Archive for December, 2009

Smallville Actors Join Strike, Co-creator Discusses Show's Status



Actors are now jumping up the bandwagon and joining the WGA writers’ strike, to show their support for the hardworking individuals behind the scenes. These actors include our very own favorite celebrities from Smallville. Kryptonsite reports that Michael Cassidy (Grant Gabriel), John Glover (Lionel Luthor) and Phil Morris (John Jones) have already joined the strikers up at the Universal Studios lot earlier this week. Co-creator Al Gough confirmed their attendance in the demonstration.

Al Gough added that other Smallville stars are also enthusiastic about joining “the fight for [the] collective futures [of the industry, professionally speaking].” He said, “Others from the cast wanted to be there, particularly Michael Rosenbaum [who plays Lex Luthor], but the show is still in production and most of the cast lives in Vancouver . We know they were with us in spirit, as we are all in this together.”

Early last week, Gough released a statement regarding the current status of Smallville in relation to the strike. Fortunately, a total of 15 scripts were completed prior to the strike, and the 15th episode will be a cliffhanger to serve as a season ender, if needed. He added that the season may end in February, if the strike is not soon resolved.

“Screenwriting isn’t like other professions. There is no guarantee of employment week to week or year to year,” Gough explained. “It is a feast or famine business, and when the music stops, you may not still have a chair. Miles [Gough, Smallville co-creator] and I have been writing together for 15 years now. Each year I wonder if this is when it all comes crashing down.”

Moreover, he asked the fans of various shows to be understanding of the situation, citing that the writers did not want the strike, but was pushed for their own reasons.

Kryptonsite adds that only one more new episode will be airing this year, and that the rest will air early next year, depending on how long it would take to resolve the strike.

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Missed Your Favourite Show? Watch TV Shows Online



It can be really frustrating when you miss your favorite TV show, especially if you are watching a series and miss out on part of the plot. Since VCRs are now a thing of the past and a lot of people forget to set their DVRs it can be tricky to know how to watch your most loved TV shows. Fortunately thanks to the internet you never have to miss a single TV show ever again as you can now watch TV shows online.

Believe it or not you can watch all of your favorite TV shows through sites that are online. It is even possible to watch in a series of certain TV shows when you watch TV shows online. This means that you never have to try to record a TV show when you are out of the house. You can simply go online, find one of the many websites that allows you to watch TV shows online and then click to download the episode of series that you would like to watch.

It is quite surprising that the number of different TV shows that actually accessible to watch via the Internet. You don’t even have to pay for a satellite or cable subscription to benefit from the very latest episodes of the series that you love. This is one of the reasons why so many people choose to watch TV shows online.

There are thousands of people who watch TV shows online every single day for a number of different reasons. Obviously the most common reason is that they have missed an episode of a show that they would usually watch. Being able to go online and have TV shows streamed directly to your PC means that you do not have to pay for a costly satellite or cable television subscription.

Similarly, people who work strain shift patterns in their job also tend to watch TV shows online as it is the perfect way to keep up to date with the TV shows. Just think you can go online at any time of the day night and watch an episode of a TV show that has recently been broadcast on cable TV.

When you watch TV shows online via certain websites you will be able to watch the entire episode in one go. You will not have to download sections of the show and watch them in order, something which is quite annoying when you are trying to enjoy a TV show. Not only that but sometimes sections of the TV show is missing when you try to watch them using this type of method.

There are also network channel websites online which allow you to watch TV shows online which they have recently aired. However using this method means that you are pretty limited as to what shows you can watch. It is far better if you want to watch TV shows online that you find an independent website that will allow you to access shows from any network and from anywhere in the world. So if you want to catch up on TV shows and watch them online choose a good independent website and enjoy!

Business Cards for Effective Contact Management



Business Cards for Effective Contact Management

One of the main purposes of business cards is that they help you grow your business and improve your network of business associates. Hence you should know how effectively you can use business cards for Effective Contact Management.

Business Cards

As the name suggests business cards are cards that help you sell your business. How effective are the cards in finding the right ways of doing business, depends upon how effectively you have used them while distributing.

On the face of it a business card provides the name of the business, location, services provided, contact person and contact number. Distributing your card among the prospective set of clients is very important. Again by effectively managing the business cards you have received over a number of networking meets, you do what is called Effective Contact Management. Hence make sure your card gives the most important of business information and also ensure it reaches the right hands at the right time.

In business it is very important to remember the fact that it is a two way communication. If you are going to wait for people to call for you or your service, then you may be half successful. Not everyone will always call you. You in turn should keep track of prospective customers and keep calling them at regular intervals so as to ensure that you remind them in the first place of your services and secondly to get business.

Business Cards for Effective Contact Management

Having known the advantages of effective contact management, it is important for you know how you will go about doing it.

* Do you have a number of other’s business cards? If your answer is yes, then the first step will be to organize those cards in the order of preference, or date of contact, or service based sorting or name wise arrangement.

* Once that you are done with neatly arranging them, the next step will be to enter the information in your system. You will in other words electronically organize the information, which is much easier to retrieve and carry.

* Now that you have all the contact information stored in your computer, you will be able to find the person or business detail at the click of a button, which simplifies your job.

* Good to have your contact details, it will be of no use if you are not going to contact them. Make sure to give your network of business associates a call at regular intervals both to promote your business and also to ensure that your business name and services are updated to them for any further business deals.

* By effectively managing your contacts and keeping in touch with them you ensure that you have a seriously good business relationship that will help you get business in future.

I am sure these points have made things clear about what a business card can do and how business cards help you perform an effective contact management.