]]>Dykstra's filing comes in the wake of some 20 lawsuits he faces tied to his activities as a financial entrepreneur, including The Players Club, a glossy magazine he had helped launch, according to published reports. [...]
Known as "Nails" and "The Dude," Dykstra played for 12 years with the Mets and the Phillies before retiring in 1996 with a lifetime .285 batting average and 81 home runs.
]]>Dykstra's filing comes in the wake of some 20 lawsuits he faces tied to his activities as a financial entrepreneur, including The Players Club, a glossy magazine he had helped launch, according to published reports. [...]
Known as "Nails" and "The Dude," Dykstra played for 12 years with the Mets and the Phillies before retiring in 1996 with a lifetime .285 batting average and 81 home runs.
The fireflies flashing in the air are all males. Down in the grass, Dr. Lewis points out, females are sitting and observing. They look for flash patterns of males of their own species, and sometimes they respond with a single flash of their own, always at a precise interval after the male's. Dr. Lewis takes out a penlight and clicks it twice, in perfect Photinus greeni. A female Photinus greeni flashes back.]]>"Most people don't realize there's this call and response going on," Dr. Lewis said. "But it's very, very easy to talk to fireflies."
The fireflies flashing in the air are all males. Down in the grass, Dr. Lewis points out, females are sitting and observing. They look for flash patterns of males of their own species, and sometimes they respond with a single flash of their own, always at a precise interval after the male's. Dr. Lewis takes out a penlight and clicks it twice, in perfect Photinus greeni. A female Photinus greeni flashes back.]]>"Most people don't realize there's this call and response going on," Dr. Lewis said. "But it's very, very easy to talk to fireflies."
The powers at Sony Pictures, which was supposed to finance the film, and the Creative Artists Agency, whose prize client Brad Pitt had agreed to star in it, were, meanwhile, wrapping up a rhubarb with the director Steven Soderbergh, a clutch of producers and each other. This followed Sony's decision to halt the picture just days before shooting was to have begun in Los Angeles, Oakland and Phoenix last week.]]>The last-minute demise of a high-profile film project, especially one starring an A-list star like Mr. Pitt, is Hollywood's equivalent of a bridge collapse. Painful, expensive, and damaging to all involved, the spectacle is rare.
The powers at Sony Pictures, which was supposed to finance the film, and the Creative Artists Agency, whose prize client Brad Pitt had agreed to star in it, were, meanwhile, wrapping up a rhubarb with the director Steven Soderbergh, a clutch of producers and each other. This followed Sony's decision to halt the picture just days before shooting was to have begun in Los Angeles, Oakland and Phoenix last week.]]>The last-minute demise of a high-profile film project, especially one starring an A-list star like Mr. Pitt, is Hollywood's equivalent of a bridge collapse. Painful, expensive, and damaging to all involved, the spectacle is rare.
Related: The NYT is featuring the closing on its homepage right now.
Update: You can view/download the final front page of the P-I. That globe is one of Seattle's true visual icons.
]]>Related: The NYT is featuring the closing on its homepage right now.
Update: You can view/download the final front page of the P-I. That globe is one of Seattle's true visual icons.
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How that came about is a good example of a local newspaper finding new ways to reach out to its readers. I follow the News-Gazette Twitter feed. They posted a link to their online story about the closing, then asked for comments from local residents. I sent a quick reaction and they ended up using that quote in their follow-up article. Kudos to them for reaching out like this.
]]>How that came about is a good example of a local newspaper finding new ways to reach out to its readers. I follow the News-Gazette Twitter feed. They posted a link to their online story about the closing, then asked for comments from local residents. I sent a quick reaction and they ended up using that quote in their follow-up article. Kudos to them for reaching out like this.
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