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We shot a great scene with her sucking the life out of somebody and hooking up with Damon and everything and then we thought, “Oh my god, where in the hell are we going to go with this? And if this is season 1 and we’re going down this road, then what other demons, etc. are we going to explore?” We got cold feet, rightfully so, and we pulled back on it and so we never actually followed through on the story.
Actually, that is plenty fair. You probably want to stick to fewer elements early on in a show—especially one as soapy as this one, where there was a lot to get through. This would have been a bit too much, probably. Plus, it’s always more fun to ramp it up over time so the audience can look back and go “Wait, how did we get here?” The Vampire Diaries is currently in its eighth and final season.
A man has been remanded in custody after appearing before magistrates charged with burglary and other offences.
Callum Gordon, aged 28, of no fixed address, appeared at Northampton Magistrates’ Court on Friday, April 5, charged with burglary, theft from a motor vehicle, vehicle interference, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance.
The offences took place in Long Buckby in March.
He was remanded in custody and will next appear at Northampton Crown Court on Wednesday, May 8.
Carrabba's Italian Grills has named kirshenbaum bond new york as its agency of record. kirshenbaum bond new york, Dotglu, and LIME public relations + promotion will be handling various portions of the account, including television, radio, print and out-of-home advertising, direct mail, and promotions. Media will continue to be handled by Doner. Spending was not released.
StrawberryFrog has been named agency of record for HarrisDirect and Media Kitchen was awarded media duties.
Empower MediaMarketing, Cincinnati has been awarded media planning and buying duties for Check 'n Go. The company's media account was previously handled in-house, and the company's creative assignments remain with Mahan Advertising for general market efforts, and Cutting Edge Communications for Hispanic efforts.
Lowe's has trimmed the number of agencies vying for its estimated $300 million account down to four. McCann Erickson New York, the incumbent, automatically advanced, along with the New York offices of BBDO, TBWA/Chiat/Day, and Deutsch.
Fletcher Martin has been named agency of record for BioLab, a producer of water treatment products and supplies. Fletcher Martin is BioLab's first outside agency for creative services. The agency will be responsible for strategic planning and creative services for all of BioLab's household and pool and spa product lines. In addition, Fletcher Martin will also buy media for the pool and spa divisions. Spending was not revealed.
Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp., New York, has named Boulanger & Associates to re-brand "Reel Moms," a national, in-theater program for new mothers. The assignment came without a review and billings were not disclosed. Boulanger will create print advertising, in-theater promotions, viral, and Web-based communications for the program. The agency will also be involved in field representative training and partnership/sponsorship development.
Ovation Benefits Group has chosen Thomas Marketing as its first agency of record. The account was previously handled on a project basis and billings were not disclosed.
Pfizer has placed the advertising account for its cholesterol drug Lipitor in review. Merkley + Partners presently handles the work.
European optical retailer Specsavers has consolidated its $62 million media buying and planning for the UK and Ireland with WPP group's GroupM. Mediaedge:cia, which is a part of GroupM, had been running Specsavers' television buying and sponsorship deals.
Spacedog - CKE Restaurants Inc.
CKE Restaurants Inc. has named Spacedog as the interactive creative agency of record for Carl's Jr. and Hardee's. The agency also created a separate section offering more content for the Paris commercial at SpicyParis.com. Spending was not revealed.
Dell is preparing a 10-inch Android tablet that will go head-to-head with the iPad 2 as well as scores of other Android tablets with similar screen size.
According to tech site Tweakers, the tablet - called the Streak Pro - will come with the Tegra 2 dual core SoC from Nvidia which is clocked at 1GHz and powers the likes of the Motorola XOOM, the Advent Vega, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer and the Acer Iconia A500.
It will weigh 720g with a thickness of 12.9mm; as with its competitors, it will have a 10.1-inch screen with a 1280x800 pixel resolution, run on Android Honeycomb and will come with a productivity dock and a folding cover that also doubles as a keyboard (not unlike the Eee Pad's keyboard).
Expect it to have 1GB RAM, up to 64GB onboard storage, a microSD card reader, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 4G connectivity, a five megapixel camera on the back and a two megapixel one on the front plus a brushed aluminium chassis.
This tablet will be Dell's third after last year's Dell 5-inch Streak and a 7-inch Streak 7. It will be interesting to see how much the Streak Pro will cost given that the Streak 7, which unlike the original Streak doesn't come with phone capabilities, already costs £450.
A Shirley man led police on a car chase through Riverhead early Saturday morning that ended when he slammed into a parked railroad vehicle.
Riverhead Town Police said Tremaine B. Kelly, 30, fled police after officers tried to pull him over for making an illegal U-turn on East Main Street just before 2 a.m.
Kelly sped down Hubbard Avenue for about two miles before losing control of the 2005 Honda Accord. He crashed the car into a railroad vehicle -- a truck carrying a chipper used to clear vegetation from the tracks -- parked on tracks near Edgar Avenue and Meetinghouse Creek Road, police said.
Kelly then fled on foot, but officers caught him after a brief chase, police said. He was the only person in the car.
The Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps took Kelly to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, where he was treated for a cut to his face that required stitches, said Riverhead Det. Mark Stromski.
Kelly was found to be in violation of his parole terms. He was also charged with fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, and multiple vehicle and traffic violations, police said.
GREAT BEND - J.B. Bruno, 79, died Aug. 10, 2009. He was born Aug. 5, 1930, to Johnnie Baptist and Beatrice Casteel Bruno.
On March 1, 1952, he married Mary Jane Anthony. She died July 12, 2001. Survivors include: son, Vincent; daughters, Terri Klein and and Sharon Oszman; sisters, Ruby Withrow, Bobby Shawn, Jenny Winsor and Theresa Hudson; 12 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Great Bend. Visitation 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend. Burial will be in Lakin-Comanche District Cemetery, Ellinwood. Memorials to J.B. Bruno Expense Fund. Visit www.bryantfh.net to leave personal condolences for the family.
Notes from a Japanese beer tasting event in San Francisco.
Although Japanese breweries originally were inspired by German styles, there was a shift in the late 2000s into mimicking and perfecting American styles.
There is no doubt that the Japanese craft beer movement has gained the attention of the American palate. Throughout the country, beer enthusiasts have become intrigued about the brands coming from Japan looking past the traditional established brands like Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin giants that have satisfied many palates.
It is only natural based on the high popularity of Japanese whisky, sake and the emerging shochu market that the United States is now thrilled about the brews.
The craft beer category in Japan is not a new trend. Breweries started popping up as early as 1995 after the country relaxed its law allowing small production in 1994.
Last week, I attended a Japanese craft beer event held in San Francisco. It was one of many events held by the Japanese Government’s JFOODO extension, directed by Mitsunori Takeda in an effort to promote and educate consumers on this topic.
On this campaign, events were held throughout the West Coast, showcasing a number of producers in cities like Los Angeles, San Diego and Portland.
They enlisted the expertise of Ry Beville, a prolific publisher, CEO and founder of Bright Wave Media, whose work include Japan Beer Times and Craft Beer in Japan: The Essential Guide. He is co-founder of Sake Today magazine.
“Beginning in 1995, the beer movement in Japan enlisted the help of German brewers who arrived to the country by the dozens sharing their expertise and shaped the craft beer scene in Japan,” Ry said during a seminar he led during the event.
Some of the early pioneers included COEDO brewery based in the Saitama prefecture. During a visit to this brewery in 2017, I fell in love with their style of beer, specifically their Beniaka beer produced with sweet potato.
Another pioneer was Kiuchi Brewery based in the Ibaraki prefecture whose Hitachino beer enjoys wide recognition in the United States.
“Some beer breweries started from scratch like COEDO, an American established Baird Brewing Company in the town of Numazu. Others were sake breweries that saw the opportunity and started to produce beer like Sekinochi Brewery and Kiuchi Brewery,” Ry added.
This movement was fueled by the introduction of American craft breweries like Stone Brewing Company, Ballast Point and Sierra Nevada into the Japanese market.
By then, Japanese brewers not only looked after this styles but in true Japanese fashion, they perfected it.
We tasted a number of beers during the event, including COEDO Ruri, a refreshing Pilsner with hints of lemon, stone fruit, cream soda and a touch of honey.
Kanazawa Hyakumangoku Pale Ale from Waku Waku Brewery delivered a floral note with a nutty layer and a balanced bitter aspect.
Cyonmage Pale Ale from Yamaguchi Hagi Beer Co. had layers of toasted hazelnuts, almond brittle and a Smokey tone reminiscent of a German Rauchbier.
We also enjoyed Kiuchi’s Hitachino Nest White Ale, an homage to Belgian style beer full of white pepper, orange peel, coriander and ocean breeze with a dry acid-driven structure.
And Sorry! Umami IPA produced by YOHO Brewing under the Experimental Adjunct IPA category. One of the curious ingredients in this beer is Katsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (dried fish), which add a certain excitement delivering a rich, round and smoky component with a mandarin zest note.
Currently, Japan, a country of about 130 million people, has 400 small breweries, a number growing at a generous pace.
Although a loose and not heavily regulated term, “craft” in Japan refers to a smaller production operation, meaning smaller than the industry giants.
Cheers! Be curious, try it and enjoy!
The 35-day government shutdown had “very minimal” immediate effects on the cybersecurity of federal agencies, according to security researchers.
While lawmakers and cyber wonks warned the longest government shutdown in history would leave agencies vulnerable to cyberattacks, researchers at Security Scorecard determined those fears were largely unfounded.
In fact, they said keeping hundreds of thousands of feds away from computers and network-connected devices may have had short-term benefits for the government’s cyber posture.
In a report published Wednesday, researchers assessed 128 federal agencies in three categories related to their overall cyber posture: network security, patching cadence and endpoint security. While network security scores dipped slightly during the shutdown, agencies improved their grades in the other two categories while much of the government was shuttered.
Researchers attributed the drop in network security to a spike in expired SSL certificates. Feds must consistently renew the protocols, which enable web browsers to securely connect to the internet, but they were unable to do so when agencies were shuttered.
Though agencies let a handful online security protocols lapse during the shutdown, they appeared to devote resources to addressing vulnerabilities and upgrading software, according to the report. Many cybersecurity workers continued to work without pay while agencies were closed, and researchers speculated they took advantage of the decreased internal traffic to catch up on overdue patching.
Agencies also significantly improved endpoint security during the shutdown, largely because there were so few endpoints in use, researchers found. Furloughed employees were forced to stay offline for the duration of the shutdown, so there were less devices for back actors to exploit.
Despite their reassuring findings, researchers said shutdowns that drag past the two-month mark could have more dire effects on the government’s cyber posture, echoing the sentiments of many in the national security sphere.
Day-to-day cyber operations may have been unaffected by the funding lapse, but the agency was forced to halt efforts to proactively defend against emerging threats, said Caitlin Durkovich, who served as assistant secretary for infrastructure protection during the Obama administration. As online adversaries improve their tactics, the government will be left playing catch up, she and other officials said.
The shutdown could also exacerbate the government’s struggle to recruit and retain young, tech-savvy employees. Technologists who might otherwise consider federal jobs may see less stability in civil service and opt for higher paying gigs in the private sector.
Kenya Moore's husband is still MIA for the filming of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," and it's cost her a lot of moola, a trip to Spain and maybe her gig itself.
'RHOA' production sources tell us, the cast is on its annual trip for the show -- this time in Barcelona -- except for Kenya. We're told she was invited initially and in the lead up to the trip even participated in scenes where the cast was talking about it. But then ... producers yanked her invite.
Why? Our sources say Bravo told Kenya she needed to film scenes leading up to the trip with hubby Marc Daly, but he wasn't down. Producers felt she was just making more excuses for Marc's lack of participation, so the invite got yanked.
'Housewives' get paid per episode, and now Kenya will miss out on some big paychecks.
As we reported ... producers gave Kenya an ultimatum -- get your hubby on 'RHOA' or get phased out. It seems the latter is happening.
President bans spying on allied leaders - but stops short of outlawing the collection of private citizens' phone data.
President Barack Obama has said he has banned US eavesdropping on the leaders of allied countries but stopped short of saying spies would stop collecting data on the bulk collection of American citizens' phone data.
Obama annouced a series of reforms on Friday, which were triggered by Edward Snowden's revelations about the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013.
In a speech, Obama took steps to reassure Americans and foreigners that the United States would take privacy concerns into account in the future.
Former US spy contractor Snowden made damaging revelations about the sweeping monitoring activities of the NSA, sparking national and international concerns over personal privacy.
"The reforms I'm proposing today should give the American people greater confidence that their rights are being protected, even as our intelligence and law enforcement agencies maintain the tools they need to keep us safe," he said.
allies to the US, which a senior administration official said would apply to dozens of leaders.
The step was designed to smooth frayed relations between, for example, the US and Germany after reports surfaced last year that the NSA had monitored the mobile phone of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff postponed a state visit to Washington to protest against US surveillance tactics.
"The leaders of our close friends and allies deserve to know that if I want to learn what they think about an issue, I will pick up the phone and call them, rather than turning to surveillance," Obama said.
He argued that the US is held to a higher standard than other nations. "No one expects China to have an open debate about their surveillance programmes, or Russia to take the privacy concerns of citizens into account," he said.
However, he added that the US has a "special obligation" to re-examine its intelligence capabilities because of the potential for trampling on civil liberties.
The steps Obama put in motion are aimed at adapting regulations to keep up with rapid changes in surveillance technology that permits the NSA to monitor private communications globally.
Among the list of reforms was a call on Congress to establish an outside panel of privacy advocates for the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court that considers terrorism cases.
The former chief judge of the FISA court had opposed such a step.
While the speech was designed to address concerns that US surveillance has gone too far, Obama's measures were seen to be relatively limited.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Sabrina Siddiqui, political reporter of the Huffington Post, said the changes that Obama announced is "a big vindication" of Snowden.
"The proposal would not have come about" without the Snowden expose, Siddiqui said.
Yet another rematch of a 2016 Illinois state House election is taking shape for 2018 with Friday's announcement that Republican Jillian Rose Bernas and Democratic incumbent Michelle Mussman will again seek the nominations of their respective parties for the 56th District.
On Thursday, Republican Katy Dolan Baumer of Streamwood announced she would again seek to challenge Democratic incumbent Fred Crespo of Hoffman Estates in the 44th District.
Both Bernas, who is a Schaumburg Township District Library trustee, and Mussman, who is seeking a fifth term in Springfield, are Schaumburg residents.
Bernas said her experience from last year's campaign and the way it strengthened her connection to the community are all that's changed in a troubled political climate.
"That's exactly why I'm running -- because nothing's changed," Bernas said. "I'm definitely bringing independent leadership."
She added that she thought her first campaign was a success despite its outcome in that it forged a connection with her neighbors and others that will provide momentum going into 2018.
Mussman said she's seeking re-election as part of an ongoing effort to steer the state to more stable waters.
"There's plenty of work to be done at the state level," Mussman said. "I think there's already a bit of an upheaval with many of my seasoned colleagues moving on."
No potential opponents in either candidate's party primary bid in March has yet come forward. The general election is in November 2018.
The 56th District includes Schaumburg and portions of Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Bartlett, Hanover Park, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Roselle.
When you think ‘science', do you recall school projects and baking soda volcanos? Perhaps it's time for a change of scene – a trip to Chantilly, France, for instance.
Green fields stretching as far as the eye can see. A glass of golden, gleaming chardonnay. Days spent languishing in the sun as it draws playful shadows across the façade of the Chateau de Chantilly.
You've got to admit it sounds a bit more picturesque than the high school science lab you remember.
But this October, expats from across the globe will be flocking to France for a unique vacation aimed at giving guests more than a tan and a new selfie collection.