Battle of the booth
When UMass visits Holy Cross at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Fitton Field, football fans will have their choice of radio broadcasts.
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Woody Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” Diary
EXCERPTS FROM THE SPANISH DIARY
by Woody Allen
JANUARY 2, 2007
Received offer to write and direct film in Barcelona. Must be cautious. Spain is sunny, and I freckle. Money not great either, but agent did manage to get me a 10th of 1 percent of anything the picture does over $400 million after break even.
Have no idea for Barcelona unless the story of the two Hackensack Jews who start a mail-order embalming firm could be switched.
MARCH 5
Met with Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz. She’s ravishing and more sexual than I had imagined. During interview my pants caught fire. Bardem is one of those brooding geniuses who clearly will need a firm hand from me.
APRIL 2
Offered role to Scarlett Johansson. Said before she could accept, script must be approved by her agent, then by her mother, with whom she’s close. Following that it must be approved by her agent’s mother. In middle of […]
Original post by Robert Newton
Review - Before The Fall
BEFORE THE FALL [NR]
review by Sue Katz
Before The Fall is Dennis Gansel’s unflinching look at life in 1942 Germany for boys who have been judged sufficiently Aryan and accomplished to attend high schools whose mission is to prepare the next generation of leadership. The handsome adolescent Friedrich Weimer (Max Riemelt) finds relief in the local boxing gym from his back-breaking labor job. A Nazi recruiter catches his fight and offers him a sports scholarship to a “Napola” - a National Political School where the next generation of Aryan leaders are educated. Friedrich’s father is horrified at the thought of his son having anything to do with “those people,” so Friedrich forges the parental permission slip. Once enrolled, he find himself in a tough-love, homoerotic institution that makes impossible demands on him.
His relationship with the delicate Albrecht Stein (played poignantly by Tom Schilling), the son of the present regional Nazi leader, […]
Original post by Robert Newton
Etsy Update
When my laptop broke for the second time with pictures of about 30 items for the Etsy store on it. I had a mini breakdown and said I would take a break from the store and enjoy the down time. Today after I organized my closet by hanger color, I realized that I’d gone completely […]
Original post by punky
Shut Up and Sell More
Craig Klein left a comment on my blog this morning. I checked out his blog and saw a great post that I had to point people to. Here’s an excerpt from the full article:
Bottom line: Recent experiences like this one show me that too many sales people still haven’t gotten the message - sales is not about talking, telling or teaching. Its about listening.
Your goal is to continue to ask the prospect questions about their world. Understand what’s working for them, what challenges they face, where they think they’re heading and most importantly, what are the greatest risks they see in the current world or in the future. What are they afraid of.
Why? Because people buy for emotional reasons. Especially in business, people buy things because its a piece of a vision in their head or they buy because they’re afraid of something. Either way, if you know what […]
Original post by Pete Caputa
Sanctions against Russia warranted
When Adolf Hitler became dictator of Nazi Germany, Austria was placed under German dominance. Hitler then annexed the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia. When Vladimir Putin became premier of Russia, Russian troops invaded the Republic of Georgia to save a particular portion of that republic.
Original post by telegram.com- Opinion
McCain’s lost touch with the middle class
Sen. John S. McCain, R-Ariz., has lost touch with the economic realities that face most American people. There is real worry and fear in the land. Can I keep my home? Will my job disappear? How can I get health care, and if I do, will it really pay for my illness? How can I afford heat? My rent went up - what can I cut? The cost of gasoline - will it kill my business? How will my fixed income ever keep me? I stretched it to the limit. What will happen to me and my kids?
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McFarlane column was fitting obituary
I couldn’t help but notice the heading to Clive McFarlane’s article, “Woman’s life of struggle over, at 25″ (Telegram & Gazette, Aug. 22).
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