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DP/30: A Dangerous Method, director David Cronenberg
By David Poland - Monday, October 31st, 2011
And our "Lunch With David" from Eastern Promises…
Proposition: Jim Cameron Is An Independent Filmmaker
By David Poland - Sunday, October 30th, 2011
It struck me while I was at the Titanic 3D presentation – really doesn't need the 3D, but the 4K print looks spectacular and will be a huge hit next April, especially internationally – that Jim Cameron and Jon Landau, as singularly huge as their projects are, are really independent filmmakers at heart. In many ways, this is true of Peter Jackson as well.
Coincidentally, I was talking to Letty Aronson, who is Woody Allen's sister and producer over the last 15 years… and the same things that she talked about regarding Woody were completely reminiscent of the way that Jim and Jon seem to think.
Weekend Estimates by Snowy Klady
So the big story this weekend isn't Puss… but it is animated. Tintin opened to an estimated $55.8 million in 19 international markets.
It was the biggest non-sequel opening of a Hollywood film in French history. It was 10x bigger than the weekend's #2 film in England. It was even BIG in Belgium!
But back to the US…
There's nothing shocking or wildly snow stormed about the Puss In Boots opening. It fit the pre-snow Friday opening. Maybe 2 or 3 million was lost to weather… but not much more. Don't forget that this is a spin-off character being released in an untraditional animation slot.
I am a little surprised that Paranormal 3's drop stayed as high as it did. But I guess that makes it normal, not paranormal.
In Time is only interesting in as much as an opening at this level may mean something different now than it did a couple of years ago. I don't really know what I think about this. There are certainly more disastrous openings from studios. But is this a good opening? Is Justin Timberlake an 8 figure opener now? It's less than Friends With Benefits and that was seen as a bad opening. Hmmmm…
Johnny Depp is a major movie star… when he is giving his audience what they want. They don't particularly want The Rum Diary.
Delivelution 10/29/11: It's The Windows, Stupid!
By David Poland - Saturday, October 29th, 2011
It was a big week for the ongoing evolution of the post-theatrical/post-first-run-tv business.
After all the relief expressed by the media – already anxious for a comeback – regarding Netflix's deal with the CW, the deal that really explains where things are going came along. You see, it's not Netflix vs Hulu at all. It's the creation of a post-first-run window on Hulu and then a secondary window for Netflix.
Meanwhile, the evolving plan for a 4-week sell-thru window for DVD expanded to Blockbuster/Dish as their contract with WB came up for renegotiation.
This is also kind a Voilà! moment for the fight over the theatrical window as well. It becomes clearer and clearer that regardless of the games being played by the studios lately, the thing they may well be chasing is a similar 28-day window for theatrical. They keep making the argument that most of the theatrical revenue is in the first four weeks of most movies. And they are right.
But the thinking is wildly simplistic.
Theatrical release films are not TV shows. TV shows are free. If you sell someone a subscription to a slate of TV reruns for $8 a month, it's a different thing than trying to get people to buy individual movies for, say, $8 a pop, one a month.
There is absolutely a point where feature films can and should become subscription bait. There are massive libraries for which this makes perfect sense.
But feature films released into the market are individual products being launched every week of the year. Unlike TV, you are not selling an ongoing relationship with the film. You are selling a product with a single, focused call to action. Then, in the sell-thru business, you are selling to an expanded market as well as an existing market. But you are still relying on the perceived value created by the initial theatrical offer.
The film business found out very clearly about how increasing the competition in the sell-thru and rental marketplaces led to a massive increase in marketing costs for that post-theatrical market. Some want to blame this on too wide a space between the theatrical marketing and the DVD marketing. But I would argue, still, that it is the competition in the DVD space that created an increasing need to spend on marketing DVD, not a lack of brand identity four-to-six months after theatrical release.
I would also argue that streaming is actually more of a cannibalism problem for theatrical than DVD because it becomes a part of a a massive, massive pool instantly. And real people on real budgets, already spending $80 – $110 a month on their cable/satellite entertainment, are never, NEVER going for "fight pricing." After a decade of intense effort, VOD/PPV are still a limited business at $5 or so a pop.
Even people who write about how they would happily pay $20 to see the new film at home, spending less than the cost of movie tickets and parking and dinner and babysitting, etc, on a Saturday night, are probably not projecting just how many times they would really be willing to drop that 20. When they do research on this, have they thought to ask, "Will you pay $1000 a year to see one just-released movie on your TV every week for the year." I know. It hurts.
$100 a year for a service that gives you access to a wide array of otherwise difficult-to-come-by-quickly content on your TV want is a very different sell than deciding to drop $20 to watch one movie on your TV or even to go out for the evening and spending $100, all in. Similarly, $350 for 17 Sundays of football broadcasts that are on free TV may seem nuts… about $20 a weekend. But it's an indulgence that people choose, overcoming the price point. It's also a live event, which will never be fresh again once completed.
The value of movies is an artificial one, now more than ever. Putting piracy aside, that illusion has to be maintained to keep any price points as high as the cost of a DVD or Blu-ray or a trip to a theater, which is not just a purchase of a film, but of an out-of-home, communal experience. The more the industry signals to people that film is only television writ large, the more it will devalue the product.
Windows matter.
And now, back to television.
The deals with the CW, as many of the deals Netflix and Hulu have done, signal that we should expect broadcast television to be windowed as first-run, paid second-run (with some free second-run and download per unit/season subscription at iTunes or elsewhere), and third-run to platforms like Netflix.
I personally believe that there will an additional option in the next decade that will involve a subscription platform that includes all options plus additional perks, like early view for shows. The question then will be who exploits content. In other words, if WB produces a show that runs on Disney's ABC, which company exploits the content post-premiere and what will the sense of cannibalism be between the two forms of delivery.
Ironically, like the current issues in film theatrical, this is a real issue that is best determined by all the companies involved. This is why studios showing a lack of concern about their partners in exhibition seem so callous. As in the example above, if ABC was to allow WB to exploit a show that they premiered on their network soon after that first run – or even before first run – it would be a math equation. If an ABC show is watched or DVRed by 8 million people and that number drops to 6 million because 2 million have a subscription to The Warner Bros Stream and don't feel the need to have a relationship to the network exhibition of that content anymore because they can pull it up on demand at any time, it's not the end of the world. But it does change the value of the content to ABC.
And it continues from there. What is the value of a no-commercial window vs a commerical-loaded window? Instead of paying $8 a month for Hulu-Plus, would some happily pay $15 a month for Hulu-Plus-Plus with no commercials at all? Etc, etc, etc.
The technological opportunities are changing the math and consumers will soon have even more options. (Right now, they have more than ever before.) But in the end, it's all about the giant pot of money and how it gets distributed. Getting caught up in "Netflix this" and "Hulu that" and "Amazon might" or even "YouTube is" really misses the point. The shake out we're at the start of is a lot bigger than that.
Friday Estimates by Klady Boots
There's no Saw.
Creepy.
Instead, we have an animated cat with a knife. Business is okay, not sensational. It's at about the Rango level… a wisp behind. Still, given that there hasn't been an animated $20m opening in October since Shark Tale, not bad. Look for mid-30s at the end of the weekend.
Interestingly, Puss seems to be the first serious blockade to Real Steel, which did a great job of getting the movie into the family market without being fully able to market to kids because of the rating. This will be Steel's biggest drop. Meanwhile, it's closing in on $100m overseas and it still hasn't opened in heavyweight countries like Japan, Germany, or China.
Paranormal Activity 3 has an estimated 65% drop Friday-to-Friday, but keep that massive midnight Thursday push in mind. Expect a drop in the low-mid 50s when all is done. The Friday number here is more than 15% better than the second Friday for PA2 and the movie is $14m ahead overall. So Paramount has to be thrilled with the second weekend numbers. (They might want to send a fruit basket over to Lionsgate for not Saw-ing off some of the horror-ween money.)
On the other hand, $12 million and a cloud of bust can't be too thrilling for Fox on In Time… or Justin Timberlake for that matter. This is his second lead since The Social Network and his second underperforming opening. Two things define movie stardom. 1. Open movies. 2. Make great movie choices that have legs. JT is a star, but he needs a real hit to become a movie star. Meanwhile, Amanada Seyfried's people are probably feeling great about the dark hair about now… if they could only get imdb to pull the credit from her page. (It's always possible that Fox International could find an audience overseas for this film and keep it out of the red. But it will be tough.)
The Rum Diary is Film District's fourth release. Honestly, I don;'t know if it's an output deal… but it feels like one. Late into the game and festival avoidant, it just smells funny… especially for a Depp movie. Johnny did the rounds. But a $5m launch is an oddity in his history. Usually it's a movie that no one wants to see (whether of quality or not) or a smash (whether of quality or not). Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark took lumps (unfairly, I feel) for its box office. It will be curious to see whether the press is gentler on Johnny.
While the holds last weekend seemed remarkable for the holdovers, this weekend, they seem remarkably weak. Only one Top 10 holdover out of seven is looking at a better than 49% hold for the weekend.
Two studio movies are opening in limited release this weekend. Sony's Anonymous settled on 265 screens for a word-of-mouth effort. They just haven't been able to convince enough people with advertising for this story. It looks like they'll be around $3500 per screen for the weekend, which isn't a disaster of 2012 proportions, but does explain why they are taking some more time to try to move this film forward. Audiences have enjoyed it. You just need to find a way to get them to see it.
The other one is Paramount's Sundance acquisition, Like Crazy, which has been word-of-mouth screening like crazy and is looking at a $30k-$40k per screen over the weekend on just 4 screens. Good number. No a phenom number. But a solid start.
DP/30: Anonymous, actors Ryhs Ifans, Jamie Campbell Bower
By DP30 - Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Canadians At The Movies
By David Poland - Thursday, October 27th, 2011
The real name is "First Reel At The Movies" and it stars two of Toronto's finest. The funny thing is, you can also get a good sense of how far print media needs to go to catch up with video production. No credits, no clips, and not even editing at the head and tail. Charming, but too easy to fix to leave it this way. Still, this way seems to lie the future for many.
DP/30: To Hell & Back, documentarian Danfung Dennis
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19 Weeks To Oscar: The Mean Season?
The Academy Awards is, and always has been, about what those 5800 people like… what they really like! Sometimes, liking also means making a statement. But if any of you see a Schindler's List on the board this season, give me a ring.
What I see is Rocky vs Taxi Driver, All The President's Men, Network, and Bound for Glory. What I see is Gladiator vs Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Erin Brockovich, and Traffic (and a fluff ball called Chocolat).
But here's what I am hopeful about.
The rest of the column…
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DP/30: Anonymous, director Roland Emmerich
By DP30 - Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
Return of The NC-17
By David Poland - Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
So Shame has pulled down the NC-17 rating that was expected to go with Mr Fassbender's trunk show. Time for the United States and The Academy to grow up and smell the lube. Great.
But less specifically, let's talk about the NC-17 again.
I believe the NC-17 was a cynical attempt by the studios, aka the MPAA, to stop the conversation about the lack of a legitimate "adult" rating and to bury the artistic impulse to make films with that kind of content in them once and for all, at least at a studio level.
The late, great Jack Valenti was Mr. Ratings from the beginning. The old excuse had been that the MPAA didn't own the X rating, which had been created by pornographers who wanted there to be a clear distinction about what their customers would receive. It was a badge of porn honor. So they used that rating, but could not stop others from using it without MPAA approval.
With the creation of the NC-17, the MPAA owned the copyright to the tag, but immediately ghettoized it by pointing out that any porn movie could get this rating. They just had to pay the fees. Of course, it is expensive to get rated and why would any porn want to pay that fee? But that rational allowed for censorship by newspapers and mall-based theaters and even some standalone theaters.
The NC-17 is now, ironically, 21 years old. Shame will be the 11th movie released with the rating from a major studio or division of same. 3 from Fine Line/New Line. 2 each from Universal, Searchlight, and Sony Classics. One Focus. One MGM.
The only film to gross more than $12 million domestically with an NC-17 is Showgirls, at just over $20m. The biggest studio-based NC-17 grosser since 1995 was an Almodovar, earning $5.3 million.
Miramax, pre-Disney, released 2. Aries, Trimark, Zeitgeist, 7 Arts, and October released one each that grossed over $500k. There are 8 other releases under $500k.
That's 26 total in 21 years. That's not a functional adult rating. That's playing the lottery.
Of course, many films that might have been NC-17 have gone out unrated, which is the prerogative of any non-MPAA distributor. But there have been censorship issues with unrated films as well.
I would love for Shame to be the highest grossing NC-17 film ever. That is the high bar for Fox Searchlight to achieve here. That would open the door for other NC-17 films. But it's a very tough film. So it won't be easy.
What's most interesting to me about Searchlight's choice to buy this film is that they went there once before, disappointingly. The film, The Dreamers, offered up a very often naked Eva Green. Magnificent to look at… but not much of a movie. This time, they have a real movie. This is awards-level material. And the nudity and sex, while sometimes sexy, is not prurient. I'm sure someone will show up to ogle the cast, but this is a movie about more than sex and the experience of it is not a fun, sexy romp. Maybe that will be the great lesson… if it succeeds commercially.
The argument that MPAA/CARA lets a ton of violence pass with PG-13s that require no parental consent while an erect penis has to be hidden from anyone under 17 is a legitimate beef. But I am more concerned about the opportunity to have an adult rating that succeeds rather than getting caught up in adjudicating the ratings system's lax attitude towards extreme violence.
Thing is, if the was a working adult rating, than there would be less pressure to be overly generous to violent studio pictures. But right now, NC-17 is a hard cap on the studio system. And I think it's 100% as intended. Anything that limits the bottom line is bad to studios. So you could make the greatest NC-17 film ever… they'd still want an R version and if you could, a PG-13, please. They don't want filmmakers at studios to be able to argue that a movie should.could go out NC-17. It's just bad for business. So pretty much every deal – especially the rare final cut deals – includes language in which the director agrees to deliver a rating of R or PG-13, depending on the film.
Potter DVD Freeze
When I read about the removal of Potter DVDs from shelves on Jan 1, my first thought wasn't Disney, but rebranding with improved price points. I think they're just clearing inventory. As you can see below, WB themselves are now selling Blu-ray for $9 a pop for the first 7 films. They are pushing out a big $35 package with a book and other toys for the last film, which hits shelves next week and will be looking to be a hot holiday gift.
But my expectation after the removed product will be a relaunch of Potter as the first fully integrated all-platform franchise release. I wouldn't expect the relaunch to take more than a few months. Buy it for, say, $25, and get Blu-ray, DVD, and Ultraviolet. You can have Harry with you anywhere at anytime. Download it to your portable player if you like… or stream it… or watch it on your TV. Your call. Own the whole series of 8 movies for $150 and you're set to have Potter for life.
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Importing session data in Pro Tools is quite valuable as a time saver. It also serves as the best way to keep continuity on song to song when working on a project or album. As the name suggests, it allows you to pull in data from one session into another. This can be audio/midi or this can be settings such as plugins, routing, pan, volume, etc. The exact method and process will depend on what you are after for your end results.
The easiest way to format and partition a drive is to connect it to a "working" system, then format, and create the partitions through Windows Disk Manager (or other 3rd party software). The other option is to connect the drive into the new system, format and create the first partition as you install windows. Then after the system is up and going, you would come back and create the rest of the partitions.
One of the actual downsides of Pro Tools for Windows (yeah, yeah, insert sarcastic remarks here!) is the ability to have multiple versions of Pro Tools on the same system. This is thinking beyond having just Pro Tools 10 and 12 on the same system, But having different versions of 12 or 11 as examples. The way I have always dealt with this, is by having multiple partitions on the same hard drive.
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Installing a Midi hardware instrument controller and getting it functioning in Pro Tools is a very common question and support topic. We wanted to cover the basics of installing a midi device, including troubleshooting and verification.
Here is part 2 of the series. Here we are going to look at even more ideas to keep in your production toolkit. This set will contain some tips that include videos in order to explain them more in depth. So lets have a look at 5 more simple and efficient methods to speed up your production.
Waves have just announced a new hardware controller platform called "Icon" for their eMotion LV1 Live mixing console system (not a totally original name to chose but maybe this is deliberate for some kind of familiarity reference?).
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Conversations about the future of Catholic ministry tend to focus on the new frontiers—think married priests and the female diaconate. By contrast, very little is happening when it comes to reconsidering priestly formation.
At their fall meeting, the U.S. bishops adopted the sixth edition of the Program of Priestly Formation for U.S. dioceses and religious orders, which doesn't provide a new model, but represents only a step in the transition to a new model, and thus doesn't advance things very far. Meanwhile, there's a good argument from certain quarters of the church that seminarians should receive training on how to work with the lay ministers they'll be working with once they're ordained. It's not just a question of breaking the barriers between the formation of the clergy and the laity. It's also a matter of calibrating the relationship between seminary formation and what I'll call the "contemporary world of knowledge." After the council of Trent, when the seminary model for priestly formation was established, those two things were essentially one and the same. Religion informed the general culture, and it was assumed that seminary candidates came from Christian Catholic families; the seminary was the next step in the development not only of religious knowledge, but also of literacy and the intellect. Today that model is almost inverted. Seminary life is more about personal, psychological, and spiritual formation apart from the contemporary world of knowledge than it is about the preparation of candidates for the significant intellectual challenges of preaching and witnessing the Gospel in a time when the Church faces such strong headwinds.
The problem, in short, is how to provide seminarians with this intellectual formation, and where. In the United States, this inevitably raises the issue of the role of Catholic colleges and universities. In some countries, lay theologians, seminarians, and young priests in formation study together in state universities where there is a faculty of Catholic theology; seminary formation takes place in a seminary building separated from, but close to, the university, and is about community, life of prayer, and training for pastoral ministry. I experienced this twenty years ago, when I was studying in Germany and lived for one year, as a lay student, in the seminary of Tübingen together with Catholic seminarians. This is clearly not the model in the U.S.; public universities don't have Catholic theology departments, and Catholic colleges have become largely independent from the Church.
Early in 2019, around the time a group of Boston College faculty published their proposal for the reform of seminary formation, Thomas Reese wrote in the National Catholic Reporter that "American seminaries are usually in cities and connected to universities, but the mentality of keeping seminarians separate remains. Their classes are often separate from other students." Now, Catholic colleges and universities can choose to remain uninvolved with the formation of priests, or they can try to be part of the solution—playing some role, with a degree of academic freedom and autonomy from the hierarchical Church. (Here it's worth recalling that exactly forty years ago, in December 1979, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith withdrew Hans Küng's permission to teach; he is one of the theologians who has not been rehabilitated during the pontificate of Francis.) The debate on the reform of seminaries should therefore include questions about the future of academia, since the challenges that they face are also challenges for the institutional church.
Where does theology fit in courses of study increasingly built around professional preparation?
First: if seminary formation is too cut off from the real lives of Catholics, then I think (and I realize that I am generalizing here) the same can sometimes be said for academic theology. Yes, there are numerous examples of theologians who clearly have an ecclesial intentionality and do wonderful work for the people of God. It is not an issue of personal intentions, however, but of the systemic position of academic theology in an endangered Catholic intellectual ecosystem, one in which the magisterium and theologians in the academy also have to compete with the "teaching" found on Catholic blogs and websites and various other outlets.
The institutional Church needs to change its approach to formation and ministry, but academic theology needs to change something as well. The theological academy needs to be in contact with the people who will constitute the coming generations of Catholic clergy and lay ministers. To be clear: theology should not be done only to advise and support the bishops and the magisterium. But total separation is not good, unless Catholic universities want to have no role and no voice in the formation of those who will provide an education in the faith to the Catholic students who keep our Catholic universities going. The question for theology departments on Catholic campuses is today is whether they see themselves with an ecclesial vocation and want to claim some responsibility in the formation of the future clergy (I am referring here to the 2011 document of the International Theological Commission, Theology Today, much more than to John Paul II's Ex Corde Ecclesiae).
Second: what's happening with theology and religion at Catholic colleges and universities is related to what higher education in general is becoming. Universities are themselves now seminaries of a sort for the formation of candidates in the high priesthood of capitalism, and for the minor orders of the service economy. How does this reconcile with the need for Catholic universities to be the locus for constructive theologizing and the transmission of the theological tradition? This is not a liberal or conservative issue, but an issue of viability of academic theology. Theology survives mostly as a piece in the core curriculum of required courses, and even then it's not so easy to "sell" it as something a student needs. Where does theology (indeed, the other humanities as well) fit in courses of study increasingly built around professional preparation? What is the curricular rationale? How to think about this in a time when world faiths aren't so much the debate on campus as is the conflict between religious and spiritual worldviews and the "technocratic paradigm" Francis describes in Laudato si'?
Third: Catholic higher education is largely in denial about the fact that we could be in an undeclared process of disestablishment of Catholic theology from Catholic higher education. Catholic academics have every right to critique the inadequacy of seminary formation in the Catholic Church today. We should also be aware that we academics are working in institutions that are, and at a steady pace, getting rid or trying to get rid of theology requirements—not counting the significant number of small Catholic colleges that have closed, are closing, and will close before mid-century. This is already impacting today's seminarians, who upon their arrival have had much less exposure than their predecessors to theology in an academic setting. At the June 2019 meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, a special session on "Catholic Theology and the Contemporary University" revealed the gap between theology faculty and their administrators. On the one side, today's Catholic university decision-makers are chosen for their expertise in areas other than theological (this is clearly an understatement). On the other, academics tend to repeat that they are not teachers of the Catechism but professors of theology. This refrain worked at a time when there was a relatively thick understanding of the Catholic tradition among students. This understanding, to put it mildly, can no longer be presumed.
We should be concerned about seminary formation that is isolated from the contemporary culture. We should be equally concerned about the isolation of academic theology that constrains its ecclesial vocation to contribute to the formation of the Church's ministers. These issues are inextricably related, and thus critical to the future of Catholic clergy, the future of the Catholic intellectual tradition, and the future of the Church itself.
Massimo Faggioli is professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University. His most recent book is Catholicism and Citizenship: Political Cultures of the Church in the Twenty-First Century (Liturgical Press, 2017). He is a contributing writer for Commonweal. Follow him on Twitter @MassimoFaggioli.
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Die ECHL (bis Mai 2003 East Coast Hockey League) ist eine professionelle Eishockeyliga, die aus 28 Mannschaften besteht, von denen 26 in den Vereinigten Staaten und zwei in Kanada beheimatet sind. Der Sieger der Play-offs in der ECHL erhält den Kelly Cup, der bis 1997 Riley Cup hieß. Die Liga firmierte bis zum Mai 2003 unter dem Namen East Coast Hockey League, beschränkt sich aber seit der damaligen Übernahme der West Coast Hockey League offiziell auf die abgekürzte Variante.

Geschichte

Anfänge (1988–2014)

Die Liga wurde 1988 mit fünf Teams gegründet, den Carolina Thunderbirds (heute die Wheeling Nailers), den Erie Panthers (das Team existiert nicht mehr und spielte zuletzt 2011 als Victoria Salmon Kings), den Johnstown Chiefs, den Knoxville Cherokees (das Team existiert nicht mehr und spielte zuletzt 2005 als Pee Dee Pride), und den Virginia Lancers (das Team existiert nicht mehr und spielte zuletzt 2003 als Lexington Men O'War). Seit dieser Zeit, wuchs die Liga stetig an, bis 2003 die Größe von 31 Teams erreicht worden war. Danach wurde die Liga für die Saison 2004/05 auf 28 Mannschaften reduziert.

Im Jahr 2002 nahm die ECHL die Teams der West Coast Hockey League Alaska, Bakersfield, Fresno, Idaho, Long Beach und San Diego auf und besitzt seitdem zwei Conferences mit jeweils zwei Divisionen. Der offizielle Name wurde danach von East Coast Hockey League zu ECHL geändert. 2004 nahm die ECHL ihre erste kanadische Mannschaft, die Victoria Salmon Kings aus Victoria, British Columbia, auf. Am 1. Februar 2005 wurde bekannt gegeben, dass ein neues Franchise namens Phoenix RoadRunners ab 2005/06 am Ligabetrieb teilnehmen würde. Ferner wurde am 3. Februar 2005 verkündet, dass die Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies an eine Gesellschaft verkauft wurde, die das Team für die Saison 2005/06 nach Stockton, Kalifornien umsiedelte.

2010 wurde die derzeit aktuelle Gliederung der ECHL eingeführt: die Eastern Conference besteht seither aus den Divisions Atlantic, North und South mit insgesamt 13 Teams, während sich in der Western Conference acht Mannschaften auf die Pacific und Mountain Division verteilen. Durch das Ausscheiden der Victoria Salmon Kings besteht die ECHL seit dem Ende der Saison 2010/11 nur noch aus Teams aus den Vereinigten Staaten. Weitere Änderungen am Teilnehmerfeld folgten in den nächsten Jahren: Chicago Express, die Colorado Eagles, die Orlando Solar Bears und die Fort Wayne Komets kamen hinzu; auch die Trenton Titans und die San Francisco Bulls wurden aufgenommen, verließen die Liga allerdings bereits in der Saison 2013/14 wieder, sodass 21 Mannschaften am Spielbetrieb teilnahmen.

Umstrukturierungen (seit 2014)
Zur Saison 2014/15 kamen planmäßig die Indy Fuel hinzu. Im Oktober 2014 stellten drei Teams der Central Hockey League (CHL) den Spielbetrieb ein, sodass diese Liga nur noch aus sieben Mannschaften bestand. In der Folge stellte man die CHL komplett ein und übernahm die sieben verbleibenden Mannschaften in die ECHL. Dabei handelte es sich um die Allen Americans, Brampton Beast, Quad City Mallards, Missouri Mavericks, Rapid City Rush, Tulsa Oilers und Wichita Thunder. Somit bestand die Liga in der Saison 2014/15 aus 28 Mannschaften, da die Las Vegas Wranglers pausierten, um eine neue Spielstätte zu finden, was in der Folge allerdings scheiterte.

Diese ungeplante Vergrößerung hatte auch eine Umstrukturierung zufolge, sodass in der Eastern Conference die South, Atlantic und North Division zu North und East Division zusammengelegt. In der Western Conference wurde die Mountain Division in Central Division umbenannt, die nun alle Teams aus der ehemaligen CHL enthält. Für die Playoffs qualifizierten sich nun die besten vier Mannschaften jeder Division. In den ersten beiden Playoff-Runden traten Teams aus der jeweiligen Division gegeneinander an, wobei in der ersten Runde Platz eins gegen Platz drei und Platz zwei gegen Platz vier spielt. Die in der zweiten Runde ermittelten Divisionssieger spielen in der Folge gegen den Sieger der jeweils anderen Division der gleichen Conference, sodass im Finale um den Kelly Cup die beiden Conference-Sieger gegeneinander antreten. Alle Playoff-Spiele werden dabei im best-of-seven-Modus ausgetragen, sodass das Team, das zuerst vier Siege erreicht, in die nächste Runde einzieht.

Bereits nach einer Saison in dieser Konstellation wurde eine weitere größere Veränderung nötig, da die American Hockey League zur Saison 2015/16 ebenfalls umstrukturierte und dabei eine neue Pacific Division einführte. Dies hatte zur Folge, dass mehrere ECHL-Mannschaften die Spielorte und die Liga mit den AHL-Franchises tauschten; im Detail wurden aus den Stockton Thunder die Adirondack Thunder, aus den Bakersfield Condors die Norfolk Admirals und aus den Ontario Reign die Manchester Monarchs. Dies hatte auch eine erneute Veränderung der Divisions-Struktur zur Folge, sodass die ECHL sechs Divisionen in beiden Conferences mit je vier oder fünf Mannschaften etablierte. Für die Playoffs qualifizieren sich nun die jeweiligen Divisions-Ersten sowie die fünf weitere punktbesten Mannschaften jeder Conference. Ferner veränderten sich erneut eine Reihe von Kooperationen zwischen ECHL und AHL bzw. NHL. Von dieser Umstrukturierung abgesehen änderten im Vorfeld der Saison 2015/16 zwei weitere Teams ihren Namen, wobei das Franchise jeweils am gleichen Ort verblieb. Die Greenville Road Warriors firmieren fortan als Greenville Swamp Rabbits, während die Gwinnett Gladiators ihren Namen in Atlanta Gladiators änderten. Mit der Saison 2016/17 kehrte man allerdings bereits zu einem System mit vier Divisionen zurück, wobei sich jeweils die vier besten Mannschaften für die Playoffs qualifizieren.

Während der Saison 2015/16 konnten sich die Evansville IceMen auf keinen neuen Pachtvertrag für ihre Heimspielstätte einigen, sodass das Team nach Jacksonville, Florida umzog und dort als Jacksonville Icemen mit Beginn der Saison 2017/18 am Spielbetrieb teilnimmt. Zur gleichen Zeit stießen auch die Worcester Railers als neues Franchise zur Liga. Zur Spielzeit 2018/19 folgten die Maine Mariners und die Newfoundland Growlers, während die Colorado Eagles in die AHL wechselten und die Quad City Mallards den Spielbetrieb einstellten. Wie den Mallards erging es den Manchester Monarchs im Folgejahr. Im Februar 2021 folgten, im Lichte der COVID-19-Pandemie, die Brampton Beast, während elf weitere Teams ihren Spielbetrieb in der Saison 2020/21 zumindest vorübergehend ruhen ließen. Demgegenüber wurde die Liga mit den Lions de Trois-Rivières und den Iowa Heartlanders zur Spielzeit 2021/22 sowie mit den Savannah Ghost Pirates zur Saison 2022/23 wieder um drei Teams aufgestockt.

Franchises der Saison 2022/23

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Nicht mehr bestehende Mannschaften

Nicht verwirklichte Franchises
 Atlantic City Admirals
 Das Franchise sollte 2001 die Hampton Roads Admirals ersetzen. Dies wurde jedoch durch die Umsiedlung der Birmingham Bulls und deren Umbenennung in Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies verhindert.

 Gulf Coast Swords
 Das Franchise sollte 2004 den Spielbetrieb aufnehmen. Da sich jedoch der Bau der Lakewood Arena in Bradenton im US-Bundesstaat Florida jahrelang verzögerte, entschied die ECHL im September 2006 das Franchise aufzulösen.

Auszeichnungen und Trophäen

ECHL All-Star Game

Das erste All-Star Game der East Coast Hockey League fand in der Saison 1992/93 statt. Seither treten, berücksichtigt man das variable Format, gewöhnlich jedes Jahr Spieler der beiden ECHL-Conferences gegeneinander an (mit Ausnahme der Jahre 1997, 1998 und 2011). Die Startformationen der beiden Mannschaften werden von Spielern, Trainern und Offiziellen vor dem All-Star Game mittels Voting gewählt. Als Trainer dienen üblicherweise die Cheftrainer der beiden Mannschaften, die zum Zeitpunkt der Bekanntgebung der beiden All-Star-Mannschaften mit ihren Teams die jeweilige Conference anführen. Wie beim NHL All-Star Game und dem AHL All-Star Classic gibt es auch beim ECHL All-Star Game eine Skill Competition vor dem Spiel.

Hall of Fame

Zum 20. Jahrestag der Gründung der ECHL führte die Liga 2008 eine eigene Hall of Fame ähnlich der Hockey Hall of Fame der National Hockey League ein. Die ersten vier Persönlichkeiten wurden im Rahmen des in der Stockton Arena in Stockton im Bundesstaat Kalifornien stattfindenden ECHL All-Star Game der Saison 2007/08 in die Hall of Fame aufgenommen. Zukünftig kann pro Jahr ein Maximum von fünf Persönlichkeiten (davon maximal drei Spieler) in die ECHL Hall of Fame aufgenommen werden.

Das prominenteste Mitglied der Hall of Fame ist seit 2010 der deutsche Torwart Olaf Kölzig.

Im Jahr 2021 fanden aufgrund der COVID-19-Pandemie keine Neuaufnahmen statt.

ECHL-Logos

Weblinks

 Offizielle Webseite der ECHL (engl.)
 Historische Statistiken (engl.)
 ECHL Hall of Fame (englisch)
 ECHL grows into starting point toward NHL

Einzelnachweise

Eishockeyliga in Nordamerika

Abkürzung

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I read in the old Faiths & Pantheons the clergy of Helm would give refuge to anyone who seeks sanctuary within the walls of their fortified churches, persecuted and criminally accused alike.
Is a common practice for persecuted people to seek refuge in churches, particularly those of their patron deities?
The Helmites turn over those running from the authorities to local law enforcement but they ensure a fair and just trial.
What about neutral or chaotic churches without strict obligations to the local autothorities? Is it possible for them to deny arrests, trials or executions of refuges or followers of their Deities?
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I would imagine that it varies from place to place, and on the deity, as well.
I would think that most churches would only protect their followers or those whose "crimes" matched the deity's portfolio... But even with that caveat, it's also going to depend on the local authorities. Good and lawful realms are going to be more willing to work with the churches of good and lawful deities, for example.
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In my campaign, there is a specific dispute happening in Waterdeep.
A worshipper of Tempus has killed several innocent servants of a noble family in his attempt to avenge the assassination of a friend.
The church of Tempus has a feud with this noble family for old offences and would benefit from the unmasking of their recent crime.
At the same time, the legal authorities of the city want to punish by death the killer of the innocent servants of the nobles.
In this situation, is it an option for the worshipper of Tempus to ask the clergy of his God for refuge in the temple?
Is it conceivable for the clergy to protect a killer because of his faith and in the name of their long term goals?
Is it acceptable for the authorities of the city that a killer escapes justice due to the protection of a temple?
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus
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 Moons of moons, a "satellite of a satellite"
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 Jan Moons (born 1970), Belgian footballer
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See also
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Mooning


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True to the South West's reputation for producing some of the finest food and drink in the world, small distilleries are creating hand-crafted batches of the best artisan gins. The gins are the essence of the beautiful West Country landscape, blending crystal clear spring water with aromatic botanicals.
Evening on the terrace looking over the sea with a heavy tumbler beaded with condensation and sloshing with interesting gin, a splash of tonic, ice and a slice is a special time of day down here.
2016 celebrated the opening of a new gin distillery on the waterfront of South Devon's most fashionable nautical town. From this March you can even go back to school at The Salcombe Gin Company to create your own magic in a mini still – education never looked more inviting! Located on the first floor of a boathouse, the distillery has a gin bar (the Salcombe & Tonic with its slice of ruby red grapefruit is highly recommended) plus moorings for seafaring visitors. And of course, you can't leave without a bottle of Salcombe Gin: super smooth with citrus flavours from fruit hand-peeled every morning. Each batch of just 65 bottles is inspired by the 19th century Salcombe fruit schooners which brought citrus and spices to England from the Azores, West Indies and Mediterranean.
A new gin produced by the Dartmoor Distillery using moorland spring water and botanicals from Widecombe-in-the-Moor in the heart of the Dartmoor National Park. Eighteen botanicals are combined with the best English wheat spirit, giving a flavour of juniper berries, orange peel and lemon peel and a premium strength of 46% alc. Only on its third batch and not easy to track down, but Jaded Palates in our home town of Chagford stocks it (plus other West Country gins and wines) and will deliver across the UK.
Another Cornish gin and one of the first to be distilled in the county for over 300 years. Handcrafted in a traditional copper still, its full-bodied complex flavour packs a punch and is down to 12 botanicals, some of which are a closely guarded secret. Cornish spring water, organic English grain, juniper berries from Croatia, coriander seed from Spain, cassia bark from China and orris root from Morocco make itworld-class. A slice of lime and twist of grapefruit peel are the perfect complement to the hint of sherbet.
'The spirit of Exmoor' is produced in a copper alembic still on the banks of the River Lyn, using 11 exotic botanicals, from traditional juniper and coriander to hibiscus and kaffir lime leaves. Blended, filtered, bottled and labelled by hand in 25 litre batches, it's smooth and full bodied with a 42% alc. content. For a twist on the traditional G&T, try this one with ice and lime over a sprig of thyme.
Handcrafted by a family company on the north Cornwall coast, the magic of this award-winning gin is attributed to its flame-fired, copper pot still called Tamara, goddess of the Tamar. Fragrant Devon violets are coupled with earthy/woody juniper, lemon-sherberty coriander seeds, fresh orange, lemon and grapefruit zest, angelica root, orris root, green cardamom bitter almond, cinnamon and liquorice root to produce a flavour described as 'stumbling upon a beautiful orange blossom in the middle of a crisp, dry pine forest'. We just know it tastes fine!
A modern, fresh gin with a citrusy, floral flavour created with women in mind (hence the winking Jane Austen on the label). The best place to sample it is at The Bath Gin Company, a five-storey Georgian building for immersing yourself in a truly gin-ful experience. The cellar is where the alchemy happens, a bustling laboratory and distillery. At street level the mixologists will introduce you to 190 different gins in the Canary Gin Bar, or head upstairs to the Martini Bar for gin with a twist.
Produced by Conker Spirit, Dorset's first gin distillery, this is a 'proper' classic gin with the impeccable pairing of New Forest spring water and British wheat spirit, blended with botanicals including Dorset elderberries and samphire and fragrant golden hand-picked New Forest gorse flowers. Creator Rupert Holloway exchanged a career as chartered surveyor for alchemy in an old Victorian laundry. The result is a bright, refreshing gin which needs nothing but a smash of ice as companion.
Not a young artisan distillery, but we can't extol the virtues of West Country gins without a nod to their venerable grandfather, the Blackfriars Distillery, the oldest working gin distillery in England. Located in a 15th century building in the historic Devon port city of Plymouth, it's been the working home of Plymouth Gin since 1793. You can take a guided tour of the distillery, or treat yourself to a special Gin Connoisseur's or Master Distiller's Tour. Plymouth Gin was Winston Churchill's favourite and its deep earthy notes and lemony finish still win international awards. You may want to swerve the historic sailors' celebratory drink of Mahogany though – Plymouth Gin beaten into warmed black treacle.
We hope you'll join us to sample the deceptively simple gins of the West Country soon. Whether you take yours in a deep armchair by a cosy cottage fire or on the sunny verandah of a waterside haven, deciphering its hidden depths will be unadulterated pleasure.


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Scores help reach out to elderly, needy Jews in Ukraine
The Jews of the former Soviet Union now observe Passover and focus on helping their fellow Jews.
By TAMARA ZIEVE
Updated: APRIL 3, 2017 18:20
The American Joint Jewish Distribution Committee (JDC) distributes matza to elderly jews in Odessa, Ukraine.
(photo credit: JDC)
Ahead of Passover this year, the American Joint Distribution Committee is distributing matzot to elderly Jews in Odessa, Ukraine, at the Beit Grand Jewish Cultural Center's Hesed Shaarei Tzion Welfare organization.
The organization is delivering more than 50,000 boxes of matza to needy Jews throughout the former Soviet Union, as well as offering seder meals, volunteer opportunities, cooking workshops and cultural performances.
The matza operation is a joint effort of scores of volunteers; the JDC; the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews; and the Claims Conference, which works to secure compensation and restitution for survivors of the Holocaust and heirs of victims.
"For generations, JDC has proudly helped Jewish communities celebrate Passover's enduring message of freedom in the face of oppression," said the group's CEO David Schizer.
"Most poignantly, the Jews of the former Soviet Union, whose Jewish identity was almost extinguished, are now observing Passover with enormous vigor, innovative cultural fare, and a focus on ensuring their neediest fellow Jews share in the holiday."
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Q: How to upgrade RStudio version? Recently I've tried to install keras package in R. I ran the following commands:
install.packages("keras") library(keras)
But when I ran is_keras_avalable() I got FALSE.
I was told, that the problem with unsuccessful 'keras' installation may come from the old RStudio version, which is installed on my notebook (I work in RStudio 3.4.0). I was adviced to reinstall RStudio and to get a brand new version.
Could you, please, tell me how to do it? I'd be very pleased if you provide me with the necessary links for installing the latest RStudio version on Windows 8.1.
Thank you for your help.

A: RStudio is an application (specifically, an Integrated Development Environment, or IDE). This is a common tool for using R, which is a computer language. Much like Microsoft Word is a common tool for writing documents in English (or other languages - and in fact you can use RStudio to write files other languages like RMarkdown, Python, SQL, French, or Swahili.). However, just like you can write English in programs other than Word, you can also write and run R code in programs other than RStudio.
You can find the most recent version on the RStudio website, or you can look in the Help menu and select "Check for updates", which will give you a download link if a newer version is available.

Given the version number you show, 3.4.0, you need to upgrade R (the language), not RStudio (the application). The current RStudio version as I write this is 1.3.*, while the current R version is 4.0.*.
The place you need to go to update R is CRAN - their website has download links for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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