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Documentary Duncan Cowles 10 minutes
In the Company of Insects
Prompted by the death of his grandfather, a filmmaker comes to terms with his feelings of loss by focussing on something smaller.
Documentary about Loss in Live-Action
Directed By Duncan Cowles
Produced By Relative Films Ltd
Rob Munday
Returning to Short of the Week for the fifth time, Scottish filmmaker Duncan Cowles offers up a deadpan meditation on the end of life, with his latest short film, In the Company of Insects. Delivered in his trademark style and building on the approach we all enjoyed in previous short, Taking Stock, Cowles invites you to spend 10-minutes of your time in the microscopic world of some six-legged beasties, as he tackles the meaning of life – in his own distinct fashion.
"My grandad died recently and I've found it quite comforting, well distracting, to film these insects in my back garden" – the opening lines of voiceover from In the Company of Insects lay the foundations for the film perfectly. Not only is the audience instantly taken into Cowles' headspace and his current state-of-mind, the format of the film and what to expect for the rest of its duration is perfectly laid out before you.
" I just experimented with filming them" – Cowles explaining the photography for In the Company of Insects
As the film expands, visually we remain in the minuscule world of the insects, watching them potter around Cowles' garden, but the voiceover tackles much broader themes – from global conflict to filmmaking to the end of it all. It sounds heavy going, but as usual, Cowles injects the film with his unique brand of dry humour, from noisily eating biscuits while recording his audio track to straying off-topic to discuss his swimming experiences. Mixing this lightheartedness with raw emotion is a clever move. It makes the impact of the film land powerfully, but also keeps it surprisingly easy to digest, considering the bleakness of it all.
"Focussing on this microscopic world, helped put the one we live in, into perspective"
Inspired by Joshua Oppenheimer's 2002 short A Brief History of Paradise as Told by the Cockroaches, Cowles explains that making In the Company of Insects was his way of dealing with his emotions, and his general distress at the state of the world, after the death of his Granddad Tweedie (who we met in Cowles' earlier film Directed by Tweedie). "There was a lot of downtime around death", he explains as we discuss the motivation behind making his short. "You are left with a lot of time to think about it, but without necessarily having much you need to do. So I opted to film all these insects in the back garden as a distraction. Focussing on this microscopic world, helped put the one we live in, into perspective".
Part therapeutic process, part existential crisis, Cowles camped out in his garden and shot super macro shots of his tiny new friends in 200fps slow motion (x8 slower than reality). Shooting the visuals was an organic, calming experience, but that trademark narration was a little more difficult. "The voiceover I did a handful of times" he discloses as I ask him about the challenges he faced when making of In the Company of Insects. "The majority of the voiceover used in the final film is from 1 take I did on a particularly low day, without a script. I came home after a pretty depressing day, and sat down with a coffee and a biscuit, started the recording, and just let it flow out".
From the very first time I viewed Cowles' filmmaking (The Lady with the Lamp), the thing that stood out about his approach was his participation in his work. From his unmistakable voiceovers to his general "on-camera" persona, his involvement in his films feels vital to their success. "I'm keen for my films to feel authored", he reveals as I quiz him on his decision to appear in his work. "I want an audience to feel like they are with me on a journey, whether that's an inner one or an outer one, I want them to feel like they're a part of the way I'm experiencing the world", he adds.
Cowles in front of the camera in 2017 short Taking Stock
Having spent some time with Duncan on the festival circuit, and experienced his questioning nature first hand ("so, what's been your highlight of the year Rob?"), it's fair to say this isn't just a front he puts on for the camera. It's exaggerated, sure, but it's a formula that works for Cowles and one that has led him to create a Christmas ad made solely from stock footage, become a character in a Will Anderson animation, star in a Rory Alexander Stewart short and become somewhat of an expert on Scottish football.
"Audiences have responded best to the work where I've personally featured"
"There's no point making films if they're going to look and sound the same as everyone else's", the filmmaker concludes. "Audiences have responded best to the work where I've personally featured, and I also just enjoy the challenge of being in my own work". Cowles is currently working on finishing his first feature documentary, Silent Men, and has a TV series in the pipeline.
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Sci-Fi TV Thursday: The Walking Dead, True Blood, Wonder Woman, Smallville, SGU, Fringe, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Terra Nova + more
| March 10, 2011 | By: Rosario T. Calabria 58 comments so far
In Sci-Fi TV this week we learn more about Leonard Nimoy's return to Fringe, hear from Brannon Braga about his time-travel series Terra Nova, find out how the SGU writers hope to wrap it up post cancellation, get some True Blood spoilers, get more Wonder Woman casting, and catch up with all the rest of your genre faves. All that plus latest television ratings, casting bites and new images and video previews.
GENRE TV NEWS
With third season off the table, SGU writers looking to wrap series through TV movies
Although a third season of the canceled Syfy series "Stargate Universe" is now off the table, executive producer Joseph Mallozzi says discussions continue behind the scenes with MGM continue and he has revealed that they hope to wrap the series through TV movies and a decision could be had by the end of the season/series finale:
"Hopefully, by the time its airs, we'll have definite word on a potential movie or two. If it's a go and fans can look forward to a proper end to Destiny's mission, then Gauntlet will certainly set the stage for a grand conclusion. If, on the other hand, things don't pan out and Gauntlet does turn out to be the bittersweet finale, fans will be thrilled, touched, heartbroken – and left to wonder what could have been."
In ratings news, the show premiered on its new night this past Monday with no change. "Deliverance" drew 1.04M viewers (-5%) and a 0.5 A18-49 rating (nc). The season average is now down to 1.07M viewers and a 0.5 A18-49 rating. To put those numbers in perspective, through the first 11 weeks of last season, the show averaged 1.88M viewers and a 0.8 A18-49 rating. On the plus side despite dropping from its lead-in "Being Human (US)" among viewers (from 1.46M) it held steady in A18-49 rating.
Promotional stills for episode 2×12 – "Twin Destinies" [more at SpoilerTV]
Promo for "Twin Destinies" [YouTube]
Sneak peek at "Twin Destinies" [Syfy]
Leonard Nimoy confirms return to Fringe
As previously reported here on TrekMovie.com, Leonard Nimoy revealed on his Twitter account that he'll be reprising his role as Walter Bell on the Fox series "Fringe":
"Coming to Fringe. William's bell rings soon. LLAP"
On that note, executive producer Jeff Pinkner discussed the actor's return to the show in an interview featured in ESPN: The Magazine's Fiction issue [via PopWatch | New York Post]:
W: Is that desire to continually challenge the actors behind the March 18 return of William Bell through Olivia?
Jeff: The idea came from still having story to tell for the character. One of the themes of our show is balance and harmony and the idea that there are two sides to everything. That's a seed we planted in season one – William & Walter are Lennon & McCartney. They bring out the best in one another and are not complete without the other.
In terms of the show's still-in-doubt future, Pinkner says he still believes the show has "six to eight seasons worth of material":
We see it as having certain chapters that would enrich the overall story, but aren't necessary to tell the overall story. God willing the network allows us the time to tell our complete story.
"Fringe" returns tomorrow night with the episode "Os", which features a guest apperance by Jorge Garcia ("Lost").
First look at guest star Jorge Garcia in episode 3×16 – "Os" [InsideTV | EW]
More promotional stills from "Os" [more at Daemon's TV]
Promotional stills from episode 3×17 – "Stowaway" [more at SpoilerTV]
Promo for "Os" [YouTube]
Brannon Braga talks Terra Nova
"Terra Nova" showrunner Brannon Braga has revealed some new details about the upcoming prehistoric time travel series which previews this May on Fox [SFX]:
"Without giving too much away, there will be connections to the future that are very mysterious and ongoing but only as they relate to our characters. We won't do standalone stories in the future, but the future will play a part in this series," says Braga.
Braga also highlighted the look and feel of the show, describing it as "unlike anything people have seen before":
"[I]t's a fascinating conglomeration of futuristic technology in the distant past. The colonists bring with them medical technology, sonic weapons and non-lethal weapons to battle dinosaurs because they don't want to kill anything unless they have to so as not to rape the landscape. The look of these technologies in a prehistoric setting is pretty cool, but having said that they don't have all the luxuries."
The two-night series preview will air Monday, May 23 and Tuesday, May 24, before it joins the network's fall lineup.
New promo (features our first look at the Dinosaurs) [YouTube | Fox]
BBC America sets Doctor Who season six premiere: April 23
The sixth season of "Doctor Who" will premiere on BBC America on Saturday, April 23 at 9:00PM:
Doctor Who is coming to America in a spectacular two-part season premiere on BBC AMERICA. Part One premieres Saturday, April 23 at 9/8c. The mysterious time traveler, the Doctor (Matt Smith), and his companions Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill), find themselves on a secret summons that takes them on an adventure from the desert in Utah – right to the Oval Office in 1969. More details will be revealed in the coming weeks about this two-parter penned by 'Who supremo' Steven Moffat (Sherlock) and featuring guest star Mark Sheppard (Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica). Also set to return this season, Alex Kingston (ER, Flash Forward), as the irrepressible River Song.
BBC still hasn't announced a date for the UK premiere, but previous reports have indicated that it will premiere over the Easter weekend, which likely means season six premiere on the same date in both the US and UK. In other news, Steven Moffat teases what's ahead for two mini-episodes of "Doctor Who" that will air on Red Nose Day on March 18 [SFX]:
"Very, very small episodes – maybe eight minutes in total, so that's around four minutes each. It's not a spoof. It's in the style of the ones that we've done for Children In Need…One's called 'Space' and one's called 'Time', so they're Space & Time. And there's a moment with two Amy Ponds in it. If you're a red-blooded male surely that's enough! You've got Amy Pond flirting with herself."
Set images [more at Wales Online]
Radio 1 interview with Matt Smith [YouTube]
Michael Rosenbaum credits fans for his return to Smallville
Michael Rosenbaum will be returning for the series finale of "Smallville" and the actor says that while he would have preferred to leave the series in his past, he had to return… for the fans:
"I just felt like it was the right thing to do. I felt the fans created the show, and they followed me at such a level that I couldn't say no. … I felt after 160 episodes, that was it. But the fans didn't think so. I'm doing it for them."
Rosenbaum made the comments to his hometown paper, the Evansville Courier & Press. Click here to read the complete interview. In other casting news, despite the February 25 episode "Fortune" being the fifth of five scheduled episodes for Allison Mack, the actress reportedly filmed a scene for the finale that will be part of the show's send-off. In other news, The CW is planning a "10 years in one night" special that will air in early April [via SpoilerTV]. "Smallville" airs Friday night's at 8PM on The CW.
Promo for episode 10×17 – "Kent" [YouTube]
HBO's Game of Thrones to get early preview
The series premiere of the HBO series "Game of Thrones" is still scheduled to debut on Sunday, April 17, but HBO has announced a special 15-minute sneak peek of the first episode for April 3:
HBO will present – for the first time – a sneak peek of the first 15 minutes of the first episode of a new series when GAME OF THRONES EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW debuts SUNDAY, APRIL 3 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT). Following this one-time-only play, GAME OF THRONES EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW will be available immediately on hbo.com and HBO Go, and will be available on HBO On Demand beginning Monday, April 4.
In other news, George R.R. Martin has revealed that the latest book in his bestselling "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, "A Dance With Dragons", is scheduled to be published by Bantam on July 12, 2011.
Official poster [via ComingSoon.net]
New trailer [HBO | YouTube]
Watch two more trailers here and here
Featurette: "Invitation To Westeros" [HBO | YouTube]
Robert Kirkman talks The Walking Dead season two + Fall premiere likely
Turns out we won't be getting the second season of "The Walking Dead" early after all. There had been reports that AMC was considering premiering the show this summer, but a newly launched website from the network — http://www.amcdead.com/ — says the show will return in the fall, making another Halloween premiere date likely and bringing an end to any realistic hope of an earlier premiere date.
Meanwhile, here are some highlights from the Paleyfest 2011 panel on the show (courtesy Dread Central):
Darabont and Kirkman have been in the writers' room for one week getting started on Season Two.
Darabont clarified they are working on what to do next with Merle Dixon (Michael Rooker), Morgan (Lennie James), and his son Duane (Adrian Kali Turner).
Merle will NOT be the governor. That's just too obvious.
Darabont wants Season Two to pick up immediately after Season One left off. He hates huge time jumps and wants his characters to be caught up in their current emotional state, reacting to what had just happened. He mentioned they're on "puberty watch" for Chandler Riggs, who plays Rick and Lori's son, Carl, as time passage may be a problem. They could always do the one year later thing once he actually begins to age. Unlike "LOST", they're not bound to the same time rules.
In an interview with TV Guide, creator Robert Kirkman discussed what's in store for the second season:
"There's definitely going to be some new blood — some new victims for the zombies, if you will," Kirkman says. "It's important to me that there are these X-factor things thrown in where people that are familiar with the comic book don't really know where things are going to go. I want to keep people guessing as much as possible, and having new characters … definitely adds to that."
Check out another interview with Kirkman here. Filming on the second season is expected to begin in May. "The Walking Dead: Season One" is currently available for purchase on DVD and Blu-ray.
Highlights from the True Blood Paleyfest 2011 panel
For fans of "True Blood", this following revelation from "True Blood" creator Alan Ball about the Bill/Sookie relationship shouldn't come as much of a surprise:
"It is hard not to think of them as soul mates when they are in real life," said Ball. "[But Bill's] betrayal [of Sookie] is so deep that I don't think she sees a way back from that. That's why we need 17 seasons." Sookie's desire to find comfort in Alcide was mentioned as a possibility although Manganiello reminded us that his character's ex "Debbie is still at large."
Although Anna Paquin (Sookie) doesn't want to rule out a reconcilliation between the two characters, Ball says he certainly doesn't expect Sookie to "forgive" Bill anytime soon: "I wouldn't use the word forgive. I think things thaw a bit between them, but I would hesitate to use the word forgive. That's a very strong word," he said.
Here are some updates about to what to expect from some of the show's other characters [via TV Guide]:
Sookie Sackhouse
Anna Paquin says she's learned a few things, just not how to control her "microwave fingers." Says the actress: "I believe that's the technical term for them … and no, she doesn't have control, but she's still new to all this fairy stuff." At the same time, "we will see what she learned from tempering the way she goes about looking for independence."
Eric Northman:
"He messed with the wrong people," Alexander Skarsgard says. When next we meet Eric, he's "definitely not stable." And it gets worse, too. "He doesn't know who he is anymore … Eric needs help." Help from Sookie? Not exactly. "There are a lot of friendly people in Bon Temps kind enough to help," the actor continues. But the bottom line is Eric is a changed man. "The powerful character he was is just gone. He's the polar opposite of who he used to be. He's just completely lost … and very vulnerable," the actor says.
Tara Thornton:
"We'll see a new Tara," Rutina Wesley says. She's "a lot more stable." (It's about time! We want tough Tara back!) "She may find some happiness, but just for a bit … You'll find out early on where she's been."
And here are some additional highlights from the Paleyfest panel:
The witches will be introduced this season through a coven of Wiccans, but Ball says they won't be "bringers of evil". [TV Guide]
Russell Edington isn't dead yet: "We specifically made the choice not to kill him," says Ball. "I don't know when but there are definitely plans to bring him back. He is gonna be pissed." [Inside TV | EW]
Allan Hyde will reprise his role as Godric, but he's be seen through flashbacks and/or dreams. [TV Line]
More impressions from the panel are here, here, here and here. And lastly, check out an interview with castmembers Rutina Wesley and Deborah Ann Woll at Collider.
Elizabeth Hurley to play villain in NBC's Wonder Woman pilot + Lynda Carter weighs in on Palicki casting
Elizabeth Hurley announced via her Twitter feed that she has been cast as a villain in David E. Kelley's NBC pilot "Wonder Woman":
"Thrilled to be doing the NBC pilot Wonder Woman. I'll be playing the evil villain. Can't wait."
According to TV Line, a few things need to be worked out, but the British actress/model will be playing Veronica Cale. The role is technically a guest-spot but if the show gets picked up to series it'll likely evolve into a recurring part. In other casting news, Inside TV | EW is reporting that Cary Elwes has joined the cast of the show has the CEO of Themyscira Industries — Diana company. EW notes the character "could eventually serve as the heroine's romantic interest." Also joining the cast will be Tracie Thoms, playing the regular role of Diana's personal assistant, Etta and Pedro Pascal, who will play a liaison to the police department. "Wonder Woman" stars Adrianne Palicki in the title role, a casting which has garnered positive approval from TV's previous Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter:
"She's a good actress and she's beautiful," Carter adds, "and I hope she kicks butt."
Carter added that she hasn't offered the actress advice for the role, but would give it if asked: "If she wants to talk to me, that would be a whole different thing."
The Walking Dead leads TV with 6 Saturn Awards 2011 nominations
"The Walking Dead" has been nominated for 6 Saturn Awards including Best Television Presentation, Best Actor in Television (Andrew Lincoln), Best Actress in Television (Sarah Wayne Callies), Best Supporting Actor in Television (Steven Yeun), Best Supporting Actress in Television (Laurie Holden) and Best Guest Starring Role in Television (Noah Emmerich). "Lost" and "Fringe" followed in a three-way tie for second place — along with AMC's "Breaking Bad" — with five nominations a piece.
The Best Network Series nominees are "Fringe" (Fox), "Lost" (ABC), "Smallville" (CW), "Supernatural" (CW), "V" (ABC) and "The Vampire Diaries" (CW). Click over to the official website for the complete list of nominations.
No chance at Firefly reboot
A few weeks ago Nathan Fillion jokingly offerred to buy the rights to "Firefly": "If I got $300 million from the California Lottery, the first thing I would do is buy the rights to Firefly, make it on my own, and distribute it on the Internet." Almost immediately, fans of the canceled 2002 series took note and began to organize on Twitter and Facebook. Before we knew it, HelpNathanBuyFirefly.com was born. It quickly attracted nearly 12,000 "pledges" worth more than $1M and the Facebook page has grown to over 113,000 fans. But as support escalated, writer/Joss Whedon's sister-in-law Maurissa Tancharoen tweeted the following message against the movement:
"Guys, no one in the Whedonverse is in support of www.helpnathanbuyfirefly.com. Please save your money!"
Tancharoen later tweeted an extended message:
"I appreciate the support. I think what some people don't understand is – by "no one in the Whedonverse is in support of HNBF" I meant that no one is officially involved in any capacity. This is a pure fan movement. There just needed to be clarification. There were many questions coming my way so I finally answered. I wasn't trying to bash dreams, by all means come together and show your love for Firefly. But when money is involved (and pledges are meant to become real $ at some point, yes?) things get tricky… I wasn't going to say anything else on the subject as I didn't want to further fuel the already out of control fire, but unkind things have been said. And honestly, I'm afraid that I've grown afraid of the internet. Still got mad love for the Browncoats. Over and out for a bit…"
The result? The website has closed:
According to Joss's sister-in-law, no one from the Whedon clan endorses the idea of a fan-funded organization trying to help. So, that's a wrap. We'll keep the site open as a memory for a bit and if any Whedons need to reach us, hit the button…
…Although the Facebook page remains open. Don't forget you can still catch all 14 episodes of "Firefly" in HD Sunday nights at 10PM on The Science Channel.
PREVIEW Videos & Images
Promotional stills for episode 1×09 – "I Want You Back (from The Dead)" [more at Daemon's TV]
Rollercoaster at Universal Studio's Singapore [Bloomberg]
Promo for episode 4×18 – "Chuck vs. The A-Team" [YouTube]
Featurette: "Enter the White House" [YouTube]
Promo for episode 1×13 – "Turnabout" [YouTube]
Promotional cast images [more at SpoilerTV]
New trailer [YouTube]
Watc more previews via Daemon's TV here
Outkasts
Promotional stills for episode 1×08 (season finale) [more at Den of Geek]
Promotional stills from episode 3×11 – "Pax Romana" [more at Dameon's TV]
Promotional stills from episode 3×12 – "Hangover" [more at SpoilerTV]
First trailer for Cartoon Network's upcoming remake [YouTube via Collider]
Teaser trailer for upcoming Disney XD series [YouTube via /Film]
Promotional stills for episode 2×10 (season finale/possible series finale) – "Mother's Day" [more at SpoilerTV]
Promo for "Mother's Day" [YouTube]
Promo for episode 2×17 – "Know Thy Enemy" [YouTube]
TV BITES
Syfy has picked up re-run rights for all 31 episodes of the short-lived Fox series "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles". The premiere will take place Thursday, April 7 at 9PM with the movie "Terminator 3" serving as its lead-in. Following episodes will air Thursday's from 7-11PM. [Inside TV | EW]
Sorry "The Cape" fans, but NBC has announced that the final episode of the low-rated sci-fi drama will only be available online: "Flash: The creators of The Cape are prepping an exclusive episode just for online fans! Keep watching this site in the days ahead to see a full-length special episode." [NBC]
Episode 4×21 of "Chuck" will be called "Chuck vs. The Wedding Planner". [SpoilerTV]
Catch up with the last two weeks of filming for "Torchwood: Miracle Day" over at Doctor Who News Page here and here.
Episode 3×18 of "Fringe" will be called "Bloodline". [SpoilerTV]
A 96-rated comic of "Amazing Fantasy #15", the first appearance of Spider-Man, sold for $1.1 million. [Bleeding Cool]
Production on the second season of "Haven" is scheduled to begin on March 25, 2011. [Sam Ernst | Twitter]
TNT has set a June 19, 2011 date for the premiere of the Steven Spielberg-produced sci-fi series "Falling Skies". The two-hour premiere will be followed by weekly Sunday installments at 10PM. [Variety]
Morena Baccarin confirmed that there will be three deaths in the upcoming season two finale of "V": "It's crazy. Totally nuts. And it's really heartbreaking. I cried when I saw it."… [TV Line]
… "V" showrunner Scott Rosenbuam also recently tweeted that we'll see a fully revealed "V" in the finale. [Scott Rosenbaum | Twitter]
After an extended hiatus, "The Event" was down a steep 26% in adults 18-49 for its two-episode return 'event' this past Monday (from a 1.9 A18-49 ratinng to a 1.4 A18-49 rating). Among viewers the show was down a less severe 10% (from 5.83M to 5.23M).
Synopses/Episode descriptions
"Chuck" – 4×18 – "Chuck vs. the A-Team". [SpoilerTV]
"Chuck" – 4×19 – "Chuck vs. the Muuurder". [SpoilerTV]
"Fringe" – 3×17 – "Stowaya". [SpoilerTV]
"Being Human (UK)" – 3×08 – "The Wolf-Shaped Bullet". [SpoilerTV]
"No Ordinary Family" – 1×18 – "No Ordinary Animal". [SpoilerTV]
"The Event" – 1×14 – "A Message Back". [SpoilerTV]
"The Event" – 1×15 – "Face Off". [SpoilerTV]
CASTING BITES
James Corden will reprise his role as the character Craig Owens in the sixth season of "Doctor Who". [BBC]
Mark Sheppard will guest star on episode 20 – "The Man Who Would Be King" — of "Supernatural". [via SpoilerTV]
Kiefer Sutherland has been cast to play the lead in Tim Kring's ("Heroes") upcoming drama pilot "Touch". [Deadline]
Katee Sackhoff will voice a character in an upcoming episode of the Cartoon Network series "Star Wars: The Clone Wars". [Katee Sackhoff | Twitter]
"Locke & Key" creators Alex Zalben and Jim Hill have confirmed that Ksenia Solo has been cast to play the character Dodge, or the "Lady in the Well", in the upcoming Fox adaptation of the comic book series. [MTV Geek]
Keira Knightley will voice the role of Tinker Bell in Syfy's upcoming four-hour live action TV movie "Neverland". The miniseries will premiere in December 2011. [Syfy]
Jason Priestly has joined the cast of Syfy's "Haven". He'll play Chris Weekly, "a brilliant, principled but anti-social marine biologist who must deal with an affliction most would consider a blessing." [TV Line]
Jamie Bamber won't be the only former BSG castmember to make up the cast of Ron Moore's upcoming NBC drama pilot "17th Precinct". Fellow alums James Callis and Tricia Helfer have also joined the cast of the series. Also joining the show is Kristin Kreuk ("Smallville")… [TV Line, (2), (3)]
… Callis will play a homicide detective and Helfer will play Morgana, "a necromancer…who is an expert at manipulating the potions, tools, herbs and spells of her trade". Kreuk will guest-star as Susan Longstreet, the wife of Jamie Bamber's character. The role has the potential to become recurring should the pilot get picked up to series.
Thomas Dekker ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles") has been cast in the lead male role of The CW's drama pilot "Secret Circle". The show is based on "The Vampire Diaries" author L.J. Smith's series of novels. Dekker will play Adam, the oldest member of a top-secret Witch coven and a love interest of Cassie (played by Britt Robertson). [TV Line]
SCI-FI RATINGS (Based on final national numbers unless otherwise noted) [@TravisYanan]
CHART (2/14/2011 to 2/20/2011)
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Spock Lives!!!
First ? Looking forward to DW, just hope Australia gets it at the same time as the US.
Norman Bates
The British have to pay £140+ a year for a tv licence or they will get a hefty fine by the BBC that could run up to ££££thousands££££.!!! Consider yourself lucky you get BBC America at all. Sucks really…
Mother says that the Britsh public should boycott the BBC and tell them to go f………………..!!!
He's right, Jim
Indeed, also here in the UK we have to wait months for US shows, they're getting DW on the same day? sorry but that's not fair at all, US shouldn't be so stingy on putting it on UK TV earlier and networks demanding huge sums of money to do so. Its already terrible how they remake great UK shows into substandard tat.
SGU was a good show, but the teen romances and how they obviously took a lot from BSG, I guess is enough to take it off the air. Goodbye SGU, minor TV films never do well. Just look at Babylon 5.
It's a shame there isn't much today that rivals good ol' 90's sci-fi. No wonder we buy the whole collection of Star Trek, there's just nothing that comes close nowadays.
Terra Nova looks pretty interesting, though it doesn't seem that original either, Jurassic Park comes to mind. It all depends on the acting and if the time travel plots are convincing. Good luck Brannon Braga.
V is a major disappointment for me personally, the V's are too human and the plots are silly. "my eggs need nourishment", "reptilian babies". How silly is that. Stopped watching after half a season.
Stargate Universe isn't the greatest show, but it's certainly better than a vast majority of what's on TV these days. Looks like it'll end up being another Pushing Daisies, Firefly, or Defying Gravity, where it had great episodes and lots of potential, but the mouthbreathers running the channels didn't give it the time and support it deserved and canned it too soon.
Darth Quixote
Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones! April 17th can't get here soon enough.
Christopher Roberts
A rollercoaster? LOL. I was forgetting that BSG was an EVIL franchise just like MacDonalds, Wallmart and 24th Century Star Trek these days…
It's always TV Movies for Stargate left, right and center. I wish Enterprise fans had been given that slow, weaning off process.
There's still time for Robert Carlyle to join two live power cables together and blow the whole series to kingdom come… Grrrr.
11. Maybe they'll ask Dean Anderson and the SG-1 team back for Universe's finale and the parallel can be bitterly ironic.
Robert Paulson
Can't wait to see the DOCTOR WHO premeire. The rest is just rubbish!
Wonder what Allison Mack will be doing after Smallville?
@13. Harry Ballz
Me and mother think that she's a minger and not even worthy of a fatal shower scene!
son-of-shatner
I know I'm in a minority… but what news of 'Outcasts'???
My wife and I really enjoy watching it, but the BBC bumped it from twice weekly to Sunday night: Does this mean no Season 2?
Ah well, save the money for more Cop Show, soaps, reality shows etc…..I agree with #4. licence fee great value for money (Apart from Outcasts, and Doctor Who, we don't watch any other BBC shows yet have to pay out £140 a year…)
Heck I'd even settle for the old 'put sci-fi on at 6pm on BBC 2 'cause it's for the kids' slot returning!!!!!!!
I'm surprised you didn't ask what Erica Durance would be doing after "Smallville" is over!
do you think bbc america is free in the states?
15. "Heck I'd even settle for the old 'put sci-fi on at 6pm on BBC 2 'cause it's for the kids' slot returning!!!!!!!"
Somebody ought to start a campaign.
Start with Star Trek never shown by the Beeb…
Remastered TOS
Both HD ready too, so they can repeat them on the dedicated channel for that programming.
Anyone else think "Terra Nova" is starting to sound more and more like NBC's "Earth 2" from 1995?
Desstruxion
#10 It's always TV Movies for Stargate left, right and center. I wish Enterprise fans had been given that slow, weaning off process.
You beat me to the punch #10. Enterprise deserved at least a decent send off other than that crap we were served.
Mattyb.uk
I just paid £140 my tv license this. Anyone know when fringe is back on Sky 1. I doubt Outcasts will be back. I have enjoyed it very much.
JohnLocke
I'll be extremely pissed if SGU gets movies…I don't care if the story is wrapped up or not. SGA on their worst day was 10X better than SGU, and their movie project has been shelved indefinitely, because of SGU's failure.
The licence fee is a joke and should be abolished. Actually, the BBC is a joke and needs privatising!
I like Moffatt's Doctor Who, but otherwise watch (superior) US shows in Blu/DVD.
Actually, I'm getting rid of Sky cos I never watch it either!
I simply assumed she would go back to her old job of pulling the milk wagon!
keachick
Please, do not talk privatisation around here. Our governments keep doing flip-flops where this is concerned. Notable outcome – a viable state-owned enterprise/public service gets sold to a private (overseas) company, who are only interested in big short term profits, don't know anything about how things work and could care even less. They run the enterprise into the ground, piss off with their wads of money and we are left to rebuild, eg the NZ Railways.
One of the best things about the BBC is that it has NOT been a private operation. Its problem is that it is being forced, to some extent, to follow US television formats in order to get larger audiences, hence we no longer get either a true 30 minutes or 60 minutes worth of Dr Who, per episode, and it is now plagued with a lot more advertisements than was ever allowed for in the past. Progress not.
NZ had a broadcasting licence fee, which was approximately $100 per annum, less if you only owned a radio. It was abolished in the 1990s. For NZ, the main reason it was abolished was because, in some parts of NZ even now, television and radio reception are still difficult to get, unless you are able to invest in high tech receivers/satellite dishes etc. I know, I have seen the abominable reception some people get who live in outlying coastal areas or rugged rural areas. Transmitters and boosters are throughout NZ, but they are expensive. Yet these people were expected to pay the same fees as those like myself who live within a few miles of a high tech transmitter station. When more and more people realised the problem, we did not see that as being fair, hence the licence fee got abolished. Unfortunately, the level of advertising has increased. All television channels here allow advertising, unlike the BBC. Bless the Beeb!
I don't know, is it?
The BBC is a rip off, it broadcasts some of the worst tv on British television, Eastenders being one of the worst!
If the tv licence was to stay then I'd rather it went to Channel 4.
Mother thinks that Songs Of Praise is a complete waste of time too and must only pull in atleast 3 viewers…
Daoud
SGU really really stinks. The odds of having that many bitter, broken, amoral human beings all in the same place at the same time are pretty small, but they sure manage to.
It's a good essay on how bad Voyager *really* could have been, had the Starfleet v. Maquis battles been outright and vicious all series long. Still don't know who to root for in SGU.
What a waste of some pretty good actors, too. I'd sure wish they'd go next with a *positive* series, taking interested actors, and doing another SG-1 type show. I'd even say call it Stargate SG-2. (You could say that the number 1 was "retired", so 2 is now the top team.)
"Check the Circuit!"
To all you Erica Durance bashers out there….
If you follow Entertainment Weekly, you'll know they end each issue with a pop culture "Bullseye" with a look at the week's "hits and misses." Last week they called Ms. Durance as a "hit" and included an inset picture of her in full "Isis" attire, while demanding she be giving her own hero TV show.
Apparently the entertainment journals are able to see in her what others here can not. I'm going to have to side with the pros on this one.
(What did she do anyway? Not sign an autograph at a convention or something? Clearly something has set off the vitriolic commentary. It goes waaaaaaayyyyy beyond constructive criticism.)
grigori
CHUCK is on top! Good news. So much more to show on that series. It just keeps rocking in fresh ways.
I simply feel Erica Durance is a horrible actor! She really stinks. You can see that she is actually TRYING to act. I've seen much better efforts in a high school play. The woman has no talent. With so few acting roles around, I find it disgraceful that she is robbing someone with real talent of a chance at that opportunity. I don't know who she blew to get the part, but I hope he's happy!
Will_H
They better make season 2 of The Walking Dead A LOT longer than the first, especially with how long we have to wait in between seasons.
TrekMadMeWonder
Harry. C'mon. That's not fair.
snoopytrek
i will be so glad when smallville is finally dead. hasnt been good since bout the third season…
the tron series looks better than the recent movie
ill give 'terra nova' three episodes, maybe five and it will be canceled, another rehashed idea from Braga
and, i know it will never happen, but an Enterprise or DS9 movie or mini-series would be nice…per chance to dream
They call me Stasiu
"… and Bruce Boxleitner as Tron" YESSS!
kardor
@ 23 yes (superior) US shows…… which are mostly made up of either crap remakes or where the decent stuff is getting canceled after 2 – 4 seasons
Battle-scarred Sciatica
Hey Ballsy o have to agree with your views on DurDunces acting prowess. I do believe that Thr Mack is even more irritating, unbelievable and pathetic in her acting skills. She positively makes Welling look Shakespearian!
The last episode of Smallville was an improvement on the previous 3 were a total waste of time.
I have been totally disappointed by the final season. Let's hope it picks up and makes Superman fans proud.
I have major doubts though.
I don't know, I think Smallville this season is better than it's ever been. There've been a couple of filler episodes — but it's finally got the tone pretty darned spot on.
Durance (seriously, what's with the DurDunce thing, what is this, Perez Hilton?) is playing Lois Lane on a comic book show — she's sexy, she channels Kidder's Lane (more in earlier seasons) and she has solid comic timing — I don't get how her acting could be considered lousy. This ain't Ibsen. I think she, er, nails the character.
Is it me, or does Anna Torv's Nimoy voice sounds a little like Billy Crystal's "I'll have the pecan pie-ee" voice in When Harry Met Sally?
And, yes, I like Anna Torv — I don't want to start another actress-bashing session here.
That she got hired in the part? Right you are, TMMW!
Thanks, BSS!
You must watching Smallville in the walternate universe!
A couple of filler episodes???
They have had ten years to nail it. With only a few episodes left there should be no bloody filler episodes!
I admit the tone is slightly better now but I assure you it is sitting at a comic book version of Dawsons Creek at times.
Last season was better on my opinion.
It is great to have Lionel back though. He makes the viewing and the feeling of the show much as it should do.
At least Lois is not as miscast in this as she was in Returns.
Chloe Sullivan is as much a joke in Smallville as Allison Macks acting is on real life. It is not just actor bashing, it's the truth unfortunately.
Let's see some proper hero developing and cape flapping shall we!
Whatever would have happened if Tim Burton had gone it hands on it fully?
I truly dread to think. Perhaps you could tell me from your walternate universe?
39. Well, the bar was pretty much buried after (during) the first season.
But yeah, they're now rapid-fire name dropping with dc characters (the clocks's running out) but they finally have Lois and Clark where they should be, and Welling's grown into the part — it ain't ideal, but for a long time (Jane Seymour and son) it didn't look like it would ever get here. I liked Alison Mack early on, but, yeah, it kind of turned into Chloesavesthedayfromherdellcomputerville for awhile. And, like I said, I like the tone now — apokolips is on the way, but they still have time for loopy bachelor parties because, heck, they've finally realized it's all just another day at work. gee whiz.
That's what I see where I'm watching on Earth 36DD anyway. Anybody watch Fringe tonight?
Durance blows as an actress, which, of course, explains how she got the part!
ripleyaeryn
V rocks! This show deserves a third season! And this is certainly NOT a huge disappointment. Some gasps on the writing should be filled in the next season and as the most new shows launched on ABC this year are failures, I think that V will return.
@ 28 Check the Circuit
Some of us are joking about Erica Durance. We like to yank Harry's chain. I don't have enough information about her to judge her acting. I just like writing about how gorgeous she is. Beauty eh?
As for Entertainment Weekly, it's a very good magazine but the writers can be fanboys. This week's issue features another Lost cover! Yes, the show that ended a year ago, gets a cover about life after Lost. I'll give writers Dan Snierson and Doc Jensen credit for admitting being Losties but when you do that you lose all objectivity. There was no way they could have hated season six. Yet it went from science fiction to religion and ended in a contrived mess.
Entertainment Weekly does have great movie reviews.
Speaking of Entertainment Weekly and Fringe, there was an article in this week's issue urging viewers to save Fringe. It also said John Noble deserves an Emmy. (pg. 64) Absolutely. Just compare Noble's Denethor from Lord of the Rings to his Walter in Fringe. Two different characters. Two wonderful perfomances. He's a one man acting class.
This week's episode of Fringe was a wild one. And yes, so wild, that it maybe a series clunker. That's okay because all series have clunkers. Trekker should love it for the implications and the guest star. Alan Ruck (Captain Harriman in Star Trek: Generations) played a scientist who breaks the laws of physics. It's a great performance. And the talk about bringing back William Bell (Leonard Nimoy) has echoes of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, specifically the idea of one's katra.
thebiggfrogg
15. I'm with you.
I really like Outcasts–has a very BSG vibe (in my mind Carpathia is Kobol or original Earth). I wish it was getting higher ratings. I fear no season 2.
It would have been great to see Jamie Bamber in the show a bit longer, but it was a bold move to kill him off in Ep. 1 (would be great to see him in flashbacks if there were ever a season 2, 3, etc).
The only quibble I have with it is the narrow circle around which each show seems to revolve. Maybe because they seem compelled to give each character their due in each episode Forthaven seems inordinately small. I never got that feeling with Galactica. Plus, in BSG there were more minor characters lingering in the background (Captain Kelly, Hoshi, the "Sunshine Boys"). 'Spose it could also be a matter of budget.
Hate to see it go, but it seems inevitable. It has great stories, writing, and acting. First Caprica. Now Outcasts. Seems like the only TV sci fi destined to prosper Sci Schock.
And speaking of the Beeb, Dr. Who is good fun. I really like Matt Smith. Didn't watch the previous Docs in the recent set of incarnations, but I really enjoy Matt Smith's Dr. Who. I only wish there was less "spooky' stuff, so I could watch with my 9-year-old son. It seems like every ep there is one–just one–scene that makes it seem a bit nightmare inducing for a youngster.
#44 Basement Blogger
Thanks for mentioning Alan Ruck. I could not remember the actor's name,only that he was Captain Harriman in Generations.
Next week's TV Guide also has an article about Fringe. "Something Weird on TV's Fringes". (page 9)
It's one of my favorite shows. John Noble is a terrific actor. I am hoping it is renewed next season.
@46. thebiggfrogg
It's Doctor Who tradition to scare the living daylights out of children every episode – every week!
Mother says that I hid behind the sofa when Davros came on in the seventies, she also says that she would find a nugget of poo in my pants after…
Dr. Image
SGU has the most irritating and unlikeable cast of characters since Voyager.
Something in me wants to see SOME kind of wrap-up though.
Already invested a load of time in it.
The US Being Human is as bad as the UK version is good- and it keeps getting better.
ety3
Fringe SPOILERS:
Anyone notice the straight-up TWOK/TSFS way William Bell is back?
TWOK: Spock melds with McCoy before he dies.
Fringe: Bell (apparently) melds with Olivia before he dies.
I wonder if they'll rejoin Bell's katra with his body atop a mountain somewhere. Maybe Vasquez.

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DOG DAYS ARE BUSY DAYS ON TRADE: This late August week will be full of trade action, starting with today's kickoff of a marathon-like series of hearings on the China trade front. The hearings will feature testimony on products that should or should not be included in a list of $200 billion in Chinese imports that the Trump administration intends to tax in its next round of tariffs against Beijing.
As the hearings unfold, a Chinese delegation will visit Washington at midweek in an attempt to rekindle talks geared toward heading off the brewing trade war. On Thursday, U.S. tariffs on another $16 billion in Chinese goods will take effect, with Chinese duties set to be imposed in response.
European trade officials will be in Washington today to continue laying the groundwork for bilateral trade talks, and more NAFTA meetings with Mexico are also on the docket. There is a possibility that Canada could return to the NAFTA negotiating table by the end of the week if American and Mexican negotiators can square away outstanding issues in the U.S.-Mexico portion of the talks. And, on Friday, the Department of Agriculture is expected to unveil details of its plan to aid farmers hurt by trade retaliation.
USTR and the marathon hearings: Such is the pace of trade developments in the Trump administration that most weeks must feel like a marathon for staff of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. That said, we're referring to the China hearings, which USTR is hosting at the U.S. International Trade Commission. They'll run through Monday, Aug. 27, and give industry associations, major corporations and small businesses a chance to make their voices heard in regard to the $200 billion in Chinese goods the administration is targeting.
Gotta see it live: The hearings begin at 9:30 this morning and will be held off-camera, despite calls last week to have them live-streamed. The proceedings will ultimately feature nearly 400 witness testimonies. Tariffs on the final list of goods, which could stretch as high as 25 percent, are part of the Trump administration's quest to punish China's intellectual property theft and forced technology transfers.
Witnesses listed on the hearing docket range from power players, like the National Foreign Trade Council and companies like Halliburton, to lesser known firms like BrightLine Bags, a company that makes bags designed for pilots and will be first in line to testify this morning. In the panel that will wrap things up a week from today, designer handbag maker Rebecca Minkoff will testify on behalf of her company, according to the schedule.
Thousands of comments flooding in: The testimonies slated to be delivered at the hearings, though numerous and wide-ranging, represent only a fraction of the total public comments USTR has received on the $200 billion list. As of late Sunday night, nearly 1,500 comments were listed on the public docket.
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BRACING FOR A $200B HIT: A review of a portion of comments already filed with USTR found a greater share pushing against the tariffs, including from folks who emphasized that they support the administration's push to crack down on China's IP practices but would prefer that a different approach be taken. But others offered support, including individuals like Keith Allen from Colorado, who identified himself as an engineer and lifelong inventor and called the move "way overdue."
Those who oppose the tariffs overall warn that implementation of penalties on another $200 billion in goods will have far more extensive consequences for consumers than previous rounds of duties have wrought. While the Trump administration sought to avoid the wide majority of consumer goods in previous tariff rounds, expanding the list of goods five-fold — from $50 billion to $250 billion — means that everyday Americans are far more likely to feel the effects.
"USTR's proposed tariffs on an additional $200 billion of Chinese imports dramatically expands the harm to American consumers, workers, businesses, and the economy," the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wrote in its submission. "The number of written submissions to USTR and in-person testimony opposing the administration's tariffs speaks volumes about the damage that additional tariffs will do."
Beyond concern over Chinese goods that are included on the list, tariff opponents have also expressed fears over what Beijing will do in retaliation. China so far has retaliated dollar-for-dollar against the U.S. tariffs, so the country's reaction to duties on another $200 billion in goods is expected to be just as extreme and could likely extend to measures that make it harder for U.S. businesses operating in China.
Auto parts, for example, are included on the U.S.'s list. Additional tariffs on auto parts imported from China will make production in the U.S. more expensive. But if Beijing should choose to retaliate by imposing duties on U.S. cars, that could severely curb the number of American vehicles sent to China — the U.S. automotive industry's second-largest export market.
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CHEMICALS INDUSTRY TO TAKE HEAVY HIT: Two sectors on track to be impacted the most by a third round of Section 301 tariffs against China are the chemicals and plastics industries, which together amount for more than 1,500 products included on the preliminary list — an amount valued at around $16.4 billion.
Ed Brzytwa, director of international trade at the American Chemistry Council, will call on USTR at today's hearing to remove all of the products from the list, warning that while tariffs already in place on $2.2 billion in chemicals and plastics imports have weakened the industry, the proposed penalties "would have a potentially irreparable impact on our industry's economic structure and supply chain."
"We reiterate, in the strongest possible terms: the best way to preserve the interests of the U.S. chemicals industry and indeed the entire manufacturing sector is by removing chemicals from the front lines of this trade war," he will say, according to prepared testimony.
WHITE HOUSE DIVIDE OVER TARIFF LIST: This week's series of hearings is only the first step in determining the final makeup of the $200 billion list of products, as White House officials will ultimately have to decide what to include and what to leave off. And bridging internal disagreements among advisers over what to include and how high of a tariff to implement could prove to be a difficult task.
"There is a feasibility issue within the administration of, can you agree on 25 percent tariffs on $200 billion? Should some of it be 10 percent tariffs? Should some of it be less than 10 percent tariffs?" said Derek Scissors, a China expert at the American Enterprise Institute. "I already know there is disagreement in the administration on this. … There is going to be more disagreement as we get closer to a decision."
A major indicator that the administration could have problems agreeing on a final $200 billion list is the difficulty it had in handling the $50 billion list earlier this summer, Scissors noted. So challenging was that process that they ultimately agreed first on a $34 billion list and later on a separate $16 billion list "because they couldn't come up with $50 billion off the top of their heads that people agreed with."
"There are not two groups in this discussion. There are a bunch," he added. "So it's not an easy thing to manage. That's where the administration will struggle."
COULD NAFTA TALKS GO TRILATERAL AGAIN? That's the big question headed into this week following a month of U.S.-Mexico bilateral engagement over NAFTA. Mexican Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo, who will return to Washington for the fifth consecutive week on Tuesday, told reporters on Friday that he and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are aiming to finalize two-way talks in a matter of days. If that happens, Canada could re-enter the talks as soon as later this week.
"Hopefully, we will be able to close up no later than the middle of the week the remaining [bilateral] issues, and probably there will be space to start the trilateral," Guajardo said as he left a two-hour meeting with USTR Robert Lighthizer.
Guajardo said he would prepare for this week's meeting with Lighthizer by checking in with Mexican stakeholders — particularly the autos sector — to "speak in terms of the analysis of the sector and how we frame the commitments that are possibly going to be made."
USTR GETS SPECIFIC ON ISDS WITH MEXICO: The U.S. still wants to make major changes to NAFTA's investor-state dispute settlement mechanism, but it is offering something of a reprieve to U.S. oil and gas companies and possibly other sectors operating in Mexico, Pro Trade's Adam Behsudi reports. The latest talks on ISDS represent a slight easing of the earlier U.S. position.
The U.S. wants only companies that are headquartered in the U.S. and led by a "U.S. person" to be eligible to file investment claims. That would preclude U.S. subsidiaries of foreign parent companies from using the dispute mechanism, sources told Adam. One source close to the talks stressed that the U.S. is not proposing that eligible sectors would get the same treatment under NAFTA's current investor dispute process or even be subjected to updated provisions the U.S. negotiated in the TPP.
Instead, the administration is discussing a different process that would provide U.S. oil and gas companies some redress if their contracts are canceled and they fail to get compensation through the Mexican judicial system, the source said.
Pros can read the full story here.
EUROPEAN OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON TO TALK TRADE: European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's chief trade adviser, Léon Delvaux, and another senior EU trade official are traveling to Washington today to meet with various U.S. counterparts in an effort to advance preparations for bilateral trade talks. The engagement is part of the transatlantic trade truce that Juncker and President Donald Trump reached in late July.
Flashback: Juncker and Trump agreed "to work together toward zero tariffs, zero non-tariff barriers, and zero subsidies on non-auto industrial goods," per their statement on July 25. "We will also work to reduce barriers and increase trade in services, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical products, as well as soybeans," the declaration said, adding that there also would be strengthened "strategic cooperation" on liquified natural gas.
The agreement was largely applauded as a good deal for the EU because it avoided tariffs on cars and included the two main European proposals — a trade deal on industrial goods and energy cooperation on LNG — that Brussels had offered to Trump in May, with little success.
Ag woes: At the same time, the most contentious issue for the European side — agricultural imports and food standards — was left out. The agreement was barely a day old when the first cracks appeared, as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Lighthizer demanded that agriculture be a part of future talks.
Europe's commitment to buy more American soybeans gave Trump some good news to sell to U.S. farmers getting hit by trade retaliation, but it merely reflected ongoing market movements. China has snatched up most of South America's soy as a consequence of the U.S.-China trade war, thereby lowering prices for U.S. soybeans and making them a better buy for Europeans.
Among the negatives for the European side, and much to the chagrin of the French, the deal did not include commitments to facilitate access to the U.S. public procurement market, and the Trump administration is not required to lift its steel and aluminum tariffs on the EU as a precondition of the talks.
Bottom line: Both sides will have a lot to talk about today, and don't assume that the July agreement created a glide path to bilateral talks.
TRILATERAL ACTION ON WTO ISSUES: In other news on the Europe trade front, there will be trilateral talks later this week among senior officials from the EU, U.S. and Japan on how to reform the WTO and deal with non-market-conforming trade practices, mainly on the part of China. Those include market-distorting subsidies, state-owned enterprises and intellectual property theft.
The trilateral initiative was launched on the sidelines of the WTO's ministerial conference in Buenos Aires in December and has since advanced with ministerial meetings in Brussels in March and in Paris in May. Administrative-level talks also have been held.
Flashback, Part II: POLITICO reported earlier this month that the three sides are preparing draft legal texts on tougher subsidy rules that should be negotiated with China.
TARIFFS KEEP HELPING K STREET: The stream of companies hiring lobbyists to help them navigate Trump's tariff policies continues.
Jo-Ann Stores, the fabrics retailer, has hired Clark Hill to lobby on tariffs, according to a disclosure filing. Mitsubishi Chemical America has hired Drinker, Biddle & Reath to lobby on trade policy.
Smith's Products, a knife manufacturer, and eero inc., a Wi-Fi router maker, have hired Sorini, Samet & Associates to lobby on Trump's tariffs on China. And ARRIS US Holdings hired Willkie Farr & Gallagher to do the same.
INTERNATIONAL OVERNIGHT
— Trump's aluminum tariffs are hurting one Wisconsin town by sharply raising the price of dog tags, Channel 3000 reports.
— U.S. Steel is investing $750 million to revitalize a flagship Indiana plant following Trump's steel tariffs, the Chicago Tribune reports.
— Darkening economic outlook on trade tensions between the U.S. and China have dragged down crude oil prices, Reuters reports.
— Beijing appears to be viewing trade tensions with the U.S. as an attempt by Washington to contain China, making compromise between the two countries far less likely, the South China Morning Post reports.
— Trump says farmers are starting to do well, but the data says otherwise, Bloomberg reports.
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You may not see them – and in some cases you may not know them – but when the cannons are fired signalling 10 minutes to the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race on December 26, five minutes to the start and then the start in Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's (CYCA) famous race, the people chosen for these duties are chosen for a reason.
Denis O'Neil has been given the duty of setting the fleet in the 628 nautical mile race on its way to Hobart, firing the replica cannon from Aussie Legend.
Fifty years ago, O'Neil won the 1968 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with his beautiful 43ft timber yacht, Koomooloo. He represented Australia twice at the at the Admiral's Cup – 1969 with Koomooloo – and 1983 with Bondi Tram at the Olympic Games in 1972 and 1976 in the Soling keelboat, among other sailing achievements. Today he owns the pretty Kyeema, sailing her regularly on Sydney Harbour.
Gail Lewis-Bearman (above) will fire the five minute warning. She is the first female member of the Club to be honoured with this opportunity. A valued member of the CYCA since 1984, she was made a Life Member in 2013 in recognition of her volunteer work, including being a member of the Sydney Hobart Liaison team, helping develop it to today's Rolex Sydney-Hobart Information and Liaison Centre.
Lewis-Bearman also joined the founding members of the CYCA's Breakfast Club, working alongside the crew for 16 years, and ironically, was still involved when it presented the Club with two replica cannons. She was on Shark Island when they were fired for the first time to start the 1990 Sydney Hobart.
Lewis-Bearman was also crew on the Club's Start Boat and joined the Associates Committee in 1984, staying for 18 years, including five years as President. She was on the Rolex Sydney Hobart Emergency Management Team, too, among many other roles, some of which she continues to undertake.
"Once I got over the initial shock, I felt very humbled and privileged to be chosen for this role," she said of being asked to fire the five minute cannon. "I'm very passionate about the Club – anything I might have contributed has given me personal enjoyment and satisfaction – I didn't expect to be rewarded for it," Lewis-Bearman said.
Bill Psaltis will fire the 10 minute warning and is fully cognizant of what that means. He has 22 Sydney Hobarts behind him, mostly famously with Meltemi, so named to reflect the family's Greek heritage. He was commodore of the CYCA twice – from 1963 to 1964 and again in 1971. He is one of the longest standing members of the CYCA, joining in 1953 and being made a Life Member in 1999.
There will be extra feeling when he fires the 10-minute cannon, as he son Ed, who learned to sail at his father's knee, will start his 37th Sydney Hobart aboard the Sydney 36, Midnight Rambler, which he co-owns. On a former small Midnight Rambler he co-owned, Ed won the tragic1998 race and Bill remains very proud of his son's sailing achievements.
In other news, the CYCA is removing the yacht Weddell as an entrant in the Rolex Sydney Hobart. There has been no response from the owner after many emails, and it was confirmed this morning the boat is in Cape Town minus her mast. The fleet now stands at 87, including 12 internationals.
How to follow the race… click here.
Background: Eight-nine yachts will be chasing line honours and the overall Tattersall Cup win in the 628nm Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race which starts December 26, 2018. From Sydney Harbour, the fleet sails out into the Tasman Sea, down the south-east coast of mainland Australia, across Bass Strait (which divides the mainland from the island State of Tasmania), then down the east coast of Tasmania. At Tasman Island the fleet turns right into Storm Bay for the final sail up the Derwent River to the historic port city of Hobart.


A few months ago, we reviewed The Vinyl Detective: Written In Dead Wax, the first in a series of humorous, music-oriented mystery novels following the exploits of an unnamed vinyl collector who makes a living finding rare records and answers to the deadly mysteries surrounding them. Last time, he had to uncover what dastardly deed happened 60 years ago in a West-Coast recording studio; now he's back with the series' second installment: The Run-Out Groove.
While the first book had a fair amount to do with old-school recording methods, this one follows more traditional mystery paths, with the hero out to find a rare pressing of an LP by late Sixties psychedelic act, Valerian, whose namesake singer joined the proverbial "27 Club" by hanging herself after her son was abducted. By the book's end, the hero has discovered whether there really was a secret message in its grooves, and unraveled a complicated family lineage surrounding the ill-fated chanteuse, all while avoiding getting shot, burned alive and caught for grave robbing.
If The Vinyl Detective's debut was a chirpily soft-boiled take on hard-boiled detective noir, this one moves into Nick and Nora territory, as Nevada, the dangerous mystery woman of the first book, is still around to initiate witty banter, having become the hero's live-in girlfriend. Also back for a second go round are scene-stealing sidekick Tinkler, an IT genius/record collector; comic irritant/celebrity radio personality Stinky Stanmer; and loyal cats Fanny and Turk.
While The Run-Out Groove's mystery lacks the pacing of its predecessor, it shares the same goal of that book—to take you on a pleasant musical excursion with intriguing characters—and in that regard, it succeeds handily.


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Eliza S. Craven Green (10 December 1803 – 11 March 1866) was an English poet, writer, and actress.

Biography
Eliza Craven was born in Kirkgate, Leeds, on 10 December 1803. In her youth she spent some time in Douglas, Isle of Man, at the New Theatre on Athol Street as an actor. Subsequently, she lived at Manchester, but she returned to Leeds, where she resided for many years. She married James Green in 1828, at which point she began to publish her poetry not as "Eliza Craven", but as "Eliza Craven Green".

Her first book was 'A Legend of Mona, a Tale, in two Cantos,' Douglas 1825, 8vo, and her second and last, 'Sea Weeds and Heath Flowers, or Memories of Mona,' Douglas, 1858, 8vo. She was a frequent contributor of poetry and prose sketches to the periodical press. She wrote for the 'Phœnix,' 1828, and the 'Falcon,' 1831, both Manchester magazines; for the 'Oddfellows' Magazine, 1841 and later; for the 'Leeds Intelligencer', 'Le Follet', 'Hogg's Instructor', and 'Chambers's Journal', and contributed to a volume of poems entitled 'The Festive Wreath,' published at Manchester in 1842.

Today she is perhaps best known for having written the poem, Ellan Vannin, in 1854, and is often  referred to  as the "alternative national anthem" for the Isle of Man. A few years before her death she received a gift from the queen's privy purse.

She died in Leeds on 11 March 1866 and is buried at St Mark's Cemetery, Woodhouse.

References

"Eliza Craven Green" on manxliterature.com (Retrieved 4 February 2015)

External links
The music and text for the poem 'Ellan Vannin'
Sea Weeds and Heath Flowers, or, Memories of Mona available on manxliterature.com

1803 births
1866 deaths
19th-century English poets
19th-century English women writers
Writers from Leeds
English women poets

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Lambeth Palace Library is Supreme Winner at the Brick Awards 2021
The Brick Development Association has announced the winners of the 2021 edition of the Brick Awards.
Lambeth Palace Library, designed with Wright & Wright, not only scooped the Brick Award in the 'Public' category, but it has also been crowned Supreme Winner 2021 for its "phenomenal quality of brickwork and detail. Clearly the result of a highly technical and productive engagement between architect, factor, brickmakers, and brickwork contractors."
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Antin fiber company broadens capabilities with construction firm acquisition
10 July 2019 - 12:00 am UTC
FirstLight Fiber acquired New York-based communications construction company Todd Cable Construction, according to a 10 July press release.
Executives at FirstLight, a portfolio company of Antin Infrastructure Partners, said the deal would broaden the company's capabilities of developing greenfield fiber projects.
"Unlike our prior acquisitions, which were typically focused on purchasing existing fiber assets, this transaction dramatically broadens FirstLight's capabilities to build new fiber by bringing construction talent in house," FirstLight CEO Kurt Van Wagenen said in a press release. "Over the years, we have cultivated a strong relationship with Todd Cable and have come to depend on their capabilities to meet our customers' delivery timelines. Now as part of FirstLight, we can work more closely to better control this aspect of service delivery."
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Antin and FirstLight did not return calls seeking comment,
Antin through its EUR 3bn Antin Infrastructure Partners III, closed the acquisition of FirstLight in February 2018. In the intervening 18 months, the Albany, NY-based FirstLight has been active in acquiring and building fiber assets throughout the New England area.
In May, it acquired Maine Fiber Company, a regional dark-fiber leasing company, in a move to buttress efforts of pushing into the Maine market that include installing fiber in Portland. Roughly a month later, it then finished a year-long project of building 250 miles of fiber in Vermont.
As part of the transaction, Todd Cable's President and CEO Todd Warmingham will lead FirstLight's construction services business unit.
"We have worked with FirstLight for many years acting as its construction arm. Through this relationship, we have come to appreciate all that FirstLight has accomplished over the past few years … ," he said in the press release.


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Live From Birmingham The 10,000 Light Years Tour features John Lodge's final performance from his first-ever solo tour (which took place in his hometown of Birmingham in 2016).
This deluxe box set contains a CD and DVD (PAL) of the full concert, including a 5.1 mix on the DVD (which also includes a special "behind the scenes" bonus DVD covering John's journey from his New York City release party, through to the final concert in Birmingham).
The legendary Roger Dean created the artwork, some 40 years after he first worked with John on his debut solo album, Natural Avenue.
The 10,000 Light Years band includes Alan Hewitt (keyboards/music director) and Norda Mullen (flute) from The Moody Blues; Gordon Marshall (drums, formerly of The Moody Blues); Tim Maple (guitar) and Gemma Johnson (cello).
The album features all Moodies classics such as I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band), Gemini Dream, Ride My See-saw, Isn't Life Strange, plus some deep cuts (including Candle of Life, Saved By the Music, and solo material from 110,000 Light Years Ago.
Signed by John Lodge. Please note these have been shrinkwrapped after being signed.
1 Light Years Overture
2 Steppin' In A Slide Zone
3 In My Mind
4 Lean On Me (Tonight)
5 Peak Hour
6 Get Me Out Of Here
7 Simply Magic
8 Candle Of Life
9 Saved By The Music
10 10,000 Light Years Ago
11 Nervous
12 Gemini Dream
13 Isn't Life Strange
14 I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)
15 Ride My See Saw
Cello – Gemma Johnson
Drums – Gordon Marshall
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Tim Maple
Flute, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Norda Mullen
Guitar, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – John Lodge
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Alan Hewitt
B Yond: The Very Best Of (Signed)
The Royal Affair And After
The Royal Affair And After (Blue - Signed Poster)
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What is the Federal Emergency Management Agency? Simply put, it is the "secret government". This agency has powers and authority that go well beyond any other agency in the nation. What can FEMA do? It can suspend laws. It can move entire populations. It can arrest and detain citizens without a warrant and can hold them without a trial. It can seize property, food supplies, and transportation systems. And it can even suspend the Constitution of the United States.
When the first concept had been presented, its original mission was to assure the survivability of the United States Government in the event of a nuclear attack. It's secondary function was to be a Federal coordinating body during times of domestic disasters. These disasters consisted of earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes.
The "secret" black helicopters that are reported throughout the US, mainly in the West California, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado areas are flown by FEMA personnel. It has been given the responsibility for many new national disasters such as forest fires, home heating emergencies, refugee situations, riots, and emergency planning for nuclear and toxic incidents. It works together with the Sixth Army in the West.
A series of Executive Orders (EO) was used to create FEMA. It does not matter whether an EO is Constitutional or not, it becomes a law simply by being published in the Federal Registry. These orders go around Congress.
President Regan signed Presidential Director Number 54 in April of 1984 that allowed FEMA to activate a secret national readiness exercise. This exercise was given the code name REX 84. The purpose of the exercise was to test FEMA's ability to assume military authority. REX 84 was so highly guarded that special metal doors were installed on the fifth floor of the FEMA building in Washington, D.C. The only people that were allowed to enter the premises were ones who had a red Christian cross on their shirt. The exercise required the following.
Here is what I have found so far, and we will continue to update this list, for now, check out your state.
Be sure to include the address of the facility! The photos below are from Nebraska. This facility is brand new, built less than 6 months ago.
Vandenburg AFB – Rex 84 facility, located near Lompoc & Santa Maria. Internment facility is located near the oceanside, close to Space Launch Complex #6, also called "Slick Six". The launch site has had "a flawless failure record" and is rarely used. Norton AFB – (closed base) now staffed with UN according to some sources. Tule Lake – area of "wildlife refuge", accessible by unpaved road, just inside Modoc County. Fort Ord – Closed in 1994, this facility is now an urban warfare training center for US and foreign troops, and may have some "P.O.W. – C.I." enclosures. Twentynine Palms Marine Base – Birthplace of the infamous "Would you shoot American citizens?" Quiz. New camps being built on "back 40?. Oakdale – Rex 84 camp capable of holding at least 20,000 people. 90 mi. East of San Francisco. Terminal Island – (Long Beach) located next to naval shipyards operated by ChiCom shipping interests. Federal prison facility located here. Possible deportation point. Ft. Irwin – FEMA facility near Barstow. Base is designated inactive but has staffed camp. McClellan AFB – facility capable for 30,000 – 35,000 Sacramento – Army Depot – No specific information at this time. Mather AFB – Road to facility is blocked off by cement barriers and a stop sign. Sign states area is restricted; as of 1997 there were barbed wire fences pointing inward, a row of stadium lights pointed toward an empty field, etc. Black boxes on poles may have been cameras.


I am an internal processor: I ponder things a lot before I formulate and express how I feel and what I think about things.
I have a love/hate relationship with social media in regards to my personal life.
With that thought out of the way, I'm gonna talk about voices.
There are so many voices in the world. Voices that tell us what to believe and who to believe, and what to think about life and what to think about ourselves. The voices come from everywhere; media, friends, the past, friends, your worries, family…you name it. And let me tell you, they are relentless.
And sometimes very subtle and hard to pinpoint.
In my opinion, the voices that are internal, that have had homes within our minds and hearts for a long time, are the hardest to manage or challenge. Last week I had a moment where I was caught between two different internal voices, each pulling me in a different direction. Each was an idea, a potential belief I could hold about myself. One was quite negative, the other more positive in nature.
For some reason, in that in-between moment, I was more conscious than usual that I had a choice. It was up to me which voice I was going to listen to, and therefore, which one I was going to believe. At that point, the choice was easy. I will gladly flush that old negative voice/idea down the toilet and adopt a better one.
Of course most of you are aware of this concept (as was I). But as I've said before, practicing it is a completely different thing. It was a super empowering moment, to know I can choose how I feel about myself, and therefore, how I feel about the world.
I can choose to reject the crappy no-good voices that don't do me any good. And I can change my life by choosing to listen to the voices that affirm, reinforce, and uplift.
But we can choose which ones to listen to.


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SIXT Num. Borlänge Central Train Station BLEX01 Borlänge Central Train Station 784 37 Borlänge 60.482251, 15.426626 +46-243211050
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'Barricades of trees and benches' Jump to media player The BBC's Ben Thompson describes the scene in Istanbul as hundreds of protesters return to the streets after two days of unrest that have seen more than 1,700 arrests.
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Protests continue in Turkey Jump to media player Hundreds of protesters reoccupy a central square in Istanbul following two days of violent demonstrations that saw almost 1,000 people arrested.
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Turkey protests: Clashes rage in Istanbul's Besiktas
Hundreds of protesters have returned to the streets in Istanbul after two days of unrest that have seen more than 1,700 arrests.
Largely peaceful protesters waved flags in Istanbul's Taksim Square but clashes between protesters and police broke out near the prime minister's office.
The BBC's Ben Thompson describes Sunday evening's clashes.
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Clifton Pavillions will be hosting a Summer Special Wedding Fair this Sunday, 10th June. The Pavillions are a fantastic licenced venue that allow you to get married in Clifton, overlooking Bristol Zoo Gardens. An amazing feature of choosing this as your venue is that your guests are also allowed free access to the zoo, which is a great way to make your Wedding stand out and keep your guests entertained.
The fair is run by Love Actually and starts at 11:30am and runs until 4:00pm. There will be free champers, goodie bags and models walking around in fantastic Wedding Dresses. For more information visit the Love Actually Website.
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Project Manager Position -12 months, 24 hours/week employee contract. We are looking for a Project Manager to oversee the implementation of a new e-commerce/marketing solution for the Faculty of Continuing and Professional Studies. The Project Manager will manage the Sheridan project team and work closely with the Project Manager and team from the vendor.
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For over 40 years, Earth Day—April 22—has inspired and mobilized individuals and organizations worldwide to demonstrate their commitment to environmental protection and sustainability.
Earth Day is symbolic a day,a chance,a way and an act of green to protect the environment.There a lot you can do in this day like take part in by share yours commitment to declare the act of green .Beside you also can sharing info to act green around your community .Or you also can attending a earth day event near you.
canopy project -Help fight deforestation, we will plant a tree for every $1 you donate.In 2010, Earth Day Network planted over 1 million trees in 16 countries under the Avatar Home Tree Initiative. In 2011, EDN will continue that effort with another 1 million trees in large-scale, sponsor‐supported tree-planting projects in partnership with non‐profit organizations throughout the world. Locations where reforestation is most urgently needed include Haiti, Brazil, Mexico and urban areas of the US. Help us green our future, one million trees at a time.
Creating Climate Wealth: Convening 200 of the world's entrepreneurs to solve climate change and create a new green economy.
Arts for the Earth: Celebrating the work of environmental artists in all media, including. Arts for the Earth is an innovative education program developed to teach sustainability and environmental education through museum and arts community networks.
Although today is Earth Day but we also should only take care about the environment for today only.We should act green no only today April 22 but is start from today.
Hope you can share this to everyone you know.Thank you for take part in the Earth Day.


RTG casino slots are based on various popular subjects and this time the gaming factory decided to develop the video slot which is devoted to the countryside theme. Hillbillies online slot has the usual playground's structure with 20 pay lines and 5 reels. The high-rollers will appreciate the highest reward prepared by this video slot which is equal to 5000 coins. This slot machine differs from many free slots with the Wild and the Scatter symbols which are presented with the same icons.
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The Wild symbols are presented with 3 Hillbillies who appear on reels 1, 3 and 5. These Wild symbols multiply the prizes by 2, 2 and 5 respectively when occurring in the winning combination. This RTG casino software features the Scatter token which is also introduced with Hillbillies family. When two or more Scatters or Wilds appear anywhere on the playground, 8 free games are activated. In the course of this feature, all payouts are doubled. This online casino game also contains the Hillbilly Bonus which is triggered within the free games.
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Maria Pia Paganelli's eyes light up when she talks about Adam Smith's magnum opus.
No, not The Wealth of Nations. That's just a bit of economic history, she says.
It's The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Smith's first major work, that has captured her scholarly imagination.
Maria is spending this fall at the HOPE Center as a senior research fellow. While she is here, she is writing a major survey of the recent literature on the Scottish Enlightenment, of which Adam Smith, along with his good friend David Hume, was an important part.
As befits a Smith scholar, Maria has made a pilgrimage to Glasgow, where in the eighteenth century Adam Smith taught classes in moral philosophy—when he wasn't, in his celebrated absentminded fashion, falling into tanning pits or wandering off into the countryside.
She spent a semester in Glasgow in 2011, examining archival documents to discover what Smith studied when he was a student at the university there. She also examined the list of books that Smith ordered for the library and the list of books that Smith himself borrowed from the same.
A native Italian, she was determined to understand the local accent and didn't want to leave Glasgow without having at least one conversation with a local taxi driver. "I succeeded, and was very proud of myself," she reports with a laugh.
Maria is a professor of economics at Trinity University in San Antonio. She teaches a range of courses, including an interdisciplinary one on, of all places, Iceland. Last year, she and her fellow instructors took their students to the Land of Fire and Ice, where they met the president of the country and the mayor of Reykjavik and toured the central bank. They will do the same this spring.
Spending a semester at the HOPE Center is not only giving Maria time to write her literature survey on the Scottish Enlightenment; it is also giving her an opportunity to attend Roy Weintraub's course on John Maynard Keynes, a figure about whom she has only a layperson's knowledge. What's more, she has been able to observe Roy's Socratic teaching style and compare it with her own Socratic methods.
Maria will return to Trinity after Christmas.


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