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British PM May to visit Ottawa on September 18 for talks with Canadian PM Trudeau, Boeing dispute set to be on agenda. That's according to Reuters citing a Canadian official.
by Spriha Srivastava edited by david.reid 9/12/2017 11:13:41 AM
Deutsche Bank's U.S.-listed shares up 3.4 percent in heavy premarket trade
Sterling is at its highest level in more than a year versus the dollar.
This after UK consumer price inflation came in at 2.9% year-on-year in August, up from 2.6% in July and slightly above consensus expectations.
It is seen as putting pressure on the Bank of England to adopt a more hawkish stance and consider an interest rate rise.
Nomura is one research team who think the BOE could move in November although that is an out of consensus call.
Print taken at 12:33 p.m.
Meanwhile, Britain has said it is "unconditionally committed" to maintaining European security after Brexit.
A document seen by Reuters set out a number of areas where Britain wanted to maintain or
deepen cooperation on security. It said the government could offer to continue "classified information exchange to support external action" with the EU, once negotiations with Brussels move on to future ties with the bloc:
The UK is unconditionally committed to maintaining European security.
In tackling the diverse, changing threats we all face today, it is
in the interests of both the EU and UK that we ensure cooperation on European security.
Goldman Sachs says it sees $5 billion in revenue growth over the next three years.
The company's president Harvey Schwartz claimed a turnaround it the fixed income department will unlock around $1 billion alone.
The bank says firing up more lending activity will secure $2 billion in sales growth and and another billion can come from the asset management unit.
More involvement in fast growing 'quant funds' and tweaks to how its bankers work in merger and capital markets will also help bring in another $1 billion in revenue.
At an industry conference, Schwartz said the claim wasn't hypothetical and were already underway.
More to come for Goldman Sachs?
The 67th Frankfurt Motor Show has left the start line.
In pictures: Here’s what's catching the eye at the Frankfurt Motor Show
CNBCCNBC looks at some of the newsmakers at the annual motor show in Frankurt.
The rising popularity of bitcoin.
The Bank of America Merrill Lynch Fund Manager survey for September shows a 'Long Bitcoin' trade is now considered the most crowded trade, at 26%.
'Long Nasdaq' falls to the second spot (22%), followed by 'short USD' (21%).
In terms of the most undervalued asset, we see volatility (54%) as the leader with sterling (15%) and oil (10%) following.
The U.K. government has confirmed that it will refer the proposed takeover of Sky by 21st Century Fox to the Competition Markets Authority (CMA).
The UK government said it would make a referral on grounds of media plurality and was also minded to do so on grounds of broadcasting standards.
The companies have 10 working days to respond.
Shares in Sky have fallen more than 2.5 percent on the news.
Last December 21st Century Fox has made a takeover approach for Sky that valued the UK-based satellite broadcaster at £18.5bn.
Sky shares ended 26.6% higher that day.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday said tax reform is President Donald Trump's top priority, assuring that the administration will pass a tax overhaul.
Republicans aim to overhaul the American tax code but have faced various hurdles in their goal of passing a tax reform bill this year.
He said that President Donald Trump's goal of chopping the corporate tax rate to 15 percent could be difficult to achieve.
"I don't know if we'll be able to achieve that given the budget issue," he said at the Delivering Alpha conference presented by CNBC and Institutional Investor.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said that if China refuses to follow U.N. sanctions, then the U.S.Treasury will sanction Beijing.
by david.reid 9/12/2017 1:03:03 PM
A one percent cap on pay rises for UK public sector workers is to be scrapped.
This is after the U.K. government agreed to a 1.7 per cent annual pay rise for prison officers and an effective 2 percent rise for police officers for the current year.
Public sector pay rises have been capped at 1 per cent since 2013.
Further rises for public sector workers are expected in 2018/19.
by Spriha Srivastava 9/12/2017 1:30:32 PM
US markets are now open for trading:
S&P 500 opens at record high; Wall Street looks ahead to Apple event
CNBCU.S. stocks opened higher on Tuesday as Wall Street set its sights on Apple's consumer products event.
This 5 year chart of the S&P 500 illustrates a long story of rising prices.
These are the winners and losers for today's S&P components.
Bonds to me, look like they are in a bubble.
Leon Cooperman is calling bubble territory for the fixed income market.
The chemical company DowDupont has bowed to activist pressure to realign its post merger business strategy.
That announcement has seen its stock rise some 2.8 percent.
The Apple event is being live streamed here. Check below for start times for different time zones.
Starting time: San Francisco: 10AM / New York: 1PM / London: 6PM / Berlin: 7PM / Moscow: 8PM / New Delhi: 10:30PM / Beijing: 1AM (September 13th) / Tokyo: 2AM (September 13th) / Sydney: 3AM (September 13th)
As investors await the event, shares have turned more than 0.5 percent negative on the day:
Banks are among the top performing sector in Europe.
Investment manager Partners Group AG moved towards the top of the benchmark, up more than 4 percent, while Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank and Italy's Banco BPM also shifted higher.
Sentiment seems to support a more confident environment.
The banking sector is on pace for its best day since July 25th and is also set for its 3rd straight day of gains for the first time since Sep 1st.
Steven Mnuchin says tax reform is his and Trump's number one priority and "we’re going to get this done”
Mnuchin hopes it is bipartisan. he says it is simply about creating jobs and ensuring a middle class tax cut.
Mnuchin says considering backdating tax cut to Jan. 1: Would be 'boon' to economy
CNBCSteven Mnuchin said tax reform is Trump's top priority, assuring that the administration will pass a tax overhaul.
The U.K. government has announced that the Autumn statement will be held on November 22. Chancellor Philip Hammond has even posted a snazzy video.
The dollar index has bounced off its low of last week and edged a little further higher today. The bullish sentiment may be getting some fuel from the positive tones which Washington are employing regarding getting a deal done on tax reform.
European stocks are generally higher in afternoon trade but the FTSE has slipped lower on the latest U.K. inflation data.
The consumer price data has boosted the pound for those who believe that an interest rate rise is now more likely.A boost in the pound is negative for stocks listed on the FTSE that earn a big chunk of their income outside of Britain. Hence the inverse relationship.
UK Finance Minister Hammond says UK economy is fundamentally in good shape, economy has been overshadowed by Brexit talks uncertainty. That's according to Reuters.
Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands were among the top nations investing the most in the United States last year, while China failed to crack the top 10, according to the latest figures published by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The data released by the department's Bureau of Economic Analysis showed multi-billion dollar foreign direct investments (FDI) in the U.S. from leading economies around the world in 2016.
The U.K. ($598.3 billion) led the way, followed by Canada ($453.6 billion), Japan ($424.3 billion), and Germany ($372.8 billion).
Here are the countries that invested the most in the US last year — and China didn't make the top 10
CNBCSpain and Ireland were among the top nations investing the most in the U.S. last year, according to data published by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
European markets are now closed for trading. The FTSE100 is the only index in negative territory due to sterling's strength:
And that's all from us here at World Markets Live. Join us from tomorrow at 0600 for more.
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"Rights Alert"
Agent Sells Own Punctuation Guide
Agent Noah Lukeman has already written and sold a pair of books on the writing process, "The First Five Pages" and "The Plot Thickens." Now he has offered a guide for creative writers called "The Art of Punctuation ," and once again made his own sale. Jill Bialosky at Norton was the buyer, taking North American, first serial and audio; Lukeman retains his own translation rights.
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R.J. Hampton sets date for college announcement
May 24, 2019 at 6:27 p.m.
R.J. Hampton during his official visit to Kansas by Matt Scott
Five-star prospect R.J. Hampton, the No. 6-ranked player in Rivals.com's 2019 rankings and top Kansas target, announced on Twitter on Friday afternoon that he had picked a date to reveal his college decision.
"The time has come," Hampton Tweeted. "Watch Get Up ESPN on Tuesday, May 28. I have an announcement to make."
This news on the same day that Kansas learned that Silvio De Sousa had won his appeal and would be eligible for the 2019-20 season, sent the Kansas fan base into a frenzy. But until Hampton actually announces there no doubt will still be some uncertainty surrounding the 6-foot-5 guard's future and whether KU is a part of it.
Hampton's father, Rod Hampton, earlier this week, said his son likely would wait to see which players at his three finalists stayed in the draft and which elected to return to school. But the decision date that Hampton has announced is scheduled for one day before the deadline for underclassmen to pull their names out of the 2019 draft pool.
The Little Elm, Texas, native who just finished his junior year of high school reclassified into the 2019 class several weeks ago and has been trending toward Kansas and graduation ever since.
Although Memphis and Texas Tech remain factors in the race to land Hampton, many recruiting analysts believe Kansas will be the pick.
Hampton visited KU last December and has said he might come again in the near future, when best friend and KU target Jalen Wilson makes his visit to Kansas May 30-June 1. If he does, it appears it could be as a committed member of the Kansas program.
If he doesn't, his decision on Tuesday will likely lead him somewhere else.
One way or another, KU fans likely will know early next week whether this latest Top 10 talent is on his way to joining the Jayhawks.
Dirk Medema
That is interesting that it is the day before. Maybe he knows that others will have decided by then.
If he visits with JW and JW is on a sponsored visit, does that get into a recruiting violation? I'm guessing KU wouldn't allow it if it was, and there could obviously be other players on campus on non-official visits.
John Swift
I found you comment interesting and I also wonder why the day before the NBA deadline of May 29th
is his annoiuncement. I wondered if his announcement might influence others instead of the other way around. Do you what time his announcemen is. ?
Jesse Johnson
What's the current status now on available scholarships with De Sousa returning? If we land Hampton and Dotson returns, is that it? Or one more for either Jalen Wilson or an unexpected Grimes return?
IMO if Dotson Returns Hampton is not coming.
From posts, etc., that I have seen Grimes has made his decision and he is gone and he is not looking back. So Grimes is no factor.
The real question is if Dotson doesn't come is Jalen even interested. They could be teaming up for a move.
From what I hear projections have Dotson going in the top 40.....that's probably good enough to go and not take chances of getting hurt. He would pretty much be set. So I am not expecting Dotson to return. Hence, I predict if Dotson really is gone that Hampton and Jalen are coming to KU. RCJHKU!
Marius Rowlanski
Fine. Dotson has all the tools just not enough. By next March, Dotson alone will have this one.
Greg Bowles
Brian Wilson, I heard the opposite. Hampton said in one of his posts, that if Dotson and Grimes returned, he would be coming to Kansas. If they don't, he would probably pick another school, most likely Texas Tech.
It's sad that this year's biggest recruiting news is that Silvio is finally eligible. We should add him to this class as a recruit.[
I know, too late for that but it does seem to be a recruiting success in many ways. Silvio has a lot of fight in him. How many other players would have stayed and fought it out? He easily would have made money in the European leagues.
Jay Hawk
Jesse - to your question:
9 Confirmed: Doke, Silvio, Mitch, Mac, Ochai, Marcus and 3 Freshman (Braun, McBride and Enaruna).
2 Pending: Grimes and Dotson. I'm not counting Dedric as he's all but gone.
Available scholarships: 2 for sure and up to 4 depending on Grimes and Dotson decisions.
Steven Haag
Dotson comes back and we get Hampton. Too many power forwards and centers, so Wilson stays at Michigan with the new Fab Five NBA Coach
Martin Rosenblum
Who are the players at the other schools on his list who are "on the fence" that he would be waiting to hear about? Most of us probably had not been too optimistic about Silvio's return, so that could have added some edge for him to lean elsewhere, Hope not. And I don't forsee any redshirts being possible to make room if we get to that point.
Joe Baker
Good question. I have an educated guess that Memphis is pretty much not an option. They are fairly full, if not completely full.
Tech is in a rebuilding year and even though they may have plenty of room, I don't see him going there either. They have few returning with experience. He and his dad said they want him to go where he is surrounded by returning experience. Also, Tech doesn't have any returning players that are testing the waters. They are either gone or back.
I think it's safe to say that he is choosing KU. I don't think Dotson is an issue. IF you read what he and his dad have said that Dotson would actually be a big plus for him coming to KU. I think SDS's decision is also a huge plus. All these players are only going to benefit Hampton. Grimes is the X factor and he is gone. Hampton is in Crimson and Blue...RCJHGOKU.
Matt Gauntt
I'm guessing that Dedric is 100% lost, but sadly he is only selected in about 1/2 of the mock drafts. It would be sad for him to go undrafted. He could improve his chances so much by coming back, but I don't see that happening.
He has nothing to prove in coming back. He isn't going to get more athletic and that is his biggest NBA shortcoming
Grimes could really use another year at KU, but I think his pride will not allow that to happen. He didn't get the love he expected from the KU fan base. The NBA will not want him, with the Freshman year he had. So, he is probably going into the European circuit.
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George Sakellaris A Winner in Les Voiles de Saint Barth Richard Mille Yacht Race
George Sakellaris with crew and prize at Les Voiles de Saint Barth Richard Mille.
The 9th edition of Les Voiles de Saint Barth ended on Saturday the 14th of April after a fierce confrontation between the 53 crews competing in 7 classes, and this despite a rather singular context, seven months after the devastating passage of Hurricane Irma.
The Maxi and Multihull classes raced 28 miles, while CSA 1 and 2 covered 22 miles, and CSA 3 fought it out over a course of 18 miles. These robust conditions were helpful to some and complicated life for others, resulting in some major changes in the standings. Yet at the end, there were seven great winners that sailed to glory.
The most incredible duel of the week erupted between George Sakellaris’ Proteus and Sorcha, belonging to Peter Harrison, CEO of Richard Mille Europe Africa Middle East, among the Maxi 1 contenders. The two 72-footers were neck and neck from start to finish completing the race less than a minute apart on the finish line. However, a slight edge favored George Sakellaris’ men, who took home the Richard Mille Maxi Cup for the 3rd time in a row. The crew received the RM 60-01 Flyback Regatta Chronograph.
Saturday’s incredible conditions put the perfect finishing touch on an incredible week of competitive racing, leaving the sailors smiling and with plenty to talk about as they enjoyed the awards ceremony and fireworks display before adventuring off for the evening’s entertainment.
George Sakellaris’ Proteus.
All the crews present this year are already talking about returning for the 10th edition of Les Voiles de Saint Barth Richard Mille. The organizers announced they moved the regatta one week later, April 14 – 20 so it takes place during the Caribbean low season. This decision will help sailors in two ways: more availability to housing and in the marina, and most important, this means low-season rates, which reduce by 30 percent or more.
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Mandali Khalesi
Home Blog Golf carts to the rescue in Iwate
Golf carts to the rescue in Iwate
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The prefecture of Iwate is just north of Miyagi prefecture where I was three weeks ago in Ishinomaki City surveying mobility options after the 2011 disaster. Iwate was badly hit by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami, especially Otsuchi City, where half the town and the entire fishing industry was washed away overnight. In this town of 12,000 inhabitants, many now live in temporary housing not particularly well served by public transportation. Now Tokyo University is hoping that retrofitted golf carts will be a solution to local needs for mobility for families, the elderly, hopefully even tourists, and generally to support local public transportation.
Already back in 2014, Tokyo University’s golf carts were being tested on open roads in Otsuchi City to ferry locals from the closest bus stop to the new town hall. According to this article from 2016, it seems that the golf carts in question are the same modified vehicles developed by Yamaha Motors that we’ve seen being tested in other locations such as Akita. Tests were also attempted beyond Otsuchi City in Kamaishi City just next door, a city that lost nearly 2/3 of its population due to the disaster, but yet where the remaining population appear to have their own vehicles (or have managed to get access to one) and have less interest in such a system. Meaning that at least in Iwate, running autonomous mobility may first require much of the local community not to have (or have lost, or be unable to recover/buy etc) their own vehicle.
These golf carts have since moved their testing south to Ofunato City, set immediately North-East of the 2011 disaster epicenter of Rikuzen Takada, and will begin testing on open roads sometime this year in 2017. Unfortunately the town hall’s official webpage on the topic doesn’t seem to have been updated – let’s hope the project is not delayed and that they’re awaiting the complete results before making anything public. Note that the golf cart vehicle does require magnetic markers to position itself safely in the road, so hopefully this has already been costed into the project. Furthermore to make an impact, Tokyo University and the local authority will need to help locals not only get from the closest bus stop to the town hall and back, but at the very least help all temporarily housed citizens to get to all local amenities easily (supermarkets/drugstores, hospitals and clinics, local cinemas/entertainment, markets/local shops/malls, train/bus station), for free and in an on-demand fashion. This currently seems to be missing from the stated test plans.
It would be a relatively easy process to trace the closest route from each temporary housing estate to the closest such locations, and trace a set of magnetic routes on the ground with magnetic paint, then develop a simple app to manage journeys there/back. Why not build a quick smartphone app using eg the Google/Yahoo Map APIs to trigger the route, then click “call me a vehicle”. That would send the route to the golf cart fleet to come and pick you up, ideally with a couple of neighbours. Or use a dial-in number with basic speech-to-text/text-to-speech to trigger the same from a regular home/pay phone/non-smartphone.
Because while automated driving may be a cool technology, automated mobility for survivors in post-disaster regions should be more akin to a right. The right to have the freedom to dust one’s self off and start one’s life afresh with a modicum of normalcy. The question is who will build this? The longer we wait, the longer those affected by the tsunami 6 years ago remain limited in their ability to relaunch themselves, and thus help revitalize their home town and region.
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Edward, a young priest, meets a veteran who's under a vicious curse. Before very long he finds himself falling in love, and makes a vow to save and protect Cliff no matter what. Read more
The story takes the place in the world where using the magical powers is natural. Hiasen, the son of Ran, is raised by the powerful wizard, Kasin, who is also a friend of Ran. The story begins with the time when Hiasen asked Kasin to send him to the school for a gift of Melly Day (February 29th, comes in every 4 years). Read more
After a freak accident involving some lightning winds up zapping him dead, 15-year-old Mochizuki Touya wakes up to find himself face-to-face with God. “I am afraid to say that I have made a bit of a blunder…” laments the old coot. But all is not lost! God says that he can reincarnate Touya into a world of fantasy, and as a bonus, he gets to bring his smartphone along with! So begins Touya’s adventure in a new, anachronistic pseudo-medieval world. Friends! Laughs! Tears! Inexplicable Deus ex Machina! He sets off on a journey full of wonder as he absentmindedly travels... Read more
High school student Mikoshiba Ryouma was summoned to a different world in the middle of a war. Sensing the malice from the one who summoned him (a summoner of the O'ltormea empire), he uses his martial arts to run away, killing important people of the empire during his escape. After the escape, he rescues two twin sisters from the hands of thieves. The sisters who can use magic, swear to serve him as subordinates. Thus, Ryouma begins his journey on the path of the supreme ruler. Read more
A youth named Kiriyama Rei, who lost his family as a child, endures loneliness to become a professional shogi player. Then, through a chance meeting, he develops a relationship with the three Kawamoto sisters (Akari, Hinata, Momo), who hail from a working-class district of the city, and little by little his frozen heart begins to thaw.Note: Nominated for the 2nd Annual Manga Taishou in 2009 and won this award in 2011.Won the Kodansha Manga Award in the general category (shared with Space Brothers) in 2011 and won the Grand Prize of the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2014. Read more
Akira is your typical student living a conventional high school life. He has dreams and aspirations like everyone else, and an unrequited crush on his childhood friend, Kurumi. Unfortunately for him she seems more interested in Akira’s best friend, Umezawa. And yet their innocent love triangle pales in comparison to what the three friends are about to experience, even if it may yet be their saving grace. Students are suddenly turning into frenzied zombies, attacking and gorging themselves upon each other flesh. The school is being torn apart until suddenly... they stop. With the zombies apparently back to normal, the school... Read more
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What is ethnomethodology theory
Wright Mills 1916—1962 was perhaps the most vocal and powerful critic of the structural—functionalist approach to sociology that was dominant in the mid-twentieth century. Furthermore, the social programs and policies of the 1950s and 1960s made for an increased demand on the part of government officials for better social scientific knowledge.
Let's consider an activity: In other projects Wikipedia. Names of Active Volcanoes. Key Theorists: Ethnomethodology is a perspective within sociology which focuses on the way people make sense of their everyday life.
A Simple Explanation of the Ethnomethodology Theory of Sociology
Ethnomethodology has had an impact on linguistics and particularly on pragmatics. Accounting is the process of describing or explaining social situations or how members make sense of their everyday world.
This orderliness inherent in the actions of people stems from the interpretation they make of any signs, remarks, or actions. In a famous series of ethnomethodology experiments , college students were asked to pretend that they were guests in their own home without telling their families what they were doing. Isaac Newton Facts for Kids.
Indexicality, as a term in philosophy of language, and also with reference to ethnomethodology, means an indexical expression whose meaning changes from context to context. A consensus over the prevalent norms existing in a society is an important assumption for a successful social interaction.
Emergence Through Convergence.
It is not an especially popular method, but it has become an accepted approach. Usually people go along with what is expected of them and the existence of norms only becomes apparent when they are violated.
Sociological Theory/Ethnomethodology
If you ask a colleague out for a drink, you do that assuming a lot of things. A striking feature of this subject is that, despite being a sociological discipline, it does not attempt to evaluate or judge any kind of socially accepted realities or social ways.
Ethnomethodologists are not interested in whether or not the accounts given by sociologists are accurate but rather are interested in the accounts that are given and the methods used to develop and convey those accounts.
How are Waterfalls Formed. Associated Writing out Loud: A History: In the experiment described above, it became clear that "normal" behavior was well understood and agreed upon despite the fact that it had never been discussed or described.
Retrieved from " https: A simple conversation can be an example of a process, which needs observation of certain commonly established ways for it to function in order.
The Social Construction of Reality. Some examples include:.
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The Latest: Japan's emperor proclaims ascension to throne
Japan's Emperor Naruhito speaks as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen during a ceremony to proclaim his enthronement to the world, called Sokuirei-Seiden-no-gi, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)
Japan's Empress Masako leaves after praying at “Kashikodokoro”, one of three shrines at the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited three Shinto shrines at the Imperial Palace before Naruhito proclaims himself Japan’s 126th emperor in an enthronement ceremony. (Kyodo News via AP)
Japan's Emperor Naruhito depart for the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Emperor Naruhito will declare Tuesday he had ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne at the palace. (Kyodo News via AP)
Japan's Emperor Naruhito, in a white robe, leaves after praying at “Kashikodokoro”, one of three shrines at the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Emperor Naruhito visited three Shinto shrines at the Imperial Palace before proclaiming himself Japan’s 126th emperor in an enthronement ceremony. (Kyodo News via AP)
Japan's Emperor Naruhito speaks as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows during a ceremony to proclaim his enthronement to the world, called Sokuirei-Seiden-no-gi, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)
Japan's Emperor Naruhito, in a white robe, visits “Kashikodokoro”, a shrine at the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Emperor Naruhito visited three Shinto shrines at the palace before proclaiming himself Japan’s 126th emperor in an enthronement ceremony. (Kyodo News via AP)
Japan's Emperor Naruhito smiles as he heads to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Emperor Naruhito will declare Tuesday he had ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne at the palace. (Kyodo News via AP)
TOKYO — The Latest on Japanese Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony (all times local):
Japan's Emperor Naruhito has proclaimed his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne at a palace ceremony.
Tuesday's enthronement ceremony is the high point of succession rituals and confirms his succession in May after his father Akihito abdicated. Naruhito is the 126th emperor in the world's oldest hereditary monarchy that historians say dates back 1,500 years.
The ceremony serves to showcase the monarchy to win public support and to preserve Japan's cultural heritage.
It's also an occasion for diplomacy. Some 2,000 guests, including foreign dignitaries, were invited from in and outside the country.
Naruhito and his wife Masako, a Harvard-educated former diplomat, visited three sacred shrines at the palace to report to the Shinto gods earlier Tuesday ahead of the key ceremony.
Japan's government has pardoned about 550,000 people convicted of petty crimes to mark Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony.
The measure, approved by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet last week, was published Tuesday in the special edition of the daily official gazette.
Emperor Naruhito is to proclaim his May 1 succession to the Chrysanthemum Throne in a palace ceremony later Tuesday.
The pardons cover those who committed petty crimes such as traffic violations and election fraud.
The pre-war custom of clemency by the emperor has triggered criticism as being undemocratic and politically motivated. At the time of former emperor Akihito's enthronement, 2.5 million people were given amnesty.
Japan's Emperor Naruhito is visiting three Shinto shrines at the Imperial Palace before proclaiming himself Japan's emperor in an enthronement ceremony.
The 59-year-old emperor put on a white robe and prayed at "Kashikodokoro" and two other shrines. The visits Tuesday morning are to report to gods ahead of the ceremony, to be attended by 2,000 guests from in and outside Japan.
The enthronement ceremony the high point of succession rituals that began in May when Naruhito succeeded the Chrysanthemum Throne as Japan's 126th emperor after the abdication of his father, Akihito.
The proclamation event is largely meant to allow the government to showcase the monarchy to win public support and to preserve Japan's cultural heritage.
Naruhito and his wife Masako, a Harvard-educated former diplomat, will host a banquet later Tuesday.
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Old late pal English Frank (who roomed w/ Ron Wood when they were both nothing – E. F. was wise enough to remain nothing) gets a post-mortem mention in the recently remodeled LACITYBEAT. And a nice job they've done remodeling. Most useful new item: "Wonkette's Weekette," in which the wk.'s best from Wonkette is summed up, saving the time & trouble of actually visiting there. But let's wallow in that boue:
"...I’d bring Gary Leonard and there’d be a riot because he has enemies. The whole English Frank thing, you know. He takes pictures of everything and Frank was his friend, so he took photos of him before he died. It was not exploitative at all.” Frank was a fabled small-time Hollywood promoter of the 1980s, who, when he needed dental work, staged a “Concert for Bagladentures.”
Frank, you bastard, you English El Duce (another sorely missed) you are missed more than ever in these dismal times. One of Frank's other claims to fame was that he has been deported from Australia. Their loss, Los Angeles's gain. Also in the CITYBEAT, a Jeff Simmons platter is re-issued.
Another screwhead anomaly from the Straight vault re-released by CCM, this minor acid rock masterpiece is sufficiently well-loved by connoisseurs and crusties to make the original vinyl a pricey collector’s item. Simmons had been a journeyman songwriter and musician before absorption into the Mothers of Invention with Chunga’s Revenge in 1970, the same year he released this second of two albums on Zappa’s other surrealist boutique label. Outfitted by nature with a standard-issue suburban rocker-brat voice, Simmons ululates like a junior-grade Beefheart through a series of urban-blues vignettes and walleyed satires like “I’m in the Music Business” that resemble nothing else in rock but the crazed anti-commercial slabs then being flung out the door at Bizarre/Straight. Even by such bark-at-the-moon standards, this album radiates weirdness like tonal Strontium-90. –Ron Garmon
Many yrs. ago (almost 38, since you asked) when hanging w/ The (second-edition) Mothers as they cranked it out on stage at the Fillmore West, Your Editor had the thrill of lighting Jeff's cigarette for him, as the show must go on & he couldn't stop slapping his bass to assuage his nicotine desire. ("What? And leave show business?") As good a reason as any to buy the re-issue, we'd say.
Labels: Existential Agony, Free Speech Isn't Free, Local Action, Our Suffering, They Call It Music, Un-American Activities
Ishmael Reed on Michael Jackson as a Function of Calif.
From Mr. Reed's new book, Mixing It Up Taking on the Media Bullies and Other Reflections, as excerpted in the Incredible Shrinking Dog-Trainer©™:
"California, where I live, is the Mecca of losing oneself, and becoming something different from what you began as. Out here a steroid-pumped B actor who has rented his face to some elderly social Darwinists can become governor. Brooklyn-born men and women become swamis and adopt Buddhism as a hobby. . . . And the current president, born to a patrician New England family, who was AWOL from his National Guard duties, enjoys dressing up as Tom Mix or Chuck Yeager. Jackson isn't a freak; Jackson is an American."
Well, he's a freaky American.
Labels: Existential Agony, Free Speech Isn't Free, Hatin' on America, Nazis, Republicans, White People: A Cancer on the World
Bandwagon Jumped, Or About To Be
We're still not sure if we're on the former Brooklyn Bums (said w/ affection, or affectation) bandwagon, even though said L. A. Dodgers are seven & three over the last ten games & just acquired Manny Ramirez, the whack job & ball-whacker, from Boston's World Champion Red Sox. We're definitely on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim bandwagon. Best record in the majors, & winning on the road, as indicated by the three game sweep of the Beantown bozos at Fenway that was concluded last night. Freeway Series? Not fucking likely. As of now. We'll see how the Bums do against the division-leading Snakes of Arizona over the wknd. before climbing the rest of the way onto their proverbial bandwagon.
Labels: Corporations, Something Good About America
Annals of (Canadian) Crime
Hokey Smokes!! In its entirety:
WINNIPEG, Manitoba - A passenger sleeping on a Greyhound bus was killed and decapitated by his seatmate on Wednesday night as the vehicle rolled across the Canadian prairies, witnesses said. "All of a sudden, we all heard this scream, this bloodcurdling scream," said Garnet Caton, who was sitting just in front of the victim, in an interview with CBC Television. "The attacker was standing up right over top of the guy with a large hunting knife — a survival, Rambo knife — holding the guy and continually stabbing him, stabbing him, stabbing him in the chest area," Caton said. The attack continued as other passengers fled the bus and waited for police on a desolated stretch of the TransCanada Highway near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, said Caton, who helped bar the bus door to prevent the attacker from leaving. 'No rage in him' "He calmly walks up to the front (of the bus) with the head in his hand and the knife and just calmly stares at us and drops the head right in front of us," Caton said. "There was no rage in him ... It was just like he was a robot or something," Caton said. Caton said the victim was stabbed up to 50 times. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer said the attack occurred while the vehicle was en route from Edmonton, Alberta, to Winnipeg, Manitoba. CBC reported the Royal Canadian Mounted Police took the attacker into custody. Authorities declined to provide other details of what they described as a "major incident."
What a species we are. To our mind, a single act like this invalidates all the "good" anyone has done anywhere.
Labels: Existential Agony, Morbidity Report, Nihilism, Police Terror, The Militarized Society, Un-American Activities
The Curse of K-Lo
No sooner had high-functioning Down Syndrome sufferer Kathryn Jean Lopez (Think we're being "cruel?" Of course we are, but look at the photo below & remind yourself just how cruel the truth can be. And, you have to be a dimbulb to wear one of those flag lapel pins. What's the matter, can't remember where you are, or of which country you're a citizen, K-Lo?) started pimping Alaska Governor & former pageant queen Sarah Palin to be John Sidney McCain III's veep than this came out.
Now, one of the bright new stars in the Republican Party has suddenly become tarnished. The state legislature this week voted to hire an independent investigator to see whether Ms. Palin abused her office by trying to get her former brother-in-law fired from his job as an Alaska state trooper. "This is a governor who was almost impervious to error," says Hollis French, a Democratic state senator. "Now she could face impeachment, in a worst-case scenario."
Gov. Palin appears to have been paying a bit more than standard Republican lip service to "good government," but power corrupts all.
On July 11 of this year, Ms. Palin fired Department of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. Mr. Monegan then complained that she and her husband had pressured him to fire Mr. Wooten. Ms. Palin, in a statement, denied that, saying she had removed the commissioner she had appointed 18 months earlier because she wanted "a new direction."
Below: A photo of the former pageant queen & her goateed (Just fucking stop w/ those things already!! They were over about two wks. after they started, in the mid-'80s.) husband at her inauguration as governor in December 2006. Photo: Al Grillo/AP
Labels: ConspThry, Denial River, Free Speech Isn't Free, Republicans, Schadenfreude, That About Which We Could Not Possibly Care Any Fucking Less, The Dialectic, WH08
Annals of Posthumous Nepotism & Bitterness, Or: "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
Gee, too fucking bad that our immediate paternal ancestor wasn't well-known & "respected" in a field or company we would have been interested in when he died young, isn't it? We were only sixteen then (it happened 10 days before our seventeenth birthday) but that wouldn't have been too young to start, would it?
Russert, 22, a May graduate of Boston College with a degree in history and communications, will cover the youth vote through the national political conventions and the general election, the network said. Russert said he would be an at-large correspondent reporting for many of NBC’s outlets, including “NBC Nightly News,” TODAY, MSNBC and msnbc.com.
How many 22 yr.-olds start their careers as "at-large correspondents" for one of the major news-gathering organizations? Not too fucking many, that is, none. Maybe by "at large" they mean Luke is expected to swell up like his late father, the pudge. Do you think they're just paying him Big Tim's old salary, as well? Or did Big Tim have something on an executive or two at NBC Universal? That would explain a lot more than this. Bitterly Yours, M. Bouffant
Labels: Existential Agony, Hatin' on America, Hating on Fucking Everybody and Everything, Nihilism, Our Suffering, Telebision, The Dialectic
Self Expression or "Civility?" Which Do You Favor?
Some self-righteous dipshit who thinks he's hot fucking shit because he has an occasional column in the Incredible Shrinking Newspaper©™ (Sports & Business today remain @ 6 pp. each, no "Guide" this Thursday, or ever again) is all a-twitter because anonymous commenters are "coarsening" & "discouraging" "healthy civic discussion."
By midafternoon Wednesday, the washingtonpost.com forum had been flooded with nearly 1,400 messages. A few ventured toward rational discussion of Obama and his overseas travels, but the forum also overflowed with ignorance, profanity, impertinence and racism. It was just one message board attached to a single story. But it provided unfortunate proof that, despite its power to inform and connect people across cultures and time zones, the Internet all too often discourages, or coarsens, a healthy civic discussion. It's hard to say from the few minutes I could stomach of the online forum which of the anonymous contributors deserved the award for Most Offensive. It might have been Daman1, who described Obama as a backer of Kwanzaa and called the annual celebration of African heritage "a made-up holiday to celebrate the first time Dr. J dunked from the foul line." Or perhaps the top offender might have been Dianne72, who complained about "the 'whitey' rants of Michelle Shaniqua Obama. Doesn't she realize that it was whitey's affirmative action policies that got her where she is today?" Those gentle souls, with their concocted and racially charged stereotypes, had company from a platoon of other name-callers, including soonipi6, who railed over "the most corrupt, most insidious, most fascist, most criminal collection of Republicans I have witnessed in my 63 years as an American."
We certainly wonder what's wrong w/ soonipi6's statement. Name-calling, or simple fact? Just Another Blog's™ editorial staff has only been suffering in this world of shit & pain into which it never asked to be born for a mere 54 yrs. (sadly, as an American all that time) & it's never seen a collection of Republicans (or Democrats) more corrupt, insidious, fascist, or criminal than the current collection; this includes the Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush 41 & Clinton admins., all of whom combined cannot equal the sheer perfidy of Bush 43's cabal. Tell us, Mr. Rainey, how is a perhaps subjective, but certainly close to any objective truth, analysis of this crop of Republicans in any way comparable to the juvenile racism of the two others you quoted? Another effort by the mainstream old media to be balanced, objective & "fair?" That's why your pathetic fucking newspaper is disappearing around you, dimbulb. If your selections reflect the majority of the coarse discourse, it seems as if the right wingers are cretinous, racist idiots, & the leftists are angry but righteous. Why not just a little note to that effect, rather than dragging the left into what is essentially a rightist phenomenon? You stupid bastard. (Did we already call him that?) And Rainey, you obnoxious, fuckfaced, prissy, oversensitive moron, when the body politic is suffering under the "most corrupt, most insidious, most fascist, most criminal collection of Republicans I have witnessed in my 63 years as an American," it's probably an excellent idea to be as anonymous as possible, considering that Bush's Gestapo can & does listen to & read everything said or typed over the 'phones & interwebs, the "laws" notwithstanding. Of course, thanks to the miracles of technology, it can all be traced back to the coarseners anyway, but not before their entire lives (credit ratings, book, weapon & other purchases, health records, you name it) have been laid out for the FBI or worse to use against them. Why shouldn't we attempt to be as anonymous as possible until we've been traced back to our bunkers? Mr. Civil Discourse continues:
"The people who post on these sites have become accustomed to behaving like beasts because they can, because no one is really monitoring them," said Keen, whose polemic on the dangers of the Internet, "The Cult of the Amateur," is due in paperback next month. "It's creating this civic vulgarity that we don't need." Webmasters could begin to fix the problem and heighten the level of discussion by requiring folks who want to share their views to also agree to publication of their real names. If you're not willing to put your name beside that lovely screed, maybe it really isn't fully fit for human consumption.
Here's another clue for you, old media crapbrain: Unless webmasters take down the names & numbers of those wish to express themselves, & have the would-be commenters completely investigated before allowing them to type, a requirement to use "real names" is easily defeated by fabricating a "real" sounding name: John Smith, Mary Jones, or any other name selected from the 'phone book or any other source. "James Rainey," for example. How'd you like some of this profane, ignorant, racist impertinence (Is "impertinence" like being "uppity?") posted over your name, Rainey. Fuck you, the horse you rode in on, & your stinking, lousy column, bee-atch!! Yours for coarse, anonymous, vulgarity, impertinence & hate, we remain, as B/4, Malignant "Chas." Bouffant
Labels: Blogger Bitching, Devil-Box, Free Speech Isn't Free, Hatin' on America, Nihilism, Our Suffering, Republicans, The Dialectic, The Militarized Society, WH08, White People: A Cancer on the World
Trig's "Mom" For McCain's Veep
At NRO (That's NationalReviewONLINE, not National Reconnaissance Office, we think.) editor Kathryn Jean Lopez lets us know why Big John McCain should pick Alaska goobernator Sarah Palin.
John McCain could save lives with his vice-presidential pick. “I’m looking at him right now, and I see perfection. Yeah, he has an extra chromosome. I keep thinking, in our world, what is normal and what is perfect?” That’s Alaska’s Republican governor, Sarah Palin, talking about her infant son, Trig, born with Down Syndrome. When Todd and Sarah Palin learned last December that their baby would have Down Syndrome, they not only saved a life but made a decision that would touch the lives of families living with similar gifts across the country.
Our first question is: "Trig?" Short for "Trigger?" Or "Trigonometry?" Or some sort of super-Aryan/Norse name? Second: "What is normal and what is perfect?" We'd like to hear a bit of K-Lo's or Gov. Palin's attitude toward gay people. We doubt that "normal" would enter into it. Don't you?
According to a study cited in the New York Times last year, “About 90 percent of pregnant women who are given a Down syndrome diagnosis have chosen to have an abortion.” (Emphasis added.) Most American women are given prenatal tests. At 44, Governor Palin is a bit young and relatively new to the political scene yet. These are no small considerations when electing someone who could assume the role of president (Democrats: Check out your nominee with that reservation . . . ). But if the youngest life she and her husband care for can wake up a nation that’s blind to the eugenics in its midst, a routine part of medicine today, she and John McCain would be offering human rights and dignity a great, honorable service. In contrast to Barack Obama, who would let the survivors of botched abortion attempts be killed, the Palins could serve as a great clarifier for voters this fall — and an education.
"A bit young & relatively new to the political scene." And, at 44, a bit old to be having children, especially as she already has four. Not quite a "quiverful" yet, but she's trying. We're glad that K-Lo is so concerned w/ human rights & dignity. Certainly the National Review has been in the forefront of desegregation, equal rights & the dignity of man since its founding in the mid-'50s as an organ to free "negroes" from Jim Crow. And the best reason to pick someone as a veep is to stop the slaughter of unborn Down syndrome womb babies. One other place where Down syndrome children are hoped for? Why, the inbred little world of Warren Jeffs' FLDS, where the teen-age brides hope their children will have Down syndrome, both because the children are easier to handle/control (remember, they have a ton of rug rats to tend, what w/ all those other wives & their children) & because they'll get checks from the gov't. because the children are disabled. We thought it was lib-ruls who wanted a dumbed-down electorate dependent on gov't. money, but it appears we're wrong again. Or there's been one of those "flip-flops" down at the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.
Labels: Denial River, Down W/ Science, Existential Agony, Free Speech Isn't Free, Glibertarianism, Humanoids: A Cancer on The Planet, Religiosity, Republicans, WH08
China Becoming "More American" Every Day
Remember Sam Brownback, the rabid Catho-Republican from Kansas? No, we don't either, but the name is familiar. Whoever he is, he's in a hissy fit about the Chicoms snooping on people in China. It's their country. Don't they have the right to see what their guests are doing?
Brownback, who staged an unsuccessful campaign for president this year, released documents that he said were notices to the hotels on Internet security. The authenticity of the documents could not be checked and portions were redacted.
Really? Couldn't be confirmed as authentic, you say?
Brownback has been a critic of China on human rights issues and has been among U.S. lawmakers calling on President George W. Bush to boycott the Olympics opening ceremonies, largely to highlight allegations of Beijing's supply of arms to Sudan in return for oil. Those weapons have been used to carry out genocide in Darfur, according to China critics.
China has called human rights allegations nothing more than "noise pollution" and is hoping the Olympic Games will boost its international image.
Say, how did Senator Sam vote on the "PATRIOT" Act, anyway? Even while the Chicoms are watching you, they're cutting your access to anything they might not want you watching or reading, in coöperation w/ the nasty rich aristocrats who run the IOC as their personal cash cow. Birds of a feather, eh?
Reporters without Borders, a Paris-based media watchdog, said it was increasingly concerned that there would be many cases of censorship during the Olympics. "We condemn the IOC's failure to do anything about this, and we are more skeptical about its ability to ensure that the media are able to report freely," the group said in a statement. [...] Chinese officials assured news organizations "complete freedom to report" when bidding for the games seven years ago. The International Olympic Committee received further such assurances in April. But Kevan Gosper, a senior member of the IOC, said this week that the promise will apply only to sites related to "Olympic competitions."
Labels: Channeling, ConspThry, Devil-Box, Free Speech Isn't Free, Hating on Fucking Everybody and Everything, Nazis, Police Terror, The Dialectic, The Militarized Society, Un-American Activities
Space Is The Place
Sun Ra by Baron Wolman
Labels: Something Good About America, They Call It Music
They're Doing It Again
From the outright (now debunked) lie to the fabulously fantastic/imaginary, John Sidney McCain III, his $520.00 loafers (Are they more outrageous than John Edwards' alleged haircut?) & his campaign are now accusing Sen. Obama of being "popular." He does have his nerve, doesn't he?
The McCain campaign officials say they are not worried that voters may perceive the ad as another negative attack from their candidate. Or as sour grapes that their candidate, who has traveled widely, does not seem to draw such large crowds. “I’d love to think that John McCain was a big international celebrity, but he’s not," Davis said. "We see him more as a global leader than a global celebrity.”
In our modern world, when the barriers between the trivial & the awesome have fallen, to paraphrase Richard Meltzer (& he didn't mean awesome in the trivialized contemporary sense) is there even a difference between "global leader" & "global celeb?" Does anyone believe John S. McCain III could draw 200,000+ Krauts in his "global leader" capacity? And just where does McCain's flunky get off referring to McCain as a "global leader?" Only place McBush is leading is to 100 yrs. in Iraq & the bomb-bomb-bombing of Iran. Slow down, boys, he hasn't been elected yet, as so many would remind us about Sen. Obama. Sour grapes? Rotten, stinky, you couldn't even mush them into wine grapes would be more like it.
Labels: Republicans, The Dialectic, Un-American Activities, WH08
And Counting...
Our long national nightmare will be over eventually: Countdown to Dem convention: 26 days Countdown to GOP convention: 33 days Countdown to Election Day 2008: 97 days Countdown to Inauguration Day 2009: 174 days
Labels: Existential Agony, Hatin' on America, Our Suffering, WH08
Shorter Jonah Goldberg
From yesterday's Incredible Shrinking Newspaper©™ (Sports & Business holding steady @ 6 pp. each.) we bring you the shorter, but not sweeter Jonah: Niggers Nigras The coloreds Negroes are uppity & racist. The United States has always lived up to to its ideals, give or take a few hundred years. ESPN is part of the international liberal media conspiracy. "Liberalism" consists of "the "stench of self-congratulation," & "gloating," & is "self-indulgent." Giving the "violent" Black Power salute led directly to the terrorist murders at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Do whip over to the link & scan the comments. The people are wise to him, w/ a very few exceptions.
Labels: Denial River, Free Speech Isn't Free, Glibertarianism, Hatin' on America, Nazis, Police Terror, The Militarized Society, White People: A Cancer on the World
No Terminator Jokes This Time
Nope, we're going straight for the "son-of a-Nazi" references here! We s'pose most Californians are aware of Arnold's plot to cut State employee pay to the Federal minimum wage (not even the Calif. min. wage, which is, of course, higher than the Federal min.) while the budget crisis continues, as it does virtually every yr. (Change the fucking 2/3 majority requirement for a budget to be passed, lawmakers, & before next yr.'s go-round!!) Please don't let that steroid damaged prick & his fellow Republican scum-bunnies balance their budget on the backs of state workers or (even worse) disabled losers like the editorial staff here who need dat money fum de gubmint!!! Click & sign, if you'd like to make your opinion known & receive a pile of fund-raising spam from the Donkey Party. (Not what you think, sickening pervs!!)
Labels: Consumption, Corporations, Free Speech Isn't Free, Glibertarianism, Hatin' on America, Local Action, Our Suffering, Republicans, The Dialectic, White People: A Cancer on the World
Hypocrites & Homos in The War of Terror
Below: Monica Goodling, the archetypal blond right wing Xtian lackey. How long until she's a "consultant" for Fox News? Photo: Pete Souza/Chicago Tribune. The Incredible Shrinking Newspaper©™ (Sports: 6 pp.; Business: 6 pp. No more horse racing info, & no more of the cursory stock coverage they had been providing.) today covers the most recent Justice Dep't. report on hiring & firing of U. S. Attys., & brings S-E-X into it.
In the second of a series of reports on the politically charged tenure of former Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales, the department's inspector general found that two former Justice aides used sexual orientation as a litmus test in deciding whom they would hire or fire.
The report describes an alleged "sexual relationship" between a career prosecutor and a U.S. attorney, who were not named. Margaret M. Chiara, the former U.S. attorney in Grand Rapids, Mich., said in an interview with The Times that she now believed she was fired because of the erroneous belief that she was having a relationship with career prosecutor Leslie Hagen.
The NYT mentions this as well, but not at the length the ISN does, & the WaPo gives it only one line.
Good contrasts from the ISN:
Goodling also sought out the advice of the White House and other Republicans in filling vacant immigration judge positions. Goodling -- who declined to be interviewed by the authors of the report -- previously testified that, based on advice from Sampson, she incorrectly had believed that it was legal to consider political factors in selecting judges.
Emphasis ours. Goodling wouldn't talk to the DoJ people investigating this, yet:
Lawyers for Goodling released a statement saying that her testimony before Congress had brought to light many of the abuses included in Monday's report. They described the testimony as "among the most candid and meticulous that has
been seen on Capitol Hill in decades."
Please. Just stop it, lawyer boy.
John M. Dowd, an attorney for Goodling, said yesterday that she deserved praise, not scorn, for her "exceptional candor" with Congress last year. "Each and every one of the core conclusions of the OIG/OPR report . . . is consistent with and indeed derived from Ms. Goodling's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee," he said.
It should be noted that Ms. Goodling testified before Congrefs under a grant of immunity. Odd that she was so forthcoming then (about her own activities) yet wouldn't speak to the Justice Dep't. investigators when there was no immunity involved.
There's more fun though. From the NYT:
In Ms. Goodling’s notes from the interviews, she would give a shorthand assessment of how well they fared on threshold political issues, as in the notation for one candidate who she wrote was aptly conservative on “god, guns + gays.”
Would that be the same "god, guns + gays" that Sen. Obama was given such a hard time about, when he claimed that certain bitter groups clung to those same Gs, even as the economy fell down around them? Where would he get an idea like that?
And where would the Bush admin. get an idea like this?
According to the report, officials at the White House first developed a method of searching the Internet to glean the political leanings of a candidate and introduced it at a White House seminar called The Thorough Process of Investigation. Justice Department officials then began using the technique to search for key phrases or words in an applicant’s background, like “abortion,” “homosexual,” “Florida recount,” or “guns.”
The WaPo gives us some numbers:
Thirty-four candidates told investigators that Goodling or one of her deputies raised the topic of abortion in job interviews and 21 said they discussed same-sex marriage, the report said. Another job applicant said he admired Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, only to watch Goodling "frown" and respond, "But she's pro-choice."
She and her aides regularly gave candidates for career civil service jobs a form designed for political appointees that sought information on party affiliation and financial contributions. When job seekers sometimes raised objections, Goodling replied that the form was a mistake, showing that she was "aware that it was improper," the report said.
Not to forget the S-E-X part, again from the ISN:
One official told investigators about a conversation in which he told Goodling that he had heard the rumors that the women were lesbians. He said Goodling responded to that news "by putting her head in her hands and asking why no one had told her about this information before."
A former public affairs officer who became the Justice Department's liaison with the White House, Goodling testified under a grant of immunity before the House Judiciary Committee that she had "crossed a line" and allowed political and other impermissible factors to affect her hiring decisions.
Public affairs officer. What more need one say. Just think "Dana Perino."
The latest disclosures include a finding that Goodling rejected the application of a career terrorism prosecutor for a job at Justice Department headquarters because his wife was active in local Democratic politics. The report said a less-qualified candidate was hired.
The War of Terror. As long as the current administration doesn't have to hire experienced people w/ Democratic wives, or gay people who speak Arabic, they'll be taking it to the enemy!!
Labels: ConspThry, Denial River, Free Speech Isn't Free, Hatin' on America, Religiosity, Republicans, Schadenfreude
Earthquake Update
We're used to this sort of foolishness around here. We felt it, even in Santa Monica, many miles from the epicenter, neither serious damages nor serious injuries were reported, nothing to see here, move along. On a personal note, we were of course quite disappointed that the apocalypse hadn't arrived. We continue to hope that it was merely a pre-shock, or that an aftershock will be larger & meaner.
Labels: Down W/ Science, Local Action, Our Suffering
5.6 Quake in L. A.!!!!!!
Right Wing Marching Orders (Licenses Included)
The Knoxville UU Church shooter, Jim Adkisson, seems to have been getting his paranoid concepts directly from the world of Rabid Weasel talk radio & the books written by the hosts thereof.
Knoxville Police Chief Sterling P. Owen IV
...said Adkisson wrote that he was angered by "his lack of being able to obtain a job," a reduction in his food stamp allotment, and "the liberal movement." Owen explained the liberal movement, as defined by Adkisson, included liberal philosophies and issues pertaining to gays.
Rightist logic: "My food stamp allotment is being reduced, I'm gonna go shoot me some lib-ruls."
Knoxville Police Department Investigator Steve Still wrote in the search warrant that Adkisson "admitted to shooting McKendry and several others at the church."
Adkisson went on a rampage at the church, Still wrote, "because of its liberal teachings and his belief that all liberals should be killed because they were ruining the country, and that he felt that the Democrats had tied his country's hands in the war on terror and they had ruined every institution in America with the aid of major media outlets."
Adkisson, who had served in the military, said "that because he could not get to the leaders of the liberal movement he would then target those that had voted them in office," the search warrant states.
It will surprise most lib-ruls that there is a "liberal movement," let alone that it has any "leaders." And if anyone has tied America's hands in the war of terror, it's G. W. Bush, by tying up virtually all American forces not in Afghanistan in the Iraq occupation.
Still seized three books from Adkisson's home, including "The O'Reilly Factor," by television commentator Bill O'Reilly; "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder," by radio personality Michael Savage; and "Let Freedom Ring," by political pundit Sean Hannity.
No, really? Since when is Hannity a "political pundit?" He's a telebision/radio hack like O'Reilly & Weiner (Savage).
And click here for a bit of information about what a "law-abiding citizen," you know, the kind who should be able to own guns, for self-defense (maybe killing "liberals" is considered self-defense by certain smaller-penised elements of our society) Mr. Adkisson was.
The Adkissones' marriage disintegrated eight years ago after Adkisson had been drinking heavily and then put a gun to Alexander's head, said Carol Smallwood of Alice, Texas.
According to Anderson County Court records, as their marriage went awry, Jim David Adkisson said he had an option.
That choice was to blow his wife's brains out and then do the same to himself, an order of protection in Anderson County Chancery Court shows.
Yet this guy who
"...always had the attitude the government was trying to get him,'' Smallwood said. "He disliked blacks, gays, anyone who was a different color or just different from him.
"He's a very intelligent man but he couldn't get in the mainstream and hold a job,'' Smallwood said.
was able to purchase
...the shotgun "about a month ago" at a pawn shop. Owen declined to identify the pawn shop, but police said the business is located in Anderson County.
How many more of these incidents will it take before the lib-ruls stop tying our hands w/ their gun regulations, constitutional rights other than the Second Amendment? When will we be free to continue the war of terror w/ our hands free, & our spirit proud? Here are a couple of licenses to get you started.
Labels: ConspThry, Doctors of Jihad, Free Speech Isn't Free, Hatin' on America, Nihilism, Police Terror, Religiosity, Republicans, Telebision, The Dialectic, The Militarized Society
Annals of The Great October Revolution & McCain's Real Age?
From the former Soviet Union's number one tabloid, PRAVDA, we get this headline:
Communists worship only ten percent of Lenin’s embalmed body State Duma deputy Vladimir Medinsky is certain that the Russian authorities have at least four highly serious reasons to bury the body of Vladimir Lenin, the mummy of which is currently resting in Lenin’s Tomb on Moscow’s Red Square. “Let us not deceive ourselves with illusions of preserving Lenin’s body at Mausoleum. There is only ten percent of his body resting there,” the official said.
Also noted in PRAVDA: McCain is even older than previously believed. We quote:
"We need to improve their behavior," McCain told ABC television when asked about his threat to exclude Russia from the Group of Eight if he wins the White House in November. The 77-year-old candidate harshly criticized Russia’s foreign policy.
77? What happened to 71? But who would know better than the KGB?
Labels: Denial River, Down W/ Science, Free Speech Isn't Free, Police Terror, The Dialectic, The Militarized Society, Un-American Activities
Novak Hit & Run Clarified
It was only last wk. that we said Washington weasel-dick Robert "The Prince of Darkness" Novak was either demented or an out & out liar.
It may well have been dementia. We still believe him to be a liar, but the brain tumor he's about to die of could have been pressing on his optic nerve, lessening his peripheral vision so that Novak couldn't see the pedestrian he ran over while driving his black convertible Corvette™, either before he hit the guy or when the victim was "sort of splayed into the windshield."
“I know Bob will confront this challenge with the same courage with which he has taken on the political establishment in Washington for decades,” said House Republican Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.
Sure, John. Here's a perfect example of His Princely Majesty "taking on the political establishment in Washington," by serving as Dick Cheney's mouthpiece. (Take that any way you'd like, vulgarians.)
Novak was criticized after he was the first to publicly reveal the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame in a 2003 column. His column came out eight days after Plame’s husband, Joseph Wilson, said the Bush administration had twisted prewar intelligence to exaggerate the Iraqi threat.
House Republican Whip Roy Blunt, of Missouri, said Novak’s record of reporting and commenting on American elections “has never failed to demonstrate keen insight and a peerless political acumen.”
“I want to join the many wishing Bob all the best as he confronts this challenge and a speedy recovery as he looks to resume his work,” Blunt said in a statement.
Any statements from anyone to the left of Attila the Hun? No? OK, let's move along then.
Labels: Hatin' on America, Humanoids: A Cancer on The Planet, Police Terror, Religiosity, Republicans, Schadenfreude, Telebision
Guns for the "Law-Abiding" Who Hate Homos & Liberals
No report yet as to what, if any, kind of criminal record accused Tennessee Valley UU Church shooting suspect 58-yr.-old Jim D. Adkisson had. Google™ it here.
Police said they took the precautions because they had reports that Adkisson was a former member of the Army's 101st Airborne Division. They recovered a handgun at the residence as well as a letter from the state of Tennessee saying Adkisson's food stamps were going to be reduced.
But he served his country. And was receiving food stamps. (Let this serve as a warning to Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services employees thinking of taking away The Editor's measly food stamp allotment, just because he's been granted Social Security disability payments.)
Adkisson, who told police he had no relatives, planned to be killed by police, Owen said.
"He indicated also in that letter that he expected to be in there shooting people until the police arrived and he fully expected to be killed by the responding police," he said.
But attendees were able to tackle him and hold him until police arrived.
Bill Haslem, the mayor of Knoxville, hailed the parishioners for their courage.
"It’s a tragedy for our city, particularly for this church congregation, but the way they reacted both in terms of supporting and in terms of subduing the shooter has really made a horrible situation better because it really could have been much worse," he told FOX News on Monday.
The two slain church members were identified as Greg McKendry and Linda Kraeger.
McKendry, 60, a burly usher "stood in the front of the gunman and took the blast to protect the rest of us," church member Barbara Kemper said.
Didn't take a bunch of "carrying" church-goers to stop the allegedly gay & liberal hating Adkisson. Just one man w/ enough guts to stand up & take a load of shot for others (not un-Christian, surprising for a Xtian) & some more to tackle him. Bear in mind as well that Adkisson was completely ready to commit "suicide by cop." Or by armed church goers. The idea that spree killers will be dissuaded by the possibility of their potential victims being armed is again shown to be bullshit. We're betting that most "carriers" would have been among those cowering under the pews anyway. They live in fear, & should probably die that way as well.
Knoxville police said 58-year-old Jim Adkisson left a four page note, expressing frustration over his inability to get a job and anger at what he described as “the liberal movement.”
The Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, which was the target of Sunday morning’s shooting, has been an advocate for racial and gender equality as well as gay rights. Investigators said it appears the gunman chose this church intentionally and that the case is being investigated as a “hate crime.”
Please note that The Editor here, as well as being a food stamp parasite, is one of those loners w/ problems w/o any close (geographically or otherwise) relatives. Just sayin', y'know. Not a threat, but a warning.
Labels: ConspThry, Denial River, Existential Agony, Hatin' on America, Nihilism, Our Suffering, Police Terror, Religiosity, The Militarized Society, White People: A Cancer on the World
Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb – India & Istanbul?
What hath the Beach Boys wrought? ("Barbara Ann" not actually their composition, but...) We've already mentioned our Carlinian desire for tragedy in Beijing. Is this all merely an introduction to a bigger bang? VOA News:
High-level security officials met in India, following serial bomb blasts in two large cities. An estimated 25 explosions in Bangalore and Ahmedabad on Friday and Saturday killed more than 45 people and wounded about 100 others.
A typing Ant reports on death, horror, maiming & the like in Istanbul.
Many were injured in the second blast after they rushed to the area to help the casualties of the first explosion in the working class Gungoren neighborhood, witnesses said. The blasts were about 10 minutes apart. "There is no doubt that this is a terror attack," Gov. Muammer Guler told reporters. "The fact that there was a crowd in the area has increased the number of casualties," he added.
We like people who think ahead & maximize potential. Kurds, jihadis, whomever. More destructive power to them.
Labels: Doctors of Jihad, Free Speech Isn't Free, Hating on Fucking Everybody and Everything, Police Terror, The Militarized Society, Un-American Activities
1974: The Nix is recommended for impeachment by the House Judiciary Committee, due to the political scandals known as "Watergate." 1953: Armistice ends the Korean Police Action. 1996: Bombing @ Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta during the Summer Olympics. The anarcho-nihilist in us hopes something similar will occur soon in Communist China. And most important, culturally & otherwise:
July 27, 1940 Bugs Bunny's debut On this day in 1940, Bugs Bunny first appears on the silver screen in "A Wild Hare." The wisecracking rabbit had evolved through several earlier short films. As in many future installments of Bugs Bunny cartoons, "A Wild Hare" featured Bugs as the would-be dinner for frustrated hunter Elmer Fudd. Cartoon animation first appeared in 1908 in France, followed quickly by American cartoons. In 1909, a newspaper cartoon artist named Winsor McCay created Gertie the Dinosaur, the first animated character to appear regularly on the screen. In 1918, McCay produced The Sinking of the Lusitania, the first feature-length cartoon. A variety of recurring cartoons developed by the late teens and early '20s, and these characters became more popular after the development of sound pictures in the late 1920s. Walt Disney introduced the Silly Symphonies cartoons and created Mickey Mouse and his gang. By the mid-1930s, Disney was making feature-length musical cartoons like "Sleeping Beauty."
Under the direction of animation director Tex Avery, Warner Bros. developed its own set of cartoon stars, including Bugs, Elmer, Tweety, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and many others. Bugs was animated by Chuck Jones, and his famous accent came from legendary voice man Mel Blanc. Blanc started with Warner Bros. in 1937, creating the voices (or sounds) for Bugs, Road Runner, Sylvester, and Tweety Bird, among other characters.
Labels: Corporations, Free Speech Isn't Free, Hatin' on America, Our Suffering, Police Terror, Telebision, The Militarized Society
Screeching Witch of The Week
It's Tammy Bruce! Hope no one was too surprised. This wk.'s idiocy? In the future, once Sen. Obama is Pres. Obama, we won't want to go outside because there won't be any gas (he wants to tell us how to live, you know) & we'll be scared to go outside anyway because of viruses. The viruses will kill us because of Obama's universal health care. (Completely accurate paraphrase. Check out her podcast if you've a barf bag handy.) To which we can only agree. It's absolutely true that Afro-Asian Moooslims are taking over Europe. You know why? Universal health care has killed all the Euro-Xtians. (The mainstream media is able to cover it all up, becuase no one here in the New World has any contact w/ Eurotrash.)
Labels: Consumption, Corporations, Denial River, Existential Agony, Local Action, Our Suffering, Police Terror, Religiosity, Republicans, The Militarized Society, White People: A Cancer on the World
UUrrrp!!
Much as it galls us to give any credit of any kind to anything even vaguely "religious," we feel we should give a shout-out & some "big ups" to the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica, who stop by Mental Health Day Care for Adults the final Sat. of each month & feed us pathetic homeless wretches a fine & bountiful meal. Earlier today, as usual, we were offered chicken breasts, Swedish meatballs, lasagna (meat & vegetarian) rice w/ those little nuts in it, vegetables, green, macaroni, & potato salads, a dinner roll, choice of cookies, & ice cream. Second helpings for all. Yum. The editorial staff belches in delight. And has a few of the meatballs in a plastic bag that formerly held free multi-vitamins, courtesy of the UCLA med school, who came to check the health of the homeless this a. m., & to hand out the aforementioned vitamins, socks (ladies socks only this wk., sadly) & those socks that people who have sex wear when they're having it. Prophylactic devices, we think they're called. We're much too pure & unattractive to need those. So thanks UCLA med students & thanks Unitarians. We hear you're not really that religious anyway. And Unitarianism is certainly better for upper-middle class white people than Xtian Science. Perhaps humour illustrates it best.
Three children were talking about their religions."I'm a Catholic," said one, "And our symbol is the cross." "I'm Jewish," said the second, "And our symbol is the Star of David." The third child said, "I'm a Unitarian Universalist and our symbol is a candle in a cocktail glass!" A Unitarian Universalist dies, and on the way to the afterlife encounters a fork in the road with two options: "to heaven" and "to a discussion of heaven." Without pausing, the UU heads right to the discussion of heaven.
Or perhaps not. Fuck Muhammad, Jesus, Abraham & Moses anyway. Busybody assholes.
Labels: Consumption, Existential Agony, Local Action, Our Suffering, Something Good About America
"Slauson Shuffletime" Writer Dies
Below: Two dead guys, Earl Lee Nelson, right, & Barry White. Earl just died, 12 July 2008, @ 79. You might have known it as the "Harlem Shuffle." We've always dug it, & we thought that Bob & Earl was as snappy a band name as any (except perhaps Sam & Dave).
Our time is short, so we'll refer you to The Incredible Shrinking Newspaper's©™ obit. Note that Bobby Day of "Rockin' Robin" fame was the original Bob, & that Barry White produced "Harlem Shuffle."
Labels: Local Action, Morbidity Report, They Call It Music
Snark of the Week
Well, the Snark of the Week from The Incredible Shrinking Newspaper©™, at least.
What is the X6 good at? That isn't a rhetorical question. It seats four -- not five, or seven, like the X5 -- and the rear passengers must contend with the car's seriously sloped roof. The X6 is built alongside the X5 in South Carolina, so you'd think BMW would understand the havoc such a roofline wreaks on beehive hairdos.
Haw haw.
Labels: Advertising, Consumption, Free Speech Isn't Free, Glibertarianism, Local Action, Nazis, Oddities and Artifacts
Today's History
The party's finally over: "Sir" Mick Jagger turns 65 today. Time to retire, you old wretch. And take the King of the Living Dead, Mr. Richard(s), with ya. Also on this date, sixty yrs. ago (1948): President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981 (as referenced just a few days ago here, in the comments) allowing "black" Americans to get shot dead just like their "white" American cousins in the service of "their" gov't.
Labels: Denial River, The Militarized Society, They Call It Music, Today In History, Today's Birthday, White People: A Cancer on the World
B. S. = Ben Stein (UPDATED/COMPLETED)
You'd think Ben Stein would know better than to cast the "Fuhrer" analogies around casually, but he seems to have gone off the deep end in the last few months. Maybe he's just hanging about w/ bad influences (Mormon moron) Glenn Beck being the latest, doubtless it's frustration that his party has stuck itself w/ the 21st century Bob Dole as a putative candidate, while the Dems have someone who can string together several sentences at a time & appears thoughtful rather than brain-dead, but Stein (& many other Repubs; wait for it, the hysteria will only mount) came up w/ a good one yesterday.
STEIN: I want -- I'm glad you brought up this Denver thing. I don't like the idea of Senator Obama giving his acceptance speech in front of 75,000 wildly cheering people. That is not the way we do things in political parties in the United States of America. We have a contained number of people in an arena. Seventy-five-thousand people at an outdoor sports palace, well, that's something the Fuehrer [sic] would have done. And I think whoever is advising Senator Obama to do this is bringing up all kinds of very unfortunate images from the past.
BECK: Well, yeah, you know what? I've been -- I've been saying that we're headed towards a Mussolini-style presidency forever. STEIN: Well, I think -- BECK: I mean it's crazy. STEIN: It's a scary situation. I mean, I think he has to recognize some bounds on his own ego. I understand politicians are politicians because they have ego deficit problems and they try to cure them by having lots of worship and adulation and adoration. But 75,000 people screaming at an outdoor arena, that's just too much. It's just -- it's scarily authoritarian.
But the best part: "Contained number of people in an arena." Ben likes his politics like himself. Buttoned down w/ a stick up the ass. Gawd forbid there should be any spontaneity or inspiration. What would you bet that if McCain could pull off something like this, Stein would be calling it a new day in America, blah, blah, blah? Actually finished 26 July 2008 @ 1119.
Labels: Corporations, Free Speech Isn't Free, Nazis, Religiosity, Republicans, WH08
"Did You Know?" Part Deux (Black Belt Patriotism)
Continuing from yesterday's "Did You Know?" (truncated due to time constraints) we link you to Chuck Norris's Human Events column, which inspired this. This reporter remembers when our crypto-fascist parental units subscribed to the paper version (well, there were only paper versions in the long ago early 1960s) of Human Events but you can bet your ass that even John Wayne wouldn't have had a column in it in those days. The pamphlet was (and still is) about a half-step to the left of the John Birch society, but there was no "celebrity" (if you can call Norris that) fetishism. One of (alright, the only) thing we remember from those halcyon days was that Human Events had its knickers in a knot over allegations that the United States Post Office was complaining about people writing "This is a republic, not a democracy," on envelopes. In retrospect that sounds like a bunch of crap, why would the P. O. care, & what could they do, but it was part & parcel of the right-wing paranoia that continues to this day. Now that we've wallowed in nostalgia, we'll continue our time wasting by thoroughly examining Massa Norris's latest. He's on about the word "nigger." Perhaps he just resents the limitations on his use of it:
Blacks can, but whites can't.
Oooooh, "racism."
This is more than a race issue and far more than a debate over freedom of speech. When will we learn that just because we can say something doesn't mean that we should? Once again, we're confusing liberty for licentiousness. It is a classic example of what happens when a society leaves its moral absolutes: Everything becomes culturally relative, with each deciding what's right in his own eyes. Language is one more infected arena in America's societal degradation. Think about it. What word is nasty or unwholesome anymore? There are no "bad words." Words once considered evil are now terms of endearment. There's the B-word, the D-word, the A-word, the F-word, etc. Even bleeps are mere blips on America's moral radar screens. When ministers use G-- d--- in their sermons and moral activists threaten to cut off a presidential candidate's genitals and call him the N-word, can't we see the signs that we're heading in the wrong direction? We have become desensitized to everything, from profanity to pornography.
No mention of our desensitization to rapacious violence perpetrated on those of "duskier" skin tone, or different sexual orientation, or wymyn, often by agents of the United Snakes Gov't., as perpetuated by the liberal mainstream media. (Do you watch the evening network news? When was the last time the body of an American, as opposed to a swarthy insurgent or Talibani was displayed?) But that's America's Culture o' Death for you. Murder, destruction, etc.? A-OK. A glimpse of a life-giving female breast on the tube? Sin!! Shame!! Abomination!! A titty!! Oh no, what if Junior saw it & remembers? Words once evil are now endearing? Why, yes, they are, as slang changes, as oppressed groups take possession of the words used to oppress them (The nerve of those young colored people & queers!) & so on. We're surprised he didn't complain about the use of "bad" & "dope," or "it's da bomb" (terribly insensitive to people killed by suicide bombers, after all) as positive adjectives/phrases. "Golly Gee Whillikers," says Mr. Clean-Mouth, "we can't even understand what the coloreds are saying, & our decent young white people are starting to imitate them!" As we typed yesterday: "It's OK to use the phrase "God Bless [Fill in Blank Space]," but asking "God" to damn something is wrong? (Why worship the Hebrew War God if you can't get him to kick your enemies' asses?) These lines deserve special attention, so we'll repeat them:
Everything becomes culturally relative, with each deciding what's right in his own eyes. Language is one more infected arena in America's societal degradation.
You certainly have no right, as an American, to decide what's right or wrong. That's what the gov't. & the busybodies are for. Where did we even get the idea that we aren't children who need big gov't. to protect us from thinking for ourselves, or the teaching of evolution or what have you? We certainly remember Mr. Norris as being in favor of as much gov't. as possible, regulating as many aspects of our life as possible. Don't you? And any one who could type a sentence like that last one has no right to complain about language in any way, shape or form. Hope your arena clers up soon. Tried methycillin? The world has changed around Chuck, & he's definitely not down w/ it.
Today's America is certainly not the one in which I grew up during the '40s and '50s. Profanity of any sort was wrong back then and frowned upon by most in private or public use. Today profanity has become a positive form of expression, with studies even showing that it releases stress and boosts morale at the workplace!
No, it's not the world he was raised in. (It's debatable if he "grew up" at all.) This really is low-hanging fruit, we'll pass on listing all the incredible hypocrisy, repression, segregation, racism, sexism & the rest of the litany of Mr. Norris's precious '40s & '50s. Remember, though, that to Chuck & his ilk, hypocrisy & repression are the ways to go. They build "character" & deaden minds. Profanity does release stress & boost morale. Chuck doesn't think that's a very good idea though, does he? (If the words weren't considered so dirty & forbidden, they wouldn't have that effect. Think about that for a minute, Karate Boy.) Ever wonder how long he'd last in an 0800-1700 day job? He'd be whining & pissing his pants about his precious "freedoms" w/in a wk.! We know that Mr. Norris isn't much of a science fan ("Don't teach any of that evolution crap garbage near me!!") but would it be too much trouble to have a study or two done proving that hearing "fuck," instead of "duck," "luck," "buck," and the like causes actual damage to children's minds? It might hurt their feelings? Isn't sensitivity to the feelings of others the very definition of being a pussy? (Would Chuck use that word? In that context? Maybe we should just ban it entirely. Who cares if it has several meanings? "Pussywillow. Tee hee.") And our children & their children (It never stops.) won't beat the terrorists by being "pussies." Of course, Chuck's real interest is blind obedience & repression. Train the little fucks that certain words are intrinsically bad & should never be said (especially if "other" people use those words a lot) & Chuck's element are in a much better position to dissuade people from certain ideas & concepts w/o examining them. Chuckie's other real interest? Why, book sales. All of the first half of his column leads to a plug for Black Belt Patriotism, his upcoming (as if your lunch is about to come up) tome, & a few selections therefrom. What saying (or not saying) "poopie doodie underpants" or "Die, you commie rat bastard!!" has to do w/ "patriotism" is a question for someone else to ask (& we'd love to hear Norris's reply) but let's see how dedicated to his country he is. We should first note that he's an Alan Keyes type, who has little or no interest in the Constitution, which doesn't mention "gawd" or "the creator," but thinks the Declaration of Independence is the be all & end all of American thought.
"...The Declaration of Independence set America's course. Though we have sometimes drifted from its highest principles, all Americans have ever had to do was steer by its compass to acknowledge or rediscover the inherent equality of slaves, women, the poor, Indians, and the unborn. All were -- and are -- children of God, endowed by their creator with 'certain unalienable rights.' … "The Founders could not immediately abolish slavery. It was too entrenched in the economy of the South, but the Declaration eroded its foundations in a way that made its end inevitable. That 'all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights' is one of the most powerful principles ever enunciated in the history of politics." And that power can be unleashed again to help us in our day. The sooner we get back to our Founders' words, our country's original calling, the sooner we will start treating one another (red, yellow, black and white) as our Founders' [sic] prescribed and the sooner we will get beyond these slanderous debates about language and humanity. It's time to grow up, America -- to move beyond the arguments of yesteryear. You're older than 200 now. It's time to act your age.
Slavery is just terrible, but we can't have (white) people starving if we get rid of it. W/ these fucks, the economy (or just a chance to get another damn nickel) trumps humanity every time, doesn't it? That Declaration sure "eroded its foundations," huh? But it withered away eventually, & it's not as if we had to have a big ol' war or anything, so sincere were we about our Declaration. And brown people don't seem to enter into his equation at all. They'll have to stop invading us by sneaking over the border & having too many children before they can be included w/ the red, yellow, black & white. Hey, how 'bout those "red" people, anyway? America's really worked out well for them, hasn't it? Good thing we were able to free them from the personal responsibility of taking care of their own land. The ladies? Only took about a century & a half for them to get the right to vote. Love that Declaration! What a foundation!! Or, sometimes. a foundation-eroder!! It's two mints in one! So stop these "slanderous (?) debates about language & humanity!!" Chuck knows what's best for all of us, no "slanderous debate" needed. It's time to act your age, not your hat size, America!!
Labels: Free Speech Isn't Free, Police Terror, Religiosity, The Militarized Society, Vile Smut, WH08
"Did You Know?" Part One
Some words are "good." Some words are "bad." Often nothing more than one letter can make the difference. It's OK to use the phrase "God Bless [Fill in Blank Space]," but asking "God" to damn something is wrong? (Why worship the Hebrew War God if you can't get him to kick your enemies' asses? After all, you're so righteous you don't even say "fuck.") We may have more on this tomorrow. Or not.
Labels: Free Speech Isn't Free, Hatin' on America, Oddities and Artifacts, Religiosity, Vile Smut
Fatima Miracle Proves Hitler Was God
Why are we Internet-addicted? Being able to find stuff like this purely by accident, as the result of a few clicks.
The three-part Ra cycle was modified by Christians into the trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. One misconception of Christianity is that the wrathful God of the Old Testament somehow faded into the background after the coming of Christ. In fact, He never left and the public still misses him, as evidenced by the popularity of the all-powerful Father in the Star Wars saga. In that trinity, Darth Vader was the Father, Luke Skywalker was the Son and Obi-Wan Kenobi was the Holy Ghost. Deadly daughter Who was Hitler's mythic daughter? Western religion does not allow for a dark goddess, so Sekhmet emerged in cinema in that early war year, 1939. Behold the young warrior Dorothy, demanding strength from her weak inner men. From the man of straw, she drew a bundle of sticks, the fasces of fascism. From the tin man, she forged steel for bullets and armor for tanks. From the cowardly lion, she demanded the courage of the lioness Sekhmet. She killed rival witches in murders disguised as accidents. Slippers dipped in ruby blood; soon the red torrent would rinse her hair. Now she becomes Scarlett, Witch of the South, a widow dancing on the corpse of her husband. Men run off to war on the false promise of her tease. She yearns to be tamed by the pure and honorable Ashley but is doomed to coupling with the equally black-hearted Rhett. She can only give birth to death and a life cut short. Cursed is her womb.
This stuff is always best when written clearly & spelled correctly. The site itself is not painful to the eyes. Yet lunacy (although the writer seems to believe he's Ra, the Sun Gawd of the Egyptians, a solatic rather than a lunatic) prevails. The above is a mere extract. Visit for more fun. (We thought we had problems.)
Labels: ConspThry, Denial River, Devil-Box, Down W/ Science, Existential Agony, Free Speech Isn't Free, Local Action, Nazis, Our Suffering, Police Terror, Telebision, White People: A Cancer on the World
Defense Pork/Earmarks & Campaign Finance Boondoggle
Another boondoggle in the works to funnel more money to (un-)American defense firms who do their best to support the Republican Party, knowing that under right-wing administrations more funds will be given to said companies, insuring a decadent life-style for the executives & some of the stockholders.
State Department officials say the upgrades would greatly enhance the F-16s’ ability to strike insurgents accurately, while reducing the risk to civilians. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because Congress was weighing the plan, said the timing was driven by deadlines of the American contractor, Lockheed Martin.
Yep, it's all because of Lockheed Martin's deadlines. That's what counts here. And like hell the upgrades will enhance accuracy in striking insurgents. None of this crap ever works as advertised, or as presented by the running dog Yankee news media. Not to mention that Americans dealing "death from above" (Sound religious & holy to you? It isn't, it's cowardly.) can't tell the difference between insurgent gatherings & wedding parties. Maybe the Pakistani Air Force will do a better job; we're not holding our breath on that, however.
Pakistan agreed to buy about 70 F-16s in the 1980s, and about 40 were delivered before Congress cut off all aid and military sales in 1990, citing Pakistan’s secret development of nuclear weapons.
A new deal was struck after the Sept. 11 attacks to allow Pakistan to buy newer models, in part to reward Pakistan’s cooperation in fighting terrorism.
And in part to reward American cos. that reward Republicans. Not to mention that the outrage about Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons fell by the wayside soon enough. And the alleged distribution of nuclear technology to North Korea & Iran? A. Q. Khan, remember? (Now released from the horrible punishment of "house arrest" he received.) Whatever, says the current admin. We also have some memory of Richard Armitage telephoning ol' Pervy Musharraf & advising him that we'd nuke his ass into Gen. Curtis LeMay's proverbial Stone Age if he didn't cooperate. So why the fuck do we have to provide dime one to him in addition? So our taxpayer dollars can go from Lockheed Martin et al. to the coffers of the Republican Party. No fucking wonder the Party of Lincoln™ is opposed to public campaign financing. They already have it.
Labels: ConspThry, Corporations, Denial River, Doctors of Jihad, Glibertarianism, Hatin' on America, Police Terror, Republicans, The Militarized Society, War in ah Babylon
Cell Cancer
We can only hope that mobile phone users will soon be treated w/ the opprobrium now reserved for smokers.
In the memo he sent to about 3,000 faculty and staff Wednesday, he says children should use cell phones only for emergencies because their brains are still developing. Adults should keep the phone away from the head and use the speakerphone or a wireless headset, he says. He even warns against using cell phones in public places like a bus because it exposes others to the phone’s electromagnetic fields.
"Hey, you stupid freak!!! Get your fucking electro-magnetic field away from me!! What's the matter w/ you? Can't you live for ten minutes w/o sharing your banal, pointless observations w/ another mouth-breathing idiot?" Does Dr. Herberman think using a cell 'phone will make children even stupider & more pathetic than their parents, or is he afraid of cancer? Trying to put himself out of a job? No, America will be causing cancer as long as its Made-in-China plastic flag continues to wave.
Labels: ConspThry, Consumption, Down W/ Science, Existential Agony, Free Speech Isn't Free, Hatin' on America, Humanoids: A Cancer on The Planet, White People: A Cancer on the World
Vanity Fair's Two Bits Worth
We dunno. Cinderella Stepford Hensley McCain looks a little better than depicted. Click for larger, wretched oldsters.
Labels: Free Speech Isn't Free, Funny Pages, Republicans, White People: A Cancer on the World
P. O. D. Strikes Again
You live by the sword, etc. Or is it, "You lie down w/ dogs, you get up w/ fleas?" Either way, Robert Novak, evil Catholic, if that isn't redundant, was taken by the McCain campaign, which seems to be skittering out of control right along w/ its candidate. (For details, see The Internet, or the "liberal" media. Though even the "conservative" media seems to have noticed that the Party of Lincoln™ has nominated a real prize.) Here's more or less what happened to Bobbo on Mon.
"I got a suggestion from a very senior McCain aide late yesterday afternoon that he was going to announce it this week,'' Novak told Fox News Tuesday. "They didn't want it to come out the way it was going to come out, and they suggested I put it out. "I then called another senior person who said, 'I can't talk about that, but wouldn't this be a terrific week to announce it, that is with Obama getting the headlines?' So I just put something on the Internet." "I've since have been told by certain people that this was a dodge, they were trying to get a little publicity to rain on Obama's campaign,'' Novak told Fox. "That's pretty reprehensible if it's true, but we'll find out in a few days. "
Ooooh, reprehensible. Poor Robert must feel so dirty & used. As reprehensible as naming Valerie Plame as a CIA agent? Who can say? Reprehensibility is, after all, in the eye of the beholder. But, but, don't go away, 'cause that's merely the beginning of the Prince of Darkness's possibly worst wk. ever. Dig this, from this very a. m.
“I didn’t know I hit him. ... I feel terrible,” a shaken Novak told reporters from Politico and WJLA as he was returning to his car. "He's not dead, that's the main thing." Novak said he was a block away from 18th and K streets Northwest, where the accident occurred, when a bicyclist stopped him and said he had hit someone. He said he was cited for failing to yield the right of way. The bicyclist was David Bono, a partner at Harkins Cunningham, who was on his usual bike commute to work at 1700 K St. N.W. when he witnessed the accident. As he traveled east on K Street, crossing 18th, Bono said "a black Corvette convertible with top closed plows into the guy. The guy is sort of splayed into the windshield.”
Let's review. Novak alleges he's unaware he hit anyone, yet the witness says the pedestrian was "sort of splayed into the windshield.” Would it be unreasonable to conclude that Novak is either a liar (& there is a record of many yrs. in D. C. to consult) or in some stage of dementia? He's certainly suffering from one sort of dementia. He's a 77-yr.-old spinmeister who drives a black convertible Corvette™. How lame can one get?
Novak, 77, has earned a reputation around the capital as an aggressive driver, easily identified in his convertible sports car. In 2001, he cursed at a pedestrian on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th streets Northwest for allegedly jaywalking. “’Learn to read the signs, [bodily orifice]!’ Novak snapped before speeding away,” according to an item in The Washington Post’s Reliable Source column. Novak explained to the paper: "He was crossing on the red light. I really hate jaywalkers. I despise them. Since I don't run the country, all I can do is yell at 'em. The other option is to run 'em over, but as a compassionate conservative, I would never do that." Two years later, the same column reported that Novak had gone to a racing school in Florida. "I've wanted to be a racecar driver all my life, and anyone who has watched me drive can tell you that,” Novak said.
We have here an automobile bully, who is either lying or demented. How many hours until his next telebsion appearance as an "experienced, knowledgeable pundit?"
Labels: Nihilism, Republicans, Schadenfreude, White People: A Cancer on the World
Hic! Dallas Beware, More Drunks On The Way!
Found the AP version of this item on the second page of the Incredible Shrinking Newspaper's™ Beez-ness section this a. m., leading us to the original story. In the Ironist-in-Chief's own words:
"There's no question about it. Wall Street got drunk -- that's one of the reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras -- it got drunk and now it's got a hangover. The question is how long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments," the president said Friday at a fundraiser for Republican congressional candidate Pete Olson.
This took place at a private house in Houston, we're guessing more likely to have been in a very nice (though perhaps not Candy Spelling quality) domicile in River Oaks rather than somewhere in the North Ward.
"Then we got a housing issue, not in Houston, evidently, not in Dallas, because Laura was over there trying to buy a house today," Bush said of first lady Laura Bush. "I like Crawford. Unfortunately after eight years of asking her to sacrifice, I'm now no longer the decision maker. She'll be deciding, thanks for the suggestion. I suggest you don't yell it out when she's here. I did tell her, I said honey, we've been on government pay now for 14 years, go slow." The crowd in attendance laughed loudly during Bush's comments before his voice trailed off. "But it's, uh, I'm losing my train of thought."
What a fucking comedian he is. Most of the nation is doubled over laughing. Oh? They're not laughing? They're doubled over in pain? OK. Anyone w/ his money, power, & influence, who was appointed to the presidency, should have had the common simple decency to return all of his salary & most of his expense account to the U.S. Treasury. But he was playing to his base, the piggie classes, in their closed to the public, turn off the cameras kaffeeklatsch. "Ha ha, get it? Government pay. He's so witty." Even Cull-ee-fahrneea's Goobnernator Schwarzenegger only takes a dollar a year. Symbolic, but still. Just as we need Highway Patrols & police departments to keep drunks from running us over on the freeways & streets, we need some "anti-free market" regulation to keep Wall Street's drunken binges from rolling (& rolling over) the entire nation's economy. Actually, we need legislation outlawing investment & speculation entirely. Remember grade school, where the lesson of the Jamestown Colony was inculcated in all of us? The spoiled but otherwise healthy aristocratic colonists were told that if they didn't work, they wouldn't eat. A lesson This Great Nation of Ours™ seems to have forgotten.
Labels: Consumption, Corporations, Denial River, Free Speech Isn't Free, Glibertarianism, Hatin' on America, Republicans, Telebision, The Dialectic
We're on disability & in the streets while people like Mike Weiner are allowed not only free but to profit from this sort of thing?
Labels: Denial River, Down W/ Science, Free Speech Isn't Free, Humanoids: A Cancer on The Planet, Our Suffering
Seriously, In All Modesty
Because it is really modest. We nonetheless note that the Sitemeter has crossed the round number of 40,000.
Labels: Advertising, Blogger Bitching, Consumption, Corporations, Devil-Box, Existential Agony, Free Speech Isn't Free, Local Action, Oddities and Artifacts
Obligatory Daily Item to indicate there may not be many items posted today, as if anyone were on the edge of her/his seat waiting. (We'll be wallowing in self-pity for the rest of the day, don't mind us.)
Labels: Blogger Bitching, Existential Agony, Free Speech Isn't Free, Local Action, Our Suffering
Just keeping up w/ the "Pop Culture" aspects of this web log. Visit the cartoonist & buy one of his fucking mugs or something.
Labels: Funny Pages, Glibertarianism, Hatin' on America, Police Terror, Republicans
Record Lows Forecast
It's official!! Gee Dub has hit, if not rock bottom, as low as any American president since the invention of opinion polling.
Overall, 21% of Americans say that they approve of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president, 72% disapprove, and 7% are undecided.
The real wonder is how anyone could be "undecided." Are these the "independent, moderate swing voters" who may make the final presidential decision, assuming Diebold & various other Republican agencies stay out of it? (A big assumption there.)
Labels: Consumption, Glibertarianism, Hatin' on America, Our Suffering, Police Terror, Republicans, Schadenfreude, War in ah Babylon
Seriously, When Does It Stop?
From the Chicken Noodle Network's Late Edition (scroll down until part two of the interview, it's a loooong way) yesterday, wimpy Wolf Blitzer (What's his real name again?) interviews Secretary of Stupid Statements Condoleezza Rice:
BLITZER: If they say the United States should leave, what would the U.S. do? RICE: Well we are there at the invitation of the Iraqi government. But I think you will find that the Iraqis recognize that they need and want a partner. What we have to recognize is that we have achieved an enormous amount over the last year, really since the surge, a lot. Violence is down, the Iraqi political system is beginning to function. You have Sunni leaders coming back into the government. And I think we would be foolish and they would be foolish to put at risk those gains by too rapid a decline in the American forces there.
(Bold face ours.) Did you hear that? Just when did the Iraqi government "invite" some 140,000 United Snakes forces & another 180,000 contractors into Iraq? Really, when? Is there an engraved invitation that Secretary Rice could show the American people, to explain just what the fuck we're doing there? Seems to us that one Saddam Hussein was the "government" when we first went there. Did he invite us? "Invitation of the Iraqi government," our ample ass! Not to mention that the "gains" made are mostly a function of bribing tribal leaders not to shoot at U. S. forces, & the completion of various ethnic cleansing projects by both Sunnis & Shiites, which will only result in further conflict along the "aspirational time horizon." Gackk!! Corporate weasel-speak from Standard Oil Director Rice. And from the Chief Nitwit himself:
"And they have no disregard for human life."—Describing the brutality of Afghan fighters, Washington, D.C., July 15, 2008
Does he ever even listen to himself? All of these fucking people, from Bush & Cheney down to the merest spokesmodel for this administration of evil clowns can't be impeached, hauled off in chains & waterboarded or strung up until their shoulders are dislocated or burned w/ Zippos™ soon enough for us. Six mos. until Bush & the rest of them are sad unfortunate history. We can only hope that some part of the U. S. economy, or This Great Nation of Ours™ itself are still standing when that glorious day arrives.
Labels: ConspThry, Denial River, Doctors of Jihad, Hatin' on America, Police Terror, The Militarized Society, War in ah Babylon
English Language Patrol
From the "Ha ha, funny, huh, hyuk-hyuk?" file we found this testimony to humanity.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Two practical jokers are behind bars for setting their passed-out drinking buddy's crotch ablaze while boozing in Grover Beach. Matthew Craig Pillers and Jack Brent Nicholas Keiffer pleaded no contest to a felony great bodily injury charge. Elliot Tuleja was passed out when the men poured cologne on the man's groin and set him on fire on Jan. 18. Tuleja had second-degree burns on his testicles.
Our point is that we highly doubt that poor passed-out Elliot sustained burned "testicles." Chances are it was his scrotum which was burned. Think about it. In order to have rec'd. burns on his actual gonads, his scrotum would have to have been burned away, wouldn't it? What ever happened to simple "tea-bagging" as far as homoerotic behavior between straight male friends?
Labels: Humanoids: A Cancer on The Planet, Oddities and Artifacts, Police Terror, Vile Smut
Who said:
"Speaking as a private individual, I would not vote for John McCain under any circumstances."
"I cannot and I will not vote for Sen. John McCain as a matter of conscience," [he] said. "But what a sad and melancholy decision this is for me and many other conservatives. Should John McCain capture the nomination as many assume, I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for president in my lifetime." [H]e definitely would not vote for Democratic Sens. Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, "based on their virulently anti-family policy positions." "If these are the nominees in November, I simply will not cast a ballot for president for the first time in my life," he said. "These decisions are my personal views and do not represent the organization with which I'm affiliated," he concluded. "They do reflect, however, my deeply held convictions about the institution of the family, about moral and spiritual beliefs and about the welfare of our country."
Couldn't possibly be the person who said the following, could it?
"... While I am not endorsing Senator John McCain, the possibility is there that I might."
Or could it? You never know, do you?
Dobson and other evangelical leaders unimpressed by McCain increasingly are taking a lesser-of-two-evils approach to the 2008 race. Dobson and his guest, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Albert Mohler, spend most of the pretaped Focus on the Family radio program criticizing Democratic candidate Barack Obama, getting to McCain at the very end. [...] "There's nothing dishonorable in a person rethinking his or her positions, especially in a constantly changing political context," Dobson said in a statement to the AP. "Barack Obama contradicts and threatens everything I believe about the institution of the family and what is best for the nation. His radical positions on life, marriage and national security force me to reevaluate the candidacy of our only other choice, John [Sidney] McCain [III]." [...] Of his new position, Dobson said in the statement to the AP, "If that is a flip-flop, then so be it."
Fine & dandy, Jimbo, but let's not hear any "he's a flip-flopper" crap about Sen. Obama from you or anyone who takes your endorsement, now that we know we're in a "constantly changing political context."
Dobson is considered a powerful voice in conservative evangelical Christianity; his radio broadcast reaches 1.5 million U.S. listeners daily. Critics argue his influence is waning, pointing to a younger generation of leaders pushing to broaden the movement's agenda.
Place your rodent device here & click to see one of the "younger generation of leaders." Oh, wait. It's Jim's rad SK8er son, Ryan, who hasn't posted on his hip website since January. Must be busy broadening his agenda. Or polishing his skateboard, if you know what we mean.
Labels: Hatin' on America, Religiosity, Republicans, Schadenfreude, Telebision, WH08, White People: A Cancer on the World
"glow"ing Hell UPDATE
We're stealing one from Comments Queen "g," who really cut to the proverbial chase about our local "glow" event:
I had fun at "glow" but as for "art" it was...meh. I continue to be amused at "artists" discovering basic stage lighting techniques for the first time.
But, yeah, but, it's, like, "ART." Like. And now, having visited Doves Today to copy & paste the URL, & discovered "g's" item, we refer you there for fuller coverage of "glow," w/ photographs.
Labels: Free Speech Isn't Free, Local Action, Our Suffering
It's Only Monday!! Why Is He in the Dog Trainer Today?
Had quite a shock this a. m. while perusing the Times @ Starbucks©. We thought we'd missed a day, & it was already Tues.!! Turns out that, for some reason, the fish wrapper decided to print more of Jonah Goldberg's output than contractually required. And it might not be a bad move for Jonah. Indeed, he may have found his comfort level. The piece, which occupies more than half the op-ed page, consists mostly of photographs, & doesn't involve any complete sentences, just Jonah's "capsule commentary"/handicapping of John Sidney McCain III's potential veep choices. We'll note that he neglects to mention Louisiana gubnor Bobby Jindal's famous "exorcism" activities. Perhaps Jonah should note the ease w/ which his research assistant/intern pulled this off (half an hour maximum?) & devote his flunky's time to more of the same: Picture books w/ simple captions. For children. Think how much the young would hate the "nanny state" that so worries our young friend. (Note to the literal-minded: We're being condescending.)
Labels: Free Speech Isn't Free, Glibertarianism, The Militarized Society, WH08
History Is Bunk!!
Today is Monday, July 21, the 203rd day of 2008. There are 163 days left in the year.
(Can it be over soon enough?)
In 1841, the British humour magazine Punch was first published.
(We like to think of ourself as carrying on the tradition. We also like to imagine ourself w/ huge leather bat-wings, among other fantasies. Is Punch still published?)
Good news from the past: Ninety yrs. ago (1918) Czar Nicolas II & his parasitic family received their due justice, execution-style, from the Bolsheviks.
Seventy yrs. ago (1938) Douglas Corrigan, claiming to be headed for Calif., flew to Ireland, thus entering history as "Wrong Way Corrigan." It is suspected that he knew what he was doing all along.
In 1944, two ammunition ships exploded in Port Chicago, CA.
Below: Brothers w/ a bomb at Port Chicago. (Almost all of the 322 people killed were African-American, because Navy policy at the time was for black folk to work as stevedores, or as stewards for admirals & other such scum. [John Sidney McCains I & II, for example.] It is now conceded that safety standards for ammo loading were lax, due to U. S. Navy racism.)
Sixty yrs. ago, in 1948, South Carolina Governor Sen. Strom Thurmond was endorsed by a cracker convention in Birmingham, Ala., because that asswipe Truman was going to let "niggers" serve w/ white people in the Armed Services, among other complaints.
(We just wish some Republicans opposed to Grumpy Grampy McCain would do the same thing. It's not too late.)
In 1955: Disneyland© opened, eventually ruining the carnival business, replacing the fun w/ sterilized, controlled theme park crap for middle Americans.
Labels: ConspThry, Hatin' on America, The Dialectic, The Militarized Society, Un-American Activities
Last Night in a Glowing Hell
Attended the "glow" something or another festival around the S. M. Pier last night, the closest we've ever been to a "rave," & though we have done some raving in the so-called real world (as even the casual reader here will have noticed) this was no doubt the closest we'll ever get to a "rave." And are we tired. As some of our fellow aging wretches noted, this was the first time in recent memory any of us had heard the phrase "last call" used in person. That's right, no "X" or what have you, The Editor himself had only a mere sip of a margarita to remind himself how awful tequila is, but all were rather run down by the midpoint of the 12 hr. festivities. As to the event itself, suffice it to say that by the end of the '60s we were quite over light shows, & those were accompanied by music performed by live humans playing instruments, not the brain-dead, soulless, robotic "Gas Music from Jupiter" that today's young people use to accompany their soulless computer-generated post-random color patterns &...blah, blah, blah, mumble mumble...etc., etc. Nap time.
Labels: Blogger Bitching, Hating on Fucking Everybody and Everything, Local Action, Nihilism, Oddities and Artifacts, Our Suffering, They Call It Music
Another Day in HIstory
Below: First Fascist on the Moon. Official NASA Photo:Wernher Von Braun 39 yrs. ago today, on a heavily guarded sound stage in Culver City, California, the first test pilot from Ohio left trash on another object in our solar system, Luna. (This part of this item has been vaguely modified from the original of a yr. ago. The following part is entirely original.)
Today's Cheesecake: Mrs. Peel, who hits the big Seven-Zero today. Per Wikipedia she is officially Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, & there is indeed nothing like a dame. Voyeurs in general, & male humanoids who reached puberty in the mid-'60s especially, may click here for further photos. Thank you Google™.
Labels: Down W/ Science, Nazis, Our Suffering, Something Good About America, Telebision, The Militarized Society, Today In History, Today's Birthday, Un-American Activities, Un-Earthly Activities, Vile Smut
Property Is Theft
And it's almost always worth stealing something from The Divine Mr. M. Today we found the city of the future, here & now, built on the backs of virtual slave laborers (No, we do not mean some digitized avatar, ignorant children of today! We're talking physical labor w/ your hands, etc.) from south Asia, the Philippines, Indonesia & wherever else they can find them. Very Blade Runner. Probably won't be too long before Americans who can use a rivet gun will be there slaving away w/ the rest of them.
It is a nice shot, though, and apparently taken from another bldg., probably the soon-to-be world's tallest, which is doubtless being erected as we type.
You might want to click to Mr. M's site, as he cropped it rather well, & it's bigger; the above version is from the original flickr™ spot.
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Below: A sad collection of aging Caucasian males get together to decide the fate of the Persian Gulf/Middle East area. Good luck, brain-dead, necktie-wearing conformist wretches! Photo: Denis Balibouse/AP. Will official United Snakes reaction to Nouri al-Maliki's "Yankee Go Home!" pronouncement
Asked when U.S. forces would leave Iraq, he responded, "As soon as possible, as far as we're concerned."
be anything like the U. S. response to Iran?
"We hope the Iranian people understand that their leaders need to make a choice between cooperation, which would bring benefits to all, and confrontation, which can only lead to further isolation," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said in a statement after talks in Geneva between Iran and the European Union as well as a U.S. envoy.
We can only hope that Americans understand the same about our leaders, especially as we are alleged to have an actual choice in the election of said leaders, unlike Iran, where a council of religious douchebags decide who will be allowed to run for office &...What? Corporate & media interests, yes...Two parties, & not a State Quarter's difference between the two...(Value of party difference inflated since George Wallace's time.)...Generally foolish & ignorant electorate, umm-hmm...You're right, forget we said anything. We're screwed too. Like, totally, man.
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In the 1950’s America was, superficially at least, happy.
The war was over, and while Europe and Asia rebuilt themselves, American’s delighted in toasters, Chevys, and Joe Dimaggio.
Men and women married. The men went to work, while the women stayed home to raise the kids. Schools saw their job as teaching reading, writing, arithmetic, civics, and science.
Divorce was rare. Drugs, pornography, and children born out of wedlock, also known as ‘bastards,’ were almost unheard of.
Men wore hats. Women wore dresses. And children called their elders “Maam,” and “Sir.”
But then things changed.
Women became bored of making peanut butter sandwiches in the suburbs. They wanted to be lawyers, bus drivers, and pharmacists.
It made sense.
No moral or legal principle prevented it, and the country could use their intelligence. So women poured into the workforce, out of the home, and the next generation of kids were raised by strangers.
Next it was decided to make divorce easier. It was better for all concerned to end the union of unhappy couples, so the thinking ran.
Why should anyone be stuck in a relationship gone sour? Before long, the rate of divorce hit 50%.
Next pornography became acceptable. It was reasoned that God made our bodies, so there was nothing wrong with putting them on display.
Besides, there was the first amendment, and what right did a bunch of prudes have to tell anyone what they could read or look at? Soon you could see photos on the Internet of genitals pierced with sewing needles.
Next it was said that the races living separately inflicted damage on minorities, which it did, and gave America a bad reputation, which it did. So the Supreme Court ended segregation.
There followed racial hostility and endless bickering over righting past wrongs with future wrongs.
Then came unwed couples. Big city living made it less conspicuous, and the Pill made it safe. What was wrong with it? Surely it was better than leaping into an ill-advised marriage.
Besides, living together provided a needed sexual outlet. And the rent was lower too.
Next the divorce courts decided to grant custody of children exclusively to mothers. The mothers had given birth to the children, and mothers had always taken care of children in the past.
Soon children were growing up without fathers at all, and without any conception of what a man’s role in the world might be. Except as the object of scorn.
The meaning of the word “bastard” changed from being a “fatherless child,” to apply instead to the now absent man. That bastard.
The perky phrase, “Single mom,” came into style. It was said reasonably enough that no one had the right to tell women what they could reproduce.
Soon the “bastardy” rate hit 30 percent among whites, and nearly 80 percent among blacks.
Next it was decided that homosexuality was an “orientation,” not a perversion. Gays, as they came to be called, were harmless, productive, and stylish. So they came out of the closet.
What business did anyone else have in judging people’s private affairs? Anal sex, like any other kind of sex, was a matter of personal preference.
With the porn, the pill, homosexuality, and the relaxing of censorship, society became sexualized to degree unimaginable in the 1950s.
But what was wrong with that?
Sex, God knows, is natural. Everyone is interested in it. Who wants to live in a prissy atmosphere of Victorian repression? Soon, condoms were being handed out in grade schools.
Homosexual marriage came. It made sense. Surely people of the same sex can love each other, and what business does anyone have in telling people who they can marry?
One might look to the future and ask, why not polygamy? The same arguments apply as well to it as to homosexual marriage. It makes sense.
The only reason this hasn’t caught on is that there are more gays than there are Mormons. Polygamy is not a perversion, it’s a personal preference, and has a long history in Christianity. Consider King Solomon’s wives. Legalizing it makes sense.
Drugs, almost unheard of in 1950, came to be accepted by all strata of society. Marijuana and Prozac flowed freely in respectable society. Why shouldn’t people use these reality enhancers if they want to?
They did less harm than alcohol and tobacco, which were already legal, so why not? Soon, middle-school kids were making a career out of selling crystal meth.
Then the schools turned to justifying all the previous decisions that made so much sense. Instead of being centers of learning, they became indoctrination centers for “correct thoughts.”
If children grow up having divergent viewpoints, it could only lead to trouble. Better to medicate them into submission if necessary.
As it turns out, there were minor downsides to these sensible policies, but nothing serious:
Children are now raised by strangers, television, and video games.
Daughters are sexually used by thirteen and grow up hating men.
Sons are drugged by their teachers into transgendered zombies.
Men avoid marriage like the plague due to vindictive court rulings.
Violence has become a fashion statement.
Educational standards have been lowered to be more ‘fair.’
Seeking individual excellence has been replaced by expressing group grievances.
Merit has been replaced by identity.
But it made sense…
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Alexander Vreede
EMCC – your place or mine and other ethical dilemmas
Theme: Coaching & Mentoring
Area: Related Fields: ethics
Style: Mainly discussion
Session on Wednesday, Apr 11, 17:00
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Your place of mine? Would you have a candle-lit dinner with your coachee? And other ethical dilemmas
In 2017 EMCC International Research conducted a survey about ethical awareness amongst EMCC membership. The results gave an eye-opening insight into how we as coaches, mentors, and supervisors think we would deal with a range of issues such as:
• Being asked to coach the teenage daughter of a very controlling father who wants to know his child’s secrets;
• Coaching while feeling unfit to work because of stress and lack of sleep.
How would you respond to such ethical dilemmas and others? Come to our workshop and find out!
Alexander Vreede was EMCC International Treasurer and Executive Board member from 2009-2015. In this role he was involved in all developments around the co-operation between EMCC and ICF and the Professional Charter for Coaching and Mentoring. He is now a member of the EMCC Ethics WorkGroup. In this role he was intensely involved in the setting up of the Global Code of Ethics (GCoE). At present he is working on the 2nd version of the GCoE and the updated version of the EMCC Complaints Procedure. He is accredited with EMCC at Senior Practitioner level. From 2012-2018 he was an assessor for EIA and EQA and acted as chair of the Dutch and the EMCC Accreditation Panel.
Alexander is an experienced professional coach from the Netherlands. After studying (protestant) theology he trained and worked as a psychotherapist. For 15 years he was financial director in two general hospital organisations and managing director of a blood services organisation, before (in 2001) starting his own private practice as a coach in which he is still active.
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Nicholas Vaughan
Clinker 1984-85
Coal Spire
Ghosts of 84-85
Rally Cry
In Our Veins
Nerve War/Wojna Nerwów
Matchbox Brothers (2013-16)
Dream Job Workers
Media Puppets (2012-16)
In 2012, mixed-media series of work Media Puppets was first shown at ‘Made in Greenwich’ gallery. The work was nominated for Clapham Art Prize’14 and taken to Bath Arts Fringe. In 2015 it showed in Out of the Box at the No Format gallery and at the Story so Far, an exhibition at W3 Gallery.
The work stems from an interest in the way in which the media tells us a tale. The heads of the puppets are blown out of proportion in much the same way. Exaggeration and overdramatizion are in abundance. The ink on day one was as fresh as when it was printed, but with the passage of time it became illegible. Now smudgy black finger stains obscure empty promises and forgotten smear campaigns.
This treatment by the media causes them to grow a bulbous misshapen head. It is indiscreet and difficult to hide. The head develops a crust to protect itself. It is hardened against the words of the media, but also becomes a place for the public to vent their emotion. My puppets attempt to convey the expression that happens to have stuck. Making it known to the public for perpetuity. A mask snapped by the quick finger of the paparazzi, but not representative of that person.
As the work has developed new ways of collaging have been employed. Throughout construction I attempt to be seamless in connecting them. The edge where the image changes is obscured until it re-emerges as a component of drawing, a form, tone or shade. Only subtle differences are noticeable between body parts such as whether skin has hair, veins, tattoos, blemishes or if they are male or female. I like the fact that a body surface of marble can be as smooth and rounded as one of skin. Whether it is cold hard inorganic matter or rippling bands of muscle.
Sometimes the images are anatomically correct others as if a broken bone. I am always trying to play with scale and perspective. I like these to unsettle the viewer but for them at the same time to be reassured by the convincingness of the finish.
My aim is to form new narratives. This process is assisted by grouping subjects together, so that there is more likelihood that I will notice similarities, i.e. religion, ecology, surveillance, politicians or community. Sometimes though it is just the proximity of a Buddha next to a washing machine because there is some slight alignment of colour or form, some recurring pattern common.
Backgrounds that change bring a variety of different contexts to the figure. Giving it the setting of a gym, an Olympic Arena and a museum all at the same time. The overall composition is a strange juxtaposition of images that overlay one another. A new narrative formed by the addition of a flag, a swimming pool or another figure.
Newspaper layouts can often be looked at as if acting on a subliminal level. Through the design of a page we may be confronted with an inappropriate or a complimentary combination of images. With the collages I seek to explore that placement of ill-fitting imagery. In a portrait piece Angela Merkel, a fiery politician and a dappy bottle blond glamour model come together.
The media, it seems, does not spare a thought for the way that they portray people. Whether they are putting them in a positive or negative light, talking them up or belittling them. They lack the sensitivity not to put images that will offend people next to one another on the same page or in a news bulletin. A person that has been accused of something and then is acquitted is still in danger of seeing an article in print that will cause them pain or discomfort. There can also be a lack of respect for the privacy of people involved in a crime.
People are portrayed to suit their own stories, one day it’s a tubby overweight travel cop, the next dignified bobbies on the beat doing their job. Always full of contradictions. Photographers and journalists capture expressions that are sometimes unexpected at others staged.
The work makes a comment about class in society. How classes can be made equal through treatment by media, to them regardless of whether you are a royal or of working class descent everyone is the same. Class boundaries are also reinforced, bringing Prince Charles onto a troubled south London housing estate surely could only exacerbate them. I find it interesting how such opposites of character can exist in one body and seek to portray this through my work.
Different physiological processes that happens when a sinew goes under stresses and strains. During sleep or death how our facial features change or in the process of aging when the elasticity leaves your skin. I am interested in capturing the way that muscles flex and lose their firmness, in the way a scar acts as documentation of a person’s history, giving visual evidence to traumatic events that have been sustained.
It is important that loose skin, wrinkles, eyebrows, corner of smiles, pockmarked skin, hair or laugh lines match up. I find it interesting that you can go from a frown to a smile in one image. From a leer or a sneer to a look of trustworthiness. From a double chin to a twisted chin.
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Stanley Dishon was indicted on Wednesday in connection with the death of Jessica. Kimberly Jordan Michael Keely Rhianna Kropf Giorvanna Larathe Heather MacIntyre Mark Madson Neda Majidimehr Kevin Malone Beverly Maniscalco Neil Marshall Nico Martin Christine Matthews Bruce McClain Renee McCray. 12 Best turning 50 images in 2018 | Messages, Birthday shirts. May the all merciful G-D, King of all kings, be there to comfort his most prized possessions, HIS CHILDREN!!!!!!!. To help safeguard the users of this service from spam, we require you to enter the characters you see in the following image. "Stan" Sager, '57, was born October 17, 1929, in Concordia, Kan. Ex-wife: Stanley Dishon "significantly affected" by Jessica Dishon's murder Special Assignment: Jessica Dishon 11 years later Stanley Dishon takes plea deal in niece's death, unrelated child sex assault cases Stanley Dishon pleads guilty in 1999 death of Jessica Dishon Uncle pleads guilty in Jessica Dishon slaying. Defendant was tried capitally before a jury at the 30 March 1998 session of Superior Court, Wayne County. We now know that he has molested six other victims besides Jessica. Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Franklin Township 1000 Greenlawn Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43223 (614) 444-1123 This page is part of Central Ohio Grave Search. com is the online home of the Sixth Marine Division Association and is dedicated to remembering and honoring the legacy of the Sixth Marine Division in World War II. Kevin was a member of the Kickapoo Tribe. Stanley Van Winkle. The groom is the son of Stanley Paszkiewicz and Debbie Feuer. , Sherrill, formerly of Oneida, died Friday. She was a homemaker and a member of a. Charles Stanley Radio 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. She was born on August. Last year, police arrested and charged her uncle Stanley Dishon, 55.
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Astro Wars Review
November 17, 2012 March 3, 2014 ausretrogamer 0 Comments 1980, Astro Wars, classic game, Epoch, Grandstand, portable tabletop
So, how does this Astro Wars play ? Well, as a shoot’em up, it is quite simple – move your earth ship left / right to avoid missiles from the fierce squadron of attacking fighters and fire back to blast them into smithereens. Once you blast away waves of enemy fighters, warships and command ships, you attempt the docking manoeuvre – landing the upper module to the rocket part of your earth ship. Succeed with this manoeuvre, and you are given extra points. Speaking of points, once you reach 9999, the counter resets to zero and you have effectively “clocked the game”. When you do end up finishing the game, you still want to re-play it. Now that is saying something for a game that has been around for 30+ years.
October 24, 2012 January 2, 2014 Matt McKee 0 Comments 1980, atari, Berzerk, classic arcade game, classic games, killer robots, mame, retro gaming, video game review
Everything has an “electric” feel to it, from the laser shots to instant death from brushing against a wall. You receive points by destroying the robots, but you can’t hang around too long before escaping or “Evil” Otto will quickly be on your ass. Otto, a bodiless smiley face, is the “Smoke Monster” of video games. A true indestructible enemy that will chase you down like a heat-seeking missile.
October 9, 2012 March 11, 2014 Matt McKee 0 Comments 1980, 3d games, atari, battle games, battlezone, classic games, retro gaming, tank games, video game reviews
For the few of you who haven’t played Battlezone, it’s a 1st-person, vector tank-shooter set on the freaking moon, of all places. Although gravity doesn’t come into play anywhere in the game, so they could have just set it on Earth. But, two aspects of the game probably will explain why they did it this way; One, the background is constant black, giving it a “30 Days of Night” feel to keep you on edge, but I’m sure the reason for this was for the bright green vector lines would show better. Two, they decided to throw flying saucers and tank-sized guided-missiles at you as an extra slice of variety of just shooting other tanks. Anyway, it works well and I now wouldn’t want it any other way. The HUD is all in red, which has your score, number of tanks left, and most importantly, a radar showing you exactly where the next tank is. When it appears directly behind you
Star Castle
February 11, 2012 March 24, 2014 J.A. Laraque 0 Comments 1980, arcade games, cannon defense, cinematronics, classic game, Star Castle, vector
Now, something to keep in mind, which I did not know, your goal is not to destroy the entire outer shield because if you do it will regenerate. This makes the game harder because you want to hit the same spots and make a small window in the shield to take out the cannon. As you can see in the video, I was not very good at this.
Classic Windows Games Computer Games
October 18, 2011 June 12, 2015 Dan Epp 1 Comment 1980, Activision, Infocom, Personal Software, text adventure, zork
Who could forget Zork’s opening: “You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.” The text-based parser would respond to your directions, such as “Open mailbox” or even just “open”. Actually, the parser was quite advanced for the genre, as it was able to handle conjunctions and prepositions, such as “open the mailbox and read the leaflet,” and had a wide array of verbs and nouns that it recognized. Of course, if you tried a command that it didn’t know, the parser would just respond with, “I don’t understand that” or a pre-programmed witty response if you tried something the programmers anticipated you would, like typing in “jump” and getting “Wheeee!!!” as a response. For fun, type in any of the following: zork, win, repent, yell, and see what the parser says back.
June 2, 2011 August 24, 2017 J.A. Laraque 1 Comment 1980, akira, anime, Cowboy Bebop, Doraemon, Dragonball Z, Full Metal Alchemist, gian, Japan, naruto, nobita nobi, okemon, robot cat, shizuka, studio ghibli, suneo, the inverted paradox, Yu-Gi-Oh
In Japan Doraemon is a phenomenon, being easily as well-known and popular as Mickey Mouse is in the US and Europe. Like most anime characters, he started out life in the pages of a manga series (comic books) which date back as far as 1969, but before long he had his own TV show too which now has over 2000 episodes and counting (they’re mostly pretty short though). He’s also starred in a number of films, and all of this has helped to cement his presence in most walks of life.
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newswire article portland metro 19.Dec.2001 23:53
Join the Int'l Movement to DEMAND Inquiry into 9-11, and possible US Govt collus
author: Bill Douglas e-mail: findtruth40@hotmail.com
"Wake up Neo . . . the matrix has you." ACT NOW!!!
Join the International Movement DEMANDING Inquiry into 9-11, and possible US Govt / CIA involvement. US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Operation Northwood, was an actual operational plan to commit domestic terror on US civilians to whip America into a war frenzy. US plans more invasions.
I urge you to consider this.
Ashcroft continues to assail civil liberties, as Bush prepares
America for possible invasion of Iraq, Somalia, North Korea, and a
dozen other countries (Nightline), Bush gaff reveals he saw jet hit
1st tower long before America even saw the 2nd tower hit on TV (what station was he watching?), and Egypt's joins the parade of foreign state
intelligence that warned Bush/CIA before 9-11. IF YOU HAVE HAD ABOUT
ENOUGH, AND ARE READY TO JOIN AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT TO DEMAND
INQUIRY INTO 9-11 AND POSSIBLE CIA / US GOVT. COLLUSION, reply to
mailto: findtruth38@hotmail.com?subject=send_kit
Right now the world activist community is running from one springing
leak to another while the powers that be keep punching new holes in
the dam, be it attacks on the environment, new wars, civil liberties
being stripped, human rights abuses, US domestic terror threats, etc.
Our scattered focus makes us relatively powerless. IF we could
gather our strength and FOCUS LIKE A LASER BEAM on this issue of "was
there US govt. collusion in 9-11?", we could create a ROAR of demand
worldwide that could command a full investigation into the inner
workings of a network that has manipulated foreign govts, repressed
peoples of the world, strip mined the environment, etc. in the name
of greed.
THIS IS THE ROOT! By DEMANDING an inquiry all other things can begin
to heal. I believe that they like it when we are scattered in a
million places arguing over this lake's clarity, or this country's
human rights issue, or genetic engineering, or air pollution -- NEVER
LOOKING AT THE ROOT that ships nearly ALL weapons to developing
countries (World Bank stats), thereby retarding social progress in
countries so they can have "stable" economic investments no matter
how repressive those governments are, or manipulating elections to
get more "business friendly" leaders in other nations (ones less
concerned with environmental laws, labor laws, and less concerned
with genetic engineered crops, etc.).
OUR ABILITY TO CHANGE THE WORLD IS RIGHT HERE IN OUR HANDS, AND HAS
BEEN BUILT OVER THE LAST 2 DECADES. WE ONLY NEED TO SEE IT FOR WHAT
IT'S GREATEST STRENGTH IS. The organizations built in the last 20
years over the environment, human rights, civil rights, animal
rights, the election irregularities and the stolen 2000 election,
etc. -- HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF CHANGING THE WORLD -- IF WE CAN COME
TOGETHER. The internet, and international coordination of activists
worldwide, our networks, and ability to move mass information freely
through the world via the internet is A POWERFUL TOOL. BUT NOT, if
we have ten thousand different issues flying to the media and
government. WE MUST CREATE A DRUMBEAT THAT WILL FORCE THEM TO LOOK
AT THE ROOT!!
The Activist Kit created through the work of journalists and
academics worldwide offered freely to anyone is a tool that empowers
individuals to MOVE BEYOND THE HAMSTER WHEEL OF "ACTIVIST ONLY
TALKING TO OTHER ACTIVISTS, AND AROUND AND AROUND" and empowers them
to move the 8 disturbing reports around 9-11 (all sourced to
mainstream media articles) out to world media, world government,
Congress, US Governors, etc. etc. to DEMAND inquiry.
If we cannot focus on this, all our various issues are only noise.
We must FOCUS. And THIS IS THE ISSUE OF OUR TIME! Why?
Most activists are aware the CIA has been manipulating governments,
elections, and supporting human rights abuses in other countries.
HOWEVER, THEY STEPPED ACROSS THE LINE IF THEY HAD A PART IN 9-11.
Because, Americans (I'm sad to say) were very acquiesent about the
CIA doing their dirty deeds in other countries, BUT THEY WILL HAVE A
DIFFERENT ATTITUDE WHEN THEY BEGIN TO LEARN THEY MAY HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED IN THE NY WTC TERROR ON INNOCENT AMERICANS.
SECONDLY, some minor underling "got a little greedy" when he made the
stock short profits off American and United Airlines the week before
9-11. This exposes a soft underbelly of a beast that normally is
impregnable to investigation. PROBLEM is the US media is not looking
into it (which is bizzare because they had a media orgasm over the
insider stock trading discovery on 9-12 and 9-13 when they thought it
was Arab terrorists). Of course now we know it leads to AB Brown
Trust, an investment firm that has been close to CIA ops for some
time, chaired up until a couple years ago by AB Krongard (now the #3
man at the CIA). In this light Bush's bizarre recent act of "sealing
presidential records from scrutiny" for the first time in US history,
becomes so suspicious it almost rattles you apart to try and deny
just how suspicious it is.
So, to recap of why we should be moving on this now:
1) Americans will FINALLY be repulsed by CIA ops if they find they
were connected to 9-11
2) The greedy underling opened up the soft belly when he did the
stock shorts, there lies a thread to unravel the dark armor (if
pursued).
3) If people that were willing to kill 5,000 of their own are in
positions of power, how much compassionate civil rights, human
rights, or environmental rights legislation will really pass? Enough
to keep us scampering and busy all the time, yes, but enough to
really change anything in any significant way? No way!
NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT, THE ACTIVIST KITS are powerful tools, IF WE
CAN FOCUS THE WORLD ACTIVIST COMMUNITY WORLDWIDE TO CIRCULATE THESE
KITS AND EXPAND THEM WITH OTHER CONTACT LISTS WE CAN "GET AROUND" THE
PROPAGANDA MEDIA OF THE U.S. AND GET AMERICANS AND OTHERS WORLDWIDE
TO DEMAND INQUIRY INTO 9-11. And in doing so perform the most
healing and meaningful act we can for the future of our country and
our planet.
Bush is now preparing Americans for invasion of Iraq, Somalia, and
many other countries including North Korea (Nightline). Things can
get out of hand very fast. The wider the war, the less Americans and
the media will have the appetite for inquiry. A few more anthrax
letters carefully placed, or another major terrorist strike "allowed"
to happen will put Americans into a goose stepping mode that could
have horrible results.
Help me get the Activist Kit out, and URGE every group to make the
DEMAND FOR INQUIRY THEIR PRIORITY IN COMING MONTHS!
God bless, Godspeed.
reply to findtruth38@hotmail.com with "Send Kit" in subject line to
get free kit
"Why of course the people don't want war ... But after all it is the
leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a
simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or
a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship
...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding
of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they
are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism
and exposing the country to danger."
--Hermann Goering, Nazi leader, at the
Nuremberg Trials after World War II
WHY DID MAINSTREAM MEDIA "VOW TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE INSIDER
TRADING THAT PROFITED OFF THE 9-11 HORROR," AND THEN SUDDENLY . . .
DROPPED THE STORY?
The 8 DISTURBING FACTS:
- The Bush Administration forced the FBI to back off of the Bin Laden
investigation months before 9-11. [BBC transcript BUSH - BIN LADEN
HIDDEN AGENDA!!!]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/events/newsnight/newsid_1645000/16455
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"I Don't Buy It" " I was one of the first tenants in the World Trade Center (WTC) back in 1979. Back then----over 20 years ago----it was known to all the tenants of the WTC that the WTC was a "no fly" zone. If you came within 12 miles of the WTC, flying outside of a pattern where you were supposed to be, you were warned to back off. If you came within five miles, they would threaten to shoot you down. If you came within three miles, they could shoot you down. If I remember correctly, on the roof of tower No. 2 they had surface to air missiles for that purpose, plus also the Spatz helicopters for that purpose. "I had a friend who was flying a small plane who got warned away and they almost blew him out of the sky 20 years ago because he was showing somebody a close view of the towers. "I can see the first tower getting hit by surprise, but 15 minutes later the second tower also gets hit? I don't buy it."
-- Walter Burien, Radio Free America, Nov 11, 2001
- The CIA station chief in Dubai met with Bin Laden 7 weeks before
9-11, and at a time when Bin Laden was supposedly "wanted" by the CIA.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,584444,00.html (UK Guardian)
·(German Trans.) http://www.orf.at/orfon/011031-44569/index.html
(US Wash Times Artcl: www.washtimes.com Report: bin Laden treated at US hospital
Elizabeth Bryant UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Published 10/31/2001
- INSIDER TRADING PROFITS off of 9-11 were frenzied over by the US
media when they thought it was Arab terrorists . . . but then the
story mysteriously died. Until, the UK Independent reveals that it
leads to a firm chaired by the 3rd highest man in the CIA (and
stranger still is that $2.5 million of the "winnings" are still
unclaimed (see below for URL to entire story).
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/RUP110A.html . Info confirmed by
Independent Newspaper in UK: http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?
story=99402
- ABC News.com's May/2001 story resurfaces about how the US Joint
Chiefs of Staff have in the past ACTUALLY DESIGNED a plan to commit
domestic terror on Americans to whip them into a war hysteria, to
support war efforts by the govt.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/jointchiefs_010501.html
[The National Security Archive has a PDF version of the Operation
Northwoods plan, which author James Bamford says "may be the most
corrupt plan ever created by the U.S. government." It can be found at
the following URL:]
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/
- Strangely Anthrax is sent to (not the President, or Republicans)
but to the top Democrat and to the media. A foriegn terrorist would
probably want to "divide" the country, not unite the opposition and
the media in the war effort.
- New Science Journal says Anthrax sent to Daschle is NOT Russian or
Iraqi, but likely US military strain.
- San Francisco Chronicle reports, the anthrax strain produced in US
University is destroyed on ok of FBI (they had studied this for
years, some at university question the timing of the destruction of
those anthrax spores . . . right now of all times (?))
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?
f=/chronicle/archive/2001/11/09/MN153227.DTL
- Bush Admin. declares they will "seal the records of presidents
beginning with Father Bush/Reagans (an act never before done in US
presidential history)." AND What bizarre timing. In the midst of a
war and an economic disaster -- they find the time and "the desire"
to seal the records of the Reagan/Bush admin, just as info is
surfacing about Bush/Bin Laden connections from years back. (Details
in Scripps-Howard News Service, appearing in Chico, CA paper on
11/5/2001)
"It is not a stretch to wonder if this White House is up to something
that it doesn't want known 12 years from now or anytime thereafter.
[A direct quote from the piece carried by Scripps Howard News
Service. Re: Bush's sealing of presidential records for the first
time in U.S. history]
FTW) - On November 28th an estimated 1,000 people came from as far away as Seattle and San Francisco to Portland State University to see FTW Publisher/Editor Mike Ruppert give a 2 hour lecture and documentary presentation on the events surrounding the September 11th attacks and their aftermath. Starting with an offer of $1,000 to anyone who could show that any of the sources he cited were not authentic or misrepresented, Ruppert launched into an display of more than 40 visual exhibits showing government complicity in and foreknowledge of the attacks.
The event was organized by the campus newspaper The Rear Guard and its editor Dimitris Desyllas. I never expected that we would have this kind of turnout, Desyllas said. But it is obvious that the public has very deep concerns about what we are being told and what the government is doing. We eventually brought in 860 chairs and there were people all around the walls and on the floor. One of the volunteer videographers at the event was a Native American spiritual teacher of the Dakota Sioux nation, Skip Mahawk.
Mahawk, then with the 101st Airborne Division, won the Congressional Medal of Honor at the legendary 1969 Vietnam War battle known as Hamburger Hill. Mahawk refused to accept the decoration.
Ruppert's lecture was full of documentary evidence. After pointing out -
among other things - that the Chief of Pakistani intelligence (approved for his position by the CIA) ordered a $100,000 wire transfer to lead hijackerMohammed Atta; that the Bush family had business dealings with the bin Laden family through the Carlyle Group, that the U.S. and British governments had extensive military deployments already in the area before the attacks, and that the Bush administration had ordered the FBI to stop investigating two relatives of Osama bin Laden living near CIA headquarters this January, Ruppert launched into the centerpiece of the lecture which was a visual presentation of his time line of events around September 11th - which left some members of the audience in tears. See: http://www.copvcia.com/stories/nov_2001/lucy.html
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Former Clinton aide, Lanny Davis, columnist joins Woodward in claiming White House threat
Former Clinton aide, columnist joins Woodward in claiming White House threat | Fox News:
"Another member of the Washington political media stepped forward Thursday to claim he was threatened by the Obama White House, shortly after the White House denied reports that an adviser threatened famed Watergate journalist Bob Woodward.
The latest claim comes from Lanny Davis, who served as counsel to former President Bill Clinton and later went on to write a column for The Washington Times. In a radio interview on WMAL, Davis said that a 'senior Obama White House official' once called his editor at the Times and said that if the paper continued to run his columns, 'his reporters would lose their credentials.' "
Subway founder says company 'wouldn't exist' if started under today's regulations
Subway founder says company 'wouldn't exist' if started under today's regulations | Fox News:
"The founder of Subway restaurants is slamming the government for harsh regulations he says hurt small businesses, saying he would not have been able to successfully start his company in today's climate. " ...
Why would anyone be surprised by this. Democrats don't like business of any type. They assume every business has lots of money and is cheating the public. They think it is their right to tax and regulate all business. That this makes no sense to anyone with a brain explains why there are so many Democrats.
Why Nobody Can Copy Apple | cek.log:
… "It only focuses on one customer: The Consumer." ...
The media is very predictable. They knock whoever is on top. It's a simple paridim and easy for small minds to follow.
Behind the Curtain: Bob Woodward at war - POLITICO.com
Behind the Curtain: Bob Woodward at war - POLITICO.com:
"Bob Woodward called a senior White House official last week to tell him that in a piece in that weekend’s Washington Post, he was going to question President Barack Obama’s account of how sequestration came about - and got a major-league brushback. The Obama aide ‘yelled at me for about a half hour,’ Woodward told us in an hour-long interview yesterday around the Georgetown dining room table where so many generations of Washington’s powerful have spilled their secrets." ...
Bob Woodward: White House Threatened Me On Sequester Reporting
Bob Woodward: White House Threatened Me On Sequester Reporting - Business Insider:
"Bob Woodward said this evening on CNN that a 'very senior person' at the White House warned him in an email that he would 'regret doing this,' the same day he has continued to slam President Barack Obama over the looming forced cuts known as the sequester.
CNN host Wolf Blitzer said that the network invited a White House official to debate Woodward on-air, but the White House declined.
'It makes me very uncomfortable to have the White House telling reporters, 'You're going to regret doing something that you believe in,'' Woodward said."
Only a reporter of Woodward's stature in the liberal media would get away with this. Sad to say the pattern of abuse of our liberties seems to be escalating under Obama.
HT:N
http://www.prebleny.com/: Increase in server errors
Google detected a significant increase in the number of URLs we could not access. It is likely that your server had an internal error or was busy when attempting to process these requests.
The reason is that those URLs no longer exist. They were lost when I moved the blog here. I'm going to look into getting all the 404 error pages switched to here. I have the entire database of all those pages for anyone who wants it. Just email me at frank@prebleny.com
Tesla says it lost “hundreds” of orders after New York Times controversy
Tesla says it lost “hundreds” of orders after New York Times controversy | Ars Technica:
… "‘The result was that the car ran out of range. There was this sad shot of our car on a flatbed as though that was the only outcome possible for such a drive and that's just not true. And lots of people said that it does not matter if you're right or wrong, you do not battle the New York Times. To hell with that. I would rather tell the truth and suffer the consequences even if they are negative. I do not think it should be the end of his career or that he should be fired, but I do think that he fudged an article.'" ...
Why would anyone trust the NYT with or for anything. I'm sure a lot of NYT reading liberals were buying the car because it's the trendy green thing to do and the NYT just gave them an out with their lefty buddies.
John Kerry praises work of US diplomats in Kyrzakhstan (a country which doesn't exist)
John Kerry praises work of US diplomats in Kyrzakhstan (a country which doesn't exist) | Mail Online:
-sigh- We're doomed, doomed!
Iranian Regime Photoshops Michelle Obama’s Dress to Cover chest and shoulders
Too Hot for the Mullahs… Iranian Regime Photoshops Michelle Obama’s Dress | The Gateway Pundit: ""
When your spring is wound that tight it'll snap at any moment. We ought to send them some gay porn, that ought to do it.
Critics: Some of Seth MacFarlane's Oscar jokes 'inappropriate,' 'sexist'
Critics: Some of Seth MacFarlane's Oscar jokes 'inappropriate,' 'sexist' | Fox News: ""
The critics could have written that before seeing the Oscars. Hell, what did anyone expect of MacFarlane anyway. I only watched the clip about the song, "We saw your boobs" and anyone thinking a nine year old hasn't heard worse on the schoolyard is fooling themselves.
Obama's secret energy lab spawns million dollar govt employee
CO: Secret energy lab spawns million dollar govt employee « Watchdog.org Watchdog.org:
Like area 51 but with a lot of stupid added.
Things sure happened fast.
Firearms Companies Restricting Sales To GOVERNMENT Agencies In Areas That Restrict Gun Rights
Firearms Companies Restricting Sales To GOVERNMENT Agencies In Areas That Restrict Gun Rights | CNS News: ""
It's hard for me to believe that Democrats really are trying to take our rights away. I've always thought it was just a threat but now it's real and that worries me. Guess I better buy a gun while I still can.
Mayor Bloomberg Wishes the Press Would Let Obama Alone
Mayor Bloomberg Wishes the Press Would Let Obama Golf in Peace | Politicker: ""
And that my friends is how you kiss a little political ass.
This is how NY State is going downhill because of Democrats and Environmental Whacos
As New York delays decision on fracking, Pennsylvania sees economic boom | Fox News: ""
I feel sorry for my friends in NY State and I'm glad as hell I moved out of there.
John Boehner: The President Is Raging Against a Budget Crisis He Created
John Boehner: The President Is Raging Against a Budget Crisis He Created - WSJ.com:
"Obama invented the 'sequester' in the summer of 2011 to avoid facing up to America's spending problem." ...
Elected Officials Are Fundamentally Dishonest | The Newtown Bee (Connecticut)
Elected Officials Are Fundamentally Dishonest | The Newtown Bee:
"To the Editor:
This letter was forwarded to Barack Obama, John Boehner, Chris Murphy, Dick Blumenthal, Elizabeth Esty, and Harry Reid
I live in Sandy Hook, CT. My family and close friends weren't harmed on December 14. That day impacted 26 families with an indescribable, staggering pain and anguish. For most of Sandy Hook, it merely affected us with an inescapable intensity of sadness and grief.
Gun control has long been a focus of many in this country. Though I'm not knowledgeable of all the nuances of the Second Amendment, based on the Founding Fathers' circumstances, it had far more to do with enabling the citizenry to protect themselves against tyrannical government than against local psychopaths. It is about providing a balanced firepower so when King George's successor came knocking on your door, you could fight back. Government today is no less inclined to abuse its authority than it was then. Based on the absurd and ongoing power grab that is present day Washington, it's as threatening as ever.
That so many of you view the NRA with its resistance to further restrictions on firearms as intransigent lunatics has far more to do with how you conduct yourselves in office than it does with the NRA's actions.
You in public office are fundamentally dishonest people. You lead lives of deception at every turn, structuring your lives as comfortably as you can while governing with an indifference and arrogance that is absolutely maddening. When the country is reeling from financial disaster, you waste a trillion dollars on a health care bill we can't afford and you've never read. You claim it's critical because health care costs are killing this country... no they're not, you are! You are killing this country. You endorse the ongoing slaughter of millions of unborn children and whine when terrorists are water boarded. You can't lecture us right in Newtown High School about not doing enough to keep our children safe, while simultaneously slaughtering the unborn. You fabricate the intense, media laden drama of the fiscal cliff and lack the courage to do anything about truly reforming the obscene gluttony of government. You know you'll be out of office before the bill comes due… you don't care and have no integrity nor honor.
You lie whenever and wherever you need to to move forth your agenda. Were you able, you would purge the US of guns… every last gun in the country, if you could. So please forgive Wayne LaPierre and those of us who don't trust you as far as we can spit. You're a dishonest lot, motivated by a distorted worldview. If mass murder prevention were truly your goal, you would welcome armed security wherever needed. It is outrageous that we protect our money with far more firepower than we protect our children.
I have never owned a gun, nor wanted to as intensely as right now. You'll stop restricting guns when only you have them.
Brendan Duffy
4 Chestnut Knoll Drive, Sandy Hook January 8, 2013"
Another Business Visited by Obama Closes | The Weekly Standard:
"Last week, it was announced that Ray's Hell Burger just outside Washington, D.C. would be closing its doors. A fan of the burger joint was President Obama, who had visited the location with his Russian counterpart.
Well, it's happened again. In August, Obama visited Star Brewery in Dubuque. And now a local publication reports that the business is closing its doors." ...
Last summer a local Radford VA cookie shop refused to let Biden stop for a photo op. The cookie shop got a lot of press about it and is doing just fine.
However, the owner of the restaurant next door, a good and faithful democrat told the news that he would have welcomed Biden. He closed a month ago. It's not that letting Obama into your business that puts a pox on it, it's being a good and faithful democrat that doesn't know shit about running a business that's doing them in.
Russian meteorite 1,000 times bigger than originally thought
Russian meteorite 1,000 times bigger than originally thought | Fox News:
… "The meteorite actually weighed closer to 10,000 tons, scientists said.
‘My guess is that someone eyeballed the videos and made an educated guess,’ said Margaret Campbell-Brown, associate professor in the department of physics and astronomy at the University of Western Ontario. ‘This event was so much bigger than anything we've seen on video that it doesn't surprise me the guess was off by three orders of magnitude.’ " ...
"Whats worn under a mans kilt?" She asked
He replied moments later with
"Nothing, its all in perfect working order"
HT:J
Gas Prices Soar 51 Cents in Just Two Months | CNS News:
"Gas Prices Soar 51 Cents in Just Two Months February 18, 2013 Per gallon cost has risen every business day for a month.
By Julia Seymour Subscribe to RSS Consumers are taking another huge hit in 2013. First, the two percent Social Security tax hike began the year. Now, gas prices are soaring ever closer to $4 a gallon and have jumped 51 cents a gallon since Dec. 20.
According to the Oil Price Information Service, the national average for a gallon of unleaded was $3.21.9 on Dec. 20, 2012. Today, that price is $3.73.0. While there has been a steady increase, prices shot almost 9 cents just over the weekend.
This President's Day also marked a full month of rising gas prices every single business day, following a very small early year drop. Gas prices began rising Jan. 18, from $3.29.3-a-gallon, and have soared since. If this increase continues, gas prices could threaten or even top the all-time high price of $4.11, set in 2008.
February 2013 saw record high gas prices for the time of year according to news reports. CNBC noted the national average was the highest ever for the time of year on Feb. 1. As of Feb. 11, The Los Angeles Times reported that the national average that day ($3.587) was also a record, '7.8 cents higher than the record for Feb. 11, set last year.' Today's price is now 17.6 cents higher than 2012.
It took the media some time to catch on to rising gas prices, as 'Good Morning America's' Josh Elliot said two weeks after the climb began that 'we have just learned that gas prices have skyrocketed.'" ...
Of course this has absolutely nothing to do with Obama getting re-elected, no, nothing to do with that at all, just a coincidence is all.
SIMPLE TRUTH 1
Lovers help each other undress before sex.
However after sex, they always dress on their own.
Moral of the story: In life, no one helps you once you're screwed.
When a lady is pregnant, all her friends touch the stomach and say,
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2. Forgive your enemy, but remember the ass-hole's name.
3. If you help someone when they're in trouble, they will remember you when they're in trouble again.
4. Many people are alive only because it's illegal to shoot them.
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Mom's stripping halts NY school assembly, police say
Mom's stripping halts NY school assembly, police say | Fox News:
"Police say a mother who got on stage and started to strip during an upstate New York school assembly is facing child endangerment and lewdness charges.
Albany police say 24-year-old Aydrea Meaders was arrested at North Albany Academy on Friday morning." ...
A image search on Google for "Aydrea Meaders" reminds me of that old black comic, Redd Foxx's line, "Beauty may be skin deep but ugly is… to da bone!"
Facebook paid no taxes despite record profits | Fox News:
"Despite earning more than $1 billion in profits last year, social media juggernaut Facebook paid zilch when it came to federal and state taxes in 2012.
In fact, the website will actually be getting a refund totaling $429 million thanks to a tax reduction for executive stock options." ...
WTF? Oh wait, Obama is friends with Facebook's owner, Mark Zuckerberg, that explains it.
Obama: 'The Problem Is ... I’m Not the Emperor of the United States'
Obama: 'The Problem Is ... I’m Not the Emperor of the United States' | The Weekly Standard: ""
That he sees this as a problem is disturbing. Sure you can say he was just using that to explain a point but it shows he wishes he was Emperor. Lucky for all of us that won't happen. Well, maybe that could happen if he and the dems manage to take away all our guns.
Fallen “Idol”: Ratings Tank This Week, Beaten by CBS Comedy Block
Fallen “Idol”: Ratings Tank This Week, Beaten by CBS Comedy Block | Showbiz411:
"It’s easy to see why Idol’s numbers are sliding. Nicki Minaj destroys the show. Her petty, malformed, ignorant and arrogant utterances make me cringe. Her speaking voice reminds me of ice breaking on a frozen lake. Fingernails on a chalkboard resonate a more pleasant sound than her voice."
I stopped watching after the first show for the same reason. The judges are simply not up to what they were with Simon and Paula. Minaj is just odd to watch and listen too. Maybe I'm to old, I'll give you that and maybe the kids like her, but I sure don't see any talent there.
High U.S. Income Tax Rate Has Boxing Superstar Manny Pacquiao on the Ropes
Americans for Tax Reform : High U.S. Income Tax Rate Has Boxing Superstar Manny Pacquiao on the Ropes:
… "At the end of the day, people migrate and invest in places where they will receive the most for their services and skills. The higher the income tax, the less return these same people will see. By continuing to have this excessively high income tax, the U.S. continues to discourage businesses and workers looking to make profitable investments."
BREAKING: Huge Meteor Explodes Over Russia.:
"[UPDATE: When I wrote the headline for this article, I thought there was evidence the meteor had broken up in a single event while still high up in the atmosphere, so I used the word 'explode'. I don't want to mislead people; there may not have been any explosion at all. To be clear, the 'explosion' heard in so many videos below is almost certianly from the shock wave of the meteoroid, and not from it exploding or hitting the ground.]" ...
Several videos more. The longest one shows people coming out of buildings, glass flying and a little panic. Someone who understands russian might be able to understand what they are saying.
Russia Meteor shower- Sonic Boom Rocks Russian Neighborhood.
Russian meteor: Spectacular dash cam video of meteorite fireball falling...
Rahm Emanuel Toying With 2016 Presidential Run, Sources Say
Rahm Emanuel Toying With 2016 Presidential Run, Sources Say - The Daily Beast:
"Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is said by well-connected Democrats to be considering the idea of running for president if Hillary Clinton opts out of the 2016 race." ...
And he'll turn the whole country into Chicago...
Chicago Guardsman Gunned Down While Shielding 2-Year-Old Son
Indiana Guardsman Gunned Down While Shielding 2-Year-Old Son « CBS Chicago:
"Home from Afghanistan for just five months, 25-year-old Indiana National Guardsman Willie Cook was gunned down while shielding his two-year-old son." ...
Democrat George Soros Said to Make $1 Billion Since November on Yen Bet
Soros Said to Make $1 Billion Since November on Yen Bet - Bloomberg:
"George Soros made almost $1 billion since November from bets that the yen would tumble, according to a person close to the billionaire’s $24 billion family office." ...
Take that Barbara Feinstein...
Trump Plaza sold for bargain-basement $20 million:
… "Trump Plaza, which cost $210 million to build, opened in May 1984 as one of Donald Trump's pet projects." ...
A friend of mine knew where they dumped the stuff from the hardware department at Sears where the roof caved in. I still have a few pieces of that after all these years. I mean, many packages of hinges can one man use...
Democrats Introduce Legislation to Confiscate Firearms – Gives Gun Owners 90 Days to Turn in Weapons
Missouri Democrats Introduce Legislation to Confiscate Firearms – Gives Gun Owners 90 Days to Turn in Weapons | The Gateway Pundit: ""
Whoever said Democrats want to take away your guns is, well, right!
I'm playing with some new templates. You can switch to any of the others, including, Classic in you want to keep it simple. Just use the pull down menu on the left under the title, PrebleNY.
Illegal immigrant and registered sex offender working for Democrat in Congress
DHS chief: Menendez intern should have been deported earlier - Washington Times:
"Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she didn’t order immigration agents to delay arresting an illegal immigrant and registered sex offender working for Sen. Robert Menendez’s(D) New Jersey office in the middle of his re-election campaign last year."
A sex offender in Congress! Why that's unheard of. Next thing they'll be adulterers working there. I mean, you know, other than the elected ones.
Warning: Don’t view if you have a latex paint allergy.
Average Joe? Joe Biden Spends $1 Million Annually for Weekend Trips
Biden Spends $1 Million Annually for Weekend Trips:
"Every Friday, Biden takes a helicopter designated as Marine Two from the vice president’s residence to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland and then hops on Air Force Two to fly back to his home in Delaware. At the end of the weekend, he returns on Air Force Two, usually a Boeing C-32.
Vice President Biden boards Air Force Two. (AP Photo) During warm weather, Biden regularly returns to Andrews on the airplane on Saturdays to play golf at the Air Force base with President Obama. After the golf game, he flies back to Delaware and returns to Washington on the plane on Sunday evening — all at taxpayer expense.
The cost of flying Air Force Two is $22,000 an hour, so each half-hour trip to or from Delaware costs about $10,000. Each golf game costs taxpayers $20,000. At that rate, the annual cost to taxpayers of Biden’s weekend trips is well over $1 million." ...
Hail to the king...
Fort Hood heroine says victims 'betrayed' by Obama | Fox News
Fort Hood heroine says victims 'betrayed' by Obama | Fox News:
… "'Betrayed is a good word,' former Sgt. Kimberly Munley told ABC News in an interview Tuesday. 'Not to the least little bit have the victims been taken care of. In fact, they've been neglected.'" ...
Heart Attack Grill's 'spokesman' dies of heart attack
Heart Attack Grill's 'spokesman' dies of heart attack | Fox News:
… "The Heart Attack Grill's slogan is 'Taste Worth Dying For' and it is known for its medical theme and high-caloric menu, which features items like the record-breaking 9,982-calorie, 3-pound Quadruple Bypass Burger." ...
Man, that makes me nauseous just thinking about it.
Few Korea hands in Obama administration’s Asia leadership team
Few Korea hands in Obama administration’s Asia leadership team | The Cable:
… "President Barack Obama issued a strongly worded statement" ...
Who needs Korean experts on your staff when you have, strongly wooded statements. NK must be shaking in their boots… or is that shaking from laughter. No, not laughter, hysterical laughter. As well they should, what an impotent threat, strongly worded statement indeed, harumph, pussies leading us, all just useless pussies.
65.4 Million Gun Purchases Since Obama Took Office, 91% More Than Bush's First-Term Total
65.4 Million Gun Purchases Since Obama Took Office, 91% More Than Bush's First-Term Total | CNS News:
"There have been 65,376,373 background checks completed for Americans purchasing firearms since February of 2009, the first full month of Barack Obama's presidency.
According to data compiled by the FBI, the number of Americans purchasing guns has skyrocketed since Obama was elected." ...
Ironic isn't it that the best way to reduce the number of guns is to un-elect those who want to take away our right to own guns.
The evidence suggests that God fucked up!
Nice Try, Debbie McFrizz. Nice Try. - Chicks on the Right:
"Oh Debbie.
According to this, Debbie Wasserman Schultz tried to pull one over on the press yesterday and totally got called out on it. In a conference call, she had a 'Medicare recipient from Florida,' Annett Capella, on hand to talk about how horrible and awful and terrible Marco Rubio is, in advance of his State of the Union rebuttal tonight.
Annette went on and on and on and on about how horrible and awful and terrible life would be for her and others like her if Medicare was changed and Rubio had his way. Because that's what Democrats do - they insist that changing a program which CANNOT LAST in its current state will hurt people, without bothering to tell them that if changes AREN'T made, then the program won't last anyway. They always leave that little tidbit of information out, because if they were honest, they'd risk losing voters. People with Actual Brains know this. Liberals, on the other hand....
ANYWAY, because Debbie McFrizz is patently incapable of being honest, you can imagine how awkward it must have been for her when a Palm Beach reporter asked her if Annette Capella was the same Annette Capella who heads up the St Johns Democratic Party.
Debbie hesitated, and then decided to let Annette answer. And Annette explained that she'd 'stepped down' from that role and is now just the Democratic state committeewoman for St Johns. Because that's super different, you see.
GAWD."
Obama's mic left on. "Americans are just stupid" .Says they should shutup
Economic Problems Wash Ashore as Lake Michigan's Water Level Hits Record Low
Economic Problems Wash Ashore as Lake Michigan's Water Level Hits Record Low | PBS NewsHour | Feb. 11, 2013 | PBS:
"JUDY WOODRUFF: Now: why some of the Great Lakes are dropping to record low levels, and the economic bite that's accompanying this environmental change." ...
Okay, let me get this straight. The seas are rising because of global warming so why are the great lakes doing just the opposite? Hmm, maybe the experts don't quite know what they are talking about. Close, but not quite.
CNN anchor questions whether global warming to blame for asteroid
CNN anchor questions whether global warming to blame for asteroid | Fox News:
"The threat of global warming may stretch so far beyond Earth that it affects meteorites millions of miles away in space -- at least according to one CNN anchor.
‘Talk about something else that’s falling from the sky and that is an asteroid. What’s coming our way? Is this an effect of, perhaps, of global warming, or is this just some meteoric occasion?’ CNN’s Deborah Feyerick asked Bill ‘The Science Guy’ Nye, head of the Planetary Society, in a Saturday segment." ...
It would seem that CNN picks their anchors for looks not brains.
Man Who Killed Osama Bin Laden - Treatment of Veteran Who Shot bin Laden - Esquire
Man Who Killed Osama Bin Laden - Treatment of Veteran Who Shot bin Laden -
Esquire: "For the first time, the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden tells his story — speaking not just about the raid and the three shots that changed history, but about the personal aftermath for himself and his family. And the startling failure of the United States government to help its most experienced and skilled warriors carry on with their lives." ...
ASSUME nothing, or so I should have thought. Before I killed off my WordPress blog hosted by GoDaddy I downloaded the whole thing including the 455MB data file and I did the same as an XTML file. I didn't think I would need them because I thought I could just redirect my blogging program, Ecto, to the new site and have it upload everything. What I didn't know was that Ecto isn't supported anymore and also doesn't work with Blogger, my new host. As a matter of fact Ecto has been a dead product since 2007 although you can still buy it. Hmm, shit, damn, f---! Now what? Well, for starters I'm going to work on the setup of this site and make it so I can post as easily as I did with Etco. Then I'll look into getting all the old stuff here. But that may never happen and going back via a search won't work anymore. I suspect that this isn't a high priority for anyone which is why it is now on the very back burner.
This is just a quick test to see how I can link to YouTube videos. Seems that embedding of this particular video is disabled. I'll have to consider that in the future.
You are here. Now all I have to do is transfer all the posts from the old site which may or may not happen. In any case I'll be posting new stuff here from now on.
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← Old Strings on a New Harp
Some Dos and Don’ts for Sacred Harp Singers →
Posted on May 28, 2015 by Jesse P. Karlsberg and Nathan Rees
The eighth issue of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter features the experiences of singing school teachers and students (young and old, on both sides of the Atlantic), shares a new documentary on Sacred Harp in Ireland, and commemorates the contributions of William J. Reynolds to our songbook.
The issue opens with Jesse P. Karlsberg’s account of the debut singing from the Centennial Edition of the 1911 Original Sacred Harp, precursor of our own 1991 Edition. The next three articles feature a variety of perspectives on singing schools. The Wareh family—kids C. and F. and parents Pattie and Tarik—share their observations on learning to sing as a family at Camp Fasola in Anniston, Alabama. Kathy Williams, who herself attended singing schools as a child, reports on a trip she and a dozen other American singers took to Camp Fasola Europe and the UK and Poland Conventions. German singers Andreas Manz, Yotin Tiewtrakul, and Philip Jacobs, recount two Sacred Harp workshops in the south of Germany, and present some suggestions for others promoting Sacred Harp.
Turning from singing schools, the second half of our issue focuses on those who contribute to Sacred Harp singing as documentarians, scholars, and advocates. Ciarán Ryan, a newcomer to Sacred Harp from Wexford, Ireland, presents his new fifty-minute documentary on Sacred Harp in Cork, and describes how he came to make it. Michael Hinton and the appropriately named David W. Music honor the legacy of William J. Reynolds, recipient of a posthumous citation from the Publishing Company, who researched attributions for the 1991 Edition, founded and chaired singings, and popularized arrangements of Sacred Harp tunes. Jonathon Smith explains just why devoted Sacred Harp singer Amanda Denson led “You Are My Sunshine” at his first singing, and in an essay from the Sacred Harp Museum’s archives, Amanda’s aunt, “Queen of the Sacred Harp” Ruth Denson Edwards, makes an impassioned case for the historical, aesthetic, and religious significance of Sacred Harp singing.
Printable version of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2.3 MB PDF).
Along with this web version of the Newsletter, we’re thrilled to present a printable PDF version, along with PDF versions of our seven back issues. We encourage you to print out copies to bring to singings in your area. We’re also initiating a program to send print copies, free of charge, to singers who are shut-in, or otherwise unable to access the Internet, but who might like to read the Newsletter‘s stories about Sacred Harp around the world and through history. If you know of someone who might like to receive a copy, let us know.
This new format would not be possible without the work of three new members of the Newsletter team. Elaena Gardner, a new singer from Australia, designed the PDF version of the Newsletter, and laid out its issues, with help from Jason Stanford, of Bremen, Georgia, and Leigh Cooper, of San Francisco, California, who also took on the enormous task of laying out the web version of this issue. All three will continue to help with the layout of future issues.
As always, we invite your comments on these articles, and your suggestions of topics for future issues of the Newsletter.
Vol. 4, No. 1 Contents
“Old Strings on a New Harp,” Jesse P. Karlsberg (Atlanta, GA)
“Fasola Kids: Camp for a Recently Forged Singing Family,” C. Wareh, F. Wareh, Pattie Becker Wareh and Tarik Wareh (Schenectady, NY)
“A Long Time Traveling: A Sacred Harp Tour to the UK Convention, Camp Fasola Europe, and the Poland Convention,” Kathy Williams (Cullman, AL)
“Traveling South (South Germany, That Is): Introducing Sacred Harp in a One-day Workshop,” Yotin Tiewtrakul (Hamburg, Germany), Andreas Manz (Frankfurt, Germany), and Philip Jacobs (Hamburg, Germany)
“Documenting Cork’s Sacred Harp Community,” Ciarán Ryan (Limerick, Ireland)
“Honoring William J. Reynolds, A Behind the Scenes Contributor to the 1991 Edition,”Michael Hinton (San Antonio, TX) and David W. Music (Waco, TX)
“You Are My Sunshine,” Jonathon Smith (Urbana, IL)
“The Advancement of Sacred Harp Music,” Ruth Denson Edwards (Cullman, AL) with an introduction by Nathan Rees (Grand Forks, ND)
About Jesse P. Karlsberg
Jesse P. Karlsberg is the vice president of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company. He edits the Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter. Born in Boston, he lives in Atlanta and is senior digital scholarship strategist at Emory University.
View all posts by Jesse P. Karlsberg →
About Nathan Rees
Nathan Rees is a member of the Board of Directors of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company and associate editor of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter. Originally from Utah, he lives in Carrollton, Georgia, where he is assistant professor of art history at the University of West Georgia.
View all posts by Nathan Rees →
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Tweet for truth: March on Media Twitter rally to expose media bias on abortion
BY SUSAN MICHELLE TYRELL
August 2, 2013 (Live Action News) - Sometimes people march on the streets, and sometimes they march on Twitter. In this generation, a hashtag goes a long way in changing a situation. Live Action is now using this media to gain media attention. #MarchOnMedia is a Twitter rally taking place on Thursday, August 8, “ to protest the mainstream media’s censorship of the truth regarding abortion.”
Live Action has contacted the major media outlets, ABC, NBC, and CBS, asking for fair and accurate reporting of abortion-related issues. This Twitter rally, and a corresponding actual physical rally at ABC studios in Washington DC, aim to expose the partnership of the media with the abortion industry.
“The media has flinched from the reality of abortion for decades,” said Live Action President, Lila Rose, “we call on the press to end the censorship of what abortion actually does to our smallest children and women as well as an end to the lionizing of abortion advocates.
Live Action seeks to point the media in a new direction. The rally will focus both the dangers of the existing bias and on calling for change. As Ms. Rose commented, “A change is long overdue for our big news distributors. It’s time for these networks to end their blackout of the truth on abortion – how it irreparably harms women, babies, and society.”
While the accusations of medial collusion may seem to some mere paranoia from pro-lifers, the facts themselves prove otherwise. This page cites numerous recent stories in which the media blatantly displayed its bias—in just the past few months.
One example took place with the Texas pro-life legislation, one of the largest and most respected news services, the Associated Press (AP), tweeted with the hashtag #StandWithWendy, which was being used to support the Texas senator who became a household name overnight with her attempt to filibuster the legislation. Hailed a hero by Planned Parenthood, the AP seemed to get caught up in the whirlwind of hail Wendys until readers called the news association out on its tweet. The tweet disappeared—and so did they. No public apology was issued for a supposedly objective news organization with strong anti-bias policies at its core taking a decidedly pro-abortion stand on its public Twitter.
Davis seems to steal of a lot of the limelight, as other analysis showed she received three times the coverage as did abortionist Kermit Gosnell, the man who was convicted of three counts of murder and whose trial revealed details of destruction of babies far beyond our imaginations, all while running an abortion clinic. For some reason, a filibuster that supported the right to take a baby’s life and hold off legislation to prevent murder was worth more national media attention than this destruction which revealed the truth behind the pretty pink industry.
Live Action says, “enough” and says “participants are asked to join Live Action (@LiveActionFilms) in barraging the presidents of ABC, NBC, and CBS with tweets regarding the truth about abortion and calling for an end to media bias.” Use the hashtag #MarchOnMedia.
For further information see this page. Here’s the summary of what you need to know to participate:
What: Life March on Media Rally Twitter Rally for an end to the media cover-up of abortion.
Who: Everyone concerned about ending the media cover-up of abortion
Where: Twitter #MarchonMedia
When: Thursday, August 8, at 12:00 to 1:30 PM
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history, performances, theatre companies
January 7, 2017 shakespeare
This website was created because of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. Events to mark the date were taking place all around the world, and so it felt important that Australia have some place to go where people could find out what was happening near them or get ideas for things to do. I also wanted it to survive as a record of what happened throughout this year, in case anyone in the future is curious.
Of course, Shakespeare never stops, so despite the anniversary year having concluded there is lots more going on, looking ahead. Productions of Shakespeare already scheduled for the forthcoming year include…
Sport for Jove doing Julius Caesar and the much less often performed Antony and Cleopatra, in rep.
Genesian Theatre presenting Much Ado About Nothing.
NUTS (the University of NSW Theatrical Society) opening their season with The Tempest in March.
Bard on the Beach programming Romeo and Juliet and The Merry Wives of Windsor in rep.
Melbourne Theatre Company including a production of Macbeth in their subscription season.
MOST excitingly, The Puzzle Collective’s SuperHal!: the superhero origin story of Henry V swooping in in March (with a bonus of the fundraiser Shakespeare Cosplay Cabaret on 28 January at the Red Rattler).
And there are bound to be many more. Artists will always continue to perform Shakespeare, because the work will continue to give us the expression we need of our most intense experiences of being human.
Thank you to everyone who has sent me contributions to this site over the course of the year. The site will no longer be updated, but will remain up so the links and resources stay active, and I hope also to act as an archive of what went on throughout this year in Australasia. Our Facebook page will stay available whenever anyone wants to share comments or events.
The breadth and variety of shows and events this past year, to which our nearly 100 posts stand testament, are proof of the passion and ingenuity of the many people in Australia and New Zealand who use Shakespeare’s work as a conduit for the things we feel driven to say. It has been a pleasure and privilege to watch.
28 January Shakespeare Cosplay Cabaret
7 – 18 March SuperHal – the superhero origin story of Shakespeare’s Henry V
From The Puzzle Collective, who brought us The Tempest: Steampunked comes a spectacular new adventure. Shakespeare’s two Henry IV plays along with Henry V tell the story of a prince learning to understand and use his power. But what if that included superpowers? These favourites of the Shakespeare canon are being reimagined in a world where the many beloved and colourful characters involved are gifted with some astonishing special abilities. The journey of the hero to accept responsibility and wield power for the greater good is a classic of the comic book world – but Shakespeare got there first!
There are two events to mark in your diary:
The Shakespearean Superhero Cosplay Cabaret at the Red Rattler in Marrickville, 28 January…
…and SUPERHAL itself, at the NIDA theatre in Kensington for a two-week run in March.
Check back here for more information, as we get closer to the fun.
Henry IV + Henry V + Superpowers
actors, film, performances
December 30, 2016 shakespeare
It’s been a huge year for Melbourne-based actors’ collective Shakespeare Republic. After an amazing run of gathering up awards everywhere they went, they have recently launched their next round of videos.
Season Two of the Shakespeare Republic series will be appearing over 2017. These are beautifully produced soliloquies from Shakespeare’s most famous characters, interpreted by a wide range of talented actors.
You can find their site here.
Check out their projects, and sling them some support if you can.
7 – 11 January, Sydney
One of the joys of the Sydney Festival is being visited by some of the world’s most exciting interpreters of the classics of theatre. Cheek by Jowl have been turning out superb reimaginings of Shakespeare for many years now, both in Britain and in association with Russian artists. This year they are bringing Measure for Measure to Sydney, directed by Declan Donnellan and performed by the Pushkin Theatre of Moscow.
Measure for Measure is a tragicomedy that shows us the darker side of social politics, corruption and sexual trade, but it also contains one of Shakespeare’s most powerful messages of hope and the possibility of mercy.
Performed in Russian with English surtitles.
On at the Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay, for a run of less than a week.
Full details here.
Next year’s Bard on the Beach
From 20 January 2017, venues around Sydney.
Bard on the Beach always do two plays in repertory, usually a comedy and a tragedy. The summer of 2017 will see Romeo and Juliet and the much more rarely performed Merry Wives of Windsor grace the Balmoral foreshores. The company has expanded its performance sites over the last few years, so now you can see them both north and south of the harbour.
There is nothing more Sydney that an outdoor, summer Shakespeare.
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Sport for Jove New Summer Shakespeare Season
From 17 December, Bella Vista Farm and Leura Everglades.
Hearing what Sport for Jove will be doing next is always something to look forward to. This year’s outdoor summer season looks as incisive and vigorous as ever, with a focus on the Roman plays.
A play about self-serving politicians manipulating the mob into destroying their democracy themselves – what could be more topical?
This play is very much an ensemble piece, and boasts a cast of great depth, but Suzanne Pereira will carry the title role.
One of the great tragedies, surprisingly rarely performed in Australia. Love and loss on the scale of empires.
Camilla Ah Kin and Christian Stollery will be playing the couple who find a kingdom well lost.
Opening this weekend.
Camilla Ah Kin plays Cleopatra and Suzanne Pereira is Julius Caesar Photo by James Brickwood
Double Bill from Montague Basement
November 28, 2016 shakespeare
29 November – 10 December, Erskineville
An ambitious double bill staged up close and personal in the compact space of the PACT Centre for Emerging Artists, Erskineville.
“A lean, contemporary and viciously polemical Shrew up aside an abstract, mercurial and surreal Macbeth; this thrilling double bill is Shakespeare for those who want something a bit different.”
Full details and tickets here.
events, performances
24 – 26 November, Sydney.
Sibils presents…
For three shows only, this riotous classic of the comedy circuit will swoosh you through all the comedies, the histories, and yea verily the tragedies in 97 minutes.
In the finest tradition of really silly standup/revue/parody/high art of the greatest refinement and taste, and you can find it in Darlinghurst.
Cast: Josie Bray, Emily Burke and James Wilson
Director: Chris McKay
Creative Space 99 Backstage
Crown Lane
Behind 99 Crown St, Darlinghurst
A brief Midsummer Night’s dance in Wellington
25 – 27 November, Wellington
A revival, for four nights only, of the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Queensland Ballet’s co-production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
“Created for the RNZB by one of the most sought after choreographers on the international stage, Liam Scarlett, A Midsummer Night’s Dream was an overnight sensation.
Be transported to a fantastical world of dazzling dance, music and enchantment. Lovers, fairies, mischief and moonlight conspire in Shakespeare’s classic tale, vividly retold with sparkling steps and Mendelssohn’s famous score.”
It does look like a sublimely beautiful way to while away a spring evening.
Full details and bookings here.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Photo credit: Stephen ACourt. COPYRIGHT ©Stephen ACourt
education, history, performances, university
Shakespeare Day at Notre Dame
November 8, 2016 shakespeare
9 November, Sydney
The University of Notre Dame, Sydney is hosting a full day of presentations showcasing their engagement with this anniversary year. Two special parts of that are open to the public, and all who are interested are warmly invited to attend.
There will be a 1pm keynote address by Professor Chris Wortham on Shakespeare’s Maps, and students will be performing A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Notre Dame Theatre at 4.30pm, which will be followed by a reception.
The campus is on the corner of Abercrombie Street and Broadway in Chippendale and is very easy to find. There is no charge, and no need to book.
You can read more about the ideas behind the day and, what went on, here.
Programme of events for the day
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Face to Face: Linda Everett
Photo by Elvyn Jones. Enlarge photo.
Born: Quinter “It’s an hour west of Hays,” Everett said.
Family: Husband, Mike, son Kurt and daughter Kara. Everett said she has two grandchildren from her son.
Education: Quinter High School and a BFA from Fort Hays State with an emphasis in graphic design.
Career: Everett said she was in advertising after graduating from Fort Hays. “I illustrated department store advertising for newspapers. I have also done some interior design.” She now does commission watercolor animal portraits, primarily dogs. “They’re a big hit at Christmas,” she said.
Hobbies: Not surprisingly Everett enjoys painting. For that side of her art, she does landscape paintings working from photographs to produce watercolor and acrylic paintings.
Digging deeper: She and her husband met at Fort Hays State, Everett said. “We met on a blind date. We were set up. It worked. We’ve been together for 40 years and married almost 38 years.” The Everetts moved to Lawrence, but with a young family wanted to relocate to a community with a smaller high school. “At that time, Lawrence had only one high school. We looked at communities in the area, and Baldwin won — or we won finding Baldwin. We love it here. It’s our hometown.”
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37 Animal Intelligence News Articles
from April of 2017
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4-29-17 Understanding the internal emotions of animals
Understanding the internal emotions of animals
Can we ever know what our animal friends are thinking? In the study of animal behavior, researchers usually try to smooth out individual differences by looking at large data sets. But this performance, staged as part of the Making Nature exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London, turned that method on its head. The characteristic dispositions of pig-kind were not on display; the two pigs and their particular responses were. The humans were invited to indulge the idiosyncrasies of their fellow creatures, and to wonder if we could ever understand what makes them tick. We tend to think of "good science" as being all about samples, statistics, and replicated experiments. These are the fundamental tools with which we determine factual truth. But most people outside the scientific community (and perhaps those who work on large farms) believe that animals have personalities. Most of us never confront a statistically ordered sample of animal behavior. Putative claims such as "Dogs are more intelligent than cats" — a debatable proposition — are met not with scientific counter-evidence, but with "Ah, but you have not met my cat." When it comes to humans, we readily turn a scientific lens on the individual. While demography looks at whole societies and sub-populations, psychology attends to individual minds. Because humans can talk and account for themselves, we have rich descriptions of the kind of creatures we are, all the way from species to groups to families to individuals. With other animals, though, it's impossible to attain this level of insight. A lab rat will never be able to describe its neuroses to us from the comfort of a tiny chaise longue.
4-28-17 Fox experiment is replaying domestication in fast-forward
Fox experiment is replaying domestication in fast-forward
New book recounts nearly 60-year effort to understand taming process. How to Tame a Fox tells the story of a long-running experiment to domesticate silver foxes. In 1959, Lyudmila Trut rode trains through Siberia to visit fox farms. She wasn’t looking for furs. She needed a farm to host an audacious experiment dreamed up by geneticist Dmitry Belyaev: to create a domestic animal as docile as a dog from aggressive, wily silver foxes. Evolutionary biologist Lee Alan Dugatkin helps Trut recount this ongoing attempt to replay domestication in How to Tame a Fox. The mechanics of domestication are still a matter of intense scientific debate. Belyaev’s idea was that ancient humans picked wolves and other animals for docility and that this artificial selection jump-started an evolutionary path toward domestication. Back in the 1950s, testing the idea was dangerous work, and not just because untamed foxes bite. In 1948, the Soviet Union, under the scientific leadership of Trofim Lysenko, outlawed genetics research. Lysenko had risen to power based on fabricated claims that freezing seeds in water could increase crop yields. “With Stalin as his ally, he launched a crusade to discredit work in genetics, in part, because proof of the genetic theory of evolution would expose him as a fraud,” Dugatkin and Trut write. Geneticists often lost their jobs, were jailed or even killed, as was Belyaev’s own brother. So Belyaev cloaked his domestication experiments in the guise of improving the fur-farming business. (Webmaster's comment: Genetics controls basic behavior beyond any doubt.)
4-28-17 Pigeon Roommate
Pigeon Roommate
A Brooklyn woman came home from a two-month trip to find she had a new roommate: a pigeon that had laid of couple of eggs in her pasta strainer. Genevieve Roman, 33, said the bird made the nest after sneaking in through an open window. Roman decided to leave the nest untouched, and says she doesn’t mind cohabiting with the bird, because it never poops indoors and has no annoying habits. “She doesn’t get on my nerves such as every other roommate I’ve had.” (Webmaster's comment: Pigeons make good friends.)
4-27-17 The scales of the ocellated lizard are surprisingly coordinated
The scales of the ocellated lizard are surprisingly coordinated
Lizard grows into its flashy skin using a computer-like process. The green and black spots on the back of an ocellated lizard are arranged according to the rules of a cellular automaton, a concept from computer science. Scales flip colors depending on the colors of their neighbors. A lizard’s intricately patterned skin follows rules like those used by a simple type of computer program. As the ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus) grows, it transforms from a drab, polka-dotted youngster to an emerald-flecked adult. Its scales first morph from white and brown to green and black. Then, as the animal ages, individual scales flip from black to green, or vice versa. Biophysicist Michel Milinkovitch of the University of Geneva realized that the scales weren’t changing their colors by chance. “You have chains of green and chains of black, and they form this labyrinthine pattern that very clearly is not random,” he says. That intricate ornamentation, he and colleagues report April 13 in Nature, can be explained by a cellular automaton, a concept developed by mathematicians in the 1940s and ’50s to simulate diverse complex systems.
4-26-17 Chimps pass on sponge drinking trick like a family tradition
Chimps pass on sponge drinking trick like a family tradition
After a few chimpanzees started using moss to soak up water from a pond, the behaviour has spread. The pattern might tell us about how early human culture spread. Six years ago, a chimpanzee had the bright idea to use moss to soak up water, then drink from it, and seven others soon learned the trick. Three years later, researchers returned to the site to see if the practice had persisted to become part of the local chimp culture. They now report that the technique has continued to spread, and it’s mostly been learned by relatives of the original moss-spongers. This adds to earlier evidence that family ties are the most important routes for culture to spread in animals. After the first report of chimps using moss as a sponge in Budongo Forest, Uganda, researchers rarely saw the behaviour again, and wondered whether chimps still knew how to do it. So they set up an experiment, providing moss and leaves at the clay pit where the chimps had demonstrated the technique before. Then they watched to see whether chimpanzees would use leaves – a more common behaviour – or moss to soak up the mineral-rich water from the pit. Most of the original moss-spongers used moss again during the experiment, and so did another 17 chimps, showing the practice had become more widespread. The researchers wondered what factors influenced which individuals adopted it: were they connected socially, or through families, for instance?
4-26-17 Wild bears do the twist to communicate through smelly footprints
Wild bears do the twist to communicate through smelly footprints
Brown bears in the mountains of Europe twist their feet into the ground to leave behind a host of scent information for other bears to sniff at. For dancing bears, doing the twist is all about leaving a lasting impression. Wild brown bears have huge overlapping ranges and are solitary, so they could do with a reliable long-distance messaging service. Their solution: scent-marking their footprints for others to sniff. Thanks to chemical signalling, mammals can be informed about things such as identity, sex, social status and reproductive state. “It appears a very important way to exchange information, which is still poorly understood,” says Agnieszka Sergiel at the Institute of Nature Conservation in Krakow, Poland. They found that bears release their scent from glands on their feet when they twist them into the ground. The scent contains at least 20 distinct compounds that probably act as sticky notes for other bears, communicating information such as gender, which can come in handy if they’re looking for a mate.
4-26-17 All mammals big or small take about 12 seconds to defecate
All mammals big or small take about 12 seconds to defecate
A study of defecation finds that all mammals take around the same amount of time to relieve themselves. If it’s taking much longer, you may need to see a doctor. Everyone poops, and it takes them about the same amount of time. A new study of the hydrodynamics of defecation finds that all mammals take 12 seconds on average to relieve themselves, no matter how large or small the animal. The research, published in Soft Matter, reveals that the soft matter coming out of the hind ends of elephants, pandas, warthogs and dogs slides out of the rectum on a layer of mucus that keeps toilet time to a minimum. “The smell of body waste attracts predators, which is dangerous for animals. If they stay longer doing their thing, they’re exposing themselves and risking being discovered,” says Patricia Yang, a mechanical engineer at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Yang and colleagues filmed elephants, pandas and warthogs at a local zoo, and one team member’s dog in a park, as they defecated. Though the animals’ body masses ranged from 4 to 4,000 kilograms, the duration of defecation remained constant.
4-26-17 Baby humpback whales 'whisper' to mums to avoid predators
Baby humpback whales 'whisper' to mums to avoid predators
The humpback whale is known for its loud haunting songs, which can be heard 20 miles away. However, new recordings show mothers and calves "whisper" to each other, seemingly to avoid attracting predators. The quiet grunts and squeaks can be heard only at close range. By calling softly to its mother, the calf is less likely be overheard and preyed on by killer whales, scientists believe. Dr Simone Videsen of Aarhus University in Denmark is part of a team of scientists who tracked eight baby whales and two mothers to learn more about the first months of a humpback whale's life. They used special sound and movement recorders, which were attached to the whale's skin via suction cups. "We were really surprised because humpback whales are really vocal normally and they have these long songs," she said. "But when you look at the communication pattern between mother and calf you see that they're often silent and they do produce these weaker signals."
4-26-17 Moth’s disguise is so good, spiders love it instead of eating it
Moth’s disguise is so good, spiders love it instead of eating it
Moth master of disguise fools its own predator with spider-like wing pattern, jerky movements and posturing behaviour. A moth that looks and acts just like a spider is so convincing that it receives elaborate courtship displays from its predator. Many prey species mimic other poisonous prey or blend into the background to escape predators. The metalmark is one of the few that mimics its predator. The impersonator’s black, beady “eyes” are actually patterns on its wings, and its “furry legs” are contorted wings with a striped pattern. This gives the impression that it is a big spider. And instead of fluttering like other moths, the metalmark makes jerky leaps like the jumping spiders it mimics. “It confuses the spider. If the spider is smaller, it even intimidates the spider”, says David Wagner, an entomologist at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, who was not involved in the study. Cannibalism is common in spiders, so smaller ones prefer to run away rather than risk being eaten. The moths also display a peacock-like behaviour. They raise their forewings and twist their hindwings to show off eyespots and stripes to maximum effect. These appear on the upper and lower surface of the wings, so the moth looks like a spider from the back as well as the front.
4-25-17 Family tree of dogs reveals secret history of canines
Family tree of dogs reveals secret history of canines
The largest family tree of dogs ever assembled shows how canines evolved into more than 150 modern breeds. Dogs were first selected and bred for their ability to perform tasks such as herding goats or cattle, say scientists. Later, they were selected for physical features such as their size or colour. The study also unearths evidence that some dogs are descended from an ancient breed that travelled with the ancestors of Native Americans into the Americas. Archaeological evidence points to the so-called "New World dog", which apparently crossed with human settlers over a land bridge from Asia. It had previously been thought that all signs of this ancient breed had been erased as dogs bred in Europe spread around the world. "We think there is still some signature of New World dog hiding in the genome of some of these American breeds," said co-researcher Heidi Parker of the National Institutes of Health, US. Modern hairless breeds such as the Peruvian hairless dog and the Mexican hairless dog are likely descended from this ancient dog.
4-25-17 How a dolphin eats an octopus without dying
How a dolphin eats an octopus without dying
Eating octopus can be dangerous. Some dolphins in Australia, though, have figured out how to do this safely — by shaking or tossing their prey over and over until it goes limp and the sucker-covered arms are relaxed and safe to eat. Most people who eat octopus prefer it immobile, cut into pieces and nicely grilled or otherwise cooked. For some, though, the wiggly, sucker-covered arms of a live octopus are a treat — even though those arms can stick to the throat and suffocate the diner if they haven’t been chopped into small enough pieces. Dolphins risk the same fate when eating octopus — and they can’t cook it or cut it up with a chef’s knife. “Octopus is a dangerous meal,” notes Kate Sprogis of Murdoch University in Australia. Even if a dolphin manages to remove an octopus’ head, it still has to deal with those sucker-covered tentacles. “The suckered arms would be difficult to handle considering dolphins don’t have hands to assist them,” Sprogis says. A group of hungry dolphins off the coast of Western Australia have figured out a solution. They shake and toss their prey until the head falls off, the animal is in pieces and its arms are tender and not wiggling anymore, Sprogis and her colleagues report April 2 in Marine Mammal Science.
4-21-17 Drones listen in on bats to reveal their in-flight secrets
Drones listen in on bats to reveal their in-flight secrets
Using ultrasonic detectors, drones in the air and on the water are detecting bat calls, in the hope of finding out what the mammals get up to when flying. Bat-detecting drones could help us find out what the animals get up to when flying. Ultrasonic detectors on drones in the air and on the water are listening in on bat calls, in the hope of discovering more about the mammals’ lives beyond the reach of ground-based monitoring devices. Drone-builder Tom Moore and bat enthusiast Tom August have developed three different drones to listen for bat calls while patrolling a pre-planned route. Since launching the scheme, known as Project Erebus, in 2014, they have experimented with two flying drones and one motorised boat, all equipped with ultrasonic detectors. The pair’s latest tests have demonstrated the detection capabilities of the two airborne drone models: a quadcopter and a fixed-wing drone. Last month, the quadcopter successfully followed a predetermined course and picked up simulated bat calls produced by an ultrasonic transmitter.
4-21-17 Chlamydia vaccine for koalas slows spread of deadly disease
Chlamydia vaccine for koalas slows spread of deadly disease
First results from trials of single-jab vaccine offer hope that the sexually transmitted disease devastating Australia’s koala population can be halted. A single-jab vaccine could halt the chlamydia epidemic wiping out Australia’s koalas. It may even pave the way for a human chlamydia vaccine. In trials, the new vaccine has been shown to slow the rate of new infections and treat early-stage disease. A third of Australia’s koalas have been lost over the last two decades, largely due to the spread of chlamydia, which now affects between 50 and 100 per cent of wild populations. The sexually transmitted disease causes painful urinary tract inflammation, infertility and blindness. Chlamydia in koalas is caused by Chlamydia pecorum, a bacterium that may have spread from livestock introduced from Europe. A similar bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, causes chlamydia in humans. Antibiotics can be used to treat chlamydia in koalas, but they only work in early-stage disease, do not prevent re-infection, and they must be administered daily for at least 30 days in captivity. Moreover, some infected koalas remain asymptomatic and are overlooked for treatment while they continue to spread the disease.
4-20-17 The incredible naked mole rat can survive with hardly any oxygen
The incredible naked mole rat can survive with hardly any oxygen
These animal superheroes get on fine in conditions that would kill us and can go into a kind of suspended animation if oxygen levels drop too low. We already know the naked mole rat is an animal superhero: it is long-lived for an animal of its size, rarely gets cancer and shrugs off some kinds of pain. Now the East African rodent turns out to have a metabolic trick that allows it to survive very low oxygen levels with no apparent ill effects. To investigate how well naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) tolerate low oxygen concentrations, a team of biologists first put them in a chamber with just 5 per cent oxygen, less than a quarter the amount found in air. Such conditions kill mice within 15 minutes (and we wouldn’t survive either) But naked mole rats just carry on as normal. The first test was stopped after 5 hours when nothing happened, says Thomas Park at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “We were blown away.” Next the team put mole rats in pure nitrogen, with no oxygen at all. This kills mice in about a minute. People pass out after a breath or two of pure nitrogen, and would probably die in under 10 minutes. The naked mole rats, however, survived for at least 18 minutes. They stopped breathing after a few minutes, but their hearts kept beating and as soon as they were put back in normal air they revived.
4-20-17 'Perfect storm' threatens Europe's salamanders
'Perfect storm' threatens Europe's salamanders
Urgent action is needed to protect wild salamanders in Europe from a deadly infection, say scientists. The disease may end up wiping out all vulnerable species, with zoos and gene banks the only conservation option, they warn. A fungal infection introduced to northern Europe several years ago behaves as a "perfect storm", say experts. It persists in the environment and may be spread by newts and birds. The fungus, known as B. salamandrivorans, or Bsal, killed almost all fire salamanders in an outbreak in The Netherlands in 2014. Since then, there have been outbreaks in wild salamanders and newts in Belgium and Germany. Researchers led by An Martel of Ghent University in Belgium, are calling for urgent monitoring across Europe. However, they say that there are few options to prevent the disease spreading in the wild, meaning conservation efforts should focus on zoos, captive breeding and gene banks. (Webmaster's comment: More species join the bees in mass extinction.)
4-19-17 Male robins can guess and satisfy their partner’s food cravings
Male robins can guess and satisfy their partner’s food cravings
Female birds incubating eggs get an itch for specific foods, and their male partners somehow know what they want and deliver it to them. It’s not just humans who get pregnancy cravings. The females of one bird species also seem to get an itch for certain foods when they are incubating eggs – and their partners are able to pander to their dietary whims. “For the first time, we tested whether and how males cater to the specific desires of their mates in the wild,” says Rachael Shaw at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, who led the study conducted at Zealandia, a nature sanctuary in the city. The researchers tested 16 pairs of New Zealand robins (Petroica longipes) while the female was incubating. Females were fed mealworms and two types of insect larvae under two conditions: when a male could see what his partner ate and when he couldn’t. The female birds generally preferred a food type if they hadn’t eaten it recently. The males somehow knew what food the females wanted, even when they couldn’t see what they were being fed by the researchers. When a male robin held a preferred food item, his partner begged more intensely for it prior to or during food sharing.
4-19-17 How the house mouse tamed itself
How the house mouse tamed itself
Mice got accustomed to people in the first human settlements 15,000 years ago. The tiny molars in the mouse skull help tell a tale of mice and men, and how humans transitioned from nomadic to sedentary lifestyles. Got a mouse in the house? Blame yourself. Not your housekeeping, but your species. Humans never intended to live a mouse-friendly life. But as we moved into a settled life, some animals — including a few unassuming mice — settled in, too. In the process, their species prospered — and took over the world. The rise and fall of the house mouse’s fortunes followed the stability and instability of the earliest human settlements, a new study shows. By analyzing teeth from ancient mice and comparing the results to modern rodents hanging out near partially settled groups, scientists show that when humans began to settle down, one mouse species seemed to follow. When those people moved on, another species moved in. The findings reveal that human settlement took place long before agriculture began, and that vermin didn’t require a big storehouse of grain to thrive off of us.
4-18-17 Whale's eye view: Footage reveals hidden whale world
Whale's eye view: Footage reveals hidden whale world
In a new study by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Oregon State University in March, scientists in remote Antarctica have attached cameras with speedometers and suction cups to the backs of minke and humpback whales. The stunning footage has revealed feeding habits and social interactions, while also shedding light on the way whales use their blow holes to bluster breathing holes through the ice.
4-18-17 Live, long and black giant shipworm found in Philippines
Live, long and black giant shipworm found in Philippines
Scientists have found live specimens of the rare giant shipworm for the first time, in the Philippines. Details of the creature, which can reach up to 1.55m (5ft) in length and 6cm (2.3in) in diameter, were published in a US science journal. The giant shipworm spends its life encased in a hard shell, submerged head-down in mud, which it feeds on. Though its existence has been known for years, no living specimen had been studied until now. Despite its name, the giant shipworm is actually a bivalve - the same group as clams and mussels. The "rare and enigmatic species", also known as Kuphus polythamia, is the longest living bivalve known to man, according to the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS).
4-17-17 First living example of giant ancient mollusc found in the wild
First living example of giant ancient mollusc found in the wild
The giant shipworm has mostly been known for its elephant tusk-like shells. Now we’ve finally found some live ones - they eat noxious mud and smell like rotten eggs. The first known living sample of a giant, ancient mollusc that previously was known almost exclusively by its shells has been recovered from the Philippines. A team of researchers have finally come across a live colony of giant shipworms, or Kuphus polythalamia. Washed-up, empty, elephant tusk-like shells first hinted at the existence of this metre-long animal in the 18th century, and there are a few specimens preserved in ethanol in collections around the world. But no one knew exactly what lay within – until now. Daniel Distel at the Ocean Genome Legacy Center at Northeastern University in Boston and his colleagues were made aware of the animal’s potential location in 2010, when a collaborator pointed out a news story from Philippine TV featuring a local trying to eat one for its supposed medicinal properties. “[It was] amazing! I’ve been looking for them for 20 years,” Distel says. “My friend and mentor Ruth Turner looked for her whole career.” The TV footage sparked an international search for the giant shipworm. Local researchers embarked on two expeditions, one in 2010 and one in 2011. During the second expedition, they found live specimens of K. polythalamia and transported them to the University of the Philippines to be analysed. “It’s hard not to be amazed when seeing one in the flesh, even if you know nothing about them,” Distel says. “There is no other animal like them.”
4-17-17 Improbable ‘black swan’ events can devastate animal populations
Improbable ‘black swan’ events can devastate animal populations
Like black swans, black swan events are rare. But for animal populations, they can be devastating. That’s why conservation managers need to keep them in mind, a new study argues. Sometimes, the improbable happens. The stock market crashes. A big earthquake shakes a city. A nuclear power plant has a meltdown. These seemingly unpredictable, rare incidents — dubbed black swan events — may be unlikely to happen on any specific day, but they do occur. And even though they may be rare, we take precautions. A smart investor balances their portfolio. A California homeowner stores an earthquake preparedness kit in the closet. A power plant designer builds in layers of safeguards. Conservation managers should be doing the same thing, scientists warn. Black swan events happen among animals, too, and they rarely have positive effects, a new study finds.
4-17-17 Hawk moths convert nectar into antioxidants
Hawk moths convert nectar into antioxidants
Energetic fliers found a way to reduce muscle damage. Hawk moths use a lot of energy when they hover to slurp flower nectar. Manduca sexta can turn some of that nectar into muscle-protecting antioxidants. Hawk moths have a sweet solution to muscle damage. Manduca sexta moths dine solely on nectar, but the sugary liquid does more than fuel their bodies. The insects convert some of the sugars into antioxidants that protect the moths’ hardworking muscles, researchers report in the Feb. 17 Science.
4-13-17 The bright lights of big cities help blackbirds thrive
The bright lights of big cities help blackbirds thrive
Blackbirds do better when they nest near street lights, but all city birds seem to hate the noise. Light pollution is a problem for many animals, but at least one bird seems to welcome it. European blackbirds choose to nest near street lights, and appear to thrive as a result. “This might be because it protects them from predation by species that don’t like it bright at night,” says Anja Russ at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig, Germany. Her team studied the effects of street lights on the European blackbird (Turdus merula), a forest species that has adapted to city life. “Its breeding attempts in urban areas can be dated back in Germany to almost 200 years ago,” says her colleague, Reinhard Klenke. The team found that the city birds laid their eggs almost a week earlier than blackbirds in dark areas such as forests, and were more likely to successfully rear hatchlings. The results are surprising given that other studies have found that lighting harms wildlife. “We usually think that light at night will have detrimental effects,” says biologist Brett Seymoure at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. However, it’s not clear whether light really is the key factor, he says. To be sure of this, the team would need to artificially light forest sites and darken urban sites to see how it affects blackbirds.
4-13-17 Young eels use magnetic ‘sixth sense’ to navigate
Young eels use magnetic ‘sixth sense’ to navigate
Ability explains how fish find ocean currents that sweep them to Europe’s rivers. Juvenile European eels may use Earth’s magnetic field to help them cross the Atlantic Ocean to reach freshwater rivers in Europe, including these seen in the U.K.’s Bristol Channel. Earth’s magnetic field helps eels go with the flow. The Gulf Stream fast-tracks young European eels from their birthplace in the Sargasso Sea to the European rivers where they grow up. Eels can sense changes in Earth’s magnetic field to find those highways in a featureless expanse of ocean — even if it means swimming away from their ultimate destination at first, researchers report in the April 13 Current Biology.
4-13-17 New worm-snail is a super slimer
New worm-snail is a super slimer
Invasive species in Florida Keys shoots ‘copious amounts of mucus’ to catch prey. Thylacodes vandyensis, a new species of worm-snail named after the ship it was found on, oozes out a mucus web to trap prey. It then reels the web back in, eating both prey and the web itself. A new species of worm-snail is rather snotty. Thylacodes vandyensis shoots out strands of mucus that tangle together, building a spiderweb-like trap for plankton and other floating snacks, researchers report April 5 in PeerJ. Other worm-snails use this hunting technique, but T. vandyensis stands out because of the “copious amounts of mucus” it ejects, says coauthor Rüdiger Bieler. This goo net, which can stretch up to 5 centimeters across, exits the animal’s tentacles at, of course, “a snail’s pace,” jokes Bieler, a curator at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
4-12-17 Soldier ants carry comrades wounded in raids back to base
Soldier ants carry comrades wounded in raids back to base
One kind of buccaneering ant carries its wounded nestmates home – so they can live to fight another day. It’s an ant-help-ant world. Ants have been seen carrying their wounded comrades back to the nest after raids on termite colonies - an unexpected behaviour in social insects that usually appear to treat individuals as expendable. The ants don’t help their wounded comrades out of the goodness of their hearts, however: the wounded soldiers are needed for future raids and are soon back in action. Megaponera analis, a species found in sub-Saharan Africa, feeds exclusively on termites, sending armies of 200 to 500 individuals to raid termite nests. First, large ants called majors break open the nest. Smaller ants, called minors, then rush in to kill and pull out termites. However, termite nest are defended by soldiers with big jaws, and the invaders often sustain serious injuries. Ants that lose limbs are severely handicapped immediately after the injury, but after a few hours they adjust and can run almost as fast as uninjured ants – if they are carried back to safety. “At first, they kept tripping over, because they thought they [still] had six legs,” says Erik Frank at the University of Würzburg, Germany. “Inside the nest, they were safe to adapt and change their locomotion.”
4-12-17 Sea urchin emits a cloud of venomous jaws to deter predators
Sea urchin emits a cloud of venomous jaws to deter predators
When predators get too close, this normally serene pincushion releases hundreds of tiny “jaws” that pack a nasty chemical punch. The collector sea urchin looks like a pretty pincushion lying on the ocean floor, going about its business of munching on algae and seaweed. But when threatened, this sedate pincushion has a most extraordinary defence. It releases a cloud of semiautonomous weapons: hundreds of tiny jaws that are still capable of biting and releasing venom even when separated from the sea urchin’s body. Sea urchins have a hard, chalky shell covered in long spikes. Nestled among the spikes are tubular stalks topped with biting jaws known as pedicellariae. One type of these appendages even has venom as well. “The globiferous pedicellariae are minute and terrifying,” says Hannah Sheppard-Brennand at Southern Cross University in New South Wales, Australia. The three-jawed, pincer-like heads bite attacking predators, releasing venom as they do so. They can get torn from the sea urchin but stay attached to the predator. “When they were first observed, they were thought to be parasites, as they give the appearance of independent action from the main animal,” says Sheppard-Brennand.
4-12-17 Volcanic eruptions nearly snuffed out Gentoo penguin colony
Volcanic eruptions nearly snuffed out Gentoo penguin colony
Geochemical evidence of Gentoo penguin poop helped researchers pinpoint volcanoes as an ancient threat to one of today’s most successful Antarctic penguin colonies. Penguins have been pooping on Ardley Island off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula for a long, long time. The population there is one of the biggest and oldest Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) colonies. But evidence from ancient excrement suggests that these animals didn’t always flourish. The Gentoo colony on Ardley Island continues to grow in comparison to other Antarctic penguin species, which have suffered from changes in sea ice extent in other locations. A team of researchers set out to see how the Ardley population responded to past changes in climate to better inform future conservation efforts. They studied the geochemical make-up of lake sediment samples and identified elements from guano or penguin poop. Knowing the fraction of guano in lake sludge over time let the researchers track penguin population changes.
4-11-17 Drone spots humpback whales and orcas moving in on cloud of fish
Drone spots humpback whales and orcas moving in on cloud of fish
Aerial photo shows mass of Atlantic herring that will soon be supper for humpback and killer whales in glowing water off the north Norway coast. Shallow waters glow in the midday sun off northern Norway, where a mass of Atlantic herring have caught the attention of humpback whales and killer whales. That large black splotch isn’t a sandbank: it’s a shoal of millions of fish about to be feasted upon. This photograph was shot using a drone last year off the island of Kvaløya. It was taken in January, a time of year when Norway sees little sunshine. Indeed, the light is coming from low on the horizon, despite it being midday. “It’s before we get the sun back,” says wildlife photographer Espen Bergersen. That’s what gives the water its vivid colour. Bergersen says it was -13°C on this day. “We were planning to go out in the boat, but it was freezing cold,” he says. “It was lucky I couldn’t start my boat, I guess. I decided to go up with my drone and got this photograph.” While operating the drone from a nearby bridge, he noticed whales circling its supports. “I haven’t seen them do that before,” he says. The herring populations have migrated northward over the past 10 to 15 years, Bergersen says, leaving behind the fjords of southern Norway and providing a new feeding ground for humpback whales. The whales stop by on their way from Svalbard – an archipelago between the North Pole and mainland Norway – to the Caribbean, where they spend the winter.
4-10-17 Sabre-toothed tigers in ice-age Los Angeles had bad back trouble
Sabre-toothed tigers in ice-age Los Angeles had bad back trouble
Back injuries identified from thousands of fossilised bones probably occurred when the cat wrestled large prey such as bison and camels. The big sabre-toothed cats that roamed Los Angeles 12,000 years ago had bad backs and shoulders, it seems. Meanwhile, the other apex predator that shared its southern California habitat, the dire wolf, was more likely to suffer from headaches and leg pain. The discoveries come from an analysis of thousands of bones from skeletons of these extinct creatures, with the injuries probably sustained as a result of their dining habits. Like other cats, the sabre-toothed Smilodon fatalis ambushed its prey and wrestled them into submission. Modern big cats suffocate their prey, by either biting down on the victim’s snout to clamp it shut or squeezing its throat to crush its trachea so it can’t breathe. Smilodon was more heavily built, and is thought to have used its massive forelimbs to pin down large prey such as bison, horses and camels. It could then quickly kill the animal by ripping out its throat with its long curved canine teeth. Injuries are inevitable in such battles to the death, and are known in modern cats as well as fossils. But no one had looked at enough bones to tell how often they occurred either in the past or present.
4-6-17 The US parrot which mimics other animals
The US parrot which mimics other animals
Watch as Einstein, an African grey parrot, mimics a dog's bark, a wolf’s cry and more. Einstein is kept at a zoo in Knoxville, Tennessee, and recently turned 30 years old. On average, African grey parrots live up to 45 years in captivity and 22.7 years in the wild. They are known for their mimicry and their brains have been compared to three-year-old children.
4-5-17 Apes can see things from your perspective and help you out
Apes can see things from your perspective and help you out
Chimps, bonobos and orangutans help humans when they look for objects in the wrong place - showing they can tell when others believe something that's false. Our closest evolutionary relatives are quite the mind readers. And they can use that knowledge to help people figure things out when they are labouring under a misapprehension, according to the latest research. The ability to attribute mental states to others, aka theory of mind, is sometimes considered unique to humans, but evidence is mounting that other animals have some capacity for it. In a study last year, chimps, bonobos and orangutans watched videos of people behaving in different scenarios as cameras tracked their eye movements. The experiment found that the apes looked where an actor in the video would expect to see an object, rather than towards its true location, suggesting the animals were aware others could hold false beliefs. But that experiment left open the possibility apes were simply predicting that the actor would go to the last place he’d seen the object, without understanding that he held a false belief. Now, David Buttelmann at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and colleagues tested 34 zoo chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans, in search of more conclusive evidence.
4-5-17 Japan and Norway set off on annual whale hunt despite opposition
Japan and Norway set off on annual whale hunt despite opposition
The countries continue whaling, Norway for food, and Japan claiming it is for scientific research, an argument now dismissed as unjustified by another report. THE harpoons are out. Norway’s whaling fleet is setting sail this week, with a kill quota of 999 minke whales. The mammals will be caught for meat, and 90 per cent are likely to be pregnant females. And Japan’s fleet has just returned to port with its cargo of 333 minkes, but will be heading out again soon to catch endangered sei whales in the north Pacific Ocean, claiming it is for scientific research. This comes as yet another report condemns as unnecessary the killing of whales for scientific research. Issued by a panel of the International Whaling Commission – the body that introduced a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1996 – the report rejects the rationale behind Japan’s proposal for killing whales in the north Pacific for scientific research. “The proposal does not adequately justify the need for lethal sampling,” the report says. The panel recommends no whales should be killed until additional work is undertaken and reviewed. Conservation groups say the panel’s report adds to mounting evidence that Japan’s “scientific whaling” programme has no scientific justification. “It’s yet another example that when an independent panel looks at the science, they can’t see any value in it,” says Matt Collis, from the International Fund for Animal Welfare. “It’s so utterly pointless.” Norway, meanwhile, continues whaling for commercial purposes.
4-5-17 How smaller snakes strangle bigger snakes and swallow them whole
How smaller snakes strangle bigger snakes and swallow them whole
Kingsnakes feed on other snakes, sometimes much bigger than themselves. Now the mystery of their feeding feat is out. How can a predator catch and consume prey bigger than itself? That’s one of the marvels and mysteries of the appropriately named kingsnake. Kingsnakes can kill and consume rat snakes at least 20 per cent larger than themselves. Now we may finally know how they manage to ensnare their quarry in the first place. Imagine trying to fit a large garden hose inside a small one. The kingsnake faces a similar challenge in engulfing a bigger tube-shaped animal. We know that they achieve this with flexible jaws and by crushing prey inside S-bends, like squeezing spaghetti through a pasta machine. But a lingering mystery was how these smaller snakes have the power to subdue and handle those bigger than themselves – an extra-challenging feat because unlike mammals that suffocate and become unconscious quickly, snakes survive anoxia for much longer and can thus put up a fight. Perplexed by this puzzle, David Penning at Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, and Brad Moon at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette used three experiments to investigate.
4-5-17 World’s largest canary discovered on island of giants and dwarfs
World’s largest canary discovered on island of giants and dwarfs
An odd-looking bird named the “new finch” is actually the planet’s biggest canary – and it lives with other largest and smallest species on an isolated island. Deep within the rainforests of São Tomé, an odd-looking bird with burnished brown feathers and a grey, outsized, parrot-like beak lives in the canopy, making occasional forays into the world below for a fruit snack. The setting – inaccessible forest on a small volcanic island that is one of the wettest places on Earth – only increases the mystique around this bird, which is one of the least observed of them all. Now it turns out the species was also misidentified, and it is actually the largest canary on the planet, 50 per cent heavier than the next largest species. Although it is small for a bird, being only about 20 cm long, the size of a common or European starling, the canary is a giant compared with other members of its genus, which are slightly smaller than house sparrows. It is found only on São Tomé and is critically endangered. In 1888, Francisco Newton, a Portuguese naturalist, collected the first three specimens. The bird then vanished from popular record until 101 years later, when a couple of birdwatchers chanced upon it. Its size, strange flattened head and large beak caused confusion among ornithologists. As a result, it was placed in a separate genus, Neospiza, which simply means “new finch”.
4-4-17 Dolphins 'shake and toss' octopus prey, research finds
Dolphins 'shake and toss' octopus prey, research finds
Octopuses can be a perfect meal for dolphins, but they can also pose a deadly choking hazard. So dolphins have developed elaborate behaviours to turn larger prey into more bite-size pieces, according to marine biologists in Australia. The researchers filmed dolphins shaking octopuses and tossing them through air in preparation for consumption. The findings, compiling years of observations, have been described in the journal Marine Mammal Science. "Everyone relates it to seafood preparation," lead author Dr Kate Sprogis told the BBC. "They've got skills to prepare their meal."
4-3-17 First fluorescent frogs might see each others’ glow
First fluorescent frogs might see each others’ glow
Natural Day-Glo may play a role in amphibian’s fights and flirtations. A polka dot frog, the first amphibian shown to fluoresce under ultraviolet light, has complex courtship and male fights. Could fluorescence matter to a frog? Carlos Taboada wondered. They don’t have bedroom black lights, but their glow may still be about the night moves. Taboada’s question is new to herpetology. No one had shown fluorescence in amphibians, or in any land vertebrate except parrots, until he and colleagues recently tested South American polka dot tree frogs. Under white light, male and female Hypsiboas punctatus frogs have translucent skin speckled with dark dots. But when the researchers spotlighted the frogs with an ultraviolet flashlight, the animals glowed blue-green. The intensity of the glow was “shocking,” says Taboada of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” in Buenos Aires.
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State Perfectionism and its Relation to Trait Perfectionism, Type of Situation, Priming, and Being Observed
Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-106 91.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5376-5048
Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-106 91.
1999 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Behaviour Therapy, ISSN 0284-5717, ISSN 0284-5717, Vol. 28, no 4, p. 154-166Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Perfectionism is normally viewed as a multidimensional personality trait. In the present experimental study, perfectionism was treated as a state in which transient changes were produced through manipulation of 2 factors: being observed by others and verbal priming. The experiment was carried out in 2 different situations: a social encounter situation and a problem-solving situation. Partial support for the hypothesis that both priming and observation cause elevated degrees of perfectionism was found in the social encounter situation. In the problem-solving situation, observation produced some effects, although partly in an unexpected direction. A significant interaction effect between priming and observation was found on estimating performance on a memory task in the problem-solving situation. The state approach to perfectionism and the stability of perfectionism across situations are discussed on the basis of the findings.
1999. Vol. 28, no 4, p. 154-166
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Uruguay election results: Vazquez easily wins runoff
December 1, 2014 Kevin Lees Leave a comment
It wasn’t unexpected, but former president Tabaré Vázquez easily won Uruguay’s presidential runoff late Sunday, extending control by the the leftist Frente Amplio (Broad Front) for at least another five years.
Vázquez, who made national history by leading his party to victory in the 2004 election, was succeeded by José Mujica (pictured above, right, with Vázquez, left), who has become in five years one the world’s most beloved presidents — for his extremely simple, austere personal style, for his honesty and folksiness, and sometimes even for his policies, which have included social reforms like liberalizing Uruguay’s abortion laws, enacting same-sex marriage equality and legalizing marijuana use.
Those reforms, in addition to a plan to host a handful of prisoners from the US prison facility at Guantánamo Bay, will be secure under Vázquez’s second term.
RELATED: Vázquez charges into second round of Uruguayan vote
Both Vázquez and Mujica have benefited from an incredibly strong economy, which has propelled Uruguayan GDP per capita higher than in any other South American country, and that was an obvious factor in Vázquez’s victory against Luis Lacalle Pou, the attractive, young candidate of the more conservative Partido Nacional (National Party), or the ‘blancos,’ one of the two traditional Uruguayan parties.
So what to expect from the next five years? Vázquez, now firmly in legacy-moulding terrain, will hope to consolidate the gains of the past decade, including the economic and social reforms of both his prior administration and the Mujica government.
That also entails working to keep the Uruguayan economy strong, notwithstanding a Brazilian slowdown and increasing economic chaos in neighboring Argentina, which will choose a successor to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner later in 2015. It also means keeping the Frente Amplio brand strong for the inevitable day when it will lose an election, which means maintaining Uruguay’s relatively corruption-free reputation. Also expect Vázquez to move slightly more to the center than Mujica, who was always more popular personally than many of his signature policies, including the marijuana reform.
Mujica, after all, will still play an important role in Uruguayan politics as one of his party’s senators in the Cámara de Senadores (Chamber of Senators).
RELATED: Meet José Mujica, the Uruguayan president who’s on the path to legalizing marijuana
But there was always a sense that while Mujica’s charisma far outshone Vázquez’s charms, it was Vázquez who was the better executive, and in his first term, he expanding spending on health care and poverty and restructured the tax code, balancing the social welfare concerns of his leftist base and the interests of the country’s business community. Continue reading Uruguay election results: Vazquez easily wins runoff →
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Vázquez charges into second round of Uruguayan vote
October 28, 2014 Kevin Lees Leave a comment
Photo credit to República.
One of the most salient facts that’s been repeated over the course of this year’s presidential elections in Latin America — first Colombia, then Bolivia and, of course, Brazil last weekend — is that just two incumbents have lost reelection bids in more than three decades of growing regional democracy.
That’s true, of course.*
But many countries in Latin America limit presidents to a single lifetime term or, at least, prohibit reelection.
That’s the case in Uruguay, where presidents are not eligible for reelection, though they are eligible to run for a second non-consecutive term. That’s why Tabaré Vázquez, Uruguay’s former president, is the nominee of the leftist Frente Amplio (Broad Front) and why he nearly won the first round of the Uruguayan presidential election outright on Sunday.
Vázquez is vying to win a third consecutive term for Frente Amplio, following the administration of his former agricultural minister, José Mujica, who has pursued a more socially progressive agenda since 2010 than Vázquez implemented between 2005 and 2010. Vázquez, back in 2009, actually preferred that his finance minister to Mujica. But Mujica’s wide following on the Uruguayan left powered him to the coalition’s presidential nomination.
As president, Mujica (who was elected as a senator on Sunday) signed into law a bill legalizing abortion that Vázquez once vetoed. He has also, famously, introduced the most comprehensive marijuana legalization reforms within Latin America, while espousing an aura of almost extreme humility.
Though a Vázquez restoration would hew Uruguayan policy slightly more to the center, the fate of Mujica’s efforts to legalize marijuana use and other policy matters, including a pledge to take in prisoners from the US facility on Guantánamo Bay, hinge on Vázquez’s victory in the November 30 runoff. Continue reading Vázquez charges into second round of Uruguayan vote →
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What will Solís do as Costa Rica’s new president?
April 7, 2014 Kevin Lees 4 Comments
He won the Costa Rican presidency yesterday with 78% of the vote. His opponent considered the runoff so hopeless that he conceded defeat and suspended his campaign a month ago. With nearly 1.3 million votes, he won more votes than any other Costa Rican presidential candidate in the country’s modern history.
But now that he’s been officially elected Costa Rica’s new president, what will Luis Guillermo Solís (pictured above) do in office?
The first thing he’ll have to do is temper high expectations that Costa Rica’s first third-party president in modern history will suddenly transform the country into a wealthier, corruption-free, social democratic paradise.
The son of a cobbler and the grandson of a laborer on a banana plantation, Solís vowed to reverse the income and social inequality that’s become a growing concern in what is arguably Central America’s most politically and economically successful country.
Solís, a historian who has never held elective office, won a surprise victory won the first round of the presidential election on February 2, edging out one-time frontrunner Johnny Araya, the candidate of the ruling Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN, National Liberation Party) and the longtime mayor of San José. Solís’s strong showing against Araya in the final presidential debate bolstered his candidacy, which had languished in fourth or fifth place in polls, even a week before the February vote.
It was a magnificent turnaround for a candidate who barely figured in the polls at the end of 2013.
Solís won 77.85% in Sunday’s runoff, while 22.15% voted for Araya, despite the suspension of Araya’s campaign on March 6. He said that he’ll start announcing key members of his cabinet next Monday, April 14.
Araya was attempting to win a third consecutive presidential term for the PLN. In the 2010 vote, Costa Ricans elected Laura Chinchilla as the country’s first female president. Despite initially high expectations, Chinchilla’s administration has been a disaster, marred by embarrassing corruption scandals within the PLN and charges of lackluster economic policy.
Costa Rican voters also had doubts about Araya’s leading challenger, the far more leftist José María Villalta, the candidate of the socialist Frente Amplio (Broad Front), who had been expected to advance to a runoff against Araya.
So it’s not a surprise that voters would turn to Solís, who offered a slightly more leftist vision for Costa Rica than Araya and the PLN, but not so socialist as Villalta and the Broad Front.
He’ll take office with an incredibly fragmented Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly) — his own party, the Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC, Citizen’s Action Party), holds just 13 seats in the 57-member chamber. That means he’ll have to form an alliance with the PLN, which holds 18 seats, or form ad-hoc coalitions with other lawmakers who range in ideology from Christian democratic to radical libertarian to chavista-style socialist.
It helps that Solís — and the PAC’s unofficial leader Ottón Solís (no relation to the president-elect) both started their political careers with the PLN. Ottón Solís, elected in February to the National Assembly as a deputy, will play an important role in forming and achieving the new administration’s agenda. For the past decade, opposition to the ruling PLN and to corruption has united the PAC, and it’s ideological diversity has been helpful in the 2014 campaign. Once in government, however, Luis Guillermo Solís may find it difficult to unite a party that contains both socialists and liberals — and to maintain a constructive role for Ottón Solís. Continue reading What will Solís do as Costa Rica’s new president? →
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Johnny Araya suspends campaign in Costa Rica
March 7, 2014 Kevin Lees Leave a comment
After the February 2 first-round votes in both El Salvador and Costa Rica, I wrote that even though the Costa Rican vote was tighter than the Salvadoran vote, it was easier to predict that Luis Guillermo Solís would defeat San José mayor Johnny Araya (despite just a 1.3% lead for Solís in the first round) in the April 6 runoff than Salvadoran vice president Salvador Sánchez Cerén (with a nearly 10% lead in the first round) would defeat San Salvador mayor Norman Quijano in the March 9 runoff.
Sure enough, while Sánchez Cerén is the favorite to win this weekend’s vote in El Salvador, the bigger news from Central America this week was Araya’s decision to suspend his campaign after a University of Costa Rica poll earlier this week showed the Solís held a staggering 44-point lead over Araya, winning 64.4% to just 20.9% for Araya (pictured above).
Though that poll included a sizable undecided vote (around 14.6%), it showed that Araya had lost ground in the past month — he won 29.6% of the first-round vote.
Facing the ignominy of leading Costa Rica’s most enduring party, the center-left Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN, National Liberation Party) through even more embarrassment, Araya suspended his campaign on Wednesday, with one month to go before the runoff.
The reasons for Araya’s decision were clear from the moment the Araya-Solís race were established — or before: Continue reading Johnny Araya suspends campaign in Costa Rica →
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Former diplomat Solís leapfrogs to top of Tico presidential race
February 3, 2014 Kevin Lees Leave a comment
Before yesterday’s presidential election, polls showed Luis Guillermo Solís, an academic and former diplomat, in fourth place in the race to become Costa Rica’s next president.
But on the strength of a surge in momentum at the end of the campaign, Solís (pictured above) not only elbowed his way into an expected April 6 runoff (only the second such runoff in the country’s history), but leapfrogged all the way to the top spot, edging out the frontrunner, San José mayor Johnny Araya, and the younger, more populist leftist José María Villalta. More recent surveys indicated a definite upswing in support as Solís capitalized on a strong performance in the final presidential debate, but even a late January poll showed Solís behind Araya, Villata and a conservative candidate, Otto Guevara.
Solís ultimately outpolled Araya by a little over 1% of the vote as undecided voters appear to have lined up solidly for the former diplomat — and he even defeated Araya in San José municipality, despite the fact that Araya has served as the city’s mayor since 1998.
So what happened? Continue reading Former diplomat Solís leapfrogs to top of Tico presidential race →
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Costa Rica, El Salvador, Thailand
Triple-election weekend on two continents
Voters in three countries will go to the polls on Sunday in three very different kinds of contests on two continents:
In Thailand (population: 66.8 million), voters will elect all 500 members of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Ratthasapha (National Assembly of Thailand, รัฐสภา), the lower house of Thailand’s parliament.
Prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra called snap elections following growing protests that began last November, ostensibly over an amnesty bill, but which have now torn the country back into the familiar pro-Yingluck ‘red shirt’ camps and the opposition ‘yellow shirt’ camps, the same pattern that’s gripped Thailand since the election of Yingluck’s brother Thaksin Shinawatra in 2001. Their ruling Pheu Thai Party (PTP, ‘For Thais’ Party, พรรคเพื่อไทย) seems set to win a landslide victory due to the boycott of the opposition Phak Prachathipat (Democrat Party, พรรคประชาธิปัตย์). So the election itself is unlikely to end the political protests and growing political violence.
The Democrats and their supporters are instead calling for an unelected governing council, and there’s a chance that, if the situation escalates, the Thai military could intervene (as so often in the past).
Read more about what the Thai protests have in common with Ukraine’s protests here.
Read more about the Thai government’s disastrous rice subsidy scheme here.
In El Salvador (population: 6.3 million), three major candidates are vying for the Salvadoran presidency. Incumbent center-left president Mauricio Funes is ineligible to run for a second term.
Polls show a tight race between Salvadoran vice president Salvador Sánchez Cerén, the candidate of the leftist guerrilla front-turned-political party Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front) and San Salvador mayor Norman Quijano, the candidate of the center-right Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA, Nationalist Republican Alliance). Former conservative president Tony Saca is also running at the head of a coalition that includes a breakaway faction from ARENA.
If, as expected, no candidate wins over 50% of the vote, the top two candidates will advance to a March 9 runoff, which seems likely to pit Sánchez Cerén against Quijano in a race that features vastly different approaches to security, corruption, economic policy and regional alliances.
Sánchez Cerén is a former guerrilla leader during the 1979-92 Salvadoran civil war, and Quijano has been dogged by corruption charges and is linked to other ARENA figures under investigation for corruption. Funes, a former journalist, became the first FMLN candidate to win election in 2009.
Read more about how, one decade on, El Salvador’s dollarization policy is going here.
In Costa Rica (population: 4.8 million), a general election will determine who will be the country’s next president and all 57 members of the Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly).
The two leading candidates, according to polls are longtime San José mayor Johnny Araya, the candidate of the ruling Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN, National Liberation Party) and José María Villalta, the only legislator of the previously minor socialist / social democratic Frente Amplio (Broad Front).
If none of the candidates wins 40% of the vote, the top two candidates will face off in an April 6 runoff.
Araya is seeking the third consecutive term for the PLN after the presidencies of Óscar Arias from 2006 to 2010 and the incumbent Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rica’s first female president. Chinchilla’s administration is unpopular — both for its inability to control corruption or to tackle the country’s growing debt.
Two other candidates could conceivably pull an upset, however: Otto Guevara, a conservative attorney, who is running his fourth consecutive presidential campaign, and Luis Guillermo Solís, a social democrat and former diplomat in the Arias administration.
The two Central American elections follow a general election in Honduras last November and precede a presidential election in Panamá on May 4. Earlier this week, Nicaragua also cleared the way for Sandinista president Daniel Ortega to run for reelection in 2016.
Read more about Suffragio‘s coverage of the recent Honduran general elections and the presidential inauguration last Monday of Juan Orlando Hernández here.
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Upstart leftist challenges Araya dominance in Costa Rican vote
Not so long ago, the Costa Rican presidency was Johnny Araya’s to lose.
But as Costa Rica holds a general election on February 2 to pick a new president and all 57 members of its Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly), Araya is on the defensive and may find himself in a runoff against an upstart progressive candidate, José María Villalta (pictured above).
Araya (pictured above), the mayor of San José since 1998, the candidate of the relatively dominant center-left Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN, National Liberation Party) and the nephew of former president Luis Alberto Monge, led polls throughout 2013.
There were always reasons to believe that lead was soft, in light of the massive unpopularity of outgoing president Laura Chinchilla (pictured above), who late last year has a 12% approval rating, making Chinchilla, according to pollster Mitofsky, the least popular leader in Latin America. Elected in 2006 to great fanfare and high expectations as the country’s first female president, Chinchilla has struggled to contain Costa Rica’s exploding public debt, which grew from 30.7% of GDP in 2011 to 35.3% in 2012. Fifteen ministers have resigned during her administration following corruption and other scandals, and Chinchilla last May hit rock-bottom when she accepted jet rides from a Colombian businessman with suspected drug trafficking links. Furthermore, Araya’s two-decade record as mayor of Costa Rica’s capital, including ongoing investigations for corruption, provided his opponents with ample ammunition. Araya has also struggled at times to respond to critics about how he could lead a government that commands the trust of the electorate.
Despite those headwinds, Araya had hope to believe that he would win the PLN’s third consecutive presidential term, given the near-complete collapse of Costa Rica’s traditional center-right party of the past three decades, the Partido de Unidad Socialcristiana (PUSC, Social Christian Unity Party). Though it held the presidency three times between 1990 and 2006, its parliamentary caucus shrunk from 27 in 1998 to just six today, and its presidential candidates in 2006 and 2010 failed win more than 4% of the national vote. When former presidents Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez were convicted and imprisoned on corruption charges stemming from PUSC’s time in power, it massively discredited the party.
But the PUSC’s troubles have only worsened in the campaign leading up to Sunday’s vote. PUSC’s presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernández dropped out of the race, blasting his own party’s record on corruption along the way. That Hernández dropped out on October 3, changed his mind two days later, and left the race again on October 9 only made the PUSC’s chances worse. The PUSC hastily named Rodolfo Piza, the former head of Costa Rica’s social security system, who previously contested the PUSC primary for the presidential nomination in May 2013, as its nominee instead.
Support for three other candidates now threaten to deny Araya the 40% support he needs to win the election outright on Sunday, leading to a runoff between the top two candidates, likely on April 6. It would be just the second time in Costa Rican history that the presidential race requires a runoff (the first was in 2002).
The strongest challenger is the 36-year-old Villalta, whose popularity surged dramatically last autumn. He’s the candidate (and currently the sole parliamentary member) for the Frente Amplio (Broad Front), a relatively new social democratic party that has figured minutely in Costa Rican politics — until now.
A brash, confident leftist, Villalta has embraced a campaign heavy on human rights for an agenda to boost environmental regulations, enact same-sex marriage, and enact more progressive economic policies at odds with the broadly free-market policies that have dominated both PUSC and PLN administrations over the past three decades. But his youth and his rapid rise in Costa Rican politics have kept some voters from fully embracing his candidacy. Though he’s not a communist as his opponents have charged, words of solidarity with the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez have not helped convince voters that Villalta is moderate enough to govern Costa Rica effectively. He received some ridicule in the final presidential debate for suggesting a tax on sodas and other junk food, including chifrijo, a Costa Rican bar food that combines rice, beans, chicharrón (pork) and chimichurri.
The strongest candidate on the right is Otto Guevara (pictured above), who’s making his fourth consecutive presidential bid. Guevara, an attorney, founded the conservative Movimiento Libertario (ML, Libertarian Movement), in 1994 as an anti-corruption party championing free-market liberalism and greater individual rights. First elected as a legislator in 1998, Guevara has won increasing amounts of support in each election — 1.7% in 2002, 8.4% in 2006 and 20% in 2010. Guevara has taken a strong social conservative stand in the current campaign, especially against abortion and same-sex marriage. He’s benefitted from the collapse of the PUSC and, though he seems unlikely to make it into the second round, polls show that he could win the presidency in a runoff against either Araya or Villalta.
If Villalta had the momentum through the end of 2013, yet another center-left candidate seems to have captured that momentum as the campaign ends — Luis Guillermo Solís, an academic, diplomat and one-time adviser to former president Óscar Arias on the Esquipulas Peace Agreement that helped bring an end to the ideology-based civil wars that plagued much of Central America in the 1980s. Ariás, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his efforts, has served twice as Costa Rica’s president, from 1986 to 1990 and again from 2006 to 2010, and he remains one of the region’s most respected statesmen. Solís (pictured above) left the PLN in 2005, however, and he’s running on a solidly center-left platform to improve the country’s health care and pension system and reduce corruption. Solís has sharply criticized both Chinchilla and Araya throughout the campaign and, as a more moderate center-left alternative to Araya, Solís may be winning voters who are having second thoughts about catapulting the more radical (and younger) Villalta to the presidency.
Solís represents the Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC, Citizen’s Action Party), another social democratic party founded in 2000 by Ottón Solís (no relation) that emerged as an anti-corruption alternative to the PLN that, like the Broad Front, is more skeptical of the PLN/PUSC adherence to neoliberal policies. The PAC, for example, opposed Costa Rica’s membership in the US-Central American Free Trade Agreement. Ottón Solís ran for president in the previous three elections, and he nearly defeated the seemingly unstoppable Arias in the 2006 election.
The final CID-Gallup poll released January 28 showed Araya holding onto a 35.6% lead, followed by Villalta with 21.0%, Guevara with 17.6%, Solís with 15.6% and Piza at just 6.5%, with other candidates winning just 3.6%. Those numbers represent a narrow drop for both Araya and Guevara, but it’s a bit of a sharper drop for Villalta, who was pollign in the mid-20s and high-20s earlier this month and in December. Villalta’s loss has been Solís’s gain. Continue reading Upstart leftist challenges Araya dominance in Costa Rican vote →
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RP wasting $30-billion fund DIE HARD III Herman Tiu Laurel 07/01/2011
RP wasting $30-billion fund
What could be more important than writing about a key bit of information that will make the Filipino people realize they don’t need foreign funds in the national economy anymore to enable them to throw the yoke of economic colonialism immediately? All the BS that cause the inferiority complex and mendicancy of Filipinos (BS such as “we need foreign investors”; “we don’t have the funds”; “we can’t run the country without debt”; or “we can’t escape the debt trap”) will simply have to go down the toilet drain.
Several times before, we have written about this idle fund that can free us of foreign dependency right away. We placed the figure at $28 billion or P1.3 trillion and identified that fund as the Special Deposit Account (SDA) with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), which was pointed out to us by economist Hiro Vaswani of KME (Kilusang Makabansang Ekonomiya). Recently, we got another confirmation of the existence and availability of this “disposable” fund kept idle only because of the treasonous streak of our BSP officials.
In a guest column by Mario Antonio Lopez in one business daily, it was reported that former Neda Chief Romulo Neri was of the opinion that “our dollar reserves of $65 billion (are) substantially above what the IMF (International Monetary Fund) considers adequate for a nation of our size and needs.”
In fact, Neri was said to believe that “we can, if we wish to, use perfectly legal means to liberate half of the fund ($30 billion) to jump-start a number of badly needed initiatives in education, agriculture, and health over and above the money currently available,” stressing that the “P40 billion requested, indeed needed, by the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) is a small amount compared to what can be made available to the three other programs which, in the process of providing the needed services, also means increased employment and livelihood opportunities.”
In other words, we don’t need the PPP (Public-Private Partnership) projects of PeNoy because this $30-billion fund is already larger than all the funding requirements for the 83 “flagship” projects under his entire term.
One report even placed the relatively miniscule “investment” requirement at “P739.78 billion under the Private-Public Partnership, 10 of which with investment requirements of P127 billion have been shortlisted and readied for rollout in 2011.”
Besides this, another reason for tapping the idle SDA is that PPP partners get unconscionable “sweeteners” such as TRO-free operations which, like in past BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) projects, effectively bar people from resorting to the courts no matter the inimical nature of these projects to public welfare or how financially abusive the project owners become. Of course, this is on top of the fact that “investor-partners” of government also get “sovereign guarantees” for their profits, which only means that they get to secure their loans risk free and their profits at exorbitant rates of return.
One of our fellow columnists in another paper, Romeo Lim, sums up the flawed logic of the PPP program (and the BOT law that preceded it): “Government (does) not have money to fund the huge investment requirements of our infrastructures program. Revenue collection (is) never enough… Government assets for sale (are) not inexhaustible, and there (are) limits to government borrowings.”
Unfortunately, that rationale, despite never being valid nor true, has gotten even the most intelligent and well-informed of our leaders either totally or partially ignorant of the existence of the huge fund that the country can use, perhaps out of a reluctance to exercise a modicum of mental or political independence.
Actually, the BSP and the country’s bankers know that this gargantuan fund is readily available for the nation’s benefit. But why is everybody silent about it? Is it because of certain shenanigans in the BSP, where officials are in cahoots with foreign fund managers to take advantage of it?
A recent news item (“BSP’s outsourced funds reach $9.8B”) reveals that a huge chunk of our reserves continues to yield management commissions or fees to almost a dozen foreign fund managers, stating, “The central bank’s externally-managed portfolios as of the end of last year totaled $9.89 billion, up by $5.94 billion from $3.95 billion third quarter of 2010 due to a shift in portfolios. (The BSP’s treasury department)… said the amount of almost $6 billion were cash infusions from the BSP’s internally-managed portfolios. The move was to shift this much amount from the internally-managed funds to externally-managed portfolios, which are funds outsourced to external managers and invested in longer-dated maturity securities, to preserve the country’s foreign currency capital. The BSP’s external fund management program started in 1997 (FVR’s time), when a portion of the gross international reserves was invested in long-term instruments. The BSP currently has 10 external fund managers including JP Morgan Chase.”
So who are the other “fund managers?” Do BSP officials receive fat commissions for subcontracting this, too?
In addition, it was revealed that “about 42 percent of Philippine funds which are US dollar hedged portfolios — are invested in the US, 33 percent in the Eurozone, 11 percent in Japan and nine percent in the United Kingdom.” BSP insiders tell us that commissions are paid out for such “investments” as well.
The Filipino people should thus wake up to the big scam that is going on with the country’s huge financial reserves. We are not as poor as those opportunistic elements in our ruling elite and financial cabals make us to be.
We, the people, should take charge of our nation’s financial resources through a People’s Bank run by our knowledgeable representatives — not by gofers of the international and local banking cartel.
(Tune in to Radyo OpinYon, Monday to Friday, 5 to 6 p.m., and Sulo ng Pilipino, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 6 to 7 p.m. on 1098AM; Talk News TV with HTL, Tuesday, 8 to 9 p.m., with replay at 11 p.m., on GNN, Destiny Cable Channel 8, on “Supreme Court: Supreme Injustices” with Lauro Vizconde, Dante Jimenez and Rasti Delizo of PMJ; visit http://newkatipunero.blogspot.com and http://hermantiulaurel.blogspot.com for our articles plus TV and radio archives)
Recall and retaliation EDITORIAL 07/01/2011
Recall and retaliation
What was going on in the mind of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima in calling a press conference to present supposed new witnesses in the unresolved Vizconde massacre case that apparently was meant to again implicate the same personalities already acquitted by the Supreme Court (SC) was too obvious: Recall and retaliation.
Recall was for her 2013 senatorial ambitions as a coup in her public career which would be most accessible by sticking to the celebrated case and digging up old bones, including those consigned to lie in peace.
Retaliation was meant for the SC that had already ruled exonerating Hubert Webb and all his other co-accused in the case. The apparent motive of De Lima was to hand the tribunal a slap on its face by bringing out the new witnesses against Webb and company after it already ruled to throw out the charges based on one dubious witness Jessica Alfaro, a National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) asset..... MORE
Indecisive FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/01/2011
Noynoy told reporters yesterday that one Cabinet official of his may be sacked if that person does not shape up, but added that the official will be given another assignment.
He refused to identify the Cabinet official, saying that he will talk to the official, adding that the official could be transferred to a different agency if several issues are not addressed.
One suspects that Noynoy has been forced into saying this, which is clearly an iffy thing, since there are conditions attached to this official’s removal.
After his speech saying that he has at least two or three Cabinet members who always bring him the bad news which he said he dreads giving them appointments as he always wonders what bad news these officials will be bringing him, Noynoy received a lot of flak. His mouthpieces tried their hand at damage control, claiming it was all a joke, which brought even more flak. In the end, a mouthpiece came out to say that Noynoy will definitely fire officials who are incompetent, without identifying the officials..... MORE
Of padres and padrinos NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 07/01/2011
Of padres and padrinos
Juggernaut, a regular blogger on ellentordesillas.com, asks: “so Gloria has corrupted the sc, the pcso, congress, the goccs, military — how are we to recover from this? how many years of reform must be undertaken? will one year be enough, will six years? can we undo in a year what has been done in nine? can we undo with good intentions the damage that has been done with ‘concrete monetary rewards?’”
Searching for answers, I came across one of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office Chairman Margarita Juico’s many recent revelations: Seven bishops received Mitsubishi Pajeros from Gloria Arroyo, presumably in exchange for “cooperating” with her. The cooperation apparently extended to all the way up to now, for the one using a spanking new Mitsubishi Montero Sports just last month demanded P-Noy’s resignation over his “KKK” — kaklase, kaibigan at kabarilan. Almost soon after, guess who put up a press conference and blustered, “Nobody’s home?”
Not a coincidence, that.
The bishops, identified not only by their past close relationship to Gloria Arroyo, but by their going around in, yes, Pajeros, are staying tightlipped. Those who didn’t get anything are the ones denying receipt of the bounty, and perhaps, this, too, is a ruse. Dedma ang mga nakatanggap, habang maingay sa pagtanggi ang mga walang nakuha..... MORE
Impatience C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Jonathan De la Cruz 07/01/2011
We can understand why most of those interviewed in the latest Pulse Asia survey (7 out of 10) were more forgiving of P-Noy and his administration than a lot of the pundits and experts in our midst. Not only are we a forgiving people we are also a very patient one. “Que sera, sera” whatever will be, will be remains a favorite among us ordinary folks. Also, in the period before taking over and even in the first month or so of his administration, P-Noy exuded a kind of folksy, forthcoming and trustworthy (Kayo and Boss Ko) air which endeared him to the public. No wang-wang became de rigeur and humility and accountability in public service and even in private transactions were expected to get back in style. Somehow, people believed that P-Noy will not only be a model of honesty and integrity but will be able to handle the demands of his office, carry on and deliver on his promises. And so, when things started to unravel across the board and finger pointing and the “blame game” became an almost daily Palace routine, the public began to take a second look at P-Noy and his crew.... MORE
‘New proof in Vizconde case inadmissible against Webb’ 07/01/2011
‘New proof in Vizconde case inadmissible against Webb’
The alleged newly discovered evidence being introduced by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) against Hubert Webb in connection with the Vizconde massacre case cannot be used against him and is “inadmissible” as evidence, a lawyer yesterday told the Tribune.
Lawyer Romulo Macalintal said this was not only because of the principle against double jeopardy as Webb and his co-accused had already been acquitted by the Supreme Court (SC).
Also, Macalintal stressed, the evidence allegedly belongs under the category of “forgotten evidence” which, according to him, “is not allowed as it defeats the orderly and speedy administration of justice.”
Macalintal cited a June 27, 2006 case of “Ombudsman vs Coronel (GR164460)” wherein the court forbade the presentation of such “forgotten evidence.”.... MORE
Saudi bans Pinoy OFWs, stops work permits issuance By Michaela P. del Callar 07/01/2011
Saudi bans Pinoy OFWs, stops work permits issuance
Saudi Arabia will stop issuing work permits to Filipino domestic helpers beginning July 2, adding pressure to the Aquino government to provide more jobs at home.
Saudi imposed the deployment ban to protest the monthly wage increase from $200 to $400 being sought by the Aquino administration for Filipino maids.
Rico Fos, Foreign Affairs Director for Migrant Workers Affairs, said Manila will seek clarification from Saudi regarding the ban, which also includes Indonesia, but noted that it will not back down from negotiations seeking better pay for Filipino maids.
“The meeting will be held in July 4 in Riyadh between Philippine and Saudi officials. We hope something positive will come out of that dialog,” Fos said..... MORE
Ombudsman orders plunder raps filed vs Bolante, Lorenzo By Arlie O Calalo 07/01/2011
Ombudsman orders plunder raps filed vs Bolante, Lorenzo
By Arlie O Calalo 07/01/2011
Minutes after denying the motions for reconsderation of former Agricuture Secretary
ordered the filing of plunder cases against the two on the P723-million fertilizer fund scam.
Casimiro stood firm on his earlier order finding probable cause to indict Lorenzo, Bolante and several other high-ranking officials in connection with the fertilizer fund scam.
Aside from the main respondents, incumbent Quezon City Rep. Nanette Castelo-Daza, ex-Rep. and now Marinduque Gov. Carmencita Reyes and former Catanduanes Gov. Leandro Verceles Jr. filed separate motions which were also denied by the anti-graft office.
Charges of violation of the provisions of Republic Act 3019 (Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act) were ordered filed against them before the Sandiganbayan, the acting Ombudsman yesterday said..... MORE
Senate to probe 2 more alleged anomalous deals By Angie M. Rosales 07/01/2011
Senate to probe 2 more alleged anomalous deals
Two other cases of alleged fund misuse during the Arroyo administration are slated to be investigated by the Senate, with one involving the alleged anomalous acquisition of helicopters for the Philippine National Police (PNP)’s elite Special Action Force (SAF) unit amounting to P105 million and a purported irregularity in the use of almost P9 million of Road Users’ Tax.
A twin move to probe the said issues is being pursued by Senators Panfilo Lacson and Teofisto “TG” Guingona, following their filing of Resolution Nos. 518 and 520 last Wednesday, it was gathered yesterday.
Resolution No. 518 is about the alleged misrepresentation in the acquisition of the Light Police Operational Helicopters (LPOHs) from Manila Aerospace Products Trading Corp. (Maptra) while the other is about irregularities in the Motor Vehicle Users’ Charge (MVUC), also known as the Road Users’ Tax under the past administration.
The lawmakers stressed the need to inquire into the use of P8.547 million from the MVUC to a youth “emergency employment program” as these releases “appear to be in violation of Republic Act 3019, otherwise known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act because ... all monies collected under RA 8794 should have been earmarked solely and used exclusively for the maintenance and improvement of road drainage, installation of adequate and efficient traffic lights and road safety and air pollution control, and NOT established to address underemployment or drug problems of the youth,” they said in their resolutions..... MORE
China says naval drills not linked to sea disputes 07/01/2011
China says naval drills not linked to sea disputes
BEIJING — China has said a series of recent naval drills are “routine” and unrelated to simmering tensions in the South China Sea involving a range of nations with competing territorial claims.
When asked about the six military exercises staged by the Chinese Navy in June, including a joint drill with Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin, defense ministry spokesman Yang Yujun urged the media not to speculate about their purpose.
“China hopes all parties will treat the Chinese navy’s normal exercises in an objective and rational way,” the official Xinhua news agency quoted Yang as saying Wednesday. He described the drills as “routine arrangements.”
He said China expects all countries involved in the South China Sea disputes to “make the peace and stability of the region a priority and do more to contribute” to that outcome, according to Xinhua..... MORE
LFS hits back at AFP, to file charges against CRS chief By Mario J. Mallari 07/01/2011
LFS hits back at AFP, to file charges against CRS chief
The militant League of Filipino Students (LFS) yesterday lambasted the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for identifying the youth group as among the organizations that should be avoided by young students, branding such pronouncements as dangerous and irresponsible.
In a statement, LFS chairman Terry Ridon said they are holding AFP-Civil Relations Service (cRs) chief Brig. Gen. Eduardo del Rosario personally liable for deaths of their members in the future.
“The bloody intrigue against student activists continues. In fact, it has never been abandoned by the AFP. If our ranks are again felled by bullets for being suspected rebels, Brig. Gen. Eduardo del Rosario shall be personally liable for our deaths,” Ridon said..... MORE
Group to bring postponement of ARMM polls to UN court 07/01/2011
Group to bring postponement of ARMM polls to UN court
A workers and farmers political group said yesterday it would bring to the United Nations court the postponement of elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), saying the move is “a blatant violation of human rights.” At a forum in Manila, Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka (PMM) president Jose Malvar Villegas Jr. said the postponement of polls in ARMM on Aug. 8 is equivalent to “illegal cancellation of elections” as this denies people their right to choose their leaders. “President Aquino cannot just appoint officials or his allies to take over in ARMM..... MORE
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Board index ‹ Talking Six-man Football ‹ Leman's Laments
25 Days of Champions -- 1995 Amherst
by granger » Tue Nov 28, 2017 3:48 pm
BY GRANGER HUNTRESS
The year was 1995, and from the get-go, the defending state champions from Amherst were not getting much respect. They weren’t even the highest-ranked Bulldogs in the preseason.
I have to include myself in this statement as well because I was on the Mullin Bulldog Train. Mullin, who had fallen in a close 1994 quarterfinal, 32-30, to Milford, was loaded with not only Petey Salaiz, but also Charlie Smith, Landon Buffe and Bobby Teague. Mullin was also slated to face the top team in Colorado, Weldon Valley early in the season.
I got an early taste of what was to come, however, when I drove to Hermleigh in August for a scrimmage between the two powerhouses, as Amherst steamrolled Mullin.
While Petey Salaiz was a slighter, shifty back, Amherst had the most dominating player of the time, DeWayne Miles. In 1995, Miles turned out to be unstoppable.
Listed at 6-2, 220-pounds, Miles was a beast. You can see him on the main page of the website. He’s number 34, holding the trophy.
Of course Miles wasn’t the only player on the roster. The Bulldogs had solid players in QB Ryan McNabb, RB/K Brandon Pointer and RB Tommy Traylor. Pointer may have been the best kicker in the state. To top it off, they were coached by Jack Shely.
Amherst did not dominate the regular season. In fact, they only 45’d six of their ten opponents. Part of that was due to several players being suspended for a few games mid-season. Part was Coach Shely knew he had the best player in the state, if he could just him healthy.
On the other side of the state, teams like 1994 state runner-up Milford and preseason #1-Mullin weren’t blowing through the competition either. Mullin lost regular season games to Covington in week two and Weldon Valley, CO in week four. Milford also lost Covington, 30-29, in week seven. Covington, who defeated both, didn’t even make the playoffs, having lost in week six to Trinidad, 17-14. They then lost a coin flip to Milford and Trinidad, so one of the best teams in the state watched the playoffs from home that year.
In the playoffs, Amherst dominated with Miles on the ground. They averaged over 70 points a game in wins over Miami, Jayton, Sands and Klondike, en route to the championship game. Their one weakness, however, was defense, as they also gave up an average of 41.5 points a game.
Milford cruised through Strawn and Jonesboro before their eastern ‘Battle of the Bulldogs’ (at Bulldog Stadium in Hamilton, no less) match-up with Mullin. For this round, it was Milford’s defense, behind Henry Coleman, Chris Pendleton and Jackie Winchester that kept the explosive Mullin offense silenced in a 32-27 victory. In the semifinals, the defense again came up big in a 29-6 win over Panther Creek.
So it was deemed the ‘Battle of the Bulldogs II’, when Amherst and Milford played for a second-straight title on Saturday, December 16 at the Mustang Bowl in Sweetwater.
Although defense had been such a key in the last two Milford playoff games, the eastern Bulldogs would have no answer for Miles. The star running back scored on runs of 1, 15, 35, 47 and 68-yards, giving Amherst a 38-0 lead and looking to close the door by halftime.
It was all but over when Milford, facing a third-and-long from their own side of the field came to life. Chris Pendleton was being chased in the backfield. He avoided a sack then found an open Corey Johnson downfield for a 47-yard touchdown.
Milford got the ball back and Pendleton again found Johnson for another 17-yard touchdown, cutting the Amherst lead to 38-16 at the half.
Milford couldn’t really make much more headway and the teams exchanged scores throughout the second half. Along the way, Miles returned a kickoff 54 yards for a touchdown and rushed for scores of 5, 50 and 40-yards.
In the end, Amherst, behind the herculean effort of Miles, won 72-48.
Miles finished with 420 yards on 27 carries. Milford’s Pendleton completed 19-of-38 passes for 366 yards through the air.
A complete box score is in this issue of The Huntress Report, http://sixmanfootball.com/stuff/THR/THR-01191996.pdf.
-- In five playoff games, Miles rushed for 1685 yards and 39 touchdowns. His kickoff return for a touchdown in the championship game gave him an incredible 40 touchdowns for the playoffs.
-- Pointer kicked a 30-yard field goal with seven seconds remaining in Amherst’s 12-12 tie over Meadow in the second round of 1994, to keep their title run alive that season. The Bulldogs advanced 6-3 on penetrations. (yes kids, that was a thing back in the days before overtime)
-- Salaiz rushed for 2685 yards during the regular season and surpassed over 10,000 for his career. He was hampered in the playoffs with a sprained ankle.
-- It was a banner year for national media attention in six-man, as Amherst was featured on The Today Show, Mullin was featured in Texas Monthly and Guthrie was filmed for an NFL-films documentary, Football in America that was shown the following year. Petey Salaiz was also featured on the Texas Country Reporter.
-- Ronnie Crumpton was the assistant coach for Leonard Buffe at Mullin that year.
-- If you want to see some current coaches’ names, look at the all-state issue of The Huntress Report from that year, where players like junior QB from Sidney Craig Steele and the junior RB from Blackwell Nathan Hayes are listed, to name a few. http://sixmanfootball.com/stuff/THR/THR-01191996.pdf
Re: 25 Days of Champions -- 1995 Amherst
by WV Backer » Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:01 pm
Awesome post/article. Love reading about the history of the game... you going to do this for the next 25 days?
WV Backer
Location: Mt. McLaughlin
by Rcblank85 » Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:24 pm
by TheGoat97 » Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:28 pm
nice read
TheGoat97
by Leman Saunders » Tue Nov 28, 2017 7:24 pm
WV Backer wrote: Awesome post/article. Love reading about the history of the game... you going to do this for the next 25 days?
This is the 3rd installment. So far we've covered 1972 O'Brien, 1977 May and 1995 Amherst...3 down 22 to go!
The 1995 State Game was the first one I attended and for what it's worth I still say Dewayne Miles is the best player in 6man I have ever seen
Leman Saunders wrote: The 1995 State Game was the first one I attended and for what it's worth I still say Dewayne Miles is the best player in 6man I have ever seen
TE right behind
Leman Saunders wrote:
Didn't see the first two but I'm glad you pointed them out. This is good stuff, thanks Oneday.
by olddawg86 » Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:27 pm
Great post, I was at both games and you are correct Miles was a beast. Without him, Milford would have beat anyone else those two years as they had remarkable squads in 94-95.
olddawg86
by Brently.pb » Fri Dec 01, 2017 1:33 pm
Great article, but I just wanted to add one thing. When you talked about 6 man in the national media there was one more. When we(Sands) played Klondike that year it was covered by The New York Times. And yes Dewayne was unstoppable, we experienced that first hand.
Brently.pb
by Coach Hester » Sun Dec 03, 2017 12:07 pm
I was at West Texas A&M playing football when Dewayne showed up in the spring of 96, I was a red shirt soph., if memory serves me right. I believe he tried to walk on at Tech or something like that and had no offers to play ball anywhere. I assume Tech didn’t work out, and he ended up trying out in Canyon for the Buffs. I can still remember vividly the first spring scrimmage at Canyon HS practice field in which he played. Everyone new he was a physical specimen but nobody really knew much about him. He ended up really making some noise in that scrimmage and raised the heads of several coaches and players alike with some great runs. Needless to say the rest was history because he eventually became WT’s all time rushing leader, surpassing the great Miami Dolphin in Mercury Morris. Ehhh... pretty good company! My first glimpse of him was at Silverton when I was asked to go to the game on a date. It happened to be a Bi dist playoff game vs Miami in 95 and was the 1st Six Man game I had ever seen. DeWayne went off in that game, and I walked away really enjoying what I had just witnessed and had a much deeper appreciation and respect for 6man football, which at that time new nothing about. Coincidence would strike again as we became teammates. I believe these experiences have had a huge impact on my choice to coach six man football and get out of bigger schools. The six man community has a lot of great talent , coaches and, exceptional small town folks which makes it very special. Coincidence would strike a third time as I got the opportunity to be defensive coordinator at Amherst for two seasons. Thanks to Dewayne Miles for being a Buffalo teammate and giving some great publicity to the game of 6man football!
Coach Hester
by 51eleven » Sun Dec 03, 2017 8:51 pm
Outstanding article Leman. I've read a little bit about Mr. Miles on here before and dug a little bit about his career at WTAM as a result. Thanks for detailing a part of it and adding a little personal insight.
Coach Hester your story is also quite insightful as well and much appreciated.
Wish I could have seen him. Sounds like a man among boys in sixman at least.
I too came from 11man and discovered 6man in the very late 90's.
The small towns are great but the speed and excitement of the game hooked me. Been addicted since.
51eleven
by Coach Hester » Sun Dec 03, 2017 9:31 pm
He was a stud no doubt! Funny thing is that Shely ran him at spread back a lot, at least the game I saw, however at WT he probably gained another 20 or so lbs and played tail back at around 240. His running style was downhill similar to a Jerome Bettie style back. If you saw him in college you would of never guessed that he came from a six man program, but that’s what makes this story so great!
by granger » Sun Dec 03, 2017 9:59 pm
51eleven wrote: Outstanding article Leman.
Hey, I actually wrote this one... LOL
by CHSTigersFan » Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:06 pm
Wow, that was an awesome game back in '95. I had been to an Amherst game earlier in the season when my dad and I were visiting my grandma. We got to Amherst early that Friday and decided to make a game. Later on in the year I saw where Amherst had made the state championship, so I told my dad. I took off work early in Texarkana, and we drove all the way to Sweetwater to watch a great game! We turned around and drove back after the game, stopping in South Dallas, for my dad to get coffee at 2am (I told him we didn't need to stop but he insisted) thankfully we didn't get shot, but he did get propped by a hooker, it was FUNNY!
Anyway I will say Miles was an amazing player, and that was a great time. Thanks for bringing the memories back!
CHSTigersFan
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07/28/14 - Supporting Small Local Farmers
In this age of huge monoculture farms, Genetically Modified Crops and other environmental hazards, causing havoc to our food systems and health, there are a rising breed of folk trying to bring us back to thinking small and local, feeding our communities and our land, and nurturing a real Slow Living Lifestyle. We talk to a couple on this mission tonight, as well as to two organizations whose goal is to find funding for such courageous and caring individuals.
Peter Ruddock
Peter is Coordinator of the Slow Money - LION South Bay group. He is advocate for a more resilient food system and a strong local economy.
Slow Money provides a meaningful alternative to our current financial system that has run amok – trillions of dollars a day flowing through capital markets in securities that no one fully understands, contributing to systemic problems of our time.
What does Slow Money mean?
Investing in real places, in people and enterprises close to home. Investing patiently, over time, with a goal of building healthy enterprises, communities and ecosystems, not just extracting financial wealth. Measuring Return on Investment by the tangible world we create around us and the health of our soil, not just the profit we make.
Fiesta Farm
Aurelio and Sarah Lopez began experimenting with pasture-raised chickens in 2009 after reading one of Joel Salatin’s books. To begin with they lived in a barn above a single acre of rented land, moonlighting as chicken farmers while both working full-time day jobs. Fast-forward a few years and 2013 finds Fiesta Farm raising chickens for both meat and eggs, as well as pigs, rabbits, and goats on almost 30 acres of mixed grass pasture and oak forest. They are proud of our “triple bottom line” business which feeds hundreds of local families with nourishing, nutrient-dense foods while maintaining a balance between People, Profit, and Planet.
Sarah (Greene) Lopez grew up on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Her first part-time job was taking care of the birds and snakes behind the scenes at a pet store… which makes her parents wonder… Sarah studied natural resource management at the University of Michigan and then returned to the Chesapeake to earn a master’s degree in marine science. Like many east coasties, she ventured west to California in search of gold, and found Aurelio. A former vegetarian, Sarah became interested in raising her own meat, and stumbled upon the growing demand for local and humanely raised meat and dairy products, which led to the creation of the former Surfside Chickens (which became Fiesta Farm). Sarah maintains an off-farm job monitoring water quality on behalf of the irrigated agriculture industry here on the Central Coast. She also manages the Fiesta Farm sales, marketing, and “office.”
Aurelio Lopez was born and spent his early years in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico. A Mixteco indian, he speaks fluent Mixteco, Spanish, and English. With 10 children in the family (Aurelio is the second youngest), Aurelio’s parents grow corn, beans, and coffee… Aurelio has been a farmer all his life! More recently, Aurelio spent just over a decade working for an organic vegetable farm in Watsonville. Though chickens and other livestock are new “crops” for him, Aurelio’s experience with organic farming and the type of production schedule needed to support CSA and farmer’s market sales are what makes Fiesta Farm “go.” For example, whenever things get hard enough to make Sarah cry, Aurelio responds with a reassuring, “Like I always tell you, this is farming.”
Brett Melone
California FarmLink
Brett Melone has served as Loan Officer at California FarmLink since July 2013. Prior to that time Brett was a member of the California Farmlink Board of Directors and Loan Committee. Brett has more than 15 years of experience supporting the business success of farmers and leading non profit organizations that serve farmers. He is an adjunct instructor of sustainable agriculture at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Brett has extensive non-profit management experience and served as Executive Director of Friends of MarViva Foundation and as the Executive Director of ALBA, Agriculture & Land-Based Training Association in Salinas, California. Brett has a BA in International Relations, Business and Spanish from the University of San Diego, and an MA in International Environmental Policy from the Monterey Institute of International Studies
The mission of California FarmLink is to link independent farmers and ranchers to the land and financing they need for a sustainable future. Established in 1999, California FarmLink has developed a statewide program of economic development support for beginning, limited-resource, immigrant and other underserved farmers across the state.
07/21/2014 - Wine and Coffee Roots : Aussies in Argentina and an American in Honduras
Slow Living brings you a taste of the world through the eyes of our two adventurous guests. Australian winemaker, Blair Poynton, and his 2 friends search the world for a vineyard where they can produce wines of their dream. The search takes them to Argentina where they now craft the stunning Jed Wines.
And Micah Hammac, Minister of Culture from Ritual Roasters, goes back to the origins, traveling to Honduras to work on the farms with their growers, and learn the “essence” of the beans. His goal is to preserve the terroir of their coffee and always keep true to the roots of their mission – to craft fine coffee using the best ingredients and care in every step.
About Blair Poynton
A winemaker from Margaret River, Western Australia, Blair has crafted wines also in Dry Creek Valleyand the Uco Valley in Argentina since 2005. Before getting into winemaking he managed a boutique wine merchant in Cambridge, England. In 2006 myself and two colleagues, Rob Bates Smith and Tom Egan, founded our own wine brand called Jed. The aim was to produce wines they liked drinking - wines made in the vineyard that were good with food, balanced with medium body. The search for fruit sources took the trio around the world and when they found the high altitude vineyards of Uco Valley, Argentina, knew they had found something special.
About Jed Wines
Each year, Jed's winemaking team travel to the Uco Valley in Argentina to produce wines that express the unique characters of this acclaimed region.
Mendoza has an extraordinary 450 years of winemaking history, however, only in the last 10 years has the Uco Valley emerged as one of the world's most exciting wine producing regions.
Situated in the foothills of the Andes at 1200 meters above sea level, the pristine environment in the Uco Valley yields elegant wines with unrivaled purity.
About Argentina
Purity of light, clean air, high elevation and the back drop of the Andes set Argentine wine apart from every other wine producing nation.
At an average elevation of 900m Argentina is home to the highest vineyards in the world. Vines grown at high altitude enjoy unique and ideal growing conditions with considerable temperature variation between day and night. The warm days encourage the development of rich varietal flavours while the cool nights serve to preserve natural acidity, intensifying varietal aromas.
Grapes grown here also benefit from the longest ripening season of any wine region in the world. This means that the grapes can mature gradually which, for the winemaker is ideal, because a gradual ripening means smoother tannins and the development of more flavour compounds. No region in the world can match Mendoza when it comes to the quantity of these handy little compounds per grape.
Blair, left, with Rob Bates Smith and Tom Egan
The clean air and fresh snowmelt from the Andes Mountains in this pristine environment also explains the distinctive clarity and vibrancy of wines grown in Argentina. The dryness of the mountain air results in very low levels of vine disease which means less vineyard spraying, while low rainfall allows vintners to control vigour and stress in their vineyard through irrigation from the pure and plentiful Andes snowmelt.
While Mendoza is famous for producing the worlds’ finest Malbec, mid 19th century immigrants have also blessed Argentina with a wide range of other European red grape varieties. Cabernet, Merlot and Shiraz/Syrah can all be found but others such as Bonarda, Sangiovese, Tempranillo and Tannat are also showing huge promise internationally.
Modernisation of the wine industry in Argentina has allowed cooler regions like Patagonia and the Uco Valley to now produce with great success, aromatic white varieties such as Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Pinot Gris. The long growing season and cold nights that benefit the Malbec grape so much, allow these white grapes to develop incredibly nuanced and delicate aromatic compounds while again retaining their natural acidities.
Micah Hammac
Minister of Culture at Ritual Coffee Roasters
About Ritual Coffee Roasters
Ritual has been a pioneer in the delicious shift in coffee consciousness that is emerging in the USA, where it is seen as an art, an expression or terroir, and just a delicate as wine. Since opening their doors on Valencia Street in 2005 and starting what some call a coffee revolution in San Francisco, their goal has been to craft the very best cup of coffee available anywhere.
About Micah Hammac
Micah Hammac weaves art into all areas of his life … whether it be working to craft the perfect cappuccino, sharing a song, sculpting clay, designing a business logo, or mapping out a garden. There is a common aesthetic thread that has been pulled through his life as he explores Coffee, Creativity and Community. Sourcing from education in ceramics and graphic design at Graceland University, Permaculture Design Certification, and over 10 years in the coffee industry… Micah currently follows his curiosity as Minister of Culture and Barista at Ritual Coffee Roasters. Micah recently finished up his first self recorded album of original songs, and works creatively out of his home studio in Vallejo, CA under the name TreeBed Design.
Chely Coffee Plantation,Honduras
Honduras coffee plantation
Nelson Ramirez—nicknamed "Chely" after his mother—which located in the mountains above Honduras’ Lake Yojoa. These Catuai variety coffees grow at around 1550 meters, under heavy fog coming up from the lake. The cooler temperatures, as well as other conditions unique to this mircro-climate, contribute to slow the maturation process of the coffee, yielding a flavor that is unique in its complexity. These coffees are milled at the farm and then dried on raised screens both at the farm and down the mountain at Beneficio San Vicente.
Since taking over the farm in 2010, Nelson has poured his efforts into expanding and improving the processing. An agronomist by profession, he's tried to tackle several issues that have come up, specifically around drying. We talked at length toward the end of last harvest, and out of that consultation, Nelson took the initiative to built several new solar drying tables. These should be more than enough to handle his harvest for the coming year, and probably enough to support his efforts to expand the farm into new sections, planted mostly with Pacas.
Sorting beans
07/14 - Biodynamically Bonterra
About Bonterra Vineyards
The leading organically farmed wine brand and a green pioneer since 1993, Bonterra offers pure, flavorful wines that are perfectly in tune with nature. Bonterra wines are a celebration of nature’s farm-fresh flavors, coaxed from the earth by integrated, organic farming practices and meticulous winemaking.
Bonterra's Groundkeepers
Long before organic produce filled the shelves of neighborhood groceries, the dedicated team at Bonterra was committed to Biodynamic® and organic farming because they passionately believed that organic grapes make the best wines. Starting back in 1987, they began to work organically with their vineyards to understand the soil, the vines, the insects and wildlife in order to create integrated farms that thrive with biodiversity. By 1993, the first 100% organically farmed Bonterra wines were gracing tables across America and enchanting wine drinkers with their fresh appeal.
From the beginning, Winemaker Robert Blue and his team firmly—and rightly—believed that meticulously farmed organic grapes should not face what he calls "clunky" winemaking. “I wanted to make wines that make you think of fresh fruit from the farm stands,” he says, “and the ‘organic’ wines of the day weren’t doing that.” Robert preserves the organically farmed qualities of this extraordinary fruit by applying both his traditional winemaking expertise and organic best practices. The result? Wines that express delicious purity and harmony.
A Unique Mendocino Home
In the stunning natural paradise of Mendocino, California, Bonterra enjoys access to an array of perfectly situated sites unlike any other in the world. It’s hard to believe, but the open, mountainous region of Mendocino is the size of Connecticut, but home to only 90,000 people and some 96% of the land is wild and undeveloped. It takes about 3.5 hours to traverse the entire county by car, and in that time you'll experience a diverse, rich landscape of mountaintops, meadows, temperate rainforests, crystal clear streams and blustery beaches.
Bonterra’s vineyards—most notably the three Demeter-certified Biodynamic® vineyards, The McNab, The Butler and The Blue Heron—thrive in a geographic “cradle” bordered by an unusual combination of mountain, rainforest and marine influences. “This valley is Mendocino’s ‘sweet spot’,” explains Vineyard Director David Koball. “We have enough moisture to allow for insects and flowers, but having no summer rain makes it easier to be organic; we stay dry when it counts.”
Bonterra's McNabb Ranch Vineyards
from the UK Telegraph
Bonterra’s emphasis on organic and Biodynamic® farming has resulted in a closed, integrated system that relies only on what is currently available at the site. This means that keeping the vines healthy requires constant assessments of the soil, the location, surrounding plants and a host of other important factors. This attentive farming method requires patience— there are no quick fixes or overnight answers —but the Bonterra team embraces a long-term vision.
Fouding Winemaker. Robert Blue
How Robert Blue Keeps it Green
Winemaker Robert Blue has been at the helm of Bonterra for over 20 years, applying his expertise to every step of the winemaking process. Blue’s belief that Bonterra wines shouldn’t “follow the fashion” has resulted in a lineup of farm-fresh white wines and classically balanced reds that are expressive and vibrant, and that showcase the intensity of each variety’s unique character.
Bonterra's commitment to organic processes is evident in its beautifully integrated farms, and the process continues when the fruit arrives at the winery. He compares his process to organic bread making. The grains are grown organically, and when the raw materials reach the processing stage, bakers are required to manage the flow in order to prevent any inputs of non-organic ingredients. He applies the same thinking in the winery, only using organic-approved yeasts, cultured bacteria and acids, and ensuring that his wines don't come in contact with anything that could be considered non-organic.
It's traditional European winemaking with an added dose of modern technology and organic best practices. Blue doesn't hesitate to use the latest in filtering and fining innovations to ensure the wines are clear and clean, but he picks and chooses very judiciously to ensure that each wine could exist naturally without manipulation.
Natural yeasts kick off the fermentation for all of the wines, and then the team adds approved yeasts in order to continue the process. Robert insists on restraint here, refusing to impact the wines in any way that couldn't be considered natural.
Blending also plays a significant role in the winery. The team uses locations, regions and varietals much as an artist uses a palette of colors to create vibrant, sophisticated wines with balanced appeal.
David Koball, Vineyard Director
David Koball prepares to fill a cow horn with
cow dung. Photo from sfgate.com
When you walk the vineyards with David Koball, you’ll see firsthand how intuitive farming results in healthy, flourishing vineyards. Since 1995, he has been growing winegrapes in Mendocino County, all in certified Organic and Demeter-Certified Biodynamic® vineyards, making him one of the industry leaders in organic vineyard farming. Growing up, he worked with his family farming olives, prunes, and walnuts, which inspired his ongoing desire to understand the natural life cycle of plants, the interplay of environmental and human factors in farming and how to best work with nature, rather than against it, to achieve optimal results. At Bonterra since 2001, David currently oversees production on 915 acres of certified organic land in Mendocino County, 284 acres of which is also certified Biodynamic.
06/23/2014 - A World of Wine, with Old Bridge Cellars
Gavin Speight of Old Bridge Cellars is fresh from a trip to Burgundy to check on their Pinot Noir project,Maison L'Envoye. He brings us a taste of Burgundy and their Pinot Noir portfolio, as well as a tour "regionale" of Australia, where the majority of their wines hail from.
Gavin Speight
Wine and Marketing Director
Old Bridge Cellars
In this age of ‘big company’ buyouts, increasing consolidation and mass production, Old Bridge Cellars brings to you a group of fiercely independent winemakers who retain their belief in artisan winemaking. Coming to know their land through the generations before them, they have an intuitive understanding, quiet confidence and desire to produce only the best they can from each vintage. In standing resolute behind their own style, they’ve established themselves as regional pioneers, benchmarks and leaders alike, universally acclaimed by wine critics across the globe.
Representing these highly sought after, compelling wines since 1990, Old Bridge Cellars has become the US importer of choice for iconic Australian wines. Their allegiance to fine wine and regional expression has been recognized in such publications as The Wine Advocate, Wine Spectator, Wine& Spirits, International Wine Cellar and Wine Enthusiast. Robert Parker of The Wine Advocate has gone so far as to say, “thanks in large part to the work of such talented importers as Old Bridge Cellars et all, American consumers have never had such an enormous selection of Australia’s finest as well as rarest wines.”
Brokenwood's "Graveyard" vineyard in the Hunter Valley
Australian wineries include Leeuwin Estate from West Australia's Margaret River, John Duvall from South Australia's Barossa Valley, Brokenwood from New South Wales' Hunter Valley, and Innocent Bystander from Victoria's Yarra Valley.
With a portfolio is anchored in Australia, Old Bridge also reaches internationally through long standing relationships with vintners in many of the world’s most applauded winemaking regions. Their partners necessarily share a deep commitment to good land stewardship, preserving their independence, and respecting their regional heritage, all the while embracing the international wine world as their quality yardstick.
Gavin with some of their International Pinot Noirs
Partnering with Evening Land founder Mark Tarlov, Old Bridge Cellars have launched Maison L'Envoye, a joint venture with a focus on Pinot Noir from Burgundy and Oregon's Willamette Valley.
Maison L'Envoye, 'House of the Messenger', seeks to explore the finest sites dedicated to the cultivation of Pinot Noir. With winemaking footprints in both Burgundy and the Willamette Valley, the project champions many unsung growers who have worked their vineyards over multiple decades and generations. Bringing together a colorful cast, including Burgundy's legendary American adoptee Becky Wasserman and Mark Tarlov, the range includes a Bourgogne Blanc, Bourgogne Rouge, Morgon Cote du Py and Savigny-les-Beaune 'Les Marconnets' 1'er Cr.
Beyond Maison L'Envoye's spiritual home of Burgundy, the search for Pinot regions expressing unique terroir also led to Oregon's Willamette Valley. Here, winemaking consultant Louis-Michel Liger-Belair of Vosne-Romanee is united with local winemaking talent Mike Etzel Jr., son of Beaux- Freres founder Mike Etzel. Utilizing a selection of both volcanic and sedimentary influenced vineyards, the team have crafted a pure and unequivocal Willamette Pinot Noir identity with the Two Messengers and The Attache Pinot Noirs.
"We've been eyeing Burgundy for some time, and to now be there as a producer is a very exciting chapter for OBC," said Rob Buono, President, Old Bridge Cellars. "Ultimately, the brand fits in seamlessly with our portfolio; we pride ourselves on representing compelling wines from revered wine regions across the globe."
06/30/2014 - A Frenchman and an Austrian Bring a Healthy Change to America
Slow Living Radio celebrates the success of 2 gentlemen who are working to bring healthy change to America. The Frenchman, Chef Alain Braux, works to educate people on healthy eating, Paleo style, and fighting the GMO battle. The Austrian, Valentin Humer and his wife, Nanette, work in a more practical way, creating Grapeseed Oil and Flour, both with marvelous health benefits.
Alain Braux
Peoples Pharmacy in Austin, TX
Votre Santé – To Your Health
Chef Alain Braux is an award-winning chef (two gold and three silver medals) and award-winning food and health author. Chef Braux has worked in the food industry for more than 40 years. He is a Certified Executive Pastry Chef with the American Culinary Federation and a Certified Master Baker with the Retail Bakers of America. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Holistic Nutrition and is also a Macrobiotic Counselor.
Chef Braux currently lives in Austin, Texas, where he is the executive chef and nutrition therapist at Peoples Pharmacy in Austin, TX, as well as running his health food consulting private practice at A Votre Santé – To Your Health.
Chef Braux started his training in France at Confiserie Pâtisserie Auer in Nice, France. He then decided to improve his skills at some of the highest-rated hotels, restaurants and pastry shops of Europe. He refined his trade at Grand Hôtel du Cap d’Antibes near Cannes, France; the Moulin de Mougins inMougins, France; the famous Lenôtre in Paris, France, and Pâtisserie Wittamer in Brussels, Belgium.
While in Paris, he was offered his first U.S. job at Dumas Pastry Shop in New York, New York. He then held the Executive Pastry Chef position in various companies such as Délices la Côte Basque in New York, New York; Lenôtre Paris Inc. in Houston, Texas; The French Hearth Bakery and Café in Sarasota, Florida, and Texas French Bread in Austin, Texas.
In 1988, Chef Braux opened his own business, Amandine French Bakery and Café, in Austin, Texas. Amandine Bakery was written about in numerous publications including the New York Times, Texas Monthly, the Austin American Statesman andthe Austin Chronicle, and won a few “Best of Austin” awards over its 10-year lifetime. Please check Google to see copies of these articles.
After closing Amandine, Chef Braux found a new home at the Barr Mansion for his elegant cakes and fine pastries. Chef Braux then became the Pastry and Baking instructor for the Culinary Academy of Austin. Currently, Chef Braux is the Executive Chef and Nutrition Therapist at People’s Pharmacy in Austin, Texas.
Food and Vine Inc.
Salute Santé! Grapeseed Oil
Trained in his home country of Austria, European chef and hotelier Valentin Humer is the force behind Food & Vine Inc and the American grapeseed oil industry.
For the past 15 years, Humer and his wife, Nanette, have championed grapeseed oil, a versatile and ecologically sound product that is made from the seeds of grapes after wine is pressed. A healthy alternative to vegetable oils, grapeseed oil is high in antioxidants, low in saturated fat and has been known to improve cholesterol. In 2008, Humer earned Green certification for Food & Vine Inc. from Green America. As a by-product of the wine industry, there is no need for hybrid or genetically engineered crops, nor does it require new farmland, crops or water to produce grapeseed oil.
The Humer’s vision has come to fruition as they continue to forge an industry for the healthy, unique product. In addition to producing the highest quality natural grapeseed oil, Food & Vine, Inc. has created five award-winning flavored oils, each of which is infused with all-natural, fresh herbs and spices: Basil, Lemon, Chili, Rosemary and Roasted Garlic. The company has also launched single varietal oils and a new gluten free flour made from the crushed seeds.
To hear more interviews with Valentin Humer, click here..
And for a full story on the company click here.
And an interesting research article on Grapeseed Flour! Click here.
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Book Review: Fateful by Claudia Gray
Author Interview: Lisa Brown + Giveaway (US/CA)
Discussion: Are you a genre slob or stickler?
Small Spills the Beans
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Miss a post in our Historical Fantasy Jubilee? No worries! Here's a complete listing of every fantastic post and giveaway--and it's never too late to join the fun!
Lauren Baratz-Logsted (Small Review)
Leigh Bardugo (Ruby's Reads)
Elizabeth C. Bunce (Small Review)
Stephanie Burgis (Small Review)
Gail Carriger (Ruby's Reads)
Susan Dennard (Small Review)
Jaclyn Dolamore (Small Review)
Marissa Doyle (Ruby's Reads) (second interview)
Sonia Gensler (Small Review)
Adele Griffin (Ruby's Reads)
Kiki Hamilton (Ruby's Reads)
Merrie Haskell (Small Review)
Leanna Renee Hieber (Ruby's Reads)
Robin LaFevers (Ruby's Reads)
Eve Marie Mont (Small Review)
Sharon Shinn (Ruby's Reads)
Laura Whitcomb (Ruby's Reads)
Emily Whitman (Ruby's Reads)
Author Guest Posts
Inspiration from the Road and Research by Lisa T. Bergren (Small Review)
Photo Inspiration by Lisa Brown (Small Review)
Why Do You Hate Ancient Romans So Much? by Stephanie Dray (Small Review)
What You Should Wear on a Date with Your Zombie Beau by Lia Habel (Ruby's Reads)
All the Voices in My Head by Robin LaFevers (Small Review)
Happily Ever After by Juliet Marillier (Ruby's Reads)
Top 7 Reasons I Love Writing Historical Fantasy by Saundra Mitchell (Ruby's Reads)
My Book Boyfriends (+ Born Wicked excerpt) by Jessica Spotswood (Ruby's Reads)
Handy Tips for Looking Like You Belong in 1240 by Emily Whitman (Small Review)
Between the Sea and Sky by Jaclyn Dolamore (Small Review)
Dark Passage (Dark Mirror No. 2) by M. J. Putney (Ruby's Reads)
Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber (Ruby's Reads)
The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton (Small Review)
The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton (Ruby's Reads)
Fateful by Claudia Gray (Small Review)
Fateful by Claudia Gray (Ruby's Reads)
Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray (Small Review)
Song of the Nile by Stephanie Dray (Small Review)
Song of the Nile by Stephanie Dray (Ruby's Reads)
The Revenant by Sonia Gensler (Small Review)
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R. L. LaFevers (Small Review)
Joint Review: Princess of the Wild Swans by Diane Zahler (Small Review)
Joint Review CONTINUED: Princess of the Wild Swans by Diane Zahler (Ruby's Reads)
Historical Fantasy on My TBR (Small Review)
More Historical Fantasies on My TBR (Small Review)
5 Historical Fantasies I Can't Believe I Haven't Read (Ruby's Reads)
Honorary Historical Fantasies (Ruby's Reads)
Are you a genre slob or stickler? (Small Review)
If you tell me you don't like historical fantasy, I'll refuse to believe you (Ruby's Reads)
5 Reasons I Love Historical Fantasy (Small Review)
So What About Steampunk? (Ruby's Reads)
Write these historical fantasies, please? (Small Review)
Historical Fantasy Needs More of These (Ruby's Reads)
Cover Posts
Kinuko Craft: Historical Fantasy Cover Artist Extraordinaire (Ruby's Reads)
Cover Review: Grave Mercy (Small Review)
First Impressions (1) (Small Review)
Historical Fantasy Books that Make Me Glad I Bought My Kindle (Ruby's Reads)
Other Awesome Posts
Why I Dare Small Review to Read Juliet Marillier (Ruby's Reads)
(Challenge accepted and MET!)
(all giveaways close on December 7th)
(International giveaways are bolded)
Angels of Darkness by Sharon Shinn + Various authors (Ruby's Reads)
Bewitching Season and Betraying Season by Marissa Doyle (Ruby's Reads)
Dearly, Departed (Ruby's Reads)
The Fetch by Laura Whitcomb (Ruby's Reads)
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (Ruby's Reads)
Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis (Small Review)
Liar's Moon by Elizabeth C. Bunce + swag (Small Review)
Picture the Dead by Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown + t-shirt (Ruby's Reads)
Picture the Dead by Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown + t-shirt (Small Review)
The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell (Small Review)
Princess of the Wild Swans by Diane Zahler (Ruby's Reads)
A River of Time book of your choice by Lisa T. Bergren (Small Review)
A Theodosia Throckmorton or Nathaniel Fludd book of your choice by Robin LaFevers (Small Review)
The Twin's Daughter by Lauren Baratz-Logsted (Small Review)
The Vespertine by Saundra Mitchell (Ruby's Reads)
Wildwing by Emily Whitman (Small Review)
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2012 Debuts: Two Must-Read Historical Fantasy Authors
Please Welcome Susan Dennard!
Susan Dennard is the author of the upcoming historical fantasy Something Strange and Deadly. Between the plot synopsis, cover, and snippets (and more snippets) of Susan's writing I've read from (stalking) reading her blog, I am practically dying to read her debut! Plus, she'll write for cookies and she recognizes the value of swoon-worthy rogues and puppy pictures, so you know she has her priorities in order.
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Q: Which one of your characters would you most want to kiss?
A: Oh, that's easy. Daniel Sheridan. He's a scalawag inventor and one of the Spirit-Hunters. He's meant to look like Max Irons and act like Dimitri from ANASTASIA. My main character, Eleanor, may not see how great Daniel is, but I sure do...
Q: Which one of your characters do you most want to slap or give a verbal tongue lashing to?
A: Eleanor's mother is pretty infuriating. She's so caught up in impressing society and finding a rich bachelor for Eleanor--things she thinks are best for her daughter--that she doesn't see what's really best: a stable home life and a hug every now and again.
It's hard because Mama has the best intentions, but she's blinded by the 19th-century way of thinking: men work, women wait, and propriety means more than happiness.
Q: If you were transported into your book, which scene would you most want to reenact?
A: Definitely the dynamite factory scenes! I don't want to give away too much of the book, but at one point, Eleanor and Daniel have to break into a dynamite factory. Of course, nothing goes according to plan, and the two find themselves fleeing full-speed before the building explodes. I've imagined that running-scene so many times while I'm out jogging that I've pretty much already reenacted it (well, sans cute-boy Daniel).
Q: Which one of your character’s brains would you want to pick the most?
A: Joseph Boyer. He's the leader of the Spirit-Hunters. Trained in voodoo, he hails from Haiti by way of New Orleans. He's seen a lot of walking corpses and ghosts--and he's destroyed them all too. When he realized he had a knack for taking down the Dead, he decided to use his skill for good. Eventually he hired on a Chinese kid with kung fu skills (no zombie stands a chance against those fists) and a ruffian inventor with a shady past (zombie explosive coming right up!), and now the team roams the earth fighting wicked spirits and nasty necromancers.
Q: Which scene do you think will surprise readers the most?
A: I can't answer this without spoiling the book, but judging by the reactions of readers so far, there is one scene about 2/3 of the way in that is going to leave you like this: O_O
But if we move earlier into the book, I think the opening scene is pretty surprising. Eleanor sure doesn't see it coming! For one, her brother doesn't show up on the train as expected. For two, he doesn't send a telegram explaining why. For three, a walking corpse shows up at the train station. And then for four--well, I'd better not say. You'll just have to read the first chapter once it's available. ;)
Seriously? Seriously?! There's dynamite in this book! I just about melted at the use of the word "scalawag" to describe Daniel, but it was the mention of the Dimitri influence that's really making me swoon (yes, he may be a cartoon, but he's a HOT cartoon!) I can't wait to be all O_O over that scene!
If you're still not convinced (really? What's wrong with you?!) check out the pretty cover and blurb! (And if you click on the cover, it gets REALLY big so you can see all the pretty details).
There’s something strange and deadly loose in Philadelphia…
Eleanor Fitt has a lot to worry about. Her brother has gone missing, her family has fallen on hard times, and her mother is determined to marry her off to any rich young man who walks by. But this is nothing compared to what she’s just read in the newspaper—
The Dead are rising in Philadelphia.
And then, in a frightening attack, a zombie delivers a letter to Eleanor…from her brother.
Whoever is controlling the Dead army has taken her brother as well. If Eleanor is going to find him, she’ll have to venture into the lab of the notorious Spirit-Hunters, who protect the city from supernatural forces. But as Eleanor spends more time with the Spirit-Hunters, including their maddeningly stubborn yet handsome inventor, Daniel, the situation becomes dire. And now, not only is her reputation on the line, but her very life may hang in the balance.
Susan Dennard is a writer, reader, lover of animals, and eater of cookies. She used to be a marine biologist, but now she writes novels. And not novels about fish either, but YA and MG novels with kick-butt heroines and swoon-worthy rogues (she really likes swoon-worthy rogues).
She lives in Germany with her French husband and Irish setter, and you can learn more about her crazy thoughts and crippling cookie-addiction on her blog, twitter, facebook, or goodreads.
Please Welcome Eve Marie Mont!
Eve Marie Mont is the author of the upcoming A Breath of Eyre, where a modern girl finds herself sucked into the classic story and inhabiting Jane's body! Every time I see another hint, snippet, or beautiful piece of A Breath of Eyre swag, I get a little bit closer to "barely containable excitement."
A: Hands down, it would be Gray. He’s a swimmer and lifeguard with sad, hazel eyes and a haunted past. How could he possibly be a bad kisser? Is it weird to have a crush on an 18-year-old fictional character?
Elise Fairchild is everything her name suggests: fair and lovely and blueblood and, as it happens, a real b-----! She is nemesis and rival to my protagonist, Emma, and she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. But don’t despair: there are a few satisfying scenes in which Emma yanks that spoon right out!
Um, hello? Read question #1. No, seriously, I’d want to reenact one of the scenes in which Emma is stuck in Jane Eyre, wandering over the moors, falling in love with Mr. Rochester, and trying to solve the mystery of how to get back home.
Q: Which one of your character’s brains would you like to pick the most?
Emma’s best friend, Michelle, lives with her Aunt Darlene in a section of Boston that’s sort of a “Little Haiti.” Darlene practices voodoo and interprets dreams AND runs her own bakery, so I’d definitely want to spend an afternoon with Darlene talking about philosophy and religion over pastries and Cremas.
Without giving spoilers, there’s a scene at the end of the book in which two characters realize they are far more connected than they first realized. What follows is dramatic, intense, romantic, and a little bit scary. And it’s also loosely based on a scene from Jane Eyre!
Oh swoon! I love a guy with a haunted past. I agree, it is impossible for guys with haunted pasts to be bad kissers. And, oh gosh, my stomach is ruling my brain again because that bakery sounds fantastic! I'm now super curious to find out how those characters are connected and all that follows (sounds like I should really get started on reading Jane Eyre, too!)
Interested? You should be! If you still need a little more convincing, check out the cover, blurb, and gorgeous video trailer! (Click on the cover for a larger picture!)
Get lost in a good book. Literally.
Emma Townsend has always believed in stories—the ones she reads voraciously, and the ones she creates in her head. Perhaps it’s because she feels like an outsider at her exclusive prep school, or because her stepmother doesn’t come close to filling the void left by her mother’s death. And her only romantic prospect—apart from a crush on her English teacher—is Gray Newman, a long-time friend who just adds to Emma’s confusion. But escape soon arrives in an old leather-bound copy of Jane Eyre…
Reading of Jane’s isolation sparks a deep sense of kinship. Then fate takes things a leap further when a lightning storm catapults Emma right into Jane’s body and her nineteenth-century world. As governess at Thornfield, Emma has a sense of belonging she’s never known—and an attraction to the brooding Mr. Rochester. Now, moving between her two realities and uncovering secrets in both, Emma must decide whether her destiny lies in the pages of Jane’s story, or in the unwritten chapters of her own…
EVE MARIE MONT is the author of A Breath of Eyre (Kensington/KTeen April 1, 2012), the first in a trilogy about a girl who gets lost, literally, in the books she reads. Eve teaches high school English and Creative Writing in the Philadelphia suburbs and sponsors her school’s literary magazine. When not grading papers or writing, she can be found watching the Phillies with her husband, playing with her shelter pup, or daydreaming about her next story.
Thank you so much for stopping by, ladies!
So, is anyone else about ready to make deals with devils in order to get your hands on a copy of these two books? Have their interviews piqued your interest?
While we don't have a copy of either of their books (still working on those devil negotiations!), Ruby and I DO have a 2012 Debut Author Prize Pack for giveaway!
Thank you to Random House Children's Books and Eve Marie Mont for providing these prizes!
The Prize Pack includes:
An ARC of The Gathering Storm by Robin Bridges
A Breath of Eyre signed cover plate
A Breath of Eyre signed bookmark
A Breath of Eyre magnet
A Class of 2012 bookmark
A Class of 2012 button
A Class of 2012 guitar pick
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Labels: Eve Marie Mont; cover review, giveaway, interview, Susan Dennard
Author Interview: Lisa T. Bergren + Giveaway! (INT)
Please Welcome Lisa T. Bergren!
You're probably familiar with Lisa T. Bergren through my (obsessive) fangirling over her River of Time series, but what you may not know is that this series is by no means Lisa's first foray into writing. Check out her links below to see all of the books she's written and read on below to hear about what inspires her to write.
There are NO spoilers here!
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Inspiration from the Road & Research
By Lisa T. Bergren
I’m often asked by people how much my research reading and trips influence my books. The answer is a lot.
A. Lot.
Siena il Campo from above. Yikes!
Way back yonder when I wrote my first historical, The Captain’s Bride, the hubs and I went out to Maine for a long weekend—and my very first research trip. In a tiny village, reconstructed to be historically accurate for my 1880s era (hello, Answer to Prayer!), on the second floor of a sea captain’s home, I met a docent. This guy was a volunteer, but he was passionate about the village, about history, about sailing. And he told me the true story of a captain’s wife who sailed with her husband, and when he became ill, actually took the helm and led the crew around the Horn. That true story became the basis of my heroine, and I even used those scenes in the book (giving credit where credit was due, of course).
I read about how a fire can turn and overtake experienced firefighters in seconds. How it roars as it comes through, like a dragon. I used that as the basis of Firestorm, in which a fire scientist has to battle her fears after such a traumatic experience, in order to embrace love.
My sister-in-law, a counselor, told me how people were using “Christmas rooms” to treat Alzheimer’s patients, because memories of the holidays are often something even the worst Alz patient clings to. They might not be able to communicate any longer, but they can sing whole carols from memory. Combined with a weekend trip to New Mexico for some setting/sensory details, I had the genesis of Christmas Every Morning (just released as Mercy Come Morning).
Castello that started the wheels turning- Chianti, Tuscany
Italy captured my heart in 2006, when we first went with friends, and has pretty much kept my mind whirling ever since. The sheer depth of its history could spin a thousand stories. But it was in visiting a small castle atop a hill in Tuscany, that I began to dream of medieval lords and their ladies. From where we stood, we could see other fortified castellos, and in the city, the remains of towers. At one point, we climbed to the crumbled remains of a castle, long gone. My mind was rolling, then. What would it be like to live in a time when you had to defend what was yours on an active basis? Withdraw behind walls? Be ready to fight for what you believed was right?
From there I dived headlong into months of research, wanting to absorb all I could about medieval life. I learned about disease and treatments, religion pre-Reformation, guilds and political power. Much of what I learned went into six books—The Gifted Series (The Begotten, The Betrayed, The Blessed) and River of Time (Waterfall, Cascade, Torrent, and soon, Tributary).
Book ideas are everywhere. In songs. In conversations. In interviews. In articles. But in my research I often find the detail, the texture, the fabric of a believable world take form. Add characters with something to learn, a goal to obtain, a crisis to resolve, mix, and you probably have a solid story.
Lisa and her family in Italy
Thank you so much for stopping by, Lisa!
Wow, that story about the captain's wife sounds fantastic! I love when fact is as interesting as fiction.
Oh, and did you catch that "and soon, Tributary"??? Yay! Bring on more River of Time!
What about you, do you like when authors draw upon real experiences, stories, and locations? If you write, do you use this approach when formulating your own novels?
Lisa is generously providing a copy of your choice from the first three books in the River of Time series for giveaway!
This giveaway is INTERNATIONAL--if US winner, the book will be signed
Ruby is chatting today with another author + giveaways!
Labels: giveaway, interview, Lisa T. Bergren, River of Time series
More Historical Fantasy on My TBR
The Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie Pope
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
This is one of those classic books that sounds fantastic, but I've somehow managed to miss.
Set in the mid-20th century, Peggy finds herself alone in her ancestral home in New York. Except, she's not actually alone. She soon discovers ghosts from the American Revolution haunt her home and she becomes a spectator in a "centuries old romance against the American Revolution backdrop of spies and intrigue and battles plotted and foiled."
Someone pull out my fainting couch, because that plot sounds to die for!
The Minister's Daughter by Julie Hearn
I'm always curious about books with dual narratives, especially when they're set in two different times like they are in The Minister's Daughter (one in 1645, the other in 1692 during the Salem witch trials). It sounds like the narratives alternate throughout the book, slowly feeding the reader clues about earlier events involving witchcraft accusations to coverup a pregnancy and the ramifications of those actions.
I haven't heard much about this book, but I'm always up for a good historical set during the Salem witch trials--especially when they're real witches!
The Red Queen's Daughter by Jacqueline Kolosov
Publisher: Hyperion
Mary trains as a white magician and, upon her sixteenth birthday, joins Queen Elizabeth's court as a lady-in-waiting. She quickly learns that practically everyone at court is vying for power, and some are even plotting against the queen. If that weren't complicated enough, Mary finds herself up against a dangerous black magician who is a threat to the queen...and Mary's heart.
HECK YES! I love court scheming! And am I sensing a little hate-turned-love, perhaps?
By These Ten Bones by Clare B. Dunkle
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
An evil presence lurks in Maddie's medieval village (in Scotland!) and something is killing her neighbors one by one. Can Maddie find and fight the culprit? Looks like she'll have her hands full with the supernatural, but if the description of the "mysterious young man" is any indication, she'll be able to find a little time for some romance as well!
I don't want to spoil the surprise (I'm not even sure if it IS a spoiler, because it's clear in one blurb and not mentioned in another), but this book features a paranormal creature my co-host Ruby harbors a particular fondness for.
My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher: Orion
If you like your vampires evil and not at all sparkly or romantic, then this just might be the book for you! Vampires are attacking a 17th century Transylvanian village and it is up to Peter and his father to stop them. It sounds like Peter's father is carrying around a hidden past (involving vampire slaying, perhaps?)...and that past is catching up to him.
I really, really hope this one is scary! I've heard it's not really as exciting or frightening as it sounds, but I'm a wimp so I scare easy.
Have you read any of these books? Did you like them? If you haven't, are you going to add any to your TBR?
Today Ruby is sharing a book review with you!
Labels: Clare B. Dunkle, Elizabeth Marie Pope, historical fantasy event, Jacqueline Kolosov, Julie Hearn, Marcus Sedgwick, Spotlight List
Author Interview: Elizabeth C. Bunce + Giveaway! (US/CA)
Please Welcome Elizabeth C. Bunce!
Elizabeth C. Bunce is the author of A Curse as Dark as Gold, StarCrossed, and its recently released sequel Liar's Moon. I ADORED StarCrossed and highly recommend it if you're looking for some great court intrigue. I haven't read the other two yet, but they're both on my TBR!
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How do you personally define historical fantasy?
I’m sure you’ve had several responses to this by now, and heard multiple definitions, so I’ll just say that for me, historical fantasy is far more than simply historical fiction with magical elements. It’s about being immersed in a fantasy world built firmly on a historical foundation, where the historical details are more than mere window-dressing, but inform the story in real and inextricable ways. This world may be our own—a genuine historical setting plus fantasy elements—or a separate fantasy world heavily inspired by a recognizable historical era—but in either case, the fantasy must be as powerful and authentic as the history.
What are your historical fantasy must-reads? (*Note: I have added Goodreads links for the titles Elizabeth mentioned so you can easily add them to your TBR!)
The benchmark for historical fantasy was set by authors like Guy Gavriel Kay, Gillian Bradshaw (The Wolf Hunt is one of my very most favorite books ever), and Judith Tarr. For younger readers, I'm a big fan of Catherine Fisher. Most readers probably know her Incarceron books, but she also has a marvelous series called The Oracle Prophecies, set in a world inspired by ancient Egypt during the Greek period. Rebecca Barnhouse has done some wonderful things with the Beowulf story, and, of course, Megan Whalen Turner's Attolia novels are true classics of the genre. And I nearly forgot Juliet Marillier—Wildwood Dancing is a pitch-perfect example.
What's coming up next for you in terms of publication?
Well, right now we're pretty excited about the release of Liar's Moon, and to celebrate that, my publisher is offering the electronic version of the first Digger book, StarCrossed, at a great promotional rate ($2.99) for a limited time. It also has a huge sample of Liar's Moon inside. After that? Well, I know all of us would love to work on a third book about Digger!
What drew you to historical fantasy?
I've been a lifelong fantasy fan—I think I read my first Xanth novel when I was eight. But as I grew as a reader, and later as a writer, I found myself really captivated by the more subtle elements of world building, and inspired by the fascinating and often unbelievable details of our own history. I love the sense of realism--of the worlds being truly real--that layers of accurate historical detail can bring to a story. I loved my history classes in school, and then my anthropology studies in college, but I always found I was reading with an eye toward using those elements I was learning about in stories. "How can I spin this information for another world?" Even now I crave that authenticity as I write.
What’s your preference: Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, or (gulp) white chocolate?
Prepare to gulp. However, if there is peanut butter in the vicinity, I'm not picky.
If you had to live in the world of one of your books, which book would you choose and which character would you like to be?
Dear me, what a choice! Curses and black magic and no reliable indoor heating... or a religious Inquisition in a police state. Do I choose the Renaissance or the Enlightenment? Charlotte Miller makes her living in the textile industry (and I can certainly see the appeal of that), but Digger lives above a bakery... and that's terribly tempting, as well. The truth is, I've "lived" in both worlds, and would be delighted to revisit either of them. And there are new worlds to come my readers haven't seen yet.
Is there a genre you could never see yourself writing? Why not?
Now that's a trap of a question! First, I can't criticize any genre; I think all sorts of books have their place, particularly for young readers whose tastes and sensibilities haven't been cemented yet. We need many kinds of books because there are many kinds of readers. Secondly, I know from experience that just as soon as I say, "Oh, I'll never write X," that's the precise moment I have an idea for X! But I will say that it's difficult for me to envision myself writing a story that was firmly contemporary, without any sort of genre classification at all (mystery, paranormal, etc), simply because my own tastes don't generally run that way. But I've just recently had my first idea for a story that is strictly historical (no fantasy elements), so you never know what will happen!
Are there any other fairy tales you would like to retell?
Oh, plenty. (Insert wicked laughter here.) This is an exciting time for fairy tale fans, with all the new books out, plus two new TV series ("Once Upon a Time" and "Grimm"). I hope I'll continue to be a part of it!
Will there be any romance for Digger in Liar’s Moon?
Oh, yes. Probably all she can handle, really!
Did you draw on any real historical religions or cultural aspects to influence the development of the moon-religion in Digger’s world?
The religion of Digger's world is an old, old part of those stories, and it developed gradually, over a period of many years while I was in school. I think it's fair to say that whenever I was studying world religions, I incorporated the elements I found most compelling into that cosmology. On the surface, it's easy to see similarities to the pantheons of the Greek and Norse worlds. I was intrigued by the idea of the evolution of religious systems--how do those beliefs change as societies change? What would a Reformation look like to a pantheistic society? What if that society embraced monotheism? What becomes of the believers of the old ways? And if you add magic to the mix--in particular a sophisticated, highly religious sort of magical system--how does that affect the conflicts such a society might encounter? It was those questions that drove me as I was working with the religious elements of these books.
Thank you so much for stopping by, Elizabeth!
Have any of you read one of Elizabeth's books? Which fairy tale retelling would you like to see her write? I'd gobble up any retelling, but my heart is pinned on the hopes of a third Digger book.
Elizabeth C. Bunce is generously providing a signed copy of Liar's Moon + swag for giveaway!
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Labels: Elizabeth C. Bunce, giveaway, interview
If I saw these books on the shelves, I would totally want to read them based on their prettiness alone. But a pretty cover doesn't always tell you what the book is actually about, does it?
Initial thoughts: *Jaw drop* Beautiful! The flowers and dress are so pretty. I love how it's illustrated and almost looks like a comic book. Ooooh, look! A mummy!
What I expect: British lady, mummies, mystery, and romance. Looks like it will be a light and fun book.
Magic? Probably a little. I'm getting "magic curses" vibes from that mummy.
Historical? Totally, just look at her dress!
Reality: This was a light and fun story, but it had a much younger tone than I was initially expecting (more younger YA/MG than the solid YA I thought it was). There is a touch of magic and it does take place in England. Overall, the cover gives a pretty good idea of what the story is about.
Initial thoughts: Love that dress! What is she running away from?
What I expect: I don't really have much to go on, but she looks like she's running away from something, so I guess I expect persecution of some sort?
Magic? Something about her makes me think she's a witch, but other than that this cover really doesn't scream "I HAVE MAGIC!!"
Historical? Yes, this feels like an historical, even though I can't place when that dress would have been in fashion. For some reason I get a Salem witch trials feel from it all, but I don't know why because they certainly wouldn't have been wearing dresses like that then.
Reality: She isn't a witch (though she does have magical powers), she isn't being persecuted, and this doesn't take place during the Salem witch trials (though it is set in the past and in America). The tone of the book doesn't really match the movement or immediate distress of the cover, but it is a darker story and I do get a sense of that darkness from the cover.
Initial thoughts: Pink! Flower! Pretty!
What I expect: A story rich in atmosphere with lots of description. The position of her hands make it look like she's offering the flower, so maybe there is some similar offering in the book?
Magic? The bright colors seem magical, but other than that, no, there isn't anything that would lead me to think magic is a part of the plot.
Historical? Probably. Set in India.
Reality: While the cover image doesn't really reflect the central role magic plays in the plot, it does totally capture the lush atmosphere and Heather Tomlinson's immersive writing. I think it's a good match.
Initial thoughts: Swirly snow! I love stormy, wintry weather.
What I expect: Russia! Something fun, but also maybe a little serious too like the Gemma Doyle trilogy. I definitely get an "impending storm" vibe, which is exciting but also makes me wonder if there's a cliffhanger.
Magic? Maybe! That swirling snow looks like it has a magical twinkle, don't you think?
Historical? While it's possible it could take place in modern times, my money is on historical.
Reality: The tone of the book matches my impressions (light, but also serious) and the pieces are definitely being put in place and the storm "gathering" in this installment. There are fantasy elements, but the paranormal smorgasbord of vampires, spellcasters, and necromancers is not made apparent by the cover. It does take place in Russia though (during the late 1800s).
When you look at these covers, what are your first impressions? How do they line up with what the book is actually about?
Remember those "almost historical fantasy" books we mentioned in our discussion post? The "generic medieval village" and similar "Anything Goes-er" books? Ruby has a list of some of her favorites to share with you today! Stop by to see what she's picked and share your favorites!
Labels: cover review, Heather Tomlinson, historical fantasy event, Jennifer Bradbury, Robin Bridges, Saundra Mitchell
Joint Book Review: Princess of the Wild Swans by Diane Zahler
Princess of the Wild Swans by Diane Zahler
Small's Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
How well was the fairy tale adapted?
Small: I'd put this retelling on the younger end of MG, and for that level I think Diane Zahler did a pretty good job. All of the basic elements of the original story were present, but this was like the Disney version of the original. I know I usually say I want the Disney version, but for this particular fairy tale I don't want sugar coating. I want the princess to suffer. Mwahahaha!
Ruby: Hm, but how young? I could see an eight year old enjoying this book, but the reading level is more nine or ten. I agree about the suffering. That's basically what the fairy tale is about. By lessening Meriel's suffering, she lessens the impact of the original story.
Small: I agree on all counts. I can see anyone from 8 to maybe 12 enjoying the story, but especially the 8-10 year old crowd.
Seriously though, I don't mean my laughter in the evil queen way it sounds. It's just, you're right, the meat of the original story is all about the princess's suffering through these truly horrible trials because she loves her brothers so much. Her suffering provides depth to the story and underscores how powerfully she loves them. Her triumph at the end (and partial failure) are made so much more poignant when she perseveres through hell to get there.
Ruby: Zahler also put too much emphasis on how much Meriel had "grown", which made her previous self sound pretty worthless. Which I didn't appreciate, because I tend to think that good heroines already have the internal strength they need to, and that their story is about finding it.
Small: I do wish her growth had seemed more gradual and building on a foundation that was already there. Instead it was sort of a flip from "selfish Meriel" to "Wonderful Meriel" and I wasn't buying it. I also didn't see anything in "selfish Meriel" to like, so right off the bat we started out on the wrong foot.
Going back to her suffering, Princess Meriel had to pick nettles and it was mentioned that her hands ended up looking pretty messed up. BUT she had friends to do half the work and keep her company and provide her with healing balms. And she wore gloves. Gloves! That's lame. She also found a HUGE loophole for the no-talking requirement and I was so NOT pleased with this cop out.
Ruby: Couldn't agree more. I kept wanting to shout, "SORCHA DIDN'T WEAR GLOVES!" and similar things.
Small: It's cheating! Her journey was hardly the torturous trek it was supposed to be, and so the destination wasn't nearly as sweet as it would have otherwise been. But this IS a middle grade book, after all, and so I guess I should give all of this a pass. (Is my grumbling petulance showing through?)
Ruby: Pft. I don't care if it was written for toddlers. She didn't have to change that part. Not to get all grandpa on you guys, but it wouldn't hurt some kids to experience some suffering, especially if it's vicarious.
Small: Hehehe, in Sorcha's day she walked twenty miles uphill both ways in the snow, barefoot and without gloves sewing her prickly nettle sweaters...
Small: They were nice. There isn't really much else to say about them. They didn't have much depth, which admittedly does sort of go along with the whole fairy tale thing.
Ruby: Nice is such a tame word! I don't want nice characters. Nice = boring.
Small: Pretty much.
Even though the friends lessened Meriel's suffering, I did like those two characters a lot. Their relationship with Meriel was sweet and served to provide the framework for Meriel's (much needed) personal growth. Their presence also helped liven up a story that can very easily tend toward the boring and overly introspective.
Ruby: There were times when I felt they were there to teach Meriel life lessons, and to show that poor people are nice and compassionate.
Small: Ha, yeah, that "poor people are people, too" message was a little heavy handed, wasn't it?
Meriel annoyed me. She did get better as the book went on, but I still never fully warmed up to her. With the exception of one, the brothers didn't distinguish themselves beyond a few labels, nor did they have any real personality. All of this combined to make it so I didn't really feel for them and their fowl predicament.
Ruby: "Fowl predicament"--HA!
Small: Thank you, thank you. *bows and grins*
The Fantasy Elements
Small: Supplementing the original story was a Diane-Zahler-original dimension with a fairy kingdom. I liked this feature and thought it provided a decent source of motivation for the queen's actions. It blended in well enough and didn't seem out of place to me, but I wish it had more depth or explanation. It felt like it should have been more of a Big Deal than it actually was.
Ruby: This being my first Zahler novel, I can't say how it compares with her other works. I thought the queen was in line with the other characters in the book--she was underdeveloped. But stereotypes (archetypes?) are a feature of fairy tales, so I wonder if that was Zahler's intention? If it was, then she's not the fairy tale-reteller for me. What I like about fairy tale retellings is the chance to see new, different, and more complex sides of those very archetypes. Retellings bring new dimension to old tales. Or, they should!
Small: I can be ok with that. I think I'm still going to give her book The Thirteenth Princess a shot, especially now that I know where to park my expectations. I do agree though, overall I much prefer a fairy tale retelling that provides more plot and, especially, character depth than the original version.
HarperCollins is generously providing a copy of Princess of the Wild Swans for giveaway!
There is an opportunity for an extra point for tweeting about the giveaway
How did you like our joint review? This is the first one I've ever done, and I'm honored to have Ruby as my very first co-reviewer.
Have any of you read this book or one of Diane Zahler's other fairy tale retellings? How do your thoughts compare to ours?
But wait! The joint review isn't over yet! Check out Ruby's blog today for the rest of our review!
Labels: Book review, Diane Zahler, historical fantasy event, Rating: Three Stars
Author Interview: Merrie Haskell + Giveaway! (INT)
Please Welcome Merrie Haskell!
Merrie Haskell is the author of The Princess Curse, one of my personal favorites. She has also written a TON of short stories, and you can read many of them for free through her website (I especially liked Rampion in the Belltower).
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That's a big question! I see historical fantasy as falling into *at least* three separate categories, which is probably excessive, but here goes.
The first kind would be the type of historical fantasy that is real history with fantastical elements, like Naomi Novik's Temeraire series, wherein there are dragons in the world, and the dragons are fighting in the Napoleonic wars, and are crewed like sentient battleships.
The second kind would be the "secret history" kind, where a historical event is recounted, but the secret fantastical events behind the scenes are revealed, like CC Finlay's PATRIOT WITCH, with witches manipulating the American Revolution.
And I think there's maybe a third kind, which would be from the Guy Gavriel Kay school of historical fantasy, where a historical place and time are made into a second world. I suppose George RR Martin is doing this to some extent, with the War of the Roses retold in GAME OF THRONES?
What are your historical fantasy must-reads? (*Note: I have added Goodreads links for the titles Merrie mentioned so you can easily add them to your TBR!)
Certainly anything by Guy Gavriel Kay, though I think it's A SONG FOR ARBONNE that I like best of his work, just because I love the south of France so well. I really loved Lian Hearn's ACROSS THE NIGHTINGALE FLOOR because I am a dunce and it took me just forever to realize the book was about ninjas, and I love it when I'm drawn into a book--lulled into it, really--and don't realize the obvious.
But what I really like, and want to see more of is, is historical fantasy's take on the Regency romance (plus or minus the romance). Mary Robinette Kowal's SHADES OF MILK AND HONEY is Jane Austen with magic, and Stephanie Burgis's KAT, INCORRIGIBLE is a middle-grade Regency romp with magic. And that's what I really, really love to read--if it's done well. I'm no fan of merely inserting vampires or zombies into Austen's text, however; that's not what I'm looking for.
Fairy tales, really! I love retold fairy tales, but I respond best to ones that are anchored in some sort of reality. So when I was writing THE PRINCESS CURSE, I felt very strongly that it should be linked to somewhere and somewhen. And 1489 at the crossroads of the Hungarian and Ottoman duel for the Balkans--well, there were times when I wished I had backed off such a robust era, because there was so much going on and I was so afraid I was going to screw something up. And I know I did screw things up--I just found out about two weeks ago that Tsepes wasn't appended to Vlad Draculea's name until after 1500, so that's a big old anachronism in my book I didn't hit on until a week after the book was out. But all the same, I know that as a straightforward fairy tale retelling, TPC would have felt untextured without a historical aspect to draw on.
Oh, dark, definitely. Anything less than 75% cacao feels like I'm just eating Cocoa Puffs. The exceptions here are: I like chocolate with nuts and marzipan, plus almost any chocolate from Switzerland, without prejudice to it's cacao content. Also, the Vosges Barcelona bar with hickory smoked almonds and sea salt. Um. What was the question again?
How did The Princess Curse change from pre-to-post publication?
Well, without going *too* much into it, there is a draft where Reveka pretended to be dead for most of the book! Or at least, pretended to be cursed. But perhaps you are really asking about changes with my editor, and not all along the way? With my editor, who is a freaking genius, there was some intensive streamlining, a pick-up of the pacing, and clarification of motives. It was a big push for everything to be clearer to the reader--not that I was trying to be opaque or to obfuscate, but I had some eighth-draft-itis by that point.
Mysteries, or rather, cozy mysteries. I don't really enjoy reading them, with a few exceptions (I really do like Stephanie Barron's Jane Austen mysteries, though are they cozies?--and I love Agatha Christie). I think, though, to say you like a genre, that means you have to get some joy out of reading the average books in the genre as well as the amazing ones. A really good book transcends genre; I suspect that's why I like Agatha Christie. But I like things in YA, romance, fantasy, etc. that are very clearly not the best examples of their genre, so I would call myself a fan of those genres. Anyway, I'm trying to say, I don't think I could write a book in a genre I don't love, in part because any sort of research into the market would be a long, slow, painful slog, and in part because I wouldn't be familiar enough with the genre conventions to do the work well.
Reveka thinks that the 12 Dancing Princesses curse is the stupidest curse in existence. Which fairy tale do you think is the dumbest? Which is your favorite?
Reveka thought the curse was stupid only because she was uninformed--she certainly changed her mind once she understood it and when it affected her friends. I think any time I've thought ill of a fairy tale, with a little understanding and a little research into the origins of the story I've gained new respect for it.
Fairy tales are so much beyond simple stories; they are attached down deep into the metaphorical and archetypal layers of story. I think when I was younger, I didn't get why the wife in "Bluebeard" had to succumb to curiosity--she was told not to open the door! But as a teenager, I understood the rebellion aspect, and later, as a wife, I understood the assertion of an independent identity, the right to open the doors in my own house--all of the things that might go through a young woman's head at that point.
Likewise, even though it is very uncommon nowadays to have a book with a passive heroine, and some fairy tales have incredibly passive heroines, I have a great deal of sympathy towards Cinderella or Snow White. Their situations are sympathetic, and they are young; young and stultified is a terrible position to be in. So I don't blame either of them for waiting for their fairy godmothers or princes to take a hand. I can't write books like that, of course, and I wouldn't want to, but we all know people who are stuck in bad situations that can't seem to get out of them, and I have patience and sympathy for them.
If you had an invisibility cap, where would you go and what would you do?
Oh, ha! Probably nowhere. I'm a clumsy person; I would totally trip over my invisible feet, do myself harm, and get caught doing whatever I might consider doing. I would need an invisibility/soundproof floating bubble, I'm afraid; a cap would not cut it. As a kid, I would have gotten up to all sorts of mischief, like playing tricks on people and spying, but I am older and possibly wiser now.
I mean, that's if I were invested in maintaining my daily life, which I am. However, I always wanted to be a detective, so if I were *not* invested in maintaining the status quo, I'd definitely use it to be a really great private investigator.
In the traditional fairy tale, the person who discovers the princesses' secret is a man, often a soldier. What made you decided to turn that character into a young girl?
In part, because I knew it had been done. Even though when I wrote the first draft of The Princess Curse I didn't know of many other fairy tale retellings of "12 Dancing Princesses" (mostly, I was aware of the short story version by Robin McKinley which shows up in A Hedge in the Wall), I suspected that if anyone out there was rewriting one, they'd be going the cowherd/soldier route. (The French version has a cowherd, not a soldier.) I was thinking, "What if there were a cowherd AND a soldier, and it was actually neither of them that rescued the princesses?" And that's how we got Mihas and Pa--and Reveka. And I thought Reveka, as an herbalist's apprentice, i.e., a girl with a job, would be a nice foil to the princesses.
Thank you so much for stopping by, Merrie! And for making my TBR grow!
Have any of you read The Princess Curse? What do you think about Merrie's three types of historical fantasy? Which type is your favorite?
I love Merrie's response regarding fairy tale retellings. Isn't it true how a story can resonate with us in different ways depending on our own age and situation? That's one of the reasons I love re-reading books so much
(the other main reason is my awful memory!)
Merrie Haskell is generously providing a copy of The Princess Curse for giveaway!
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Labels: giveaway, historical fantasy event, interview, Merrie Haskell
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Ireland - may raise tax on cigarettes as part of emergency budget..
March 31, 2009 - The Cabinet is due to meet again as part of preparations for next week's emergency Budget. Ministers met for more than seven hours yesterday to identify areas where cuts can be made and taxes increased in order to plug the massive hole in the public finances.
In the emergency budget the government may increase the price of cigarettes by €2 (1.85GBP, 2.66USD). Some commentators have warned that higher taxes will not achieve their aim of discouraging smoking and will instead just force smokers into the black market.
Speaking afterwards, the Taoiseach (Irish Government) said Irish people should expect a drop of up to 10% in their living standards over the next two years. He reiterated the need for a broadening of Ireland’s tax base, but gave no hint what taxes would be altered
Ireland vowed to show foreign investors it had a handle on buckling public finances after data showed the country's unemployment rate hitting a near 12-year high in February. Tax revenues fell by nearly a quarter in Jan-Feb from a year ago as the economy slid into its worst recession on record and Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said shrinking revenues and spending pressures threatened to push the fiscal shortfall 5-billion euros (US$8-billion) over target. (Ireland plans emergency budget in April by Carmel Crimmins and Jonathan Saul, Reuters, 3/4/2009)
Chief executive of the Irish Heart Foundation Michael O’Shea said the organisation was angered by the Government’s "apparent inability" to control the smuggling of illicit tobacco products into Ireland. "The failure by government to tackle the growth in smuggling is not a good enough reason not to protect the health of our children from cigarette smoking. This is a national disgrace," he said.
“It is not acceptable to let criminal activity dictate social measures to protect the health of our children and young people. It is not acceptable to say there will be no increase in tobacco prices – a proven deterrent to new and existing smokers – because smuggling will increase."
He called for the Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern to increase resources to deter smugglers through measures such as increased penalties and prosecutions. Contraband cigarettes account for around one-quarter of all the tobacco smoked in Ireland, according to official estimates. Ash, the Irish Cancer Society and the Irish Heart Foundation said they were shocked and outraged at the investigation aired this week by RTE's Prime Time, which found children as young as 14 were being used to sell illegal and counterfeit cigarettes around the country. The investigation found that the smuggled cigarettes were on sale openly in casual markets and estimated that each carton of 200 sold on the black market represented a loss of about €65 to the exchequer.
Reference: Government 'complacent' over cigarette smuggling by CIARA O'BRIEN, IrishTimes.com, 3/27/2009, Smuggling 'shouldn't discourage hike in cigarette prices', Belfast Telegraph, 3/26/2009, Smuggling threat 'shouldn’t discourage hike in cigarette prices', Irish Examiner.com, 3/26/2009.
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SCP-2776 prior to being moved to permanent containment.
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2776 is to be contained in a high security, lead-lined humanoid domicile at Area 11. No fewer than four heavily armed security personnel are to be stationed outside of the domicile.
In the event of an attempted breach of containment, security personnel are to first activate the Wenss-Newton Electromagnet located beneath the domicile. If SCP-2776 manages to disable the device or leave its area of influence, security personnel are to attempt to subdue SCP-2776 using Class III live-shock charges. Should SCP-2776 manage to escape the confines of the primary containment structure, security personnel are authorized to apply lethal force to prevent a full breach of containment.
In order to prevent any attempts at breaching containment, SCP-2776 must be made to believe the following information, regardless of whether or not it is true:
The United States of America exists as a free democracy.
Great Britain, its citizenry, or any party originating within its borders does not pose a threat to the safety and stability of America or any of its assets.
The French Republic exists and is not threatened by the United Kingdom.
Failure to ensure that SCP-2776 is not exposed to anything that contradicts the information above will activate SCP-2776, and will likely result in a containment breach.
Description: SCP-2776 is a humanoid automaton bearing the aged likeness of deceased senior British army officer George Washington, which held the office of President of the United States from April 30th, 1789, to March 4th, 1797. For more information about the origin of SCP-2776, please see Addendum 2776.3.
SCP-2776 consists of several features which fit the technological capabilities of the time during which it is believed to have been created, including a crude iron skeleton, wooden support struts, glass eyes and mid-18th century dental prosthesis. However, SCP-2776 also consists of many additional, highly advanced features, such as a smooth, carbon-based base skin layer, kinetically resistant armored plating within the chest, a small fusion reactor to supply power to the assembly, and a currently unknown information processing unit within the skull made entirely of graphene. The outer flesh of SCP-2776, as well as the hair and nails, are all organic, and are resistant to decay.
The primary mechanical driver of SCP-2776 is an electric motor situated in the upper chest cavity, but power can be directly administered to any of SCP-2776's faculties from the nuclear core by way of super-heated wiring that interacts in some way with an unknown mechanical system within SCP-2776's skeleton. This is believed to be the main driving power behind most of SCP-2776's anomalous capabilities, but due to the sheer power output SCP-2776 is capable of during activation, it is believed that power must be originating from another source within SCP-2776. Research into this is ongoing.
SCP-2776 has two primary modes of operation. The first is a "low-energy" default mode, wherein SCP-2776 expends relatively very little energy and exhibits signs of sapience and sentience. SCP-2776 believes that it is George Washington, born in Virginia, British America, and was at one point the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and later the President of the United States. SCP-2776 is unable to justify its automatonic makeup, stating that it has always been this way.
The secondary mode of operation, a "high-energy" mode, is activated only when SCP-2776 encounters information that contradicts the three pieces of information presented above. While in its activated mode, SCP-2776 [DATA EXPUNGED - See Addendum 2776.4 for more information].
Addendum 2776.1: Discovery
SCP-2776 was first discovered during a 2007 raid on a Marshall, Carter and Dark distributor acting out of Roanoke, Virginia. During the raid, several documents were uncovered describing the existence of a dangerous anomalous object located in Fairfax County, Virginia. Mobile Task Force Beta-24 "Pioneers" was dispatched to secure the object, located below the Fairfax campus of George Mason University.
Below is an excerpt of the MTF field report:
In the back of the facilities building we found a covered access shaft no wider than half a meter or less. We measured the depth at about ten meters, and descended in single file. The walkway tunnel below was tall enough that we didn't need to crouch, but not wide enough to stand side-by-side. As we approached the end of the hall, Thomas noted that there were several side-tunnels which looked to have been collapsed at some point. There was a gas lighting system in place, as well, but it looked inoperable.
At the end of the hall was a single door with three sliding bolt locks about as thick as my arm. The door was made of iron. The bolts themselves were rusted shut, so we had to wait to get a torch down to cut through it. Once we did, we opened the door to the room he was in. It wasn't any bigger than a standard containment cell here, maybe a little higher. Furnishings were scarce, but it was homey. Walls were paneled wood and papered, floor was hardwood. A carpet, a small bookshelf and nightstand, a few gas lanterns, and him, laying on the bed. Might as well have been dead to the world, didn't move an inch when we walked in.
He was hooked up to this machine through these big copper pipes. Really steampunk, definitely didn't fit the appearance of the rest of the room. As we were setting up lights in the room, Avery tripped on one of the pipes and jarred it loose. He woke up when it disconnected.
None of us recognized him at first, you know, because he doesn't really look like he does in the pictures. He introduced himself and we thought he was full of shit. I didn't even believe it until I saw the stuff they pulled from the raid, and even now I'm still not sure. Whatever he is, he was down there for a long time.
After a quick status check and rundown, we got him moved out to a secure vehicle and shipped to Site-23. He was cooperative the whole time, didn't say much. Didn't seem very sure about the car, but we assured him he was fine.
Addendum 2776.2: Interview
The following interview took place shortly after SCP-2776 was processed by containment specialists at Site-23.
Dr. Richards: Good afternoon, sir.
SCP-2776: And to you.
Dr. Richards: Do you know where you are?
SCP-2776: I do not, though I find that I must not know many things after all I have seen today.
Dr. Richards: Did the men you spoke to earlier say anything about what we do at this facility?
SCP-2776: They used the word "containment" liberally. I assume this is a prison?
Dr. Richards: No, no, not a prison. More like a laboratory. For research.
SCP-2776: Am I a subject?
Dr. Richards: For the time being, yes. Do you know what year it is?
SCP-2776: I… I believe it was December, yes. I was ill, and the physicians were— I believe Martha was there as well, where is she?
Dr. Richards: Some time has passed since your reported death, I'm afraid. Two hundred years.
SCP-2776: (Does not respond)
Dr. Richards: Are you alright?
SCP-2776: The Lord should have taken me, I remember feeling the life leaving my body. I spoke for the last time and then the darkness… I do not understand.
Dr. Richards: During our initial inspection, we noted several abnormal parts of your physiology, features that were not… human. It is possible that a malfunction of your power supply activated some kind of emergency power reserve system, gave your internal mechanisms time to repa—
SCP-2776: What? Power supply? Mechanisms? Speak now, what are you implying?
Dr. Richards: You are, uh, as far as we can tell, animatronic. A machine.
SCP-2776: This… but Martha, she never…
(SCP-2776 does not respond to further questioning. SCP-2776 remained unresponsive throughout the remainder of its processing examinations, and only began speaking again once reaching containment at Site-70.)
Addendum 2776.3: Recovered Documents
The following documents were recovered during a raid on a Marshall, Carter and Dark distributor in Roanoke, Virginia, United States.
I understand your concerns, and my fellows in Boston share them. We do simply lack the firepower to mount any kind of assault, domestic or foreign, with any chance of success. This much is certain.
Through my communications with EH as mentioned in our previous correspondence, there is a gentleman in my colleague's acquaintance who may prove invaluable to our cause. He is a professor of the sciences and is working on no small number of truly remarkable projects. I have advised my colleague to seek his counsel immediately, and we can begin discussions with him once we have an agreement among ourselves.
I await your reply.
Mr. Tolliver,
As we discussed before, it is imperative for the sake of a believable product that I am supplied with the likeness of one who would most fittingly take up the mantle you are intending the machine to hold. This is the most imperative step, as a misstep here will ruin any credibility the final product has.
The final decision is yours, of course. The apparatus can be modified to fit whomever you choose. However, if I were to make a recommendation, there is a young officer from Virginia who has recently taken ill after combat at the Monongahela. If I am not mistaken, it is believed he will not see the month's end. A tragedy, no doubt, but a young officer with anti-imperial sentiments is a fine basis to start with.
The officer is one George Washington, and he serves with General Braddock in the Ohio Country. You must reach him before he passes, and ensure that he drinks the preparatory tea I am sending along to you in this correspondence. This will ease his passing and ensure that the vital instruments of his being remain intact. Once you have a corpse, remove it in silence, none must know of his passing. Pack him in the manner I have explained and have it sent to me on the next ship bound for France. I will do the rest.
He will need a wife, upon his return. Someone you can trust to maintain him. His wounds will not hurt him, but they will be visible. She will need to understand his inner mechanisms, and be able to make adjustments to them as needed. I have one such woman in my employ, and am willing to have her accompany him back to Virginia.
He will also need an estate, where he can go to be in private. He will be your battlefield commander and inspire confidence within your numbers, but he cannot be seen publicly, for we risk shattering the illusion if he is inspected upon too closely. It will be preferable if this estate is near a river, for other mechanical reasons.
I will accompany him when he returns, as well. See to it that the preparations are made, and you will have your commander.
I have seen him with mine own eyes, and he is glorious. No less of a man than I have ever beheld, even upon close inspection. The man Durand did not lie to us, this is our general, and our King if need be.
He resides now within his estate at Mt. Vernon with his wife, the woman Martha who accompanied Durand from France. She is a thing of wonder herself, I have never seen a woman so adept at handling the intricate manners of machinery as she. I suspect she may have assisted Durand with the assembly of our Mr. Washington.
The time is coming soon when we will need to begin. I have spoken to Benjamin, and he supports a move forward. Contact the Philadelphia men, and we may begin putting the wheels in motion.
Your fears are unsubstantiated, I am happy to report. I know these early losses may be difficult to take, but they are necessary to deliver a believable outcome. A landslide victory resulting in few American deaths is preferable, yes, but unbelievable, and this is the more important thing. Do not forget it.
If the tides of battle turn away from you, do not be concerned. Mr. Washington will not lose the war, and you will have your independence.
Addendum 2776.4: Incident Report
+ Enter Level 4/2776 Authorization
Image collected from MTF A-19 video surveillance equipment.
On February 15th, 2009 at 0946 local time, a distress signal was received from the isolated Site-70. Mobile Task Force Alpha-19 "Romeo and Juliets" was dispatched to assist in containing what was believed to be a possible breach of containment.
At 1012 local time, an updated distress signal was received, containing images of destruction, an estimated body count, and a general request for additional aid. MTF Alpha-30 and Gamma-10 were both mobilized from Sites 19 and 23, respectively. At 1132 local time, MTF A-19 reported live combat with an unknown entity. MTF A-19 continued to report live combat for another hour until MTF G-10 arrived. Of the fifteen members of A-19, only three survived.
MTF G-10 arrived and, with the assistance of air superiority, managed to bring down the unidentified entity which had, at this point, leveled Site-70 and caused the death of no fewer than eighty-five research and security staff members, as well as the majority of MTF A-19. Shortly after the arrival of MTF A-30, it was discovered that the entity in question was SCP-2776, which was shortly moved to maximum security containment to await further processing.
SCP-2776 post incident. Image blurred to remove graphic detail. Signs of damage caused by high caliber bullet fire is evident. SCP-2776 remains in this condition.
An investigation into the breach of containment was launched, and it was discovered that SCP-2776 first began to show abnormal behaviour after watching a television program describing a recent buyout of an American telecom company by a British media company. SCP-2776's internal temperature immediately spiked to 400°C, and began to emit massive amounts of gamma radiation from its core.
SCP-2776 then underwent a series of physiological changes. A series of high-powered energy emitting devices which until then had been located within the entity's arms burst through the skin. The entity's back opened to reveal an incinerating weapon, and the side of the face opened to reveal some kind of gas vent that began propelling a thick, white smoke.
SCP-2776 then began to move along a path which trajectory analysis concluded would lead it to London, England, and met all resistance to its approach with lethal force. Individuals who approached SCP-2776 were either caught in the range of its energy-emitting devices or incinerating device, and those who grew too close would succumb to the effects of the white gas, which appeared to coat the individuals in a fine layer of liquid mist. Biological material covered in the mist did not seem to be able to cease life functions until the mist had dissipated.
It was later discovered that one of the energy-emitting devices was designed solely to cause cancer in biological subjects that passed through its area of influence. The effects of this were only discovered during autopsies of afflicted individuals, as the subjects in question did not live long enough for their condition to develop.
After the events of February 15th, 2009, SCP-2776 was moved to its current location at Area-11. On-site personnel have noted a significant change in behaviour since SCP-2776 was initially activated, as SCP-2776 no longer attempts to socialize or communicate with researchers in any way unless questioned directly, and does not address Foundation staff unless to request food, water, or a Bible for study, the latter of which has been denied.
The following interview was conducted on March 19th, 2009.
Dr. York: Do you know anything about your abnormal physiology?
SCP-2776: (Garbled)
Dr. York: You need to speak up. I said, do you know anything about your abnormal physiology?
Dr. York: What?
SCP-2776: …for we must make safe this great democracy—
Dr. York: Who built you?
SCP-2776: …and the rivers will run red with the blood of patriots, defenders—
Dr. York: We're getting nowhere with this. (Aside) Can we get someone in there with a—
SCP-2776: …for so long as I draw breath, the empire on which the sun never set shall not hold authority over this great nation, a nation of—
Dr. York: SCP-2776, you are risking termination if you are unable to cooperate with us further. Who created you?
SCP-2776: …laws, not kings—
Dr. York: Somebody get down there and see if we can't convince him to cooperate—
SCP-2776: …and by the grace of God Almighty, I will be the Law.
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5 Organizations Dedicated to Addressing Food Equity
June 26, 2018 | Abbie Stutzer
Reclaimed food. Source: FoodForward.
Food equity is emerging as one of the most important social justice issues influencing the modern food system. It’s jarring that people throughout the United States are still unable to easily access healthy local produce when processed chips and soda can be bought at every corner store.
So Seedstock wanted to take the opportunity to recognize five organizations that are doing everything possible to get healthy, local produce in the hands of everyone who wants to eat well—no matter their location in a city.
1. Massachusetts Avenue Project & Growing Green
The Massachusetts Avenue Project & Growing Green’s (MAP) beginnings date all the way back to 1992. Although the Buffalo, New York organization’s start was modest—it was first classified as a “block club”—it is now a thriving nonprofit dedicated to growing food that nourishes while beautifying and bringing the neighborhood it resides in together. Although the organization has evolved over the years, it still aims to build food equity, while also engaging young people. Read More
An Indoor Farm and Urban Ag Center in the Middle of a Food Desert – Q&A with Duron Chavis
July 28, 2016 | Abbie Stutzer
Aeroponic towers and hydroponic growing systems being used at Harding Street Urban Agriculture Center. (Photo courtesy of Duron Chavis)
In the economically depressed and food insecure City of Petersburg, VA, a former YMCA building long neglected, but not forgotten, has become a beacon of growing hope in the community. Over the past two years the building has been refurbished and transformed into a high tech indoor farm and urban agriculture research center to provide workforce development training and increase food access through the production and distribution of high quality, fresh produce to area residents.
The center known as Harding Street Urban Agriculture Center is run by Duron Chavis, a community advocate and Indoor Farm Director at Virginia State University – College of Agriculture. Seedstock recently spoke to Chavis to learn more about the origin of Harding Street Urban Agriculture Center and its indoor farm, its goal, the sustainable methods employed in the indoor farm’s operation, and more. Read More
Pedal-power and Precision Revolutionize Food Rescue in Boulder
Boulder Food Rescue makes pickups from grocery stores and restaurants seven days per week and in all weather conditions in order to keep food from falling through the cracks. Photo credit: Ethan Welty
When 1 in 7 people are going hungry in a country that throws out half the food it produces, there isn’t a supply problem; there’s a distribution problem. This was part of the hypothesis tested in a 2011 study conducted by former University of Colorado students Caleb Phillips and Becky Higbee. By looking at data collected through a local food rescue organization, the study found that large volumes of food were going to waste in northern Colorado because there wasn’t a well-coordinated effort capable of catching that food before it became completely unusable. The research team showed that, with funding and adequate labor, organized food rescue and redistribution efforts were not only possible at small and large scales, they could also capture enough potentially wasted food in Boulder and Broomfield Counties to feed everyone in that area.
On the wings of this information, Phillips and Higbee joined with friends Nora Lecesse, Helen Katich, and Hana Dansky to form Boulder Food Rescue. The project began with the same systems-minded approach as the study. The BFR crew met with local grocery store officials, whose stores were trashing unsold food, and asked why they wouldn’t choose to donate it instead. Some blamed the rules of local food banks, which prohibited donations of produce outside of its original packaging. Many more grocery managers lamented that food gone past a supermarket’s saleable standards is too perishable to survive the extended journey from store to food bank to plate. As the study had already shown, timing was key. Read More
Aquaponics Startup Serves Up Rainbow Trout with Side of Veggies
A view of one of Redemption Fish Company’s young aquaponics tanks. The Salem, MA based company is a budding aquaponics business raising fish and produce to stem the tide of collapsing fisheries in New England. Photo courtesy of Andy Davenport.
Selling seafood in New England has never been a problem. But with local fish populations collapsing, and the appetite for seafood remaining the same, providing fish to sell is becoming more dire than most people may realize.
“Living in New England, we are assailed with seafood left and right—it is a humongous part of the culture up here—and a delicious one at that,” Redemption Fish Company co-founder Andy Davenport says. “With the constant pressure on the oceans and recent restrictions on fishing, such as the Cod populations in the Gulf of Maine, we figured we would help lighten the load and provide people a local option to [help] the hurting oceans and the current farmed fish option that’s from hundreds of miles away.”
To be clear, Davenport and his business partner Colin Davis aren’t your typical New England fisherman. They met as roommates in Cambridge, Massachusetts while Davenport was working in the biotech industry and Davis ran a farm-to-table grocery business. With their backgrounds, it may make sense that aquaponics was a natural outgrowth of their friendship. Read More
5 Apps that Reduce Food Waste and Help Feed the Hungry
Food is food because it’s meant to be eaten. But all too often, what’s intended for the table ends up in the dumpster. To address the issue, a growing movement of developers is creating easy-to-operate tech tools to help people produce volumes of food with less surplus and rescue food that would typically go to waste. Read More
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Mad Men, "Shut the Door. Have a Seat": We're putting the band back together
Spoilers for the "Mad Men" season three finale coming up just as soon as I have the carpets cleaned...
"How long do you think it'll take us to be in a place like this again?" -Roger
"I never saw myself working in a place like this." -Don
For much of this season, we wondered exactly when the show would get around to dealing with the Kennedy assassination - whether Matt Weiner would wait till the finale, or get to it ahead of that. He took the latter approach, and many of us assumed it was because he was following the "Sopranos"/"Wire" model of putting all the big developments in the penultimate episode.
Turns out Weiner put Kennedy into last week's episode because that wasn't the season's biggest development, not by a long shot. (In the grand scheme of the '60s, Kennedy was huge, but far-removed from the world of Sterling Cooper.) Instead, he had to get that out of the way so he could use the finale to deal with more pertinent matters for our characters: Betty divorcing herself from Don, and Don, Roger, and Bert finding a brilliant way to divorce themselves from PPL.
Over and over in "Shut the Door. Have a Seat," characters are told some variation of the episode's title, and they sit and hear some life-changing bit of news: that St. John is selling all of PPL to McCann Erickson; that Betty has hired a divorce lawyer; that Don, Roger and Bert are determined to buy the company back; that Betty won't have an easy time of divorcing Don in New York; that Don wants Peggy to quit Sterling Cooper and come with him; that Don and Roger need Pete to come on board; that Bobby and Sally's parents will be separating; and that Don, after being an aloof bastard to Peggy for most of this season, will do anything to get her to go with him to join the new firm.
We end the season on what could be two enormous shifts to the series' status quo: a core group of SC employees (Don, Roger, Bert, Lane, Peggy, Pete, Harry, Joan) have started up a new shop, and Betty has gone to Reno to divorce Don and plan for a new life with Henry Francis.
But will they take?
After all, "The Sopranos" closed its fourth season with Carmela kicking Tony to the curb for one infidelity too many (as Betty already did midway through season two) before taking him back a few months later when she realized she didn't have better options (ditto Betty). As soon as Henry told Betty to not try to get any of Don's money in the divorce, alarm bells went off for me. Bad enough that he proposed marriage to her after they'd spent perhaps a combined two hours in each other's company (assuming that, outside their stint as pen pals, they didn't get together off-camera at any point in the season), but he's setting up a circumstance where Betty's going to be just as dependent on her new man as her old one. It's entirely possible that midway through season four, Betty will be asking Don to move back in with her and the kids.
As for Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce(*), while it's a shock to the system to see Don and Roger walk out of the familiar offices (leaving the doors unlocked, no less), this is a company being run by the same guys who were more or less running it this year - albeit with the balance of power more evenly-distributed - and with many (but not all) of the familiar faces from SC. Will this be a new beginning, or just an opportunity for the production team to have fun designing a different office set?
(*) Should there be any kind of punctuation in there? Sterling Cooper seemed to work fine without commas, but that was just two names. This is four - with the potential to expand to five if Pete proves himself down the road. (Don told him that working towards a goal has always led to his best work.)
But we can talk about how significant these changes might be in a bit. Because whatever happens in season four, this episode was such a concentrated shot of pure storytelling joy that I don't much care at the moment whether Betty goes back to Don, or whether Ken, Paul, Kurt, Smitty and even Lois slowly find their way onto the SCDP payroll.
"Shut the Door. Have a Seat" felt very much like a caper movie: the jazzy piano music, the intrigue, the plan unfolding perfectly as Lane walked in, got fired by St. John, and walked out happily, leaving a dumbfounded Moneypenny in his wake. Specifically, though, the episode felt like my favorite part of any caper (or other kind of ensemble adventure) movie: the gathering of the team. I have been, and always will be, a sucker for those sequences in movies like "Ocean's Eleven," "The Dirty Dozen" and "The Magnificent Seven" where the two leaders (there are always two guys at first, aren't there?) travel around to assemble the perfect team of experts, explaining their value and using various tricks of persuasion along the way to get them on board.
And what made this particular variation on that trope work so well was that it was a regathering of the team. This isn't Lee Marvin starting from scratch as he walks through a military prison. This is Don and some combination of Bert, Roger and Lane going out to gather the people that they - and we - know so well, and telling them why they're so important to each other.
In many cases, these are relationships that haven't been on great terms this year; given the way this episode goes, that was clearly by design, as it gives greater emotional weight to the reconciliations. And in some cases these unions are a matter of convenience. Don still doesn't like Roger but will put up with him because the company needs his contacts and social skills, and Don and Roger act all magnanimous while in Pete's presence but belittle him behind his back for trying to bolt the company. (They're just annoyed that Pete thought of it before they did.) And Harry, a lucky idiot as always (he can't even remember the room number of their suite at the Pierre), doesn't even get an elaborate sales pitch; just the threat of being locked in the store room by Bert Cooper. (Bert's man enough to do it himself.)
But if not every speech is sincere, we still get to see these characters singing each other's praises, and figuring out exactly the right buttons to push: Bert needs to feel vital, Roger likes the action and wants an apology from Don, Pete needs his ego stroked (specifically, by Don), and Peggy needs to know that Don values her work as much as she values (or used to value) his mentorship.
And it all works like gangbusters, for both the men assembling this new company and for the audience watching it come together.
Again, by design all these characters have been adrift at work this year. Bert and Roger have more or less checked out. Peggy has been Don's punching bag. Pete has been nervously competing with Ken and his haircut. Don's been emasculated by Lane, who is himself merely a puppet of St. John. So it not only feels satisfying to have everyone coming together again, but to see them all playing offense instead of defense. After apparently being foiled by the three-year contract he signed in "Seven Twenty Three," Don pulls off his greatest escape yet, and manages to get everyone important at the firm to go hobo with him.
You don't think of "Mad Men" as a plot-driven show. Important things happen, in the world and to the characters, but it's more about mood, and about the era, and about how people relate to one another. Yet the moment when Don realized that Lane's unquestioned authority to fire anyone - which was set up back in one of the first scenes of the season premiere - would be the key to everyone's salvation felt as satisfying a moment of story design as, say, when Marty McFly realized he knew exactly where and when a bolt of lightning was going to strike in "Back to the Future."
And yet as energizing as so much of the birth of the new agency was, we see that the divorce is painful for the people left behind. It's all fun and games for the people who get to start over, but what about the ones being left behind? Or, worse, the ones who had no idea this was coming?
In the same way, the Draper divorce plays out differently depending on the perspective. Don is cast out of the home and the life he built, while daddy's girl Betty neatly moves on with paternal, doting Henry. And the poor kids are collateral damage just like Allison and Ken and Paul are back at Sterling Cooper.
It's fun to watch SCDP come together, and beyond painful to see Don and Betty sit the kids down on the couch and explain that Daddy won't be living there anymore. Don tries to soften the blow (to the kids and to himself) by claiming it might be temporary, but Sally - who's been aware of the problems in her parents' marriage for a long time - knows differently, and poor Bobby somehow thinks it's his fault for losing Don's cufflinks. Betty can't wait to get away from Don, but even someone whose people are Nordic can't hold in her feelings of guilt when she watches her son cling to his father and beg him not to leave.
We opened this season with expectant father Don daydreaming about the circumstances of his own birth. In the finale, with both his professional and personal lives seeming to fall apart (and only one of them in any condition to be re-assembled to Don's satisfaction), he flashes back to childhood memories he was old enough to remember, and to how a professional disagreement of Archie's occurred led to Dick Whitman losing his father(**). Things don't play quite the same way in 1963, but Don does wind up severing his relationship with his old company at the same time that his kids have to live apart from their father.
(**) Considering the way adult Don describes Archie, it's interesting but not shocking to see young Dick so broken up about his death. Drunk and abusive or not, Archie was his dad, you know?
And because we have the Dick Whitman biography on our minds throughout the episode, it makes Don's midnight confrontation with Betty - in the wake of learning about Henry Francis through Roger - seem that much uglier. Don has often been an angry hypocrite with Betty, but leaving aside the fact that he's screwed around on her far more than she has on him (with or without Captain Awesome as part of the calculation), for Dick Whitman - whose stepmother never let him forget who and what his real mother was - to call someone else a "whore"? Wow. As always, Jon Hamm's not afraid to show a very unattractive side to his alter ego, and it's in that moment - as the word echoes in the room and wakes up baby Gene - where even Don realizes that he's gone too far, and that his marriage is over.
And having endured that horrible talk with his devastated kids, Don is finally humble enough to realize that he doesn't want to see everyone who matters in his life slip away, and to go to Peggy, hat in hand, and tell her that he does care about her. His marriage is too far gone, but he manages to save this other relationship. He tells her - in a speech echoing the one Peggy gave to Pete in the season two finale, which also dealt with losing a part of yourself(***) and trying to move on without it - that he understands her, and appreciates her, and appreciates that they see the world the same way. And when he gets Peggy to the precipice (in another superb duet between Elisabeth Moss and Jon Hamm), he pushes her over to his side with these perfect words:
"I will spend the rest of my life trying to hire you."
(***) Matt Weiner has said that Peggy's "Meditations in an Emergency" speech was not about having given up the baby, and I don't think that's what Don's alluding to, either. (I'm not even 100 percent positive that he knows why she was in that psych ward.) He's just suggesting that each of them had some kind of idea for who they would be in this world, and instead tragedy and unexpected circumstance have turned them into these two people, who are only happy at work, and who really only understand each other.
To me, the work part of Don's life - and the ongoing rapport between Hamm and Moss - has always been a more appealing part of "Mad Men" than what happens in Ossining. So given the choice between Don fixing things with Betty or with Peggy, I'm glad the writers chose the latter. A "Mad Men" where Don doesn't have Betty to come home to is still "Mad Men," I think, whereas a "Mad Men" where Don doesn't have Peggy to bounce ideas off of wouldn't be.
But to get back to the question I asked near the top of this review, how permanent will any of the changes from this episode be?
As I wrote last week, the series' narrative doesn't have a lot of room for people who either don't work at the ad agency or aren't closely-tied to someone who does. Betty assures Don that he'll always be Sally and Bobby's father, and so there's room for interaction between the two of them. (Don as weekend dad has a lot of potential.) But unless the series is prepared to dramatically expand its scope - to show Sal's journey through the gay subculture of the '60s, to follow Dr. Greg to Vietnam, to spend a whole lot more time on people who don't work for Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce - I'm not sure how Betty stays as connected to the narrative. To bring it back to "The Sopranos," by the time Carmela had separated from Tony, the show had established such a large world (only some of it related to organized crime activity) that it felt natural to keep watching Carmela out on her own, interacting with the other characters as Tony's estranged wife. Betty's not a part of this universe in the same way; there isn't really a simple circumstance where you could put her in a scene with Joan, you know?
And because of that, and because I think Matt Weiner wants no part of losing January Jones, I suspect there will be some kind of attempt at reconciliation in season four, even though I feel like the story of the Draper marriage has come to a natural conclusion. What else is left to say? They've broken apart, gotten back together, he's tried harder, she's tried harder, he's cheated, she's cheated, she doesn't love him, he maybe only loves the idea of her, etc., etc., etc. Let's move on, shall we? And if that means either less of Betty, or a shift in the way the show tells its stories, so be it.
As for Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce(****), if it does just turn into a redecorated version of the same shop, that will be a wasted opportunity. But I don't think that's where Weiner is going. While there was a good deal of flattery in what Don told Pete about his value, I have to believe that this will really try to be a forward-thinking agency. Up until this point, Sterling Cooper has been on the wrong side of history, but we've just crossed a generational line in the series. Kennedy is dead. The Beatles fly into New York in a few months. The '50s are definitively over, and what we think of as the actual '60s is just beginning. An ad agency that looks at the culture differently, that looks ahead rather than behind, seems ideal to depict the societal change that Weiner talks about so often. In a new office, with a smaller staff, stripped of so much institutional memory and bureaucracy, SCDP could - and hopefully will - be something that reflects the vision of people like Pete and Peggy as much as it does the old guard.
(****) Dammit, I really want some commas in there. And maybe an ampersand.
Weiner's going to be traveling for a while and not available for interviews. And given how he likes to shroud the future of the show in mystery (even the "Lost" producers don't hate spoilers as much as he does), I doubt he'd want to say anything about where the show is going in season four, or when that action might be set. But with all these huge changes, it feels like we need the action to resume sooner rather than later: a season 2-->3 gap, rather than a season 1-->2 gap. Just as Weiner didn't want to skip over the birth of the baby, and what that meant to this marriage, I don't think he's going to want us to miss too much of the growing pains of the new firm, or of Don adjusting to bachelor life, or Betty and the kids getting used to Henry.
Whenever season four is set, this tremendous finale has given Weiner the opportunity to take the show in some bold new directions. I hope he follows them, or else the theme to the next season will be Don's line to the stewardess from this season's premiere: "I keep going to a lot of places and ending up somewhere I've already been."
But there's too much of a sense of hope in this episode, in the look on Don's face as he walks back into the living room of the suite at the Pierre after saying goodbye to Betty, for me to think anything but that this is a show looking ahead now. As Roy Orbison sings (in "Shahdaroba") while Don heads into his new apartment, "The future is much better than the past."
Some other thoughts on the finale:
• I know some of you had guessed that Duck's company might wind up buying Sterling Cooper. Not only did that not happen, but Duck didn't appear at all in the finale, which is another reason I suspect we won't be jumping too far into the future for season four. I can't see Peggy and Duck as a long-term thing, but the prospect of Don finding out that his protege is sleeping with one of his most hated enemies is too delicious for the show to not depict. So we have to come back while they're still together, or at least not long after she's seen the light and treated Duck the way Duck treated Chauncey.
• Meanwhile, for all the time we spent debating whether Miss Farrell was cuckoo bananas, a healthy woman out of time, or something in between, she also doesn't figure in at all to the finale. It's entirely possible that Don could wind up with her now that Betty has sent him away - that we could even return in season four with Don and Suzanne shacked up in the apartment Joan found for him - but he was too busy with divorce at home and work to even think of her.
• Even though I assumed Joan would wind up back at the company sooner or later, I did a massive fist pump when Roger went to "make a call" for someone to help with the raiding of SC materials, because I knew exactly who'd be on the other end of the line. Joan gets to make her grand entrance, and then we get to see her and Roger acting like an old married couple as he complains about her handwriting. Whether or not they're The One for each other, the two (both characters and actors) work together incredibly well.
• Joan's back, but Sal is another MIA character in the finale. (Though for a half-second I thought they were going to call him when they couldn't get into the art department. Instead, Don just awesomely kicked the door in.) And with American Tobacco just as fundamental to the success of the new company as the old, how do they get him back? I really, really hope our last glimpse of Bryan Batt on this show wasn't at the end of "Wee Small Hours."
• For that matter, what becomes of everyone else from Sterling Cooper? I don't want to see the show backslide to the point where the new firm is indistinguishable from the old one, but a lot of interesting characters got left behind. Some of that is because they could only afford to start with a skeleton staff, and sooner or later they'll need to take on more help. Assuming Weiner also isn't ready to say goodbye to a lot of these people, it may be interesting to see tensions develop between the cool kids at the Pierre and the confused ones who were standing around Allison's desk.
• Note that when Peggy initially says no to Don, he plans to go to Kurt and Smitty next, and not Paul. Is that an indictment of Paul's talent, or of his character? Did Don fear Paul would rat him out if he could gain some advantage from it?
• Whoever else is on staff at the new company, I'm glad we'll have Jared Harris around long-term. (Presumably, anyway.) I've grown as fond of him as Lane has grown of America, even though I suspect that fondness will create all sorts of marital discord for him. His delivery of "Very good. Happy Christmas!" to St. John was one of the funniest moments in an episode full of funny moments.
• And could the cramped temporary quarters for the new firm create any marital problems for Pete and Trudy? So far, Pete seems to be swallowing any objections he might have to continuing to work with Peggy, and he and Trudy again seem like a finely-tuned machine (she gets her father to give Pete back the Clearasil account he took away when Pete wouldn't provide a grandchild, and she even brings the staff "every kind of sandwich imaginable... and a cake!"), but I don't think it's an accident that Weiner wanted the seating arrangements to put Peggy and Pete at the same desk.
• John Slattery, as always, get all the best lines, whether Roger's saying of Jane, "It's the most interest that girl's ever had in a book depository" or him responding to Harry's "Are you kidding?" with a deadpan, "Yes, yes we are. Happy birthday." But the man can get a laugh without any dialogue at all, like the way he had Roger's hand just shoot up as soon as a puzzled Don asked if they should all vote on the firing plan.
• God, Sally has been forced to grow up so much by these circumstances, and it's both a little funny (because of the things she says through her lisp) and a lot tragic, and the work of Kiernan Shipka is still another reason why I don't think we'll jump all that far ahead. They can only fudge her age so much, and unless Don's family is becoming a minor part of the show, I can't imagine Weiner wanting to recast Sally at this point.
• Though Conrad Hilton gives Don the tip that allows him and the others to pull off their great escape, Don clearly wants no part of the man's manipulations again anytime soon. He probably could have gotten Connie to sign on to the new agency, but didn't want the attendant headaches. As with so many other people left behind, I hope this isn't the last we see of Chelcie Ross on the show.
As we come to the end of another season of this show, I want to thank you all again for being both the smartest and best-behaved group of TV blog commenters around. I write about a lot of TV shows, some of them ("Sons of Anarchy" and "Breaking Bad," to name two) that exist in the same creative stratosphere as "Mad Men," and none of them come remotely close to drawing as many passionate, insightful comments as this one does. You've done a good job of sticking to the commenting rules (we're late enough in the season that I'm not going to bother repeating them), and you've made this a tremendous place to discuss one of the very best shows on television.
It's a Sterling Coup! LOLOLOL!! Can't wait to watch again!! See you season 4!
Bill Raid said...
Was Trudy filling up a Chip N dip?
Word Verification - baggies. If only that was for Breaking Bad.
Thank you, Alan!!!
Stayed up late! Can't wait to read this!
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OMG. What an episode. Had to watch it twice. And then spent about an hour waiting for Alan's review! LOVED IT! LOVED JOAN!
P "N" K said...
Superlatives abound. What an episode. I will say amidst all the SC intrigue, the family scene was heartbreaking. Those poor kids.
rcobeen said...
This great episode almost made watching the the four out of five soap opera-ish previous ones worth it. This is more what Mad Men should be. If only Sal could have been brought back (it was Lucky Strike that was the problem, right?).
C. Hogan said...
"Note that when Peggy initially says no to Don, he plans to go to Kurt and Smitty next, and not Paul. Is that an indictment of Paul's talent, or of his character?"
I think it has more to do with - as you hope - SCDP being set as a very forward thinking advertising agency.
Remember, Kurt and Smitty were brought on because of their connection to the youth. I don't think Paul's old, but he's old thinking.
It was nice to watch an episode and feel joy at what was happening, at least on the SCDP front. Betty and Don divorcing is inevitable, although it may not "take" next season, they are both not right for each other and if Weiner wants to be true to those characters, he will make it happen by the end of season four.
I was so glad that Roger went to call Joan, and she clearly saved the day. I doubt the coup could have happened without her. I do think it was great to have Don acknowledge Pete's few qualities, that of being forward thinking, even though Pete is smarmy otherwise. I did feel that Don's speech was really close to what you have said about Pete in a blog entry or two, starting from the Nixon Kennedy episode.
It was also great to see Pryce stand up to Mr. Sheffield for once, and his line was the funniest of the night. (I have always wondered though why the Brits in Merrie Old England say Happy Christmas, while North American say Merry Christmas).
Waiting until next summer will be hard to do...
Love you Alan!! Stayed up with you for this!! What a finale - it will last me until next season :) Don has a new family of misfits.
I'm a west coaster who usually has 100 comments or more to ponder before having to think of something of my own to say, but here goes:
I am positively giddy after this episode. All my wildest dreams came true for everyone branching off and starting their own business and Don giving Pete the credit due for his forward-thinking, and for Lane Pryce getting to stay, and Joan getting a job with more responsibility... everyone but Sal went to La La Land with me. This is so my dream/fantasy, in fact, that I never in a hundred years imagined that they would give us such a scenario. It felt completely right, though. Cooper and Don and Roger were fantastic the way they refused to surrender, and I loved that Pryce got to join them.
I was so sure this would be a heavy episode, but it was pure joy after the stress of everything we've watched in the previous weeks. Perhaps I should not be so exuberant and perhaps I am overstating my case, but I am very, very happy for all my friends on this show.
Oh, well. One of the joys of posting early is that you can be all reaction. And what a reaction it is!
i thought it was beautiful how weiner handled sal in this episode. in an hour packed full of gathering the team, the art department door being locked immediately led us to believe that he was right around the corner. but don effortlessly kicking in the door reminded us that some "sins" in this era remain unforgivable. it would be a real shame if we never come across him again.
AG said...
Spectacular. And I agree that it had a wonderful caper-movie vibe as they, well, pulled their caper. (I'd also like to thank Matthew Weiner for letting us know he was going to mess with our season-finale expectations by opening with a shot of Don's head on a pillow -- a shot greatly similar to the shot which with his former boss opened the final episode of The Sopranos. Way to remind us that we are owned, dude.)
I wonder if this is the beginning of the end of Henry and Betty. The financial talk was disturbing enough -- yet another version of the 'don't worry your pretty head' speech Betty both longs to hear and bridles at hearing -- but reality is much less fun than having white knights and handsome scoundrels fighting over one. The twitching at Betty's temple during that last call with Don bodes ill.
And the rest: Don moves on and ahead by mentally laying his father to rest, and by giving poor Pete the affirmation that character has craved from a parental figure since he got here. Trudy makes herself as much a partner in Pete's success as Peggy does, which makes the placement of Peggy and Pete at that table not such a slam-dunk for the 'shippers. Paul looks into Peggy's office and the look on his face says everything about how it hurts to be left behind. And Robert Morse owned every scene he touched. A satisfying season finale indeed. Cannot wait 'til summer.
Another interesting piece of the puzzle as we see little Dick Whitman see the horrible death of his father. Great Lane Pryce moments. I especially enjoyed the scene in Pete's apartment. And for once Trudy was welcome dropping in to see her husband at work.
After a few minor issues with the backhalf of this season, I felt like this episode really brought it all together and made a lot of the choices made throughout the season much clearer and comprehensible. A really top notch episode.
I went in more depth on my blog if you want to check it out.
Roger's lines are always good but I also loved Slattery's delivery after telling Don about Henry, "I was going to tell you. No, I wasn't" He just slides that in there and it cracks me up.
Such a beautiful coup. I cringed when they put Peggy and Paul at the same table if only because I've really grown fond of Trudy.
But whatever that brings I can't wait to see it.
My issue with Betty and Henry even more than her not knowing him well is that she should be hyper aware that a relationship can be built on a bed of lies.
When Henry tries to talk her out of taking money from Don, I have major alarm bells because her intial, "I have three children" was the right way to go. Get what you can to be secure and then move on with your life.
Why would she be so willing to trust somebody she barely knows when she's still living with the consequences of the last time she did that?
I don't begrudge Betty moving on, not at all but it's not smart how she's going about it.
Seems like SCDP took all the people looking boldly forward to the 60s (and the Kennedy assasination is the start of the 60s zeitgeist even if it's 3 years after the start of the decade) while Betty and Henry will start the season firmly ensconsed in 50s values.
But we'll see. Who leaves their kids a couple of weeks before Christmas? The move to Reno couldn't have waited until New Years.
Happy Christmas Drapper kids, Daddy's moving away, you are getting the world's most boring step father, and not only wil Daddy not be there for Christmas, your mom? Not so much either.
Have I mentioned there is no Santa?
So happy to see Joan back (and Hooker left behind)! Hope Sal is back sooner rather than later, too, but I wonder how they'll handle the Lee Garner, Jr. issue. I realize that the Draper divorce was supposed to be a big part of this episode, but I too found myself just not caring as much--I think largely because I find Betty so much less enjoyable a character than the SCDP crew.
Looking forward to next season. Just as I've really enjoyed seeing what the FNL writers are doing with starting over at East Dillon this year, I'm excited to see what Weiner & Co. have in store for the new agency (I hope minus Lois).
Alan, every comment mentioning 'poop' is spam, and the poster should be blocked.
Part of me wants to quit watching this show because the nearly year-long wait between seasons is torture.
ScottyG said...
amazing, after a little disappointment last episode,
"I thought I was out, but they pulled me back in!"
(okay that was a lie, i'll never quit on Mad Men )
just bring Sal back (and Kenny too?) and we're rolling
I think Peggy would be more hurt by Don approaching the young and hip Kurt and Smitty, more than the obviously inferior Kinsey.
Is it weird that I hope Don Draper would fail at one point? I keep going back to what Sterling told him when he said that, in effect, Don only plays nice when it suits him, when he needs someone to bail him out, and I wondered many times in this episode (Sterling, Peggy, Pete) when one of them would say, Thanks, but no thanks.
I work at an ad agency, and while my CD isn't the creative genius Don is, the personality traits of belittling others and passing off ideas as his own, sometimes, is there, and that makes me wish that Don would be caught in a jam with no one to bail him out.
FUN! I applauded many times during this episode. Very, very cathartic, as all sorts of things came to pass that felt just right.
One thing that Alan didn't mention: when Roger (it *was* Roger, yes?) asked Peggy to get him coffee, and she said, simply, "No". Right on.
A magnificent end to a magnificent season.
Thanks to The Sopranos and The Wire, I had been "trained" to expect the big stuff to happen in the second to last episode, but Weiner blew that out of the water.
It will be interesting to see what happens to the characters that get left behind at the remnants of SC.
Too bad this blog couldn't have a poll asking people how the new company's name should be spelt out. I would vote for Sterling Cooper Draper and Price.
The scene where Betty and Don tell the kids what is going on reminded me of my parents doing the same thing just over 20 years ago, a scene that remains in my memories fresh as the day it happened.
Elizabeth Moss' line reading of "Again?" was pitch perfect. Everyone else who said it was good too, but EM was perfect.
Was NYC looking that run down in the mid 1960's? I know it was looking real bad in the late 80's before it started getting cleaned up.
This was the first season I was able to watch live in its entirety and it has been nothing but awesome, both in watching the show and coming here to read the blog entries and comments. Kudos to Alan and to the other commenters on making this the destination for after Mad Men.
John Sturgeon said...
That was an amazing game-changing episode and the best hour of scripted tv this year. Thanks for the great recaps Alan.
Will Eidam said...
If TV shows were boxers, then Mad Men's Season 3 Finale would be Pound for Pound the greatest Heavyweight in the World... I caught myself smiling/misty eyed/with mouth wide opened during the entire episode. Not a single frame was wasted...The Wire took 4 Seasons to make me feel this way...Mad Men only took 3....
I don't know what to think anymore!
Am glad Amanda is back running D&D again.
Done well, and pleasing as far as which Avengers they chose to keep for this squad, but the ad agency reorg just feels like a correction for a dead end. First two seasons felt profound, better-than-television; this season ultimately felt like just-television. I'm actually pretty happy this season is over.
Brandon Nowalk said...
A caper film! Yes! I couldn't put my finger on what it was about the jazzy score and the prank-like wreckage of Sterling Cooper, but you nailed it.
I'm elated to see Joan and Lane sticking around. I don't see Betty's story as a problem given how much of her performance has been alone or with the kids, but I do hope she realizes that Henry Francis is not the fulfillment she seeks fairly soon.
Any chance we'd find out over hiatus if they're dropping Bryan Batt, Michael Gladis, and Aaron Staton as regulars? This is the first time Mad Men might cut people from the opening credits, I think.
Incredible episode.
Alison's "We've been robbed!" was great, as was her "He didn't even leave a note!" I wouldn't mind if SCDP poached her from McCann once they get their sea legs.
A question re the contracts that the principals escaped via being fired - Wouldn't those contracts include non-compete clauses? When Duck attempted his coup at SC in season 2, he implied as much when he said that Don would be selling insurance if he didn't stay with the firm.
I'm also a bit taken aback by the outright theft of assets (intellectual and otherwise) that the new firm took. Would there be no ramifications from that?
I LOVED this episode! It was so satisfying. I, for one, sincerely hope that Betty's a minor - if not missing - character next season. I'm really not interested in her, the action in the office has always been much more interesting to me.
Did anyone else notice 1) the date the "four men shot themselves in the foot" was a Friday the 13th, and 2) someone had drawn an "F" on the door of the Art Department so that it read Fart Department? Just a couple tiny touches that, I swear, Weiner throws in to see if we are paying attention. Likely, there were others, but those two caught my eye on first viewing.
It was so sweet when Don went into the guest room he was sleeping in to find Sally in there.
Damn, I'm going to miss this show for the next several months. Thanks, Alan, for another fantastic season of your stellar reviews and this forum. And thanks to the rest of you for your insights and wonderful comments. Both have profoundly enhanced my viewing pleasure.
Couldn't fall asleep from thinking about this show; thanks for posting so soon and giving me a forum.
I work in advertising and love all the on-the-job angles, and really enjoyed the various flatteries needed to assemble the team. Ad biz = egos!
Couple of things. I see you didn't go into Pete's interview; didn't he say it was at Grey, Duck's agency? So might there be something next season along the Pete-Duck-Peggy continuum again?
When the kids were taking the Draper break-up badly, I railed to my husband, "How could Betty think her kids don't still love Don, just because she no longer does?" He replied, "Because she's got borderline personality disorder and cannot empathize or imagine anyone has emotions other than hers." Not that my husband's a professional psych or anything (actually, he's a lawyer) but goes way beyond her people being Nordic!
So who's in charge of the old SC now? Ken and his haircut?
I think now that Lucky Strike is gone, Ken could rehire Sal. And it would be delicious to see some new biz pitch situations where Ken, Paul and Sal run into Pete, Peggy and whatever AD they hire as they all wait in the potential client's lobby to do their dog'n'pony show. I've been there! It's wonderfully fraught with tension.
Can't wait for next season!
When does Season 4 debut?
Boy, I feel sad when the season is over. It's so much fun to read all the thoughts and analysis of each episode.
@Bill Raid: Thought that was a Chip N' Dip as well, which would be only appropriate.
This is going to be all random thoughts of randomness.
-More noticeable scoring this episode than the rest of the season -- and this season has used music more than the other two. But it was a lot of fun here.
-Don confronting Betty was the creepiest scene since Pete and the au pair. I was briefly worried he was going to try to rape her. He was dead-on as to why she was going with Henry, but it was a massively nasty moment with both of them at their worst.
-Next season, might Don wind up in a new relationship but having an affair with Betty? Ironic if that happens.
-Betty is getting with Henry for the wrong reasons, but it's not like a woman had a lot of options back then. Even with Gene 1.0 pointing out the strength her mother had, Betty doesn't BELIEVE she has the strength to be on her own, and she's just going to wind up like Jane with Roger.
-Thought it was a bit sad the way Betty brought Gene but not the other kids with her to Reno. There's an ugly sense she might dote on her baby, who's not as used to Don as a father.
-The kid who played Bobby was pretty good in the breakup scene. Could this mean the recasts will stop?
-Archie died after leaving a co-op. There's a sense this might play some role in Don realizing he needs others to survive a bad situation.
-Harry Crane is one lucky SOB. He might have made a darn good cog at PPL...
-Really do not want all the other characters coming back -- I briefly regained interest in NIP/TUCK when they changed locations, then they brought the same annoying supporting cast and storylines, and I checked out again. But if they can do something with Sal...
-Loved Trudy calling out to Pete from the kitchen. She knows his moods and how to keep him from shooting himself in the foot.
-Also loved Roger and Don grumbling afterward. "I can't believe he was going to leave." "The little shit." Liked Alan's point that they're just jealous, but it also goes to show that even with all their flattery, they can't completely admit to Pete as an equal.
-There were a number of theories that Betty would find out about Don and the teacher through running into her, or through some mutual gossip. Instead...Don finds out because Roger's daughter is friends with Henry's daughter, and she heard gossip. Good twist!
-This season was about father figures. To break it down:
1) Don's obsession with Archie, and not becoming him even as he makes similar misakes.
2) Don and Connie, where he breaks away after trying to be a son to him.
3) Pete and Peggy both try to assert themselves outside of Don's approval, and are promoted as a result, though that need is still there.
4)Betty and Gene 1.0, where she doesn't learn the right lessons her dad is trying to impart at the end. And there's Gene and Sally, where he gives her the attention her own parents won't.
5)Betty and Don as parents: Still failing their kids, even as Don tries to do better.
6) Betty and Henry; Roger and Jane: An older man as a father figure; and of course Roger has problems with his own daughter, Margaret.
7) Pryce and PPL: Similar to Don and Connie, where Pryce learns he doesn't always have to play along.
8) Ho Ho and his dad: Self-explanatory.
9) Matriarchal, but Peggy and her mom and her secretary, where in both cases, she asserts herself from an overprotective influence.
There are probably some others throughout the season I missed.
Where will things go from here? We've a year (at least) to wonder...
Worth staying up for your review Alan! Hope you can do a "Mad Men Companion" book or something similar with all your analyses.
Geo said...
When they're leaving the office with the movers and Pete is carrying his rifle over his shoulder and the clinking SFX when Don pputs down the box of his office stuff...that's why I love this show so much. It rewards its loyal fans time and time again through such small moments.
Janet--Wouldn't those contracts include non-compete clauses? --
That's why they had to orchestrate the firings. Since they were fired the non compete was void.
They were fired, they left without severance, henceforth they can do what they want.
Thanks Alan for getting the recap up tonight.
I was already excited for Joan's arrival after Roger leaves to make the phone call, but then Joan arrives in pants and I knew that the future really was coming to SCD&P. (I like the ampersand best personally.)
I knew it was going to be a classic when I kept on glancing at the clock and hoping that I would have more time left in the episode.
The flashbacks were reminding Don of how he should deal with the current "bidness" situation.
Archie was ready to leave his fellow businessmen because they had deceived him---the right choice. But then his wife convinces him to give and he is literally killed for doing so.
Don was not going to make the same mistake.
@Zack Smith: "Loved Trudy calling out to Pete from the kitchen. She knows his moods and how to keep him from shooting himself in the foot."
My nomination for funniest line of the night, no disrespect to Slattery of course.
Another thought: Did this episode remind anyone else of the two-parter of THIRTYSOMETHING where Eliot and Michael tried to oust Miles Drentell from the ad firm? That was a great, tense episode. Actually, I'd like to see David Clennon on MAD MEN...
Also, Matthew Weiner's words + John Slattery's delivery = Comedy Gold. Though Peggy upstaged him big time with the coffee line.
Fernando said...
Could this get Freddy Rumsen back in the fold?
Nice turning of the tables with Don being blindsided when Roger tells him about Henry Francis...reminded me of when Betty had no idea Don was cheating near the end of season 1 until it was casually asked about. On that note I never thought I would sympathize with Don in his divorce but I found myself really disliking Betty.
This goes without saying but I'm very, very curious to see where Weiner takes Season 4. A big question is what will he do with the remaining SC characters?
I agree that they probably can't do anything more with the Draper marriage than they already did, that arc seems finished to me. But they can't write Betty out completely either.
I initially got the feeling that when Peggy turned down the new firm, there was a possibility that she would end up pillow-talking about it to Duck, and that he would ruin their escape plans somehow. But that was another "ticking time bomb" that never turned into anything.
When Don finally did deliver the talk that convinced Peggy, he said something about how things had irrevocably changed, and she was the only one who understood. I wasn't sure what he meant by that -- that everything changed after the Kennedy assassination? (But they don't seem to have talked much since then.) That the times were a-changin' in general? (But apparently Pete understood that too, and was ready to sell products to the new generation.) Or did it have something to do with their encounter in the hospital, when he encouraged her to forget everything and move on, the way he did in his own life -- and now he was getting everyone else to do, too?
At the end, I wondered - if Betty and Henry are going to Reno without the kids, why in the world can't Sally and Bobby be with their father?
There is no danger of Betty leaving the show. Because of the kids, as in any divorce, Don and Betty will always have to make regular contact.
"After apparently being foiled by the three-year contract he signed in "Seven Twenty Three," Don pulls off his greatest escape yet, and manages to get everyone important at the firm to go hobo with him."
Hehe. I want to go hobo with Don Draper too!
This was an amazing season finale.
Thoughts:
- Loved the look on Bert's face when Don asked Lane to fire them. Bert may be old, but he's not slow.
- Hate that Harry is in the new firm. He is useless! Hello, he couldn't even remember the hotel room number!
- Why didn't they ask Ken to come along? I never got the impression that they thought he couldn't be trusted. In fact, it always seemed that they liked him better than Pete. Surely, Ken and his multitude of accounts would've helped SCDP's cashflow even more.
- Oh Betty Betty Betty. I was always on her side and defending her against the "childish" accusations. But, to me, leaving your kids right after announcing a divorce is completely inexcusable. I do hope that she and Henry are flying right back after "establishing residency" and don't have to actually stay for six weeks.
- Favorite line of the episode was, of course, Roger's: "Dec. 13, 1963. The day that four men shot off their own legs."
- Roger and Bert didn't understand cashflow? I can see how Don wouldn't be familiar with the company's finances since he's in charge of creative, but who the hell was running Sterling Cooper before Lane and Duck came along?
- American Tobacco! I live in Durham, NC, where the old American Tobacco warehouses have been renovated into a beautiful office complex. That's still a big name around here and I loved that it got so much air time in this season finale.
** FYI Alan, a poster on the TWOP boards mentioned that Dec. 13 was a Friday the 13th in 1963. Don't know if that might have more significance down the road.
A couple more things I loved:
Cooper calling Jane a "trollop."
In that pivotal scene where Don confronted Betty in the bedroom, when he threatened to take the kids, I LOVED when he said something along the lines of "God knows they'd be better off" (without her). Bravo. Such a cathartic moment for this viewer.
Question: Why is Ken passed over for Pete, when the opposite happened last week?
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Great episode....kinda had the feeling that we'd get a new agency going into this episode but didn't see the hatchetman having such a pivotal role, love Price's character and also his interaction with Moneypenny too
-the May-November romance "setting sail" for Nevada...just hit me that they literally ARE a May November romance since that's when Derby day and the wedding occurred. And as for Betty--she's going to need a bigger raft....and she isn't getting any of Don's half million payout. Does she assume(?) that she's got the house...guess that two half houses will equal one real one??
-also before she "sets sail" she is still answering the phone as Draper residence, and also still prominently has on her wedding/engagment combo on her phone hand (although you can't see her left hand on the plane thank to baby Gene)
-plane scene shows Betty in the exact same situation as she was with Don: her holding the fort/baby in isolation with her new Silver fox sitting next to her. Needless to say the inflight movie isn't Singing in the Rain. She doesn't look happy AT ALL!! (although the cynic in me snarks that she must be so worried about Bobby and Sally at home with Carla)
SD said...
I'm glad I stayed up to read your post. Not much new to add. Let me just second a couple of things: I also gave a fist pump and a yell of "Joan!" when Roger said he had to make a call. Roger has had quite a season. Also,that "porkchop around my neck" line was hilarious.
I was surprised when Peggy turned Don down. But I was proud of her. And, yet, she just had to be on board in the end. Don had to earn it, and earn it he did. That was just an incredible scene. In the end, with the unfortunate exception of Sal's notable absence, everything felt inevitable, as if there was no other way the season could have ended. How awesome is that?
Other than the fact that I don't care if we ever see Connie again (a one-season jerk, like Jimmy Barrett), I second everything you mentioned. Thanks to you and your many followers for a great season of reviews and comments.
Jim Hill said...
Time again to disagree with Alan: I hope we've seen the last of Chelcie Ross, Brian Batt, and by the middle of season four, January Jones. The actors are tremendous, and the characters they inhabit have been fruitful but the show is at its core about Don's life, professional and personal.
Don made it clear in his episode-launching meeting with Connie that he felt he'd been ill-used by the hotel magnate. It's unlikely he'd direct SCDP resources that direction.
Roger brought American Tobacco to SCDP and with American Tobacco comes Junior. They can't hire Sal under those circumstances without driving a tremendous hole into the reality they've established; every time Batt appeared it would scream "We shoehorned this guy in because he's so awesome."
And despite the quickening of breath I feel when JJ appears onscreen (*) the past season and a half have established that this is a marriage which is good and done. Bets goes to Reno, gets the quickie divorce, and then vanishes from Don's life except for the brief interaction when he picks up the kids or drops them off. Again, anything else would be shoehorning and I'd hate to see that. A reconciliation plot (to be correct, ANOTHER reconciliation) would ring hollow. Betty Draper will soon cease to be a part of Don Draper's life in any meaningful way and so ... orf wi' 'er 'ead.
Likewise the untaken from PPL/SC. Paul wouldn't be brought over for all the reasons he wasn't in on the coup. Kurt and Smitty were sufficiently minor characters that it doesn't matter a lick whether they come or not. The only loss is Ken (and his haircut) but they can't have him come over with Pete already there without forfeiting their storyline realism.
So let the philosophy of Dick Wolf come into play: you've been great, we love ya, now beat it. New characters, new actors.
But boy-howdy, it's going to be a long haul until S4 kicks off.
(*) As opposed to the complete cessation of breath when Christina Hendricks appears onscreen, a physical condition accompanying a complete shutdown in nonvisual sensory input.
Stupendous finale. The "divorce talk" with the children just wrecked me. Juxtaposed with the "caper" verve of the rest of the episode was a great contrast. This show is amazing.
And I must say, Alan, that to crank out that high of a level of review so soon after the finale is an impressive feat. Kudos.
Pete said his interview was with Ogilvy, not Duck's agency.
That's the benefit of being deaf enough to watch with the captions on.
I have to say that while I don't like the spamish comments, it did amuse me that they targeted cgeye after he/she pointed them out. But hey, I'm easy.
Thanks for the contract clarification Brandy! Makes sense.
Still don't see how they can gloss over the theft from Sterling Cooper though.
Alan, thanks for a season of great recaps and the wonderful, thought provoking forum you provide for us here!
To go further -- who leaves their kids with the Negro help, alone, for six weeks, during Christmas vacation and New Year's? Wouldn't Betty just this once ask her brother to help her out? Doesn't Carla have her own family to deal with? There goes that vaunted hope Weiner would actually take more care with the Negro Problem.
But ain't it funny how Don's no longer white? He could have described Betts' nose as 'pinched', 'snooty', but 'white'? He sure went into that Hairy Ape space, didn't he?
And what truly pissed me off is that Betty had all the corroboration she needed, through Jimmy Barrett. The only thing she needed to do is ask Barrett whether *his* P.I. dug anything up. Even if Bobbie didn't cooperate, Henry had enough clout to make her business life hell until she gave the names of those in her 'network' of Draper paramours. Hell, even Mona probably knew dirt on Draper since she was so angry at him for prompting Roger's midlife crisis.
That was the continuity I expected, not some detail about firing authority, and after three seasons of Don walking around with his pants unzipped, it's a damn shame he'll never have to say in public just how lousy a husband he was.
But Betty's still swayed by daddies telling her what to do -- lawyers discouraging her to take her full rights as a mostly faithful wife, a new beau promising to take care of everything when she knows damn well they don't. Can Mrs. Draper think for one moment about the basics -- a bank account in her own name, a safe deposit box for her jewels and papers, serious calculation of child support and college funds, now that her ex is going entrepreneurial? Not one question as to why he's now working at the Pierre?
Betty won't become a better mother, nor a stronger woman, until she really confronts how important money is. From her behavior, *she* doesn't understand it, not in a way that gives her more security for her and her kids.
"Another thought: Did this episode remind anyone else of the two-parter of THIRTYSOMETHING where Eliot and Michael tried to oust Miles Drentell from the ad firm?"
Oh, yeah. Big time. It's remarkable how two of the best hours I've seen on TV have been machinations at ad agencies. And nary a car chase to be seen!
This finale was so awesome that I don't even mind the fact we saw this same plot last year on The Office. I'm sure Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce will be every bit as wonderful as The Michael Scott Paper Company.
Amazing way to end the season. I am so intrigued as to when Season 4 will start, it can't be a huge time jump we'd just miss too much. So many funny moments and times my wife and I just looked at each other with awe and disbelief. Can't wait for Season 4 and great insight you give Alan, Thank you so much! My wife and I just started watching in October and caught up just in time to see the Finale live!!!
Sal could get hired back at the new McCann owned version of PPL.
McCann Erickson is still around today and really needs a less annoying homepage on its website
jenae said...
Wow, I'm in the minority. I found the episode anti-climactic. Felt more like 35 mins than a longer than usual hour. (Okay, reading the above closely, I’m not only in the minority, I think I am the minority.)
I still don’t know, and wish I did, what’s going on inside Betty. Why didn’t she give life with Dick Whitman, the father of her children, a chance?
So, for me, an anti-climatic climax. (We didn’t even learn if Jane is Jewish, though we do know that Roger will now allow someone to call her a trollop and not even argue.)
The “new family of misfits”—as Erika put it—aspect was nice, the best part actually. And Don’s father’s death was important back-story. And Don and Peggy’s moment together, that was moving and well done.
Alan usual refers to Harry Crane—one of the new misfits—as a bumbler, but I’ve liked him ever since he told the caveman artists hand pint story (wonder if any cave women worked on those paintings?) Maybe I can identify with his anxieties at work. I too have been pleaded with to stay and offered promotions in my office jobs, but I always felt unbearably anxious working in offices, like I was always one unseen mistake from blowing everything. (I would ask someone to explain something, not understand, then after asking 3 or 4 times be too embarrassed and give up, and have to go on not knowing how to do various tasks that were part of my job.) Office jobs, when they’re good they’re good, when bad, very. (Dealing with all those personalities in close quarters always made me nervous.)
I do wish I knew what caused Betty to give up so easily. (As someone ?? pointed out last week) JFK is shot, she reaches out for Don; LHO is shot, she pushes him away. Permanently. What are the emotions? Reasons?
It is nice to have Joan back in the fold; our gang working their hearts out out of a hotel room.
Okay—I’ve been writing this while going back and forth from room to room, watching the replay. If you focus on the hi-jinks of the misfits, and give up your expectations of more satisfying development of the romantic story lines, the episode does improve, for me, on repeat viewing. Great Orbison song over the credits.
At the point when Don and Cooper were trying to sell Roger on the coup, I turned to my girlfriend and said that this episode was already better than last week's. And that was what, ten minutes in? Just a stellar hour in almost every way, with classic scenes and lots of laughs. This may have been the first episode I've ever felt happy the whole way through; the change was so shocking that I kept expecting something awful to happen.
Let me share Alan's enthusiasm for the continued presence of Jared Harris. If we do lose Cosgrove, Kinsey or Sal, he will make up for it. And the thought of him being on the same team as everyone else instead of hamstrung by his British bosses is very appealing.
I'm with LA and others in feeling that we could do without Betty. Even if she's right to be mad at Don, she just rubs me the wrong way. Hell, even the way she smokes bothers me.
This season hasn't grabbed me as much as the previous two, but there's so much they could do now that I don't know how I'll make it until next summer. On the plus side, my Sundays are gonna be a lot more open.
iamcjs' other thoughts
SCD&P: same ingredients, just changing the name on the label
Harry: way to man up and commit to this great new opportunity...this is a TOTAL setup for a future return of Joan to run media dept, after she's done rearranging everything else, especially since Harry can't even remember which room their new "office" is in...
Pete/Peggy: sharing a desk...on this comment Pete immediately glanced to Peggy. Great little moment (thanks for the assist in THAT setup Joanie..awesome as always). Also Peggy returns this glance x2 at Pete AND Trudy sequentially when she arrives with sandwiches and cake. Again, such a great little moment!! I'm even tempted to call these little moments pregnant pauses....
I totally miscounted. Even after watching everything that happened in this episode, the lack of a preview for an upcoming episode, and a promo for The Prisoner, I still thought that the finale was next week.
Hey, a remake of The Prisoner, too. What's with the return of campy Cold War era franchises? Granted, most of the others are from the second Cold War, but still…
Given that Henry Francis is in the same social circle as Roger Sterling, I'd think that it's inevitable that Don and Betty run into each other at an event or two!
iamcjs: Also am I seeing Peggy with pregancy cheeks and jowls again? God I hope not....totally want her "to Chauncey" Mr. Herman (image of Duc looking in thru a pane-glass lobby looking so sad...would serve him right)
Going to sleep, but just had to note that Betty was wearing the same grey dress when she spoke to the divorce lawyer that she wore when confronting the psychiatrist in 1.13.
I liked how the episode was a series of Don Draper pitches, which we didn't get to see a lot of this season. The scene where Don admits he needs Peggy was a class DD pitch.
I wasn't really clear on whether Dick hated his father, of uncle Mack who came after. I'm sure someone can sort me out.
A big DVR disaster (it said it was recording in every way except the file size increasing) led to my missing the open, but as it turned out, only the Previouslies. A few reboots later (and losing and finding tuner cards) I was finally able to watch the entire ep (and be sure of it at 1am).
Penny, coffee? No. Yay!
Leaving children alone with Betty (or better/worse with a "sitter") gives me creepy Gosselin-like feelings. Betty could rarely be bother with her kids (bothered *by*, yes)
One would have to be desperate to run off with Mr. Don't Worry About The Money even though we have never even had a date.
At the end, was that Don or Henry with the suitcases? I'm guessing from the buildings, it wasn't Reno.
(guess what kids? Dad's leaving and Mom's going to Reno for 6 (weeks? months?))
at 3am my thoughts are even less deep than usual.
Guess Lane won't have to go to India.
Donnell, Young, Dole and Frutt (and someone), may I help you? That's what all those asterisks reminded me of.
Way to get out of a contract, Don! Thanks for the heads-up Connie.
Loved the mass conspiratorial firing.
Loved seeing part of Peggy's apartment.
Still not clear on the bad blood between Don and Roger. Probably missed the answer many times in the deluge of posts.
I do hope Carla's a good mom to those kids.
They moved all that stuff out without anyone noticing...
No more Xerox machine? Didn't check.
Reminded me of my last office before we moved to an office about the size of that hotel living room.
Glad someone is planning for the amount of revenue necessary to stay afloat.
Looking forward and hoping next season will not jump ahead in years.
Fun all around. Favorite charcters (cept Sal) and no interlopers, except the redeemed Pryce, who may have been the most fun of all.
You nailed it, Alan-- this finale was a heist, and it was no coincidence that this was (Ossining drama aside) by far the most fun we've had in this very depressing season.
This season, we saw Don Draper-- the man and the myth--come apart completely. We saw him come clean to Betty, and then be kicked to the curb for it after Ruby shoots Oswald.
And it wasn't just a low point for Don. We saw the sulky bastard driving poor Pee Wee to Uncle Herman, Roger performing in blackface, Guy losing his foot just when he gets it in the door, Pete losing out to Cosgrove and his haircut, and Pryce being kicked around over and over again by St. John. Oh, and the President got shot, and so did the guy who shot him.
All of this just made the heist that much more fun. I cheered out loud when Roger went to go make his phone call, and burst out laughing at Pryce's "Happy Christmas." (Especially since St. John has been a smug, superior bastard from the moment he appeared on the show, surpassing even Uncle Herman in hatability.)
And now we have an ad agency and a Don Draper rising from the ashes just as all hell is about to break loose for America.
On an more mundane note, I hope this Pete and Peggy thing doesn't completely blow up-- against all expectations, I've been really enjoying seeing Pete and Trudy coming together as a couple and taking on the world together (and cutting a rug while they're at it.)
Oh the times, they are a-changin'.
happyfeet said...
Wowser... can't believe I'm on the board so early! Jubilant at parts of this episode, so sad in others.
It is oddly satisfying to see so many things you hoped for come together in quick succession - all my favourites agrreing to sign on, and Joan coming back and in her element. How much was she enjoying that?!
Don spoke some truths when he brutally woke Betty in the night saying that the kids would be better off with him, and belying his feelings about feeling inferior to her as well as Betty's childlike needs to be with someone more 'respectable' and her 'do no wrong' self-view. She didn't deserve to be called a whore however, and Don is such a hypocrite on the infidelity front.
Am I right in saying that Betty and Henry have taken baby Francis to Reno for SIX WEEKS and left the other two alone at home with neither parent???! I suppose it will be easy for Henry to love the baby, who will only ever know Henry as his father, but the children get left behind. I felt soooo bad for them. Could they not have stayed with Don?
I cannot wait to see where the next season picks up. I cannot wait!
Intrepid Logician said...
as far as paul:
They were only asking people they thought were guaranteed yesses... Don may think Paul is a coward and would balk, therefore threatening the plan.
Nice way to conclude a season instead of a cliff hanger. I also liked the new possibilities added to the show with starting a new agency.
I think they took Pete over Ken because Pete still has connections - the reason he was at SC to start with. Even though they want to be forward looking the new firm didn't want to totally throw out the old world.
I worked at a company where all the marketing people played golf even the women because deals were made on the golf course or at golf tournaments.
They took Harry because he was the TV guy not because he was the best person.
I also wished Sal would've been back but the way the episode played out I doubt he will.
Greg M said...
What's so great about this episode--and pleasantly surprising--is that it's the first season finale that felt genuinely happy at the end, and it's the first season finale which Don ended close to people, as opposed to alone. (Granted, we saw him with his suitcases alone, but the shot of him entering the new offices of SCDP was mor prominent.)
I have been, and always will be, a sucker for those sequences in movies like "Ocean's Eleven," "The Dirty Dozen" and "The Magnificent Seven" where the two leaders (there are always two guys at first, aren't there?) travel around to assemble the perfect team of experts, explaining their value and using various tricks of persuasion along the way to get them on board.
The inspiration for all those films was one of the greatest movies ever made - "The Seven Samurai" by Kurosawa. Now there was a director who was an astute observer of the little gestures and statements that make for such rich portraits of people - like MadMen's writers.
I wonder why Jane and Henry's daughter know each other.
Why did Betty end it? She told Don : "I've never been enough for you." She's probably been thinking through the significance of Don never telling her who he really was and needing outside lovers. How likely is it that he could change? He didn't even want to discuss the Kennedy assassination aftermath with her. And her statement that she didn't break up the marriage stung him. His reaction was visceral.
But he seemed to have learned from it - Roger told him he never was good at relationships because he didn't value them. You could see that statement was also resonating with Don.
Don's attempts to be a better husband were too little, too late. There would have been yet another stewardess because he seemed incapable of relating to Betty as a real person.
I'm thinking the teacher wouldn't like actually being married to a guy who makes his living in what the counter-culture would call a "phoney way to make a living".
What a great episode. All the stodginess of the Brits has been dumped over-board and the competant Joan is back. Next year should be great.
Don has really committed himself to something, and Roger seems excited to be a founder of a company instead of the inheritor of one. Lots of productive self-assessments going on.
Stayed up too late to wait for the critique and the early comments. Well worth it, tho.
i love that we finally get an establishing shot of the outside of SC in the episode when they decide to leave it.
i feel silly asking this, but could someone explain the phrase "sausage factory" as it meant back then?
I'm usually making noise at BoK but their party crashed the server or something.
however, I've also read your blog and want to thank you for the insights and interesting comments here.
This was a great episode. Matt W. was sooo mean to put us through all that misery this season. But it was a great set up to this satisfying moment after all the frustrations of S3.
Don picked Peggy and Pete because they can see and feel the changes that the sixties embodied.
Surely Sal can find a way into the new SCDP. Maybe he can use a little blackmail on Lee. Just to get his job back. I think Sal's too honorable to screw his way back into the fold, so he can't go the Jane Sterling route.
but if the show has the emerging women's issues creative with Peggy, Pete as the young demographic (and open to doing business with other races, etc.) they need Sal or someone who represents for closeted homosexuals who may or may not come out.
Betty and Don's marriage is over. No more love. that was heartbreaking, even if they are just the plastic bride and groom on top of the wedding cake.
Betty is so screwed, tho, with this Henry Francis thing. you just know it.
From the way the firings went, I think that PPL would have a strong case that the firings were fraudulent and should be treated as resignations. The only real firing was that of Pryce. The smoking gun is that after he was fired, he immediately joined those he had fired as a partner in the new firm, and was thus complicit in a conspiracy of fraud.
I would think that that would enable PPL to enforce any non-compete clauses in the contracts.
I'm not a lawyer--just a logical thinker.
Omungous said...
I liked how Pete was carrying his rifle as they removed their belongings from Sterling Cooper.
What a great finale to Season 3. I can't get over how happy I was to see the elated look on Don's face as he gazes upon his fellow hobos in SCD&P's makeshift office at the Pierre. I think the way Weiner tied up loose ends with the central characters was brilliant: detente between Don and Roger, Don telling Peggy and Pete why they're important to him and the new agency, the triumphant return of Joan, etc, etc. The demise of Don and Betty's marriage was inevitable and I'm glad they showed how ugly Don could be in that scene in their bedroom. Didn't Betty get an inheritance from her father? I have to think that she has some money of her own so she's not completely beholden to Henry Francis. So many great moments -- I loved Pete's holding out his hand and saying "I'm really not sick" and Lane's "Happy Cristmas!" I'm going into mourning now that my Sunday night MM viewing followed by your review and reader comments are on haitus until the start of Season 4. Alan, thanks for the great reviews and thanks to your readers for their perceptive comments!
Anyone notice that the bar where Roger told Don about Henry Francis was the same bar that Don inadvertently convinced Roger to break it off with Mona?
And was it a coincidence that Betty and Henry had a seat between them on their flight to Nevada?
Hardly the way you imagine two lovebirds on their way to getting married...
"No ... I will spend the rest of my life trying to hire you."
Is this quote correct? I played it thrice and for the life of me couldn't tell if Don said "will" or "won't"
Just have to point out that Betty certainly won't have any trouble getting a settlement out of Don in their divorce, remember she knows about Dick Whitman, and we've seen Don be blackmailed before.
3rd times the charm.
I don't think the Draper marriage has reached a natural conclusion at all. There is a lot left unsaid between them. This is not the end of their story at all.
I fear for Betty's future at the end of this season. She's going from an abusive husband like Don to one who is already showing signs of possessiveness in Henry.
I hope January Jones finally gets her emmy nomination next year!
Commie Bastard said...
Holy flaming Jesus on a jetpack, this episode was OFF THE HOOK.
Burt Cooper is a big old ninja, and not just cause of his lazy fetish of the 'Far East.' He could kick that doofus Crane into the storage closet on his worst day.
Re that bedroom "whore" scene - cripes, Don is (a) dick.
Some folks need to check their internalized misogyny and quit putting any stock in that early shrink's laughable diagnosis that Betty is a child. Betty has weathered this storm with preternatural grace and maturity - and I'm glad the show has alluded several times to the especially sorry-ass state of psychiatry in the mid-century. I LOL'd when Joan revealed Dr. Rapist's aspirations in a field then populated with "knights of reason and order saving damsels from the proliferating dragons of the mind."
Feminism may be the radical notion that white, middle-class women are people too - which sure as sugar leaves me out in the cold, but even I am getting sick of all the thoughtless Betty hate. LOL at these poor suckers who seem truly incapable of taking into account the repulsive behavior of Don and just about every other patriarchal tool Betty encounters. One should probably be more disturbed at this trend of suckers in what's ostensibly such a smart, high-falutin' fandom, but eh, abuse apologists come a penny a dozen.
Don's entreaty to Peggy was the humble, honest conversation that he should have had but can never have with Betty - and that's his fault, not hers.
Speaking of Peggy - Moss roundhoused Slattery's ass in delivery, if not dialogue:
"Peggy, can you get me a cuppa coffee?!"
HAPPY CHRISTMAS INDEED. \o/
OH, and did Trudy's bustling around to take care of Pete and later his co-workers SCDP evoke Joan's pilot statement that it's all about being "halfway between a waitress and a mother" or WHAT.
I just love how nothing in this show is filler. Ever.
Farm Girl Pink... said...
My favorite line:
Roger to Don...."so what? are you reading your will? I want the Cadillac..."
I see I am in the minority but I like Betty. And I see ugly things coming her way.
She is getting out of one marriage to immediately marry a man that obviously has issues. Demanding she ask for no money from Don is a big ugly warning.
Plus allowing Henry Francis to sit in on her meeting with the divorce lawyer was not a good idea.
I am really enjoying Trudy and her growth. Her ability to be able to quickly read Pete and stop him from shooting off his mouth.
I am the only one who thought Duck was hiding in Peggy's apartment when Don came to visit.
With all the cloak and dagger behavior of trying to leave the firm with the files and clients in tact. I was waiting for the wrong person to over hear the plan and screw it up for all of them.
And Joan is back! That alone makes me very happy. She is really important to the show and her ability to get things handle quickly and quietly makes her the girl to always have around in a pinch.
Rob Biesenbach said...
About characters coming back. We all have a selfish interest in seeing Brian Batt return, but something about that last scene of him a few weeks ago was perfect the way it was. His getting fired sort of freed him to be who he was, running off into the night, breathless, telling his wife not to wait up, the hungry cruisers waiting in the park behind him. I can see him returning at some point for a cameo, maybe not "out and proud" (gay lib still being at least 4-5 years away) but at least happy and sure of himself.
I'm also not sure the Duck thing needs any conclusion. From the last episode, it was clear Peggy was cooling on him already. He called her complaining that it had been several weeks since they'd seen each other. I think the affair was already winding down and, for Peggy, his withholding of the JFK information was maybe the last straw.
Regarding Don's treatment of Betty in the middle of the night -- yes, he called her a whore. Yes, that's a terrible thing to say. Yes, he's being a hypocrite. But give me break, who doesn't behave badly at the end of a relationship? That stuff happens.
I, too, felt the "firing" solution was just a little too simple and tidy, but think it would get boring if they "lawyered it up" next season with the British suing the upstarts.
Couple of other thoughts.
* Loved Roger's line to Pete: "We haven't talked to Ken {perfectly timed pause} YET."
* I've been more and more aware all season of Don's damned hat. Always the taking off and putting on and "leaving in the car" (sometimes I guess it's a handy prop). At the end of the episode he barely remembers to pluck it from the box the movers are taking out of the old office. The hat being a metaphor for the buttoned up '50s, I have a feeling we're not going to see much of it on Don's head in Season 4. (As with Joan and Sal, will we all be wringing our hands imagining plot turns that will somehow bring the beloved hat back into a scene or two next season?)
* There sure was a lot of "opening up" in this episode (Don to Peggy, Pete and Roger). Alan's pointing out the "caper" construct certainly explains it, but I was so struck by it all being so different from Don's usual holding back. It seemed to be another harbinger of the coming "let it all hang out" era.
My favorite moment, and the biggest indication to me that SCDP will be a different agency was Roger asking Peggy to get him coffee and Peggy saying "No."
My guess is that they went to Pete instead of Ken because a) choosing Ken was the Brits' idea, not Roger, Bert, and Don's, and b) Ken's exactly the kind of smarmy yes-man to thrive under the new ownership and wouldn't be willing to leave.
MP said...
On baby Gene: it occurred to me just now that Betty treats him as her kid, in a way she never did with Sally and Bobby. Her's, not so much Don's.
She decided on the name, a name that Don hated. She is very protective of Gene, taking him in her bed, telling the kids not to wake him and obviously taking "his side" over Sally's. And now, while it's been established that his age was never much of a reason not to leave him behind, she is taking the baby and only the baby with her*.
The kid was conceived when Betty was furious with Don and one of the reasons for a not entirely voluntary reconciliation. She could have taken that out on him, but it seems to me that Betty instead has taken to him as rightfully hers, a reward she got for putting up with Don's philandering ways and his lying. And that's why she took him with her.
*Haven't watched it yet so I don't know if there was another reason- I'm reading because I'm a sucker for spoilers - but I've thought of that before.
Any significance to the fact that the oriental screen in Bert's office was reversed from it's usual side?
sane jane said...
Alan, you'll be pleased to know that if they want to be a truly hip, progressive agency, they'll touch up the type treatment on the name:
SCD+P
s/c/d/p
or some such.
Word Verification: "prest"
(just one "o" short of a magic trick)
Holy cow. From start to finish a brilliantly written and acted episode. I could have watched a full movie of that episode.
Personally, I think it just may be Henry who has his world shaken when he realizes who Betty really is beneath all the coy smiles and beauty. When the layers of her dysfunctional personality become more apparent he may be the one who bolts.
When Ken said he learned that Pete tried to seduce away John Deere I was struck at how dangerous that act was on Pete's part - by being greedy in that ultra-secret few days, that one effort on his part could have blown the whole caper up if John Deere had contacted Ken over the weekend to ask what the hell was going on.
Loved how Lane embraced the classic American spirit of charging out on a shoestring to begin again - we have seen all season how he has come to appreciate the U.S. but this just made me so happy. For once, he will be an equal and not some lackey and a pawn to be pushed from place to place like a piece on a chessboard taking whatever orders he was given. And, I adore Jared Harris so I'm glad he will be around.
I think they may poach a few others from the old firm once they get set up but we now have an opportunity to see new characters who will bring their own set of perspectives and personalities to the dawning of the age of aquarius which will make for some new conflicts and relationships.
I remember reading how Mary Tyler Moore's character in the Dick Van Dyke show wearing black capri pants was considered controversial as that show started in 1961 and was elated to see Joan walking in wearing those same capris.
Many had speculated they would buy back the firm but I was totally gobsmacked when it turned into a heist - love being surprised.
And while Don is a hypocrite given his cheating ways, I totally understood his reaction to learning what Betty had been up to after she has been painting herself as a victim throughout this whole ordeal.
I'm not shocked at all that she followed through and walked out of this marriage - this has been one mess of a marriage since we have been witness to it.
And, man, the writers must love John Slattery because I laughed out loud at each of those golden remarks.
thanks for dropping in cuckoo bananas for me. Made my day.
One cynical way of looking at the rebirth of SCD+P is that it gives Weiner & Co. a convenient chance to do a little cast tweaking.
When Kinsey had his "oh shit" moment, realizing Peggy had gotten the call, that could easily have been Michael Gladis (the actor) saying goodbye to the series?
In hindsight, maybe Kenny's lack of storylines this season was because he wouldn't make it to S4?
Doing a search through the comments, I see I'm not the first person to wonder if Peggy is pregnant again - I was looking at Elizabeth Moss's face last night and the way she was dressed and thinking, "Oh no..."
DoubleLifeofaSalesman here, technically Anonymous for convenience's sake -- and I find I have rather little to say. This finale left me in a strange place. I can remember all the way back to the finale of "Hill Street Blues" and the shot pulled back and back from the station while voices continued, basically saying "The show ends but the station goes on." For me this had very much the feel of a wrap-up, not simply a tying together of a season but a true end -- it was that satisfying.
I find Alan's take on this particularly good this time. Yes, a caper feel -- though I have to wonder, why do we think of it as a "coup"? Somehow "exodus" leaps to my mind.
(Personally, I just think of the new firm as Sterling Pryce -- if only because an aptly named Sterling Price was once an economist.)
I'm the sort who enjoys worrying about who won't be back. It wouldn't be too surprising to see no more of Cosgrove: he's a happy enough cog, nuff said. The point has been well made that it would be awkward to have Lucky Strike AND Sal Romano, but I wouldn't mind seeing some way to swing it. I guess Kinsey is gone, which I find a bit of a shame -- sure, he's snooty, but in his own way he was trying, he did after all go down South. Besides, you always need a handy foil, sort of like Winchester in late "M*A*S*H." And I'm with jenae, happy that Harry isn't gone: he bumbles, but I relate to him, and Sterling Pryce needs to have its own TV department in play.
So this is the weird place I am now -- the show could just end, and it would be satisfying. Weiner and Company is seriously upping the stakes for S4.
And for that, I shall return.
Note that the account that put Pete over the top, in terms of the goal Don and Roger set for him, was Clearasil. Pete lost Clearasil when he refused to adopt a child. Could one of the conditions placed on getting Clearasil back have been a reconsideration of his position on an adoption? That could also explain why Trudy's been so interested in him breaking away from SC all season. Perhaps Season 4 will open with a baby Campbell...
Another great small Slattery moment:
"Goodbye, Trudy"
Wives may be offstage but they are seldom out of earshot.
Could one of the conditions placed on getting Clearasil back have been a reconsideration of his position on an adoption?
No, I think Trudy - who, as we saw, was very much on board with Pete's attempt to join the new firm - just went to her dad and said, "I don't care about a baby anymore, but Pete needs this account." And Trudy's dad, who dotes on her, gave in.
Also, I think there are two reasons they chose Pete over Ken and his haircut:
1)Pete is, as Don notes, more forward-thinking, and that's going to be of value.
2)Pete's bitter at being passed over for the head of accounts job, and would therefore be much more likely to commit to this scheme. They needed people who would be a definite "Yes," and Ken would be much more uncertain than Pete.
Now that I have had time to sleep on it...
I also agree that Don and Betty are doomed, and I don't blame Betty for leaving him. But here's the thing...she obviously hasn't learned anything at all from her experience with "Don the liar". She's jumping right in with another man that she hardly knows. he wants to take care of her, telling her not to worry about money...I don't know...maybe it's my 2009 filter judging a character form the 60s, but this is not going to work out. I understand she's scared to be a single parent with three kids, but she's just signing up for a few years of blissful denial until things come crashing down again.
No. Archie dies because he left the co-op. Without the co-op, Archie had to go sell the crops on his own, and chose to go do that while drunk, in the middle of a thunderstorm.
Archie Whitman thought he never needed anyone, and it killed him. This episode was all about Archie's son acknowledging how much he needs all the people around him.
One of the largest professional services firms in the world is Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG for short). No commas. There are many more examples.
Speculations: Duck will take over the old Stirling Cooper. One of the accounts he will win is Henry Francis' campaign. Peggy will be sleeping with the enemy.
I couldn't stay up for the review and comments last night--and I should be getting ready for work right now, but I had to read them all this morning. Great review, as usual, Alan; great comments, as usual, posters. I thought the episode was riveting--both funny in many places and tragic in others. All the expressions, comments, everything was just perfect. (I'm going to watch it again later tonight to pick up stuff I missed.) I'm really looking forward to next season.
GET YOUR HAMMS OFF HER!
Henry Francis' campaign
Mmmm. That would explain a lot. Perhaps he wanted a Jackie to be by his side in the campaign photos.
Many analysts thought Adlai Stevenson lost his Presidential bid for being divorced with no family in the picture.
BUT judging from the conversation with the lawyer toward the end, Henry was thinking about the Governor not wanting any more scandal near him. So Henry would still be on staff and doesn't betray any indication of running for anything himself. It would be the governor's run for President or re-election for governor.
Seemed to me Betty asked Henry for a lawyer recommendation and Henry took her to the Governor's on-staff attorney for advice. That's kind of unethical. The lawyer has a conflict of interest - he has Henry's best interests at heart (as the gov's aide), not Betty. Shame on Henry and the lawyer.
Looks like Henry may want a trophy wife, too. And she'll be likely to move with the kids to Albany, right? Or - Betty will again have a husband who is away from home overnight frequently. And who won't seek her input concerning his job or finances or anything of substance any more than Don did.
Pete looked so different with his hair tossled and not slicked back as usual.
We'll probably see new hair styles on the guys in the next season. So far the suits changed every season, but not the hair.
After the episode two weeks ago where Paul finally realizes that Peggy is damn good at what she does, better than he is, in fact, it was interesting that Paul dashed to Peggy's door as soon as light began to dawn that Don's trashed office wasn't a crime scene but a desertion. That "Damn!" of his spoke volumes. Also interesting in light of his playfulness with her last week over her "nooner"--as someone noted in the comments last week, he was treating her like one of the guys after so long dismissing her as Don's kitten. Paul seemed more upset at Peggy's leaving than his own being left behind.
As soon as the conspirators acknowledged that they didn't know where anything was, I cried out, "Joanie!!" SO EXCITED to see her walk in that door and immediately be so in-control and indispensable.
I was terrified that Peggy was going to tell Duck about the developments. Cooper said they had to talk only to reliables, and when Peggy turned down Don and Don said nothing about keeping quiet--assuming, I'm sure, that she had no one to tell--I was jumping at every new scene. Which made Don's wooing of her at her place so much the sweeter. Poor Peggy. She's in a very strange place, now.
This was so wonderful. Don snuggling around Sally on Gene's old bed was heartbreaking. Bobby and the cufflinks was even more so. God, I hate Betty. She didn't even have the balls to cop to Henry Francis' existence when confronted with him.
grat said...
I don't know much about firing/hiring logistics, but what Pryce and Draper did seemed highly illegal considering the circumstances. Draper, one of the most prized advertisers in the industry, leaving and taking millions of dollars worth of clients with him on the eve of a buyout?
It would be like Apple/Microsoft merging and Steve Jobs, along with his proteges and talent, getting "fired" a week before and starting a new company. No one would allow it.
Otto Man said...
I took it to be Don's derisive term for a place that didn't value creativity and originality, but was just concerned with churning out a mass produced product.
Care said...
I never noticed Pete holding the rifle! I'll have to go back and watch it.
One thing that really struck me is that when Betty and Don were fighting when Don confronted Betty about Henry is the shadows over their faces. They were both two-faced and ugly. It was just incredible seeing it.
I'm wondering what's going to happen to the house--will Betty move to Albany?
I guess Henry won't be working on the Rockefeller campaign...
CH said...
I think what was so enjoyable about this show was how all the characters became empowered. Watching these drown-trodden employees getting their mojo back, and even growing was fantastic.
Draper finally realized what he wants to do when he grows up, "I want to build something, like you did 40 years ago" he tells Cooper, for once his instinct is not to run but to stand his ground. This obviously surprised Roger who raised his eyebrows, proclaiming "So you do want to be in Advertising?" Roger himself realizing that this is 'his' moment "I act like I started a company all my life. I inherited it." Clearly a chance to make a name for himself excites him.
In turn, Peggy finally stood up to her mentor "I have had other offers you know?" (you could imagine Betty saying the same thing) after Don just assumed she would be coming along for the ride (like some nervous poodle). And then Draper is forced to explain to Peggy what we pretty much already knew, but was still great to hear "it's only because I see you as an extension of myself".
And Campbell, while his "I want to hear it from *him*" remark was rather petulant, he perked up when Don started cataloging his strengths. By the end of it his renewed virility was crystal clear as he stood tall with his arm out ready to shake on the deal. Trudy was clearly impressed with her Man as she could not wait to kiss him once the Drapers left.
And of course Pryce, finally overthrowing his British overlords in a way that would make George Washington proud. It was great watching him go from being the smug insider with all the information to just another lackey who was being lied to by PPL, one betrayal too many for good old Lane. And then the other guys admitting that they couldn't 'do what he does' just completes the positive affirmations all around.
I think an empowered SCDP will be an exciting agency to watch unfold next season, of course there is potential for drama as both Roger & Jane and Peggy & Pete are reunited within close quarters. I don't think Don & Betty will be treated in the same way as Tony & Camela, this is the 60s! Its all about change and revolution, which is where I think they are going with Sally. Did you see how clearly young Sally could see through Don's lies? I believe this is where they will evolve the family story, a single Mom trying to deal with an ever rebelling daughter, damaged by her parents actions - of course this will create plenty of "will they or won't they" tension for the new divorcees.
And finally, the only other characters I see moving over to this new forward thinking agency are Salvatore and Paul. They represent two very important sub-cultures for the sixties and I can't see the show not dealing with either of them. Paul is continually trying to connect with the artsy, beatnik youth while trying to hide a more charmed past - how far will he go? Will he be called out as a fraud or will he embrace the growing hippy culture outright? Will Salvatore come ou, encouraged by the gay rights groups? Or will he fight it and continue his charade as a married man?
I always wondered how this show was going to represent the transition of the sixties, it still felt very much like the 50s in the Sterling Cooper office and would require some radical change to stay with the times. Well, here it is - a fresh start, and I can't wait to see what they do with it.
OZ -
I too believe Don said "I WON'T spend the rest of my life trying to hire you"
Simply the best episode ever. I laughed non stop and applauded repeatedly. When it was over, and I took the time to reflect, I cried for Sally and Don Jr.
I think Don has finally built the family he has always wanted, and while it doesn't seem Betty will find her happiness, I think we'll still see her as we explore the new generation of divorced parenting. (I can see Sally and Don Jr spending plenty of time in city, especially as Sally ages).
Total reboot, stories that were headed to corners have now exploded....
No, it was "will."
Janet said:
That bothered me too, but after thinking about it, I realized that Weiner doesn't follow up on every detail, even bigger ones. In any event, any issues about that would be buried within a larger lawsuit (filed by McCann) related to stealing clients and the senior exec non-compete clauses.
Yup -- bona fide fist pumping moment when Roger went to call Joan, and she shows up -- dressed for comfort in stylish capris -- YES!!!! Hubby's away -- Joanie can play!
Also thought it was funny when Pete said, re:job jackets, "I never look at these." Such a typical account exec thing to say. Let the Little People worry about the details, I'm busy thinking bigger thoughts. (Actually, he IS).
Did anyone else wonder if Trudy could end up as an unpaid go-pher, ending in a job? Bringing food was such a great (and smart) move. Everyone was so confused and uncomfortable -- then -- food -- the great social lubrication (besides booze).
Trudy's very bright and has nothing to do all day. I wouldn't be surprised to see her pecking away at a Selectric II when Season 4 opens (too long from now).
Poor Sally. I hope she gets to spend lots of time with Dad in his new digs. NYC and its attractions could offer a lot of consolation to a bright kid like her.
In that vein, has anyone else seen the 1964 movie, "The World of Henry Orient?" I totally picture Sally as the friend with the philandering mother. It's a great look at sophisticated NY at the exact moment we leave off Season 3. If you're suffering from MM-1964 withdrawal, this might give you a small fix. Peter Sellers is hilarious but the setting is really the star of the movie.
Didn't find it strange that the kids were left with Carla. Just sad at how isolated the Drapers were as a family that the closest person to take care of the kids is someone who gets paid to do it. No family, no close friends to turn to.
For one second I wondered if Don would call and ask Suzanne to look in on them regularly. But he was too busy and it might complicated the divorce thing.
But overall I was happy not to see Suzanne. She doesn't get or respect what Don does for a good living and that would create annoying relationship conflicts I would find contrived.
Oh yeah. How about that scene with 10 year old Dick in the barn taking a practiced pull on the moonshine? His drinking problem started early.
Tim Windsor said...
I love how Bobby knows something bad is up "because we're in the living room."
Nice period detail -- the "living room" was often an off-limits showpiece.
I feel like I may go around all day just quoting lines from this episode:
"Joan. What a good idea."
Lots of talk about continued "poaching" of staff, but I think It will be more likely that people who are made "redundant" by the purchase of SC and reorganization into the McCann fold will come begging to be let into the cool kids club.
Like you, Alan, I just loved watching the plot unfold in this one. Often, Mad Men seems a show about the 60s that happens to be set in an advertising agency but this episode seemed like a show about and ad agency that happened to be set in the 60s and it was fun!
I also literally cheered when I knew Roger was bringing in Joan (by the by I hope Joan will now get her chance to be back in the Media Department) and also got tricked by the "Sal" fake-out (which I am starting to think may have been intentional).
As for the other story, the scene with the children was heart-breaking and perfectly played by everyone including the kids. The aside that New York's laws were written specifically to make divorce difficult was also eye-opening.
Just wonderful all around. Really the only downside to this is I will miss readng these reviews :-)
Any chance of you doing a post about the season as a whole?
AchillesTheJanitor said...
For those asking why SCDP took Campbell instead of Kenny and his haircut, it makes sense from both a business standpoint.
Kenny and his haircut had just received a promotion to Senior VP, and him and his accounts would be very valuable to McCann. It would be harder to convince Ken that moving to the upstart agency would be in his best interest, and he had more leverage to demand more in negotiations (like a name on the door).
Pete's accounts, on the other hand, were much less valuable to McCann, but were just right for the upstarts at SCDP. Pete would be easier to convince to leave.
SCDP swung for the lower-hanging fruit they were more likely to get.
DTor said...
“Note that when Peggy initially says no to Don, he plans to go to Kurt and Smitty next, and not Paul. Is that an indictment of Paul's talent, or of his character? Did Don fear Paul would rat him out if he could gain some advantage from it?”
It’s an indictment of his talent, imo. Outside of the Jackie-Marilyn campaign (which was never actually used, though of course this wasn’t Paul’s fault), I don’t think we’ve ever seen Paul deliver creatively. He’s clearly not in Peggy’s league.
Yes, she *should* be hyper aware of this… but people in this universe (much as our real one) have an ugly habit of making the same mistakes over and over again.
“Why didn't they ask Ken to come along?”
As Alan noted, Ken just got rewarded with the head of accounts position and would be unlikely to bolt. Pete was passed over and therefore disgruntled, making him the more logical candidate for Don & Roger to approach.
I thought the same thing. With the tobacco account gone, it would be a logical fit.
I fell asleep last night contemplating Don harshly calling Betty a whore, when he has had affair after affair. I don't think he was attacking her so much for having slept with someone else, but more so because she was selling herself to another (potentially) successful/wealthy man (similar to why she married Don in the first place). I believe the choice of the word whore is important in the differentiation. Note how he didn't use the word slut (although, perhaps that word wasn't used as commonly then as it is today). I think what was not said, and not done in that scene (i.e. hitting her) is just as important as what actually happened.
On another note, I think my favorite line of the night was when Roger told Layne, "Don't act like a stranger, we have tea!"
-My favourite Roger Sterling moment that hasn't already been mentioned is when he told Lane at their initial meeting, 'We've worked next to each other for a year, don't be a stranger. We've got Tea!'
-Rather than Ms Farrell, isn't it time now for Don to finally make a move on Joan. I mean they clearly have great chemistry and always worked brilliantly together when Joan had to fill in as Don's secretary.
-I don't think we've seen the end of Connie. Although Don is pissed off now, I think Connie would have been greatly impressed by Don's initiative and would approach Don again rather than it being the other way round.
@Commie Bastard I don't know how you can assert that Betty is not a child. Throughout she's done a number of things which can be attributed to lack of maturity.
1) Taking revenge on Don by sleeping with the man at the bar.
2) Forcing the name Gene on the baby and refusing to see how that was affecting Sally.
3) Not respecting Sally's intelligence by telling her that the doll was a present from baby Gene whilst thinking that Sally would easily be won over with a simple gift.
4) Getting upset at dinner party in season 2 after she had bought the Heineken Beer.
I think there are other examples from earlier on in the show of which I can't remember now.
I too thought Don he wouldn't spend his life trying to hire her. After listening to it a number of times I can't say for sure either say but I'm leaning towards "won't" rather than "will." Hopefully, someone in the know will clear that up.
I think that Pete was asked over Ken for a number of reasons but one could be that it was Lane who decided to put Ken in charge of accounts based on what he thought was the more important skill.
I think Don views Pete's talents and forward thinking as more relevant to creating a new agency with fresh ideas rather than someone who knows how to assure clients that they "don't have any needs" - I would probably go with Pete too with all his personality issues if I wanted to begin anew. Maybe Don feels it is more important to persuade clients that they do need to think in new directions and persuade them as such.
A few people have asked why the kids wouldn't stay with Don while Betty was in Reno. He's going to be working all day and would likely only get home when the kids were off to bed so it makes sense. I think from the inferences in the episode that he will be making time to see them as often as he can.
"nervous poodle" - another brilliant image from Peggy.
1. Re Don's "will/won't" statement to Peggy: I believe Hamm was directed deliberately to elide the word so that we were left wondering until Peggy is shown at the office. It was a little impluse of suspense. A master touch.
2. I too wondered if Peggy is pregnant.
3. Sally was awesome, and Bobby was excellent. Carla is their real mom, anyway.
4. I agree that Don's use of the word "whore" was pregnant with vileness given his childhood.
5. And Henry Francis, silver fox that he is (Chris Stanley and John Slattery would make an interesting couple), is wrong for Betty. She will learn the hard way.
Eyeball Wit said...
Seeing Roger call Joan reminded me of the segment of Pulp Fiction, where Jules and Vincent have to deal with Marvin's body and the Bonnie Situation, and Marsallius calls Mr. Wolfe.
"I'm Joan Holloway, and I solve problems."
After all the speculation, I guess, Ms. Cookoobanana's brother is gone for good. (it is a fun word to type.)
Remember that in the Sopranos, Weiner was used to having great characters played by great actors depart suddenly. We may have seen the last of Sal/Ken/Paul.
And finally, Don is really a scuzzbag. In an alternate universe where Jackie Jr and Brooklyn and the Feds weren't making things miserable for him, you could see Tony Soprano as Kevin Finnerty, a basically decent guy with a straight job and a family he loves but doesn't understand.
Don's only redeeming quality, it seems to me, is his ability to make great ad pitches. He's a lousy husband, a lousy father, a fair weather friend, and a liar.
He was so cruel and hypocritical in that penultimate scene, that he made Betty seem almost sympathetic. He's an early contender for the 2010 Jon Gosselin Father of the Year award.
I guess if a guy's very very good at his job--think Vic Mackie--Weiner knows that we'll forgive a lot.
And while I loved the episode, and the season, I do think we're kind of in "a place we've been before" with Don and Betty on the outs, a Sterling Cooper where Don-Roger-Bert run things and Peggy is making goo goo eyes at Don.
DeeTV said...
I have to agree with LifeasaSaleman. This felt like a SERIES finale to me, not just a season finale. And although I am glad to have at least one more season of Madmen to look forward, I would have been totally satisfied if this was the series finale.
Wonderful, wonderful episode. It felt like it wrapped up loose ends and at the same time, was the set-up for so many new and exciting things to come.
Oh Don, how I love and hate you. The cheating man calling the cheating woman a whore. Despicable!
Betty, good riddance. I don't ever need to see you again. January Jones, the ice queen. So good in her part that I can't stand her. She's so concerned with appearances, she wants the divorce to be quiet, God forbid any messiness was made public. And I can't imagine her holding her baby w/o a wedding ring on, God knows what people might think. She's just looking for someone else to take care of her and to continue to live in the fashion she thinks she deserves.
Peggy, you made the right more. She's already proven herself so many times to this crew, that she's in a good position to move up if she keeps up her usual standard of work. Elsewhere, she would have to prove herself all over again, and we know that may not be an easy thing to do given the time period and women's place in the office. Plus where else can she say "no" to getting her boss coffee?
Harry, I wish they would have left you behind. I don't think he ever offers much to the firm or the story.
Trudy and Pete. People criticize you, but to me it seems like you two have the most functional marriage of everyone on the show. Look at the other marriages on the show... Joan & Dr. Rapist, Roger and Jane, Don and Betty. As least Pete & Trudy talk to each other and truly care for each other. And yeah, I'd love to see Trudy as the new secretary as SCDP. She'd be totally dedicated and loyal (as long as Pete was employed there!)
Whew! That was a very satisfying episode. It's going to be a long wait until next season.
Sorry if this has been mentioned. Am trying not to break posting rules.
Reno, Nevada is not far away from the original Mrs. Draper, right?
About 3.5 hours?
Do you think Henry will let Betty use a car?
While I LOVED the episode...shouldn't there be some legal issues surrounding Pryce's actions? I'm not an expert on business law in any sense of the word, much less on business law 45 years ago in a state I've never lived in, but it seems like the firings would be a major breach of Pryce's fiduciary duty to PPL. Any lawyers care to comment?
Who's now in charge at the former Sterling-Cooper?
What happens between the bolt for the door and January 1st?
McCann paid for something they aren't getting. Who will be held liable for that? It was an employee of PPL who fired the trio, will PPL sue Pryce, the ex-pat? He wouldn't seem to have assets sufficient to make it worthwhile. BTW does Pryce have a green card? Will he get divorced and marry a local to get citizenship?
I witnessed a break-up of a lawfirm where the leaving party took files. The dispute was mediated. When people are fired, security is immediately called, their rola-dex confiscated (nowadays their computer)and they are escorted to the door with only their box of personal items.
I'd be surprised if there was no provision in the contract for what happens if the employee is fired.
THe ones I have seen say that termination by either party results in the non-compete clause being activated. Any difference would depend on whether the discharge was for "good cause" with stiffer non-compete clauses, or "wrongful" with the non-compete more in favor of the employee. I guess there's a reason why we didn't get to see the entire contract. It lets the writers interpret the contract situation any way they want.
"I still don’t know, and wish I did, what’s going on inside Betty. Why didn’t she give life with Dick Whitman, the father of her children, a chance?"
Because he is a lying cheating fraud and she can't trust him anymore.
I agree with others that Betty isn't going anywhere. Don and Betty many no longer be married, but they still have a relationship. It's going to be interesting to see them deal with each other without the wife and husband labels.
If Betty and Henry do marry, Don and Betty might end up having an affair.
Lane is not yet an employee of the new firm as it was stated that the deal didn't go into effect until January 1 and it was only Dec 13 in this episode.
At the time he fired them he was exerting his given authority by the mothership in London.
Stealing clients was and has been very common place if there are no such iron clad provisions in their contracts. Don't know what their contracts said at this time.
Taking all the attending documents relating to those clients seems to be a proprietary issue that could certainly be challenged - if they had the time, they would have probably been better off had they been able to make copies of everything before hightailing it out of there - but, alas, this was a down and dirty fast and furious caper.
Too much fun.
Great episode and incredible commentary as usual, Alan. Yes, I also did the imaginary fist pump when Roger said he was making "a call," and I literally said out loud, "Forget the key, Don, just call Sal!" right before he kicked in the door. Other random observations:
* January Jones has created one of the strangest and controversial female characters on TV and I love her for it. You can see on her face during the attorney's visit that she's already questioning her move with Henry Francis, particularly with the money comment and when the attorney mentions something about avoiding a Rockefeller scandal. I don't know about you, but I don't believe those two have even slept together, which is another red flag. And I would have to hear the dialogue again, but in the bedroom scene with Don, she doesn't seem to really acknowledge or defend her relationship with Henry, and permits Don to throw her around like a rag doll (or an errant child). It's like Betty is in a semi-permanent sleepwalking state around all men. While we got a glimmer of what Awake Betty was like when she revealed she knew about Dick Whitman, she regressed back to childlike Betty in the finale. Did anyone else get the idea at the end that she was simply taking Baby Gene and running away like Don did during his California episode? I have to wonder what she'll be like when she comes back.
* I think Peggy's initial rejection of Don's job offer was a dream speech -- hasn't everyone wanted to say something like that to a boss that's taken them for granted?
* I don't know about you, but I want Joan's second project to be kicking Harry Crane's sizable ass out of the new company so she can take his job. After all, she proved she could manage broadcast strategy with one hand tied behind her back last season.
* Don't tell me there won't be a backlash with the old agency against the new SCDP. I suspect McCann will do whatever it takes to grab back the old S-C accounts, and my guess is that it will grab Lucky first because it will be the most crippling to Don's new shop (but it would also allow Sal to return). And don't be surprised if Duck comes sniffing around as well, considering that his nooner and Pete have now elected to stay with the enemy. What I do hope is that we'll see more of Robert Morse on an equal footing with Slattery and Hamm as the trio fight tooth and nail to build this business. Morse is so wonderful, I want to see the old man doing more than taking a nap and committing the occasional blackmail.
* It will be interesting to see how Lane's character evolves now that he'll be allowed to develop talents beyond hatchet-man. And hopefully the move to SCDP is the final straw that gets his annoying wife to head back across the pond.
Such a terrific show.
I imagine the only company in a position to sue is PPL, and they probably don't want to get involved in the trans-Atlantic ickyness right before a major sale.
"Let me go make a phone call."
Were sweeter words EVER spoken during this entire season?
I'm on the road, in a hotel that doesn't have AMC in its channel line-up, but I was able to locate an on-line site and watch this episode. The site, however, "paused" every 15 seconds [no kidding!] so I got to watch in v-e-r-y s-l-o-w motion. Can't wait to get home for a re-watch on the TiVo.
I've been thinking, as I commented a couple of episodes ago, about how the "story" plays out in Weiner's mind, given that at the beginning of a season, he doesn't know if the show's going to be renewed/story continued. [I think this year's notification of renewal was uncharacteristically early.]
This show could have been the end of Season 3, and the show itself, if renewal hadn't happened.
I'm lukewarm about Pryce, and particularly negative about his getting his "name on the door." What, exactly, does he bring to this "caper," other than his British accent and pompous ways? Since I don't know the actor from any other work, I have no love for him; thus my discomfort.
I'm hoping, hoping, hoping that Brian Blatt will be back somehow. He's so wonderful.
Folks above [and Alan] have mentioned all the great lines. I'll just "second" Peggy's "no" to Slattery's coffee request.
Alan, any clue as to when casting additions and deletions might be announced/revealed?
Francine said...
Alan, thank you so much for your talented, thoughtful, excellent Mad Men bloggs. I enjoy them so much, and wish you all the best!
MadAsHell said...
Don is a master wordsmith. Betty, in a previous episode, doesn't allow him to use his famed powers of persuasion; she's too aware of what he's able to do with a quietly-delivered set of honeyed words.
The pitch to Pete is an example. Don contrives a speech that ego-strokes successfully, and Pete's too flattered to resist.
Then we come to Peggy. She, more than anyone, recognizes Don's special skill. So, why does she follow?
Because her value to SCDP is related to her skills as an ad-writer and nothing else. If she accepts Duck's offer, she'll always wonder whether she got where she got due to sex.
With things tied up as neatly as they are, I expect next season will spring forward a few years. Hair may grow longer. Cooper may die. Someone may experiment with an Open Marriage. Sal will shoot colorful commercials independently, and be hired for accounts other than (not-so-)Lucky Strike.
4 points:
(1) Is it commonplace for conspirators to threaten to lock people up until morning? Not sure if it was intentional, but I loved that it was Bert Cooper who threatened to go all Henry II on Harry.
(2) Looks like there's at least a chance that Puck Pholson is over. Peg's worry that Don would turn his back on her forever if she said no seemed like it may have come from a fresh, personal wound.
(3) Hope SCDP knows some good lawyers! Looking forward to meeting the HITGs who show up to litigate McCann Erickson, et al. v. Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, et al. in Season 4.
(4) fART DEPARTMENT. Hee.
Oh my goodness... trying to take my mind of Mad Men, and switched on to find a re-run of Gilmore Girls and onto the screen from behind there appears a slimline Don... I think: no - it can't be. Then he turns round and there is a frighteningly young looking Jon Hamm. Weird.
Yes Betty hardly knows Henry, but he is her kind of people - upper crusty, Main Line sort of folks. I am sure she is thinking he is exactly the kind of guy she should have married in the first place.
And she does just have to go rent a apt, or somesuch in Reno to establish residency, she doesn't actually have to live there for 6 weeks. Although she may have to fly back and forth quite a bit.
One thing I've been paying attention to recently is how little outdoor shots their are in Mad Men. Don outside for the Eclipse is one that comes to mind. Season 1 on the train when he is called Dick. End of season 3 with him walking into his new apartment. Halloween and the car scenes are the others this season. ALSO, Early seasons showing work-environment tensions of early sixties could shift to an urban civil rights-esque story. This could be why Don is in the city, single and in an apartment. Would be interesting to see him with black neighbors, amoungst movements, etc. We will see.
Seems like it is becoming a cliche in any business-setting TV show to go rogue and start your own business...Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, Miller/Gold Agency (Entourage), Michael Scott Paper Company...yawn.
She may not have to stay in Reno but I suspect that she will, in fact, stay in Reno for the six weeks. If she was going for a three day weekend to sign a lease and hit the DMV she wouldn't have taken Baby Gene.
That was wonderful, I just sat there with a huge grin on my face with the office scenes and then watery eyes with the home scenes, although that could be because of our 5 month old, I turned to my husband during the talk with the kids and said we are never getting a divorce! It was just so heartbreaking.
I have a feeling that one of the major problems that Henry and Betty will face, other than not knowing each other, is Sally. She has really shown her assertiveness this season and I can see her really making life hell for Henry.
Betty's is all about instant gratification, just like a child. She wants Henry because like a toy he is new and he holds the promise to a better life for her. And her desire to want things now and her flights of fancy is leading her into marrying a man she knows nothing of.
But, unlike Don, who put up with Betty's behavior and fits, because Don felt he had to because he had to keep his little world he created together, Henry has already laid the ground work that his first priority is to protect Rockefeller. I think all the baggage that Betty is coming with is going to be too much for Henry, and the facade of this perfect wife he thinks he is getting is going to be over quickly.
If the next season picks up in '64 Henry will be in full on Presidential Campaign mode and once again Betty will be left home alone with the kids. Realizing she married an older more controller man who is never home.
As soon as it was over I said, I can't wait until next summer, I need it to pick up again next week!!
There are all sorts of legal issues that would need to be addressed.
But the solution is pretty simple - McCann finds out that Sterling, Cooper is no more (and that many of the accounts are now gone), and rescinds their contract to buy PPL (and Sterling Cooper).
McCann avoids buying a damaged product (PPL) and the "bad guys" (PPL) are the ones who suffer.
PPL is stuck with a weakened, less valuable advertising firm. My guess is that they would eventually sell it off, at a far lower price. Perhaps to McCann or perhaps even to Duck's firm (wouldn't it be something if Duck finally took over "Sterling Cooper", but only a weakened version of the Sterling Cooper he knew when he was let go).
Could PPL go after the new firm? Probably. After all, the firing of Draper, Cooper and Sterling was clearly fraudulent. But I think that the most that PPL would do is probably just threaten a lawsuit, and then take some small settlement from the new firm to make it all go away.
This is what happens with many law firms when some of the partners split off, and take some clients with them. It's pretty rare that the end result isn't some sort of minor settlement.
Great episode!
All I want for Christmas is for Joan to kick Harry's ass to the curb and replace him.
EmeraldLiz
Also, did Pete seem older and more confident here? Is it just the actor himself gaining a maturity, some character design or both?
I HATE that I care for Don and want him to succeed. What he did to Betty was SOOO wrong.
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One thing I've been paying attention to recently is how little outdoor shots their are in Mad Men.
Outdoor filming is much more expensive, and Mad Men is working with a basic cable budget.
MadasHell, I disagree that Peggy would always wonder if she got a position at Gray because of sex. It was clear. Duck tried to get her to go to Gray before they ever had sex.
I do agree that Don is great with words and Peggy knows that. You always have to be careful with wordsmiths because they can totally fool you with their fancy talk! I detected a tone of sincerity in his speech to her when he was at her apartment. Maybe she did, too. He said he would forever be trying to hire her. That reminds me of his letter to Betty last season, when he said she would not be alone long, but without her he would forever be alone.
I didn't see what some have mentioned, that Peggy looked heavier like she might be pregnant again. She looked the same to me. I think the cardigan at home didn't "help her silhouette," as Joan would say. I can't imagine her letting that happen a second time.
The sausage factory? I think that's where you go in as pig (completely whole) and they grind you up into tiny little pieces. My take on that is that you get ground up in the machinery and lose yourself in a company like McCann. Connie told Don he was the "prize pig." And props to Connie for warning Don about the upcoming sale. He did that as a favor to him, but Don didn't understand that at the time.
I appreciate the many facets of Don Draper's character. That scene with Betty in the bedroom, which involved domestic violence, showed us part of who Don is. He can be very ugly. He was cruel. Calling her a whore? His mother was a whore and he was saying she's just like his mother. I think he idealized Betty as the perfect, loving mother he never had (witness his speech after she lost her job as a model in Season 1) and now he has turned her into the whore. Madonna/whore, classic with narcissists such as Don.
If Don does become a weekend dad, at least the children will have time with him where they are the focus of his attention, so it might be an improvement over the life they had when the parents were together.
Some have thought Peggy was going off to Reno to stay for six weeks, leaving Sally and Bobby at home with Carla. I thought you just had to establish residency, not that you had to literally live there for six weeks. So she could be coming back. Or maybe Carla and the kids would fly to Reno for Christmas. There are a number of scenarios that are possible.
From a longtime fan's perspective, this season has been a letdown beyond words. there has been hardly any real development for any of the characters and except for the welcomed addition of price, there has been hardly anyone to root for.
Great folks like Sal and Joan have been marginal at best (even if it was always the plan to bring them back into the fold of things. Word is still out on Sal but after how coldly Don dismissed him and his sexual persuasion, I'm not holding my breath) and important characters like Pete and Peggy have been treading water all season (in Peggy's case the olny thing she got to do this season was sleep with Duck. One wonders what Ms. Moss thought of the lack of story for her this season).
The JFK thing, which MW said he didn't feel like getting into got its own ep, when all we really needed to see was Sterling's brat crying "it's ruined." Remember when folks thought roger was gonna be the one bitching?
So, as I watched this amazing, perfect season ender, I wondered if it was all part of a plan or nought. I think the latter. From start to finish, this is the ONLY truly great episode of this season. Sad to say, but 1 outta 13 is not a good thing.
I reserve judgement till next year. I hold my breath. Hoping fo the best and expecting the worst.
It was great to see Joan back in command and I have good feelings that MW can pull it together.
One hting to note that I have noticed as this season as dragged by at a snail's pace: People are ALREADY beginnging to make htis SOPRANOS 2. By that, I mean that any one could see that, by the third season of that show, it WAS NOT the great thing people thought it was. It had already gone downhill (frankly, INHO, the show never recovered from NM's passing) but people kept callnig it genius, but when you put the run of that show up against, say THE WIRE, you can see how full of holes most of those seasons were. Likewise, this year of MM has brought out the same folks, claiming that it is still great, meanwhile, the discriminating fans, like myself, have huffed and ruffled the feathers and dared to admit that MM has started it's downhill turn.
That being said, THERE IS HOPE and I see it in Don's speech to Peggy to win her back, in his quiet, broken acceptance of the divorce, and both in Roger's clar sadness of NOT wanting to be the one to to tell Don about betty's new man (god, that wa beautifully played in a real ,non-schlocky way!) and also in Roger's getting Joan back into the fold. you could see the peices coming a mile away cause god knows this slow season has been nothing but slow buildup that amounted to very little until this episode was played out.
So, I look forward to next season with a bit of hope that MW can focus his storytelling powers and get it back to tre form.
Yes, this season was in many ways about growing up and chaos, but don't let that fool you. There are problems with this show but I still have faith that this course can be righted and last night's ep proved that is possible.
BTW, nothing sealed it like Roy Orbison's perfect voice. my favorite singer right after Mr. Marvin Gaye.
God love ya both.
I'm lukewarm about Pryce, and particularly negative about his getting his "name on the door." What, exactly, does he bring to this "caper," other than his British accent and pompous ways?
He's a very talented bean counter. The group needs a guy who can strategize financially in his head. They will need to be mean and lean until they make a name for themselves. All that stuff Don told Pryce about spending money to keep the creative people happy will need to be put on hold. Pryce is invaluable, as is Joan. Creative people need managers.
I thought that both Peggy and Betty's faces looked softer. Peggy looked more centered and less tense - actually pretty. Betty looked more calm and less worried - the perpetual scowl is not there all the time.
I could see Betty using her time in Reno to think and maybe go through with the divorce, but not marry Henry. It occurred to me that the trip to Reno for a divorce was a huge part of "The Misfits" and that great old movie "The Women". I wonder who she meets there.
An aspect of the Reno divorce: it was one of the few places where you could get a divorce without a property settlement. That will be a voluntary agreement between Betty and Don back in New York.
There were states back then that would not recognize a Nevada divorce for that very reason. There were men who ran off to Reno, divorce their wives, married another woman, started over in another part of the country and the home state got stuck supporting the abandoned wife and children. This was also the reason for many "bigamy" laws - a way the state could go after the guy for spousal and child support after a Reno divorce.
Amazing to see the disapproval of Betty for being gone 6 weeks, when everybody knows where she is, and the acceptance of Don disappearing for 3 weeks with nobody knowing where he was.
I'm thinking that Don will be staying at the house over week-ends while Betty is gone.
Maybe SCDP will represent the older generation; those that were left behind culturally. Sterling and Cooper certainly don’t see the world the Peggy and Pete do. And I believe that S and C will have a hard time being in charge of a forward-looking agency.
As for Don, while he is smart enough to understand his new shop needs to be forward-looking, will he be able to leave his old-fashioned proclivities behind?
Maybe the next season will use SCDP to delve deeply into the generation divide that defined the late 60’s and beyond. Don will represent the middle generation that gets lost in the shuffle between the generations represented by Sterling and Cooper versus Peggy and Pete and ends up wondering what the hell went wrong?
I think the optimistic and hopeful tone of the final scenes and "Shahdaroba" playing over the ending represents the high-water mark for optimism. Everything these characters have known will be completely changed when we see them again. I think some of the characters will embrace the changes that are coming and thrive in both the new company and the new society of 1964. Others will grow to despise these changes. We’ll see big rifts develop along these lines; about what the new agency will represent and who it will speak to.
I don’t think Don will care much at all about Peggy’s affair with Duck. It’s private. And we’ve seen how he treats sexual affairs by other employees (Sal).
I have to believe that Sal will be coming back some how. The rise of gay culture is surely going to be part of the narrative, isn’t it? Also, the new agency lacks an art department. None of the poached staff is art. Somehow they’ll find a way to keep Sal hidden from American Tobacco. And this could produce some of the generational tension along the way as SCDP gets bigger and more successful. Join that to the coming societal rejection of cigarettes (at least the beginning of that rejection) and tobacco advertising will be less and less important. And this might make Roger less and less important and lead to the inevitable split of SCDP into two companies.
Betty desires to be treated like a princess just like her father Gene treated her. She sees Henry as Gene and believes he’ll treat her like that princess. But something tells me there will be no sexual chemistry between them. Will this drive Betty into Don’s arms? Maybe not as a couple but only for a sexual affair. Irony of ironies would have Don cheating on the teacher, or some other woman with whom he has a relationship, with his ex-wife. And when Henry realizes the idolized perfection idea of Betty that Henry has created does not exist, will the sober reality be enough for him?
Oops. I said Peggy was going off to Reno. I meant Betty.
Hey, I'd love to see that down the road, too, but at the moment, Joan is one of the most valuable people at the new agency. The logistics of getting on their feet, hiring staff, coordinating clients, etc., etc. are enormous, and it's here that Joan's superhuman eye for detail will be most valuable.
Give SCDP a while to be operational - to have their own offices, and some secretaries, and the rest - and then we can start talking about how Joan needs to be running the media department. Right now, she's in a position where her talents are most needed.
And what's great is that everyone is aware of how valuable she is right now.
Unless the original Mrs. Draper is on a vacation, she's unlikely to be headed to Reno. Reno would have been close to a nine-hour drive from the Long Beach/San Pedro hour back in 1969. Then it would have been because of the roads, not it would be a case of traffic.
I've lived in the L.A. area my whole life and I've set foot in Reno once.
no one's mentioned that Sally accused her mother of *making* Don sleep in Gene's room, and it's creepy there. !!! That was awesome AND heartbreaking. As awful as the divorce announcement scene with the kids was, I wish I'd found out about my parents' divorce in such a civilized way...
@Commie Bastard: Alan has repeteadly asked that we analyze the show, not one another. Your assertion that those who characterize Betty as childish are mysoginists and losers is pretty harsh and uncalled for. I was birthed & "raised" by the 70's iteration of Betty, so I have a feeling that for Weiner & Co., Betty is more than just a convenient plot device. I bet someone on that writing staff is purging their childhood...
Betty will remain in the picture because if she marries Henry Francis she'll remain in Roger's social circle, as evidenced by the fact that Henry's daughter is a friend of Roger's daughter Margaret. And Don will probably have to do more of that social schmoozing that he despises, in order to build the new agency, so they're all bound to run into one another, much as what happened at the Derby party and Margaret's wedding. In retrospect, I think Weiner was prepping us for this storyline with Duck's divorce and his relegated role as father, subordinate to his ex-wife's new husband. And then too with Roger and Mona. Divorce doesn't happen in a vaccuum, it affects the children and the couple's social circle. (my half-sisters tell horror stories of being shunned by their classmates and their parents once their mother divorced my dad in the early 60's; eventually their stepdad became their father figure and my dad was an afterthought) So it'll be interesting to see how Don balances his desire to be a father to his kids with the resentment he feels towards Betty & Henry. As well as whatever dynamics develop between the kids and Henry -- remember how Duck's kids were uncomfortable around him and seemed to be perfectly happy with their mom's new guy? I also hope that next season we get to see Carla's family, maybe Sally & Bobby will get to meet Carla's kid/s as she has to balance her family with Betty's increased social obligations in Henry's political world.
Unlike some others, I loved every single ep of this season so to me, this was the cherry on top. And, while I'd been dreading the season finale because last season I was left in a total funk, this time I feel happy and hopeful. My husband loved it too because there was more of the work world in it (he does not enjoy the domestic storylines).
IMO, the new agency can contract work out to Sal without it affecting their relationship to Lucky Strike. An agency that small will not have the ability to have their own, inhouse art department and would have to comission work out to people like Sal... provided he hasn't gone off the deep end and wrecked his life after he got fired from SC. So the possibility is there. Maybe JJ and BB will be on contracts for 5-8 eps?
On the Ken vs. Pete front, maybe it wasn't Pryce's idea to promote Ken (and his haircut), since the Brit did think the idea to target the Negro market was spot on. Maybe it was the PP&L guys that decided on Ken because he'd be more attractive to a prospective buyer. Tho I do agree with those, including Alan, who say that Pete would be a better candidate for the startup because of his society connections and because he's hungrier for success after being passed over.
I'm sure I'll have more to say on this wonderful, wonderful ep and season later, as I continue to digest...
Julia, I agree with your assessment of Lane. Absolutely Lane and Joan will keep things in order. Now that Don is part of the ownership of a business, instead of disdaining Lane's bean counting as he has in the past, he will welcome it. It's totally different when it's actually your money that's being spent.
This is the first time Don/Dick has gotten to start over without running away. He gets a chance at a new life (a work one that he at least wants) without leaving his old life entirely. I think that is why he looks so at peace and hopeful at the end. After a season of being beat down, he has taken charge of his life instead of running from it.
I think Betty is going to find that Henry Francis is more controlling than Don and her life is smaller with him. Her unhappiness doesn't come from Don it comes from being trapped as a housewife that she finds unfulfilling. That's going to get worse with Henry and his "don't worry your pretty little head" attitude, not better.
The comment the lawyer made about the Governor not wanting another scandal around him, re Henry being named as co-respondent in a Draper divorce, has to refer to Rockefeller's own recent divorce (1962), which many historians claim cost him the presidential nomination in 1964.
It was nice to see Roger and Don together again, at the bar, and I don't believe Roger was being malicious in bringing up Henry Francis. I think he genuinely assumed Don knew. Don's always on top of everything, isn't he?
When Don called Betty a whore, I think it was more than just a reference to what he'd always heard about his own mother. I've been maintaining for weeks that Dick Whitman married Betty because this well-born blonde ice queen is who he thought Don Draper belonged with. The strong, independent brunettes he's actually drawn to can have as much of a past as they want--that's not important to Dick. But now Don's ice queen wife has proven herself unfaithful--and he reaches down for the worst insult he could possibly throw at a woman. I don't think Betty even realizes how hurtful that word was supposed to be.
It was nice, though, to see Don survey the new family he'd built as he surveyed all that activity in his new "office." He did that. Fitting, too, that it was hobo Dick/Don who recognized that Lane's power to fire was their ticket to light out on the road, rather than the putative heads of the firm.
So much more to say....but I just want to savor it some more.
Lee, awesome observation about Henry being more controlling than Don and the real reason for Betty's unhappiness.
Roger: "Peggy, would you get me a cup of coffee?"
Peggy: short pause. "No." Continues working
That was gold.
Great review and great reader comments -- as always.
A couple of thoughts: SCDP would get sued in the real world. Non-competes are not invalidated just because someone gets fired. We'll see what happens next season.
Also, people aren't supposed to do it, but often take whatever paperwork they can when they quit or are fired.
Agree with those who say Henry's insistence that Betty not take anything from Don is a big red flag, and that things are not going to end well for her with that relationship. Also agree that they've got the perfect recipe for a very rebellious daughter.
SCDP will need an art director and I would love to see Sal back. Lucky Strike is obviously a huge obstacle. The situation is potentially a set-up for a Roger-Don conflict, but they really need that huge account and I think Don understands that.
There is also the issue of exactly how forward-looking Sal is. His frame of reference as an illustrator is already out of date, although the fllm role is an attempt to update (initiated by Don, not him).
It was interesting to see that Carla actually sat down with the kids to watch TV -- something neither parent did very often. It seems like Betty was largely raised by her mother's housekeeper, and it is the same for the Draper kids.
I had been wondering how on earth Roger and Don were going to deal with the real 60s when they hit -- looks like Don was smart enough to realize they'll need some mentoring in that regard, and Pete and Peggy are the ones to do it. And Joan in pants -- the 60s are coming!
Kinda nice to see that everyone's so busy at the Pierre that there's nary a bottle of booze in sight.
Toby O'B said...
Along with everyone else, I loved Alan's analogy to a caper film. It also had that backroom political skullduggery feel I get from movies like "Advise and Consent" and "The Best Man" in a way.
But for me, the thrill running up my spine as they hatched their scheme was the same I felt in the first season finale of 'Slings & Arrows' as the young actor hit all the points in "Hamlet", or when the White House inner circle affirmed that they "serve at the pleasure of the President" in the "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" episode of 'The West Wing'.
Pryce wasn’t making these decisions; PPL was. Pryce was just their mouthpiece-- a role he was clearly chafing under more and more as the season progressed.
I disagree. First, it’s been made clear over the course of three seasons now that Don is the better parent-- being far more sympathetic toward his children and their needs than Betty is. Second, yes it would be hypocritical for Don to get pissed about Betty cheating/lying to him… but that’s not what set him off. What set him off was that Betty was acting so smug and morally superior to him for several weeks/ months, when in truth she turned out to be every bit the philandering liar he was/ is. She even denied knowing who Henry Francis was when he initially confronted her, which I’m sure only enraged him further.
“I'm not an expert on business law in any sense of the word, much less on business law 45 years ago in a state I've never lived in, but it seems like the firings would be a major breach of Pryce's fiduciary duty to PPL. Any lawyers care to comment?”
I’m no lawyer, but the fact is they did give Pryce total firing power for any reason he saw fit-- this is something that was emphasized early on in the season. So while PPL certainly has a case, it would seem, it’s not a slam dunk, I don’t think. It could potentially drag on for in court for a while and maybe it would be worth their while to seek a settlement of some kind instead.
Loved Loved this episode. I really do not buy Henry Francis. something is wrong with this guy and Betty is in for some pain I think. I would be happy not to see her back with Don though. I was happy he said everything he did to her (though the whore bit was too much everything else was not).
Favorite lines: the tea one by Roger and Peggy saying no to him when he asked for coffee.
Can'y wait til next year. Thanks Alan and all.
Will Betty go to see the first Mrs. Draper while she is out west? That could be an interesting twist.
Favorite line of the night from Roger (and there were many) as a comment on Bert's no shoe policy was "when you put your shoes outside the door here, they polish them."
How fundamentally have things changed?
Answer: The image of Don Draper at his typewriter at the Pierre.
This is a whole new world.
I suspect the Henry/Betty relationship parallels the actual scandal of Nelson Rockefeller's divorce and marriage to Margaretta Murphy in May 1963. Like Betty, she divorced her first husband under NY divorce law, and did cause trouble for his campaign.
Zodin2008 said...
That was a fantastic season finale of "Mad Men" and having to wait 10 months for the show to return is cruel and painful. One thing you can say about a normal network show - the wait is generally only about 3-4 months, a lot less cruel.
And it really was a stand up and clap moment when Joan came sauntering in to help save the day for a trimmed down Sterling Cooper group. And kudos to Lane Price for coming around and joining the newly revised Sterling Cooper team, going forward. He's been a terrific addition and not nearly the villain the show made us think he might be. ("happy Christmas" was a great line).
The biggest laugh out loud moment had to be when they received their "first" phone call at the hotel - but it was just harry Crane forgetting what room number (Joan: "It's room 438, Harry") they were in. Just loved every second.
I also found it completely interesting that two two key cogs were left out of the coup: Ken Cosgrove and Paul Kinsey....
it will be very interesting to see Ken and Paul next season - will they eventually re-join their former comrades or will they have Paul and Ken at McCann Erickson to show as contrast to Sterling Cooper.
Don & Betty: I am glad their marriage is over. I am sad for those kids to see their parents split up, but it's clearly for the best. One thing I have always said (and my wife agrees) that while Don may have never been faithful, ergo, not a good husband at all, he was always the nicer and more caring parent and it was not a surprise to see the kids prefer to be with Don. Betty Draper is a cold, cold person. (chicken and the egg...did she become cold because Don always went for other women and kept her at bay all these years keeping Dick Whitman a secret, or was she cold from the outset which further pushed Don Draper towards other women and never feeling comfortable about telling her too much and living this ongoing lie?).
Sal: we hope and assume he'll come back to this new firm. We brought him up a few times while watching, but you did make the correct point about American Tobacco, so it concerns me they won't have a way to bring Bryan Batt back, unless Sal goes to McCann Erickson and rejoins Paul and Ken.
Forward Boldly said...
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Mad Men for a finale both hilarious and heartbreaking.
As to the Drapers' marriage, I'll have to respectfully disagree; I am enormously invested in their relationship, and hope there is some future reunion as they both mature and come to know themselves better. Who *really* wants to see a family break up, the poor children shuttled from parent to parent, and new lives started with either Henry Francis or Miss Cuckoobananas? Not I.
Thought it was quite amusing that when Trudy showed up, everyone at the new SCDP was hard at work -- except for Roger, who was reading the paper. Hah!
drat said...
dont know how the peggy/duck relationship will shake out. it was don's dismissiveness towards peggy which pushed her towards that initial meeting with duck and their eventual liason. now that bridges have been mended peggy might start to lose interest or she him more for what he is.
but in the interest of drama its hard to say exactly how don will react. he was pretty angry when he found out jane, then his secretary, was involved with roger. so when his business interests are compromised he may think differently. when sal's sexuality impinged on business, he was regrettably let go. not that he would react that way with peggy, just that he may lash out if important information was withheld that had monetary ramifications.
I'm not going to repeat all the great comments above, excpet to say that I am glad DTor stated Don's case regarding Betty: she was a hypocrite playing the victim, and he was outraged about that and that his marriage was over. Did she have a right to? Sure, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't be mad- I imagine I would say a lot worse than "whore" if I had a wife that left me for another man.
A few months ago I viewed the original film "The Women" (a very funny movie, btw) and a lot of that movie focused on the Reno divorce for ladies of means.
One question for the group: I didn't understand why Hilton fired Don. He seemed to already have accounts at McCann (international?) so what would be the big deal- diversifying his assets?
I think a lot of these comments have misrepresented the Sal issue by asserting that SCDP could simply hire him and just keep him a secret from American Tobacco/Lucky Strike. Yes, Lee Garner Jr. demanded that Roger Sterling fire Sal, but it was Don who let Sal go without a fight. Don, who dismissed Sal with an ugly, anti-gay "you people" comment, was the real villain in this situation, and I don't think Sal could come back without Don's support.
Hugh Jee From Jersey said...
As always, an interesting review and insightful comments.
I was taken by the selection of "Shahdaroba" by Roy Orbison as the closing theme. Not only does the song talk about looking to the future rather than dwelling on the past, but Roy Orbison was one of the few pop or rock singers of the pre Beatle era to survive The British Invasion- in fact, for awhile Orbison became bigger in the UK than in America, where his career started to fade in the late 1960's.
Orbison's career went into transition, just like that of the principle characters of SCDP are doing as 1963 turns to 1964. The 1960's truly were jumpstarted in just a few weeks when four young Brits arrived from Liverpool to appear on THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW.
1964 was such a transformative year on so many levels. Its going to be interesting to see where Weiner & company take the audience. The cultural changes, the way we dressed, talked, the year everything British was young, trendy and hip- 1964 wasa year of sweeping cultural change. And of course, Vietnam just getting ready to escalate, and America's inner cities moving closer to explosion.
Wherever they take us next, its going to be a ride to remember.
Those left behind-
Many good reasons have been proposed for why Ken wasn't plucked for the new SCDP. I thought of another possibility. They may feel that Ken isn't fully committed to advertising. He admitted a while back that he just sort of fell into it as a job to get coming out of college. He's got his creative outlet, and an easygoing charm (and haircut) that would allow him to slip into almost any corportate gig. I could see him easily moving on to another career. Pete, for all his faults, is a committed ad man. And he does bring some of the strengths that Don catalogued.
Don't know if Paul is just in a slump right now, or if Peggy is just naturally that much more creative, but of the two, she's the obvious choice. Besides, Paul is an ass. Not the guy you want to start over with.
The new firm has no art department and may not for a while. Their most important contract will not allow them to hire back Sal as the dept head, but there's no reason he can't work freelance for them. Just make sure he's not in the office when Lucky Strike comes around. At first I was upset when Sal got fired for no fault of his own, but the more I thought about it, the more I saw it as a potential blessing in disguise, career wise. He had said (to his wife I think?) how he felt his art director position was being squeezed out, and directing might be the wave of the future. With his vast experience in advertising and some limited experience in directing, I could see him take advantage of the growth of the tv industry to go into that full time.
And everyone else- dozens of secretaries and others worked in that office. Did any of them serve any functions that will be needed at the new firm? Not having such a huge support staff will save a lot of money.
other thoughts-
Trudy, Pete, and Peggy together in the same room. Don't think there's any chance of Trudy finding out about what went down with her husband and the copywriter who shares his desk (only two people know and I'm sure they won't be talking), but you'd think there'd be some tension there.
As soon as the guys shared their confusion over the office documents I knew instantly that Joan would be called in. Roger's statement about making the phone call was the confirmation. Once she walked through the door I knew this crazy caper would succeed.
Lots of amusing lines, already quoted above. A nice contrast to last week's very good, but very depressing episode. I don't think I've ever seen anyone as happy to be fired as Lane was. Wonder if he's told his wife the news yet.
In my head I know that Don has been an awful husband and deserves to have his wife leave him, but somehow I still feel that Betty is at fault for the break up of the marriage and family. Sally certainly thinks so, though she doesn't know what we know about Don. Betty and the kids will come out worse for this. Dick/Don the survivor will feel some pain, but he's better equipped to move on.
The worst part of this episode is the long wait until season 4. On the bright side- not having new episodes to watch (and rewatch) and 400 blog entries to read each week will free up several hours each Sunday and Monday. Thanks again Alan for guiding us through another amazing season of this show and providing a place for us to deepen our appreciation for it.
W. Blake Gray said...
While I like the Lane character, I don't see what he brings to SCDP. Everybody else is there for their specific abilities or connections. He's on the team out of gratitude, but as a partner?
I wonder if that will be a source of tension next season.
That's what I was thinking, especially after St. John bellowed at Pryce that he'd cost PPL lots of money.
Really enjoyed the reconciliation scene between Peggy and Don. It was great to see that she had all the power, towering over him as he sat, hat off and placed respectfully on the coffee table. I like how she wouldn't sit down and be on his level until he conceded her importance. Only then were they equals and Peggy could go with Don to the new company, secure in her position. Grade A staging by the director, that was :-)
As for Betty and Henry.... I think alot of us forget this is the early 60's, not today. Remember how Betty reacted to the divorcee down the street. You had to have a man to take care of you, women's lib is coming but it will take a while to get to the suburbs. She needs Henry to get this divorce, she needs his connections. Betty is strong but the only world she knows is being a wife. What the lawyer told her is true, they made getting a divorce extremely difficult (at least for the wife to do.) If she stays with Henry she will have a world in politics and that world does involve Roger so there are opportunities for the social intermingling as well as Don having to come deal with the kids etc. What would be interesting is if Henry moves them into the city, out of the suburbs, and Betty is faced with the changes in the world. We need to see the women's movement through Joan, Peggy, Betty, Trudy etc.
What I loved is how Trudy and Pete are now a team. She can't have kids so now she has to figure out a place for herself. I loved her calling out from the bedroom when Pete was about to dig himself into a hole with Roger and Don. She sees the future too and is perfect for Pete now.
Mad Men is heading into the 60's perfectly, I just wish we were seeing it next week instead of next summer!
Her unhappiness doesn't come from Don it comes from being trapped as a housewife that she finds unfulfilling.
She knows for sure about at least one affair and now that she knows Don had a whole other life and identity he didn't tell her about, she probably figures he's still got another separate life going on the side.
The change I saw in Betty after finding out about Don is likely due to realizing she's not been imagining things all these years. That uneasy sense had a basis in reality. His saying she needed to see a good doctor was a real insult.
I saw my ex's psychiatry textbooks when he was in med school about that time. There was a lot written about women who reject the "woman's role". They were considered neurotic and un-womanly. That view is reflecte in many of the films of the time. Think of the John Wayne - Maureen O'Hara films. And the "real woman" who sacrificed and put her man first. My ex thought my not particularly liking house work was evidence of maladjustment.
Perhaps Don now accepting Peggy's ambition and competance at work will shake him free of his Madonna/Whore complex. I hope so.
The trapped-as-a-housewife meme looked different to people in the early 1960s. It took a very brave number of women like Peggy to make it possible for later women to move into employment the same way as men take for granted. Most women back then did not see it as a trap; it was just life. Peggy is very lucky that she has someone like Don to help her toward her goals. I'm not so sure she would have been accepted at other agencies of the time.
In any case, there were lots of outlets for intelligent women outside the work force. Betty might really like politics, United Way, Red Cross volunteer, teacher's aid, board member of local charities, soup kitchens. Those kind of women were the backbone of their communities and valued.
Pete VS. Ken
Why would Don, Bert, Roger, and Lane decide to court Pete before Ken? Lane picked Ken over Pete for the promotion. Don hates Pete. Now this group decides to go to Campbell first?
Pryce may or may not stay with the company, he's the only one who has a serious change of a pending lawsuit.
But they need somebody like him. Many a fledgling ad agency has been taken down not by lack of creative but rather lack of somebody managing the store.
Pryce is as valuable as Jane at this point.
It's hard to make bean counting visually exciting but none of the rest of them would have known exactly what they needed to bring in billing wise to keep everything afloat.
What I enjoyed most was Don's leading the effort to save his professional career, and by the by Bert's and Roger's. They were willing to die the slow death on the ice floe until Don barged in to Bert's office and lit a fire. And it was Don who figured out the caper to bring Lane in by firing all the contracted partners. It was Don being brilliant. His marriage is over, but to see him take charge and force the boys to save all their professional lives was thrilling.
I loved Peggy's "Well, thanks for stopping by" - giving him nothing. And Pete's "I want to hear it from him." was the same. Don is being forced out of his cocoon of impregnability to make something new. To create a new professional family, one where he could see himself, unlike Sterling Coop, as part of something he had made. Where he could be himself. And where he could genuinely connect with others as a real human being, not his own false construct. I think we saw Don and Dick starting to integrate into a real adult person.
BTW - I think Sal's return is too complicated to just bring him in the door at the finale. That's going to take some doing next season. Too big a story for one night. I'm just glad we got Joanie back!
I heard Don's line to Peggy as "I won't spend the rest of my life trying to hire you." I'll have to go back and listen more carefully as the difference between will and won't really changes the tenor of the scene.
I thought Betty's handling of the confrontation with Don was pitch perfect. She didn't back down or scream. She just stood there and let him boil over. He was drunk and abusive, so arguing with wasn't going to solve anything. And crying or teting to run would have been weak. She just held her tongue until he simmered down and then cooly ordered him out.
I know everybody loved the feel good aspect of this episode (and it was emotionally satisfying on that level for me too), but I have a couple of criticisms. It's somewhat unrealistic that so many players who hav had so much tension between them could just set aside all their differences in hours to join a merry band of brothers and sisters in what will be a very difficult endeavor that will require close cooperation from all of the for quite some time. And for all the optimism, the new company faces major hurdles. Whether the seires displays them or not, there will be potentially crippling legal action, and starting a business really is a massively time consuming and risky endeavor. They don't have an art department for God's sake and there will months of lag before billings are generated and paid.
Loved Paul's reaction to the fact that Peggy jumped ship. Felt very sorry for him despite the fact that he's often been smug and unlikable. He's not actually a bad ad man. Yes, the show is at pains to show that he's not as good as Peggy, but in addition to the Jackie Marilyn thing, he was cited as doing good work on the nuclear power campaign. Kurt and Smitty on the other ahnd have never been shown as real contributors. In his stuffy Ivy League way, Paul represents another voice of the liberal sixties trends. Still he's exactly the kind of character that can successfully be sacrificed, so I suspect we won't be seeing too much more of him
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"One thing I've been paying attention to recently is how little outdoor shots their are in Mad Men.
Outdoor filming is much more expensive, and Mad Men is working with a basic cable budget."
Also, the show is set in New York City. That's what you'd expect to see in most outdoor shots - NYC. But the show is shot in Los Angeles.
Actually, I noticed something a bit peculiar in one of the interviews with Matt Weiner. Having explained back in the first year (I can't recall now if on the DVD commentaries or in an interview) that the choice to do the show in LA was his, for personal reasons - that's where he and his family lives, there was an interview sometime last year where he referred to his kids living back east! I'm sorry I don;t have specifics, I'll look out for them. But does anyone know more about this? (Starting off-season chat here...)
What a great episode. I thought Don seemed happy for once despite all his personal troubles. I think on some level he is relieved to be rid of Betty and out from under all the lies he had to conceal from her.
As for Betty, she is trading a life with one stranger for another and I predict things will not go smoothly fir her. She is terribly self-absorbed and childish to break up her marriage and family to run off with a man based on mere flirtation. What do they have in common? Aside from the flirting, do they like one another as individuals? Betty has already shown her childish side to HF once, I predict he will tire of it and her rather quickly. Did anyone notice when they were on the plane how far apart they were sitting and that he wasn't paying any attention to her at all? Betty is miserable with herself but makes a habit of blaming Don for her unhappiness. I bet she will do the same with HF.
Best line of the night "Very well then. Happy Christmas".
Can't wait till next season.
It was good, yes, and satisfying. May I say that I just love Peggy? She is so forthright and honest and plain-spoken, and Don's rejection of her this season has only made her stronger and more her own gal. She looks lovely, too. She's finally getting her props!
And may I also say how tired I am of Betty. She is almost vacant, and is going from one gilded cage into another. Why? Because she can't see past being "wanted" and imagine a real life for herself.
And poor Sally! She feels so deeply. She will not be happy, torn from her father and living in a house with the stranger, Henry Francis. Plus, she has to wait out the 6 weeks while Betty's in Reno. Not a great situation for a girl mature beyond her years and so sensative and bright. Don will be too busy to be there for her....
Joan looked super, didn't she? Va-va-VOOM!
And more thoughts....
And, yes, it was "will"--at least according to the closed-captioning.
I loved this line, especially in light of the several-season speculation that Don will end up with Peggy. I've never thought that was the case, and this line really summed it up. I mean, substitute "find" or "marry" or something equally lovey-dovey for "hire" and you've got a cliche of romantic melodrama. But that is so not what Don wants from Peggy. I mean, he said it himself--he's always seen her as an extension of himself. When he's hard on her, it's no different than how he'd be hard on himself. When she's clicking on all cylinders, he smiles at her with perfect recognition and ease, as he did with the Western Union account 2 weeks ago. Peggy is for him the perfect colleague and someone who makes him better at HIS job. In a world where success is more important than love--and I'm not entirely sure that's where Don/Dick lives, but at the very least they're running neck-and-neck--that line is probably the most romantic thing he could say.
And, of course, it worked. I was worried that Peggy, who knows Don pretty well, too, without actually knowing him at all, would say "Don't sell me the way you sell our clients." I was actually pretty worried that Pete would say that as well. Because, geez, that's exactly what Don was doing. He told both of them exactly what they wanted to hear. He gave them their fantasy. And with a kernel of truth, which makes it all the sweeter. Because, of course, where Pete's concerned, Don was right: he HAS always been out ahead of them on cultural curves. (I was surprised Don didn't mention Kennedy/Nixon as well.)
Such a very, very satisfying episode.
Olsencatz said...
Did I get this right: SCDP is starting up with the $25 million American Tobacco account along with some $8 million other accounts from Campbell? With 75% of the new firm's billings tied to Lucky Strike, might they be a bit leveraged - particularly in light of the pending Surgeon General's report on smoking?
Incidentally, that report was issued January 11, 1964 - how perfect for a short bridge between Seasons 3 & 4 as Alan eludes to above.
Arushia said...
I don't if I am too much of an optomist or too much of a romantic, but I actually think the Betty-Fracis relationship could be a good one. I know people have said that she is being foolish for attaching herself to someone she knows so little about but, as we've seen with Don, you can "know" someone for a long time and not know anything about them. Likewise, lasting friendships and relationships can develop quite quickly.
Alan once said that the Betty-Don relationship seemed doomed because Betty is not Don's type. I totally agreed. Likewise, I feel that Don has never been Betty's type and Francis seems to fit the bill.
While Betty and Francis leaving Bobby and Sally home with the help does not bode well for them, I am still hopeful that her union with her elder children will be improved by her marriage to Francis. As far as we can tell, his relationship with his daughter is sound (they are close enough that he confided in her about his feelings for Betty). And perhaps, having a more affectionate husband will bring out the maternal instincts in Betty.
Another thought... Francis was first enamored with Betty when she was very pregnant. Will he want to have more kids with her? And if he does, will Betty want to have more children with him? And if they do have more children how will Bobby and Sally react? That is a subplot that I feel is more likely than a Betty-Don reunion.
Pam R said...
Thanks for all the wonderful recaps, Alan. MW just got busted on this ep. Now we know that he is capable of writing focused, action packed, and intelligent episodes(the finale and the John Deere eps).
How many women out there loved when Rodger told Don about Henry? I did. Too bad Betty didn't have the info about the teacher to throw back at him. Although I would be glad to see Betty go(we endured a lot this season)Don is a free man starting a new life while Betty is stuck working her good looks to attach herself to someone else.
The closing scene was odd. Betty looked all alone even though Henry was sitting next to her.
I'm puzzled by people who claim Don is the better parent in the Draper family. He wanted to run away with Rachel and leave everything behind in S1 and disappeared without a warning for a long time in S2, not giving one thought to his children. He obviously spends a lot less time home than Betty, barely ever seeing them and therefore barely ever being around them. How exactly is that good parenting? I'll give him that he is the nicer parent (didn't we all want a mom or dad who never yelled at us or tried to set boundaries?), but he is also canonically the more absent parent. I don't know, personally I just don't feel like claiming him as thee better parent until I see him dealing with the parental duties to the same extent than Betty has. Yeah, maybe Carla is the real mom to the children, but at the moment Betty has still been more of a parent than Don has.
If Kiernan Shipka (Sally)doesn't win an Emmy award for best supporting actress in a drama, it would be a crime!
Loved the 'let's get the gang together' feel of the episode. As with other episodes, there was the lingering tension that word would leak out and the plan would be spoiled (like knowing the teacher was outside in Don's car while Don gets confronted by Betty).
Enjoyed the contrast of sadness (telling the kids of the divorce)and hilarity of the one liners ("Peggy, can you make me some coffee?" "No!"). As always - just so well done!
Felt the same way about Betty as soon as Henry said not to go for the money. Are you nuts?! Having said that, Don did say he wouldn't fight her in the divorce so, if she wised up in time, she could get something in order to be secure on her own if her 2 hour relationship doesn't work.
(Will Betty and Henry have spent more time together on the flight from NYC to Reno then they have previously?!)
Looking forward to Season 4!
OldManDeac, I would love to see a conversation between Anna and Betty. Anna has a lot of compassion for Don and understands him a lot better than Betty does.(Although Long Beach, California is not exactly next door to Reno.)
John, I don't think it was unrealistic that they could band together. Bert Cooper is the only one who has actually started a business, and he told Don young men are willing to take risks because they don't understand the consequences. Everyone except Bert is blissfully unaware of what is actually required to make Sterling Cooper Draper Price work. They also have one common goal which bands them together, and sometimes that overrides any past differences people may have.
Trilby, yes Joan did look fabulous. She was in capri slacks with a scarf on her head when she walked into Sterling Cooper. That tells me she hurried right down there as soon as Roger made the call.
Sally is awesome and so honest. She just cut through all the garbage when her parents were trying to awkwardly explain things. She knew Betty had made Don do it and said so. Her comment about him sleeping in Gene's scary room was great.
moog8008 said...
One of my favorite scenes was the move out - Pete holding his Chip N' Dip rifle. Very cute.
Karen: Don's always on top of everything, isn't he?
Nice ping for me Karen, back to when Peggy showed her surprise to Don not seeing the Ann Margaret clip. "You see everything."
Apparently not...
deanne said...
"Feminism may be the radical notion that white, middle-class women are people too - which sure as sugar leaves me out in the cold, but even I am getting sick of all the thoughtless Betty hate. LOL at these poor suckers who seem truly incapable of taking into account the repulsive behavior of Don and just about every other patriarchal tool Betty encounters. One should probably be more disturbed at this trend of suckers in what's ostensibly such a smart, high-falutin' fandom, but eh, abuse apologists come a penny a dozen."
THANK you for saying this! Honestly, the double standards for Betty are nauseating.
Great recap (which is actually much too trivial a word for what you do Alan), and very statisfying episode, wow. I was riveted. And you're right, it did very much have the flavor of the original "Ocean's-11"
I felt the same thing about Betty being dependent yet again. And Henry really gives me some serious hyper-controlling vibes, regardless of his laid-back demeanor. I also felt sad for the baby on the plane, he'll never get to have the family that the older kids had, even shortly. So much for Betty's goal of a better life for the baby.
I love how Pete calls his wife, "Lovely!" X-D
Seriously, I agree, how cruel is it to your kids to break up family during the Christmas season, that vibe is going to taint every Christmas for them for the rest of their lives!
Wonderful comments here everyone, I always enjoy reading your thoughts, and that of the host most of all. I look forward to all the analysis of this finale! Now, I going off to Itunes to make myself a MadMen cd to get me through to next season! P.S. thanks for telling us who sang the closing tune!
Shahdaroba! Jann :-)
Just FYI -- not sure about the state of the law in NY in the 60s, the current state of the law is that a non-compete will not be enforced in the case of an involuntary discharge. Of course, the discharges here weren't actually involuntary, and the conspiratorial aspect of Lane's involvement with the new agency could make him liable. But this is TV so I highly doubt they will be dealing with this head-on or in any detail.
Anyway, great episode. Loved the dichotomy between the Sterling Coup caper and the Draper break-up. Both situations are teeming with dramatic possibilities for season 4.
Don's speech to Peggy brought a tear to my eye. I can relate to not feeling appreciated by a superior and then finally getting the acknowledgment you deserve. Another great moment for the relationship between those characters.
And Joan's triumphant return to the office was great. They've done a nice job with the story lines for the three female lead characters. At times I've been frustrated by Peggy and Joan seeming to disappear in certain episodes, but the actresses have really soared when given the spotlight. And Betty is perhaps the most controversial female character ever -- and I love that. She brings out so many emotions in me.
You've nailed it with the heist vibe - and it was sublime indeed.
I think people are overstating the leal ramifications of the office raiding. There are too many factors at work for PPL to mount a legal offensive against the new SCDP. They already planned o get rid of Bert and Roger, so it comes down to Don. Lane could make a good case for firing all of them, they just lost Hilton after all. The advertisers that have gone with SCDP won't magically return to PPL if they sue the new firm, and the word on the street would be that Draper is too valuable, that PPL has no talent to replace him.
People bail on contracts all the time and are not sued under their noncompetes. Too many factors to work out before declaring such an action 'worth it' and when you've got a transatlantic relationship that is already undergoing merger - well, it's the perfect time to take you chances. I don't think it would end the sale - the terms might get slightly renegotiated, but the loss of accounts during a merger would be somewhat anticipated already. PPL is much bigger than just Don Draper and two of his subordinates.
I think they got away with it.
Alan-Love your blogs. Am admittedly new to this series but seriously hooked on it. In the past 2 weeks I have watched every episode from start to finish, from season one, episode one, to last nights Season Finale. As a result of watching these episodes one after another in so short a period of time, and perusing the accompanying message boards and reading literally thousands of comments, I believe I have discovered something no-one else has ever touched on, you included.
In at least half of all the episodes that have aired, including Sunday's season 3 finale, there has been a specific scene where Don Draper has a really bad smokers,cough. It occurred again last night right at the start.
There has to be a reason for this, yes? If you're watching one episode at a time over the last 3 years perhaps it would be unnoticed. But when you watch 3-4-5episodes at a time it is clearly noticeable, and Matt Weiner must have the actor John Hamm doing this for a specific purpose, no?
So Alan, have you or anyone else noticed this?, and does anyone out there believe the end of the series (whenever it may be) will be Don and lung cancer?
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No Mirage Are These Four: ATP Indian Wells Draw Preview
March 7, 2013 by Chris Skelton
Federer couldn’t defend Rotterdam or Dubai, but can he cling to Indian Wells?
For the first time since Wimbledon 2012, all of the Big Four convene at the same tournament. We take a detailed look at a balanced Indian Wells ATP draw.
First quarter: Twice a champion at Indian Wells, Djokovic brings a perfect 2013 record to the desert following titles at the Australian Open and Dubai. Having faced Federer at neither tournament, he could face the Federer facsimile Grigor Dimitrov in the third round. While his one-handed backhand certainly spurs thoughts of the Swiss star, this young Bulgarian continues to alternate encouraging results (Brisbane final) with disappointing setbacks (first-round loss in Melbourne). The towering serve of Isner ultimately undid Djokovic in an Indian Wells semifinal last year, and Querrey’s similar game toppled him at the Paris Indoors last fall. Now the Serb can eye an opportunity for revenge in the fourth round, where he could meet the latter and will hope to stay mentally sturdier than he did against Isner here. A higher-ranked potential opponent does loom in Juan Monaco, but the world #14 has not won a match this year outside the Davis Cup as injuries have sapped his confidence. Among the intriguing first-round matches in this section is serving leviathan Karlovic against future American star and forehand howitzer Jack Sock.
Winless against the top eight from the start of 2012 until last month, Tsonga may have gained confidence from finally snapping that skid against Berdych in the Marseille final. On the other hand, he also lost immediately in Rotterdam to an unheralded opponent and thus still seems less trustworthy than most of those ranked around him. Rarely has he made an impact on Indian Wells, outside a near-upset over Nadal in 2008, but his draw looks accommodating through the first few rounds. Returning American Mardy Fish, a former finalist here, surely cannot sustain the level of tennis necessary to discomfit Tsonga at this stage of his comeback if they meet in the third round. In the opposite side of this eighth lies Milos Raonic, tasked with outslugging the more balanced but less intimidating Marin Cilic in the third round. Lesser players of note in this area include French serve-volleyer Michael Llodra, who upset Tsonga in Dubai, and Vina del Mar champion Horacio Zeballos, who has not won a match since stunning Nadal there. Although Tsonga obtained considerable success early in his career, his results against him have tapered so sharply of late that one might think Raonic the sterner test for the Serb.
Semifinalist: Djokovic
Second quarter: Assigned probably the smoothest route of any top-four man, Murray cannot expect much resistance at a tournament where he reached the final four years ago. Nevertheless, early losses to Donald Young and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in his last two appearances illustrated the Scot’s struggle to recover from his annual late-round disappointment in Australia. Murray will want to bounce back more smoothly this time on a slow hard court that suits his counterpunching so well. Looming in the fourth round is Memphis champion Kei Nishikori, who faces a potentially edgy opening test in Tursunov. Resuscitating his career in February, the Russian reached the Marseille semifinals as a qualifier and qualified for this draw as well. The mercurial Dolgopolov, the second-most notable player whom Murray could face in the fourth round, has floundered throughout 2013 and probably lacks the steadiness to threaten either Murray or Nishikori.
Of all the seeds whom he could have faced in the third round, Del Potro surely would have wished to avoid Australian Open nemesis Jeremy Chardy. The Frenchman receded into obscurity again after reaching the quarterfinals there, but he may hold the mental edge over Del Potro should each win his opener. Not since his first appearance in the desert five years ago, though, has the Tower of Tandil tumbled to anyone other than Federer or Nadal, and he has taken care of business against lower-ranked players with impressive consistency over the last year. One of the most compelling third rounds in the men’s draw could pit Almagro against Haas in a clash of exquisite one-handed backhands and volatile shot-making arsenals. The eleventh-seeded Spaniard has produced an early 2013 campaign inspiring and deflating in equal measure, but his Australian Open quarterfinal (nearly a semifinal) reminded viewers what a threat he can pose away from clay with his underrated serve. Accustomed to wearing down mentally dubious opponents, Murray should handle either Almagro or Haas with ease, and he compiled a flawless hard-court record against Del Potro even during the latter’s 2009 heights.
Semifinalist: Murray
Third quarter: The section without any member of the Big Four often offers the most notable storylines of the early rounds, although Ferrer succeeded in living up to his top-four seed at both of the majors where he has held it. Never at his best in the desert, however, he may find his transition from clay to hard courts complicated by the two towering servers whom he could face at the outset in Kevin Anderson and Igor Sijsling. The latter upset Tsonga and nearly Cilic last month, while the former started the year impressively by reaching the second week of the Australian Open before injury sidelined him. Curiously, the fourth round might hold a less formidable test for Ferrer because his grinding game matches up more effectively to the two seeds projected there, Simon or Kohlschreiber. The quirky Benoit Paire and the lanky lefty from Luxembourg, Gilles Muller, add some individuality to an otherwise monochrome section, as does the invariably entertaining but terminally fading Verdasco.
Berdych may loom above the opposite eighth, considering his two February finals in strong fields at Marseille and Dubai. But an equally intriuging storyline may come from Jerzy Janowicz, still attempting to find his footing in the crucial post-breakthrough period when players encounter scrutiny for which they are not yet prepared. The next several months could prove critical for Janowicz in consolidating his seeded status, and he will deserve credit if he emerges from a neighborhood filled with diverse talent. Nalbandian could await in his opener, and the trio of Bellucci, Tomic, and Gasquet will vie for the right to face the Pole in the third round. Twice a titlist in 2013 already, the last of that trio has retained his top-ten ranking for a long time without scording a signature victory. Such a win could come in the quarterfinals if he can solve Berdych, unlikely to expend much energy before that stage against the likes of Troicki and Florian Mayer. The heavier serve of the Czech should propel him through on a hard court, though, as it should against a fourth seed who has not played as crisply this year as his results suggest.
Semifinalist: Berdych
Fourth quarter: Defending champion Federer can anticipate his first quarterfinal meeting with archrival Nadal in the history of their rivalry, but a few obstacles await before then. Like Del Potro, the second seed probably drew the least auspicious third-round opponent imaginable in Benneteau, who nearly upset him at Wimbledon last year and succeeded in finishing the job at Rotterdam last month. Federer obtained avenge for a February 2012 setback against Isner at Indian Wells a month later, so he can seek similar revenge this year. A rematch of last year’s final beckons against Isner himself in the fourth round, although little about the American’s recent form can infuse his fans with confidence that he even can reach that stage. Much more consistent this year is Stanislas Wawrinka, the Swiss #2 who played the most thrilling match of the Australian Open against Djokovic and backed it up with a February final. This section also features the most curious match on Thursday, an encounter between the battered Hewitt and the one-match wonder Lukas Rosol that should offer a clash of playing styles and personalities. Despite falling short of the final in his first three tournaments, Federer looks fully capable of sealing his side of the rendezvous with Nadal.
Not in much greater doubt is Rafa’s side of that appointment, for he could face no opponent more intimidating that Tipsarevic through the first four rounds. Young American Ryan Harrison looks set to become Nadal’s first hard-court opponent of 2013 (exhibitions aside), and his woeful results of the last several months intersect with a non-competitive effort against Djokovic in Melbourne to suggest a lack of confidence fatal here. While Youzhny has enjoyed several successes and near-successes against the Spaniard before, the Russian has left his prime several years behind him and lacks the power to outhit him for a full match. Hampered by injuries recently, the ninth-seeded Tipsarevic never has tested Nadal in their previous meetings and should count himself lucky to reach that projected meeting. The Serb’s current four-match losing streak could reach five in an opener against lefty serve-volleyer Feliciano Lopez or Delray Beach champion Gulbis, who carries a ten-match winning streak of his own. Either the winner of that first-round meeting or the unpredictable Baghdatis seems a safer bet than Tipsarevic to meet Nadal one match before Federer. Afterwards, the Swiss should repeat his victory in their semifinal last year.
Semifinalist: Federer
Check out the companion piece that we wrote yesterday to preview the women’s draw if you enjoyed this article.
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The Return of Rafa Nadal, and More: What to Watch in Montpellier, Zagreb, and Vina Del Mar
February 4, 2013 by Chris Skelton
Rafael Nadal digs back into his beloved clay this week in Chile.
Each Monday morning, I will break down ATP and WTA draws quarter by quarter with a prediction of who may meet in the final and perhaps the semifinals. Fans can look forward this week to three ATP 250 tournaments in Montpellier, Zagreb, and Vina del Mar. The most significant storyline concerns the highly anticipated return of Rafael Nadal in the last of those events, but the other two merit the attention of dedicated fans too.
Montpellier: After a weekend satisfying but exhausting, Berdych travels from a Davis Cup tie in Switzerland to neighboring France and one of his most productive surfaces: an indoor hard court. Clearly the best player in his half and probably the best in the tournament, the top seed might face an intriguing quarterfinal test in Nikolay Davydenko, also proficient on this surface. A champion in Doha last month, the Russian owns a stunning 9-2 record against the Czech. But most of Davydenko’s success comes from before 2010, the year when his decline and Berdych’s breakthrough began. The greatest pre-semifinal obstacle for the top seed probably lies in his ability to recover from the longest match in Davis Cup history, which spanned a remarkable 422 minutes.
As one would expect in a draw littered with Frenchmen (10 of the 24 direct entrants), the home crowd should find plenty of reasons to cheer. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the second quarter, where Gasquet could meet Monfils in the second round. Both men shone at the Australian Open by their standards, as did occasional upset threat Julien Benneteau. While all of these French stars have faltered on home soil at times, they also can point to notable achievements from Gael’s two appearances in the Paris Masters final to Julien’s upset of Federer at the same event. Like that doubles specialist, the third-seeded Gasquet will bring momentum from a commanding Davis Cup effort on French soil.
Less impressive is the lower half of the draw, spearheaded in the third quarter by Gilles Simon. The fourth seed shares Gasquet’s task of surmounting the compatriots scattered around him. A group that features Benoit Paire, Adrian Mannarino, and Paul-Henri Mathieu includes no challenger of a competitive will comparable to Simon. This Frenchman’s first real test should come in the semifinals against the winner of a tantalizing all-Serbian quarterfinal.
While the second-seeded Tipsarevic has produced much better tennis than Troicki lately, the former arrives from an injury and the latter from a fine Davis Cup performance in Belgium. In a small, fervently patriotic nation like Serbia, rivalries among compatriots can prove more tightly contested than their relative talents would suggest. Hoping to disrupt that projected clash, the aging Michael Llodra seeks to rekindle his former magic from the Paris Indoors with a net-rushing style that reaps rewards on these courts. If Tipsarevic does advance, he will need to reverse a poor history against Simon, not an easy task in view of his unimpressive recent form.
Final: Gasquet vs. Simon
Zagreb: Twice a titlist at his home tournament, top-ranked Croat Marin Cilic has started to knock on the door of the top ten again after an encouraging campaign in the second half of 2012. He holds the top seed in a draw that features several rising stars from the region, including Blaz Kavcic and Aljaz Bedene. The former reached the third round of a major for the first time at the Australian Open in the wake of a five-set, five-hour marathon, while the latter reached a semifinal in Chennai by defeating Wawrinka (more impressive in retrospect) and winning a set from Tipsarevic. If the winner can survive the mercurial Marcos Baghdatis, an exciting quarterfinal with Cilic would beckon.
Among the most notable figures in the second quarter is seventh-seeded Grigor Dimitrov, assigned a difficult opening assignment against serving leviathan Ivo Karlovic. The young player popularly likened to Federer endured a January of extremes that lurched from his first career final in Brisbane to a first-round exit in straight sets at the Australian Open. Beyond Karlovic, another local threat in Ivan Dodig would unleash his first-strike power against the maturing Dimitrov, which should test his focus. The third-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, well past his prime, looks less intimidating in a quarterfinal that could showcase two elegant one-handed backhands.
Another aging veteran in lefty Jurgen Melzer holds the fourth seed in a tournament near his native Austria, where he will attempt to raise his level from an unimpressive Davis Cup display in Kazakhstan. Explosive upset artist Lukas Rosol might test him in the quarterfinals should he survive another Lukas, the eighth-seeded Lacko. The latter Lukas nearly upset Tipsarevic at the Australian Open, so he may fancy his chances against the Czech Lukas or a Polish Lukasz (Kubot), better known in doubles but dangerous in singles with his pinpoint serves and returns.
The bottom quarter may hold the least interest for local fans, since the only Croats received wildcards to compensate for their low rankings. But its two seeds, Martin Klizan and Andreas Seppi, enjoyed their best seasons to date in 2012. Seppi in particular has hinted at building upon that momentum in 2013 by reaching the second week in Melbourne, although this surface does not much suit his patient style.
Final: Cilic vs. Melzer
Vina del Mar: The toast of Chile when he arrived last week, Nadal celebrated his return to professional competition after a six-month absence by basking in a ceremonial welcome from the nation’s president and noted tennis stars. Fans throughout the world, even those who never especially admired him, should welcome the return of a warrior whose presence injects much more intrigue into the ATP elite. While Nadal probably will not find his finest form immediately, he may not need to find it here to win a title on the clay that he relishes so deeply. Nobody in his quarter should muster the nerve to contemplate stopping the Spaniard, including compatriot Daniel Gimeno-Traver and home hope Nicolas Massu, a former Olympic gold medalist.
The only clay tournament in a week otherwise spent on indoor hard courts, Vina del Mar has attracted a host of players from South America and the Mediterranean. Australian Open quarterfinalist Jeremy Chardy will seek to shift his momentum from hard courts to clay, a surface that could reward his asymmetrical baseline game but not his preference for shortening points in the forecourt. The third seed in Chile, this Frenchman might encounter veteran Spaniard and clay specialist Tommy Robredo in the quarterfinals. Or perhaps Chardy will meet Lorenzi, who once nearly upset Nadal in Rome.
Often neglected among Spanish men, fourth-seeded Pablo Andujar occasionally drifts within range of an ardent fan’s radar during the clay season. This week, he could collide with a compatriot ranked just six slots below him in Albert Ramos, who looked rather crisp at the Australian Open in a five-set loss to Baghdatis. South Americans Rogerio Dutra Silva, Leonardo Mayer, and Horacio Zeballos add some local interest without heightening the level of competition significantly.
Like his fellow second seed Seppi in Zagreb, world #12 Juan Monaco produced a season far more productive last year than any before it. A veteran clay specialist, he notched his greatest success last year on hard courts, where he reached the Miami semifinal. But he regained his groove on his favorite surface while contributing to Argentina’s Davis Cup victory over Germany this weekend, and he often has excelled during the February South American clay swing. Fellow Argentine Carlos Berlocq, known as the worst server in the top 100, should pose little threat in a weak section. Can Monaco test Nadal in the final, as he has Djokovic and Murray on clay? We will know better once the tournament unfolds.
Final: Nadal vs. Monaco
I will return on Friday morning to look at the first round of Fed Cup. Ahead on next Monday are previews of ATP events in Rotterdam, San Jose, and Sao Paulo, in addition to a more detailed preview of the WTA Premier Five tournament in Doha.
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Up for the Cup! First-Round Davis Cup World Group Preview
Tomas prepares to defend his first Davis Cup title as plenty of intriguing ties await.
Eight first-round Davis Cup ties unfold around the world this weekend. We discuss the key players and themes that might emerge from each of them.
Canada vs. Spain: Without any of their top three men, Davis Cup Goliath Spain finds itself at a surprising disadvantage when it travels to the western coast of North America. Had either Nadal or Ferrer participated in this tie against Canada, the visitors would remain heavy favorites even against a squad spearheaded by Milos Raonic and aging doubles star Daniel Nestor. Instead, Canada now can rely on two victories from their singles #1 against the overmatched pair of Marcel Granollers and Albert Ramos, forcing Spain to sweep the remaining three matches. Among those is a doubles rubber that pits Nestor against World Tour Finals champions Granollers and Marc Lopez, who lost three of their four Davis Cup doubles rubbers last year. If the tie reaches a live fifth rubber, as seems plausible, Spanish champion Alex Corretja might consider substituting Guillermo Garcia-Lopez for Ramos against the net-rushing Frank Dancevic. Buoyed by their home crowd, though, Canada should find a way to snatch one of the three non-Raonic rubbers and send Spain to the playoff round for the first time in recent memory.
Pick: Canada
Italy vs. Croatia: This tie should hinge on home-court advantage and the choice of ground that it entails. On a fast hard court, the formidable serves of Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig would stifle the less imposing firepower of the Italians. But Croatia faces Andreas Seppi and Fabio Fognini on the red clay of Turin, a slow surface where the superior consistency of the hosts should lead them to victory. The visitors will face the intriguing choice of whether to substitute their singles stars on Saturday for a doubles pairing almost certainly doomed to defeat. Three straight days of best-of-five matches for Cilic, Dodig, or both would leave them even more vulnerable to the Italian war of attrition, though. At any rate, the contrast of styles between the fearless first strikes of the Croats and the patient baseline rallying of the Italians should provide entertaining viewing.
Pick: Italy
Belgium vs. Serbia: One might see Djokovic’s name on the schedule and automatically checking off the “Serbia” box, but a few flickers of doubt persist. First, the Australian Open champion may have arrived physically and mentally drained from his recent exploits, and he has struggled against Friday opponent Olivier Rochus throughout his career. Breaking from a long history of Davis Cup participation, Serbian #2 Janko Tipsarevic cannot step into the breach if Djokovic falters. That duty lies in the suspect hands of Viktor Troicki, who endured a miserable 2012, and in the aging hands of Nenad Zimonjic, well past his prime despite his many accomplishments. Serbia thus might find itself in real trouble if they played a team with a notable talent, like Canada. With just the 32-year-old Rochus and the volatile but unreliable David Goffin barring their path, however, they should advance even if their stars underperform.
Pick: Serbia
USA vs. Brazil: Tennis Grandstand will feature more detailed coverage of this tie over the weekend. For the moment, we will note that Team USA stands in promising position with two serving leviathans on an indoor hard court, complemented by the reigning Australian Open doubles champions. While Isner did not win a match in January as he struggled with a knee injury, and Querrey did not impress in Melbourne, both should steamroll the harmless Brazilian #2 Thiago Alves. In the best-case scenario for Brazil, which would feature two victories for their #1 Bellucci, their doubles duo of Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares still should fall short against the Bryans. All of these Americans have played some of their best tennis on home soil and in Davis Cup, including on less friendly surfaces, whereas Brazil has accomplished little of note in this competition recently.
Pick: USA
France vs. Israel: Across from one team that often proves less than the sum of its talents in Davis Cup stands a team that typically overperforms expectations at the national level. Whereas France will bring two members of the top 10 to this tie, Israel can claim no top-100 threat in singles. The fast indoor hard court should allow the offensive might of Tsonga to overwhelm Dudi Sela and Amir Weintraub, although the latter has developed into a more credible threat over the last several months. In a tantalizing doubles rubber, a battle of all-stars pits Jonathan Ehrlich and Andy Ram against Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra. Underdogs in every singles rubber and arguably the doubles too, Israel can hope for an upset only if Gasquet crumbles under the pressure of playing for national pride on home soil as he has so infamously before. Otherwise, the talent gap simply looms too large.
Pick: France
Argentina vs. Germany: Perhaps the most tightly contested tie, this battle on outdoor red clay will unfold in the absence of Del Potro, who would have given the home squad a clear edge. While Argentina will field a squad of clay specialists, leading Germans Philipp Kohlschreiber and Florian Mayer have acquitted themselves well on the surafce and should not find themselves at a disadvantage parallel to Croatia in Italy. Much rests on the shoulders of Juan Monaco, tasked with avoiding the daunting 0-2 deficit after Kohlschreiber likely opens the tie by dismissing Carlos Berlocq. The top Argentine here enjoyed his best season to date last year but did not start 2013 especially well. Lurking in the shadows, as he so often does, is long-time Argentine Davis Cup hero David Nalbandian. Argentina will hope that Nalbandian’s contribution in doubles on Saturday will combine with two Monaco victories to give them the points that they need without reaching a live fifth rubber. There, one would favor Mayer to overcome both Berlocq and the Argentine crowd.
Pick: Er, Argentina?
Kazakhstan vs. Austria: In a tie without a singles star of note, the opportunity beckons for someone to seize the spotlight in a way that he could not at a major. The most likely candidate to do so would seem Austrian #1 Jurgen Melzer, the only top-100 singles player on either side. His opponents can produce better tennis than their current rankings suggest, though, and Andrey Golubev already has started the tie in promising fashion with a straight-sets victory over Andreas Haider-Maurer. The doubles edge probably belongs to Austria with the greater expertise of Alexander Peya and Julian Knowle, specialists who will allow the 31-year-old Melzer to rest for Sunday. Excluded from the initial lineup is top-ranked Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin, whose absence will force #211 Evgeny Korolev to win a best-of-five match for the hosts to survive.
Pick: Austria
Switzerland vs. Czech Republic: While Tomas Berdych is the highest-ranked man in this clash between nearby nations, the most intriguing role goes to opposing #1 Stanislas Wawrinka. After he came far closer than anyone to toppling Djokovic at the Australian Open, the latter may suffer a hangover in a competition where he has struggled lately. Moreover, Switzerland leans on Wawrinka to win both of his singles matches and contribute to a doubles victory on the intervening day, an enormous challenge for the sternest of competitors when the last of those matches involves Berdych. The Czech Republic will not enlist the services of Radek Stepanek, a rare absentee this weekend like Tipsarevic, but singles #2 Lukas Rosol intimidates much more than anyone that Switzerland can throw at him. In the Federer/Wawrinka era, no Swiss team ever has presented the united front that the defending champions have behind Berdych. The medium-slow hard court should not trouble the broad-shouldered world #6 unduly.
Pick: Czech Republic
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Quarters for Your Thoughts: 2013 Australian Open Men's Draw Preview
January 11, 2013 by Chris Skelton
Will we see this man with this trophy again in two weeks?
Looking for a jumbo preview of the Australian Open men’s draw that breaks down each section of the brackets? Look no further. We take one quarter at a time in tracing the route of each leading contender, locating the most intriguing matches, projecting the semifinalists, and identifying one notable player to watch in each section.
First quarter: Seeking the first men’s three-peat Down Under of the Open era, Djokovic will want to conserve his energy during the first week and probably will. Although rising American star Ryan Harrison could threaten briefly in the second round, he lacks the experience to test the Serb in a best-of-five format, while potential third-round opponent Stepanek lacks the consistency to do so as his career wanes. Among the other figures of note in this vicinity are two resurgent Americans in Querrey and Baker, destined to meet in the second round. The winner may fancy his chances against Wawrinka, more comfortable on clay, and Querrey in particular could bring confidence from his upset of Djokovic in Paris to another clash with the Serb when the second week starts.
The quarter’s lower section features several men who share Wawrinka’s affinity for clay, such as Monaco and Verdasco. While the Spaniard’s career has sagged over the past year or two, the Argentine enjoyed his best season to date in 2012 as he reached the top ten for the first time. His reward lies in a clear route to the second week and an appointment with the enigmatic Berdych. Always susceptible to ebbs and flows, the world #6 ended last season optimistically with a semifinal at the US Open, where he upset Federer. But then Berdych started this season miserably by falling in Chennai to an opponent outside the top 50. He has won just one of his twelve career meetings with Djokovic, although the only victory came in one of their most important matches: a Wimbledon semifinal. While Berdych’s route to the quarterfinals looks comfortable, then, only a superb serving performance can shield him from the Serb’s more balanced array of weapons when he arrives there.
Player to watch: Querrey
Second quarter: The only section without a clear favorite proliferates with question marks but also with talent and intriguing narratives. In the draw’s most notable first-round match, Hewitt will open his 17th Australian Open campaign against the eighth-seeded Tipsarevic. A mismatch on paper, this encounter could develop into one of the late-night thrillers that have become a Melbourne tradition, and the home crowd might lift their Aussie to an improbable victory over an opponent less untouchable than those ranked above him. Other storylines include the apparent emergence of Grigor Dimitrov, previously familiar only for his facsimile of Federer’s playing style but now a Brisbane finalist. While the Bulgarian never has reached the third round of a major, his recent accomplishments and his desire to impress romantic interest Maria Sharapova might inspire him. He faces a challenging initial test against Benneteau, who fell just short of his second straight Sydney final.
Awarded his first seed in the main draw of a major, Jerzy Janowicz looks to continue his momentum from last fall when he reached the final at the Paris Masters 1000 tournament. Unlike Dimitrov, his route through the first round or two looks clear, and projected third-round opponent Almagro does not pose an insurmountable obstacle. Unless Janowicz improves upon his January efforts so far, however, Almagro can look ahead to the second week and perhaps even a quarterfinal against compatriot Ferrer. The highest seed in this section, the latter Spaniard will reach the top four after the tournament no matter his result. His fitness should carry him past erratic opponents like Baghdatis or Youzhny, although the titanic serve of Karlovic has troubled him before and merits watching in their second-round match. Having recorded multiple victories over Ferrer on marquee stages, Nishikori poses his most convincing pre-quarterfinal threat. But he has struggled with injury recently and may prove no better able to grind past the Spaniard in the heat than Almagro, who never has defeated him. If Tipsarevic reaches the quarterfinals, on the other hand, he will aim to reverse the outcome of their US Open quarterfinal last year, which he lost to Ferrer in a fifth-set tiebreak.
Semifinalist: Ferrer
Player to watch: Dimitrov
Third quarter: Never has a man won his second major immediately after winning his first. Never, however, in the Open era had a British man won any major at all, so this bit of history should not intimidate the reigning US Open champion. Murray will start his campaign by reprising an odd encounter with Robin Haase at the 2011 US Open, which he rallied to win in five sets after losing the first two. The lanky Dutchman behind him, he will face nobody over the next few rounds with the firepower to discomfit him over this extended format. Throughout his section lie counterpunchers like Simon or Robredo or tactically limited players like Mayer and Stakhovsky. The two exceptions who could threaten Murray will meet in the first round. Reviving his career with solid results in Doha and Auckland, Monfils will pit his momentum against fellow showman Dolgopolov in a match likely to showcase plenty of electrifying shot-making.
Perhaps of more interest is the route traced by Del Potro, the most likely title contender outside the top three seeds. In the second round, the Tower of Tandil could meet surprising Slovakian Aljaz Bedene, who reached the Chennai semifinals to start the year and nearly upset Tipsarevic there. Owning more than enough weapons to dispatch the passive baseliner Granollers afterwards, Del Potro would open the second week against Marin Cilic. The Croat developed around the same time as the Argentine and honed a similar playing style to complement his similar physique. But Cilic has disappointed those who anointed him a future major champion and top-10 fixture, appearing to content himself with a lesser level of accomplishment. He must brace himself for an opening battle against home hope Marinko Matosevic, who took him to five sets in New York last fall. If Del Potro can reverse his 2009 loss to Cilic in that projected fourth-round encounter, he also must halt his winless hard-court record against Murray. The task does not loom as large as it might appear, for he has won sets in all four of those matches.
Player to watch: Del Potro
Fourth quarter: What a pity that leading Aussie hope Bernard Tomic can play only two rounds before descending into the maw of the GOAT, as he did in the fourth round here last year. All the same, Tomic will have the opportunity to knock off a seeded opponent in Martin Klizan while praying for a miracle from Federer’s second-round opponent, Nikolay Davydenko. (Those who saw their match at the 2010 Australian Open will remember how impressive the Russian looked against the Swiss—for a set and a half, after which he utterly collapsed.) Perhaps more formidable than the momentum of Tomic is the mighty serve of Milos Raonic, which nearly toppled Federer three times last year. In each of their matches, Federer managed to win the crucial handful of points late in final sets, but can he continue to escape so narrowly? The younger man cannot look too far ahead too soon, however, for a second-round match against Lukas Rosol lurks, and everyone knows what Rosol has done in the second round of majors.
Winless against top-eight opponents in 2012, former finalist Tsonga hopes to turn over a new leaf in 2013. To snap that streak, though, he must survive the early stages of the tournament against dangerous lurkers like Llodra and Bellucci. Tsonga has struggled at times against compatriots and has a losing career record against Gasquet, his projected fourth-round opponent. Fresh from his title in Doha, the world #10 never has plowed deep into the Australian draw and may not benefit this time from the weak first-week slates that he received at majors last year. Eyeing a possible upset is Haas, another artist of the one-handed backhand who has collaborated with Gasquet on memorable matches before. But the question remains whether any of these men currently can compete with Federer across a best-of-five match, and the answer seems clear.
Player to watch: Tomic
Final: Djokovic vs. Murray
Champion: Novak Djokovic
Come back tomorrow for the women’s preview, designed with the same level of detail!
Filed Under: Chris Skelton, Lead Story, Live Coverage Tagged With: alexander dolgopolov, Aljaz Bedene, Andy Murray, ATP, australia, Australian Open, Bernard Tomic, Brian Baker, David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco, Florian Mayer, Gael Monfils, Grand Slams, Grigor Dimitrov, Ivo Karlovic, Janko Tipsarevic, Jerzy Janowicz, Juan Martin del Potro, Juan Monaco, Kei Nishikori, Lleyton Hewitt, Lukas Rosol, Marcel Granollers, Marcos Baghdastis, Marin Cilic, marinko matosevic, Martin Klizan, melbourne, Mikhail Youzhny, Milos Raonic, Nicolas Almagro, Nikolay Davydenko, Novak Djokovic, Robin Haase, rod laver arena, Roger Federer, Ryan Harrison, Sam Querrey, Sergei Stakhovsky, Stanislas Wawrinka, Tennis, Tomas Berdych
Top 5 reasons why Tomas Berdych impressed during the Davis Cup semifinal
September 19, 2012 by Lisa-Marie Burrows
By Lisa-Marie Burrows
Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek were thrilled to have put the Czech Republic through to the finals of the Davis Cup. (Photo credit: AP photos).
During the weekend there were Davis Cup matches taking place all around the globe. Some countries were fighting to stay in their world group category; others were fighting for a place in the final of the Davis Cup. In Gijon, Spain, the home country favourites took on the USA and booked their place in the final despite a comeback attempt from the Bryan brothers on Saturday where they won their 5-set thriller to keep the USA’s hopes alive. By Sunday, their dream was crushed after David Ferrer defeated American, John Isner, in their encounter after a fairly straightforward 4 sets victory.
The question on their lips afterwards was, where would Spain be playing and whom will they face in the final? Spain had to wait to see the outcome of the other semifinal between Argentina and the Czech Republic and what a weekend of thrilling matches that was for both countries and that for me, was the standout Davis Cup tie of the weekend. The Czech Republic made it through after another nail-biting match by Czech hero, Tomas Berdych and he proved himself to be an impressive and formidable player that weekend. Here are the top reasons why Berdych should be very satisfied with his imposing performances over the weekend:
Fighting against fatigue
Coming into the Davis Cup semifinal in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Berdych had admitted that it was going to be a big last minute adjustment to get use to the clay again after the hard courts of New York and he like many other players who were competing in the Davis Cup, was also feeling the effects of a long summer on the courts. Berdych reached the fourth round in the ATP Masters 1000 events in Toronto, Cincinnati, he was a runner-up in the last event before the US Open at Winston Salem and then progressed to the semifinals in New York defeating Roger Federer en route, before losing to eventual champion Andy Murray. Coming into the tie, many questioned his physical condition, but despite the 4-hours he spent on court against Mónaco, 2-hours and 30 minutes in his doubles match and a further 2-hours and 30 minutes on Sunday, he fought against his weariness to win all three matches.
Facing adversity
The Argentinean home crowd was fantastic, animated, loyal and very involved. Drums were banging, trumpets were played and the crowd was creating enough noise to resemble that of a football match. Every point that was won by an Argentinean player was celebrated as though they had won the match and in each of those matches, it was Berdych who had to face the crowd. The Czech player was extremely impressive having kept his cool during every battle and he did not let the crowd interrupt his flow or concentration of the game. Even as Berdych was winning his matches, making an astounding comeback against Juan Mónaco and he kept Charly Berlocq at bay, the increasingly hostile crowds who cheered when he netted a ball or jeered when he questioned a call were still unable to break him. That is the beauty of Davis Cup and no doubt he will be pleased that the final will take place on his home soil and this time the crowd will be cheering him on!
Three days, three matches, three victories
After his victory, Tomas Berdych uploaded a picture of his celebrations with his doubles team mate, Radek Stepanek.
Originally, Tomas Berdych was only suppose to play in the singles and reverse singles initially, but after his win against Juan Mónaco, their tie was leveled at one point a piece and many began to wonder if he would also feature in the doubles to try and seal the third and valuable point to give the Czech Republic the advantage at 2-1 and surprise, surprise, he did. Berdych paired up with Radek Stepanek who also featured on Friday in the singles match against Juan Martin Del Potro, to win their doubles encounter on Saturday. After their Davis Cup semifinal victory, Tomas Berdych was understandably proud that he had won all three matches that he had played in to secure the win for his country.
Keeping his cool
During all three matches, there was not one occasion when Tomas Berdych lost his cool on the tennis court with himself, his opponent or with the crowd, which he has been known for in the past. For me, there was an occasion when I held my breath and thought that now is the time when Berdych will become angry during his match on Sunday against Berlocq as the umpire, James Keothavong, addressed the Czech crowd in English at 5-3, a pivotal time during the match, asking them to be quiet and respectful during play. The Czech crowd was clearly the minority and the laughable request did not even make Berdych flicker with surprise or rage, he simply adjusted his hat and continued play, not allowing the demand to affect him. This was impressive given the absurdity of the call as he served out for the set regardless.
Tomas Berdych uploaded a picture of his birthday cake for his 27th birthday.
On Monday, it was Tomas Berdych’s 27th birthday and no doubt for him it was an extra special celebration with his family, friends, team and compatriots after securing all three points for the Czech Republic and along with Radek Stepanek, he contributed enormously to booking their place in the final in November.
Filed Under: Lead Story, Lisa-Marie Burrows Tagged With: Czech Republic Davis Cup team, Davis Cup ATP Tennis, Davis Cup final. Argentina Davis Cup team, Juan Martin del Potro, Juan Monaco, Radek Stepanek, Tomas Berdych
Tennis Quiz: Can you guess the tennis player based on their body part?
September 13, 2012 by TennisGrandstand
By Romi Cvitkovic
Admit it. We’ve all dabbled in a tennis quiz or two in our lifetime before. Whether it was testing our knowledge of grunting, tennis trivia or past grand slam champions, we’ve all laughed at our wrong answers and marveled at the right ones.
Well, here’s a new quiz to test your skills on.
We know you know your tennis. But how well can you recognize the top professional male and female tennis players based solely on their various body parts? That’s right: arms, legs, mouths, abs, thighs and tushes. Yes, I just used the word ‘tushes.’ Get over it.
Warning: Not for the weak in tennis. Click the START button below to begin. (You will get a chance to review your results at the end.)
All photos taken from the 2012 U.S. Open.
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Filed Under: Lead Story, Romi Cvitkovic Tagged With: Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, ATP, David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez, Juan Martin del Potro, Juan Monaco, Laura Robson, Novak Djokovic, sam stosur, Serena Williams, tennis player bodies, Victoria Azarenka, WTA
Celebrities and fellow tennis players take to Twitter to congratulate Andy Murray
Celebrities and fellow tennis players swarmed to Twitter to give their congratulations to tennis’ newest Slam winner, Andy Murray as he defeated Novak Djokovic in a nearly five hour championship match.
Congratulations, Andy! You are a true fighter and champion!
Have a look at the warm wishes below from players like Juan Monaco, Andre Agassi, Sabine Lisicki,Victoria Azarenka and Ross Hutchins and celebrities like Russell Crowe, Pau Gasol, Ewan McGregor, Rory McIlroy, Piers Morgan and Mario Andretti!
Brother of Andy Murray:
What a historic night! Tonight Andy achieved his dream. He got the result his talent dedication and perseverance deserved. So proud of him.
— Jamie Murray (@jamie_murray) September 11, 2012
Coach of Roger Federer:
Congratulations Andy Murray a great effort and a war of a match- enjoy the win !
— Paul Annacone (@paul_annacone) September 11, 2012
Novak Djokovic’s hitting partner:
@andy_murray @DjokerNole What a match Congratulations to Andy Murray on his 1st GS Title! Proud of Nole, Left his heart on d court Idemoo!
— DUŠAN VEMIĆ (@dusanVemic) September 11, 2012
Former ATP pro:
Well deserved…Congratulations to the #USOPEN Champion Andy Murray!!!
— Andre Agassi (@AndreAgassi) September 11, 2012
Former WTA player:
@andy_murray won this match in Melbourne when he came so close and didnt truly believe! tonight he believed! very happy for him and his team
— rennae stubbs (@rennaestubbs) September 11, 2012
Former coach of Andy Murray and current ESPN commentator:
What a close from the muzzard that was and epic final major props to the guys a pleasure to watch
— Brad Gilbert (@bgtennisnation) September 11, 2012
Former ATP pro and current Tennis Channel commentator:
Amazing final, proud 2 be involved in this great sport, congrats 2 both @DjokerNole @andy_murray both guys laid it on the line, WARRIORS
— Justin Gimelstob (@justingimelstob) September 11, 2012
Former ATP pro and current ESPN commentator:
Thank you @andy_murray and @djokernole The sport of tennis wins…..again.
— Patrick McEnroe (@PatrickMcEnroe) September 11, 2012
Former ATP pro and current tennis commentator:
Murray has done it !!!
— Boris Becker (@TheBorisBecker) September 11, 2012
Tennis commentator:
Congrats to @andy_murray! First of quite a few Slams, IMO. Well earned. His joy and relief evident. Even Lendl was hugging people!
— Chris Fowler (@cbfowler) September 11, 2012
Fellow tennis players:
@andy_murray well done Andy! really happy for u! well done to all ur team as well
— victoria azarenka (@vika7) September 11, 2012
Grande andyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
— Juan Monaco (@picomonaco) September 11, 2012
I am SO pumped for Andy Murray!! Wow! Love the Joker but it was Andy's time… Gutsy performance by both players! GB has to be proud!!
— Bethanie MattekSands (@BMATTEK) September 11, 2012
Congrats to @andy_murray to achieve his first Grand Slam! He and Nole has been played a great US Open final, both deserved to win.
— Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) September 11, 2012
Incredible, amzaing, unbelievable!!!!! Soooo happy for him, deserves everything
— Ross Hutchins (@RoscoHutchins) September 11, 2012
Us Open Champion Andy Murray. So happy for him. #proud
— Laura Robson (@laurarobson5) September 11, 2012
Great job @Andy_Murray! Incredible improvement this year! Still need to work on your emotions after winning:) Smiling and jumping would do:)
— Alina Jidkova (@AlinaJidkova) September 11, 2012
What an EPIC final!!! Great match from both players! Big congrats to @andy_murray for his 1st Grand slam title!! Happy for him 🙂
— Sabine Lisicki (@sabinelisicki) September 11, 2012
Enhorabuena a @andy_murray por ganarl el Us.Open!! Te lo merecias! Congrats to @andy_murray for winning the Us.Open title!! U deserve it!
— Fernando Verdasco (@FerVerdasco) September 11, 2012
Huge congrats to@andy_murray!Well played and off course well deserved!Enjoyed watching final.Novak is a great champion,now it was Andy turn.
— Elena Vesnina (@EVesnina001) September 11, 2012
Well done @andy_murray. Totally deserved…a true british hero!
— julien benneteau (@julienbenneteau) September 11, 2012
Well done to @andy_murray , great effort by him and truly well deserved.
— Rohan Bopanna (@rohanbopanna) September 11, 2012
He's done it! Andy Murray – Grand Slam Champion!
— Colin Fleming (@colin_fleming) September 11, 2012
Amazing match today, was rooting for Andy!
— Vania King (@queen_v21) September 11, 2012
Congratz @andy_murray
— Janko Tipsarevic (@TipsarevicJanko) September 11, 2012
First Grand Slam Treasure for Andy Murray!!! So AWESOME!!!
— Aleksandra Wozniak (@alekswoz) September 11, 2012
Celebrities:
Absolutely magnificent win by @andy_murray – what heart, what fight, what guts. #PrideofBritain
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 11, 2012
Congratulations @Andy_Murray on your well deserved, brilliant win at US Open. I cheer your victory & everyone back home is so happy for you!
— Kevin Spacey (@KevinSpacey) September 11, 2012
Congrats to Andy Murray for winning the Mens U.S Open Championship!! Great match
— Michael Strahan (@michaelstrahan) September 11, 2012
Its been a great couple of months for @andy_murray. Pretty awesome!
— Carli Lloyd (@CarliLloyd) September 11, 2012
CONGRATS @Andy_Murray!!!! He dug deep and I'm so happy that his first grand slam was in NYC!!! You too, @andymurray.
— josh groban (@joshgroban) September 11, 2012
@andy_murray We don't change, just become more like ourselves… YOU made history, well played!
— Jeremy Piven (@jeremypiven) September 11, 2012
Massive congrats Andy Murray!!!! The first of many and well worth the wait!
— Rory Mcilroy (@McIlroyRory) September 11, 2012
Congrats to @andy_murray for winning his first Grand Slam! Tough one for @DjokerNole but great tournament as well! #usopen
— Pau Gasol (@paugasol) September 11, 2012
@andy_murray Massive congratulations. What a champion.
— Coldplay (@coldplay) September 11, 2012
Well, that was sublime. My, oh my, this little, old island has seen some history made this summer. Top lad @andy_murray. #GREATBritain.
— Matthew Lewis (@Mattdavelewis) September 11, 2012
Murray wins historic first major!! http://t.co/hKQU5RU9
— Ewan McGregor (@mcgregor_ewan) September 11, 2012
Looks like I missed a heck of a us open final. Went to bed after second set. Epic match. Happy for Murray and Lendl. Well deserved
— Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) September 11, 2012
Congrats Andy Murray!! Such an incredible match! #makinghistory
— Kevin McHale (@druidDUDE) September 11, 2012
Huge congrats to @andy_murray. The flood gates have opened
— Ben Ainslie (@AinslieBen) September 11, 2012
Andy Murray on a roll. You champion.
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) September 11, 2012
Congrats Andy Murray! Finally! #USOpenFinal
— Official Wanda Sykes (@iamwandasykes) September 11, 2012
Andy Murray is the US Open Champions! Congrats.
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@CRonaldoNews) September 11, 2012
How could my twitter not work last night? Congrats @andy_murray , won a Grand Slam title..I think the boss gave u the hair dryer! #inspired
— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) September 11, 2012
Listening to tennis on the radio: actually pretty exciting! Congrats Andy Murray!!
— James Valentine (@jamesbvalentine) September 11, 2012
Congrats to Andy Murray! Hell of a win. #USOpen
— Shane West (@shanewest_1) September 11, 2012
So pleased for Andy Murray, thoroughly deserved after the frustrations of the last couple of years. Great job mate!
— Chris Hoy (@chrishoy) September 11, 2012
Brilliant Andy Murray. When we think of this date we will always remember your historic victory.
— Frankie Boyle (@frankieboyle) September 11, 2012
Congratulations Andy Murray for winning the U.S Open, top effort. #champion
— Jenson Button (@JensonButton) September 11, 2012
Fantastic tennis by Djokovic & Murray. Fab first Gran Slam win for Andy. Big congrats! @usopen
— Mario Andretti (@MarioAndretti) September 11, 2012
Last, but not least, Prince Charles. Well, the parody account anyway…
Well done Andy Murray on winning the US Open, and finally becoming British.
— Prince Charles (@Charles_HRH) September 11, 2012
Filed Under: Lead Story, Romi Cvitkovic Tagged With: Andy Murray, celebrity tennis tweets, Fernando Verdasco, Juan Monaco, murray tweets, pau gasol, rory mcilroy, russell crowe, US Open tennis, Victoria Azarenka
The US Open comeback kings into the second round
August 29, 2012 by Lisa-Marie Burrows
A very relieved Guillermo García-Lopez of Spain was relieved to fight back successfully against Juan Mónaco. (Photo credit: AAP)
On Tuesday it was only the second day of the US Open main draw action in New York, but yesterday served up some fantastic round one matches which entertained for hours and thrilled the audience.
The three five set matches involving Juan ‘Pico’ Mónaco vs Guillermo García-Lopez, Fabio Fognini vs Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Alexandr Dolgopolov vs Jesse Levine may not have featured the infamous rivalries between the top guys that we have been so accustomed to seeing, but last night at Flushing Meadows, audiences both at home and on site were treated to matches worthy of that caliber.
The matches that took place between the players mentioned above showed the spirit and the fight of a toe-to-toe match reminiscent of the likes of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.
On Grandstand Argentine and No.10 seed Juan Mónaco had an extremely tough first round opponent against Spain’s Guillermo García-Lopez who proved to be more than a handful for Mónaco. The Argentine took the advantage quickly as he led by two sets and 4-1 up in the third, but García-Lopez had other plans – he was not giving up that easily.
Juan Mónaco was understandably disappointed after the Spaniard’s comeback. (Photo credit: AP)
In a match that was played with as many highs and lows as a roller coaster and with such determined grit from both players, you would not have thought it was a first round match, the way the players fought and with such heart, you would have been forgiven for being fooled into thinking it was a Grand Slam final and they were fighting for the trophy, not a place in the second round.
Mónaco and García-Lopez fought against their nerves and against each other as it clearly meant so much to them to win. They ventured into the all-important fifth set tiebreak, after Mónaco broke back twice in the set from the brink of defeat and stopped the Spaniard from serving out the match. With a Davis Cup atmosphere on the tennis court and football style chants heavily in the favour of the Argentine with ‘Olé, olé, olé, olé, Pi-co, Pi-co,’ the match was there for the taking and it all boiled down to who could hold their nerve and the realization suddenly dawned that one of them was going to win… but also that one was going to lose and it would be a painful loss.
The joy and jubilation belonged to Guillermo García-Lopez after playing a very solid tiebreak, releasing his heavily weighted forehand continuously and used his well placed serve to give him the upper hand. After his 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6(6), 7-6(3) victory a very relieved and emotional García-Lopez sat in his chair with a tear in his eye, whilst Mónaco visibly annoyed and understandably upset quickly exited the court.
Up next for García-Lopez is Fabio Fognini of Italy who was also involved in an epic five-set encounter against Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France. The Italian will be equally as tired going into his second round match against the Spaniard as he too was on court for nearly four hours with his 3-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 comeback victory against the Frenchman and will be relieved of the day off to recover from that match.
Fabio Fognini kept his composure to battle his way back into the match. (Photo credit: Getty images)
It was during the key moments that Fognini was able to withstand the pressure and contained his fraught emotions to claw his way back into the match. As match point dawned on the Italian, the atmosphere around the court was raucous with expectation and disbelief with what Fognini was about to achieve. The Italian was clearly delighted with the turnaround of the match, but visibly tired too, as he and his weary legs exited the court knowing that he had finally booked his place into the second round.
Alexandr Dolgopolov upset home crowd hopeful Jesse Levine during his resurgence. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Alexandr Dolgopolov found himself caught up in a difficult opening round against home country hopeful, Jesse Levine on court 17. The first two sets did not go as planned for the Ukrainian who played some loose service games which proved to be costly as he was suddenly staring at defeat after losing the first two sets.
At the start of the third set, Dolgopolov was quickly broken again and found himself 0-4 down and two games away from packing up his belongings and leaving New York. As Levine became tight, Dolgopolov began his revival and battled his way back into the match. Despite facing a heavily partisan crowd, Dolgopolov kept his composure to break back and take the third set 6-4 and stamped his authority in the fourth set by taking it 6-1.
Eyebrows were raised at his comeback and it was evident that Levine was disappointed with the renaissance that Dolgopolov was bringing to the court. Eventually the Ukrainian won 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-2 and he will now play Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in the second round.
There was so much entertainment and drama in one evening and we are still only in the early stages of the tournament, but it shows that for all of these players, it does not matter whether it is the first round or the final, they will fight for the win – yesterday they were the comeback kings. Their matches may not have been pretty, but a win is a win and they will be happy to take it all the same and improve ready for their next battles.
After the matches feelings of being emotionally, mentally and physically drained were evident – and that was just me! I don’t know how the players do it!
Filed Under: Lead Story, Lisa-Marie Burrows Tagged With: Alexandr Dolgopolov, Alexandra Panova, ATP Tennis, Edouard Roger-Vasselin, Fabio Fognini, Flushing Meadows, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Jesse Levine, Juan Monaco, Marcos Baghdatis, Novak Djokovic, Pico Monaco, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, US Open
Roddick recaptures the magic; Wimbledon gets a splash of color — The Friday Five
July 27, 2012 by TennisGrandstand
By Maud Watson
Before he jetted off to London, Juan Monaco was in Hamburg, Germany, where he picked up his sixth singles title. But this title run meant more than the previous five, as the win propelled him to No. 10 in the rankings – the highest the Argentine has ever been ranked in his professional career. While some may question his decision to not only compete in a tournament so close to the Olympic Games, but one that was staged on clay no less, I somehow think it’s a decision he won’t regret. Winning, like losing, is a habit. There’s no substitute for confidence, and Juan Monaco ought to be feeling pretty decent about his chances of making a run in London, even if it is on grass.
Recapturing the Magic
Much like Monaco, pundits may question Andy Roddick’s logic in choosing to play Atlanta before he made the trip to London, but this was a smart move on the American’s part. After finding some success during the brief grass court season, Roddick knew he would be best served to attempt to continue to gain momentum during the time of year that has typically served as his bread and butter – the American summer hard court season. He played some impressive tennis in Atlanta, which included wins over John Isner and the always dangerous Gilles Muller. Much like with Monaco, there’s no substitute for that winning feeling. Couple that confidence with Roddick’s grass court résumé, and he could be a tough out for anybody during the London Games.
Last week in California, the WTA saw a pint-size winner in Dominika Cibulkova. The Slovak with the deceptively big game persevered to take the title at the Mercury Insurance Open over Marion Bartoli in the final. The title comes nearly three months after she split with her previous coach of two years, Zeljko Krajan. Fans will remember Krajan as the coach of former No. 1 Dinara Safina. Safina frequently talked about how hard Krajan could be on her, and Cibulkova spins a very similar tale. While noting that Krajan was a “great coach,” she also admitted that he could be overly hard on her, which led to her mentally blowing any unforced error way out of proportion. She has since promoted her hitting partner, Peter Miklusicak, to head coach, and it appears the change is already paying dividends. Cibulkova has always had potential. With a little more consistency and a new mental approach to the game, there’s no reason she couldn’t be Top 10 material and give the game’s biggest names more than they bargain for.
Music to the Ears
Tennis fans in the United States were undoubtedly happy to hear that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has once again sided with the Tennis Channel in denying an appeal put forth by Comcast in its dispute with the sport network. Back in December, Tennis Channel won its case against Comcast, with the verdict being that aside from being slapped with a $375,000 fine, Comcast would also have to put Tennis Channel on the same tier of cable channels that included two of its own networks – Versus (now NBC Sports Channel) and the Golf Channel. Since being denied their appeal, Comcast has been told that they have 45 days to comply with the original December ruling, which hopefully means extensive tennis coverage that’s readily available will be just around the corner.
The Olympics are rare enough given that they’re only staged every four years, but this year tennis fans are going to see something that may never happen again in our lifetime – color at Wimbledon. Photographs show the purple and lime green colors of the Olympics splashed around the grounds, and the players are free to wear whatever color strikes their fancy. While it’s understandable that the players may want to be decked out in the colors of their home nations, the colored backdrops are a bit much. In any case, the folks who have prepared the grounds have done a great job to do everything possible to ensure this feels like a whole different event and not just a second take at SW19.
Filed Under: Lead Story, The Friday Five Tagged With: Andy Roddick, color at wimbledon, Dominika Cibulkova, Juan Monaco, london olympics tennis, roddick, tennis at the olympcis
Juan Mónaco achieves a deserved place in the Top 10
July 25, 2012 by Lisa-Marie Burrows
What qualities does a tennis player need to have to be continuously successful? Talent? Passion? Physicality? Mentality? Perseverance? Endurance? Attributes such as these are all part and parcel of a professional tennis player, but to maintain all of these things week in week out, tournament after tournament, having packed the suitcase in one country only to step on an airplane and open it another country whilst fighting off fatigue is not easy, but it must be done.
Many of the players have these qualities, but not letting any of these attributes waiver when you are tired, disappointed or homesick are one of the toughest challenges week after week, year after year, yet for some players this comes naturally.
Argentina’s Juan Mónaco is a prime example of a player who possesses such qualities and this week he has enjoyed breaking into the Top 10 for the first time in his career after winning his first 500 tournament at the bet-at-home Open – German Tennis Championships in Hamburg. It was not an easy final for the new world No.10 as he had to take on home town favourite Tommy Haas and of course his adoring partisan audience who were hoping that the German would lift the trophy, but it was not to be, as Mónaco won in straight sets 7-5, 6-4.
The 28-year-old Monaco has landed the tenth spot amongst the worlds most elite players – in a generation that comprises arguably some of the greatest players of all time with the likes of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in the mix. Entering the Top 10 is not an easy feat to achieve in an era so heavily dominated by three top athletes such as those mentioned and he now joins compatriot and former US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro who assumes the ninth position in the rankings.
It has not been an easy road to achieve for Mónaco, a six-time title winner, who has compiled an impressive 31-10 match record in 2012. He has put together his most successful season and is enjoying a career best year having won two other tournaments in 2012 at Vina del Mar and in Houston and he was also a finalist in Stuttgart the preceding week to Hamburg, where he lost to Janko Tipsarevic. It is not easy to bounce back from any defeat – particularly in a closely fought match (especially a final with a beautiful Mercedes up for grabs too!), but Mónaco picked up his racquet and got back on with it and refused to let defeat hinder his performance in Hamburg, which has made his title win all the more impressive.
Juan Mónaco has had a challenging 2012 having come back from a horrific ankle injury, which he sustained on the clay courts of Monte Carlo, leaving many wondering if he would be able to participate in the tournaments during the rest of the season, but participate he did. He surmounted his come back in Rome where he impressively pushed Novak Djokovic, who was No.1 in the world at that time, to three sets and almost had him on the brink of defeat.
As his injury improved, so did his confidence. At Roland Garros he made it through to the fourth round before losing to eventual champion, Rafael Nadal and on the grass courts of Wimbledon Mónaco reached the third round, having never gotten past the first round match before.
Upon reaching the Top 10, nobody can deny that Juan ‘Pico’ Mónaco is one of the hardest working players on Tour, who puts in the hours daily on the tennis court and trains hard off court to achieve the goal of being amongst the elite in the world. Many were delighted to see that he has allocated the position, as he is such a popular competitor with players, media and fans of tennis.
He may have achieved this at 28-years of age, but he is a prime example of it is better late than never. In fact 2012 has been a great year for many of the ‘older’ players on the ATP and WTA Tours and like a fine wine, many have continued to get better with age. Andreas Seppi is also 28-years old and has enjoyed achieving a career high ranking in June of No.24 after an impressive clay court season, particularly in his home country tournament in Rome where he made it to the quarterfinals. His Italian compatriot, Sara Errani, is 25-years old and has won four titles this year and was the surprise runner up at the French Open.
Wimbledon featured two champions who are no strangers to the tournament – Roger Federer and Serena Williams. We all know about their illustrious history and outstanding achievements at SW19 and this year is no exception, as Roger Federer lifted his record breaking 7th Wimbledon trophy and Serena Williams leveled her sister’s record of five victories at the Championships.
As one of the hardest working players around, Pico has never seemed to worry about simply trying to be better than his contemporaries or predecessors, but only to be better than himself and push his own tennis capabilities to the limit.
Will he continue with this fantastic form and win a Masters Series title? A Grand Slam? An Olympic medal? Who knows? But the one thing for sure, is that he will go out there fighting for one and his continued resilience and determination have proven that he has rightfully earned that Top 10 place in the rankings.
Filed Under: Lead Story, Lisa-Marie Burrows Tagged With: ATP Tennis, Juan Monaco, London 2012, Olympics, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Wimbledon
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UK STATE FUNDED FIELD-TRIP FOR TROUBLED ASIAN YOUTHS ENDS IN BRAWL…….
UK UK. Muslims in the UK
Wow, UK public money well spent! This is all coming out now due to jail sentences handed out to some of the rioters. You can take the thugs out from the violence but you can’t take the violence out from the thugs. KGS
H/T Baron Bodissey
Asian youths sent on £2,000 jaunt to Blackpool to avoid clashes at Right-wing march jailed for car park fight
Five teenagers found guilty for their part in brawl that left a man unconscious
A group of Asian youths taken on a day-trip to Blackpool to avoid becoming embroiled violence at an EDL march ended up knocking a man unconscious in a car park brawl.
Five teenagers have been found guilty of their part in the incident in which a father-of-two was punched to the ground.
The five were part of a group of youths who were taken to on the trip on July 17 last year, the day of an English Defence League march in Dudley in the West Midlands.
The day-trip cost the public purse £2,113 and saw the group from the Tipton and Oldbury areas of the West Midands accompanied by a police officer and officials from the council.
The clash happened after the youths got off their coach and began chanting racist comments at Derek Brownhill, who had just got off a coach parked nearby.
The chants were heard by Mr Brownhill’s pregnant partner and two young daughters, as well as a group of elderly people, the court was told
In the ensuing confrontation Mr Brownhill was punched and hit with such force by Riad Hussain, 19, that both feet left the ground.
Wolverhampton Crown Court was told the blows left unconscious and with bruising and swelling to his face and head.
The group then punched Hussain, from Oldbury, in the face to give him a bruise so they could try to claim that his actions were in self defence.
Prosecutor David Swinnerton told the court that the teenagers – Hussain, Wasim Telhat, 18, Raja Rashid, 18, and two 17-year-olds – were part of a large group of Asian youths taken to Blackpool by coach on July 17 last year to avoid potential trouble.
At the time of the violence, two of the gang were on bail for a hammer attack in Tipton, West Midlands, that took place three months before the Blackpool incident.
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By Big Frank Apr 01, 2011
It’s about time that the weak willed, feckless officials stopped kissing the behinds of these racist street hoodlums. What is needed is not ‘soft’ treatment or counseling but sentencing to a ‘Cool Hand Luke ‘type of work camp, in the healthy outdoors, giving the guilty time to reflect on their crimes , and saving the taxpayers money, by cleaning and repairing the countryside.
By KGS Apr 01, 2011
Hi Big Frank,
I would love to see these asshats working on a road crew pouring asphalt into pot holes.
If they had road gangs in the UK it would most likely the first real days work that any of these parasites on the dole ever experienced.
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What the Columnists Say
Archive: Roundup of Columnists
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Etyen Mahçupyan in Akşam writes that the cease-fire ended because PKK started to seek independence in Rojawa, and because Turkey did not want to have a PKK state at its border. “PKK has shot itself in the foot,” he writes. Metin Münir on the t24 news site finds it incredible that PKK chose to respond to Erdoğan’s restart of the war in what he describes as the most stupid way possible, by returning to terrorism. Orhan Bursalı in Cumhuriyet writes that PKK is laying the ground for secession from Turkey. Kemal Öztürk in Yeni Şafak warns the AKP that the party is losing the public relation battle to PKK among the Kurds, and that yet another electoral disaster is looming. Şahin Alpay in Zaman writes that even though Erdoğan is the chief responsible for why calm and stability continue to elude Turkey, the fundamental reasons for this are inscribed in the genetic code of the republic.
MAHÇUPYAN: PKK SHOT ITSELF IN THE FOOT
Etyen Mahçupyan in Akşam writes that PKK has shot itself in the foot. At a point where it had the chance to force Turkey to a real peace, it seriously damaged its legitimacy by returning to war. Those who want to lend support to the Kurdish political movement now claim that Erdoğan has started the war because he could not become executive president or because he wants an election victory. These speculations are all baseless. The presidency is not part of the events, because a presidential system can only be introduced together with a new constitution, and even if were to come to power alone the AKP could not propose such a constitution by its own, because it would not be able to ensure the necessary legitimacy and permanency of the endeavor. Nor is there any logic behind the speculation about starting a war in order to win the election; because if such a perception has been established, you are not going to win an election anyway. Besides, if this is indeed the AKP’s purpose, then you’ll need to find an answer to why the PKK helped the AKP by executing those two police officers. So why did the cease-fire end? It ended because the PKK started to seek independence in Rojava, and because Turkey did not want to have a PKK state at its border. One should not forget that a PKK that establishes itself as a state means that there will be civil war in Turkey anyway. The AKP is not opposed to a Kurdish entity by its border; such an entity can even serve its purposes. But it is against every form of autonomy that is imposed by PKK. Thus, it did not hesitate to exploit the PKK’s serious mistake and reciprocated the invitation to end the cease-fire.
MÜNIR: PKK CHOSE THE MOST STUPID ANSWER TO ERDOGAN
Metin Münir on the t24 news site writes that Erdoğan, after tasting his first election defeat, turned his ire and hate against HDP and its leaders. He ended the solution process. He sent the air force to bomb Kandil. PKK, the target of this attack, had many choices; without hesitation, the PKK chose the most stupid one. It started to spread terror. Maybe the leaders of the PKK, like all other aging warlords, could not accept that they are no longer in tune with the times, maybe they could not bring themselves to accept that the time has come for them to leave the initiative to the civilians. Whatever Erdoğan does, the most rational thing for the PKK to do is to pull out its warriors from Turkey and concentrate on the fight against ISIS.
BURSALI: THE KURDS ARE BREAKING AWAY FROM TURKEY
Orhan Bursalı in Cumhuriyet calls attention to a statement made by Kurdish leader Cemil Bayık: “No one can force us to pull out the guerilla from the north (from Turkey) or force us to lay down our arms. These are things that are never going to happen.” The leaders of the PKK/KCK have embraced the opportunity that has been offered them in Syrian Kurdistan; they are strengthening their positions there (through the PYD and with the help of the U.S. and the West); the focus of their policies is primarily to view Southeastern and Eastern Anatolia as forming one unit together with Syrian Kurdistan. The proclamations of “self-rule” in two provinces and six counties are not only a result of the [Turkish air force] bombings [of Kandil]; this is something for which they have prepared for a long time. The proclamations of Kurdish “self-rules” are one step: the message is “We don’t recognize the central government in Ankara.” They speak of “Revolutionary people’s war.” This means that we can expect smaller and bigger uprisings with the participation of the masses. It appears that the PKK/KCK has opted for policies that break off the bonds with Turkey.
ÖZTÜRK: THE PKK IS WINNING THE PUBLIC RELATIONS WAR
Kemal Öztürk in Yeni Şafak warns that the AKP is losing the public relation battle. The PKK/KCK/HDP coalition and the municipalities, associations, foundations, newspapers, radios and internet sites that it controls in the southeast have started a massive campaign, blaming all the deaths on the president and the AKP. This campaign is having a devastating effect on public opinion. Just as happened before the election, the public is turning against the AKP and the government. We also need to face the bitter truth: the discourse of the PKK is receiving much more attention in international media than the arguments of the government. I did not expect that the operations that are being undertaken to secure law and order in the cities would have a negative impact on the Kurdish people. But the PKK’s communication tactics and sustained efforts could undermine this expectation. The AKP needs to assure the people that the fight against terrorism is one thing and the solution process is something different. If the AKP fails to explain why it is fighting terror, what it is doing for the solution process, what it plans to do for the Kurdish people, it risks yet another election disaster.
ALPAY: AUTHORITARIANISM IS INSCRIBED IN THE GENETIC CODE OF OUR REPUBLIC
Şahin Alpay in Zaman writes that Turkey has certainly entered a period of instability that is not going to be short-lived. No doubt, President Erdoğan is the chief responsible for this. Yet this fact should not lead us to overlook the main reasons for why calm and stability continue to elude Turkey. A multicultural country like Turkey, with its multiple identities, can only become calm and stable when freedom and a pluralistic democracy has been put in place. Unfortunately, the genetic code of the republic does not allow for this. Erdoğan is faithful to the founding tradition of the republic when he views every kind of opposition as treason and when he does not tolerate that civil society becomes stronger. The second founding stipulation of the republic was that a modern society could only be constructed if the whole of society was made Muslim and if Islam was controlled by the state through the State Directorate of Religious Affairs. Indeed, the AKP, which stands for Turkish nationalism mixed with a sauce of Islamism, does not recognize the freedom of belief and continues to impose the religion of the State Directorate of Religious Affairs.
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Guy Ritchie Aims for a Return to Form in the First Trailer for 'The Gentlemen'
The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Colin Farrell, Hugh Grant, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding and more
Guy Ritchie's Hollywood career has been packed with strange ups and downs, most recently culminating with creating Will Smith's bizarre genie in the live-action Aladdin. Now, the director seems ready to return to form with an extremely British crime movie.
The Gentlemen has all of the Ritchie-isms that one might expect, including plenty of cockney slang, drams of whiskey and gun violence. There's also a stacked cast, including Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell and Hugh Grant.
Watch the first trailer for The Gentlemen below. The film arrives in January 2020.
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In order to apply for Bachelor Degree you must be at least 18 years old and have either A-level certificate, IB or Foundation Degree. Generally, the course lasts 3-4 years, depending on the chosen programme, and successfully combines theoretical studies with its further implementation in practice. Those students who have successfully completed the programme obtain the first academic degree – the Bachelor, and have a wide range of employment opportunities worldwide.
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Category: Rolex
Lady Rolex Watches With Special Dials
Rolex provides some of the best lady size watches in the market. Having striking looks, they also come with automatic movements, which is not a common practice, since most ladies watch are powered by quartz movements .
Rolex is assumed to have reserved a number of beautiful meteorites, they use them on specific models at times. For example, this two-tone ladies Datejust 179173 comes with the striking meteorite dial, featured by its extraordinary interwoven pattern made by long nickel-iron crystals.
Moreover, to make the replica watch more extravagant, there add ten diamond hour indicator on the dial framed by 18k yellow gold to match the bezel. What make the looks complete is the two-tone Oyster bracelet with yellow gold center links flanked by steel ones.
If you prefer earth-made stones, then this gorgeous watch will meed your demand. The blue hue of this lapis dial looks extremely vivid contrasting against the white materials. There are the stainless steel Oyster case in 36 mm and Jubilee bracelet, the white gold fluted bezel, and white diamond markers on the dial.
As a Datejust 36 model, this is not actually a ladies watch. Rolex officially release the Datejust 36 as a man’s fake watch. But in our opinion, this lapis and diamond Rolex watch would certainly look gorgeous on a woman’s wrist.
Replica Rolex President fake watches for men are named Day-Date, actually ladies’ President watches are Datejust watches that came with the renowned President band. For example, this striking Datejust ref. 79138 crafted in 18k yellow gold from 26 mm Oyster case to fluted bezel to President bracelet.
What makes this yellow gold watch special is the dark black onyx dial without any hour makers. The dial of this fake watch, which houses three center hands and a date window, is a perfect demonstration of when less is more.
Much like the essential of short black dress, this yellow gold ladies President with a black onyx dial will always look gracious and appropriate on.
Rolex offers a large number of women’s watches with a lot of material options, size, and color options. However, those Rolex replica watches with stone dials offer something extremely distinctive.
Green Rolex Daytona Raising Popularity
Today we are going to talk something about the replica Rolex Daytona with yellow gold case and green dial. It gives a completely new definition to perpetual perfection. It is an entire package deal. Elegant, masterfully crafted, exceptionally accurate and eye catching, this amazing model belongs to me now and I eager to share with you my ideas on this wonderful replica watch.
The word “replica” is a real turn off for most of you, but not for me. I have the great example that owning a watch can be as rewarding as having the original one just that you don’t have to break the bank to buy it. Take this Rolex Daytona, for example, it has cost me only hundred a bulk bucks and it looks so nice.
Apart from that, but I am also very impressed with its authentic design, perfect representation of the genuine markings and logos, exact sizes and weight. It is an amazing acquisition and I feel like it was absolutely worth it.
Let’s take a view at what the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona stands for before we get to the actual part where I review my watch. The fake rolex Daytona unveiled in 1963 as a professional racing watch. The best drivers were strong supporters of this model due to its perfect features.
As any other popular timepiece in the world, the Rolex Daytona has known an impressive pallet of variations and improvements- both cosmetically and technically. As it is one of the most representative chronograph sports watches on the planet, it is simple for us to understand why by now the brand has perfected and re-perfected everything about its functionality.
Although the rolex Daytona is one of Rolex’s oldest unchanged models, the brand has succeeded to keep its popularity high by concentrating on valuable metals and stones that boost its prestige and status. It has a beautifully simple brushed finished screw down case back and an easy to operate winding crown that features the correct markings on its end part. And, of course, the sapphire crystal that shines elegantly over the dial and has the small Rolex crown laser etched above the 6 o’clock position. All these similarities are impressive for a watch.
At the inside of this elegant Rolex Cosmograph Daytona there lays hidden a very complex gem, the most curial and particular part of the watch, the in-house Rolex-made caliber 4130 automatic chronograph movement. After all that has been said above I can’t expect anyone to think that my rolex replica is as good as the original one in terms of automatic movement and functionality. I mean, I totally like this knockoff, but I got to be realistic.
As for the bracelet, Rolex is well-known for its Oyster bracelet introduced in the late 1930s that is basically a very cozy, narrowing three-link bracelet with brushed outer links and polished centers. It goes without saying, it looks like a million bucks in 18 ct yellow gold, but why should it cost a fortune? My fake Daytona watch has the same particularly comfortable and robust metal band with wide flat three piece links made from full solid stainless steel triple wrapped in 18 ct yellow gold.
Let’s draw a conclusion, the model with green dial and yellow gold case is a rarity among all the brands. Rolex doesn’t make that many yellow gold Daytona’s and the fact that it opt such a special color for the dial reconfirms its importance. It is a very significant model within the collection, a watch you simply can’t miss out on.
3 good Rolex Watch Resolutions for New Year
As New Year is coming, we are making a list of goals we are pursued for the next year, whether you want a healthier lifestyle, work productively or provide more present for our loved ones, all of these intends to make a wonderful tone for your plan in the near future. As fake Rolex enthusiasts, these crowned beauties are often preoccupied with our mind naturally. Here we’d like to share you a set of Rolex watches resolutions, as it’s a year of happy Rolex collecting!
We see this too frequently in our daily life and work, smart watches put on wrists don’t fit the wearer very well. And that’s a shame because it takes away from the appealing design of the timepiece. Whether the case is too big or small, or the bracelet is too tight or loose, an improper watch not only looks awkward, but it’s uncomfortable to wear as well.
Take a good look at your wrist and figure out the best Rolex case size you suit. Do you have small wrists that would benefit from the more traditional 34mm and 36mm size cases? Or the slightly larger 40mm and 41mm case sizes would fit for a medium size guy perfectly? Or if you want he biggest Rolex case sizes of 42mm or 44mm for your large wrists? The thing you should do is trying a various of sizes on and pick the one that fits best. Furthermore, don’t forget about the bracelet fit either. You can search ‘How to size a Rolex’ on Google and look for us. Take some bracelet links out if necessary to avoid your watch slipping right off your hand, while a too tight strap is also unavailable which would affect the blood flow to your hand.
It’s really a great thing that getting a fantastic proper Rolex watch with a price much below retail. The advantage is, not only will you be the owner of a wonderful Rolex proudly, but also you can save some money. Rolex replica watches are built to last and not just for one lifetime, but for several. Consequently, you’re getting your hands on something that has plenty of life left when you buy a used Rolex, particularly if you buy a pre-owned Rolex from a dealer who only sells watches in solid working condition with good reputation. Since the secondary market is rife with counterfeit watches, you should pay attention to it and make sure you only buy from a reliable source that our Rolex enthusiasts support.
The last tip is selling Rolex watches that you don’t use, which will not only save you money but also help to clear the clutter. Though many watches hold sentimental value, only those you really love wearing should be left in the watch box. You can make some money from selling your Rolexes and also make space for new ones that you’ll wear all the time by this way. There is no better than Bob’s Watches for the best prices and top customer service while you’re going to selling your Rolex. We are proudly the founders of Rolex Exchange where we list the buy and sell prices of specific replica Rolex references openly, which is a revolutionary system even noted in Forbes. Thus you’ll get a fair market price for it when you sell your Rolex to Bob’s.
An ‘Expedition Watch Program’ for Rolex and The Explorers Club
When it comes to The Explorers Club on Manhattan’s Upper East side, Rolex watch will be always thought of by us at the first time. Since Rolex has been a supporting partner of The Explorers Club for decades, except financial support through event underwriting and grants, three watches are provided specially to be worn on expeditions: an Explorer (duh!), an Explorer II, and a Submariner. These watches are the subject of what is being called the “Rolex Expedition Watch Program”, also will be awarded to worthy expeditions, based on detailed applications submitted to a selection committee that includes the first American woman to walk in space and one of the first men to the deepest spot in the ocean.
David Concannon, who is the Chairman of the selection committee, thinks the Rolex watch program is a perfect fit for the Explorers Club. The fact is, “Many of the greatest triumphs in exploration, from finding the Titanic to breaking the sound barrier and reaching the deepest point in the world’s ocean, have been accomplished by Explorers Club members wearing Rolex replica watches,” Concannon says. The Explorers Club is very excited to remain the long term partnership with Rolex to further more achievements for their require.
As part of the Expedition Watch Program, each selected expedition leader will wear the chosen Rolex during their mission, capturing photographic evidence of it for posterity and return the watch to the Club once their mission is over. Rolex will engrave the back of the watch to commemorate each expedition, a plaque will keep a running history of each watch’s use, and then the given watch will remain at the Explorers Club until the next assigned expedition. Finally, each watch will be retired after a number of expeditions to be left on permanent display at the Explorers Club like the flags.
There is no doubt that fake Rolex has a long history in exploration, having been on the wrists of Edmund Hillary, Reinhold Messner, and Ed Viesturs in the mountains, Will Steger, Wally Herbert, and Ranulph Fiennes at the Poles, and countless ocean explorers from Cameron and Earle to Jacques Cousteau. No one would forget the full-page Rolex ads depicting adventurers in caves, on polar ice, or in volcano craters, including Hillary, Viesturs, Steger, Herbert, Cameron and Earle, were or are Explorers Club members.
Although it was advertising, we can feel more authentic from that video and photos than we tend to see these days. Rolex is trying its best to recapture that vibe and is refocusing some of its marketing on the brand’s history on wrists in harm’s way. Cooperate with The Explorers Club is part of that effort, and it seems a good choice. Someone who are wearing watches can bring us the positive energy, most challenging, ambitious and daunting endeavors, shows us true commitment and confidence as possible as it can.
Short Review Rolex Explorer and Rolex Submariner
1953 was no doubt important for Rolex and two of its well known watch series. That year, the brand released both the Submariner and the Explorer, both of which are impressive in appearance and function. However, each replica watch has seen significant evolution in its own unique way through the years.
When the two fake watches were first released, their quality were tested immediately. Replica Rolex sponsored Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay for their an expedition to Mount Everest with an Oyster Perpetual. Although the watch wasn’t under the name of Explorer at the time, it was one of the first watches to reach Everest’s peak and served as inspiration source for the Explorer collection. Also Submariner was sent to the deepest depths of the ocean along with Auguste Piccard. He attached the watch to his submarine’s hull and dive 3100 meters into the sea. When he resurfaced, the Submariner still performed properly.
The Explorer and Submariner quickly received their recognition as high-end tool watches. The Explorer went through several design changes during its first decade. However, in 1963, Rolex released the Ref. 1016, the notable variation of the Explorer had continuously been produced for 26 years. Generally, the Submariner has remained largely unchanged since its first debut. However, same as the Explorer, the Submariner received one of its trademark aesthetic updates several years after it first launched. In 1959, Rolex released the Ref. 5512, feathuring the model’s large crown and crown guards.
Both of the cheap watches have been through significant changes in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s ,Explorer in particular. In the late 1960’s, Rolex debuted the Submariner Ref. 1680, which was recognized as much more than a diver’s tool with the addition of a date function and Cyclops magnifier. The early 1970’s brought about a new era for the Explorer. In 1971, Rolex released the first Explorer II with the Ref. 1655. This was believed a bold move. At the beginning, many fans of the model regarded it as an utter departure from the original and missed the fancy look and feel of the Explorer.
Nowadays, the Explorer II and the Submariner remain to be two of Rolex’s most popular models. Both models feathre the durability and functionality of a tool watch with the timeless design Rolex replica is known for, making them seamlessly transition from an adventure to a night out on the town. Each of the watch has been proved durable through extreme conditions and everyday use. When a fake watch is backed by the iconic Rolex name, it’s hard to choose a favorite.
Replicas like Rolex, Richard Mille and more for the US Open
You may all focus on the new official timepiece of the tennis tournament when we embark on the 50th anniversary edition of the US Open. Rolex is replacing Citizen, which had been a sponsor of the US Open for over many years. The popular replica Rolex is already the official timekeeper of the Australian Open and has an important and significant roster of tennis players among its ambassadors.
The white gold Rolex watch has a dark rhodium dial and fluted bezel. Should a Rolex ambassador raise the Tiffany & Co. hardware in Arthur Ashe Stadium, some of you might be sporting that Datejust. In the coming weeks, we will see close to AU$3 million in watches at the tournament, and Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic are all scheduled to play.
As for the females, I can’t wait to see what Angelique Kerber, another German, will wear if she wins the US tournament. My guess is a white-dial fake Rolex Daytona, a piece she wore when she accepted the trophy at the Sydney International tournament earlier this year. She wore the same watch after winning Wimbledon in July.
And in doubles, American Mike Bryan, who has been the world’s No. 1 doubles player for more than eight years, is a brand ambassador for Baume & Mercier, wearing the black-dial Clifton Club.
Another female player, Elina Svitolina, the Ukrainian, she wore the Lady Marine chronometer model and ranks 7th in the world, is a Ulysse Nardin brand ambassador.
No tennis article is complete without mention of a Williams sister. It is a particular time for Serena Williams, an Audermars Piguet brand ambassador, who is making a comeback to the American Grand Slam tournament — this time last year, she was just having her first child.
I eager to see if Novak Djokovic will be sporting the brand new Breitling Premier automatic skeleton in limited edition, the first replica Breitling automatic watch ever designed for Djokovic. The fake watch is released overseas as the tournament closes. Djokovic, a brand ambassador with Breitling since 2014, doesn’t play tennis with his watch, but wears it as soon as he steps off court.
At last, I think the award for Best Brand Ambassador in Tennis should go to “that other Swiss player”. Stan Wawrinka wears his amazing rolex replica while hitting the ball, and the watch is far from being Nadal’s featherweight tourbillon! In the past two years, Wawrinka won the US Open title while wearing a 42mm Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph in steel, a piece he wore during the entire tournament.
Rolex a partner with the sport of golf
Rolex has been a partner with the sport of golf for 50 years or more. One of their longest-standing relationships has been with the British Open, also known as The Open Championship. The first British Open was held in 1860, making it the oldest of the four major golf tournaments and the only one played outside the United States. Over the past 3 decades, fake Rolex has boasted as the Official Timekeeper for the famous event as well as sponsored many of the players who have taken home the coveted Claret Jug.
As Official Timekeeper, Rolex plays an important role in tracking and supervising the official rules of golf set forth by the iconic Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. You might have noticed that reference clocks placed throughout the court to assist with monitoring the game. This year’s 147th Open Championships is held at Carnoustie on Scotland’s Angus coast. This particular course is one of the toughest and longest in the world, measuring more than 7,400 yards in length.
As Official Timekeeper. They also sponsored a number of top golfers attending this year’s event. We can’t say that a Rolex replica brings good luck to a given player. However, Rolex ambassadors have a strong track record of getting a victory at The Open.
At the Carnoustie course 50 years ago, golf legend Gary Player hit one of the greatest shots of his career to land his second Claret Jug. He went on to get a third one six years later in 1974. The man was raised by a single dad who worked as a gold miner. Early in the player’s career, his father told him, “you keep working hard like this, and one day, you might even buy yourself a cheap Rolex.” And, that’s just what he did after scoring his first British Open win in 1959. As he’s enjoying retirement, you can still see him wearing a inexpensive fake Rolex, a President to be exact.
Tom Watson is another well-known player at The Open. He’s won the famous Claret Jug an unbelievable five times in a span of just nine years and will participate in this year’s tournament. Watson vowed to treat himself to a cheap Rolex watch after he earned a million dollars in winnings, and he became an official ambassador for the brand in 2011. You might spot him wearing a Daytona in post-game interviews. Famed golfer Tiger Woods is also a regular winner of the British Open. He’s gotten the title three times, in 2000, 2002, and 2008, and he’s competing in the tournament again this year. Woods has had a longstanding relationship with Rolex and recently he has been sporting a Sea-Dweller or Deepsea.
High Quality Replica Rolex Cellini 4243 Watch
Maybe the Cellini 4243 isn’t your daily watch and of course it is not your Rolex. This amazing fake watch is meant to accompany you to black tie events, cocktail parties and date night. The smooth, curvy case against a leather strap gives the inherently classy, elevated aesthetic you should match your appearance together.
The Cellini itself is an essential piece of the fake Rolex collection, marrying the holongeries high standards for timekeeping while encapsulating the heritage of watchmaking itself. Still not intrigued by this little-heard-of Rolex? Well, maybe the fact that the president Barack Obama wears a Cellini will make you excited. Even though the 50509 he sported for his presidential portrait has a much more versatile, daytime feel than this gorgeous, white gold 4233 we’re looking at today.
What’s outstanding point about this watch is the pure simplicity and elegance, and that begins with the silver face. Reflecting light and mimicking the cool, curvaceous feel of the case, the face is polished and clean. The luminous baton index hour markers outlined in white gold reach out to the center, curved, rectangular minute-markers hugging the inner bezel.
But what your eye follows around the face are the tapered sweeping hands, swinging past the cursive Cellini inscribed above 6-o’clock and the boxy Rolex replica logo at the top. Certainly, the face is well-protected by a scratch resistant sapphire crystal.
The case seems circular at first sight, but you’ll realize it’s almost squared-off with rounded edges — the round face adding to the illusion if you are upon closer inspection. Clocking in at 38mm, the case of the Cellini 4243 is designed to sit perfectly on the wrist, large enough to catch your attention but not petite. Then there are the lugs which are small and flat, the crown not sticking far off the side either, further adding to the simplicity.
There is a manual winding movement inside the case, the Caliber 1602 which boasts 20 jewels, a 46-hour power reserve and beats at 21,600bph. Described as the replica Rolex’s contemporary celebration of classicism, it’s fitting to pair this contemporary heritage timepiece with a traditional manual movement.
Top Selling Rolex Replica Blueberry Series
Most people who are interested in Rolex collections have a good understanding of their legendary, multi-time zone pilot’s watch, the GMT-Master. Even though the various GMT-Master and GMT-Master II references with their soda-themed nicknames have become mainstays within the luxury collecting world, there is an extra iteration that gains far less focus: the Rolex Blueberry GMT.
The “Blueberry” GMT-Master is necessarily just a regular reference 1675 from the 1970s that was originally fitted with an all-blue bezel insert. Different from the other colors of bezel inserts that have been available for the GMT-Master line of watches, the all-blue insert of the “Blueberry” GMT is not something that Rolex replica ever officially provided as an option at any of their regular authorized dealers.
On the contrary, the blue, GMT bezel insert was made in small numbers during the 1970s, and reserved exclusively for particular orders by select retailers and military groups – examples can be found with the UAE Air Force emblem on the dial. Exact production numbers are unknown; however since the all-blue, GMT bezel insert was never officially provided to the general public, even service replacement inserts would have existed in significantly smaller numbers than the rest of the available colors.
A very small number of the “Blueberry” GMT-Master replica watches in existence were originally fitted with their all-blue bezel inserts. Lots of reproduction “Blueberry” GMT inserts are available today; however a huge number of the genuine all-blue inserts are not actually original to their respective watches, but rather added on later during a subsequent service or repair.
The era of fake Rolex dials pre-dates the whole window of time in which these all-blue bezel inserts were in production. As a result, all “Blueberry” GMT-Master watches will be fitted with matte dials with white text, instead of the earlier glossy gilt dials, or later era gloss dials with white gold surrounds for the hour markers. What’s more, the “Blueberry” GMT-Master can be found with either an all-red GMT-hand, or the classic GMT-hand with the red center section; however it should be noted that the all-red GMT-hand variant is generally considered to be less common.
Since the all-blue bezel insert is the only defining features of the “Blueberry” GMT-Master, the price and desirability of such inserts has gone up crazily in recent years, as an increasing number of buyers have tried to secure one for their own collections.
Rolex Chronograph 6234
The Rolex Oyster Chronograph replica watch is often taken as the grandfather of the Rolex Daytona. Manufactured from 1955 to 1961, it provides many of the same features as the Daytona, but lacks much of its technological innovation. For instance, reference 6234 utilizes Rolex Caliber 72 with 17 jewels and column wheel construction. Therefore, reference 6234 lacks an automatic movement, as the Daytona possesses. This well-known replica must be manually wound rather than automatically winding with the flick of the wrist.
Rolex made around 500 reference 6234’s per year during its 6 year production run, averaging at a full production number of about 2300 stainless steel models and less than 150 14k and 18k gold models. The dial was also varying in design, with some watches featuring a white dial while others featured a black dial.
The three sub dials featured on the main dial varied between some pieces as well. The three sub dials offer a constant seconds counter at 9 o’clock, a 30 minute counter at 3 o’clock, and a 12 hour counter at 6 o’clock. These sub dials allow the wearer to simultaneously measure speed and distance. Reference 6234 also features a tachometer scale on the outer ring and a telemeter scale for distances on the inner ring. The timepiece is topped with a plastic crystal, rather than the later synthetic sapphire crystal. Each watch is also typically finished off with an oyster riveted bracelet. Depending on the watch finish or later alteration the oyster bracelet could be made of stainless steel, 14k gold, 18k gold, or leather.
The Oyster crown is set at the 3 o’clock mark and is flanked by twin round pushers, giving the watch a sporty appearance. Though not a Daytona feature, a surprising technically innovative feature of reference 6234 is its magnetic resistance, which aids in maintaining the timepiece’s precision and accuracy. Some similarities between the later Daytona and reference 6234 include the utilization of the replica Rolex’s patented oyster case, which can withstand water pressure and remain waterproof up to 200 meters. The oyster case maintains its water resistance through the use of three components; bezel, case body, and screw down case back.
The Rolex replica Chronograph 6234 is one of the most prized vintage Rolex watches as the forerunner of the Rolex Daytona. But it does not give the convenience of automatic winding, and it does offer many wonderful features Rolex eventually incorporated into their later models. The Rolex Chronograph 6234 is a must have piece for any Rolex collection, not only as a wonderful example of Rolex history, but as a vintage, yet totally wearable watch.
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wakaba.c3.cx :: Games
Here are some links to various small games and experiments I've made and put up on the net over the years:
Some browser-based games:
A simple implementation of Picross.
The puzzle game Lines.
A browser-based implementation of Pente, for playing against friends online.
Some Gameboy Advance experiments that I unfortunately lost the source for and can't continue.
Double Tetris for the Nintendo DS.
MacSwear v1.0
Download Source code Discussion thread
MacSwear is a better native port of Swear for Mac OS X. It uses OpenGL and a Cocoa GUI. It runs much smoother than the Allegro-based version of Swear, and it has some small graphical improvements.
The source is provided, and while the GUI part of it is heavily OS X-centric, the game part is written in plain C++ and OpenGL, and should be quite portable. I would very much like to see the game ported to other platforms, so I would be very grateful if somebody did this for me!
MilkSnake is an updated version of this same basic game, but with much improved graphics, and with music and sounds!
MilkSnake v1.0
On the Mac App Store Discussion thread
MilkSnake is a new take on the classical snake game. It is played on the surface of various 3D shapes, such as a sphere, a torus and even a Möbius strip.
It has its own homepage:
milksnake.c3.cx
Download Source code Discussion thread Bug tracker
Speed! is a simple first-person game where the goal is to race through a maze as fast as possible.
Speed! is a port an old Amiga game. It features the original's graphics, gameplay and music. It runs on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and the Nintendo DS. It can probably be made to work on many other platforms fairly easily, too.
Swear v1.0
Swear is a game I wrote a long time ago (the original version ran on the Amiga!).
The game itself is the classic worm game, played in non-euclidean space - that is to say, it is played on the surface of various three-dimensional shapes. It's a pretty simplistic game, and it's old enough to use no hardware acceleration of any kind, so performance may vary.
It's multi-platform, using the Allegro library. I've built it for Windows and Mac OS X. The Mac OS X version doesn't run all that smoothly, though, and I recommend using MacSwear instead. Theoretically, it should compile on Linux machines too, if they have the Allegro library installed, and you run make os=unix. However, this is largely untested.
Realistically speaking, I probably won't do much development on this from here on out. If you want to report bugs, go ahead, but there's no guarantee that I'll do anything about them. If you want to take the source and run with it, go right ahead.
MilkSnake is an updated version of this same basic game for Mac OS X, but with much improved graphics, and with music and sounds!
All files on these pages are released into the Public Domain, unless otherwise specified.
The author, Dag Ågren/WAHa.06x36, can be contacted either on the support message board or by email.
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The Desktop
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Support Board
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More about PowerPoint
The article in the Melbourne Age that Sascha referred to was called “The PowerPoint of no return” by Christopher Scanlon of RMIT University.
Technologies…shape what we think about, how we think about it, and, more importantly, how we relate to the world around us.
The book referred to is The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint by Edward Tufte – and interestlngly, Tufte suggests that PowerPoint affects the way we think also, something I hadn’t really considered before.
For the naive bullet lists may create the appearance of hard-headed organised thought. But in the reality of day-to-day practice, the PowerPoint cognitive style is faux-analytical. Bullet outlines can make us stupid, says Tufte.
A couple of other good sources re powerpoint are Seth Godwin’s on-line mag How to avoid really bad powerpoint and Cliff Atkinson’s book Beyond Bullet Points.
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Vietnam premier wants to finish privatizing 289 state-run firms by 2015
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Transforming state-run enterprises into joint stock companies is now a top priority of the government and it should be done by the end of this year, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung requested Thursday.
Vietnam has targeted to transfer the state ownership in 432 businesses to private investors between 2014 and 2015, and finished doing so at 143 firms last year.
This means there is nine months left for 289 businesses to complete their privatization, the premier said as he chaired a meeting on the country’s plan for reforming state-owned enterprises in Hanoi.
“We should try to reach the target without making any mistakes or hasty decisions,” Dung said, adding that the state-run businesses “should not be bargained away.”
The prime minister said the state-owned enterprise reform plan has been going on the right track, even though there are still issues to solve.
“The performance of some state-run enterprises is still behind their potential, while some others are making losses and have poor productivity,” he elaborated.
The premier used mobile network operator MobiFone and beverage producer Sabeco as good examples of strong companies that will easily find buyers for their stakes.
“Investors are interested in MobiFone and Sabeco even though they were only allowed to acquire small stakes in them, whereas there are companies for which investors are hesitant to open their pockets due to their poor performance,” Dung said.
The Vietnamese government still holds stakes in many businesses which some industry insiders say do not need to be owned by the state.
“We should be brave enough to surmount this obstacle,” the premier said.
He also emphasized that no matter whether a company is owned by the state or private investors, it is in the end a Vietnamese firm.
“So did we lose anything [from the privatization]?” he said. “Everyone should join in developing the economy otherwise we will never be able to achieve victory.”
The premier said the private sector should be considered motivation for economic development and the government’s job is to “create conditions, develop infrastructure, and set the rules” for businesses operating in it.
Seaports, telecom giant to be privatized
Transport Minister Dinh La Thang also told the meeting that some positive results have been gained from privatization in the transportation sector.
Some transport businesses, and even hospitals, have improved performance after privatization, he said.
“Some chief officials worried that they would lose their managerial positions following the privatization, but the results have proven them otherwise,” the minister said.
The transport ministry is considering privatizing the country’s two largest seaports, the Hai Phong Port in the north and Saigon Port in the south.
The plan faces objections from some insiders that these facilities could become privately-owned ports, but Minister Thang said it is not an issue.
“What matters is whether we can have bigger and stronger ports, not whether they belong to the state or private investors,” he said.
Besides the Hai Phong and Saigon ports, the privatization plan for MobiFone, the country’s second largest mobile service supplier, is also receiving special attention from investors.
“The plan will be completed up to five months earlier than expected,” said Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son.
The ministry-run MobiFone is slated to work with a consultant agency about the plan next month and will finish the evaluation task by the end of the third quarter of this year, according to the minister.
“Nearly ten foreign investors have shown interest in acquiring a stake in MobiFone,” Minister Son said.
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WTC Memorial - by Michael Arad (Architect) and Peter Walker (Landscape)
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May 27th, 2013, 11:23 AM #4936
It would be great if the memorial was just open to the city.
Veterans Virtual Memorial Tour
© 2013 National September 11 Memorial & Museum
May 28th, 2013, 09:53 PM #4938
The MEMO Blog
Little-Known Memorial a Perfect Tribute
By Jenny Pachucki
The original key and key tag to the steam room where the Morgan tribute exists.
Several stories below the 9/11 Memorial plaza is a modest memorial concealed from sight in a steam room. Its obscurity is intended.
On June 7, 2012 employees for the utility company Con Edison gathered in the steam meter room for a small ceremony in honor of 9/11 victim Richard “Dick” Morgan, who they affectionately called the Mayor of Con Ed. There, in this tucked away space, a wall plaque was unveiled to recognize Morgan, revered as a venerable first responder. They came together a day before what would have been Morgan’s 77th birthday.
As vice president of emergency management at Con Ed, Morgan’s job was to respond to areas whenever power needed to be restored and to manage any safety concerns. On 9/11, he was trying to reach a substation and was killed in the collapse of the North Tower.
A steam room may seem an unlikely place for a 9/11 memorial, but Con Ed employees regularly visited the World Trade Center steam room to record the meter registration and inspect the huge cut-off valve that they called “Big Bertha.” For many it is a befitting place to pay homage to respected Con Ed hero Richard Morgan.
Further honoring their fallen comrade, Con Ed donated to the 9/11 Memorial Museum a shadow box containing a specially mounted original key and key tag to that steam room.
Chief Curator Jan Ramirez and I attended that June ceremony with Morgan’s children, grandchildren and colleagues. It was an emotional occasion for us. We both got to know his family over the years through our work.
We often joked that we wanted to be adopted by the Morgans – a warm family you hope would offer you a seat at Thanksgiving dinner. Although we never had the privilege of meeting the Mayor of Con Ed, his humor, decency, devotion to duty and family still animate his clan of kids, grandkids, and former coworkers .
Very few people will see this humble, small memorial plaque. But this little-known memorial shows that whether a memorial is visited by millions of people or just a few, there is honor, a ritual, care and profound sentiment invested in making a memorial that counts and embodies its unique meaning.
© 2013 National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
BigMac, thanks for that Memorial Day video.
It will be eventually.
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June 16th, 2013, 04:53 PM #4942
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Are You One of the 8 Million?
By Anthony Guido
Overhead shot of the 9/11 Memorial plaza. (photo by Joe Woolhead)
The 9/11 Memorial has now seen more than 8 million visitors since opening to the general public on September 12, 2011.
The milestone was marked on our social media channels, and users reacted in great numbers. Visitors shared their impressions and had a lot to say.
June 26th, 2013, 08:38 AM #4944
Still not completed. Not even for the 12th Anniversary??
July 15th, 2013, 06:42 PM #4945
Eight trees on Greenwich St opposite the Oculus. Waiting to be planted.
Crabby airline hostess -
Nairobi Hilton
Not good in this heat!
The tree is native and its habitat is large, extending much further south.
Temperature isn't so much an issue as sunlight and drought - byproducts of high temperature. The tree likes full sunlight and is moderately resistant to drought.
They'll get plenty of water.
It's the roots that can't take the heat.
Tress don't get heat stroke like humans, and they don't die quickly.
Water is the most limiting ecological resource for most tree and forest sites.
http://warnell.forestry.uga.edu/warn...php3?docID=165
July 16th, 2013, 12:14 AM #4950
Those trees have been acclimating themselves to similar conditions for what seems like decades across the river in Jersey, so there's no big adjustment. Plus the root ball is mammoth, and will simply have the outer crate removed, not disturbing the root system, and then dropped into what's likely to be the best engineered planting hole the world has ever seen.
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SaaS, Accounting, Microsoft Money and Hyperbole.
freshbooks, intuit, Intuit Partner Platform, kashflow, Microsoft, sage, service, Web application
Over on Accounting Web, a right royal stoush was started when Aqilla’s Hugh Scantlebury wrote an op ed piece opining what the withdrawal of Microsoft’s Office Accounting product means and, more importantly, what is behind the move. For those who need the history, Microsoft discontinued its Office Accounting product line, having determined that;
existing free templates within Office used with Excel [were] a better option for small businesses, and the Microsoft Dynamics ERP products were appropriate for mid-range organizations
It’s an interesting move at a time when micro to small business is a massive proportion of global GDP and at a time when, coming out of a recession, one would imagine an upswing in micro business activity. Given this and the end-of-lifeing of Microsoft money, it’s clear something more has to be going on… more on that another day.
Anyway, Hugh starts of by arguing that the withdrawal of Office Accounting doesn’t mark the end for desktop software – a fact that’s hard to argue given the tend of millions of customers still using products from the main desktop app vendors. Hugh went on however to say that while the move doesn’t indicate a watershed moment, that there is in fact a;
gradual move to web-based or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) accounting, and that’s set to change the industry
It’s an interesting forum to make such a bold claim – accountants are by nature conservative and he was taking a vision of the future over to their turf. This was made obvious by the first couple of comments on the post which, while dwelling on the negative aspects of this issue, were not without merit;
When my software carries on working even when I lose my connection and then synchronises data and programs on reconnection, then its time has come.
Cloud computing won’t really take off until we see reliable minimum internet speeds nearer 20mbps; good insured service from the software suppliers; guaranteed portability of data from one supplier to the other in the event of service failures and cost efficiencies that they can only dream about at present.
Over on AccMan, Dennis Howlett came out swinging with a critique of Hugh’s thinking concurring with one of the commenters on the original post who says that;
There has been a flood of vendor entrants, simply because it is a whole lot easier to put up a server than it is to go out and grab 1% market share, but the numbers don’t stack up. While the providors of web based systems are really cagey about their user bases it is a simple matter to check it out on Alexa. The traffic on all of them is abysmal.
At face value this is a sound argument. Xero, one of the shining lights of the “new dawn” of SaaS accounting offering had, at it’s latest reporting period, 12000 paying customers. KashFlow has several thousand as well. FreshBooks has several hundred thousand customers but remains very cagey about how many of those actually pay for the service – there are a plethora of other Accounting software vendors for micro businesses – but most of them have customer counts only in triple figures, and many of them in the low triple figures to boot.
These numbers pale in comparison to the “big boys” – Sage, Intuit (disclosure – Intuit is a client) and MYOB who, between them, have around 12 million paying customers. By these metrics alone, SaaS is little more than a rounding error on the scale of things.
But this contention conveniently ignores the fact that all of the traditional vendors are making moves (albeit nascent in some cases) into a cloud-y world. Sage had it’s SageLive offering (admittedly ultimately a failure) and Sage internationally is active with a number of SaaS products. MYOB too had a SaaS offering that was doomed to failure but they’re envisioning a world where the cloud is part of what they do and finally Intuit has the Intuit Partner Platform, a move that arguably gives them the best of both worlds. Clearly there is a general expectation that, whether or not you consider SaaS and the cloud generally revolutionary, there is a shift underway that no one can ignore.
Some define this change as a move to web based software or SaaS, while others see a more hybrid approach that marries some degree of desktop with cloud services but, either way, it’s a slow but inexorable move towards a world that ceases to rely solely on a physical server sitting in someone’s back office or, for that matter, a hard drive on a laptop..
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Brian Winter said: June 21st, 2012 (6:04pm) PDT
Wow! A totally beautiful photo gallery!
sas astro said: April 12th, 2012 (2:08pm) PDT
Thanks for your visit and comments Barbara, good to know that in some things we look eye to eye ;-)
Richard Gaffney said: April 8th, 2012 (4:36pm) PDT
Thanks Barbara for commenting on Sundown.
Lorenzo Cassina said: April 8th, 2012 (11:47am) PDT
Thanks again Barbara! Appreciated!
Barbara, your kind words to my "Good Friday" image is greatly appreciated. Thank you and Happy Easter!
Leif Rasmussen said: April 7th, 2012 (8:47pm) PDT
Thank you for your comments on "Vintage Muscle". I used Photomatix pro.
Lorenzo Cassina said: April 1st, 2012 (3:32pm) PDT
Many thanks Barbara! Appreciate your comments to "Coupling."
Dani Parra said: April 1st, 2012 (1:50pm) PDT
Tus imagenes son fabulosas.
Richard Gaffney said: April 1st, 2012 (11:18am) PDT
Thank you Barbara.
John Kimball said: April 1st, 2012 (6:41am) PDT
Many Thanks for your wonderful support Barbara!
Richard Gaffney said: March 31st, 2012 (5:41pm) PDT
Thank you Barbara for your comments.
Lorenzo Cassina said: March 30th, 2012 (6:21pm) PDT
Thank you Barbara for including me in your sanplist. Appreciated!
Jim Nall said: March 29th, 2012 (3:55pm) PDT
Hey Barbara, thanks for commenting on my 'Magnificient Explosion' image. You are too kind!
Richard Gaffney said: March 29th, 2012 (1:18pm) PDT
Thank you Barbara for your thoughtful comments always Appreciated from a true Artest,regards.
Michael D. Friedman said: March 29th, 2012 (10:41am) PDT
I'm glad you enjoyed 'Purple Anemone' Barbara. Actually, it wasn't overcast but rather in the shade on the northeast side of a house. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Tom Shacochis said: March 23rd, 2012 (11:54am) PDT
You were most kind in your comments. I admire what you do....and how you do it. There is a lot of BS on the opinion board...but my opinion of your work is honestly high.
John Kortland said: March 23rd, 2012 (7:08am) PDT
Just stumbled across your photographs, what superb images and technical expertise. I am in awe of the picture quality of your images and the patience you possess, although I'm a street shooter myself I appreciate all forms of photography and I admire people who can do landscapes as well as you, I've tried but not very sucessfully. Great work, enjoyed viewing it.
mitsu miya said: March 22nd, 2012 (12:59pm) PDT
Thank you for your kind visit and your kind comments.
Greg McCown said: March 21st, 2012 (2:20pm) PDT
Great to see you here Barbara. I've greatly enjoyed your work on Flickr for a long time. And it looks even better here.
Richard Gaffney said: March 21st, 2012 (9:12am) PDT
Thank you very much for taking time to comment.
Simon Barker said: March 17th, 2012 (11:47pm) PDT
Hi Barbara, thanks for adding me to your snaplist. If you do have a chance to look through my gallery, please know that I am very open to any comments that you see fit to make. I do think that on sites like this constructive comments should be encouraged. If someone takes the time to do that to my photos I am very grateful. I am glad that I found your gallery, as you have some wonderful work. The Scottish Highlands do look amazing and you capture them so well. Regards, Simon.
Nair Fotografia said: March 16th, 2012 (7:32pm) PDT
Thanks for the link, i ll check it out Barbara
Thank you Barbara for commenting, rating, and making my images your favorite. Truly appreciated!
said: March 16th, 2012 (2:42pm) PDT
Hello there and thanks for the wonderful comments earlier! Seems I'm so nit-picky and I'm still not completely satisfied with it (Oak Creek) - but you have to put the mind at rest and 'call it a day' somewhere - huh? LOL Thx!
Nair Fotografia said: March 16th, 2012 (11:31am) PDT
Thanks for your comments Barbara...yeah i wasn't a big fan of the sky either that i did in the Color pop 2.0...it was cloned in from somewhere else :) i didn't get the link you were talking about Luminosity masks..
Thanks for your visit and kind comments, Barbara.
Betty Ditscheid said: March 15th, 2012 (11:37am) PDT
Thank you Barbara, Yes, our sunshine is wonderful at he moment. It´s real spring in Vienna, almost 20°C will we get to tomorrow, so hurry up in the nature... But Scotland has a lot favours too ;) Warm regards
Yes - by all means, do the dinner thing! (I had to leave for a while) Thanks for the input!!!
said: March 14th, 2012 (11:34am) PDT
Okay - had a feeling you would ask those questions - so, worked in Lr with your ?'s in mind (wow - how can you ben in 2 places at same time? Telepathic I guess - ha! - #2, changed the WB back to Day and in #3, found sRGB and changed that on both sides - bingo! Thanks Barbara!
Hey Barbara, do you use Lr3? If so, wanted to ask you a question. Thx.
Barbara, Thank you very much for your comment on Young and Naive. Carol
Johann breiner said: March 13th, 2012 (3:33am) PDT
Thank you " Barbara " for your nice Words in the comments. I wish you a nice day and week. Many greetings: Johann.
JOE DAVIL said: March 10th, 2012 (9:40pm) PST
Wow, you got it!, I was afraid to include his tutu in the shot!
mauro pasquero said: March 10th, 2012 (9:17am) PST
Thank you Barbara for your visit and your comment.
Johann breiner said: March 9th, 2012 (1:06pm) PST
Thank you very much " Barbara " for your nice words in the comments! I wish you and your family a nice weekend! Many greetings: Johann
said: March 9th, 2012 (11:29am) PST
Barbara, thank you for your comment. I posted the Whelk as a selection not to be voted on. If I really like an image, I'll favor it, otherwise I don't vote on other images either. At the moment, IMO, there's too much game playing going on and while I love photography, and really like view and critiquing images, I don't like some of the silliness. I do hope you understand. Carol
Karl Williams said: March 9th, 2012 (11:04am) PST
On its way ..
Found it - my home email is working OK - in and out. Check your email in a couple of minutes.
Anna said: March 9th, 2012 (4:25am) PST
Your work is magnificent, thank you for sharing.
Jean Day said: March 6th, 2012 (6:46pm) PST
All of your work is most impressive. Welcome and I look forward to seeing more!
Karl Williams said: March 6th, 2012 (3:06am) PST
Check your mobile - left a text last night!
Manuel Tello said: March 5th, 2012 (10:07am) PST
Barbara, my computer crashed, I'm in a public place, when I solve my problem remain in touch with you, thank you very much, until then gets a hug Manuel Tello
Richard Gaffney said: March 4th, 2012 (2:06pm) PST
Thank you Barbara for your nice comments,regards
peterj said: March 4th, 2012 (5:21am) PST
Thank you for your kind comment, it is deeply appreciated. Your photography is outstanding.
Opal Westmoreland said: March 3rd, 2012 (5:09pm) PST
Thank You for your nice comment about my photo. Your photos are wonderful...............Opal
Alberto Carati said: March 3rd, 2012 (9:05am) PST
My photo "the eyes" was taken to the Venice carnival and the person was masked by Berber. The eye color is true but the eyebrows are rigged. The photo wasn't manipulated with photoshop. I only used levels and curves and that's all. Thanks for visiting and for commenting. Have a nice weekend. PS: Sorry for bad English.
David Galdino said: March 2nd, 2012 (7:18pm) PST
Hey Barbara,thank u for commenting on my photo :)
Neil Jolly said: March 2nd, 2012 (4:53pm) PST
Thanks for picking up on that pixelated shot Barbara! I didn't look closely at it after the upload. I uploaded and ran off to work! Much appreciated.
Manuel Tello said: March 2nd, 2012 (4:50pm) PST
Barbara, thanks for visiting, I seem to recall you from 500px, I'm glad to see here
Nuno Figueira said: March 2nd, 2012 (2:22pm) PST
Hi Barbara! thank you so much for your words, much appreciated...glad that you like it.
Michael D. Friedman said: March 2nd, 2012 (11:38am) PST
Thanks for your visit, Barbara. Glad you enjoy my work.
mario pignotti said: March 2nd, 2012 (11:33am) PST
Thank yoy Barbara, I like your title ZZ Top!!
pandora said: March 2nd, 2012 (11:29am) PST
I want to thank you for your warm comment and appreciation! I'm no pro because noone wants to buy that stuff ;o) seriously, I thought about it. I just don't like to only shot events and people. we'll see... I love your scotland images. will be there soon and looking at them I just getting more and more excited :o) best greetings! steffi
Richard Gaffney said: March 2nd, 2012 (10:35am) PST
Thanks Barbara for commenting on Hornbill, Just love the eyelashes.
Alberto Carati said: March 2nd, 2012 (10:08am) PST
Thanks for taking the time to view my images and comment. Have a nice evevning.
Paul Garrett said: March 1st, 2012 (2:16pm) PST
Hey Barbara, regarding the Namib dunes, the key is making sure that they will be there and open the gates when they are supposed to be opened. This was an issue every morning that we were there.
Michael D. Friedman said: March 1st, 2012 (11:32am) PST
Thanks so much, Barbara. Your breakfast is probably healthier. :)
said: February 29th, 2012 (1:04pm) PST
Had to laugh - thanks for the "Damn" comment! Ha! - Well, I really worked on that one too. But anyway - since I'm referring to damn great shots - Sunset Over Rhum!
Richard Gaffney said: February 29th, 2012 (12:46pm) PST
Great work Barbara,nice to be here,regards.
James Webeck said: February 29th, 2012 (3:48am) PST
I genuinely appreciate your support Barbara- I have to be honest though, its quite often as much a case of good luck as "Technical" skill, seriously! I just got lucky playing around in that tunnel with my headlight- my first real go at light painting....
said: February 28th, 2012 (9:21am) PST
Hey there! Thanks for the tip - good to see you and everybody!
Karl Williams said: February 27th, 2012 (5:01am) PST
This is a bloody good site with a future - let's see if it's as good as it promises to be. Check out the "popular photographers" pages - one or two prime troll suspects in there - it was inevitable I suppose.
James Webeck said: February 27th, 2012 (12:14am) PST
Really happy to see you here also Barbara- wish I'd found this place before wasting time at that other place! Btw- ripper of a first upload!
Albert Homs P said: February 26th, 2012 (12:42pm) PST
Hello my friend!
I'm Albert Homs and as I've had problems in the computer and now I can not go to the user I created (we were friends), I had to create this new user!
I hope I can get back to friend and apologize for the inconvenience!
Have a very nice day my friend!
Paul McConville said: February 26th, 2012 (9:42am) PST
Thanks so much, Barbara!
Johann breiner said: February 25th, 2012 (3:57pm) PST
Hallo Barbara ich glaube das das Objektiv von Canon 2,8/100mmIS noch besser ist als das welches ich bei der Aufnahme benutzt habe, 2,8/100mm Tamron. Danke Ihnen für den netten Kommentar,Gruß: Johann
Carl Parow said: February 25th, 2012 (2:58pm) PST
Nice to see you, Barbara :-)
Bob Duff said: February 25th, 2012 (12:17pm) PST
Let me try this again...system lost my first attempt..welcome Barbara. Good to have you posting here. Wonderful reflection and georgeous light.
John Purchase said: February 25th, 2012 (10:24am) PST
Karl, it would serve 500px right if everyone jumped ship and signed up over here.
Barbara Jones said: February 25th, 2012 (10:15am) PST
Ah, I see...this is the Wall equivalent...
Yeah, a huge number migrated in the past few days............do we get welfare payments ??
LOL - this must be the site for 500px refugess!
Neil Jolly said: February 24th, 2012 (9:36pm) PST
Welcome aboard Barbara!
Paul Garrett said: February 24th, 2012 (3:38pm) PST
Hi Barbara, good to see you here.
Albert Homs said: February 24th, 2012 (1:24pm) PST
Hello Barbara!!!!!!!
said: February 24th, 2012 (12:57pm) PST
Barbara, Thank you for the comment on the Tea Rose. I'm looking forward to seeing your images.
pat sampson said: February 24th, 2012 (12:27pm) PST
Good to see you here Barbara. I think your work will be very well received here. It certainly will be by me anyway. (smile)
Barbara, we didn't meet over there but I sure hope it works here. fingers are crossed. Welcome.
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The Flickcast Episode 242: Hail Hydra!
by The Flickcast, Apr 16 2014 // 10:00 AM
That’s right, there’s a brand new episode of The Flickcast for you to enjoy. And on the correct day too. No, no need to thank us. We do it all for you.
As you would expect, this week Chris and Joe take on some new topics and revisit old ones. But really, they spend most of the episode talking about Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. You got a problem with that? No. Okay then.
This week’s picks include Chris’ pick of the collected comic book trade of The Winter Soldier by Ed Brubaker and Joe’s pick of the band Sound of Contact. Just trying to keep it diverse. Don’t judge.
Tagged: Action, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Anthony Mackie, Anthony Russo, Bucky Barnes, Captain America, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Chevy, Chloe Bennet, Chris Evans, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Comics, Ed Brubaker, Emily VanCamp, Hydra, Jack Kirby, Joe Russo, Joe Simon, Joss Whedon, Marvel, Ming-Na Wen, Movies, Robert Redford, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Steve Epting, The Winter Soldier, TV
It’s Captain America vs. Wolverine In ‘Avengers vs. X-Men’ 3
by Joe Gillis, May 2 2012 // 10:15 AM
Much like the upcoming Avengers big screen movie, in the comics Marvel heroes are fighting each other. Only in the comics, it’s the Avengers fighting the X-Men and not fighting among themselves — although that happened a few years back with Civil War.
Anyway, we’ve got a preview of the latest installment of Avengers vs. X-Men for you today. To tell you more about this book, here’s some info from the official Marvel press release:
The war is here! Today in Avengers VS. X-Men #3, by the blockbuster creative team of Ed Brubaker and John Romita Jr., Captain America splits the Avengers up all across the Marvel Universe to find Hope before the X-Men do! But Cyclops and his team are hot on the mutant messiah’s trail and are not letting Earth’s Mightiest get in their way. With Wolverine’s loyalty still in question – Captain America must make a harrowing decision and the result will have everyone talking!
Avengers vs. X-Men #3 is in comic stores and Marvel’s digital app now. Click through to check out the preview pages.
Posted in: Comics · Marvel · News
Tagged: Avengers, Avengers vs X-Men, Captain America, Comic Previews, Comics, Cyclops, Digital Comics, Ed Brubaker, John Romita Jr., Marvel, Wolverine, X-Men
Marvel Unveils Cover to ‘Avengers vs. X-Men’ #1
by Joe Gillis, Jan 16 2012 // 1:30 PM
If there’s one thing that send waves of excitement through comic book nerds everywhere it’s epic battles between superhuman combatants. So you can imagine how excited comic book fans will be when two groups of these titans meet to do battle for the fate of the entire Marvel Universe.
Let’s just say it’s going to be epic. Want to know more? Of course you do.
Here’s all the scoop from the official Marvel press release:
From the powerhouse creative team of Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Matt Fraction, Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brubaker, John Romita Jr., Adam Kubert and Olivier Copiel comes a groundbreaking event pitting Earth’s Mightiest against the X-Men with the entire Marvel Universe at stake. Cyclops and his team believe the arrival of the Phoenix Force will save mutantkind, but Captain America is convinced it will destroy the world! But who is right?
Who indeed? Check out an image of the first cover after the break. Look for Avengers vs. X-Men to hit store shelves on April 3.
Tagged: Adam Kubert, Avengers, Comics, Ed Brubaker, John Romita Jr., Jonathan Hickman, Marvel, Marvel Events, Matt Fraction, Olivier Coipel, X-Men
Check Out A Preview of Marvel’s Upcoming ‘Winter Soldier’
by Joe Gillis, Jan 4 2012 // 11:15 AM
Marvel is continuing its trend of releasing comics loosely tied to its movie franchises with the latest upcoming release: Winter Soldier. Of course, if you’ve seen the Captain America movie (or remember the comics) Cap loses his beloved sidekick Bucky and has to deal with that loss.
But don’t worry, it seems Bucky is alive and well . . . with a little catch. Here’s the official info from Marvel:
Steve Rogers most trusted partner and a former Captain America, Bucky Barnes, must tackle his greatest challenge yet as Winter Soldier #1 hits store shelves everywhere this February! After going toe to toe with the Nazis and being assumed dead for decades, Bucky Barnes went through hell and back as the Soviet Union rebuilt his war torn body into their own one man army known to all as the Winter Soldier. But what if he wasn’t the only one?
From the blockbuster creative team behind Captain America, Ed Brubaker and Butch Guice send Bucky back into the shadows to take down the remaining ex-Russian sleeper agents and dismantle their diabolical plot. Teamed with the Black Widow, the former Captain America will have his hands full when he finds out that he trained them all AND that Doctor Doom is involved! With the entire Marvel Universe thinking he’s dead, Bucky will have to tackle this threat head on with limited resources.
Winter Soldier #1 hits store shelves on February 1. Until then, check out some preview pages after the jump.
Posted in: Comic Previews · Comics · News
Tagged: Black Widow, Bucky Barnes, Butch Guice, Captain America, Comic Previews, Comics, Ed Brubaker, Marvel, Winter Soldier
Marvel Announces ‘Avengers vs X-Men’
by Joe Gillis, Dec 7 2011 // 12:00 PM
When you happen to be one of the biggest comic book and media companies in the world and you have all these characters you’ve created over the years, it must be difficult to figure out what to do with all of them. Well, if you’re Marvel, it seems like they’ve found an answer: have them fight each other.
Much like they did during the “Civil War” event from a few years back, a bunch of characters from the Marvel U, The Avengers and X-Men specifically, are being pitted against each other in a brand new upcoming comics event.
Here’s all the scoop directly from Marvel:
The Avengers and X-Men have learned that the all-powerful embodiment of both death and rebirth known as the Phoenix Force is on a crash course for Earth…and it needs a new host to unleash its immeasurable power. But what is the shocking decision tied to the Phoenix’s return that will pit the Avengers against the X-Men? And when good friends become bitter enemies, what does this mean for the future of the Marvel Universe?
Posted in: Comic Previews · Comics · Marvel · News
Tagged: Avengers vs X-Men, Brian Bendis, Comics, Ed Brubaker, John Romita Jr., Jonathan Hickman, Marvel, Matt Fraction, The Avengers, The X-Men
Marvel Comics On Sale This Week
Okay comic book fans, here’s some new ones coming out from our friends at Marvel this week. And like we do every week, we’ve got some particular ones we’re most interested in.
Among the new ones coming out, we’re looking forward to reading FF #1, X-Men #5, Deadpool #34, Captain America #615.1, and Uncanny X-Force #5.
As with most weeks, new comics arrive on Wednesday, so hit your nearest comics book store early for best selection.
Don’t know where your nearest comic store is? Use this handy guide to find one.
Comics On-Sale
5 RONIN #4 AJA COVER
5 RONIN #4 MACK VARIANT COVER
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #654 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN & WOLVERINE #5
CAPTAIN AMERICA #615.1
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BATROC #1
CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1: 70TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1: 70TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION VARIANT
CAPTAIN AMERICA: MAN OUT OF TIME #5
CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN MGC #1
DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE #7
DAREDEVIL: REBORN #3
DEADPOOL #34
DEADPOOL #34 CAPTAIN AMERICA 70TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT
DEADPOOL MAX #6
FANTASTIC FOUR #587 3RD PRINTING VARIANT
Tagged: Captain America, Comics, Deadpool, Ed Brubaker, Fantastic Four, FF, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Matt Fraction, X-Force, X-Men
by Joe Gillis, Feb 22 2011 // 3:00 PM
Even with all the cool ways to be entertained these days, sometimes its just nice to sit down and read a few new comics. Speaking of new comics, as usual, this week sees the release of a bunch of new ones from our friends at Marvel.
Let’s take a look at what they have for us. Among the new ones coming out, we’re most interested in Astonishing X-Men #36, Avengers #10, Iron Man 2.0 #1, X-Men #8 and Secret Avengers #10.
Comics On-Sale:
AGE OF X ALPHA #1 AOX 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
AGE OF X ALPHA #1 CONRAD 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
ASTONISHING X-MEN #36 KALUTA VARIANT
CAPTAIN AMERICA #615
DEADPOOL CORPS #11
DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #884
FANTASTIC FOUR #587 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
HALO: FALL OF REACH – BOOT CAMP #4
Tagged: Astonishing X-Men, Avengers, Comics, Dan Slott, Daniel Way, Ed Brubaker, Iron Man 2.0, Marvel, Secret Avengers
by Joe Gillis, Dec 28 2010 // 10:30 AM
Just in time for the new year comes new comics straight from our pals at Marvel. With Christmas past there’s still time to get your hands on some great gifts before 2010 comes to a close.
Of the new comics dropping this week we’re most excited about Chaos War: X-Men #1, Nemesis #4, S.H.I.E.L.D. #5, X-23 $4 and Avengers #8. As with most weeks, new comics arrive on Wednesday so hit your nearest comics book store early for best selection.
Don’t know where your nearest comic store is? Use this handy guide to find one. Also, as an added bonus, don’t miss the Marvel 2011 Calendar, free for all fans and only available at your local comics shop this week.
ASTONISHING X-MEN: XENOGENESIS #4
BULLSEYE: PERFECT GAME #2
CARNAGE #2
CARNAGE #2 ADAMS VARIANT
CHAOS WAR: X-MEN #1
DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE #4 DJURDJEVIC VARIANT
DEADPOOL CORPS #9
HEROIC AGE: X-MEN #1
HULK #28
INCOGNITO: BAD INFLUENCES #2
Tagged: Brian Bendis, Butch Guice, Captain America, Comics, Ed Brubaker, Iron Man, Jacki Weaver, John Romita Jr., Jonathan Hickman, Mark Millar, Marvel, Nemesis, Nomad, SHIELD, The Avengers
Even with Christmas right around the corner (It’s Saturday, just in case you didn’t realize) that doesn’t mean the elves at Marvel have stopped making comics. In fact, this week sees the release of some new titles we’re pretty excited about including X-Men #6, Superior #3, Deadpool #30, Secret Avengers #8 and Punisher: In the Blood #2.
As with most weeks, comics hit store shelves on Wednesday so hurry into your nearest comics book store early for best selection. Don’t know where your nearest comic shop is? Use this handy guide to find one.
CHAOS WAR: DEAD AVENGERS #2 (CW)
INCREDIBLE HULKS #619
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #33
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #33 TRON VARIANT
KLAWS OF THE PANTHER #4
NAMOR: THE FIRST MUTANT #5
PUNISHER: IN THE BLOOD #2
SPIDER-MAN #9
SUPERIOR #3
THOR: WOLVES OF THE NORTH #1
ULTIMATE COMICS DOOM #1
ULTIMATE COMICS DOOM #1 VILLAIN VARIANT
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #151
Tagged: Comics, Comics On Sale, Deadpool, Ed Brubaker, Iron Man, Marvel, matt, Mike Deodato, Paco Medina, Punisher, Salvador Larroca, Secret Avengers, Spider-Man, Superior, Victor Gischler, X-Men
by Joe Gillis, Nov 23 2010 // 1:00 PM
Even with the coming holiday this week our friends at Marvel are still coming out with new comics for you to enjoy. They even come out on Wednesday just in time for you to pick some up and have something to read when you want to get away from your family on Thursday.
Of the ones coming out this week, we’re most interested in Deadpool #29, Secret Avengers #7, Secret Warriors #22, Uncanny X-Men #530 and Uncanny X-Force #2. So, head over early to your favorite comics shop for best selection.
Don’t know where your nearest comic shop is? Use this handy guide to find one.
Check out the list of comics you can get below. Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Comics on Sale:
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #649 (BIG)
ASTONISHING THOR #1
ASTONISHING THOR #1 FOILOGRAM VARIANT
AVENGERS & THE INFINITY GAUNTLET #4
AVENGERS PRIME #1 3RD PRINTING VARIANT
AVENGERS VS. PET AVENGERS #2
AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE #1 3RD PRINTING VARIANT
BLACK WIDOW #8
CAPTAIN AMERICA #612 TRON VARIANT
CHAOS WAR: ALPHA FLIGHT #1 (CW)
DEADPOOL PULP #3
Tagged: Comics, Dan Slott, Ed Brubaker, Greg Land, Humberto Ramos, Marvel, Matt Fraction, Mike Deodato Jr, Secret Avengers, Uncanny X-Force, Uncanny X-Men
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Drake Details Partnership with Canopy Growth Cannabis Company
Back home smoking legal, indeed
Photo via @champagnepapi on Instagram
After cryptic teasers and surprise flower deliveries, Drake has confirmed that he is getting into the cannabis industry.
The Toronto rapper has teamed up with Canopy Growth, which produces cannabis near Scarborough, ON. The joint venture (pun intended), dubbed More Life Growth Co., will produce and distribute fully licensed cannabis products.
Drake has a 60 percent stake in the subsidiary company, while Canopy owns the remaining 40 percent.
A statement from Drake and Canopy explains that the new venture is focused on "wellness, discovery and overall personal growth."
Drake himself added, "The opportunity to partner with a world-class company like Canopy Growth on a global scale is really exciting. The idea of being able to build something special in an industry that is ever growing has been inspiring. More Life and More Blessing."
According to the company's trademark application, More Life plans to sell cannabis, dried plants, herb teas and clothing products.
Documents obtained by TMZ claim that the company could produce marijuana-related products like vapes, pipes, rolling papers and hookahs, as well as merch like More Life Growth shirts, boots, coats, dresses, gloves, hats, hoodies, jackets, jeans, sweats, shorts, sneakers and lingerie.
Canopy is no stranger to striking partnerships with celebrities. Earlier this year, Martha Stewart paired up with the company to develop a line of weed products for humans and pets, while Snoop Dogg partnered with Canopy for a joint venture called Tweed.
Canadian Icons Come Together: Canopy Growth and Drake Launch New Cannabis Wellness Company
Details here: https://t.co/RvNXSPFffw
Here's to #FutureGrowth (and More Life!) pic.twitter.com/KEPlApUHm6
— Canopy Growth (@CanopyGrowth) November 7, 2019
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Published on Monday, 13 February 2017 15:16
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An initiative to change the city's laws governing changes to the general plan and development projects, Measure S, will be on the ballot for voters in Los Angeles, California, on March 7, 2017.
This initiative is known as the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative.
A "yes" vote is a vote in support of
- imposing a moratorium on construction that increases development density, for up to two years,
- prohibiting project-specific amendments to the city's general plan,
- requiring a public review of the city's general plan every five years,
- requiring city staff (not developers the city's general applicants)to perform environmental impact reports, and establishing other changes plan laws.
A "no" vote is a vote to reject the initiative, leaving the city's zoning and development laws unchanged.
THE MORATORIUM
The initiative will not stop all development but rather, would put a pause button on all development projects requiring variances, or changes to the restrictions imposed on development. These variances are granted without discussion by City Hall and accusations of developers contributing to City Council coffers and getting their variances have become the norm.
So the 2 year moratorium would specifically not permit the following:
- zoning that lifts land-use restrictions or increases permitted building heights;
- zoning changes that increase the allowed density or height of buildings; or a net loss of land dedicated to open space, agriculture, or industry.
The moratorium would end after two years or when the city council passed "(1) an updated General Plan Framework and (2) an updated community plan text and zoning map for a particular community plan area," whichever came first.
Measure S was designed to grant exceptions from this two-year moratorium in the following cases:
- Any development project that is restricted entirely to affordable housing units and that could be completed through zoning or height limit changes without amending the city's general plan.
- Any permit required to comply with an order from the Department of Building and Safety to rebuild a structure after destruction by a natural disaster—such as a fire or an earthquake.
- Development or construction projects that have a vested right under state or city law.
To qualify as affordable housing, each residential unit in the development would have to be affordable to a household that generally makes no more than 80 percent of the area's median household income, as determined by the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
As of May 24, 2016, the Los Angeles County's median household income for a family of four was $64,800. A residential unit would be considered affordable according to rules established by state law, which requires housing to cost no more than about 30 percent of a household's income level
PROHIBITION OF SPOT-ZONING FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS
Measure S would also establish a permanent prohibition against project-specific amendments to the city's general plan. This provision would prevent changes to the general plan unless they applied to “an area which has significant social, economic, or physical identity.” The initiative defined such areas as:
- An entire community or district plan area;
- An entire area that has been included in a specific plan;
- An entire named neighborhood council area;
- An area no less than 15 acres.
This provision was designed to prevent changes to the city's zoning laws that accommodate a specific development project without taking into consideration the entire community or neighborhood in which that project was proposed.
PUBLIC REVIEW OF GENERAL PLAN
Measure S would establish a requirement that the city's general plan go through a public review process every five years, including a review of the city's 35 Community Plans and the Port and Airport District Plans. Measure S was also written to require public hearings during this review period to take place in the evening or on weekends to increase accessibility. The initiative would also require that at least one public hearing be held concerning any proposed changes to a Community Plan or District Plan within the affected community.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS (EIR)
Measure S would require city staff to perform environmental impact reviews and author environmental impact reports for proposed development projects. The initiative was designed to prevent developers and project applicants—or third parties hired by applicants—from performing the environmental impact reports for their own projects.
City law allows the City Planning Commission to, upon application or appeal, reduce the amount of on-site parking required for a given area—often to accommodate development. Measure S would amend this provision to allow reduction in on-site parking requirements by no more than one-third.
BALLOT SUMMARY
The following summary was prepared by the Los Angeles City Attorney's office for inclusion on the signature petition forms for this initiative:
“BUILDING MORATORIUM; RESTRICTIONS ON GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS; REQUIRED REVIEW OF GENERAL PLAN. INITIATIVE ORDINANCE S.
Shall an ordinance amending City laws related to the General Plan, including to:
1) impose a two-year moratorium on projects seeking General Plan amendments or zone or height-district changes resulting in more intense land use, an increase in density or height, or a loss of zoned open space, agricultural or industrial areas, with exceptions including for affordable housing projects and projects for which vested rights have accrued;
2) prohibit geographic amendments to the General Plan unless the affected area has significant social, economic or physical identity (defined as encompassing an entire community or district
plan area, specific plan area, neighborhood council area or at least 15 acres);
3) require systematic, public review of the General Plan every five years;
4) prohibit project applicants from completing their own environmental impact reports for the City;
5) require the City make findings of General Plan consistency for planning amendments, project approvals and permit decisions;
6) prohibit certain parking variances; be adopted”
To view the full ordinance http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2016/16-1054_misc_12-23-16.pdf
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АГРОПРОДОВОЛЬЧА ПЛАТФОРМА
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CLUSTER 1: Food Technologies and Food Industry
CLUSTER 2: Agro-Food Biotechnologies
CLUSTER 3: Agro-Ecology
CLUSTER 4: Food Safety and Food Quality
CLUSTER 5: Plant Health
CLUSTER 6: Animal Health
CLUSTER 7: Human Health
CLUSTER 8: Nanotechnologies
CLUSTER 10: Markets
CLUSTER 11: Socioeconomic
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CLUSTER 1: FOOD TECHNOLOGIES AND…
Cluster’s passport: rational use of modern technological equipment for production of wide array of food products with high nutrition value; new recipes of food products with predefned characteristics development; development of normative documentation for production of different food products; development of methods of food quality and food safety assessment.
Heads: Rector of Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies (ONAFT), Doctor of Technical Sciences, Corresponding Member of National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, distinguished worker of science and technics of Ukraine Bogdan Yegorov, laureate of State award of Ukraine in the feld of science and technics of Ukraine; Doctor of Technical Sciences, Yakiv Verkhivker, Professor of ONAFT, Head of Technical Committee “StateNeedsStandards” (Juices and juice-containing products), member of “Codex Alimentarius” association.
Legal address: ONAFT, 112, Kanatna St., Odesa, 65039, Ukraine. Contact e-mail: ellaa@ukr.net.
Why ONAFT?
The scientifically based solutions to the problems of procession industry in the food sector allow to use raw food materials more rationally. First of all, this regards the usage of advanced technological solutions and newly developed recipes. That is why ONAFT is the best organization as regards the systemic solution of problems of food industry increasing productivity and competitiveness, development of strategies for food industry and implementation of research results in SME’s activities. Therefore ONAFT is the institution which perfectly suits the role of basis for cluster “Food technologies and food industry” creation and operation within NTP “Agro-Food”.
ONAFT is a leading science, research and education institution in issues regarding determining the ground of the state science and technology policy in the field of food production, rational use of agricultural raw materials and use of modern technological solutions, which not only increase food industry’s productivity but are also aimed at the environmental protection. Academy is one of the most authoritative science and education institution in the post-Soviet countries. ONAFT as a higher education institution starts its history in 1902 when according to the decree of Minister of Finance of Russia Count S. Vitte a millers school was established in Odesa. At that time, there were only two similar schools in the whole Europe: in Berlin and in Bucharest. Rapid increase in demand for grain storing and processing dictated the need in trained professionals, and Odesa region served as a ‘grain gate’ of the Russian Empire.
In 1922 Odesa specialized millers school was transformed into Technical secondary school of grainand flour, and in 1928 – into Polytechnik school of grain and flour technology. In 1929 Polythechnik school was again transformed into Odesa Institute of grain and flour technology, and in 1939 – to Odesa Insitute of Flour-Milling Industry and Grain Elevator Engineers. In 1953 the Institute gained the name “technological” and since 1970 it had received new name “M.V. Lomonosov Odesa Technological Institute of Food Industry”. In 1994 after state attestation the institute was reorganized into Odesa State Academy of Food Technologies.
Today ONAFT is a modern innovative science and education institution that trains highly professional specialists in 24 specialties and 17 specializations at 8 faculties and 37 departments, as well as in Odesa Technical College and Odesa Mechanics and Technics specialized school which are part of Academy’s structure. More than 10 thousand students study in the Academy, and circa 600 high-qualified teachers and 1,200 of personnel are responsible for the teaching process. Since the date of its establishment, the Academy has trained more than 60,000 graduates for grain-processing and food industries of CIS countries and near 1,500 foreign citizens from Africa, the Middle East and China. The teachers in the Academy are highly professional: 11.3% of them are professors, Doctors of Sciences and 54.8% are Associate Professors, Candidates of Sciences. The high authoritativeness and qualification of ONAFT’s teachers is certified by the fact that among the Academy’s teaching personnel there are 4 laureates of State award in the field of science and technics of Ukraine, 1 laureate of the Autonomous.
Republic of Crimea award, 11 distinguished workers of science and technics of Ukraine, 1 distinguished inventor of Ukraine, 1 distinguished culture worker of Ukraine, 26 full and Corresponding Member of National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine and other Academies. 527 employees of ONAFT including 60 Doctors of sciences, professors, and 285 Candidates of Sciences, Associate Professors, participate in research work.
ONAFT has a post-graduate department which allows training of highly qualified research personnel. Two specialized councils for defense of Candidate of Sciences and Doctor of Sciences dissertations also operate in ONAFT. Theoretical science journals included as specialized journals to Higher Attestation Commission of Ukraine register are published by ONAFT. Scientists from the Academy have been awarded with two State awards of Ukraine in the field of science and technics. One is for the series of scholar papers titled “Scientific foundations of technologies of producing plan and biopolymer complex of nutrition fibers and their use in medical and prophylaxis nutrition”. These works are a product of more than 30 years of scientific activities on development of new generation food products. The second state award was won by the Academy for great contribution into development and introduction of new products and equipment aimed at provision of children with high quality canned nutrition of plant origin. ONAFT also was awarded with State award of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea for its work “New technologies and equipment for high quality processing of wine-grapes in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea enterprises”. The National Academy of Agrarian Sciences awarded ONAFT for “Great accomplishment in agrarian science in 2003” for the work “Improving the quality of wine materials based on new methods of testing their pour resistance”.
High level of scholar work and implementation of its results are demonstrated by the production of new food products by the leading food enterprises of Ukraine such as “State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine”, “AVK”, “Kyiv Mill”, “Luhansk Mill”, “Novoukrainka Bakery Products Enterprise”, “French Boulevard” TM, “Myroniv Bakery Products”, “Harmash”. Trademarks such as “Shabo”, “Hercules”, “Ekovit”, “Sandora”, “Nasha Ryaba” have been implementing Academy’s research results for quite a long time. In the last 10 year scientists of the Academy have developed and implemented new rules for grain storage (State joint-stock company “Khlib Ukrainy”), new sorts of flour and bakery products (“Kyiv Mill”, “Luhansk Mill”, “Kulindor and Bilgorod-Dnistrovskyy Bakery Products Enterprises”, “Odeskyy Korovay” etc.), new sorts of cultured milk products and cheeses (“Balta Preserved Milk Products Enterprise”, “Galakton”, “Lactol” etc.), new sorts of sparkling wines and wines (“Shabo”, “French Boulevard”, “Odesa Factory of Sparkling Wines”, “Inkerman” etc.), new sorts of meat products (“Harmash”, “Sausages of Chernivtsi”, “Onis” etc.), new sorts of juices and sauces (“Sandora”, “Jaffa”, “Chumak”, “Veres”, “Vittmakr-Ukraine” etc.), new wiping machines (“Odesa Factory of Children Nutrition”), anti-dust systems (more than half of grain elevators in Ukraine), systems of automated enterprise management (“Mykolayiv Port Grain Elevator”, “Odesa Port Grain Elevator” etc.), new sorts of premixes and formula feeds (“Kombiko”, “Syluvit”, “Grain Club”, “Agrotrade-South” etc.).
For more than 100 years educational and research work in the Academy has been aimed at training specialists and developing new food products, their technologies and equipment for grain processing and food industries. Two special councils for defenses of Doctor of sciences dissertation in 5 specialization operate in the Academy, as well as 8 science schools. During the last 5 years the Academy has trained 13 Doctors of sciences and 97 Candidates of Sciences.
Scientists of the Academy developed many samples of equipment for processing of agriculture products. These include more than 10 mini factories for processing milk into dairy products (butter, sour cream, cheese etc.); 6 mini factories and machines for grain processing; an experimental sample of highly efficient cereals separator; automatic regulators of a complex system for management of cereals fraction separation and granulation of formula feeds factories. 30 grain dryers on 19 grain elevators of Ukraine were improved to operate in more efficient regime; 11 bakery products factories aspirational pipelines were modernized.
In 2003 Ministry of education and science of Ukraine attested the science and research activities of higher educational institutions of the III-IV grade according to which ONAFT belongs to highest “A” category. On the last four “HI-TECH” exhibitions the Academy has been awarded with golden medals. In 2004 the Academy was titled a Leader in the All- Ukrainian competition on training of personnel for food and grain processing industries («European Quality Award for the High Level of Educational Services Provision»). In 2006 ONAFT won the All-Ukrainian competition “100 best goods” in the nomination “Educational Services”. According to the rating compiled in compliance with UNESCO methodology the Academy took the 27th place among 200 best Ukrainian universities in 2007, 24th place – in 2004. Among technology universities the Academy took the 2nd place and was named one the most prestigious universities of the Southern Ukraine. In 2009 the Academy took the 33rd place in Ukrainian universities rating “TOP-200” according to opinions of employers, and in 2011 – 7th place.
Scholar works of the Academy are widely published in specialized journals issued by the Academy such as “Scientific works of ONAFT”, “Crops and formula feed”, “Food science and technology”, “The Economics of Food Industry”, “Automation of technological and business processes”, “Work of international geometry center”, “Scholar works of young scientists, postgraduates and students”. The Academy is also a cofounder
of such journals as “Products & Ingredients” and “Bulletin of Wine-making”.
In the last five years the Academy has implemented the principle of a polymorphous education through lifelong education. Institute for qualification improvement of food and grain industries specialists, School of Teaching Skills, School of Computer Technologies, the School of Foreign Languages “Success”, School for Small and Medium enterprises, Science and education Center for Information Technologies and others operate successfully within the structure of the Academy.
Every year ONAFT holds job fairs for food and grain processing enterprises of Ukraine. The demand for skilled specialists exceeds the proposition on the job market by 15-20%.
The scientists from the Academy work also on improvement of Ukraine legislation. ONAFT scientists are authors of an important bill “About feeds”, they also take part in preparation of the “Program for development of formula feeds industry in Ukraine until 2018”.
The Academy was also one of the initiators of a bill that obliges Ukrainian food producers to label their products if they contain genetically modified organisms. The Academy suggested including seven projects to the Draft Program “Diabetes” (2009-2013) to the direction called “Development and implementation ofmodern technologies for sugar substitutes production and recipes of special nutrition for people suffering from diabetes”. The ONAFT’s scientists take part in the information support for implementation of Interdisciplinary Complex Program “Health of the Nation” and are engaged to work in committees (ТК-24, ТК-154, ТК-120) in particular in committees for food hygiene, for food import, export, inspection system and control, for principles of labeling. Scientists of the Academy took part in the development of the program for development of bakery products industry until 2015 adopted on March 20, 2008. Ministry of agrarian policy of Ukraine proclaimed
ONAFT a responsible executor of this program and, therefore, the Science and Research Institute of Grain and Food Products was created within the structure of the Academy. ONAFT also partakes in preliminary actions regarding the establishment of National innovation cluster “New food products” along with 15 other participants. As a recognition of its high achievements the Academy has been granted membership in the following international associations and organizations:
European University Association (EUA);
Black Sea Universities Network (BSUN);
European Federation of Food Science and Technology (EFFoST);
International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE);
Euroasian Universities Association (EAU);
European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences;
European University Association, which signed university charter (Magna Charta Universitatum);
Platform “Dialogue – Eurasia”.
The cluster includes the following organizations:
A. Science and education institutions:
Odesa National Academy of Food Industry.
Science and Research Institute of Grain and Food Products of ONAFT.
Problem Science and Research Laboratory of ONAFT.
Science and Research Laboratory “Sterilization, quality assessment and safety of preserved products” of ONAFT.
B. Business enterprises (SMEs, private companies):
Collective enterprise “Prodtovary” (Bilgorod-Dnistrovskyy City).
Filial enterprise “Popilnya cannery”.
Closed stock enterprise “Kharkiv oil and fat factory”.
“Corado Canning Inc.” Ltd. (Rakoshyno village, Kalinina St., 51/1, Yuliya Olifrenko).
Canning factory “Univer” Ltd. (Fanchykovo village, Zhovtneva St., Vynohradiv Town, Promyslova St., 1, Oleksandra Lendyel and Nadiya Kovalchuk).
“Fruit Master Foods” Ltd. (Berehove, B.Khmelnytskyy St., 163, Dmytro Sobol).
“Makukha” tradehouse (Uzhhorod, Borodina St., 14; Lyudmyla Panchenko).
“Mikaland” Ltd. (90320, Perekhrestya village, Rakoci St., Yudita Peteyi).
“Harmoniya” (Uzhhorod, Babyaka St., 15, Anna Kovach).
“Chardonnais” Ltd., head of private winemakers of Transcarpathian Region (Uzhhorod, Oleksandr Kovach).
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Blue & White Stripe Bell Sleeve Dress
Dress | Shoes | Hat | Purse (similar style here) | Sunglasses | Necklace - on sale! Earrings | Gold Bangle | Pearl Cuff
How is it already Friday?! After being gone for nearly a month, I got back to Houston on Monday, and have been going non-stop. Even though I was still working while I was visiting my family in Wisconsin, I came home with more on my plate than I anticipated. From countless packages (literally our entryway was strewn with them), to trying to get organized and back into the swing of things, this week seriously flew by. With {a lot} more travel on the horizon, I am trying to balance everything...and keep my head on straight.
Happily the weekend is here, and nothing has me more excited than this blue and white stripe bell sleeve dress from Jude Connally. It just screams refined comfort, doesn't it? The stripe dress also comes in a maxi style and a sleeveless version, which are perfect for summer.
I know I've mentioned it before, but since I stumbled upon their store in Charleston in March, I have been addicted. Their pieces are on-trend, and great for someone on the go. Their signature material, Jude Cloth (which is what this dress is made out of), is easy to wash, doesn't wrinkle, and has the perfect amount of give while still being fitted and flattering. The compliments you'll receive are endless. The price point is also great, and their pieces run TTS (I wear an XS in their clothing for reference).
Whatever you're up to this weekend, I hope you have a great time!
This post was brought to you by Jude Connally. As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that make Ashley Nicole Style possible.
My #NSALE Purchases
Pajamas | Candles | Blouse // Bra | Candles | Candles // Dress | Jean Skirt | Dress // Earrings | Rain Coat | Jeans
Hi, friends! I hope you're having a great weekend! If you follow me on Instagram, by now you've seen my favorite items from the Nordstrom sale and what I purchased. I wanted to be sure to compile everything on the blog, so that way it's all in one place, and easy to navigate.
Sunless Tanner | Perfume | Blazer // Towel | Dress | Dress // Dress | Hair Dryer | Dress // Dress | Blanket | Dress
I purchased some of these items, and others are on my wish list. I'm still back home with my family in Wisconsin, but when I get back to Houston this week, I will be sure to do a try on session for you. I'm really excited to see how some of these pieces fit, and to get my hands on my cozy Barefoot Dreams blanket, and light one of the Nest candles I ordered.
Cardigan | Sweatshirt | Purse // Joggers | Sunglasses | Dress // Tank | Tee | Tee // Tank | Skirt | Ring
These are my top 40 things to shop from the Nordstrom sale. Click on any of the links above to be taken directly to the product, or hover over the collage below! If you've purchased any of them, I'd love to hear your feedback.
A Look at Our Updated Living Room with High Fashion Home
I'm always looking for fun ways to spruce up our home. Whether that's completely doing out with the old and in with the new, or just switching up the color scheme, it's always fun to see a space totally transformed. Even subtle changes like decorative pillows or rugs can make a huge difference!
Since we moved into our house three years ago, I've been on the hunt for the perfect piece of art to accent our living room. Our living room is very open and spacious, so I knew whatever I got had to be on the larger side so that it "fit" the room. I also wanted it to compliment our red brick accent wall, and bring in lots of color.
I searched high and low for the right piece, and finally came across these three gorgeous framed canvases from High Fashion Home. High Fashion Home is one of the premier home and decor stores in Houston. Their multi-level store in Midtown is so inspiring, with such unique pieces. From furniture to chandeliers, art, and more, they have everything you can think of under one roof. Anytime I visit, I never leave empty handed!
Prior to spotting these paintings on their website, I purchased these bold multi-color abstract face pillows from their store. They definitely are a statement maker! The canvases, titled 'Hypnotist I, II, III', work seamlessly with them, and look perfect in our living room. The three paintings look fantastic together, but would look equally good by themselves in a smaller space. All their art can be customized to make it uniquely yours! Plus, they're made in Los Angeles, and who doesn't love something made in the USA!
Whether you're in Houston, or across the country, High Fashion Home will exceed your interior decorating needs! If you're looking for something you won't find anywhere else, or the perfect hostess gift (vases, candles, etc.), be sure to check them out.
This post was brought to you by High Fashion Home. As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that make Ashley Nicole Style possible.
It's Almost Here - the 2019 Nordstrom Anniversary Sale
Happy Thursday, friends! The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale officially starts tomorrow, Friday July 12th, at 12:30pm EST! The biggest trends I saw for fall in the catalog were chunky knits, basics, and animal print. Seriously, I was in heaven with all the python and leopard print pieces I saw.
Each year, I cover the #nsale, but never end up ordering much besides the same things, year after year. I order essentials, like blankets, bras, candles, bath towels and jeans! I find that these items give you the most bang for you buck during the sale. Also, they're staple pieces/items that you'll use and wear year after year, versus trendy items. Be sure to check out the end of this post for my 'must have's.'
Here's all you need to know about the biggest sale of the year:
The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is the best sale of the year. Unlike other sales, this sale includes all new arrivals, instead of discounts on last season's trends. You'll see top brands like Stuart Weitzman, Tory Burch, Burberry, Movado, Rag & Bone, Nike, Diptyque, Barefoot Dreams, and so many more, at discounts you won't find anywhere else. Added bonus, there's no promo code needed - all prices are as marked.
The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale early access is July 12-18th. Early access is reserved for Nordstrom Card holders, only. Trust me, it is worth signing up for this credit card or retail/store card (that's what I have), as things sell out quick. You can still sign up here, to get early access. The sale will open to the public July 19th, and run through August 4th. On August 5th, all the prices will go up, so be sure to plan accordingly.
Everyone! There are tons of sale items for women, men, children, home and of course, beauty! Shop the Women's catalog here, so you can create your shopping list ahead of time. Tip: be sure to check out the catalog ASAP and add any items you're eyeing into your cart now. The sale can be shopped online, or in-store. I highly suggest shopping online, as not all stores will carry every item, and they may sell out more quickly. However, if you do choose to go that route, I suggest securing the item online ahead of time, before you head to the store, or getting in touch with your Nordstrom Stylist (if you have one).
As I just mentioned, the catalogs are available online, so definitely flip threw it now. The catalog is only a glimpse into all the deals this sale has to offer. Next, I suggest creating a strategy to help you figure out what you need, and making a budget. It's always tricky when things go on sale, and it is easy to click 'Purchase' and then having buyers remorse in the future. Sticking to your 'must have's' will help you avoid this. If you still get trigger happy, remember, Nordstrom offers free shipping and free returns, always! They also offer online pickup, onsite alterations, and even personal stylists (free of charge) at your fingertips.
Have any other questions about the sale? Let me know!
Book Review - Volume Two
Hi there, friends! My second book review is finally here, and just in time for the holiday weekend! My first book review post had such a positive response, that I couldn't wait to do another. To be honest, it was actually my most read blog post...ever!
This time I'm featuring five of my most recent reads, and including one I read back in 2015 (thanks Amazon for keeping track of my purchases). I'm sharing 'an oldie but goodie' because it's one of the best books I've ever read. Seriously, anyone I've recommended it to has fallen in love with it, as well.
Like last time, I am going to share the synopsis of the book from the author, as well as my rating (1 through 5), and comments. I try not to reveal too much, in case you want to read it yourself! If you've read any of these books, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (the German word for tattooist), tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners.
Imprisoned for over two and a half years, Lale witnesses horrific atrocities and barbarism—but also incredible acts of bravery and compassion. Risking his own life, he uses his privileged position to exchange jewels and money from murdered Jews for food to keep his fellow prisoners alive.
One day in July 1942, Lale, prisoner 32407, comforts a trembling young woman waiting in line to have the number 34902 tattooed onto her arm. Her name is Gita, and in that first encounter, Lale vows to somehow survive the camp and marry her.
A vivid, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful re-creation of Lale Sokolov's experiences as the man who tattooed the arms of thousands of prisoners with what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust, The Tattooist of Auschwitz is also a testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions.
Rating: 5/5. An incredibly powerful love story and grim look at the evils of WW2. The book, which is based on a true story, read like a magical movie that you did not want to end. The way the author detailed all the harrowing events was incredibly poignant. Once I finished the book, I was left with such a powerful impression that I researched Lale's life, and did further research.
Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.
But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond’s big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one.
Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . .
Rating: 1/5. I read this book in Cabo, and let's just say, had I not been sitting on the beach with nothing else to do, it would have gotten tossed out right away. I found the main character to be incredibly irritating, and didn't like the storyline at all. I feel like it gets 'rave' reviews because it's part of Reese Witherspoon's book club. Don't waste your time.
Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.
Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.
Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations―a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....
Rating: 4/5. I truly enjoyed reading this book. It was a great page turner, and a true"whodunit" that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Each chapter left me guessing, and I definitely did not see the end coming. Lots of great twists and turns, plus a compelling + interesting story.
In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie’s works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. At first, Lo’s stay is nothing but pleasant: the cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are elegant. But as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall, and Lo witnesses what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for—and so, the ship sails on as if nothing has happened, despite Lo’s desperate attempts to convey that something (or someone) has gone terribly, terribly wrong…
With surprising twists, spine-tingling turns, and a setting that proves as uncomfortably claustrophobic as it is eerily beautiful, Ruth Ware offers up another taut and intense read in The Woman in Cabin 10—one that will leave even the most sure-footed reader restlessly uneasy long after the last page is turned.
Rating: 3/5. I found the main character to be unlikable, but relatable. It's a fast read with some unexpected twists, and the end was one I definitely did not see coming. Also, who doesn't like daydreaming about being a travel writer and sailing on an exclusive cruise ship? Overall, summary is a lot more intriguing than the book.
Dr. Kate English has it all. Not only is she the heiress to a large fortune; she has a gorgeous husband and daughter, a high-flying career, and a beautiful home anyone would envy.
But all that changes the night Kate’s mother, Lily, is found dead, brutally murdered in her own home. Heartbroken and distraught, Kate reaches out to her estranged best friend, Blaire Barrington, who rushes to her side for the funeral, where the years of distance between them are forgotten in a moment.
That evening, Kate’s grief turns to horror when she receives an anonymous text: You think you’re sad now, just wait. By the time I’m finished with you, you’ll wish you had been buried today. More than ever, Kate needs her old friend’s help.
Once Blaire decides to take the investigation into her own hands, it becomes clear that all is not as it seems in Baltimore high society. As infidelity, lies, and betrayals come to light, and tensions rise to a boiling point, she begins to alienate Kate’s friends and relatives with her relentless, accusatory questions, as she tries to find Lily’s killer. The murderer could be anyone—friend, neighbor, loved one. But whoever it is, it’s clear that Kate is next on their list. . .
In The Last Time I Saw You, Liv Constantine takes the lightning pace of The Last Mrs. Parrish and raises the stakes, creating an exquisitely tension-filled and absorbing tale of psychological suspense in which innocent lives—and one woman’s sanity—hang in the balance.
Rating: 4/5. I thoroughly enjoy Liv Constantine's books. I loved The Last Mrs. Parrish and reviewed it in my previous post. This book definitely didn't disappoint. It has an incredibly intriguing plot, and I loved how the author strung the pieces together.
The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. Now eighteen and emancipated from the system with nowhere to go, Victoria realizes she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But an unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger has her questioning what’s been missing in her life. And when she’s forced to confront a painful secret from her past, she must decide whether it’s worth risking everything for a second chance at happiness.
Rating: 5/5! This is the book from 2015 that I mentioned. I cannot sing it's praises enough. It's been four years since I read it, and literally every chance I get I recommend it to someone. Not only was it interesting learning the meaning behind every flower (yes, it's a thing, and there's a glossary at the end of the book), but the story was fantastic. The main character was relatable, and you could not help empathize with her and all that she'd been through. It also took place in San Francisco, so you know I loved that.
In the future, I'm debating whether I should do a book review after each book, or continue doing one large review after I've finished several. Definitely let me know what you think!
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Home Human Rights Rohingya woman forced into prostitution, 3 held
Rohingya woman forced into prostitution, 3 held
She was wandering around Government Maternity Hospital in Petlaburj when she was approached and befriended by two women, accused Neha and Shabana.
The police arrested two women and a man on charges of forcing a distressed Rohingya woman into prostitution.
HYDERABAD: The police arrested two women and a man on charges of forcing a distressed Rohingya woman into prostitution. The accused were identified as Neha Fatima, Shabana Begum and Amer Ansari, residents of Alain Hills Colony in Shaheehnagar, which falls within the limits of Balapur Police Station.
According to the police, the 20-year-old victim migrated from Myanmar to India, along with her brother, in 2015. They lived in Royal Colony, Balapur, and the woman worked at a parlour as a beautician.
Three months ago, she had an argument with her brother and left the house. She was wandering around the Government Maternity Hospital in Petlaburj when she was approached and befriended by Neha and Shabana, said Md Maqbool Jani, the Sub-Inspector of Balapur. Neha and Amer took her to Shaheennagar, promising to take care of her. After a few days, they started sending her to male customers, threatening her with dire consequences if she failed to comply with their demands.
“The woman fell ill due to ill-treatment. Yet, they forced her to meet customers. Fed up, the victim approached the police. Based on her complaint, we registered a case and arrested Shabana, Neha and Ansari,” said Mr Jani.
Social activists said that Rohingya women living in refugee camps were vulnerable to sexual exploitation.
SOURCE: https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/crime/290318/rohingya-woman-forced-into-prostitution-3-held.html
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Daddy, Why do things have outlines? Constructing the Architectural Body
Arakawa and Madeline Gins’s book, The Architectural Body both forwards and performs a radical relation of indiscernibility between the embodied performance of the inhabitant and their architectural or built surrounds. This paper will explore the conceptual and architectural composition of the architectural body and suggest, after Gilles Deleuze and Benedict de Spinoza, that we do not yet know what this (architectural) body can do! In particular I will focus on the dialogue that Arakawa and Gins employ in The Architectural Body to demonstrate how the performing body-being and the transforming architectural surround cleave to one another to create another kind of atmospheric individual, a bioscleave, and by extension, a resituated concept of ecology. To explore the atmospheric ecologies at work in the concept of the architectural body and/or the bioscleve, I will place two further conceptual scenes alongside that offered in Arakawa and Gins book: The first scene is another dialogue, Metalogue: Why do Things have outlines? from Gregory Bateson’s Steps to an Ecology of Mind, and the second scene is that in which Deleuze describes the active procedure of the diagram where he writes Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation. The aim of drawing these three scenes together is to investigate what unfolds at the threshold between the exfoliating body and the architectural surround, what happens when they approach, embrace and withdraw again? Arakawa and Gins describe their architectural hypothesis as a tentative constructing toward a holding in place, and through this very tentativeness they also forward an ethics, even an ethico-aesthetics. The three scenes I propose to gather here will enable me to provisionally frame what the precarious and embodied outline of this ethico-aesthetics as a savoir-faire or ethical know-how as immediate quotidian coping might be.
“Daddy, Why do things have outlines? Constructing the Architectural Body” in Inflections online journal, (2013). http://www.senselab.ca/inflexions/
First presented as a paper:
“Daddy, Why do Things have Outlines?: Constructing the Architectural Body” in AG3 (Arakawa and Gins Third International Conference), http://ag3.griffith.edu.au/.
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By Martin Bunn
From the March, 1966 issue of
This story was donated by
Mike Hammerberg
Gus Gives the Teacher a Passing Grade
When it came to lending a hand
to the high-school car pool,
Gus was in a class by himself
Gus Wilson stepped from the brilliant morning sunshine into the somewhat dimmer reaches of the Model Garage and stood still for a moment to let his eyes adapt. The morning sun was so pleasant he’d taken his time getting to work and Stan Hicks, his assistant, had already opened shop.
A flash of chrome and a slightly different hood shape caught Gus’s eye and he walked down to a Mercedes-Benz sedan parked in the middle of the shop. The car, a four-cylinder Model 190, was not new, but it was obviously well cared for. There was a large cardboard sign on the windshield: "Do not start engine! Do not push in gear!"
Stan came out of the office holding a large and steaming crockery mug. "Coffee’s ready, Gus." He pointed towards the Mercedes. "Some young fellow brought it in on the end of a towrope. He seemed pretty much disturbed and said to just, please, leave it alone and he’d come back and see you as soon as he could."
Gus headed for the office and the coffeepot. The wait for the owner was a brief one. As Stan had said, he was a young man, rather soft-spoken, and clearly upset. His name, he said was Jim Bailey, and he was the mechanical-arts teacher over at the local high school.
"Here’s the situation, Mr. Wilson," he said. "Three other teachers and I formed a pool to buy a car to drive to school. We all live in the same neighborhood. They teach English, Latin, and Music. They keep saying my class is a waste of time because kids can’t learn enough to actually fix anything—these days, anyway."
Gus raised his eyebrows. "Why not? Lots of good professional mechanics started in manual training or a mechanical-arts class. Besides, what’s that got to do with the Mercedes?"
Bailey looked a little sheepish. "Well, I was the mechanical-minded one and I sort of persuaded them that we’d get good gas mileage if we bought this car, and that it was durable; and since the price was right we’d have a real bargain."
Gus put down his coffee cup and reached for his pipe. "So what’s wrong with that?"
The young teacher grinned weakly. "Well, I told them that since there wasn’t a Mercedes dealer within 40 miles, I’d take care of the mechanical work myself. I even bragged a little that if I couldn’t take care of a little four-cylinder car I’d better quit trying to teach kids how to care for big eight-cylinder jobs."
Gus chuckled. "And now you’ve got trouble and you’re out on a limb. It can’t be too bad. What did you do?"
Bailey glanced at his watch. "Got to get back—next class in 20 minutes. Actually, Mr. Wilson, all I did was change oil. I got up early this morning to do it. After putting in the new oil, I started the engine to back out of the garage and I noticed I didn’t have any oil pressure."
"What did you do then?" asked Gus.
"Oh, I shut off the engine right away," said Bailey. "I was afraid I might score the cylinders or burn out the bearings."
Gus shook his head. "You probably didn’t if you only ran it a few seconds."
Bailey looked glum. "I don’t know. I’m afraid it’s something bad. I lifted the hood and tried turning the crankshaft pulley with a little bar. She’s blocked solid."
"You mean it won’t turn at all?" said Gus.
Bailey gestured towards the car. "Try it. You can turn it okay part of a revolution and then she hits. I guess I’ll just have to ask you to fix it. Right now, I’ve got to get to class." The worried teacher started for the door.
"Give me a minute of your time," said Gus, slipping into the car. He depressed the clutch and pushed the starter button. Nothing happened.
"Oh," recalled Bailey, "I disconnected the starter so nobody would turn it over accidentally and do more damage."
Gus tugged the hood-release handle. "Put the cable back on the battery."
Bailey connected and tightened the battery. Gus hit the button and the engine hummed smoothly into life. He let in the clutch, jumped the car across the garage floor, and braked hard. With the engine still running, he slid from the seat, slapped the astonished teacher on the back, and laughed.
"Okay, you can drive to school now—there’s nothing much wrong with your car. But come back later."
Stan had been a silent listener to the proceedings. "That took nerve," he said.
Gus was looking over the work schedule for the day, and merely grunted.
Stan went on: "I can understand how he might have had an air lock in the oil-pump pickup dome so he didn’t build up oil pressure after the change; and I can see how a quick stop and start would slosh the oil in the pan enough to clear the air bubble; but I don’t understand why he felt a solid lock when he turned the crankshaft by hand and yet you started it without trouble."
Gus went on with his paperwork. "You’re right about the air lock that kept the pump from priming," he said. "When Bailey comes back, I’ll tell you about the crankshaft block."
Shortly before closing time, the snub-nosed Mercedes rolled back into the Model Garage. Bailey didn’t seem quite so worried this time, but it was apparent that all was still not well. He listened to the story of the air-locked oil. Then Gus told him that what he’d felt blocking rotation was the pistons striking the valves because he’d been turning it backwards.
Stan evidently couldn’t quite accept this. "Why wouldn’t the pistons hit the valves any other time?" he asked.
Gus drew a little sketch on an envelope. "The overhead camshaft that actuates the valves on a Mercedes is chain-driven. The side of the chain that is pulling is always taut, like the top side of a bicycle chain when you’re pumping. The back side is slack, like the bottom of a sloppy bicycle chain. An oil-filled chain tensioner rides against it to keep the chain in snug running contact with the sprockets.
"Mr. Bailey’s tensioner is a little leaky and bled down some of its oil overnight. It didn’t really pump up again in the few seconds’ running before the lack of oil pressure scared him. Then, when he turned the engine, he turned it backwards; the slack side of the chain became the pulling side, and the crank throws were out of time with the camshaft by the amount of slack in the chain. Even a gentle contact between a piston and a valve is frightening when you expect an engine to turn freely. It’s happened to me several times on a Mercedes and that’s why I wasn’t concerned about this one."
Bailey grinned. "I’d better get a new chain tensioner, right?"
"It’s a good idea," said Gus.
As Bailey was about to leave he hesitated. "Actually," he said, "the fellows got after me a bit on the way home tonight. The car runs fine most of the time, but every now and then it starts to buck. Tonight it bucked and then died. I coasted out of traffic, looked over the distributor cap and rotor for cracks and such, put it back together, and it ran okay."
Gus reached through the window and yanked the hood latch. "Was the distributor dirty inside?" he asked.
Bailey grimaced. "After what I tell my students? No, sir, take a look. I rebuilt that distributor myself."
Gus had to admit that the little reddish-colored cap and the gleaming parts within looked like jewelry. He tore a piece of paper into a narrow strip and worked it between the points. The paper showed a trace of black as he released it from between the contact surfaces.
"What did you lubricate the advance mechanism with?" he asked.
Bailey fished in the trunk a minute and produced a tube. "This white lubricant that I use for almost all my fine work. Those advance parts are really slick and I just put a tiny smear on them."
Stan caught it right away. "I remember when we tried to use the same lubricant," he said. "It has a metal additive and seems to vaporize a bit when the engine gets hot. After a while an almost invisible film shorts out the rotor."
Gus ran the tip of his finger up the under-face of the rotor. "As the rotor spins, it acts as a centrifuge and a thin conductive film works out toward the contact tip," he said. "Eventually, it provides a flashover path between the contact and the shaft."
Bailey was chagrined. "Then, when I wiped the rotor to look for cracks, I removed the invisible film enough for the car to run. I’ll wash out the distributor with cleaning solvent and blow it dry at the school shop. Next time, I’ll stick to approved distributor lubricants."
Two nights later, the Mercedes pulled in again. One cylinder sounded as though it was missing badly. Three men got out of the car with Bailey. From his expression, he’d been given a rough time on his choice of car and his mechanical skills. Gus felt sorry for him as he related his further troubles.
"After I cleaned the distributor," Bailey explained, "I got my friends here to go in with me on a new set of plugs. It doesn’t stop anymore, but now we’ve got a steady miss."
Gus took a quick look at the plugs. They were correct for the model and compression ratio of the car. Hoping that Bailey could come through, Gus wheeled up a cathode-ray ignition analyzer with a considerable flourish, tossed a protective blanket on the fender, and gestured openly in invitation.
"I’m a little busy, right now," he said, "but step up and be my guest on the scope."
Bailey picked up the wire leads. He handed one to a member of his group.
"Here, Bob, lend a hand," he said.
"What do I do with it?" asked Bob.
"Plug it in the wall socket," said Bailey dryly. He then quickly snapped the pickups on the engine and hit the starter. A green trace raced across the scope face and settled down to a rough, four-pip pattern. Bailey watched, stopped the engine, interchanged two wires on cap and plugs, and started the engine again. He let it run about 30 seconds. His friends watched in fascination.
"What’s going on, Bailey?" asked one.
Bailey looked up and grinned. "For you, Latin teacher—veni; vidi; vici." He tugged a plastic object from the end of a plug wire. "I came; I saw; I conquered. Tomorrow, you eggheads are shelling out for some new spark-plug resistor connectors."
He reconnected the plug wire by twisting the conductor around the plug cap and started the engine.
"The rhythm certainly looks better, now," said the music teacher.
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This story begins with a first-person tortoise narrator, deciding to present herself to the Tolstoy family as their pet. The tortoise reveals that before this, she was living with Oleg an “ornamental hermit in the Hermitage” of a wealthy, Russian family (120). The family hired Oleg to perform as a hermit, but over time, Oleg “morphed into the real thing” (120). He spoke only to the tortoise, explaining his various philosophies (beginning with Aesop’s fable, then the Greek myths, then Chinese mythology, then Darwinism, then Christianity). When fascinated with the ancient Romans, Oleg named the tortoise “Plautus,” after “the Roman comic playwright who valued imagination and the fantastic above anything he could scavenge from real life” (121).
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Progress must continue despite economy
By Scout on March 8, 2010
In late September, I researched and wrote a story about an apartment complex to be built on Main Street, where a vacant Walgreens building now sits.
Two apartment buildings, including a pool area, as well as retail space would be included in Main Street Commons in an effort to revitalize the area.
The project was supposed to have started in October, pending building permit approval, with a goal completion date of August 2010.
But no construction cones have been placed on Main Street, no cement mixers block traffic and the old Walgreens still stands, vacant, hulking over the street.
For all the city’s talk of revitalizing Peoria and drawing new businesses to run-down areas, I’ve seen nothing – no improvements, no revitalizations and certainly no Main Street Commons.
“But the recession,” people may argue. “We’re all hurting.”
Certainly, we’re all hurting. But isn’t that the point of new construction? Injecting jobs for the jobless, vitality in areas that are lifeless and maybe a little greenery and glasswork into a broken-down street bursting with vacant space?
The abundance of eyesores isn’t limited to the West Bluff. Drive north on Adams Street from South Peoria and the number of vacant, crumbling buildings isn’t so much astounding as it is depressing. Some buildings have beautiful architectural detail. There are crumbling signs from earlier businesses long gone. Most are empty.
The Economic Development Council for Central Illinois lists 170 vacant commercial properties in Peoria. Those located in designated Enterprise Zones – zones targeted for business growth and economic revitalization – get investment tax credits, exemptions on building material taxes and partial property tax abatements. Most of Adams Street is in the zone, and a good portion of the West Bluff, from University Street eastward down the hill on Main Street.
So what’s the hold up? I’m tired of out-of-towners thinking we live in a broken-down city with apathetic residents and an uncaring government. There’s a lot Peoria has to offer – it just gets hidden underneath the old dust.
Maybe Main Street Commons will be a start. Thomas Harrington, a member of Main Street Commons, LLC, the company developing the complex, said financing issues were being “wrapped up” and construction should start this summer. The complex, which will include a gym and tanning area, has a new goal opening of fall 2011. Harrington said the area will mean “Division I-quality housing at a smaller school.”
This sounds good to me – if it happens. This city has potential in its miles of waterfront, strong neighborhoods and a thriving arts scene. But it seems that improvements keep getting put off, waiting on conditional things to come, delaying the potential for growth.
Lauren Rees is a senior journalism major from Schaumberg. She is a Scout staff reporter.
Direct questions, comments and other responses to lrees@mail.bradley.edu.
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"...discrediting the study of creatures whose existence is unproven countermands the scientific commitment to explore the unknown" Dr. Jeff Meldrum
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Above is an hour long interview with Dr. Jeff Meldrum conducted by Radio West. Radio West is broadcast on KUER public radio, a charter member of National Public Radio (NPR). Below is the critique of the interview by Wired blogger and science writer Brian Switek.
The Squid and the Ape (excerpt)
By Brian Switek December 10, 2011 | 6:14 pm |
For the November 11th show, RadioWest producer Doug Fabrizio interviewed Idaho State University anthropologist and Sasquatch devotee Jeff Meldrum. The stated point of the interview was to see how Meldrum applied scientific reasoning to the search for a creature that, at best, exists on the fringes of scientific investigation. That’s not what actually transpired.
Even though Fabrizio kept qualifying statements about the ever-elusive Bigfoot with “if”s, he was clearly sympathetic to Meldrum’s efforts to give the mythical North American forest ape an air of respectability. The show was more about how Meldrum became attracted to the cryptozoological celebrity and his feelings as someone trying to prove the existence of a creature that, as far as I am concerned, probably doesn’t exist and has been a persistent focus of interest due to cultural phenomena rather than actual evidence. (As I wrote in a story for WIRED Science, there comes a time in searches for missing or presumably extinct mammal species that returns rapidly diminish and that species is more likely absent than simply elusive. So many have searched for Bigfoot for so long without finding any unambiguous evidence that I don’t see any reason to think such an animal exists.)
Almost all of Fabrizio’s questions were uncritical. Some, such as when Fabrizio asked when the search for Sasquatch supposedly became academically taboo, were even sympathetic to Meldrum’s exceptional claims. When Meldrum retells the story of how he saw tracks that convinced him that Bigfoot was real, Fabrizio doesn’t ask about how Meldrum could tell that the tracks were from a real animal and could not have been hoaxed. When Meldrum goes off about how he has brought Bigfoot into the scientific mainstream through papers, talks at conferences, and the like, Fabrizio doesn’t ask “Well, which journals and conferences? What did you say? How was your work received by your colleagues?” Likewise, Fabrizio lets Meldrum state that there is a lot of photo evidence – albeit poor quality – of Bigfoot as well as hair and scat without digging into the details of those assertions and why those lines of evidence have not done more to confirm the supposed ape’s existence. I didn’t want Fabrizio to be actively hostile to Meldrum’s ideas, but the radio host did not seem prepared to challenge his guest on any point.
The interview was mostly about feelings. What Meldrum felt about this or that aspect of Bigfoot arcana was more important than the veracity of what he was actually saying. I don’t take issue with RadioWest having cryptozoologists or other people who make exceptional claims on the show, but, for FSM’s sake, hold them to account and push them to explain why they believe what they do. If someone keeps saying there’s really good evidence for Bigfoot, Triassic Krakens, ancient aliens, or whatever, we shouldn’t be afraid of pressing them on how good that evidence actually is. To say that evidence is good is one thing. To demonstrate the same is not as easy.
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Anonymous Dec 12, 2011, 9:21:00 AM
It is always an interesting experience to hear what a real researcher like Dr. Meldrum has to say about the subject of Bigfoot. Too often we are inundated by sensationalists like the "Finding Bigfoot" crew.
darrellvmc Dec 12, 2011, 9:25:00 PM
Brian Switek displays the rather typical attitude of those who have made no effort to look into the subject, to read, to communicate with those who've had personal experiences and who have first-hand knowledge. That's what it takes to learn. Easier, I guess, to throw rocks from atop his straw house.
SAR Dec 14, 2011, 9:58:00 PM
Mmm..far too many very detailed witness accounts from highly credible observers to blow the phenomenon off as imaginary. Cops, military, firefighters, naturalists and numerous forest workers have reported seeing a bipedal creature, often of enormous dimensions, and though it may not leave a business card behind, it's not surprising for an inhabitant of the deep woods.
By comparison, how many very good clear pieces of photographic evidence have we seen the Albino Bear, a species we know exists through some scant documentation, but one which does not make itself readily available for personal interviews?
Guy Edwards Dec 14, 2011, 11:23:00 PM
@eunoterpsiac Love the Albino Bear reference!
Switek comes across like an ignorant, pompous douchebag. Meldrum is as straight-laced and credible as they come. If you can't put aside your preconceived ideas, Switek, then you suck as a writer.
Richard Stubstad Dec 28, 2011, 12:38:00 PM
I have discussed with Jeff Meldrum some of the DNA findings and conclusions I reached early on in the "Ketchum" study (as it is now called).
I did not hear the interview, but I think he is extremely intrigued about the progress that other scientists have made in the discovery process, now in terms of complete DNA genomic sequencing.
While neither Meldrum nor I am in possession of irrefutable proof that "sasquatch exists" as a new hominid or subspecies of an existing or past hominid, we do have compelling evidence that this is so -- far beyond the footprints, Double-pleaked normal Distribution of footprint lengths and widths, dermal ridges, and questionable video and film footage.
The latter is at least possible to hoax; but not DNA.
Richard Stubstad
Anonymous Jun 22, 2012, 5:18:00 PM
Switek has a point. Dr. Meldrum could very easily have relayed the information that Switek feels was lacking in the interview. But, that goes to the interviewer, not the interviewee. Dr. Meldrum could have easily explained similar characteristics from 200 casts taken at diferent times spanning years and different locations. Characteristics of casts defining a flexible foot not a block of wood. Toenail and dermal ridge impressions, etc. But, then again let's not forget that the "eye rolling" attitude of media types are partially to blame for the popular and academic stance on Sasquatch as a worthless if not crazy endeavor of study.
Unknown Oct 18, 2012, 4:25:00 AM
Same song and dance. From a skeptic. If I've said it once,,,,,,blah. Anyone of normal intelligence can take a long hard look(not a glance) of all the pieces gathered throughout the years. I find it hard to believe that a person of higher intelligence than myself could not want or HAVE to know if there are these awesome beings living around us. Instead of giving us reasons they do not,,could not,,would not exist,,,,,,,,,,,,show us that they do. Were doing our part. If you can can make an effort instead of unresearched comments and show me that these beings do not exsist and prove literally hundreds of people,,,more like thousands world wide and through history,,,,wrong,,,,then ill shake your hand,,,congratulate you on a job well done,,,,,and walk away from this field and community that is so dear to me. Good luck Mr scientist. Your goin to need it.
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The Great Egg Conspiracy: Lies, Corruption & Kevin Bacon
By Emily Moran Barwick | September 9, 2015 | 14
Today’s video is all about the underhanded tactics of the egg industry in the United States. For decades, the American egg industry battled and continues to battle anyone who dares to say anything even slightly negative about eggs, especially if these statements are backed by credible scientific proof.
Now that we have that out of the way, let’s delve into The Great Egg Conspiracy: Lies, Corruption & Kevin Bacon. A Bite Size Vegan Egg-spose. [tweet this] [I knew that last one was too much…]
Due to the nature of this video post and the remarkably aggressive and underhanded behavior of the egg industry, which I will be highlighting today, I feel it’s prudent to start off with a little bit of this:
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This is the first video in a series I’ll be releasing on eggs. In later videos, I’ll discuss the health debate surrounding eggs and the ethical issue surrounding egg production. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss those. If you’d like a brief overview on eggs, you can check out my video on eggs for kids.
Today I’m going to lead you through some of these exchanges, which range from completely absurd and nonsensical pseudoscience to illegal and aggressive corporate sabotage, all the way to outright threats of physical violence. For citations to all the documents and studies I’ll be referencing, check out the resources below.
The Birth of the National Commission on Egg Nutrition
Our journey into the egg controversy begins in 1961 when the American Heart Association took a stand on the association between dietary cholesterol and heart disease–namely that there was an association. [1] In response to this devastating news, the egg industry formed the almost impartial-sounding National Commission on Egg Nutrition in order to fight theses claims in the most American of ways: by launching a massive advertising campaign.
The Wall Street Journal and many other media outlets, sported ads combating the “theory of saturated fat and cholesterol” with claims such as “there is absolutely no scientific evidence that eating eggs, even in quantity, in any way increases the risk of heart disease.”[2]
Sample National Commission on Egg Nutrition Advertisement
The AHA responded by complaining to the Federal Trade Commission about what they called “false, deceptive and misleading advertising.”[22] [tweet this] After considering both sides, the FTC filed a formal complaint against the Commission on Egg Nutrition and its ad agency. [4]
The Commission on Egg Nutrition then lawyered up but were told by their own lawyers that the “chances of beating the lawsuit on scientific grounds are almost nil.” [4]
In the 1976 FTC decision, the judge called the Commission on Egg Nutrition’s statements “false, misleading, deceptive and unfair.” [2]
From The 1976 FTC Decision [2] Click to enlarge
The decision said that egg advertisement claims such “there is competent and reliable scientific evidence that dietary cholesterol, including eggs, decreases the risk of heart disease” [2 p.95-96] and that “the human body eliminates the same amount of cholesterol as that eaten,”[2 p.95-96] were untrue.
False Claims by the National Commission on Egg Nutrition [2]
The judge also pointed out that the name National Commission on Egg Nutrition implies an “impartial, independent, quasi-governmental health commission” when in fact it is “an association of persons engaged in the egg industry.” [2]
The Commission on Egg Nutrition argued that making false claims is within their rights of free speech, but were unable to convince the FTC, the court, or even their own lawyers. So again they took the most American of routes and set out to dupe the American public by paying for scientific studies that would reveal the cholesterol in eggs to be harmless. [32][33][34][35][36]
In reviewing such “scientific” literature, nutrition expert Dr. John McDougall pointed out that “Of the six studies in the medical literature that fail to demonstrate a significant rise in blood cholesterol level with the consumption of whole eggs, three were paid for by the American Egg Board, one by the Missouri Egg Merchandising Council, and one by the Egg Program of the California Department of Agriculture. Support for the sixth paper was not identified.” And that “The trick is in knowing how to design your experiment so you will get the results you are looking for. To get little or no increase in cholesterol results, you first saturate your subjects with cholesterol from other sources, because studies show that once people consume more than 400 to 800 milligrams of cholesterol per day, additional cholesterol has only a minor effect on blood cholesterol levels… Well-designed studies by investigators, independent of the food industry, clearly demonstrate the detrimental effects of eggs on blood cholesterol levels.” [23]
Sure enough, non-egg-industry-financed studies consistently showed that dietary cholesterol is harmful to our health.[24][25][26][27]
The dietary cholesterol-blood cholesterol link [27]
Which, of course, the Egg industry found less than egg-ceptional. (Just wanted to see if you were still paying attention…) because it only gets better from here!
The American Egg Board and the Lies It Told
In a moment of virtually edible incredibleness, in 1976 the egg industry birthed from its collective cloaca the American Egg Board, whose mission, according to their website is to “allow egg producers to fund to carry out proactive programs to increase demand for eggs and egg products through research, education and promotion.” And yes, that is a direct quote. [6]
The (nonsensical) Egg Board mission statement
Around this time, our little engine that could, the American egg industry, continued their efforts to disprove the wicked cholesterol conspiracy. The United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, known as the McGovern Committee after its chairman, was originally formed to address concerns about hunger and malnutrition in the United States but expanded in 1974 to include national nutrition policy and go after the major killers of overnutrition, with heart disease leading the pack. [7][8] Needless to say, the egg industry was concerned.
In an effort to clear its besmirched name, the industry presented five studies they felt completely redeemed eggs as a viable nutrition source. McGovern found the studies so confounding that he asked the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to review them. As John Robbins reports in his groundbreaking book Diet for a New America, “The institute carefully examined each of the five studies, then reported to Congress that the studies seemed deliberately designed to distort the facts. The institute’s impartial appraisal was that the studies were ‘seriously flawed…meaningless and should be discarded.’” [9][10]
But don’t worry—our little underdog fighting against Big Government didn’t give up. They again showed their true American colors by launching yet another advertising campaign, this time armed with “scientific evidence” based on these five studies, which had just been completely disproved.
(I’m sorry…I’m just so proud to be an American right now…)
Back to our unsung hero, who continued to claim dietary cholesterol is an essential nutrient and that our bodies naturally lowers their cholesterol production in response to higher dietary cholesterol consumption.[2] To back up this last claim, the egg industry cited outdated cholesterol studies, which used isolated cholesterol crystals before it was known that our bodies don’t absorb cholesterol without the presence of dietary fat.[11] But who needs valid, up-to-date science when you have the results you want?
Sadly for the egg industry, prevailing experts like Dr. Robert Levy, Director Of The National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute at the time, stated that “As far as we can determine, all of us would do just as well if we had no cholesterol in our diet. Cholesterol can be made by all of the cells in the body so we don’t need to take in any.” [28] And other experts such as the Task Force To The American Society Of Clinical Nutrition, stated that “There is no known evidence that low-cholesterol diets are harmful, or that dietary cholesterol is an essential nutrient in any human condition.,” [11] John Robbins, in Diet for a New America wrote that, “Under court order, the egg industry finally had to stop running ads that represented cholesterol as an essential dietary nutrient. And the court told them once again to stop denying the link between cholesterol and heart disease.”[9 p. 205]
But fear not. Such lies would never sway our steadfast egg industry heroes. If you can’t find an expert to tout the wonders of your product, you can always buy one, right? The executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Michael Jacobson, stated, “in June 1980, a committee of the National Academy of Sciences issued a report defending the current fatty diet. The main authors of the report were professors who had for many years received grants from or were paid consultants to the National Dairy Council, the National Livestock and Meat Board, the American Egg Board… and other industries whose profits depend on Americans’ pathogenic diet. One such professor was quoted in the press as being surprised that people thought the $250,000.00 he received as a consultant to the egg and other industries would cloud his objectivity regarding the nutritional value of eggs.” [13]
In 2012, the egg industry found itself in a bind once more when a study arose comparing atherosclerosis in smokers and egg-eaters finding that those who ate the most eggs had as much as two-thirds the risk of those that smoked the most, the equivalent of a pack-a-day habit for 40 years or more. [5]
Internal memos retrieved by the Freedom of Information Act and highlighted by the nutrition powerhouse himself, Dr. Michael Greger of Nutritionfacts.org,[14] reveal the egg industry tried to pay scientists to speak against this study. When they were unable to find a scientist willing to refute the study, a miracle occurred. An email from an MD, PhD, MBA, or “Doctor Doctor” as Dr. Greger says, discredited the study. Yet when the study’s principle investigator responded, they found out that this doctor didn’t exist and the email had come from a hacked email account of someone who’d been on vacation.
As we’ve seen so far, the unflappable egg industry doesn’t let something as trivial as the truth get in its way. [tweet this] In 2006, thirty years after being told by the FTC to stop making false claims, the egg industry was still at it. Internal documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and again highlighted by Dr. Greger,[15][37] showed the egg industry drafted a letter to magazines claiming that “the American Heart Association changed its recommendations to approve an egg a day in 2000 and eventually eliminated its number restrictions on eggs in 2002.”
False claims by the egg industry. [15][full emails, citation 37]
Dr. Greger produced a response from the head of the USDA’s poultry research and promotion program qualifying that the recommendations never changed. What actually happened was, in response to a question posed by a planted audience member, the AHA had acknowledged that a single egg could technically fit under the 300mg a day total cholesterol limit set for individuals with normal cholesterol levels, if you then eliminated all other forms of cholesterol from your diet.
USDA letter confirming that cholesterol standards haven't changed [15][full emails, citation 37]
You see, a single egg contains 213-275mg, which is actually over the 200mg per day limit for people with high cholesterol. [15][16] As an interesting point of comparison, KFC’s Double Down Sandwich, which features two chicken breasts, bacon, processed cheese and a dollop of KFC's special “Colonel's Sauce” contains 150mg cholesterol, 63-125mg less than a single egg. [16][38][39] [tweet this]
The most recent display of tenacity, ingenuity and total balls-out brazenness on the part of the egg industry is the attack on Hampton Creek, formally Beyond Eggs, makers of Just Mayo and other plant-based foods.
The Battle Over Eggless Mayonnaise
In a two-year battle during which the they violated no less than five laws, the Egg Board pulled out all the stops to take down what they saw as a “crisis and major threat”: eggless mayonnaise. [12]
Eggless Mayonnaise is a “crisis and a major threat”
The American Egg Board went for a multi-prong attack. In December 2013, they reached out to Anthony Zolezzi, an external sustainability contractor and self-proclaimed “eco-entrepreneur,” who’d said he could have Whole Foods refuse to sell Hampton Creek’s Just Mayo. It would only take a single phone call. And, of course, an implied fee.[12]
Email exchange between Egg Board RE: Zolezzi [12]
When they failed to stop Whole Foods from carrying Just Mayo, the American Egg Board went to phase two with the help of the USDA. In January 2014, Roger Glasshoff of the USDA proposed to report Just Mayo to the FDA for a false labeling claim. The FDA issued a warning letter [17] to Hampton Creek about misleading consumers by using the term “mayo” and the image of an egg while their product did not actually contain eggs. Because that’s the most misleading advertising we’ve come across so far.
Just Mayo (Source: paddockpost.com)
To continue their full-frontal egg-sault (that’s the last one for real) the American Egg Board hired Edelman, the world’s largest crisis management firm to lead a campaign against Hampton Creek with the USDA approving the key messages. They budgeted $33,000 to pay popular food bloggers for positive pieces on the wonders of eggs.[12][18]
The Egg Board blogger's budget [12]
Because the union of a massive government-backed group and a multi-billion dollar corporation is far better than either on their own, the American Egg Board backed Unilever, the maker of Hellmann’s mayonnaise in the suit they filed against Hampton Creek on October 31, 2014, [29] again for the product not actually containing eggs, thus violating the United States’ federal standard of mayo. Because in this country, we have principles. Sadly, due to overwhelmingly bad press, Unilever dropped the suit two months later. [30]
Unilever vs. Hampton Creek [29] click to enlarge
But as we know by now, the egg industry is never one to say “well, we did our best, let’s move on.” In the grand finale of their ingenuously-crafted multi-prong attack, they whipped out their most carefully crafted weapon yet: flippant threats of violence and murder. [tweet this]
Both Mike Spencer, Executive Vice President at Hidden Villa Ranch, a Hampton Creek Competitor, and Mitch Kanter, the Executive Directore of the American Egg Board’s Egg Nutrition Center, joked about putting out a hit on Hampton Creek’s CEO.[12]
Threats of violence to Hampton Creek's CEO [12]
So let’s say, just for argument’s sake, that cholesterol in eggs isn’t bad for you and that consuming them won’t kill you. Well, apparently, creating plant-based alternative to them just might.
Thus ends the two-year epic of Big Egg vs. Hampton Creek. Or so we hope.
Interestingly enough, while the American Egg Board and USDA project a unified front in public, behind the scenes, even the USDA has to try and reign in the apparently boundless cojones of the egg industry.
In another juicy exchange unearthed by the Freedom of Information Act and phenomenally documented by Dr. Greger in a video [19], we see the egg industry trying to create advertisements with American Egg Board money. You see, when an egg company wants to create an ad, they can do so with their own funds and say absolutely whatever they want, or they can dip into the expansive advertising budget of the American Egg Board, but then be subject to the USDA’s regulations. Now keep in mind that the USDA has a vested interest in marketing eggs and basically has a bromance with the American Egg Board, yet still has to put its foot down on the over-zealous egg industry’s penchant for untrue claims.
Wordplay and False Advertising
In this fascinating and somewhat comical email exchange, the USDA repeatedly tells the egg industry that they cannot legally call eggs “healthy” as the official FDA rules for the term “healthy” require that a food have saturated fat levels of 1g or less per 100g, less than 10% calories from saturated fat and that 90mg or less of cholesterol per serving, which even half an egg fails. [15][16]
Legally, eggs can’t be called nutritious, but can be called “nutrient-dense” as there is no legal definition for “nutrient-dense”. But as Dr. Greger says, even Twinkies can be called “nutrient-dense.” Eggs can’t be portrayed as a diet food because of their saturated fat and cholesterol content, plus they contain twice the calories of anything that can be “low cal.” Eggs can’t be called “relatively low in calories,” “low in sat fat,” or “relatively low in fat.” Eggs can’t even be called “a protein-rich food.” It’s illegal to say they “contribute nutritionally,” are “healthful” or even “contribute healthful components.” They can’t say eggs are “good for you” or an “important part of well-balanced, healthy diet.” Or even “safe.”[19] [Tweet this]
Yes, it’s illegal to say eggs are safe, with more than a hundred thousand Americans poisoned by Salmonella every year from eggs. The American Egg Board can’t even mention anything but hardboiled and dried eggs as even their own research shows that sunny-side-up, over-easy, and scrambled eggs are unsafe. [20]
Egg Industry's Own Research Shows Most Egg Cooking Methods to Be Unsafe [20]
It’s particularly interesting to read some of the USDA’s notes like: [you] “can’t use the word ‘healthy’ because of the amount of cholesterol (risk-increasing nutrient) in eggs,” [19] They are literally identifying cholesterol as a risk-increasing nutrient, yet the 2015 USDA New Dietary Recommendations Committee is proposing to remove any cholesterol limitation from official guidelines,[31] something we’ll cover in detail in the health-focused egg video.
The USDA also encourages crafty thinking. When told they can’t say eggs “aid in weight loss,” the egg industry instead tried “can reduce hunger,” with the USDA’s shining approval of their clever use of semantics.[19] Because food that reduces hunger is a crowning achievement of agricultural engineering.
With all of this wordplay, it seems only natural that the American Egg Board decided to really bring home the bacon. Kevin Bacon. If you notice in the ad, Mr. Bacon mentions that an “egg contains 6g high quality protein,” to “keep you fuller longer” and “help you stay energized all morning.” [21] He doesn’t say “healthy” or “nutritious,” but is certain to mention it help you say full. And with all that fat and cholesterol it better! The interesting part is that Bacon does say “Are you ready to start eating a nutritional powerhouse of a breakfast?”–the very term that was formerly disapproved by the USDA in the email exchange.[19] So either the USDA has relaxed its standards, or this was allowed because he technically doesn’t say that eggs are a nutritional powerhouse of a breakfast, but rather simply asks the woman if she is ready for a breakfast that is. [tweet this]
Still of Kevin Bacon Ad [see endnote 21 for full ad]
Hats off to you, American Egg Board. Way to step around those cholesterol-laden mines and give the American public what they want: a celebrity pimping a food the public loves, which has been shown time and again to contribute to our nation’s number one killer. Way to telling the good public how healthy they are being by continuing to consume your misunderstood gem of a product. Seeing as how you’ve paid professors, scientists, and executives to manipulate and misrepresent facts and spent billions on fierce advertising campaigns backed by thoroughly disproved science, it really makes sense to step it up to a high-name celebrity, who I’m sure performed for a nominal fee. Government-regulated dollars hard at work! Though, to your credit, this time you did use them to promote eggs, as is your mission, rather than fund illegal attacks on competitors or corrupt studies based on junk-science. Way to go, really. Now all you need is actual facts.
Believe it or not, this video is but a peek into the underbelly of food industry in America. The meat, dairy and egg industries have enormous sway in our government, our dietary guidelines, school nutrition education, and so many other far-reaching facets of our society.
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Resources and citations
1] Dietary Fat and Its Relation to Heart Attacks and Strokes Report by the Central Committee For Medical And Community Program of the American Heart Associatio
2] The 1976 FTC Decision, includes copies of some of the NCEN's ad campaigns
3] Lipid Research Clinics Program, “I. Reduction in Incidence” and “II. The Relationship of Reduction.”
4] Jack Sprat’s Legacy: The Science and Politics of Fat and Cholesterol, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, by Patricia Hausman.
5] Egg yolk consumption and carotid plaque, by J. David Spence, David J.A. Jenkins, Jean Davignon, Atherosclerosis October 2012 Volume 224, Issue 2, Pages 469–473.
6] The American Egg Board About Page [as viewed 9/5/15]
7] Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (2nd ed.) by Nestle, Marion, pp. 38–42.
8] Toward an End to Hunger in America by Peter K.Eisinge, pp. 78–83, 85.
9] Diet for a New America 25th Anniversary Edition: How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Your Happiness, and the Future of Life on Earth by John Robbins
10] U.S. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, “Diet Related to Killer Diseases, Volume 6, Response Regarding Eggs,” hearing July 26, 1977.
11] Task Force to the American Society of Clinical Nutrition, quoted in Hausman, Jack Sprat’s Legacy, 93– 94.
12] Compilation of Freedom of Information Act-Retrieved Exchanged Concerning the Egg Board vs. Hampton Creek
13] Michael Jacobson, preface to Hausman, Jack Sprat’s Legacy, 13– 19.
14] Eggs vs. Cigarettes in Atherosclerosis by Dr. Michael Greger
15] Eggs and Cholesterol: Patently False and Misleading Claims by Dr. Michael Greger
16] Dietary cholesterol and egg yolks: Not for patients at risk of vascular disease J David Spence, MD, David JA Jenkins, MD, PhD, and Jean Davignon, MD, MSc, The Canadian Journal of Cardiology 2010 Nov; 26(9): e336–e339.
17] FDA Warning to Hampton Creek
18] Example Egg Industry Paid Bloggers: Here and Here and Here (Fooducate), and Edelman's approval.
19] Who Says Eggs Aren’t Healthy Or Safe? by Dr. Michael Greger [coverage of the email exchange between the USDA and the Egg Industry regarding terminology]
20] Validation of cooking methods using shell eggs inoculated with Salmonella serotypes Enteritidis and Heidelberg. Davis AL1, Curtis PA, Conner DE, McKee SR, Kerth LK.
21] Kevin Bacon Stars in Egg Board Campagin
22] J. Mayer, “Egg vs. Cholesterol Battle,” New York Daily News, October 9, 1974, 48.
23] The McDougall Plan by John McDougall and Mary Ann McDougall, pp. 56.
24] “Human plasma lipid responses to red meat, poultry, fish, and eggs.” O'Brien BC, Reiser R., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 34 (1980)
25] “Does Egg Feeding (i.e. Dietary Cholesterol) Affect Plasma Cholesterol Levels in Humans? The Results of a Double Blind Study,” S. Roberts, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 34 (1981): 2092;
26] “Dietary cholesterol and the plasma lipids and lipoproteins in the Tarahumara Indians: a people habituated to a low cholesterol diet after weaning.,” M. McMurry, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1982 35: 741-4
27] “Effect of Dietary Cholesterol on Serum Cholesterol in Man,”F. Mattson, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 25 (1972): 589.
28] Robert Levy, quoted in Hausman, Jack Sprat’s Legacy, 215.
29] Unilever Complaint Against Hampton Creek
30] Unilever Drops Suit Against Hampton Creek
31] Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee of the USDA
32] “Effect of Dietary Egg on Human Serum Cholesterol and Triglycerides,” M. Flynn, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 32 (1979): 1051;
33] “Plasma Cholesterol and Triglycerides in Men with Added Eggs in the Diet,” G. Slater, Nutrition Reports International 14 (1976): 249;
34] “Eggs, Serum Cholesterol, and Coronary Heart Disease,” T. Dawber, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 36 (1982): 617;
35] “Effect of Dietary Egg on Serum Cholesterol and Triglyceride of Human Males,” M. Porter, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 30 (1977): 490;
36] “Plasma lipid and lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations in adult males consuming normal and high cholesterol diets under controlled conditions.” E. Flaim, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 34 (1981): 1103.
37] Full Email Exchange Between the USDA and Egg Industry Regarding Advertising Phrasing retrieved through the Freedom of Information Act via Dr. Greger of Nutritionfacts.org [see citation 15 for his video on the matter]
38] Egg Cholesterol in the Diet by Dr. Michael Greger
39] Eggs worse than KFC Double Down by Debora van Brenk [news item but referring to study in citation 16]
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sally anne hubbard on September 9, 2015 at 4:58 pm
eggceptional good.
Wow, very informative video. I am just beginning to learn that all the commercials pushing dairy and meat are only to support those industries and nothing more.
We have far too long listened and believed them. I grew up with he government “food pyramid”. How anyone can believe or think that rotting, decaying animal flesh is good for you, I will ever know.
Emily Moran Barwick (BiteSizeVegan) on September 9, 2015 at 5:17 pm
Thank you so much Sally Anne! The corruption is astounding and the infiltration into every aspect of our society equally so!
Helena Garcia on September 9, 2015 at 6:37 pm
Hi Emily! My name is Helena.
First of all congrats for the video, very informative! I was watching it with my boyfriend and he thought that maybe you could be interested in the following study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24475543
He has done research into conflicts of interest in the uk government food policy and this came up in his background reading.
The headlines:
The USDA has joint responsibility for the promotion of health through good diet and to protect the business interests of agriculture industries.
This means that, although evidence emerged that the mediterannean diet was by far the healthiest, USDA advice went in exactly the opposite direction.
This study focuses on consumption of red meat. Over time, despite the knowledge of how unhealthy red meat is, USDA advice was to ´increase consumption of red meat`(that is actually a quote, with no guidance as to how much it should increase whatsoever.
In the guidance that this paper analyses, the recommended intake of red meat in the US is 2500% of the intake of Greece, the country identified as having a healthy diet.
I´m sorry I can´t give you more of a lowdown than this, but the whole story is there in the study – and it makes interesting reading!
I hope it’s interesting for you! And thanks very much for your vegan nuggets, I enjoy all of them!!
Emily Moran Barwick (BiteSizeVegan) on September 9, 2015 at 10:13 pm
Thanks so much! And yes, the USDA has totally conflicting interests in the truest of senses. It’s incredibly corrupt. I’ll certainly take a look!
Hadar on September 11, 2015 at 6:29 pm
Emily, many thanks for your meticulously researched and well presented video!
Emily Moran Barwick (BiteSizeVegan) on September 14, 2015 at 5:56 pm
You are so welcome, Hadar. Thank you!
George on September 15, 2015 at 7:15 pm
Corruption? I hope everyone has read “The Dead Pit” by Michael Moss (19 January 2015) in the New York Times. The United States Meat Animal Research Center in Nebraska tortures thousands of farm animals in an attempt to increase profits for meat producers. Using taxpayer money of course! One of the more revolting things I have ever read. Keep it up Emily.
Emily Moran Barwick (BiteSizeVegan) on October 3, 2015 at 1:21 pm
Very important issue as well! That’s something I’ve been wanting to cover for some time. Hopefully soon!
louise on October 8, 2015 at 1:48 pm
Kevin bacon wd clear his acne scarred face,like I did my severe tetracycline treated acne,if he gave up eggs n dairy hormones. It took me years of suffering before I found out this connection. But loss to acne n doctor s excess lifestyles , now I’m left w DAmaged liver fr those pills,
No compensation settlement as usual,medical is religious control led,see names of hospitals,n religious profit fr their hospitals which started from inquisitors like Cisneros,to continue to burn women alive with radiation n chemotherapy which was weapon in WW1 now outlawed as weapon but not as “treatment of women’s pretend cancers,,it’s called acceptable de population of targeted women n children,the rich queen n rockerfeller have naturopaths while natives etc have white man medicine “for free”. Lol. ,,not really lol
Melissa Schwartz on October 24, 2015 at 6:24 pm
Really, really well done Emily. Thanks for making such a great video. You are brilliant and so appreciated.
Emily Moran Barwick (BiteSizeVegan) on October 24, 2015 at 9:42 pm
Thank you so much Melissa! Right back at ya! :)
James on November 3, 2015 at 6:14 am
I just thought I’d add my two cents into this whole cholesterol saturated fat discussion. To me, it shows how flawed studies can be even when they seem like they’re not. Look at the studies showing how bad cholesterol, and saturated fat are for us. But, one must use common sense and realize; your body produces roughly 2,000 mg of cholesterol on it’s own. If you’re eating a plant based diet; your body is producing cholesterol. If you consume cholesterol, it slows down its production. It’s the same with saturated fat; your body produces it’s own whether you consume it or not. So how on earth would egg’s be bad for you? Because it contains something essential to your body that it will produce on it’s own either way? Now, factory farmed eggs are not the same as natural eggs. How do we know what was used in these studies? That’s like doing a study on salt, but the study uses refined salt instead of Himalayan or celtic. Of course the outcome will be different. Or, doing a study on grain fed, factory farmed beef vs grassfed natural beef. I’m sure the outcomes will once again be different. You might want to look into the case study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on a 90 year old gentlemen who ate 25 eggs per day with perfect health.
Penny Powell on October 18, 2016 at 1:06 pm
I think that James has a very good point. And if we’re trying to find the Truth vs. merely get everyone to be vegan like many of us are, then turning over EVERY legitimate stone is crucial. I feel absolutely fantastic when I add hardboiled, locally-raised eggs to my predominantly plant-based diet. It takes me up a notch in energy and overall wellbeing. But I would never buy factory-farmed eggs and wouldn’t expect them to make me feel good. They’re quite literally a different animal.
Thank you for this very absorbing post!
George on October 26, 2016 at 2:34 pm
I follow the Chinese Buddhist path myself and would never use any animal products, period. (to the extent that I am aware of them) Karma is inexorable and just because something might make me feel good today is of little importance.
Some feel good drinking alcohol or using recreational drugs, so I don’t find this way of thinking much of a justification myself.
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Welcome back my bloody readers! Fall is among us and it’s coming to the season where
finding a good read that will put you in the right frame of mind. So if you need a suggestion to
help you out with that, you came to the right place. Our first book mixes religion and vampires
into the perfect mix of horror and end of the world story. The second book tell the story of
survival of three teenages in the world of the ‘changed’ Our final book tells about the haunted
area of historic Virginia. So during is favorite season, enjoy for spooky reading.
D.W. Jones
Whisper Music by J. B. Toner
I was fascinated by this book the very first time I laid eye on the synopsis.
The combination of vampires and the Catholic religion were always connect-
ed but Toner puts a new spin on it that is unique and keeps the action going
until the final pages.
The story begins with Danyaela, a demoness who wanted nothing more
that to corrupt anything pure. She goes to a small town in Croatia to confront
the lady in blue. There was a battle and Danyaela gets defeated soundly but
she comes out with something that give her some new abilities and lots of
Meanwhile two detectives investigating a murder finds out the victim is
a religious fanatic on some type of mission. Detective Harry recognizes
several clues from an old case and starts following the clues. It eventually
bring him in contact with Danyaela and old friends from the past. Not know-
ing what she is, he offers her an olive branch but quickly finds out he is in deeper
than he could imagine. But Danyaela is reminded of her past life when meeting Harry.
When she finds her maker, she unwittingly become entwined in a battle between her kind and humans and
doesn’t know who to follow. Will she side with her maker who has given her power new life and power or
will she pick to protect Detective Harry in the his fight for survival for humanity?
Toner does a great job with hooking you in from the beginning and keepting you interested from page
to page throughout the book. His mixture of religious beliefs and the mythology of vampires is a great
balancing act that keeps your wondering where he may go next. The journey of Danyaela is great as you
see her suddenly questioning her new life and fighting to get back a little of what she had in her former life.
I recommend this book for people who love a good vampire story with a religious overtone. This is
Toner first novel and did a great job with it would like to see him continue this storyline. You can pick this
book up at Sunbury Press or Amazon.com
After The Change by Michael J. Moore
If you are looking for a novel to fill the time before The Walking Dead
comes back, this is the book for you. I am not much for these types of books,
but this one was just enough of everything you would like and not too much of
the stuff you wouldn’t like. This is actually for young adult but that doesn’t take
away from it being a great story.
The story centers around Diego Conner along his friends and bandmates,
Wes and Sheena, as they try to survive an apocalyse that has changed almost
everyone into raving flesh eating monsters. Everyone they know has been
changed’ and only have each other to depend on. They have been surviving
for several months staying invisible and learning about these creatures and
how to avoid them.
One day Diego’s friend Wes decides that he doesn’t just want to survive
but he wants to live and thrive. He wants to start looking for people to gather
together and start making communities. Diego and Sheena have their doubts
and thinks it’s a bad idea since they don’t think they will find anyone good and they would be out for
themselves. Will they decide to take a chance and go with Wes’ idea knowing it is dangerous or will they
continue the existence to just surviving never knowing an end?
Moore does a great job mixing the teen angst and real life issues along with the horror of constantly
being attacked and trying to decide how to go on living. His main characters are not perfect and have
normal reactions to abnormal situations which makes them not like typical leading characters that have the
answers to everything and everything works out for them. The action is well distributed throughout the story
and you never know what is going to happen next. Moore also does a great job showing you the inside
mind of the typical teenager shows all the doubt they have whether its fighting with their girlfriend or
deciding what to kill
I recommend this book for fans of the Walking Dead series. There is going to be a new off shoot of
the Walking Dead series dealing with the next generation to deal with the dead. It will be interesting to see
if they do a good enough job with it as Moore did with After The Change. You can get this book at the
usual haunts like Amazon.com and at MKM Bridge Press.
Virginia’s Haunted Historic Triangle: Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown
and Other Haunted Locations 2nd Edition by Pamela K. Kinney
I believe that this is the first book of this type that we are reviewing for the
magazine. We were brought this book through our email conntection and
thought it would be great to check it out. I will tell you one thing, I learned a lot
through Kinney’s descriptions of the places she visited and the history behind
many of the places.
Kinney describes the three main areas that make up the Historic Triangle
in Virginia: Williamsburg which includes Colonial Williamsburg, Yorktown and
Jamestown. She then takes you to some of the outlying areas like Charles City,
Gloucester and Newport News. In these areas, Kinney visits such places such
as plantations, inns, and homes of individuals that took part in the history of the
area. Also she takes to haunted roads, Civil War battlegrounds and farm areas.
Kinney does a great job in immersing you into the history of the area she
talks about, the people who lived there and the possible explanations of the hauntings and type of things
that she has experienced. She gets the stories from people who worked there and people that she have
met along the way as she are on tours. Kinney includes any experiences that she has had herself and
includes many photos of the places and proof of the phenomona that seen has seen.One of the best things
about this bood is she stays neutral in reporting what she has seen and even when she hasn’t felt
anything. This makes her very believable and trust when she does experience something.
I recommend this book to anyone who is into hauntings and is likely to visit the Virginia ares that has
sites for potential activity. You are going to get everythng from learning history to the spooky goings on
that can rival the best horror novel. You can pick this book up at Amazon.com and Schiffer Publishing at
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T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide – priced at 199.99 $ on a two year contract
Samsung Hercules expected on Sptember 26
HTC Status – the Facebook phone now available for pre-ordering
If you like to access Facebook every day or even if you are just a fan, then you should definitely know that HTC Status is not available for pre ordering at AT&T, on their website to be more specific. Maybe you know that it’s not the first time when we have this Facebook device as our subject, but now you can actually do something to own it. Just go on the AT&T’s website and you will find this device available on a two year contract, for no more than 49.99 $. The best part is that on July 17th this Status handset will be available on many retailers, so one more reason to be happy.
For a device equipped with a Full QWERTY keyboard, this HTC Status is pretty light having no more than 120 grams. I can say the same thing about the phone’s size which is exactly 114.4 x 64.6 x 10.7 mm. One thing is clear, what we have here is a device dedicated for socialization purposes, and it has quite a power under the hood. For the operating system they used Android 2.3.3 and right behind it you will find a single core Qualcomm MSM7227 processor which runs at 800 MHz frequency. Let’s not forget about that total amount of 512 MB RAM memory and 512 MB of ROM memory.
I would very much like to know how long this smartphone lasts after a full charging of the battery, but unfortunately details about the autonomy are not available. We only know that HTC Status is powered by a Li-ion battery at 1250 mAh capacity. Let’s move next to the screen which is a capacitive multi touch type and it has a diagonal of 2.6 inches. Not so big I know, but at least it comes equipped with light sensor, proximity sensor, scratch resistant glass and with a maximum resolution of 480 x 320 pixels.
The features list continues with that 5 megapixels camera which also was equipped with auto focus and LED flash. We also know that it has video recording capability but details about the resolution are unknown. On the front side of the device they installed an additional 0.3 megapixels VGA camera for video calls. The features list ends with the connectivity which includes elements like the Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth module version 3.0, micro USB which is used for charging and a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack.
SOURCE : http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_status-4022.php
HTC Status will come at AT&T
HTC ChaCha – CPU power boost up to 800 MHz
Nokia E6 can be pre-ordered now – no more than 446 $
HTC EVO View 4G should be released on June 24th
BlackBerry Torch 9850 with no QWERTY keyboard
AT&TFacebookHTCpre-orderingQualcommStatus
Rumors about upcoming HTC tablet...
Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus sales
Nokia Asha 210 will hit someday this quarter
How to transfer movies on your Galaxy Tab 3
Nokia Lumia 710 the U.S. version officially announced – January 11th
Asus Padfone Infinity was revealed at MWC
HTC Pico – a new leaked smartphone
LG Nitro HD now for only 149.99 $
Samsung Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3 in Taiwan
Motorola Droid XYBOARD 10.1 and 8.2 can be ordered online now
Pantech Vega LTE smartphone is now official
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Bright Lights, Big City narrates a few disastrous days in the life of an aspiring young writer in the swirling, madcap world of young, upwardly mobile Manhattan in the 1980s. The book's narrator, plagued by a failed marriage and an unnamed sense of loss and guilt, watches helplessly from the distance of a cocaine-induced haze as he proceeds to squander his prestigious job and all sense of dignity and self-respect. Under the cover of an ironic sensibility, impervious to his surroundings, he plunges deeper into an abyss of nightclubs, shallow conversation, sex and drugs.
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Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) -The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
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Unfinished Poems: Sweeney Agonistes - Fragments of an Aristophanic Melodrama
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Minor Poems- Eyes that last I saw in tears
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Five-Finger Exercises
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A man engages in conversation with an animated woman in a restaurant. She charms him with her talk, laugh, and sensuality. She flaunts herself to the chagrin of the waiter, who tries to get them to take their tea in the garden. The man tries to get the woman to settle down so they can enjoy a quiet discourse.
Analysis for Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) - Hysteria Analysis
This poem, like "Mr. Apollinax" before it, presents a person who unabashedly displays their personality without worrying about what others around them think. The poem highlights the fact that not all people are comfortable with public displays of emotion. Again, Eliot seeks to convey that people need to let their real personalities shine through, albeit not in an overbearing manner. However...
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Peter Bruun is a rock musician gone composer. In secondary school Bruun composed and performed rock music, but changed direction and studied composition and theory privately with Niels Marthinsen at Århus University from 1989 to 1991. Meanwhile he also studied philosophy at Århus University. He got his degree in composition and music theory from the Royal Academy of Music in Århus in 1997 after studying with Per Nørgaard and Karl-Aage Rasmussen amongst others. Bruun is active in organisational and music political work. He is also a member of FIGURA Ensemble. In 2008 he received the Nordic Music Prize.
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The Downing Ohana and their history is a part of modern Hawaiian surfing. George Downing is one of the major figures, both in a historical and contemporary sense, who has served as ombudsman for the Hawaiian surf athlete while exerting his own street smarts and personal credibility to oppose the abuse of their natural waters. Along his life path, George has gained a unique knowledge of surfboards, paddleboards, outrigger canoes, of testing our limits in big-waves, and of the nature of people in general, which he shares selectively. He has traveled as a protector/advisor to U.S. and Hawaiian teams in World competitions, an assignment requiring all his wile and guile. He has formulated and introduced creative-format surfing competitions into being, influenced surfboard design, served as a lifesaver for numerous individuals who have come to him for help, acted as mentor to the sport and its industry as a whole, and to Captains within it’s core, all without compromising his sense of balance. Born in 1930, George began surfing on a solid redwood plank at Waikiki in the mid-1940s. A year or so later, his beach boy ukulele instructor recognized his lack of enthusiasm for afternoon lessons under the Hau tree and released him to the surf where he had already exhibited a predilection to excel. While working as a beachboy during and after the war, George encountered visitors from all walks of life, some of whom became enamored of the handsome and graceful young instructor, noting a potential for success at whatever wave he might choose. They bestowed on him advice in the ways of a world beyond the beach. In the later 1940s, George became the youngest member of a group of watermen that included Fran Heath, Wally Froiseth, John Kelly, with ex-gilder pilot distance record holder Woody Brown contributing aerodynamic ideas to their increasingly foiled surfboard shapes. It was Kelly and Heath who had discovered the revolutionary hot curl design by suddenly and impulsively narrowing the aft of one of their wide-tailed redwood planks with a hatchet! When Kelly and Heath chopped the tail into a drawn-in shape and slightly vee’d the bottom, it suddenly caused the board to hold to the wave on an angle. This allowed them to traverse while staying in the green, rather than riding soup towards the beach, which profoundly changed surfing. That clan of surfers, of whom George was then the young hot-rod member, adapted that theory to their 10-11’ craft and began exploring big waves around the island—waves that had previously had been thought un-rideable. Makaha came into play after Kelly camped there on a dive trip and returned home raving about the surf. Makaha Point waves became the new frontier and George an eager explorer. The Hawaiian’s hot curl plan shapes became the basis for the modern big wave surfboard. Primary architects and test pilots were George, Wally Froiseth, and their elder guru Woody Brown, Always an experimenter, George and his decade older mentor Wally Froiseth played together with surfboard design. One would swim at Makaha out wearing a mask to hang underwater and watch the other ride by, observing the water flow off the bottom, then they’d go in, revise the board right there on the beach and try it again. Through the late 1940s, George rode his beloved redwood plank “Pepe” at Makaha. It was a heavy, fast-tracking hot curl that he and Wally had shaped out of an already aged “plank” belonging to a beach boy named ”Brownie” who had awarded it to young Georgie, sensing he had a future. In 1948, George, Wally and Russ Takaki crewed a Transpac sailboat back to California where they bought a Model A for $25 and toured from Tijuana Sloughs and WindandSea, to Malibu. After ramming Pepe into a Malibu pier piling, George was introduced to fiberglass by Bob Simmons as a new repair material. In 1951, George would build an experimental, all balsa, pintail named “The Rocket” that featured the first moveable fin: a redwood fin box with a wooden fin that he could wedge in, try, then take out and move fore or aft and retest. Using trial and error he determined the correct setting and glassed it into a permanent position. George would later explain that the use of fiberglass made an even bigger contribution when used for attaching fins which spread the load of the fin torque across a greater bottom area, allowing for deeper fins thus modern maneuvering, versus use as a waterproof coating for light but absorbent balsawood. In 1954, the Makaha International Surfing Championship begun which would be the first major surfing event in the sport’s modern history. George was the first Men’s Champion and then the first repeat winner in years 1961 and 1965. He traveled to Peru in 1955 as a surfing emissary, winning their Championship and establishing life-long relationships with hard-playing, wealthy Peruvian surfers. In all facets of his life in the ocean: paddleboard racing, canoe paddling and surfing, surfing big waves and small, instructing, renting surfboards, sailing and diving, George has always been known as calculating, thoughtful, and strategic in studying and understanding the forces he is dealing with before coming up with a tactic to win with. This knowledge he’s passed down to his children and now grandchildren. In addition to his unique big wave-riding prowess, all through the war and post-war period, George won the Diamond Head paddleboard races, becoming a standard bearer for that skill, and the fastest paddleboard racer in all distance categories who, currently in his early 80s, still happens to hold the record for the 100-yard sprint. As a teenager, George worked as a deck hand taking tourists for rides on Woody Brown’s first catamaran Manu Kai, co-designed and built with Alfred Kumalae. In 1960, George took over the operation of the Waikiki Beach Center, serving the tourist hordes that swarmed the sand and surf of Waikiki with rentals and lessons. All through those years he continued to tap standout swells at Sunset, Laniakea, Makaha, and at the traditional Waikiki big wave break far outside the Natatorium, Castle Surf. His daughter Kaiulu, and sons Keone and Kainoa are all accomplished water athletes in canoe paddling and surfing, all three have raced canoes for the Outrigger Canoe Club, all have won the Molokai to Oahu canoe race considered the World Championships of open ocean racing with the boys winning five times, a three-man canoe surfing competition held in big Castles surf, Kainoa was finalist in the Pipe Masters, and Keone having been ranked as high as fifth in the world at 16 years of age competed in the World Amateur Championships and on the World Professional Tour. In 1990 Keone won the Quiksilver in memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational in 25 to 35 foot surf at Waimea Bay. A graduate of California College of the Arts, Keone runs the family ocean sports store, Downing Hawaii, on Waialae Avenue in Kaimuki, where he shapes, designs graphics and merchandises the store with water wear and hardcore gear with his sister, while, from the tiny office in the back, George (tagged “The Governor” by Keone) conducts an ongoing matrix of behind-the-scenes campaigns to preserve Hawaii’s most treasured beaches, reefs, and surf breaks which are constantly targeted for “improvements” that would degrade them. Additionally, George is the self appointed protector of those special friends who, being kind souls, are vulnerable to land sharks thus come under his relentless umbrella. Downing created the format for the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau at Waimea Bay, showcasing the rebirth of big wave riding and offering the biggest winner’s check in surfing history. The unique event protocol of not being held in less than 20’ conditions causes it to happen with unpredictable frequency, which lends each actual competition added gravitas. George has steered The Eddie through the normal entanglements which he has as skillfully navigated as he once did the channel at Laniakea, knowing that the rip current there runs out underneath the incoming waves, thus you must not dive down, stay in the white water to get in. At least several times each season George makes the on-or-off call that itself causes ripples around the world. From November through February, he remains focused on the swell buoys. On mornings pregnant with possibility, he and his pickup truck can be found in the gray of first light, overlooking the Bay, with George keenly confirming his diagnosis so as to make the early call that is necessary either way. The event that George has nurtured for over two-and-a-half decades has helped reestablish the preeminence of riding big waving within the surfing culture.
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Tennessine Element Facts
The chemical element tennessine is classed as a halogen. It was discovered in 2009 by a team of scientists led by Yuri Oganessian.
Classification: Tennessine is a halogen (presumed)
Atomic weight: (294), no stable isotopes
State: solid (presumed)
Electrons: 117
Protons: 117
Neutrons in most abundant isotope: 177
Electron shells: 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 7
Electron configuration: [Rn] 5f14 6d10 7s2 7p5 (presumed)
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Six atoms of tennessine have been detected. Image Courtesy: Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
An animation showing how tennessine was synthesized. From Kwei-Yu Chu of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
The heavy ion cyclotron U-400 in Dubna, where tennessine was synthesized.
A combination of experiments and computer simulations enable predictions to be made of deformations and shapes of the heaviest elements in and beyond the current periodic table. Photo: ORNL.
Discovery of Tennessine
In 2009, the first atoms of element 117 were made in the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions in Dubna, Russia. Evidence of the synthesis was published in April 2010, by scientific teams from Russia and the United States of America. (1), (2)
The research effort, led by Yuri Oganessian, was a collaboration between the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research (Dubna, Russia); the Research Institute for Advanced Reactors, Dimitrovgrad; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Vanderbilt University, Tennessee; and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Further experiments and analysis later confirmed this result and the discovery was verified by IUPAC in 2015.
The element is named after the Tennessee region, in recognition of the contribution institutions from that American State played in superheavy element research.
Tennessine was made by a fusion reaction of element 20 with element 97: calcium-48 with berkelium-249.
In the first synthesis of tennessine, calcium ions were formed into a beam in a cyclotron (a particle accelerator) and fired at a target layer of berkelium deposited 300 nm thick on titanium foil.
The first bombardment lasted 70 days. The berkelium was bombarded with over 7 trillion calcium-48 ions per second, accelerated to about 10% of the speed of light.
The data showed five nuclei of interest were produced during the 70 day bombardment. As a consequence of the high energy of the impacts that created them, these nuclei instantly lost thermal energy by emitting four neutrons to form tennessine-293.
The tennessine-293 (approximate half-life 14 ms) decayed by alpha emission into element 115 (moscovium). (2), (3)
In a second bombardment lasting 50 days, the speed of the bombarding calcium-48 ions was reduced. The resulting impacts were of lower energy and the single nucleus of interest that formed needed to emit just three neutrons to lose its excess energy, leading to the heavier tennessine-294 isotope. The data showed one atom of tennessine-294 (approximate half-life 78 ms) was formed in the bombardment, decaying again to element 115.
As a result of its position in Group 17 of the periodic table, tennessine is expected to have chemical properties characteristic of the halogens. The effects of relativistic electrons, however, may result in partial metalloid properties.
Too little of the element has been synthesized for its chemical properties to be confirmed.
Jim Roberto from Oak Ridge said: “New isotopes observed in these experiments continue a trend toward higher lifetimes for increased neutron numbers, providing evidence for the proposed ‘island of stability’ for super-heavy nuclei.”
IUPAC has accepted the discoveries of:
element 113 (nihonium)
element 114 (flerovium)
element 115 (moscovium)
element 116 (livermorium)
element 117 (tennessine)
element 118 (oganesson)
completing the seventh row of the periodic table.
Tennessine is harmful due to its radioactivity.
Tennessine is a synthetic radioactive metal and has only been produced in minute amounts.
Uses of Tennessine
Tennessine is of research interest only.
Abundance earth’s crust: nil
Abundance solar system: parts per trillion by weight, parts per trillion by moles
Cost, pure: $ per 100g
Source: Tennessine can be produced by bombarding 249Bk with 48Ca in a heavy ion accelerator.
Isotopes: Initial data has identified 2 isotopes of tennessine, with mass numbers 293 and 294. Neither are stable. Tennessine-293’s approximate half-life is 14 ms and tennessine-294’s is 78 ms.
Yu. Ts. Oganessian et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 2010, 104, 142502, 4 pages.
Office of Science, Nations Work Together to Discover New Element,.
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Marshfield contractor pleads guilty to stealing nearly $40,000 from client, vendors
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By Patriot Ledger Staff
PLYMOUTH — A Marshfield general contractor was sentenced to 18 months of probation and ordered to repay nearly $40,000 after he pleaded guilty to charges that he stole from a client and didn’t pay two of his vendors, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz announced Monday.
Donald S. McNeil, 48 of Marshfield pleaded guilty to three counts of larceny over $250 and two counts of larceny by check over $250 on Friday in Plymouth District Court.
Prosecutors say McNeil, who owns the Marshfield-based construction company M&M Contstruction Inc., took $31,050 in payments intended for materials to begin a $75,000 addition on a Bridgewater home, but never the homeowner never received any materials and no work was ever completed on the project. The homeowner contacted Bridgewater police in September 2017.
The other two victims were vendors hired by McNeil. He owed a surveyor $1,000 and a building material supplier $7,500. McNeil cut checks to both men that were returned for insufficient funds. The men both contacted police after unsuccessfully trying to contact McNeil for payment.
After pleading guilty last week, Judge Michael Vitali sentenced McNeil to 18 months of probation and ordered a restitution hearing to determine the amount he owes each victim — estimated to be $39,550. McNeil was also ordered to stay away from and have no contact with the victims, surrender his general contractors license and not work as a contractor during his probation period.
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Argument: DNA testing increases assurances of guilt; basis for executions
Debate: Death penalty
Thomas R. Eddlem. "Ten anti-death penalty fallacies". The New American. June 3, 2002 - FALLACY #4: DNA Evidence
"Since the US. Supreme Court ruled in 1976 that capital punishment is not 'cruel and unusual,' 618 prisoners have been executed across the nation and about 80 have been exonerated.... Those disturbing odds beg the question: If the chances of executing an innocent person are so high, should we have capital punishment?" (ABCNews.com, March 6, 2000)
Correction: While most of those released from death row have been released for political purposes or for technical reasons unrelated to guilt, it is true that a small number have been released because DNA evidence has proven innocence.
But even though ABC may not agree, its news story reinforces why the release of those on death row argues for, not against, the death penalty: "Widespread use of DNA testing and established standards for defense lawyers will virtually eliminate the argument that the death penalty cannot be fairly applied." If DNA evidence can really prove innocence, it can prove guilt as well, and society can be all the more certain that criminals sentenced to death will be guilty. The system as a whole is already working well. Since reinstituting the death penalty in 1976, not one person executed in the United States has been later proven innocent as a result of DNA evidence.
Peter Bronson. "Death Penalty Guards What is Valued Most". International Herald Tribune. 8 Mar. 2001 - DNA testing has also been a dud for death penalty opponents. It is not springing open dozens of cell doors on death row, because DNA tests are far more likely to confirm guilt than show that exhaustive appeals have still convicted the wrong person. Nonetheless, many states are adopting DNA testing to eliminate even the remote chance of a wrongful execution.
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YMO 2019-2020 Concert Season
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Tigers Are Better at Baserunning This Year But Not Because Of Stolen Bases
Rajai Davis leads the Tigers in stolen bases with 13
(Photo Credit: DetroitNews.com)
Even if you are only a casual observer of the Tigers, you have surely noticed that the Tigers are a different team on the bases than they were last season. The Tigers focused, in part, on improving team speed over the off-season replacing lead-footed runners such as first baseman Prince Fielder and shortstop Jhonny Peralta with speedsters such as outfielder Rajai Davis and second baseman Ian Kinsler. Additionally, new manager Brad Ausmus has made an effort to use the speed by letting the Tigers be more aggressive on the bases.
As a result of the new team makeup and managerial approach, the Tigers already have as many stolen bases (35) four games short of the quarter pole as they had all last year. They also lead the American League in stolen bases after finishing dead last in 2013. Last year, no Tiger reached double figures in stolen bases for the first time since 1973. This year, Davis already has 13 and two others - Austin Jackson (6) and Kinsler (5) are at least half way to 10.
There is more to baserunning than stolen bases though. For example, a player can move from first to third on a single (or fail to do so) or advance a base on a fly ball. Baseball Prospectus uses a complex algorithm to track all kinds of base running advancement. The BP base running statistics created by Dan Fox (now a statistician for the Pirates) include the following (all expressed in terms of runs above average):
GAR (Equivalent Ground Advancement Runs) - Contribution of advancement on ground outs.
SBR (Equivalent Stolen Base Runs) - contribution of stolen bases including runs subtracted for caught stealings and pickoffs.
AAR (Equivalent Air Advancement Runs) - Contribution of base runners advancing on fly outs
HAR (Equivalent Hit Advancement Runs) - contribution of runners taking the extra base on a hit: first to third on a single, second to home on a single, first to home on a double.
OAR (Equivalent Other Advancement Runs) - contribution of other base running advancements - passed balls, wild pitches and balks (evidence shows that those events are not entirely randomly and are influenced by base runners to an extent).
BRR (Equivalent Base Running Runs)- the sum of the five above statistics above or total base running contribution.
Note that players are penalized for making outs and also for not advancing when the average base runner would have been expected to do so.
The Tigers scored runs on the bases as follows in 2013:
GAR = -8.2 estimated runs above (below in their case) average on ground outs
SBR = -0.9 on base stealing
AAR = -4.6 on fly ball outs
HAR = -7.5 taking the extra base on hits
OAR = -0.3 on other events
BRR = -21.5 total base running runs below average
So, the Tigers were below average in all types of base running plays and were especially deficient at advancing on ground outs (last in baseball), fly balls (last) and hits (second to last). The BRR number tells us that base running cost the Tigers an estimated 22 runs compared to the average team with the same opportunities. This was by far the worst total in the majors.
In 2014, the numbers are more positive so far:
GAR = -1.7
SBR = -1.5
AAR = +2.5
HAR = 0.00
OAR = +0.33
BRR = -0.3
As it turns out, the Tigers are still not doing particularly well in stealing bases (-1.5 runs) according to this relatively small sample because they get thrown out a lot in costly situations. Where they have improved the most is in advancing on fly balls (+2.5 versus -4.6 in 2013) and hits (0.0 versus -7.5). Overall, they are a neutral baserunning team (-0.3 runs) which is a lot better than being an abysmal base running team as they were last year.
The game vs Baltimore the other day probably skews that SBR a bit.
Yeah I haven't been tracking this scientifically but it does feel like there are some improvements, although that's not saying much because we have had horrid baserunning problems of a variety of types for the last decade now, so not a very high bar to surpass. But I can live with any signs of improvement!
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Annapolis Election 2017
Tag Archives: Larry Claussen
Buckley Wins in a Landslide
It’s been an absolutely wild night for Democrats, with big wins in Virginia, New Jersey, and Annapolis, where Gavin Buckley defeated Mike Pantelides by a huge margin.
UPDATE (11/14): These numbers are now official. (City of Annapolis)
Mayor – D WIN: Gavin Buckley (D) 61.06%, Mike Pantelides (R-inc) 38.79%
This one took us by surprise. We knew there was an enthusiasm gap that favored Buckley, and we thought it might be enough to give him an 8-point edge. Instead, he clobbered the incumbent by 22 points, winning every ward and in fact, every precinct except one.
Ward 1 – D WIN: Elly Tierney (D) 60.12%, Larry Claussen (R) 35.54%
This didn’t end up being close either. Tierney won comfortably in both precincts, and her 24-point margin of victory tied with Rob Savidge in Ward 7 for the largest lead in any of the city’s contested elections.
Ward 2 – R WIN: Fred Paone (R-inc) 51.28%, Kurt Riegel (D) 49.42%
After a week-long recount of absentee and provisional ballots, Paone slightly increased his lead and was declared the winner. Democrats ended up being denied the sweep by 43 votes.
Ward 3 – D WIN: Rhonda Pindell Charles (D-inc) 96.19%
Ward 4 – D WIN: Sheila M. Finlayson (D-inc) 71.93%, all write-ins 28.07%
Toni Strong Pratt mounted a spirited write in campaign but Finlayson won easily.
Ward 5 – D WIN: Marc Rodriguez (D) 61.13%, James Appel (R) 38.87%
In the end, the ground game of Marc Rodriguez’ campaign was more than a match for Appel’s money, connections, and attack ads. Want to know how you can tell? Rodriguez actually out-performed Gavin Buckley in both precincts. Remember that one precinct in the city Buckley lost? Rodriguez won it.
Ward 6 – D WIN: Shaneka Henson (D) 95.01%
Ward 7 – D WIN: Rob Savidge (D) 61.74%, David Frankel (R) 37.76%
We were wrong about this one too – not only did Savidge beat Frankel, he did so by the widest margin of any contested election in the city: 24 percentage points. (After absentee ballots were counted, he actually tied Tierney in Ward 1 for the largest win margin.)
Ward 8 – D WIN: Ross Arnett (D-inc) 51.72%, Julie Mussog (R) 48.16%
This one is actually right where we predicted it: a close race between Ross Arnett and Julie Mussog that ended in a 4-point win for Arnett. This is the only ward where we saw significant party-crossing, as Mussog ran significantly ahead of Pantelides in both precincts. This one came down to absentee ballots, but when all was said and done, Arnett slightly increased his lead from 54 to 63 votes.
Handicapping the Annapolis Mayoral Horserace
It’s 2017, which means it’s time for another round of odd-year, low-turnout local elections. It is, however, the first regular election cycle in the Age of President Trump, which means a whole lot of pundits and bloggers will be screaming the word “momentum,” as in “which party has the momentum going into the REAL elections next year?”
Well, political momentum really is a thing, because people’s likelihood to exercise their right to vote is absolutely influenced by the political climate. When folks are fired up, they come out to vote. Larry Hogan was able to infuse energy into the Maryland Republican Party, and he defeated a Democratic candidate who was not able to instill the same energy into his party’s base, which largely stayed home. But Hogan and his supporters had a huge energy/momentum boost in November 2013, a full year before Hogan’s victory, when Republican Mike Pantelides defeated incumbent Democrat Josh Cohen for Mayor of Annapolis. The margin of victory was 59 votes, but Pantelides showed that a Republican who campaigns hard as a moderate can beat a Democrat, even in a place where Democrats vastly outnumber Republicans. Annapolis proved to be a bellwether for the whole state.
This year, of course, is very different. Donald Trump is President, and not only are Democrats fired up in a way we haven’t seen since 2008, but moderates are beginning to shun the Republican Party at all levels.
Taking all this into account, as well as conversations with locals from all wards and a glance at each candidate’s finances, we’ve come up with what will obviously be a 100% accurate prediction of next Tuesday’s election in Annapolis. We do, after all, carry all the prestige of a political blog that just launched!
Mayor of Annapolis
Incumbent: Mike Pantelides (R)
Challenger: Gavin Buckley (D)
Past Results:
2013: Mike Pantelides (R) 50.2%, Josh Cohen (D) 49.4%
2009: Josh Cohen (D) 46.5%, David Cordle (R) 40.5%, Chris Fox (I) 12.8%
Gavin Buckley, Democrat for Mayor
Fifty-nine votes. 59. That’s how many more votes Mike Pantelides had than incumbent Mayor Josh Cohen in 2013. The turnout was 33.58%. Two out of three registered voters didn’t show up.
Since taking office, Mayor Pantelides has largely been staying quiet and uncontroversial. Other than a staff shakeup at the beginning, he hasn’t really done anything to the city. He seems to be running Annapolis as an extension of Anne Arundel County, and has emphasized multiple times his close relationship with County Executive Steve Schuh. But the whole point of having a city government in Annapolis is to have elected officials who put the needs of Annapolis first, not the county. And the general verdict on Pantelides after one term is that he hasn’t done much of anything to improve the city. No action on sea level rise. No action on city public housing, even as it literally crumbles around him. “Working with the county” on gang violence. “Working with the county” on the opioid epidemic. Flip-flopping on controversial developments. All in all, a rather underwhelming first term.
Enter Gavin Buckley, a business owner known for revitalizing West Street and the Arts district. He took the Democratic nomination in a landslide against the sitting State Senator who was heavily favored by the party establishment. He has laid out a comprehensive vision for Annapolis, including downtown revitalization, transparent government, and perhaps most importantly, distinguishing Annapolis as a leader in infrastructure, safety, and the environment. This is the kind of vision that inspires a city. Volunteers have flocked to his campaign, which seems to enjoy an exceptional amount of support from young voters. Buckley is exactly the candidate who can bring out voters who usually stay home during city elections, and this year, turnout will matter a lot. While some observers forecast a close race, we see Buckley winning by 8 points, 53-45.
Ward 1 (map)
Incumbent: Joe Budge (D) – defeated in primary
Challengers: Larry Claussen (R), Elly Tierney (D)
2013: Joe Budge (D) 57.8%, Allen Furth (R) 41.8%
2009: Richard Israel (D) unopposed
Ward 1 is the affluent, historic downtown section of Annapolis most often visited by tourists. Parking and crime have been the biggest issues here, but sea level rise and flooding related to climate change will become increasingly important.
The Democratic candidate is Elly Tierney, a business owner and president of the Ward One Residents Association. She also has over 30 years of experience in construction and engineering, which will come in handy in a city with so many major developments in the works.
Larry Claussen, the only Republican to run here, never made a website or online presence (despite his many promises to do so!), but his candidate bio emphasizes his passion for historic preservation.
Republicans are targeting this seat, because without it they have no chance of winning a majority on the city council. It was sad to see dirty tactics unfold in Ward 1 even before the primary election in September. A mailer went out supporting Elly Tierney against Joe Budge, sent out by the Republican Party, because they thought she would be a weaker candidate. Then in October, they tried digging up dirt on Tierney’s five-year-old theft conviction, which was expunged, but dug up by Claussen’s campaign treasurer. Some candidates, when faced with skeletons from their closet, become indignant, and some wilt and withdraw. But Tierney has handled the coverage with humility and grace, and we believe voters should judge her on her recent community work and vision for Annapolis. She has been campaigning hard, knocking on doors and connecting with residents instead of hiding behind direct mailers. We believe Tierney will win by a 4 point margin, 52-48.
Incumbent: Fred Paone (R)
Challenger: Kurt Riegel (D)
2013: Fred Paone (R) 51.3%, Kurt Riegel (D) 48.5%
2009: Fred Paone (R) unopposed
Both Fred Paone and Kurt Riegel are competent, respected community leaders. Riegel has been a strong campaigner, building on his base from his narrow loss last time around and is a strong fundraiser. Uncharacteristically, Paone hasn’t been hitting the streets or raising gobs of money. The vast majority of his campaign cash was raised last year. This could go either way, but will ultimately come down to the extra effort Riegel has been able to put in this year on his campaign. Riegel will win by 2 points, 51-49.
Incumbent: Rhonda Pindell Charles (D)
Challengers: none
2013: Rhonda Pindell Charles (D) unopposed
2009: Classie Hoyle (D) 59.1%, Scott Bowling (R) 40.6%
With the incumbent as the only person running, we feel pretty safe in calling this one for Alderwoman Charles, unopposed.
Incumbent: Sheila M. Finlayson (D)
Challengers: Toni Strong Pratt (D) – write in
2013: Sheila M. Finlayson (D) unopposed
The single biggest surprise of the primary election was that second-term Alderwoman Sheila Finlayson only beat challenger Toni Strong Pratt by 17 votes. While there are no Republicans running against Finlayson, Pratt is running a write-in campaign. Ward 4 consistently has the lowest turnout rate in the city, which is a shame because it is so diverse and can be considered a microcosm of the whole city. But low turnout elections can yield unpredictable results, and Pratt is going to do better than the majority of write-in candidates who end up winning a fraction of one percent. Finlayson will win comfortably, but not by a landslide. This one goes to Finlayson by 10, 55-45.
Incumbent: Jared Littmann (D) – not running for re-election
Challengers: James Appel (R), Marc Rodriguez (D)
2013: Jared Littman (D) unopposed
2009: Matthew Silverman (D) 61.1%, James M. Conley (R) 38.5%
Many folks don’t realize that Ward 5 is the least-Democratic when it comes to presidential and midterm elections. It also has the city’s largest concentration of Hispanic voters. Marc Rodriguez has the support of outgoing Alderman Jared Littmann. James Appel has the support of Delegate Herb McMillan and Larry Hogan, of whose re-election campaign Appel is controller.
This one will be close, and like Ward 1 it is on the “bubble” for Republicans: they have to have everything go right to win, but they absolutely must win here to have a chance at a City Council majority. Politically, Ward 5 has always been close. It’s only been represented by Democrats since 2009, and was once represented by Herb McMillan. It contains affluent communities as well as public housing.
The result will come down to this: Rodriguez wins with a reasonable margin if the Hispanic voters turn out, but if they don’t, it will be very close and either candidate could win. Assuming a moderate Hispanic turnout, we pick Rodriguez by 6 points, 53-47.
Incumbent: Kenneth Kirby (D) – not running for re-election
Candidate: Shaneka Henson (D)
2013: Kenneth Kirby (D) 55.0%, Steven Conn (I) 44.9%
2009: Kenneth Kirby (D) 60.2%, Greg Stiverson (R) 39.6%
This race had an interesting primary, as Shaneka Henson faced DaJuan Kyre Gay. Both are incredibly dedicated to their community, and we feel that while Henson brought more experience to the table this year, Gay would make a stellar alderman down the road. Henson will win unopposed.
Incumbent: Ian Pfeiffer (D) – not running for re-election
Challengers: David Frankel (R), Rob Savidge (D)
2013: Ian Pfeiffer (D) 60.0%, James T. Clenny (R) 39.3%
2009: Ian Pfeiffer (D) 52.6%, Jennifer J. Monteith (R) 47.1%
This has been a hard-fought race between two well-qualified candidates in an open seat. David Frankel, an attorney, has laid out a vision for the ward, eschewing traditional city talking points and focusing on ultra-local issues, such as traffic and development. His opponent, Rob Savidge, has a well-deserved reputation as a defender of the environment, and started the race with significant name recognition due to his work for the city. While Savidge’s platform emphasizes his opposition to the controversial Crystal Spring and Parkside Preserve developments, it still seems like people know his primarily as an environment-first guy. While this isn’t a bad thing, we’ve heard some people, including Democrats, say that Frankel’s vision is more in-tune with the local issues. Frankel has perhaps campaigned harder than any candidate except Gavin Buckley, and his signs blanket the ward. Savidge has a lot of support, but ultimately enough Democrats will cross over to give Frankel the win by 4 points, 52-48.
Incumbent: Ross Arnett (D)
Challenger: Julie Mussog (R)
2013: Ross Arnett (D) unopposed
2009: Ross Arnett (D) 54.0%, Rock Toews 45.8%
Ross Arnett is an economist and self-described “fiscal hawk,” running for his third term in the wealthy and close-knit Ward 8 in Eastport. Julie Mussog is the CEO of the Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation, and also has a background in finance. This one is tough because a lot of folks like Mussog personally, but approve of the job Arnett has done representing them. There will be some party line-crossing here, and it will mostly go one way. This will be the closest election Eastport has seen in at least two decades, but Arnett will prevail by 2 points, 51-49.
It’s simple: this election will be won by whoever shows up.
If Democrats can bring a lot of new energized voters to the polls, folks who don’t usually vote in city elections, they could sweep the city council. If it’s another low-turnout election like last time, Republicans could pick up 3-4 seats. (1, 5, 7, 8 and retain 2.) If you live in Annapolis, don’t just go out and vote today – bring two friends with you. Bring somebody who didn’t vote last time. “People power” only works if you actually use it.
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Who Voted Against Equal Marriage in MD: Senate Edition | Club for Progress on Who Voted Against Equal Marriage in MD?
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Department of Engineering / Profiles / Mr Chris Rider
Mr Chris Rider
Director of CIKC
Email: cbr24@eng.cam.ac.uk
Chris Rider has been Director of the Cambridge Innovation and Knowledge Centre (CIKC) since 2009 and Director of the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Large Area Electronics from its inception in 2013.
Before taking up the position of CIKC Director, Chris was a Department Head at Kodak European Research, Cambridge, leading a team of scientists working on various projects to provide technology for Kodak’s Displays and Graphic Communications businesses.
Prior to that, Chris set up and led a research team whose focus was to develop technologies to enable the manufacture of optoelectronic structures of all kinds on plastic substrates. Projects included cholesteric LC and electrowetting reflective display technologies, inorganic electroluminescent displays, zinc oxide thin film transistors, flexible photovoltaics, electronically tunable photonic crystals and additive self-aligning processes for patterning functional materials. Chris has also led commercialisation projects for Kodak and has first hand experience of the processes needed to take technology from its initial conception through to product launch. Chris is a holder of 33 patents with more pending.
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Team/Support
About PIX
PIX Team
Support PIX
Citizen Issue
The Student Issue
Myanmar Issue
Nepal Newsletter
Scope: Nepal
Renewal: Afghanistan
Sri Lanka Newsletter
Surge: Pakistan
Embody: Gender
The Interior: Iran
Metamorphoses: Sri Lanka
Imaginaries: Photo Art
Myanmar’s ‘important moment in time’
Long gone are the days of Myanmar’s magazine culture. In years past, editors, writers and designers would meet in teashops across Yangon, making arrangements for their latest editions.
Though there have been a few resurgences, such as the newly published Yangon Literary Magazine, there have yet to be any magazines solely dedicated to Myanmar photography since travel and photography magazine “Shu Ma Nyee,” went out of print in 2014.
Now, India-based photography quarterly, PIX is trying to change that by dedicating its newest edition to Myanmar photographers and artists.
The magazine will launch their 14th issue at Myanm/art gallery in downtown Yangon on March 18.
Originally established as a contemporary photography magazine in India, PIX is part photographic archive and part commentary on practice and aesthetics in South Asia.
The mission of magazine, said co-founder, Nandita Jaishankar, is simply to “generate a dialogue between countries in South Asia.”
Since the magazine’s founding in 2011, Jaishankar and co-founder, Rahaab Allana, have worked with photographers from all over India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and even as far west as Iran.
Now, the duo turn their gaze towards Myanmar, a country that shares a long, entangled cultural and political history with India.
“Myanmar seemed to make a lot of sense to be included in this cultural fold, in order to create awareness in India about art and photo practices here,” Jaishankar said.
In this issue of PIX, local and foreign photographers and writers in Myanmar engage with the country’s transitions in both urban and rural settings.
“There is a great deal of curiosity about contemporary art and photography practice in Myanmar,” she said. “We hope that our publication will be just one of the voices to give a glimpse into some of the ideas and issues being discussed here.”
Jaishankar noted that while PIX does not attempt to represent the whole of the country’s photography scene, the magazine does provide “one filter of an important moment in time.”
One of the magazine’s featured artists is Yadanar Win, whose photo series “Random Marriage” created with fellow performance artist Ko Latt, makes a connection between the country’s democratic transition and Myanmar traditional marriage.
The series was first shown at the Sangrok Exhibition Hall in Gwunju, South Korea in 2014.
“I’m really glad I was able to show my work in PIX alongside other Myanmar artists and photographers,” Yadanar Win said.
During their initial visit to Myamar, Jaishankar and Allana spent one week working with artists, conducting interviews and visiting them at their studios.
“It was a very interesting process to understand the ideas and motivations behind their work…it has been an important exchange which we hope to continue,” Jaishankar said.
For the magazine launch, the PIX team chose Myanm/art gallery, one of their partners, as their venue.
Nathalie Johnston, founder of the ten-month-old gallery, remarked how exciting it is for Myanm/art to host this kind of event.
“Myanm/art as a space likes to encourage this kind of new research in alternative mediums,” she said, mentioning the Goethe Institute as another key supporter of the PIX launch.
Johnston also penned an original feature in the issue on the mixing of art and photography in Myanmar, specifically the works of artists Nge Lay, Phyoe Kyi and Emily Phyo.
“It’s important that general audiences note the relationship between photography as documentation and storytelling and then photography as art. They are more related than most people think,” she added.
In addition to opening up artistic possibilities within photography, PIX’s Myanmar launch also brings up an important question about the relationship between Myanmar and the magazine’s previous country focuses.
Though Myanmar is generally categorised as a Southeast Asian country, its inclusion in the magazine opens it up to all of South Asia. Johnston wonders can or should Myanmar artists be included in this conversation? And if so, how?
“As PIX has pointed out, Myanmar has shared histories with South Asia. This is a conversation we should have more often in the creative fields in Myanmar,” she said.
Following the launch, Jaishankar and Allana will introduce the issue back in New Delhi. Looking ahead, the two have their eyes set on publishing a new feature focused on South Asian student work, hoping to engage the photography departments of higher learning institutions.
PIX Issue 14 will launch at Myanm/art Gallery on March 18 at 7pm. Myanm/art is located at 98 Bogolayzay Road.
by Myo Satt, Thursday, 16 March 2017, Myanmar Times
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/lifestyle/25355-magazine-launch-captures-myanmar-s-important-moment-in-time.html
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Bush moves to middle with affordable housing push
George W. Bush was talking affordable housing today while focusing on a key battleground state where he suffered an earlier campaign loss.
"I'm here to start laying the groundwork for next fall," the likely Republican presidential nominee said Monday night. "Is it too early to start in Michigan? Not at all."
To underscore his commitment to affordable housing, Bush was visiting a private home in Battle Creek that was renovated through a nonprofit neighborhood redevelopment program. He also planned a forum at a senior citizens center in Dearborn to tout housing initiatives for the elderly.
The events, followed by a fund-raiser in Troy, are part of what Bush says will be a sustained effort in a big industrial state that could help determine the outcome in November.
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Shooting Stars Used as Missiles to Hit the Jinn
by Ali Sina ·
Muhammad just as his Bedouin contemporaries had a strange belief in shadowy beings and ghosts that he called Jinn.
These Jinns were made of fire and would stand on top of each other’s shoulders all the way to heaven to eavesdrop to what was being discussed. But the most amusing part is that the prophet believed that the shooting stars and the meteors are the missiles thrown at the eavesdropping Jinns.
Q. 72: 8
“And (the Jinn who had listened to the Qur’an said): We had sought the heaven but had found it filled with strong warders and meteors.
And we used to sit on places (high) therein to listen. But he who listeneth now findeth a flame in wait for him;”
He repeated the same absurd idea again.
Q. 37: 6/10
”We have indeed decked the lower heaven with beauty (in) the stars,
(For beauty) and for guard against all obstinate rebellious evil spirits,
(So) they should not strain their ears in the direction of the Exalted Assembly but be cast away from every side,
Repulsed, for they are under a perpetual penalty,
Except such as snatch away something by stealth, and they are pursued by a flaming fire, of piercing brightness.
“And we have, (from of old), adorned the lowest heaven with Lamps, and We have made such (Lamps) (as) missiles to drive away the Evil Ones, and have prepared for them the Penalty of the Blazing Fire.”
The universe as was envisioned by Muhammad, obviously belongs to the realm of fairy tales. The Earth for him was flat were the sun rises from one end and sets in the muddy waters on the other. In Arabic the word “sama” stands for both heaven and sky. And for Muhammad, just like his primitive contemporaries there was no distinction between the two. He described the heaven (sky) made of seven layers and placed the stars in the lowest layer, lower than the Moon. Then he envisioned the mythical Jinns as if they were real beings, standing on each other’s shoulders all the way to heaven to eavesdrop to the discussion of the “Exalted Assembly”. He assumed that the stars are just lamps to adorn the lower heaven that are also used as missiles to shoot the intruding Jinns. Can any reasonable person today accept these fables of those primitive people as true?
The shooting stars, despite their names are not stars but meteorites that glow when enter the atmosphere of the Earth. But Muhammad, could not see the difference; to him the shooting stars were stars.
As absurd as it may be, today’s Muslims still believe in the Jinns. It is written in Quran and for them the Quran is the word of Allah. How can it be wrong?
There is also a Hadith that confirms the above story.
Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 54, Number 432
Narrated ‘Aisha:
I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “The angels descend, the clouds and mention this or that matter decreed in the Heaven. The devils listen stealthily to such a matter, come down to inspire the soothsayers with it, and the latter would add to it one-hundred lies of their own.”
A similar hadith is reported in Sahih Bukhari Volume 9, Book 93, Number 650
Ali Sina
Ali Sina is the author of Understanding Muhammad and Muslims.
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VIKING VOYAGERS EXHIBITION AV
Have you ever considered that Vikings may have done us some good turns during their time with us? If Britain hadn’t been open to their seafaring and trading skills, we may never have ruled the waves.
Our time with the vikings wasn’t all sweetness and light, that’s understood, but it’s possible that they were not only more battle-savvy than us but they had already navigated many of the oceans, discovered North America and established worldwide trading links we had no idea abut.
The National Maritime Museum Cornwall are renowned for great exhibitions in the South West of England and this one focusses on the technological, structural, navigational and forward thinking heritage left to us by our Scandinavian friends.
Fatcalf was chosen to craft content for storytelling audio points, atmospheric soundscapes, film based tutorials on boat building and navigation and artwork for a suite of touchscreen information points.
First stop was to film students and their tutor at Falmouth Marine School during their project to build a Viking Faering boat with traditional tools and skills. We came out with 6 x interviews and lots of footage of them using the only tools they were allowed to use on the beautifully shaped boat they were building.
Next, it was off to Plymouth to film the iconic Sir Robin Knox Johnston telling us all about how mariners were able to navigate before the invention of the magnetic compass. Stars, wildlife, waves, winds all gave clues but the only accurate way of staying on track in daylight was the Sun Compass.
In the meantime we had engaged a team of voice over artists with a particular set of skills. They had to deliver great character, wonderful tone, spot on timing, and, a range of perfect Scandinavian accents. Working over the phone or on Skype directing Denmark, Norway and Sweden based voice over artists was a time-consuming but lovely experience.
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The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has launched the ‘Every Last Drop’ campaign – a campaign to raise awareness amongst UK food and drink companies of the impact water stress could have on the longer term sustainability of the food and drink industry, and to provide practical, easily-accessible guidance on how businesses can be more water efficient.
The Every Last Drop guide provides a series of golden rules for food and drink manufacturing businesses – tailored for those with boardroom, supply chain and operational roles, to help them manage its use effectively along the supply chain, including as individuals at home.
Developed by FDF’s Water Working Group, Every Last Drop is available to all food and drink businesses, including non-FDF members, and provides downloadable resources in support of the guide’s key messages. A series of workshops and webinars are also planned for the New Year. It also includes a new dedicated water page on FDF’s website giving further sources of help and information along with best practice case studies.
Andrew Kuyk, FDF’s director of sustainability and competitiveness, comments: “Water is particularly important for the long term sustainability of the food and drink industry because of our reliance on a supply of water for both our raw material and processing needs. It is vital that we all do what we can to conserve this precious resource and to alleviate water stress. Every Last Drop forms part of our Five-fold Environmental Ambition’s wider work to improve environmental sustainability across the supply chain.”
“This simple guide provides a series of ‘golden rules’ for food and drink manufacturing businesses of all sizes,” says Inder Poonaji, chair of FDF’s water group and head of safety, health and environmental sustainability at Nestle UK. “I am convinced that by taking on board these simple tips we can help make a difference to the protection of this precious resource and, in turn, contribute to the longer term sustainability of the food and drink industry. Please therefore keep this guide handy and share it with others in your organisation.”
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New Mercedes E-Class Details Leaked Ahead of Launch
You can’t keep anything secret these days…
Ahead of its official unveiling at the Detroit Motor Show later this month, images of the all-new model leaked out on to the internet.
Taking styling cues from both the smaller C-Class and larger S-Class, the new E-Class is larger than the current model with a prominent grille and a sloping boot lid that kicks up to form a subtle spoiler.
Despite the extra bulk, the car should be some 100kg lighter than the outgoing model thanks to weight saving found in the ‘MRA’ chassis. Aerodynamic efficiency was vital during development, with the saloon having an exceptionally low 0.23Cd figure.
Engines are likely to remain broadly as they are now, with the trusty 2.1-litre diesel being a company car driver favourite. A low-tax plug-in hybrid option will follow, as will an estate, coupe and convertible options.
The interior, also revealed in the leak, follows current Mercedes design thinking, with a smooth and contoured centre stack leading up to an integrated LCD screen alongside a fully digital instrument panel.
Technology continues outside the car, with a smartphone app able to act as a key for the car, while remote parking system will allow you to step out of the car and watch it park itself.
The new Mercedes E-Class is expected to arrive in the UK this summer.
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DIII-D Receives Five-Year Funding Award from Department of Energy
Award will fund multiple projects to advance science of practical fusion energy
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Our research and development portfolio includes:
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GA has been an innovator in Magnetic Fusion Energy (MFE) for more than 50 years. The DIII-D National Fusion Facility, operated by GA for the U.S. Department of Energy, is the largest MFE device in the nation and one of the largest in the world. Research in DIII-D addresses a range of issues spanning basic understanding of the physics of fusion plasmas and establishing a scientific basis for operation of future fusion devices including the ITER international project. ITER is now under construction in France by a consortium of 35 nations including the U.S., and it is expected to demonstrate high fusion gain upon completion. GA is also engaged in manufacturing components for ITER including the Central Solenoid, which will be the world's most powerful superconducting magnet that will form the beating heart of the ITER device.
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DINNER BY HESTON BLUMENTHAL
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Dinner was inspired by chef Heston Blumenthal’s fascination with British historic gastronomy. Alongside Ashley Palmer-Watts, the two chefs have created a menu that takes those discoveries and fascinations into a new and constantly evolving modern dining experience. Example dishes include Spiced Squab Pigeon (c.1780) with onions, artichokes, ale and malt and Sambocade (c. 1390) goats milk cheesecake with elderflower & apple.
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Carly Rae Jepsen - I Really Like You
"I Really Like You"
I really wanna stop
But I just got the taste for it
I feel like I could fly with the boy on the moon
So honey hold my hand, you like making me wait for it
I feel like I could die walking up to the room, oh yeah
Late night, watching television
But how'd we get in this position?
It's way too soon, I know this isn't love
But I need to tell you something
I really really really really really really like you
And I want you. Do you want me? Do you want me too?
Oh, did I say too much?
I'm so in my head
When we're out of touch
It's like everything you say is a sweet revelation
All I wanna do is get into your head
Yeah we could stay alone, you and me, in this temptation
Sipping on your lips, hanging on by thread, baby
When we're out of touch (When we're out of touch)
Who gave you eyes like that?
Said you could keep them?
I don't know how to act
Or if I should be leaving
I'm running out of time
Going out of my mind
I need to tell you something
Yeah, I need to tell you something
(YEAAAAAAH!) I really really really really really really like you
I really really really really really really like you (Oh, oh, ohh!)
And I want you. Do you want me? Do you want me too? (Do you want me, too?)
Oh, did I say too much? (Did I say too much?)
I'm so in my head (I'm so in my head)
When we're out of touch (When we're out of touch!)
And I want you. Do you want me? Do you want me too? (Yeah, I need to tell you something)
I really really really really really really like you (Oh, yeah!)
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Year : 2019 | Volume : 23 | Issue : 3 | Page : 318--325
Prevalence of diagnostic methods and treatment modalities in vipoma patients: A rare cause of hormone-mediated diarrhea
Fateme Shamekhi Amiri
Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Faculty of Medicine, National Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Faculty of Medicine, National Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Introduction: VIPoma is a neuroendocrine tumor that secrets vasoactive intestinal peptide and produces a well-defined clinical syndrome characterized by watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, hypochlorhydria and metabolic acidosis. The aim of this study to investigate clinical studies about diagnostic and therapeutic modalities of vipoma patients. In this retrospective study, all patients of vipoma were investigated. Clinical features, laboratory data at initial presentation, management and outcomes were collected. Subjects and Methods: The paper has written based on searching PubMed and Google Scholar to identify potentially relevant articles or abstracts. Categorical variables as percentage and continuous variables were reported as mean ± standard deviation (SD). Results: All the patients presented with watery diarrhea (30/30, 100%) and dehydration was reported in 33.3% of them. Prevalence of laboratory findings in these patients were assessed for hypokalaemia (25/30, 83.3%), metabolic acidosis (9/30, 33.6%), hypochloremia and achlorhydria (2/30, 6.6%). Elevated VIP levels have been seen in 73.3% patients with mean values of 882.85 ± 1134.87 pg/ml. Prevalence of diagnostic methods included CT scan in 19 patients (19/30, 63.3%), ultrasonography (15/50, 50%), and somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (8/30, 26.6%). Medical treatments included somatostatin and analogues in 18 patients (18/30, 60%). Surgery included less percentage of treatment in these patients. Conclusion: CT scan can be used as a reliable modality for diagnosis of vipoma and somatostatin analogues can be used as the most effective treatment in vipoma patients. Surveillance of these patients needs to close monitoring of patients via history, physical examination, laboratory and imaging.
Amiri FS. Prevalence of diagnostic methods and treatment modalities in vipoma patients: A rare cause of hormone-mediated diarrhea.Indian J Endocr Metab 2019;23:318-325
Amiri FS. Prevalence of diagnostic methods and treatment modalities in vipoma patients: A rare cause of hormone-mediated diarrhea. Indian J Endocr Metab [serial online] 2019 [cited 2020 Jan 20 ];23:318-325
Available from: http://www.ijem.in/text.asp?2019/23/3/318/263675
Neuroendocrine tumors are neoplasms that exhibit neuroendocrine phenotypes such as the production of neuropeptides, large dense-core secretory vesicles, and a lack of neural structures. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs), a group of endocrine tumors arising in the pancreas, are among the most common neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). pNETs are classified as functioning or non-functioning depending on whether they cause hormonal hypersecretion syndrome.[1] Functioning pNETs include gastrinomas, glucagonomas, somatostatinomas, or and vasoactive intestinal peptide tumors (VIPomas).
Subjects and Methods
Data source and search
The paper has written based on searching PubMed and Google Scholar, Cochrane library and Embase databases to identify potentially relevant article titles or abstracts.
Terminology of search
The mentioned search included the following search terms: VIPoma, vasoactive intestinal peptide producing tumor, multiple endocrine neoplasia-1(MEN1)-associated tumors. The author reviewed bibliographies of all selected articles to identify the additional relevant studies.
Collectively, 8349 8355 records were identified since inception to February 2019 based on titles or abstract. After deduplication full-text of 163 169 articles were reviewed and screened and 93 99 articles excluded due to unrelated subjects and abstract. After screening of studies, 70 articles were eligible and 41 articles were excluded due to non-originality and non-pancreatic NETs. The author reviewed bibliographies of all selected articles (case reports) to identify the additional relevant studies. In presence of non-English papers, they were translated and there were 3 non-English articles (2 case reports and one review article) in this study that were excluded due to unavailable electronic access. 29 published articles included 30 case reports and patients for qualitative and quantitative synthesis [Figure 1]. In this retrospective study, all experimental participants (patients) of pNETs were investigated since neonate to old-age. Prevalence of primary and metastatic sites in these patients assessed. Moreover, all symptoms and signs of patients at initial presentation were extracted from articles. Serum electrolytes, creatinine, glucose, hormones, arterial blood gas was were investigated in this study. Furthermore, diagnostic methods, treatment modalities and outcomes were examined.{Figure 1}
Ethical states
This article does not contain examinations performed on human participants directly. Then, ethical approval was not necessary by author of this paper, but case reports' authors mentioned obtaining written consent from their patients in the mentioned case reports.
Study design and settings
In this retrospective study, all patients of vipoma were investigated. Clinical features, laboratory data at initial presentation, management and outcomes were collected.
All patients of pNETs since neonate to old-age were investigated. Prevalence of primary and metastatic sites in these patients assessed. Moreover, all symptoms and signs of patients at initial presentation were extracted from articles. Serum electrolytes, creatinine, glucose, hormones, arterial blood gas was investigated in this study. Furthermore, diagnostic methods, treatment modalities and outcomes were examined.
Categorical variables are recorded as frequency (N) and percentage (%). Continuous variables are reported as mean ± standard deviation (SD). Comparisons between variables were assessed by F test and two-tailed t test analysis. Significance was assessed with P value of <0.05.
Patient's characteristics
This study selected 30 patients and demographic characteristics of VIPoma are summarized in ' [Table 1]'. Mean (± SD) age of patients at time of diagnosis was 50 ± 17.85 years (ranging from 2 to 80 years). Of these, 15 patients (15/30, 50%) were male and 15 patients (15/30, 50%) were female [Figure 2].[2],[3],[4],[5],[6],[7],[8],[9],[10],[11],[12],[13],[14],[15],[16],[17],[18],[19],[20],[21],[22],[23],[24],[25],[26],[27],[28],[29],[30]{Table 1}{Figure 2}
Anatomic involvement of tumor
Prevalence of primary and metastatic sites of tumors include pancreas (29/30, 96.6%), liver (14/30, 46.6%), parathyroid and lymph nodes (3/30, 10%), adrenal gland, pituitary and duodenum (2/30, 6.6%), stomach, kidney, ovary and sigmoid colon (1/30, 3.3%).
Patient's complaints
Patient's history and physical examination are of paramount importance, especially in the setting of functional pNETs. It classically presents with severe secretory diarrhea with hypokalemia, dehydration and hypochlorhydria. In this study, all patients presented with watery diarrhea (30/30, 100%), 10 patients with dehydration (10/30, 33.3%), 9 patients with weight loss (9/30, 30%), 6 patients with generalized weakness (6/30, 20%), 5 patients with nausea and vomiting (5/30, 16.6%), 3 patients with increased bowel sounds, anorexia, fatique or tiredness, acute renal failure, skin lesions (3/30, 10%), 2 patients with muscle weakness, abdominal pain, epigastric pain (2/30, 6.6%), one patient with left-sided weakness, acute flaccid bilateral lower limb weakness, liver mass, asthenia or weakness or loss of energy and strength, malaise or a vague feeling of being unwell, erb's palsy, rectal pain, melena, epigastric mass, and chronic kidney disease (1/30, 3.3%) [Figure 3].{Figure 3}
Laboratory measurements
Hypokalemia has been detected in 25 case reports (25/30, 83.3%), and it has been characterized as quantification in 21/30 patients (70%) that serum K levels were ranging from 1.5 mmol/l to 3.5 mmol/l with mean values of 2.23 ± 0.57 mmol/l. There was hypokalemia without mentioning quantification and missing data in 4 patients (4/30, 13.3%) and normal plasma potassium level in one patient (1/30, 3.3%). Elevated vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) levels have been seen in 23 (23/30, 76.6%) case reports that quantification has been reported in 22 (22/30, 73.3%) patients and amount in one patient (1/30, 3.3%) hasn't been reported. Mean values of VIP levels in these patients were 882.85 ± 1134.87 pg/ml. There were metabolic acidosis in 9 patients (9/30, 33.6%), hypercreatinemia in 7 patients (7/30, 23.3%), hypercalcemia in 6 patients (6/30, 20%), leukocytosis in 4 patients (4/30, 13.3%), hyperglycemia, hyperchloremia in 3 patients (3/30, 10%), achlorhydria, hypochloremia, elevated pancreatic polypeptide in two patients (2/30,6.6%%), and metabolic alkalosis in one patient (1/30, 3.3%). There were elevated intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) with primary hyperparathyroidism in 2 patients (2/30, 6.6%) that were attributed to heterozygous mutation of MEN1 gene in genetic testing. This finding was infavor of MEN1-associated vipoma [Figure 4].{Figure 4}
Diagnostic methods
There are different methods for diagnosis of vipoma such as ultrasonography, computed tomography (CT) scan, contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), radiolabeled positron emission tomography-computed tomography (Radiolabeled PET-CT scan), gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, ultrasonography-guided needle biopsy, CT-guided needle biopsy, 99technetium-methoxyisobutylisonitrile parathyroid (99TC-MIBI) scintigraphy and somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) with radiocompound. In this study, diagnostic methods were used for vipoma in 28 patients (28/30, 93.3%), except 2 patients with pre-existing disease (2/30, 6.6%). CT scan was diagnostic modality in 19 patients (19/30, 63.3%), ultrasonography (US) in 15 patients (15/30, 50%), SRS in 8 patients (8/30, 26.6%), CECT in 7 patients (7/30, 23.3%), MRI, colonoscopy and upper GI endoscopy in 6 patients (6/30, 20%), US-guided biopsy in 3 patients (3/30, 10%), CT-guided biopsy, 99Tc-MIBI scintigraphy, contrast-enhanced MRI, MRI scan, endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), selective angiography and lower GI endoscopy in 2 patients (2/30, 6.6%), triple-phase CT scan and contrast enhanced-multidetector computerized tomography (CE-MDCT) in one patient (1/30, 3.3%). Radio-labeled PET-CT scan and fine needle biopsy (FNB) through radio-labeled PET CT scan were diagnostic method in one patient (1/30, 3.3%). Other radiologic imaging modalities have been described completely in [Figure 5] and [Figure 6].{Figure 5}{Figure 6}
Medical treatments include somatostatin and its analogues in 18 patients (18/30,60%), potassium supplementation in 10 patients (10/30, 33.3%), symptomatic therapy e.g., oral rehydration and intravenous (IV) fluid therapy in seven patients (7/30, 23.3%), IV antibiotic therapy in 3 patients (3/30,10%), antispasmodic agents including diosmectite, diphenoxylate and loperamide, chemotherapy including capecitabine, capecitabine/temozolomide, sunitinib and mammalian target of inhibitors (TOR) inhibitors (everolimus) and steroids in 2 patients (2/30, 6.6%), radiolabeled somatostatin analogues, rituximab, roferon (interferon alpha), IV zoledronic acid therapy, chemotherapy with temozolomide, cetuximab,
5-flourouracil, streptozocin, STZ/5-FU, chemoablation with mitomycin, cisplatin, doxorubicin and blood transfusion in one patient (1/30, 3.3%). Liver-directed therapies including hepatic artery embolization and thermoablation of hepatic metastasis in one patient (1/30, 3.3%) [Figure 7]. Surgical treatments include simple enucleation, distal pancreasectomy with or without splenectomy, central pancreasectomy, whipple's pancreatico-duodenectomy, total pancreasectomy, Roux-en-Y procedure, partial and total hepatectomy. In this paper, surgical treatment include distal or caudal pancreasectomy, pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy plus resection of two tumor and exploratory laparotomy in 2 patients (2/30, 6.6%), Roux-en-Y, whipple procedure, caudal pancreasectomy plus splenectomy, caudal pancreasectomy plus splenectomy plus total hepatectomy, pancreatectomy plus splenectomy plus radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of liver metastasis plus hepatic artery embolization (HAE) plus salpingoophorectomy, pancreaticoduodenectomy plus wedge resection of liver metastasis, body-caudal pancreasectomy plus splenectomy plus left hepatic trisegmentectomy, surgical resection of pancreatic vipoma with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), head and body resection of pancreas in laparotomy plus left nephrectomy and resection of metastatic nodules of liver and pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy plus regional lymphadenectomy plus hepatic resection plus wirsung-jejunustomy in one patient (1/30, 6.6%).{Figure 7}
Outcome of patients include time lapsed after onset of symptoms (initial time of asymptomatic period) or symptomatic improvement especially diarrhea, recurrence of laboratory findings [hypokalemia, elevated VIP and chromogranin A (CgA)], recurrence of radiological imagings (US, CT scan, MRI), nuclear scintigraphy (octreoscan, VIP scintigraphy) and death. There were symptomatic improvement of diarrhea after surgery or starting drug in 29 patients (29/30, 96.6%) and missing data in one patient (1/30, 3.3%). Lapsed time after onset of symptoms (asymptomatic time) has been characterized in 24 patients (24/30, 80%). There was unrecognized time of disappeared symptoms in 6 patients (6/30, 20%). Lapsed time after onset of symptoms (disappeared time of symptoms after initial presentation) have been estimated with mean ± SD of 2.41 ± 5.46 months. In reported lapsed time after onset of symptom (initial time of asymptomatic period), two groups of age between male and female were compared that mean ± SD of ages in 14 male patients (n = 14/24, 58.3%) has been reported 54.14 ± 14.33 years. Mean ± SD of ages in 10 female patients (n = 10/24, 41.6%) has been reported 47.1 ± 19.57 years. Mean difference between 2 variables (two age groups in males and females) was assessed with P value of 0.37. There was recurrence of diarrhea in 4 patients (4/30, 13.3%) during follow-up that symptoms disappeared in one patient (1/30, 3.3%) after 3 years. Potassium normalization has been occurred after surgery or drug treatment in 5 patients (5/30, 16.6%) and there was persistent hypokalemia in one patient (1/30, 3.3%). There were elevated CgA in 2 patients (2/30, 6.6%) during follow-up. Decreased VIP levels to normal (< 75 pg/ml) have been seen in 15 (15/30, 50%) of case reports that these levels have been reported as quantitative amount after surgery or drug treatment in 10 patients (10/30, 33.3%). There were elevated VIP levels after surgery, drug treatment or during follow-up in two patients (2/30, 50%) with mean ± SD of 24.58 ± 14.57 in males and 25.82 ± 14.93 in females (P = 0.93) [Table 2]. There were elevated CgA in two patients (2/30, 6.6%) during follow-up. Ultrasound in follow-up has been performed in one patient (1/30, 3.3%) that was detected no recurrence. There were recurrence in CT scan in 4 patients (4/30, 13.3%) and prevalence of recurrence in liver was reported in 3 patients (3/30, 10%) during follow-up. There were lymph node and ovary recurrence in one patient with equal rate (1/30, 3.3%). MRI has been performed in 5 patients (5/30, 16.6%) that liver metastasis was detected in one patient (1/30, 3.3%). Nuclear scintigraphy has been performed in 3 patients (3/30, 10%): one VIP scintigraphy and 2 SRS scintigraphy. There were no tumor recurrence on VIP scintigraphy and OctreoScan during 14 and 6 weeks follow-up, but there was recurrence in one patient (1/30, 3.3%) at 6 and 15 months surveillance. There were regular follow-up in 14 patients (14/30, 46.6%) with mean ± SD duration of 12.06 ± 10.38 months. 3 patients (3/30, 10%) died due to complications such as pancreatic abscess, pulmonary sepsis and sepsis/denutrition. 8 patients (8/30, 26.6%) were alive and symptom-free during the mentioned follow-up duration [Figure 8].{Table 2}{Figure 8}
The pathogenesis of pNETs is largely unknown but is growing as a research topic. Approximately 10% of all pNETs are component of familial endocrine tumor syndromes such as MEN-1, von hippel-lindau disease, neurofibromatosis type 1 and tuberous sclerosis. The etiology of pNETs within the context of these familial syndromes is the inherited germline loss of the respective tumor suppressor gene. Several studies have been performed on the pathogenesis of sporadic pNETs, which comprise 90% of all pNETs. Loss of chromosome 1,3p, 6q, 11p or 22q and gains of chromosome 4 or 9q have been observed in pNETs. It is assumed that the loss of a tumor suppressor gene or the gain of an oncogene is the mechanism by which chromosomal alterations cause pNETs, but stochastic chromosomal number changes are also possible. Cyclin D1 oncogene has identified an important role in pathogenesis of human pancreatic endocrine tumors (PETs).[31] In this study, 6.6% of patients inherited vipoma as one of multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN1) - associated tumors.
Clinical manifestations
VIPomas represent less than of ten percent of functional pNETs and secret vasoactive intestinal polypeptide leading to verner-morrison syndrome, also known as WDHA syndrome or pancreatic cholera, characterized by watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, hypochlorhydria, hyperglycemia, hypercalcemia and dehydration.[32] In this study, all patients presented with watery diarrhea (30/30, 100%), dehydration (10/30, 33.3%), weight loss (9/30, 30%), generalized weakness (6/30, 20%) and other symptoms and signs that above mentioned completely.
American society concerns diagnostic pathway, imaging techniques [i.e., ultrasound or contrast-enhanced computed tomography or magnetic resonance] are necessary to detect both the primary tumor and metastases. Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy is suggested to detect metastases, including extrahepatic disease, although positron emission tomographic using 68 gallium (68 Ga) appears to be more sensitive, particularly in case of small lesions. Radiolabeled (with Tc-99m, In-111or Ga-68) somatostatin analogs have been used for imaging of NETs. Ultrasound endoscopy is recommended to small pancreatic tumors and to achieve a diagnosis by means of fine needle aspiration. The combination of endoscopic ultrasonography and somatostatin receptor scintigraphy may be able to provide most of the information required preoperatively and seems to be the optimal approach available to date.[33] Laboratory tests, including CgA, pancreatic polypeptide and specific hormones according to clinical presentation should be performed in all patients at the diagnosis and during follow-up. To date, the most widely accepted test for NETs has been CgA. An increased CgA level is 'generally considered' to be sensitive, ∼60-90%, and accurate once an NET has been identified. It is however an ineffective first-line diagnostic marker.[34] Study by Zatelli et al. indicated that CgA serum levels can be helpful for the clinical management of NETs, but with low sensitivity and specifity for diagnostic purposes. On the other hand, the main utility of CgA measurement may be in patient monitoring.[35] CgA has been described to be the best marker in patients with NETs in both sporadic and MEN1-related forms, and the highest CgA values usually occur in patients with metastatic disease.[36] In this study, diagnosis of vipoma was established in accordance with clinical symptom of diarrhea (30/30, 100%), imaging studies (28/30, 93.3%), hypokalemia (25/30, 83.3%) and VIP levels (23/30, 76.6%) in patients. Moreover, Al-Risi et al. in a retrospective study evaluated diagnostic utility and limitations of chromogranin A as a biomarker for NETs in a tertiary care hospital in Oman. Authors concluded that serum CgA is a sensitive and effective noninvasive laboratory test for the clinical detection and management of NETs.[37]
Causes of secretory diarrhea in adults of the developed countries include laxative abuse, carcinoid syndrome, microscopic colitis, and bile salt malabsorption due to ileal resection. Though more common in the developing countries, diarrhea due to infection from vibrio cholera, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli may also need to be ruled out after careful assessment of the history. Secretory diarrhea may occasionally occur in association with gastrointestinal disorders like crohn's disease and the short bowel syndrome. In rare cases, Munchausen syndrome by proxy may also need to be ruled out. In children, rarely inherited electrolyte transport defects, like congenital chloride diarrhea and congenital sodium diarrhea, may cause secretory diarrhea. These present in early infancy.[38]
Because most pNETs are indolent, a wait-and-see approach has historically predominated. The treatment strategy for pNETs has undergone a paradigm shift in the last 10-20 years. An aggressive approach has become popular in academic centers throughout the world. The aggressive approach is based on the reasonable assumptions that patients benefit from reducing the tumor burden and that interventions are increasingly safer in academic centers. Therefore, the aggressive approach advocates removing as much of primary and metastatic tumors as possible. Although no prospective randomized trials have been performed to study the efficacy and safety of the aggressive method and experience confirming it. Surgery therefore remains the only curative approach for neuroendocrine tumors whenever possible; in case of poorly differentiated tumors; surgery as well as other liver-directed therapies such as embolization are almost never applicable, and these patients are mainly managed with chemotherapy. In case of functioning well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors, it is important to control the hormone hypersecretion, which determines symptoms, usually by the administration of SSAs. Beside surgery, a variety of therapeutic options exist for metastatic neuroendocrine disease: i.e., locoregional therapies, medical therapy including chemotherapy, biotherapy with SSAs and IFN-alpha, and more recently the molecular targeted therapies and the systemic peptide receptor radionuclide therapy. Furthermore, in highly selected patients' orthotopic liver transplantation might be considered. In this study, medical treatments include somatostatin and analogues in 18 patients (18/30, 60%), potassium supplementation in 10 patients (10/30, 33.3%), symptomatic therapy e.g., oral rehydration and intravenous fluid therapy in 7 patients (7/30, 23.3%). Surgical treatment contained caudal pancreasectomy, pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy plus resection 2 tumor and exploratory laparotomy in 2 patients (2/30, 6.6%).
Other studies in different papers
In cohort study by Gunavathy et al., they showed that patients with gasteroenteropancreatic-neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) in Malaysia commonly presented late in the disease with presence of distant metastases. Less than half had adequate hormonal and biochemical examinations performed for diagnostic as well as prognostic purposes, and only a third received systemic therapy.[39] Morover, study by Crona et al., a retrospective analysis of 972 patients with GEP-NETs treated in hospital. They concluded diversity of pNET hormone secretion either at diagnosis or during the disease course occurred in a minority of patients (9.3%). These phenomena had a major impact on patient outcome both through increased morbidity and mortality. Their results support that patients with metastatic pNETs should be monitored for clinical symptoms of secondary hormone secretion during the disease course.[40] Bloom and Polak reported 1000 adult patients with various forms of diarrhea. 39 (3.9%) patients had greatly elevated levels of VIP, and in each case, a tumor was found. In more than 50% of these patients, the tumor was successfully removed, the symptoms remitted, and the plasma levels of VIP returned to normal. Twelve patients had diarrhea secondary to thyrocalcitonin (TCT) - producing tumors of the thyroid, 13 had carcinoma of the lung, 4 had a villous adenoma of the rectum, and 24 had carcinoid tumors. All 53 of these patients had normal plasma VIP levels. Additional eleven patients had classic clinical features of the VIPoma syndrome in whom VIP levels were normal and no tumor was found. They probably were secreting an unidentified humoral substance with the biological properties of VIP.
The clinical symptoms that accompany VIPoma most commonly include watery diarrhea, hypokalemia and achlorhydria (or metabolic acidosis). This collection of symptoms is also known as WDHA syndrome. Timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment of vipoma prevent hazardous complications of this entity. Ongoing research is needed for more identification of disease and detection of newer tumor markers for early detection, adequate treatment and metastatic prevention.
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3 Apodaca-Torrez FR, Trivino M, Lobo EJ, Goldenberg A, Trivino T. Extra-pancreatic VIPoma. Arq Bras Cir Dig 2014;27:222-31.
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6 Fujiya A, Kato M, Shibata T, Sobajima H. VIPoma with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 identified as an atypical gene mutation. BMJ Case Rep 2015;2015. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-213016.
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10 Maheshwari RR, Desai M, Rao VP, Palanki RR, Namburi RP, Reddy KT, et al. Ischemic stroke as a presenting feature of VIPoma due to MEN1syndrome. Indian. J Endocrinol Metab 2013;17:S215-8.
11 Alvite-Canosa M, Alonso-Fernández L, Seoane-López M, Pèrez-Grobas J, Berdeal-Díaz M, Carral-Freire M, et al. Benign pancreatic vipoma. Rev Esp Enferm 2011;103:224-5.
12 Mark J, Bush S, Glazer E, Strosberg J, Saglam O, Apte SM. Metastatic VIPoma presenting as an ovarian mass. Int J Surg Case Rep 2015;17:167-9.
13 Elshafie O, Grant C, Al-Hamdani A, Jain R, Woodhouse N. VIPoma crisis: Immediate and lifesaving reduction of massive stool volumes on starting treatment with octreotide. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J 2011;11:104-8.
14 Rastogi A, Priya V, Haldar R, Riaz R. Paediatric VIPoma: A Jamboree of Electrolyte. Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim 2018;46:158-60.
15 Pourmorteza M, Litchfield J, Arze E, Lee J, Young M. Pancreatic neoplasm: A unique size and presentation. Transl Gastrointest Cancer 2016;5:39-43.
16 Cavalli T, Giudici F, Santi R, Nesi G, Brandi ML, Tonelli, F. Ventricullar fibrillation resulting from electrolyte imbalance reveals vipoma in MEN1 syndrome. Fam Cancer 2016;15:645-9.
17 Chen Y, Shi D, Dong F, Han SG, Qian ZH, Yang L, et al. Multiple-phase spiral CT findings of pancreatic vasoactive intestinal peptide-secreting tumor: A case report. Oncol Lett 2015;10;2351-4.
18 Camera L, Severino R, Faggiano A, Masone S, Mansueto G, Maurea S, et al. Contrast enhanced multi-detector CT and MR findings of a well-differentiated pancreatic vipoma. World J Radiol 2014;6:840845.
19 Shaib W, Mitchell K, Saif MW. Amelioration of symptoms and reduction of VIP levels after hepatic artery chemoembolization in a patient with sandostatin resistant VIPoma. Yale J Biol Med 2010;83:27-33.
20 De Mastier L, Walter T, Brixi H, Lombard-Bohas C, Cadiot G. Sunitinib achieved fast and sustained control of VIPomas symptoms. Eur J Endocrinol 2015;172:K1-3.
21 Iwasaki M, Tsuchida K, Jinnai H, Kumatsubara T, Arisakata T, Tsunemi M, et al. Multimodal treatment of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-producing pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors with liver metastases. Intern Med 2017;56:517-22.
22 Joyce DL, Hong K, Fishman EK, Wisell J, Pawlik TL. Multi-visceral resection of pancreatic VIPoma in a patient with sinistral portal hypertension. World J Surg Oncol 2008;6:1-6.
23 Krikpatrick AW, Hanna SS, Skinner BAJ. Surgical treatment of pancreatic cholera: A case report. Can J Surg 1996;39:155-8.
24 Karim N, Zarzour A, Daw HA, Dalaparty P, Taftaf R, Shehata M, et al. Prolonged survival in a patient with metastatic vasoactive intestinal peptide producing pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. J Clin Case Rep 2012;2:1-4.
25 Juby LD, Burke DA, Axon ATR. Somatostatin analogue SMS 201-995 long term therapy for vipoma. Postgrad Med J 1987;63:287-9.
26 Lubinski SM, Hendrix T. VIPoma. N Engl J Med 2004;351:808.
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28 Virgolini I, Kurtaran A, Leirner M, Kaserer K, Pek-Radosavljevic M, Angelberger P, et al. Location of a VIPoma by Iodine-123-Vasoactive intestinal scintigraphy. J Nucl Med 1998;39:1575-9.
29 Smith CS, Houston M, Jensen B, Mlinar K, Toulson C, Tilotson LG. A 32-year-old man with copious, watery diarrhea. N C Med J 2011;62:134-9.
30 Singh HM, Teller T, Esrason KT, Abbas MA. VIPoma: A rare cause of acute diarrhea. Baillieres Clin Endocrinol Metab 1992;6:217-28.
31 Chung DC, Brown SB, Graem-Cook F, Seto M, Warshaw AL, Jensen RT, et al. Overexpression of cyclin D1 occurs frequently in human pancreatic endocrine tumors. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000;85:4373-8.
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tycoonjack
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I was wondering if anyone knows the madness behind the creation of the Onepass numbers. I have been a member since 1986, and I have the typical two letter prefix, but my brother, who has been a member since 1987, has no letters in his Onepass number (sounds logical when you say it like that.) Just wondering if any one else has only numbers and how you signed up, cause that is the only way that I can figure that would effect the number.
dbaker
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I signed up over the phone when making a reservation in early 1990 and have two letters followed by six numbers.
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Location: EWR - Newark, NJ
I signed up in 91 and have the 2 letter / 6 digit format
The first two number of my onepass number are the year that I joined, too. FYI.
There seems to be no method to the continental madness of assigning numbers. The worst is when you call Continental and they say “no, no, no, what are the first two letters on your account.” And you have to argue with them that you don’t have two letters to start your onepass number (which usually takes at least one to two minutes.)
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I was assigned two letters and six digits when the Eastern Airlines program was absorbed into OnePass in the early 80's. Ms. monitor joined in 1985 and was given 2/6. None of the numbers or letters appear to have anything to do with year of membership or anything else that we can figure.
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I signed up a family member for a OnePass account earlier today and was assigned GN528[xxx]. Wonder if there's any info at all to be derived from the numbers...
I remember when you could determine when a CompuServe member had signed up by the second digit of their CIS UID.
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HOME LIFE Nature & Environment Over 12 million pounds of trash collected during international coastal cleanup
Over 12 million pounds of trash collected during international coastal cleanup
Category: [ Nature & Environment ]
Date: May 22nd, 2014
Marine Litter experts and NGO leaders gathered in Okinawa for “Blue October 2013” in Onna Village, thanks to the support from the Japan Fund for Global Environment (JFGE) and Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) through the APN-Scientific Capacity Building/Enhancement for Sustainable Development in Developing Countries (CAPaBLE) Programme entitled “Building Capacity on Marine Litter Management in the NOWPAP Region” (CBA2013-15NSY-Heinrich-Sanchez).
The total amount of trash picked up during the 28th year of Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup weighed more than 12 million pounds, the most ever collected in the event’s history, according to a report on the Cleanup and its data released today. This new total is an indicator of the tremendous amount of ocean trash found on shorelines and in the ocean and waterways around the globe.
The data were collected last fall during the 2013 International Coastal Cleanup, the largest annual volunteer effort aimed at improving the health of the ocean. While the report and the information it contains is a celebration of a truly international volunteer effort to rid the world’s beaches of trash and debris, Ocean Conservancy also is using this occasion to make a worldwide appeal to find solutions to stopping – at its many sources – the trash that ends up in the ocean.
“Ocean trash truly is a global problem that affects human health and safety, endangers marine wildlife, and costs states and nations countless millions in wasted resources and lost revenue,” said Andreas Merkl, Ocean Conservancy’s president and CEO. “At its core, however, ocean trash is not an ocean problem; it is a people problem – perpetuated by the often unwitting practices that industry and people have adopted over time. But I am convinced we can solve it if we have the audacity to confront the problem head-on.”
“The more we cleanup, the more trash there is. It’s time that we take a systems approach towards finding a way to prevent trash from getting into the ocean. Beach cleanups are the symptom of our unsustainable lifestyle, education for a sustainable future starts today,” said E. Heinrich-Sanchez, Chief Navigator of World O.C.E.A.N. and co-founder of the Okinawa International Clean Beach Club. Last October, experts along with government representatives and NGO leaders met in Onna Village at the OIST campus for the 1st Okinawa NGO Asia-Pacific Forum followed by the UNEP Regional Seas Programme Northwest Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP) Workshop and ICC Campaign. The NOWPAP is an intergovernmental initiative between China, Japan, Korea and Russia. National and regional Int. Coastal Cleanup coordinators from several countries attended. E. Heinrich-Sanchez added “Until we find a solution to this problem, we need to guarantee the right of our children to grow up with clean beaches and healthy oceans”.
From the shorelines of beaches and waterways, as well from the water, 12,329,332 pounds (5,592,491 kg) of trash was collected by 648,015 volunteers during the Cleanup. They did this by walking 12,459 miles (20,058 km) of shores and searching 455 miles (732 km) of water.
In Okinawa, NOWPAP WS and NGO leaders along with volunteers (total of 181 in Okinawa) picked up 61 kg of trash, 32 bags over 1.5 km of coastline. The 6-Zero-9 Okinawa model encourages Okinawa Clean Coast Network (OCCN) volunteers who participate in the June to July -“MARUGOTO” Island Wide Okinawa Clean Beach Campaign- to clean-up the same locations from September to November during the International Coastal Cleanup recording what is collected using Marine Debris Data Cards.
During the 2013 Cleanup:
The trash collected by volunteers would fill roughly 38 Olympic size swimming pools and is equivalent to the weight of 823 male African elephants.
The amount of fishing line collected would go up and over Mount Everest five times, and the number of bottle caps found would carpet three football fieldswhen laid side by side.
Enough items were found to furnish an entire studio apartment, including an air conditioner, sink, refrigerator, freezer, dishwasher, stove, oven, microwave, toaster, washing machine, couch, table and chairs, television set, DVD player, coffee table, rug, curtains, curtain rods, toilet, dresser, desk and a bed complete with mattress, mattress pad, box spring, bed frame, sheets, comforter, pillows and pillow cases.
“Recently, the tragic loss and subsequent search for the Malaysia Airlines jetliner drew the world’s attention to the large pieces of debris floating in the open ocean. Now, we have these data that show the vast array of trash along shorelines and in the coastal ocean, and this is only a small fraction of what’s out there,” said Nicholas Mallos, Ocean Conservancy’s marine debris specialist and conservation biologist. “I believe these events often serve as a wake-up call that our ocean has become the world’s garbage pit and that nations, businesses, and individuals must work together to take the necessary steps to achieve trash free seas.”
The Cleanup is part of Ocean Conservancy’s larger strategy for Trash Free Seas (http://www.oceanconservancy.org/our-work/marine-debris/), and is one of the many ways the organization is joining with others to help find answers and solutions to address existing ocean trash and eventually stop its flow into the ocean. Other Ocean Conservancy-led efforts include:
A Scientific Working Group on Marine Debris at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), convened by Ocean Conservancy in 2011, has been collaborating to provide new insights into the scale, scope and impacts of marine plastics. This research is expected to result in a number of novel publications in peer-reviewed scientific literature, and it will help inform recommendations to policymakers and industry and guide future research on marine plastics.
Last fall, members of the Ocean Conservancy’s Trash Free Seas Alliance convened to chart a course for possible interventions aimed at tackling debris at the source. During the meeting, scientists, industry and conservation leaders discussed the implications of the latest insights from the scientific community and defined three innovative work streams to confront marine plastics.
This past year, Ocean Conservancy’s Trash Free Seas scientists and program staff joined expeditions in Alaska and Maine to survey ocean plastics – in particular, to better understand the origins of debris and how and where it travels once it’s in the ocean.
In 2013, Ocean Conservancy partnered with the Wrightsville Beach Sea Turtle Project and Wrightsville Beach—Keep It Clean in North Carolina to launch a pilot project to better understand and protect sea turtles from the dangers of marine debris littering nesting beaches. The project is expanding to nesting beaches throughout the southeast U.S. and Gulf of Mexico during the 2014 nesting season.
In Okinawa, International Coastal Cleanup Coordinators from Alaska, California, China, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan (including Ishigaki, Iriomote, Miyakojima City), Korea and Russia convened to create a new baseline for Asia-Pacific cooperation, joined the 1st Okinawa NGO Asia-Pacific Forum (funded by JFGE) https://groups.oist.jp/external-events/event/okinawa-ngo-asia-pacific-environmental-forum-world-chura-beautiful-oceans
and the APN funded “Building Capacity on Marine Litter Management in the NOWPAP Region”
https://www.apn-gcr.org/resources/items/show/1910#.U31pOvl_sbM
(organized by NPO Okinawa O.C.E.A.N. and NOWPAP Regional Coordinating Unit -RCU),
the day ended with a special evening session on:
“Marine Debris tracking, Environmental Monitoring and Disaster Mitigation” organized by the Global Oceanographic Data Center (GODAC); Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). All were held in Onna Village at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST).
https://groups.oist.jp/external-events/event/international-workshop-marine-debris-environmental-monitoring-and-disaster
Additional descriptions of items found, info graphics, including the “Top 10 Items Found,” and state-specific information are available online athttp://www.oceanconservancy.org/. For photos and B-roll, please call or email the contact listed above.
The Coca-Cola Company has supported Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup for the past 18 years. Last year, Coca-Cola activated a global employee engagement campaign to encourage participation in the Cleanup. Over 16,000 Coca-Cola system associates, their friends and families in 21 countries volunteered, cleaning more than 250 miles of coastline. As part of its commitment to address global climate change, Bank of America has supported the Cleanup since 2002, with thousands of employees participating in Cleanup events all around the world. Other national sponsors include National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hollomon Price Foundation, Altria Group, Inc., The Dow Chemical Company, Landshark Lager, Glad, Brunswick Public Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Ocean Conservancy educates and empowers citizens to take action on behalf of the ocean. From the Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico to the halls of Congress, Ocean Conservancy brings people together to find solutions for our water planet. Informed by science, our work guides policy and engages people in protecting the ocean and its wildlife for future generations. For more information please visit: http://www.oceanconservancy.org/.
The Ryukyu Islands Coastal Cleanup is coordinated by the Okinawa International Clean Beach Club as part of the I Love Okinawa Campaign® contact edo@okinawaocean.org for more information.
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By Jonathan Smith
Toni Kroos example is Leroy Sane's path to Manchester City, Germany redemption
For a player that had just been dropped from the Manchester City squad for the Premier League clash with Newcastle United, Leroy Sane looked remarkably unperturbed.
He chatted with injured teammates Kevin De Bruyne, Danilo and Philippe Sandler on the touchline as the rest of the squad warmed up. During the game he retired to a luxury box, relaxing with his feet rested on a rail as City struggled to a 2-1 victory.
Pep Guardiola insisted after the game that he had no worries about Sane's attitude and that his omission was merely a tactical decision but sources have told ESPN FC there are concerns about his early season attitude, with the Germany winger not working hard enough in training.
Those claims would seem to borne out by comments from his international teammate Toni Kroos ahead of Germany's Nations League clash with France and friendly against Peru.
"Sometimes you have the feeling with Leroy's body language that it is all the same whether we win or lose," Kroos said on Wednesday.
"He has to improve his body language. He's a player who has everything you need to be world-class player but sometimes you have to tell him he has to perform better."
The Real Madrid midfielder is able to speak from a place of authority having going through a similar situation when he was dropped by Guardiola when the pair were at Bayern Munich. There was also suggestions that Guardiola had to curb Kroos' ego and gave him a dressing down after he threw his gloves to the ground when he was substituted during a game in January. 2014.
Certainly Kroos bares no malice towards Guardiola and says he made a huge "step forward" during his time under the Catalan and he has gone on to become one of the best midfielders in the world, winning the World Cup as well as the Champions League three times.
Sane, as Kroos added, has "all the makings to become world class" but his response to being dropped as been far more restrained. He can have a short fuse on the pitch but is remarkably relaxed away from it, with a source telling ESPN FC that he once fell asleep on the five-minute coach journey it took from the club's Etihad Campus to the stadium on matchday.
He was surprisingly axed from Joachim Low's World Cup squad for Russia 2018, within weeks of being named the Premier League's Young Player of the Year, to the shock of those who watch him on a regular basis. But while many players would have reacted by showing on the pitch what a huge mistake the coach had made -- particularly after Germany's dismal group stage exit -- Sane laboured through preseason and has hardly featured back in England since, playing just 75 minutes in City's opening five matches.
With City sending 16 players to the World Cup -- seven of whom were still in Russia just three weeks before the Community Shield curtain-raiser against Chelsea -- the 22-year-old should have been a key performer in the early weeks of the season.
Sane was even given extra time off over the summer, joining up the first team when they arrived in the United States for the International Champions Cup. He was a half-time substitute in the second game of the tour, scoring in a 2-1 defeat to Liverpool but Guardiola remained unconvinced.
"It depends on him," he told the postmatch news conference in New York. "He needs more minutes, he needs to come back to his principles in terms of being aggressive without the ball. He has to come back. Of course he has all the talent to do that so we are happy for him to score but he is still far away from his best condition."
Sane didn't feature at all in a friendly three days later against Bayern Munich in Miami and has been left on the periphery for the opening of the season.
It's a recurring theme for the former Schalke player and last season he started just one of City's first six first matches.
"He didn't make a good preseason, he wasn't good in the first games of preseason. He didn't deserve to play," Guardiola said in September when he finally forced his way back into the side.
The reaction was emphatic with Sane finishing the season with 14 goals and 19 assists in all competitions and, along with teammate Raheem Sterling and Tottenham's Christian Eriksen, he was the only player to reach double figures for goals and assists in the Premier League.
Guardiola and Low will hope they get a similar response this time but the real breakthrough will be when Sane follows in Kroos' footsteps by realising that he needs to maintain his best standards continuously if he is to the reach the heights he is seemingly destined for.
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THE FPL SCOUT - GAMEWEEK 8
Spurs & City are clearly the favourites this season so far. Both of them were unbeaten until last week where Spurs won 2 - 0 over City. Spurs face West Brom while City faces Everton .
Papiss Cisse of Newcastle has scored a total of 7 goals in 465 minutes in this season, the best goals/minute ratio among the top goalscorers of the league. His present cost is only 5.8, although the fixtures ahead for Newcastle aren't the easiest. Alan Hutton of Villa is a good buy at 4.3. The right back has been in fine form and Villa don't have many difficult fixtures for the next six gameweeks.
Hull, Leicester, QPR & Burnley are the teams to avoid this gameweek owing to their difficult fixtures. These four are also the bottom-most teams in the league table currently. It would also be wise to avoid defenders involved in the United-Liverpool match.
Aguero, Shaw, Rafael, Blind, Smalling, Sturridge, Courtois, Koscielny, Ramsey, Ozil, Walcott, Wilshere & Arteta are the big names to remain out due to injury. Fabregas & Austin are suspended for the week.
Yaya Toure : The Ivorian has been on beast mode recently, scoring 3 goals and bagging 8 bonus points in the last four games. With star man Aguero out injured & all other forwards struggling for form and fitness, expect this guy to lead City's assault against poor Leicester. Interestingly, City's next 5 fixtures are all against teams in the last 7 of the table.
Eden Hazard : Chelsea's talismanic winger has scored in every other match for the last six fixtures. The oppostion for Chelsea, on other hand are the team at the rock bottom, Leicester, who haven't won a game since the 5-3 thrashing of United and have conceded 8 goals in the past 3 fixures.
It's often better to get defenders from in-form small teams compared to shelling out big money for big name players. They don't cost much and if they do well for a run of easy fixtures, you might be able to make a profit by selling them off before their price goes down.
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Home Small Business Falloff in Network Storage Sales Drags Market Down
Falloff in Network Storage Sales Drags Market Down
By Gus Venditto | July 06, 2001
The market closed the first week of the quarter with a sell-off as negative surprises outweighed the good.
U.S. unemployment fell more than expected in June (114,000 jobs were lost, three times the expectated number) to equal the highest unemployment rate in two years at 4.5 percent. At the same time, two high-tech blue chips warned they had disappointing quarters.
EMC announced that second quarter earnings would come in significantly below expectations. The high-end storage manufacturer said it would earn between 4 and 6 cents a share on revenue of $2 billion; previous estimates were for a profit of 18 cents a share on revenue of $2.5 billion. The company attributed the shortfall to a global showdown in technology spending. Shares in EMC closed down 28 percent at 21.60.
The shortfall dragged down other players in the server market. Sun Microsystems was off 9.8 percent to close at 13.68 and IBM shed 5 percent to close at 106.5.
Chip-makers were also hurt after Advanced Micro Devices said competitive pricing pressure would result in a second quarter profit that was down seventeen percent from the first quarter. In April the company had warned that it would be down only ten percent. The company said it acheived record sales levels for its personal computer processors in the quarter; however, profit was squeezed by price cutting at Intel, and by weakened demand for its Flash memory chips. AMD closed down 27.4 percent at 20.80. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index closed down 8 percent, its biggest single day drop in more than three months.
Internet stocks were weak without any good news to counter the overall market trend. The ISDEX closed at 218.9, down 10.0 percent. Amazon held on to yesterday's gains to close at 15.27 on volume that was above average (9 million shares compared to recent averages of 7 .1 million shares). In the broader market, volume was weak, down about 13 percent compared to the previous week.
Scient led ISDEX stocks to gain 6.2% closing at 0.85.
The DJIA was off by 2.2 percent to close at 10,252. The NASDAQ closed at 2004, down 3.6 percent.
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Death deprived little Samar of the joy of her first day at school
Kirkuk- Samar’s father crying on his daughter’s body before being buried, October 2019 Photo: Karwan Salehi
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"She was only a little girl. Who would allow himself to kill a child in such a brutal way? No religion on earth accepts this despicable crime," these were the words of a heartbroken mother who lost her little daughter forever.
Maryam Hamoud, was sitting helplessly on the floor inside her house smacking her chest, wailing and lamenting her daughter’s untimely death.
"I have been through a lot of suffering, but never witnessed such a crime. She was just a six-year-old girl. How could they decapitate her?”
Maryam's daughter, Samar, went missing on September 29, 2019. Her family searched all over the neighborhood but they found no trace of her. Samar’s body was found three days after her disappearance.
Samar Salah’s body was mutilated; she was decapitated. On October 1st, little Samar’s body was found in a location a few hundred meters far from their house.
Samar Salah’s last photo
Samar's family live in Topzawa village in Yaychi sub-district, 12 km to the west of Kirkuk. After the arrival of the Islamic State (IS) group, they were forced to flee their village and rented an unfinished house in Topzawa.
"When Samar went missing, we searched for her everywhere but we couldn’t find her. Later we notified the security forces but they too failed to find her until her body was found behind our house," said Samar's father.
Salah Hassan, a soldier, and Maryam got married 10 years ago. They had four sons and two daughters including Samar.
At the burial ceremony Samar’s father burst into tears as he said “they killed my daughter cold bloodedly. They beheaded her."
Samar's body was buried in Topzawa, but her mourning ceremony was held back in her hometown Hawija.
“She was very excited to join school but terrorists did not let her live that dream,” Samar’s mother said as she was told mourners about her little daughter’s innocent ambitions.
Having bought the school uniform, Samar was all set to begin her first day at school on September 30 with other children in Topzawa.
"I bought her school uniforms the same day she was kidnapped. On that day, she put on her clothes three to four times. She repeatedly asked when should she go to school, and we kept telling her that she had to wait a couple of days," says Samar’s mother.
The school uniform and the bag which Samar’s father bought for his daughter
Kirkuk security forces are still investigating the murder case, yet no clues have been found and no one arrested.
Hassan Shahir, Samar's grandfather said he believed Samar’s murder was related to an old family issue.
“When IS fighters controlled Hawija, they killed one of Samar's uncle and her father's uncle. We knew the perpetrators personally and we knew what positions they were holding within the IS group. Following the ouster of IS we revealed the identity of the killers to a court; therefore we believe that those who did this to Samar are linked to those people,” he said.
Samar’s grandfather called on security forces to take their suspicions into consideration.
The wounds which Samar's death left behind won’t seem to heal this soon. Her family is waiting for justice to take its course.
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The Ensemble Theatre presents, MARJORIE PRIME, by Jordan Harrison, at the Ensemble Theatre, Kirribilli. 15th June - 21st July.
MARJORIE PRIME, is an American play, by Jordan Harrison, that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2015.
The play is set in this mid-twenty-first century. Tess (Lucy Bell) is caring for her ageing and deteriorating mother Marjorie (Maggie Dence). She is beginning to experience a creeping dementia. Jon (Richard Sydenham), Tess' husband, has organised from a Robot Company, a Prime. A Prime is a fully personalised life-look-alike.
They have created for Marjorie, Walter Prime (Jake Speer), her husband, who looks like he did when he was thirty and has been fed memories to be able to converse with Marjorie for comfort's sake. It is a very unsettling concept and leads to not always lucid or truthful conversations - after all Walter Prime can only speak what he has been 'fed' - other people's memories and needs, the Rashomon affect of truth is on full display. We all have variants of what is the truth.
Marjorie dies and Tess is given a Prime called Marjorie. This Marjorie Prime has been fed the detailed memories that Tess needs her to have so that she can say things she had never said in human life to her mother - for instance, that she had loved her.
Tess dies and Jon has a Prime called Tess commissioned.
All three Primes spend some time together and re-gurgitate what their information bank has been given. The cross conversations are idealised versions of the past - and not always congruent.
This play is less about the development of Artificial Intelligence and its possible flaws (though, of interest) and more concerned with the anxiety of loss of consciousness and the inevitable experience of death. It dwells in the world of grief and regret. Of guilt. Of secrets kept invisible, stored in a Pandora's Box to facilitate amnesia of events that all have found distressing, traumatic. Loss of love. Lack of love. Suicide, for instance.
On a beautiful Set Design, by Simon Greer, that looks like a gentle projection of order and efficiency in the ordinary home, of the near future, gloriously assisted by the futuristic possibilities of a Lighting Design for modern living by Alex Berlage, Director, Mitchell Butel has staged the production with care and crafted with Composer, Max Lyandvert, an intriguing accompanying score that creates an atmosphere that in its comfort is a sensitive contrast to the off-kilter happenings of the play.
Ms Bell's neurotic and 'injured' Tess is lightly balanced by the very sensitive reading of Jon, by Mr Sydenham. Jake Speer has the looks of an idealised partner and handles the physical life of this Robot/Prime with subtle details. Ms Dence has created a Marjorie that just avoids cliche but not entirely owned.
This is a gently provoking (creepy) play that indicates our projected, selective memories maybe our best acts of love. A love to protect ourselves in the lonely experience of journeying closely to the end and needing to be loved back - remembered well. How lucky it would be, if we all were. These imagined Science Fiction Primes just might facilitate that luxury and romantic escape! Or, not.
P.S. There is a film version with Jon Hamm and Lois Smith (2017).
Labels: Alex Berlage, Jake Speer, Jordan Harrison, Lucy Bell, Maggie Dence, Max Lyandvert, Mitchell Butel, Richard Sydenham, Simon Greer, The Ensemble Theatre
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