"KEEPERS"
1000 Ivy Creek Drive
Asking: $10,825,000 $9,950,000
MLS #463641
It's not a 52% price reduction a la Patricia Kluge's Albemarle House--it's not even 10%. This contemporary house, ironically called "Keepers," is said to be owned by local hero Dave Matthews.
The 3 bedroom, 3 bath 4,300 sq ft on 64 acres near Farmington joins hundreds of properties in the Charlottesville Albemarle
Kamis, 25 Februari 2010
Senin, 22 Februari 2010
Patricia Kluge's Albemarle House: Price Reduced By $52 Million
Once priced for an alternate universe at $100M, after just 115 days on the market, Patricia Kluge's Albemarle asking price falls to $48 Million.
Via Trulia:
The "Asking details:"
The "Home Facts:"
Related Reading:
Patricia Kluge Property Up for Foreclosure Auction and Other News in the Charlottesville Albemarle Downturn
Via Trulia:
The "Asking details:"
The "Home Facts:"
Related Reading:
Patricia Kluge Property Up for Foreclosure Auction and Other News in the Charlottesville Albemarle Downturn
Minggu, 21 Februari 2010
Recent News in the Charlottesville Albemarle Economic and Housing Downturn - February 2010
Last week, this blog recapped UVA, Charlottesville, Albemarle, and VDOT budget woes. This week it's all about Patricia Kluge, Belvedere (what's that time frame and price point?), Embezzlement, Hunger (widespread), The Landmark Hotel (which will never be completed), Governor McDonnell, Embezzlement, and Biscuit Run (which is a far bigger story than anybody has reported).
1. Real Estate Default
1. Real Estate Default
Jumat, 19 Februari 2010
More G.C.P.D
Here's the second comic strip from Sam's Grime City project (follow Jack Hersey on Twitter for even more):
It's a big week for Sam. He's about to turn forty. His gawgeous wife, Sally Arthur, is nominated for a BAFTA for producing animated short Mother of Many but she won't be at Sunday's ceremony because their second baby is due any day now! Phew! Now that's what I call being pro-active. Go Team Morrison!
** UPDATE ** Sal won the BAFTA. Yay!
It's a big week for Sam. He's about to turn forty. His gawgeous wife, Sally Arthur, is nominated for a BAFTA for producing animated short Mother of Many but she won't be at Sunday's ceremony because their second baby is due any day now! Phew! Now that's what I call being pro-active. Go Team Morrison!
** UPDATE ** Sal won the BAFTA. Yay!
The White House Fact Sheet: Obama Admin Announces A Program for "Hardest Hit Housing Markets"
It's just a drop in the bucket, but it might save a few folks: An additional $1.5 Billion in taxpayer funds will go toward measures that will be announced today, Friday, February 19. Below is the Fact Sheet from the White House via the office of the Press Secretary. The funds will be channeled to state and local Housing Finance Agencies, and characterized as helping "families facing urgent
Kamis, 18 Februari 2010
UVA On Biggest Loser List of University Endowments
Missed the Top 20! Beat out by Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and more for FYs 2008-2009. Out of 864, for a list nobody wants to be on. But it kept UVA out of the Business Insider Worst Managed University Endowments list, and other national media.
See: National Association of College and University Business Officers site here.
UVA at #22, "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009
See: National Association of College and University Business Officers site here.
UVA at #22, "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009
Selasa, 16 Februari 2010
UPDATED - The IndyMac / OneWest Saga Continues With Rebuttal to FDIC's Rebuttal
UPDATE 2 Monday Feb 16
Not so fast, FDIC say the guys over at ThinkBigWorkSmall...we're still right. And they've revised their video to address the FDIC's rebuttal. SEE HERE.
They've also included links in support of their statements, including
ZeroHedge's Tyler Durden here.
NYTimes' Gretchen Morgenson, Beyond the Bold Faced Names in the IndyMac Deal
All Denver Real Estate, FDIC Pays
Minggu, 14 Februari 2010
Money Woes, Budget Cuts Take Center Stage in Charlottesville Albemarle Area
The week of February 8 brought a snowstorm...and further reiteration of budget crises at UVA, in City and County Schools, plus a decline in sales tax revenue, and the news that VDOT has run out of money for snow removal.
1. Albemarle County Schools Face Up to $13M in budget cuts. There is a Public Hearing Monday February 15, Albemarle County Office Building, 6:30 pm to discuss cutting
1. Albemarle County Schools Face Up to $13M in budget cuts. There is a Public Hearing Monday February 15, Albemarle County Office Building, 6:30 pm to discuss cutting
Jumat, 12 Februari 2010
TIPS TRIK DI WINDOWS 7
1. Berikut Tombol Rahasia WIN 7Alt+P
Menampilkan / menyembunyikan Explorer preview pane-Windows Logo+G
Menampilkan tool gadgets didepan window-window yang sedang tampil.-Windows Logo++ (Tombol plus)
Zoom in-Windows Logo+- (Tombol minus)
Zoom out-Windows Logo+Up
Maximise window-Windows Logo+Down
Minimise window-Windows Logo+Home
Minimise / maximize semua window kecuali window yang sedang
Menampilkan / menyembunyikan Explorer preview pane-Windows Logo+G
Menampilkan tool gadgets didepan window-window yang sedang tampil.-Windows Logo++ (Tombol plus)
Zoom in-Windows Logo+- (Tombol minus)
Zoom out-Windows Logo+Up
Maximise window-Windows Logo+Down
Minimise window-Windows Logo+Home
Minimise / maximize semua window kecuali window yang sedang
Grime City P.D.
My regular co-writer Sam Morrison is a busy beaver, as ever, currently weaving his magic on a new project called Grime City P.D. It's the colourful successor to Sam's Rocket Science, a black and white spoof of 1950s noir and B movies (runner-up for Best Comedy at the British Animation Awards 2008). From the short, it was clear that there was huge potential in the idea, especially the gruff, politically incorrect lead character, Captain Jack Hersey.
So, the only logical conclusion was to develop Rocket Science further, and make an eleven minute pilot, renaming it Grime City P.D. in the process. Based at a backwater police station in the USA, the show centres on xenophobic paranoiac Jack Hersey and his cohorts, forensic scientist Patricia Murdoch and trainee officer Billy Sherbet.
Sam managed to nab some development funding from the good people at South West Screen, helping to make Grime City a truly "360 degree" project as the shiny interactive website gets built and Jack puts the world to right on Twitter (follow him!), not to mention the cool comic strip that accompanies the show.
In the pilot, which will be finished by March 2010, Jack’s boss and mentor Chief Thrower is sacked for an accounting discrepancy and Jack resolves to set matters to rights - until that is, he finds out who the new chief will be. While Jack leafs through the executive toy catalogue, it’s left to Patricia and Billy to find out what’s really going on…
Follow Jack Hersey on Twitter for updates or even report a crime if you want to get involved or know more.
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If you missed the results of the Julie Gray one page screenwriting competition, click here!
Senin, 08 Februari 2010
Guest Post: Julie Gray
The voting for the one page scene competition doesn't close until Friday so you've still got lots of time to choose your favourite. At the moment, it looks fairly evenly split, so it could either way! If you haven't voted yet, click here (or scroll down to the previous post if you feel a bit more energetic).
One of the things Julie noticed when assessing the entries was the frequent misuse of screenplay format. Yes, that old chestnut. Screenwriting 101, right? And yet, no matter how much you try to stress how important it is, it seems more and more people can't quite follow the basics. Even with the Red Planet Prize, I am continuously surprised and disappointed at some of the wild and erratic formatting (typed in Times New Roman in Word, different fonts, colours, centred text, dialogue etc, eugh!).
So, here's a rundown on basic screenplay format by Julie. Take it away, Ms Gray!
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Slug and Action Lines
A slugline, which indicates where a scene is taking place, includes three elements: INT. (interior) EXT. (exterior), location and time of day. So we might have:
INT. JULIE’S OFFICE – DAY
Notice that all must be capitalized. If you use Final Draft, this aspect of the formatting is automatic.
There are only two choices when it comes to interior or exterior – INT. or EXT.
Location can be anywhere – just make sure to make it both simple and descriptive. Sounds like a contradiction, right? Well, let’s do a little exercise:
EXT. A BARN – DAY
Pretty interesting, huh? Not. But how about if we try this:
EXT. A DILAPIDATED 19TH CENTURY BARN – DAY
Okay, now we’re being much more specific, right? Or how about:
EXT. A BRIGHT RED BARN – DAY
Different barn altogether, yes?
Time of day should really be limited to the following choices:
DAY
NIGHT
DUSK
DAWN
LATER
MOMENTS LATER
In other words, you would never say:
EXT. A BROKE DOWN, WASHED OUT GREY BARN – AROUND 10AM
…because it would be ever so NOT done. Or, you know, not “industry standard”.
Now. Let’s talk about action lines. Action lines are the bits that come after the slug.
So we have:
EXT. A LOW-SLUNG DAIRY BARN - DAY
DREW MACMILLIAN (52) staggers out into the sunshine. His left arm drips blood.
VIOLET MACMILLAN (V.O.)
I TOLD you not to come into the barn!!
Okay we’ve got a ton of stuff we could learn from here. Let’s start where we were supposed to start way back like a paragraph ago – action lines. So we’ve got Drew staggering out of the barn. The action line is where the, um, ACTION happens. Notice that the action line is written in the present simple tense: Drew staggers.
Many new writers, not knowing better, write action lines in what we would technically call the "present continuous tense":
Violet is swinging a rake.
WRONG (painful taser-like buzzer in your neck!)
Violet swings a rake.
RIGHT: (pass go, collect $200 and one delicious cupcake)
Stepping away from grammar labels momentarily, the reason the first example is not appropriate for a script is that it distances the reader from the action in a small but subtle way. So rather than being in the scene with Violet, in a sensory way, we are distanced because you are telling me what she is doing. I don't watch it myself - you narrate it to me. As if I am a sight-challenged person. Violet is swinging a rake. Oh hey, thanks for that. I’m late for Braille class.
When an action line is written properly, I observe the action myself. I watch it happen. You aren't telling me it's happening, it just IS happening. I am the observer and I see Violet as she swings the rake.
Let’s see what else…
EXT. A WHITE CLAPBOARD BARN– DAY
DREW MACMILLAN (52) staggers out into the sunshine. His left arm drips blood.
VIOLET MACMILLAN (O.S.)
I TOLD you not to come into the barn!
Aha! Drew Macmillan is in all caps because we’ve never seen him before. All -cap when introducing a new character. We’ve put his age in brackets. You do not HAVE to do this but it’s a quicker shorthand than the other acceptable method which is:
DREW MACMILLAN, fifties, staggers out into the sunshine. His left arm drips blood.
Then we have this wife (or daughter?) Violet. Notice that I used (O.S.) rather than (V.O.)? O.S. stands for “off screen”. Some people use (O.C.) or “off camera”. In Hollywood, we mostly do (O.S.). So it literally means that the character who has spoken is somewhere IN this scene but we just cannot see them. She’s behind the door, inside the barn with her rake, Violet is. (V.O.) means “voice over” so that would mean that the character speaking the words is nowhere near this scene but rather is narrating it from the past, from the future or maybe from the comfort of his or her living room or jail cell. So we might have:
EXT. A CON-AG INDUSTRIAL BARN – DAY
DREW MACMILLAN (52) staggers out into the sunshine. His left arm drips blood.
VIOLET MACMILLAN (V.O.)
I TOLD him not to go in the barn.
You’ll often hear “show it don’t say it” in action lines. Well, yes, a more fundamental screenwriting rule would be hard to find. But what the devil does it mean?
Well, pretend you are a Hollywood script reader for a moment and you run across this in an action line:
Violet and Drew have been friends since high school.
Or -
Drew enjoys impressing the other farmers even though he’s broke.
Or -
Violet has a hot temper.
Now go with me here, guys. As a basic reality check, action lines do not appear on the screen, correct? So using that as a jumping off point, does everybody see what is patently wrong with these examples?
Go ahead. Look back up at those examples. I’ll wait…
[Muzak: THE HUSTLE]
So what does “They’ve been friends since high school” look like in an action line? It looks like NOTHING because you have told me, not shown me. So, if you’re needing to show that two characters have been friends since high school, don’t TELL me that in an action line – EVIDENCE me that in the actions that are going on. Such as:
VIOLET: I’m so fat! I can’t fit into this dress!
DREW: Aw hon, you’re as beautiful as you were at senior prom.
There are so many creative ways to let us know that these two have been together since high school. This can be indicated in dialogue as above, it might be indicated by possessions, shared memories, or even someone else making a comment. Don't cop out and simply announce to us what this relationship is. It's lazy writing, it doesn't work, it is the mark of an amateur and it will get you a PASS.
On the other hand, crafty and skillful writers can say things in action lines like:
Violet crouches down in the hay. Wishing she were anywhere but here.
Drew sharpens a knife calmly. Never can be too sharp.
Violet sits up, frightened.
Why can you get away with things like this? Because these are sentiments generally accompanied by facial expressions or body language. Can you picture Violet sitting up, frightened? How about if she sat up, annoyed? Or sat up, confused? See how she’d look different in each instance just by that single word choice?
Remember - show it, don't say it. Evidence things, do not list them.
To summarize:
Action lines SHOULD:
Be like haiku: brief, economical and as sensory and colorful as possible
ALL CAP and briefly describe new characters - even extras like the NURSE.
Always show do not tell. Evidence how your character feels. Do not make a list.
Be written in the present simple tense.
Action lines SHOULD:
NOT be dense and long-winded. Try to keep them to about 4 lines. Particularly on your first few pages.
NOT be so brief that they are choppy and weird sounding. Don't economize so much you leave out the fundamentals of sentence structure.
NOT ever talk to the reader. Do not tell us how we should feel in this moment. Do not tell the camera what to do. Do not give music instructions or set design ideas. Just tell your story. In fact, if there’s one DO NOT about action lines this might just be the most critical one because having these types of instructions on your pages will mark you as an amateur faster than it took you to read this sentence.
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One of the things Julie noticed when assessing the entries was the frequent misuse of screenplay format. Yes, that old chestnut. Screenwriting 101, right? And yet, no matter how much you try to stress how important it is, it seems more and more people can't quite follow the basics. Even with the Red Planet Prize, I am continuously surprised and disappointed at some of the wild and erratic formatting (typed in Times New Roman in Word, different fonts, colours, centred text, dialogue etc, eugh!).
So, here's a rundown on basic screenplay format by Julie. Take it away, Ms Gray!
---
Slug and Action Lines
A slugline, which indicates where a scene is taking place, includes three elements: INT. (interior) EXT. (exterior), location and time of day. So we might have:
INT. JULIE’S OFFICE – DAY
Notice that all must be capitalized. If you use Final Draft, this aspect of the formatting is automatic.
There are only two choices when it comes to interior or exterior – INT. or EXT.
Location can be anywhere – just make sure to make it both simple and descriptive. Sounds like a contradiction, right? Well, let’s do a little exercise:
EXT. A BARN – DAY
Pretty interesting, huh? Not. But how about if we try this:
EXT. A DILAPIDATED 19TH CENTURY BARN – DAY
Okay, now we’re being much more specific, right? Or how about:
EXT. A BRIGHT RED BARN – DAY
Different barn altogether, yes?
Time of day should really be limited to the following choices:
DAY
NIGHT
DUSK
DAWN
LATER
MOMENTS LATER
In other words, you would never say:
EXT. A BROKE DOWN, WASHED OUT GREY BARN – AROUND 10AM
…because it would be ever so NOT done. Or, you know, not “industry standard”.
Now. Let’s talk about action lines. Action lines are the bits that come after the slug.
So we have:
EXT. A LOW-SLUNG DAIRY BARN - DAY
DREW MACMILLIAN (52) staggers out into the sunshine. His left arm drips blood.
VIOLET MACMILLAN (V.O.)
I TOLD you not to come into the barn!!
Okay we’ve got a ton of stuff we could learn from here. Let’s start where we were supposed to start way back like a paragraph ago – action lines. So we’ve got Drew staggering out of the barn. The action line is where the, um, ACTION happens. Notice that the action line is written in the present simple tense: Drew staggers.
Many new writers, not knowing better, write action lines in what we would technically call the "present continuous tense":
Violet is swinging a rake.
WRONG (painful taser-like buzzer in your neck!)
Violet swings a rake.
RIGHT: (pass go, collect $200 and one delicious cupcake)
Stepping away from grammar labels momentarily, the reason the first example is not appropriate for a script is that it distances the reader from the action in a small but subtle way. So rather than being in the scene with Violet, in a sensory way, we are distanced because you are telling me what she is doing. I don't watch it myself - you narrate it to me. As if I am a sight-challenged person. Violet is swinging a rake. Oh hey, thanks for that. I’m late for Braille class.
When an action line is written properly, I observe the action myself. I watch it happen. You aren't telling me it's happening, it just IS happening. I am the observer and I see Violet as she swings the rake.
Let’s see what else…
EXT. A WHITE CLAPBOARD BARN– DAY
DREW MACMILLAN (52) staggers out into the sunshine. His left arm drips blood.
VIOLET MACMILLAN (O.S.)
I TOLD you not to come into the barn!
Aha! Drew Macmillan is in all caps because we’ve never seen him before. All -cap when introducing a new character. We’ve put his age in brackets. You do not HAVE to do this but it’s a quicker shorthand than the other acceptable method which is:
DREW MACMILLAN, fifties, staggers out into the sunshine. His left arm drips blood.
Then we have this wife (or daughter?) Violet. Notice that I used (O.S.) rather than (V.O.)? O.S. stands for “off screen”. Some people use (O.C.) or “off camera”. In Hollywood, we mostly do (O.S.). So it literally means that the character who has spoken is somewhere IN this scene but we just cannot see them. She’s behind the door, inside the barn with her rake, Violet is. (V.O.) means “voice over” so that would mean that the character speaking the words is nowhere near this scene but rather is narrating it from the past, from the future or maybe from the comfort of his or her living room or jail cell. So we might have:
EXT. A CON-AG INDUSTRIAL BARN – DAY
DREW MACMILLAN (52) staggers out into the sunshine. His left arm drips blood.
VIOLET MACMILLAN (V.O.)
I TOLD him not to go in the barn.
You’ll often hear “show it don’t say it” in action lines. Well, yes, a more fundamental screenwriting rule would be hard to find. But what the devil does it mean?
Well, pretend you are a Hollywood script reader for a moment and you run across this in an action line:
Violet and Drew have been friends since high school.
Or -
Drew enjoys impressing the other farmers even though he’s broke.
Or -
Violet has a hot temper.
Now go with me here, guys. As a basic reality check, action lines do not appear on the screen, correct? So using that as a jumping off point, does everybody see what is patently wrong with these examples?
Go ahead. Look back up at those examples. I’ll wait…
[Muzak: THE HUSTLE]
So what does “They’ve been friends since high school” look like in an action line? It looks like NOTHING because you have told me, not shown me. So, if you’re needing to show that two characters have been friends since high school, don’t TELL me that in an action line – EVIDENCE me that in the actions that are going on. Such as:
VIOLET: I’m so fat! I can’t fit into this dress!
DREW: Aw hon, you’re as beautiful as you were at senior prom.
There are so many creative ways to let us know that these two have been together since high school. This can be indicated in dialogue as above, it might be indicated by possessions, shared memories, or even someone else making a comment. Don't cop out and simply announce to us what this relationship is. It's lazy writing, it doesn't work, it is the mark of an amateur and it will get you a PASS.
On the other hand, crafty and skillful writers can say things in action lines like:
Violet crouches down in the hay. Wishing she were anywhere but here.
Drew sharpens a knife calmly. Never can be too sharp.
Violet sits up, frightened.
Why can you get away with things like this? Because these are sentiments generally accompanied by facial expressions or body language. Can you picture Violet sitting up, frightened? How about if she sat up, annoyed? Or sat up, confused? See how she’d look different in each instance just by that single word choice?
Remember - show it, don't say it. Evidence things, do not list them.
To summarize:
Action lines SHOULD:
Be like haiku: brief, economical and as sensory and colorful as possible
ALL CAP and briefly describe new characters - even extras like the NURSE.
Always show do not tell. Evidence how your character feels. Do not make a list.
Be written in the present simple tense.
Action lines SHOULD:
NOT be dense and long-winded. Try to keep them to about 4 lines. Particularly on your first few pages.
NOT be so brief that they are choppy and weird sounding. Don't economize so much you leave out the fundamentals of sentence structure.
NOT ever talk to the reader. Do not tell us how we should feel in this moment. Do not tell the camera what to do. Do not give music instructions or set design ideas. Just tell your story. In fact, if there’s one DO NOT about action lines this might just be the most critical one because having these types of instructions on your pages will mark you as an amateur faster than it took you to read this sentence.
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Sabtu, 06 Februari 2010
Vote!
** UPDATE - FRIDAY 12TH FEBRUARY **
And the winner is 'The Denouement' by Caitlin Catherwood & George Pursall. Well done you! You win the brainstorming session with Julie and the other goodies she has lined up. As you have her email, feel free to get in touch, or I'm sure Julie will contact you shortly to organise your prize.
185 votes, fantastic! Thanks to everyone for voting and making it such a fun and popular competition, especially to Julie Gray for her time and generosity.
** UPDATE - FRIDAY 12TH FEBRUARY **
The Julie Gray competition went down a storm! We received over 50 scenes, many on the last day. There were a real interesting mix of entries, although a lot were formatted badly (sigh). Anyways, Julie has chosen the finalists (listed below in no particular order). So, clicky clicky to biggy biggy, read the scenes and then vote for your favourite, right at the bottom. Simple as! Voting ends, next Friday, 1pm, UK time.
Volcano of Doom by Ady Hall
The Denouement by Caitlin Catherwood & George Pursall
On Top of the World by Jared Kelly
And the winner is 'The Denouement' by Caitlin Catherwood & George Pursall. Well done you! You win the brainstorming session with Julie and the other goodies she has lined up. As you have her email, feel free to get in touch, or I'm sure Julie will contact you shortly to organise your prize.
185 votes, fantastic! Thanks to everyone for voting and making it such a fun and popular competition, especially to Julie Gray for her time and generosity.
** UPDATE - FRIDAY 12TH FEBRUARY **
The Julie Gray competition went down a storm! We received over 50 scenes, many on the last day. There were a real interesting mix of entries, although a lot were formatted badly (sigh). Anyways, Julie has chosen the finalists (listed below in no particular order). So, clicky clicky to biggy biggy, read the scenes and then vote for your favourite, right at the bottom. Simple as! Voting ends, next Friday, 1pm, UK time.
Volcano of Doom by Ady Hall
The Denouement by Caitlin Catherwood & George Pursall
On Top of the World by Jared Kelly
Rabu, 03 Februari 2010
Michael Comer Residence Sells For 32% Less Than Original Asking Price
Glenmore's ex-Country Club President, ex-Homeowner's Association Treasurer, Michael Comer, has sold his primary residence, one of the four properties that he or his family put up for sale after he went missing in July, 2009. Just a couple days ago the lawyer of the accused embezzler announced Comer will plead guilty at an April 13 court date.
The details:
2930 Milton Village Lane
4 beds, 4.5
The details:
2930 Milton Village Lane
4 beds, 4.5
Merekam Aktivitas Komputer Tanpa Membuat Lag
Fraps, Memang itu salah satu software perekam gambar di komputer ya seperti merekam game tanpa pake HP atau Camera yang goyang" gambar tidak natural, dan lainnya. Jadi jika ingin mengabadikan momen penting pada game tinggal menggunakan software ini. selain mudah software sangat kecil ukurannya. tetapi jika sudah merekam tentunya bisa sampai 500 mb per video yang biasanya hanya berdurasi 5 Menit.
Senin, 01 Februari 2010
Part I of Glenmore Scandal Ending as Michael Comer Set to Plead Guilty
Glenmore's ex-Country Club president / ex-Homeowner's Association Treasurer Michael Comer appeared in Albemarle County Circuit Court today, where his attorney informed the Court Comer intends to plead guilty on Tuesday, April 13.
This will close Part I of this embezzlement scandal, which has humiliated the man's family and professional contacts (some of whom are one and the same), enraged
This will close Part I of this embezzlement scandal, which has humiliated the man's family and professional contacts (some of whom are one and the same), enraged
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