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Residents evacuate Cedar Rapids homes ahead of flooding

Edit The Miami Herald 26 Sep 2016
Several thousand residents of Cedar Rapids left their homes Sunday as floodwaters began to spill out of the rising Cedar River, and Iowa's second-largest city worked to apply the lessons officials learned after the record 2008 flood ... On Sunday morning, more than 100 volunteers helped remove the seats from the restored Paramount Theater in Cedar Rapids and move them up to the second floor to protect them from floodwaters....

Paramount Discovers Dangers of Letting 4-Year-Olds Develop Movies, Takes $115 Million Write-Down

Edit Slate 25 Sep 2016
The studio was seeking properties that could sell toys and become franchises, and it seems that the inexplicable success of Paramount’s Transformers films, combined with development work from a gifted four-year-old, sent the company off the rails ... Goodman has left Paramount, as has Bob Bacon, the one-time head of Paramount Animation, the division behind Monster Trucks....

Movie studio lets four-year-old kid write a family blockbuster - and loses $115m

Edit Digital Spy 25 Sep 2016
And with good reason, it turns out, as that one time Paramount Pictures actually did put that power in the hands of a kid, they lost $115 million because of it ... The movie in question is Monster Trucks, the brainchild of former Paramount Studios' president Adam Goodman's four year-old son ... [Jane Levy in Suburgatory] The revelation was made ......

Chris Hicks: ‘Midsomer Murders,’ ‘Blue Bloods,’ ‘Madam Secretary’ now on DVD

Edit Deseret News 25 Sep 2016
The Sixth Season” (CBS/Paramount, 2015-16, six discs, 22 episodes, deleted scenes, audio commentary, featurettes, bloopers) ... The Final Season” (CBS/Paramount, 2015-16, six discs, 22 episodes, deleted/extended scenes, featurettes, bloopers) ... The First Season” (CBS/Paramount, four discs, 13 episodes, deleted/extended scenes, featurettes, bloopers)....

Review: St. Paul sings about justice, with soul

Edit The Seattle Times 25 Sep 2016
St. Paul & the Broken Bones turned the Paramount Theatre in Seattle into a church of soul, and funkiness, on Saturday night ... ....

Belonging is about a willingness to engage, not exclude

Edit Baltimore Sun 25 Sep 2016
For many young people, and some older ones as well, belonging is paramount. Whether the specific group is an exclusive club at Harvard or a gang in the inner city, belonging is the most important thing in their lives. An oft-told story is that our 32nd president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, admitted... ....

CLR James' lesson: Change the system

Edit Topix 25 Sep 2016
What relevant lessons do the life and works of CLR James have for Trinidad and Tobago's young people today? According to Dr Roosevelt Williams, former student and friend of James, you can learn the lesson from James' own mouth ... The life, works and impact of CLR James put on by the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival at the OWTU'S Paramount Building in San Fernando yesterday....

Hillary Clinton Vs. Donald Trump: Where The Candidates Stand On Employment And Jobs

Edit Forbes 25 Sep 2016
If employment and jobs are of paramount importance, who is best equipped to fix the problem—Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump? Here, we outline the stances of both candidates so you can decide for yourself ... ....

Comment on State’s child abuse letters may violate law by toobn

Edit Star Advertiser 25 Sep 2016
The safety and well being of kids is paramount, but all government agencies must recognize they must respect the rights of the people they are supposed to serve, and from whence their “power” is derived....

'Bridget Jones's Baby' adds $21.9m overseas

Edit Screen Daily 25 Sep 2016
The Working Title production, presented by Universal, Miramax and Studiocanal, opened in eight new territories with Italy providing the best debut at $1.7m, while the UK provided a terrific $8.4m second weekend for $27.5m after only ten days in play. Australia added $2.1m for an 11-day tally of $7.7m and the threequel retained the top spot in the Netherlands with $1.2m and a local tally of $3.7m ... The Purge....

'Fully Committed' is quick, quirky in Lyric Theatre production in Oklahoma City

Edit The Oklahoman 25 Sep 2016
The life of a restaurant reservationist can be trying. The phones ring constantly, the pace is frantic and the callers range the gamut from the cordial and unflappable to the rude and histrionic. It's not for the faint of heart. Martin Burke plays Sam Peliczowski in the Lyric at the Plaza production of “Fully Committed,” Becky Mode's one-man tour- de-force about a hapless reservationist at an exclusive New York restaurant....

Eamonn Sweeney: Davy Fitzgerald’s instincts lay in the direction of dictatorship rather than democracy

Edit Belfast Telegraph 25 Sep 2016
Davy Fitzgerald’s departure from Clare is proof of that old adage that he who lives by the sword dies by it ... Davy Fitzgerald’s instincts lay in the direction of dictatorship rather than democracy ... Perhaps the most dispiriting thing about Mourinho at this stage of his career is that the desire to protect what in modern parlance is termed his ‘brand’ seems to be paramount for the man....

Trump Campaign Announces Asian Pacific American Advisory Committee (Donald J Trump)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Sep 2016
Governors Eddie Calvo and Ralph Torres of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) respectively, will serve as the Council's Co-Chairs ... Furthermore, the committee's formation represents Mr ... Trump and Governor Pence will meet with members of the committee and AAPI leaders to discuss growing concerns over educational opportunities, employment and the economy, which are of paramount concern to AAPI families across this nation....
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