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By Josh Stillman, EW

updated 5:16 PM EST, Wed January 2, 2013

Samuel L. Jackson arrives at the FitFlop benefit ball to raise money for the Make-A-Wish foundation in London on August 5, 2011.

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(EW.com) -- No one knows how to make white men squirm quite like Samuel L. Jackson.

A post on Reddit last night has unearthed a prime example. Two weeks ago, the "Django Unchained" cast sat down with Jake Hamilton, host of Houston's Emmy-winning film show Jake's Takes, at a press junket.

Things went smoothly enough until Hamilton approached Jackson with a question about the movie's controversial use of the "n-word." Jackson insisted that Hamilton, who is white, say the word out loud; after Hamilton repeatedly refused, they moved on. It was uncomfortable.

"The most awkward moment was just seeing everyone in the room freeze, and waiting to see what my reaction was going to be," Hamilton says today.

The internet reaction has been mixed. Many commenters claim that Hamilton should have simply said the word, while others applaud the reporter for not caving to Jackson's demand. Hamilton says that his decision was in the best interest of the show and the network.

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Press Release Munich, 12/31/2012

Enterprise Holdings Limited disclosed first semi-annual report: Accelerated growth expected in second half of current fiscal year Positive outlook for fiscal year ending 31 March 2013

Strong growth in gross written premiums (GWP) The gross written premiums (GWP) in Enterprise Holdings Limited for the six months from 1st April 2012 to 30th September 2012 amounted to GBP 56.7m, which compares with a full year forecast of above GBP 150m.

Accelerated growth in second half of current fiscal year The funds generated from the bond issue created additional solvency capital and enabled the company to accelerate the growth in premium volumes. Therefore a number of new lines of business have commenced in the second quarter. With the expected injection of additional solvency capital and further product launches that are ready to go live in existing and new markets in the second half of the year the company expects to see strong volume growth in quarters 3 and 4 as a result. GBP 18.6m of GWP was written in October 2012 only.

Strong increase in technical result in second half of current fiscal year As a result of GWP being lower in the first half of the year than is anticipated in the second half, the technical result was also expected to show a lower result in the first half year relative to the second half. The technical result for the half-year is GBP 4.28m which compares with a full year forecast of GBP 15.4m.

One-off costs In September 2012 Enterprise Holdings Limited issued a bond on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange looking to raise EUR 35m to fund future expansion plans across the Group and within the Groups main trading company, Enterprise Insurance Company Plc. The one-off costs related to the Bond issuance process that have been reflected in the half year figures are approximately GBP 0.75m.

Changes in reserves calculation method The company increased the technical reserves for claims provisions in the UK motor market in the first half of the year. The change of the claim handler and the shortening of the claims cycles caused a short term hit to the profit and loss account. However, the change of the claim handler in the UK will lead to increased efficiency in the handling of claims and a resulting reduction in claims costs which will accrue to the profit and loss in future months.

Outlook: Ongoing profitable growth Claims reserves are now set on the basis of worst case scenario. It would therefore be expected that the level of reserves carried at the half year are more than adequate and indeed the company would expect to see the level of reserves come down in the second half year as claims settle. We therefore remain very optimistic that strong premium income and profit growth will be generated in the second half of the year and beyond, states Andrew John Flowers, CEO and Founder of Enterprise Holdings.

Semi-annual report The un-audited semi-annual report for the six months from 1st April 2012 to 30th September 2012 is now available for download on the companys website http://www.enterprise-holdings.de in the section Services -> Financial Reports

Bond issue In September 2012 Enterprise Holdings Limited issued an A- rated bond in the Entry Standard segment at Boerse Frankfurt (International Security Identification Number (ISIN): DE000A1G9AQ4) For more information about the bond issue please visit our website, especially the section Bond at http://www.enterprise-holdings.de

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I get this a lot: I want to see the story about my child/event/ church/self online and I have a subscription, but I can't access it.

My first question is "What do you have a subscription to, the print version, the website or the e-Edition?"

The answer is always some version of, "(silence) Wait. What?"

This January marks a year since former publisher Fred Hamilton announced the Facts and the Whittier Daily News would be having Digital Mondays.

This announcement was wildly unpopular.

People who weren't wired feared they would be left out. They're not, any more than they already were. The stories, comics and puzzles we would have run Mondays are in print Tuesdays, (with the recent exception of an online-only column about nature in Redlands), and those readers were already left out of the things online offers that print can't accommodate: video, longer stories, interactivity, immediacy, non-local news, reader photo galleries.

I know how intimidating it is to dive in. I still have to call my son at college when I want to put in a DVD. This Internet business is all magic to me.

But print is unlikely to make a big comeback, and our mission has been to convert several print readers into online readers, which we have achieved by thousands. Combined print and online subscribers put us at our highest readership in the paper's 122-year history.

Printing and distributing a paper is a huge expense. Also, making a Monday paper stretched my small reporting staff into compromising on quality.

Going back to six issues a week, which had only been undone a year prior, gave us all a little elbow room to put more time and resources into our coverage. It gets us out in the community a little more; it gets us cameras and laptops and overall, better hometown community reporting.

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