I bumped into this and thought is was interesting. It's a contest entry on the Starship Modeler website (they do plastic kit and scratchbuilds). The theme is "wrecks" and this was the first place winner. It's called "Abandoned Refuge" by Dimitri Kaliviotis. A relic At-AT at one time hosted a refuge for some primitive tribe until later abandoned:



http://starshipmodeler.com/contest/kit_16.htm...

Shadowman99

Reprinted from
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/


Gulp! Force Majeure Letters In The Mail

UPDATED: A source has slipped me this "force majeure" letter from NBC Universal received this week by a Hollywood talent agency on behalf of an actress on a TV series. (story continues below)

(image of letter)

From what I can glean, the casts of The Office, 30 Rock, Bionic Woman and Battlestar Galactica to name just a...

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EDIT: UPDATE - I was just thinking about the fact that many of the members of this board are in the UK or outside the US, and therefore wondering do we do this on local time or US time. I think we should go by EST (New York) which is where the ownership of many of the networks reside.

On Friday Nov. 15 at 12:01 EST Change your Avatar the one of the following:

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If you're like me and want to see the creators of your favorite shows treated fairly, here's something you can do.

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WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?


From the interviews and talking with people on the lines... As well as common sense...

If you live in LA or NYC, you've got three extra options, A, B, & C... The numbers, everyone's in on...


1. Write- write your newspaper, write a major newspaper/magazine,...

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Since we get a few industry lurkers on this site I thought I would take a second and express my best wishes to the Writer's Guild of America. As most of you know WGA members went on strike today.

I hope that WGA's actions force the AMPTP to begin negotiating in good faith and that the writers recieve a fair contract soon.

Shadowman99