, too. So, it may just be as simple to tap where you want to tap, and just tell Siri what you want to put in there. I find myself using Siri a lot for sending myself reminders, or a text message.
Craig: Yeah. Me too.
John: There?s good news down the road.
Craig: That is a good point, that you would be able to speak it in there. I like it. Good job. Nice work from the skunkworks.
John: Skunkworks, yeah. So, there is nothing to buy with Fountain. And that is one of the sort of hard things to communicate is people are used to, like there is a product announcement, ?So where do I buy it, where do I get it?? And the point we try to communicate is that you already have it. It?s a way of using any text editor you have on your iPad, on your computer, on your phone you can do it in mail if you want to.
Craig: Right.
John: It?s a way of laying that out and just getting those files into screenplay format down the road.
Craig: And where can I buy this?
John: Yeah. Exactly. Thanks, Craig.
Craig: No problem. I?m interested in this product. How can I buy it, and how much does it cost?
John: Yeah. So I spent yesterday doing screen caps to sort of talk through different workflows on how to do things. And screen caps seem like a really easy thing to do, because it is just talking. It?s a lot like what we are doing right here. But you are trying to talk while you are also moving stuff around on the screen, and it gets to be really confusing, and really cognitively draining.
So, I sort of burned out yesterday. And Ryan and Stuart were downstairs doing their work, while I was up here trying to record this. And so they would hear me say, like, the same half of a sentence about twenty times. And I?m sure they wanted to kill themselves.
Craig: Yeah. I mean, they probably already showed up at work wanting to kill themselves, but then that pushed them over the edge.
John: There is a reason we all wear headsets in this office, so we don?t have to hear each other.
Craig: I love it. You guys are like the Borg Collective over there.
John: Yeah. We are. We are very Borg.
Craig: By the way, I met Rawson Thurber yesterday.
John: Oh, Rawson?s awesome.
Craig: Great guy. I met him at a roundtable, and he was terrific.
John: Context for people who don?t know every detail about my life: Rawson Thurber was one of my very first assistants. And he was my assistant on a terrible TV show called D.C., and stuck with me after I got fired off that show. And during the time that he worked for me, he directed the Terry Tate Office Linebacker commercial, and wrote what became Dodgeball.
Craig: Very funny guy. Smart guy. But, I?m starting to put a little something together, John August. So, you also have one of your other former assistants is Chad Creasey.
John: Yes.
Craig: I met Chad Creasey. And I don?t want to malign screenwriters, but we are not the handsomest looking bunch in the world. You know what I mean? You get a WGA gathering together, you look around, it?s like, ?Boy, slim pickings!? Okay? I mean, Chad Creasey though, boy, this is a good-looking guy. And, I meet Rawson Thurber yesterday; I go, ?Uh-huh. This is another pretty good-looking guy.?
I just want you to know I am on to you.
John: Well, Dana Fox is an attractive woman.
Craig: That was a mistake. It is accidentally attractive. You didn?t know. You don?t know. I know what is going on. I?m just saying, ?I know what is going on.? And now everybody knows what is going on.
John: Well, clearly working for me does make people more attractive.
Craig: That was my point. That was my point.
John: Yeah. Hey, let?s do some questions. Let?s open the mailbag.
Craig: Awesome. Let?s do it.
John: All right. Sam in Brooklyn writes, ?Hi there. I was wondering the proper format for a musical number in a teleplay. Here is the thing I plan on writing in the musical number.? That is actually not worthy of being spoken aloud. [laughs]
Craig: [laughs]
John: Basically he is asking what is the proper format for ?
Craig: Please keep that in there. That was great.
John: ? What is the proper format for a musical number in a teleplay? And it is a completely valid question.
When you are doing a real Broadway show, there is a special format where the lyrics go off on the left hand margin, they are uppercase.
In movies and teleplays, it is not such a clear cut format, because there is not a way that we always do it. I have written a lot of songs in movies, and what I usually end up doing is putting the? It is like a dialogue block, but it is in italics. I will often move it from Courier to Verdana, or some sort of Sans-Serif face that can squeeze a little bit more onto a line. I will cheat the margins a little bit if I have to, to keep a line together.
And then rather than putting slashes in there, I will break it line by line. And so you sort of do the soft returns so that you can keep individual lines in dialogue in the songs.
Craig: That makes sense. I don?t think I have ever written a full musical number in the sense of a full song with verse/chorus/verse sort of thing. I have had, obviously, characters sing. And for that, usually, I just do it in dialogue, and I just italicize and do like ?shift return? so that the lyrics get each line. But I guess your way makes sense. It is an interesting one.
John: If you want to look at sort of how I did it for Big Fish, I think that is the only thing I have in the library that shows it. I have a song Twice the Love in there, which is the song that the Siamese twins sing. And you can see the whole lyrics for that. And that is how we did it.
Craig: I believe that question has been answered.
John: Done. Checked.
Craig: Next.
John: I will go into OmniFocus, and I will put a little tick mark right by there.
Luke from Poland, the actual Poland, writes, ?I have been seeing the term ?overall deal? on a lot of different sites. And I was wondering how they work for writers. For example, I read that a deal like that for some high level TV writer is worth seven figures for two years. Does that mean a writer-producer gets a salary regardless of what he does? Or is that figure contingent on how much work is actually done by the writer??
Craig: Eh, both really. I mean it is a guarantee. In other words, they are saying, ?We are going to make a deal with you. We are going to pay you, let?s say, $2 million over the course of two years. And in exchange for that $2 million, you owe us a pilot. You owe us a script.? And they spell out what you owe them.
If you write beyond that, I suppose it would be negotiated, an additional amount would be negotiated. But essentially they are saying this is the baseline of what we are going to pay you for sure.
John: Exactly. So, they give you an overall deal because they want to keep you working for that studio/network. They want your next thing. They don?t want you slipping away to another network for six years on another hit show; much more common in TV land than in feature land. There are very few feature writers now who have overall deals in place.
Seth Grahame-Smith and his writing partner just made some sort of deal at Warner Brothers for that. Joss Whedon for awhile had a deal like that at Fox.
Craig: Yeah.
John: But most of those cases are also folded into TV deals. So it is hard to pull them apart, one to the other. And then there are also sort of mega-producer people, like J.J .Abrams who is producing movies, directing movies, writing some movies, too. He has a deal at Fox, but that is really ?
Craig: That?s a producing deal, yeah.
John: Yeah. That is a different class of thing.
Craig: Yeah. I had an overall feature deal at Miramax a number of years ago. And it was structured in such that there was a guaranteed amount of money over the course of ? I think it was two years. And for that, the way we worked it out was they are guaranteeing me this, whether I write a word for them or not. Then we sort of preset with each kind of writing what it would be worth. So here is what a rewrite would be worth; here is what a first draft is worth; here is what a polish is worth.
And then as I did those things, they would apply that against the amount that they were guaranteeing me. And so if I went over, then I would get more. If they asked for less, I would still get the minimum guarantee.
John: Was that a good deal for both of your sides? Because in some ways it kind of rewards you for not working, doesn?t it? Because they are drawing down off of things they are going to pay you anyway.
Craig: It was probably? It was a fair deal, I think, given that it was understood that they were going to be? It was an interesting time, with an interesting company.
I mean, the truth is it was a better deal for me because what I was giving them in addition to the writing was a certain amount of comfort. Basically, ?We like you, and we don?t want you to go anywhere else. And we want you to be here when we need you. So we are going to pay a premium to make sure you are not busy when we need you.?
So, maybe I do 70% of the amount that I would normally have to do to even make that amount of money, but when they want me to write I was available to write.
John: A lot of people assumed I had an overall deal at Sony because I was just working for them for such a long time. But mostly what happened is they bought the rights to Big Fish for me, and said, ?Oh, great, you can adapt this book. But, hey, would you do this little bit of work on this script first? And then this script, and then this script.? And basically just kept putting things in front of Big Fish.
And so Big Fish was always something I owed them. I always had to do Big Fish, but there was always something that they would slip in front of it. And so Big Fish just kept getting pushed back further and further. It wasn?t a bad thing for me. I was able to sort of build up my quote, job after job after job at Sony, and get good stuff done. And I was delighted to work for them. But it wasn?t like an overall deal; I was free to go other places.
Craig: Yeah. I wouldn?t do it again. I think at the time that I did it, it made sense for me. But, frankly, I would much rather be available now to work for a good director, find a great piece of material, find a great actor. I am just more interested now in following the material as opposed to a home.
But listen, this is a difficult business, and it is a scary business. And when you are raising a family, you know, security has real value. And at the time it made sense.
John: There is also a value to working with people you like to work with. And if there is a studio or network that you get along with especially well, maybe there is a good reason to keep going back to that same place.
Craig: Yeah. There is a, um, and I think everybody kind of has maybe this never goes away but for a while in your career I think there is a gnawing hunger for appreciation. And when you find people that really get you, and like what you do, it is hard to then leave that and go work for people, frankly, who may not like what you do at all when you have done it.
And, that is something that you have to actually concentrate on weaning yourself off of, I think. Better to not chase that stuff, and chase just the material itself.
John: One last thought I had about the TV overall deals. Josh Friedman, I think, made an overall deal with Fox. And when he didn?t have a show running on Fox, they would ask him to go in as a consulting producer on an existing show. So, I think, this last year he worked as a consulting producer on Finder.
And that is kind of good for everybody because you have an experienced person who can go in there and help, and help write shows, and help break stories. So if they are not busy doing their own show, they can help out on an existing show. So that is another reason why TV, in particular wants to hold onto those experienced people.
Craig: Yeah. In TV it makes the most sense, for sure.
John: Next question. Mischa from Toronto. ?Last year I wrote a screenplay called,? this is a long one, ?The 8 Ways I Could Have Kissed the Tall Lanky Jew: Based on the Pathetically True Events, as well as Memories Too Exquisite for Existence, as told by a Highly Sensitive Person.?
That?s a long title.
Craig: Hmm.
John: ?Last week, I was doing some research, just briefly Googling the phrase Tall Lanky Jew, just to see if there was some other movie or book that had a variation of my title.?
Craig: Wow.
John: ?There were no books or movies, but I came across a Jewish man?s blog entitled Tall Lanky Jew. In the event that I sold my screenplay to a studio, and had it in wide release in theaters, would I be legally obligated to pay this individual money? Does he already own the copyrights to the term Tall Lanky Jew??
Craig: No. No. You can?t copyright a title. Titles are, actually movie titles exist outside of the realm of copyright, but they are managed by the MPAA, so, all of the member studios of the MPAA, the Motion Picture Association of America. And that covers, essentially, every big studio you know. They have to register the titles with the MPAA which is their trade organization. And then the MPAA acts as a referee to make sure that basically Sony can?t come out with a movie called The Hangover to try and trade confuse and market confuse.
But, that aside, no. You don?t have anything to worry about, other than your absurd title. [laughs]
John: So, let?s start with her title. Her title is ? I don?t know how many words that is.
Craig: It?s a lot.
John: 40 word title. Sometimes on spec scripts that does happen, where you write just a crazy long title because it is just memorable for being so long. The movie that became American Pie had some famously long title, which I will look up on Google. But, Words, Words, Words, Words, Words that can be Shot for Under $10 million and Make $100 billion. It had like a very provocative title.
Craig: Yeah. It was like American Sex Comedy That Can Be Shot For Less Than ?
Yeah, I mean, and that is a trend lately. I have noticed people are doing these kind of run-on titles, frankly just to separate themselves from the pack. And it does add a certain weird kind of honesty to the script. In the same way that in marketing departments the no-frills titles become incredibly attractive to them, like Horrible Bosses. What?s it about? It is about horrible bosses. They are not going for anything other than no-frills. But it is a trend.
And the trend will not save your bad script. Nor will bucking the trend hurt your great script.
John: I would agree. Tall Lanky Jew could be trademarked. Someone could probably trademark that. And then there would be an issue. Trademark is a whole separate thing, and if you are not seeing the TM there, no one has trademarked it.
Craig: Yeah. The trademark would be if they were selling products under the trademark of Tall Lanky Jew, and that your movie could somehow create marketplace confusion where people might think that they were somehow involved, but that is not the case. It is a blog. You don?t have anything to worry about.
John: Speaking to the MPAA title things, with The Nines we had to go through a fight for our title, The Nines, because there were competing projects. There was that animated movie 9. There was the Rob Marshall-directed musical Nine. And there was something else that had? There was a movie called Nine Lives that came out at the same time.
So, fortunately we were one of the first people to register, and so we were able to sort of win the first couple of rounds. And then we had to go through and actually give permission for the other movies to use that title.
Craig: Yeah.
John: And it is this whole kind of Kabuki, because you are not really going to be a jerk about it, and no one is going to get these things confused. But we had to do it.
Craig: Yeah. There is a producer who I will not mention who told me that he basically registers titles. Like he comes up with ideas for titles, and then just registers them. And, in fact, has made money essentially extorting studios who do development material under that title. Draw your own conclusions.
John: Our last question for the day is from Christopher. ?I?m a novelist working on a text which is set immediately preceding the Russian Revolution, and am having trouble composing the dialogue. The issues are great in number. I am having trouble working through the fact that some characters are English, and others are Russian, and sometimes they speak either language. I am finding it hard to make Russian sound more Russian than the English dialogue. Basically, how do I do this??
That can be a real problem. If you are having characters? Like what language characters are speaking in movies when they really should be speaking a different language.
Craig: But he is writing a novel, he said.
John: He said a novel, but let?s just, whatever. We are mostly about screenwriting, so let?s talk about screenwriting.
Craig: Right.
John: I mean, you have had that situation with characters speaking other languages.
Craig: Yeah, sure. I mean, basically if they are speaking other languages, your choice is ?
Well, obviously, are they speaking another language, or are they speaking accented English?
John: Yes.
Craig: If you go with them speaking the other language, you just have to make a point in the action. ?They speak in Russian and we see subtitles.? And then you just write the dialogue in English.
John: Yeah.
Craig: But I have to say for a novel, I have no idea what his problem is. You just write.
John: Just write.
Craig: Yeah. Just write.
John: He is having trouble with voice, though. Let?s talk about him as a novelist, first. Writing dialogue in novels kind of blows anyway. It is, like the times I have had to do prose fiction, I always find dialogue especially challenging because just the weird deal we make with the reader. You are going to ignore all the ?he says? and ?she says,? but they are going to be there. And we have the weird thing with the double quotes, and where the comma goes it is just really strange how we do it in English.
Spanish and other languages are much more natural. They use dashes or just different ways to sort of mark off what people are saying.
I think what he is having trouble is in places where they are supposed to be speaking Russian, it is written in English, and it just feels like English, so you don?t have a sense that anything is different or special.
Craig: Yeah. But I think that he is concerned based on a false premise. I?m guessing that what his issue is is that he is thinking of these Russians the way that Russians speak when they are speaking English, which is a weird stilted thing. But when they speak Russian, they are as fluid as English people speaking English.
A good example is City of Thieves, which is a novel by our friend, David Benioff, who is also an excellent screenwriter and television writer. And that takes place entirely in St. Petersburg, with a brief prologue in America. And everybody is Russian, and everybody speaks English, of course, because he is an English author.
John: He is not trying to create a false accent in English.
Craig: No, of course not. That?s the point. Really, if you understood Russian fluently, your understanding of those words would be no different than English. I don?t see what the problem is. I deny this question.
John: Let?s try to apply this question though a bit to screenwriting. And you mentioned before that in a screenplay, if you have a character who is going to be speaking in subtitles, on the page you tend to, either the first time, or a couple times if it is going to be confusing, you do a parenthetical, say like ?Subtitled? or ?English Subtitled? or ?Russian Subtitled.?
Sometimes it makes sense to put the words in italics just so people get a sense that it is different, so you can understand, ?Okay, the other characters who are only speaking English won?t be able to understand what is happening here.? But there are times where you need to have ? think of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The remake of it was shot entirely in English, but they did use some accent and some word choices just to give you a feel that this wasn?t happening in English. And that is a subtle thing. And that?s a real thing. You can?t deny me that.
Craig: No. I can?t. I wouldn?t. But I also would caution against building that into the script itself. To me, that is so much a function of how you cast the movie, and how you direct the movie. And if you start to build that into the screenwriting itself, I think you start running into a little bit of trouble.
I mean, here and there you can pepper it in a little bit. Look, you have to acknowledge your characters. The script I am writing right now, there are a couple of characters who are Israelis, and one of them speaks English, and one of them doesn?t. So, the one who speaks English converses in sort of a broken English with people, and then translates for her friend, and then they have little arguments. And then she turns back and delivers the verdict.
But I don?t really write out the Israeli stuff. Occasionally I will if there is a little punctuation, or something like that. And similarly, when she is talking to people, I try and not get too pidgin English, because my feeling is ultimately what is most important is the flavor of what we are trying to get across here. Somebody is going to have to actually deliver that. So much of that comes in the performance.
John: Yeah.
Craig: So, look, the more you pen the actor in with the specificity of the language, the more you are going to get just your version of what that would be, as opposed to maybe what their version is, particularly when you are employing actors who, in fact, are not American.
I would much rather have a Swedish actor tell me how a Swedish person would say it.
John: That?s a good point. When we were doing one of our readings of Big Fish, I had to have on the first day the general discussion to the whole group saying, ?This is a story that takes place in the American South. It takes place specifically in Montgomery, Alabama, but we cannot let specificity get in the way of understandability.?
And, so, I wanted to caution everybody against sort of the Accent Arms race, where one actor chooses to do a really crazy specific accent, and everyone else feels like they have to reach that level. And then day by day it would get worse and worse. You want this sprinkling of the American South.
And I was specific enough to say, like, ?We are still rhotic; like the letter R still exists. Characters go off to War, they don?t go off to a Wah.?
Craig: Right.
John: ?The letter G has taken a holiday. So we are always dancin? and singin??. But I didn?t want any more than that. And that is the kind of thing that on the page I try to give a sense of what the language feels like, but I am not going to take off every G off of every ING. It?s crazy.
Craig: Exactly. If how the actors deliver the lines is part and parcel with what your dramatic intention is as you write the screenplay, in a global way, not an individual line, but globally I don?t want this to sound like Gone with the Wind. It is okay to do a little prologue, a little advisory. There is no problem with that. But you just don?t want to get caught in, like, yeah ?
It gets really annoying to read every single IN? on every single gerund. It gets annoying. And also the script just seems stupid at that point. Like, come on, you know. Get out of here!
John: I once made a horrible mistake. [laughs] I was talking to a friend of mine, who is actually my agent, David Kramer, and I said something about? It may have been in relation to Big Fish, like when were down shooting. And I said something about like how I always tend to underestimate people with a southern accent, just because I have been conditioned by popular culture that people from the south aren?t as smart.
Craig: [laughs]
John: And he was like, ?You know I had a southern accent when I got here??
Craig: Yeah. He is from Florida.
John: Yeah. He is from like the south part of Florida. He is from the part that actually has an accent.
Craig: I thought he was from Northern Florida?
John: That?s what I am saying. So he is ?
Craig: Oh, I see. I thought you meant the south part of the state. Yes. He is from Northern Florida which is, in fact, deep south. That?s true.
John: And so it is interesting. And, so then of course the minute he told me that, I?m going back through all of the previous conversations where I mocked something about a southern accent.
Craig: [laughs] Well, you know, he can take a punch.
John: He can take a punch.
Craig: Yeah.
John: Craig, what a great podcast.
Craig: Yes. This was a fun one. It was a great one. I like all of these questions that people ask; it makes our lives super easy.
John: It does. Good fodder for discussion.
Craig: Yeah.
John: So thank you. Please keep sending those in. My standard disclaimers: if you have a question for us to answer, you can write to ask@johnaugust.com. For anything that we talked about here, including NBC?s Brotherhood of Man, we will provide links to that on the show notes. And the show notes are always on johnaugust.com.
If you are subscribing on iTunes, usually those links come through clickable, and great, and lovely. Also, if you are a person who sometimes enjoys podcasts, but sometimes enjoys reading with your eyes, we do have transcripts of all of our previous episodes online at JohnAugust.com, so you can check back; usually a couple days after the podcast is posted we will have the full transcript for you.
Craig: Remarkably efficient.
John: We try.
Craig: Excellent.
John: Thanks, Craig. Have a good week.
Craig: Thanks. You, too, John. Bye-bye.
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