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Dave Van Ronk – Folksinger – Classic Music Reviews
By altrockchick on September 1, 2016 | 3 Comments
Originally published October 2012, completely revised, August 2016.
During my formative years, I formed many things: nice tits, a great ass and a strong aversion to American folk music. Part of that aversion had to do with a brief period in my youth when my mother went through a phase where she incessantly played John Denver records.
She can’t explain it either, and wished I hadn’t reminded her.
Imagine a pretty little girl with a complexion of strawberries-and-cream and a perpetual smile on her face. The camera pans in as she happily plays with her dollies as rock ‘n’ roll plays in the background. Suddenly, the music stops, and after a few minutes, the sounds of “Take Me Home, Country Roads” fills the air. The camera goes in for a close up. As the music plays, the little girl’s expression of innocent delight transforms into a dark, distorted, twisted grimace as if she has just swallowed poison. She lets out a bloodcurdling scream . . . the screen goes dark . . . and the next scene begins with a gaggle of decapitated dolls strewn across the floor.
I hope I’ve made my feelings about John Denver clear.
American folk music has never grabbed me for a number of reasons. For the most part, it’s musically boring and predictable. I know that many people in my parents’ generation think that Bob Dylan is a lyrical genius, and while I wouldn’t go that far, some of his lyrics are better than decent. But Dylan is anything but a musical genius—you can pick up the chords to almost any Dylan song in about five minutes. Woody Guthrie followed the same model: focus on the words, keep the music simple.
I do like folk music from the other side of the pond, particularly Fairport Convention, June Tabor, Steeleye Span and a few others. I am quite passionate about Bulgarian folk music with its weird time signatures and soaring melodies. Lately I’ve become interested in North African folk and chaabi, in part because of my current proximity to Africa and the large number of Moroccan and Algerian immigrants in the area. But when it comes to American folk music, the only artists whose work I truly admire are Phil Ochs and Malvina Reynolds. The vast archives of American folk music hold little interest for me except for a couple of Ramblin’ Jack Elliot renditions, some Leonard Cohen stuff (as long as someone else is singing it), and this one album by Dave Van Ronk.
Dave Van Ronk was an interesting guy—a big, burly, gruff-voiced Brooklynite who relocated to Greenwich Village in his teens and became a serious student and interpreter of American folk music. His autobiography, The Mayor of MacDougal Street, is a hoot, a free-wheeling coming-of-age story, most of which took place during the folk music revival in the early 60’s. In addition to some great stories of the life of a wayward musician, he shared his thoughts on music, and one particular quote caught my eye: a lesson he learned from one of his mentors, Jack Norton:
Never use two notes when one will do. Never use one note when silence will do. The essence of music is punctuated silence. Van Ronk, Dave (2013-10-15). The Mayor of MacDougal Street [2013 edition]: A Memoir (p. 11). Da Capo Press. Kindle Edition.
That’s my Count Basie Theory in a nutshell!
Whether it was song selection, empty spaces or excellent interpretive skills, there is something about Dave Van Ronk’s approach that made American folk music come alive for me. Folksinger is filled with the kind of music that lifts you out of the daily routine and immerses you in a series of all-too human tales of love, betrayal, addiction and loss.
“Samson and Delilah” opens the album, a traditional song Van Ronk learned from mentor Reverend Gary Davis, though recorded under a different title as far back as 1927 by Blind Willie Johnson. What I love about this retelling of the biblical story is that it focuses on the human aspect rather than the spiritual. The Bible has some great stories, but when the various authors shift to moralizing I tune out completely. Here we get two verses that describe Samson as an uncivilized Neanderthal of exceptional strength without any reference to him being “god-fearing.” Delilah’s entry into the scene is described in the same language that later blues musicians would use to describe a hot babe’s grand entrance into the juke joint:
Well, Delilah was a woman, she was fine and fair,
She had lovely looks, God knows, and coal black hair
Delilah worked fast, like Mata Hari on speed:
Well, Delilah climbed up on Samson’s knee,
“Now tell me where your strength lie, if you please?”
Well, she talked so fine, God knows, she talked so fair,
Well now, Samson said, “Delilah, you can shave my hair,
You can shave my hair just as soon as you can
And my strength will be that of a natural man.”
Van Ronk’s sense of vocal dynamics is startling and compelling, as he raises the volume on the just the right words—sometimes a single word— to reflect the libidinal surges Samson experienced. The guitar support remains in deep background so that our full attention is riveted to the story.
Van Ronk turns to Reverend Gary once again for the song that would become his signature song: “Cocaine Blues.” A dramatic monologue from the perspective of cocaine addict, we meet the narrator on the edge of forced withdrawal, describing a life characterized by police harassment, threats of gun violence from his lover and entrapment by a powerfully addictive drug that sickens and controls him. Van Ronk’s tone in the early verses combines resignation, near-exhaustion and an almost helpless sense of humor as the addict quietly reflects on the consequences of addiction.
Cocaine’s for horses, not for men
They tell me it’ll kill me but they won’t say when
Cocaine—runnin’ all ’round my brain
As the waves of nausea intensify, the steady blues-tinged guitar pattern becomes more insistent, and Van Ronk’s voice transforms from defiant resignation to genuine alarm. In the last verse, when he raises his voice to maximum volume, he sounds like he has assimilated the panic of the deprived addict, and explodes in an unrelenting growl of agony and despair:
Come here, baby, come here quick,
This old cocaine’s gonna make me sick,
Cocaine—runnin’ all ‘round my brain.
The sheer intensity of the performance is such that you have to stop the album before playing the next song and give yourself some time to recover from the experience. “Cocaine Blues” is an interpretive masterpiece with few equals in any genre.
Van Ronk figured we’d need something on the light side to follow “Cocaine Blues” and delivers with “You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon.” Refusing to change gender to accommodate his own, Van Ronk plays the role of a woman taunting her about-to-be-ex-lover with the studliness of her new beau:
Well he is the king of lovin’
Just minus of a crown
He’s a good old wagon, daddy
And he ain’t broke down
Van Ronk delights in the role reversal, capturing the woman’s scarcely disguised glee at putting her old man in his place.
“Fixin’ to Die” is an old Bukka White song (“Fixin’ to Die Blues”), one he penned when he “got to wondering how a man feels when he dies.” Bob Dylan’s earlier cover version managed to rescue Bukka from obscurity and made him something of a figure in the 60’s folk revival. Bukka really didn’t think much of this particular song, and while I don’t think it’s one of his best, songs about facing death tend to appeal to the more dramatically inclined interpretistes. Van Ronk’s version is as strong as the original (though I do miss the washboard), and he manages to capture the strange anxiety the dying often feel about things left undone and responsibilities left unfulfilled (particularly family responsibilities).
“Hang Me, Oh Hang Me” is a very quiet number describing the experience of a man on his way to the gallows. Although I’m forever thrown by the Americanized pronunciation of “Girardeau” as “Jordo,” Van Ronk gives a compelling, empathetic performance of a man inflating the extent of his travels to convince himself he has led a full life and won’t be missing much in the grave. It’s followed by the traditional “Long John,” a vivid description of a ramblin’ man who winds up on the chain gang “with my teeth poked out.” It’s also the source material for “Baby Please Don’t Go,” popularized by Big Joe Williams, Muddy Waters and Them. Side 1 ends with an adaptation of a Liberian folk tune, “Chicken Is Nice,” in which a man catalogues a list of undesirable wives whose undesirability stems from cultural stereotypes associated with geography. Van Ronk’s delivery is gentle, bemused and a perfect fit for the narrative.
Another great example that demonstrates why Dave Van Ronk touches my soul and other folk musicians leave me cold can be found in his version of “He Was a Friend of Mine.” I’ve heard versions by Dylan, The Byrds (who turned it into a JFK eulogy) and The Chad Mitchell Trio (!). Only in Dave Van Ronk’s version do I hear the deep mourning, the anger of loss and the existential helplessness one experiences with the death of a friend or loved one. Dave Van Ronk performed this song in the memorial tribute to Phil Ochs, and I can’t believe there was a dry eye left in the house. A great interpretive artist has to combine discipline with empathy, and Dave Van Ronk achieved that rare and difficult balance in this marvelous performance.
“Motherless Children” continues the theme of loss in a growling performance characterized with more bitterness than empathy—the “life is unfair” theme. “Stackalee” is a much more coherent and compelling version of the old folk song than you hear in Lloyd Price’s abbreviated hit, “Stagger Lee.” Van Ronk’s take on the Furry Lewis version emphasizes the terrifying aspect of the lead character, who in real life was a St. Louis pimp and by all accounts, the ultimate bad-ass. After the authorities hang the murderous, sadomasochistic prick, Stack shuttles off to hell, where he has no qualms about taking on Satan himself:
Well, Stack says to The Devil,
‘Devil, let’s us have some fun,
You stab me with your pitchfork
And I’ll shoot you with my gun
When you lose your money, learn to lose
‘Put your pitchfork on the shelf,
I’m a bad man they call Stackalee
I’m gonna rule hell by myself
The song is filled imagery from the world of craps shooting—the ultimate experience of fortune and misfortune—and it never ceases to delight me. Van Ronk’s hard-earned skills at finger-picking are on display here in a yeoman’s display of steady rhythm and brief counterpoints.
“Mr. Noah” is a cute song for children about you-know-who, and I definitely prefer the more adult, sexier “Come Back, Baby” that follows. This is an old Walter Davis song covered by dozens, most notably Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin. Davis was a piano player, and his version is definitely more late night bar with only one lonely guy in the place drowning his sorrows in whatever Joe’s pouring. Van Ronk’s version sounds like he’d just read Thoreau, delivering his plea to his lost love in a tone of quiet desperation, in a glorious display of vulnerability.
Folksinger comes to a close with the one song I don’t care for. “Poor Lazarus” is a modification of the traditional “Po’ Lazarus,” a work song about another bad ass. Unlike “Stackalee,” this song drags on too long, and its placement after the very still “Come Back, Baby” was a curious decision. I usually pick up the needle after “Come Back, Baby” and pronounce myself a happy camper.
Before we leave Folksinger, let us deal with the elephant in the room: Dave Van Ronk was a white guy who sang a lot of black music. Rock is full of singers who have attempted with varying degrees of success to emulate African-American vocalists. While I guess the old saw that imitation is flattery has some value, I think it’s a bit off the mark when it comes to this subject, and way off the mark when it comes to Dave Van Ronk. The more effective imitators attempt to immerse themselves in the feelings they hear in the original singer’s voice, and some are quite effective at it. I don’t think early McCartney was trying to “whitewash” Little Richard the way Pat Boone whitewashed Fats Domino—he heard a terribly exciting voice and wanted to capture that excitement.
Dave Van Ronk took it one step further: his goal was to immerse himself in the black person’s experience and connect through empathy. A passionate socialist, he understood his own white privilege well enough to know that sitting around a feeling guilty about the historical developments that put white people in positions of power was a useless, self-indulgent exercise. Singing the songs from the African-American tradition helped him understand the experience, and the gift of a powerful, sandpapery voice made him a natural for interpreting those undeniably powerful songs.
Folksinger in many ways is a brave attempt at bridging the racial divide, but I’m pretty sure that was not Dave Van Ronk’s intent. He was simply fascinated by the music and wanted to interpret it to the best of his ability, to satisfy his own needs for development and maybe make a few listeners stop and think for a moment. The end result was this masterpiece of American folk, a paean to the gift of empathy and understanding.
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Citation: Definition and Its Types
19 Oct, 2019 | By: Admin | Writing Tips | 257 Views
A citation can be defined as an intellectual reference that is used to describe a source from where data is being used to complete a particular writing task and sources can be of a book, published research paper, websites, and blogs. Citation is considered as an abbreviated expression that is alphanumeric in nature and is embedded in body of intellectual work and is kind of bibliographic reference that aims in acknowledging relevance of other authors' work and citation helps in defining place where information researched by other author is being used.
TYPES OF CITATION
There are various types of citations that can be used by writers according to their preferences and demands by their educational institutions. To write the assignments by using the information or ideas of other writers, it is necessary to cite that particular source. Most of the students simply avail assistance from assignment writers Australia. Generally accepted and preferred references are as follows:
• Oxford
• Harvard
• Turabian
• MLA (Modern Language Association of America)
• ASA (American Sociological Association)
• APA (American Psychological Association)
• AAA (American Anthropological Association)
• CSE (Council of Science Editors)
• CBE (Council of Biology Editors)
It has been found that from all these styles of references the most preferred styles are APA and MLA and demanded highly by most educational institutions and government validation sources.
APA style of citation is the author's data style that is used for referencing and citing. This style of referencing is preferred for citation in most of academic documents such as journal articles and in various books. This citation style is used for citing in field of social science. APA style of citation is used in various fields such as in scientific journals, in books and in academic papers that are written by students in their colleges or universities.
Characteristics of APA style
APA is a complex style of citation and yet most preferred. It has two main characteristics i.e. an in-text citation and reference list.
• In-text Citation: This style of citation involves author-date reference style for citation in text and is accompanied by reference list. For doing reference in APA style, it involves authors name accompanied with year of work. It can also be placed in one parenthesis and is separated using comma that is also known as parenthetical citation or it can also be done by writing author name at starting of sentence in narrative form and year in form of parenthesis and this style is known as narrative citation style.
An example of narrative citation is as follows: Schmidt and Oh (2016) described fear among public and found that findings of science are not real.
Example of Parenthetical citation: In this era, people fear that finding of science is not real (Schmidt & Oh, 2016).
• Reference List: In APA style of the reference list, the list contains name of author, year, title and source form where work has been cited. It is found that if reference is not cited in text, it must be included in reference list.
Example of Reference List: Author, A., & Author, B.(year). Title of article. Journal Title, Volume, Page range. DOI.
MLA is known as the Modern Language Association, which is a type of citation that focuses on literature and language. MLA style is preferred by students according to the requirements of various institutions. This style of referencing is preferred as it includes all the guidelines that are preferred in modern times. There are various other ways to do citations such as Chicago Referencing Style and APA format, but except this MLA is mostly preferred for citation of various literature, arts and other subjects of humanity. In MLA style of citation, the cited information is mentioned accordingly in place where work of other authors has been used and rest details about citation are added at last in Work Cited List.
It has been found that the Modern Language Association is 8th edition and provides standardized way to writers for adding sources to their papers and format them according to educational institutions guidelines. Institutions use same kind of reference for all students as it becomes easy for them to recognize and understand different types of sources that are being adopted by students and writers. This style of citation format is most preferred and exciting as it has been recently updated and it follows one standard format for all kinds of sources.
Format of MLA based citation Author’s last name, first name. “Title of source” Title of Container, name of other contributors, version, numbers, publisher, publication date, and location.
Consider all these points, the next time you sit back to write the assignments. This will surely help in coming out with an excellent and accurate academic paper.
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Owned by Nicole and Buddy Popp, The CBD Shop sits snuggled in a small shopping center in Mandeville. The inconspicuous little shop is home to a wide variety of hemp-derived, third-party tested CBD products developed from natural, non-GMO hemp, and organic ingredients.
The couple’s dive into CBD oil and promoting its benefits started when Nicole began experiencing health issues and was presented with several prescriptions that were both costly and had various negative side effects.
After struggling continuously with the situation for about 5 years, Nicole researched online and found out about CBD oil and its potential uses through online forums.
“I couldn’t believe how great the CBD made me feel and wanted to know why there wasn’t somewhere around here offering a safe environment with access to CBD,” Nicole said.
“The options were head shops and vape shops, which provided little to no information on CBD, the products they were selling, or even how it works in the body. I knew I had to change that!” Nicole added.
CBD/Cannabidiol is one of over 113 compounds found in cannabis that belong to a class of molecules called cannabinoids. Of these cannabinoid compounds, CBD is usually present in the highest concentration (along with THC) are therefore the most recognized and studied. Unlike THC, CBD does not cause a high. CBD is non-psychoactive because it does not act on the same receptors as THC, and the THC content is below 0.3%.
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Nicole notes that CBD oil is often suggested for use in treating anxiety and depression, as well as a potential pharmacological treatment for treating substance abuse and addiction. Her mother passed away from an overdose, and this additional personal experience also contributes to Nicole and Buddy’s dedication to Louisiana’s Cannabis Movement.
“I’ve lost so much to the pharmaceutical industry and decided I was taking matters into my own hands. It is time to start a revolution (to expand our experiences with medicine)!” Nicole said.
With full knowledge of the risks and armed with optimism, the couple opened their Mandeville storefront March 1st, 2018 (they started operations in December 2017). They launched their Covington location June 11th of this year. The CBD shop also offers non-CBD products, including: essential oils, candles, jewelry, and vaping equipment. And, of course, Andi Lynn's Pure & Custom Formulary products - such as PURE Elderberry Syrup, Louisiana FIRE Raw Apple Cider, and Pillow Drops.
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What’s Missing From Call-Out Culture: The Opportunity to Change
Dan Melo
Call-out culture, the act of publicly and collectively reprimanding someone for a past misstep, has longstanding roots in anthropological history. In our online society, in which the past cannot readily be erased, it has been leveraged to take down everyone from politicians to Hollywood stars, and even everyday bullies. Liam Neeson’s recent comments and the public lambasting that followed evidences how powerfully and quickly call-out culture can level an individual. But despite its roots in a behavior-modifying approach to societal progress, call-out culture deprives us of the fundamental purpose of shaming wrongdoers—giving them the chance to change.
The Due Process Problem of Call-Out Culture
David Brooks’s recent op-ed in the New York Times, “The Cruelty of Call-Out Culture,” highlights the tension between the rule of law and social change through ostracism for bad behavior. He focuses on an episode of NPR’s Invisibilia podcast, which recounts the story of Emily, a thirty-year-old punk rocker, whose best friend has been accused of sexual misconduct. While his band mates dismiss the allegations, Emily denounces her best friend on the web as an abuser. The post garners attention, resulting in the friend leaving the band and disappearing from the punk scene. Rumor also has it that the guy concerned has been fired, lost his apartment and is generally not doing well. Emily soon has her own brush with internet justice and is called out for mocking a nude photo of a fellow female student in high school (approximately twelve to fifteen years previously). She too is banished from the punk scene, loses friends and reaches a low point in her life. Despite this, on Invisibilia, she accepts her lot: she feels terrible and she’s sorry but she believes she deserved the call-out. Emily is part of a steadily growing group, which includes the likes of director James Gunn, TV star Roseanne Barr and politician Tulsi Gabbard.
In my first two years of college, I frequently used the word gay to describe things I thought were dumb. I squirmed uncomfortably when one of the openly gay students sat near me in the cafeteria. I laughed at unfair stereotypes about gay people, at the expense of gay students and professors. However, through experience, kindness and a few direct ideological assaults on the pejorative use of the word gay, I came to realize that harboring such a prejudice was wrong and—most importantly—could and possibly did hurt others. I was never called out publicly, but I would clearly have deserved it, under our current notions of justice. I remain ashamed of my former views, and now advocate for and celebrate LGBT rights. This arc of progress took place in part because I was pushed to change but also given enough room to do so. This is the ideal way to persuade someone to come around on something. I was confronted with new information and, given time, shifted my view and behavior dramatically. Could a similar—or even better—process have taken place through abject social shaming?
Wrangham, the anthropologist on the Invisibilia episode, details the ways in which we use social isolation and the pain it causes as a way of keeping the peace, enforcing moral codes and maintaining the safety of the community. He points to the fact that we register social isolation in the same regions of the brain in which we register physical pain. Wrangham ultimately sees this method—domestication through pain—as something that protected early societies from bullies, who would otherwise have ruled by brute force. Call-outs, in this view, keep people in line and protect us from villains.
However, even assuming that ostracizing (or even murdering bullies—an example Wrangham mentions) helped society to progress in the past, that obviously does not mean this continues to hold true. David Brooks argues that the zealotry of a “tribal mentality—us/them, punk/non-punk, victim/abuser” depersonalizes everything and reduces it to a black and white struggle of good versus evil. This eliminates proportionality and removes the distinction “between R. Kelly and a high school girl sending a mean emoji.” He argues that—despite the suggestions of some anthropologists that this form of vigilante justice keeps bullies in line (and thereby advances civilization)—giving people the power to “destroy lives without any process” brings us one step closer to genocide. We should not make group decisions on justice and peace, since such mob verdicts have resulted in some terrible outcomes: lynchings, fascism, etc.
However, Brooks largely ignores the question of whether, in cases of clear wrongdoing, call-out culture actually works. Emily’s response alone demonstrates that call-out culture is capable of providing an impetus towards remorse and even change. I personally could have been shamed into a different perspective on LGBT issues. There’s a reason—though possibly not an optimal one—that call-out culture continues to thrive in our societies. Moreover, as Invisibilia’s producer, Hanna Rosin, tweeted, Brooks is setting up a false war between the rule of law and cruelty. The rule of law can—and has—condoned cruelty: slavery, apartheid and eugenics, for example. However, Rosin’s objection supplants one fallacy for another. The fact that the rule of law has at times propagated cruelty does not make mob rule just. In addition, the due process problem of call-out culture is not its most insidious feature. The far more significant question—one that neither Brooks nor the Invisibilia hosts answer—is whether the presumed purpose of call-out culture (fixing undesirable behavior) actually works.
The Missing Piece
Even assuming that there is still a legitimate need for this method of moderating behavior and advancing civility, a fundamental piece is missing in current call-out culture: the opportunity for redemption. In addition to the deterrent effect on other members of the group (a group far more vast than early human communities, especially because of the internet), the purpose of call-out culture is to alter unwanted behavior. The objective is to give the perpetrator the opportunity to do better in future.
But call-out culture defeats its own purposes. There’s no room for change in Emily’s story. Call-out culture presumes malice and is indifferent to mitigating circumstances. Once a villain, always a villain. Call-out culture has come to see its role as policing bad behavior in a retributive fashion: the assumption is that tearing down fellow human beings will somehow eliminate their past bad behavior. There are a multitude of cases like Emily’s, in which someone made a poor decision at some remote point in the past. Call-out culture can suddenly and arbitrarily force someone to atone for such a decision by being stripped of her humanity. As Brooks laments, this is as much about the person doing the tearing down and the catharsis that it brings him, as it is about the perpetrator. Call-out culture seems increasingly concerned with the thrill of social assassination, rather than with remedying undesirable behavior. It does not seek justice for the wronged, but the destruction of the wrongdoer.
Redemption is much more than a few feel-good moments, which alleviate the perpetrator’s moral burden of wrongdoing. It’s an acknowledgment that humans, in our infinite complexity, are capable of change. Call-out culture leaves no path open whereby someone can achieve a new perspective, either before or after the call-out. Because so much of call-out culture now takes place on the internet—and therefore at a distance—call-out culture also presumes that redemption is unnecessary. The guilty party has been punished, end of story. But this also betrays a faulty premise, which violates the silver rule of our social contract: do not expose others to harm to which you are unwilling to expose yourself. The destroyed villain is still out there, in the world, changed or not, having committed a cruelty for which she cannot perform atonement. Emily cannot apologize to the person she mocked—the primary aggrieved party—nor can she explain herself to the multitude of stone throwers. Instead, she now carries the burden of her own past cruelty and may pass it on to someone else. Call-out culture fosters cyclical, retributive justice, in which relief always comes at another’s expense.
This violation of the silver rule is call-out culture’s most damning feature: it doles out treatment everyone would give but no one would receive. We all deserve the opportunity I had—the chance to correct personal mistakes, misunderstandings and poor choices. Call-out culture requires us to slam the door in people’s faces and throw away the key, then cross our fingers and hope we are not on the other side of that same door one day. We can still hold people accountable: we do not have to give them their TV shows back, restore them as directors of movie franchises, or vote them into office. Even redemption does not absolve them of responsibility. But true accountability leaves room for the chance—however slim—that people can change their minds and help advance society. One’s humanity should not be so easily lost. Call-out culture ignores a reality at the heart of the human experience: we advance best by learning from our mistakes, not by being destroyed by them. I know because I was once a villain and I lived to tell the tale.
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Kurt Anderson says:
One thing that needs to be avoided is false equivalence of various call outs.
Proponents of call-out culture’s effectiveness ignore the fact that being called out by ones family and friends carries one set of psychological responses while being called out by faceless (and possibly fictitious) strangers on the internet carries a completely different set of psychological responses. The reason I stopped using the term “gay” as a stand-in for “dumb” (or whatever) was because, in high school, a close friend of mine heard me use it and said “please don’t use ‘gay’ that way.” She didn’t attack me, but she did call me out. She didn’t judge me as a person, but she didn’t hide that she considered my behavior unacceptable. And I never intentionally used “gay” in that way again.
There are call outs and there are call outs. To conflate the calling out by a tribe member (in the anthropological sense; the 50 – 150 people you know) and the calling out by an angry, faceless, inhuman mob only muddied the issue.
I like the article a lot, and agree with much, but I basically disagree. Call out culture *does* bring with it an opportunity to change. It’s just that the requirements are so onerous as to be preposterous.
To be more specific, the most often cited requirement from a sinner is to dedicate themselves to a lifetime of ‘allyship’, which is defined thus: “Take on the struggle as your own. Stand up, even when you feel scared. Transfer the benefits of your privilege to those who lack it. Acknowledge that while you, too, feel pain, the conversation is not about you.” (1)
So the opportunity to change is there. It just requires a lifetime of ideological servitude.
http://www.guidetoallyship.com/
the purpose of callout culture is to distract ourselves from our own failings by dogpiling on others for theirs.
ccscientist says:
The purpose of call-out culture is first to loudly proclaim that one is better than the accused and more noble, and to do this by destroying them. The destruction is intentional because it shows the power of the mob and is intended to sow terror. There is no interest in apologies or redemption. None.
There was a prof who wore a halloween costume of her favorite author-a black man-to a party at her own house. The fact that she did it to honor him was of no consequence–it was “blackface”. The mobs are alert to signs of heresy, of violation of their norms, which change daily and are arbitrary. How dare those two white ladies in Portland learn to make really good tacos and open a food truck!!! How dare the Princeton prof defend the right of students to wear stupid costumes!! They make members of conservative religious groups seem positively laid-back and lacking in taboos.
In addition to the excellent point made by Ray Andrew the other pernicious aspect of ‘call out’ culture missed by the author is the way in which it’s tied to identity politics and privilege theory.
Rather than how normal discourse works in modern society, whereby all people are generally free to weigh up the criticism based on what’s said (reasonable people acting in good faith will hopefully see where an error has been made and change), and respond (ideas of importantance of free speech applying), call out culture rests on the identity and relative privilege of the parties involved.
You may think the accusation nonsense, you may think your accusers have ignored context or intent, but if your accusers come from an ‘oppressed group’ or have less ‘privilege’ than you, the only moral response is to cede to their demands whatever they may be, and no matter how weak the grounds for the accusation may be. You should also be greatful.
The similarity to aspects of the Maoist Cultural Revolution shouldn’t escape anyone.
‘Call out culture’ is a pernicious idea without any redeeming values. It’s a kind of totalitarian thinking, that any people interested in justice need to reject entirely.
somsai says:
Great article and comment, thanks to both.
Ray Andrews says:
“the purpose of call-out culture is to alter unwanted behavior.”
No, it isn’t. The purpose of Stalin’s show trials was not to bring counter revolutionaries into the socialist fold. The intention of Mao’s Red Guards was not to help Confucian scholars to made advancement into socialist thinking. McCarthy was not interested in helping suspected Communist intellectuals to see the advantages of democracy and capitalism. Hitler was not interested in helping the Jews to become better citizens of the Reich.
The ultimate enemy is the enemy within. We make sacrifices to the gods from among ourselves and if the sacrifice is entirely innocent that is all the better, but sometimes we are helped to make the selection by the fact that they have committed some fault — but really the smaller the better, that is the measure of our holiness, that we cannot tolerate the smallest deviation. The Jews understood this when they sent the scapegoat into the wilderness. No, the goat was not guilty of anything but that was just the point. Reread “The Lottery” by Jackson. Reread “Animal Farm”. When the sheep confess their sins they are not forgiven, they have their throats torn out by the dogs.
The author is right that callout culture has no redemption, but he is wrong that it even seeks to alter behavior — it seeks to signal virtue on the part of the twiterii, and it looks for sacrifices. The sacrifice is our effort to ‘throw away’ our sins by putting them on one of ourselves and killing her.
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Sexual Histories: Western Sexualities from Medieval to Modern Times
Using examples from the USA and Europe, this course explores the shifting meanings, languages and practices of western sexualities. It is a sustained – and hopefully extremely interesting – exploration of sex as a social, cultural and historical construct.
Topics covered will include origins and development in the ancient world and early Christian ideologies, images of the body, the roles of gender, reproduction and marriage in sexuality, homosexual identities, Victorian ideologies and behaviour, changing discourses of pornography, the modern privileging of sex and the impact of AIDS.
At Stage I we introduce students to some of the basic aspects of the study of history. In "Sexual Histories" you will gain new knowledge about sexualities in western history, but, even more importantly, you will come to view both sexuality and history in unexpected new ways.
You will also be introduced to some of the varying interpretations of historians who have written on the history of sexualities, and to some primary materials to show the kinds of evidence on which historians base their interpretations and explanations.
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Poll: Does anybody remember these TV shows from the 90's?
Which of these TV shows from the 90's (1990-1999) do you like/love?
1. Seinfeld
3. Law and Order
4. Beverly Hills 90210
6. The Simpsons
7. Martin
8. Full House
9. Saved By The Bell
10. Walker Texas Ranger
11. Married...With Children
12. Daria
13. Beavis and Butt-Head
14. Sister Sister
15. Melrose Place
16. Boy Meets World
17. Dinosaurs
18. Murder, She Wrote
19. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
20. The Golden Girls
21. In Living Color
22. Saturday Night Live
23. The Heat of the Night
24. Matlock
25. L.A. Law
26. The Wayans Bros.
27. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
28. The Wonder Years
29. Herclues The Legendary Journeys
30. Baywatch
31. Xena The Warrior Princess
32. Sabrina The Teenage Witch
33. Wings
34. Cheers
35. Night Court
36. King of the Hill
37. Step by Step
38. Growing Pains
39. Home Improvment
40. Touched by an Angel
41. The Nanny
42. Mad About You
43. Roseanne
44. The Different World
45. The Cosby World
46. Doogie Howser, M.D.
47. Goosebumps
48. Family Guy
49. V.R. Troopers
50. Paficic Blue
51. La Femme Nikita
52. Star Trek The Next Generation
53. Star Trek Deep Space Nine
54. Star Trek Voyager
55. Power Rangers Zeo
56. Power Rangers Turbo
58. Power Rangers in Space
59. Mortal Kombat Conquest
60. Superhuman Samurai Syber Sqaud
61. Hangin' With Mr. Cooper
62. In The House
63. Who's The Boss
64. Dream On!
65. Tales from the Crypt
66. Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
67. Blossom
68. Murphy Brown
69. South Park
70. Empty Nest
71. Designing Women
72. The Young and the Restless
73. General Hospital
74. All My Children
75. Parker Lewis Can't Lose
76. Get a Life
77. Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills
78. Kenan and Kel
79. All That
80. Clarissa Explans It All
81. The Mysteries Flies of Shelby Woo
82. The Secert World of Alex Mack
83. My Brother and Me
84. The Adventures of Pete and Pete
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86. Hey Dude
87. Are You Afraid of the Dark?
88. Welcome Freshmen
89. Ghostwriter
90. Guiding Light
91. The Steve Harvey Show
92. Twin Peaks
93. Grace Under Fire
94. Lois and Clark The New Adventures of Superman
95. Mad TV
96. Sweet Valley High
97. Eerie, Indiana
98. The Real World
99. ER
100. NYPD Blue
101. Other_______(Any other TV Shows from the 90's besides these list I put down)
Some of the shows I forgot is...Cousin Skeeter, Living Single, New York Undercover, Perfect Strangers, Coach, Major Dad and More
Any of Shows from the 90's that you watch back in the day.
Don't forget Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Terry Gx
The Wonder Years, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and for #101: Dragon Ball Z.
That's quite a list. Don't forget about the game shows like Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, and The Price is Right that were very popular.
There's also Due South about a Canadian Mountie. And Northern Exposure about a fictional Alaskan town.
wow i watch 75 percent of those religiously...i also have every signle star trek series on dvd (including the cartoon) & fresh prince on dvd as well.
i have all the 'danger bay' episodes on youtube...you might not know aobut it if you're not canadan...particularly a vancouver area resident...it ended in 1990 so still counts...barely. lol
what about lassie & the littllest hobo & little house on the prairie?
highway to heaven
black stallion tv series
marty stouffers wild america
lorne greene's wild wilderness
"sigh" i wish i was back in the 80/90 again....
Yeap
FRIENDS! I love that show. I have it on DVD and have watched it so often I could repeat each episode word for word. But I won't. It would take too long to type ;)
Mr Polish power
Boy meets world was the best!
umm you forgot Bananas in pyjamas
Why are women with the name Karen always really annoying ?
Will he send me to hell to burn for eternity if I use Jesus and emojis in the same sentence?
If I were dying and could only be saved by a kiss from you, would you kiss me to save my life?
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mydogistheoneilove asked in Arts & HumanitiesHistory · 6 months ago
Do the Romans still exist? Like, from the Roman Empire?
Not all, but many Italians I’ve met seem to have ties to their past. For some reason in recent years, I have been extremely damaged by Italian Americans. Like my ex-wife, a psychiatrist that I went to, current and past landlords, somebody I loaned a couple of thousand dollars to who never paid me back, and so on. MANY others too numerous to mention. There just seem to be a lot of them in the state in which I currently live, CT. WAY too many. In politics and government, and they’re all extremely corrupt.I truly believe that a lot of these people have some kind of mental defects that they’ve inherited from their sadistic Roman ancestors who crucified Jesus Christ. They come across that way. As psychopaths. It’s interesting that there are so many of them in CT because a recent study concluded that there are more psychopaths in CT than in any other state.They seem to be very sadistic .They’re also pathological liars and natural thieves, who will steal from you and then mock you afterwards
Please tell me you jest. In the sense that the Roman Empire dissolved many centuries ago, none would be alive today. In the sense that people living in Rome could be called Roman, yes. If you are asking if descendants of citizens of the Roman Empire could be alive today, yes, but many generations have past and they probably intermingled with others.
I'm not too sure wasn't that years ago I don't know if they exist bro.
Just as Americans are not British, Italians are not Romans.
Greg Toolson
Also plebeians were citizens too, just lower class. After the Social Wars citizenship was granted to most of Italy. Julius Caesar later granted it to most of Spain and France. Finally Caracalla gave everyone in the empire full citizenship.
Louie O
No, Mussolini wanted to rebuild the Roman Empire but he didn't get very far with it.
yes they did .................
Roman was a nationality, not a genetic thing.
So no they don't exist the same way Soviets don't exist anymore.
Less than one per cent of the population of Switzerland still speak Latin and has continually since the Roman Empire, and have never stopped.
Apparently the language of Romania is quite similar to Latin.
Italians call them "Romano" - the Romans. Certainly there is a DNA connection. Italians feel no more cultural connection to them than the French do to the Gauls or the Brits do to the Saxons. WAY past history. But it's not like they don't cherish their history - Rome has ancient structures all over.
Italians are Romans and descendants of people who lived long ago
Why people were generally happier decades ago than now?
Do you think many people suffered from depression and anxiety in the 18th century and before that era? Why do people suffer it now so much?
Can we argue that no side was "good" or "bad" during World War II?
most native American's sided with the _ in the war? what's the missing Answer?
How come people were more nice a 100 years ago than today?
What happens when an anthropologist meets a historian?
Is it true the Brita and Rome never got along?
what are the cocteau twins saying in cherry coloured funk?
What are some great facts about the anti-communist resistance movements ? ?
I hate democratic china I just want independent canton?
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https://apnews.com/1435c974400f41f787a2efff71c9e185
Brian Maurer
Jeremy Pruitt
Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Kylin Hill
Defense delivers as Tennessee tops Mississippi State 20-10
By STEVE MEGARGEEOctober 12, 2019 GMT
Tennessee defensive back Nigel Warrior (18) celebrates their 20-10 win over Mississippi State an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s defense finally delivered the kind of performance that Jeremy Pruitt’s teams produced consistently during his career as an assistant coach.
The Volunteers intercepted three passes, shut down Southeastern Conference rushing leader Kylin Hill and withstood an injury to quarterback Brian Maurer in a 20-10 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday.
Tennessee (2-4, 1-2 SEC) ended a six-game skid against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents by providing the kind of effort Vols fans had expected from their defense ever since Pruitt — a former national championship defensive coordinator at Alabama and Florida State — took over Tennessee’s program last season.
Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt details how his defense was able to produce more big plays Saturday. pic.twitter.com/ab7f3O5lVQ
— Steve Megargee (@stevemegargee) October 12, 2019
“We played clean on defense,” said Darrell Taylor, who recorded two of Tennessee’s seven sacks. “We were preaching that all week. That has pretty much been our motto all week. We played clean on defense — and we played fast.”
Before Saturday, Tennessee just had eight sacks all season to match Texas A&M and Vanderbilt for the lowest total of any SEC team. Tennessee recorded 10 tackles for loss against Mississippi State (3-3, 1-2) after having just two last week in a 43-14 loss to No. 3 Georgia.
Tennessee safety Nigel Warrior said the difference was evident in practice this week and that defensive line coach Tracy Rocker had pointed it out.
Tennessee safety Nigel Warrior discusses what made the difference for the Vols’ defense this week. pic.twitter.com/Rfgg7Rxd3c
“Coach Rocker, he said when we were younger we all had that little boy that just wanted to play football no matter what,” said Warrior, who had an interception and two pass breakups. “We came out and played like those little boys who were in the front yard or backyard and wanted to go ball out and just wanted to touch the ball.”
It was obvious in the way Tennessee handled Hill.
Hill entered the day averaging 119.2 yards rushing per game, but Tennessee limited him to 13 yards on 11 carries.
“We just couldn’t find any offensive rhythm,” Mississippi State coach Joe Moorhead said.
Mississippi State coach Joe Moorhead on Kylin Hill’s inability to find running room. pic.twitter.com/YA2STAkt1Q
That dominant defense helped Tennessee overcome the loss of Maurer, who was 4 of 7 for 61 yards with two interceptions in his second career start.
The Vols led 7-3 when Maurer dove at the end of a 13-yard run and landed head-first late in the second quarter. The freshman quarterback grabbed the back of his neck immediately after the play, stayed in the game for the rest of that series but didn’t play again.
Pruitt said after the game that Maurer sustained a concussion. Jarrett Guarantano, who had lost his job as Tennessee’s starting quarterback last week, stepped in for Maurer and went 6 of 7 for 106 yards.
Tennessee WR Tyler Byrd describes how the Vols responded after QB Brian Maurer’s injury. pic.twitter.com/hqdKZfyosY
Guarantano’s outing included a game-clinching 39-yard completion to Tyler Byrd with 2:35 left. Tennessee was clinging to a 13-10 lead when Byrd caught a pass about 2 yards beyond the line of scrimmage, went to his left and raced down the sideline until he reached the end zone.
“Today was extremely fun,” Byrd said.
Let’s check in on the locker room ... pic.twitter.com/XEcXoom0BG
— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) October 12, 2019
It wasn’t nearly as much fun for Mississippi State,
Mississippi State quarterback Tommy Stevens was benched in favor of freshman Garrett Shrader after the Penn State graduate transfer went 6 of 11 for 67 yards and throwing two interceptions in the first half.
Shrader was 5 of 10 for 79 yards with a touchdown and an interception. He also ran for 62 yards on 13 carries.
Mississippi State: The Bulldogs need to figure out their quarterback situation as they head into the toughest part of their schedule. Three of their next four games are against No. 5 LSU, No. 24 Texas A&M and No. 1 Alabama. Their lack of a consistent passing game is starting to hamper Hill. After rushing for over 100 yards in Mississippi State’s first four contests, he’s been held below 50 yards in back-to-back games.
Tennessee: The good news for the Vols is that their defense appeared to come of age Saturday. The bad news is that defensive back Trevon Flowers was injured in the first half and linebacker Henry To’o To’o received a targeting penalty in the second half. Pruitt said after the game that Flowers broke his leg. The targeting penalty to To’o To’o means one of the Vols’ top defenders must sit out the first half of their game next week at No. 1 Alabama.
STYLE CHANGE
Tennessee wore orange pants for the first time since a 49-36 victory over Kentucky on Nov. 12, 2016.
BULLDOGS’ SUSPENSION UPDATE
Mississippi State couldn’t blame this loss on suspensions.
When the NCAA placed Mississippi State on probation in August after determining a part-time student tutor had completed coursework for athletes in an online class, 10 football players received eight-game suspensions as part of the penalties. Mississippi State can pick and choose which games the suspended players will sit out. All those players were eligible to participate in Saturday’s game.
“I look back and I see a brown spot in the air, and I said, ‘The only brown spot I know is the ball,’ ” Warrior describing his third-quarter interception.
Nigel Warrior will take THAT 💥 pic.twitter.com/i4lgUob7tI
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) October 12, 2019
Mississippi State hosts LSU on Saturday.
Tennessee visits Alabama on Saturday.
Follow Steve Megargee at https://twitter.com/
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Snapchat 12+
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3.8, 235.6K Ratings
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panda9075323 , 09/03/2019
Ngl it’s a good app but...
I’ve had this app for maybe two years, almost three, and I’ve never had any issue with it. I always loved the app, it was fun, and a great app to use to pass time, but obviously there have been many changes throughout the years with this app. For example, the thick black outline that’s around the logo... it just doesn’t look that appealing like it used to be. I deleted the app some time ago but decided to reinstall it because I wanted to have the app back. When I saw the new logo I thought it was a knock off of the original app. I was utterly confused, but then came to realize it was the actual app. I was disappointed because when you change things about an app it’s obviously suppose to improve its previous difficulties and help make more people be interested in the app itself, and I was not. Not only was it the logo but other things about the app that you “fixed” were just annoying and unnecessary in my opinion.
On a good note though, it is a fun app to use while texting and sending photos to friends. It’s also great if you want to share your moments with your friends just by taking a couple seconds out of your day. Finally, it’s also one of my favorite apps to use to pass some time.
The Exclusive 1 , 08/23/2019
A New Update that Caused a Virus on my Phone
As of August 20,2019 Snapchat had a another update and I thought maybe it would make a few improvements. Turns out I was wrong because that day on Wednesday morning I woke up and opened up my Snapchat to church my 66 total streaks that I had. When I got on Snap I had saw 2 of my streaks were dead than snap crashed. I opened snap up repeatedly but it kept crashing. So than I restarted the app, my phone, and deleted unnecessary apps from my phone but nothing had changed anytime I opened my phone. I even took the liberty to delete the app and re-download it but the result was the same when I logged in to the app it kept crashing. I went to my phone provider Network store to see if I was doing something wrong preventing me to get on snap but the store associate told me the app may have put a virus or a bug on my phone 😡. I have used SC for 3 years and this situation has never occurred on my phone but now it has came to a point that Snapchat gives horrible updates. All of the old features was decent and it was fun but it will be great if they keep some of the new features that they added a while back and bring back the old features which would make Snapchat way better but I guess. The only thing that I know is I can not open Snapchat without it crashing over and over ever since the last update. No other apps on my phone acts like this besides Snapchat 🤷🏽♂️
Hello from da uther siiidee , 06/08/2019
Needs a Bug Fix!
So, I love Snapchat. It’s my most used app and it’s my first way of trying to get ahold of someone. There have been some issues though. Most of the time, it will show me snaps and chats and videos that I’ve already opened multiple times. It’ll say “Tap to Load” the second or third time around, and once I tap it the snap, video, or chat goes away. It’s super annoying. Also, I have to wait on everything to load. I don’t know if this is an issue with my phone or what, but I don’t know how to fix it. It’s not that my wifi connection isn’t strong, because my friend can just swipe right over to her messages, but I can’t. I have to wait for my Bitmoji or my Story loads and pops up in its spot. If I don’t wait, then all of my old messages and stuff come back. They still do it even if I’ve already replied to them once. Another issue I just encountered was it not showing up. I received a text last night, but I didn’t open it. When I woke up this morning, I go to check it, and there’s no message there. There isn’t even the saved chats. It does that sometimes too, it deletes our saved chats. Anyway, when I go to the person who texted me, it just says “Received 7 hours ago” even though I never opened the message. I tried to contact Snapchat Help on the app, but the profile was nowhere to be found. So, I deleted the app and I’m re-installing it now. Thank you for reading!
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Formula 1 / Brazilian GP / Breaking news
New FIA crash response system makes F1 debut in Brazil
New rapid crash assessment technology from the FIA made its debut over the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend and is due to be rolled out beyond Formula 1.
Full details of the new system will be presented at an FIA meeting next month but FIA Formula 1 medical delegates Ian Roberts and Alain Chantegret gave a brief outline to select media including Motorsport.com in Brazil last weekend.
The basic premise is being able to send data to race control without using radio, and feed back video, which is in its early stages.
It is a system that has been developed for more than a year and will not be restricted to F1, with rallying tipped to be a key beneficiary.
Chantegret said: “In December we have a meeting in St Petersburg and will present a new technology that we started to use in Sao Paulo to have rapid assessment between the medical car and race control.
“It’s a very, very important step for the safety.”
Officials believe even if it only saves “10 or 20 seconds” of feeding back crucial data from the site of a crash it is a “fantastic opportunity”.
Roberts explained: “It allows race control to understand immediately what is happening at the accident site and so resources can be mobilised sooner.
“The medical centre can be put on standby for any particular reason.
“It enables things to move more quickly and reliably in terms of the information.
“This is about the quality of the information and if we can knock off 10 seconds or 20 seconds [it’s good].”
While the enhanced method of assessing crash sites may be of limited value to F1, it will be used in other categories.
Rallying is targeted as an obvious discipline where the technology will be of great use.
“It’s important on the circuit but I think it will be more important in rallying,” said Chantegret.
“You can have the race control somewhere and have a crash 200km away, and with this device we can have the rapid assessment immediately.
“It’s very important, we can go by satellite, and it’s not necessary to go by car to see [what has happened].
“It’s a very big step.”
The crashed car of Marcus Ericsson, Sauber C37 is recovered on Q1
Photo by: Manuel Goria / Sutton Images
Insight: Toro Rosso's latest tech experiments
Ocon must learn respect or he'll squander his career
Event Brazilian GP
Author Scott Mitchell
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Hassan Mudane
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SOMALIA’S NEW SCAPEGOAT
March 20, 2018 · by Hassan Mudane · in Maqaallo · Leave a comment
Ethiopia was widely seen as Somalia’s scapegoat for a long time, and now even the United Arab Emirates appears to join the club.
The last two weeks were full of confusion for Somalia. It resulted after the tripartite agreement signed between UAE’s DP World, Ethiopia, and Somaliland without consulting with the Somali Government of Somalia (FGS). According to the agreement, Somaliland took 30%; Ethiopia acquired 19% while DP World became the major shareholder with 51%. However, FGS rejected the agreement over the Port of Berbera arguing that it violated “the Somali constitution and unity.”
Worse Than Before
Back on February 8, 2017, when the current government headed by President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmaajo” and Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre came to power, Somalia’s relations with UAE deteriorated. What happened? Let us look back briefly at the historical diplomatic ties between the two countries.
Both countries have long diplomatic relations, and also they are the Member States of the Arab League. Their relationships are mainly based on economic collaboration. The UAE has provided opportunities for Somali businessmen to trade from Dubai to Mogadishu, but their diplomatic relationship has not lasted long. It has been fragile for the last years. What brought the two countries’ diplomatic ties from sweet to bitter? Here, are two reasons:
First, the UAE has worrisome concern over the Somali-Turkey relationship, thus, The UAE sees this diplomatic ties as a threat both to its geopolitical security and economy. Nevertheless, Turkey and the UAE are geopolitically keen to have influence in the Horn of Africa. Somalia has also been keen to exploit the advantages of its strategic location at the mouth of the Red Sea, in an area that has been geopolitically important to the superpowers, and Arab powers including the UAE and Saudi Arabia to obtain economic aid. Second, during the Qatar-Gulf Crisis, the UAE and its alliance tried to convince Somalia to be on their side but Somalia decided to remain neutral and non-aligned. This decision by Mogadishu did not go well with the UAE.
However, it is safe to say that UAE has increased its influence in Somalia when the Turkish government came to Somalia in 2011 for humanitarian reasons, as they claimed. Moreover, this geopolitical competition looks like a cold war between Turkey and UAE in the region, which has its roots in the interest of Somalia’s strategic location. Since independence in 1960, Somalia’s relations with UAE were coloured by trade factor. The two countries have been trading even before the oil boom.
The UAE’s foreign policy towards Somalia started to change in late 2017, respectively, when Mogadishu moved politically closer to Qatar largely in an effort to maintain good relations with the Turkish government. The UAE and its alliance considered Qatar as a threat if not an enemy. Thus, Qatar’s friend became an enemy too. However, Somalia’s relations with UAE have fluctuated over the past years, and the economic support it has obtained from the UAE has been somewhat unpredictable. While Somalia is not at war with UAE, the internal political situation appears to make it difficult for Mogadishu to improve its relations with Dubai.
The irrational Decisions
Here, I will present three major decisions which are considered as irrational. These decisions are made by the FGS to its end. First is the incident that took place last year when the federal government decided to hand over Abdikariim Sheikh Muuse (Qalbidhagax), to Ethiopia. Qalbidhagax was a former military veteran who fought in the 1977 war against Ethiopia. This decision became very controversial. It was an irrational decision which caused him much pain and suffering in the hand of his enemy without his consent and willingness, and since then, the federal government has failed to take responsibility.
Second, critics are of the opinion Somalia took an irrational decision for not considering the national interest over the private one when it stood on the nonaligned position in the Qatar-Gulf Crisis. Now it is paying the price by facing waves of domestic challenges, particularly security problems. Again, the federal government did not take its responsibility. Finally, on the night of Sunday the 18th of December 2017, Somali security forces carried out an operation that resulted in the arrest of Abdurahman Abdishakur Warsame, a powerful opposition leader and killed five of his security guards. The government did not accept its responsibility, though it did apologize.
What all these irrational decisions had in common is the lack of taking responsibility and blaming scapegoats for its domestic illness. Simultaneously, the federal government uses Ethiopia, Al-Shabab and UAE as scapegoats to hide its irrational decisions and not taking its responsibility. Ethiopia is widely seen as Somalia’s scapegoat for a long time, and now even the UAE appears to join the club.
However, the federal government must take seriously its responsibility for domestic problems including the security without using the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Al-Shabab as scapegoats. Additionally, Somalia’s foreign politics should be based on rational calculation rather than emotional.
By Hassan Mudane
Email: Mudanep5@gmail.com
The writer is an Author and an Analyst with interests in Africa’s armed conflicts. He is currently working on his Master’s degree in African Studies and International Relations at the Istanbul Ticaret University. He is based in Istanbul, Turkey.
Source: http://www.wardheernews.com
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Movies - Badger Books Catalogue
Welcome to our new catalogue about the movies. No movies, alas, instead books – histories, introductions, monographs of individuals and movies, national movements, business, genres, autobiographies and biographies, cinemas, festivals and screenings, essays and reviews, reference, exhibition catalogues, screenplays, anthologies, novels and a poem; and printed ephemera – posters, programs, press kits, issues of journals, screenings and seasons. Or, a little more dramatically, books and posters about: trash-film, L’Atalante x 3, Iris Barry, Alice Guy Blaché, cinematography, darkness, Anatole Dauman, Jean Epstein, the exalted, fantastic, Paul Fejos, Fish Tank, John Garfield, Charles Hawtrey, The Day of the Locust, Michael Hordern, interlopers, invasion, La Jetée, sound, marginalised, minutiae, Townsville Cinema Group, serials, sources, threats, Lana Turner, Vanguard Films, Les Vampires, Zéro de Conduite and Adolph Zukor.
[48724] ACCOMPANIMENT.
Guralnick, Peter, Robert Santelli, Holly George-Warren and Christopher John Farley edit
The Blues - a Musical Journey
New York: Amistad. First American edition, 2003.
Anthology to accompany the PBS series of seven episodes directed by Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Richard Pearce, Charles Burnett, Marc Levin, Mike Figgis and Clint Eastwood; texts divided to correspond to each of the episodes, combination of contemporary and primary sources, authors include Zora Neale Hurston, Luc Sante, Bob Dylan, William Faulkner and Ralph Ellison; illustrated.
Fine in dustwrapper.
[48221] ACTION.
Baxter, John
Stunt - the Story of the Great Movie Stuntmen
London: Macdonald. First English edition, 1973.
From the beginnings of cinema up to "Little Big Man" and "What's Up, Doc?" - the movies before "computer generated effects and visual illiteracy"; illustrated; signed by the author in the year of publication.
Very good in dustwrapper.
[48650] ADULTS ONLY.
Friedman, David F. with Don De Nevi
A Youth in Babylon - Confessions of a Trash-Film King
New York: Prometheus Books. First American edition, 1990.
Autobiography of the producer of, among many not that dissimilar to each other, "Blood Feast", "She Freak", "The Defilers", "Space Thing" and "Two Thousand Maniacs"; illustrated, not indexed, a useful glossary instead; and inscribed by the author to "____ A pleasure working with you ..." in 1997.
The author's blind stamp on the front free endpaper, laid in is a piece of his letterhead containing handwritten directions. Fine in dustwrapper with a mark at the base of the spine.
[48701] AFTER HOURS.
Scorsese, Martin
Warsaw: [1986].
Original Polish poster for Martin Scorsese's movie of a long night in New York following Paul Hackett down a series of ever more terrifying rabbit holes; the poster, designed by Andrzej Pagowski, sets out something of the spirit of the unusual juxtapositions encountered during this night out.
Poster measures 68 x 94cms. Fine. Rolled.
[48537] ROBERT ALDRICH.
Silver, Alain and James Ursini
What Ever Happened to Robert Aldrich?
New York: Limelight Editions. First American edition, 1995.
Published twelve years after the director's death; foreword by Burt Lancaster, illustrated, extensive filmography including short films, television work, actor; and an interview with the director, c.30pp., from 1970.
[48687] ROBERT ALTMAN.
McGilligan, Patrick
Robert Altman - Jumping off the Cliff
New York: St. Martin's Press. First American edition, 1989.
From Kansas City to his contribution to "Aria", hits and misses in between; 600+pp., illustrated and indexed.
Scattered foxing to extremities, else fine in dustwrapper.
Zuckoff, Mitchell assembles
Robert Altman - the Oral Biography
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. First American edition, 2009.
Over 40 contributors - colleagues, family members, friends and enemies - worked up into a composite portrait of the director and aiming to simulate the structure of the movies from Altman's golden period in the 1970s; 560pp., illustrated and indexed
[33974] AMORES PERROS.
Smith, Paul Julian
London: British Film Institute. First English edition, 2003.
Volume one of the director's "Trilogy of Death", "21 Grams" and "Babel" followed; from the publisher's series of Modern Classics.
Pictorial wrappers. Fine.
[45166] ANCESTORS.
Hodson, Dr. Barrett
The Dawn of Cinema 1894-1915
Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art. First Australian edition, 1996.
Exhibition catalogue. Before Hollywood, before cinemas, cutting itself free of theatre; illustrated, and details of the movie program shown during the exhibition.
Mannoni, Laurent, Werner Nekes and Marina Warner
Eyes, Lies and Illusions
Melbourne: Australian Centre for the Moving Image. First Australian edition, 2006.
Exhibition catalogue. Originating at the Hayward Gallery, London, in 2004. Playing with our perceptions from the 16th to the 21st centuries; the catalogue of the Australian component in a sleeve at rear; illustrated throughout, 240pp.
Pictorial wrappers. Fine. Silver foil stencil complete and ready to assemble.
[42708] ANOMALY.
Powell, Michael
A Waiting Game
London: Michael Joseph. First English edition, 1975.
One of two novels by the director; a murder mystery, or does the title refer to his career at the time?
Fine in dustwrapper a little sunned around the perimeter.
Davies, Terence
Hallelujah Now
London: Brilliance Books. First English edition, 1984.
The only book by the director, published a year after the completion of his autobiographical trilogy and structured, like those movies, in three intergrated sections: "Songs for Dead Children", "Letters to a Friend" and "The Walk to the Paradise Garden"; signed by the author.
Original printed cloth. Fine in transparent dustwrapper with a modest blurb and biography printed on the inside flaps.
Antonioni, Michelangelo
New York: Orion Press. First American edition, 1963.
Screenplays of the director's big three - "L'avventura", "La notte", "L'eclisse" - and the earlier "Il grido"; illustrated, English text.
Fine in very good dustwrapper.
My Antonioni
Bologna: Istituto Luce - Cinecitta. First Italian edition, 2017.
Sixty plus pieces by the director - "The Passenger you didn't see", "the Long Shot", "Workers", "Monica" and synopses of eleven "films I never made"; published to coincide with the MOMA retrospective; texts in English; edited by Carlo di Carlo.
Sydney: Omni Zoetrope Studios and Hoyts Distribution, 1979.
Program left haphazardly on the seats of the Hoyts Entertainment Centre, Sydney during the movie's first run; thirteen pages of text, two pages an illustrated diary of the shoot beginning 20 March 1976 and ending 21 May 1977, 238 shooting days, or laying the bricks for the shooting period becoming the movie; program designed by Milton Glaser.
Printed wrappers. Fine.
[48713] APOCALYPSE NOW.
Il cinema ritrovato - XXXIII edizione
Bologna: Cineteca Bologna, 2019.
Alternative poster for this year's Il cinema ritrovato. 'Apocalypse Now' is assimilated into movie history: the Milton Glaser typeface, the snaking river and Colonel Kurtz's imposing head have all gone in favour of a photojournalist and local extras.
[43339] ART.
Sayag, Alain curates
Cinema-Dadaiste and Surrealiste
Paris: CNAC Georges Pompidou. First French edition, 1976.
Exhibition catalogue. Movies' relations with the other arts, essays by P.Adams Sitney, Alain Virmaux and Marc Debard, an early exhibition at the Beaubourg; French text, illustrated.
Viatte, Germain
Peinture Cinema Peinture
Paris: Hazan and Musees de Marseilles. First French exhibition, 1989.
Exhibition catalogue. Another attempt to upgrade the status of movies to parity with the other arts, or drawing out the connective tissue between twentieth century artworks, artists and art movements, and the movies contemporary with them. Nineteen essays, subjects include "Futurism and Cinema", "Malevich's Thoughts on Cinema", Joseph Cornell, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, Magritte, Francis Bacon, all separately, on the cinema; 100+ reproductions, colour and b&w; chronology, bibliography; French text.
[48749] L'ATALANTE.
Paris: Gaumont, [1990].
Original French poster for a revival of Jean Vigo's sole feature; no sign of Pere Jules, though his cat hovers in the background; the design, in an earlier career, is by director Michel Gondry.
Program to accompany screenings of the second (?) restoration of "L'Atalante", these as part of Gaumont's centenary celebrations. Background and context for the movie, chronology of restorations to this point, photographs from the production and movie; 17pp., English text.
Plain wrappers in printed transparent dustwrapper. Slight mark to front panel, else fine.
Original Italian poster for the most recent restoration of Jean Vigo's feature; the barge and lovers have been replaced in the design by a close-up of Juliette expressing ...
Poster measures 68 x 33cms. One tiny nick, else fine. Rolled.
[48328] IRIS BARRY.
Sitton, Robert
Lady in the Dark - Iris Barry and the Art of Film
New York: Columbia University Press. First American edition, 2014.
The life of the movie critic, curator, and a couple of other more difficult personal strands; illustrated.
[46498] SAMUEL BECKETT.
Lipman, Ross
Notfilm
New York: Milestone, 2015.
The two original American posters for Ross Lipman's "kino-essay" documenting one of the not so unlikely collaborations in movie history. The on camera star receives the most prominence, the close-up poster points to the end of "Film" when O (Buster Keaton), will realise that he is perceived and horror sets in.
Each poster measures 99 x 68cms. Both rolled, both fine. The two posters
Four Screenplays of Ingmar Bergman
New York: Simon and Schuster. Reprint, 1960.
Screenplays: "Smiles of a Summer Night", "The Seventh Seal", "Wild Strawberries" and "The Magician"; illustrated, 329pp.
Gift inscription. Very good in dustwrapper chipped at edges and crown and base of spine.
A Film Trilogy
New York: Orion. First American edition, 1967.
Screenplays of "Through a Glass Darkly - certainty achieved", "Winter Light - certainty unmasked", and "The Silence - God's silence, the negative impression": the director's chamber trilogy; illustrated.
Owner signature on front pastedown. Very good in dustwrapper with a closed tear at the base of the spine on the rear panel.
Four Stories
Garden City, New York: Doubleday. First American edition, 1976.
"The Touch", "Cries and Whispers", "The Hour of the Wolf" and "The Passion of Anna" as "a story or novella [written by Ingmar Bergman] and distributed to each individual involved in the film ... All involved read and reread the stories until they understand and develop the essences ..." Is there another example of this state of a screenplay being published?
Spots of foxing to extremities, else fine in dustwrapper.
Images - My Life in Film
London: Bloomsbury. First English edition, 1994.
The director, in retirement, works his way through his movies.
Review copy with local publisher's embargo slip tipped in. Fine in dustwrapper.
[48393] INGMAR BERGMAN.
Koskinen, Maaret
Stockholm: Swedish Institute. Fifth, revised edition, 2007.
Illustrated monograph on the director's work in the theatre and movies; produced to accompany a touring retrospective of the latter.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine.
[39515] THE BIG HEAT.
McArthur, Colin
The Big Heat
London: BFI. First English edition, 1992.
Lee Marvin as Vince Stone well on the way to fixing his first movie persona; from the publisher's series of Film Classics
Pictorial wrappers. Remnants of stain top left corner of book, else fine.
[48681] ALICE GUY BLACHE
Simon, Joan edits
Alice Guy Blaché - Cinema Pioneer
New Haven and New York: Yale University Press and Whitney Museum of American Art. First American edition, 2010.
Exhibition catalogue of the pioneer director. Seven essays, extant films, bibliography; 19pp. of b&w reproductions and 9pp. of colour from her films.
[48246] JOHN BOORMAN.
Ciment, Michel
London: Faber and Faber. First English edition, 1986.
From "Catch Us If You Can" to "The Emerald Forest", projects, recollections, and the long introduction "From Reality to Fantasy"; illustrated throughout, colour and black and white; translated by Gilbert Adair; 271pp.
Pictorial boards. Fine as issued without dustwrapper.
Boorman, John
Adventures of a Suburban Boy
The autobiography of the most unpredictable and funniest of English directors, "I had read Eliot's 'The Waste Land' with enormous excitement. The fact that I understood it so poorly made it even more thrilling."
Extremities evenly tanned, else fine in dustwrapper.
[48116] WALERIAN BOROWCZYK.
Borowczyk Cineaste Onirique
Paris: Walter. Second impression, 1981.
Pictorial monograph on the Polish director, mostly featuring "Docteur Jekyll et les femmes", and coinciding with that movie's release, followed by a quick run through of earlier examples of the director's distinctive eroticism; preface by Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, other texts by Robert Benayoun and Gilles Gressard, filmography, 93pp. Texts in French.
Brooks, Louise
Lulu in Hollywood
London: Hamish Hamilton. First English edition, 1982.
Introduction by William Shawn. Louise Brooks' autobiography, illustrated; the most mysterious and unfathomable of careers.
[48715] LUIS BUNUEL.
Bunuel, Luis and Salvador Dali
Paris: Les Grands Film Classiques, 1968..
Original French poster for the first general release of the directors' first movie; the designer is satisfied with what are now nineteen emblematic images from the history of movies, title and directors, or some years in advance of today's electronic visual essays.
Poster measures 121 x 80cms. Fine. Rolled.
[48279] LUIS BUNUEL
Arino, Amaranta co-ordinates
Bunuel - 100 Years - It's Dangerous to Look Inside
New York: Instituto Cervantes and the Museum of Modern Art. First American edition, 2000.
Exhibition catalogue. Celebrating the centenary of the director's birth: three essays, through his movies, biography, interviews with twenty colleagues, collaborators and family members, all exhaustively illustrated, particularly the 50pp. visual guide to the director's obsessions; 344pp., parallel Spanish English text throughout.
Pictorial wrappers with peephole cut-out. Fine.
Bunuel, Luis
An Unspeakable Betrayal - Selected Writings of Luis Bunuel
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. First American edition, 2000.
Sixty pieces: stories, poetry, reviews, essays, fragments: "Hamlet:, "Metropolis", Buster Keaton, "The Passion of Joan of Arc", "Cinema as an Instrument of Poetry"; translated from the Spanish and French by Garrett White, foreword by Jean-Claude Carriere, afterword by Juan Luis and Rafael Bunuel.
Faint remnants of stain on foredge, else fine in dustwrapper.
Isaac, Claudio
Midday with Bunuel - Memories and Sketches, 1973-1983
Chicago: Swan Isle Press. First American edition, 2007.
Memoir and fragments constructed from the author's notebooks re family meetings with Luis Bunuel and Jeanne Rucar, the director's wife; illustrated.
[48679] BUSINESS.
Schatz, Thomas
The Genius of the System
London: Simon and Schuster. First English edition, 1989.
Examining the mechanisms of Warner Brothers, MGM, Universal and Selznick International from the 1920s until the 1950s.
Extremities lightly foxed, else fine in dustwrapper.
Dunne, John Gregory
Monster - Living off the Big Screen
New York: Random House. First American edition, 1997.
The author's account of the long gestation, eight years and counting, of what became "Up Close and Personal", directed by Jon Avnet.
Urwand, Ben
The Collaboration - Hollywood's Pact with Hitler
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. First American edition, 2013.
The business relationship between the Hollywood studios and the Nazi party through the 1930s, a different take on "the genius of the system"; inscribed by the author to Joel Greenberg.
[46807] FRANK CAPRA.
McBride, Joseph
Frank Capra - the Catastrophe of Success
The life of the movie director, from Sicily onwards to a range of movies, the better known featuring a principled individual overcoming institutional or emotional adversity, and finally the director's own struggles during the HUAC period; illustrated, 763pp., including index.
Review copy with local publisher's slip tipped in. Top edge foxed, else fine in very good dustwrapper creased on the spine.
[48531] JACK CARDIFF.
Bowyer, Justin
Conversations with Jack Cardiff - Art, Light and Direction in Cinema
London: B.T. Batsford. First English edition, 2003.
Book length interview with the cinematographer - "A Matter of Life and Death", "The African Queen", "The Vikings" - and occasional director - "Sons and Lovers", "Young Cassidy", "The Liquidator"; foreword by Mike Figgis, illustrated, filmography, 272pp.
Pictorial wrappers. Owner stamp and faint tape marks inside front and rear covers, else fine.
Carrière, Jean-Claude
The Secret Language of Film
Thoughts by the distinguished screenwriter; published to coincide with the first centenary of the cinema.
[39514] CAT PEOPLE.
Newman, Kim
Val Lewton and Jacques Tourneur's melancholy horror movie; from the publisher's series of Film Classics.
[26422] CENSORSHIP.
Schumach, Murray
The Face On The Cutting Room Floor
New York: Morrow. First American edition, 1964.
The history of the varieties of movie and television censorship in America; chapters include "The Old Code Magic", "Sodom by the Sea", "Sweet Minority Persuasion", "The Toothless Code", "The Bland Leading the Bland"; illustrated.
Top edge dusty, else fine in dustwrapper.
[48574] JACK CHAMBERS.
Elder, Kathryn edits
The Films of Jack Chambers
Toronto: Cinematheque Ontario and Indiana University Press. First Canadian edition, 2002.
Essays and personal statements about the artist director, contributors include: Stan Brakhage, Fred Camper, Michael Snow, Sarah Milroy, Anne Michaels; biography, filmguide.
[45169] CHARLES CHAPLIN.
Tyler, Parker
A Little Boy Lost: Marcel Proust and Charlie Chaplin
New York: Prospero Pamphlets. First American edition, 1947.
Around the manner in which "clothes become the man when the man is his clothes"; Prospero Pamphlet #2, designed by Dimitri Petrov.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine. 400 copies.
Chaplin - Last of the Clowns
New York: The Vanguard Press. First American edition, 1948.
The third book of film criticism by the poet and novelist on the greatest of director performers; twenty-six images of Chaplin from 1914 to "Monsieur Verdoux" at rear.
Owner's small signature bottom of front pastedown, else very good in dustwrapper.
Chaplin e l'immagine
Bologna: Cineteca di Bologna, 2007.
Original poster for the Chaplin e l'immagine exhibition in Bologna; a portrait of a youthful Chaplin before his movies conquered parts of the world.
[48829] CINEMATOGRAPHY.
Shoot - the Notebooks of Serafino Gubbio, Cinematograph Operator
New York: E.P. Dutton. Second American edition, 1934.
The fictional notebook of Signor Gubbio, cameraman for the Kosmograph production company, and who documents the world of movies in Italy during the early 20th century; first published in Italy in 1915, by Dutton in 1926, and reissued here after Pirandello had won the Nobel Prize.
Top edge dusty, very good in dustwrapper rubbed on the rear panel and with a couple of chips.
Nilsen, Vladimir
The Cinema as a Graphic Art
London: Newnes. First English edition, [1937].
"On a Theory of Representation in the Cinema", the author cinematographer's study of the art of camerawork emphasising "artistic distortion as an expressive necessity in cinema"; 200+ reproductions, appreciation by Sergei Eisenstein (the dedicatee of the book) translation by Stephen Garry; Peter Brook's copy with his signature
Original red cloth. Spine darkened, corners bumped. Very good. No dustwrapper.
[48560] JOHN CROMWELL.
Davies, Brenda
Monograph on the actor director whose career was "interrupted" by the HUAC during the 1950s.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Edgewear, else fine.
[48784] DARKNESS.
Cameron, Ian
A Pictorial History of Crime Films
London: The Hamlyn Publishing Group. First English edition, 1975.
Historical survey by the versatile critic and editor; illustrated, indexed.
Kaplan, E. Ann Kaplan edits
Women in Film Noir
London: British Film Institute. First revised edition, 1980.
Eight essays plus an introduction: Christine Gledhill on "Klute", (twice); Pam Cook "Mildred Pierce", Claire Johnston "Double Indemnity", Richard Dyer "Gilda", E. Ann Kaplan "The Blue Gardenia"; women in general, and "the absent family"; illustrations, filmography; first published in 1978.
Pictorial wrappers. Fine
[48666] ANATOLE DAUMAN.
Gerber, Jacques edits
Anatole Dauman - Pictures of a Producer
Monograph of the producer: pieces by Marguerite Duras, Elia Kazan, Walerian Borowczyk, Pierre Legendre, Anatole Dauman and others; illustrated, singular filmography, including features and shorts; translated by Paul Willemen and originally produced as part of the program devoted to Anatole Dauman at the Pompidou Centre in 1989,.
[48703] DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME.
Dawson City il tempo tra i ghiacci
Original Italian poster for this many layered documentary which opened in Italy on 20 March 2017 after premiering at the Venice Film Festival the previous September. The poster design captures something of the layers: the setting, the goldrush and, in the bottom foreground, the surviving, damaged films that tell the story.
[48519] CLAIRE DENIS.
Mayne, Judith
Urbana: University of Illinois Press. First American edition, 2005.
Monograph on the French director up to "Vendredi Soir", interview with the director (16pp.), filmography and bibliography.
Pictorial wrappers. Very good.
De Toth, Andre
Fragments - Portraits from the Inside
Vignettes, anecdotes, life lessons and terrific movies from the most dependable of directors; foreword by Martin Scorsese, preface by Bertrand Tavernier; illustrated, 466pp.
Top and foredge foxed. Very good in fine dustwrapper.
[48469] WALT DISNEY.
Gabler, Neal
Walt Disney - the Triumph of the American Imagination
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Reprint, 2007.
The life and career of the one all conquering, enduring 20th century American; illustrated.
New York: Columba University Press. First American edition, 1990.
Seventy-four essays, reviews, autobiographical fragments, and reflections - all that appeared in the June 1980 issue of 'Cahiers du Cinema' plus additions - on movies: pieces on 'white in colour films', 'the viewer', Renoir, Bresson, Cocteau, Tati, Chaplin, Woody Allen, 'solitude', and, via a conversation with Elia Kazan, Barbara Loden's 'Wanda'.
Spots of foxing top edge, else fine in very good dustwrapper.
Durgnat, Raymond
Films and Feelings
Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press. First American edition, 1967.
Collects articles from "Films and Filming", "Projektio", "The Architectural Review", "Burlington Magazine", "Mid-Minuit Fantastique", as well as the author's postgraduate research, all examining hundreds of movies to discover the "universals of the language of film"; illustrated and indexed. Adjacent image is the front and rear panels of the dustwrapper. The largest eye to appear on a dustwrapper?
Fine in dustwrapper with a short closed tear on the rear panel.
[40223] CLINT EASTWOOD.
New York: St Martin's Press. First American edition, 2002.
Clint Eastwood - life and legend - up to "Space Cowboys"; first published in England in 1999.
Epstein, Jean
Bonjour Cinema
Paris: Editions de la Sirene. First French edition, 1921.
The director’s second book, after "La Poésie d‘aujourd‘hui, un nouvel état d‘intelligence", published the same year. Epstein: born in Warsaw in 1897, in France from 1908, secretary-translator for Auguste Lumière, and by 1920 in the thrall of movies - both their history, even then, and their potential - that he produced this manifesto – “the record of a fever, a craving”. Plates, illustrations, brilliant collages and type designs attributed to Claude Dalbanne. French text.
Typographically decorated wrappers. Clean crack along middle of spine, slight chipping at base and old tape mend at crown of spine. Very good.
[47279] THE EXALTED.
Sante, Luc and Melissa Holbrook Pierson edit
O.K. You Mugs - Writers on Movie Actors
London: Granta Books. First English edition, 2000.
Robert Polito on Barbara Payton, Patti Smith on Jeanne Moreau, Geoffrey O'Brien on Dana Andrews, Greil Marcus on J.T.Walsh; twenty others: Elmer Fudd, Warner Bros.' Fat Men, Margaret Dumont, Warren Oates on the cover: the toughest wild bunch.
[45457] FANTASTIC.
Laclos, Michel
Le Fantastique au Cinema
Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert. First French edition, 1958.
Pictorial guide to horror, fantastic and supernatural movies; from Melies to "The Creature Walks Among Us"; evocatively illustrated and with a checklist of movies from 1897 to 1957 which fall into these genres. French text.
Owner signature, else very good in dustwrapper.
[45475] PAUL FEJOS.
Dodds, John W
The Several Lives of Paul Fejos
The Wenner-Gren Foundation. First American edition, 1973.
Even by expatriate standards, an extraordinary career of making movies in Europe, Hollywood, back to Europe, and finally ethnographic movies in the world's then more remote corners.
Printed cloth. Owner stamp, else fine as issued without dustwrapper.
Fellini, Federico
Three Screenplays
Illustrated screenplays of "I vitelloni" (1953), "Il bidone" (1955) and "The Temptations of Dr. Antonio" (1962, "Boccaccio '70" episode); translations by Judith Green.
Owner signature. Very good in dustwrapper rubbed and chipped at edges.
[48766] FISH TANK.
Arnold, Andrea
Prague: 2010.
Original Czech poster for the director's second feature which opened in Prague in January 2010; the design points to the difficulties and combinations involved in an escape, in this case from an East London council estate and ...
[46716] JOHN FORD.
Searching for John Ford
The life of the mysterious American artist; illustrated.
Owner stamp, spots of foxing on extremities, else fine in dustwrapper with a couple of tape marks on the reverse
Forman, Milos and Jan Novak
Turnaround - a Memoir
Beginning in Caslav, central Bohemia, in 1932 and on through movies in Czechoslovakia and the United States; illustrated.
Faint mark foredge, else fine in dustwrapper.
[33979] 42ND STREET.
Hoberman, J.
Warner Bros' version of the New Deal; one of the publisher's series of Film Classics.
[48750] THE FRENCH CONNECTION.
Friedkin, William
Francuski lacznik
Warsaw: 1973.
Original Polish poster for 'The French Connection' designed by Andrzej Krajewski in a mosaic of thirty-four black and white scenes from the movie; Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle appears in the top left corner, gets things started, the action takes over and, like the movie, does not stop.
Poster measures 90 x 68cms. Fine. Rolled, linen backed.
[48256] WILLIAM FRIEDKIN.
The Friedkin Connection: a Memoir
New York: HarperCollins. Reprint, 2013.
From his childhood in Chicago through most of the possible highs and lows available from the movie business; illustrated.
[48776] FUR - AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS.
Shainberg, Steven
Fur - Portrait Imaginaire de Diane Arbus
Paris: Metro Films, 2007.
Original French poster for "Fur - Un portrait imaginaire de Diane Arbus" [opened in France 10 January 2007]. An inspired design: simulating a detail from a photographer’s contact sheet, featuring images similar to Diane Arbus’, except for the movie's protagonists in the bottom right of the poster.
[41631] JOHN GARFIELD.
Gifford, Barry
Ode To John Garfield
San Francisco: Madrugada Press. First American edition, 1972.
"... run down in a rainy midnight movie gutter"; #11/100 numbered copies, signed by the author; photograph by Elmer Fryer.
Single card, measuring 23 x 35cms., folded once to make 4pp., all fine.
[48161] GENRE.
Morton, Jim edits
Incredibly Strange Films
San Francisco: Re / Search Publications. Reprint, 1987.
Study guide to movies marginalised in pre internet days: LSD, beach party, educational etc; Larry Cohen, Russ Meyer, Joe Sarno, many others; quotations, short essays, lists of favourites, illustrated throughout, 200+pp.
[48623] GERTRUD.
Revault d'Allonnes, Fabrice
Gertrud de Carl Th. Dreyer
Crisnee: Editions Yellow Now. First Flemish edition, 1988.
An illustrated guide to the director's last and, in a tight field, most erotic movie; French text.
[33972] THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR.
Grafe, Frieda
The Ghost and Mrs Muir
The natural and supernatural in a romantic fantasy; from the publisher's series of Film Classics.
Pictorial wrappers. Cover darkened, else fine.
Godard on Godard
New York: The Viking Press. First American edition, 1972.
Collects the critic and director's texts and interviews between 1950-1967; illustrated, edited by Jean Narboni and Tom Milne, introduction by Richard Roud, translation and detailed commentary, 38pp., by Tom Milne.
Single letter annotation on front free endpaper, else very good in good dustwrapper with a couple of nicks.
[48142] JEAN-LUC GODARD.
Bellour, Raymond and Mary Lea Bandy edit
Jean-Luc Godard Son+Image 1974-1991
New York: The Museum of Modern Art. First American edition, 1992.
Exhibition catalogue. Contributors: Colin MacCabe, Jean-Louis Leutrat, Gilles Deleuze, Laura Mulvey, Peter Woollen, Jonathan Rosenbaum, and an interview with the director by Serge Daney; illustrated, catalogue, bibliography, 249pp.
Spots of foxing to prelims, else fine in dustwrapper with a short closed tear on the front panel.
Brody, Richard
Everything is Cinema - the Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard
Beginning with an interview in 2000 and 50 years of watching his movies.
Fine in dustwrapper
[48691] THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW.
Evangelium sv. Matouse
Original Czech poster for Pasolini's "The Gospel According to Saint Matthew" (1964); a close-up of Enrique Irazoqui as Jesus, either praying or with his hands pushing back against an invisible wall.
[48791] GROVE PRESS.
A Tribute to Grove Press: Films of Protest and Personal Expression
Berkeley: Pacific Film Archive, 1973.
Exhibition catalogue for a week of screenings celebrating the publisher's film arm. Short history: "... the far-seeking enterprise of his film division which grew out of Grove's acquisition of Amos Vogel's Cinema 16 library ..."; pieces on movies which include "I Am Curious" x 2, "Warrendale", "Innocence Unprotected", "Film", "Titicut Follies"; illustrated.
Printed wrappers, stapled. Fine.
[33978] GUN CRAZY.
Kitses, Jim
Gun Crazy
"L'amour fou", American style; from the publisher's series of Film Classics.
Pictorial wrappers. Faint mark bottom edge, else fine.
[47632] CHARLES HAWTREY.
Charles Hawtrey 1914-1988 the Man Who Was Private Widdle
The life of the will of the wisp from the "Carry On" movies, "sallow-faced and slender as a hazel twig"; illustrated.
[48704] BEN HECHT.
Hoffman, Adina
Ben Hecht - Fighting Words, Moving Pictures
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Reprint, 2019.
Chicago journalism as a launching pad for a diverse, influential and the most colourful of careers, carrying on into its current neglect as many of the lines that he wrote, or co-wrote, for movies - "It's true that we have a gentleman's agreement, but unfortunately I am no gentleman" - live on, some beyond the movies that they carry; from the publisher's series of Jewish Lives.
[48678] BERNARD HERRMANN.
Smith, Steven C.
A Heart at Fire's Center
Berkeley: University of California Press. Reprint, 1991.
"Citizen Kane" to "Taxi Driver"; composer, conductor, musicoligist; combative and volatile: Bernard Herrmann.
Faint spots of foxing to extremities, else fine in dustwrapper.
[44879] HIGH NOON.
Drummond, Phillip
London: BFI. Reprint, 2003.
Christian Marclay's go to movie for mornings of "The Clock"; from the publisher's series of Film Classics.
[43340] HISTORY.
Bardeche, Maurice and Robert Brasillach
The History of Motion Pictures
New York: W.W. Norton and the Museum of Modern Art. First American edition, 1938.
Beginning, "It is one of the peculiarities of this particular art that we can set the date of its birth" (the labour appears to have been longer and more complicated than Messrs Bardeche and Brasillach believed), and on through 400pp., illustrated and indexed by movie title and name; translated and edited by Iris Barry.
Very good in dustwrapper chipped at edges.
Reid, John Howard edits
Australian Film Guide
[Sydney]: I.C.A Publications, 1966.
Issues #1-3. A journal of record of sorts: cast, synopsis, short review, percentage rating ("Paris Secret. All the interesting secrets have been removed by the Australian censor. 40%") of all new movies, combined with cheesy colour photographs of female stars and, in these issues, features on Marilyn Monroe and Maria Montez. Issue #1 contains a “Capital City Film Guide” listing 24 cinemas in Sydney (apart from the State intermittently, none of which remain in 2019), 24 in Melbourne, 5 in Brisbane, 12 in Adelaide, 9 in Perth, 3 in Hobart, and the movie showing in each.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. All fine. The three issues
Alloway, Lawrence
Violent America: the Movies 1946-1964
New York: Museum of Modern Art. First American paperback edition, 1971.
Exhibition catalogue. Co-curated by the moonlighting author better known as an art critic and curator; titled more blandly at MOMA "The American Action Movie 1946-1964". "Film noir", war movies, westerns, all reexamined for common elements; illustrated, checklist of movies, 94pp.
Pictorial wrappers. Light wear to covers, numerical annotation to prelims, else fine.
[44114] ALFRED HITCHCOCK.
The Strange Case of Alfred Hitchcock or, the Plain Man's Hitchcock
Boston, Massachusetts: MIT Press. First American edition, 1974.
Hitchcock's movies up to and including "Frenzy", the various schools of criticism, and, ten years after Robin Wood, no question that he should be taken seriously.
Grimonprez, Johan
Looking for Alfred
London: Film and Video Umbrella / Hatje Cantz. First English edition, 2007.
Hommage assembled by the Belgian artist: developing Hitchcock's appearances in his movies into a narrative, texts by Jorge Luis Borges, Thomas Elsaessar, Tom McCarthy, Slavok Zizek and others, illustrations, though not the usual ones, throughout; edited by Steven Bode, 288pp.
[48451] MIKE HODGES.
Davies, Steven Paul
Get Carter and Beyond: the Cinema of Mike Hodges
His movies and television work including: "A Prayer for the Dying", "Black Rainbow", "Dandelion Dead", "Croupier", and "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead".
[44996] HOLLYWOOD NOVEL.
West, Nathanael
The Day of the Locust
London: The Grey Walls Press. First English edition, 1951.
The author's ferocious Hollywood novel.
Joel Greenberg's copy with his name and dated 1953. Offsetting to prelims, else fine in dustwrapper darkened on the spine and around the perimeter.
Tolkin, Michael
What can a producer do to a disgruntled screenwriter?
Pages evenly tanned. Very good in dustwrapper.
A variation on his Hollywood books: the child star as adult; signed by the author.
Spots of foxing along top edge, else fine in dustwrapper.
[48730] DENNIS HOPPER.
Dennis Hopper - from Method to Madness
Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center. First American edition, 1988.
Catalogue from a touring exhibition, beginning in Minneapolis, then five other venues across the United States. From "Night Tide" to "Blue Velvet", illustrated, and including the doomed family of "Out of the Blue", the actor's third movie as director.
[43915] MICHAEL HORDERN.
Hordern, Michael
A World Elsewhere
London: Michael O Mara. First English edition, 1993.
The life of the most versatile of English actors, now firmly and unobtrusively in the pantheon, who across movies, stage, radio and television played Paddington Bear, Grapple ("How I Won the War"), King Lear, George Moore ("Jumpers" by Tom Stoppard), Mr. Toad, Bules Martin ("The Bed Sitting Room"), Macbeth, Simeon Simcox ("Paradise Postponed"), Prospero, narrated "Barry Lyndon", and many others. "None of his screen acting was ever less than in character, but as he himself was all too ready to admit, he only did it for the money, the locations and the company - all the wrong reasons I fear“ ("The Independent" obituary); illustrated; signed by Michael Hordern on the title page; co-authored with Patricia England.
[48313] JAMES WONG HOWE.
Rainsberger, Todd
James Wong Howe - Cinematographer
San Diego: A.S. Barnes. First American edition, 1981.
Biographical monograph: from "The Spanish Dancer" (1923) to "The Molly Maguires" (1970), 130 other movies in between; chapters on "The Howe Style" in theory, practice, production; illustrated.
Fine in very good dustwrapper with a short tear on a corner of the rear panel.
[48780] I'M NOT THERE.
I'm Not There
Paris: 2007.
Original French poster for "I'm Not There", opened in France on 5 January 2007. One of half a dozen poster designs issued for this movie whose theme - Bob Dylan's public personas - encourages at least that many posters.
[48515] SHOHEI IMAMURA.
Quandt, James edits
Toronto: Cinematheque Ontario. First Canadian edition, 1997.
Accompanying a retrospective touring North America; eighteen essays, authors include: Donald Richie, Audie Bock, Max Tessier, Dave Kehr, four by Imamura himself, "I am interested in the relationship of the lower part of the human body and the lower part of the social structure on which the reality of daily Japanese life supports itself"; edited by James Quandt, filmography, illustrated.
[39443] IN A LONELY PLACE.
Polan, Dana
In A Lonely Place
Hollywood on Hollywood, seasoned with film noir ingedients; from the publisher's series of Film Classics.
[48529] IN THE CUT.
Campion, Jane
Stockholm: 2003.
Original Swedish poster for "In the Cut" [first shown in Sweden on 24 January 2004 at the Gothenburg Film Festival.] The dominant poster design for the movie – Frannie and Detective Malloy in light and shadow – in the vivid red background variation.
Poster measures 100 x 70cms. Rolled. Fine.
[44624] INHERENT VICE.
Original panoramic French advance poster for Paul Thomas Anderson's adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel. One of two versions that circulated worldwide, though not on this scale, this is the Last Supper version which includes all the principals while not giving much away about the movie.
Four sheets, each measuring 150 x 100cms., total side by side is 1.5 x 4 metres. Folded. All fine.
Original panoramic French advance poster for Paul Thomas Anderson's adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel. The second version: the author and director have become smaller, the tagline has arrived along with a traditional central image.
[48864] INTERLOPERS.
Logue, Christopher
The Arrival of the Poet in the City
London: Mandarin Books. First English edition, 1964.
Beginning, "London. Early Morning. / The city seen from the north. ..."; and sub-titled "A treatment for a film", or a poet appropriating the movie treatment format; 1/25 numbered copies signed by the author.
Printed wrappers. The original imprint is covered by a label for Mandarin Books, else all fine.
Geduld, Harry M. edits
Authors on Film
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. First American edition, 1972.
Forty-three pieces on movies, both general and particular, from, among many, William Faulkner, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ernest Hemingway, T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Carl Sandburg, Bertolt Brecht and Truman Capote; literary interlopers one and all.
Top edge dusty, else fine in very good dustwrapper a little darkened around the perimeter.
[48136] INTRODUCTION.
Cook, Pam edits
The Cinema Book
London: British Film Insitute. First English edition, 1985.
Introductory history of movies: chapters on genre, national cinemas, movements, and, reflecting the mood of the times, authorship, narrative codes, and "Film Narrative and the Structuralist Controversy"; 377pp., illustrated.
Adair, Gilbert edits
London: Penguin Books. First English edition, 1999.
A generous, inclusive anthology to see out the millennium; contributors include: Colette, Leo Tolstoy, Joe Brainard, W.S. Van Dyke, Bela Balazs, Manny Farber, Abbas Kiarostami and Dusan Makavejev; 450pp.
Pictorial wrappers. Light foxing to prelims foxed. Very good.
[24524] INVASION.
Taylor, John Russell
One of the target specific invasions of America by Fritz Lang, Jean Renoir, Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Bunuel, Thomas Mann, Aldous Huxley and many others; sub-titled "The Hollywood Emigres 1933-1950".
Robinson, Harlow
Russians in Hollywood, Hollywood's Russians - Biography of an Image
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England. First American edition, 2007.
Lewis Milestone, Rouben Mamoulian, Dmitri Tiomkin, Akim Tamiroff, many others, a spectacular group overshadowed by their German and Jewish colleagues; illustrated.
Owner's stamp, else fine in dustwrapper.
[48834] JANG SUN-WOO
Rayns, Tony
Jang Sun-woo
Seoul: Seoul Selection. First Korean edition, 2007.
Monograph on the unpredictable director: long essay by the author, five interviews and writings by the director, critical responses to his work, biography and filmography; illustrated. English text.
[48177] LA JETEE.
La Jetee cine-roman
New York: Zone Books. First American edition, 1992.
The director's most influential movie, complete, apart from one shot, in book form; a "facsimile" of the movie.
Small abrasion top edge of front panel, else fine in dustwrapper.
La Jetee - un photo roman
[Tokyo]: [1998].
Original Japanese poster for the director's enduring and influential short; the design offers a mini-version of the movie in seven horizontal panels.
[48763] JEWISHNESS.
An Empire of Their Own
London: W.H. Allen. First English edition, 1989.
The roles played by Jewish immigrants from Central Europe in the establishment of Hollywood and their creation of a version of an America for themselves and the rest of the world.
Foxing to extremities, else very good in dustwrapper.
Hoberman, J. and Jeffrey Shandler
Entertaining America - Jews, Movies, and Broadcasting
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. First American paperback edition, 2003.
Exhibition catalogue. History of the Jewish contribution to all aspects of broadcasting - movies, television, radio - eleven essays, "Star Gallery" of Jewish performers from Theda Bara to Adam Sandler; illustrated throughout; 334pp.
[48392] ELIA KAZAN.
Basinger, Jeanine, John Frazer and Joseph W. Reed Jr.
Working With Kazan
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University. First American edition, 1973.
Exhibition catalogue. Produced to accompany a complete retrospective of the director's movies: introduction by Michel Ciment, chronology of the director's life, statements and memoirs by 28 colleagues including: Marlon Brando, Tennessee Williams, John Steinbeck, Sam Spiegel, Arthur Miller, Boris Kaufman, Warren Beatty, Eli Wallach and Dede Allen; illustrated.
Kazan on Kazan
Book length interview through childhood, university, theatre and all his movies up to "The Assassins" (aka "The Visitors", 1971); #26 in the Cinema One Series.
Owner stamp, else fine in dustwrapper.
Kazan, Elia
The director and novelist's autobiography; including the setting out of his position and decisions during the HUAC era.
Elia Kazan: An American Odyssey
Edited by Michel Ciment. Collects 25 pieces by Kazan from across his movie and theatre career.
Pictorial wrappers. Owner stamp, else fine.
Young, Jeff
The director on each of his movies: "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" to "The Last Tycoon", and seventeen others in between; 368pp., indexed.
Kazan on Directing
Pieces on eleven plays, the Group Theatre, seventeen movies, shorter pieces on other work, "What Makes a Director", "The Pleasures of Directing"; chronology, index, illustrations, 342pp; foreword by John Lahr, preface by Martin Scorsese.
[48546] ALLAN KING.
Feldman, Seth edits
Allan King Filmmaker
Toronto: Toronto International Film Festival and Indiana University Press. First Canadian edition, 2002.
Memoir - "Apprenticeship" - by the director, interview with him, two long essays, filmography and bibliography; illustrated.
Pictorial wrappers. Faint shadow of price sticker on rear cover, else fine.
[48761] KINGS OF THE ROAD.
Wenders, Wim
Au Fil de Temps
Paris: Capital Films, [1976].
Original French poster for "Kings of the Road", the director's masterpiece from his early black and white movies; the design, by H.Watcker, features a vivid illustration of the movie's key elements.
[43723] CARL LAEMMLE.
The Life and Adventures of Carl Laemmle
London: William Heinemann. First English edition, 1931.
The first book, an authorised biography, about the Hollywood pioneer, co-founder of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, later Universal; inscribed by David Bader, the subject's London assistant.
Original black cloth. Cover marked. Very good. No dustwrapper.
[48706] HENRI LANGLOIS.
Roud, Richard
London: Secker and Warburg. First English edition, 1983.
"Henri Langlois and the Cinematheque Francaise", beginning with the former's birth in Izmir, Turkey; foreword by François Truffaut.
Offsetting to prelims and foxing to extremities. Very good in dustwrapper.
[48474] VAL LEWTON.
Nemerov, Alexander
Icons of Grief - Val Lewton's Home Front Pictures
Berkeley: University of California Press. First American paperback edition, 2005.
Russian melancholy seeps out from the studio system for local consumption during World War Two; illustrated.
Linklater, Richard and Kim Krizan
Before Sunrise and Before Sunset
New York: Vintage Books. Reprint, 2005.
Screenplays of the first two movies in the series; Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke are both credited as well for "Before Sunset".
[48747] LISTEN.
Weis, Elisabeth and John Belton edit
Film Sound: Theory and Practice
New York: Columbia University Press. Reprint, 1985.
History, theory, stylists, practice, contemporary innovators - thirty-eight essays, authors include: Jean Epstein, Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet, Bela Balazs, David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, Noel Burch and Arthur Knight; glossary, bibliography, 450+pp.
Printed wrappers. Very good.
[42297] JOSEPH LOSEY.
Conversations With Losey
London: Methuen and Co. First English edition, 1985.
Interview, 383pp., afterword by Patricia Losey, filmography, 132 photographs and production stills, indexed; conversations in Paris and Rome between 1976 and 1979: from La Crosse, Wisconsin through theatre, movies and politics in two continents; and just ahead of his biographers.
de Rham, Edith
London: Andre Deutsch. First English edition, 1991.
The career of the stage and movie director, first in the USA then, via the HUAC hearings, in England and Europe.
Owner stamp, else fine in dustwrapper
Caute, David
Joseph Losey - a Revenge on Life
The second biography.
[42733] LEN LYE.
Bogle, Andre curates
Len Lye - A Personal Mythology
Auckland: Auckland City Art Gallery. First New Zealand edition, 1980.
Exhibition catalogue. The first retrospective exhibition after the polymath's death.
Pictorial wrappers. Colour tipped-in plates throughout, complete though many loose. Fine.
[34221] ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK.
Kemp, Philip
Lethal Innocence - the Cinema of Alexander Mackendrick
London: Methuen. First English edition, 1991.
"In Enemy Terrain" to "Don't Make Waves", some standouts in between, and his final career as a teacher; illustrated, foreword by Alec Guinness.
McMurtry, Larry
Film Flam - Essays on Hollywood
New York: Simon and Schuster. First American edition, 1987.
Twenty-one droll essays, titles include: "The Deadline Syndrome", "The Situation in Criticism: Reviewers, Critics, Professors", and "Moving-Tripping: My Own Rotten Film Festival".
[44480] A MAN AND A WOMAN.
Lelouch, Claude
A Man and a Woman
London: Lorimer. First English paperback edition, 1971.
Screenplay with frame enlargements of cars, beaches and wind: popular romantic imagery and storyline from the late 1960s.
Pictorial wrappers. Owner signature, else fine.
[43918] THE MAN WITH THE MOVIE CAMERA.
Petric, Vlada
Constructivism in Film - The Man with the Movie Camera: a Cinematic Analysis
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. First English edition, 1987.
Unravelling "The Man with the Movie Camera"; 69pp. of frame enlargements.
[39511] THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE.
Marcus, Greil
Military hero, brainwashed, Presidential candidate and one pre-paranoia element to tie it together; John Frankenheimer at full throttle; #68 of the publisher's Film Classics series.
[48778] MARGINALISED.
Underground Film - a Critical History
New York: Grove Press. First American edition, 1969.
"The Underground Versus the Taboo on Reality", followed by thirty pieces; illustrated, filmography, 250pp.
Curtis, David
Experimental Cinema: a Fifty-year Evolution
London: Studio Vista. First English edition, 1971.
The French and German avant-garde at the end of World War One kick things off as usual, then on through America between the Wars, Hollywood dips its toe, post World War Two concentrates on America, and arrives at structural cinema; 100 plates, 168pp., indexed.
Dowse, Bruce
The Freedom Riders
Original Australian poster for "The Freedom Riders" featuring Wayne Lynch and George Greenough. Excluding the endorsement, title and surfers, the design of the poster has little to connect it with surfing itself. The title, apart from appropriating the name of the Civil Rights’ marches of the 1960s in America and Australia, points to the niche that surfing occupied in the counterculture movements up to the mid-1970s in Australia and America, before, as Albie Thoms identified, “... the enormous shift that was taking place in surfing as a result of the fortunes beginning to be made by the manufacturers of surfing equipment and apparel.”
Cameron, Jason
The Ultimate Flex Machine
Original Australian poster for "The Ultimate Flex Machine", I’m assuming, an Australian movie shot and premiered in Victoria. The poster design appropriates some of the motifs and taglines from the surfing movies and overloads the design with details of the contents. It also claims to be the first feature length movie about skateboarding. Details of world premiere season at Brighton Town Hall, Victoria, 8-20 December [1975] handwritten across the bottom of the poster.
Le Grice, Malcolm
Abstract Film and Beyond
Beginning with a reproduction of Rouen Cathedral by Monet and on through a diverse group of movies during a little more than half of the 20th century; and, like "Underground" and "Experimental", a couple of books back, staking out of territory and terms; illustrated. Inscribed by the author.
Dyer, Richard edits
Gays and Film
Three sections: "Lesbians and Film" by Caroline Sheldon, "Stereotyping" by Richard Dyer, and "Camp and the Gay Sensibility" by Jack Babuscio; filmography, bibliography.
Pictorial wrappers. Sunned and marked around perimeter. Very good.
Thoms, Albie
Surfmovies - the History of the Surf Film in Australia
[Noosa Heads, Qld]: Shore Thing Publishing. First Australian edition, 2000.
A pictorial history of local surfmovies, and the culture that produced them, in Australia: original research of an enduring satellite; the author's copy with his corrections, mostly editorial, throughout.
[48795] MAY '68.
Harvey, Sylvia
May '68 and Film Culture
History of May and June 1968 in Paris, "Bad Times" by Bertolt Brecht as introduction, followed by chapters on the Langlois affair, film groups, film journals, general history and 50pp. of translations from documents issued at the time.
Pictorial wrappers. Light wear to covers, else fine.
[48417] MERCHANDISE.
Barson, Michael selects
Lost, Lonely, & Vicious
London: Fourth Estate. First English edition, 1988.
Thirty-one postcards, all 14 x 22cms., all colour, reproducing posters from movies including "The Party Crashers", "Jail Bait", "Alimony", "Boys Prison" ... "torn from today's headlines" springs to mind.
[48796] MINUTIAE.
Raymond Longford
Sydney: c.1928.
A small bundle of unused stationery belonging to Raymond H. Longford - "Australia's Leading Scenarist and Motion Picture Director" - from his offices at 283 Clarence Street, Sydney (just off Druitt Street), a private phone, space for the day’s date to be entered, and by way of his movies listed on the letterhead, in use sometime during or after 1928. The letterhead lists 27 movies directed by Longford, with a tantalising “etc.”, and credits the literary source for 9 of them immediately after the title.
Ten identical sheets, each 26.5 x 21cms., all unused, beautifully printed, and all in fine condition
[48286] VINCENTE MINNELLI.
Harvey, Stephen
New York: Museum of Modern Art and Harper and Row. First American edition, 1989.
Pictorial biography and movie by movie through his diverse career; illustrated throughout, colour for many of the 1950s movies.
Review copy with local publisher's press release laid in. Fine in dustwrapper.
[46302] MARILYN MONROE.
Zolotow, Maurice
Published the year before her death when the anecdotes of her early life and movie career were a little more benign; illustrated.
Joel Greenberg's copy with his signature, extremities foxed. About very good in good dustwrapper with tape bleed on reverse
[48144] MOONLIGHTING.
French, Karl
Art By Film Directors
London: Mitchell Beazley. First English edition, 2004.
Artworks by twenty-three directors including: Mike Figgis, John Huston, Wim Wenders and, not surprisingly, Federico Fellini, Fritz Lang, Satyajit Ray and Takeshi Kitano.
[48649] MUD.
Nichols, Jeff
Lionsgate, 2013.
Printed copy of the shooting script, dated August 22, 2011, distributed as as a possible nominee for best original screenplay, 166 shots, 123pp. of this moody, along the Mississippi River, movie; not nominated.
[48345] OBJECTIVITY.
Robertson, Patrick
The Guinness Book of Film Facts and Feats
London: Guinness Superlatives Limited. Reprint, 1980.
Arranged by categories - "The Industry", "Titles and Credits", "Out-Takes", "Characters and Themes", "Censorship", 14 others - entries with a predilection for "first", "longest", "most" etc; illustrated.
[48354] OFFICIAL.
Schary, Dore as told to Charles Palmer
Case History of a Movie
The making of "The Next Voice You Hear ..." , directed by William Wellman and produced by the author.
Behlmer, Rudy and Tony Thomas
Hollywood's Hollywood - the Movies About the Movies
Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. First American edition, 1975.
Pictorial history of the movies documenting the inhabitants, scandals, melodramas, makings of, and the mysteries of American studio movies; 300+pp., indexed.
Owner's stamp, else very good in dustwrapper with tape marks on reverse.
[46218] ON THE BEACH.
Kramer, Stanley
Los Angeles: 1959.
Original American poster for 'On the Beach' [released in the United States on 17 December 1959]. American three sheet, printed in two pieces; the design emphasises the four leading actors, shapes the title into the suggestion of the submarine, the preferred signifier for the end of the world in other posters for the movie.
Poster measures 200 x 156cms., vertical tear without loss along the top quarter of the middle fold and a couple of other nicks at folds, otherwise fine. PIKE AND COOPER #352
[48688] ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA.
Leone, Sergio
[Once Upon a Time in America]
Moscow: 1989.
Original Russian poster for Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in America", released there, according to IMDB, in three parts between December 1989 and January 1990. An original design which avoids any representation of protagonists or setting in favour of illustrating the equivalent of slow motion violence and the speed of the opium den sequence that introduces the movie.
Poster measures 65 x 104cms. A couple of nicks, else fine. Rolled.
[48675] 1967.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. First American edition, 1969.
Twentieth Century Fox during 1967, specifically "Doctor Dolittle", one of the nominees for Best Picture at the Academy Awards along with "In the Heat of the Night", "Bonnie and Clyde", "The Graduate" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"; the author's second book.
Extremities darkened, else very good in good dustwrapper.
Pictures at a Revolution - Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
New York: The Penguin Press. First American edition, 2008.
The five movies are the nominees for best picture in 1967.
Hardy, Phil, Claire Johnston and Paul Willemen edit
Edinburgh '76 Magazine
Edinburgh: [Edinburgh Film Festival], 1976.
Issue #1 "Psycho-analysis Cinema Avant-Garde" A heady moment for film criticism: pieces by Christian Metz, Julia Kristeva, Peter Woollen, Stephen Heath and others; two appendixes: "Psychoanalysis and the Cinema - Selected Bibliography in English" and "Avant-Garde Cinema: a Selective Bibliography"; 94pp.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Owner signature. Very good.
[48746] MAX OPHULS.
Willemen, Paul edits
Ophuls
Eight essays plus an interview with the director by Jacques Rivette and Francois Truffaut, originally in 'Cahiers du Cinema' in 1957, and which begins with Ophuls saying, "Let me tell you my first memory of the cinema." Filmography, timeline.
[48752] ORAL HISTORY.
Oumano, Ellen
Thirty-five filmmakers' - including Chantal Akerman, Jacques Demy, Ermanno Olmi, Mark Rappaport, Lina Wertmuller, Krzysztof Zanussi, or not whom you'd expect - thoughts on cinematography, sound, the actor, structure and rhythm, film and reality, processes, the viewer, film and society, and the movie business.
Stevens Jr., George edits
Conversations With the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age
Interviews with 32 movie directors and others including: Raoul Walsh, James Wong Howe, George Folsey, William Clothier, Mervyn LeRoy, Stanley Cortez, Ernest Lehman, Satyajit Ray, Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman and Stanley Kramer; movie oral history, 700+pp., indexed; inscribed by George Stevens Jr.
[48640] ORDER.
Pickard, Roy
Who Played Who on the Screen
A resort of movie history, or what did Rupert Davies and James Mason have in common at the time of publication? Illustrated, ordered by character, 352pp.
[47097] THE OVERLANDERS.
Watt, Harry
Under Australiens Himmel
Copenhagen: 1948.
Original Danish program published to coincide with the release there of "The Overlanders", charmingly "Under the Australian Sky" for the Danes, on 2nd February 1948 at the World Cinema, Copenhagen. Seven sepia reproductions from the movie; synopsis, cast and crew listings.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Two small annotations on title page, short closed tear top of front panel, else fine.
[43613] POSTER.
Brooklyn, NY: Shake Books. First American edition, 1989.
An illustrated guide to some of the more unusual subject areas of movie experiences through World War Two, the Cold War, and ending with Russ Meyer. Includes the illustrated supplement, “The Weirdest Adult Exploitation Movie Magazines of the Sixties”
Printed wrappers, stapled. Tabloid format. Fine
Olson, Jenni
The Queer Movie Poster Book
San Francisco: Chronicle Books. First American edition, 2004.
Illustrated guide, most from the 1960s to publication, most commercial releases, European and American, c.100 vivid reproductions; foreword by Bruce Vilanchi.
[48243] MICHAEL POWELL AND EMERIC PRESSBURGER.
Gough-Yates, Kevin
Michael Powell in Collaboration with Emeric Pressburger
London: National Film Theatre. First English edition, 1971.
Booklet to accompany a season of their movies at the NFT, London. Foundation document for rebuilding two reputations - "Michael Powell is, critically, the most neglected director of stature in British Cinema" - and, first, across the Channel for help - the Bertrand Tavernier and Jacques Prayer interview - as well as "Making Colour Talk" by Michael Powell and Hein Heckworth (1950), and separate interviews with the two directors by the author.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Very good.
Christie, Ian edits
Powell Pressburger and Others
Seven essays, including: Ian Christie and Jean-Paul Torok, both on "Peeping Tom", Raymond Durgnat on "The Small Back Room" John Ellis on "A Matter of Life and Death"; the second stage of the rehabilitation: produced to accompany another NFT season, and inching towards a monograph.
Christie, Ian
Arrows of Desire
London: Waterstone and Company. First English edition, 1985.
The story of the Archers, aka the movies directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger; illustrated, foreword by Martin Scorsese.
Fine in dustwrapper with a scratch on the rear panel.
[48696] OTTO PREMINGER.
Hirsch, Foster
Otto Preminger - the Man Who Would Be King
From his birth in Bukovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1905, working in Vienna, Graz, arrival in America in 1935, and 36 distinctive movies; illustrated, indexed, 573pp.
Fujiwara, Chris
The World and Its Double
New York: Faber and Faber Inc. First American edition, 2008.
Finding a way through the various Otto Premingers; illustrated and indexed.
[48685] EMERIC PRESSBURGER.
MacDonald, Kevin
Emeric Pressburger - the Life and Death of a Screenwriter
Childhood in Hungary, screenwriter in Berlin, then, like a select group of other Hungarians, preferring England to America, arriving there on a stateless passport in 1935, meeting Michael Powell and ...; illustrated, foreword by Billy Wilder.
Extremities foxed. Good in very good dustwrapper.
[48787] PROMOTION.
Davis, Jack
Los Angeles: United Artists, 1973.
Pressbook for "The Long Goodbye", Robert Altman’s adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s sixth Philip Marlowe novel. "The Long Goodbye" opened unsuccessfully, both critically and commercially, in America during March 1973, and was withdrawn a couple of weeks later by United Artists, the producing studio.The same cut was rereleased in October 1973 with a new advertising campaign, as set out in this pressbook, by Jack Davis, one of the five artists responsible for most of "Mad" Magazine’s" hilarious movie parodies, and which uses the trademark "Mad" splash page and word balloons to promote the movie. Parody as promotion, it seems unamerican to me. I wonder was it a first? "Mad Magazine" movie parodies have happily reached institutional proportions: 495 since 1954, and counting.
Single sheet measuring 44 x 83cms., printed both sides, folded twice vertically to make 6pp., and containing variations of Davis’ illustrations, promotional details, cast and credits. All fine.
[47844] PSYCHOLOGY.
Buckle, Gerard Fort
The Mind and the Film
London: George Routledge and Sons. First English edition, 1926.
Movies get serious, sub-titled "A Treatise on the Psychological Factors in the Film", see contents in image.
Original green cloth. Owner signature. Very good. No dustwrapper.
[46951] RAGING BULL.
Zurici Byk
Original Czech poster for "Raging Bull", copyright 1987 and premiered there in February 1988. A striking reworking of the original American poster: the close-up of Robert de Niro has fragmented and is made up of the other Jake La Mottas: his fights, wife, a knockout, or his emotional state through the movie. Poster designed by Zdinek Ziegler.
Poster measures 85 x 59cms. Rolled. Fine.
Ray, Nicholas
I Was Interrupted - Nicholas Ray on Making Movies
Thirty-one pieces; collects the director's writings, lectures and interviews on movies; introduced and edited by Susan Ray, biographical outline by Bernard Eisenschitz.
[42665] SATYAJIT RAY.
Gupta, Chidananda Das edits
Satyajit Ray - An Anthology of Statements on Ray and about Ray
New Delhi: Directorate of Film Festivals. First Indian edition, 1981.
Pieces on all his movies, working methods, composing music, philosophies, and drawings; illustrated.
[48862] REALITY.
MacDonald, Kevin and Mark Cousins edit
Imagining Reality: the Faber Book of Documentary
A wide net setting out the history while searching for common ground among its practitioners; contributors include Bela Balazs, Kevin Brownlow, John Grierson, Shohei Imamura, Frederick Wiseman, Haskell Wexler, Chris Marker, Elizabeth Sussex, Louis Malle, many others; 400pp.
Extremities evenly tanned, else fine in dustwrapper
[48708] RED ROAD.
Prague: Aero Films, [2007].
Original Czech poster for Andrea Arnold's first feature, the first of an uncompleted trilogy by different directors inspired by the Dogme 95 group; the design of the poster emphasises the movie's prescient theme of the levels of surveillance in the contemporary world.
[48773] JEAN RENOIR.
Bazin, Andre
Combination monograph, biography and memoir: edited and introduced by Francois Truffaut, a short piece on the author by the subject; extracts from an early scenario for "The Rules of the Game"; and an endorsement by Andrew Sarris on the dustwrapper.
Scattered foxing to extremities, very good in dustwrapper with a closed tear on the inside rear fold.
Rich, B. Ruby
Chick Flicks - Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement
Durham, NC: Duke University Press. First American paper edition, 1998.
Twenty-two long, idiosyncratic essays, including: Maya Deren, Leni Riefenstahl, Carolee Schneemann, Chantal Akerman, Julie Christie, documentaries, decades, sexuality and genres; inscribed by the author in 1999.
Rossellini, Roberto
The War Trilogy
New York: Grossman. First American edition, 1973.
Screenplays of "Rome Open City", "Paisan" and "Germany Year Zero"; illustrated, 466pp.
[48732] RUSSIA.
Eisenstein, Prof. S.
The Soviet Screen
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House. First English edition, 1939.
Thoughts on the cinema: producers and consumers, relationship to, and uses for, Government; illustrated, 40pp.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Owners' stamp on prelims, else fine.
Leyda, Jay
Kino - a History of the Russian and Soviet Film
London: George Allen and Unwin. First English edition, 1960.
The movie historian and director's work on Russian cinema beginning with the Lumiere brothers filming the Tsar's coronation in 1896; 493pp., followed by 32pp. of spectaculer plates; dedicated to Iris Barry.
Foxing to extremities, very good in dustwrapper creased along bottom edge.
Taylor, Richard and Ian Christie edit
The Film Factory
Primary and secondary sources collated – 154 extracts and complete pieces from the Soviet Studio system, 1896-1939; 150 illustrations – Maxim Gorky on the Lumiere Brothers (1896), a barrage from 1911 to 1939 including: Vladimir Mayakovsky, Vladimir Lenin, Lev Kuleshov, Proletkino, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Joseph Stalin, Dziga Vertov, Bela Balazs, Party Central Committee Decrees; annotations, index, short biographies of contributors, 457pp.
Usai, Paolo Cherchi, Lorenzo Codelli, Carlo Montanaro and David Robinson edit
Silent Witnesses - Russian Films 1908-1919
London and Pordenone: British Film Institute and Biblioteca dell'Immagine. First English edition, 1989.
An exhaustive illustrated survey produced to accompany the season at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in 1989; parallel English Italian text throughout, 600pp., illustrated with images from the movies as well as the printed ephemera that promoted them.
[48338] ROBERT RYAN.
Jones, J.R.
The Lives of Robert Ryan
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press. First American edition, 2015.
The biography - Chicago, World War Two, Democrat, married to a liberal Quaker - and career of the specialist in "brooding, violent and neurotic characters"; illustrated.
Schulberg, Budd
Moving Pictures - Memoirs of a Hollywood Prince
London: Souvenir Press. First English edition, 1982.
Childhood in the Hollywood studios of the 1920s and his career as novelist, screenwriter and chronicler of the writers' parts within the mechanisms of the studio system; illustrated.
[46692] SCREENING.
Bertina, Bob, Jan Blokker, Paul de Casparis, H.J. Oolbekkink
Short history of the Cannes festival; notes for visiting, characteristics of starlets; then c.100 b&w "glamour" photographs of the festival.
[Roud, Richard and Amos Vogel]
The First New York Film Festival
New York: New York Film Festival, 1963.
Program for the first New York Film Festival, held 10-19 September; twenty-one movies at the Lincoln Center, ten at MOMA, including the restored "Lola Montes".
Auty, Martyn and Gillian Hartnoll edit
Water Under the Bridge: 25 Years of the London Film Festival
BFI Dossier #12: leading article by Martin Auty, Ken Wlaschin's reply, the economics of the Festival; filmography, chronology, 100+pp.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Small abrasion near base of spine, else fine.
Sharp, Barry
A Pictorial History of Cinemas in New South Wales
[Strawberry Hills, NSW]: The author. First Australian edition, 1983.
Showcases of the Past Volume Two, the author's combination labour of love and original pictorial research netting Sydney, suburban, some country cinemas as well as open air venues: sixty-three cinemas featured including the Goulburn Odeon, Kings Cross Metro, Embassy, Paris, Savoy, Waterloo Coliseum and the Bronte Palace Pictures.
Talbot, Toby
The New Yorker Theater and Other Scenes from a Life at the Movies
First hand history of The New Yorker Theatre, Broadway between 88 and 89th Streets, move into distribution, pressures on independent cinemas, encounters with directors, and their representatives, through to the demolition of the cinema, the closure of New Yorker films; followed by 100+pp. of reproductions of printed ephemera from the cinema: guestbook, program notes, ledger as well as annual listings of New York premieres at the Lincoln Center; 352pp., including index; foreword by Martin Scorsese.
Dartnall, Jean
Reel Time - Celebrating 50 Years of the Townsville Cinema Group
Townsville, Qld: Townsville Cinema Group. First Australian edition, 2011.
A pictorial history of the regional film society from its foundation in 1961.
Pictorial wrappers. Fine in dustwrapper.
[43627] SERIALS.
Barbour, Alan G.
The Serials of Columbia
Kew Gardens, NY: Alan Barbour, Milton Luboviski, Larry Edmunds Bookshop. First American edition, 1967.
Illustrated index to all the serials - cast, crew, chapter title for each serial - produced by Columbia between 1937 and 1956.
[48458] THE SHELTERING SKY.
Negri, Livio devises, edits, produces
The Sheltering Sky
London: Scribners. First English edition, 1990.
Elaborate, illustrated, quasi souvenir program, book of the background to, making of, individuals involved in, Bernardo Bertolucci's movie version of "The Sheltering Sky"; pieces by Millicent Dillon, Mark Peploe, Renato Leys, and interviews with Vittorio Storaro and other crew members; illustrated in colour throughout, 96pp.
[25355] SHOAH.
Lanzmann, Claude
New York: Pantheon. First American edition, 1985.
The complete spoken text of the movie, Lanzmann's attempt "to make an incarnation of the truth" about the Holocaust. Preface by Simone de Beauvoir.
[40795] SOURCES.
Johnson, Kevin
The Dark Page
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press. First American editions, 2007, 2009.
Two volumes, trade edition. Sub-titled, "Books that Inspired American Film Noir 1940-1965"; collects 250+ books which have been the basis for film noirs - short background pieces on the book and movie facing a full page colour illustration of the first edition; they're all here in dustwrapper illustrations that strike me as darker than the movies that they inspired; forewords by Paul Schrader (vol.1) and Guy Maddin (vol.2); both volumes signed by the author
Small mark on the inside front flap of vol.1, else both fine in dustwrappers. The two volumes
[44483] STAGECOACH.
Ford, John and Dudley Nichols
Screenplay, frame enlargements; a Western benchmark.
[48760] STALKER.
Tarkovsky, Andrei
Paris: Gaumont, 1981.
One of two original poster designs for the French release of "Stalker"; this design, by Jean Michel Folon, is the more enigmatic of the two and also more in character with the artist's other illustrations.
Dyer, Geoff
Zona - a Book about a Film about a Journey to a Room
Melbourne: Text Publishing. First Australian edition, 2012.
"Stalker".
Pictorial wrappers. Spots of foxing to extremities, else fine.
[33629] PRESTON STURGES.
Sturges, Sandy adapts and edits
Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges
Developed from Sturges' journals, now the surviving alternative to the director's own planned autobiography, titled during his lifetime "Events Leading Up to My Death"; illustrations.
Spoto, Donald
Boston: Little Brown and Company. First American edition, 1990.
The life and movie career of Preston Sturges.
Shadow on front free endpaper where price sticker has been removed, else fine in dustwrapper.
Sturges, Preston
Four More Screenplays by Preston Sturges
Berkeley: University of California Press. First American edition, 1995.
"The Palm Beach Story", "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek", "The Great Moment" and "Unfaithfully Yours", all complete; foreword by Tom Sturges, brilliant introductions to each screenplay by Brian Henderson.
Pictorial wrappers. Extremities dusty, else fine.
[48837] SUZUKI SEIJUN.
Field, Simon and Tony Rayns edit
Branded to Thrill - the Delirious Cinema of Suzuki Seijun
London: Institute of Contemporary Arts. First English edition, 1994.
Catalogue to accompany a touring exhibition of the director's movies; pieces by Tony Rayns, David Chute, Ian Buruma, the director; notes on each of the fifteen movies, biography and filmography, illustrated.
Pictorial wrappers. Sunned around spine and covers creased. Very good.
[48232] ANDREI TARKOVSKY.
Le Fanu, Mark
The Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky
Movie by movie, position in Russian cinema, pro and contra, and "Vicissitudes of Andrei Rublev" as an appendix.
Turovskaya, Maya
Tarkovsky - Cinema as Poetry
First published in Germany in 1981, translated here by Natasha Ward, edited and introduced by Ian Christie; beginning with a screening of "Ivan's Childhood" in 1962. Illustrated.
Tarkovskaya, Marina compiles
About Andrei Tarkovsky
Moscow: Progress Publishers. First English language edition, 1990.
Twenty-six pieces by a range of contributors - most Russian colleagues, contemporaries, writers, artists and friends - and also Vilgot Sjoman, Krzysztof Zanussi, Erland Josephson and Sven Nykvist; illustrated, 380+pp.
Pictorial wrappers. Price sticker on front panel, else fine.
[48253] ANDREI TARKOVSKY
Tarkovsky, Andrey
Time Within Time - the Diaries
Calcutta: Seagull Books. First Indian edition, 1991.
Diaries 1970-1986 (350+pp.), followed by pieces on "Cinema", "Solaris", "Mirror", "The Idiot" and "Hamlet"; illustrated; translated into English by Kitty Hunter-Blair.
Prelims a little marked, else fine in dustwrapper.
Dunne, Nathan edits
London: Black Dog Publishing. First English edition, 2008.
Twenty-four essays across four general categories - "Russian and Religion", "Art and Nature", "Music and Modernity" and "Memory and Awakenings" - attempting to plait the threads running through the director's movies and his life; contributors include Jean-Paul Sartre, James Quandt, Marc Forster; illustrated throughout, timeline of the director, the poems of Arseny Tarkovsky, and indexed; 460+pp.
Original pictorial boards. Fine as issued without dustwrapper.
[44412] THE THIRD MAN.
Greene, Graham and Carol Reed
Introduction by Andrew Sinclair. Script, shot by shot, altered scenes annotated, illustrations.
Michael Boddy's copy with his signature. Pictorial wrappers. Fine.
Thomson, David
The prolific author's first book; thoughts on the place of the producers and consumers of movies in the world.
Fine in very good dustwrapper with a short closed tear on the front panel.
[43725] THREATS.
Bower, Dallas
Plan for Cinema
London: J.M. Dent and Sons. First English edition, 1936.
A zealous figure in early English television whose plan for cinema was for its social functions to be absorbed by television. The subject matter may be repellent, but it’s a good association copy, inscribed to Peter Brook by Gavin Lambert in 1943; Brook, age 19, was making his first movie - a version of Laurence Sterne’s "A Sentimental Journey" – and in an intimate relationship with Lambert – roommate, later novelist and screenwriter, director of "Another Sky" and, according to Brook, “one of my queer Magdalen friends; a dear boy, with remarkable personal devotion, also a very Wardour Street commercial brain, a sense of publicity and much efficiency.”
Original green cloth. Sunned on spine. Very good. No dustwrapper.
[48759] THE TIN DRUM.
Schlondorff, Volker
Le Tambour
Paris: Argos Films., 1979.
Original French poster for Volker Schlondorff's adaptation of Gunter Grass' novel; the design - a harmonious combination of illustrator and subject - is by the inestimable Roland Topor.
[48762] TRANSIT.
Paris: Les Films du Losange, 2018.
Original French poster for Christian Petzold's most recent movie; the design reproduces the romantic image that has promoted the movie worldwide and stays well clear from its source material's, "... this ongoing situation that the consulates call 'transitory' but that we know in everyday language as the present", and which the movie pursues more determinedly.
Correspondence with everyone in French Cinema during the 1950s; edited by Gilles Jacob and Claude de Givray, foreword by Jean-Luc Godard, translated and edited by Gilbert Adair; 500+pp., illustrated, and dedicated to Helen Scott.
Spots of foxing to foredge, else fine in dustwrapper.
[33627] TURF.
Schwartz, Nancy Lynn
The Hollywood Writers' Wars
The establishment of the Screenwriters' Guild through the 1930s and 1940s and on into the HUAC years.
[14548] LANA TURNER
Turner, Lana
London: New English Library. First English edition, 1983.
"The face of an angel and the body of an alluring woman" according to the dustwrapper blurb, sub-titled "The Lady, the Legend, the Truth", and no mention of a ghostwriter; illustrated.
Spots of foxing to top edge, else fine in dustwrapper.
[48431] UNFORGIVEN.
Buscombe, Edward
An episode from William Munny's life before his career selling dry goods; one of the publisher's series of modern classics.
[48480] UNPRODUCED.
Crumley, James
The Pigeon Shoot
Santa Barbara, CA: Neville Publishing Inc. First American edition, 1987.
An unproduced screenplay by the late detective fiction novelist; "The Mexican Hollywood Blues", short introduction by the author sketching some of the background and explaining the dedication of the book to the consumate scene-stealer Don Emilio Fernandez; #42/350 (total edition 376) numbered copies signed by the author.
Deocrated cloth. A couple of spots of foxing to foredge, else fine in transparent dustwrapper as issued.
[48598] LES VAMPIRES.
Lascault, Gilbert
Les Vampires de Louis Feuillade
An illustrated guide to Feuillade's serial, the fastest eight and a bit hours in movie history: frame enlargements, sources for Feuillade in contemporary illustrations; French text.
[48805] VANGUARD FILMS.
Maunder, Paul
Vanguard Films: 30 Years - a Better World is Possible
[Wellington, New Zealand]: The Film Archive. First New Zealand edition, [2010].
Exhibition catalogue. Essay by Paul Maunder, six small illustrations; separate timeline for the production house.
Heavy card, measures 30 x 42cms., folded once to make 4pp; A4 sheet, printed in red on two sides, laid in. All fine.
[43926] DZIGA VERTOV.
Bode, Thomas and Barbara Wurm edit
Dziga Vertov: the Vertov Collection at the Austrian Film Museum
Vienna: Synema. Reprint, 2006.
Second printing the same month as publication. Illustrated catalogue plus essays about this most influential of filmmakers, 288pp; parallel German and English text
Visconti, Luchino
New York: The Orion Press. First American edition, 1970.
Illustrated screenplays to "White Nights", "Rocco and His Brothers" and "The Job" (the director's contribution to "Boccaccio '70").
[26458] JOSEF VON STERNBERG.
Sarris, Andrew
The Films of Josef Von Sternberg
New York: Museum of Modern Art. First American edition, 1966.
Book to accompany trailblazing season of Von Sternberg's movies at MOMA; the director's autobiography had appeared the previous year.
Printed wrappers. A little edgewear, else fine.
[46226] WAKE IN FRIGHT.
Kotcheff, Ted
Na Krancu Swiata
Original Polish poster for "Wake in Fright" [released in Poland during 1972]. The Polish design by W. Górka does not worry about setting or tag line, concentrates on the movie's claustrophobia and violence, introduces two apparently indigenous characters and a recognisable Doc Tydon (Donald Pleasance).
Poster measures 84 x 58cms. Fine. Folded. Pike and Cooper #391
[45760] ANDY WARHOL.
O'Pray, Michael edits
Andy Warhol Film Factory
London: British Film Institute. First English paperback edition, 1989.
Eighteen essays, contributors include Peter Woollen, Jonas Mekas, Kathy Acker, Parker Tyler, Tony Rayns and Gary Indiana; filmography, bibliography, index; illustrated.
[48604] ORSON WELLES.
Higham, Charles
The Films of Orson Welles
Charles Higham in his first manifestation in Los Angeles as film historian; everything up to "The Immortal Story"; illustrated.
Ownership stamp of Joel Greenberg. Fine in dustwrapper.
Naremore, James
The Magic World of Orson Welles
New York: Oxford University Press. First American edition, 1978.
Across all of Welles' career, now into a third revised edition; with the missing p.134 tipped in as a large erratum slip.
Welles, Orson and Peter Bogdanovich
This Is Orson Welles
London: HarperCollins. First English edition, 1993.
A very long, discursive, anecdotal, illustrated interview; edited by Jonathan Rosenbaum, 500+pp., including index.
Review copy with promotional bumpf laid in. Top edge dusty, a couple of marks to foredge, else fine in dustwrapper.
Rosebud - the Story of Orson Welles
David Thomson's version of Orson Welles' life and career carefully avoids the word "biography".
What Ever Happened to Orson Welles?
Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. First American edition, 2006.
Sub-titled "A Portrait of an Independent Career", or replacing the notion of a decline and squandering of talent with independence and experimentation.
Benamou, Catherine L.
It's All True - Orson Welles's Pan-American Odyssey
One of its subject's more doomed projects: Orson Welles in Mexico and Brazil during 1941-1942 shooting the stories for "It's All True"; 400 closely written pages.
Original black cloth. Fine as issued without dustwrapper.
[48806] WIM WENDERS.
Dawson, Jan
[New York]: New York Zoetrope. First American edition, [1976].
Long interview with the director, illustrated; translations of four pieces by Wenders: Eddie Constantine, "L'Enfant Sauvage", Van Morrison, "Pop/ Rock Festival"; filmography.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Darkened around spine and perimeter; foxing inside around staples. Very good.
Johnston, Sheila
BFI Dossier #10. Modest oral history by cast and crew, plus budget, for "Kings of the Road"; interview with the director re "Hammett"; reviews and essay on Fritz Lang by the director; long essay by Sheila Johnston, extensive filmography; 90pp. total.
Emotion Pictures - Reflections on the Cinema
Thirty-four pieces, written between 1968-1984, subjects include: The Kinks, "Irritations" and movies - "Once Upon a Time in the West", "Nashville" and "The Lusty Men".
Extremites darkened, else fine in dustwrapper.
The Logic of Images - Essays and Conversations
Eighteen pieces on mostly his own movies including: "Kings of the Road", "The American Friend", "Wrong Movement", as well as "Why do you make films?", "Film Thieves" and "A History of Imaginary Films".
Extremities evenly darkened, else fine in dustwrapper.
[32210] PEARL WHITE.
Weltman, Manuel and Raymond Lee
Pearl White - the Peerless Fearless Girl
South Brunswick and New York: A.S. Barnes. First American edition, 1969.
A successful one shot at immortality as Pauline Marvin, the heroine of "The Perils of Pauline" (1914); illustrated.
[25443] BILLY WILDER.
Chandler, Charlotte
Billy Wilder - a Personal Biography
From his childhood in Austria, journalist in Berlin and off through his Hollywood career: the polished anecdotes, then every and now again the glimpse of some enduring European anxiety; illustrated.
Fine in dustwrapper featuring a photograph of the director by Arnold Newman.
[42873] THE WIZARD OF OZ.
"The Wizard of Oz" as social realism, but only after a childhood of Bollywood movies; one of the first four titles in the publisher's series of monographs on film classics.
[48702] ZÉRO DE CONDUITE
Paris: [1977].
Zinnemann, Fred
An Autobiography
Beginning in Vienna in 1907, not a bad place to start, childhood there and, like many of his contemporaries, a long journey west to Los Angeles and the movies.
Zukor, Adolph with Dale Kramer
The Public is Never Wrong
London: Cassell. First English edition, 1954.
... though sometimes they are mistaken; the first fifty years of the career of the American movie pioneer; illustrated.
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15 Best Surgery Games For IOS And Android
Friday, Nov 15, 2019, 12:24 pm
Hey, have you ever wondered what it feels like to be a surgeon and cut open people with scissors, scalpel, etc.? It is a scary feeling. Isn't it? If you are not one of those chicken-hearted people who pass out upon seeing blood, you may well find it interesting and curious. Despite your interest, you will never get an opportunity to operate someone, not even a dead body, unless you are a medical student. Don't worry! Even if you have the faintest urge to become a surgeon, the following surgery games let you do that on your mobile phone without getting your hands wet! Take a look at 15 best surgery simulation games for mobile.
1.Surgery Simulator
It is one of the biggest surgery simulator games. In the game, you are a doctor whose job is to treat patients with different kinds of problems. The game lets you perform eight different surgeries that target body parts like heart, lungs, stomach, knee, ear, foot, liver and skin. Surgery Simulator has three stages with each of them having eight different levels. As a player, you will have to clear each level with a successful surgery, performed on time. The game graphics are simple. They are not going to scare you. Surgery Simulator is a completely free game. Prepare yourself to deal with a lot of ads, though.
Game: Surgery Simulator
Price: Free to Install and Play
Downloads: 10 Million to 50 Million
Reviews: 179,000+
Average Review: 3.6
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2.Virtual Dentist Surgery
The developers of the game claimed that they did a lot of medical research that includes seeking the advice of dental professionals to make this game. According to them, Virtual Dentist Surgery is a casual and educational game that helps us to gain more knowledge in the dental science domain. Virtual Dentist Surgery is a level-based game. It isn't a straightforward simulation game. You need to complete dental surgeries on time, using available tools, to progress forward. The game graphics are excellent. Virtual Dentist Surgery is available only for Android users, though. Another downside of the game is that it has far too many ads to play contentedly. The game description on Google Play says that one of the patients is a celebrity! Can you recognize him in the picture here?
Game: Virtual Dentist Surgery
3.Operate Now Hospital Surgeon
We have to admit that this game, Operate Now Hospital Surgeon, is indeed a top entry on the list. This game does make you feel like a real surgeon. In this game, you play an emergency doctor who needs to take care of a lot of patients who visit him with many problems that range from a small bruise to a heart complication. As a player, you will need to treat them by cleaning and disinfecting wounds, stitching up cuts, and even replacing diseased body parts! If you want to experience what it feels like to be a doctor, then you should never miss playing Operate Now Hospital Surgeon.
Game: Operate Now Hospital Surgeon
Downloads: 1 Million to 5 Million
Reviews: 85,300+
4.Pregnant Mommy Surgery
Pregnant Mommy Surgery is a story-based hospital simulation game. The game's leading character, Lisa, is nine months pregnant. She goes to a hospital for a routine checkup. Doctor tells Lisa that there is an emergency, and that she needs a C-section immediately. In this game, you need to assist doctor by giving him needed surgical tools. You are not a doctor, but you are sure to learn many things related to pregnancy and C-Section by being a subordinate of the doctor. Don't forget to dress up the mommy and her baby once the surgery is finished! Pregnant Mommy Surgery is a little girls' game.
Game: Pregnant Mommy Surgery
5.Open Heart Surgery Simulator
As the name of the game suggests, Open Heart Surgery Simulator lets players perform realistic heart surgeries on patients in a virtual environment. Though it is touted as children's educational game, Open Heart Surgery Simulator has a lot to offer to even grown up individuals like us. By playing this game, we can learn a great bit of details about human heart, its structure, and functions. This game lets you perform standard heart procedures like artery bypass surgery. The game visuals are good and child-friendly. Are you ready to carry out an OHS? Go ahead and download the game. Just a heads up, people have been complaining a lot of about in-game advertisements. So, take note of that.
Game: Open Heart Surgery Simulator
Downloads: 5 Million to 10 Million
6.Tom Leg Surgery
One of the popular surgery simulation games, Tom Leg Surgery, has a rather weird storyline. The game's central character, Tom, had his leg broken. He was taken to a hospital. A doctor in the hospital agreed to fix Tom's broken leg, but he had an emergency of his own to take care. Shockingly, the doctor left the ER, leaving Tom in excruciating pain. Now, it is your responsibility to operate and fix Tom's broken leg! Can you do it? This game gives you all the needed surgical equipment to perform a bone-fixing surgery. The game graphics are good, but they can be improved. Tom Leg Surgery is not available on App Store, though.
Game: Tom Leg Surgery
Price: Free to Download and Install
7.Little Ear Doctor
Little Ear Doctor is another famous doctor simulator game. Be prepared to treat patients and cure their ear problems once and for all. Use the available equipment to clean their ears. Hey, watch out for little bugs hiding inside the patients' ears. Carefully remove them and restore people's hearing ability. Little Ear Doctor is not a serious game. It is a silly game, made especially for children. When it comes to downloads and ratings, this game is one of the best in the surgery simulation game genre.
Game: Little Ear Doctor
8.Amateur Surgeon 3
Allow us to introduce you the weirdest game on the topic. Oh yes, it is a surgeon simulator game. But there is a twist here. Instead of using scalpels, forceps, or scissors, you need to use a pizza cutter, stapler, car battery, and loads of other inappropriate tools to carry out surgeries! Ouch! That just sounds very painful, isn't it? Guess who joins you as your assistant? A mutant bear! Gear up to meet a transgender robot, mutant animals, genetically enhanced pug, cannibals, cultists and many more bizarre things! Amateur Surgeon 3 is an addicting game. It has good graphics and smooth gameplay.
Game: Amateur Surgeon 3
Price: Free to Install and Play, Optional In-app Purchases
9.Foot Surgery Simulator
Foot Surgery Simulator too is one of the rarest games on the topic. This game lets you perform surgeries and other procedures on diseased feet of patients. The patients visit your hospital, seeking treatment for a variety of foot problems like injuries, fractures, cuts, wounds, frostbite, and even beriberi. As a player, you will have to use the available tools and medicines to treat their problems. Foot Surgery Simulator is an excellent game, but you need coins to keep playing the game continuously. You don't need to purchase them as the game doesn't offer any in-app purchases. However, you have to watch video ads now and then to fill your coin bank, which can be a major turnoff for many people.
Game: Foot Surgery Simulator
10.Plastic Surgery Doctor
Don't judge the game by its title. It's a children's game, and even the patients in this game are kids. In Plastic Surgery Doctor, you play a plastic surgeon whose job is to beautify the faces of little kids who damaged their face due to injuries. You need to cover up the bruises using available tools and medicines. The game graphics are beautiful. It is a very small game, though. You have about three kids to perform surgery. As we said earlier, Plastic Surgery Doctor is a children's game. Unless you are one of those adults who leave a one-star rating for a children's game, you wouldn't this game boring at all. Unfortunately, this game is available only on Google Play.
Game: Plastic Surgery Doctor
11.ER Surgery Simulator
ER Surgery Simulator is a level-based game, driven by a story. An earthquake hits a city, injuring thousands of people. You play an ER doctor, and it is your responsibility to save the city's population from imminent death. Perform surgeries on injured people on time to clear levels and move forward. The game lets you carry out ten different kinds of procedures. Every surgery needs to be performed in a standard way like in real emergency rooms. The graphics of this game are good. It is a free game. However, if you want to unlock all the game levels at once, you need to pay developers some money.
Game: ER Surgery Simulator
12.Surgeon Simulator
If you don't mind paying five bucks to a game developer, then Surgeon Simulator is right for you. Surgeon Simulator is one of the wackiest games ever made. The award-winning game lets you treat an unlucky patient named Bob. You are allowed to do whatever you want to do to Bob! Break his ribs, pull his heart out, stab him in the eye, and do every undoable thing to a dying patient! But wait. We aren't encouraging you to do all these things. The game developers want you to do that. Surgeon Simulator is more of a funny and satirical game than a surgeon simulator one.
Game: Surgeon Simulator
Downloads: 2.5 Million
13.Touch Surgery - Surgical Simulator
It isn't precisely a game, but it perfectly does the job if you are looking for a scientific and methodological surgery simulation game. Touch Surgery - Surgical Simulator is a must-have app for high school kids, medical students, and pretty much everyone who wants to learn and explore more about the human body. You can virtually perform various surgeries. The game visuals are excellent and provide clearer details of the body parts than any other game on the topic. Do you know any friend studying medicine? If so, don't forget to tell them about this app. Share the topic now!
App: Touch Surgery - Surgical Simulator
Downloads: 100,000 to 500,000
Reviews: 3,900+
14.Nail Doctor
Nail Doctor is another children's game but that doesn't mean you can't play it. As the name suggests, Nail Doctor lets you treat people with injured or bad toenails. As a doctor, you will have to use tools like scissors, shots, cotton, bandages, buds, etc. to disinfect and treat a broken, crooked, or diseased toenail. Once the nail is fine, you then need to decorate it with stickers and make it look beautiful. Well, that decorating part is a bonus. We think kids and teen girls will love it!
Game: Nail Doctor
15.Doctor Kids
Live the life of children's doctor with this game by treating kids. Cure their diseases. Give them flu shots. Vaccinate them against deadly diseases. Make sure their eyesight is perfect. Answer ER calls and treat injured children. This game, Doctor Kids, is fun to play. Though the game is predominately made for kids, many adults have been leaving positive feedback to it, praising its graphics and gameplay. The only drawback of this game is that you will find the tasks repetitive at some point. Nonetheless, Doctor Kids is one of the best doctor simulation mobile games with over 10 million downloads.
Game: Doctor Kids
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The Last Meridian by Joe Hefferon #Hardboiled #Noir reviewed for #RBRT
Posted in Book Review, Crime, Hardboiled/Noir Fiction, Mystery by Cathy
Author: Joe Hefferon
Released: 20th May 2017 by Evolved Publishing LLC
Category: Hardboiled, Noir, Crime, Mystery, Book Review
A telegram sets off a chain of events that destroys five lives, throwing Hollywood insider Nina Ferrer’s life into turmoil. The infant boy she gave up for adoption in Chicago sixteen years earlier has been arrested for murder. A plea from the boy’s adoptive mother pushes her to act, but Nina has a big problem—she never told her husband about the boy.
Lynn Killian left Chicago in 1948. She wanted a new life in a new place with a new name. With no particular plan in mind she headed west. Who she left behind would never really leave her. She would always wonder.
Fast forward sixteen years and Jimmy Filkins, a reporter captivated and preoccupied by the thought of his ongoing project. A story he desperately wants to write based on his interviews with Nina Ferrer, interior designer to Hollywood’s elite. Nina’s story, as she recounts it to Filkins, begins with murder and a telegram. That telegram changes her life forever. Her now teenaged son, who she left behind in Chicago all those years ago is in desperate trouble. The events set in motion culminated with Nina being incarcerated and the interviews with Filkins taking place in what was known locally as the LA County lock up.
Alongside Nina’s account and the flashbacks leading to her present situation, are the activities of several other key players and how they all converge. Nina’s husband, Arturo, and his shady contact, Morris Canfield. CS, the private investigator hired by Nina to help Steven, the boy accused of murder and, of course, Jimmy Filkins. Recounting the previous months helps Nina to come to terms with what her life has become.
Nina offered insight to her husband’s legion of business cohorts, and a few of his less-likeable acquaintances, one in particular. Morris ‘Mo’ Canfield would play a central role in her drama, along with his effervescent wife, Audrey. Nina confirmed a rumor about her husband’s smuggling of cigars from his native Cuba, and explained how he used his legitimate business dealings in Galveston as a pretext to conduct less socially acceptable transactions, at least one of which involved Mo Canfield.
Initially the structure threw me a little. Not sure why because I normally quite like flashbacks driving a story. Maybe because the sections were mostly short, the timeline seemed disjointed and I wasn’t able to engage enough. Anyway, I reread the first 10% or so and it became much clearer and easier to follow. The narrative continued to swing back and forth between past and present, timelines and characters, but I’m glad to say it wasn’t confusing any longer. I was more at ease with the writing style and could settle in to the story.
The setting is 1960s Hollywood and, along with the associated superficiality, the time and place is evident. Once I was over that first hurdle I enjoyed the story and the way Nina’s background unfolded. Her desperation to vindicate her son served to open her eyes to the people around her, who she thought she could trust, and made her realise how futile her life had become. Perhaps it could also become her salvation.
Nina grew on me, she’s strong and forthright. The supporting characters are also well-rounded. The prose tends towards the lyrical (if that’s the right word), with snappy dialogue, which seems in keeping with the narrative.
Jimmy Filkin expressing his thoughts about Nina…
“It’s a good thing I’m content with my profession and my wife, because a woman like Nina Ferrer could make a man wish he had a different collection of parts to his being, which, when aligned just so, might help him become attractive to her. I’ve never met a woman who could change the temperature of a room by walking into it, a woman with a grace and muscular conscience that interacts like polymers to form a new quintessence of femininity.”
Book links ~ Amazon UK | Amazon US
I chose to read and review The last Meridian for Rosie Amber’s book review team, based on an advance reader copy supplied by the author.
About Joe Hefferon
Retired law enforcement. Enjoying the process of creating a second career as a writer.
You can find out more about Joe on his website, Facebook and Twitter
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Thank you 👍🏼 🙂
War mir, wie immer, ein Vergügen
Thanks Cathy.
You’re welcome, Rosie.
Lane Diamond
Thanks for your review. I’m glad you got over your initial hurdle and enjoyed the book. I had the pleasure of editing and publishing it, but I’m also a reader and fan of the genre, and I truly enjoyed THE LAST MERIDIAN. I’m also so pleased to see you say “the prose tends towards the lyrical.” Joe cearly worked hard on that as the author, and I worked hard to help him polish his overall presentation. To see your comment truly made me smile. Thank you.
Thanks for commenting 🙂 and you’re very welcome.
A great review, Cathy. It belongs among your best.
Thanks so much, Michelle.
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Exclusive: Apple to deploy 1Password to all 123,000 employees, acquisition talks underway
Jonathan S. Geller @boygenius
Apple acquires an average of 15 to 20 companies a year, according to CEO Tim Cook. Of that number, we only hear about a couple, as most of these acquisitions or aqcui-hires are not consumer-facing, nor disclosed. However, we have exclusively learned that Apple is planning an interesting partnership and a potential acquisition of AgileBits, maker of the popular password manager 1Password.
According to our source, after many months of planning, Apple plans to deploy 1Password internally to all 123,000 employees. This includes not just employees in Cupertino, but extends all the way to retail, too. Furthermore, the company is said to have carved out a deal that includes family plans, giving up to 5 family members of each employee a free license for 1Password. With more and more emphasis on security in general, and especially at Apple, there are a number of reasons this deal makes sense. We’re told that 100 Apple employees will start using 1Password through this initiative starting this week, with the full 123,000+ users expected to be activated within the next one to two months.
Apple had very specific requirements for this deal, code-named B2, all around, as you would expect. Some of these include a maximum 4-hour response time (SLA) through customer support for Apple employees, translations of all 1Password support pages into all major international languages, and plenty more. In fact, since AgileBits wasn’t even prepared for this kind of influx of users, the company turned to a third-party call management service that will help to provide phone support in order to fulfill the contractual requirements of the deal. Apple is also using the stand-alone version of 1Password — at first the company considered using the version that includes AgileBits syncing service that routes through cloud providers like Amazon AWS, but Apple quickly decided that wasn’t acceptable. The standalone version of the software lets users sync through iCloud, something Apple is undoubtedly more comfortable with.
While Apple is said to have a custom rate for this incredibly large deal with AgileBits, we haven’t been able to confirm what the company is paying. A standard family license goes for $60/year. If the company hypothetically secured a 50% discount, Apple would be paying around $2.5 million a year for the deal. There’s certainly a lot of revenue at stake here, and we have also confirmed that AgileBits started paying out large bonuses after this deal was signed. Not only did the top management team bonus up to the tune of six-figures each, but AgileBits also paid every single employee at the company a bonus.
1Password has been used for many years by consumers and businesses of every industry and background, so it’s no surprise Apple feels that this is a piece of software the company can rely on from a security perspective. But a looming question is why Apple would be paying millions of dollars a year for the deal instead of making an outright acquisition.
AgileBits’ annual revenue is said to be around the $5 million to $10 million range, and our source told us the company would most likely sell for two to three times revenue. Could Apple just be kicking the tires before diving in? Possibly, but it would seem unlikely at this point. Either this deal is the actual acquisition, structured in a way that provides additional annual revenue for a set number of years, or there’s something else going on. Jeff Shiner, the CEO of AgileBits, was overheard talking about the “Apple acquisition” in the glass conference room in the company’s Toronto office recently, but we have no firm details on what the context was or any specifics of the potential deal. We have reached out to both Apple and AgileBits for comment.
It would certainly be great to see Apple integrate 1Password, or some Apple-esque version of it, much like the company has done with earlier iOS acquisition Workflow and the new Shortcuts app.
UPDATE: AgileBits said in a tweet from its 1Password account that it has not been acquired and plans to remain independent. We stand behind our reporting.
Rumours of my acquisition are completely false. My humans and I are happily independent and plan to remain so.
— 1Password (@1Password) July 10, 2018
Image Source: AgileBits
Tags: 1Password, Apple
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Cognac destilerías y mucho más
On its passage through Cognac and its surrounding area, the river Charente is privileged to flow through vineyards yielding white grapes that are made into one of France’s leading brandy DOs – cognac. This popular drink, which is produced by a double distillation of the wine in copper stills, is the area’s veritable driving force and one of the main attractions for whoever visits this destination in the Charente department. There are also other draws – apart from its well-known distilleries – that make this beautiful corner in the west of France well worth visiting. Ready to discover them?
Visiting Cognac
Cognac is not only the brandy. Before or after embarking on a route of the distilleries where this liqueur is made – after which this beautiful city is named – you should make a point of strolling through the city itself and succumbing to its charms. Set on the right bank of the river Charente is the castle which witnessed the birth of King Francis I, an emblematic figure of the French Renaissance, one of whose iconic artists was Leonardo da Vinci. Once in the old town, known as Vieux Cognac, we recommend you wander through its back streets where you will be transported willy-nilly to a bygone era.
Cognac Distilleries Route
As we said, the most coveted product of the area is cognac, and the distilleries where it is made, one of its main tourist attractions. There you can see first-hand how this delicate liqueur is made and, needless to say, let yourself be carried away by its bouquet and flavour in whatever tasting sessions you attend. Prominent among the best known distilleries is Hennessy, Camus, Remy Martin, Martell and Otard, located in Cognac Castle. You are advised to first get genned up at the Cognac Tourist Office, where they will show you the available routes for visiting both the large wineries and the smaller, family businesses.
Sailing the River Charente
The river Charente, after which the department is named, is one of the area’s major landmarks. For centuries it has been navigable, the artery along which such goods as salt, paper and fabrics were transported, with Angoulême acting as one of its principal river ports. One of the various options for sailing down the river is La Dame Jeanne, a replica of a gabare, the flat-bottomed boat that conveyed goods along the river in former times.
Stopping Off At Angoulême
Comic devotees would inevitably associate the name of the capital of the Charente department with the festival dedicated to the ninth art which attracts a host of enthusiasts each year. Apart from this event, Angoulême has a medieval past which has endured the passage of time. Indeed, its streets are redolent with this medieval legacy and one standout landmark is its Romanesque Cathedral.
Fire up and discover this beautiful area and its stellar product – cognac. Book your Vueling to Bordeaux, located just over one and a half hours from Cognac
Text by Los Viajes de ISABELYLUIS
Images by Pug Girl
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A ‘political’ choice? The race for the Welsh Labour deputy leadership
Deputy Leadership
Welsh Labour
At the Welsh Labour Spring Conference next week, the results of the Welsh Labour deputy leadership election will be announced. The first ever election for the new position is being fought between Swansea East MP Carolyn Harris and Cardiff North AM Julie Morgan. A lot of the talk surrounding the election has been over the issue of One Member One Vote (OMOV) in deciding future Welsh Labour leadership elections, as Sienna Rodgers noted on LabourList. The UK Labour Party currently operates this system for its leadership elections but Welsh Labour have not followed, keeping the Electoral College system which is being used for this election.
The issue of OMOV may symbolise an election being fought between left vs right. It will of course favour left-wing candidates in any future leadership election, with suggestions that Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, Mark Drakeford, might run for the Welsh Labour leadership as the left candidate. However, a look at politicians who are supporting each candidate, and the positions of the candidates themselves, suggests it is not that simple.
Who is supporting who?
Both Carolyn Harris and Julie Morgan include a page on their respective campaign sites with a list of the politicians, unions and Labour groups supporting them. A look through this list reveals a couple of things. For the purpose of this analysis, I am going to look at the AMs, Welsh MPs and the non-Welsh MPs who are listed on their sites. It must be noted, however, that Harris has secured the support most of the trade unions, potentially proving significant.
Firstly, Julie Morgan has 14 AMs listed on her endorsements page compared to 11 for Carolyn Harris. 4 Welsh Government Cabinet Secretaries have declared support for Julie Morgan: Mark Drakeford, Ken Skates, Lesley Griffiths and Julie James. Harris has gained the support of 2 Cabinet Secretaries, Vaughan Gething and Alun Davies. In terms of Welsh Government ministers, Morgan has received support from 3: Eluned Morgan, Rebecca Evans and Huw Irranca-Davies. Harris has received support from 1, Hannah Blythyn, indicating an equal 5-5 split within the Welsh Government in terms of support for each candidate. 14 AMs for Morgan and 11 for Harris is not a significant difference either. It is not obviously clear if these AMs represent different parts of the left-right divide. Welsh AMs have appeared, on the surface anyway, to be fairly united, with none of the splits we see in the party at a UK-wide level.
Harris has received the backing of more Welsh MPs than Morgan: 17-5. This denotes a clear message that Welsh MPs are overwhelmingly coming out in support of Harris, who has also secured the backing of prominent non-Welsh MPs. On her website, Dianne Abbot, Angela Rayner and Clive Lewis have offered their support to the campaign. Again, this raises doubts as to whether this election reflects a left-right split in the party as these 3 MPs are considered key Corbyn allies.
Left vs Right?
Simply looking at who is backing who, there does not appear to be a clear ideological divide between the supporters of the two candidates. Trying to discern a left-right divide between the two candidates is difficult in itself. Details provided by TheyWorkForYou suggest that Carolyn Harris has consistently voted in favour of broadly ‘socialist’ policies. On her website, Harris stresses that she has “remained loyal to our Party and the leadership” (although she declared support for Owen Smith in the 2016 leadership election). She promises to stand up to Tory austerity and demonstrate “the difference Labour values and socialist policies make to our communities”. A pro-devo vs devo-sceptic divide might not be on display here either: TheyWorkForYou analysis suggests that “Carolyn Harris generally voted for transferring more powers to the Welsh Assembly”.
Julie Morgan has also emphasised her socialist credentials, highlighting her career fighting for human rights, social justice and equality. In a campaign video on her Twitter page, Morgan gave her 100% backing to Jeremy Corbyn, emphasising shared policy positions with the Labour leader. In the same video, Mark Drakeford urged Labour members to vote for Julie Morgan insisting that “there is a real political choice at the heart of this election about the sort of Labour Party we want to be here in Wales. And we need a Labour Party that leans to the left, because that’s where the centre of political gravity lies here in Wales”. For Drakeford, a vote for Julie Morgan would guarantee that.
OMOV?
If this election is being fought on OMOV then it is strange to see Corbyn allies supporting Carolyn Harris. OMOV would be the aim of Corbyn supporters in Wales. However, as I have mentioned, it is probably easier for Harris to ask for support of MPs. Her notable success in securing the Prime Minister’s commitment to set up a children’s funeral fund has won plaudits throughout Westminster. There is also the possibility that non-Welsh Labour MPs may not fully understand the internal dynamics at play in the party in Wales. Corbyn allies not lending their support to a politician campaigning for a voting system favourable to left-wing candidates indicates this. If this election is being fought over OMOV, Harris does not seem to be mentioning it, although she did state that the decision to keep the Electoral College system was correct, saying that “It’s really important unions, who created the party, have a say”. Morgan has put the issue of OMOV at the centre of her campaign.
As an aside, it’s worth mentioning that Mike Hedges, tipped by some as a potential left-wing candidate in a future leadership election, has been very vocal about his desire to see OMOV introduced into Welsh leadership elections. However, according to Harris’ website, Hedges has offered his support to her campaign, and not to Julie Morgan who is actually campaigning for OMOV! Hedges is the AM for Swansea East so perhaps it might not be seen as a particularly appropriate thing for him to be backing the opponent of the MP whose consistency he shares. However, this didn’t stop Mick Antoniw coming out in support of Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour leadership election against Owen Smith who represents Pontypridd, the same constituency as Antoniw. In fairness, Mike Hedges has not shared anything on social media offering support to either candidate. His vocal support for OMOV makes me believe this may be an oversight.
The future of Welsh Labour
More substantial work is needed on the internal dynamics within the party in relation to this election. For now, it is worth stressing two features of this election. Firstly, it is clear that Carolyn Harris has a substantial amount of support behind her campaign. The weight of PLP backing and trade union support is significant. However, Julie Morgan has also achieved trade union support and a desire from the membership for OMOV may give her the advantage. Secondly, even if this election is not overtly a left-right battle, a Julie Morgan victory may have a significant impact on the future direction of the party. If Julie Morgan wins the election, then calls for OMOV to be introduced into the Welsh Labour Party will grow, and this could have a major impact when Carwyn Jones steps down as Welsh Labour leader and an election commences. Welsh Labour under the control of a left-wing, pro-Corbyn leadership could fundamentally change as a party.
Understanding the internal dynamics of Welsh Labour is not straightforward. The call for OMOV from the likes of Julie Morgan, Mark Drakeford and Welsh Labour Grassroots may push Welsh Labour towards a left vs right, pro-Corbyn vs anti-Corbyn dynamic. However, the relationship between Welsh Labour AMs and Welsh Labour MPs, pro-devo Labour members and devo-sceptic Labour members, also needs to be factored in. This election could bring those tensions to the fore.
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System Integrator Uses ThinManager to Help Create a New Platform for Benchtop and Small-Scale Bioreactor Users
August 14, 2018 April 18, 2019 Tom Jordan Customer Story, Education, Integrator, News, Real World ThinManager, Thin Client Management, ThinManager, Visualization
System Integrators work hard. Projects usually take longer than expected as the scope stretches to meet the customer’s expectations. Every project has unique challenges. Sometimes you put in long days and weekend work to make sure everything gets done.
Because of these things and much more, successful SIs learn how to work very efficiently. When a tool or system can be utilized to make projects more streamlined, SIs will seek to redeploy that tool or system on other projects to help overcome the obstacles mentioned above.
In the course of providing solutions to customers, Panacea Technologies not only found a great technology to improve their customer’s computing, they also found a way to create a new offering that has the potential to change the benchtop and small-scale reactor space for the better. That technology is ThinManager from Rockwell Automation.
The current state of the benchtop and small-scale bioreactor market allows limited interaction with the reactors. Some facilities may have hundreds of reactors that need to be controlled and monitored. The issue is that these systems often use proprietary HMIs that have rigid limitations on how many units can be connected. Currently, many operators simply have to deal with monitoring one or two bioreactors at a time from a fixed terminal.
“We once saw an operator running around with kitchen timers, paper notebooks, and a Microsoft Surface all while standing in front of the proprietary HMI,” said Will Aja of Panacea Technologies.
Besides making lab operations inefficient, these systems have no real way of controlling user access. Panacea Technologies decided they could apply ThinManager to help solve these issues. What they have developed is not only a solution, but a whole new product to offer to their pharmaceutical customers.
Panacea knew that mobile tablets would be an excellent way to overcome many of these issues. But seeking more than just a mobile connection, Panacea also wanted to provide access to more reactors at a time.
“We envisioned a product where scientists could move freely through the lab interacting with all the Bioreactors in a lab quickly with an intelligent system that would know who had access to what based on where they were. ThinManager fit the bill perfectly here, and we are taking advantage of almost every single feature ThinManager offers.”
While ThinManager is well known for its thin client management capabilities, it also provides the only location-based mobile solution available. By combining ThinManager’s mobile capabilities with many of the standard ThinManager features, Panacea was able to overcome a multitude of pain points. In fact, they overcame so many pain points that they essentially created a new platform for the industry. They call it OpenBIO. We asked Mr. Aja to explain how ThinManager helped create this new platform. Below he describes the ThinManager features that support OpenBIO.
“QR codes, that are integrated into our logo, are placed on the front of every OpenBIO unit which are used to gain control of the unit from the tablet.”
“Using MultiSession on the tablet, you can quickly switch between the HMI, the Lab Notebook, the Formula Manager, and anything else. AppLink is used to control who has access to what, and Shadowing is used so that supervisors or other operators can collaborate with other operators as runs are made. The next generation will have IP Cameras mounted on the OpenBIO unit so that the reactors can be viewed without gowning up and going into the clean space. We also use ThinManager to display overall lab results on a big screen TV for everyone to view.”
“SmartSessions are configured so the sessions are balanced across the Terminal servers allowing us to efficiently use Terminal servers. Instant Failover is configured so users can go on with their sessions without interruption if a server goes offline.”
“We took it a step further and deployed training systems complete with ThinManager and training tablets so that scientists can train on a virtual platform before going into the lab.”
When we asked Mr. Aja which ThinManager feature was the most important for this new platform, this is what he had to say, “I think all the features described in the Pain Point section combine to be useful. As a Thin Client distribution software, ThinManager is great, but when you take advantage of all the features, you get to experience how powerful it can be. It is hard to pick just one.”
Panacea Technologies plans to continue using ThinManager for new thin client and mobility projects and the continued development of the OpenBIO platform. While there are countless reasons that system integrators choose ThinManager, Mr. Aja sums it up pretty well.
“We chose ThinManager because of the features like MultiSession, AppLink, Shadowing etc. More than that though we chose ThinManager because to an operator the interaction is seamless. They aren’t logging into Terminal Servers manually and switching between sessions manually. They have a tablet that does it all with a few swipes of their finger(s).”
Needed to overcome limited access to bench-top and small-scale bioreactors as well as dated methods for operating and monitoring the units.
Fit for ThinManager:
ThinManager’s Relevance mobility solution allowed for integration of QR codes on each reactor to manage access, control and monitoring from mobile tablets.
Other ThinManager features made it possible to restrict access to the applications needed without requiring full desktop access.
ThinManager removed the need for operators to manually access terminal servers and manually switch between sessions.
Panacea selected ThinManager as the platform of choice for several reasons:
ThinManager’s mobility solution, Relevance, allowed controlled access to bioreactors through QR codes.
ThinManager also expanded access to multiple benchtop and small-scale bioreactors creating a much more efficient work environment for the operators.
The ThinManager features all combine to create a seamless end-user experience.
Panacea typically uses ThinManager for other solutions as its built-in features help overcome many modern system integration challenges.
ThinManager Platinum Integrator
Panacea Technologies Inc. is a Process Control and Automation services company headquartered in Montgomeryville, PA with offices in Irvine, CA and Albany, NY. Panacea has been delivering cutting edge solutions to our clients since 1996.
We remain committed to delivering superior solutions to our clients in the Process Industries including Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Oil, Gas, Chemical, and Industrial Gases as well as Brewing and other Food and Beverage arenas. Panacea’s competitive edge can be largely attributed to our technology focused expertise in automation solutions, information management, and services. We have been providing a full suite of project services ranging from feasibility studies to implementation and long term support for over 20 years. For our Pharmaceutical clients we also provide automation validation services with an emphasis on 21 CFR Part 11 and ISA-88 based system validation.
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Home Theater 101
The Bonus View
BONUS VIEW
Blu-ray: Worth a Look
3rd Party $4.59
Movie Release Year: 2013
Release Country: United States
COLLAPSE INFO -
Review Date March 18th, 2014 by David Krauss
From Scott Cooper, the critically acclaimed writer and director of Crazy Heart, comes a gripping and powerful drama about family, fate, circumstance and justice. Russell Baze (Bale) leads a dead-end life – he works a meaningless steel mill job all day, and cares for his terminally ill father at night. When Russell's brother Rodney (Affleck) returns home from Iraq, he is lured into one of the Northeast's most ruthless crime rings and mysteriously disappears. When the police fail to solve the case, Russell puts his life at risk in order to seek justice for his brother.
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TECH SPECS & RELEASE DETAILS
Technical Specs: Blu-ray/Digital Copy
Video Resolution/Codec: 1080p/AVC MPEG-4
Release Country:United States
Aspect Ratio(s):2.40:1
English Descriptive Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles/Captions: English SDH, Spanish
Special Features: Four featurettes
Movie Studio: 20th Century Fox
Story Review Storyline: Our Reviewer's Take
Though Wall Street may be booming at the moment, Main Street - in many rural regions of the country - is still a bust. Economically depressed small towns continue on what often seems like an irreversible downward spiral, as residents struggle to make ends meet on meager wages and fight to keep their industrial jobs. 'Out of the Furnace' explores one such battered borough and the bleak existence of a close-knit family that's rocked by a series of hard knocks. Writer-director Scott Cooper ('Crazy Heart') possesses a knack for finely etched character studies, but here, his story lets him down. Unendurably downbeat and wrenching, this intimate drama often packs a visceral punch, but never really connects on an emotional level. Cooper tries hard to reach us, but his characters don't resonate and the action only succeeds in numbing us to the film's core message of how violence infiltrates and overtakes our society.
The Baze brood ekes out a tenuous existence in western Pennsylvania's Rust Belt, where steel mills dot the landscape and an industrial haze clouds the sky. Like his father before him, Russell Baze (Christian Bale) toils dutifully, working long hours in rough conditions in the hope of one day achieving a better life. He also struggles to keep his splintering family together, caring for his terminally ill dad and trying to keep his disillusioned brother Rodney (Casey Affleck) on the straight-and-narrow after a devastating tour of duty in Iraq. The one bright spot in Russell's dreary life is his relationship with the lovely Lena (Zoe Saldana), but a freak accident sends Russell to prison and jeopardizes all he holds dear. When he's released a few years later, much has changed, especially Rodney, who's buckled under the weight of responsibility in Russell's absence and become further disheartened. To release his pent-up rage, satisfy his self-destructive tendencies, and make some "easy" money, Rodney becomes a professional streetfighter, yet when he crosses paths with the despicable Harlan DeGroat (Woody Harrelson), the leader of a fringe group of mountain men specializing in organized crime, the consequences could shatter everyone's lives.
In many ways, 'Out of the Furnace' is a typical good vs. evil yarn, and Cooper shows us right off the bat that in this day and age, nefarious forces enjoy a decided advantage. As times get tough and life beats us down, we may choose to reject society's established rules and make up our own, abiding by a more barbaric code with simple, black-and-white guidelines. Nice guys don't just finish last in this dog-eat-dog world; they're trampled on, ground up, and spit out by people who are immune to tenderness, empathy, and respect. Cooper aptly depicts the harshness and severity of such an environment, and can't hide his disdain for it, but with no redemption or glimmer of hope, he alienates his audience. I don't mind depressing stories if I can latch on to a relatable theme that can somehow inspire me, but 'Out of the Furnace' wallows in its anger and self-pity, and after a while I didn't want to subject myself to such ugliness any longer.
Cooper paints a frank, unapologetic portrait of a branch of American society that all too often gets swept under the rug, and from that standpoint, his film is admirable. Yet despite some exciting fight scenes and a nicely executed final showdown, there's not much here to hook the viewer. This is not at all a pleasant film to watch, though its excellent direction and the superior work of the impressive ensemble cast that also includes Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, and Sam Shepard heightens its relevance. But even fine actors can't always engender empathy for their characters, and that's where 'Out of the Furnace' falters most. The Baze brothers are likeable and their predicaments concern us, but we never feel fully invested in their lives. Cooper keeps us at arm's length, and such detachment provokes an ambivalent attitude toward the figures on the screen and the movie as a whole.
Bale brings plenty of brooding intensity to his low-key role and creates fine chemistry with Affleck, Saldana, and Shepard. It's hard to reconcile the lean, toned Bale of 'Out of the Furnace' with his overweight, disheveled appearance in 'American Hustle,' but that's what makes him such an interesting actor, and he fully inhabits his part. Affleck is equally good, filing a natural and affecting portrayal, while Harrelson tries to outdo Javier Bardem in the scary villain department as the ruthless, sadistic, lollipop-sucking crime boss. He comes close, but there's a cartoonish quality about Harrelson's work that keeps it from achieving maximum impact.
'Out of the Furnace' throws us into the fire and engulfs us in the flames of a degenerating society. Not many people will want to go there, but if you have the stomach for an unsettling story with only a glimpse or two of fleeting joy, then you might find this well-made film interesting.
The Blu-ray: Vital Disc Stats
'Out of the Furnace' arrives on Blu-ray packaged in a standard case. The 50GB dual-layer disc resides inside, along with a leaflet outlining how to access the Digital HD Ultraviolet copy. Video codec is 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 and audio is DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. Once the disc is inserted into the player, previews for 'Robocop' and 'The Counselor' precede the full-motion menu with music.
Technical Specs:
Blu-ray/Digital Copy
Video Resolution/Codec:
1080p/AVC MPEG-4
Aspect Ratio(s):
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles/Captions:
English SDH, Spanish
Four featurettes
With its dilapidated settings, industrial backdrops, and overall sense of doom, 'Out of the Furnace' isn't the most vibrant-looking motion picture, but Fox's 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 transfer represents the film's original appearance well. Excellent contrast and clarity, along with a faint grain structure that's more pronounced in some scenes than others, distinguish this strong rendering, which is free of any nicks, marks, or scratches. There's not much color, save for the verdant hues of the surrounding forestry, but what's on display appears natural and true. Rich blacks supply necessary depth and are largely immune to crush, whites are bright, and fleshtones are spot on.
Razor sharp close-ups highlight the actors' scraggly beards, scruffy faces, and weathered skin well, in addition to Saldana's no-makeup loveliness. Shadow delineation is also quite good, and background elements are always easy to discern. No banding, noise, or pixelation occur, and any digital doctoring escapes notice. This is another winning transfer from Fox that does this new release proud.
Audio Review
Dialogue is the most essential aspect of any movie, and though this DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track features generally well-modulated sound, I found conversations to be very difficult to comprehend, even when spoken in normal tones. The rural dialects can be tough to decipher, but there's a muffled quality to several exchanges that almost had me reaching for the remote so I could turn on the subtitles. Ambient effects and sonic accents, such as the steel mill machinery, gunshots, and fisticuffs, fare much better, exhibiting a crispness of tone that adds palpable impact to the proceedings. Surround activity is present, but largely unobtrusive, with faint bleeds supplying welcome aural texture. A wide dynamic scale handles all the highs and lows with ease, but the subwoofer doesn't get much of a workout, as bass frequencies are sparingly employed.
Fine fidelity and tonal depth distinguish the music score, which enjoys a nice surround presence and fills the room with ease. No imperfections, such as hiss, pops, or crackles, intrude, and no distortion creeps into the mix. If the dialogue were easier to understand, this track would earn high marks, but because the spoken word is often muddled, the audio's impact - and score - is reduced.
A few supplements provide the film with some essential context and perspective. A scene-specific audio commentary with Cooper would have provided even more insight, but sadly is not included.
Featurette: "Inspiration" (HD, 3 minutes) - The film's principal actors briefly discuss what motivated them to become performers. Sam Shepard, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, and Christian Bale all particpate, and some of their responses may surprise you.
Featurette: "Scott Cooper" (HD, 7 minutes) - This thinly disguised testimonial to the talents of the writer-director examines Cooper's intimate relationship with his actors, his confidence, and the genesis of the screenplay. His cast heaps praise upon him, and Cooper himself discusses the movie's meaning and the importance of its location.
Featurette: "Crafting the Fight Scenes" (HD, 5 minutes) - The film's stunt coordinator talks about training Affleck and Harrelson, and how their natural athletic ability enabled them to make the fight choreography look real. Plenty of rehearsal clips back up his comments.
Featurette: "The Music of 'Out of the Furnace'" (HD, 9 minutes) - Cooper and composer Dickon Hinchliffe discuss the inspirations and influences that led to the film's eclectic music, and how they hope the songs and score reflect the grittiness of the industrial steel mill setting. They also fondly recall their recording experiences at the famed Abbey Road studios.
Theatrical Trailer (HD, 2 minutes) - The film's original preview somewhat sugarcoats the movie's downbeat nature.
Dark, depressing, and hopelessly bleak, 'Out of the Furnace' makes a sober statement about the prevalence and futility of violence in our society and the dead-end nature of many American lives. Though it contains excellent performances from an award-winning cast that includes Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, and Willem Dafoe, and is directed with sensitivity and commitment by Scott Cooper, this downbeat film is tough to take and not very pleasant to watch. Fox's Blu-ray features an excellent video transfer, somewhat problematic audio, and a few interesting supplements. Cooper handles the important subject matter well, but this is not a movie with much entertainment value. It's worth a look for fans of the actor and director, and for those who appreciate challenging topics, but others might want to skip this rough, uncomfortable film.
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Green tea increases the survival yield of Bifidobacteria in simulated gastrointestinal environment and during refrigerated conditions
Dan C Vodnar1 &
Carmen Socaciu1
The well–known prebiotics are carbohydrates but their effects may not always be beneficial, as they can also encourage the growth of non-probiotic bacteria such as Eubacterium biforme and Clostridium perfringens. Therefore, new alternatives such as non-carbohydrate sources to stimulate the growth of probiotics are needed. The aim of this work was to evaluate (I) the green tea polyphenols by HPLC-LC/MS and (II) the protective effect of green tea extract on viability and stability of B. infantis ATCC 15697 and B. breve ATCC 15700 microencapsulated in chitosan coated alginate microcapsules during exposure to simulated gastrointestinal conditions and refrigerated storage.
The major compound identified by HPLC-LC/MS in green tea was epigallocatechin gallate followed by caffeine and epigallocatechin. The survival yield of probiotic bacteria in microcapsules with 10% GT during storage at 4°C, demonstrated significantly (P < 0.05) higher number of survival bacteria. Microencapsulated B.infantis and B. breve with 5% and 10% GT showed a significantly (P < 0.05) improved survival under simulated gastric conditions (pH 2.0, 2 h) and bile solution (3%, 2 h) when they were compared with microencapsulation without GT addition.
The results of this study suggest that green tea coencapsulated with B. infantis or B. breve exert a protective effect of bacteria during exposure to gastrointestinal conditions and refrigerated storage. For a health perspective, the results confirm the growing interest probiotic bacteria and the perceived benefit of increasing their numbers in the gastrointestinal tract by microencapsulation.
The active delivery of probiotic cells in microencapsulated form has received reasonable attention during the last 10 years, since it can reduce losses of sensitive bacteria induced by detrimental external factors during storage and digestion [1]. Several reviews [2] summarized the potential of microencapsulation to improve probiotic survival during storage or gastrointestinal transit. Alginate is the most widely used matrix for microencapsulation, but its use is limited due to low stability in acidic conditions [3, 4]. Therefore coating of alginate with chitosan improved the stability of alginate beads and thus improved the viability of the encapsulated probiotic bacteria, as previously shown by Krasaekoopt et al. [5].
Bifidobacteria selectively colonize the intestinal tract of breastfed infants and are also relevant colonic bacteria in adults [6]. The strains commonly regarded as human probiotics belong to the species Bifidobacterium bifidum B. breve B. infantis B longum B. lactis and B. animalis, which are included in functional dairy products [6]. Bifidobacterium longum B. adolescentis, and B. catenulatum are most commonly found in adult faecal samples while B. infantis and B. breve are predominantly present in infant’s faeces [7]. Though, B. infantis and B. breve are also found in certain numbers in adults [8]. Strains of B. infantis are considered particularly beneficial due to its enhanced ability to inhibit gastrointestinal pathogens through direct anti-microbial action and to attenuate colitis [9].
Prebiotics are non-digestible carbohydrates that beneficially affect the host after ingestion as they are available as a selective energy source for probiotic Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria, stimulating their growth and activity in the colon [10]. The effects of carbohydrate-type prebiotics may not always be beneficial, as they can also encourage the growth of non-probiotic bacteria. Bello et al. [11] demonstrated that the use of fructo-oligosacharides (FOS) resulted in enhanced growth of Eubacterium biforme and Clostridium perfringens. Therefore, new alternatives such as non-carbohydrate sources to stimulate the growth of probiotics are needed.
It is believed that the efficiency of probiotic health benefits can be enhanced by coupling the application of probiotics with a selective prebiotic growth substance, thus favoring colonization of probiotics in the human gut [12]. Hence, a combined application of pro- and prebiotics, a concept referred to as symbiotic, also emerged in the field of probiotic microencapsulation.
Green tea (Camelia sinensis) is one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world and has multiple health benefits, such as anti-stress [13], anticancer [14], antioxidant [15] and neuroprotective effects [16]. Green tea active polyphenols include (−)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), (−)-epigallocatechin (EGC), (−)-epicatechin-3-gallate (ECG), and (−)-epicatechin [17].
In the present study, we evaluated (I) the green tea polyphenols by HPLC-MS and (II) the protective effect of green tea extract on viability and stability of B. infantis and B. breve microencapsulated in chitosan coated alginate microcapsules during exposure to simulated gastrointestinal conditions and refrigerated storage.
HPLC-LC/MS characterization of green tea extract
Figure 1. shows a chromatogram of extracted green tea while the Table 1 lists the retention times, mass data, concentration and the substance names for the numbered peaks in the chromatogram. The compounds in tea infusion were identified with reference compounds and literature data on the basis of their HPLC retention times and mass spectra.
HPLC chromatogram of phenolic compounds in green tea extract. Peak numbers correspond to Table1.
Table 1 Retention time, mass spectral data and concentration of phenolic compounds from green tea extract
The dominant peak 7 in Figure 1, was identified as caffeine by processing the same retention time and mass spectrum, which had a [M + H]+ ion at m/z 195 Figure 2A. Peak 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11 were all identified as catechins belonging to the flavan-3-ol class of flavonoids. Peak 3 and 4 had a [M + H]+ ion at m/z 307 and according to the mass fragment ions were identified gallocatechin and epigallocatechin. Peak 6 was identified as catechin which had a [M + H]+ ion at m/z 291. Peak 9 showed a mass spectrum which corresponded with epigallocatechingalate Figure 2 C. Peak 11 had a [M + H]+ ion at m/z 443 (Figure 2B) which clearly confirmed the catechingallate compound. Peak 1 and 2 were identified as phenolic acids according to the mass spectrum. Peak 1 produced the [M + H]+ ion at 335 and mass fragment ions at m/z 189 and 171, which corresponded to quinic and gallic acid. Thus, peak 1 was identified as galloylquinic acid, peak 2 was confirmed as gallic acid. As can be seen in Table 1, the major compound in green tea extract was epigallocatechingalate 53.18 mg/ml followed by caffeine 19.16 mg/ml and epigallocatechin 7.13 mg/ml.
Mass spectra of Caffeine 195 (m/z) (A), Catechingallate 443 (m/z) (B), Epigallocatechingalate 459 (m/z) (C).
Microcapsules characteristics. Size, entrapment efficiency and viability
Table 2. shows results for diameters and encapsulation yields of chitosan-coated alginate microcapsules containing B. infantis or B. breve with or without addition of green tea. The mean diameters of all types of microcapsules were between 318.23 and 344.19 μm. EY was higher for microcapsules with B. infantis as compared to all trials and low differences between microcapsules with B. breve, B + 5%GT, I + 10% GT. Some studies reported that encapsulation of probiotic bacteria with quercetin (prebiotic) has poor encapsulation efficiency and low viability of the cells in quercetin beads due to interaction of flavonoid with probiotic [18, 19]. Our results showed difference between viability of bacteria in beads, increasing the viability of bacteria from microcapsules without GT (B: 9.24 log CFU/mL, I: 9.34 log CFU/mL) to microcapsules with 5% GT (B: 9.39 log CFU/mL, I: 9.28 log CFU/mL) and 10% GT (B: 9.43 log CFU/mL, I: 9.36 log CFU/mL), respectively.
Table 2 Size, encapsulation yield and viability of bacteria in different beads containing green tea
Survival of free and microencapsulated cells in SGJ
Several studies have shown that only microencapsulated probiotics were able to maintain viability in gastrointestinal conditions [20]. Immobilization of bacteria in alginate beads has previously been tested for improving the viability of probiotic bacteria in simulated gastric conditions [21]. Sultana et al. [4] found the encapsulation of bacteria in alginate beads did not effectively protect the organism from high acidity. On the other hand, some authors reported the effect of alginate encapsulation on survival of lactic bacteria in simulated gastrointestinal conditions [4, 18], there is no uniformity in the reported results.
Viability of immobilized and free cells of probiotic bacteria with and without addition of GT, in simulated gastric juice was evaluated and the results were shown in Figure 3. Encapsulation in chitosan-coated alginate beads significantly (P < 0.05) protected survival of B. infantis and B. breve. Microencapsulated B. infantis and B. breve with or without GT were resistant to simulated gastric conditions. In capsules without addition of GT, the survival rate of bacteria was lower comparing with the capsules containing 5% and 10% GT addition. Thus, the survivability rate increased proportionally with the concentration of GT addition. A significant differences (P < 0.05) was noted between cell survival of B. breve with addition of 10% GT vs. all trials. Our results suggested that microcapsules with 5% and 10% GT extract increased the number of survival cells after 120 min of exposure to SGJ in comparation with microcapsules without GT addition. Thus, green tea exerts the stimulative effect on B. infantis and B. breve. It is estimated that 107 CFU/mL of live probiotic cells are needed to confer health benefits to the consumer [22]. However, there was a rapid loss of free probiotic bacteria in SGJ, initial number of 9 log CFU/mL for free strains decreased to less than 2.6 log CFU/mL after exposure of 2 h.
Survival of free and encapsulated B. infantis (I) and B. breve (B) with and without addition of 5% and 10% green tea (GT) during exposure to simulated gastric juice at 37°C for 120 min. The error bars indicate standard deviations from the mean values of three replicated experiments. Means with different letter in a column are significantly different (p < 0.05). For abbreviations see Table 4.
Some reports have indicated differences among strains of probiotic bacteria with respect to their survival in acid environment [23]. Krasaekoopt et al. [5] found that encapsulation with alginate coated with chitosan was the best treatment to protect studied bacteria for all conditions tested. Molan et al. [24] demonstrated the prebiotic effect of green tea containing selenium promoting the growth of Lactobacillus ssp. and Bifidobacterium ssp. under in vitro conditions. The mechanism by which tea extract increased the growth of probiotic bacteria remain unclear, a possible partial explanation for this enhancing effect was presented by Molan et al. [24] consisting on the ability of polyphenols in green tea, to act as antioxidant and antiradical agents, to modulate the oxidative stress in the medium generated by the metabolic activities and consequently provide a better environment for the growth and multiplication of strains.
Survival of microencapsulated probiotic bacteria in SIJ
Chitosan-coated alginate beads were the most effective in protecting probiotic bacteria from bile salt [19]. The chitosan coating provides protection in bile salt solution because an ion exchange reaction takes place when the beads absorb bile salt [25]. Krasaekoopt et al. [5] found that microencapsulation with alginate coated with chitosan was the best treatment to protect studied probiotic bacteria for all condition tested.
Viability of immobilized of free cells and B. infantis and B. breve with and without addition of (5%, 10%) GT in simulated intestinal juice was evaluated and the results were shown in Table 3. In the case of free B. infantis and B. breve, the initial average viable count of 9.24 log CFU/mL and 9.34 log CFU/mL was reduced to 4.56 log CFU/mL and 4.75 log CFU/mL after 90 min and the average viable number was further reduced to 2.89 log CFU/mL and 2.45 log CFU/mL after 120 min. The survival percentage of microencapsulated bacteria after exposure to SIJ for 120 min was highest in trials with 10% GT being 91.54% and 92.33% from the initial cell population found in encapsulated I + GT 10% and B + GT 10%. 10% GT exert a positive effect on survivability of probiotic bacteria after 120 min of SIJ exposure, enhancing the number of B. infantis with 5.05% and B. breve with 7.38% when was coencapsulated with them.
Table 3 Number of survival cells (log CFU/mL) during sequential incubation (37°C) in simulated intestinal juice
Resistance to refrigerated storage
Experiments were performed in order to evaluate the efficiency of immobilization treatment for increasing the probiotics viability under refrigeration. The results of the B. infantis and B. breve survival of with and without addition of green tea extract under 30 days of incubation at 4 ± 1°C are presented in Figure 4. Results showed that at the end of this time, the immobilized cells in 10% GT had the lowest loss of viability (0.94 log CFU/mL for B. infantis and 0.82 log CFU/mL for B. brevis). The viability of microencapsulated cells showed different stability between microcapsules with or without GT in the same storage conditions. After 30 days, the survival of free B. infantis and B. breve decreased from 3.5 x 109 to 3.4 x 107 CFU/mL and from 2.4 x 109 to 3.1 x 107 CFU/mL respectively. The number of microencapsulated bacteria with 10%, 5% GT was significantly higher (P < 0.05) than microencapsulated bacteria without GT and free bacteria. The rate of decrease was significantly different (P < 0.05) between the microencapsulated with and without 10% GT. Koo et al. [26] reported that probiotic bacteria loaded in chitosan-coated alginate microcapsules showed higher storage stability than free cell culture. We also observed a similar effect in our study. One of the properties for a given microorganism to be considered probiotic is its capacity to survive storage as a formulated product. In general, fermented products containing added probiotics should be stored under refrigeration at 4°C. Our results, suggest that immobilization of B. infantis and B. breve with GT improve viability of probiotics during refrigeration storage
Survival of B. infantis (I) and B. breve (B) with and without addition of 5% and 10% green tea (GT) under refrigerated storage (4 ± 1°C). Means (n = 3) ± SD. Means with different letter in a column are significantly different (p < 0.05). For abbreviations see Table 4.
The results of this study clearly show that the major compounds in green tea are epigallocatechin gallate followed by caffeine and epigallocatechin. 5%, 10% green tea coencapsulated in chitosan coated alginate beads, exert a stimulative effect on B. infantis and B. breve. The microencapsulation with 10% green tea (w/v) was more effective in maintaining the bacteria stability and increased their viability by storage at refrigeration temperature during 30 days. Also, green tea, significantly improved the bacterial survival in simulated gastrointestinal environment, and allows viable cells reach a beneficial level of probiotic. In conclusions, green tea microcapsules with probiotic bacteria offers an effective way to increase the life-spam and survivability in simulated gastrointestinal juices and maintaining their survival during refrigerated storage. For a health perspective, the results confirm the growing interest in probiotic bacteria and the perceived benefit of increasing their numbers in the gastrointestinal tract.
Preparation of tea extracts
Green tea (GT) was purchased from an online shop and is presently available on the market. GT is originally from China and the content of total polyphenols was reported on the prospectus as 40%. The aqueous extracts were made by adding 10 ml water (100°C) to 0.1 g or 0.2 g tea leaves and brewing for 10 min with stirring and removing solid matter by filtration.
Chemical characterization of green tea extract
The chromatographic system used was an HPLC-DAD Agillent Technology (USA) series 1200 coupled with LC/MS single-quadrupole mass spectrometer equipped with a pneumatically assisted ESI source. The column was a Eclipse XDB-C18, 150x4,6 mm, (5 μm) from Agillent (USA). The phenols were separated with a mobile phase consisting of 1% (v/v) formic acid (mobile phase A) and acetonitril (mobile phase B). A gradient run was started at 90% gradient A, decreasing in 30 min to 75%, further decreasing to 10% in 15 min and then back to 90% in 10 min. Total run for each sample was 55 min. The flow rate was 0.5 ml/min. The diode array detector was set to acquisition range of 200-600 nm. The HPLC effluent entered the mass spectrometer through an electrospray capillary set at 3.0 kV at a source block temperature of 100°C and a desolvation gas temperature of 350°C. Nitrogen was used at flow rate of approximately 8 L/min. The mass spectra between m/z 100 and 600, were obtained at a scan speed of 250 m/z.
Bacterial strains and culture condition
Bifidobacterium infantis ATCC 15697 and Bifidobacterium breve ATCC 15700 were purchased in lyophilized form Bioaqua, Romania. Bacteria were routinely grown in MRS broth. Shortly, freeze-dried cells were inoculated into 5 mL MRS (de Man, Rogosa, Sharpe) broth (Merck, Germany) and incubated at 37°C, for 24 h under anaerobic conditions, and afterwards sub-cultured into 95 mL broth and incubated under the same conditions. The cells were harvested by centrifugation at 3000 g for 5 min at 4°C washed twice with sterile 0.9% (w/v) sodium chloride solution and resuspended in 2.5 mL of sodium chloride solution 0.5% (w/v).
Microencapsulation and coating procedures
The method described by Sheu and Marshall [27] was adopted for microencapsulation of bacteria strains. The water-GT extract was mixed with 20 g/L of sodium alginate powder (Promova Biopolymer Norway), and sterilized. The cell suspension (2.1x109 CFU/mL)were used as free cells or were aseptically mixed with 10 mL of 2% (w/v) alginate solution containing or not 5% or 10% Green Tea (GT) extract, (Table 4) and were applied to the immobilization system. The chitosan and sodium alginate solutions were prepared according to Krasaekoopt et al. [28]. Briefly, the beads were immersed in 100 mL of chitosan solution 0.4% (w/v) and shaken at 100 rpm, 37° C for 40 min on an orbital shaker for coating. The chitosan- coated alginate beads were collected by centrifugation (500 rpm, 10 min at 4° C). The microcapsules were washed twice with 0.9% (w/v) sodium chloride solution and ressuspended in 50 mL of 0.5% (w/v) sodium chloride solution.
Table 4 Chitosan coated alginate beads with bacteria and green tea
Survival assay and numeration of microencapsulated bacteria
Entrapped bacteria were released by homogenizing 1 mL of bead suspension in 9 mL of sodium citrate 0.1 M for 10 min, stirred diluted and poured in MRS agar plate. The plates were incubated 2 days at 37°C, and the released bacteria enumerated as CFU/mL. The encapsulation yield (EY), which is a combined measurement of the efficacy of entrapment and survival of viable cells during the microencapsulation procedure, was calculated as: EY = (N/No) x 100. N is the number of free living cells released from the microcapsules, and No is the number of free cells added to the biopolymer mix during the production of microcapsules. The particle size and formation of microcapsules were measured with a light microscope (Axio, Observer A1, Zeiss). The data analysis was performed using software UTHSCSA (University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio) Image Tool software (University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA).
Resistance to gastrointestinal conditions
Simulated gastric juice (SGJ) consisted of 9 g/L of sodium chloride containing 3 g/L of pepsin with pH adjusted to 2.0 with hydrochloric acid. 1 mL of cell suspension of B. infantis or B. breve were mixed in 9 mL SGJ and incubated for 30, 60, 90 and 120 min at 37°C with constant agitation of 50 rpm.
Simulated intestinal juice (SIJ) was prepared by dissolving bile salts (Oxoid, Basingstoke, UK) in intestinal solution (6.5 g/L NaCl, 0.835 g/L KCl, 0.22 g/L CaCl2 and 1.386 g/L NaHNO3 ) pH 7.5 to final concentrations of 3.0 g/L (Chavarri et al., 2010). Triplicate samples were mixed, incubated at 37°C and sampled 30, 60, 90, 120 min after addition of cell suspension. Surviving bacteria were numerated by pour plated counts in MRS agar incubated at 37°C.
The viability of probiotic bacteria under refrigeration was evaluated by incubating 1 mL (approximatively 3.8 x 10 9 cells/mL) of free and immobilized cell suspension in 9 mL of 5% (w/v) sterile sodium chloride solution. Aliquots of 1 mL were taken every day for 30 days to determine the total number of viable cells.
Results for 3 individual experiments were used to calculate the mean of cell counts. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Duncan’s multiple range tests were performed to analyze the results. Significance of difference was defined at the 5% level (P < 0.05). All statistical analysis was carried out using Graph Pad Version 4.0 (Graph Pad Software Inc; San Diego, CA, USA).
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HENRY PRINCE OF WALES; ELDEST SON OF KING JAMES THE FIRST
There arc few events recorded in the history of England, which the generality of readers, the young especially, pernse with so much interest as the early death of illustrious and promising characters. The pen of the impartial historian dwells with delight on those traits of disposition, which gave rise to the fairest hopes; and imparts to the reader emotions of sorrow and regret, at the premature close of a life, dear to thousands. It is not in a political point of view, however, that a great national loss is /A«« felt. Honour, love, and esteem for the individual character, must be the spring of such affections,— pensive indeed, yet mingled with pleasure, that so sweet a plant was removed to a kindlier soil, before the rude breath of the world had disturbed or corrupted it; and that one of lofty station left a pattern, which in its leading points, all, however lowly in their walk of life, may follow, and be happy. Deep and universal was the grief which pervaded the nation, on the decease of the young prince, whose likeness appears at the head of this paper. Born to high expectations, and surrounded by busy flatterers, Henry, Prince Of Wales, had established a name for piety, temperance, prudence, and many manly virtues, when he was snatched away in the very spring-tiine of existence'. Yet he had the happiness to die in the height of favour with men, as well as, we hope, with God, and without experiencing the miseries which awaited the royal family. Of his high qualities and exemplary behaviour, several authentic documents exist; and the scattered intelligence concerning him, appears well worthy of collection for our Magazine.
r Henry, eldest son of King James the First, and Queen Anne of Denmark, was born in Scotland, early in 1594. After remaining under the care of the Earl of Mar, he was placed, at five years of age, with an excellent tutor, by whose instructions he made a great and rapid progress in learning; the energies of the body keeping pace with those of the mind. At the age of nine he began to acquire a fondness for riding, dancing, shooting, and tossing the lance, exercises in which he afterwards greatly excelled; and before he reached the age of ten, lie was installed at Windsor, a knight of the garter On the 4 th of June, lfilO, he was created Prince of Wales, at Westminster, with solemn and magnificent ceremonies, the eyes of the people being fixed upon him as their future sovereign.
It was now that he became most popular among all classes. In the government of his affairs, he set a noble example of mingled liberality and economy, providing plentifully, but knowing and watching his expenses; and though with a retinue of little less than five hundred persons, many of them young gentlemen of high expectations, he left his revenue increased some thousands a year. An original manuscript, containing orders made by this young prince, respecting his household, as given at Richmond in 1610, was communicated some years ago to the Royal Society. The first order is; "That when I am at divine service in my private closet, my gentlemen in ordinary be warned to attend me, and be present at times of prayer; and to do the like when I go to my public chapel to service and sermons: wherein I will dispense with no man; holding him
unfit tii serve me, that with me will forbear to go to hear the word of God; which example of liberty shall never be tolerated in my court, nor made a reason to encourage others in like disobedience and contempt towards religion."
After a series of general regulations concerning his own and his household's living, he concludes, "As I began with the due divine service wnto Almighty God, without which nothing can prosper nor yield comfort, either in this world or in the world to come; so do I conclude, that amongst other my ordinances, it be strictly looked unto and observed that, four times in the year, namely, at Christmas, Easter, Midsummer, and Michaelmas, all my ordinary servants, without exception, do receive the Communion at my public chapel; and that before the receiving of the communion, one of my chaplains, or some other good preacher, do make a sermon, or read a lecture, tending to instruct men to the reverent and worthy receiving of that holy and blessed Sacrament. And of such as shall either wilfully refuse so to do, or cautiously absent themselves of purpose, I desire that myself be informed, to give such further order therein, as may stand for an eminent example and chastisement to such ungodly and unchristian-like disposition: for the which kind of people, my court shall be no shelter, nor my service any protection."
He had an esteem for the brave and unfortunate Sir Walter Raleigh, during whose sad imprisonment, the prince used to say, Sure no king but my futher would keep such a bird in a cage! In an interesting letter of advice to the prince, from Sir Walter, dated August, 1611, among other excellent passages we find these: "Consider the inexpressible advantage which will ever attend your Highness, while you make the power of rendering men happy, the measure of your actions. While this is your impulse, how easily will that power be extended! The glance of your eye will give gladness, and your very sentence have a force of bounty." And his royal father, who, it is asserted, sometimes felt himself outdone by the splendour of the prince's reputation, addressed to him the following powerful lines.
FROM KING JAMES TO PRINCE HENRY.
God gives not kings the style of Gods in vain,
For on His throne his sceptre do they sway:
And as their subjects "ought them to obey
So kings should fear and serve their God again.
If then ye would enjoy a happy reign,
Observe the statutes of our heavenly King:
And from his law make all your laws to spring;
Since his lieutenant here should ye remain.
Reward the just; he stedfast, true and plain;
Repress the proud, maintaining aye the right;
Walk always so, as ever in His sight,
Who guards the godly, plaguing the profane.
In 1612, a marriage was proposed for him with a daughter of Henry the Fourth of France. But, though not at once rejecting, he never appeared desirous to encourage this union, on account of the princess's creed, she being a Roman Catholic: and it is stated that "in his sickness afterwards, he applied this chastisement for a deserved punishment upon him, fur having ever opened his ears to admit treaty of a popish match." In October, the same year, he was seized with an illness, the nature of which was not thoroughly understood; and he died, deeply lamented, on the 6th of November, 1612*.
* It is remarkable, that another rising Hope of England, the I'mii-ess Charlotte, was snatched away in the same month, aud Ou the same day of the mouth. She died November 0', 1817.
An opinion prevailed at the time, that he was carried off by poison; a presumption not to be wondered at, nor indeed, perhaps, groundless, when we consider his honest and avowed dislike to the wTetched court-minion Car, Lord Rochester, afterwards Earl of Somerset, as well as to the Howards, with an infamous branch of which family Car had united himself by marriage.
"henry," says Birch, in his Lives of Illustrious Persons, "was about five feet eight inches tall; of a strong and handsome frame, an amiable countenance, his hair auburn, and his eyes fine and piercing. He was sober, chaste, temperate, religious. He was never heard to swear, though the example of his father, and of the whole court, was but too apt to corrupt him in that respect. He took great delight in the conversation of men of honour; and those who wore not reckoned such, were treated with no attention at his court. He was naturally gentle and affable; though he had a noble stateliness without affectation, which commanded esteem and respect. He showed a warlike taste in his passionate fondness for martial exercises. A French ambassador coming to take leave of him, found him tossing a pike; and asked him whether he had any commands to France: 'Tell your master,' said the prince, 'how you left me engaged.' He was eighteen years old when he died: and no historian has cast the least stain upon his character."
Sir Charles Cornwallis, treasurer of Henry's household, thus concludes an account of him; "God seeing it good to bestow another Crown upon him, excelling all that on earth was to be had or hoped: after some five days' sickness, endured with patience, and as often recognition of his faith, his hopes, and his appeals to God's mercy, as his infirmity, which affected him altogether in his head, would possibly permit; he yielded up the ghost at St. James's, next Westminster, and was interred at Westminster, where his body now resteth." jvi.
As rivers, when they overflow, drown those grounds, and ruin those husbandmen, which, whilst they flowed calmly betwixt their banks, they fertilized and enriched; so our passions, when they grow exorbitant and unruly, destroy those virtues, to which they may be very serviceable whilst they keep within their bounds.—Boyle.
It is useful to observe, in our progress through life, the chain of duties, trials, and blessings, which imperceptibly conduct us from one period to another; and how successive comforts and blessings spring from previous duties. Thus the diligence, sobriety, and virtuous habits of youth, will, in middle age, ensure to us, through God's blessing, the respect of the world, and success in our pursuits, and the active and useful employments of that period, added to early and continued piety and benevolence, will produce an old age of comfort and consolation. Thus proceeding in the way we should go, we reap, from the same source, rour reward for the past, and our encouragement for the future —Mrs. King.
In this world we are children standing on the bank of a mighty river. Casting our eyes upward and downward, along the channel, we discern various windings of its current; and perceive that it is now visible, now obscure, and now entirely hidden from our view. But being far removed from the fountain whence it springs, and from the ocean into which it is emptied, we are unable to form any conceptions of the beauty, usefulness, or grandeur of its progress. Lost in perplexity and ignorance, we gaze, wonder, and despond. In this situation, a messenger from heaven comes to our relief, with authentic information of its nature, its course, and its end; conducts us backward to the fountain, ami leads us forward to the ocean. This river is the earthly system of providence: the Bibie is the celestial messenger: and Heaven is the ocean in which all preceding dispensations find their end.—Dwight.
THE DAISY IN INDIA.
Thrice welcome, little English Flower I
My mother-country's white and red, In rose or lily, till this hour,
Never to me such beauty spread: Transplanted from thine island-bed,
A treasure in a grain of earth, Strange as a spirit from the dead,
Thine embryo sprang to birth.
Thrice welcome, little English Flower!
Whose tribes beneath our natal skies Shut close their leaves while vapours lower;
But, when the Sun's gay beams arise, With unabash'd but modest eyes
Follow las motion to the west, Nor cease to gaze till daylight dies,
Then fold themselves to rest.
To this resplendent hemisphere. Where Flora's giant-offspring tower
In gorgeous liveries nil the year: Thou, only Thou, are tittle here,
Like worth unfriended or unknown, Yet to my British heart more dear
Than all the torrid zone.
Of early scenes beloved by me, While happy in my father's bower,
Thou shalt the blithe memorial be; The fairy sports of infancy,
Youth's golden age, and manhood's prime, Home, country, kindred, friends—with theo
Are mine in this fair clime.
I'll rear thee with a trembling hand: O! for the April sun and shower,
The sweet May-dews of that fair land, Where Daisies, thick as starlight, 6tand
In every walk!—that here might shoot Thy scions, and thy buds expand,
An hundred from one root!
To me the pledge of Hope unseen; When sorrow would my soul o'erpower
For joys that were, or might have been, I'll call to mind, how—fresh and green,
I saw thee rising from the dust, Then turn to heaven with brow serene,
And place in God my trust.
FAMILIAR ILLUSTRATIONS OF EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE.
No. IV. Heat. Temperature. Radiation. Conduction.
In the present state of our knowledge, it is impossible to determine whether heat should be regarded as a substance, endowed with extraordinary powers, by which it penetrates and diffuses itself among the particles of every other element; or as a quality, inseparable from matter, and depeudent on certain conditions for those unceasing fluctuations which constitute its most remarkable phenomena.
The resistless energies of this omnipotent and all-pervading agent arc in constant operation. There is not an instant of time that heat is not performing some important duty in fulfilment of the Divine purposes. Among all the works of God, we know of none on which the evidences of design are more conspicuously inscribed.
Whatever may be the nature of heat, be it a peculiar substance, or a peculiar property, we know that it exists. To its influence we are indebted for the due performance of all the functions of life, for all that cheers the eye, delights the ear, and gratifies the taste. Nor is it to heat only, but to its being 3upplied to us in its due proportions, that we owe so
much. Its excess, or its deficiency, would be equally fatal to vegetable and animal existence. In one case, the earth would become a parched desert, in the other, an ice-bound plain.
It is important that we should distinguish between heat itself, and the sensation of heat. The first is a cause, the second its effect. With a view to prevent mistakes, by the frequent interchange of terms, meaning sometimes one thing, and at other times another, the term caloric is now extensively employed by scientific writers, to denote that condition of bodies, by which the sensation of heat is produced, or, in other words, to define the cause of heat, as distinct from its effects. Wishing to refrain, as much as possible, from scientific phraseology, we shall restrict ourselves to the ordinary term (heat), requesting our readers to remember that, unless the contrary is distinctly stated, it always means heat, as an element, residing in, or operating upon, matter, without any regard to our feelings.
By the continual use of the terms)fieal and cold, in the affairs of common life, we sometimes employ the latter term, as if it was descriptive of an element, or agent, equally energetic in its effects as any other with which we are acquainted, but whose properties are directly the opposite of those possessed by heat. Cold is only the absence of heat. It is easier, and, because we are accustomed to it, more natural to say, "It is cold," than it is to describe that condition by saying, "There is a deficiency of heat." The latter, however, is a correct definition. We know by experience, that the gradual abstraction of heat from a body, which at first may possess so much of it as to be unapproachable, induces the sensation we denominate cold. But cold is only a relative term. We know nothing of matter where heat is not present. There is less heat in one substance than in another; but of absolute cold we have no conception.
Temperature is a term that will very often occur whilst treating of the properties of heat. We think it right at once to explain its signification. The temperature of a body means its sensible heat, that is, the heat of which some estimate may be formed by a thermometer *, a useful instrument, that we shall describe particularly hereafter. In comparing two different substances, or two distinct parts of the same substance, if we find the first communicates to the thermometer more heat than the second, we say the temperature of the former is higher than that of the latter, or, that the temperature of the latter is lower than that of the former. Higher and lower, as applied to temperature, are terms that evidently owe their origin to the operation of the thermometer; since the smaller the quantity of sensible heat present in any substance with which the bulb of a thermometer is placed in contact, the lower will the column of mercury, or other fluid within the tube, descend; the greater the quantity of sensible heat, the higher will it rise. The sensible, or as it is commonly termed, free heat, thus discoverable in any particular substance by the aid of a thermometer, must be viewed, as entirely independent of the heat which permanently resides in that substance, or which may be temporarily combined with it in a latent, that is, a concealed state. We may satisfy ourselves, that a vast quantity of heat has entered into some particular substance, but we can neither detect the presence, nor estimate the quantity, of that which is latent, by our ordinary perceptions, nor through the agency of a thermometer.
Heat is communicable from one substance to
• The thermometer obtains iu name from two Greek word*, thermt, heat, and metron, a measure.
another by radiation and by conduction.' Radiation takes place between bodies whose temperatures are unequal, at sensible distances. Contact is a condition essential to conduction.
If a piece of heated metal be fixed in the centre of a room, midway between the ceiling and the floor, heat will be disengaged from it equally in all directions, upwards, downwards, horizontally, and obliquely, which may be proved by the melting of a' small quantity of tallow placed at certain distances around the metal. This is an instance of radiation. When the bowl of a metal spoon is left, for a few minutes, in a cup of hot tea, the handle of the spoon acquires the same temperature as that of the tea. Here we have an instance of conduction. In one case, the heat separated from the metal will afreet the tallow at some distance, passing readily through, or among, the particles of the intervening air. In the other case, the heat first communicating with that part of the spoon in contact with the tea, it is, if we may employ the expression, pushed forward from particle to particle of the metal, along the handle, until it reaches its extremity.
As radiation and conduction commonly operate together, they may be considered as different parts, or rather, different forms, of the same process; both equally dependent on that property peculiar to heat, by which it tends to diffuse itself in every direction, and among the particles of every species of matter, whatever may be its form, size, colour, or quality. Thus, if any number of vessels, some constructed of metal, others of wood, others of stone, and others of glass, each vessel containing a liquid of a different kind and at a different temperature, be placed in the same room, the liquids and the vessels containing them will, in a few hours, all arrive at the same temperature, which will be that of the air in the room. The same would, of course, be the result, with solid or aeriform bodies, as with liquids.
Radiation and conduction may be further explained by considering the former as operating at the surfaces of bodies, whilst the latter goes on throughout their interior parts. The rate at which heat is radiated and conducted by any substance, depends very much on the nature of the materials of which that substance is composed. Radiation is also influenced in a remarkable degree by the colours and other conditions of the surfaces of bodies.
Those bodies into which heat enters with facility,
and among whose particles it is transmitted rapidly, are called good conductors. Those, on the contrary, which offer considerable resistance to the progress of heat among their particles, are termed bad conductors. The latter are frequently denominated non-conductors, a description not philosophically correct; since every substance with which we are acquainted will conduct heat, although in some its transmission is exceedingly slow.
Among good conductors the metals are the best: of these gold, platinum, silver, and copper, are nearly equal. The next in order are iron and zinc, then tin, and the slowest conductor of them all is lead. Wood, rtone, and bricks, are among the bad conductors: of this class the most perfect are wool, hair, cotton, the fur of animals, the feathers of birds, and especially the down of the swan. Liquids and agriform bodies, when there is no motion among their particles, are bad conductors of heat. If freedom of motion be established, they become good conductors.
In our next paper, we will endeavour to illustrate more fully the operation of Heat as respects conduction and radiation. We rather desire that our readers may complain of the brevity of our remarks, than that they should feel fatigued by our becoming tedious. R. R.
The energy of every function is regulated in a great measure by the quantity of blood which the organs exer cising that function receive. The muscles employed in the most vigorous actions, are always found to receive the largest quantity of blood. It is commonly observed that the right fore-leg of quadrupeds, as well as the right arm in man, is stronger than the left; much of this superior strength is, no doubt, the result of education, the right arm being more habitually used than the left. But still the different mode in which the arteries are distributed to the two arms, constitutes a natural source of inequality. The artery supplying the right arm with blood, first arises from the aorta, and it proceeds in a more direct course from the heart than the artery of the left arm, which has its origin in common with the artery of that side of the head. Hence it has been inferred, that the right arm is originally better supplied with nourishment than the left. It may be alleged in confirmation of this view, that in birds, where any irregularity in the action of the two wings would have disturbed the regularity of flight, the aorta, when it has arrived at the centre of the chest, divides with perfect equality into two branches, so that both wings receive precisely the same quantity of blood, and the muscles, being thus equally nourished, preserve that equality of
strength, which their function rigidly demands. Da.
Roget's Bridgewater Treatise.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.
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Election: Status quo would be stock market nightmare
By Hibah Yousuf October 5, 2012: 7:50 AM ET
Investors are watching the race for the White House like hawks because, when it comes to the fate of the fiscal cliff, there is a lot riding on the Nov. 6 election.
Given all the partisan bickering over how to solve the nation's growing debt, and more immediately, how to avoid the simultaneous onset of tax increases and spending cuts that will be triggered on Jan. 1, the worst possible outcome would be status quo in Washington, said BlackRock's iShares global chief investment strategist Russ Koesterich.
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"With a Republican sweep, investors can remove the risk of tax hikes, and with a Democratic sweep, there will also be an agreement that allows the economy to avoid the fiscal cliff," said Koesterich. "But with an Obama win, a Republican House and a Democratic Senate, there will just be more heated discussions and a greater likelihood that we will fall over the cliff."
The ramifications of political brinkmanship? Of 17 top economists surveyed by CNNMoney, 14 believe that Washington's failure to address the fiscal cliff would cause the economy to tumble into a new recession. And that would throw financial markets in turmoil.
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Though it wouldn't be pretty, Koesterich said the one bright spot with reaching the fiscal cliff would be the buying opportunity it would create in financial markets. But leading up to that point, Koesterich recommends a defensive approach. Socking money away in dividend-paying blue chip stocks would be among those safe defensive moves.
Though the fiscal cliff is a big risk for the market in the short-term, Koesterich notes that the election outcome won't have much of an impact on portfolios over the long-term.
"There's no historical evidence that proves a Democratic or Republican president is better for the stock market, or that divided government is good for the market," said Koesterich. "It's all a myth."
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'Failures outweigh achievements': An auditor's scathing verdict on MNsure
In a scathing report on MNsure's performance in its first year, the state's legislative auditor says the failures of Minnesota's health insurance exchange outweighed its achievements, and has called for sweeping changes to the way it's managed.
The launch of MNsure in 2013 was beset by technical glitches that frustrated consumers trying to sign up for health plans.
Now, in a review of the exchange's first year, it is slammed by the Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor, which has called for greater government involvement following a series of failures.
Those failures include:
Failing to adequately test the website before launching it, and only seeking "limited advice" from experts at Minnesota's state IT department despite several "red flag" warnings that the launch would not go well.
Staff withholding information from MNsure board members and other key officials about the site issues prior to its launch.
Setting itself (and achieving) a target for the number of people it wanted to enroll on health plans that was "seriously flawed," and actually should have been much higher.
And failing to provide adequate customer service through its call center, which resulted in customers being bounced back and forth between staff.
Changes needed at board level
The report calls for certain powers to be taken away from the MNsure board, noting it is given more control and autonomy over decisions than many other state departments.
The auditor's office says Minnesota's senators and representatives should consider making the MNsure Board purely advisory. That would mean handing over its managerial responsibilities to an administrator the governor appoints – someone who would then be directly accountable to the governor.
"In our view, an agency with MNsure’s impact and visibility should be directly accountable to the governor. There is some precedent for an agency having both a governor-appointed administrator and board (for example, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency), but the Legislature should consider what future role it wants the MNsure Board to play."
It also advises that MNsure's enrollment process should be overseen by the Office of Minnesota IT Services.
Any positives?
It wasn't all negative.
The auditor did say that most of the 371,000 people who used MNsure to sign up for health insurance were happy with their coverage.
But were frustrated by the lengthy waiting times and glitches that delayed them from signing up.
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So here we are, 12 hours from the third NHL lockout in my lifetime… Third.
There wasn’t a lockout in the previous 70 plus years in the league, but since the reign of terror know as the Gary Bettman era the NHL has set a record in futility of the collective bargaining agreement.
You would think the league would’ve learned after the last lockout which cost them the season and alienated an entire fan base. The sport had already been blasted out of the national spotlight and was passed in popularity temporarily by NASCAR.
It took the NHL a while to get their feet back under them but they did with the birth of the Winter Classic, and a young core of stars that has brought new fans to the game.
And here they are about to throw it all away… Again.
So no one cares about the fans here I guess. No thought is given to the fans in Columbus who’ll miss out on an all-star game, or the fans in L.A. waiting to raise a banner on a long sought after title.
The greed of the owners in this league is sickening.
Seven years ago yes the league needed a proper financial structure. Contracts were getting out of hand and the big guys were eating up the little ones. That lockout was worth it in a sense. The NHL in a better financial state than years prior even though most teams in the southern states continue to lose money.
Here’s a thought for the owners, stop giving out these ridiculous ten plus year deals and have normal contracts then you can save yourselves money. The contracts given to guys like Ilya Kovalchuk and Roberto Luongo don’t make a lick of sense and will eventually kill the owners pockets.
However, that’s not even the largest crime here, it’s the lack of urgency in the owners or Bettman to make anything happen.
Three days ago the Bettman ok’d an agreement to lockout the players if a greener wasn’t reached by tonight. Nothing has happened since. There has been little bargaining and little caring.
Why isn’t Bettman putting pressure on either side? Doesn’t he realize another lockout would possibly kill the sport for good? Losing the Winter Classic this year would be a huge blow especially since in Michigan where the Red Wings are king.
Bettman is the ultimate owners pawn. He has no backbone to tell them anything and offers no real solutions in any form other than sitting there and doing what they say.
He is once again the champion of the world as the worst sports commissioner, possibly of all-time. His constant bumbling is about cost the NHL more fans, more credibility and more money.
And we can’t do anything about it because the owners would be stupid to fire him.
So here we are hockey fans looking at another lockout shortened season.
No banner raising in L.A., no Rick Nash debut in New York, no excitement in Minnesota with the acquisitions of Ryan Suter and Zach Parise… Nothing.
For the third time commissioner Bettman and the owners will cost us hockey for an extended period of time and we have to sit here and take it.
If Gary Bettman doesn’t fix this and soon then he’ll be another fan short. As much as I love my Rangers I won’t go through this again, I’d rather take my jersey throw it away and never look back.
Yeah, I’m at that point with the NHL right now.
2 Comments | tags: Gary Bettman, NHL lockout, nhlpa | posted in hockey
Nashville Has To Keep Weber
You lose Ryan Suter your second best defenseman and arguably one of the top 5 defenders in the league, you can get over that.
You lose Jordin Tootoo a resident tough guy and fan favorite, that’s ok he’s replaceable. You can get over that.
Losing Shea Weber, your heart and soul, your captain, the man that represents Nashville hockey and is quite possibly the best defenseman on the planet.
That’s another story.
Yet that is what the Nashville Predators are facing right now. The Philadelphia Flyers signed Weber to a 14/ $110 million dollar offer sheet in an effort to steal Weber away from the only team he’s ever played for.
The Predators have only five more days to match and the question that’s swirling in my head is why they haven’t already matched it?
You don’t let players like Weber walk away. This isn’t like the Knicks and Jeremy Lin. You can get another guard that does the same things as he does and plug him in easily.
Weber is a different story. He’s one of if not the best defensemen in the NHL. He’s a former Norris trophy winner who will win about three more before his career is done. He’s a natural born leader as captain and with Pekka Rinne leads possibly the best defensive team in the league.
To let him leave would mean to let everything that Nashville built go to waste. Yes they would receive four first round picks, but does that really add up to what you lose in Weber?
Coming into this offseason you knew that Nashville was going to lose either Weber or Suter to free agency due to money. They can survive without Suter, but losing both he and Weber would be too much to overcome.
For Nashville’s sake I hope that they match Weber’s deal no matter the cost.
Weber is the face and leader of their franchise. Losing him would mean missing the playoffs, falling into the lottery of the draft and starting over when you were considered a possible Stanley Cup contender.
Something’s you can get over, losing Weber is most definitely not one of them.
Leave a comment | tags: jeremy lin, jordin tootoo, nashville predators, new york knicks, pekka rinne, philadelphia flyers, ryan suter, shea weber | posted in hockey
Bruins Fans Go Too Far
I am a black man. I love hockey. I hate the Bruins and the Capitals for different hockey reasons.
I hate the Bruins because I’m a New Yorker and hate anything Boston. I hate the Caps because they’ve bounced my Rangers in the last 2 years that they’ve played in the playoffs.
I don’t hate anyone person on each team. Sure I call Alex Ovechkin names, don’t like Tim Thomas for not seeing president Barack Obama and I think Caps fans are bums but that’s just me being a fan.
The reason for this politically correct explanation of my hockey allegiances is because after last nights racist twitter bashing of Capitals forward Joel Ward I feel like fans need to get a grip on reality.
In case you missed it Ward beat Boston with a rebound putback in overtime to lift the Caps to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Almost immeadiately after scoring his winning goal angry Bruins fans took to twitter to bash Ward and mainly used his skin color as a target.
The word nigger was spewed in more tweets than I would like to remember and once again put Boston’s race relations in a bad light.
Boston has long had a reputation of racism towards black athletes and last night Bruins fans did there best in bringing them back to life.
The tweets were a reminder of just how stupid something like racism is and how even more stupid it is in 2012 in Boston where it’s most notable athletes are Paul Pierce, David Ortiz and has hailed guys like Deion Branch and Pedro Martinez in the past, all of whom are dark skinned.
I understand the anger associated with watching your team lose in the playoffs. Last year I blasted any Caps fan I saw for not being real hockey fans and for the Caps being lucky.
But it’s a game. What do you get for taking your frustration out on a guy who was just doing his job and scored the biggest goal of his life?
Furthermore why is his race such a big deal?
What’s the satisfaction gained from sitting in front of your computer and calling Joel Ward the N bomb on twitter, Facebook or any other social network?
It’s degrading, despicable and gives hockey another unnecessary black eye.
Hockey has had the worst race relations due to its lack of ethnicity and much ballyhooed moments of ignorance (yeah I mean you the guy who threw a banana at Wayne Simmonds in London, Ontario back in October). I know hockey isn’t the only place where incidents involving race happens (go to a Utah Jazz game in the NBA and see for yourself) but because of its demographic and history it’s always magnified when things like this happens.
In the heat of the moment as fans we all lose our cool, but to degrade another man because of his skin and ethnicity is unacceptable and intolerable.
I hope that the people who wrote those things take a step back and realize how awful it was to put those things out to the public and do their best to not do it again.
Does it anger me as a black man? Yes it does. But it won’t deter me from watching a sport I love and follow immensely.
I’m a huge hockey fan and will continue to be one. Incidents like these are not reflective of the league. I know how great a sport it is for all cultures that participate in it and hope that people find different avenues to express their frustration.
I also hope that if the Caps play the Rangers again that we kick their tails up and down the ice and get revenge for our last two oustings.
It should be hatred of team in sports not hatred of race.
Leave a comment | tags: boston bruins, Joel Ward, nhl playoffs, washington capitals | posted in hockey
The NHL Playoffs Are Out Of Control
Playoff time in the NHL is the greatest time of year in any sport.
The action gets so jacked up and intense that you would think that games 1-7 are life or death. Year after year players leave everything on the ice whether you are an 8 seed or a 1 seed in the name of Lord Stanley.
Injuries don’t matter, hits are harder, everyone gets in the way of slap shots… it’s a daily spectacle that leaves you on the edge of seat and wincing at every bone-crushing check and unbelievable save.
You know this going into the playoffs and you adjust accordingly as a player and as a fan… However, this year’s playoffs?
Man, no one was ready for this.
Virtually every series except New Jersey vs. Florida has been hate-filled and angry.
St. Louis hates San Jose, Ottawa wants revenge against New York, Phoenix and Chicago have traded blows… Then there’s been the Philly and Pittsburgh series, where do we begin there?
These playoffs are on steroids, everyone’s angry at everyone, violence has been kicked up several notches and Brendad Shanahan hasn’t had much time to make a sandwich because he’s too busy looking over tape of reckless hits.
In the first round of this year’s playoffs there have been more match penalties, more suspensions and more game misconducts than in years past… AND THE PLAYOFFS ARE ONLY A WEEK OLD!!
Look at these occurances and consequences:
Shea Weber fined $2500 for throwing Henrik Zetterberg’s head into the boards
Carl Hagelin suspended three games for elbowing Daniel Alfredsson in the head an giving him a concussion
Aaron Asham suspended four games for trying to decapitate Braydon Schenn
Nicklas Backstrom suspended one game for cross checking Rich Peverly in the head
Michael Shaw suspended three games for knocking goalie Mike Smith in the head
James Neal suspended one game for blindsiding Claude Giroux
Raffi Torres suspended indefinitely for concussing Marian Hossa…
And let me reiterate that the playoffs are only a week old.
I know that hockey is a violent sport and stuff like this happens, but not as frequent as this.
There has been more goonery than actually hockey it would seem to the casual hockey fan. In an interview Dan Boyle said that it seems like guys are just trying to start stuff on the ice. Jonathan Toews doesn’t know what to expect right now… Both guys aren’t alone in their feelings.
At first I was loving the hate being spread around the playoffs. It felt like old time hockey and was great for the game. Now it’s getting out of hand.
The Torres hit should be the last draw for Shanahan and the front offices in the league. They have to start hammering guys with longer suspensions to get their points across.
Shanahan has been criticized for being to lenient on more skilled players like Weber and Backstrom and hammering guys like Asham and Hagelin who are either too young or not as skilled.
He’s got to make things fair across the board. Like Colin Campbell did to Matt Cooke last year Shanahan has to start doing to these players.
Hockey is a self policing game, however when there needs to be stiffer policing from suits in the offices.
Shanahan has to suspend Torres for the rest of the playoffs and encourage referees to get tougher on the ice. Referees have to call these games tighter, which means more penalties and control these games before they continue to get out of hand.
Games like Sundays Flyers-Pens free for all are great once in a while but they’re happening every night in the playoffs. The league has to get this over excessive play under control before someone gets really injured out there.
The over aggressiveness has taken away from some great hockey as well. Jonathan Quick has been putting on a show in the Kings-Canucks series, the Predators-Red Wings matchup has been great with Pekka Rinne dominating the action and game 3 of the Rangers-Senators series was non stop up and down hockey with great goaltending from both teams.
The playoffs have been their normal unbeatable selves, however the action has to be placed back on the skillful play and not on the over excessive violence that has stolen the headlines.
I’m all for a few fights and scrums but this has been ridiculous.
Hopefully we can get back to the great hockey that’s been played so far and not have anymore Marian Hossa incidents.
2 Comments | tags: Aaron Asham, Carl hagelin, James Neal, nhl playoffs, nicklas backstrom, raffi torres, shea weber, suspensions | posted in hockey
Is Evgeni Malkin Pittsburgh’s Most Important Penguin?
For the second time in his career Evgeni Malkin has had to the man in Pittsburgh…
For the second time Malkin has made me ask myself this question, who really is the most important Penguin in Pittsburgh?
Three years ago during the Pens title run Sidney Crosby missed 28 games due to injury and the Pens didn’t miss a beat. It was mostly thanks to Malkin who did his best Crosby impersonation by racking up points and making life miserable for defenders.
Malkin finished second in the league in scoring to Alex Ovechkin and was a Hart trophy finalist also losing out to Ovechkin.
Fast forward to this season and here we are again. Same scenario just a different year. Crosby has missed the majority of the last two seasons thanks to a concussion suffered in last year’s Winter Classic. The Pens were supposed to falter, they were supposed to be a middle of the road team without the league’s biggest star…
So how in the hell are they 1 point back of the New York Rangers for the best record in the Eastern Conference with they’re second straight 100 point season and are the hottest team in the league?
Geno Malkin of course.
This year more than ever Malkin has proven himself to be considered a franchise alpha dog and even the best player in the league. He leads the league in points, is second in goals behind Steven Stamkos and has turned James Neal into a premier goal scorer on his line.
The Pens have done more than not lose a step without Crosby, in fact they have taken a giant step. With Malkin steering the ship Pittsburgh has maintained its elite status and looks just as invincible as if Crosby never left. Even if they don’t overtake the Rangers for the best record in the East you would still have to say that they are the favorites to represent the conference in the Stanley Cup Finals.
There’s no player hotter than Malkin in the league, Marc-Andre Fleury is finally playing at an elite level on a consistent basis, and Kris Letang, Neal, Pascal Dupuis and Jordan Staal have to be the most explosive role players in the league right now.
Adding Crosby to the mix now that his concussion has subsided makes them the scariest team on the ice right now.
However, down the road if you are Pittsburgh you have to ask yourself, is Crosby or Malkin your most valuable player?
Yes Crosby is a former MVP, gold medal winner, and captain of the Penguins, but is he their most important player?
Crosby has now missed big parts of the seasons due to injury. In all three seasons the Penguins have secured home ice for at least one round of the playoffs and Malkin has been the reason for two of those three occurrences.
Last year’s early playoff exit you can’t blame on Crosby’s injury or Malkin’s for that matter, but rather the lack of production from the wings. With the emergence of Neal and others the Penguins are cup contenders this year with Malkin leading the way and without Crosby on the ice.
If the roles were reversed could Crosby do the same?
Could Crosby make his teammates around him this good? Could he make the Pens a contender with Malkin? Could his goal scoring match his passing skills and get the Pens out of jams like Malkin?
Honestly I don’t think so.
I think this is Malkin’s ship and Crosby is along for the ride. If I’m Dan Bylsma I wouldn’t mess with the chemistry of his top line by inserting Crosby back in. Yes you aren’t supposed to lose your starting role do to injury but why mess with something that’s working so well?
Watching the Pens over the next few weeks will be interesting. They’re peaking right before the playoffs, their special teams are working and with Crosby back in the lineup it makes them even more lethal.
However, this is due to the play of Evgeni Malkin. Malkin has made them a contender, the most lethal offensive team in the league and has them staring at a second Stanley Cup in the last four years.
He is going to win the points title, he is the MVP of the NHL, and most importantly he’s the most valuable Pittsburgh Penguin on that roster.
They’ve proven that they can live without Sidney Crosby time and time again, if they were to lose Malkin I don’t think the results would be the same.
Leave a comment | tags: 2009 stanley cup, Crosby concussion, Dan Bylsma, evgeni malkin, James Neal, marc-andre fleury, pittsburgh penguins, sidney crosby | posted in hockey
The Nash Ultimatum
As you recall I wrote a blog last year on why Rick Nash should pull a Carmelo Anthony and force a trade from the Columbus Blue Jackets to a contender.
My reasoning is that Nash, who is one of the most physically skilled players in the NHL is wasting away in Columbus and deserves to play for a team that has a shot at a Stanley Cup every year.
In his now nine year career Nash has been to the playoffs once, a four game sweep at the hands of the Detroit Red Wings. He’s been through rebuilding project after rebuilding project. He’s gone from number one pick, to Maurice Richard trophy winner, to team captain, to possibly becoming just another good player on a crappy team.
This year the Jackets tried to put some pieces around him to make the team respectable. Their additions of Jeff Carter and Steve Wisniewski we’re supposed to add some fire power to their offense and make the Jackets a playoff contender… It’s been a disaster.
Wisniewski has been out for most of the year with either injuries or suspensions and Carter has been a shell of his former self. The Jackets are last in the NHL looking at another number one pick and another rebuilding process… and it looks like Nash wants no part of it.
What started as rumors is looking like a reality. Nash gave the Jackets a list of teams he would wave his no trade clause to play for if they were going to trade him. That’s the most polite trade demand ever.
He’s had enough, enough rebuilding, enough losing, enough mediocrity. He’ll be 28 in June and doesn’t want to spend the rest if his 8 year contract rebuilding again.
You can tell that this whole process is finally starting to take its toll on him. Nash is on pace for his worst statistical season in his career and at times has looked non-existent on the ice. He needs a fresh start and a chance to succeed and he needs it now.
Now comes the hard part especially for me. Nash’s short list for teams are the Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings and… The New York Rangers.
As a fan I’m torn. I love Nash, I think he is one of the game’s best players, I would love to have him in our red, white and blue skating alongside Marian Gaborik and Brad Richards, however the Rangers don’t really need him.
Sure he could play one of John Torterella’s top two lines and make the Rangers the favorite in the Eastern Conference, but do you know what the Rangers would have to give up to get him?
Columbus would need a quality starter, a top prospect and a pick. If it’s the Rangers were talking about Brandon Dubinsky or Artem Anisimov, then a choice of either JT Miller, Tim Erixon or Chris Kreider and a draft pick. From what organization insiders are saying, those three prospects could become serious contributors and possible all-stars…. Now you see the concern.
Trading Dubinsky would be heart breaking, next to Ryan Callahan he personifies this team’s toughness and heart every time he steps on the ice. I’ve watched Dubinsky since the lockout when he first came up and have loved every second he’s been out on the ice whether it’s scoring goals or fighting Alex Ovechkin or Mike Richards. Letting him go would be like losing a brother to be honest.
The way the Rangers are right now works. They’re a tough defensive minded team that can score enough goals to win games with a goalie that only needs one or two to do so. If we trade for Nash then we lose a little bit of that identity for the sake of a few more goals.
So what’s it gonna be, break up the band for one of the game’s best forwards or stay the course and do what’s gotten you to this point?
Interesting indeed.
There are only 7 days before the trade deadline. Rick Nash is available and could put any contender over the top for the right price.
His time in Columbus looks like its finally coming to its merciful end and he will finally have a chance to play meaningful hockey.
His wish list has been notified, prospects are in place and there is anticipation as to where he’ll end up if he actually gets traded.
One of those teams is my Rangers who are having their best season in years. Nash could either put them over the top or cost us our future. What will the Rangers do?
Leave a comment | tags: Brandon Dubinsky, Chris kreider, columbus blue jackets, jeff carter, new york rangers, rick nash, Steve Wisniewski | posted in hockey
What’s Happened To The Montreal Canadiens?
In 1993 the Montreal Canadians sat atop the hockey world as NHL champions for the 24th time after the beat Wayne Gretzky and his Los Angeles Kings in five games.
At the time they were the most storied franchise in sports holding more titles than any other franchise and a history that is only comparable with The New York Yankees in terms of legendary.
19 years later the Habs have gone from powerful to a punch line.
They’ve watched the Yankees win five titles reaching 27 total, and when I mean watch they have literally been in the backseat or on the side of the road watching them pass by.
It started with the infamous Patrick Roy trade to the Colorado Avalanche, which birthed a mini dynasty in Denver, and has since morphed into a smorgasbord of futility that has been rarely viewed in French-Canadia.
They’ve missed the playoffs 6 times in the last 19 years, in the previous 80 years they had missed the playoffs 7 times…7!!
They’ve had one trip to the conference finals, one division title, eight different coaches and not a lick of consistency behind the bench or on the ice.
The city that was home to some of the games greatest goal scorers and game breakers like Maurice Richard and Guy Lafluer hasn’t had any punch in their lineup since the late 70’s or so it would seem. Their last scoring champ was Lafluer in 1978, the last winner of the Norris trophy was Chris Chelios in 1989, last MVP was Jose Theodore in 2001. More on goalies later.
They’ve gone from great names who came through in great situations to relying on Scott Gomez to do their heavy lifting (ask the Rangers about how that goes).
What happened? When did the Yankees of hockey become the New York Mets? The Habs have gone from kings to jesters. The team that was feared by feared by many in the league are very close to becoming a doormat.
They used to own the Boston Bruins, their primary rival, they’ve lost two straight playoff series to them including a 2-0 lead last year. The Maple Leafs, who were in the same position last year are battling for a playoff spot and could appear in next years Winter Classic. The Red Wings have overtaken them as the standard for excellence in the NHL. It doesn’t make any sense.
Lets go back to the Roy departure for a bit. Roy was the face of the Habs after his remarkable burst onto the scene as a 20 year-old wunderkind who lead the Habs to a win in the 1986 Stanley cup over the Calgary Flames. His Conn Smythe performance earned him a place in Canadiens lore and he carried it with him into the 90’s which included another masterful performance in the team’s last Stanley Cup win in 1993 over The Los Angeles Kings.
Then 2 years later during an 11-1 beatdown in Montreal at the hands of the Red Wings, Roy was pulled after giving up nine goals on 26 shots. Stormed off of the bench and as he walked by Habs president Pat Jablonski he said “It’s my last game in Montreal.”
Four days later he was in Denver to begin a great run with the Colorado Avalanche and the Habs haven’t recovered since.
Ever since Roy’s departure not only have the Habs struggles on the ice but in net as well.
The franchise that brought us legends like Jacques Plante, Ken Dryden and Roy hasn’t come close to producing another great in net since Roy’s departure.
The fans in Montreal have been treated to the likes of Mathieu Garon, Cristobal Huet, Stephane Fiset and Jocelyn Thibault.
And yes I know Jose Theodore did win a Hart Trophy and a Vezina but Theodore was more fizzle than sizzle, hence why he lost his job to Huet.
Recently Montreal has been trying to sell itself on Carey Price who has had more ups and downs than any young goalie should ever have. His career has mirrored the luck of the Canadiens as of late, some games he looks like a Vezina candidate, others he looks like a career backup.
You can’t solely place the blame on Price, especially this season. Without him in net Montreal has only won 2 of it’s 17 games. His offense boasts only 3 ten goal scorers and is ranked in the bottom half of the NHL.
It’s been an abysmal wreck and it’s led to Montreal’s last place standing in the Northeast division even after two straight playoff appearances where it looked like Montreal was on it’s way back to the top of the Eastern Conference.
Who’s to blame? The organization? The players? The high expectations of the fans?
Recently Mike Cammelleri lashed out at his Habs teammates for developing “a losing mentality”… he was rewarded by being traded to the Calgary Flames and was browbeaten in a French newspaper who’s headline read “One Less Loser.”
In Cammy’s defense what should he have said? He’s a leader, if you’re not playing well you deserve to be called out for it. What does it say about an organization when it trades a guy for giving an honest and truthful opinion about how his team is playing?
The Habs can’t be coddled like little boys, they are grown men that are wilting under the expectations the come with putting on that red, white and blue sweater. The organization can’t try to hide it or punish people for saying it, it’s right there for everyone to see.
Is this what it’s come to in Montreal? Greatness to mediocrity? The Canadiens are drowning in it and are in desperate need of a raft.
This team needs an identity, a face, a proper direction to be lead in because they’ve been going in circles for nearly 20 years.
The organization that at one time could say that they were on par with the New York Yankees is now lagging behind.
Can they recover? Can they ever find a coach that can withstand the pressure associated with the organization? What’s next for the Montreal Canadiens?
They better have some answers and soon. You can only wallow in mediocrity so long before everyone stops caring and then you become a team of losers.
1 Comment | tags: 1986 Stanley cup, 1993 Stanley cup, boston bruins, Calgary flames, carey price, colorado avalanche, guy lafleur, Jacques Plante, Jose Theodore, ken dryden, Maurice Richard, mike cammelleri, montreal canadiens, New York Yankees, Patrick Roy, Scott Gomez, Wayne Gretzky | posted in hockey
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Brussels Newcomer
Q&A with Bogdan Evtimov, Partner at Dentons
BL: What is it that drew you to a career in Brussels?
BE: Looking back (nearly twelve years now), I was then a young qualified Bulgarian lawyer about to finish my LLM at the College of Europe in Bruges: I owe much to my time there. It must have been several factors that drew me to a career in Brussels: the appeal of being an international lawyer at the heart of the EU; the expectation that I would actually be able to apply what I had just learnt in Bruges; and of course, a concrete and promising job and career opportunity which I did not hesitate to take “by the horns” – and this came right out of the career days at the College (at a second interview I was offered a stage with the prospect of becoming an associate at a respected UK/international law firm). I had two other alternatives – pursuing a PhD or working for an international organisation. Deciding what to do was based on as much reasoning as it was intuition. What made me pursue this career further through the years is the outstanding team of people I have worked with for nearly twelve years now, most recently in my current firm Dentons, and the rewarding nature of a lawyer’s work.
BL: Can you describe the interface between competition and trade law in a nutshell?
BE: In a nutshell, this interface consists of the aspects of trade law and policy in a competition case, or the aspects of competition law and policy in a trade case, which may influence the conclusions in the case at hand. For instance, a tariff or an anti-dumping measure can have an impact on the market definition or on the competitive assessment in an antitrust case. Equally, proven anti-competitive agreements or practices can have an impact on the analysis of the causal link between dumped imports and injury to the domestic industry in an antidumping case. Another example would be a merger control case that involved an aspect of foreign subsidies.
The interface between competition and trade is not always obvious. It may also sometimes be underestimated, or simply may not be taken into account by the responsible authority. The reality is that trade cases and competition cases sometimes deal with the same or adjacent markets. In such cases, the interface between competition and trade is very important, and must be closely looked at both by lawyers and regulators.
BL: How creative do you perceive your work to be?
BE: I am happy to have had the chance to be involved in some of the most interesting and most creative law assignments. That is not difficult, when you have as mentors people as creative as Prof. David O’Keeffe and Edward Borovikov (both currently at Dentons)! For example, I was involved in drawing up the master plan and the legal arguments for an action for annulment against an act of the EU institutions (I have been involved in a dozen of those, including most recently in appeals of judgments of the General Court). Also, seeking and finding one or several legal solutions to very complex problems. As a result, I believe the work of an EU lawyer can be and is often highly creative. I think lawyers can get creative work even at an early stage of their legal career. She or he just needs to convince the supervising lawyer that she/he can do it!
BL: What has been your most gratifying professional experience?
BE: I would be honest if I said I feel most gratified whenever I see that a client is happy with work I have been involved in. I have also been happy when our team found solutions to complex issues with the agreement of the EU institutions and the EU Courts: unprecedented non-application of anti-dumping measures due to the recognition of the effects of a cartel; requesting and obtaining an interpretative judgment which avoided an unfortunate outcome, such as the risk of implementing a judgment of the General Court erga omnes (applicable to all). After one of the major legal successes I was involved in, the client’s reward was particularly gratifying: he was so happy that each member of the team received a beautiful box full of chocolates - each the size of a (large) air cabin luggage! In case you were wondering, the client was not even a chocolate maker! I cannot remember how long it took me to eat all the chocolates, but I kept the box and still feel so thankful!
BL: If you had to pick a downside to your job, what would it be?
BE: I cannot think of a job without a downside! Well, sometimes a lawyer’s job can push you (or rather you find you have to push yourself) to your physical limits, and not leave you much time to spend with your family, sometimes also on weekends and holidays. When I was a younger lawyer without family obligations, this unavoidable part of life in a law firm was somewhat easier to bear. I recently had to work from home over a typically rainy weekend in Brussels, which becomes more difficult when my two-year old is urging me to play with him instead! There is also some administrative work which a more senior lawyer has to do which is not much of a reward. Still, I am convinced that most downsides are (somehow) manageable, and the chances of many upsides of the job of a lawyer in Brussels are much more pronounced than the risks of any unmanageable downsides!
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Jonathan Tappan April 2, 2011 April 2, 2011 Comments Off on Fractale Ends
I don’t want to be to hard on Fractale. This show has the sort of ambition that I would like to see rewarded. If “90% of everything is crap,” Fractale clearly belongs in the 10% of anime that is not crap. Nevertheless I have to rank it below a unambitious but competent show like Gosick, let alone a ground-breaking work like Madoka Magica.
Perhaps this show gets harsher criticism than it deserves because of its director Yutaka Yamamoto (“Yamakan”). He has a record of harshly criticizing the work of other directors, including a notorious TV appearance in which he bitterly denounced the popular series K-ON and ripped the head off a Yui doll. Before Fractale aired he suggested that he was going to “save” the anime industry by creating something great.
Most fans don’t believe that he has the credentials to talk that way. His main previous accomplishments include being fired after directing the first four episodes of Lucky Star, and directing Kannagi, a show that started with an interesting premise but never managed to come up with an interesting story.
So what are the strengths and weaknesses of Fractale?
The animation is generally quite good by television standards. Unfortunately much of it is all-too-obviously imitating the movies of Hayao Miyazaki, which are much better. Copying the master doesn’t make you the master, and may just call attention to the fact that you are not on the same level.
On the other hand the animation is sometimes quite bad, with computer-generated images in battle sequences that don’t look like they belong in the same universe with the hand-drawn characters. No doubt these sequences were contracted out to another studio, but it’s the director’s responsibility to make sure that everything fits together.
My main problems are with the story itself. I complained earlier about some story elements that didn’t really make sense, but these pale in comparison to the central premise about the “key.” Who would design a system like that? A psychotic mad scientist? But why would such a person be put in charge of a world-wide project to turn the planet into a cyber-utopia? No reasonable explanation is given.
Furthermore, the ending is rather awful. It’s supposed to be a happy ending, but the more I think about it the more creeped-out I feel. Perhaps it would seem different to someone brought up in Japan’s Shinto traditions of purity, but thinking about it in those terms makes it seem even worse.Show ▼
So basically you’re saying that a woman who has been raped can regain her purity by undergoing a sort of cybernetic lobotomy?
It might be better if next time Yamakan tried something less ambitious. A simple story told perfectly would be far more enjoyable than a botched masterpiece.
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GoJet First Officer Launches Nonprofit to Expose Underprivileged Communities to Aviation Careers
February 28, 2019 February 28, 2019 Corporate CommunicationsLeave a comment
Courtland Savage is the founder of Fly for the Culture, a nonprofit organization that encourages minorities in underprivileged communities to pursue flying careers.
As Black History Month comes to a close, we’re proud to share details about Fly for the Culture, a nonprofit organization launched by GoJet First Officer Courtland Savage, which aims to inspire and expose minority students to pursue careers in aviation. Read more to learn about Fly for the Culture’s mission and how Courtland aims to impact the pilot shortage through diversity.
What made you want to join the Navy and become a naval aviator?
Aviation became a passion of mine after I took my first flight at the age of 17 years old. I’ve always had a fear of flights and I wanted to conquer my fear. In return, I fell in love with flying and knew it was exactly what I wanted to pursue a career in. I also wanted to serve my country while pursuing my dream. I graduated high school early and joined the Air Force Reserves at the age of 17. I attempted to become a Air Force Pilot initially, but the process was daunting, so I joined the Navy and started immediately.
2. When did you start your civilian flying career?
I began my civilian career at the age of 17. At the time I was working a job to help me make ends meet. When I wasn’t working I flew in my spare time. Before I enlisted in the Air Force Reserves, I received my private pilot’s certificate.
3. Tell us about your educational background. Why did you choose Embry-Riddle?
I attended an Embry-Riddle satellite campus on Charleston AFB while serving as a Crew Chief on C-17s in the Air Force Reserves. It was convenient because I could attend classes after work and on my days off. Embry-Riddle is also considered one of the top aviation and aerospace schools in America, so I thought it would establish a strong foundation for my future as a pilot.
Courtland joined the navy to become a military pilot. He’s now a First Officer with GoJet.
What led you pick GoJet as your regional airline of choice?
On top of the stellar location options, aircraft, and routes, GoJet’s Rotor Transition Program provided me with amazing support for my transition from military flying to civilian flying. GoJet also helped me obtain the training I needed to become an airline pilot. They’re many pathways programs and the resources they offer pilots sets them apart from other regional airlines. I also enjoy how they work with my schedule regarding my commute. I live in North Carolina, so it’s a short commute from Charlotte to Raleigh, driving or flying. I also enjoy flying from coast to coast.
Courtland pictured right with Former RDU Base Captain, Cherry Godwin.
What sparked your passion to launch Fly for the Culture?
During my time in the Navy, I was usually the only minority pilot in the squadron. I know there are hundreds of young minority men and women who are interested in aviation, which ultimately inspired me to launch Fly for the Culture. I want to help them pursue opportunities they wouldn’t have thought of.
Additionally, most young minorities are not aware they can become pilots because there is limited outreach in their communities. I started spending my own money to rent small planes and take young kids flying. It’s really amazing to watch how they react when the plane lifts off into the air. You can see on their faces that an entirely new world has been opened-up for them. I know dozens of pilots that say they pursued aviation because someone took them flying when they were younger. For now, I am trying to plant a seed that leads them to a fulfilling and exciting future in aviation. Eventually, I would like to provide scholarships for flight or maintenance training and provide flight training.
Who does Fly for the Culture aim to assist?
My target audience are young boys and girls from diverse cultural backgrounds, particularly from underprivileged communities. In military and civilian aviation, minorities and women, combined, make up less than 10% of pilots. A diverse community is a strong community and progress on this front can only truly happen with representation. While we do not exclude anyone who is interested in participating, we are particularly interested in helping underprivileged youth by providing them with opportunities they otherwise wouldn’t have access to. With an impending pilot shortage, a lack of diversity in the aviation industry, and too many young people with limited opportunities, we see Fly for the Culture as a single solution to many problems at once.
How does Fly for the Culture bring more diversity to the aviation industry?
We are constantly trying to expand the assistance and support we are able to provide participants. In addition to the dozens of exposure flights for people of all ages, we provide mentoring to young people interested in aviation. We use our networks of pilots to connect people from around the country who are interested in future careers in aviation. We are also in the process of connecting with local flight schools to partner with us and provide flight training for eligible participants. We also would eventually like to establish scholarships to help pay for or at least supplement the high cost of flight training and provide flight training. Someday, we would like to see an expansive network of Fly for the Culture chapters all over the country, performing outreach within their local communities and connecting people all over the world.
Courtland poses with an aspiring aviator.
What would you tell a young person who is interested in aviation?
I would tell young people their the top priority should be to focus on school and make wise choices. Learning how to fly is like any other skill. The more you practice, the better you will become. Aviation can be challenging at times and very rewarding. With hard work and determination, anything is possible. Finding the right mentor to provide opportunities and support for you to reach your goals is critical as well.
Fly for the Culture is on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. For more information about the organization, visit the website here: https://bit.ly/2tIW2kz.
Dream Fulfilled: Why Captain Tyler Parham Upgraded at GoJet
Many aviators aspire to hold the role of Pilot-In-Command because it is the highest rank they can serve while flying the line. GoJet First Officers can upgrade to Captain as soon as they meet FAA minimums. Captain Tyler Parham seamlessly transitioned from First Officer to Captain after two years. Read more below to learn about Captain Parham’s upgrade experience and why he encourages GoJet First Officers to follow in his footsteps.
Tyler Parham during his time as a First Officer.
How easy was the transition from First Officer to Captain for you?
Switching from the right seat to the left seat was a seamless transition, even though the training was challenging at times. Preparation plays an integral role in the training, because the more prepared you are, the better understanding you’ll gain. Becoming a Captain is a huge commitment and responsibility, which should be taken seriously. I think the best thing First Officers can do when they consider becoming a Captain is to pay close attention to the decision-making process.
What has been the most exciting part about becoming a Captain?
The most exciting part about becoming a Captain is being in command of the airplane. Like most pilots, my lifelong goal in my career was always to become Captain of aircraft that I fly. I respect the responsibilities that come along with the job and take pride in providing the best customer service to each passenger on the airplane.
How different is it flying in the left seat?
The main difference I noticed between flying in the left seat versus the right seat is that it’s more of a supervisory role. Maintaining the safety of everyone on the plane is one of my biggest responsibilities as a Captain. It’s my job to ensure that passengers leave with a pleasant travel experience.
Tyler poses for a candid photo during a First Officer photo shoot.
What would you say to GoJet First Officers considering their upgrade?
I’d encourage them to keep in mind that your life, your First Officer and the passengers’ lives are in your hands. Take the time in the right seat to make your own decisions and compare them to your Captain’s decisions. Decide whether you would have taken that same approach or would have done something different. If you come prepared, it can be the easiest and most rewarding experience you can ever have.
What are the perks and benefits to becoming a Captain?
There are many benefits that come with becoming a Captain. The most obvious would be the pay increase. Another perk would be when my crew and I still arrive on time to our desired destination after experiencing a challenging flight. Our passengers don’t seem to notice anything different, because our customer service skills are so superb. A successful flight to your passengers is an uneventful and comfortable flight and for me, that is very rewarding.
What tips would you give upgrading pilots on how to best prepare for the oral exam?
Prepare for your oral exam the same way as you do for your initial intake. In initial, we receive a PIC type rating and are already rated to the airplane. You are required to have basic knowledge and apply it to real world situations. Instructors want to see if you have the best decision-making skills that it takes to be the Captain of your aircraft. The oral is essentially the same, but from the vantage point of seeing the bigger picture.
Captain Parham upgraded from First Officer to Captain in two years.
What are some best practices that helped you succeed in your upgrade process?
The best advice I can give is to prepare as you would for any checking event, but more importantly, pay attention to what your Captain is doing when you are in the right seat. Ask questions and involve yourself in what is happening. Most importantly, enjoy the process. Upgrading is a challenging, but very rewarding process!
To learn more about our pilot positions, click here: https://bit.ly/2DnmlDs. Apply here: https://bit.ly/2vLYKEL.
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WUWT denier is horrified by opinions about climate
A denier on WUWT called Eric Worrall, who finally got turfed from Watching the Deniers, a very tolerant website, is horrified. This is the same Eric Worrall who persistently expressed his opinion that climate science is like eugenics in the 1930s.
Eric is horrified (archived here) that someone would write:
“What we need now is to become comfortable with the idea that the ends will justify the means. We actually need more opinions, appearing more often and expressed more noisily than ever before.”
The person who wrote the above is Dr Rod Lamberts, deputy director of the Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science (CPAS) at the ANU, a founding partner of the Ångstrom Group, and a former national president of the Australian Science Communicators. It was part of an article he wrote for The Conversation.
In that same article, Rod Lamberts also wrote:
At best, presenting people with facts to counter their beliefs makes them ignore you; at worst, it drives them further away. How much more evidence do you need than the singular failure of scientific facts to convince deniers that humans are buggering up the climate?
What delighted Eric Worrall was that Rod Lamberts criticised Tim Flannery. Rod wrote:
A colleague of mine recently received an invitation to a Climate Council event. The invitation featured this Tim Flannery quote: “An opinion is useless, what we need are more facts."
My first thought was that my colleague was taking the piss. Tim Flannery is an experienced science communicator, but that phrase made my jaw drop. It was apparently meant in earnest, but it’s wildly off the mark.
The quote is ludicrously, appallingly, almost dangerously naïve. It epitomises the reasons we are still “debating” climate science and being overwhelmed by climate skeptics/deniers/contrarians in the public space.
The Conversation article offers some food for thought into how to communicate the dangers we are hurtling toward with such nonchalance. These same dangers that the Eric Worrall's and Anthony Watts of the world want us to hurtle towards faster and faster.
Rod Lambert is in no way suggesting that facts are not important or that we don't need more of them. He argues:
Ultimately, we can only say “that’s not cricket” for so long. Eventually we have to stop tutting and accept that others aren’t even trying to play cricket – they’re boxing. We can decry climate deniers for their unfair, lowbrow tactics, but their tactics are getting them exactly what they want. Ours are not.
The continuing focus on gathering and presenting more and more scientific data to reinforce a position the vast majority already holds is not leading to the changes we need. Yes, scientists should keep monitoring, researching and reporting on the climate. But assuming that we want people to act according to the science, the focus must now be on influencing positive action.
The question is - will more "facts" make a difference. We've got facts coming out our ears. Here in Australia we've just had another "hottest year on record" and yet we elect a Prime Minister who has said the science behind climate change is "crap". Tony Abbott's first attacks against our nation when entering office were to dismantle as much as he could of any offices that monitor climate and and mitigate climate change and shift to a new clean energy economy. He's appointed climate science deniers not just to any important posts, but to positions of responsibility in relation to climate change.
So how to get the message out there? How to persuade voters that putting people like Tony Abbott into arguably the most powerful position in the country is risky at best if not downright harmful.
My thinking is we need both. The Climate Council has influence. It gets airplay. When it broadcasts the fact that a hotter Australia is a more dangerous place to live, some people hear it - but is it enough?
As Rod Lambert says:
The biggest impediment to climate action these days is not because of the human frailties that science is hell-bent on resisting – those alleged failings of opinion, belief and emotion. Ironically, it’s exactly because we are still trying to suppress them that we are now stalled.
The Lie about Tim Flannery
Eric finishes up his WUWT article by resurrecting an old denier myth. He claims that Tim Flannery once said it would never rain again. He didn't. It's little wonder that Eric Worrall and Anthony Watts don't link to anything supporting this wrong claim. The closest they got was an article by Andrew Bolt repeating the lie with a teeny tiny cherry pick from a longer segment on youtube - see the transcript here. He said in the interview with Lateline back in 2007, referring to the Big Drought:
So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems, and that's a real worry for the people in the bush. If that trend continues then I think we're going to have serious problems, particularly for irrigation.
And we did have serious problems. Particularly for irrigation. That drought that Tim Flannery was referring to in 2007 didn't break until 2010! The major dams that got perilously close to empty finally started to fill up again. Only to be followed by those record-breaking floods that were so bad that they caused a dip in global sea levels.
Why are there still climate science deniers in Australia?
What is the bigger wonder than the Big Drought and the Big Flood and the Big Fires is that there are any climate science deniers left in Australia. We are used to extremes of weather, but the extremes we've been seeing go beyond what we're used to.
I'm thinking that we need both facts and opinion.
We need the facts, like those reported by the Climate Council and RealClimate.org and ClimateProgress and SkepticalScience.com.
We also need strongly worded opinion, as is being advocated by Rod Lamberts to counteract the three word slogans of idiots like our Prime Minister and deniers at WUWT.
PS There's a new article by Victor Venema that is worth a read in this regard. He is exploring why science deniers are not interested in facts. In "fact" they eschew facts for fiction.
There are lots of opinions being expressed in the WUWT comments, mostly all worthless.
As Chris4692 says of Eric Worrall's opinion:
If you have no facts, you have nothing else but opinions.
Robert of Ottawa's opinion is quite clear. He says:
Australia has a government that rejects the Warmista scare and is gradually dismantalling the state apparatus that propagates it. Hence the hysterical squeals of the Warmista pigs (those at the public trough)
PaulH needs a lesson in Strine and says:
My first thought was that my colleague was taking the piss.
I have no idea what that means.
Latitude comes up with a novel opinion and is a very deep thinker:
of course they can’t win it with facts…….
DirkH has about as much depth as Latitude and says:
Oh, I misunderstood him. What he means is, every warmist will now have to choose between being honest or being efficient. Now that’s a whole new approach. (sarc)
pottereaton is just another dumb fake sceptic who favours WUWT opinion over science and says:
The problem with “consensus” climate science from the beginning is that it has been mostly opinions– i.e. speculation and conjecture– and not facts–i.e. solid data and verifiable hypotheses arrived at with scrupulous statistical methods.
Konrad must think there is somewhere hidden group of "sceptics" that haven't yet reared their heads. Does anyone out there know of a "sceptic" that uses facts or has a case to argue? Konrad says:
“Facts won’t defeat the climate deniers – using their tactics will”
When when this fool finds someone who denies that planet has a variable climate he can use whatever tactic he likes.
If however, this propagandist twit Lamberts is referring to sceptics then he is on a hiding to nothing. After all the sceptics main tactic is to use facts to argue their case.
Of course, a lot of WUWT-ers twist Rod Lamberts' article to mean something quite different. Like conspiracy theorist Chad Wozniak who says (excerpt):
How typical of the AGW crowd – why tell the truth when lies serve your corrupt, perverse purposes better?
What Rod Lamberts is suggesting is that we don't merely quote dry scientific facts at people, we counter the deception of science deniers and show people what those facts mean for them personally and for our nations and for the world as a whole.
Labels: Eric Worrall, Rod Lamberts, The Conversation, Tim Flannery, WUWT
Millicent March 16, 2014 at 6:55 PM
"I don't know if Anthony Watts is looking to sell his website or get more advertising revenue or if he is just looking for pats on the back."
Well if we take the hypothesis that Watt's income is highly dependent on convincing the pollutocrats that his blog influences public opinion then web rankings would be important to him.
Dave March 17, 2014 at 12:24 AM
Eric is the author of the Climategate app for IOS. Another joker where ideology trumps reason.
Need I say more!!!
Victor Venema March 17, 2014 at 12:35 AM
Eric Worrall asked recently on my blog: "How do you know the climate didn't actually cool?".
Interesting, that Watts does no allow greenhouse effect denying Dragon Slayers on his blog, but has no problem with people who think the climate is cooling.
For the record: After mentioning the multiple lines of independent evidence for warming, Eric Worrall was no longer interested in the discussion on cooling.
Victor Venema March 17, 2014 at 1:12 AM
The blogroll at WUWT has changed. A weird sense of humor. The category for complete idiots now reads.
Transcendent Rant and way out there theory
Tallbloke’s Talkshop
Contrail Chook March 17, 2014 at 9:41 AM
I read Lamberts' article the other day and thought he made a lot of sense. Being stricty dispassionate and factual is a good way to do research, but not always the best way of getting people to act on the results of the research.
After reading the "Recursive Fury" paper recently, as well as the paper it was referring to, and the Debunking Guide over at Sceptical Science, I'm pretty convinced that the "information deficit model" is not going to be a winner when it comes to getting useful things done.
Eric Worrall March 17, 2014 at 10:58 AM
Aw shucks Sou - thanks for the publicity.
john byatt March 17, 2014 at 2:07 PM
commented at the conversation and asked rod to apologise to Tim,Tim was saying that facts, such as Austalia's hottest year" "the angry summer" etc are what is needed rather than writing opinion pieces,
https://www.facebook.com/climatecouncil
Sou March 17, 2014 at 2:44 PM
Yes, John. It's bad enough that science denier quote Tim Flannery out of context and/or misquote him altogether.
Rod was being flamboyant, deliberately provocative and opinionated - but he could have picked something else to illustrate his point.
Eric Worrall March 17, 2014 at 5:07 PM
The first thing which occurred to me is, if the Climate Commission is ever reconstituted, Rod would like Flannery's old job.
cRR Kampen March 17, 2014 at 9:08 PM
Of course that would be the first and likely only thing to occur to you :)
Yeah, just to me huh? :-)
We need the facts, like those reported by the Climate Council and RealClimate.org and ClimateProgress and SkepticalScience.com. We also need strongly worded opinion, as is being advocated by Rod Lamberts to counteract the three word slogans of idiots like our Prime Minister and deniers at WUWT.
With that view, there is no chance that we will ever agree to meaningful policy. It simply is never going to happen that we will all agree on the facts. It might be fun to call each other names, but does it achieve anything positive? In fact it is destructive, and promoting such ideas as above is probably delaying the action that you declare is so urgent.
There is the political will to promote technology development that will make "decarbondioxiding" the economy affordable, even desirable. Stop the name-calling, stop demanding that everyone have the same opinion, and it might happen.
Absolutely - for example, both James Hansen and Anthony Watts are fervent supporters of next generation nuclear power.
James Hansen saying anyone opposed to nuclear power threatens humanity's ability to avert dangerous climate change:- http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/03/world/nuclear-energy-climate-change-scientists-letter/
Anthony Watts expressing dismay at America's lack of investment in next generation Thorium technology, and his openness to the idea of teaming up with alarmists to make it happen:-
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/02/16/quote-of-the-week-the-middle-ground-where-agw-skeptics-and-proponents-should-meet-up/
Does it actually matter if we agree about the details of what drives climate, if there is broad agreement about the need for more nuclear power? Alarmists get large scale decarbonisation of the economy, we get a step into the future of humanity.
Thorium is only one prospect, so too is IFR technology and nuclear fusion (eg ITER, and it's children). If history is any guide, the technology which will be the most common form of energy production in 2100, hasn't even been invented yet. The key is to recognise that current technology is not capable of affordably "decarbondioxiding" the economy, and to throw weight behind new ideas rather than old ones that have proven to be a blind alley.
Bernard J. March 17, 2014 at 8:42 PM
"Stop the name-calling, stop demanding that everyone have the same opinion, and it might happen."
No-one's "demanding that everyone have the same opinion" - that's a classic straw man argument.
...whilst everyone is entitled to their own opinions, they are not entitled to their own facts. Nor are people entitled to their own 'Laws of Nature' when those opined laws contradict the best evidence of science, and are used to enact harmful political, economic, environmental and social policies.
"Does it actually matter if we agree about the details of what drives climate, if there is broad agreement about the need for more nuclear power?"
This is a conflation of separate issues:
1) Yes, it actually does matter what "drives climate" because if some of the forcings are anthropogenic and thus voluntary, and if those same anthropogenic forcings are "driv[ing] climate" toward a state that is not conducive to continued cohesion of society and/or global ecosystems, then the addressing of such drivers becomes a critical issue.
2) The need for more nuclear power, and any agreement or disagreement on the matter, are not contingent on only the state of the climate. Tying the two together in this way is to oversimplify both issues and introduce fallacious confabulation.
F-. Must try harder.
Bernard J. You are arguing that it is more important to agree that anthropogenic forcings drives climate, than it is to agree on a policy that reduces anthropogenic forcings.
You are entitled to your opinion, but ask yourself: in what way has your argument contributed positively to the environment?
Bernard J, are you seriously arguing that replacing coal plants with nuclear power stations would have no impact on the climate? That the two issues are not linked?
Perhaps we agree on more than I thought.
Marco March 17, 2014 at 9:47 PM
Anonymous, if we add nuclear power, we *may* reduce anthropogenic forcings, but if it is not part of the explicit goal, the reduction is likely to be much smaller than desirable if one also agrees that anthropogenic forcings need to be reduced significantly. If not part of the goal, nuclear power just becomes an addition to the energy resources, rather than a replacement.
Sou March 18, 2014 at 12:05 AM
No, Eric, that's nothing like what Bernard J wrote. You're not even close.
Try this before you post another silly comment:
http://www.canberra.edu.au/studyskills/learning/critical
Bernard J. March 18, 2014 at 1:35 AM
"Bernard J. You are arguing that it is more important to agree that anthropogenic forcings drives climate, than it is to agree on a policy that reduces anthropogenic forcings."
"Bernard J, are you seriously arguing that replacing coal plants with nuclear power stations would have no impact on the climate?"
Better logical fallacies please.
Eric Worrall March 18, 2014 at 7:28 AM
Bernard, suggesting that conflating nuclear and environment is inappropriate seems a bit lame, considering that James Hansen, former director of NASA GISS, did this when he published an open letter last year, along with Tom Wigley of UCAR and Kerry Emanuel of MIT, demanding just such a conflation.
Perhaps they should take a course on basic critical learning skills as well?
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/03/world/nuclear-energy-climate-change-scientists-letter/
Sou March 18, 2014 at 7:37 AM
No, Eric. Just you need to learn basic comprehension. Both Bernard and Marco have explained why.
Sou, Bernard suggested that nuclear power and emissions reduction should be treated as separate issues.
"... The need for more nuclear power, and any agreement or disagreement on the matter, are not contingent on only the state of the climate. ..."
The link to James Hansen's open letter I provided suggests that opposition to nuclear power is endangering the future of the planetary environment, that nuclear power is the only credible means of substantially reducing CO2 emissions. So it seems pretty clear to me that James Hansen thinks conflating the issue of CO2 emissions with the issue of whether to go nuclear is appropriate.
So suggesting I should learn basic comprehension for conflating the issues is to also suggest that James Hansen needs the same lesson.
Eric I have neither the time nor the inclination to try to teach you reason and logic or critical thinking. (From past experience at WTD the task would be a fruitless one.)
However if other people were to read the above comments in order, including the comments by Bernard J and Marco, then read your third paragraph they will easily see where your chain of reasoning goes awry in your fourth paragraph.
End of discussion.
Hnn.
Eric Worrall, with your comprehension disability it's easy to see why you're in thrall to the pseudoscience of denialism.
I'm staggered that you can't see the difference between what I said, and what you said I said.
You make James Delingpole look like an amateur...
Cugel March 18, 2014 at 11:13 AM
Oh dear, the lame old "Are you arguing ...?" ploy. When someone doesn't say what you want them to say, pretend they did. OK for the schoolyard, but pathetic coming from an adult.
Of course there are issues around nuclear power that have nothing to do with climate change; they existed before climate change itself was an issue. I'm no expert in the matter, but I know one big thing : nobody ever got rich by investing in it.
Moderation's on, I see. Quelle surprise. Look, Eric's being repressed! Come and see the violence inherent in the system!
Awww. Feeling a bit beseiged are you? Never mind.
HW *is* making a difference. How many Russian steampipes have you seen lately? How many insects causing global warming have you seen? How many airports have caught UHI disease? How many "ice age comething" articles have there been in the last couple of months? We haven't even heard from Kenji lately. And many of these favourites seem to have fallen by the way.
And how many pure personal attacks on climate scientists? They haven't disappeared completely but they aren't nearly as frequent as they used to be.
Heck, we've even got Anthony turning on his allies in an apparent effort to appear to be "sciency".
Of course there is still plenty to mock. I mean Anthony is now giving the interpreter of interpreters a voice now that he's lost his own. And he's still coming up with his own brand of wacky "brainwaves".
Besides all that, it amuses some of the climate scientists to see someone ridiculing all you wackos. It's worth it just for that!
Catmando March 18, 2014 at 7:23 PM
I actually think that Anthony Watts is laying the ground for something of an about turn. That Josh cartoon last week firmly puts Watts as a believer in anthropogenic global warming and I didn't see him say he wasn't. The evidence is stacking up against him. The posts on his site are dissected here and elsewhere and shown up for what they are - deluded drivel. It will only take a decent El Nino for climate denialists to have a bit of a problem defending their positions. Anything like 1998 and they can all dribble away in a cave together because no one will believe them. I can see David Rose in the Daily Mail saying "Fair cop, gov, I was wrong". The fact that Anthony is disparaging about Sou suggests her posts wound him (and I use wound in its old meaning).
When I say the evidence is stacking up against him, I mean that the positions his site takes. If he believes what Josh says he believes then he is mighty inconsistent.
Dave March 18, 2014 at 6:15 PM
Here is an idea for your next app Eric. How about a searchable database of all the misquotes and misrepresentations of Flannery and Gore. Call it the denier automated logical fallacy generator.
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NBA Game Recap: Los Angeles Lakers (124) vs. Houston Rockets (115) - Date: 1/18/2020 Jan 19, 2020HOUSTON The Los Angeles Lakers were determined to start the second half of their season on a high note following a loss that snapped a nine-game winning streak.They were able to do that by riding a big third quarter to a 124-115 win over the Houston Rockets.LeBron James had 31 points and 12 assists for the Lakers, who lost to Orlando on Wednesday night.“We hated the loss that we had the other night against Orlando," James said. “So we had a couple of days to kind of just reshape, refocus and start the second half of the season the right way, and we did that tonight." The loss was the third straight for the Rockets, which tied a season high, and they have dropped four of five.“We're just not playing well right now," coach Mike D'Antoni said. “We haven't played well for a couple of wee ks. And the only way you can get out of it is play hard, keep your head down and just go forward." Kyle Kuzma scored 23 points, and Danny Green and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope each had 20 for the Lakers.Russell Westbrook scored 35 points for his fourth straight 30-point game and James Harden had 34 for the Rockets, who also lost three in a row in late November.Harden is confident the Rockets can break out of their funk.“Everybody throughout the course of your career has been through some tough times and the only way you can get through them is continue to work and continue to go hard and mentally lock in and just try to be as solid as possible,” Harden said.James was impressed with the work Kuzma did against Westbrook in the second half when he was held to 13 points.“Kuz just kept his body in front of him and made him take tough shots," James said. “He made a couple but Kuz made it tough on him, so that helped changed the game for us." Los Angeles didn't lead in the first half but used a 32-point third quarter to take a nine-point lead into the fourth.Houston used a 6-0 run to cut the lead to 10 with about seven minutes left, but the Lakers scored the next six points to extend it to 110-94 midway through the quarter. Handicapper Directory. That sent many Rockets fans streaming for the exits and caused a large contingent of Lakers fans to start chanting, “Let's go Lakers.”The Rockets did not get closer than seven points the rest of the way.The Lakers opened the second half with a 10-3 run to take their first lead of the game, 69-68, with about eight minutes left in the third quarter. James capped that run by making a basket and then added another one seconds later after JaVale McGee blocked a dunk attempt by Clint Capela. McGee beat his chest and screamed after in Capela's direction after the play and received a technical foul f or taunting.“We picked up our intensity," Dwight Howard said. “Then JaVale got some big blocks, which got us out in the open court. So we've just got to make sure we continue to do that." There were about seven minutes left in the third when Westbrook and Anthony Davis, who missed the game with an injury, both received technical fouls for jawing at each other.The Lakers led by three later in the third when Kuzma scored the first four points of a 9-2 run that stretched the lead to 85-75.Houston had a chance to cut the deficit at the end of the third quarter, but Westbrook missed two free throws to leave the Lakers up 91-82 entering the fourth.TIP-INSLakers: Davis missed a fifth straight game with a bruised backside. ... Howard received a technical foul early in the third quarter for yelling at Houston players from the bench. ... Kuzma went to the locker room briefly in the third quarter to get his left ankle re-taped and returned to start the fourth. Rockets: Westbrook is the first Rocket besides Harden to score 30 points in four straight games since Tracy McGrady did it in six games in a row in the 2006-07 season. ... Eric Gordon had 13 points. ... Capela had 12 rebounds.HE SAID ITJames on what it meant to have so many Laker fans in Houston on Saturday night: “It's very humbling. And it's something that you really can't explain unless you're involved in it." UP NEXTLakers: Visit Boston on Monday.Rockets: Host Oklahoma City on Monday.---More NBA: https://apnews.com/NBA and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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NBA Game Recap: Orlando Magic (95) vs. Golden State Warriors (109) - 1/18/2020
NBA Game Recap: Orlando Magic (95) vs. Golden State Warriors (109) - Date: 1/18/2020 Jan 18, 2020SAN FRANCISCO With wins so hard to come by for the injury-plagued Warriors, every one means a little more now to coach Steve Kerr. Track Handicappers. The Golden State of old just expected to pile up victories - and now things are completely the opposite with Kevin Durant having departed for Brooklyn and Splash Brothers Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson sidelined.D'Angelo Russell scored 26 points and dished out a season-high 12 assists, and the Warriors snapped their longest losing streak in nearly 18 years at 10 games by beating the Orlando Magic 109-95 on Saturday night.''We've had a couple of long losing streaks that are really, really difficult to live with,'' Kerr said. ''You just feel bad for the players and the organization , people who are working so hard every day. You want to see everybody happy and you want to see the fans happy. I thought today meant a lot to the group, to the players, but I could tell it meant a lot to the fans, too. Inside Info. They were really happy, so you just need to win and keep things moving forward, even if you're 10-34 like we are. You've got to win one occasionally to keep the spirit up. I think that's what made today such a good win.'' Jordan Poole scored 21 points off the bench and Eric Paschall had 20 points and nine rebounds as Golden State also ended a five-game skid at home.Markelle Fultz scored 23 points to lead the Magic, who came in with two close victories in three games on their West Coast swing.Forward Aaron Gordon summed up coach Steve Clifford's message: The Magic didn't compete.''We played soft, not enough energy and we've just got to play better, especially the starting unit,'' Gordon said.The Warriors' 10-game skid was their longest winless stretch since also dropping 10 in a row from March 9-24, 2002.Russell and rookie Poole each hit four 3-pointers, and Poole scored in double figures for his career-best fourth straight game and 13th in all this season. He recently returned from a stint in the G League and has been far more consistent with his shot.The Warriors were down to nine players again with Draymond Green sitting out because of a sprained left index finger. It's the sixth game he has missed this season with the injury. Golden State lost guard Jacob Evans III to a concussion on Tuesday night against Dallas.The Warriors have won eight of 10 at home against the Magic and seven straight.''All we can do with the amount of guys we have and the amount of experience we have, we just have to keep on going into these games and learning from them and not reverting back to stuff that causes us t o lose games,'' center Willie Cauley-Stein said. ''It's building on the intensity, building on taking care of the ball, building on while they're up in transition not giving up easy buckets. Handicapper Return on Investment. The last couple games we've doing that and we finally got that W.'' Evan Fournier scored 12 points in 32 minutes for Orlando. He went through a warm-up to determine whether he had regained enough strength to play after he was sick and in bed all day Friday.Orlando hit five of its first eight shots with two 3s by Fournier and jumped out to a 13-0 lead as Golden State missed its initial seven shots - four from deep - and committed three turnovers before Poole's 3 at the 7:10 mark of the first quarter. The Warriors warmed up and got back within 15-13, then led 28-25 at the end of the initial quarter.''He just immediately changed the momentum,' 9; Kerr said of Poole.WELCOME BACKThompson had his jersey retired at halftime of Washington State's home game against Oregon State on Saturday in Pullman, Washington. Curry made the trip to rural Washington on the private plane of Warriors owner Joe Lacob, who also had Zaza Pachulia along. Of the trip, Lacob said, ''It was great!''''We had such a great day and so happy for Klay. Fans were incredible!'' Pachulia said in a text message.Curry returned to the Warriors bench early in the second quarter and worked as a sideline reporter in the third quarter. His nametag read: ''Stephen Curry Overpaid Sideline Reporter.'' ''Pullman was unbelievable,'' Curry said. ''Obviously it was about Klay and getting a taste of where he's from, what made him who he is. You can tell why he talks about it with such high regard because of how they celebrated him today. At the end of the day he has his jersey in the raf ters so he's an immortal. I like the Cali weather. Pullman was nice but I'm going to stick with the Cali weather.'' TIP-INSMagic: The Magic beat Golden State 100-96 in Orlando on Dec. 1 but haven't won on the Warriors' home floor since a 102-94 victory on Dec. 3, 2012 - with Nikola Vucevic the only current Magic player in that game. ... G D. J. Augustin did not play for the fourth time in five games because of a bruised left knee. ... G Michael Carter-Williams returned from a 13-game absence with a sprained left shoulder to play 14 minutes and score seven points.Warriors: Green isn't expected to miss much time. ''Shouldn't be out long. I guess it happened in the last game,'' Kerr said. ''He should be good to go in Portland.'' ... The Warriors are 7-15 at Chase Center in their inaugural season there, including 2-5 vs. the Eastern Conference.UP NEXTMagic: At Charlotte on Monday night before returning home for thr ee games.Warriors: At Portland on Monday night. They have lost their last two and five of eight on the Trail Blazers' home court.---More NBA: https://apnews.com/NBA and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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Sing Me A Cartoon 1: Felix the Cat
Bozo the Clown Goes on the “Record” about America
Animation History
July 3, 2017 posted by
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1959
The year was 1959 and the nominees were:
MEXICALI SCHMOES (Warner Bros.) Friz Freleng
NOAH’S ARK (Walt Disney) Bill Justice
THE VIOLINIST (Pintoff Productions) Ernest Pintoff
And the Oscar went to:
MOONBIRD (Storyboard Productions) John Hubley & Faith Elliot, directors.
This was a turning point for animation in Oscar history. This was the first year that an independent film won the Oscar for Best Short Subject, Cartoon. The committee nominated a Warner Bros. cartoon (another Speedy – gosh, those were popular), a unique Disney stop-motion two-reeler, and a clever Ernest Pintoff cartoon (also an “indie”). As different as the Disney short was, and as funny as Pintoff film is, Hubley’s Moonbird was the proper winner. It was unique and progressive. It was entertaining and visually different. The award itself rightfully recognized one of the medium’s true innovators.
BELOW: In the video embed, Carl Reiner and Hope Lange present the awards for Short Subject. Note that Reiner was the sole voice in Pintoff’s The Violinist – always the professional, he shows no emotion in reading the nominees and announcing the (for him, disappointing) winner. Also note John Hubley thanking Faith, Bobe Cannon, Ed Smith and all his kids:
However – submitted, screened, but NOT nominated were:
TV FUDDLEHEAD (Paramount) Seymour Knietel
MAGOO MEETS BOING BOING (UPA) Abe Levitow
FELINEOUS ASSAULT (Paramount) Seymour Knietel
PICNICS ARE FUN & DINO’S SERENADE (UPA) Lew Keller, Fred Crippen
THE MINUTE AND A 1/2 MAN (Terrytoons) Dave Tendlar
LITTLE BO BOPPED (Columbia) William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
HASHIMOTO-SAN (Terrytoons) Bob Kuwahara, Dave Tendlar
DOWN TO MIRTH (Paramount) Seymour Knietel
Here’s the documentation:
And so we continue our research into what other cartoons were submitted to the Academy for Oscar consideration but failed to make the cut.
Every other cartoon submitted this year was a standard “Hollywood” studio theatrical short subject. No real surprises, nothing particularly innovative. No artsy foreign films, no other independents. But compared to previous years, it’s easy to see the Hollywood standards have dropped; the budgets tightening; the creativity lessening.
Two things to note: The UPA and Hanna Barbera entries. Way below their usual standards; now the new normal. Both films – Mr. Magoo and Loopy DeLoop – released theatrically but are essentially “TV” cartoons. A sign of things to come? The Academy’s shorts branch had no choice but to take the high road, lest the committee itself becomes a joke.
With these posts we ask that you put yourself in the Shorts committee’s place – which films would you have nominated? Which cartoon should have won? For your edification and viewing pleasure, here once again are the cartoons that didn’t make the cut. Enjoy the show!
Parodies of TV commercials and early TV shows were ripe fodder for the cartoon studios at this late date. This cartoon is almost a spot gag cartoon, but its bridged by the doings of Fuddlehead, who’s entire life revolves around, and is influenced by, whatever is on TV at the time. That’s not the way to run your life (or any public office). This cartoon seems to have been inspired by Terrytoons’ John Doormat cartoons – particularly the first one Topsy TV (1956) – but it does tell a “story” per se – how the poor guy loses his house and wins another, despite the nagging of his frustrated wife. Pardon the “Harveytoon” TV titles below – this was indeed released theatrically as a Paramount “Modern Madcap” short.
MAGOO MEETS BOING BOING (The Noise-Making Boy) (UPA) Abe Levitow
When UPA’s distribution deal with Columbia Pictures expired, Stephen Bosustow was determined to continue Mr. Magoo as a theatrical series which he would distribute himself. He produced three shorts and failed miserably in setting up a distribution process – but the shorts served as three pilots for the eventual TV series (which commenced as soon as Bosustow sold the company to Henry G. Saperstein and Peter DeMet in 1960). The first one, Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise Making Boy) was certainly a perfect idea to start with a ‘Bang-Bang’. I love how in the ‘UPA-niverse’, Magoo is on a short list of babysitters in the McCloy household. Magoo mistakes Gerald for his dog (and vice-versa) and “rescues” Gerald from a fire (actually just Gerald’s sound effects voice). The animation is no worse than the last few Columbia Magoo films – but at less than five minutes, its far from the heights of greatness both characters had previously attained just a few short years earlier.
NOTE: The theatrical title for this film was Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy), the TV version is retitled Magoo Meets McBoing Boing.
Katnip’s wearing pants now, lost his bangs, and gained a nephew. On its last legs, this Herman and Katnip cartoon borrows its set-up from Professor Tom, a 1949 Tom & Jerry cartoon. Here little “Kitnip” becomes Herman’s ally in doing horrible things to the cat: running him through a player-piano, rolling him into the window shade, and sucking his tail through a vacuum cleaner. Arnold Stang is AWOL – with Sid Raymond doing his best to hold interest on the voice track. I feel sad that this was considered worthy by Paramount to submit the the Academy – and even sadder for the committee for having to screen it.
One of the last Columbia UPA releases, this Ham and Hattie entry is gentle on the eye and easy to consume, but leaves you with nothing inside. Mel Levin sings a cute little song about picnics, which is cleverly visualized as an outing on the roof of a big city apartment building. Ham morphs into an Italian serenader who woos a mannequin – who is later wooed away by another version of Ham… I think… its a bit confusing. But Hal Peery (The Great Gildersleeve) does a great job on the track. It’s actually getting easier to see why it made no difference to Columbia whether they release material like this – or a Hanna Barbera Loopy DeLoop cartoon. By 1959, the Hollywood “theatrical” cartoon had reached a finish line.
Ahh, that Bill Weiss. He wanted Gene Deitch gone – and wanted Terrytoons returned to being children’s fare. And he wanted that in the worst way… and in 1959, he got it. That said, his remaining art staff came up with a few good ideas – one of them was this cartoon introducing Hector Heathcote. New hire Dave Tendlar came through as designer and director, Eli Bauer created a funny story board, and honestly if this were just a one-shot I’d be filling this paragraph with even greater praise. But the cartoon had its admirers and Hector returned the following year in a follow up. Further Heathcote cartoons were produced after that, so many that by 1963 there were enough to telecast a The Hector Heathcote Show (Saturday mornings on NBC).
There were few good Terrytoons produced after Gene Deitch left – this was one of them. Pardon the English subtitles on the embed below.
I never understood Loopy DeLoop. This is the one project from “The Golden Age of Hanna Barbera TV cartoons” that doesn’t seem to work. These cartoons were bought by Columbia (it helped that H&B were making their broadcast cartoons for Columbia’s TV subsidiary, Screen Gems) as a theatrical series – and yet there is no attempt to return, even slightly, to the higher style of the late MGM cartoons. Or to even appeal to adults. These Loopy cartoons were produced on the same low budgets as their TV fare – but with little of the appeal of Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw or The Flintstones. And yet, Dan Gordon, Michael Maltese and Warren Foster provided the stories, animators such as Charles Nichols, Ken Muse and Carlo Vinci (among others) did the drawings, Daws Butler, Don Messick, Jean Vander Pyl are among the voices. What could go wrong?
Case in point: Little Bo Bopped. This is essentially a Wolf and Sheepdog premise, with little of the charm of any of the TV cartoons the studio was making in 1959. In fact, there is markedly less charm (if that can be imagined). Hanna and Barbera were hot in ’59 – but were they so hot they could get away with such a pedestrian series of cartoons? Apparently so.
One of the first characters given a green light by Terrytoons producer Bill Weiss – as soon as he showed Gene Deitch the door – was this asian twist on traditional cartoon cat & mouse comedies. Bob Kuwahara’s Japanese take on improving east-west relations, possibly inspired by the recent Academy Award winning Marlon Brando feature, Sayonara (1957), introduces a charming character who is able to dispatch his feline foes with Jujitsu. At this time, when the film was new, it felt fresh – at least as far as the new Terrytoons regime was concerned. But just not fresh enough.
Every wonder what a Fleischer Superman cartoon might have looked like if the series never ended – and they were still producing them in 1959? Wonder no further – Down To Mirth is essentially a Superman cartoon, with Casper The Friendly Ghost in superhero role. Jackson Beck and Jack Mercer on the soundtrack further the comparison.
A mad scientist (“Dr. Brainstorm”) invents a magnetic ray (shades of Magnetic Telescope) and attacks the city with it. He causes everything to float into the sky – swimming pools, elephants, sky scrapers. It’s up to Casper to confront the villain and make things right. Strangely enough, I like this cartoon. It’s a handsome production, Robert Owens backgrounds are elegant in a post-UPA way. Cecil Roy (previously Little Lulu) is now the voice of Casper – and would continue that role onto the 1960s TV series.
The earlier posts in this series: 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1958.
(Thanks to Devon Baxter for special contributions to this post)
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Loopy DeLoop didn’t get nominated? I call shenanigans..
Nicholas Kramer
July 03, 2017 5:56:43 am
Why wasn’t “Terror-Faced Magoo”, the final UPA Columbia release, submitted? I thought that was one of the better later Maggo shorts thanks to Bill Scott’s writing. Plus, it was nice to see the UPA’s short-lived New York branch work on this.
Unlike the stuff Hanna-Barbera was doing for TV, Loopy was a high-concept character that we’d be seeing more and more of on TV as the years went on. He’s a wolf … but the funny twist is he’s a good wolf, who’s simply misunderstood. So basically, Loopy’s Casper, but with people being more aggressive than scared of him, and that’s pretty much the premise for the series. Wash, rinse, repeat.
(As for Casper himself, Paramount did do a better job in varying the story lines in final few years of the series, just as the Noveltoons/Modern Madcaps for the most part got more creative as the animation budgets declined. It’s one of the reasons why the studio’s so frustrating — if they had combined the early 50s animation with the non-repetative late 50s stories, they actually would have had something, and somewhere along the line probably would have gotten that elusive Oscar nomination.)
Shade Ford
I agree with J Lee’s assessment of Loopy for it explains the humorous theme of the series. Loopy is not as endearing as Huckleberry Hound, but his humor is of a dry nature. The French accent is an amusing exaggeration. Having 2 former WB writers is a plus. Maltese & Foster are 2 reasons this and other early HB series show clever, funny dialogue. It makes up for the limited animation. Even with HB series starring lesser characters like Loopy, the writing and voice characterizations keep them from being total disappointments.
Bigg3469
Too bad that both The Minute and a Half Man and Hashimoto San weren’t placed for the nomination for Best Animated Short for the 1959 Oscars. I love the first appearance of Hector Heathcote and the comical historical mishaps he endured. And first Hashimoto Cartoon – in which he was telling his pal, G.I. Joey, a story about a young Mouse who, even though was born invisible, was a hero to his village when a giant Oni (a Japanese ogre like demon) cat terrorized his village – which was very reminiscent to the Japanese folk tales like the legend of Princess Kayuga and Momotaro (and it’s was the first time I heard of the word Kawaii which means “cute” in Japanese). Hasimoto San was also known by many a “labor of love” by Bob Kuwahara, for showing the culture and traditions of Japan.
Matthew Hunter
Holy shit, these are awful!
July 03, 2017 1:58:34 pm
You bet, it’s all downhill from here!
Ray Pointer
I agree with Jerry that LOOPY de LOOP was rather “pedestrian.” It’s a wonder that they continued to be produced for six years. I only saw one of them in a theater. It ran before FUNNY GIRL,. Seems like a poor “warm up” for such a major motion picture.
Dave Mackey
I was watching Felineous Assault yesterday. As horrid as the animation was, at least Winston Sharples got some mileage out of the soundtrack, reused in other cartoons – particularly that incessant chase music playing throughout the cartoon’s second half.
Justin Knox
The Loopy DeLoop cartoons are definitely a mixed bag, but some of them are kinda funny. They’re not worthy of the Oscar, though. I got the Warner Archive set when it came out.
I suppose had Columbia not order so many of those cartoons (nearly 50 total produced over those years), H-B probably could’ve concentrated on bringing out a lot more with the series had they tried to follow their MGM roots with these, at least where animation is concerned.
Kel Crum
Looks like Walter Lantz finally gave up.
I doubt it, It took Paul Terry years of getting one of his Terrytoons to get considered for a nomination for the Oscar for Best Animated Short. It wasn’t till 1957 when Terrytoons had five animated shorts that were considered for Best Animated Short and in 1958 finally hitting pay dirt by getting Sidney’s Family Tree nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Short even though losing to Knighty Knight Bugs for the Oscar. Walter Lantz had several good ones that he should have placed for consideration for the Oscar for Best Animated Short in 1959 such as…
Tomcat Combat & Kiddie League with Woody Woodpecker,
Robinson Gruesome with Chilly Willy,
Bee Bopped with Windy and Breezy
Kel Crum – Lantz did not give up, as you will see next week.
BIGG3469 – Terry also had three Oscar nominees in the 1940s: ALL OUT FOR V in 1942, MY BOY, JOHNNY in 1944, and GYPSY LIFE (with Mighty Mouse) in 1945.
The 1942-45 period appears to be one in which the Academy simply nominated everything that the various studios submitted for consideration. Apparently, in 1946, they switched over to nominating five cartoons from the list of submissions for consideration, and that’s how it went from then on.
During that 1942-45 period, there was another category where the ‘Cad nominated everything that the studios submitted: Best Song. (That’s how PRC got the only nominations they ever got in their born days!)
It makes one wonder what songs were submitted–and not nominated–in the subsequent years.
I still think “The Violinist” should have won. Like a lot of Hubley cartoons, “Moonbird” seems too precious for it’s own good.
The charms of Hanna-Barbera’s early TV work have always eluded me. Perhaps it’s for that reason that I don’t find Loopy de Loop as unbearably awful as some other people do. Not that much worse, at least, than anything else the studio was grinding out at the time.
Tony Ginorio
Unlike the previous year, which had an embarrassment of riches, 1959 was mostly slim pickings. These shorts, for the most part, feel more like TV shorts than proper theatrical fare. I did like the timing and staging on the Hector Heathcoate cartoon, and Hashimoto-san was at least a fair attempt to be true to Japanese culture at the time. The Academy picked the right cartoons this time: Mexicali Schmoes was always one of my favorite Speedy cartoons, and I love the Disney Noah’s Ark short for its inventive use of everyday objects for its characters, but the night clearly belonged to Hubley. After being blacklisted for most of the decade, this was a hard won award for him.
Alfons Moline
I find strange that Paramount did not submit for an Oscar nomination “La Petite Parade”, also released in 1959, one of their most remarkable cartoons from that period and a cult favorite.
It definitely wouldn’t have hurt!
top cat james
The factions vying for cartoon supremacy at Terrytoons – the Deitch Diggers vs. the Weiss Guys.
Jlewis
What were the other two episodes of the Mr. Magoo show that were Bosustow produced pilots besides “Magoo Meets McBoing Boing”? I understand this is totally useless information, but sometimes we fuddy duddies get all curious.
It would also be fun to know any inside scoop on this other curious late Bosustow UPA cartoon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqUWQkbSI4U
That one’s certainly a curioscity to behold. I guess Bosustow was trying all he can during those final months before calling it quits.
I suspect the Magoo “pilots” may have been slightly longer in their original theatrical release. Notice the discrepancy in runtime between the YouTube upload and the Academy documentation. There were “new” Super 8 prints of Magoo Meets Frankenstein offered for sale a few years back (supposedly sourced from a 35mm IB Tech, no less!) and the hard-core collectors that could afford it claim it to be longer than the TV version. Not that those extra minutes would have anything that elevated these shorts to Oscar-worthy status, but fascinating nonetheless. The Snuffy Smith “pilots” Paramount released a few years later were similarly cut down when re-released to television.
DBear – the Magoo Bosustow theatricals were indeed longer than their TV versions. And they had different theatrical titles. You’ll see an example of the original theatrical titles for the three UPA releases in next week’s post.
Yowp
JLewis, Variety reported on June 10, 1959 that “Magoo Meets Boing-Boing” and “I Was A Teen-Age Magoo” were the first two cartoons as part of its unlimited booking plan for theatres. UPA had lost its Columbia release a couple of months earlier. On November 10, 1959, Variety mentioned 80 prints of the Magoo/McBoing-Boing cartoon had been struck and the film would open December 14th. Saperstein was working on a deal for TV Magoos in June 1960 with production about to start.
The credits of Magoo/McBoing-Boing show five animators, far more than any TV Magoo.
Herb Vigran and Julie Bennett are providing voices, as best as I can tell.
“…the Magoo Bosustow theatricals were indeed longer than their TV versions. And they had different theatrical titles. You’ll see an example of the original theatrical titles for the three UPA releases in next week’s post.
Oh, I can’t wait to see that!
Thanks YOWP!
J.Lewis: the other two were “Magoo Meets Frankenstein” and “Teenage Magoo”. It is true that they are slightly better -only slightly- than the rest of the 5-minute Henry Saperstein-produced Magoos.
Thanks! The Frankenstein title seems like an odd one.
Loopy De Loup looks like it should be on my list of Terrible TV Cartoons that ought to be Remade. (I know that it was a series of theatrical shorts, but still worth including.)
Aside from the faded copy seen here, there’s another copy of Magoo Meets McBoing Boing on YouTube as well, though re-titled “The Baby Sitter” for who knows why.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhWRvUvhyI
Belated reply, but found a blog post with pics of the original theatrical titles to “Magoo Meets Boing Boing” about halfway down the page: CLICK HERE
Also interesting to note it seems to use the Rob Scribner ending from the “Ham and Hattie” series.
Thanks for finding the MAGOO MEETS BOING BOING title card – I’ve added it to the body of the post above.
Also, most likely that Rod Scribner “Ham & Hattie” animation was used only on the end title of this particular Magoo theatrical release.
Thanks for finding the MAGOO MEETS BOING BOING title card – I’ve added it to the body of the post above. Also, most likely that Rod Scribner Ham and Hattie animation was used only on the end title of this particular Magoo theatrical release.
The way the film opened with the Ham & Hattie UPA logo then cuts to the Mr. Magoo title card was also used for the “Inside Magoo” short alluded to earlier.
UPAer
Thank you for the explanation of the final 3 UPA theatrical Magoo. I had suspected they had the Rod Scribner opening after seeing Inside Magoo.
On another note, there was one UPA cartoon that appears to have been screened theatrically and on tv. It is known as the 51st Dragon and is listed on BCDb as a Jolly Frolics. Does anyone know why, or where you can find it as a video on the web?
I have a bootleg copy of THE 51st DRAGON on DVD… we’ll do a post about it at some point.
Sean Ramsdell
I remember watching TV FUDDLEHEAD on The Harveytoons Show on Fox Family back in the day
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While having lunch at the Plaza Hotel in New York, advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) has the bad luck to call for a messenger just as a page goes out for a "George Kaplan." From that moment, Thornhill finds that he has stepped into a nightmare -- he is quietly abducted by a pair of armed men out of the hotel's famous Oak Room and transported to a Long Island estate; there, he is interrogated by a mysterious man (James Mason) who, believing that Roger is George Kaplan, demands to know what he knows about his business and how he has come to acquire this knowledge. Roger, who knows nothing about who any of these people are, can do nothing but deny that he is Kaplan or that he knows what they're talking about. Finally, his captors force a bottle of bourbon into Roger and put him behind the wheel of a car on a dangerous downhill stretch. Through sheer luck and the intervention of a police patrol car and its driver (John Beradino), Roger survives the ride and evades his captors, and is booked for drunk driving. He's unable to persuade the court, the county detectives, or even his own mother (Jesse Royce Landis) of the truth of his story, however -- Thornhill returns with them to the mansion where he was held, only to find any incriminating evidence cleaned up and to learn that the owner of the house is a diplomat, Lester Townsend (Philip Ober), assigned to the United Nations. He backtracks to the hotel to find the room of the real George Kaplan, only to discover that no one at the hotel has ever actually seen the man. With his kidnappers once again pursuing him, Thornhill decides to confront Townsend at the United Nations, only to discover that he knows nothing of the events on Long Island, or his house being occupied -- but before he can learn more, Townsend gets a knife in his back in full view of 50 witnesses who believe that Roger did it. Now on the run from a murder charge, complete with a photograph of him holding the weapon plastered on the front page of every newspaper in the country, Thornhill tries to escape via train -- there he meets the cooly beautiful Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint), who twice hides him from the police, once spontaneously and a second time in a more calculated rendezvous in her compartment that gets the two of them together romantically, at least for the night. By the next day, he's off following a clue to a remote rural highway, where he is attacked by an armed crop-dusting plane, one of the most famous scenes in Hitchcock's entire film output. Thornhill barely survives, but he does manage to learn that his mysterious tormentor/interrogator is named Phillip Vandamm, and that he goes under the cover of being an art dealer and importer/exporter, and that Eve is in bed with him in every sense of the phrase -- or is she? ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi
From the DVD - 50th anniversary ed.
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Roger Thornhill is a New York advertising executive who is kidnapped by a gang of spies led by Philip Vandamm, who believes Thornhill is CIA agent George Kaplan. Thornhill escapes, but must find Kaplan in order to clear himself of a murder that Kaplan is accused of committing. Following Kaplan to Chicago as a fugitive from justice, Thornhill is helped by beautiful Eve Kendall. In Chicago, she delivers a message to Kaplan that almost costs Thornhill his life when he is chased across a cornfield by a crop-dusting plane.
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North by Northwest [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; written by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock
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Scranton firefighters rescue deer from icy lake
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SCRANTON, Pa. (WNEP) -- It was an icy and daring deer rescue on Scranton's Mountain Lake Wednesday morning.
A deer fell through the ice and struggled to get out for more than an hour.
A woman walking her dog nearby spotted it and called 911.
Scranton rescue crews suited up and went into the water.
"We put two rescuers in our thermal protection suits for ice rescue and our plan was to try to scare it back into the shoreline," said Lt. Brian Scott of Scranton Fire Department.
Those rescuers were in the water for more than 45 minutes, punching their way through the ice, herding the deer to shore.
It was freezing and exhausting work.
"My suit has a hole in it, for one thing, second of all, it was fine, I was walking out at first and then I got halfway to the deer and that's when I felt the ice go and I had to use my forearm to pound my way through, probably about 150 feet before I go to the deer and then when I got to him, I scooped him up onto the ice," said Bill Walsh, a Scranton firefighter.
The deer was cold and weak, but otherwise healthy.
It ran off into the nearby woods.
"I've never done this before. I'm here 22 years, this is my first deer rescue! I'm tired, I'm tired," said Walsh.
Scranton police and the Pennsylvania Game Commission were also present at the morning rescue.
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An Anatomy of YYC Burger Week
YYC Burger Week, the little event that could. Founded by Sabahat Naureen (First Founder), myself as @calgarydreamer (co-founder) and Chris Karaplis, the mysterious promo shy man in the shadows, we were all former Montrealers who had found our home, and our hearts here in Calgary. But as much as we did, it didn’t seem to be enough to simply just be here. We had to help, but just didn’t know how.
The YYC Burger Week Logo
In 2012, while on a routine visit to Montreal, Sabahat had visited Montreal, and partaken in their own Burger event. It was an in-house event, dedicated to simply self-promotion of the restaurants with a competition aspect. However, as I understand it, there was no charity aspect. With that, a light bulb went off in her head, and she came back wondering about how to make this event come into fruition in Calgary. Finding that no one else was even thinking of a similar idea, she started to put out little feelers here and there to assemble a team to organize the event. Seeing a kindred spirit, and a burger lover myself, I was the first volunteer right away.
I’ve known Sabahat and Chris for almost a year by then. Sabahat and I were members of the Yelp Elite, assembled by our friend and current world traveler Wendy Peters, and Chris had attended as Sab’s date often. I had no idea who the heck was the people I would meet at the first meeting, and was shocked to find out that it was them. That January 2013, the work began. We managed to assemble 16 restaurants and parlay what strengths we had into a city wide festival. Sabahat was always stronger in terms of openness and self-promotion, but I was the one who had the restaurant connections, and usually preferred to be the overall support as well. More importantly, I had a good working relationship with the chefs which we all ran with. Chris, ever hiding in the background and preferring anonymity, designed the back end with the initial website and voting system.
The Competitors
We hemmed and hawed, Sabahat ever being the most ambitious one (I believed we needed months to prepare… we actually managed to get 95% of the work done in WEEKS). We all agreed, there was no way on earth we were going to promote a chain like McDonald’s and the like, and wanted to highlight the local talent and the best that Alberta agriculture had to offer. We designed a system of 16 restaurants being voted in by the public and hoped that by making the voting a little annoying (needing a unique email per vote) that it would reduce the cheating. We contacted 8 local charities (it would have been 9 as we almost signed up 18 restaurants, but we just couldn’t wait any longer for their legals).
The 2013 Nainalicious Winning Burger
Despite that, we were still pretty new at this sort of game. Understandably, some restaurants had considered us to be questionable as it was the inaugural year. Some were just too busy, although even now we would LOVE to see them enter and we would gladly invite them again and again. But then there were the one or two who were actually pretty insulting. I’ve heard some rumors that a few thought they weren’t invited because I disliked them personally. Nope, if anything, there were simply too many restaurants that we sent invites in 2 waves, with a 3rd had it been necessary. Once the initial 16 spots were full, it was done. But then again, that’s the name of the game really.
The competition started, and it wasn’t without a few hiccups, but with such fantastic people as Anju’s Roy Oh (missing you this year), downtownfood’s Darren Maclean, Notable’s Michael Noble and more, it came across as a triumph. Still there were a few more problems, but it was a great week.
In the end? We raised over $6300 in a week of burger frenzy. We were a bit too ambitious in terms of charitable givings as we had tried to promote EIGHT charities at once. To try to spread the funds evenly, we partnered them with 2 restaurants each, one that we considered a heavyweight to every newbie, but it didn’t work entirely the way we wanted. Still, everyone got a lot of promo, and we had cemented ourselves as part of Calgary history, even if just for a brief blip in time. More importantly, a great story came about as little Naina’s Kitchen, the smallest and the least known of all 16 places, came out the 2013 Champion. Looking at owner Erin’s face was worth it all, and we couldn’t have been more pleased.
This year, it was much easier, but far more ambitious. We asked over 50 restaurants to join, but put in a caveat that it was a first come first serve basis. Originally we were shooting for 20, with only 2 categories in the $10 and $15, but as the names came in, we soon found that would be impossible. We ended up selecting 30 competitors, and learned from the previous year to ensure a great selection for our participants by adding the $20 category. Again, we also dared the chefs to come up with something unique, something special. It had bothered us a little that in Year One, many of the restaurants simply put up an existing burger on their menu up for the challenge. But this year? They REALLY stepped up, with so many imaginative takes on burgers made of elk, bannock, cranberries, sprouts, hemp, lobster, pork, beef of all sorts and cuts, foie gras, ramen, bao, mac n’ cheese, pepper steak, ahi tuna and more. It always surprises me by the creative energy of our chefs, and how wonderful it is to be a part of that scene in our small way. And to help promote such creativity, we created the Burger Ambassadors, comprised of some of the best food writer, personalities and bloggers in Calgary. They’ve done a great job, and their comments have help the diners choose their preferences.
Blowfish Sushi Lounge’s Ramen Burger
We also started looking for funding again, since we thought that it might not be as hard as last year, but was surprised that it was actually even harder as our contacts for many organizations had changed, and had to re-justify ourselves. More so, while YYC Burger Week came about, so did literally dozens of other new food festivals, and we ended up having to compete ourselves in a much bigger forum.
But as a wise man once said… the universe will listen. Things will work out somehow.
It did. We still worked on everything, and refused to compromise on our principals to promote Alberta restaurants, talent and produce. I wager that if we were willing to do so, funding would probably would have been a lot easier, but then, what would have been the point? We are CALGARY STRONG. It’s our home, and we wanted dearly to be at the heart of it all. More importantly, we found ourselves ever more in love with our city, and found inspiration in the people that united for those shining moments after the Floods. There would be NO compromise.
The team also expanded this year, with great new members joining in. Wanda Baker, noted food blogger of Baker’s Beans, came in with her knowledge and experience, and insight on how to approach matters while ensuring that the t’s were crossed and the i’s were dotted. Trevor Gibbons, our surprise Unofficial Judge in the Bacon Suit in 2013, also leaped in, and brought in a new energy and great ideas to promote our festival. More members with unique strengths still joined in, and now we number 11 strong. It’s a great team, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
With those skills, connections and energy, and the excited inclusion of ATB Agriculture, we found our little festival now stood toe to toe with some of the best festivals in the city. To date as I write this, there has been literally THOUSANDS of tweets, and who knows how many people out there roaming the city, discovering new and old restaurants for the first time, and personally challenging themselves to try all THIRTY burgers (for those who are doing so, I recommend our next festival YYC Soup and Salad Week…). We’ve been in tv, radio, print, and online all over the city. The restaurants are being lauded, tried out and challenged creatively in a fun and unusual way. And at the heart of it all, the 3 charities chosen this year will greatly benefit from the exposure and the funds.
So that’s really that for now. YYC Burger Week is almost at it’s 1/2 way point, and we’re seeing such an incredible energy through the city as people run into the restaurants with their passports. We love it. I love it.
To Calgary, from the 3 founders and the 8 new committee members, this is our labour of love, and our gift to the city. And we can’t wait until 2015.
Bon Appetit. And don’t forget to stamp your passport and VOTE by RATING your favorite burgers!
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#YYCVote – A plead to #Calgary to vote.
“Now its been suggested to me this week that I should try to buy your support with jobs, & the promise of access. It’s been suggested to me [that it] is more important than your democratic rights… That’s right, it’s not, and you have a decision to make. Don’t vote for us because you think we’re perfect. Don’t vote for us because of what we might be able to do for you only. Vote for the person who shares your ideals, your hopes, your dreams. Vote for the person who most embodies what you believe we need to keep our nation strong & free.”.
– Matt Santos, The West Wing
That speech, written by the brilliant Aaron Sorkin for his show, the West Wing, always brought chills up my spine. It’s not because it’s so catchy, or well written, or even that it definitely tugs at your heart strings. It’s because it appeals to a dream. It appeals to the dream that we all should have, one where our leadership should be responsive to our needs and values without being beholden to one group to another. In our modern democracy, while no where near as insanely skewed as in the US where it takes tens of millions of dollars to win a job paying $150k, our politicians still have to raise a fair amount of money in order to put up those lawn signs, to organize the volunteers and pay for those TV and radio ads. Let’s face it, virtually every candidate INCLUDING Mayor Nenshi is beholden to some extent by outside forces. Any politician who says otherwise is a liar.
But let’s take things a bit in perspective.
1) There’s being open and transparent with your donors, and then there’s candidates with backing from groups skulking in the shadows, with secret plans and huge money spent to have a council in their control. There’s enough in the news to prove it, and I’m not going to name names. If you don’t care enough to find this out and confirm for yourself, then whatever I say won’t matter anyways.
2) Who actually has a dream for Calgary? A politician does what’s expedient for the immediate future. A leader has a plan that looks forward regardless of any backlash, and fights for his/her cause because it’s right.
3) Who is willing to make hard decisions when needed? A politician will give in to the hoi polloi which is usually short sighted and has repercussions in the long term. A leader will follow his or her decision, come what may, for the benefit of all regardless of how unpopular it may be.
That’s how I based my vote, and why I chose the people I did.
I call myself the Calgary Dreamer in Social Media. Once upon a time, it was become I was a person who had dreams on what Calgary could be. And then came the floods… and the people… and the good will… and the chance to see true leadership in action. Then and there, I rededicated myself to a new definition of Calgary Dreamer. I now strive to make the dream that IS Calgary to become a dream to us all.
Please. This is your city. Be a part of my dream where our city is prosperous, open-minded and free of corruption at the highest echelons. Think and consider carefully. Think of who are the people who didn’t take their money from special interests. Think of who are the ones who have financial supporters who were “suggesting” to their employees on who to vote for. Think of who are the ones who decided to fire teachers, yet give themselves raises and have meetings in Palm Springs with your money. Think of the ones who seems to be honest, and brings inspiration and leadership. Think of the ones who share your beliefs and values, and have a dream of what could be a Calgary you can live and grow happily in. In the end, you are your own person, but do you really want to live in a kleptocracy where corruption and special interests are the ones in power, or in a city where your leaders will do what is good for all?
I believe in a Calgary with leaders that we all can be proud of in the end. One that we need, if not necessarily deserve. Most importantly, I believe in my fellow Calgarians.
See you tomorrow at the ballot booth. #YYCVote
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A Brief Wakeup Call – #YYCFlood
Sorry all, there’s plenty more to write about myself, the kids and the storm that’s coming. But, this time I have to say something as my city, Calgary, starts to resume some sense of normal life after almost 2 weeks of extreme floods and loss.
Ok Calgary. It’s been a hell of a last 10 days. Downtown has reopened. Many districts have power again. But a lot of our homes are still damaged beyond repair, some of our favorite haunts are shuttered for months, and time has simply stopped on that flood day at the Sisiska Nation and High River areas.
Most of us have lives to get back to, but if there’s any way you can spare a few hours a week to help our neighbours, I honestly implore that you do. What happened with the flood and it’s aftermath to recover is NOT a sprint, it’s a marathon. Too many of us will be feeling it for months. So as our Mayor said, when the pain really hits months from now, we have to make sure our neighbours know we are there for them.
One last point. English Poet put it best, in the line, “And They Also Serve.” It means that there’s a place for everyone in one way or another. Not everyone has to go tear apart drywall, slog mud out of the basements or clean away debris. There’s the sorting stations of donations around the city, folding and processing the Hell or High Water Shirts, first aid stations, rest stations and dozens of those little things that makes the volunteer army run.
Napoleon said that an army runs on it’s stomach. The same applies here, as how long do you think our volunteers and first responders would last at this pace without the food and water, and the simple pure generosity we’ve been inspired and aspire to. If you can’t help directly, think how much good you’ve done just by giving a few flats of water. But please, over the time to come, just do something.
It’s our country. It’s our city. It’s Home.
Rant over. Good luck and best wishes. – Terry
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University of Southern California Digital Library > "Dick" Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987 > Damage to 6th Street ticket office by earthquake, Southern California, 1933
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Title: Damage to 6th Street ticket office by earthquake, Southern California, 1933 Date: 1933 Collection: "Dick" Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987 Owning Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library Source: Calisphere Date of access: January 19 2020 14:35 Permalink: https://calisphere.org/item/e7655063fadc03933a69bb00c5a5f5ce/
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For uses other than private, contact USC Libraries Special Collections at the e-mail given
4 photographs of damage to 6th Street ticket office by earthquake, Southern California, 1933. "Subject: Damage to 6th st[reet] ticket office by earthquake
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: Damage to 6th Street ticket office by earthquake, Southern California, 1933
: Damage to building by earthquake, Southern California, 1933
: Damage to Joe Goldstein, tailor, 536 West 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA, ...
: Damage to old factory building, Compton, CA, 1933
: Drawing of tickets to World's Fair, Southern California, 1933
: Intersection, West 6th Street & South Grand View Street, Los Angeles, CA, ...
: L. Hollingsworth (police officer) at Compton, CA, 1933
: Exterior of 540 West 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1932
: Bankers going to San Francisco for debate, Southern California, 1932
: Damage to stores by earthquake, Southern California, 1933
: Crowd buying tickets, Southern California Music Co., Southern California, 1934
: Freight ship, Transcontinental & Western Air, Southern California, 1931
: Western Auto Supply & Firestone Service Inc. damage to buildings, Compton, CA, ...
: Ticket office at 636 South Olive Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1928
: Mayor Porter & Mr. Beck at Mayor Porter's office, Southern California, 1932
: Lincoln car in front of Olive Street office, Los Angeles, CA, 1929
: Buying tickets at Southern California Music Co., Southern California, 1934
: Ventilating system in cafe, West 6th Street and Hope Street, Los Angeles, ...
: Ford coupe, Automobile Club of Southern California, Southern California, 1933
: Interior and exterior of Robert C. Mason office, 3213 Geneva Street, Los ...
: Fire debris, 7645 South Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1933
: 1931 Hupmobile sedan, Paul D. Covert, owner, Southern California, 1933
: Construction work after earthquake, Southern California, 1933
: 7th Street and South Spring Street branch of Security First National Bank, ...
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CIC has devoted much of its research to analyzing institutions that promote global justice and international order. Multilateral issues, crisis management and global governance are subjects which have provided a wealth of research and analysis. Global goverance, is an incredibliy complex endeavour, undertaken by an equally complex group of international players. CIC presents challenging research that helps to clarify the often overlapping roles of international organization. CIC's research also examines peackeeping missions and prescribes recommendations for future operations.
Region/Country: Middle East, South Asia
While the past year has been difficult for global peace operations, peace-keeping remains a sought after and integral part of the international community’s response to conflict and fragile states.
Author(s) / Contributor(s): Andrew Sinclair
Topic(s): Crises, Global Governance
Back to Basics : The UN and crisis diplomacy in an age of strategic uncertainty
This report sets out to show how the UN can reinforce its utility and legitimacy in conflict prevention and mediation in a complex international environment. It draws on a series of case studies on conflict prevention for the NYU Center on International Cooperation (CIC)—including analyses of the Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and West Africa—which show how the UN’s engagement in the deterioration phases of a series of recent crises has prevented or reduced conflict, or at least has established a framework for later peace talks.
Author(s) / Contributor(s): Bruce Jones, Richard Gowan, Andrew Hart, Sara Batmanglich
Region/Country: East Asia, Latin America, Middle East, West Africa
Topic(s): Global Governance, United Nations
In recent years, donor governments and international organizations such as the UN and the World Bank have developed a number of frameworks and tools to assess governance, conflict, and fragility. This report argues that there are multiple, and often contradictory, objectives underlying the development and use of such assessment tools. Underpinning this multiplicity of objectives are deep assumptions, many of which remain unstated. Different agencies tend to define the problem through their own institutional lens, and the assessment tools they create reflect these biases.
Topic(s): Global Governance, International Security, Post 2015 Development
Building on Brahimi
Power & Responsibility: Building International Order in an Era of Transnational Threats
Dickinson College President Margee Ensign leads session at NYU roundatable exploring Religious identity and extremism
Analysis: Trump’s ‘America First’ Vision Could Upend Postwar Consensus
Global trends: discontinuity and disruption
From Fragile States to States of Fragility
This year’s World Bank Fragility, Conflict and Violence Forum included a preview of the forthcoming OECD 2015 States of Fragility Report authored by CIC. Associate Director Sarah Hearn presented on the report’s highlights including financing options beyond official development assistant and smart aid solutions.
Sarah Hearn
Civilian Capacities: Experiences in Building and Transforming Security and Justice Institutions
Conference Room C, North Lawn Building
UN Headquarters
Hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations and the NYU Center on International Cooperation
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Sunday, January 19th, 2020 Photos: Beloved Youth / Tooth Lures a Fang / Circle
Lemon Sky Get Ready for a Doubleheader
Courtney Phenicie
Thursday, April 14, 2016, 2:37am
Lemon Sky dropped a new LP, Dos in February and are going to spend this weekend celebrating its release. You can catch them Friday at the Zines, Screens and Screams Fest at Northside Yacht Club (12:45a – Upstairs) and again on Saturday at Everybody’s Records (5p)! We caught up with the band prior to the weekend party.
Lemon Sky is definitely a Cincinnati favorite. Give us some background on the band…
Lemon Sky is a psychedelic rock quintet from the Queen City. Pulling from influences that span decades and putting as much thought into what we’re saying as we do how we’re saying it. We spent a lot of time making sure everything was just right with ‘Dos’ and it really helped lay the foundation for what future albums can sound like. If ever there was a doubt about sound quality or an idea in the studio we hadn’t quite figured out, a quick solution would be to ask ourselves WWPFD? “What would Pink Floyd do?” Other notable influences for the sound and feel of this record are rock dinosaurs like Led Zeppelin and The Beatles, as well as Captain beyond, Sound Garden, and Jelly Fish.
What can we expect this weekend at Zines, Screens and Screams Fest and Everybody’s Records this weekend?
The 2nd annual Zines, Screens and Screams Fest marks Lemon Sky’s first appearance at the Northside Yacht Club, but when we leave the stage will be stained with lemon juice (metaphorically, most of the time.) We’ll be playing a lot from the new album, as well as a few old favorites. Our live shows are a loud, high energy party and the lineup for Friday night will surely keep the entire night entertained.
Record store day at Everybody’s Records is going to be 25 lbs. of Citrus Rock crammed into a 5 lbs. record store… Its like backing a savage beast into a corner. Somehow the tight space surrounded by avid music listeners and supporters, not to mention old posters of a young Al Green’s sexiest gaze, make an already overwhelming experience that much more intense.
What is next for Lemon Sky?
The band plans to keep this momentum up with a spring and summer tour to support Dos, as well as release a few music videos. Plans to hit the studio this fall for album 3 are already in the works.
Courtney Phenicie is the Editor in Chief of CincyMusic and an alum of Northern Kentucky University. She enjoys singing in the car, pizza rolls, boxed red wine, and The Golden Girls. If you can’t find her roaming around the city with her daughter Josephine, check The Southgate House Revival or Casablanca Vintage in Northside.
Lemon Sky
Devon Gilfillian
The Taft Theatre
7pm doors / 8pm show
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What is CCHP/
Young People's Participation
What is CCHP
CCHP Values
Barnardo's HYPE
Young People Friendly
Working in Perfect Partnership
Off The Record (OTR)
Positive Participation is a film featuring the stories and artwork of two young people who were involved in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
Both took part in participation work within the Barnardo’s HYPE service for the Community Children’s Health Partnership. This meant being involved in interview panels for recruiting staff, feedback on services, presentations and delivering training to staff, strategy writing and art workshops to improve health buildings. Both feel they have benefited ‘therapeutically’ from this work especially in terms of confidence, self esteem and being able to rediscover their skills and talents.
The young people represented are interested in developing their media and art skills and this is reflected in Positive Participation. All artwork has been created by the young people themselves and both continue to produce artistic work that reflects their personal experiences.
The Barnardo’s HYPE project use film as a participation tool to promote the voice and experience of children, young people and their parents/carers. We have a film maker in the HYPE team who helped produce the film. Positive Participation has been shown to commissioners, staff and Kath Evans, the national lead for children and young people’s patient experience. All have found watching the film to be a very powerful experience and are hugely motivating to continue and increase participation across all services.
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Total Divas Renewed For Two More Seasons On E!
May 8, 2018 | By Deadline | 0
There will be more Total Divas on E!. The network has renewed the popular series for seasons eight and nine. Total Divas follows female WWE Superstars, taking viewers inside their professional careers and the challenges of their everyday lives. "We are thrilled to have celebrated the 100th episode of this popular franchise and are grateful to announce two additional seasons," said Amy Introcaso-Davis, E!'s Executive Vice President of Development and Production. "The ...Read More... http://deadline.com/2018/05/total-divas-renewed-two-more-seasons-e-1202383861/
How Much of “Total Divas” is Real and How Much is Fake?
Dec 26, 2017 | By maximiliano | 0
The WWE is one of those brands that seems to have just always been around. For decades it has produced show after show and gained legions of fans. With the growth of the company, new shows have been developed, which has helped to diversify what was produced and provided viewers with new shows to watch. Now, the show "Total Divas" has been produced, which is all about the women who participate in the WWE and the way they interact with one another while outside of the ring. Even though occasional mishaps occurs, the show was designed to highlight the diva’s private lives and what they have to deal with when they are not in the ring. However, the question most people have related to this show is, "how much of "Total Divas" is fake? and how much of it is real. READ MORE...
Total Divas Star Carmella: WWE Womens Revolution Is Going Strong
Jul 26, 2017 | By The Wrap | 0
Carmella says its a great time for women in the WWE. Things are going well for the WWE Superstar, member of the SmackDown roster and winner of the inaugural womensMoney in the Bank ladder match. On Monday, the 29-year-old pro wrestler was named as one of the new cast members of Total Divas, joining the Bella Twins, Natalya, Naomi, Lana and Maryse on the hit E! reality series. (Nia Jax and Alexa Bliss are also joining the show for Season 7.) ...Read More... //www.thewrap.com/wwe-diva-carmella-on-joining-total-divas-the-womens-revolution-in-wwe/
WWE Reveals New Cast of Total Divas, Sets Premiere Date for Total Bellas Season 2 (Video)
WWE and E! announced the latest kick ass cast members for their hit reality TV collaboration Total Divas on Monday. Along with returning WWE starsBrie and Nikki (a.k.a. the Bella Twins), Natalya, Naomi, Lana and Maryse, the new cast members for Season 7 areCarmella, Nia Jax and Alexa Bliss. The new round of WWE Superstars will be introduced to viewers when the show returns following its explosive Season 6 finale. ...Read More... https://www.thewrap.com/wwe-announces-new-cast-of-total-divas-season-7-premiere-date-for-total-divas-season-2/
Total Divas Star Nikki Bella Has Picked a Dress and Wedding Date
Jul 24, 2017 | By Wetpaint | 0
Nikki Bella may have just gotten engaged a few months ago, but she’s already finished the two most important parts of wedding planning! The Total Divas star, who said “yes” to fiancé John Cena in April, revealed she’s found a wedding dress and picked a date. "So I do have a date now, but I can't say. But we finally came up with a date…and I did find the dress!" the WWE superstar told E! News. ...Read More... //feeds.wetpaint.com/~r/wetpaint/latest/excerpt/~3/DPNYggljeQI/
Total Divas Star Rosa Mendes Welcomes Adorable Baby Girl (PHOTO)
Feb 17, 2016 | By Wetpaint | 0
Rosa Mendes's little girl is way too cute ... Read More... //www.wetpaint.com/total-divas-rosa-mendes-baby-jordan-1472776/
The Diva Drama Continues in Season Five of E!'s Hit Series "Total Divas" Premiering Tuesday, January 19 at 9PM ET/PT
Dec 24, 2015 | By Futon Critic | 0
Joining the Divas this season is the young and beautiful Mandy, the runner-up on the most recent season of "WWE Tough Enough(R)," who brings her own flavor to the already vibrant group. //www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2015/12/17/the-diva-drama-continues-in-season-five-of-es-hit-series-total-divas-premiering-tuesday-january-19-at-9pm-et-pt-304113/20151217e01/
'Total Divas' Season 4 to Premiere Tuesday, July 7 on E!
Jun 11, 2015 | By Tv By The Numbers | 0
E!, WWE and Bunim-Murray Productions Total Divas returns for its highly-anticipated fourth season on Tuesday, July 7 at 9pm ET/PT. Read More... //feedproxy.google.com/~r/Tvbythenumbers/~3/T0Ca5ndUedo/
'Total Divas' Returns to E! on Sunday, January 4th
Dec 25, 2014 | By Tv By The Numbers | 0
As season three progresses, a longtime feud between Ariane and Alicia forces the two Divas to go head-to-head. //feedproxy.google.com/~r/Tvbythenumbers/~3/ODPh9r3Fqi8/
Amazing News For Total Divas Star Nikki Bella!
Nov 4, 2014 | By Wetpaint | 0
Ranking the WWE Divas in terms of their overall hotness is about as painful as being on the receiving end of John Cenas Stepover Toehold Facelock. Thats why we deferred that task to you guys and you took it on like champs! Looking at the results from our Ranker poll from last week, Johns main slice, Nikki Bella, came out on top. However, Nikki won her No. 1 spot by only the slimmest of margins. Hot on her heels is her twin sister, Brie Bella (naturally). Eva Marie and her fiery red... //feeds.wetpaint.com/~r/wetpaint/latest/excerpt/~3/piDU0GLndMQ/2014-11-03-nikki-bella-hottest-fan-poll
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Aker Solutions: Engineering the future with Google Cloud Platform
About Aker Solutions
Aker Solutions is a global provider of products, systems, and engineering services to the energy industry.
Industries: Manufacturing
Products: App Engine, BigQuery, Cloud Dataflow, Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, Cloud SQL, Cloud Datastore, Cloud Storage, Stackdriver
About Computas
Computas, one of the largest Google Cloud Platform Partners in the Nordics, specializes in development, architecture, big data, and machine learning.
Aker Solutions used App Engine and Cloud Storage to build a set of digital engineering tools and a collaboration room to leverage its institutional expertise and revolutionize its field development methods.
Unlocks, accesses, and links data from all previous field development projects providing high-value insight for future plans
Drives efficiency with a suite of products automating and supporting all aspects of concept selection, and a searchable database of reusable methods, assets, and data
Speeds up the decision-making process with fully featured digital simulations of oil and gas field components as well as an economical model for NPV, risk, and reliability
Improves collaboration with a single platform for multiple teams working on complex projects
Made efficiency gains of approximately 20% on average
Aker Solutions traces its history back to 1841, when it was founded as the Aker Mechanical Workshop in Oslo, Norway. After making its name in shipbuilding and maritime work, Aker Solutions is now one of the world’s top energy service providers employing more than 14,000 people across 20 countries. Lending its expertise to oil, gas, and wind projects in some of the most challenging environments, the company prides itself on delivering safe, sustainable solutions that benefit customers around the world.
“We needed to get the investment cost down significantly for developing new fields. We saw a digital solution as the best way of achieving that as well as stepping up our sustainability.”
—Are Føllesdal Tjønn, Senior VP of Software Engineering, Aker Solutions
Following the oil price crash that began in 2014, the energy industry as a whole had to face a new reality of lowered profits and reduced capital expenditure. By 2016, Aker Solutions saw this squeezing of resources as a perfect opportunity to revolutionize its oil and gas field development methods and digitize its entire process. To do that, the company turned to Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
“We needed to get the investment cost down significantly for developing new fields,” says Are Føllesdal Tjønn, Senior VP of Software Engineering at Aker Solutions. “We saw a digital solution as the best way of achieving that as well as stepping up our sustainability.”
Building the field development process of the future
Traditionally, every field development project for an energy company is built from the ground up, independent of other projects that have gone before it, with new teams, new materials, and new equipment. While this provides a bespoke precision to each project, it is also expensive, time consuming, and encourages inefficiency. By digitizing its field development process, Aker Solutions wanted to build up a bank of institutional expertise that could be accessed quickly and effectively and minimize the time and cost of field development.
Initially placed under the working title “Project Push”, the idea being that new field projects could be developed “at the push of a button”, Aker Solutions focused its efforts on a number of areas. First, the company wanted a searchable database of digital information for each field development project. This would help ensure that successful methods and techniques would live well beyond the life of any single project and could inform projects months and years down the line.
A second pillar of the Push Project was the concept of the Digital Twin. The idea was to have a digital representation of field assets that goes far beyond a simple 3D illustration. Aker Solutions wanted to measure and simulate every possible attribute of each field development project, all built within a rich and consistent data structure that would underpin several different applications. “Ideally, we would be able to simulate all asset operations before we physically start building,” says Are. This would help Aker Solutions and its customers make the right decisions much earlier in the process, saving significantly on time and money.
Google Cloud Platform for a scalable, flexible, high-performance solution
In mid-2016, with the core objectives of searchability, reusability, and expedited decision-making, Aker Solutions, together with customer AkerBP, began looking for ways to implement the Push Project. At the time, the company’s IT infrastructure was based on heavy duty enterprise solutions running off on-premises servers. While this had been perfectly adequate for its operations until then, Aker Solutions decided that only a scalable, cloud-based solution could fully deliver the ambitious results it had in mind for the digitization project.
For the latter half of 2016, Aker Solutions tested a number of solutions on the leading cloud providers, teaming up with cloud specialists Computas to help navigate the cloud-based environment. “Having a local partner in Norway was key for us,” says Are. “We were also very impressed with Computas’ expertise in agile methodologies like Scrum project management.”
“The ability to use REST APIs with Cloud Storage was very important for us. It’s a small thing but we saved a lot of work using the REST APIs to upload files instead of implementing them ourselves.”
—Filip Van Laenen, Chief Engineer, Computas
After taking the time to assess Aker Solutions’ requirements, Computas recommended Google Cloud Platform as the core of the new solution. “GCP is a platform that allows you to do things in a very quick way. You can get going without any hassle or time wasting,” says Rune Hagbartsen, Executive Director at Computas. “We were able to deliver solutions very quickly and the support form Google Norway was great.”
Another key advantage of GCP for Aker Solutions was the ability to integrate with the company’s existing enterprise platforms and engineering solutions. Rather than replacing what was already working, Computas and Aker Solutions began building a new infrastructure for Project Push leveraging the existing stack of the core business.
The use of Google Cloud Platform was an enabler for a deep change in the way software was developed. The Push Project started as a traditional IT procurement initiative but quickly evolved into a strong partnership between Aker Solutions, Aker BP, and Computas. This partnership mindset allowed for a true agile development methodology supported by the fundamental flexibility of Google Cloud Platform. With agility came the possibility to exploit opportunities, and the Push Project evolved from system development to the development of a platform housing the products required by the digitization process.
For the concept of the Digital Twin, Computas and Aker Solutions developed a family of applications built on App Engine: “That gave us the ability to open and deploy images very quickly, which helped us a lot,” says Filip Van Laenen, Computas Chief Engineer. The data pipeline was handled with Cloud Dataflow and the messaging requirements with Cloud Pub/Sub. The scaling ability of Cloud Dataflow is a game changer for ingesting and processing millions of data entities and documents in order to make them searchable. The different products in the Push portfolio take advantage of Cloud SQL or Cloud Datastore depending on their specific requirements.
Computas developed a way of analyzing usage data with BigQuery taking data from Stackdriver Monitoring. The team used Cloud Functions at various places to “glue” functionality together and to integrate with the existing infrastructure. Meanwhile, Cloud Storage was used to hold the millions of documents and static assets from new and older field projects. The ability to use a fully managed, elastic storage makes a real difference for an application platform using a lot of documents.
“The ability to use REST APIs with Cloud Storage was very important for us. It’s a small thing but we saved a lot of work using REST APIs to upload files instead of implementing them ourselves,” says Filip.
“When you improve your efficiency, you can work on the quality of the output. Whether that’s doing more iterations, analysis, or looking for new solutions. We’ve not only saved time for our customers, but also improved the quality and safety aspects of our field development projects.”
Greater efficiency, higher quality outputs, and improved collaboration
Two years since it first conceived the idea, Aker Solutions is part way through its massive digitization journey but has already seen remarkable results. “Overall”, says Are, “the new search and Engineering Assistant applications have already resulted in efficiency gains of approximately 20%. A typical topside project normally takes around a million hours, so cutting 200,000 hours is a very significant savings both for us and our customers.” A product manager is now able to provide an estimate of an industry asset’s weight, such as an offshore platform, in just a few hours, down from days and weeks if they had used the previous method. Are says that the impact of the changes made can be much bigger than the 20%. He likens the change to shifting from manually washing the dishes to using a dishwasher. “You can do so much more,” he says.
“When you improve your efficiency, you can work on the quality of the output. Whether that’s doing more iterations, analysis, or looking for new solutions. We’ve not only saved time for our customers, but also improved the quality and safety aspects of our field development projects,” says Are.
As well as the efficiency gains, the Push Project has led to teams working more closely with each other. “When the information is all there on a single platform like the Engineering Assistant app, then it helps to keep everyone on the same page,” says Are. With everything on GCP, the company has been able to improve its security procedures for sensitive information. “Before people would use data by copying it from spreadsheets and take it away on their laptops,” says Filip. “Now, it’s held and better secured in a database.” More qualitatively, with its emphasis on recording, searching, and reusing data, Aker Solutions has brought a new-found objectivity to its field development methods.
“It’s helped us take the subjectivity out of our decision-making, which helps us get to the right decisions earlier,” says Are.
Aker Solutions’ journey with GCP and Computas is far from over. With its oil and gas field development projects digitized, Aker Solutions is now preparing to bring its operations teams into the process. The company is currently exploring the suite of machine learning tools within GCP as a way of improving the indexing of its documents and help make searching for the relevant information even quicker than before.
In addition, the company is looking into how to use Cloud Vision API to help collate, categorize, and analyze the millions of PDF documents that it deals with from partners and subcontractors for each project, saving time and minimizing the risk of errors from manual tagging. Cloud AutoML Vision is being evaluated as a way to let the domain experts directly influence the machine learning required in the process. With the digitization process well underway, automation looks to be the next objective.
“The more we automate, the more we can see to automate,” says Are. “We’re excited about what we’ve achieved so far, but we also see a lot of potential in the journey ahead with GCP.”
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Tag: Flexible Memberships
Golf Course Maintenance Update – May 2019
As the summer season gets started, the days get longer, temperatures rise, and the grass really begins to grow. This is our time to start making a dent in the weed population. Over the next week, we are going to be spreading fertilizer across the whole course. This will stimulate the grass, even more, to assist in recovery and growth. After the fertilizer is out we are then going to spend a week or two spraying all the rough with an herbicide that will kill the weeds. You will see some discoloration in the Bermuda grass but in a few short weeks the Bermuda will green back up and fill in the spots where the weeds once were.
Finally, a reminder that June 3-7 the front 9 will be closed for maintenance and then the following week June 10-14 the back 9 will then be closed for maintenance. We all appreciate your patience during this time and look forward to seeing everyone on the course soon
Buck Deibel – Director of Golf
Kenton Gamache – Golf Course Superintendent
By Alan TaylorGolf May 2, 2019 May 2, 2019 No comments yet
Country Clubs in the North Get Ready For Winter! The Club at Boca Pointe Gets Ready for Seasonal Members!
Ok, your summer golf season at your country club in the Northeast or Mid-West, or Canada is coming to a close. Maybe you’ve seen the closure notices already for when your club will be closing for the winter and possibly fall!
Or just perhaps, you are already contemplating how to duplicate that country club experience when you are in South Florida for the winter…whether it is golf, tennis, fitness, dining or just a robust social life.
Yes, there are plenty of public courses around, but there’s nothing like golf in a private, membership only country club. Your bags are stored; your bags are already on the golf cart ready for your tee time; you can reserve your tee time seven days in advance; you can play in club tournaments.
Not on a public course…only a private, membership only country club…a country club with a unique twist that no other private club in South Florida can offer.
By this time you’re saying one of two things:
I am only going to be in South Florida for a short stay.
I am not interested in making a long-term financial commitment.
That’s where the Club at Boca Pointe, located in Boca Raton, Florida, comes into play. It is the only full-service country club with a manicured 18-hole championship golf course that will fit both of the challenges you make.
The Club at Boca Pointe is the only private club in South Florida that you can join and enjoy without making the traditional country club financial commitment (no bond or equity required).
It is the only private club in the area that has a unique membership program that caters to your stay in sunny South Florida.
And you do not have to live at Boca Pointe to take advantage of two very unique membership programs. You can live anywhere and play at the Club at Boca Pointe, just like you drive to your club at home.
The two programs are:
Premier Membership. The basic club/social memberships includes use of all of dining facilities, card rooms, the new Sports and Fitness Complex, participation in all social events, theme parties, lectures and so forth. This membership is available for three (first year only) to 12 months and then from four to 12 thereafter. Golf and tennis can be added to this membership
Annual Golf Membership. This is a 12-month membership program designed for those who want to play unlimited golf throughout the year. The program is limited to golf only and offers opportunities for lunch on play dates and limited dining opportunities. Use of other club facilities is not included in this membership.
“The Premier Membership offering has been a huge success for the club,” says Helen Karpel, general manager of the only club in South Florida where membership is a privilege and not mandated.
“We designed the Premier Membership program and the Annual Golf Program to match the needs of those deciding to winter in South Florida. We’ve found over the past few seasons, members come for a limited number of months. They find a seasonal rental in the Boca Pointe community or nearby.
“Then they need a place to play. And the Club at Boca Pointe meets that need. What’ve seen is the snowbird starts with a three or four month membership, loves the experience. Then they decide to extend their stay especially if the weather is still inclement in the north or they’ve begun to look for a permanent winter home.
“Once the new member becomes ‘socialized’ in the Club, it’s tough for them to break away whether they are golfers, tennis players or card room buffs. Our equity members embrace the Premiers and Annual golfers. It’s like inviting someone to your home for a couple of months.”
Become a member of the Club at Boca Pointe and become part of a something unique. The club is an extension of your home and family. It is a way to make lifelong friends and memories. We look forward to sharing this with you!
By Alan TaylorGolf, Membership, Social Activities August 30, 2018 August 30, 2018 No comments yet
Warmth, Easy-To-Make New Friends Is Hallmark For The Club at Boca Pointe…. An Unusual Trait
You leaving behind a robust social life by making the decision to move to South Florida to bask in the warmth in the winter, retire or even take advantage of the no state income tax law. One of the biggest challenges facing new residents to country club living in South Florida is: “How do I make new friends? How do I crack into social circles that are already established for card room games, golf, tennis or just social?”
All valid concerns especially if you move into a country club community.
For example, members at one of the Boca Raton area country clubs only talk about money…how much they have, how much they made in the market that day.
At another country club, it’s all about family and their kids. At others, the noses remain up in the air when new members arrive.
And at others, it is much the same: a difficult task in breaking into the inner circle that best suits the style of life that you want to enjoy while basking in the warm and looking to make life simpler.
But there is one club in the area that is known for being the most engaging to with its new members…a club whose staff makes sure no new member misses out on a card game, tennis time or golf groups. Each activity has staff members who are especially sensitive to making sure that its new members feel right at home from the day they set foot on the property.
And that club is the Club at Boca Pointe, the only country club in South Florida that is non-mandatory and provides a wide array of membership offerings to suit everyone’s lifestyle.
The Club at Boca Pointe is known as the warmest, friendliest and unpretentious club in South Florida where members talk to each other even though they may not know who you are. For example, a new couple was having lunch at Freshe Pointe in the Sports and Fitness Center, and they were saying to each other “how do we get tennis games?” Another couple within ear shot, turned to them and said, “why not join us on Sunday for a game?
And there in is the story that separates the Club at Boca Pointe from any other country club in South Florida.
The Club at Boca Pointe offers Flexible Membership options that allow prospective members to pick and define their own new lifestyle.
The most popular options are:
The Premier Membership which allows you to become a member from three to 12 months in the first year and then from four months to 12 months thereafter. This membership incorporates the full run of the club from unlimited use of the new Sports and Fitness Center, full dining privileges, card room activities and a robust social calendar. Golf and tennis can be added to this membership.
Annual Golf Membership allows its member full golf privileges from seven day tee time signups to full use of the locker room to participation in a leagues and tournaments. The membership has limited dining privileges.
Annual Tennis for those who only want to play tennis socially, competitively or become part of a team on the Club’s 16 Har Tru courts.
And the Club at Boca Pointe is the only club where members do not have to make an advance financial commitment with bonds, initiations fees, as is the case with all mandatory country clubs.
And even better, you DO NOT have to live at Boca Pointe to play at the Club.
The Club at Boca Pointe is ideally located in Palm Beach County and a stone throw from the Broward County line. The Club draws its new members from the A1A corridor from Highland Beach to the north and Lighthouse Point to the South as well as from Delray Beach and Boynton Beach areas and new developments in Parkland.
By Alan TaylorMembership, Social Activities October 23, 2017 October 23, 2017 No comments yet
Burgers & Beer Night Lights Up The Palate for Members, Guests at the Club at Boca Pointe
Burger: a sandwich consisting of a bun, a cooked beef patty, and often-other ingredients such as cheese, onion slices, lettuce, or condiments. But at the Club at Boca Pointe, Burger and Beer Night took on an entire different meaning.
Yes, the some 200 diners in the new Grand Café at the Club at Boca Pointe had the opportunity to enjoy the typical beef patty burger, made to order. Or for the more adventuresome members they were able to branch out by ordering:
Prime burgers, a typical prime-only beef burger with the usually assortment of toppings and it made to offer. Members had their Prime Burger built to suit with the traditional dressings available to them. Members gobbled up nearly 100 Prime Burgers for more than 65 pounds of beef to lead the way on this unusual
Home on the Range Bison burger: In second place on the popularity list was the Bison Burger, like in Buffalo. Tender, this meat has the lowest fat content of any burger. This went for nearly 30 with about 40 pounds of meat.
Third on the popularity list was the All American with nearly 25 members and guests picking this one. Nearly 28 pounds of meat was used. Featured with this burger was a fried egg.
Not to be forgotten was the Turkey Burger, was the choice of more than 20 members for about 12 pounds of freshly made turkey paddies.
Of course for non-meat lovers, the Salmon Burger was consumed by 15 members for about 8 pounds of this popular fish.
A mixed up Burger consisting of lamb and other beefs was the choice of 12 members for another 15 pounds of the mixed meats.
All burgers were cooked to order and members were able to choose their own toppings to what ever suited their palate. In total, 160 pounds of patties were consumed by the membership along with a suggested paired beer or wine.
Of course, what would burger night be without pairing with a beer in general or a craft beer in particular? Guess what were the popular beers? Not the usual brands. Winners were Barrel of Monkeys and White Wizard – both craft beers from Boca Raton.
What’s next in fun dinning at the only club in South Florida that is non-mandatory with flexible memberships with no traditional equity or initiation fee?
The Flexible Membership program highlights:
Premier Memberships which are available from 3 months to 12 months for the first year and from 4 to 12 every year thereafter. This include full run of all dining, fitness, social and card room activities. Golf and tennis can easily be added.
Golf Plus. This designed for those only interested in playing golf. The memberships include all golf privileges of signing up seven-days in advance, locker room, bag room and cart fees are all inclusive. Dining and lounge usage is available on days of play with dining additionally on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
What’s next? Pizza Night, Pasta Night, South of the Border night! Who knows what Executive Chef Terry Daniels will dream up to provide another unique dining experience for his club members?
By Alan TaylorMembership, Social Activities August 30, 2017 August 30, 2017 No comments yet
Robust Social Calendar Awaits Members at the Club at Boca Pointe
Did you miss Jackie Evanco win on America’s Got Talent a few years ago? Or maybe you want to see the Gentlemen’s Guide, a musical comedy? Or you want to see Evita? Or listen to one of the world’s foremost lecturers about the Middle East?
Well those opportunities along with several hundred other activities will highlight the 2017-2018 social calendar for the Club at Boca Pointe, the only country club in South Florida with a robust social calendar.
The social calendar as highlighted in the newest edition of its Club Life magazine includes a variety of activities such as, but not limited to:
A series of shows at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts as well as several other local theaters. Also included is the Spanish River Concert Series. The club packages top seats at each of these venues along with bus transportation to each of these events.
The popular Showtime Series of top talent that is showcased at the Club at Boca Pointe held on Friday nights over a four-month period.
Then there is a series of topical lecturers from leading professors from Florida Atlantic University.
These are among the several hundred activities ranging to cultural to learning to musical that are available to members of the Club at Boca Pointe, the only country club in South Florida that allows members to define their own lifestyle. The Club has a variety of memberships available ranging from equity to non-equity. Non-equity members, known as the Premier Membership Program, enjoy the same opportunities to participate in the club’s robust social program.
Or maybe you are single and wonder how you are going to fit into a country club environment?
Well, the Club at Boca Pointe has a unique program called Boca Unos for those who are single. The Boca Unos, not only participate in all club events, but they have their own events. Some of these exciting events are held at Boca Pointe, but special monthly events are held at other country clubs in the area. This enables members the opportunity to meet singles from other clubs.
There are also clubs within the clubs that enable all members to meet other members and find more common interests among themselves. These include: the Adventurers’ Club, Boomers Group, Camera Club, Clowns on Call, Performing Scam Troupe, TLC (Today Life Continues for Single Woman’s Group, Volunteer Club.
New to cards, or board games? Want to find games? Want to learn?
The Club at Boca Pointe has you covered with Duplicate and Social Bridge lessons from beginners to advanced; Mah-Jongg and Canasta. Games not only include those listed, but also include gin rummy, dominos, and poker. You name it, members will play it. New to the club, you will find immediate help in making games and working your way into groups.
By siteadminSocial Activities August 23, 2017 August 23, 2017 No comments yet
Want to Play Golf at a Country Club in South Florida? Take a Look at The Unique Memberships at the Club at Boca Pointe
Winter is coming and your country club is closing down in the north. You are about ready to come to South Florida for the season and now you ask: “Where am I going to play golf?”
You have three essential choices in Boca Raton or anywhere in South Florida:
You can play a number of municipal courses in the area where you have carry your bag to and from each time, where you never know how slow the round is going to play or whether or not you can even get a tee off during the season.
If you can buy into any number of country clubs in South Florida that offer unlimited golf. But you will be paying hefty up front fees for the bond or initiation because the country clubs are mandatory where if own you MUST become a member of the club. If you rent in any of the mandatory country clubs, you still maybe limited in playing golf.
Or you can take advantage of the only country club in South Florida that offers you flexible memberships for snowbirds, snowflakes or permanent new residents no matter where you live in South Florida.
That is the Club at Boca Pointe, where you can pick and choose the membership plan that fits your personal needs for golf without the financial commitment associated with country clubs. Because it is non-mandatory the Club allows new members to become either Annual Golf Members or Premier Members.
The difference between the two offerings is simple. Annual golf provides members with the opportunity to play unlimited golf, bag room storage, locker and the ability to lunch on days golf is played, limited dining privileges and the opportunity to participate in men’s and women’s leagues and other golf special events. Also, this always for seven-day tee time signup, which is very attractive to new members
The Premier Membership with golf allows for the members to purchase memberships for as little as three months to 12 months in the first year and from four months to 12 months after the first year.
This membership incorporates the full run of the club from use of the Sports and Fitness Center, full dining privileges at any of the club’s venues, card rooms and special events as well as full golf privileges as outlined above. Tennis can also be added to a Premier Membership with or without golf.
“It’s very simple,” says Helen Karpel, general manager of the Club at Boca Pointe, “our club is structured in such a unique way that actually allows people to define their own lifestyle by designing a membership that fits their needs as a seasonal visitor or a new permanent resident to the Boca Raton area. That philosophy coupled with the fact that you do not have to live at Boca Pointe to play here, makes us a unique asset in providing a country club experience without the financial commitments usually associated with country clubs.
By Alan TaylorGolf, Membership August 21, 2017 August 23, 2017 No comments yet
Rains, Aggressive Maintenance Program Equals a Plush Golf Course at the Club at Boca Pointe
A little rain here, a couple of spritzes of fertilizer, aggressive weed control and a well-structured aeration program and what do you have?
One beautiful golf course…and that is the Club at Boca Pointe’s 18-hole golf course.
One of the members said it best:
“The women of the South Palm Women’s Golf League praised the golf course after one of their weekly tournaments by being in excellent condition, said Sue Getz, a Club at Boca Pointe Premier Member.
This group plays weekly at different golf courses in Palm Beach County, a hotbed of golfing all year long.
Many of the men from other country clubs who have played in their South Palm Beach County League have made similar comments during their weekly play.
“The summer rain has been a definite help,” says Buck Deibel, Director of Golf who also oversees golf course maintenance. “We are working very closely with our maintenance team where we have instituted some aggressive programs that are being to reap good results.
“One of the areas that we paying special attention to us our tee boxes that get heavy play during the winter season. We will rebuild some while others we are using temporary tees so that the boxes can heal.”
What is especially exciting is that the golf course is it such great shape as the Club at Boca Pointe awaits the return of its equity members and Premier Members.
The Club at Boca Pointe is a non-mandatory club—the only full service country club in South Florida where do you not have to live at Boca Pointe in order to play there and without any financial commitment.
The Club at Boca Pointe features two very unique membership programs:
The Premier Membership, which enables members to have the benefits of a country club lifestyle commensurate to the length of their stay in South Florida. For the first year, membership runs from four months to 12 months and for the second year and every year thereafter, it is a three-month minimum to 12 months. The basic membership includes full run of the club from social, card rooms, dining, social events and use of the new Sports and Fitness Center. Golf and tennis can be added as necessary.
Annual golf is also available for those that only want to play on the plush course. The memberships includes full run of the course, card fees and limited dining privileges.
Flexible Memberships Grow at the Club at Boca Pointe As More and More Join
The blending of Equity members and Non-Equity Premier members at the Club at Boca Pointe becomes the cutting edge of a new wave for those who want the country club experience without the typical country club financial commitment.
“We are not only unique, but we are setting a trend in the industry,” says Helen Karpel, general manager of the only private country club in South Florida that offers an extremely flexible membership program.
“While we welcome Premier members to convert to equity, and some do yearly, it is not mandatory. This freedom largely contributes to the Premier membership’s appeal, resulting in the robust growth of the Premier membership program with minimal turnover.”
What makes the Premier membership so unique and appealing is simple:
Members can pick the number of months they wish to belong from three months to 12 months the first year and then from four to 12 months thereafter.
Members do not have to live at Boca Pointe to play there.
Members can choose the level of participation from social to tennis to golf. They have the same category choices as the equity members with very similar privileges.
“There are some interesting and exciting facts about the Premier Membership program,” adds Karpel.
The return of migration continues to benefit not only South Florida, but the Club at Boca Pointe because it is non-mandatory. Members, regardless of where they live, want to be members.
The number of months that Premiers decide to “buy” continues to increase each year and the members extending the time period beyond that season’s initial commitment continues to increase.
The level of involvement in club life continues to grow. “This year alone, we have seen many more Premier Golf members join the Ladies and Men’s golf leagues as well as many more overall Premier members playing cards and using the fitness center. Additionally, our dining rooms continue to show healthy gains in usage.”
The Club at Boca Pointe continuously enhances its physical amenities as well as its memberships. In the last several years, members are enjoying a new upstairs lobby, new downstairs restaurant, lounge and lobby, an improved golf course, and a new sports and fitness complex – all without an assessment. This upcoming summer more enhancements will be introduced. It is a fabulous time to be a member at the Club – to have a place to bring guests and be proud.
Joining the Club is as simple as taking the first step to learn more about the many membership opportunities and how they meet your interests. The Club welcomes you to call 561-864-8539 to ask questions, set up an appointment and even take a tour of the Club.
By Alan TaylorMembership July 19, 2017 July 19, 2017 No comments yet
Pittsburgh Transplants Find “Paradise” at the Club at Boca Pointe
On one hand, there was the PGA in Palm Beach Gardens and on the other hand there was the Club at Boca Pointe! Interesting choice, one might say!
Not so for Sandy and Mark Goldberg, transplants from Pittsburgh. “Hands downs,” says Mark, a semi-retired attorney, “the Club at Boca Pointe wins! No questions about it.” And, seven years later, they are almost full-time residents at Boca Pointe and Premier members of the Club.
“I had previously belonged to another country club in Boca so was somewhat familiar with the area; I had also previously rented for several years at the PGA Club in Palm Beach Gardens where I have some friends. The PGA Club is more of a resort than a country club. You never felt like you “belonged,” where as in a true country club environment, there is a much greater sense of family, camaraderie and being part of something special.”
Of all the country clubs in South Florida why did the Goldbergs choose the Club at Boca Pointe? In his own words:
The Club offered several different membership opportunities that were very flexible and reasonable and met my needs.
The available rental properties were lovely and reasonable.
The location of Boca Pointe is fabulous, right between Ft. Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, with easy access to both places by I-95 or the Turnpike.
The people are very welcoming and friendly.
“After renting for three years, we decided this was the place for us and we found a fantastic apartment overlooking the Clubhouse and the golf course through one of the people I play golf with,” explains Mark. “After moving into our remodeled condo, we can’t believe how fortunate we are to be here.
“Among the many things that attracted us to the Club at Boca Ponte was the flexible membership program that is offered under their Premier membership program. No other country club in Florida offers this type of membership. We are able to join and pay dues only for the number of months we intend to be in Florida. We have gone from three months to 9 or 10 months this year – maybe 12 months next year!”
The Club at Boca Pointe is the only club in South Florida where members can enjoy an equity country club experience without requiring an equity buy-in or the other typical country club financial commitments. It is the only club offering a Premier membership program where the members get to choose what level of activities they wish to participate in. Memberships are available for three months to 12 months in the first year and then from four months to 12 months thereafter with opportunities for club/social, golf and tennis. There are also opportunities for annual memberships for golf and tennis only.
“We are considered full time members with all the privileges,” Mark added. “We are a very integral part of the country club community – attend meetings, most social functions, Men’s and Women’s golf leagues, yearly religious services, and the sports and fitness complex. There are plenty of activities at the Club that one could be busy every day and night.
“Perhaps the most wonderful part of the Club at Boca Pointe is the people. We have made so many new friends here, and I mean friends. Our social life consists of golf events and mixers where you can select your partner or the golf pro will match you up (a wonderful way to meet new people); we also attend dinners and dinner parties, lectures, live shows, card games, and the list goes on and on.
“We would be remiss if we did not talk about the Club staff, which is beyond description. I have belonged to other very high profile country clubs both in Pittsburgh and in South Florida, nowhere is the staff better, more accomplished, friendly and accommodating than here at Boca Pointe.
“The dining room staff is unbelievable, most of whom have been at the Club for many years. They know your name and greet you when you enter and during the meal, they know and remember your favorite drink, always with a big smile on their faces. The golf course staff is so friendly and always willing to assist in arranging a golf game on short notice and introducing new members and getting them involved.
“The food is unbelievable and I consider myself somewhat of a foodie. Chef Terry prepares some of the finest selections of gastronomical delights, from Friday night brisket and salmon dinners to specialty meals throughout the week; there are ever changing menus that are very diversified and always special holiday dinners … but, I must warn you, you must watch out or the pounds will keep multiplying!!! Desserts, happy hours – what more can I say – I love it!
“The physical facilities at the Club are first class as well! The Club has undertaken an extensive remodeling refurbishing project over the past several years: the golf course fairways and tee boxes were redone in the last two years, a new state-of-the-art sports and fitness complex was opened last year, the main clubhouse lobby meeting areas and downstairs restaurant were also beautifully and tastefully redone.
“My wife Sandy and I would, without question, recommend the Club at Boca Pointe to anyone who wants to spend just a few months or longer in paradise.” If this is you, the Club welcomes you to call 561-864-8539 to ask questions and learn more about the membership programs, and if you want to taste and feel Mark’s experience, we invite you to set up an appointment to talk in person and take a tour.
By Alan TaylorMembership March 16, 2017 July 25, 2017 No comments yet
Canadians Fall in Love with the Club at Boca Pointe’s Flexible Premier Membership Program
Canadians are known for being fun loving, warm and welcoming with an engaging spirit. This also describes the environment at the Club at Boca Pointe – fun loving, warm and welcoming! It is a perfect marriage for seasonal Canadians!
For the fifth straight year, Canadians—from Montreal to Toronto—have adopted the Club at Boca Pointe as their winter country club. “Our Canadian members are typically members of country clubs in their home province so they have a strong sense of belonging and commitment,” says Helen Karpel, general manager of the only country club in South Florida where members decide on their own level of participation.
“The Club enjoys members from various parts of the globe – it is a treat to watch our members mix and mingle with each other, sharing different backgrounds. Our Canadian members are typically avid golfers – they arrive in golf clothes and carry a change of clothing for the night just as they do in their home clubs. They play 18 holes, do a quick change and spend the rest of the night dining and socializing.
“As a testament to their enjoyment, our members north of the border are quick to recommend the club to their friends, which there can be no better compliment to the Club than to recommend a friend. Those friends quickly agree that their experiences at the Club at Boca Pointe replicates their experiences at their home club and then they recommend friends. Who would ever believe that French Canadians would find the same qualities at a private club 1,600 miles south in Boca Raton, Florida?
The Club at Boca Pointe is a perfect fit for a number of reasons:
Season memberships. Canadians are generally limited to a six-month stay in the U.S. The Club at Boca Pointe offers memberships from three to 12 months in the first year and from four to 12 months thereafter.
You do not have to live in the Boca Pointe community to play there. Many of the Canadian members live elsewhere including the A1A corridor in Highland Beach, Deerfield Beach, Lighthouse Point and even Pompano Beach.
Non-mandatory equity country club. The Premier membership program does not require the typical financial commitment associated with typical country club memberships. There is no buy-in investment required.
“We are the only country club in South Florida that offers a flexible, seasonal membership program,” says Karpel. “Our flexible Premier membership programs are what separates us from the others – a full country club experience without the typical costs.”
If you are in South Florida seasonally, whether from Canada or any other part of the globe, we welcome you to call us at 561-864-8539 to learn more about the Club’s flexible membership options.
By Alan TaylorMembership January 3, 2017 July 25, 2017 No comments yet
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St Annes Beach (Lancashire)
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St Annes Beach is a few miles down the coast from Blackpool and St Anne’s is a great contrast to the bustling Blackpool Beaches.
The beach is very long, and when the tide is out it can take a long walk to get to the sea. It also often seems as though the tide never comes in.
Facilities at the beach include parking, toilets, beach hut rental, food options and pier.
St Annes Beach has been awarded a regional Seaside Award.
St Annes beach, dogs not allowed on the stretch between the old pier and the cinema, May 1st to September 30th.
Why not check other beaches nearby as we have no beaches around Blackpool, 19 beaches in Lancashire, or check our list of Lancashire Dog Friendly Beaches.
Beach Water Quality
Water samples are taken at regular intervals during the bathing season and at the end of the season the water quality is classified as:
Excellent: the highest classification meaning the water is cleanest
Good: generally good water quality
Sufficient: meets minimum standards
Poor: You are advised not to swim. The beach will stay open and an action plan should be in place to improve the water quality.
Our weather forecast for Blackpool in Lancashire is split into two widgets. The first shows a timeline containing temperature, wind, sunrise/sunset and chance of rain, whilst the second shows the forecast for the week ahead including severe weather alerts when available.
In this 'you may also like' section we attempt to answer what else can I do? Here you have a list by order of being the closest some more beaches, things to see and do, places to eat and upcoming events.
St Annes International Kite Festival
11th August 2019, 5:00 pm
St Anne’s Kite Festival takes place ob St Anne’s seafront and has kite teams from across the UK and overseas. Running over Saturday and Sunday you will get to see fabulous kite displays although this is weather dependent. Most years regardless of the weather you have been able to see something and have a great family day out.
St. Annes pier
The pier opened in 1885. Includes restaurants, shops, amusements with children’s cars and rides.
St Annes Beach Hut Rental
The St Annes Beach Huts are located on the promenade just in front the miniature train and miniature golf course. Access is from 10am until midnight with an 8 persons maximum for a hut, you have a key to let you into the communal toilet area and we provide carts in the Beach Hut area which you are welcome to use to ferry your belonging too and from your Beach Hut. All huts have mains electricity and fitted kitchens complete with 25 Litres fresh water, fridge, heater, microwave, kettle, cups, glasses, plates and cutlery for 6, freshly laundered tea towel, cleaning cloth and washing up liquid. There is also a removable ship’s table, bench seating for 3, 4 x folding chairs Please note BBQs are not allowed at the beach huts. Dogs are very welcome at the Beach Huts although seasonal restrictions are in place on St Annes beach.
The Trawl Boat Inn
Lytham St Annes lifeboat station
Lytham St Annes lifeboat station was established in 1851 and today, the station operates two lifeboats, one at Lytham and one at St Annes. 1886 saw the worst lifeboat disaster. Quote from RNLI site: “1886 9 December saw the worst disaster in lifeboat history. Lytham, St Annes and Southport lifeboats were launched to the German barque Mexico in distress off Southport. The Lytham lifeboat, with great difficulty, rescued her crew of 12. Meanwhile, the Southport lifeboat was capsized by a heavy sea; 14 of her crew had drowned and there were only two survivors. The St Annes lifeboat was washed ashore the next day and her entire crew of 13 had drowned.”
St Annes North Beach
The North beach at St Anne’s consists of a sandy beach and dunes. Site of Special Scientific Interest which is full of interesting wild plants and animals.
Fairhaven Lake
Situated on the Ribble Estuary, Fairhaven Lake has boating, tennis, putting, bowling or just take a walk.
Starr Gate Beach
Wide sandy Beach with lagoons that drain and fill at various tides. Kitesurfers and windsurfers use the lagoons for some excellent flat water sailing. The beach is used by the Blackpool Light Craft Club offering sailing, fishing, jet skiing and kitesurfing.
South Shore Beach
The south shore is a sandy beach but is more famous for The Blackpool Pleasure Beach on the other side of the road rather than the actual beach. In range of all the facilities of Blackpool.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach has over 145 rides, attractions and shows. Everything from white-knuckle rides to family rides.
Lytham Windmill
Lytham’s best known landmark, the Windmill, contains a museum with a series of exhibits focussed on the “History of Mills and Milling” and the “Heritage of Lytham St Annes and the Fylde Area”.
Sandcastle Waterpark
Sandcastle Waterpark is packed full of slides and attractions – with an amazing 18 to choose from there is something to suit everyone. Click here for the Sandcastle Waterpark website.
Blackpool south pier
The last of the 3 piers work began on Blackpool’s third pier in 1892 to the design of T P Worthington. Originally known as the Victoria Pier it opened in 1893. Blackpool South Pier offers bars, ammusement arcades and a fairground includig dodgem cars and thrilling rides. The pier also provides an excellent vantage point from which to view Blackpool’s pleasure beach accross the promenade.
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Title Santa Ana Pueblo_1846-1896_Plaintiff's Exhibits Footnotes_1-8
Description Notes for the sources cited in "Santa Ana Pueblo, 1846-1896"; used for a court case
Subject Agriculture--New Mexico--Sandoval County; Agriculture--New Mexico-Santa Ana Pueblo; Agriculture--New Mexico-- Santa Ana Indian Reservation; Water-rights--New Mexico-- Santa Ana Indian Reservation; Water-rights--New Mexico--Sandoval County; Water resources development--New Mexico-- Santa Ana Indian Reservation; Water resources development--New Mexico--Sandoval County; Irrigation--New Mexico-- Santa Ana Indian Reservation; Irrigation--New Mexico--Sandoval County; Pueblo Indians--Claims; Pueblo Indians--Land tenure; Pueblo Indians--Economic conditions; Pueblo Indians--History
Creator Welsh, Michael E.
Contributor Tiller Research, Inc.; United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Albuquerque Area Office; Abert, J. W. (James William), 1820-1897; Abel, Annie Heloise, 1873- ; Calhoun, James S., 1803?-1852
Alternate Title Tiller Research, Inc.; United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Albuquerque Area Office
Additional Information Includes: Report of Lieutenant J. W. Abert of his examination of New Mexico in the years 1846-47, Senate Exec. Doc. 23, 30th Congress, 1st session, 1848 [Excerpt]; Abel, Annie Heloise, ed. The Official Correspondence of James S. Calhoun... Office of Indian Affairs, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1915 [Excerpt]; Report on Indinas taxed and Indians not taxed in the United States (except Alaska) at the Eleventh Census, 1890 (Census Office, 1894) [Excerpt]
Spatial Coverage Santa Ana Pueblo (N.M.); Jemez River Basin (N.M.); Santa Ana Indian Reservation (N.M.); Sandoval County (N.M.)
Collection Number and Name Accn 1251, box 149; E. Richard Hart papers
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Corn Elder’s OT INT saves Miami from near disaster vs. Huskers
Miami buried Nebraska in the first half and looked to be piling the dirt on the Huskers midway through the fourth quarter. Then a funny thing happened. The Zombie Huskers rose form the dead. Down 33-10 in the fourth quarter, Nebraska scored three times to force overtime with a 33-33 tie score made possible by a two-point conversion that was reminiscent of the 1983 meeting between these two.
In the overtime session, Tommy Armstrong had his first pass on the first play of the overtime picked off by Corn Elder. The play was ended with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Nebraska, putting Miami inside the 20-yard line for their offensive possession. After not trusting the running game on a crucial fourth down in the fourth quarter, Al Golden played it simple and stuck to the ground until he had to send the field goal unit out. Somehow, Miami escaped Nebraska, 36-33 in overtime after leading the game by a score of 33-10 midway through the fourth quarter.
Miami quarterback Brad Kaaya was having his way with the Nebraska defense for the most part until Golden got conservative with the play calling. Kaaya ended the game with 379 yards and two touchdowns.
This was Nebraska’s second loss of the month of September, both to unranked teams (BYU was unranked at the time of the season opener). If you think that is ararity, you are correct.
Last time Nebraska lost to two unranked teams in September? 1957.
— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) September 19, 2015
Nebraska will get a chance to even its record at home next week. The Cornhuskers will host Southern Mississippi, a team that is starting to show some signs of life in the early going after a few down seasons.
Miami gets a week off to evaluate its 3-0 record and figure out how to keep this momentum going. The next test for the Hurricanes will be a road trip to Cincinnati on October 1. After that Miami will open ACC play on the road in Tallahassee against Florida State. That is the start of a key stretch that includes games against FSU, Virginia Tech and Clemson.
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Lagossette Christian School: L’Amour de Dieu
Our mission is to provide Christ-centered quality education, equipping students for a life of praise and service in their communities and beyond for the glory of Jesus Christ.
Our vision is to develop Christian leaders to bring transformation in Haiti and beyond.
Enable low-income Haitian families to send their children to school.
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Lagossette Christian School: école L’Amour de Dieu (the Love of God School) is a primary school consisting of classes from preschool through 6th grade. LCS has been providing Christian education to children living in poor rural villages since 1999. By 2009, through a partnership with Manna Global Ministries (MGM), LCS grew to a three building school serving, at times, 300 students and employment for local educators. In 2012, MGM transitioned out of Haiti with plans for COTP to take over LCS operations by 2017. Throughout these transitional years, COTP has built on previous relationships with the Haitian leadership of LCS and look forward to the bright future of the primary school!
In Haiti, education is highly prioritized and most families will spend a significant amount of their income to see their children go to school. Throughout the years, LCS has been able to support low-income families to send their children to school by providing education at a very low cost. Through individuals financially supporting the operations of the school, Haitian families who may not be able to afford the full cost of tuition are able to see their children receive a Christian education and to become future leaders in Haiti!
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Chris Nickson
Leeds, The Biography: A History of Leeds in Short Stories
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The Muffin Man’s Daughter – A Lottie Armstrong Story
January 7, 2020 January 7, 2020 chrisnickson2Leave a comment
Continuing these 10 years of publishing crime novels set in Leeds, I’m moving back in time a little to revisit WPC Lottie Armstrong, one of the first policewomen in Leeds. She featured in Modern Crimes, set in 1924, then again, 20 years later, in The Year of the Gun.
This little story takes place in 1923, a few months before Modern Crimes, and gives more background into how Lottie (whom I really do love) came to know Auntie Betty and the Royal Hotel.
Leeds, December 1923
December. One of those long winter days when the sun came out but hardly seem to rise in the sky. Lottie Armstrong’s breath had plumed in the air as she walked on patrol, and she’d been grateful for the heavy cape and leather gloves.
Now, sitting on the tram and it trundled up Chapeltown Road, she realised how much her feet ached. She wanted to peel off her scratchy woollen stockings and let her toes soak in a warm bath of Epsom salts. Still, it came with the job, and she’d wanted to be one of the first women police constables in Leeds. Today, she and Cathy Taylor, the other WPC, had covered the area around the railway stations, over to Holbeck, back through Hunslet, down to Kirkgate market and up through Quarry Hill. Some of the places where girls and young women might mix with low types, she’d been told.
They hadn’t seen any. Hardly any girls at all. They probably had more sense than to hang around in the cold.
The conductor rang the bell. Her stop.
The pavement felt very hard under her shoes. She had to stop at the butcher and the greengrocer on Reginald Parade to pick up something for tea; Geoff would be hungry when he came home from work. Sausages and mash. Quick, easy, warm and filling on a day like this. She’d just turned up Sholebroke Avenue when she heard someone call her name.
‘Mrs. Armstrong. Do you have a second?’
She turned and saw Tim the muffin man hurrying towards her. One handied stead the tray of muffins balanced on his head, while the other silenced the clapper of the bell he used to let people know he was selling by their house. He was wrapped up warm in the heavy greatcoat he’d worn during the war, a muffler tied around his throat and some knitted fingerless gloves.
‘Of course you can, Mr Worthy.’ She stood and waited until he’d caught up with her. ‘What can I do for you?’
‘It’s our Nell,’ he began. She knew who he meant and her heart began to sink. His daughter, seventeen going on thirty. She worked in a mill, but the rest of the time she was part of a group of girls who haunted the dance halls in the city centre. Tim was a pleasant man, a hard worker who tried to do his best for his family. But Nell had been trouble since he’d returned from the fighting in France.
His wife had died on the Spanish flu a month after he’d come back, and he was left to bring up Nell and her older brother on his own. The boy was fine, settled in a good job. But Nell had turned wild.
Lottie tried to smile. ‘What’s she been up to now?’ she asked.
‘That’s the problem,’ he said. His face was creased with worry and his eyes filled with sadness. ‘I don’t know. She didn’t come home last night.’
This was serious, more than mischief. ‘Have you reported it? We can have the whole force searching for her.’
He shook his head. ‘I didn’t want to cause any fuss. At first I though she’d come home. She’d been out late and stayed at a pal’s house or something. Now…I’m worried that if I went in and told them, they’d think I’d done something to her.’
‘I can telephone and get things rolling.’
‘Would you?’ His eyes were pleading with her.
‘Of course.’ She gave him a warm smile. ‘Come on, you give me the details. I know what she looks like. And don’t worry, they come home when they get fed up.’
‘Do they?’ He needed hope. He needed something. Lottie knew that Nell had gone missing before, overnight on a few occasions.
‘Of course they do.’
The was a blue police box just down Chapeltown Road. She used the key to let herself in, identified herself and gave the dispatcher all she could.
It wasn’t much. Nell Worthy had left for work, the way she always did. But she’d never arrived; her father had checked with the mill owner.
‘She’s seventeen but she looks younger,’ Lottie said. ‘She could probably pass for fourteen. She has a wild side to her, thought. Likes to smoke and drink and she often spends her evenings down in those dance halls on Lower Briggate. Her father gave me the names of her friends and the addresses he knew.’
Another voice cut in, a man. She recognised the gruff tone. Sergeant Wilson.
‘Where are you now, Armstrong?’
‘Chapeltown Road, Sergeant. Mr Worthy just stopped me as I as walking home.’
‘And she’s been missing all night?’
‘Yes, Sergeant.’
‘We’ll send someone to talk to the father-’
‘He’s on his round. He’s a muffin man.’
A hand over the receiver, something that she couldn’t make out, then: ‘We’ll need you here to help look for the girl. There are other females to interview, is that right?’
‘Yes, sir. But I’m off duty.’
‘You’re back on as of now. I want you at Millgarth as soon as possible.’
A quick dash home with the shopping, scribbling a note for Geoff, then the tram back into town. It felt strange to be heading to work in the evening. The shops along Vicar Lane were a blaze of electric lights and there was a curious gaiety to the faces she saw. Work done for the day, an evening of pleasure ahead. Dinner somewhere, drinks, the cinema, dancing. Her police partner, Cathy Taylor, was probably out in it all. She was married, but her husband was in the merchant marine and she didn’t enjoy nights at home on her own. She wanted company and laughter and music.
Millgarth police station seemed to fizz with energy. Plain clothes officers were moving around, determination on their faces. She recognised a few of them, but far more were strangers. Drafted in from other divisions, she supposed; a missing girl would fire up the authorities.
‘There you are,’ Wilson said when she reported. ‘About time.’
‘I’m sorry, Serg-’
He waved her words aside. ‘I want you to talk to the men working on the case. You know the girl, don’t you?’
‘A little. I’ve met her and spoken with her.’
‘You know what she’s like, where she goes.’
It was easier to simply agree. He didn’t want detail right now.
Some listened. Others didn’t want to hear a woman. Never mind. She carried on and told them all she knew about Nell Worthy. Lottie finished and looked hopefully around at the faces.
‘Do we have a photograph?’ Sergeant Wilson asked.
‘Not at the moment,’ she answered.
`’Description?’
‘She’s about five feet tall, quite skinny. No shape to her. Mousy brown hair in a short bob,’ Lottie said. ‘I’m not sure about the colour of her eyes. Whenever I’ve seen her she’s always worn a lot of blue.’
Wilson rolled his eyes.
‘Right, that’s enough to get you started,’ he told the men. ‘Get out there and find here.’
‘What about me, Sergeant?’ she asked once they’d gone. ‘I could help. I know her.’
‘Leave it to the proper coppers, luv. We know what we’re doing. If you want to be useful, you can make us a pot of tea.’
Her cheeks burned with anger and humiliation. She stalked off letting the toilet door slam behind her, folding her arms and staring at the mirror.
Policewomen were nowhere near the equals of the men. They could deal with women and girls, and they didn’t have the power to arrest anyone.
Maybe she should just go home. After all, her shift was long since over.
She’d been standing there for more than a minute when she heard the tap on the door. Cautiously, she opened it, knowing her eyes were red and she was still close to tears.
She’d seen the man in the briefing room, standing near the back. In plain clothes, a dark suit with a sensible blue tie and polished black shoes. He was old enough to have fought in the war, a good six inches taller than her, looking down and smiling gently.
‘He was wrong, you know. There’s plenty you can do to help.’
‘What do you want me to do?’ she asked acidly. ‘Fetch the biscuits as well?’
‘Maybe come out with me and we can look for her. You’ve seen her, you can recognise her.’
‘Why?’ Lottie asked. She could hear the harshness in her voice, but she didn’t care. ‘I’m not a proper copper. The sergeant said so.’
‘Well, I’m a detective sergeant and I think you have something to offer. What do you say?’
‘Yes.’ She suddenly felt calmer. And astonished. ‘Thank you. Can you give me a minute?’
She ran the cold water, splashing it over her face. Looked at herself again, patted her hair down. Better.
It wasn’t far from Millgarth to Lower Briggate, but warmer in a motor car. McMillan parked by the railway bridge and turned off the engine.
‘Where does this girl Nell like to go? Is there anywhere in particular?’
‘Dancehalls is all I know, Sergeant.’
‘The other officers will be covering those. Nothing else?
‘Most of the public houses won’t serve her. She looks far too young.’
‘That’s not very helpful, Armstrong.’
‘Sorry, Sarge. Maybe the best thing to do is go up and down and look into the little bars, see if we spot here.’
‘If you include all the courts, there must be more than a dozen.’ He looked at her. If you take off your cap and button your coat all the way up, no one will guess you’re wearing a uniform. ‘
‘I have a cloche in my pocket. I could put that on.’
She brought it out and patted it over her hair. It was a sweet, warm raspberry colour, a contrast to the dark blues and blacks.
‘Will that do, sir?’
‘Excellent.’
A chilly wind was blowing up from the river. No luck at the first place, a dismal little room hidden away in a railway arch, or at the second, a bustling club that played a succession of phonograph records, its bar nothing more than a door on sawhorses in them corner.
In both of them, McMillan knew people and stopped for a question or two.
‘She’s been in before, but not recently,’ he said as they came out into the cold night. He stopped and lit a Black Cat cigarette. ‘Why did you want to become a woman police constable, anyway?’
Lottie gave the same answer as always.
‘It was something different. Better than stopping at home, and it was a job that would take you if you were married.’
He nodded. ‘Do you enjoy it?’
‘Most of the time,’ she replied after a moment. ‘What about you, Sergeant?’
His face seemed to come alive. ‘I love the work. I’d been a bobby for a year when the war began, and I joined up in the first flush.’ He shrugged. ‘It seemed like a good idea. Patriotic. Was your husband over there?’
No need to say where he meant; everybody knew.
‘He was wounded. Invalided out.’ That was enough. Everyone knew a few men like that. ‘How did you end up in CID?’
McMillan nodded. ‘When I came back, I didn’t want to wear a uniform again. They took a chance on me wearing plain clothes. I suppose it’s paid off. They promoted me.’
An hour later and they’d covered almost all the bars; so many tiny places the Lottie never knew existed. Nell had been in a couple of them. The last sighting had been the evening before.
That was good, she decided. The girl had still been fine twenty-four hours earlier. She glanced up and down the street. She didn’t know what it was about the nightlife here that attracted Nell Worthy, but something made it seem much better than home. Maybe one of the other detectives had discovered her.
‘Just the Royal left,’ McMillan said with distaste.
Lottie had walked past the Royal Hotel often when she was on patrol. She knew the rumours, that the customers liked people of their own sex. There was one bar for men and another purely for women.
It was hard to imagine the girl in a place like that. Lottie had seen her with boys; she’d seemed interest in them.
‘We’ll check it, anyway,’ he told her. ‘You’ll need to go in by yourself. If I walked into the woman’s bar, they’d scatter like a flock of birds.’
‘All right.’ It didn’t worry her. What was they worst they could do, tell her to get out?
The bar was dimly lit. A few women sat that the tables, in couples or alone, caught in the shadows. A big woman stood behind the bar, her hair cut as short as a man’s, neatly parted and pomaded. She wore a pinstripe suit, with trousers, waistcoat, shirt and tie.
Lottie took a deep breath and walked across he room. She could feel people watching her. At the bar she stopped.
The woman facing her spoke very quietly: ‘Now you can turn yourself around and leave again. I don’t want any coppers in here. You’re not welcome.’
‘I-’
‘Don’t try and say you’re not with the police. You don’t look like you’d be a good liar.’
Lottie felt herself starting to bristle. ‘I don’t lie,’ she said. ‘And I’m not about to start now.’
‘That’s settled, then. On your way before I come round there and throw you out.’
‘You don’t understand. I’m looking for someone. A girl who’s gone missing. Her father’s very worried about her.’ Maybe it was the tone of her voice. She knew she sounded earnest. But the woman didn’t move, just watching her. ‘Her name’s Nell Worthy. I know her a little, and I know she likes this area. I’ve been in every bar. Other people are trying the dancehalls.’
‘How old is she?’ the woman asked.
‘Seventeen.’
‘You said you know her. What’s her father’s name?’
It was a strange question. What did that have to do with it?
‘Tim,’ she replied. ‘He’s the muffin man near me. He’s the one who asked me to look for her.’
The woman chewed her lip as she looked at Lottie. ‘Come through to the back.’
Crates lined three of the walls. Full bottles and empties. But along the fourth was a camp bed, a few clothes bunched underneath, and a door.
‘What…’ Lottie began. She didn’t understand.
The woman tapped on the door. ‘It’s all right, you can come out now.’
A moment when nothing happened. The Lottie saw the handle turn and Nelly Worthy emerged into the light.
‘She’s police,’ the girl said. It was an accusation, not an observation.
‘I know who she is,’ the woman told her. ‘She might as well have had it tattooed on her head.’
‘She wants to take me home, Auntie Betty,’ Nell said.
‘Well,’ the woman said, ‘you can’t spend the rest of your life living back here, now can you?’
‘You left home when you were younger than me.’
The woman shook her head. For a second, her eyes flashed. ‘I had to go. I didn’t have a choice. My father threatened to whip me bloody. He didn’t like what I was.’
‘Your father wants you back,’ Lottie said. ‘Maybe it’s not perfect, but he’s tried, you know. He’s doing it on his own. He’s a man, they can’t understand girls.’
‘Listen to her,’ the woman said. ‘He’s a good man. If my sister was still alive, you wouldn’t have run, would you?’
‘I don’t know.’ A young, sullen response.
‘Well, I do. Look, I’ll come up and talk to your Dad. Me and him always got on well enough. How would you feel if he let you come and stay with me sometimes?’
‘Do you think..?’ Nell’s eyes widened. There was hope in her voice.
‘Maybe. But only sometimes. I have a life outside this place, too. Would that satisfy you?’
‘Yes,’ the girl agreed after a second.
‘You pack up your things and come through when you’re done.’
‘A woman copper, eh?’ Betty asked as they stood at the bar.
‘Yes. There are two of us.’ She paused for a second. ‘Only two of us. And a matron.’
‘You seem to care, at least. You came in here to look.’
‘I told you, I know Tim.’ She smiled. ‘I like his muffins.’
The woman glanced back towards the room. ‘I can’t guarantee she won’t run off again. But I’ll start to spend a little time with her.’
‘It can’t hurt.’
‘What’s your name?’
‘WPC Armstrong.’
‘Your Christian name.’
‘Lottie. Short for Charlotte.’
‘You can call me Auntie Betty. Sure you don’t feel uncomfortable in here?’
No,’ Lottie said. ‘Why would I? We’re all people, aren’t we?’
Jingling James – A Christmas Story
December 18, 2019 chrisnickson21 Comment
It’s not a new Christmas story, a re-run from a few years ago. But this is the season for sentimental repeats, isn’t it? So why not enjoy it with Annabelle? It’s from a time before she knew Tom Harper.
Annabelle Atkinson didn’t want Christmas to arrive this year. She didn’t feel any of the joy or the goodwill this December. It was barely three months since her husband Harry had died; the earth had barely settled on his grave.
They’d had a few good years before the heart attack took him. Now she had to look after the Victoria public house as well as the two bakeries she’d opened. On her own, sometimes she felt like she was drowning.
On Christmas Eve, once the last customer had gone, she’d bolt the door, close the curtains, and keep the world away until Boxing Day. She’d never been one to wallow in sadness; if you had a problem you took care of it and carried on. But the last few weeks…she’d been slowly sinking and she knew it. She felt like one of the jugglers in the halls, trying to keep all the plates spinning in the air. Too many of them.
‘Come on,’ she said to Willie Hailsham, taking the empty pint pot from his hand. ‘You’ve had enough. Get yourself off home so your wife can remember what you look like.’
The same with Harelip Harmon, Donald the Steel Man, and Jingling James, always moving the coins around in his pocket. They’d stay drinking all night if anyone would keep serving them.
‘Don’t you have homes to go to?’
It was the nightly routine, almost a comedy act after so long. They drained their glasses, said their goodnights and then the bar was empty. She locked the door, drew down the bolts and let out a long sigh. Glasses to wash, woodwork and brass to polish.
Better get started, she thought. The work’s not going to do itself.
Up a little after three to supervise the baking in the kitchen at the other end of the garden. The last day before Christmas, orders to fill, plenty of demand; the shops would be little goldmines today. And the Victoria would be full from the time the factories closed.
Gossiping with the girls as they all worked together, mixing, kneading, baking, the smell of fresh loaves filling the air and making her hungry. Back in the rooms over the pub she made breakfast.
This was what hurt most: the silence. There used to be so much laughter here when Harry was alive. It seemed like there was always something to set them off. Now just being here was oppressive, all the weight of ghosts around her.
Dan the barman and Ellen the servant were already working hard with polish when she went downstairs. Sleeves rolled up and plenty of elbow grease, they’d be done soon enough. Nothing for her to do here. The day from the brewery was due at ten, but Dan could take care of that.
Annabelle put on her cape and picked up her purse. Go into town and have a poke around the shops. Happen an hour or two away would perk her up. But there was no magic in December this year. The pavements were full of people jostling around, weighed down by packages and bags. She felt removed from it all. The displays in the windows of the Grand Pygmalion didn’t make her want to part with her money. She was low, she knew it; a lovely gown or a good hat could usually tempt her. Today, though, there was nothing. No cheer.
Even a stop at the cocoa house for something warm to drink and a slice of cake didn’t help her mood. She trailed back out along North Street, through the Leylands and past Jews’ Park, back along to Sheepscar.
Soon enough the Victoria was busy, and it would stay that way until she kicked them all out. She took her place behind the bar, smiling, flirting the way she always had, and for a few minutes at least she could forget why she hurt inside.
‘Give over,’ she told one man who insisted he’d be a good husband. ‘I’d wear you out in one night, then I’d have to send you home to your missus.’ It brought laughter. As she walked around, collecting glasses, she brushed hands away, giving the culprits a look. It was all part of running a pub. A game; if you played it well, you were successful. And she had the knack.
Annabelle promised old Jonas free beer for the evening if he played the piano in the corner, and soon half the customers were singing along the favourites from the music hall. It gave her a chance to breathe and Dan could look at the barrels.
By eleven she’d had enough. The pub was still busy, the till was overflowing. But all the noise made her head ache. She wanted peace and quiet for a while. She wanted the place empty.
‘Come on.’ She rang the old school bell she kept under the bar, next to the cudgel for sorting out the unruly. ‘Time for you lot to see your families. They probably don’t believe you exist.’
Slowly, the crowd thinned. Another five minutes and it was down to the usual four still standing and supping. Donald the Steel Man, Willie Hailsham, Jingling James, and Harelip Harmon.
‘That’s enough,’ she told them. Her voice sounded weary. She knew it and she didn’t care. They were regulars, they’d probably been coming in here since they were old enough to peer over the bar. ‘Let’s call it a night, gentlemen, please.’
James slipped off to the privy while she was ushering the others out, wishing them merry Christmas and accepting beery kisses and hugs until they’d gone and she turned the key in the lock.
Then James was there, looking bashfully down at his boots. He was a gentle soul, a widower with grown children. Fifty, perhaps, his hair full white, jammed under his cap.
‘Are you seeing your family tomorrow?’ she asked.
‘Not this year.’ He gave a small shrug. ‘They all have their plans. It’s different now, everyone’s so busy. Are you going to your sister’s?’
‘A quiet day.’ Sometime before the new year she’d slip over to see her sister and the wastrel husband she had. Take some presents for their children. But she wouldn’t pop over to Hunslet and see her brother. He could take a running jump; she’d told him that a few years before. ‘Maybe it’s better that way.’
‘When my Alice died I carried on, same as I always had. The bairns were grown and gone but I still had to work and put a roof over my head.’
‘I know,’ she agreed. The everyday tasks that carried on like a machine. Without thinking, he jingled the coins in his pocket.
‘Then her birthday came around. We never made a fuss when she was alive, well, who could afford to? First we had the little ‘uns, then it didn’t seem to matter so much.’
‘We were the same,’ Annabelle said. ‘Harry’s birthday or mine, there was still the pub to run.’
‘Any road, the year she died, on her birthday it suddenly hit me how alone I was. Not just then, but for the rest of my days. Because no one could replace Alice. I had all them years in front of me.’
‘What did you do?’ she asked.
‘I sat there at the table and made myself remember all the good things. How she looked when she smiled, how she sounded when she laughed. The way she were pretty as a picture when we got wed. I said it all like she were sitting there and I was talking to her.’
‘Did it help?’
‘It did. But I can tell you’re feeling that way. I can see it in your eyes. I just thought it might help.’ He gave her a smile and bussed her cheek.
‘You said you’re not going anywhere tomorrow?’ Annabelle said.
‘That’s right.’
‘Come round for your tea. It won’t be anything special, mind.’
‘Are you sure?’
‘Yes,’ she said with a smile. ‘I’ll probably sick of my own company by then anyway.’
She locked the door behind him, hearing the jingling of his coins as he walked down the street.
Thank You All And Happy Holidays
December 18, 2019 chrisnickson23 Comments
Here were are, staring right at the end of the year. Holidays ahead, whether that’s good or bad. And inevitably, we reflect on the almost 12 months that have passed.
In terms of writing, 2019 has been quite an incredible year for me. I published two books, The Leaden Heart (Tom Harper) and The Hocus Girl (Simon Westow). Both have received glowing reviews from a number of people, and in the US each one received two starred reviews from different trade. That’s remarkable in itself, and actually quite humbling. After all, I’ve set a bar for myself that I can’t keep hitting every single time, although I will do my damnedest. After all, if you don’t try to make your next book better than your last, what’s the point? The only competition you have to beat is yourself.
On top of that, I was interviewed by one of the leading US trade magazines, Publishers Weekly. It didn’t just feel like a big deal, it was a big deal. The first commercial American press I’ve had, something ready by booksellers and libraries. So yes, I consider that major.
And I can look ahead to next year. It’s the 10 anniversary of me publishing books set in Leeds, and The Broken Token will be available again in paperback after being only in digital or audio for a long, long time. There will be a new Tom Harper, The Molten City, bringing us into the 20th century, a new Simon Westow, To the Dark. And after quite a wait, a new John the Carpenter next summer, titled The Anchoress of Chesterfield.
But, really, none of this would be possible if people didn’t buy my books or borrow them from libraries. To all of you, I’m hugely grateful. You allow me to sit here and keep telling the stories of people who are utterly real to me.
Whatever holiday you celebrate (or if you’re like me and try to avoid them all), thank you, and enjoy yourself. Be happy, be well in 2020.
And if you’re stuck for last minute gifts, historical crime novels are always greats presents.
A Story To Try And Ease The Pain
Plenty of people I know are hurting at the moment. For some, it’s politics. For others, the crushing weight of something in their lives – money, work, love, all manner of things.
I don’t have much I can offer to help. But perhaps this will offer a tinny glimmer of warmth, of hope. I’m a writer. Stories are what I have. But stories are what connect us, to the past, the future, to each other.
I publish this on the blog well over three years ago. Perhaps it time to see it again.
If you have pain in your life, I hope this helps, evemn if it’s only for a minute.
The light caught his eye, then the sign – Sardan Café, hand-painted and awkward. He was tired, he was thirsty. Inside it would be warm, at least. A tiny bell tinkled as he entered. Only six tables, each covered by an oilcloth. The air was heavy, damp. A scent of roasting meat and spices he couldn’t even begin to recognise.
With a sigh he sat. Within seconds, a man appeared. He was about thirty, a full head of hair shining with oil, a heavy black moustache, and a long white tunic that clung to his paunch. Without speaking, he placed a small cup of coffee on the table, gave a brief smile and bow before disappearing into the back room.
Cautiously, the man took a sip. This wasn’t espresso, bitter and strong. This was real Turkish coffee, thick, with a taste as sweet as a dreaming woman.
He didn’t recall ordering food, but it came anyway. Flatbread, still warm from the oven, beef sliced thin in a sauce that clung to the meat then fell slowly in dark brown drops. The food seemed to dissolve in his mouth. He hardly needed to chew, the texture just rough enough against his tongue. Vegetables so crisp and full of taste they could have been picked in the moment moment before they were cooked. Flavours mingled and overwhelmed him, carrying him along. He wiped the plate with the last of the bread, then the waiter appeared with a small cut-glass dish.
‘Eat,’ he said quietly. ‘Eat and enjoy.’ His voice was heavily accented and his belly wobbled slightly as he spoke. Somehow, it made him seem harmless, jolly.
The man stared for a long time before he picked up the spoon. He was sated. But just a little, he told himself. A taste to show his gratitude, although he had no idea how much the meal could cost in the end.
The ice cream was cold on his tongue. He held it there and the flavours blossomed through his palate. Lavender, as warm as a July afternoon, the velvet scent of rose petals, other things that hovered on the edge of his senses, just beyond grasp. Another spoonful and another, then it was gone, and slowly the tastes faded from his mouth, like the memories of childhood or that last beautiful dream before waking. He closed his eyes for a moment when he opened them again, the waiter was sitting across the table from him.
‘In my country we say that food is friendship.’ He smiled, showing very white teeth, one with a small, glittering gold star set in the middle. He picked up a small, battered coffee pot, the metal dull and stained from use, and poured more coffee, one for the man, one for himself. ‘You’ve eaten my food, so now you are my friend.’ He raised his cup in a toast. ‘To the future.’
‘The future.’ This time the drink tasted of deep winter nights in front of a log fire and the glance of the lover you could never forget.
‘Welcome to the Sardan Café.’
‘How much do I owe you?’ he asked. ‘For the meal, the coffee, everything.’
The waiter waved it away.
‘The food was already made. Who else was in here to eat it? It would have only gone to waste otherwise.’
‘That’s very generous, Mr-’
‘Call me Barsan.’ He smiled again, displaying that gold tooth. ‘I don’t have too many customers these days. With takeaways and ready meals, people don’t seem to bother about places like this. Either it’s too exotic or not exotic enough.’ Barsan shrugged. It didn’t seem to matter to him.
‘It feels very welcoming.’ That was exactly it, he decided. The pale walls, rugs tacked up for decoration. Like a pair of arms that wrapped comfortingly around you.
‘Thank you.’ He dipped his head. ‘My father opened the café after he came here. Forty-three years ago. It was popular then. Maybe we had more dreamers in those days.’
‘You don’t think there are now?’
‘Maybe they’ve gone elsewhere. Found places that suit them better. I seem to attract more of the lost souls.’ He cocked his head to one side. ‘Like you. People who thought they had something and lost it.’
He thought of the woman. The argument years before, the way she’d stormed out and he knew she wouldn’t be back in his life. Of the other women since, the jobs, the hopes that had all fallen by the wayside.
‘Maybe I have.’
Barsan poured more coffee from the pot.
‘Let us talk, my friend. There’s nothing else you need to do tonight, is there?’
It was funny, he thought. It seemed as if Barsan said a great deal, but really he just listened. He was the one who spoke. Bit and pieces, things that connected to each other in a way that made no sense to anyone else.
They drank coffee; the pot was tiny but somehow it was never empty. Barsan smoked his cigarettes, the tobacco with the aroma of wild thyme crushed underfoot. He smiled a lot, showing the gold tooth.
Finally he seemed to wind down, feeling as if he’d exhausted all the words that had been waiting inside him for the time to tumble out. No other customers had come in the café. How does it stay in business, he wondered at one point? How can it make money? Then the thought rose and drifted away.
He shook his head and glanced up. It had been night when he began to talk. Now he could see the first light of dawn on the horizon, rising in the sky. That wasn’t possible. It couldn’t have been more than an hour. Two at the very most. He started to panic, pushing himself upright.
‘Time passes quickly in good company,’ Barsan told him with an impish grin. Then, more seriously, ‘You miss her, don’t you?’
He nodded, not trusting himself to say more about that. He’d mentioned her briefly, then skirted the subject. Not the one he imagined he’d glimpsed. She’d made her decision and it was probably the right one; she was better off without his madness. The one he’d barely spoken about was their daughter, dead for eight years now. Playing in the garden when a car ploughed through the fence. The driver had suffered a heart attack. Instant. But it had taken three days for Jane to go. And after that his life could never be the same.
‘Here,’ Barsan said. Had he been into the kitchen? The man hadn’t seen him go. How could he have missed that? But he was holding a plate with a small piece of pastry on it. ‘Eat it, my friend. It’s baklava, sweet with honey. A good end to a meal.’ His eyes twinkled kindly. ‘Or a start to a day.’
He took one bite, then a second. It seemed to dissolve on his tongue, the taste filling his mouth. He need to close his eyes to absorb, to relish it. And as he did, he images came.
Jane at seven, laughing, at ten running in the sprint at school. Fifteen and the dark arguments with her parents, weighing every word before speaking. Eighteen: exam results and the joy of a university place. Taller, happier, more confident. With her degree, a job she didn’t enjoy but a life that brought her pleasure, helping at a charity. Serious boyfriend, marriage. Her first child, a daughter named Helen after her mother. A miscarriage, then a second girl.
Each picture seemed alive. He could smell, touch, feel, just as surely as if he was in it. And with every one, he was fading a little, Growing older. Until the last. Jane, the girls at her side, the pair of them almost grown. She was waving and blowing a kiss.
Very slowly, he opened his eyes.
‘Good, yes?’ Barsan asked.
‘Very.’ He had no idea what else to say. The man had given him the life that had been taken away. Glimpses of what might have happened. No more what if. He knew. ‘Thank you. Thank you.’
Barsan stood and stretched.
‘My friend, it is my pleasure. And now, perhaps, we should both find some sleep, eh? You know where Sardan Café is now. You must come again.’
Walking down the street he glanced over his shoulder. The city was coming to life around him, the mundane sound of buses and traffic. No light burned in the café’s window.
The Return Of The Broken Token
Next spring marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of my first novel, The Broken Token (I’m pretty certain that the launch took place on May 10 – in Leeds, of course). I’d certainly never imagined all the things that have happened since, and all the book that have come out. At that time, I was working on the second in the series.
My small publisher sold out to a larger independent publisher later that year, and they understandably didn’t want the back catalogue, so physical copies of the book quickly vanished.
Thanks to Creative Content, it’s been available ever since as an ebook and an award-winning audiobook, named one of the Independent on Sunday’s 10 Best Audiobooks of 2012.
And now, to make the tenth anniversary, it’s coming back into print as a paperback. Creative Content approached me, and I’m very happy to continue our partnership. It’ll be a trade paperback, priced at £9.99, and should be available from February. Richard Nottingham will be back!
However, I do still have one mint copy of the original paperback, which I’ll be giving away in a contest next spring. That’s real collector’s value. I’m serious; someone on Amazon is offering a new copy for £161. You’ll need to stay turned to find out all the details.
Meanwhile, here’s the cover of the new paperback:
Everything Safe: Urban Raven, 1939
December 4, 2019 chrisnickson22 Comments
Continuing these 10 years of publishing crime novels set in Leeds, I’m moving back in time a little to revisit Detective Sergeant Urban Raven, the main character in The Dead on Leave.
That book took place in 1936. We’ve moved on a bit, to 1939, with the shadow of war hanging very dark over Britain.
Leeds, April 1939
‘I’m coming in,’ Raven shouted. ‘Just me, I’m a policeman and I’m not armed. No need to take a pot shot at me, all right?’
He waited, but there was no reply. He’d never really excepted one. He tapped the trilby down on his head, tightened the belt on his gaberdine mackintosh and took a deep breath. Nothing to worry about. The lad would be too scared to fire again, and he certainly wouldn’t dare fire at a copper.
He turned and looked at the other. Detective Inspector Mortimer and DC Noble standing behind the black Humber Super Snipe, and the three constables waiting for orders.
A deep breath and he began to walk across the cobbles. At the top of the embankment a train hurried by in a flurry of steam and smoke. Detective Sergeant Urban Raven put his hand on the doorknob of the workshop under the railway arch, paused for a fraction of a section, then turned it.
He stood, silhouetted by the daylight on Kirkgate.
The gun boomed.
The world was damp. It seemed to cling to him. Rain had fallen every day since the beginning of the month, sometimes heavy, sometimes no more than a mist. But it was always there. Everything seemed brown or grey in the city centre. People moved purposefully heads down. Nobody idled or stared and smiled.
Urban Raven didn’t mind. If they never looked, he’d be perfectly happy. His face bore the thick scars and shiny skin of plastic surgery. In France, October 1918, he’d been badly burned when a German shell exploded in a fuel dump. Two decades on and he was still all too aware of the effect he had, the way people glanced at him, then hurriedly turned their heads away. Sometimes he even imagined he saw disgust on his wife’s face. Or it might have been pity. Hard to tell which was worse. It seemed easier to think about work. There was always plenty to do.
War was coming. Chamberlain had claimed he brought them all peace in his time, but everyone knew the truth. All the young men on the police force would go into the services. Everything would fall on the shoulders of old-timers like him, on the policewomen and Specials. The only question was when the axe would fall. Soon, people agreed, soon; it seemed they were holding their breath.
Raven knew about some of the preparations, the amount of re-armament, civil servants preparing for a flood of army volunteers. He’d helped with checking the records on aliens around Leeds; come the declaration of hostilities and they’d quietly visit some of them and send them off to internment camps.
But right now, as he walked through Harehills, up Hovingham Avenue to Dorset Road, it all felt a long way off. It might never happen.
He rapped on the door of number seventeen, one more terraced house in a long row of them. Nobody answered. But someone was inside. He felt sure of it; he could feel them there, hiding away until he left.
Raven knocked once more, then went back down the street, glancing over his shoulder. No one had appeared. No twitch on the curtains to show he was being watched.
Easy enough to slip down the ginnel. The wall at the back of the yards was tall enough to hide him. He counted his way along, then placed his hand on the latch of the gate he wanted.
Even before he could press down, someone pulled it open and he was face-to-face with Bert Dawson, watching the man’s jaw drop in astonishment. Collywobbles, that was his nickname. The slightest thing and he’d start shaking with worry.
‘Fancy meeting you here,’ Raven said with a smile. ‘You’re just who I wanted to see.’
‘You should have come to the front door, Sergeant Raven. I was just off to the shop.’ But he was already shaking like an old man.
‘Happen I can save you the trip. We’ll have a cup of tea down at headquarters and you can tell me about those robberies you’ve been on lately. You made off with a nice little haul, by the sound of it.’
The CID office was upstairs in the Central Library, and Raven marched Dawson up the wide tiled steps.
‘You see, Collywobbles, you’re moving up in the world. Getting yourself charged in a place like this, not the local nick. You should be pleased.’
He’d just finished taking the statement when Mortimer popped his head round the door.
‘Have a uniform take him down to the bridewell.’
By the time he reached the office, men were already shrugging into their overcoats and pushing their hats over their eyes.
‘What is it?’
‘Wages robbery,’ Mortimer said. ‘Down at Hope Foundry. Two thieves and a driver. They had a sawn-off shotgun. Fired it. A couple of clerks were hit, one’s in bad shape. They got away, but they’re in a workshop in the railway arches on The Calls.’
‘Are we signing out any weapons?’ DC Noble asked.
‘Already done, lad. We have a trained marksman down there.’
Three of them in the plain black car, Mortimer driving. No bells ringing. Everything quiet. He weaved in and out of the traffic on the Headrow and Vicar Lane, halting by the police roadblock on Harper Street.
‘Are they all still in there?’ Raven asked the sergeant in charge.
‘Witnesses said one of them scarpered as soon as they pulled up. We’ve got a description and we’re hunting for him now. But the shooter’s still inside.
‘What do you want to do, sir?’ Raven asked Mortimer.
‘First of all we’re going to evacuate all those businesses other arches. We don’t want any civilians around if there are people with guns. Take care of it,’ he order the uniformed sergeant. ‘After that, about all we can do is tell them the police are here so they should come out and surrender.’ He lit a cigarette and shrugged. ‘It’s all rather like a gangster film, but I don’t see what choice we have.’
A train rattled along, gathering speed as it left the station and going east. Smuts of soot settled all around them.
‘Do we have any idea how much they took?’
‘Well over a thousand,’ Mortimer answered as he blew out smoke. ‘Hardly pocket money, is it?’ He glanced around. ‘The marksman is upstairs in the warehouse across the street. He’ll be ready if we need him.’
‘Let’s hope we don’t, sir.’ Raven stared at the door. Big and broad for a motor car to fit through. Made of corrugated iron, like the rest of the covering over the arch. Worn and rusted. A tiny window to let in a little light. A thought struck him. ‘Could we cut off their electricity? Do that and it’ll be pitch black in there.’
‘We will if they don’t surrender,’ Mortimer agreed. ‘We’ll get someone down here, just in case.’
A young constable ran up and spoke quietly to Noble. The man frowned.
‘One of the clerks who was shot at the foundry has died. A girl, not even twenty.’
‘They’ll hang for that.’
‘Tell them, sir?’
Mortimer shook his head. ‘Not until they’re out and we have the weapon. They won’t give up otherwise.’
The sergeant dashed up, face red from running. ‘All the other arches are empty, sir.’
Inspector Mortimer picked up a megaphone and began to speak. It made his voice ring around the street. They’d be able to hear him clearly in the arch. A simple offer, a promise of fair treatment if they gave themselves up.
The silence hung heavy when he finished. Nothing from inside.
‘Electricity, sir?’ Raven said after they’d heard no sound for two full minutes.
‘Yes,’ Mortimer replied. He kept his gaze on the arch, finishing one cigarette and replacing it immediately with another.
It didn’t take long. The man was up the pole and back down again in the blink of an eye.
‘It’ll be like the dead of night in there for them,’ he said as he hitched up his leather tool belt and pulled down his cap. ‘You need me for owt else?’
Over the next two hours, Mortimer used the megaphone twice more. But there never any answer from inside.
Raven began to walk, flowing the pavement around the embankment where the old gravestones from the Parish Church burial ground cover the grass. No way out on the other wide. The killers were trapped in there. But not in any hurry to come out.
‘I don’t know about you, sir, but I don’t want to spend the rest of the day here,’ he said.
‘Any good ideas?’ Mortimer asked.
‘March in and drag them out.’
The inspector shook his head. ‘They have a gun and not much to lose right now.’
‘We can take go in. It might take them by surprise.’ He glanced across the street to the marksman waiting in the window, his rifle tight against his shoulder. ‘Just make sure he’s ready.’
‘What’s the choice, sir?’ Raven said. ‘Go in mob-handed? We risk losing more men that way. If we try to wait them out, they’ll be firing when they open the door. And God knows when that might be.’
‘I can’t order you to do it, Sergeant.’
‘I know, sir. I’m volunteering.’
If they killed him, what would that matter? No more looking at the face in the mirror every morning. No more thinking that his wife couldn’t stand to see him. She’d be able to find herself someone who looked normal.
He liked his job, he enjoyed being a detective. But if this was it…at least he wouldn’t pass the young lads on the street and wonder which of them might end up like him after the next war. And it was coming soon enough…
Mortimer cocked his head, as if he could read all the thoughts in Raven’s head.
‘If that’s what you want.’
‘It is, sir.’
A deep breath and he began to walk across the cobbles. A train crossed overhead in a flurry of steam and smoke. Detective Sergeant Urban Raven put his hand on the doorknob of the workshop under the railway arch, paused for a fraction of a section, then turned it.
He stood, silhouetted by the light on Kirkgate.
A pause, then it fired again.
The smell of cordite. Thick smoke that made him cough. His ears rang; he couldn’t hear a thing.
But he wasn’t hit. No wounds at all.
As the air began to clear, he could see them. A pair of young men in cheap, flashy suits, gaudy Prince of Wales checks. They were lying on the floor, sprawled on their back and staring into eternity. They shotgun lay between them.
Christ, he thought. He’d expected the worst, but not that.
‘It’s me,’ he called. ‘I’m coming out, Everything’s safe in here.’
The Dead on Leave is available in paperback and as an ebook.
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Discovering The Bible - With PDFs
Four half-hour programs to introduce the Bible.
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Four half-hour programs to introduce the Bible. Fullscreen.
Program 1: Getting Acquainted
It's the all-time best-seller since the beginning of printing. It has produced passionate controversy for centuries. What is the book that is like none other in the history of the world? Where did it come from? What does it consist of? Does it still speak to us today?
Program 2: The Old Testament
An ancient book? Yes, but far more! It's a kind of love letter and a still-living legacy that shaped the identity of a unique people. What about the Dead Sea Scrolls? The accurate preservation of the contents over millennia underscores the marvel of these writings.
Program 3: The New Testament
It's a book that centers on Jesus. But how do we know we have the actual words of Jesus? How were the books of the New Testament gathered and selected? What’s it all about? How does the New Testament build upon but differ from the Old Testament?
Program 4: Survival, Spread, and Influence
Despite attempts of tyrants to destroy it, the Bible has endured and become the most translated and circulated book ever. It was translated into various art forms and given to us in English through heroic efforts. It’s the book that influenced the lives that influenced the world.
PDFs included on the DVD:
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-Full-color, 32-page supplement
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History of Christian Worship: Part 1, The Word
Christian History Magazine #16 - William Tyndale
KJV: The Making of The King James Bible
History of Hell Guide
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Digital Signatures are forever?
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By Larry Kluger posted 12-05-2013 03:23
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My goal in this blog series is to cover a wide range of topics and issues relating to digital signatures. Let's get started with a hot question that comes up repeatedly at my talks and webinars, “If an employee leaves our company, and he is removed from the digital signature system, what happens to the documents he signed in the past? Do those signatures remain valid?” Yes, they remain valid.
And a related question: “Once a document is digitally signed, can the signature be revoked? Suppose the signer is fired, can we revoke some or all of her past signatures?” No.
Open standard digital signature technology (we'll talk more in the future about what that really means) is modeled after traditional pen and ink signature technology, including signature authenticity issues. You may not think of an ink pen as “technology” but it is. Just visit Fahrney's Pens in DC if you're not sure! But I digress.
Like a pen and ink signature (a “wet signature”), a digital signature cannot be remotely controlled. If a digital signature is valid at the time the document was signed, then it remains valid forever. Checking the validity can get tricky in various cases, but the signature itself, once valid, stays valid.
If a document has been signed with a wet signature, the document can be “un-signed” by scratching out the signature before the document is distributed. In the same way, a digital signature can be removed from a document before it is distributed. But for both wet and digital signatures, it is difficult or impossible to scratch out/remove your signature from all the copies once the document is distributed.
By design, it is difficult to revoke a signed document. For instance, a contract offer can’t be revoked once it is accepted. Instead, the contract must be cancelled by mutual agreement or via one of the accepted clauses. We say “your signature counts” because it is so hard to revoke your signature. And your signature counts equally for both wet and digital signatures.
What about digital certificate “revocation lists?” Can't they be used to revoke a signature? Again, no. A revocation list is used by signing software to prevent a revoked certificate from being used to make a new digital signature. It has no effect on documents correctly signed in the past.
Here’s how it works: Each certificate authority, or CA, issues a revocation list. The CA's revocation list shows the certificates that have been revoked before their expiration time. For example, Joe Employee has a digital certificate issued by his company. He digitally signs a document in June. He leaves the company in July and his certificate is cancelled by adding it to the CA's revocation list. As a result, he can no longer create valid signatures. But his prior signatures, from before he left, were valid and remain valid.
The recipient of a digitally signed document can verify the document’s signature or signatures. As a part of the process, the recipient’s software checks the CA’s revocation list to ensure that the signer’s certificate was not on the list prior to the time the document was signed.
I'll sign off now. But please use the comments to let me know your digital signature-related questions and comments.
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Jesse Wilkins
I completely agree with the post. The problem is that while the act of signing remains valid post-signature, it is quite likely that the signature will not continue to be validatable (is that even a word?) in the future. That is, when a user opens a document that has been digitally signed, it is quite likely that the signature will itself display some sort of error message. This has the net effect of introducing uncertainty into what should be a done deal.
When I teach this topic, I remind students that it was the act in context that was valid - you accepted the transaction, you paid the invoice, it's a done deal. We don't go back and check the wet-ink signatures on the Declaration of Independence because they were accepted at the time and in context. But this is difficult for some to process, especially records management and legal types who tend to be more risk-averse. Not sure what the right answer is here other than education.
Very good article overall. :)
Larry Kluger
Thanks for your comment Steve! The good news is that the volume of digital and electronic signatures are rising fast. As more and more people are exposed to the technology, doubts about its legality and effect should diminish.
Steve Weissman
Thanks, Larry, for your simple, clear explanation. I'm always astounded when my training students or consulting clients tell me that a digital signature "doesn't count," and I appreciate your understandable distillation of why it does!
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IE 8: alt change and longdesc weirdness
Posted on Saturday, 8 March 2008 by Steve Faulkner
Tag: Internet Explorer
Update for IE 8b2
I have updated the results for IE8 b2, and included tests for input type=”image”
Tests and results for HTML 4.01 transitional.
Tests and results for HTML 4.01 strict.
update end.
Reading through the What’s New in Internet Explorer 8, this caught my attention:
The alt attribute is no longer displayed as the image tooltip when the browser is running in IE8 mode. Instead, the target of the longDesc attribute is used as the tooltip if present; otherwise, the title is displayed. The alt attribute is still used as the Active Accessibility name, and the title attribute is used as the fallback name only if alt is not present.
So IE 8 falls into line with the HTML 4.01 specification and other major browsers in regards to not using alt attribute content as a tooltip – good news.
Then it starts to get strange “instead the target of the longdesc attribute is used as the tooltip if present“. So now we have support for longdesc in IE8?? But how is that going to work… Does the tooltip show the text content of the target file? Does it show structure and formatting?
Just when it was thought that the longdesc had been assigned to HTML heaven, Microsft have decided to support it…
Testing support
To test out the changed alt and added longdesc support a test page with some combinations of alt, longdesc and title was created.
The results were mixed:
The alt is not displayed as a tooltip when using HTML 4.01 strict DOCTYPE or XHTML DOCTYPE’s.
The alt is displayed as a tooltip when using a HTML 4.01 transitional DOCTYPE.
The longdesc attribute target URI content is not displayed as a tooltip as stated in the documentation.
The URI contained in the longdesc attribute is included in the MSAA Description property ((accDescription) information about the control that doesn’t fit into any other field). In previous IE versions it was not.
So the implemenation of the longdesc is not complete (or perhaps the testing is at fault), but clearly something is going on with the longdesc in IE8 as evidenced when you look under the hood at the MSAA information.
Having re-read the documentation and discussed it with my colleague Gez Lemon who pointed out to me my mis-interpretation of the mircrosoft documentation: The URI will be displayed as a string in the tooltip, not the content of the URI as I interpretated it as initially. this would explain the URI being in the MSAA Description property.
Bim says:
Sunday, 9 March 2008 at 8:30 am
Oh botheration! It’s nice of Microsoft to care, but clear that they need to think through the decision on LONGDESC before it’s implemented. As a LONGDESC value is only a link to a long description page, which might contain an entire table of financial data, the idea of a tooltip is decidedly scary.
Even at the most basic practical level, it’s unlikely that a tooltip will be any good to anyone. People who can’t see a complex image well enough to understand it, are equally unlikely to be able to read a long tooltip. Under screen magnification, most of it may be off the screen view, and at normal screen view the text is likely to be too small to read. Then, as you say, the chances of transfering meaningful structure from the long description page to a tooltip, seem remote.
What we really need for the LONGDESC attribute, if it’s to survive and be useful, is a means of accessing it via the keyboard for all users, not just people with screen readers. Plenty of users have vision problems that aren’t severe enough to require a screen reader, but are too severe to be able to process complex information portrayed in an image. Then there are users with no vision problems at all, but who are using small screens or find images difficult to understand, they too could do with a route to the long description.
This is an issue that was brought up in the HTML 4.01 specification, but as far as I know, there are no browsers that have yet met this challenge. Could Microsoft be the first?
In the meantime, how do you feel about asking web authors to provide an adjacent meaningful text link to the long description of complex images Steve?
Sunday, 9 March 2008 at 1:13 pm
After your amends: well if only the URI will be displayed in the tooltip, at least there won’t be the challenge of reading a long description in 5 seconds. But I’m still not sure that it will be of much value, unless there’s a mechanism for opening the target file for everyone. There’d also need to be a way for keyboard only users to identify which images had long descriptions. A mechanism that didn’t rely on the mouse hover.
Stevie D says:
Wednesday, 26 March 2008 at 9:14 am
It seems utterly bizarre and backwards to prefer the longdesc URI to the title, but that’s what the documentation reads like to me – if you’ve got a longdesc, that will appear in the tooltip and the title won’t.
It seems like longdesc needs to curl up and die. It has never worked properly – very few authors know about it, very few of those use it, a miniscule proportion of users have ever heard of it, no mainstream browser (as far as I’m aware) provides any means to activate it – dead and gone.
If we can now use [object] tags to include images and provide rich alternative text (including a link to further description, where necessary), the need for longdesc seems to have gone away. Yes, it is slightly more compact, but far less elegant and effective than [object].
zcorpan says:
Tuesday, 1 April 2008 at 10:57 am
Also test <input type=image> and <area>… http://simon.html5.org/test/ie7b2-bugs/026.html
Wednesday, 2 April 2008 at 3:52 am
hi zcorpan,
thanks for the info, will add results for other tests, I had observed that the alt on the input was still displayed as a tooltip, but had not gotten around to adding this result and had not tested the area element.
Latest IE8 says:
Wednesday, 30 July 2008 at 7:37 pm
This behavior seems to be gone in the latest build of IE8. Only the title attribute gets displayed as a tooltip.
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Home » Latest » Premier League welcome Raheem Sterling’s offer to tackle racism
Premier League welcome Raheem Sterling’s offer to tackle racism
by DTN STAFF
The Premier League has welcomed Raheem Sterling’s offer to help in the fight against racism after the Manchester City star called on the sport’s authorities to do more to tackle the problem.
Sterling told the Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival in New York this week that football’s current attempts to stamp out racism are not effective enough.
The 24-year-old wants the introduction of stronger punishments when incidents occur, suggesting clubs whose fans are guilty of racism should be hit with points deductions.
Sterling, who has emerged as a key voice in the campaign against racism, is keen to speak to the Football Association and Premier League to discuss his ideas.
Premier League chiefs have responded by confirming they are ready to talk to the England winger and any other players with thoughts on the issue.
“The Premier League and our clubs agree that while good work has been undertaken, more needs to be done to promote inclusion and diversity across football and to ensure BAME fans and players are supported,” a Premier League statement said on Thursday.
“Raheem took part in our No Room for Racism campaign and we would welcome the opportunity to talk to him, and other players, about discrimination in football.
“Developing our work in this area is a priority for the Premier League.”
Sterling and several of his England team-mates endured racist chanting during a Euro 2020 qualifier in Montenegro in March.
He was also allegedly abused by Chelsea fans in December and, speaking at the event, he said strong punishments are needed in order for the campaign to have a real impact.
“Teams getting (points) deductions, teams getting kicked out. This is when people start taking it seriously,” he said.
“If I go to a football game and I support Manchester United, for example, I don’t want to be the person that lets my team down by saying silly remarks in a stadium.
“If you know your team is going to get deducted nine points and not win the league, you are not going to say these racist remarks even though you shouldn’t have it in your head.”
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Polansky’s Three Pieces for Two Pianos
It’s hard to know where to start with Larry Polansky’s new Three Pieces for Two Pianos. There are more than three pieces on the New World CD, and they are not all for two pianos. But let’s say we start in the middle, with the third of the three pieces which Michael Winter rightly calls, in his excellent liner notes, an “epic.” Or, on the other hand, let’s jump in with the next track, Old Paint, a rather sad folk song that was sung to me as a child by Tony Kraber, actor and folksinger, at our school fair.
It is sung softly to us here by the young, talented pianist, Rory Cowal, too soft to hear the words, but with the slow swinging rhythm of the original which acts like a baby’s crib for the song, cradling it in a bath of non-related piano tones. So beautiful! Half-way through I started to sing softly with Rory, even though I don’t remember most of the words. It was more than an exercise in nostalgia—though that is the sentiment of the song about leaving a favorite horse and his home town of Cheyenne. It’s a piano piece that just moves you in a slow triple rhythm.
So on to the epical third movement of the Three PIeces for Two Pianos, played by such sensitive pianists, Marilyn Nonken and Joseph Kubera. Like many of his pieces this one begins softly, poignantly, only to betray that mood gradually with an outpouring of wonderful “cacophony.” Caused apparently by what I’d like to call Larry Polansky’s “irrational canons.” They quickly stream into a low bass-register stream, and into at least one stream in the treble range. The ear tends to simplify at least in early hearings, so I’m saying one treble stream for now. Larry has used canonic practices in many earlier pieces, typically staggering the voices’ entry times so that they all end together. Here the canonic texture can only be heard as fabulous heterophony. This gluing together of tones into streams that decorate unisons into spikey non-unisons is such an important development in modernist (and beyond) music. One can’t really account for much great music of our times and before without heterophony. You can get there—to heterophony—by many routes. Mike Winter, composer and liner-notes writer can help you with Larry’s!
I sense that his usual canonic practice is not the case here with piece no.3, but rather there is a big bubble effect that starts at the beginning, then continues on with a maximum explosion of energy in the middle, and a soft, again poignant, ending. Not all algorithmic composers do as Larry does, shaping the expressive output along with the notes.
The first of the three pieces starts out almost like a Chopin prelude. But overlays soon obscure a single-minded trajectory. There are dominant seventh chords, and a couple of re-beginnings. You sense that inside of the complexity there are the modules of the earlier material. Only the second of the three pieces and its following “Interlood” feel amorphous. But even here as throughout, the harmony however generated, algorithmically or otherwise, is complexly interesting, and probably immune from chord labels and any simplistic analysis.
There is more to say about the other pieces. The k-toods, for example, which for the composer is about parenting, and for the listener about a set of romps, some of which claim a kind of motoric, ostinato quality that says to me: ‘I’m not a minimalist, but I can repeat and excite!’ Interestingly, much of these latter pieces is based on guided improvisations. So bravo for the two players, Tobin Chodos and Ittai Rosenbaum. Both have backgrounds in improvisation and jazz. Ending the CD is an arrangement with stretched-out harmonies made from a Shaker hymn. played beautifully by Amy Beal.
So what is our conclusion—though none is needed: There is grandeur and quietness, sheer positive energy, and complexity of composition. Ives feels to me like a progenitor, but new algorithmic and compositional ideas have come since Ives. Finally one can only ask the listener to listen. And then, listen again!
Thumbnail Review # 48
Blago bung, anlogo bung, Esa-Pekka done agung!
Esa-Pekka Salone turned the Hugo Ball poem, KARAWANA, into a huge, sumptuous, post-modern orchestra piece so very much like the huge, sumptuous MODERNist orchestra piece he just conducted by Messiaen, his Turangalila Symphony. At the Philharmonic this week and last. I went to open rehearsals both times. Wonderful experiences. But:
Somehow I’m dying from too much chocolate. And yet—the symphony is so sexy; it hardly matters whether it’s sumptuous or not. It glows in the light or the dark.
So, what’s to complain about? Really not much, just that the great Dada master, Hugo Ball’s wonderful nonsense poem with allusions on almost every made-up word, like bung (which occurs three times in the short poem), is not really audible, intelligible in the orchestra piece, or worse, not funny in the declamatory way it is funny if you recite it yourself. Try it in the attachment I’m including.
There’s nothing funny in the Messiaen piece. It’s too beautiful to be funny. So, two non-funny, almost too beautiful orchestra pieces. Then there’s the deflationary Hugo Ball telling you it’s all bung. And he’s telling you in a beautifully collaged sound-text graphic which he designed. Now we’ve got three beauties, and very little satire left.
But Ball will win it back from beauty once we recite his poem in our own voice. And also…let’s get off it about beauty being bad for art. Not true. Even in the most mundane, unbeautiful Fluxus event, presentation can be beautiful: the toy paper boats being blown about in a tub of water. Whose beautiful piece was that, I don’t remember. It might be George Brecht. Bob Watts’s F/R Trace has the performer walk on stage with a French Horn, bell up. He (there was only one female Fluxus artist, Alison Knowles, with Yoko Ono a runner-up), thus he, would face the audience, bow, and out would come from the bell of the horn a myriad bunch of ping-pong balls. They would bounce and bung all over the stage, even into the audience; the sound and the sight was awesome. A one-liner. How beautiful!
So that’s what was missing. We don’t get it all from one artist, and that’s a little complicated to take in. We assemble it from parts made by several people, including from a gigantic, gorgeous orchestra that, nevertheless…leaves something out.
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Use of BGP for Routing in Large-Scale Data Centers
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RFC 7938 (Informational)
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) P. Lapukhov
Request for Comments: 7938 Facebook
Category: Informational A. Premji
ISSN: 2070-1721 Arista Networks
J. Mitchell, Ed.
Some network operators build and operate data centers that support
over one hundred thousand servers. In this document, such data
centers are referred to as "large-scale" to differentiate them from
smaller infrastructures. Environments of this scale have a unique
set of network requirements with an emphasis on operational
simplicity and network stability. This document summarizes
operational experience in designing and operating large-scale data
centers using BGP as the only routing protocol. The intent is to
report on a proven and stable routing design that could be leveraged
by others in the industry.
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents
approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet
Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 7841.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7938.
Lapukhov, et al. Informational [Page 1]
RFC 7938 BGP Routing in Data Centers August 2016
2. Network Design Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. Bandwidth and Traffic Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2. CAPEX Minimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.3. OPEX Minimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.4. Traffic Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.5. Summarized Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3. Data Center Topologies Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1. Traditional DC Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.2. Clos Network Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2.1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2.2. Clos Topology Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2.3. Scaling the Clos Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.2.4. Managing the Size of Clos Topology Tiers . . . . . . 10
4. Data Center Routing Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.1. L2-Only Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2. Hybrid L2/L3 Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5. Routing Protocol Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.1. Choosing EBGP as the Routing Protocol . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.2. EBGP Configuration for Clos Topology . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.2.1. EBGP Configuration Guidelines and Example ASN Scheme 15
5.2.2. Private Use ASNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.2.3. Prefix Advertisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.2.4. External Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.2.5. Route Summarization at the Edge . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6. ECMP Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6.1. Basic ECMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6.2. BGP ECMP over Multiple ASNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6.3. Weighted ECMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6.4. Consistent Hashing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
7. Routing Convergence Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
7.1. Fault Detection Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
7.2. Event Propagation Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7.3. Impact of Clos Topology Fan-Outs . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7.4. Failure Impact Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7.5. Routing Micro-Loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
8. Additional Options for Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
8.1. Third-Party Route Injection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
8.2. Route Summarization within Clos Topology . . . . . . . . 27
8.2.1. Collapsing Tier 1 Devices Layer . . . . . . . . . . . 27
8.2.2. Simple Virtual Aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8.3. ICMP Unreachable Message Masquerading . . . . . . . . . . 29
9. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
This document describes a practical routing design that can be used
in a large-scale data center (DC) design. Such data centers, also
known as "hyper-scale" or "warehouse-scale" data centers, have a
unique attribute of supporting over a hundred thousand servers. In
order to accommodate networks of this scale, operators are revisiting
networking designs and platforms to address this need.
The design presented in this document is based on operational
experience with data centers built to support large-scale distributed
software infrastructure, such as a web search engine. The primary
requirements in such an environment are operational simplicity and
network stability so that a small group of people can effectively
support a significantly sized network.
Experimentation and extensive testing have shown that External BGP
(EBGP) [RFC4271] is well suited as a stand-alone routing protocol for
these types of data center applications. This is in contrast with
more traditional DC designs, which may use simple tree topologies and
rely on extending Layer 2 (L2) domains across multiple network
devices. This document elaborates on the requirements that led to
this design choice and presents details of the EBGP routing design as
well as exploring ideas for further enhancements.
This document first presents an overview of network design
requirements and considerations for large-scale data centers. Then,
traditional hierarchical data center network topologies are
contrasted with Clos networks [CLOS1953] that are horizontally scaled
out. This is followed by arguments for selecting EBGP with a Clos
topology as the most appropriate routing protocol to meet the
requirements and the proposed design is described in detail.
Finally, this document reviews some additional considerations and
design options. A thorough understanding of BGP is assumed by a
reader planning on deploying the design described within the
2. Network Design Requirements
This section describes and summarizes network design requirements for
large-scale data centers.
2.1. Bandwidth and Traffic Patterns
The primary requirement when building an interconnection network for
a large number of servers is to accommodate application bandwidth and
latency requirements. Until recently it was quite common to see the
majority of traffic entering and leaving the data center, commonly
referred to as "north-south" traffic. Traditional "tree" topologies
were sufficient to accommodate such flows, even with high
oversubscription ratios between the layers of the network. If more
bandwidth was required, it was added by "scaling up" the network
elements, e.g., by upgrading the device's linecards or fabrics or
replacing the device with one with higher port density.
Today many large-scale data centers host applications generating
significant amounts of server-to-server traffic, which does not
egress the DC, commonly referred to as "east-west" traffic. Examples
of such applications could be computer clusters such as Hadoop
[HADOOP], massive data replication between clusters needed by certain
applications, or virtual machine migrations. Scaling traditional
tree topologies to match these bandwidth demands becomes either too
expensive or impossible due to physical limitations, e.g., port
density in a switch.
2.2. CAPEX Minimization
The Capital Expenditures (CAPEX) associated with the network
infrastructure alone constitutes about 10-15% of total data center
expenditure (see [GREENBERG2009]). However, the absolute cost is
significant, and hence there is a need to constantly drive down the
cost of individual network elements. This can be accomplished in two
ways:
o Unifying all network elements, preferably using the same hardware
type or even the same device. This allows for volume pricing on
bulk purchases and reduced maintenance and inventory costs.
o Driving costs down using competitive pressures, by introducing
multiple network equipment vendors.
In order to allow for good vendor diversity, it is important to
minimize the software feature requirements for the network elements.
This strategy provides maximum flexibility of vendor equipment
choices while enforcing interoperability using open standards.
2.3. OPEX Minimization
Operating large-scale infrastructure can be expensive as a larger
amount of elements will statistically fail more often. Having a
simpler design and operating using a limited software feature set
minimizes software issue-related failures.
An important aspect of Operational Expenditure (OPEX) minimization is
reducing the size of failure domains in the network. Ethernet
networks are known to be susceptible to broadcast or unicast traffic
storms that can have a dramatic impact on network performance and
availability. The use of a fully routed design significantly reduces
the size of the data-plane failure domains, i.e., limits them to the
lowest level in the network hierarchy. However, such designs
introduce the problem of distributed control-plane failures. This
observation calls for simpler and less control-plane protocols to
reduce protocol interaction issues, reducing the chance of a network
meltdown. Minimizing software feature requirements as described in
the CAPEX section above also reduces testing and training
requirements.
2.4. Traffic Engineering
In any data center, application load balancing is a critical function
performed by network devices. Traditionally, load balancers are
deployed as dedicated devices in the traffic forwarding path. The
problem arises in scaling load balancers under growing traffic
demand. A preferable solution would be able to scale the load-
balancing layer horizontally, by adding more of the uniform nodes and
distributing incoming traffic across these nodes. In situations like
this, an ideal choice would be to use network infrastructure itself
to distribute traffic across a group of load balancers. The
combination of anycast prefix advertisement [RFC4786] and Equal Cost
Multipath (ECMP) functionality can be used to accomplish this goal.
To allow for more granular load distribution, it is beneficial for
the network to support the ability to perform controlled per-hop
traffic engineering. For example, it is beneficial to directly
control the ECMP next-hop set for anycast prefixes at every level of
the network hierarchy.
2.5. Summarized Requirements
This section summarizes the list of requirements outlined in the
previous sections:
o REQ1: Select a topology that can be scaled "horizontally" by
adding more links and network devices of the same type without
requiring upgrades to the network elements themselves.
o REQ2: Define a narrow set of software features/protocols supported
by a multitude of networking equipment vendors.
o REQ3: Choose a routing protocol that has a simple implementation
in terms of programming code complexity and ease of operational
o REQ4: Minimize the failure domain of equipment or protocol issues
as much as possible.
o REQ5: Allow for some traffic engineering, preferably via explicit
control of the routing prefix next hop using built-in protocol
mechanics.
3. Data Center Topologies Overview
This section provides an overview of two general types of data center
designs -- hierarchical (also known as "tree-based") and Clos-based
network designs.
3.1. Traditional DC Topology
In the networking industry, a common design choice for data centers
typically looks like an (upside down) tree with redundant uplinks and
three layers of hierarchy namely; core, aggregation/distribution, and
access layers (see Figure 1). To accommodate bandwidth demands, each
higher layer, from the server towards DC egress or WAN, has higher
port density and bandwidth capacity where the core functions as the
"trunk" of the tree-based design. To keep terminology uniform and
for comparison with other designs, in this document these layers will
be referred to as Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 "tiers", instead of core,
aggregation, or access layers.
+------+ +------+
| | | |
| |--| | Tier 1
| | | |
+---------+ | | +----------+
| +-------+--+------+--+-------+ |
| | | | | | | |
+----+ +----+ +----+ +----+
| | | | | | | |
| |-----| | | |-----| | Tier 2
| | | |
| +-----+ | | +-----+ |
+-| |-+ +-| |-+ Tier 3
+-----+ +-----+
| | | | | |
<- Servers -> <- Servers ->
Figure 1: Typical DC Network Topology
Unfortunately, as noted previously, it is not possible to scale a
tree-based design to a large enough degree for handling large-scale
designs due to the inability to be able to acquire Tier 1 devices
with a large enough port density to sufficiently scale Tier 2. Also,
continuous upgrades or replacement of the upper-tier devices are
required as deployment size or bandwidth requirements increase, which
is operationally complex. For this reason, REQ1 is in place,
eliminating this type of design from consideration.
3.2. Clos Network Topology
This section describes a common design for horizontally scalable
topology in large-scale data centers in order to meet REQ1.
3.2.1. Overview
A common choice for a horizontally scalable topology is a folded Clos
topology, sometimes called "fat-tree" (for example, [INTERCON] and
[ALFARES2008]). This topology features an odd number of stages
(sometimes known as "dimensions") and is commonly made of uniform
elements, e.g., network switches with the same port count.
Therefore, the choice of folded Clos topology satisfies REQ1 and
facilitates REQ2. See Figure 2 below for an example of a folded
3-stage Clos topology (3 stages counting Tier 2 stage twice, when
tracing a packet flow):
+-------+
| |----------------------------+
| |------------------+ |
| |--------+ | |
+-------+ | | |
| |--------+---------+-------+ |
| |--------+-------+ | | |
| |------+ | | | | |
+-------+ | | | | | |
| |------+-+-------+-+-----+ | |
| |------+-+-----+ | | | | |
| |----+ | | | | | | | |
+-------+ | | | | | | ---------> M links
Tier 1 | | | | | | | | |
+-------+ +-------+ +-------+
| | | | | |
| | | | | | Tier 2
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | ---------> N Links
O O O O O O O O O Servers
Figure 2: 3-Stage Folded Clos Topology
This topology is often also referred to as a "Leaf and Spine"
network, where "Spine" is the name given to the middle stage of the
Clos topology (Tier 1) and "Leaf" is the name of input/output stage
(Tier 2). For uniformity, this document will refer to these layers
using the "Tier n" notation.
3.2.2. Clos Topology Properties
The following are some key properties of the Clos topology:
o The topology is fully non-blocking, or more accurately non-
interfering, if M >= N and oversubscribed by a factor of N/M
otherwise. Here M and N is the uplink and downlink port count
respectively, for a Tier 2 switch as shown in Figure 2.
o Utilizing this topology requires control and data-plane support
for ECMP with a fan-out of M or more.
o Tier 1 switches have exactly one path to every server in this
topology. This is an important property that makes route
summarization dangerous in this topology (see Section 8.2 below).
o Traffic flowing from server to server is load balanced over all
available paths using ECMP.
3.2.3. Scaling the Clos Topology
A Clos topology can be scaled either by increasing network element
port density or by adding more stages, e.g., moving to a 5-stage
Clos, as illustrated in Figure 3 below:
+-----+
Cluster | |
+----------------------------+ +--| |--+
| | | +-----+ |
| Tier 2 | | | Tier 2
| +-----+ | | +-----+ | +-----+
| +-------------| DEV |------+--| |--+--| |-------------+
| | +-----| C |------+ | | +--| |-----+ |
| | | +-----+ | +-----+ +-----+ | |
| | | | | |
| | +-----------| DEV |------+ | | +--| |-----------+ |
| | | | +---| D |------+--| |--+--| |---+ | | |
| | | | | +-----+ | | +-----+ | +-----+ | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| +-----+ +-----+ | | +-----+ | +-----+ +-----+
| | DEV | | DEV | | +--| |--+ | | | |
| | A | | B | Tier 3 | | | Tier 3 | | | |
| +-----+ +-----+ | +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
| | | | | | | | | |
| O O O O | O O O O
| Servers | Servers
+----------------------------+
Figure 3: 5-Stage Clos Topology
The small example of topology in Figure 3 is built from devices with
a port count of 4. In this document, one set of directly connected
Tier 2 and Tier 3 devices along with their attached servers will be
referred to as a "cluster". For example, DEV A, B, C, D, and the
servers that connect to DEV A and B, on Figure 3 form a cluster. The
concept of a cluster may also be a useful concept as a single
deployment or maintenance unit that can be operated on at a different
frequency than the entire topology.
In practice, Tier 3 of the network, which is typically Top-of-Rack
switches (ToRs), is where oversubscription is introduced to allow for
packaging of more servers in the data center while meeting the
bandwidth requirements for different types of applications. The main
reason to limit oversubscription at a single layer of the network is
to simplify application development that would otherwise need to
account for multiple bandwidth pools: within rack (Tier 3), between
racks (Tier 2), and between clusters (Tier 1). Since
oversubscription does not have a direct relationship to the routing
design, it is not discussed further in this document.
3.2.4. Managing the Size of Clos Topology Tiers
If a data center network size is small, it is possible to reduce the
number of switches in Tier 1 or Tier 2 of a Clos topology by a factor
of two. To understand how this could be done, take Tier 1 as an
example. Every Tier 2 device connects to a single group of Tier 1
devices. If half of the ports on each of the Tier 1 devices are not
being used, then it is possible to reduce the number of Tier 1
devices by half and simply map two uplinks from a Tier 2 device to
the same Tier 1 device that were previously mapped to different Tier
1 devices. This technique maintains the same bandwidth while
reducing the number of elements in Tier 1, thus saving on CAPEX. The
tradeoff, in this example, is the reduction of maximum DC size in
terms of overall server count by half.
In this example, Tier 2 devices will be using two parallel links to
connect to each Tier 1 device. If one of these links fails, the
other will pick up all traffic of the failed link, possibly resulting
in heavy congestion and quality of service degradation if the path
determination procedure does not take bandwidth amount into account,
since the number of upstream Tier 1 devices is likely wider than two.
To avoid this situation, parallel links can be grouped in link
aggregation groups (LAGs), e.g., [IEEE8023AD], with widely available
implementation settings that take the whole "bundle" down upon a
single link failure. Equivalent techniques that enforce "fate
sharing" on the parallel links can be used in place of LAGs to
achieve the same effect. As a result of such fate-sharing, traffic
from two or more failed links will be rebalanced over the multitude
of remaining paths that equals the number of Tier 1 devices. This
example is using two links for simplicity, having more links in a
bundle will have less impact on capacity upon a member-link failure.
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4. Data Center Routing Overview
This section provides an overview of three general types of data
center protocol designs -- Layer 2 only, Hybrid Layer L2/L3, and
Layer 3 only.
4.1. L2-Only Designs
Originally, most data center designs used Spanning Tree Protocol
(STP) originally defined in [IEEE8021D-1990] for loop-free topology
creation, typically utilizing variants of the traditional DC topology
described in Section 3.1. At the time, many DC switches either did
not support Layer 3 routing protocols or supported them with
additional licensing fees, which played a part in the design choice.
Although many enhancements have been made through the introduction of
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) in the latest revision of
[IEEE8021D-2004] and Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MST) specified
in [IEEE8021Q] that increase convergence, stability, and load-
balancing in larger topologies, many of the fundamentals of the
protocol limit its applicability in large-scale DCs. STP and its
newer variants use an active/standby approach to path selection, and
are therefore hard to deploy in horizontally scaled topologies as
described in Section 3.2. Further, operators have had many
experiences with large failures due to issues caused by improper
cabling, misconfiguration, or flawed software on a single device.
These failures regularly affected the entire spanning-tree domain and
were very hard to troubleshoot due to the nature of the protocol.
For these reasons, and since almost all DC traffic is now IP,
therefore requiring a Layer 3 routing protocol at the network edge
for external connectivity, designs utilizing STP usually fail all of
the requirements of large-scale DC operators. Various enhancements
to link-aggregation protocols such as [IEEE8023AD], generally known
as Multi-Chassis Link-Aggregation (M-LAG) made it possible to use
Layer 2 designs with active-active network paths while relying on STP
as the backup for loop prevention. The major downsides of this
approach are the lack of ability to scale linearly past two in most
implementations, lack of standards-based implementations, and the
added failure domain risk of syncing state between the devices.
It should be noted that building large, horizontally scalable,
L2-only networks without STP is possible recently through the
introduction of the Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links
(TRILL) protocol in [RFC6325]. TRILL resolves many of the issues STP
has for large-scale DC design however, due to the limited number of
implementations, and often the requirement for specific equipment
that supports it, this has limited its applicability and increased
the cost of such designs.
Finally, neither the base TRILL specification nor the M-LAG approach
totally eliminate the problem of the shared broadcast domain that is
so detrimental to the operations of any Layer 2, Ethernet-based
solution. Later TRILL extensions have been proposed to solve the
this problem statement, primarily based on the approaches outlined in
[RFC7067], but this even further limits the number of available
interoperable implementations that can be used to build a fabric.
Therefore, TRILL-based designs have issues meeting REQ2, REQ3, and
REQ4.
4.2. Hybrid L2/L3 Designs
Operators have sought to limit the impact of data-plane faults and
build large-scale topologies through implementing routing protocols
in either the Tier 1 or Tier 2 parts of the network and dividing the
Layer 2 domain into numerous, smaller domains. This design has
allowed data centers to scale up, but at the cost of complexity in
managing multiple network protocols. For the following reasons,
operators have retained Layer 2 in either the access (Tier 3) or both
access and aggregation (Tier 3 and Tier 2) parts of the network:
o Supporting legacy applications that may require direct Layer 2
adjacency or use non-IP protocols.
o Seamless mobility for virtual machines that require the
preservation of IP addresses when a virtual machine moves to a
different Tier 3 switch.
o Simplified IP addressing = less IP subnets are required for the
data center.
o Application load balancing may require direct Layer 2 reachability
to perform certain functions such as Layer 2 Direct Server Return
(DSR). See [L3DSR].
o Continued CAPEX differences between L2- and L3-capable switches.
Network designs that leverage IP routing down to Tier 3 of the
network have gained popularity as well. The main benefit of these
designs is improved network stability and scalability, as a result of
confining L2 broadcast domains. Commonly, an Interior Gateway
Protocol (IGP) such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) [RFC2328] is
used as the primary routing protocol in such a design. As data
centers grow in scale, and server count exceeds tens of thousands,
such fully routed designs have become more attractive.
Choosing a L3-only design greatly simplifies the network,
facilitating the meeting of REQ1 and REQ2, and has widespread
adoption in networks where large Layer 2 adjacency and larger size
Layer 3 subnets are not as critical compared to network scalability
and stability. Application providers and network operators continue
to develop new solutions to meet some of the requirements that
previously had driven large Layer 2 domains by using various overlay
or tunneling techniques.
5. Routing Protocol Design
In this section, the motivations for using External BGP (EBGP) as the
single routing protocol for data center networks having a Layer 3
protocol design and Clos topology are reviewed. Then, a practical
approach for designing an EBGP-based network is provided.
5.1. Choosing EBGP as the Routing Protocol
REQ2 would give preference to the selection of a single routing
protocol to reduce complexity and interdependencies. While it is
common to rely on an IGP in this situation, sometimes with either the
addition of EBGP at the device bordering the WAN or Internal BGP
(IBGP) throughout, this document proposes the use of an EBGP-only
Although EBGP is the protocol used for almost all Inter-Domain
Routing in the Internet and has wide support from both vendor and
service provider communities, it is not generally deployed as the
primary routing protocol within the data center for a number of
reasons (some of which are interrelated):
o BGP is perceived as a "WAN-only, protocol-only" and not often
considered for enterprise or data center applications.
o BGP is believed to have a "much slower" routing convergence
compared to IGPs.
o Large-scale BGP deployments typically utilize an IGP for BGP next-
hop resolution as all nodes in the IBGP topology are not directly
o BGP is perceived to require significant configuration overhead and
does not support neighbor auto-discovery.
This document discusses some of these perceptions, especially as
applicable to the proposed design, and highlights some of the
advantages of using the protocol such as:
o BGP has less complexity in parts of its protocol design --
internal data structures and state machine are simpler as compared
to most link-state IGPs such as OSPF. For example, instead of
implementing adjacency formation, adjacency maintenance and/or
flow-control, BGP simply relies on TCP as the underlying
transport. This fulfills REQ2 and REQ3.
o BGP information flooding overhead is less when compared to link-
state IGPs. Since every BGP router calculates and propagates only
the best-path selected, a network failure is masked as soon as the
BGP speaker finds an alternate path, which exists when highly
symmetric topologies, such as Clos, are coupled with an EBGP-only
design. In contrast, the event propagation scope of a link-state
IGP is an entire area, regardless of the failure type. In this
way, BGP better meets REQ3 and REQ4. It is also worth mentioning
that all widely deployed link-state IGPs feature periodic
refreshes of routing information while BGP does not expire routing
state, although this rarely impacts modern router control planes.
o BGP supports third-party (recursively resolved) next hops. This
allows for manipulating multipath to be non-ECMP-based or
forwarding-based on application-defined paths, through
establishment of a peering session with an application
"controller" that can inject routing information into the system,
satisfying REQ5. OSPF provides similar functionality using
concepts such as "Forwarding Address", but with more difficulty in
implementation and far less control of information propagation
scope.
o Using a well-defined Autonomous System Number (ASN) allocation
scheme and standard AS_PATH loop detection, "BGP path hunting"
(see [JAKMA2008]) can be controlled and complex unwanted paths
will be ignored. See Section 5.2 for an example of a working ASN
allocation scheme. In a link-state IGP, accomplishing the same
goal would require multi-(instance/topology/process) support,
typically not available in all DC devices and quite complex to
configure and troubleshoot. Using a traditional single flooding
domain, which most DC designs utilize, under certain failure
conditions may pick up unwanted lengthy paths, e.g., traversing
multiple Tier 2 devices.
o EBGP configuration that is implemented with minimal routing policy
is easier to troubleshoot for network reachability issues. In
most implementations, it is straightforward to view contents of
the BGP Loc-RIB and compare it to the router's Routing Information
Base (RIB). Also, in most implementations, an operator can view
every BGP neighbors Adj-RIB-In and Adj-RIB-Out structures, and
therefore incoming and outgoing Network Layer Reachability
Information (NLRI) information can be easily correlated on both
sides of a BGP session. Thus, BGP satisfies REQ3.
5.2. EBGP Configuration for Clos Topology
Clos topologies that have more than 5 stages are very uncommon due to
the large numbers of interconnects required by such a design.
Therefore, the examples below are made with reference to the 5-stage
Clos topology (in unfolded state).
5.2.1. EBGP Configuration Guidelines and Example ASN Scheme
The diagram below illustrates an example of an ASN allocation scheme.
The following is a list of guidelines that can be used:
o EBGP single-hop sessions are established over direct point-to-
point links interconnecting the network nodes, no multi-hop or
loopback sessions are used, even in the case of multiple links
between the same pair of nodes.
o Private Use ASNs from the range 64512-65534 are used to avoid ASN
conflicts.
o A single ASN is allocated to all of the Clos topology's Tier 1
o A unique ASN is allocated to each set of Tier 2 devices in the
same cluster.
o A unique ASN is allocated to every Tier 3 device (e.g., ToR) in
this topology.
+---------+
| +-----+ |
| | | |
+-|-| |-|-+
| | +-----+ | |
ASN 646XX | | | | ASN 646XX
+---------+ | | | | +---------+
| +-----+ | | | +-----+ | | | +-----+ |
+-----------|-| |-|-+-|-| |-|-+-|-| |-|-----------+
| +---|-| |-|-+ | | | | +-|-| |-|---+ |
| | | +-----+ | | +-----+ | | +-----+ | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| +-----+---|-| |-|-+ | | | | +-|-| |-|---+-----+ |
| | | +-|-| |-|-+-|-| |-|-+-|-| |-|-+ | | |
| | | | | +-----+ | | | +-----+ | | | +-----+ | | | | |
| | | | +---------+ | | | | +---------+ | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
+-----+ +-----+ | | +-----+ | | +-----+ +-----+
| ASN | | | +-|-| |-|-+ | | | |
|65YYY| | ... | | | | | | ... | | ... |
+-----+ +-----+ | +-----+ | +-----+ +-----+
| | | | +---------+ | | | |
O O O O <- Servers -> O O O O
Figure 4: BGP ASN Layout for 5-Stage Clos
5.2.2. Private Use ASNs
The original range of Private Use ASNs [RFC6996] limited operators to
1023 unique ASNs. Since it is quite likely that the number of
network devices may exceed this number, a workaround is required.
One approach is to re-use the ASNs assigned to the Tier 3 devices
across different clusters. For example, Private Use ASNs 65001,
65002 ... 65032 could be used within every individual cluster and
assigned to Tier 3 devices.
To avoid route suppression due to the AS_PATH loop detection
mechanism in BGP, upstream EBGP sessions on Tier 3 devices must be
configured with the "Allowas-in" feature [ALLOWASIN] that allows
accepting a device's own ASN in received route advertisements.
Although this feature is not standardized, it is widely available
across multiple vendors implementations. Introducing this feature
does not make routing loops more likely in the design since the
AS_PATH is being added to by routers at each of the topology tiers
and AS_PATH length is an early tie breaker in the BGP path selection
process. Further loop protection is still in place at the Tier 1
device, which will not accept routes with a path including its own
ASN. Tier 2 devices do not have direct connectivity with each other.
Another solution to this problem would be to use Four-Octet ASNs
([RFC6793]), where there are additional Private Use ASNs available,
see [IANA.AS]. Use of Four-Octet ASNs puts additional protocol
complexity in the BGP implementation and should be balanced against
the complexity of re-use when considering REQ3 and REQ4. Perhaps
more importantly, they are not yet supported by all BGP
implementations, which may limit vendor selection of DC equipment.
When supported, ensure that deployed implementations are able to
remove the Private Use ASNs when external connectivity
(Section 5.2.4) to these ASNs is required.
5.2.3. Prefix Advertisement
A Clos topology features a large number of point-to-point links and
associated prefixes. Advertising all of these routes into BGP may
create Forwarding Information Base (FIB) overload in the network
devices. Advertising these links also puts additional path
computation stress on the BGP control plane for little benefit.
There are two possible solutions:
o Do not advertise any of the point-to-point links into BGP. Since
the EBGP-based design changes the next-hop address at every
device, distant networks will automatically be reachable via the
advertising EBGP peer and do not require reachability to these
prefixes. However, this may complicate operations or monitoring:
e.g., using the popular "traceroute" tool will display IP
addresses that are not reachable.
o Advertise point-to-point links, but summarize them on every
device. This requires an address allocation scheme such as
allocating a consecutive block of IP addresses per Tier 1 and Tier
2 device to be used for point-to-point interface addressing to the
lower layers (Tier 2 uplinks will be allocated from Tier 1 address
blocks and so forth).
Server subnets on Tier 3 devices must be announced into BGP without
using route summarization on Tier 2 and Tier 1 devices. Summarizing
subnets in a Clos topology results in route black-holing under a
single link failure (e.g., between Tier 2 and Tier 3 devices), and
hence must be avoided. The use of peer links within the same tier to
resolve the black-holing problem by providing "bypass paths" is
undesirable due to O(N^2) complexity of the peering-mesh and waste of
ports on the devices. An alternative to the full mesh of peer links
would be to use a simpler bypass topology, e.g., a "ring" as
described in [FB4POST], but such a topology adds extra hops and has
limited bandwidth. It may require special tweaks to make BGP routing
work, e.g., splitting every device into an ASN of its own. Later in
this document, Section 8.2 introduces a less intrusive method for
performing a limited form of route summarization in Clos networks and
discusses its associated tradeoffs.
5.2.4. External Connectivity
A dedicated cluster (or clusters) in the Clos topology could be used
for the purpose of connecting to the Wide Area Network (WAN) edge
devices, or WAN Routers. Tier 3 devices in such a cluster would be
replaced with WAN routers, and EBGP peering would be used again,
though WAN routers are likely to belong to a public ASN if Internet
connectivity is required in the design. The Tier 2 devices in such a
dedicated cluster will be referred to as "Border Routers" in this
document. These devices have to perform a few special functions:
o Hide network topology information when advertising paths to WAN
routers, i.e., remove Private Use ASNs [RFC6996] from the AS_PATH
attribute. This is typically done to avoid ASN number collisions
between different data centers and also to provide a uniform
AS_PATH length to the WAN for purposes of WAN ECMP to anycast
prefixes originated in the topology. An implementation-specific
BGP feature typically called "Remove Private AS" is commonly used
to accomplish this. Depending on implementation, the feature
should strip a contiguous sequence of Private Use ASNs found in an
AS_PATH attribute prior to advertising the path to a neighbor.
This assumes that all ASNs used for intra data center numbering
are from the Private Use ranges. The process for stripping the
Private Use ASNs is not currently standardized, see [REMOVAL].
However, most implementations at least follow the logic described
in this vendor's document [VENDOR-REMOVE-PRIVATE-AS], which is
enough for the design specified.
o Originate a default route to the data center devices. This is the
only place where a default route can be originated, as route
summarization is risky for the unmodified Clos topology.
Alternatively, Border Routers may simply relay the default route
learned from WAN routers. Advertising the default route from
Border Routers requires that all Border Routers be fully connected
to the WAN Routers upstream, to provide resistance to a single-
link failure causing the black-holing of traffic. To prevent
black-holing in the situation when all of the EBGP sessions to the
WAN routers fail simultaneously on a given device, it is more
desirable to readvertise the default route rather than originating
the default route via complicated conditional route origination
schemes provided by some implementations [CONDITIONALROUTE].
5.2.5. Route Summarization at the Edge
It is often desirable to summarize network reachability information
prior to advertising it to the WAN network due to the high amount of
IP prefixes originated from within the data center in a fully routed
network design. For example, a network with 2000 Tier 3 devices will
have at least 2000 servers subnets advertised into BGP, along with
the infrastructure prefixes. However, as discussed in Section 5.2.3,
the proposed network design does not allow for route summarization
due to the lack of peer links inside every tier.
However, it is possible to lift this restriction for the Border
Routers by devising a different connectivity model for these devices.
There are two options possible:
o Interconnect the Border Routers using a full-mesh of physical
links or using any other "peer-mesh" topology, such as ring or
hub-and-spoke. Configure BGP accordingly on all Border Leafs to
exchange network reachability information, e.g., by adding a mesh
of IBGP sessions. The interconnecting peer links need to be
appropriately sized for traffic that will be present in the case
of a device or link failure in the mesh connecting the Border
Routers.
o Tier 1 devices may have additional physical links provisioned
toward the Border Routers (which are Tier 2 devices from the
perspective of Tier 1). Specifically, if protection from a single
link or node failure is desired, each Tier 1 device would have to
connect to at least two Border Routers. This puts additional
requirements on the port count for Tier 1 devices and Border
Routers, potentially making it a nonuniform, larger port count,
device compared with the other devices in the Clos. This also
reduces the number of ports available to "regular" Tier 2
switches, and hence the number of clusters that could be
interconnected via Tier 1.
If any of the above options are implemented, it is possible to
perform route summarization at the Border Routers toward the WAN
network core without risking a routing black-hole condition under a
single link failure. Both of the options would result in nonuniform
topology as additional links have to be provisioned on some network
6. ECMP Considerations
This section covers the Equal Cost Multipath (ECMP) functionality for
Clos topology and discusses a few special requirements.
6.1. Basic ECMP
ECMP is the fundamental load-sharing mechanism used by a Clos
topology. Effectively, every lower-tier device will use all of its
directly attached upper-tier devices to load-share traffic destined
to the same IP prefix. The number of ECMP paths between any two Tier
3 devices in Clos topology is equal to the number of the devices in
the middle stage (Tier 1). For example, Figure 5 illustrates a
topology where Tier 3 device A has four paths to reach servers X and
Y, via Tier 2 devices B and C and then Tier 1 devices 1, 2, 3, and 4,
| DEV |
+->| 1 |--+
| +-----+ |
Tier 2 | | Tier 2
+-----+ | +-----+ | +-----+
+------------>| DEV |--+->| DEV |--+--| |-------------+
| +-----| B |--+ | 2 | +--| |-----+ |
| | +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ | |
| | | |
| +-----+---->| DEV |--+ | DEV | +--| |-----+-----+ |
| | | +---| C |--+->| 3 |--+--| |---+ | | |
| | | | +-----+ | +-----+ | +-----+ | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
+-----+ +-----+ | +-----+ | +-----+ +-----+
| DEV | | | Tier 3 +->| DEV |--+ Tier 3 | | | |
| A | | | | 4 | | | | |
+-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
| | | | | | | |
O O O O <- Servers -> X Y O O
Figure 5: ECMP Fan-Out Tree from A to X and Y
The ECMP requirement implies that the BGP implementation must support
multipath fan-out for up to the maximum number of devices directly
attached at any point in the topology in the upstream or downstream
direction. Normally, this number does not exceed half of the ports
found on a device in the topology. For example, an ECMP fan-out of
32 would be required when building a Clos network using 64-port
devices. The Border Routers may need to have wider fan-out to be
able to connect to a multitude of Tier 1 devices if route
summarization at Border Router level is implemented as described in
Section 5.2.5. If a device's hardware does not support wider ECMP,
logical link-grouping (link-aggregation at Layer 2) could be used to
provide "hierarchical" ECMP (Layer 3 ECMP coupled with Layer 2 ECMP)
to compensate for fan-out limitations. However, this approach
increases the risk of flow polarization, as less entropy will be
available at the second stage of ECMP.
Most BGP implementations declare paths to be equal from an ECMP
perspective if they match up to and including step (e) in
Section 9.1.2.2 of [RFC4271]. In the proposed network design there
is no underlying IGP, so all IGP costs are assumed to be zero or
otherwise the same value across all paths and policies may be applied
as necessary to equalize BGP attributes that vary in vendor defaults,
such as the MULTI_EXIT_DISC (MED) attribute and origin code. For
historical reasons, it is also useful to not use 0 as the equalized
MED value; this and some other useful BGP information is available in
[RFC4277]. Routing loops are unlikely due to the BGP best-path
selection process (which prefers shorter AS_PATH length), and longer
paths through the Tier 1 devices (which don't allow their own ASN in
the path) are not possible.
6.2. BGP ECMP over Multiple ASNs
For application load-balancing purposes, it is desirable to have the
same prefix advertised from multiple Tier 3 devices. From the
perspective of other devices, such a prefix would have BGP paths with
different AS_PATH attribute values, while having the same AS_PATH
attribute lengths. Therefore, BGP implementations must support load-
sharing over the above-mentioned paths. This feature is sometimes
known as "multipath relax" or "multipath multiple-AS" and effectively
allows for ECMP to be done across different neighboring ASNs if all
other attributes are equal as already described in the previous
6.3. Weighted ECMP
It may be desirable for the network devices to implement "weighted"
ECMP, to be able to send more traffic over some paths in ECMP fan-
out. This could be helpful to compensate for failures in the network
and send more traffic over paths that have more capacity. The
prefixes that require weighted ECMP would have to be injected using
remote BGP speaker (central agent) over a multi-hop session as
described further in Section 8.1. If support in implementations is
available, weight distribution for multiple BGP paths could be
signaled using the technique described in [LINK].
6.4. Consistent Hashing
It is often desirable to have the hashing function used for ECMP to
be consistent (see [CONS-HASH]), to minimize the impact on flow to
next-hop affinity changes when a next hop is added or removed to an
ECMP group. This could be used if the network device is used as a
load balancer, mapping flows toward multiple destinations -- in this
case, losing or adding a destination will not have a detrimental
effect on currently established flows. One particular recommendation
on implementing consistent hashing is provided in [RFC2992], though
other implementations are possible. This functionality could be
naturally combined with weighted ECMP, with the impact of the next
hop changes being proportional to the weight of the given next hop.
The downside of consistent hashing is increased load on hardware
resource utilization, as typically more resources (e.g., Ternary
Content-Addressable Memory (TCAM) space) are required to implement a
consistent-hashing function.
7. Routing Convergence Properties
This section reviews routing convergence properties in the proposed
design. A case is made that sub-second convergence is achievable if
the implementation supports fast EBGP peering session deactivation
and timely RIB and FIB updates upon failure of the associated link.
7.1. Fault Detection Timing
BGP typically relies on an IGP to route around link/node failures
inside an AS, and implements either a polling-based or an event-
driven mechanism to obtain updates on IGP state changes. The
proposed routing design does not use an IGP, so the remaining
mechanisms that could be used for fault detection are BGP keep-alive
time-out (or any other type of keep-alive mechanism) and link-failure
triggers.
Relying solely on BGP keep-alive packets may result in high
convergence delays, on the order of multiple seconds (on many BGP
implementations the minimum configurable BGP hold timer value is
three seconds). However, many BGP implementations can shut down
local EBGP peering sessions in response to the "link down" event for
the outgoing interface used for BGP peering. This feature is
sometimes called "fast fallover". Since links in modern data centers
are predominantly point-to-point fiber connections, a physical
interface failure is often detected in milliseconds and subsequently
triggers a BGP reconvergence.
Ethernet links may support failure signaling or detection standards
such as Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) as described in
[IEEE8021Q]; this may make failure detection more robust.
Alternatively, some platforms may support Bidirectional Forwarding
Detection (BFD) [RFC5880] to allow for sub-second failure detection
and fault signaling to the BGP process. However, the use of either
of these presents additional requirements to vendor software and
possibly hardware, and may contradict REQ1. Until recently with
[RFC7130], BFD also did not allow detection of a single member link
failure on a LAG, which would have limited its usefulness in some
7.2. Event Propagation Timing
In the proposed design, the impact of the BGP
MinRouteAdvertisementIntervalTimer (MRAI timer), as specified in
Section 9.2.1.1 of [RFC4271], should be considered. Per the
standard, it is required for BGP implementations to space out
consecutive BGP UPDATE messages by at least MRAI seconds, which is
often a configurable value. The initial BGP UPDATE messages after an
event carrying withdrawn routes are commonly not affected by this
timer. The MRAI timer may present significant convergence delays
when a BGP speaker "waits" for the new path to be learned from its
peers and has no local backup path information.
In a Clos topology, each EBGP speaker typically has either one path
(Tier 2 devices don't accept paths from other Tier 2 in the same
cluster due to same ASN) or N paths for the same prefix, where N is a
significantly large number, e.g., N=32 (the ECMP fan-out to the next
tier). Therefore, if a link fails to another device from which a
path is received there is either no backup path at all (e.g., from
the perspective of a Tier 2 switch losing the link to a Tier 3
device), or the backup is readily available in BGP Loc-RIB (e.g.,
from the perspective of a Tier 2 device losing the link to a Tier 1
switch). In the former case, the BGP withdrawal announcement will
propagate without delay and trigger reconvergence on affected
devices. In the latter case, the best path will be re-evaluated, and
the local ECMP group corresponding to the new next-hop set will be
changed. If the BGP path was the best path selected previously, an
"implicit withdraw" will be sent via a BGP UPDATE message as
described as Option b in Section 3.1 of [RFC4271] due to the BGP
AS_PATH attribute changing.
7.3. Impact of Clos Topology Fan-Outs
Clos topology has large fan-outs, which may impact the "Up->Down"
convergence in some cases, as described in this section. In a
situation when a link between Tier 3 and Tier 2 device fails, the
Tier 2 device will send BGP UPDATE messages to all upstream Tier 1
devices, withdrawing the affected prefixes. The Tier 1 devices, in
turn, will relay these messages to all downstream Tier 2 devices
(except for the originator). Tier 2 devices other than the one
originating the UPDATE should then wait for ALL upstream Tier 1
devices to send an UPDATE message before removing the affected
prefixes and sending corresponding UPDATE downstream to connected
Tier 3 devices. If the original Tier 2 device or the relaying Tier 1
devices introduce some delay into their UPDATE message announcements,
the result could be UPDATE message "dispersion", that could be as
long as multiple seconds. In order to avoid such a behavior, BGP
implementations must support "update groups". The "update group" is
defined as a collection of neighbors sharing the same outbound policy
-- the local speaker will send BGP updates to the members of the
group synchronously.
The impact of such "dispersion" grows with the size of topology fan-
out and could also grow under network convergence churn. Some
operators may be tempted to introduce "route flap dampening" type
features that vendors include to reduce the control-plane impact of
rapidly flapping prefixes. However, due to issues described with
false positives in these implementations especially under such
"dispersion" events, it is not recommended to enable this feature in
this design. More background and issues with "route flap dampening"
and possible implementation changes that could affect this are well
described in [RFC7196].
7.4. Failure Impact Scope
A network is declared to converge in response to a failure once all
devices within the failure impact scope are notified of the event and
have recalculated their RIBs and consequently updated their FIBs.
Larger failure impact scope typically means slower convergence since
more devices have to be notified, and results in a less stable
network. In this section, we describe BGP's advantages over link-
state routing protocols in reducing failure impact scope for a Clos
topology.
BGP behaves like a distance-vector protocol in the sense that only
the best path from the point of view of the local router is sent to
neighbors. As such, some failures are masked if the local node can
immediately find a backup path and does not have to send any updates
further. Notice that in the worst case, all devices in a data center
topology have to either withdraw a prefix completely or update the
ECMP groups in their FIBs. However, many failures will not result in
such a wide impact. There are two main failure types where impact
scope is reduced:
o Failure of a link between Tier 2 and Tier 1 devices: In this case,
a Tier 2 device will update the affected ECMP groups, removing the
failed link. There is no need to send new information to
downstream Tier 3 devices, unless the path was selected as best by
the BGP process, in which case only an "implicit withdraw" needs
to be sent and this should not affect forwarding. The affected
Tier 1 device will lose the only path available to reach a
particular cluster and will have to withdraw the associated
prefixes. Such a prefix withdrawal process will only affect Tier
2 devices directly connected to the affected Tier 1 device. The
Tier 2 devices receiving the BGP UPDATE messages withdrawing
prefixes will simply have to update their ECMP groups. The Tier 3
devices are not involved in the reconvergence process.
o Failure of a Tier 1 device: In this case, all Tier 2 devices
directly attached to the failed node will have to update their
ECMP groups for all IP prefixes from a non-local cluster. The
Tier 3 devices are once again not involved in the reconvergence
process, but may receive "implicit withdraws" as described above.
Even in the case of such failures where multiple IP prefixes will
have to be reprogrammed in the FIB, it is worth noting that all of
these prefixes share a single ECMP group on a Tier 2 device.
Therefore, in the case of implementations with a hierarchical FIB,
only a single change has to be made to the FIB. "Hierarchical FIB"
here means FIB structure where the next-hop forwarding information is
stored separately from the prefix lookup table, and the latter only
stores pointers to the respective forwarding information. See
[BGP-PIC] for discussion of FIB hierarchies and fast convergence.
Even though BGP offers reduced failure scope for some cases, further
reduction of the fault domain using summarization is not always
possible with the proposed design, since using this technique may
create routing black-holes as mentioned previously. Therefore, the
worst failure impact scope on the control plane is the network as a
whole -- for instance, in the case of a link failure between Tier 2
and Tier 3 devices. The amount of impacted prefixes in this case
would be much less than in the case of a failure in the upper layers
of a Clos network topology. The property of having such large
failure scope is not a result of choosing EBGP in the design but
rather a result of using the Clos topology.
7.5. Routing Micro-Loops
When a downstream device, e.g., Tier 2 device, loses all paths for a
prefix, it normally has the default route pointing toward the
upstream device -- in this case, the Tier 1 device. As a result, it
is possible to get in the situation where a Tier 2 switch loses a
prefix, but a Tier 1 switch still has the path pointing to the Tier 2
device; this results in a transient micro-loop, since the Tier 1
switch will keep passing packets to the affected prefix back to the
Tier 2 device, and the Tier 2 will bounce them back again using the
default route. This micro-loop will last for the time it takes the
upstream device to fully update its forwarding tables.
To minimize impact of such micro-loops, Tier 2 and Tier 1 switches
can be configured with static "discard" or "null" routes that will be
more specific than the default route for prefixes missing during
network convergence. For Tier 2 switches, the discard route should
be a summary route, covering all server subnets of the underlying
Tier 3 devices. For Tier 1 devices, the discard route should be a
summary covering the server IP address subnets allocated for the
whole data center. Those discard routes will only take precedence
for the duration of network convergence, until the device learns a
more specific prefix via a new path.
8. Additional Options for Design
8.1. Third-Party Route Injection
BGP allows for a "third-party", i.e., a directly attached BGP
speaker, to inject routes anywhere in the network topology, meeting
REQ5. This can be achieved by peering via a multi-hop BGP session
with some or even all devices in the topology. Furthermore, BGP
diverse path distribution [RFC6774] could be used to inject multiple
BGP next hops for the same prefix to facilitate load balancing, or
using the BGP ADD-PATH capability [RFC7911] if supported by the
implementation. Unfortunately, in many implementations, ADD-PATH has
been found to only support IBGP properly in the use cases for which
it was originally optimized; this limits the "third-party" peering to
IBGP only.
To implement route injection in the proposed design, a third-party
BGP speaker may peer with Tier 3 and Tier 1 switches, injecting the
same prefix, but using a special set of BGP next hops for Tier 1
devices. Those next hops are assumed to resolve recursively via BGP,
and could be, for example, IP addresses on Tier 3 devices. The
resulting forwarding table programming could provide desired traffic
proportion distribution among different clusters.
8.2. Route Summarization within Clos Topology
As mentioned previously, route summarization is not possible within
the proposed Clos topology since it makes the network susceptible to
route black-holing under single link failures. The main problem is
the limited number of redundant paths between network elements, e.g.,
there is only a single path between any pair of Tier 1 and Tier 3
devices. However, some operators may find route aggregation
desirable to improve control-plane stability.
If any technique to summarize within the topology is planned,
modeling of the routing behavior and potential for black-holing
should be done not only for single or multiple link failures, but
also for fiber pathway failures or optical domain failures when the
topology extends beyond a physical location. Simple modeling can be
done by checking the reachability on devices doing summarization
under the condition of a link or pathway failure between a set of
devices in every tier as well as to the WAN routers when external
connectivity is present.
Route summarization would be possible with a small modification to
the network topology, though the tradeoff would be reduction of the
total size of the network as well as network congestion under
specific failures. This approach is very similar to the technique
described above, which allows Border Routers to summarize the entire
data center address space.
8.2.1. Collapsing Tier 1 Devices Layer
In order to add more paths between Tier 1 and Tier 3 devices, group
Tier 2 devices into pairs, and then connect the pairs to the same
group of Tier 1 devices. This is logically equivalent to
"collapsing" Tier 1 devices into a group of half the size, merging
the links on the "collapsed" devices. The result is illustrated in
Figure 6. For example, in this topology DEV C and DEV D connect to
the same set of Tier 1 devices (DEV 1 and DEV 2), whereas before they
were connecting to different groups of Tier 1 devices.
Tier 2 Tier 1 Tier 2
+-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+-------------| DEV |------| DEV |------| |-------------+
| +-----| C |--++--| 1 |--++--| |-----+ |
| | +-----+ || +-----+ || +-----+ | |
| | || || | |
| +-----+-----| DEV |--++--| DEV |--++--| |-----+-----+ |
| | | +---| D |------| 2 |------| |---+ | | |
| | | | +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ | | | |
| | | | | | | |
+-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
| DEV | | DEV | | | | |
| A | | B | Tier 3 Tier 3 | | | |
O O O O <- Servers -> O O O O
Having this design in place, Tier 2 devices may be configured to
advertise only a default route down to Tier 3 devices. If a link
between Tier 2 and Tier 3 fails, the traffic will be re-routed via
the second available path known to a Tier 2 switch. It is still not
possible to advertise a summary route covering prefixes for a single
cluster from Tier 2 devices since each of them has only a single path
down to this prefix. It would require dual-homed servers to
accomplish that. Also note that this design is only resilient to
single link failures. It is possible for a double link failure to
isolate a Tier 2 device from all paths toward a specific Tier 3
device, thus causing a routing black-hole.
A result of the proposed topology modification would be a reduction
of the port capacity of Tier 1 devices. This limits the maximum
number of attached Tier 2 devices, and therefore will limit the
maximum DC network size. A larger network would require different
Tier 1 devices that have higher port density to implement this
Another problem is traffic rebalancing under link failures. Since
there are two paths from Tier 1 to Tier 3, a failure of the link
between Tier 1 and Tier 2 switch would result in all traffic that was
taking the failed link to switch to the remaining path. This will
result in doubling the link utilization on the remaining link.
8.2.2. Simple Virtual Aggregation
A completely different approach to route summarization is possible,
provided that the main goal is to reduce the FIB size, while allowing
the control plane to disseminate full routing information. Firstly,
it could be easily noted that in many cases multiple prefixes, some
of which are less specific, share the same set of the next hops (same
ECMP group). For example, from the perspective of Tier 3 devices,
all routes learned from upstream Tier 2 devices, including the
default route, will share the same set of BGP next hops, provided
that there are no failures in the network. This makes it possible to
use the technique similar to that described in [RFC6769] and only
install the least specific route in the FIB, ignoring more specific
routes if they share the same next-hop set. For example, under
normal network conditions, only the default route needs to be
programmed into the FIB.
Furthermore, if the Tier 2 devices are configured with summary
prefixes covering all of their attached Tier 3 device's prefixes, the
same logic could be applied in Tier 1 devices as well and, by
induction to Tier 2/Tier 3 switches in different clusters. These
summary routes should still allow for more specific prefixes to leak
to Tier 1 devices, to enable detection of mismatches in the next-hop
sets if a particular link fails, thus changing the next-hop set for a
specific prefix.
Restating once again, this technique does not reduce the amount of
control-plane state (i.e., BGP UPDATEs, BGP Loc-RIB size), but only
allows for more efficient FIB utilization, by detecting more specific
prefixes that share their next-hop set with a subsuming less specific
prefix.
8.3. ICMP Unreachable Message Masquerading
This section discusses some operational aspects of not advertising
point-to-point link subnets into BGP, as previously identified as an
option in Section 5.2.3. The operational impact of this decision
could be seen when using the well-known "traceroute" tool.
Specifically, IP addresses displayed by the tool will be the link's
point-to-point addresses, and hence will be unreachable for
management connectivity. This makes some troubleshooting more
One way to overcome this limitation is by using the DNS subsystem to
create the "reverse" entries for these point-to-point IP addresses
pointing to the same name as the loopback address. The connectivity
then can be made by resolving this name to the "primary" IP address
of the device, e.g., its Loopback interface, which is always
advertised into BGP. However, this creates a dependency on the DNS
subsystem, which may be unavailable during an outage.
Another option is to make the network device perform IP address
masquerading, that is, rewriting the source IP addresses of the
appropriate ICMP messages sent by the device with the "primary" IP
address of the device. Specifically, the ICMP Destination
Unreachable Message (type 3) code 3 (port unreachable) and ICMP Time
Exceeded (type 11) code 0 are required for correct operation of the
"traceroute" tool. With this modification, the "traceroute" probes
sent to the devices will always be sent back with the "primary" IP
address as the source, allowing the operator to discover the
"reachable" IP address of the box. This has the downside of hiding
the address of the "entry point" into the device. If the devices
support [RFC5837], this may allow the best of both worlds by
providing the information about the incoming interface even if the
return address is the "primary" IP address.
The design does not introduce any additional security concerns.
General BGP security considerations are discussed in [RFC4271] and
[RFC4272]. Since a DC is a single-operator domain, this document
assumes that edge filtering is in place to prevent attacks against
the BGP sessions themselves from outside the perimeter of the DC.
This may be a more feasible option for most deployments than having
to deal with key management for TCP MD5 as described in [RFC2385] or
dealing with the lack of implementations of the TCP Authentication
Option [RFC5925] available at the time of publication of this
document. The Generalized TTL Security Mechanism [RFC5082] could
also be used to further reduce the risk of BGP session spoofing.
[RFC4271] Rekhter, Y., Ed., Li, T., Ed., and S. Hares, Ed., "A
Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)", RFC 4271,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4271, January 2006,
[RFC6996] Mitchell, J., "Autonomous System (AS) Reservation for
Private Use", BCP 6, RFC 6996, DOI 10.17487/RFC6996, July
[ALFARES2008]
Al-Fares, M., Loukissas, A., and A. Vahdat, "A Scalable,
Commodity Data Center Network Architecture",
DOI 10.1145/1402958.1402967, August 2008,
<http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1402967>.
[ALLOWASIN]
Cisco Systems, "Allowas-in Feature in BGP Configuration
Example", February 2015,
<http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ip/
border-gateway-protocol-bgp/112236-allowas-in-bgp-config-
example.html>.
[BGP-PIC] Bashandy, A., Ed., Filsfils, C., and P. Mohapatra, "BGP
Prefix Independent Convergence", Work in Progress,
draft-ietf-rtgwg-bgp-pic-02, August 2016.
[CLOS1953] Clos, C., "A Study of Non-Blocking Switching Networks",
The Bell System Technical Journal, Vol. 32(2),
DOI 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1953.tb01433.x, March 1953.
[CONDITIONALROUTE]
Cisco Systems, "Configuring and Verifying the BGP
Conditional Advertisement Feature", August 2005,
border-gateway-protocol-bgp/16137-cond-adv.html>.
[CONS-HASH]
Wikipedia, "Consistent Hashing", July 2016,
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/
index.php?title=Consistent_hashing&oldid=728825684>.
[FB4POST] Farrington, N. and A. Andreyev, "Facebook's Data Center
Network Architecture", May 2013,
<http://nathanfarrington.com/papers/facebook-oic13.pdf>.
[GREENBERG2009]
Greenberg, A., Hamilton, J., and D. Maltz, "The Cost of a
Cloud: Research Problems in Data Center Networks",
DOI 10.1145/1496091.1496103, January 2009,
[HADOOP] Apache, "Apache Hadoop", April 2016,
<https://hadoop.apache.org/>.
[IANA.AS] IANA, "Autonomous System (AS) Numbers",
<http://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers>.
[IEEE8021D-1990]
IEEE, "IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area
Networks: Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges", IEEE
Std 802.1D, DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.1991.101050, 1991,
<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=2255>.
Std 802.1D, DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.2004.94569, June 2004,
[IEEE8021Q]
Networks: Bridges and Bridged Networks", IEEE Std 802.1Q,
DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.2014.6991462,
<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/
opac?punumber=6991460>.
[IEEE8023AD]
IEEE, "Amendment to Carrier Sense Multiple Access With
Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical
Layer Specifications - Aggregation of Multiple Link
Segments", IEEE Std 802.3ad,
DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.2000.91610, October 2000,
[INTERCON] Dally, W. and B. Towles, "Principles and Practices of
Interconnection Networks", ISBN 978-0122007514, January
2004, <http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=995703>.
[JAKMA2008]
Jakma, P., "BGP Path Hunting", 2008,
<https://blogs.oracle.com/paulj/entry/bgp_path_hunting>.
[L3DSR] Schaumann, J., "L3DSR - Overcoming Layer 2 Limitations of
Direct Server Return Load Balancing", 2011,
<https://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog51/presentations/
Monday/NANOG51.Talk45.nanog51-Schaumann.pdf>.
[LINK] Mohapatra, P. and R. Fernando, "BGP Link Bandwidth
Extended Community", Work in Progress, draft-ietf-idr-
link-bandwidth-06, January 2013.
[REMOVAL] Mitchell, J., Rao, D., and R. Raszuk, "Private Autonomous
System (AS) Removal Requirements", Work in Progress,
draft-mitchell-grow-remove-private-as-04, April 2015.
[RFC2328] Moy, J., "OSPF Version 2", STD 54, RFC 2328,
[RFC2385] Heffernan, A., "Protection of BGP Sessions via the TCP MD5
Signature Option", RFC 2385, DOI 10.17487/RFC2385, August
[RFC2992] Hopps, C., "Analysis of an Equal-Cost Multi-Path
Algorithm", RFC 2992, DOI 10.17487/RFC2992, November 2000,
[RFC4272] Murphy, S., "BGP Security Vulnerabilities Analysis",
[RFC4277] McPherson, D. and K. Patel, "Experience with the BGP-4
Protocol", RFC 4277, DOI 10.17487/RFC4277, January 2006,
[RFC4786] Abley, J. and K. Lindqvist, "Operation of Anycast
Services", BCP 126, RFC 4786, DOI 10.17487/RFC4786,
[RFC5082] Gill, V., Heasley, J., Meyer, D., Savola, P., Ed., and C.
Pignataro, "The Generalized TTL Security Mechanism
(GTSM)", RFC 5082, DOI 10.17487/RFC5082, October 2007,
[RFC5837] Atlas, A., Ed., Bonica, R., Ed., Pignataro, C., Ed., Shen,
N., and JR. Rivers, "Extending ICMP for Interface and
Next-Hop Identification", RFC 5837, DOI 10.17487/RFC5837,
April 2010, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5837>.
[RFC5880] Katz, D. and D. Ward, "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
(BFD)", RFC 5880, DOI 10.17487/RFC5880, June 2010,
[RFC5925] Touch, J., Mankin, A., and R. Bonica, "The TCP
Authentication Option", RFC 5925, DOI 10.17487/RFC5925,
June 2010, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5925>.
[RFC6325] Perlman, R., Eastlake 3rd, D., Dutt, D., Gai, S., and A.
Ghanwani, "Routing Bridges (RBridges): Base Protocol
Specification", RFC 6325, DOI 10.17487/RFC6325, July 2011,
[RFC6769] Raszuk, R., Heitz, J., Lo, A., Zhang, L., and X. Xu,
"Simple Virtual Aggregation (S-VA)", RFC 6769,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6769, October 2012,
[RFC6774] Raszuk, R., Ed., Fernando, R., Patel, K., McPherson, D.,
and K. Kumaki, "Distribution of Diverse BGP Paths",
[RFC6793] Vohra, Q. and E. Chen, "BGP Support for Four-Octet
Autonomous System (AS) Number Space", RFC 6793,
[RFC7067] Dunbar, L., Eastlake 3rd, D., Perlman, R., and I.
Gashinsky, "Directory Assistance Problem and High-Level
Design Proposal", RFC 7067, DOI 10.17487/RFC7067, November
[RFC7130] Bhatia, M., Ed., Chen, M., Ed., Boutros, S., Ed.,
Binderberger, M., Ed., and J. Haas, Ed., "Bidirectional
Forwarding Detection (BFD) on Link Aggregation Group (LAG)
Interfaces", RFC 7130, DOI 10.17487/RFC7130, February
[RFC7196] Pelsser, C., Bush, R., Patel, K., Mohapatra, P., and O.
Maennel, "Making Route Flap Damping Usable", RFC 7196,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7196, May 2014,
[RFC7911] Walton, D., Retana, A., Chen, E., and J. Scudder,
"Advertisement of Multiple Paths in BGP", RFC 7911,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7911, July 2016,
[VENDOR-REMOVE-PRIVATE-AS]
Cisco Systems, "Removing Private Autonomous System Numbers
in BGP", August 2005,
<http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/
technologies_tech_note09186a0080093f27.shtml>.
This publication summarizes the work of many people who participated
in developing, testing, and deploying the proposed network design,
some of whom were George Chen, Parantap Lahiri, Dave Maltz, Edet
Nkposong, Robert Toomey, and Lihua Yuan. The authors would also like
to thank Linda Dunbar, Anoop Ghanwani, Susan Hares, Danny McPherson,
Robert Raszuk, and Russ White for reviewing this document and
providing valuable feedback, and Mary Mitchell for initial grammar
and style suggestions.
Petr Lapukhov
1 Hacker Way
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Email: petr@fb.com
Ariff Premji
Email: ariff@arista.com
URI: http://arista.com/
Jon Mitchell (editor)
Email: jrmitche@puck.nether.net
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France: Christine Lagarde and Nicolas Sarkozy in new corruption scandal
Jul 18, 2012 | General, Politics, Public Service, Uncategorized | 0 |
18 July 2012. Miss Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was alleged to have authorised a £270 million payout to a prominent supporter of the former French president when she was his finance minister. Lagarde and Sarkozy are facing fresh charges over the amount of compensation that Mr Sarkozy’s government should have paid following the collapse of Itea, an insurance company, in 2009. Xavier Musca, a financial expert, is said to have recommended to Miss Lagarde that Maurice Nussenbaum, another expert, receive the Legion d’Honneur, France’s top civilian award, so he would rule in the government’s favour in the trade dispute. Mr Nussenbaum later produced a report assessing the loss of Christian Laurent, who ran Itea, at zero, rather than the €400 million (£315 million) he claimed. Anti-corruption police in Paris have launched a preliminary inquiry after Mr Laurent filed a complaint against Mr Musca, who went on to become Mr Sarkozy’s chief of staff. Mr Laurent also indicated that he will take legal action against Miss Lagarde, although the complaint will have to be sanctioned by a dedicated legal body dealing with allegations against former ministers.
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How Does Cupping Work?
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TDP Lamp – How it Works and When You Should Use It
The TDP Mineral Lamp is a relatively new therapeutic device that treats ailments by emitting far infrared light. Created a scarce 16 years ago, this method is being increasingly used by physical therapists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, and other healthcare professionals to help their patients with chronic illnesses.
The TDP Lamp is safe to use, non-invasive and easy to use and works to treat diseases by replacing the lost mineral content in the body. You can buy one of these devices and use it in the comfort of your home.
We highly recommend the following TDP Mineral Lamps for great results.
What is the TDP Mineral Lamp?
Acronym for “Teding Diancibo Pu,” the TDP lamp is also called a “special electromagnetic spectrum” lamp. It works on the belief that the far infrared light or mid-IR wavelengths it emits can loosen the fibrous tissues connecting the muscles and organs. Blood can thus circulate more freely in the smallest of vessels in the body by way of microcirculation and promote healing.
Not only does the blood deliver fresh oxygen, nutrients, and healing enzymes into the body cells, it also works to carry away toxins, dead cells, debris, and other waste. In this way, the device stimulates the body to heal itself in a process similar to the healing energy that radiates from the hands of a massage therapist. The device is also believed to work according to the basis of Traditional Chinese Medicine or TCM by promoting the free movement of “qi,” “chi” or life energy in the body.
Origins of the TDP Lamp
The original design for the TDP Lamp was first developed in China in the year 1978 as a result of studies conducted on the workers that worked in a black clay plant in a rural area. Researchers were surprised to note that despite working in conditions of extreme heat and cold, and in wet environs, the employees remained healthy and rarely fell sick.
When analyses were conducted on the hot clay, they found that it emitted a beneficial far infrared radiation. Using these findings as a base, Gou Wenbin, an inventor created the first TDP Lamp and exhibited it at the Zagreb International Fair in Yugoslavia in 1986 where it won the gold medal. Later in the same year, it was also displayed at the Brussels Eureka World Fair for Invention winning the silver medal.
How the TDP Lamp is Made
The TDP Lamp resembles a typical lamp mounted on a movable base with a vertical pole, spring arm, and head. It also includes a timer, either mechanical or digital. The wire cage head of the lamp comprises of a heat reflector, insulator, mineral plate, and heating plate activated with electricity. The key component of the TDP Lamp is the mineral plate that is heated to 870 °F or 466 °C. This device can emit far infrared radiation that ranges from 2 to 50 micrometers.
The mineral plate of the device comprises of an iron plate that is about 0.5 to 1.5
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How the TDP Lamp Works
When the mineral plate in the TDP Lamp is heated to a high temperature, the minerals in it are ionized. The heat, radiation, and electromagnetic waves of the lamp carry these ions into the human body by penetrating up to 3 ½ inches below the surface of the skin and into the muscles. In their iconic state, the minerals can stimulate the healing and metabolic processes of your body.
Each time you suffer stress, anxiety, illnesses, injuries, or fatigue, your body needs minerals to rebuild and rejuvenate itself. A weakened immune system also needs the boost of minerals so it can heal. By using the channel of heat waves that are similar to the natural energy of your body, the TDP lamp also called a Miracle Lamp can deliver the essential minerals that your body needs for health, healing, and wellness.
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The micro-circulation of blood caused by the TDP Lamp can have many beneficial effects on the human body. The warmth can ease the stiffness in the muscles and reduce inflammation simply by spending time lying under it.
You can lie under the lamp head at a distance of 12 to 16 inches with the heat directed on the affected area. You’re likely to feel only a warm sensation that is soothing and relaxing. The duration of each session depends on the kind of illness the patient has.
To lower pain and stiffness, and promote better health, 6 to 20 sessions are needed, each lasting for about 5 to 40 minutes, once a day.
To help with joint pain and ease movement, each session must last for 30 minutes and is taken for seven days.
To reduce muscle spasms, treat muscle strains and sprains, or relieve back pain, shorter sessions can be taken as needed.
Benefits of the TDP Lamp
Approved by the FDA for sale without the need for Premarket Approval Application or PMA, the TDP Lamp is being used in many countries including the U.S., China, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and Israel. It has been found to be very beneficial in treating ailments of the soft tissues and easing chronic pain. Here are some of the conditions it can treat.
Stimulates the hypothalamus to produce neurochemicals that in turn help patients sleep better, elevate mood, ease sensations of pain, and lower hypertension.
Promotes smooth movement by relieving inflammation and discomfort in case of arthritis, paralysis, joint pain, shoulder pain, and lower back pain.
Helps in the healing of bone fractures
Treats skin conditions like dermatitis and bruises, among others
Helps erase skin scarring
Promotes metabolism levels
Helps with chest condition like pneumonia and colds. Also, helps treat flu.
Treats reproductive issues like irregular menstruation and impotence
Relieves diarrhea and edema
Helps with angina, tumors, and any other infections
Speeds the healing of injuries, sores, and diabetic ulcers
Enhances the functioning of the white blood cells and thus, cures infections
Contraindications of the TDP Lamp
While using the TDP Lamp is completely safe and can be utilized by any person, patients with certain conditions may be advised not to use the device.
Patients that have neuropathy and cannot sense temperature properly can accidentally burn with the heat.
Children and infants who cannot express if they’re too hot should not be given the treatment.
Patients that have implants like pacemakers, silicone, or metal should avoid the treatment since the implants can absorb and retain heat differently than human tissue and can cause internal burns.
The treatment should never be taken on the head, or it can dry out the eyes especially in the case of patients that have hypertension.
The device must not be used if the patient has a fever, earache, eye infections, varicose veins, or a tendency to bleed easily.
Pregnant women are also advised against the treatment.
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Here are the results of the studies carried out into the effectiveness of TDP lamp therapy.
The findings of the survey conducted by three medical centers in Colorado were declared at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions. 49 patients with diabetes were given the treatment in 12 sessions for 30 minutes at a time. They showed a significant improvement in the numbness they felt in their feet and doctors found that the risk for amputation was much lowered.
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Zika mosquitoes not found in Cyprus
By Annette Chrysostomou February 2, 2016 February 2, 2016 17 73
The species of mosquito that acts as host for the tropical Zika virus have not been found in Cyprus according to public health service official Pambos Charilaou.
“A study carried out by the health services in 2013 on mosquito species present on the island did not find any of the species which act as hosts to the particular virus,” the official said on Tuesday.
He noted that such studies are constantly being made and also pointed out that the ministry has 130 employees who are working to spray mosquitoes, adding that municipalities conduct their own mosquito control.
In a statement, Charilaou also noted that in cooperation with the foreign ministry a travel advice will be issued containing guidelines for people intending to travel to affected countries.
The health ministry’s statement was issued after the Zika virus outbreak was declared an international public health emergency by the World Health Organisation on Monday.
This decision was made after an emergency meeting in Geneva to assess the outbreak after a link between Zika and a surge of babies born with abnormally small heads was noticed.
The rare move came after the organisation was criticised for not acting sooner on the Ebola outbreak. It signals the seriousness of the outbreak and is expected to trigger increased money and efforts to stop the outbreak, as well as prompting research into possible treatments and vaccines.
Until now no vaccine or anti-viral treatment has been developed.
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Hipsters Take Page From David Einhorn, John Paulson's Playabooks
"I expect gold to double. At least to double," says Adam Gold, a Brooklyn filmmaker, who's at the East Village bar Arlo and Esme, mingling at a meet up event with fellow supporters of Texas congressman Ron Paul. Paul is a big fan of gold and believes ever since the U.S. went off the gold standard in the 1970s, the government has been able to print money "out of thin air," eroding the value of the dollar. Adam Gold invests in the yellow metal through a broker, who holds it on the filmmaker’s behalf in vaults around the country. "I'm not yet to the point, although I may well get there, where I actually physically hold the gold in a safe in my apartment," Gold says. Cris Rodriguez, on the other hand, does keep his gold nearby, at an undisclosed location. The 29-year-old NYU graduate, who works in music production, says every three months he scrapes together enough money to buy coins directly from gold dealers in Manhattan. "I don't have a tremendous amount of money to invest but I'd rather start off as a base owning the physical gold," Rodriguez says. [WNYC via DI]
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It looked like JP&Co. may have turned the corner in January. This proved illusory. It looked like JP&Co. may have turned the corner in January. This proved illusory.
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‘Grand Designs’ on Netflix Is A Love Letter To The Art of Design and The Science of Building
By Scott Hines Twitter @actioncookbook Jan 24, 2019 at 1:00pm
Photo: Netflix
Kevin McCloud is willing to be proven wrong. Until then, he is skeptical.
For nineteen seasons – four of which are currently streaming on Netflix – McCloud has hosted Grand Designs, a British reality show that follows individual builders as they plan, design and construct fantastically ambitious houses. The audacity of their visions can give cause for serious doubt – a subterranean home buried in the middle of a central London block; a house designed to float on the floodwaters of the Thames; a sprawling manor made from mud and straw. The builders, most of them ordinary people — albeit often rather wealthy ones — have likely bit off more than they can chew, and McCloud’s not shy about expressing his reservations.
A trained theatrical and lighting designer, McCloud is the bedrock of the show. At the beginning of each episode, nattily attired from a seemingly-endless supply of stylish jackets, he sits with the viewer and explains the ambitions of the builders. Computer animations illustrate how the project will come together if all goes right. It’s a love letter to both the art of design and the science of building; he gives careful attention to the nuts and bolts of foundation and structural design, of complex systems, unique material applications and daring construction techniques. Bolstered by a lovely score, McCloud’s understated narration carries us through what unfolds as a short film about a big dream.
Eschewing the fast-track, suitable-for-six-weeks-of-filming construction schedule of many HGTV or DIY Network shows stateside, Grand Designs moves at the pace of real-world construction. That is to say, it takes time, and the projects don’t always proceed in a straight line. Episodes are filmed over the course of years — dates are shown on screen, sometimes hopping ahead six months or more with little progress — as construction moves at the whim and pleasure of reality. Money runs out, a contractor’s business goes under, an illness strikes the homeowner and shifts their priorities. With months or years and countless monies invested in their work, the clients may come to a realization that McCloud had at the outset: their idea is going to be more difficult to execute than they had imagined.
Admittedly, most home shows have drama. This isn’t screaming-for-the-cameras, “we have to flip this home before the next mortgage payment” manufactured conflict, though. It’s a thoroughly realistic portrayal of construction – at least, the narrow subset of construction that is high-design single-family home-building. I say this with confidence, as a practicing architect myself. I’ve never seen my line of work portrayed on screen so accurately. I recently worked on an especially star-crossed home project, and often found myself remarking — on both good days and bad days — that “this would have been perfect for Grand Designs!”.
Home-building shows aren’t normally binge-watch material, but the variety of styles, personalities, budgets and settings Grand Designs portrays keeps it from ever getting stale. There are museum-like urban spaces, treehouses and beachfront properties, a home built into a prehistoric cave and the aforementioned mud palace — cob, that is, a traditional building material stomped and beaten into shape by hand and foot — the passion project of a man who’s dedicated his life to reviving the process. There is genuine architectural innovation: a home whose watertight basement sits freely within a second concrete shell bobs up like a toy in a bathtub, rising on fixed rails when flood waters would inundate a traditional house. Some are the spendthrift follies of the super-rich, some are the carefully-considered projects of people with just enough money to match their vision – and some are the province of the possibly-quite-daft.
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When these projects do succeed — and fortunately for the viewer, most do — it’s a moment of genuine, effusive appreciation by McCloud as he visits again, having last seen the project in the ugly midst of construction. “This is something of a transformation. What was once a rubbish dump is now a hidden gem,” he intones in one breathless voice-over, seeing an especially fraught project come to fruition. He tours the completed home, gushing over details that seemed just minutes ago as though they might never materialize, finding artfully crafted spaces where there had been unfinished concrete and rough carpentry.
In the last several years, viewers have flocked to calming television; the supportive communality of The Great British Bake Off, the aspirational home-harmonizing of Tidying Up, even the nostalgic revisiting of classic programs like The Joy of Painting. Grand Designs fits comfortably in this niche; despite the drama, there is something truly soothing about watching these houses come together. Years of labor, stress and struggle are captured in each episode, but it only takes us 48 minutes to get there. When we do, we’re rewarded with a tour of a magnificent space and a feeling of accomplishment for completing the journey.
And, best of all, it’s not our money on the line.
Scott Hines is an architect, blogger and internet user who lives in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife, two young children, and a small, loud dog.
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NextDJGENERAL’s Exclusive Interview With Stephen Stohn
DJGENERAL Interviews Stephen Stohn Pt 2 (DEGRASSI EPISODE TITLES 1025-1044)
Kary on August 20, 2010
Before we get into Part 2 of DJGENERAL’s interview with Stephen Stohn, there’s two things I want to address:
1) Episodes reviews for Still Fighting It 1 and 2
I haven’t even seen these two episodes yet. I’ve been having major computer issues the past couple of days…aka it’s stopped working. After freaking out for forever I think I’ve *fixed* it, but I assume it’s only a temporary fix. So I have to put reviews on hold for now…my priority is trying to either fix my computer permanently or at the very least backup all of the files on my computer, including 20+ gb of Degrassi projects, photos, old videos/promos, etc.
2) Leaks.
I’ll openly admit that the reason I got into Degrassi back in 2004 is because of the ability to download the episodes. After the moment that got me on hooked on this show (watching a Season 3 marathon on TV) I remember one day hearing of this “secret” episode called “Accidents Will Happen,” and thanks to a group called Degrassi The Next Generation Hangout I found it. Back then (when Canada was always ahead of the U.S. in terms of airing episodes and long before episodes were available on itunes), a Canadian fan would manually record the show from their TV, then graciously make episodes available to people here in the U.S. who wanted to keep up with the show as it aired in Canada.
Now “leaks” aren’t episodes available for download. Leaks are episodes available for download BEFORE they’ve aired on broadcast television. Personally, unless you’re a member of the press or something I don’t see the advantage of seeing episodes like a day in advance…and I’m a guy who doesn’t have MuchMusic or TeenNick (I had it and was one of the many who got screwed over when they switch to their own channel…yes I’m still bitter about it).
Stephen Stohn is most concerned with information from the leaked episodes spoiling it for those who want to wait to watch the episode. I definitely see where he’s coming from as I’ve made it my goal to be 100% in the dark about this week’s episodes, and most especially next week’s episodes, “Purple Pills” and “All Falls Down.” I’m talking about to the point where I have not even watched any of the promos, and have no intention of doing so.
I know a major issue (for US fans whose only option is to watch episodes online) is that MuchMusic.com allows you to watch the episodes as soon as it has aired on TV, but TeenNick.com does not. That’s frustrated me for years because to me making the episode available to watch online immediately after it’s aired is a common-sense move…heck, even later that night would suffice…therefore (in giant letters) I hope the powers that be are reading this and make it happen.
People are thrilled and excited about Degrassi and that’s great, but at the same time it’s not the end of the world if you can’t see the episode right at this very second, or at 9pm with the rest of the world.
NOW…….Back to why everyone’s here!
Yesterday I posted Part 1 of DJGENERAL’s interview with Stephen Stohn. Below is Part 2 of the interview, which includes the episode titles for 1025 – 1044.
DJ is in the works to interview casts members as well. He will be posting updates about who/when on his twitter page. So if you have any burning questions for the cast, make sure to tweet or direct message him on twitter!
DJGENERAL’s INTERVIEW WITH DEGRASSI EXECUTIVE PRODUCER STEPHEN STOHN (PART 2)
During the series run, the show has featured many guest stars that include: Billy Ray Cyrus, Natasha Bedingfield, Alanis Morissette, Jay Manuel, Perez Hilton, Pete Wentz, Kevin Smith, and Jason Mewes. How do the guest appearances come about?
Each one is different. In the case of Billy Ray, he was working in Toronto on another show and his daughters kept bugging him about Degrassi! He was totally charming—in fact, everyone of the guest stars we’ve had on the show have been wonderfully charming! Kevin of course everyone knows has been a Degrassi fan for years, Oh and a piece of tiny trivia—that’s me in the background (with my back turned away from the camera) during the Perez Hilton scene!
Over the past 10 seasons, do you have any regrets of a storyline you gave to a certain character? Maybe something at the time felt right, but after it aired, it was something you felt was not a good idea? Maybe a storyline you gave one character you wish you would have gave another?
There are a few storylines that we laugh at ourselves about and say how did we ever let that one slip through! But one of the wonderful thing about working with such a large ensemble cast, and a cast who keeps changing as students graduate and others join the school, we can approach different issues from completely different points of view. So there are no regrets, only opportunities to do things differently the next time!
What season do you feel best represents Degrassi? Why?
I will keep Season 10 apart from the discussion because it is still ongoing, and the new method of releasing the episodes has been so successful and so much fun we are all having the time of our lives this season. Apart from Season 10, the season (I think it was 4) when Jimmy got shot was definitely my favourite… I really felt we all got in our stride that season and told difficult stories with a lot of nuance…
NOTE: It was actually season 3, but we forgive you Stephen!!!
One of the biggest shocks for the series was when series regular and fan favorite J.T. Yorke was killed off. If J.T. didn’t die the night he was stabbed, what do you think his character would be up to right now?
I think there is every chance he would have married Liberty, he was that kind of guy… He would have been a wonderful father. Such a great sense of humour, and a kind heart—just like Ryan in real life.
Besides deaths on the show, Degrassi has lost a lot of cast members to other projects. The biggest star to come from the show is, without a doubt, Aubrey “Drake” Graham. He recently had the #1 album in the US, and has sold almost 1 million copies of the CD. Have you heard the CD? What is it like to say you knew him since he was a kid, before he was famous? What is your relationship with Drake now?
We had a very emotional reunion with him at the Juno Awards in Newfoundland a few months back. His mother was with him (and Justin Bieber was too!) and we had a very heartfelt hugs and conversations… he was with us during some very formative years in his life and we’ve always felt really close to him and really proud of him… During his seven or eight years with us, we would listen to his music, and I always thought his lyrics were incredible. When the album came out I was I played it over and over and just felt happy…
There are a lot of smaller characters, mainly teachers, which have appeared throughout almost the entire series including Coach Armstrong, Ms. Sauvé, Mr. Perino, and Ms. Kwan. While they don’t always play a big role in the episodes, it is always nice for the fans to see a familiar face we’ve loved since the beginning. Are the actors under contract, and whenever you call them, they show up? Or is it more along the lines whenever they are free, they contact you, and you put them in an episode?
It’s the latter. For the character like teachers whose storylines aren’t pivotal we work with them when they are free. But we love having them return year after year… it makes it just like a real school.
Mr. Simpson, portrayed by Stefan Brogren, is one of the most loved characters on the show. He is also the only person to appear in all 10 seasons of Degrassi, and had a main role in the original series. He went from student, to teacher, and now in season 10, the principal. Not only has he been an actor, but he has played a big role in the technical aspects of the show by directing online content, and some actual episodes. Just how important and influential is Stefan Brogren to the show? How did having him get so involved (directing) come to be?
Stefan is one of the most talented people in the world. We knew that he wanted to direct, and he got his chance working on all the minis. Then at one point we were talking with Kevin Smith who said he wanted to direct Degrassi Goes Hollywood. We thought it would be great for Stefan to shadow Kevin… But then some timing crunches came up and Kevin couldn’t direct—and suddenly Stefan’s first network television directing job was the entire Degrassi Goes Hollywood movie. He was just so good at it; the L.A. crew loved working with him and even compared him to Clint Eastwood. So now he is one of our mainstay directors. But on top of that he contributes to guiding the writing, the editing and other aspects of producing—and does it all with total passion and joy. I hope he’s involved with us forever.
Before the interview is over, many people wanted me to find out if there was any information regarding the 2nd half of the season that you can announce. Any small clues or info on things we can expect? Episode titles?
1025-26 – Don’t Let Me Get Me
1027-28 – Love Lockdown
1029-30 – Umbrella
1031-32 – Halo
1033-34 – When Love Takes Over
1035-36 – The Way We Get By
1037-38 – Jesus, Etc.
1039-40 – Hide and Seek
1041-42 – Chasing Pavements
1043-44 – Drop the World
Thanks for taking the time to do this interview Stephen! We are all looking forward to the rest of the season, and the series.
Tagged in: Degrassi, degrassi season 10, degrassi spoilers, degrassi the boiling point, degrassi the next generation, degrassi tng, much music, teennick
Hc760 August 20, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Or, as Wesley would say, I larvae it.
facultybob August 20, 2010 at 7:15 pm
Jlaa August 20, 2010 at 5:40 pm
great interview!!!
jhon August 20, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Wasn’t the shooting in season 4?
Wow awesome episode titles
The season finale title drop the world sounds awesome!
stevietheicequeen August 20, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Uh, no, Kary. Stohn is right. It’s season four.
Bl@ke August 20, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Drop the world isnt the season finale, theres 48 episodes
I’m assuming that the last four episodes will be combined into another 2 hour movie event just like this past season.
Oh, your probably right, I did not think about that
just realized episodes 45, 46, 47, and 48 are missing lol.
Riki August 20, 2010 at 5:41 pm
wellllll The canadian websites work on my computer!!!!!!!!!!! i lhuvv watchin the shows on the muchmusic website
branduhnn:p August 20, 2010 at 5:46 pm
:O,,i totally love the ep. titles,:D
person August 20, 2010 at 5:50 pm
but jimmy DID get shot in season 4!!!!!!!! stephen was right!
and billy ray cyrus’s daughters . . . does that mean that miley cyrus watches (or used to watch) degrassi? because if so, i suddenly gained a lot of respect for her.
i love the episode titles, especially “Jesus, Etc.”, for some reason. sounds like a Clare storyline.
and aren’t there 48 eps? so “Drop the World” isnt the season finale. thats a shame, i think. sounds like a parallel (the title is, at least) to “All Falls Down”
and it feels weird having ‘Umbrella’ and ‘Halo’ as episode titles . . . this is the first time there’s been a title that’s a song that i actually listened to when it was new.
Bee August 20, 2010 at 6:14 pm
i thumb you down caause.. you didnt listen to drop the world?
Me August 20, 2010 at 9:06 pm
hahah..drop the world is my ultimate favorite song! i love it..i love lil wayne!!!! FREE WEEZY!!!
Cassie August 22, 2010 at 9:14 am
think they meant this season as a whole, not just those two songs
T-Tori August 23, 2010 at 3:03 am
there all song titiles and they mainly remind me of clare and eli espically love lock down
LNJ August 20, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Ah, I’m glad they kept up with each episode being a two-parter! But now that they’re airing it once a week, it’s gonna be WAY more annoying haha. I wonder if they’ll ever just develop one-hour episodes that run as a single one.
These titles seem a lot less insightful than the ones from BP, but still really awesome. It’s great to see an Imogen Heap and Spoon song up there! Don’t Let Me Get Me sounds somewhat intense, like a self-hate or self-destructive kinda deal. Jesus, Etc. strikes me as a Clare episode, probably dealing with her religion coming back to the forefront. Oh and Halo might be about the supposed death/loss that’ll occur this season, sounds to me like it’s dealing with the aftermath.
well in halo like the first lyrics
“remember those i built but baby there tumbling down”
i personally think its an eclare one i no im obsecced with them but i cant help it
and in love lock down i think its either a sav and holly j. one or eclare
Ry August 26, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Okay so I totally agree that the episode “Jesus Etc.” will probably be about Clair. I Think thank it could go two or three ways. 1 I think that Clare could start to become unsure of her Christian beliefs or start to view things differently, maybe even get into some trouble… I personally wouldn’t want to see that because I think it’s cool to see that the show isn’t portraying basically their Christian character as really judgmental and stoic. 2 I could see a Clare and Eli argument about religion because Eli doesn’t strike me as the most religious guy on the face of the planet and with his girlfriend dying and all of the stuff he’s been through I could see him not really wanting to hear about God, which in turn could really affect their relationship. the 3rd thing I could see happening is instead of Clare and Eli fighting over religion I could see her converting him to a Christian or something, kind of like Darcy and Spinner in season 5, when Spinner gets his virginity back and all. Anyway those were just some of my thoughts
ok August 20, 2010 at 5:53 pm
time stands still is in season 4, but whatever haha
really great interview, i love the episode titles!
Selena August 20, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Don’t Let Me Get Me
Guessing Ziley. Maybe, Anya or Holly J.
Thomas August 21, 2010 at 1:01 am
Or Adam?
‘Halo’ sounds like it could be Ziley centric, maybe Ecalre centric too.
Michael August 20, 2010 at 6:00 pm
I’m disappointed that they kept the strange naming convention for the second part of the season. I understand why it worked for the boiling point, but it won’t work as well with the regular season. When episodes come out once a week (with extensive breaks), there is a lot more anticipation and discussion. I know all the names of last season’s episodes, and could easily identify the plotlines. With the Boiling Point’s naming system, I don’t associate the names as much with the episodes.
Also, I’m under the impression that in the second half it will run like a normal season. (i.e. less of the storyline extension into other episode) If so, the absence of true “two parters” because all the episodes are nominally two parters will be noted.
I may be the only one, but I it’s a mistake.
i agree. it’ll be confusing and pretty annoying, i think. i was under the impression that having every ep be a two-parter (and i dont care what stohn says, the TBP episodes WERE all two-parters) was only for TBP, and that for the rest of the season it would return to having mostly stand-alone episodes, with a few two-parters, like we are used to in normal seasons. if the episodes all still have 3 plots and end in cliffhangers, like TBP, its going to terrible having to wait a full week.
@ “Person” Definitely. Also, I think the other problem is name/episode association. It will just be confusing to discuss/think about episodes under this naming convention. Come to think of it, the only Boiling point episodes I know by name are “what a girl wants,” “Breakaway,” and “All Falls Down.” (because, being the beginning and end, they have/had special hype)
itsjustzachary August 20, 2010 at 6:02 pm
these episode titles are good! they used “Drop The World”. That’s my favorite. (just random moment btw)
its mine too!!! :D
It was one thing when we’d have to wait a week to watch an episode in seasons past, but, it’s going to be even harder this time around. Season 10 is just so good that the anticipation is going to be the death of me…
I’m interested in Umbrella, Hide and Seek, and Jesus ect.,
no clue what they could be about though
btw, great interview!
jesse August 20, 2010 at 6:21 pm
wow these episodes titles are awsome but im really woried about the rest of season 10 i mean the episode titles for TBP sounded dark and overall the first half of the season seemed darker and i think that what ppl like is the dark version of degrassi like season 4 and 7 and 3 and the episdoe titles sound kinda happ-ish and im worrited storylines wont contiune into more episdoes and charcter develpoments wont be as good but hopefully the rest of season 10 is as good or even better than TBP
JAYJAY August 20, 2010 at 6:21 pm
I didn’t expect them to continue the two parter thing.
But so far I like it and I think it is good for the characters and stories.
This was a great interview. :)
Oh and I’m glad you mentioned that Kary!!!
In season 9 Teennick started posting episodes the night they aired sometimes.
I wish they would do it now! I HOPE TPTB READ THAT AND CONSIDER IT!
disastuh August 20, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Teennick back when it was The-N had them before they aired at like 5 pm when the episode would air at 8.
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[…] 2 of DJGENERAL’s interview with Stephen Stohn is now online at Degrassiblog.com. In this part, Stephen discusses JT’s death, his favourite season, storyline regrets, and […]
Holiday August 20, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Did anyone else initially think that they wouldn’t like Wesley at all? I thought he would be a carbon copy of Toby (whom I never liked) but he’s actually adorkable and funny.
Francis August 21, 2010 at 4:04 am
Yay Wesley! Nerdom FTW!!!
jayem August 20, 2010 at 6:39 pm
thi is so weird after reading the question about J.T i freaked out cause literally last night i was thinking about the promo with fitz and eoli with the knife and how it reminded me of how JT died, i thought man what if JT lived how would it happen? ha guess my question was answered today :P
it kinda sucks degrassi NEVER had a long term couple i know so many couples that have been together since they were in high school and got married. Degrassi need that storyline in the mix i think it would give it more of a realistic turn. Because not everyone in high school breaks up and fins someone else some stick together through it all.
lame August 20, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Outside of his penis pump, did anyone really care about J.T.?
Kenny August 20, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Most of the girls but nobody watching knew he’d get stabbed.
Most of my friends didn’t even know who he was until he got stabbed.. Sad, I know.
Gianna August 20, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Hmmm. Seems like you were pretty interested in his penis pump…xD
Haha, I’m joking. But noo, I loved JT(:
Alicia August 20, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Jesus, Etc is definitely a Clare episode. Stohn mentioned the episode on his twitter when they were filming it and the same day Aislinn Paul tweeted that Clare was going to be going through some emotional trauma.
Clare needs to get back to hardcore bible thumping. She was more believable than Darcy at any point doing that.
Plus, she still has the smug, know-it-all attitude going.
natashadelovely August 21, 2010 at 1:14 pm
I actually think that Clare shouldn’t go back to “bible thumping”. Degrassi hasn’t shown some one break away from their religion so easily as to just tone down their crazzyness. If that makes sense but seriously, Alli is “defying” her religion by being slightly skanky, Darcy was raped and had terrible things happen to her and yet she still remains religious maybe this episode is more about Clare breaking away from her religion in a much more healthy manner. Or maybe it’s about her explaining to Eli why certain things are so important to her from her religion. He doesn’t seem like he’s the sunday churchgoer so maybe this is all just explanation.
Caroline August 22, 2010 at 6:57 pm
I don’t care who it is, but I’d like to see just one Degrassi character keep their virginity while remaining completely normal (Darcy was a freak about it before she got raped, and Toby doesn’t count because he is a nerd.)
If Clare kept her virginity without making a huge deal about it, then Degrassi could be made a lot more realistic. Just imho.
*SPOLIER*
its her parents getting are getting a divorce in this one i was scanning through websites about who will die in degrassi and i saw that on there
Hayley Masters August 21, 2010 at 7:29 pm
@Natashadelovley spinner broke away from Christianity. so we have had someone do it.
natashadelovely August 22, 2010 at 2:22 am
@Hayley Masters Does Spinner really count? He wasn’t raised into it like Clare and Darcy were and not to that extent. If he was wouldn’t he have already known Darcy and not needed to “reclaim his virginity”.
And I also think that all Clare needs is to tone down her “crazy” religious side, which I think this season she has, and find a better openness with her religion that seems more normal. However with things with Eli it should heat up quickly and once that BOILS over maybe she’ll be not slutty but STANDARD teenage girl minus the vibrator.
Hayley Masters August 22, 2010 at 5:22 am
I don’t know. I’m hoping she doesn’t break away from it. We’ve only had three main character Christians on the show (and like you said spinner doesn’t really count.) and I feel like if Clare broke away from it, it would just be dumb. The main reason I love degrassi is because it shows diversity. If they take away Clare’s faith, that completely changes her entire character.
And normal girl standards? Clare seems pretty normal to me. She’s never seemed like a religious fanatic. And just because someone doesn’t sexually interact doesn’t make them abnormal.
natashadelovely August 22, 2010 at 11:08 am
@HM maybe not completely break away. I guess I’m coming from a place where I’ve seen friends who were “normal” girls going about their business then like Spinner were bandwaggoned into the Christian religion and it changed them for the worst. I guess I’m saying I’d like to see Clare be the ask don’t tell version of a religious churchgoer does that make sense? I also have a deep feeling that episode will have a lot to deal with Clare and Eli including where he falls in with religion and where they will have to compromise in the middle about it.
Hayley Masters August 22, 2010 at 11:26 am
@Natasha, okay yea. I get what your saying. Spinner is usually what they call a “born-again” Christian. And usually people who are born-again have a tendency to go overboard. And yea I agree with you on your idea for that episode.
tee August 20, 2010 at 6:41 pm
based on the songs alone i’m really interested in don’t let me get me, umbrella, halo and the way we get by.
I have a VERY funny feeling halo will have something to do with suicide…any one else think so?
I completely agree, Hayley. I keep thinking about what the titles could mean, because they all seem pretty ‘down’, and umbrella is trying to reconcile someone, so something major is gonna happen to someone, and I, like you, think that it will be suicide.
Who? I have NO idea.
@Giana, yea. I really feel like suicide is a major possibility because no one on degrassi (excluding Claude from the 80’s) has ever sucessfully committed suicide. I have no idea who eitheir…maybe KC? he’s been a pretty unstable character, but I may be completely wrong.
A sucessful suicide would be a good idea unlike Craig’s, J.T.’s or Darcy’s.
From now on, Clare will be known as “Creepy Clare”
Behind the bush, Eli
so you aren’t a fan of clare?
She was borderline stalker in that episode
Call it the “Adams Effect”
it’s good to know i’m not the only one who doesn’t like her lol :(.
Wow those r almost all the names of songs
lakehurst89 August 20, 2010 at 7:01 pm
You do realize every degrassi is named after a song right?
its always been like that…. they just updated the song titles cause its a new season, new beginings
Matilin August 21, 2010 at 12:29 am
Yousa troll
I think that Fiona might get alcohol poisoning in an episode, cuz she seems to drink wine alot,
Degrassi Love August 20, 2010 at 7:13 pm
yea, that makes sense and I don’t think they even covered someone being an alcoholic and also getting alcohol poisoning
Rossberrie August 20, 2010 at 8:55 pm
I thought Liberty got alcohol poisoning when she was trying to get into that sorority house. they covered it in degrassi, but not in highschool.
For some reason after looking at the Much Music promo I think Eli does get stabbed by Fitz and he lives after that.
Allison August 20, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Ellie’s mom.
And a little bit with Ellie too.
shaquira August 20, 2010 at 11:41 pm
amy got achohol poisoning in Our House, when Sean gets his own place
Bl@ke August 20, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Yeah ^^^ but i just think they should have an actual plot thats developed kind of early, like minimal drinking, and then turns into the alcoholism and alcohol poisoning, and Fiona kinda seemed like the character to do it with
just my opinion though
Rockerboy84 August 20, 2010 at 7:08 pm
I know a lot of these! Don’t Let Me Get Me by Pink, Love Lockdown by Kanye West, Umbrella by Rihanna, and Halo/When Love Takes Over are both by Beyonce. I can’t wait to see what they’re all about! It’s ironic, because I’m going to Hersheypark tomorrow, and Rihanna will be playing there!!! I won’t get to see her though. Super bummer… JK I know I’ll have fun. It’s a theme park for crying out loud. I went 3 months ago, and I went into Chocolate World, but this time I’m also going to ZooAmerica, and The Boardwalk will be open as well! So yeah, it’s gonna be a really good time!!!
isn’t when love takes over by kelly rowland not beyonce?
Why are you so obsessed with Hershey Park, rockerboy to the RESCUEE
J.kart August 21, 2010 at 1:57 am
ROFLMFAO (:
Matt August 20, 2010 at 7:30 pm
When Love Takes Over is by David Guetta.
but yes it is Kelly Rowland singing.
close enough lol
Gisselle August 20, 2010 at 7:55 pm
they should have done Battle Field by Jordan Sparks
They did Love is a Battle Field by Pat Benatar in the past. I don’t really care about the episode titles though, I’d rather have episode descriptions lol.
Austin Evans August 22, 2010 at 10:44 pm
I like your “no” with no explanation paired with it. Haha.
DTNG August 20, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Chasing Pavements is by Adele & Drop The World Is By Lil Wayne & Drake.
& Stephen Stohn know good and damn well we didn’t listen to Drake’s album lmoa
drop the world is bye lil wayne and eminem
DTNG August 20, 2010 at 11:09 pm
That’s what i meant. I was thinking about Stephen Stohn listening to Drake and i typed his name twice lol
hide and seek is by imogen heap- really good song if yoire into that type of music
FangLust August 21, 2010 at 1:57 am
I like Imogean Heap, but Frou Frou was better ^^ js, even though it’s pretty much the same thing….
i am listening to drake’s album rn
I really admire Stephen Stohn. He seems like a great, nice and fun person to be around. I enjoyed reading the interview.
By the way, I love how they named one of the episodes Pink’s Don’t Let Me Get Me. Even though it’s about her being in the music industry, it still really describes how teenagers, especially on Degrassi (lol), feel. You know, about how kids feel like they have a certain image to maintain, but they don’t want to be like other people, and are confused, etc.
I can’t wait for the final week of TBP, and then the next part of the season, which will feel like forever to get to. Haha =]
That being said, Maybe the that episode is about Adam. Just think about it, its the first episode to air after the “break” and “that” first episode promo has to be SO GOOD to get the audience to get to watching degrassi again this coming october is it?
Yeah, that sounds about right. I have a feeling that Adam still isn’t completely over his image. I mean, he still hasn’t told his grandma yet has he?
I think that he’s still a little bit insecure with his family about it. And you’re right, you would think that they would want to make an incredible first episode to get us pumped and back into the Degrassi mood. Haha.
ClosetDegrassiLover August 20, 2010 at 8:17 pm
Okay, I’m gonna be a complete nerd for a second and say, Alli just tweeted Clare on the fake-twitters. I really hope this means some more Clare/Alli interaction, even if it is to officially break off the friendship! I was really disappointed how it just ended (I understand the logic, but seriously, transition much?) and I’m hoping there’s some interaction there!
Rossberrie August 20, 2010 at 10:46 pm
LoL, i’m just gonna “Start Stuff”. So you notice how Alli tweeted Clare AFTER no one reply to her whole anything going on this weekend? so she turns to Clare as a last resort. lol just sayin. =]
ClosetDegrassiLover August 20, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Lol… I didn’t notice that, but I’m not entirely surprised.
AND Clare didn’t even bother to answer her, though she made sure to tweet both Eli and Adam XD
Oh yeah, I just had to look up all of the episode title’s songs, because season 10 is just that amazing. Lol. Plus, Stephen said that he made sure that the songs that they picked for anything had to fit the episodes, and whatnot. So, yeah. Also, I really like the picks(:
Ruben August 20, 2010 at 8:28 pm
I’m guessing jesus, etc could be either clare or riley…clare cuz we know she’s religious or riley because he’s gay and maybe his family will play the jesus card…
I want to see Riley come out to his family… That has to be interesting since he comes off completely straight…
keith August 20, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Mr. Simpson is doing a good job as principal of the school.
I wonder if we will see him with his wife and friends on the show so we can see that he has a life outside of the school. Also does anyone know what happened to Marco? I thought he was going to be a teacher on the show.
I was so friggin happy when I saw him being a student teacher. I’m just like, “Omfg. One of my favorite characters will be one of the next Degrassi teachers?! That’s effin ka!” Lmao. But then I started getting confused when we didn’t start seeing him anymore. Haha.
So, I’m confused too. Anyone fill me in?
Tali August 21, 2010 at 5:27 pm
well, he was only student teaching, he has to finish college before he can come back and teach for real.
ok guys on a serious note, who LOL’ed when Stephen Stohn said he listened to some Drake its a funny image lmao
if he did hes pretty cool and not one of those people thats suck in the oldie songs (not that theres anything wrong with that) haha
LaDiDaDo August 20, 2010 at 8:36 pm
I just love those songs; xhasing pavements seems like a great ep, the fact that the song is amazing, drop the world seems kinda intense, that song hits hard but its amazing xD, when lover takes over, the song tells about how love can over power tihings, so idk why but I think it involes claire, but there’s a lot of great couples… um, love lockdown, song tells about tells about how he he loves someone, but doesn’t feel its right so he feels like its a waste so idk… umberella and halo , haven’t herd those songs in a while … umbrella was about, I think she was proclamin her love and would do anything for him? I don’t even know, & halo is kinda the same vibe so yea, I don’t even no why I wrote all of that, just bored I guess xD
umbrella could be about a couple or friends really. i’m hoping it’s a friendship plot but i wont get my hopes up lol.
Haha, yeah. To me, it’s kind of about, like, helping someone out if they need help, or if they are depressed and whatnot, they will be there to help them out. I think all of the episodes sound intense.
chasing pavements is a song about missing home, maybe it explains why there all the way in india? hmmm just saying :P
degrassi_rocks:) August 20, 2010 at 9:15 pm
chasing pavements is about being in love with someone, and it has no benefit (it leads nowhere). p.s i hope drew and wesley stay friends.
They’re in India for Free the Children…
Unfortunately I saw the promo for next week, I wanted to be 100% surprised but oh well lol. I’m glad Fiona’s crazy and all but “Haven’t you heard, I’m crazy” I’m pretty sure Darcy had almost the same exact line when she went crazy back in season 7 lol.
lol i remember that she was a “crazy slut”
HighSchoolDrama24/7 August 20, 2010 at 9:22 pm
I’m pretty sure it was “Haven’t you heard Manny I’m Crazy! I’m a crazy slut, everyone knows it.”
Number 1 Darcy Fan!
I know but I was just referring to how Darcy and Fiona’s lines were very similar :)
LOL yeah I noticed that too…but I personally love how Fiona and Darcy deliver it in 2 completely different fashions.
nina August 20, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Chasing Pavements? Sounds to me as though it could involve a character running away from home. Maybe KC, as fatherhood draws near, can’t deal, and decides to take off.
Can’t wait for monday but then again I can lol its bittersweet on one hand I want to see the final 4 episodes fiona drama “im crazy!” and lockdown drama. But once it strikes thursday 9:30 pm tbp is over :( and then a month and half hiatus this sucks. One thing that’s going to suck even more is the suspense of 2 part episodes. And I can’t wait for the 2nd half season 10 promos! Who else hopes fiona gets left back? And I think a lot of people will break rules eventually but secretly like take down cameras in school
And im pretty sure there will be claire/alli interaction in afd. I hope in afd both parts are at the dance usually a dance only gets half an episode lol ok rant over.
Lewomack August 20, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Uh yeah, except it was kind of season 4?
degrassigirl August 20, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Very excited for all of these episodes and the interview was great. It was actually Season 4, but it’s not a big deal.
B8 August 20, 2010 at 9:54 pm
Wow, these titles are very current. :/
But Hide and Seek is about death. It’s an intense song. Also I’m curious about Don’t let me get me. I just wonder, I hope the season gets darker. :D
Hayley Masters August 20, 2010 at 10:17 pm
i heard hide and seek was actually about the halocaust
lol why’d I get thumbs down for this?
summer August 20, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Am I the only one who thinks ”Halo” is about Eli and Clare? I mean the lyrics seem to match up to them but idk…I could indeed be wrong :)
Gesha August 20, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Woooooowwwww Fitz goes effin crazy or whoever has the knife headin towards eli is crazy man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIYc-YHBAls
Okay, I think this is extremly far-fetched…(I’m not really buying it. AT ALL), but I heard drew is going to die during the lockdown. has anyone else heard this rumor?
nina August 20, 2010 at 11:16 pm
I’m guessing that Don’t Let Me Get Me is a KC episode. The lyrics to the song remind me of his character: “teachers dated me” – Coach Carson (ish), “my parents hated me” – strained relationship with his parents, “I was always in a fight, ’cause I can’t do nothin’ right” – was very vocal in season 8/9 about his reckless past, and how he was never good enough.
If not KC, my next guess would be Bianca. I’m sure that we’ll get some background on her character soon given her involvement in All Falls Down, and since it looks as though Fitz and/or Owen (her two only friends) will be MIA and/or facing SERIOUS consequences for what happens next week. It’ll be interesting to see whether she is redeemed and tries to make new friends, or if she isolates herself even more. Given the very possible absence of her two cronies in the episodes to come, I think that she and KC will become a duo. The two appear together in the credits as a sort of tag team, and there are promo shots of the two of them together. I think that their interactions in 99 Problems were a set-up to a closer friendship/relationship to come in the second half of the season. Given KC’s recent case of douchebaggery, as well as the high possibility that Bianca’s boys will not be around, I can see the two of these characters being brought together out of anger/bitterness/frustration with their lives. Or hey, maybe DLMGM will be about BOTH of them.
Degrassilova55 August 20, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Wait who wrote the song hide and seek
Shell August 20, 2010 at 11:32 pm
imogen heap wrote the song it’s really pretty
PK August 20, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Perhaps some of you guys are aware of this interview…But, Argiris and Shannon get interviewed! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWi2Hf4plOM – Listen to Shannon’s accent!
Jlaa August 21, 2010 at 1:19 am
wow, i didnt know shannon was straight. is agriris straight too?- haha, sorry i dont really know how to spell his name
I was watching a DegrassiTNG episode earlier today and realized that..
I miss SPINNER! He’s been there since day one, and It just feels weird to not see him on the show anymore. They could at least put more Peter, he’s funny..
BUT I really like the episode titles. Don’t Let Me Get Me, by P!nk I think will be about Adam.
Who sings, Jesus etc. ?
When I scrolled down and saw Ep. Titles I was like: Descrriiippptttiiooonnsss. But nah. Thankful for the titles though wanna see what happens next half!
Wilco sings Jesus, Etc. I love that song…
austin August 20, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Love Lockdown or Chasiing Pavements should hopefully be about Adam:)
Ashleigh August 20, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Jimmy got shot in season 4, which I agree was the best season.
and @whoever said they though Halo would be a suicide episode, I think it does to. But I cant see any of the characters doing it…
Gisselle August 21, 2010 at 12:03 am
tsk tsk no MCR either? They could at least put Green Day- Boulevard of Broken Dreams… That song could fit A possible Adam Episode when Eli ditches him for a while.
person August 21, 2010 at 12:36 am
ok, here is my (admittedly long) post of first reactions to the titles. for all of these, im just going on the titles themselves, not the actual lyrics to the songs. and also, i realize that if i were right about which characters all of these were about, a few characters wouldnt be in the season at all. i know that, but these are just my gut reactions.
“Don’t Let Me Get Me” definitely sounds like self-destruction, or at least very low self-esteem. Adam or Fiona, maybe? (and on a side note, people are talking about suicide and kc and eli and adam . . . i dont think anyone has proposed Fiona. She’s the mentally unstable one, remember? If anyone’s going to suicide, i think it will be her [not that im happy about that. she’s my current favorite character. and i honestly dont actually expect a suicide to happen.])
“Love Lockdown” sounds to me like a well-established couple breaking up or drifting apart . . . possibly Alli and Drew, if alli’s even still there at that point? idk, it doesnt seem like we have any long-term couples right now. couples like sav/anya and spinner/jane and jt/liberty, who you could imagine getting married someday. but we if we had one, i think this would be where they’d break up (or at least have some serious relationship issues)
for some reason, i think “Umbrella” could be about jenna. maybe her trying to protect her baby/give it the best life that she can in her situation.
“Halo” sounds like someone trying to be perfect. my first guess is . . . Fiona? or maybe Holly J?
“When Love Takes Over” sounds to me like someone cheating, or a couple trying to decide whether to have sex (in which case, i would think of Clare and Eli)
“The Way We Get By” makes me think of jenna, just because its “we”. maybe jenna and her brother stressing about money and how to support another little person.
“Jesus, Etc.” is defintely Clare (and Eli will be involved too, i assume)
“Hide and Seek”, just because another commenter said the song is about death, i think of Anya’s mom. maybe the cancer comes back/gets worse? or maybe some problem that a character thought had gone away returns?
someone said that “Chasing Pavements” might be someone running away . . . and i immediately thought “thats definitely it!” . . . but i kept thinking about it and i feel like it could be about the seniors thinking about college. leaving home, trying to start the rest of their lives . . .
and “Drop the World” . . . sounds like someone cracking under pressure (Holly J, anyone? or maybe Sav, or Fiona)
did i get a thumbs down just because that was ridiculously long? sorry about that, i just needed to get my thoughts out.
Gianna August 21, 2010 at 12:56 am
I agree with you ALOT.
Especially with the Eli and Clare predictions. Like you said that “When Love Takes Over”, it could be about Eli and Clare going all the way, and then “Jesus, etc.” Would be about how she would feel horrible about it?
And then “Umbrella” that makes sense.
I also agree about “Hide and Seek”.
But I think that “Drop The World” wouldn’t be about Holly J, Sav, or Fiona. I’m not sure at this point, but I just don’t think it would be one of them. I almost thought of Anya, because what if her mom dies, and then she finally breaks down about her best friend dating the guy that she loved, and plus, the only best friend she really has at the moment is Riley, and maybe she can’t go to him because he’s caught up in Zane stuff? I don’t know though. That’s all just speculation.
And I think that “Don’t Let Me Get Me”, could be both Adam and Fiona. For one, I think Adam still has insecurities about his image with his family, and then Fiona is ‘mentally unstable’. So, Adam goes back to burning, and Fiona is still drinking? I think that her character may get alcohol poisoning. That would make for a great plot.
I’m not going to type anymore, because it would just be too long. Lol. But, again, I agree with about everything you just said.(:
DegrassiMutherEffinJunkie! August 21, 2010 at 1:08 pm
I think in don’t let me get me Adam and Fiona possibly come together because I think both of them are going through self destructive thing and could join together trying to be the others rock trying to get through things together because they are suppose to become friends so why not them when they need someone the most
I agree with some of the things you said…but were you just basing these predictions off the song titles or the actual lyrics to the song? Because if you look at the lyrics to some of the songs you’re a little off-base. Halo is probably not about perfection. The lyrics are about someone who has passed on. So it’s probably more or less that it’s about someone who has died and know people are trying to cope (something along those lines.) Also the lyrics to Chasing Pavements are not about running away…I don’t get why everyone keeps thinking that. The song is actually about un-requited love. But other than that I think most of your predictions were pretty dead on. Oh, but I doubt Clare and Eli are debating on wether or not to have sex…they aren’t even dating yet so I doubt that’ll be an issue for a while. Also, Eli doesn’t seem like the kind who would pressure her and Clare is very set in ways. I mean she obviously really likes Eli (A LOT more then KC anyways) but I really doubt she would sacrifice her beliefs like that. I feel like if the writers did that it’d just be a repeat of darcy. I’m really hoping they don’t. But that’s just me.
Jen August 21, 2010 at 10:47 am
My guess is that Clare’s parents split up due to her father’s infidelity. This, in turn, causes Clare to question her beliefs about love, purity, etc. As a result, I think something’s going to happen between Clare an Eli sooner rather than later.
I’m really hoping Clare doesn’t sleep with him. I feel like of she were to do something like that it would completely change her character.
And also…her parents are just fighting. It hasn’t been stated why yet…so I don’t think it’s safe to assume that there has been some form infedelity occurring. If anything happens I think Clare may consider doing “something” with Eli but shed probably back out of it. I think her beliefs are too important to her for her to sacrifice them for a guy.
Degrassilova55 August 21, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Imnalso really rooting for clare to become the first person to graduate and still be a viirgin cus i dont think that anybody els has
@Degrassilova55 Ellie did! But, yep, I hope Clare does too.
HeelsOverHead August 21, 2010 at 5:48 pm
I think Halo will be about Eli and Clare. Like somebody else said, the lyrics fit. Eli is putting away his guilt because of Clare <- halo?
@Holiday and Degrassilovva55, exactly! It’s like not everyone is sexually active in high school and it’d be really nice if degrassi kept more people virgins. In reality 51% of high school students graduate as virgins. I really hope they keep Clare one. And Jimmy was also a virgin, although that wasn’t really by choice.
Degrassi4lyfee August 22, 2010 at 3:53 pm
I totally agree that DLMGM is about FIona and Adam. Which I am excited about because the are two of my favorite characters, along with Anya, Riley, Zane, Claire, and Eli. But with Adam and Fiona being my all-time favorites. So if I am correct I think these episodes could be (some of) my favorites of the season. Adam and Fiona’s story lines are both very interesting and it is too bad their paths haven’t crossed cause i feel that the two of them being friends would be great. I agree with your idea of love lockdown being about a well-established couple ending it. but i hope that it won’t be Alli and Drew. Alli has really gotten on my nerves this season and is one of my least favorite characters, and i do not think they are in a “well established relationship”. i don’t really know how umbrella could relate to Jenna but we will see. I’m not too sure about Halo either. WLTO I hope is about EClaire, not to see their relationship end but to hopefully see how the become closer. i just hope that TWWGB isn’t about Jenna as she is another least favorite of mine. I agree with JEsus Etc. totally and am excited to see it play out. Hide and Seek is one I am mist looking forward to because of the song being about death and to see how they will integrate that theme in the episode. Chasing Pavements, im hoping, is NOT about someone running away, that would be too weak for Degrassi. Drop The World, i hope will be an amazing season finally and not just all about Holly J. Whom I am getting tired of with her “i NEED Ivy League to survive” attitude.
(sorry about the long post.)
DTNG WOOT August 21, 2010 at 12:42 am
Thumbs up if you hated Fiona in Season 9 but Love her now in Season 10.
Thumbs up anyways If you loved her in Season 9 too lool
she was actually my favorite character in season! (but that was partly because my favorite character was leaving, and i needed a new favorite. i just sorta thought, “oooh, new girl. well, i know jenna’s gonna steal kc, so i guess fiona’s my new favorite!”)
*in season NINE
idonthaveaname:) August 21, 2010 at 9:57 pm
i’ve always loved her. she’s a fierce bitch.
Hawk910 August 21, 2010 at 12:52 am
Omg crazy Adam plot idea- Adam gets pregnant >.<.
Adam does it with some1 completely drunk wakes up finds out he's pregnant. That would be chaotic considering Adam considers himself a guy
that would be good because it’s so out-there! but in general i don’t want to see adam pregnant. plus, you’d have to imagine that he’d have to do it with a guy to get pregnant.. idk how the degrassi writers would manage to put that in there.
person August 21, 2010 at 1:10 am
well, all the eps officially follow the same two-part/three plot formal as TBP. stohn confirmed on twitter. (i know we obviously knew they were two-parters, but i personally wasnt sure if there would stil be 3 plots. apparently there will be.)
djgeneral August 21, 2010 at 1:16 am
I totally don’t know why I left the thing about the shooting in there. I meant to take it out! It was indeed season 4 when Jimmy was shot!
RabbitDoubt August 21, 2010 at 1:17 am
Hmm…The continuing two-parts will be kind of annoying. It’s going to be hard waiting! xD That said, I can’t wait for Chasing Pavements just because I love that song.
degrassi_rocks:) August 21, 2010 at 1:22 am
haha me to! that song is amazing
Delia August 21, 2010 at 1:24 am
Please tell me I’m not the only one who want Adam to get a girlfriend! but idk how they would do that!! Grrr
tee August 21, 2010 at 2:03 am
he needs to date fiona
jhon August 21, 2010 at 1:27 am
Omg this weekend is taking forever lol. Idk why but I think I’ll find fiona`s mom annoying in purple pills. And fiona/bobby drama will be so intense. Who else thinks fiona is the best at delievering dramatic lines
Fiona:im crazy!!!
Fiona:i thought it was a one time thing. ahhh!!!
i freaking loooove crazy fiona.
idonthaveaname:) August 21, 2010 at 2:09 am
idgaf about fiona’s mom or that bitch of an ex boyfriend, i just want to see declan next week. at least once.. please..!!
Antoinette :) August 21, 2010 at 9:06 am
ahhhh me toooo. i love declan!!!!
im obssessed
Bl@ke August 21, 2010 at 1:38 am
So i was thinking about how they could air the second half of season 10,
first 8 episodes, then the break they have, then the last 12 episodes from march to june, and then if the last 4 episodes are a movie and they do the 6 week thing again next summer, air the movie right before that, or after the last 12 episodes
Does anyone feel adam and claire need more interaction? Like on twitter adam barley tweets claire
I know its not a big deal but it bothers me a little anyone feel the same?
Adam tweets Clare more than Eli does.
I do agree that they need more interaction on the show, though. I’m hoping that they’ll get it on Monday and Tuesday. They clearly consider each other good friends, so I’d like to see more of them hanging out as friends. :)
ILuhhUuEli August 21, 2010 at 1:47 am
They Should Have An Episode Named Crawl
ClosetDegrassiLover August 21, 2010 at 2:39 am
I have a question that I’m genuinely curious what you all think about. I’ve been a little suspicious of the promo pictures of All Falls Down – the one with Eli, Clare, Sav, and Holly J looking worried/scared/any other adjective you can think of. The only reason I question this is that, with all the hush-hush nature of AFD, why would they put such an obvious give-away? I mean, if the TV promos show Eli and Clare with Fitz and the knife, what logical sense would it be to show the picture? It’d be like, “hypehypehypehypehype… kthx bye.”
My reasoning is this: in the Still Fighting It promo pics, it looked like Riley was outed by Owen, but he wasn’t. It was just a backlash from homophobia and the effects of Owen being a tool. So my question is this:
Why would they put a picture that ruined the outcome of an intense plotline of the episode? It makes no logical sense to me… I’m curious what you all think, because I’d like to think there’s something more intense than Fitz + Knife = Anticlimactic, look at EClare chillin’ outside.
The preview and/or the pictures could be intentionally misleading. For all we know, the knife incident could occur after the scene in which Clare and Eli are standing outside the school.
Sarah August 22, 2010 at 9:11 am
For all we know, Eli and Clare could have freaked out because someone (Adam?) was still inside, so they snuck back in and ran into Fitz with his knife then. Who knows. XD
NeverShoutNever August 22, 2010 at 2:37 pm
They ALWAYS build up the hype in promos. They’re simply trying to get people to watch.
Jayd11 August 21, 2010 at 2:57 am
for some reason i think the whole holly j/ sav relationship is goin to be a main factor in the second part of the season
Kyle August 21, 2010 at 8:56 am
cause season 9 was about holly j/declan?
So I just listened to Drop the World…and if the episode is anything like the song it’s going to be amazing. It almost sounds to me like somebody has screwed somebody else over and now they’re trying to get revenge? Or it could be about proving people wrong. But I might be completely off-base. lol
spongebob August 21, 2010 at 8:46 am
This has been bugging me ever since BOA pt 1 and 2. What did his mom do excactly that was so bad? We know she wasn’t the best mom but how, with specifics? They should have an episode about this called Cleaning Out My Closet. For those who don’t know this song it’s by Eminem, and the lyrics match his situation near perfectly.
OMFG!!!! i think declan walks in on holly j and sav when they are making out. No, i am not just saying this because im superrrr obssessed with declan, but in the promo for next week, when they are bringing everything and before scene where the cops come and clair is like “what did you do” there is a scene where sav and holly j are making out and a voice says “im gonna kill you” it totally sounds like declan. hope im right…..
when does someone say I’m gonna kill you?
nobody says “im gonna kill you” but someone does say “you’re dead.” that would be interesting if that was Declan but I doubt it:( I think it’s probably fitz
Antoinette :) August 21, 2010 at 11:39 am
ya, my bad. some says “your dead” not “im gonna kill you” but it does sound like declans voice. idk maybe its just my imagination. i want it to be him
Yes, I totally agree. It’d be great to see him come back. it’s frustrating. I feel like we haven’t seen him all season. He better get a storyline next season.
shaquira August 21, 2010 at 3:35 pm
just like in Rock This Town when Drake says “your dead mascot boy” or something like that. right?
Well it was confirmed that Declan was going to have a storyline this fall…so maybe we’ll see more of him…but honestly I find it highly Ironic that in season 9 it was Declan, Declan, Declan; but this season is Fiona, Fiona, Fiona but I like Fiona more, she has this “Craziness” to her that I find interesting…but it seems that they can only use one twin at a time! lol
Matilin August 21, 2010 at 6:26 pm
They do have a habit of splicing the audio weird in the promos to be incredibly misleading. For instance, in the promos for Still Fighting It, it’s all “And Riley’s actions might put Zane in danger,’ (or whatever) and they show Riley walking out of the school while we hear the scream from Zane, when in actuality that happened at the Dot.
LaLa August 21, 2010 at 10:43 am
hilarity ensues
Dillon August 21, 2010 at 11:30 am
Adam beats up fitz, fitz gets embarrassed or mad or both, plans to hurt Adam. So he has Bianca seduce drew to get him from trying to defend Adam again. Eli try to stop fitz from hurting Adam. Stohn dis say this one was more intense so it’s possible more than one person gets hurt/ dies
Just what I think, anyone think something close could happen
This was such a good interview:)
I am super excited for the rest of TBP but also for the rest of the season. Hopefully, the plots get more intense, Peter gets an actual storyline, and the episodes are even better than TBP.
Michelle August 21, 2010 at 12:44 pm
After watching some of the seasons episodes i noticed that jenna was wearing only one earing….what the hell?
yeah, that’s her “thing”
rachellindsey August 21, 2010 at 1:43 pm
http://www.Callmethelorax.wordpress.com
new Degrassi stuff is up!
I agree that Jenna’s symptoms have not reflected what actually goes on in the different stages of pregnancy all that well. She’d have been getting sick a lot earlier on, and not suddenly start getting sick when she’s more than halfway along (not to mention she’d be showing a lot earlier, too). But she could still be puking, even at her stage. My sister’s due in just under 2 months, and she still throws up every so often.
Though in the writers’ defense, it was nice to see Jenna’s pregnancy cravings kicking in from pretty much the beginning of the season. Nice and subtle.
DTNG WOOT August 21, 2010 at 8:04 pm
well to be accurate She is suppose to start showing at month 3-4 ish which we can safely assume is around the diet story and now shes nearing 5 months as of October 9th 2010(according to the episode) and she has been showing symptoms around that time like the banana ranch thing, so the whole plot is basically accurate and your kinda off. Regardless you can’t compare one pregnancy to another because theres people who don’t know they are pregnant until the 5th/6th month and think the symptoms are just a flu or something because they didn’t go to a doctor and think they are just getting fat XD
this is random but does anyone here have a diva dirt profile?
and sorry for the double post now but this is the same jhon just changed my email lol
Galbert-Kun August 21, 2010 at 4:39 pm
What up guys/gals?
Shout out to my good friends Kaylynn, Idonthaveaname:), Joe, facultybob, jhon, nina, lame, DTNG, Michael , Gisselle, Matt, person et al; hope yall doing good.
Its good to know that next season Degrassi will have several episodes. Those under 20 seasons left much to be desired
cherryboombox38592 August 21, 2010 at 4:56 pm
There is a contest for a chance to video chat or recieve a phone call from a Degrassi Cast Member in the USA! Also on the page is a sneek peek of All Falls Down Part 1! http://www.newdegrassi.com/
sonya August 21, 2010 at 9:41 pm
thank u i didnt see iht until now ahaha thanks!:)
i hope in all falls down jenna comes to the dance and someone yells “SHE DOESN’T EVEN GO HERE!!!”, like in mean girls. that would make it the PERFECT episode..
Um when inthe next part of the season will jenna have her baby because it wud probably be in ine of the first first few episodes and which title would it probablyfit under
Probably the way we get by
cause that’ll probably be around the february-march area, which is when she should have her baby, and also the title would make sense if her and her brother are having trouble supporting the baby and how they’re barely getting by
austin August 21, 2010 at 7:02 pm
I used to hate you.. now I love you.
bitch you’ve never hated me. i’m a fucking god..
hehe<3
Random question – Does Eli remind anyone else of Shawn Hunter from Boy Meets World? They are both bad boys that are into poetry and art-house films and they even look alike….
Galbert-Kun August 21, 2010 at 11:38 pm
That show takes me way back! Shawn was more rebellious, what with going to college early and pissing off Mr. Feeny. Both Eli and Shawn are similar, but Eli is the darker individual.
Ew. I couldn’t stand Shawn and his melodrama. He would have done well on Degrassi, but on a comedy…eh.
Hunter August 21, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Im placing my bets that jesus etc is about clare tries to get eli into religion.
I love how everyone AUTOMATICALLY assumes Eli is against religion Because hes dark and what not. MAYBE hes into a different religion or the same. MAYBE THIS EPISODE isn’t even about Eli And Clare.
MAYBE this is about Holly J and Sav with a religious conflict OR Ali and Clare. Lets at least try to state other possible descriptions besides the most obvious ones, lets think outside the box like the writers and producers/directors >.<
Hunter August 22, 2010 at 2:26 am
I dont think hes against religion. I never even said that. Just seems like the obvious.
if sav and holly j had a religious conflict, it seems like it would be a repeat of sav and anya
Reesa August 21, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Maybe it’s not that Clare tries to get Eli into religion. But maybe something happens that makes Clare that forces her to challenge what she used to believe.
This might be probably off, but I really want to see how Degrassi goes with Clare’s virginity. It’s been clear since her first appearance that she’s gonna be one until marriage like her sister, but since this is Degrassi we all know that’s not gonna happen. And Eli does seem like a nice guy, but with the two of them, raging hormones, blah blah, you saw how much Clare wanted him.
But I’m gonna stop trying to guess what it may be about cause I don’t want to sound totally off.
@Reesa, Darcy was not a virgin. She had sex with Peter in one episode. And what makes you think degrassi wouldn’t have that happen? I personally think it’d be more shocking for Clare to remain a virgin…considering the fact that basically everyone on that show isn’t.
Reesa August 22, 2010 at 11:54 am
Yeah I know.
“It’s been clear since her first appearance that she’s gonna be one until marriage like her sister, but since this is Degrassi we all know that’s not gonna happen.”
I was implying Darcy didn’t remain a virgin.
Reesa August 22, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Yeah, I just don’t see Clare being a virgin. Because the sex is always more “scandalous”. And people I think will be virgins on the show aren’t virgins. Darcy, hell I thought Anya was gonna be a virgin, I thought Holly J was gonna be a virgin cause I didn’t see her having a boyfriend anytime soon. Degrassi always finds a way to pop the cherry lol.
Emilee August 25, 2010 at 2:14 am
If you knew anything about anything, you would know that Elijah Goldsworthy, JEWISH NAME. Maybe he’s just jewish and not all ” I worship Satan” like EVERYONE thinks he is.
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jhon August 21, 2010 at 10:18 pm
Just came back from the movies saw vampire sucks umm it was ok at best lmao (no one judge me please lol)
As Ms. Dawes would say, you can’t hide behind vampire fiction forever…
facultybob August 21, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Again. Seriously?
Yes, facultybob, seriously.(:
lol I saw it on Friday and I really liked it!
lol seriously? what was your favorite part?
btw this is the same jhon even if the image changed lol
Degrassi Love August 22, 2010 at 12:07 am
did anyone notice Mrs. Torres is in the promo? i think shes at the school dance.
yay August 22, 2010 at 12:23 am
haha I asked Stephen Stohn if Darcy would ever come back on Twitter, but I didn’t get a real answer. He’s just wondering if Mia got kidnapped by the same tribe. As if he thinks we care about Mia. :P
Alexa August 22, 2010 at 7:35 am
alright so i’m thinking, alli says shit to bianca that pisses her off. so in return she’s trying to break alli and drew up as well as get drew. she sends him pictures and drew continues to reject her. drew goes to the boiler room with bianca but he realizes he’d be fucking up big time so he rejects her again and goes away. but alli finds the pictures on drew’s phone and hears that someone saw drew & bianca go into the boiler room and ends things with drew.
drew still loves alli though so he keeps trying to win her back and keeps rejecting bianca. and alli seems relatively fine and un-upset so bianca isn’t satisfied. so, instead of trying to get drew to cheat on alli, she finds some way to get drew to give up on alli and finally hook up with bianca. she gets owen to be all sweet and take alli to the dance. then she gets owen to take alli aside & try to get alli to hook up with him for money. bianca hides in a closet filming the shit go down so she can show it all to drew (hence the weird closet shot in the one promo). alli’s flattered about the money but she knows its wrong so she refuses. owen then rapes alli and idk somehow she tells clare and something happens with fitz and eli so clare and alli come together all emotional and have a crying scene. all the plans get foiled and figured out and clare eli sav and holly j watch in horror as somehow fitz gets taken out in a stretcher and alli cries with her mom and dad by her side while giving a police report..
the end of my prediction. hahaha
What would really blow me away is if Munro Chambers’ identical twin brother made a surprise debut as Eli’s twin in All Falls Down. Fitz stabs himself when he learns there are actually two of them, and hilarity ensues.
And then Clare creams her pants when she realizes she can have twice the fun & a normal guy when she feels like dating someone WITHOUT anger management issues and extra baggage for once.
Dillon August 22, 2010 at 8:44 am
jhon August 22, 2010 at 11:01 am
I would imagine they asked both declan and fiona you can be the main twin in your first or second season?
Lol fiona picked the right one imo
RabbitDoubt August 22, 2010 at 11:13 am
Anyone else getting “RAEP” vibes from Owen? Poor Alli.
for all you eclare lovers!
http://blog.muchmusic.com/degrassi-exclusive-whats-it-like-to-be-a-couple/
thankk you suga:)
Ok so i was just thinking of some storylines that havent really been covred- an intruder in the school, scicide, bomb threat, smoking( theve done like hardcore drugs but theve never done just basic tabacco ciggarette smoking), running away( fionas doeant rly count) prostitution( although that might happen with alli) and if u can think if any othrs comment!
Ad the 1 that i want to c the most is suicide because that wud be an intense and amazing episode
I always wondered why cigarettes were never really seen on Degrassi.
Does anyone know if there is a rule against it or something?
I know there was smoking on DJH
Fitz bought a pack of cigarettes at McGrath Variety with the fake ID Eli got for him…
i think they should do a inhalent abuse storyline its most common in teens and is a very serious drug i think this would be a great storyline and maybe someone gets addicetd to it
TheDevil August 22, 2010 at 3:06 pm
they haven’t done abusive girlfriends, pregnancy from rape, ACTUAL racism (not that crap from season 7… or was it it 8?) Abusive siblings, Teenage Depression (REAL depression, not “i can’t go to the dance, superr bummer) Schizophrenia, Turrets syndrome, How selflessness can lead to depression… and that’s all i can think of.
I still think it would be interesting if Eli were a necrophiliac. Degrassi would definitely be “going there” with a storyline like that.
btw.. there kind of was an intruder. Darcy’s online predator came to Degrassi and would have gone into the school and found Darcy if Mrs. H wouldn’t have stopped him. I know its not what you were thinking, but it is sort of an intruder. lol
Michaelcka August 22, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Marco had a prostitution plot when he was having money problems in college.
Yeah, but I want to see an actual prostitute in Degrassi. It would definitely be interesting.
What episode was Billy Ray Cyrus in…?
season 3 finale when jimmy hazel paige and spinner go to the dance
Oh rite lol he was that idiot “limo” driver- i put quotes atound limo cus it was more like an old taxi cab lolz
Idegrassia August 22, 2010 at 4:26 pm
This is just my opinion but does anyone think that Jesus,Etc. could be about Clare!I was thinking it may have something to do with her saving Herself for marriage and maybe giving up her abstinence!Maybe going against her beliefs for once and doing something she wouldn’t do!Just a thought!Tell me what you think!
i agree!i think that it could be about her wanting to do it with eli!but then she has to decide if she wants to or not!or maybe!this episode isn’t even about clare!and we’ll have to wait and see!just another thought!tell me what you think!
..just in case you didn’t catch this, i was mocking your over use of exclamation points..
Michael C. August 22, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Fiona is going to overdose on alchol and depression drugs, i don’t think it will be very serious though. But I think she will win her case against Bobby
I hope she looses her case against Bobby. That would be a “go there” twist.
They already did that with Paige’s rape, though.
RowdyTheDog August 22, 2010 at 4:58 pm
An intruder to the school would be interesting….what if it were connor’s online friend…..lol unlikely but still would be interesting….
well its sunday, thus begins the final week of *suspence* The Boiling Point *everyones sad:(* Lol but 2 more days for “the Best Degrassi Episode EVER”. so the say.
Michelle August 22, 2010 at 6:24 pm
Since All Falls Down is like a mini finale in a way i was wondeing what was your favorite season finales in all of Degrassi: TNG? My top 3 would be
1 Degrassi goes Hollywood (season 8)
2 Tears Are not enough ( season 2)
3 Degrassi takes Manhattan (season 9)
I thought DGH was pretty lame compared to DTM.
for my favorites:
Tears are Not Enough
Danger Zone (I count this as the finale instead of DGH since DZ actaully adds more to the ongoing story/current cast.)
I really liked Degrassi Goes Hollywood. Minus the Manny/Paige blah whatever stuff, I thought this was an excellent Ellie storyline. I cried when she hugged her dad. And it’s the only instance where I will ever think Craig and Ellie are cute. They weren’t so “gag me please” in this movie.
Does anyone think they would actually explore more of Riley and Zane’s relationship. Degrassi never had a successful gay couple. Maybe this season they’d explore the challenges of them going all the way, or the issue of Riley not coming out to his mom yet. I’m certain that will cause a strain on their relationship.
I’m curious to know if they would ever explore the struggle of intimacy in a gay couple. It doesn’t have to be overtly vulgar it could be tastefully done. Maybe Riley is scared to take the next step, especially because his mom doesn’t know. I actually would be interested in seeing something like that. Any thoughts?
Does anyone think they would actually explore more of Riley and Zane’s relationship. Degrassi never had a successful gay couple. Maybe this season they’d explore the challenges of them going all the way, or the issue of Riley not coming out to his mom yet. I’m certain they will because they would result in a strain on their relationship.
I’m curious to know if they would ever explore the struggle of intimacy in a gay couple. It doesn’t have to be overtly vulgar, it could be tastefully done. Maybe Riley is afraid to take the next step, especially because his mom doesn’t know he’s gay. I actually would be interested in seeing something like that. Any thoughts?
45-48 = Degrassi: Miami. CALLING IT
I’d shoot myself.
Degrassi: Jersey Shore
Jfizzle August 22, 2010 at 9:51 pm
i say degrassi takes another country other than the u.s.a. or canada it would be a lame strech but watever
Mikiehh:) August 22, 2010 at 10:24 pm
So, I was watching the last episode and the part where Rileys mom says “I just want grandchildren.” My mother laughed. Hard. I think he should have came out anyway, his mom seems nice.
Hunter August 22, 2010 at 10:44 pm
Degrassi in london. Calling it.
I’d orgasm if this happened.
LaLa August 22, 2010 at 10:56 pm
I wish Degrassi still had the freeze frames at the end of each episode. It would just be more intense. Or is it just me?
Jfizzle August 23, 2010 at 12:12 am
the freeze frames were better and more dramatic.
If they do Miami or London, it’s only a matter of time we see them in the Jersey Shore. -_-
Mr. J. Payton-Brown August 22, 2010 at 11:33 pm
I didn’t like the movies at all. I thought they were lame and filler. To be honest I think they should go back to doing normal finales instead of doing these one hour/two hour movies because it’s lame and it lacks substance IMO. I really hope Stephen Stohn isn’t overhyping “All Falls Down” like it’s sooo epic. I tweeted to him and told him that I hope that he’s not getting my hopes up because if the episode isn’t as epic as he says it is then I will let him know on twitter and tell him to stop overhyping the episodes like that.
I agree that the movies were terrible. Pretty much the only legitimate storyline in them was Elli’s, but that was never even finished.
degrassi_rocks:) August 23, 2010 at 12:19 am
lol this is funny http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7hfc0MFEn1qzsm3d.gif
J.kart August 23, 2010 at 12:45 am
LMFAO@Adam doing the cabbage patch! ….omfg I had a horrible day but that really made my night seeing that! xD
Daze August 23, 2010 at 1:21 am
Maybe the spin-off will be about declan and the people in his school. Maybe we’ll then get to see Bobby and how his life goes on after the whole court deal. Then we’d see Tinsley and her skanky ways or see that she is not that bad. What do you guys think?
Its quite clear. The spin-off is coming in 10 years with Jack and Isabella as the stars and spinner emma and jenna and kc raising theyre kids. Calling it!
Rossberrie August 23, 2010 at 2:43 am
Don’t forget Craig’s little sister aka Cassie’s(Manny) Real Sister
Oh yes of course! Um i think Angela (Angie) was her name?
Shaina August 26, 2010 at 12:40 am
How can you be a Degrassi blogger and not know that Jimmy got shot in season 4?!?! That really bugs me!
Kary August 26, 2010 at 12:49 am
Ummmmmm I didn’t write this interview and had nothing to do with it except copying/pasting it here. I obviously know when Jimmy was shot….
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Shirk, rest & play.
Bob Marley Toking Tour
Dirty South/20 May, 18
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Roxy could hardly contain her laughter.
‘Half-life’s got a job!’ she howled.
‘Have you been boffing petrol again?’ I asked. ‘What the frig?’
Often when Half-life meets new people, whether it’s an astronaut, or a librarian, he thinks: ‘I could do your job. Why didn’t they give that job to me?’ – a rhetorical question if ever there was one.
Lately he’s been seeing a Blue Badge Guide, someone qualified to lead groups of tourists around London, armed with obscure knowledge. Half-life devised his own outing – the South London Bob Marley Toking Tour.
‘He reckons he’ll get paid to chat shit about Marley, smoke trees and get free pints from stoner chicks,’ explained Roxy. You can see his logic.
Half-life’s tour began at a pub, The Brockley Barge, to be precise. Not that Holy Bob ever visited SE4’s ’Spoons, but there is a Marley mural, painted by Dale Grimshaw, on the side of the boozer (see main image).
Half-life didn’t know that a dozen people tried to attend his inaugural walk, because he was an hour late. By 12.30, most had slipped away disappointed. One rang our guide to complain and had the misfortune to wake him. He left the area in some haste.
Get up, light up
By 1pm I’d had a leisurely brunch in The Barge and the only people left were me and Bigger Steve. Bigger only stayed because Half-life owed him some wedge and, being a big Marley fan as well as a laid back dude, had been persuaded to take this tour as part-payment.
When Half-life arrived he complained bitterly about flakey tourists and the impatience of people nowadays. Also, that he was parched.
‘Pint, complete me,’ he bade his breakfast.
We wandered outside to check out the impressive mural, partially obscured by Wetherspoon’s bin and cardboard collection, in a fitting tribute, not to Bob, but to South London.
‘Right, students. This is Bob Marley,’ he announced. ‘Drink?’
I had to admit I was expecting a little more detail about the great man. A little more colour, perhaps.
Also, why Brockley?
‘Brockley’s got street art coming out the ying-yang,’ said Bigger. ‘Yeah, got a festival and everything. There was a Marley mural round the corner back in the day, on the MOT garage. When that got knocked down the locals had a whip round for this baby.’
‘You can learn a lot on my tours,’ said Half-life, sparking up the first fatty of the day.
Half-life had boned up on his Marley though, and after a smoke, that information became available for him to disseminate on the bus ride to the next landmark, in Peckham. He told us Bob Marley & The Wailers were already huge in Jamaica by the time Marley did a UK tour with Johnny Nash (best known for the hit, I Can See Clearly Now) in 1972. Struggling to make an impact here they agreed to a left-field suggestion from a teacher they met in a Soho club to perform for his class at Peckham Manor School, now the Damilola Taylor Community Centre. They played an acoustic set in the gym, did a bit of Q&A and played football with the mesmerised kids. Weeks later, Nash’s cover of Marley’s Stir It Up was in the Top 20. The following year Bob and his Wailers would release their breakthrough LP Catch A Fire, quite possibly the greatest reggae album of all time.
The gym is much the same now as on that extraordinary day, but given that the place is dedicated to model behaviour, we decided to toke ’n’ talk on our way to refreshments at the Peckham Pelican, the unfussy bar/cafe/arts venue nearby, where Bigger treated us to a toddy that included Jameson’s, ginger, cardamom, orange and honey.
‘I consider myself livelied the fuck up,’ declared Half-life, who practically had to be dragged out, as often happens when he meets whiskey.
Our guide then took us to Battersea Park because that’s where Marley used to play football with the Wailers when they lived in Chelsea in 1977 and would meet up with Eddy Grant for a game. Marley had survived an assassination attempt in Jamaica the year before, which may have prompted his move to London, yet he still went on to play at a festival two days later, stating: ‘The people who are trying to make this world worse aren’t taking a day off. How can I?’
‘That’s the motto I try to live by,’ said Half-life. ‘I never take a break from spreading joy, love and little bags of herb. Here, how about we nick some kid’s ball and have a kickabout?’
Getting high in Battersea Park
Thankfully we didn’t have to use muscle to get a ball. Some lads let us join in with them, but it became quickly apparent that we were better suited to the post-game refreshment side of the sport. Bigger and I struggled after a couple of pints, whisky and smoke, while Half-life’s liberal elbow use meant no one tried to talk us out of moving on.
The next step truly was a surprise. Two trains took us to Wimbledon, where we strolled to Cannizaro Park, near the Common. Unfortunately, Half-life got us lost at what later transpired to be 15 yards from the entrance to the park, taking a wrong turning and then, in trying to correct it, another wrong turn. We did stumble upon the Fox & Grapes though, which, despite being more of a hotel/restaurant than a pub, did an invigorating pint from Wimbledon Brewery. Restored, we trekked past the golf club and found an alleyway into the weird and wonderful grade II listed walled park.
The park used to be the gardens of the Duke of Cannizaro’s estate. Cannizaro House has been occupied by numerous aristocrats since and visited by great writers, such as Lord Tennyson, Oscar Wilde and Henry James before Merton Council bought it in 1949.
Like Battersea, Cannizaro is a park with a bar. Cannizaro House has been converted into the Hotel du Vin. The bar is beautiful, if a little stiff, but the Orangerie – a glass conservatory that looks out on the park, would be special in the right company. Not that I was in the right company. Half-life took one look at the coiffed hair and cravats of polite society and declared:
‘Fucking Babylon’s having afternoon tea.’
Passing the sweet but strange little aviary, Half-life’s pace quickened.
‘This is it,’ he said, ‘Possibly,’ as we passed through a vivid tunnel of extravagant flowers.
We pulled off the path into a sheltered little nook, with more flowers in loud bloom, but also thankfully, benches. And there he was: Haile Selassie, Jah to the Rastas; Emperor to Ethiopians from 1930 to 1974 and Wimbledon’s most unlikely statue. We sparked up and listened to Half-life’s talk, which he stood up for, like a Messiah, or an attention seeker.
Highly holy
‘So some Rastas reckon Selassie was God and others that he was just a prophet. The First Rasta was this Leonard Howell. He reckoned Haile Selassie was divine and had been foretold in the fucking Bible. Howell starts this Rasta commune in Jamaica then one day goes, “Hang on, maybe I’m God”. But he was living on a ganja farm with his 13 wives, so you could understand his confusion.’
Bigger asked about Babylon.
‘It’s corruption, it’s decadence, it’s oppression. Europe and America being a sack of cunts to everyone and not smoking enough green.
‘Smoking ganja is sacred to your Rastafari. They call it “wisdomweed”. I don’t know about you, but I get some of my best ideas when I’m off me tits – like my plan for a glass-bottomed airship pub – so maybe they’re on to something there.
‘The ganja is about as cool as it gets though as they don’t do alcohol, baccy, meat or some fish and they expect women to be subservient to lads, which is about as fucking Babylon as you can get, if you ask me.’
Bigger Steve piped up. ‘So did they dig the Bible?’
‘They fucking loved it mate. They read it and said “We are the Chosen fucking People”, just like the Jews and the Gammonites do.’
‘And what is Haile Selassie doing here?’ asked Bigger.
‘So fat fascist Mussolini invades Ethiopia in 1936 and Selassie then nicks off to Blighty to wait for someone to kick them out. Stayed in Parkside, Wombledon for a bit, before moving to Bath.’
‘Was he very God-like?’ I asked as we made our way to the station again.
Half-life told us he was very impressive, for an autocrat. A great speaker. He was a friend of the West, who pushed for a united Africa – lots of good stuff. But he spent a fortune on Emperor-type schizzle while his people starved.
‘He was shite on civil libs, to be fair and he’d happily have his enemies beheaded, so… I liked him. But he did die after complications from a prostate exam, which would make him the first God incarnate to have his jacksie area scrutinised.’
Half-life’s wandering plan started to make sense now. We went to Bob Marley Way in Brixton next, not in itself a remarkable road, but, now we had passed 4pm, we could visit the Sympathetic Ear, the smart bar run by Canopy Brewing, on Tulse Hill.
Beer and sympathy
There we had a nectarous pint of something hoppy and snacked on irresistible beer cheese (a bit like Welsh rarebit but made with beer) while Half-life told us of Marley’s death.
Marley was one of the biggest stars in the world by the end of the ’70s. He had mastered the craft of combining impeccably memorable songs with words about his religion, politics and injustice, with the odd massive party rumble thrown in.
In 1977, the year the Exodus album made him a mainstream megastar, Marley was diagnosed with cancer. For religious reason, he refused to have a toe amputated that may have extended his life, but fucked up his footy. He continued touring and recording until it had spread throughout his body, when he turned to an ‘alternative cancer treatment’.
‘It’s just like alternative comedy,’ explained Half-life. ‘It’s not funny.’
Issal combination therapy is described as a ‘Dubious Treatment’ by the alternative medicine watchdog website, Quackwatch. Marley died, aged just 36.
The final stop of a thoroughly exhausting day would take us to the Crystal Palace Bowl in Crystal Palace Park, where Bob and the Wailers performed their last ever UK gig, in 1980, with Marley already gravely ill. The Bowl was the home of the Crystal Palace Garden Party, which between 1970 and 1979 put on Pink Floyd, The Faces, The Beach Boys, Lou Reed, Roxy Music, Elvis Costello and Eric Clapton. In 1980 it hosted Marley along with the Average White Band and Joe Jackson (for £5.30) on its unique stage, which sits in front of a pond, right where the mosh pit should be.
Earth, 1980
The Wailers played a legendary set which few can remember due to the easy availability of cannabis in the park. Marley returned to the stage to do the encore with his acoustic, solo. He sat down and played the then unreleased Redemption Song. Less than a year later, he would be dead.
The stage is now in a poor state of repair, though it wouldn’t take much to knock it into shape and bring the party back to Crystal Palace. Bromley Council are currently ‘exploring potential new uses’ for it, but its old use would be just fine.
‘Let’s go cheer ourselves up,’ said Half-life, wisely. ‘I know just the place.’
Half-life led us to the park’s maze. Surely Bob must have had a mess about here? With the hedges standing about five feet six tall, there was no chance of losing Half-life or Bigger Steve, yet the maze still provided a challenge. After a few ‘We’ve been this way before’ moments, we stumbled on the centre of the maze – and the path to the escape gate – so it seemed only right to celebrate with a doobie on the benches provided.
We were now in perfect condition to appreciate the dinosaurs that stood sentinel over the park’s larger lake. They’re still a marvel, even to 21st century soaks like us, as they must have been to the Victorian children who saw them first. And the fact they’re anatomically inaccurate makes them less educational and more fun.
Gipsy Hill Brewery’s tap room, the Douglas Fir, sits mercifully nearby, so we were able to meet Roxy for a stupendous pint in a cosy little micro-bar. The Hepcat was the only cask they had on, amid several kegged beers, and when it’s this fresh and lovely, the case for the keg becomes less convincing.
Roxy brought us all salt beef bagels from Brick Lane, bless her, and laughed almost too much at Half-life choosing a lie-in over a £200 payday.
‘You’re a beacon of hope in a world obsessed with advancement,’ she said, clinking glasses.
It was a good job we fortified ourselves because we felt obliged to visit Beer Rebellion on Gipsy Hill while we were in the area and fuck me, what a hill that is up to the Crystal Palace triangle. I’d refuse to come down if I lived up there.
We’d earned one at Walker Briggs, Antic’s latest addition to SE19, before pushing on, happy to be going down Gipsy Hill, to the Beer Reb. More lush ale was complemented by our colonising the basement, done out like a gorgeous living room, but one with mates in it and a bar at the top of the stairs.
Roxy had one more surprise, insisting we visit the Railway Bell round the corner – a serious omission from our earlier round-up of railway pubs. There we were treated with tenderness and patience despite the staggering, slurring and spilling. Your humble narrator stumbled about like a fucked pinball, bumping into every obstacle in his path, and some that weren’t.
‘So did you actually learn anything today, Bigger?’ asked Rox during our final pint.
‘Fuck, yeah,’ he said. ‘Never lend Half-life money.’
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Widespread majority support for banning plastic shopping bags in Saint John
Seven in ten Saint John residents support banning plastic shopping bags in their community, while one-quarter oppose such a decision
Support for banning plastic shopping bags in Saint John is similar to that of the three other largest urban centres in the Maritimes
HALIFAX, NS February 28, 2018: In various regions across the country, there has been considerable discussion about the introduction of a ban on plastic shopping bags. All things considered, a large majority of Saint John residents support banning plastic shopping bags in their community, according to the most recent survey conducted by Corporate Research Associates Inc.
Specifically, seven in ten (70%) Saint John residents support banning plastic shopping bags in their community, while one-quarter (26%) of residents oppose such a decision in Saint John. Across the four largest urban centres in the Maritimes, support for banning plastic shopping bags in Saint John is similar to that of Moncton (76%), Fredericton (74%), and Halifax (71%).
“Consistent with the other major urban markets in the Maritimes, a significant majority of residents living in Saint John support banning the use of plastic bags in their community,” said Don Mills, Chairman and CEO of Corporate Research Associates. “Indeed, this strong level of public support for such a ban should encourage political action on this important environmental issue.”
These results are part of the CRA Urban Report, an independent telephone survey of 400 Saint John (Census Metropolitan Area [CMA]) adult residents, 18 years of age or older, conducted from January 24 to February 7, 2018. Overall results are accurate to within ±4.9 percentage points, 95 out of 100 times.
Corporate Research Associates (CRA), www.cra.ca, is one of Canada’s leading public opinion and market research companies. Founded in 1978, CRA is dedicated to providing clients with state-of-the-art research and strategic consulting services. CRA is a Certified Gold Seal Member of the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA), which sets stringent standards as a condition of membership, and enforces those standards through independent audits. Follow us on Twitter @CRAInsight.
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And other tales of life in the ATL
By Lauren Keating Tuesday January 1, 2019 05:30 pm EST
See: All Blotter columns
Here's the latest from Atlanta's finest:
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His Audi was left unlocked and running | more...
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Is there nothing sacred about making pals in chat rooms anymore? | more...
The Blotter: Lovers' misdemeanor Police Blotter
Thursday November 30, 2017 07:04 pm EST 11/30/2017 7:04 pm
Plus, an allegedly boozy bartender charged with a DUI | more...
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Monday November 20, 2017 05:14 pm EST 11/20/2017 5:14 pm
Plus, 'No, officer; I was just urinating in public!' | more...
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Plus, 'If you're not going to be with me, you can't be with no one else.' | more...
The Blotter: Misplaced Mercedes Police Blotter
And please unload your guns before using the bathroom | more...
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Friday November 10, 2017 05:41 pm EST 11/10/2017 5:41 pm
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Uh, that's my brother's license | more...
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Thursday November 2, 2017 06:46 pm EDT 11/02/2017 6:46 pm
That's a lotta booze | more...
The Blotter: No air Police Blotter
Sir, why is there vomit on the floor of the driver seat? | more...
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Wednesday November 1, 2017 06:04 pm EDT 11/01/2017 6:04 pm
A brazen, yet polite couple gets scooped up by the fuzz | more...
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'It sounded like he knew what he was talking about' | more...
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The Blotter: Nobody boot; nobody get choked Police Blotter
Yet another revival of CL's infamous police blotter | more...
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string(26622) "People love to tell me their favorite Blotter stories. It amuses me how much pride people display when their friends make it into the column. "Remember the one-eyed man dressed up as a Squirrel Superhero, who stole his neighbor's acorns? That was my friend!" Or "Remember the drunk and stoned lady who insisted alien 'buzzing' noises were emitting from her bed? She called police, warning of imminent intergalactic invasion. Cops found her pink vibrator — turned on and buzzing — stuffed under her mattress. That was my best friend!"
And it's always a "friend." Sometimes I bet they really mean, "That was me in the Blotter!" But they don't want to admit it. And that's OK. I'll keep those naughty secrets safe. Their blissfully euphoric, goofy grins and proud swagger are all the clues I need.
Here are my favorite Blotter moments from the past year. Enjoy!
— The Blotter Diva
!!IDENTITY DELUSIONS OF THE YEAR
Holy infant, so tender and coiled
Cops received a call about a "woman refusing to leave" an Old Fourth Ward motel. "I met with the woman. She said that she had a bomb," the cop noted. "She did not have a bomb — it was clothing under her shirt in the shape of a baby."
"I pulled the clothes out of the bottom of her shirt, after placing her in cuffs," the cop noted. "She then accused me of aborting her baby. She said that she was an Anaconda."
For the grand finale, the woman screamed a bizarre threat directed at the cop: "I am going to wrap around you and bite your dick off!"
The cop took the woman to Grady Memorial Hospital for a mental evaluation. "She was not cooperative ... she continued to threaten harm and ... to spit on any staff member close to her."
Flexible space oddity
Outside a West End shopping mall, a cop saw a black car stopped with a twitchy male driver inside "The driver had a very hostile demeanor toward me," the cop noted. "I asked him why he was so agitated. He advised that he felt that he was being harassed and that he didn't do anything wrong."
The driver, a 34-year-old man from Douglasville, admitted to consuming alcoholic beverages before getting into his car. The man said he was bipolar and has a thyroid condition. "His movements were very erratic," the cop noted.
The driver failed several field sobriety tests and blew more than three times the legal limit for blood-alcohol content. "It took me and multiple other officers to hold the driver on the hood of my patrol vehicle in order to finish searching him," the cop noted. "While in the rear of my patrol vehicle, the driver became increasingly irate. He screamed that we were extorting and kidnapping people. At one point, the driver screamed, 'I'm an alien!' and also screamed, 'Can you suck your own dick?'"
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!!LOONY LADIES OF THE YEAR
Chicken McNutty
In Buckhead Village, a 23-year-old man was driving along East Paces Ferry Road when a woman jumped into the street and started hurling bottles at his new silver Jeep. One bottle struck the Jeep's door. After he drove by, the woman started flinging bottles at another car, so the man called police.
A cop found the bottle-launcher — a 30-year-old woman from Auburn, Georgia — and sat her down for a chat.
"The woman said she was getting off of work from the chicken processing plant near the location and wanted to get her car from the valet, which was driving in circles around her," the cop noted. "She said she threw bottles at the cars due to the fact that she thought one of them belonged to her, and her car had been stolen from her."
The cop found the woman's story quite bizarre — there's no chicken processing plant in Buckhead Village. "She did not appear to be in her right state of mind," the cop noted. "She said she had been working at the chicken processing plant, which is now actually a multi-living apartment building."
The woman went to jail for disorderly conduct.
Planting ahead
A cop saw a woman "seated in a flower bed" outside an apartment complex in Midtown. The 58-year-old woman was clutching a purple purse and wearing a hospital armband. The officer said he "asked her kindly to get out of the flower bed," and she refused. After asking her a second and third time, the woman stood up and began ranting, "You just want to slam me to the ground and take me to jail!" The cop replied, "No, I Just need you to get out of the flower bed, that's all."
The woman decided to get out of the flower bed and then ran into oncoming traffic on Peachtree Street yelling, "Fuck you!" The woman ignored the officer's commands to get back on the sidewalk and ran further into traffic. Eventually, the officer got her back on the sidewalk and arrested her for violating her pedestrian duties.
A cop patrolling a Sweet Auburn park saw two men smoking at public picnic tables inside a pavilion. The cop approached the smoking men and overheard other people inside the pavilion warning a woman to throw away her liquor bottle before the cop arrived. "She waved them off and refused to listen as I approached," the cop noted. "Once at the pavilion, I observed the female ... had an open 50ml bottle of Jack Daniels Old No. 7 Black Label."
The cop gave tickets to the two smoking men and the woman for violating park ordinances. "The woman loudly stated that she was legally blind and could not read the ticket, although she was playing a game on her cell phone when I approached her," the cop recalled. "She requested to write that she was legally blind on the ticket and did so on the bottom of the ticket. She then signed the ticket without hesitation." The woman, 49, hails from Grant Park.
In Ansley Park, cops responded to a dispute between a 36-year-old woman subletting a home to a couple with a 1-year-old son. The distraught parents said they came home one day and the 36-year-old landlord was alledgedly "running around the home naked." The parents claim the naked landlord snatched their 1-year-old son out of bed. By the time police arrived, the naked landlord had disappeared.
Days later, the agitated landlord returned to the home while everyone was asleep and started screaming and yelling until everyone woke up. The father, fearing for his son's safety, called 911. As she tried to flee, the landlord hopped into her car, put it in reverse, and nearly hit the father as she backed out to the street. The landlord is described as an unstable drug user. Police told the parents to change the locks to their home.
!!DAFT DUDES OF THE YEAR
Furry frenzy
A cop received a call about a possible dispute with a weapon at a fast-food restaurant on Metropolitan Parkway. "Upon my arrival, the fast-food restaurant employees pointed to a 27-year-old in the store wearing a red Papa John's uniform and a fuzzy hat in the shape of an animal," a cop noted.
Earlier, the same cop had responded to two calls from the same restaurant, including one from the man in the fuzzy hat himself.
The man began to yell at the cop and shouted, "They are conspiring against me! It's a set up!"
The cop handcuffed the man for safety purposes, noting, "He stated that the items on the table were his evidence that his ex-girlfriend ... and her manager were trying to set him up. The items included two Xbox 360 games, his house phone, his son's walkie-talkie, two sets of keys, a jacket, chapstick, his cellphone, and his wallet.
The cop asked the man how the items counted as evidence. The man replied, "It's all there!"
Suddenly, the man in the fuzzy hat blurted, "Officer, I don't feel so good. I need Grady." He claimed to be fainting, and began to lie down on the floor. Then he got up and leaned his head on a table.
"While waiting on medics, the man stood up again and began yelling at his ex-girlfriend in the middle of the lobby," the cop wrote. "He shouted at her, 'Are you going to suck me or fuck me?' in front of others in the restaurant." The cop ordered the man to sit down.
The man's ex-girlfriend agreed to talk to police, but she refused to give her last name. She said the man in the fuzzy hat has come into the fast-food restaurant for the past three days harassing her and the customers because they recently broke up.
Medics examined the man, who refused to go to the hospital. "I got you," he shouted. "Something is coming, I got you. You took my job away from my kids."
At this point, the cop arrested the man for disorderly conduct and took him to jail. The man asked that all his belongings and "evidence" be left with his ex-girlfriend because she would give his evidence to his grandmother.
Chasin' Jason
In East Point, a 24-year-old man had a strange encounter with a guy in a white hockey mask. While walking home from a MARTA station, the man heard a woman talking to herself. The man glanced over his shoulder, spotted the woman, and wondered why she was talking to herself.
The man looked back again and saw two oddly dressed guys following him. One guy wore a white hockey mask on his face, a black T-shirt with "Trill Gang" written in gold, and green pants with a floral print. The second guy wore a lime-green shirt with stripes.
"Why aren't you guys laughing?" the strange lady asked. The 24-year-old said he and the two guys "began a casual conversation" about the strange woman. "What's wrong with her?" he asked. "We don't know," the hockey-mask guy replied.
Then, the hockey-mask guy whipped out a gun and pointed it at the 24-year-old while his accomplice stole his cell phone and wallet.
Minutes later, the 24-year-old flagged down police. Cops quickly tracked the suspects to a nearby apartment complex. The Jason Voorhees wannabe came out with his hands in the air. He'd ditched his white hockey mask. Cops searched him and found the 24-year-old's cell phone along with a stolen gold chain necklace with a gold cross and a gold watch. Alas, the white hockey mask is still at large.
Terminal meltdown
At Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, a 40-year-old man triggered a brouhaha at the Spirit Airlines counter. "He was yelling to the point that everyone in the terminal was focused on him," the cop said. "The man ranted about his Social Security check, outraged because there's only $66 in his bank account."
Loud Guy declared that he's no bum. Sitting on the floor, he spread his legs and waved his hands in the air as he yelled.
"Lower your voice right now," the cop ordered. Loud Guy's howls hit earsplitting levels. "He could not be reasoned with, he would not listen, and he ranted Bible verses while making accusations that he would be murdered. He screamed that he was HIV positive, that he had hepatitis B and C," the cop noted.
Then Loud Guy blended religion and drugs for his final words to the growing crowd. "He recited Bible verses, asking us to kill him," a cop wrote. "He stated he was smart with his IQ at 140. He also advised he used crystal meth 105 times in the past four years — along with once yesterday. He even asked if he was murdered." Loud Guy's meth voyage quickly ended with a lengthy mental exam.
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!!HOW TO STAY SINGLE
A 21-year-old woman left her apartment in Edgewood for two days. When she returned, her rear window was smashed. A knife was positioned on the kitchen table near the shattered window. "Someone placed an inflated air mattress over the window," a cop noted. Nothing was missing from the woman's apartment. "A pair of tennis shoes that had been in her bedroom were now sitting on the couch," the cop observed. "She advised that the intruders may have watched TV while they were inside the home." The woman said something similar happened recently, but she didn't call police. "She advised after the first time, she received a note on her door, which read: 'I broke into your house, but I think you are cute.'" No suspects.
Wannabe groupie
A 30-year-old Stone Mountain woman refused to pay her tab at a Downtown hotel bar. A cop asked the woman why she wouldn't pay for her booze. The woman replied, "I am not paying because the Musically Incline Men are going to pay for my drinks."
The cop noted, "There were no Music Men, nor any men inside the bar at the time." According to the bartender, the woman did not come to the bar with any men or drink with any men while at bar. "She asked for a water, walked out, and then came back inside the bar for one Maker's Mark."
The woman went to jail, charged with failing to pay her $10.55 bar tab. Maybe she'll meet a cute musician in the slammer.
!!PEOPLE STEAL WEIRD SHIT
Pilfering fame
In Glenwood Park, a 42-year-old woman said she parked her Porsche in a secure parking lot one night. The next morning, her front passenger window was shattered and "a placard award bearing her name was stolen" from the car. Nothing else was missing. The Blotter Diva wonders: How valuable is an award with someone else's name on it?
Twisted mister
A 46-year-old man walked into a big-box superstore with an unusual mission: to steal a Twister game, two packs of ground beef, and one package of turkey. He didn't get very far, though. Security guards tackled him. The man went to jail for allegedly shoplifting $35.62 worth of meat and the board game.
!!MIND-ALTERING MISHAPS
A rowdy 38-year-old woman refused to leave a gas station/convenience store on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. According to a store clerk, the woman allegedly threatened to burn the gas pumps with a stick of incense that she just shoplifted. Given the potential fire hazard, the clerk called police.
The woman was still clutching a lit stick of incense when the officer arrived. And she smelled of booze. The cop noted, "On the transport ride to City Jail, the woman kept screaming and yelling cusswords at me"
At the jail, the woman apparently switched focus. The cop noted: "She urinated all over herself and the holding area and started yelling even louder about a Lotto ticket."
Bang your head
Police received a call about an inebriated man stumbling down the street in East Atlanta. When a cop found the tipsy guy, "he was head-butting the telephone pole" on Memorial Drive.
"He was talking to himself in heavily slurred words and the front of his pants were soaked in what was most likely his own urine," the cop noted. "The man said he had been drinking all day with 'some guy' and that I needed to go get his money back for him. All the man would talk about was that he went 'somewhere' with 'someone' and he passed out from drinking too much. When he woke up, he began to walk home and then noticed that he didn't have his money anymore."
The cop continued: "The entire time that I was talking to the man he was stumbling side to side and even fell over twice onto the sidewalk." The man, 54, went to jail, charged with disorderly conduct.
Stupid stoner
A 29-year-old man called police after a skinny drug dealer nicknamed "Ace" reportedly ripped him off in Virginia-Highland.
From the victim's report: "I was robbed by Ace for $300 close to Little Five Points on St. Charles while trying to purchase some weed. I got in the car with Ace and some other guy I never seen before. ... We entered the car, and the driver pulls off and stops and pulls out a big knife. Ace then pulls out a shiny gun and says, 'Fuck ... give it up.'" Ace and his accomplice reportedly stole $300 cash and the man's wallet.
Ace is described as a tall, slim man "with a goatee not connected to a beard," according to the police report.
The cop patiently took the 29-year-old man's statement about getting robbed by his drug dealer. Then, the cop arrested the man for attempting to purchase marijuana — a crime he had just confessed to — and took him to jail. Perhaps next time a drug dealer rips you off, just let it go.
!!EROTIC ADVENTURES OF THE YEAR
Love of art
A man got amorous with outdoor statues outside the High Museum of Art. "Upon my arrival, I witnessed the suspect with his pants down and his genitals exposed, fondling a statue in front of the location," a cop noted. A security guard said that earlier, he caught the frisky fellow in the act of rubbing the statues and repeatedly asked the man to leave. Cops took the 21-year-old art lover to jail on a public indecency charge.
In the Edgewood neighborhood, a woman spotted a man "making loud noises and pleasuring himself" while she drove home on Walthall Street. "She stated he kept doing this for 30 minutes," a cop noted. Another Edgewood man reported "strange noises." The man stepped outside his home and saw a naked couple fornicating on the sidewalk. Still groping, the hedonist duo got up, strolled over to a nearby vacant lot, and continued to perform various sex acts.
A cop arrived and "heard sounds commonly associated with sexual intercourse coming from an open lot." The horny exhibitionist couple — a 25-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman — went to jail on public indecency charges.
Sidecar Sally
An officer responded to a dispute at an apartment in Midtown. "Upon my arrival, I was met at the door by a 36-year-old married woman, who appeared to be distraught and stated that her side piece (a.k.a. the man she is sleeping with) was upset because she asked him to leave her apartment and he grabbed her hair," the cop noted. "After grabbing her hair, he put his hand on her face, pushed it away. She ran downstairs and into her garage. Once in the garage, she locked herself in her car and used her husband's (who has been out of town this month) phone to call police."
The woman's "side piece" was still pissed, and his next move suggested their fling may be nearing an end. The cop noted, "He grabbed her house keys and threw them in the sewer and left her apartment to return home to see his girlfriend." The married woman requested a police report — even though she repeatedly said she wasn't hurt and declined an ambulance.
Touching faith
In the front yard of a large Midtown church, a 33-year-old naked man who was laying in the grass started to pleasure himself — during church services. Flustered, a church employee called authorities. Cops dragged the nude 33-year-old man from church grounds.
!!NASTY NEIGHBORS OF THE YEAR
Brown trickle woes
A war between neighbors that had been brewing for two years finally bubbled over at a Midtown condominium building. The opponents: two male neighbors who live above/below each other. The lower-floor neighbor, a 46-year-old man, claimed "the ceiling light fixture in his bathroom was leaking a brown fluid — suspected methamphetamine" from his neighbors' upstairs unit, a cop noted.
The man described his upstairs neighbor as a "chubbily built" man in his 40s with brown hair and glasses.The man also said the upstairs neighbor has an aggressive dog, which is forbidden by condo rules, and claims the dog has attacked residents and visitors at the condominium. "The dog also alledgedly bit someone at the location," the cop noted. The man said the condo association found out about the dog, issued a memo to evict it, and is now charging the upstairs neighbor a $25 daily penalty until the dog is gone. The man said throngs of people are constantly coming and going from the upstairs neighbor's place, and sometimes people enter by climbing a wall. He described a previous instance when his ceiling was leaking brownish fluid ("suspected methamphetamine"), and he walked upstairs, knocked on his neighbor's door, and heard "items rattling and fast footsteps as though he is hiding something illegally suspicious." The man said he walked inside and saw "a sheet covering possibly suspicious items over the bathtub," according to the police report. Police took a sample of the brown liquid dripping from the ceiling to test for possible methamphetamine.
In Ansley Park, two lady neighbors had an epic showdown about the property line dividing their homes. The first neighbor, 47, called a surveyor to resolve the ongoing dispute. When the surveyor arrived, the second neighbor, 64, walked outside, yelled at the surveyor, and displayed "very irate and unstable behavior," a cop noted.
The second neighbor said she's "too nervous to go back home" so the cop agreed to meet her at a nearby gas station on Peachtree Street to hear her side of the story. The second neighbor's rant about the property line squabble "went on for almost an hour," the cop noted. "She is the primary issue in the dispute and is the problem."
Even though Halloween was long past, the second neighbor has "a Halloween decoration with a tombstone and some orange cones facing the front door of her neighbor's property," the cop observed. "This is an example of some of the small things that she is doing to harass her neighbor."
Smell the magic
On the Westside, police busted two young men for stealing a UPS package off their neighbor's porch. Police got a search warrant for the townhouse, where the two men, ages 17 and 20, were hiding. The mother attempted to persuade police that her boys weren't involved. "The mother makes this claim of her son's innocence due to him acknowledging the theft taking place, making mention of it via Facetime, and mentioning the stupidity of the criminal act," the cop noted. His virtual confession was all police needed.
Inside the UPS package, cops found a massive supply of "super-absorbent advanced odor control pads." The Blotter Diva wonders: Why would two young guys want a gazillion odor-control pads?
!!ANIMAL INSTINCTS
Beefy brawl
A 20-year-old woman recently called police to her grandmother's house in Mechanicsville. "She advised me that several girls she didn't know but followed ... on Instagram had posted videos to Instagram," the cop noted. "The unknown females were outside a house she described as her grandmother's house and yelling for her to come out and squash some beef. She was not concise nor completely forthcoming about the situation that got her involved with the unknown females. She stated she only knew it had something to do with her grandmother being a lesbian."
The woman said one of the unknown females was armed with a knife. "At some point, glass broke, possibly due to a knife being thrown at the window, but the woman could not advise when it happened," the cop noted.
Meat man
In Edgewood, a man said a strange thief dressed in red and black clothing broke into his apartment — while he was home. The thief stole one thing: a box of hamburgers from the refrigerator. The man tried to stop the Hamburglar, who closed the refrigerator door on his head, causing a visible injury.
Vegan thieves
Two men broke into a local discount meat shop through a hole in the roof. The men lowered themselves "through a whole (sic) caused from a previous burglary that had not been fixed," a cop noted. "After making entry, the males grabbed plastic plates and plastic cups and exited the location the same way they entered." The entire incident was captured on surveillance camera.
That's right: Two guys robbed a meat shop but only stole plastic cups and plates.
Special sauce included
A 64-year-old man was accused of swiping various forms of animal flesh at a Downtown grocery store. A cop noted, "I observed the male pulling a package of meat out of his pants."
The cop asked: What else you got in there? After a pause, the man "advised that he had the package of oxtails stuffed in his pants and an onion that he was going to pay for," the cop noted. "The package of oxtails was completely damaged from being stuffed down his pants."
The Blotter Diva wonders: How does a package of meat get "completely damaged" inside someone's pants? Wait. I don't want to know.
!!BOYS IN BLUE
Just plain bold
A cop recently spotted a man having trouble on the sidewalk outside a nightclub in Midtown. "He was leaning on a parked car and sobbing," the cop noted. "I approached him and asked if he was OK, or if he needed an ambulance. He looked up at me and said, 'I would really like to slap you in the face right now.'"
"I was shocked by his response," the cop wrote. "I did not take him seriously, figuring him to be under the influence of some substance. Before I could determine the appropriate course of action, he swung his open hand and slapped me in the face."
Another cop working near the nightclub tackled the man. Police then handcuffed the man and removed him from the street. The man began to shout and curse during the arrest.
Apparently, the man lost his balance. "I stepped away and turned my back to use the radio and receive my case number from dispatch," the cop noted. "When I turned back around the man was laying on the ground, partially sitting up, with a fresh gash on his right eyebrow and some other scratches on his face."
Sweet patriotism
A very drunk man refused to leave an Atlantic Station candy store. "I just want to get some candy," the 25-year-old man hollered, adding that he did not have to leave because "this is America" and it was his first amendment right to say whatever he wanted to. He allegedly caused a ruckus and bothered other sweets-seeking customers. Management feared he was going to start a fight. A cop noted, "I asked the agitated man for his name and he refused to provide it. I asked the man if he was with anyone who could take care of him and he refused to answer ... His eyes were bloodshot and he was continuing to behave in an agitated manner."
Two cops had to physically escort the tipsy man outside and arrested him for disorderly conduct. "While waiting for transport, the man repeatedly attempted to insult the two cops by calling us 'batty boys' which is Jamaican slang for a homosexual male," the officer noted. The tipsy man "began to talk about the Freemasons and asked one officer if he was a Mason." He went to jail.
Hat can hope, Mr. Grammar
In Grant Park at the Zone 3 police precinct headquarters, an officer found a gray baseball cap in the "Morning Watch" office with a sticky note, which read: "Left in Patrol Car."
"The gray baseball hat has been sitting in the Morning Watch office for about two days," the cop wrote in his report. "The hat states, 'Original Chuck,' on the front. The hat was sitting in their office, hoping someone would recognize it and place it inside Police Property. However, no one came up and recognize it. I transported the gray baseball hat inside the Zone 3 precinct and place the baseball hat into Police Property." Hmm, the Blotter Diva did not know a hat could sit there, "hoping someone would recognize it." Very special hat!"
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__Flexible space oddity__
Outside a West End shopping mall, a cop saw a black car stopped with a twitchy male driver inside "[[The driver] had a very hostile demeanor toward me," the cop noted. "I asked [[him] why he was so agitated. [[He] advised that he felt that he was being harassed and that he didn't do anything wrong."
The driver, a 34-year-old man from Douglasville, admitted to consuming alcoholic beverages before getting into his car. The man said he was bipolar and has a thyroid condition. "[[His] movements were very erratic," the cop noted.
The driver failed several field sobriety tests and blew more than three times the legal limit for blood-alcohol content. "It took me and multiple other officers to hold [[the driver] on the hood of my patrol vehicle in order to finish searching him," the cop noted. "While in the rear of my patrol vehicle, [[the driver] became increasingly irate. [[He] screamed that we were extorting and kidnapping people. At one point, [[the driver] screamed, 'I'm an alien!' and also screamed, 'Can you suck your own dick?'"
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__Chicken McNutty__
"[[The woman] said she was getting off of work from the chicken processing plant near the location and wanted to get her car from the valet, which was driving in circles around her," the cop noted. "[[She] said she threw bottles at the cars due to the fact that she thought one of them belonged to her, and her car had been stolen from her."
The cop found the woman's story quite bizarre — there's no chicken processing plant in Buckhead Village. "She did not appear to be in her right state of mind," the cop noted. "[[She] said she had been working at the chicken processing plant, which is now actually a multi-living apartment building."
__Planting ahead__
__Eyes wide shut__
The cop gave tickets to the two smoking men and the woman for violating park ordinances. "[[The woman] loudly stated that she was legally blind and could not read the ticket, although she was playing a game on her cell phone when I approached her," the cop recalled. "She requested to write that she was legally blind on the ticket and did so on the bottom of the ticket. She then signed the ticket without hesitation." The woman, 49, hails from Grant Park.
__Naked and afraid__
__Furry frenzy__
A cop received a call about a possible dispute with a weapon at a fast-food restaurant on Metropolitan Parkway. "Upon my arrival, [[the fast-food restaurant] employees [[pointed] to a 27-year-old in the store wearing a red Papa John's uniform and a fuzzy hat in the shape of an animal," a cop noted.
__Chasin' Jason__
__Terminal meltdown__
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__Flirting with disaster__
__Wannabe groupie__
__Pilfering fame__
__Twisted mister__
__Firestarter__
The woman was still clutching a lit stick of incense when the officer arrived. And she smelled of booze. The cop noted, "On the transport ride to City Jail, [[the woman] kept screaming and yelling cusswords at me"
__Bang your head__
"He was talking to himself in heavily slurred words and the front of his pants were soaked in what was most likely his own urine," the cop noted. "[[The man] said he had been drinking all day with 'some guy' and that I needed to go get his money back for him. All [[the man] would talk about was that he went 'somewhere' with 'someone' and he passed out from drinking too much. When he woke up, he began to walk home and then noticed that he didn't have his money anymore."
The cop continued: "The entire time that I was talking to [[the man] he was stumbling side to side and even fell over twice onto the sidewalk." The man, 54, went to jail, charged with disorderly conduct.
__Stupid stoner__
__Love of art__
__Don't be shy__
__Sidecar Sally__
An officer responded to a dispute at an apartment in Midtown. "Upon my arrival, I was met at the door by [[a 36-year-old married woman], who appeared to be distraught and stated that her side piece (a.k.a. the man she is sleeping with) was upset because she asked him to leave her apartment [[and he] grabbed her hair," the cop noted. "After grabbing her hair, he put his hand on her face, pushed it away. She ran downstairs and into her garage. Once in the garage, she locked herself in her car and used her husband's (who has been out of town this month) phone to call police."
__Touching faith__
__Brown trickle woes__
The man described his upstairs neighbor as a "chubbily built" man in his 40s with brown hair and glasses.The man also said the upstairs neighbor has an aggressive dog, which is forbidden by condo rules, and claims the dog has attacked residents and visitors at the condominium. "The dog also [[alledgedly] bit someone at the location," the cop noted. The man said the condo association found out about the dog, issued a memo to evict it, and is now charging the upstairs neighbor a $25 daily penalty until the dog is gone. The man said throngs of people are constantly coming and going from the upstairs neighbor's place, and sometimes people enter by climbing a wall. He described a previous instance when his ceiling was leaking brownish fluid ("suspected methamphetamine"), and he walked upstairs, knocked on his neighbor's door, and heard "items rattling and fast footsteps as though he is hiding something illegally suspicious." The man said he walked inside and saw "a sheet covering possibly suspicious items over the bathtub," according to the police report. Police took a sample of the brown liquid dripping from the ceiling to test for possible methamphetamine.
__Walk the line__
__Smell the magic__
__Beefy brawl__
A 20-year-old woman recently called police to her grandmother's house in Mechanicsville. "[[She] advised me that several girls she didn't know but followed ... on Instagram had posted videos to Instagram," the cop noted. "The unknown females were outside a house she described as her grandmother's house and yelling for her to come out and squash some beef. She was not concise nor completely forthcoming about the situation that got her involved with the unknown females. [[She] stated she only knew it had something to do with her grandmother being a lesbian."
The woman said one of the unknown females was armed with a knife. "At some point, glass broke, possibly due to a knife being thrown at the window, but [[the woman] could not advise when it happened," the cop noted.
__Meat man__
__Vegan thieves__
__Special sauce included__
The cop asked: What else you got in there? After a pause, the man "advised that he had the package of oxtails stuffed in his pants and an onion that he was going to pay for," the cop noted. "The package of oxtails was completely damaged from being stuffed down [[his] pants."
__Just plain bold__
"I was shocked by his response," the cop wrote. "[[I did not] take him seriously, figuring him to be under the influence of some substance. Before I could determine the appropriate course of action, he swung his open hand and slapped me in the face."
Apparently, the man lost his balance. "I stepped away and turned my back to use the radio and receive my case number from dispatch," the cop noted. "When I turned back around [[the man] was laying on the ground, partially sitting up, with a fresh gash on his right eyebrow and some other scratches on his face."
__Sweet patriotism__
A very drunk man refused to leave an Atlantic Station candy store. "I just want to get some candy," the 25-year-old man hollered, adding that he did not have to leave because "this is America" and it was his first amendment right to say whatever he wanted to. He allegedly caused a ruckus and bothered other sweets-seeking customers. Management feared he was going to start a fight. A cop noted, "I asked [[the agitated man] for his name and he refused to provide it. I asked [[the man] if he was with anyone who could take care of him and he refused to answer ... [[His] eyes were bloodshot and he was continuing to behave in an agitated manner."
Two cops had to physically escort the tipsy man outside and arrested him for disorderly conduct. "While waiting for transport, [[the man] repeatedly attempted to insult [[the two cops] by calling us 'batty boys' which is Jamaican slang for a homosexual male," the officer noted. The tipsy man "began to talk about the Freemasons and asked one officer if he was a [[M]ason." He went to jail.
__Hat can hope, Mr. Grammar__
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string(123) "From family squabbles to drunken nights on the town, this year's roundup of bizarre ATL crimes is one for the history books"
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string(23149) "An official Blotter all-star may be sitting near you as you thumb through the annual Best of the Blotter issue.
They are often found perched on wobbly bar stools across the city, mumbling details of their latest brush with the law to anyone who will listen.
They get arrested with bizarre style. In previous years, some talked smack to cops. Others succumbed to urges like fornicating furiously in public on a fine spring day. Or smoking marijuana with a friend while sitting on the steps of a police precinct. Blotter all-stars bend our concept of common sense because they get busted with such wild aplomb. They know that if you're going to go to jail, you better make the crime worth it.
Frenemies rampage
FRIENDSHIP STRIPPED: In Buckhead, a 21-year-old man called police to his apartment. According to the police report, the man said he and a female friend went on a road trip "to Alabama to get some money from her family and they were on their way back to Georgia after he had received $500 from his cousins in Alabama." During the ride back, the man fell asleep in the back seat of his friend's car. When he woke up, they were outside the female friend's apartment. She said she needed to pick up her male cousin to buy some marijuana. The cousin hopped into the car, and the friend drove to a nearby apartment — in a much less luxurious part of town. The friend parked behind the complex. The friend's cousin grabbed the 21-year-old from behind and pinned him down, while the friend rummaged through his pockets. "Give me the money or you'll be sorry," the cousin kept saying. Eventually, they found the $500 stuffed inside the 21-year-old's pocket — and the friend drove him back to his apartment and dropped him off.
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The 21-year-old described his female friend as a stripper who works at a nearby club. The 21-year-old had marks on his neck and chin, the reporting officer noted.
ROOMMATE RAGE: In Piedmont Heights, cops responded to an "embellished story" dispute between two guys who have lived together on-and-off for 12 years. The caller said he has epilepsy, and he and his roommate were arguing when he had an epileptic episode and fell into the shower's glass door. A cop arrived and asked the man if he was hurt. The man said he was not hurt. Just to make sure, the cop looked the man over. "Other than an unhealthy-looking big toe, I did not observe any visible injuries," the cop noted, adding that the guy rambled and "did not make much sense."
The other roommate "was very cooperative and calm and quick to provide information," the cop wrote. The roommate said they are good friends, but their relationship had recently deteriorated and just a few hours earlier he had announced that he was moving out at the end of the month. That's when epileptic man became upset and called police.
The cop attempted to have a second conversation with the epileptic man to clarify why he called police, but it got weird. The epileptic man called the cop a "skinny bitch,'" the cop noted. "Also he said I 'needed to eat a sandwich' and began making 'Hail Hitler Nazi salute motions.'"
Both roommates agreed to leave for the night. No one was arrested.
FAMILY SPAT OF THE YEAR: A fight broke out between two cousins on Luckie Street. A 33-year-old in a white polka-dot dress and "shaved hair on both sides of her head" started brawling with her cousin. At one point, Polka Dot hurled a candle at her cousin. Neighbors rushed outside to see the commotion and gave statements to the police.
"Y'all nosey bitches need to mind y'all business, what the fuck y'all looking at?" screamed Polka Dot. After yelling at the neighbors, Polka Dot allegedly hurled her cell phone and a bottle of bug spray toward her cousin. Wisely, the cousin took off running away from Polka Dot.
Polka Dot stormed back into her apartment for a moment and then returned to her front porch armed with a shotgun. According to her neighbors, Polka Dot "then racked the action of the shotgun while still engaging in choice words."
When cops arrived, they heard "loud yelling" behind the apartment building. Polka Dot was screaming and trying to get into her apartment's back door.
Also, Polka Dot "had minor cuts to the face," the cop noted in the police report. Polka Dot went to jail on disorderly conduct charges. A shotgun shell and the can of bug spray were turned in as evidence.
Plastered, sloshed, and buzzed
SHOUT IT LOUD: Two Sandy Springs men were enjoying a recent KISS/Def Leppard concert when things got ugly. A drunk married couple alledgedly went berserk while standing behind the men. The 36-year-old man and his wife were reportedly very argumentative. At one point, the drunk man pushed the two Sandy Springs guys, telling them to move.
The Sandy Springs men exchanged terse words with the unruly man and wife, and then went back to watching the concert. Suddenly, the two Sandy Springs men "felt a warm stream of liquid on their legs and pants, causing them to turn around and witness the 36-year-old man's penis out of his pants, urinating on them," the cop wrote. The two guys were outraged and tried to stop the 36-year-old from peeing on them. The drunk man's wife stepped in and blocked the two Sandy Springs men. "Some mutual pushing took place" between all parties, the cop reported, but concert security was able to break up the tussle before it escalated further.
The cop spoke with the 36-year-old pisser. "I could tell he was intoxicated because I am currently assigned to a DUI task force," the cop explained. "I am a Drug Recognition Expert, and have many encounters with people who have consumed alcohol and drugs." The cop arrested the 36-year-old man.
DRAMATIC ENTRANCE: In Buckhead, cops responded to a call about a woman's legs possibly being trapped under a black SUV near the Piedmont Avenue and Roswell Road intersection. A bystander said the woman drove the SUV into a parking space and hopped out, clutching a glass in one hand. The woman promptly fell over, shattering the glass. Bystanders said the woman was "laughing and crying" while lying on the ground. Her legs were not trapped, but she seemed too drunk to walk on her own. "I could plainly see a full 16-ounce Stella Artois beer can in her purse," the cop noted. "I asked the woman if she had been drinking anything today, specifically Stella, at which time she reached into her purse and attempted to open the beer can."
The officer removed the beer from the woman's hands and asked her what happened. "I don't know," the woman said. The cop asked if she knew where she was. "Bank of America," the woman answered. "I noticed no Bank of America anywhere within eyesight," the cop noted. The 27-year-old woman was charged with DUI. Medics examined her legs and body — everything appeared OK.
En route to the police precinct, the woman kept asking "What's happening?" The cop noted, "I informed her several times that she was under arrest, at which time she would state, 'You're cute,' not seeming to comprehend the situation."
Her police-precinct debut was memorable: The cop recalled, "Upon arrival at the police precinct, I walked the woman through the main entrance, at which time she said, 'Taaaa-Daaaaa! I'm here!' to anyone and everyone present."
The cop filled out the arrest paperwork and put a shackle on the woman's leg. "Can't I just suck your dick and you not take me to jail or something?" she blurted. Nope, shrugged the cop. The woman concluded, "You're an asshole."
SCENT REDEMPTION: In Lakewood Heights, an Atlanta police sergeant saw a brand-new Mustang GT stopped at a red light. "For unknown reasons, the Mustang aggressively accelerated south when the traffic light turned to green," the sergeant noted. Yep, the alleged speed demon zipped away in front of a sergeant sitting in a fully marked squad car. Sarge hit the gas and the chase was on. "I accelerated with the vehicle reaching a speed of 96 mph ... before activating the emergency equipment of my patrol, signaling the Mustang to stop," the sergeant noted.
Sarge got out of squad car and chatted with the driver, a 41-year-old man, who had an unusual explanation for his actions. "He advised that he was aware of the speed and that he thought I was following him," the sergeant noted.
The driver was technically correct. The sergeant was following him — for speeding. The sergeant continued, "The driver's mannerisms were very nervous and awkward, much like a drunk driver, yet all I could smell in the vehicle was the 'new car' smell."
Sarge charged the 41-year-old man with reckless driving, handcuffed him, and escorted him to the squad car. "While completing the required paperwork in my squad car, I began to detect the odor of alcoholic beverage emanating from arrestee's person," the sergeant noted. "With arrestee already being in custody for the traffic violation, I decided to forgo pursuing a DUI investigation and subsequent charges."
This is the first time in Blotter history that a new car smell may have saved a driver from a DUI charge. The driver's shiny new Mustang was impounded.
LOST IN SPACE: In Castleberry Hill, a cop was working an extra job at a restaurant where a 32-year-old man became unruly. A security guard urged the man to leave but he was "too intoxicated" to understand the request.
When the cop walked inside, the unruly man was engaged "in mutual physical combat using a closed fist" on the security guard, the cop noted.
The security guard said the man was "confrontational with patrons" and extremely "touchy" with a female waitress. The security guard said he asked the guy to walk outside, and the man agreed but insisted that the security guard walk ahead of him. Nope, the security guard replied, "You first, sir, I'm just going to make sure you find the door." They exchanged words and the man reportedly punched the security guard's jaw. The security guard said he struck the man about three times.
After the brawl, the 32-year-old man was "bleeding lightly" from the nose, so the cop called an ambulance to the scene. Totally freaked out, the man refused medical treatment, pushing people away as he shouted that the medics were "aliens who wanted to hurt me." The unruly man, who hails from Paulding County, spent the night in jail.
Strange find of the year
COSTUME FETISH: In the Edgewood neighborhood, a man found a purple suitcase filled with Halloween costumes in his backyard. He called police about the unusual find.
Officers took control of the purple suitcase, found an identifying tag on it, and called the suitcase's owner, a woman who lived a few blocks away. The woman said she's out of town at the moment, and she had no clue why her purple bag of costumes landed in the man's backyard.
SNAKE CHARMER: Water gushed from an apartment filled with slithery creatures on Peachtree Street. "I went to the 10th floor and observed several inches of water covering the south hallway," a cop noted. "I walked into the unit where the water was coming from and observed water pouring from the ceiling in the smaller room to the left. I also observed several snake habitats with snakes in the room."
The 35-year-old man in the snake-filled apartment "stated he was high on methamphetamines and because of his paranoia he ignited a lighter directly next to a sprinkler head, which caused the sprinkler system to start and not stop," the cop noted. "He said he was feeling very paranoid and began to observe pieces of crack, cocaine and heroin inside his apartment. He stated that he found these drugs to be alarming because he exclusively uses methamphetamines and these other drugs are not up to his standards."
The paranoia-inspired flood damaged apartments on the ninth and 10th floor. The paranoid man complained of chest pains, so cops took him to Piedmont Hospital.
FELINE FRENZY: In Chastain Park, a 48-year-old man called police to his apartment after he picked up two women at a popular Buckhead bar. "Upon arrival at the scene, the front door was open and I observed the victim lying on the floor in a pool of blood with a compound fracture to his left leg," a cop noted.
The 48-year-old man said the first woman had short black hair and wore an orange dress. The second woman wore a black dress and had long black hair. He said they all went back to his apartment and eventually he fell asleep. He said when he awoke later, both women were rummaging through his belongings in his closet. The man said he tried to stop the women, who alledgedly snatched his wallet and three of his watches. During the struggle, he said the woman in the black dress pushed him down the stairs, and that's how he broke his leg.
Cops searched the apartment: In the upstairs master bedroom, a back door was wide open. No one else was there. Also, the man added that both women "were wearing contacts that looked like 'cat eyes.'"
Bizarre rant of the year
ITCHY SITUATION: In Downtown, an undercover cop said that he spotted a man drinking beer from a Starbucks cup. "As I watched, he finished the beer and discarded the plastic cup on the city sidewalk at the intersection of Walton Street and Peachtree," the cop noted. "I called a takedown unit and began to follow him. As I followed him, he ducked behind a pillar near the intersection of Forsyth and Walton streets and emerged again very close to me. He walked straight up to me, and I thought he was about to ask me why I was following him."
The man did nothing of the sort. Instead, the man bellowed, "Nothing is worse than an itchy asshole! Then, you gotta buy one of these." The man thrust out a jar of Vaseline toward the undercover cop. "You know you are going to use the whole thing," the man said, shaking the Vaseline jar. "God is terrible. Hey, do you have some loose change I could have?"
The undercover cop explained that he did not have any cash on him. Backup units arrived and arrested the man, 63. He went to jail, charged with littering, drinking in public, and monetary solicitation.
Techno diss of the year
SELFIE ABSORBED: On Peachtree Road, a 44-year-old Alabama woman driving a white Mercedes stopped in front of a Buckhead restaurant's neon sign, blocking rush-hour traffic. She hopped out of her car and tried to take a selfie, posing near the restaurant sign. During her self-portrait attempt, the woman yelled profanities at other drivers trying to turn into the restaurant's parking lot.
A young restaurant employee tried to deal with her. "I approached in a friendly manner to ask if everything was OK," he recalled. "She kept daring me to call police" and called him a "stupid motherfucker." He went inside to get his boss.
The restaurant manager walked outside to reason with the woman. "She rolled up her window when I tried to speak to her," the manager said. "She then opened her sunroof and yelled, 'Call 911 bitch, I dare you.'" When the manager called police, the woman "pulled forward — at high speed — and parked in my valet parking area." The woman refused to move her car and cranked up her radio, blasting music until police arrived.
A cop noted the ear-splitting volume. "Upon my approach to the car, the radio in the vehicle was extremely loud. Loud enough so I could hear each word of the song audible to make out the lyrics clearly from 75-100 feet away."
The cop asked the woman to please turn down her radio.
"Fuck you," she responded.
The cop: "Again, I asked her to politely to turn down the radio."
"Fuck you," the woman said. "Hold on a minute while I take a selfie."
Get out of your car, the cop ordered.
"Can't you just hold on and let me take a picture?" the woman bellowed.
Get out of your car, the cop repeated.
"Fuck you, make me!" she yelled. "Fuck this, I'm leaving."
The woman tried to put her car in drive, with the door open. The cop promptly handcuffed her. While "cursing uncontrollably," the woman reportedly threatened the cop by stating "she wanted to fucking kill me and get her boys to 'retire' me," the cop noted.
A restaurant employee witnessed the woman's diatribe. "I heard her threaten to have the officer 'cancelled' and for her male passenger to 'murder this motherfucker.'" Next, the woman refused to get out of the patrol car until "we treated her with dignity," the cop noted.
Weird thefts of the year
NUTTY FIND: Near Atlantic Station, a 19-year-old man parked his Volkswagen Jetta and went inside to shop. About 10 minutes later, he returned to his car and noticed a problem: The driver's-side window was smashed and his black-and-orange backpack was missing from the passenger seat.
The 19-year-old said his missing backpack contained a MacBook Pro computer, an iPad Air, a digital camera, one pair of Prada prescription sunglasses, an external hard drive, and a brown gavel with the word "Malice" engraved on it. "The man further stated that five jars of peanut butter and five jars of jelly were removed from his vehicle," the cop noted.
VISION QUEST: In the Perkerson Park area, an older bleary-eyed man walked into a convenience store and allegedly stole 11 different bottles of eye drops. No two bottles were the same brand. His collection included "advanced" drops, "maximum" drops, "original" drops, "gel" drops, and "balanced" drops. He went to jail on a shoplifting charge. The eye drops are worth $88.35.
Aging hipster of the year
THIS IS 30: A suburban guy was peeing on a street near Aaron's Amphitheater at Lakewood. A cop flipped on his blue lights. Startled, the man stopped peeing and quickly walked away. Soon, the man's brisk walk morphed into a jog.
"By the time I made it to St. Johns Avenue, the male was in a full sprint, running northbound on Pryor Road," the cop noted. "The male slowed to a jog as he ran through the parking lot" of a gas station. "I watched as the male ran and quickly ducked behind a vehicle. I then exited my vehicle and stealthily flanked the male." The man darted off, sprinting again. The cop yelled, "Police! Stop!" Bystanders cheered, "He got the police running!"
The cop kept up the foot chase. "I was able to catch the male at the entrance to the Lakewood concert venue." Once handcuffed, the man said he was very sorry, and he ran due to extreme fear. "I got scared, I grew up running from the police in Dunwoody," the man explained. "I'm athletic, I thought I could get away, but I'm 30 years old now."
The man still lives in Dunwoody. He went to jail, charged with peeing in public.
Health care demand of the year
REALITY BITES: Near Greenbriar Mall, a woman wearing a blue striped dress marched into a dentist's office and demanded a root canal. (The dentist had treated the woman before.) The dentist told her that he couldn't perform the root canal himself and recommended that she see a specialist. The woman, 45, was "unsatisfied with this and only wanted the pain to stop and demanded that her dentist perform the procedure," a cop noted. Once again, the dentist explained that he could not perform the root canal. The woman alledgedly retrieved an aluminum bat from her car and threatened the dentist with it. She reportedly tried to hit the dentist with the bat, but he grabbed it to prevent being struck.
Finally, the woman stormed away. As a parting gesture, she swung her bat at his office wall, leaving a hole.
Once the woman exited the office, the dentist's assistant locked the front door. "There is video surveillance in the dentist office lobby, which should capture the woman entering and exiting the office with a bat," the officer noted. "During my investigation, I was wearing a body camera and utilized the camera function on the video recorder to take pictures of the damage."
Car theft of the year
GETAWAY CAR: In Midtown, a 25-year-old man strolled home from work along Peachtree Street when he saw a shocking sight: his own car was headed toward him driven by two strangers. The man watched as his car stopped at the traffic light at Peachtree and 14th streets. The man raced over to his car, banged on the window, and yelled for the thieves to stop. He flung the door open and tried to overpower the thieves, but the traffic light turned green and the thieves sped away.
A witness verified the man's story to police. The 25-year-old said his car's trunk has two prominent bumper stickers, one of which read: "Don't Tread on Me."
Mystery graffiti of the year
GET SCHOOLED: A college in South Buckhead was recently vandalized. The perps gained access to a locked roof area and spray-painted the walls with images and phrases such as "The Academie," "God, Watch Over ATL," "One Love," and "We Are All Angels." A school security guard was very perplexed about how the perps got onto the roof because the rooftop doors are locked 24/7.
Lazy Taser of the year
CUT AND RUN: Police received a call about a person armed with a knife at a house in South Atlanta. Upon arrival, a cop noted, "He told us that he was a federal agent and had very pronounced delusions about where he was."
Behavioral health workers believed the man had been off his medication for days. They wanted to take the man to Grady Memorial Hospital and urged the cops to help with "assistance in getting him out of the home." Cops agreed and got the man outside. "As we got out of the house, the male understood that he was going to Grady against his will," a cop noted. "He began sprinting as fast as a 58-year-old smoker can run."
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The cop asked health workers if they wanted him to use force to take the man into custody. No, they replied. After the man ran 50 yards, the knife fell from his pocket and he picked it up. "He began running with the knife in his hand," the cop noted. "Apparently, this changed the opinion of the Grady behavioral health workers and they said they did want him in custody."
The cop sprinted after the man, chasing him for at least 100 yards. "The blade of the knife was open and in his hand," the cop noted. "The male stopped to take his boots off, then continued running. Eventually, he tired out with the knife still in his hand. I feared that he would decide to use the knife to either attack me or defend himself from being taken into custody." So the cop used his Taser. "The prongs entered the man's back at his waist and his lower shoulder blade."
Police took the man in for a psychological evaluation.
Cop tales of the year
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE: A police recruit "was cutting the grass at the Atlanta Police Academy when he was bitten by insects to his left leg and right testicle area," according to a police report.
"He complained of swelling and was sent to get medical treatment."
DOUGHNUT SURPRISE: A cop said a woman walked into the Zone 3 precinct, handed him a loaded .38 special revolver, and said she found it at a local doughnut shop. "Have fun with that," she said.
Items in the Blotter are taken from actual Atlanta police reports. The Blotter Diva compiles them and puts them into her own words."
__FRIENDSHIP STRIPPED:__ In Buckhead, a 21-year-old man called police to his apartment. According to the police report, the man said he and a female friend went on a road trip "to Alabama to get some money from her family and they were on their way back to Georgia after he had received $500 from his cousins in Alabama." During the ride back, the man fell asleep in the back seat of his friend's car. When he woke up, they were outside the female friend's apartment. She said she needed to pick up her male cousin to buy some marijuana. The cousin hopped into the car, and the friend drove to a nearby apartment — in a much less luxurious part of town. The friend parked behind the complex. The friend's cousin grabbed the 21-year-old from behind and pinned him down, while the friend rummaged through his pockets. "Give me the money or you'll be sorry," the cousin kept saying. Eventually, they found the $500 stuffed inside the 21-year-old's pocket — and the friend drove him back to his apartment and dropped him off.
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__ROOMMATE RAGE:__ In Piedmont Heights, cops responded to an "embellished story" dispute between two guys who have lived together on-and-off for 12 years. The caller said he has epilepsy, and he and his roommate were arguing when he had an epileptic episode and fell into the shower's glass door. A cop arrived and asked the man if he was hurt. The man said he was not hurt. Just to make sure, the cop looked the man over. "Other than an unhealthy-looking big toe, I did not observe any visible injuries," the cop noted, adding that the guy rambled and "did not make much sense."
__FAMILY SPAT OF THE YEAR:__ A fight broke out between two cousins on Luckie Street. A 33-year-old in a white polka-dot dress and "shaved hair on both sides of her head" started brawling with her cousin. At one point, Polka Dot hurled a candle at her cousin. Neighbors rushed outside to see the commotion and gave statements to the police.
__SHOUT IT LOUD:__ Two Sandy Springs men were enjoying a recent KISS/Def Leppard concert when things got ugly. A drunk married couple alledgedly went berserk while standing behind the men. The 36-year-old man and his wife were reportedly very argumentative. At one point, the drunk man pushed the two Sandy Springs guys, telling them to move.
The Sandy Springs men exchanged terse words with the unruly man and wife, and then went back to watching the concert. Suddenly, the two Sandy Springs men "felt a warm stream of liquid on their legs and pants, causing them to turn around and [[witness] the [[36-year-old man's] penis out of his pants, urinating on them," the cop wrote. The two guys were outraged and tried to stop the 36-year-old from peeing on them. The drunk man's wife stepped in and blocked the two Sandy Springs men. "Some mutual pushing took place" between all parties, the cop reported, but concert security was able to break up the tussle before it escalated further.
__DRAMATIC ENTRANCE:__ In Buckhead, cops responded to a call about a woman's legs possibly being trapped under a black SUV near the Piedmont Avenue and Roswell Road intersection. A bystander said the woman drove the SUV into a parking space and hopped out, clutching a glass in one hand. The woman promptly fell over, shattering the glass. Bystanders said the woman was "laughing and crying" while lying on the ground. Her legs were not trapped, but she seemed too drunk to walk on her own. "I could plainly see a [[full] 16-ounce Stella Artois beer can in her purse," the cop noted. "I asked the woman if she had been drinking anything today, specifically Stella, at which time she reached into her purse and attempted to open the beer can."
Her police-precinct debut was memorable: The cop recalled, "Upon arrival at the police precinct, I walked [[the woman through] the main entrance, at which time she said, 'Taaaa-Daaaaa! I'm here!' to anyone and everyone present."
__SCENT REDEMPTION:__ In Lakewood Heights, an Atlanta police sergeant saw a brand-new Mustang GT stopped at a red light. "For unknown reasons, the Mustang aggressively accelerated south when the traffic light turned to green," the sergeant noted. Yep, the alleged speed demon zipped away in front of a sergeant sitting in a fully marked squad car. Sarge hit the gas and the chase was on. "I accelerated with the vehicle reaching a speed of 96 mph ... before activating the emergency equipment of my patrol, signaling the Mustang to stop," the sergeant noted.
Sarge got out of squad car and chatted with the driver, a 41-year-old man, who had an unusual explanation for his actions. "He advised that he was aware of [[the speed] and that he thought I was following him," the sergeant noted.
The driver was technically correct. The sergeant was following him — for speeding. The sergeant continued, "[[The driver's] mannerisms were very nervous and awkward, much like a drunk driver, yet all I could smell in the vehicle was the 'new car' smell."
Sarge charged the 41-year-old man with reckless driving, handcuffed him, and escorted him to the squad car. "While completing [[the] required paperwork in my squad [[car], I began to detect the odor of alcoholic beverage emanating from arrestee's person," the sergeant noted. "With arrestee already being in custody for the traffic violation, I decided to forgo pursuing a DUI investigation and subsequent charges."
__LOST IN SPACE:__ In Castleberry Hill, a cop was working an extra job at a restaurant where a 32-year-old man became unruly. A security guard urged the man to leave but he was "too intoxicated" to understand the request.
__COSTUME FETISH:__ In the Edgewood neighborhood, a man found a purple suitcase filled with Halloween costumes in his backyard. He called police about the unusual find.
__SNAKE CHARMER:__ Water gushed from an apartment filled with slithery creatures on Peachtree Street. "I went to the 10th floor and observed several inches of water covering the south hallway," a cop noted. "I walked into the unit where the water was coming from and observed water pouring from the ceiling in the smaller room to the left. I also observed several snake habitats with snakes in the room."
The 35-year-old man in the snake-filled apartment "stated he was high on methamphetamines and because of his paranoia he ignited a lighter directly next to a sprinkler head, which caused the sprinkler system to start and not stop," the cop noted. "[[He] said he was feeling very paranoid and began to observe pieces of crack, cocaine and heroin inside his apartment. [[He] stated that he found these drugs to be alarming because he exclusively uses methamphetamines and these other drugs are not up to his standards."
__FELINE FRENZY:__ In Chastain Park, a 48-year-old man called police to his apartment after he picked up two women at a popular Buckhead bar. "Upon arrival at the scene, the front door was open and I observed the victim lying on the floor in a pool of blood with a compound fracture to his left leg," a cop noted.
__ITCHY SITUATION:__ In Downtown, an undercover cop said that he spotted a man drinking beer from a Starbucks cup. "As I watched, he finished the beer and discarded the plastic cup on the city sidewalk at the intersection of Walton Street and Peachtree," the cop noted. "I called a takedown unit and began to follow him. As I followed him, he ducked behind a pillar near the intersection of Forsyth and Walton streets and emerged again very close to me. He walked straight up to me, and I thought he was about to ask me why I was following him."
__SELFIE ABSORBED:__ On Peachtree Road, a 44-year-old Alabama woman driving a white Mercedes stopped in front of a Buckhead restaurant's neon sign, blocking rush-hour traffic. She hopped out of her car and tried to take a selfie, posing near the restaurant sign. During her self-portrait attempt, the woman yelled profanities at other drivers trying to turn into the restaurant's parking lot.
__NUTTY FIND:__ Near Atlantic Station, a 19-year-old man parked his Volkswagen Jetta and went inside to shop. About 10 minutes later, he returned to his car and noticed a problem: The driver's-side window was smashed and his black-and-orange backpack was missing from the passenger seat.
__VISION QUEST:__ In the Perkerson Park area, an older bleary-eyed man walked into a convenience store and allegedly stole 11 different bottles of eye drops. No two bottles were the same brand. His collection included "advanced" drops, "maximum" drops, "original" drops, "gel" drops, and "balanced" drops. He went to jail on a shoplifting charge. The eye drops are worth $88.35.
__THIS IS 30:__ A suburban guy was peeing on a street near Aaron's Amphitheater at Lakewood. A cop flipped on his blue lights. Startled, the man stopped peeing and quickly walked away. Soon, the man's brisk walk morphed into a jog.
"By the time I made it to St. Johns [[Avenue], the male was in a full sprint, running northbound on Pryor Road," the cop noted. "The male slowed to a jog as he ran through the parking lot" of a gas station. "I watched as the male ran and quickly ducked behind a vehicle. I then exited my vehicle and stealthily flanked the male." The man darted off, sprinting again. The cop yelled, "Police! Stop!" Bystanders cheered, "He got the police running!"
The cop kept up the foot chase. "I was able to catch the male at the entrance to the Lakewood concert [[venue]." Once handcuffed, the man said he was very sorry, and he ran due to extreme fear. "I got scared, I grew up running from the police in Dunwoody," the man explained. "I'm athletic, I thought I could get away, but I'm 30 years old now."
__REALITY BITES:__ Near Greenbriar Mall, a woman wearing a blue striped dress marched into a dentist's office and demanded a root canal. (The dentist had treated the woman before.) The dentist told her that he couldn't perform the root canal himself and recommended that she see a specialist. The woman, 45, was "unsatisfied with this and only wanted the pain to stop and demanded that her dentist perform the procedure," a cop noted. Once again, the dentist explained that he could not perform the root canal. The woman alledgedly retrieved an aluminum bat from her car and threatened the dentist with it. She reportedly tried to hit the dentist with the bat, but he grabbed it to prevent being struck.
Once the woman exited the office, the dentist's assistant locked the front door. "There is video surveillance in the dentist office lobby, which should capture [[the woman] entering and exiting the office with a bat," the officer noted. "During my investigation, I was wearing a body camera and utilized the camera function on the video recorder to take pictures of the damage."
__GETAWAY CAR:__ In Midtown, a 25-year-old man strolled home from work along Peachtree Street when he saw a shocking sight: his own car was headed toward him driven by two strangers. The man watched as his car stopped at the traffic light at Peachtree and 14th streets. The man raced over to his car, banged on the window, and yelled for the thieves to stop. He flung the door open and tried to overpower the thieves, but the traffic light turned green and the thieves sped away.
__GET SCHOOLED:__ A college in South Buckhead was recently vandalized. The perps gained access to a locked roof area and spray-painted the walls with images and phrases such as "The Academie," "God, Watch Over ATL," "One Love," and "We Are All Angels." A school security guard was very perplexed about how the perps got onto the roof because the rooftop doors are locked 24/7.
__CUT AND RUN:__ Police received a call about a person armed with a knife at a house in South Atlanta. Upon arrival, a cop noted, "He told us that he was a federal agent and had very pronounced delusions about where he was."
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The cop sprinted after the man, chasing him for at least 100 yards. "The blade of the knife was open and in his hand," the cop noted. "The male stopped to take his boots off, then continued running. Eventually, he tired out with the knife still in his hand. I feared that he would decide to use the knife to either attack me or defend himself from being taken into custody." So the cop used his Taser. "The prongs entered [[the man's] back at his waist and his lower shoulder blade."
__GREAT BALLS OF FIRE__: A police recruit "was cutting the grass at the Atlanta Police Academy when he was bitten by insects to his left leg and right testicle area," according to a police report.
__DOUGHNUT SURPRISE__: A cop said a woman walked into the Zone 3 precinct, handed him a loaded .38 special revolver, and said she found it at a local doughnut shop. "Have fun with that," she said.
''Items in the Blotter are taken from actual Atlanta police reports. The Blotter Diva compiles them and puts them into her own words.''"
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string(59) "The most bizarre crimes and police reports of the past year"
string(25158) "Perhaps the "A" in Atlanta should stand for "animals." Living in this sizzling Southern mecca, some are prone to reverting back to their primal instincts — walking around naked, biting foes, launching poop. We humans can turn into beasts when faced with extreme doses of passion and paranoia. So in recognition of the city's drunken brutes, greedy wretches, and unhinged mobs, we present our annual ode to some of the most bizarre crimes that took place over the past year. Welcome to the Best of the Blotter: Atlanta's wild kingdom.
!!ATL characters and costumes
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: A bare-bottomed woman was booted from Underground Atlanta for lack of "proper garments" on her lower half. A cop spotted the cheeky 23-year-old lass as she strutted down the street, wearing only a shirt and shredded overalls tied around her waist. "From a distance, her buttock was clearly exposed," the cop noted. "As I approached her, she turned around and her genitals and pubic area were also clearly exposed." During the arrest, things got wacky. According to the police report, the woman "insisted that she was fully dressed" even after the cop pointed out her nude hindquarters. "Let me turn this off," the woman said. The cop heard a zapping noise and realized the woman had a Taser. "Drop it!" the cop ordered. The woman ditched her Taser.
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At the Underground precinct, the cop asked the woman for her name. First, she uttered expletives. Then she claimed to be "Alice in Wonderland" and stated that she frequently uses several aliases: Carmichael, Cilleh, and Juanua. The woman repeatedly called the male cops "ma'am" and female cops "sir." Then she assumed a strange position on the precinct floor. "She was having conversations with herself while lying down on her back on the floor of the holding area with her legs up in the air," the cop wrote. She went to jail on public indecency charges.
DUDE, IT'S NOT A CAPE: Weeks before Halloween, a mostly naked 19-year-old man wrapped in a sheet tumbled out the window of his second-floor apartment. The man "had no shirt and his pants were pulled down around his ankles," the cop noted. Ragged window blinds were strewn around the area where he fell. The officer tried to figure out if the 19-year-old had been pushed or if he fell. His friends said they'd been drinking for hours and the 19-year-old was acting "funny." But the friends were hazy, too. "Neither could give accurate descriptions of what happened nor specifically describe what acting 'funny' meant," the cop noted. Everyone smelled of marijuana. Finally, the 19-year-old said no one pushed him or tossed him out the window — he just fell. Remarkably, the 19-year-old had no serious injuries from his two-story tumble. Yes. It's a sheet. And you cannot fly.
HORROR HAMS: A barefaced man in brown overalls and a guy wearing a Scream mask strolled into a restaurant in Downtown. The masked man pointed a gun at a 34-year-old female cashier and demanded the woman hand over her keys and cellphone. Terrified, the cashier slowly inched her way into a back room to retrieve her car keys and phone from her purse. Shaking, the cashier returned to the front counter, but the masked man and his overall-wearing accomplice were gone. Nothing was missing from the restaurant, and no one was hurt. Naturally, cops wanted to verify the cashier's bizarre story. Sure enough, after reviewing the restaurant's surveillance tape the cop "could clearly see the two individuals, the 'Scream' mask, and the gun." Apparently, it was a prank.
!!Surveillance shivers
SNOWDEN WANNABE: A woman clutching a motorcycle helmet and a video camera walked headlong into traffic on I-20. "She seemed very focused and oblivious to the interstate traffic," wrote the officer, who stopped to help her. "Don't touch me!" the woman yelled. "She told me I could drug-test her and she's looking for her memory card from the video camera. She said what was on the memory card was more important than her life," the officer noted. "She started talking about people hacking into her grandmother or mother's computer and people following her around."
Police found her broken-down motorcycle on I-20 and moved it to a safer location. The woman, 41, was charged with walking on a highway.
At the police precinct, cops found large amounts of electrical equipment stuffed into pouches that were strapped around the woman's waist. Two more bags of electrical equipment were strapped to her motorcycle. During the search, the woman "started speaking into one of the little hand-held voice recorders, telling it what was happening to her now," the officer noted. When she lifted up her arms, cops saw small cuts on her stomach and chest. The names of three people had been carved into her left leg. Apparently, one name belonged to an ex-boyfriend. The woman kept saying her "family is under surveillance" and she must return to I-20 to search for her missing memory card. Police decided the best place for her was a psych ward.
WATCH OUT: "I'm waiting for the mayor and Channel 2 News. Where is my mother and why is everybody watching me? What the fuck?" screamed a high-strung man in Old Fourth Ward. He was hunkered down and refusing to leave a busy office building. A cop raced inside and found the man in the front lobby. The cop ordered the man to leave. "Fuck, man, for what?" the man said, yanking his hand from the cop's grasp.
The building's security chief told the cop that they "have video surveillance of the whole incident from when he ran into the security booth, and then ran by security into the building and started running up on employees." The cop arrested the wide-eyed man.
The man told the cops that he had taken methamphetamines. "I feel real fucked sir, and I can't breathe," the man said. "Oh shit a methamphetamine, I can't feel my face." The man, 30, hails from Sandy Springs.
!!Work quirks
SHIPS AHOY: In Buckhead, a 25-year-old Marietta man was outraged when he was fired from his job at a high-rise office tower. In his fury, the man allegedly stole a pirate flag from his co-worker's desk. The co-worker says he knows the Marietta man stole his flag because he saw it on the Marietta man's desk as he packed up his belongings. The co-worker said he called the Marietta man about his beloved missing pirate flag, but the Marietta man reportedly said the pirate flag doesn't belong to the co-worker and hung up. The co-worker called police and said the pirate flag is indeed his personal property — and he wants it back. The pirate flag is worth about $25.
JOB SNOB: "You think you are too good because you work in a chicken factory!" yelled one friend to another in Downtown Atlanta. A 43-year-old man said his screaming friend wanted to hang out with him, but the 43-year-old refused because he had to go to work the following morning. The 43-year-old said his friend hollered at him and then prepared to fight. The friend reportedly took a swing at the 43-year-old, dislocating his own arm. The 43-year-old leaned forward to block the punch and fell, hitting his head on a car.
SALUTATION SMACKDOWN: Three men work at a gas station on Roswell Road. One guy asked, "Are you having a good day or not?" The second guy replied, "I'm not having a good day." The third guy rushed up and yelled, "You are always having a bad day!" The second guy jumped out of his chair and punched the third guy in the face. The man who threw the punch took off before police arrived.
!!Furniture wars!
STAND YOUR GROUND: The finer points of interior design sparked a couple's late-night battle in Downtown. A 54-year-old man said he and his younger boyfriend were in bed when they got into a spat over "available overnight stands." According to the 54-year-old, his lover reached into his pocket and pulled out a knife. The 54-year-old grabbed his cellphone to call police and said his younger lover slapped the phone from his hands and then slapped him in the face. The 54-year-old said he left their home because he felt outnumbered — even though only two of them were there.
NO SEX, NO SOFA: A marital spat broke out at an East Atlanta home. The husband said his wife went into a furious rage one morning because she didn't want to have sex with him. The wife allegedly grabbed a kitchen knife and started stabbing the sofa. The husband said that as he tried to stop her, he grabbed the knife and sliced his hand. They called police. The husband and the wife blamed each other for his bloody hand and the mangled sofa.
!!Looney spirits roaming ATL
JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL: In Downtown, a 28-year-old man refused to leave the SkyView Atlanta Ferris wheel area on Luckie Street. "He said that he was there because GOD told him to do so as a daily journey and that a gravitational pull forced him in that direction," a cop noted. Medics examined the man and said there was nothing wrong with him. The cop gave the man a trespassing warning and told him not to return to SkyView, then offered him a ride home. Nope, the man said, he'd just walk.
An hour later, the man's gravitational pull was triggered again. He returned to SkyView and plopped down in a chair. The same cop returned and took the man to jail for trespassing.
MISSIONARY MAN: At Ansley Mall, a guy said a strange scruffy man was "preaching at him" outside a cafe about his supposed "sins and lifestyle." The guy said Preacher Man grabbed the chair he was sitting on and flipped it forward, dumping him to the ground. A cop searched Ansley Mall and eventually found Preacher Man outside a nearby sandwich shop. The cop asked him about the alleged incident. Preacher Man said the guy in the chair was "not a real man" but a "half-man." He explained the chair incident by saying he needed to get something from behind the chair the guy sat in but refused to vacate, so Preacher Man dragged the chair while the man was still sitting in it. Preacher Man said the force he used to move the guy's chair did not cause him to fall out — the man must have jumped out of his chair.
Preacher Man admitted to preaching earlier outside the mall. The cop charged the 39-year-old suspect with "acting in tumultuous and violent manner toward another." En route to jail, Preacher Man started "speaking in tongues" and "talking out loud to himself."
Also, the woman said she received a text message that read: "If I were you, I would follow these instructions: 'THE BLOOD IS OFF MY HANDS SAITH THE LORD.'"
!!Brave new world
WAY OFF BASE: At Turner Field, a father-son outing to a Braves game went horribly awry. The father and son were in a group of four guys who were busted for seat-hopping during the game. Three men cooperated with security and agreed to move back to their seats. However, the father went berserk. He stood up, threw his beer can onto the ground, and lunged toward a security guard while swinging his fist. "This is because of Obama!" the father yelled. "I am a Republican!" The father pushed a police officer into a stair railing and continued screaming obscene statements about Obama. The irate father flung his arms into the air and screamed as more police swarmed in.
Police carried the angry father down the stairs. The father, 52, was dragged, screaming profanities and resisting authorities, out of Turner Field. Now the father is banned from Braves games "indefinitely." His son was allowed to stay.
!!ATL celebrity fears
GUCCI GALORE: During an arrest, a 29-year-old revealed one of his fears: being locked up in the same jail cell with Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane. The 29-year-old recently moved to Atlanta from Illinois. "My baby mama is gonna kill me," he said as he was stopped at a Northside Drive roadblock. "It's not fair, my license is from out of town," he said,
"He flipped through his wallet, which from the outside appeared to be a Gucci wallet," the officer wrote.
The man, who reeked of booze, admitted he'd had a few drinks at a nightclub on Piedmont Avenue. Turns out, his Illinois driver's license expired in 2011. Also, the man's car is actually owned by his baby mama — the mother of his six children. The man said he's in big trouble because he doesn't have the money to get the family car out of impound.
The officer arrested him for suspected DUI and put him in a patrol car. The man "was not making sense" and kept repeating himself and focusing on his one massive fear, the officer noted. "While in the back of my patrol car the man asked multiple times if he was going to be locked up with the Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane."
DRAMA QUEEN: A 36-year-old man said he was an ex-producer for a reality TV show about hot Atlanta singles. He claimed that weird things happened after he was fired from show. "The ex-producer feels like the show may end up being a huge success and for the past six weeks, he has been receiving phone calls," a cop noted. "The ex-producer stated that an unknown male has been calling him, asking for his name and Social Security number. ... Also, he feels like someone from the production has been stalking him at home and videotaping him at his house. The ex-producer feels that his life is in jeopardy. He advised that no one has directly threatened him, but he fears for his safety." The ex-producer couldn't name any possible suspects from the Atlanta singles reality show.
!!Waste matters
STINKY BROOM FIGHT: In the Westside, a 31-year-old man said his baby mama came over to get her belongings from his home. Conveniently, he'd already put her stuff all over his front yard. Enraged, the baby mama grabbed a broom and clobbered the man's hand, leaving a bloody cut.
After the broom smackdown, the man allegedly retaliated by throwing a bucket full of paint and urine all over his baby mamma. (No explanation of why a bucket filled with paint and urine happened to be nearby.) The woman had paint in her hair, as well as on her arms and shirt. Plus, the tangy aroma of urine wafted from both the man and woman.
The officer arrested both the man and baby mama on battery charges and took the stinky pair to jail.
SHIT STORM COMETH: A woman parked her car outside her home in the Westside. Around 2 a.m., long after she went to sleep, the woman heard a loud noise followed by what sounded like young people laughing. The next morning, the woman looked outside and saw a "soiled commode" smashed into her car. The filthy toilet left severe damage to her car's roof and front windshield. Cops asked the woman for any possible suspects. She said she had no clue why anyone would smash her car with a toilet. The cop talked to the woman's neighbors and noted, "The next-door neighbor advised that the commode had been laying on the pavement for days, but never got picked up."
!!Southern culture on the skids
GONE WITH THE WIND: A 32-year-old woman was urinating outside a bar in East Atlanta. A cop walked over for a chat. "During the conversation, the woman said she'd had two alcoholic drinks and that she's a Southern girl who is accustomed to urinating wherever she pleases," the cop wrote. Then the woman spontaneously said, "Take me to jail!" The officer arrested her for public urination and put her in his patrol car. Apparently, she really does believe Southern girls can pee wherever they want. En route to jail, the cop noted that the woman "urinated in the back of the patrol car." The woman hails from Milan, Ga., a small town between Cordele and Vidalia. Population: fewer than 700.
TRUCKER DELUXE: A 22-year-old from Athens, Ga., posted an ad on Craigslist to sell his iPhone and received an offer from an unusual man. The 22-year-old agreed to meet the man outside a McDonald's on Northside Drive to complete the sale. The man had a silhouette of a naked woman shaved onto the side of his head. The 22-year-old told police, it's "the same kind of naked woman silhouette that is commonly seen on truck mud flaps."
Undeterred, the 22-year-old decided to go ahead with the deal. He handed over the iPhone and the man gave him a stack of 12 $50 bills and drove away. Moments later, the 22-year-old realized all 12 $50 bills were counterfeit and tried to chase the man. Alas, the man was long gone. Note: Never do business with anyone who has body illustrations "commonly seen on truck mud flaps."
DECORUM DISCORD: A Las Vegas man visiting Atlanta called police about the dress code at a Buckhead restaurant. The Vegas man said the restaurant manager asked him to remove his hat before dining at the restaurant, but he refused. The manager said it was a standing policy for all patrons to dine without hats and pointed to a decorum sign posted at the entrance. Outraged, the Las Vegas man called police. A cop dutifully went to the restaurant and wrote a report about the incident. The cop told the Las Vegas man that the hat matter is not a crime; the restaurant can require patrons to dine without hats. The cop said the Vegas man could pursue the hat spat by taking it up as a civil dispute in court.
FEELING SAUCY: A 55-year-old man drove a food delivery truck to a warehouse on Southside Industrial Parkway. Apparently, it was closed when he arrived, so the man decided to sleep overnight in his truck in the parking lot. As the man slept, someone cut the lock on his trailer and stole 73 cases of Vidalia Sauce. The man woke up in time to see the suspects driving away in a white Jeep.
!!Music madness
DIRT ROAD ANTHEM: A man called 911 because a bloody young man "wearing a flannel shirt and blue jeans" was in his backyard trying to open his back door. A cop found an 18-year-old Alpharetta man "standing by the rear door with what appeared to be blood on his face and shirt," the cop noted. The Alpharetta man said the last thing he remembered was arriving at a concert at Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood (Jason Aldean and Florida Georgia Line performed that night). After that, everything was a blur.
"He had no idea where he was or whose house he was at," the cop noted. Apparently, after the show, the Alpharetta man hiked about two miles to get to the stranger's house. The cop searched the Alpharetta man and found four fake ID cards. The suspect said the fake IDs were for buying alcohol since he's only 18 years old. He went to jail, charged with prowling, trespassing, and false identification.
ONE NIGHT CAN LAST FOREVER: An Atlanta musician said he met a woman and had a "sexual encounter" with her that same night. The man alleges that, since then, the woman has harassed him with threats of blackmail and has called and texted him more than 40 times a day. The man said he's scared because the woman is a felon with an extensive criminal record. He says the woman even called a family member to track him down. The man said he is scared for "his life, and his guitars and other equipment."
DANCE-HALL DAZE: Trouble broke out on the dance floor of a local dance club. According to a security guard, a 22-year-old man "head-butted" a middle-aged Marietta man on the dance floor. Moments later, the middle-aged man staggered off the dance floor with his friends' help, bleeding from a large gash under his right eye.
The cop asked the man what triggered the head-butt. The middle-aged man said he was dancing with a lovely lady when the 22-year-old cut in front of him. The Marietta man politely asked him to get the heck out of his dance space, and the 22-year-old reared back and used his head as a weapon. The 22-year-old denied head-butting anyone, but security guards and dance-floor witnesses said otherwise. He went to jail for "striking another in the face with his head."
!!Cops do weird stuff
SNOTTY SITUATION: In the Westside, an undercover cop was working a vice operation when a 31-year-old woman approached him. "She asked me was I looking for a date and I said yes," the officer wrote. "She said it would cost $40 and I said that's cool." The woman opened the car door and hopped inside. The officer noted: "Once inside my vehicle, I asked her what can I do for $40 and she said we can have sex, oral sex, but no anal sex. I asked her if she eats boogers during sex and she just looked at me and said no. I then asked her if it was OK for me to eat my boogers when I cum and she said that it was up to me." The woman allegedly agreed to $40 for oral sex and intercourse. The cop took the woman to jail for prostitution.
SCRIBBLE RAGE: Near Freedom Park, a white-bearded man in a checkered shirt was hurling garbage cans onto Ralph McGill Boulevard. The bearded man stomped from yard to yard while screaming violently as he grabbed trash cans and tossed them into the street. A neighbor shouted that he was going to call the police, and the white-bearded man ran toward Freedom Park.
A cop found the bearded man in the park, "dragging large fallen tree branches into the roadway and throwing large broken pieces of concrete curb in the roadway," the cop wrote. "He rambled something to me about how he was just trying to help."
The cop asked the man for his name. Apparently, the cop had forgotten his trusty note pad, so he scribbled the name on his hand. Outraged and stunned, the bearded man yelled, "That's what note pads are for!" The bearded man refused to talk or give any more biographical information since the officer didn't have a note pad to write on. Plus, the bearded man kicked the cop in the calf as he went to jail for disorderly conduct.
!!Dumb and dumber
FAILED CITIZEN INVESTIGATOR OF THE YEAR: In the West End, a 53-year-old woman was walking to a grocery store when she had an eerie experience. A flash of toes poking out from a pile of dirt caught her eye. Peering closer, the woman saw "an object resembling a baby foot in the dirt" that was freshly plowed outside a home. She proceeded to move toward the object, picked it up — ick! — and rushed to the grocery store. Frantic, the woman clutched the foot and called police.
"The woman said she was very concerned because she thought a baby could have possibly been buried at the location," an officer wrote. Police and a medical examiner rushed to the scene and carefully examined the foot. The medical examiner "determined the object was a white porcelain baby foot, not human remains."
FIANCÉE OF THE YEAR: A 30-year-old man said he and his fiancée keep getting into arguments due to her hormone imbalance from the birth-control pills she is taking. In the latest spat, the man said his fiancée took things to a new extreme. The fiancée allegedly bit the man on his forearm, leaving a cut and a bunch of scratches. The man said his fiancée also smashed a bunch of stuff around their house.
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Then the cop spoke with the fiancée — a 25-year-old woman — who confirmed that, (A) yes, she's taking birth control pills and, (B) yes, she's been acting differently since she started taking the pills. She admitted that she did go berserk earlier and bit her fiancé's arm due to her "uncontrollable hormones," the officer wrote. The woman went to jail and was charged with aggravated assault.
STUPID THIEF OF THE YEAR: In Ormewood Park, a Georgia Tech student said she left her apartment to go work out. When she returned, she tugged on her front door but the locks were severely damaged. She rushed to the back door and went inside. Her apartment had been ransacked. On a wall near the front door, someone scrawled this note complete with a smiley face: "James was here! ... I found you!"
Immediately, the woman called police. A cop looked around and asked if the woman knew anyone named James. She said no.
The woman said her "piggy bank dressed up as police" was smashed to pieces and $30 cash was stolen. Other missing items: two flat-screen TVs, a cable box, DVR, her guitar, her Georgia Tech book bag with wheels, 10 white towels, 10 pink towels, 10 green towels, toothpaste, tissue, and food from her refrigerator. Apparently, "James" not only robbed the wrong house, he also left behind blatant clues to his identity: The officer lifted five suspicious fingerprints from the front door, doorknobs, and the refrigerator.
STUPID STONER OF THE YEAR: In Downtown, a cop pulled up to police headquarters on Peachtree Street. In plain view, a stoned 21-year-old man was sitting on "the steps of police headquarters, where there are 'NO Sitting' and 'NO Trespassing' and 'NO Loitering' signs posted," the cop wrote. In his right hand, the man clutched a "blunt cigarillo" commonly used for smoking marijuana. "I smelled a strong odor of raw marijuana coming from his person," the cop noted.
Upon spotting the uniformed cop, the 21-year-old voluntarily began to empty out his pockets. The man "gave me his wallet and I felt a bulge in his wallet," the cop noted. Inside the man's wallet, the cop found a bag of suspected weed, so the cop tried to handcuff the 21-year-old. The stoner tried to resist arrest by stretching out on the steps of police headquarters. No surprise, his resistance was futile. It was probably the easiest marijuana bust in APD history — on the steps of police headquarters."
__DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE__: A bare-bottomed woman was booted from Underground Atlanta for lack of "proper garments" on her lower half. A cop spotted the cheeky 23-year-old lass as she strutted down the street, wearing only a shirt and shredded overalls tied around her waist. "From a distance, her buttock was clearly exposed," the cop noted. "As I approached her, she turned around and her genitals and pubic area were also clearly exposed." During the arrest, things got wacky. According to the police report, the woman "insisted that she was fully dressed" even after the cop pointed out her nude hindquarters. "Let me turn this off," the woman said. The cop heard a zapping noise and realized the woman had a Taser. "Drop it!" the cop ordered. The woman ditched her Taser.
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__DUDE, IT'S NOT A CAPE__: Weeks before Halloween, a mostly naked 19-year-old man wrapped in a sheet tumbled out the window of his second-floor apartment. The man "had no shirt and his pants were pulled down around his ankles," the cop noted. Ragged window blinds were strewn around the area where he fell. The officer tried to figure out if the 19-year-old had been pushed or if he fell. His friends said they'd been drinking for hours and the 19-year-old was acting "funny." But the friends were hazy, too. "Neither could give accurate descriptions of what happened nor specifically describe what acting 'funny' meant," the cop noted. Everyone smelled of marijuana. Finally, the 19-year-old said no one pushed him or tossed him out the window — he just fell. Remarkably, the 19-year-old had no serious injuries from his two-story tumble. Yes. It's a sheet. And you cannot fly.
__HORROR HAMS__: A barefaced man in brown overalls and a guy wearing a ''Scream'' mask strolled into a restaurant in Downtown. The masked man pointed a gun at a 34-year-old female cashier and demanded the woman hand over her keys and cellphone. Terrified, the cashier slowly inched her way into a back room to retrieve her car keys and phone from her purse. Shaking, the cashier returned to the front counter, but the masked man and his overall-wearing accomplice were gone. Nothing was missing from the restaurant, and no one was hurt. Naturally, cops wanted to verify the cashier's bizarre story. Sure enough, after reviewing the restaurant's surveillance tape the cop "could clearly see the two individuals, the 'Scream' mask, and the gun." Apparently, it was a prank.
__SNOWDEN WANNABE__: A woman clutching a motorcycle helmet and a video camera walked headlong into traffic on I-20. "She seemed very focused and oblivious to the interstate traffic," wrote the officer, who stopped to help her. "Don't touch me!" the woman yelled. "She told me I could drug-test her and she's looking for her memory card [[from the video camera]. She said what was on the memory card was more important than her life," the officer noted. "She started talking about people hacking into her grandmother or mother's computer and people following her around."
__WATCH OUT__: "I'm waiting for the mayor and Channel 2 News. Where is my mother and why is everybody watching me? What the fuck?" screamed a high-strung man in Old Fourth Ward. He was hunkered down and refusing to leave a busy office building. A cop raced inside and found the man in the front lobby. The cop ordered the man to leave. "Fuck, man, for what?" the man said, yanking his hand from the cop's grasp.
__SHIPS AHOY__: In Buckhead, a 25-year-old Marietta man was outraged when he was fired from his job at a high-rise office tower. In his fury, the man allegedly stole a pirate flag from his co-worker's desk. The co-worker says he knows the Marietta man stole his flag because he saw it on the Marietta man's desk as he packed up his belongings. The co-worker said he called the Marietta man about his beloved missing pirate flag, but the Marietta man reportedly said the pirate flag doesn't belong to the co-worker and hung up. The co-worker called police and said the pirate flag is indeed his personal property — and he wants it back. The pirate flag is worth about $25.
__JOB SNOB__: "You think you are too good because you work in a chicken factory!" yelled one friend to another in Downtown Atlanta. A 43-year-old man said his screaming friend wanted to hang out with him, but the 43-year-old refused because he had to go to work the following morning. The 43-year-old said his friend hollered at him and then prepared to fight. The friend reportedly took a swing at the 43-year-old, dislocating his own arm. The 43-year-old leaned forward to block the punch and fell, hitting his head on a car.
__SALUTATION SMACKDOWN__: Three men work at a gas station on Roswell Road. One guy asked, "Are you having a good day or not?" The second guy replied, "I'm not having a good day." The third guy rushed up and yelled, "You are always having a bad day!" The second guy jumped out of his chair and punched the third guy in the face. The man who threw the punch took off before police arrived.
__STAND YOUR GROUND__: The finer points of interior design sparked a couple's late-night battle in Downtown. A 54-year-old man said he and his younger boyfriend were in bed when they got into a spat over "available overnight stands." According to the 54-year-old, his lover reached into his pocket and pulled out a knife. The 54-year-old grabbed his cellphone to call police and said his younger lover slapped the phone from his hands and then slapped him in the face. The 54-year-old said he left their home because he felt outnumbered — even though only two of them were there.
__NO SEX, NO SOFA__: A marital spat broke out at an East Atlanta home. The husband said his wife went into a furious rage one morning because she didn't want to have sex with him. The wife allegedly grabbed a kitchen knife and started stabbing the sofa. The husband said that as he tried to stop her, he grabbed the knife and sliced his hand. They called police. The husband and the wife blamed each other for his bloody hand and the mangled sofa.
__JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL__: In Downtown, a 28-year-old man refused to leave the SkyView Atlanta Ferris wheel area on Luckie Street. "He said that he was there because GOD told him to do so as a daily journey and that a gravitational pull forced him in that direction," a cop noted. Medics examined the man and said there was nothing wrong with him. The cop gave the man a trespassing warning and told him not to return to SkyView, then offered him a ride home. Nope, the man said, he'd just walk.
__MISSIONARY MAN__: At Ansley Mall, a guy said a strange scruffy man was "preaching at him" outside a cafe about his supposed "sins and lifestyle." The guy said Preacher Man grabbed the chair he was sitting on and flipped it forward, dumping him to the ground. A cop searched Ansley Mall and eventually found Preacher Man outside a nearby sandwich shop. The cop asked him about the alleged incident. Preacher Man said the guy in the chair was "not a real man" but a "half-man." He explained the chair incident by saying he needed to get something from behind the chair the guy sat in but refused to vacate, so Preacher Man dragged the chair while the man was still sitting in it. Preacher Man said the force he used to move the guy's chair did not cause him to fall out — the man must have jumped out of his chair.
__WAY OFF BASE__: At Turner Field, a father-son outing to a Braves game went horribly awry. The father and son were in a group of four guys who were busted for seat-hopping during the game. Three men cooperated with security and agreed to move back to their seats. However, the father went berserk. He stood up, threw his beer can onto the ground, and lunged toward a security guard while swinging his fist. "This is because of Obama!" the father yelled. "I am a Republican!" The father pushed a police officer into a stair railing and continued screaming obscene statements about Obama. The irate father flung his arms into the air and screamed as more police swarmed in.
__GUCCI GALORE__: During an arrest, a 29-year-old revealed one of his fears: being locked up in the same jail cell with Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane. The 29-year-old recently moved to Atlanta from Illinois. "My baby mama is gonna kill me," he said as he was stopped at a Northside Drive roadblock. "It's not fair, my license is from out of town," he said,
The officer arrested him for suspected DUI and put him in a patrol car. The man "was not making sense" and kept repeating himself and focusing on his one massive fear, the officer noted. "While in the back of my patrol car [[the man] asked multiple times if he was going to be locked up with the Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane."
__DRAMA QUEEN__: A 36-year-old man said he was an ex-producer for a reality TV show about hot Atlanta singles. He claimed that weird things happened after he was fired from show. "[[The ex-producer] feels like the show may end up being a huge success and for the past six weeks, he has been receiving phone calls," a cop noted. "[[The ex-producer] stated that an unknown male has been calling him, asking for his name and Social Security number. ... Also, he feels like someone from the production has been stalking him at home and videotaping him at his house. [[The ex-producer] feels that his life is in jeopardy. He advised that no one has directly threatened him, but he fears for his safety." The ex-producer couldn't name any possible suspects from the Atlanta singles reality show.
__STINKY BROOM FIGHT__: In the Westside, a 31-year-old man said his baby mama came over to get her belongings from his home. Conveniently, he'd already put her stuff all over his front yard. Enraged, the baby mama grabbed a broom and clobbered the man's hand, leaving a bloody cut.
After the broom smackdown, the man allegedly retaliated by throwing a bucket full of paint and urine all over his baby mamma. (No explanation of why a bucket filled with paint ''and'' urine happened to be nearby.) The woman had paint in her hair, as well as on her arms and shirt. Plus, the tangy aroma of urine wafted from both the man and woman.
__SHIT STORM COMETH__: A woman parked her car outside her home in the Westside. Around 2 a.m., long after she went to sleep, the woman heard a loud noise followed by what sounded like young people laughing. The next morning, the woman looked outside and saw a "soiled commode" smashed into her car. The filthy toilet left severe damage to her car's roof and front windshield. Cops asked the woman for any possible suspects. She said she had no clue why anyone would smash her car with a toilet. The cop talked to the woman's neighbors and noted, "The next-door neighbor advised that the commode [[had] been laying on the pavement for days, but never got picked up."
__GONE WITH THE WIND__: A 32-year-old woman was urinating outside a bar in East Atlanta. A cop walked over for a chat. "During the conversation, [[the woman] said she'd had two alcoholic drinks and that she's a Southern girl who is accustomed to urinating wherever she pleases," the cop wrote. Then the woman spontaneously said, "Take me to jail!" The officer arrested her for public urination and put her in his patrol car. Apparently, she really does believe Southern girls can pee wherever they want. En route to jail, the cop noted that the woman "urinated in the back of the patrol car." The woman hails from Milan, Ga., a small town between Cordele and Vidalia. Population: fewer than 700.
__TRUCKER DELUXE__: A 22-year-old from Athens, Ga., posted an ad on Craigslist to sell his iPhone and received an offer from an unusual man. The 22-year-old agreed to meet the man outside a McDonald's on Northside Drive to complete the sale. The man had a silhouette of a naked woman shaved onto the side of his head. The 22-year-old told police, it's "the same kind of naked woman silhouette that is commonly seen on truck mud flaps."
__DECORUM DISCORD__: A Las Vegas man visiting Atlanta called police about the dress code at a Buckhead restaurant. The Vegas man said the restaurant manager asked him to remove his hat before dining at the restaurant, but he refused. The manager said it was a standing policy for all patrons to dine without hats and pointed to a decorum sign posted at the entrance. Outraged, the Las Vegas man called police. A cop dutifully went to the restaurant and wrote a report about the incident. The cop told the Las Vegas man that the hat matter is not a crime; the restaurant can require patrons to dine without hats. The cop said the Vegas man could pursue the hat spat by taking it up as a civil dispute in court.
__FEELING SAUCY__: A 55-year-old man drove a food delivery truck to a warehouse on Southside Industrial Parkway. Apparently, it was closed when he arrived, so the man decided to sleep overnight in his truck in the parking lot. As the man slept, someone cut the lock on his trailer and stole 73 cases of Vidalia Sauce. The man woke up in time to see the suspects driving away in a white Jeep.
__DIRT ROAD ANTHEM__: A man called 911 because a bloody young man "wearing a flannel shirt and blue jeans" was in his backyard trying to open his back door. A cop found an 18-year-old Alpharetta man "standing by the rear door with what appeared to be blood on his face and shirt," the cop noted. The Alpharetta man said the last thing he remembered was arriving at a concert at Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood (Jason Aldean and Florida Georgia Line performed that night). After that, everything was a blur.
__ONE NIGHT CAN LAST FOREVER__: An Atlanta musician said he met a woman and had a "sexual encounter" with her that same night. The man alleges that, since then, the woman has harassed him with threats of blackmail and has called and texted him more than 40 times a day. The man said he's scared because the woman is a felon with an extensive criminal record. He says the woman even called a family member to track him down. The man said he is scared for "his life, and his guitars and other equipment."
__DANCE-HALL DAZE__: Trouble broke out on the dance floor of a local dance club. According to a security guard, a 22-year-old man "head-butted" a middle-aged Marietta man on the dance floor. Moments later, the middle-aged man staggered off the dance floor with his friends' help, bleeding from a large gash under his right eye.
__SNOTTY SITUATION__: In the Westside, an undercover cop was working a vice operation when a 31-year-old woman approached him. "She asked me was I looking for a date and I said yes," the officer wrote. "She said it would cost $40 and I said that's cool." The woman opened the car door and hopped inside. The officer noted: "Once inside my vehicle, I asked her what can I do for $40 and [[she] said we can have sex, oral sex, but no anal sex. I asked her if she eats boogers during sex and she just looked at me and said no. I then asked her if it was OK for me to eat my boogers when I cum and she said that it was up to me." The woman allegedly agreed to $40 for oral sex and intercourse. The cop took the woman to jail for prostitution.
__SCRIBBLE RAGE__: Near Freedom Park, a white-bearded man in a checkered shirt was hurling garbage cans onto Ralph McGill Boulevard. The bearded man stomped from yard to yard while screaming violently as he grabbed trash cans and tossed them into the street. A neighbor shouted that he was going to call the police, and the white-bearded man ran toward Freedom Park.
__FAILED CITIZEN INVESTIGATOR OF THE YEAR__: In the West End, a 53-year-old woman was walking to a grocery store when she had an eerie experience. A flash of toes poking out from a pile of dirt caught her eye. Peering closer, the woman saw "an object resembling a baby foot in the dirt" that was freshly plowed outside a home. She proceeded to move toward the object, picked it up — ''ick!'' — and rushed to the grocery store. Frantic, the woman clutched the foot and called police.
"[[The woman] said she was very concerned because she thought a baby could have possibly been buried at the location," an officer wrote. Police and a medical examiner rushed to the scene and carefully examined the foot. The medical examiner "determined the object was a white porcelain baby foot, not human remains."
__FIANCÉE OF THE YEAR__: A 30-year-old man said he and his fiancée keep getting into arguments due to her hormone imbalance from the birth-control pills she is taking. In the latest spat, the man said his fiancée took things to a new extreme. The fiancée allegedly bit the man on his forearm, leaving a cut and a bunch of scratches. The man said his fiancée also smashed a bunch of stuff around their house.
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__STUPID THIEF OF THE YEAR__: In Ormewood Park, a Georgia Tech student said she left her apartment to go work out. When she returned, she tugged on her front door but the locks were severely damaged. She rushed to the back door and went inside. Her apartment had been ransacked. On a wall near the front door, someone scrawled this note complete with a smiley face: "James was here! ... I found you!"
__STUPID STONER OF THE YEAR__: In Downtown, a cop pulled up to police headquarters on Peachtree Street. In plain view, a stoned 21-year-old man was sitting on "the steps of police headquarters, where there are 'NO Sitting' and 'NO Trespassing' and 'NO Loitering' signs posted," the cop wrote. In his right hand, the man clutched a "blunt cigarillo" commonly used for smoking marijuana. "I smelled a strong odor of raw marijuana coming from his person," the cop noted.
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Upon spotting the uniformed cop, the 21-year-old voluntarily began to empty out his pockets. The man "gave me his wallet and I felt a bulge in his wallet," the cop noted. Inside the man's wallet, the cop found a bag of suspected weed, so the cop tried to handcuff the 21-year-old. The stoner tried to resist arrest by stretching out on the steps of police headquarters. No surprise, his resistance was futile. It was probably the easiest marijuana bust in APD history — on the steps of police headquarters. 13079010 11644957 The Blotter: Best of the Blotter 2014 "
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string(26341) "People love to tell me their favorite Blotter stories: It amuses me how much pride people have when their friends make it into the column: "Remember the one about the drunk lady wearing a trash bag and a purse on her head who tried to steal her boyfriend's pet squirrel? That was my friend!" Or, "Remember the guy nicknamed 'Meat' who air-humped an officer's patrol car on his wife's birthday? That's my friend!" And it's always a "friend." Sometimes I bet they really mean "That was me in the Blotter!" But they don't want to admit it. And that's OK.
It's important to remember that the people who appear in the Blotter are not necessarily guilty — that's for a judge and jury to decide. I just hone in on the wackier times when Atlantans are busted by our brave guys and gals in the Atlanta Police Department.
Here are some of my favorite Blotter moments from the past year. Enjoy!
SLIPPERY WHEN WET: A woman "with a beer can in her hand, nude from the waist down, was performing a sexual act on a City of Atlanta fire hydrant," an officer noted.
It gets worse. Much worse. The woman was fornicating with the fire hydrant across the street from her 80-year-old mother's home in Cascade Heights. And Mom was looking out the window, watching the whole thing go down. An officer approached the woman. "Upon seeing me, she threw the beer can down and started to walk away, but was hindered by her pants being around her ankles," the officer wrote. "I placed her in custody and helped her pull her pants up, and get them fastened around her waist with her belt." The woman was very drunk. Mom said her daughter has a crack-cocaine problem and always gets high, and then causes problems outside her home. (The mother has custody of the woman's four kids, ages 8 to 18, who were home at the time.) The woman, 44, was jailed on charges of public indecency, public drunkenness, and littering (the beer can).
NAKED BUS: A naked man was running around Buckhead Village after midnight. Several officers tried to corral the nude dude, but he "would not get out of the roadway and attempted to grab a MARTA bus," an officer wrote. The man was also cursing, talking to himself, and "would not put his clothing on." If that wasn't enough, he also was shaking his moneymaker at the women walking by. Finally, the man confessed that, yep, he'd dropped acid earlier. Quickly, police called for medics to examine him. Our tripping man told a female medic, "Let's just go home and have an orgy, you know where it is." Minutes later he yelled, "Turn the fucking music up, let's have a party!" Despite that creative suggestion, he was taken to jail instead. The psychedelic sex machine, 20, is from Acworth.
FLYING HIGH: A smooth-talker with a marijuana joint tucked into his sock tried to go through security at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. When a police officer asked the man if the joint belonged to him, the man explained that he needs marijuana because he has ADD. "I asked him if he had a prescription for the suspected marijuana — he said he did not," the officer noted. As the officer started to arrest him, the man played the sympathy card and told the cop he was headed to a funeral in Houston. When that didn't work, he played the prestige card. According to the police report, the man said he had a "$50 million dollar contract with Delta as CEO of his own company" and flashed a Delta contractor ID badge and an airport personnel badge. No one was impressed. Airport workers confiscated the badges and the man went to jail.
STAR WARS REDUX: "I want to fight you — you, Jabba the Slut!" a drunk man yelled as he staggered into a Metropolitan Avenue store. (He made this alleged threat to two female employees.) The 40-year-old man then tore off his shirt and refused to leave. A male clerk stepped up to defend the ladies and grabbed shirtless drunk guy and threw him to the ground. The suspect "swung a couple of times, but missed due to being heavily intoxicated," an officer wrote.
DUD BUDDY: Near Grant Park, a grandmother "grabbed me by the hand and led me to her backyard, where she showed me three marijuana plants growing out of plastic buckets," an officer wrote. She said they belonged to her 18-year-old grandson who lives with her.
About five minutes later, the grandson returned to the home and said he recently bought a car from a guy who offered him the three marijuana plants. The grandson said the guy told him they are male plants and therefore won't produce marijuana. So the grandson accepted the plants and put them in the backyard.
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One clue deflated the grandson's story: According to the police report, the officer spotted "a digital scale in plain view in the living room." The grandson went to jail — over impotent marijuana plants that can't get anyone high. Cannabis lesson: Male marijuana plants do not produce any usable buds. Many growers get rid of male marijuana plants before they flower because they pollinate female marijuana plants. No, the Blotter Diva did not know this beforehand. She Googled it.
HEART OF GLASS: A rowdy Tennessee woman fell through the front window of an East Atlanta bar — and she didn't leave after she took her mighty plunge. She was still there drinking when police arrived. When an officer asked her about the oopsie, she denied falling through the glass, and just kept saying she "loves Atlanta and just wants to have fun," an officer wrote. The woman was charged with disorderly conduct. The bar was charged $1,300 to replace the broken window.
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!!Consumer culture
SHOPPER'S OVERLOAD: Outside Lenox Square mall, a disheveled man with "some whitish froth around his mouth" staggered through the parking lot and startled a cop sitting in his patrol car. The man was "yelling something and pointing at my police car," the cop wrote. "I could not understand what he was saying." A female officer on patrol said she clearly heard the man screaming, "Fuck the police." According to the police report, the man was "screaming at random people in the parking lot, using the 'f' word often." Together, the two cops detained the man. "He was putting his cigarette out on his wrist, burning his wrist," the male cop wrote. "He kept screaming two words: 'Metallica' and 'Heavy Metal.'" (OK, Mr. Officer, that's three words.) Cops arrested the man and put him in the patrol car. He kept screaming "Metallica" and "Heavy Metal" all the way to jail.
SOLE SEARCHING: A mother said her 28-year-old daughter stole all of her right shoes, but none of her left shoes. The mother said she's been staying at her daughter's home in the West End, but she suddenly had to go to South Carolina for medical reasons. The mother said that while she was gone, her daughter swiped her right shoes — and loads of other stuff, including: 25 bottles of perfume, her king-size bed, her 1986 Buick Regal, and her two dogs (a poodle and a shar-pei).
TOURIST TRAP: A Florida man was driving his wife and three kids to a family reunion and they decided to stop in Atlanta to see the sights. So what was the family's first stop? The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial? Nope. The Carter Center? Not even close. Auburn Avenue, the Margaret Mitchell House, or even Piedmont Park? No, no, and no.
First stop: IKEA. After some family time perusing Scandinavian furniture, they headed to a Braves game. Outside Turner Field, the man looked in the car's trunk and realized all his family's stuff had been stolen, including suitcases filled with 10 swimsuits, 11 pairs of sandals, 240 music CDs, and two video cameras.
!!Twisted love stories
GOODWILL HUNTING: A 31-year-old Buckhead man bought a diamond engagement ring for his girlfriend, but said he didn't propose right away because he was waiting for the right moment. For about a month, he hid the engagement ring inside a coat pocket. Apparently, it's an old coat he doesn't wear very often. One day, his girlfriend went on a cleaning spree and took his old coat to Goodwill. Freaked out, the man raced to the thrift store to look for the coat with the hidden prize. No luck. The coat was long gone. The princess-cut diamond ring is worth about $3,200. (The Blotter diva wonders: Did he still want to marry her?)
HONEY, FISH OR CUT BAIT: As her ex-boyfriend slept in her Peoplestown apartment, a 23-year-old woman called police and explained that about an hour prior, she and her boyfriend got into a fight. See, he lost $140 whilst gambling and felt this entitled him to a freshly prepared — by her — fish sandwich. The woman said while she was cooking the fish sandwich, her ex went through her cell phone, found some things he didn't like, and confronted her. She told police that after she gave him his sandwich, he alledgedly hit her with a sandal and punched her. Apparently, the cops showed up and detained the ex-boyfriend "while he was asleep."
TCHOTCHKE WARS: Snow globes were flying during a marital spat in Kirkwood. The wife, 39, said her husband grabbed a snow globe and hurled it at her chest. She retaliated by throwing "a souvenir from another country" at him. The husband grabbed another snow globe and hurled it at a window. The couple wrestled and the wife said she scratched and tried to bite her husband. Then, she said, her husband grabbed a rubber rain boot and threatened to throw it at her. So she called police. Officers visited the couple's Kirkwood home and determined everyone was OK. No injuries, no arrests.
CAVEMAN OF THE YEAR: "I expect three things from my woman: fuck me, feed me, and clean my house," a man recently told police outside his Fisher Road home. (Sounds like a keeper!) Cops had just arrived in response to a call about a possible domestic squabble. The man said he and his girlfriend got into a fight because she refused to cook him dinner. The man said he smacked his girlfriend's mouth and she slapped his face. Then he took all of the girlfriend's belongings from their apartment and tossed them on the ground outside. The officer decided the boyfriend had caused enough trouble, so they handcuffed him and took him to jail.
!!Art unleashed
ART BRUT: Vandals hit the High Museum of Art, targeting Roy Lichtenstein's "House III." A security guard said the Lichtenstein was spray-painted with red paint between the hours of 5 and 8 a.m. The officer noted, "I did observe red paint on the yellow wall portion of the house." No suspects.
STAGED FRIGHT: An officer responded to a call about "suspicious activity" on Adina Drive in the Lindbergh area. Four men dressed entirely in black "jumped out of a white delivery-type truck in a parking lot ... they were carrying two pistols and a long shotgun, approaching a red SUV ... with their weapons drawn and then returning back to the white truck," the officer wrote. Both the officer and a man who lived nearby witnessed the startling incident. The officer called for backup and took on the suspects. "As I approached, I drew my service weapon for what appeared to be a robbery."
Turns out, it was all movie magic. The four men in the white truck "had a camera, and said they were filming a movie," the officer wrote. Still, the officer did his homework in case this "movie" thing was a possible ruse: "The weapons were checked and were fake." He also ran a background check on the actors and they were not wanted.
!!Work-a-day woes
STRIPPER SMACKDOWN: At around 3:30 a.m., two dancers tussled at a strip club on Cheshire Bridge Road. When an officer arrived, a stripper with a shiner explained that while she was on stage, another dancer — who wasn't even working that night — yelled, "It's my club, bitch," from the crowd and attempted to yank her off the catwalk. The rowdy woman was bounced by security, but she wasn't done marking her territory. The stripper with the black eye said after her shift ended, she went outside to call a ride and the other dancer jumped out of a silver convertible and punched her in the face. The two strippers pulled each other's hair until a security guard separated them.
Apparently, the vixens used to be friends when they worked together at a different gentlemen's club on Buford Highway. Now they hate each other (over a shared boyfriend). Both dancers got tickets for brawling. Club management said the off-duty dancer was fired immediately and would not be allowed back to shake her booty under any circumstances.
GRAVE SITUATION: A man called police and said he'd hit a dog with his hearse during a funeral procession near Oakland Cemetery. The dog was totally fine — all its paws/body were in working order and it only had one bruise — but the man really needed a police report because he had to use his hearse again that weekend. The man didn't have his license plate number on hand because he'd already taken the hearse to a repair shop. So an officer met the man at the shop, but "was unable to see any damages" because the hearse was already fixed. The officer filed a police report, noting that he never actually saw any damage to the hearse.
EXIT WITH FLOURISH: A problem janitor went wacko at a recreation center next to Oakland Cemetery. Apparently, she was in a storage room talking on the phone about blowing up the recreation center. A 43-year-old male employee overheard her threatening conversation as he left the restroom. The man headed back to his office and the janitor followed, cursing him along the way.
The janitor was booted from the rec center but returned moments later and threatened to get people to rob the male employee. Again, the supervisor escorted her out.
For a third time, the janitor returned and said she didn't care if she lost her job because she and her people were coming to get him. The janitor took off before police arrived. The cop asked: Why does the janitor hate this guy so much? No one had any real answers. According to the supervisor, the now ex-janitor has trouble with "constructive criticism."
DOUBLE-DUPING: A furniture-store owner received a call from an interior designer who ordered two fancy couches for a client (a gray leather sofa and a cream leather sofa, worth more than $5,000). The interior designer gave a credit card number and asked for the couches to be delivered to a storage space in Decatur. So the store owner loaded up the couches in his truck and sent his driver toward Decatur. Moments later, he got a call: change of plans. Now the interior designer wanted the delivery truck to meet a mystery truck and exchange the leather sofas behind Decatur's Courthouse Square.
The store owner had a "feeling something wasn't right," the officer wrote. He asked to speak to the mystery truck's driver, whose voice sounded familiar, but he couldn't quite place it. So he went ahead and agreed to deliver the couches to the mystery truck behind Courthouse Square. Hours later — voila! — the furniture store owner finally remembered: He testified against the mystery truck driver about five years ago for check fraud against his store. Now the mystery truck driver had scammed him again.
DESIGN DIFFERENCES: Two construction workers were bickering on the ninth floor of a building-to-be on Northside Parkway. The co-workers could not agree on what type of flooring to install. The argument became heated and one construction worker pulled out a box cutter and stabbed the co-worker's stomach. (Apparently, it was a very light stabbing, as far as stabbings go.) There was no blood on the ninth floor and the injured construction worker had "pinched the wound" closed, according to the police report. The construction worker with the box cutter was long gone when police arrived. No word on what type of flooring eventually was installed.
!!Shades of delusion
FANTASYLAND FREAK-OUT: A woman called police and said her Ansley Park apartment was being robbed. An officer raced over. The woman greeted him by explaining that "John F. Kennedy was her father and Diane Sawyer was her mother," the officer noted. The woman said Tom Cruise had been hanging out at her apartment when the so-called robbery took place. The woman wanted the CIA and the Secret Service to help her. Plus, the woman said she has diabetes and she wants medics to make sure she's "alive" by checking her pulse and sugar level.
The officer looked around her apartment. "I noticed that the 28-year-old woman had the heat on 90 degrees and she was sitting on the floor with sunglasses in a dark apartment," the officer wrote. Nothing was stolen and there were no signs of forced entry. Medics arrived and checked her out — the woman didn't even have a scratch on her. They took her to a psych ward.
OFF THE DEEP END: A mother forced her three kids to swim in the pool outside the Carter Center. (It's a decorative pool with fountains — not a swimming pool.) "She seemed very demented and started to yell and act very strange and combative," noted a security guard. The security guard decided to call 911. A cop arrived and found the mother, who was "wearing a purple-colored short dress only. No undergarments (half nude)," the cop noted. "In a very deep voice, she began yelling at the children." The mother boomed, "The devils are here, don't talk to them."
The officer spoke with the kids: an 11-year-old girl, and two boys, 9 and 7. They said their mother forced them to swim laps in the pool — fully clothed.
The cop arrested the mother and retrieved dry clothes for the kids from her car. Then the cop tracked down the kids' dad in Loganville. The father came and got them, vowing to put an end to mommy's visits until she gets it together. Mom, 29, went to jail.
DOWN IN DUMPS: A man known for "taking his feces out of his colostomy bag and smearing/throwing it on police officers" got in trouble outside his mother's home on Ira Street. The mother said her 44-year-old son wandered into her house while she was getting ready for church and she told him to leave. The son was hungry, so she told him wait outside and she'd get him some food. Apparently, patience isn't his thing. The mom said her son pushed her into the kitchen and threatened her. The son "wasn't wearing his colostomy bag and his feces were spilling out all over the living room and kitchen floor," an officer wrote. "He went to the fridge, stuck his hands in the ice cream and began eating it." After snacking, the shit-spilling man got into a fight with his younger brother, a 41-year-old man who still lives at home with mom. No one was hurt during the family brouhaha. An officer spoke with the man, who "seemed clueless about the situation and sat on the stairs eating ice cream." Poopie-man went to jail on a battery charge.
!!Fornication blues
PROTESTING THE MAN: A 34-year-old woman walked up to an officer in Buckhead with a bizarre fake story about how she was sexually assaulted in a park. The officer asked: Which park? The woman replied, "Where the protesters are." (A crowded Occupy Atlanta protest was taking place in Woodruff Park.) Seconds later, the woman admitted freely that the sex was totally consensual. She said she met a cute protester and agreed to have sex in exchange for a pair of shoes from Walmart. Apparently, the man bought her dinner and took her to a Buckhead hotel. After some lust and thrust, the guy was supposed to drive her back to Woodruff Park, but she said he refused to drive her anywhere. The woman said she needed the police because she didn't know how to get back to Woodruff Park and "didn't want to walk the 13 miles" from Buckhead. The woman wasn't hurt at all, so the officer gave her some water and food, and then drove her back to Woodruff Park.
INTIMATE REVELATIONS: A 31-year-old woman returned home to a disturbing sight: Her boyfriend/baby daddy was having sex with her own mother! In the woman's bedroom! Naturally, the woman grabbed a green baseball bat and whacked her mother/boyfriend-stealer on the head. (Mother and daughter live together in the same Hammond Park apartment.) The woman's boyfriend/baby daddy ran out of there faster than Usain Bolt. The mother, 57, had a bloody cut and bruises, but her injuries are not serious. The 31-year-old woman was long gone when police arrived — probably chasing down her boyfriend with that green baseball bat.
LOVERBOY CLASH: One evening in Inman Park, a 29-year-old man crawled under the covers next to his boyfriend "to initiate sexual activity." Apparently, his lover wasn't in the mood. "Get the fuck away from me, bitch!" the lover hollered. Finally, the lover pushed him into a wall. The man said he "understood the refusal" and locked himself in his room. Then he heard his lover knocking furniture around, so he called police. The man claimed that his lover was talking about getting a knife. When police arrived, the lover was screaming, but he quickly became apologetic. Neither man was physically hurt. Cops took the lover to jail on a disorderly conduct charge.
!!Armed with Stupidity
GUN SNUGGLE: A man was sleeping in his bedroom when he heard a "loud boom." Waking up, he realized he had shot himself in his left hand. Every night, he sleeps with his Ruger pistol under his pillow. Bleeding, the man asked a neighbor to drive him to Grady Memorial Hospital. The man's hand injury wasn't life-threatening. Wounded pride? That's another story. The 35-year-old man lives alone in the West End. At the hospital, he told cops that he left the gun at home, tucked under his pillow.
FINAL BATTLE PREPS: An officer found an elaborate weapon hidden in an abandoned building on 17th Street at Atlantic Station. The fancy rifle had lots of decorations but it was entirely fake. The faux-rifle was unable to fire a single shot. Police described it as "a wooden rifle stock attached with PVC piping covered in black electrical tape and black ripped shirts taped around it — to make it look like a real rifle." Atlanta police notified Homeland Security because several similar fake rifles with the same type of wooden handle were spotted near the CSX rail station.
LIBERTY'S PRICE: A suspicious green package freaked people out, drawing cops, a SWAT team, and Homeland Security to the scene on Glen Iris Drive. The package appeared to be "a green foot locker, about 3 cubic feet in size, with the word 'Free' written on the side," a cop noted. A Ponce City Market security guard said the strange locker suddenly showed up between 10 and 10:15 a.m. "Citizens were evacuated from the area," an officer noted. After careful inspection, a bomb technician figured out that the "Free" green footlocker was not dangerous at all. Someone probably left it behind on purpose while moving.
BIG MOMMA's house: In Mozley Park, a 37-year-old woman said she was sleeping on the couch when her mother woke her up by hitting her with "a bundle of sticks" around 5 a.m. Police arrived to deal with the mother-daughter spat. The mother said she was pissed at her daughter and wanted her to move out — pronto. So she gathered a bundle of sticks and began striking her daughter. The officer arrested the 53-year-old mother, who apparently is a supersized gal. The officer said he used "two pairs of handcuffs to accommodate her girth." Big Momma went to jail.
BLOTTER BITCH AWARD: A 24-year-old woman said one of her "many enemies" vandalized her car near her East Point home on Humphries Street. The damage to her white Suzuki: a crumpled front bumper, broken windshield, and a smashed window. "She did say that she has many enemies from her past and doesn't know how they found out where she lives or which one of her many enemies dating back to high school may have damaged her vehicle," the officer noted. The officer asked, "Why do you have so many enemies?" The woman replied, "Look at me, I mean, not to sound conceited, but look at me." The woman's enemies (real or imagined) remain at large.
!!Hollywood Hijinks
LITTLE MRS. PRISS: "Do you know my name?" asked Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon. (Yep, that's her full name.) "You are about to find out who I am ... You are going to be on national news," she continued. Witherspoon was handcuffed in Peachtree Hills, and was berating the police officer who arrested her and her hubby, Hollywood agent Jim Toth. Earlier, when the cop told Witherspoon to stay in her car, the 37-year-old actress kept hopping out, declaring, "I am an American citizen ... allowed to stand on American ground." At one point, she even falsely claimed she was pregnant.
Apparently, She was pissed because her hubby was being arrested for DUI. So the cop charged her with disorderly conduct (obstruction). Witherspoon and Toth spent hours in the Atlanta slammer, and weeks later, both pled guilty. Witherspoon went on national TV to apologize for her pissy attitude toward the Atlanta officer.
FAN-DISSING IN THE ATL: Rapper Gucci Mane was accused of whacking a fan's head with a champagne bottle at an Atlanta nightclub. Why? Allegedly, the fan — a U.S. soldier home on leave — dared to asked Gucci Mane for a photo. The soldier said he told a club security guard, "I'm in the military. I wanted to get a picture with Gucci Mane ... I was speaking to the security guard, and Gucci Mane hit me in the head with a bottle."
Blood was pouring from a severe cut on the soldier's head. He went to a hospital and got stitches and treatment for his concussion. The 33-year-old rapper, whose real name is Radric Davis, pleaded not guilty to an aggravated assault charge.
STAR-GAZER: At around 4:30 a.m., an officer saw a brown Kia turn very slowly from Peachtree Street onto 10th Street without using a turn signal. The officer stopped the car and spoke with the driver, a 22-year-old Duluth man. The chatty driver said that earlier, he had one beer with actor Denzel Washington at a nightclub in the Mechanicsville neighborhood. Another guy (not Denzel) was passed out in the back seat. Apparently, drinks with Denzel put the driver in a fine mood. He kept up the pleasant chitchat even though he failed a breath test. The officer wrote, "I must note the man was very polite and respectful during my entire encounter with him." Still, "nice" and "name-dropping" aren't much help when you're drunk. The man went to jail and was charged with DUI. "
string(26526) "People love to tell me their favorite ''Blotter'' stories: It amuses me how much pride people have when their friends make it into the column: "Remember the one about the drunk lady wearing a trash bag and a purse on her head who tried to steal her boyfriend's pet squirrel? That was my friend!" Or, "Remember the guy nicknamed 'Meat' who air-humped an officer's patrol car on his wife's birthday? That's my friend!" And it's always a "friend." Sometimes I bet they really mean "That was ''me'' in the ''Blotter''!" But they don't want to admit it. And that's OK.
It's important to remember that the people who appear in the ''Blotter'' are not necessarily guilty — that's for a judge and jury to decide. I just hone in on the wackier times when Atlantans are busted by our brave guys and gals in the Atlanta Police Department.
Here are some of my favorite ''Blotter'' moments from the past year. Enjoy!
__SLIPPERY WHEN WET__: A woman "with a beer can in her hand, nude from the waist down, was performing a sexual act on a City of Atlanta fire hydrant," an officer noted.
__NAKED BUS__: A naked man was running around Buckhead Village after midnight. Several officers tried to corral the nude dude, but he "would not get out of the roadway and attempted to grab a MARTA bus," an officer wrote. The man was also cursing, talking to himself, and "would not put his clothing on." If that wasn't enough, he also was shaking his moneymaker at the women walking by. Finally, the man confessed that, yep, he'd dropped acid earlier. Quickly, police called for medics to examine him. Our tripping man told a female medic, "Let's just go home and have an orgy, you know where it is." Minutes later he yelled, "Turn the fucking music up, let's have a party!" Despite that creative suggestion, he was taken to jail instead. The psychedelic sex machine, 20, is from Acworth.
__FLYING HIGH__: A smooth-talker with a marijuana joint tucked into his sock tried to go through security at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. When a police officer asked the man if the joint belonged to him, the man explained that he needs marijuana because he has ADD. "I asked him if he had a prescription for the suspected marijuana — he said he did not," the officer noted. As the officer started to arrest him, the man played the sympathy card and told the cop he was headed to a funeral in Houston. When that didn't work, he played the prestige card. According to the police report, the man said he had a "$50 million dollar contract with Delta as CEO of his own company" and flashed a Delta contractor ID badge and an airport personnel badge. No one was impressed. Airport workers confiscated the badges and the man went to jail.
__''STAR WARS'' REDUX__: "I want to fight you — you, Jabba the Slut!" a drunk man yelled as he staggered into a Metropolitan Avenue store. (He made this alleged threat to two female employees.) The 40-year-old man then tore off his shirt and refused to leave. A male clerk stepped up to defend the ladies and grabbed shirtless drunk guy and threw him to the ground. The suspect "swung a couple of times, but missed due to being heavily intoxicated," an officer wrote.
__DUD BUDDY__: Near Grant Park, a grandmother "grabbed me by the hand and led me to her backyard, where she showed me three marijuana plants growing out of plastic buckets," an officer wrote. She said they belonged to her 18-year-old grandson who lives with her.
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__HEART OF GLASS__: A rowdy Tennessee woman fell through the front window of an East Atlanta bar — and she didn't leave after she took her mighty plunge. She was still there drinking when police arrived. When an officer asked her about the oopsie, she denied falling through the glass, and just kept saying she "loves Atlanta and just wants to have fun," an officer wrote. The woman was charged with disorderly conduct. The bar was charged $1,300 to replace the broken window.
__SHOPPER'S OVERLOAD__: Outside Lenox Square mall, a disheveled man with "some whitish froth around his mouth" staggered through the parking lot and startled a cop sitting in his patrol car. The man was "yelling something and pointing at my police car," the cop wrote. "I could not understand what he was saying." A female officer on patrol said she clearly heard the man screaming, "Fuck the police." According to the police report, the man was "screaming at random people in the parking lot, using the 'f' word often." Together, the two cops detained the man. "He was putting his cigarette out on his wrist, burning his wrist," the male cop wrote. "He kept screaming two words: 'Metallica' and 'Heavy Metal.'" (OK, Mr. Officer, that's three words.) Cops arrested the man and put him in the patrol car. He kept screaming "Metallica" and "Heavy Metal" all the way to jail.
__SOLE SEARCHING__: A mother said her 28-year-old daughter stole all of her right shoes, but none of her left shoes. The mother said she's been staying at her daughter's home in the West End, but she suddenly had to go to South Carolina for medical reasons. The mother said that while she was gone, her daughter swiped her right shoes — and loads of other stuff, including: 25 bottles of perfume, her king-size bed, her 1986 Buick Regal, and her two dogs (a poodle and a shar-pei).
__TOURIST TRAP__: A Florida man was driving his wife and three kids to a family reunion and they decided to stop in Atlanta to see the sights. So what was the family's first stop? The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial? Nope. The Carter Center? Not even close. Auburn Avenue, the Margaret Mitchell House, or even Piedmont Park? No, no, and no.
__GOODWILL HUNTING__: A 31-year-old Buckhead man bought a diamond engagement ring for his girlfriend, but said he didn't propose right away because he was waiting for the right moment. For about a month, he hid the engagement ring inside a coat pocket. Apparently, it's an old coat he doesn't wear very often. One day, his girlfriend went on a cleaning spree and took his old coat to Goodwill. Freaked out, the man raced to the thrift store to look for the coat with the hidden prize. No luck. The coat was long gone. The princess-cut diamond ring is worth about $3,200. (The Blotter diva wonders: Did he still want to marry her?)
__HONEY, FISH OR CUT BAIT__: As her ex-boyfriend slept in her Peoplestown apartment, a 23-year-old woman called police and explained that about an hour prior, she and her boyfriend got into a fight. See, he lost $140 whilst gambling and felt this entitled him to a freshly prepared — by her — fish sandwich. The woman said while she was cooking the fish sandwich, her ex went through her cell phone, found some things he didn't like, and confronted her. She told police that after she gave him his sandwich, he alledgedly hit her with a sandal and punched her. Apparently, the cops showed up and detained the ex-boyfriend "while he was asleep."
__TCHOTCHKE WARS__: Snow globes were flying during a marital spat in Kirkwood. The wife, 39, said her husband grabbed a snow globe and hurled it at her chest. She retaliated by throwing "a souvenir from another country" at him. The husband grabbed another snow globe and hurled it at a window. The couple wrestled and the wife said she scratched and tried to bite her husband. Then, she said, her husband grabbed a rubber rain boot and threatened to throw it at her. So she called police. Officers visited the couple's Kirkwood home and determined everyone was OK. No injuries, no arrests.
__CAVEMAN OF THE YEAR__: "I expect three things from my woman: fuck me, feed me, and clean my house," a man recently told police outside his Fisher Road home. (Sounds like a keeper!) Cops had just arrived in response to a call about a possible domestic squabble. The man said he and his girlfriend got into a fight because she refused to cook him dinner. The man said he smacked his girlfriend's mouth and she slapped his face. Then he took all of the girlfriend's belongings from their apartment and tossed them on the ground outside. The officer decided the boyfriend had caused enough trouble, so they handcuffed him and took him to jail.
__ART BRUT__: Vandals hit the High Museum of Art, targeting Roy Lichtenstein's "House III." A security guard said the Lichtenstein was spray-painted with red paint between the hours of 5 and 8 a.m. The officer noted, "I did observe red paint on the yellow wall portion of the house." No suspects.
__STAGED FRIGHT__: An officer responded to a call about "suspicious activity" on Adina Drive in the Lindbergh area. Four men dressed entirely in black "jumped out of a white delivery-type truck in a parking lot ... [[they] were carrying two pistols and a long shotgun, approaching a red SUV ... with their weapons drawn and then returning back to the white truck," the officer wrote. Both the officer and a man who lived nearby witnessed the startling incident. The officer called for backup and took on the suspects. "As I approached, I drew my service weapon for what appeared to be a robbery."
__STRIPPER SMACKDOWN__: At around 3:30 a.m., two dancers tussled at a strip club on Cheshire Bridge Road. When an officer arrived, a stripper with a shiner explained that while she was on stage, another dancer — who wasn't even working that night — yelled, "It's my club, bitch," from the crowd and attempted to yank her off the catwalk. The rowdy woman was bounced by security, but she wasn't done marking her territory. The stripper with the black eye said after her shift ended, she went outside to call a ride and the other dancer jumped out of a silver convertible and punched her in the face. The two strippers pulled each other's hair until a security guard separated them.
__GRAVE SITUATION__: A man called police and said he'd hit a dog with his hearse during a funeral procession near Oakland Cemetery. The dog was totally fine — all its paws/body were in working order and it only had one bruise — but the man really needed a police report because he had to use his hearse again that weekend. The man didn't have his license plate number on hand because he'd already taken the hearse to a repair shop. So an officer met the man at the shop, but "was unable to see any damages" because the hearse was already fixed. The officer filed a police report, noting that he never actually saw any damage to the hearse.
__EXIT WITH FLOURISH__: A problem janitor went wacko at a recreation center next to Oakland Cemetery. Apparently, she was in a storage room talking on the phone about blowing up the recreation center. A 43-year-old male employee overheard her threatening conversation as he left the restroom. The man headed back to his office and the janitor followed, cursing him along the way.
__DOUBLE-DUPING__: A furniture-store owner received a call from an interior designer who ordered two fancy couches for a client (a gray leather sofa and a cream leather sofa, worth more than $5,000). The interior designer gave a credit card number and asked for the couches to be delivered to a storage space in Decatur. So the store owner loaded up the couches in his truck and sent his driver toward Decatur. Moments later, he got a call: change of plans. Now the interior designer wanted the delivery truck to meet a mystery truck and exchange the leather sofas behind Decatur's Courthouse Square.
__DESIGN DIFFERENCES__: Two construction workers were bickering on the ninth floor of a building-to-be on Northside Parkway. The co-workers could not agree on what type of flooring to install. The argument became heated and one construction worker pulled out a box cutter and stabbed the co-worker's stomach. (Apparently, it was a very light stabbing, as far as stabbings go.) There was no blood on the ninth floor and the injured construction worker had "pinched the wound" closed, according to the police report. The construction worker with the box cutter was long gone when police arrived. No word on what type of flooring eventually was installed.
__FANTASYLAND FREAK-OUT__: A woman called police and said her Ansley Park apartment was being robbed. An officer raced over. The woman greeted him by explaining that "John F. Kennedy was her father and Diane Sawyer was her mother," the officer noted. The woman said Tom Cruise had been hanging out at her apartment when the so-called robbery took place. The woman wanted the CIA and the Secret Service to help her. Plus, the woman said she has diabetes and she wants medics to make sure she's "alive" by checking her pulse and sugar level.
__OFF THE DEEP END__: A mother forced her three kids to swim in the pool outside the Carter Center. (It's a decorative pool with fountains — not a swimming pool.) "She seemed very demented and started to yell and act very strange and combative," noted a security guard. The security guard decided to call 911. A cop arrived and found the mother, who was "wearing a purple-colored short dress only. No undergarments (half nude)," the cop noted. "In a very deep voice, she began yelling at the children." The mother boomed, "The devils are here, don't talk to them."
__DOWN IN DUMPS__: A man known for "taking his feces out of his colostomy bag and smearing/throwing it on police officers" got in trouble outside his mother's home on Ira Street. The mother said her 44-year-old son wandered into her house while she was getting ready for church and she told him to leave. The son was hungry, so she told him wait outside and she'd get him some food. Apparently, patience isn't his thing. The mom said her son pushed her into the kitchen and threatened her. The son "wasn't wearing his colostomy bag and his feces were spilling out all over the living room and kitchen floor," an officer wrote. "He went to the fridge, stuck his hands in the ice cream and began eating it." After snacking, the shit-spilling man got into a fight with his younger brother, a 41-year-old man who still lives at home with mom. No one was hurt during the family brouhaha. An officer spoke with the man, who "seemed clueless about the situation and sat on the stairs eating ice cream." Poopie-man went to jail on a battery charge.
__PROTESTING THE MAN__: A 34-year-old woman walked up to an officer in Buckhead with a bizarre fake story about how she was sexually assaulted in a park. The officer asked: Which park? The woman replied, "Where the protesters are." (A crowded Occupy Atlanta protest was taking place in Woodruff Park.) Seconds later, the woman admitted freely that the sex was totally consensual. She said she met a cute protester and agreed to have sex in exchange for a pair of shoes from Walmart. Apparently, the man bought her dinner and took her to a Buckhead hotel. After some lust and thrust, the guy was supposed to drive her back to Woodruff Park, but she said he refused to drive her anywhere. The woman said she needed the police because she didn't know how to get back to Woodruff Park and "didn't want to walk the 13 miles" from Buckhead. The woman wasn't hurt at all, so the officer gave her some water and food, and then drove her back to Woodruff Park.
__INTIMATE REVELATIONS__: A 31-year-old woman returned home to a disturbing sight: Her boyfriend/baby daddy was having sex with her own mother! In the woman's bedroom! Naturally, the woman grabbed a green baseball bat and whacked her mother/boyfriend-stealer on the head. (Mother and daughter live together in the same Hammond Park apartment.) The woman's boyfriend/baby daddy ran out of there faster than Usain Bolt. The mother, 57, had a bloody cut and bruises, but her injuries are not serious. The 31-year-old woman was long gone when police arrived — probably chasing down her boyfriend with that green baseball bat.
__LOVERBOY CLASH__: One evening in Inman Park, a 29-year-old man crawled under the covers next to his boyfriend "to initiate sexual activity." Apparently, his lover wasn't in the mood. "Get the fuck away from me, bitch!" the lover hollered. Finally, the lover pushed him into a wall. The man said he "understood the refusal" and locked himself in his room. Then he heard his lover knocking furniture around, so he called police. The man claimed that his lover was talking about getting a knife. When police arrived, the lover was screaming, but he quickly became apologetic. Neither man was physically hurt. Cops took the lover to jail on a disorderly conduct charge.
__GUN SNUGGLE__: A man was sleeping in his bedroom when he heard a "loud boom." Waking up, he realized he had shot himself in his left hand. Every night, he sleeps with his Ruger pistol under his pillow. Bleeding, the man asked a neighbor to drive him to Grady Memorial Hospital. The man's hand injury wasn't life-threatening. Wounded pride? That's another story. The 35-year-old man lives alone in the West End. At the hospital, he told cops that he left the gun at home, tucked under his pillow.
__FINAL BATTLE PREPS__: An officer found an elaborate weapon hidden in an abandoned building on 17th Street at Atlantic Station. The fancy rifle had lots of decorations but it was entirely fake. The faux-rifle was unable to fire a single shot. Police described it as "a wooden rifle stock attached with PVC piping covered in black electrical tape and black ripped shirts taped around it — to make it look like a real rifle." Atlanta police notified Homeland Security because several similar fake rifles with the same type of wooden handle were spotted near the CSX rail station.
__LIBERTY'S PRICE__: A suspicious green package freaked people out, drawing cops, a SWAT team, and Homeland Security to the scene on Glen Iris Drive. The package appeared to be "a green foot locker, about 3 cubic feet in size, with the word 'Free' written on the side," a cop noted. A Ponce City Market security guard said the strange locker suddenly showed up between 10 and 10:15 a.m. "Citizens were evacuated from the area," an officer noted. After careful inspection, a bomb technician figured out that the "Free" green footlocker was not dangerous at all. Someone probably left it behind on purpose while moving.
__BIG MOMMA's house__: In Mozley Park, a 37-year-old woman said she was sleeping on the couch when her mother woke her up by hitting her with "a bundle of sticks" around 5 a.m. Police arrived to deal with the mother-daughter spat. The mother said she was pissed at her daughter and wanted her to move out — pronto. So she gathered a bundle of sticks and began striking her daughter. The officer arrested the 53-year-old mother, who apparently is a supersized gal. The officer said he used "two pairs of handcuffs to accommodate her girth." Big Momma went to jail.
__BLOTTER BITCH AWARD__: A 24-year-old woman said one of her "many enemies" vandalized her car near her East Point home on Humphries Street. The damage to her white Suzuki: a crumpled front bumper, broken windshield, and a smashed window. "She did say that she has many enemies from her past and doesn't know how they found out where she lives or which one of her many enemies dating back to high school may have damaged her vehicle," the officer noted. The officer asked, "Why do you have so many enemies?" The woman replied, "Look at me, I mean, not to sound conceited, but look at me." The woman's enemies (real or imagined) remain at large.
__LITTLE MRS. PRISS__: "Do you know my name?" asked Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon. (Yep, that's her full name.) "You are about to find out who I am ... You are going to be on national news," she continued. Witherspoon was handcuffed in Peachtree Hills, and was berating the police officer who arrested her and her hubby, Hollywood agent Jim Toth. Earlier, when the cop told Witherspoon to stay in her car, the 37-year-old actress kept hopping out, declaring, "I am an American citizen ... allowed to stand on American ground." At one point, she even falsely claimed she was pregnant.
__FAN-DISSING IN THE ATL__: Rapper Gucci Mane was accused of whacking a fan's head with a champagne bottle at an Atlanta nightclub. Why? Allegedly, the fan — a U.S. soldier home on leave — dared to asked Gucci Mane for a photo. The soldier said he told a club security guard, "I'm in the military. I wanted to get a picture with Gucci Mane ... I was speaking to the security guard, and Gucci Mane hit me in the head with a bottle."
__STAR-GAZER__: At around 4:30 a.m., an officer saw a brown Kia turn ''very'' slowly from Peachtree Street onto 10th Street without using a turn signal. The officer stopped the car and spoke with the driver, a 22-year-old Duluth man. The chatty driver said that earlier, he had one beer with actor Denzel Washington at a nightclub in the Mechanicsville neighborhood. Another guy (not Denzel) was passed out in the back seat. Apparently, drinks with Denzel put the driver in a fine mood. He kept up the pleasant chitchat even though he failed a breath test. The officer wrote, "I must note [[the man] was very polite and respectful during my entire encounter with him." Still, "nice" and "name-dropping" aren't much help when you're drunk. The man went to jail and was charged with DUI. "
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string(26686) " From nude dudes to fiery-tempered ladies and out-of-control celebs, there was no shortage of bizarre crimes in Atlanta this year 2013-07-18T08:00:00+00:00 The Blotter: Best of the Blotter Lauren Keating 1306477 2013-07-18T08:00:00+00:00 People love to tell me their favorite Blotter stories: It amuses me how much pride people have when their friends make it into the column: "Remember the one about the drunk lady wearing a trash bag and a purse on her head who tried to steal her boyfriend's pet squirrel? That was my friend!" Or, "Remember the guy nicknamed 'Meat' who air-humped an officer's patrol car on his wife's birthday? That's my friend!" And it's always a "friend." Sometimes I bet they really mean "That was me in the Blotter!" But they don't want to admit it. And that's OK.
STAR-GAZER: At around 4:30 a.m., an officer saw a brown Kia turn very slowly from Peachtree Street onto 10th Street without using a turn signal. The officer stopped the car and spoke with the driver, a 22-year-old Duluth man. The chatty driver said that earlier, he had one beer with actor Denzel Washington at a nightclub in the Mechanicsville neighborhood. Another guy (not Denzel) was passed out in the back seat. Apparently, drinks with Denzel put the driver in a fine mood. He kept up the pleasant chitchat even though he failed a breath test. The officer wrote, "I must note the man was very polite and respectful during my entire encounter with him." Still, "nice" and "name-dropping" aren't much help when you're drunk. The man went to jail and was charged with DUI. The Blotter 13074491 8729006 The Blotter: Best of the Blotter "
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string(63) "Atlanta crimes of passion, desperation and bizarro propositions"
string(15568) "There are pirates in East Atlanta and zombies downtown. Underneath Atlanta's thin veneer of Southern civility, there's a raging current of flipped-out fruitcakes, sleazy scoundrels and unhinged lunatics.
My job is to find them. See, I am the Blotter Diva.
People just love to tell me their favorite Blotter stories. It's usually about someone they know. "Remember the Blotter about the guy who painted himself green and made frog sounds at Waffle House? That was my brother!" Or "Remember the one about the lady on drugs who carries around a meat cleaver and swings it at all her imaginary friends? That's my neighbor!"
So for you, I've gathered the best of the Blotter — a toast to the glorious stampede of demented freaks roving the Atlanta streets near you.
!!!ATL LIVIN'
MONSTER IN HIS PANTS: An officer responded to brouhaha at apartment on Campbellton Road. A 32-year-old man said he and his girlfriend argued and she chased him across the apartment complex. According to the police report, the man said his girlfriend "wanted him to change shorts, because he has a large penis." The man's neck was bleeding from the alleged attack. Police arrested the girlfriend, a 29-year-old Alabama woman, and took her to jail on a battery charge.
WALKING DEAD IN ATL: A man said that during the annual "zombie march" someone vandalized the loft building he lives in on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. According to the police report, the man said more than 800 people walked by and "some of them put fake blood all over the premises."
PURLOINED POOCH: A woman was inside a Ponce de Leon Avenue grocery store when someone broke into her car and stole her elderly but impeccably dressed poodle from within. According to the police report, the dog — Ms. Silver — was wearing "a pink shirt reminiscent of Valentine's Day that displayed the word 'Love,' and two red bows (one on each ear) with a matching red collar and an additional purple collar with clear stones" when she was hijacked. The woman said Ms. Silver is physically challenged and couldn't have gotten out of the car by herself. Also, she said, Ms. Silver is worth about $5,000 and is almost 13 years old. The officer did a little math for us: "She explained that one year of human life equals seven years of dog life. Therefore, the dog is 91 years old in human years," he wrote in his report. Surveillance footage shows someone pull up along side the woman's Caddy, reach into the window to unlock the door and scoop up Ms. Silver. Unfortunately, cops couldn't get a good enough look at the poodle's thief or his car, but they issued a lookout for Ms. Silver.
ALIEN INVASION: Some graffiti artists gave a white church van the intergalactic treatment as it sat parked on Hosea Williams Drive. An officer wrote, "The graffiti colors were green, purple and blue, and appeared to be some type of alien figure. Also, there were a series of characters that did not seem to reference any particular word; however, the characters left in the paint were 'CNURE.'" The church secretary couldn't think of any potential suspects who might be unhappy with the church. Or who might be aliens.
Next: Crazy nicknames
!!!CRAZY NICKNAMES
MOIST OFFER: A woman allegedly hopped into an unmarked police car around 11:30 p.m. and asked the undercover officer if he could take her home. "Once inside the vehicle, she opened her legs and began playing with her vagina," the officer wrote. The woman said her name is "WetWet." The officer asked, "How can I get some of that?" The woman said, "When you take me home, I will give you a discount." She said $80 is her going rate. WetWet went to jail on a prostitution charge.
THREE WISE GUYS: When a 29-year-old woman checked on her vacant rental home on Fair Street, she discovered that it had been ransacked. Large appliances were gone — the refrigerator, stove, water heater and two air-conditioning units — and "copper wire had been ripped from the wall at every outlet and socket in the residence," an officer noted. A neighbor said three local men are known for breaking into homes for copper. Unfortunately, the neighbor only knows their nicknames: "Black," "Sockman" and "Lawnmower Man."
Next: Strangest quotes
!!!SAY WHAT? STRANGEST QUOTES
NEGATIVE EXPOSURE? A 29-year-old woman said she wanted to use her camera at a family function, but she couldn't find it. She asked a 35-year-old man if he had seen her camera. He said he pawned it, but would get it out. Since then, she says, the man has refused to get her camera. He also wrote her a letter stating, "If you do anything trifling, I will forward all your nude photos of you giving me head and the videos of you showing your ass to all referee friends. I have your contacts."
SOLO WOES: A 35-year-old man got a boot to the patoot on a recent Friday night for violating an Oakview Road lounge's strict no-dancing-alone policy (joke, people). According to the police report, "The man stated he would dance by himself for a few minutes, go back and talk to his friends, then go back and dance by himself again." He also told the cops he learned how to dance by practicing in front of a mirror at home. That night, he was working on his moves by dancing alone in front of a mirror at the bar. Not a fan, apparently, of lonely dancer's solo stylings, a bar co-owner named "Frankie," walked up, grabbed him by the collar and tossed him out.
Outside the bar, the man waited for his friends. And waited. And waited. After a few minutes, Frankie and another guy came out and instigated a fight. When the dancer got the upper hand, Frankie's cohort came up and kicked the man several times. When he went home his mother called 911, but he was "too upset" to properly answer the officer's questions, so he had to call back the next day to give the police his full story. "They always throw me out for dancing by myself," the man told them.
PIRATE OF EAST ATLANTA: Around 2 a.m., an officer was parked at an East Atlanta gas station when a green Honda Accord whizzed by. The driver didn't slow down until he hit traffic near the Edgewood shopping district, and then reportedly started weaving in and out of lanes, cutting off other cars.
Eventually, police stopped the car on Moreland Avenue and arrested the driver, a 32-year-old man, who passively resisted by dragging his feet while cops tried to stuff him into a patrol car. The man said he is a lawyer, and there's no way the officer could have tracked him speeding. Also, the man said, he is not a "driver" but a "traveler," and his Honda is not a "car" but a "vessel" — and due to these facts he is not required to carry a driver's license. "During his monologue ... I asked for his name," the officer wrote. "He told me that he did not need to give such information to me because I was soulless and had no jurisdiction and was a pirate."
STONED & CONFIDENT: One morning, a team of officers reported an erratic driver on Cascade Road. The driver of a red Ford Fusion allegedly crossed the center line into oncoming traffic. Police stopped the car on Orlando Street. "Upon walking up to the vehicle, I could smell what I immediately recognized ... to be the strong and pungent odor of raw marijuana emitting from the interior of the vehicle," an officer wrote. "The driver appeared very nervous. The driver was sweating profusely from his forehead and upper lip and his hands were shaking when he handed me his license."
In the car trunk, the officer found a "clear freezer bag which contained marijuana." (A pound of suspected marijuana divided into 16 one-ounce bags.) The suspect, a 36-year-old Jonesboro man, decided to get chatty — even before police asked him any questions. He spontaneously uttered, ""Yeah, I'm riding with a pound of raw in my trunk, but I'm still blessed and highly favored by God."
HAIRY EXCHANGE: A 36-year-old Duluth woman is accused of trying to prostitute herself near St. Jose Street. An undercover investigator said the woman hopped into his car, and according to the police report, "the investigator told her he was trying to get into a little trouble. " Apparently, the investigator agreed to pay $25 for sex. The investigator asked her if she had any hair on her privates. The woman replied that she did, to which the investigator replied, "People shave now."
Next: Blotter awards
!!!GENERAL AWARDS
BOLDEST BURGLAR AWARD: A group of women were in the middle of yoga class when a gun-wielding man barged in and reportedly stole their stuff. "The serene sound of music was playing as they were finishing up their usual Monday night yoga session," an officer wrote. The yoga instructor had just told the women to turn and lie on their stomachs on their yoga mats when she heard the door open. "A masked man emerged from behind the curtains and told the women to get down. ... The gunman approached the instructor as she was lying face down, and removed the remote control to the radio from her hand."
Apparently, the gunman rifled (pun intended) through the women's purses. He reportedly stuffed valuables into his pockets until he heard the sirens from a passing patrol car, freaked out and fled, dropping stolen money on his way. The yoga women said the gunman wore gloves, a red ski mask, a heavy blue coat and clean white tennis shoes. He reportedly got away with a total of $195 in cash and a Wal-Mart gift card worth $25.
BEST BAR ARREST: Around 1:30 a.m. at a Buckhead bar, a security guard escorted a man outside and told him to get in a cab and go home. The 26-year-old man refused to go and started screaming and cursing, then sat down on the curb near the front door. "When he sat down, his feet went into the air above his head," an officer wrote. The man stood up and said, "Fuck you, you bald motherfucker. You were picked on in high school!"
The officer again told him to leave. The man replied, "Fuck you, pussy. I'll kick your ass, take that shit off." So the officer called for backup. According to the police report, the hyped-up man reportedly "started to make gorilla noises while flexing his muscles." After a struggle, police finally pepper-sprayed the dude and got him into a patrol car. En route to jail, the man reportedly kept beating his head on the cage inside the car.
"THE RECESSION AIN'T OVER YET" AWARD: An officer dealt with a 27-year-old woman who said she had lost her home and was now living on the 11th floor of the Buckhead office building where she works. (The irony: The woman works for a mortgage broker/real estate firm in the building on Piedmont Road.) Security guards told her to leave, but a few days later they found the woman sleeping with a man on an inflatable bed on the 11th floor. So they kicked her out for good.
Apparently, the woman called police because she hadn't gotten all her stuff back from the office where she had been living. "I found the items hidden in the desk and returned them to her," an officer wrote. No charges filed.
BEST "STRANGER DANGER" AWARD: A 26-year-old man said he heard water running near his home on Linden Avenue, so he looked outside and saw a stranger showering with his water hose in his backyard. The man said he asked the stranger to stop bathing on his property, but the stranger refused to leave. The man said he walked outside and the stranger sprayed him with the water hose and ran away. The man called the police, who quickly found the stranger (a middle-aged man) on North Avenue and arrested him.
BEST FASHIONISTA AWARD: A South Carolina woman said she married an Atlanta man three months ago, left her stuff in his apartment on Peachtree Road, and went back home to get the rest of her belongings. When she returned — yep, three months later — she discovered that 150 pairs of her shoes were missing (or so she told police). The Southern-fried fashionista also claimed that 10 handbags were missing, "half real, half fake." Her now-ex-husband said there was never that many shoes in his apartment and that she'd moved her stuff out before they divorced.
BEST DRUGGIE AWARD: A 30-year-old man told police that he, his wife and their two kids are living in extended-stay motel near Cheshire Bridge Road. One evening, a man with curly blond hair was yelling as he walked by their room, so he told the man to be quiet because his kids were asleep. A while later, on his way to a gas station to get aspirin for his wife, the man was attacked by the mop-headed malefactor with a belt with a metal S-hook on the end, no less. When police found the curly haired man, he had lots to tell them. An officer wrote, "While I was transporting the suspect ... he said he was trying to get his girlfriend away from the Bloods gang that was holding her against her will. He said he was trying to get his girlfriend off crack and she had $4 million dollars. He also told me that I thought he was tweaking on meth, but he was not. He said he had never in his life been thinking as clearly as he was today." The curly haired man went to jail on many charges. "I never told him that I thought he was 'tweaking' on meth," the officer noted.
BEST "GIFT COMBO" AWARD: Three people are accused of selling merchandise without a permit from the trunk of a white Chevy Impala on Marietta Boulevard. An officer saw a man holding a box near the car. "I noticed the items in the box appeared to be a perfume gift set," the officer wrote. (To be exact, a "Sex and the City" perfume gift set.)
Also for sale: Taser guns. Nearly a dozen high-voltage Taser guns were nestled among the perfume gift sets in the trunk. "The trunk of the vehicle contained 27 perfume gift sets, 10 tasers, and 20 mini-perfume sets," the officer wrote. "I collected one of the perfume gift sets and one of the tasers, to preserve as physical evidence of the scene."
Next: Stupid People Hall of Fame
!!!STUPID PEOPLE HALL OF FAME
TASTE TEST? Around 7 p.m., an undercover officer said a 42-year-old woman hopped into his car at the intersection of Lakewood Avenue and Jonesboro Road. "Once inside my vehicle, she offered to give me a blowjob for $20," the officer wrote. "She repeatedly offered to give me a sample blowjob." She was charged with prostitution. (After years of reading hooker reports, the Blotter Diva must note: Giving a "sample" of any kind is practically unheard of in the alleged prostitution world.)
MAKE A BREAK FOR IT: On a recent Saturday in Candler Park, an 82-year-old woman called police and said her daughter's 40-pound tortoise was missing from her home on McLendon Avenue. (It's a red-footed South American tortoise.) A police officer noted that the woman didn't know whether the tortoise was missing or just wandering around the backyard.
BAD CALL: On a recent Friday, police received a call from a boozed-up Morehouse Drive resident. When they arrived, she was sitting on the front porch, yelling, cursing and crying about someone stealing money from her purse. The officer said, "I asked her time and time again to remain silent, but she did not cooperate. She got louder and louder, ignoring my directions, and acting in rage. I then tried to detain her until I could figure out what the problem was and she began to hold me and wouldn't let go of my shirt."
The officer finally freed himself from drunky, and interviewed her boyfriend who said she'd been drinking and acting out of character all day. When the officer got back outside to check on her, he found her screaming and kicking his car door. Seriously, people. Don't drunk dial the police. "
People just love to tell me their favorite ''Blotter'' stories. It's usually about someone they know. "Remember the ''Blotter'' about the guy who painted himself green and made frog sounds at Waffle House? That was my brother!" Or "Remember the one about the lady on drugs who carries around a meat cleaver and swings it at all her imaginary friends? That's my neighbor!"
So for you, I've gathered the best of the ''Blotter'' — a toast to the glorious stampede of demented freaks roving the Atlanta streets near you.
__MONSTER IN HIS PANTS__: An officer responded to brouhaha at apartment on Campbellton Road. A 32-year-old man said he and his girlfriend argued and she chased him across the apartment complex. According to the police report, the man said his girlfriend "wanted him to change shorts, because he has a large penis." The man's neck was bleeding from the alleged attack. Police arrested the girlfriend, a 29-year-old Alabama woman, and took her to jail on a battery charge.
__WALKING DEAD IN ATL__: A man said that during the annual "zombie march" someone vandalized the loft building he lives in on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. According to the police report, the man said more than 800 people walked by and "some of them put fake blood all over the premises."
__PURLOINED POOCH__: A woman was inside a Ponce de Leon Avenue grocery store when someone broke into her car and stole her elderly but impeccably dressed poodle from within. According to the police report, the dog — Ms. Silver — was wearing "a pink shirt reminiscent of Valentine's Day that displayed the word 'Love,' and two red bows (one on each ear) with a matching red collar and an additional purple collar with clear stones" when she was hijacked. The woman said Ms. Silver is physically challenged and couldn't have gotten out of the car by herself. Also, she said, Ms. Silver is worth about $5,000 and is almost 13 years old. The officer did a little math for us: "She explained that one year of human life equals seven years of dog life. Therefore, the dog is 91 years old in human years," he wrote in his report. Surveillance footage shows someone pull up along side the woman's Caddy, reach into the window to unlock the door and scoop up Ms. Silver. Unfortunately, cops couldn't get a good enough look at the poodle's thief or his car, but they issued a lookout for Ms. Silver.
__ALIEN INVASION__: Some graffiti artists gave a white church van the intergalactic treatment as it sat parked on Hosea Williams Drive. An officer wrote, "The graffiti colors were green, purple and blue, and appeared to be some type of alien figure. Also, there were a series of characters that did not seem to reference any particular word; however, the characters left in the paint were 'CNURE.'" The church secretary couldn't think of any potential suspects who might be unhappy with the church. Or who might be aliens.
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__MOIST OFFER__: A woman allegedly hopped into an unmarked police car around 11:30 p.m. and asked the undercover officer if he could take her home. "Once inside the vehicle, [[she] opened her legs and began playing with her vagina," the officer wrote. The woman said her name is "WetWet." The officer asked, "How can I get some of that?" The woman said, "When you take [[me] home, I will give you a discount." She said $80 is her going rate. WetWet went to jail on a prostitution charge.
__THREE WISE GUYS__: When a 29-year-old woman checked on her vacant rental home on Fair Street, she discovered that it had been ransacked. Large appliances were gone — the refrigerator, stove, water heater and two air-conditioning units — and "copper wire had been ripped from the wall at every outlet and socket in the residence," an officer noted. A neighbor said three local men are known for breaking into homes for copper. Unfortunately, the neighbor only knows their nicknames: "Black," "Sockman" and "Lawnmower Man."
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__NEGATIVE EXPOSURE?__ A 29-year-old woman said she wanted to use her camera at a family function, but she couldn't find it. She asked a 35-year-old man if he had seen her camera. He said he pawned it, but would get it out. Since then, she says, the man has refused to get her camera. He also wrote her a letter stating, "If you do anything trifling, I will forward all your nude photos of you giving me head and the videos of you showing your ass to all referee friends. I have your contacts."
__SOLO WOES__: A 35-year-old man got a boot to the patoot on a recent Friday night for violating an Oakview Road lounge's strict no-dancing-alone policy (joke, people). According to the police report, "[[The man] stated he would dance by himself for a few minutes, go back and talk to his friends, then go back and dance by himself again." He also told the cops he learned how to dance by practicing in front of a mirror at home. That night, he was working on his moves by dancing alone in front of a mirror at the bar. Not a fan, apparently, of lonely dancer's solo stylings, a bar co-owner named "Frankie," walked up, grabbed him by the collar and tossed him out.
__PIRATE OF EAST ATLANTA__: Around 2 a.m., an officer was parked at an East Atlanta gas station when a green Honda Accord whizzed by. The driver didn't slow down until he hit traffic near the Edgewood shopping district, and then reportedly started weaving in and out of lanes, cutting off other cars.
__STONED & CONFIDENT__: One morning, a team of officers reported an erratic driver on Cascade Road. The driver of a red Ford Fusion allegedly crossed the center line into oncoming traffic. Police stopped the car on Orlando Street. "Upon walking up to the vehicle, I could smell what I immediately recognized ... to be the strong and pungent odor of raw marijuana emitting from the interior of the vehicle," an officer wrote. "The driver appeared very nervous. The driver was sweating profusely from his forehead and upper lip and his hands were shaking when he handed me his license."
__HAIRY EXCHANGE__: A 36-year-old Duluth woman is accused of trying to prostitute herself near St. Jose Street. An undercover investigator said the woman hopped into his car, and according to the police report, "[[the investigator] told her he was trying to get into a little trouble. " Apparently, the investigator agreed to pay $25 for sex. The investigator asked her if she had any hair on her privates. The woman replied that she did, to which the investigator replied, "People shave now."
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__BOLDEST BURGLAR AWARD__: A group of women were in the middle of yoga class when a gun-wielding man barged in and reportedly stole their stuff. "The serene sound of music was playing as they were finishing up their usual Monday night yoga session," an officer wrote. The yoga instructor had just told the women to turn and lie on their stomachs on their yoga mats when she heard the door open. "A masked man emerged from behind the curtains and told the women to get down. ... The gunman approached [[the instructor] as she was lying face down, and removed the remote control to the radio from her hand."
__BEST BAR ARREST__: Around 1:30 a.m. at a Buckhead bar, a security guard escorted a man outside and told him to get in a cab and go home. The 26-year-old man refused to go and started screaming and cursing, then sat down on the curb near the front door. "When he sat down, his feet went into the air above his head," an officer wrote. The man stood up and said, "Fuck you, you bald motherfucker. You were picked on in high school!"
__"THE RECESSION AIN'T OVER YET" AWARD__: An officer dealt with a 27-year-old woman who said she had lost her home and was now living on the 11th floor of the Buckhead office building where she works. (The irony: The woman works for a mortgage broker/real estate firm in the building on Piedmont Road.) Security guards told her to leave, but a few days later they found the woman sleeping with a man on an inflatable bed on the 11th floor. So they kicked her out for good.
__BEST "STRANGER DANGER" AWARD__: A 26-year-old man said he heard water running near his home on Linden Avenue, so he looked outside and saw a stranger showering with his water hose in his backyard. The man said he asked the stranger to stop bathing on his property, but the stranger refused to leave. The man said he walked outside and the stranger sprayed him with the water hose and ran away. The man called the police, who quickly found the stranger (a middle-aged man) on North Avenue and arrested him.
__BEST FASHIONISTA AWARD__: A South Carolina woman said she married an Atlanta man three months ago, left her stuff in his apartment on Peachtree Road, and went back home to get the rest of her belongings. When she returned — yep, three months later — she discovered that 150 pairs of her shoes were missing (or so she told police). The Southern-fried fashionista also claimed that 10 handbags were missing, "half real, half fake." Her now-ex-husband said there was never that many shoes in his apartment and that she'd moved her stuff out before they divorced.
__BEST DRUGGIE AWARD__: A 30-year-old man told police that he, his wife and their two kids are living in extended-stay motel near Cheshire Bridge Road. One evening, a man with curly blond hair was yelling as he walked by their room, so he told the man to be quiet because his kids were asleep. A while later, on his way to a gas station to get aspirin for his wife, the man was attacked by the mop-headed malefactor with a belt with a metal S-hook on the end, no less. When police found the curly haired man, he had lots to tell them. An officer wrote, "While I was transporting the suspect ... he said he was trying to get his girlfriend away from the Bloods gang that was holding her against her will. [[He] said he was trying to get his girlfriend off crack and she had $4 million dollars. [[He] also told me that I thought he was tweaking on meth, but he was not. [[He] said he had never in his life been thinking as clearly as he was today." The curly haired man went to jail on many charges. "I never told him that I thought he was 'tweaking' on meth," the officer noted.
__BEST "GIFT COMBO" AWARD__: Three people are accused of selling merchandise without a permit from the trunk of a white Chevy Impala on Marietta Boulevard. An officer saw a man holding a box near the car. "I noticed the items in the box appeared to be a perfume gift set," the officer wrote. (To be exact, a "Sex and the City" perfume gift set.)
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__TASTE TEST?__ Around 7 p.m., an undercover officer said a 42-year-old woman hopped into his car at the intersection of Lakewood Avenue and Jonesboro Road. "Once inside my vehicle, she offered to give me a blowjob for $20," the officer wrote. "She repeatedly offered to give me a sample blowjob." She was charged with prostitution. (After years of reading hooker reports, the Blotter Diva must note: Giving a "sample" of any kind is practically unheard of in the alleged prostitution world.)
__MAKE A BREAK FOR IT__: On a recent Saturday in Candler Park, an 82-year-old woman called police and said her daughter's 40-pound tortoise was missing from her home on McLendon Avenue. (It's a red-footed South American tortoise.) A police officer noted that the woman didn't know whether the tortoise was missing or just wandering around the backyard.
__BAD CALL__: On a recent Friday, police received a call from a boozed-up Morehouse Drive resident. When they arrived, she was sitting on the front porch, yelling, cursing and crying about someone stealing money from her purse. The officer said, "I asked her time and time again to remain silent, but she did not cooperate. She got louder and louder, ignoring my directions, [[and] acting in rage. I then tried to detain her until I could figure out what the problem was and she began to hold me and wouldn't let go of my shirt."
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The officer finally freed himself from drunky, and interviewed her boyfriend who said she'd been drinking and acting out of character all day. When the officer got back outside to check on her, he found her screaming and kicking his car door. Seriously, people. Don't drunk dial the police. 13061435 3539750 The Blotter: Best of the Blotter 2011 "
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string(3520) "?On Wilson Road, a man said a woman hit him several times, and then threatened to get a gun and shoot him. The man is the coach of a mini-football team that the woman's son plays on. ?
?"The argument was over her son playing," noted the officer in his report.
The pastor of a church on Richardson Street said one evening that the church choir was unable to enter their church because the locks had been changed, as well as the alarm system. The pastor said several deacons were responsible for changing the locks and the alarm. He said the deacons did this without his permission, or the permission of other churchgoers. ?
?The pastor said he and his congregation of 650 members are currently unable to get into the church and hold services or any church activities. As a result, the pastor has resorted to holding service at a hotel. ?
?The Larceny Unit was called.
A 22-year-old woman on Brown Mills Road said she returned to her home on Brown Mills Road and discovered that her painting, which depicted men playing cards, was missing. She said the painting was worth $35. The woman said a neighbor saw her landlord enter her home while she was gone. The woman added that her landlord has been taunting her, and she believes that the landlord stole the painting.
A 19-year-old woman said her boyfriend, 23, was upset because she stayed out until 4 a.m. He accused her of being in a hotel with another man. When she asked her boyfriend what he did with the money for the electric bill, which her father had given him, the boyfriend smacked her in the face and hit her with the phone. ?
?The boyfriend rode away on his bike before police arrived.
A 35-year-old man on Hilliard Street called police and said two days prior to his call, an 18-year-old man approached him and asked if he could spend the night at the 35-year-old's home, until the trains ran the next morning. The 18-year-old offered to pay $5 to the 35-year-old, to be allowed to sleep there. The next morning, the 18-year-old refused to leave the apartment, and refused to pay the $5. According to the 35-year-old, the 18-year-old beat him, threatened to kill him, took his cane and hit him with it, and put a knife to his throat. ?
?The 35-year-old fled his home and called police, but the suspect left before police arrived. ?
?The 35-year-old didn't stay at his home that night, for fear of injury. When he attempted to return to his house, a neighbor told him that some men were sleeping there. ?
?The 35-year-old said he knew the men from the neighborhood, and thought they were using his home to sell drugs from. ?
?Two officers went to the 35-year-old's apartment, and found four men asleep in the living room. Two of the men were unaware that it was "improper" for them to be in the apartment. ?
?The 35-year-old pointed out the suspect who had beaten him. Another man possessed 18-20 hits of suspected crack cocaine. Both were taken to jail. The first two men were released.
Around 7 a.m., a 42-year-old woman was preparing to go outside and get the newspaper in the front yard of her home on Club Drive. The woman saw a man with a bicycle walking away from the left corner of her home. The man was dressed in camouflage clothing. ?
?The woman asked her husband to go outside and check out the situation. ?
?The husband discovered that the man had defecated on the lawn. The man also left two pairs of sunglasses, and a pair of tan leather gloves in the front yard. ?
?The items were turned in as evidence.
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__The pastor of a church __on Richardson Street said one evening that the church choir was unable to enter their church because the locks had been changed, as well as the alarm system. The pastor said several deacons were responsible for changing the locks and the alarm. He said the deacons did this without his permission, or the permission of other churchgoers. ?
__A 22-year-old woman __on Brown Mills Road said she returned to her home on Brown Mills Road and discovered that her painting, which depicted men playing cards, was missing. She said the painting was worth $35. The woman said a neighbor saw her landlord enter her home while she was gone. The woman added that her landlord has been taunting her, and she believes that the landlord stole the painting.
__A 19-year-old woman__ said her boyfriend, 23, was upset because she stayed out until 4 a.m. He accused her of being in a hotel with another man. When she asked her boyfriend what he did with the money for the electric bill, which her father had given him, the boyfriend smacked her in the face and hit her with the phone. ?
__A 35-year-old man__ on Hilliard Street called police and said two days prior to his call, an 18-year-old man approached him and asked if he could spend the night at the 35-year-old's home, until the trains ran the next morning. The 18-year-old offered to pay $5 to the 35-year-old, to be allowed to sleep there. The next morning, the 18-year-old refused to leave the apartment, and refused to pay the $5. According to the 35-year-old, the 18-year-old beat him, threatened to kill him, took his cane and hit him with it, and put a knife to his throat. ?
__Around 7 a.m__., a 42-year-old woman was preparing to go outside and get the newspaper in the front yard of her home on Club Drive. The woman saw a man with a bicycle walking away from the left corner of her home. The man was dressed in camouflage clothing. ?
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Robert A. Potash Papers
Eduardo R. Castro Sánchez oral history with Robert A. Potash: transcripts and notes
Castro Sánchez, Eduardo R. (Eduardo Rómulo), 1918-2007 (interviewee)
Eduardo R. Castro Sánchez oral history with Robert A. Potash: transcripts and notes, 1971–1984
Robert Potash's notes and transcript for an interview conducted with Eduardo Castro Sánchez. Primary topics addressed : his political position and role in the "1966 revolution", his role as Secretary of War, Illia's and Onganía's ousters (1970), the military intervention in the politics, and a speech at West Point and the U.S. position towards the situation.
Argentina--History--1955-1983
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Illia, Arturo Umberto, 1900-1983
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Castro Sánchez, Eduardo R. (Eduardo Rómulo), 1918-2007
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Potash, Robert A., 1921-
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What is the main difference between a key, an IV and a nonce?
What are the main differences between a nonce, a key and an IV? Without any doubt the key should be kept secret. But what about the nonce and the IV? What's the main difference between them and their purposes? Is it only that, in literature and in practice, an IV is being used as "initiator" of a block cipher encryption mode which should be unique? And the same property should hold for a nonce as well, but since it doesn't instantiate something we call it a nonce? I.e: in AES-CTR mode the IV is a nonce+counter. And both are put in plaintext format in the beginning of the ciphertext.
keys initialization-vector encryption terminology
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A key, in the context of symmetric cryptography, is something you keep secret. Anyone who knows your key (or can guess it) can decrypt any data you've encrypted with it (or forge any authentication codes you've calculated with it, etc.).
(There's also "asymmetric" or public key cryptography, where the key effectively has two parts: the private key, which allows decryption and/or signing, and a public key (derived from the corresponding private key) which allows encryption and/or signature verification.)
An IV or initialization vector is, in its broadest sense, just the initial value used to start some iterated process. The term is used in a couple of different contexts, and implies different security requirements in each of them. For example, cryptographic hash functions typically have a fixed IV, which is just an arbitrary constant which is included in the hash function specification and is used as the initial hash value before any data is fed in:
Conversely, most block cipher modes of operation require an IV which is random and unpredictable, or at least unique for each message encrypted with a given key. (Of course, if each key is only ever used to encrypt a single message, one can get away with using a fixed IV.) This random IV ensures that each message encrypts differently, such that seeing multiple messages encrypted with the same key doesn't give the attacker any more information than just seeing a single long message. In particular, it ensures that encrypting the same message twice yields two completely different ciphertexts, which is necessary in order for the encryption scheme to be semantically secure.
In any case, the IV never needs to be kept secret — if it did, it would be a key, not an IV. Indeed, in most cases, keeping the IV secret would not be practical even if you wanted to, since the recipient needs to know it in order to decrypt the data (or verify the hash, etc.).
A nonce, in the broad sense, is just "a number used only once". The only thing generally demanded of a nonce is that it should never be used twice (within the relevant scope, such as encryption with a particular key). The unique IVs used for block cipher encryption qualify as nonces, but various other cryptographic schemes make use of nonces as well.
There's some variation about which of the terms "IV" and "nonce" is used for different block cipher modes of operation: some authors use exclusively one or the other, while some make a distinction between them. For CTR mode, in particular, some authors reserve the term "IV" for the full cipher input block formed by the concatenation of the nonce and the initial counter value (usually a block of all zero bits), while others prefer not to use the term "IV" for CTR mode at all. This is all complicated by the fact that there are several variations on how the nonce/IV sent with the message in CTR mode is actually mapped into the initial block cipher input.
Conversely, for modes other than CTR (or related modes such as EAX or GCM), the term "IV" is almost universally preferred over "nonce". This is particularly true for CBC mode, since it has requirements on its IV (specifically, that they be unpredictable) which go beyond the usual requirement of uniqueness expected of nonces.
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$\begingroup$ Therefore iv could be ignored? Thanks & Regards, Clara $\endgroup$ – Clara Yeung Jan 30 '19 at 1:52
$\begingroup$ @ClaraYeung For CTR, you can use a null (all zero) IV/nonce if you wish, as long as you don't encrypt multiple messages with the same key. Just make sure the key:nonce tuple never repeats. $\endgroup$ – forest Jan 30 '19 at 5:57
The three terms (key, IV, nonce) you mentioned, and another, the salt, basically describe random numbers and each term is used in another context. The key is used as input for a cryptographic primitive and should be kept secret.
A nonce is a random number only used once and for a short time with the intention to get replaced by or converted into something better. A initialization vector is also used as input for a cryptographic primitive to achieve randomization of normally deterministic primitives. Stream ciphers are called stateful where the same key is used for many states and the nonces are used to ensure different key streams. For this reason, we use IVs for the modes of operations of block ciphers but nonces for stream ciphers. This is a little bit confusing when we talk about AES-CTR because we use the term IV for the block cipher and the term nonce+counter for the state of the stream cipher.
For the sake of completeness, a salt is also some kind of initialization vector for one-way functions but with the goal to achieve additional entropy for low-entropy inputs, e.g. password hashing.
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$\begingroup$ Nonces should generally not be randomly generated but instead iterated using a counter as wide as the nonce. This guarantees the nonce will not be reused (for the full $2^n$ period of the counter). A suitable randomly generated value can be statistically unlikely to produce a duplicate nonce, but a counter removes the possibility entirely. Nonce reuse is typically fatal to the security of a cryptographic primitive. Cheers. $\endgroup$ – Conrad Meyer Aug 25 '18 at 18:43
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Italian wine world mourns the loss of Ernesto Cattel, 54, Prosecco col fondo pioneer and organic advocate
Posted on August 9, 2018 by Do Bianchi
News of his passing first began to appear on Sunday: Ernesto Cattel, Prosecco col fondo pioneer and organic and biodynamic advocate, died last week. The cause was an unspecified long-term illness. He was 54 years old according to most media reports.
“Our motto was let’s start at the bottom and rise up from the cloudy to see our way clear,” said his business partner Mauro Lorenzon in an interview with La Nuova, a daily newspaper published in Venice and Mestre.
Lorenzon, a celebrated Venetian sommelier and owner of one of the city’s most renowned wine bars, helped Cattel to launch the Costadilà winery in 2006. Today, the estate produces roughly 30,000 bottles of Prosecco col fondo per year.
Their adage refers to the sediment (fondo or bottom) of ancestral method Prosecco, otherwise known as Prosecco col fondo, bottle-fermented and undisgorged Prosecco (col fondo means with its sediment). When the wines are stored upright, they are cloudy on the bottom and clear at the top.
Together with Lorenzon, Cattel did perhaps more than any other Prosecco col fondo producer to raise awareness of the winemaking style, now ubiquitous across Italy and immensely popular in the U.S. where it has been embraced by a new generation of wine professionals.
A member of the natural wine growers association VinNatur, Cattel was also one of Italy’s most strident advocates of organic and biodynamic farming in the Prosecco DOCG.
As Prosecco became an unbridled international success and commercial powerhouse in the 2000s, Cattel was one of the leading voices for artisanal winemaking there and he was among the earliest to farm Prosecco biodynamically.
Joined by a like-minded and determined group of young growers, he and his wines were viewed as a counterpoint to the “industrialization” of the appellation. With their wines and their advocacy, he and his fellow winemakers helped to revive a waning viticultural tradition that had been eclipsed by behemoth bottlers.
News of his passing has been followed by an outpouring of remembrances on the Italian-language internet.
“Ernesto Cattel was one of us,” said the editors of a Facebook page managed by Rete Contandina (Farmers Network), a group that raises awareness of local foodways and organic growing practices in Prosecco country.
“He was among the early ‘revolutionaries’ of natural Prosecco,” they wrote. “His passion and love were boundless. Good-bye, Ernesto. Good-bye to a great and unrivaled Maestro.”
In the obituary published by La Nuova, reporter Francesca Gallo called him “a paladin of biodiversity.”
Image courtesy of Diego Carraro (Venice).
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Justia Dockets & Filings Tenth Circuit Colorado District Court Information Network for Responsible Mining et al v. Bureau of Land Management
Information Network for Responsible Mining et al v. Bureau of Land Management
US District Court for the District of Colorado
John L. Kane
05:552 Freedom of Information Act
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August 2, 2010 Filing 56 ORDER granting 55 Plaintiffs' Stipulated Motion to Dismiss. This case is dismissed with prejudice, by Judge John L. Kane on 08/02/2010.(wjc, )
July 29, 2009 Filing 39 ORDER: The 32 Order to Show Cause is DISCHARGED, by Judge John L. Kane on 07/29/09. (wjc, )
July 27, 2009 Filing 37 ORDER: The Defendant shall file a notice clarifying this issue no later than 07/30/2009 so the Court can determine whether it is necessary to consider whether documents concerning oil and gas activities are within the scope of the 2006 FOIA request as part of the assessment of Defendants response to the pending Order to Show Cause, by Judge John L. Kane on 07/27/09. (wjc, )
April 28, 2009 Filing 28 ORDER on Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment. The BLMs 14 Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED. INFORMs 11 Amended Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED in part. See order for further details. INFORMs motion is DENIED to the extent it se eks immediate disclosure of the portions of the currently identified documents that have been withheld under Exemption 5. See order for further details. With respect to its request for attorney fees and costs, INFORM may file a separate request to recover these fees and costs after the BLM complies with this order, by Judge John L. Kane on 04/28/09.(wjc, )
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Leprechaun Laughs #209 for September 4th 2013
Posted on September 4, 2013 by lethalleprechaun
WOW! a full 48 hours after the holiday ended and you guys still look like hell! I’M SO PROUD!
Well I was off for 4 days so I’ve a lot of catching up to play here. I took work with me intent on sitting on the fringe of things and enjoying the company and fresh air while getting something accomplished. However you’d be surprised how anti-conducive pretty women in a swimming pool, a cold beer and the sounds of a bunch of pigeons playing Texas Hold ‘Em and waiting to be fleeced are!
A guy traveling through Mexico on vacation lost his wallet and all of his identification.
Cutting his trip short, he attempted to make his way home but was stopped by the U.S. Customs Agent at the border.
“May I see your identification, please?” asked the agent.
“I’m sorry, but I lost my wallet,” replied the guy..
“Sure buddy, I hear that every day. No ID, no entry,” said the agent.
“But I can prove I’m an American!” he exclaimed. “I have a picture of Ronald
Reagan tattooed on one side of my butt and George Bush on the other.”
“This I gotta see,” replied the agent.
With that, the guy dropped his pants and showed the agent his behind.
“By golly, you’re right!” exclaimed the agent. “Have a safe trip back to Chicago .”
“Thanks!” he said. “But how did you know I was from Chicago ?”
The agent replied, “I recognized Obama in the middle.
Football Eats!
Yup its football season again. Wither its Friday night under the lights high school games or Tail Gating at your favorite College Team’s Stadium (Notre Dame!) Saturday or Sunday or just watching on the tube at home, the one thing you can be sure of beside there’s going to be a winner and a loser is there will be a lot of hungry people!
Blue Cheese Corn Bread Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Yields: 24 sandwiches
This recipe makes extra pulled pork to be enjoyed on its own or as leftovers.
(or you know you could make a double batch of corn muffins or use slider bun and give those to people you don’t care about impressing or wouldn’t know the difference!)
1 1/2 – 2 pounds Half Pork Loin, cut in half lengthwise
Ground Black Pepper, to taste
32 ounces Beef Broth
3 1/2 cups your favorite Barbecue Sauce, divided
Muffins:
8.5 ounces Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix
1 cup Blue Cheese Crumbles
1/2 cup Sweet Corn
Season the pork loin with salt and pepper.
In a medium pot, heat the oil over medium high heat; sear the pork on each side until golden. Discard excess oil, add beef broth, water, 2 cups barbecue sauce, onion and paprika. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and braise, covered for 2 1/2 – 3 hours until fork tender. If necessary, add water halfway through the cooking process to keep the pork submerged.
Preheat oven to 400°. Coat 2 12-cup muffin pans with cooking spray.
Prepare muffins: In a medium bowl, combine the muffin mix, blue cheese, eggs, corn, sour cream and sugar, stir until incorporated. Evenly distribute among muffin cups. Bake for 15 minutes.
Preheat oven to broil.
Reduce any remaining liquid from the pork by stirring over high heat until 1 – 1 1/2 cups liquid remains. Shred the pork and press into an 8-inch metal baking pan.
Stir in the remaining barbecue sauce, broil for 10-15 minutes. Stir and broil another 10-15 minutes to create a char on the pork.
Slice the muffins in half and fill with pulled pork.
NOW personally we her at the DL/LL Test Kitchen don’t care for Jiffy Brand Corn Bread mix. We find it to have a bitter chemical after taste which I think comes from the lye they use in processing the dried corn into corn meal. We much prefer Martha White’s Corn Bread mix and I use that w/o any appreciable difference in the end product. It’s all about what you like.
Since the original recipe called for Jiffy brand that what I’m listing here but as always feel free to make your own substitutions based on personal preference &/or experiment to make the recipe your own. For example I add a little liquid smoke to my braising liquid & use beer instead of water.
Either way were I you, I’d hold a couple back for yourself when you put these out there if you expect to actually get any
Blue Cheese Dip with Almonds
Fresh and roasted vegetables, apple slices and pear slices go well with this versatile dip, which makes a delicious centerpiece for a crudité plate.
Cooking Time: N/A
Serves: 3 cups
8-oz. package cream cheese, at room temperature
2 cups refrigerated blue cheese dressing
1 1/3 cups almonds, chopped and toasted (smokehouse almonds really make it killer!)
2 Tbsp. cranberries
Assorted cut-up fresh vegetables and fruits (such as carrots, bell peppers, celery, broccoli, apples and small clusters of grapes)
Beat cream cheese in medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and soft.
Gently incorporate blue cheese dressing by hand, maintaining the texture of blue cheese chunks as much as possible.
Stir in 1 cup of nuts, cranberries and crumbled blue cheese. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Transfer dip to decorative bowl and keep refrigerated until serving. Sprinkle remaining almonds around edges of dip.
Tip: This dip also makes a delicious topping for baked potatoes and adds delicious flavor to a roast beef sandwich.
Note: This recipe can be made 1 day ahead.
I have to admit that with a crusty toasted garlic roll piled high with rare roast beef and this spread in one hand and a cold beer in the other you just might not care so much that your team loss because you’ve come out a winner regardless.
There was a young lady of Dover
Whose passion was such that it drove her.
To cry, when you came,
“Oh dear! What a shame!
Well, now we shall have to start over.”
The Lament of an Aging (badly) Dragon
My nookie days are over;
My pilot light is out.
What used to be my sex appeal;
Is now my water spout.
Time was when of its own accord;
From my trousers it would spring.
But now I have a full time job;
To find the blasted thing.
It used to be embarrassing;
The way it would behave.
For every single morning;
It would stand and watch me shave.
As old age approaches;
It sure gives me the blues.
To see it hang its withered head;
And watch me tie my shoes.
The Missus Dragon bought a book, from the local bookstore today,
I had a look inside her bag, t’was ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’.
Well I just left her to it, and at 10 I went to bed.
An hour later she appeared, the sight filled me with dread.
In her left she held a rope; and in her right a whip!
She threw them down upon the floor, and then began to strip.
Well fifty years or so ago, I might have had a peek.
But Missus Dragon hasn’t weathered well. She’s eighty four next week!
Watching her bump and grind could not have been much grimmer.
And things then went from bad to worse, she toppled off her Zimmer!
She struggled back upon her feet, a couple minutes later.
She put her teeth back in and said, “I am a dominater!”
Now if you knew Missus Dragon, you’d see just why I spluttered.
I’d spent two months in traction, for the last complaint I’d uttered.
She stood there nude and naked, bent forward just a bit.
I went to hold her, sensual like, and stood on her left tit.
Missus Dragon screamed, her teeth shot out. My god what had I done?
She moaned and groaned then shouted out, “Step on the other one!”
Well readers, I can’t tell no more, about what occurred that day.
Suffice to say my jet black hair, turned fifty shades of grey.
Impish was nimble,
But Impish was quick.
So his virgins preferred
The candlestick!
A carpenter living in Crewe,
Who had nothing whatever to do,
Once assisted a whore
With the hinge of her door,
But he made her pay for the screw.
Caller ID…. how people save you in their contacts
Can’t see this hysterical video? You’re not at the blog then! FOR SHAME!
More of Less
We are seeing a great deal more of less these days;
WELCOME TO THE 21st CENTURY!
*Our Phones ~ Wireless
*Cooking ~ Fireless
*Cars ~ Keyless
*Food ~ Fatless
*Tires ~ Tubeless
*Dress ~ Sleeveless
*Youth ~ Jobless
*Leaders ~ Shameless
*Relationships ~ Meaningless
*Attitude ~ Careless
*Wives ~ Fearless
*Babies ~ Fatherless
*Feelings ~ Heartless
*Education ~ Valueless
*Children ~ Mannerless
Everything is becoming LESS but still…
Our hopes are ~ Endless.
In fact we are ~ Speechless
And Congress is – CLUELESS!
And our President is – WORTHLESS!
My local morning breakfast hang out recently redid its restrooms including the labeling of the facilities
IF he’s a Dragon, then I’d have to say yes definitely without a doubt.
Cinderella is now 95 years old.
After a fulfilling life with the now dead prince, she happily sits upon her rocking chair, watching the world go by from her front porch, with a cat named Bob for companionship.
One sunny afternoon out of nowhere, appeared the fairy godmother.
Cinderella said, “Fairy Godmother, what are you doing here after all these years”?
The fairy godmother replied, “Cinderella, you have lived an exemplary life since I last saw you. Is there anything for which your heart still yearns?”
Cinderella was taken aback, overjoyed, and after some thoughtful consideration, she uttered her first wish:
“The prince was wonderful, but not much of an investor. I’m living hand to mouth on my disability checks, and I wish I were wealthy beyond comprehension.”
Instantly her rocking chair turned into solid gold.
Cinderella said, “Ooh, thank you, Fairy Godmother”
The fairy godmother replied, “It is the least that I can do. What do you want for your second wish?”
Cinderella looked down at her frail body, and said, “I wish I were young and full of the beauty and youth I once had.”
At once, her wish became reality, and her beautiful young visage returned. Cinderella felt stirrings inside of her that had been dormant for years.
And then the fairy godmother spoke once more: “You have one more wish; what shall it be?”
Cinderella looks over to the frightened cat in the corner and says, “I wish for you to transform Bob, my old cat, into a kind and handsome young man.”
Magically, Bob suddenly underwent so fundamental a change in his biological make-up that, when he stood before her, he was a man so beautiful the likes of him neither she nor the world had ever seen.
The fairy godmother said, “Congratulations, Cinderella, enjoy your new life.”
With a blazing shock of bright blue electricity, the fairy godmother was gone as suddenly as she appeared.
For a few eerie moments, Bob and Cinderella looked into each other’s eyes.
Cinderella sat, breathless, gazing at the most beautiful, stunningly perfect man she had ever seen.
Then Bob walked over to Cinderella, who sat transfixed in her rocking chair, & swept her up in his young muscular arms.
He leaned in close, blowing her golden hair with his warm breath as he whispered…
“Bet you’re sorry now you neutered me.”
Highlighting bold and/or red colored font are my editorial emphasis in lieu of post article commentary.
LIFE WITH BIG BROTHER
NSA ‘goes after man who mocked agency’
The NSA has claimed copyright infringement after a businessman created a parody version of the agency’s logo.
The National Security Agency, the secretive federal department under fire for spying on U.S. citizens, is now accused of crushing the free-speech rights of a businessman clowning around about the NSA.
LibertyManiacs.com, a company that markets “freedom products for liberty lovers,” says the NSA is using a claim of copyright infringement to stop it from selling T-shirts and other products making fun of the Big Brother agency.
“Two months ago the NSA’s lawyers came after our parodies of the rogue agency and forced our host to take them down,” the company said Friday on its Facebook page.
At issue is use of the NSA logo, which was partially altered by LibertyManiacs owner Dan McCall. He kept the name of the agency and most of the artwork intact, but changed the bottom portion from “United States of America” to the laugh-inspiring “Peeping while you’re sleeping.”
Underneath the doctored logo is the phrase “The NSA, the only part of government that actually listens.”
In an interview with online journalist Ben Swann, McCall said, “I tried to visually take the most obvious direction at pointing at them that I could. It was their logo. I just tried to adulterate it a little bit and put a few jabs in there and that will be it. So it wasn’t a huge design coup and it did the job basically.”
After the shirt went on sale, the NSA sent a series of “cease and desist” orders in June, seeking to halt further sales of the items.
McCall commented at the time: “Well, on the positive side I could get the unenviable honorific of being ‘the 1st man to receive a cease and desist from the National Security Agency for telling a joke.’”
The NSA’s real logo
The online retailer Zazzle.com subsequently yanked the shirt from its site, giving this explanation:
“Unfortunately, it appears that your product, The NSA, contains content that is in conflict with one or more of our acceptable content guidelines. We will be removing this product from the Zazzle Marketplace shortly.
“Policy Notes: Design contains an image or text that may infringe on intellectual property rights. We have been contacted by the intellectual property right holder and we will be removing your product from Zazzle’s Marketplace due to infringement claims.”
Zazzle’s Diana Adair told WND her company couldn’t comment on the specifics of this incident, but issued a prepared statement saying: “While Zazzle does not manually review all designs that are uploaded, when a product is brought to our attention that violates our terms of service, we take swift action to remove it. We encourage the Zazzle community to use our platform to share their creativity, and we ask that they continue to maintain an open dialogue with us to ensure Zazzle features only the highest quality merchandise for our customers.”
McCall told Swann it wasn’t just one NSA T-shirt that got the hook from Zazzle.
“In terms of shirts, two, and then maybe four or five bumper stickers,” he noted. “Basically anything remotely relating to the NSA was taken down. So I’m not sure if that was subsequently a blanket policy that Zazzle themselves put up because they don’t want to deal with the hassle and they didn’t want to spend time interpreting each thing knowing they would run into problems or if they were plugged into NSA legal and they were watching things as they go.”
He added the NSA’s action is clearly a violation of his First Amendment right to free speech.
“First Amendment issues affect everybody and it specifically affects everybody who is expressing themselves – any artist, whether on the right or on the left or in the middle or whatever side,” McCall told Swann. “If you are not allowed to express yourself artistically or in many other ways, we have taken a turn for the worse.”
In a video news report about the case, Swann admitted, “This is a story I had a hard time believing until I looked into it for myself.”
“What you need to know is that because the work put out by LibertyManiacs is clearly a parody, it is not copyright infringement,” he stressed. “According to both the Electronic Freedom Foundation and the American Bar Association, ‘parody is recognized as a type of fair use, like other commentary and criticism, and courts recognize that a parody must often take recognizable elements from the work it comments upon.’”
The case has also caught the attention of Mark Gibbs of Computerworld, who calls the NSA’s actions “monstrously wrong.”
“First of all I’m amazed that any U.S. government agency can get away with claiming violation of ‘their’ intellectual property rights when they are, in reality, part of us, and we the people, paid for said intellectual property. Sure, go after those ripoff artists in England or France should they dare to illegally use the hallowed logos of U.S. government agencies, but going after U.S. citizens for parody?” Gibbs noted.
“Second, I’m even more amazed that the NSA doesn’t recognize the inherent PR problem they have created by a bureaucratic response to something that, given the negative publicity they’re already receiving, can only make them look even more devious and manipulative than we now think they are, which is a brand new realization for most Americans.”
“Of course, even if in reality the NSA has no legal leg to stand on, it is the 800-pound gorilla and can flex its muscles for what is, with respect to its budget, a trivial cost,” he added.
At LibertyManiacs, McCall has referred to executives at the NSA as “jerks,” and he’s not backing down in his battle to sell his merchandise.
He is now marketing the censored shirts and related parody items through another online platform at Cafepress.
In an ironic twist, while the NSA is claiming copyright infringement, the agency itself is allegedly using without permission an image for its top-secret data-mining program known as PRISM.
The NSA’s PRISM logo, shown here upside down for comparison to the image below.
As WND reported in June, PRISM, which stands for “protect, respond, inform, secure and monitor,” is the NSA’s massive spy program scouring email and phone records.
Its official logo has reportedly been purloined from Adam Hart-Davis, formerly of the BBC program “Tomorrow’s World.”
Adam’s son, Damon Hart-Davis, has said in the Register newspaper that the image is free for use, as long as there’s acknowledgment of the source and a link to the material online, neither of which have been provided by the NSA.
The original prism image by Adam Hart-Davis, formerly of the BBC.
Some Americans are taking to the Internet to say that federal and state government programs paid for by tax dollars are not subject to copyright.
“The U.S. government CANNOT claim copyright. Period,” said Steve Moody. “Anything created by the U.S. government is automatically in the public domain.”
And Ron Lahti noted: “We all need to the raise the bullsh-t flag on this! The NSA is a ‘publicly funded’ government agency. How can they claim ‘copyright infringement?’ It’s like saying everyone who publishes or manufactures anything with any of our other federal ‘public’ government agency symbols is violating copyright laws. Are we going to have every manufacturer and retailer that makes or sells any of our T-shirts, hats, coffee mugs, bumper/window stickers, etc. that contains, for example, ‘U.S. Army’ or any other military-service logo, from making these products available just because they have an ‘official’ emblem that is also now ‘copyrighted’ with their design? This is beyond fringe lunacy and seems as the NSA is just grasping at straws, for whatever reason. This action by our government is obnoxiously outrageous, and is nothing more than an arrogantly suppressive strong-arm tactic to infringe on the rights and liberties of the American taxpaying people!”
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” ― Voltaire
How comforting that the NSA/Federal Government has lawyers on staff that can so easily be suborned into willingly lying about Federal laws in a blatant attempt at censorcism ( a First Amendment Violation) of satiric criticism of what are at BEST questionable actions with regard to our civil liberties granted rights to privacy and protection against unreasonable and unwarranted search!
WHY isn’t the Justice Department crying foul! WHY is Obama silent on this travesty by his own government?
I’LL TELL YOU WHY! Because this is EXACTLY what Obama meant by ‘Hope & Change’, not hope and change for everyone, only for liberals who seek to control your life your actions and your thoughts via Big Brother.
Welcome to your Orwellian Nightmare. Don’t bother trying to wake up its too late your resistance has been rendered futile.
ZIP CODES…..THIS IS NEAT!
http://zipskinny.com/
Check out your zip code. You will not believe the information you will find there!
Also check out other zip codes where you might be traveling or thinking of moving to.
We here at DL/LL Electronic Media LTD.recently conducted a poll as to whether men prefer women with large thighs or women with thin thighs. The results were pretty surprising.
10 percent of those men surveyed preferred women with large thighs. 10 percent of the men preferred women with thin thighs. And the other 80 percent preferred what’s in-between.
At MTV’s Video Music Awards on Sunday night, Miley Cyrus brought the concept of twerking into living rooms the world over. What is it?
According to UrbanDictionary.com, “twerk” means: “The rhythmic gyrating of the lower fleshy extremities in a lascivious manner with the intent to elicit sexual arousal or
laughter in ones intended audience.”
The Top 5 Signs You’re Bad at Twerking
The first time you tried it, the neighbor’s dog took advantage of you.
“Mrs. Obama, maybe a playground dedication isn’t quite the place for that.”
They’re not comparing you with Young Skinny Elvis, or even with Fat Vegas Elvis; they’re comparing you with Dead Elvis.
One of your ovaries just “crowned.”
And the Number One Sign You’re Bad at Twerking…
“That’s very impressive, sir, but if you keep moving like that, I won’t be able to complete your prostate exam.”
I’m just sayin’!….
They got the sequence all wrong though!
It goes (Searing) Heat (with optional humidity) – (High) Winds – (Torrential but short lived) Rain (which still allows for drought conditions despite flooding) – (Record) Cold (with optional wind &/or rain).
Then we have our seasonal weather option from mid-August until late September – Hurricane, which should be depicted similar to wind with the addition of the rain background. The person should be mid-illustration and perpendicular to the ground hanging onto something for dear life as a cow flies by.
SPEAKING of the weather..this just in from reader K-Squared about what we can expect for the upcoming winter:
HEAVY SNOW / EXTREME COLD –
+ “Farmers’ Almanac” predicts a “bitterly cold” U.S. winter – The Farmers’ Almanac is using words like “piercing cold,” “bitterly cold” and “biting cold” to describe the upcoming winter.
The 197-year-old publication that hit newsstands Monday predicts a winter storm will hit the Northeast around the time the Super Bowl is played in New Jersey. It also predicts a colder-than-normal winter for two-thirds of the country and heavy snowfall in the Midwest, Great Lakes and New England. “We’re using a very strong four-letter word to describe this winter, which is C-O-L-D. It’s going to be very cold.”
Based on planetary positions, sunspots and lunar cycles, the almanac’s secret formula is largely unchanged since the first almanac in 1818. Modern scientists don’t put much stock in sunspots or tidal action, but the almanac says its forecasts used by readers to plan weddings and plant gardens are correct about 80 percent of the time.
Last year, the forecast called for cold weather for the eastern and central U.S. with milder temperatures west of the Great Lakes. It started just the opposite, but ended up that way.
The publication’s elusive prognosticator said he was off by only a couple of days on two of the season’s biggest storms: a February blizzard that paralyzed the Northeast with 3 feet of snow in some places and a sloppy storm the day before spring’s arrival that buried parts of New England.
Note to self buy additional fleece pants, hoodies, brown gold ingredients, Bailey’s and Bushmills seems like we’re going to need them!
13 Things the Government Is Trying to Hide from You
Our government is intentionally keeping massive amounts of information secret from voters. http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/13-things-government-trying-hide-you?paging=off
“We believe most Americans would be stunned to learn the details of how these secret court opinions have interpreted…the Patriot Act. As we see it, there is now a significant gap between what most Americans think the law allows and what the government secretly claims the law allows. This is a problem, because it is impossible to have an informed public debate about what the law should say when the public doesn’t know what its government thinks the law says.” —U.S. senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall
The President, the Head of the National Security Agency, the Department of Justice, the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, and the Judiciary, are intentionally keeping massive amounts of information about surveillance of US and other people secret from voters.
Additionally, some are, to say it politely, not being factually accurate in what they are telling the public. These inaccurate statements are either intentional lies meant to mislead the public or they are evidence that the people who are supposed to be in charge of oversight do not know what they are supposed to be overseeing. The most recent revelations from the Washington Post, by way of Edward Snowden, indicate the NSA breaks privacy rules or overstep its legal authority thousands of times each year. Whether people are lying or do not know what they are doing, either way, this is a significant crisis. Here are 13 examples.
1. The government seizes and searches all Internet and text communications which enter or leave the US.
On August 8, 2013, the New York Times reported that the NSA secretly collects virtually all international email and text communications which cross the US borders in or out. As the ACLU says, “the NSA thinks it’s okay to intercept and then read Americans’ emails, so long as it does so really quickly. But that is not how the Fourth Amendment works…the invasion of Americans’ privacy is real and immediate.”
2. The government created and maintains secret backdoor access into all databases in order to search for information on US citizens.
On August 9, 2013, the Guardian revealed yet another Edward Snowden leaked document which points out “the National Security Agency has a secret backdoor into its vast databases under a legal authority enabling it to search for US citizens’ email and phone calls without a warrant.” This is a new set of secrets about surveillance of people in the US. This new policy of 2011 allows searching by US person names and identifiers when the NSA is collecting data. The document declares that analysts should not implement these queries until an oversight process has been developed. No word on whether such a process was developed or not.
3. The government operates a vast database which allows it to sift through millions of records on the Internet to show nearly everything a person does.
Recent disclosures by Snowden and Glenn Greenwald of the Guardian demonstrate the NSA operates a massive surveillance program called XKeyscore. The surveillance program has since been confirmed by other CIA officials. It allows the government to enter a person’s name or other question into the program and sift through oceans of data to produce everything there is on the Internet by or about that person or other search term.
4. The government has a special court which meets in secret to authorize access for the FBI and other investigators to millions and millions of US phone, text, email and business records.
There is a special court of federal judges which meets in secret to authorize the government to gather and review millions and millions of phone and Internet records. This court, called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA court), allows government lawyers to come before them in secret, with no representatives of the public or press or defense counsel allowed, to argue unopposed for more and more surveillance. This is the court which, in just one of its thousands of rulings, authorized the handing over of all call data created by Verizon within the US and between the US and abroad to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The public would never have known about the massive surveillance without the leaked documents from Snowden.
5. The government keeps top secret nearly all the decisions of the FISA court.
Nearly all of the thousands of decisions of the FISA court are themselves classified as top secret. Though the public is not allowed to know what the decisions are, public records do show how many times the government asked for surveillance authorization and how many times they were denied. These show that in the last three years, the government asked for authorization nearly 5,000 times and they were never denied. In its entire history, the FISA court has denied just 11 of 34,000 requests for surveillance.
6. The government is fighting to keep top secret a key 2011 decision of the FISA court even after the court said it could be made public.
There is an 86-page 2011 top-secret opinion of the FISA court which declared some of the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs unconstitutional. The administration, through the Department of Justice, refused to hand this over to the Electronic Frontier Foundation which filed a public records request and a lawsuit to make this public. First the government said it would hurt the FISA court to allow this to be made public. Then the FISA court itself said it can be made public. Despite this, the government is still fighting to keep it secret.
7. The government uses secret National Security Letters (NSL) issued by the FBI to seize tens of thousands of records.
With an NSL letter the FBI can demand financial records from any institution from banks to casinos, all telephone records, subscriber information, credit reports, employment information, and all email records of the target as well as the email addresses and screen names for anyone who has contacted that account. Those who received the NSLs from the FBI are supposed to keep them secret. The reason is supposed to be for foreign counterintelligence. There is no requirement for court approval at all. So no requests have been denied. The Patriot Act has made this much easier for the FBI.
According to congressional records, there have been over 50,000 of these FBI NSL requests in the last three years. This does not count the numerous times where the FBI persuades the disclosure of information without getting a NSL. Nor does it count FBI requests made just to find out who an email account belongs to. These reported NSL numbers also do not include the very high numbers of administrative subpoenas issued by the FBI which only require approval of a member of the local US Attorney’s office.
8. The National Security head was caught not telling the truth to Congress about the surveillance of millions of US citizens.
The director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, told the US Senate on March 12, 2013 that the NSA did not wittingly collect information on millions of Americans. After the Snowden Guardian disclosures, Clapper admitted to NBC that what he said to Congress was the “least untruthful” reply he could think of. The agency no longer denies that it collects the emails of American citizens. In a recent white paper, the NSA now admits it does “collect telephony metadata in bulk,” but does not unconstitutionally “target” American citizens.
9. The government falsely assured the US public in writing that privacy protections are significantly stronger than they actually are and senators who knew better were not allowed to disclose the truth.
Two US senators wrote the NSA a letter objecting to one “inaccurate statement” and another “somewhat misleading statement” made by the NSA in their June 2013 public fact sheet about surveillance. What are the inaccurate or misleading statements? The public is not allowed to know because the senators had to point out the details in a secret classified section of their letter.
In the public part of their letter they did say “In our judgment this inaccuracy is significant, as it portrays protections for Americans’ privacy as being significantly stronger than they actually are…” The senators point out that the NSA public statement assures people that communications of US citizens which are accidently acquired are promptly destroyed unless it is evidence of a crime. However, the senators wrote that the NSA does in fact deliberately search the records of American citizens and that the NSA has said repeatedly that it is not reasonably possible to identify the number of people located in the US whose communications have been reviewed under the authority of the FISA laws. The NSA responded to these claims in an odd way. It did not say publicly what the misleading or inaccurate statements were nor did it correct the record, instead it just deleted the fact sheet from the NSA website.
10. The chief defender of spying in the House of Representatives, the chair of the oversight intelligence subcommittee, did not tell the truth or maybe did not know the truth about surveillance.
Mike Rogers, chair of the House Permanent Intelligence Subcommittee, repeatedly told Congress and the public on TV talk shows in July that there was no government surveillance of phone calls or emails. “They do not record your e-mails…None of that was happening, none of it – I mean, zero.” Later, Snowden and Glenn Greenwald of the Guardian disclosed the NSA program called X-keyscore, which intercepts 1.7 billion emails, phone calls and other types of communications each day. Now the questions swirl about Rogers, whether he lied, or was lied to by those who engaged in surveillance, or did not understand the programs to which he was supposed to be providing oversight.
11. The House intelligence oversight committee repeatedly refused to provide basic surveillance information to elected members of the House of Representatives, Republican and Democrat.
The House intelligence oversight committee refused to allow any members of Congress outside the committee to see a 2011 document that described the NSA mass phone record surveillance. This has infuriated Republicans and Democrats who have tried to get basic information to carry out their mandated oversight obligations.
Republican Representative Morgan Griffith of Virginia wrote the House Committee on Intelligence on June 25, 2013, July 12, 2013, July 22, 2013, and July 23 2013 asking for basic information on the authorization “allowing the NSA to continue collecting data about Americans’ telephone calls.” He received no response to those requests.
After asking for basic information from the House Committee about the surveillance programs, Democrat Congressman Alan Grayson was told the committee voted to deny his request on a voice vote. When he followed up and asked for a copy of the recorded vote he was told he could not get the information because the transcript of the committee hearing was classified.
12. The paranoia about secrecy of surveillance is so bad in the House of Representatives that an elected member of Congress was threatened for passing around copies of the Snowden disclosures which had been already printed in newspapers worldwide.
Representative Alan Grayson was threatened with sanctions for passing around copies of the Snowden information on the House floor, the same information published by the Guardian and many other newspapers around the world.
13. The Senate oversight committee refused to allow a dissenting senator to publicly discuss his objections to surveillance.
When Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) tried to amend the surveillance laws to require court orders before the government could gather communications of American citizens and to disclose how many Americans have had their communications gathered, he lost in a secret 2012 hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. He was also prohibited from publicly registering or explaining his opposition for weeks.
These attempts to keep massive surveillance secrets from the public are aggravated by the constant efforts to minimize the secrets and maximize untruths. Most notably, despite all this documented surveillance, on August 6, 2013, the President said on the Jay Leno show “We don’t have a domestic spying program.” Some commentators think the government is twisting the real meaning of words with flimsy legal arguments and irrational word games. Others say the President is engaged in “Orwellian newspeak.” More than a few say the President was not telling the truth.
Others who are defending the surveillance may not actually know what is going on but think they do because the government, like the President, is telling them there is nothing to worry about. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Chair of Senate Intelligence Committee, the congressional oversight committee which is to protect people from unlawful spying, and another chief defender of surveillance, publicly responded to Edward Snowden’s claims to have the ability to wiretap anyone if he had their personal email by saying, “I am not a high-tech techie, but I have been told that is not possible.” How that squares with revelations about the Xkeyscore program is not known. She also stated her committee’s position about protecting the privacy of people against government surveillance, “We’re always open to change, but that does not mean there will be any.”
President Obama just promised the nation that he would set up an independent group of outside experts to “step back and review our capabilities – particularly our surveillance technologies.” Days later Obama appointed the director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, the same person who has admitted he did not tell Congress the truth about the program, to establish a review group to assess whether surveillance is being done in a manner that maintains the public trust. After an uproar about the fox guarding the henhouse, the White House reversed itself and said Clapper will not choose the members of the group after all. The names of the members have not been made public as of the time of this writing.
Bill Quigley is a human rights lawyer and professor at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. He is also a member of the legal collective of School of Americas Watch.
I said it before (above) and I’ll say it again:
Welcome to your Orwellian Nightmare.
Don’t bother trying to wake up- its too late your resistance has been rendered futile by the Obama, the NSA & the Libatards. Worst of all everyone of you who has read what Impish and I have been saying the last 5 years and ignored our warnings and predictions are at fault! You did nothing and they won because of it.
About lethalleprechaun
I believe in being the kind of man who, when my feet touch the floor in the morn', causes the Devil to say "BUGGER ME! HIMSELF IS UP!" ======== I'm a White Married Heterosexual who fervently believes in the war(s) we are fighting, the Second Amendment which I plan on defending with my last breath and my last round of ammunition as well as Arizona's stringent law on Immigration and the need for the border wall. I'm a right of center Con-centrist with Tea Party & Republican sympathies who drives an SUV. I am a Life Time Member of the NRA, a Charter Member of the Patriots' Border Alliance and North American Hunters Association. If there is a season for it and I can shoot one I'll eat it and proudly wear its fur. I believe PETA exists solely to be a forum for Gays, Vegetarians, Hollywood snobbery to stupid to get into politics and Soybean Growers. The ACLU stopped protecting our civil liberties sometime after the 1960s and now serves its own bigoted headline grabbing agenda much in the same way as the Southern Poverty Law Center. I am ecstatic that WE the PEOPLE finally got mad enough to rise up and take back the Government from WE the ENTITLED and reverently wish the Liberals would just get over the loss and quit whining/protesting all the time. After all they're just reaping what they've sown. I am Pro-choice both when it comes to the issue of abortion AND school prayer. I believe in a government for the people, by the people which represents and does the people's will. Therefore I an Pro States rights and mandatory term limits but against special interest group campaign contributions and soft money. I think that sports teams who allow their players to sit or take a knee during the National Anthem should be boycotted until the message is received that this is not acceptable behavior for role models for children. I believe Congressional salaries should be voted on bi-annually by the people they represent and not by themselves. I think Congress should be subject to every law they pass on the populace including any regarding Social Security or Healthcare. Speaking of the Healthcare bill (or con job as I see it) I hope Trump will overturn it and set things back to normal. I oppose the building of an Mosque or ANY Islamic center at or within a 10 mile radius of Ground Zero in New York. I will fight those in favor of this until hell freezes over and then I will continue to fight it hand to hand on the ice. Further I think the ban on immigrants from certain nations known to harbor and promote terrorism is a justified measure, at least until we can come up with better methods of vetting and tracking those non citizens we allow in the country. We did not inflict this measure on them those who refuse to point out, denounce or fight radical religious terrorism brought this upon themselves.
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I’m a new visitor here and must thank you for the humour you have made such an effort to supply. What a wonderful start to the day! The very last piece, “About lethalleprechaun”, is by far and away the funniest piece of writing I have read in years.
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[Advertisement from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Advertisement for sponsoring business George Hummel's Premium Essence of Coffee Manufactured by Daniel Bohler & Co., 218 Callowhill Street. Contains several lines of promotional text, including testimonials to the essence's health benefits and superior flavor to java coffee, as well as "Song of the Tea and Coffee Drinkers" sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle. Also includes a note of a $3000 Reward to any who can prove Krupp's Imitation Essence of Coffee won an award, while Hummel did not. Reward will also be given to any who can prove that a Hummel certificate is "not genuine.", Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 20.
[Advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Advertisements predominantly for sponsoring businesses not located on Chestnut Street, including George S. Storr's Chemical Hair Invigorator, No. 68 North Eighth Street; H. P. & W. C. Taylor, Manufacturers of the Only Real Transparent Soap, Ninth, between Green & Coates Street; E. G. A. Baker, Manufacturing Jeweler, Northeast corner Branch & Fourth Streets; T. L. Buckingham, Dentist, 162 Race Street, below Fifth; music publisher Lee & Walker, 162 Chestnut Street; and C. G. Henderson & Co. Philadelphia Central Book & Stationery Warehouse, 164 Chestnut Street. Most of the advertisements contain several lines of promotional text. Storr's text details the results of use of the product, including prevention of premature grayness and improved disposition of curled hair; testimonials; and a word of caution about impostors. Lee & Walker promote their title list, including asterisked items containing a lithograph cover. Henderson & Co. notes the "aim of proprietors to sell at the lowest rates"; "the Beauty and Elegance of Its Pictorial Department"; and their stationery merchandise. Taylor advertisement promotes their award wining and new varieties of soap, as well as contains a wood engraving of the exterior of the factory on the 600 block of North Ninth Street. Image includes a train traveling toward the building and pedestrians and a patron in front of the building., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 18.
Advertisements for sponsoring businesses depicted and not located on Chestnut Street, including Dr. D. Jayne's Family Medicines, 84 Chestnut Street; The Public Ledger Offices, Third & Chestnut; Dr. William Young's The Pocket Aesculapius; Or, Every One His Own Physician, No. 152 Spruce Street, Philadelphia; and E. Ketterlinus' Fancy Printing & Lithographic Establishment, No. 40 North Fourth Street, below Arch. Advertisements contain several lines of advertising text. Jayne's advertisement contains promotions about his medical background, wide distribution, and scientific preparations of his medicines; endorsements; and descriptions of his vermifuge, alterative, balsam, pills, hair tonic and dye, and ague pills. Public Ledger advertisement includes subscription and advertising prices for the Public Ledger; subscription prices for The Dollar Newspaper; and promotion of the variety of printed works executed by the Job & Fancy Steam Printing Establishment. Young advocates his text as comprised of prescriptions to prevent "Victims of Quakery" and Ketterlinus advertises his "Fancy Embossed and Gilt Perfumery Labels, Book & Box Covers; Cornucopia, wine, Liquor & Syrup Labels, always on Hand and Printed to Order. Manufacturer's orders for every description of Fancy & Plain Labels, Tickets, &c., &c., will meet with prompt attention. Embossed Cards, Show Cards and Fancy Glazed Papers of Every Variety. Letter Press & Lithographic Drawing & Printing in Plain & Fancy Colors." Public Ledger Office advertisement printed by Brown, Printer, Ledger Building, Phila., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 19.
[Advertising specimens]
Series of advertising specimens, including trade cards, book marks, and a proof of an invitation. Prints depict a girl character in allegorical scenes representing the seasons; views of South Ferry Hotel (Kaighn Point, N.J) and a standard scale at use at a farm; medals; coats of arms; and pharmaceutical apparatus. Businesses represented include Peter Bazzanti & Son, manufactory of Florentine Mosaics; Fairbanks' Standard Scale; Hawkins Brothers, army, navy, & police contractors and post office & railway contractors; and W.B. Horner, druggist & apothecary., Title supplied by cataloger., Various printers, including S. C. Boreum and Major & Knapp., Varous publishers, including Philadelphia Inquirer., Print P.9399.449 inscribed on verso: Od [sic] Fellow Hall, Sixth St. Below Race. Race., Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Album [graphic].
Album belonging to Mary Anne Dickerson, a young middle-class African American Philadelphian, probably created as a pedagogical instrument to promote cultivated expression, with contributions dating from 1833 until 1882. Contains engraved plates depicting scenic views, and original and transcribed poems, prose, essays, and drawings on topics including friendship, motherhood, mortality, youth, death, flowers, female beauty, and refinement. Also contains a one page record of family deaths, marriages, and births with entries up to the birth of Mary Anne's grandson in 1882. Identified contributors are mainly black elite intelligentsia active in the African American anti-slavery, and cultural communities of mid-nineteenth century Philadelphia, New York, and Boston., Contains the following contributions: "The Mother's Joy," a poem by C.F., possibly by abolitionist and second wife of entrepreneur James Forten, Charlotte Vandine Forten; illustration after "The Boroom Slave" and the poem, "To the Album," by artist and activist Robert Douglass; prose, "To Mary Ann", about living a happy life by Philadelphian anti-slavery activist Amy Matilda Cassey; a memorial, "To My Dear Willie," by Mary Anne to her deceased son, William Jones; poem, "The Night of Death," by J.A.J., Mary Anne's husband, John A. Jones; Boston author and civil rights activist William C. Nell's transcription of the poem, "The Rights of Women"; allegorical prose on the meaning of life by New York abolitionist Harriet Forten Purvis; transcription of the poem, "The Pearl Diver," by white Philadelphian anti-slavery activist Arnold Buffum; prose to "Mary Annie" about remembrance by Ada, possibly by anti-slavery activist Sarah Forten Purvis or gentlewoman Ada Howell Hinton; floral drawing by A.H.H., probably by Ada Howell Hinton; prose and floral watercolors by educator, abolitionist, and Quaker Sarah Mapps Douglass, the sister of Robert Douglass; "Lines Addressed to a Wreath of Flowers Designed on a Present for Mary Ann" by E.S. Webb, possibly Elizabeth Susan Webb, sister of novelist Frank J. Webb; and prose by Mary Anne about mortality. Additional entries of prose and poetry by John G. Dutton, E.S. Webb, Lydia A.B., Henrietta, W.F.P, and S.L.C., unattributed entry, "To Esther," and unattributed entry of a floral watercolor. Also contains engraved plates by A.B. Durand, C. Fielding, C.G. Childs, Robert Walter Weir, James Smillie and Thomas Cole entitled respectively, "Falls of the Sawkill"; "Italy, The Bay of Naples"; "Weehawken"; "Delaware Water Gap"; "Catskill Mountains"; "Fort Putnam"; and "Winnipiseogee Lake"., Title supplied by cataloguer., Contains engraved illustrated title page: Album. The Mother's Joy., Blank album published in New York in 1833 by J.C. Ricker., Embossed and gilt morocco binding., Release of Dower document dated 1838 giving the Dickerson home to the surviving children, contemporary unidentified newspaper clippings, manuscript poetry transcriptions, contemporary greeting cards, tradecard, and other miscellaneous loose items removed and housed separately., LCP AR (Annual Report) 1993, p. 17-25., Dickerson, a pupil of African American educator Sarah Mapps Douglass, was the daughter of African American activists, Martin and Adelia Dickerson, and step-father Samuel Van Brackle.
American celebrities album
Two volume set of albums containing predominately cartes de visite photographic portraits of prominent American 19th-century figures in politics, education, and the arts. Portraits depict actors, artists, authors, Congressmen, educators, governors, military leaders, physicians, publishers, religious leaders, social reformers, scientists, and U.S. presidents and their spouses. Includes mostly vignette and bust-length portraits and a small number of full length portraits. Also contains a small number of trimmed portrait engravings, tintypes, and a photo-collage depicting evangelist D. L. Moody with the under photograph copyrighted 1877. Small number of sitters are unidentified., Men sitters include P. T. Barnum; Henry Ward Beecher; John Brown; Ned Buntline; Samuel Clemens; Jefferson Davis; O. S. Fowler; Oliver Wendell Holmes; Abraham Lincoln; Samuel Morse; Thomas Nast; Hiram Powers; Winfield Scott; Gerrit Smith; Cornelius Vanderbilt; John Wanamaker; Brigham Young; Native American chiefs Ouray, Spotted Tail, and Sitting Bull; and African Americans Frederick Douglass and performer "Blind" Tom. Women sitters include presidential spouses Frances Cleveland and Lucretia Garfield; reformers Susan B. Anthony and Victoria Woodhull; authors Louisa May Alcott, Helen Hunt (Jackson), Harriet Beecher Stowe; sculptors Harriet Hosmer and Vinnie Ream; and performers Maria Albani, Charlotte Cushman, and Kate Field., Photographers include Mathew Brady, E. & H. T. Anthony; Jeremiah Gurney; and George Kendall Warren., Majority of sitters identified by a manuscript note on the album page or on portrait or an inscribed label., Brown leather bindings with gilt, stamped in gilt on front boards: Volume I: American Celebrities. Vol. I.; Volume II: American Celebrities. Vol. II. Stamped in gilt on spines: Album., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See "American Celebrities Album" item-level records for digital images of all identified individual sitters.
Annual mask ball of the Liedertafel at the National Guards Hall, February the 13th 1865.
Ticket for the male musical ensemble performance society, probably in Philadelphia. Contains a whimsical border surrounding the text. Border includes cherubs holding sheet music, a harlequin, an impish figure, a harp, lion's head, and filigree. Also contains flourishes around the text., P.9349.145a printed with violet ink., P.9349.147b printed with black ink., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See also proof of image [P.9349.150r].
Atlantic City [viewbook]
Souvenir viewbook containing eighteen captioned views of prominent sites and landmarks at the shore town. Contains views of "The New Iron Pier, Massachusetts Ave."; hotels "'The Brighton' Indiana Ave.", "The 'Traymore' and The 'Berkeley,' Illinois Ave."; "Camden & Atlantic and West Jersey R. R. Depot"; "Old Ocean Pier, Kentucky Ave." and "Applegate's Pier, Tennessee Ave."; "Board Walk"; amusement houses and grounds of the "Excursion House" and "Childrens Sea Shore House"; "Bathing Scene, from Ocean Pier"; "Atlantic Avenue" including West Jersey R.R. Depot, C[amden] & A[tlantic] R. R. Depot, City Hall, and St. Nicholas R.C. Church; "Intersection of Pacific and North Carolina Avenues" including First Baptist Church and St. James P.E. Church; "Boat House at the Inlet; "Absecon Light House," including the Buoy House and Life Saving Station; a "Regatta"; the Disston, R. H. Turner, Shirtcliffe and Ladner villas on Indiana, Pacific, and North Carolina avenues; "The Breakers," i.e. waves breaking onto the shore; "Elephant Pavilion, South Atlantic City," i.e., Lucy the Elephant; "The Wreck"; the duties of the "U. S. Life Saving Service," (later the U.S. Coast Guard), including "Launching the Surf Boat," "Taking the Tackle Cart to the Beach, " "Throwing the Life Line" and a person "Saved" during practice maneuvers. Views also show street, pedestrian and maritime traffic, including beach goers; bath houses; amusement rides; and shops along the boardwalk., Title from embossed olive morocco binding, front cover stamped: Atlantic City., Prints connected by accordion folds and separated into two sheets., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box., Gift of Helen Beitler., Adolph Witteman was a prolific publisher of souvenir viewbooks from the 1870s through 1880s. He and his brother Herman later established The Albertype Company in 1890, which issued post cards in addition to viewbooks until 1952.
Baltz, Stitz, & Co. Importers & dealers in brandies, wines, gins &c. Bourbon & rye whiskies. No. 333 North 37th St. Philadelphia.
Trade card containing corner vignettes representing the wine and liquor trade. Vignettes depict clusters of casks and wine bottles and a cherubic figure seated on a cask and a shepherd-like figure., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Belmont and waterworks. Mount Pleasant, Fairmount Park, Philada. [graphic].
Lithograph showing mules walking on towpaths pulling canal boats in the Schuylkill River in the foreground. Also shows distant views of West Fairmount Park properties, including Belmont Mansion, the estate house and country seat of Judge Richard Peters; the smokestack of the Belmont Waterworks engine house, designed by Frederick Graff in the late 1860s; and Mount Pleasant Mansion (i.e. Arnold Mansion) built after designs by Thomas Nevil 1761-1765 for Captain John Macpherson. Includes a locomotive traveling north on the west bank of the river in the right background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Bits of nature and some art products, in Fairmount Park, at Philadelphia, Penna.
Volume of compiled prints and drawings by lithographer, etcher, and artist Augustus Kollner primarily depicting landscapes of Fairmount Park. Also contains views of Philadelphia and Bucks and Montgomery counties. Several of the prints also show park and riverscape; residences and estates; animals, including canal mules, horses, cows, and dogs; park visitors, including an African American family, children, and persons on foot and on horseback; steamboats, rowboats, and other vessels on the Schuylkill River; and rock formations. Other views show wharf workers at lunch and a cliff-side residence at North Twenty-Seventh Street near the park., Titles include Thos. Moore's Cottage, Phila. Park; Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park, Phila. (Columbia Bridge); Prospect from Ridgeland and Fairmount Park, Phila.; (In Fairmount Park) Sweet Briar Mansion, in 1843; In Ravine near Sweet Briar Fairmount Park, Phila.; Schuylkill River below the Falls, Fairmount Pk. Phila.; Belmont and Waterworks. Mount Pleasant, Fairmount Park, Philada.; In Wissahickon Valley, Fairmount Park, Philada.; Peters Island, Fairmount Park, Philada.; Schuylkill Riv. above Fairmount Dam, Philada. in 1843; Phila. 1842; Schuylkill River Pa.; Pt. Pleasant, Pa.; Near Willow Grove Penna.; Life Scenes in Fairmount Park; Near East Park, Phila./ "S.E. corner 27th & [Arben?]"; Schuylkill Valley Pa.; Delaware Riv. [Easton?]; Life Scenes in Park; City Wharf Scene; and West Phila [illegible] near Sweet [Briar?] West Phila., Title from title page., Maroon leather binding, stamped in gilt on cover: Bits of Nature. A. Kollner., Spine stamped: Bits of Nature. Kollner., Prints variably signed AK; A. Kollner; A. Kollner fc.; From nate. and etchd by A. Kollner; and Kollner, fect., Titles on the stone or plate. Some annotated with inscribed titles., Two of prints [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.15 and 16] printed on recto of proofs. Proofs depict "Life Scenes in Park" and "The Christian Soldier.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Added to African Americana Digital Collection through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Catalogue of theatrical and public celebrities
Trade catalog containing pages with rows of numbered vignette-size reproduced portrait photographs of female , male, and child entertainers. Includes bust-length, half-length, and full-length portraiture, with one sitter often depicted in several differently posed portraits. Sitters, predominantly women, are usually attired in costume and occasionally are posed as couples, or in character and with props and ornate backdrops. Costumes and props include hats and head pieces; tights and shorts; nautical, peasant, medieval and roman garb; umbrellas, fans and valises; chairs and hammocks; guns and swords; and instruments and animals. Unique costumes and poses include Jeannie Winston as a devil with wings; Kate Forsyth depicted as a sculpted bust; and Lizzie Harold sprawled on a floor., Sitters include French operatic soprano Marie Roze (1846-1926); American entertainer Lotta [Crabtree] (1847-1924); American actress Annie Pixley (1858-1893); comic actors Charles E. Holland and Ben Maginley (d. 1888); actress and theater manager Mrs. John Drew (i.e., Louisa Lane Drew); French magician Prof. Hermann, i.e., Alexander Hermann(1843-1896), author and actress Lillian Chester; and characters from "Pinafore.", Accompanied by pocket-size, printed catalog with preface promoting Gilbert & Bacon's large stock of portrait views of the "most artistic and prominent in their profession" in the sizes "Cabinets" and "Panels." Includes lists of sitters for 1692 "Cabinets" and 115 "Panels.", Front endpaper inscribed: George P. Campbell, Continental Hotel, August 1880. Campbell, probably a Gilbert & Bacon agent, resided at the hotel in the 1880s., Cloth binding, stamped "Scrap" on front cover and "Patented March 1876" on back cover., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gilbert & Bacon, the portrait studio established by Philadelphia photographers Charles M. Gilbert (b. ca. 1848) and William F. Bacon (ca. 1843-1900), operated ca. 1874-ca. 1929. The firm specialized in celebrity portraiture and photographed actors, baseball players, and members of high society. Following the death of Bacon in 1900, the firm continued in business under the management of Gilbert and Bacon's son Frank T. into the early 20th century.
Cataract House, Niagara Falls.
Trade card showing the exterior of the three-story hotel originally built in 1825 near the falls. Also shows the ca. 1835 addition and outbuilding on the bank of the falls in the foreground. Gen. Parkhurst Whitney purchased the hotel in 1831 and leased it to Whitney, Jeraud & Co. in 1846., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F].
Centennial circular. Norwalk Lock Company. South Norwalk, Conn.
Illustrated fold-out circular issued for the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Contains views and vignettes showing the Norfolk Lock Company, Centennial Exhibition buildings, and the Norwalk Lock Company display at the exhibition. Lock company view shows two trains traveling past the manufactory on opposite sides of intersecting tracks. Also shows a horse-drawn cart in the foreground and masts of ships in the background. Exhibition building vignettes depict Main Building, Machinery Hall, Horticultural Hall, and Memorial Hall. Exhibition display image shows several fair visitors around an ornate glass case with mounts lined with "Norwalk Lock Co." locks. Also contains advertising text in French, German, and English., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F].
Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia. 1876.
Sample album containing half stereographic prints by the commissioned photographic company of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Contains images of the exhibition that celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Photographs depict the installation of exhibits; exhibition grounds including bird's eye views, scenes in Lansdowne Valley and along exhibition avenues, rail lines, fountains, statuary, and outdoor horticultural displays; interiors and exteriors of exhibition buildings, including Agricultural Hall, Horticultural Hall, Main Exhibition Building, Memorial Hall, the United States Government Building, states' buildings, the Women's Pavilion and the portico of the building of the Centennial Photographic Co.; views of special exhibits and dioramas, including Hunter's Camp, the first locomotive, and "The Dying Elk"; displays showing the wares, products, or cultural artifacts of specific companies and countries, including Peruvian mummies; and displays of art particularly of Italian statuary. Many of the exterior views and some of the interior include fair visitors and personnel., Exhibitors depicted include American Book Association; American Steamship Co.; American Watch Co.; Clinton Wire Cloth Company; Farmers Friend Manufacturing Co.; J. F. Tyrell & Co.; J. & P. Coats; Kingsford Starch Co.; Mason's Blacking; Midnight Yarn Co.; Mrs. Maxwell (taxidermy); Pacific Guano Co.; Shomacker Piano Mftg. Co.; and Singer Sewing Machine., Architects of the main buildings include Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, Joseph M. Wilson, and James H. Windrim. Architects of the states buildings include George A. Frederick, Carl Pfeiffer, E. L. Rice, Jr., Croff & Camp, and Heard & Sons., Brown leather and maroon cloth binding with gilt., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Album disbound and reformatted for conservation., Catalogue of the Centennial Photographic Company's Views of the International Exhibition, 1876. LCP Rare Books Am1876Cen (51856.D.10)., Ongoing series of articles about photographing the exhibition by John L. Gihon, a photographer employed by the Company, appeared in Philadelphia Photographer throughout 1877 under the title "Rambling Remarks Resumed.", Original photographs by the Centennial Photographic Company appeared as the frontispieces for Philadelphia Photographer in March, April, July and November 1877. P.8965.70f showing the statue "Cupid" illustrated the November 1877 issue., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1983 p.42-43., The Centennial Photographic Company was granted exclusive rights to photograph the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. Company officers included President William Notman, a prominent Canadian photographer; Vice President and Proprietor Washington Irving Adams, representative of the Scovill Manufacturing Company which supplied equipment for large-scale production to the company; Superintendent & Treasurer and Proprietor Edward L. Wilson, publisher of Philadelphia Photographer; and Art Superintendent John Arthur Fraser, Notman's partner in the Toronto photographic firm of Notman & Fraser. Employing over 400 men and women, the Company produced over 3,000 views of the exhibition, and portraits of officials and exhibitors.
Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia. MDCCLXXVI [1876]
Souvenir viewbook containing 12 prints connected by accordion folds and depicting Centennial Exhibition buildings. Titles include U.S. Government Building; Delaware Building; Connecticut Building; Indiana Building; Ohio Building; Pennsylvania Building; New Jersey Building; Arkansas Building; Colorado and Kansas Building; Spanish Building; English Commission Building; and Japanese Dwelling. Majority of the Centennial buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Marbled brown paper binding, stamped with border design and containing gold seals replicating the Centennial medal on recto and verso. Seals illustrated with female allegorical figures representing the Genius of American Independence and Liberty. Seal on recto reads "In Commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence 1876." Seal on verso reads "These United Colonies are and of Right Ought to be Free and Independent States 1776.", Name of publisher from advertisement pasted on inside back cover. Advertising text reads: 12 copyright Photographs transferred on to stone by the New German Process rendering Photographs permanent. From Philip Frey & Co.'s Art Repository. Sole first hand Manufacturers and well-known original Makers of "Souvenirs" of the most frequented and interesting Countries and cities of the World in a variety of objects, such as Albums, Medallions, Fans, Baskets, Roses etc. containing illustrated Views in Photographic and Coloured Print., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box.
[Checks, bank notes, billheads, and receipts specimens]
Series of checks, bank notes, billheads, and receipts, containing allegorical and patriotic vignettes and ornate pictorial details. Vignettes depict allegorical female figures, including Liberty, Hope, Justice, and Bounty; animals, including the American eagle, a dog protecting a safe, and bucks; and patriotic figures, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Ulysses Grant. Other vignettes depict a view of a traveling locomotive; the seal of Pennsylvania; and views of harvested produce and grains. Businesses represented include A. Exton & Co., cracker manufacturers; Heywood, Kilburn & Co., chair and cottage furniture dealers; West Branch National Bank; Perry County Bank; Reed & Schell, bankers; First National Bank of Sunbury; and Jefferson Savings Institute., Title supplied by cataloger., Several of series printed in color ink, including blue, green, tan, and violet., Print P.9399.390 inscribed to John Mayer for $23.00 three months after date [illegible]. 24 Feb. H five. Feb 23rd., Various printers, including Ehrgott & Fobriger; Lehman & Bolton; Theodore Leonhardt; Wm. F. Murphy's Sons (& Sons); and Paul & Lindsay., Originally part of Specimen Album [P.9349]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Church, corner 4th St. & Washington Av. Morrissania, Long Island, N.Y.
Architectural view showing the Gothic-style Methodist Episcopal church for the parish established in 1850. Also shows pedestrian traffic., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The City Hall Philadelphia. Architecture, sculpture and history.
Limited edition volume, organized in 18 topical sections, containing photomechanical reproductions of engravings (by Faust) and photographs showing views of the interior, exterior, and architectural and sculptural details of the municipal building built 1871-1901 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Sections, predominately titled, include Modeling of the William Penn statue; views of court rooms, Mayor's Office, entrances; Window Spandrels Tower; Bronze Groups on Towers; Centre Pavilion Dormers; Caryatides (i.e., supporting columns sculptured in the form of a draped female figure); Medallions in Conversation Hall of Councils; Doorway Spandrels. Northern & Eastern Entrances; Keystones; Panels. Stairway; Impost Panels of Windows; Spandrels and Statuary Centre Pavilion; Panels; Tower Capitals; Spandrels Interior of Tower; Panels in Eastern Entrance; Spandrels in Northern Entrance; and Window Spandrels in Northern Entrance. Interior views often include pedestrian traffic., Architectural and ornamental details depict allegorical, historical, ethical, anthropological, and political and governmental figures and tableaux, including "Distinguished Early Philadelphians"; the continents; the four natural elements and seasons; "Indians"; Swedes; mammals, reptiles, and birds, including eagles, bears, and buffalo; the natural and social sciences, arts, and humanities; industry, mechanics, and commerce; civilization and barbarism; prayer and meditation; victory and fame; admonition and repentance; and liberty and law; and youth. Details also show the seal of Pennsylvania and stereotyped, ethnographic facial studies, and cherubic figures., Edition de luxe limited to one thousand copies. Copy no. 48., Frontispiece shows a view engraved by Faust of the exterior of City Hall. Includes street and pedestrian traffic., Front matter is misordered ([p. 4] and [p. 5] reversed) and includes an "Historical" overview of the location and construction of the building; "Description of the Buildings," including the styles of "Architecture" and dimensions; the "Comparative Heights of the Principal Buildings of the World"; and the "Inscription upon face of Corner-stone in centre of tower foundation.", Reproduced wood engravings contain artist's signature or initials: F. Faust; F.F., Original cloth bindings, brown cloth grained with gilt stamped front cover and endpapers removed and rehoused with rebound album for conservation., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Frederick Faust, born in Germany in 1849, immigrated to the United States in 1870 and worked as a wood engraver in Philadelphia by the early 1880s. He continued in the trade as an illustrator into the early 20th century and was retired by 1930.
City wharf scene. [graphic] / From life by A. Kollner.
Etching showing two men and a woman gathered on a wharf with food and drink. One man rests in a wheelbarrel, as the other sits upright next to the woman who leans against a wooden fence with her hands clasped. Also shows boats and the riverscape in the background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
[Collection of portraits]
Bound volume of portraits primarily delineated by Max Rosenthal showing prominent Philadelphians, and historical and military figures, including members of the Continental Congress, clergyman, legislators, government officials, physicians, military officers, artists, and authors. Contains full-length, half-length, bust-length, and profile portraits, with some containing backgrounds and props. Also includes the front page of a September 1885 edition of "Paper and Press" containing a portrait and biography of Philadelphia publisher Henry Carey Baird and an article about printed blanks., Sitters include Daniel Agnew; William Allen; Richard Bache; Phineas Bond; Thomas Cadwalader; Stephen Decatur; William Ellery, Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson; Miers Fisher; Nicholas Gilman; Ann Diggs Graeme; Thomas Graeme; Joseph Hemphill; Thomas Hopkinson; Jare Ingersoll (1722-1801); Jared Ingersoll (1749-1822); Joel Jones; Moses and Samson Levy; Brockholst Livingston; James Mease; Rev. Henry Morton; William Plumstead; Samuel Powell; Charles B.J.F. de Saint-Memin; Edward Shippen; Edward, James, Matthew, and William Tilghman;George Walton, George M. and Thomas I. Wharton; William Whipple; and Jasper Yeates., Title from stamp on spine., Manuscript index of sitters (1-100) date stamped September 11, 1883 pasted in front of volume., Majority of lithographs signed: MR., Some prints include facsimile signature of sitter., Some sitters identified by manuscript notes., Two of the engravings after daguerreotypes by McClees & Germon., Engravers, lithographers, and printers include Max and L. N. Rosenthal, John Sartain, Henry S. Wagner, and Robert Whitechurch., Max Rosenthal was a skilled lithographer, mezzotint engraver, and painter who delineated the majority of the chromolithographs for the firm he operated with his brothers Louis N., Morris (i.e., Maurice), and Simon Rosenthal in Philadelphia from 1851 to circa 1872. Rosenthal continued to work as an artist and lithographer until 1910., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Index of sitters available at repository.
[Cover and preface from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Includes ornamented typeface and and a decorative border comprised of filigree and ornaments., Cover printed in gilt., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 1.
Doct. Hoofland's celebrated German bitters, for the permanent cure of liver complaint, jaundice, dyspepsia, nervous debility, asthma, disease of the kidneys, and all diseases arising from a disordered liver or stomach
Label for the patent medicine showing a medieval scene in the wilderness. Depicts a medieval soldier leaning against a tree and his shield. An ax and club rest beneath him. The soldier wears a pony tail and chest plate. Also contains advertising text in German in the side borders. The bitters, named after the German physician Christoph Wilhem Hoofland (Hufeland), entered the United States market in the 1840s., Printed in lower border: Genuine Signed. C.M. Jackson. Philadelphia., Date of printing based on business address advertised., C. M. Jackson began marketing bitters in the United States about 1848. He operated from 418 Arch Street 1858-1859, and then 631 Arch Street. Jones & Evans assumed operations of the office and factory circa 1862., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Dwelling house, corner Avenue A & 85th Street, New York.
Architectural view showing the Victorian-style residence with mansard roof and a porch. Land and townscape is visble in the background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Ehrgott & Forbriger, practical lithographers. s.w. cor. of 4th & Walnut sts., Cincinnati, O.
Advertisement calendar for 1859 containing patriotic and allegorical vignettes and pictorial details framing a calendar depicted as an architectural monument. Vignettes and details show the American eagle, shield, and flag; symbols of art and industry, including a paint palette, sculpture, telescope, and smoke stacks and chimneys; allegorical figures representing manufacturing, agriculture, and the seasons; and a central vignette containing a fruit display in front of drapery. Ehrgott & Forbriger, the premier Cincinnati firm established in 1856 by Peter E. Ehrgott and Adolphus F. Fobriger, operated under that firm name until 1860 when changed to Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co., Inscribed lower left corner: 54., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Engravings]
Scrapbook containing primarily engraved gift book and periodical illustrations issued between circa 1832 and 1868 from American and British publications, including "Columbian Lady's and Gentlemen's Magazine"; "Godey's Lady's Book"; "Ladies Companion"; "New Mirror"; and "Sartain's Magazine." Illustrations, several engraved by A. L. Dick, predominantly depict sentimental, romantic, religious, genre and allegorical views and often include children and animals. Titles include "The Draught Players"; "The Lovers"; "The Philosopher & His Kite" (showing Benjamin Franklin); "They sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites [sic] for twenty pieces of silver; "Lake See Hoo and Temple of the Thundering Winds from the Vale of tombs"; "Schuylkill Water Works"; "Luther on Christmas Eve"; "Farmers Nooning," including an African American farm hand; "Cup-tossing" (reading of tea leaves); "The Opera Box"; and "The Village School." Portrait prints, including an image of Jenny Lind, and a few architectural design prints also encompass the illustrations., Also contains chromolithographs and the illustrated title page from Henry Harbaugh's "Birds of the Bible" (1854) and many tinted lithographs printed by Ackerman from "Reports of Explorations and surveys,...for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean (1855-1861); several photographic reproductions of fine art paintings showing genre views, landscapes, and marinescapes, including the work of J. S. Fenimore; George C. Lambdin; Edward and Thomas Moran, W. T. Richards, Samuel Sartain, Christian Schussele, N. H. Trotter, and S. B. Waugh; and photographs of a paddle boat near the Fairmount Water Works and views of the Wissahickon. Some pages also include embossed and color vignettes of birds, flower vases, and flowers. Other lithographs and chromolithographs depict sentimental and religious views, including a baby "hatching" from a flower and the T. Sinclair religious tableauxes "Pontius Pilatus" and "Manoah's Sacrifice"., Probably compiled by Mrs. H. Godley., Title from stamp on the leather spine., Inserts: Envelope inscribed "Mrs. H. Godley, 1725 Vine St." and engraved portraits of "Robert Moffat" and "Girl in a Florentine Costume of A.D. 1500." "Girl" print includes amateur pencil alterations., Various artists, engravers, lithographers, and printers including Ackerman; W. Allan; T. Allom; W. H. Bartlett; W. Bennett; J. Burnet; J. G. Chapman; A. L. Dick; T. Doney; Durand & Co.; J. B. Forrest; A. W. Graham; Charles Heath; J. R. Herbert; J. B. Longacre; J. Neale; E. T. Parris; Nicolas Poussin: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Smillie; Rice & Buttre; H. S. Sadd; John Sartain; Eliza Sharp; Thomas Sinclair; and Benjamin Franklin Waitt., Various publishers, including American Sunday-School Union; Henry F. Annears; L.A. Godey; and Hurst, Chance & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Added to African Americana Digital Collection through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Engravings by William Humphrys
Scrapbook of print specimens and proofs engraved by Philadelphia and London engraver William Humphrys. Contents include postage stamp proofs, book and periodical illustrations, tile pages, portrait prints, advertisements, and cut outs of banknote and certificate vignettes. Majority of graphics depict allegorical imagery or illustrations of genre, religious, sentimental, and literary scenes, some from the plays of Shakespeare. Illustrations include scenes of courtship; female friendship; children with animals; a ghoulish-looking woman with a torch; a European man smoking a hookah; Jesus Christ; Adam & Eve; and imagery from Edmund Spencer's "Faery Queen", John Milton's "Palemon's Story," and John Gay's "Thursday: or The Spell." Allegorical works depict the figures of Columbia, Minerva, Mercury, Neptune, Bounty, Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Hope, and Apollo, as well as scenes with the American eagle; caducei for the "Liverpool Apothecaries Company"; citizens fighting a fire; cherubs charting a globe; Native Americans; a family; sailing ships; and symbols of farming, trade, and industry. Vignettes also show a portrait of Benjamin Franklin; Pocahontas saving John Smith; and a female warrior slaying a man of royalty captioned "Sic Semper Tyranus.", Portrait prints, some probably from the British periodical "Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country," depict Israel Putnam; George Washington; Gustavus Adolphus; Mrs. Sloman, of Covent Garden Theatre in the Character of Baltimore; Thomas Carlyle; William Dunlop; Letitia Elizabeth Landon; D. M. Moir; and Henry Purcell. Scrapbook also contains an 1844 banknote specimen of "La Provincia de Buenos Aires" illustrated with vignettes of ostriches; ca. 1845 postage stamp proof depicting Queen Victoria after the Chalon portrait; a full-length portait of an unidentified man, possibly Humphrys; and an advertisement for the Philadelphia artist Joshua Shaw showing a man leading his horse down a bucolic path, as well as engravings after his work of a landscape and an advertisement for Cohen's Lottery Exchange Office, Baltimore., Title from stamp on spine., Morocco binding., Various American and British artists, including W. Chatfield, John Opie, Joshua Shaw, Robert Smirke, C. R. Leslie, Charles L. Eastlake, W. E. West, George Smithard, Carlo Dola, A.E. Chalon, J. Wood, J. Stephanoff, Pastorini, Alfred Croquis (i.e., Daniel Maclise), A. F. Tireggi, John James Barralet, J. Banks, J. M. Wright, Thomas Stothard, P. Williams, Camille Roqueplan, and R. Westall., Various American and British printers and publishers, including H. S. Singleton, J. P. Davis, and James Fraser., Manuscript letter by Humphry completed January 10, 1865 to Anna Holloway pasted on opening page to scrapbook. Letter details his ill health, which in spite of, he still appreciates "the brightness of the sun, the greeness of the earth, and the beauty of extreme nature.", Some scrapbook pages contain manuscript notes identifying the genre of the specimen., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., William Humphrys (1795-1865), born in Dublin, immigrated to the United States early in his life and studied engraving under George Murray in Philadelphia. He worked as an engraver in the city circa 1815-1823 producing book illustrations, advertisements, and banknote and certificate vignettes. He also served as secretary for the Association of American Artists. Relocating to England, he produced similar work before returning to the United States in 1843. In 1845, he moved to Dublin to engrave "The Reading Magdalene" for the Royal Irish Art Union before returning to England where he worked as an engraver for the firm Perkin, Bacon, and Co. During this employ, he was noted for his re-engraving of the head of Queen Victoria for the 1 d postage stamp. Humphrys retired from engraving in his later years and worked as an accountant for the printing firm Novello & Co. He died at the Novellos' Genoa villa on January 21, 1865.
Fairbanks' standard scales. Buy only the genuine.
Trade card depicting a scene on a farm. A farmer, sits on a rock, and watches as an agent weighs a horse-drawn cart loaded with hay with a "Fairbanks Standard Scale." In the background, another Fairbanks' agent weighs cows on a platform scale in a pen. View also shows hay stacks in the distance. Fairbanks' Scales was established in 1830., "Principal Warehouses," including in Philadelphia listed on verso., Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
First annual prize exhibition of the Philadelphia Sketch Club held at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts December 1865.
Poster containing seated figures incorporated into the lettering to promote the exhibition of the professional artists' club founded in 1860. Figures include a female muse working with a sketch, and cherubic boys sculpting a bust and painting from a palette. Letters designed as trees, vinery, and a fish tail., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 80, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871., Cresson, an illustrator, was an early member and served as secretary of the club 1863-1864.
The first steamboat on the Missouri.
Album page with pre-printed lithographic border containing a drawing and unattributed poem about the first steamboat on the Missouri from the 1838 edition of "The Token and Atlantic Souvenir." Drawing after Joseph Andrew's engraving of the work by painter John Gadsby Chapman depicts two Native Americans on a rock, one seated, looking forlorn, and the other standing with arms raised in anguish, watching a steamboat in the distance. Poem, "The Indian's Farewell to the Missouri, on seeing the First Steamboat on its Waters," addresses the power of the white man and the steamboat as a harbinger of his usurpation of Native American territories., LCP exhibit catalogue: African American Miscellany p. 45., Douglass, an African American artist and early photographer, was an active member of the Philadelphia anti-slavery and civil rights movement.
[Floral watercolor]
Album page containing a drawing of a rose bud., Probably by gentlewoman Ada Howell Hinton, daughter of Frederick Augustus Hinton, barber, perfumer, abolitionist, and prominent member of the Philadelphia African American elite community.
"Forget me not!"
Album page containing a drawing of a stem of forget-me-not and a poem about remembrance., Title from manuscript verse., Probably by Margaretta or Mary Forten, daughters of Philadelphia African American entrepreneur and activist James Forten, who were members of the interracial Pennsylvania Female Anti-Slavery Society.
Album page with border containing a drawing of forget-me-nots., Douglass, an artist and prominent Quaker member of the Philadelphia African American elite community, was best known as an educator and anti-slavery activist.
Franklin W. Kohler bicycling events 1884
Scrapbook of local newspaper and sports periodical clippings compiled by competitive Philadelphia bicyclist Frank W. Kohler, predominantly about his cycling pursuits and achievements, and involvement with the Pennsylvania Bicycle Club. Clippings describe local and regional bicycle tournaments and meets, including the exhibition at Jumbo Park in South Philadelphia and the second annual meet of the Pennsylvania Division League of American Wheelmen (1884); time records broken by Kohler and his peers, including the "Lancaster Pike" (1886); Pennsylvania Bicycle Club cycling tours, including to Baltimore (1884), Niagara (1885), and upstate New York (1888); and the history of the Pennsylvania Bicycle Club. Also contains various bicycle club event and race programs (some annotated with times), including for the West Philadelphia Athletic Association and Buffalo Bicycle Club; prize ribbons; a sign up sheet for a two week tour to Dingman's Ferry organized by Kohler in August 1888; a pencil sketch titled “The Way the Victors get There Moral. Buy a____?" showing a bicyclist and his bicycle in a horse-drawn wagon; an invitation to the 1888 opening of the new building of the Pennsylvania Bicycle Club (3940-42 Girard Avenue); menus for club banquets; and two inscribed photographs. Photographs show a group portrait of the club in front of the "Penna. Bicycle Club House Philada Pa. 1884 [sic]" at Girard Avenue and racers lined up to start the "2 mile race won by F.W. Kohler" in Fairmount Park on September 14, 1884., Other ephemera includes tickets to the Columbian Exposition (1893); golf score cards for Griffith Park, Los Angeles (1918); and an 1893 "Street Railway Review" article about Kohler and his brother G. A. (possibly the Albert Kohler cited in some clippings) managing the Eddy Electric Manufacturing Company. Articles clipped from the "L.A.W (League of American Wheelman) Bulletin"; "The Philadelphia Press"; and "The American Athlete." Authors include Ninon Neckar., Title from plate on front cover., Brown morocco binding., Front free end paper inscribed: Bicycling., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., LCP AR [Annual Report], p. 55-56., Binding in poor condition. Album housed in phase box., Frank W. Kohler (b. 1861), son of prominent Philadelphia bookbinder Ignatius Kohler (1817-1901), worked in his father's trade, was a premier amateur bicyclist, and member of the Pennsylvania Bicycle Club. Kohler served as First Lieutenant of the club founded in 1882 in West Philadelphia; held club speed records; and organized cycling tours of its members. By 1893, Kohler had relocated to Chicago and operated the Eddy Electric Manufacturing Company with his brother G. A. Kohler.
Album page containing a drawing of a stem of fuchsia copied after a plate from James Andrews' Lessons in Flower Painting. A Series...(London: Charles Tilt, Fleet Street; John Menzies, Edinburgh; Thomas Wardle, Philadelphia [1836]), pl. 11. (LCP Am 1836 And, 13878.Q)., LCP exhibit catalogue: African American Miscellany p.45., Douglass, an artist and prominent Quaker member of the Philadelphia African American elite community, was best known as an educator and community activist.
[Geo. S. Harris & Sons print specimens]
Series of specimens, primarily for trade cards and labels, printed by the prominent Philadelphia lithographic firm. Subjects include fanciful, allegorical, and sentimental scenes and portraiture with women, children, and flowers; hunting and recreational scenes; international iconography; animals (dogs, horses, and an alligator clutching a black baby in its jaws); political and military imagery, including President James Garfield; land and marinescapes; and mythological and fairy tale views. Collection also includes specimen without an imprint and probably printed by Harris showing a plantation scene., Title supplied by cataloger., Publication date inferred from content of one print depicting President James Garfield., Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Added to African Americana Digital Collection through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Gerney & Algeier, seedsmen & florists, 69 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
Trade card containing an ornate border designed with anaglyptography and comprised of scrolls, filigree, cherubic figures, birds, and ribbons surrounding the text. John Gerney was listed in city directories at 69 Chestnut Street in 1857., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., M.H. Traubel & Co. operated from 1853 to circa 1857.
Globe hotel cor. Frankfort & William sts New York
Trade card showing the exterior of the multi-story hotel adorned with signage reading "Dining Saloon." Also contains street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage. Hotel was later renamed the Frankfort House., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F]., Eaves worked in New York between 1845 and 1860.
Godey's Lady's Book Publishing Company limited, 1006 Chestnut St. Philadelphia
Trade card for the women's periodical containing a vignette showing two young, well-dressed ladies with a life-size model of the "Godey's Lady's Book." One girl holds a hoop and points a pointer at the heavily-illustrated cover of the magazine as the other girl holds it up. Image also includes the text "$2.00 Per Annum.", Includes motto above title: The Oldest Lady's Book in America. Established 1830., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 284, Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F].
Grice & Long, patentees. Steam passenger car and self adjusting trucks for rail way curves. Offices 205 1/2 Walnut St. Philada. 94 Wall St. New York.
Trade card containing a central vignette showing a "Grice & Long" street car on a city block. Car contains ornate details. Cityscape is visible in background. Grice & Long, the partnership between Trenton entrepreneur Joseph Grice and Philadelphia engineer Robert H. Long, was established in 1860. The firm originally marketed their steam passenger car (patented by Long in 1860) for street railways, before changing production to steam railways in 1861. The firm dissolved in 1871., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Hoofland's German bitters, a pure tonic.
Advertisement for the patent medicine showing a medieval scene. Depicts a bearded monk, outside, on his knees, using a bellows to stoke a fire beneath a hanging cauldron in a hearth. A large volume of text lays open, near greenery, in front of him. The bitters, named after the German physician Christoph Wilhem Hoofland (Hufeland), entered the United States market in the 1840s., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
"I love a flower!"
Album page containing a drawing of a wild pink rose and eight lines of allegorical verse about the beauty of flowers., Title from manuscript verse., Douglass, an artist and prominent Quaker member of the Philadelphia African American elite community, was best known as an educator and anti-slavery activist.
J. P. Buggy, palmoral [sic] skirts. Manufacturer.
Proof of textile label for the Philadelphia textile manufacturer Joseph P. Buggy showing a couple ice skating. The woman wears a balmoral skirt, overcoat, hat, and gloves. The man wears pants, a coat, scarf, hat, and gloves. Buggy established his manufactory at South Twenty-Fifth and Factory streets circa 1864., Printed below image: 144 x 45., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
James Burrill Angell, 1829-1916
Journalist, diplomat, Pres. Univ. of Vermont., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
[Job printing specimens for certificates, bank notes, receipts, labels, and billheads]
Series of specimens (some proofs) depicting masonic, military, allegorical, and patriotic imagery, transportation views, women, agriculture, buildings, animals, and machinery. Includes views of locomotives traveling railroad tracks; sailing and steam boats; mines and mine workers; distilleries and refineries; farmers, farm hands, and farm animals; female allegorical figures of liberty, justice, and bounty; and sailors, blacksmiths, and steam factory workers. Imagery also depicts Native Americans; peasants; sheep herding; the American eagle; masonic emblems; historical and patriotic figures, including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin; storefronts, factories, and government buildings, including A. Exton cracker bakery (Trenton, N.J.) and Phoenix Iron Foundry (Wilmington, Del.); military camp and solider; deers, dogs, and children with animals; state and corporate seals, including Pennsylvania; and a city block on fire and an erupted volcano., Title supplied by cataloger., Various printers, including Ehrgott & Fobriger, Klauprech & Menzel, Stein & Jones, and Jacob Weiss., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
John H. Brown & Co. No. 307 Market St.
Illustrated label, probably for textiles, for the Philadelphia dry goods firm containing a vignette showing two sailing ships on the ocean. Also contains the text "Yds.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F].
John Jay Smith and Rachel Collins Pearsall Smith Family photograph album
Photograph album containing predominantly posed portraits of the family, extended family, and friends of prominent Philadelphia Quakers John Jay and Rachel Collins Pearsall Smith. Also contains views of family residences, including Ivy Lodge (John Jay Smith, Germantown), Robert P. Smith's residence (below Grumblethorpe, Germantown), The Cedars (Whitall family summer home, Haddonfield, N.J.), and The “Mansion” at Millville, New Jersey ("Lloyd Logan Smith's birthplace"). Other portraiture includes group portraits showing the Haverford and Bryn Mawr Classes of 1885, "The Spices" cooking Club, "The Band of Cousins, a wedding banquet, and the Grange (London, England). Album also contains photographs showing family treks to Wyoming and Yellowstone (1879 and 1881); "H[annah] W. S[mith] at her table in 1315 Filbert St. Phila. Writing Life of John M. Whitall"; and a full-length silhouette of Robert P. Smith's daughter Gulielma who died in childhood., Sitters include John Jay and Rachel Collins Pearsall Smith; their children and their spouses Lloyd P. Smith; Robert Pearsall Smith and his wife feminist evangelical Hannah Whitall; Horace J. Smith and his wife Margaret L.; and Elizabeth P. Smith; their grandchildren Mary Whitall, Alice (Alys) Whitall (wife of philosopher Bertrand Russell), Ray Pearsall, and Lloyd Logan Smith; members of the Whitall and Thomas families (R.P. Smith in-laws and relatives of M. Carey Thomas); and Haverford students and other young Quakers, including William. S. Hilles; Charles Baily; Emma and Patty Mellor; Birdee Shoemaker; Carrie Cope; Katie Stokes; and Annie Bacon., Brown cloth binding., Damaged morocco label on front cover: Por[traits].... &c. Vol., Majority of contents identified by inscriptions on album page., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Album housed in phase box with index to sitters., John Jay Smith, Quaker editor and librarian of the Library Company of Philadelphia married Rachel Collins Pearsall Smith, granddaugher of noted Quaker printer Isaac Collins on April 12, 1821. The couple had six children: Lloyd Pearsall Smith, librarian of the Library Company; Albanus Smith (1823-1842); Robert Pearsall Smith, printer, businessman, and evangelical leader; Gulielma Smith (died in childhood); Horace J. Smith, agriculturist and author; and Elizabeth Pearsall Smith, editor of "Recollections of John Jay Smith." Richard P. Smith was a proprietor of Whitall, Tatum & Co. glass manufactory in New Jersey during the 1860s. He and his brother Horace J. relocated to England in the later 19th century.
[John Serz scrapbook]
Scrapbook of print specimens, proofs, and original drawings primarily delineated and compiled by German-born Philadelphia engraver John Serz. Contents include book and periodical illustrations; separately-issued views; portrait prints; certificates; and job printing specimens. Majority of graphics depict religious, landscape, historical, genre, and fashion views, including plates from "Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints" (New York, 1864); Auerbach's "Tales of the Black Forest"; Sartain's Magazine; Graham's Illustrated Magazine; W. Alvin Lloyd's Railroad Guide; and Demorest's Monthly Magazine. Religious and historical themes include the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, and other Biblical scenes, Mary and Jesus, scenes of prayer, William Penn's Treaty, the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, and the Civil War. Other well-represented material is separately-issued city, bird's eye, landscape, and collegiate views showing European and American sites, including Albany; Baltimore; Boston; Dresden; Hildburghausen; Humboldt (Ca.), New York; Washington, D.C.; Fort Putnam; Philadelphia; Georgetown College; Notre Dame University; Lake of Four Cantons (i.e., Lake Lucerne) and Rutli, Switzerland; West Point; Suspension Bridge over Niagara; and Tivoli. Scrapbook also contains numerous portrait prints (often frontispieces); advertisements; European prints, as well as watercolors and drawings, which show the Centennial Exhibition (1876); landscapes, village scenes, and tree and flower arrangement studies., Portrait print sitters include John Stainbach Wilson, M.D.; Mary A. Niemeyer; Daniel Webster; Hannah Rose Hoffman; and E. R. Beadle. Advertisements depict primarily Philadelphia storefronts and factories and often also show street and pedestrian traffic. Businesses include X. Bazin Perfumery Laboratory (917 Cherry St); Joseph J. Canavan Morocco Factory (1225 N. Fifth St.); Allen's Furniture Warehouse (1209 Chestnut Street); Joseph Beckhaus Carriage Factory (1204 Frankford Ave.); Gumpert Bros. cigars (1341 Chestnut St.); Oxford Carpets Mills (Wm. Hogg, Jr.)(140 Oxford St.); Baugh & Sons, Manufacturers of Raw Bone Super Phosphate Lime (120 S. Delaware Ave.); Theo. Wilson & Co., Steam Ship, Bread, Cracker & Cake Bakery (212 & 214 N. Front St.); White, Hentz & Co., Rectifiers of Spirits & Importers of Wines & Liquors (222 N. Second St.). European prints include plates from Bernard-Romain Julien "Cours Elementaire" and from Wilhem Hermes's figure drawing books "Berliner Zeichenleher," i.e. United States Systematic Drawing Schools (New York edition); engravings by Serz, several published by German publishers Schneider U Wegel, and primarily showing views of German villages Unterberg (Bavaria) and Nuremberg, and bridges, castles, and churches; and chromolithographs, including the title page, from the Korn'schen series of views of Nuremberg "Ansichten von Nurnberg". Other content includes job printing specimen vignettes and labels depicting allegorical, patriotic and industrial imagery; proofs of the "Rose of Philadelphia, "Rose of Washington, D.C.," and labels for patent medicine manufacturer David Jayne illustrated with Jayne's Building, Chinese characters, and a dramatic scene; and images of wild and domestic animals, including a condor, lemming, sheep, dogs, horses, hippo, boar, camel, and elephant., Contents also include certificate specimens for a temperance society, Sunday School, and the fraternal organization Alpha Omega; the relgious-themed prints "A Curious Piece of Antiquity on the Crucifixion of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ," "Jesus Healing the Sick," and "The Two Thieves: The Holy Land Exhibiting the Places & Cities Mentioned in the Old & New Testament"; the Serz color engraving Kriegs =Neurigkeiten (i.e. War News) showing men gathered at a table in a village tavern; an advertisement for Philadelphia calico printer Wm. Simpson & Sons depicting a sepulchral monument; and a post mortem portrait engraved by Serz showing Napoelon II, i.e., Duke of Reichstadt., Various American and European artists, engravers, lithographers, and printers, including W. H. Bartlett; J.C. Garrigues & Co.; H. B. Hall & Sons; Heliographic Co. of NY; Langlumé; G. Lury; A. H. Payne; J. C. MacRae; J. Poppel; John Sartain; F. Silber; Joshua Shaw; and F. W. Topham., Various American and European publishers, including D. & J. Sadlier & Co.; John Dainty; Francois Delarue; Friedrich Kornschen; F. W. Thomas & Sons; Parmelee & Co.; Henry Tuessli & Co.; and Max Jacoby & Zeller., Some prints annotated with lines of perspective., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Loose items retained in album., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr., John Serz (1808-1881), born in Nuremberg, Bavaria, worked as an engraver in Germany before immigrating to Philadelphia circa 1851. Naturalized in 1856, Serz earned enough income from his trade to be taxed by the I.R.S. during the Civil War. During the 1870s, his bird's-eye print "Philadelphia and Environs" was advertised in the "Public Ledger" and he served as professor of drawing at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music. Serz was also a president and secretary of the old Artists Club and member of several German societies, including the German Society of Pennsylvania. He died of a skull fracture in 1881.
[Label specimens]
Series of labels, primarily textile (wool, silk, mohair), containing allegorical, patriotic, and nationalistic vignettes and pictorial details. Vignettes and details depict Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, coats of arms, the female allegorical figure of Columbia, and a view of a flock of sheep among a grove of trees. Brands represented include Bradford Make, Collingwood Brand, Favorite Ottoman Reversible, Lady Washington, and Royal Shawl., Title supplied by cataloger., Print P.9399.285 stamped on recto: Wm. S. Skinner. David M. Test., Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Library Company of Philadelphia scrapbook
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, photographs, ephemera and prints predominantly issued between the 1930s and 1970s documenting exhibitions, loans, collections, events and the history of the Library Company. Clippings include newspaper articles about a loan of American political cartoons to the Toledo Museum (1936); exhibitions commemorating the centenary of librettist W.S. Gilbert (1936); the tercentenary of Swedish Settlement (1938); and the library's Afro-Americana collection (1971). Columns also describe the presentation of the Christopher Sower library (1909); the return in 1876 of a book 99 years overdue since the American Revolution (1938); the demolition of the library's Juniper and Locust streets building for a parking lot (1939); and the vandalism of the former Ridgway Building at 901-933 Broad Street (1969). Photographs predominantly depict the exteriors and reading rooms of the library buildings at Fifth and Library Streets, Juniper and Locust Streets, and Broad Street (Ridgway Building). Other photographs include a series of views from the 1939 unveiling ceremony of the James Logan memorial (to be erected in Fairmount Park) on the steps of the Ridgway Branch. Ephemera includes invitations (several from The Women's Committee), brochures, catalogs, announcements and placards related to library events; bulletins and pamphlets describing collections; dues notices and book plates; the variant 1884 and 1906 "Rules of the Library Company"; an off-print of the 1882 Louise Stockton entry in "A Sylvan City..." about "The Old Philadelphia Library"; and a 1961 citation from the city recognizing the library as a "Philadelphia first.", Cut outs of the seal and motto of Library Company from bookplate pasted on title page., Some contents annotated with dates and typewritten descriptions., Several loose photographs removed and rehoused as Library Company of Philadelphia Scrapbook Photographs Collection. Contains a ca. 1865 portrait of library donor John A. McAllister misidentified as librarian Lloyd P. Smith, a ca. 1935 portrait of librarian George Abbot, and interior and exterior views of the library buildings, including artifacts, at Fifth and Library Streets, Juniper and Locust Streets, and Broad Street (Ridgway Building)., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Typewritten index inserted in volume., The Library Company of Philadelphia, America's first successful lending library and oldest cultural institution, was founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin as a subscription library supported by its shareholders. Until the 1850s it was the largest public library in America. It was transformed into a research library in the 1950s.
Life scenes in Fairmount Park. [graphic] / A. Kollner, fect.
Etching showing a man walking with a dog and cattle grazing in the rolling hills of Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note on album page., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
[Lily watercolor and poem]
Album page containing an unattributed drawing of a purple lily and a four-line poem about friendship., Title supplied by cataloguer.
"Long long be thy heart with your memory fill'd..."
Album page containing a drawing of a vase of flowers and a poem about remembrance., Title from manuscript verse., Forten, a member of the interracial Pennsylvania Female Anti-Slavery Society, was the daughter of Philadelphia African American entrepreneur and activist James Forten.
Album containing 27 photographs showing the grounds and residence of the estate in Radnor Township, later Wayne, Pa. Includes No. 1 the Wayne Pennsylvania Rail Road station; No. 2 "mansion as seen from the S.W."; No. 3 the "north side of Mansion"; No. 4 "Entire northern side of Mansion"; No. 5 "Full front view taken from the South, and as fronting on "The Pike," i.e, Lancaster Pike; No. 6 "Main Entrance and Vestibule, taken from the interior"; No. 7 "Scenery and Grounds, and Summer House, east of Dwelling"; No. 8 and No. 9 "South view" and North view of "late residence," known formerly as the 'Old Maule Manor House'"; No. 10 'View from the S.S.W. showing Lawn, Flower Garden, etc.; No. 11 "Partial view of the old and principal Barn and Implement House"; No. 12 "South View of the Main Barn and Granary, Stables for pleasure horses, and coach house"; No. 13 "Meadow north of the Pike"; No. 14 "Principal Spring and Dairy Houses"; No. 15 the public, lecture and library hall "'Wayne Hall' as seen from the S.W."; No. 16 "Modernized dwelling, formerly known as the "Old Barber Farm House"; No. 17 "Spring House," etc. belonging to the Barber Farm"; No. 18 "Cottage at the extreme eastern boundary of the 'Louella Farm' "; No. 19 "View from the N.W. of the old 'Jno. Richards Manor House,' built in 1792"; No. 20 "Northern view of the Sheep Houses, Fold, etc."; No. 21 "Two cottages "built on a hill," south of the Pike, on line with the Mansion"; No. 22 "The New Reservoir, (covered), with scenery to the East" at Wayne and Bloomingdale avenues; No. 23 "Meadow south of the Pike"; No. 24 "Wheel House"; No. 25 "The Riding horse 'Frank'"; No. 26 horse 'Billy Button' "; and No. 27 'Elizabeth' our favorite, a thorough-bred Guernsey cow." Views also show the cottage of Jane Kissick (widow of Center Square Water Works engineer John Kissick) attached to the Wayne train station; members of the Askin family, and their grounds keepers., Brown leather binding, grained., Contains lithographed title page and Table of "Contents" with a numbered and explanatory list of the photographs. Photographs listed as No. 1 - No. 27., Insert: Loose albumen print showing an oblique view of the mansion. Members of the Askin family sit on the porch. The landscaped estate lawn is partially visible in the foreground., Album pages contain lithographed decorative borders, tinted with one stone., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., LCP AR [Annual Report] 2002, p. 62., Variant copies held in the collections of William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan and the University of Delware Special Collections., Housed in red-clothed clamshell box., Louella, the estate of successful Philadelphia real estate broker and banker J. Henry Askin, was built in 1867 on hundreds of acres of land along the Lancaster Pike and the Pennsylvania Railroad in Wayne, Pa. The residence contained eighty rooms, was powered with gas retorts, and received water from a reservoir erected on a neighboring hill. The estate also sustained a green house; conservatory; farm; a public lecture hall, library, and place of worship; as well as landscaped lawns and flower gardens. In 1880, Askin sold the property to Philadelphia editor George Childs and banker Anthony J. Drexel for development into the Wayne Estates. The Louella residence was later used as a summer resort hotel, school for girls, and apartments.
A mark of friendship's pleasing power...
Album page with border containing a drawing depicting a bunch of flowers and an unattributed four-line sentimental poem about friendship and rememberance., Title from manuscript verse., Probably by Ada Howell Hinton, daughter of Frederick Augustus Hinton, barber, perfumer, abolitionist and prominent member of the Philadelphia African American elite community.
Memories of the home of Grandma Lewis
Memory album compiled by Lewis containing written narratives, photographs, watercolors, textiles, drawings, prints and ephemera documenting her marriage, early married life, households and residences, and family events and excursions between 1851 and the 1890s. Specific narrative topics include the Lewis's honeymoon to Niagara; the death of their parents the Larcombes and John F. and Eliza Lewis; the birth of grandchildren; the method and style of interior decoration of their residences at Sixteenth and Walnut streets (1851-1855), 325 South Eighteenth Street (1855-1874), and 1834 DeLancey Place (1874-1915); the Civil War, Sanitary Fair, and Centennial Exhibition (1876); their religious life in the First Baptist Church; club meetings of the Lewis children when older and parlor "teas"; recreational activities, including sailing and skating on the Schuylkill River, carriage and horse back rides, excursions to Broad Top Mountain House (Pa.), and visits to their summer residences in Wallingford and the Bryn Mawr Hotel; boarding near Bryn Mawr ("Eachus Place") and the Delaware Water Gap ("Mr. Croasdale"); Anne and G. Albert's European trip (1891); and family pets., Album also contains several captioned and dated graphic and ephemeral materials, including family portraiture, views of residences and summer lodgings, clothing and upholstery scraps, tickets, invitations, calling cards, and watercolors and drawings by G. Albert Lewis. Lewis's works depict sailing trips; interiors and exteriors of their residences, including during the Civil War; home furnishings, including a pier table (Eliza Lewis's); lodgings, sites, and flora from family excursions; family souvenirs, memorabilia, and crests, including a Chinese pipe, John F. Lewis's "Little Chair" as a child, Anne's life membership badge in the Philadelphia Skating club, a family clock (Mrs. John F. Lewis estate), and "Indoor amusements of G.A.L." Other imagery includes photographs of Broad Top Mountain House, Bryn Mawr Hotel, Devon Inn, Eastwick Park, St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, First Baptist Church, views of European churches, including St. Michael Church of Schwabisch., and the interior (parlor, dining room, library, front rooms) and exterior of the Delancey Street residence. Portraits, predominantly photographs and photographic reproductions, depict G. Albert and Anne C. Lewis (including in the second story front room on Delancey); Alberta and Hermann Lewis and their spouses Frederick B. Allen and Sally Draper Lewis; grandchildren Hidegard, Frederick ("Fritz"), Barbara, George, and Margaret; John F. and Eliza Lewis; Thomas and Anna Larcombe; and family pets. Also contains pictorial details by Lewis incorporated at the end of narratives and as frames around portraits., Ephemera includes mementoes from trips, including pressed flowers; tickets to the Sanitary Fair (1864) and Eastwick Park; scraps of ribbons, collars, and clothing worn by Anne as a child, at her wedding, and during her honeymoon; upholstery and fabrics from the China trade and home furnishings; newspaper clippings of marriage announcements, obituaries, and poetry; wedding invitations and after cards; and a University of Pennsylvania graduation program for Hermann Lewis. Manuscript material contained in the scrapbook includes a letter by Anne to her mother during her honeymoon captioned "First 'Lewis' signature of A.C.L" and a letter of introduction from the Department of State for the Lewises., Vignette photograph after a daguerreotype portrait of Anne Lewis as a young woman pasted and set within a watercolor frame on title page, Wm. F. Murphy's Sons, Co. Makers stamped on spine., Red leather binding with gold lettering., Inscribed on front free end paper: Tender regards, old memories, blossom in pages such as these, Voices that speak from heart to heart, When hands and lives lie far apart. The thought of our past years, in me, Doth breed perpetual benediction., Dedication: "These memories I dedicate to my dear husband G. Albert Lewis whose thought inspired the writing of this simple story. Indeed, it would be of little interest without his numerous and varied illustrations, many of which are his own design and handiwork. A number of the photographs are copied of absolutely correct watercolor sketches, made by him; the whole being a mutual work of love, for our dear grand-children.", Photographers include the Langenheims and William H. Rau., Gift of Oliver Allen., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Transcription and inventory available at repository., One of six Lewis Family albums held in the Print Department., See Sarah Weatherwax, "The Lewis Albums," The Magazine Antiques (August 2006), 116-121., See Oliver H. Allen, "The Lewis Albums," American Heritage 14 (December 1962), 65-80., Housed in clamshell box., Anne Cornelia Larcombe Lewis, born in Connecticut, was daughter of Rev. Thomas Larcombe (1791-1861) and Anna S. Larcombe (1794-1872), president of the board of the Baptist Home. She relocated with her family to Philadelphia in 1835 and married George Albert Lewis, a Philadelphia banker, artist, and genealogist descended from a family involved with the China trade on July 1, 1851. During her married life, Lewis resided in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood, was active in genealogy, and a member of the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society. She and Lewis had two children Alberta (1854-1934) and Hermann (b. 1863) and grandchildren Hildegarde Allen (b. 1885), editor and publisher Frederick Lewis Allen (1890-1954), Barbara Lewis [Shepperd] (b. 1885), Margaret Lewis [Browne] (b. 1886), and George Draper Lewis (b. 1888).
[Miscellaneous specimens from specimen album loose prints collection]
Contains specimens of ornate borders; an amateurly-colored view of Cincinnati pasted on verso of proof periodical illustration depicting butterflies; uncut pages of a gas pipe fittings trade catalog depicting tees, crosses, elbows, bends, and sockets; an entrance notice for Bryant & Stratton Business College illustrated with a calligraphic image of a bird, likely by J. E. Soulé; a printed lease and 1877 electoral broadside; sheet music cover "Charming Waltz"; advertising print for the "Walnut Street House"; and a flower print., Title supplied by cataloger., Various printers, including Ehrgott & Fobriger., Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., J. Emory Soulé worked as a calligrapher at Bryant & Straton Commercial College by 1870 and became the school's principal within the decade.
The most Rev Francis Patrick Kenrick D.D. Archbishop of Baltimore.
Half-length portrait showing the archbishop, former Bishop of Philadelphia, attired in his robes and vestments, and seated. Kenrick served as the third Archbishop of Baltimore 1851-1863., Inscribed lower left corner: 142., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Motion studies]
Series of six nude motion studies photographed by Thomas Eakins at the University of Pennsylvania. Views show male models, including George Jacobson, during the process of jumping, running, and walking. Includes a copy of the image "History of a Jump.", Gift of Elizabeth G. Coates., One of images reproduced in William Dennis Marks's "The Mechanism of Instantaneous Photography" in "Animal Locomotion: The MuyBridge Work at the University of Pennsylvania" (Philadelphia, 1888), p. 14. [P.9873.5] LCP also holds larger format variant with annotations. [*photo - Eakins, P.8713.6]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., LCP AR (Annual Report) 1982, p. 37., Photographs housed together in acid free clamshell box., Thomas Eakins, artist, photographer, and director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1882-1886), photographed over 60 motion studies at the University of Pennsylvania between 1884 and 1885. He devised a new camera for the motion photographs that included a timing device and rotating shutter mechanism.
[Nature prints of leaves]
Albums of predominantly nature prints of leaves produced by inking both sides of the specimen, placing it between a folded sheet of paper, and pulling the sheet through a printing press. Sheets contain one to several specimens (a few numbered) and several are annotated with the date of printing, inscriptions, and identifications of specimens. Some sheets contain manuscript notes about the provenance of and how the specimens were dried or inked, the condition of the leaves, their medicinal uses, and descriptions of the plants from which they came. Inscriptions of note include "Engraven by the Greatest and Best engraver in the Universe"(v. 1, p. 2); "... leaves dried and press'd in my Heap of News-Papers for 7 or 8 years" (v. 1, p. 43); "Done July 18th 1742, when I impress'd 6 or 8 sheets more for my Frd's Kent, Bard, Pratt, Browne, Shoemaker, &" (v. 1, p. 74); "These were done in my new Press which Joseph Watkins made & now brought Home 2nd of May 1734" (v. 1, p. 94); "Done July 1st 1744 with L' & Vel't B'll"(v. 1, p. 95) and "From Jno. Bartram 18th Augst. 1734. The most excellent remedy for the bite of a Rattlesnake - Sysimachia Quadrafolia - 1st 7br 1734 - "An Indian specific for fevers and aguas [sic] and a substitute for tea [I think Green]" - "From Peter Sonmans (who brought it from Albany). Done 31st Augst. 1734. A famous Snake weed" - "Mem the other Side I sent to Peter Collinson, June 1735" (v.2, p. 58)., Botanical specimens represented in album include wormwood, hollyhock, althea, marsh mallow, lavender, moss, creeper, quince, plantain, service, sage, tansey, mulberry, a sarabacca, rattlesnake weed, gooseberries, hemp, laurel, pawpaw, mustard, bind weed, wild grape, water plantain, wild betony, teasel, pineapple, Indian Fluxwort, "parsimon," arrowhead, oak of Cappadocia, squash, cattail grass, Goat's-Rue, sanicle, yam, maidenhair, tobacco, cat mint, saffron, caterpillar, marygold, horse radish, sun flower, gelder rose, may heart, St. John's-Wort, wild Angelica, marjoram, silk cotton, buck wheat, potato, burdock, rattle snake golden rod, mulleins, and Carolina Bean. Album also contains printed images of feathers, pieces of fabric, and a twenty-four line poem written in pencil and signed by "A Botanist" and dated 1855 (v. 1, p. 106). Provenances of the specimens include John Bartam, Stephen Benezet, "Spring Garden," John Holland, E. Woolley, G. Gray, "R.R.'s Ginseng Hill," Peter Sonmans, and Esther Banks., Title supplied by cataloger., Some sheets contain watermark: Pro Patria., Gift of Mrs. Joseph Breintnall in 1746., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Volume 1 (P.2011.7.1) reformatted and arranged in two cases of folders numbered (1-10) and (21-34)., Index to inscriptions held at repository., Described in Edwin Wolf and Marie Elena Korey, eds., Quarter of a Millennium (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1981), entry 11., Described in Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976) #29., Joseph Breintnall (d. 1746), scrivener, public servant, author, poet, and colleague of Benjamin Franklin, was also an amateur scientist who experimented with solar heat and botany. A founder and secretary of the Library Company of Philadelphia, he engaged in the study of botany through Peter Collinson, the library's London book agent. Between circa 1731 and circa 1744, he created hundreds of leaf prints as records of botanical specimens he gathered himself and from networks. Breintnall also most likely used his experience with leaf printing to assist Franklin in the creation of a metal cast of a leaf impression used to print currency incapable to be counterfeited.
Near east park, Phila. [graphic] / A. Kollner, fect.
Etching looking southeast showing two men walking between two large mounds of land, one with a goat standing near the edge, the other surmounted by a frame shack surrounded by a fence. Also includes dwellings, a tower and a train traveling south on tracks running along Pennsylvania Avenue in the right background., Manuscript note on album page: S.E. corner 27th & Aspen., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Near Sweet Briar, West Phila. [graphic].
Etching showing a stream flowing over large rocks near Sweet Briar in West Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note in pencil on print., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
[Nineteenth-century view of a group of people attired in fancy dress]
Shows individuals of all ages in fancy dress in a parlor. All stand except a lady seated in a chair. Costumes include a shepherdess, a fop, and a lady of the Republican Court. Also shows a boy with a beak mask peering into the room from behind a curtain in the left of the image., Title supplied by cataloger., Inscribed upper right corner: 47., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
No marvel woman should love flowers...
Album page containing a drawing of red and blue flowers and six lines of allegorical verse about unappreciated beauty., Title from manuscript verse., Douglass, an artist and prominent Quaker member of the Philadelphia African American elite community, was best known as an educator and anti-slavery activist.
The old houses and stores with memorabilia relating to them and my father and grandfather
Memory album compiled by Lewis containing written narratives, photographs, watercolors, textiles, drawings, prints and ephemera documenting his childhood and his lineage and family businesses and residences from the late 18th century to mid 19th century. Specific narrative topics include the provenance of the "Pictures" included in the album; "Memorabilia"; the "Marriage of our Ancestor, 1786. Johann Andreas Philipp Ludwig (i.e., J. A. P. Lewis) and Anna Maria Klingemann"; 'In Memoriam: Johann Andreas Philipp Ludwig' "; the "Memorials of the old Houses, Stores &c.," including deed, plot, architectural, and decor information pertaining to Lewis family residences at 121, i.e., 311 North Fifth Street (1791-1797), 60, i.e., 128 North Fourth Street (1797-1805), 82, i.e., 132 North Second Street (1814-1818), 124, i.e., 264 South Third Street (1818-1824), 148, i.e., 264 South Second Street (1824-1840) and rear storehouse on Laurel Street, and Sixteenth and Walnut streets (1840-1858), and the stores at Walnut and Front streets (1829-1856)., Other narratives describe the yellow fever epidemic of 1793; J. A. P. Lewis's service in the volunteer militia; G. Albert's siblings S. Weir, John A., and Theodore C.; John F. Lewis's successful management of the financial panic of 1828 and his entertaining, including fireworks and "ample supplies of groceries, provisions, wine and liquors" on store; the business practices of the import trade; the conversion of Second Street residences into storefronts; the regrettable disposal of family possessions from the China trade, including card receivers, satins, pearl and ivory seals, artificial flowers, tortoiseshell combs, and silk covered boxes; the childhood of Eliza Mower along the Schuylkill River, her clandestine marriage to Lewis, and her death; John F. Lewis's lucky Mexican dollar; and the childhood and young adult years of G. Albert Lewis, including his "spying" at family parties, Christmas memories, sailing excurisons on the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers, and work for the Lewis firm., Album also contains numerous captioned and dated graphic and ephemeral materials, including watercolors and drawings by G. Albert Lewis, photographic views of family churches, family portraiture, newspaper clippings, certificates, bills of lading, and business and calling cards. Lewis's works depict family crests and coats of arms; sentimentalized genre scenes representing family lore, including J. A. P. Lewis's immigration to American for love; his childhood haunts, Christmas presents, and play areas; exteriors, interiors, grounds and gardens of the family residences and storefronts, including parlors, front rooms, gates, a weather vane designed as a cavalryman on the Walnut Street stable, dormer window (Second Street residence), store house on Laurel Street, and stores on Front and Walnut street; ground plans of Lewis residences (264 S. Second and Walnut Street); the "Great Tree" (South Second Street property); and Chinese exports and china patterns. Photographs depict family portraits of Johann Andreas Philipp and Anna Maria Lewis, John F. and Eliza Lewis, and G. Albert and Anne C. Lewis; the Lewis cargo ship "Globe," family churches and residences, including the altar of St. John's Lutheran Church, Crailsheim (J.A.P. Lewis's baptismal font) and St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedes Church, (Gloria Dei), and St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church (Philadelphia), and the final residence of Eliza Lewis at 1927 Spruce Street; and family artifacts, furniture, and mementoes, including Ludwig's sword and secretary and John F. Lewis's lucky Mexican dollar. Also contains engraved portraits of Frederick the Great and pictorial details by Lewis incorporated at the end of narratives and as frames around portraits., Ephemera includes certificates, bills of lading, and calling cards (including in Chinese) related to the Lewis firms; G. Albert's share certificate in the Philadelphia Museum Company; photomechanical and chromolithographed genre prints; an engraving sample possibly by James Otto Lewis; newspaper clippings, including advertisements and announcement for the Lewis firms, family obituaries, and poems; manuscript "endorsements on notes received, but protested for non-payment" by Weir, Lewis & Co. and family signatures, including that of Eliza Lewis; and textile swatches from Chinese curios, wall paper, and upholstery. Family trees and a chronology of the Lewis firm (until 1828) also form the content., Floral border in watercolor on title page. Border also includes pictorial details showing a sailing ship and Chinese character., Wm. F. Murphy's Sons, Co. Makers stamped on spine., Red leather binding with gold lettering., Dedication: "Dedicated to the Memory of my dear Mother who made the homes of my childhood most lovely and so beautiful!" Surrounded by watercolor frame reading "Haec Olim Meminisse Juvabit Virgo," i.e., "This will help you remember once upon a time.", Gift of Oliver Allen., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Transcription and inventory available at repository., See Sarah Weatherwax, "The Lewis Albums," The Magazine Antiques (August 2006), 116-121., See Oliver H. Allen, "The Lewis Albums," American Heritage 14 (December 1962), 65-80., One of six Lewis Family albums held in the Print Department., Housed in clamshell box., George Albert Lewis, son of Philadelphia China trade merchant John F. Lewis (1791-1858) of John A. Lewis & Co. and Eliza Mower (1788-1885), was a banker, genealogist, and artist descended from Hessian solder and Philadelphia Prothonotary Johann A. P. Lewis [formerly Ludewig]. Lewis studied art with G. W. Holmes, frequently exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Artist's Fund Society, and was a member of several organizations, including the Numismatic & Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, Genealogical Society of Philadelphia, and the Library Company. He married Anne C. Larcombe on July 1, 1851 and with her had two children Alberta (1854-1934) and Hermann (b. 1863) and grandchildren Hildegarde Allen (b. 1885), editor and publisher Frederick Lewis Allen (1890-1954), Barbara Lewis [Shepperd] (b. 1885), Margaret Lewis [Browne] (b. 1886), and George Draper Lewis (b. 1888).
Old landmarks & relics of Philadelphia. Fourth series.
Viewbook containing a folded leave of six titled photographs and a folded leave of titled, narrative texts about the images. Photographs depict "The House in which Gen'l Agnew Died Germantown" showing an exterior view of Grumblethorpe, the house built in 1744 in which British General James Agnew died in 1777; "Swedes Church. Front View" showing the Episcopalian, former Lutheran, church known as Gloria Dei Church, built 1700-1703 at 929 South Water Street; "Old Log Cabin, Richmond & Vienna Sts." showing an 18th-century style dwelling in Fishtown; "The Old Market House, Callowhill & New Market Sts." showing one of the four old market houses, known as Norwich Market, established in 1783 on the 100 block of Callowhill Street; Robert Morris Hotel Phila. Park showing the four-story hotel opposite the race bridge of the Fairmount Water Works that was razed in 1868; and "Ancient Building, First Fish House, Arch St. bel. 4th Sts." showing the 18th-century attached, brick buildings in Loxley Court that purportedly housed fishing implements for the Penn family. Images include grave stones; broadsides; signage; neighborhood dwellers; and partial views of horse-drawn carriages., Titles on negatives., Embossed brown cloth binding, gilt lettering., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: MARC Link database, edited., Recon note: Match points differ, LCP holds loose, larger format copies of some of the images., Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner.
Old landmarks & relics of Philadelphia. Second series.
Viewbook containing six titled photographs and a folded leave of titled, narrative texts about the images. Photographs depict "Independence Hall" showing the front facade of the building built 1732-1748, including the front courtyard with the Joseph A. Baily statue of George Washington; "Whitby Hall" showing the country dwelling built in 1754 on land in Kingsessing acquired by Philadelphia merchant James Coultas in 1741;" "Friends Alms House, Walnut Bel. Fourth" showing the benevolent institution erected in 1729 and razed in 1841; "Acadamy [sic] of Fine Arts, Chestnut St. Bet. 10th & 11th Sts. Phila." showing the arched entry way to the building erected in 1806 and shortly before it was "torn down in 1870, to make way for Fox's American Theatre; "Rittenhouse Mansion, Arch & Seventh Sts." showing the former residence of astronomer David Rittenhouse built 1786-1787 by master builder Joseph Ogilby; and "St. Peters Church, Fourth & Pine" showing the Episcopal church built 1758-1761 "in the midst of a graveyard." Images also include residents; street lamps; signage; partial views of storefront awnings; and trees and greenery., Titles on negatives., Embossed green cloth binding, gilt lettering., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Recon note: Match points differ, Photographs originally on folded leave., Presented by Margaretta A. Dick in memory of her father Walter B. Dick.
Old Philadelphia views 1861
Album of photographs, predominately half stereographs, of landscape views of Philadelphia and Bucks County. Images include views of Frankford Creek, Tohickon Creek, Wissahickon Creek, Tacony Creek, Pleasantville, Crescentville, Germantown, Fairmount Park near the water works, and winter scenery. Also contains photographs of Stenton, Woodlands Cemetery, the Desilverwood Estate (Holmesburg), the Burd family monuments at St. Stephen's Church (Philadelphia), the city garden of Joseph R. Evans (329 Pine Street), Atlantic City, and Richmond, Va. Images include trees, creek banks, rocks, waterfalls, dams, bridges, mills, and farm land. Many also include posed figures, including a man, probably one of Moran's artist brothers Edward or Thomas, painting in a ravine and scenes titled "Student at Work"; "Autumn in the Woods - burning leaves"; and "Sit up Sir" showing a man with a dog., Title from inscription on spine., Spine stamped in gilt: Photographs., Blue morocco binding., Photographs arranged four to a page, numbered, and identified by captions inscribed below the images., Letter from Ferdinand J. Dreer to [George W. Childs?], March 12, 1861 pasted on verso of front cover. Letter begins "Accept from your friend a few photographs & stereoscope views... of the work of a young native artist" and explains they were not sent for "their intrinsic value, but as beautiful studies and highly artistic.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box., Gift of Ruth Molloy.
Original & selected poetry &c.
Album belonging to Martina Dickerson, a young middle-class African American Philadelphian, probably created as a pedagogical instrument to promote cultivated expression, with twenty-two contributions dating from 1840 until around 1846. Contains original and transcribed poems, prose, and essays on topics including love, friendship, sympathy, courage, and female refinement. Also includes drawings, primarily of flowers. Identified contributors are mainly black elite intelligentsia active in the African American anti-slavery and cultural community of mid-nineteenth century Philadelphia., Contains the following contributions: calligraphed title page by abolitionist James Forten, Jr.; prose on "Literature," "The Album," and "The Year" by entrepeneur and abolitionist James Forten, Sr. or his son, James, Jr.; prose entitled "Perserverance" by tailor, abolitionist, and civil rights activist John C. Bowers; prose, sketches, and watercolors by Quaker abolitionist, educator, and artist, Sarah Mapps Douglass; watercolor and transcribed poem, "The First Steamboat on the Missouri," by Sarah's brother, artist, community activist, and abolitionist, Robert Douglass; essay entitled "Sympathy" by William Douglass, pastor and historian of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Philadelphia; transcription from Wordsworth's "Excursion" by educator and anti-slavery activist Charles L. Reason; gouache of a bunch of flowers by A.H.H., probably Ada Howell Hinton, an African American gentlewoman; and prose, poems, and gouache by Mary M. MacFarland, V.E. Macarty, Y.J. Grice, Rebecca F. Peterson, H.D. Shorter, C.D.R., and J.F.V., Embossed and gilt morocco binding., Lithograph title page, "Flowers," containing flower illustration hand-colored with gouache and watercolor., Blank album published in London by Wm. & Hy. Rock., LCP AR (Annual Report) 1993, p. 17-25., Dickerson, a pupil of African American educator Sarah Mapps Douglass, was the daughter of African American activists, Martin and Adelia Dickerson, and step-father Samuel Van Brackle.
Original & selected poetry &c. [graphic] / Amy Matilda Cassey.
Friendship album of Amy Matilda Cassey, a middle-class African American woman active in the anti-slavery movement and African American cultural community, containing contributions dating from 1833 until 1856. Contains original and transcribed poems, prose, and essays on topics including slavery, womanhood, religion, friendship, female refinement, death, and love. Also contains drawings, watercolors, and gouaches of flowers and a New York residential street scene. Contributors, many women of the African American elite community, are prestigious reformers and abolitionists active in the anti-slavery, intelligentsia, and cultural community of the antebellum North including Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and Baltimore., Contains the following contributions: entry by African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass, dated Philadelphia 1850, about his "coarse" contribution in an album of "refined" entries; an original sonnet, "Fallen Bird," and essay, "The Abolition Cause," by anti-slavery activist, author, and editor, William Lloyd Garrison, dated Philadelphia 1833; floral watercolors and calligraphed poems by Philadelphia Quaker activist, educator, and artist Sarah Mapps Douglass; essay, "Moral Reform," dated Philadelphia 1834, by Harrisburg businessman and activist William Whipper; calligraphed version of Washington Irving's poem, "The Wife," by New York African American engraver Patrick Henry Reason dated New York 1839; poem about "Friendship" dated 1837 by anti-slavery activist and gentleman, Robert Purvis; prose on faith penned in 1853 by women right's activist and abolitionist Lucy Stone; floral watercolors, poems and prose on friendship, womanhood, abolition, and remembrance by Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society associates Margaretta Forten, Mary Forten, Sarah Forten Purvis, Rebecca Buffum, Susan C. Wright, and Hannah L. Stickney; memorials to his deceased wife and daughter by Baltimore African Methodist Episcopal Bishop Daniel Alexander Payne written in 1849; and an essay by abolitionist Reverend Isiah George DeGrasse dated Bridgewater 1836. Additional contributions by Baltimore gentlewoman and anti-slavery activist Emily Willson; anti-slavery activist Ann Warren Weston; Philadelphia barber and activist John Chew; abolitionist James Miller M'Kim; University of Glasgow trained activist James McCune Smith; Boston reformer Wendell Phillips; C.L.R., possibly Charles L. Reason, abolitionist and brother of engraver Patrick Henry Reason; A.W.H., possibly Quaker abolitionist Anna W. Hopper, and E.G., possibly Quaker abolitionist Elizabeth Garrigues., Also includes sketches and a poem by Lydia A. Bowser and unattributed watercolors and sketches possibly by Amy Matilda Cassey., Embossed and gilt morocco binding with blue moiré silk doublures., LCP AR (Annual Report) 1998, p. 25-35., Cassey, an abolitionist, temperance and civil rights activist and founding member of the interracial Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society and the African American literary and science society, Gilbert Lyceum, was the daughter of New York black community leader, Reverend Peter Williams. She was the wife of Philadelphia businessman and civil rights activist Joseph Cassey, and later married Boston anti-slavery lecturer Charles Lenox Remond.
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Member's Annual ticket.
Illustrated ticket containing an allegorical scene set in lush surroundings. Shows the figure of Pennsylvania under an arch covered in vinery and attended by cherubic-like boys holding baskets of produce above their heads. The society organized in 1827 with the mission "to inspire a taste for one of the most rational and pleasing amusements of man.", Issued to [H.?] J. Sharpless., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F].
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society [ticket]
Illustrated ticket to "Admit a Lady to the Stated Meetings of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society on the Third Thursday evening of each month Available for One Year ending Septr. 1855. This will also serve for a single admission to a Lady or Gentleman at the Annual Exhibition." Text framed by garlands of flowers. The society organized in 1827 with the mission "to inspire a taste for one of the most rational and pleasing amusements of man.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F].
Peters Island, Fairmount Park, Philada. [graphic] / A.K.
Lithograph showing a man and woman horseback riding, a gentleman walking with his cane, and a man walking with two horses on a towpath in the foreground and Peter's Island, a canal boat, row boat and larger steam vessel on the Schuylkill River in the background. Peter's Island was immediately north of the Columbia Railroad Bridge in Fairmount Park., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Phila. [graphic].
Watercolor showing a small sailboat on a tree-lined river, presumably the Schuylkill River. Includes a building on the opposite bank of the river in the background., Title from manuscript note on recto., Manuscript note in pencil on recto: 1842., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
[Philadelphia Inquirer art supplements]
Series of art supplements depicting genre, historical and allegorical scenes, landscapes, portraiture, and character studies. Includes "Aurora" showing a female fairy figure; "The Pilot" portrait of a sea captain; "The Partners" showing a girl and boy with a broom and shovel; "Tambourine Girl"; "Playmates" of a girl and a cat; "Deep Sea Fisherman"; "Night of the Ball" depicting an exterior view of a palatial estate with an inset showing a fancily-attired young lady; "One of the Four Hundred" showing a boy costumed as a vagabond; "By the Sea" showing an African American seaman; an older man reading "Fairy Tales" to a young girl; "Sheik of the Desert"; "A Lively Scrimmage" during a football game; a dog inspecting "Five O'Clock Tea"; a clergyman having "A Disappointing Luncheon"; a view "Off the Belgium Coast near Ostend"; "Spring" and fall landscapes; "Does You Mother Know You're Out" depicting a little girl with a newly hatched chick; "Napoleon and the Old Guard"; "Wellington and His Soldiers"; a couple on "A Honeymoon at Niagara"; and a lady portrayed fancifully "Among the Roses.", Title supplied by cataloger., Various artists, including M. Duboy, C.L. Van Vredenburgh, Charles P. Gruppe, A. I. Keller, and W. Merritt Post., Various printers, including Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company; Leopold Gast & Brother; Julius Bien & Co.; Donaldson Bros.; Ketterlinus; and J. Ottmann., Two of prints designed to stand as display cards., Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Added to African Americana Digital Collection through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Philadelphia [viewbook]
Souvenir viewbook, probably issued during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, containing fifteen captioned views of prominent sites and landmarks in the city. Contains views of "Independence Hall" (520 Chestnut Street); "Independence Chamber," i.e., the Assembly Room used as an exhibit gallery; the "Public Buildings," (i.e., City Hall, built 1873-1901); "New Post Office" (South Ninth and Chestnut streets, built 1873-1884); the "Masonic Temple" (1-33 North Broad Street, built 1868-1873); "United States Mint" (1331-1337 Chestnut Street); the 400 block of "Chestnut Street" including the Custom House, the United States Post Office and Courthouse (completed 1863) misidentified as the Public Ledger Building, and Bankers Row; "New Academy of Natural Sciences" (built 1868, 1900 block Race Street); "Academy of Fine Arts" (118-26 North Eighteenth Street, completed 1876); "Horticultural Hall" (built 1867, razed 1881) and "Academy of Music" on the 200 block of South Broad Street; University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia; the main hall and statuary at "Girard College"; Fairmount Water Works; and Girard Avenue Bridge. Also contains a panoramic, bird's eye view "Philadelphia, Seen from West-Philadelphia" captioned with the names of major streets and the Centennial Exhibition buildings, Art Gallery and Main Hall. Views also show the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge; street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn vehicles; signage; adjacent buildings and businesses; and flags., Publication information from variant copy., Title from embossed blue moracco binding, front cover stamped: Philadelphia., Prints connected by accordion folds. Verso of folds stamped with the name of the distributor, Hall & Garrison, Philada. & New York, and variant promotional text, including Compliments of; Fine Cabinet Work; Mill Work; Mirrors; Picture Frames; Ornamental Mouldings; Fine Furniture; and Interior Decorations., Hall & Garrison was a looking glass, picture frames, interior decoration, and cabinetry manufactory in operation in Philadelphia by 1867. The business relocated from the 900 block of North Third Street to 1128 Washington Avenue about 1873. By the 1880s, the firm shipped its materials internationally, including Russia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., George C. Reukauff owned Hall & Garrison Looking Glass & Picture Frame Manufactory., Housed in phase box., Gift of Helen Beitler.
Album of photographs predominantly showing the grounds of the Philadelphia Zoo in Fairmount Park, in West Philadelphia. Contains views of the Victorian-style gatehouse after the designs of Frank Furness; "The Dying Lioness" statue after the design of Wilhelm Wolff casted in 1875 at the entrance courtyard; lions, tigers, a jaguar and a zebra walking, standing, and grazing in their caged areas; an elephant, camel, lama, mountain goat, and caribou in fenced yards; buffalo grazing on a pasture; and Solitude, the country retreat of John Penn built in 1785 on the grounds of the zoo (miscaptioned as "Wm Penn's House, Fairmount Park"). Images include zoo keepers, visitors, gates, fencing, "Admission Today" signage, and partial views of other buildings on the zoo grounds. Also contains portrait photographs of a man and woman, probably Josie and Emil, and sculler "Andrew C. Craig, Undine Boat Club" on the Schuylkill River. Craig view also includes cityscape and trees along the riverbank in the background. The Philadelphia Zoo, the first in the nation, opened in 1874., Calligraphed on cover: Photographs., Contains pasted label on front page: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to Uncle Joe from Josie & Emil., Contains pasted label on back cover: Ward's Souvenir Album. Made in Light Gray and Dark Gray Leaves. This book is no. 141., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box.
Photograph album belonging to Philadelphia amateur photographer John C. Browne. Contains landscape and architectural views of the Delaware Valley and Central Pennsylvania, informal portraits of family and friends, and canal boat excursions of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia, including over the Pennsylvania Canal to Harrisburg (1879) and Morris Canal (1880). Images depict "Bartram's house, Gray's Ferry"; Cobbs Creek, including the Old Powder House; Wissahickon; Jay Cooke's Ogontz estate; Mill Creek (Lower Merion Township); the Philadelphia Zoo monkey house; Chelten Hills; Laurel Hill; Delaware Water Gap, including G. W. Childs arbor, Kittany House, Promontory, Lovers Leap, Young's Peak, and Mt. Minsi; falls, creeks, and Dingman's Ferry in Pike County, Pa.; sites along the Juniata Division of Pennsylvania Canal, including mill races, iron furnaces, Pennsylvania Rail Road bridges, and canal locks at or near Bridgeport, Dauphin, and Rockville; and sites along the Morris Canal, including canal boat planes and hoisting tower, Hopatcong Lake, Little Falls, and Passaic Falls., Other images show the English Cottage on the Centennial grounds (1877); strung hunted game and fish; landscape views of Sea Bright and Belvidere, N.J. and the Delaware near Torresdale; a posed "sweethearts" scene "On the Pennypack" (1878); and a group portrait of the Photographic Society (Samuel F. Corlies, Charles Pancoast, Charles Barrington, Samuel Sartain, Joseph William Bates, W. S. Vaux, Dr. Carl Seiler, Thomas H. McCollin, Thomas B. Craig) with cameras and fishing equipment during the Morris Canal excursion. Other portrait views include Mr. and Mrs. S. Fisher Corlies, Mamie Lloyd, Sallie Bacon, Jesse S. Graves, Alice E. Browne, Susie Hacker, Samuel Fox, and Charles Palmer. Some photographs show a photographer using his camera and several of the canal excursion views include the canal boats "Zuleika" (Pennsylvania Canal) and "Katie Kellogg" and her mule team "Tom & Baby" (Morris Canal)., Front free end paper signed John C. Browne., Photographs identified by inscriptions below images. Majority are date and some annotated "Washed Emulsion.", Red cloth binding, with gilt, and stamped on cover: Album., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., An article by Browne, "The Waterfalls of Pike County, Pa.," describing a trip to photograph natural scenery in Pike County appears in Philadelphia Photographer, Vol. XIII, no. 151 (July 1876), pages 208-211., LCP AR [Annual Reports] 1989 p. 33-34., Browne was a founder of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia.
Photograph album compiled by James B. Nicholson containing predominantly portrait photographs of prominent local and national members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and their families, including men, women, and children. Photographs depict full-length, bust-length, and vignette portraits; group portraiture; and collages. Several male sitters wear the regalia of the Odd Fellows and most sitters are fashionably attired. Group portraiture depicts employees of Pawson and Nicholson in front of the bookbinding shop (139 S. Seventh), and rosters and meetings and excursions of members of the fraternal organization (1870s-1880s), including Warrior Lodge, no. 873. Collages include portraits of the Rulafson family of San Francisco and examples of work from the respected photographic firm Bradley & Rulafson. Also includes images of the photography department and sculpture at the Centennial Exhibition (1876); photographic reproductions of a Sir Walter Scott manuscript donated to the Sanitary Fair (1864), and an Odd Fellow membership certificate and medal; and a John Sartain engraved portrait of "E. Grand Captain General of Pennsylvania" Varhan Smith., Sitters include James B. Nicholson (often attired in regalia), his wife Adelaide, and sons Clarence and celebrated Civil War Colonel John Page; James Alexander Bartram ("first cousin of my father");; Past Grand Master George F. Borie; orator Henry Armitt Brown; Nicholson's partner James Pawson; Pennsylvania state senator George D. Jackson; businessman and District Deputy Grand Master, Clarion County Ruloff Ruloffson; Philadelphia businessman and Grand Treasurer M. Richards Muckle; Grand Sire Samuel H. Perkins; Past Grand Master Francis M. Rea; "Grand Master" Alfred R. Potter; the family of Past Grand Master Samuel Haworth; and "Gutekunst's daughter" attired in a costume., Green morocco binding., Spine stamped: Photographs., Photographers indentified by inscriptions on album page., Several sitters identified by inscriptions on album page. Many noted as "Deceased.", Multiple portraits arranged as collages on many of the album pages., Various photographers include W. H. Bennett, P. E. Chillman, Frederick Gutekunst, and David Lothrop., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Album housed in phase box with index to sitters., James Bartram Nicholson was a premier Philadelphia bookbinder in the partnership Pawson & Nicholson established in 1848. He was also a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows serving as a Grand Sire (1863-1864), grand scribe, and grand secretary (1863-1901), as well as authored "I.O.O.F.: The Story of 65 or The History of the Grand Lodge of the United States... (1896)." He married Adelaide Broadnix (b. ca. 1822) in 1841 and with her had three sons, Colonel John Page (1842-1922), Howard B. (b. ca. 1855) and bookbinder Clarence S. Nicholson (b. ca. 1858) and a daughter Eliza (b. ca. 1852).
Photograph album belonging to Philadelphia amateur photographer John C. Browne. Contains informal portraits of family friends and views of excursions and landmarks in Bethlehem and Nazareth, Pa.; Wilmington, De.; Belividere and Burlington, N.J.; and the Philadelphia area. Images depict the Pennock-Miller family Delaware County mansion Forest Hill, including the library, "Mrs. Pennock's [ceramic] Collection," greenhouse, and Sarah Pennock Miller with her son Caspar on a mule; Old Moravian Boarding School, Moravian Sisters House, Protestant Episcopal Church, and "Old Oil Mill" (Bethlehem); Old Swedes Church (Wilmington); and an old Moravian brewery, buildings, and Whitfield House (Nazareth). Other photographs depict Haines Spring house; "Andersons" at Belvidere; a family picnic at Pierson's Ravine (Belvidere); the Wissahickon; [Fairmount?] "Park guard house"; portraits of a family dog and posed portraits of Mary (Mame) Steele, including one showing the extreme length of her tresses, and Ettie Lewis, Anna, May, Katie and Bessie Shippen attired in costume. Some views include fellow amateur photographer architect George W. Hewitt. One Bethlehem view also shows D. & A. Luckenbach mill., Front free end paper signed John C. Browne., Photographs identified by inscriptions below images. Some annotated "Dry (albumen)" or "Dry.", Green cloth binding, with gilt, and stamped on cover: Album., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Two photographs of "Pennocks House" removed prior to acquisition by repository., Eight inserted loose prints in envelopes removed and housed separately in John C. Browne Collection., LCP AR [Annual Reports] 1989 p. 33-34., Inventory available at repository.
Album of photographs compiled and some possibly taken by Albert Hatch showing city and landscape views and family views and portraits. Photographs depict Atlantic City; Fairmount Park, including the water works and the Wissahickon Creek; Schooley family residences, landmarks, and the 1888 reunion in Luzerne County, Pa., including the residence of Joanna Schooley (West Pittston), the "Old Homestead" (Wyoming), the residence of H. N. Schooley before and after renovations in 1888, and the Schooley Breaker (Sturmerville) and Mill (Luzerne); lighthouses at Sandy Hook, N.J. and Neversink, N.Y.; and the White Mountains, N.H. Images also show the 500 block of North Twenty-Fifth Street, including Hatch's residence; the Girard Avenue Bridge and tunnel; the Old Red Bridge and Thorps Lane Bridge (Wissahickon), and "Old Smithy", a view by John Moran of a "smith" in front of his stone cabin shop in the woods. Also contains unidentified landscape views by Moran, and frontispiece photographs removed from late 1880s editions of "The Philadelphia Photographer," including views of South Africa and "The Kiosk of Isis" (Bed of Pharoah) at Philae Island., Calligraphed on cover: Photographs., Insert: Permission card issued to Mr. Albert Hatch, No. 577 N. 25 St. Recto contains stamps: Albert Hatch 190 Lambert St., Phila, Pa.; Albert Hatch 1616 Montgomery Ave. Verso printed: Permission has been granted to you to take Photographic Views in the Park during 1885. Good until revoked by the Committee on superintendance [use?] J. M. Dougherty, Secretary., Contains pasted label on back cover: Howard Album. Interchangeable Cards, Scovill Mf'g Co., N. Y. Patented and Label Registered., Photographers include George Hanmer Croughton; Lulu Farini; John Moran; and E. L. Wilson., Several of the photographs identified from captions below the images., Names of photographers from inscriptions below the images., Brown leather binding stamped: Photographs., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Agnes Kelly., Housed in phase box., Albert Hatch, son of Massachusetts-born, real estate broker Edward Hatch, was an amateur photographer who worked as a clerk at the U.S. Post Office from the late 1880s into the early 20th century. He was married in 1886 to Alice C. Schooley, who was from a family active in the milling and mining industry in and near Wyoming, Pa, including her brother Henry N. and Aunt Joanna. The couple had two children, including Augusta Hatch (b. 1868), who married James Kelly in 1890.
Photograph album compiled by Philadelphia photographer Robert Newell containing views by the photographer and his peers, including F. De. B. Richards. Images depict major city landmarks and views of Fairmount Park, including benevolent, educational and financial institutions, historic sites, residences, churches and meetinghouses, bridges, and hotels and taverns. Sites documented include Broad Street (Civil War) Hospital; Foster Home (Twenty-Fourth and Poplar); Germantown Academy; the former bookstore and printing office of William Young (200-204 Chestnut); Landing Avenue during alterations (East bank of Schuylkill); Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (old and new); Carpenters Hall; Independence Hall; Academy of Music; Merchants' Exchange; Girard, Farmers', Mechanics', Pennsylvania, and Fourth National banks; Bartram's, Keene, and Rittenhouse mansions; Woodford residence (Fairmount Park); Washington's residence (Germantown); Womrath property, "where the first 4th of July" was celebrated" (4216 Frankford); Oldest house in Lansdown" (West Fairmount Park); Old Farm house (Broad and Oxford); St. Judes Episcopal church; Fairmount Water Works, and boat houses and ice houses along the Schuylkill; Cedar Hill, Laurel Hill and Woodlands cemeteries; Columbia, Old Callowhill Street, Girard Avenue, and New York Connecting Railroad bridges; Continental, Valley Green, Maple Spring, Markley's and Cole's hotels; and "Punch Bowl" (2100 Broad), "Abbey" (Hunting Park and Wissahickon Aves), Old Buck? (Lancaster Pike) and Old Grey's Ferry taverns., Images also include neighboring and tenant businesses, including Charles Oakford & Sons, hats, Continental Hotel (29a), John C. Clark & Sons, stationers and printers, L. S. Boyer & Co., coal, and a "Shaving and Hair Cutting Emporium," on 228-232 South Third (29b), and a real estate office, 524 Arch (45b); street vendors (74b); and broadsides displayed on buildings and walls (49b & 79b). Several of the Fairmount views also show visitors, patrons to refreshment saloons, and park guards. Scrapbook also contains a small number of photographic reproductions of engravings, including one of Masonic Hall (700 block Chestnut) and images reproduced in R. Newell & Son's "Old Landmark" series (1876), including Old Swede's Church, Friends Almshouse, and Robert Morris Hotel., Title supplied by cataloger., Some of the contents identified by inscriptions on album pages. Inscriptions annotated and corrected in different hand., Texts from R. Newell & Son's "Old Landmark" series tipped in between album pages., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Images from album reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006)., Album reformatted for conservation. Housed in two phase boxes, including binding and index., Robert Newell, the prominent Philadelphia commercial photographer operated a studio from circa 1855 to 1900. His firm, which originally specialized in portraiture, later focused on "Artistic Business and Landscape Photographs" and was reorganized as R. Newell & Son circa 1872. In 1876, the studio (Robert and Henry Newell) issued a series of six viewbooks under the title "Old Landmarks & Relics of Philadelphia." Newell also produced series of stereographs during the 1860s depicting commercial streets, the volunteer fire companies, and views of Fairmount Park and local cemeteries, as well as invented acid proof photographic ware in the 1870s.
[Photographic Society of Philadelphia's Chesapeake & Ohio Canal excursion, May 21-29, 1882 album]
Album belonging to Philadelphia amateur photographer John C. Browne. Primarily documents the Photographic Society of Philadelphia's Chesapeake & Ohio Canal excursion (May 21-29, 1882), including views of the Falls of the Potomac, Point of Rocks, Md., Harpers Ferry, Va., and Bedford, Pa. Society members attending the excursion included Charles Barrington, Joseph William Bates, Charles Pancoast, Frederick Graff, Samuel Corlies, George Bacon Wood, Samuel Sartain, W.H. Walmsley, Francis T. Fassitt, lens maker Joseph Zentmayer, Thomas H. McCollin, and Browne. Views depict scenes during the excursion along the canal, including canal barges; bridges, aquaducts; Paw Paw Tunnel; John Brown's Fort; a Bedford woman attending an outside bake oven; an African American boy sitting upon a porch of an old Maryland mill; the Photo Party at Patterson's Creek, Md.; a horse team pulling an oak log near Harper's Ferry; an old Bedford mill; and a barn covered with circus posters. Additional views depict the Brooklyn Bridge; sailing vessels on the New York Harbor, including the steamboat Maryland; and animals at the Philadelphia Zoo. Other animal portraiture includes horses posed with African American handlers (p.26-7), a cow and calf at Forrest Hill, PA, a pony ride at Central Park, and family dogs. Also includes a portrait of Lizzie Gilpin at Forrest Hill., Title supplied by cataloger., Front free end paper signed John C. Browne., Blue cloth binding, with gilt and stamped: Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., See John C. Browne's "The Photographic Society of Philadelphia Annual Excursion, May 21-29, 1882," Philadelphia Photographer 19 (July 1882), p. 213-215., See George Bacon Wood research file, copy of "Excursion of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia over the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, May 22 to 29th 1882. Read at meeting June 7th, 1882 by Geo. B. Wood.", Insert: handkerchief printed with photograph vignettes [P.9318a] removed and housed with Textiles Collection, Print Department., Added to African Americana Digital Collection through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Browne was a founder of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia.
Photographic views of New City Building
Albums of progress photographs of the early construction of City Hall built 1871-1901 on Penn Square after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Photographs show different stages of the construction of the foundation and lower floor of the building between 1873 and 1875. Includes images of the dirt sub basement; construction materials, equipment, and workers; aerial views of the built foundation; partially completed walls and abutments; and studio views of columns and architectural ornaments. Several of the views include scaffolding; horse-drawn carts; pulleys; piles of construction debris; Pennsylvania Railroad cars on Market Street; and workers and well-dressed men, probably the commissioners, reviewing and posed on or near constructed parts of the building and construction materials. Views also show surrounding cityscape, including the Masonic Temple (Broad and Filbert); United States Mint (1331-1337 Chestnut Street); the Seventh Presbyterian Church (Broad Street above Chestnut Street); Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Depot (13th and Market); La Salle College High School (Filbert and Juniper); Sharpless & Watts, flooring tile (1325 Market Street); the spires of Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (s.w. cor. Broad & Arch) and First Baptist Church (n.w. cor. Broad and Arch); and other surrounding businesses (beer hall, wall paper, and furniture) and residences., Volume 1 (Oct. 1873-Aug. 1874) contains two tipped in letters, dated December 26, 1873 and June 27, 1874, from President of the Commissioners for the Erection of the Public Buidlings Samuel C. Perkins. Correspondence presents the stereographs, "authorized to be taken by the commissioners," as a means for the library to "have for preservation in [the] archives a complete photographic record of the progress of a work which under any aspect must be considered as of marked importance in our local history.", Stereographs numbered, dated, and printed with the series title "Views of Construction in Sub-Basement" or "Views of Construction" and the names of the architect, chief assistant, and board of commissioners on the verso., Calf bindings, polished and mottled., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Volume 1 image reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 116., Samuel C. Perkins, a Philadelphia lawyer, served as president of the Commissioners for the Erection of the Public Buidlings 1872-1891., Housed in phase boxes.
Photographs taken by Robert Waln Leaming 1865-1875 at Ashwood, Villa Nova, Delaware County, Penna. Lancaster Pike and Spring Mill Road
Album containing 67 photographs showing the grounds and residence of the Ashwood estate near Villanova during different seasons; neighboring properties in Delaware and Montgomery counties; and formally posed family portraiture. Images include the front and rear facade of the Ashwood residence and landscape views of the grounds; Paxson's Mill and Dam in Radnor; J. Howard Lewis's paper mill at Darby Creek; 'Hammer Hollow," including the mill dam; Gulph Mill (Montgomery County); Leaming's other family estate Waln Grove near Frankford; old spring houses near Gulph Mill and Paxson's Mill; and Ancrum, "Seat of the Scotts Baronets of Ancrum Scotland." Many of the estate views include Leaming's wife and children (attired in clothing appropriate to the season) posed at the residence and on the grounds, including near fences, the barn, woods, and creek and in characters, as tableaux, and with farm and domesticated pets. Also contains photographic reproductions and photo-collages. Reproductions depict the the "Scott of Ancrum" family tree and Leaming's painting "Where the Sea Mew roams" and the collages show Leaming's daughters in a parlor setting (possibly Ashwood) and painted works by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, James Reid Lambdin, and Edwin Henry Landseer including the visage of Robert Waln Leaming. Other portrait sitters include Alice Burda, Tom Stewart, "Our Truck-man" in his horse-drawn buggy; the "Coachman" with horse "'Nelly'"and Mrs. Scott, i.e., probably, Leaming's mother-in-law Mary Emlen Scott, Blue morocco binding, plate on front cover: R. W. Leaming and stamped: Photographs., Title from inscription on front free end paper. Also includes family tree of descendants of Robert Waln Leaming and his wife Julia Scott (1821-1914)., Insert: Portrait print of Robert Waln engraved by Samuel Sartain after 1825 painting by Jacob Eicholtz. Verso inscribed with biographical information., Captions by Robert Waln Leaming below the images., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1999, p. 45-46., Gift of Mrs. Clifford Lewis III., Housed in phase box., Robert Waln Leaming, grandson of China Trade merchant Robert Waln, was a merchant by trade who also painted and practiced photography. He was married to Julia Scott, descended from the royal Scotts of Ancrum, with whom he had four children Rebecca, i.e., Reb (1850-1911); Mary, i.e., Mame (1851-1911); Julia, i.e., Duly (1854-1913), and Thomas (1856-1911). Leaming was also an active member of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. His residence Ashwood, not to be confused with the Penn-Gaskell/DeCosta property of the same name (208 Ashwood Road, Villanova), was razed in the late 19th century.
[Plate 1 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Plate depicts section of the 200 block of Chestnut Street (42-59 pre-consolidation). South side includes William McMakin, Tailor (42); Wm. [G.] Mason, Printing and Engraving (46); McAllister & Co., Walking Canes & Spectacles (48); Wm. Curry's Wholesale & Retail Trimming Store (50); F. H. Smith, Pocket Book & Port Monnaie (52 1/2); J. E. Van Meter & Co., Paper Hangings (54); Charles Ellis & Co., Druggists & Importers of English, French & German Drugs (36); and Joseph Fisher, Thermometers (for distilling). North side includes H. A. Dreer's Seed & Horticultural Warehouse (59); J. G. Falconer, French millinery and J. N. Torr, Card and Fancy Job Printing (57); Bank of Commerce with the offices of Browns & Bowen (55); Clarenbach & Herder, Cutlery (51); and R. Magee, Bookseller and Stationer (45). Also shows partial view of Strawberry Street. Plate also includes a detail showing a donut-shaped object captioned “Blacking” pasted on the depicted roof of the Curry building (50)., Advertisements promote the businesses depicted, except Bank of Commerce, as well as Thomas Hargrave, Plain and Ornamental Marble Worker and Designer, Corner of Ridge Road and Thirteenth St., Philadelphia; Marble-colored and Fancy Papers, Wholesale and Retail, Manufactured by Joshua M. Raybold, Goldsmith's Hall, Library Street, Philadelphia; George Hummel's Premium Essence of Coffee Manufactured and Sold, Wholesale and Retail, by Daniel Bohler & Co., No. 218 Callowhill Street, above Sixth; and J. Dougherty's Black Expectorant Syrup, No. 26 North Sixth Street, Between Market and Arch Streets, Philadelphia. Majority of advertisements include several lines of promotional text and ornamented types, as well as a few include wood engraved vignettes. Mason (50) advertisement lists the materials produced, including seals, presses, paper stamps, cards, tickets, blanks, and door plates. Vignettes depict a woman leaning on a sepulchral monument (Hargrave), portrait of J. Dougherty holding his “Black” syrup, and a shears (Clarenbach & Herder)., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 2., LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting the North side [Rae - Chestnut Street (8)1322.F.7a] .
[Plate 10 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Plate depicts section of the 600 block of Chestnut Street (154-213 pre-consolidation). South side includes Swaim’s Building (160-164) tenanted by Barnum’s Museum and Edward L. Walker, Music Store and Piano Dealer (160); Lee & Walker, Successors to G. Willig, music store (162); and C. G. Henderson & Co., Booksellers and Publishers (164). North side includes Ambrose Smith, Druggist (213); F. Mahan, Publisher of Philadelphia Fashions (211); Leonard Benkert, Boot Store (209); Columbia House operated by Ferguson & Brothers and tenanted by E. G. Dorsey, Tailor (207). Swaim’s Building adorned with a flag, circus billboard illustrated with a seal, and a sign directing individuals to Swaim’s Laboratory. Plate also includes an unidentified residence with walled courtyard adjacent to Swaim’s. Swaim’s Building and Swaim’s Laboratory signage (160-164) included on plate as pasted-on details., Advertisements promote eight of the businesses depicted and Swaim’s Celebrated Panacea (New York agents Schieffelin Brothers & Co., later W.H. Schieffelin & Co.). Swaim’s full-page advertisement contains endorsements, several lines of promotional text, including "Beware of Imposition," and a description of the bottle label composed by Philadelphia bank note engravers Draper & Co. Smaller advertisements contain promotional text and ornamented type. Barnum’s text includes a description of the exhibits and performances at the Lecture Room and Mahan’s provides prices for his fashion plates., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 11., LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting North side [P.2008.34.16.4].
Plate showing a section of the 700 block (166-213 pre consolidation) of Chestnut Street. South side includes Mrs. M. Burke's Millenery [sic] Rooms and Winchester & Scott, Gentlemen's Furnishing Store (172); Cornelius & Co., Gas Fixtures (176); Willis P. Hazard, Cheap Book Store (178); and McClees & Germon, Daguerreotype Rooms and Jos. S. Natt, Looking Glasses (182). North side includes the Masonic Hall (built 1808-1811 after the designs of William Strickland) and tenant businesses, including D. A. Warden, Pianos, Melodeons, [A. D. K.] Moore, Fancy Stationery, and A. Hildebrandt, Fancy Baskets & Toys (225); Washington House hotel with offices of the proprietor A. F. Glass (221-223); china ware importers Tyndale & Mitchell (219); Geo. W. Ward, Gentleman's Furnishings Store (217); Sturdivant's House hotel (215); and Warne's Rifle & Pistol Gallery (213). Also shows the Warne façade adorned with a sign illustrated with the figure of a man pointing to the left., Advertisements promote twelve of the businesses depicted, including McClees & Germon who advertise "The increased width of the street, occasioned by the recess formed by the Masonic Hall, (which is directly opposite) and a front almost entirely of glass, give facilities for an operating room on the Second Floor, with a North light, (the most pleasant, effective and certain of all others, where a sufficiency can be obtained,) possessed by no other establishment of the city…." Several of the advertisements contain ornamented type and two contain illustrations depicting a man pointing (Warne's) and a man's shirt (Ward's Improved Pattern, Warranted to Fit)., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 12., LCP also holds trimmed duplicates depicting North side [P.2008.34.16.7 and (1)1322.F.274] and trimmed duplicate depicting South side [P.2008.34.16.9].
Plate showing a section of the 800 block (216-277) of Chestnut Street. South side includes J. S. Earle, Looking Glasses, Oil Paintings, Portrait & Picture Frames (216); W.H. Carryl, Curtain Store (218); Welch’s National Circus theater (224); Joseph M. Wilson, Bookseller & Stationer (228); and John Mustin Trimming Store (240). North side (unnumbered) includes Girard House, Presbury & Billings, proprietors., Advertisements promote six of the depicted businesses (Wilson, Mustin, Jr., Welch’s, Carryl, Earle, and Girard House). Advertisements contain lines of promotional text and ornamented type. Earle also promotes "Old and Valuable Paintings repaired, relined, and restored to their original beauty" and the Girard House notes it is "new, large, and probably the most beautiful hotel in the world.", Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 15.
[Unnumbered plate and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Plate 15 showing a section of the 900 block (244-293) of Chestnut Street. South side includes Burd Mansion (identified with pencil inscription) and C. N. Robinson, Looking Glasses (248). North side includes Markoe House, W. Watson, proprietor (293); the women's exchange Ladies Depository (289); S. H. Mattson, Tailor (287); boot and shoe maker M. Lauer & Co. (285); E. Griffith, Fancy Dry Goods (283); J. H. Farrand’s, Confectionery (281); C. Dan[g]uy , Hair Dresser (279); and Charles S. Rand, Druggist & Chemist (279)., Accompanying advertisements promote ten of the depicted businesses, as well as businesses from adjacent plate, including F. A. Hoyt’s Boy’s Clothing Store (264); T. W. Dufrene, Composition Marble Cement (Chestnut, below Tenth); Rand; Danguy; Farrand; Laurer; Mattson; and the Ladies Depository. Advertisements contain promotional text and ornamented type. Promotions include Rand noting the availability of "Vaccine Virus"; Dufrene highlighting the advantages of imitation marble; and the Ladies Depository listing "Surplices, Ladies and Gentlemans Dressing Gowns, as well as Plain and Fancy Needlework, of every description, neatly executed, - also marking with Indelible Ink.", Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting North side [P.2008.34.16.13]., Folder 16.
Plate depicts section of the 200 block of Chestnut Street (60-75 pre-consolidation). South side includes J. Stockman & Son, Pencil Case & Thimble Manufactory (60); Penrose Fell, Tailor (62); B. G. Atkinson, Tailor (64); S. Hopper, Watches & Jewelry (66); Goodyear's Insoluble Rubber (68); Wm. Boning, Watches & Jewelry (70); E.G. Whitman, Confectionery (72); and Dunn's Eating Saloon (74). North side includes E. G. Whitman, Confectioner and Fruit Dealer (71); D. Landreth, Seeds & Tools for Farming & Gardening; E. Shannon, Tea Warehouse; and hides and leather dealer J. Howell & Co. Also shows part of Exchange Place and Bank Street. Whitman signage (72) included on plate as pasted-on details., Advertisements promote four of the businesses depicted (Allen, Hopper, Stockman & Son, and Whitman) and Mechanics' Union Association. Full-page Association advertisement details members' disability benefits and the union's weekly journal. Stockman& Son promotes their stock of gold and silver wares, including " Everpointed Pencils," thimbles, silver spoons, butter knives, purse clasps, and finger shields. Depicted businesses' advertisements include ornamented types and a vignette of a watch (Hopper)., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 3., LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting North side [P.2008.34.16.1].
Plate depicts section of the 200 block of Chestnut Street (75-94 pre-consolidation). South side includes Geo. P. Mclean, Looking Glass & Picture Frame Manufacturer (78); Dr. Jayne & Son, Druggists (84-86); tailors C. C. Watson & Son (92); and U.S. Life Insurance, Annuity & Trust Co. (94). North side includes Daily News (91); Kinsley & Co., Package Express (89); Jas. Bailie's Wine Store (85); and Congress Hall, P. Thurston proprietor., Advertisements promote the depicted businesses: U.S. Life Insurance, Annuity & Trust Co.; Chas. C. Watson & Son; David Jayne & Son, Geo. P. McLean; Daily News; Congress Hall; and Kinsley & Co. Majority of advertisements include several lines of promotional text and ornamented types., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 4.
Plate depicts section of the 300 block of Chestnut Street (93-110 pre-consolidation). South side includes Public Ledger Office (96); J. & J. L. Gihon, Book Bindery (98); J. P. & D. C. Collins & Co., Daguerreotypists, Office of the New Line of Magnetic Tela., and Belrose & Faye, Paper Hangings (100); John Kelley & Co., Tailor (102); Charles Oakford, Hats, Caps, & Furs Wholesale & Retail (104); Ennis' Gallery of Daguerreotypes and watch and jewelry dealer J. & W. L. Ward (106); Wm. H. Maurice, Stationer (108); and merchant tailor H. S. Ogden and safe manufacturer Milnor & Shaw (110). North side includes Franklin House tenanted by Lewis Ladomus, Watches & Jewelry (103); J. Thornley's India Rubber Emporium & Manufactory and The Morse Magnetic Telegraph Offices (101); Bank of North America (99); R. Buist Nurseryman & Seed Grower (97); Shepherd, Clothing (95); and L. Pelouze, Phil. Type Foundry (93). Also shows parts of Third Street, Hudson's Alley, and Franklin Place. Milnor & Shaw signage (110) included on plate as pasted-on detail. Also shows jewelry on display in the Ladomus windows., Advertisements promote the businesses depicted, including a full page for Milnor & Shaw, Manufacturers of the Phoenix Fire & Thief Proof Iron Safes, No. 10 Hudson's Alley. Advertisement also includes vignettes of two different models of safe, one flat-topped and one curved-topped. The smaller advertisements contain ornamented type and lines of text. R. Buist (97) promotion also includes a decorative border comprised of farm implements and produce., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 5.
Plate depicts section of the 300 block of Chestnut Street (111-129 pre-consolidation). South side includes Eugene Roussel/X. Bazin, Importer & Manufacturer of Perfumery (114); J. Craig's Cheap Job Printing Office and Adams & Co.'s Express (116); Hart, Montgomery & Co., Paper Hangings (118); Jules Hauel, Perfumer & Importer (120); Thomas C. Garrett & Co., Watches & Jewelry (122); A. Hart, publisher (126). North side includes Fairbanks & Glessner, Printers and R.P. Cox, Clothing Store (129); Jenkins & Hartshorne, agents for Dr. Rose Family Medicine, (125); S. Miller's Chestnut St. House (121); Archer & Warner, Gas Fitters (119); S. Kayser's Clothing Store (117); [Andrew] Scott's Weekly Paper (115); offices of Godey's Ladies Book and [G. Zantzinger's] Wine Store (113); J.W. M'Curdy & Son, Ladies Boots & Shoes and Rockhill & Wilson, Clothing Store (111) Also shows parts of Fourth Street, Hudson's Alley, and Franklin Place. Adams signage (116) included on plate as pasted-on detail., Advertisements promote the businesses depicted. Majority includes ornamented type and several lines of promotional text, including Scott's Weekly Paper advertising "Beautiful Parlor Engravings as Premiums!!!" Bazin advertisement also announces his succession over Roussel., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 6., LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting North side [P.2008.34.16.2] and full plate [Rae - Chestnut Street, P.2006.1.20a&b].
Plate depicts section of the 400 block of Chestnut Street (132-149 pre-consolidation). South side includes Philada. Bank, Western Bank, Girard Life Insurance Comp., and H. S. Ogden, Tailor (132); and U.S. Custom House (unnumbered). North side includes U.S. Hotel (145-149); M. J. & C. Croll, Tailors (147); Philadelphia General Insurance Agency (145); the offices of [Andrew] M'Makin's Model American Courier and tailor J. Smith Harris (141); J. Hufty, Stationer, Engraver & Card Printer (139); Chas. Martel, Wig Maker (137); clothier S. Heywood, Importer and Furnisher. Fire insurance, life insurance, and Ogden signage (116) included on plate as pasted-on details., Advertisements promote six of the businesses depicted (Girard Life Insurance, Heywood, Hufty, M'Makin, Philadelphia General Insurance Agency, and United Sates Hotel) and H.S. Tarr's Marble Yard, No. 274 Green Street, above Seventh, which comprises an entire page. Tarr advertisement contains several lines of text, “Opinions of the Press,” and “References,” including Thomas U. Walter and Isaac Collins. Other advertisements include lines of promotional text and ornamented type. M'Makin advertisement contains subscription rates., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 7.
[Plate 7 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Fourth to Fifth Streets]
Plate depicts section of the 400 block of Chestnut Street (134-169 pre-consolidation). South side includes the offices of Graham's Magazine and the fancy dry goods store of L.J. Levy & Co. (134); jewelers Baily & Kitchen, Wm. E. Harpur, Chronometer & Watch manufacturer, and daguerreotypists Broadbent & Co. (136); [William F.] Warburton, Late W. H. Beebe & Co., Hats, Caps, Furs and Umbrellas (138); and Crittenden's Commercial Institute (later Crittenden's Philadelphia Commercial College), M. A. Root's Daguerreotypes Rooms, jeweler James E. Caldwell & Co. (140); and (Charles) Fawcett's Hair Cutting Rooms, Wig, Scalp, & Hair Dye Manufacturer, and A. B. Warden, Jeweler (142). North side includes F. Brown, Druggist (169); H. J. Pepper & Son, Jewelers (167); Blanchard & Rock, Paper Hangings Manufacturers (165); Franklin Fire Insurance Co. (163 1/2-161); Blackwood & Smith, Carpeting and Van Loan & Co., daguerreotypists (159); and Farmer & Mechanic's Bank (155). Plate also shows some of the businesses adorned with flags and other adornments, including a model of an eagle and statuary., Advertisements promote thirteen of the businesses depicted, including Fawcett; Warden; Caldwell & Co.; Root; Warburton; Crittenden; Baily & Co. (late Bailey & Kitchen); Van Loan & Co.; Franklin Fire Insurance Company; Blanchard & Rock; Pepper & Son; and Brown. Most include several lines of promotional text and ornamented type. Fawcett's advertisement also includes endorsements from the local press and Root promotes "Out Door Views and Miniatures of deceased person taken at short notice," in addition to "The Crayon Style (Proues's Patent)" only taken by himself., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 8.
Plate depicts the 500 block of Chestnut Street (168-199 pre-consolidation). South side includes Congress Hall, the State House, and City Hall. North side includes E. B. Mears, Stereotyper, W.B. Gihon, Engraver on Wood, and W. T. Parker, Saloon (199); J. W. Moore, Importer and Bookseller (193); William J. Kerr, China Hall and French Ware House (191); [Isaac] Newton's Confectionery (187); American Hotel tenanted by L. & B. Orne, importers of carpets and operated by Ambrose L. White (181-183); Richard. Successor M.P. Simons, Daguerreotypist and Swift & Justice, Tailors (179);wigmaker Richard Dollard (177); Geo. J. Henkels, City Cabinet Wareroom (175); A. Brett's Lithographic Establishment, Oscar C. B. Carter, Piano Fortes, Safford & Cookmann Curtain Warehouse, Thomas J. Natt & Co.'s Looking Glass Warehouse, and Polytechnic Lecture Rooms, F. Langenheim Manager (171). Also shows sides of buildings on Fifth and Sixth streets and signage above the subsidiary entrances to the State House. Signs read Orphan's Court Clerk's Office; Recorder of Deeds Office; Court of Common Pleas; Register of Wills; Prothonotory Off., Supreme Court, Eastern District; Prothonotary's Office; Sheriff's Office, County Commiss's. Office; Prothonotary District Court; and Quarter Sessions Clerk's Office., Advertisements promote fifteen of the businesses depicted and Watson & Cox, Sieve, Riddle, Screen and Wire Cloth Manufacturers, No. 46 North Front St. (half-page) and Yerger & Ord, Patentees and Manufacturers of the Metallic Skeleton Artificial Leg, Ankle Supporter, and Improved Anatomical Machinery (half-page). Half-page advertisements contain several lines of text, as well as a cameo stamp illustration showing the Watson & Cox manufactory and a wood engraving showing a metallic artificial leg. Yerger & Old advertisement also cautions about a competitor circulating "a petty species of slander." Most of the smaller advertisements include several lines of promotional text and ornamented type. Langenheim's cites the admittance fee of "25 Cts."; Newton's notes that "he has taken" the confectionery of the late Mrs. Wood; Kerr's promotes his China Hall as the largest in the Unitd States; and Parker's Saloon advertises "All the Luxuries of the different season constantly kept. Games, Fish, Oysters, &c. My Liquors, Wines & Segars are selected with care and attention, the best always purchased without regard to Cost.", Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 9., LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting North side [P.2008.34.16.3].
Plate depicts section of the 600 block of Chestnut Street (136-209 pre-consolidation). South side includes E. Durand & Sons, Druggists (136); Sleeper & Jeanneret, Jewelry (1388-140); Howell & Brothers, Paper Hangings (142); Langdon's Daguerreotypes and W. S. Martien, Publisher and Bookseller(144); American Sunday School Union (146); and Jones' Hotel, Bridges & West proprietors (152). North side includes Dr. Jayne's Philadelphia Arcade, Dr. Davison's Arcade Baths, and D. Robinson, Bookseller and Stationer (205-209); N.Y. Journal of Fine Arts Agency (203 1/2); Bolivar House (201-203); Chestnut St. Theater (199); and Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup and Blood's Despatch (197). Also shows a few of the buildings adorned with flag or statuary. Sleeper & Jeanneret signage (138-140) included on plate as pasted-on details., Advertisements promote twelve of the businesses depicted with signage, as well as John M. Coleman, Importer of Sheffield and German Cutlery, Guns, Pistols, &c (209) and William White, Chemist, S.E. cor. Twelfth and Pine Sts. White's full-page advertisement contains testimonials and several lines of text describing the benefits of “White's Hair Regenerator, or Amber Gloss” and “White's Essence of Jamaica Ginger.” Most of the small advertisements include several lines of promotional text and ornamented type. Langdon & Co. quotes price of $1 to $5 for daguerreotypes and the Journal of the Fine Arts notes the merging of "The Messsage Bird," "Literary American," and "Musical Gazette" to form the periodical of "music, literature and art.", Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 10., LCP also holds trimmed duplicates depicting South side [P.2008.34.16.5 and P.2006.1.21].
Portrait photograph album of Mary McPhilomy
Photographs predominantly depict the acquaintances and relatives of the McPhilomy family of Philadelphia, including men, women, and children. Most are bust-length portraits, with a number of full-length portraits, including a couple in bathing wear, children in sailor suits, and women fashionably attired and holding fans and purses. Many of the women and girls wear jewelry. Also includes images of a priest, a nun, a display of religious floral decorations; a sepulchral monument; a religious allegorical scene; a reproduction of a framed testimonial with portrait photograph vignettes; and a photo-collage portrait showing a man driving a horse-drawn wagon., Sitters include Mary, John and Frank McPhilomy; Rev. Mother Louis Gonzaga of the Sisters of Notre Dame (Boston); members of the Logue family, including Charles Logue; David Mulcahy (died March 31, 1876); Al. Schaff; members of the Bradford family, including John Bradford; John Keenan; members of the Sacriste family, including Mr. and Mrs. Sacriste and Hortense Sacriste White., Chromolithographed title page: The Photographic Album. Philadelphia. J.B. Lippincott & Co., [ca. 1875]., Embossed leather binding with gold stamping., Spine embossed and stamped: Photographs., Inscribed: To Miss Mamie McPhilomy with compliments of the season, Dec 25 1875. D.P.M. E.S.C., Various photographers, including A. P. Beecher of Wilmington, De.; L. S. Griffin of Jersey City, N.J. and B. Frank Saylor & Co. of Lancaster, Pa. and Philadelphia photographers, including George W. Evans, Gilbert & Bacon, and O. B. De Morat., Several sitters identified by inscriptions on mount or album page. Some misidentified due to the relocation and removal of photographs., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Binding in poor condition. Album housed in phase box.
Bound volume of portrait plates issued between circa 1804 and 1831 from various publications, including "Mechanics Magazine"; "New British Lady's Magazine"; and the compliation "Boxiana or Sketches of Antient [sic] and Modern Pugilism" (London: George Virtue, 1829). Portraits depict prominent and celebrity European figures, predominantly from Great Britain, including clergymen, legislators, entertainers, scientists and inventors, royalty and pugilists. Plates include full-length, half-length, and bust-length portraiture, with some containing backgrounds, props, or ornate borders. Portraits of religious figures predominantly published by London publishers F. Westley and Westley & Davis and arranged in alphabetical order by sitter's name. Portraits of legislators, celebrity and other prominent figures predominantly published by London publishers Fisher Son & Co. and J. Robins & Co. and arranged in alphabetical order by sitter's name. Portraits of pugilists predominantly published by G. Smeeten and Sherwood, Jones & Co. and most arranged in alphabetical order by sitter's name. Volume also includes a title page and views titled "The John Bull Fighters Splendid Silver Cup" and "A Sparring Match at the Fives Court" from the Pierce Egan's "Boxiana" series originally published in parts in 1813 and later as volumes between 1818 and 1828., Sitters include reverends George Burder (Senior Secretary of the London Missionary Society), William Milne (Late Missionary to the Chinese), David Stuart (Theological Tutor of the Irish Evangelical), and Robert Vaughan; physician Carl Linnaeus; inventor Sir Richard Arkwright; Queen Caroline; statesman John Wilson Croker; authors Madame De Genlis, Madame De Stael, and Hannah More; (Victoria Mary Louisa) Duchess of Kent; George I, II, III, and IV; performers Josephine Girardelli and Anna Maria Tree; architect Peter Nicholson; Whig politician Thomas Spring Rice; and chemist William Hyde Wollaston. Sitters also include pugilists Peter Crawley; Dick Curtis; Josh Hudson; Tom Owen; Ned Painter; Dutch Sam (i.e., Samuel Elias); Ned Turner; and black pugilists Bill Richmond and Tom Molyneux., Title from stamp on spine., Inscribed on front free end paper: R. B. bind as arranged., Pages numbered in ink in upper left corner., Inscribed on verso of portrait of ‘His Most Gracious Majesty, George Augustus-Frederick The Fourth” (p. 110): On Celebrated Englishmen, Various artists and engravers, including George Cruikshank; Isaac Robert Cruikshank; Fenner, Sears & Co.; W. T. Fry; W. Hollins; Thomas Lawrence; R. Page; W. T. Page; George Parker; Sherwood, Jones & Co.; J. R. Wildman; and J. W. Wright., Publishers include Knight & Lacey; George Smeeton; F. Westley; Westley & Davis; T. Williams; and Williams & Smith., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Added to African Americana Digital Collection through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
[Print with ornate border containing vignettes representing the seasons]
Border frames unprinted area and includes allegorical vignettes representing summer, fall, winter, and spring interspersed among floral details. Shows summer as a female figure holding a cornucopia and flanked by a cherubic-like figure holding a bundle of wheat; fall as male and female figures holding a basket of fruit, a goblet, and a baton adorned with a pine cone; winter as an older, bearded male blowing wind from his mouth accompanied by an older female figure in a hooded robe; and summer as a near nude male figure holding a wreath of flowers beside a female figure in Roman garb on whose finger a bird is perched. Vignettes also include a ribbon pictorial detail that envelopes the figures. Unprinted area contains glue residue., Inscribed lower left corner: 121., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Border frames unprinted area and includes allegorical figures representing summer, fall, winter, and spring. Shows summer as young peasant girl lying on a pile of hay and holding a sickle; fall as a peasant lad holding a bottle of wine and a goblet; winter as an older woman, attired in kerchief, overcoat, and hand muff seated in front of a tree; and spring as a partially-draped, nudewoman placing flowers in her hair. Also contains pictorial details depicting flower bushes, grape vines, shrubbery, and clusters of fall fruits and winter and summer landscape views. Unprinted area contains glue residue., Inscribed upper left corner: 56., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Proof of sheet music cover depicting a kangaroo]
Shows kangaroo on a dirt path lined with bushes., Inscribed lower right corner: 155., Title supplied by cataloger., Knirsch worked in Philadelphia between 1858 and circa 1861., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Proofs after plates from McKenney and Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America"]
Series of three proof, possibly trial, prints after plates from the seminal work about early 19th-century Native American culture containing 117 portraits, several after paintings by Charles Bird King. Depicts No. 3 "Mo-Hon-Go, An Osage Woman"; No. 4 Shar- I-Tar-Ish, A Pawnee Chief; and No. 6 "Se-Quo-Yah, Inventor of the Cherokee Alphabet." Plates possibly trials for the Rice & Rutter edition published 1865-1870., Title supplied by cataloger., Contain registration marks., Contain plate numbers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Proofs from specimen album loose prints collection]
Contains proofs, primarily of advertising vignettes, depicting views of factories and storefronts predominantly in Ohio. Businesses depicted include manufacturers of saddlery hardware, "burial cases," sewing machines, and glass; dealers of liquor, dairy supplies, wallpaper and painter supplies; and engravers, printers, and lithographers. Vignettes often include street and pedestrian traffic. Prints also show portraits of men, women, and children; genre and satiric scenes, including the character "Uncle Remus" designed for trade cards; pictorial and border details designed for certificates, labels, and billheads; machinery and transportation vehicles; trademarks and seals; and a rocking chair. Series also contains a reward of merit designed as a stock certificate and an uncut sheet of six illustrations titled in German. Illustrations primarily depict historical and religious scenes, including the conversion of Saint Eustace., Title supplied by cataloger., Various printers, including H.J. Toudy & Co. and W.J. Morgan & Co., Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Prospect from Ridgeland, Fairmount Park, Phila. [graphic] / A.K.
Lithograph showing the landscape of West Fairmount Park near Ridgeland, the dwelling built as a farmhouse for William Couch between 1752 and 1762. A woman stands on the porch of the dwelling watching two children drag a tree branch toward the house. A man approaches a bench and cluster of trees nearby. Includes the outlines of Belmont Mansion and Girard College in the distance. Dwelling sold to the city of Philadelphia in 1869., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets.
Folio volume of panoramic views of businesses on the 200-900 blocks of Chestnut Street and corresponding pages of advertisements. Also contains a preface, which details that inclusion in the directory required subscription to or purchase of the volume; the intention to "issue the Panoramic View annually"; and the publisher's endeavor to correct all lettering errors "upon the publication of the second edition." Volume also includes interspersed full-, half- and, one-third-page advertisements for business subscribers tenanting, as well as not located on Chestnut Street. Publisher issued only the 1851 directory., Predominantly depicted and promoted businesses include carpet dealers; confectioneries; daguerreotypists; druggists and patent medicine dealers; engravers, printers, and publishers; hotels; jewelers; millineries and clothiers; musical instrument dealers; and tailors. Plates also show the State House, Congress Hall, City Hall, Barnum's Museum, and residences. Full-, half- and one-third page advertisements advertise a variety of businesses, including patent medicines, artificial limbs, essence of coffee, marble manufacturers, and printers and publishers. Majority of advertisements contain ornamented type and lines of advertising text. Several also contain wood-engraved pictorial details. Some panoramic views contain pasted-on details representing signage., Cover printed in gilt on blue paper and contains an ornamental border., Engravers and printers include C. C. Hooker and Henry A. Brown., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box., See also albums - Rae [P.2008.34.16] and Rae - Chestnut Street [1322.F] loose prints.
In ravine near Sweet Briar Fairmount Park, Phila. [graphic] / A.K.
Lithograph showing a stream flowing downhill and split around large rocks in a wooded area on Sweet Briar estate in West Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. Includes a rabbit near the water's edge in the right foreground., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
[Residential New York street]
Album page containing a drawing of a residential New York Street scene with a traveller on horseback conversing with a man near a house., Title supplied by cataloguer., Possibly by Amy Matilda Cassey.
Right Revd. Francis Xavier Gartland. First Bishop of Savannah Ga.
Three-quarter length portrait showing the Dublin-born bishop and former Philadelphia vicar-general, attired in his robes and vestments, and seated. He holds the Bible in one hand. The back of his ornate chair is partially visible. Gartland served as bishop of Savannah 1850-1854., Inscribed lower right corner: 141., Contains clerical seal "Episcopus Savannensis" below the image., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Boell operated from 311 Walnut Street from 1860 to 1865.
[Rose with open scroll]
Album page containing an incomplete drawing of a spray of red rose behind a blank open scroll., Title supplied by cataloguer., Possibly by Amy Matilda Cassey.
Ruclius & Kinlzbach doll manufacturers Philadelphia.
Trade card containing a whimsical border composed of depictions of dolls. Includes harlequins, Punch, and dolls attired in Arabic, peasant, and traditional costume., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
S. A. Hagner, saddle harness and trunk manufactory, South (No.39) 8th St. 1st Door above Chesnut [sic] Philada.
Trade card for manufacturer Samuel A. Hagner containing a vignette of a horse and oval frame with leaf details. Hagner remained in the trade until circa 1850., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F].
Saturday jaunts :
Volume composed of reprinted "Saturday Jaunts" columns (spring and summer 1891) and 25 photographs documenting the one-day excursions of the "Saturday Jaunters," employees of the Public Ledger in Philadelphia. Saturday Jaunters (identified with "monkish" pseudonyms) referenced in and authors of the columns include Bonifacius (William E. Meehan), Benedict (Addison B. Burk), Chrysostum (Joel Cook), Angelo (John J. Mckenna), Damon (Charles S. Spangler), Photius (Edmund Stirling), Friar Tuck (Edward Robinson), Constantius (Stephen J. Burke), Pius (Israel F. Sheppard), Sacristan (C. Johann), Fabian (Dr. William H. Burk), Medicus, Ananias (Collins W. Walton), Titian (John A. Johann), Cephas (Peter J. Heborn), and Brother Alban (Captain Robert C. Clipperton). Contains the columns: I. Marble Hall and Spring Mill. II. A Visit to the Coal Fields of Pottsville. III. A Trip along Cresheim Creek and the "Happy Valley." IV. A Roundabout Journey to Edge Hill. V. A Pilgrimage through the Gulf and to Belvoir. VI. A Pilgrimage through the Gulf and to Belvoir (Continued). VII. A Pleasant Pilgrimage into New Jersey. VIII. A. Walk Up the Wissahickon Valley. IX. A Trip to Reading and Its Grand Environs. X. The Soapstone Quarries and Rockdale. XI. Villanova and Its Vicinity. XII. Glimpses from a Car window of a Picturesque Country. XIII. A Trip to Mount Gretna and the Cornwall Ore Banks., Columns, signed by the author, reference the attending jaunters; describe their routes taken by foot, train (Reading Railroad), elevated rail, and coal cars; and provide stories, myths, and histories of the botany, geology, fauna, and architecture of the locales and sites visited. Specific sites and landmarks described in detail include Marble Hall marble pit; Spring Mill (Schuylkill Valley); Reading Coal and Iron Company; Livezey's meadow and Devil's Glenn (Wissahickon Valley); the "Great Valley," i.e., Chester, Plymouth, and Whitemarsh valleys; George Bullock's former land and mill (Gulf Creek); Plymouth Quaker Meeting House; Belvoir Estate on the summit of Sandy Hill; "Crystal" and Cold springs (Laurel Springs, Camden County, N.J.); Norristown Railroad Bridge; John Kelpius's log cabin and caves (Germantown); Rittenhouse Mill on Monoshone Creek; McKinney's Quarry (Wissahickon); Neversink Mountain; Bear Inn (Reading); Rockdale picnic grounds; Barren Hill; Augustinian College (i.e., Villanova University); monastery and church of the Augustinian Fathers at Villanova; Berks, Lebanon, Schuylkill, Columbia, Northumberland and Union counties; Port Carbon; and Cornwall Ore Bank Company. Columns also report about the railroad and industrial officials who provided tours and served as guides; "Photius"'s photographs; jaunter's scientific, philosophical, and literary discussions, including the plant life, flora, and fauna of the Wissahickon, the geology and landscapes of the Schuylkill and Lebanon valleys, and Potsdam sandstone; and jaunter's activities including fishing, collecting arrowheads, and playing baseball. Columns also report about the jaunters more colloquial conversations, including the three different Indian Rock hotels and Joseph “Rooty” Smith root museum on the Wissahickon and the Mt. Gretna Farmer's Encampment Association annual encampment (August 16-22, 1891)., Photographs taken by "Photius," (i.e., Edmund Stirling) a photographer by avocation, depict group portraits of the "jaunters" and their families during excursions; a summer home in Chestnut Hill; a Marble Hall pit; Pottsville coal mine; a tree in the Plymouth Meetinghouse yard; a Germantown cave where Johann Kelpius or his followers resided; cascades, creeks, and streams in "Happy Valley," Laurel Springs, and the Wissahickon; Mt. Gretna train station; and a portrait of "jaunter" Alban, i.e., Robert C. Clipperton, attired in walking gaiters, and a handkerchief under his hat during the Villanova jaunt., Tan leather binding stamped "Saturday Jaunts" on spine., Includes illustrated title page containing the figure of a plump monk, in his robes, and holding a pipe., Names of jaunters supplied from unillustrated edition in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Vd. 503)., Photographs annotated: H [number]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Edmund Stirling, born September 13, 1861 in Philadelphia, began his career in the newspaper trade as a reporter in his later teens. By the 1890s, he started his avocation of photography and worked as an editor at the Public Ledger. Stirling was also active in the Photo-Secession Movement and a member of several other clubs in addition to the "jaunters," including the Photographic Society of Philadelphia, the Pen and Pencil Club, and Manufacturer's Club. He was married to Anne J. Biddle, who also practiced photography. The couple had one son, Charles Biddle, who died in infancy.
Scenery on the Pennsylvania Railroad
Album of photographs documenting the Philadelphia, Middle, and Pittsburgh divisions of the Pennsylvania Railroad, incorporated in 1846. The consolidated company sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh through the Allegheny mountains in order to compete with the Erie Canal for freight traffic. In 1854, rail passage through the Alleghenies via the "Horse Shoe Curve" was achieved and spurred the establishment and growth of the several towns depicted along the route., Photographs depict stations, sites, landmarks, and landscape and townscape views along the Pennsylvania Railroad. Titles include No. 1 Ardmore Station ; No. 2 Bryn Mawr Station; No. 3 Bridge at Conways at Conewago; No. 5 Mount Union; No. 6 Susquehanna Bridge at Rockville (i.e., first bridge replaced in 1877); No. 7 Track Tank; No. 8 Jack Narrows; No. 9 Triple Track; No. 12 Bryn Mawr Hotel; No. 13 Coatesville Bridge; No. 16 Powers Run Allegheny River; No. 21 Sample track near Harmersville; No. 25 East from Harmersville; No. 26 Butler; No. 29 On the Kiskimenitus below Leechburg; No. 36 Greensburg near Huffs; No. 39 Hawkins; No. 40 West of Derry; No. 41 East of Morgan; No. 42 West of Beattys Station; No. 43 Monastery West of Latrobe; No. 44 1 1/2 miles East of S. W. Penna.; No. 46 Westmoreland Coal Co.; No. 47 Braddocks, Port Perry and Steel Works; No. 48 Westmoreland Landscape; No. 49 Stewarts Sample Track; No. 50 Section of Y at Walls; No. 51 Greensburg Station ; No. 53 West of Pack Saddle; No. 55 Lockport; No. 56 Below Conemaugh Furnace; No. 58 Cresson (Panorama); No. 61 Allegheny Tunnel , Galitzen; No. 64 Soap Fat; No. 57 Cresson (Panorama); No. 59 Kittanning from McGarveys; No. 65 Pulpit Rock; No. 67 From McKees Gap; No. 76 Bellefonte; No. 78 Mill Hall; No. 79 Birmingham; No. 80 Union Furnace and Station ; No. 81 Spring Creek; No. 82 Allegheny Tunnel; No. 83 Tyrone and Clearfield; No. 84 Grade on the Tyrone and Clearfield; No. 85 Bellefonte Gap;, No. 86 Mule Shoe and Deep Fill; No. 88 Pack Saddle East; No. 90 Logan House, Altoona, Pa.; No. 96 Jack Narrows, Mapleton; No. 97 Entrance to Jack Narrows; No. 98 Reservoir; No. 99 Bedford Springs; No. 100 View from Bedford Springs; No. 101 Bedford from Wickershams; No. 102 Below Bedford, Devils Backbone; No. 103 Bedford; No. 104 McVeytown Station; No. 105 Mount Dallas; No. 106 Mapleton; No. 107 Huntington; No. 108 Tuscarora Valley; No. 109 Sentinel Rock; No. 110 Tyrone Forges; No. 113 Standard Track, Lewistown Narrows; No. 114 From Centre of Susquehanna Bridge; No. 115 Terrace Mountain, Mill Creek; No. 116 From West End of Susquehanna Bridge; No. 117 Upper Mann's; No. 118 Lewistown Narrows; No. 119 Susquehanna Bridge; No. 121 Standard Track at Newport; No. 123 Across the Allegheny; No. 127 General View of Bryn Mawr; No. 124 Saltzburg; No. 130 Bryn Mawr; No. 131 Bryn Mawr; No. 138 Irwin Station; No. 139 Sample Track, Wynnewood Station ; No. 140 Haverford College; No. 142 Haverford College Station; No. 147 Bridge at Columbia [Wrightsburg?] Pa.; No. 148 Wayne Station; No. 151 Terminus at Delaware City; No. 154 Harrisburg from Fort Washington ; No. 150 Chiques (i.e., Chickie's Rock); No. 153 Henry Clay, Chiques and Marietta; No. 158 Landenburg; No. 159 Columbia Tunnel; and No. 162 Louella Residence of J. Henry Askin, Photographs include railroad tracks, locomotives and railcars, railroad equipment, bridges, tunnels, rock formations, mountains, passes, mills, furnaces, coal and steel works, hotels, Victorian-style residences, wooden dwellings and sheds, canal houses and canals, telegraph poles, townscape, farmsteads, marshland, rivers, and wooden fences. Several images, particularly views of stations, also depict posed figures, including an African American man at the Haverford College Station (No. 140). Details in other photographs include rail tracks with a water trough (No. 7); amateurishly hand-painted advertising text on a wood fence (No. 36); the "Exchange Hotel" near the Allegheny Tunnel in Galitzen (No. 61); men seated on the cow catcher of a partially visible locomotive at the grade on the Tyrone and Clearfield (No. 84); a gazebo-style pavilion at Bedford Springs (No. 199); oil tanks and drums (No. 123); the Pennsylvania Gas Coal Co. Office, a pedestrian bridge crossing over a creek, and the “Tom Smith Peanut Man” shed near Irwin Station (No. 138); the “Columbia” barge (No. 147); a "Water-Line of Boston" sailing vessel at the terminus at Delaware City (No. 151); the Martin Landenburger mill in Landenburg (No. 158); and the greenhouse attached to the residence on the Louella estate in Wayne (No. 162)., Photographer's imprint inscribed in negative of several of the photographs: F. Gutekunst, Philada. or F. Gutekunst, Photogr., Philada., Date inferred from publication date of stereographs with similar content by the photographer. See stereo - Gutekunst - Views [P.9058.1-.142]., Photograph No. 4, 10-11, 14-15, 17-20, 22-24, 27-28, 30-35, 37-38, 45, 52, 54, 60, 62-63, 66, 68-75, 77, 87, 89, 91-95, 112, 120, 122, 125-126, 128-129, 132-137, 141, 143-146, 149, 152, 155-157, 160-161 not included in album., Inscribed in pencil upper right corner on mount of photograph No. 1: 40 guards., Inscribed in pencil below image on mount of photograph No. 1: about 1876., Inscription in pencil below title on mount of photograph No. 147: Wrightsburg. “Columbia” in title circled., See Gutekunst (Pennsylvania Railroad) research file., Gift of the Greer family in memory of David St. John Greer who after starting as a co-op student at Drexel University spent his working life with the Pennsylvania Railroad with the exception of a period of service with the U.S. Navy during WWII., Gutekunst, a prominent Philadelphia photographer, published a series of Pennsylvania Railroad views stereographs in 1875.
Schuylkill River above Fairmount Dam, Philada. in 1843. [graphic] / A.K. 1878.
Lithograph showing the profile of an older man sitting on a hill high above the Schuylkill River above Fairmount Dam. Men ride horseback closer to the water's edge, large barges carry materials, and people recreate in small rowboats on the Schuylkill River. Also shows a large dwelling in the distance and smoke billowing from a building on the opposite bank of the dwelling., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Schuylkill River below the falls, Fairmount Pk. Phila. [graphic] / A.K.
Lithograph showing a man with a book sitting on a large rock near a towering rock formation on the edge of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. Includes a dog curled up on the ground nearby, people in rowboats on the river, and a dwelling on the edge of the river in the right background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park , Phila. (Columbia Bridge) [graphic].
Lithograph showing people in rowboats on the Schuylkill River in the foreground and the Columbia Bridge in the background. One of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, it was completed in 1834 after the designs of engineer John C. Trautwine for use by the Reading Railroad Company., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Scrapbook compiled by Philadelphia socialite Minnie Campbell Wilson (neé Harris) primarily containing ephemera from luncheons, suppers, university class days, and other high society social events. Events attend by Harris include dances and recitals at Wissahickon Inn; receptions, club socials, and a gymnastics exhibition at Princeton University; class days at Harvard, Brown, Princeton, and University of Pennsylvania (1885-1891); a Cricket Ball (1888); Authors Dance for the benefit of the School of Industrial Art and Pennsylvania Museum (1890); U.S.S. New York launching at Cramp's Shipyard (1891); and "supper at the Stratford after seeing [Sarah] Bernhardt given by Charles Lea, Feb. 1891." Ephemera includes programs, invitations, menus, and place, dance, holiday, and tally cards. Majority of the cards are printed, with some designed by hand. Holiday cards often depict religious, sentimental, and genre imagery, including children, animals, flowers, landscapes, and costumed and historical figures., Scrapbook also contains ribbons; die-cut tokens, including girl-shaped calendars and the story "Rosy Cheeks"; newspaper clippings, including Semple-Watson, Philler-Winsor, and Frothingham-Harris wedding announcements; correspondence to Harris from her father while abroad in San Francisco, New Zealand, and Hawaii (1870-1872) and from her brother while visiting their grandmother in New York (1870?); Harris's 1878 "American School Diary" of her grades; a striped tissue paper coverlet; a needle work sampler stitched "Susy"; a watercolor marine view "by Arthur Hoff '89"; a telegraph message envelope; a family group portrait photograph; and trade cards and advertising circulars and booklets. Trade cards and advertisements promote "The Philadelphia Weekly Press" (designed as a miniature edition); "The History of Jumbo"; Enoch Morgan's Sons Co . Sapolio soap (authored by Bret Harte); the Church Book Store (Philadelphia), Ballard House Exchange Hotel (Richmond, Va.), and Higgins German Laundry soap., Inscribed on verso of front cover: M. C. Harris. January 1892. Scrap book., Provenance and date of some contents indentified by brief inscriptions., Printers include New York firms Donaldson Brothers, E. P. Dutton & Co., and Frederick A. Stokes Company; Boston firm L. Prang & Co.; and Berlin firm W. Hagelberg., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box., Gift of Elizabeth McClean., Inventory available at repository., Mary Campbell Harris (known as Minnie), daughter of U.S. Naval Commander Thomas Cadwalder Harris (1826-1875) and Mary Louisa Bainbridge Jaudon (1835-1914), was born in New York on December 27, 1862. Descended from Commodore William Bainbridge and Thomas Harris, the first surgeon-general of the United States Navy, Harris and her family resided in Philadelphia by 1866. In 1893, she married John L. Wilson (b. 1850), later treasurer of Coal Land Corporation and the couple resided in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood. Harris was active in the Sedgely Club and often attended and held card parties, teas, and luncheons noted in the local press. Harris spent her later years residing in Bryn Mawr where she died circa 1948.
Scrapbook possibly compiled by Fanny Keene containing trade cards, sentiment cards, holiday cards, rewards of merit, die cut and embossed scraps, and a temperance pledge card primarily issued in New England. Majority of the contents are chromolithographs and some contain trompe l'oeil, embossed, die cut and overlay designs. Pictorial themes include landscape, marinescape, seasonal, residential and genre views; women and children; fruits and flowers; animals (cats, dogs, mice, and birds); comic scenes; and portraiture, including Frances Folsom Cleveland. Several of the holiday cards contain religious passages and sentiments and several of the trade cards advertise sewing machines, patent medicines, soaps, and J. & P. Coats thread. Scrapbook also contains series of Arm & Hammer (i.e., Church & Dwight Co.) trade cards depicting different species of birds., Other business establishments and products advertised include A. Stowell & Co., jewelers (Boston); California Fig Syrup Co.; C. F. Santelle, stationery (Rockland, Me.); C. I. Hood & Co., tooth powder; Electric Lustre Starch; E. W. Hoyt & Co., cologne; F. M. Evertleth, M. D., druggist (Waldoboro, Me.); Household Sewing Machine Company; Ingall's Throat and Lung Specific; Kendall Mfg. Co. soapine; Lydia E. Pinkham; Mansion House (Troy, N.Y.); Munson's 99 Cent Store (Boston, Ma.); The New Home Sewing Machine; R. H. Stearns & Co., department store; Rush's Sasparilla and Iron; Stickney and Poor's Mustard; M. A. Packard & Co., shoes; Vegetine; W. H. Levansaler & Co., wool; and Whittemore, Bros & Co, shoe gloss., Blue paper binding printed in color with a marinescape view and pictorial and border details. Also contains chromolithograph overlay showing a young lady carrying a basket., Some of contents inscribed Fanny Keene, Jessie Keene, Mrs. Annie Leland., Printers include New England and Mid West firms Bufford; Calvert Lith. Co; Crosker & Co.; Donaldson Brothers; Knapp & Co.; Mayer, Merkell & Ottman; and W. J. Morgan & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box.
Scrapbook compiled by Philadelphia socialite Minnie Campbell Wilson (neé Harris) containing primarily place, greeting, holiday and calling cards predominantly issued in the United Kingdom and the Northeast United States. Majority of the cards are printed and or chromolithographs, with a small number illustrated with drawings by hand. Many cards also contain ornate border details, embossing, and adornments, including ribbons, fringe, lace, a wishbone, and overlays. Contents also include die-cuts of fans, horse shoes, a spoon, a flamingo, one-quarter moon, a woman's leg, and a bird as a cover for a H. O. Neill & Co. illustrated hat catalog. Cards often depict sentimental and genre imagery including cupids, butterflies, flowers, vases and baskets; religious, historical and Asian-themed scenes, figures and/or decor; seasonal landscape views; women, children, and costumed figures; animals, including birds, chicks, dogs, and cats; and fruit. Other imagery includes two witches flying on brooms holding a "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" banner; London printer William Dickes series of women in native costume from Switzerland, Russia, and Norway; a holiday card that opens to a sledding scene of children holding letters spelling "Merry Christmas"; and a Valentine Day card showing a letter slot filled with valentines. Scrapbook also contains watercolors and drawings, trade cards, programs, menus, invitations, ribbons, photographs, etchings, newspaper clippings, including an announcement of the wedding of Adelaide Watson, and a post card from "cousin Will." Trade cards advertise businesses, including J. E. Caldwell & Co., Stephen F. Whitman & Son, P. Fleischner & Co., Sharpless & Sons, F. T. Howell & Co., A. Ripka & Bro., J. H. Way & Bro., and Automatic Signal Telegraph Co. containing four scenes showing a robbery and fire and police and fire department., Watercolors and drawings depict a woman attired in early 19th-century garb in a pumpkin patch, marinescapes, and an anthropomorphic frog. Photographs include a half stereograph showing a croquet match in front of a resort hotel and a photograph of Fifth and Walnut streets (Philadelphia) “taken by Chris in "88." Etchings include a portrait of an elderly man and one signed F. A. Stokes showing a man at a table. Other ephemera includes a hand-made tablet with a cover containing a watercolor depicting birds; a cloth padded bird figurine; a metamorphic playbill for the play "French Flats" at Union Square Theatre; a typewritten engagement announcement composed as a poem; a Christmas Hymnal booklet; handwritten word games, including 'Progressive Conversation"; a Pennsylvania Railroad "Old Point Comfort" tour schedule; and a train schedule scrap annotated with a doodle and inscribed text., Black binding, stamped on cover: Scrapbook., Label pasted on verso of cover: Patent Back Scrap Book. Pat. March 28, 1876., Inscribed on front free end paper: Minnie Campbell Harris Philadelphia. January 12, 1887., Provenance and date of majority of contents indentified by brief inscriptions. Provenances include Nannie (i.e., Mary Jaudon) Harris, Lucy and Susan Jaudon, Mai Philler, Carrie (i.e., Caroline) Biddle, and Helen Morton., Printers include Philadelphia firms Craig, Finley & Co., Dreka, Rowley & Chew, and Sunshine Pub. Co.; Boston firm L. Prang & Co.; and British and Irish firms William Dickes, Marcus Ward & Co., and Eyre & Spottiswoode., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box., Gift of Elizabeth McClean., Inventory available at repository., Mary Campbell Harris (known as Minnie), daughter of U.S. Naval Commander Thomas Cadwalder Harris (1826-1875) and Mary Louisa Bainbridge Jaudon (1835-1914), was born in New York on December 27, 1862. Descended from Commodore William Bainbridge and Thomas Harris, the first surgeon-general of the United States Navy, Harris and her family resided in Philadelphia by 1866. In 1893, she married John L. Wilson (b. 1850), later treasurer of Coal Land Corporation and the couple resided in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood. Harris was active in the Sedgely Club and often attended and held card parties, teas, and luncheons noted in the local press. Harris spent her later years residing in Bryn Mawr where she died circa 1948.
[Scrapbook of ephemera]
Scrapbook containing tickets, invitations, textile and perfume labels, tokens, and trade cards, primarily issued in Philadelphia. Contents include images of buildings, genre scenes, and allegorical figures. Many of the items also include ornate borders. Materials document University of Pennsylvania medical department courses; a picnic at Mr. John F. Parke’s Grove (1853); Pennsylvania Horticultural Society events, including admittance for a "Lady to the Stated Meetings", bazaars, and Christmas Eve party; the Baltimore Assemblies; admittance to the Great Central Fair (1864) and Hillebrand & Lewis Gymnastic Institute; Mr. & Mrs. John A. McAllister Wooden Wedding (1861-1866); and a shooting match at glass balls at Union Hotel (1881). Scrapbook also contains advertising souvenirs from the Centennial Exhibition (1876); trade cards for Pennsylvania and Atlantic coast businesses; a calling card for Joseph E. Francis annotated with ink sketched figures; landscape views with a fishing scene, and a locomotive; receipts issued for pew rent to St. Paul’s Church, membership to the Athenaeum, and fines owed to the Library Company (1848); and an illustrated check for the Hibernian Society, billhead for T. Sharpless & Sons, and advertisement for [Edwin S.] Johnston’s New Self Locking Clock Spring Shade Roller., Other Philadelphia businesses represented include S.A. Hagner, saddle harness and trunk manufactory; John Dorff, silver plater and gilder; Sheble, Smith & Co., successors to R.L. Barnes, map publishers and mounters; Godey’s Lady’s Book Publishing Company; Geo. J. Burns, printer; Smith & Co. Globe Bazaar auction house; Johnson & Smith, type founders (formerly Binney & Ronaldson); and John H. Brown & Co., dry goods. Non-Philadelphia businesses include Cataract House (Niagara Falls); Globe Hotel (New York); Wilmington Boarding School for Girls (Samuel Hilles); Ash’s Patent Five Slit United States Government Pen; E. Kenny, architect (Brooklyn); Works of P. & F. Corbin (New Britain, Ct.); T. H. Pollock, organ builder and David B. Prosser, saddles and harness (Richmond); M'Neal & Siegert, jeweler; and Gray & Bail, furniture., Red cloth binding, stamped in gilt on cover: Photographs., Some tickets signed by Joseph Leidy, University of Pennsylvania., Some contents inscribed with name of recipient or holder. Recipients and holders include W. J. (John) Holmes; James J. Magee, possibly James Magee, President of Westmoreland Coal Co. who previously worked at Binney & Ronaldson; John Matthews; T. J. Nichols & lady; [H.?]J. Sharpless; and J. C. Stewart., Engravers and printers include Brown (Ledger Building), J. H. Camp, Illman & Sons, Geddes, M. & V. Harrison, J. Lea, W. Eaves, Major & Knapp, and Van Slyck & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box.
[Scrapbook of European views]
Scrapbook containing photographic and printed views of European cities, landmarks, and historical sites. Images depict the city and landscapes; castles, palaces, and estates; cathedrals and chuches; and hotels and resorts of Germany, Russia, Spain, Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Great Britain. Images also show bridges, sailing vessels, pedestrians and street traffic, persons on promenades, horse-drawn vehicles, waterways, mountains, and squares and parks. Views (interiors and exteriors) of prominent sites include Vienna Arsenal (as a museum - 1874); Crucis and Netley Abbeys; Chester Cathedral; Staffordshire-in-Arms; the resting place and residence of Wordsworth; tomb of the Lafayette family; the house and bedroom where Msr. Le Duc D'Orleans died; Ripon Cathedral; Haddon Hall; the Crescent (Buxton); Shangana Castle (includes notes by Smith about her "happy days" spent there and the death of Augustus William Heyman); and Peveril Castle. Also includes several Laurie & Whittle vues d'optique published by "act of parliament May 12, 1794" depicting views of European cities, including Venice, Rome, Madrid, Paris and Versailles, as well as a number of plates from F. Sinnett's "La France de nos jours" (ca. 1860). Views of the Wilhelm monuments at Charlottenberg; Derwentwater; Lausanne; and the Druid Stones are also included in the scrapbook., Title supplied by cataloger., Some items contain manuscript notes by Smith inscribed on mount or verso. Notes often detail personal memories., Various artists and photographers, including Alfred Lorens, G. Zocchi, Anth. Canale (Canaletto), M. Marieschi, J. Rigaud, J. Philippe, Asselineau, Chapuy, Wegelin, E. Dardoize, L. L. Raze, E. H. Buckler, T. Bailey, G. Hawkins, J. Croston, T. Allom, H. Gastineau, J. Brandard, W. Coles; L. Aspland, and W. Westall., Various engravers, including T. Bowles, Parr, J. Robert, J. Tinney, Johann Baptist Marie Chamouin, T. Speorli, S. Lacey, W. Le Petit, H. Adlard, W. Floyd, and W. Banks., Various printers and publishers, including Cuvillier, Lemercier, Laurie & Whittle, A. Hauser (Veith et Hauser), Destouches, Deroy, Bulla Freres et Jouy, Tirpenne, Jacottet, Spengler, Becquet frères, William Judson, A. LaRiviere, Day & Son, J. Gow, J. C. Bates, Newman & Co., James Gratton, and M & N. Hanhart., Forms part of M. Rebecca Darby Smith Scrapbooks Collection., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Scrapbook of original and printed art works]
Scrapbook containing predominantly original amateur art work, including watercolors, pencil works, and crayon drawings. Also contains engraved illustrations, photographic reproductions of paintings and sculptures, and lithographs. Subjects of the imagery include landscapes and marinescapes; scenes of rural life; portraiture of animals (birds, elephant, pig) and people; figure studies; allegorical figures; the work of Horatio Stone and Hortense Hazard; costume plates from "La France de nos jours" (1860); and religious and sentimental (courtship) scenes. Printed and inscribed titles include The Lion in Love; Masque d'Omphale; Polixene; Pâtre De Se. Saveur; Costumes Des Maconnaises; Costumes Des Bressannes; Une Bacchante; The Risen Redeemer; The Holy Family; The Trusty Servant; The Widow (painted by Smith's cousin J. L. Fisher); Blackbird and Thrush in Covert; Ceres; "The Highland soldier bidding adieu to his love"; "Pig-Pig-Pig"; La Maitress du Titian; and Japan Rose. Scrapbook also includes a crayon rubbing of the monumental brass on the tomb of Sir John Ratcliffe and Dame Alice at Crathwaite Church (Keswick, Cumberland); a series of French etchings satirizing the military; a photograph of the "Arsenal at Vienna"; and a trade card for the Interlaken Grand Hotel Victoria., Title supplied by cataloger., Few items removed., Many items contain corresponding inscriptions (often illegible) by the artist or inscriptions on verso by Smith explicating provenance., Various artists and engravers including P. Planat, H. Richter, W. Froden, Maurice, H. Moses, Hanlon, and G. Fairman., Various printers and publishers including George Baxter, Ducarme, Langlume, Auguste Bry, LeBlond & Co., Leighton Bros., Destouches, and Smith, Elder, & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Scrapbook of portraits]
Scrapbook containing portrait prints and photographs of American and European historical figures, dignitaries, and celebrities, including several images of Queen Victoria. Majority of portraits are cartes de visite depicting full or three-quarter length views, often also showing props, including balustrades, chairs, and backdrops. Sitters include Simon Cameron, Lord Byron, Lord Cranworth, Charlotte Cushman, the young Edward VII, Percy Fitzgerald, Joseph Hew[e]s, John Hogan, James Logan, Frederick Marryat, Michelangelo, D. L. Moody, Napoleon III, Winfield Scott, Rev. Cortlandt Van Rensselaer, Queen Victoria, Sir William Wilde, Lady Wilde, and Lord Wodehouse. Also contains a small number of unidentified portraits; patriotic song sheets illustrated with military leaders of No. 1 and No. 2 Arméee Française, including Felix Douay; and images of statuary, including the sculpture of Alexander Hamilton by Horatio Stone., Title supplied by cataloger., Some items identified by, or contain, manuscript notes by Smith inscribed on mount or verso. Notes often explicate provenance., Various artists, photographers, and engravers including A. Blaikely, D. J. Pound, F. Winterhalter, J. B. Longacre, F. Kearny, A. Bernoud, W. Behnes, O. A. Lawson, J. Horsburgh, M. B. Brady, John Sartain, J. Bonnet, O. W. Wilson, C. Herberth, and Fratelli Alinari., Various printers and publishers including George C. Leighton, John Wanamaker & Co., B. Rogers, Adam Waldie, and Morris pere et fils., Forms part of M. Rebecca Darby Smith Scrapbooks Collection., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Scrapbook of prints]
Scrapbook containing primarily engraved periodical illustrations issued between circa 1820 and 1852 from American publications, including "Wellman's Literary Miscellany" and "Sartain's Magazine." Illustrations predominantly depict sentimental, religious, and genre views, many after European paintings, and often including children and animals, predominantly dogs. Titles include The Village School; Sunday Morning; Samuel & Eli; The Invasion; Early Piety; Sunday Morning; Calumet, or the Christian Indian; Christ Healing the Sick; The Child and the Mastiff; The Reaper's Friend; Hawk and Dove; The Young Tutors; The Farmer's Daughter; Rural Life (Wellman's Literary Miscellany); Innocence and Roguery; The Magic Lake, a scene from The Pilgrim of Love, The Valley of Repose, and The Exiles at Babylon from Sartain's Magazine; The First Friend; and The Sermon on the Mount. Other illustrations, some vignette on mauve-colored paper, depict Philadelphia and regional landmarks, including Schuylkill Near Flat Rock; Gilpin Mills on the Brandywine; Andalusia, the seat of Nicholas Biddle, Esq.; The Residence of the Count de Survilliers (i.e., Joseph Bonaparte) Bordentown; Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia; and Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane. Also includes a tipped in miniature, embossed die cut of a vase of flowers., Patterned red paper binding., Artists and engravers include William Redmore Bigg; Thomas Birch; Hugh Bridport; J. G. Chapman; Thomas Doughty; George B. Ellis; Jean Augustin Franquelin; Hendemann; Illman & Sons; David G. Johnson; T. Kelley; J. B. Longacre; John B. Neagle; J. Holmes; F. Humphrys; W. Mason; John McArthur; Frederick Richard Pickersgill; J. W. Steel; Stuart & Fowler; W. E. Tucker; Henry Warren; Welch & Walter; Benjamin West; and Franz Winterhalter., Printers and publishers include Benjamin Rogers and Key & Biddle., Contains hand-colored title page printed "On stone by P.S. Duval's Lithy. Phila." and titled "Manchester Print Works. I. P. Wendell & Co. Philadelphia.", Some prints identified with title written in manuscript below image., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box., Contains several blank pages, many with glue marks.
Scrapbook containing predominantly clipped book and periodical illustrations, including a number of vignettes engraved by W. E. Tucker after the work of Thomas Birch, showing European and American landscapes and landmarks, animal portraiture, and genre and Biblical scenes. Landscape and landmark views mainly depict the Eastern United States and Great Britain. Titles include Passaic Falls; Bandit's Home; The Woodlands, near Philadelphia-Seat of J. Lisle Esq.; Philadelphia from the Elm Tree, Kensington; The Prison at Venice; Abbey Gate of St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk; The Little Irish Girl; The City of Pompeii; The Deluge; The Three Maries at the Tomb of Christ; The Residence of Samuel Breck Esq. on the Schuylkill; Barlborough Hall, Derbyshire; Church Street, St Paul's Church & the Cemetery Gate of St. Augustine's Monastery, Canterbury; The Happy Family; and Plate XV from a 1782 edition of Don Quixote. Several of the views contain persons on foot, images of estates or rural life, farm animals, and modes of transportation on land or sea. Animal portraitures depict birds, sheep, goats, cows, and a wolf. Scrapbook also contains early European landscape lithographs designed by J. Rothmuller and G. Englemann; a lithograph signed with the monogram JPL; illustrated title pages from Oliver Goldsmith's "The Traveler" and William Shenstone's "The School Mistress"; a portrait of Elizabeth Fry; cutouts depicting a tiger and a Moses-like figure; watercolor and gouache drawings of flowers, a butterfly and a ruins; a pressed feather; and three newspaper clippings referring to poets M. LaMartine, Lady Flora Hastings, and Felicia Hemans., Title supplied by cataloger., Label pasted on inside front cover: A. R. Poole, Fancy Stationer, 66 Chestnut St., Philada., Some pages contain paste marks from removed items., Various artists, including T. Doughty, T. Birch, J. V. Barber, P. Dewint, B. K. Fox, L. T. Lee, J. Martin, J. Rothmuller, Charles Barber, Joseph Fussell, R. Westall, G. S. Newton, A. Mosses, B. West, Geo. Shepherd, John Boaden, and Stothard., Various engravers, including W. E. Tucker, W. Miller, C. G. Childs, J. Lybrand, Hall, Charles Pye, Robert Brandard, Mottram, J. W. Steel, J. B. Longacre, E. Smith, J. Neagle, H. Adlard, Hamilton, and William Blake., Various printers and publishers, including Engelmann, Whittaker & Co., Joyce Gold, Pendleton, and Harrison & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Binding in poor condition., Mary Rebecca Darby Smith (1814-1886) was the daughter of Philadelphia Quakers Hannah Logan Fisher (1777-1846) and James Smith (d. 1826) and great great granddaughter of scholar and William Penn's secretary James Logan. Smith, known as an eccentric, never married and traveled widely from the mid to late 19th century. Between 1859 and 1886, she resided in Washington, D.C (1859-1861) and traveled to Europe (1860-1870; 1874-1876; 1880-1886), including the British Isles, Rome, Venice, Paris and St. Petersburg. She was also an autograph collector, author, poet, and socialite. Smith died and was buried in London in November 1886. Her estate was valued at over $30,000 and she left several bequests, including to the Library Company, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and friends throughout the East coast of the United States, Europe, and Russia.
[Scrapbook of prints and clippings]
Scrapbook containing primarily clipped book and periodical illustrations, as well as newspaper clippings from the 1820s to circa 1840. Illustrations predominantly depict portraits of prominent figures, including Capt. Nicholas Biddle and Gen. Anthony Wayne; landscapes, including Fairmount Water Works, Paris, and Italy; European dwellings; and genre, sentimental, and allegorical scenes, including depictions of children with animals, scenes of courtship, amusement, and solemnity; literary allusions; and a "Hen Humming Bird with her Nest of Eggs." Clippings, a number from the National Gazette, contain poems, parables, obituaries, biographical sketches, and literary references. Other topics include advice to save costs from the hardship of winter in Philadelphia, including lessening wages for servants and purchasing less butter at market; the importance of medical testimony; and a positive review of the recitation of a George A. Boker poem of war by Smith. Scrapbook also contains a silhouette of a soldier on horseback and tipped-in printed works, including the program for the wedding of Queen Victoria in 1840; ca. 1887 trade cards for the Au Bon Marche Paris department store; the 1857 illustrated songsheet "Come Whoam To thi Childer An Me"; and an 1845 newspaper clipping of an excerpt of "The Diary of a Young Mother" by Lady Willoughby, Title supplied by cataloger., Pasted on first page: Illustrated title page of edition of "Ladies Album. Published by R. De Silver, No. 110 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Illustration shows a young man playing a trumpet near a young woman reading, with her dog, along a riverbank., Manuscript notes in blue ink on first page: Rebecca D. Smith; The Injured and Persecuted One., Few pages contain paste marks from removed items., Various artists, including T. Birch, John Trumbull, F. Nash, C. Fielding, W. Brockedon, Strickland, J. C., T. Doughty; B. K. Fox, W. G. Wall, W. D. Fellows, and Richd. R. Smith., Various engravers, including P. Kearny, J. Warr, Jr., Edwin, C. G. Childs, Leney, Fairman & Childs, Tiebout, Porlier, G.B. Ellis, W. Woodruff, J. Lybrand, Peter Maverick, J. Hill, and Langton., Various printers and publishers, including Edwd. Parker, William Allen, F. Kearny, and Testu & Massin., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Binding in poor condition.
[Scrapbook with periodical illustrations, comic valentines, and patent medicine advertisements]
Eccentrically-arranged scrapbook predominantly containing newspaper clippings, patent medicine almanac advertisements, and comic valentines. Also contains scraps, trade cards, and labels. Clippings, many published in the sensational periodicals “National Police Gazette” and “Days' Doings” primarily depict illustrations of murders and violence, crimes and punishments, human curiosities, animal attacks, human peril, women in distress, evocative theatrical performances, acts of daring, cross dressing and comic scenes in silhouette. Illustrations include H. P. Peer's 1879 jump from the Niagara Falls bridge and a fight between the elephant "Bolivar" and a camel in Van Amburgh's menagerie. Patent medicine advertisements primarily promote the products of Barker's Horse, Cattle, and Poultry Powder; C. I. Hood's Sarsaparilla; Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pill; and E. S. Well's Rough on Rats. Valentines satirize various professions and gender and ethnic stereotypes, including a cook, music teacher, machinist, hatter, seamstress, “French nurse –(from Ireland)”; “novel reader,” “prudish young woman,” and “an old bore.” Also contains some sentimental and genre imagery, including mothers and children, children playing, and pets; landscape and cityscape illustrations; African American caricatures; Tobin trade cards depicting comical views of baseball players; an advertisement for The Electric Era/ German Electric Belt Agency (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Dalziel Brother illustrations of scenes from popular Charles Dickens novels like “Nicholas Nickleby”; chromoxylograph illustration from Aunt Matilda series “The Little Deserter” (McLoughlin Bros., ca. 1869); illustrated children's book covers; and a finely-designed chromolithographic advertisement depicting allegorical figures, flowers, and produce to promote gardens (Lowell, Mass.)., Small number of pages contain hand-coloring., Also originally included tucked-in partial editions of N.Y. newspapers issued in 1890. Issues housed in mylar and with scrapbook., Scrap depicting two racing horses and their jockeys pasted on back cover., Housed in phase box.
Sewing Machine Polka
Sheet music cover showing four well-dressed women in a finely-decorated parlor with a sewing machine. Two women, with a cat and sheet of paper at their feet, work at the machine in the center of the room. Near them another woman stands and observes as another woman across the room sews by hand while seated on a chair. In the background, skyline at dusk is visible through a large window with drawn-back drapery., Printed on recto: 5., Inscribed lower left corner: 51., See also proof before letters and color [P.9349.56b]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Sketchbook during New England summer excursion, July-August 1882]
Sketchbook containing predominantly life studies of animals in pencil, often composed as montages. Animals depicted include cows, dogs, chickens, and cats. Images include studies of heads, bodies, hooves, and joints, as well as full-length depictions, primarily cows, while grazing, wading in water, and lying in the grass. Other sketches show human figures, including probably Emily and Charles Moran; landscapes, including a panorama containing a factory; tree and flower studies; and a scene captioned "Destruction of Schenectedy by French & Indians. Attack at night. Cold and snow on the ground" bordered by a view of a couple seated on a bench near a lake. Also contains a small number of pasted in scraps containing studies of sheep, cows, and a landscape., Front outside cover inscribed: Moran., Some images include inscriptions, often illegible., Inside front cover inscribed: P. Moran, 1322 Jefferson St., Philadelphia, Penna.; 100 [Drawing?] Label for “A.A. Walker & Co., Importing Artist Colormen, 538 Washington St., Boston., Label pasted on inside front cover: A.A. Walker & Co., Importing Artist Colormen, 538 Washington St., Boston., Contains one dated sketch. Dated "Aug 29/82" and shows a landscape, including a pond., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See David Gilmore Wright, Domestic and wild: Peter Moran's images of America (Baltimore: Creo Press, 2010), vol. 1, 45, 71.
Sketchbook containing pencil and watercolor landscapes and marine views, and life studies of animals. Many of the landscapes and marines are identified with a date, title, and notes about color. Identified views include a landscape showing a hillside with rocks and foliage in "Portsmouth, N.H., July 30"; a lumber mill at "Pleasant Point, Portsmouth, N.H."; a ship at a pier in "Norwich - Con., Aug 18/82"; wood houses along the shoreline and a hillside lined with trees and bushes in 'Old York" (latter dated Aug. 7th/82); cows, and a ship at a wharf in "Gloucester Aug 12/82; landscape in "Concordville, N.H. [sic] Aug 1"; a sailing ship on the coast in "Gloucester, Aug 13/82"; the lighthouse "The Nubble, York Beach"; "Falls, Quinebaug River"; landscape, including a partial view of a roof in "Putnam, Con. Aug 17/82"; seaside view with residence at "Old York Aug 7/82 and Aug 8/82"; a laborer "Carting Sand, York Beach, Aug 8/82" into a cart hitched to bulls near a sleeping dog; a panoramic view of "Old York Aug 7/82," including buildings, a seated figure, and a sailboat; mountainside in "Gloucester Aug 14/82"; and "York Beach Aug 1/82." Unidentified sketches show bucolic residential and hillside views, cows grazing, wharf scenes, and studies of a gated fence, a cliff, and a bull standing and lying in the grass., Front outside cover inscribed: Moran., Several images dated, titled, or include inscriptions, often illegible., Inside front cover inscribed with several manuscript notes. Notes include: 36 [same back pack?] Elias Baker, York, Hamlin Maine; David Trowbridge, Eastford, Windom Co., Conn.; P. Moran, 1322 Jefferson St. Philadelphia; Ann Weston, Aug. 2nd; P. Moran. Also contains miniature sketches of human figures., Inside front cover stamped in blue ink: Frost Adams, Artists Materials, Boston., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See David Gilmore Wright, Domestic and wild: Peter Moran's images of America (Baltimore: Creo Press, 2010), vol. 1, 45, 71.
Sketchbook containing predominantly life studies of animals in pencil. Animals depicted include sheep, cows, horses, goats, dogs, frogs, and a pig. Some sketches are composed as scenes, including depictions of a herd of sheep in a hutch; sheep grazing by a tree on a farm; cows wading in water, and grazing near a creek by a bridge; and a family group of sheep, including a ram. Other sketches show a female figure carrying a bucket (Emily Moran?), landscapes, tree studies, a view of a barn and farm, detailed compositions of a saddle on the back of a horse and a dog laying in the grass, as well as a view, with manuscript notes about color, depicting a fire-ravaged area of forest . Also contains a small number of watercolors of landscapes and pasted in scraps containing sketched studies of sheep, a landscape, donkey, and pig., Some images include inscriptions, some partially legible, including about dimensions and color., Inside back cover contains faint sketch of possibly buildings., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See David Gilmore Wright, Domestic and wild: Peter Moran's images of America (Baltimore: Creo Press, 2010), vol. 1, 45, 71., Missing front cover.
[Specimens album]
Scrapbook of print specimens and proofs probably compiled by a printer associated with the Philadelphia lithographic firm Stein & Jones. Contains book and periodical plates and illustrations; sheet music covers; proof prints; collecting cards; trade cards (several glossed); bank notes, checks, billheads, and receipts; certificates; advertising calendars; and chromolithographed labels and scraps. Majority of contents include several plates from Thomas Allom's "China: In a Series of Views,..." (London, 1860), Albert Barnes's "Scenes and Incidents in the Life of the Apostle Paul" (Philadelphia, 1869), John Fleetwood's "The life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" (Philadelphia, 1871) and Daniel March's "Our Father's House , or The Unwritten Word" ((Philadelphia, 1871); illustrations and plates depicting genre, religious, sentimental, historical, natural history, scientific, and scenic views from children and gift books, and periodicals, including "Leila in England" and "Leila at Home" (Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1875-1880), "Peterson's Magazine" (plates engraved by Illman Brothers), "Ladies Companion," "Graham's Magazine," "Odd Fellow's Casket," "Transactions and Proceedings of American Entomological Society" and "Annals Lyceum of Natural History"; and several works printed by Stein & Jones and Cincinnati lithographers Klauprech & Menzel and Ehrgott & Fobriger, including trade cards, labels, tickets, invitations, certificates, receipts, checks, bank notes, sheet music covers, advertisements, and book illustrations., Bank notes, receipts, checks, and certificates document primarily Philadelphia and New York bank, coal, oil, steel, and real estate businesses, including Bank of Fashion, Belmont Petroleum Refinery, and Union College Bank. Trade cards, tickets, invitations, and labels represent primarily Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York, Cincinatti and Chicago businesses and organizations, including printers and art supply dealers; perfume, patent medicine, wine, dry goods, and clothing dealers; doctors and dentists; bankers and brokers; and manufacturers. The materials contain patriotic, agricultural, and transportation vignettes, views of buildings, anaglyptography (i.e., medal engraving), allegorical figures, and Centennial Exhibition (1876) imagery. Sheet music covers, predominantly printed by Ehrgott & Fobriger, depict mainly genre and Civil War scenes, portraiture, including images of entertainers, and advertisements such as "Sewing Machine Polka." Work by the Cincinatti lithographers also include several book illustrations depicting Ohio and Cincinnati asylums, institutes, seminaries, and landmarks, as well as uncut sheets of views of cemetery monuments for "The Cincinnati Cemetery of Spring Grove..." (Cincinnati, 1862). Several of the ephemera also printed by Grattan & Co., Theodore Leonhardt, and Wm. F. Murphy & Sons., Scrapbook also contains 1860s Berlin wool work patterns ("Peterson’s Ladies National Magazine"); ornate border print specimens, some with cut-out overlays; proofs and final states of textile, fruit, liquor, druggist labels, and tobacco labels printed predominantly by Stern, Jonas & Co. and Steng & Paxson and depicting romantic, patriotic, and mystical themes, including "I Am Free" logo illustrated with an African American man ; European prints, including plates from Bernard-Romain Julien "Cours Elementaire," and issued by German publisher A.H. Payne (some hand-colored); ca. 1855 Bowen & Co. plates of birds from "United States Pacific Rail Road Expedition and Survey"; color printed and numbered proof lithographs depicting Mo-Hon-Go; Shar- I-Tar-Ish; Se-Quo-Yah after plates in McKenney & Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America"; Philadelphia Sketch Club signage; portraits of Catholic bishops, celebrity and political figures, and lithographers Rudolph Stein and Alfred Jones; mechanical views printed by William Boell; job printing specimen vignettes depicting masonic, military, allegorical, and patriotic imagery, transportation views, women, entertainers, agriculture, buildings, animals, and machinery; collecting cards showing George and Martha Washington, Civil War generals, celebrities, including Lydia Thompson and Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosasea, wild life, Biblical animals, fashion, and satiric scenes; and chromolithographic scrap portraits of women., Stamped on spine: Specimens., Various artists, engravers, lithographers, and printers including Ackerman; John Alexander; Thomas Allom; William Boell; John T. Bowen,; Bowen & Co.; Byram & Slack; C. E. Wemple & Co.; Donaldson Brothers ; G. Dow; Ehrgott & Fobriger; Dominque Fabronius; Grattan & Co.; The Hatch Lith. Co.; Otto Knirsch; L. H. Bradford & Co.; Klauprech & Menzel; Theodore Leonhardt; London Printing and Publishing Company; McLaughlin Bros.; Antoine [Maurin?]; A.H. Payne; Prang & Co.; Rawdon, Wright & Hatch; William H. Rease; Sarony & Major; John Sartain; Samuel Sartain; R. Trembley; J. Shobe; Steng & Paxson; Stern, Jonas & Co.; A. B. Walter; and Wm. F. Murphy & Sons., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Index of general subjects illustrated available at repository., Several items found loose in album removed and housed separately., Gift of Margaret Robinson.
[Specimens album loose prints collection]
Collection of loose prints from a specimen album probably compiled by a printer once associated with the Philadelphia lithographic firm Stein and Jones. Contains chromolithographic art supplements and advertising specimens; proof sheets; checks, bank notes billheads, and receipts; trade cards and labels; vignette specimens; proof sheets; and illustrations. Businesses and trades represented include banks, manufacturers, and the textile industry. Collection also includes a proof of a trade catalog for gas pipe fittings; job work, including an 1877 broadside for an "Assessor's Registry of Voters" of a Philadelphia ward; an advertising print for the Walnut Street House (Cincinnati, Oh.); and a sheet music cover containing a landscape view., Title supplied by cataloger., Various printers, including Simeon Boerum; Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co.; Geo. S. Harris & Sons; J. Ottmann; and Wm. F. Murphy Sons., Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Sweet Briar Mansion, in 1843. (In Fairmount Park) [graphic].
Lithograph showing horses galloping and drinking water in front of the former country house of Philadelphia merchant and politician Samuel Breck built in 1797 in West Fairmount Park. Two men stand and talk in front of the mansion in the background. Includes a view of another dwelling in the right background. Sweet Briar was incorporated into the park in 1869 and remodeled in 1870 for use as a children's restaurant. Also known as the Samuel Breck House and Sweetbrier., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
[Textile labels advertising Ginghams, and Balmoral skirts]
Series of illustrated textile labels for Fulton and Clyde Ginghams, and Raleigh's, J. P. Buggy, and Fairbrook Mills balmoral skirts. Illustrations depict Robert Fulton seated in front of a view of a steamboat on the water; a Scottish hunter attired in a kilt and accompanied by a dog; a fashionably-attired couple seated in a pavilion; individual women in winter attire lifting their overskirt to expose their Balmoral skirt; and a couple ice skating., Title supplied by cataloger., One of prints [P.9349.187d] copyrighted in 1866 by Arthur Keegan, Printers include Theodore Leonhardt and Stein & Jones., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See P.9349.153l for proof of P.9349.187g., Leonhardt relocated his establishment to 114 South Third Street in 1868.
Thos. Moore's Cottage, Phila. Park. [graphic].
Lithograph showing the one-story cottage located on the west side of the Schuylkill River above the Reading Railway Bridge in Fairmount Park. A man leaves the house as a woman enters the dwelling. Includes a dog on a path in the foreground, a large warped tree in front of the cottage, and horses walking on paths in the distant right background. The cottage was on the estate of Jacob S. Waln where the Irish poet Tom Moore puportedly stayed during his visit to Philadelphia in 1804. Dwelling also known as Boelson Cottage, Belmont Cottage and Pig's Eye Cottage., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
"A token of love from me, to thee"
Album page containing a drawing of a black butterfly on a twig with flowers., Title from manuscript note., Douglass, an artist and prominent Quaker member of the Philadelphia African American elite community, was best known as an educator and anti-slavery activist.
[Trade cards containing a view of the Rhine Valley]
Trade cards for wine and beer importers John Brueck (617 S. Third St.) and John Betz containing a view of a village along the Rhine River. Betz trade card, possibly a proof, also includes vignettes depicting a wine bottle and glass, and a bunch of grapes. Brueck operated a tavern in 1862., Title supplied by cataloger., Name of printer from P.9349.154k., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Trade cards for Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co.]
Series of illustrated trade cards for the Cincinnati lithographers, engravers, and printers. Imagery includes an allegorical female figure seated near objects symbolic of the arts and sciences, including a paint palette, compass, globe, and books and scenes of a farmer at his plow, a traveling locomotive, and sailing vessels on the ocean. Other pictorial details include ornate frames surrounding advertising text. Frames contain scrolls and bunches of grapes. The premier firm established in 1856 operated as Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co. between 1860 and 1869., Title supplied by cataloger., Color lithographs printed in either blue, green, or violet ink., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Two weeks in the Yellowstone.
Limited edition, souvenir miniature book containing a photographic frontispiece and describing a Vaux family trip to the Yellowstone National Park in August 1885. Photograph shows a woman and young man, probably Mary Vaux and one of her brothers, standing near a geyser, probably one of the several described in the text., Paper binding., Back endpaper printed: Two weeks in the Yellowstone, By Wm. S. Vaux Jr., Contains extract taken from a diary kept at the time. Edition limited fifty copies. Illustrated with Photographs. Price 25 cts., post paid. Address: Wm s. Vaux Jr., 1715 Arch St., Philada., Dedication: To the member of our family, whom I plague while at home and mourn for while away, This book is affectionately dedicated., Registered no. 3., Gift from the heirs of Paul D.I. and Anna S. Maier: James H. Maier, Anthony M. Maier, Marianna M. Thomas, and Cynthia C. Maier., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Copy also held in the Special Collections, Haverford College Library, Haverford, Pa., Housed in phase box., William S. Vaux, Jr. was one of the trio of siblings of Philadelphia photographers, mountaineers, and scientists that also included Mary M. Vaux (1860-1940) and George Vaux, Jr. (1863-1927). An architect by trade, Vaux and his siblings extensively explored, studied, and photographically documented the West beginning with their trip to Yellowstone National Park in 1885. The family photographic expeditions focused on the Canadian Rocky and Selkirk Mountains over a period of twenty years following their first visit to that region in 1887. The Vauxes, recognized as expert glaciologists published and spoke about their observations of the glaciers in the scientific community, delivering papers for such organizations as the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. Vaux was also a member of the American Academy of Natural Sciences and an executive of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia until his untimely death in 1908.
Plate, with buildings unnumbered, showing a section of the 700 block (186-235 pre consolidation) of Chestnut Street. South side includes Utah House tenanted by hat dealers A. G. New & Co. and music publishers Lee & Walker (186); E. M. Moulson's Millinery and Moulson Daguerreotypist Temple of Fancy (192); and merchant Andrew Wight (198). North side contains no identified businesses., Advertisements promote, through several lines of text, the depicted Moulson establishments, as well as H.G. Sickels' Lamp Manufactory and Gas Fitting Establishment, No. 32 North Second Street, Philadelphia. Moulson's Daguerreotype Establishment advertises the type of equipment (Voightlander cameras) used; the inconsequence of weather conditions; price – "Fifty Cents Only, is now Charged, for a Beautiful, Durable, and Life-like Portrait"; and John Moulson's evidence of his "merit" to perfectly satisfy his customers through his extensive experience formerly at Chestnut and Eighth Street and his recent improved process. Moulson's Millinery advertisement promotes Mrs. Moulson's "ability to purchase of Importers, at wholesale and for cash" and “will not be undersold by any establishment in the city or country." Sickels' advertisement contains a border of several different models of lamps and fixtures, including ceiling, standing, and decorative., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 13., LCP also holds trimmed variant depicting North side [P.2008.34.16.8]. Contains pencil inscription: 235. Also holds trimmed duplicate depicting South side [P.2008.34.16.10].
Unnumbered plate showing a section of the 800 block (200-265) of Chestnut Street. South side includes H. Hooker & Co., Stationers & Books (200); Murphey & Billmeyers, House Furnishing Warerooms (202); W. J. Horstmann, Fringes, Gimps, Buttons & c. (204); R. W. Carter, Toilet and Fancy Store (204 1/2); [Cornelius] Everest, Jeweler (206); Le Boutillier Brothers, Fancy Dry Goods (208); Art Union of Philadelphia (210); fancy goods store of R. & W. Fraser (212); and dry goods store of Thos W. Evans & Co. (214). North side includes Presbyterian Board of Publication (265) and the boarding house Butler House (259), prevously the residence of Senator Pierce Butler. "Jeweler" (206) included on plate as pasted-on detail., Advertisements promote eight of the businesses depicted, including Art Union of Philadelphia, which advertises every member for the year of 1851 will receive "for each subscription of five dollars," a print of Huntington's "Christiana and her Children" and companion print "Mercy's Dream" and choice of any two of the "following four splendid engravings": "John Knox's Interview with Mary Queen of Scots," "Ruth and Boaz," "Mercy's Dream," "Christiana and her Children," and a copy of the "Philadelphia Art Union Reporter.", Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 14., LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting South side [P.2008.34.16.11].
Unnumbered plates showing a section of the 900 block (256-305) of Chestnut Street. South side includes T. W. Dufrenes, Ornamental Stone Works (260-262); F. A. Hoyt, Boys' Clothing (264); [E. N.] Scherrs' Piano Forte Ware Rooms (266); E. Ferrett & Co., Pianos & Music (268); and John Bringhurst, Druggist (272). North side includes Simon Colton, [G]rocer (305) and B. E. Moore, Tailor (301). “Boy's Clothing” signage (264) included on plate as pasted detail., Accompanying advertisements promote six of the businesses depicted as well as businesses from complementary plate, including Moore, Markoe House, Colton, Scherr, Ferrett, and Bringhurst. Advertisements contain ornamented type and two (Markoe House and Colton) contain lines of promotional text., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting North side [P.2008.34.16.14]. Inscribed in pencil 295, 297, 299., Folder 17.
Vankirk & Co. Philadelphia.
Series of trade catalog illustrations showing different styles of chandelier lamps produced by the chandelier works in Frankford. Includes views of three-, four-, and six-light chandliers with globe-, bell-, and fluted-shaped glass shades, Style numbers include no. 362, no. 363, no. 404, no. 457 and no. 661 (including "for Coal Oil"). Prints also includes the spread (from 19 to 36 in.) of the light fixtures., Three of the four prints contain plate numbers in upper right corner: Plate 59, 62, and 63., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Boell relocated his establishment to 312 & 314 Walnut Street in 1868.
[Vase of flowers]
Album page containing a drawing of a vase of flowers., Title supplied by cataloguer., Possibly by Amy Matilda Cassey.
Album page with border containing a drawing of a vase of flowers., Title supplied by cataloguer., Douglass, an artist and prominent Quaker member of the Philadelphia African American community, was best known as an educator and anti-slavery activist.
Views at Chestnutwold, residence of C.H. Clark.
Album of 12 photographic views showing the West Philadelphia estate of Philadelphia banker and collector Clarence Howard Clark at 4200 Locust Street. Images depict the front gate to the residence, the residence, green house and garden, and pond with fountain. Also depicts members of Clark's family posed at the residence, on the grounds, in a goat carriage, and in a boat on the pond. Views also include an African American servant posed near an entrance, gardeners at the greenhouse, wooded areas, paths, and lawn chairs., Photographer's imprint from blind stamp on mounts., Title from brown morocco binding, plate on front cover., Bookplate of The Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church pasted inside front cover. Typed Gift of Clarence Clark Zantzinger (1925)., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1990, p. 54., Housed in phase box., Added to African Americana Digital Collection through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Clarence Howard Clark, banker, book collector, philanthropist, horticulturalist, and prominent land developer of West Philadelphia resided in Chesnutwold from about the 1860s. The property was originally built by Samuel K. Hopkins Jr. for banker Nathaniel Borrodail Browne after 1851. Altered during the 1880s, including an addition, the estate grounds were open to the public by 1895 when Clark donated some of his other land holdings for an adjacent public park (i.e., Clark Park). Following Clark's death, Chestnutwold was presumed to be given to the city as a public park, but instead was purchased in 1917 by The Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Clark was married to Amie Hampton Westcott (d. 1870) and later Marie Motley Davis with whom he had three sons, including Philadelphia mayor Joseph S. Clark.
Views of Ashwood, Gulph Mills, and other sites in Delaware County and surrounding counties in Pennsylvania
Album containing 24 photographs showing landscape views of Delaware County and portraiture of family and acquaintances. Images include exterior and interior views of the Leaming family estate Ashwood near Villanova and views of Conshohocken, Darby Creek near Lewis Mill, Valley Forge, Gulph and Morris mills and dams, Hammer Hollow, and farmland in Cream and Pleasant valleys. Also contains an image of Radnor Meeting House and a photographic reproduction of a cloud filled sky captioned "Sic Itur ad Astra" (i.e., thus you shall go the stars). Many of the views include Leaming's wife and children and others posed in parlors; with animals; on bridges and dirt paths; at brooks, creeks, spring houses, and barns; and in modes of transportion, including canoes and horse-drawn vehicles. Other portrait sitters include Alice Bourda and children Ernie Law, Tommy Gaffney, Henny Lewis, and Og Hoffman., Wooden binding., Title supplied by cataloger., Captions by Robert Waln Leaming on the recto and verso of the album pages., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See LCP AR [Annual Report] 1999, p. 45-46., Gift of Mrs. Clifford Lewis III., Housed in phase box., Robert Waln Leaming, grandson of China Trade merchant Robert Waln (1765-1836), was a merchant by trade who also painted and practiced photography. He was married to Julia Scott, descended from the royal Scotts of Ancrum, with whom he had four children Rebecca, i.e., Reb (1850-1911); Mary, i.e., Mame (1851-1911); Julia, i.e., Duly (1854-1913), and Thomas (1856-1911). Leaming was also an active member of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. His residence Ashwood, not to be confused with the Penn-Gaskell/DeCosta property of the same name (208 Ashwood Road, Villanova), was razed in the late 19th century.
Views of Fairmount Park Philadelphia 1866
Album of photographs of aerial and landscape views taken in the park during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Photographs predominately depict views from observation towers at George's Hill and Lemon Hill. Images show the Centennial Exhibition grounds, including the buildings, monuments, ponds, 24th Ward Reservoir, and Centennial Station and tracks of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad; Fairmount Water Works; Girard College and surrounding neighborhood, including Brewerytown; the breweries of H. J. Walter (North Thirty-third and Thompson streets), Bergner & Engel (3200 block Thompson Street), F. A. Poth (North Thirty-first and Jefferson streets) and Bergdoll & Psotta (Twenty-ninth and Parish streets, built 1875); boat houses and landings near the waterworks; bridges, including the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount, Girard Avenue Bridge, and New York Connecting Railroad Bridge; and cityscape. Also contains views of Wissahickon Creek and Fairmount Park, including Belmont Pumping Station, fountains, landscaped gardens, and the observation tower at George's Hill; the Lincoln and Humboldt monuments; signage on the Centennial pavilions; and park visitors., Title from black morocco binding, stamped front cover. Stamped with incorrect date., Spine stamped: Views. Fairmount Park 1866., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Select images reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1980).
Views of Loudoun and Stenton, residences of Maria Dickinson Logan and her brother, Albanus C. Logan, Germantown, Philadelphia
Album of snapshots showing the Logan family residence Loudoun erected for Thomas Armat (photographer's great grandfather) in 1800 at 4650 Germantown Avenue and Stenton, the Logan family country seat at 4601 North Eighteenth Street in Germantown. Contains interior views of Loudoun depicting the parlor and a bedroom. Also includes views of the Stenton grounds showing a wood pile, a hay stack, and rafts of lumber floating down a creek, possibly Wingohocking and portraiture, including an image of the photographer at her camera outside of the Stenton residence. Furniture and interior decoration includes arm chairs, settes, tables, framed paintings, chandeliers, fireplaces, sculpted busts, desks, mantlepieces, lamps, framed photographs, and plates. Also contains a portrait of her brother Albanus Charles; a group portrait, including the photographer, Albanus, and a woman identified as C. Dallett in front of George Logan's barn at Stenton; and an exterior view of a large stone residence captioned "Sammy [Gilles?]," possibly a tenant house on the Stenton property., Title supplied by cataloger., Leather binding, front cover stamped: Photographs., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso of tipped in photographs., Some tipped in photographs contain manuscript notes on verso. One photograph contains manuscript note on recto and verso. Recto: Room in L[oudoun] Return. Verso: The table 100 years old here is by this bed & a antique desk by fireplace., Insert: Folded fabric bookmark., Label for "Ward's Dark Leaf Albums" pasted on back cover advertising the size, style, and price for their "two styles of binding": Art Cloth and Seal Grain. Prices range from 25 cents to $2.50 for 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 to 10 x 12 inches., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See also loose prints of Loudoun and Stenton by Logan (photo - 5x7 - [P.9276.82-93])., Maria Dickinson Logan, daughter of Anna Armat (1820-1895) and great great granddaughter of James Logan Gustavus Logan (1815-1876), resided, photographed, and worked to preserve the Logan family Germantown estates Loudoun and Stenton. At her death in 1939, Logan, a Colonial Dame, bequeathed several pieces of family furniture to Stenton (under the stewardship of the National Society of Colonial Dames since the early 20th century) as well as her residence, Loudoun, to the city of Philadelphia for use as a historic house.
Whann's Super Phosphate Manufactory. Walton, Whann & Co., proprietors. Wilmington, Delaware, office, Front & Market sts.
Billhead containing a view of the multi-building manufactory on a pier along the riverfront. Shows laborers transporting goods across the factory grounds with hand and horse-drawn carts. Others stand and depart from entryways to the buildings. At the end of the pier, sacks are piled near docked and approaching ships., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The Wife. By Washington Irving.
Album page containing an ornately calligraphed transcription of the Irving poem about the wife as a helpmate to her husband., Reason, an African American New York engraver, was one of the only successful blacks engravers during the 1830s and 1840s.
William & Coons, importers of fancy goods. Manufacturers of pocket books, no. 19 North Fourth St. Philadelphia.
Trade card containing a central vignette showing a pocket book., P. 9349.146f contains gilt., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
In Wissahickon Valley, Fairmount Park, Philada. [graphic] / A.K.
Lithograph showing two men standing and sitting on large boulders surrounded by trees in the Wissahickon section of Fairmount Park., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Works of P. & F. Corbin. New Britain Conn. U.S.A.
Trade card showing the factory complex of the hardware manufactory established in 1849 as Doen, Corbin & Company. Also shows operating smoke stacks and street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carts. Townscape is visible in the background. The firm operated as P. & F. Corbin Corporation between 1854 and 1880., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Reproduced in John B. Comstock, History of the house of P. & F. Corbin, MCMIV... (Buffalo: Matthews-Northrup Works, 1904)., Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F].
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TBT: The B.F.G. (Big Friendly Giant) (1989)
January 30, 2014 February 1, 2017 / Tom
Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end, and now here we are, at the end of Roald Dahl month on TBT. I hope you all have enjoyed going through these posts as much as I have in creating them. I have to confess, when we entered the new year I had absolutely no game plan for January. But that actually happens with most months. 😀 I wanted to start off this year with a more well-defined series of throwbacks. Then I thought about all the Roald Dahl books I had read as a child, and all the films I had watched that were adapted from his work. Of course some escaped me. Throwback Thursday has helped me explore more of his world and has introduced me to some wonderful motion pictures at the same time, and with any luck I’ve helped some of you do the same. Now, we close out the month with one of the more obscure entries, but a solid one nonetheless.
Today’s food for thought: The B.F.G. (Big Friendly Giant):
Release: Christmas Day 1989
[Netflix]
Although this is arguably one of the strangest and most obscure of all the Roald Dahl big screen translations, The B.F.G. is undoubtedly Dahl through-and-through. Though this might be the first time some have ever heard of it, this touching adventure could be one of the more heartwarming pieces he had to offer.
A lonely orphan named Sophie (voiced by Amanda Root) is suddenly snatched from her bed in the terrible confines of the Clonkers Home for Girls by a mysterious giant figure late at night. It takes her far away from this place and to seemingly another world, where other giants apparently exist, ones that are not quite as nice and friendly as this one. She is stolen away to the giant’s little nook in the side of a mountain, where he introduces himself as The Big Friendly Giant. He explains that not only is he different from the rest because he’s pleasant, but that he has no intention of eating humans like the others. Thank goodness for that.
The two become fast friends. Being the inquisitive little girl that she is, Sophie wants to know what he was doing in her town late that night. As it turns out, the B.F.G. is a dream-weaver of sorts, as his job is to catch dreams in a spectacular place known as Dream Country and then to travel back to our world and blow them into the imaginations of sleeping children all throughout the night using a trumpet-like device. He bottles the dreams and stores them in his home until he decides where he’s going to take each one. Sophie is at first reluctant to believe that this is real, until the B.F.G. takes her there himself.
It’s not long, however, before one of the evil giants senses that there is a human in the area. This being a Roald Dahl adaptation, these beasts have some really odd names: there’s the Butcher Boy, the Fleshlumpeater, the Manhugger, the Childchewer, the Meatdripper, the Gizzardgulper, the Maidmasher, the Bloodbottler and, of course, who can forget the Bonecruncher. It is he, the Bonecruncher, who stumbles upon the B.F.G.’s lair one night and trashes his place in his search for this child but the friendly giant insists there’s no one there and that he is just talking to himself.
The thing with beasts, you see, is that they like to sleep all day and scour the land by night, looking for children to gorge themselves on. The B.F.G. wants nothing to do with them, and actively avoids going near them. With the help of this young girl, maybe the B.F.G. can become brave enough to find a way to rid the land permanently of these vicious creatures. Indeed, that is just what they do together.
When one trip back to Sophie’s home town finds the two in danger yet again since the Bonecruncher has found a way to follow them, the B.F.G. realizes that they might not ever be out of danger. He feels awful for putting Sophie in harm’s way. Returning to the land of giants, they form a plan that will involve the Queen, her Royal Air Force and a few acts of courage to rid this world of danger.
The B.F.G. has unfortunately slipped through the cracks compared to other productions based off of the renowned author’s scribblings. That’s strange considering the popularity of Dahl’s book. The novel’s 1981 release ensured a loyal following had already formed behind it (this book was his eleventh). However, that’s not to say the picture lacks in its passion for showing that there are indeed good people in this world. The B.F.G. represents the good adult role model wayward children so desperately need in their lives, and thanks to David Jason’s wonderful voiceover work, the film indeed offers that.
Scenes like the one in which the B.F.G. introduces Sophie to what he calls frobscottle — a strange drink in which the carbonation bubbles drift to the bottom, rather than up to the top, causing the person to fart (or ‘whizpop’) rather than burp — proof that this film is decidedly more for the benefit of children rather than adults; all the same, it’s an enchanting adventure that will often take you by surprise.
Recommendation: The B.F.G. is definitely worth the searching through Netflix’s immense collection, and should you choose it, be prepared for a great deal of silliness and perhaps even more strangeness. Reiterating, the younger viewers will benefit more from this quirky little animation and the film doesn’t quite hold the classic appeal of some of Dahl’s more popular adaptations, yet the journey is still a great deal of fun and I wish I had gotten to it sooner. At least I have now.
Rated: G
Running Time: 88 mins.
Quoted: “Meanings is not important. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right.”
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17 thoughts on “TBT: The B.F.G. (Big Friendly Giant) (1989)”
caragale
I didn’t even know this film existed! I remember reading the book when I was a kid and liking it. Might have to look into this one for nostalgia’s sake. Nice review, Tom!
hey thanks Cara! Its defnitely one of those that has slipped the cracks. But I found it to be a worth-while pursuit, hope you can get your hands on it sometime.
thycriticman
I actually remember watching this as a small child. Remember exactly where, but the age must have been four or five, so I cannot recall any of the story. Other than what I just read of course. Glad it held up to the test of time enough to gain a pass. Well written review!
Thanks kind sir. It’s a very interesting little animation, that’s for sure. I found it pretty enjoyable and satisfactory enough for a R.D. adaptation. thanks for stopping by !
It’s been a cracking month of Dahl-mania mate; great choices all round and this is no different. Hats off to you buddy.
Dahl-mania!! You, sir are a genius.
I’m telling you, I’m going to snatch you away from Three Rows Back and employ your creative services around here! 😀
Thanks as always for stopping by, this has been indeed a fun month. Looking forward to what eveyrone has to say about the next month’s theme. Hint: it’ll be a little more sports-related. 😉 Cheers.
Ha ha! Name your price Tom! More sports-related eh? Is Friday Night Lights included? If not, it needs to be!
Ooohh, unfortunately that film will not make the cut. I’m going with the Olympic theme for Feb. so stay tuned!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO it is over!!!! Tom, what a wonderful journey you have taken us on, I had a lot of fun. I have not seen any of these movies in the longest time (except Fantastic Mr Fox, which I saw two years ago or something), and even had me wanting to go back and read the books. Truly great, and another stellar review!
😦 I know, sad times on DSB!!! hahah But we must move forward. I think I’ve got something brewing for the month of February that should be pretty cool. . .
I’m glad this has been enjoyable for you Zoe, thanks so much for reading as always. 😀
Oooooh looking forward to see what it is that you are cooking up!
😀 Of course! When you come across a good thing it is always fun to invest!
jjames36
I had no idea this had been adapted into movie form. Though your review is somewhat tepid, I’ll still check it out at some point, if only to quiet my curiosity.
ah shit. didn’t mean to come off that way. I loved this film but I’d imagine it’s much better as a child than as a grown-up who can’t allow themselves to believe in fantasy anymore. That said, it’s not the most outstanding Roald Dahl adaptation, but it’s quite enjoyable. I debated between a 5/8 and 6/8 forever but had to settle with the former. 🙂
I definitely got that you liked it, but thought it less good for us older folk than for younger folk.
So maybe tepid is the wrong word. I don’t know. 😉
It definitely is a kiddie flick. I enjoyed it despite my criticisms of certain parts. I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts on it if you ever get around to seeing it James.
This is one creepy film 😀
hahah I dont’ think it is. But hey, more power to it if it creeps some people out. 😀
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Is there a word that means “walk away disregarding”?
John turns and walks away, disregarding Mike's response.
Is there a word (verb) that means "walk away disregarding"? Is there any word that means "walk in upset or sad"?
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I can't think of a word that means John walks away necessarily, but I can think of a couple words that capture that sentiment:
spurn (verb) To reject disdainfully or contemptuously; to scorn; to reject with disdain; to refuse to consort with; to treat with contempt
snub (verb) To ignore or behave coldly toward; to dismiss or turn down; to rebuke with a severe or sarcastic reply or remark; to slight designedly; to treat with deliberate neglect
scorn (verb) To reject or refuse with derision (noun) The expression of such an attitude in behavior or speech; derision.
Once again, it's possible to scorn or snub someone and not walk away, but I think these words are a bit more forceful than disregard. So, you could say:
John snubs Mike, and walks away.
John disregards Mike, and walks away with scorn.
J.R.♦J.R.
You're trying to take two completely different concepts and put them into one word, so that's not likely to happen. The fact that he's walking away is completely separate from the fact that he is disregarding Mike's response. Consider these sentences, which have similar structure:
John turns and walks away, eating an ice cream cone.
John turns and walks away, checking his phone for messages.
There isn't going to be a word that means "walks away, eating" or "walks away, checking" either. These are two completely separate actions; if we had a word for every possible combination of actions we'd never be able to keep track of them! If you consider this in your native language I'd guess this is likely true there as well.
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AWP: Traditions, Revisions, Permissions (Or I’m Okay, You’re Okay, Let’s Skip The Dance Party)
March 18, 2013 July 16, 2016 / emmabolden
The Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ Annual Conference and Bookfair (henceforth known as AWP) has been over for, like, a while now, which means it’s time for the tradition of Very Belated Wrap-Ups of Events that Probably Don’t Really Need Wrap-Ups, Or at Least Wrap-Ups by Emma Bolden, Since There Are Far Better and More Timely Wrap-Ups Out There in the Intertubes, Let’s Be Honest to continue. But first, a disclaimer.
DISCLAIMER: I hate AWP.
Okay, that’s a little extreme. I usually hate AWP, but I also usually hate doing things like picking out fruit and vegetables at the grocery store (I mean,
This is the map of AWP I made while I was waiting for a panel. I accidentally skipped a letter because apparently being a writer and working with the alphabet every day doesn’t guarantee that you actually know the alphabet, at least not in order.
really, why is this so difficult? Why isn’t there a central method for testing for fruit and vegetable freshness? Why must I smell mangoes and thump other fruit? And why can’t I remember which fruits must be thumped?) that are ultimately very good for me.
Maybe the problem is that I came late to AWP. I never went when I was in graduate school, and so I started attending AWPs when I already had a job in academia and enough rejection slips to Dementor-suck all the joy from my tender, hopeful heart. Perhaps it’s for this reason that AWP has always left me feeling overly exhausted and inadequate and like I would never make it anywhere, ever, so much so that I wished I could just throw all the swag I got at the Bookfair out of the airplane window and then go back to school for something else, like gardening or slothology.
Or maybe it’s the kinds of panels I attended back in the day, when my mailbox regularly belched out rejection slips (that’s a disgusting image but it was totally necessary) and I stood and looked at them and despaired, knowing they meant that I would never, ever, ever get a job with more than a three-year contract and less than seventeen thousand classes. Maybe I chose panels based on my desperation, based on my desire for someone, anyone, anywhere, to unfold in front of me the map with the pathways to “Acceptances Instead of Rejections!” and “Permanent Job with Insurance!” and “Not Endings Up in Someone’s Attic Dressed All in White with Ten Thousand Cats and Their Ten Quadrillion Fleas!” marked clearly.
At this point in my life, I know there is no such map (there is no such map, right? Right? And, um, if there is, can you get me a copy?) — or, at least, no universal map. There’s just the path we each tread, in our own lives, in our own ways, to our own lives and ways.
At previous AWPs, though, I didn’t know that, and so I hung desperately on every word from every member of every panel, every writer I passed hustling from table to table in the Bookfair, every man and woman handing out business cards and manuscripts and cocktails and questions. What I ended up with, what exhausted me so much, was a series of directions that I could never follow: you have to go to these parties, these conferences, these retreats; you have to get these residencies and publish in these magazines and get this kind of job at this kind of institution and wear this kind of Chucks while you’re doing it; don’t publish chapbooks, publish full-lengths; publish your full-length before you apply for a tenure-track; on Mondays you wear colored shoes, Tuesdays shirts with cute slogans, Wednesdays pink … It was overwhelming. To say the least.
But this year, things just felt different. There were a lot of writers, and all of the writers were — well, different. From each other. Sure, the majority of us were probably academics, but there were people with day jobs, people who wrote for money, people who did nothing that had anything to do with writing for work. There were people who went straight to the full-length and others who started their writing careers through e-mail lists. Suddenly, there were many, many maps, and many, many people being more honest about the maps they used, how they got where they are and how they earn the money they need to stay there. At one panel, Steve Almond mentioned that the old adage that time is money is especially true when it comes to writing: you work to finance the time you need to write, and, as a writer, you have to do what you have to do.
I think, perhaps, that’s what made this AWP feel so different to me. In the end, that’s the one thing about which everyone agreed: the writing is what’s important. Not the press, not the position, not the invitations to attend secret and exclusive hotel room parties or to sit with The Plastics for a trial week. It was all about the work, the real work we all come home to do, the real work in which we all find our homes — and, as I flew back to Georgia, I found myself smiling as I flipped through my notes. And if I could make a cake made of rainbows and smiles, we could all eat a piece and be happy.
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Astana wrap up: thoughts of a participant
3/14/2013 – Alina L'Ami was part of the Romanian team at the FIDE Women's World Team Championship, and also our reporter and photographer. In her closing report the 2353 rated WGM searches for explanations for the inconsistency of play in women's chess – which also provides the main ingredient for a very exciting events. Here are Alina's musing and pictorial impressions from the closing day.
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The city of Astana in Kazakhstan hosted the Women's World Chess Team Championship from March 2nd to 12 in the Duman Hotel in Astana. Ten best teams in the world participated: China, Russia, Ukraine, USA, India, France, Turkey, Georgia, Rumania and Kazakhstan. Each team consisted of five players, with four playing in each of the nine rounds of this round robin tournament. Time control was 90 minutes per 40 moves and thirty minutes until the end of the game plus 30 seconds increment per move.
Farewell from Astana
Bobby Fischer famously said: “I don’t believe in psychology, I believe in good moves.” Since I just finished a rather tough event, the World Women’s Team Championship, I started to look for scapegoats. And the emotional side of women’s chess fits the profile. Is this a plausible reason for the inconsistency of our play? No easy answer to that one, but it’s just that, at times, a game of chess changes into a personal fight, which is not good or bad of course. It just the way it is. Probably not the fastest route for chess improvement, but definitely the personal approach is much more fun for the public. For the team captains, to be the leader in a ladies lineup – that’s a nerve-wracking activity! Full respect for those who manage to pass the test!
Our reporter in Astana: WGM Alina L'Ami, playing for the Romanian team
So there you have it, two ingredients for a very interesting chess recipe:
Women, with their fighting spirit;
Team competition – another factor which gives chess a different dynamic, a very appealing one in my opinion.
The FIDE Women’s World Team Championship in Astana proved to be all of the above and more! A very exciting competition, filled with unexpected results, blunders, passion and captains pulling out their hair, as a reaction to what was happening on the boards.
Truth be told, once I started to write down my current impressions, I remembered that chess is not only about moves, technique, strategy, ideas. It is also about surviving under pressure, coming back in difficult positions, setting up tricks for your opponent – in other words one has to be tough. So, if in this context, after a player had defended tremendously a very difficult game, should we be surprised that in the end the opponent couldn’t take it anymore, but lost her vigilance and cracked?! This is usually what happens before a blunder pops up, it’s not just out of the blue. Of course, there could be additional factors which nobody can control, so for the moment I should limit myself to the logical explanation of what happened in some of the games in Astana. Everybody experiences this by the way, sooner or later. How else can you learn?
As I said, one of the key ingredients to make a tournament appealing is to give it an extra twist. In our case it was the mere fact of it being a team event; even better: a women’s team event!
The photographer Alina in action
Being part of our Romanian delegation taught me once more the importance of surprising your opponent, the importance of choosing the right player for a particular line and color, and last but not least: what a difference it can make if you put your own personal goals aside and place the team first. Maybe it sounds idealistic, but it actually happens very often in practice, despite what people may believe. For example, you have a completely drawish position, but you have to push and find some ways, since the result of the match depends on you (as it happens, you might even lose). Or let us say that one team member has a forced line to win – what a nice feeling for the others, to know that now there is room for quite play, and that they can even settle for a draw if necessary. Therefore, chess is a team sport and strategy matters. I am lucky to have been surrounded by a wonderful team spirit, although our result was not the best possible one. We didn’t manage to win any matches but we drew against Ukraine, the champions!
Probably there was something in the cold air of Kazakhstan which we can blame on for the sometimes disastrous over the board decisions. Emotions and pressure are part of the game, so don’t tell me that you haven’t enjoyed the beautiful organization of the WWTC! Which by the way reminds me of one detail: live transmission with computer analysis. This is of course a great invention, it brings chess much closer to the general public, and even my mother understands now what’s going on the board. As for the players themselves, they are more exposed than before to criticism, especially when you see the engine going crazy, from +5 to –5 for example. I even surprise myself that the first thing I do, if I am kibitzing, is to check what the computer is saying, without really trying to figure out with my own head the dangers and subtleties of the position. And then yes, it is so easy to comment and judge, whereas in a real game the story is slightly different.
Of course computer analysis is a revolutionary creation and I am actually happy about it. But chess can be so rewarding without a mouse in your right hand. A kind of analogic approach may help us understand that all the moves are played with some reasoning behind. Long before the emergence of the chess engines, Bobby Fischer excelled at finding pretty good moves and spotting mistakes in the others players’ games and comments. With all the due respect, there is psychology in chess!
Astana is a modern town with a lot of truly spectacular architecture,
combining Islamic, Soviet, Western and futuristic influences.
International House Almaty, with a bronze couple standing bravely in the snow
The monument and observation tower Bayterek is the most famous landmark in Astana. It is meant to embody a folktale about a mythical tree of life and a magic bird of happiness, Samruk, that has laid its egg on a poplar tree. I heard some locals call it the giant "Chupa-Chups" because of the undeniable lollipop shape. The tower is 105m tall, the gold-mirrored egg, 22m in diameter, contains the observation deck. From there it is possible to see much of the newly built city. I regret I didn't have the time to climb all the way up.
The Akorda Presidential Palace is the official workplace of the President of Kazakhstan,
was built in three years and officially opened in 2004. The building's height is 80 meters.
Girls in traditional Kasakh costumes at the closing ceremony
The victorious Ukrainian women's team, with GM Natalia Zhukova, IM Inna
Yanovska-Gaponenko, IM Mariya Muzychuk, GM Kateryna Lahno, GM Ushenina Anna
Silver went to China, with IM Shen Yang, WGM Guo Qi, WGM Tan Zhongyi,
WGM Huang Qian, WGM Ju Wenjun, and their trainer
Bronze for the Russian team, with trainer GM Sergei Rublevsky, IM Alisa Galliamova,
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, WGM Natalija Pogonina, IM Valentina Gunina and WGM Olga Girya
The first three prizes on board one went to IM Gunina Valentina (Bronze),
WGM Ju Wenjun (Gold) and GM Kateryna Lahno (Silver)
And the first three on board two: GM Kosteniuk Alexandra (Bronze),
GM Ushenina Anna (Silver) and IM Irina Krush (Gold)
Irina with her new perm – or is it a fur hat to fight cold weather in Astana?! The American IM had 7.0/9 points (= 77.8%) on board two, with a 2607 performance. She was only surpassed by Ju Wenjun, who had the same score on board one but a 2651 performance. These two ladies were the only ones with 2600+ performances.
A little dance number at the closing ceremony
Final standings of the Women's World Team Championship (after nine rounds)
Report and photos provided by WGM Alina L'Ami
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Justinian of Ramsey Island
The Holy Hieromartyr Justinian of Ramsey Island, originally from a Breton Celtic family, was the confessor and spiritual father of Saint David of Wales. Ramsey Island was the site of Justinian's hermitage, and lies just off the extreme southwest of Wales, near the city of St Davids. His feast day is celebrated on December 5.
Saint Justinian was martyred by three of his servants who had been possessed by demons. The servants were driven mad and refused to obey their master, who was entreating them to work and not to lead an idle life. The servants then threw him to the ground and cut off his head. The murderers of the saint were struck with leprosy, and recognized that this was God's vengeance on them. They lived by a rock still called "lepers' rock", and after loading their bodies with heavy penances were counted worthy of forgiveness through the prayers of St. Justinian.
St. Justinian's decapitated body rose and took the head in its arms and descended to the sea shore. Walking across the water, it came to the port named after the saint, which is today a lifeboat station, and to the church now dedicated in his name: Llanstinian, near Fishguard. The saint's relics are now contained in a shrine behind the high altar of St. David's Cathedral (St. David's, Wales), along with those of Saint David.
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St James, Danbury CT - 250th Anniversary
Happy Anniversary – and welcome to a journey into the future. This year of celebration brings an invitation to reflect and give thanks, but it’s not a stopping place. The church is always on a journey toward the reign of God, and that means it’s always changing, because we’re not there yet. We have always struggled with what the house of the Lord is supposed to be. Solomon wanted to remind God to keep a descendant of Israel on the throne – and the throne in those days meant head of the religious community, with no separation between church and state. Yet even in the midst of his prayer to keep the tradition, Solomon recognizes that God is usually up to something new: “Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built!”
The people of St. James have built a lovely house over the last 250 years – not just a series of worship spaces and parish houses, but the spiritual house Peter reminds us about. Come to God as living stones, he says, so that you may be built up into a spiritual house that does God’s holy, healing work in the world.
There’s a fascinating twist in this reading from 1 Peter. On the Sunday after Easter in the medieval church, the second verse of that reading was sung at the beginning of the service (the Introit): “Like newborn infants, desire the milk of the Word, so you can grow up into health and salvation.” In Latin, it begins, “Quasimodo,” and the hunchback of Notre Dame received that name when he was discovered as a foundling, an abandoned baby, on the cathedral steps on that Sunday. Victor Hugo tells his story as an image of growing into a healed human being, in a not yet healed human community. Is there room in this spiritual house for the Quasimodos of this world? Peter is telling the newly baptized, and all Christian communities, that their future lies in spiritual milk, the milk of the Word incarnate, and growing toward healing, wholeness, holiness, or what’s more often translated as salvation – for ourselves as part of the communities around us.
That is the fundamental work of a church. You’ve been at it for 250 years. As you dig deep into the details of your history over the coming year, you will certainly discover scandal and saintliness, and themes that transcend the years, still informing your life in community today. You may find other themes, but we already know about a continuing concern for education, worship, and the life of the larger community around you.
What was the community like here when St. James was a foundling? In 1762, things were just beginning to heat up in the colonies. Benedict Arnold had just turned 21 and started a business in New Haven.[1] Nathan Hale and Noah Webster were still small children. George Washington was not quite 30, but already a seasoned military leader. This was a Church of England congregation, and whatever priest came to offer communion had been ordained in England. He was probably a loyalist, rather than a supporter of revolutionary ideas. Nobody ever got confirmed, because no bishops ever made the journey across the Atlantic. It would be more than 20 years before the new Episcopal Church emerged and got its first bishop – your own Samuel Seabury. This congregation almost certainly had its start because of the energetic work of a group of lay people, who in the colonies made most of the decisions about parish life and raised the funds to build and support the ministry of this congregation. There were probably slaves present in the congregation. The existence of this congregation meant that there was at least some measure of religious freedom in this colony.
Contrast that with the church in England, which had resident clergy, usually paid from the income of land belonging to the parish. It was an established church, with the king in charge, a bishop in the neighborhood, and relatively little lay participation in decision-making. Everybody in the local community was a member of the church, whether they wanted to be or not. Non-attendance at worship carried penalties. Other religious traditions were at least discouraged, and had their religious practice restricted. There were few or no hereditary slaves, but there were indentured servants, forced labor in poorhouses, the transportation of convicts, and many farmers tied to the land. England was just beginning to become conscious about freeing slaves.[2] St. James started life in ways that were already quite different from life in its mother church.
I would encourage you to spend some time in the coming year reflecting on how this community has changed, and how current realities are challenging you to continue to grow into a community of healing. You will be able to name far more of those changes than I, but I would note a few. Immigration continues, although it’s from other parts of the world than a few decades or centuries ago. Younger generations around us do things differently. For one, they don’t join churches or organizations the way many people here have done. They have much less interest in denominational boundaries, but they are deeply hungry for communities of belonging, holy practice, and spiritual exploration. We live in a world that is changing more rapidly than most of us can imagine: climate, population, economics, government, communication. This world is still threatened with destruction, from war or human neglect in caring for it. In the midst of all those radical changes, what is most needed is still the house of the Lord, temple of the Holy Spirit, the body of Christ – the community of healing which gives itself away for the world.
This amazing body called “church” brings people into it to be formed and fed and healed and then sent out into the world as agents of healing. We can’t just camp out here, awaiting either Armageddon or the Rapture. That’s some of what Jesus is railing against in the Temple. His table-turning challenges those who use it for their own ends, who keep the business turned inward, rather than moving out into a world in need of the healing presence of God.
Jesus reverses the pattern that tends to see the house of the Lord as a private club for those who serve themselves. He invites the wounded in, and rejoices with the children, and when the clubbers complain about the noisy children, he makes a tart rejoinder about children praising God because that’s what they’ve been created to do. It’s actually a misquote of Psalm 8, which says something rather more critical, essentially, that God has made children’s voices to confront the enemy[3]. The most significant things we can learn may be the purpose of the spiritual house, and how it’s built and remodeled.
God is always doing something new, and it often comes to us through those younger than ourselves. The “child shall lead them” includes the five year old teaching his grandmother how to put new apps on her phone. This Church learned a lot when we opened the communion table to children before they were confirmed – and some of the younger among us continue to ask why there is any fence around this table of healing. Victor Hugo challenged us about the rejection of children of God like Quasimodo. What do today’s children, youth, and young adults say to a 250 year old church? What are the hungers of the young in the community around you? They are likely about meaning in life, education and life opportunity, relationships that mean something, and having a community of belonging.
Wisdom, and you have wisdom in abundance, comes from yearning for the spiritual milk that can be found in a community like this one. If you keep yearning, and helping others answer those hungers, you will grow and flourish in the coming years, and you will likely still be here as a community of healing a quarter millennium from now. Keep yearning – and blessings on the journey!
[1] http://www.benedictarnold.org/
[2] In 1763 one jurist asserted that a slave who set foot in England was freed but the law was not settled for another 10 years, but slavery in the British Empire was not abolished until 1833. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Britain_and_Ireland
[3] Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger (NRSV)
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Palm Sunday at Trinity Cathedral in Omaha, Nebraska
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Presiding Bishop's Sermon at the Investiture of the Rt. Rev. Shannon Johnston
Shaken to the bone, called to respond
Presiding bishop addresses needs in Haiti, Liberia in Jan. 31 bulletin inserts
Sermon at St. Andrew and Holy Communion, South Orange, NJ
Prayer Service for Haiti â Strength through Unity
Sermon at Irving Memorial Church, Robertsport, Liberia
Epiphany at St. Thomas Church, Liberia
Find new ways to tell the gospel story
Sermon at Trinity Cathedral, Monrovia, Liberia
The Presiding Bishop's Christmas Sermon
Sermon at St. Michael & All Angels, Dallas, TX
Christmas message from Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop’s Advent Message
The Presiding Bishop's Statement on World AIDS Day
Sermon for the Diocesan Convention of Central New York
Sermon at Trinity Cathedral, Sacramento
Sermon at Northern California's Diocesan Convention in Redding, CA
Sermon at Moravian Seminary - Jesus Christ as Chief Elder
Presiding Bishop's Sermon at St. Paul's Church in Atlanta, GA
Matching structure to mission
Sermon for the Atlanta Annual Council
Sermon for All Saints in St. Maryâs, Flandreau, SD
Sermon at St. Michael and All Angels in Mission, Kansas
Sermon for Kansas Diocesan Convention
Sermon for the 200th Anniversary of St. Philips, Harlem
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God is found in patient work of conversation
Sermon at Closing Eucharist of Montana Diocesan Convention
JAPAN: Presiding Bishop preaches at Evening Prayer celebrating church's 150th anniversary
Sermon for Clergy and Spouses in the Diocese of Long Island
Trinity Church, Williamsport, Diocese of Central Pennsylvania
Salvation's goal: returning all to right relationship
Presiding Bishop's letter to the church on General Convention
Final Sermon at General Convention: Living Ubuntu
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Presiding Bishop's Sermon at General Convention Opening Eucharist
Opening Address at General Convention 2009
Learn about Native American concerns
Sermon at St. Ann's 150th Anniversary, Nashville, TN
On the Mission of the Church
Sermon for World Refugee Day Chapel Service
Sermon at St. Paul, Salem, Oregon
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Presiding Bishop's Pentecost Sermon at All Saints, Mobile, Alabama
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Communion meeting faced challenges
Ascension Day in the Diocese of Maryland
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Chrism Mass with Delaware Clergy
Palm Sunday in the Diocese of Quincy
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Not just academic
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Varied understandings
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Baptismal Waters
25th anniversary of Leo Frade's consecration
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The Presiding Bishop Calls for Immediate Ceasefire
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National Press Club Address - Religion in the Public Square
St. Paul's, Alexandria 200th anniversary dinner
Shine as a Light in the World to the Glory of God
Church of the Redeemer, Cincinnati, Ohio
Presiding Bishop's Christmas Message 2008
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Peace and Justice through the Empowerment of Women
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A remarkable gift
300 Year Anniversary of St. Andrew Episcopal Church, Staten Island
Giving Thanks at Episcopal High School in Houston, TX
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Sermon for Clergy Gathering in Diocese of Southwest Florida
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Closing Eucharist Sermon at All Saints Episcopal Church, Brussels, Belgium
Sermon for the 125th Anniversary of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Hailey, Idaho
Consecration of the New Bishop of Idaho
Address at Bexley Hall and Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Bexley, Ohio
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Sermon at Washington National Cathedral
Service of Repentance, St. Thomas, Philadelphia
Sabbath summer
The Hobart Lecture
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The Presiding Bishop's Address at the Church of Sweden Synod Opening
Invitation to Confession at the Church of Sweden's Synod Opening
Holy Cross Day in the Diocese of Georgia
Of a Saint I
Presiding Bishop's Sermon at St. Martin in the Field
BBC Radio 4, Morning Worship Service
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Morning Eucharist at Salisbury Cathedral
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Opening Eucharist, Episcopal Youth Event
Episcopal Youth Event Opening, Sown in the Heart of Christ
Praying in word and deed
Team Ministry Ordination in Westernport, Maryland
Presiding Bishop's Sermon at St. Johnâs Cathedral in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Consecration of Prince Grenville Singh, Eastman Theater, Rochester, NY
No longer strangers
For the whole world
Healing Our Planet Earth: Stewardship of the Earth
Presiding Bishop's Sermon at St. James by-the-Sea, San Diego, CA
Presiding Bishop's Sermon at St. Paul's Cathedral, San Diego, CA
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The Presiding Bishop's Sermon at Christ the King, Riverbank, CA
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Presiding Bishop's Lenten message
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Presiding Bishop's sermon at Christ Episcopal Church, Dearborn, Michigan
Presiding Bishop's homily at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
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Union Theological Seminary Convocation Address
Pondering the Great Commission
UBE Eucharist – Telling Our Story
400th Anniversary Celebration at Jamestown, Virginia
Presiding Bishop's testimony to Senate on global warming
Diverse mission fields
Presiding Bishop's sermon at Executive Council meeting in Portland, Oregon
The Opening Eucharist for the Anglican Delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 2007
A Season of Fasting: Reflections on the Primates' Meeting
Absalom Jones Day with the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas
Presiding Bishop preaches in Cuba
Presiding Bishop: Three mission questions
Feast of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Evangelistic listening
Sermon on Epiphany 1, Year C (BCP)
University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service
Shalom, my friends
Presiding Bishop preaches at Executive Council's opening Eucharist
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Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori's investiture sermon
From Columbus: Text of Presiding Bishop-elect's June 21 homily
Katharine Jefferts Schori ~ Biography
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EcoPsychology NOW!
Honoring and Healing Gaia's Trauma
Breaking The Taboos Inhibiting Gaia's Awakening on Planet Earth
“Earth is alive. What is alive, we can love. What we love, we wish to serve. When what we love is sick, we want to ease its suffering and serve its healing. The more deeply we know it, the better we can join its healing.”
(Chas. Eisenstein, from Climate: A New Story)
I approached the winter solstice this year feverish and aching from head to toe, a nasty virus attacking my biome, while at the same time trying to give attentive care to my 91-year-old mother. My mother is afflicted with vascular dementia — over a decade now of tiny neural bombs going off in her brain, leaving a darkness in their wake that shows up in MRIs as ink blots splattered across her brainscape, These neural clearcuts have the cognitive effect of inducing a constant state of dissociation from reality.
It is very hard caring for your mother when you are feeling sorry for yourself and not exactly full of life. In spite of my long-time, committed dharma practice, I am really bad at being sick. The thought occurred to me in the feverish acheyness of this most recent affliction that if life was like this all the time, I’d choose death.
Naturally, I couldn’t help but see my high holy day situation as a microcosmic experience of our climate crisis. Feeling, caring, heart-centered human beings everywhere feel afflicted by our mother’s condition now. Her fever is at a pitch, and her organs are starting to shut down. We who still feel connected with the natural world, who still exhibit human nature, are cursed by the knowledge that she is our responsibility, because we feel powerless to act in salutary ways.
Emerging from the deep darkness of this longest night, alive in this day and age when the forces of darkness are at their height of power, with whole nations ruled by corporate-fueled, demented autocrats determined, in direct response to her plaintive wails, to intensify the plunder of our Mother’s life sources, I now find myself bathing in the global unnaturalness of a sunny, warm Chicago December day, convalescing in the flight path of one of the world’s busiest airports, while the Land Down Under goes up in flames, and the Amazon burns in a global funeral pyre upon which the ashes of executed Indigenous activists are spread, their great sin to advocate for Gaia’s right to life.
That is what it comes down to now for all of us collectively and for each one of us individually. The great struggle for Gaia’s life. And we humans, as is our nature, will only fight and make sacrifices for the ones we love. That is the way we are wired. All the humans in the world who love life, who love nature, in touch with their own human nature and its divine, umbilical connection to the natural world, are in varied stages of awakening with the searing awareness of Gaia’s trauma.
We are called to defend our Mother. Against all of her aggressors and transgressors.
One of the cruelest things a human being can do, something that everyone agrees is a war crime, and a crime against nature as well, is to assault, strip, and rape a mother before her children’s disbelieving, traumatized eyes. And yet that is precisely what the racist megalomaniac Donald Trump, the fascist clown Bolsonoro, and the Anglo-Saxon man-children Boris and Morrison — the collective Id of our colonized world on steroids — are doing to those of us who are awake, aware and connected to Mother Earth.
This is Climate Trauma.
Just as with the example of a mother’s rape, Her trauma is our trauma. We inhabit a climate of trauma, which corporate sponsors try to soft-peddle as “warming” or “change.” It is biospheric trauma. An existential threat comparable to slow-moving nuclear missiles filling the night sky, causing us to doubt the advent of a new day.
But I wonder if we in our traumatized state, and with a lifetime of conditioning as victims in an increasingly hostile world, have not actually mistaken who the true victim is here?
Whose trauma is this, really?
Since participating recently in the first ever on-line collective trauma summit, breaking taboos with over 50,000 global citizens around the world, and having participated from afar with Extinction Rebellion UK for most of the past year as well, I’ve recently awoken to the critical importance of really coming into proper relation with Mother Earth — with our language and actions — if we are to successfully shape-shift the global Zeitgeist by which we remain enslaved to the forces of darkness.
Oil and coal. Poisoned waters. Dying oceans. T.S. Eliot’s nightmarish blight on the land.
The ideas of rebellion and revolution are naturally attractive. But as MLK and Ghandi, Jesus and Buddha all taught and demonstrated, only the combined force of our great love can effectively counter the imposing and intimidating forces of darkness aligned against us and armed to the teeth. On this the winter’s solstice, we are asked to remember that darkness is no other than the absence of light. And only light dispels the darkness.
We are the light-keepers.
They have weapons and propaganda on their side, which they yield with hateful spite. We have ideas and moral goodness on our side, which we express with both fierce love and angry determination. We face our tormentors across the abyss of an Armageddon they have willed into being. There is no escape route, no way around them.
And so it becomes imperative that we be crystal clear concerning just what the object of our love is. This is the lesson of Standing Rock, which gave rise to AOC, the Sunrise Movement, and a tidal force of Indigenous voices grounded in Earth-based wisdom. As our Indigenous leaders have shown us by their courageous actions, we are Protectors. That is all.
And our Mother’s Life is at stake. As Extinction Rebellion makes clear with their words and deeds, there can be no principled compromise in defense of Mother Earth.
Because she is alive, after all. Every scientific discipline agrees on this point. Just as there is consensus across all scientific disciplines that the world is on fire with climate change, so there is agreement that Gaia is a living, breathing, self-regulating organism. We are just now coming to grips with the implications of the quantum revolution that swept science up towards the end of Einstein’s live, giving rise to a world view of interconnection and objects as relations. But we have yet to come to grips with the implications of the new science that continues to confirm James Lovelock’s Gaia Hypothesis.
In bearing this message across the waters to Extinction Rebellion, and voicing it as well in the nascent collective trauma community, I’ve begun to notice that there are some kinds of unstated ‘taboos’ here that I am implicitly violating. Taboos that prevent us from expressing in public, or even sometimes in conversation with each other, our deep and abiding love for our life source, our Mother.
And yet what other banner unites us with more compelling force than the fierce love of our Great Mother, the source of all life? Indigenous wisdom has always seen Her for who She is, because of their unbroken connection to all of life.
And that is the real lesson we need to learn quickly from those who have never stopped honoring nature, and have long prophesied our fall.
With the ripening of science since the quantum revolution, and the interconnected, interdependent world view triggered by the catalyst of seeing our home from space — rising over the moon’s barren horizon, and the ‘pale, blue dot’ as seen from Saturn’s rings — we know intuitively and feel in our hearts that She is a living organism. We even have stunning time-lapse videos of her rhythmically breathing. And those of us who are awakening to Her forgiving embrace, those who feel Her deep and abiding love, intuit and understand the plunder and plight of planet Earth as our own personal psycho-physical distress, our shared spiritual pain.
And the implications are staggering to us!
Because we are entangled in the very means of her asphyxiation with poisoned gases, we are collectively contributing to the spontaneous combustion of her magical lungs. It is none other than we who have filled her oceanic womb with plastic waste from our throwaway consumer societies.
Yes I know there are those desperate to absolve the lunatics in this capitalist asylum by singling out the architects for ultimate blame. To me, unless you happen to be Indigenous and still living immersed in nature, that amounts to a rather convenient form of denialism. I’ve actually seen the authors of this blame game using twitter to express their self-righteous outrage at the 100 or so corporations singled out for blame.
Hello? A little self-awareness here? What was it that Jesus said as the crowd was about to stone the adulteress to death?
I am someone who owns no autos, eats no meats, takes trains not planes, and lives in a tiny (8′ x 12′) house. But I’m not casting that first stone. I believe in the politics of collective responsibility, and am thus desperately counting on – and contributing my efforts to – a Blue Tsunami general election in 2020, when I’m convinced America will finally awaken to the Extinction Rebellion that is already afoot elsewhere in the world. As Leonard Cohen liked to croon, “Democracy is coming — to the U.S.A.”
The inconvenient truths that come with accepting Gaia as a living being are difficult to bear. We are letting our Mother down! And I realize that in an ego-driven culture it is uncomfortable to speak in eco-conscious ways of our love and responsibility for Gaia, our Mother and the Mother of ‘all our relations.’ As a male baby-boomer raised here in Chicago, I realize especially how difficult it is for men in our culture to express love openly, let alone to advocate for it’s expression politically! We are conditioned instead to express violence (e.g., the National Anthem) and trauma (silent, emotionally blunted cowboys).
We are conditioned to advocate for competition and overthrow, not protection and humble submission.
But now is the time to come together collectively for protection and submission, not to further divide ourselves from like-hearted others with anger and division. And to do this, in turn, we are simply called to the truth of our predicament.
Gaia is real. And if it is true now, as many countries are recognizing, that nature has rights – including rivers and monkeys – then what, pray tell, are the rights of Gaia?! Why would Gaia’s right to life be anything other than sovereign? Superior even to the rights of nations!
That is the kind of necessary implication that has the great potential to unite us all under one banner, with truth and justice for all — in Gaia’s name. For the love of Gaia.
Life is embodied network… Because life is network, there is no ‘nature’ or ‘environment’ separate and apart from humans. We are part of the community of life, composed of relationship with ‘others’… Our ethic must therefore be one of belonging, an imperative made all the more urgent by the many ways that human actions are fraying, rewiring, and severing biological networks worldwide.
David George Haskell (from The Songs of Trees, 2017)
We know already that the rain forests are Gaia’s lungs by which she breathes, and coral reefs are her ovaries by which she reproduces, and icecaps are integral to her temperature-regulating system.
We know too that the oceans are not just her womb, but also her circulatory system, along with the winds and clouds. We are slower to acknowledge that coal seams are her bones, laid down by ancient trees, or that oil is her blood, the remains of ancient dinosaurs.
From death She takes life. Water itself is, in every molecule, two parts life – each hydrogen atom having originated in the birth of a star – and one part death – every oxygen atom expelled by the final, fiery death of a star. Two parts birthing and one part dying — that is Her equilibrium system!
Certain fish, once-ubiquitous in the oceans, are her kidneys, though they are failing now as we’ve sucked most of them up in giant industrialized vacuum cleaners and fed them to factory-farmed chickens and pigs, and to our pets as well.
We’ve broken her bones, sucked out her blood, and fouled her breath. We’ve tortured Her higher forms of intelligence — elephants and whales, dolphins and bison. Boiled her nurseries, bleaching them bone white. Given her a fever that shows no signs of breaking anytime soon.
These are the distressing implications of acknowledging Gaia as a complex life form, a living being. These are the uncomfortable truths that reinforce our taboos against avowing love for Her. Who among us is grown-up enough to own up to the responsibilities that attend these violations of the sacred? And more importantly, who is not? And why?
These are not rhetorical questions! I am not trying to be impertinent here. But leaving these questions aside for another day, there are empowering implications to honoring this broken relationship as well.
Gaia’s trauma is our own. And the only way to begin healing from trauma is by acknowledging it. So underlying the distress of the dystrophic implications we will find a growing sense of personal and collective empowerment. What would it mean to honor Gaia’s trauma? What would She tell us about coming back into proper relationship? How can we heal Her once we’ve given up our victim identities and turned the focus instead on Her healing?
One of the taboos, I suspect, of acknowledging Gaia as a living, breathing and self-regulating organism is that it forces us to give up an ego-centric psyche and personality that we are constantly being conditioned to identify with, as good consumers, for an eco-centric psyche and integral personality that is quite humbling. We don’t really do humility in this day and age.
Because what are we, really, in relation to Gaia?
We go from this solid sense of personal identity to the realization that we are but small cells in the biome of a larger, vastly superior being. As above, so below. Just as I, a human being, am composed of 9 trillion cells that each have their own, non-human DNA, and only 1 trillion cells that share my own DNA, so Gaia, a planetary organism, is composed of trillions of relatively tiny organelles with their own DNA, quite different than her own coded strands of life-stuff.
We are those tiny organelles! To think of ourselves in this way is just as shocking as it was when we first learned that the Earth was not the center of the universe. Just as giving up the geocentric view of the universe meant giving up the idea that we were uniquely favored in the cosmos, so giving up our ego-centric view of the world means giving up the idea that we are truly individuals first and foremost, or that our species is itself somehow favored in the world.
We are nothing apart from Gaia. We are part of Her biome, much like the gut cells in our own biome.
The humility in that statement is the exact counterpart to the hubris that has given rise to the Anthropocene — the myths of endless growth, better living through chemistry, and the idea of technologic superiority.
And now the counterpart to the dystrophic implications. Technology got us into this mess, and it is also being utilized to undermine the dominant paradigm — but technology will not save us.
Only Gaia can do that. There is wisdom and efficacy in submitting to the superiority of Her dominion.
Because she is immensely resilient.
If we enlist Her aid and support in exchange for our protection and submission, Gaia and Gaia alone has the power to reverse the carbon cycles fueling this biospheric collapse. Yes, of course, we must demand an end to this fossil fueled madness. Not just fossil fuels, either — the ongoing plunder of the planet, the inhumane factory farms, and the oceanic Holocaust that is industrialized fishing.
Stated in shorthand, we must all adopt the infinitely wise Indigenous view of Nature as a Life Source, not the destructive, soul-impoverishing view of nature as a resource to be exploited and thrown away. This profoundly exploitative objectification of Gaia is reflected back to us in our equally soul-crushing objectification of women and girls, as no less an authority than Pope Francis eloquently stated in Ladauto Si’:
[O]ur common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us… This sister now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her…
Yes, Her Too!
But at the same time we are eliminating the armaments of death and destruction wielded by our insanely de-natured leaders, following the examples of our compatriots in Hong Kong, Latin America, UK and even Lebanon and Iran, we must also demand what we are fundamentally for: the regeneration of life!
That is where true hope lies!
It’s a head versus heart struggle now. Ego versus Eco. Division versus Unification. Destructive lies versus Regenerative Truths. Death and Rebirth, not annihilation. It’s an Existential Epic. You cannot remain on the sidelines of this struggle, because just as there are no borders that can keep biospheric trauma at bay, so too there are no longer any sidelines.
It’s game on.
According to the ego-centric view of the climate movement, we must overthrow the means of production and establish a more perfect world using renewable energy and magical technology like AI. According to the eco-centric view of Gaia’s Trauma, we must simply and quite passionately honor all life. We must assert Gaia’s Right to Life, and demand it be respected by those who control the means of Her desecration.
If you think that sounds pollyannish or “new age,” you are just not in the know.
One World, Indivisible
No less an authority on life than E.O. Wilson has told us that if we dedicate half the living planet to life, Gaia will reciprocate by drawing excess carbon down from the atmosphere. Her fever will break and begin to abate, and sustainable life will be re-established in our collective home over the same time it takes us to transition away from fossil fuels.
If that sounds radical to you, it should. But there is already a detailed plan now for protecting existing biodiversity on the third of the planet that is still intact (with the creation of marine and terrestrial wildlife sanctuaries), while rehabilitating enough of the already degraded biosphere with simple protections (with the creation of climate transition zones) and minimal interventions (such as re-introducing or protecting keystone species), getting us from a third already functioning to half the planet, and restoring a functioning climate.
This One Earth Climate proposal is actually up for global adoption in 2020, as is the recovery of America’s leadership in the world. That is quite a coincidence. The International Biodiversity Conventions will take up the Gaia Solution in Kunming China next October, and the Green New Deal will hopefully take shape at the same time as part of a sweeping popular mandate, building upon the 2018 Blue Wave, that will emphatically throw the rotting carcass of the criminally cruel and corrupt GOP out of power once and for all here in the U.S.A.
Nothing less is acceptable, and nothing more is needed.
Gaia demands that this come to pass now. It is a matter of life and death.
Her life. The death of what has until now passed for ours. This is our time.
Happy New Year. Resolve to make 2020 the year we turned back the tides, and turned the corner on a Brave New World.
One World Order. Without Borders. United in Defense of Life.
Gaia Loves You!
Published by ecopsi2day
Earth Protector. Wildlife Advocate. Doctor of Natural Law(yer), Ecopsychologist, Author of book "Climate Sense: Changing the Way We Think & Feel About Our Climate in Chaos" as well as academic papers "Climate Trauma: Towards a New Taxonomy of Trauma" and "The Climate Crisis & the Cosmic Bomb: Is the American Dream the Result of Cultural Trauma?" in the peer-reviewed journal "Ecopscychology." Long-time devoted dharma practitioner and hospice volunteer. Motivated by compassion. View all posts by ecopsi2day
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Lanthanum(3+) acetate
Braun (2013) performed a combined repeated dose toxicity study with reproduction/developmental toxicity screening test in rats according to OECD guideline 422 (GLP). A NOAEL for systemic toxicity of >= 1000 mg lanthanum acetate (anhydrous)/kg bw/day was derived (the highest dose tested; limit dose in this type of study). The study was scored Klimisch K1 and it is considered as key study.
Repeated dose toxicity: via oral route - systemic effects
short-term repeated dose toxicity: oral
combined repeated dose and reproduction / developmental screening
other: Well documented GLP study performed according to OECD Guideline 422.
reference to same study
reference to other study
other: RccHan: WIST(SPF)
- Source: Harlan Laboratories, B.V.
- Age at study initiation: 11 weeks
- Weight at study initiation: males: 337 to 379 g (mean 361 g); females: 185 to 221 g (mean 198 g)
- Fasting period before study: no data
- Housing: In groups of five in Makrolon type-4 cages during the first days of acclimatization and then individually in Makrolon type-3 cages with wire mesh tops and sterilized standard softwood bedding with paper enrichment. During the pre-pairing period, cages with males were interspersed amongst those holding females to promote the development of regular estrus cycles.
- Diet (e.g. ad libitum): ad libitum
- Water (e.g. ad libitum): ad libitum
- Acclimation period: 7 days
- Temperature (°C): 22 ± 3°C
- Humidity (%): 30 - 70%
- Air changes (per hr): 10 to 15 air changes per hour
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12 hour fluorescent light/ 12 hour dark cycle
other: bidistilled water
Details on oral exposure:
The dose formulations were prepared weekly.
Based upon the results of dose formulation analyses performed during a non-GLP dose range finding study (Harlan Laboratories Study D57908), the stability of the test item formulations was considered to be sufficient to justify weekly preparation.
Lanthanum acetate was weighed into a glass beaker on a tared precision balance, vehicle was added (w/v) initially stirred with a magnetic stirrer before adding the remaining vehicle and stirring for approximately 30 minutes until homogeneously suspended. Daily aliquots were portioned into glass containers. Separate formulations were prepared for each concentration.
Homogeneity of the test item in the vehicle was maintained during the daily administration period using a magnetic stirrer.
Storage of dose formulations:
Dose formulations were stored at room temperature (20±5 °C) in glass beakers, away from direct sunlight.
Based upon the results of stability analyses performed within the non-GLP Harlan Laboratories study D57910, dose formulations were stable for at least four weeks when stored in these conditions.
Stock solutions of lanthanum acetate in purified water were prepared for external standard calibration. Then, the mixture was sonicated for at least 5 minutes and the flask was brought to volume with purified water to yield a solution with a concentration of 452.0 µg/mL (a correction factor of 1.08 was taken into account). Aliquots of this stock standard solution were used to prepare working standard solutions in purified water with a concentration range of 11.30 to 90.41 µg/mL.
Analysis of samples:
The samples received were dissolved in purified water by sonication for at least 5 minutes and then diluted to volume with purified water. Where necessary, sample solutions were further diluted with purified water into the calibration range.
Method of analytical verification: High performance liquid chromatographic determination
Evaluation of results:
Injected samples were quantified by comparing peak areas of lanthanum acetate with reference to the calibration curve. The latter was obtained by correlation of the peak areas of the working standards with their corresponding concentrations [µg/mL], using the linear regression model following equation:
y = a + (b * x)
y = response of lanthanum acetate
a = intercept derived from linear regression of calibration data
b = slope derived from linear regression of calibration data
x = actual concentration of lanthanum acetate in sample aliquot [µg/mL]
Results and conclusion:
The linearity of the analytical system used for sample analyses was demonstrated with a good relationship between peak areas measured and working standard concentrations. All calibration points used met the acceptance limit of ± 20% variation from the calibration curve derived by linear regression analysis. The regression coefficients (R²) calculated were found to be better than 0.99.
The lanthanum acetate peak was assigned in sample chromatograms by comparison to that of working standards. In blank sample chromatograms no peak appeared at the retention time of lanthanum acetate and, therefore, the absence of the test item in the vehicle control samples (bidistilled water) was confirmed.
The application formulations investigated during the study were found to comprise lanthanum acetate in the range of 88.6% to 102.6% and, thus, the required content limit of ± 20% with reference to the nominal content was met. The homogeneous distribution of lanthanum acetate in the preparations was approved because single results found did not deviate more than 4.4% (acceptance criterion: < 15%) from the corresponding mean.
In addition, the test item was found to be stable in application formulations when kept up to eight days at room temperature due to recoveries which met the variation limit of 10% from the time-zero (homogeneity) mean.
In conclusion, the results indicate the accurate use of the test item lanthanum acetate and bidistilled water as vehicle during this study. Application formulations were found to be homogeneously prepared and sufficient formulation stability under storage conditions was approved.
Males: 46 days
Females: approximately 7 weeks (49 days)
0, 110, 330, 1000 mg/kg
actual ingested
12 (plus 2 extra per sex in a reserve group)
Dose selection rationale:
The dose levels were selected based on a previous dose range-finding toxicity study in Han Wistar rats (Harlan Laboratories study D57908). In this study, lanthanum acetate was administered daily by oral gavage to SPF-bred Wistar rats of both sexes at target dose levels of 193.91, 581.72 or 1939.27 mg/kg bw/d for a period of 14 days. The study included three animals per group and sex. Clinical signs, food consumption and body weights were recorded periodically. All animals were necropsied and examined post mortem.
Results of dose range-finding study:
- Mortality/Viability: All animals survived until scheduled necropsy.
- Clinical signs: There were no clinical signs of toxicity at any dose level. Transient breathing noises were noted in one male at 1939.27 mg/kg bw/day. The remaining males and all females were without clinical signs.
- Food consumption: There was a test item-related reduction in the mean daily food consumption in rats treated at 1939.27 mg/kg bw/day. This finding was more clearly exhibited in the females than in the males.
In males treated with 1939.27 mg/kg bw/day, the mean daily food consumption was -22.8% during days 1 -4 when compared with the control males. This improved to +2.3% and +20.9% during days 4 -7 and 7 -14, respectively. The females at this dose level consumed less feed than the control females: -21.0%, -14.4% and -9.8% during the measurement intervals of days 1 -4, 4 -7 and 7 -14, respectively.
The food consumption of males and females treated with 193.91 mg/kg bw/day or 581.72 mg/kg bw/day were generally similar to those of the controls.
- Body weights: At 1939.27 mg/kg bw/day, clearly reduced mean body weights were noted in males and females on days 4, 7 and 14 of treatment.
The mean body weight gain was marginally lower in males treated with 581.72 mg/kg bw/day at the end of the treatment period when compared with the control males. Females at this dose level had marginally reduced mean body weight gain on days 7 and 14 of treatment.
At 193.91 mg/kg bw/day, the mean body weight gain was generally similar to that of the controls.
- Organ weights: In males treated with 1939.27 mg/kg bw/day, slightly higher mean absolute adrenal weights were noted when compared with the control males. The mean absolute spleen weights of these rats were slightly elevated as well.
At 581.72 mg/kg bw/day, slightly higher mean absolute adrenal weights were noted.
The organ weights of females at all dose levels were similar to those of the controls.
- Macroscopic findings: There were no test-item related macroscopical findings at any dose level.
At 1939.27 mg/kg bw/day, unilateral renal pelvis dilation was noted in one male and reddish foci on the thymus of one female.
At 581.72 mg/kg bw/day, unilateral renal pelvis dilation was noted in one female when compared with controls.
At 193.91 mag/kg bw/day, reddish discoloration of the thymus was seen in one male.
Based on the results of this 14-day dose range-finding study, dose levels of 110, 330 or 1000 mg/kg bw/day are proposed for the subsequent combined repeated dose toxicity study (with the reproduction/developmental toxicity screening test in the Han Wistar Rat) with lanthanum acetate.
Observations and examinations performed and frequency:
- Time schedule: once daily, during acclimatization and up to day of necropsy
- Time schedule: once daily, during acclimatization and up to day of necropsy. Additionally females will be observed for signs of difficult or prolonged parturition, and behavioral abnormalities in nesting and nursing.
- Animals were observed for changes in skin, fur, eyes, mucous membranes, occurrence of secretions and excretions, and autonomic activity (e.g. lacrimation, piloerection, pupil size, unusual respiratory pattern) as well as changes in gait, posture and response to handling as well as the presence of clonic or tonic movements, stereotypic or bizarre behavior.
- Time schedule for examinations: From treatment start to day before necropsy
Males: weekly during pre-pairing and after pairing periods
Females: pre-pairing period days 1-8 and 8-13; gestation days 0-7, 7-14 and 14-21 post-coitum, and lactation days 1-4
No food consumption was recorded during the pairing period.
- Blood samples were obtained on day 14 of the pre-pairing period from 5 males and 5 females from each group. Blood samples were drawn from the retro-orbital plexus from all animals under light isoflurane anesthesia. The animals were fasted for approximately 18 hours before blood sampling but allowed access to water ad libitum. The samples were collected early in the working day to reduce biological variation caused by circadian rhythms.
- Parameters checked were: complete blood cell count (erythrocyte count, hemoglobin, hematocrit, mean corpuscular volume, red cell volume distribution width, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, hemoglobin concentration distribution width, leukocyte count total, differential leukocyte count, platelet count) and coagulation (prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time)
- Parameters checked were: glucose, urea, creatinine, bilirubin total, cholesterol total, triglycerides, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, gamma-glutamyl-transferase, bile acids, sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, phosphorus, protein total, albumin, globulin, albumin/globulin ratio
At one time during the study (males in the fourth week of treatment and females on day 3 or 4 post-partum), relevant parameters from a modified Irwin screen test were performed with five P generation males and five P generation females from each group in place of the usual weekly behavioral observation. This assessment was conducted following the daily dose administration. Any abnormal findings were recorded and, where appropriate, graded in severity.
Grip strength:
Forelimb and hindlimb grip strength measurements were performed using a push-pull strain gauge. The animals were placed with the forepaws inside a triangular rasping ring and with the hind paws outside a triangular grasping ring. Using one hand, the animals were held towards the base of the tail and steadily pulled away or towards the ring until the grip was broken. Each measurement was repeated three times, the means were calculated and recorded.
Locomotor activity:
Locomotor (decreased or increased) activity was measured quantitatively with AMS Föhr Medical Instruments GmbH and DeMeTec GmbH Activity Monitor System. Animals were monitored for a 60-minute period and the total activity of this time period was recorded. Low beams count was reported in 10-minute intervals as well as the total activity of the measuring period.
OTHER: Organ weights:
At the scheduled sacrifice, the testes and epididymides of all parental males were weighed separately.
In addition, from 5 males and 5 females killed at the end of the study which were selected from each group, the following organs were trimmed from any adherent tissue, as appropriate and their wet weight was taken: adrenal glands (weighed as pairs), brain, heart, kidneys (weighed as pairs), liver, thymus, spleen
Sacrifice and pathology:
GROSS PATHOLOGY: Yes, males were sacrificed after treatment of at least 28 days, when no longer needed for the assessment of reproductive effects. Dams and pups were sacrificed on day 5 post-partum.
At the scheduled sacrifice, terminal body weights were measured and all animals were sacrificed by an injection of sodium pentobarbital. All P generation animals were exsanguinated.
Dead pups, except those excessively cannibalized, were examined macroscopically.
All parent animals and pups were examined macroscopically for any structural changes.
For the parent animals, special attention was directed at the organs of the reproductive system.
The number of implantation sites and corpora lutea was recorded for all dams with litters. The uteri of non-pregnant females were placed in a solution of ammonium sulfide to visualize possible hemorrhagic areas of implantation sites.
HISTOPATHOLOGY:
Histotechnique:
All organ and tissue samples to be examined by the principal investigatory for histopathology were processed, embedded and cut at an approximate thickness of 2-4 micrometers and stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Additionally, the testis was stained by PAS-hematoxylin.
The tissue from all parental males was preserved in neutral phosphate buffered 4% formaldehyde solution: prostate, seminal vesicles with coagulating gland, testes and epididymidis.
Ovaries from parental females were preserved in neutral phosphate buffered 4% formaldehyde solution.
From all animals found dead or killed in extremis, the following tissues were preserved in neutral phosphate buffered 4% formaldehyde solution:
gross lesions, brain, spinal chord, small and large intestines, stomach, liver, kidneys, adrenals, spleen, heart, thymus, thyroids and parathyroids if possible, trachea and lungs, uterus with vagina, urinary bladder, lymph nodes, peripheral nerve, bone marrow
Slides of all organs and tissues collected at terminal sacrifice from the animals of the control and high-dose groups were examined for histopathology. The same applied to all occurring gross lesions and to all animals, which died spontaneously. Special emphasis was made on the stages of spermatogenesis and histopathology of interstitial cell structure.
Because of possible test item-related findings noted in the high dose group, the stomach of both sexes were examined from five animals in the intermediate groups, as well as a small number of other organs from animals which did not mate or did not litter.
A histopathology peer review was performed. The assessment of the study pathologist and reviewing pathologist compared favorably.
Following statistical methods were used to analyze food consumption, body weights and reproduction data:
- means and standard deviations of various data were calculated
- the Dunnett-test (many to one t-test) based on a pooled variance estimate if the variables could be assumed to follow a normal distribution for the comparison of the treated groups and the control groups for each sex
- The Steel-test (many-one rank test) were applied instead of the Dunnett-test when the data were not assumed to follow a normal distribution
- Fischer's exact-test was applied if the variables could be dichotomized without loss of information.
(see food consumption here below)
CLINICAL SIGNS AND MORTALITY
All males and females survived until their respective scheduled necropsies.
Males:
There were no test-item related findings in any male rat during the pre-pairing, pairing or after pairing periods.
During the pre-pairing period, one male treated with 1000 mg/kg/day had a transient slight decrease of activity. There were no findings in other males during the pre-pairing period.
During the pre-pairing period, small areas of localized hair loss were recorded in a few males treated with 1000 mg/kg/day. Breathing noises were recorded intermittently in one or two males at this dose level, as was salivation. Transient breathing noise was also recorded in one male treated with 330 mg/kg/day. These findings were not considered to be related to the treatment with the test item. Males treated with 110 mg/kg/day were unaffected.
During the after pairing period, slight hair loss was noted in one male treated with 1000 mg/kg/day and transient breathing noise was noted in one male treated with 330 mg/kg/day. The remaining males were without findings.
Females:
There were no test item-related findings in any female rat during the pre-pairing, pairing, gestation or lactation periods.
There were no symptoms noted in any female during the pre-pairing and pairing periods. Breathing noise was noted on one occasion during the gestation period in one female treated with 1000 mg/kg/day and ruffled fur was noted on one occasion in one female treated with 110 mg/kg/day.
No symptoms were noted during the lactation period at any dose level.
Males (pre-pairing, pairing and after pairing periods):
A test item-related reduction in mean body weights was noted in males treated with 1000 mg/kg/day during the pre-pairing, pairing and after pairing periods. The mean body weight gain of these males was clearly lower during the pre-pairing period, but improved slightly during the pairing period and was considered to be unaffected during the after pairing period.
During the pre-pairing period, a trend for lower mean body weights were noted from day 3 onwards in males treated with 1000 mg/kg/day and attained statistical significance (p<0.05) from days 7 to 13. The mean body weight gain of these males during this period was significantly lower from days 2 to 14 (p<0.01).
The mean body weight of these males was significantly lower (p<0.05) during days 1 - 21 and day 24 of the pairing period. The body weights of these males remained lower than those of the controls males during the after pairing period and attained statistical significance (<0.05) on day 1, 2 and 4 of this period. The body weight gain of these males improved slightly during the pairing period and remained stable during the after pairing period and considered to be generally within range of normal variation.
Although the differences were not statistically significant, a trend for marginally lower body weights and mean body weight gain were noted in males treated with 330 mg/kg/day during the latter half of the pairing period and the after pairing period.
The mean body weights and mean body weight gain of the males treated with 110 mg/kg/day were generally similar to those of the control males.
Females (pre-pairing, pairing, gestation and lactation periods):
Lower mean body weights of female rats treated with 1000 mg/kg/day were noted on days 11 and 13 of the pre-pairing period (both p<0.05), and on day 5 of the gestation period (p<0.05). The mean body weight gain of these females was significantly lower from days 3-14 of pre-pairing (generally p<0.01), but improved during the gestation and lactation periods to levels similar to the control females.
The mean body weights and mean body weight gain of the females treated with 110 or 330 mg/kg/day compared favorably with those of the control females. Occasional incidences of statistical significance were considered to be of no toxicological relevance.
pre-pairing period: A statistically significant reduction in mean daily food consumption was noted during days 1 - 8 of the pre-pairing period in males treated with 1000 mg/kg/day (p<0.01). All other treated males were unaffected during this time interval and all males of all groups compared favorably during the second measurement interval (days 8 - 14).
after pairing period: There were no differences in mean daily food consumption during the after pairing period.
pre-pairing, gestation and lactation periods:
The mean daily food consumption of the females treated with 1000 mg/kg/day was significantly reduced during days 1 - 8 (p<0.01) and days 8 - 14 (p<0.05) of the pre-pairing period. A significant reduction in the females treated with 110 mg/kg/day during days 1 - 8 (p<0.05) of the pre-pairing period was not seen in the females treated with 330 mg/kg/day and therefore considered to be incidental.
With the exception of a slight reduction of food consumption during days 7 - 14 of the gestation period, the mean daily food consumption of the females treated with 1000 mg/kg/day was similar to that of the control females. The mean daily food consumption of the remaining dose groups were unaffected during the gestation period.
During the lactation period, there were no toxicologically relevant differences to the control values at any dose level.
At 330 and 1000 mg/kg/day, slightly reduced levels of hemoglobin were statistically significant (p<0.05 and p<0.01, respectively) but remained within the range of the historical control values. The mean hematocrit was significantly lower in these groups but also remained within the ranges of the historical control data (p<0.05). A slight increase in the mean relative eosinophil count attained statistical significance (p<0.05) at 1000 mg/kg/day but remained with the historical control ranges. The mean thromboplastin time of the males treated with 330 mg/kg/day was very slightly elevated (p<0.05) when compared with the controls but in the absence of a dose-response relationship was considered to be incidental. These differences were considered to be without toxicological relevance.
The platelet count was significantly elevated in males treated with 1000 mg/kg/day (p<0.01) when compared with the controls, but remained with the range of historical control data and considered to be incidental.
At 110 mg/kg/day, the hematology parameters were similar to the control males.
At 1000 mg/kg/day, slightly reduced levels of hemoglobin and mean hematocrit were statistically significant (both p<0.01) but remained within the range of the historical control values. These differences were considered to be without toxicological relevance.
The mean platelet count was significantly elevated in females treated with 1000 mg/kg/day (p<0.05) when compared with the controls but remained within the range of the historical control data.
At 110 and 330 mg/kg/day, the hematology parameters were similar to the control females.
At 330 and 1000 mg/kg/day, significantly reduced total bilirubin was noted in females (p<0.05 and p<0.01, respectively). Both values exceeded the lower limit of the historical control values. In view of the large variation in the individual values, a clear relationship with the test item treatment could not be conclusively drawn.
Significantly lower mean total protein (p<0.01), comprised of reduced albumin, p<0.05 and reduced globulin, p<0.01) were noted in the females treated with 1000 mg/kg/day. These latter changes were considered to be related to the treatment with the test item.
At 330 mg/kg/day, reduced total protein (p<0.01), comprised of reduced albumin (not significant) and reduced globulin (p<0.01) were noted and considered to test item related.
At 110 mg/kg/day, the clinical biochemistry parameters were similar to the control males.
NEUROBEHAVIOUR
There were no findings evident for males or females.
The mean fore and hind limb strength values were unaffected at all dose levels.
The statistically significant increase noted in the hind limb grip strength of females treated with 110 mg/kg/day (p<0.05) was unrelated to dose and therefore considered to be incidental.
The mean locomotor activity of males and females, recorded over 60 minutes in 10-minute intervals, compared favorably with that of the respective control values.
ORGAN WEIGHTS
In males and females, the mean absolute and relative organ weights were unaffected by the treatment with the test item.
A marginal reduction of thymus weights were noted in the males treated with 1000 mg/kg/day, but these were not associated with microscopical changes and therefore considered to be incidental. Females were unaffected.
GROSS PATHOLOGY
Red foci on the stomach were noted in two males treated with 330 mg/kg/day and three males treated with 1000 mg/kg/day, and were considered to be test item-related findings
There were no gross lesions that could be attributed to treatment with the test item. All findings were recorded to be within the range of normal background alterations.
HISTOPATHOLOGY: NON-NEOPLASTIC
Microscopically, the following treatment related findings were recorded:
- Increase in incidence and severity of inflammatory cell infiltration in the submucosa to base of lamina propria consisting of eosinophils and/or lymphocytes was recorded in animals treated with 330 and 1000 mg/kg/day. The severity was slightly higher in males than females.
- Increase in incidence and severity of eosinophilic globule leukocyte in mucosa was recorded in animals treated with 330 or 1000 mg/kg/day.
- Atrophy of fundic gland mainly chief cells and/or parietal cells was recorded at minimal severity in males treated with 330 or 1000 mg/kg/day.
- Eosinophilic chief cells were recorded at minimal to slight severity in animals treated with 1000 mg/kg/day and males treated with 330 mg/kg/day.
- Increase in incidence and severity of epithelial vacuolation of squamous limiting ridge was recorded in males treated with 1000 mg/kg/day.
(systemic effects)
>= 1 000 mg/kg bw/day (nominal)
act. ingr.
other: see 'Remark'
Morphological changes in stomachs were observed at 330 and 1000 mg/kg bw/day as well as differences in the mean daily food consumption/body weight development at 1000 mg/kg bw/day. Although these changes were considered to be related to the treatment with the test item, the morphological changes in the stomachs were considered to be local effects rather than systemic toxicity and the differences in the food consumption/body weight were considered secondary to the changes in the stomach.
In conclusion, the NOAEL for systemic toxicity of the parent animals was considered to be >= 1000 mg/kg bw/day (expressed as lanthanum acetate anhydrous).
Repeated dose toxicity: inhalation - systemic effects
Repeated dose toxicity: inhalation - local effects
Repeated dose toxicity: dermal - systemic effects
Repeated dose toxicity: dermal - local effects
Braun (2013) performed a combined repeated dose toxicity study with reproduction/developmental toxicity screening test in RccHan: WIST (SPF) rats. Lanthanum acetate was administered to male rats for 46 days and to female rats for 14 days prior to pairing, through the pairing and gestation periods until the F1 generation reached day 4 post partum (approximately 49 days).
Animals were exposed at 110, 330 and 1000 mg/kg bw/day dose levels (expressed as anhydrous active ingredient). Control animals were dosed with the vehicle (bidistilled water) alone.
There were no effects upon mortality of parental animals, no clinical findings (daily or weekly), no differences in the functional observational battery (including grip strength and locomotor activity), no differences in mean absolute or relative organ weights, and no overt macroscopical findings of toxicological relevance.
At 1000 mg/kg bw/day, test-item related effects included reduced mean daily food consumption in males during the initial week of treatment, and in females during the first two weeks of treatment and during the second week of gestation, reduced body weights in males throughout the treatment period and in females intermittently during pre-pairing and gestation. The mean total protein, albumin and globulin levels of the males and females treated with 1000 mg/kg bw/day were significantly reduced (p<0.01) when compared with the control values. These latter changes were considered to be related to the treatment with the test item. At 330 mg/kg bw/day, reduced total protein, albumin and globulin levels of females were considered to be the only findings of potential toxicological relevance. No changes were reported in males. These changes were considered conclusive but not sufficient for the derivation of a NOAEL value.
Test item related morphological changes were noted in animals treated with 330 and 1000 mg/kg bw/day, and included increased incidence and severity of inflammatory cell infiltration in submucosa to base of lamina propria of the stomach, and considered to be a reactive inflammatory lesion (gastritis) to a repeatedly gavaged test material. The severity was slightly higher in males than females. The inflammatory change was associated with eosinophilic globule leukocytes in mucosa, and sometimes with atrophy of fundic glands, eosinophilic chief cells and epithelial vacuolation of the squamous limiting ridge at minimal to slight severity. These changes were considered to be a local effect of the test item rather than one of systemic toxicological relevance.
The NOEL for systemic toxicity of the parent animals was considered to be 110 mg/kg bw/day, based upon the changes in the stomachs of rats treated with 330 and 1000 mg/kg bw/day as well as differences in the mean daily food consumption and mean body weight at 1000 mg/kg bw/day. Although these changes were considered to be related to the treatment with the test item, the morphological changes in the stomachs were considered to be local effects rather than systemic toxicity and the differences in the food consumption/body weight were considered secondary to the changes in the stomach.
Therefore, the NOAEL for systemic toxicity of the parent animals was considered to be >= 1000 mg/kg bw/day (the highest dose tested; limit dose in this type of study).
Repeated dose toxicity: inhalation and dermal
A key study is available for the oral route of exposure. According to the REACH Regulation, only one route of exposure should be tested for repeated dose toxicity (column 2, annex VIII, section 8.6.1). Therefore, it is not necessary to perform a repeated dose toxicity study via the inhalation or dermal route of exposure. In addition the substance appears as a clump and formation of respirable suspended particulate matter is unlikely.
Annex IX further testing:
A supportive 90-day repeated dose study with the read-across substance lanthanum carbonate was performed under GLP according to OECD guideline 408 (Reißmüller, 2006). In this study groups of five male and female Wistar rats received nominal doses of 1400, 2400 and 14000 ppm (males: 94.0, 276.1 and 974.2 mg/kg bw/day, females: 135.1, 391.2 and 1480.4 mg/kg bw/day) for 90 days in the diet. In addition to the guideline protocol neurobehavioral tests as well as immunotoxicological examinations were performed in satellite groups. With the exception of single incidental findings no treatment-related adverse effects were detected. Therefore, the NOAEL was found to be 14000 ppm lanthanum carbonate octahydrate corresponding to 10648 ppm lanthanum carbonate, anhydrous. Based on the daily food consumption the NOAEL is 741 mg/kg bw/d for males and 1126 mg/kg bw/d females (expressed as lanthanum carbonate anhydrous), which is the highest dose tested in the study.
On the basis of the results obtained in the OECD 422 test performed with lanthanum acetate (NOAEL> = 1000 mg/kg bw/d; no systemic toxicity observed at the highest dose) and the results obtained in the supportive OECD 408 study with the read-across substance lanthanum carbonate (NOAEL = 14000 ppm; no systemic toxicity observed at the highest dose), it can be concluded that no adverse effects need to be addressed by a subchronic test with lanthanum acetate. In addition, and based on the assessment of the available data, low absorption of lanthanum acetate is expected via oral, dermal or inhalation administration (see toxicokinetic assessment in Section 7.1).
Therefore, in accordance with REACH legislation (Annex IX, section 8.6.2, column 2) and for animal welfare reasons, a test proposal for a 90-day study is not included as it is not scientifically required.
The read-across justification is added in Section 13 of IUCLID.
Justification for selection of repeated dose toxicity via oral route - systemic effects endpoint:
Only one reliable study is available with lanthanum acetate
Justification for selection of repeated dose toxicity inhalation - systemic effects endpoint:
A key study is available for the oral route of exposure. According to the REACH Regulation, only one route of exposure should be tested for repeated dose toxicity (column 2, annex VIII, section 8.6.1). Therefore, it is not necessary to perform a repeated dose toxicity study via the inhalation route of exposure. Furthermore, the susbtancesubstance is hygroscopic and forms aggregates. Therefore this study is not justified.
Justification for selection of repeated dose toxicity inhalation - local effects endpoint:
A key study is available for the oral route of exposure. According to the REACH Regulation, only one route of exposure should be tested for repeated dose toxicity (column 2, annex VIII, section 8.6.1). Therefore, it is not necessary to perform a repeated dose toxicity study via the inhalation route of exposure. In addition the substance appears as a clump and formation of respirable suspended particulate matter is unlikely.
Justification for selection of repeated dose toxicity dermal - systemic effects endpoint:
A key study is available for the oral route of exposure. According to the REACH Regulation, only one route of exposure should be tested for repeated dose toxicity (column 2, annex VIII, section 8.6.1). Therefore, it is not necessary to perform a repeated dose toxicity study via the dermal route of exposure.
Justification for selection of repeated dose toxicity dermal - local effects endpoint:
Based on the available data and according to the criteria of the CLP Regulation, lanthanum acetate should not be classified for STOT repeated exposure via the oral route.
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1,10-decanediyl diacrylate
Effects on fertility
No reproduction study is available on 1,10-decanediol diacrylate, therefore a read-across with an analogue is proposed.
A Combined 28-Day Repeated Dose Oral (Gavage) Toxicity Study with the Reproduction/Developmental Toxicity Screening Test is available on 1,6-Hexamethylene Diacrylate (HDDA) in Rats. The NOAEL of 250 mg/kg/d was selected for the toxicity for reproduction.
screening for reproductive / developmental toxicity
other: Crl:CD(SD)
- Source: Charles River Laboratories, Inc., Raleigh, NC
- Age at study initiation: approximately 78 days old
- Weight at study initiation:
- Fasting period before study: no
- Housing: upon completion of mating single housing
- Diet (ad libitum): PMI Nutrition International, LLC Certified Rodent LabDiet® 5002
- Water (ad libitum): Reverse osmosis-purified (on site) drinking water
- Acclimation period: 16 days
- Temperature (°C): 21.6 - 22.7
- Humidity (%): 37.3 - 45.3
- Air changes (per hr): a minimum of 10 fresh air changes per hour
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12 hour light / 12 hour dark
The test substance formulations were prepared approximately twice weekly as single formulations for each dosage level, divided into aliquots for daily dispensation, and stored at room temperature, protected from light. The test substance formulations were stirred continuously throughout the preparation, sampling, and dose administration procedures.
- Concentration in vehicle: 15, 50, 150 mg/mL
- Amount of vehicle (if gavage): 5 mL/kg bw
- Lot/batch no.: YR1134
Details on mating procedure:
- Impregnation procedure: cohoused
- If cohoused:
- M/F ratio per cage: 1:1
- Length of cohabitation: 14 days
- Further matings after unsuccessful attempts: no. If evidence of copulation was not detected after 14 days of pairing, any females that had not shown evidence of mating were placed in plastic maternity cages.
- Verification of same strain and source of both sexes: yes
- Proof of pregnancy: vaginal plug / sperm in vaginal smear referred to as day 0 of pregnancy
- Any other deviations from standard protocol: no
Quadruplicate samples for homogeneity and concentration analyses were collected from the middle of the vehicle control formulation and from the top, middle, and bottom stratum of the test substance formulations prepared for the first week of dose administration. In addition, quadruplicate samples for concentration analyses were collected from the middle stratum of the vehicle control and test substance formulations prepared for the remainder of the study. One set of duplicate samples from each collection was subjected to the appropriate analyses. The remaining set of duplicate samples was stored frozen (approximately -70°C) as back-up. All analyses were conducted by the WIL Research Laboratories, LLC Analytical Chemistry Department using a validated high performance liquid chromatography method using ultraviolet absorbance detection.
The analyzed dosing formulations were within protocol-specified range (100 % ± 5 %) and were homogeneous.
Males received 14 daily doses prior to mating. Males were dosed throughout the mating period through 1 day prior to euthanasia for a total of 28 doses.
Females received 14 daily doses prior to pairing and were dosed through lactation day 4 for a total of 41-49 doses; females that failed to deliver were dosed through the day prior to euthanasia (post-mating or post cohabitation day 25) for a total of 39-52 doses.
Details on study schedule:
Dose / conc.:
75 mg/kg bw/day (actual dose received)
250 mg/kg bw/day (actual dose received)
12/sex/group
Positive control:
Parental animals: Observations and examinations:
- Time schedule: twice daily
Each male and female was also observed for signs of toxicity immediately following dosing and at approximately 1 hour following dose administration.
- Time schedule: weekly beginning approximately 1 week prior to the initiation of dose administration
- Time schedule for examinations:
Males: approximately 1 week prior to the initiation of dose administration, on the first day of dose administration, and weekly thereafter until the day of scheduled euthanasia
Females: approximately 1 week prior to the initiation of dose administration, on the first day of dose administration, and weekly thereafter until the day evidence of copulation was observed. Once evidence of mating was observed, female body weights were recorded on gestation days 0, 4, 7, 11, 14, 17, and 20, and on lactation days 0 (when possible), 1, 4, and 5.
- Food consumption for each animal determined and mean daily diet consumption calculated as g food/kg body weight/day: Yes
Individual food consumption was recorded on the corresponding weekly body weight days until pairing. Food intake was not recorded during the mating period. Once evidence of mating was observed, female food consumption was recorded on gestation days 0, 4, 7, 11, 14, 17, and 20 and on lactation days 1 and 4. Following mating, food consumption for the female with no evidence of mating was measured on a weekly basis until the scheduled euthanasia
- Body weight gain in kg/food consumption in kg per unit time X 100 calculated as time-weighted averages from the consumption and body weight gain data: No
WATER CONSUMPTION: No
OPHTHALMOSCOPIC EXAMINATION: No
- Time schedule for collection of blood: at the scheduled necropsies (study day 28 for males and lactation day 5 for females)
- Anaesthetic used for blood collection: No data
- Animals fasted: Yes
- How many animals: 6 animals/sex/group
- Parameters were examined: Total leukocyte count (WBC), Erythrocyte count (RBC), Hemoglobin (HGB), Hematocrit (HCT), Mean corpuscular volume (MCV), Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), Platelet count (PLATELET), Prothrombin time (PT), Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), Reticulocyte count, Percent (RETIC), Absolute (RETIC ABSOLUTE), Mean Platelet Volume (MPV), Red cell distribution width (RDW), Hemoglobin Distribution Width (HDW),
Differential leukocyte count: (Percent and absolute): Neutrophil (NEU), Lymphocyte (LYMPH), Monocyte (MONO), Eosinophil (EOS), Basophil (BASO), Large unstained cell (LUC),
Platelet estimatea, Red cell morphology (RBC MORPHOLOGY).
- Parameters were examined: Albumin, Total protein, Globulin [by calculation], Albumin/globulin ratio (A/G Ratio) [by calculation], Total bilirubin (Total Bili), Urea nitrogen, Creatinine, Alkaline phosphatase (ALP), Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), Gamma glutamyltransferase (GGT), Glucose, Total cholesterol (Cholesterol), Calcium, Chloride, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Triglycerides (Triglyceride), Bile acids.
URINALYSIS: Yes
- Time schedule for collection of urine: overnight before the scheduled necropsies (study day 28)
- Metabolism cages used for collection of urine: Yes
- How many animals: 6 males/group
- Parameters were examined: Specific gravity (SG), pH, Urobilinogen (URO), Total volume (TVOL), Color (COL), Clarity (CLA), Protein (PRO), Glucose (GLU), Ketones (KET), Bilirubin (BIL), Occult blood (BLD), Leukocytes (LEU), Nitrites (NIT), Microscopy of sediment.
- Time schedule for examinations: FOB assessments were recorded for 6 animals/sex/group prior to dose administration on study day 27 (males) and lactation day 4 (females).
- Dose groups that were examined: all
- Battery of functions tested: sensory activity / grip strength / motor activity:
1. Home cage observations: Posture, Convulsions/Tremors, Feces consistency, Biting, Palpebral (eyelid) closure
2. Handling observations: Ease of removal from cage, Lacrimation/Chromodacryorrhea, Piloerection, Palpebral closure, Eye prominence, Red/Crusty deposits, Ease of handling animal in hand, Salivation, Fur appearance, Respiratory rate/character, Mucous membranes/Eye/Skin color, Muscle tone
3. Open field observations: Mobility, Rearing, Convulsions/Tremors, Grooming, Bizarre/Stereotypic behavior, Time to first step (seconds), Gait, Arousal, Urination/Defecation, Gait score, Backing
4. Sensory observations: Approach response, Startle response, Pupil response, Forelimb extension, Air righting reflex, Touch response, Tail pinch response, Eyeblink response, Hindlimb extension, Olfactory orientation
5. Neuromuscular observations: Hindlimb extensor strength, Hindlimb foot splay, Grip strength hind and forelimb, Rotarod performance
6. Physiological observations: Catalepsy, Body temperature, Body weight
7. Locomotor activity (measured automatically using a personal computer controlled system): Data were collected in 5 minute epochs and the test session duration was 60 minutes. These data were compiled as six, 10-minute subintervals for tabulation. Data for ambulatory and total motor activity were tabulated. Total motor activity was defined as a combination of fine motor skills (i.e., grooming, interruption of 1 photobeam) and ambulatory motor activity (interruption of 2 or more consecutive photobeams).
Oestrous cyclicity (parental animals):
Sperm parameters (parental animals):
Litter observations:
All females were allowed to deliver naturally and rear their young to PND 4. During the period of expected parturition, the females were observed twice daily for initiation and completion of parturition and for signs of dystocia.
PARAMETERS EXAMINED
On the day parturition was initiated (PND 0), pups were sexed and examined for gross malformations, and the numbers of stillborn and live pups were recorded. Individual gestation length was calculated using the date delivery started.
Daily observations of survival and any abnormalities in (nursing) behaviour; detailed physical examination and determination of body weights on PND 1 and 4.
GROSS EXAMINATION OF DEAD PUPS:
yes, for external and internal abnormalities; possible cause of death was determined for pups born or found dead.
Postmortem examinations (parental animals):
SACRIFICE: All surviving F0 adults were euthanized by carbon dioxide inhalation. Males were euthanized following completion of the mating period. Females that delivered were euthanized on lactation day 5 or within 24 hours of total litter loss; the numbers of former implantation sites and corpora lutea were recorded. Females that failed to deliver were euthanized on post mating day 25 (females with evidence of mating) or post-cohabitation day 25 (females with no evidence of mating).
GROSS PATHOLOGY: Yes
Uteri with no macroscopic evidence of implantation were opened and subsequently placed in 10 % ammonium sulfide solution for detection of early implantation loss. A gross necropsy was conducted on all animals including the female that was found dead during gestation; the numbers of corpora lutea and implantation sites were recorded and recognizable fetuses were examined externally for gross abnormalities. Necropsies included examination of the external surface, all orifices, the external surface of the brain, and the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavities, including viscera.
ORGAN WEIGHTS: from F0 animals at the scheduled necropsies, the following organs were weighed: Adrenal glands, Ovaries with oviducts, Brain, Spleen, Epididymides, Testes, Heart, Thymus gland, Kidneys, Thyroids with parathyroids, Liver.
HISTOPATHOLOGY: Yes
At the time of necropsy, the following tissues and organs were placed in 10% neutral-buffered formalin: Adrenal glands (2), Lymph node (Axillary, Mesenteric, Mandibular), Aorta, Bone with marrow (sternebrae), Bone marrow smear ( not placed in formalin), Brain (Cerebrum level 1, Cerebrum level 2, Cerebellum with medulla/pons), Ovaries and oviducts (2), Pancreas, Peripheral nerve (sciatic), Pituitary gland, Coagulating glands, Prostate gland, Eyes with optic nerve (2) (in Davidson’s solution), Mandibular salivary glands (2), Gastrointestinal tract (Esophagus, Stomach, Duodenum, Jejunum, Ileum, Cecum, Colon, Rectum), Seminal vesicles (2), Skeletal muscle (rectus femoris), Skin with mammary gland, Spinal cord (cervical), Spleen, Testes with epididymides (2) (fixed in Bouin’s solution), Thymus gland, Thyroids [with parathyroids, if present (2)], Heart, Trachea, Kidneys (2), Urinary bladder, Liver (sections of 2 lobes), Uterus with cervix and vagina (in 10% ammonium sulfide solution), Lungs (including bronchi, fixed by inflation with fixative), All gross lesions.
Microscopic examination was performed on all tissues listed above from all animals in the control and 750 mg/kg/day groups. In addition, the liver, stomach, and all gross lesions from all animals at all dosage levels were examined microscopically.
Postmortem examinations (offspring):
Recognizable fetuses were examined externally for gross abnormalities.
Parental mating, fertility, conception, and copulation indices were analyzed using the Chi square test with Yates’ correction factor (Hollander and Wolfe, 1999). Mean parental body weights (weekly, gestation, and lactation), body weight changes, and food consumption, offspring body weights and body weight changes, gestation length, numbers of former implantation sites and corpora lutea, number of pups born, live litter size on PND 0, unaccounted-for sites, absolute and relative organ weights, clinical pathology values (except gamma glutamyltransferase), pre coital intervals, and continuous FOB data values were subjected to a parametric one way ANOVA (Snedecor and Cochran, 1980) to determine intergroup differences between the control and test substance-treated groups. If the ANOVA revealed significant (p<0.05) intergroup variance, Dunnett's test (Dunnett, 1964) was used to compare the test substance-treated groups to the control group. FOB parameters that yield scalar or descriptive data and histopathological findings in the test substance-treated groups were compared to the control group using Fisher’s Exact test (Steel and Torrie, 1980). Gamma glutamyltransferase values under range were assigned a value of 0.1 (half the lower limit of quantitation) for statistical analysis and reporting. Gamma glutamyltransferase data, mean litter proportions (percent per litter) of males at birth, and postnatal survival were subjected to the Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric ANOVA (Kruskal and Wallis, 1952) to determine intergroup differences between the control and test substance-treated groups. If the ANOVA revealed significant (p<0.05) intergroup variance, Dunn’s test (Dunn, 1964) was used to compare the test substance-treated groups to the control group.
Reproductive indices:
- Male (Female) Mating Index (%) = No. of Males (Females) with Evidence of Mating (or Confirmed Pregnancy) / Total No. of Males (Females) Used for Mating x 100
- Male Fertility Index (%) = No. of Males Siring a Litter / Total No. of Males Used for Mating x 100
- Male Copulation Index (%) = No. of Males Siring a Litter / No. of Males with Evidence of Mating (or Females with Confirmed Pregnancy) x 100
- Female Fertility Index (%) = No. of Females with Confirmed Pregnancy / Total No. of Females Used for Mating x 100
- Female Conception Index (%) = No. of Females with Confirmed Pregnancy / No. of Females with Evidence of Mating (or Confirmed Pregnancy) x 100
Offspring viability indices:
- Mean Live Litter Size = Total No. of Viable Pups on PND 0 / No. of Litters with Viable Pups on PND 0
- Postnatal Survival Between Birth and PND 0 or PND 4 (% Per Litter) = Sum of (Viable Pups Per Litter on PND 0 or PND 4/No. of Pups Born Per Litter) / No. of Litters Per Group x 100
- Postnatal Survival for All Other Intervals (% Per Litter) = Sum of (Viable Pups Per Litter at End of Interval N/Viable Pups Per Litter at Start of Interval N) / No. of Litters Per Group
Behaviour-related clinical findings, including wiping mouth on the cage floor and/or walls, excessive pawing of the cage floor and/or walls, and wiping mouth in bedding material following dosing (females only), were noted for the majority of the males and females in the 250 and 750 mg/kg bw/day groups throughout the treatment period. Because these findings were primarily limited to the time of dose administration and generally did not persist to approximately 1 hour following dose administration, they were attributed to the irritative properties of the test substance and were not considered adverse. Other clinical findings attributed to test substance administration included salivation-related findings (salivation prior to or at the time of dose administration and clear material around the mouth) and red material around the mouth for the majority of the animals in the 250 and 750 mg/kg bw/day groups. These findings were noted at the time of and/or approximately 1 hour following dose administration throughout the treatment period; the salivation related findings were also sporadically noted in the 75 mg/kg bw/day group animals and were likely signs of taste aversion to the test substance, which were not considered adverse.
Other clinical findings noted at the daily examinations, at the time of dose administration, or approximately 1 hour following dose administration, including hair loss on various body surfaces, occurred infrequently and/or at similar frequencies in the control group, and were not attributed to test substance administration.
Dermal irritation (if dermal study):
mortality observed, treatment-related
Description (incidence):
In the 750 mg/kg bw/day group, a single female was found dead prior to evidence of parturition on gestation day 21. This female was noted with clinical findings common to the majority of the other females in this group, including wiping mouth on the cage floor and/or walls, excessive pawing of the cage floor and/or walls, wiping mouth in bedding material following dosing, and wet and clear material around the mouth; these findings were noted at the time of and/or approximately 1 hour following dose administration. In addition, this female was gasping approximately 2 minutes following dose administration on the day of death, and was subsequently found dead approximately 11 minutes after dose administration. Upon macroscopic and microscopic examination, the cause of death of the female was undetermined. Based on these findings, the death of this female was likely attributable to the dose administration procedures and unlikely related to systemic toxicity of the test substance. With the exception of a female in the 750 mg/kg bw/day group that was euthanized on lactation day 0 due to total litter loss, all other males and females at all dosage levels survived to the scheduled necropsy.
-Males: A test substance-related, significantly (p<0.01) lower mean body weight gain was noted in the 750 mg/kg bw/day group males following the first week of dose administration (study days 0-7) followed by a slightly (not statistically significant) lower mean body weight gain during study days 7-13. Mean body weight changes for these males were comparable to the control group during the remainder of the treatment period (study days 13-28). A mean body weight loss (13 g) was noted for the 750 mg/kg bw/day group males during study days 21-28; however, mean body weight losses were noted across all dosage groups, including the control group, as a result of being food-fasted prior to blood collection on study day 27-28. Due to the initial reductions in mean body weight gains, mean body weight gain in the 750 mg/kg bw/day group males was significantly (p<0.01) lower during the overall pre-mating period (study days 0-13) compared to the control group, and mean body weight was 6.8 % lower (not statistically significant) than the control group value on study day 28.
Mean male body weights and body weight gains in the 75 and 250 mg/kg bw/day groups were similar to the control group throughout the treatment period.
-Females: Mean female body weights and body weight gains in the 75, 250, and 750 mg/kg bw/day groups were similar to the control group during the pre-mating period (study days 0-13). Mean body weights and body weight gains in the 75, 250, and 750 mg/kg bw/day groups were generally similar to the control group throughout gestation. During lactation, mean body weights and body weight gains in the 75, 250, and 750 mg/kg bw/day group were unaffected by test substance administration.
Mean male food consumption, evaluated as g/animal/day and g/kg/day, in the 750 mg/kg bw/day group was slightly reduced during the first week of dose administration (study days 0-7). The difference from the control group achieved significance (p<0.05) on a g/kg/day basis only and corresponded to a reduced mean body weight gain during this interval. Mean food consumption in this group was similar to the control group during study days 7-13. Mean male food consumption in the 75 and 250 mg/kg bw/day groups was similar to the control group during the pre-mating period (study days 0-13).
Mean food consumption in the 75, 250, and 750 mg/kg bw/day groups was similar to the control group throughout the pre-mating period (study days 0-13).
Mean food consumption in the 75, 250, and 750 mg/kg bw/day groups was unaffected by test substance administration during gestation. Significantly (p<0.05) higher mean food consumption was noted in the 750 mg/kg bw/day group during gestation days 7-11 (g/animal/day only) and when the overall gestation period (gestation days 0-20; g/kg/day only) was evaluated. However, due to the small magnitude of these differences compared to the control group and the lack of a concurrent similar effect on mean body weight gain, the changes were not attributed to test substance administration.
Mean food consumption in the in the 75, 250, and 750 mg/kg bw/day groups was unaffected by the test substance during lactation.
see details in the section "repeated toxicity"
Immunological findings:
See details in the section "repeated toxicity" for the global results.
No effects were observed on sexual organs.
Other effects:
Reproductive function: oestrous cycle:
Reproductive function: sperm measures:
Reproductive performance:
The mean numbers of days between pairing and coitus in the test substance-treated groups were similar to the control group value. None of these differences were statistically significant.
Mean gestation lengths in the 75, 250, and 750 mg/kg bw/day groups were similar to those in the control group. No statistically significant differences were noted. No signs of dystocia were noted in these groups.
The mean numbers of corpora lutea and implantation sites in the 750 mg/kg bw/day group females (17.4 corpora lutea and 13.7 implantation sites) were slightly lower compared to the concurrent control group (19.8 corpora lutea and 15.6 implantation sites); the mean number of implantation sites was also lower compared to the historical control mean (15.4 implantation sites; version 2.10). The differences from the concurrent control group were not statistically significant and were primarily the result of a single female that had 11 corpora lutea and 1 implantation site and subsequently delivered 1 pup on gestation day 24; this female had a total litter loss on lactation day 0. However, a female in the 750 mg/kg bw/day group also had only 1 implantation site (1 early resorption) and was excluded from the group mean since it failed to deliver at least 1 pup. The occurrence of high dose group females with only 1 implantation site (2 of 11 gravid females; 18.2%) was much greater than the historical occurrence of 1 implantation site in control group females from developmental and reproductive toxicity studies conducted at WIL Research Laboratories, LLC (4 of 2116 gravid females from 93 data sets over a period of 2005-2010; 0.19%). Therefore, because the frequency of gravid females with only 1 implantation site in the 750 mg/kg bw/day group greatly exceeded the rate observed historically in control group animals, these changes were attributed to test substance administration by the author of the study report. These effects were also assessed independently by external experts who did not consent to the conclusions of the study director.
The mean numbers of corpora lutea and implantation sites in the 75 and 250 mg/kg bw/day groups and the mean numbers of unaccounted-for sites in the 75, 250, and 750 mg/kg bw/day groups were similar to the control group values.
Global assessment on reproductive performance :
Mean reproductive indices were generally comparable to control group values at all dosage levels. However, 2 of 11 gravid females in the 750 mg/kg bw/day group were noted with only 1 implantation site; 1 female delivered 1 pup and subsequently had a total litter loss shortly thereafter on PND 0 whereas the other female had 1 early resorption and failed to deliver. As a result of the single female in the 750 mg/kg bw/day group that delivered 1 pup, a lower mean number of implantation sites, number of pups born, and liver litter size PND 0 were noted in this group. Although these differences were not statistically significant compared to the control group, the presence of only 1 implantation site is uncommon in laboratory rats. The occurrence of high dose group females with only 1 implantation site (2 of 11 gravid females; 18.2%) was much greater than the historical occurrence of 1 implantation site in control group females from developmental and reproductive toxicity studies conducted at WIL Research Laboratories, LLC (4 of 2116 gravid females from 93 data sets over a period of 2005-2010; 0.19%). Therefore, because the frequency of gravid females with only 1 implantation site in the 750 mg/kg bw/day group greatly exceeded the rate observed historically in control group animals, a test substance-related effect on the process of implantation was suspected in these 2 females in the 750 mg/kg bw/day group by the author of the study. In addition, the mean number of corpora lutea in the 750 mg/kg bw/day group was lower compared to the control group.
Therefore, under the conditions of this screening study, a test substance-related effect on the process of implantation was presumed in the 750 mg/kg bw/day group females by the study director. Based on these results, a dosage level of 250 mg/kg bw/day was considered to be the no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) for reproductive toxicity of HDDA when administered orally by gavage to Crl:CD(SD) rats.
However, the results described in the present study were also assessed and discussed by an external expert which was also taken into consideration for final assessment of the study results.
The average number of CL was 17.4 at 750 mg/kg bw vs. 19.8 in the control. The historical average of the test facility is 16.6, and the min/max range from 223 control groups is 13.8-18.8, indicating that the 750 mg/kg bw-value is higher than the historical average and well in the historical range while the concurrent control value is distinctly above the historical range. The reason for these higher numbers is likely to be difficulties in getting an accurate count of CL graviditatis after birth, because they are difficult to distinguish from cyclic CL of the postpartum estrous. Thus, this parameter should be assessed with some cautiousness.
The average number of implants was 13.7 at 750 mg/kg bw vs. 15.6 in the control. The historical average of the test facility is 15.4, and the min/max range from 223 control groups is 12.6-17.1, indicating that the 750 mg/kg bw-value is still in the historical range of the test facility, though on the lower end.
One female in the high-dose group delivered only one pup which died shortly after parturition. It had 11 CL in the right ovary and at least one implant in the right uterine horn, and neither CL in the left ovary nor implants in the left uterine horn. It took 9 days until copulation was detected for this female which is distinctly longer than for the rest of the animals in this study. The test facility brings forward the argument, that not the lack of corpora lutea but the low number of implants for this female is of toxicological concern. However, a potential HDDA-related effect on any of the processes between ovulation and implantation would best be indicated by changes in pre-implantation loss, i.e. a changed difference between numbers of ovulated egg cells (i.e. = count of CL graviditatis) and implantations.
It is obvious that the individual pre-implantation loss data are highly variable, ranging between 0 – 12 in all treated groups and control. The respective female was within that range although it had a single-horn pregnancy.
Altogether, this female took unusually long to become pregnant, had no CL on the left ovary (in the absence of other findings), had a single-horn pregnancy, and had 10 pre-implantation losses, which were, however, in the range of all groups including control. An association of this variety of findings to the treatment should at least be assumed as equivocal.
Another female in the high-dose group failed to deliver but had one early resorption, detected by visual inspection. The proof that there were really no other early resorptions by staining the uterus with ammonium sulfide was not conducted. The ammonium sulfide stain might have had identified more implants, and after rinsing the uterus with water it would still have been available for histopathology. Thus, it cannot be decided finally, whether this animal suffered from an increased pre-implantation or post-implantation loss.
In conclusion, although both females apparently suffered from the same finding („one-implantation pregnancy“) there is no evidence that the cause for this finding is the same in both animals when one looks at all surrounding circumstances. There is not enough information to decide finally whether these findings were treatment-related or not. From the available study data, there is no evidence at all that the implantation process was influenced adversely. The comparison to historical data for the incidence of „one implantation site“ as it was done in the report may be misleading because the study-related incidence of 18.2% was based on 12 animals and the historical incidence was based on several thousand animals. The historical rate does not tell anything about the distribution of such findings among studies. So it may well be that 1-2 control animals with „one implantation site“ have been seen in any of the historical studies, although it cannot be proven.
Taken all these arguments into account, the NOAEL for reproductive toxicity of HDDA after gavage administration to Crl:CD(SD) rats was considered to be 750 mg/kg bw/day.
(systemic toxicity)
test mat.
organ weights and organ / body weight ratios
(reproductive performance)
other: no adverse effects observed
The general physical condition of all F1 pups in this study were unaffected by test substance administration.
Mortality / viability:
mortality observed, non-treatment-related
Pups (litters) that were found dead numbered 4(3), 5(5), 3(2), and 2(2) in the control, 75, 250, and 750 mg/kg/day groups, respectively. Three (3), 3(1), 1(1), and 1(1) pups (litters) in these same respective groups were missing and presumed to have been cannibalized.
Mean male and female pup body weights and body weight changes in the 75, 250, and 750 mg/kg/day groups were unaffected by test substance administration during PND 1-4.
No statistically significant differences from the control group were noted.
Sexual maturation:
Necropsy of dead pups only:
The numbers of pups (litters) found dead during PND 0-4 numbered 4(3), 5(5), 3(2), and 2(2) in the control, 75, 250, and 750 mg/kg/day groups, respectively.
Aside from the absence of milk in the stomach, no other internal findings were noted.
Histopathological findings:
Developmental immunotoxicity:
>= 750 mg/kg bw/day
other: no adverse effects
not determinable due to absence of adverse toxic effects
Reproductive effects observed:
Results of Reproductive Performance
Dosage Level (mg/kg bw/day)
WIL HCa
Mean (Range)
Male Mating Index (%)
96.7 (84.0-100.0)
Female Mating Index (%)
Male Fertility Index (%)
Female Fertility Index (%)
Male Copulation Index (%)
Female Conception Index (%)
Pre-Coital Interval (days)
a= WIL historical control data (version 2.10)
Under the conditions of this screening study, a test substance-related effect on the process of implantation was noted in the 750 mg/kg/day group females. Based on these results, a dosage level of 250 mg/kg/day was considered to be the no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) for reproductive toxicity of HDDA when administered orally by gavage to Crl:CD(SD) rats. Based on reduced mean body weights and body weight gains in the 750 mg/kg/day group males and adverse changes in serum chemistry parameters associated with increased liver weights in the 750 mg/kg/day group males and females, the NOAEL for systemic toxicity was considered to be 250 mg/kg/day. In the absence of any effects on the general physical condition of the F1 pups, the NOAEL for neonatal toxicity was 750 mg/kg/day.
The test substance, 1,6-Hexamethylene Diacrylate (HDDA), in the vehicle, corn oil, was administered orally by gavage once daily to 3 groups of Crl:CD(SD) rats, each group consisting of 12 males and 12 females. Dosage levels were 0, 75, 250, and 750 mg/kg/day
administered at a dosage volume of 5 mL/kg. Males received 14 daily doses prior to mating. Males were dosed throughout the mating period through 1 day prior to euthanasia for a total of 28 doses. Females received 14 daily doses prior to pairing and were dosed through lactation day 4 for a total of 41-49 doses; females that failed to deliver were dosed through the day prior to euthanasia (post-mating or post-cohabitation day 25) for a total of 39-52 doses.
No incidences of mortality or moribundity were attributed to systemic toxicity of the test substance. In the 750 mg/kg/day group, a single female was found dead following dose administration on gestation day 21. However, due to the lack of evidence of test
substance-related toxicity in this female, as well as the time of mortality relative to dose administration (11 minutes following dosing), this single mortality was not attributed to systemic toxicity of the test substance. All other animals in all dosage groups survived to
the scheduled necropsies. Test substance-related clinical findings were noted in the 250 and 750 mg/kg/day group males and females and included wiping mouth on cage floor and/or walls, excessive pawing of cage floor and/or walls, wiping mouth in bedding
material following dosing (females only), salivation-related findings, and red material around the mouth. The salivation-related findings were also occasionally noted in the 75 mg/kg/day group animals. Because the aforementioned clinical findings were noted at the time of dosing and/or approximately 1 hour following dose administration, they were attributed to the irritative properties of the test substance and not considered adverse. In the 750 mg/kg/day group males, test substance-related lower mean body weight gain and food consumption were noted during the pre-mating period, resulting in mean male body weight that was 6.8% lower than the control group on study day 28. Mean body weights, body weight changes, and food consumption were unaffected by test substance administration in the 75 and 250 mg/kg/day group males throughout the study and in the 75, 250, and 750 mg/kg/day group females during the pre-mating, gestation, and lactation periods. No test substance-related effects were noted during the FOB or locomotor activity evaluations at any dosage level.
Test substance administration was associated with micro- to macrovesicular vacuolar change within the liver at 75, 250, and 750 mg/kg/day. This vacuolar change was also present within the liver of 3 control group animals (2 males and 1 female). The change in
the control group animals and all test substance-treated animals was minimal to mild and there was no evidence of cellular or tissue damage; therefore, the change was not considered to be an adverse effect. At 750 mg/kg/day, higher liver weights, higher serum
bile acid values, and higher urea nitrogen values were noted in both males and females, a higher total bilirubin value was noted in males, and higher ALT, cholesterol, triglycerides, calcium, and phosphorous values were noted in females. At 250 mg/kg/day, a higher ALT value was noted for females; however, this difference was not statistically significant and was not considered to be an adverse effect. Test substance administration at dosage levels of 250 and 750 mg/kg/day to males and females was associated with squamous epithelial hyperplasia and hyperkeratosis in the non-glandular stomach. This was a manifestation of local irritation rather than a systemic effect; therefore, it was not considered to be systemically adverse.
Male and female mating and fertility, male copulation and female conception indices, mean number of days between pairing and coitus, gestation length, and the process of parturition were unaffected by test substance administration at all dosage levels. Non-statistically significantly lower postnatal survival on PND 0 (relative to the number born) and from birth to PND 4 and a lower mean number of implantation sites, number of pups born, and live litter size on PND 0 were noted in the 750 mg/kg/day group due to a single female that delivered 1 pup and had a total litter loss on PND 0. In addition to this female, another female in the 750 mg/kg/day group was noted with only 1 implantation site (1 early resorption) and failed to deliver. The mean number of corpora lutea was also lower (not statistically significant) in the 750 mg/kg/day group compared to the control group. The mean number of unaccounted-for sites and the percentage of males per litter were unaffected by dose administration at 750 mg/kg/day. Reproductive parameters in the 75 and 250 mg/kg/day groups and mean pup body weights and body weight gains at all dosage levels were unaffected by dose administration. No test substance-related clinical findings were noted for the F1 pups and there were no remarkable macroscopic findings in the F1 pups at the scheduled necropsy at any dosage level.
Under the conditions of this screening study, a test substance-related effect on the process of implantation was noted in the 750 mg/kg/day group females. Based on these results, a dosage level of 250 mg/kg/day was considered to be the NOAEL for reproductive toxicity of HDDA when administered orally by gavage to Crl:CD(SD) rats. Based on reduced mean body weights and body weight gains in the 750 mg/kg/day group males and adverse changes in serum chemistry parameters associated with increased liver weights in the 750 mg/kg/day group males and females, the NOAEL for systemic toxicity was considered to be 250 mg/kg/day. In the absence of any effects on the general physical condition of the F1 pups, the NOAEL for neonatal toxicity was 750 mg/kg/day.
supporting study
test procedure in accordance with generally accepted scientific standards and described in sufficient detail
OECD Guideline 421 (Reproduction / Developmental Toxicity Screening Test)
This screening study was designed to evaluate the effects of oral administration of the test substance on specific reproductive parameters, including mating, fertility, numbers of corpora lutea, implantation sites, resorptions, viable fetuses, and reproductive organ weights that are included in the United States EPA (OPPTS 870.3550) and OECD (Test Guideline 421) Reproduction/Developmental Toxicity Screening Test.
The test substance was administered orally by gavage to a single test group of Crl:CD(SD) rats consisting of 25 males and 25 females. Males were dosed throughout the mating period through 1 day prior to euthanasia for a total of 28 doses. Females received 14 daily doses prior to pairing and were dosed through gestation day 19 for a total of 34-46 doses; the female with no evidence of mating was dosed through the day prior to euthanasia (7 days following the end of the mating period) for a total of 34 doses. All animals were observed twice daily for mortality and moribundity. Detailed physical examinations, body weights, and food consumption were recorded at appropriate intervals. Complete necropsies were conducted on all animals. For females, the numbers of fetuses, early and late resorptions, total implantations, and corpora lutea were recorded. Gravid uterine weights were recorded, and selected organs were weighed from all males and females. Selected tissues were collected and preserved for possible future histopathological examination from all animals at the time of necropsy.
Sprague-Dawley
- Source: Charles River Laboratories, Inc., Portage, MI
- Age at study initiation: 10.5 weeks
- Weight at study initiation: Males: 327 - 400g; Females: 219 - 296g
- Housing: individually in stainless steel wire-mesh cages suspended above cage-board
- Diet (e.g. ad libitum): PMI Nutrition International, LLC Certified Rodent LabDiet® 5002 ad lib.
- Water (e.g. ad libitum): reverse osmosis-purified tap water ad lib.
- Temperature (°C): 21.3 - 21.5°C
- Humidity (%): 32.1 - 45.7%
- Air changes (per hr): a minimum of 10 air changes per hour
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12h/12h
PREPARATION OF DOSING SOLUTIONS: test substance formulations were prepared every 7-12 days, divided into aliquots for daily dispensation, and stored at room temperatur protected from light. Vehicle and test substance formulations were stirred continously throughout preparation, sampling and dose administration procedures.
- Concentration in vehicle: 150mg/mL
- Amount of vehicle (if gavage): 5mL/kg
- Length of cohabitation: until evidence of mating is observed or a maximum of 14 days
- Proof of pregnancy: vaginal plug or sperm in vaginal smear referred to as day 0 of pregnancy
- After successful mating each pregnant female was returned to an individual wire-mesh cage.
Samples for homogeneity and concentration determinations were collected from the middle stratum of the control group and the top, middle, and bottom strata of the 150 mg/mL dosing formulation prepared for the first week of dose administration. In addition, samples for concentration analysis were collected from the middle stratum of each dosing formulation (including the control group) prepared for the remainder of the study. All analyses were conducted by the WIL Research Analytical Chemistry Department using a validated gas chromatography method using mass spectroscopy detection.
The analyzed dosing formulations were within the protocol-specified acceptance criteria (95% to 105%) and WIL Research’s SOP range for suspensions (85% to 115%) and were homogeneous. The test substance was not detected in the vehicle formulation that was administered to the control group.
males: 28 doses (starting 14 days prior to mating)
females: 34 - 46 doses (14 days premating until gestation day 19)
- Dose selection rationale: The dosage level of HDDA was determined based on the results of a previous OECD 422 study (WIL-738002, 2010). No evidence of reproductive toxicity was observed at 75 and 250 mg/kg/day. At 750 mg/kg/day, there was an equivocal effect on the process of implantation. The current study was performed to obtain additional information regarding whether a dosage level of 750 mg/kg/day of HDDA would result in an adverse effect on implantation and litter size. The number of animals per group was increased to improve the statistical power of the study.
- Observations included: check for signs of toxicity immediately and app. 1h following dose adminsitration
- Time schedule: weekly
- Observations included, but were not limited to: evaluations for changes in appearance of skin and fur, eyes, mucous membranes, respiratory, circulatory, autonomic, and central nervous system function, somatomotor activity, and behavior
- Time schedule for examinations: males: weekly; females: weekly until evidence of copulation was observed, thereafter on gestation days 0, 4, 7, 11, 14, 17, 20
Food consumption was recorded at the time of weighing.
- Male animals: All surviving animals were euthanized following completion of the mating period.
- Maternal animals were euthanized on gestation day 20.
- Females with no evidence of mating were euthanized 7 days after the end of the mating period.
GROSS NECROPSY
- Gross necropsy consisted of examination of the external surface, all orifices and the cranial, thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavities, including viscera.
HISTOPATHOLOGY / ORGAN WEIGHTS
Uteri from all females were opened and subsequently placed in 10% ammonium sulfide solution for detection of early implantation loss (Salewski, 1964) and to ensure an accurate determination of the number and location of implantation sites. The number of corpora lutea on each ovary was recorded.
At the time of necropsy, the following tissues and organs were placed in 10% neutral-buffered formalin (Testes and epididymides were fixed in Bouin’s solution. Care was taken to ensure separation between the left and right organs):
Ovaries and oviducts (2)
Coagulating glands
Kidneys (2)
Liver (sections of 2 lobes)
Seminal vesicles (2)
Mammary glands (females only)
Testes with epididymides (2) and vas deferens
All gross lesions
The weight of the following organs was recorded at the scheduled necropsies: Brain, Epididymides, Kidneys, Liver, Ovaries with oviducts, Pituitary gland, Testes, Gravid uterus
Parental mating, fertility, conception, and copulation indices were analyzed using the Chi-square test with Yates’ correction factor (Hollander and Wolfe, 1999). Mean body weights (weekly and gestation), body weight changes, and food consumption, numbers of corpora lutea, implantation sites, viable fetuses, absolute and relative organ weights, and pre-coital intervals were subjected to a two-sample t-test (Snedecor and Cochran, 1980) to compare the test substance-treated group to the control group. Mean litter proportions (percent per litter) of prenatal data (viable and nonviable fetuses, early and late resorptions, total resorptions, and pre- and postimplantation loss) were subjected to the Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric ANOVA (Kruskal and Wallis, 1952) to determine intergroup differences. If the ANOVA revealed significant (p<0.05) intergroup variance, Dunn’s test (Dunn, 1964) was used to compare the test substance-treated group to the control group.
Mating, fertility, and copulation/conception indices were calculated as follows:
Male (Female) Mating Index (%) = (No. of Males (Females) with Evidence of Mating (or Confirmed Pregnant) / Total No. of Males (Females) used for Mating) x 100
Male Fertility Index (%) = (No. of Males siring a litter / Total No of Males used for mating) x 100
Male Copulation Index (%) = (No. of Males Siring a Litter / No. of Males with Evidence of Mating (or Females with Confirmed Pregnancy)) x 100
Female Fertility Index (%) = (No. of Females with confirmed pregnancy / Total No. of Females used for mating) x 100
Female Conception Index (%) = (No. of Females with Confirmed Pregnancy / No. of Females with Evidence of Mating (or confirmed Pregnancy) x 100
Postimplantation Loss/Litter = (No. Dead Fetuses, Resorptions (Early/Late)/Group) / (No. Gravid Females/Group)
Summation Per Group (%) = (Sum of Postimplantation Loss/Litter (%)) / (No. Litters/Group)
Where: Postimplantation Loss/Litter (%) = (No. Dead Fetuses, Resorptions (Early/Late)/Litter) / (No. Implantation Sites/Litter) x 100
Salivation and clear material on various body surfaces were noted for the majority of males and females in the 750 mg/kg/day group primarily at the time of and/or approximately 1 hour following dose administration. Increased incidences of yellow and red material, primarily around the mouth and/or forelimbs, were also noted in the 750 mg/kg/day group males and females sporadically throughout the treatment period at approximately 1 hour following dose administration. These findings were likely signs of taste aversion related to the irritating properties of the test substance and were not considered to be adverse or indicative of systemic toxicity.
No further test-substance related clinical signs were observed.
All males and females in the control and 750 mg/kg/day groups survived to the scheduled necropsies.
Test substance-related, lower mean body weight gains were noted for males in the 750 mg/kg/day group throughout the treatment period; differences from the control group were generally significant (p<0.01). As a result, significantly (p<0.01) lower mean body weight gains were noted in this group when the overall pre-mating (study days 0-13) and the entire treatment (study days 0-28) periods were evaluated compared to the control group. In addition, mean body weights in the 750 mg/kg/day group were 5.7% to 11.3% lower than the control group during study days 7-28; differences were significant (p<0.01).
Mean body weights and body weight gains in the 750 mg/kg/day group females were unaffected by test substance administration during the pre-mating period (study days 0-13) and the first two weeks of gestation (gestation days 0-7 and 7-14). Lower mean body weight gains were noted in this group during gestation days 14-17 and 17-20; differences were significant (p<0.01) during gestation days 14-17. The lower mean body weight gains were considered to be test substance-related; however, in the absence of an effect on mean body weights in this group throughout gestation, the decrements were not considered to be adverse. Mean gravid uterine weight in the 750 mg/kg/day group was similar to the control group value.
Significantly (p<0.05) slightly lower mean food consumption, evaluated as g/animal/day and g/kg/day, was noted in the 750 mg/kg/day group males during the first week of test substance administration (study days 0-7) compared to the control group. The slightly lower mean food consumption noted in this group corresponded to the lower mean body weight gain noted during this period. During the remainder of the pre-mating period (study days 7-13), mean food consumption in the 750 mg/kg/day group was unaffected by test substance administration. The significantly (p<0.01) higher g/kg/day value was attributed to the lower mean body weights noted in this group during the same period.
Mean food consumption was unaffected by test substance administration in the 750 mg/kg/day group females.
No test substance-related effects on reproductive performance were observed in the 750 mg/kg/day group. No statistically significant differences were noted between this group and the control group.
Intrauterine survival was unaffected by test substance administration at a dosage level of 750 mg/kg/day. Parameters evaluated included pre-implantation loss, postimplantation loss and the mean numbers of viable fetuses, corpora lutea, and implantation sites. Differences from the control group were slight and not statistically significant.
750 mg/kg bw/day
Due to the absence of test substance-related effects on reproductive endpoints, including male and female mating and fertility, male copulation and female conception indices, the mean number of days between pairing and coitus, corpora lutea, implantation sites, resorptions, viable fetuses, and reproductive organ weights in the current study, a dosage level of 750 mg/kg/day was considered to be the no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) for reproductive toxicity of the test substance when administered orally by gavage to Crl:CD(SD) rats.
Effect on fertility: via oral route
Study duration:
subacute
Quality of whole database:
The study is considered to be reliable (klimisch score of 1).
Effect on fertility: via inhalation route
Effect on fertility: via dermal route
Key study : A Combined 28-Day Repeated Dose Oral (Gavage) Toxicity Study with the Reproduction/Developmental Toxicity Screening Test of 1,6-Hexamethylene Diacrylate (HDDA) in Rats (read-across)
The test substance, 1,6-Hexamethylene Diacrylate (HDDA), in the vehicle, corn oil, was administered orally by gavage once daily to 3 groups of Crl:CD(SD) rats, each group consisting of 12 males and 12 females. Dosage levels were 0, 75, 250, and 750 mg/kg/day administered at a dosage volume of 5 mL/kg. Males received 14 daily doses prior to mating. Males were dosed throughout the mating period through 1 day prior to euthanasia for a total of 28 doses. Females received 14 daily doses prior to pairing and were dosed through lactation day 4 for a total of 41-49 doses; females that failed to deliver were dosed through the day prior to euthanasia (post-mating or post-cohabitation day 25) for a total of 39-52 doses.
Supporting study on HDDA (Stump 2012) :
Effects on developmental toxicity
No developmental study is available on 1,10-decanediol diacrylate, therefore a read-across with an analogue is proposed.
A developmental study on rat is available on HDDA. Maternal toxicity and foetotoxicity were observed in this study at 750 mg/kg/d ; the foetotoxicity are due to the maternotoxicity observed at the same dose-level.
developmental toxicity
study well documented, meets generally accepted scientific principles, acceptable for assessment
OECD Guideline 414 (Prenatal Developmental Toxicity Study)
; only a single dose was tested.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the embryo/fetal toxicity and teratogenic effects of the test substance when administered by gavage to pregnant rats from day 6 to day 15 of gestation. The test material was administered to a group of 22 female rats at a single dose level of 750 mg/kg bw. Another group served as a common control and received only corn oil.
- Source: Charles River Breeding Laboratories, Inc. Kingston, New York
- Age at study initiation: ca. 5 weeks
- Fasting period before study:
- Housing: individual in elevated wire-mesh cages; during mating two females were housed with one male
- Diet: Purina Rodent Laboratory Chow, ad libitum
- Water: ad libitum
- Acclimation period: ca. 9 weeks
- Temperature (°C): 24-25 °C
- Humidity (%): 57 +- 4.8 %
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12/12
The amount of compound required for each group was weighed, filled to volume with the vehicle and stirred on a magnetic stirrer. The prepared dilutions were transferred to amber bottles and labelled. Before use, the prepared dilutions were well shaken and the animals were dosed while the solutions were mixed on a magnetic stirrer. Fresh solutions were prepared weekly.
- Duke´s Corn Oil, a yellow liquid was received from the C.F. Sauer Co. Richmond, Virginia and used as vehicle.
- Lot/batch no.: 80235
Following a health status examination by a staff veterinarian, the males and females (1 male per 2 females) were placed in breeding cages for a maximum of 3 weeks. Females were rotated after the tenth day of mating. Mating was confirmed by the presence of a vaginal plug or by daily examination of vaginal smears for the presence of sperm. The day that mating was confirmed was designated as day 0 of gestation for each female placed on study.
day 6 to day 15 of gestation
Duration of test:
until day 20 of gestation
22 mated females
- Dose selection rationale: based on a range-finding study.
Test compound (HDDA) was evaluated for tolerance in pregnant rats to determine dose levels for a subsequent teratology screening study. Test substance was administered by gavage at 100, 500 and 1000 mg/kg/day (6 inseminated females per dose) from Days 6-15 of gestation. At the dose of 1000 mg/kg/day, clinical signs, decrease of bodyweight were observed. As the dose of 100 and 500 mg/kg/day were well tolerated by females, the dose of 750 mg/kg/d was selected to evaluate the embryo/fetal toxicity and teratogenic effects of HDDA.
Maternal examinations:
DETAILED CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS: mortality, moribundity and clinical signs
- Time schedule: daily
- Time schedule for examinations: on day 0, 6, 9, 12, 15 and 20 of gestation
WATER CONSUMPTION AND COMPOUND INTAKE:
- Time schedule for examinations: on day 6-8, 9-11, 12-14, 15-17 and 18-20 of gestation
POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS:
- Sacrifice on gestation day 20:
On day 20 of gestation, females were sacrificed by carbon dioxide asphyxiation and the fetuses were taken by cesarean section. Following gross examination of each dam, the number of corpora lutea per ovary and the number and placement of implantation sites, early and late resorptions, and live and dead fetuses in each uterine horn were recorded. Fetuses were removed from the placenta, individually identified, examined externally, weighed, sexed, and measured from the frontal-parietal suture to the base of the tail (crown-rump distance). Gravid and nongravid uterine weights (with ovaries attached) were recorded.
- Organ Weights:
Following careful dissection and trimming to remove fat and other contiguous tissue in a uniform manner, the gravid and nongravid uterine weights (with ovaries attached) of each female were taken for organ weighing.
- Tissue Preservation:
The uterus and ovaries of each dam, in addition to unusual lesions, were preserved in 10 % neutral buffered formalin.
Ovaries and uterine content:
The ovaries and uterine content was examined after termination: Yes
Examinations included:
- Gravid uterus weight: No data
- Number of corpora lutea: Yes
- Number of implantations: Yes
- Number of resorptions: Yes
Fetal examinations:
- Visceral Examination of Fetuses:
Approximately one-third of the fetuses from each litter were fixed in Bouin's solution, sectioned, and examined by Wilson's freehand razor technique (Wilson and Warkany, 1965), and sealed in plastic. The prepared sections were re-examined against a light box with the aid of magnification.
- Skeletal Examination of Fetuses:
After undergoing external examinations, approximately two-thirds of all fetuses from each litter were opened by longitudinal incision and the viscera examined grossly. The fetuses were then placed in M5 ethyl alcohol and the skeletons were stained in a potassium hydroxide - Alizarin red S solution (modified Staples and Schnell, 1964). Each skeleton was examined with the aid of magnification on a light box for bone alignment, degree of ossification, and anomalies. The number of sternebrae, ribs, caudal vertebrae, and bones of the extremities were noted and recorded. The fetuses examined by Wilson's technique were preserved In Bouin's solution and sealed in plastic after sectioning. The fetuses stained for skeletal examination were preserved in plastic in a glycerin ethanol (1:1) solution with several crystals of thymol to retard bacterial growth.
Survival was statistically analyzed by the National Cancer Institute Package (Thomas, Breslow, & Gart, 1977).
The mean maternal body weight changes (Days 0-6, 6-15, 15-20, and 0-20), mean maternal food and water consumptions (Days 6-9, 9-12, 12-15, 15-18, 18-20, and 6-20), percent males per litter, mean fetal body weights and lengths, fetal viability, percent resorptions, implantation efficiency, gravid and nongravid uterine weights, and the incidence of visceral and skeletal anomalies and variants were analyzed by Box's test for homogeneity of variances (Box, 1949). This test was followed by a one-way classification analysis of variance (ANOVA), if the variances proved to be homogenous. If the variances proved to be heterogenous, a rank transformation of data was performed, which was followed by Box´s test and ANOVA. If ANOVA of untransformed or transformed data was significant, Dunnet´s T-test was used for control vs. treatment group mean comparisons.
Pregnancy rates were analyzed by a test of multiple proportions using one degree of freedom Chi-square test with Yates´continuity correction. All pairwise comparisons were evaluated at the 5.0 % probability (one-tailed) level.
Historical control data:
An increased incidence of clinical symptoms was noted (wheezing, dyspnea, urine stains, wasted feed, rough haircoat, hunched pasture, bloody crust on the eyes, nase, snouth, and frontpaws, salivation and alopecia).
No mortality occured during treatment.
effects observed, non-treatment-related
Mean body weight changes lower than the control, but not statistically significant were observed in the treated group during the treatment phase.
In the treated group a statistically significant increase in water consumption was noted on days 18 and 20 and in total water consumption, compared to control.
The most distinct alterations attributed to treatment were noted in the stomachs of the treated animals. The findings consisted of discoloured material or fluid in the stomach; gas distending the stomach; discoloured, ulcerated or raised areas in the glandular or nonglandular portion of the stomach. glandular mucosa smooth; walls thick or thin/smooth; and nonglandular mucosa thin and pale, or thick and rough. Other gross pathology findings were considered to be incidental in nature and showed no relation to treatment.
Neuropathological findings:
Number of abortions:
Results were comparable between treated and controls animals.
Pre- and post-implantation loss:
Total litter losses by resorption:
Early or late resorptions:
Dead fetuses:
Changes in pregnancy duration:
Migrated Data from removed field(s)
Field "Effects on pregnancy duration" (Path: ENDPOINT_STUDY_RECORD.DevelopmentalToxicityTeratogenicity.ResultsAndDiscussion.ResultsMaternalAnimals.MaternalDevelopmentalToxicity.EffectsOnPregnancyDuration): no effects observed
Field "Description (incidence and severity)" (Path: ENDPOINT_STUDY_RECORD.DevelopmentalToxicityTeratogenicity.ResultsAndDiscussion.ResultsMaternalAnimals.MaternalDevelopmentalToxicity.DescriptionIncidenceAndSeverityEffectsOnPregnancyDuration): Results were comparable between treated and controls animals.
Changes in number of pregnant:
LOAEL
(maternal systemic toxicity)
750 mg/kg bw/day (nominal)
other: maternal toxicity
Abnormalities:
Fetal body weight changes:
Field "Fetal/pup body weight changes" (Path: ENDPOINT_STUDY_RECORD.DevelopmentalToxicityTeratogenicity.ResultsAndDiscussion.ResultsFetuses.FetalPupBodyWeightChanges): no effects observed
Reduction in number of live offspring:
Changes in sex ratio:
Changes in litter size and weights:
Changes in postnatal survival:
External malformations:
Skeletal examinations included incidences of cleft palate in 1 pup. A high incidence of dilated ureters was noted in both treated and control groups.
Skeletal malformations:
A higher than control mean incidence of visceral variants was noted (but not statistically significant). Statistically significant increased mean incidence of skeletal variants was observed. The majority of the findings were due to delayed ossification of the various bone structures examined. The authors suggested that this response was resulting from the maternal toxicity noted.
Visceral malformations:
A higher than control mean incidence of visceral variants was noted (but not statistically significant).
(developmental toxicity)
other: teratogenicity
Developmental effects observed:
Maternal toxicity and foetoxicity on rats were observed in this developmental study at the dose of 750 mg/kg/d. The embryotoxic effects resulted probably from maternal toxicity.
In the main study, the test substance was administered by gavage from Days 6-15 of gestation to 22 females at the dose of 750 mg/kg/d.
Compound-related maternal toxicity was observed: increased incidence of clinical signs, slight decrease of body weight gains and an increased incidence of gross pathology findings (stomach).
Pregnancy rates, corpora lutea and implantations, and mean implantation efficiency (number of implantations per number of corpora lutea) were generally comparable for treated animals and controls.
A higher than control number of fetuses exhibiting skeletal variants was observed in the HDDA group. The incidence was found to be significant both skeletal and lagging ossification. Taken together, maternal toxic effects as well as embryotoxic effects were observed. According to the authors, the embryotoxic effects resulted from maternal toxicity.
Effect on developmental toxicity: via oral route
adverse effect observed
This developmental study is considered to be reliable (klimisch score of 2).
Effect on developmental toxicity: via inhalation route
Effect on developmental toxicity: via dermal route
Developmental study on rats (Serota 1983): read-across with HDDA.
In the main study, the test substance was administered by gavage from Days 6-15 of gestation to 22 females.
A higher than control number of fetuses exhibiting skeletal variants was observed in the HDDA group. The incidence was found to be significant both skeletal and lagging ossification.Taken together, maternal toxic effects as well as embryotoxic effects were observed. According to the authors, the embryotoxic effects resulted from maternal toxicity.
Based on the available data on an analoguous substance, 1,10-decanediol diacrylate is not classified for reproduction endpoint according to the Regulation EC 1272/2008.
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For the Love of You (Earth, Wind & Fire song)
"For the Love Of You"
Single by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album Heritage
"Motor"
Songwriter(s)
Maurice White, Robert Brookins, Stephanie Mills, MC Hammer
Maurice White, Robert Brookins
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"Heritage"
(1990) "For the Love Of You"
(1990) "Wanna Be The Man"
"For the Love of You" is a single by the band Earth, Wind & Fire feat. MC Hammer issued in 1990 on Columbia Records.[1] The single peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.[2]
For the Love of You was produced by Earth, Wind & Fire leader Maurice White and Robert Brookins. The song was also composed by White, Brookins, Stephanie Mills and MC Hammer. With a duration of four minutes and twenty seven seconds the song has a tempo of 106 bpm.[1][3]
The single's b-side was a song called Motor. Both For the Love of You and Motor came off EWF's 1990 studio album Heritage.[1]
Critical reception[edit]
John Milward of Rolling Stone described For the Love of You as a song that's "spun on a skeletal rhythm".[4]
^ a b c Earth, Wind & Fire: For The Love Of You. Columbia Records. 1990.
^ "Earth, Wind & Fire: For The Love Of You (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
^ "Earth, Wind & Fire: For the Love of You". getsongbpm.com.
^ Milward, John (March 1990). "Earth, Wind & Fire: Heritage". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone.
Feel My Power (1987)
Let's Get It Started (1988)
Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em (1990)
Too Legit to Quit (1991)
The Funky Headhunter (1994)
Active Duty (2001)
Full Blast (2004)
Look Look Look (2006)
DanceJamtheMusic (2009)
Back 2 Back Hits (1997)
The Hits (2000)
Platinum MC Hammer
"Let's Get It Started" (1988)
"U Can't Touch This" (1990)
"Have You Seen Her" (1990)
"Pray" (1990)
"Here Comes the Hammer" (1990)
"For the Love of You (1990)
"2 Legit 2 Quit" (1991)
"Addams Groove" (1991)
"Do Not Pass Me By" (1991)
"This Is the Way We Roll" (1991)
"Pumps and a Bump" (1993)
"Unconditional Love" (1998)
"Full Blast" (2004)
The Surreal Life
Philip Bailey
Verdine White
Ralph Johnson
B. David Whitworth
Myron McKinley
John Paris
Philip Bailey, Jr.
Morris O'Connor
Serg Dimitrijevic
Maurice White
Michael Beale
Leslie Drayton
Wade Flemons
Yackov Ben Israel
Sherry Scott
Carl Carwell
Alexander Thomas
Chester Washington
Don Whitehead
Roland Bautista
Jessica Cleaves
Larry Dunn
Ronnie Laws
Johnny Graham
Al McKay
Andrew Woolfolk
Fred White
Beloyd Taylor
Sonny Emory
Sheldon Reynolds
Vance Taylor
Fred Ravel
Morris Pleasure
David Romero
Mike McKnight
Robert Brookins
Gordon Campbell
Bobby Gonzales
Daniel de los Reyes
Kimberly Brewer
Krystal Bailey
Kim Johnson
Greg "G-Mo" Moore
Vadim Zilberstein
Don Myrick
The Need of Love
Last Days and Time
Head to the Sky
Open Our Eyes
That's the Way of the World
All 'n All
Raise!
Touch the World
Now, Then & Forever
and live albums
The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1
The Very Best of Earth, Wind & Fire
The Eternal Dance
Elements of Love: Ballads
Boogie Wonderland: The Very Best of Earth, Wind & Fire
That's the Way of the World: Alive in 75
The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire
"Evil"
"Keep Your Head to the Sky"
"Mighty Mighty"
"Kalimba Story"
"Devotion"
"Sun Goddess"
"Shining Star"
"That's the Way of the World"
"Sing a Song"
"Can't Hide Love"
"Getaway"
"Saturday Nite"
"Serpentine Fire"
"Fantasy"
"Got to Get You into My Life"
"September"
"Boogie Wonderland"
"After the Love Has Gone"
"In the Stone"
"Star"
"Let Me Talk"
"You"
"And Love Goes On"
"Let's Groove"
"Wanna Be with You"
"I've Had Enough"
"Fall in Love with Me"
"Side by Side"
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Turbomachinery for energy use and its reliability
Dara Childs does research on the vibration characteristics of pumps, turbines, and compressors; emphasizing fluid-structure interactions at annular seals (liquid, gas, and 2-phase) and bearings (hydrostatic and hydrodynamic). His work emphasizes test validation of computational and theoretical models for these elements. He is presently directing research aimed at verifying models for annular seals in Electrical Submersible Pumps (ESPs), annular seals for compressors and pumps using 2-phase fluid mixtures (air and silicone oil), axial reaction forces for thrust-collars, and reaction forces for labyrinth seals as applied to steam turbines.
1999 Jun-Dec Visiting Professor, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
1991 Jan-Jul Visiting Professor, ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland
1986 June Visiting Professor, Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands
1984-1986 Interim Mechanical Engineering Division Head, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Texas A&M University
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1982-2017 Co-founder, Turbomachinery Research Consortium, Texas A&M University
1980-Present Associate-Full Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
1979 Summer Guest Professor, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark
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1971-1980 Mechanical Engineering Department, The University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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Energy research primarily pertains to dynamics, integration, and the law of one price in energy market prices. Main methods employed are time series methods, including vector error correction models, vector autoregressive models, and directed acyclical graphs. Secondary interests are supply…
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Hemp BC
Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Wed, 18 Dec 2019 20:28:54 GMT <== Drugs ==>
Many years ago, I sampled an electronic copy of Jack Herer's The Emperor Wears No Clothes, electricemperor.com. My mirror is at billstclair.com/ElectricEmperor. Jack died in 2010, but somebody is keeping the site alive, and has added more information since I pulled my mirror.
I got an email from Alan Wood, the proprietor of weekendgardener.net, notifying me about a broken link to hempbc.com. I don't fix broken links in archived web sites, but I will link to his account of What Happened to Hemp BC? The Hemp BC Story.
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The Seeds Depot
Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Fri, 04 Nov 2016 19:54:45 GMT <== Drugs ==>
The Seeds Depot is an incredible resource for hundreds of varieties of cannabis seed. It appears to primarily be a marketing wrapper around Amsterdam Marijuana Seeds. Seed prices vary from $3 to $17 per seed, sold in packages of 10. Thank you prohibition (not!) for making seeds that should cost a few pennies cost many dollars.
Like the old Emery Seeds, on steroids.
Tylenol and the War on Drugs
Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:27:53 GMT <== Drugs ==> <== Politics ==>
Kurt Harris at Psychology Today - thanks to the war on some drugs, many medications that would otherwise be "prone to abuse" are deadly poisons if taken to excess. Hydrocordone is an opiod analgesic, but it's sold as Vicodin, mixed with Tylenol, an overdose of which kills you by destroying you liver. They do the same with denatured alcohol. Grain alcohol, which makes you drunk if abused, is mixed with methanol or acetone, so that it will kill you if you drink it. By so-doing, the manufacturer avoids the taxation and licensing required for selling alcoholic beverages.
The manufacturer goes to extra effort and expense to add poison for the sole purpose of escaping burdensome government regulation and taxation. And the government dissuades you from getting high with a legal drug by threatening you with death.
Note: I advise requesting good old morphine when in the hospital, which is cheap, safe and effective, and requesting pure oxycodone or maybe percodan if you really need it after discharge.
I don't advise taking any drugs for recreation.
The Folly of Locking Up Non-Violent Offenders
Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:24:33 GMT <== Drugs ==>
Ed Brayton at Dispatches from the Culture Wars - commentary on Missouri Chief Justice William Ray Price, Jr.'s annual State of the Judiciary address.
I commented:
As I've been harping for 10 years now, drug criminalization and regulation is a crime. People have the absolute right to ingest anything they want. Nobody has the authority to say anything whatsoever about it. Nor to tax it. No matter how many people are convinced to vote for regulation. If modifying your consciousness with chemicals causes you to commit an actual crime, harming another person or their property, you are responsible, but as long as you don't, it ain't nobody's business how high you choose to get, or how.
As Vin Suprynowicz so aptly put it, "This does not mean that 'Marijuana should be available by prescription.' It means that morphine sulfate should be available in five pound bags at the supermarket for a couple of bucks, like sugar... but probably in a different aisle, to avoid confusion."
And cannabis should be available in bulk at the health food store, again for a couple of bucks an ounce, or less. And my 13-year-old daughter should be able to buy as much of it as she wants.
Drug Czar of My Dreams
Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:25:44 GMT <== Drugs ==>
Mattew Elrod has created a web site promoting Dr. Ethan A. Nadelmann for Obama's drug czar. He invites you to sign a petition. I did. From the About Dr. Nadelmann page:
In 1994, Nadelmann founded the Lindesmith Center, a drug policy institute created with the philanthropic support of George Soros. In 2000, the growing Center merged with another organization to form the Drug Policy Alliance and Drug Policy Alliance Network, which advocate for drug policies grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights. Described by Rolling Stone as "the point man" for drug policy reform efforts, Ethan Nadelmann is widely regarded as the most prominent proponent of drug policy reform.
This Is Your Country, Fighting the War on Drugs
Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:51:41 GMT <== Drugs ==>
I thought up an addition to the Partnership for a Drug-Free America's This is Your Brain on Drugs commercial.
Holding up an egg: "This is your brain."
Pointing at a frying pan: "This is drugs."
Frying the egg in the frying pan: "This is your brain on drugs."
With the narrator from above looking out the door of a house: "This is your country."
Viewing an attack helicopter: "This is the war on drugs."
Showing a missile fired from the attack helicopter into the house, and the house exploding in flames: "This is your country, fighting the war on drugs."
"Any questions?"
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So What If Pot Can Cure Cancer; That's No Reason For You To Use It
Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:37:27 GMT <== Drugs ==>
Paul Armentano at LewRockwell.com - Dr. Wai Man Liu has discovered that an ingredient of marijuana "slows tumour growth and prevents the reproduction of cancer cells", but he thinks that "smoking ganja" would cause "more harm than good." Bull. [lew]
Having recently lost friends and family members to cancer, including one to leukemia, I can inform Dr. Liu that such a diagnosis -- even when treated with standard radiation and chemotherapy -- is a death sentence. For Dr. Liu to advise, with a straight face no less, that these patients would do "more harm than good" by smoking cannabis is a disgrace. Not only can cannabis alleviate cancer patients' nausea and pain, elevate their mood, and increase their appetite, but also -- as Dr. Liu's own data demonstrates -- it may help to alleviate the very disease that's ravaging their bodies. Nevertheless, I suppose that Dr. Liu would rather have these patients shut up and die than expose the political hypocrisy surrounding criminalizing a plant.
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Margaret Wente at The Globe and Mail - fourth in a series of articles deriding harm reduction, and proposing treatment-or-jail programs for drug addicts. The four articles are:
Sick of watching people die
We still await the scientific proof of harm reduction's success
Europe's approach to drugs is more enlightened ... it's tougher
I sent the following letter to the editor, and posted it as a comment to the final article: [drugsense]
From: "Bill St. Clair" <billstclair@gmail.com>
To: letters@globeandmail.ca
Subject: Letter to the editor
The real question about drugs, weed or cocaine or heroin, is not how harmful they are, but who owns our bodies. If each one of us owns his or her own body, then if we choose to live in a drug-induced stupor, it ain't nobody's business. All drugs must be legalized. If the state owns us, well then, it can do what it will with its slaves, so there's nothing to discuss. The natural consequences of drug abuse are more harsh and more fair than anything any legislator can dream up. You can't help somebody who doesn't want to be helped. Give it up.
Bill St. Clair
Successful Medical Necessity Defense in Texas Marijuana Case
Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:58:22 GMT <== Drugs ==>
Jacob Sullum at Reason - a Texas jury recently acquitted Tim Stevens for possessing marijuana which he used to relieve the cyclical vomiting syndrome associated with HIV infection. His expert witness convinced the jury that enforcing the "law" was worse than allowing Mr. Stevens to have his medicine, so they nullified. Bravo! [tmm]
Stevens, whose vomiting has been so severe that he was hospitalized and received blood transfusions, was arrested last October after an anonymous tipster saw him sharing a joint on a friend's porch in Amarillo and called the police. He had about a twelfth of an ounce of marijuana, resulting in a Class B misdemeanor charge that carries a penalty of up to six months in jail and a $2,000 fine. He probably could have gotten off with a fine or a year's probation, Blackburn says, "but he didn't want to; he wanted to take a stand." The trial lasted about 10 hours on Tuesday, and the jury came back after 11 minutes with a "not guilty" verdict.
Blackburn says the expert testimony of Steve Jenison, medical director of the Infectious Diseases Bureau in New Mexico's Department of Health, helped establish that marijuana is demonstrably effective at treating nausea and superior in some ways to the legal alternatives. (For one thing, unlike the synthetic THC capsule Marinol, it does not have to be swallowed and kept down, a feat for someone suffering from severe nausea.) Blackburn, who was not at all confident about the prospects for Stevens' unusual defense in a "very, very conservative area," also credits "a streak of independence" and a "distaste for government" that he says is common in West Texas. "I think these jurors like the idea that they get to make a decision about what the law means, about when it applies," he says, "and I don't think they were shy at all about deciding how valuable the law proscribing marijuana use really is."
Civil injustice strikes Ohio
Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:12:37 GMT <== Drugs ==>
Bob Ewing at The Cleveland Plain Dealer - asset forfeiture isn't in the news much these days. But it's still big business for the crooks who run local, state, and federal government theft rings. They stole Meredith and Luther Ricks' life savings, $400,000, when they found the cannabis Mr. Ricks' used to ease his painful arthritis, hip replacement and shingles, while investigating his self-defense shooting of a home intruder. That ain't right. Every cop and prosecutor involved should go to prison for a long time, and never again be allowed to darken the doors of any public office. Asset forfeiture is theft, plain and simple. But then, so is taxation.
Shortly afterward, the FBI got involved - not to help the stricken family, but to claim the money for the federal government.
Such is the result of civil forfeiture laws, which represent one of the most profound assaults on our rights today.
Civil forfeiture can apply to virtually any property: cars, houses, boats and, as the Rickses' case demonstrates, even money. The property can be seized merely on suspicion that it was used in connection with a crime or resulted from criminal activity.
The police did not charge Luther for the shooting - he acted in self-defense - or for the small quantity of marijuana he used as medicine. Under civil forfeiture, the government can confiscate money or property without proving that a person is guilty of criminal misconduct.
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The Atlanta Declaration
Every man, woman, and responsible child has an unalienable individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon -- rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- any time, any place, without asking anyone's permission.
-- L. Neil Smith
Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What it says is that infringing the right of the people to keep and bear arms is treason. What else do you call an act that endangers "the security of a free state"? And if it's treason, then it's punishable by death. I suggest due process, speedy trials, and public hangings.
A Penalty Clause for the Bill of Rights
Any official, appointed or elected, at any level of government, who attempts, through legislative act or other means, to nullify, evade, or avoid the provisions of the first ten amendments to this Constitution, or of the Thirteenth Amendment, shall be summarily removed from office, and, upon conviction, deprived of all pay and benefits including pension, and sentenced to imprisonment for life.
Based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, and some of its own empirical work, the panel couldn't identify a single gun control regulation that reduced violent crime, suicide or accidents.
-- John Lott, commenting on the National Academy of Sciences report on gun control laws.
Who is a libertarian?
Zero Aggression Principle ("Zap")
"A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to advocate or delegate its initiation. Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim."
(Formerly called the "Non-Aggression Principle", or "NAP")
Why Did It Have to be... Guns?
Make no mistake: all politicians -- even those ostensibly on the side of guns and gun ownership -- hate the issue and anyone, like me, who insists on bringing it up. They hate it because it's an X-ray machine. It's a Vulcan mind-meld. It's the ultimate test to which any politician -- or political philosophy -- can be put.
If a politician isn't perfectly comfortable with the idea of his average constituent, any man, woman, or responsible child, walking into a hardware store and paying cash -- for any rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- without producing ID or signing one scrap of paper, he isn't your friend no matter what he tells you.
If he isn't genuinely enthusiastic about his average constituent stuffing that weapon into a purse or pocket or tucking it under a coat and walking home without asking anybody's permission, he's a four-flusher, no matter what he claims.
What his attitude -- toward your ownership and use of weapons -- conveys is his real attitude about you. And if he doesn't trust you, then why in the name of John Moses Browning should you trust him?
"Tell me," I was once asked, "What do you think about gun control? Give me the short answer." To which I replied, "If you try to take our firearms we will kill you."
-- Mike Vanderboegh
Also from The Atlanta Declaration:
... like going to the bathroom, breathing, eating, sleeping, or making love, it turns out that self-defense is a bodily function one cannot safely or effectively delegate to a second party.
This does not mean that "Marijuana should be available by prescription." It means that morphine sulfate should be available in five pound bags at the supermarket for a couple of bucks, like sugar... but probably in a different aisle, to avoid confusion.
-- Vin Suprynowicz
If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will be shot dead. These procedures are known as the Rule of Law.
-- Edward Abbey
The state can only survive as long as a majority is programmed to believe that theft isn't wrong if it's called taxation or asset forfeiture or eminent domain, that assault and kidnapping isn't wrong if it's called arrest, that mass murder isn't wrong if it's called war.
-- Bill St. Clair
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Josef Koudelka for the first time in Sofia
His exposition Exiles will trace the themes of banishment, wandering, conflicts, and nature as changed by human activity
Photographer Josif Koudelka
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On 7 May, the iconic photographer of the Prague Spring, Josef Koudelka, arrives in Bulgaria to inaugurate his exhibition titled Exiles.The exposition, which will be on view till 9 June at the Sofia City Art Gallery thanks to partnership between Institut francais de Bulgarie and Centre Pompidou, will show 75 photographs by Koudelka which will be exhibited outside of France for the first time. The photos were made in the 1960s, 70s and 80s and are presented under the common title Exiles.
These iconic images illustrate the deeply humane character of Koudelka's creative work tracing the themes of banishment, wandering, conflicts, and nature as changed by human activity. On the sidelines of the exhibition, the visitors will also have a chance to see a collection of all editions of the Exiles monograph, as well as the 19 self-portraits of the legendary artist.
Josef Koudelka is the man who risked his life to document the Soviet invasion in Czechoslovakia in 1968, a person without citizenship who wandered around Europe from 1970 to 1987, to leave to posterity his deeply convincing photo documents illustrating the genesis of Europe and the continent's fears. After four decades of roving, in 1987, Koudelka was finally granted French citizenship and, as a token of gratitude to France, he donated his 75 photos from the Exiles series to Centre Pompidou - National Museum of Modern Art/Industrial Design Centre. It is exactly this series, emblematic for his entire work, which will be the focus of the exposition in Sofia.
A cross between art photography and photo journalism, the exposition is a poetical evidence of Joudelks's trips - from Ireland to Spain and from Spain to Poland - far away from his native land. The photos of deserted and scattered articles, images of homeless animals and people, illustrate the author's quest for the human boundaries and identity. Apart from that, Koudelka also throws new and different light on the challenges and fears of the contemporary European community.
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UGA student wins award for home design
There is no technical definition of a tiny house, but the working understanding is a home that is 400 square feet or smaller. So what is a “Kinda Tiny” home? Well, it’s a little bit bigger, but not much. The home design that won Athens’ first “Kinda Tiny” housing competition was 794 square feet and designed by UGA student Jacqueline Menke, who is currently finishing up a Master of Landscape Architecture at the College of Environment and Design. The contest was the brainchild of Athens Area Habitat for Humanity and Georgia’s U.S. Green Building Council, and the home designed by Menke is currently under construction in Athens. The family selected by Habitat will move into the house this spring. The average size of a home in the United States has doubled since the 1960s to 2,600 square feet, but there is a movement underway to embrace smaller, more energy efficient homes. Menke’s house will be an example of a greener home, but it’s also meant to start a conversation in Athens about zoning codes, said Spencer Frye, executive director of Athens Area Habitat for Humanity. “You aren’t allowed to build an actual tiny home in Clarke County,” said Frye. “The minimum size for a single-family home is 600 square feet. These size restrictions were put in place in reaction to integration. I don’t like the idea of our community still adhering to these codes.” That’s how the idea to provide a real-life example of the building-code restrictions in Athens came to life. Frye and David Hyde from TimberBilt, an Athens-based sustainable construction company, devised the “Kinda Tiny” home competition, thinking it could act as a test run for green building standards and show the county what could be done with a small home. “We wanted to begin a discussion,” said Frye. “If we want to have a real dialogue around home size in Athens-Clarke County, I want us to work from zero and move up and not keep these antiquated codes on the books.” The winning design Menke entered the “Kinda Tiny” house contest as part of a class project in UGA professor Alfie Vick’s green building class. Because her major is landscape architecture, she had to do a lot of research in order to complete a home design, but she won, in part, because of how seamlessly her plan worked with the site’s landscape. “One of things that made her design stand out, after talking to some of the judges, is the fact that her building really specifically relates to the site. She took into account the topography, and I think it was her landscape architecture background that gave her the insight to how the building and the site would interact together,” said Vick. Menke said she drove through the neighborhood and past the lot several times and got inspired by the surrounding homes as well as the lot where the home would eventually be built. She noticed all of the other homes were elevated and had ramps. She made hers accessible as well by using a zero entry, which means no steps or other hindrances to entrance. “I also thought of the sun’s path and provided afternoon shade with the roof slope, which plays into LEED standards. And I addressed the issue of the slope and runoff with my landscape plan,” Menke said. LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is the most widely used green building rating system in the world. Menke said LEED standards helped guide her design from the beginning. Menke’s design had the sustainability features that the Green Building Council wanted, and the practicality desired by Habitat. “Our homes are built by volunteers so they can’t be technically challenging,” said Frye. Vick said, “Jacqueline’s house was practical, cost effective, buildable and also a really good design.” The judges awarded two first place awards, one to Menke and one to a team of professional architects from Atlanta. The homeowners, who had already been selected by Habitat, got to choose the winner, and they picked Menke’s design. Frye is hopeful that this conversation starter could lead to more small homes being built in Athens. “Land cost is a major part of the issue here. If we can reduce the lot size and the size of the home, everything will be more affordable,” said Frye. “We’ve already had some great conversations with the mayor and commission about land use and building codes. This home has allowed us to explore both housing size issues and sustainability issues.”
Georgia basketball coach Tom Crean: Bulldogs’ rebounding effort ‘pitiful,’ lacking toughness
Georgia basketball coach Tom Crean understands there will be challenges for his young and undersized team this season. But Crean, a two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year and the architect of a Final Four team at Marquette, will not accept the lack of effort witnessed on Saturday night in Starkville. RELATED: How Mississippi State won battle of SEC Bulldogs The 91-59 defeat at Mississippi State was embarrassing on the scoreboard, but also to the most casual of UGA basketball fans that tuned in to the SEC Network on Saturday night. 'The most disheartening thing is we didn't compete on the glass, at all,' Crean said after the game on the Georgia Bulldogs Sports Network, referring to State's 40-22 rebounding advantage. 'Ray Hammonds is the third leading or fourth leading rebounder in the league, his effort was pitiful, as was everybody else's on the glass.,' Crean said. 'That's a toughness issue that we've got to continue to work through. 'I wouldn't even call that a maturity issue, I'd call that a toughness issue.' Freshman Anthony Edwards, who called out himself and his Georgia teammates for a lack of toughness in the second half of a home loss to Kentucky earlier this season, led Georgia with 19 points. But Edwards had his issues getting back on defense and communicating. 'The maturity issue is when it's not going well for us offensively, or we turn it over, we've got to get back on defense,' Crean said. 'So the two biggest keys to the game were rebounding and then transition defense, by far, as they are most games. 'Both of those we failed, and we failed miserably tonight.' Georgia, which scored it's only road SEC win under Crean last year at Florida. returns to action at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Kentucky. DawgNation Georgia Basketball Anthony Edwards puts the squeeze on Tennessee in blowout win Georgia falls in first SEC road game of season at Auburn Anthony Edwards says UGA didn't play tough enough vs. Kentucky Georgia basketball delivers signature Top 10 win at Memphs Freshman Anthony Edwards discloses injury, status Sahvir Wheeler on clutch game-winner, 'been there a ton of times' Tom Izzo on Georgia: 'That was an incredible comeback' Anthony Edwards lights up Michigan State for 37 in 93-85 loss Rayshaun Hammonds wrecks Georgia Tech Anthony Edwards draws standing ovation in opener Georgia freshman already making basketball history The post Georgia basketball coach Tom Crean: Bulldogs' rebounding effort pitiful,' lacking toughness appeared first on DawgNation.
Mississippi State blasts Georgia in battle of SEC Bulldogs, Anthony Edwards struggles
Georgia basketball is going to have to grow up in a hurry if it has any chance of becoming an NCAA tournament team this season. Coach Tom Crean's young squad came apart on the road at Mississippi State on Saturday night, falling 91-59 in a battle of SEC Bulldogs. Crean's concerns about Mississippi State's size and rebounding prowess became a reality. The maroon-and-white clad Bulldogs entered the night as the SEC's top rebounding team. They proceeded to show why, posting a commanding 40-22 advantage on the glass over UGA. 48 of State's 91 points were scored in the paint. Georgia dropped to 11-6 overall and 1-3 in the SEC with the loss, while Coach Ben Howland's team improved to 11-6 and 2-3 in league games. UGA freshman Anthony Edwards got off to a rough start at the so-called 'Hump.' Edwards was held to 3 points in the first half and made only 1 of his first 9 shots. Edwards finished with 19 points on 5-of-16 shooting, including 1-of-8 marksmanship beyond the 3-point line. Georgia, coming off an 80-63 home win over Tennessee, kept things close throughout much of the first half in Starkville. Freshman Toumani Camera scored all 10 of his points in the opening half, including a dunk that made it 32-28. But Mississippi State closed the first half on a 10-3 run to take a 42-31 lead to intermission. Georgia couldn't get any closer than 11 points the remainder of the game. Junior Rayshaun Hammonds, UGA's top interior threat, scored 8 of his 10 points and grabbed 3 of his 4 rebounds in the first half. Hammonds scored just one basket on 1-of-6 shooting and grabbed just one rebound in the 15 minutes he played in the second half. The home team went on a 17-3 run late in the game, stretching the lead out to 30 points with four minutes left. UGA point guard Sahvir Wheeler, who suffered an ankle injury last Wednesday, started and played 21 minutes. Wheeler had 2 points on 1-of-2 shooting, and 1 assist. The Bulldogs return to action at 7 p.m. at Kentucky on Tuesday. DawgNation Georgia Basketball Anthony Edwards puts the squeeze on Tennessee in blowout win Georgia falls in first SEC road game of season at Auburn Anthony Edwards says UGA didn't play tough enough vs. Kentucky Georgia basketball delivers signature Top 10 win at Memphs Freshman Anthony Edwards discloses injury, status Sahvir Wheeler on clutch game-winner, 'been there a ton of times' Tom Izzo on Georgia: 'That was an incredible comeback' Anthony Edwards lights up Michigan State for 37 in 93-85 loss Rayshaun Hammonds wrecks Georgia Tech Anthony Edwards draws standing ovation in opener Georgia freshman already making basketball history The post Mississippi State blasts Georgia in battle of SEC Bulldogs, Anthony Edwards struggles appeared first on DawgNation.
New Georgia OC Todd Monken trades ‘total mess’ for championship quest
ATHENS Georgia offensive coordinator Todd Monken has yet to call his first play, but it's safe to say the 53-year-old already knows he's walking into a better situation than a year ago. RELATED: Todd Monken a Statement hire' by Kirby Smart Monken's differences on the Cleveland Browns' staff with first-year coach Freddie Kitchens were well-documented from the onset. Many close to Kitchens have said Monken was not even the head coach's choice for the job. It's no wonder Monken was quoted as referring the Cleveland franchise a 'total mess.' It was an accurate description. Receivers Odell Beckham and Jarvis Landry were a handful. The Myles Garrett helmet swing incidentreached epic proportion. Georgia football is anything but a total mess. Monken arrives in Athens knowing he was Kirby Smart's top choice. Smart hasn't announced it, but it's a good bet Monken will assume the playcalling duties. It's something Monken has said before is important to him. RELATED: Why Todd Monken is a proven OC, and the Smart choice The best-case scenario for Georgia and Monken next season is a national championship. At the very least, a fourth-straight trip to the SEC Championship Game. The Georgia defense is that good. Nine of 11 Sugar Bowl starters return. It was a unit that led the nation in scoring defense and run defense, and finished third in the country in total defense and 8h in pass efficiency defense. Smart will be looking for an offense that makes more explosive plays while maintaining a reliable run game. But the bottom line for Smart was and is offensive efficiency and consistency. If Monken's offense can score 24 points in each game next season, it's hard to project the Bulldogs losing a game. That said, Georgia has its share of challenges on offense. Chief among those hurdles are growing an inexperienced receiving corps, and developing and scheming for a new quarterback. Georgia rising sophomore George Pickens is the key to the receiving corps. He's coming off a Sugar Bowl MVP performance, making 12 catches for 175 yards and a touchdown in the Bulldogs' 26-14 win over Baylor. Pickens, however, was hit with two suspensions his freshman campaign. The first involved an unspecified violation of team rules. The second came by NCAA rule after his well-publicized tangle at Georgia Tech. RELATED: Pickens apologizes to team for costly SEC title game suspension Pickens' growth and development as a person and potential leader will factor into Monken's future game plans where skill position players are concerned. Georgia has other receiver options returning and promising incoming freshmen. But none appear to have the game-changing dynamic Pickens presents. Georgia is also green in the backfield. Zamir White enters spring drills battling Kenny McIntosh for first-team reps. Rising junior James Cook and incoming freshman Kendall Milton have breakout talent. To this point, none of the backs have shown the dynamic game-breaking ability departing back D'Andre Swift flashed his first two seasons. It doesn't mean they won't, but expectations should be kept in check, Swift was special. The ultimate challenge, however, is at quarterback. Wake Forest graduate transfer Jamie Newman is considered the favorite to win the job in spring drills. Newman is coming to Georgia to throw more, and the Bulldogs are excited to have a quarterback who can run and scramble effectively. The two sides will meet somewhere in the middle, with Newman gaining experience in an offense that can transition into the NFL. Georgia also has redshirt junior Stetson Bennett, redshirt freshman D'Wan Mathis and incoming freshman Carson Beck in the quarterback room this spring. The final piece for Monken's success is the fit in the offensive meeting room, and the trust and chemistry he builds with Smart. Unlike Cleveland, Monken will be handed the keys, and he'll be surrounded by an all-star staff that includesJames Coley, Matt Luke and run game coordinator Dell McGee. Georgia football, unlike the NFL's Cleveland Browns, doesn't mess around. Georgia football offseason Kirby Smart lands Air Raid guru Todd Monken LSU DC Dave Aranda reveals UGA offensive game plan Mark Richt gives scout on FSU grad-transfer Tre Mckitty UGA provides status update on James Coley Numbers game: Comparing Jamie Newman to Jake Fromm Bulldogs' safety headed for Ole Miss RELATED: Cade Mays makes stunning Rocky Top Hop Projected starting Georgia lineman returning from injury PODCAST: Brandon Adams discusses Todd Monken addition The post New Georgia OC Todd Monken trades total mess' for championship quest appeared first on DawgNation.
Former Georgia football safety Otis Reese announces he’s headed for Ole Miss
ATHENS Former Georgia football safety Otis Reese announced on Twitter that he's headed for Ole Miss after entering his name in the NCAA transfer portal two weeks ago. Reese, a 2018 signee, has three years of eligibility remaining. He would have to sit out a season unless granted an NCAA waiver. Reese a 6-foot-3, 210-pounder from Leesburg, Ga., saw action in all 14 games for the No. 4-ranked Bulldogs last season. Most all of Reese's opportunities were on special teams, however, as he finished with just three tackles. It has been a busy offseason of comings and goings by way of transfer for the Bulldogs. Georgia has scored big additions with Wake Forest QB graduate transfer Jamie Newman and Florida State TE grad transfer Tre' Mckitty. Cade Mays has been the biggest departure, shunning a starting spot with the Bulldogs' championship contender to return to his hometown of Knoxville where his father player. RELATED: Cade Mays makes stunning Rocky Top Hop Reese's situation is clearly about playing time and opportunity. Georgia's elite defense was stacked in the secondary last season with Thorpe Award finalist J.R. Reed at one safety position, and rising star Richard LeCounte at the other. Freshman safety Lewis Cine, like Reese a top 100 prospect in high school, won the starting job for the Sugar Bowl when Reed pulled out of bowl preparation with a foot injury. WATCH: Lewis Cine knows his time is coming, putting in the hard work Cine had six tackles in the 26-14 win over Baylor and appeared to be the perfect partner to the playmaking LeCounte. Christopher Smith was also competing for reps at safety during bowl prep New Orleans. Rising sophomore Tyrique Stevenson figures to fit into the mix moving forward. Reese entered his name in the NCAA transfer portal after LeCounte made it public that he planned on returning to the Bulldogs. Reese was ranked the No. 87 player in the nation by the 247Sports composite coming out of Lee County High School. He chose UGA over Alabama, Clemson, LSU and Auburn, among others, per his recruiting profile. Georgia is expected to start offseason conditioning next week with spring drills likely to begin after UGA's spring break. The Bulldogs open next season playing Virginia in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday Sept. 7. Even in my darkest times, I have always believed, the light would shine & it's TIME!!! @OleMissFB , @Lane_Kiffin , @CoachCPartridge COMMITTED pic.twitter.com/NkFdvkKxPo O Dog.. (@otisreese13) January 18, 2020 The post Former Georgia football safety Otis Reese announces he's headed for Ole Miss appeared first on DawgNation.
Georgia basketball looks to get over the hump at Mississippi State
ATHENS Georgia coach Tom Crean always talks to his team about 'taking what the game gives you,' but on Saturday night at Mississippi State, UGA might need a different approach. Indeed, Crean's young and undersized team will have to take even when the game isn't giving them any breaks or advantages. Coach Ben Howland's maroon-clad Bulldogs lead the SEC in rebounding margin, the very area Crean's vertically challenged canines are most often challenged to measure up. 'I mean, every game we come in here talking about how important the rebounding is and now we're playing the league leader,' said Georgia coach Tom Crean, who has just two players 6-foot-9 or taller. 'That part of it is tough.' Mississippi State features two starters who are even taller, center Abdul Ado (6-11, 255) and power forward Reggie Perry (6-10, 250). The teams tip off at 8:30 p.m. (TV: SEC Network) at the so-called 'Hump.' Officially known as Humphrey Coliseum, Mississippi State's arena which some say resembles a cake from the outside has a smaller, intimate setting similar to Stegeman Coliseum with a capacity of 10,575. Georgia brings an 11-5 overall mark and 1-2 SEC record into the action. Mississippi State is 10-6 and 1-3 in league play. UGA is looking for what would be its first consecutive league wins under Crean, who is now in his second season. Georgia is also looking to play its way into NCAA tournament contention, and it will likely take a .500 record in league play or better for that to happen. It's Crean's first trip to Starkville, and he may be forced to make it without the playing services of Sahvir Wheeler, who fellow freshman Anthony Edwards refers to as 'the heart of the team.' Wheeler suffered an ankle injury in the second half of Georgia's resounding 80-63 blowout win over Tennessee. Crean made it clear on Friday that Wheeler is questionable, having just managed to walk through the Thursday workout. 'You just have to deal with it, and if he can't it is what it is,' Crean said. 'You just go. Right? That's why you try to develop and try to get multi-dimensional versatile guys. Obviously he's a huge factor.' If Wheeler is out, Georgia will rely more heavily on senior graduate transfer Donnell Gresham along with Edwards at the point. Edwards, named a second-team, mid-season All-American by the Sporting News earlier this week, is averaging 19.1 points per game this season, second in the SEC. Georgia, with its size deficiency, will also need another signature performance from 6-9, 245-pound junior Rayshaun Hammonds. Hammonds is averaging 14.1 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, and he's coming off a 21-point, 5-rebound in the win over the Vols. Mississippi State represents UGA's fifth-straight game against teams that played in the NCAA tournament last season. The Bulldogs are 2-2 in the past four, winning on the road against then-No. 9 Memphis 65-62 on Jan. 4 and hammering Tennessee in Athens on Wednesday night. The losses were to No. 13 Kentucky (78-69) and then-No. 5 Auburn (82-60). Last year's home loss to Mississippi State featured one of the most bizarre endings in Stegeman Coliseum history. WATCH: Stuffed bulldog triggers decisive technical foul in UGA home loss A small stuffed bulldog toy was thrown on the court in the final moments, resulting in a technical foul that helps swing the game State's way, 68-67. Georgia had rallied from 17 down to tie the game at 67-67. DawgNation Georgia Basketball Anthony Edwards puts the squeeze on Tennessee in blowout win Georgia falls in first SEC road game of season at Auburn Anthony Edwards says UGA didn't play tough enough vs. Kentucky Georgia basketball delivers signature Top 10 win at Memphs Freshman Anthony Edwards discloses injury, status Sahvir Wheeler on clutch game-winner, 'been there a ton of times' Tom Izzo on Georgia: 'That was an incredible comeback' Anthony Edwards lights up Michigan State for 37 in 93-85 loss Rayshaun Hammonds wrecks Georgia Tech Anthony Edwards draws standing ovation in opener Georgia freshman already making basketball history The post Georgia basketball looks to get over the hump at Mississippi State appeared first on DawgNation.
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Tutorial: How to get Aircraft Center to work
Controlling your aircraft, using the autopilot etc.
Re: Tutorial: How to get Aircraft Center to work
by Necolatis » Sat May 07, 2016 2:41 pm
Yes, you have to get the build in launcher to setup the catalog. The canvas Aircraft center works fine, it just depend on the catalog being setup first, which is done by the build-in launcher.
Or, you can install the catalog manually, by downloading it and placing it in the respective folder.
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by Hooray » Sat May 07, 2016 2:52 pm
Thanks for clarifying that, I would suggest that this is filed as a proper bug/issue at the tracker, so that this can be revisited - because it's going against everything that's been previously said about Qt5 remaining 100% optional, and it's in line with numerous concerns voiced by various contributors about the Qt5 related developments possibly affecting other, unrelated, but desirable functionality (such as the Aircraft Center):
Subject: Aircraft Center
Hooray wrote: Otherwise, it's almost certainly related to the package manager not being able to download the data it needs - which may be as simple as a version confllict, i.e. it getting outdated data.
It is for a reason that I suggested to file a bug report and provide additional data - and the background info I provided was also for a reason
Subject: New Canvas GUI
Hooray wrote: Qt5 is not intended to be required for building FG, even though useful functionality is going to be increasingly tied to it (think launcher, in-sim UI, package manager, AircraftCenter UI).
Subject: OSGearth as default scenery?
Hooray wrote: the new Qt5 functionality is seeing improvements in areas for which there is no mapping outside Qt5, namely no PUI/Canvas or Phi bindings to bring features like the package manager up to par with the Qt5 code.
Subject: FG 2016,1.1
Hooray wrote: if there are any actual bugs related to the Qt5 launcher, please report them - otherwise, Zakalawe keeps encouraging feature requests for the Qt5 launcher - so if you think anything is missing/broken etc, please also get in touch via the devel list, and/or, the issue tracker - some recently posted feedback was very much appreciated IIRC, and got implemented within a few days.
It seems increasingly likely that the Qt5 launcher will continue to developed, and it may even make built-in features obsolete, so it is a good idea to be proactive whenever you notice anything missing/broken or incomplete, because all the ongoing Qt5 work is likely to be the foundation for what FG is going to look like a few years from now - to see that that's the case, you only need to look at new developments that are solely integrated with the Qt5 front-end - thus, sooner or later, certain desirable functionality will be tied to Qt5, and you should not expect fgrun to support all features that the Qt5 launcher does/will support.
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by wkitty42 » Sat May 07, 2016 4:35 pm
that the aircraft center is now way out of date says a lot, too... it hasn't been updated to use the new code stuffs for pulling the catalog or the craft...
Sorry, that's just misleading and plain wrong:
Nothing about the aircraft center should have to do /anything/ with the underlying backend, it's really just making a few calls to the PM (package manager) - it was the first, and only, front-end to the PM back-end - TheTom specifically prototyped it in response to James asking for it, at the time, James even contemplated to come up with a hard-coded PUI dialog, and the corresponding widgets, to provide a front-end.
Instead, TheTom came up with a Nasal/Canvas-based front-end, that does not contain any hard-coded assumptions at all, it is just making a few back-end calls (mainly fgcommands), and that is perfectly in line with Torsten's comments about having an encapsulated, and front-end agnostic, service-layer.
In other words, if the back-end APIs had been updated properly to take the non Qt use-case into account, the Aircraft Center should continue to work "as is", and in the worst case, it would only require a handful of changes to reflect new/updated APIs (which really are mainly fgcommands in this case)
Yes, Hooray is right.
The AC center works just fine, just tested it 3 mins ago again, just to be sure (with the latest 2016.2.0).
It can install, remove and run AC from the catalog just fine.
The problems are with installing the catalog, which is done in the new launcher. (and it works much more reliable in 2016.2.0, so look forward to 2016.2.1)
Again, Thank you very much for confirming - in other words, the problem really is unrelated to the Aircraft Center - it's mainly due to the Qt5 code, and mode, having received more TLC than the non-Qt5 code paths, which means that more testing has taken place with Qt5 support integrated, and enabled, than without it - so that the catalog, and package manager, code is primarily initialized in Qt5 related code, and otherwise not set up correctly.
There really isn't much that should, or can, be done at the Nasal/Canvas or Aircraft Center level, because it's simply outside the scope of that - it's an oversight in C++ code, the Aircraft Center however is primarily Nasal and Canvas ... please file a proper bug report if you care about running FlightGear without Qt5 support.
Hooray wrote in Sat May 07, 2016 4:53 pm:
wkitty42 wrote in Sat May 07, 2016 4:35 pm: that the aircraft center is now way out of date says a lot, too... it hasn't been updated to use the new code stuffs for pulling the catalog or the craft...
you misread/misunderstood what i said... can the AC even access the catalog on the existing fgfs server? how do you point it at other hangers?
on my system the AC has worked sometimes and other times not... this with nothing changing in the configuration other than applying new repo code and building a new set of binaries... accessing the catalog is one thing... unpacking the archives is another...
i'm waiting to see how the --launcher and/or the AC handle UNinstalling craft and cleaning up behind themselves... when the archive is extracted to some directory for fgfs to be able to see it, is the archive deleted? when uninstalling fgfs, are these other directories also removed?
by Necolatis » Sat May 07, 2016 10:54 pm
No, uninstalling wont delete what you have downloaded through AC center or the new launcher.
The archive is deleted after unpacking it seems.
You point it at other hangars by installing a new Hangar location in the new launcher, just give it the URL of the catalog. You can have multiple installed.
by wkitty42 » Sun May 08, 2016 12:48 am
right... that's part of the stuff that hooray was fussing about... that's why i said what i did and then asked those questions
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Re: Can Turkey Learn Tolerance?
Originally posted by Hayayrun View Post
Good morning Haykakan,
where do you got this information???
This are only "sayings"!!!
Can you give me only one simple evidence, that "many turks helped armenians during the genocide"???
Why should they help us armenians, we are their enemies, enemies should be killed ... isn't it so???
Turks still kills armeniens the famous one was dear Mr. Hrant Dink and the last armenian gay was Sevak Balikciyan who was shot and killed in the turkish military on the "24th April"
Greetings from Munic
HAYAYRUN
I wonder if when you said "last Armenian --- gay --- " , if you actually meant --- guy ---- ?
As you have stated by personal experience , and I have stated by first hand accounts of what happened both 95 + years ago but also --- attitude, treatment, conduct, by the --- DISTGUSTING --- ones I call turks.
This conduct and attitude have been going on since day one that they approached our lands.
From then to now, attitude is still the same --- by the vast majority --- which is representative of turkish "society" both in general and as a whole.
I do listen to your first hand accounts as honest accounts.
Haykakan
ANOTHER ELDERLY ARMENIAN WOMAN IS SEVERELY BEATEN IN ISTANBUL
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Another elderly Armenian woman is severely beaten in Istanbul January
Another elderly Armenian woman was assaulted, on Tuesday evening,
in Istanbul's densely-Armenian-populated Samatya district.
The woman was attacked nearby a local police precinct. The assailant
was around 35 years old and he was wearing black clothes.
It is noted that the Armenian woman was severely beaten. As a result,
her glasses were broken and its glass caused damage to the woman's eye;
she underwent a surgery on Wednesday morning.
Istanbul Office of the Human Rights Association of Turkey called for
a demonstration, on Wednesday at 4pm, against violence taking place
on xenophobic grounds.
To note, this is the third such attack against elderly Armenian women
in Samatya.
Hayastan or Bust.
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Again they continue to attack elderly women. These Turks don't even have the balls to attack men. They only have the courage to attack frail elderly women....typical.
Մեկ Ազգ, Մեկ Մշակույթ
"Western Assimilation is the greatest threat to the Armenian nation since the Armenian Genocide."
They adopt a nocturnal policy vs men they only attack men who are unarmed and sleeping.
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Originally posted by Haykakan View Post
Much like Wolfs they target the weak and the defenseless.....easy pray.
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TWO ARMENIAN WOMEN ATTACKED IN ISTANBUL IN PAST 24 HOURS
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/0...past-24-hours/
Second attack not confirmed independently
ISTANBUL, Turkey-Two elderly Armenian women were attacked in
Istanbul's Samatya district on Jan 22 and 23, less than a month after
an 84-year-old Armenian woman was brutally murdered in Istanbul,
raising the number of violent attacks against elderly Armenian women
to at least four in recent months.
Two elderly Armenian women were attacked in Istanbul's Samatya district
on Jan 22 and 23.
The Jan. 22 attack happened around 5 p.m. when the victim, 83-year-old
Sultan Aykar was about to enter her ground-floor apartment. She then
saw the intruder and, frightened, she fell. The attacker proceeded to
kick her. Hearing her screams, neighbors came down, scaring off the
masked man, reported Bianet. The neighbors described the attacker as
a male between the ages of 35 and 40, with gray hair, and dressed in
black. During the attack, Aykar suffered damage to her eye. She has
now lost sight in that eye, despite surgery on Jan. 23. The victim's
daughter, Menzar Etik, said her mother did not have any enemies, as
she was a quiet woman. Etik did not believe the attacker's intention
was robbery, as the attacker did not attempt to steal her purse,
and there was nothing more than a broken TV in her apartment.
Today (Jan. 23), another attack was reported on yet another elderly
Armenian woman. The attack happened on the street, near the Samatya
High School, sources reported. The two assailants ran away. The victim
was covered with blood. Shortly thereafter, she disappeared.
Community members and plainclothes policemen have been unable to find
or identify the woman.
The Armenian Weekly could not independently confirm the report on
today's attack.
In turn, Agos editor Rober Koptas told the Weekly, "We spoke to
churchmen, taghagans, shopkeepers, police, and lots of people but
none of them confirmed it."
The Samatya area is home to many Armenians. The community is weary
of these attacks, and calls for caution have been made.
In recent years, there have been several attacks against Armenians
in Turkey. In early December another Armenian woman was attacked and
robbed; while months earlier an Armenian woman was attacked by a taxi
driver and called an infidel.
On Jan. 6, three assailants tried to kidnap an elderly Armenian woman,
according to Turkish sources. The attempt failed.
According to human rights activists, the common thread that runs
through all of these crimes is not just their being motivated by hate
or being committed in an environment that breeds intolerance against
Armenians, but also the efforts of the authorities to play them down
and cover them up.
The Armenian Weekly will continue following up on this issue.
shield4life
Somebody needs to step up ...
Looks like Turks were never able to grow a pair.
Good call .
They equate the hoard principle to having stones .
CAUSE FOR CONCERN IN TURKEY: RECENT ATTACKS AIMED AT ARMENIANS, OR AT CHRISTIANS IN GENERAL?
http://armenianow.com/society/42949/...enian_genocide
SOCIETY | 30.01.13 | 13:07
By GAYANE ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Several assaults against Armenians in Turkey over the past month have
raised concerns and stirred a wave of outrage not only among Armenians,
but also Turkish human rights advocates, who held an act of protest
Sunday calling for "consistency in investigating the assaults and
murders on ethnic grounds".
Pro-Kurdish member of the Turkish parliament, representative of Peace
and Democracy party Sebahat Tuncel and independent MP, member of the
Commission on Human Rights Ertugrul Kurkcu declared during the protest
that the assaults were hate crimes motivated by strong anti-Armenian
sentiments and that "the police is at fault for their inertness".
On December 28, in her home at Istanbul's Samatia district largely
populated by Armenians, 85-year-old Maritsa Kucuk was brutally
murdered. Her son's testimony claims that the perpetrators had "carved"
a cross with a knife on the old woman's chest.
Some ten days earlier in the same district an 87-year-old native
Armenian woman, Turfanda Ashik was assaulted and brutally beaten.
On January 6 (Armenian Christmas), another native Armenian woman
escaped an attempted assault on her way to church. With her own
resistance and some support from aside she managed to find refuge in
the church.
On January 22, again at Samatia district, near his house 83-year-old
Sultan Aykar became a victim of assault and lost vision in one eye
caused by beating.
Turkish human rights advocates are convinced that the crimes are of
"racist anti-Armenian character", however it is unclear yet whether
the "racist sentiments" are against Armenians only, or Christians
Editor of the Armenian version of Istanbul-based Agos daily Bagrat
Estukian believes "these are hate crimes" as a reaction prior to the
100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide to be marked in 2015.
The Istanbul branch of Turkey's Human Rights Association has published
a separate report in which several Samatia residents stress that they
are "afraid" and that for as long as "the word 'Armenian' is used as
a swear word, such incidents will keep happening".
By various census results there are 50,000-60,000 Armenians living
in Turkey today, the majority of them in Istanbul; Armenians there
have a patriarchy, 16 schools, more than 30 churches, 3 newspapers
(one of them 100-years-old) and two hospitals.
Despite the constant fear and atmosphere of ethnic discrimination,
the Armenian community of Turkey keeps staying in what they call their
"historic homeland".
"Such problems have always existed, but the atmosphere of fear now
is really tangible," Istanbul-based Heriknaz Avagian, initiator and
principle of the special Armenian school for the children of illegal
immigrants, told ArmeniaNow.
The year of 2007 became a watershed in the lives of Istanbul-Armenians,
when editor-in-chief of Agos daily Hrant Dink was assassinated near
his newsroom.
As Turkish Armenian Arus Yumul, sociology professor and head of chair
at one of Istanbul's biggest universities (around 12,000 students),
explains "Dink's murder awakened not only us Armenians, but also
Turks, who started showing more interest in the dark pages of their
history," however this "awakening of consciousness" has also had
a counter-effect.
Months after Dink's murder Istanbul's St Astvatsatsin (Holy Virgin)
church suffered an armed attack when a gunman opened fire during
liturgy, luckily with no casualties.
In 2011, on April 24 - Remembrance Day for the victims of the Armenian
Genocide - in the army a Turkish soldier shot dead his fellow private
Sevag Sahin Balikci. On the day of the funeral his parents said it
was an accident, but during the trial, the last hearing of which
took place on January 25, they declared that "Sevak was murdered for
being Armenian, that day one Armenian had to be killed, it had been
decided so."
During the same 2011 a taxi driver physically abused an Armenian woman:
he called her an "infidel", beat her and threw out of his car.
After this case the police stated that it was a matter of minutes
to take the driver into custody, because both the vehicle number and
the taxi service were known. More than a year has passed and nobody
has been held accountable.
These recent cases have had strong reaction in Armenia, some even
drew parallels with the murder of Kurdish women in France during
the same period, committed in the highlight of negotiations with
Abdullah Ocalan.
However, expert in Turkish studies Ruben Safrastyan, head of the
Institute of Eastern Studies at the National Academy of Sciences,
believes that the assaults are anti-Christian rather than
anti-Armenian.
"The Turkish society is undergoing a period of change, on the one hand
it is the desire for growing awareness about the Genocide among some
circles, on the other it is the extremist pro-religious, pro-Islamic
sentiments growing deeper and as counter-effect the anti-Christian
and anti-Armenian wave is getting bigger," says Safrastyan, adding
that the government policy is creating fertile soil for all of this.
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America's first cannabis restaurant Lowell Cafe opens
Sarah A. Smith
Segment Producer/Booker
Yahoo Finance October 2, 2019
West Hollywood is now officially home to the first legal restaurant in America where cannabis connoisseurs and curious guests can openly light up.
Lowell Cafe opened its doors on Tuesday. Backed by Miley Cyrus and number of other celebrity investors, the cafe is the first farm-to-table restaurant that brings cannabis and cuisine under one roof.
Los Angeles-based cannabis company Lowell Herb Co. is behind the restaurant, which is one of over 10,000 licensed cannabis operators in California, according to the state's cannabis portal.
“We always wanted to be an institution, as far as West Hollywood is concerned,” Kevin Brady, Lowell Cafe’s director, told Yahoo Finance in an interview. "We wanted to be a great restaurant that you could go to and, instead of having alcohol, replacing [it] with the social aspects of cannabis.”
Lowell Cafe brands itself as part of a “post-cannabis prohibition” atmosphere, a place where customers can enjoy the experience of pot consumption.
Experienced smokers and novices are all welcome. Lowell has “flower hosts” that are similar to a restaurant’s wine sommelier, who can offer suggestions and explain any of the product strains, flavors and their level of potency.
Lowell Cafe interior
The restaurant’s menu is organically inspired, and includes different forms of cannabis consumption. While cafe-goers can explore smoking, joints, pipes, bongs, and edibles, cannabis infused foods are not yet available because of California food restrictions.
“Unfortunately, the West Hollywood regulations versus the state regulations aren’t necessarily at the same level, so we wanted to make sure [Lowell Cafe] abided by that,” said Brady.
“It has been a unique opportunity for sure,” said Brady. “We’ve really put a lot of effort into working with the local municipality to make all of this come to fruition.”
Lowell Cafe menu items
While it became legal for licensed businesses to sell and distribute cannabis in the state back in 2018, not everyone in the West Hollywood neighborhood is on board with Lowell Cafe’s grand opening.
“We’re the first of its kind, something new, something different, and a lot of people are a bit hesitant to see what that’s going to do” to the community, Brady explained.
“What we want to demonstrate every single day is that we can, not only be a great business, and a great place that employs a lot of our local community, but also being a great neighbor to the community,” he added.
Amid widespread concerns about the safety of vaping, Brady touted Lowell’s products as being of “the highest quality” — and the proprietors stood behind them.
“Knowing that we have great partners there, we feel really confident as far as what we’re offering here is always going to be safe for the consumer, and at the same time using our flower hosts that are going to be able to walk our guests through any sort of concerns that they have, and their cannabis experience from start to finish,” he said.
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British PM said Poles can stay in the UK after Brexit
Katarzyna Kozłowska
Mateusz Morawiecki and Theresa May, London, UK (Kancelaria Premiera, Public domain)
Estonia: 295,000 people at risk of poverty
Chinese takes over Serbian copper mining company
Poland’ s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and his British counterpart Theresa May discussed Brexit and the situation of Poles in UK after March 29th, 2019. Mrs. May declared that Poles would be able to stay in the UK. “My message to Polish people is clear: You can stay and we want you to stay,” she said. In June 2018, about 985,000 Poles were living in the UK.
The final shape of the Brexit is still unknown. British parliament was supposed to vote on Brexit deal on December 11th, but the vote has been postponed to January 2019 (the ultimate deadline is January 21st). So far it seems that British MPs do not accept the proposed deal with the EU.
22.6 per cent of Estonians (about 295,000 people) lived at risk of poverty in 2017 — the Baltic Course reports after Statistics Estonia. The number increased 1.6 percentage points from 2016.
The increase “was due to that the income of persons who had previously earned slightly higher income than the risk-of-poverty threshold, increase at a slower rate than the risk-of-poverty threshold and in 2017 remained below the risk-of poverty threshold.”
In 2017 a person was considered to be at risk of poverty if his/her equivalised monthly disposable income was smaller than EUR523. In 2016 the amount was EUR469.
Chinese company Zijin Mining Group has just acquired the majority ownership (63 per cent) in Serbian copper mining and smelting RTB Bor (read here and here) — the SEE News Corporate Wire reports. As informed, Chinese invested EUR306.9m in the company’s capital.
The final deal on strategic partnership was signed between Zijin’s representatives and the Serbian government. The Chinese company plans to repay RTB Bor’s debt amounting to USD200m.
What’s up in indexes
BET (of Bucharest) decreased from 7,475.22 index points Wednesday, December 19th to 7,332.71 index points Thursday, December 20th. It’s down 1.90 per cent d/d and down 6.00 per cent y/y.
BUX (of Budapest) decreased from 39,966.19 index points Wednesday, December 19th to 39,592.68 index points Thursday, December 20th. It’s down 0.93 per cent d/d and up 1.92 per cent y/y.
CROBEX (of Zagreb) decreased from 1,740.96 index points Wednesday, December 19th to 1,729.87 index points Thursday, December 20th. It’s down 0.64 per cent d/d and down 3.65 per cent y/y.
OMXR (of Riga) increased from 953.02 index points Wednesday, December 19th to 957.53 index points Thursday, December 20th. It’s up 0.47 per cent d/d and down 4.76 per cent y/y.
OMXT (of Tallinn) decreased from 1,173.10 index points Wednesday, December 19th to 1,164.34 index points Thursday, December 20th. It’s down 0.75 per cent d/d and down 4.44 per cent y/y.
OMXV (of Vilnius) decreased from 619.13 index points Wednesday, December 19th to 616.77 index points Thursday, December 20th. It’s down 0.38 per cent d/d and down 5.54 per cent y/y.
PX (of Prague) decreased from 1,008.11 index points Wednesday, December 19th to 992.92 index points Thursday, December 20th. It’s down 1.51 per cent d/d down 7.71 per cent y/y.
Thursday was a non-trading day at Bratislava Stock Exchange. SAX (of Bratislava) closed at 334.08 index points Wednesday, December 19th. It’s up 2.02 per cent y/y.
SOFIX (of Sofia) decreased from 589.65 index points Wednesday, December 19th to 588.81 index points Thursday, December 20th. It’s down 0.14 per cent d/d and down 11.30 per cent y/y.
UX (of Kyiv) closed at 1,705.04 index points Thursday, December 20th. It’s 0 per cent change d/d. It’s up 28.69 per cent y/y.
WIG20 (of Warsaw) decreased from 2,342.81 index points Wednesday, December 19th to 2,306.68 index points Thursday, December 20th. It’s down 1.54 per cent d/d and down 6.21 per cent y/y.
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Excellence Reporter: Mani, what is the meaning of life?
Mani: When I hear this question, I feel a warmth in my heart, not my physical heart but the heart of my being, which I call my Soul. Each Soul is the repository of the essence of many lives and has the ability to recognize what is Good, True & Beautiful. Our Soul harvests life’s lessons and experiences for the joy of evolving in time & space, harmonising its human nature as an expression of the unending potential of Source.
Our human identity tends to obscure our Soul with the loudness & density of its cravings and aversions, to the point that our Soul is encrusted in a rigidity of who we think we are. This surface or human identity is a construct that we come into, which is formed by our collective evolutionary past. This surface identity is largely a product of forces that we are not always conscious of. Yet in the depths of our being our Soul whispers its wisdom, for it has never lost connection to Source and has the power to guide us out of imagined separation. So, one could say that bringing forward or uncovering one’s Soul gives great meaning to life, as the more we become conscious of our identity and purpose as a Soul, the more joy we find in our service to ‘Life’.
‘Life’ is the conscious delight in our being, what can be called the manifestation of ‘The Source’ or ‘The Infinite Mystery’ or ‘The Divine.’ Our Soul is a spark of the Divine that acts as a nexus for the Divine unfolding. And as Souls, as these individual points of consciousness, we have the potential and ability to consciously experience and express The Divine Will. To illuminate our whole being, so that even our surface personality can partake in the realization that we are not separate from that which we express and experience.
The Divine is that infinite mystery which is both ‘Still & Dynamic’ and yet not limited to either. The mind finds it hard to fathom how The Divine could be both “Still & Dynamic,” because the reasoning mind is unable to gently hold & appreciate paradox. Yet this is our Spiritual inheritance, that as Stillness we are complete, unchanging, without need and at peace. While simultaneously as Dynamism we are changing, birthing, growing and dying.
Our minds can be very uncomfortable with this paradox, that we are both Still & Dynamic, as the mind generally only knows how to choose a side, right or wrong. This can cause one to cling to Dynamic nature and try refute Stillness, the materialist denial of Spirit. Or vise versa, where we dismiss life as an illusion and try to hide in Stillness, the spiritual denial of Life. A whole spectrum of one-sidedness is possible. Yet our Soul can be at ease with its divine parentage of ‘Stillness & Dynamism.’ Then there is no trying to escape the challenges of life or spirituality, for they are not-two. Stillness and Dynamism can be realized to be complementary aspects of that which we are.
Soul Mastery is when we can bring harmony to all the seeming opposites, allowing for The Divine that we are to consciously unfold its endless mystery in and as Life.
So the meaning of life is ‘you.’
You give meaning to life for you can consciously express and experience the mystery that you are. In-so-doing you fulfil the Divine Will to know itself, not out of desire or lack, but for pure Delight.
You are an evolving expression of the Perfection that you already are.
Birthing yourself individually in multiplicity while remaining One, yet not limited to the idea of one.
What a delight, what a mystery that we are.
~Mani is an Irish-born spiritual teacher. His teachings include meetings, silent retreats, live internet sharings, and online offerings.
Mani’s name has many meanings – It’s aboriginal meaning is ‘Equal.’ In India it means ‘Gem.’ In the Hebrew tradition it means ‘God is with us.’ While in Islam it means ‘Secure, Strong.’ And in Sanskrit it signifies ‘Jewel.’
Mani offers teachings that are free of any religious affiliation yet are a profound invitation to Awaken and Transform.
Mani is the author of ‘Embracing No Other’.
For more information about Mani including his meetings and retreats, see: https://www.embracingnoother.com/
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