The third Final Fantasy full-length and the first for Domino, it is the product of nine months of work in four countries. Heartland is a fully orchestral record, designed to exist simultaneously as an album, a 45-minute piece of orchestral music and a set of songs for looped violin and voice. Heartland will be released by Domino on January 12, 2010. Owen Pallett explains:

“The songs themselves form a narrative concerning a farmer named Lewis and the fictional world of Spectrum. The songs are one-sided dialogues with Lewis, a young, ultra-violent farmer, speaking to his creator.”

“The album was compositionally modeled upon the principles of electronic music. The principles of analog synthesis informing symphonic writing, like an inversion of a Tomita record. These songs, too, were designed to be as dense with polyphony as the Final Fantasy live shows can become. While writing it, I kept an image in my head of putting so many notes on the page that the paper turned black.”

“This record encapsulates a whole year of work for me, and was difficult to see through, but immensely proud of the results. I hope you enjoy it.”

Final Fantasy, Heartland

01 “Midnight Directives”
02 “Keep The Dog Quiet”
03 “Mount Alpentine”
04 “Red Sun No. 5″
05 “Lewis Takes Action”
06 “The Great Elsewhere”
07 “Oh Heartland, Up Yours!”
08 “Lewis Takes Off His Shirt”
09 “Flare Gun”
10 “E Is For Estranged”
11 “Tryst With Mephistopheles”
12 “What Do You Think Will Happen Now?”

pre order here

Even if you’ve never listened to a Final Fantasy record, it’s likely you will have encountered Owen Pallett’s music at some point. As well as his solo work and with Les Mouches, Pallett has written more grandiose string arrangements for Beirut, Fucked Up, The Last Shadow Puppets and Arcade Fire that have propelled these bands to success. While Pallett has always been seen as the mastermind working behind the scenes, rumour has it that the forthcoming Final Fantasy record, Heartland, has the immediacy of the records he’s worked on with other bands, and is set to thrust Pallett into the limelight.

With the record nearing its 11th January release date, Domino have given us the taste of what the record might sound like with lead single, Lewis Takes Action.  The Lewis from the song is supposedly central to the record’s theme, which Pallett describes (via Pitchfork), “The songs are one-sided dialogues with Lewis, a young, ultra-violent farmer, speaking to his creator.” This sounds fascinating and I’m positive Heartland will be the first great record of 2010.

Download: Final Fantasy – Lewis Takes Action (via sign-up to mailing list)

After 8 round of matches, the leader is changing one more time…
Anyway, we’ll most a more comprehensive review later on.
Sunday results of the league shows 3 of the game ended in stalemates.
Bayelsa 2-1 Gateway
Zamfara 1-1 Kaduna
Rangers 1-1 Wolves
Heartland 0-0 Wikki.

Earlier on saturday, 3 draws 3 wins, out of which 1 was on an away soil.

Kwara 2-0 Lobi
Ranchers 2-0 Dolphin
3sc 0-0 Ocean
Niger 1-1 Pillars
Gombe 1-1 Enyimba
Sharks 0-1 Sunshine

After 8 round of matches, the leader is changing one more time…
Anyway, we’ll most a more comprehensive review later on.
Sunday results of the league shows 3 of the game ended in stalemates.
Bayelsa 2-1 Gateway
Zamfara 1-1 Kaduna
Rangers 1-1 Wolves
Heartland 0-0 Wikki.

Earlier on saturday, 3 draws 3 wins, out of which 1 was on an away soil.

Kwara 2-0 Lobi
Ranchers 2-0 Dolphin
3sc 0-0 Ocean
Niger 1-1 Pillars
Gombe 1-1 Enyimba
Sharks 0-1 Sunshine

WEEK 8 PREVIEW
The evergreen league will be eight (8) weeks old this weekend, 20 teams, ten venues and ten games. After 7 round of matches the ‘new-look’ Nigeria Premier league has already recorded a ‘whooping – anyway, from the Nigerian perspective’ four (4) away wins, Gombe Utd FC 1 – 2 Niger Tornadoes FC, Wikki Tourists 3 – 4 Kwara United FC, Sharks FC 2-3 Enyimba Int’l FC, Kaduna United 1-2 Kwara United FC.

Kwara united looks the better team in the league now, after the form log reveal that the Afonja warriors have picked maximum points in there last three matches of which two of them have been on the road.

To help avoid controversy, the league’s worst team is sitting rather conveniently on the base of the 20-team log as they are on the form log. Their latest loss as ever was the mid-week 2-1 loss to fellow struggler and defending champion Bayelsa united in Oghara (home of Bayelsa united). Three draws, three (3) points from 6 games describe what they are up to in the league. This is Khadiri Ikhana’s Sharks.
No, they are a team from Port-Harcourt, does that mean one come and the other goes down?

Ten matches were decided in various stadia in match day 7, of course the most spectacular and jaw-breaking match was at the Kaduna Township Stadium where ever-improving Kwara United extended their unbeaten run to four matches 3wins and 1draw, of those 3wins, two away wins were recorded which sees them move into the top four.

Also, the Nigeria El-Classico ended in a scoreless draw between ENYIMBA Int’l FC and Heartland FC although it was a match played with high intensity yet it surprised both fans that with all chances created the scoreline still remained goalless at full time. This result meant ENYIMBA will eventually surrender the lead to teams playing mid-week. This was confirmed as both Kano pillars and In-form Warri Wolves both picked up maximum point at home (mid-week), putting them on 2nd and 1st of the log respectively, even with a game in hand each, and Enyimba thus dropping to third on the table.

Six games will be decided on Saturday and the remaining four on Sunday. On Saturday in the ancient Ibadan city Shooting stars fc of Ibadan at the Liberty stadium will be welcoming Ocean boys of brass. 3sc were two-nil losers away to former leaders Lobi stars of Markurdi while their opponent were superior to their flying visitors-cum-opponent (Rangers) albeit by a lone goal.

In Ilorin, Kwara united will want to consolidate on their present run of form when Lobi stars comes visiting. With both teams sharing a lane on the 20-team express log only separated by Kwara’s superior goal for (9 as against Lobi’s 6) , this battle promises to be exciting. Both teams have played 7 games, each winning 3, drawing 3, losing 1 each and also on a +3 goal difference. They’ll stop being identical this weekend.

Embattled and Top from the bottom Sharks FC from the Garden city will welcome 7th placed team Sunshine stars of Akure hoping that they can for once see them self in a non-20 th position this season provided fellow back bencher- Gombe united fail to amass maximum point against Enyimba.

Enyimba the only team still unbeaten in the league travels north to Gombe united knowing fully well that another away win this weekend may see them go back to the summit of the Nigeria league as both Warri wolves and Kano pillars to will be on the road too.

At the Ahmadu Bello stadium, Kaduna (one of the stadia for the just completed U-17 world cup), Ranchers bees will be playing host to Dolphins FC. Ranchers bees have gathered 5 out of there 6 league points this season at home while their opposite side (Dolphin) have just managed to pick a point on the road this season.
Did I hear you say you can predict the score line?

And finally on Saturday, the partially Northern derby sees Niger Tornadoes playing host to former champions Kano pillars. Kano pillars played in the mid week, won and moved to 2nd on the table. Kano pillars netted 5 goals and conceded 2 in just under 7 days, while Niger tornadoes were 1-nil losers at Gateway united last weekend.

On Sunday, Embattled Heartland will want to put behind their very poor run of form when Wikki Tourist of Bauchi comes knocking. Heartland were 2-3 losers at Wolves last Wednesday and also managed to pick a point at Heartland last weekend. Things have not gone there way since their painful defeat to TP Mazembe in the final of the 2009 CAF Champions league.

In other games on Sunday “whipping boys” Zamfara united having let in 13 goals against there own 4 scored host fellow northern team, Kaduna united in a stern Northern derby and even more-stern struggler derby. Both teams have 7 points and occupy the 15th and 16th position on the log.

Rangers welcome leaders (before the Saturday games) to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu. Warri wolves with two wins on a row (in a space of 4 days) are far a contrast to Rangers. The number of goals scored by the teams is also far contrasting as Wolves have netted 12 times this season while their host Rangers have just managed to score 7 goals, 4 of this goals were at home. Rangers have not dropped any point at home this season while Warri Wolves have drawn once and lost once in their two games on the road. The game promises to be exciting.

And finally for the weekend, Bayelsa united at the Oghara township stadium play host to Gateway united FC. Despite the fact that they are aiming to defend the championship they won last season, the team is still short of strategies to take them even outside the relagation zone. A narrow 2-1 victory over rock bottom Sharks mid-week made sure they moved two places up and 17th on the table. They’ve been a rather perfect team at home this season (as they’ve ever been in the top flight) dropping no point at home and letting in just only 1 goal. Gateway were 1-nil winners last weekend at home against Niger Tornadoes.

The full fixtures:
Saturday
Niger Tornadoes vs Kano Pillars
Rancher’s Bees vs Dolphin FC
Gombe United vs Enyimba Int’l
Sharks FC vs Sunshine Stars
Kwara United FC vs Lobi Stars FC
Shooting Stars vs Ocean Boys FC
Sunday
Heartland FC vs Wikki Tourist FC
Zamfara United vs Kaduna United
Rangers Int’l FC vs Warri Wolves FC
Bayelsa United vs Gateway United
The LOG after 7 round of matches:
Team Pld Pts
Warri Wolves FC 6 13
Kano Pillars FC 6 13
Enyimba Int’I FC 7 13
Kwara United FC 7 12
Lobi Stars FC 7 12
Gateway FC 6 11
Sunshine Stars 7 11
Ocean Boys FC 7 11
Rangers Int’l FC 7 10
Niger Tornadoes 6 10
Dolphin FC 7 9
Wikki Tourist FC 7 8
Shooting Stars FC 7 7
Heartland FC 6 7
Zamfara United FC 7 7
Kaduna United FC 7 6
Bayelsa United FC 6 6
Ranchers Bees FC 7 6
Gombe United FC 6 4
Sharks FC 6 3

For more information on this evergreen Nigeria GLOBACOM premier league you can visit www.nigeriapremierlegue.wordpress.com

Hoy despertando me encuentro con la noticia  en Eluniversal.com.mx de que no hay fecha para cerrar Guantánamo según las palabras del mismo Barack Obama, que apenas unos meses atrás prometía en campaña que iniciando el 2010 esta base militar y prisión de terroristas de alto calibre, sería cerrada,  sin embargo demorara más.

Esta prisión ha sido objeto de diversas críticas, número 1 por ubicarse en Cuba, número 2, por el tipo de reos que maneja y número 3, por las prácticas de tortura que se dan dentro de sus instalaciones, aunque el mismo George W. Bush algún día las trato de “absurdas”, pero que hasta la misma ONU, ha respaldado como ciertas.

Algunos ya empieza a hablar de Obama como “O – bla – bla – ma”, y yo no quiero apoyarlos, pero tampoco quiero desmentirlos. Como ya había dicho en algún post anterior, me parece que Obama es un buen rockstar, sabe su función, pero tiene que empezar a trabajar ya y dejar de andar bailando y haciéndose el Oprah Obama. El mundo está en crisis y en gran medida es por culpa de la burbuja deficitaria en la que vive su país y que obliga a los demás a pagar su deuda.

Esta semana muchos ven su visita a China como la reafirmación de una situación bipolar en la que China y Estados Unidos son polos que deben trabajar en conjunto a pesar de las diferencias ideológicas, políticas y culturales que tienen, al final de cuentas representan el máximo poder mundial, la primera en cuanto a poder económico y la segunda en cuanto a poder ideológico y militar, en lo que Obama ha sintetizado como “no concebir el éxito de uno a expensas del fracaso del otro”,  siendo hipócrita cuando esa es la razón en la que se ha basado la hegemonía americana, es decir, el fracaso de los demás, primero con la URSS, y luego con Japón y la UE que no pudieron zafarse del capitalismo y se han tenido que someter a él, por lo que es más atribuible el éxito de la hegemonía americana al fracaso de los demás que a sus propios aciertos, como ya lo han mencionado estudiosos como Emir Sader, que los ha tenido, como dijimos, el poder militar e ideológico americano permean en todo el mundo.

La reafirmación de esta relación bipolar se dará el siguiente verano con la reunión estratégica celebrada en Washington como continuación de la primera del verano pasado que se considera dará inicio al G – 2, sin embargo, Estados Unidos en esta relación bipolar ha tenido que asumir una postura humilde. La misma Secretaria de Estado Clinton en su visita a Asia al inicio de la administración Obama tuvo que ir con pinzas de precisión para no herir sentimientos y casi con una actitud de pedir perdón por la crisis que su país había arrojado al mundo.

Desde esta reunión ya se vieron indicios de superioridad de China, y Obama, un líder débil,  que a pesar de llevarle una cabeza de altura a Hu Jintao, parecía tan pequeño, con una mirada pensativa mientras caminaban por el Gran Salón del Pueblo de Pekín, mientras que el Ingeniero Jintao, con la inexpresividad en la mirada característica de los políticos asiáticos y de los grandes negociantes, caminaba erguido y parecía ser él el que le llevaba una cabeza de altura a Obama (¿será que China ya le lleva una cabeza de altura a EU?).

Obama trato de recuperar liderazgo amenazando en la reunión con que “mientras no se alcance un acuerdo con Irán habrá consecuencias”, y Jintao se limitó a decir que “es importante resolver este problema a través del diálogo y la negociación”, claro que China no quiere disgustar a Irán, uno de sus socios en materia energética y posible miembro del Grupo de Shanghái, grupo financiero y energético con base estratégica en el Heartland, que mientras más se integra más miedo propaga a la parasitaria hegemonía norteamericana.

Esta situación pone en franca tensión la administración Obama, no podemos hablar de una crisis, pero mientras los problemas siguen subiendo, la popularidad sigue bajando, y EU, un país amante de la mercadotecnia, quiere seguir vendiéndose como el número 1 y a su presidente como el gran hombre que salió en la Rolling Stone, y tal vez esa posición ya no le pertenezca, ya que ni siquiera dentro de su cabeza tienen a un número 1.

Mientras el mundo de Obama se viene abajo, otra vez los medios hacen su labor de venderlo y de inmediato sacan una nota en la que mencionan la reunión de Obama con su hermano que vive en Shenzhen, en la que se habla del alcoholismo de su padre y en lo que sufrió Obama, sin embargo, como rockstar que es, salió adelante y así tratan de volver a olvidar Guantánamo, a la comunidad LGBT, Nueva Orleans, la crisis y la pérdida de liderazgo americano para que surja de nuevo la figura del héroe.

Finalmente, no voy a tratar de excusarme y decir que no soy crítica de Obama, pero tampoco me ha dado motivos para aplaudirle, y podrá pensarse ¿y qué importa, no es el presidente de tu país?, pero desafortunadamente es el presidente del país que mueve al mundo y que México, como patio trasero, aunque nos duela, siempre recibe toda el cascajo que nos tiran de allá arriba, así que me importa y espero ver más ” Do – Do” de Obama, entendiendo las limitaciones que la relación bipolar con China acarrea, y menos “Bla – Bla”, si no el título de “O – bla – bla – ma” se lo tendrá bien merecido.

Is Sarah Palin’s tour to promote her new book part of a canny strategy for 2012, a plan of which Sam Walton would have approved? J. Robert Smith at American Thinker believes it may be so, as her tour takes her to those places the elites ignore:

What’s notable about Sarah Palin’s book tour, which starts midweek, is where she’s not going.  She’s not going to L.A. or New York, Boston or San Francisco.  She’s going smack dab to the middle of the country. Fly-over country, liberals call it.  And it’s a shrewd move, not only in selling books, but positioning herself for a presidential run in 2012, if she chooses.

It’s a strategy right out of the late Sam Walton’s playbook: go where there’s demand and the competition ain’t.  Walton, who could have run and won political campaigns, built Walmart into the behemoth it is today by opening his discount stores in small towns in the heartland, towns that the eight-hundred pound gorilla K-Mart ignored.

Walton conquered the discount retail category from the heartland out.  He didn’t so much as clobber K-Mart as steal a march on it.  Palin may just prove that a heartland strategy does more than sell blenders and books.  It’s the foundation for winning a national election.

And it isn’t just a political version of the Sam Walton Way: Smith points out the places she will visit are home to large numbers of Jacksonians, traditional Democrats who tend to be culturally conservative and aggressive about national security. This same group, also known as “Reagan Democrats,” formed a large part of the winning coalition in 1980 and the subsequent Republican dominance. Palin resonates with this group, and her tour and media appearances give her a chance also to repair her reputation (savaged by the major media, which acted as a propaganda arm for the DNC) with politically independent affluent suburbanites who, polls show, are deserting the Democrats and Obama in droves – witness the recent election results in New Jersey and Virginia.

Can a “from the heartland out” strategy win in 2012? Perhaps. Politics is the art of coalition-building, and right now there are large segments of the nation who do not feel their needs are being served or are actively being harmed by the political elites. Sarah Palin already has shown she can run an effective “anti-insiders” campaign, though it remains to be seen if can work on a national level as it did for Reagan – or if she’ll even decide to run in the first place.

Regardless, ignoring the big cities and staking your claim in “flyover country” is a strategy that would have made Sam Walton smile.

The holiday season is just around the corner. Prepare yourself for the excitement and fun by learning to budget, sampling handmade items and researching that perfect gift early. In your down time, Chicago’s always offering art exhibits and music! Enjoy!

Monday, November 16

Relax right into the work week at the Chicago Cultural Center’s Classical Mondays, a complimentary luncheon concert series. This week’s performance will feature the Greenleaf Ensemble: Dileep Gangolli on clarinet and Kuang Hao Huang on piano. The music begins at 12:15 p.m.

Tuesday, November 17

With the holidays coming up, budgeting can be a challenge. The Chicago Public Library can help you make ends meet with their Money Smart series. Presented by Money Smart Partner, from the Illinois State Treasurer’s Office, the next seminar will teach you A Practical Guide to Budgeting at the Chicago Lawn branch at 6 p.m.

Wednesday, November 18

Ever wonder what happens to street pole banners? Well, head over to Daley Plaza at noon to find out! The city will be holding a live auction in the lobby and it’s free to watch the fun. Highlights this year include White Sox World Series banners signed by Mark Buehrle and Chicago 2016.

Thursday, November 19

Getting a little worried about finding the “it” gift of the year? Get a head start on the holiday shopping bonanza at the Illinois Artisans Program’s arts and crafts showcase. There will be 13 artists and artisans showing – and selling – everything from quilts to jewelry. The fun runs from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Thompson Center.

Friday, November 20

Put a little BOOM! in your Friday. JASC Tsukasa Taiko will give a performance of traditional Japanese drumming at the Chicago Cultural Center at 12:15 p.m. This is a special sneak peek of their Taiko Legacy 6 performance, which will be on December 27.

Saturday, November 21

Get that holiday shopping done early, and put a little handmade goodness under the tree while you’re at it! The annual Holiday Pottery & Jewelry Faire at the Berger Park Cultural Center features the best of students’ work. Everything is for sale and everything is as beautiful as the park. Make sure to stop off for some of the best coffee in the U.S. at Metropolis!

- Shannon Sankstone

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I photographed a Special Olympics sport event yesterday out in Golden, CO. This experience reminded me of a video that I shot about a year ago at an event that my Church in Rockford, IL held for special needs students. What a night. Photos from the event yesterday will be posted shortly.

For now, here is that video.

A Night To Remember from Carson Bankord on Vimeo.

As I traveled around the country, covering all those miles I traveled before, there was one thing–well actually more than one but one is all I will cover for now—that became clear pretty quickly.  You can’t do certain things over!  Now, I don’t mean that there is anything wrong going to the same places again, that is how you start to get under the surface.  It is just that if you think you can replicate a specific experience or photograph, it just isn’t going to happen.  Forget the physical changes or whatever, I think it is just that there are certain energies, creative and otherwise, that come together in a unique way at one unique time.  So, no, I am not going to get all metaphysical on you right now, but the saving grace of trying to do such foolish things is that they can at least open up doors to new experiences.

Photo with car moved out of way

A week into my trip, I came across a town that I remembered because of a singular landmark, a painted ad for the old Victor phonograph, with the dog and all.  When I had been here in 2006, it was hot, hazy, humid and mid-day, mid summer.  I actually took a few photos but none were of much consequence and my assistant and I moved our attention back to the job.

This time, the light was much better and so I thought I would stop.  I just like old painted signs/ads like this and have to fight not to stop when I see them.  Of course, there was a car parked right under it.  But, hey, I just wanted to get a shot of it, one that was better than my earlier attempts.

It was Sunday and the town was pretty empty.  Well, actually, there really isn’t much of a town here in any case.  Just a few buildings that don’t speak to much commercial activity.   But, of course, there was a bar.  That was one of those other things that became clear early on, that if there was nothing else in these little towns, there was at least a bar or three!

Pam outside the "Just One More"

As I was shooting the sign, I heard a little voice coming from the bar behind me: “want me to move that?” referring to the car under the sign..  I turned around to see Pam standing there.  “That would be awesome!” I responded with a big smile.  “I think the keys are probably in it…it’s not mine…but I know whose it is.”  She got in, moved the car and I thanked her and introduced myself as she moved back towards the bar.  Of course, she was going to be photographed.  Everyone I met was going to be photographed, my rule.  Like many, she balked while she got ready for me to photograph her and, in the process, invited me in for a beer.  I hesitated because I was running so late, but a beer sounded good and I really wanted to go inside anyway.  As I started to lock my car, I stopped and looked sheepishly at Pam, “I don’t need to lock my car around here, do I?”.  She looked at me, “Nope, not around here”.

Biff remembered me shooting the trains

As I walked in, the screen door slammed behind me with a sound that just seemed right. Pam announced my name loudly to all those who were inside.  Apparently, I had been the topic of conversation before Pam came out. I think she had been teased that if she went outside, I would probably want to take her picture.  Across the bar, Biff asked me my name again and just as I said it, he said “I met you before!”.  He went on to tell me it had to do with me shooting the train, he thought maybe 15 years ago.  I told him I was through here 3 years ago shooting trains and he insisted that we had met.   I pulled up a stool at the old wooden bar next to Pam, who had just moved back to her seat beside Mitch.  Biff continued to describe the possibilities of where we met.

My beer came and as we were talking, Mitch mentioned that it was too bad I hadn’t been there a couple of hours earlier.  Apparently, he had his tractors out, 3 restored John Deere tractors from the 50’s.  Then, he thought about it and said he still had the shop open and we could go over and pull them out if I wanted.  You know, the reality was that if I had been there two hours earlier, I would have missed them, as his shop was not there on Main Street.  As we were talking, I remembered that I hadn’t even taken my photograph of the sign.  I excused myself for a minute and ran outside and got off a few shots.  I don’t think Pam would have cared, but it just somehow seemed rude to not have done it after she had been so nice and moved the car.  When I came back in, we finished up our beers at a leisurely pace, continuing to talk and laugh about this and that.   Then we all, Biff, Mitch, Pam and I, headed over to see the tractors.  As I tried to settle my tab, I was told Pam had taken care of it.

Mitch on his restored '56 Standard

Mitch’s shop had apparently been a “sewing factory” at one time, probably back when the town was in its prime.  As I walked in, there were the tractors all backed in against the far wall.  Two were old “standards” while one was a “row crop” (I sound like I know what I am talking about, don’t I!).  Mitch pulled out the ’56 that he and his son had restored.  There is really such a wonderful sound that comes from these old tractor engines, not like anything else and in some strange way, very soothing.  Although he was willing to pull out the other two, I said I needed to get on the road.  It was getting late, and I needed to find a place to stay for the night.  Motels aren’t really that easy to find out here and it might be several towns before one appeared.

As I was leaving, Mitch showed a massive amount of courage and offered a Texan homemade Illinois salsa!  I packed it away in the car for when I got home.  Surprisingly, it was really pretty good, but my wife just couldn’t bring herself to eat “Illinois Salsa?”—well, she finally decided to when there was just one dip left!

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia August 8, 2004 — Heartland Oil and Gas Corp. (HOGC), drills
, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Philip S. Winner as Chief Operating, drills
, Officer. Mr. Winner will be primarily responsible for directing and advising the board on all aspects of the ongoing, drills
, exploration, development, drills
, and production of the Company’s, drills
, Kansas, drills
, CBM lands.

Mr. Winner is a professional geologist and MBA with 25 years experience in the oil and gas industry including the development CBM assets in the Piceance, Sand Wash and Green, drills
, River Basins. He was Vice, drills
, President of HS Resources and is widely respected for his role in the company’s strategic planning and growth during the seven years, drills
, preceding and up to its sale for $1.6 billion to Kerr Mcgee, drills
, Corporation. Mr. Winner brings to Heartland considerable depth in the areas of reservoir, drills
, management and development. Prior to his tenure at HS he provided detailed reserve management programs for Apache Corp. at its Bighorn Basin properties with a resulting 600% increase in production and was a Senior Geologist and budget coordinator for Mobil Oil where he led reservoir management projects, drills
, in the Rockies, onshore California Texas and New Mexico.

Richard L. Coglon, President and CEO of Heartland commented: “We are extremely pleased to have someone of Phil’s calibre on our team. His operational talents and, drills
, proven ability to grow production will be key factors as Heartland continues to develop its Kansas CBM lands.”

Operational Update:

The company has, drills
, received its permit, drills
, from the Kansas Corporate commission to begin flaring gas from the various, drills
, Engelke wells in order to establish gas rates and inflow pressures. Well site equipment to allow measurement of gas rates and pressures and flaring of gas has been installed on the Engelke wells and production,, drills
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, is scheduled to begin early August, drills
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Drilling Update:

The Company has completed the drilling of its previously announced three 5-well pilot programs. The program consisted of 15 new CBM wells and (3) three salt water disposal wells, drills
, . In addition the company has expanded its initial Engelke 5 well pilot program with the drilling of (2) two additional CBM wells. Despite increased well site material prices and contractor costs,, drills
, the greater number of wells drilled resulted in a, drills
, higher level of efficiency. As a consequence the program’s costs remain within the established budget. Completion operations on the first of the new wells, drills
, began on July 31st, 2004 and are expected to continue through the third quarter of 2004, drills
, . As wells are completed they will be, drills
, immediately, drills
, tied in to water disposal wells to begin the dewatering process.

Acreage Update:

Heartland now has 252,000 acres under lease and is not actively pursuing additional lands. Heartland has concentrated its leasing activities through a fairway containing a thick section of lower Cherokee coals, which are, drills
, the primary producing coals throughout the basin. Development is expected to take place using an 80 acre spacing.

Finance:

As at July 31, 2004 the Company had working capital of approximately $6.5 million of which $2 mil has been allocated for the completion of the recently drilled, drills
, 17 new production wells. The balance of the funds will be used for ongoing development of the Company’s Forest City Basin Project and for general working capital.

General:

Heartland is an emerging coalbed methane gas company focusing on its substantial acreage, drills
, position in the Forest City basin in the state of Kansas,, drills
, drills
, . Using, drills
, its proprietary mapping of the area and results from earlier drilling, Heartland has acquired a dominant position in what is believed to be the, drills
, thickest part of the coal fairway in the Forest City Basin.

Heartland has acquired leasehold, drills
, interests in approximately 252,000 acres in the Forest City Basin. Since Heartland initiated its CBM project in 2001 the Forest City/Cherokee basin fairway has become the subject of increased activity in both leasing and, drills
, drilling. At this time, several producing coalbed methane fields are located in the southern and eastern parts of the fairway and there are a, drills
, number of pilot programs underway throughout the basin.

The Company has not received any update on its Amex listing application at this time. We will continue to monitor and report on the application process as it proceeds.

An investment profile on Heartland may be found at http://www, drills
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No último sábado aconteceram as finais dos últimos dois torneios interclubes continentais, que definiram os últimos participantes da Copa do Mundo de Clubes FIFA, que será realizada na cidade de Abu Dhabi, nos Emirados Árabes, em dezembro.

Pela  final da CAF Champions League (Liga dos Campeões da África), em Lubumbashi, na RD Congo, o TP Mazembe venceu o Heartland, da Nigéria, por 1 a 0. Como no primeiro jogo, na casa do adversário, os congoleses haviam perdido por 2 a 1, foram campeões pelo critério de gols marcados fora de casa. Foi o terceiro título africano do clube (1967, 1968, 2009) que também haviam sido vice-campeões em 1969 e 1970.

Pela final da AFC Champions League (Liga dos Campeões da Ásia), em partida única realizada no Estádio Nacional de Tóquio, os sul-coreanos do Pohang Steelers venceram os sauditas do Al-Ittihad por 2 a 1 e foram campeões asiáticos. Foi também o terceiro título asiático do clube (1997, 1998, 2009). O Pohang Steelers é treinado pelo brasileiro Sérgio Farias, além de contar com os brasileiros Denílson (começou a carreira no Camaçari, da Bahia) e Vaguinho (ex-Ponte Preta, Portuguesa e Joinville).

New DVD’s that will be added to our shelves on Tuesday November 10th.

• Ugly Truth (Also Available in Blu-Ray)
• UP (Also Available in Blu-Ray)
• Echo (Also Available in Blu-Ray)
• The Line (Also Available in Blu-Ray)
• The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
• Hurt
• In the Loop
• Love Finds a Home
• Familiar Strangers
• Natalee Holloway
• Parish
• Batman V2
• Spongebob: Truth of Square
• Heartland, Season 1
• Tudors, Season 3

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El Mazembe Englebert, equipo de la República Democrática del Congo, se convirtió en el campeón de la ‘Champions’ africana tras derrotar (1-0) al Heartland nigeriano, cerrando así el cartel del Mundialito de Clubes que se disputará el próximo mes de diciembre en Abu Dhabi donde el FC Barcelona representará al Viejo Continente.
El Mazembe, que cayó (2-1) en la ida, se llevó la victoria final gracias a un tanto en propia puerta a falta de 17 minutos del defensa visitante Víctor Ezuruike y ganó la ‘Champions’ gracias al valor doble de los goles a domicilio.
El conjunto congoleño se une así al Barcelona, al Estudiantes argentino, al Atlante mexicano, al Auckland City neozelandés, al Pohang Steelers coreano y al local Al Ahli.

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Thursday was an interesting day.  Alternately rewarding, perplexing, frustrating, cost-effective and chilly.  There was an audition that wasn’t quite an audition, an interesting conversation, a terrific meeting, a good self-tape and Fall-ish conditions.  Interesting.

The True Blood audition that wasn’t an audition.
Unless, it was.

Yesterday was a pre-read with Libby Goldstein.  For the uninitiated, a pre-read is when you sit down with the casting director in a very informal, relaxed setting and work the audition scene.  It’s an opportunity for them to figure out if you’re what the projects producers are looking for.  In Toronto, the pre-read practice doesn’t exist for reasons that I cannot explain.  (That’s a topic for another time, I think.)

I smacked the pre-read around.  It was super.

Chad McCord and I had worked the scene earlier that morning and even added in a not-so-subtle hint at the characters supernatural power.  Fans of the show would have been pleased.

When we finished, Libby sat me down for one of the all-time great “but” sentences in casting room history: “That was really good… and you really got the accent, I like the accent… but you don’t look anything like (name redacted) and Alan (Ball) really wants someone who looks like him.”

Oh.

The new series regular for season three is the brother of another series regular.  Ideally, the show’s creator would like to find somebody who looks a lot like him.  If that changes, I’m back in.  If my agents can coerce casting and production into giving me a shot, I’m back in.  Neither scenario is particularly unlikely.  The finished product of True Blood is unconventional and I’d imagine that there casting methods are as well.  More importantly, Libby will back up my acting chops if  the producers are hesitant to depart from their initial vision.

For the short term…  I don’t know.  For the long term (considering I’ve officially moved here) I’m more than a little happy that Libby Goldstein is a fan.

We also got into a protracted conversation about the television show Copper.  Libby knew exactly who I was because – apparently – for three weeks this past spring I was going to be cast in Copper.  Then, I wasn’t cast.  Not casting me was a mistake.  I would have annihilated that role.  And I don’t care if you’re not supposed to say that.  If I can admit to crying on the phone like Eric The Vampire right before Godric lights on fire, than I’m allowed to say that I would have been awesome on Copper.  Because I would have been. It all comes back to believing in yourself.

What, a, pre-read.

(It doesn’t count on the audition meter.  If I rock a Louisiana accent in front of Alan Ball, then it counts.)

The top floor at ABC and pangs of 0-1 Visa regret.

I need an 0-1 Visa.  Can’t get one on my own because I can’t afford it.  S*it.

Had a general meeting yesterday with Sandi Logan, VP of Network and Studio Casting for ABC.  Sandi is lovely. Everything is lovely.  (I think I might pick some flowers after I’m done writing.)

After seven full weeks in Hollywood, I’m really starting to settle in.  I’ve met a lot of people.  I’ve auditioned (and beat out) actors that I recognize from film and tv.  I’ve tested…  I even absorbed a punch from the industry that hit me square in the testicles.

I’m becoming difficult to rattle.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m nowhere close to unflappable.  I’ll still flap.  But when somebody like Sandi Logan sits me down in her office (with a beautiful view of the Burbank skyline) and tells me she wants to “put me on ABC programming”, I believe her.  Why shouldn’t I?  The tenor of this website is seeping into the outward aspects of my personality.  For twenty minutes, I put myself on the line in front of Sandi.  Sandi responded. Good meeting.  Also, interesting…

The 0-1 Visa is becoming a bit of a sore spot.  Here’s why:

The natural path for me in Hollywood would be to book “top of the show” guest star roles.  Like, the patient on House, or a prominent player in a Lost flashback / flash forward.  Those auditions happen all the time.  You go in, nail the audition and get cast later that day.  The casting director has a lot more autonomy in these instances and thus, what you do in the room really matters.  Moreover, networks and studios are probably more inclined to take a flier on somebody (relatively) new to the scene in a smaller (albeit important) role.  Moreover², my resume is littered with guest-starring roles.  Heartland, ReGenesis, Da Kink, Blue Mountain State and Flashpoint.

For those roles, you need an 0-1 Visa.  The turn around time between casting and shooting is too tight for the studio to get one for you.  Without an 0-1, they wont audition you.  (Conversely, if you get a series regular, feature film or pilot, the studio will sponsor you.)

So…  I’m going to stick it out through Pilot Season.  By that point, I’ll either have an 0-1 (because too much is going right not to get one) or I’ll have booked an excellent Canadian project (because too much is going right not to get one) and I’ll buy my own.

The Self-tape.

Threw myself on tape for a project that’s shooting in Winnipeg late November through the middle of December.  My agent thought the tape was delightful.  Winnipeg.  Winter.  I think I’m going to go for a hike.

(I love what I do…  I love what I do…  I love what I do…)

This was – by far – the most rewarding week in PTABB’s short history.  Thank you all.

Have a wonderful weekend and Happy Halloween.

EDIT: A good friend sent me this quote on Tuesday evening, post-Melrose, while I was drinking… by myself.

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

That’s a beauty from Ernest Hemingway.  Mr. Blair, thank you.

Dear B.G.:

Has Glenda Jackson returned to the screen? The last I heard she had retired to work full time as the Labour Member of Parliament  for the constituency of  Hampstead and Highgate in the London. But I recently caught a glimpse of her, or at least I think it was her, in a movie trailer with Daniel Day Lewis. What is the movie? And why haven’t I read about her comeback? -- Curious in Kelowna

Dear C.I.K.:

Ms Jackson is still lobbying for her British constituents and as far as I know has no immediate plans to return to the screen. The actress with the striking Touch

NINE: It's Judi, not Glenda

Of Class bob in that movie trailer is the inimitable Dame Judi Dench, who may be channeling Glenda, for all we know. And you’re right, it is Daniel Day Lewis. The movie is directort Rob (Chicago) Marshall’s screen version of the Broadway musical Nine, which of course was the stage version of Federico Fellini’s 8½. So Day Lewis is playing a role originated on screen by Marcello Mastroianni and on stage by Raul Julia (and most recently Antonio Banderas.) And in the movie the key women in his life are played by Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Kate Hudson and Ms. Dench. Anticipated as a spectacular gift to fans of movie musicals, Nine is scheduled to open here on Christmas Day.

Dear B.G.:

Is it true that Michael Ondaatje’s latest novel Divisadero is being made into a movie? And if so when will it open? – Ondaatje disciple Benjamin K.

Dear B.K.:

I won’t be surprised if Divisadero eventually reaches the big screen.  In the meantime, the Necessary Angel theatre company, director Daniel Brooks and

BALABAN: next weekend

the author himself are rethinking his novel as a play, with a view to a 2010/2011 opening with subsequent touring. Title of the stage production is When My Name Was Anna, and you don’t have to wait to 2010 to sample it. Next weekend Liane Balaban, Maggie Huculak, Tom McCamus and Amy Rutherford are set to appear in three work-in-progress presentations of When My Name Was Anna, directed by Brooks, at Theatre Passe Muraille’s Mainspace. For more information, click here.

Dear B.G.:

I saw a Broadway musical a few years ago called 10 Million Miles. It didn’t last very long, and we didn’t keep the Playbill, but I’m sure

10 MILLION MILES: guess who?

the male lead was Justin Timberlake. My wife saw your blog about Glee and says the male lead was the guy who plays the teacher, Matthew Morrison. Can you settle this domestic dispute? -- Hoping I’m Right

Dear H.I.R.,

Sorry, you lose. 10 Million Miles is one of several Broadway shows, including Hairspray and South Pacific, in which Matthew Morrison appeared. But he did have a Timberlake look about him in that show, so don’t beat yourself up too badly. Morrison, who is also a rapper and a beat box hoofer, loves performing on stage for a live audience. But he’s equally passionate about Glee, and with good reason. “More people saw the pilot of Glee,” he notes, “than saw me in the entire ten years I was on Broadway.”

Dear B.G.:

Did I miss the Gemini Awards? I read somewhere that Geminis were handed out in Toronto this month, but I was sure that this year’s show was supposed to be in Calgary. What happened? – proud Canadian TV addict

Dear P.C.T.A.:

Yeah, it does get confusing at times. Fear not, you haven’t missed the boat – or the show, for that matter.  The 24th Annual Gemini Awards Broadcast Gala is just two weeks away, and will be broadcast live on Global and Showcase at 9pm

MONTEITH: Calgary-bound

ET/PT Saturday November 14 from the BMO Centre in Calgary. Presenters flying in to Alberta for the show include Hugh Dillon (Flashpoint,) Erin Karpluk (Being Erica,) Jessica Lucas (Melrose Place,) Amber Marshall & Graham Wardle (Heartland,) Mark McKinney (Less Than Kind,) Cory Monteith (Glee,) George Stroumboulopoulos and Rick Mercer. Host for the evening is Ron James, who BTW has two Gemini alumnus on his show tonight: Eric Peterson (Corner Gas) and Deb McGrath (Little House On The Prairie.) So don’t forget to set your PVR.

Have a great weekend!

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