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The Next Generation of Energy Users
What do high school seniors think about current issues such as climate change and energy independence? How much do they know about where our energy in the U.S. comes from and how we get it? Do they understand the difference between fossil and renewable fuels, and do they have any idea how much we use of each?
If you're an energy professional, or just interested in energy issues, you may have wondered about questions like these. The National Energy Foundation (NEF) has conducted the first ever National Energy Literacy Survey, a large-scale survey measuring young people's knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to energy covering a wide range of topics including energy issues, energy consumption, and environmental impacts of energy production and use.
During the 2016-2017 school year, 2,005 high school seniors across the country were surveyed to measure their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to energy covering a wide range of topics including energy issues, energy consumption, and environmental impacts of energy production and use. Findings are communicated in a data series, white paper, and additional resources.
NEF chose to survey high school seniors because as students are transitioning into young adulthood and taking on greater responsibility for energy consumption and civic engagement. It's a pivotal time to understand their knowledge base and attitudes. Surveying a high school student population also provides an opportunity to assess what young people have been learning about energy and what corresponding attitudes and behaviors they have developed.
In summarizing the National Energy Literacy Survey findings NEF notes, "Although students have a basic understanding of energy efficiency, many gaps and misconceptions about energy still exist. There is still much work to do."
For example, NEF asked students whether the following statement was true or false: "Electric vehicles use electricity generated only from renewable energy." With a 50% chance of just guessing the right answer, only 53% of students correctly answered "false."
NEF asked many more questions about the use of natural gas and coal, the use of wind and solar, some science of energy basics questions, and some questions about energy use and efficiency. Students certainly knew more about energy efficiency than other topics, but even then the results showed room for improvement. Overall, students scored an average of 48.8 out of 100, with a score of 63.2 on the efficiency portion of the test.
Questions about student attitudes also yielded informative results. NEF asked students how much they agreed or disagreed with a slate of 22 attitudinal statements, ranging from those focused on environmental concerns, such as climate change, to those focused on energy independence and the role that the government should play in promoting energy efficiency. From these questions, NEF preliminarily created some distinct personas. With names like "agents of change" and "big talkers," these personas provide insights into how attitudes about energy drive both knowledge and behavior.
Finally, NEF asked students about their energy usage behaviors. While the basic behavior of turning off lights when leaving a room was reported to be pretty common, all other wise energy usage behaviors NEF asked about were below 40%.
National Energy Literacy Survey Resources
High School Student Data Series – Results of 10 survey questions on the NEF Blog
Official White Paper — National Energy Literacy Survey
Slide Deck — National Energy Literacy Survey – Specific survey information and data
National Energy Literacy Poster
Questionnaire – National Energy Literacy Survey
Fall 2018 InterNEF: National Energy Literacy Survey – An issue of NEF's industry publication dedicated to the survey findings
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More homes gutted in out-of-control blaze
Posted Mon 7 Feb 2011 at 5:56am Monday 7 Feb 2011 at 5:56am Mon 7 Feb 2011 at 5:56am , updated Mon 7 Feb 2011 at 9:35am Monday 7 Feb 2011 at 9:35am Mon 7 Feb 2011 at 9:35am
Firefighters battle the Roleystone blaze. (Reuters)
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A bushfire raging out of control in Perth's south-east has destroyed more homes, as winds continue to hinder firefighters' efforts.
Sixty-four homes have now been razed in bush-fringed Perth suburbs of Kelmscott and Roleystone, while 32 others have been damaged.
The Western Australian Government has declared the devastated area a natural disaster zone and will provide financial assistance to affected families.
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Hundreds of residents crammed into a gymnasium at Armadale, south-east of Perth, this morning to hear whether they had lost their homes.
A list of three burnt-out residential sectors was read out by the Fire and Emergency Services Authority (FESA).
Residents in those areas were asked to move to other rooms in the complex so they could be briefed more privately on whether their houses had been destroyed, damaged or spared.
Street names and numbers were read out with a report on the damage - in some cases, property damage was stated as 100 per cent or a lesser percentage, or just a shed or garage gone.
FESA spokesman Allen Gale says it has been an anxious wait.
"I think there are certainly those who are wishing and [have] got their fingers crossed that their place is OK," he said.
"Others probably think they've lost their place and they're going to find out that their home is there in one piece. It must be such a traumatic thing to go through."
More than 100 firefighters are battling the blaze from the ground and the air. They say while it is close to being contained, it is still out of control and could potentially damage more homes.
It is hoped easing winds this afternoon could help crews get on top of the fire.
Relief, anguish
Many residents have been evacuated as the blaze continues to spread.
Tim and Jacinta Hayden worked through the night to protect their home from the fire in Kelmscott.
Mr Hayden says he is very tired but feels incredibly blessed his home is safe.
"I didn't get too much sleep; me and my wife sort of took two-hour shifts, one sleeping the other one just going around and hosing stuff down," he said.
"The house next door still had fire which we just kept hosing down and making sure it didn't spread or anything. You just sort of rally together and just start fighting it."
But many of the people in evacuation centres were still in a state of shock or resignation.
Roleystone resident Sylvia says she is worried about what she will find when she returns home.
"I have bantam chickens and also the wildlife feeds off the chicken run and we don't have any mains water," she said.
"The house, it would be upsetting if I lose that but [it would be worse] if anything happens to the animals, if the wildlife has suffered all day as well.
"We've had fires lots of years but we've never been evacuated before.
"You can't be as efficient as you want to be when you are panicking and things like that. You can't see the phone number in the phone book properly when you are panicking.
"I was staying calm on the outside but scared stiff on the inside."
Premier Colin Barnett says many families will be heartbroken.
"In looking at it, I'm sorry to say that in some cases, probably most cases, there are just simply no possessions left at all. The destruction is total," he said.
More than 1,600 homes are without electricity and Western Power says some may be without power until the middle of the week.
Red Hill blaze
Authorities have downgraded the emergency warning for a fire in Red Hill in Perth's north-east that has been burning since Saturday night.
A Watch and Act is in place meaning there is still a possible threat to lives and homes.
No homes have been damaged in that blaze.
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Boris Johnson's special adviser, Dominic Cummings, was greeted outside his door by protesters after breaking lockdown while symptomatic.
Cummings and Goings
Boris Johnson's top Brexit attack dog, Dominic Cummings, tries to explain why he broke lockdown—while infected—to frolic in the country
By Stuart Heritage
Government advisers exist to act like body armor for politicians, ejected quickly at the first whiff of trouble. Tony Blair dumped Alastair Campbell, his spokesman and consigliere, as a judicial inquiry into the Iraq war hit a fever pitch. Donald Trump binned his political shaman Steve Bannon at the height of a racism scandal. And Boris Johnson has Dominic Cummings. However, the fact that Cummings still has a job, despite blundering into a crisis that has engulfed the U.K. for a week, proves what a different sort of beast he is.
The U.K. has been under lockdown since March 23, at which point the government adopted the slogan "Stay Home, Save Lives." Citizens were permitted to leave the house to buy food or to briefly exercise; anything more would be an offense punishable with fines. If you had symptoms of the coronavirus, your entire household was to remain at home for 14 days. As per the health secretary, Matt Hancock, "This advice is not a request. It is an instruction." Grandparents stopped seeing their grandchildren. Parents who became ill had to figure out how to care for their children. People were banned from visiting loved ones in hospital, discouraged from attending their funerals.
So, when a joint investigation by The Guardian and the Daily Mirror revealed that Dominic Cummings had broken lockdown while symptomatic to drive his family from London to his parents' house 266 miles away, ostensibly for childcare—but where he was also variously spotted visiting tourist attractions, admiring bluebells in the woods, and listening to Abba's "Dancing Queen" in a garden—the public anger was palpable. Here was a man, integral to devising the country's lockdown message, openly flouting his own rules. Did the prime minister know? Did he approve? Why did none of his story match with the account Cummings's wife detailed in The Spectator, where she is the commissioning editor? In her piece in the magazine, she said they had stayed in London throughout.
He was also variously spotted visiting tourist attractions, admiring bluebells in the woods, and listening to Abba's "Dancing Queen."
For context, when Neil Ferguson—the professor of epidemiology whose misguided guidance led Britain into lockdown—was caught breaking the rules to meet his married lover, the book was flung at him. His resignation was instant, and Matt Hancock publicly backed any police action that could be taken against him.
But when the Cummings news broke, Boris Johnson announced that Cummings would not be fired for this breach, and that evening footage emerged of Cummings's own neighbors screaming "hypocrite" at him from their windows. Whoever was in charge of the U.K. Civil Service Twitter account broke ranks to tweet that the debacle was "arrogant and offensive." The tweet was removed after 10 minutes. J. K. Rowling offered to pay the author a year's salary if the author were fired. Such was the scale of public fury that even Hugh Grant and Piers Morgan, sworn enemies since the phone-hacking scandal of 2011, found themselves united against Cummings. That's how big a deal this is.
On Monday, Cummings took the unprecedented step of explaining himself from the 10 Downing Street garden. During his lengthy statement, which he delivered while seated at an outdoor table, he claimed that he needed childcare for his four-year-old (his sister lives nearby), that he had long warned of the specter of the coronavirus (metadata shows that, in fact, he had gone back and added these warnings to old blog posts last month), and that he only made the apparently non-essential hour-long round trip to Barnard Castle, a popular tourist site (with his four-year-old in the back, on his wife's birthday), because his eyesight may have been damaged by covid-19 and he wanted to see if he could drive safely (which is objectively nuts).
There were no apologies, no regrets, and—despite suggestions from the Durham Police that the trip was a breach of lockdown rules—no resignation. But at least those wishing for a spiritual sequel to Prince Andrew's berserk "I can't medically sweat" interview could leave satisfied.
Neil Ferguson—the professor of epidemiology whose guidance led Britain into lockdown—was caught breaking the rules to meet his married lover.
But it'll take more than this to get rid of Cummings. A Bismarck-obsessed ideologue who moved to post-Soviet Russia after university, Cummings is widely seen as the architect of Brexit's Vote Leave campaign. In the made-for-TV movie Brexit: The Uncivil War, where he was played with 75 percent too much charisma by Benedict Cumberbatch, he was seen harnessing the complexities of social media to push his simple "Take back control" message. It was he who pushed the idea of proroguing Parliament to scrape Brexit into law. It was he who called for the Civil Service to be staffed by "weirdos and misfits," then ended up hiring a eugenicist to advise 10 Downing Street. It's he who has called for the end of the BBC. It's he who wants the U.K. to build a moon base with Jeff Bezos.
His approach to politics has been labeled "brutalism plus-plus-plus." He was once dubbed a "career psychopath" by David Cameron. Without his true-believer zeal, Boris Johnson's leadership would be nothing but an un-ironed shirt and a crap haircut. If he leaves, Brexit as we know it would be in doubt. Cummings is, in short, too big to lose.
At least for now. Boris Johnson has said that he regards this matter as closed, but he seems to be the only one who does. Advisers are supposed to be behind-the-scenes players. They hate to become the story. Dominic Cummings is fine for now. But if we're still talking about him this time next week, he's toast.
Stuart Heritage is a Writer at Large for AIR MAIL based in Kent, U.K.
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ARM Cement opens search for a strategic investor
By Reuters For Citizen Digital
Published on: November 13, 2017 10:51 (EAT)
ARM Cement is seeking a strategic investor to provide equity capital, the chief executive said on Friday, after its shares plunged following problems in producing clinker and other challenges at its new Tanzanian operations.
Kenya's second-largest cement maker behind LafargeHolcim's Bamburi Cement has posted losses in recent years as returns from its expansion into Tanzania failed to meet expectations. It has sold some assets to reduce debt.
ARM's shares have plunged 85 percent in the past four years, tumbling from 98 shillings ($0.95) per share to Friday's close of 14.30 shillings.
Commenting on the search for a partner, CEO Pradeep Paunrana told Reuters: "The process is open and it may be an injection of equity, it may be partial sale. It could be any structure the board will decide on."
He said there had been "significant interest", without offering details. ARM was being guided by a London advisory firm that specialises in the cement industry and building materials, he said, without naming it.
Global cement firms have been seeking to expand in Africa to take advantage of rapidly growing economies and major public transport and other infrastructure projects.
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Some firms have sought to expand through acquisitions. Nigeria's Dangote Cement, majority owned by Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote, is keen to buy South Africa's PPC.
ARM's CEO also said the firm, which has total debt of $125 million, in talks with creditors to restructure $100 million of short and medium-term debt into 10-year borrowing.
Paunrana said ARM's challenges stemmed from its operations in Tanzania, where it invested in a clinker plant and a grinding plant five years ago.
"The last three years in Tanzania we have had a very difficult operating environment," he said. "It has left a gap in the balance sheet of the company which needs to be filled."
He said the situation had improved in recent months after the end of persistent coal shortages that hampered clinker output.
The Tanzanian government had also started to encourage local cement grinders to buy clinker locally, rather than importing the material used in cement making, he said, adding that this was boosting demand for ARM's clinker and offering good margins.
ARM has clinker production and grinding capacity in Kenya, Paunrana said, along with substantial limestone deposits, used to make clinker. "It is a very strategic asset which is attracting global attention," he said
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Newsletter | January 3, 2022
01.03.22 -- 8 Best Practices To Strategically Leverage On-Demand Labor
Channel Insights
Remote Work Is Here To Stay, And Other Cybersecurity Predictions
By Kyle Fiehler, Webroot
The cybersecurity industry and end-of-year predictions go together like fall and football or champagne and the New Year. But on the heels of an unprecedented year, where a viral outbreak changed the landscape of the global workforce practically overnight, portending what's in store for the year ahead is even trickier than usual.
CMMC Still A Big Opportunity Despite Delays And Challenges
Submitted by RapidFire Tools
Right from the beginning, it seemed everyone was overly optimistic about how fast the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) could be rolled out across the defense industry to ensure the requirements could be included in all defense contracts starting in 2025. So, what could possibly go wrong? As it turned out, a lot of things.
6 Common MSP Pitfalls To Avoid
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Managed IT services is the practice of outsourcing day-to-day responsibilities to third-party technology management, as a strategic method to improve operations and increase the return on their technology investment.
When 'Okay' Data Protection Is Not Enough
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Contigo Technologies is a leading MSP based in Austin, Texas. While many MSPs focus on particular verticals, Contigo's technical and service offerings have made them the "go-to" MSP for businesses across the Austin area. An example of their commitment to customer service is that they place an icon on every supported workstation that lets the user contact Contigo in a matter of seconds, whether to access support or just ask a question.
What Are The Consequences Of Noncompliance?
By Siva S, IT Glue
Organizations all over the world lose billions of dollars every year for noncompliance with regulatory standards. This will only continue to rise as data laws and regulations get tighter. However, the losses are not just limited to fines and penalties. Noncompliant businesses are also at serious risk of security breaches, loss of productivity, reputational damage, and more.
8 Best Practices To Strategically Leverage On-Demand Labor
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An on-demand labor partner can be an invaluable resource for transforming your workforce to maximize profitability and optimize growth. Yet, there's a big difference between companies that use on-demand labor tactically and those that use it strategically.
Best Practices To Help Enterprises Address Challenges With Teams Sprawl
By James Corbishley, BitTitan
Remote work has been the new normal for some time now, driving the adoption of tools like Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams. The adoption of Teams, in particular, has surged since 2020.
ASCII Insight MSPs Share Their Thoughts On The Year That Was And What The Future Holds
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In this article, the following ASCII members answered our questions about what happened in the channel this past year, as well as what to expect in 2022.
Why IT Teams Should Adopt A 'Zero Trust' Approach When It Comes To Network Security
By Todd Kiehn, GTT
The FBI saw cyberattack complaints rise in the United States by nearly 20 percent between 2019 and 2020, while the collective cost of ransomware attacks reported rose more than 200 percent in 2020. The move to remote working, with the majority of employees working away from their normal locations for the first time, combined with workers and IT support functions inexperienced with security best-practices for remote access to corporate resources, created opportunities for hackers and other threat actors to take advantage of.
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* Total number of reviews and star-ratings are based on data collected during the time period Great Dane Heating & Air Conditioning has been using the ReviewBuzz system and may not directly match the data found on each public review site.
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good service team always responsive to customer request. technicians are skillful with attention to detail.
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Good Service very professional
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They got our heat up and running before the weather got too cold!
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By Marciano P. on 12/09/19
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The nine areas of Gloucestershire where Covid cases are rising
Four have an infection rate exceeding the national average
Four areas have a rate above the UK average (Image: PA/UK Government)
Cases of coronavirus are still rising in nine parts of Gloucestershire, the latest government figures show.
In the seven days prior to February 22, four areas of the county recorded an infection rate exceeding the UK average (around 100 cases per 100,000 people).
Frampton, Whilminster and Eastington (a patch between Stroud and Lydney) had the highest rolling rate of infection in the county. It recorded 12 new cases over seven days, which was a rise of 50 per cent on the previous week.
The increase meant it had a rate of 174.9 cases per 100,000, which was much higher than the national average.
Bourton-on-the-water and Vale confirmed another 11 cases, an increase of 57.1 per cent which gave it the second-highest rate in the county: 119.5.
The Bream, Pillowell and Yorkley area was close behind, with a rate of 117.8. It confirmed another 10 positive tests over seven days, which was a jump of 16.7 per cent on the week before.
Just behind, Dursley had a rate of 117.6 and recorded the largest increase in cases of any area in Gloucestershire. Although it only confirmed nine more cases, this represented a rise of 125 per cent on the previous week.
The areas where Covid infection rates are rising are:
The number of cases in the seven days leading up to February 22, following by the percentage increase in brackets.
Frampton, Whilminster and Eastington: 12 (+50 per cent)
Bourton-on-the-water and Vale: 11 (+57.1 per cent)
Bream, Pillowell and Yorkley: 10 (+16.7 per cent)
Dursley: 9 (+125 per cent)
Lydbrook, Newland and St Briavels: 5 (+66.7 per cent)
Cirencester East and Stratton: 6 (72.9 per cent)
Tidenham and Woolaston: 4 (+53.8 per cent)
Cleeve Hill, Gotherington and Apperley: 3 (+50 per cent)
Battledown and Charlton King: 4 (+34.8)
As a whole, Gloucestershire has one of the lowest rates of infection in the South West, with 45.2 cases per 100,000 people.
Another 288 positive tests were recorded across the county in the seven days prior to February 22, which was a fall of 33.8 per cent on the week before.
Across the UK, 64,844 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the week leading up to yesterday (February 27), which marked a decline of 17.5 per cent.
Deaths fell by nearly a third over the same period, making the current death rate 3.7 per 100,000 people.
Over 20 million people have received their first dose of a Covid vaccine and nearly 800,000 have had their second jab.
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Parking lot party
On June 30 at 7:49 p.m. it was reported by an employee of a Marshfield establishment that there were eight or nine people in the parking lot doing drugs. The complainant stated that they were smoking marijuana in front of children and yelling at the complainant. The complainant did not know if they had weapons but stated that they had hit the complainant's vehicle.
Car problems
On July 1 at 9:39 a.m. a female reported that she had taken her vehicle in for repairs but that the mechanic was now refusing to give her the car back. The complainant stated that the dispute had gotten somewhat verbal. The incident took place at a tire shop in Biron.
On July 1 at 1:22 p.m. a male reported that someone had stolen his blue Chevy pickup truck while he was inside eating. The victim stated that he had left the keys under a can in a cup holder in the car. The theft occurred near a bus stop in Grand Rapids.
Missing juvenile
On July 2 at 12:39 p.m. a Nekoosa female reported that her 12-year-old daughter had taken off after a disturbance occurred between the two. The mother reported that she did not know in what direction the girl had left, but stated that she had been wearing cat leggings, a light blue tank top, and had streaked blonde hair.
On July 3 at 2:37 p.m. a Biron female reported that someone was going around and telling people in the mobile home park she resides in about her police record. The complainant stated that she felt threatened by this.
Firework abuse
On July 3 at 8:32 p.m. a Grand Rapids female reported that as she was driving down Plover Road in Grand Rapids, a firework was shot across the street. The complainant stated that there had been a red truck in the driveway where the firework had been shot off.
On July 3 at 10:55 p.m. a Pittsville female reported that there were two boys who were going around people's yards on their bikes. The complainant stated that it appeared as if they were toilet-papering the houses.
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Everything is science if you look deep enough.
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Even if you've never launched your own summoner into battle for another team's nexus, you've probably heard about Riot Games' constant efforts to make League of Legends a more civil and welcoming space for its players, using such tools as rewards for good behavior, temporary bans for bad behavior, and more. A whole lot more. Like, stuff you could write a psychology dissertation on, more.
A recent Medium article by science writer Jeremy Hsu takes a ridiculously in-depth look at how League of Legends treats its players like a virtual psychology lab in order to raise the level of "sportsmanship" among players. This isn't just an solely altruistic cause for the company, of course—League of Legends is a free-to-play system, so the more players who don't get driven away by harassment and toxic language from others, the more Riot Games can sell them non-essential items. But hey, if it convinces more people that telling strangers to kill themselves for not being good at a video game is wrong, what's good for the goose is good for the gander right?
Anyway, the experiments first began with Lead Designer of Social Systems Jeffrey "Lyte" Lin, who also has a Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience from the University of Washington in Seattle. His "behavior Team" uses psychological tricks such as priming—aka, the using colors, words, or patterns into order to subconsciously influence someone—as a way to . Hsu writes:
In one study, called the "Optimus Experiment," they tested five categories of messages displayed to players in red and blue, with white serving as a baseline for comparison. Among Western gamers, they found that a red message warning about the counterproductive results of negative behavior — such as, "Teammates perform worse if you harass them after a mistake" — led to a bigger drop in players having a bad attitude toward their teammates or insulting other players than the same message displayed in white. A blue message highlighting the benefits of positive behavior also helped reduce toxic behavior.
The experiment turned up some surprising results, too. Lin got some laughs from an audience at the 2013 Game Developers Conference when he revealed data showing how a positive message highlighted in red — "Who will be the most sportsmanlike?" — actually led to an increase in negative behavior.
If all of this sounds pretty similar to the user manipulation Facebook came out with last year, then you're not wrong—like Facebook's engineers, Lin's team is performing experiments on a mass scale, on people who more or less don't know they're being influenced at all. However, the data produced by Riot Games suggests their efforts have had incredibly positive results. Another study they performed, during which the chat functions on abusive players was restricted to a limited number of messages, was found to be 4% more effective than just banning users outright. With 27 million daily players in League of Legends, that's a lot of changed behavior for the better.
To learn more, go check out the full Medium article about Lin and his "largest virtual psychology lab in the world." Do you think this kind of experimentation is worth it if it teaches players not to hurtful to one another, or is it a step too far?
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Anthropogenic global warming became the trigger for the growth of a major industry last year. Attached to the issue of climate change – a fact with which just about everyone is in agreement – it has prompted soul-searching, breast-beating and promises of massive dollops of moolah for a steadily expanding group of scientists who have rushed to get their snouts into this new cornucopia.
Big Brother is watching Competition Law February 2010
The first few months of 2009 saw the Competition Commission carry out investigations into supermarket chains and wholesalers, the bicycle, piped gas, and the pre-cast concrete industries. In the process, search and seizure raids were carried out on the main players in the pre-cast concrete industry. Administrative penalties amounting to 8,8% of turnover were subsequently levied against a number of offending companies.
Searching for certainty Competition Law February 2010
This note highlights perceived shortcomings in the administrative penalties regime contained in s59 of the Competition Act (89 of 1998) and examines how these may be remedied by the competition authorities publishing guidelines, similar to those imposed in the European Union.
See you in court - but not to win The Law February 2010
Everybody loves a winner. This is why being on the receiving end of a loss in court can be a humiliating, costly, lengthy and time-consuming exercise. Ensuring a winning formula is crucial – especially when dealing with government authorities.
The many merits of mediation Dispute Resolution February 2010
What do the Companies Act, 2008, the Consumer Protection Act, 2008 and the National Credit Act, 2005 and 38 other South African statutes have in common? The answer is that each of these statutes provides for disputes to be resolved by mediation. Though the Companies Act and the Consumer Protection Act are not yet in force, the use of mediation as a technique for dispute resolution is likely to remain in these statutes when they become law.
Keeping out of the courts Dispute Resolution February 2010
The role of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has gained ground in recent years as an alternative to often protracted and expensive court litigation. It is no surprise then that the legislature is beginning to reflect such a sentiment more definitively.
Independent directors: a moving target? Company Law February 2010
One of the more contentious debates in South Africa's corporate law reform process over the last few years has been about the classification of directors as "independent."
Start worrying about inadequate share buyback protection for shareholders Company Law February 2010
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Every company is required to hold an annual general meeting. It's where members formally congregate to discuss a variety of matters – how their compa- ny is doing, and others which are prescribed either by the (current) Companies Act or by the company's own articles of association.
Indigenous Plant Varieties: hanging onto what's ours Intellectual Property February 2010
Plants that had their origins in South Africa are making pots of money (pun intended) for growers in other countries. Only very rarely does any of this find its way, back to this country.
The internet on the cusp of momentous change Intellectual Property February 2010
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organisation that controls the internet's naming system, recently released Version 3 of its Draft Applicant Guidebook which is designed to guide potential applicants through the new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) application process, set to begin this year.
Laws that definitely need a "remix" Intellectual Property February 2010
Last year Nokia launched its Nokia Music Store making it possible for South Africans to buy music using their hand-held devices or personal computers. Before this, there had been no large-scale digital music download operation in South Africa. No, Apple iTunes is not available in South Africa, "technically."
Defining "geographic indicators" Intellectual Property February 2010
The use by traders of marks with geographic significance is both normal and problematic. It is normal to wish to indicate a connection with a particular geographic location, especially if that location gives the product a cachet or characteristic it would not otherwise have. However it is problematic if, in doing so, the trader seeks to fence off part of the commons which should be free to any other trader who does not mislead by using the geographical name.
The language trap Pension Law February 2010
If there's one thing certain to get members of pension funds and trustees into a lather, it is the matter of actuarially calculated surpluses.


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1. Steven Spielberg
Producer | Schindler's List
One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...
2. George Lucas
Writer | Star Wars
George Walton Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was a stationery store owner and he had three siblings. During his late teen years, he went to Thomas Downey High School and was very much interested in drag racing. He planned to become a professional racecar ...
3. Francis Ford Coppola
Producer | Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated ...
4. Robert Zemeckis
Writer | Back to the Future
A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg produced many of his films). Usually working with writing partner Bob Gale, Robert's earlier films show he has a talent for zany comedy (Romancing the Stone (1984), 1941 (1979)) and special effect ...
5. Tim Burton
Producer | Edward Scissorhands
Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Rae (Erickson), who owned a cat-themed gift shop, and William Reed Burton, who worked for the Burbank Park and Recreation Department. He spent most of his childhood as a recluse, drawing cartoons, and watching old movies (he was ...
6. Joe Dante
Director | Innerspace
Joe Dante is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Art. After a stint as a film reviewer, he began his filmmaking apprenticeship in 1974 as trailer editor for Roger Corman's New World Pictures. He made his directorial debut in 1976 with Hollywood Boulevard (1976) (co-directed with Allan Arkush)...
7. James Cameron
Writer | Avatar
James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his ...
8. John Singleton
Writer | Boyz n the Hood
Son of Danny Singleton, a mortgage broker, and Sheila Ward, a pharmaceutical company sales executive, and raised in separate households by his unmarried parents, John Singleton attended the Film Writing Program at USC, after graduating from high school in 1986. While studying there, he won three ...
9. Martin Scorsese
Director | Taxi Driver
Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later ...
10. Mark L. Lester
Director | Firestarter
Director, writer and producer Mark L. Lester has created high-action films throughout his career, including some of the world's biggest box office draws. His directorial expertise has garnered praise for such films as Arnold Schwarzenegger's box-office mega-hit Commando (1985), Stephen King's ...
11. Lewis Teague
Director | Cujo
Extremely efficient and underrated director Lewis Teague was born on March 8th, 1938, in Brooklyn, NY. He apprenticed with director Sydney Pollack at Universal Television, and was a production manager on the landmark rock concert documentary Woodstock (1970).
Teague found gainful employment working ...
12. Daniel Attias
Director | Alias
Daniel Attias won the DGA's 2009 best drama directing award for The Wire (2002) (episode: "Transitions"). He has also been nominated three other times in that category for episodes of The Sopranos (1999) ("46 Long"), Six Feet Under (2001) ("Back to the Garden"), and "Homeland" (2015)_ ("13 Hours in...
13. Stephen King
Writer | Maximum Overdrive
Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947, at the Maine General Hospital in Portland. His parents were Nellie Ruth (Pillsbury), who worked as a caregiver at a mental institute, and Donald Edwin King, a merchant seaman. His father was born under the surname "Pollock," but used the last name ...
14. Bob Gale
Bob Gale is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter-producer-director, best known as co-creator, co-writer and co-producer of Back to the Future (1985) and its sequels. Gale was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Cinema from the University of Southern ...
Producer | Girls
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16. Jon Favreau
Producer | Chef
Initially an indie film favorite, actor Jon Favreau has progressed to strong mainstream visibility into the millennium and, after nearly two decades in the business, is still enjoying character stardom as well as earning notice as a writer/producer/director.
The amiable, husky-framed actor with the ...
17. Peter Farrelly
Producer | Green Book
Peter Farrelly was born on December 17, 1956 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA as Peter John Farrelly. He is a producer and writer, known for Green Book (2018), There's Something About Mary (1998) and Dumb and Dumber (1994). He has been married to Melinda Farrelly since December 31, 1996. They ...
18. Bobby Farrelly
Producer | There's Something About Mary
Bobby Farrelly was born on June 17, 1958 in Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA as Robert Leo Farrelly Jr. He is a producer and director, known for There's Something About Mary (1998), Osmosis Jones (2001) and Me, Myself & Irene (2000). He has been married to Nancy Farrelly since 1990. They have two ...
19. Russell Mulcahy
Director | Highlander
Dynamic film/video director Russell Mulcahy was born June 23, 1953, in Melbourne, Australia. He first gained fame directing visually striking music video clips for such artists as Elton John, Duran Duran, The Buggles and Bonnie Tyler. He is also well known for feature films, starting off with the ...
20. Tibor Takács
Director | Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Tibor Takács was born on September 11, 1954 in Budapest, Hungary. He is a director and writer, known for Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996), My Babysitter's a Vampire (2011) and The Gate (1987).
21. Spike Lee
Director | Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Georgia, to Brooklyn, New York. Lee came from artistic, education-grounded background; his father was a jazz musician, and his mother, a schoolteacher. He attended ...
22. Malcolm D. Lee
Director | Girls Trip
Malcolm D. Lee was born on January 11, 1970 in the USA. He is a director and producer, known for Girls Trip (2017), Undercover Brother (2002) and The Best Man Holiday (2013).
23. John Landis
Director | The Blues Brothers
John Landis began his career in the mail room of 20th Century-Fox. A high-school dropout, 18-year-old Landis made his way to Yugoslavia to work as a production assistant on Kelly's Heroes (1970). Remaining in Europe, Landis found work as an actor, extra and stuntman in many of the Spanish/Italian "...
24. Ryan Coogler
Director | Black Panther
Ryan Coogler was born on May 23, 1986 in Oakland, California, USA as Ryan Kyle Coogler. He is a director and writer, known for Black Panther (2018), Creed (2015) and Fruitvale Station (2013). He has been married to Zinzi Evans since 2016.
25. Tim Miller
Director | Deadpool
Tim Miller is an American animator, film director, creative director and visual effects artist. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for the work on his short animated film Gopher Broke. He made his directing debut with Deadpool. Miller is also famous for creating ...
26. Frank Darabont
Writer | The Green Mile
Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Brought to America as an infant, he settled with his family in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High ...
27. Wes Craven
Writer | A Nightmare on Elm Street
Wes Craven has become synonymous with genre bending and innovative horror, challenging audiences with his bold vision.
Wesley Earl Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Caroline (Miller) and Paul Eugene Craven. He had a midwestern suburban upbringing. His first feature film was The Last House on ...
28. John Carpenter
Writer | Escape from New York
John Howard Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, to mother Milton Jean (Carter) and father Howard Ralph Carpenter. His family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father, a professor, was head of the music department at Western Kentucky University. He attended Western Kentucky ...
29. Jack Sholder
Director | The Hidden
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30. Chuck Russell
Director | The Blob
Chuck Russell was born on May 9, 1958 in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The Blob (1988), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) and The Mask (1994). He has been married to Ania Zeyne since November 29, 2007.
31. Renny Harlin
Director | Die Hard 2
Born in 15 March 1959 as Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola, he is the most successful Finnish film director in the history of Hollywood.
Harlin started his career in film business in the beginning of 1980s when he was directing commercials and company films for companies like Shell. Later he worked as a ...
32. Stephen Hopkins
Producer | Lost in Space
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33. Rachel Talalay
Director | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
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34. Mary Lambert
Director | Pet Sematary
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35. Mimi Leder
Director | On the Basis of Sex
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36. Paul Verhoeven
Director | Zwartboek
Paul Verhoeven graduated from the University of Leiden, with a degree in math and physics. He entered the Royal Netherlands Navy, where he began his film career by making documentaries for the Navy and later for TV. In 1969, he directed the popular Dutch TV series, Floris (1969), about a medieval ...
37. Stanley Kubrick
Director | 2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Sadie Gertrude (Perveler) and Jacob Leonard Kubrick, a physician. His family were Jewish immigrants (from Austria, Romania, and Russia). Stanley was considered intelligent, despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would ...
38. Tom Shadyac
Director | The Nutty Professor
Tom Shadyac moved to Los Angeles in 1983 and, at age 24, became the youngest staff joke writer ever for comedian Bob Hope. Shadyac received his master's degree in film from UCLA in 1989 after completing the critically acclaimed short, Tom, Dick and Harry. He then worked on movies-of-the-week, ...
39. Richard Donner
Director | Superman
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40. Kevin Smith
Producer | Clerks
Kevin Patrick Smith was born in Red Bank but grew up in Highlands, New Jersey, the son of Grace (Schultz) and Donald E. Smith, a postal worker. He is very proud of his native state; this fact can be seen in all of his movies. Kevin is of mostly German, with some Irish and English, ancestry.
His ...
41. Dennis Dugan
Actor | Happy Gilmore
Dennis Dugan was born on September 5, 1946 in Wheaton, Illinois, USA as Dennis Barton Dugan. He is an actor and director, known for Happy Gilmore (1996), You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) and Big Daddy (1999). He is married to Sharon Dugan. He was previously married to Joyce Van Patten.
42. Dennis Hopper
Actor | Easy Rider
With an amazing cinematic career of more than five decades, Dennis Hopper was a multi-talented and unconventional actor/director, regarded by many as one of the true "enfants terribles" of Hollywood. Hopper was born on May 17, 1936 in Dodge City, Kansas, to Marjorie Mae (Davis) and James Millard ...
43. Victor Salva
Writer | Powder
Born in Martinez, California, 20 miles outside San Francisco, Victor Salva had written and directed over 20 short and feature-length films before graduating from high school. In the mid-'80s his 37-minute short Something in the Basement (1986) took first place in the fiction category at the Sony/...
44. David Cronenberg
Director | The Fly
David Cronenberg, also known as the King of Venereal Horror or the Baron of Blood, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1943. His father, Milton Cronenberg, was a journalist and editor, and his mother, Esther (Sumberg), was a piano player. After showing an inclination for literature at an early...
45. Mick Garris
Writer | Amazing Stories
Born in Santa Monica, California, on December 4, 1951, Mick Garris grew up with his mother in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Van Nuys from age 12, following his parents' divorce. Garris was making his own 8mm home movies around that time, and when he got older be became a freelance critic ...
46. George A. Romero
Writer | Land of the Dead
George A. Romero never set out to become a Hollywood figure; by all indications, though, he was very successful. The director of the groundbreaking "Living Dead" films was born February 4, 1940 ,in New York City to Ann (Dvorsky) and Jorge Romero. His father was born in Spain and raised in Cuba, and...
47. Tom Savini
Actor | From Dusk Till Dawn
Actor/SFX wizard/stuntman/director Tom Savini was born in Pittsburgh. Inspired by the film Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), a young Savini became fascinated with the magic and illusion of film. He spent his youth in his room creating characters by tirelessly practicing make-up. Later, as a combat ...
48. Brian De Palma
Director | Dressed to Kill
Brian De Palma is the son of a surgeon. He studied physics but at the same time felt his dedication for the movies and made some short films. After seven independent productions he had his first success with Sisters (1972) and his voyeuristic style. Restlessly he worked on big projects with the ...
49. John Fawcett
Director | Orphan Black
John Fawcett was born on March 5, 1968 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is a director and producer, known for Orphan Black (2013), Ginger Snaps (2000) and The Dark (2005). He was previously married to Laura Wood Fawcett.
50. Steve Miner
Director | Warlock
Steve Miner has had a very popular career in making films and remains one of Hollywood's most prolific directors and has worked with a variety of stars that includes Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, C. Thomas Howell, Tom Arnold, Amy Steel Rick Moranis, and Bill Pullman.
Before becoming a director, ...
51. Joseph Zito
Director | Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Joseph Zito is a well known action film director. Three of his movies--Missing in Action (1984), Invasion U.S.A. (1985) and Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)--each reached the #1 box office position of top grossing film in the country in their opening weeks of U.S. theatrical release. "...
52. Danny Steinmann
Director | Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Writer/director/producer Danny Steinmann was the son of noted East Coast art collector Herbert R. Steinmann. Danny made his debut as both writer and director with the funky hardcore porno picture High Rise (1973), on which he used the alias Danny Stone. Steinmann was a production associate on ...
53. Tom McLoughlin
Writer | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Tom McLoughlin was born on July 19, 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), The Unsaid (2001) and She-Wolf of London (1990). He has been married to Nancy McLoughlin since July 2, 1983. They have two children.
54. John Carl Buechler
Special_effects | Hatchet
When he ran the make-up effects department at New World Pictures, Roger Corman called him "...the best in the business..." John Carl Buechler was born in Belleville, Illinois. An actor, writer, producer, director, special effects artist, he has always been in love with filmmaking. He was the first ...
55. Rob Hedden
Writer | Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Rob Hedden wrote and directed the 2012 romantic action comedy "You May Not Kiss The Bride" starring Dave Annable, Katharine McPhee, Kathy Bates, Rob Schneider and Mena Suvari. His original feature script "The Condemned" was released theatrically by Lionsgate in 2007. The action film starring Stone ...
56. Adam Marcus
Writer | Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Adam Marcus is an American film director, writer and actor.
Marcus was born in Westport, Connecticut and attended Staples High School. He started his career at the age of fifteen, when he co-created the Westport Theatreworks Theatrical Company where he directed and produced over fifty shows in seven...
57. James Isaac
Director | Jason X
James Isaac was born on June 5, 1960 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is known for his work on Jason X (2001), Pig Hunt (2008) and Enemy Mine (1985). He was married to Harriet Isaac. He died on May 6, 2012 in Sausalito, California.
58. Zack Snyder
Producer | Wonder Woman
Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter, best known for action and science fiction films. Snyder made his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead and has gone on to be known for his comic book movies and ...
59. David Ayer
Writer | End of Watch
David Ayer is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. David Ayer was born in Champaign, Illinois and grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota, and Bethesda, Maryland, where he was kicked out of his house by his parents as a teenager. Ayer then lived with his cousin in Los Angeles, ...
60. Edward Zwick
Producer | Thirtysomething
Edward Zwick is well-known for his heroic movies that include Glory (1989), and the breathtaking works of art that include Legends of the Fall (1994). Zwick has also been known for his thoughtfulness as a director, and for his record of working with television series and other films as a producer.
61. Ronny Yu
Director | Huo Yuan Jia
Born in Hong Kong, Ronny Yan-Tai Yu dreamed of making films since he was a child. At only 9 months of age, Yu contracted polio, resulting in a long recovery that prevented him from developing an active childhood and had to spend much time in isolation. To cope with the loneliness, Yu created ...
62. Tom Holland
Writer | Fright Night
Tom Holland is an American director and screenwriter of horror and thriller films. His early writing projects include Class of 1984 (1982) and the Robert Bloch- inspired Psycho II (1983), the latter starring Anthony Perkins as the menacing psychopath, Norman Bates.
Tom gained more notoriety, however...
63. John Lafia
Director | Man's Best Friend
John Lafia is a director and writer, known for Man's Best Friend (1993), Child's Play (1988) and Child's Play (2019).
64. Jack Bender
Producer | Lost
Jack Bender was born on September 25, 1949 in the USA. He is a producer and director, known for Lost (2004), Alias (2001) and Child's Play 3 (1991). He is married to Laura Owens. They have two children.
65. Don Mancini
Writer | Seed of Chucky
Don Mancini was born on January 25, 1963 in the USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Seed of Chucky (2004), Bride of Chucky (1998) and Child's Play (1988).
66. Tommy Lee Wallace
Director | Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Tommy Lee Wallace is an American director, writer, producer, and actor. Although having worked in diverse genres, Tommy is probably best known for his contribution to the horror film, most notably its many sequels. Early on he scripted Amityville II: The Possession (1982) and quickly moved on to ...
67. Rick Rosenthal
Producer | Mean Creek
Rick Rosenthal was born on June 15, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Mean Creek (2004), Transparent (2014) and Nearing Grace (2005). He is married to Nancy Stephens.
68. Dwight H. Little
Director | Tekken
Director Dwight H. Little was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. Always interested in film while growing up, he came out west to attend the Film School at the University of Southern California. His senior thesis project, "Americano," brought him much acclaim, winning the Focus Film Festival's top ...
69. Dominique Othenin-Girard
Director | Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Dominique Othenin-Girard is a Swiss independent film director, producer and scriptwriter. A graduate of the London Film School, he has directed over 30 motion pictures and films for television in the USA, UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Morocco, Algeria, Kenya, India, Cambodia and...
70. Rob Zombie
Director | The Devil's Rejects
Robert Bartleh Cummings, more famously known as Rob Zombie, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on January 12, 1965. He is the oldest son of Louise and Robert Cummings, and has a younger brother, Michael David (aka Spider One; b. 1968), who is the lead singer of Powerman 5000. Growing up, Zombie ...
71. Joe Chappelle
Director | The Pages
Began working in Chicago's advertising community, eventually starting his own commercial production company upon graduating from college.
72. Adam Green
Writer | Frozen
Adam Green is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor known for his success within the horror genre with films like the "Hatchet" franchise, "Frozen," and "Digging Up The Marrow." He is also the creator, writer, director, star, and show runner of the television comedy series "...
73. Eli Roth
Producer | Cabin Fever
Eli Raphael Roth was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Cora (Bialis), a painter, and Sheldon H. Roth, a psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and clinical professor. His family is Jewish (from Austria, Hungary, Russia, and Poland). He began shooting Super 8 films at the age of eight, after watching Ridley ...
74. Lawrence Kasdan
Writer | The Big Chill
Lawrence Kasdan was born on January 14, 1949 in Miami, Florida, USA as Lawrence Edward Kasdan. He is a writer and producer, known for The Big Chill (1983), Silverado (1985) and Wyatt Earp (1994). He has been married to Meg Kasdan since November 28, 1971. They have two children.
75. Peter Jackson
Producer | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Peter Jackson was born as an only child in a small coast-side town in New Zealand in 1961. When a friend of his parents bought him a super 8 movie camera (because she saw how much he enjoyed taking photos), the then eight-year-old Peter instantly grabbed the thing to start recording his own movies,...
76. Henry Selick
Director | Coraline
Henry Selick is a film director, specializing in films with stop-motion animation. He has formal training as an animator.
Selick was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, son of Charles H. Selick and Melanie Molan. He was mostly raised Rumson, New Jersey. As a child, Selick took up drawing as a hobby. He ...
77. John Lasseter
Writer | Toy Story 2
Although born in Hollywood John and his twin sister, Johanna were raised in Wittier near Los Angeles. His parents were Jewell Mae (Risley), an art teacher, and Paul Eual Lasseter, a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership. His mother's profession contributed to his interest in animation and ...
78. Andrew Stanton
Writer | WALL·E
Oscar-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton was raised in Rockport, Massachusetts. He was educated at The California Institute of the Arts (or "CalArts") in Los Angeles, where he studied character animation. After graduation, Stanton began working as a writer on the TV series Mighty Mouse: The New ...
79. Pete Docter
Writer | Up
Pete Docter was born on October 9, 1968 in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA as Peter Hans Docter. He is a producer and writer, known for Up (2009), Inside Out (2015) and Monsters, Inc. (2001). He has been married to Amanda Jean Schmidt since December 27, 1992. They have two children.
80. Brad Bird
Writer | The Incredibles
Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird is an American director, screenwriter, animator, producer and occasional voice actor, known for both animated and live-action films. Bird was born in Kalispell, Montana, the youngest of four children of Marjorie A. (née Cross) and Philip Cullen Bird. His father worked in...
81. Colin Trevorrow
Writer | Jurassic World
Born in San Francisco and raised in Oakland, Colin Trevorrow started making short films when he was 12 years old. He studied film and dramatic writing at New York University. After graduation, he wrote and directed "Home Base" a digital short that became one of the early viral successes on the ...
82. J.A. Bayona
Director | El orfanato
J.A. Bayona was born on May 9, 1975 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain as Juan Antonio García Bayona. He is a director, known for The Orphanage (2007), The Impossible (2012) and A Monster Calls (2016).
83. Jaume Collet-Serra
Producer | The Shallows
Jaume Collet-Serra was born on March 23, 1974 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is a producer and director, known for The Shallows (2016), Unknown (2011) and Orphan (2009).
84. Ang Lee
Director | Wo hu cang long
Born in 1954 in Pingtung, Taiwan, Ang Lee has become one of today's greatest contemporary filmmakers. Ang graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975 and then came to the U.S. to receive a B.F.A. Degree in Theatre/Theater Direction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ...
85. John G. Avildsen
Director | Rocky
John G. Avildsen was born on December 21, 1935 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA as John Guilbert Avildsen. He was a director and editor, known for Rocky (1976), Rocky V (1990) and The Karate Kid Part III (1989). He was married to Tracy Brooks Swope and Marie Olga Maturevich. He died on June 16, 2017 in ...
86. Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Director | The Kings of Summer
Jordan Vogt-Roberts is a director and producer, known for The Kings of Summer (2013), Successful Alcoholics (2010) and Kong: Skull Island (2017).
87. Gareth Edwards
Visual_effects | Monsters
Gareth James Edwards was born on June 1, 1975 in the English town of Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Growing up, he admired movies such as the 1977 classic "Star Wars", and went on to pursue a film career. He even cites George Lucas and Steven Spielberg as his biggest influences. Edwards studied BA (Hons) ...
88. Gary Whitta
Writer | Rogue One
Gary Whitta is a writer and producer, known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), After Earth (2013) and The Book of Eli (2010).
89. M. Night Shyamalan
Producer | Lady in the Water
Born in Puducherry, India, and raised in the posh suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots.
He is the son of Jayalakshmi, a Tamil ...
90. Gore Verbinski
Director | Rango
Gore Verbinski, one of American cinema's most inventive directors who was a punk-rock guitarist as a teenager and had to sell his guitar to buy his first camera, is now the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) which made the industry record for highest opening weekend of ...
91. Roland Emmerich
Writer | Independence Day
Roland Emmerich is a German film director and producer of blockbuster films like The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Godzilla (1998), Independence Day (1996) and The Patriot (2000). Before fame, he originally wanted to be a production designer, but decided to be a director, after watching the original ...
92. Dean Devlin
Dean Devlin was born on August 27, 1962 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1998) and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). He has been married to Lisa Brenner since July 4, 2003.
93. Luc Besson
Writer | The Fifth Element
Luc Besson spent the first years of his life following his parents, scuba diving instructors, around the world. His early life was entirely aquatic. He already showed amazing creativity as a youth, writing early drafts of The Big Blue (1988) and The Fifth Element (1997), as an adolescent bored in ...
94. Ernest R. Dickerson
Cinematographer | Do the Right Thing
Ernest Roscoe Dickerson A.S.C., aka. Ernest R. Dickerson, is an American film director and cinematographer. As a cinematographer, he is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee. As a director, he is known for films such as Juice (1992), Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995), Bones (...
95. Chris Columbus
Producer | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Ohio, Chris Columbus was first inspired to make movies after seeing "The Godfather" at age 15. After enrolling at NYU film school, he sold his first screenplay (never produced) while a sophomore there. After graduation Columbus tried to sell his fourth script, "...
96. Alfonso Cuarón
Writer | Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born on November 28th in Mexico City, Mexico. From an early age, he yearned to be either a film director or an astronaut. However, he did not want to enter the army, so he settled for directing. He didn't receive his first camera until his twelfth birthday, and then ...
97. Mike Newell
Director | Four Weddings and a Funeral
Attended Cambridge University. Three year training course at Granada Television, with intention of going into theatre. Graduated to directing TV plays, building strong reputation for work with David Hare, David Edgar, Hohn, John Osborne, Jack Rosenthal.
98. David Yates
Director | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
David Yates was born on October 8, 1963 in St. Helens, Merseyside, England. He is a director and producer, known for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and The Legend of Tarzan (2016).
99. Bryan Singer
Director | X-Men
Bryan Singer was born on September 17, 1965 in New York City, New York, USA as Bryan Jay Singer. He is a producer and director, known for X-Men (2000), The Usual Suspects (1995) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).
100. Peter Hyams
Director | 2010: The Year We Make Contact
Peter Hyams was born in New York on July 26, 1943, and attended Hunter College Elementary School. He studied art and music at the Art Students League and the High School of Music and Art as well as at Syracuse University, where he majored in music and art. Before he became a CBS News news anchor in...
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Theophany
[Leer cuento en español]
The neo-ancient emergence of the phrase "streaming mass" had launched her into delight tinged with relief. She has stoically resigned herself to renouncing her walks to the Dish, her jazzercise classes, her meandering bike rides, no matter how much she longs for them. All for the common good. And, well, she has a big backyard, where she can run, dance, or do flips on the trampoline if she wants. She never actually has, but why shouldn't she?
Physical exercise is not, then, her main concern, but missing Sunday Mass is a harder pill to swallow. Now that is something unpardonable. She has given more than a chance to guided meditation videos on YouTube and theological chats over family dinner but, after two weeks devoid of the reverend's velvet words, the pit in her stomach bores deeper every second. How is it possible to face these apocalyptic times without the spiritual peace of Sunday's congregation?
That's why just reading "streaming mass" on her church's website — in spite of the friction of its meaning, its almost paradoxical chronology — had made her feel a little bit closer to heaven.
This Sunday, dressed to the nines, she's set up to correct exams while she waits for the service to begin. She dialed in to the video call twenty-three minutes and fifty-seven seconds before the start of mass, when there was not yet another soul to be seen in this cyber-limbo, so she continues to wield her red pen, less focused than usual due to the angelic chime every time someone new joins.
Six minutes and fourteen seconds before the streaming mass, she puts the exams aside to be dealt with in a clearer-eyed moment and begins to focus on the images of the other devotees. There are dozens of them and, every time one speaks, her picture fills the screen and ruthlessly unveils all the secrets of her home, at a stroke transforming all the others into petty, unwitting domestic spies.
Although the longevity of the parishioners is hardly news to her, Caroline can't help but be struck by the great host of pills in the foreground, of respirators in the background, of canes and walkers strewn about — not judging, not judging, that would be a sin, but you have to admit it's striking. She, who drags the average age down quite a few years, finds it almost sinful to peer into room after room of these old people, the poor devils, awash among their pillboxes, their orthopedic devices, their embroidered cushions, and their antediluvian photos.
Holy Mass begins; and it turns out that the seniors, for whom this first encounter with video-conferencing is a baptism by fire, are not at all acquainted with the concept of "muting the microphone". The reverend's words are incessantly and irrepressibly interrupted by, "I don't know that man from Adam," and "Heavens, how does this work?" and "Turn up the goddamn volume, Joseph, for Chrissake." Images of the reverend are interspersed with ladies in their Sunday best shouting that they don't understand, with half deaf gentlemen who don't understand that they are shouting, with shouting grandchild after grandchild, not understanding what's not to understand.
Bedlam and chaos. The blind leading the blind.
Caroline, all dolled up for this long-awaited moment, finds herself getting more and more distracted. She tries again and again to focus on the word of God — praise to you, Jesus Christ — but the situation is more hilarious than solemn. And exasperating. So funny, but so maddening, but so funny.
The reverend sighs, blesses, sighs, sighs.
A young man — well, not so much young, as younger than the others — materialized on the main screen as if descended from from the heavens and demonstrates on a sheet of paper the steps for muting the damn microphone, written in letters the size of a soft-boiled egg. Caroline sees the promised land beckon, but the blessed vision lasts but a few moments; the Methuselahs click, click, click, they try, click, click, click, but nothing, click, nothing, click, click, nothing, nothing, nothing.
Hell, now in streaming.
Caroline boils inside — one must have the patience of Job… She bites her tongue, crosses herself, makes a perfunctory gesture of farewell and hangs up, closing her computer with restrained violence.
And her house is plunged suddenly into the deepest silence. And, there, in that sacred hush, there, there, hidden, there dwells her God.
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Planning consent granted at Cheshunt Lakeside
Inland Homes (AIM: INL) ("Inland Homes" or the "Company"), the leading brownfield developer, housebuilder and partnership housing company with a focus on the South and South East of England, has received planning consent at Cheshunt Lakeside, Hertfordshire, further to the signing of a Section 106 agreement.
The consent follows planning resolution for the Cheshunt Lakeside site, as announced on 26 June 2019, and is the largest ever consent secured by Inland Homes.
The Cheshunt Lakeside masterplan will create a new "urban village" comprising 1,725 homes, 19,000 sqm of commercial space together with the provision for a new primary school. Inland Homes, together with its equal joint venture partner, owns and controls 1,253 residential plots and 4,905 sqm of commercial and educational space within the masterplan area with an estimated gross development value of £620m. Inland Homes is the lead developer on the broader masterplan, which it is working with the council to deliver.
Following the change to the Company's accounting reference date and financial year end to 30 September 2019, as announced on 6 June 2019, the consent falls within the current financial period and will ensure the value resulting from the significant planning decisions at Cheshunt Lakeside and across its wider portfolio is adequately captured.
Under the terms of the Section 106 agreement, the development will provide more than £14m in planning contributions for new and upgraded public infrastructure and community facilities that will support the "urban village" masterplan vision. This includes a new primary school, affordable housing, contributions towards secondary schools and improved transport links, including a new road, bus route and upgrades to Cheshunt railway station. The development will also generate up to 1,150 jobs on site in addition to 250 construction jobs and 30 apprenticeships, helping boost the local economy by up to £16m a year through increased business activity.
Inland Homes will submit its first reserved matters application for the delivery of 195 units in autumn 2019. Demolition of the existing buildings on site, including the former Tesco headquarters will begin before the end of the calendar year.
Stephen Wicks, Chief Executive, commented:
"The short time-frame in which we have been able to agree the terms of the Section 106 agreement for Cheshunt Lakeside is a clear indicator of Inland Homes' success in working collaboratively with local Councils to secure planning consent on complex sites.
"With the terms agreed, we are now eager to start construction and transform this former industrial site from its somewhat decrepit state into a thriving residential and business community of which we can all be proud."
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Ministry inaugurates health atlas, guideline
March 15, 2022Anteneh TsegayeFront PageNews
The National Data Management Centre for Health (NDMC) at Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and the Policy, Plan, Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate (PPMED) at the Ministry of Health, jointly, organized a conference to launch a national health atlas and data access and sharing guideline on the 14th of March, 2022. The health atlas, produced by NDMC, appears to be the first of its kind in the health system of Ethiopia. Given the name 'National and Regional Health Atlas', the document is produced from the national and subnational burden of disease analysis in Ethiopia. Under the Ministry of Health's leadership, the National Data Management Centre for Health at EPHI and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington have collaboratively been working to produce a comparable national and subnational burden of disease results from 1990 to 2019. Granted that, the atlas presents the burden of diseases between the years 1990-2019, it is highlighted that the Ministry of Health, as well as, the regional health bureaus of Ethiopia will benefit in making informed decisions. Through the entire route of preparing the document, the IHME offered technical support, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provided financial support.
The second document presented was a guideline on health data access and sharing, which was prepared by NDMC and PPMED and experts from different institutions have participated in the preparation of the document. Again, it has been stressed that this guideline is the first document prepared to govern issues related to health data access and sharing in Ethiopia.
Overall, keynote speeches, presentations, and discussions were the major activities at the event. In that regard, Dr. Ruth Nigatu, a delegate of the minster and chief of staff at the minister's office, was the guest of honor and keynote speaker. Apart from that, the delegate of EPHI's Deputy Director, Dr. Assefa Deressa also made a speech in the presence of other higher officials of the ministry, as well as, the institute. Moreover, Professor. Christopher Murray, the director for IHME, also made a keynote speech virtually.
The presentations of the conference were made by two experts. Dr. Awoke Misganaw (advisor of NDMC and Ass. Professor at the University of Washington) presented the key findings of the national and regional burden of disease in Ethiopia, and Dr. Kedir Seid (from the ministry's Plan, Policy Monitoring and Evaluation directorate), on his part, presented major issues on how to implement the guideline on national health data access and sharing. All in all, researchers, representatives of regional health bureaus, representatives of different institutions, local GBD collaborators, partners, and different individuals have attended the conference both physically and virtually.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health promulgates that the days between March 14 and March 18, 2022, shall be commemorated as Health Data Week. And in the future, every year within the month of March, a week will be dedicated to commemorate Health Data Week at a national level. Taking the catchphrase 'Enhanced Partnership and Collaboration to Strengthen the Health Information System', the week is expected to be a milestone in promoting data use for informed decisions through collaborative works.
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