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Marburg filoviridae virus infection
Contributors: Steve Go MD, Edith Lederman MD, Noah Craft MD, PhD
Generalization Phase
Marburg virus is an RNA virus of the Filoviridae family that causes the most virulent viral hemorrhagic fever indigenous to Africa. Outbreaks have been reported in Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. The mortality rate of Marburg is approximately 25%-90%, depending on the infecting viral strain.
Initial symptoms of Marburg include the sudden onset of 4-5 days of fever, chills, headache, weakness, myalgias, rash, chest pain, cough, sore throat, prostration, and conjunctivitis. The disease may progress to nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, jaundice, pancreatitis, anorexia, photophobia, delirium, shock, liver failure, hemorrhaging, and multisystem dysfunction.
The incubation period is 2-14 days. It is probably transmitted to humans by nonhuman primates; however, the actual natural reservoir of the virus remains uncertain. Person-to-person transmission has been documented and may occur through contact with bodily fluids, including the bodily fluids of the deceased. There is no vaccine available, but convalescent human plasma may be helpful.
Zookeepers, tourists, owners of exotic pets, and veterinarians are susceptible to contracting Marburg.
In January 2009 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the first known case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in the United States. The patient had contracted the virus while visiting Uganda.
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Dating App Tinder Cited for Discriminating Against Over-30s
By Theresa Maher
FILE - The dating app Tinder is shown on an Apple iPhone in this photo illustration.
A California court has ruled that the popular dating app Tinder violated age discrimination laws by charging users 30 and older more than younger ones.
Allan Candelore of California sued the app company over the pricing of its Tinder Plus premium service. Tinder Plus costs $9.99 per month for users younger than 30, while those 30 and older are charged $19.99 per month. The features for Tinder Plus are identical for users regardless of age.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brian Currey ruled in favor of Allan Candelore, 33, of San Diego, saying Tinder's pricing violates California's Unruh Civil Rights Act. That law "provides protection from discrimination by all business establishments in California."
The company countered in court documents that it is "self-evident that people under 30 face financial challenges" and this "common knowledge provides a reasonable and non-arbitrary basis for Tinder to offer a discount to people under 30."
"Why is Tinder allowed to get away with charging me more for the exact same product as any other 18-28 year old?" asked Reddit user jshrlzwrld02. "Nothing magically changes at age 29 on Tinder. I don't get new features. I don't get anything extra. So why is this not discrimination based on age/sex/religion/orientation?"
Tinder has faced similar accusations before. In 2015, Michael Manapol sued Tinder for age and gender discrimination, but a judge dismissed that claim, saying Manapol failed to show how he was harmed by the allegations. Also in 2015, Wired magazine took issue with Tinder's pricing tiers, calling them "ageist."
"The only time pricing should be staggered is if each step up in cost coincides with a step-up in service or concern," commented Robert Carbone, a digital marketer, on the networking service LinkedIn.
"Tinder is a privately owned company and should be able to charge any amount they see fit to whoever wants to use their service. No one is forcing consumers to use Tinder. This ruling is an infringement of capitalistic practices," said Katja Case, a math major at Iowa State University, on LinkedIn.
Tinder is popular among college-age people.
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Culture > TV & Movies
Vanessa Bayer on Starring in Trainwreck
by Jessie Heyman
Photo: Courtesy of Universal Pictures
In the last few years, Vanessa Bayer has gone from the relative new kid on the Saturday Night Live block, peeking out from behind comedy giants like Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, and Andy Samberg, to one of the comedy show’s senior members. She’s created the fan-favorite character Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy and parlayed her Miley Cyrus impression into the popular teenybopper sketch “The Miley Cyrus Show.” Now Bayer is ticking off another big-league box with a role in this year’s buzziest summer comedy, Trainwreck.
“This movie will ruin every other movie for me because it was so fun,” Bayer said by phone. “There was just a lot of freedom to kind of try stuff out.” In the Amy Schumer–written, Judd Apatow–directed film, Bayer plays Nikki, the best-friend-at-work sidekick to Schumer’s character (think Kathryn Hahn to Kate Hudson in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, except actually funny) who shares her philosophy on boys, drinking, and dating etiquette. “Why would he call? You guys just had sex,” Bayer says in the trailer about Schumer’s budding romance. “Hang up, he’s obviously, like, sick or something.”
On the subject of _Trainwreck’_s growing buzz, Bayer echoes Schumer’s own comments that the film isn’t about flipping gender roles. “What I think people will really respond to is that it’s a woman’s perspective that’s probably pretty common,” Bayer said. “It’s just really honest.” Ahead of the film’s release, we spoke to Bayer about becoming friends with Schumer, meeting LeBron James, feeling scared of Tilda Swinton—and what Trainwreck is really about.
Did you know Amy Schumer prior to making Trainwreck?
No, the first time I had ever met Amy was at my audition. I read some lines with her and we improvised together and it was kind of an instant connection. Amy and I knew a lot of the same people in the comedy world, but we were in slightly different circles, so we just had never crossed paths before. It was crazy, but it was great that this movie brought us together. When I met her, it was, like, Where has she been all my life? We just were instant friends.
Did your dynamic with Bill Hader change from working with him on SNL to filming a movie?
It’s so funny, at SNL, Bill Hader always kind of treated me like his little sister and would kind of, like, lovingly bully me. So then to see him as this romantic lead was so strange. But also he’s so great in the movie. He’s this wonderful, charming romantic lead, but for me, I was, like, Ew, I feel like that’s my brother.
Did you guys get to improvise a lot?
We did. We really got to improvise quite a bit, and I think a lot of the improvised stuff got in there. Like the scene where Amy and I are on the couch, the one that’s in the trailer, where we’re talking about how Bill’s character called her, like, the day after they went out, we improvised a lot that day. We were breaking so much that, at one point, Judd did kind of get mad at us. Because we were ruining so many good takes, we’d do these really funny takes and we would just start laughing, and it was like, OK, we do have to get some footage that we can actually use in the movie.
Do you have any tactics to avoid breaking on SNL?
For me, a lot of the time to keep myself from laughing, I’ll think about something really serious or something really sad, which can kind of take some of the fun out of the situation. I do think that the audience thinks it’s funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something. I still haven’t broken on camera on SNL. With Trainwreck, because it wasn’t live and we could do more takes, I feel like we broke a lot.
While there are a lot of comedians in Trainwreck, the cast is pretty diverse. What was it like working with LeBron James and Tilda Swinton in the same film?
I don’t really have any scenes with [LeBron], but I did stop by the last day of shooting and I got to meet him, and I’m from Cleveland, so that was very cool. LeBron is so funny in the movie and he’s such a good actor. Seeing these guys in the movie, it’s crazy just how good they are. And Tilda was so nice. I mean, I was intimidated. It was funny because, off camera, she’d be so sweet and nice and great, and then she was genuinely scary when we were shooting. Even when we were improvising stuff, it would be a little bit scary. She kind of beat up on me a little bit, but I’d take that from Tilda Swinton any day.
This interview has been condensed and edited.
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Voluntary Arts shortlisted in Charity Governance Awards
Voluntary Arts has been shortlisted for the UK-wide Charity Governance Awards 2017 it was announced today. It is in the running for the Board Diversity & Inclusion award and the prize of a £5,000 unrestricted grant. Voluntary Arts is one of 21 charities from across the UK that complete the full shortlist.
Voluntary Arts joins a shortlist of charities representing a diverse range of subject areas including LGBTQ, prisoners, homelessness, medical care and support, disability services, the arts, and more. A 20-strong judging panel shortlisted the entries and will select a winner in each of the seven categories. The winners will be announced at the official awards reception in London on 24 May 2017, with former cabinet minister Sir Vince Cable delivering a keynote speech.
In 2012, Voluntary Arts won the Winifred Tumim Memorial Prize for Best Practice in Charity Governance. The recent work undertaken by Voluntary Arts to make significant strides in improving its diversity and representation was detailed in the ‘Open Conversations’ report. Voluntary Arts are particularly grateful to former Chair, Peter Stark OBE, for his drive and determination which directly led to this nomination.
Michael Howell, Chair of the Trusteeship Committee at the award organisers The Clothworkers’ Company, said:
Congratulations to all of the shortlisted candidates – they provide the third sector with sterling examples of what can be achieved with excellent governance. The recent report by the House of Lords Select Committee on Charities recommended that charities focus on trustee skills, board diversity and the use of digital technology on their trustee boards; so we are delighted to select and showcase some brilliant examples of charities tackling these very issues. Entries to our brand new category ‘Embracing Digital’ have been particularly forward-thinking and we hope they will provide inspiration for organisations now seeking ‘digital trustees’, as recommended in the Select Committee’s report.
The Charity Governance Awards are organised by The Clothworkers’ Company – a City Livery company that supports trusteeship initiatives – in partnership with not-for-profit consultancy NPC (New Philanthropy Capital), volunteer matching charity Reach, and recruitment specialists Prospectus.
The 20-strong judging panel boasts a wealth of experience in charity governance and the voluntary sector. The judges include Michele Acton (CEO, Fight for Sight), Dawn Austwick (Chief Executive, Big Lottery Fund), Tony Cohen (Chair, Barnardo’s), Vicki Hearn (Director, Nominet Trust), Vinay Nair (Co-founder, Lightful), Dan Corry (Chief Executive, New Philanthropy Capital), Janet Thorne (CEO, Reach volunteering) and David Gold (CEO, Prospectus) among many other notable names. (See www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/judges for a full list of judges).
For more details visit www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk. You can follow the awards on Twitter using hashtag #charitygov17. Entry for the 2018 Charity Governance Awards will open in October 2017.
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Let the Tour Be-Gin
Bombay Sapphire Distillery, Whitchurch, Hampshire - The Glasshouses and India House - our main still house
Bombay Sapphire Distillery, Whitchurch, Hampshire - The Botanical Dry Room, showcasing the 10 botanicals used to create the unique flavour of Bombay Sapphire
Beefeater Gin Distillery © Beefeater Gin Distillery
7 day tour (other duration's available)
From GBP £1370 per person - minimum 15 passengers
Gin Tour of the South of England
Taken at its most basic, it’s just a spirit that’s flavoured with juniper. But behind that simple facade lies one of the world’s most complex and best-loved spirits. Discover a history that spans hundreds of years and reaches back to the dawn of distillation. This incredible new tour from Greatdays allow you to explore the origins of Gin. Travel around the UK and visit selected distilleries and discover for yourself the stories associated with its production. At each distillery you visit, there will be a guided tour from an expert and there will be a chance to sample the product.
Dates available throughout 2019
Arrive, Panoramic Tour and Portobello Road Gin
Arrive at Heathrow or Gatwick, where you will be met and escorted to your coach for the journey into London. Your guide will then take you on a panoramic tour of London so as to get your bearings. There will be the chance to stretch your legs and take photographs, and a stop for lunch will be made.
At the end of the tour, there will be a stop at the Distillery on Portobello Road, a four-floor mecca for the discerning drinker. The first of its kind in the UK, which is not only a working distillery in the centre of London, but also the new home for the internationally-renowned Portobello Road gin and the critically acclaimed gin-blending experience, The Ginstitute.
Continue to your hotel, and check in. The rest of your evening will be at your leisure.
Beefeater Gin and Kew Gardens
After breakfast in the hotel, join your guide, as we head to our first stop at Beefeater Gin which has a history dating back to 1863 when James Borough bought the Chelsea Distillery. He produced many brands of gin, however by far the most successful was Beefeater gin, named after the Beefeater at the Tower of London. Now located in Kennington, Beefeater gin has become the world’s most awarded gin, thanks to its extensive history and experience; Beefeater is responsible for ¾ of all gin imports into the US.
The distillery has a custom built visitor centre, where you can view the original stills. The VIP tour will last around 2½ hours and will explore the distilling process and the company’s history, before the tasting experience begins.
Lunch will be taken in a local pub, before continuing to the World Famous Kew Gardens.
London’s largest UNESCO World Heritage Site. Enjoy 132 hectares of exceptionally beautiful landscape, home to the world’s most diverse collection of living plants and a scientific research centre of international renown.
Discover beautiful glasshouses including the iconic Palm House and its exotic rainforest; the Princess of Wales Conservatory which invites you to explore ten of the world’s climatic zones; and the Waterlily House with its amazing, giant lily pads.
You can also visit Kew Palace, the former summer residence of King George III.
Evening at your leisure – try one of the traditional London pubs around the hotel.
Sipsmith Distillery & City of London Distillery
This small gin distillery was the product of two childhood friends with a belief in well made gin. The Distillery opened its doors in 2009 and was the first traditional copper distillery to open in 200 years; incorporating modern technology with traditional recipes and techniques.
Your tour will last around 1 hour 30 minutes, with a Ginny tipple in hand you will discover the story of Sipsmith and their three copper stills; Prudence, Patience and Constance.
There will be a stop for lunch in a traditional English pub, before moving onto our next visit and the London Distillery which opened its doors in 2012, a small batch distillery, experimenting with new gins, combinations and flavours. Their London dry gin remains their most popular, however this hasn’t stopped their other gins winning awards; in 2017 the company won three double gold awards at the San Francisco World Spirit Competition.
A 1 hour 15 minute tour at the City of London Distillery will guide you through the rich gin history of London as well as an explanation of the creation of the gin; introducing you to the copper stills.
Return to your hotel late afternoon and the rest of the day at your leisure.
Bombay Sapphire & Hambledon Vineyard
After breakfast we leave the hotel and head out of London, heading south west into Hampshire, and the Bombay Sapphire Distillery (around 90 minutes).
The creation of Bombay Sapphire gin is unique to other distilleries; Ivano Tonutti, their Master of Botanicals, has travelled the world and has personal relationships with all suppliers. Their distillation process differs from that of other gin distilleries; using vapour infusion, their botanicals are suspended above the spirit so that, when the heat vapour rises, it is infused with these aromatic flavours. The distillery remains traditional using stills from the 1850s, whilst also adding two new copper stills for the production of their gin.
On the Master class tour you will be able to wander through this process at Laverstoke Mill, and see the stills and the greenhouses where they grow their botanicals. You will also be treated to a cocktail master class, with the chance to see, taste and smell the botanicals used in the gins!
There will be a stop for lunch at the Red Lion Pub, close to Whitchurch.
We will then continue to the Hamledon Vineyard close to Portsmouth where you will see this beautiful vineyard, nestled on the edge of the South Downs, and guide you round the unique gravity-fed state of the art winery. The experienced staff will explain the processes involved in making sparkling wine.
Rejoin the coach and we head north to Bristol for our overnight stay (around 2 hours). Check into the hotel, where we will have dinner this evening.
The Wye Valley & the Chase Distillery
After an early breakfast, continue north, crossing the mighty Severn Bridge separating England from Wales, we enjoy the scenery as we drive through Monmouth and the Wye Valley .
We will stop at Ross on Wye for lunch before continuing towards Hereford for a visit to Britain’s first single estate gin, Chase. Originally a potato farmer, William Chase felt detachment from his customers and sought a new direction. As the founder of Tyrrell’s crisps, Chase also followed the path of using his potatoes to create vodka and gin. The Distillery use traditional methods, with the tallest rectification tower in Europe, and hand fill the bottles which are sealed on site.
Your tour at Chase Distillery will explore the processes used to create the award winning spirits, as well as a chance to taste the many flavours within them.
Overnight in the regency town of Cheltenham, where your evening is at your leisure.
Cotswolds Distillery & the Cotswolds
After breakfast leave the hotel, and travel into the heart of the Cotswolds, and our first stop will be at this rural distillery located in a unique setting, the first distillery in the Cotswolds. Producing both gin and whisky, the distillery was set up by Dan Szor, a New Yorker who moved to London and wanted to combine his love for whisky with his desire to start a business. Opened in 2014, the Distillery produces spirits in small batches to ensure no corners are cut, and maintain traditional methods.
The tour covers both whisky and gin. The tour lasts 3 hours and includes a tasting.
We will savour our visit to the Cotswolds with lunch in a traditional Cotswold village inn, before heading back to London where we will arrive in the middle of the afternoon, and check into your hotel.
Your last evening will be at your leisure, however should you wish a farewell dinner, this can be arranged in a local restaurant or pub near the hotel.
Depart London
After breakfast in your hotel, there will be a private transfer to the Airport. If your flight is not leaving until later in the day, you can store your luggage at the hotel, and have a final day at your leisure.
This tour is suitable for groups minimum 15 persons.
For individuals who wish to drive themselves in the UK, we can arrange a similar itinerary.
Prices are available on request – please contact us for details
ALL OUR RATES ARE NET (NON COMMISSIONABLE). Price is per person based on 2 people sharing a twin or double room. Offer is subject to availability. Other dates are on request.
Bombay Sapphire Distillery, Whitchurch, Hampshire - View of the tropical glasshouse to the courtyard
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The objective of the project is to demonstrate the potential and benefits of using Open Government Data (OGD) in advancing transparency, accountability and sustainable development in selected countries of Latin America and East Asia regions, currently identified to be Bangladesh, Nepal, Panama, and Uruguay.
In partnership with the national counterparts , the project aims at developing a strategy for open data, particularly in thematic areas relevant to the achievement of internationally agreed development goals, including MDGs. Primarily, the government expenditure and budgeting data, environmental data, procurement data, demographic data, socio-economic indicators, healthcare data, geographical data and local transportation data.
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The project will also stimulate a south-south knowledge transfer and cross-fertilization of OGD by bringing together OGD-beginners with more OGD-advanced countries.International workshops, online training courses, and availability of workshop reports will increase the outreach of the project on a global scale, particularly for countries in regions most in need of such support.
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Berry Colander
Sarah Beth Elkins' sweet berry bowl is handcrafted using some intriguing tools.
Sarah Beth Elkins
Strawberry Feels Forever
Often the first fruits of summer, strawberries are fast-growing gifts from Mother Nature. But to create her strawberry-inspired berry bowl, Sarah Beth Elkins takes her time and uses some intriguing tools. Starting with stoneware clay, she hand throws each bowl on her wheel and then creates the exterior seed pattern with an interesting hack: "I love using household items to make my alterations to thrown pieces," she says. "And for the seeds of the strawberry I use an old mechanical pencil (without lead)." To create the all-important drainage holes of this handheld colander, she uses another repurposed tool—a power drill.
With the addition of hand-shaped leaves and a stem to serve as a handle, Sarah Beth's piece is glazed and fired in juicy red and green, ready to rinse and serve your favorite berries in an adorably apt package. Handmade in Houston, home of the world's largest strawberry shortcake (in nearby Pasadena, Texas).
Find out more about this cute colander's creator and her past as a high school teacher on our blog.
“Getting to fully dive into my own designs and aspirations has been a huge blessing.”
As a child, Sarah Beth Elkins was encouraged to explore her creativity and grow as an artist. Her father is a graphic designer by trade, but has always been a fine artist at heart. He was always trying new mediums and experimenting with new techniques, with Sarah Beth and her sisters at his heels. Sarah Beth went on to college to receive a BFA in Studio Art, where she started experimenting with clay in the campus ceramics lab. After graduating, she taught high school art for six years, but with the encouragement of her husband, left teaching and hit the ground running with her own art. She now works from her home studio and loves every minute she spends there.
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“Min Ila” Cash Transfer Programme for Displaced Syrian Children in Lebanon (UNICEF and WFP) Impact Evaluation Endline Report
Innocenti Research Report
2019 4 Feb 2019
In the 2016–17 school year, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) in Lebanon, started to pilot a child-focused cash transfer programme for displaced Syrian children in Lebanon. The programme, known as the No Lost Generation (NLG) or “Min Ila” (meaning “from/to”) was designed to reduce negative coping strategies harmful to children and reduce barriers to children’s school attendance, including financial barriers and reliance on child labour. UNICEF Lebanon contracted the American Institute for Research (AIR) to help UNICEF Office of Research (OoR) design and implement an impact evaluation of the programme. The purpose of the impact evaluation, one of the first rigorous studies of a social protection programme supporting children in a complex displacement setting, is to monitor the programme’s effects on recipients and provide evidence to UNICEF, WFP, and MEHE for decisions regarding the programme’s future. This report investigates and discusses the programme’s impacts on child well-being outcomes, including food security, health, child work, child subjective well-being, enrollment, and attendance, after 1 year of programme implementation.
Jacobus De Hoop; Mitchell Morey; Hannah Ring; Victoria Rothbard; David Seidenfeld
Can social assistance (with a child lens) help in reducing urban poverty in Ghana? Evidence, challenges and the way forward
Experience with urban social assistance programmes is still limited. Many of the existing urban programmes are extensions or duplicates of rural programmes, but urban-sensitive social protection needs to reflect the distinct vulnerabilities of the urban poor. Furthermore, applying a child lens requires identifying and addressing the specific risks and multiple deprivations that are experienced by half of urban children in developing countries. As a result, designing social assistance for urban contexts faces challenges such as accurately targeting the poor (given the spatial geography of urban poverty) and setting appropriate payment levels (given the high and variable costs of urban living). Geographic targeting (e.g. informal settlements), proxy means testing (if urban-sensitive) and categorical targeting (e.g. street children) are popular mechanisms in urban areas, but community-based targeting is often inappropriate (because of urban social fragmentation) while self-targeting can be unethical (e.g. where wages below market rates are paid in public works projects) and might contradict rights-based approaches. These are relevant challenges to address when designing urban social protection programmes. We apply these reflections to Ghana. The country is a relevant case study because it is growing and urbanizing rapidly. But as the result of urbanization, urban poverty and deprivations are rising even though national poverty rates have halved. Anti-poverty policies and social protection interventions remain biased towards the rural poor. The ‘urbanization of poverty’ in Ghana has created problems such as overcrowded housing, limited access to sanitation, and outbreaks of communicable diseases. This paper provides guidance on the critical questions to ask to design in Ghana a successful urban social protection programme with a child lens.
Stephen Devereux; Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai; Jose Cuesta; Jaideep Gupte; Luigi Peter Ragno; Keetie Roelen; Rachel Sabates-Wheeler; Tayllor Spadafora
“It empowers to attend.” Understanding how participants in the Eastern Cape of South Africa experienced a parent support programme: A qualitative study
Parenting interventions can dramatically reduce violence against children and improve a child’s future. Yet in the past, research has mainly focused on young children in high-income countries, and most of the research has only used quantitative methodology. By contrast, this qualitative study focuses on teenagers and their caregivers who attended a parenting programme in South Africa, contributing to a small but growing body of research on parent support programmes for teenagers in low and middle-income countries. The research examines the Sinovuyo Teen Parenting programme, which was developed and tested between 2012 and 2016 in South Africa. The main qualitative study was carried out in the last year (2015–2016) and is the focus of this paper. It complements a cluster randomized controlled trial. This qualitative study captures the experiences of teenagers and parents who attended the Sinovuyo Teen Parenting programme in 2015. Importantly, the study gives an insight into how the caregivers and teenagers changed as a result of participating in the study. Findings show that both caregivers and teenagers valued the programme and their participation fostered better family relations and reduced violence at home. Their views are important for practitioners, programme implementers and researchers working in violence prevention and child and family welfare. More research is needed, however, to show whether these changes can be sustained.
Jenny Doubt; Heidi Loening-Voysey; Lucie Cluver; Jasmina Byrne; Yulia Shenderovich; Divane Nzima; Barnaby King; Sally Medley; Janina Steinert; Olivia O'Malley
Relevance, Implementation and Impact of the Sinovuyo Teen Parenting Programme in South Africa
This report summarizes research findings on the impact of the Sinovuyo Teen Parenting programme piloted in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, between November 2014 and September 2016. The research consists of a qualitative study on the programme facilitators, conducted in 2014; and a ramdomized control trial with a complementary qualitative study, which was conducted between 2015 and 2016. The quantitative findings, detailed here, sum up responses provided by programme participants one month after programme completion. The participants also provided inputs five to nine months later; those inputs are published separately. Besides highlighting the impact of the parenting programme, the report describes the perceptions and experiences of participants and programme implementers. The report also discusses key policy and service delivery implications that need to be considered in taking the programme to scale in South Africa and beyond.
Heidi Loening-Voysey; Jenny Doubt; Divane Nzima; Yulia Shenderovich; Janina Steinert; Jasmina Byrne; Lucie Cluver
The Long-term Effect of Humanitarian Emergencies on Adolescents: Existing evidence, gaps and considerations for research and practitioners
This short paper grew out of discussions at a two-day research workshop focused on famines and adolescents. It explores some of what we do and do not know about the impacts of humanitarian situations on adolescents’ lives. Adolescents and their specific capacities and vulnerabilities have tended to be overlooked in the design and implementation of humanitarian responses, including in social protection and further components of such responses. This paper seeks to bring these questions to the attention of researchers, policy makers and practitioners in order to address identified priority gaps; build on existing knowledge; invest in better evidence generation; and include adolescents in research and response efforts in meaningful ways. Such improvements to humanitarian responses would assist in developing more inclusive efforts that consider all ages in the child’s life-course; aim for more sustainable well-being outcomes and help meet core commitments to children in these settings.
Jose Cuesta; Michelle Godwin; Jeremy Shusterman; Cirenia Chavez
The Intricate Relationship between Chronic Undernutrition, Impaired Linear Growth and Delayed Puberty: Is ‘catch-up’ growth possible during adolescence?
Chronic undernutrition is characterized by long-term exposure to food of insufficient quality and inadequate quantity, including restricted intake of energy, protein, fat, micronutrients, essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals. Physiologically, in a state of chronic food insufficiency, the human body conserves energy by prioritizing essential metabolic processes resulting in impaired linear growth and delayed reproductive maturation. Consequently, height can theoretically be considered a measure of an individual’s cumulative health and nutrition. Therefore, a deviation from the ‘normal’ height relative to one’s age represents a deviation from one’s optimal growth and, potentially, the presence of other issues. Similarly, the delayed onset of puberty is another common physiological response to food insufficiency, often accompanying impaired linear growth. Chronic undernutrition can arise from chronic disease, congenital abnormalities and insufficient food intake. In this review, we will explore the hypothesis of CUG during adolescence, given the relationship between impaired linear growth and the delayed onset of puberty in children suffering from chronic undernutrition due to a lack of sufficient quality and quantity of food.
Susan Campisi; Bianca Carducci; Olle Söder; Zulfiqar Bhutta
Comparing the Productive Effects of Cash and Food Transfers in a Crisis Setting: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Yemen
The productive impacts of transfer programmes have received increased attention. However, little is known about such effects in emergency and crisis settings. Even less is known about whether transfer type – a food basket or a cash grant – influences the productive potential of such transfers. Theory suggests that, while cash transfers can relieve liquidity constraints associated with investments, subsidized food provision, by acting as a form of insurance, may prevent households from retreating to conservative income-generating strategies during volatile periods. Using a randomized field experiment in Yemen, we contrast the effects of transfer modality. The results demonstrate a modest productive impact of both modalities and suggest a role for both liquidity and price risk channels. Cash transfer recipients invested relatively more in activities with higher liquidity requirements (livestock), while food recipients incorporated higher-return crops into their agricultural portfolios.
Benjamin Schwab
How to Target Households in Adaptive Social Protection Systems? Evidence from Humanitarian and Development Approaches in Niger
The methods used to identify beneficiaries of programmes aiming to address persistent poverty and shocks are subject to frequent policy debates. Relying on panel data from Niger, this paper analyses the performance of different targeting methods that are widely used by development and humanitarian actors and explores how they can be applied as part of an adaptive social protection (ASP) system. The methods include proxy-means testing (PMT), household economy analysis (HEA), geographical targeting, and combined methods. Results show that PMT performs better in identifying persistently poor households, while HEA performs better in identifying transiently food insecure households. Geographical targeting is particularly efficient in responding to food crises, which tend to be largely covariate in nature. Combinations of geographical, PMT, and HEA approaches may be used as part of an efficient and scalable ASP system. Results motivate the consolidation of data across programmes, which can support the application of alternative targeting methods tailored to programme-specific objectives.
Pascale Schnitzer
No Lost Generation: Supporting the School Participation of Displaced Syrian Children in Lebanon
This paper documents the impact of a cash transfer programme – an initiative of the Government of Lebanon, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP), widely known as the No Lost Generation Programme (NLG) and, locally, as Min Ila (‘from to’) – on the school participation of displaced Syrian children in Lebanon. The programme provides cash to children who are enrolled in the afternoon shift of a public primary school. It was designed to cover the cost of commuting to school and to compensate households for income forgone if children attend school instead of working, two critical barriers to child school participation. We rely on a geographical regression discontinuity design comparing children living in two pilot governorates with children in two neighbouring governorates to identify the impact of the programme halfway in the first year of operation (the 2016/17 school year). We find limited programme effects on school enrolment, but substantive impacts on school attendance among enrolled children, which increased by 0.5 days to 0.7 days per week, an improvement of about 20 per cent over the control group. School enrolment among Syrian children rose rapidly across all of Lebanon’s governorates during the period of the evaluation, resulting in supply side capacity constraints that appear to have dampened positive impacts on enrolment.
Jacobus De Hoop; Mitchell Morey; David Seidenfeld
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A material way to make Mars habitable
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Five reasons future space travel should explore asteroids
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Tagged: featured space II, asteroid, asteroids, space travel, futuristic space travel, future space travel
On the 25th of may a double asteroid came uncomfortably close to earth. Here’s what astronomers saw
On May 25th, 2019, a strange, double-asteroid (1999 KW4) flew past Earth at a distance and speed that is likely to make a lot of people nervous. As always, there was no danger, since the asteroid passed Earth at a minimum distance of 5.2 million km (3.23 million mi), over 15 times greater than the distance between Earth of the Moon, and its orbit is well-understood by scientists.
Tagged: asteroid, double asteroid, close proximity asteroids, astronomy
NASA Invites Public to Help Asteroid Mission Choose Sample Site
Citizen scientists assemble! NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu needs extra pairs of eyes to help choose its sample collection site on the asteroid – and to look for anything else that might be scientifically interesting.
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NASA’s First Planetary Defense Technology Demonstration to Collide with Asteroid in 2022
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – NASA’s first mission to demonstrate a planetary defense technique – will get one chance to hit its target, the small moonlet in the binary asteroid system Didymos. The asteroid poses no threat to Earth and is an ideal test target: measuring the change in how the smaller asteroid orbits about the larger asteroid in a binary system is much easier than observing the change in a single asteroid's orbit around the Sun. Work is ramping up at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, and other locations across the country, as the mission heads toward its summer 2021 launch – and attempts to pull off a feat so far seen only in science fiction films.
Tagged: planetary defense, asteroid, asteroids, asteroid redirection
The World’s Space Agencies are Responding to a Hypothetical Asteroid Impact. You Can Watch it all Unfold Online.
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Hayabusa2 Left a Dark Spot Where it Touched Down on Ryugu. Engineers Aren’t Sure Why
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Holiday Asteroid Imaged with NASA Radar
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NASA’s Newly Arrived OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Already Discovers Water on Asteroid!
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NASA spacecraft gets up close with an asteroid that could one day collide with Earth
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Tagged: asteroid, asteroid collision, asteroid hitting earth, potential asteroid impact
Observatories Team Up to Reveal Rare Double Asteroid
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Exiled Asteroid Discovered in Outer Reaches of Solar System
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Tagged: asteroid, solar system, astronomy, early solar system
Scientists propose an asteroid nuke mission to save earth from potential destruction
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Tagged: asteroid, dangerous asteroid, asteroid protection, asteroid impact, asteroid hit
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Tagged: asteroid, near earth asteroid, potential asteroid impacts, dangerous asteroids, asteroid danger, asteroid hitting earth, asteroid potentially hitting earth
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Nope, our temporary moon isn't space junk, it's an asteroid
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Good news everyone! There are fewer deadly undiscovered asteroid than we thought
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Scientists urge Europe to stick with 'armageddon' style asteroid mission
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Hubble discovers a unique type of object in the Solar System
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84 Herculis
84 Herculis Facts
84 Herculis's star type is giant star that can be located in the constellation of Hercules. The description is based on the spectral class.
84 Herculis is not part of the constellation outline but is within the borders of the constellation.
Based on the spectral type (G2IIIb) of the star, the star's colour is white to yellow .
84 Herculis's Alternative Names
The Id of the star in the Yale Bright Star Catalogue is HR6608. HIP86731 is the reference name for the star in the Hipparcos Star Catalogue. The Id of the star in the Henry Draper catalogue is HD161239.
Flamsteed designations are named after the creator, Sir John Flamsteed. Sir John numbered the stars in the constellation with a number and the latin name, this star's Flamsteed designation is 84 Herculis with it shortened to 84 Her.
BD number is the number that the star was filed under in the Durchmusterung or Bonner Durchmusterung, a star catalogue that was put together by the Bonn Observatory between 1859 to 1903. The star's BD Number is BD+24 3237.
Location of 84 Herculis
The location of the giant star in the night sky is determined by the Right Ascension (R.A.) and Declination (Dec.), these are equivalent to the Longitude and Latitude on the Earth. The Right Ascension is how far expressed in time (hh:mm:ss) the star is along the celestial equator. If the R.A. is positive then its eastwards. The Declination is how far north or south the object is compared to the celestial equator and is expressed in degrees. For 84 Herculis, the location is 17h 43m 21.64 and +24° 19` 39.5 .
Radial Velocity and Proper Motion of 84 Herculis
All stars like planets orbit round a central spot, in the case of planets, its the central star such as the Sun. In the case of a star, its the galactic centre. The constellations that we see today will be different than they were 50,000 years ago or 50,000 years from now. Proper Motion details the movements of these stars and are measured in milliarcseconds. The star is moving 72.93 ± 0.24 milliarcseconds/year towards the north and -116.57 ± 0.33 milliarcseconds/year east if we saw them in the horizon.
84 Herculis Luminosity
Luminosity is the amount of energy that a star pumps out and its relative to the amount that our star, the Sun gives out. The figure of 7.37 that I have given is based on the value in the Simbad Hipparcos Extended Catalogue at the University of Strasbourg from 2012.
Physical Properties (Colour, Temperature) of 84 Herculis
84 Herculis Colour and Temperature
84 Herculis has a spectral type of G2IIIb. This means the star is a white to yellow giant star. The star has a B-V Colour Index of 0.68 which means the star's temperature has been calculated using information from Morgans @ Uni.edu at being 5,625 Kelvin.
84 Herculis Radius
Radius has been calculated as being 2.68 times bigger than the Sun. The Sun's radius is 695,800km, therefore the star's radius is an estimated 1,866,874.36.km. If you need the diameter of the star, you just need to multiple the radius by 2. However with the 2007 release of updated Hipparcos files, the radius is now calculated at being round 2.75. The figure is derived at by using the formula from SDSS and has been known to produce widely incorrect figures. The star's Iron Abundance is 0.28 with an error value of 0.06 Fe/H with the Sun has a value of 1 to put it into context.
84 Herculis Apparent and Absolute Magnitudes
84 Herculis has an apparent magnitude of 5.73 which is how bright we see the star from Earth. Apparent Magnitude is also known as Visual Magnitude. If you used the 1997 Parallax value, you would get an absolute magnitude of 2.82 If you used the 2007 Parallax value, you would get an absolute magnitude of 2.77. Magnitude, whether it be apparent/visual or absolute magnitude is measured by a number, the smaller the number, the brighter the Star is. Our own Sun is the brightest star and therefore has the lowest of all magnitudes, -26.74. A faint star will have a high number.
Distance to 84 Herculis
Using the original Hipparcos data that was released in 1997, the parallax to the star was given as 26.13 which gave the calculated distance to 84 Herculis as 124.82 light years away from Earth or 38.27 parsecs. It would take a spaceship travelling at the speed of light, 124.82 years to get there. We don't have the technology or spaceship that can carry people over that distance yet.
In 2007, Hipparcos data was revised with a new parallax of 25.60 which put 84 Herculis at a distance of 127.41 light years or 39.06 parsecs. It should not be taken as though the star is moving closer or further away from us. It is purely that the distance was recalculated.
Using the 2007 distance, the star is roughly 8,056,647.19 Astronomical Units from the Earth/Sun give or take a few. An Astronomical Unit is the distance between Earth and the Sun. The number of A.U. is the number of times that the star is from the Earth compared to the Sun.
Additional 84 Herculis Facts and Figures
Primary / Proper / Traditional Name 84 Herculis
Alternative Names HD 161239, HIP 86731, HR 6608, 84 Her, BD+24 3237
Spectral Type G2IIIb
Multiple Star System No / Unknown
Star Type Giant Star
Colour White to Yellow
Constellation Hercules
Galactic Latitude 25.16 degrees
Galactic Longitude 48.64 degrees
1997 Distance from Earth 26.13 Parallax (milliarcseconds)
38.27 Parsecs
8,056,647.19 Astronomical Units
Proper Motion Dec. 72.93 ± 0.24 milliarcseconds/year
Proper Motion RA. -116.57 ± 0.33 milliarcseconds/year
Iron Abundance 0.28 ± 0.06 Fe/H
Eccentricity 0.07
Semi-Major Axis 7030.00
Stellar Luminosity (Lsun) 7.37
Rasalgethi (Alpha Herculis)
Kornephoros (Beta Herculis)
Gamma Herculis (Gamma Herculis)
Sarin (Delta Herculis)
Epsilon Herculis (Epsilon Herculis)
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Crowd Content Selected as a Finalist for VIATEC’s Scale-Up of the Year Award
Crowd Content selected as a finalist for VIATEC's Scale Up of the Year aware which recognizes busine see more
Victoria, BC, May 7, 2019: Crowd Content Media, a leading content writing service helping businesses create content at any scale, shared today that it has been selected as a finalist for the Victoria Innovation, Advanced Technology and Entrepreneurship Council’s (VIATEC) Scale-Up of the Year Award.
The 19th annual VIATEC Awards recognize technology companies based in Victoria, BC that are excelling in their spaces and contributing to the growth of the tech industry in the region.
The Scale-Up of the Year award is focused on highlighting established companies in the Greater Victoria tech scene that are rapidly scaling operations and revenue.
“I’m thrilled to be recognized as a finalist for the Scale-Up of the Year award,” said Crowd Content CEO Clayton Lainsbury. “We did a ton of work in 2018 to drive 48% revenue growth compared to 2017, and it’s really rewarding to be recognized by our peers for those results. We’ve been active in the VIATEC community since Crowd Content was founded in 2010. We support their goal of growing the tech industry in Victoria, and it’s just a tremendous honour to have them recognize us with this nomination.”
Asked to comment on what was most interesting about his firm’s scale up, Lainsbury stated it’s that the growth has been diversified. “I think the best part of our growth in 2018 was that you can chalk it up to many different factors. Our self-serve marketplace brought on a lot of new clients and added some great new features that helped clients scale their content creation. On the enterprise side of our business, we started working with multiple Fortune 500 companies and saw year-over-year revenue growth of 230%. I’m really proud of these accomplishments, and I’m even prouder that every member of our team contributed to them.”
About Crowd Content: Crowd Content is a content creation company based in Victoria, BC that helps brands and agencies create online marketing content at scale. The company is backed by well-known angel investors including Todd Dunlop (founder of Neverblue Media and RingPartner) and James DeGreef (founder of GenoLogics and Tectoria Venture Partners). For more information, visit www.crowdcontent.com.
Crowd Content Achieves 138% Revenue Growth in January 2019 Due to Powerful New Platform Features
Crowd Content reports it achieved 138% revenue growth in January 2019 compared to January 2018... see more
Victoria, BC, February 28, 2019: Crowd Content Media, a company that helps businesses create content at any scale, reported today it achieved 138% revenue growth in January 2019 compared to January 2018.
The company shared that both its enterprise content division, which provides some of the world’s largest brands with fully-managed content creation services, and its self-service platform, which lets marketers connect directly with with over 6,000 professional writers, contributed to this growth.
While both divisions saw substantial growth, CEO Clayton Lainsbury highlighted that significant platform upgrades currently being beta tested by select clients have enabled publishers to scale their content in a big way on the self-service platform.
“We’re moving several key power features from our enterprise division to our self-service platform,” stated Lainsbury. “Traditionally, these tools were used only by our in-house managed services team. Now, self-service clients have direct access to these tools and it’s helping them scale their content creation efforts similar to what we’ve been doing in-house on the enterprise side.”
One of these features lets customers create structured templates and converts them to a content editor that writers work within. It allows customers to create highly detailed content at scale because each field within the template can be accompanied with specific instructions, character counts, word counts and SEO requirements. The system performs automatic quality checks to ensure all requirements are met before writers submit the work to the client.
Lainsbury also highlighted Crowd Content’s bulk upload tool which lets clients order hundreds of content items in minutes, as well as a robust API that lets publishers instantly publish content to their content management systems. “Across these three tools, we’re able to provide publishers a solution that lets them order large volumes of content, ensure their requirements are met and then instantly publish it to their site. I’m not aware of another content service that can offer that.”
When asked to quantify how this helps publishers, Lainsbury shared that one client was able to publish over 2,500 posts in less than a year across multiple properties. “We’re seeing small publishers scale up in big ways using our ecosystem, and I’m excited to bring these new features to all our clients very soon.”
Content Creation Platform Crowd Content Achieves Industry-Leading Performance Metrics
Crowd Content announces achieving industry-leading performance metrics. see more
Victoria, BC, November 5, 2018: Crowd Content Media, a company that helps businesses create content at any scale, reported today on key performance metrics from their proprietary content marketplace.
Perhaps most impressive, Crowd Content has reported that the average turnaround time for a 432-word content order is only one hour.
The company also shared that the average rating from customers per order is 4.15 out of a possible 5.0.
These numbers were taken from a sample of the latest 300,000 orders to move through the company’s proprietary content marketplace.
“It’s exciting to share these numbers,” said Crowd Content CEO, Clayton Lainsbury. “Based on our own research, we believe this to be the fastest turnaround time for custom content creation on the Web. More importantly, though, we’re able to do it without sacrificing quality. The fact that our customer ratings remain high across such a large sample of orders shows that the content is matching and exceeding customer expectations.”
Aside from a meticulous selection process when accepting new writers, Lainsbury attributes a mature gamified technology platform to the above-average performance. “From day one, we’ve leveraged technology and gamification to improve the experience at Crowd Content. The platform is designed to maximize performance in key areas like speed, quality and reliability. For clients, this results in faster turnaround times, higher-quality content and fewer missed deadlines.”
When asked if these performance metrics are translating to financial success, Lainsbury indicated that the company saw 85% revenue growth in Q3 2018 over the same period in 2017. “We’re performing in areas that make a difference for customers, and that makes it easy for them to stay with us. When you combine that with our recent investments in customer acquisition, it sets a foundation for growth that we expect to continue into and throughout 2019.”
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Content Marketing Startup Crowd Content Reports Double Digit Revenue Growth for 2017
Crowd Content Media reports 56% revenue growth in 2017. see more
Victoria, BC, January 23, 2018: Crowd Content Media, a company that helps businesses create content at any scale, reported today that 2017 revenue grew 56% over 2016.
“We’re very excited to see another strong financial year to follow up from the 57% revenue growth we saw in 2016,” said Clayton Lainsbury, Crowd Content’s Founder and CEO. “Topline revenue was driven by sharp increases in enterprise business after acquiring several new Fortune 500 customers.”
The content creation company has been able to penetrate a retail segment where its services are desperately needed. Customers such as Bloomingdale’s, Michaels and 3M, to name a few, use Crowd Content to create compelling content at scale for their product pages. These large brands often have hundreds of thousands of SKUs, making it impossible for in-house teams to write, review and manage product copy on a consistent basis. Crowd Content’s enterprise service lets these brands offload those tasks and focus on their core competencies.
“Two things we’ve learned are that the world’s best brands can’t waste time managing content and can’t afford to publish subpar content,” stated Lainsbury. “Customer retention has been exceptionally high because our focus is on delivering publish-ready content. For customers, this means they save time and money by not having to review, edit and revise content before it goes live. It also means they can trust that published content is accurate and designed to sell their products.”
Lainsbury credits the company’s mature technology and refined production process for the success in attracting and retaining large accounts. “For the past two years, we’ve made it our goal to be the best at helping brands create publish-ready content at scale,” he said. “It’s really been a team effort from our development and production teams. They’ve built the platform to handle the volume while adding key layers of quality review throughout the process. It all comes together to create a smart content engine that works for both writers and customers.”
In a recent press release, Lainsbury stated that with its production capabilities running at full speed, Crowd Content will be investing more resources into sales and marketing for 2018. Considering the company has been primarily focused on R&D to this point and hasn’t had a formal marketing effort in place, it expects to see growth increase as customer acquisition campaigns are implemented.
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Crowd Content Media Hires Industry Veteran Eric Hoppe as Director of Marketing
Crowd Content appoints content industry veteran Eric Hoppe as Director of Marketing. see more
Victoria, BC, January 12, 2018: Crowd Content Media, a company that helps businesses create content at any scale, announced today that it has appointed Eric Hoppe as Director of Marketing. The hire supports the company’s strategy to recruit top talent in the content marketing industry and to invest in sales and marketing throughout 2018.
With more than 10 years of experience in digital marketing, Hoppe fills an important gap on the Crowd Content team. With six of those years spent as a key player at competing content firm Constant Content, Hoppe brings a relatively large amount of experience and insight in an industry that, while growing quickly, is still young.
“The first thing you notice about Eric is his passion for the content space,” said Crowd Content founder and CEO, Clayton Lainsbury. “It’s contagious. That energy combined with his analytical approach and digital marketing expertise makes him a valuable asset to our company. We’re lucky to have him in a leadership position as we continue to expand.”
When asked about joining Crowd Content, Hoppe stated, “I’ve always admired Crowd Content for its intuitive platform and its unmatched commitment to producing quality content. The word ‘quality’ gets tossed around a lot in this space. But with Crowd Content, you can truly see they’ve put the R&D resources into building a world-class platform, ensuring clients get an exceptional experience and quality content that performs. It’s exciting to be a part of that.”
Up until this point, Crowd Content has primarily relied on word of mouth and organic search traffic to attract new customers. Hoppe will be the first dedicated marketing leader in the company. “The development of our technology and production process has always been top priority, and that’s where we’ve put our resources,” said Lainsbury. “We really feel that now those two components are the best in the industry, so we’ll be investing more into sales and marketing for 2018.”
Despite not having a formal marketing effort in place previously, Crowd Content managed to grow revenues year-over-year by an average of 60% in 2016 and 2017. By shifting its strategy to customer acquisition, Lainsbury expects to surpass that rate by the end of 2018.
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Raleigh Named as Site for 2009 NCAA Women's Basketball Regional
Wednesday, July 05, 2006, 8pm
The RBC Center in Raleigh will be the site of an NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Regional in 2009, the NCAA announced today.
N.C. State University will serve as the official host institution.
Four teams will advance to Raleigh, and one will move on to the Final Four in St. Louis.
Dates will be either March 28 and March 30 (Saturday and Monday), or March 29 and March 31 (Sunday and Tuesday). A final decision on dates will be determined by the NCAA at a later time.
The 2009 bid was submitted by N.C. State, with support from the RBC Center and the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The NCAA Women's Regional will generate several thousand hotel room nights for the area, with an economic impact in the neighborhood of $500,000 or more. Of course, those figures won't be finalized until after the event and will depend largely upon which four teams advance to Raleigh.
By 2009, the RBC Center will have hosted the following NCAA basketball events:
2002 NCAA Women's East Regional
2004 NCAA Men's First & Second Rounds
2007 NCAA Women's First & Second Rounds
2009 NCAA Women's Regional
For more information, visit N.C. State's web site at www.gopack.com , or the NCAA's official announcement at http://www.ncaasports.com/.
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Cape Vincent voters break overwhelmingly for anti-wind power candidates
Credit: By BRIAN AMARAL, TIMES STAFF WRITER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011, watertowndailytimes.com ~~
In Cape Vincent on primary night, the unofficial results in the race for the Republican nod in the town supervisor race had been tabulated: Anti-wind power incumbent Urban C. Hirschey had 277 votes and pro-wind power candidate Harvey J. White had 99 votes.
But that didn’t include absentee ballots – about a third of all votes cast. On Wednesday, those ballots were counted. Mr. Hirschey ended up with 507 votes and Mr. White ended up with 107.
That Mr. Hirschey’s already lopsided victory got even more lopsided when absentee ballots were counted is hardly a surprise. It is likely a result of a months-long voter registration drive by anti-wind power activists that targeted seasonal residents. Seasonal residents who may live during the winter in faraway locales are more likely to oppose wind power development and more likely to vote as absentees – which can allow people to vote via mail in the days leading up to the election, rather than in person on election day.
The absentee ballot counts were similarly grim for pro-wind power Town Council candidates in the Republican primary. Marty T. Mason ended up in third place for two spots, with 125 votes, after absentee ballots were counted. Before the absentees were counted and the results were official, Mr. Mason had 113 votes.
Victorious Republican candidate Clifford P. Schneider, meanwhile, had 506 votes and John L. Byrne III had 488 votes, gaining more than 200 votes each since Sept. 13.
A rematch for supervisor and Town Council will take place at the Nov. 8 general election, because the candidates who lost the Republican primary will have third-party lines in the general election.
Source: By BRIAN AMARAL, TIMES STAFF WRITER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011, watertowndailytimes.com
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The Green New Deal's Trains and EVs Won't Work for Everyone
Author: Aarian MarshallAarian Marshall
Electric vehicles may be good for the planet. But the cars lower-income people can afford, the cars that get them to work, are often older and less gas efficient.
What is the Green New Deal? It’s a platform, a Justice Democrat raison d’être, a liberal fever dream, the product of progressive young Americans’ impatience with their government’s approach to climate change. It’s an attempt to link climate change solutionism to a broader social and economic program. It is, technically, a resolution introduced in Congress this week that seeks to use serious government investment in renewable energy as a policy multitool, to correct “systemic racial, regional, social, environmental, and economic injustice.”
Which would seem to make it a great North Star for the transportation sector. After all, America’s cars, trucks, trains, and planes are responsible for 28 percent of the country’s approximately 6,511 million metric tons of annual emissions. And indeed, the resolution’s transportation recommendations are sweeping: that the country invest seriously in zero-emission vehicle infrastructure and manufacturing, in “clean, affordable, and accessible” public transit, and in so much high-speed rail that air travel is no longer necessary.
So in transportation, the progressive agenda has found itself a worthy but daunting target. Because the way Americans travel is not only dirty—it’s inequitable.
It’s hard and time consuming to get around many places in the country without driving, and 20 percent of those living in poverty don’t have access to a personal vehicle. A broad and long-term study published by Harvard researchers in 2015 suggested that longer commutes are associated with lower chances at social mobility. Alternatives like public transit and biking are greener, but most infrastructure and systems are slow and underfunded. Sometimes, they’re straight-up dangerous. Plus, transit is viable in only relatively dense areas, which happen to be among the most expensive places to live in the country.
“The challenge with a lot of these things is that there's kind of an anti-car lobby, but they don’t deal with the equity problem,” says Carla Mays, cofounder of the sustainability and equity research and advocacy group SmartCohort. “In many communities of color and low- to moderate-income communities, there is no transit, so you can’t even talk first and last mile. It doesn’t exist for them.”
Which is why more policymakers have come to an uncomfortable solution. Faster trains and more bike lanes are great green goals for the future. But the best way to connect low-income people to jobs right now is with cars.
“The research is really robust on this point,” says Evelyn Blumenberg, chair of the urban planning department at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs. According to her work, which looks at low-income households involved in federal voucher programs in the 1990s and early 2000s, households with cars were able to move to neighborhoods with lower crime rates and more amenities, like high-performing schools. They had less exposure to poverty and were less likely to return to high-poverty neighborhoods than those without cars. People living in households with auto access had an easier time finding jobs. They had an easier time keeping those jobs, too.
“This is particularly true for women,” Blumenberg says, or for anyone who’s a family caregiver. “Trying to balance unpaid responsibilities and unpaid work is just really really hard while ‘trip chaining’ on public transit, or while the kids are on the back of your bike.” (“Trip chaining” means making more than one stop on a trip—for example, picking up something from the grocery store and then the dry cleaners’ on the way home from work.)
There’s yet another hitch. The cars that lower-income people can afford are often older and less gas efficient. (Reminder: The Tesla Model 3, the electric vehicle “for the masses,” starts at $42,900. Even more affordable, used EVs might cost $10,000 up front, no small cost for a family living paycheck to paycheck.)
So it seems the Green New Deal’s central tenets—sustainability and economic justice—are on a collision course.
Which doesn’t mean that all hope is lost. In fact, there are smatterings of programs that try to give lower-income people access to cleaner cars. California, for example, is using some of its cap-and-trade funding for EV loan and grant experiments. One program, rolled out last fall, disburses financial services and personal grants up to $5,000 to help lower-income residents buy used or new hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or battery-electric vehicles. Others have invested in newer ideas, like car-share. Electric car-shares targeted at low-income communities have popped up in Chicago and LA. Right now, these are all just experiments—which means the Green New Deal has its work cut out for it. And a huge opportunity awaits.
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All Because Of You Quotes
Collection of top 100 famous quotes about All Because Of You
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I change lyrics to the songs all the time, too. I don't know if it matters in a lot of ways because you can take what you want from it. — Matt Corby
You do a couple of superhero things and then, all of a sudden, they want to get you because there may be some name value. — Adrian Pasdar
Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all your details. — Andy Warhol
Because you have my heart, Virgilia Wessex." Softly, almost achingly. "Every black ounce of it. Scars and all. — V.S. Carnes
Because believing you're not alone is the cruelest trick of all. — Morgan Matson
You've got to keep yourself in prime physical condition, because fatigue makes cowards of us all. — Vince Lombardi
Have you noticed the debt is exploding? And it's not all because of Medicare. — Ron Paul
Science is different to all other systems of thought because you dont need faith in it, you can check that it works. — Brian Cox
I don't ever want to part with any of my shoes. They all have a special place in my heart because they say something about who you are today. — Kelis
Time and again, I've met or read about people who succeeded against all kinds of odds because they had passion. You're passion away to win! — Assegid Habtewold
It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can. — Sydney Smith
Just because you've got the emotional rang of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have,' said Hermione nastily, picking up her quill again. — J.K. Rowling
Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others. — Aristotle.
Most women beat themselves up because they think they are not good enough at anything. All of those things just eat at you all the time. — Dana Perino
I think Vegas is the answer for pregnant people because of insomnia. It's open all the time and you go down and play your silly slots. — Selma Blair
Because family and friends are the foundation of who you are, this is a realm where no excuses should exist. Give them your all without excuses. — Farshad Asl
The more personal you make something, the more universal it becomes, because essentially we're all made up of the same emotional stuff. — Brian Molko
You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good. — Kanye West
My favorite author's question of all time - because it's so simple to answer ... 'Is your hair really like that, or do you get it done? — Margaret Atwood
In America, you complain about job losses because of China, but here, we carry all of the environmental costs. — Ma Jun
It always happens at the end that you're always under the gun because of various schedules and all that. — Barry Sonnenfeld
Don't hope you will receive help from the words of life because they all bring you to death. — Sorin Cerin
You love someone despite all their flaws. You love someone despite the fact that they have made mistakes. You love someone because you care about them — Aria From The Curse Of Everwood By B. V. Taylor
Sometimes you need to quit beating your head up against a brick wall because all you get out of it is a bloody head — Catherine Sharp
Don't look at all at what other people are doing. Think of what you're doing as completely fresh because if you imitate you're dead. — Robert Rodriguez
Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have. — J.K. Rowling
You can only fight Fate so far, and when you give in to it you're very strong; because all of your force flows in one direction. — John Steinbeck
Be humble and you will never be disturbed. It is very difficult in practice because we all want to see the result of our work. Leave it to Jesus. — Mother Teresa
If Sam were a tree, you know what kind of tree he'd be?"
"What kind?"
"A pine. Because of all the pining. — T.J. Klune
The world says you are loved because of what you do. Jesus says you can now do all things because you are loved. — Timothy Keller
At times, love is silent because of too much hurt or too much care. At all times,
love is the strongest voice you can always rely on. — Soar
Ordinary goodness is fraught with veins of vanity and self-interest and above all with pleasure
because goodness makes you feel more alive. — Susan Neiman
In all of the movies and films you see, people are always in crisis because that's what we watch. We watch them deal with crisis and resolve it. — Julianne Moore
Because the part of me that remembers what it was like all those lifetimes ago still cares for you .. loves you. — Stacey Jay
If you are earning your money through violence, all this money is unethical, because violence and ethics cannot be together! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others. — Samuel Johnson
If you don't educate yourself, you'll never get out of the starting block because you'll spend all your money making foolish decisions. — Daymond John
It's easy to say you're more mature because all of a sudden you have a child, but it's a process. — Tony Romo
Because the world all twisted up and wrong, like distorted glass, only came back into focus if you looked at it through the bottom of a bottle. — Terry Pratchett
And if you say that's because you lot barged into her home like a herd of mentally deficient sheep, I'm disowning all three of you. — Julia Quinn
All that you are is because of your choices. — Debasish Mridha
Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you. — Richard Bach
Most adaptations of plays I hate, because they don't envision something as cinema at all, you know? — Mark Waters
You have to make the good out of the bad because that is all you have got to make it out of. — Robert Penn Warren
There's really no point in doing anything in life because it's all over in the blink of an eye. The next thing you know, rigor mortis sets in. — Wes Anderson
The hardest thing is to do something which is close to nothing because it is demanding all of you. — Marina Abramovic
It is the most vicious of all crimes - to be abused by someone you had a relationship with! Because then you blame yourself. — Joe Biden
You do it with your own two hands, so there's a sense of pride. You really do forget all our problems, because you're focusing on the food. — Rachael Ray
'Once Upon A Time In America' is one of the cleverest films of all time, because you can get out of it whatever you want to get out of it. — Ray Winstone
I call on you not to hate, because hate does not leave space for a person to be fair and it makes you blind and closes all doors of thinking. — Saddam Hussein
The first rule of Bi Club is that you can talk about Bi Club all you want, because most people won't believe it's real anyway. — Lindsay King-Miller
Because love is the greatest scam of all time. And because as much as I fucking love you, I hate you for inflicting it upon me! — J.A. Redmerski
At the end of the day, you release music because you believe in the songs and believe that they're honest. That's all you can really hope for. — Wade MacNeil
Always remember, it doesn't matter if you die, because this is all probably just the dream of some dinosaur, anyway! — Anonymous
I hate all the red carpet stuff. It's weird, because it's part of what's expected of you now. — Richard Madden
You can't be somebody that you're not, because all of you shows up. — John Boehner
Well, look at all of these summer blockbusters. You can't help but laugh a little, because you've already seen a lot of these movies 482 times. — Sean Penn
You're the total of all the choices you've made in your life, Jack. This is what you have because this is what you chose. — J.A. Konrath
Just because I accept you as you are does not mean that I have given up all hope of your improvement. — Ashleigh Brilliant
Pilot scripts are particularly difficult to write because you have to introduce all the characters without it feeling like a series of introductions. — Tina Fey
He's filled with a sense of childish release, the old feeling that because you are sick, all your trials and obligations have been suspended. — Michael Cunningham
I'm not one who can write out a speech and remember all the names of the people that you need to thank because you need to thank all of those people. — Morgan Freeman
Life's not about making mistakes because we all do. But you must always learn and rebound from your mistakes to catapult yourself to a better life! — Timothy Pina
He told me all the time as a child that it's okay to think of myself as a glow stick because you have to break them to make them shine. — Toni Aleo
You have created all things, and because of Your will they exist and were created. Revelation 4:11 — Beth Moore
There's nothing left of me, because you have it all. — Rachael Wade
Be grateful for every single person who was part of your story.The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. Because they all taught you. — Yasmin Mogahed
And I'd have you know, through all of it, I still had perfect nails! Because I am completely swell. — Sarah Scheele
You're too much, Easton." "I am." He nods solemnly. "It's why I sleep around. Because no one girl can handle all of me. — Erin Watt
Godzilla was the most masterful of all dinosaur movies because it made you believe it was really happening. — Steven Spielberg
I don't think there's a problem. First of all, I don't think music turns people into social liabilities. Because you hear a lyric — Frank Zappa
You want power-either because you've already had a taste of it and want more, or because you've been made to feel powerless for too long. — Jennifer Lynn Barnes
We're all in this together. That's how we campaigned, and that's who we are. This happened because of you. Thank you. — Barack Obama
If you cant ignore the "SCIENCE"
then how dare you to ignore your "MIND"
because its the "SCIENCE OF ALL — Keshavjung
I don't think all of my ideas are good. It's almost easier when people are critical of you because it helps with the quality control. — Seth Rogen
Buddhists believe that you are who you are today is because of who you have been in all your past lives. — Frederick Lenz
I can deal with all the pangs of having to find money in 20 different places because you don't really reap the whirlwind with this cutting-edge music. — Doseone
It's all about what you feel on the inside - and I'm feeling like a chocolate chip cookie because I had about ten of them last night! — Amber Benson
Because when I look at you, I forget everything. I lose all track of what I'm saying or doing. I can see only your eyes. — Jennifer Ashley
Do a strong work meditation all day. You won't be as exhausted as everyone else because you have been gaining a kind of internal power from your work. — Frederick Lenz
I worry all the time that I'm going to run out of ideas, you know? I always tell my mom my fashion ideas, because I know she'll remember them. — Alexa Chung
The life that you want begins the moment you embrace the life you have because all of it is a miracle. — Rob Bell
You chose me because I am of use. But I chose you because I wanted you. All I ever wanted was for you to love me in return. He — Amy Harmon
You fought and fought to keep all the cruelty locked up in your head, and for what? None of them ever loved you, because none of them ever knew you — Rosamund Hodge
I'm a big fan of all-you-can-eat plans, because they're simpler for customers. — Jeff Bezos
Because of the high altitude, you get drunk really fast. So everyone's drunk all the time. — Clea Duvall
Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all you can, because these things don't last your whole life. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Don't spend all of your time trying to be like someone else because you can never be them and they can never be you. — Raven-Symone
You know I'm finished with the old chess because it's all just a lot of book and memorization you know. — Bobby Fischer
Because you showed one face to all the rest of the world, and another to me. — Sherwood Smith
Love needs to be like an equation; because if nothing exists on the opposite side of the equal sign then all you really have is a problem — Renee' A. Lee
I keep with me all I know about you deep in my soul, because I am part of you, and you are me. — Rebecca Skloot
[...] the only thing you can trust in life is the fish in the sea because they know all the secrets of the world and they keep quiet. — Ishbelle Bee
You have to be a model and multifaceted, but there's not a lot of ways for a model to be multifaceted because the actresses took all the covers. — Kim Alexis
I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes, and the wonder of it all is you just don't realize how much I love you. — Eric Clapton
You know, I've had a bitter, hard life since I last heard your voice and if I've survived it's all because of you. — Emily Bronte
So, you think we should have Naked Happy Fun Time because I didn't get to see all of your moves? — Molly Harper
Mountains are all right, I guess, because you can get on top of them and get a good view of the plains. — Thomas D. Isern
At the end of all things, why do lovers break up?
Because love is magic. You have to believe, for it to exist. — Timothy Joshua
I know that you are part of me and I am part of you because we are all aspects of the same infinite consciousness that we call God and Creation. — David Icke
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What are Different Types of Pilates Exercises?
Pilates exercises may involve exercise balls.
The plank pose strengthens the upper body.
Written By: Kerrie Main
Edited By: A. Joseph
Created in the 1920s to assist in rehabilitation and healing of wounded World War I soldiers, Pilates takes a mind-and-body approach and typically focuses on the core group muscles. Pilates exercises aim to improve flexibility, strength and posture without adding muscle bulk. This type of workout is popular with many levels of practitioners, from dancers and athletes to housewives and senior citizens. There are many different poses in this workout, but the main Pilates exercises focus on toning and shaping the abdomen, legs, upper body and buttocks.
There are several Pilates exercises that focus on the abdominal muscles, a common problem area for many people. One of the basic exercises is the roll up, which involves lying flat on the floor on the back and slowing rolling forward and up, peeling the back off the floor, vertebrae by vertebrae. The breath is involved in the exercise, with the inhale in conjunction with the upward movement and the exhale in conjunction with the release back to the ground.
Another popular stomach Pilates exercise begins in the same position, but with the hands, neck and head in the crunch position. The practitioner extends the straight legs and feet upward in the air, and moves them up and down slowly. The feet should never touch the ground.
Pilates exercises that focus on the legs include several seated poses. Leg circles are popular and help to strengthen and stretch the upper thigh muscles and hip joints. They are done by lying on the back, extending one leg up at a 90-degree angle and moving the leg in a circular motion, starting at the hip socket. The single leg stretch begins with the practitioner lying on his or her back with the head and shoulders lifted. He or she pulls in one knee to the chest, grabbing it with both hands, and then extends the other leg.
Upper body Pilates exercises help tone the arms, shoulders and chest. The plank exercise utilizes a popular yoga pose to work the upper arm muscles and shoulders, and it can be done on the floor or with an exercise ball. The practitioner begins in the push-up position on the floor or on an exercise ball, balancing on the toes with the arms extended straight. He or she then slowly lifts each leg up, one at a time, and extends the leg upward.
Seated basic arm raises begin in the cross-legged position and the hands on the ground at the practitioner's sides. The arms stretch slowly outward and over the head until the hands touch. The hands then return to the ground.
Many people do Pilates exercises to tone the buttocks, because this type of workout can be very effective in that area. The plie side lift exercise involves beginning in the bended knee squat position, straightening the legs and raising each leg to the side, one leg at a time. This helps to tone the glutes and hips.
The lying heel press begins with the practitioner lying on his or her stomach on a Pilates mat. Each leg is lifted up, one at a time, in a right angle. The foot is kept parallel to the floor.
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WMG Late: Utopia
Free. No need to book. Every other month. Galleries and bar open all evening.
WMG Lates, our bimonthly after-hours events, are a chance to experience the Gallery in a relaxed adult atmosphere. Visit the special exhibitions and sample some of the best art, music, poetry and performance in London.
Stretch your imaginary muscles and spend the evening dreaming of utopian possiblities inspired by William Morris’s ecotopian novel, News From Nowhere. Luke Turner, writer and editor of The Quietus, shares his thoughts on the utopian possibilities of Epping Forest; Joe Dunthorne, poet and author of Submarine, performs; Henningham Family Press and artist Eddie Farrell invite you to join them in the process of making Gainful Unemployment, an improvised art composition and Mark Pilkington of Strange Attractor Press explores the theme in music and musicians. This event is co-curated by Vine Collective and is part of a London-wide festival to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the publication of Thomas Moore's groundbreaking novel Utopia.
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Gainful Unemployment
You think that I have done you a service; so you feel yourself bound to give me something... but pardon me for saying, that it seems to us a troublesome and roundabout custom.
The Waterman, in William Morris's News From Nowhere
Artist Eddie Farrell has collaborated many times with Ping & David Henningham (Henningham Family Press) since meeting at the Slade in 2005. The most recent is The Maximum Wage when, with other live artists, they considered what citizens might do if supported by a dividend from commonwealth. Gainful Unemployment is an intuitive improvised composition of overlapping “collaborative selfies” cut from coloured paper. A profitable way of spending time. A method that may yield more humane utopias. You are invited to join in the process.
Henningham Family Press complete and represent their writing through fine art printmaking, bookbinding and performance. Collections that have acquired their work include the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Tate, and The Poetry Library. They have exhibited/performed at Christie’s, The British Library, BBC Radio Theatre, Dundee Contemporary Arts, The Whitechapel Gallery, and internationally. Follow Henningham Family Press and Eddie Farrell on Twitter.
Luke Turner
Luke Turner is co-founder and Editor of The Quietus. He is currently writing a book on the people's history, and goings-on in Epping Forest. Luke will be reading from his work-in-progress book on the people's history of Epping Forest, and exploring how William Morris' campaigning desire for the woodland utopia he remembered from his childhood provoked uproar in the Victorian press. Yet this idealised, natural forest is an impossibility in the confines of England and so close to London. Instead, Epping Forest has evolved into a place where Londoners create their own realities, whether macabre, sexual, or as a place of psychological respite. Follow Luke on Twitter or follow The Quietus on Twitter.
Joe Dunthorne
Joe Dunthorne was born and brought up in Swansea. His debut novel, Submarine, was translated into sixteen languages and adapted for film by Richard Ayoade. His second novel, Wild Abandon, won the Encore Award in 2012. A pamphlet of his poems was published by Faber and Faber.
Mark Pilkington of Strange Attractor Press
Mark Pilkington will play a selection of music with utopian ideals, or from people and groups who lived, or attempted to live, utopian dreams. Find out more about him at www.strangeattractor.co.uk or explore his two current projects, Teleplasmiste and Raagnagrok
About Vine Collective
Vine Collective create eclectic nights hosting writers, live music, film makers, DJs and poets. Co-curating the WMG Lates, Vine Collective invite artists to respond to the Morris collections and special exhibitions with new or existing work.
See https://twitter.com/vine_collective for more information.
Henningham Family Press
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Catholic leaders talk about Bishop McLaughlin's influence
Wed, Jan 7th 2015 01:00 pm
Bishop Robert J. Cunningham, bishop of Syracuse stands behind Bishop Bernard J. McLaughlin, auxiliary bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Buffalo, at the beginning of Bishop McLaughlin's 100th birthday Mass, celebrated at St. John the Baptist Church, Kenmore in 2012. (Patrick McPartland/Staff Photographer)
UPDATE: Bishop Richard J. Malone talked about Bishop McLaughlin at Wednesday's Catholic Charities press conference. You can listen to the audio below:
Upon the occasion of Bishop Bernard J. McLaughlin's 100th birthday in 2012, several bishops who knew him offered words on their relationship. Following Bishop McLaughlin's passing this week, we're reprinting several of those comments:
"To Bishop Bernard McLaughlin — a great shepherd and friend. You are a special blessing of God for the Church and especially the Diocese of Buffalo. I give thanks and praise to God for not only the length of 100 years of your life, but for all your work and witness during those years. I thank you for the lessons of humility and noble simplicity in your role as bishop. I thank you for your mentoring, loyalty and love of Church."
Bishop Donald Trautman, bishop emeritus of Erie
"Your faith and commitment to priestly ministry is a blessing and witness not only to the Diocese of Buffalo but to the whole Church. Thank you for your generous ministry, your gracious spirit and for years of love and service to the people entrusted to your pastoral care. You show us all the way and we are deeply grateful."
Bishop Matthew Clark, bishop emeritus of Rochester
"I shall always be grateful to him for the imposition of his hands in priestly ordination. It was a special privilege to work with him in parish ministry for my first five years as a priest. He served as a wonderful mentor during my Chancery years in Buffalo."
Bishop Robert J. Cunningham, bishop of Syracuse
"Whenever I think of Bishop Bernard McLaughlin, I reflect on how grateful we are to be blessed by his ongoing presence and perceptive insights. He is the epitome of what it means to be a stalwart bishop. Through all the years he has been edifying, encouraging, and reassuring. His continuing wisdom is most impressive. Bishop McLaughlin loves the Church and God's people enormously. We are profoundly in his debt."
Archbishop Henry J. Mansell, archbishop of Hartford, Conn.
Bishop Cunningham remembers Bishop McLaughlin as mentor
Bishop McLaughlin arrangements announced, Cardinal Dolan to attend funeral
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Mark Drakeford hits back at Westminster's attempts to 'drag Welsh NHS through the mud'
The Health Minister was speaking during a debate into whether to hold an independent inquiry into the Welsh NHS
Julia McWatt
Health minister Mark Drakeford (Image: Andrew James)
Health Minister Mark Drakeford has hit out at the Conservative party in Westminster, describing its criticism of the Welsh NHS as a “cynical” and “deliberate” attempt to “drag the reputation of the NHS in Wales through the mud”.
Speaking during a National Assembly debate into whether to hold a full-scale independent inquiry into the Welsh NHS, Prof Drakeford said he had a “very serious quarrel” with Conservatives in London and described the release of an email written by medical director of NHS England, Sir Bruce Keogh, raising the issue of high mortality rates in a number of Welsh hospitals as a “disgraceful and shameful manipulation”.
Earlier this month, a Freedom of Information request by Conservative Bristol North West MP Charlotte Leslie revealed that Sir Bruce wrote to Dr Chris Jones, medical director of the NHS in Wales, in November saying he could not vouch for the veracity of the data but advised the Welsh Government to investigate following higher than average mortality data scores for a number of hospitals.
Prof Drakeford said: “I have tried to say that I have no quarrel with Sir Bruce Keogh. I do have a very serious quarrel with the Conservative Party in London.
"I have a very a serious quarrel for the cynical, deliberate way in which they set out to drag the reputation of the Welsh NHS through the mud for nakedly partisan political purposes.
"It was a disgraceful and shameful manipulation... and from the basis of that, a wholly unwarranted attack was launched on the health service in Wales.”
His comments came as the UK Government’s Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, condemned a “tragedy for Wales” and accused the Labour Welsh Government of acting “as if the lessons of Mid Staffs stop at the border”.
Mr Hunt used the examples of Sir Bruce’s email and a recent letter written by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) to Healthcare Inspectorate Wales asking what action had been taken following concerns raised in July about patients dying while waiting for heart surgery.
Speaking in the House of Commons, he said: “We need to be champions for change in our communities just as the Mid Staffs campaigners were champions for change in theirs. And nowhere is this more the case than in Wales.
“Although health is a devolved issue, unfortunately failures in care in Wales are now having a direct impact on NHS services in England with a 10% rise since 2010 in the number of Welsh patients using English A&E departments, leading to very real additional pressure on border town hospitals.
“Both NHS England Medical Director Sir Bruce Keogh and president of the Royal College of Surgeons Professor Norman Williams have written to the Welsh authorities calling for action only to be completely ignored.
"Expert reports suggest that 152 patients have died in the past five years on the waiting lists and if this creates pressure in England it is a tragedy for Wales but still the authorities there continue to act as if the lessons of Mid Staffs stop at the border.”
Cynon Valley MP Ann Clwyd, who led a major review of patient care, said there were lessons from Mid Staffs. She said: “The first warning sign of these is an accumulation of patients’ stories detailing adverse incidents, bad practice or neglect.
"The second warning [according to Robert Francis QC, author of the Mid Staffs report] was a level of mortality statistics.
"The fact is they appear to be dangerously high in many hospitals in Wales and there remains confusion on how accurate the data is. The system by which it is collected is questionable to say the least.
“This is for me horribly similar to the murkiness that surrounded the mortality statistics for Mid Staffs.”
The comments follow a recommendation by an expert group that a new approach should be taken to hospital death rates in the Welsh NHS.
During the National Assembly debate Prof Drakeford said that mortality rates had gone down and that they did not justify a public inquiry.
But Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister, Darren Millar, said: “I firmly believe it is time for the Welsh Government to look at standards of care within the Welsh health service.
“We have all seen the email from Sir Bruce Keogh...that exchange should have been sufficient to trigger a similar review yet the Minister chose to ignore the advice. It begs the question ‘why – what is there to hide?’ Surely an independent review would be helpful to assist the Welsh NHS in identifying problems and ensuring they are put right?”
Following the comments from Mr Hunt, a spokesman for Prof Drakeford said: “Jeremy Hunt was today responding to a debate following an unprecedented scandal that occurred in the English NHS. The fact that he wants to drag the Welsh NHS into that debate is shameful.
“While the Francis Inquiry focused solely on failings in care in England; far from stopping at the border much has happened in Wales as a result of its findings. This includes investing £10m in more nurses to care for patients, and a review of the current complaints procedures.
“As Mr Hunt is all too aware, A&E attendances have risen across England in the last four years – to blame this trend solely on Welsh patients is misleading.
“We agree with Professor Nick Black, who has been commissioned by NHS England to lead a review into mortality rates, that mortality figures cannot be re-garded as an indicator of the quality of care in a hospital.”
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During Wimbledon 2018, we sponsored a top British Doubles player, Joe Salisbury, who played with Frederik Nielsen, a former 2012 Wimbledon Doubles champion.
WASO were proud to support Joe - he managed to reach the semi finals!
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It's important to support local talent, and with Joe being from London, he fit the bill nicely. Joe has been steadily progressing up the Doubles ATP ranking, and after his great performances during Wimbledon 2018, he is now at a career high rank of 41. At the age of 26, Joe is still relatively young and we believe he has the potential to progress much further.
Why we supported Joe
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In 2015, the world renowned lifestyle magazine, Monocle, opened Kioskafe. We were invited to collaborate with them, so we decided to develop our hand-made Chicken and Prawn Katsu sandwiches exclusively for their customers.
Charitable Causes
WASO x MUFG - Little Havens Hospice
During August 2015, WASO, in association with MUFG, organised a donation drive wherein a percentage of every order placed with WASO was donated to Little Havens Hospice.
About Little Havens Hospice:
When a family has been told that there’s no cure for their child’s illness, Little Havens Hospice can help. Their specialist care is free but Little Havens has to raise £100,000 every week to be there for everyone who needs them. This is only possible with the public's kind support.
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Kumamoto Earthquake Donation to the Japanese Red Cross
In response to the two devastating earthquakes that hit Kumamoto prefecture in Japan during April 2016, we donated 3% of all revenue from Monday 18th April to Wednesday 20th April 2016 to the Japanese Red Cross. These proceeds were used for providing emergency medical care as well as relief supplies such as blankets, sleeping mats, pillows and more.
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Tears and gasps after ex-officer in Texas gets a rare murder verdict for teen's death
Posted: 10:37 AM, Aug 29, 2018
Rose Baca
<p>Fired Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver sits before the reading of the verdict on the ninth day of the trial of Oliver, who was charged with the murder of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. </p>
When a judge read the guilty verdict in the police shooting of unarmed black teen Jordan Edwards in Texas, the victim's family gasped and sobbed.
"Thank you Jesus," someone muttered as relatives embraced in the packed courtroom Tuesday.
After hours of deliberations, a jury had found Roy Oliver guilty of murder in last year's shooting death of the 15-year-old in a Dallas suburb. The sentencing phase started after the verdict, and will resume Wednesday morning.
'This case is not just about Jordan'
The rare guilty verdict in the trial of a police officer stunned relatives. Most police-involved shooting deaths, such as Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana, have ended in acquittals or no charges despite national protests condemning police brutality.
"We don't want another parent to have to go through what this family has had to deal with," Jordan's family attorney, Daryl Washington, said. "This case is not just about Jordan. It's about Tamir Rice, it's about Walter Scott, it's about Alton Sterling, it's about every African-American... who have been killed and who have not gotten justice."
Oliver, who is white, fired at a vehicle Jordan was in, striking the teen. A Dallas County jury convicted him of murder but found him not guilty of two lesser charges of aggravated assault and manslaughter, CNN affiliate KTVT reported.
Private party turns deadly
Jordan's family said he was at a private party with his two brothers and two friends on the night of April 29 last year when someone announced that police had been dispatched. The group headed to the car.
Around 11 p.m., Oliver and another officer responded to the home after reports of underage drinking. While in the residence searching for the homeowner, they heard what they believed were gunshots nearby, police said.
One officer went to the area where he heard the gunshots, and Oliver went to his squad car and retrieved his patrol rifle, according to an arrest warrant issued by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office.
The officer who was with Oliver saw a Chevrolet Impala reversing and repeatedly ordered it to stop. He then approached the vehicle from the passenger side with his weapon drawn, police said.
The vehicle stopped, then slowly moved forward as the officer punched the passenger door window, breaking it, the arrest warrant said.
Oliver discharged multiple rounds from his patrol rifle as the vehicle drove past him, the arrest warrant said. One bullet struck Jordan, who was a passenger in the car.
In a lawsuit, Jordan's father said neither the teen nor his group posed a threat to the officers' safety.
Body camera footage likely helped in conviction
Police body camera footage likely played a crucial role in the conviction.
After the shooting, Balch Springs Police Chief Jonathan Haber initially said the car Jordan was riding in was moving aggressively toward police -- leading Oliver to fire his rifle.
But days later, Haber said he misspoke, adding that body camera footage showed the car was driving forward, away from the officers -- not reversing toward them.
Haber fired Oliver shortly afterward.
Body cameras have mixed reviews
Calls for police body cameras have grown as incidents of police brutality make headlines nationwide, with dozens of major police departments nationwide using them to provide transparency and accountability.
But studies on the effects of body cameras have uncovered mixed results, with recent controversies in Baltimore showing what appears to be officers allegedly planting evidence, highlighting that even such footage can be a source of controversy.
Convictions such as Oliver's are still a rarity mostly because when an officer says the person flashed a gun or made a sudden move, jurors tend to side with them, said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
"At the end of day, officers in their badge and uniform enjoy the benefit of the doubt," Clarke said last year.
"Unless we start holding officers accountable for using deadly force in a reckless manner, I think it will be very difficult to see changes in the use of lethal force at the outset."
'This innocent kid was not doing anything wrong'
Prosecutors told jurors that Jordan did not deserve to die.
"This innocent kid was not doing anything wrong, nothing," prosecutor Mike Snipes said, according to KTVT.
Jordan's fatal shooting was one of several recent deaths of African-American men at the hands of police, which have sparked national protests and a debate on police conduct.
Few police officers face trial in shooting deaths, and even fewer are convicted.
In December, former South Carolina officer Michael Slager was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in the 2015 shooting death of Walter Scott. Slager's 2016 state murder trial ended in a mistrial.
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AAJA Rebrand and Web
Over the past decade, sweeping changes in how media is made, consumed, and valued have forced journalism as a whole to quickly adapt. What this has to do with the AAJA rebrand, you ask?
Well, in this case, it’s about supporting a mission. In late 2016, the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) sought to answer one question: “how can AAJA best serve the global community it represents?”
In pursuit of this answer, AAJA approached In-House International with three broad goals:
To update their visual identity with a new logo and system that reflect AAJA’s values and character
To redesign their website, improving experience and design for AAJA members
To engage with a new generation of members with an updated website and digital footprint.
AAJA is a membership non-profit that serves journalists at every stage of their career in the U.S. and abroad. Most of their programs and chapters are run by members who volunteer, playing a huge role in the organization. In other words: there’s a large number of stakeholders, many of whom are greatly invested in the organization.
Branding, Content, Development, Digital & Web, Identity, Portfolio
The timeline moved fast: we had less than three months from discussion to delivery. First, we needed to understand the brand values–what should the AAJA brand say? How do those things translate visually? Together, we learned that AAJA is about community, an organization that is forward-thinking, impactful and influential. We built out from there: how the brand should feel, what it should do for members etc.
The logo’s use of red and signature-like movement are a nod to the original identity. The clean shapes give the logo versatility and longevity. The logo shows an organization that is welcoming, modern, impactful, but also one that has a history. We selected a secondary palette of modern yellow and maroon and two flexible, smart fonts to round out the visual identity.
Using the new brand, we moved into the website. Priorities had been set, so we wireframed, polished, designed the interface. To implement, we built the site for Nationbuilder.Nationbuilder is a proprietary CMS often used by non-profits, and while somewhat rigid, it’s known for its excellent membership management.This selection was an important part of their journey as an evolving, member-centered organization.
Over the course of a few weeks, we took what was a highly streamlined CMS and developed custom content management tools that accommodated for AAJA’s ever-changing content and allowed for editable design.
In under three months, In-House refreshed AAJA’s brand, delivered a new logo, identity, and custom, functionally optimized new Nationbuilder-based website.
The new logo’s angularity, gliding strokes and two-tone palette maintains the traditional strong suits of the organization, while simultaneously attracting a new generation of journalists. The same can be said for the organization’s redesigned brand and website.
We took a CMS and developed flexible, custom content management tools that allow for editable design and accommodate AAJA’s living community (embodied in its ever-evolving programs, community initiatives and member stories). Now, AAJA’s members can easily join or renew, discover more about the organization’s values and initiatives, all while finding current information about the organization’s many local chapters and programs.
AAJA wrote about this rebranding process and its results on their blog.
It was a joy working with the team In-House. The Asian American Journalists Association was undergoing its first major rebrand in our organization’s history, and In-House thoughtfully and patiently walked us through the redesign process. They delivered the project on time, and we have a modern, mobile-friendly website and logo to boast. We would be delighted to partner with IH again.
Yvonne Leow
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Definition of Tubes. Meaning of Tubes. Synonyms of Tubes
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Definition of Tubes
Tube Tube, n. (Elec. Railways) A tunnel for a tube railway; also (Colloq.), a tube railway. [Chiefly Eng.]
Tube Tube, n. [L. tubus; akin to tuba a trumpet: cf F. tube.] 1. A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe. 2. A telescope. ``Glazed optic tube.' --Milton. 3. A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance. 4. (Bot.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla. 5. (Gun.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction. 6. (Steam Boilers) A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases to pass through. 7. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm. (b) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk. Capillary tube, a tube of very fine bore. See Capillary. Fire tube (Steam Boilers), a tube which forms a flue. Tube coral. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Tubipore. Tube foot (Zo["o]l.), one of the ambulacral suckers of an echinoderm. Tube plate, or Tube sheet (Steam Boilers), a flue plate. See under Flue. Tube pouch (Mil.), a pouch containing priming tubes. Tube spinner (Zo["o]l.), any one of various species of spiders that construct tubelike webs. They belong to Tegenaria, Agelena, and allied genera. Water tube (Steam Boilers), a tube containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases.
Tube Tube, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tubed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tubing.] To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well.
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Tips From the Masters
You will find pearls of writing wisdom in these pithy lists by masters of their craft.
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Elmore Leonard started out writing westerns, then turned his talents to crime fiction. One of the most popular and prolific writers of our time, he's written about two dozen novels, most of them bestsellers, such as Glitz, Get Shorty, Maximum Bob, and Rum Punch. Unlike most genre writers, however, Leonard is taken seriously by the literary crowd.
What's Leonard's secret to being both popular and respectable? Perhaps you'll find some clues in his 10 tricks for good writing:
Never open a book with weather.
Avoid prologues.
Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said"…he admonished gravely.
Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.
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Deadly shooting prompts push to close Upstate nightclub
by: Nickelle Smith
Posted: Jan 21, 2019 / 04:29 AM EST / Updated: Jan 24, 2019 / 11:46 PM EST
GAFFNEY, SC (WSPA) – An Upstate sheriff wants to shut down a nightclub where a deadly shooting happened this weekend.
The Sugar Shack Nightclub near Interstate 85 and Shelby Highway in Gaffney is now the scene of a murder investigation.
Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Mueller said several agencies responded to a call of shots fired at the nightclub around 3:30 a.m. Saturday.
“Our agency, Gaffney PD, blacksburg, Highway patrol, all the units responded because normally that time of night at that location, there’s normally a large crowd,” Mueller said. “Our officers found one gunshot victim. They administered first aid.”
Sheriff Mueller said that victim – identified as Montrell McMullens, 23 – was taken to the Spartanburg Medical Center by EMS where he later died during surgery.
“I just follow him on Facebook, he’s a real laid back guy – funny guy,” said Black Lives Matter-Gaffney’s Andre Gregory. “[McMullens] come out to have a good time and it’s sad that guns were brought into the club.”
The sheriff says five people were shot in total. The other four were taken to hospitals in Gaffney and Shelby, N.C. in personal vehicles.
“The gunfire erupted inside and as people were leaving out of the club, it continued in the parking lot,” said Sheriff Mueller. “The majority of shots were fired outside the club. We know that more than one person was shooting. We recovered several different types of shell casings there so we know there were several different calibers of weapons.”
The sheriff says this was not the first time officers responded to the nightclub and now they’re trying to get the establishment shut down permanently.
“We’ll look at the process of working with our solicitor to get it declared a nuisance facility,” Sheriff Mueller said.
When the club opened in 2017, the sheriff says they responded to 11 fights that year.
In 2018, he says deputies responded to 13 fights and the first “shots fired” call last May.
“No persons or no property was struck,” he said of the incident.
The sheriff says someone was shot in July 2018.
“We had over 10 cars that were struck by gunfire,” he said of the incident.
During a second meeting with the owner and promoters deputies offered best practices to improve safety like hiring armed security and checking for weapons.
“We simply just said, ‘Look – we’re having a large volume of calls there, you’ve gotta do something,’” Mueller recalled. “[We told them] If you hear that there is an argument going on and you even think that tensions are gonna rise, go ahead and call 9-1-1 and ask for a supervisor. We instructed our supervisor – if you get that call, go ahead and send a car there.”
It’s advice he says the owner took for a while, but deputies got those calls for supervision three times.
He said there was another shooting in December 2018 that damaged property.
“Person running the club – he told one of our investigators, ‘I had to quit bringing in the armed security. I couldn’t afford it. He said ‘It was draining me dry,’” Mueller said. “He put profit before the safety of his customers – bottom line.”’
The sheriff said the club had the hand held metal detectors at the entrance of the club but were obviously not using them.
Mueller says getting the nightclub declared a nuisance is a civil process that can take six months to a year.
The sheriff’s office will work closely with the state Department of Revenue and SLED to attempt to revoke the current license because evidence shows the club serves liquor when it’s only licensed to serve beer and wine.
On top of this recent shooting, Sheriff Mueller says the place needs to close and Gregory said he’s right.
“The community stands behind him [Sheriff] on this because enough is enough,” said Gregory. “At the end of the day they [club] don’t have real security so let’s be honest: if you don’t have real security, things like this will happen over and over again. Even I and some others want to get a petition together to have them shut down.”
He said gun violence needs to end.
“We’re losing our young black men to the system and to the grave,” said Gregory. “Let’s step up and be better role models for our community, for our kids.”
The sheriff says detectives are working around the clock on this recent case and witnesses are urged to come forward and call Investigator Parnell or Investigator Haney at the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office at 864-489-4722 Investigator Parnell Extension #117 and Investigator Haney Extension #120.
Persons with information can also call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-888-Crime SC or 1-888-274-6372.
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The US could soon have a branch of the military dedicated to defending and potentially fighting in outer-space.
This isn't a sci-fi novel. President Trump directed the Pentagon on Monday to create a new "space force" as a separate branch of the US military that would be tasked with ensuring America's dominance in space.
"My administration is reclaiming America's heritage as the world's greatest spacefaring nation," Trump said during an East Room meeting with members of his space council. "The essence of the American character is to explore new horizons and to tame new frontiers."
The order seemed to catch the Department of Defense by surprise since a new branch of the military would need congressional approval, but they're already laying the groundwork.
Trump said the creation of this new sixth branch of the US military will be overseen by Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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The DOD is working on a congressionally mandated study of the possibility of a space force with a final report due in December.
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IBM to invest $3 billion in next-gen, '7nm and beyond' chips
IBM's bet is that the next decade will feature systems---cognitive, synaptic and quantum computing to name a few---that will need new processor technologies.
By Larry Dignan for Between the Lines | July 9, 2014 -- 21:00 GMT (14:00 PDT) | Topic: Hardware
IBM said Wednesday that it will invest $3 billion to develop new semiconductors that will be 7 nanometers and smaller to enable new forms of computing.
The investment by Big Blue is the latest in a key area as it tries to retool into higher growth areas. The company has invested heavily in analytics, its Watson unit and businesses such as mobility and commerce.
IBM's bet is that the next decade will feature systems---cognitive, synaptic and quantum computing to name a few---that will need more than traditional silicon chips. The investment also serves as a reminder that IBM is committed to hardware even though it is unloading its low-end server business to Lenovo.
According to IBM, the first phase of the research program will revolve around developing silicon technology that can squeeze down to 7 nanometers. The second phase will look at semiconductors that move beyond silicon.
Squeezing semiconductors down from 22 nanometers to 14nm then 10nm will occur over the next decade, but getting to 7nm will require new manufacturing tools and techniques.
Here's a look at the moving parts:
IBM researchers and engineers in Albany and Yorktown, New York, Almaden, California, and Zurich, Switzerland will collaborate on the project
The company will be hiring "significantly" for research in carbon nanoelectronics, photonics, new memory technologies and quantum and cognitive computing architectures
IBM is hoping to combine its intellectual property in areas such as quantum computing, graphene, silicon photonics and low-power transistors to move the project along.
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Reminiscing, seven years ago, I got to know about YPARD through Farming Matters magazine.
I was reading an article – “Youth, Farming and Research” – written by YPARD Director, Courtney Paisley which motivated me to see the reason why young professionals need to be engaged in shaping the future of agriculture. In the same magazine, I also got an opportunity to publish a short featured article where I was telling a story that how young people can contribute enormously to farming and agricultural production. Till the date, I feel so lucky to be a part of the YPARD community.
Through GCARD2 in 2012 where I met YPARD colleagues including Courtney, Marina, Bi, and many others. After that, I immediately decided to join YPARD as Nepal representative with my efforts to link young agricultural professionals from Nepal together, provide information, show the many opportunities existing in agricultural development, share the success stories of young role models, and encourage young people to become more involved in agriculture.
In 2012 and 2013, I organized series of YPARD awareness campaign and workshop at different agricultural universities in Nepal. Later in June 2013, I formed the YPARD Nepal working team including eight local representatives (LRs). We organized our first formal meeting in August 2013 to make significant decisions for the year-round activities and setting up strategies for the future work.
In 2014, we expanded our team with 20 volunteers. The same year, we started mushroom cultivation project in an agricultural campus in Chitwan- a source to attract youth and upheaval the economic condition of smallholder farmers (video: YPARD Nepal mushroom project- the most viewed item on YPARD’s YouTube channel).
After having a team, it encouraged me to plan and execute national level activities in every year such as;
2014: YPARD Nepal Family Farming Photo Contest (Coordinator: Madan Poudel)
2015: National Youth Forum on Agro-based Entrepreneurship Development (Coordinator: Bivekananda Mahat)
2016: Storytelling Contest for Young Agri-entrepreneurs (Coordinator: Anil Banstola)
2017: YPARD Student Research Symposium (Coordinator: Nikita Bhusal)
Early in 2016, we expanded our team again with 44 LRs. All those LRs were mentored through EduMala Mentoring Program- a blended online/offline mentoring program to build the interpersonal skills of Nepalese young agricultural professionals. During that whole year, I was providing online/ onsite training and learning opportunities to our team members.
The remarkable note is that EduMala Mentoring Program was not only limited to YPARD Nepal LRs. There were 99 mentees (female: 35 & male: 64) who benefited from three different mentoring sessions. Mentees enhanced their skills in effective communication, networking, writing research proposals, government policies in youth entrepreneurship, food preservation techniques, and livestock management.
In 2017, we reformed our team size into 13 LRs after carefully evaluating individual’s performance based on his/her contribution and interest to continue in a team. Those LRs were provided with specific roles such as Communication focal point, Grant officer, Knowledge Management officer, Program officer, Regional coordinator, and so on.
I found that the division of work in a team helped me a lot than our previously followed structure. Around mid of 2017, to strengthen farmers’ involvement in the mentoring program, we brought some modification in EduMala mentoring program and converted it into an on-site mentoring program, called Student-Farmer Interaction: Mobile Approach for On-site Mentorship, which is still our ongoing program.
By the end of January 2018, there is 860+ web registered YPARD members from Nepal or those who (non-Nepalese) are working in Nepal. Earlier this number was 83 (in 2012), 238 (in 2013), 404 (in 2014), 574 (in 2015), 714 (2016), and 802 (in 2017) - more than three consecutive years, YPARD Nepal is holding top fourth position for the number of web-registered members at YPARD global.
The last five years while working as YPARD Nepal representative, I spent most of my time in building YPARD Nepal networks, developing our LRs into team leaders (for all the national level activities, there used to be an Event Coordinator other than myself), and encouraging young people in agriculture. Likewise, I tried to provide international exposure to our LRs directly/ indirectly through my tenures such as Italy, Thailand, India, Bangladesh, Morocco, China, and the Czech Republic (March 2018).
However, I believe in that I might also have some drawbacks as a team leader like, time management (I spent most of the time abroad for my graduate and post-graduate programs), stable team (yet YPARD Nepal is not registered in Nepal, nor do we have any secretariat), and funding (there is no regular source of funding for YPARD Nepal activities). But again, we are the most active national chapter at YPARD regional and global level.
Now I am looking forward to supporting Abhishek Khadka as newly appointed YPARD Nepal country representative. Mr. Khadka was working as Grant officer at YPARD Nepal and one of the mentors at EduMala Mentoring Program during my tenure. My wish is to transfer my enthusiasm for networking and connecting young professionals to Mr. Khadka and his team so that they can contribute to the growth of YPARD Nepal.
Last but not a least to all the helping hands from YPARD team, non-YPARD team, friends/ seniors/ juniors from Nepal, and many others. Your support, encouragement, critics, and collaboration were key aspects of my successful tenure. I am highly thankful to you all!
Dinesh is a Doctoral Graduate Research Assistant (2016-2019) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States and is focusing his research on soil fertility and nitrogen management- find him on Twitter.
Photo credit: Dinesh Panday
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More than 50 books by Queer People of Color
This is for glinda, who is excited about queerlit50 but has expressed frustration because it's too much to handle alongside the very wonderful 50books_poc (which was the 2nd comm's inspiration). She asked for recommendations for books by queer people of color.
I thought, I'm sure I can come up with 50 books by LGBT people of color. So I did.
Thus far it's 32 authors and 66 books. This list is obviously partial--it skews American, Anglophone, African-American, and bisexual, just to start, because of my own experiences, though I haven't read every book on it myself. I would really love to add to it, and welcome additions. Sadly, at the moment I think it's only a list of books by LGB people of color, and I'd be particularly interested in works by trans authors. (Also, if any of these books are transphobic, I'd like to flag that, too. Let me know.)
Like queerlit50 this list is about the author's identity, rather than content, so it includes books in which everyone is white (Giovanni's Room) and no one is obviously queer (A Raisin in the Sun). If I have inadvertently identified anyone incorrectly (for example, including someone of Cuban descent who doesn't consider themselves of color, or calling someone queer who doesn't identify that way), please let me know and I will be happy to amend.
Reinaldo Arenas, Before Night Falls. Autobiography of a gay Cuban man.
James Baldwin, Another Country, Giovanni’s Room, Go Tell It On the Mountain, Tell Me How Long The Train’s Been Gone (novels), The Fire Next Time (essays). Highly recommended.
Octavia E. Butler, Fledgling, Kindred, Bloodchild and Other Stories, Dawn, Adulthood Rites, Imago, many others. Highly recommended.
Staceyann Chin, The Other Side of Paradise. Memoir about growing up poor, half-black and half-Chinese, and lesbian in Jamaica.
Christina Chiu, Troublemaker and Other Stories. Short stories.
Samuel R. Delaney, Dhalgren, Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, many other novels and short stories and The Motion of Light in Water (autobiography). Delaney identified as bisexual for a long time but now calls himself gay.
Farzana Doctor, Stealing Nasreen. Muslim Gujarati lesbians in Canada.
Mayra Lazara Dole, Down to the Bone. YA novel about a Cuban-American lesbian in Miami. Warning for biphobic sentiments voiced by characters and left unchallenged.
Jewel Gomez, The Gilda Stories. Black lesbian vampire lives through much of American history. Fascinating remaking of vampire mythology and a key text of 1970s lesbian lit. Warning for biphobic stereotypes.
Angelina Weld Grimké, Selected Works of Angelina Weld Grimké. Like Nugent below, Grimké wrote about erotic attractions to both women and men during the Harlem Renaissance, but homophobia kept her from publishing during her lifetime.
Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun (play). To Be Young, Gifted, and Black. The very talented Hansberry identified as a lesbian, but after her death her ex-husband/literary executor did a lot to obscure the fact.
E. Lynn Harris, Invisible Life, Just As I Am, And This Too Shall Pass, Any Way the Wind Blows, A Love of My Own. Novels about African-American gay and bisexual men. Often explicitly erotic.
Langston Hughes, The Big Sea (autobiography) and numerous collections of poetry.
June Jordan, Soldier: A Poet’s Memoir. And her poetry too, obviously.
Jackie Kay, Trumpet (a novel about a black trans jazz musician), Other Lovers (poetry) and many collections of poetry. Also Bessie Smith, her biography of the blues singer.
Thi Diem Thúy Lê, The Gangster We Are All Looking For. Author identifies as bisexual. Autobiographical novel about a Vietnamese immigrant family in the US.
Felicia Luna Lemus, Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties, and Like Son. Novels about Chicano genderqueer or trans protagonists. IMO the first one is much better.
Malinda Lo, Ash. YA fantasy involving fairies; a lesbian retelling of the Cinderella fairy tale.
Lani Ka'ahumanu, co-editor (with Loraine Hutchins), Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out. Edited collection.
Yukio Mishima, Confessions of a Mask. Famous novel about a closeted gay man by the giant of 20th-century Japanese literature. He wrote 39 other novels, plus plays, short stories, and essays before his even more famous public suicide.
Mary Anne Mohanraj, Bodies in Motion. Short stories about two linked Sri Lankan families, including gay, lesbian, and bi characters. Also two collections of erotic short stories: Torn Shape of Desire and Silence and the Word. Author identifies as bisexual (and has kindly provided more info in the comments below).
Richard Bruce Nugent, Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance: Selections from the Work of Richard Bruce Nugent. It’s debated whether Nugent was a gay man, or a bisexual one whom later historians have forced into the gay mold. But he bravely wrote openly about male same-sex desire in the black community in the 1920s.
Achy Obejas, Days of Awe and Memory Mambo (novels about Cuban-American lesbians), We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? (short stories)
Nina Revoyr, The Necessary Hunger and Southland (novels about Japanese-American and African-American communities in Los Angeles), The Age of Dreaming (novel about a Japanese-American silent film star). Highly recommended.
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, The Dirty Girls Social Club and other novels. Author identifies as bisexual, but handled coming-out in public badly.
Sean Steward Ruff, Finlater. Two young boys, one black, one Jewish, fall for each other in racially segregated Columbus. Too sexually explicit to be considered YA. Highly recommended.
Alex Sanchez, Rainbow Boys, Rainbow High, Rainbow Road, The God Box, So Hard to Say, Getting It, Bait. YA fiction about teenager boys, many of whom are gay or bisexual.
Shyam Selvadurai, Funny Boy, Cinnamon Gardens, Swimming in the Monsoon Sea. Novels that feature gay Sri Lankan men; the last is YA.
Linda Villarosa, Passing for Black. Fun, fluffy story about a black middle-class woman coming out. Warning for attempts to be a trans ally that fall short.
Alice Walker, The Color Purple, Anything We Love Can Be Saved, The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart, many other novels and short stories.
Rebecca Walker, Black White and Jewish and Baby Love. Author identifies as bisexual. Warning for much less talent than her mother.
Kenji Yoshino, Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights. A must-read for anyone who cares about identity. Highly, highly recommended.
Update 1 (because I hope there will be more)
Craig Laurance Gidney, Sea, Swallow Me. Short story collection, mostly fantasy, some horror, more focused on black gay men. Some explicit sex.
Nalo Hopkinson, Brown Girl in the Ring (post-apocalyptic voudon!Toronto), Midnight Robber (Caribbean-colonized planet and its alternative dimension), Skin Folk (incredible short stories), The Salt Roads (the goddess Ezili connects the lives of a lesbian in pre-Revolutionary Haiti, a bisexual woman in 19thc France, and a prostitute in Roman Egypt), The New Moon's Arms (Caribbean-set fantasy/sf). Also the editors of So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy, Mojo: Conjure Stories, and Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction.
I'm tempted to put Nisi Shawl, author of the sci-fi short story collection Filter House, on this list, but I'm afraid it might be a misrepresentation of her identity. If anyone has info on how she self-identifies, I'd welcome clarification.
If you feel inclined to signal-boost, it would be much appreciated. I'm very excited about queerlit50 and I'd like to see authors of color well-represented on it.
Tags: book reviewing, books, i like lists, lgbt, race
You are awesome. Bookmarking this. ♥
Thank you. Please spread the word!
themadpoker
I've actually read some of these! Suddenly I feel reassured that this challenge won't be so difficult to fulfill (I still haven't read anything for 50books_poc this year and I was starting to feel a little dismayed at myself.
Good! Encouragement is a good thing!
glinda_penguin
Oh wow, this is excellent, I was hoping for a few recs but this is both wonderful and more than I could have hoped for! I knew about about Jackie Kay (Scottish lesbian writers for the win!) but all the rest are new to me.
So glad you like it! And very glad that it includes a lot of people you didn't previously know. I hope it will be a resource for lots of people.
If you're looking for Scottish lesbian writers, do you read Ali Smith?
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themadlurker
Thank you for putting this together, it looks like a great resource.
The only addition that leaps to mind is Nalo Hopkinson (Brown Girl in the Ring and others), but I'll keep thinking about it.
So glad for the appreciation (it took quite a bit of time).
I did not know about Nalo Hopkinson! If I had, I would totally have put The Salt Roads on here. Thank you so much! I'm hoping to get a bunch more names and do one big update.
mirabile_dictu
Thank you so much for putting this together!
starlady38
Oo, amazing.
Yes, please do!
And aww, you make me blush.
nyoka
This is great. Thank you.
glass_icarus
Hello, list of amazingface! ♥ OMG, STACEYANN CHIN. I have been meaning to read that memoir; am going to bump it up the list now! :D
Glad you like!
And I've read the Staceyann Chin memoir, and I definitely recommend--I liked it enough to give it as an Xmas gift. I had expected it to be really depressing, but every time it seems it's headed that way the narrative turns an unexpected corner. It's really quite good, and it's a surprisingly fast read, too.
sainfoin_fields
This is AWESOME; will link. I do think you're underselling Malinda Lo's Ash, though -- it's a lesbian retelling of Cinderella. :)
Thank you! And oh, you're totally right; I will amend when I do my update. I have that one sitting on my to-read shelf as we speak!
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I'm here from 50books_poc, and just wanted to say thanks for the list! I've read some of them, but all. Will be referring back to this!
Warning for much less talent than her mother.
I laughed. I'm a bad person.
You are very welcome! I am excited to see it used as a community resource.
Not nearly as bad as I am for writing it! But, um, sometimes honesty wins over tact.
She was very quiet about it, and who can blame her? She came to prominence in the 80s, a decade that was very cruel to both men and women who were out. But if you think about it there are quite a lot of queer themes in her fiction, and her last book, Fledgling, addressed them much more openly.
When she died (far too young! so sad!) it was noticeable that obituaries in the GLBT press identified her as a lesbian but mainstream ones did not.
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sophinisba
Yay, thank you for putting this list together.
sanguinity
Chrystos (Menominee). I've only read Not Vanishing and In Her I Am; the latter is a collection of butch/femme erotic poetry.
Paula Gunn Allen (Laguna Pueblo, Lebanese, Scottish). The Sacred Hoop.
Thank you! Will update soon!
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cadenzamuse
This is awesome. Thank you for putting it together. :)
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Akshay Kumar's 'Kesari' made Mohit Raina nostalgic
As Akshay Kumar`s "Kesari" nears its release, actor Mohit Raina says he feels nostalgic as he was the first actor to be a part of a project based on the battle of Saragarhi.
New Delhi: As Akshay Kumar`s "Kesari" nears its release, actor Mohit Raina says he feels nostalgic as he was the first actor to be a part of a project based on the battle of Saragarhi.
Known to television audiences as Mahadev of "Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev" and Ashoka of "Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat", Mohit left an indelible mark with his powerful portrayal as Havildar Ishar Singh, the man who along with 21 Sikh soldiers defeated an Afghan battalion of 10,000 soldiers, in "21 Sarfarosh: Saragarhi 1897".
Now, of course, audiences relate to Mohit for his role as Captain Karan Kashyap in "Uri: The Surgical Strike".
Looking forward to Akshay`s "Kesari", Mohit told IANS here: "It`s great that now filmmakers are making projects on the Saragarhi battle. Many people do not even know about the sacrifice of those brave Sikh soldiers. It`s the power of cinema through which the battle has been brought alive among people."
On Akshay`s stint as Ishar Singh, Mohit said he got "nostalgic" when he saw the promotional material of "Kesari" for the first time.
"When I saw the promos for the first time, I was quite nostalgic about it because I could feel Ishar Singh since I have portrayed it and lived that character.
"Akshay Kumar is now portraying that character. Obviously it would be at a different scale and (will give a) different perspective to everybody. Akshay sir`s turbaned look made me nostalgic. I started thinking of all those days when I used to be in those attires and gears. It`s a great feeling that I got an opportunity to be a part of such project," Mohit said, adding that he has "high hopes" from "Kesari".
The film, which is directed by Anurag Singh and also stars Parineeti Chopra, is releasing on March 21.
Apart from Mohit and Akshay, actors like Randeep Hooda and Ajay Devgn were also prepping up for the films based on the battle, but their films got shelved due to certain reasons.
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Christmas 2017 in Iraq - ACN
Midnight Mass in Mosul
First Service in More Than Three Years
January 03, 2018 20:38John PontifexHuman Rights and Justice
The bells rang out in Mosul for the first time in more than three years when a church in Iraq’s second city opened its doors for Christmas Midnight Mass.
Up to the last minute, plans for the service at Mar Pulse Church in Mosul’s Al-Mundshen suburb hung in the balance – until a group of young Muslims helped clean the church and make it ready – including erecting the cross, according to Aid in the Church in Need (ACN).
About 400 families – up to 2,000 people – attended the service, traveling to Mosul from displacement camps near Erbil, the capital of Kurdish northern Iraq.
It is still unsafe for Christians to go back and live in Mosul, which was only liberated from Daesh (ISIS) – although there are reports of a few families going back, ACN reported.
Presiding at the Mass was Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako of Baghdad.
In a sign of growing ecumenical relations, also taking part was Syriac Catholic Archbishop Butros Moshe of Mosul and in attendance was Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Nicodemus Douad of Mosul.
Muslim representatives were also present at the service, which went ahead amid high security.
Father Najeeb Michaeel, who also took part in the Mass, said: “Let us hope that the light of Jesus may shine in their hearts and bring light to our wounded world.”
When Mosul was taken by Daesh in June 2014, almost all of the city’s Christians left after Daesh gave them an ultimatum of either converting to Islam or being killed.
For the first time in almost 1,800 years, no Mass was celebrated in the city.
Daesh seized Christian homes, marking them with an Arabic ‘n’ symbol denoting ‘Nazarene’ – Christian.
With Daesh now flushed out of Iraq, Aid to the Church in Need is committed to helping Christians return to their towns and villages, rebuilding homes and other vital structures which were badly damaged during the Islamists’ occupation.
ACN’s work has helped stem the exodus of Christians from Iraq, with numbers reportedly now down to below 250,000.
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California's Democrats split on Trump impeachment, poll finds
By David Lauter Los Angeles Times
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WASHINGTON _ Much like their elected representatives, California Democrats are divided sharply over whether Congress should move to impeach President Donald Trump, a new poll shows.
Trump remains deeply unpopular in the nation's largest state, with its heavily Democratic electorate, according to the new Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll, conducted for the Los Angeles Times.
More than 6 in 10 Californians _ and almost 9 in 10 Democrats in the state _ said Trump's policies have been bad for California. Almost two-thirds of voters in the state said they planned to cast ballots against him in next year's election.
But when the question turns to impeachment, results are more equivocal, the poll shows.
Among registered voters overall, 35% said Congress should start impeachment proceedings and 30% said Congress should continue investigating Trump, but not start the impeachment process _ essentially the position taken by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco. A third said Congress should drop the matter and move to other topics.
A narrow majority of Democrats, 53%, said Congress should start the impeachment process. But about 4 in 10 favored continued investigations. Only about 8% of Democrats said Congress should move on.
Voters registered without a party preference divided almost equally among the three choices. An overwhelming 86% of California Republicans would like to see Congress move to other topics.
"Trump remains hugely unpopular in California and most think his policies are harming the state. Even so, there is no consensus for the Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against the president in this decidedly blue state," said Mark DiCamillo, who directs the Berkeley IGS poll. That "should serve as a cautionary note to congressional leaders," he said.
Impeachment has indeed divided House Democrats. A group of about 60 members has pushed Pelosi to open a formal impeachment inquiry, which would be the first step toward potentially voting to impeach. Pelosi has resisted, arguing that Democrats should impeach Trump only if they can persuade a large majority of the country that the evidence clearly requires that move.
Under the Constitution, if a majority of the House votes to impeach, the Senate then must conduct a trial. The president can be removed from office if two-thirds of the Senate votes to do so. In the current Senate, that would require the unlikely prospect of 20 Republicans voting for conviction, assuming all 47 Democrats and independents backed it.
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Two presidents, Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998, have been impeached, but neither was removed from office. President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 after the House began impeachment proceedings, but before a formal vote.
In California, support for impeachment runs strongest among the state's most liberal voters. About two-thirds of those who describe themselves as "very liberal" support opening impeachment proceedings, and about 3 in 10 in that group say Congress should continue investigating.
By comparison, self-described moderates divide almost equally among those who support impeachment, those who back investigating and those who want Congress to turn to other matters.
Backing for impeachment is also stronger among minority voters than among whites and stronger among younger voters than older. Almost half of voters younger than 30 say Congress should move toward impeachment. Among voters 50 and older, support for impeachment drops to about 3 in 10.
Self-described conservatives overwhelmingly say that Congress should move on to other topics. In liberal California, however, that's very much a minority position.
The division over impeachment, however, does not extend to voting for Trump in next year's election: Only 26% of the state's voters said they would "definitely vote to reelect" Trump, while 63% said they would "definitely not vote to reelect."
The state's likely vote falls along now-familiar lines: Democrats are united against him, with more than 9 in 10 saying they would definitely vote against Trump.
California Republicans are somewhat less united, but about three-quarters said they would definitely vote for Trump.
The division among California Republicans also appears in how they view next spring's presidential primary. Just over 4 in 10 of those who intend to vote in the Republican primary said they thought that having a candidate challenge Trump would be a "good thing."
However, 56% of Republicans said a challenge to Trump would be a "bad thing." Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld has said he will challenge Trump for the GOP nomination. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has flirted with the idea, as has former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who ran in 2016.
The Republican primary in California is open only to registered Republicans, unlike the Democratic primary, which is open to Democrats and voters who aren't registered with a party.
The divide among voters over a Trump challenger is mostly ideological: Those who described themselves as "very conservative" opposed a challenger to Trump by 72% to 28%. Those who called themselves "somewhat conservative" were closely divided, and those who labeled themselves as "moderate" or "liberal" favored a challenger, 58% to 42%.
Among California voters as a whole, about two-thirds disapprove of Trump's performance in office, and one-third approve. That division has remained consistent in Berkeley IGS polls since the spring of Trump's first year in office.
In addition to feeling that Trump's policies have been negative for the state, most California voters also say his policies have hurt them and their families. Overall, 56% of voters feel that way, compared with 29% who say Trump's policies have helped them and 15% who say they have neither helped nor hurt.
The poll surveyed 4,435 registered voters statewide online June 4-10. Of them, 3,328 were considered likely to vote in the general election in November 2020, and 721 were deemed likely voters in the state's GOP presidential primary on March 3.
The poll results for the full sample of registered voters have an estimated sampling error of roughly 2.5 percentage points in either direction.
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WMU's College Democrats protesting the Trump administration on campus. (Spring of 2017)
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WMU student expression policies may encourage 'arbitrary application' according to students rights organization
William Walton-Case, News Editor
A student rights organization says that Western Michigan University has several unclear policies that could lead to administrative abuse and unfair restriction of free speech on campus.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a student rights organization that assesses First Amendment rights on University Campuses, rated WMU as a Yellow Light campus in its assessment of the university's policies as of 2019. The organization rates universities on a Green-Yellow-Red Light scale, assessing their policies for possible infractions on students' right to free speech.
According FIRE's summary of WMU, "Yellow light colleges and universities are those institutions with at least one ambiguous policy that too easily encourages administrative abuse and arbitrary application."
FIRE's description of its rating scale notes that Yellow Light schools either have policies that do not explicitly infringe upon student rights but are vague and may lead to infringement via abuse or have policies that do explicitly infringe but do so only in an extremely limited way.
The policies that FIRE noted as having potential for abuse are WMU's bullying, internet usage and sexual harassment policies as well as the university's policy on posting and distributing written materials on campus. WMU's outdoor space policy, as a specific policy, is rated as Green Light as is the university's advertised commitment to free speech.
With a Yellow Light rating, WMU is comparable to most other public universities in the state, including Central Michigan University and Michigan State University. Michigan Tech and the University of Michigan are outliers with Green Light and Red Light ratings respectively.
Dr. Suzie Nagel-Bennett, WMU's dean of students, said that the university is committed to supporting free speech and dialogue and that the First Amendment and diversity are the foundations of democracy.
"I believe free speech and diversity and inclusion are not mutually exclusive. Rather, both are central to the mission of the University. While there may be tension between the two at times, it is incumbent upon us to provide a safe and secure place for such robust discourse," she said, commenting on the potential need for the university to balance free speech with other concerns in its policies.
FIRE previously was involved in providing assistance to the plaintiffs in a 2014 lawsuit against the university. The lawsuit was filed after the university demanded that the Kalamazoo Peace Center, a RSO, pay for security to have activist and rapper Boots Riley speak on campus. Riley would end up speaking at the Wesley House instead.
After this, FIRE continued to pursue the university insisting that its claim to have not paid damages in the lawsuit was misleading. Fire also argued that the changes made by the university in the wake of the suit were inadequate, saying that the policies enacted were difficult for students to find. After FIRE created an online countdown to bring attention to the case, WMU updated its website to make the policies more easily accessible.
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Audience Thrilled After Kimmel Starts Lecturing About Sexual Harassment, Yet Forgets His Sick Past
By C. Douglas Golden
Published March 5, 2018 at 6:17am
Lachrymose late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel hosted the Oscars for the second year in a row this past Sunday. This year was more difficult than last for the host, since it was the first Oscars of the post-Harvey Weinstein era. Something needed to be said about sexual harassment and assault in the Hollywood milieu.
And who better to say it than the former host of “The Man Show?”
Kimmel’s lecture came during his opening monologue, where he told the audience that “(w)hat’s happening with Harvey and what’s happening all over is long overdue and we can’t let bad behavior slide anymore.”
“The world is watching us and we need to set an example,” he added, according to The Daily Caller.
The example he said Hollywood should emulate? The Oscar award itself.
“Oscar is the most beloved and respected man in Hollywood and there’s a very good reason why,” Kimmel told the audience. “Just look at him. Keeps his hands where you can see them. Never says a rude word. And most importantly, no penis at all.”
“He’s literally a statue of limitations and that’s the kind of man we need more of in town,” he continued. “Here’s how clueless Hollywood is about women: we made a movie called ‘What Women Want’ and it starred Mel Gibson.”
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And here’s how clueless Hollywood still is about women: The man who’s saying this is an individual who cut his teeth in the industry presenting a show featuring women in bikinis on trampolines at the end of every episode.
As Fox News noted, one particularly vile segment on Comedy Central’s “The Man Show,” which Kimmel co-hosted from 1999 to 2003, involved him putting an item in his pants and having random women on the street feel around on the outside until they could guess what it was.
“I’ve stuffed something in my pants, and you’re allowed to feel around on the outside of the pants. You’ll have 10 seconds to then guess what is in my pants,” Kimmel told one woman. “You should use two hands.”
When the same woman began to vigorously twist at the object, Kimmel laughed and said, “You’re going to make a fine wife.”
He asked another woman if she was 18 because, and I quote, “Uncle Jimmy doesn’t need to do time.” Another was told to “put her mouth on it.” Now, all of this is theoretically consensual, but the “joke,” such as it was intended, is the prima facie degradation of women.
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Other skits included “Household Hints from Adult Film Stars” (in which one pornographic actress poured white wine all over a conspicuously tight white T-shirt to get out a red wine stain, noting “Make sure you get it really wet”), another segment where he asked random people on the street to show him their underwear, and a talent show with the “Juggys” (the in-house female models who would jump on the aforementioned trampolines) where one was asked to tell the difference between real people and cartoon characters from flash cards, the obvious point being that they were stupid.
All of this might be somewhat more acceptable if Kimmel had issued even a desultory blanket apology for what he did while he was hosting “The Man Show.” He has not. Instead, he’s become the sort of conscience of the left, at turns weepy and belligerent all to press his agenda.
And yet, the liberal audience seems to have been thrilled with everything he said about sexual harassment during his opening monologue, all the while likely being fully aware of Kimmel’s past. Nothing’s changed in Hollywood, and the fact that Jimmy Kimmel was back hosting the Oscars was proof of that.
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C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he's written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal for four years.
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Mighty Marvel Western 2 (FN+ 6.5)
Notes: Dec 1968.
Condition: FN+ (6.5). A few light cover edge creases.
Mighty Marvel Western 2 (VG/FN 5.0)
Condition: VG/FN (5.0). A decent copy but with a small tear by the top of the spine and a very large felt-tip number to the back cover.
Mighty Marvel Western 3 (VF 8.0)
Notes: Feb 1969.
Condition: VF (8.0). Nice copy with just slight wear.
Mighty Marvel Western 4 (VF+ 8.5)
Notes: Apr 1969. 68-pgs squarebound. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Kit Colt & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: VF+ (8.5). Nice copy with just minimal wear.
Mighty Marvel Western 4 (VF- 7.5)
Notes: Apr 1969.
Condition: VF- (7.5). Very slight small top-corner crease to the back cover.
Mighty Marvel Western 5 (VG+ 4.5)
Notes: Jun 1969.
Condition: VG+ (4.5). A tiny nick out of the bottom-right corner of the front cover and a water stain to the back cover.
Notes: Nov 1969. 68-pgs squarebound. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Kit Colt & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: FN+ (6.5). A few small cover edge creases, tiny nick near the bottom of the spine, and the back cover is a little dirty.
Mighty Marvel Western 6 (FN- 5.5)
Notes: Nov 1969.
Condition: FN- (5.5). A few light cover creases.
Notes: Jan 1970.
Mighty Marvel Western 10 (VG/FN 5.0)
Notes: Sep 1970.
Condition: VG/FN (5.0). A heavy crease & associated small tear to the spine.
Mighty Marvel Western 13 (FN 6.0)
Notes: May 1971.
Condition: FN (6.0). Light wear to the cover edges & slightly dirty back cover.
Mighty Marvel Western 13 (G/VG 3.0)
Condition: G/VG (3.0). Lots of cover edge creases, small tear to the top of the front cover and the top & bottom of the squarebound spine are worn through.
Mighty Marvel Western 14 (VF 8.0)
Notes: Sep 1971. 68-pgs squarebound. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Kit Colt & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: VF (8.0). A nice copy with a tiny amount of wear to the corners, a pair of non-colour-breaking creases to the back cover and some tanning to the inside & back cover edges.
Mighty Marvel Western 14 (G+ 2.5)
Condition: G+ (2.5). Heavy cover creasing, a top spine-split and some creases to the inside pages.
Mighty Marvel Western 15 (VG 4.0)
Notes: Dec 1971. 52-pgs. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Kit Colt & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: VG (4.0). Light general wear, lots of cover creases and a top-right corner crease to some of the inside pages. A band of red distribution ink to the top edge.
Notes: Jun 1972. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Kit Colt & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: FN (6.0). Several spine creases, a couple of which by the top staple are quite heavy.
Mighty Marvel Western 18 (FN+ 6.5)
Notes: Jul 1972. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Kit Colt & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: FN+ (6.5). A decent copy overall, with just some light wear to the cover, but also has heavy blue distribution ink to the top edge and spine..
Mighty Marvel Western 19 (FN/VF 7.0)
Notes: Sep 1972. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Kit Colt & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: FN/VF (7.0). A very light bend to the bottom-right corner of the front cover & first few inside pages, to an otherwise nice copy.
Notes: Nov 1972. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Kit Colt & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: FN/VF (7.0). Two small dents & some very light wear to the top edge, to an otherwise nice copy.
Notes: Jan 1973. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Kit Colt & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: VF (8.0). A tight copy, with just a small top staple crease.
Mighty Marvel Western 23 (VF+ 8.5)
Notes: Mar 1973. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Kit Colt & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: VF+ (8.5). Super copy, with a few very light spine ticks.
Notes: May 1973. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Kit Colt & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: VF (8.0). Very slight wear to the top edge.
Notes: Jul 1973. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Matt Slade & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: FN (6.0). The bottom staple is loose but not detached, and the comic is otherwise nice with a few small spine ticks.
Notes: Sep 1973. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Matt Slade & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: FN/VF (7.0). Very slight rolling of the spine, and slight wear to the top edge, but an otherwise nice copy.
Notes: Oct 1973. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Matt Slade & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: VF+ (8.5). Nice bright copy, with just the faintest spine tick, and a tiny near-invisible crease to the tip of the top-right corner of the front cover. There is also a neat band of green distribution ink to the top edge.
Notes: Nov 1973. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Matt Slade & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: VF (8.0). Very tiny knock to the top-right corner, and a few tiny spine ticks. There is also a band of black distribution ink to the top edge with some overspray to the front & back covers.
Mighty Marvel Western 29 (VF- 7.5)
Notes: Jan 1974. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Matt Slade & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: VF- (7.5). A minor crease to the bottom edge of the back cover edge, and a couple of tiny spine stress lines, to an otherwise nice copy.
Mighty Marvel Western 30 (CGC 9.6)
Notes: Mar 1974. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Matt Slade & Two-Gun Kid. John Romita cover.
Condition: CGC 9.6. White pages.
Notes: Aug 1974. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Matt Slade & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: VG/FN (5.0). A heavy dent to the top & bottom edges (proabably where a bundle has been bound during distribution). Otherwise, some light overall wear to the cover with a few minor bends to the edges.
Condition: FN/VF (7.0). A few small spine stress lines and a small bend/crease to the top-right corner affecting all pages.
Notes: Dec 1974. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Matt Slade & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: VF (8.0). A nice glossy copy, with a tiny amount of wear to the cover corners, and a pair of very small dents by the spine on the front cover.
Notes: Apr 1975. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Matt Slade & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: FN/VF (7.0). A few small spine creases, a small right-hand edge crease & tiny top-right corner crease to the front cover.
Notes: Jun 1975. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Matt Slade & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: VF- (7.5). A few small spine creases, .
Condition: FN+ (6.5). A few small spine & edge creases.
Condition: FN/VF (7.0). A few minor spine ceases, and a large production crease to the front & back covers.
Notes: Mar 1976. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Kid Colt & Two-Gun Kid.
Condition: FN (6.0). A few quite heavy spine creases/stress lines especially by the top staple.
Notes: Sep 1976. Featuring The Rawhide Kid, Kid Colt & Two-Gun Kid.
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Today, over 40 states and the District of Columbia have Youth and Government programs; most of these programs consist of a model legislature composed of high school students who write legislation, and gather for a week to debate their proposed laws in their actual state capitol building. Nationwide studies show that Youth and Government alumni are not necessarily more likely to become politicians as they reach adulthood, but they are considerably more likely to become active in local political issues as concerned citizens.
Every year in July, representatives from many of the 40 State Youth in Government programs participate in the YMCA Conference on National Affairs (CONA). This conference is held in Black Mountain, NC at the YMCA Blue Ridge Conference Center. Each year, participants have the opportunity to meet other delegates from different states, and create and debate legislation of national and international relevance. Additionally, those Youth Legislature delegates elected as Youth Governor from their respective states hold a Youth Governors' Summit in Washington, D.C.
Many states, like Georgia, also have judicial programs, in which youth "attorneys" from across the state write briefs and participate in mock appeal hearing in the state capitol and state Supreme Court buildings. The cases are decided by youth judges.
There are more than 100 Hi-Y, Tri-Hi-Y, Co-ed "Y" Clubs in 84 Georgia counties. The "Y" Club program provides thousands of middle and high school students with a school-based structured environment to develop leadership skills, understand the importance of civic responsibility, and enhance community through monthly school and community service projects. "Y" Club is open to all middle and high school students.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visits Cairo
Arab ministers meet on financial support for Palestinian Authority
Arab League Assistant Secretary-General says group will discuss 'providing the financial safety net to support the State of Palestine', summit is follow-up to April conflab on issue
Reuters|Published: 06.23.19 , 16:12
Arab finance ministers held an emergency meeting in Cairo on Sunday to discuss helping the Palestinian Authority cope with a deepening cash crunch amid a persistent dispute with Israel over payments to families of jailed and deceased militants.
The meeting comes ahead of a U.S.- led economic conference in Bahrain this week expected to call for a $50 billion global investment fund for the Palestinians, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon which the Palestinian Authority is boycotting.
Children in Gaza Strip (Photo: AFP)
The Palestinian Authority sees the economic conference as an attempt to circumvent its demands for the creation of a Palestinian state in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Photo: GettyImages)
The Palestinian Authority has been struggling to pay civil servants salaries since February, when Israel announced it was deducting five percent of the revenues it transfers monthly to the PA from tax collected on imports that reach the occupied West Bank and Hamas-run Gaza Strip via Israeli ports.
Israel has said the five percent it deducts from Palestinian revenues represents the amount the PA pays to families of Palestinians jailed in Israel or killed while carrying out terror attacks or during clashes or other security offenses.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has refused to accept any of the tax revenues, which totaled NIS 700 million ($193 million) in January and which account for about half of the PA’s budget, since the Israeli decision.
“This emergency meeting ... is being held in coordination with the Palestinian side to discuss providing the financial safety net to support the State of Palestine,” Egyptian state news agency MENA quoted Arab League Assistant Secretary-General Hussam Zaki as saying.
The Palestinian Authority said in March it was cutting civil servants’ salaries by half. Only its lowest-earning employees, or the 40 percent of its workforce who earn NIS 2,000 or less a month, would be paid full salary, it said.
Saudi, Tunisian, Jordanian and Palestinian leaders at the Arab League summit in Tunisia in March 2019 (Photo: Reuters)
Zaki said the meeting was a follow-up to an Arab foreign ministers meeting held at the Arab League in Cairo in April in which they agreed to activate a $100 million financial safety plan for the Palestinians.
Palestinian Finance Minister Shukri Bishara said in March that PA will have to take bank loans of between $50 million to $60 million for the coming five to six months to weather the crisis.
The U.S. has cut all aid to the Palestinians, including $360 million it used to give to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees, putting further pressure on Palestinian finances.
The cuts were widely seen as a bid by Washington to press the Palestinians to re-enter peace talks with Israel that collapsed in 2014.
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Clockwise from top left: 660 12th Avenue, 4 Times Square and 435 Seventh Avenue
April’s top 10 retail leasing deals more than doubled March’s in terms of square footage.
The 10 biggest retail lease deals signed last month totaled nearly 313,900 square feet, up by about 185,100 square feet from last month’s total of 128,800 square feet. The largest retail lease in March was inked in Hell’s Kitchen.
1) Glasshouses, 660 12th Avenue, Hell’s Kitchen 75,000 square feet
The events space inked a 30-year lease for 75,000 square feet of retail space at 660 12th Avenue for its second venue. Jay Cummings of J.R. Cummings Real Estate represented the landlord, Bay Ridge Auto Group.
2) Target, 1520 Forest Avenue, Elm Park (Staten Island) 46,000 square feet
The discount retailer signed a lease for 46,000 square feet at 1520 Forest Avenue. Jeff Howard of Ripco Real Estate represented the tenant, while Brett Cooper of Kimco Realty represented the landlord in-house.
3) Well , 4 Times Square, Times Square 45,600 square feet
The amenity brand inked a lease for 45,600 square feet of retail space at 4 Times Square. The Durst Organization is the landlord of the building.
4) Forever 21, 435 Seventh Avenue, Penn Plaza 43,000 square feet
The fast fashion powerhouse signed a five-year lease for 43,000 square feet of retail space at 435 Seventh Avenue. Jason Greenstone, Mike O Neill and Taylor Reynolds of Cush上海同城对对碰交友社区
man Wakefield represented the tenant. Vornado Realty Trust is the landlord of the building.
5) Peloton, 5 Manhattan West, Hudson Yards 26,400 square feet
The high energy indoor cycling company inked a lease for 26,400 square f上海龙凤论坛sh1f
eet of retail space at 5 Manhattan West. Newmark Knight Frank represented the tenant. JLL represented the landlord, Brookfield Property Partners.
6) Swingers: The Crazy Golf Club, 1227 Broadway, NoMad 22,000 square feet
The golf club company signed a lease for 22,000 square feet of retail space at 1227 Broadway. JLL represented the tenant. Newmark Knight Frank represented the landlord, Lam Group.
7) Blue Ribbon Group, 220 West 44th Street, Times Square 16,500 square feet
The restaurant concept created by Eric and Bruce Bromberg inked a 16,500 square feet of retail space at 220 West 44th Street. Kushner Companies is the landlord of the building.
8) Alo Yoga, 241 Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg 14,228 square feet
The yoga apparel store signed a 10-year lease for 14,228 square feet of retail space at 241 Bedford Avenue. Lauren Musacchio and Alissa Bersin of McDevitt Company represented the tenant. Peter Braus, Garry Steinberg and Jaime Schultz of Lee Associates NYC represented the landlord, 241 Bedford Associates.
9) Lyceum Kennedy International School, 815 Second Avenue, Midtown East 12,708 square feet
The institute inked a seven-year lease for 12,708 square feet of retail space at 815 Second Avenue. Arthur Mirante, Martin Cottingham and Matthew Pynn o上海贵族宝贝论坛
f Avison Young represented the landlord, Domestic and Foreign Mission Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
10) Peloton, 152 Christopher Street, West Village 12,450 square feet
The indoor cycling studio inked a lease for 12,450 square feet of retail space at 152 Christopher Street. Ben Birnbaum and Ben Shapiro of Newmark Knight Frank represented the tenant. Patricia Dunphy of Rockrose Development represented the landlord in-house.
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Kes The Band – Born Ready To Take Soca Music Global
Kes the Band (otherwise known as KTB) have been understated heavy weight brand ambassadors for soca music for a very long time. The team often makes a big splash on stage both at home and abroad using their formula of bringing high energy performances, strong instrumentals and an extensive discography. They do all this while interweaving different musical genres into their set. It’s a formula that definitely works and completely engages the audience no matter where in the world they are performing. And therein lies their secret and one of their key differentiators in a landscape where it’s very difficult to stand out. Kes the Band have been able to successfully distinguish themselves by generating demand for soca shows outside of the Carnival season.
They have done this by creating music that has life outside of the fetes and the Carnival road experience. They have also done this by creating a performance set that incorporates different musical styles and captures a wide array of tastes. But most importantly they have done this while staying true and loyal to the soca backbone that holds them up.
The Caribbean musical landscape has been encouraging more and more collaboration as the years have gone by.
And from time to time, music from another genre definitely seeps into a concert or performance. But, it was refreshing to see KTB dedicate between fifteen (15) to twenty (20) minutes to reggae and dancehall classics in their recent performance. Whether intentional or not, it is a very loud and clear statement on the need for unity for our region to succeed musically.
Most soca artistes scramble to grab a coveted spot on the Carnival show circuit every year and KTB is no exception. Most artistes and performers know that acceptance and validation from the Carnival audience brings with it a certain security on bookings for the year. But, even within that context, they have managed to broaden their vision to include non-seasonal performances as is evidenced by their recent Thanksgiving show in Atlanta, GA. It is a good space to be in as the movement to ‘take soca global‘ continues to build momentum. And although they are not the first band to do this, and will definitely not be the last-they have made major strides in owning a space not regularly frequented by soca music.
This is just one of many strides that the band has been making to establish a mainstream presence for their music. In 2011, the song ‘Wotless’ was nominated for a BET Soul Train Music Award in the category of best Caribbean performance. It was also the year that Kes worked with Jamaican songstress, Tessane Chin, on a song entitled ‘Loving You.’ Beyond embracing an inter-island connection, this collaboration took on even more significance when Tessane went on to gain international acclaim when she took the title of Season Five (5) Winner of the show, ‘The Voice’. In 2012, Kes collaborated with internationally acclaimed rapper, Snoop Dogg, on the song ‘Stress Away.’ The same year the band performed at the Play Station Theater in Times Square in New York City. In 2013, they also performed and sold out at the historic BB Kings venue in New York as well.
These are but a few of the flags that the band has planted on the road to taking soca global. And they are meaningful ones. The heavy weight brand ambassadors have kicked off the 2018 soca season with a bang, with songs like Hello on the FolkLore Riddim and Body to name a few. We cannot wait for what comes next.
Check out some quick soundbites from our after-show lime with Kes the Band below. Audio Quality is not the best but hey thats just incentive for us to sit down for another interview with this boss ;]. (Video by Bronson Blair of Prothro Productions).
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Kes is on a consistent mission to bring the continents closer, the islands together and people in general together. His music is ….(more in video)
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Kes believes in a holistic approach is the key to success. In his opinion, there are people of influence in different parts of the music ecosphere who all …(more in video)
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Stout Decline: Guinness Slides in Popularity, Status
Jessica Boak and Ray Bailey
(Photo by Jon Page)
Guinness is a mighty global brand but there are signs that it is struggling to maintain its position as The Stout. In Britain, in particular, its popularity has been sliding for almost a decade: between 2008 and 2014 sales dropped by approximately 50 million liters per year, from more than 250 million to around 200 million.
Quite apart from cold numbers there is the woollier but very much related question of status. We know from anecdotal evidence that among British beer geeks the standard Guinness stouts are not regarded with much fondness at all—a situation all the more surprising when its recent history is considered.
In the mid-20th century, it is no exaggeration to say that Guinness was regarded as about the hippest beer around—a brew for connoisseurs, and a beer of almost mystical complexity and brilliance. That view was expressed eloquently by the humorist Paul Jennings in a 1959 article in The Times of London in which he referred to a long-running advertising campaign featuring pints of Guinness with smiling faces in their foam:
This smile is the nearest they have got to expressing the true mana of Guinness — that great Irish mystery and paradox, the light froth from the unimaginable dark heart of the liquid, the light from darkness, like the laughter and wit that well up from the Irish soul itself… I, like any other non-Irish consumer of Guinness, drink it because it is there… [in] the sense in which Mallory said that Everest was there. I might drink beer automatically, but Guinness is a thing, it has to be reckoned with.
Back then, enthusiasts shared details of the oddities of its manufacture such as the addition of soured beer to give the finished product its tang, and discussed how temperamental it could be if stored and served at the wrong temperature, or for too long, or not long enough.
As far as British drinkers were concerned there was a strict hierarchy: draught Guinness brewed in Dublin was swooned over. Bottled Guinness brewed in Dublin was a close second. The products of Guinness’ London brewery, Park Royal, which opened in 1936, were poor relations, but still quite acceptable.
Bottled Guinness was a staple in most British pubs, and cities with substantial Irish populations also had draught Guinness if one knew where to look. From the 1930s the truly discerning would trek to London’s East End to drink draught Guinness (probably London brewed) at the White Hart on Mile End Road, AKA Murphy’s, or in central London they could visit Mooney’s on The Strand and Ward’s Irish House at Piccadilly Circus.
In the 1950s, recognizing that draught Guinness had a cult following, management took steps to increase the supply, establishing a small team to work on the challenge of serving it in a way that preserved its mystique—and especially the creamy head—without requiring publicans to be expert Guinness tamers. By 1958 they had perfected a system known as Easy Serve which used a mix of nitrogen and carbon dioxide to create a soft, stable head without fizz.
The popularity of this new form of draught Guinness among U.K. drinkers took the brewery’s management by surprise. As Brendan Nolan, a Guinness advertising man, once observed, drinkers viewed it as, “At last, the real thing,” and its fame spread by word of mouth. This was frustrating for some at the London brewery who knew that the draught version was pasteurized, unlike the bottles.
Veteran beer writer Roger Protz recorded in his memoir A Life on the Hop, published in 2009, a peer’s observation that if all kegged (i.e. pasteurized, filtered, artificially carbonated) beers had been as good as draught Guinness then the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) would never have got off the ground. This is a remarkable testament to just how good it must have been at that time, when ‘keg’ was otherwise utterly reviled.
Throughout the 1960s and into the 70s Guinness fought hard to own the U.K. stout market. Old British brands such as Mackeson, a sweet stout produced by Whitbread, lost ground to the beefier, drier Irish incomer. In 1969 Bass Charrington and Watney’s, two of the huge conglomerates that dominated British brewing at the time, contrived a rival brew called Colonel Murphy’s, but they gave up after six months and surrendered, agreeing (after years of pressure from Park Royal) to sell draught Guinness in their own vast estates of pubs. Soon, Guinness seemed to be in every pub, in every home, and on every TV—VHS to Mackeson’s BetaMax.
Already brewed and drunk around the world in various forms, with the roll out of Irish theme pubs from the early 1990s, draught Guinness was soon to be found in everywhere from Mongolia to Manitoba, emerging from increasingly elaborate chromed fonts, dripping with condensation, each pint cosmetically identical to the next. Literally iconic.
But, somewhere along the line, the beer itself seems to have lost the very soul that helped it rise to such dominance. Beers that are around for a long time often come to be perceived as Not What They Used to Be (see also Pilsner Urquell, for example). Sometimes that is down to jaded palates, or is the result of a counter-cultural bias against big brands and big business. Both of those might apply to Guinness but there is also objective evidence of a drop in quality, or at least of essential changes to the product.
Guinness has tended to be secretive about process, recipes and ingredients but we do know, for example, that the temperature of draught Guinness dropped significantly from about 1988 onward, falling from a typical 12 degrees Celsius to a target of 7 degrees. This is one thing that caused those drinkers of traditional cask-conditioned ale who had regarded draught Guinness as the one tolerable keg beer to turn against it.
Still, the bottled version remained unpasteurized and bottle-conditioned, and its reputation among the cognoscenti soared. But, as the 1990s approached, the firm was convinced the creamy head was the key to the beer’s appeal and so began to put all its effort into marketing canned beer with a surge-inducing ‘widget’. The bottle was no longer the prestige take home product. By 1989 the only place bottle-conditioned Guinness could be found in England and Wales was in pubs and it was phased out entirely from 1994.
These measures, though they increased sales among mainstream drinkers, might almost have been designed to alienate enthusiasts and writers who had previously championed Guinness, such as Protz who today says, “I was devastated when Guinness turned Original from a bottle-conditioned stout into a run-of-the-mill filtered beer.”
Bill Yenne’s 2007 authorized history of the brewery, Guinness: The 250-year Search for the Perfect Pint, has Guinness master brewer Fergal Murray confirming that roast barley extract added to the boil has indeed replaced roasted barley proper in the mash tun. David Hughes, who worked for Guinness in London from 1972, includes in his 2006 book A Bottle of Guinness, Please many details of how Guinness has been made through the years and he records that hop extracts were introduced to the process for London-brewed Guinness from 1983. He also mentions that high gravity brewing—brewing at high strength and then, in layman’s terms, watering down—was introduced in 1990.
Beyond what’s on record, there are also rumors that wood-aging of the soured blending beer has given way to an addition of food-grade lactic acid. We put this to Diageo’s press office who were unable to confirm or deny, but arranged for us to speak to a brewer, albeit with the caveat that they didn’t expect anyone at the brewery would be willing or able to give away such information either.
When master brewer Steve Kilcullen called, he was charming but defensive. With some prodding he admitted that hop extracts were used but said, “I have to say I don’t think there’s any difference in flavor.” When asked about lactic acid, he became almost frosty, choosing his words with the care of a Soviet diplomat: “There’s a number of elements we don’t talk about, as I’m sure you’ll understand.” One change he was happy to discuss was the reduction in dissolved oxygen in the beer over the last 20 years: “Dissolved oxygen is a total no-no, it imparts off flavors. If you drank a beer with dissolved oxygen in high concentration you’d say, it’s off, it’s not right.”
The problem is, as independent breweries become ever more transparent, this tight-lipped protection of trade secrets and “mystery,” as its staff seem to have been drilled to mention at every turn, gives the unfortunate impression that perhaps Guinness is not as proud of its processes and ingredients as it likes to insist.
While each of the changes listed above might, in isolation, be possible to dismiss as making a negligible difference to flavor, together they must surely have an effect. Is Guinness a different beer now than 60 years ago? Definitely. Is it worse? It is certainly hard to imagine it inspiring any writer today to swoon as Paul Jennings did in 1958.
It is probably no coincidence that the great drop in U.K. sales happens to coincide with the rise of American-style craft beer in the U.K., and the approximate doubling in the number of independent breweries. Where Guinness was once the choice of the free-thinking iconoclast, that is a role now played more ably by a strong IPA, quirky saison or, yes, an alternative stout from the brewery on the corner. In Britain and Ireland today the absence of Guinness is often an important way in which a bar or pub signals its status as a Serious Beer Place. Martin Hayes is the head of the Craft Beer Company which runs a string of beer-focused pubs and bars across London, none of which serve Guinness. “Our perspective is that it’s available across the board,” he says, carefully. “Our focus is on smaller producers. It’s not a comment on Guinness per se.”
The Porterhouse, with branches in Dublin and London, is famous for its own range of stouts. It pays homage to Guinness with creamy nitro heads but, at the same time, amplifies the flavor. Meantime, founded in London by Alastair Hook in 2000, has had a strong bottle-conditioned porter, in 750-mL champagne-style bottles, as one of its flagship beers since 2005, and also has a London Stout. When in 2011 Camden Brewery released a nitrogenated draught stout, Camden Ink, its name and graphic design inspired by tattoo culture, it promptly displaced Guinness from many of the more fashionable bar counters across London.
The last year or two has seen a further flurry of new stouts launched by regional brewers keen to convince committed Guinness drinkers to switch to something reassuringly similar, but different. Cornish brewery St Austell Brewery, founded in 1851, recently launched Mena Dhu, a stout which, on draught, looks just like Guinness but has a deeper, smokier, sweeter flavor. The bottled version, with live yeast, lacks the creamy head but evokes the supposedly ambrosial packaged Guinness of 30 years ago. (The recipe is completely original.)
For its part, Guinness is trying to boost its credibility by launching a range of new beers. Two historically inspired bottled stouts—West Indies Porter and Dublin Porter—are good but probably not exciting enough to win over cider drinkers, lager lovers or BrewDog fans. A lackluster golden ale that is actually brown, and experiments with IPA and lager, don’t seem to be hitting the spot either. A handful of more adventurous beers, such as a toasted oatmeal brown ale with vanilla, are coming out of the Open Gate microbrewery at St. James’s Gate, open to the public on Thursdays and Fridays.
Our suggestion is simple: they should take standard Guinness and pep it up, just a touch. Make it a notch stronger, a little more bitter, and ship at least one version with live yeast. When we’ve floated this idea in the past we’ve been told by those in the know that it’s a pipe dream: Guinness is now too big to change course, and the brewery is too sterile and streamlined to allow for packaging with live yeast. And yet, shortly before this article was published, word came from Dublin-based beer blogger John ‘The Beer Nut’ Duffy that, at the on-site experimental brewery at least, a cask-conditioned version of Guinness stout might soon be pouring.
That’s a good start.
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly used the name West India Export instead of West Indies Porter.
Boak & Bailey have been blogging at boakandbailey.com since 2007. They were named 2014 beer writers of the year by the British Guild of Beer Writers for Brew Britannia: The Strange Rebirth of British Beer. They live in Cornwall in the far west of the U.K.
As a ‘real ale’ drinker back in the 1980’s, I can remember Guinness as being the sort of thing to drink in pubs without any decent beer. The two rival Irish breweries, Murphy’s & Beamish were also popular (indeed, I preferred Murphy’s to Guinness if it was available). Beamish was common in the Young’s pubs (see the famous picture of the Queen Mother pulling a pint of Special in 1987 – and Beamish alongside the Special handpump).
Draught Guinness is without doubt served far too cold for my taste – both in the UK and Ireland. Plus you can now get draught stouts from a number of breweries which are at least as good, if not better than Guinness.
But bottled Foeign Extra Stout is a different beast entirely, and ranks as one of my favourite beers of all time.
I would have to say that Coopers Extra Dry Irish Stout is better than Guinness, it’s bottle condition and has the great flavor that Guinness used to have, it now is the bench mark stout to judge other pretender Stouts.
….and maybe some aroma hopping?
The Beer Nut says:
It’s funny, the brewers regard West Indies Porter as having a crazy, off-the-charts quantity of aroma hops. All I can say is they must have damn delicate noses.
If they just went a step or 2 closer to Rogue’s Shakespeare Stout.
Jyrgen N says:
I agree that Guiness has declined since I started to semi-regulary drink in the 80s. While it is still not a bad stout, it tastes thinner and more sour now.
Unfortunately my favourite watering hole has Bellhaven as the only stout on tap, which may be not a bad stout either, but is much too sweet and, for lack of a better word, not “deep” enough for my taste. I’d rather have a Murphy’s, Beamish, or Guiness, in that order. As the owner is a New Zealander, he has his own imports of New Zealand beer, among them a Monteith’s Black, which I quite like. But these are small bottles(!), and they are just too expensive to get drunk of.
“… since I started to semi-regulary drink *it* in the 80s.” *it*. *it*.
Gary Gillman says:
David Hughes’s book leads the way to a revival of Guinness, in my opinion. In Chapter 3, he sets out the malts (no raw barley of any kind) used in 1883 for different iterations of Guinness and adds numerous details pertaining to mashing and brewing. He gives the hop rate per barrel too.
This together with Guinness’s no doubt voluminous records, including FG of the beers, could make a tremendous restoration I’m sure.
I don’t suggest this should replace current Guinness. But it could be made available in selected outlets in Ireland on cask and pasteurized keg export. There could be a bottled version. Something for the connoisseur in other words. To me it would only reflect well on (reinforce) mainstream Guinness and would have the advantage that you are not changing even a little the recipe of the existing brand, one which gained good success for the brand around the world up to now.
I have mentioned your request for 1883 Guinness to the powers-that-be, Gary. I think “bemused” probably describes the reaction best.
I’d say that rather than reinforce the brand, making a clone of a former version that tastes better would only serve to damage it. That’s probably a small part of why they don’t do recreations.
Bemused, really? Makes me sad to read that.
As to perhaps “showing up” standard Guinness, I don’t see it, it would be too much of a specialty drink. Or give it a different name, Arthur Guinness 1883 say.
I think it’s a pity they don’t offer this as those who want the taste, which craft brewing has simply brought back, are going somewhere else for it at the moment…
Russ Perry Jr says:
The third to last paragraph mentions a “West India Export” — shouldn’t that be “West INDIES Porter”?
Daniel Hartis says:
Right you are! We’ve made the correction and added an editor’s note at the bottom. Thank you for letting us know!
Daniel Hartis
All About Beer Magazine
I like Guinness okay, but I LOVE Duck Rabbit Milk Stout, Left Hand Wake Up Dead, Deschutes Obsidian and others!
RTR says:
Love Duck Rabbit Milk Stout myself. Headed to the Carolinas this summer, hope to sample some. Deschuttes Obsidian is great too but I adore their Black Butte Porter.
When they celebrated 250 years my local pub had one of those special kegs.It was outstanding and wish they would bring it back.I used to buy Beamish cans for home,but now get the Murphys.(from Edinburgh,made by Heineken)
Special kegs?
Yes, it came with a nice pub sign that said: Guinness,1759-2009, 250 Remarkable Years.(I still have it)
It was still ordinary Guinness Draught inside though, right?
It was a one time different batch.I thought maybe it was what Guinness used to taste like.It was much better.
@Douglas Got it, I think: 250 Anniversary Stout”. A special for the US-market only.
I didn’t know it also came bottled.
Steve W says:
I think the current fading of Guinness (in the UK) is partly the fall-out from their success vs. Beamish and Murphy’s. As “the” stout, there has been nothing to measure it against and complacency has set in – on both consumer and producer sides. Something different then comes along and the added variety is enough to make it interesting even if it isn’t a “better” stout.
As well as Camden, Fuller’s pubs often have Black Cab, Young’s have London Stout, and the White Hart now has it’s own One Mile End “Nitro Stout”.
Personally, I’m looking forward to the end of the year when Guinness take the isinglass out of their stout and make it veggie friendly!
Intoxicated Rich says:
Guinness has always been about the marketing which in the 60’s and 70’s was far more influential. Before social media marketing smaller brands could not compete with their budget. Also as you rightly point out there was less competition, especially at the trendy end of the market.
Putting it into perspective I believe Guinness is still good compared to other international brands and it is unrealistic to expect bottle conditioning and suchlike from a mass produced beer.
Guinness are wise enough not to tout themselves as a craft brewery but the innovations they are now coming up with help cement their place in the ‘trendy but mainstream’. Imho naturally.
Surprised to see no mention of Dobbin’s Guiltless Stout – but I guess nobody now knows what it actually tasted like, which is rather crucial in deciding whether it was a Guinness-alike.
I’m old enough to remember when Guinness was semi-officially, the beer for real ale drinkers in pubs with no real ale; I can’t say if it was justified, though, as I never liked the stuff (I only acquired a taste for stout much later).
I think you’re reading too much into that Paul Jennings quote, though. He was a humorist, not a beer connoisseur – in fact I’m not sure there was such a thing as a beer connoisseur in 1959; referring to Guinness as ‘the hippest beer around’ as early as that is decidedly unhistorical. What Guinness was back then is well-known, distinctive, unusual and Irish – quite enough to hang a column on.
Ray Bailey says:
Phil — we were waiting for this latest piece to land before responding: we think there were ‘beer connoisseurs’ well before 1959, it’s just that they weren’t as organised as today, and had fewer platforms.
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The importance of and the need for multi-discipline political analysis.
Dear Teacher and fellow students. To day I want to give presentation about the following question.
Does Ukraine become a member of European Union, work closely together with Russia or work closely together with Russia and Europe?
We have a great nation with a rich culture and a high economical potential. Which system we have to choose that is beneficial for most Ukraine people and fits most with our culture and history. I think this will be the central question for the coming years. And the question is not simple to answer. It needs a lot of thinking and it needs a multi-disciple approach. Most People however try to answer this important question form only one perspective for instance only from an economical point of view. But this rather naive because there is more in live than to have more money and more wealth. Of course more wealth is nice and opens many doors, but sometimes it also opens doors to a negative social path and this path usely is never publicly discussed. Watch the money Wallstreet and you got an impression what I mean.
Last weekend I met a man from Western Europe and he told me a lot of things about his society and to be true I was rather shocked because nobody told me before, not on television, not in newspapers not in class.He said there are many good things in his society such al a good medical system, an objective legal system, freedom for media to write whatever they want and higher wages for most people. But he also stated that there were many negative side-effects of the political and socio-economic system is his country and they have severe problems. He said to me that if Ukraine people would knew the severity of this mainly social-economic problems they would certainly not choose to become a member of the EU. Because my speech is limited in time and scope I only explain some problems more in detail.
He said that most people in his country worked very hard to have a living but it affected social live dramatically. It let to a kind of people who became egocentric and focus only on money. Many people have a poor social life. Because of the stress they do not have time to meet family and friends and it seems they live only to work while it is better to work for a living. According the balance between economic goals and social goals were disturbed. He also stated that in his country there was, especially in big cities, a very high crime-rate and that many people felt unsafe their own houses and neighborhood.
He also underlined that he was many times in Kiev nut he felt very safe and walked the center late at night. So crime is a important issue in Western countries. According to him crime grew rapidly the last decades and there was a high correlation between the uncontrolled influx of many low class people from poor countries and they mostly concentrate in big cities because social control there is less and you can have a relatively anonymous life. In his city they were high concentrations of all 180 nationalities and it was a extremely heavy task to adept the social system in a way most people could live together in a productive and harmonies way. Last years in several EU countries there were riots or aversion against foreigners by people who felt they lost their culture and neighborhood they were born in. In some districts only few original native people remained because most of them flew to other and smaller cities. This trend also lead to uprising anti foreign political parties and some have similarities with fascist parties from the past. He called those new parties Facist-light parties like Cola light. His point is that under the surface ethnical tension is growing and it could let in future to outburst of social volcano.
We already saw this in Greece recently by the Golden Dawnparty. There are also economic reasons that causes tensions between people form different background. The Monetary European System with one currency is not well thought over conceptually and many European politicians wanted to score political points in the last decade of the last century and the first decade in this century.
The role-model was the United states with the dollar. But the European Union is not a political unity like the US is more than 100 years. The EU consist of many countries with different cultures backgrounds, believe-systems and totally different economic infrastructure.
Nevertheless they are forced to produce and compete equally and everybody knows that is easier said than done. How can you compete under the same conditions in the relatively week economic country like Greece with the economic superpower Germany. It is an illusion. Many people in those weak European countries are now suffering because there is a hugh unemployment and many people kill themselves because they do not see way out. In Spain for instance about 50% of the people till 30 years old are unemployed and can not start a family because they have no house of their own or have enough income.
According to the man I met this weekend in Kiev many people are relatively poor in many European countries. Also in Germany there are millions of people very poor. Only in statistics they earn much more than in our own country, but in the statistics it does not say that the cost for living in those countries are much higher than in our country. If you earn twice the gross monthly income than with us, but you have to pay also twice or more tax and costs for living then suddenly you are not so rich anymore as we may think. According to the man many Ukraine politicians and inspired by them many civilians believe now in political myths and fairytales because the dark sides are never spoken of in public political debate.
When Ukraine becomes member of the EU (too soon)he predicted that our rich and beautiful culture will be destroyed in only one or two decades but then we have to let in all the social gold-diggers and opportunist of the other countries and you loose autonomy in this topic. It is forbidden to close the borders for those people. Up till now the benefits of the Euro and EU are marginal. It had become more and more a kind of religion. You have to believe that economic Walhalla will come on earth because of the Euro but up till now we do not see heaven yet, he said.
The social and cultural dark sides are also manifest in many European countries. It let up till now to the American poor way of social life with not so many interest anymore in other people, literature and art. It becomes more and more an superficial and money-driven economy with more competition and aggression between people. Thomas Hobbes, the famous political philosopher already said it many centuries ago: Mankind is his own wolf. Competition has benefits and I do not promote to go back to Communism that lacked those benefits, but what I am trying to say that economic, social and cultural objective all should be in balance with each other and the history of the US and more recently in the EU proofs it can easily end up in a not balanced situation.
Ukraine shares a rich history with Russia and the other European countries and you can not erase that even if you want. It is good for Ukraine to stay friends with Europe and Russia and not to choose between them. When you choose you will loose and it will only lead to more geopolitical tensions. Russia can also benefit form more trade between EU and Ukraine so all parties have to work closely together and there is simply no blessing on radical policies. To Improve our system it takes many years and quick and cheap solutions simply do not exist. Political Philosophy more than 2.500 years since Plato’s Politea shows us the right way.
Now in our country too much emotions dominate the political debate. Emotions are good, but in politics they are dangerous and lead to more frustration and social damage. It is not too late yet because we are only at the very beginning of a long political process of reforms. All becomes good I am sure because Ukraine is a wonderful country with lot of potential in many fields.
We need good multi-disciplined analyses continuously and evaluate the situation in the EU because it can go better over there but now there is a real system-crisis because a few thousand bankers and brokers all over the world destroyed the monetary system only to get their million-bonus. They sold backed air for big money and now hundres of millions of people are suffering worldwide because of that. Let us learn from this corrupt and outrageous behavior.
Hans from Netherlands.
Kiev 15-2-2014
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Cyprus Solution Revisited and Turkey's Hypocrisy Unveiled
Linking the Cyprus issue to the Kurdish issue of Turkey is the only effective way to [a] uncover Turkish hypocrisy on her approach to majority-minority community relations [b] bring about a fair and permanent settlement to Cyprus' Turkish problem and [c] help bring community status recognition for the close to 20 million Kurds of Turkey. A win-win-win for the Kurdish, Turkish and Cypriot peoples. It may also bring about the first ever truly democratic constitution in Turkey's history!
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Welcome to the Middle East, Cyprus!
Listen for a few minutes to the speech of the president of the Middle East Forum, Daniel Pipes as he talks on Cyprus (go to minute 28). I apologise the minor mistakes in the quoted text below, but the audio is of bad quality. In the Q&A session he speaks about "Turkey" being suspended from NATO, or even rejected, and he also thinks it possible that "Turkey" could split into two, but not more pieces. He also finds Antifon's idea of renaming "Turkey" proper.
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Categories: Cyprus's Turkey Problem, Israel, Jihadists, Kurdistan, NATO, Support for Cyprus, Video
God's Greater Design
"All Denktash really did was to show Kurds of northern Kurdistan the way to freedom, freedom from slavery and cultural genocide. Cyprus's 40 year or so temporary ordeal was just a necessary sacrifice in God's far greater plan to emancipate the Kurds." - Antifon
Posted by ΚΧΚ on 1:27 AM
Categories: Kurdish Plight, tCypriot-Kurd Parallels
Downer by name, disaster by nature | www.mathaba.net
Former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has waded into his old patch in a characteristically obnoxious and hamfisted way. Alan Austin takes a look at the Downer ``resume``. (Image screenshot from ABC TV News.)
AS IF AUSTRALIA’S foreign policy isn’t precarious enough already. Tony Abbott is Prime Minister, Julie Bishop is Foreign Minister, Andrew Robb is Minister for Trade and all seem well out of their depth.
Now failed former Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has gone on television to lecture Indonesia’s Foreign MinisterMarty Natalegawa on its foreign policy. In a monumental blunder, he accused the Indonesians of breaching Australian sovereignty.
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Kurdish Response to Erdogan's latest "Presents"
Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union (KCK) | To the Kurdish Peoples and democratic public opinion
The Kurdish question emerged as a result of the Turkish state's policy of Turkification through its denial of the Kurds' existence and subjecting them to cultural genocide. All the Kurds' objections to this policy have been violently crushed. Once the Kurds had been silenced and reduced to a state where they could not protest, the cultural genocide was accelerated using economic, social and cultural policies. By the 1970s the Kurds had been left with no option but to become Turkish in order to perpetuate their lives. A political, social, economic, cultural and psychological environment had been created that drove Kurds away from Kurdishness, putting it on the path to extinction.
Posted by ΚΧΚ on 11:15 AM
Categories: Apo, Kurdish Plight, Kurdish Truths, Ocalan, Turgut Ozal
Vienna then, Keryneia today!
The battle of Vienna 330 years ago stopped the Ottomans' miltary advance to Europe. Today's demographic/cultural advance of the neo Ottomans must be fought diplomatically at the gates of Keryneia. Keryneia, Christian and/or Greek throughout history for millennia until 39 years ago, today hosts no Greek Christians, ethnically cleansed or killed in 1974, and populated instead mostly by illegal Turkish settlers and a minority of Turkish Cypriots.
Categories: EU, Europe, Keryneia, Ottomans, Threat, Vienna
When is not a good time to deal?
Although I shall not expand on it now, the necessary serenity is absent, there is an important reason for which there cannot be, and there should not be, any deal with today's "Turkey" for Cyprus's British-Turkish problem. That is because in "Turkey" there is authentic fascism, some Turkish liberals like Nuray Mert, call it authoritarian nationalism. It's the same thing that persists since its birth in 1923, first under the Kemalist veil that the west approved of, now under a "mildly" Islamic one.
Categories: "Turkey", Alan Moore, EU, Fascism, Germany, West
It starts going awfully wrong right about here!
Do you by any chance have a minute and a half to become suspicious about why we are so different? Millions of children in Neoottomania recited their national oath (different than the anthem) every morning for the past 80 years, in an identical manner. In Occupistan as well. Abolished just in 2013.
Categories: Anthem, Civilization, Europe, Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, Oath, Occupistan, Video
President Makarios: "This was the course dictated to me by necessity"
The Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus, in its present form, creates many difficulties in the smooth government of the State and impedes the development and progress of the country.
It contains many sui generis provisions conflicting with internationally accepted democratic principles and creates sources of friction between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
Categories: 30 Nov 1963, Historical Facts, Makarios
Report Exposes Kurdish Torment at Turkish Schools | Rudaw
A Kurdish boy listening to a Turkish class. Photo: AFP
Rudaw | By Uzay Bulut | ANKARA, Turkey – A report released by the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly about the role of schools in Ankara’s peace process with the country’s oppressed Kurdish minority exposes the racism and difficulties Kurdish children and teachers face in Turkish state schools.
The report, titled The role of teachers in societal peace building - how the Kurdish issue is reflected in schools, exposes the bullying, discrimination and violence that Kurdish students and teachers experience at schools in Turkey, often resulting in life-long traumas.
Categories: Fascism, Kurdish Plight, Language, Press
How the EU directly funds settlements in occupied territory | Jerusalem Post
How the EU directly funds settlements in occupied territory | By EUGENE KONTOROVICH | 09/28/2013
Photo: reuters: GIANT Turkish flag is seen displayed on the side of a mountain near Nicosia in Turk-occupied Cyprus
The EU knowingly and purposefully provides substantial direct financial assistance to settlements in occupied territory – in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus, that is.
A delegation of European Union officials arrived in Israel weeks ago to discuss the European Commission’s proposed regulations for discretionary funding to Israeli entities.
Categories: Double Standards, EU, Hypocrisy, Israel, Occupation, Press
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Turkey's Kurds & Cyprus' tCypriots
As either unitary state or federation solutions are discussed as replacements to Cyprus' 1960 and Turkey's 1923 unworkable constitutions, should we abide by "if a right is a right too many for Turkey's Kurdish community (circa 23% of population) then that right is a right too many for Cyprus' tCypriot community too (circa 15%), and vice versa." Is the adoption of this fair logic the catalyst to securing just solutions for both UN countries.
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Among World Leaders, PM’s Facebook 2nd for Engagement
Thread: Among World Leaders, PM’s Facebook 2nd for Engagement
22nd February 2017, 06:36 #1
The Cambodia Daily
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s time spent posting selfies and broadcasting speeches live on Facebook appears to be paying off, according to a new study that ranks world leaders’ Facebook pages by level of engagement.
With nearly 7 million followers on his official Facebook page, Mr. Hun Sen, who some claim has purchased much of his popularity from “click farms” abroad, has the 8th most Facebook followers among some 590 pages of heads of state and other world leaders analyzed last month by Burson-Marsteller, a global communications and public relations firm.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the most popular world leader on Facebook with nearly 40 million devotees.
Mr. Hun Sen’s page ranked second for page interactions—with 58 million likes, comments and shares last year—well behind Mr. Modi, who garnered nearly 170 million interactions over the same period.
About half of Mr. Hun Sen’s Facebook followers are in Cambodia, while nearly 12 percent are from India and just under 10 percent from the Philippines, according to web analytics site Socialbakers.
The premier’s page regularly features photographs and live video footage of his family, trips, holidays, and public ceremonies and speeches, as well as football matches and live broadcasts of “The Voice Cambodia.” His video posts receive the most interactions, the report says.
Mr. Hun Sen’s posts were shared more than 6 million times last year.
Facebook was an effective way for the nation’s leader “to get the message out in a more personalized, engaging way,” Bun Tharum, a tech blogger and communications specialist, said on Tuesday in an email.
“It allows Cambodians to feel closer to the…leader not by watching him and his family members, including his grandchildren, not on TV (one way), but by scrolling on our mobile phone (a personal device we live and breathe with every minute),” he added.
Noan Sereiboth, a member of Politikoffee, a group which organizes weekly forums on politics, said the prime minister was also using his Facebook page to distract from potentially troubling current events.
“He tries to show there is no political tension and deadlock by entertaining people via his Facebook page,” he said.
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Return Man 3 game guide
Return man 3 is an easy flash game developed by the ESPN. The game is an easy task that focuses on the titular return man who attempts to make a touchdown. This is a fast-paced game played with the keyboard with much ease.
How it is played: the game starts with your personality, plus three others who are part of your team who game against the opposite team. Using the keys I, J, K, L to move the player and A, S and D to make specialized moves. Your character has to take the ball and place it on the touchdown area. The teammates try to block the opposing team and assist you make a touchdown
Special features: despite the game being simple, it entails some features to avoid it from getting bored quickly. First, there are some speeds boosters that help you raise your pace and get to the other end without being tackled. With time, you earn special moves to aid you from being tackled, this include the capability to dodge the opposing team. The skills are only available once in the game thus they cannot be a guarantee for success in each game. The skills are purchased using the game currency, furthermore, the environment of the game changes throughout. It can even be snow making the player have a hard time making a touchdown.
Final remarks; the return man is an easy game with simple controls, but the game does not get boring any quickly. Due to its fast pace, it the best for casual play, but the high stake means you have to try hard not to fail and start all over. Also don’t miss opportunity to play another funny flash game Haunt the house 2 full version.
April 23, 2018at 11:31 pm | Our guides • Sport • We recommend | No comments
What should you know about Boxhead 2 Online
The Zombie Wars developed by Sean T. Cooper is ostensibly the fifth installment in the Boxhead series. The platform is self-explanatory; you’re battling with zombies as well as dozens of evil friends. Zombies are exceptionally sociable than you’d anticipate, especially if you can comprehend the meaning of their moans and grunts.
Unfortunately, though, the only ones that can comprehend them are the teleporting zombies, faster zombies, golems, vampires and devils. Luckily, you’ve a whole lot of weapons at your disposal—including nuclear based air strikes and pistols to fight your enemies in the Boxhead 2 game.
Objective of the Game
The primary objective is to stay alive for as long as you can, and there are a couple of approaches to accomplish it. You may decide to integrate a more offensive approach in which you plant traps, such as exploding barrels, to maim and kill the zombies. Alternatively, you can take a more defensive approach by building a base packed with rocket launching turrets.
The Boxhead 2 game play encompasses around eight playing fields to pick from, four of which are typically geared towards the offensive approach. The remaining four playing fields are often geared towards the defensive approach. It also boasts plentiful room for you to adapt your specific style of fighting the hordes of zombies.
Games Modes
The Boxhead 2 boasts more room than the previous version, with deathmatch and cooperative mode currently included. It’s time to bring on some carnage, and so you can freely grab your friend for an exceptional killing spree!
The game is remarkably entertaining. Once you hit level 25 and beyond it gets even better, thanks to the presence of more zombies in this stage. At this level, you need a flawless extent of strategy. This entails setting up the mine explosives or oil barrels to trap the zombies.
•Player 1: Movement arrows
•Player 2: Movement W A S D
Changing Weapons:
•Single Player: 0 … 9
•Player 1 (Multi Player): and, Keys
•Player 2: Q and E Keys
Shoot:
•Player 1: (Single Player) Space
•Player 1: (Multi Player): /
•Player 2: Space
The Boxhead 2 is definitely a game worth giving a try, even if you aren’t much inclined to action based game play. It boasts heaps of cartoon violence, and it’s similarly blood animated. Therefore, viewer discretion is highly recommended.
October 12, 2017at 4:55 pm | Action • Adventure • Our guides • Shooting • We recommend | No comments
Apple Shooter unblocked review
Oh, the joy that flash games can bring to the public, and in this game, there is no difference! An archery game that is soundly addictive, yet incredibly simple, has been brought to you for your enjoyment. Spend hours figuring out the right angle of the arrow and the amount of power you need to use in order for you to find success in this game.
The archer is dressed like a construction worker, clad in hard hat and work gear and is immediately ready to begin shooting. Be sure to keep the eye on the apple to achieve maximum accuracy.
It’s simple, aim by moving the mouse/mousepad up and down and when you are ready to shoot, hold down the left mouse button to power up your shot and simply release to shoot.
Purpose of the game
Apple shooter unblocked is a game that relies on accuracy, and of course, patience, same kind of patience is needed in Tank Trouble game series, try it yourself at http://tanktrouble3.me/. You play the role of an archer who is attempting to hit a red apple off the head of your target. Each successful attempt transfers you to a new level. The higher the level the more difficult the game becomes. Can you face the challenge and overcome all obstacles?
The target never moves, and is always patiently waiting for you to shoot again. (Unless of course you hit him!) but we will get to that later.
There is a seventeen levels in total. The scenery in the level remains the same throughout the game, the only difference is that for every level that you progress through, the distance between the archer and the target increases by five feet. At level one you begin at 20 feet, and by the end of the game you will be at a whopping distance of 100 feet from the target.
The only penalty that you can get in the game is hitting your target with an arrow. But be careful not to take off his head, because the minute your arrow strikes the target he is dead. Boy, he must be a good friend to let him do that, don’t break his trust!
With a lot of flash games, blood is a common theme. When you strike the target with an arrow, many things can happen. He can get stuck to the wall, decapitated, or he may just fall forward. Be warned!
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October 11, 2017at 8:36 am | Action • Combat/Fighting • Our categories • Our guides • Shooting • We recommend | No comments
Funny Flash Game Kitty Cannon
Play online amazing and entertaining flash game Kitty Cannon for free and earn high scores. Here it is guys, funny and entertaining flash game – Kitten Cannon some of you may also know this game under the name of Kitty Cannon, well name really doesn’t matter as far as you can play it for free online at our web-site.
Some people might not like this game while others will play it for hours without stop. In other words those who will enjoy it will be addicted to it! Those of you who wont like this game can try http://unblockedgunmayhem2.com/.
This game really doesn’t have some special rules or requirements, everything is pretty basic and anyone can play it from first try, no special guide readings or something like that. However, it has two main things which you should keep in mind:
1) Aim your cannon well, make correct angle and fire power in order to cover maximum distance.
2) Once you have finished calculations you are free to fire your cannon.
As you can see main rules are pretty simple and easy to follow, they don’t require any skill from you. Many things depend on luck in Kitty Cannon, if you are lucky enough you can cover huge distances even after making some major mistakes on the start.
There are also different objects in the game, some of them can slow down your speed and even stop you from going any further, while other objects can accelerate your speed and increase distance. Well, it really doesn’t matter what these objects are, because you can’t change outcome of the game, once you have made your shot you can only count on your luck and nothing more.
Now some few words about graphics: graphics of the game are pretty good, maybe because it looks like cartoon type of the game and it doesn’t require much work, yet it can look well. Details of the game and obstacles are fine, same way as physics of the game.
Well, hope you enjoyed this game, if you have some questions about this funny game, leave them below in comment section, have fun!
September 13, 2017at 5:29 am | Action • Adventure • Our categories • Our guides • Upgrade/Progress • We recommend | No comments
How to play Raze 3 and enjoy it’s best new features
Raze 3 is a Futuristic Flash game made by Sky9 Games which is a sequel to Raze 2. It is an action game which contains two main stories where you can choose to fight as a human to save Earth or be an alien and fight to conquer the whole Earth. This is fighting & shooting type of the game just like Super Smash Flash 2 (http://supersmashflash2download.org/).
Raze 3 takes over after Raze and Raze 2 where the invasion of aliens 10 years ago was finally defeated and left everything on earth in ashes. Therefore in Raze 3 you can choose to be part of the last recruited team to serve as a member of the Special Forces squad, in order to prevent new enemies from invading, conquering and destroying the earth once more, or choose to be part of the team that wants to conquer the earth.
What makes this game even more interesting is the fact that you need to know how to make a strategic plan, you must be very focused and be smart to learn from your mistakes.
HOW TO PLAY RAZE 3.
When the game introduction loads, select Local Save then click Continue. After the Main Dashboard screen in the next page loads, you can click on the Option wheel icon on the left side corner at the bottom of the screen. Then you can choose to put Sound off/on and after you are through you can click back.
Raze 3 game has various game modes that you can choose from, which include Quick Match Mode and Campaign Mode, all modes are free to play, just like in well known unblocked GunMayhem.
> In Campaign Mode you are supposed to complete 15 challenging levels.
First, you have to play as the human soldier and after you complete this level you may now unlock an alien partner to make a strong alliance. In this Mode you have to complete the levels one at a time. As you move on to the next level it becomes more difficult compared to the previous levels . Between each Campaign level you can be able to use some of your earned credits acquired from your good performance in order to enhance your weapons and to be able to purchase attribute upgrades.
In Quick Match Mode you are supposed to take part in a one-off Death Match. You have to score certain number of eliminations in order to win by killing as many enemies as you can manage to.
Controls.
Movement – [A] [W] [S] [D] or Arrow Keys.
Double jump – Press W twice or Up Arrow.
Left mouse click – To fire.
Previous/Next – [E]/ [Q] or [Enter]/[Shift].
Select specific weapon – [1][2][3][4][5][6].
Use ability – [F]/Ctrl]
Pause – [Esc]/[P]
In order to progress well, you need to look at the top right corner during your initial Training Level where you will see tips of your special abilities
In conclusion, the amazing thing about Raze 3 is that you can be able to pick new weapons and drop old ones, since it has a huge selection of weapons which include rocket launchers, automatic weapons and sniper rifles.
September 13, 2017at 5:27 am | Action • Adventure • Combat/Fighting • Our categories • Our guides • Shooting • Upgrade/Progress • We recommend | No comments
Play Online KawaiRun 2
The KawaiRun 2 is a flawless game that allows you to showcase your exceptional skills as you run, jump and slide. You’ve to dodge numerous obstacles through its rather challenging campaign mode. It’s a pretty simple game that’s designed for casual and competitive play.
Its concept is pretty easy to grasp. You’ve to take your avatar, which boasts complete customization, and place them onto a track. The purported track is dynamically generated, so it is somewhat different each time you play it. Numerous obstacles are placed in different locations, where you’re required to dodge them to move to the next stage.
The game’s objective is equally simple. Using the arrow keys, you must run, jump and slide your way towards the finish line. It isn’t as simple as you might anticipate, though. Remember, this game is comprised of loads of obstacles that are usually placed in quite challenging locations.
You can enjoy plenty of game modes with KawaiRun 2. It takes the enjoyment of the previous version and places it in an entirely new setting. As a player, you can now appreciate exceptionally designed levels. The campaign mode takes you through the game’s different environments one by one, and as you progress, the level of difficulty intensifies.
You can likewise play classic Kawai run style in the game’s survival mode, in which the dynamic course is entirely randomly generated without end. The primary goal is to figure out how far you’re able to go, even amid dozens of obstacles on your way.
This game boasts a fairly simple set of controls, which are exceptionally intuitive and easy to grasp. These controls are also rewarding, more so if you can master them to perfection. While there isn’t much room for advanced play, the game encompasses minor techniques—such as moving forward while hovering across a gap. This guarantees that you can easily make it to the finish.
The first player (player one) uses the arrow keys as normal, whereas the player two uses a WASD layout in controlling the character. Utilize the arrow keys to control the character; you’ve to press the down arrow key two times in order to roll. The up arrow key is used if you wish to hover in the air.
The game supports two-player local multiplayer, a feature that’s becoming rare in the current world of video games. For those who wish to kill a bit of time, the game allows you to play with a friend. This is also a sure way to enjoy the game. Get up to two levels to unlock the multiplayer mode, and then play with your friend nearby.
The KawaiRun 2 is indeed a great game that is worthy of your time. It can be played both casually and competitively. Its controls are quite easy to master, and the game is exclusively skilled-based. It’s all about being able to dodge the numerous obstacles on the way. It makes it rewarding when you beat your highest score. In a nutshell, it provides hoards of rewarding game-play for all types of gamers.
All You Need To Know About Happy Wheels Demo
The other name for Happy Wheels Demo is the worlds most popular racing game, with thousands of people enjoying it every day. Nevertheless, Happy Wheels Demo provides players with a real challenge to avoid real accidents (I’ll tell you how in a bit).
Basics of the Game
The first thing to know: your primary task is to move from the starting point to the destination. The second task is: avoid accidents at all costs.
Characters in the Happy Wheels Demo Game
In this game, there will be three characters at your disposal. A person
1. In a wheel chair
2. With a segway
3. With a bicycle and a kid behind
Hence the first thing you do is choose a character (one character at a time) at the beginning of the game. Trust me each of these characters will give you a fascinating and a thrilling experience.
Happy Wheels Demos Play Menu
Yes this game has a play menu, it’s that serious The play menu includes:
Option Menu
This menu has sound and graphical options. You remember I said before I’ll tell you how about real accidents? Well I think this is good a time than any to do so Cause accidents while playing this game and youâ’ll know the power in this option menu. I’ll give you a hint, a characters hand or leg will get cut in an accident, you’ll see and hear them cry in pain and you’ll see them move without the leg, hand etc.
Control Menu
Provides you with access to various control keys and their easy to learn and perform actions.
Level Editor Menu
This level does not mean you can create a new happy wheels demo game level as you may think. Simply, it means that your ability to create a new level is limited. Disappointed? Oops sorry
This menu gives you an opportunity to know the name of the contributors as well as their great contributions.
Happy Wheels Demo Levels
This racing game has a total of nine levels as described below:
1. Obstacle Course Level
This is the very first level or what other people would call beginners level. It simply requires that you move to the destination through a series of the games simplest obstacles.
2. Gut Bus Extreme level
This is the level immediately after level 1. The best character to use here is the segway guy or else you may never get to the destination. This is because the character has to move inside a bus and it’s much easier with the segway man than any other.
3. BMX Park II
Is the level immediately after Gut BUS Extreme. The only character allowed is the bicycle man with a kid behind with whom you are expected to climb to the top and down on a vertical-spiral path. Obstacles are there of course hence great care and speed is required.
4. Snowy Mountain Final
It is immediately after level 3. You should press and hold until you get the segway guy released from the hole. Apparently, he is the only accessible character for this level.
5. Dawn of the Dead
This is the level immediately after level 4. You are supposed to use our one wheeler guy to save a town from an insane scientist.
6. A Large Satan Eats You
Is the level immediately after level 5. It’s one of the most dangerous levels so says the name! Any character will do in this level so suit yourself.
7. Trap Trac
It’s the immediate level after level 6. It is a super interesting level where you use the segway guy to push object using the head and at the greatest speed you can.
8. It Keeps Happening
This is the level after Trap Trac. So just use any character to make it happen.
9. Rope Swings
This is the final level. It’s only accessible through the segway man.
Note: The first level is the easiest and that means the last level/level nine is the hardest so keep trying.
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Burdette Chooses SUNY Albany
September 13, 2012 - Penn Yan defenseman, Jimmy Burdette recently announced his decision to play lacrosse at SUNY Albany after graduation his spring. A strong long-stick for the Mustangs, he is not afraid to race down-field and take a shot on goal.
Burdette had a busy summer, playing for his club team, SweetLax. He played in the Tri-State and the Summer Slam Tournaments and the Yale Bulldog Classic. His was a member of the Brine National All-America team and played in the John Pepper Memorial Tournament.
At Albany, he is expected to join a number of Section Five alumni, including Tyler Aycook (Pittsford), John Maloney (Victor), Blaze Riorden (Fairport) and Mitch Rupp (Victor).
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Lifetime movies list 2016
When a woman and her boyfriend are injured in a car crash, he is left with a leg injury which requires them to hire a nurse, but the woman they select is more trouble than she appears. Lifetime movies list, including all Lifetime Original movies and LMN films. Every Lifetime Network movie produced or distributed. Like a handsome, rich boyfriend turned evil after marriage, even Lifetime can surprise with a few legitimately good TV movies. It seems that after just 60 seconds of the. Check the Lifetime Movies show schedule and find out when your favorite shows are airing. Find cast bios, videos, and exclusive content on mylifetime.
Get exclusive Lifetime Movie content only on Lifetime. Tis the season for Lifetime to roll out a new batch of Christmas movies. See more ideas about Movies, Good movies and Thriller release date. And in true Lifetime network fashion, these biopic movies somehow manage to take the mundane "true stories" of pop culture phenomenons and turn them into. The Lifetime Movie Network has a notorious way of producing TV movies and shows that are, well, awesome. List of top and recent black african-american comedy, romance, drama films released on dvd, netflix and redbox in the United State, UK, Canada, Australia and around the world. Last night, the US cable channel Lifetime aired A Deadly Adoption, starring Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig. Their film is Angry Angel, and it stars.
While working with her trainer, she discovers a disturbing trend of former clients who have been murdered. When their mother announces her plans to remarry and sell the family estate, twin sisters Juliana and Deb have different reactions to the news. Friends are family that you choose to have for a lifetime. Grammy(R) and Tony(R) Award winner Idina Menzel (Frozen) and NAACP Image Award. There are plenty of movies to choose on Netflix, and if you know where to look, you can discover some classics. Here are some of the craziest films from the network that brought you The Unauthorized Full House Story and The Unauthorized Saved. Watch Recipe for a Perfect Christmas Trailer.
The network announced the premiere dates for two of its highly anticipated original movies, centering on Elizabeth Smart and Robert Durst, on Friday. The Lost Wife of Robert Durst, starring Daniel Gilles as Durst and Katharine McPhee, will premiere on Nov. Sometimes you want to curl up and watch a good domestic drama play out. These movies were all either produced or distributed by the Lifetime network. The channel known for its made-for-TV movies and reality series has secured two Emmy noms for its acclaimed drama series UnREAL, and one of them is a pretty huge.
To help you out, I went through my many, many reviews of. Offer is one of my favorite shopping sites. I felt like there was fire in my veins walking out of the cinema. To have such a range of women portrayed equally and beautifully was so uplifting. Women caring for each other, lifting each other and fighting hard for.
For the Love of Nancy – Tracey Gold plays a woman with anorexia.
I always get sad when her dad throws her bowl of lettuce off the table and barks at her. Lifetime Scary Movies List ❥ Lifetime Movies My Crazy ExKevon Ayala. The huge selection of movies available with just a few clicks can be overwhelming.
From a Joan Didion documentary to "The Meyerowitz Stories," here are our picks for the best films new to Netflix, plus a bunch that have been streaming for a while and are worth a watch. This list is continually updated to reflect recent Hulu offerings, as films are frequently added and removed based on availability. The streaming wars seem destined to rage on forever, which is great news for cinephiles eager to expand their horizons. Hulu, once merely a repository for network television, now.
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Melisa Bachman
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Melisa Bachman wont be on Nat Geo
Outdoor TV producer and host Melisa Bachman has been forced off the upcoming National Geographic Channel reality series “Ultimate Survivor Alaska,” the cable channel announced on Friday. What’s the reason? Well, it’s because Melisa Bachman is a hunter.
The channel said that Melisa Bachman will no longer be a participant in the new series after an online petition started by Tim Martell, a Florida resident, protesting her involvement went viral and it received more than 13,000 signatures in less than 24 hours.
Melisa Bachman received threats
Protests and threatened boycotts are nothing new. But things happen very fast these days, thanks to the instant clout of social media and the fact that corporate executives are quick to surrender to noisy internet rebellions for fear of having the online wrath transferred directly onto them.
After Nat Geo’s decision was announced, the hunting community soon began making its own voice heard.Field & Stream weighed in, pointing out the absurdity of a show dealing with survival in Alaska that somehow doesn’t include hunting.
Melisa BACHMAN GREW UP HUNTING
Melissa Bachman grew up hunting with her family in Minnesota. After earning her college degree, she became a producer for the “North American Hunter” program. She has traveled the world working on hunting shows and spends much of her free time in the field. Some have criticized her for not being a real hunter. This is off-base. She is the real deal and the successful effort to get her off this show was, in a sense, an attack on all who enjoy the sport and understand the significant contribution hunters make toward conservation.
The odds of getting Melisa Bachman back on “Ultimate Survivor Alaska” may not be great and one has to question how much reality could there be in this reality show. Still, we encourage hunters and those in our industry to make their voices heard. Contact the National Geographic Channel at comments@natgeochannel.com and let them know what you think. Why be quiet?
No matter what, we’re very sure that we have not heard the last of Melisa Bachman. Maybe this outburst and preemptive censorship will become the basis for her to play a starring role in a new and far better cable television program.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/05/melissa-bachman-forced-off-nat-geo%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98ultimate-survivor-alaska%e2%80%99-by-anti-hunting-activist-and-online-petition/#ixzz2HOqOcj2w Melisa Bachman is spelled with one l and 2 s’s.
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About Racial Profiling
The Chandler Police Department is committed to respectful and professional police service, in doing so while protecting the constitutional rights of all citizens in the performance of our duties. Our success is based on the respect we give to our citizens and those who visit our community. To this end, we shall exercise our sworn duties, responsibilities, and obligations in a manner that does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender, national origin, ethnicity, age, or religion. Allowing bias to influence enforcement efforts can lead to illegal arrests, searches, and detentions, thus thwarting the mission of our department. Most importantly, actions guided by bias destroy the trust and respect essential for our mission to succeed. We live and work in communities very diverse in population: respect for diversity and equitable enforcement of the law are essential to our mission. Racial Profiling and Racially Biased Policing will not be tolerated within the Chandler Police Department. This mindset is strictly enforced through department policy and mandated training.
Racial Profiling Defined
Racial profiling is defined by the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, (Art. 2.132) as a law enforcement-initiated action based on an individual' s race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than on the individual's behavior or on information identifying the individual as having engaged in criminal activity.
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The Chandler Police Department has mandated the use of mobile video and audio recording equipment for all police vehicles, including body-camera devices that are regularly used to make motor vehicle stops. The department policy dictates that recorded video remains archived concerning motor vehicle stops for a time period up to 25 months. Command staff randomly reviews these recordings no less than once every 90 days to ensure that officers are complying with department policies.
The Chandler Police Department collects statistical data from citations, warnings and recorded video regarding racial profiling as required by Legislature and by policy. This information is then compiled, analyzed, and submitted to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. A Racial Profiling report is also presented annually to the City Council of Chandler prior to March of every year.
Questions or complaints of racial profiling, as with other complaints against department personnel, may be lodged with Chief of Police Kalon Rollins or Lieutenant Chris Stanbery. Complaints may also be made by phone, the internet, or in person at the Chandler Police Department through the following avenues.
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Fourth Superannuation
Massive Brewery Expansion
In May of 2006, on the West Cumbrian Line from Ravenglass to Carlisle, a silly germ of an idea of opening an English Real Ale Pub and Brewery in a depressed logging town in the Oregon Cascades was born. On August 13, 2008, the Brewers Union Local 180 opened its door. It's now four years later and we're still here. Amazing.
I'm sitting here in the brewery knocking out a batch of stout and trying to let that fact sink in. Who woulda thunk that the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of 1929 would strike a few months after opening. There were many plot points in the last four years where I considered closing or moving. It was bleak. There was scarce trade at first. There was that late and lame winter and that wet spring that kept the mountain bikes off the trails until June. There's still that IRS lien that I've almost worked off. Long hours. No pay. The occasional negative review.
A line from an old Bruce Cockburn song just popped into my head, from "Fascist Architecture":
Bloody nose and burning eyes
Raised in laughter to the skies
Hah! They say it takes three to five years for a new business to become successful. I don't know what measure of success is referred to there, but in the worst of times and a tough town with an unknown product all I can say is we're still kicking. Even better, it looks like we're finally crossing a threshold. Production and consumption is up enough that we had, and were able to, buy more casks and complete a new cask cellar. New problems are arising, such as how to find time to brew and where to find staff as traffic increases in the pub. I've been thinking it might be time to hire a part time house manager. That sort of thing. And better yet, there are rumblings and murmurs along the lines of building another pub or two, maybe even in your small town. I think we are about 40,000 short in this state alone.
So, for today we are offering a special ale called "4th Superannuation Ale", and it will be a $3 Imperial Pint all day long. It's called an Oakridge Red Ale, since we invented the concept of adding a lot of hops to a strong red ale (Millennium, Chinook, Glacier and Armadillo). I think it might even be called a Red IPA or a Cascadian Red Ale now in the BJCP guidelines. Go figure.
Velky Al said...
Well done that man!!
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Slug It Out
45 record portrait of The Slugs as young men.
The Slugs have been involved with the Chicago music scene in one form or another for over two decades now. Like Frosty the Snowman, group members singer-guitarist Dag Juhlin, bassist-vocalist Greg Juhlin, and drummer Mike Halston sometimes go away for awhile, or appear in the form of another band like Poi Dog Pondering or The Goldstars, but as sure as Chicago turns cold in January, The Slugs have come back to us. There won’t be a parade downtown, but the band will be part of Pravda Records’ 25th Anniversary Bash at The Abbey Pub on Chicago’s northwest side on January 22nd.
The Slugs hadn’t signed on with Pravda yet when they released the 45 “Walking In Circles” b/w “Give Me A Sunday” on Susstones Records in 1986. The A side, with Dag Juhlin’s ringing guitar and rough hewn vocals, was similar to “Do Anything You Wanna Do” by Eddie & The Hot Rods, while the mid-tempo B side sounded like Elvis Costello.
The band’s full length debut, Non-Stop Holiday, released two years later on Pravda, was filled with high-energy power pop/punk gems like “Beat City,” “Big Red Naked Guitar,” and “Romeo Sings A Song.” The Slugs took some time to create a follow-up with Fort Fun in 1992, and it would be another eight years before the CD Junior came out. The Slugs dedicated Junior to Phil Bonnet, who had passed away shortly after co-producing the CD with them.
In my Illinois Entertainer review in 2000, I noted that Junior showcased Dag Juhlin’s continued growth as a songwriter. “Margaret” mixed acoustic and electric guitars in an energetic country-flavored arrangement while the even more adventurous “Little Rusty” incorporated wicked slide guitar into a hard-edged satire of a media-hyped rock star. “Slide” and “Neverland” found The Slugs in more familiar territory, cranking out high velocity pop songs with great melodies.
The Slugs promised on a recent promo video on Facebook that they would play all their fans’ favorites at the Pravda Anniversary Show at The Abbey. And you can’t complain about The Service, another veteran punk/power pop band who’ll be helping Pravda celebrate its anniversary. The Service’s keyboards player Kenn Goodman should be particularly happy to participate since he’s the label’s founder. Roots rock band Boom Hank, whose CDs include their debut Nuisance and the more recently released and oddly named Ishly Ghost Fly Your E & Y, will no doubt add to a rollicking night of fun.
Finally, congratulations to Pravda Records for its continued dedication to promoting indie rock talent. For 25 years, it’s given us not only The Slugs, The Service, and Boom Hank, but also artists like The Goldstars, New Duncan Imperials, Young Fresh Fellows, Susan Voelz, The Sleepers, The Farmers, and Cheer Accident.
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NHS consultation on children's cancer services
NHS England is currently consulting on plans to make changes to the way cancer services for children, teenagers and young adults are organised.
It’s a priority area in the NHS Long Term Plan with good reason.
Cancer services for children, teenagers and young adults are better than they have ever been and continue to improve – but we want to make them even better, particularly in three key areas.
Firstly, while survival rates are higher than they have ever been, we know we have further to go to match some other European countries.
Secondly, we know we need to ensure new clinical developments, such as genomic medicine and immunotherapy, are properly integrated into clinical pathways and multi-disciplinary teams so that every child, teenager and young adult is able to benefit from cutting-edge technologies, no matter where they live.
Thirdly, we want every child, teenager and young adult to have an excellent experience of care. At present, we don’t have consistent ways of capturing patient experience for this group, but what we do know suggests there are opportunities to do better.
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The consultation on proposed changes to the service specifications for children’s cancer services and teenager and young adults cancer services (TYA) went live on 5 June, and runs until 4 August 2019.
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Cape Cod Arraignments and Dispositions - March 21, 2012
ARTICLE | Court News | March 20, 2012 06:07 PM
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In court March 20, 2012
SHENK, Noah E, 37, 4 Kiley Ct, Provincetown; breaking & entering a building at nighttime for felonious purposes, amended to misdemeanor; assault & battery; disturbing the peace; disorderly conduct; vandalizing property, December 2 2011 in Provincetown. Guilty plea, all counts. Guilty finding, all counts, except disturbing the peace, dismissed; disorderly conduct, filed; vandalizing property, continued without a finding until March 20 2014. Breaking & entering, assault & battery, eighteen months house of correction, forty-five days credit, sixty days to be served on each count, concurrent; balance suspended until March 20 2014. Breaking & entering, assault & battery, disorderly conduct: probation until March 20 2014 on each count, concurrent.
YOUNG, Derrick J, 26, 32 Courtland Way, W. Yarmouth; breaking & entering a vehicle/boat at daytime for felonious purposes; larceny under $250 by single scheme, February 14 in Chatham. Pretrial conference scheduled for April 10. According to police reports, a resident came into the Chatham police station to report a theft. He had parked his 1995 red Chevy Blazer outside his place of employment. Shortly before 8 AM, the resident received a text message from his half-brother, Young, stating, "U shouldn't have left your wallet in your truck.lol" (sic). The resident was able to display the text message to police. He found eighty dollars missing from his wallet upon returning to the truck. Young was arrested.
COTTER, James P, 41, 85 Telegraph Rd, Dennisport; conspiracy to violate drug laws; Class B drug possession, July 30 2010 in Dennis. Final disposition: probation terminated. Defendant discharged.
MCDONNELL, Mark D, 48, 28 Knox Rd, Dennisport; violating an abuse prevention order, September 28 2011 in Dennis. Dismissed.
MCDONNELL, same. Violating an abuse prevention order, September 28 2011 in Dennis. Dismissed.
PASQUARIELLO, Melissa, 32, 22 Venture Way, S. Yarmouth; armed robbery; armed assault to rob; assault & battery with a dangerous weapon; assault with a dangerous weapon, July 3 2011 in Dennis. Nolle prosequi, all counts.
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BARON, Jesse, 23, 57 Jamie Lane, Falmouth; operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, speeding on March 19 in Falmouth. Hearing scheduled for April 26.
CANTONE, Ronald A, 18, 50 Meredith Drive, Falmouth; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (cup of ice), assault and battery, intimidation of a witness, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (chair) on March 19 in Falmouth. Hearing scheduled for April 26.
CHYTRUS, Sabria A, 20, 155 Onset Avenue, Onset; failure to stop/yield, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle on February 8 in Bourne. Hearing scheduled for May 29.
CURRAN, Laurel, 37, 503 Rockdale Ave, New Bedford; motor vehicle lights violation, operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended license on February 13 2012 in Bourne. Hearing scheduled for June 19 2012.
GUSTAFSON, Eric P, 39, 307 West Main Street, Hyannis; larceny by check over $250 on January 14 in Falmouth. Hearing scheduled for May 2.
HEWSON, Tyler J, 22, 364 East Falmouth Highway, Falmouth; assault and battery, intimidation of a witness, threatening to commit a crime on March 19 in Falmouth. Hearing scheduled for April 30.
WATSON, Deborah A, 52, 550 Teaticket Highway; Falmouth; unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of property damage on January 23 in Falmouth. Hearing scheduled for May 2.
WOJCIK, Brittany, 22, 184 Jones Road, Falmouth; uttering a false check, forgery of a check, larceny of a check on November 7 2011 in Falmouth. Hearing scheduled for May 2.
WOJCIK, Brittany, 22, 184 Jones Road, Falmouth; larceny by check under $250, uttering a false check, larceny of a check under $250 in Falmouth on December 5 2011 in Falmouth. Hearing scheduled for May 2.
BUCKMINSTER, Kyle T, 46, 9 Cherry Lane, South Grafton; two counts larceny over $250 by false pretense on March 17 2011 in Falmouth. Placed on probation until September 19.
COPELAND, Jeffrey L, 51 117 Old Plymouth Road, Sagamore; intimidation of a witness on May 27 2011 in Bourne. Dismissed.
COPELAND, Jeffrey L, 51 117 Old Plymouth Road, Sagamore; two counts assault and battery on May 26 2011 in Bourne. Dismissed.
DODGE, Joseph T, 45, 230 Bushee Road, Swansea; larceny over $250 on December 28 2011 in Bourne. Placed on probation until September 19.
HINDS, Jennifer M ,30, 57 Winthrop Drive, Falmouth; identity fraud on July 25 2011 in Falmouth. Placed on probation until March 18 2013.
MURPHY-BARROWS, Corey, 22, 70 Parsons Lane, Falmouth; assault and battery, assault with a dangerous weapon on August 23 2011 in Falmouth. Dismissed due to failure of witness to cooperate.
PAOLIN, Michael R, 12, 19 Blueberry Road, Buzzards Bay; larceny under $250, forgery of a check, two counts uttering a false check on November 14 2011 in Falmouth. Sentenced to 6-months house of correction, with 5 months to serve.
PARKS, Charles L, 60, 36 Tanglewood Drive, Falmouth; assault and battery, threatening to commit a crime on December 30 2011 in Falmouth. Accord and Satisfaction filed.
STROOPS, Chelsea C, 21, 54 Otis Trailer Park, Mashpee; operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended registration, uninsured motor vehicle. Dismissed.
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HS Soccer – Double OT
I went into this game expecting a blow out by Standley Lake. The Gators have had a great season so far. They were undefeated with a record of 7-0 going into this game and ranked 4th in the state. On the other side of the field, Pomona has been struggling this season. The Panthers came into this game with a 1-4 record, and not even in the top 100 in the state.
Standley Lake grabbed the early lead in the 11th minute of the first half, and was dominating, controlling the ball most of the first 40 minutes. In one of the few times Pomona got the ball down in front of the Gators goal, a weak shot was taken by a Panther and the slow roller, which appeared to just roll past the Gators goalkeeper in a moment of misfortune.
So the game was tied, the Panthers had adjusted their defense for the rest of the game and was able to keep the Gators out of the goal. The game was rough, with a lot of shoving and pushing as players battled for control of the ball. There is no love loss here. Arvada West and Ralston Valley combine with Pomona and Standley Lake for some good rivalries, but this Pomona and Lake game showed a lot of aggression. And it was not all their fault. A couple questionable offsides calls took the advantage away from Standley Lake. Tied at 1-1, the game went into overtime. In the first overtime, it appeared to everyone that Lake had the game won as a beautiful pass was sent down field as a forward for the Gators took off. Everyone, Pomona included, new this was a clean pass, and the ball sailed into the back of the net for the game winning goal, until the side official put his arm up calling a delayed offsides. Lake fans really let the officials have it, and while I have no direct ties to either school, I have to admit, from my vantage point (even with the official), Standley Lake was about 3 or 4 yards onside when the pass was made. Too bad. So, with that goal called back, we headed into a second overtime. 7 minutes into the second OT, Pomona floated a shot up into the air that sailed just over the fingertips of the Gators goalie that just missed the upper crossbar and hit the back of the net for the game winning goal. Pomona had just done the unthinkable and defeated the top ranked Gators and handed Standley Lake their first loss of the season.
Here is my 10 Shot from this exciting HS Soccer game.
September 23, 2013: Pomona Panthers senior Zack Eberl-Coe (3) is pushed from behind as he sets up for bicycle kick attempt in the game against the Standley Lake Gators at the NAAC in Arvada Monday night.
September 23, 2013: Pomona Panthers sophomore Luis Aguilar (13) fights to keep the ball in play in the game against the Standley Lake Gators at the NAAC in Arvada Monday night.
September 23, 2013: Pomona Panthers junior Marcello Laguera (14) and Standley Lake Gators senior Jake Belich (10) battle for control of the ball in the game at the NAAC in Arvada Monday night.
September 23, 2013: Pomona Panthers sophomore Luis Aguilar (13) has his kicked blocked in the game against the Standley Lake Gators at the NAAC in Arvada Monday night.
September 23, 2013: Standley Lake Gators sophomore Kyler Fowkes (2) grabs the arm of Pomona Panthers senior Tanner Osiecki (20) as they chase after the ball in the game against the Standley Lake Gators at the NAAC in Arvada Monday night.
September 23, 2013: Pomona Panthers freshman Matt Tinker (23) gets tangled up with Standley Lake Gators senior Jake Belich (10) in the game at the NAAC in Arvada Monday night.
September 23, 2013: Pomona Panthers junior Jake Semple (8) and Standley Lake Gators junior Cody Calcagno (18) chase after the ball in play in the game at the NAAC in Arvada Monday night.
September 23, 2013: Standley Lake Gators junior Cody Calcagno (18) chases after the ball in play in the game against the Pomona Panthers at the NAAC in Arvada Monday night.
September 23, 2013: Standley Lake Gators sophomore Kyle Iftodi (8) attempts to cross the ball in front of the goal past the leaping defense by Pomona Panthers senior Tanner Osiecki (20) in the game at the NAAC in Arvada Monday night.
September 23, 2013: Standley Lake Gators sophomore Kyle Iftodi (8) heads the ball in the game against the Pomona Panthers at the NAAC in Arvada Monday night.
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Linda Lenzke (March 2015)
IN THE FALL OF 2013, I attended my first informational meeting about intentionally-welcoming, LGBT-and senior-friendly cohousing at Union Corners hosted by John Steines, community activist, artist, and member of the Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahara (SASY) Neighborhood Association, and Caroline Werner, a retired social worker and case manager for Dane County seniors, and an LGBT Senior Advocate for OutReach, Madison’s LGBT Community Center. Both were volunteering their time, energy, and passion for cohousing, not in their of official capacities, but as heartfelt commitments on behalf of our LGBT and senior communities.
As I visualized my future as an LGBT senior living in Madison and aging, I imagined residing in a community of like-minded individuals committed to mutual support and fellowship, while we shared spaces to congregate, celebrate, recreate, and collaborate. I would also need a private, personal space—a room or home of my own. I’d live in a vibrant neighborhood that celebrated diversity and progressive values. This dream may soon become a reality.
Union Corners is a mixed-use project in development by Gorman & Company on East Washington Avenue at the former Rayovac (French Battery) site. I joined others who shared this dream, many of whom were Madison eastsiders and possessed a history and connection to the site; we expanded our vision for the project and formed Madison East Side Co-Housing (MESCoH), a not-for-pro t corporation.
WHAT IS COHOUSING?
Cohousing is a type of collaborative housing in which residents actively participate in the design and management of their own neighborhoods. At the core of cohousing—more precisely, at the heart of the community—members dream, shape, and determine how and where they want to live, both individually and together. They decide what their common spaces will be, delineate their shared values, and lastly decide how their community will be managed and maintained. A cohousing community is a family of sorts—a chosen family—one with equal rights and responsibilities.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF COHOUSING
The modern theory of cohousing originated in Denmark in the 1960s by families dissatis ed with existing housing and communities that they felt did not meet their needs. The Danish term bofællesskab (living community) was introduced to North America as cohousing by two American architects, Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett, who co-wrote the book, Creating Cohousing. Durrett’s second book is The Senior Cohousing Handbook. The rst community in the United States to be designed, constructed, and occupied specically for co- housing was Muir Commons in Davis, California.
COHOUSING IN MADISON
Madison is home to thriving cohousing communities:
VILLAGE COHOUSING COMMUNITY is Madison’s first cohousing project. It is located on Mound, S. Mills Street, and St. James Court in the Greenbush neighborhood and includes 18 units in all, 15 in three newly- constructed buildings and three in two existing houses.
ARBORETUM COHOUSING located on Erin Street near St. Mary’s Hospital includes new homes in two multi-family buildings, rehabbed townhouse homes, a duplex built by Habitat for Humanity, and existing single-family homes.
• TROYGARDENS is an award-winning 31-acre project on the Northside of Madison which combines community gardens, a working CSA farm, a restored prairie, and a 30 home mixed-income cohousing community.
COHOUSING AT UNION CORNERS
Cohousing is planned for the lower triangle of the Union Corners project, adjacent to existing residential neighbors to the south
and bordering Winnebago Street to the north. Madison East Side Co-Housing (MESCoH) is planning the Sister West building, a three-story, multi-family cohousing community featuring studio, one, two, and three bedroom condo-style units totaling 35 to 40 units, shared indoor and outdoor common spaces, and underground parking. A second cohousing group, Sister East, sponsored by Design Coalition, Inc., and Design Coalition Institute is envisioning a community mix of town- house and apartment-type units. Both projects will include a variety of privately-owned units and commonly-owned amenities.
Gorman & Company reached an agreement with the City of Madison to develop the 11.4-acre site at East Washington Avenue and Milwaukee Street. The project includes Phase 1, a UW Health Clinic which will break ground in spring 2015, followed next by Phases 2–3, four to six story buildings that include a grocery store, Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, affordable and market rate housing projected to break ground in 2015–2016, followed by Phase 4, two cohousing communities in the lower triangle, retail and work/live spaces, community gardens, pedestrian path, and outdoor public spaces. Phase 5 will be the redevelopment of the former sales of ce for the failed Union Corners Condominium project by McGrath & Associates on East Washington Avenue.
MESCOH’S VISION
MESCoH has been meeting for almost 18 months, collaborating with cohousing partners including Design Coalition, Inc., Design Coalition Institute, Arboretum Cohousing (ARBCO), SASY Neighborhood Association, alders, Gorman & Company, project development consultants, city plan- ning and design commissions, architects, and mortgage lenders
We’ve hosted informational coffees, co-hosted workshops, a “blue sky” vision re- treat, tours of ARBCO, and created a number of work groups. We’ve expanded our vision for the community, which is a continuing, creative process as new members join. Follow- ing is our preliminary vision, expanding the initial LGBT– and senior-friendly intention to include our intention of creating a diverse, intergenerational, and affordable community:
Madison East Side Co-Housing (MESCoH) is a group of individuals seeking to establish, design and create an intentional community of homes and common spaces on the East Side of Madison at Union Corners, based on the co-housing model. Members of MESCoH have expressed interest in such features as green building, walkable neighborhoods, community gardens, outdoor common areas, and street design featuring traffic calming.
MESCoH invites like-minded individuals with shared values and a commitment to participatory decision-making to join us as we develop our vision and mission statement and move forward to create a welcoming and diverse community that is affordable, inter- generational, LGBTQ and senior-friendly, and dedicated to preserving the quality of life and vibrancy of our east side neighborhood.
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Mondo Marvel #16 - September 1963
Chris Kiser
Columns, Mondo Marvel
On "Batman: Zero Year" and Life During War Time
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SUNDAY SLUGFEST: Fantastic Four #600
Reviews, Slugfest
Chris Kiser:
Danny Djeljosevic:
Jamil Scalese:
Chris: Well, here we are — the long-awaited 600th issue of Fantastic Four. Kinda. Given all the marketing tricks DC and Marvel play with numbering nowadays, I think it's fair to say that we've entered an era where the digits on a book's cover are essentially meaningless. What does matter is the fact that this is a huge comic — both metaphorically with regard to its significance and literally in terms of its actual page count. And all of its hundred pages are absolutely amazing. I've been following Hickman's Fantastic Four/FF run since the beginning, and I would propose that this issue is one of the best two or three of the bunch.
Danny: The $7.99 price tag is pretty daunting, but damn if Fantastic Four #600 isn't the best eight bucks you'll spend on a comic book this year. Often these anniversary issues are full of borderline fill-in BS by creators who just happened to be available to write a story about whatever iconic character is having an arbitrary anniversary, but here all the stories are relevant, and the talent in this book is staggering.
Jamil: Agreed, this book is chock full of great content. My first surprise came on the credits page when I discovered Hickman was the lone writer of these 100 pages. As you said, Danny, too many times nonessentials and reprints litter these numerical celebration issues, but Fantastic Four #600 breaks an ugly trend with a pair of phenomenal full-length stories and a host of backup stories that actually tied into the writer's overall vision.
Chris: A couple of the shorter chapters toward the end of the issue aren't quite as crucial as the longer segments, but they're still pretty solid, and chances are that they're setting up for major developments yet to come. Of course, given that this is Hickman, it could take a while (I'm still not sure we've seen any planted seeds come to fruition yet in S.H.I.E.L.D.). But the fact that Hickman plays the long game is exactly what I loved about this issue — it's the payoff for a whole Fantasticar load of plot threads that have been sewn throughout the past year.
Danny: I love how Hickman never half-asses his stories. He writes big and he has a confidence that keeps himself from blowing his wad too early. This issue has pretty much everything Hickman's been working with so far in his Fantastic Four/FF run: the Inhumans, the Kree, the Future Foundation kids, Doctor Doom, Nathaniel Richards, the Reeds, Annihilus and even Galactus. Appropriately, a lot of those elements are ingrained in the Fantastic Four mythos, and thus perfect fodder for a 50th Anniversary issue.
Jamil: Personally, this is my first foray into Fantastic Four. I've always respected them and enjoy the individual characters, but it took the hoopla of Hickman's intense scripts and busy subplots to get me on board. I only began reading with FF #1 and have sometimes complained that there was a little too much going on for a new reader. However, this issue takes all of the swirling threads and weaves them into something magical. It kind of sucks when something is so good it immediately makes everything around it pale by comparison. There is no excuse our favorite comics and heroes can't exist in more a plot-heavy, cohesive format.
Chris: The way in which all of that comes together is reminiscent of one of the other great issues of the Hickman tenure — the one where Johnny Storm died. In that story, a bunch of disparate subplots all came to a simultaneous climax that created an enormous, nearly crushing threat to the team. And I have to think that it's no coincidence that Hickman is referencing that moment here because… well, do either of you want to be the one to bring it up first?
Danny: Johnny's baaaaack! The return of the Human Torch is probably eliciting groans from readers who forget about the inherent cyclical nature of life and death that dominates superhero comics (yeah, of course he's coming back), but Hickman takes what seemed like a publicity stunt (thanks to slow news days and black polybags) and made it an actual story. And the gruesome details of Johnny Storm's resurrection, depicted in the Carmine Di Giandomenico-illustrated second story of the book, definitely earn the return in a way that few resurrection stories can achieve.
Jamil: The death of Johnny lit the figurative fire under my ass to get me into Marvel's First Family, and his return serves as one of the best rebirths I've ever read. Let me put it this way — when I finished "Whatever Happened to Johnny Storm,"
I wasn't left thinking about the convenience of his return, I was fascinated of the utility of it. The story took the now formulaic "hero's death and return" and made an extremely enthralling tale out of it.
Chris: I'm pretty much ready to anoint Johnny as one of my favorite superheroes after all this. The story of his self-sacrificial death was truly touching, and this tale of his steely resolve amidst the hells of the Negative Zone made me want to stand up and cheer by the end. Di Giandomenico's depiction of Johnny's ordeals caused me to squirm more than once, so he deserves his share of the credit along with Hickman. For decades, the default characterization of the Human Torch has been as the immature, irresponsible member of the team, and I'm not sure writers are going to be able to get away with portraying him that way anymore.
Danny: Johnny's always been a fun and welcome part of the team, but after this story I'm really excited to see how Hickman writes him. I'm expecting the rest of the FF to be really surprised at how the Human Torch acts from here on in. Di Giandomenico killed it in this chapter, by the way. He nails the horror of Johnny's constant resurrections and the chaotic atmosphere of the Negative Zone. And, my god, those ominous fade-ins and hallucinations? Dude's getting better every time he shows up in a Marvel comic.
Jamil: In terms of art and story it was definitely my favorite piece in the book and I also am excited to see how the new Torch functions in the new FF. I've always been a bit annoyed by the prankster version of the character and have really enjoyed the recent maturity over the past decade or so. Still, you can definitely perceive even more change in Mr. Storm during the course of the Di Giandomenico story. I've never questioned his heroism, but certain warrior qualities rose to the surface and climaxed with his scrambling battle with Annihilus for the Cosmic Control Rod (another great scene by the art team, by the way). I also really enjoyed the way the armored bug looked too, since Epting's version kind of looks like a mini-Ultron.
Chris: We've all focused on Di Giandomenico, probably because he's the "guest" artist who gets the highest page count, but I definitely don't want to take Steve Epting for granted. After being initially unsure whether his grounded style was well suited to such a sci-fi heavy series, I actually find myself getting pretty disappointed whenever an issue comes out that he's not on. The art is pretty solid in the shorter segments as well, the most notable of which is Farel Dalrymple's storybook-like illustrations in the quirky feature starring Franklin and Leech. That segment is a fun, non-literal series recap/sneak peek at things to come, and it's a great way to end the book.
Danny: Steve Epting gets overshadowed because his style isn't particularly "in your face," but he should be about as beloved as his style-cousin Bryan Hitch if there was any justice in the world. Hickman and the editors of the book (Jon Dening, Lauren Sankovitch and Tom Brevoort) lined up some amazing talent for this issue. Leinil Francis Yu, who did the Galactus story, has really turned into someone to watch in the ten years since I saw his art in the New X-Men 2001 Annual. I'm begging to see him take on a really weird project one of these days. I think he could draw some amazing images, if that naked Galactus sequence is any indication. For me the big winner of the backup stories is Ming Doyle, whose style is awesomely expressive. I'm enamored with the bottom panel from the first page of the story, where Medusa's eyes are just darting to her left. Doyle's figure work isn't photorealistic by any stretch, but she captures a truthful perfection in that moment in particular. Then there's the telepathic conversation sequence, holy crap — the photonegative-esque image of Black Bolt is just lovely. To cap the issue off, the Farel Dalrymple story does an amazing job of tapping into that bizarre childlike territory of Dalyrmple's Omega the Unknown 2007 while still working as a Fantastic Four-related piece. Kudos to Marvel for not just relegating awesome artists to low-selling fringe comics.
Jamil: The art across the board is fantastic and extremely diverse. I thought the FF-central story "Forever" was some of Epting's best in the run, and I also loved the scratchy vision of the Inhumans from Doyle. "Black Queen" was possibly the weakest of a very strong gathering of stories, but I loved Hickman's ongoing depiction of Black Bolt. His portrayal of the character as a straight shooter jives nicely with the fact that the man has had to choose his words very carefully throughout his life. I also ate up the Galactus story and how it nicely tied into Matt Fraction's first arc in The Mighty Thor. Pretty cool for a backup story. Plus, Reed gets a machine that can summon Galuctus on command. That's like the equivalent of getting a free Mighty Eagle in Angry Birds. Mr. Fantastic can basically end any disagreement with anyone from Doom to Sue with a brandishing of the Arc and a stern look. Awesomeness.
Chris: I liked the Inhumans short if for no other reason than that it served to confirm that Black Bolt isn't going to be a total D-bag to Medusa with regard to the whole multiple wives thing. I guess I'm just a romantic at heart. I'm sure I'm falling short in describing exactly how much I loved this comic, but I'll keep trying to do my best. It's absurd how excited I am to read the next part of this epic Hickman has been constructing, so it's a good thing that FF #12 comes out this week. Too bad my shop isn't getting its books until Thursday.
Danny: Fantastic Four #600 is seriously the best 100 pages of superhero comics you'll read this year. Hell, it's probably one of the best anniversary issues ever — one that looks to the future instead of wallowing in its prior achievements. If I were on the fence about Hickman or his Fantastic Four run thus far (both won me over long ago), this would have destroyed the fence by crashing a spaceship into it.
Raised on a steady diet of Super Powers action figures and Adam West Batman reruns, Chris Kiser now writes for Comics Bulletin. He once reviewed every tie
-in to a major DC Comics summer event and survived to tell the tale. Ask him about it on Twitter, where he can be found at @Chris_Kiser!
Danny Djeljosevic is a comic book creator, award-winning filmmaker (assuming you have absolutely no follow-up questions), film/music critic for Spectrum Culture and Co-Managing Editor of Comics Bulletin. Follow him on Twitter at @djeljosevic or find him somewhere in San Diego, often wearing a hat. Read his comic, "Sgt. Death and his Metachromatic Men," over at Champion City Comics and check out his other comics at his Tumblr, Sequential Fuckery.
Jamil Scalese is just like you — an avid comics fan and lover of sequential art. Residing in Pittsburgh, PA, he is an unapologetic Deadpool fan, lover of the Food Network and proud member of Steelers Nation.
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Danny Djeljosevic is a comic book creator, award-winning filmmaker (assuming you have absolutely no follow-up questions), film/music critic for Spectrum Culture and Co-Managing Editor of Comics Bulletin. Follow him on Twitter at @djeljosevic or find him somewhere in San Diego, often wearing a hat. Read his comic with Mike Prezzato, "Sgt. Death and his Metachromatic Men," over at Champion City Comics and check out his other comics at his Tumblr, Sequential Fuckery. His webcomic The Ghost Engine, with artist Eric Zawadzki, updates twice a week.
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Betting on the future, pt2: Why pharmacists are doomed
Posted by: Keith
Filed under: careers, education, future
In part 2 we explore why pharmacists are doomed in the 21st-century and in doing so get some clues for how to predict if a career is likely to survive the coming decades.
Previous: Part 1: Career guidance is more valuable than Huck Finn
Pharmacists are doomed. Well, at least in the United States. Rather than take my word for it, take a look at an article that was just published by Slate's primary technology writer, Farhad Manjoo: "Will robots steal your job?"
In it Manjoo argues that "Pharmacists will be some of the first highly skilled professionals who'll lose their jobs to machines." What I thought would be 5-10 years down the line already seems to be here; the pharmacists that he interviewed said "that the computers keep getting better, and that today's best robotic pharmacists are faster and less prone to error than the best human pharmacists." Whatever technology hurdles there are--hardware pill picking robots; reliable, exhaustive drug interaction databases--seem to have already been solved.
What is it about pharmacy or any other profession that makes it vulnerable? Manjoo articulates the factors quite well:
The fundamental problem, for pharmacists, is that their jobs are marked by insufferable repetition. This should serve as a lesson for every professional in America. If you're wondering whether your career is under threat from robots, think about what you do every day. Machines excel at doing small routines over and over and over again. Anyplace where you find humans engaged in repetitive tasks—even if those tasks aren't all physical, and sometimes require deep intellectual problem-solving skills—there's a fair chance they'll be replaced by computers.
Also think about economics. Pharmacists are paid extremely well--"in 2010, the median salary for an American pharmacist was $111,000"--partially because of the extensive schooling it takes to become a pharmacist. It requires an undergrad degree in Pharmacy or Chemistry and an additional four years to complete a Pharm.D. And every pharmacy in America requires at least one pharmacist to be on staff. Pharmacy robots will surely be expensive. But if a $500k robot can replace two pharmacists, it'll earn back its value in less than two and a half years. And those robots will continue to get cheaper. Pharmacists won't.
And speaking of all that education, isn't that what creates this enormous $111k/year value for the pharmacist? I mean after all that schooling, they really are highly-trained experts with invaluable knowledge, right?
In theory, yes, but the unfortunate reality is:
I asked several pharmacists to estimate how much medical judgment was involved in [their job]. They all said the same thing: not a lot. [...] Pharmacists spend these years learning about the deep connections between pharmaceuticals and human biology. But when a pharmacist gets into the workplace, she jettisons most of that training and instead spends her days on more menial tasks.
It takes a lot of value to justify a $111,000 salary. But if the job largely consists of "menial tasks," then that salary is not justified, regardless of the employee's level of education. Economics just doesn't work that way; the market will find a way to remove that inefficiency.
So if there are already pharmacy robots doing a decent job, why do the Targets of the world keep paying pharmacists such high salaries? It turns out that
"Most pharmacists are employed only because the law says that there has to be a pharmacist present to dispense drugs," one pharmacist told me. In other words it's not the pharmacists' skills that will keep them employed—it's the fact that the humans have good unions, and good lobbyists. Once the law catches up to the reality of robot superiority, the humans will be out on the street.
So it's Federal regulation that's preventing the wholesale replacement of pharmacists. With seniors unable to afford their prescriptions, Medicare liabilities soaring, and big businesses like Target and Walmart watching their bottom lines, who do you think is going to win this fight? If robot pharmacists reduce drug costs by passing efficiencies and savings on to consumers, what politician in his right mind is going to side with obsolete, expensive pharmacists?
Those Federal regulations will go away--and soon. And as soon as they do, pharmacists' days will be numbered.
Now let's consider an alternative. What if the public is wary of these machines and insists that a trained expert continue to oversee the process. Fine, but does that person really need to be physically present when you pick up your pills? India can train pharmacists just as well as we can, but Target can pay an Indian pharmacist a fraction of what they have to pay an American pharmacist. 21st-century technology makes telepharmacy trivial to implement. You could even videoconference directly with your Indian pharmacist from your Walmart in, say, Baton Rouge, LA.
The moral of the story is...
Education and advanced degrees do not guarantee a safe career path in the 21st-century. Pharmacists look great on paper now but shouldn't we already suspect that something is fishy? Get paid $111,000 to dispense pills at Target? It's a deal that's too good to be true, even after you factor in the four years of graduate study required.
There has to be real, deep value in the work you do. And that work has to be safe from both automation and outsourcing overseas if your job is to survive the evolution of industry in the next 10-15 years. Pharmacy is vulnerable to both automation and outsourcing.
So is accounting. For years I used TurboTax for my tax filings. That's automation. As for outsourcing, well, I eventualy ditched TurboTax and mailed my documents to an accountant I never met in person or even talked to on the phone. Accounting doesn't need to be a face-to-face transaction. And that means it can be outsourced. In 2003 "about 20,000" US tax returns were prepared in India. A 2006 estimate put that number at 1.6 million this year. What will that number be by 2015? By 2020?
The world is constantly changing. The stable careers of yore are no longer safe guarantees. It's not enough to just get our kids into college; we need to set them up for success after college and well into their professional lives. And, needless to say, you can't have professional success if your chosen profession ceases to exist.
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I learned something today
According to this calculator, I could drink 126.71 cups of Instant Coffee (in one sitting) before dying. Haha. Still safe.
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"The brain appears to possess a special area which we might call poetic memory and which records everything that charms or touches us, that makes our lives beautiful."
- Milan Kundera
excerpts from an Aaron Sorkin interview
from: http://www.hollywoodlitsales.com/cf/journal/dspJournal.cfm?intID=2720
Or more accurately, Sorkin caught the dialogue bug, since he doesn't have near as much fun writing plot: "I don't have stories to tell...I'm not one of these guys who grew up around the campfire saying let me tell you another one, I got a million of them." Despite his award-winning career, Sorkin says, "It's a terrible struggle for me devising an intention and an obstacle that I feel holds water and that's interesting. I would much rather blather on [with dialogue]."
> I can relate! Ganito din ako. Bobo talaga ako sa plot things! At favorite ko ang pagsusulat ng dialogue, kaya ansakit gumawa ng treatment lang, yung wala pang dialogue. It's usually the last thing being put on the script.
"Sorkin doesn't speak into a tape recorder to get the rhythm of his trademark dialogue down, either. Sorkin: "I tried doing that but I can't. When I tried using a tape player, when I tried dictating I'd freeze up immediately. It's walking around talking to myself, it's being in the car and talking to myself." Indeed, Sorkin seems practically a Mennonite when it comes to technology: "The problem I have with these new-fangled computers is that they don't make a good sound...The [clacking] sound a typewriter made you felt like you were working, felt like you were doing a day's work."
> That's why I love this laptop! The keys are clunky enough to make a sound.
Sorkin soon learned from fellow screenwriter William Goldman to "screw the format" -- don't worry about camera angles, tracking shots and close-ups, just write a script that hooks a reader on an emotional, page-turning level. Unless that happens, all the camera angleSo "Men"'s director Rob Reiner taught Sorkin how to do the "walk and talk" -- the characters would get out large blocks of dialogue while moving from room to hallway to parking lot, usually in one long Steadicam shot. This allowed Sorkin to keep his lines without sacrificing visual energy, and is something he used quite frequently on "The West Wing".s in the world won't save it.
> I say, screw the process too! Hahaha write all the dialogues that pass through your head :)) Edit later.
Sorkin "also like[s] description to take as much time for the reader as it's going to take to happen onscreen". If a woman storms into a room and storms back out again, Sorkin says, "I'm not going to describe what she's wearing. It couldn't be less important." Pace and flow trump those kinds of details.
> Makes sense! Wardrobe kayo na bahala dyan hahaha.
So "Men"'s director Rob Reiner taught Sorkin how to do the "walk and talk" -- the characters would get out large blocks of dialogue while moving from room to hallway to parking lot, usually in one long Steadicam shot. This allowed Sorkin to keep his lines without sacrificing visual energy, and is something he used quite frequently on "The West Wing".
> Gusto ko rin mag Walk and Talk!
Nevertheless, Sorkin admits, "Writing something well, writing something that people like, that's funny or good or emotional, it's my only means of showing off. And that's something I like to do. And so if I have an idea for something I want it to get on paper as quickly as possible so I can show it to people as quickly as I can and get that affection I so crave from strangers." So if you're looking for love, get out there and write -- I know I will!
> I love that! Kind of feel that way myself.
Kay Joss Whedon naman
Joss Whedon's Top 10 Writing Tips
Here's Joss Whedon's Top 10 Writing Tips, which was initially published in Channel 4's talent magazine by Catherine Bray, who has kindly given me permission to reproduce the article in full here. Thanks, Catherine!
(If you are visiting this blog solely via this article, you may want to check current posts & updates here; news & info about the UK scriptwriting scene).
“Joss Whedon is most famous for creating Buffy the Vampire Slayer, its spin-off Angel and the short-lived but much-loved Firefly series. But the writer and director has also worked unseen as a script doctor on movies ranging from Speed to Toy Story. Here, he shares his tips on the art of screenwriting.
1. FINISH IT
Actually finishing it is what I’m gonna put in as step one. You may laugh at this, but it’s true. I have so many friends who have written two-thirds of a screenplay, and then re-written it for about three years. Finishing a screenplay is first of all truly difficult, and secondly really liberating. Even if it’s not perfect, even if you know you’re gonna have to go back into it, type to the end. You have to have a little closure.
> Tama! Ansaya ng feeling pag nakatapos.
Structure means knowing where you’re going; making sure you don’t meander about. Some great films have been made by meandering people, like Terrence Malick and Robert Altman, but it’s not as well done today and I don’t recommend it. I’m a structure nut. I actually make charts. Where are the jokes? The thrills? The romance? Who knows what, and when? You need these things to happen at the right times, and that’s what you build your structure around: the way you want your audience to feel. Charts, graphs, coloured pens, anything that means you don’t go in blind is useful.
> OK, go try mo to. The way you want your audience to feel, huh. Challenging.
3. HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY
This really should be number one. Even if you’re writing a Die Hard rip-off, have something to say about Die Hard rip-offs. The number of movies that are not about what they purport to be about is staggering. It’s rare, especially in genres, to find a movie with an idea and not just, ‘This’ll lead to many fine set-pieces’. The Island evolves into a car-chase movie, and the moments of joy are when they have clone moments and you say, ‘What does it feel like to be those guys?’
4. EVERYBODY HAS A REASON TO LIVE
Everybody has a perspective. Everybody in your scene, including the thug flanking your bad guy, has a reason. They have their own voice, their own identity, their own history. If anyone speaks in such a way that they’re just setting up the next person’s lines, then you don’t get dialogue: you get soundbites. Not everybody has to be funny; not everybody has to be cute; not everybody has to be delightful, and not everybody has to speak, but if you don’t know who everybody is and why they’re there, why they’re feeling what they’re feeling and why they’re doing what they’re doing, then you’re in trouble.
> Uh oh. eto ata ang problema ko. I don't write dialogues pala, I write soundbites. :o Must avoid
5. CUT WHAT YOU LOVE
Here’s one trick that I learned early on. If something isn’t working, if you have a story that you’ve built and it’s blocked and you can’t figure it out, take your favourite scene, or your very best idea or set-piece, and cut it. It’s brutal, but sometimes inevitable. That thing may find its way back in, but cutting it is usually an enormously freeing exercise.
> Yes, like all cutting. Haha. Bye carillon scene?
When I’ve been hired as a script doctor, it’s usually because someone else can’t get it through to the next level. It’s true that writers are replaced when executives don’t know what else to do, and that’s terrible, but the fact of the matter is that for most of the screenplays I’ve worked on, I’ve been needed, whether or not I’ve been allowed to do anything good. Often someone’s just got locked, they’ve ossified, they’re so stuck in their heads that they can’t see the people around them. It’s very important to know when to stick to your guns, but it’s also very important to listen to absolutely everybody. The stupidest person in the room might have the best idea.
7. TRACK THE AUDIENCE MOOD
You have one goal: to connect with your audience. Therefore, you must track what your audience is feeling at all times. One of the biggest problems I face when watching other people’s movies is I’ll say, ‘This part confuses me’, or whatever, and they’ll say, ‘What I’m intending to say is this’, and they’ll go on about their intentions. None of this has anything to do with my experience as an audience member. Think in terms of what audiences think. They go to the theatre, and they either notice that their butts are numb, or they don’t. If you’re doing your job right, they don’t. People think of studio test screenings as terrible, and that’s because a lot of studios are pretty stupid about it. They panic and re-shoot, or they go, ‘Gee, Brazil can’t have an unhappy ending,’ and that’s the horror story. But it can make a lot of sense.
8. WRITE LIKE A MOVIE
Write the movie as much as you can. If something is lush and extensive, you can describe it glowingly; if something isn’t that important, just get past it tersely. Let the read feel like the movie; it does a lot of the work for you, for the director, and for the executives who go, ‘What will this be like when we put it on its feet?’
> Hmm, magkaiba sila ni Aaron Sorkin ng approach no? But what is important is that it works. Also, i think that because Aaron is heavily involved in the whole production process anyway, mas keri niyang maging direct to the point.
9. DON’T LISTEN
Having given the advice about listening, I have to give the opposite advice, because ultimately the best work comes when somebody’s fucked the system; done the unexpected and let their own personal voice into the machine that is moviemaking. Choose your battles. You wouldn’t get Paul Thomas Anderson, or Wes Anderson, or any of these guys if all moviemaking was completely cookie-cutter. But the process drives you in that direction; it’s a homogenising process, and you have to fight that a bit. There was a point while we were making Firefly when I asked the network not to pick it up: they’d started talking about a different show.
>Choose your battles. Great advice.
10. DON’T SELL OUT
The first penny I ever earned, I saved. Then I made sure that I never had to take a job just because I needed to. I still needed jobs of course, but I was able to take ones that I loved. When I say that includes Waterworld, people scratch their heads, but it’s a wonderful idea for a movie. Anything can be good. Even Last Action Hero could’ve been good. There’s an idea somewhere in almost any movie: if you can find something that you love, then you can do it. If you can’t, it doesn’t matter how skilful you are: that’s called whoring.”
> Aw. Ayun naman e, pareho sila ni Aaron. At ng nanay ko, for that matter, haha. It all comes down to love. It never gets old.
from: http://dannystack.blogspot.com/2009/01/joss-whedons-top-10-writing-tips.html
Sabi na e. Help me God :(
On this day of your life, Bea, we believe God wants you to know ... that you cannot free yourself from a problem by shutting your eyes to it.
To free yourself from a problem you have to acknowledge it and face it with your eyes and heart open.
Gusto ko nalang manood ng movies :((
andami ko pang nasa hd. :( buuuut i can't that's sosad yes? fackyough thesisse!
Fall in love with your characters :)
shoot thesis or die trying mode
Nakikinita ko nang magshushoot ako. GAME ON GAME ON GAME ON!!!!!! :D
"as the water rises, so must the boat."
Posted by chronicwind on March 10, 2011 at 12:04 AM | catch a feather
Bye sleep.
You will be sorely missed.
ok naeexcite na ko hahaha iloveth!!!
This might just work :)
Thank you God!!!
I owe it all to you. ♥
Ask and you shall receive nga naman. A hundred times better than what you asked for!
YAHOOO!
Kinikitaan ko na ng kinabukasan tong script na to. :D :D :D
Grabe Ikaw lang po talaga ang sagot. ♥
Celtx you're a Godsend!
So apparently, not.
Tatawa nalang ako.
Posted by chronicwind on March 11, 2011 at 08:57 PM | catch a feather
ano na ano na ano na!!!!!!!
hahhaha nahahyper ako.
kelangan ko na matulog please?
but mind's awake
Nakakastrike-3 na po ako but I must impose on your understanding once more.
Let me, please? :(
Currently feeling: scared, nakakaiyak.
So it isn't what it was before.
Why should it be?
Who is this Rebecca Black and what is her relation to Sirius Black?
Oh. How... perceptive of her. :))
Out of this rut. Soon.
One week from now is our their defense.
I'm so happy for them, but
this is so depressing. :(
That i feel I don't have any friends. That I'm such a loser. That I am useless, worthless, Not Deserving.
of Life. Particularly, this life.
Ayoko na.
Posted by chronicwind on March 18, 2011 at 01:17 AM | 3 caught a feather
AAAAAHHH INGGIT AKO INGGIT AKO INGGIT AKO
Sa trailers. Sa posters. Sa mga taong gagraduate!!!
Ok, i brought this upon myself, now I have to live with it.
UGH I just hope it's worth it!
There's no company like family. :) I love them to bits!
My parents are in the living room. Tatay is playing One Tin Soldier on the guitar, while my Nanay sings along. Beautiful.
direksyon! kelangan ko ng direksyon.
So much happiness! I could not have a better family. Thank you po!
mnl - cdo
cdo - mnl
Cebupac seat sale
Ayoko na, nadedepress lang ako. Time for some Jane Austen!
Do not yell. At all. NASAAN NA ANG MANNERS. REGENCY FAIL
Nakakainis yung pagkafail ng aking propriety. Sorry hindi ako makaget over. Also, must really be more alive! Ampangit na ng aura ko. Aura? hahaha. Pero seriously! Fall in love fall in love fall in love!
Wow grabe. Grabe na talaga ang kaadikang ito!!!
NAKAKASUKA.
"JAN JAN I LOVE YOU!!! walang masama sa iyong ginawa! naghahanap buhay ka lang! wala lang silang magawa kaya binabatikos nila si willy! inggetero sila." from: http://www.betterphilippines.com/righteous-indignation/willing-willie-jan-jan-controversy-or-why-philippine-tv-sucks/
Comments like this make me cry more. WHAT HAVE WE DEGRADED INTO!
Paano ba. Paano bumangon.
Those who can afford to help, find it the easiest not to.
GET. A. MOVE. ON!
All those Ark musik autotuned viral musicvideos on youtube featuring underaged wanna-bes have saturated me to a point. Maria Aragon you're a breath of fresh air.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7yWHd5y_hg
Grabe. Award talaga ng procrastination skills ko.
I am so scared.
Thanks to you, Future.
What does it take to be great?
So I just read Roger Ebert's review on a movie I just reviewed, and it is SO MUCH MORE FULL of substance and wit and analysis comopared to mine, that I just feel so bobo. More than four years in film school and that's all I can come up with? It's not only stupid, but also Very Sad Indeed.
Currently feeling: haay.
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WHAT ARE THE LIMITS OF CREATIVITY?
Posted on September 29, 2010 by Dave Trott
A while back, my wife and I were flicking through TV channels.
We stopped at a programme about Venice Beach, LA.
I used to like Venice Beach.
There were always new, interesting things happening.
It was where Chiat Day used Frank Gehry to design their HQ.
A massive pair of binoculars.
When I first saw that building it I didn’t know what to think.
It wasn’t very practical, but it was amazing.
You couldn’t just ignore it.
As Helmut Krone said, “If you can look at something and say ‘I like it’ then it isn’t new.”
In those terms, it was certainly new.
And Venice Beach was always about whatever was new and interesting.
But I wasn’t always comfortable with went on there.
Sometimes I thought it went too far.
Which raises the question, what is creativity?
Who judges it, and can it go too far?
An example of this was on that TV programme.
Apparently the latest trend around Venice Beach was auto-castration.
They were interviewing men who’d cut their own testicles off.
One man in particular had taken it really seriously.
He’d prepared his kitchen like a surgery.
He set up a video camera to record the whole thing.
While we watched, he lay on the kitchen table and two of his friends cut most of his scrotum away.
Eventually they handed him the scalpel, so he could make the final cut.
He said it was like cutting his own umbilical cord.
So he’d be reborn into a new life, without testicles.
He achieved quite a following in Venice Beach.
What they most admired was that he had now total control of his body.
If he wanted an erection he could inject testosterone.
Only when, and where, he decided it was appropriate.
He’d no longer be at the mercy of inappropriate sexual urges.
What he did is outrageous, it’s controversial, it’s new.
You can’t look at it and immediately say “I like it.”
So is it creative, or has it gone to far?
Who decides?
Are there limits on creativity?
Or limits to freedom?
A year or so ago, I saw a story in the paper.
In Scotland, a man had asked a doctor to remove a perfectly healthy leg.
The doctor of course wanted to know why.
The man explained it was for sexual reasons.
Apparently some people get sexually aroused at amputations.
Eventually the doctor agreed, and removed the leg.
Six months later the man came back and asked the doctor to remove the other leg.
This time the doctor refused.
So the man reported him, and the doctor was struck off.
Because it’s illegal to remove a perfectly healthy limb.
But, given there were no victims, do we have the right to limit other’s freedom.
There was a time when many things that we now accept, seemed wrong.
When I was a child, practicing homosexuality was illegal.
My neighbour, in East London, was arrested for it.
It used to be outrageous.
Now, we think locking someone up for it is outrageous.
When my mum was young, she was one of the first women to cut their hair short and wear a short skirt.
Her boyfriend’s mum thought it was shameful, and banned him from seeing her.
Today we’d find that behaviour strange.
Everyone can go online and see footage of celebrities in sex acts.
A few decades back, that would have meant the end of their career.
Now, for people like Paris Hilton and Jordan, it’s the start of one.
Russell Brand said an interesting thing.
“Fame has long been bequeathed by virtue of wealth and birth, and this is the first generation where it has been democratically distributed by the most lowbrow of phenomenon – reality television”
So what are the limits of creativity and freedom?
And who decides?
When Helmut Krone said it was vital to be new, there were many taboos that needed breaking.
And we all agreed.
But we don’t necessarily agree anymore.
Creative expression is linked to freedom of expression.
In fact, we tend to think that creativity is like freedom.
We can’t have too much of either.
But is that true?
If it isn’t, where do we draw the line?
And who draws it?
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Kavanaugh Wrap-Up
So here's what I'm seeing.
1. The AP says that Ford won the morning, and the GOP was ready to give up, but then Kavanaugh was so strong that the GOP reversed course and supports him. A surprising admission for leftists. So Kavanaugh must have won.
2. Expect the polls to show Ford won, but that will be because of a +15% Democrat advantage.
3. I see no articles on the left declaring victory. I see articles talking about the electoral advantage of this becoming "the year of the woman" and articles where they whine that it was all men on the committee. Talk of how to take down the woman Trump would appoint next seems to have ended. That suggests the left has given up.
4. Rob Portman, a liberal GOP Senator, strongly supports Kavanaugh. Left-lover Lindsey Graham expressed intense outrage at the left (he won my respect on that). Jeff Flake, a crazy anti-Trumper, has said that we must admit we don't really know what happened -- the comment had the ring of leaning pro-Kavanaugh.
That leaves Susan Collins and Crazy Murkowski from Alaska as weak links. They met with conservative Democrat Manchin of West Virginia today for reasons unknown. If any Democrat will support Kavanaugh, it would be Manchin. They may be looking for cover... some semblance of a bipartisan vote.
I'm thinking... thinking that Kavanaugh gets voted through by 50-50 with Mike Pence casting the final vote. Murkowski votes No, Collins votes yes, Flake votes yes, Manchin backs out and votes No.
5. No matter what happens, the left will play this up as the next War on Woman. I don't see that working though for a number of reasons. (1) Married women support Kavanaugh, (2) the #metoo movement has lost any semblance of legitimacy, (3) all the women's marches, etc. have proven that women as a political group just don't work: (i) they seem to expect others to do it for them, (ii) they think their goal is to be handed power rather than take it, (iii) their goals are unclear and at odds with how real women live, and (iv) they aren't really a party of women, they are a leftist movement that uses women and will even support "better" male candidates and ignore the sex crimes of male supporters.
6. I think the media will lose interest. In fact, they seem to be losing interest already and are switching to other, sexier scandals. So the story dies no matter how the vote goes.
7. If the GOP votes no, look for a massacre in November.
8. If the GOP votes yes, nothing changes in November.
Posted by AndrewPrice at 11:34 PM 26 comments
Hi everybody! Sorry for the lack of articles, but frankly, the news is disgusting right now. The MSM is on a genuine McCarthy-esque pogrom to destroy Kavanaugh and everyone related to him or who might support him, and is bending over so far backwards to sell his accuser's claims that their spines would snap, if they had any. It's so obnoxiously retarded that I'm sick of even turning on the internet.
Anyways, Thursday is the big day, I guess. They'll both testify and we'll see if this female prosecutor is any good. Hopefully she is and she provides enough that the weak-link Republicans vote for Kavanaugh. Then the whole thing is over. If not, then this ugly affair will drag on. We'll see. They're considered weak for a reason.
In the meantime, I'll leave you with this. The drones on the left have lost their minds... tiny and useless though they always were. The perfect example of this comes from a new scandal involving Harry Potter. In the latest Harry Potter incarnation, Rowlings has hired a Korean woman to play a character from the 1920s who is cursed to turn into a snake. That snake will become Voldemort's pet and he hides part of his soul in it before the snake gets beheaded by Neville Longbottom.
Why has this hit my radar? Because the drones on the left have been programmed to see racism under every rock, and they see it here. Why? Because they hired a Korean woman to play this part!!! Isn't it obvious?!!! She's Korean!! I'm not kidding. They are doing some serious mental gymnastics to see this as racist. To get there, you first have to say, "Gee, white people were racist to Asians, so a white person hiring an Asian is racist" (note that liberals used to push for diversity). Then we add the "dragon lady" stereotype, which doesn't apply in any way shape or form here except that the drones are sure it does because white person hires Korean... duh! Then they add she is simultaneously the submissive Asian woman stereotype (good luck with that contradiction). How do we know she's submissive since she doesn't do anything in the trailer? Because she's Korean, duh! Plus, why else would a white person hire a Korean woman? (Mental note: whites may not hire Korea women). Even worse, she will become Voldemort's slave, thereby fulfilling the submissive woman fantasy. See?! See?! Add the fact that he injects part of his soul into her is somethingsomething even worse racism!! Finally, she gets killed by a white boy fulfilling the somethingsomething racism. Oh the horror!
This is what is wrong with the drones. They have been taught that the mixing of two races in some endeavor must be racists, so they keep spewing until they say enough tropes to form a racist theory. Then they act all smug about it on twitter (where idiots go to prove their idiocy, triggering other drones). Soon it's a festival of moron-induced hate and smugness. It's the same time with Kavanaugh. When men and women engage in some endeavor, the drones know that it's about sexism and they decry the racist, sexist male involved. Rape! Rape!
It's like an idiot computer stuck in a loop screaming 404 Error at the top of their lungs and mistaking this for wisdom. Honestly, we've hit a point where these people are just a menace.
As a final aside, the owner of the LA Times said something interesting about social media today. While calling it the cancer of our time, he noted that it wrongly teaches "people" (the drones) that popularity equals truth. Yeah, that just about sums up the modern left.
What You Need To Know About Kavanaugh
Here's what you need to know about Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, "Dr." Christine Blasey Ford.
Dr. Christine accused Brett Kavanaugh of trying to rape her in 1982 at a party she attended when they were in high school. She first raised the allegation in 2012 while in couples therapy trying to save her failing marriage. At the time, she accused four men of participating and apparently named someone other than Kavanaugh. After thirty years of silence and then this story, she now knows it was Kavanaugh and one friend. The other two must have been a false memory... just like the name she originally accused.
Of course, memory is very unreliable and therapy often raises false memories of things that never happened. Hence, an allegation that didn't exist for 30 years should be basically dismissed... unless the allegation can be used to destroy a Republican.
Her attorney claims she has no obligation to support her allegations, which is utter bullsh*t. Guilt by allegation is Kafkaesque and there is no legal system in the world that doesn't require the accused to pass some initial burden of persuasion. Even the Nazis required that.
In any event, she has pointed to four witnesses. However, all four have denied any knowledge of said party and none witnessed the supposed event. The Kavanaugh friend she accuses of helping rape her denied that it ever happened. One friend who wasn't named tried to claim that "everybody knew" about the party, but then backed off and said she knew nothing.
Despite the entire MSM and Democratic agents desperately investigating their little hearts out to find support for her, none have been able to add any bit of support. Nada.
On the other hand, Kavanaugh apparently kept calendars at the time of things he did and places he went. There is no mention of this party. He also has 46 years of documented behavior that entirely conflicts with these claims.
The obvious answer: this is a false memory... or a lie.
Nevertheless, the MSM and the Democrats have been in character assassination mode. They have run articles telling us that Kavanaugh's prep school was full of evil drunk males... you know, rapists. Kavanaugh once told a joke, 'What happens in prep school stays in prep school'... clearly admitting he's hiding rapes. DO YOU REMEMBER HOW BAD REPUBLICANS WERE TO ANITA HILL?!! 54 women came out in support of Kavanaugh, but they're all attractive so they're lying sluts. In fact, did you know that Kavanaugh only hires attractive women? A professor at Yale advised women who applied to clerk for him to dress "in a certain way" (//wink wink) and her husband once told one them, "You know he only hires women with a certain look." (//wink wink wink) Both the professor and her husband flatly deny this, but they're liars. Rumor has it Yale is now even investigating the husband for "grooming" young women for Kavanaugh. In other words, he's sexually used those 54 women. (//wink wink)
Then there's article after article trying to bolster the usual sexual assault crap:
1. Women don't lie. False. Apparently, the women who accused Bill Clinton lied, as did the woman accusing Democrat Keith Ellison right now... among armies of others.
2. Women don't report because of fear. Fear of what? A high schooler from a different school? Isn't it funny that women who accuse famous Republicans never seem to report like real victims do?
3. There's nothing unusual about women making false allegations first so long as they eventually remember the truth. Women might even tell wild ass false stories before they zero in on the right ones. False. Memory is inherently faulty to begin with. Evidence that the memory keeps changing should be discrediting.
4. To question her story makes her a victim a second time. False. To let her make an allegation without being subject to cross-examination is star chamber justice. By the way, Hillary Clinton once gave me a handjob against my will in an opium den... or maybe it was the White House? It was horrible. Four people saw it, including Bernie Sanders, but they won't remember it. To question me on this will only victimize me again. So, somebody go tell her that she needs to withdraw from public life. It's only fair to me.
5. She has nothing to gain. False. She's stated that she wants to stop him. To be the person to destroy a political opponent is a powerful motive. There is also fame, glorious victimhood with its lifetime speaking engagements, and the same thing rapists get out of committing rape -- the feeling of power they get from destroying someone else.
6. She didn't even want to come forward. Yeah, bullsh*t. She called a Democrat with the intent of this destroying Kavanaugh, which only a retard would think would not require her testifying. When she didn't get the traction she wanted, she hired a famous feminist attorney to get this out. Then she did an interview with a national newspaper. You can't get more "I want this public" than that! Her claim of "reluctantly" agreeing to come forward on a national stage is for PR purposes only.
7. She's getting death threats! So? So is Kavanaugh. That's part of modern political life. That doesn't make her allegations true.
8. All her friends say she can't be lying. Ironically, this comes from the same people who acted confused why it mattered that 54 women would support Kavanaugh. His supporters meant nothing, they told us. But her friends and family saying they support her is apparently proof that she couldn't be lying.
Finally, almost all of the Democrats have publicly said they believe her, even though she supposedly hasn't spoken to any of them or told her story. So what are they basing this on other than wishful thinking and bias?
This is a smear of the most despicable kind.
Posted by AndrewPrice at 8:05 PM 19 comments
A Drone Without Guidance
From the corner of my darkened room... hugging my knees...
I ended my decades long boycott of Nike over their labor practices in foreign countries. Something about child labor... I'm not sure. I bought the Nikes because they hired Colvin Kaepernack as their CEO, something which upset the hateful conservatives I know. He hates America and that's patriotic, so I needed to support him. I felt so proud.
Today, I learn that Nike gives three times as much to Republicans as they give to Democrats. I'm boycotting In and Out Burger because they give to racist Republicans. I feel I should boycott Nike now too, but I need to support Colvin Kaepernack in his quest to prove how racist America is.
What should I do? Should I burn something? Tell me who to hate! Why doesn't someone tell me what I deeply believe?!! Why doesn't somebody do something?!!
Posted by AndrewPrice at 5:07 PM 3 comments
There are still no big stories worth writing about, so more thoughts!
● The left loves to claim that they are on the right side of history. Yet, the Kavanaugh smear and other instances like it will be remembered historically as the second age of the witch hunt... or perhaps The Age of McCarthy Redux.
● The Carolina floods have claimed the lives of 1.7 million chickens. Without those votes, the Democrats are sure to lose. In all seriousness though, doesn't that seem Biblical. And the Lord did say, "I hate chicken" and he wiped out 1.7 million chickens. So we ate beef, and it was GOOD!
● Speaking of Biblical things, Burt and Ernie from Sesame Street are not gay. So says their creator, Frank Oz. In fact, he said, they are just puppets and puppets don't have orientations. I'm glad to hear this from him. To claim otherwise, as a former Sesame Street writer has (he tried to claim they are gay), sexualizes something that should not be sexual. It also puts an intolerable suspicion on same-sex friendships, which of course is what the left has done -- take a history course and you'll hear how every single person or person who had a same-sex friend just had to be gay. Idiots. Maybe some people just don't think with their genitalia? Ever consider that lefties?
● I'm still high on the Dorco razor stuff (no, they have never paid me a penny or offered anything). I finally got through the whole sample pack I bought and I'm super happy. $40 for a year and a half worth of razors is amazing. In the end, I like the 3 blade ones. Anything higher than that clogs too quickly and wears out to fast. So if you're thinking about razors, that's my recommendation.
● It is not news when some celebrity "claps back" against some troll. That just publicity.
● Anderson Cooper looks sooooo pissy responding to Don Trump Jr. calling his water stunt fake. Trump definitely got under Cooper's skin. Ha ha.
● Cruz is up by 9% in Texas now. No surprise. Despite all the media shock, Cruz was always going to win.
More Random Observations
The sound of one brain cell shaking...
● The Kavanaugh attack is pretty despicable and it really reflects poorly on what's left of the #metoo movement. This is so obviously a smear, and to have the #metooers whining that it's unfair that she had to reveal her name, her lawyer saying it's not the accuser's job to back up her claim, and progressives whining that the allegation alone is enough to force him to withdraw really eviscerates any credibility they had left. I guess they never read Kafka. Or at least, they took the wrong lesson from it.
I love too how they all acted confused and outraged that 54 women who knew Kavanaugh throughout his life all wrote a letter saying he would never do such a thing, or how they tried to dismiss as irrelevant the woman's only witness saying this never happened. There's no credibility there.
● Monday Night Football has a "commercial free" halftime show. It starts with a commercial. Then halfway through it does a sort of music break which is really just a slick commercial/video for their product. On several occasions, the hosts talked about the sponsor. And finally, it ended halfway through the halftime, so the other half was almost entirely commercials. Sadly, I'm not surprised.
● The rabbits in our neighborhood have gotten uppity. We have one who suns his rather husky self in the backyard with impunity. The little bastard lies on his back sleeping!! Talk about living the good life. The only predator they have at the moment is cars and those try to miss them.
● Spent Sunday up in the mountains looking at the Aspens as they changed from green to yellow to gold to red. It was beautiful. I love going into the mountains, it reminds you how amazing this planet is.
● According to some study, machines will do more "tasks" than humans by 2025. Of course, that's bullship. That's one of those things that is simply impossible to measure. In fact, when you consider what cars and computers do today, I'd bet that machines already do billions more "tasks" than humans.
● Our youngest is upset. The school has told the eighth graders they need to stop "butt slap Friday." Yeah, you read that right. Apparently, they were sneaking up on each other and slapping each other hard on the butts... on Fridays. They saw nothing wrong with this. LOL! I love kids. Anyways, the school disagreed. The students claim they won't stop. I guess we'll see Friday who wins. Might need the national guard.
● It sounds like the Emmy's were a nasty little affair... stress the word little. The more political these dipsticks get, the less relevant they become. MTV apparently can't even attract a million kids anymore. 11.5 million viewers watched the Emmy's last year, the lowest ever. I'll bet they fall even farther this year. The Oscars and Grammys are at an all-time low as well. Keep going jerks, you're doing fine.
The Nike Ad
I told you the other day that Nike is in trouble and that I know this from them running an ad, right? Well, I found it again. In fact, I don't seem to be able to avoid it. So let's discuss...
As I pointed out, when companies make stupid decisions, they publicly deny that their decision was stupid or that it cost them anything. This is part of a herd policing strategy -- if you tell everyone that everything is ok, most people will accept that as true. Then their supporters (paid or otherwise) will back this up by spinning whatever news they can.
So how do you know they're in trouble? They start running ads you've never seen before that try to whitewash what they've done. You see this all the time in DC, whenever Lockheed or Boeing gets busted for some accounting issues or whatever, their ads mysteriously appear overnight on television in the DC area touting how trustworthy and indispensable they are. There's never an announcement that they started this advertising, nor do the ads directly mention the controversy nor have you usually seen ads from them before, but they suddenly appear all over the place in an attempt to bolster the company image, and they usually say the direct opposite of the trouble they are in.
When they get in deep trouble, like Wells Fargo, the ads can even get rather pointed and might make a heavily-spun reference to the scandal. Recent Wells Fargo ads, for example, talk about how they are a company built on trust starting in the 1880s and continuing until today until something nebulous somehow kinda sorta happened to the company... but it will never happen again... we're winning back your trust from that thing that may or may not have happened! Usually though, these ads aren't that clearly connected to the scandal, they just say the opposite of whatever has happened.
You see this with actors too. A great example is when actors are exposed as utter morons. You will suddenly see all kinds of publicity stories which tout how smart the actor supposedly is. Alicia Silverstone and Hilary Swank are examples of this. Ann Hathaway is forced to deny that she's a total b*tch. Etc.
Anyways, the Colin Kaepernick thing is the perfect example of this. Nike hired Kaepernick for a particular reason, which I'll discuss in a moment. The media, which supports Kaepernick's ideology, tells us that everybody loves him and produces oddly skewed, limited polls that suggest that the public either supports him or isn't bothered by him. They interview only people who support him and describe those who are offended by him in racist terms. They ignored Nike's initial stock price fall of 3% the day the Kaepernick ad campaign was announced, but now are touting that Nike is "at an all time high" as if the two are related (Nike was at an all time high the day it made the announcement, so really the needle hasn't moved). They even did stories on how brilliant the campaign is because Kaepernick brought them millions in free publicity.
So all is good right? Well, no.
See, Kaepernick makes people angry. Kaeprnick is a failed quarterback who got benched after going 3-16 in his last two years. When he got benched, he suddenly started kneeling through the national anthem in protest of whatever. He later claimed it was American racism, police violence and a dozen other things. He then wore socks that called the police pigs, praised Castro in Cuba and became a supporter of angry, radical black racism. This angered vast swaths of white America. The MSM, however, loves him and has done their best to promote him. And what's resulted is that Kaepernick has become a symbol of black anger, like Black Lives Matters -- whom he supports, with blacks supporting him at about 70% and whites opposing him at about 70%.
Enter Nike. Nike signed him to a ridiculous new campaign in which this multimillionaire celebrity claims that he gave up everything to fight for what he believes. He must be a fan of Florida bankruptcy laws, because nowhere else does keeping millions of dollars and staying in all the right social clubs constitute giving up everything. But hey, more power to this fraud.
Why hire him? Nike made this decision because they tap into the black thug market for customers. Just check out their ads and you can see this. Their ads are aimed at ghetto blacks complete with bad sportsmanship, hyper-machoism, the flashing of gang signs, and suggestions of race hate. So signing Kaepernick was a no-brainer. He fits their target market perfectly! Here's the Kaepernick ad:
Unfortunately for Nike, the other part of Nike's market is Starbucks moms who like to wear the gear because it's comfortable and it makes them look like they've been working out. Nike, I suspect, assumed that Starbucks moms wouldn't be offended by their hiring Kaepernick because they probably wouldn't know about it. And even if they did, Starbucks moms like to think of themselves as good liberals who support those cute little black people who need our help so much. Noble savages + white woman's burden.
Something has gone wrong, however, apparently. How do I know? The advertising. Nike didn't advertise on pinterest before this. Now they suddenly are. I'm betting that Kaepernick scared these women. They love supporting neutered black people, but don't like threatening ones and Kaepernick is threatening. He does not give off the warm fuzzies, he gives off the angry gonna-get-yous, and I'll bet they stopped buying Nike yoga pants and leggings. So lo and behold, Nike has suddenly released an ad on pinterest, where Starbucks moms spend their days, and that ad involves a gosh darn cute little black boy. See below:
Isn't he so cute? Look at those fat cheeks and that hair and the oversized clothes! He's so cuddly... he's like a teddy bear... he's so... so harmless. And aw, he's all by himself. He's so adoptable.
What this ad is designed to do is to dissipate Colin Kaepernick fear by reminding these liberalish white women of the types of blacks they like and have been adopting for years. It is designed to convert Kaepernick into a harmless teddy bear and to remind these women that they see blacks as noble savages. Best of all, since the thug community don't go on pinterest, the thug market will never know about it. This way, Nike can sell them black power revolution at the same time it's selling white women tame black people. Interestingly, it seems the only thing Nike doesn't sell in this debate is independent, competent blacks.
I will be curious to see what Nike's next move is.
Some things to consider. Deregulation plus tax cuts on the people who do the hiring and produce the nation's wealth. Shortly thereafter...
Lowest unemployment in forever.
Lowest jobless claims in forever.
Lowest black unemployment in forever.
Lowest female unemployment in forever.
Highest middle income worth ever.
Highest middle income assets ever.
Highest stock market ever.
Highest growth in decades.
Highest Democratic anger in years.
It's like Reagan all over again. Gee, I wonder what the common threat could have been?
The Democrats are hilariously whining that income inequality hasn't gone down since 2001 and this is Trump's fault. Notice whose entire administration rests in the middle of that period. Notice also that if income inequality didn't change, but growth is up, then everyone benefited from Trump's economy.
As an aside, I've been thinking. Do you know who Trump is? Trump is Andrew Jackson. He's the nutjob outsider who got elected despite a system rigged toward insiders, and once he got there, the insiders sh*t upon him so much that he retaliated in shocking ways like wiping out their Second Bank of the United States.
At the same time, Bush/Obama (who could easily be the same man) are basically the modern version of Ulysses Grant, generally likeable and useless, they presided over an age of massive corruption and insider dealing when the US government was for sale to the connected.
Continuing on a thread, Lebron James wants to be Oprah. He's at the end of his career and is now trying to follow in her footsteps by venturing into television production and advice giving. He opened a school, and he's even stating not-at-all controversial "controversial" opinions to sound edgy without offending anyone, just like Oprah.
I'm having one of those depressed days looking at the news. It's hard to remember that the news is essentially controversy junkies cherry-picking the worst of humanity and that the rest of the human race isn't like that. Sigh. Anyways, here are some random thoughts.
● "OMG! There's a hurricane! WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!" I hate the media. They do this every time anything happens, especially hurricanes. They pull a freak out and talk about imagined worst case scenarios so far beyond the point of reality that they rival apocalypse fiction. It's ridiculous.
● I'm sick of clickbait. If your headline reads like clickbait, I don't click anymore. I don't care who you are.
● The NFL season "is over" for about 20 teams now... according to sportwriters. The same sportswriters who, by the way, have gone right back to glorifying big hits after whining about concussions all off season. Some even said they couldn't morally cover the league anymore and yet here they are. Hypocrites. Anyways, after one game, they have pronounces most of the league finished. Hot takes are for morons.
● I think Nike is in trouble on the Colin Kapernick thing. When Nike signed America hater Colin Kapernick, the calculation they made was typical, but ridiculous. Nike made the assumption that their market is basically angry blacks and young whites who don't care or who might not like it, but won't do anything about it. Basically, this was virtue signalling for their target audience. Based on that, some analysts have claimed that Nike scored over $145 million in free publicity. Victory, right?
Ok, but whenever corporations get in trouble, they deny they are in trouble and then you see them suddenly open new avenues of advertising in which they try to paint a picture of how great they are without ever mentioning the scandal. Wells Fargo did this most recently, but I've seen it regularly from groups as diverse as Monsanto, Boeing and Kraft. It's what companies do. (Watch for Serena Williams ads to appear touting her niceness and shyness.) So in the middle of all this talk about how Nike scored and how twitter likes the Kapernick ad (Twitter is a worthless measure of anything), and how their stock price has regained all it lost... I'm suddenly seeing Nike ads on Pinterst, where they've never been before. Why pinterest? Because Nike's biggest market is Starbucks moms, the group Nike thought would be sympathetic to Kapernick or would remain passive. That tells me Nike has a problem.
● I'm amazed at how often a "fact" gets repeated by newspapers even after it's been debunked.
● Did you know that Subway got rid of ham because of complaints by them Muuuslims? So said this GOP bulletin I get every few days. Funny, mine still sells ham.
● It looks like the cryptocurrencies, like bitcoin, have been exposed as, well, worthless. Duh.
● I actually don't care that Alex Jones is getting banned. I'm a big believer in freedom of speech even being extended to cover big companies that make themselves akin to utilities, but I think the crap Jones sells is beyond free speech. It's in the realm of fraud and lies and slander, which has never been protected. I am troubled that conservatives are latching themselves onto him. Pick your figurehead victim better folks.
● Some numbers that might interest you. Sports talk is as poisonous as political talk radio, maybe even moreso. It's pure hate. And the television now seems to be full of these sports talk shows. So what are their ratings? The biggest is around 150,000 people with most in the 100,000 range. So we're talking less than a million if they all have totally unique audiences, which they don't. So just like with talk radio, which is about 5,000,000 people TOPS, sports talk isn't even a statistical blip. Hence, all this hate you see floating around the internet and the newspapers is being driven by about 1% of the population. Similarly, did you know that the American socialist parties have about 50,000 members? They can't even fill a stadium.
● I hate mommy bloggers. Just hate them. "Like, OMG, like 10 things you'll just hate about Disney! //giggle giggle Like, it's so great that OMG you'll hate to leave. //giggle giggle unicorn fart" If I ever meet a real person who acts this plastic, I will savagely beat them to death. Hopefully you can come watch the trial.
Race and Gender Stuff
Quite a bit of race and gender stuff in the news.
● The big thing in the news right now is Serena William's outburst. What a spoiled brat. Her coach tried to cheat by offering her advice while she was on the court through a hand signal. The referee caught this and gave her a penalty. She promptly lost her mind and spent the next ten minutes railing against this umpire. She accused him of sexism for making the call and for adding more penalties after she called him a thief and accused him of bias (a huge no-no in sports). She then lost the match and, even though she was outclassed, she has been suggesting that this referee's sexism is what cost her. Poor sportsmanship. What's more, she's stripped her opponent of her tremendous victory and made it all about her.
Naturally, some of the #metoo'ers jumped up and said that this had to be sexism because a woman said it, but it wasn't. It's a rule. She knew it. She broke it. She got punished. How is that sexism? Moreover, her opponent was also female, so how can it be sexism? What's more, she lied. She made a huge point that she doesn't cheat and then her coach admitted that he was trying to cheat. And none of her supporters seem to care that a nice, impressive your lady got screwed out of her moment in the sun. Nice.
● Speaking of racism, Adrian Peterson, an aging NFL Player, attacked one of his critics in the most interesting of ways. Cris Carter said that Peterson is washed up (his last two lousy season justified that comment) and shouldn't play. Peterson naturally objected, which is fine. Except Peterson added that he was outraged that Carter and others had said this because "they [are] black men... how dare you." So according to Peterson, it was wrong for a black man to criticize him because, apparently, blacks should not criticize blacks. If a white person had said that, it would definitely be shocking and considered racist. Yet, all the sports writers who keep looking for racism and outrage everywhere seemed to miss this point.
● For some reason I cannot imagine, they have rebooted Magnum PI. Why? Anyways, the guy playing Magnum (Jay Hernandez) is Hispanic and Magnum is supposed to be Mexican American. Ok, whatever. But an interview in which he describes getting the role, this dude spread a very standard minority victimology myth. He said he was proud to put an heroic Mexican American up on screen because when he was growing up, the only brown faces you ever saw on screen were the villains. Huh, ok. Name them. Seriously, you can't because they didn't exist.
This is something that is taken as a matter of faith on the left. The only brown faces on screen were either maids (Gone With The Wind) or villains until the modern era, with the idea being that this is how what America viewed them. But this is crap. Hollywood never used minorities in as villains. Maybe in the 1940s they were rare and took bit parts, but so did all but a handful of famous whites. By the 1950s, the blacks appearing on screen were people like Sidney Poitier and action heroes like James Brown, or women like Ertha Kitt. Each decade thereafter saw more and more of them too. This idea that evil racist Hollywood created a stereotype of brown people as villains is bull. Even inn Westerns, where there was a Mexican villain whenever they went to Mexico simultaneously found most of the Mexicans on screen treated very sympathetically. This claim is racist myth-making.
● Finally, I had to chuckle. Marvel DC has created a lesbian superhero: Batwoman. They even picked a lesbian actress to play her, as you must. Hurray, finally! Right? LOL! Wrong. Apparently, she's not lesbian enough as she once claimed to be bi, and the lesbian community is angry about it. Snicker snicker. Idiots.
The left really is packed with idiots.
Two Thoughts on This Mole
For those who haven't heard, there is apparently a high level person in the Trump administration who considers themselves part of the "resistance". They've outed themselves rather stupidly by writing an anonymous article for the New York Times. I've been debating this all day and here's what's been on my mind.
First, I think in all honesty, this person needs to be considered a traitor to the United States. Take Trump out of the equation and I think you can see why. Not only is this person openly bragging about undermining the President of the United States, but they are apparently revealing information that is normally considered confidential and covered by Executive privilege. If this had happened under FDR, I guarantee you that this person would have been shot as an enemy agent. We don't quite have that environment today, but the effect is, in essence, the same. I would recommend that Trump engage the FBI to find this person and prosecute them.
Secondly, I think this will backfire on the left. They are enjoying it right now, and Trump supporters are in shock, but as the shock of this clears, Trump supporters and those on the fence (1) will find this to be a violation of trust that will make them sympathetic to Trump, (2) may become a basis for explaining away many of the problems Trump has faced -- stories of chaos, for example, and will justify Trump's more paranoid moments, and (3) makes the left (anti-Trumps included) seem like they are willing to destroy our government just to spite Trump; that won't play well with the public who don't like their institutions used for personal vendettas.
Third, on this third point, I've noticed for some time now that the left/anti-Trumps seem to be making this strange argument where they cause chaos and then they claim that the chaos is proof that Trump needs to go. It's like they are arguing, Trump makes me do bad things so he needs to go so I can stop doing bad things. I'm seeing this argument in many forms of late and I don't think it's going to sit well with the public. You can't be the problem and then blame someone else for making you want to be the problem so you can hurt them. That's the kind of garbage serial killers argue.
Fourth, these things seem to be helping Trump's popularity. Trump's popularity tends to be drifting up actually with only minor blips when the establishment GOP wing tries to destroy him. The more the Democrats attack, the higher his numbers go. Things like this seem to be driving that. We won't know until the McCain wing wears out this latest attack, but I think Trump will be around 50% come November.
We'll see how this goes, but I'd bet that they find this mole fairly quickly, he turns out to be not nearly as highly placed as assumed, he will have links to the Democrats, and he will go to jail.
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Thoughts On The Aretha-Franklin Event
This past weekend was a good one for leftist celebrities. John McCain gave them a chance to talk about how bipartisan they are -- they will happily wish dead traitors well. Then Aretha Franklin's funeral became a fantastic opportunity to be seen, to virtue signal, to touch a little ass, to display a little ass, and to revel in the warmth of a big old herd hug. Unfortunately, one rotten man didn't get the message, and he delivered a eulogy based on morality and common sense rather than social justice. Tisk tisk. Anyways, I've had some thoughts.
● This "funeral" proves again that leftist celebrities are shameless publicity whores. It doesn't matter if there's a purpose to them being there or not. They will also politicize anything.
● This "funeral" also showed again that social justice really does disdain logic, genuine problem solving and morality. For all the talk about it being something moral, it really isn't. It's about power. What's more, I don't find it coincidental that black America is at an all-time low in terms of moral high ground now that they have bought into this social justice crap. Being kept down by the police gives you the moral high ground. Inventing an epidemic of "racist" cops "killing black men" loses it for you. Legal inequality give you the moral high ground. Whining about cultural appropriation and getting caught time and again lying about police misconduct loses it for you.
● I think it's more clear than ever from this "funeral" that the new left is about women and blacks and nothing else. The only things that mattered here were feminist issues and black issues. The only outrage the left generated was when feminist or black sacred cows got gored. Add to this other recent evidence, like the left mocking DOJ's lawsuit claiming Harvard has discriminated against Asians, and you'll see that the only thing that matters to the left is feminism and black-oppression theory. It's interesting that Louis Farrakhan was given a seat on the stage. Farrakhan is both anti-Jewish and anti-gay. It looks like the left is done with both groups.
● #MeToo was confirmed dead at the "funeral." In this nest of feminists, Clinton stared openly at Ariane Grande's ass throughout the funeral. Bishop Charles Ellis groped her breast. The left chuckled about Clinton and accepted a half-hearted apology from Ellis without ever even really demanding one.
● Now the biggie. Rev. Jasper William Jr. made a huge mistake at the funeral. He thought this was a time to discuss morality. Silly man. This was a time for social justice, not morality. Nevertheless, he mentioned that black America has lost its soul and he said that black lives won't matter until blacks stop killing each other. Oy vey. The outrage was fast, furious and hateful. He "negated" Black Live Matter. How dare he blame blacks for things that blacks do! Then he went further and said that single mothers couldn't raise sons... and the feminists did howl. The last couple days have involved everyone on the left being shocked and horrified and demanding an apology that he would say things in opposition to feminism and black oppression theory.
This is the new left for you in a nutshell They politicize everything. They hold nothing sacred except their dogma. They are powered by the anger of blacks and feminists, and exclude all others. They engage in extreme groupthink and don't want to hear any truth that conflicts with their narrative that they are helpless victims of everyone else. What an unpleasant group! Neither group is capable of helping themselves. Neither group is likable. Neither group fits with any other aspect of America. And if they keep pushing like this, they will soon be an electoral irrelevancy.
In Honor of Labor Day, Comrades!
Labor Day is a strange holiday: we honor labor by taking the day off. That's a bit like honoring the Christmas Spirit by robbing an orphanage... or breaking up on Valentine's Day. Anyways, here it is again, and it's making me reflect on the left, seeing as how they once associated themselves with "labor." But here's the thing, the left isn't what it once was...
The Old School Left: Karl Marx, Engels and others envisioned a new means or organizing the world with workers pitted against capital holders in a system that would eventually wipe out government when all contributed what they could but took only what they needed.
Modern Leftists: Want a $15 minimum wage... phased in slowly... for some workers... who will be replaced by robots.
The Old School Left: Fought pitched battles with Imperial soldiers in Russia and their National Socialist cousins in German streets to seize power. They fought wars in dozens of countries, overturned governments, rounded up millions who stood in their way and purged their ranks mercilessly to get their agenda in place.
Modern Leftists: Worry that they don't have enough Republican support to pass their agenda.
The Old School Left: Fought for civil rights in America for minorities... after enslaving them first, of course.
Modern Leftists: Worry that a singer culturally appropriated a hairstyle.
The Old School Left: Claimed a brotherhood of man where all men were equal, though some were more equal than others and some were redefined as not men. But after changing their minds about slavery, colonialism, gulags, and sterilizing the infirm, the left claimed to stand for equal legal right for women and minorities in the West against determined, sometimes-armed opposition.
Modern Leftists: Is outraged when a doctor says that female doctors earn less because they work less.
The Old School Left: Spared no toxin in their quest for economic, military and political power, but then did eventually come around and pushed for clean air, clean water and clean land. They pushed through consumer laws that protected consumers from (some) predatory lending practices, shoddy construction standards, unsafe ingredients and handling practices, and workplace safety.
Modern Leftists: Worry that films and toys send the wrong gender signals. Want to ban 16 oz. sodas. Want magic to make renewable resources work better than they do.
The Old School Left: Put you in a gulag or concentration camp if you stood in their way.
Modern Leftists: Cyberbully you on Twitter if they don't like you.
The Old School Left: Used strikes to cripple industries to get their way.
Modern Leftists: Hold cute little one-day rallies in pussyhats before going home to wait for someone to do something.
Not that the old school left was good. They weren't. They were monsters who occasionally made use of a good cause to mask their agenda. But they did have an agenda. And they had a plan of action. They were an enemy to be feared and respected. The modern left is to the old school left as a Chihuahua is to a wolf. Indeed, old school leftists must be rolling over in their unmarked graves. I supposed we should be thankful that the modern left has become so pathetic and feeble, but I will admit that they are much more annoying than their forebearers. Both suck, they just suck in different ways, and right now we are going through a period where the left is an intolerable whiny infant. Happy Labor day.
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Birthday blessing
We usually have birthday blessings on the Sunday of the week of the birthday, but last week I was traveling so I received my blessing this Sunday. I don't know who took the picture; I know from the angle alone it wasn't from Geoffrey's video camera, but Fr. Davis sent me this picture.
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I confess I am stunned by the reactions, expressed in the comments to postings about the altar, from the members of St. George's, such as:
"I cried this morning, having found out that the altar from our old St.George's is somewhere far away, and I will probably never see it again. And then this afternoon I received emails and information of how graciously and lovingly the Church of St.Bartholomew has received the altar.
I am deeply gratified and moved by the sentiments expressed by the pastor of St.Bartholomew. We had something very special at St.George's--it appears that the same spirit is there at St.Bartholomew.
God bless you."
And it's more than that. I have a little visitor counter on the blog page that tells me usually useless things such as what location visitors come from. It's free and thus limited, but today for the first time in the history of the blog it ran well over the "last 100 visitors" limit, and those mostly from Ohio. I suspect there have been a LOT of e-mails about the "Šv. Jurgio" altar. (How does one pronounce that? Varying degrees of knowledge of English, Gaelic, German, Spanish, and Latin provide no hint.)
We have indeed received a great treasure. And if any members from St. George's are still visiting the blog, here is the cover of yesterday's bulletin:
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Saints Casimir, George and Bartholomew
Such an unforgettable Palm Sunday, where to begin the tale? I guess it has to be with the new altar.
As noted in previous posts it's not a new altar but an old one (almost 100 years); it's just new here, having come a long way from its origin in Saint George's Parish, or rather, Šv. Jurgio Parapija, in Cleveland OH. The tale of the oldest Lithuanian parish in North America closing is a sad one, but it did benefit us with a beautiful East-facing altar, plus a quite remarkable letter from Congressman Dennis Kucinich, which Fr. Davis read to the Parish today, and most of all a wonderful visit from members of the Lithuanian-American community here in Seattle, one of whom came in (beautiful!) traditional dress.
The Lithuanians need not fear -- we will treasure this altar. And the "ŠJ" (Šv. Jurgio, not St. Joseph as somebody suggested) on the frontal will be a reminder of its origin. (Somehow we need to capture all of this for our permanent archives.)
Our visitors were wonderful, and through them we started learning about Lithuania and how noteworthy it was that our first service with this altar was on Palm Sunday. The story, even the excerpt of Prince Casimir and the Palm Branches of Vilius translated (along with the title) and inserted in the bulletin, is a bit long for this blog, but it notes that Lithuanians and Poles honor their patron Saint Casimir on March 4th (with Casimir's Fair called Kazimierinės, if I have it right -- hmmm... St. Casimir is not on our Ordo Kalendar, but perhaps St. Bartholomew's can add it to our Kalendar, shortly after Saints David and Chad), the anniversary of his death. The tie-in is that, not having palm trees, the Lithuanians created the "verba" (singular, plural "verbos"), made of tree cuttings, leaves, moss, berries and flowers. The verbos in folklore, art and tradition is likened to the Tree of Life, and these are made during the winter for Palm Sunday.
Out visitors brought other special items, which may have come from St. George's, including a stole worn by Fr. Davis for this service, a Lithuanian flag and other items such as this plaque.
(It must be my year for St. George -- when I went to look at the pictures on the camera I accidentally pressed the "forward" button instead of "back" and what came up was this photo, from our visit to St. George's in Paris last month!)
At the conclusion of the service, one of our visitors read a traditional hymn to Mary for us. She wasn't in voice to sing it, but there weren't many dry eyes after. It touched one of our younger members especially (who had had a really difficult well), so she gave the sheet. I asked for a copy via e-mail -- only to learn later the recipient was a family member! So it is posted here, in both Lithuanian and English.
Our Lithuanian visitors were wonderful folk. I hope, as Fr. Davis suggested, we will see more of them -- here, there or wherever.
Joined by the altar
On her trip back from the Kairos Prison Ministry follow-up (once a month her morning will be spent in the prison with the women who went through Kairos there), Kathy called and reported that the altar installation is being completed by a small work party today. This was confirmed by Fr. Davis' e-mail from yesterday:
I just received the altar stone a little more than an hour ago. Mary Ellen and I, with much-appreciated help from Heather, Paul, Cynthia, Geoffrey, Genevieve, Kathy and others, have been working tirelessly to have it all in place for Sunday morning's first Holy Eucharist at our parish church's new focal point, which served for at least the better part of a century at what was until last October the oldest Lithuanian parish church in North America. Though many who wanted to be here this Sunday will not be able to make it due to the late notice, I can tell you that the small but active Lithuanian-American community in the greater Seattle area is very excited about this, and talks are already underway re. different possibilities for strengthening the burgeoning new relationship with them.
I've been told to not be surprised if one or two show up here on Sunday in traditional national attire!
This is exciting news!
(And I will have to bring the good camera tomorrow, just in case.)
Clean-up Party
I've fallen behind on my e-mail, but still it was a surprise to see a note from Fr. Davis yesterday afternoon with a reminder about this morning's clean-up party. A reminder? I didn't get the message!
I double-checked the Inbox and just in case the Trash too, but nope. Maybe it was a select group and I wasn't told because of my foot -- it was very painful to walk Wednesday evening at the Rector's Forum.
The altar arrives
The altar arrived yesterday and the work of setting it up began. I admit, I thought all there was to do was to fit the pieces together but it turns out to be significantly more than that. I'm not sure of everything, but some of it had to be sanded and will be re-stained, a piece of cabinet-grade plywood will be cut for a new top surface of the altar (the original shows wear and this will provide a stronger structural element), and a "stone" (15x15 in. piece of granite) added in the center.
Finally, the top piece will be moved up and set in place. It's going to be a tight fit between the top of the altar and the ceiling -- if only we had that steeper pitch of roof that Fr. McGrath wanted! It's also going to change the appearance of the Sanctuary dramatically.
It looks like the first Communion service using it will be Palm Sunday.
Changes II
Fr. Davis reports that the altar arrived last week and is in storage. It will be brought over Tuesday and they will start assembling it.
The Sixth Station
I don't think it was on the schedule, but I (finally!) made it to Friday evening's Stations of the Cross, along with Heather and Mary Ellen.
First... all the incense! Not quite smoky enough to catch on camera, though.
The service was different from the ones in the past. Of course, each of our Rectors has had a somewhat different service but this one was slightly more elaborate than the others, enough so I don't recall the exact order. Each Station is announced, verses and responses, a reading, a prayer, then a sung procession to the next Station.
Then a surprise at the Sixth Station. Veronica from "veron ika," or "true image," for the image of Jesus' face in the cloth with which she wipes his face. I had never heard that before, but others mention it too. (Has it really been 6 years since "The Passion of the Christ" was released!)
North door
Got to the office yesterday morning, rather tired and lacking sleep (got home from my trip in the wee hours of the morning), and not looking forward to the morning full of teleconferences. To my surprise they were all canceled -- but I wasn't to get the time back for other work.
My cellphone rang, and though it wasn't a number I recognized I thought I'd better answer it.
The alarm company was calling to tell me the burglar alarm at the church had gone off on the north door, the sheriff was or would be there shortly, and would I or somebody else come over? I'm only a few minutes away, so I went. (I guess my name was still on the call list from the time the alarm was installed.) I didn't have Fr. Davis' number on my cellphone so I called Kathy, she relayed the information, and diverted to come over also.
When I got there the sheriff was parked in the lot. He said he'd walked around and had seen nothing. I walked around too, starting with the northernmost door (on the Fr. Leen Education Center building) and continuing all around. Everything looked fine except that it appeared somebody had tried to jimmy the Parish Hall door open. The sheriff said he that was old because there were no paint chips on the ground.
The only things out of the ordinary were the sheriff's "false alarm" tag on the Narthex door and an "attempted UPS delivery" tag on the door to the office.
Kathy & I unlocked the building and walked through -- everything was in place. A puzzler, and I still wondered about the north door (because the list of alarmed locations did not include a "north door"), but there was nothing else to do so we locked up and left.
A little while later Fr. Davis called and said he thought he had figured it out: the alarm had gone off within a very few minutes of the attempted delivery. The deliveryman must have tried to open the Narthex door, accidentally setting off the alarm. (If the door wasn't closed properly there might have been enough play to allow that.)
Then the rest of it came to me. The person at the alarm company probably didn't know the word "Narthex," so she substituted "North."
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What a surprise Sunday! The Sanctuary looked quite different without the red fabric reredos that's been there for the past quarter-century. But taking it down and painting the wall is the first step in preparing for the new altar, which will appear this coming Sunday or the next, according to Fr. Davis.
Apparently selecting the paint color was a rather involved process but Rhonda, our "artist-in-residence" came through with an excellent and warm-toned selection.
Received another missive from Fr. Davis to the parish today. Many things in it, including:
This Sunday is the Fourth Sunday in Lent or "Rose Sunday." It is also sometimes called "Refreshment Sunday" and even "Laetare (Joy) Sunday" after the ancient Introit sung on the day. Whatever you want to call it, it's intended to be just a bit of "a foretaste of glory divine" in the middle of the Lenten season, a time to take a breather before pressing on through Passiontide and the most important week of the Church year. There will still be no Gloria or any mention of "the forbidden word," but you will see flowers adorning the Altar and hopefully notice a little lighter mood, both in the choice of hymns and particularly in what the Prayer Book has in store for us in its appointed Collect, Epistle and Gospel for the day.
Again, regularly lift up one another to our Lord in prayer. Several amongst us are traveling, a few have been battling various illnesses & ailments, and a number of you are reporting that you're enduring intense bouts of spiritual warfare. This is but par for the course during this season of especially striving to recover the character and likeness of the One in whose image we are made. (You are all striving, aren't you?) Most Christians will tell you that though spiritual warfare may be unseen, it is nevertheless very real. Holy Scripture refers to as much often but perhaps most directly in Ephesians 6:12 where St. Paul speaks of putting on the full armor of God:
As one of those traveling AND battling illness, I bid your prayers.
Another "Stations" missed
Third of out three missed. This time it was a combination of car trouble that put the car in the shop last weekend (it's still there; intermittent problems can be hard to diagnose), the unavailability of transportation to get there, and this virus I came down with during this week's trip. I made it through the work day, preparing for next week's trip, but that was clearly about the limit of what I could safely handle.
Bible Study returns
Just got home from a trip (unpacked with suitcase back in closet in under 4 minutes... but why bother? after only 4 days home I'm off again, only with different dress) and found my notes from Sunday sitting beside the computer underneath some travel-related material. Among them is the announcement of Deacon Miller's Bible Study, resuming Sunday morning at 9 AM downstairs in the Parish Hall.
Spring is in the air...
This was taken Sunday after church. But that was not all that was in the air this week.
While I was sitting in SeaTac airport yesterday there was snow coming down. And I am told there was much more today, though it was not sticking.
It could have been worse...
...but it shouldn't have happened at all.
My co-workers said today there are news reports of an epidemic of "smash and grab" thieves at work all over the Puget Sound region. Smash a car window and grab whatever looks inviting there. Last evening was my turn.
I'd gone for Wednesday evening Holy Communion, followed by a meatless supper and the Rector's Session, in which we're reading (and listening to John Cleese? read) C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters. (The reading is amusing because the cadence and inflection perfectly matches one of my German colleagues when he is speaking English.) I was tired and a bit down, but it was okay.
Until I got to my car. Passenger window smashed and my backpack gone. After the initial shock I tried to get past it, calling in a police report and running mental inventories of what might have been in the backpack. But I know the incident shocked other folks too. Still, we tried to clear out the glass, put plastic over the window for a little warmth driving home (didn't work) and I headed out.
On the 22 minutes' drive home I figured out what I had lost were:
- work laptop
- MP3 player & earbuds
- assorted cables and chargers
- USB drives
- backpack and miscellaneous stuff including my international travel packet (eyeshades & a few small items)
Fortunately the work laptop had been backed up last weekend (I try to back up in advance of travel) AND the company had installed software so that the entire drive is encrypted -- one has to supply username and password before it will even boot. The loss to me here was going to be some unknown numbers of days without a computer; not a good thing. But even though there is no sensitive information on the machine, there is *nothing* they'll get off it.
The USB drives had nothing important on them (they NEVER do, by policy); one boots Linux and the other has my powerpoint from last week's conference.
The MP3 player was a small hurt with its 40G capacity (half filled), but it was also 4 years old and by today's standards a brick. Replacing it with something of similar capacity and a whole lot smaller will cost much, much less.
So I wasn't doing too badly when I got home. It was a little different today when I began to fully appreciate all the hoops I was going to have to go through to get a replacement laptop. Still have a few more to go through, but kindly co-workers found me a spare (thanks, Amy and Kevin!) and a kindly contract IT guy drove over to re-image and configure the machine for me (thanks, Don!).
And, oh yes, Kathy found an autoglass place nearby at 8 AM, at 8:30 we left the car with him (the owner, it turns out, is a really nice guy and lives close by us) and at 9:30 the car was ready to go.
Though I am suddenly uncomfortable at having a vehicle with no trunk, if this was one of Screwtape's nephews at work I don't think he was very successful.
Cookies for all!
Well, not quite. Kathy had a "secret shop" at the supermarket in Carnation (do you remember Carnation milk? The town was named for the nearby Carnation headquarters dairy farm), and on the way out bought some Girl Scout cookies -- and earmarked some of them "for the troops" (in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere). "Thin Mints" and "Tag-alongs" are the troops' favorites, the Girl Scouts report.
Meanwhile, Kathy is still baking and collecting cookies for the upcoming Kairos prison ministry weekend -- to be delivered daily, by the dozen in hand-decorated bags, to every single prisoner in the womens' prison in Purdy during the four-day retreat inside the prison.
Cookies for the troops, cookies for prisoners... and even a small plate for me when I got home from work today.
My turn to read
Sunday was my turn to be Epistler. Under the old rota it was first and fifth Sundays with other readers on the second through fourth, but I think I had missed all previous scheduled readings this year due to travel or illness. It had clearly been a while since I'd read.
Larry was happy. He didn't have to deal with "concupiscence."
We've got a new system wherein the servers sign up for specific Sundays. This will work better for me, at least. Next up on the 28th, if another trip doesn't materialize before then.
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I Light This Candle and Remember You
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A time of travel
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Board index High Culture Music
ITT: Rank Porcupine Tree albums
It's only cool if no one's heard of it.
Location: Dark Side of the Moon.
Postby dedalus » Mon Sep 14, 2009 1:43 pm UTC
Well, since The Incident has come out, I thought it might be time to see what people have to say about PT albums. So, me first:
Deadwing - I'd seriously place this album in the running for 'best album of all time'. It's got two of my favourite songs, and the entire album fits together seamlessly.
Stupid Dream - I'd put this over the more heavier stuff because it's awesome easy listening but has so many good songs.
In Absentia - Trains, Collapse the Light, Gravity Eyelids.. Can't go much wrong here.
Fear of a Blank Planet - Nice blend of the softer (sentimental) and the harder (... pretty much everything else in parts).
The Incident - It's staying here for now because I haven't listened enough, could go either way.
LIghtbulb Sun - Russia on Ice alone should make this place higher, but the first half of the album kind of ruins it.
Recordings (B-side collection) - I really like Buying New Soul, and there's a lot of enjoyable material in here.
Stars Die/Up the Downstair/Signify/The Sky Moves Sideways - Honestly, putting these albums towards the end makes me feel bad; it's really not because they're bad in any way shape or form, but I've never listened to them enough and the others are just that spectacular.
On the Sunday of Life/Tarquin's Seaweed Farm - Personally, I find that these two (well... they're pretty much the same thing) hit about as many times as they miss. 9 Cats and Radioactive toy are good, but PT did a lot better in their other albums.
Metanoia/Voyage 34 - There was a time where I'd be really shocked by my inclusion of Voyage 34 at the end of the list, but apart from being a trip itself, the album isn't that spectacular when it's considered on Porcupine Tree standards. Metanoia is here because I just haven't listened to it enough; I know people that swear by it, but it hasn't struck me that well.
Nil Recurring - This comes dead last for a reason, and it's not because the songs are bad, but because the damn thing was NOT an album, and I really didn't appreciate paying 20 dollars for 25 minutes of music >_>.
To be honest, it's kind of funny, but I'm actually having to excuse myself for giving some albums low placings as opposed to justifying my top choices. Yeah... I'm a fan. Just wondering as well: what's everyone else's thoughts on the new album? I'm getting into it slowly, I like the music, but I'm finding that the gimmick of the so-called '55 minute long song' has just been annoying more then anything because there's so many songs that I'm having to dismiss as intro's or the etcetera... There's a few tracks that I'd prefer to see merged.
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Re: ITT: Rank Porcupine Tree albums
Postby talvinen » Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:38 pm UTC
1. Lightbulb Sun - I'm slightly annoyed by Four Chords That Made A Million (though I interprete the monotony of the song as part of the message), but this album contains some of the best songs PT ever recorded.
2. Fear of a Blank Planet - I am also a big Opeth fan, so the fusion of harder and softer parts is something I really enjoy in music. Also, it features the greatest intro evar (and Sleep Together is another masterpiece to end with).
3. Deadwing - not much to say here. It doesn't contain many masterpieces (aside from Arriving Somewhere But Not Here), but it's packed with overall really enjoyable songs.
4. Sky Moves Sideways - It's a question of mood, but although it's style isn't 'original PT', I really love to listen to Stars Die or the xxtralong version of the title song. (Also: Moonloop is great in one version. Dunno which currently.)
5. In Absentia - I might have rated this album higher in the past, but I 'grew out' of it. The first songs are really enjoyable at first, but tend to bore me a bit since then. I still love to listen to Prodigal or Strip The Soul now and then.
I have a hard time to align the rest of the albums. Didn't listen to Nil Recurring, so that's out of the picture. There are some brilliant songs scattered across the other albums (Sunday of Life has 3 of them, but out of 17 is probably not a good number). It would be easier to rate single songs at this point, not whole albums.
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Postby Aethernox » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:44 pm UTC
In Absentia.
For being completely and utterly wonderful.
Stupid Dream.
For being so very sentimental, especially to me.
Recordings.
For being better than most albums that aren't composed of B-Sides.
Fear of a Blank Planet.
For being okay. It's totally carried by Anesthetize and Sleep Together, however.
Deadwing.
For Arriving Somewhere and Open Car, for the most part. Those two are masterpieces. Deadwing is much more generic sounding than the rest of their last half-dozen albums, really. I suppose some people might like it for that. It was my first PT album, though.
Lightbulb Sun.
It's okay, I guess. I'm not as intimate with it as I am with several of the above albums.
NIL Recurring.
Needs more Fripp. It was a fairly good listen when it was released, and I occasionally listen to Normal still.
tillidie
Postby tillidie » Fri Nov 13, 2015 12:31 pm UTC
PORCUPINE TREE - Tarquin's Seaweed Farm DOWNLOAD mp3
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Definitely a great album, recommendable to all PT solid fans and to the "On A Sunday Of Life...." fans, even though I sadly notice that they aren't too many of them.
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Dolphinas is a medium-sized city located on the northwestern coast of the island of Snowiny in the United Provinces. The area is known for its warm conditions in the summer and the humid weather in the winter. Some consider Dolphinas an excellent spot for surfing, swimming, water polo, and other water related activities and sports. The city is also known for its soccer team, the Dolphinas Sky Bullets, which is the best team in Snowiny in terms of goals scored. This region of the country makes up almost 1/6 of the Snowinian mainland population. The current mayor is Slidur de Corovou.
The country is a major Antarctic port city and is the largest and main trade hub in the United Provinces and the whole northern Sub-Antarctic region behind Club Penguin. Dozens of ships arrive at the city every day bringing tons of cargo and various goods such as fish, bread, pineapples, coconuts, seaweed, crabs and melons. Dolphinas is, as such, an extremely important city for the United Provinces and the Western Union as well as both entities prosper from this city's trade.
3 Recreation
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4.1 Chensworth
4.2 Maracaná
4.3 Marceilaise
Dolphinas was founded as a small fishing village on the northwestern coast of Snowiny in 1013 by a large group of settlers led by Cornelius Brutus Arcticus. By 1020 the population of this young Osloven port was 463 but in the 1020s and 1030s it saw a massive population boom and its population, by 1040, was 5,113, becoming the largest city in the newly-formed Empire, mainly due to the import of slaves and foreign people from faraway lands.
It continued seeing a population rise and by 1470 the population was at around 891,000 partly thanks to the large influx of Francterran settlers. The city became extremely overpopulated, became the largest city in the country with Winsburg far behind at around 456,000. The city's sanitation was awful, there were rats on the streets and in houses and living standards were awful. Something that ended up both good and bad for the city happened: the High Penguin Confederacy invaded the country and set fire to and devastated Dolphinas. The population, by the time the High Penguins had exited the country in 1510, fell to around 561,000. Then, after they left, a devastating plague additionally decimated the population and brought the city to just about 79,800 residents. The Osloven economy was devastated because of this and the Osloven empire started entered its long period of decline.
The plague was over by 1520 after nearly 14 years of pillaging the population. Those who remained set off to getting resources from the government to rebuild the city and make it better than ever before. Immediately, the largest project in Osloven history had started: thousands had united together to rebuild this once great city and to make it a prosperous planned city with housing for all and with a great sanitation system. By 1600, the city had around 130,000 residents and the number continued increasing overtime.
By the time of the beginning of the Osloven Civil War in 1803 the population was 510,000. The city had once again been stricken by disaster as a civil war began. The city was heavily divided between Republicans and Monarchists and ultimately the Monarchists prevailed, although with massive losses: in 1815 the city's population fell to about 475,000. The country reformed to a constitutional monarchy and it allowed Dolphinas to prosper and promoted industry in the Empire. Dolphinas saw a major population boom and by 1910 the population was 790,000. The city was the richest in the country and it had great standards of living compared to the rest of the devastated country.
Khanzem would ultimately invade the country and after a few years it would collapse. Dolphinas' population once again was decimated and fell to about 640,000. A dictatorship was introduced in 1947 but Dolphinas would continue rising and standing out from the rest of the cities. It played a key role in the civil war in the 1990s when the people rose up against the oppressive dictatorship of Francisco Ferinco, and in 2003 a person who hails from Dolphinas, Geronimo Stanling, was elected president. Today, Dolphinas plays an important economic role in the country and it continues to prosper as it gains thousands of citizens annually.
Architecture[edit]
The city has the typical look of real life Mediterranean port city (such as Nice or Marseille). The architecture gradually developed over time and apartment blocs and various gloriously decorated buildings were built mostly during the 17th century and the 18th centuries, the golden centuries for the Osloven Empire. As a result of the large influx of Francterran settlers the city has an architecture influenced by nations from the Ninja Archipelago.
Recreation[edit]
Due to being a city nearby the ocean, aquariums are usually found about 0-1.4 miles from the coastline with many rare and exotic creatures including Mine Crabs, Rainbow Trouts, Electric Eels, and even Manta Rays.
Neighborhoods[edit]
Chensworth[edit]
Chensworth is the largest and most populated of the 3 major neighborhoods in Dolphinas, as of its 2.3 mile-distance from the coastline makes the many hills (some even exceed 40 ft.!) great viewing areas of the ocean and airport nearby. It also has a large train station named "Lofesta Station" on the outer edge which serves as a secondary base for Snotrak Coast Speeder and Ansela Express, which is the fastest fleet of trains in the company exceeding 150 MPH. Over 1.8/5 of the population lives in Chensworth because of the usual 1 degree difference in temperature(either 1 colder or 1 hotter).
Maracaná[edit]
Maracana is a Nutzilian and Lisboagese influenced area that is currently the 2nd largest neighborhood in Dolphinas because of it being not far from the coast at 4 kilometers away. The stadium that the Dolphinas Sky Bullets play in is located here having room for over 84,379 people. Mount Souvilia at 2,342 ft tall is the most renowned monument in the city, named after Joseph Souvilia, a Nutzilian-Antarctican who had reached the summit in 1943. It also has similar architecture to Chensworth and Solvestia due to the common influences of the neighborhoods.
Marceilaise[edit]
Named after the Francterran city of Marceil, is the smallest of the three neighborhoods by population and also, by size of the area, the largest neighborhood as well. As the name says, a large part of the neighborhood's population descends from the city of Marceil in southern Francterre. French and Latin are the dominant languages in this neighborhood.
An average house in Chensworth.
The usual Ansela Express train stops at Lofesta Station from Winsburg.
The city was named after an enormous dolphin pod who migrates near the coast every summer.
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She’s A Good Boy, Battersea Arts Centre – Review
Author: Rob Warren in Alternative, Reviews 23 March 2019 0 104 Views
Homegrown Festival: Occupy
Homegrown Festival: Occupy He. She. Him. Her. They. Such little words but with so much meaning. But as Elise Heaven tells us, gender is a social construct. There are people who don’t identify as he or she, otherwise known as non-binary. Such as Elise Heaven, who isn’t he or she, but as is Elise’s wish, the pronoun to use is “they”. Except they is singular, not plural. Well that's going to mess my editor's head up, that’s for sure. [Ed: you underestimate me!] She’s A Good Boy perfectly exemplifies what Battersea Arts Centre’s Homegrown Festival: Occupy is all about:…
A show that is not only entertaining, but educational, helping us understand the world of non-binary gender. Another perfect fit for a festival aiming at underrepresented groups.
He. She. Him. Her. They. Such little words but with so much meaning. But as Elise Heaven tells us, gender is a social construct. There are people who don’t identify as he or she, otherwise known as non-binary. Such as Elise Heaven, who isn’t he or she, but as is Elise’s wish, the pronoun to use is “they”. Except they is singular, not plural. Well that’s going to mess my editor’s head up, that’s for sure. [Ed: you underestimate me!]
She’s A Good Boy perfectly exemplifies what Battersea Arts Centre’s Homegrown Festival: Occupy is all about: giving a voice to the underrepresented. Right now, what could be more relevant than a piece of theatre examining non-binary gender. In a week when MP Andrea Leadsom stated that “it is right that parents should be able to choose the moment at which their children become exposed to that information” in a debate about LBGT, Elise Heaven gave the best evidence for Leadsom being wrong, wrong and wrong again with such ignorant comments about people who might not confirm to the narrow minded bigotry of anyone who nodded in agreement with such a outdated comment.
Elise, full of energy, bounds into the room, grinning and instantly putting all at ease. They then proceed to run through various issues they have encountered, from the questions people have asked them, to the things that people don’t say to them. It’s insightful and educational, no doubt even for the more well-informed members of the audience. Most importantly it’s entertaining, as Elise is a performer with a charming style.
It all sounds so very serious and yes, the subject matter is, but the storytelling from Elise is anything but. They tell their story with some clever little tricks, introducing us to themselves at various ages of childhood, in an effort to explain how they felt at that age, how they acted, how they were simply just like any other child, except even at a young age they clearly knew they weren’t going to be “him” or “her”. There are also songs, some with guitar (miniature version) and some with piano (floor mat version), all very amusing, especially when one is introduced as a “fusion of wanky heartfelt pop”, and entitled “Take your genitals off”, containing advice on trying to live life without aforementioned genitals dictating it. You simply can’t help but smile and wonder just why some people do make such a big deal about being male or female. Because as Elise tells us, we are all human after all, why does it matter about defining one another as he or she.
There are important darker moments as well. Elise explains how they were treated in their first job in a clothes store, and later beaten up, when the defence in court was that they “looked a bit like a man”. It helps highlight the bigotry still present and faced by people like Elise daily. Briefly the laughter stops and the audience is made to think about the consequences of the ignorance still around us, no doubt allowed to grow braver with idiotic comments by the like of Leadson.
It is surely though through shows like She’s A Good Boy and characters like Elise Heaven, that people will change their views, one person at a time. And it is events like Homegrown Festival that give a great platform for such shows to reach a greater audience to educate and entertain in equal measure.
Written and performed by: Elise Heaven
Directed by: Emma Williams
Produced by: Christina Poulton for Strike A Light
Booking link: https://www.bac.org.uk/content/45220/whats_on/whats_on/shows/homegrown_festival_occupy
Booking until: This show has finished its current run, but Homegrown Festival runs until 12 April 2019.
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The Noisettes What's the Time Mr. Wolf?
By Liz Worth
Noisettes vocalist Shingai Shoniwa manipulates her voice into tight knots and loose bellows with such cogency that shes immediately convincing and magnetic. The twists and jerks she lets out bring to mind the eccentricities of Nina Hagen and are smoothed over by slick, melodious washes of clear blue sound. Kicking off with the punchy "Dont Give Up, Whats the Time Mr. Wolf? launches into fevered licks with stiletto sharp style. "Sister Rosetta (Capture the Spirit) starts off with an infectious appetite and quickly dissolves into layers of barrelling noise that ups the tempo and turbulence. "Nothing to Dread and "Mind the Gap are fractured with unpredictability and make it clear the Noisettes arent about to get derivative any time soon. It all cools down with the epic "Hierarchy, which drags out the slower drones and captures a tamer side to the band. (Universal)
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2018 Obituaries - MAKE IT STOP!!!
2019 Obituaries - GOD, WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE?
MARK TENSER (Crown International Pictures Executive: This is a big loss to the filmmaking community, so I'll let the Hollywood Reporter take over the rest of the obituary: Mark Tenser, the savvy movie executive who transformed Crown International Pictures from an unremarkable independent film company into an exploitation powerhouse in the 1970s and '80s, has died. Tenser died on New Year's Day, his company announced. He was still serving as president and CEO of Crown at the time of his death and did not want his age to be revealed. His wife, Marilyn Tenser, who survives him, worked alongside him for more than four decades and produced several of Crown's most notable releases. After Tenser took the reins in 1973, Crown targeted the underserved teen market that the Hollywood major studios had cast aside with movies that revolved around cars, young men and women and lighthearted sex. The low-budget flicks also played well at the drive-in. Crown was named Motion Picture Company of the Year by the National Association of Theatre Owners in 1976. That year, it distributed the "teensploitation" classic THE POM POM GIRLS [1976]; produced for less than $1 million, it brought in more than four times that, making it one of the highest-grossing non-Hollywood films of the year. "Sex can be treated from the standpoint of young people with fun," Tenser once said. Other films distributed by Crown in an era before the explosion of home video included the action comedy SUPERCHICK [1973]; WELCOME HOME, BROTHER CHARLES [a.k.a. SOUL VENGEANCE - 1975], a blaxploitation pic; the martial arts film DEATH MACHINES [1977]; THE VAN [1977], which cashed in on the customized van craze [and featured Danny DeVito]; VAN NUYS BLVD. [1979], about cruising around Los Angeles; COACH [1978], a basketball movie starring Cathy Lee Crosby; and the darker-than-expected MALIBU HIGH [1979]. Tenser was instrumental in directing the specialized ad campaigns for his movies, and he helped place Crown in the pantheon of successful indie film outfits alongside the likes of American International Pictures and New World Pictures. Crown had been founded in 1959 by former RKO Pictures executive Newton "Red" Jacobs, who was behind the release of such titles as BLOODLUST [1959], FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS [1960], AS NATURE INTENDED [1961], THE DEVIL'S HAND [1961], DANGEROUS CHARTER [1962], VARAN THE UNBELIEVABLE [1962], SECRET FILE HOLLYWOOD [1962], CARNIVAL OF CRIME [1962], STAKEOUT! [1962], TERRIFIED [1963], ESCAPE FROM HELL ISLAND [1963], THE SKYDIVERS [1963; Crown's first in-house production], THE CREEPING TERROR [1964], VENGEANCE [1964], MONDO BALORDO [1964], INDIAN PAINT [1965], ORGY OF THE DEAD [1965], GUILT [1965], THE FOUNTAIN OF LOVE [1966], CATALINA CAPER [1967], THE HOSTAGE [1967], HELL ON WHEELS [1967], ROAD TO NASHVILLE [1967], THE WILD REBELS [1967], AFRICAN SAFARI [1968], TERROR IN THE JUNGLE [1968], SINGLE ROOM FURNISHED [1968], THE HELLCATS [1968], THE WILD PUSSYCAT [1969; a rare X-Rated feature for Crown], THE BABYSITTER [1969], THE SIDEHACKERS [1969], NIGHTMARE IN WAX [1969], THE FANTASTIC PLASTIC MACHINE [1969], Al Adamson's BLOOD OF DRACULA'S CASTLE [1969], WEEKEND WITH THE BABYSITTER [1970], and MADMEN OF MANDORAS [1963] a film that, with material added later, became known as THEY SAVED HITLER'S BRAIN [1968]. Crown began producing its own films in earnest during the early '70s, and Tenser was promoted from Executive VP to Company President in 1973 when Jacobs moved up to chairman of the board. Meanwhile, his wife Jacobs' daughter became a vice president. [She was the one who came up with the idea and the marketing for THE POM POM GIRLS.] Crown remained prolific in the 1980s with releases like THE HEARSE [1980] with Trish Van Devere, THE BEACH GIRLS [1982], MY TUTOR [1983], WEEKEND PASS [1984], TOMBOY [1985], CAVEGIRL [1985], MY CHAUFFEUR [1986], HUNK [1987], DEATHROW GAMESHOW [1987] and MY MOM'S A WEREWOLF [1989]. Raised in Long Branch, New Jersey, Tenser excelled at throwing the javelin and discus in high school and played football on the varsity team. He graduated with a degree in business administration from the University of Miami in Florida, then came to California to work with his father in sales. Tenser's first job at Crown was as a distribution manager, and his credits as a producer included COACH and THE HEARSE. He was an active member of the executive branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Survivors also include his sister, Dorothy, and several nieces, nephews and godchildren. A funeral is set for noon on Sunday at Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary in Los Angeles. In lieu of flowers, his family asks that donations be made to the N.P. "Red" Jacobs-Mark Tenser Memorial Scholarship Fund of Variety the Childrens Charity in Southern California. Other Crown International releases under Tenser's rein included: PICKUP - 1970; CINDY & DONNA -1970; BLOOD MANIA - 1970; WILD RIDERS - 1971; THE NAKED COUNTESS - 1971; NOON SUNDAY - 1971; CHAIN GANG WOMEN - 1971; POINT OF TERROR - 1971; THE PINK ANGELS - 1971; THE YOUNG GRADUATES - 1971; LITTLE LAURA & BIG JOHN - 1972; BLUE MONEY - 1972; STANLEY - 1972; THE STEPMOTHER - 1972; SANTEE - 1973; HORROR HIGH - 1973; KUNG FU MAMA - 1973; THE TEACHER - 1974; THE SISTER-IN-LAW - 1974; POLICEWOMEN - 1974; TRIP WITH THE TEACHER - 1974; BEST FRIENDS - 1975; THE SPECIALIST - 1975; LAS VEGAS LADY - 1975; SATAN'S SLAVE - 1976; DEATH RIDERS - 1976; HUSTLER SQUAD - 1976; LAND OF THE MINOTAUR - 1976; THE CRATER LAKE MONSTER - 1977; .357 MAGNUM - 1977; MALIBU BEACH - 1978; FRENCH QUARTER - 1978; SEXTETTE - 1978; DRACULA'S DOG - 1978; TERROR - 1978; BURNOUT - 1979; BUDO: THE ART OF KILLING - 1979; DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE - 1980; THE KIDNAPPING OF THE PRESIDENT - 1980; MCVICAR - 1980; GALAXINA - 1980; SEPARATE WAYS - 1981; AMERICANA - 1981; THE LAST CHASE - 1981; THE HIGH COUNTRY - 1981; IMPROPER CHANNELS - 1981; DOUBLE EXPOSURE - 1982; STACY'S KNIGHTS - 1983; FLESHBURN - 1983; YELLOW HAIR AND THE FORTRESS OF GOLD - 1984; KILL POINT - 1984; 9 DEATHS OF THE NINJA - 1985; HOT TARGET - 1985; SCORPION - 1986; LOW BLOW - 1986; THE PATRIOT - 1986; JOCKS - 1986; LURKERS - 1987; THE VIRGIN QUEEN OF ST. FRANCIS HIGH - 1987; PRIME EVIL - 1988 NIGHT CLUB - 1989; CLICK: THE CALENDAR GIRL KILLER - 1990 TOP COP - 1990; BRAIN TWISTERS - 1991; LENA'S HOLIDAY - 1991; HOUSEWIFE FROM HELL - 1993; ALMOST HOLLYWOOD - 1994; GATOR KING - 1996. Tenser was a shrewd businessman, making sure that Crown still owned the licenses to most of their releases and selling those licenses to VHS & DVD companies, making Crown a small fortune [Some titles being released on DVD over twenty times!]. NOTE: Additional titles and links added by your humble editor.) - 01/01/18
Frank Buxton (Actor/TV Director/Writer/Producer: Frank Buxton was a voice actor [best known for voicing the character Batfink in a series of animated TV shorts, directed by Hal Seeger] who turned to directing episodes of '70s Television. Besides the series of Batfink shorts, Mr. Buxton acted in: ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATRE - 1959 [TV]; GET THE MESSAGE - 1964 [TV]; THE ODD COUPLE - 1974 [TV]; OVERBOARD - 1987 [Theatrical Film}; BEACHES - 1988 [Theatrical Film]; GARFIELD AND FRIENDS - 1989 {TV; Voice only]; CHIP 'N' DALE RESCUE RANGERS - 1989 [TV; Voice only]; THE BAKERY - 1990 [TV Movie]; DARK AVENGER - 1990 [TV Movie]; FRANKIE AND JOHNNY - 1991 [Theatrical Film]; FACE OF A STRANGER - 1991 [TV Movie]; WITH A VENGEANCE - 1992 [TV Movie]; ROOMMATES - 1994 [TV Movie]; THE FUGITIVE - 2000 [TV]; THE DIARY OF ELLEN RIMBAUR - 2003 [TV Movie]; GRASSROOTS - 2012 [Theatrical Film]; TWO FRIENDS - 2013 [Short; his final acting role]. As a Director/Writer/Producer, Frank Buxton helmed episodes of these TV Series, Films or Specials [as Director, unless otherwise specified]: WHAT'S UP TIGER LILY? - 1966 [Theatrical Film; Writer only]; CHILDREN'S LETTERS TO GOD - 1969 [TV Short; also Producer]; HOT DOG - 1970 [TV; Also Producer]; LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE - 1972 [also Writer; also Story Consultant on 1 episode in 1973]; ME AND THE CHIMP - 1972 [TV; Story Consultant only]; THE BOB NEWHART SHOW - 1973 [TV; Writer only]; THE ODD COUPLE - 1973-1975 [9 episodes; also Wrote 5 episodes and Produced 7 episodes]; HAPPY DAYS - 1974-1976 [3 episodes; also Wrote 3 episodes]; ONE DAY AT A TIME - 1976 [Writer only]; MORK & MINDY - 1981 [4 episodes]; THIS IS YOUR LIFE 39TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL - 1981 [TV Special; Writer only]; NO MAN'S VALLEY - 1981 [TV Short; Writer only]; EMO PHILIPS LIVE - 1987 [TV Special; Producer only]; LIVE FROM PLANET EARTH - 1987 [TV Special]. Frank Buxton passed away due to heart problems and was 87 years-old.) - 01/02/18
JERRY VAN DYKE (Actor/Comedian: Many people will recognize Jerry as the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke or his four-time Emmy®-nominated role as "Assistant Coach Luther Horatio Van Dam" on the sitcom COACH [1989-1997], but I remember Jerry as the star of the insane sitcom MY MOTHER THE CAR [1065-1966]. Jerry started out as a stand-up comedian, entertaining troops when he joined the Air Force in 1952. He then began his stand-up career by appearing in dives and strip clubs in The Southern U.S., where his banjo playing became as well-known as his comedy. He then became part of the Playboy circuit and made a few appearances on THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW before becomeing a regular on THE JUDY GARLAND SHOW [1963-1964], where he played his goofy self. He also appeared a few times on his brother's hit TV series and , in one of the worst blunders of his life, turned down the lead role on GILLIGAN'S ISLAND [1964-1967; He took one look at the script for the pilot episode and said, "It was the worst thing I have ever read in my life."]. Besides MY MOTHER THE CAR [in which he had to bear the awful critics of a dead mother communicating with her son by ways of a talking car!], Jerry appeared in two other failed TV series and appeared in some films that should interest fans of this site. Jerry's credits included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical film]: G.E. TRUE - 1962; THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER - 1963; PALM SPRINGS WEEKEND - 1963 [TF]; MCLINTOCK! - 1963 [TF]; THE JUDY GARLAND SHOW - 1963-1964 [9 episodes]; PERRY MASON - 1964; THE CARA WILLIAMS SHOW - 1964; THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW - 1962-1965 [4 episodes]; THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW - 1965; LOVE AND KISSES - 1965 [TF]; MY MOTHER THE CAR - 1965-1966 [Series Regular; 30 episodes]; THAT GIRL - 1967; VACATION PLAYHOUSE - 1967; ACCIDENTAL FAMILY - 1967-1968 [Series Regular; 16 episodes]; GOOD MORNING, WORLD - 1968; GOMER PYLE: USMC - 1968; ANGEL IN MY POCKET - 1969 [TF]; HEADMASTER - 1970 [Series Regular; 13 episodes]; LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE - 1970-1971 [3 episodes]; THE NEW DICK VAN DYKE SHOW - 1973; MARY TYLER MOORE - 1972-1973; THE AMAZING COSMIC AWARENESS OF DUFFY MOON - 1976 [An ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL]; 13 QUEENS BOULEVARD - 1979 [Series Regular; 9 episodes]; HOUSE CALLS - 1980; FANTASY ISLAND - 1978-1981; THE LOVE BOAT - 1982; NEWHART - 1983 [he originally appeared as "George Utley', but the character was essayed by the late Tom Poston after that]; FRESNO - 1986 [TV mini-series]; LETHAL VICTIMS - 1987 [TF; a.k.a. W.A.R.: WOMEN AGAINST RAPE]; RUN IF YOU CAN - 1988 [TF; one hell of a weird film!]; COMING OF AGE - 1988; CHARLES IN CHARGE - 1988; TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO - 1992 [TV Movie]; THE DREW CAREY SHOW - 1997; GRACE UNDER FIRE - 1997; COACH - 1989-1997 [Series Regular; 199 episodes!; Nominated 4 times, in 1990, 1991, 1992 & 1994 for an Emmy Award® for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]; ANNABELLE'S WISH - 1997 [TV Movie]; MERRY CHRISTMAS, GEORGE BAILEY - 1997 [TV Movie]; TEEN ANGEL - 1998 [Series Semi-Regular; 6 episodes]; YOU WISH - 1997-1998 [Series Semi-Regular; 9 episodes]; THE NEW ADDAMS FAMILY - 1998; DIAGNOSIS MURDER - 1999; THE DISTRICT - 2004; THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW REVISITED - 2004 [TV Movie]; COMMITTED - 2005; YES, DEAR - 2001-2005 [7 episodes]; MY NAME IS EARL - 2008; MOON RING - 2010 [TF]; RAISING HOPE - 2011; THE MILLERS - 2013; THE MIDDLE - 2010-2015 [8 episodes; his final acting appearance]. Jerry Van Dyke appeared on many nighttime entertainment shows, including over 20 appearances on THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON. Jerry also had his share of tragedies in his life. His daughter, actress Kelly Van Dyke, took her own life in 1991 [She was a known drug abuser and her career led her down to appearing in porn films]. Jerry Van Dyke died of undisclosed causes [Jerry's wife, Shirley, said they were involved in a car accident over 2 years ago and Jerry's health had deteriorated since] and was 86 years-old.) - 01/05/18
GRETA THYSSEN (Actress: Probably best known to readers of this site for her role as the panther woman in the ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU rip-off, TERROR IS A MAN [1959], Greta Thyssen [real name: Greta Thysegen] hasn't acted for over 50 years. She was a former Miss Denmark [crowned in 1952] and acted in a few films that readers of this site will be interested in. Her credits included [Theatrical Film unless otherwise specified]: OP OG NED LANGS KYSTEN - 1950; BUS STOP - 1956 [Marilyn Monroe's body double]; ACCUSED OF MURDER - 1956; SCHLITZ PLAYHOUSE - 1956 [TV]; THE ADVENTURES OF HIRAM HOLLIDAY - 1956 [TV]; TELEPHONE TIME - 1957 [TV]; DRAGNET - 1957 [TV]; PERRY MASON - 1957 [TV]; QUIZ WHIZZ - 1958 [TV]; THE BEAST OF BUDAPEST - 1958; PIES AND GUYS - 1958 [A Three Stooges Short]; FRONTIER DOCTOR - 1958 [TV]; SAPPY BULL FIGHTERS - 1959 [A Three Stooges Short]; TERROR IS A MAN - 1959; SHADOWS - 1959; CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - 1959; M SQUAD - 1960 [TV]; BACHELOR FATHER - 1960 [TV]; LOCK UP - 1960 [TV]; THREE BLONDES IN HIS LIFE - 1961; MICHAEL SHAYNE - 1961 [TV]; JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET - 1961; THE DOUBLE-BARRELLED DETECTIVE STORY - 1965; COTTONPICKIN' CHICKENPICKERS 1967 [Her final acting role]. Greta Thyssen attempted to follow the footsteps of reigning platinum blonde sex symbols Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield by forging a movie career for herself, but she failed. When she quit film acting, she appeared in a few risqué stage plays until the early-70s. Greta Thyssen passed away from complications of pneumonia and was 84 years-old.) - 01/06/18
DONNELLY RHODES (Actor: Instantly recognizable character actor, best known for his role as "Dutch Leitner" on the sitcom SOAP - 1977-1981; and, more recently, his role as "Dr. Sherman Cottle" on the reboot of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - 2004-2009. He was mainly a TV actor, but ventured out once in a while to appear in Theatrical Films. His credits included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: REPRISAL! - 1956 [TF]; THE 27TH DAY - 1957 [TF]; MAN WITH A CAMERA - 1960; MAVERICK - 1960; CHEYENNE - 1960; BONANZA - 1960; TWO FACES WEST - 1960; TALLAHASSEE 7000 - 1961; MR. ED - 1961; HAZEL - 1961; PLAYDATE - 1962; SHOESTRING THEATRE - 1962-1963 [3 episodes]; WAGON TRAIN - 1965; THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR - 1964-1965; DR. KILDARE - 1965; THEATRE 625 - 1965; CONVOY - 1965; THE VIRGINIAN - 1965; LAREDO - 1965-1966; THE ROAD WEST - 1966; RUN FOR YOUR LIFE -1966; GUNFIGHT IN ABILENE - 1967 [TF]; THE GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E. - 1967; BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATRE - 1965-1967 [3 episodes]; DUNDEE AND CULHANE - 1967; MANNIX - 1967; TARZAN - 1967; CUSTER - 1967; IRONSIDE - 1967; IT TAKES A THIEF - 1968; CIMARRON STRIP - 1968; THE SMUGGLERS - 1968 [TV Movie]; THE WILD WILD WEST - 1967-1969; BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID - 1969 [TF]; CHANGE OF MIND - 1969 [TF]; HERE COME THE BRIDES - 1969; THE MANIPULATORS - 1970; FAMOUS JURY TRIALS - 1971; O'HARA, U.S. TREASURY - 1972; MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - 1968-1972 [3 episodes]; MARCUS WELBY, M.D. - 1973; THE NEPTUNE FACTOR - 1973 [TF]; INSIGHT - 1968-1973; THE NEW PERRY MASON - 1973; THE HARD PART BEGINS - 1973 [TF]; THE STARLOST - 1973; THE COLLABORATORS - 1973; POLICE STORY - 1974; RUN, JOE, RUN - 1974; FOR THE RECORD - 1976; OUR MAN FLINT: DEAD ON TARGET - 1976 [TV Movie]; GLORY DAYS - 1976 [TF]; SWITCH - 1976; SIDESTREET - 1976-1977 [3 episodes]; WONDER WOMAN - 1979; THE CHISHOLMS - 1980 [TV mini-series]; BIZARRE - 1980; THE LITTLEST HOBO - 1980; SOAP - 1978-1981 [38 episodes]; IT'S A LIVING - 1981; THE FACTS OF LIFE - 1982; REPORT TO MURPHY - 1982 [5 episodes]; CHEERS - 1982; TAXI - 1982; MAGNUM, P.I. - 1983; IT TAKES TWO - 1983; GIMME A BREAK! - 1983; HILL STREET BLUES - 1982-1983 [3 episodes]; AMANDA'S - 1983; ALICE - 1984; FLIGHT 90: DISASTER ON THE POTOMAC - 1984 [TV Movie]; REEL HORROR - 1985 [TF; Executive Producer only] DEADLY NIGHTMARES - 1985; DOUBLE TROUBLE - 1984-1985 [9 episodes]; DALTON: CODE OF VENGEANCE II - 1986 [TV Movie]; CODE OF VENGEANCE - 1986; THE GOLDEN GIRLS - 1987; AIRWOLF - 1987; AFTER THE PROMISE - 1987 [TV Movie]; EMPTY NEST - 1988; THE PENTHOUSE - 1989 [TV Movie]; BORDERTOWN - 1989; DANGER BAY - 1985-1990 [TV Series Regular; 122 episodes; Nominated for a Gemini Award® in 1988 for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Continuing Dramatic Role]; SHOWDOWN AT WILLIAMS CREEK - 1991 [TF]; THE HEIGHTS - 1992 [Series Regular; 12 episodes]; BABY TALK - 1992; STREET LEGAL - 1991-1992 [Series Regular; 10 episodes]; DIRTY WORK - 1992 [TV Movie]; MURDER, SHE WROTE - 1988-1993 [3 episodes]; BEYOND OBSESSION - 1994 [TV Movie]; GUITARMAN - 1994 [TV Movie]; WHEN THE VOWS BREAK - 1995 [TV Movie]; SHADOW OF A DOUBT - 1995 [TV Movie]; MADISON - 1996; PROFIT - 1996; THE X-FILES - 1994-1996; TWO - 1996-1997; THE OUTER LIMITS - 1996-1997; THE STEPSISTER - 1997 [TV Movie]; VIPER - 1997; THE SENTINEL - 1997; DEAD MAN'S GUN - 1997; CONVICTIONS - 1997 [TV Movie]; INDEFENSIBLE: THE TRUTH ABOUT EDWARD BRANNIGAN - 1997 [TV Movie]; THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - 1998 [Voice only]; THE CROW: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN - 1998; MILLENNIUM - 1997-1998; BIG AND HAIRY - 1998 [TV Movie]; EYES OF A COWBOY - 1998; ROSWELL: THE ALIENS ATTACK - 1999 [TV Movie]; A MURDER ON SHADOW MOUNTAIN - 1999 [TV Movie]; HOPE ISLAND - 1999; MIRACLE ON THE 17TH GREEN - 1999 [TV movie]; CALL OF THE WILD - 2000; PERSONALLY YOURS - 2000 [TV Movie]; THE WEDDING DRESS - 2001 [TV Movie]; TOUCHED BY A KILLER - 2001 [TF]; SNOW DOGS - 2002 [TF]; PRESSURE - 2002 [TF]; THE CHRIS ISAAK SHOW - 2002; AMERICAN DREAMS - 2002; TOM STONE - 2003; THE DEAD ZONE - 2003; A TALE OF TWO WIVES - 2003 [TV Movie]; CENTURY CITY - 2004; PROOF OF THE MAN - 2004 [TV mini-series]; LIFE AS WE KNOW IT - 2004-2005 [3 episodes]; DA VINCI'S INQUEST - 1998-2005 [Series Regular; 91 episodes; Directed 1 episode in 2001; Won a Gemini Award® in 2002 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role and was nominated 2 more times, in 1999 & 2000 ]; THE COLLECTOR - 2006; BROKEN TRAIL - 2006 [TV mini-series]; WHISTLER - 2006; PAST TENSE - 2006 [TV Movie]; THREE MOONS OVER MILFORD - 2006; PSYCH - 2007; BEYOND LOCH NESS - 2008 [a.k.a. LOCH NESS TERROR; TV Movie]; THE L WORD - 2008; SMALLVILLE - 2008; RIDDLES OF THE SPHINX - 2008 [TV Movie] GYM TEACHER: THE MOVIE - 2008 [TV Movie]; BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - 2004-2009 [36 episodes]; DAMAGE - 2009 [TF]; ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID - 2010 [4 episodes]; HUMAN TARGET - 2010; GOBLIN - 2010 [TV Movie]; RAMONA AND BEEZUS - 2010 [TF]; HUNT TO KILL - 2010 [TF]; TRON: LEGACY - 2010 [TF]; IRON GOLEM - 2011 [a.k.a. METAL SHIFTERS; TV Movie]; MARLEY & ME: THE PUPPY YEARS - 2011 [DTV]; HEARTLAND - 2011; BARRICADE - 2012 [TF]; THE 12 DISASTERS OF CHRISTMAS - 2012 [TV Movie]; ARCTIC AIR - 2013; MR. HOCKEY: THE GORDIE HOWE STORY - 2013 [TV Movie]; SUPERNATURAL - 2005-2013; CODED - 2015; THE ROMEO SECTION - 2015-2016; THE FLASH - 2016; LEGENDS OF TOMORROW - 2016 [His last acting role]. As you can read, Donnelly Rhodes was very prolific on Television. Donnelly Rhodes passed away due to complications from cancer and was 80 years-old.) - 01/08/18
TERENCE MARSH (Production Designer/Art Director: Multiple Academy Award®-winning and nominated Art Director and Production Designer, mainly on British films. His films as a Production Designer/Art Director included [All theatrical films unless otherwise specified]: TO PARIS WITH LOVE - 1955; AS LONG AS THEY'RE HAPPY - 1955; A TOWN LIKE ALICE - 1956; TRIPLE DECEPTION - 1956; THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL - 1957; MIRACLE IN SOHO - 1957; THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - 1960; THE SINGER NOT THE SONG - 1961; A COMING-OUT PARTY - 1961; IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS - 1962; LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - 1962; OF HUMAN BONDAGE - 1964; THE WILD AFFAIR - 1965; DOCTOR ZHIVAGO - 1965 [Academy Award® winner for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration]; A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS - 1966; OLIVER! - 1968 [Academy Award® winner for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration]; THE LOOKING GLASS WAR - 1970; PERFECT FRIDAY - 1970; SCROOGE - 1970 [Academy Award® nominee for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration]; MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS - 1971 [Academy Award® nominee for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration]; THE PUBLIC EYE - 1972; A TOUCH OF CLASS - 1973; THE MACKINTOSH MAN - 1973; THE GLASS MENAGERIE - 1973 [TV Movie]; JUGGERNAUT - 1974; THE ABDICATION - 1974; GREAT EXPECTATIONS - 1974 [TV Movie]; ROYAL FLASH - 1975; THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES' SMARTER BROTHER - 1975; A BRIDGE TOO FAR - 1977; THE WORLD'S GREATEST LOVER - 1977 [also Co-Producer]; MAGIC - 1978; THE FRISCO KID - 1979; SUNDAY LOVERS - 1980; SPHINX - 1981; ABSENCE OF MALICE - 1981; TO BE OR NOT TO BE - 1983; FINDERS KEEPERS - 1984 [also Producer]; MIRACLES - 1986; HAUNTED HONEYMOON - 1986; SPACEBALLS - 1987; BERT RIGBY, YOU'RE A FOOL - 1989; THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER - 1990; HAVANA - 1990; BASIC INSTINCT - 1992; CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER - 1994; THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION - 1994; FORGET PARIS - 1995; EXECUTIVE DECISION - 1996; FALLEN - 1998; THE GREEN MILE - 1999; RUSH HOUR 2 (2001; His final screen credit]. Terence Marsh also won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild® in 2010 and was nominated several times for a BAFTA Award®. Terence Marsh died of complications from cancer and was 86 years-old.) - 01/09/18
HUGH WILSON (Director/Writer/Producer: Hugh Wilson was the creator of the cult TV Series WKRP IN CINCINATTI [1978-1982] and director of the film POLICE ACADEMY [1984], which went on to be part of a successful franchise, spawning 6 sequels and a TV Series [none of which Wilson was involved with]. His credits included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: THE BAGEL REPORT - 1972 [TF; Director/Producer/Editor & Writer]; THE BOB NEWHART SHOW - 1976 [Writer of 3 episodes]; THE CHOPPED LIVER BROTHERS - 1977 [TV Movie; Director/Writer]; THE TONY RANDALL SHOW - 1976-1978 [Director of 4 episodes; Producer of 22 episodes; Writer of 6 episodes]; WKRP IN CINCINATTI - 1978-1982 [Creator of 86 episodes; Director of 2 episodes; Producer of 27 episodes; Writer of 14 episodes; Also wrote the opening theme song; Nominated for three Emmy Awards®, in 1980, 1981 & 1982, for Outstanding Comedy Series]; STROKER ACE - 1983 [TF; Writer only]; POLICE ACADEMY - 1984 [TF; Director & Writer]; RUSTLERS' RHAPSODY - 1985 [TF; Director & Writer]; BURGLAR - 1987 [Director & Writer]; FRANK'S PLACE - 1987-1988 [Director of 7 episodes; Producer of 22 episodes; Writer of 8 episodes; Nominated for an Emmy Award® in 1988 for Outstanding Comedy Series & Won an Emmy Award in 1988 for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series]; THE FAMOUS TEDDY Z - 1989-1990 [Creator of 20 episodes; Director of 3 episodes; Producer of 1 episode; Writer of 4 episodes; Nominated for 2 Emmy Awards® in 1990 for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series & Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series]; SUNDAY IN PARIS - 1991 [TV Short; Director & Executive Producer]; THE NEW WKRP IN CINCINATTI - 1991-1993 [Creator of 16 episodes]; GUARDING TESS - 1994 [TF; Director & Writer]; THE FIRST WIVES CLUB - 1996 [TF; Director only]; DOWN PERISCOPE - 1996 [TF; Writer only]; ROUGH RIDERS - 1997 [TV mini-series; Writer only]; SOUTHIE - 1998 [TF; Producer only]; BLAST FROM THE PAST - 1999 [TF; Director/Producer & Writer]; DUDLEY DO-RIGHT - 1999 [TF; Director/ Executive Producer & Writer]; THE CONTENDER - 2000 [TV Movie; Director & Producer]; MICKEY - 2004 [TF; Director only]; KEEPERS OF THE FLAME - 2012 [Video Documentary Short; Writer only; His final credit]. Hugh Wilson also appeared in cameo roles in most of the films and TV Series he directed [Called "Pulling a Hitchcock"]. Hugh Wilson passed away of a long illness and was 74 years-old.) - 01/14/18
SPANKY MANIKAN (Actor: Anyone who reads my reviews for Filipino action films knows who Spanky Manikan is. He played secondary roles in many action films made in the Philippines and was a frequent actor on Filipino TV. Most of the films he has done are not available in the U.S, so I will list the ones he appeared in that were. His credits included [all Theatrical Films]: MANILA IN THE CLAWS OF LIGHT - 1975; P.O.W.: THE ESCAPE [a.k.a. ATTACK FORCE 'NAM - 1986]; SAIGON COMMANDOS - 1988; ABOVE THE WAR - 1989; CRUEL HORIZON - 1989; FATAL VACATION - 1989; BEHIND ENEMY LINES - 1997; BULLET - 1999; DEATHROW - 2000; AMOK - 2011. Many Filipinos will remember Manikan for portraying "Stanley King" on the TV soap opera THE TWO OF US - 2009 [177 episodes] and as "Don Hernando" on the TV Series MIDNIGHT PHANTOM - 2010 [24 episodes]. Spanky Manikan's death was not reported in any American newspapers. Spanky Manikan passed away from lung cancer and was 75 years-old.) - 01/14/18
PETER WYNGARDE (Actor: Peter Wyngarde was a well-known Actor, best known for his roles in the films THE INNOCENTS [1961] and NIGHT OF THE EAGLE [a.k.a. BURN, WITCH, BURN - 1962]. Although best remembered for his roles in those films, he was actually a British TV star, appearing in many famous British Television Series, especially as flamboyant Investigator "Jason King" in DEPARTMENT S [1969-1970] and JASON KING [1971-1972]. His credits Included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: DICK BARTON STRIKES BACK - 1949 [TF]; THE DYBBUK - 1952 [TV Movie]; LIEBELEI - 1954 [TV Movie]; STAGE BY STAGE - 1954; TERMINUS - 1955; JESUS OF NAZARETH - 1956 [TV mini-series]; ALEXANDER THE GREAT - 1956 [TF]; THE GAMBLER - 1956 [TV Movie]; NOM-DE-PLUME - 1956 [3 episodes]; ASSIGNMENT FOREIGN LEGION - 1956; SWORD OF FREEDOM - 1957; THE WIDOWS OF JAFFA - 1957 [TV Movie]; JACK HYLTON'S MONDAY SHOW - 1957; OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB-EXCLUSIVE! - 1957; A TALE OF TWO CITIES - 1957 [TV mini-series]; ORDEAL BY FIRE - 1957 [TV Movie]; ITV TELEVISION PLAYHOUSE - 1957; ENGLISH FAMILY ROBINSON - 1957 [TV mini-series]; GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER - 1958; TELEVISION WORLD THEATRE - 1958; THE ADVENTURES OF BEN GUNN - 1958 [6 episodes]; BBC SUNDAY-NIGHT THEATRE - 1950-1958 [8 episodes]; EPILOGUE TO CAPRICORN - 1959 [3 episodes]; ON TRIAL - 1960; THE SIEGE OF SIDNEY STREET - 1960 [TF]; ONE STEP BEYOND - 1961; THE INNOCENTS - 1961 [TF]; BURN, WITCH, BURN - 1962 [TF; a.k.a. NIGHT OF THE EAGLE]; BBC SUNDAY-NIGHT PLAY - 1962; ARMCHAIR THEATRE - 1958-1962; OUT OF THIS WORLD - 1962; ABOUT RELIGION - 1962; RUPERT OF HENTZAU - 1964 {TV Series Star; 6 episodes]; R3 - 1965; SHERLOCK HOLMES - 1965; THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF GALLEGHER: A CASE OF MURDER - 1965 [TV Movie]; THE MAN IN ROOM 17 - 1966; LUCY IN LONDON - 1966 [TV Movie]; THE BARON - 1966; TURN OUT THE LIGHTS - 1967; ITV PLAY OF THE WEEK - 1955-1967 [11 episodes]; THE AVENGERS - 1966-1967; THE SAINT - 1966-1967; LOVE STORY - 1967; I SPY - 1967; THE REVENUE MEN - 1967; MOGUL - 1967; THE PRISONER - 1967 [Portrayed "Number Two"]; THE CHAMPIONS - 1968; DEPARTMENT S - 1969-1970 [Series Star; 28 episodes]; JASON KING - 1971-1972 [Series Star; played the same character as in DEPARTMENT S; 24 episodes]; HIMMEL, SCHEICH UND WOLKENBRUCH - 1979 [TF]; FLASH GORDON - 1980 [TF; portrayed metal-skinned villain "Klytus"]; CROWN COURT - 1980; DOCTOR WHO - 1984 [4 episodes]; AND THE WALL CAME TUMBLING DOWN - 1984 [TV Movie]; THE TWO RONNIES - 1984; BULMAN - 1985; THE COMIC STRIP PRESENTS... - 1988; TANK MALLING - 1989 [TF]; THE LENNY HENRY SHOW - 1994; THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES - 1994 [His last credit as an actor]. Peter Wyngarde loved acting on Stage more than he did on TV, which accounts for the long gaps in his filmic resumé. Peter Wyngarde died peacefully in his sleep and was 90 years-old.) - 01/15/18
BRADFORD DILLMAN (Actor: Bradford Dillman was one of those '60s & '70s actors that would show up on nearly every television series and TV Movies that I loved [I believe that he alone was responsible for the rating successes of horror and thriller-themed Movies Of The Week]. His death comes as a shock to me because I thought he passed away a long time ago. He appeared in many films that would be of interest to readers of this site. Dillman's credits included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: PONDS THEATER - 1955; KRAFT THEATRE - 1953-1956 [4 episodes]; THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT - 1957 [TV Movie]; OMNIBUS - 1957; CLIMAX! - 1957; MATINEE THEATRE - 1957; A CERTAIN SMILE - 1958 [TF]; IN LOVE AND WAR - 1958 [TF; Won a Golden Globe® for Most Promising Newcomer - Male]; COMPULSION - 1959 [TF; Cannes Film Festival Award® for Best Actor, which he shared with Orson Welles and Dean Stockwell]; CRACK IN THE MIRROR - 1960 [TF; His second film to star Orson Welles]; CIRCLE OF DECEPTION - 1960 [TF]; SANCTUARY - 1961 [TF]; FRANCIS OF ASSISI - 1961 [TF]; THE ELEVENTH HOUR - 1962; NAKED CITY - 1963; ALCOA PREMIERE - 1962-1963 [Emmy Award® nominee for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for For playing "Charlie Pont". For episode "The Voice of Charlie Pont".]; KRAFT MYSTERY THEATER - 1963; MONSTROSITY - 1963 [TF: Narrator; Voice only; a.k.a. THE ATOMIC BRAIN]; ESPIONAGE - 1963; THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH - 1963; KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATRE - 1963; WAGON TRAIN - 1963; THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES - 1964; BEN CASEY - 1964; BREAKING POINT - 1965; THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR - 1963-1964; PROFILES IN COURAGE - 1965; A RAGE TO LIVE - 1965 [TF]; INSIGHT - 1966; DR. KILDARE - 1964-1966 [7 episodes]; 12 O'CLOCK HIGH - 1966; THE PLAINSMAN - 1966 [TF]; COURT MARTIAL - 1965-1966 [Series Regular; 26 episodes]; HAWK - 1966; SHANE - 1966; BOB HOPE PRESENTS CHRYSLER THEATRE - 1966-1967; THE FELONY SQUAD - 1967; MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. - 1967; THE BIG VALLEY - 1966-1967; THE WILD WILD WEST - 1967; JUDD FOR THE DEFENSE - 1968; THE DANNY THOMAS HOUR - 1968; JIGSAW - 1968 [TF]; THE NAME OF THE GAME - 1968; FEAR NO EVIL - 1969 [TV Movie; The first MFTV film that I can remember that actually scared me.]; THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN - 1969 [TF]; THE BOLD ONES: THE NEW DOCTORS - 1969; MARCUS WELBY, M.D. - 1969; BLACK WATER GOLD - 1970 [TV Movie]; SUPPOSE THEY GAVE A WAR AND NOBODY CAME? - 1970 [TF]; DAN AUGUST - 1970; IRONSIDE - 1970; THE VIRGINIAN - 1963-1971; LONGSTREET - 1971; BROTHER JOHN - 1971 [TF]; THE MEPHISTO WALTZ - 1971 [TF; The masked dog scared the crap outta me!]; ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES - 1971 [TF; his turn as good guy "Dr. Lewis Dixon" made this film memorable, especially when he kisses female ape Zira {Kim Hunter} on the lips!]; FIVE DESPERATE WOMEN - 1971 [TV Movie]; THE F.B.I. - 1966-1971 [7 episodes]; THE RESURRECTION OF ZACHARY WHEELER - 1971 [One of the first theatrical films to be shot on videotape and then transferred to film]; REVENGE! - 1971 [TV Movie]; BONANZA - 1971; NIGHT GALLERY - [The classic segment "Pickman's Model" - 1971]; MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - 1968-1972; ALIAS SMITH AND JONES - 1972; MARY TYLER MOORE - 1972; THE EYES OF CHARLES SAND - 1972 [TV Movie]; THE DELPHI BUREAU - 1972; THE SIXTH SENSE - 1972; MOD SQUAD - 1972; MOON OF THE WOLF - 1972 [TV Movie]; COLUMBO - 1972; MCCLOUD - 1973; DELIVER US FROM EVIL - 1973 [TV Movie]; THE WAY WE WERE - 1973 [TF]; THE ICEMAN COMETH - 1973 [TF]; MEDICAL CENTER - 1970-1973 [3 episodes]; MURDER OR MERCY - 1974 [TV Movie]; THE LAST BRIDE OF SALEM - 1974 [Afternoon TV Movie; Won a Daytime Emmy Award® for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Special]; CHOSEN SURVIVORS - 1974 [TF; The film that made me take notice of Dillman as a great actor, even though the film was humdrum]; 99 AND 44/100% DEAD - 1974 [TF]; A BLACK RIBBON FOR DEBORAH - 1974 [TF]; GOLD - 1974 [TF]; THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FLIGHT 412 - 1974 [TV Movie]; THE MANHUNTER - 1975; CANNON - 1972-1975; ADVENTURES OF THE QUEEN - 1975 [TV Movie]; THE LEGENDARY CURSE OF THE HOPE DIAMOND - 1975 [TV Movie]; FORCE FIVE - 1975 [TV Movie]; BUG - 1975 [TF; a horror flick about giant intelligent bugs that can cause fires; Doesn't get the recognition it deserves]; MEDICAL STORY - 1975; THREE FOR THE ROAD - 1975; STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO - 1975; DEATH IN DEEP WATER - 1975 [TV Movie; Part of ABC's THRILLER Series: Videotaped movies shown during the late night]; LOOK BACK IN HAPPINESS - 1975 [TV Movie; Part of ABC's THRILLER Series: Videotaped movies shown during the late night]; PLEASE CALL IT MURDER - 1975 [TV Movie; Part Of ABC's WIDE WORLD MYSTERY, a series of videotaped movies shown at late night]; DEMON, DEMON - 1975 [TV Movie; Part Of ABC's WIDE WORLD MYSTERY, a series of videotaped movies shown at late night]; MASTERMIND - 1976 [TF]; WIDOW - 1976 [TV Movie]; BRONK - 1976; WONDER WOMAN - 1976; STREET KILLING - 1976 [TV Movie]; KINGSTON CONFIDENTIAL - 1976; THE ENFORCER - 1976 [When Dirty Harry says to Capt. McKay {Dillman} "Your mouthwash ain't makin' it.", I dare you not to laugh!]; ONE AWAY - 1976 [TF]; THE HOSTAGE HEART - 1977 [TV Movie]; THE LINCOLN CONSPIRACY - 1977 [TF]; THE AMSTERDAM KILL - 1977 [TF]; BARNABY JONES - 1973-1978 [7 episodes]; THE DARK SECRET OF HARVEST HOME - 1978 [TV mini-series]; THE SWARM - 1978 [TF]; PIRANHA - 1978 [TF; Dillman will be forever remembered for his role in this entertaining horror film]; SWORD OF JUSTICE - 1978; LOVE AND BULLETS - 1979 [TF]; JENNIFER: A WOMAN'S STORY - 1979 [TV Movie]; HOW THE WEST WAS WON - 1979; GUYANA: CULT OF THE DAMNED - 1979 [TF; about as sleazy as a film can be]; BEFORE AND AFTER - 1979 [TV Movie]; THE INCREDIBLE HULK - 1979; THE MEMORY OF EVA RYKER - 1980 [TV Movie] TOURIST - 1980 [TV Movie]; RUNNING SCARED - 1980 [TF]; FANTASY ISLAND - 1980; CHARLIE'S ANGELS - 1980; KING'S CROSSING - 1982 [Series Regular; 10 episodes]; THE LEGEND OF WALKS FAR WOMAN - 1982 [TV Movie]; MATT HOUSTON - 1982; FALCON CREST - 1982-1983 [10 episodes]; THE LOVE BOAT - 1983; SUDDEN IMPACT - 1983 [Another Dirty Harry Film, but Dillman plays a different character]; HOT PURSUIT - 1984; DYNASTY - 1984; TREASURE OF THE AMAZON - 1985 [TF]; HOTEL - 1984-1985; COVENANT - 1985 [TV Movie] MAN OUTSIDE - 1987 [TF]; LORDS OF THE DEEP - 1989 [TF]; HEROES STAND ALONE - 1989 [TF]; CHRISTINE CROMWELL - 1989; THE HEART OF JUSTICE - 1992 [TV Movie]; MURDER SHE WROTE - 1985-1995 [8 episodes; His final acting role]. As you can see by his filmography, Bradford Dillman appeared in many films that will bring back fond memories to Baby Boomers. He could do anything from comedy to drama. I always liked him on TV because he had an intensity like no other actor on ther small screen. Here's what Dillman said about his career as an actor: "I'm not bitter, though. I've had a wonderful life. I married the most beautiful woman in the world. Together we raised six children, each remarkable in his or her own way and every one a responsible citizen. I was fortunate to work in a profession where I looked forward to going to work every day. I was rewarded with modest success. The work sent me to places all over the world I'd never been able to afford visiting otherwise. I keep busy and I'm happy. And there are a few good films out there that I might be remembered for. I like as great a variety as possible, hopefully to avoid getting stuck in one kind of character, having to do it over and over again. I seek to challenge myself as an actor -- and at the same time support my family." When Dillman quit acting, he became an author of several books and even was a talent scout for the San Francisco 49ers Football team! Thanks for all the pleasant memories, Mr. Dillman. You were definitely one of a kind. Bradford Dillman died due to complications of pneumonia and was 87 years-old.) - 01/16/18
DOROTHY MALONE Actress: Dorothy Malone [real name: Dorothy Eloise Maloney] was a talented Academy Award®-winning [Best Supporting Actress for WRITTEN ON THE WIND - 1956] actress who was loved by nearly everyone she worked with. She was a classic Golden age film actress who had no problem adjusting to TV Series work and worked constantly in both mediums. Her credits included [Theatrical Film unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: CONVICTED WOMAN - 1940; GILDERSLEEVE ON BROADWAY - 1943; THE FALCON AND THE CO-EDS - 1943; HIGHER AND HIGHER - 1943; SEVEN DAYS ASHORE - 1944; SHOW BUSINESS - 1944; STEP LIVELY - 1944; YOUTH RUNS WILD - 1944; ONE MYSTERIOUS NIGHT - 1944; HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN - 1944; TOO YOUNG TO KNOW - 1945; FRONTIER DAYS - 1945 [Short]; JANE GETS MARRIED - 1946; NIGHT AND DAY - 1946; THE BIG SLEEP - 1946; TO THE VICTOR - 1948; TWO GUYS FROM TEXAS - 1948; ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON - 1948; FLAXY MARTIN - 1949; SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS - 1949; COLORADO TERRITORY - 1949; THE NEVADAN - 1950; CONVICTED - 1950; THE KILLER THAT STALKED NEW YORK - 1950; MRS. O'MALLEY AND MR. MALONE - 1950; SADDLE LEGION - 1951; THE BUSHWACKERS - 1951; THE PHILCO-GOODYEAR TELEVISION PLAYHOUSE - 1951 [TV]; KRAFT THEATRE - 1951 [TV]; TORPEDO ALLEY - 1952; SCARED STIFF - 1953; LAW AND ORDER - 1953; THE DOCTOR - 1953 [TV]; THE REVLON MIRROR THEATRE - 1953 [TV]; JACK SLADE - 1953; OMNIBUS - 1953 [TV]; LOOPHOLE - 1954; FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE - 1953-1954 [TV]; THE LONE GUN - 1954; PUSHOVER - 1954; SECURITY RISK - 1954; PRIVATE HELL 36 - 1954; YOUNG AT HEART - 1954; BATTLE CRY - 1955; FIRESIDE THEATRE - 1954-1955 [TV; 3 episodes]; THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 1955; FIVE GUNS WEST - 1955; TALL MAN RIDING - 1955; SINCERELY YOURS - 1955; ARTISTS AND MODELS - 1955; LUX VIDEO THEATRE - 1955; THE CHRISTOPHERS - 1955 [TV]; AT GUNPOINT - 1955; THE LORETTA YOUNG SHOW - 1956 [TV]; APPOINTMENT WITH ADVENTURE - 1956 [TV]; TENSION AT TABLE ROCK - 1956; PILLARS IN THE SKY - 1956; WRITTEN ON THE WIND - 1956 [Academy Award®-winner for Best Supporting Actress]; MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES - 1957; TIP ON A DEAD JOCKEY - 1957; QUANTEZ - 1957; THE TARNISHED ANGELS - 1957; TOO MUCH, TOO SOON - 1958; CIMARRON CITY - 1958 [TV]; WARLOCK - 1959; ALCOA THEATRE - 1960 [TV]; THE LAST VOYAGE - 1960; ROUTE 66 - 1961 [TV]; THE LAST SUNSET - 1961; CHECKMATE - 1961 [TV]; DEATH VALLEY DAYS - 1961 [TV]; THE DICK POWELL THEATRE - 1961 [TV]; DR. KILDARE - 1962 [TV]; GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER - 1955-1962 [TV; 3 episodes]; THE UNTOUCHABLES - 1962 [TV]; BEACH PARTY - 1963; THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH - 1964 [TV]; ARREST AND TRIAL - 1964 [TV]; FATE IS THE HUNTER - 1964; INSIGHT - 1966 [TV]; PEYTON PLACE - 1964-1968 [TV; Series Regular; 430 episodes]; CARNAL CIRCUIT - 1969; THE PIGEON - 1969 [TV Movie]; THE BOLD ONES: THE NEW DOCTORS - 1972 [TV]; IRONSIDE - 1973 [TV]; THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT DIE - 1975; ABDUCTION - 1975; ELLERY QUEEN - 1976 [TV]; RICH MAN, POOR MAN - 1976 [TV mini-series]; POLICE WOMAN - 1976 [TV]; THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO - 1976; LITTLE LADIES OF THE NIGHT - 1977 [TV Movie]; THE NOVEMBER PLAN - 1977 [TV Movie]; MURDER IN PEYTON PLACE - 1977 [TV Movie] GOLDEN RENDEZVOUS - 1977; THE HARDY BOYS/NANCY DREW MYSTERIES - 1978 [TV]; HIGH HOPES - 1978 [TV]; FLYING HIGH - 1978 [TV]; VEGA$ - 1978 [TV]; KATIE: PORTRAIT OF A CENTERFOLD - 1978 [TV Movie]; GOOD LUCK, MISS WYCKOFF - 1979; WINTER KILLS - 1979; GREATEST HEROES OF THE BIBLE - 1979 [TV]; THE DAY TIME ENDED - 1979; CONDOMINIUM - 1980 [TV mini-series]; THE LITTLEST HOBO - 1980 [TV]; OFF YOUR ROCKER - 1982 [TV Movie]; MATT HOUSTON - 1982 [TV]; THE BEING - 1983; HE'S NOT YOUR SON - 1984 [TV Movie]; PEYTON PLACE: THE NEXT GENERATION - 1985 [TV Movie]; REST IN PIECES - 1987; BASIC INSTINCT - 1992 [Her final acting role]. The only time Dorothy Malone was ornery was during her stay on PEYTON PLACE.She often complained that her character on the series was not given enough to do, and that Mia Farrow's character was monopolizing the story lines. She was quoted as saying, "I live much more drama and tragedy in my own life than I ever do on 'Peyton Place'!" She was written out of the show in 1968 and sued 20th Century Fox for breach of contract. The case was settled out of court. This coming after, in 1965, while working on PEYTON PLACE, she suffered a near-fatal illness that included a pulmonary embolism, blood clots on both lungs, an enlarged heart and pneumonia. Upon fully recuperating, she returned to the series after being temporarily replaced by Lola Albright. Dorothy Malone received a Star on The Walk Of Fame On February 8, 1960 at 1716 Vine Street. Dorothy Malone passed away of natural causes and was 93 years-old.) - 01/19/18
CONNIE SAWYER (Actress: Connie Sawyer [Real name: Rosie Cohen] is known for her roles as mothers and grandmothers, but her real claim to fame was that she acted well into her century mark, appearing in films and TV series until she was 102 years-old! Her credits as an actress included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: THE ARROW SHOW - 1948; TEXACO STAR THEATRE - 1949; THE COLGATE COMEDY HOUR - 1950; THE SATURDAY NIGHT REVUE WITH JACK CARTER - 1951; ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATRE - 1953; THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW - 1954; STUDIO ONE IN HOLLYWOOD - 1954; A HOLE IN THE HEAD - 1959 [TF]; GUESTWARD HO! - 1960; THE DONNA REED SHOW - 1961; PETER LOVES MARY - 1961; ADA - 1961 [TF]; DOCTOR KILDARE - 1962; STONEY BURKE - 1963; MCGHEE - 1965 [TV Movie]; PLEASE DONT EAT THE DAISIES - 1965; THE FUGITIVE - 1966; THE LAST OF THE SECRET AGENTS? - 1966 [TF]; FOR PETE'S SAKE - 1966 [TF]; CBS PLAYHOUSE - 1967; LOVE ON A ROOFTOP - 1967; THE RED SKELTON SHOW - 1967; THE WAY WEST - 1967 [TF]; A BELL FOR ADANO - 1967 [TV Movie]; THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW - 1968; BONANZA - 1969; TRUE GRIT - 1969 [TF]; BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE - 1969 [TF]; MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT - 1969; ROOM 222 - 1970; ALLAN - 1971 [TV Movie]; ALL IN THE FAMILY - 1971; FIVE DESPERATE WOMEN - 1971 [TV Movie]; EVIL ROY SLADE - 1972 [TV Movie]; THE F.B.I. - 1965-1972 [4 episodes]; THE STRANGERS IN 7A - 1972 [TV Movie]; THE ROOKIES - 1972; DOC ELLIOTT - 1973; THE BAIT - 1973 [TV Movie]; GOOD TIMES - 1974; MCMILLAN & WIFE - 1973-1974; THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH - 1975 [TF]; BARBARY COAST - 1975; MARY TYLER MOORE - 1975; MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN - 1976; DELVECCHIO - 1976; THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO - 1976; LITTLE LADIES OF THE NIGHT - 1977 [TV Movie]; KOJAK - 1974-1977; OH, GOD! - 1977 [TF}; BIG HAWAII - 1977; LOU GRANT - 1977; THE ROCKFORD FILES - 1978; THE PRESIDENT'S MISTRESS - 1978 [TV Movie]; STARSKY & HUTCH - 1977-1978; FOUL PLAY - 1978 [TF]; WELCOME BACK, KOTTER - 1978; FAST BREAK - 1979 [TF]; FAMILY - 1977-1979; HAWAII FIVE-O - 1974-1979; ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL - 1979 [TF]; ARCHIE BUNKER'S PLACE - 1979 [Portrayed Martin Balsam's mother even though she was only seven years older than him in real life!]; BARNABY JONES - 1980; THE JOKE'S ON MR. LITTLE - 1982 [An Afternoon TV Special]; DYNASTY - 1982; LAVERNE & SHIRLEY - 1983; LEGMEN - 1984; FLIGHT 90: DISASTER ON THE POTOMAC - 1984 [TV Movie]; THE ROSEBUD BEACH HOTEL - 1984 [TF]; SILVER SPOONS - 1984; V - 1984; DO YOU REMEMBER LOVE - 1985 [TV Movie]; HOT CHILI - 1985 [TF]; 227- 1985; HILL STREET BLUES 1984-1986; MATLOCK - 1987; NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN - 1987 [TF]; WEBSTER - 1988; FAR FROM HOME - 1989 [TF]; WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... - 1989 [TF]; THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR - 1989; THE END OF INNOCENCE - 1990 [TF]; TRUE COLORS - 1990; IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT - 1990; THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES - 1990 [TF]; BLUE DESERT - 1991 [TF]; JAKE AND THE FATMAN - 1991; THE NEW WKRP IN CINCINATTI - 1991; MURDER, SHE WROTE - 1986-1991; SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR: THE ALISON GERTZ STORY - 1992 [TV Movie]; DREAM ON - 1992; MAJORITY RULE - 1992 [TV Movie]; NURSES - 1992; THE OPPOSITE SEX AND HOW TO LIVE WITH THEM - 1992 [TF]; MURPHY BROWN - 1994; ROSEANNE AND TOM: BEHIND THE SCENES - 1994 [TV Movie]; DUMB AND DUMBER - 1994 [TF]; THE JEFF FOXWORTHY SHOW - 1995; GET SMART - 1995; ABANDONED AND DECEIVED - 1995 [TV Movie]; SCORPION SPRING - 1995 [TF]; HOME IMPROVEMENT - 1995; IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE II - 1995 [TV Movie]; DAVE'S WORLD - 1996; UNHAPPILY EVER AFTER - 1996; SEINFELD - 1997; VERONICA'S CLOSET - 1998; OUT OF SIGHT - 1998 [TF]; SLIDERS - 1998; STYLE & SUBSTANCE - 1998; WHERE'S MARLOWE? - 1998 [TF]; BOY MEETS WORLD - 1998; L.A. DOCTORS - 1998; BECKER - 1999 [3 episodes]; WILL & GRACE - 2000; THAT '70S SHOW - 2000; THE MICHAEL RICHARDS SHOW - 2000; THE BEAST - 2001; THE TRIP - 2002 [TF]; BRAM AND ALICE - 2002; STARING AT THE SUN - 2002 [Short]; VIEW FROM THE TOP - 2003 [TF]; GIRLFRIENDS - 2003; SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE - 2003 [TF]; 8 SIMPLE RULES - 2003; PROMISED LAND - 2004 [TF]; SIGNIFICANT OTHERS - 2004; COMPLETE GUIDE TO GUYS - 2005 [TF]; RELATIVE STRANGERS - 2006 [TF]; ER - 1999-2006; NED'S DECLASSIFIED SCHOOL SURVIVAL GUIDE - 2007; HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER - 2007; KISS THE BRIDE - 2007 [TF]; TELL ME YOU LOVE ME - 2007; PINEAPPLE EXPRESS - 2008 [TF; portrayed James Franco's grandmother]; CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION - 2008; WORST WEEK - 2008; THE OFFICE - 2009; HAWTHORNE - 2009; WATCH OUT FOR SLICK - 2010 [TF]; UP ALL NIGHT - 2011; 2 BROKE GIRLS - 2012; NCIS: LOS ANGELES - 2013; NEW GIRL - 2014; LOVESICK - 2014 [TF]; RAY DONOVAN - 2013-2014; ENTANGLEMENT - 2014 [Short; Her final acting role at the unbelievable age of 102!]. Connie Sawyer was the oldest working member of the Screen Actors Guild and the Academy. She died peacefully in her sleep of natural causes at the Woodland Hills, California Motion Picture & Telivision Country House [a community for retired performers] and was an unbelievable 105 years-old.) - 01/22/18
EZRA SWERDLOW (Producer: Ezra Swerdlow was a Producer on some good theatrical films and an Emmy Award® winner on one great Pay Cable film, many of them for Woody Allen. His credits as a Producer included [Theatrical Film unless marked with a TV for Television Series]: RADIO DAYS - 1987 [also First Assistant Director]; SPACEBALLS - 1987; THE JANUARY MAN - 1989; EVERYBODY WINS - 1990; LIFE STINKS - 1991; ALIEN 3 - 1992; THE GOOD SON - 1992; WAITING TO EXHALE - 1995 [also bit Actor]; THE FIRST WIVES CLUB - 1996; COP LAND - 1997; WAG THE DOG - 1997; RETURN TO PARADISE - 1998; WHITEBOYZ - 1999; TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES - 2000; THE HUNTRESS - 2000 [TV]; BROOKLYN BABYLON - 2001; EASTER - 2002; HEAD OF STATE - 2003; ALL FALLS DOWN - 2004 [Video Short; also First Assistant Director]; SECRET WINDOW - 2004; LITTLE MANHATTAN - 2005; INVINCIBLE - 2006; ENCHANTED - 2007; GHOST TOWN - 2008; ZOMBIELAND - 2009; WHEN IN ROME - 2010; TOO BIG TO FAIL - 2011 [Pay Cable Movie; Emmy Award®-winner for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie]; THE SMURFS - 2011; 21 JUMP STREET - 2012; THE SMURFS 2 - 2013; THE EQUALIZER - 2014; SOUTHPAW - 2015; LEWIS AND CLARK - 2015 [TV mini-series; His last credit as a Producer]. Swerdlow was also a Unit Production Manager on the films: STARDUST MEMORIES - 1980; ARTHUR - 1981; THE KING OF COMEDY - 1982; ZELIG - 1983; BROADWAY DANNY ROSE - 1984; THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN - 1984; HANNAH AND HER SISTERS - 1986; and HEARTBURN - 1986. He was also Location Manager on TOOTSIE - 1982. Ezra Swerdlow passed away from complications of pancreatic cancer and ALS and was 64 years-old.) - 01/23/18
ROBERT DOWDELL (Actor: Many of us Baby Boomers know that Robery Dowdell portrayed "Lt. Cmdr. Chip Morton" on the TV Series VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA [1964 - 1968], but he was also a versatile actor on many TV Series and in some Theatrical Films. His credits included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: STUDIO ONE IN HOLLYWOOD - 1956; DEADLINE - 1959; THE FIFTH COLUMN - 1960 [TV Movie]; BUIC-ELECTRA PLAYHOUSE - 1960; MOMENT OF FEAR - 1960; SURFSIDE 6 - 1962; STONEY BURKE - 1962-1963 [Series Regular; 32 episodes]; VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA - 1964-1968 [Series Regular; 109 episodes]; LAND OF THE GIANTS - 1969; MACHO CALLAHAN - 1970 [TF]; MEN AT LAW - 1970; CITY BENEATH THE SEA - 1971 [TV Movie]; O'HARA, U.S. TREASURY - 1971; TERROR IN THE SKY - 1971 [TV Movie]; MCMILLAN & WIFE - 1972; THE F.B.I. - 1972; ADAM-12 - 1971-1972 [3 episodes]; S.W.A.T. - 1975; MOST WANTED - 1977; 240-ROBERT - 1979; BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY - 1979; CHiPS - 1979; HART TO HART - 1982; FAME - 1983; THE INITIATION - 1983 [TF]; THE MASTER - 1984; V- 1985; DYNASTY - 1985; CAPITOL - 1984-1986 [3 episodes]; OUTRAGE! - 1986 [TV Movie]; HOTEL - 1986; ASSASSINATION - 1987 [TF]; MAX HEADROOM - 1987; WICKED STEPMOTHER - 1989 [TF]; SKIN DEEP - 1989 [TF]; FREDDY'S NIGHTMARES - 1990; HUNTER - 1991; EDGAR ALLAN POE: TERROR OF THE SOUL - 1995 [A PBS AMERICAN MASTERS documentary; his final acting credit]. Robert Dowdell passed away of natural causes and was 85 years-old.) - 01/23/18
JACK KETCHUM (Writer: Jack Ketchum [real name: Dallas William Mayr Jr.] was an exceptional writer of fiction, many of his tales crossed over into the horror or thriller genres. Stephen King was a big fan of his writing and some of his novels and short stories were turned into some good-to-great films in the New Millennium, getting to the point of Ketchum even appearing as a bit actor in some of his filmic adaptations. Films that Jack Ketchum wrote the source novels to or provided the screenplay to included: THE LOST - 2006 [also bit actor]; THE GIRL NEXT DOOR - 2007 [also bit actor]; RED - 2008 [One of the best films about animal abuse and a man's love for his dog; also bit actor]; OFFSPRING - 2009 [also bit actor]; THE WOMAN - 2011; MAIL ORDER - 2011 [Short]; OLIVIA - 2013 [Short]; XX- 2017. Ketchum also acted in the film HEADER - 2006 and got a "Special Thanks" on the film TALES OF HALLOWEEN - 2014. Ketchum's novels always have a grisly twist to them and can be contributed to what Ketchum describes: "People 'scare me'. And what they do to one another, just for fun sometimes, is appalling. There was a guy not too long ago, a guy and a woman, whose dog wouldn't obey. So they tied him behind the car, and dragged him at thirty miles an hour until the dog was a bloody mess. So that's scary to me". Jack Ketchum died of cancer and was just 71 years-old.) - 01/24/18
JERRY BUTLER (Actor: Jerry Butler (real name: Paul David Siederman) was an actor in over 400 porno films, most of them from 1981 to 1993. He really had acting ability, which led him to appear in some non-porn films, but, like most porn actors and actresses during that time, he was never given a chance to shine and had to go back to appearing in X-Rated fare. Rather than list every porn film he appeared in [my arms would fall off typing them!], I will list his non-porn films. They included: BASKET CASE - 1982; PREPPIES - 1984 [using the pseudonym "Paul Sutton"]; EVILS OF THE NIGHT - 1984 [using his real name]; DERANGED - 1987 [probably his best non-porn film. It was directed by Chuck Vincent, who made many porn films with Butler. Unfortunately, it was the last of Jerry's non-porn films.]. Jerry Butler was married to Lisa Loring [Wednesday Addams on the ADDAMS FAMILY TV Series] from 1987 to 1992. When he retired from acting, Butler became a cab and ambulette driver. Butler also released the notorious book, "Raw Talent", which ruffled more than a few feathers in the Porn Industry and may be why he had to retire from acting. Jerry Butler died of undisclosed causes and was 58 years-old.) - 01/27/18
MARK SALLING (Actor: Mark Salling is best known for his role as "Noah 'Puck' Puckerman" on the TV Series GLEE [2009-2015]. He was raised in a strict Christian home and his cause of death may have been a suicide [no comment]. His short list of credits included: CHILDREN OF THE CORN IV: THE GATHERING - 2006 [DTV]; WALKER, TEXAS RANGER - 1999 [TV Series]; THE GRAVEYARD - 2006 [DTV]; ROCKY ROAD - 2014 [TV Movie]; GLEE ENCORE - 2011 [DTV]; GLEE - 2009-2015 [TV Series; 99 episodes; His final acting role]. Salling also released a music album titled "Pipe Dreams", which took him 8 years to write the songs. Salling definitely had a dark side. On December 29, 2015 Salling was arrested in connection with possession of child pornography. He was booked in downtown Los Angeles. Police obtained a warrant to search his house in Sunland, California where officers found 50,000 child porn images on his computer and a USB thumb drive. This was not his first brush with the law. He paid an ex-girlfriend $2.7 million for knocking her to the ground after she confronted him with a charge of sexual battery. So much for the Christian upbringing. To further add salt to the religious wound, he lied about his age when he auditioned for GLEE. He told Producer Ryan Murphy that he was 19 when he was actually 26. Murphy called him out on his lie, but Salling was relieved to find out that his role was meant for an older actor. His death may be due to the fact that he was typecast as the mohawk-headed Puck and he was just a month away from being sentenced to prison [4 - 7 years and register as a sex offender] for child porn possession. Mark Salling's cause of death was not made available at the time of his demise [Friends of the actor say it was suicide, but not the way he committed it. NOTE: He hanged himself.]. He was just 35 years-old.) - 01/30/18
JANINE REYNAUD (Actress: Janine Reynaud was a beautiful actress who was best known for starring in films directed by schlockmeister Jess Franco, but she was more talented than that. She suddenly quit acting in the late-'70s, not giving any reason why. Ms. Reynaud's credits as an Actress included [Theatrical Films unless otherwise noted]: SIX DAYS A WEEK - 1965; A DESIRE TO DIE - 1965; MISSION TO CARACAS - 1965; KILLERS ARE CHALLENGED - 1966; YPOTRON - FINAL COUNTDOWN - 1966; SPECIAL CODE - 1966; OPERATION WHITE SHARK - 1966; THE SEVENTH FLOOR - 1967; SUCCUBUS - 1968; KILLER WITHOUT A FACE - 1968; CASTLE OF THE CREEPING FLESH - 1968; LA MAIN NOIRE - 1968; RUN, PSYCHO, RUN - 1968; SADIST EROTICA - 1969; KISS ME MONSTER - 1969; HOW SHORT IS THE TIME FOR LOVE - 1970; HUMAN COBRAS - 1971; LIBIDO: THE URGE TO LOVE - 1971; THE CASE OF THE SCORPION'S TAIL - 1971; NURSES FOR SALE - 1971; THE CHAMBERMAID'S DREAM - 1971; BLINDMAN - 1971; THE CATS - 1972; MARIANNE BOUQUET - 1972; PENELOPE, FOLLE DE SON CORPS - 1973 [a hard-to-find French Giallo film]; THE BITCHES - 1973; THE EROTIC CONFESSIONS OF A BED TOO WELCOMING - 1973; LES PETITES SAINTES Y TOUCHENT - 1974; TIRE PAS SUR MON COLLANT - 1978 [her final acting credit]. The final films of Ms. Reynaud's acting career were directed by her then-husband, gonzo actor/director Michel Lemoine [SEVEN WOMEN FOR SATAN - 1974], whom she met while they were starring in SUCCUBUS. Janine Reynaud passed away from cancer and was 87 years-old.) - 01/30/18 (Ignore the date on IMDb. It is incorrect)
JOHN MAHONEY (Actor: Most people know John Mahoney from his role as Kelsey Grammer's father in the hit series FRASIER [1993 - 2004], but I remenber him for his roles in films. He was the type of actor who improved every film he was in. What amazes me is that he never started acting until he was nearly forty years-old [Mahoney had taught English at Western Illinois University in the early 1970s.]. Mr. Mahoney's credits included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: HUDSON TAYLOR - 1981 [TF]; WILL: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF G. GORDON LIDDY - 1982 [TV Movie]; CHICAGO STORY - 1982; MISSION HILL - 1982 [TF]; THROUGH NAKED EYES - 1983 [TV Movie]; FIRST STEPS - 1985 [TV Movie]; LADY BLUE - 1985; CODE OF SILENCE - 1985 [TF; the first time I noticed Mahoney; as the representative of the crime-fighting robot "Prowler", which Chuck Norris used to lay waste to the bad guy's hideout]; TRAPPED IN SILENCE - 1986 [TV Movie]; THE MANHATTAN PROJECT - 1986 [TF]; STREETS OF GOLD - 1986 [TF]; THE CHRISTMAS GIFT - 1986 [TV Movie]; TIN MEN - 1987 [TF]; THE HUSTLER OF MONEY - 1987 [TV Movie]; SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - 1987; AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE - 1987; SUSPECT - 1987 [TF]; MOONSTRUCK - 1987 [TF]; FRANTIC - 1988 [TF]; BETRAYED - 1988 [TF]; EIGHT MEN OUT - 1988 [TF]; FAVORITE SON - 1988 [TV mini-series]; SAY ANYTHING... - 1989 [TF; Mahoney was fantastic in this]; DINNER AT EIGHT - 1989 [TV Movie]; THE IMAGE - 1990 [TV Movie]; H.E.L.P. - 1990 [Mahoney had the lead in this failed TV Series; 6 episodes]; LOVE HURTS - 1990 [TF]; THE RUSSIA HOUSE - 1990 [TF]; THE 10 MILLION DOLLAR GETAWAY - 1991 [TV Movie]; BARTON FINK - 1991 [TF]; ARTICLE 99 - 1992 [TF]; THE HUMAN FACTOR - 1992 [Another lead in a failed TV Series; 5 episodes]; THE SECRET PASSION OF ROBERT CLAYTON - 1992 [TV Movie]; THE WATER ENGINE - 1992 [TV Movie]; SCREENPLAY - 1992; CHEERS - 1992 [although he did not play Frasier Crane's father in this episode, it did lead the makers of FRASIER to hire him to play that role]; UNNATURAL PURSUITS - 1992; IN THE LINE OF FIRE - 1993 [TF]; STRIKING DISTANCE - 1993 [although this film garnered many bad reviews, I always liked it]; THE HUDSUCKER PROXY - 1994 [TF]; REALITY BITES - 1994 [TF]; A HARD RAIN - 1994 [Short]; THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT - 1995 [TF]; BIOGRAPHY - 1995 [Narrator of the Al Capone episode]; 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN - 1996; PRIMAL FEAR - 1996 [TF; Edward Norton's film debut]; SHE'S THE ONE - 1996; MARIETTE IN ECSTASY - 1996 [TF]; TRACEY TAKES ON... - 1997; NOTHING SACRED - 1998; ANTZ - 1998 [Voice only]; THE IRON GIANT - 1999 [Voice only]; THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB: A ROMANTIC COMEDY - 2000 [TF]; BECKER - 2000; TEACHER'S PET - 2000; ALMOST SALINAS - 2001 [TF]; ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE - 2001 [Voice only]; ATLANTIS: MILO'S RETURN - 2003 [DTV; Voice only]; GARY THE RAT - 2003; FRASIER - 1993 - 2004 [263 episodes; although he was nominated multiple times for an Emmy Award® and Golden Globe® for his role as Martin Crane, he only won a Screen Actor Guild {SAG} Award® in 2000 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series]; FATHERS AND SONS - 2005 [TV Movie]; KRONK'S NEW GROOVE - 2005 [DTV; Voice only]; ER - 2006; MOBSTERS - 2007; DAN IN REAL LIFE - 2007 [TF]; THE SIMPSONS - 2007 [Voice only]; IN TREATMENT - 2009 [HBO Series; Mahoney was fantastic as a patient visiting Dr. Paul Weston {Gabriel Byrne} in this heartbreaking series. It should have had a longer life]; TIRED OF BEING FUNNY - 2009 [Short]; BURN NOTICE - 2009-2010; FLIPPED - 2010 [TF]; $#*! MY DAD SAYS - 2010; HOT IN CLEVELAND - 2011-2014 [6 episodes]; FOYLE'S WAR - 2015 [His final acting credit]. John Mahoney was born in Blackpool, England and came to America to visit his "War Bride" sister. He won his U.S. citizenship after serving a stint in the U.S. Army. He made Chicago his home [it is where he passed away] and won the prestigious Chicago Film Critics Association Awards® in 1998 for his continued committment to Chicago. After FRASIER, Mahoney concentrated mainly on Stage work in Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater and even appeared on Broadway in 2007 in a revival of "Prelude To A Kiss". He also won a Tony Award® for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 1986 for his Broadway debut as Artie, a zookeeper with songwriting ambitions, in John Guares The House of Blue Leaves. It shocks me that we lost such a vibrant, excellent actor who could do no wrong. I dare you to show me any role he played in which he wasn't 100% committed. John Mahoney passed away from undisclosed causes and was 77 years-old. Goodbye, my friend.) - 02/04/18
MICKEY JONES (Actor: Mickey Jones was a great character actor; you may not know his name, but you will recognize his face. He has been acting on TV and in films since the early-1970's, usually in roles as a good-old Southern boy or a redneck. His credits included [Theatrical Film unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: ROLLIN' ON THE RIVER - 1971 [TV]; THE DREAM MAKERS - 1975 [TV Movie]; THE ROCKFORD FILES - 1977 [TV]; SEE HOW SHE RUNS - 1978 [TV Movie]; LACY AND THE MISSISSIPPI QUEEN - 1978 [TV Movie]; GOOBER AND THE TRUCKERS' PARADISE - 1978 [TV Movie]; CHARLIE'S ANGELS - 1979 [TV]; THE DUKES OF HAZZARD - 1979 [TV]; GALACTICA 1980 - 1980 [TV]; TOM HORN - 1980; STIR CRAZY - 1980; CHiPS - 1980 [TV]; FLO - 1980-1981 [TV; 9 episodes as "Chester"]; CONQUEST OF THE EARTH - 1981 [TV Movie]; STAND BY YOUR MAN - 1981 [TV Movie]; THE INCREDIBLE HULK - 1978-1981 [TV; 3 episodes]; NORMA RAE - 1981 [TV Movie]; HART TO HART - 1981 [TV]; M*A*S*H - 1981 [TV]; FLAMINGO ROAD - 1981 [TV]; FATHER MURPHY - 1982 [TV]; MAKING LOVE - 1982; SIMON & SIMON - 1982 [TV]; WRONG IS RIGHT - 1982; THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS - 1982; MADAME'S PLACE - 1982 [TV]; JOHNNY BELINDA - 1982 [TV Movie]; HEAR NO EVIL - 1982 [TV Movie]; LIVING PROOF: THE HANK WILLIAMS JR. STORY - 1983 [TV Movie]; CHINA LAKE - 1983 [Short]; NATION LAMPOON'S VACATION - 1983; AFTERMASH - 1983 [TV]; AUTOMAN - 1983 [TV]; DEAD WRONG: THE JOHN EVANS STORY - 1984 [A CBS Schoolbreak Special]; THE MASTER - 1984 [TV]; GONE ARE THE DAYES - 1984 [TV Movie]; V: THE FINAL BATTLE - 1984 [TV mini-series]; HARDCASTLE AND MCCORMICK - 1984 [TV]; JESSIE - 1984 [TV]; GIMME A BREAK! - 1984 [TV]; T.J. HOOKER - 1982-1984 [TV]; STARMAN - 1984; V - 1984-1985 [TV; 3 episodes]; ALICE - 1985 [TV]; THE A-TEAM - 1983-1985 [TV]; MISFITS OF SCIENCE - 1985 [TV]; SAVAGE DAWN - 1985; THE COLBYS - 1986; HUNTER'S BLOOD - 1986; WELCOME TO 18 - 1986; ALF - 1986-1987; EXTREME PREJUDICE - 1987; THROB - 1987 [TV]; NADINE - 1987; TALKING WALLS - 1987; GUNSMOKE: RETURN TO DODGE - 1987 [TV Movie]; GREAT PERFORMANCES - 1987 [TV]; THE COUCH TRIP - 1988; PROBE - 1988 [TV]; SCANDAL IN A SMALL TOWN - 1988 [TV Movie]; IT TAKES TWO - 1988; SANTA BARBARA - 1988 [TV]; SOMETHING IS OUT THERE - 1988 [TV mini-series]; IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT - 1989 [TV]; DEAD BANG - 1989 [I love this movie!]; HOMER AND EDDIE - 1989; LIFE GOES ON - 1989 [TV]; 21 JUMP STREET - 1989 [TV]; SYDNEY - 1990 [TV]; TOTAL RECALL - 1990; GET A LIFE - 1991 [TV]; DUTCH - 1991; PYRATES - 1991; MATLOCK - 1992 [TV]; OUT ON A LIMB - 1992; BAYWATCH - 1990-1992 [TV; 3 episodes]; A PASSION FOR MURDER - 1992; EVENING SHADE - 1993 [TV]; NIGHT TRAP - 1993; THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES - 1993; FORCED TO KILL - 1994; STEP BY STEP - 1993-1994 [TV]; NORTHERN EXPOSURE - 1992-1994 [TV]; SAVED BY THE BELL: WEDDING IN LAS VEGAS - 1994 [TV Movie]; HEARTS AFIRE - 1994 [TV]; DROP ZONE - 1994; SHERMAN OAKS - 1995 [TV]; BOLT - 1995 [MFHV]; MISERY LOVES COMPANY - 1995 [TV]; IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE II - 1996 [TV Movie]; MARRIED WITH CHILDREN - 1996 [TV]; THE SUNCHASER - 1996; DON'T LOOK BACK - 1996 [TV Movie]; TIN CUP - 1996; SLING BLADE - 1996; BEYOND BELIEF: FACT OR FICTION - 1997 [TV]; THE FANATICS - 1997; MY MOTHER DREAMS THE SATAN'S DISCIPLES IN NEW YORK - 1998 [Short]; THE JAMIE FOXX SHOW - 1998 [TV]; RINGMASTER - 1998; BOY MEETS WORLD - 1996-1999 [TV]; MARTIAL LAW - 1999 [TV]; TRACEY TAKES ON... - 1999 [TV]; HOME IMPROVEMENT - 1991-1999 [TV; Semi-recurring role as "Pete Bilker"; 13 episodes]; THE LAST BEST SUNDAY - 1999; GRIZZLY ADAMS AND THE LEGEND OF DARK MOUNTAIN - 1999; VICE - 2000; THE LAST REAL COWBOYS - 2000 [Short]; A VIEW FROM THE SWING - 2000; NEVER LOOK BACK - 2000; JAG - 2001 [TV]; LIZZY MCGUIRE - 2002 [TV]; THE DISTRICT - 2002; JANE WHITE IS SICK & TWISTED - 2002; SHATTERED LIES - 2002; PROVIDENCE - 2002 [TV]; SON OF THE BEACH - 2000-2002 [TV]; THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS - 2003; TRUE LEGENDS OF THE WEST - 2003; IOWA - 2005; COLLIER & CO. - 2006; PENNY DREADFUL - 2006; SIMPLE THINGS - 2007; ENTOURAGE - 2007 [TV]; REVAMPED - 2007 [DTV]; BONES - 2009 [TV]; NECROSIS - 2009 [a.k.a. BLOOD SNOW; ICE OF THE DEAD]; WORLD'S END - 2010; EAGLEHEART - 2012 [TV]; BORN WILD - 2012 [a.k.a. THRIFTSTORE COWBOY]; WORKAHOLICS - 2013 [TV]; IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA - 2013 [TV]; DEADTIME STORIES - 2013 [TV]; JUSTIFIED - 2011-2014 [TV; Semi-recurring role as "Rodney 'Hot Rod' Dunham"; 8 episodes]; GROWING UP FISHER - 2014 [TV]; NEWSREADERS - 2015 [TV; His final acting role]. Before he got into acting, Mickey Jones was a drummer for such singers as Trini Lopez, Johnny Rivers and Kenny Rogers And The First Edition. He had 17 gold records to his name. His biggest claim to fame as a musician was when he was a drummer for Bob Dylan's 1966 tour when Dylan turned to the electric guitar and caused all kinds of controversy. People said Dylan sold out, but we all know how it turned out. You can hear Mickey Jones play drums on Dylan's record " Live At Royal Albert Hall''. Mickey Jones died after a long illness and was 76 years-old.) - 02/07/18
JOHN GAVIN (Actor: Gavin [real name: Juan Vincent Apablasa] was a handsome actor best known for his role as "Sam Loomis" on Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO [1960]. he retired from acting in the early-1980s and went on a much different path. His credits included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: RAW EDGE - 1956 [Tf]; BEHIND THE HIGH WALL - 1956 [TF]; FOUR GIRLS IN TOWN - 1957 [TF]; QUANTEZ - 1957 [TF]; A TIME TO LOVE AND A TIME TO DIE - 1958 [TF]; IMITATION OF LIFE - 1959 [TF]; A BREATH OF SCANDAL - 1960 [TF]; PSYCHO - 1960 [TF]; SPARTACUS - 1960 [TF; portrayed Julius Caesar]; MIDNIGHT LACE - 1960 [TF]; INSIGHT - 1960; ROMANOFF AND JULIET - 1961 [TF]; TAMMY TELL ME TRUE - 1961 [TF}; BACK STREET - 1961 [TF]; ALCOA PREMIERE - 1962; DESTRY - 1964 [TV Series Regular; 13 episodes]; THE VIRGINIAN - 1962; KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATRE - 1962; THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR - 1963-1965; CONVOY - 1965 [TV Series Regular; 13 episodes]; PEDRO PARAMO - 1967 [TF]; THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE - 1967 [TF]; OSS 117: MURDER FOR SALE - 1968 [TF]; THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILOTT - 1969 [TF]; CUTTER'S TRAIL - 1970 [TV Movie]; PUSSYCAT, PUSSYCAT, I LOVE YOU - 1970 [TF]; THE DORIS DAY SHOW - 1971; MANNIX - 1973; KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY - 1973 [TF]; NEFERTITI Y AQUENATOS - 1973 [Mexican Short]; HARD DAY AT BLUE NOSE - 1974 [An ABC Wide World Mystery late night movie]; THE LIVES OF JENNY DOLAN - 1975 [TV Movie]; MEDICAL CENTER - 1976; HOUSE OF SHADOWS - 1976 [TF]; THE LOVE BOAT - 1977; DOCTORS' PRIVATE LIVES - 1978 [TV Movie]; JENNIFER - 1978 [TF]; FLYING HIGH - 1978; THE NEW ADVENTURES OF HEIDI - 1978 [TV Movie]; DOCTORS' PRIVATE LIVES - 1979 [TV mini-series; follows the TV Movie of the same name]; SOFIA LOREN: HER OWN STORY - 1980 [TV Movie; Portrayed Cary Grant]; HART TO HART - 1980; FANTASY ISLAND - 1978-1981 [His final acting role]. In 1981, Gavin was appointed Ambassador to Mexico by President Reagan, serving until June 10, 1986 [Gavin had Mexican, Chilean, and Spanish ancestry]. Gavin also was a member of the Congressional Policy Advisory Board as a defense and foreign policy expert. Gavin served as founding Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Century Council from May 1991 until December 1994 [a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting alcohol abuse]. Gavin was signed under contract to portray James Bond in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER [1971], but Sean Connery returned one final time. Think of the possibilities if he didn't. He also had a fine baritone voice and toured in the '70s in the summer stock productions of The Fantasticks and Seesaw. John Gavin died of undisclosed causes and was 86 years-old.) - 02/09/18
PIER PAOLO CAPPONI (Actor: Mr. Capponi was a well-respected movie and TV actor who appeared in some excellent Italian crime and gaillo films. He usually portrayed police inspectors or detectives and sometimes used the Anglicized names "Norman Clark" and "Paul Carey". His credits included [I am just going to list his theatrical movies since his TV work was never aired in the U.S.]: THE KILLER LACKS A NAME - 1966; HALF A MAN - 1966; ENTER INSPECTOR MAIGRET - 1966; KING OF HEARTS - 1966; AVENGER X - 1967; BLACK JESUS - 1968; THE FALLING MAN - 1968; COMMANDOS - 1968; BANDITS IN ROME - 1968; THE LADY OF MONZA - 1969; THE WILDCAT - 1969; NAKED VIOLENCE - 1969; KILL THE FATTED CALF AND ROAST IT - 1970; BLACK LEMONS - 1970; MANY WARS AGO - 1970; DEFEAT THE MAFIA - 1970; THE FORBIDDEN PHOTOS OF A LADY ABOVE SUSPICION - 1970; A SEASON IN HELL - 1971; THE CAT O' NINE TAILS - 1971; SERGEANT KLEMS - 1971; FLIC STORY - 1972; SEVEN BLOOD-STAINED ORCHIDS - 1972; VALERIE INSIDE OUTSIDE - 1972; THE NUN AND THE DEVIL - 1973; THE BOSS - 1973; DIARY OF AN ITALIAN - 1973; THREE CHEERS FOR US - 1974; THE LAST DESPERATE HOURS - 1974; THE CASTRO'S ABBESS - 1974; BLOOD AND DIAMONDS - 1977; ANTONIO GRAMSKI: THE DAYS IN PRISON - 1977; STANDARD - 1978. During the latter part of his career, Capponi mainly acted in Italian TV Movies, mini-series and TV Series. Pier Paolo Capponi passed away from a long illness and was 79 years-old.) - 02/15/18
LEWIS GILBERT (Director/Screenwriter: Lewis Gilbert was an Oscar®-nominated director and BAFTA Award®-winning Producer who is best known for directing the James Bond FilmsYOU ONLY LIVE TWICE [1967], THE SPY WHO LOVED ME [1977] and MOONRAKER [1979]. His credits as a director included [all Theatrical Films]: THE LITTLE BALLERINA - 1947 [also Screenplay]; ONCE A SINNER - 1950; SCARLET THREAD - 1951; WALL OF DEATH - 1951; THE HUNDRED HOUR HUNT - 1952; TIME, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE! - 1952; THE SLASHER - 1953 [also Screenplay]; JOHNNY ON THE RUN - 1953 [also Producer]; BREAK TO FREEDOM - 1953; THE GOOD DIE YOUNG - 1954 [also Screenplay]; HARMONY LANE - 1954 [Short]; THE SEA SHALL NOT HAVE THEM - 1954 [also Screenplay]; CAST A DARK SHADOW - 1955; REACH FOR THE SKY - 1956 [also Screenplay; BAFTA Award® nominee for Best British Screenplay]; PARADISE LAGOON - 1957 [also Screenplay]; CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE - 1958 [also Screenplay]; A CRY FROM THE STREETS - 1958; FERRY TO HONG KONG - 1959 [also Screenplay]; SINK THE BISMARCK! - 1960; SKYWATCH - 1960 [also Producer]; LOSS OF INNOCENCE - 1961; DAMN THE DEFIANT! - 1962; THE 7TH DAWN - 1964; ALFIE - 1966 [also Producer; Academy Award® & Golden Globe® nominations for Best Director; BAFTA Award® nominee for Best British Film]; YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE - 1967; THE ADVENTURERS - 1970 [also Screenplay & Producer]; FRIENDS - 1971 [also Screenplay & Producer]; PAUL AND MICHELLE - 1975 [also Screenplay & Producer]; OPERATION: DAYBREAK - 1975; SEVEN NIGHTS IN JAPAN - 1976 [also Producer]; THE SPY WHO LOVED ME - 1977; MOONRAKER - 1979 [also Bit Actor]; EDUCATING RITA - 1983 [also Producer; BAFTA Award® winner for Best Film]; NOT QUITE PARADISE - 1985 [also Producer]; SHIRLEY VALENTINE - 1989 [also Producer; BAFTA Award® nominee for Best Film]; STEPPING OUT - 1991 [also Producer]; HAUNTED - 1995 [also Screenplay & Producer]; BEFORE YOU GO - 2002 [His last film credit]. Mr. Gilbert's credits as a sceenwriter also included: MARRY ME - 1949; and EMERGENCY - 1962. Lewis Gilbert also Acted in the following films: DICK TURPIN - 1934; GOOD MORNING, BOYS - 1937; THE DIVORCE OF LADY X - 1938; OVER THE MOON - 1939; ROOM FOR TWO - 1940. Mr. Gilbert was awarded the CBE [Commander of the Order of the British Empire] in the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the film industry. Here is what he had to say in 1983 about the Bond films, his other films and how they compare: "In the Bond films characterizations are non-existent. Nobody's worried about what Bond did as a child or how his mother treated him--we don't even know if he had a mother! That's not what the Bond films are about. They're all action and fun. But with a film like EDUCATING RITA, it's you and the actors and the words. It depends on the characterizations and the interplay. You don't get to rely on exciting ploys--like a bomb going off. Instead, you rely on two people talking, so those people better be saying the right things at the right time." Lewis Gilbert passed away of natural causes and was 97 years-old.) - 02/23/18
DAVID OGDEN STIERS (Actor: Mr. Stiers is best known for playing Major Charles Winchester on M*A*S*H from 1977 to 1983, but I remember him better for portraying Reverend Purdy on the TV Series THE DEAD ZONE [2002 - 2007]. Kids will instantly remember him as the voice of Dr. Jumba Jookiba on the animated series LILO & STITCH: THE SERIES [2003 - 2006]. During the latter part of his career, he became a popular voiceover artist, doing voices for many Disney animated movies, TV series and Made for Home Video [MFHV] movies]. He was also an actor in many of Woody Allen's films. No matter what he did, David Ogden Stiers always brought professionalism with him and I was shocked to hear of his death. His credits included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: THX 1138 - 1971 [TF; Voice only]; DRIVE, HE SAID - 1971 [TF]; KOJAK - 1975; DOC - 1976 [7 episodes]; THE NEW LORENZO MUSIC SHOW - 1976 [TV Special]; CHARLIE'S ANGELS - 1976; PHYLLIS - 1976; MARY TYLER MOORE - 1976-1977 [3 episodes]; RHODA - 1976-1977; THE TONY RANDALL SHOW - 1977; A CIRCLE OF CHILDREN - 1977 [TV Movie]; OH, GOD! - 1977 [TF]; A LOVE AFFAIR: THE ELEANOR AND LOU GEHRIG STORY - 1977 [TV Movie]; THE CHEAP DETECTIVE - 1978 [TF]; SERGEANT MATLOVICH VS. THE U.S. AIR FORCE - 1978 [TV Movie]; MAGIC - 1978 [TF]; THE PAPER CHASE - 1978; $WEEPSTAKE$ - 1979; BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO - 1979 [TV Movie]; THE OLDEST LIVING GRADUATE - 1980 [TV Movie]; FATHER DAMIEN: THE LEPER PRIEST - 1980 [TV Movie]; HARRY'S WAR - 1981 [TF]; ME AND MR. STENNER - 1981 [A CBS Afternoon Playhouse Special]; THE DAY THE BUBBLE BURST - 1982 [TV Movie]; M*A*S*H - 1977-1983 [131 episodes; Directed 2 episodes. Nominated for an Emmy Award® in 1981 & 1982 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series ]; THE INNOCENTS ABROAD - 1983 [An Episode of Great Performances]; ANATOMY OF AN ILLNESS - 1984 [TV Movie]; THE FIRST OLYMPICS: ATHENS 1896 - 1984 [TV mini-series; Nominated for an Emmy Award® for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special]; THE BAD SEED - 1985 [TV Movie]; THE MAN WITH ONE RED SHOE - 1985 [TF]; BETTER OFF DEAD... - 1985 [TF]; CREATOR - 1985 [TF]; NORTH AND SOUTH - 1985 [6 episodes]; MRS. DELAFIELD WANTS TO MARRY - 1986 [TV Movie]; NORTH AND SOUTH, BOOK II - 1986 [TV mini-series]; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE NOTORIOUS NUN - 1986 [TV Movie]; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE SHOOTING STAR - 1986 [TV Movie]; J. EDGAR HOOVER - 1987 [TV Movie]; THE ALAMO: THIRTEEN DAYS TO GLORY - 1987 [TV Movie]; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE LOST LOVE - 1987 [TV Movie]; THE INNOCENTS ABROAD - 1987 [An episode of American Playhouse]; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE SINISTER SPIRIT - 1987 [TV Movie]; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE MURDERED MADAM - 1987 [TV Movie]; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE SCANDALOUS SCOUNDREL - 1987 [TV Movie]; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE AVENGING ACE - 1988 [TV Movie]; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE LADY IN THE LAKE - 1988 [TV Movie]; ANOTHER WOMAN - 1988 [TF]; ALF - 1988; MATLOCK - 1987-1988 [3 episodes]; THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST - 1988 [TF]; DAY ONE - 1989 [TV Movie]; THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER - 1989; THE FINAL DAYS - 1989 [TV Movie]; FINAL NOTICE - 1989 [TV Movie]; AMERICAN EYES - 1990 [A CBS Schoolbreak Special]; THE KISSING PLACE - 1990 [TV Movie]; HOW TO MURDER A MILLIONAIRE - 1990 [TV Movie]; WINGS - 1990; MARRIED PEOPLE - 1990; STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - 1991; DOC HOLLYWOOD - 1991 [TF]; BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - 1991 [TF: Voice only as Narrator]; WIFE, MOTHER, MURDERER - 1991 [TV Movie]; SHADOWS AND FOG - 1991 [TF]; THE LAST OF HIS TRIBE - 1992 [TV Movie]; PORCO ROSSO - 1992 [TF; Voice only in the American Version]; MASTERGATE - 1992 [TV Movie]; JACK'S PLACE - 1993; WITHOUT A KISS GOODBYE - 1993 [TV Movie]; TAKING LIBERTY - 1993 [TF]; IRON WILL - 1994 [TF]; PAST TENSE - 1994 [TV Movie]; THE BOYS ARE BACK - 1994; BAD COMPANY - 1995 [TF]; NAPOLEAN - 1995 [TF; Voice only]; POCAHONTAS - 1995 [TF; Voice only]; MIGHTY APHRODITE - 1995 [TF]; STEAL BIG STEAL LITTLE - 1995 [TF]; CYBILL - 1996; POLTERGEIST: THE LEGACY - 1996; MURDER, SHE WROTE - 1986-1996 [3 episodes]; THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - 1996 [TF; Voice only]; EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU - 1996 [TF]; TO FACE HER PAST - 1996 [TV Movie]; JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA - 1997 [TV Movie]; MEET WALLY SPARKS - 1997 [TF]; DR. QUINN, MEDICINE WOMAN - 1997; JUNGLE 2 JUNGLE - 1997 [TF]; 101 DALMATIONS: THE SERIES - 1998; BELLE'S MAGICAL WORLD - 1998 [MFHV; Voice only]; KRIPPENDORF'S TRIBE - 1998 [TF]; TWO GUYS, A GIRL AND A PIZZA PLACE - [13 episodes]; POCAHONTAS 2: JOURNEY TO A NEW WORLD - 1998 [MFHV; Voice only]; ALLY MCBEAL - 1998; THE PRACTICE - 1999; THE OUTER LIMITS - 1999 ["The Shroud"]; MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS - 1999 [TF; Voice only English Version]; BELLE'S TALES OF FRIENDSHIP - 1999 [MFHV; Voice only]; THE ANGRY BEAVERS - 1999 [Voice only]; THE STAND-IN - 1999 [TF]; THE WILD THORNBERRYS - 2000 [Voice only]; BULL - 2000 [4 episodes]; THE TROUBLE WITH NORMAL - 2000; LOVE & MONEY - 1999-2000 [13 episodes]; FOOD FOR THOUGHT - 2001 [TV Movie]; TOMCATS - 2001 [TF]; MURDER, SHE WROTE: THE LAST FREE MAN - 2001 [TV Movie]; ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE - 2001 [TF; Voice only]; SPIRITED AWAY - 2001 [TF: Voice only American version]; THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION - 2001 [TF]; MICKEY'S MAGICAL CRISTMAS: SNOWED IN AT THE HOUSE OF MOUSE - 2001 [MFHF; Voice only]; THE MAJESTIC - 2001 [TF]; JUSTICE LEAGUE - 2002 [Voice only]; TEACHER'S PET - 2000-2002 [Voice only; 12 episodes; Nominated for an Annie Award® for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production]; LILO & STITCH - 2002 [TF; Voice only]; ARLI$$ - 2002; HOUSE OF MOUSE - 2001-2002 [Voice only; 3 episodes]; THE DEAD ZONE - 2002 [MFHV]; TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL - 2003; FRASIER - 2003; STITCH! THE MOVIE [MFHV; Voice only]; BATMAN: MYSTERY OF THE BATWOMAN - 2003 [MFHV; Voice of The Penguin]; TEACHER'S PET - 2004 [TF; Voice only]; STATIC SHOCK - 2004 [Voice only]; WINNIE THE POOH: SPRINGTIME WITH ROO - 2004 [MFHV; Voice only]; CABLE BEACH - 2004 TV Movie]; AMERICAN DRAGON: JAKE LONG - 2005 [Voice only]; NOVA - 2005 [Voice only as narrator]; LILO AND STITCH 2: STITCH HAS A GLITCH - 2005 [MFHV: Voice Only]; POOH'S HEFFALUMP HALLOWEEN MOVIE - 2005 [MFHV; Voice only]; HOODWINKED! - 2005 [TF; Voice only]; WORST WEEK OF MY LIFE - 2006; JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED - 2006 [Voice only]; LEROY & STITCH - 2006 [MFHV; Voice only]; LADY IN THE WATER - 2006 [TF; Voice only as Narrator]; LILO & STITCH: THE SERIES - 2003-2006 [Voice only; 66 episodes]; AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - 1995 - 2007 [TV Documentary series; Narrator of 26 episodes]; THE DEAD ZONE - 2002-2007 [40 episodes]; STARGATE: ATLANTIS - 2006-2007 [3 episodes]; TOGETHER AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME - 2008 [MFHV]; NOT DEAD YET - 2009 [TF]; HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL - 2011 [TF; Voice only]; LEVERAGE - 2011; RIZZOLI & ISLES - 2015; REGULAR SHOW - 2011-2016 [Voice only; 18 episodes]; NED STRYKER AND THE TYRANT OF TIME - 2017 [TF]; THE JONESES UNPLUGGED - 2017 [TV Movie; His last credit]. Mr Stiers also did the voices to many of Disney's video games. If, when watching M*A*S*H [His acting mentor was the late Harry Morgan], you thought Major Charles Emerson Winchester had a voice fit for Shakespeare, it was because Mr. Stiers joined the company of the Santa Clara Shakespeare Festival and, for seven years, played such characters as King Lear and Richard III. He had conducted 70 orchestras in over 100 appearances. He was a resident conductor of the Newport Symphony Orchestra in Newport, Oregon [his hometown]. David Ogden Stiers died of bladder cancer and was 75 years-old.) - 03/03/18
FRANK DOUBLEDAY (Actor; Doubleday is instantly recognizable as a villain in two of John Carpenter's films, as the head "White Warrior" in ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 [1976] and "Romero" in ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK [1981]. Doubleday also appeared in many other films and TV Series familiar to fans of this site His credits included [Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: LUCAS TANNER - 1975 [TV]; POLICE STORY - 1975 [TV]; THE FIRST NUDIE MUSICAL - 1976; DELVECCHIO - 1976 [TV]; ALEX & THE GYPSEY - 1976; THE QUEST - 1976 [TV]; ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 - 1976; STARSKY AND HUTCH - 1977 [TV]; ABAR - 1977; A KILLING AFFAIR - 1977 [TV Movie]; WONDER WOMAN - 1978 [TV]; THE BIG FIX - 1978; CHARLIE'S ANGELS - 1978 [TV]; BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY YEARS - 1979; THE INCREDIBLE HULK - 1981 [TV]; ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK - 1981; ARCHIE BUNKER'S PLACE - 1981; CHiPS - 1981-1982; THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO - 1982; HILL STREET BLUES - 1983 [TV]; AVENGING ANGEL - 1985; T.J. HOOKER - 1983-1985; SPACE RAGE - 1985; NOMADS - 1986; STINGRAY - 1986 [TV]; SLEDGE HAMMER! - 1986 [TV]; AMAZING STORIES - 1987 [TV]; BROADCAST NEWS - 1987; OUR HOUSE - 1988 [TV]; L.A. BOUNTY - 1989; DOLLMAN - 1991; SHAKESPEARE'S PLAN 12 FROM OUTER SPACE - 1991; BEYOND BELIEF: FACT OR FICTION? - 1997 [TV; his final acting credit]. Frank Doubleday was married to actress Christina Hart [WOMEN AND BLOODY TERROR - 1970] and passed away of esophageal cancer. Frank Doubleday was 73 years-old.) - 03/03/18
STEVEN BOCHCO (Producer/Writer: I will always be indebted to Steven Bochco for creating the groundbreaking TV Series HILL STREET BLUES, L.A. LAW and NYPD BLUE. These series were important in the development of other adult series in the '80s & '90s. Unlike other series that contained adult content, Bochco refused to create series for Pay Cable, instead, he tried to push the boundaries on Network TV and, in most cases, succeeded. Bochco stayed on TV, only veering out to theatrical films two times early in his career. His credits as a writer/producer/creator included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: THE COUNTERFEIT KILLER - 1968 [TF; Writer]; THE NAME OF THE GAME - 1970 [Writer only; Story Editor - 8 episodes]; SILENT RUNNING - 1972 [TF; Writer]; BANACEK - 1972 [Producer]; LIEUTENANT SCHUSTER'S WIFE - 1972 [TV Movie; Writer/Producer]; THE BOLD ONES: THE NEW DOCTORS - 1969-1973 [Creator - 45 episodes]; GRIFF - 1973 [Writer/Producer]; DOUBLE INDEMNITY - 1973 [TV Movie; Writer]; THE INVISIBLE MAN - 1975 [Writer/Producer/Creator; 13 episodes]; RICHIE BROCKELMAN: THE MISSING 24 HOURS - 1976 [TV Movie; Writer/Producer]; GEMINI MAN - 1976 [TV mini-series; Creator]; RIDING WITH DEATH - 1976 [TV Movie; edited footage from the previously mentioned GEMINI MAN and footage from the film COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT made this TV film, which remains famous cdue to the lampooning it took on MST3000); DELVECCHIO - 1976-1977; Writer - 8 episodes; Producer - 2 epoisodes]; MCMILLAN & WIFE - 1974-1977 [Writer; 3 episodes; Executive Story Consultant - 17 episodes]; RICHIE BROCKELMAN, PRIVATE EYE - 1978 [Writer/Producer; 5 episodes]; OPERATING ROOM - 1978 [TV Movie; Writer/Co-Executive Producer]; Paris - 1979 [Executive Producer - 1 episode; Creator - 13 episodes; Writer - 3 episodes]; THE WHITE SHADOW - 1979 [Writer; 1 episode]; TURNABOUT - 1979 [Writer; 7 episodes]; VAMPIRE - 1979 [TV Movie; Writer/Executive Producer]; EVERY STRAY DOG AND KID - 1981 [TV Movie; Executive Producer]; BAY CITY BLUES - 1983 [Executive Producer - 2 episodes; Creator - 8 episodes; Writer - 1 episode]; THE TWILIGHT ZONE - 1986 [Writer - episode "Quarantine"]; HILL STREET BLUES - 1981-1987 [Creator - 144 episodes; Writer - 24 episodes; Executive Producer - 98 episodes; Bit Actor in one episode in 1981]; HOOPERMAN - 1987- 1989 [Creator - 42 episodes; Writer - 11 episodes; Producer - 1 episode]; COP ROCK - 1990 [Creator - 11 episodes; Writer - 7 episodes; Executive Producer - 11 episodes]; COLUMBO - 1971-1990 [Writer - 7 episodes; Story Editor - 7 episodes]; L.A. LAW: 100TH EPISODE CELEBRATION - 1991 [TV Movie; Creator]; CIVIL WARS - 1991-1993 [Creator - 36 episodes; Executive Producer - 18 episodes; Writer - 1 episode]; DOOGIE HOWSER M.D. - 1989-1993 [Creator - 97 episodes; Executive Producer - 51 episodes; Writer - 1 episode]; L.A. LAW - 1986-1994 [Creator - 171 episodes; Executive Producer - 68 episodes; Writer - 16 episodes; Executive Consultant - 104 episodes]; THE BYRDS OF PARADISE - 1994 [Executive Producer - 12 episodes]; CAPITOL CRITTERS - 1992-1995 [Creator - 13 episodes; Producer - 13 episodes]; PUBLIC MORALS - 1996 [Creator/Executive Producer - 13 episodes]; MURDER ONE: DIARY OF A SERIAL KILLER - 1997 [TV mini-series; Writer/Executive Producer]; MURDER ONE - 1995 - 1997 [Creator/Executive Producer - 41 episodes; Writer - 24 episodes]; TOTAL SECURITY - 1997 [Creator/Executive Producer]; BROOKLYN SOUTH - 1997-1998 [Creator/Executive Producer - 22 episodes; Writer - 10 episodes]; CITY OF ANGELS - 2000 [Creator/Executive Producer - 24 episodes; Writer - 3 episodes; also Writer of the Theme Song]; L.A. LAW: THE MOVIE - 2002 [TV Movie; Writer]; PHILLY - 2001-2002 [Creator/Executive Producer - 22 episodes; Writer - 14 episodes]; NYPD 2069 - 2004 [TV Movie; Writer'Producer]; NYPD BLUE - 1993-2005 [Creator/Executive Producer - 261 episodes; writer - 32 episodes]; BLIND JUSTICE - 2005 [Creator/Executive Producer - 13 episodes; Writer - 1 episode]; OVER THERE - 2005 [Creator/Executive Producer - 12 episodes]; COMMANDER IN CHIEF - 2005-2006 [Writer - 5 episodes; Executive Producer - 2 episodes]; HOLLIS & RAE - 2006 [TV Movie; Executive Producer]; RAISING THE BAR - 2008-2009 [Creator - 24 episodes; Executive Producer - 15 episodes; Writer - 1 episode]; MURDER IN THE FIRST - 2014-2016 [Creator/Executive Producer - 32 episodes; Writer - 11 episodes; his final credit]. In 2003, Mr. Bochco also wrote the novel "Death By Hollywood". Barbara Bosson (Bochco's wife from 1970 - 1998), Michael Tucker, Bruce Weitz and Charles Haid were classmates of Bochco's at Carnagie Tech and they would all star in one of Bochco's most successful series; Bosson, Weitz and Haid in HILL STREET BLUES and Tucker in L.A. LAW. Here's what Bochco had to say about those two series: "To me, Los Angeles was the total antithesis of that fictional city in which HILL STREET BLUES took place. I wanted L.A. LAW to be the polar opposite thematically. One show at its core was about despair and the inevitable failure of a kind of system. At the other end, I got L.A. and the land of dreams and wealthy, young, upwardly mobile attorneys who drive Porsches. It's the same legal system, yet these people are masters of the universe." In 1985, he was fired from MTM Enterprises for his inability to bring in HILL STREET BLUES on-time and on-budget. To a Baby Boomer like myself, Bochco was one of the most important voices of our generation. He will be missed. Steven Bochco died of complications from leukemia and was 74 years-old.) - 04/01/18
SUSAN ANSPACH (Actress: Ms. Anspach was an actress who shot to fame in 1970's FIVE EASY PIECES, but when her son Caleb was born in that year, she claimed that his father was Jack Nicholson, who co-starred with her in that film , and her career never recovered because of it, Nicholson not denying or saying it was true. Her credits as an actress included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical film]: THE DEFENDERS - 1965; THE PATTY DUKE SHOW - 1965; THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES - 1964-1965; THE JOURNEY OF THE FIFTH HORSE - 1966 [TV Movie]; JUDD FOR THE DEFENSE - 1969; THE LANDLORD - 1970 [TF]; FIVE EASY PIECES - 1970 [TF]; PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM - 1972 [TF]; BLUME IN LOVE - 1973 [TF]; LOVE STORY - 1973; FOR THE USE OF THE HALL - 1975 [TV Movie]; MCMILLAN & WIFE - 1976; I WANT TO KEEP MY BABY! - 1976 [TV Movie]; THE SECRET LIFE OF JOHN CHAPMAN - 1976 [TV Movie]; ROSETTI AND RYAN - 1977; MAD BULL - 1977 [TV Movie]; THE BIG FIX - 1978 [TF]; THE LAST GIRAFFE - 1979 [TV Movie]; RUNNING - 1979 [TF]; VISIONS - 1980; PORTRAIT OF AN ESCORT - 1980 [TV Movie]; THE DEVIL AND MAX DEVLIN - 1981 [TF]; GAS - 1981 [TF]; MONTENEGRO - 1981 [TF; also Singer]; THE FIRST TIME - 1982 [TV Movie]; DEADLY ENCOUNTER - 1982 [TV Movie]; THE YELLOW ROSE - 1983 [9 episodes]; MISUNDERSTOOD - 1984 [TF]; GONE ARE THE DAYES - 1984 [TV Movie]; SPACE - 1985 [TV mini-series]; DEADLY NIGHTMARES - 1986; BLUE MONKEY - 1987 [TF; a terrible name for a pretty good horror flick]; HEAVEN AND EARTH - 1987 [TF]; THE SLAP MAXWELL STORY - 1987-1988 [10 episodes]; THE LEGEND OF WOLF LODGE - 1988 [TF]; KILLER INSTINCT - 1989 [TF]; EMPTY NEST - 1989; BLOOD RED - 1989 [TF]; BACK TO BACK - 1989 [TF]; MURDER, SHE WROTE - 1989; CAGNEY & LACEY: THE RETURN - 1994 [TV Movie]; CANDLE SMOKE - 1998 [Short]; DANCING AT THE HARVEST MOON - 2002 [TV Movie]; WILD ABOUT HARRY - 2009 [TF]; INVERSION - 2010 [TF; her last acting role]. Ms. Anspach was once married [1970 - 1978] to actor Mark Goddard, "Major Don West" on TV's LOST IN SPACE [1965-1968]. Susan Anspach died of coronary failure and was 75 years-old.) - 04/02/18
SOON-TEK OH (Actor: Korea-born Soon-Tek Oh excelled at playing sympathetic roles, not usually token vilains as most other Asian actors [he was a staunch supporter of having Asians being portrayed accurately], but when he did play a villain, he was believable, in big-budget fims, in B-Movies, and especially on TV. His credits included [TV Series Guest roles unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: I SPY - 1965; MISTER ROBERTS - 1966; THE WACKIEST SHIP IN THE ARMY - 1966; MURDERER'S ROW - 1966 [TF]; THE INVADERS - 1967; CBS PLAYHOUSE - 1967; THE WILD WILD WEST - 1967; THE PRESIDENT'S ANALYST - 1967 [TF]; IT TAKES A THIEF - 1969; DEATH VALLEY DAYS - 1970; DAN AUGUST - 1970; ONE MORE TRAIN TO ROB - 1971 [TF]; NIGHT GALLERY - 1971; IRONSIDE - 1971; THE RELUCTANT HEROES - 1971 [TV Movie]; EARTH II - 1971 [TV Movie]; SEARCH - 1973; THE RETURN OF CHARLIE CHAN - 1973 [TV Movie]; THE MAGICIAN - 1974; REX HARRISON PRESENTS STORIES OF LOVE - 1974 [TV Movie]; KUNG FU - 1973-1974 [3 episodes]; THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN - 1974 [TF]; JUDGE DEE AND THE MONASTERY MURDERS - 1974 [TV Movie]; PACIFIC OVERTURES - 1976 [TV Movie]; ENIGMA - 1977 [TV Movie]; LOGAN'S RUN - 1977; BLACK SHEEP SQUADRON - 1977; GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK - 1978 [TF]; HOW THE WEST WAS WON - 1979; THE FANTASTIC SEVEN - 1979 [TV Movie]; HAWAII FIVE-O - 1968-1979 [8 episodes]; DIFF'RENT STROKES - 1980; THE FINAL COUNTDOWN - 1980 [TF]; CHARLIE'S ANGELS - 1980-1981 [4 episodes]; EAST OF EDEN - 1981 [TV mini-series]; TRAPPER JOHN, M.D. - 1981; THE LETTER - 1982 [TV Movie]; CASSIE & Co. - 1982; BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE - 1982; M*A*S*H - 1975-1982 [5 episodes]; TALES OF THE GOLD MONKEY - 1982; QUINCY M.D. - 1982; ROMANCE THEATRE - 1982 [5 episodes]; CBS CHILDREN'S MYSTERY THEATRE - 1982; MARCO POLO - 1983 [TV mini-series]; THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO - 1983; GIRLS OF THE WHITE ORCHID - 1983 [TV Movie]; HART TO HART - 1983; AIRWOLF - 1984 [TV Movie]; THE MASTER - 1984; THE FALL GUY - 1984; CHALLENGE OF THE GOBOTS - 1984 [Voice only]; MATT HOUSTON - 1984; AIRWOLF - 1984-1985; MISSING IN ACTION II: THE BEGINNING - 1985 [TF; He really shone in his role as cruel P.O.W. camp leader Colonel Yin]; HILL STREET BLUES - 1985; CAGNEY & LACEY - 1985; DYNASTY - 1986; T.J. HOOKER - 1985-1986; JONNY QUEST - 1986 [Voice only]; MAGNUM, P.I. - 1981-1986 [4 episodes]; THE A-TEAM - 1986; AIRWOLF II - 1987; STEELE JUSTICE - 1987 [TF]; SKY COMMANDERS - 1987 [Voice only]; LEGEND OF THE WHITE HORSE - 1987 [TF]; DEATH WISH IV: THE CRACKDOWN - 1987 [TF]; THE RED SPIDER - 1988 [TV Movie] MACGYVER - 1988; SOURSWEET - 1988 [TF]; SIMON & SIMON - 1988; COLLISION COURSE - 1989 [TF; made in 1986, not released until 1989]; TAILSPIN: BEHIND THE KOREAN AIRLINER TRAGEDY - 1989 [TV Movie]; TOUR OF DUTY - 1989; MANHUNT: SEARCH FOR THE NIGHT STALKER - 1989 [TV Movie]; HUNTER - 1989; LAST FLIGHT OUT - 1990 [TV Movie]; DEADLY GAME - 1991 [TV Movie]; THE TRIALS OF ROSIE O'NEILL - 1991; ZORRO - 1992; HIGHLANDER - 1992; THE LEGEND OF PRINCE VALIANT - 1993; MURDER, SHE WROTE - 1992; A HOME OF OUR OWN - 1993 [TF]; TIME TRAX - 1994; BABYLON 5 - 1994; RED SUN RISING - 1994 [TF]; S.F.W. - 1994 [TF]; KUNG FU: THE LEGEND CONTINUES - 1995-1995 [3 episodes]; CAGNEY & LACEY: TOGETHER AGAIN - 1995 [TV Movie]; BAYWATCH NIGHTS - 1996; ONE WEST WAIKIKI - 1996; STREET CORNER JUSTICE - 1996 [TF]; THE REAL ADVENTURES OF JONNY QUEST - 1996 [Voice only]; BEVERLY HILLS NINJA - 1997 [TF]; MALCOLM & EDDIE - 1997; LIFE WITH LOUIE - 1997; PROMISED LAND - 1997; YELLOW - 1997 [TF]; TWO - 1997; STARGATE SG-1 - 1997; MULAN - 1998 [TF; Voice only]; SEVEN DAYS - 1998; KING OF THE HILL - 2000 [Voice only]; THE PRESIDENT'S MAN - 2000 [TV Movie]; THE DISTRICT - 2001; TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL - 1997-2001; ROADS AND BRIDGES - 2001 [TF; Voice only]; FORGOTTEN VALOR - 2001 [TF]; TRUE BLUE - 2001 [TF]; THE VISIT - 2002 [Short]; SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS - 2002 [Short]; MULAN 2 - 2004 [DTV]; LAST MOUNTAIN - 2005 [TF]; LES FORMIDABLES - 2006 [TF; his last acting role]. In 1995, Mr. Oh founded the Lodestone Theatre Ensemble in response to the 1992 Los Angeles riots that dangerously reignited racial stereotyping. His continued efforts to present more accurate portrayals of Asian-American culture on stage has been significant. Soon-Tek Oh passed away due to complications from Alzheimer's disease and was 85 years-old.) - 04/04/18
MILOS FORMAN (Director/Writer/Producer: Multiple Academy Award®-winning director [born Jan Tomas Forman] who made some memorable films. His credits included [All are Films]: MAGIC LANTERN II - 1960 [Documentary; also Writer]; IF ONLY THEY AIN'T HAD THEM BANDS - 1964 [Documentary Short; also Writer]; AUDITION - 1964 [Documentary; also writer]; BLACK PETER - 1964 [also Writer]; THE LOVES OF A BLONDE - 1965 [also Writer]; A WELL PAID WALK - 1966 [TV Movie]; THE FIREMAN'S BALL - 1967 [also Writer]; TAKING OFF - 1971 [also Writer]; I MISS SONIA HENIE - 1971 [Short]; VISIONS OF EIGHT - 1973 [Documentary]; ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST - 1975 [Academy Award®, Golden Globe® & BAFTA Award® winner for Best Director]; HAIR - 1979; RAGTIME - 1981; AMADEUS - 1984 [Academy Award® & Golden Globe® winner for Best Director]; VALMONT - 1989 [also Writer]; THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT - 1996 [Academy Award® nominee for Best Director; Golden Globe® winner for Best Director]; MAN ON THE MOON - 1999; GOYA'S GHOSTS - 2006 [also Writer]; SEMAFOR: GREATEST HITS 2 - 2007 [Long-Form Music Video]; A WALK WORTHWHILE - 2009 [His last directorial effort]. Forman also wrote LEAVE IT TO ME - 1955; CUBS - 1958; & THE NAIL CLIPPERS - 1969 [Short]. Milos Forman died of undisclosed causes and was 86 years-old.) 04/13/18
R. LEE ERMEY (Actor: This one came as a shock to me because I was just watching him on TV in an episode of LAW & ORDER: SVU and he impressed in his role of a grimy rapist. Ermey came to international fame due to his role as the drill sergeant in Stanley Kubrick's FULL METAL JACKET [1987] and then his career took off, as he appeared in all manner of films and TV Series. And he was usually excellent in roles as an authority figure or one of the meanest bad guys. He cemented his place in horror films by playing the bad Sheriff Hoyt in the remake of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE [2003] and its sequel and kids knew his voice as Army Sarge in the TOY STORY films and TV Specials. His credits included [Theatrical films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: THE BOYS IN COMPANY C - 1978; APOCALYPSE NOW - 1979; UP FROM THE DEPTHS - 1979; PURPLE HEARTS - 1984; FULL METAL JACKET - 1987 [Golden Globe® nominee for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture; Boston Society of Film Critics Awards® winner for Best Supporting Actor; "Kubrick's films have life - they just never die."]; MIAMI VICE - 1987 [TV]; MISSISSIPPI BURNING - 1988; THE SIEGE OF FIREBASE GLORIA - 1989; FLETCH LIVES - 1989; CHINA BEACH - 1989 [TV]; DEMONSTONE - 1990; THE RIFT - 1990; THE TAKE - 1990 [TV Movie]; I'M DANGEROUS TONIGHT - 1990 [TV Movie]; KID - 1990; 83 HOURS 'TIL DAWN - 1990 [TV Movie]; THE TERROR WITHIN II - 1991; TOY SOLDIERS - 1991; TRU IDENTITY - 1991; HUMAN TARGET - 1992 [TV]; CIVIL WARS - 1992 [TV]; STREET JUSTICE - 1992 [TV]; HEXED - 1993; SOMMERSBY - 1993; BODY SNATCHERS - 1993; THE ADVENTURES OF BRISCO COUNTY JR. - 1993 [TV]; FRENCH SILK - 1994 [TV Movie]; CHAIN OF COMMAND - 1994; ON DEADLY GROUND - 1994; RISE AND WALK: THE DENNIS BYRD STORY - 1994 [TV Movie]; NAKED GUN 33 1/3: THE FINAL INSULT - 1994; LOVE IS A GUN - 1994; TALES FROM THE CRYPT - 1994 [TV]; MURDER IN THE FIRST - 1995; SAVATE - 1995 {MFHV]; SWEET JUSTICE - 1995; BEST OF THE BEST 3: NO TURNING BACK - 1995; SE7EN - 1995; LEAVING LAS VEGAS - 1995; SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND - 1995 [TV]; UNDER THE HULA MOON - 1995; TOY STORY - 1995 [Voice only]; THE X-FILES - 1995 [TV]; DEAD MAN WALKING - 1995; HIGH INCIDENT - 1996 [TV]; SOUL OF THE GAME - 1996 [TV Movie]; THE FRIGHTENERS - 1996; ROUGH RIDERS - 1997 [TV mini-series]; PREFONTAINE - 1997; DEAD MEN CAN'T DANCE - 1997; WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRACTION - 1997 [TV Movie]; PROMISED LAND - 1997 [TV]; SWITCHBACK - 1997; THE ANGRY BEAVERS - 1997 [TV; Voice only]; STARSHIP TROOPERS - 1997 [Voice only]; THE SENDER - 1998; GUNSHY - 1998; ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN: THE SERIES - 1998 [TV; Voice only]; MAXIMUM BOB - 1998 [TV]; YOU KNOW MY NAME - 1999 [TV Movie]; CRACKER: MIND OVER MURDER - 1997-1999 [Series Semi-regular; 13 episodes]; LIFE - 1999; AVALANCHE - 1999; THE APARTMENT COMPLEX - 1999 [TV Movie]; TOY STORY 2 [1999 [Voice only]; THE CHAOS FACTOR - 2000; SKIPPED PARTS - 2000; ROUGHNECKS: THE STARSHIP TROOPER CHRONICLES - 1999-2000 [TV; 4 episodes; Voice only]; BUZZ LIGHTYEAR OF STAR COMMAND: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS - 2000 [MFHV; Voice only]; ACTION - 1999-2000 [TV; 4 episodes]; JERICHO - 2000; SAVING SILVERMAN - 2001; RECESS: SCHOOL'S OUT - 2001 [Voice only]; BIG GUY AND RUSTY THE BOY ROBOT - 1999-2001 [TV; 26 episodes; Voice only]; THE DISTRICT - 2001 [TV]; MEGIDDO: THE OMEGA CODE 2 - 2001; SCENES OF THE CRIME - 2001; TAKING SIDES - 2001; ON THE BORDERLINE - 2001; THIS WEEK IN HISTORY - 2001 [TV]; THE SALTON SEA - 2002 [My favorite Ermey performance]; SCRUBS - 2002 [TV]; FRANK MCKLUSKY, C.I. - 2002; INVADER ZIM - 2002 [TV; Voice only]; BIRDSEYE - 2002; WILLARD - 2003 [Ermey took the Ernest Borgnine role and made it his own]; ROCKET POWER - 2003 [TV; Voice only]; FILLMORE! - 2003 [TV; Voice only]; THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE - 2003 [Not as good as the original, although Ermey turned in a performance which scared the hell out of audiences]; KIM POSSIBLE - 2003 [TV]; Y.M.I. - 2004; THE GRIM ADVENTURES OF BILLY & MANDY - 2004 [TV; Voice only]; FATHER OF THE PRIDE - 2004 [TV; Voice only]; MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROBOT - 2005 [TV; Voice only]; MAN OF THE HOUSE - 2005; X-MEN: THE LAST STAND - 2005 [Voice only]; SHARK BAIT - 2006 [Voice only] THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING - 2006 [this film made no sense because we already knew how it was going to end!]; SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS - 2006 [TV; Voice only]; MAIL CALL - 2002-2007 [TV; 71 episodes]; SOLSTICE - 2008; HOUSE - 2005-2008 [TV; Played Hugh Laurie's father]; ELEVENTH HOUR - 2008 [TV]; TOY STORY 3 - 2010 [Voice only]; LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT - 2010 [TV; his role as "Walter Burlock" made your skin crawl]; BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD - 2009-2011 [TV; Voice only; 4 episodes]; FAMILY GUY - 2001-2011 [TV; Voice only]; THE WATCH - 2012; SOMEONE PICKED THE WRONG GIRL - 2013 [Streaming Short]; KUNG FU PANDA: LEGENDS OF AWESOMENESS - 2012-2015 [TV; Voice only; 3 episodes]; THE SIMPSONS - 1995-2015 [TV; Voice only; His final role]. Ermey also supplied the voices to many video games, including TOY STORY games and THE CALL OF DUTY series. Mr. Ermey earned the knickname "The Gunny" due to the 11 years he spent in the U.S. Marines. He retired from the Marines due to injuries he recieved in Vietnam. He was later bestowed the honorary rank of Gunnery Sergeant by the Marines. R. LEE ERMEY died of complications from pneumonia and was 74 years-old. "It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth.") - 04/15/18
PHILIP D'ANTONI (Producer: If Academy Award®-winning Mr. D'Antoni is to be remembered for one thing, it would be for the modern-day car chase, so prevalent in three Theatrical Films films he produced [and one he directed]. His films put you in the driver's seat, giving us the thrills and chills of a car chase as never before. His films as a Producer included [Theatrical Films unless mark with a TF for Television Series]: THIS PROUD LAND - 1966 {TV Documentary mini-series]; BULLITT - 1968 [When I first saw this film in a theater, the chase scene down the steep streets of San Francisco gave eveyone in the theater the chills, including me. I would never look at car chases the same ever again]; THE FRENCH CONNECTION - 1971 [Ditto!; Academy Award® for Best Picture and deservedly so]; THE CONNECTION - 1973 [TV Movie]; MR. INSIDE/MR. OUTSIDE - 1973 [TV Movie]; THE SEVEN-UPS - 1973 [also Director; another amazing chase scene, this one involving late actor Richard Lynch]; STRIKE FORCE - 1975 [TV Movie]; MOVIN' ON - 1974-1976 [TV; also Creator; 45 episodes]; SHARK KILL - 1976 [TV Movie]; THE RUBBER GUN SQUAD - 1977 [TV Movie; failed TV pilot; his last Producing credit]. Mr. D'Antoni also Produced or Co-Produced the following TV Documentaries: ELIZABETH TAYLOR IN LONDON - 1963; SOPHIA LOREN IN ROME - 1964; and MELINA MERCOURI'S GREECE - 1965. Philip D'Antoni died of kidney failure and was 89 years-old.) - 04/15/18
PAMELA GIDLEY (Actress: Pretty actress who made a few memorable films that readers of this site should check out. Her credits included [Theatrical Film unless marked with a TV for Television Series]: THRASHIN' - 1986; MACGYVER - 1986 [TV]; DUDES - 1987; CHERRY 2000 - 1987; CRIME STORY - 1987 [TV]; THE BLUE IGUANA - 1988; PERMANENT RECORD - 1988; TOUR OF DUTY - 1987-1988 [TV; 3 episodes]; GLORY DAYS - 1988 [TV Movie]; BLUE BAYOU - 1990 [TV Movie]; THE LAST OF THE FINEST - 1990; DISTURBED - 1990; HIGHWAY TO HELL - 1991; LIEBESTRAUM - 1991; TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME - 1992; LOVE IS LIKE THAT - 1992; ANGEL STREET - 1992 {TV; 8 episodes]; ANGEL STREET - 1992 [TV Movie]; PAPER HEARTS - 1993; FREEFALL - 1994; S.F.W. - 1994; THE CREW - 1994; STRANGE LUCK - 1995-1996 [TV Series Semi-Regular; 17 episodes]; THE LITTLE DEATH - 1996; ABERRATION - 1997; KISS & TELL - 1997; BOMBSHELL - 1997; THE MAZE - 1997; MAFIA! - 1998; THE TREAT - 1998; MAN MADE - 1998 [TV Movie]; LIAR'S POKER - 1999; THE PRETENDER - 1997-2000 [TV; 17 episodes]; THE LITTLE VAMPIRE - 2000; GOODBYE, CASANOVA - 2000; TRUE BLUE - 2001; PUZZLED - 2001; LUSTER - 2002; LANDSPEED - 2002; CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION - 2000-2002 [TV; 5 episodes]; SKIN - 2003-2004 [TV; 5 episodes]; CAKE BOY - 2005 [DTV]; THE CLOSER - 2006 [TV]; TWIN PEAKS: THE MISSING PIECES - 2014 [Cable; her last acting role]. After high school, Miss Gidley moved to New York and was discovered by a modeling agent while walking down a Manhattan street and soon afterwards, she won the Wilhemina Modeling Agency's "Most Beautiful Girl In The World" contest on March 12, 1985 in Sydney, Australia. She was married to actor James Lew from 2005 - 2008. Miss Gidley thought to have quit Hollywood six years ago to care for her sick brother. Pamela died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 52. No cause of death was given.) - 04/16/18
HARRY ANDERSON (Actor/Magician: Harry [Laverne] Anderson started out as a street magician/pickpocket [wearing his trademark gray fedora, earning him the nickname "Harry The Hat"], using his natural charm to make his way into two long-running TV Series, as well as a well-loved Steven King TV Mini-Series. His credits included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: TWILIGHT THEATER - 1982 [TV Movie]; THE ESCAPE ARTIST - 1982 [TF]; BEST OF THE BIG LAFF OFF - 1983 [MFHV]; SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - 1981-1985; TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE - 1985; THE YOUNG COMEDIANS AL-STAR REUNION - 1986 [HBO Special] HARRY ANDERSON'S HELLO SUCKER - 1986 [HBO Special]; HARRY ANDERSON'S SIDESHOW - 1987 [TV Special; also Executive Producer]; VANISHING AMERICA - 1988 [MFHV]; SHE'S HAVING A BABY - 1988 [TF]; TANNER '88 - [Pay Cable mini-series]; SPIES, LIES & NAKED THIGHS - 1988 [TV Movie]; THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR - 1988 [TV Movie]; THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR: TRADING PLACES - 1989 [TV Movie]; MOTHER GOOSE ROCK 'N RHYME - 1990 [TV Movie]; TALES FROM THE CRYPT - [HBO Series; "Korman's Kalamity" - 1990; also wrote the episode "Seance" for a 1992 episode]; STEPHEN KING'S IT - 1990 [TV mini-series; portrayed the adult Richie Tozier]; PARKER LEWIS CAN'T LOSE - 1992; NIGHT COURT - 1984-1992 [Portrayed Judge Harry T. Stone in 193 episodes; Directed 2 episodes; Wrote 5 episodes; Nominated 3 times for an Emmy Award®, in 1985, 1986 & 1987 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]; CHEERS 1982-1993 [Portrayed conman Harry 'The Hat' Gittes in 6 episodes]; HEARTS AFIRE - 1994; THE JOHN LARROQUETTE SHOW - 1996; NIGHT STAND - 1996; HARVEY - 1996 [TV Movie]; HARRY ANDERSON: THE TRICKS OF HIS TRADE - 1996 [TV Special]; LOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN - 1997; DAVE'S WORLD - 1993-1997 [Wrote 5 episodes; portrayed Pulitzer prize winning columnist Dave Barry for 98 episodes]; NODDY - 1998; EXPLORE OUR WORLD - 2000; SON OF THE BEACH - 2002; 30 ROCK - 2008; A MATTER OF FAITH - 2014 [TF; his final acting role]. Mr. Anderson was also a popular host of many TV Specials and was a frequent guest on many late night TV shows. Harry Anderson was a "Quad Rat" living in New Orleans most of his life, but he and his family moved to Asheville, North Carolina after Hurricane Katrina hit. Harry Anderson died after suffering a stroke and was 65 years-old.) - 04/16/18
MICHAEL ANDERSON (Director: Michael Anderson was an Academy Award®-nominated director since the late-1940's who made a few films known and loved by readers of this site. He worked long in the studio system before he became a director, working as an Assistant Director since the late-1930's. His credits as a Director included [Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: PRIVATE ANGELO - 1949 [also Writer & Producer]; WATERFRONT WOMEN - 1950; HELL IS SOLD OUT - 1951; NIGHT WAS OUR FRIEND - 1951; WILL ANY GENTLEMEN...? - 1953; HOUSE OF THE ARROW - 1953; THE DAM BUSTERS - 1955 [the films that got Anderson noticed in the business. George Lucas has said that this film's climax was an inspiration for the attack on the Death Star in the first STAR WARS movie.]; 1984 - 1956; AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS - 1956 [Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Director; the film went on to win Five Academy Awards®, including Best Picture]; BATTLE HELL - 1957; CHASE A CROOKED SHADOW - 1958; SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL - 1959 [also Producer]; THE WRECK OF THE MARY DEARE - 1959; ALL THE FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS - 1960; THE NAKED EDGE - 1961; FLIGHT FROM ASHIYA - 1964; WILD AND WONDERFUL - 1964; OPERATION CROSSBOW - 1965; THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM - 1966; THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN - 1968; POPE JOAN - 1972; DOC SAVAGE: THE MAN OF BRONZE - 1975 [a rare misfire]; CONDUCT UNBECOMING - 1975; LOGAN'S RUN - 1976; ORCA: THE KILLER WHALE - 1977; DOMINIQUE - 1979; THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES - 1980 [TV mini-series]; MURDER BY PHONE - 1982; SECOND TIME LUCKY - 1984; SEPARATE VACATIONS - 1986; SWORD OF GIDEON - 1986 [Pay Cable Movie]; THE JEWELLER'S SHOP - 1988; MILLENNIUM - 1989 [This film gets a lot of flak, but I always found it to be an interesting failure]; YOUNG CATHERINE - 1992 [TV Movie]; SCALES OF JUSTICE - 1992 [Pilot Movie for TV Series]; SCALES OF JUSTICE - 1992-1993 [TV]; THE SEA WOLF - 1993 [TV Movie]; RUGGED GOLD - 1994 [TV Movie]; CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS - 1996 [TV Movie]; 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA - 1997 [TV Movie]; SUMMER OF THE MONKEYS - 1998; THE NEW ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO - 1999; AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS - 1999 [MFHV; his last directorial assignment]. Before he began directing, Michael Anderson was Assistant Director on the following films: SPY FOR A DAY - 1940; A VOICE IN THE NIGHT - 1941; QUIET WEDDING - 1941; BOMBSIGHT STOLEN - 1941; JEANNIE - 1941; UNPUBLISHED STORY - 1942; SECRET FLIGHT - 1946; FLAME IS THE SPUR - 1947; VICE VERSA - 1948; ONE NIGHT WITH YOU - 1948; MR. PERRIN AND MR. TRAILL - 1948; WOMAN HATER - 1948. Michael Anderson, as "Mickey Anderson", acted in the films HOUSEMASTER - 1938 and IN WHICH WE SERVE - 1942. In 1957, Anderson received the Silver Medallion for outstanding work from the Screen Director's Guild of America and was in 2012 also honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of Canada. Michael Anderson passed away of natural causes and was 98 years-old.) - 04/25/18
ROBERT MANDAN (Actor: Mr. Mandan was a character actor who found fame in his role of "Chester Tate" on the sitcom SOAP [1977 - 1981]. Mainly a TV actor, Mandan did appear in a few Theatrical Films. His credits included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: FROM THESE ROOTS - 1968; KRAFT THEATRE - 1958; JACKIE GLEASON: AMERICAN SCENE MAGAZINE - 1962-1963 [3 episodes]; ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATRE - 1958-1963; THE DOCTORS - 1963 [6 episodes]; THE EDGE OF NIGHT - 1963; THE DEFENDERS - 1964; HAWK - 1966; SEARCH FOR TOMORROW - 1966-1970; SANFORD AND SON - 1972 [The first episode]; THE F.B.I. - 1972; LONGSTREET - 1972; O'HARA, U.S. TREASURY - 1971-1972; THE CAREY TREATMENT - 1872 [TF]; THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO - 1972; MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - 1971-1972; HICKEY & BOGGS - 1972 [TF]; THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAGEDY - 1972 [TV Movie]; MANNIX - 1971-1972; THE HEIST - 1972 [TV Movie]; THE NORLISS TAPES - 1973 [TV Movie]; APPLAUSE - 1973 [TV Movie]; THE MAGICIAN - 1973; CIRCLE OF FEAR - 1972-1973; INSIGHT - 1973; THE NEW PERRY MASON - 1973; ALL IN THE FAMILY - 1973; LOVE STORY - 1974; THE MANHUNTER - 1974; CANNON - 1972-1974 [3 episodes]; PANIC ON THE 5:22 - 1974 [TV Movie]; PETROCELLI - 1975; CARIBE - 1975 [Series Regular; 13 episodes]; KOJAK - 1975; BARNEY MILLER - 1975; MAUDE - 1972-1975 [3 episodes]; ONE DAY AT A TIME - 1976; MEDICAL STORY - 1976; DOC - 1976; THE ROCKFORD FILES - 1976; SARA - 1976; MARCUS WELBY, M.D. - 1972-1976; THE TONY RANDALL SHOW - 1976; MOST WANTED - 1976; PHYLLIS - 1977; DELVECCHIO - 1977; POLICE STORY - 1976-1977; HUNTER - 1977; MACARTHUR - 1977 [TF]; KINGSTON: CONFIDENTIAL - 1976-1977; BARNABY JONES - 1975-1977; VEGA$ - 1978; YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU - 1979 [TV Movie]; GREATEST HEROES OF THE BIBLE - 1979; CHiPS - 1979-1980; GOLDIE AND THE BOXER GO TO HOLLYWOOD - 1981 [TV Movie]; SOAP - 1977-1981 [77 episodes]; RETURN OF THE REBELS - 1981 [TV Movie]; MR. MERLIN - 1981; FANTASY ISLAND - 1980-1982; TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT - 1982; THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS - 1982 [TF]; ZAPPED! - 1982 [TF]; IN LOVE WITH AN OLDER WOMAN - 1982 [TV Movie]; PRIVATE BENJAMIN - 1982-1983 [Series Regular; 20 episodes]; FOR MEMBERS ONLY - 1983 [TV Movie]; TRAPPER JOHN, M.D. - 1983; THREE'S COMPANY - 1984 [3 episodes]; THREE'S A CROWD - 1985-1985 [Series Regular; 21 episodes]; THE FACTS OF LIFE - 1986; HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN - 1986; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE LOST LOVE - 1987 [TV Movie]; MATLOCK - 1987; THE LOVE BOAT - 1978-1987 [6 episodes]; STINGRAY - 1987; YOU ARE THE JURY - 1987; HOTEL - 1987; DOLLY - 1987; FOOFUR - 1987 [Voice only; 13 episodes]; MURDER, SHE WROTE - 1989; MAMA'S FAMILY - 1989; THE GOLDEN GIRLS - 1990; MY TWO DADS - 1990; SANTA BARBARA - 1990-1991 [13 episodes]; THE NEW WKRP IN CINCINNATI - 1991; PACIFIC STATION - 1992; WHO'S THE BOSS? - 1991-1992; INTRUDERS - 1992; THE NUTT HOUSE - 1992 [TF]; DELTA - 1993; STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - 1993; MARRIED WITH CHILDREN - 1994; LAST RESORT - 1994 [MFHV]; SISTERS - 1994; BURKE'S LAW - 1995; LIGHTS, CAMERA, MAGIC - 1995 [TV Movie]; FAST TRACK - 1995 [TV Movie]; DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE: LEGACY OF FEAR - 1996 [TV Movie]; SHERMAN OAKS - 1995-1997; THE MATCHMAKER - 1997; DAYS OF OUR LIVES - 1998; WEIRD SCIENCE - 1998; BEHIND THE PASSION - 1999 [TV Movie]; FAMILY LAW - 2000; JUDGING AMY - 2001; TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC - 2002 [TF]; ER - 2002; GENERAL HOSPITAL - 2006; HUNTER AND PRAYER - 2010 [Short]; OUR MAN IN MADRAS - 2014 [Short; his final acting role]. Mr Mandan was also active on the stage. He made his Broadway debut in 1956 in "Speaking of Murder", directed by Delbert Mann, and he worked with Lauren Bacall in the original 1970 production of the Betty Comden-Adolph Green musical "Applause". He also starred on stage as Davies in Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker" at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles, receiving Ovation and LA Weekly awards® for that performance. He also starred in "AfterPlay", a play written by Anne Meara in Los Angeles. Robert Mandan died of undisclosed causes after a long illness and was 86 years-old.) - 04/29/18
MARGOT KIDDER (Actress: Kidder was a multiple award-winning influential Canadian actress [born Margaret Ruth Kidder] in her early career, appearing in two of the best horror films of the '70s, SISTERS [1972] and BLACK CHRISTMAS [1974], as well as THE REINCARNATION OF PETER PROUD [1975] and THE AMITYVILLE HORROR [1979]. Her role as Lois Lane in the SUPERMAN films cemented her career as a great actress, but something happened in the late-'90s. She became extremely paranoid, cutting her hair off with a razor blade and telling police she was stalked and attacked. She ended up in a mental institution and never really recovered after that. She once said, "Nudity in the flesh doesn't bother me. But having my mind uncovered - that scares the hell out of me." No one knows why she snapped [some think it was because her career was on the wane], but we always have her films to remind us what she did best: Act. Her credits included [Theatrical films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: WOJECK - 1968 [TV]; FESTIVAL - 1969 [TV]; THE BEST DAMN FIDDLER FROM CALABOGIE TO KALADAR - 1969; CORWIN - 1969 [TV]; MCQUEEN - 1969 [TV]; GAILY, GAILY - 1969; MOD SQUAD - 1970 [TV]; QUACKSER FORTUNE HAS A COUSIN IN THE BRONX - 1970; ADVENTURES IN RAINBOW COUNTRY - 1969-1970 [TV]; THE MANIPULATORS - 1971 [TV]; SUDDENLY SINGLE - 1971 [TV Movie]; NICHOLS - 1970-1971 [TV Series Regular; 24 episodes] THE BOUNTY MAN - 1972 [TV Movie]; BANACEK - 1972 [TV]; SISTERS - 1972; THE SUICIDE CLUB - 1973 [TV movie; part of ABC TV's WIDE WORLD OF MYSTERY Late night films]; HARRY O - 1973 {TV]; BARNABY JONES - 1973 [TV]; HONKY TONK - 1974 [TV Movie]; A QUIET DAY IN BELFAST - 1974 [ Canadian Films Etrog Award® winner for Best Performance by a Lead Actress]; THE DION BROTHERS - 1974; BLACK CHRISTMAS - 1974; THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER - 1975; BARETTA - 1975 [TV]; THE REINCARNATION OF PETER PROUD - 1975; 92 IN THE SHADE - 1975; SWITCH - 1976 [TV]; SUPERMAN - 1978 [Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Saturn Award® winner for Best Actress]; SHOOT THE SUN DOWN - 1978 [a real rarity: an Esoteric Western patterned after Jodorworsky's EL TOPO {1970}]; THE AMITYVILLE HORROR - 1979; WILLIE & PHIL - 1980; SUPERMAN II - 1980; HEARTACHES - 1981 [Genie Award® winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role]; SOME KIND OF HERO - 1982; BUS STOP - 1982 [TV Movie]; MISS RIGHT - 1982; TRENCHCOAT - 1983; SUPERMAN III - 1983; PYGMALIAN - 1983 [TV Movie]; LOUISIANA - 1984 [TV Movie]; THE GLITTER DOME - 1984; LITTLE TREASURE - 1985; DEADLY NIGHTMARES - 1985 [TV]; PICKING UP THE PIECES - 1985 [TV Movie]; GOBOTS: BATTLE OF THE ROCK LORDS - 1986 [Voice only]; VANISHING ACT - 1986 [TV Movie]; KEEPING TRACK - 1986; SHELL GAME - 1987 [TV; 6 episodes]; SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE - 1987; THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF OZ - 1987 [MFHV; Voice only]; THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ - 1987 [MFHV; Voice only]; THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ - 1987 [MFHV; Voice only]; OZMA OF OZ - 1987 [MFHV; Voice only]; BODY OF EVIDENCE - 1988 [TV Movie]; MOB STORY - 1989; WHITE ROOM - 1990; DELIRIOUS - 1991; TO CATCH A KILLER - 1992 [TV Movie]; TALES FROM THE CRYPT [Cable Series; "Curiosity Killed" - 1992]; AARON SENT ME - 1992; STREET LEGAL - 1992-1993 [TV]; MURDER, SHE WROTE - 1993 [TV]; THE NEW ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK STALLION - 1993 [TV]; LA FLORIDA - 1993; ONE WOMAN'S COURAGE - 1994 [TV Movie]; MAVERICK - 1994; WINDRUNNER - 1994; THE PORNOGRAPHER - 1994; BEANSTALK - 1994; BURKE'S LAW - 1995 [TV]; YOUNG IVANHOE - 1995 [TV Movie]; BLOODKNOT - 1995 [TV Movie]; CAPTAIN PLANET AND THE PLANETEERS - 1993-1996 [TV; Voice only; 17 episodes]; PHANTOM 2040 - 1994-1996 [TV; Voice only; 34 episodes]; HENRY & VERLIN - 1996; NEVER MET PICASSO - 1996; BOSTON COMMON - 1996-1997 [TV; 6 episodes]; THE PLANET OF JUNIOR BROWN - 1997; THE HUNGER - 1997 [Cable Series]; SHADOW ZONE: MY TEACHER ATE MY HOMEWORK - 1997; AAAAHH!!! REAL MONSTERS! - 1997 {TV; Voice only]; SILENT CRADLE - 1997; TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL - 1998 [TV]; THE TEDDY BEARS' SCARE - 1998 [TV Movie; Voice only]; THE HI-LINE - 1999; THE CLOWN AT MIDNIGHT - 1999; CRY RAPE - 1999 [TV Movie]; THE PSI FACTOR: CHRONICLES OF THE PARANORMAL - 1999 [TV]; LA FEMME NIKITA - 1999 [TV]; THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH - 1999; THE INDUSTRY - 1999 [TV]; NIGHTMARE MAN - 1999; TRIBULATION - 2000; COMMON GROUND - 2000 [TV Movie]; SOMEONE IS WATCHING - 2000 [TV Movie]; AMAZON - 2000 [TV]; THE OUTER LIMITS - 2000 [TV]; THE SECRET ADVENTURES OF JULES VERNE - 2000 [TV]; MENTORS - 2000 [TV]; LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT - 2001 [TV]; EARTH: FINAL CONFLICT - 2001 [TV]; ANGEL BLADE - 2002; CRIME AND PUNISHMENT - 2002; SOCIETY'S CHILD - 2002 [TV Movfie]; I'LL BE SEEING YOU - 2004 [TV Movie]; DEATH 4 TOLD - 2004 [ShockerFest Horror Genre Award® winner for Best Actrss]; SMALLVILLE - 2004 [TV]; CHICKS WITH STICKS - 2004; THE LAST SIGN - 2005; COOL MONEY - 2005 [TV Movie]; ROBSON ARMS - 2005 [TV; 3 episodes]; THE L WORD - 2006 [Cable Series]; SOLICE - 2006 [Short]; BROTHERS & SISTERS - 2007 [TV]; LOVE AT FIRST KILL - 2008; ON THE OTHER HAND, DEATH - 2008; A SINGLE WOMAN - 2008; UNIVERSAL SIGNS - 2008; HALLOWEEN II - 2009; SOMETHING EVIL COMES - 2009 [TV Movie] SERVITUDE - 2011; REDEMPTION: FOR ROBBING THE DEAD - 2011; SARINA'S SONG - 2011 [Short]; 3 OF A KIND - 2012; HENRi - 2012 [Short]; MATT'S CHANCE - 2013; REAL GANGSTERS - 2013; PRIDE OF LIONS - 2014; R.L. STINE'S THE HAUNTING HOUR - 2014 [TV; Daytime Emmy Award® winner for Outstanding Performer in a Children's or Pre-School Children's Series]; THE BIG FAT STONE - 2014; NO DEPOSIT - 2015; THE RED MAPLE LEAF - 2016; THE NEIGHBORHOOD - 2017 [Her final acting role]. After living in the US for 34 years, she became a US citizen in August of 2005 so she could vote against US President George W. Bush as part of her protest against the war in Iraq. She was an outspoken supporter of liberal causes, both in the United States and her native Canada. Margot Kidder died peacefully in her sleep of undisclosed causes and was 69 years-old.) - 05/13/18
JOSEPH CAMPANELLA (Actor: Emmy® nominated rugged actor who was a familiar face on TV and in Films during the '60s through the'90s. His credits included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: SUSPENSE - 1952; STUDIO ONE IN HOLLYWOOD - 1952-1955; ROBERT MONTGOMERY PRESENTS - 1955-1957 [3 episodes]; THE UNITED STATES STEEL HOUR - 1957; DECOY - 1958; KRAFT THEATRE - 1956-1958; OMNIBUS - 1958; ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATRE - 1959; NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL - 1959; STARTIME - 1960; MURDER, INC. - 1960; NAKED CITY - 1961-1962 [3 episodes]; ALCOA PREMIERE - 1962; THE UNTOUCHABLES - 1962; ROUTE 66 - 1962-1963; THE DOCTORS - 1963; EASSIDE/WESTSIDE - 1963; BOB HOPE PRESENTS CHRYSLER THEATRE - 1963; ESPIONAGE - 1964; THE ELEVENTH HOUR - 1964; THE LIEUTENANT - 1964; COMBAT! - 1963-1964; SUSPENSE - 1964; THE YOUNG LOVERS - 1964; FOR THE PEOPLE - 1965; THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES - 1962-1965 (Recurring Regular; 31 episodes]; SHANE - 1966; 12 O'CLOCK HIGH - 1966; THE ROAD WEST - 1966; RUN FOR YOUR LIFE - 1967; THE BIG VALLEY - 1966-1967; THE WILD WILD WEST - 1967; THE INVADERS - 1967; CAPTAIN NICE - 1967; THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE - 1967 [TF]; THE FUGITIVE - 1964-1967 [4 episodes]; MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - 1967-1968; THE VIRGINIAN - 1963-1968 [4 episodes]; ANY SECOND NOW - 1969 [TV Movie]; THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING - 1969 [TV Movie]; THE DORIS DAY SHOW - 1969; INSIGHT - 1967-1969 [4 episodes]; LANCER - 1969; PARIS 7000 - 1970; BRACKEN'S WORLD - 1970; A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER - 1970 [TV Movie]; THE NAME OF THE GAME - 1968-1970; ALIAS SMITH AND JONES - 1971; NIGHT GALLERY - ["The Nature Of The Enemy" - 1970; "Miss Lovecraft Sent Me" - 1971]; MURDER ONCE REMOVED - 1971 [TV Movie]; MARCUS WELBY, M.D. _ 1970-1971 [3 episodes]; AND THEN THEY FORGOT GOD - 1971 [TV Movie]; THE SIXTH SENSE - 1972; THE BOLD ONES: THE LAWYERS - 1969-1972 [Series Regular; 26 episodes]; OWEN MARSHALL, COUNSELOR AT LAW - 1971-1972; SILENT RUNNING - 1972 [TF; Voice only}; BEN - 1972 [TF]; THE F.B.I. - 1966-1972 [3 episodes]; MANNIX - 1967-1972 [Series Semi-Regular; 25 episodes; Emmy® Nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama]; GUNSMOKE - 1968-1972; MARY TYLER MOORE - 1973; YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN - 1973 [TV Movie]; HONOR THY FATHER - 1973 [TV Movie]; ASSIGNMENT: VIENNA - 1973; DRIVE HARD, DRIVE FAST - 1973 [TV Movie]; THE ROOKIES - 1973; THE PRESIDENT'S PLANE IS MISSING - 1973 [TV Movie]; THINGS I NEVER SAID - 1973 [An ABC Afterschool Special]; TENAFLY - 1974; THE MAGICIAN - 1974; SKYWAY TO DEATH - 1974 [TV Movie]; UNWED FATHER - 1974 [TV Movie]; POLICE STORY - 1974; PETROCELLI - 1974; TERROR ON THE 40TH FLOOR - 1974 [TV Movie]; HIT LADY - 1974 [TV Movie]; LOVE CHILD - 1974 [TF]; MCCLOUD - 1974; IRONSIDE - 1969-1975 [4 episodes]; MEDICAL CENTER - 1973-1975; KHAN! - 1975; JOURNEY FROM DARKNESS - 1975 [TV Movie]; SKY HEIST - 1975 [TV Movie]; BARBARY COAST - 1975; MATT HELM - 1975; THE PEOPLE'S LAWYER - 1975 [TV Movie]; POLICE WOMAN - 1976; THE ROCKFORD FILES - 1976; CHILD ABUSE - 1976; FRIDAY NIGHT BURN - 1976; MISSION TO GLORY: A TRUE STORY - 1977 [TF]; FANTASY ISLAND - 1978; RING OF PASSION - 1978 [TV Movie]; WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE CLASS OF '65? - 1978; PEARL - 1978 [ TV mini-series]; GREATEST HEROES OF THE BIBLE - 1978; METEOR - 1979 [TF]; THE PLUTONIUM INCIDENT - 1980 [TV Movie]; DEFIANCE - 1980 [TF]; VEGA$ - 1978 -1980; HANGAR 18 - 1980 [TF]; EARTHBOUND - 1981 [TF]; THE BRADY BRIDES - 1981; JESSICA NOVAK - 1981; TRAPPER JOHN, M.D. - 1981; MY BODY, MY CHILD - 1982 [TV Movie]; ONE DAY AT A TIME - 1976-1982 [8 episodes]; QUINCY M.E. - 1977-1982 [4 episodes]; THE COMIC BOOK KIDS - 1982; MATT HOUSTON - 1983; VELKI TRANSPORT - 1983 [TF; one of the last movies of that kind made in former Yugoslavia]; THIS IS YOUR LIFE - 1983; AIRWOLF - 1984; HOTEL - 1985; CRAZY LIKE A FOX - 1986; THE LOVE BOAT - 1986; THE COLBYS - 1985-1986 [8 episodes]; MURDER, SHE WROTE - 1985-1987; THE GOLDEN GIRLS - 1987; STEELE JUSTICE - 1987 [TF]; MAMA'S FAMILY - 1987-1988 [3 episodes]; THE GAME - 1988 [TF]; REAL TO REEL - 1989; DALLAS - 1988-1989 [3 episodes]; 21 JUMP STREET - 1989; SUPERBOY - 1989; BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - 1988-1989 [3 episodes]; GUNS OF PARADISE - 1990; NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER 3: BLOOD BROTHERS - 1990 [TF]; BODY CHEMISTRY - 1990 [TF]; DOWN THE DRAIN - 1990 [TF]; A SHOW OF FORCE - 1990 [TF]; CLUB FED - 1990 [TF]; OVER MY DEAD BODY - 1990; LAST CALL - 1991 [TF]; KNOTS LANDING - 1989-1991 [3 episodes]; THE EVERLASTING ADVENTURE SERIES - 1991; CAFE ROMEO - 1991 [TF]; P.S.I. LUV YOU - 1991; MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT - 1991 [TV Movie]; ORIGINAL INTENT - 1993 [MFHV]; TERROR ON TRACK 9 -1992 [TV Movie]; DARK JUSTICE - 1992; SPACE CASE - 1992 [TF]; PAUPER'S DREAM - 1992 [TV Movie]; DEAD GIRLS DON'T TANGO - 1992 [TF]; BAYWATCH - 1993; MAGIC KID - 1993 [MFHV];BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES - 1993 [Voice only]; LOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN - 1993; THE FORCE WITHIN - 1993 [TF]; SAVE ME - 1994 [TF]; RENEGADE - 1994; THE ROCKFORD FILES: I STILL LOVE L.A. - 1994 [TV Movie]; TOO BAD ABOUT JACK - 1994 [TF]; HOLOGRAM MAN - 1995 [MFHV]; WALKER, TEXAS RANGER - 1996; CHARLIE GRACE - 1996; THE GLASS CAGE - 1996 [TF]; ROAD ROVERS - 1996-1997 [Voice only; 13 episodes]; PACIFIC BLUE - 1996-1997 [3 episodes]; JAMES DEAN: RACE WITH DESTINY - 1997 [TF]; TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL - 1997; DUST - 1997 [TF]; SPIDER-MAN - 1994-1997 [Voice only; 20 episodes]; L.A. HEAT - 1997; THE RIGHT WAY - 1998 [TF]; EARLY EDITION - 1999; THE GREAT BUILDERS OF EGYPT - 1999 [TV Movie]; MELROSE PLACE - 1999 [3 episodes; GOOD VS EVIL - 1999; GRIZZLY ADAMS AND THE LEGEND OF DARK MOUNTAIN - 1999 [TF]; WHO IS THIS JESUS? - 2000 [TV Movie]; BIOGRAPHY - 2001; THE APOSTLE PAUL: THE MAN WHO TURNED THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN - 2001 [TV Movie]; STAR TREK: VOYAGER - 2001; THAT'S LIFE - 2000-2001 [Series Regular; 11 episodes]; THE PRACTICE - 1998-2001 [5 episodes]; THE DIVISION - 2002; THE GLOW - 2002 [TV Movie]; THE GUARDIAN - 2003; COLD CASE - 2004; THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL - 1996-2005 [97 episodes]; THE SHOWDOWN - 2006 [Short]; THE DUKES - 2007 [TF]; THE LEGEND OF GOD'S GUN - 2007 [TF]; CHRISTMAS AT CADILLAC JACK'S - 2007 [TV Movie]; CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION - 2008; FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE - 2008 [TF]; LOST DREAM - 2009 [TF; His final acting credit]. Mr. Campanella was also nominated for an Emmy Award® in 1989 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role of "Harper Deveraux" on the Soap Opera DAYS OF OUR LIVES. He also was a popular Narrator for PBS. Received a 1962 Tony nomination as Best Supporting or Featured Actor [Dramatic] for his performance in "A Gift of Time", which was written and directed by Garson Kanin, and which starred Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland. Joseph Campanella died of natural causes and was 93 years-old] - 05/16/18
CLINT WALKER (Actor: Mr. Walker was an accomplished actor who is credited with starting the TV Western craze, starring in the popular CHEYENNE in 1955 and lasting until 1962. He opened the door to long-running TV Westerns such as GUNSMOKE and BONANZA. After his series was over, Walker starred in THE DIRTY DOZEN [1967] and several theatrical Westerns before starring in some of the better-known TV Movies during the '70s. His credits included [Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: JUNGLE GENTS - 1954; THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - 1956; THE TRAVELLERS - 1957; FORT DOBBS - 1958; YELLOWSTONE KELLY - 1959; MAVERICK - 1960 [TV]; REQUIEM TO MASSACRE - 1960; GOLD OF THE SEVEN SAINTS - 1961; CHEYENNE - 1955-1962 [TV; 108 episodes]; 77 SUNSET STRIP - 1963 [TV]; KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATRE - 1964 [TV]; SEND ME NO FLOWERS - 1964; NONE BUT THE BRAVE - 1965; THE LUCY SHOW - 1965-1966 [TV]; THE NIGHT OF THE GRIZZLY - 1966; MAYA - 1966; THE DIRTY DOZEN - 1967; MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE - 1967; SAM WHISKEY - 1969; THE GREAT BANK ROBBERY - 1969; THE PHYNX - 1970; YUMA - 1971 [TV Movie]; HARDCASE - 1972 [TV Movie]; THE BOUNTY MAN - 1972 [TV Movie]; PANCHO VILLA - 1972; SCREAM OF THE WOLF - 1974 [TV Movie]; KILLDOZER - 1974 [TV Movie]; KODIAK - 1974 [TV Series Regular; 13 episodes]; BAKER'S HAWK - 1976; SNOWBEAST - 1977 [TV Movie]; THE WHITE BUFFALO - 1977 [One of my favorite Westerns]; DEADLY HARVEST - 1977; CENTENNIAL - 1978 [TV mini-series]; MYSTERIOUS ISLAND OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN - 1979 [TV Movie]; HYSTERICAL - 1983; THE LOVE BOAT - 1983 [TV]; THE SERPENT WARRIORS - 1985; THE ALL AMERICAN COWBOY - 1985 [TV Movie]; THE GAMBLER RETURNS: LUCK OF THE DRAW - 1991 [TV Movie]; SWEATING BULLETS - 1993 [TV]; KUNG FU: THE LEGEND CONTINUES - 1995 [TV]; SMALL SOLDIERS - 1998 [Voice only. His last acting role]. In 1971, Walker was involved in a freak accident at Mammoth Mountain, CA, when the tip of a ski pole pierced his heart. He made an amazing recovery and was back at work filming in Spain [YUMA] two months later. Mr. Walker received a Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame at 1505 Vine Street on February 08, 1960. He also received a Golden Boot Award® in 1997 for his contributions to the Western genre. Clint Walker died of natural causes and was 90 years-old.) - 05/21/18
HARLAN ELLISON (Writer: Ellison was a world-class writer of science fiction and fantasy. He was also a world-class litigator, who would sue anyone who dared to show a germ of an idea that came close to one of his stories (I have read people saying, after hearing about his death, that he would sue any writer who died after him, for copying him!). Still Ellison did turn out some excellent stories that were adapted for the small and big screens. His credits as a writer included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: ROUTE 66 - 1963; RIPCORD - 1963; BURKE'S LAW - 1963-1964 [3 episodes]; VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA - 1964; THE OUTER LIMITS ["Demon With A Glass Hand" - 1964; "Soldier" - 1964]; THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR - 1964; HISTORIAS PARA NO DORMIR - 1966; THE OSCAR - 1966 [TF]; THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. - 1966-1967; STAR TREK ["The City On The Edge Of Forever" - 1967]; CIMARRON STRIP - 1968; THE FLYING NUN - 1968; THE YOUNG LAWYERS - 1971; CIRCLE OF FEAR - 1973; THE STARLOST - 1973-1974 [Creator; 16 episodes; One of TV's most boring Sci-Fi Series of all time!]; A BOY AND HIS DOG - 1975 [TF]; LOGAN'S RUN - 1977; JACKPOT - 1980 [TF]; THE STARLOST: THE BEGINNING - 1980 [TV Movie of edited together episodes of the most boring Sci-Fi Series of all time]; THE STARLOST: DECEPTION - 1980 [TV Movie of edited together episodes of the most boring Sci-Fi Series of all time]; TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE - 1985; THE TWILIGHT ZONE - 1985-1989 [Writer of 5 episodes; Creative Consultant on 24 episodes]; TRY A DULL KNIFE - 1992 [TF]; THE HUNGER - 1998; SILVER SURFER - 1998; BABYLON 5 - 1998 [Conceptual Consultant on 110 episodes; Writer of 1 episode; Actor on 3 episodes]; THE OUTER LIMITS ["The Human Operators" - 1999; "Human Trials" - 2002]; MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION - 2007; A BOY AND HIS DOG - 2019 [TF; In Pre-Production at the time of his passing]. He is famous for his hot temper and outspoken nature, which has led to more then his share of high-profile feuds. The most famous of them was with Star Trek [1966] creator Gene Roddenberry, who had Ellison's famous television script [Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever {1967}] heavily rewritten to fit with Roddenberry's more utopian ideas of the future. Roddenberry would not allow him to put his pseudonym "Cordwainer Bird" on the project. To add insult to injury, for the rest of his life Roddenberry took credit for having "saved" the story, which is consistently ranked as the best of the series by critics and fans and as one of TV's 100 greatest moments by "TV Guide". Following a lawsuit, his name was added to the credits of the movie THE TERMINATOR [1984]. He claimed that the time travel and indestructible robot components in the movie were ripped off by James Cameron and never credited to him. Cameron, in turn, denies having ever been influenced by Ellison's work. However, Cameron's producers said that if he would lose the lawsuit, he himself would be responsible for the financial losses, giving Cameron no other choice than to begrudgingly settle the case out of court. Stephen King, in "Danse Macabre" describes the scene in the pitching sessions for STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE [1979] where an executive kept rejecting ideas, saying, "No, we've got to think big!" Ellison tired of this and said, "How about this? The Enterprise travels light years out of the galaxy, breaks through the wall of the Universe, and there in front of them is the massive face of God. How's that?" The executive fidgeted for a moment then said, "No, that's still not big enough. We need an idea that's big." Ellison said, "Screw this. I'm a writer. I don't know what the hell you are". This is what Ellison said about the people who made him famous: "This town is filled with weasels and wormers and people who will stab you in the front if they can't reach your back." Harlan Ellison died of undisclosed causes and was 84 years-old.) - 06/28/18
DERRICK O'CONNOR (Actor: Instantly recognizable British character actor [born in Dublin, Ireland, but raised in London], best known on these shores for his roles in LETHAL WEAPON 2 [1980], DEEP RISING [1998] and END OF DAYS [1999]. His credits included [Theatrical Films unless marked with TV for TV Series]: THE EXPERT - 1969 [TV]; DOOMWATCH - 1970 [TV]; Z CARS - 1969-1970 [TV; 3 episodes]; THE BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW - 1971; ONCE UPON A TIME - 1973 [TV]; THE FINAL PROGRAMME - 1973; BUTLEY - 1974; ITV SUNDAY NIGHT THEATRE - 1974 [TV]; SOLDIER AND ME - 1974 [TV; 8 episodes]; FLANAGAN - 1974 [Short]; THE SWEENEY - 1975 [TV]; VILLAGE HALL - 1975 [TV]; A PINT OF PLAIN - 1975 [Short; also Director & Writer]; FORGET ME NOT - 1976 [TV]; ROOMS - 1977 [TV; 3 episodes]; JABBERWOCKY - 1977; THE XYY MAN - 1977 [TV; 3 episodes]; CROWN COURT - 1976-1977 [TV; 4 episodes]; HAZELL - 1978 [TV]; SWEENEY 2 - 1978; OUT - 1978 [TV; 3 episodes]; ON A PAVING STONE MOUNTED - 1978; THE DICK FRANCIS THRILLER: THE RACING GAME - 1979 [TV]; BLOODY KIDS - 1980 [TV Movie]; FOX - 1980 [TV; 13 episodes]; HAWK THE SLAYER - 1980; PLAY FOR TODAY - 1975-1981 [TV; 3 episodes]; TIME BANDITS - 1981; THE BELL - 1982 [TV; 4 episodes]; PLAY FOR TOMORROW - 1982 [TV]; THE MISSIONARY - 1982; THE PROFESSIONALS - 1982 [TV]; FLYING INTO THE WIND - 1983 [TV Movie] POPE JOHN PAUL II - 1984 [TV Movie]; KNOCKBACK - 1984 [TV Movie]; THE GENTLE TOUCH - 1984 [TV]; BRAZIL - 1985; SCREEN TWO - 1986 [TV]; THE FOURTH WALL - 1986 [TV mini-series]; ROBIN HOOD - 1986 [TV]; HOPE AND GLORY - 1987; STRINGER - 1988 [TV; 8 episodes]; LETHAL WEAPON 2 - 1989 [Clean shaven and hair dyed blond for his famous role as Afrikaner henchman Pieter Vorstedt]; DEALERS - 1990 ; CENTREPOINT - 1990 [TV; 3 episodes]; SCREEN ONE - 1991 [TV]; CHILDREN OF THE NORTH - 1991 [TV]; MURDER, SHE WROTE - 1992 [TV]; A QUESTION OF GUILT - 1993 [TV Movie]; STARK - 1993 [TV mini-series]; SEASCAPE - 1995 [TV Movie]; GHOSTS - 1995 [TV]; HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT - 1995; SOUL SURVIVORS - 1995 [TV Movie]; TRACEY TAKES ON... - 1996 [Pay TV Series]; DEEP RISING - 1998; END OF DAYS - 1999; ALIAS - 2002 [TV; 4 episodes]; DAREDEVIL - 2003; THE FIRST VAMPIRE: DON'T FALL FOR THE DEVIL'S ILLUSIONS - 2004 [Short]; THE ROYAL - 2004 [TV]; CARNIVALE - 2005 [Pay Cable Series]; MONK - 2006 [TV]; PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - 2006; UNREST - 2006; THE BLUE HOUR - 2007; THE LAST JOB - 2008 [Short]; EXIT STAGE LEFT - 2009 [TV]; TRAUMA - 2009 [TV]; MAN FROM RENO - 2014; PUSHING DEAD - 2016 [his final acting role]. Mr. O'Connor was a former Royal Shakespeare Company actor and starred in and co-produced "The Dumb Waiter", a stage play by Harold Pinter, in Los Angeles in 2002. Derrick O'Connor passed away due to complications of pneumonia and was 77 years-old.) - 06/29/18
RON SATLOF (Director/Producer: Mr Satlof was a respected director/producer of TV Series and TV Movies who rarely ventured into Theatrical Films. He was also nominated for both an Academy Award® and an Emmy Award®. His directorial credits included [TV Series unless otherwise noted]; FROG STORY - 1972 [Theatrical Short; also Producer & Screenplay; Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Short Subject, Live Action Films]; GET CHRISTIE LOVE! - 1975 [also Producer of 10 episodes]; MCCLOUD - 1975-1976 [also producer of 23 episodes from 1974 to 1977]; BENNY AND BARNEY: LAS VEGAS UNDERCOVER - 1977 [TV Movie]; THE HARDY BOYS/NANCY DREW MYSTERIES - 1977; WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE CLASS OF '65? - 1978 [also Producer]; HAWAII FIVE-O - 1977-1978 [3 episodes]; THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN - 1978 [ also producer of 4 episodes]; THE EDDIE CAPRA MYSTERIES - 1978; SPIDER-MAN STRIKES BACK - 1979 [TV Movie; aso Producer]; BARNABY JONES - 1979; THE DUKES OF HAZZARD - 1979; SALVAGE 1 - 1979 [six episodes]; BATTLES: THE MURDER THAT WOULDN'T DIE - 1980 [TV Movie]; FROM HERE TO ETERNITY - 1980; CHARLIE'S ANGELS - 1980; WAIKIKI - 1980 [TV Movie]; GALACTICA 1980 - 1980; QUINCY M.E. - 1977-1981 [13 episodes]; MAGNUM, P.I. - 1981; NERO WOLFE - 1981; BEST OF FRIENDS - 1981 [TV Movie]; FLAMINGO ROAD - 1981; THE FALL GUY - 1982 [also Supervising Producer of 5 episodes]; THE POWERS OF MATTHEW STAR - 1982 [4 episodes]; BUSH DOCTOR - 1982 [TV Movie]; VOYAGERS! - 1982-1983 [3 episodes]; THE A-TEAM - 1983 [5 episodes]; HARDCASTLE AND MCCORMICK - 1983-1985 [5 episodes]; RIPTIDE - 1984-1985 [5 episodes]; PERRY MASON RETURNS - 1985 [TV Movie]; HUNTER - 1984-1985 [3 episodes]; SCARECROW AND MRS. KING - 1985; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE NOTORIOUS NUN - 1985 [TV Movie]; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE SHOOTING STAR - 1986 [TV Movie]; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE LOST LOVE - 1987 [TV Movie]; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE MURDERED MADAM - 1987 [TV Movie]; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE LADY IN THE LAKE - 1988 [TV Movie]; ORIGINAL SIN - 1989 [TV Movie]; DYNASTY - 1989; THE LOVE BOAT: A VALENTINE VOYAGE - 1990 [TV Movie]; FATHER DOWLING MYSTERIES - 1990; ZORRO - 1990 [6 episodes]; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE SILENCED SINGER - 1990 [TV Movie]; JAKE AND THE FATMAN - 1987-1990 [5 episodes; also Producer of 1 episode]; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE MALIGNED MOBSTER - 1991 [TV Movie]; P.S.I. LUV U - 1991; DANGEROUS CURVES - 1992-1993 [4 episodes]; SILK STALKINGS - 1995-1996 [4 episodes]; PACIFIC BLUE - 1997; RENEGADE - 1995-1997 [8 episodes]; DIAGNOSIS MURDER - 1997-1999 [8 episodes]; 18 WHEELS OF JUSTICE - 2000; MARTIAL LAW - 1999-2000 [3 episodes]; MISCONCEPTIONS - 2008 [Theatrical Film; also Producer & Screenplay; the only Theatrical Film in his career as a director]; THE CONDO COPS - 2015 [5 episodes; his final work as a director]. Mr. Satlof was also Second Assistant Director on the following Theatrical Films: MELINDA - 1972; CHARLEY VARRICK - 1973 and MEAN STREETS - 1973. Ron Satlof died of undisclosed causes and was 79 years-old.) - 07/02/18
TAB HUNTER (Actor: During the 1950's Tab Hunter [born Arthur Kelm] was a teen idol, dubbed "The Sigh Guy" by his Hollywood agents and the studio system. He was also a singer, whose song "Young Love" was a Top 10 hit. Unfortunately, his good looks and talent never came to fruition in A-List films [he was not popular with the critics], but, fortunately for us, he used his talent in some memorable genre films, from thrillers, horror to exploitation films, many of them during the latter half of his career. His credits included (Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for Television Series): THE LAWLESS - 1952; ISLAND OF DESIRE - 1952; GUN BELT - 1953; THE STEEL LADY - 1953; RETURN TO TREASURE ISLAND - 1954; TRACK OF THE CAT - 1954; BATTLE CRY - 1955; THE FORD TELEVISION THEATRE - 1955 [TV]; THE SEA CHASE - 1955; THE BURNING HILLS - 1956; THE GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND - 1956; CONFLICT - 1956 [TV]; CLIMAX! - 1955-1957 [TV]; HANS BRINKER AND THE SILVER SKATES - 1958 [TV Movie]; PLAYHOUSE 90 - 1956-1958 [TV]; LAYFAYETTE ESCADRILLE - 1958; GUNMAN'S WALK - 1958; DAMN YANKEES - 1958; MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS - 1959 [TV Movie]; THAT KIND OF WOMAN - 1959; THEY CAME TO CORDURA - 1959; GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER - 1959 [TV]; THE TAB HUNTER SHOW - 1960-1961 [Series Regular; Also Producer; 32 episodes]; THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY - 1961; THE GOLDEN ARROW - 1962; SAINTS AND SINNERS - 1962 [TV]; COMBAT! - 1962 [TV]; OPERATION BIKINI - 1963; BURKE'S LAW - 1964 [TV]; RIDE THE WILD SURF - 1964; MAN WITH TWO FACES - 1964; CITY IN THE SEA - 1965; THE LOVED ONE - 1965; BIRDS DO IT - 1966; THE CUPS OF SAN SEBASTIAN - 1967; HOSTILE GUNS - 1967; VENGEANCE IS MY FORGIVENESS - 1968; THE LAST CHANCE - 1968; BRIDGE OVER THE ELBE - 1969; THE VIRGINIAN - 1970 [TV]; SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - 1970 [TV]; HACKSAW - 1971 [TV Movie]; CANON - 1972 [TV]; SWEET KILL [a.k.a. THE AROUSERS] - 1972; THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN - 1972; OWEN MARSHALL, COUNSELOR AT LAW - 1972 [TV]; CIRCLE OF FEAR - 1973 [TV]; THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN - 1975 [TV]; TIMBER TRAMPS - 1975; ELLERY QUEEN - 1976 [TV]; MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN - 1976 [TV]; MCMILLAN & WIFE - 1976 [TV]; WON TON TON: THE DOG WHO SAVED HOLLYWOOD - 1976; FOREVER FERNWOOD - 1977 [TV]; THE LOVE BOAT - 1977 [TV]; POLICE WOMAN - 1978 [TV]; HAWAII FIVE-O - 1978 [TV]; KATIE: PORTRAIT OF A CENTERFOLD - 1978 [TV Movie]; $WEEPSTAKE$ - 1979 [TV]; THE KID FROM LEFT FIELD - 1979 [TV Movie]; CHARLIE'S ANGELS - 1980 [TV]; POLYESTER - 1981; STRIKE FORCE - 1981 [TV]; PANDEMONIUM - 1982; GREASE 2 - 1982; BENSON - 1982 [TV]; AND THEY'RE OFF - 1982; THE FALL GUY - 1984 [TV]; MASQUERADE - 1984 [TV]; LUST IN THE DUST - 1985 [also Producer]; CAMERON'S CLOSET - 1988; OUT OF THE DARK - 1988; GROTESQUE - 1988; DARK HORSE - 1992 [also Producer & Story Writer]; RON RUSSELL'S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT - 2009 [TV; His last screen appearance]. Tab Hunter worked as a film producer at age 70+ in Southern California. Tab also "came out" with a tell-all memoir on his Hollywood years in October of 2005. His long-time partner was film producer Allan Glaser. Tab Hunter died of cardiac arrest and was 86 years-old.) - 07/08/18
CARLO VANZINA (Director/Screenwriter: Prolific Italian writer/director, probably best known on American shores for his sexy giallo films MYSTERE [1983], NOTHING UNDERNEATH [1985] and CALL GIRL [1996]. He also wrote and directed the series of popular "VACATION" comedy films in Italy. His credits included [all films that he wrote and directed that received English language releases or were English subtitled]: TIME FOR LOVING - 1983; MYSTERE - 1983; VACATION IN AMERICA - 1984; NOTHING UNDERNEATH - 1985; THE GAMBLE - 1988; MILLIONS - 1991; S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 AND A HALF YEARS AGO - 1994; I DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH - 1995; CALL GIRL - 1996; BANZAI - 1997; CHRISTMAS VACATION 2000 - 1999; SOUTH KENSINGTON - 2001; HORSE FEVER: THE MANDRAKE STING - 2002; SUNDAY LUNCH - 2003; THE LAST FASHION SHOW - 2011; US IN THE U.S. - 2013; MIAMI BEACH - 2016. He also has about 40 other films that never made it to English speaking shores. Carlo Vanzini was 67 years-old.) - 07/08/18
ROGER PERRY (Actor: Mr. Perry was a very capable actor, known for his many TV series guest appearances and his roles in COUNT YORGA, VAMPIRE [1970], THE RETURN OF COUNT YORGA [1971] and THE THING WITH TWO HEADS [1972]. His credits as an actor included [TV Series unless Marked with a TF for theatrical films]: WESTINGHOUSE DESILU PLAYHOUSE - 1959; DECEMBER BRIDE - 1959; WHIRLYBIRDS - 1959; THE FLYING FONTAINES - 1959 [TF]; THE TEXAN - 1960; NEW COMEDY SHOWCASE - 1960; U.S. MARSHAL - 1960; HARRIGAN AND SON - 1960-1961 [Series Regular; 34 episodes]; Dr. KILDARE - 1962; GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER - 1962; THE ELEVENTH HOUR - 1962; ALCOA PREMIERE - 1963; FOLLOW THE BOYS - 1963 [TF]; SAM BENEDICT - 1963; ARREST AND TRIAL - 1963-1964 [Series Regular; 30 episodes]; BOB HOPE PRESENTS CHRYSLER THEATRE - 1964; SUSPENSE THEATRE - 1964; THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR - 1965; BROADSIDE - 1965; THE MUNSTERS - 1965; 12 O'CLOCK HIGH - 1966; THE CAT - 1966 [TF]; THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW - 1967; STAR TREK ["Tomorrow Is Yesterday" - 1967]; COMBAT! - 1967; YOU'VE GOT TO BE SMART - 1967 [TF]; HONDO - 1967; THE INVADERS - 1967; GARRISON'S GORILLAS - 1967; THE FELONY SQUAD - 1968; JUDD FOR THE DEFENSE - 1968; PREMIERE - 1968; THE OUTSIDER - 1969; LANCER - 1969; HEAVEN WITH A GUN - 1969 [TF]; ADAM-12 - 1969; PARIS 7000 - 1970; COUNT YORGA, VAMPIRE - 1970 [TF]; DAN AUGUST - 1970; THE BOLD ONES: THE NEW DOCTORS - 1970; INSIGHT - 1970; D.A.: CONSPIRACY TO KILL - 1971 [TV Movie]; THE FEMINIST AND THE FUZZ - 1971 [TV Movie]; THE RETURN OF COUNT YORGA - 1971 [TF]; ALIAS SMITH AND JONES - 1971; REVENGE! - 1971 [TV Movie]; NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR - 1970-1971 [5 episodes]; THE D.A. - 1971; GIDGET GETS MARRIED - 1972 [TV Movie]; OWEN MARSHALL, COUNSELOR AT LAW - 1972; THE THING WITH TWO HEADS - 1972 [TF]; LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE - 1969-1972 [5 episodees]; THE PAUL LYNDE SHOW - 1972; BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL - 1973 [TV Movie]; POLICE SURGEON - 1973; THE BARBARA EDEN SHOW - 1973; IRONSIDE - 1969-1973 [5 episodes]; ROOM 222 - 1973; TENAFLY - 1973; WHAT ARE BEST FRIENDS FOR? - 1973 [TV Movie]; CHASE - 1974; THE F.B.I. - 1969-1974 [5 episodes]; THE BOB NEWHART SHOW - 1974; MANNIX - 1974; EMERGENCY - 1972-1974; MOVIN' ON - 1975; MOBILE ONE - 1975; MATT HELM - 1975; CONSPIRACY OF TERROR - 1975 [TV Movie]; MARCUS WELBY, M.D. - 1976; MOST WANTED - 1976; HAWAII FIVE-O - 1977; THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN - 1974-1977; THE MAN WITH THE POWER - 1977 [TV Movie]; THE BIONIC WOMAN - 1976-1978; POLICE WOMAN - 1978; WONDER WOMAN - 1979; HANGING BY A THREAD - 1979 [TV Movie]; QUINCY M.E. - 1979; ROLLER BOOGIE - 1979 [TF]; CHiPS - 1980; BARNABY JONES - 1974-1980 [6 episodes]; DAN AUGUST: THE JEALOUSY FACTOR - 1980 [TV Movie]; B.J. AND THE BEAR - 1981; HERE'S BOOMER - 1981; THE FACTS OF LIFE - 1981-1983 [10 episodes]; THE FALL GUY _ 1984; LOVE THY NEIGHBOR - 1984 [TV Movie]; FALCON CREST - 1982-1985 [13 episodes]; OPERATION WARZONE - 1988 [TF]; THE ELF WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS - 1992; THE ELF AND THE MAGIC KEY - 1993 [TV Movie]; DIRTY LOVE - 2005 [TF]; WRECKAGE - 2010 [TF]; BILLY BLACKBURN'S TREASURE CHEST : RARE HOME MOVIES AND SPECIAL MEMORIES - 2011 [Video Short; his last acting role]. Mr. Perry was also a music composer and writer, supplying music to many stage plays and Barbra Streisand sang his song "A Kid Again" on her first TV special. He met his second wife, ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN's comedienne Jo Anne Worley while filming the TV Movie THE FEMINIST AND THE FUZZ [1971] and they divorced in 2000. He then married actress Joyce Bulifant [AIRPLANE! - 1980] in 2002 and they remained married until his death. Roger Perry passed away due to prostate cancer and was 85 years-old.) - 07/12/18
STAN DRAGOTI (Director: While Mr. Dragoti's resume may be small, he offered a lot to films and advertising, conceiving and creating the famous "I Love New York" campaign. He was also the first husband of model Cheryl Tiegs [Married in 1970 and divorced in 1981]. His credits as a director included [Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: DIRTY LITTLE BILLY - 1972 [also Screenplay; a nasty little Western starring Michael J. Pollard that should be seen at least once]; MCCOY - 1976 [TV]; LOVE AT FIRST BITE - 1979 [George Hamilton as Count Dracula, who utters the immortal line, "Never a quickie, always a longie!"]; MR. MOM - 1983; THE MAN WITH ONE RED SHOE - 1985; SHE'S OUT OF CONTROL - 1989; NECESSARY ROUGHNESS - 1991 [His final directorial effort]. Mr. Dragoti also wrote the teleplay to the MR. MOM [1984] TV Movie. During a trip to the Cannes Film Festival to promote LOVE AT FIRST BITE, he was arrested during a layover in Frankfurt, Germany, for possession of cocaine and spent eight weeks in jail before a judge released him and suspended his sentence. Dragoti told the court he had been driven to drugs by overwork and the pain of dealing with a love affair between his then-wife, Cheryl Tiegs, and photographer Peter Beard. I guess you could say I was not strong enough to take the pain, he said. He is survived by his wife Yolanda, whom he had been with for 30 years and married in 2014. He had no children. Stan Dragoti passed away due to complications from pneumonia and was 85 years-old.) - 07/13/18
SCOTT WILSON (Actor: When Scott Wilson passed away, all the newspapers and TV News would say about him is how he was one of the actors on the popular TV Show THE WALKING DEAD [2011 - Present], totally ignoring his previous roles, many of them memorable. Mr. Wilson was a damn fine actor, who improved everything he appeared in, usually giving his roles an intensity that we are not use to seeing. His credits as an actor included [Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT - 1967 [his debut as an actor]; IN COLD BLOOD - 1967 [he, along with Robert Blake, made this film an unforgettable experience]; CASTLE KEEP - 1969; THE GYPSY MOTHS - 1969; THE GRISSOM GANG - 1971; THE NEW CENTURIONS - 1972; LOLLY-MADONNA XXX - 1973; THE GREAT GATSBY - 1974; THE PASSOVER PLOT - 1976; THE NINTH CONFIGURATION - 1980; THE RIGHT STUFF - 1983; A YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN - 1984; ON THE LINE - 1984; THE AVIATOR - 1985; THE TWILIGHT ZONE - 1986 [TV]; BLUE CITY - 1986; MALONE - 1987; DEAD OR ALIVE - 1988 [TV Movie]; JESSE - 1988 [TV Movie]; JOHNNY HANDSOME - 1989; YOUNG GUNS II - 1990; THE EXORCIST III - 1990; LEGION - 1990; FEMME FATALE - 1991; PURE LUCK - 1991; ELVIS AND THE COLONEL: THE UNTOLD STORY - 1993 [TV Movie]; FLESH AND BONE - 1993; GERONIMO: AN AMERICAN LEGEND - 1993; TALL TALE - 1995; JUDGE DREDD - 1995 [as the unforgettable "Pa Angel"]; THE GRASS HARP - 1995; DEAD MAN WALKING - 1995; SOUL SURVIVORS - 1995 [TV Movie]; MOTHER - 1995 [MFHV]; SHILOH - 1996; OUR GOD'S BROTHER - 1997; G.I. JANE - 1997; CLAY PIGEONS - 1998; JACK BULL - 1999 [HBO Movie]; SHILOH 2: SHILOH SEASON - 1999; THE DEBTORS - 1999; THE X-FILES - 2000 [TV]; SOUTH OF HEAVEN, WEST OF HELL - 2000; THE WAY OF THE GUN - 2000; THE ANIMAL - 2001; PEARL HARBOR - 2001; BARK! - 2002; COASTLINES - 2002; DON'T LET GO - 2002; GUIDE SEASON - 2002 [TV Movie]; KAREN SISCO - 2003 [TV]; MONSTER - 2003; THE LAST SAMURAI - 2003; JUNEBUG - 2005; LAW & ORDER - 2005 [TV]; OPEN WINDOW - 2006; COME EARLY MORNING - 2006; SAVING SHILOH - 2006; THE HOST - 2006; BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON - 2006; THE SENSATION OF SIGHT - 2006; CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION - 2001-2006 [TV; 9 episodes]; THE HEARTBREAK KID - 2007; BIG STAN - 2007; SAVING GRACE B. JONES - 2009; BOTTLEWORLD - 2009; FOR SALE BY OWNER - 2009; RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH - 2010; JUSTIFIED - 2011 [TV]; FIVE - 2011 [TV Movie]; DORFMAN IN LOVE - 2011; ENLIGHTENED - 2011 [HBO Series]; BOSCH - 2014-2015 [Streaming Series; 3 episodes]; DAMIEN - 2016 [TV; 5 episodes]; THE OA - 2016 [Streaming Series; 8 episodes]; HOSTILES - 2017; ROBOT CHICKEN - 2017 [TV; Voice only]; THE WALKING DEAD - 2011-2018; 39 episodes; his final acting role]. This is what Mr. Wilson had to say about his profession: "I learned very early on just how important it is to work with good people. It's important to have a good prop department, and a good director of photography. A lot of people don't understand just how collaborative filmmaking is. Actors often get credit for making a film great, but filmmaking is a total collaboration and everyone should get the credit." Scott Wilson passed away from leukemia and was 76 years-old) - 10/06/18
ARNOLD KOPELSON (Producer: Mr. Kopelson was an Academy Award®-winning Producer of both A-List and B Films. His credits as a producer included [Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: ASSAULT IN [ON] PARADISE - 1977 [a.k.a. MANIAC!; Executive in charge of Production only]; THE LEGACY - 1979; LOST AND FOUND - 1979 [also Presenter]; NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER - 1980 [a vastly underrated thriller]; FOOLIN' AROUND - 1980; FINAL ASSIGNMENT - 1980; DIRTY TRICKS - 1981; PORKY'S - 1982; GIMME AN 'F' - 1984; PLATOON - 1986 [Academy Award® for Best Picture]; WARLOCK - 1989; TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT - 1989; FIRE BIRDS - 1990; OUT FOR JUSTICE - 1991; FALLING DOWN - 1993; THE FUGITIVE - 1993 [Academy Award® nominee for Best Picture]; PAST TENSE - 1994 [TV Movie]; FROGMEN - 1994 [TV Movie]; OUTBREAK - 1995; SE7EN - 1995; ERASER - 1996; MURDER AT 1600 - 1997; MAD CITY - 1997; THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE - 1997; A PERFECT MURDER - 1998; U.S. MARSHALS - 1998; THE FUGITIVE - 2000-2001 [TV; 14 episodes]; DON'T SAY A WORD - 2001; THIEVES - 2001 [TV]; JOE SOMEBODY - 2001; TWISTED - 2004; PURE EVIL - 2012 [TV; his final credit as a Producer]. Mr. Kopelson won the ShoWest Award® for Producer of the Year in 1994, as well as winning the Publicists Guild of America's [PGA] Showmanship Award® in 1997. Arnold Kopelson died of undisclosed causes and was 83 years-old.) - 10/08/18
VENANTINO VENANTINI (Actor: Enrico Venantino Venantini was an Italian character actor who should be instantly recognizable to readers of this site, as he has appeared in many of the Italian genre films I have reviewed. For those who don't know who he is, let me say this: If you ever watched Lucio Fulci's CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD [1980], he is the man who puts Giovanni Lombardo Radice's [a.k.a. "John Morghen"] head into the table drill, the drill bit going clear through his head. Mr. Venantini had a face that you could never forget, even though most of his roles were small ones. Mr. Venantini's credits as an actor included [Theatrical films unless otherwise stated]: A DAY IN COURT - 1954; NO SUN IN VENICE - 1957; BEN-HUR - 1959; NUDE ODYSSEY - 1961; WARRIORS 5 - 1962; ESCAPADE IN FLORENCE - 1962 [TV Movie]; CONQUERED CITY - 1962; MONSIEUR GANGSTER - 1963; DANDELIONS BY THE ROOTS - 1964; THE CONSEQUENCES - 1964; THE SUCKER - 1965; THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY - 1965; GALIA - 1966; BALEARIC CAPER - 1966; THE RESTAURANT - 1966; THE BIG GRASSHOPPER - 1967; ROUND TRIP - 1967; BANDIDOS - 1967; THE KILLER LIKES CANDY - 1968; LOVE IN THE NIGHT - 1968; ANZIO - 1968; EMMA HAMILTON - 1968; THE LIBERTINE - 1968; HATE IS MY GOD - 1969; EROTISSIMO - 1969; IT TAKES A THIEF - 1969 [TV]; PLAYGIRL 70 - 1969; THE WAR DEVILS - 1969; CORALBA - 1970 [TV mini-series]; THE PRIEST'S WIFE - 1970; MACEDOINE - 1971; TROUBLESHOOTERS - 1971; ARE YOU ENGAGED TO A GREEK SAILOR OR AN AIRLINE PILOT? - 1971; BLOODY CONQUEST - 1971; DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR - 1971; FLIC STORY - 1972; THE RED HEADED CORPSE - 1972; THE BEGUINES - 1972; MASTER OF LOVE - 1972; SEVEN DEATHS IN THE CAT'S EYE - 1973; PROFESSION: ADVENTURERS - 1973; NUMBER ONE - 1973; THE POLICE SERVE THE CITIZENS? - 1973; THE MAGNIFICENT DARE DEVIL - 1973; THE FUHRER RUNS AMOK - 1974; AND NOW MY LOVE - 1974; FREE LOVE - 1974; BLACK EMANUELLE - 1975; EMANUELLE II - 1975; HEAT IN THE SUBURBS - 1975; SEX DIARY - 1976; EMANUELLE IN BANGKOK - 1976; THERE'S A SPY IN MY BED - 1976; YOUNG, VIOLENT, DANGEROUS - 1976; NINE GUESTS FOR A CRIME - 1977; RENE THE CANE - 1977; THE RIP-OFF - 1977; THE BIGGEST BATTLE - 1978; EMANUELLE AND THE WHITE SLAVE TRADE - 1978; WAR OF THE ROBOTS - 1978; FIRST LOVE - 1978; RETURN OF THE SAINT - 1978 [TV]; LA CAGE AUX FOLLES - 1978; SAM AND SALLY - 1979 [TV]; CONCORDE AFFAIRE '79 - 1979; COP OR HOOD - 1979; THE HUMANOID - 1979; FROM CORLEONE TO BROOKLYN - 1979; GARDENIA - 1979; HOT DOGS ON IBIZA - 1979; TERROR EXPRESS - 1979; FLYING SEX - 1980; BEAST IN SPACE - 1980; CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD - 1980; LADY DYNAMITE - 1980; CANNIBAL APOCALYPSE - 1980; CONTRABAND - 1980; CANNIBAL FEROX - 1981; LONGSHOT - 1981; THE INNOCENTS ABROAD -- 1983 [TV Movie]; THE NEW BARBARIANS - 1983; THE EXTERMINATORS OF THE YEAR 3000 - 1983; MY OTHER HUSBAND - 1983; GOOD KING DAGOBERT - 1984; WINDSURF - 1984; LADYHAWKE - 1985; THE ADVENTURES OF HERCULES - 1985; THE ASSISI UNDERGROUND - 1985; GOING FOR THE GOLD: THE BILL JOHNSON STORY - 1985 [TV Movie]; FINAL JUSTICE - 1985; THE EROTIC DREAMS OF CLEOPATRA - 1985; THE FLYING DEVILS - 1985; THE LION'S SHARE - 1985; THE REPENTER - 1985; ALADDIN - 1986; CAPRICCIO - 1987; BIG MAN: $395 AN OUNCE - 1988 [TV Movie]; OCEAN - 1989 [TV mini-series]; THE KING'S WHORE - 1990; DEATH HAS A BAD REPUTATION - 1990 [TV Movie]; TANGO BAR - 1991 [TV Movie]; LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT - 1991 [TV]; TOUCH AND DIE - 1992 [TV Movie]; CRAZY UNDERWEAR - 1992; CRIMSON DAWN - 1992; BLUE NOTE - 1992; FAIR GAME - 1994 [TV Movie]; POOR BUT BEAUTIFUL - 1996; THE EIGHTEENTH ANGEL - 1997; THE DINNER - 1998; TONI - 1999; THE RETURN OF JAMES BATTLE - 2004; FRANK RIVA - 2003-2004 [TV; 4 episodes]; COULD THIS BE LOVE? - 2007; I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A GANGSTER - 2007; THE HIDEOUT - 2007; SCHOOL'S OUT - 2008; THE FALCON AND THE DOVE - 2009 [TV; 3 episodes]; UNLIKELY ROOMMATES - 2009 [TV Movie]; THE MUSEUM OF WONDERS - 2010; 22 BULLETS - 2010; BLOODY SIN - 2011; HYDE'S SECRET NIGHTMARE - 2011; PHANTASMAGORIA - 2014; HOUSE OF RAVENS - 2014; THE VERY PRIVATE LIFE OF MISTER SIM - 2015; MARYLINE - 2017; ART OF CRIME - 2017 [TV; his final acting role]. As you can see from his credits, Mr. Venantini acted in all genres of film, not just horror. Venantino Vanantini passed away after taking a fall and was 88 years-old.) - 10/09/18
JAMES KAREN (Actor: Most people knew James Karen [real name: Jacob Karnofsky] to be an extraordinary actor on both TV and Films, who could do any kind of role, making his breakthrough in the horror film RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD [1985], but to those who lived on the East Coast, he will always be remembered as the spokesperson for Pathmark Supermarkets, a role he played for over 25 years on television commercials, earning him the nickname "Mr. Pathmark" [He told me those commercials paid for his house and retirement, if he ever decided to do so]. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Karen on several occasions at Chiller Theatre conventions and he was the most pleasant and accomodating person you would ever meet, always paying attention to what you had to say and being a real gentleman. There weren't many people like him and the world is worse off without him in it. He made his Broadway Stage debut in 1947 and appeared on television as early as 1948 and films soon followed. His credits as an actor included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: REPERTORY THEATRE - 1948; LUX VIDEO THEATRE - 1951; CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU? - 1962; THE DEFENDERS - 1964; FILM - 1965; FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER - 1965 [TF; Most people don't realize he was the star of this ridiculous Puerto Rico-lensed horror film, but, hey, we all have to start somewhere, don't we?]; DIRECTIONS - 1966; ALL MY CHILDREN - 1970 [unknown episodes]; HERCULES IN NEW YORK - 1971 [TF]; I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER - 1970 [TF]; RIVALS - 1972 [TF]; AMAZING GRACE - 1974 [TF]; THE INVISIBLE MAN - 1975; STARSKY AND HUTCH - 1975; THE WALTONS - 1975; THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO - 1976; THE BIONIC WOMAN - 1976; HAWAII FIVE-O - 1976; MCMILLAN & WIFE - 1976; POLICE WOMAN - 1976; ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN - 1976 [TF]; EXECUTIVE SWEET - 1976; SERPICO - 1976; DELVECCHIO - 1976; THE BLUE KNIGHT - 1976; SOMETHING FOR JOEY - 1977 [TV Movie]; THE KALLIKAKS - 1977; MARY JANE HARPER CRIED LAST NIGHT - 1977 [TV Movie]; RAFFERTY - 1977; THE GATHERING - 1977 [TV Movie]; FAMILY - 1977; CAPRICORN ONE - 1977 [TF]; OPENING NIGHT - 1977 [TF]; LUCAN - 1978; LOU GRANT - 1978; RICHIE BROCKELMAN, PRIVATE EYE - 1978; F.I.S.T. - 1978 [TF]; ONE DAY AT A TIME - 1978; INSTITUTE FOR REVENGE - 1979 [TV Movie]; THE ROCKFORD FILES - 1977-1979; THE ORDEAL OF PATTY HEARST - 1979 [TV Movie]; THE CHINA SYNDROME - 1979 [TF]; BLIND AMBITION - 1979 [TV mini-series]; EIGHT IS ENOUGH - 1979 [3 episodes]; TOPPER - 1979 [TV Movie]; ONCE UPON A FAMILY - 1980 [TV Movie]; F.D.R.: THE LAST YEAR - 1980 [TV Movie]; PORTRAIT OF A REBEL: THE REMARKABLE MRS. SANGER - 1980 [TV Movie]; THE JAZZ SINGER - 1980 [TF]; THE JEFFERSONS - 1981; TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT - 1981 [TF]; THE VIOLATION OF SARAH MCDAVID - 1981 [TV Movie]; THE DAY THE BUBBLE BURST - 1982 [TV Movie]; HERBIE THE LOVE BUG - 1982; KNOTS LANDING - 1982; POLTERGEIST - 1982 [TF]; TIME WALKER - 1982 [TF]; FRANCES - 1982 [TF]; KISS ME GOODBYE - 1982 [TF]; DALLAS - 1982-1983 [3 episodes]; M*A*S*H - 1983; QUINCY M.E. - 1977-1983 [4 episodes]; HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ASHAMED OF YOUR PARENTS? - 1983 [An ABC Afterschool Special]; TUCKER'S WITCH - 1983; THE POWERS OF MATTHEW STAR - 1983 [Serie Regular; 9 episodes]; SIMON & SIMON - 1983; TRAPPER JOHN, M.D. - 1983; HARDCASTLE AND MCCORMICK - 1984; FAMILY TIES - 1984; LITTLE HOUSE: THE LAST FAREWELL - 1984 [TV Movie]; EMERALD POINT N.A.S. - 1983-1984; THE PAPER CHASE - 1984; SAM'S SON - 1984 [TF]; DYNASTY - 1984; THE BOY WHO LOVED TROLLS - 1984 [TV Movie]; THREE'S A CROWD - 1984; CHEERS - 1985; MOONLIGHTING - 1985; WEBSTER - 1985; RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD - 1985 [TF; this film made him a horror star, mainly due to his finely-tuned comedic performance, of which he excelled]; JAGGED EDGE - 1985 [TF]; 227 - 1985; INVADERS FROM MARS - 1986 [TF]; MELBA - 1986; HARDBODIES 2 - 1986 [TF]; MATHNET - 1987; SQUARE ONE TELEVISION - 1987; AMAZING STORIES - 1987; EIGHT IS ENOUGH: A FAMILY REUNION - 1987 [TV Movie]; WHO'S THE BOSS - 1987; MAGNUM, P.I. - 1987; BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB - 1987 [TV Movie]; WALL STREET - 1987 [TF]; RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD II - 1988 [TF; brought back him and Thom Matthews, even though they died in the first film]; SLEDGE HAMMER! - 1988; THE GOLDEN GIRLS - 1988; MACGYVER - 1988; JAKE AND THE FATMAN - 1987-1989; GIRLFRIEND FROM HELL - 1989 [TF]; MURPHY BROWN - 1989; HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN - 1989; THE NEW LASSIE - 1989; BOOKER - 1989; MANCUSO F.B.I. - 1989; THE ROOMMATE - 1989 [Short]; DRUG WARS: THE CAMARENA STORY - 1990 [TV mini-series]; RICH MEN, SINGLE WOMEN - 1990 [TV Movie]; VITAL SIGNS - 1990 [TF]; SHATTERED DREAMS - 1990 [TV Movie]; CHARLES IN CHARGE - 1987-1990 [3 episodes]; ROAD LAWYERS AND OTHER BRIEFS - 1990 [TF]; THANKSGIVINGS DAY - 1990 [TV Movie]; THE WILLIES - 1990 [TF]; THE CLOSER - 1990 [TF]; HEART OF THE DEAL - 1990 [TF]; MATLOCK - 1991; LIES BEFORE KISSES [TV Movie]; L.A. LAW - 1991; THE UNBORN - 1991 [TF]; ABSOLUTE STRANGERS - 1991 [TV Movie]; SPIRIT OF THE EAGLE - 1991 [TF; Voice only]; BODIES OF EVIDENCE - 1993; DESIGNING WOMEN - 1993; CLASS OF '96 - 1993; THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW - 1992-1993 [4 episodes]; A WALTON THANKSGIVING REUNION - 1993 [TV Movie]; STAYING AFLOAT - 1993 [TV Movie]; STONE SOUP - 1993 [TF]; FUTURE SHOCK - 1994 [TF]; REVENGE OF THE NERDS IV: NERDS IN LOVE - 1994 [TV Movie]; COACH - 1992-1994; MELROSE PLACE - 1994; THE COMPANION - 1994 [TV Movie]; HEARTS AFIRE - 1994; TICK, TICK, TICK - 1994 [Short]; A KISS GOODNIGHT - 1994 [TV Movie]; BONANZA: UNDER ATTACK - 1995 [TV Movie]; THE COMMISH - 1995; TOUGH AND DEADLY - 1995 [MFHV]; CONGO - 1995 [TF]; PIRANHA - 1995 [TF]; NIXON - 1995 [TF]; SISTERS - 1996; UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL - 1996 [TF]; TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL - 1996; DARK SKIES - 1997; BEHIND ENEMY LINES - 1997 [TF]; ALWAYS SAY GOODBYE - 1997 [TF]; NIGHTMAN - 1997 [both TV Movie and first episode of the failed series]; JOYRIDE - 1997 [TF]; RIVER MADE TO DROWN IN - 1997 [TF]; NED AND STACY - 1996-1997 [8 episodes]; FREEDOM STRIKE - 1998 [TF]; SHADOW OF DOUBT - 1998 [TF]; SEINFELD - 1998; GIRL - 1998 [TF]; BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 - 1998; THE COWBOY AND THE MOVIE STAR - 1998 [TV Movie]; APT PUPIL - 1998 [TF]; MY LAST LOVE - 1999 [TV Movie]; ONE LAST FLIGHT - 1999 [TF]; ANY GIVEN SUNDAY - 1999 [TF]; MULHOLLAND DR. - 1999 [TV Movie]; THE PARKERS - 2000; WALKER, TEXAS RANGER - 2000; THIRTEEN DAYS - 2000 [TF]; THE PRACTICE - 1998-2001 [3 episodes]; MULHOLLAND DRIVE - 2001 [TF]; THE NIGHTMARE ROOM - 2001; JANE BOND - 2001 [Short]; FIRST MONDAY - 2002 [Series Regular; 13 episodes]; FATAL KISS - 2002 [TV Movie] JAG - 2000-2002; A HOUSE ON A HILL - 2003 [TF]; JUDGING AMY - 2003; FLICKERING BLUE - 2004 [Short]; UNSCRIPTED - 2005 [3 episodes]; OFFICE COURT - 2005 [Short]; SUPERMAN RETURNS - 2006 [scenes deleted]; OUTLAW TRAIL: THE TREASURE OF BUTCH CASSIDY - 2006 [TF]; PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS - 2006 [TF]; TRAIL OF THE SCREAMING FOREHEAD - 2007 [TF]; HEALTH MEDICINE - 2007 [Short]; COLD CASE - 2008; DARK AND STORMY NIGHT - 2009 [TF]; JACK AND THE BEANSTALK - 2009 [TF]; SYMPATHY FOR DELICIOUS - 2010 [TF]; THE CLEVELAND SHOW - 2011 [Voice only]; PRIDE - 2011 [Short]; DREW PETERSON: UNTOUCHABLE - 2012 [TV Movie]; THE BUTTERFLY ROOM - 2012 [TF]; AMERICAN DAD! - 2012 [Voice only]; AMBUSH AT DARK CANYON - 2012 [TF]; AMERICA'S MOST HAUNTED - 2013 [TF]; GREEN BRIEFS - 2013 [DTV]; RAIN FROM STARS - 2013 [TF]; BENDER - 2013 [TF]; HUMANITY - 2016 [Short]; CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE JESUS JERK - 2017 [TF]; CYNTHIA - 2018 [TF]; STICKY FINGERS - 2018 [TV Series; not aired in 2018; his final acting role]. As you can see from his impressive credits, he never did get the chance to retire, working until the day he died, doing the thing that he loved most. Like I said in the beginning, the world is worse off without Mr. Karen in it. Goodbye gentle soul, you are missed. James Karen passed away from natural causes and was 94 years-old.) - 10/23/18
STELVIO CIPRIANI (Music Composer: Stelvio Cipriani was one of Italy's premiere film music composers, second only to Ennio Morricone [at least in my opinion]. Mr. Cipriani scored over 200 films [!], many of them instantly recognizable to readers of this site. Unfortunately, his music scores won very few awards, because he scored mainly low-budget films [unlike Morricone, who also scored some big-budget Hollywood product, bringing him worldwide fame]. A small list of films Mr. Cipriani scored the music for included [All Theatrical Films, many of them reviewed on this site. I am only going to list the ones that mean something to this site, but don't worry, there are many!]: THE UGLY ONES - 1966; THE STRANGER RETURNS - 1967; LUANA, THE GIRL TARZAN - 1968; THE SILENT STRANGER - 1968; THE WAR DEVILS - 1969; WHIRLPOOL - 1970; THE BEAST - 1970; THE ANONYMOUS VENETIAN - 1970 [his only score to win any award; his song titled "Cuore Cosa Fai" was a top 100 hit around the world]; THE LICKERISH QUARTET - 1970; SEX OF THE DEVIL - 1971; FINDERS KILLERS - 1970; THE LONELY VIOLENT BEACH - 1971; THE IGUANA WITH THE TONGUE OF FIRE - 1971; A BAY OF BLOOD - 1971 [I first discovered this soundtrack as a teenager after seeing the film in a theater [under the title TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE] and the music stuck with me for many years]; HUMAN COBRAS - 1971; BLINDMAN - 1971; DEATH WALKS ON HIGH HEELS - 1971; THE DEVIL WITH SEVEN FACES - 1971; DEVIATION - 1971; BARON BLOOD - 1972; SCENES FROM A MURDER - 1972 [a.k.a. THE KILLER IS ON THE PHONE]; TRAGIC CEREMONY - 1972; EXECUTION SQUAD - 1972; TO KILL IN SILENCE - 1972; BARCELONA KILL - 1973; PUT YOUR DEVIL INTO MY HELL - 1973; THE GREAT KIDNAPPING - 1973; THE STUDENT CONNECTION - 1974; EMERGENCY SQUAD - 1974; WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS? - 1974; RABID DOGS - 1974; DEATH WILL HAVE YOUR EYES - 1974; EVIL EYE - 1975; SEVEN DEVILS ON HORSEBACK - 1975; BLOOD, SWEAT AND FEAR - 1975; THE GREAT ADVENTURE - 1975; THE THREE SUPERGUYS - 1975; FRANKENSTEIN ITALIAN STYLE - 1975; THE THREE SUPERBOYS STRIKE AGAIN - 1976; COLT 38 SPECIAL SQUAD - 1976; THE .44 SPECIALIST - 1976; DEPORTED WOMEN OF THE SS SPECIAL SECTION - 1976; TENTACLES - 1977 [as "S.W. Cipriani"]; STUNT SQUAD - 1977; SISTER EMANUELLE - 1977; DOUBLE GAME - 1977; THE PERFECT KILLER - 1977; MAGNUM COP - 1978; THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE - 1978; SKIN 'EM ALIVE - 1978; CAVE OF THE SHARKS - 1978; COVERT ACTION - 1978; PAPAYA: LOVE GODDESS OF THE CANNIBALS - 1978; THE BLOODSTAINED SHADOW - 1978; TOUGH TO KILL - 1978; CONCORDE AFFAIRE '79 - 1979; ENCOUNTERS IN THE DEEP - 1979; RING OF DARKNESS - 1979; THE GREAT ALLIGATOR - 1979; CITY OF THE WALKING DEAD - 1980; THE IRON HAND OF THE MAFIA - 1980; LAST HAREM - 1981; PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING - 1981 [as "Steve Powder"]; DON'T LOOK IN THE ATTIC - 1982; PIECES - 1982 [as "CAM"]; ANGKOR: CAMBODIA EXPRESS - 1982; THE HOUSE OF THE YELLOW CARPET - 1983; RUSH - 1983; A MAN CALLED RAGE - 1984; WILD TEAM - 1985; THREE SUPERMEN IN SANTO DOMINGO - 1986; BEAKS: THE MOVIE - 1986; RAGE OF HONOR - 1987; APOCALYPSE MERCENARIES - 1987; NIGHT OF THE SHARKS - 1988; CROSS MISSION - 1988; VOICES FROM BEYOND - 1991; POWER FORCE - 1991; OVER THE LINE - 1992; WEB OF SILENCE - A.I.D.S. - 1994; READY TO KILL - 1995; FLESHY DOLL - 1996; QUEEN'S MESSENGER - 2001; SHE - 2001; THE WATER...THE FIRE - 2003; ORIENT ESCAPE - 2005 [DTV]; THE VATICAN MUSEUMS - 2007; THE WINNER 3D - 2013; IN DER FOLTERKAMMER DES BARONS - 2017 [Video Documentary Short; his final music score]. Before he started scoring films, Mr. Cipriani studied piano and harmony at Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and then was a pianist for some of Italy's famous singers, including Rita Pavone. He then studied jazz in the United States with Dave Brubeck. If Mr. Cipriani is to be remembered for anything by people in the U.S., it would be for the opening music for Larry David's CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, which is a shame, because he made much better music than that little piece. Quentin Tarantino used some of Mr. Cipriani's music in his film DEATH PROOF [2007]. I didn't realize how much of his music I enjoyed until I created this obituary. Anyone who loves Italian genre films is bound to enjoy at least a couple of his music scores, many of them earworms that are extremely catchy and hummable. Stelvio Cipriani passed away after suffering from ischaemia [deficiency of blood supply due to clogged arteries] since late 2017 and was 81 years-old.) - 11/01/18
KEN SWOFFORD (Actor: Kenneth Charles Swofford was a Character Actor in both Theatrical Films and on TV. If you were a child of the Seventies or Eighties, he will be instantly recognizable for the many appearances he made on TV Series in those decades. I will always remember him for his role in the "terror in the woods" film HUNTER'S BLOOD [1987]. Ken Swofford's credits included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: SURFSIDE 6 - 1962; CAPTAIN NEWMAN, M.D. - 1963 [TF]; FATHER GOOSE - 1964 [TF]; THE BIG VALLEY - 1966; FIRST TO FIGHT - 1967 [TF]; GUNFIGHT IN ABILENE - 1967 [TF]; COMMON LAW CABIN - 1967 [TF]; CIMARRON STRIP - 1967; THE WILD WILD WEST - 1967; I SPY - 1968; DANIEL BOONE - 1968; ADAM-12 - 1968; SHADOW ON THE LAND - 1968 [TV Movie]; THE OUTCASTS - 1969; THE VIRGINIAN - 1968-1969 [4 episodes]; HERE COMES THE BRIDES - 1969; THE F.B.I. - 1969; CUTTER'S TRAIL - 1970 [TV Movie]; LANCER - 1970; THE LAWYER - 1970 [TF]; THE INTRUDERS - 1970; THE ODD COUPLE - 1970; MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - 1970-1971; THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN - 1971 [TF]; BLESS THE BEASTS & CHILDREN - 1971 [TF]; SKYJACKED - 1972 [TF]; THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO - 1973; ONE LITTLE INDIAN - 1973 [TF]; THE ROOKIES - 1972-1973 [3 episodes]; COLUMBO - 1973; THE GIRL WITH SOMETHING EXTRA - 1973; THE WALTONS - 1974; THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY - 1970-1974; A CASE OF RAPE - 1974 [TV Movie]; DIRTY SALLY - 1974; JUDGMENT: THE TRIAL OF THE TIGER OF MALAYA-GENERAL YAMASHITA - 1974 [TV Movie]; KUNG FU - 1974; AMY PRENTISS - 1974; PAPER MOON - 1974; A CRY FOR HELP - 1975 [TV Movie]; GUNSMOKE - 1967-1975 [12 episodes]; SKY HEIST - 1975 [TV Movie]; MAN ON THE OUTSIDE - 1975 [TV Movie]; THE BLACK BIRD - 1975; PETROCELLI - 1975-1976 [3 episodes]; SWITCH - 1975-1976 [6 episodes]; ELLERY QUEEN - 1975-1976 [5 episodes]; SCOTT FREE - 1976 [TV Movie]; CAPTAINS AND KINGS - 1976 [TV mini-series]; RICH MAN, POOR MAN - BOOK 2 - 1977 [TV mini-series]; HUNTER - 1977; THE DOMINO KILLINGS - 1977 [TF]; THE HARDY BOYS/NANCY DREW MYSTERIES - 1977; YOUNG JOE, THE FORGOTTEN KENNEDY - 1977 [TV Movie]; THE OREGON TRAIL - 1977; POLICE STORY - 1974-1977 [5 episodes]; THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN - 1977-1978 [3 episodes]; CRISIS IN SUN VALLEY - 1978 [TV Movie]; TO KILL A COP - 1978 [TV Movie]; THE EDDIE CAPRA MYSTERIES - 1978 [5 episodes]; DAVID CASSIDY - MAN UNDERCOVER - 1979; BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - 1979; HOW THE WEST WAS WON - 1979; CALIFORNIA FEVER - 1979 [TV mini-series]; THE ROCKGORD FILES - 1975-1979 [5 episodes]; CAPTAIN AMERICA II: DEATH TOO SOON - 1979 [TV Movie]; THE MISADVENTURES OF SHERIFF LOBO - 1980; THE SULTAN AND THE ROCK STAR - 1980 [TV Movie]; ALL GOD'S CHILDREN - 1980 [TV Movie]; WALKING TALL - 1981; S.O.B. - 1981 [TF]; THE INCREDIBLE HULK - 1981; FANTASY ISLAND - 1981; CODE RED - 1981; THE FALL GUY - 1982; ANNIE - 1982 [TF]; VOYAGERS! - 1982; TRAPPER JOHN, M.D. - 1982-1983; M.A.D.D.: MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVERS - 1983 [TV Movie]; I WANT TO LIVE - 1983 [TV Movie]; LOTTERY! - 1983; THE ROUSTERS - 1983 [both TV Movie Pilot and first episode of the failed series]; KNOTS LANDING - 1983; KENNY ROGERS AS THE GAMBLER: THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES - 1983 [TV Movie]; HARDCASTLE AND MCCORMICK - 1985; THE A-TEAM - 1985; TERROR AT LONDON BRIDGE - 1985 [TV Movie]; FAME - 1983-1985 [Series Regular; 54 episodes]; RIPTIDE - 1985; BLACKE'S MAGIC - 1986; KNIGHT RIDER - 1986; REMINGTON STEELE - 1986; SCARECROW AND MRS. KING - 1986; HUNTER'S BLOOD - 1987 [TF]; FALCON CREST - 1987; THE STEPFORD CHILDREN - 1987 [TV Movie]; MAX HEADROOM - 1987; O'HARA - 1987; HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN - 1987; SIMON & SIMON - 1982-1988 [3 episodes]; OUR HOUSE - 1988; THE WONDER YEARS - 1988; DYNASTY - 1982-1988 [3 episodes]; THE HIGHWAYMAN - 1988; BLACK ROSES - 1988 [TF]; MURPHY'S LAW - 1988; DALLAS - 1988-1989 [4 episodes]; THE COURT-MARTIAL OF JACKIE ROBINSON - 1990 [TV Movie]; THELMA & LOUISE - 1991 [TF]; MURDER IN HIGH PLACES - 1991 [TV Movie]; THE NEW ADAM-12 - 1991; REWRITE FOR MURDER - 1991; [TV Movie]; STRANGER AT MY DOOR - 1991 [TV Movie]; THE TAKING OF BEVERLY HILLS - 1991 [TF]; MATLOCK - 1991; GUNSMOKE: TO THE LAST MAN - 1992 [TV Movie]; BAYWATCH - 1991-1992; JUST DESSERTS - 1992 [TV Movie]; MURDER, SHE WROTE - 1985-1992 [11 episodes]; DIAGNOSIS MURDER - 1994; COPS N ROBERTS - 1995 [TF]; RECESS: SCHOOL'S OUT - 2001 {TF; Voice only]; TEACHER'S PET - 2004 [TF; Voice only]; HAPPY THE ANGRY POLAR BEAR - 2018 [Short; Voice only; his last acting role]. Later in his life, Mr. Swofford had major problems with alcohol, but he came out of self-imposed retirement for his son, Producer Stephen Swofford, so he could voice the role of character Officer White for TEACHER'S PET [2004]. He remained married to the same woman for over 50 years until his passing. Ken Swofford died of undisclosed causes and was 85 years-old.) - 11/01/18
RAYMOND CHOW (Producer: Where do I begin? Raymond Chow was president of Hong Kong's Golden Harvest Films, the main rival of the Shaw Brothers Productions outfit [Chow formed Golden Harvest in 1970 with Leonard Ho after he left Shaw Brothers' Publicity Department]. Raymond Chow produced nearly 200 films in all manner of genres, but mainly martial arts or action films. A list of some of the films he produced were [I am not going to list all of them, just those that were released in the United States]: THE BIG BOSS - 1971 [Bruce Lee's breakout film]; THE CHINESE CONNECTION - 1972; THE WAY OF THE DRAGON - 1972; DEEP THRUST - 1972 [one of the films that ignited the worldwide martial arts craze. Without it, there would not have been hundreds of martial arts films released to U.S. theaters for the next 15 years]; ONE-ARMED BOXER - 1972; A MAN CALLED TIGER - 1972; ENTER THE DRAGON - 1973 [need I say more?]; THUNDERBOLT - 1973; STONER - 1974; THE YOUNG DRAGONS - 1974; THE SEVEN COFFINS - 1975; THE MAN FROM HONG KONG - 1975; THE PRIVATE EYES - 1976; THE AMSTERDAM KILL - 1977; THE BOYS IN COMPANY C - 1978; GAME OF DEATH - 1978; WARRIORS TWO - 1978; ITCHY FINGERS - 1979; KNOCKABOUT - 1979; THE YOUNG MASTER - 1980; THE BIG BRAWL - 1980 [the film that was supposed to make Jackie Chan a star in America. It failed and it would take Chan nearly ten more years to make his mark in the States]; ENCOUNTERS OF THE SPOOKY KIND - 1980; GAME OF DEATH II - 1981; DEATH HUNT - 1981; THE CANNONBALL RUN - 1981; THE PRODIGAL SON - 1981; DRAGON LORD - 1982; THE BREAKTHROUGH - 1982; MEGAFORCE - 1982 [a major bomb across the world; it almost put Golden Harvest out of business]; THE DEAD AND THE DEADLY - 1982; HIGH ROAD TO CHINA - 1982 [Chow hoped to make Tom Selleck a major star, but this film didn't help his popularity]; ZU: WARRIORS FROM THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN - 1983; WINNERS & SINNERS - 1983; PROJECT A - 1983; LASSITER - 1984 [another Selleck bomb]; CANNONBALL RUN II - 1984; WHEELS ON MEALS - 1984 [a good action comedy filmed in Rome; some amazing stunts]; THE PROTECTOR - 1985 [another Chan film that failed to ignite the boxoffice, mainly due to studio tampering]; POLICE STORY - 1985 [a perfect Chan action film full of amazing stunts. Chan was almost killed filming it]; THE SEVENTH CURSE - 1986; PROJECT A2 - 1987; DRAGONS FOREVER - 1988; POLICE STORY 2 - 1988; SAGA OF THE PHOENIX - 1990; CHINA O'BRIEN - 1990; TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - 1990; A SHOW OF FORCE - 1990; CHINA O'BRIEN II - 1991; TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II: THE SECRET OF THE OOZE - 1991; ARMOUR OF GOD 2: OPERATION CONDOR - 1991; ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA II - 1992; TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES III - 1993; RUMBLE IN THE BRONX - 1995; THE BLADE - 1995; POLICE STORY 4: FIRST STRIKE - 1996; LEGEND OF GOD OF GAMBLERS - 1996; HOLD YOU TIGHT - 1998; GORGEOUS - 1999; TOKYO RAIDERS - 2000; THE ACCIDENTAL SPY - 2001; YOU SHOOT, I SHOOT - 2001 [his last credit as a Producer]. Mr. Chow won the Hong Kong Film Awards® Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 and in 2011 he won the Asian Film Awards® Lifetime Achievement Award. Raymond Chow died of natural causes and was 91 years-old.) - 11/02/18
SONDRA LOCKE (Actress: Ms. Locke was an Academy Award®-nominated actress who was best known as the longtime companion of Clint Eastwood, appearing in many movies with him during the '70s & '80s, but when things soured between them, she sued him for palimony and hardly ever worked in the business again, proving that you don't dare fuck with Eastwood. Her credits included [Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for Television Series]: THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER - 1968 [Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]; COVER ME BABE - 1970; WILLARD - 1971; NIGHT GALLERY - [TV; "A Feast Of Blood" - 1972]; A REFLECTION OF FEAR - 1972; THE F.B.I. - 1972 [TV]; MY SECRET MOTHER - 1973 [An ABC Afternoon Playbreak TV Special]; GONDOLA - 1974 [TV Movie]; KUNG FU - 1974 [TV]; THE SECOND COMING OF SUZANNE - 1974; PLANET OF THE APES - 1974 [TV]; BARNABY JONES - 1975 [TV]; CANNON - 1973-1975 [TV]; JOE FORRESTER - 1976 [TV]; THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES - 1976 [her first film with Eastwood]; DEATH GAME - 1977 [Uncredited Screenwriter]; THE SHADOW OF CHIKARA - 1977; THE GAUNTLET - 1977; EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE - 1978 [also Singer]; FRIENDSHIPS, SECRETS AND LIES - 1979 [TV Movie]; BRONCO BILLY - 1980 [Razzie Award® nominee for Worst Actress]; ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN - 1980 [also Singer]; ROSIE: THE ROSEMARY CLOONEY STORY - 1982 [TV Movie]; SUDDEN IMPACT - 1983 [her last film with Eastwood]; TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED - 1984 [TV]; AMAZING STORIES - 1985 [TV]; RATBOY - 1986 [also Directed; Razzie Award® nominee for Worst Actress]; CLEAN AND NARROW - 2000; THE PROPHET'S GAME - 2000; RAY MEETS HELEN - 2017 [also Executive Producer; her final acting role, also her first in 17 years]. Ms. Locke also directed the films IMPULSE - 1990; DEATH IN SMALL DOSES - 1995 [TV Movie] and TRADING FAVORS - 1997. She was also Executive Producer of KNOCK KNOCK - 2015. Sondra Locke passed away from from a cardiac arrest related to breast and bone cancers. She was 74 years-old. For a full biography look up her name on the IMDb.) - 11/03/18
NICOLAS ROEG (Cinematographer/Director: Nicolas Roeg was a true film legend. Starting out as a gofer in the British film industry, he worked his way up to become a sought-after cinematographer and, eventually, a director of some strange, yet fascinating films. Most of his films, such as PERFORMANCE [1970], DON'T LOOK NOW [1973] and THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH [1976] dealt with strangers in a strange land and how they coped with it, usually tragically. His films had an edge to them that only Mr. Roeg could apply, making them memorable and ripe to be rediscovered by generations to come. His credits as a director included [Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: PERFORMANCE - 1970 [Co-Directed with Donald Cammell; also Cinematographer]; WALKABOUT - 1971 [also Cinematographer]; GLASTONBURY FAYRE - 1972 [Documentary; also Cinematographer]; DON'T LOOK NOW - 1973 [one of the most influential giallo films {filmed in Venice}, copied by many films that came after it]; THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH - 1976 [David Bowie gave a standout performance]; BAD TIMING - 1980; EUREKA - 1983; ROGER WATERS 5:01 AM [THE PROS AND CONS OF HITCH HIKING, PART 10] - 1984 [Music Video]; ROGER WATERS 4:41 AM [SEXUAL REVOLUTION] - 1994 [Music Video]; ROGER WATERS 5:06 AM [EVERY STRANGERS EYES] - 1994 [Music Video]; INSIGNIFICANCE - 1985; CASTAWAY - 1986; AIDS: MONOLITH - 1987 [Video Short]; AIDS: ICEBERG - 1987 [Video Short]; ARIA - 1987; TRACK 29 - 1988; SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH - 1989 [TV Movie]; THE WITCHES - 1990 [Probably the most "adult" children's film ever made!]; COLD HEAVEN - 1991; THE YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES - 1993 [TV]; HEART OF DARKNESS - 1993 [Cable TV Movie]; TWO DEATHS - 1995; FULL BODY MASSAGE - 1995 [Pay TV Movie]; HOTEL PARADISE - 1995 [Short]; SAMSON AND DELILAH - 1996 [TV mini-series]; THE ADVENTURES OF YOUNG INDIANA JONES: DEMONS OF DECEPTION - 1999 [MFHV]; THE SOUND OF CLAUDIA SCHIFFER - 2000 [Short]; PUFFBALL: THE DEVIL'S EYEBALL - 2007; THE FILM THAT BUYS THE CINEMA - 2014 [Documentary; his final directorial credit]. A few of his Cinematography credits included [All Theatrical Films]: INFORMATION RECEIVED - 1961; JUST FOR FUN - 1963; THE GUEST - 1963; DR. CRIPPEN - 1963; NOTHING BUT THE BEST - 1964; THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH - 1964; CODE 7, VICTIM 5 - 1964; THE GIRL-GETTERS - 1964; FAHRENHEIT 451 - 1966; A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - 1966; FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD - 1967; PETULIA - 1968. Mr. Roeg was Camera Operator or Additional Photographer on the following Theatrical Films: THE CHILD AND THE KILLER - 1959; TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE - 1959; THE SUNDOWNERS - 1960; DOCTOR BLOOD'S COFFIN - 1961; LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - 1962; DOCTOR ZHIVAGO - 1965; CASINO ROYALE - 1967. Here's what Mr. Roeg had to say about the importance of cinematography: "I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography. I was very glad later when I was directing that I wasn't in the hands of a cinematographer and hoping that he would do it well. I would know what he was doing, and we could discuss how that scene would look. It was just lucky in a way that I didn't go to film school and just learned all this on the floor. You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me. Curiously, it sank for a while when video and commercials came in. Because they had very little story to tell and they just had one thing to sell, they could have magnificent photography but not great cinematography. So quite a lot of people who've come into cinema from the commercials world have had to learn the very fact of what cinematography is over again." Nicolas Roeg died of undisclosed causes and was 90 years-old.) - 11/23/18
SAMUEL HADIDA (Producer: Casablanca, Morocco-born Samuel Hadida produced many films familiar to readers of this site, including the RESIDENT EVIL franchise. He also founded the Metropolitan Filmexport, through which he had distributed over 100 films in France and French-speaking territories. Films he Produced or Executive Produced included [All Theatrical Films]: ONLY THE STRONG - 1993; TRUE ROMANCE - 1993; KILLING ZOE - 1993; NECRONOMICON: BOOK OF THE DEAD - 1993; THE EXPERT - 1995; CRYING FREEMAN - 1995; FREEWAY - 1996; THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO - 1996; RHINOCEROS HUNTING IN BUDAPEST - 1997; NIRVANA - 1997; LEGIONNAIRE - 1998; THE BIG BRASS RING - 1999; INFERNO - 1999; FREEWAY II: CONFESSIONS OF A TRICKBABY - 1999; DANCING AT THE BLUE IGUANA - 2000; BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF - 2001; LAGUNA - 2001; RESIDENT EVIL - 2002; SPIDER - 2002; SWEAT - 2002; BREAK OF DAWN - 2002; RULES OF ATTRACTION - 2002; GIFT FROM ABOVE - 2003; TURN LEFT AT THE END OF THE WORLD - 2004; RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE - 2004; FIVE CHILDREN AND IT - 2004; BATTLE OF THE BRAVE - 2004; THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY - 2004; GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK - 2005; THE AURA - 2005; DOMINO - 2005; LASSIE - 2005; SILENT HILL - 2006; MOSCOW ZERO - 2006; THE BLACK DAHLIA - 2006; PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER - 2006; 88 MINUTES - 2007; RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION - 2007; THE SECRET OF MOONACRE - 2008; THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS - 2009; SOLOMON KANE - 2009; RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE - 2010; BLITZ - 2011; CONAN THE BARBARIAN - 2011; RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION - 2012; SILENT HILL: REVELATION - 2012; THE RAILWAY MAN - 2013; THE EXPENDABLES 3 - 2014; SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR - 2014; THE SCENT OF MANDARIN - 2015; CRIMINAL - 2016; THE MECHANIC: RESURRECTION - 2016; RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER - 2016; THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD - 2017; PAPILLON - 2017; LOVE ADDICT - 2018; BELLEVILLE COP - 2018; HUNTER KILLER - 2018; SISTERS IN ARMS - 2019 [his final credit as Producer]. Samuel Hadida passed away from a short illness and was 64 years-old.) - 11/26/18
GEOFF MURPHY (Director/writer: New Zealand born Geoffrey Peter Murphy made some damn good films in his native country before being "discovered" by Hollywood, where he made predictable, but professional, A-List films starring some of America's up-and-coming actors. His credits as a director included [Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]; TANK BUSTERS - 1970 [Short; also Actor]; UENUKU - 1974 [TV Movie]; PERCY THE POLICEMAN - 1974 [TV; also Writer; 5 episodes]; BLERTA - 1976 [TV; also Writer & Actor]; WILD MAN - 1977 [also Writer & Actor]; DAGG DAY AFTERNOON - 1977 [Short; also Writer]; GOODBYE PORK PIE - 1980 [also Writer]; UTU - 1983 [also Writer & Actor]; THE QUIET EARTH - 1985 [I believe this is the best film of his career; New Zealand Film and TV Awards® winner for Best Director]; NEVER SAY DIE - 1988 [also Writer & Actor]; RED KING, WHITE KNIGHT - 1989 [HBO Movie]; YOUNG GUNS II - 1990; FREEJACK - 1992; BLIND SIDE - 1993 [HBO Movie]; THE LAST OUTLAW - 1993 [HBO Movie]; UNDER SIEGE 2: DARK TERRITORY - 1995 [Probably Murphy and Steven Seagal's best Hollywood film]; DON'T LOOK BACK - 1996 [HBO Movie]; THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN - 1998 [TV]; FORTRESS 2 - 1999; RACE AGAINST TIME - 2000 [TV Movie]; BLERTA REVISITED - 2001 [Documentary]; SPOOKED - 2004 [also Writer & Actor]; WELCOME TO PARADISE - 2007 [TV]; TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION - 2009 [his final directorial credit]. Geoff Murphy died of undisclosed causes and was 80 years-old.) - 12/03/18
TIM ROSSOVICH (Actor: Instantly recognizable character Actor on TV and in the Movies in the '80's. He resembled a beefed-up Tom Selleck, which is strange since they shared a dorm room in college at the University of Southern California. He was also a professional football player who took up acting once he retired from the game. His credits as an actor included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: SOAP - 1978 [3 episodes]; TURNABOUT - 1979 [TV mini-series]; WONDER WOMAN - 1979; THE MAIN EVENT - 1979 [TF]; CHARLIE'S ANGELS - 1978- 1979; GOLDIE AND THE BOXER - 1979 [TV Movie]; THE NINTH CONFIGURATION - 1980 [TF]; THE LONG RIDERS - 1980 [TF]; WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS - 1980 [Series Regular; 9 episodes]; NICE DREAMS - 1981 [TF]; LOOKER - 1981 [TF]; FANTASY ISLAND - 1979-1982; NIGHT SHIFT - 1982 [TF]; VOYAGERS! - 1982; TRICK OR TREATS - 1982 [TF]; FAKE-OUT - 1982 [TF]; THE STING II - 1983 [TF]; ACE CRAWFORD...PRIVATE EYE - 1983; MATT HOUSTON - 1983; HART TO HART - 1982-1983; THE A-TEAM - 1983; TRAPPER JOHN, M.D. - 1983; AUTOMAN - 1984; CLOAK & DAGGER - 1984 [TF]; BROTHERS - 1984; KINGHT RIDER - 1982-1984; COVER UP - 1984; AVENGING ANGEL - 1985 [TF]; STICK - 1985 [TF]; REMINGTON STEELE - 1985; SIMON & SIMON - 1985; THE LOVE BOAT - 1985; THE FALL GUY - 1983-1986 [3 episodes]; ALF - 1986; PERFECT STRANGERS - 1987; THE NEW MIKE HAMMER - 1984-1987; 1ST & 10: THE CHAMPIONSHIP - 1987 [HBO Series]; CRIME STORY - 1988; JOHNNY BE GOOD - 1988 [TF]; MAGNUM P.I. - 1986-1988 [3 episodes]; FISTS OF STEEL - 1989 [TF]; HUNTER - 1984-1989; THE FOURTH MAN - 1990 [A CBS SCHOOLBREAK SPECIAL]; MACGYVER - 1986-1990 [3 episodes]; SECRET AGENT 00 SOUL - 1990 [TF]; JAKE AND THE FATMAN - 1990-1991; DREXELL'S CLASS - 1991; HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS - 1991-1992; BAYWATCH - 1992; MIKE HAMMER, PRIVATE EYE - 1998 [his final acting role]. Tim was the brother of actor Rick Rossovich [THE TERMINATOR - 1984]. Tim Rossovich died of undisclosed causes and was 71 years-old.) - 12/06/18
TULSI RAMSEY (Director/Producer: Tulsi Ramsey was a member of the Ramsey Brothers, India's answer to Roger Corman, who gave us some wild (if overlong) Indian horror films. Tusli Ramsey's credits as a director included {Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for Television Series]: NAKULI SHAAN - 1971; DU GAZ ZAMEEN KE NEECHE - 1972; ANDHERA - 1975; DARWAZA - 1978; AUR KAUN? - 1979; SABOOT - 1980; GUEST HOUSE - 1980; DAHSHAT - 1981; SANNATA - 1981; HOTEL - 1981; GHUNGROO KI AWAAZ - 1981; MAUT KA SAYA - 1982; PURANA MANDIR - 1984; TELEPHONE - 1985; 3D SAAMRI - 1985 [also Producer]; TAHKHANA - 1986 [also Co-Producer]; OM - 1986; VEERANA - 1988; PURANI HAVELI - 1989; BANDH DARWAZA - 1990 [probably his best known horror film; also Producer.]; THE MAGNIFICENT GUARDIAN - 1991; POLICE MATTU DADA - 1991; INSPECTOR DHANUSH - 1991; THE ZEE HORROR SHOW - 1993 [TV]; THE MONSTER - 1993; TALAASHI - 1996 [his final directorial film]. He also produced AATMA [2006]. Tulsi Ramsey passed away of a heart attack and was 74 years-old.) - 12/13/18
DONALD MOFFAT (Actor: If British-born Donald Moffat is to be remembered for one thing to fans of horror films, it will be the line he speaks in John Carpenter's THE THING [1982} when Kurt Russell's blood-testing to see who is the alien goes wrong. Garry [Moffat] looks at MacReady [Russell] and says: "I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!" That line of immortal dialogue, delivered as only Moffat could, will be remembered for ages. But Moffat, who has been acting in films and on TV since the mid-1950's, was a man that could do any kind of role and do it in such a way as to make it his own. Donald Moffat's credits included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: PURSUIT OF THE GRAF SPREE - 1956 [TF]; PERSON UNKNOWN - 1956 [Short]; NAKED CITY - 1958; THE DUPONT SHOW OF THE MONTH - 1959; THE UNITED STATES STEEL HOUR - 1958-1960 [4 episodes]; CBS REPERTOIRE WORKSHOP - 1960; ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATRE - 1961; LOOK UP AND LIVE - 1961; THE DEFENDERS - 1963-1965; CORONET BLUE - 1967; OF MICE AND MEN - 1968 [TV Movie]; RACHEL, RACHEL - 1968 [TF]; HERE COMES THE BRIDES - 1969; THE FILE ON DEVLIN - 1969 [TV Movie]; ROOM 222 - 1969; LANCER - 1970; THE HIGH CHAPARREL - 1970; R.P.M. - 1970 [TF]; HAWAII FIVE-O - 1970; THE YOUNG REBELS - 1970; MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - 1971; BONANZA - 1970-1971; NIGHT GALLERY ["Pickman's Model" - 1971; The first time I noticed Moffat as an actor]; THE DEVIL AND MISS SARAH - 1972 [TV Movie]; THE GREAT NORTHFIELD MINNESOTA RAID - 1972 [TF]; THE TRIAL OF THE CANTONSVILLE NINE - 1972 [TF]; SHOWDOWN - 1973 [TF]; MANNIX - 1973; THE SNOOP SISTERS - 1973; GUNSMOKE - 1974; IRONSIDE - 1972-1974; A TOUCH OF THE POET - 1974 [TV Movie]; REX HARRISON PRESENTS STORIES OF LOVE - 1974 [TV Movie] THE TERMINAL MAN - 1974 [TF]; THE NEW LAND - 1974; EARTHQUAKE - 1974 [TF]; GREAT PERFORMANCES - 1975; THE CALL OF THE WILD - 1976 [TV Movie]; THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN - 1975-1976; THE WALTONS - 1977; CODE R - 1977; ELEANOR AND FRANKLIN: THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS - 1977 [TV Movie]; EXO-MAN - 1977 [TV Movie]; MARY WHITE - 1977 [TV Movie]; THE FITZPATRICKS - 1977; WAITING FOR GODOT - 1977 [TV Movie]; LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE - 1978; LOGAN'S RUN - 1977-1978 {Series Regular; 14 episodes]; SERGEANT MATLOVICH VS. THE U.S. AIR FORCE - 1978 [TV Movie]; LAND OF NO RETURN - 1978 [TF]; THE WORD - 1978 [TV mini-series]; THE GIFT OF LOVE - 1978 [TV Movie]; TARTUFFE - 1978 [TV Movie]; FAMILY - 1977-1979; STRANGERS: THE STORY OF A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER - 1979 [TV Movie]; EBONY, IVORY AND JADE - 1979 [TV Movie]; MRS. R'S DAUGHTER - 1979 [TV Movie]; PROMISES IN THE DARK - 1979 [TF]; THE CHISHOLMS - 1980; ON THE NICKEL - 1980 [TF]; THE LONG DAYS OF SUMMER - 1980 [TV Movie]; HealtH - 1980 [TF]; POPEYE - 1980 [TF]; JACQUELINE BOUVIER KENNEDY - 1981 {TV Movie]; WAGNER - 1981 [TV mini-series]; THE WHITE LIONS - 1981 [TF]; A HOUSE DIVIDED: DENMARK VESSEY'S REBELLION - 1982 [TV Movie]; THE THING - 1982 [TF]; DALLAS - 1982-1983 [3 episodes]; WHO WILL LOVE MY CHILDREN? - 1983 [TV Movie]; THROUGH NAKED EYES - 1983 [TV Movie]; THE MISSISSIPPI - 1984; LICENSE TO KILL - 1984 [TV Movie]; ALAMO BAY - 1985 [TF]; MURDER, SHE WROTE - 1985; THE TWILIGHT ZONE - 1985; THE BEST OF TIMES - 1986 [TF]; MONSTER IN THE CLOSET - 1986 [TF]; AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE - 1986; HOUSTON: THE LEGEND OF TEXAS - 1986 [TV Movie]; DESPERADO - 1987 [TV Movie] WHEN THE TIME COMES - 1987 [TV Movie]; THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING - 1988 [TF]; THE BOURNE IDENTITY - 1988 [TV mini-series]; FAR NORTH - 1988 [TF]; NECESSARY PARTIES - 1988 [TV Movie]; TATTINGER'S - 1989; L.A. LAW - 1989; CHINA BEACH - 1989; CROSS OF FIRE - 1989 [TV Movie] MUSIC BOX - 1989 [TF]; A SON'S PROMISE - 1990 [TV Movie]; KALEIDOSCOPE - 1990 [TV Movie]; THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES - 1990 [TF]; KOJAK: FLOWERS FOR MATTY - 1990 [TV Movie]; CLASS ACTION - 1991 [TF]; THE GREAT PRETENDER - 1991 [TV Movie]; REGARDING HENRY - 1991 [TF]; BABE RUTH - 1991 [TV Movie]; COLUMBO - 1992; HOUSESITTER - 1992 {TF]; TEAMSTER BOSS: THE JACKIE PRESSER STORY - 1992 [TV Movie]; MAJORITY RULE - 1992 [TV Movie] TALES OF THE CITY - 1993 [TV mini-series]; LOVE, CHEAT & STEAL - 1993 [TF]; CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER - 1994 [TF]; IS THERE LIFE OUT THERE? - 1994 [TV Movie]; TRAPPED IN PARADISE - 1994 [TF]; THE EVENING STAR - 1996 [TF]; JUST IN TIME - 1996 [Short]; DR. QUINN: MEDICINE WOMAN - 1997; A SMILE LIKE YOURS - 1997 [TF]; THE SLEEP ROOM - 1998 [TF]; COOKIE'S FORTUNE - 1999 [TF]; BULL - 2000 [5 episodes]; 61* - 2001 [TV Movie]; THE WEST WING - 2003; LAW AND ORDER: TRIAL BY JURY - 2005 [His last TV and film role]. If you noticed gaps in his film and TV roles, it is because his first love was the Stage. He studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England and quickly shed his British accent, opening him up to many roles in Hollywood and on Stage. He began his acting career as a member of London's Old Vic theater in the 1950s and was nominated for Broadway's 1967 Tony Award as Best Actor [Dramatic] for two plays, both revivals: Pirandello's "Right You Are If You Think You Are", and Ibsen's "The Wild Duck". He was also nominated for a 1976 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Guest Artist for his performance in "Misalliance" at the Academy Festival Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, as well as was awarded the 1979, 1986 & 1996 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Terra Nova", "The Iceman Cometh" and "The Heiress" respectively at theatres in Los Angeles, California. Donald Moffat passed away from complications from a stroke and was 87 years-old, six days before his 88th birthday.) - 12/20/18
JORGE GRAU (Director/Writer: Jorge Grau was an award-winning Writer and Director, best known to fans of this site as the man who directed LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE [1974], also known as DON'T OPEN THE WINDOW and THE LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE, as well as a bunch of other aliases. His credits as a director/writer included [All Theatrical Films, many of them never released to English speaking countries]: COSTA BRAVA - 1959 [Documentary Short]; SOBRE MADRID - 1960 [Documentary Short]; THE RASH ONE - 1964; A LOVE STORY - 1967; ACETEON - 1967; TUSET STREET - 1968; CANTICLE - 1970; STORY OF A GIRL ALONE - 1971; THE LEGEND OF BLOOD CASTLE - 1973; LET SLEEPING CORPSES DIE - 1974 [one of the few films he directed that he didn't write]; VIOLENT BLOOD BATH - 1974; BLOOD AND PASSION - 1975; LA SIESTA - 1976; CODE OF HUNTING - 1983; MUNECAS DE TRAPO - 1984; THE STAB - 1990; TIEMPOS MEJORES - 1994 [his last film as a writer and a director]. Mr. Grau was an Assistant Director or Second Unit Director on the following films: TEN READY RIFLES - 1959; THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES - 1961; and GOLIATH AGAINST THE GIANTS - 1961. Jorge Grau studied at the Centro Sperimentale film school in Rome, Italy, which is why many of his films have that Italian "feel" to them. He was particularly taken with the work of Roberto Rossellini. Jorge Grau died of undisclosed causes and was 88 years-old.) - 12/26/18
FRANK ADONIS (Actor: Frank Adonis used his rugged looks to get roles as Mafia goons, tough guys, bodyguards or bad guys early in his career, usually in uncredited roles [sometimes using his given name "Frank Scioscia"]. He was then noticed by Martin Scorsese, who put him in small, but memorable, roles in his films, starting with RAGING BULL [1980]. His credits included [Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: THE FRENCH CONNECTION - 1971; THE GANG THAT COULDN'T SHOOT STRAIGHT - 1971; SHAFT'S BIG SCORE! - 1972; COPS AND ROBBERS - 1973; LUCKY LUCIANO - 1973; CRAZY JOE - 1974; THE GAMBLER - 1974; THE SISTER IN LAW - 1974; PATTY - 1975; EYES OF LAURA MARS - 1978; PUNK ROCK - 1979; RAGING BULL - 1980; WOLFEN - 1981; ONE WAY OUT - 1986; WALL STREET - 1987; SPIKE OF BENSONHURST - 1988; THE EQUALIZER - 1985-1989 [TV; 4 episodes]; AMERICA'S MOST WANTED: AMERICA FIGHTS BACK - 1989 [TV]; KING OF NEW YORK - 1990; GOODFELLAS - 1990; BAD LIEUTENANT - 1992; TRUE ROMANCE - 1993; ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE - 1994; FINDING INTEREST - 1994; CASINO - 1995; THE JUROR - 1996; NEW YORK UNDERCOVER - 1996 [TV]; MOB QUEEN - 1998; ONE DEADLY ROAD - 1998; GHOST DOG: WAY OF THE SAMURAI - 1999; BLACK & WHITE - 1999; THE SOPRANOS - 2000 [HBO Series]; MAFIOSO: THE FATHER, THE SON - 2001; HIGH TIMES POTLUCK - 2002 [a rare starring role]; LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT - 2004 [TV]; FIND ME GUILTY - 2006; SADDAM - 2006; THE WOODS HAVE EYES - 2007; THE TROUBLE WITH CALI - 2012; PROXIMITY TO POWER - 2017 [his final acting role]. Frank Adonis died after a long battle with various health issues and was 83 years-old.) - 12/27/18
ROBERT KERMAN (Actor: Robert [Charles] Kerman was a well-known adult film star who used the names "Richard Bolla" or "R. Bolla" when he acted in adult fare, but is better known for readers of this site as the star of EATEN ALIVE! [1980], CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST [1980], and CANNIBAL FEROX [a.k.a. MAKE THEM DIE SLOWLY - 1981], where he used his given name. Mr. Kerman's non-porn credits included [Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]; CONCORDE AFFAIR '79 - 1979 [Directed by Ruggero Deodato]; THE CONCORDE...AIRPORT '79 - 1979; CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST - 1980; EATEN ALIVE! - 1980; CANNIBAL FEROX - 1981; THE CLAIRVOYANT - 1982; MISSION HILL - 1982; DEATH MASK - 1984; HILL STREET BLUES - 1985 [TV]; SIMON & SIMON - 1985 [TV]; HUNTER - 1986 [TV]; NIGHT OF THE CREEPS - 1986; NO WAY OUT - 1987; CAGNEY & LACEY - 1987 [TV]; SPIDER-MAN - 2002; VIC - 2006 [Short]; I FILMED MY DEATH - 2019 [ His final acting role; In Post-Production at the time of his death]. Since Mr. Kerman starred in over 180 porn films, I will just list some of his better ones: SEX WISH - 1975; GUMS - 1976 [as "Richard Lair"]; PUNK ROCK - 1977; COMMAND PERFORMANCE - 1977; DEBBIE DOES DALLAS - 1978; FIONA ON FIRE - 1978; BABYLON PINK - 1979; PLEASURE PALACE - 1979; THE GIRLS OF GODIVA HIGH - 1980; THE PINK LADIES - 1980; THE SATISFIERS OF ALPHA BLUE - 1981; BLONDE AMBITION - 1981; THE TIFFANY MINX - 1981; DEBBIE DOES DALLAS PART II - 1981; AMANDA BY NIGHT - 1981; FOXTROT - 1982; THE DEVIL IN MISS JONES PART II - 1982; SATISFACTIONS - 1983; MASCARA - 1983; SEX PLAY - 1984; DEAR FANNY - 1984; SPITFIRE - 1985; HOT BLOODED - 1985; DEBBIE DOES DALLAS III - 1985; WHERE THE SUN NEVER SHINES - 1990 [his final porn film]. According to the IMDb: "Although Kerman wanted to continue working in Europe for Italian film productions, it was not to be. He returned to New York when acting jobs in Europe did not materialize. He planed to return to Italy, but labor laws prevented him from doing so--for his last Italian film role, a minor part in Lenzi's CANNIBAL FEROX [1981], he had to film all of his scenes in New York City, as he would not be allowed to work in Italy. In 1998 Kerman received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Free Speech Coalition's annual Night of the Stars, a gala event for the adult film industry. In 2001, the theatrical re-release of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST brought Kerman out of his self-imposed retirement to promote the movie in Los Angeles. It was there that director Sam Raimi asked him to audition for a role in the first SPIDER-MAN [2002], and Kerman got the role of a New York City tugboat captain in small but memorable role." Robert Kerman died of undisclosed causes and was 71 years-old.) - 12/27/18
RINGO LAM (Director: Ringo Lam [real name: Lin Lingdong] was a director of some damn fine Hong Kong action flicks. He even ventured into directing some above average films outside of his native Hong Kong. His credits as a director included [All Theatrical Films]: ESPRIT D'AMOUR - 1983; THE OTHER SIDE OF GENTLEMAN - 1984; CUPID ONE - 1984 [also Writer]; MAD MISSION 4: YOU NEVER DIE TWICE - 1986; CITY ON FIRE - 1987 [also Producer, Writer & bit Actor; this film was the "inspiration" {i.e. rip-off} for the plot and some of the scenes in Quentin Tarantino's RESERVOIR DOGS.]; PRISON ON FIRE - 1987; SCHOOL ON FIRE - 1988 [also Producer] WILD SEARCH - 1989; UNDECLARED WAR - 1990; TOUCH AND GO - 1991 [also bit Actor]; PRISON ON FIRE II - 1991; THE TWIN DRAGONS - 1992 [also bit Actor]; FULL CONTACT - 1992; BURNING PARADISE - 1994; THE ADVENTURERS - 1995 [also Writer]; MAXIMUM RISK - 1996; FULL ALERT - 1997 [also Producer & Writer]; THE SUSPECT - 1998 [also Writer]; VICTIM - 1999 [also Producer & Writer]; THE REPLICANT - 2001 [I think this is one of Jean-Claude Van Damme's best films]; LOOKING FOR MISTER PERFECT - 2003 [also Writer]; IN HELL - 2003 [another Van Damme winner]; TRIANGLE - 2007; WILD CITY - 2015 [also Producer & Writer]; SKY ON FIRE - 2016 [also Writer]; EIGHT & A HALF - 2019 [filming at the time of his death]. Mr. Lamb also Produced A MOMENT OF ROMANCE [1985] and SIMON SEZ [1999]. On June 27, 2015, Mr. Lam received the Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th New York Asian Film Festival. Ringo Lam died of undisclosed causes and was just 64 years-old.) - 12/29/18
BRIAN GARFIELD (Author/Screenwriter: Brian Francis Wynne Garfield was a writer, whose novel "Death Wish" heralded the Charles Bronson vigilante revenge drama DEATH WISH [and recent remake] and its four sequels. Many of his other novels were also turned into films and he wrote the screenplay to one of them, HOPSCOTCH [1980], where there are no killings, just to prove to the naysayers that he could write a novel where no one dies or is killed. Movies using his novels included [Theatrical Films unless otherwise marked: DEATH WISH - 1974; THE EXECUTIONER - 1975 [Turkish film that rips off DEATH WISH verbatim]; THE LAST HARD MEN - 1975 [based on Garfield's novel "Gun Down"]; RELENTLESS - 1977 [TV Movie]; WILD TIMES - 1980 [TV mini-series]; HOPSCOTCH - 1980 [also Screenwriter & Associate Producer; nominated for a WGA Award® for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium]; DEATH WISH II [Based on Characters from his novel]; LEGS - 1983 [TV Movie]; FLESHBURN - 1983 [Based on his novel "Fear in a Handful of Dust"]; TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED - 1985 [TV; episode titled "Scrimshaw"]; DEATH WISH 3 - 1985 [Based on Characters from his novel]; THE STEPFATHER - 1987 [also uncredited Associate Producer]; DEATH WISH 4: THE CRACKDOWN - 1987 [Based on Characters from his novel]; NECESSITY - 1988 [TV Movie]; STEPFATHER 2: MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY - 1989 [Based on Characters from his novel]; STEPFATHER III - 1992 [Based on Characters from his novel]; DEATH WISH V: THE FACE OF DEATH - 1994 [Based on Characters from his novel]; MOHRA - 1994 [Based on characters from his novel; an unofficial Indian remake of DEATH WISH 4: THE CRACKDOWN]; DEATH SENTENCE - 2007 [Based on his novel "Death Sentence", not "Death Wish" as it was erroneously reported endlessly by the Press; Garfield's favorite film based on one of his novels, even though it wavers from what he wrote]; 24TH STREET - 2009 [Based on Characters from his novel "The Stepfather"; an Indian remake]; THE STEPFATHER - 2009 [a limp PG-13 remake of the classic thriller; don't bother]; DEATH WISH - 2018 [Violent remake starring Bruce Willis and directed by Eli Roth; it bombed at the boxoffice, but worth at least one viewing]. Mr. Garfield's book "The Thousand Mile War" was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize®. Mr. Garfield wrote about a forty more novels which I am sure will be turned into movies in the future. Brian Garfield passed away due to Parkinson's disease and was 79 years-old.) - 12/29/18
JOE STAPLETON (Actor: Joe Stapleton was a veteran traffic reporter for Boston station for WBZ-TV, who turned his love of movies into a bit actor, as cops, law enforcement agents or other background roles, on some well-known Theatrical Films. His credits as an actor included [all Theatrical Films unless otherwise noted]: MYSTIC RIVER - 2003; HARD LUCK - 2006 [DTV]; UNDERDOG - 2007; THE INVENTION OF LYING - 2009; EDGE OF DARKNESS - 2010; LOSING CONTROL - 2011; THE A PLATE - 2011; THE HEAT - 2013; R.I.P.D. - 2013; SEX TAPE - 2014; VIRAL - 2015 [Short]; IRRATIONAL MAN - 2015; SPOTLIGHT - 2015; MANCHESTER BY THE SEA - 2016; CASTLE ROCK [Streaming series; his final acting credit]. Joe has worked as both a radio and TV broadcaster for more than 25 years. Mr. Stapleton died suddenly on New Years Day, according to WBZ News Radio, where he had worked until his death. Joe Stapleton was 55 years-old.) - 01/01/19
BOB EINSTEIN (Actor/Writer/Comedian: Bob Einstein will always be "Super Dave Osborne" to me, as I watched him religiously on the Showtime series BIZARRE [1980 - 1985], where he would put himself in the forefront as the world's most dangerous stuntman and every one of his stunts would end badly and hilariously. People today know him better as "Marty Funkhouser" on Larry David's CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM [2004 - Present], but many people don't realize that he was a successful Emmy Award®-winning comedy writer since the mid-1960's, writing for the likes of The Smothers Brothers, Pat Paulsen, Sonny & Cher, and John Byner {what happened to him?]. Mr. Einstein's acting/writing credits included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR - 1968-1969 [9 episodes; as "Officer Judy"; Emmy Award® winner in 1969 for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music]; PAT PAULSEN'S HALF A COMEDY HOUR - 1970 [8 episodes]; THREE FOR TAHITI - 1970 [TV Movie]; GET TO KNOW YOUR RABBIT - 1972 [TF]; THE JOHN BYNER COMEDY HOUR - 1972; ANOTHER NICE MESS - 1972 [TF; also Director]; THE SONNY AND CHER COMEDY HOUR - 1971-1974 [Writer of 58 episodes; Emmy Award® nominee in 1972 & 1974 for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music]; THE SONNY COMEDY REVUE - 1974 [Writer of 8 episodes]; THE HUDSON BROTHERS RAZZLE DAZZLE SHOW - 1974 [Writer of 16 episodes]; JOEY & DAD - 1975 [also Executive Producer; 4 episodes]; LOLA! - 1975-1976 [also Producer; 4 episodes]; LAUGH BACK - 1975; VAN DYKE AND COMPANY - 1976 [also Producer; Writer of 4 episodes; Emmy Award® winner in 1977 for Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series]; RED FOXX - 1977 [also Producer]; BIZARRE - 1981-1985 [Showtime Series; Creator/Star/Producer & Writer; unknown amount of episodes]; MODERN ROMANCE - 1981 [TF]; THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR - 1988; SUPER DAVE: DAREDEVIL FOR HIRE - 1992 [Animated Series; also Executive Producer; Lasted 13 episodes; Voice only]; THE SUPER DAVE SUPERBOWL OF KNOWLEDGE - 1994 [Animated Special; also Executive Producer; Voice only]; SUPER DAVE'S VEGAS SPECTACULAR - 1995 [TV Special; also Executive Producer]; ROSEANNE - 1997; SUPER DAVE'S ALL STARS - 1997-1998 [also Executive Producer]; NORM - 1999; SUPER DAVE - 1991-1999 [Showtime Series; also Executive Producer; things got quite dirty!]; THE EXTREME ADVENTURES OF SUPER DAVE - 1999 [MFHV; also Executive Producer]; TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC - 2002 [TF]; THE MAN SHOW - 2003; CRANK YANKERS - 2002-2003 [8 episodes]; ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT - 2005-2006 [5 episodes]; THE JEFF GARLIN PROGRAM - 2006; OCEAN'S THIRTEEN - 2007 [TF]; WELCOME TO THE CAPTAIN - 2008; SUPER DAVE'S SPIKE TACULAR - 2009 [also Executive Producer; 4 episodes; his last writing credit]; SHIT YEAR - 2010 [TF]; THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TIM - 2010-2012 [HBO Animated Series; Voice only]; ANGER MANAGEMENT - 2013; STRANGE MAGIC - 2015 [TF; Voice only; also Music Performer]; COMEDY BANG! BANG! - 2015; CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM - 2004-2017 [22 episodes; his last acting credit]. Mr. Einstein was also a guest on many of the Late Night Entertainment shows. Bob Einstein was the brother of actor/comedian Albert Brooks [LOST IN AMERICA - 1985; DEFENDING YOUR LIFE - 1991] and was the father of comedian Harry Parke, also known as "Parkyakarkus". Bob Einstein passed away due to complications of cancer and was 76 years-old.) - 01/02/19
GENE OKERLUND (Actor/Interviewer: 'Mean' Gene Okerlund [real name: Eugene Arthur Okerlund] was a mainstay in wrestling during the Golden Years, the '80s & '90s, interviewing many of the WWF's [now known as WWE] superstars, beginning with the era of Hulk Hogan. Given the name "Mean Gene" by wrestler-turned-conspiracy theorist Jesse 'The Body' Ventura, the name stuck throughout Mr. Okerlund's illustrious career. His interviews were always entertaining, even if you didn't like professional wrestling, mainly due to his reactions to some of the wrestlers' replies. He was able to turn his interview career into some part-time acting assignments, appearing both on TV and in films. His credits as an actor included [Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]; THE A-TEAM - 1985 [TV]; NO HOLDS BARRED - 1989; REPOSSESSED - 1990; TIMEMASTER - 1995; READY TO RUMBLE - 2000; ANDRE THE GIANT - 2018 [HBO Documentary]. The real meat of Mean Gene's career were the many VHS compilations of wrestling matches, nearly 100 of them, with names such as RODDY PIPER'S GREATEST HITS - 1985; RICKY THE DRAGON STEAMBOAT - 1986; WWF: THE BIG EVENT - 1986; THE MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE & ELIZABETH - 1986; THE KEN PATERA STORY - 1987; THE HART FOUNDATION - 1987; JAKE THE SNAKE ROBERTS - 1987; HULKAMANIA 2 - 1987; GEORGE THE ANIMAL STEELE - 1987; BRUTUS THE BARBER BEEFCAKE - 1988; THE BRAINS BEHIND THE BRAWN - 1989; HULK HOGAN: REAL AMERICAN - 1989; HIGH FLYERS - 1989; BASHED IN THE USA - 1994 and many others. He retired from wrestling early in the New Millennium, making his final TV appearance on WWE RAW'S 25th Anniversary [2018]. Mean Gene sang the national anthem at the very first WrestleMania [1985], was best man at the Iron Shiek's wedding and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 1st, 2006, by his close friend Hulk Hogan. Vince McMahon paid tribute to Gene in a statement, saying, "It was impossible not to crack a smile whenever 'Mean' Gene Okerlund entered a room. He was the voice behind so many of WWEs most iconic and entertaining moments, and the WWE family will miss him immensely." Gene's son, Todd Okerlund, told reporters that his father died from injuries from a fall earlier in December and that he was in poor health before the fall, complaining that he had a hard time breathing. Gene Okerlund died in a nursing home with his wife of 55 years by his side. Mean Gene Okerlund was 76 years-old. ADDENDUM: After his death, Hulk Hogan delivered an emotional eulogy on WWE's MONDAY NIGHT RAW. He was visibly shaken and a clip segment showed us why. Nicely done, WWE!) - 01/02/19
GREGG RUDLOFF (Sound Mixer: Gregg Rudloff was a multiple Academy Award® and Emmy Award® winner who provided the sound mix on over 200 films. Rather than list them all, I will only list the ones that are familiar to readers of this site. His credits as a re-recording mixer included [Theatrical Films unless otherwise noted]: THIS IS SPINAL TAP - 1984; THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION - 1984; SAVAGE STREETS - 1984; HYPERSPACE - 1984; AVENGING ANGEL - 1985; PORKY'S REVENGE - 1985; THUNDER ALLEY - 1985; AN EARLY FROST - 1985 [TV Movie; Emmy Award® winner for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Special]; REAL GENIUS - 1985; MAKING CONTACT - 1985; HOUSE - 1985; OUT OF BOUNDS - 1986; SOUL MAN - 1986; NO MERCY - 1986; DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR - 1987; HOT PURSUIT - 1987; HOUSE II: THE SECOND STORY - 1987; THE PRINCIPAL - 1987; THE PRINCESS BRIDE - 1987; WORLD GONE WILD - 1987; SHOOT TO KILL - 1988; CROCODILE DUNDEE II - 1988; THE RESCUE - 1988; SHOOTDOWN - 1988 [TV Movie]; DEEPSTAR SIX - 1989; WARLOCK - 1989; HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS - 1989; GLORY - 1989 [Academy Award® winner for Best Sound]; SPACED INVADERS - 1990; SOLAR CRISIS - 1990; SHATTERED - 1991; ONE GOOD COP - 1991; THE ROCKETEER - 1991; HONEY, I BLEW UP THE KID - 1992; COMPLEX OF FEAR - 1993 [TV Movie]; NEEDFUL THINGS - 1993; THE SPECIALIST - 1994; OUTBREAK - 1995; UNDER SIEGE: DARK TERRITORY - 1995; EXECUTIVE DECISION - 1996; SPACE JAM - 1996; ABSOLUTE POWER - 1997; CONSPIRACY THEORY - 1997; FIRE DOWN BELOW - 1997; THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE - 1997; THE POSTMAN - 1997; LETHAL WEAPON 4 - 1998; SOLDIER - 1998; TRUE CRIME - 1998; THE MATRIX - 1999 [Academy Award® winner for Best Sound]; DEEP BLUE SEA - 1999; THE BONE COLLECTOR - 1999; FREEDOM SONG - 2000; ROMEO MUST DIE - 2000; BATTLEFIELD EARTH - 2000; EXIT WOUNDS - 2001; SWORDFISH - 2001; THE LAST CASTLE - 2001; THIR13EN GHOSTS - 2001; COLLTERAL DAMAGE - 2002; SHOWTIME - 2002; SCOOBY-DOO - 2002; GHOST SHIP - 2002; THE MATRIX RELOADED - 2002; THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS - 2003; TAKING LIVES - 2004; CATWOMAN - 2004; CONSTANTINE - 2005; HOUSE OF WAX - 2005; THE DUKES OF HAZZARD - 2005; POSEIDON - 2006; THE ILLUSIONIST - 2006; SUPERMAN RETURNS - 2006; FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS - 2006; THE REAPING - 2007; THE INVASION - 2007; SPEED RACER - 2008; GET SMART - 2008; GRAN TORINO - 2008; WHITEOUT - 2009; NINJA ASSASSIN - 2009; EDGE OF DARKNESS - 2010; THE RITE - 2011; GREEN LANTERN - 2011; ARGO - 2012; PACIFIC RIM - 2013; THE LEGO MOVIE - 2014; AMERICAN SNIPER - 2014; MAD MAX: FURY ROAD - 2015 [Academy Award® winner for Best Achievement in Sound Mixing]; SPECTRE - 2015; THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN - 2016; DEATH NOTE - 2017; THE FOREIGNER - 2017; THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND - 2018 [his final credit]. Mr. Rudloff was the son of fellow sound man Tex Rudloff, Oscar nominee for THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY [1978]. Gregg Rudloff committed suicide [No method of how or reason why was revealed by the police] and he was 63 years-old.) - 01/06/19
PAOLO PAOLONI (Actor: Mr. Paoloni was an Italian character actor who usually portrayed doctors, businessmen or men of the cloth. He should be familiar to readers of this site, as he appeared in some films that I have reviewed, but his main focus was comedy films. His credits as an actor included [Theatrical Films unless otherwise marked]: THE BLACK SHEEP - 1968; MEDICINE ITALIAN STYLE - 1969; LA RAGAZZA DEL PRETE - 1970; IN THE NAME OF THE ITALIAN PEOPLE - 1971; EROTOMANIA - 1974; WHITE COLLAR BLUES - 1975; WHITE HORSES OF SUMMER - 1975; IL SECONDO TRAGICO FANTOZZI - 1976; TUTTI POSSONO ARRICCHIRE TRANNE I POVERI - 1976; L'ALTRA META DEL CIELO - 1977; AN AVERAGE LITTLE MAN - 1977; GRAZIE TANTE - ARRIVEDERCI - 1977; WHERE ARE YOU GOING ON HOLIDAY? - 1978; DR. JEKYLL LIKES THEM HOT - 1979; TESORO MIO - 1979; INFERNO - 1980; CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST - 1980; THE PRECARIOUS BANK TELLER - 1980; VIENI AVANTI CRETINO - 1982; AND THE SHIP SAILS ON - 1983; HEART - 1984 [TV mini-series]; STRADIVARI - 1988; I, PETER PAN - 1989; THE HOUSE OF CLOCKS - 1989 [TV Movie]; VOYAGE OF TERROR: THE ACHILLE LAURO AFFAIR - 1990 [TV Movie]; THE MISER - 1990; THE KING'S WHORE - 1990; TONIGHT AT ALICE'S - 1990; DON'T OPEN THE DOOR FOR THE MAN IN BLACK - 1990 [TV Movie]; CHRISTMAS VACATION '90 - 1990; VOICES FROM BEYOND - 1991; CHRISTMAS VACATION '91 - 1991; KILLER RULES - 1993 [TV Movie]; FANTOZZI IN PARADISE - 1993; CHICKEN PARK - 1994; THE RETURN OF FANTOZZI - 1996; DOUBLE TEAM - 1997; DIRTY LINEN - 1999; FALCONE - 1999 [TV Movie]; FANTOZZI 2000 - THE CLONING - 1999; LAGUNA - 2001; RIPLEY'S GAME - 2002; THE HAUNTING OF HELENA - 2012; BLESSED MADNESS - 2018 [his final acting role]. Mr. Paoloni also appeared in many Italian films and TV series that were never released in English speaking countries. Paolo Paoloni died of undisclosed causes and was 89 years-old.) - 01/09/19
VERNA BLOOM (Actress: A lovely, talented actress that I best remember in Clint Eastwood's film HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER [1973], but she appeared in many popular films, including a role as Dean Wormer's wife in ANIMAL HOUSE [1978]. Her credits as an actress included [Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: NBC EXPERIMENT WITH TELEVISION - 1967 [TV]; N.Y.P.D. - 1967 [TV]; DIRECTIONS - 1968 [TV]; BONANZA - 1969 [TV]; MEDIUM COOL - 1969; CHILDREN'S GAMES - 1969; THE HIRED HAND - 1971; PARTICULAR MEN - 1972 [TV Movie]; DOC ELLIOT - 1973 [TV]; HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER - 1973; BADGE 373 - 1973; WHERE HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE GONE? - 1974 [TV Movie]; SARAH T.: PORTRAIT OF A TEENAGE ALCOHOLIC - 1976 [TV Movie]; THE BLUE KNIGHT - 1975 [TV]; KOJAK - 1976 [TV]; POLICE STORY - 1973-1976 [TV]; VISIONS - 1977 [TV]; CONTACT ON CHERRY STREET - 1977 [TV Movie]; LOU GRANT - 1977 [TV]; GIBBSVILLE - 1977 [TV]; ANIMAL HOUSE - 1978; PLAYING WITH TIME - 1980 [TV Movie]; RIVKIN: BOUNTY HUNTER - 1981 [TV Movie]; HONKYTONK MAN - 1982; THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN - 1985; AFTER HOURS - 1985; PROMISES TO KEEP - 1985 [TV Movie]; CAGNEY & LACEY - 1987 [TV]; THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST - 1988; THE EQUALIZER - 1988-1989 [TV]; DOCTOR QUINN, MEDICINE WOMAN - 1993 [TV]; THE WEST WING - 2003 [TV; her final acting role]. Ms. Bloom was also a Stage actress and she Co-founded the Trident Playhouse in Denver, Colorado and starred in the Broadway production of MARAT/SADE in 1967, which led to film and TV roles. Verna Bloom passed away from complications from dementia and was 80 years-old.) - 01/09/19
PAUL KOSLO (Actor: Mr. Koslo was a great character actor known for his bad guy roles in both A and B films as well as on TV. He had a face when once seen is never forgotten. I have reviewed many of the films he appeared in, which makes his passing far more sad for me. His credits as an actor included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: FESTIVAL - 1966; LITTLE WHITE LIES - 1966 [Short]; HOUSE OF ZODIAC - 1969; THE LOSERS - 1970 [TF; The first time Koslo became known to me]; VANISHING POINT - 1971 [TF; a classic]; SCANDALOUS JOHN - 1971 [TF]; THE OMEGA MAN - 1971 [TF]; BEARCATS! - 1971; THE BIRDMEN - 1971 [TV Movie]; LONGSTREET - 1971; WELCOME HOME SOLDIER BOYS - 1971 [TF; A fantastic film waiting to be rediscovered]; MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - 1972; IRONSIDE - 1972 [TV]; JOE KIDD - 1972 [TF]; THE DAUGHTERS OF JOSHUA CABE - 1972 [TV Movie]; LOLLY-MADONNA XXX - 1973 [TF]; CLEOPATRA JONES - 1973 [TF]; THE STONE KILLER - 1973 [TF]; THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN - 1973 [TF]; MR. MAJESTYK - 1974 [TF]; BOOTLEGGERS - 1974 [TF]; THE MANHUNTER - 1974; GUNSMOKE - 1974; FREEBIE AND THE BEAN - 1974 [TF]; THE DROWNING POOL - 1975 [TF]; PETROCELLI - 1975; POLICE WOMAN - 1975; SWITCH - 1975; ROOSTER COGBURN - 1975 [TF]; THE ROOKIES - 1975; CANNON - 1974-1975; POLICE STORY - 1976; SCOTT FREE - 1976 [TV Movie]; CAPTAINS AND KINGS - 1976 [TV mini-series]; VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED - 1976 [TF]; BARNABY JONES - 1977; MANIAC! [TF; a.k.a. ASSAULT IN PARADISE - 1977]; MOST WANTED - 1977; TOMORROW NEVER COMES - 1978 [TF]; DAVID CASSIDY - MAN UNDERCOVER - 1978; DALLAS - 1978; LOVE AND BULLETS - 1979 [TF]; HOW THE WEST WAS WON - 1979; THE ROCKFORD FILES - 1976-1979; ROOTS: THE NEXT GENERATION - 1979 [TV mini-series]; CHiPS - 1979; THE SACKETTS - 1979; HAWAII FIVE-O - 1976-1979; BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY - 1980; GALACTICA 1980 - 1980; RAPE AND MARRIAGE: THE RIDEOUT CASE - 1980 [TV Movie]; HEAVEN'S GATE - 1980 [TF; Here's what he had to say about appearing in this major boxoffice dud: "That was a great experience, except that the director was a little weird. After like the first nine days of work, he had 1200 extras every day for six months. Twelve hundred extras a day being made up? Can you imagine?"]; PARIS - 1980; INMATES: A LOVE STORY - 1981 [TV Movie]; HART TO HART - 1981; QUINCY M.E. - 1981; NERO WOLFE - 1981; THE INCREDIBLE HULK - 1980-1981; THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO - 1981; TODAY'S F.B.I. - 1981; STRIKE FORCE - 1982; CASSIE & CO. - 1981; BRET MAVERICK - 1982; TRAPPER JOHN, M.D. - 1982; GAVILAN - 1982; HAMBONE AND HILLIE - 1983 [TF]; KENNY ROGERS AS THE GAMBLER: THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES - 1983 [TV Movie]; MATT HOUSTON - 1984; LEGMEN - 1984; BLUE THUNDER - 1984; YOU ARE THE JURY - 1984; THE PAPER CHASE - 1984; JESSIE - 1984; KNIGHT RIDER - 1984; THE DUKES OF HAZZARD - 1984; THE GLITTER DOME - 1984 [HBO Movie]; T.J. HOOKER - 1984; DEADLY NIGHTMARES - 1985; THE ANNIHILATORS - 1985 [TF]; CRAZY LIKE A FOX - 1985; THE A-TEAM - 1983-1985; WILDSIDE - 1985; MISFITS OF SCIENCE - 1985; HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN - 1986; MACGYVER - 1986; CARIBE - 1987 [TF]; A NIGHT IN THE LIFE OF JIMMY REARDON - 1988 [TF]; FALCON CREST - 1988; OHARA - 1988; THE HIGHWAYMAN - 1988; ROBOT JOX - 1989 [TF]; HUNTER - 1989; LOOSE CANNONS - 1990 [TF]; THE OUTSIDERS - 1990; XTRO 2: THE SECOND ENCOUNTER - 1990 [TF]; SOLAR CRISIS - 1990 [TF]; LIFE GOES ON - 1990; THE FLASH - 1990; CONAGHER - 1991; DRIVE LIKE LIGHTNING - 1992 [TV Movie]; SHADOWCHASER - 1992 [MFHV]; CHAINED HEAT II - 1993 [TF]; DOWNDRAFT - 1996 [TV Movie]; JUDGE AND JURY - 1996 [TF]; WALKER, TEXAS RANGER - 1998; INFERNO - 1999 [TF]; STARGATE SG-1 - 2000; TRUE CRIME: CRIMES OF PASSION - 2002 [TV Movie Documentary]; Y.M.I. - 2004 [TF; also Producer and Second Unit Director of Rome sequences]; BREAKING THE FIFTH - 2004 [TF; his final acting role]. Mr. Koslo also produced the film ALIVE OR DEAD [2008] and Executive Produced the documentary A COUP IN CAMELOT [2015]. He also appeared as himself in the wonderfully entertaining documentary MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED! [2010] and can also be seen in the upcoming documentary CELLULOID WIZARDS IN THE VIDEO WASTELAND: THE SAGA OF EMPIRE PICTURES. Paul Koslo passed away from pancreatic cancer and was 74 years-old.) - 01/09/19
STEFANOS MILTSAKAKIS (Actor: Mr. Miltsakakis was a Greek bodybuilder who usually played Russian bad guys in action flicks, fighting Jean-Claude Van Damme in five films, the most memorable being their fight in a Russian bathhouse while they are wearing nothing but towels in the film MAXIMUM RISK [1996]. His credits as an actor included [Theatrical films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S - 1989; CYBORG - 1989; SHOOTERS - 1989; DOWNTOWN - 1990; LIONHEART - 1990; LEGION OF IRON - 1990; MATLOCK - 1990 [TV]; EERIE, INDIANA - 1991 [TV]; TED & VENUS - 1991; DOUBLE TROUBLE - 1992; WAXWORK II: LOST IN TIME - 1992; THE MASTER - 1992; SUNSET HEAT - 1992; INVINCIBLE - 1992; BAYWATCH - 1993 [TV]; BEST OF THE BEST II - 1993; MARTIAL OUTLAW - 1993 [MFHV]; T-FORCE - 1994; FISTS OF IRON - 1995; THE QUEST - 1996; MAXIMUM RISK - 1996; SHELTER - 1998; MARTIAL LAW - 1998 [TV]; BLOODSPORT: THE DARK KUMITE - 1999; BITTERSWEET - 1999 [MFHV]; NASH BRIDGES - 1998-2001 [TV; 4 episodes]; DERAILED - 2002; DAREDEVIL - 2003; COLD CASE - 2007 [TV]; BOBBY Z - 2007; THE MAN WHO CAME BACK - 2008; REACH ME - 2014; DEN OF THIEVES - 2018 [his last credit as an actor]. Stefanos Miltsakakis passed away from undisclosed causes and was 60 yeras-old.) - 01/09/19
ANDREW G. VAJNA (Producer: Whenever Budapest, Hungary-born Andrew Vajna's name is mentioned, all I think about are the excellent action films he produced in the '80s & '90s. But he wasn't just about action, he produced some damn fine horror and drama films, too. His credits as a Producer or Executive Producer included [Theatrical Films unless otherwise noted]: DEADLY CHINA DOLL - 1973 [Producer of the English language version]; THE CHANGELING - 1980; VICTORY - 1981; THE AMATEUR - 1981; SUPERSTITION - 1982; FIRST BLOOD - 1982; RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART 2 - 1985; ANGEL HEART - 1987; EXTREME PREJUDICE - 1987; RAMBO III - 1988; RED HEAT - 1988; DEEPSTAR SIX - 1989; JOHNNY HANDSOME - 1989; MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON - 1990; TOTAL RECALL - 1990; AIR AMERICA - 1990; NARROW MARGIN - 1990; JACOB'S LADDER - 1990; MEDICINE MAN - 1992; TOMBSTONE - 1993; RENAISSANCE MAN - 1994; COLOR OF NIGHT - 1994; DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE - 1995; JUDGE DREDD - 1995; THE SCARLET LETTER - 1995; NIXON - 1995; AMANDA - 1996; EVITA - 1996; SHADOW CONSPIRACY - 1997; AN ALAN SMITHEE FILM: BURN, HOLLYWOOD, BURN - 1997; THE THIRTEENTH WARRIOR - 1999 [a guilty pleasure of mine]; EYES OF THE HOLOCAUST - 2000; AN AMERICAN RHAPSODY - 2001; I SPY - 2002; TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES - 2003; BASIC INSTINCT 2 - 2006; FREEDOM'S FURY - 2006; CHILDREN OF GLORY - 2006; TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES - 2008-2009 [TV Series; Executive Producer of 31 episodes]; TERMINATOR SALVATION - 2009; SCHOOL FOR SCUMBAGS - ??? [in Pre-production at the time of his death. No word if the film will be made]. Not a bad resumé, no? According to IMDB: "Vajna helped his longtime partner, Mario Kassar, form Carolco Pictures in 1976 and was notably associated with the "Terminator" and "Rambo" franchises in the 1980s. In 1989, Vajna resigned from his position at Carolco to start his own production company, Cinergi Pictures, but that company eventually failed in the late 1990s. Vajna eventually re-teamed with Kassar in 2003 to form C-2 Pictures, solely to bring back the 'Terminator' franchise once again. Andrew G. Vajna died of undisclosed causes and was 74 years-old.) - 01/19/19
DICK MILLER (Actor: Richard "Dick" Miller was one of those character actors who improved everything he was in, no matter how bad it was. Starting his career with starring roles in some cult classics directed by Roger Corman [who would continue to employ him throughout his career], he morphed into a character actor doing mostly small parts. The parts may have been small, but Miller made them his own and did it in such a way as to make them memorable. So much so that he became a regular in all of Joe Dante's films and other people, like James Cameron, used him often. He was an actor who always gave 100% and while his death didn't come as a shock to me, it did make me realize that there will never be anyone like him again. Dick Miller's credits included [Theatrical films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: APACHE WOMAN - 1955; OKLAHOMA WOMAN - 1956; GUNSLINGER - 1956; IT CONQUERED THE WORLD - 1956; NAKED PARADISE - 1957; NOT OF THIS EARTH - 1957; THE UNDEAD - 1957; ROCK ALL NIGHT - 1957; SORORITY GIRL - 1957; CARNIVAL ROCK - 1957; WHIRLYBIRDS - 1958 [TV]; M SQUAD - 1958 [TV]; WAR OF THE SATELLITES - 1958; DRAGNET - 1958 [TV]; THE GALE STORM SHOW - 1957-1958 [TV]; BUCKET OF BLOOD - 1959; THE UNTOUCHABLES - 1959 [TV]; THE FAT MAN: THE THIRTY-TWO FRIENDS OF GINA LARDELLI - 1959 [TV Movie]; LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - 1960; THE ROARING 20'S - 1961 [TV]; ATLAS - 1961; CAPTURE THAT CAPSULE - 1961; THE LAWLESS YEAR - 1961 [TV]; CABANA 54 - 1961 [TV Movie]; PREMATURE BURIAL - 1962; OUR MAN HIGGENS - 1963 [TV]; BONANZA - 1963 [TV]; THE TERROR - 1963; X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES - 1963; GUNSMOKE - 1963 [TV]; WAGON TRAIN - 1964 [TV]; THE VIRGINIAN - 1964 [TV]; THE GIRLS ON THE BEACH - 1965; SKI PARTY - 1965; BEACH BALL - 1965; WILD WILD WINTER - 1966; BRANDED - 1966 [TV]; THE WILD ANGELS - 1966; COMBAT! - 1966 [TV]; DRAGNET 1967 - 1967 [TV]; THE DIRTY DOZEN - 1967; THE ST. VALENTINES DAY MASSACRE - 1967; A TIME FOR KILLING - 1967; THE TRIP - 1967; MANNIX - 1967-1968 [TV]; THE WILD RACERS - 1968; THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE - 1968; THE ANDERSONVILLE TRIAL - 1970 [TV Movie]; MCCLOUD - 1972 [TV]; NIGHT CALL NURSES - 1972; THE STUDENT TEACHERS - 1973; THE SLAMS - 1973; EXECUTIVE ACTION - 1973; THE YOUNG NURSES - 1973; FLY ME - 1973; TRUCK TURNER - 1974; BIG BAD MAMA - 1974 [ also the Voiceover on the theatrical trailer]; CANDY STRIPE NURSES - 1974; POLICE WOMAN - 1974 [TV]; SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS - 1974; POLICE STORY - 1975 [TV]; CAPONE - 1975; DEATH RACE 2000 - 1975; WHITE LINE FEVER - 1975; DARKTOWN STRUTTERS - 1975; CRAZY MAMA - 1975; HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD - 1976; CANNONBALL! - 1976; MOVING VIOLATION - 1976; VIGILANTE FORCE - 1976; MR. BILLION - 1977; HUNTER - 1977 [TV]; NEW YORK, NEW YORK - 1977; GAME SHOW MODELS - 1977; STARHOPS - 1978; I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND - 1978; CORVETTE SUMMER - 1978; PIRANHA - 1978; SOAP - 1979 [TV]; THE LADY IN RED - 1979; ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL - 1979; ALICE - 1979 [TV]; THE 11TH VICTIM - 1979 [TV Movie]; 1941 - 1979; BARNABY JONES - 1979 [TV]; THE HAPPY HOOKER GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - 1980; USED CARS - 1980; DR. HECKYL AND MR. HYPE - 1980; THE HOWLING - 1981 [Werewolves. Theyre like cock-a-roaches.]; SMOKEY BITES THE DUST - 1981; HEARTBEEPS - 1981; OPEN ALL NIGHT - 1982 [TV]; MOVIE MADNESS - 1982; WHITE DOG - 1982; POLICE SQUAD! - 1982 [TV]; VORTEX - 1982; TAXI - 1979-1982 [TV]; THE AFTERMATH - 1982 [Voice only]; KNOTS LANDING - 1983 [TV]; THE RENEGADES - 1983 [TV]; HEART LIKE A WHEEL - 1983; TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE - 1983; SPACE RAIDERS - 1983; GET CRAZY - 1983; ALL THE RIGHT MOVES - 1983; LIES - 1983; SWING SHIFT - 1984; V: THE FINAL BATTLE - 1984 [TV mini-series]; GREMLINS - 1984; W*A*L*T*E*R - 1984 [TV Short]; THE TERMINATOR - 1984; ROD STEWART: INFATUATION - 1984 [Music Video]; TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE - 1985 [TV]; EXPLORERS - 1985; AFTER HOURS - 1985; CHOPPING MALL - 1986; NIGHT OF THE CREEPS - 1986; ARMED RESPONSE - 1986; AMAZING STORIES - 1986 [TV]; PROJECT X - 1987; FAME - 1984-1987 [TV Series Semi-Regular; 30 episodes; also performer of two songs]; INNERSPACE - 1987; AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON - 1987; MOONLIGHTING - 1987 [TV]; STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - 1988 [TV]; UNDER THE BOARDWALK - 1988; ANGEL III: THE FINAL CHAPTER - 1988; THE 'BURBS - 1989; FREDDY'S NIGHTMARES - 1989 [TV]; FAR FROM HOME - 1989; GHOST WRITER - 1989; WHO'S THE BOSS? - 1990 [TV]; GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH - 1990; MOB BOSS - 1990; THE FLASH - 1990-1991 [TV; 6 episodes]; MOTORAMA - 1991; ROC - 1991 [TV]; EERIE, INDIANA - 1991 [TV]; THE WOMAN WHO SINNED - 1991 [TV Movie]; EVIL TOONS - 1992; AMITYVILLE 1992: IT'S ABOUT TIME - 1992; FBI: THE UNTOLD STORIES - 1992 [TV]; BODY WAVES - 1992; QUAKE - 1992 [MFHV]; UNLAWFUL ENTRY - 1992; MATINEE - 1993; FALLEN ANGELS - 1993 [Pay TV Seris]; BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM - 1993 [Voice only]; MIDNIGHT RUNAROUND - 1994 [TV Movie]; MONA MUST DIE - 1994; ATTACK OF THE 5FT. 2 WOMAN - 1994 [TV Movie]; SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROCK! - 1994 [TV Movie]; REBEL HIGHWAY - 1994 [Cable Series]; BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES - 1994 [TV; Voice only]; WILD NIGHT - 1994 [John Mellencamp Music Video]; LOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN - 1994 [TV]; STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - 1995 [TV]; TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHT - 1995; NUMBER ONE FAN - 1995; WEIRD SCIENCE - 1996 [TV]; SISTER, SISTER - 1996 [TV]; THE SECOND CIVIL WAR - 1997 [TV Movie]; THE WARLORD: BATTLE FOR THE GALAXY - 1998 [TV Movie]; SMALL SOLDIERS - 1998; ER - 1999 [TV]; CLUELESS - 1999 [TV]; NYPD BLUE - 1999 [TV]; SNOOPS - 1999 [TV]; TIME OF YOUR LIFE - 1999 [TV]; ROUTE 666 - 2001; KAREN SISCO - 2003 [TV]; LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION - 2003; JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED - 2005 [TV; Voice only]; TRAPPED ASHES - 2006; TRAIL OF THE SCREAMING FOREHEAD - 2007; THE HOLE - 2009; 3RD SHIFT: MICHAEL'S LAMENT - 2009; BURYING THE EX - 2014; THE ADVENTURES OF BIFFLE AND SHOOSTER - 2015; SCHMO BOAT - 2015 [Short]; HIDEOUSER AND HIDEOUSER - 2018 [Short]; HANUKKAH - 2019 [his final acting role]. Dick Miller supplied the story or screenplay to FOUR RODE OUT - 1970; WHICH WAY TO THE FRONT? - 1970; and TNT JACKSON - 1974. He also directed one episode of MIAMI VICE in 1986. He was also the subject of the 2014 documentary THAT GUY DICK MILLER [which everyone should see to appreciate how much he contributed to films that we all know and love]. Pretty impressive resumé, right? Dick Miller had this to say when asked why his older films are still popular "I wish I knew. It's funny, looking at a picture that's 50 years old and seeing that it hasn't lost any of the--what's the word?--magic. They had magic. They were cheap. They were inexpensive to make, but they've held up for 50 years." These films were popular mainly due to Mr. Miller's performances. He was a one-of-a-kind-person who will never be forgotten. Dick Miller died of natural causes and was 90 years-old. Now it the time to entertain God, my friend. Farewell to one of the nicest people in the world. It won't be the same here without you.) - 01/30/19
JULIE ADAMS (Actress: Julie Adams [real name: Betty May Adams] was an actress best remembered by readers of this site as the star of THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON [1954] whose iconic image from that film was jack-off bait to millions of young boys in the 1950's. Miss Adams was an accomplished actress before that film and she did many TV series and theatrical films after that. Her credits as an actress included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: YOUR SHOW TIME - 1949; RED, HOT AND BLUE - 1949 [TF]; THE DALTON GANG - 1949 [TF]; HOSTILE COUNTRY - 1950 [TF]; MARSHAL OF HELDORADO - 1950 [TF]; CROOKED RIVER - 1950 [TF]; COLORADO RANGER - 1950 [TF]; WEST OF THE BRAZOS - 1950 [TF]; FAST ON THE DRAW - 1950 [TF]; FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE - 1950 [TF]; BRIGHT VICTORY - 1951 [TF]; HOLLYWOOD STORY - 1951 [TF]; BEND OF THE RIVER - 1952 [TF]; FINDERS KEEPERS - 1952 [TF]; TREASURE OF LOST CANYON - 1952 [TF]; HORIZONS WEST - 1952 [TF]; THE LAWLESS BREED - 1953 [TF]; THE MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER - 1953 [TF]; THE MAN FROM THE ALAMO - 1953 [TF]; THE STAND AT APACHE RIVER - 1953 [TF]; THE WINGS OF THE HAWK - 1953 [TF]; CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON - 1954 [TF]; FRANCIS JOINS THE WACS - 1954 [TF]; SIX BRIDGES TO CROSS - 1955 [TF]; THE LOOTERS - 1955 [TF]; ONE DESIRE - 1955 [TF][; THE PRIVATE WAR OF MAJOR BENSON - 1955 [TF]; THE COLGATE COMEDY HOUR - 1955; STUDIO ONE IN HOLLYWOOD - 1956; AWAY ALL BOATS - 1956 [TF]; FOUR GIRLS IN TOWN - 1957 [TF]; LUX VIDEO THEATRE - 1955-1957 [3 episodes]; SLAUGHTER ON 10TH AVENUE - 1957 [TF]; CLIMAX! - 1957; SLIM CARTER - 1957 [TF]; PLAYHOUSE 90 - 1958; YANCY DERRINGER - 1958; TARAWA BEACHHEAD - 1958 [TF]; ZANE GREY THEATER - 1958; THE LORETTA YOUNG SHOW - 1958; ONE STEP BEYOND - 1959; STEVE CANYON - 1959; GUNFIGHT AT DODGE CITY - 1959 [TF]; THE MAN AND THE CHALLENGE - 1959; THE ALASKANS - 1959; CHEYENNE - 1960; MAVERICK - 1959-1960; GOODYEAR THEATRE - 1958-1960; ALCOA THEATRE - 1960; THE RIFLEMAN - 1960; TATE - 1960; RAYMIE - 1960 [TF]; MARKHAM - 1960; WRANGLER - 1960; MICHAEL SHAYNE - 1960; BONANZA - 1961; ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS - 1958-1961 [3 episodes]; HAWAIIAN EYE - 1960-1961; OUTLAWS - 1961; SURFSIDE 6 - 1961; THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW - 1962; THE DICK POWELL THEATRE - 1962; THE UNDERWATER CITY - 1962 [TF]; DR. KILDARE - 1962; CHECKMATE - 1960-1962; KING OF DIAMONDS - 1962; THE GALLANT MEN - 1963; ARREST AND TRIAL - 1963; 77 SUNSET STRIP - 1959-1964 [5 episodes]; KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATRE - 1964-1965; TICKLE ME - 1965 [TF]; PERRY MASON - 1963-1965 [4 episodes]; 12 O'CLOCK HIGH - 1965; BURKE'S LAW - 1965; THE LONG HOT SUMMER - 1965; THE VIRGINIAN - 1966; THE GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E. - 1967; VALLEY OF MYSTERY - 1967 [TV Movie]; INSIGHT - 1967; THE BIG VALLEY - 1966-1968; IRONSIDE - 1968; THE OUTSIDER - 1968; MY FRIEND TONY - 1969; THE F.B.I. - 1969; DAN AUGUST - 1970; THE BOLD ONES: THE NEW DOCTORS - 1970-1971; THE YOUNG LAWYERS - 1971; THE LAST MOVIE - 1971 [TF]; THE TRACKERS - 1971 [TV Movie]; NIGHT GALLERY - 1972; THE JIMMY STEWART SHOW - 1971-1972 [Series Regular; 24 episodes]; THE DORIS DAY SHOW - 1969-1972; GO ASK ALICE - 1973 [TV Movie]; MOD SQUAD - 1968-1973; SEARCH - 1973; MANNIX - 1968-1973; MCQ - 1974 [TF]; LUCAS TANNER - 1974; RUN, JOE, RUN - 1974; PSYCHIC KILLER - 1974 [TF]; KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER - 1975; CARIBE - 1975; THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO - 1975; THE WILD MCCULLOCHS - 1975 [TF]; MOBILE ONE - 1975; MARCUS WELBY, M.D. - 1969-1975; ELLERY QUEEN - 1975; CANNON - 1972-1975; MEDICAL CENTER - 1976; SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR - 1976 [TV Movie]; THE KILLER INSIDE ME - 1976 [TF]; MCMILLAN & WIFE - 1977; THIS IS THE LIFE - 1977; POLICE WOMAN - 1978; GOODBYE, FRANKLIN HIGH - 1978 [TF]; THE RUNAWAYS - 1978; THE INCREDIBLE HULK - 1978; THE FIFTH FLOOR - 1978 [TF]; GREATEST HEROES OF THE BIBLE - 1978; TRAPPER JOHN, M.D. - 1980; DAN AUGUST: THE TROUBLE WITH WOMEN - 1980 [TV Movie]; VEGA$ - 1981; CAGNEY AND LACEY - 1982; QUINCY M.E. - 1977-1982 [3 episodes]; CODE RED - 1981-1982 [Series Regular; 17 episodes]; CHAMPIONS - 1984 [TF]; HOT PURSUIT - 1984; TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT - 1981-1984; CAPITOL - 1984-1986 [3 episodes]; BLACK ROSES - 1988 [TF]; CATCHFIRE - 1990 [TF]; MURDER, SHE WROTE - 1987-1993 [10 episodes]; BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 - 1993; THE CONVICTION OF KITTY DODDS - 1993 [TV Movie]; DIAGNOSIS MURDER - 1997; MELROSE PLACE - 1999; SLIDERS - 1999; FAMILY LAW - 2000; LOST - 2005 [Short]; CLOSE TO HOME - 2005; WORLD TRADE CENTER - 2006 [TF]; LOST - 2006; COLD CASE - 2006; CSI: NY - 2007; LOST: MISSING PIECES - 2008 [TV mini-series]; CARNAGE - 2011 [TF; Voice only; also Dialect Coach for Christoph Waltz]; THE LUCKY SOUTHERN STAR - 2018 [Short; her final acting role]. Archive footage of Miss Adams appeared in GOLD GLORY AND CUSTER - 1964 [A Theatrical Feature compromised of episodes of CHEYENNE], THE HORROR SHOW - 1979 [TV Documentary featuring Adams in THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON], John Waters' CRY BABY - 1990 [TF], and the TV Series ELEMENTARY - 2016. Miss Adams was also a panelist on the Game Show YOU DON'T SAY - 1963-1969 and LIAR'S CLUB - 1969. Julie Adams, who was crowned "Miss Little Rock" when she was 19 years-old, was married to actor/director Ray Danton (They met on the set of THE LOOTERS - 1955), who put her in his PSYCHIC KILLER in 1974. They divorced in 1978. Universal Pictures insured Miss Adams' legs for $125,000 with Lloyds Of London. After hearing of Julie Adams' death, Guillermo Del Toro Tweeted : "I mourn Julie Adams passing. It hurts in a place deep in me, where monsters swim." His Academy Award® winning THE SHAPE OF WATER was based on Julie Adams' role in the CREATURE OF THE BLACK LAGOON. Julie Adams passed away from natural causes and was 92 years-old.) - 02/03/19
ALBERT FINNEY (Actor: Albert Finney was a Shakespearean actor who quickly graduated to films and was nominated for an Academy Award® as Best Actor an amazing five times (but never won). His performances in films speaks to his greatness and he was one of the last batch of great actors to appear in epics as well as horror films. If the role was good, he would accept it no matter what genre it was, making it his own. Albert Finney's credits as an actor included [Theatrical films unless otherwise noted]: SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER - 1956 [TV Movie]; THE MISER - 1956 [TV Movie]; THE CLAVERDON ROAD JOB - 1957 [TV Movie]; BBC SUNDAY-NIGHT THEATRE - 1958 [TV]; EMERGENCY-WARD 10 - 1959 [TV; 4 episodes]; A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM - 1959 [TV Movie]; THE ENTERTAINER - 1960; SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING - 1960 [BAFTA Award® winer for Best British Actor]; THEATRE NIGHT - 1960 [TV]; TOM JONES - 1963 [Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Actor in a Leading Role]; THE VICTORS - 1963; NIGHT MUST FALL - 1964 [also Uncredited Producer]; TWO FOR THE ROAD - 1967; CHARLIE BUBBLES - 1968 [also Director]; THE PICASSO SUMMER - 1969; SCROOGE - 1970 [Golden Globe Award® winner for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical]; GUMSHOE - 1971 [also Uncredited Producer]; ALPHA BETA - 1974 [also Uncredited Producer]; MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS - 1974 [Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Actor in a Leading Role]; FORGET-ME-NOT-LANE - 1975 [TV Movie]; THE ADVENTURE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES' SMARTER BROTHER - 1975 [Finney had a quick cameo as an audience member at an opera]; THE DUELLISTS - 1977; LOOPHOLE - 1981; WOLFEN - 1981; LOOKER - 1981 [A totally overlooked film that is more relevant today than when it was made]; SHOOT THE MOON - 1982; ANNIE - 1982; THE DRESSER - 1983 [Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Actor in a Leading Role]; POPE JOHN PAUL II - 1984 [TV Movie]; UNDER THE VOLCANO - 1984 [Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Actor in a Leading Role]; THE BIKO INQUEST - 1984 [TV Movie; also Director]; ORPHANS - 1987; A SIMPLE MAN - 1987 [TV Movie]; THE ENDLESS GAME - 1989 [TV mini-series]; THE IMAGE - 1990; MILLER'S CROSSING - 1990 [I LOVE this film!!!]; THE GREEN MAN - 1990 [TV mini-series]; THE PLAYBOYS - 1992; RICH IN LOVE - 1992; THE BROWNING VERSION - 1994; A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE - 1994; THE RUN OF THE COUNTRY - 1995; KARAOKE - 1996 [TV mini-series]; COLD LAZARUS - 1996 [TV mini-series]; NOSTROMO - 1996-1997 [TV mini-series]; WASHINGTON SQUARE - 1997; A RATHER ENGLISH MARRIAGE - 1998 [TV movie]; BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS - 1999; SIMPATICO - 1999; ERIN BROCKOVICH - 2000 [Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]; TRAFFIC - 2000; HEMINGWAY, THE HUNTER OF DEATH - 2001; DELIVERING MILO - 2001; THE GATHERING STORM - 2002 {TV Movie; Emmy Award® winner for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, for portraying Winston Churchill; also won a Golden Globe Award® and BAFTA Award®]; MY UNCLE SILAS - 2001-2003 [TV; 9 episodes]; BIG FISH - 2003; OCEAN'S TWELVE - 2004; CORPSE BRIDE - 2005 [Voice only]; ASPECTS OF LOVE - 2005; A GOOD YEAR - 2006; AMAZING GRACE - 2006; THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM - 2007; BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD - 2007; THE BOURNE LEGACY - 2012; SKYFALL - 2012 [his final acting role]. Mr. Finney was also an Uncredited Producer of IF... - 1968 and O LUCKY MAN! - 1973, two films starring Malcolm McDowell and directed by Lindsay Anderson that are considered classics in their field [which can best be described as forays into the weird and unusual]. Albert Finney refused to have an agent or manager and believed he could get the roles he wanted [which he did]. He turned down nearly every role he was offered, preferring to choose his own roles. He formed a film production company in the mid-'60s and silently produced many films, refusing to take a Producer's credit. His first love was the stage and he won many awards for his stage work. Mr. Finney was mentored by both Charles Laughton and Laurence Olivier early in his career, which is probably the reason why he was such an excellent actor [well, that and his raw talent]. Albert Finney passed away from a chest infection and was 82 years-old.) - 02/07/19
JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT (Actor: Jan-Michael Vincent was an amazingly popular actor in the '70s & '80s, but alcoholism put an end to his career in the mid-'80s while he was starring on the popular TV Series AIRWOLF [1984-1986], when he would show up drunk and not remember his lines, causing the series to be canceled. He took roles in various B-Movies after that, usually in minor supporting roles, but he would still show up inebriated on set and was soon blackballed from the business. A series of accidents and surgeries would then complicate his life and he lived a life of seclusion in Mississippi. Jan-Michael Vincent's credits as an actor included [Theatrical films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: THE HARDY BOYS: THE MYSTERY OF THE CHINESE JUNK - 1967; DRAGNET '67 - 1967 [TV]; THE BANDITS - 1967; LASSIE - 1968 [TV; 3 episodes]; JOURNEY TO SHILOH - 1968; BONANZA - 1968-1969 [TV]; THE BANANA SPLITS ADVENTURE HOUR - 1968-1969 [TV; 9 episodes of the series "Danger Island']; THE UNDEFEATED - 1969; THE SURVIVORS - 1969-1970 [TV; 10 episodes]; THE TRIBE - 1970 [TV Movie]; DAN AUGUST - 1971 [TV]; MEN AT LAW - 1971 [TV]; THE PERSUADERS! - 1971 [TV]; GUNSMOKE - 1971 [TV]; GOING HOME - 1971; THE LAST OF THE POWERSEEKERS - 1971 [TV Movie]; THE CATCHER - 1972 [TV Movie]; SANDCASTLES - 1972 [TV Movie]; THE MECHANIC - 1972 [The movie that got him noticed in the industry]; THE WORLD'S GREATEST ATHLETE - 1973; MARCUS WELBY, M.D. - 1973 [TV]; DELIVER US FROM EVIL - 1973 [TV Movie]; TOMA - 1973 [TV]; BUSTER AND BILLIE - 1974; POLICE STORY - 1973-1975 [TV]; BITE THE BULLET - 1975; WHITE LINE FEVER - 1975; BABY BLUE MARINE - 1976; SHADOW OF THE HAWK - 1976; VIGILANTE FORCE - 1976; DAMNATION ALLEY - 1978; BIG WEDNESDAY - 1978; HOOPER - 1978; DEFIANCE - 1980; THE RETURN - 1980 [one of my favorites]; HARD COUNTRY - 1981; THE WINDS OF WAR - 1983 [TV mini-series]; LAST PLANE OUT - 1983; AIRWOLF - 1984 [TV Movie; Pilot for the series]; GET OUT OF MY ROOM - 1985; AIRWOLF - 1984-1986 [TV; 55 episodes]; HOTEL - 1986 [TV]; AIRWOLF II - 1987 [TV; Revamped version of the series, replacing Vincent's "Stringfellow Hawke" character with his brother, portrayed by Barry Van Dyke. Lasted one season. Vincent appeared on one episode of the 24 episode season, but it was flashback footage taken from the original series]; SIX AGAINST THE ROCK - 1987 [TV Movie]; ENEMY TERRITORY - 1987; BORN IN EAST L.A. - 1987; HIT LIST - 1989; DEADLY EMBRACE - 1989 [MFHV]; TARZAN IN MANHATTAN - 1989 [TV Movie]; DIRTY GAMES - 1989; ALIENATOR - 1989; DEMONSTONE - 1989; XTRO 2: THE SECOND ENCOUNTER - 1990; HAUNTING FEAR - 1990 [MFHV]; IN GOLD WE TRUST - 1990; HANGFIRE - 1991; RAW NERVE - 1991; THE FINAL HEIST - 1991 [TV Movie]; THE DIVINE ENFORCER - 1991 [MFHV; You can see Vincent reading his lines on screen, his script taped to a newspaper he is reading!]; ANIMAL INSTINCTS - 1992 [MFHV]; BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY - 1992; MIDNIGHT WITNESS - 1993; SINS OF DESIRE - 1993; HIDDEN OBSESSION - 1993; DEADLY HEROES - 1993; INDECENT BEHAVIOR - 1993; SINGAPORE SLING - 1993 [TV Movie]; RENEGADE - 1994 [TV]; IPI TOMBI - 1994 [South African film; Very little is known about it; Considered lost]; ABDUCTED 2: THE REUNION - 1994; ICE CREAM MAN - 1994 [You can actually see that Vincent is drunk onscreen!]; BODY COUNT - 1995; RED LINE - 1995 [MFHV]; RUSSIAN ROULETTE-MOSCOW 95 - 1995; THE LAST KILL - 1996; LETHAL ORBIT - 1996 [TV Movie]; JURASSIC WOMEN - 1996 [Cable TV Movie]; NASH BRIDGES - 1997 [TV]; THE PALACE - 1997 [MFHV]; BUFFALO '66 - 1998; NO REST FOR THE WICKED - 1998; ESCAPE TO GRIZZLY MOUNTAIN - 2000; THE THUNDERING 8TH - 2000; WHITE BOY - 2002 [His final acting role]. In 1996, Vincent was in a serious automobile accident and he broke his neck. When paramedics put a tube down his throat to help him breathe, they nicked his vocal cords, permanently damaging his voice. In 2012 Vincent had to have the lower half of his right leg amputated due to a leg infection he contracted because of complications from peripheral artery disease. Vincent then had a prosthetic right foot and sometimes had to use a wheelchair to get around. Jan-Michael Vincent died of cardiac arrest in a North Carolina hospital and was 73 years-old. Although he died on February 10th, his death wasn't announced until March 8th. His body was cremated long before his death was announced to the public.) - 02/10/19
CARMEN ARGENZIANO (Actor: Carmen Antimo Argenziano was one of those character actors that improved any film he was in and, boy, was he in a lot of 'em, usually portraying an authority figure or some criminal scumball.! He appeared in both A-List and B Films, as well as many TV Series, working with the likes of Francis Ford Coppola, Roger Corman and Cirio H. Santiago, which is how he first caught my attention. He is also one of those faces you instantly recognize, but you never knew his name, which is a shame because he deserved more recognition than he received. Mr. Argenziano's credits included [Theatrical Films unlessd marked with TV for TV Series]: JUDD FOR THE DEFENSE - 1969 [TV]; COVER ME BABE - 1970; THE YOUNG LAWYERS - 1970 [TV]; PUNISHMENT PARK - 1970; THE JESUS TRIP - 1971; MONTY NASH - 1971 [TV]; NIGHT OF THE COBRA WOMAN - 1972; GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE - 1972 {the fist time I noticed Argenziano as an actor; One of my favorite early-'70s horror films]; HIT MAN - 1972; THE OUTSIDE MAN - 1972; THE F.B.I. - 1973 [TV]; THE SLAMS - 1073; KOJAK - 1974 [TV]; CAGED HEAT - 1974; THE GODFATHER PART II - 1974; SEARCH FOR THE GODS - 1975 [TV Movie]; CAPONE - 1975; SHARK'S TREASURE - 1975; COLUMBO - 1975 [TV]; BRONK - 1975 [TV]; CRAZY MAMA - 1975; CANNON - 1975 [TV]; MATT HELM - 1975 [TV]; POLICE WOMAN - 1976 [TV]; TWIN DETECTIVES - 1976 [TV Movie]; VIGILANTE FORCE - 1976; DELVECCHIO - 1976 [TV]; TWO-MINUTE WARNING - 1976; ONCE AN EAGLE - 1976 [TV mini-series]; POLICE STORY - 1976-1977 [TV]; MOST WANTED - 1977 [TV]; THE 3,000 MILE CHASE - 1977 [TV Movie]; KILL ME IF YOU CAN - 1977 [TV Movie]; THE BIONIC WOMAN - 1978 [TV]; DEATH FORCE - 1978 [a.k.a. FIGHTING MAD]; THE BOSS' SON - 1978; CHiPS - 1979 [TV]; FROM HERE TO ETERNITY - 1979 [TV miniseries]; THE ROCKFORD FILES - 1976-1979 [TV]; HOT ROD - 1979 [TV Movie]; QUINCY M.E. - 1979 [TV]; WHEN A STRANGER CALLS - 1979; STONE - 1980 [TV]; GRADUATION DAY - 1981; MR. MERLIN - 1981 [TV]; DARKROOM - 1981 [TV]; LOU GRANT - 1978-1981 [TV; 3 episodes]; CIRCLE OF POWER - 1981; BETWEEN TWO BROTHERS - 1982 [TV Movie]; THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO - 1981-1982 [TV]; THE PHOENIX - 1981-1982 [TV]; THE POWERS OF MATTHEW STAR - 1982 [TV]; THE NEW ODD COUPLE - 1982 [TV]; T.J. HOOKER - 1983 [TV]; THE LAST NINJA - 1983 [TV Movie]; QUARTERBACK PRINCESS - 1983 [TV Movie]; SUDDEN IMPACT - 1983; THE A-TEAM - 1984 [TV]; BUFFALO BILL - 1984 [TV]; BEST KEPT SECRETS - 1984 [TV Movie]; HEARTBREAKERS - 1984; CHEERS - 1984 [TV]; SCARECROW AND MRS. KING - 1984 [TV]; FATAL VISION - 1984 [TV mini-series]; HILL STREET BLUES - 1984 [TV]; INTO THE NIGHT - 1985; STARCHASER: THE LEGEND OF ORIN - 1985 [Voice only]; I HAD THREE WIVES - 1985 [TV Movie]; NAKED VENGEANCE - 1985; CAGNEY & LACEY - 1986 [TV]; BETWEEN TWO WOMEN - 1986 [TV Movie]; DANGEROUSLY CLOSE - 1986; HUNTER - 1987 [TV]; U.S. MARSHALS: WACO & RHINEHART - 1987 [TV Movie]; THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH - 1987 [TV Movie]; DESIGNING WOMEN - 1987; UNDER COVER - 1987; STAND AND DELIVER - 1988; BAJA OKLAHOMA - 1988 [TV Movie]; BIG BUSINESS - 1988; REMO WILLIAMS: THE PROPHECY - 1988 [TV Movie]; LIBERACE - 1988 [TV Movie]; THE ACCUSED - 1988; RED SCORPION - 1988; COMING OF AGE - 1988 [TV]; POLICE STORY: THE WATCH COMMANDER - 1988 [TV Movie]; TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE - 1988 [TV Movie]; HEARTBEAT - 1989 {Failed TV Series Regular; 12 episodes]; THE FIRST POWER - 1990; BOOKER - 1989-1990 [Series Regular; 22 episodes]; A MOM FOR CHRISTMAS - 1990 [TV Movie]; MATLOCK - 1991 [TV]; KNIGHT RIDER 2000 - 1991 [TV Movie]; JAKE AND THE FATMAN - 1991 [TV]; CHARLIE HOOVER - 1991 [TV]; DARK JUSTICE - 1992 [TV]; CRASH LANDING: THE RESCUE OF FLIGHT 232 - 1992 [TV Movie]; L.A. LAW - 1986-1992 [TV; 5 episodes]; HEARTBREAKERS - 1992; UNLAWFUL ENTRY - 1992; PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE SKIN DEEP SCANDAL - 1993 [TV Movie]; CRIME & PUNISHMENT - 1993 [TV; 3 episodes]; TRIUMPH OVER DISASTER: THE HURRICANE ANDREW STORY - 1993 [TV Movie]; MOMENT OF TRUTH: TO WALK AGAIN - 1994 [TV Movie]; VIPER - 1994 [TV]; AGAINST THE WALL - 1994 [HBO Movie]; RAVE REVIEW - 1994; DEAD CONNECTION - 1994; MOMENT OF TRUTH: CRADLE OF CONSPIRACY - 1994 [TV Movie]; MELROSE PLACE - 1992-1994 [TV; 8 episodes]; THE BURNING SEASON: THE CHICO MENDES STORY - 1994 [TV Movie]; DON JUAN DEMARCO - 1994; KIDNAPPED: IN THE LINE OF DUTY - 1995 [TV Movie]; ER - 1995 [TV]; BABYLON 5 - 1995 [TV]; THE TIE THAT BINDS - 1995; NEW YORK DAZE - 1995 [TV]; HAVE YOU SEEN MY SON? - 1996 [TV Movie]; THE ROCKFORD FILES: IF THE FRAME FITS... - 1996 [TV Movie]; BROKEN ARROW - 1996; CO-ED CALL GIRL - 1996 [TV Movie]; ANDERSONVILLE - 1996 [TV Movie]; SISTERS - 1995-1996 [TV; 4 episodes]; MY SON IS INNOCENT - 1996 [TV Movie]; L.A. FIREFIGHTERS - 1996 [TV; 3 episodes]; PROFILER - 1996 [TV]; MR. & MRS. SMITH - 1996 [TV]; APOLLO 11 - 1996 [TV Movie]; LIFE HAPPENS - 1996 [Short]; JAG - 1997 [TV]; WALKER, TEXAS RANGER - 1994-1997; BELLA MAFIA - 1997 [TV Movie]; NIGHTMAN - 1998; CHICAGO HOPE - 1998; A MURDER OF CROWS - 1998; ALLY MCBEAL - 1999 [TV]; BLUE STREAK - 1999; WARM BLOODED KILLERS - 1999; KING OF THE WORLD - 2000 [TV Movie]; PARTY OF FIVE - 2000 [TV]; GONE IN 60 SECONDS - 2000; A BETTER WAY TO DIE - 2000; HELLRAISER: INFERNO - 2000 [MFHV]; LEVEL 9 - 2000 [TV]; THE CACTUS KID - 2000; STRONG MEDICINE - 2001 [TV]; SWORDFISH - 2001; THE WEST WING - 2002 [TV]; FIRST MONDAY - 2002 [TV]; THE COURT - 2002 [TV]; MALEVOLENT - 2002; DANCING AT THE HARVEST MOON - 2002 [TV Movie]; THE AGENCY - 2002 [TV]; THE PRACTICE - 2003 [TV]; 24-2003 [TV]; IDENTITY - 2003; MOMENTUM - 2003 {TV Movie]; THE LYON'S DEN - 2003; THE DISTRICT - 2003-2004; MEDICAL INVESTIGATION - 2004 [TV]; STARGATE SG-1 - 1998-2005 [Series Semi-Regular; 27 episodes]; CROSSING JORDAN - 2005 [TV]; BLIND JUSTICE - 2005 [TV]; WHAT'S UP SCARLET? - 2005; ANGELS WITH ANGLES - 2005; MURDER 101 - 2006 [TV Movie]; CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION - 2006 [TV]; COMMANDER IN CHIEF - 2006 [TV]; HOUSE - 2007 [TV; 3 episodes]; CSI: NY - 2006-2008 [TV; 6 episodes]; THE CHOSEN - 2008 [Short]; THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - 2008-2009 [TV Soap Opera; 11 episodes]; METEOR - 2009 [TV mini-series]; CRIMINAL MINDS - 2009 [TV]; ANGELS & DEMONS - 2009; STREET BOSS - 2009; FAREWELL TO THE SPARROW - 2009 [Short]; THE MENTALIST - 2010 [TV]; FLASHFORWARD - 2010 [TV]; LIE TO ME - 2010 [TV]; CASTLE - 2010 [TV]; OMERTA - 2011; DEATH INTERRUPTED - 2011 [TV Movie]; AMBER LAKE - 2011; RISING SUN - 2012 [Short]; SLEEPING WITH THE BEAR - 2012 [Short]; BUNHEADS - 2013 [TV]; SUNNY AND RAYRAY - 2013; THE SINGLE MOMS CLUB - 2014; LOST MUSIC - 2014 [Short]; HAWAII FIVE-O - 2014 [TV]; OPEN HOUSE - 2014 [Short]; GROOMING - 2014 [Short]; DON QUIXOTE - 2015; FAMILY AFFAIR - 2015 [Short]; SHARKSKIN - 2015; MAFIOSA - 2016; PROFESSOR PHILLIPS AND THE DEVIL - 2016 [Short]; OCCAM'S RAZOR - 2016 [Short]; MY AMERICA - 2016 [TV; 3 episodes]; A WINTER ROSE - 2016; MONTY AND THE RUNAWAY FURNACE - 2016 [Short]; BETA: COME HOME - 2016 [Short]; THE LABYRINTH - 2017; THE INSTITUTE - 2017; ACTORS ANONYMOUS - 2017; EMPIRE OF THE HEART - 2017; SHOOTER - 2017 [TV]; THE MAD WHALE - 2017; SANGRA NEGRA - 2016-2017 [TV]; SINGULARITY - 2017; FUTURE WORLD - 2018; DUKE - 2018; REFERRAL - 2018 [Short]; THE REAL KING LEAR - 2018 [Short]; SHADOWS - 2019 [Short]; LEGION MAXX - 2019 [his final acting role]. Quite an amazing career, don't you think? Especially if you never heard of him before. When Mr. Argenziano wasn't acting in films or on TV, he was performing on Stage and, in 1982, received the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Award as Best Supporting Actor for his role as Jack Delasante in Thomas Babe's play "A Prayer for My Daughter," which was directed by Phil Boroff. Carmen Argenziano passed away from undisclosed causes and was 75 years-old. Rest well and thanks for entertaining me all these years.) - 02/10/19
JOSEPH SIROLA (Actor: A lot of people may not know who Joseph Sirola is, but his voice will be instantly recognizable, as he did voiceover work on over 10,000 radio and TV commercials from the mid-'60s to the late-'90s, winning him 25 Clio Awards®, which recognizes creative excellence in advertising, so many that the Wall Street Journal dubbed him "King Of The Voiceovers" in a front page story in 1970. Mr Sirola also appeared in over 600 TV shows as a guest star and appeared in many movies. One film that should interest readers of this site is Oliver Stone's SEIZURE (1974), in which Mr. Sirola was the star. I also have other memories of the man, which I will explain at the end of this obituary. Joseph Sirola's credits as an actor included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: THE BRIGHTER DAY - 1954; HAPPY ANNIVERSARY - 1959 [TF]; THE UNTOUCHABLES - 1962; THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW - 1962; COMBAT! - 1964; GUNSMOKE - 1963-1964; MR. NOVAK - 1964; DEATH VALLEY DAYS - 1965; STRANGE BEDFELLOWS - 1965 [TF]; THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD - 1965 [TF]; PERRY MASON - 1962-1965 [3 episodes]; THE GREEN HORNET - 1966; RUN FOR YOUR LIFE - 1966; GET SMART - 1965-1966; MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - 1966; CHUKA - 1967 [TF]; THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. - 1966-1967 [3 episodes]; FANTASTIC FOUR - 1967 [Voice only; 3 episodes]; HANG 'EM HIGH - 1968 [TF]; THREE - 1969 [TF]; THE DELTA FACTOR - 1970 [TF]; HAIL - 1972 [TF]; VISIONS... - 1972 [TV Movie]; HAWAII FIVE-O - 1970-1972 [5 episodes]; CRY RAPE - 1973 [TV Movie]; LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE - 1973; THE SUPER COPS - 1974 [TF]; THE MAGICIAN - 1974 [Failed TV Series Regular; 11 episodes]; KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER - 1974; SEIZURE - 1974; RHODA - 1974; MANNIX - 1975; THE MONTEFUSCOS - 1975 [Failed TV Series Regular; 9 episodes]; HIGH RISK - 1976 [TV Movie]; SOMERSET - 1976; MEETING OF THE MINDS - 1977; WASHINGTON: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS - 1977 [TV mini-series]; WONDER WOMAN - 1972; THE ROCKFORD FILES - 1979-1980; SWAN SONG - 1980 [TV Movie]; CHARLIE'S ANGELS - 1981; BRET MAVERICK - 1982; QUINCY M.E. - 1979-1982 [5 episodes]; MATT HOUSTON - 1984; TERRIBLE JOE MORAN - 1984 [TV Movie]; RIPTIDE - 1984; THE A-TEAM - 1985; THE ELLEN BURSTYN SHOW - 1986; SIMON & SIMON - 1986-1988; GIDEON OLIVER - 1989; WOLF - 1989-1990 [Failed TV Series Regular; 11 episodes]; DEA - 1991; CIVIL WARS - 1992; SOLOIST - 1994 [Short]; LOVE IS A GUN - 1994 [TF]; SILK STALKINGS - 1992-1995; THE CITY - 1995; SUNDAY - 1997 [TF]; NYPD BLUE - 1999; SPIN CITY - 1999; PARAMOUR - 1999 [TV mini-series]; DIAGNOSIS MURDER - 2001; RESCUE ME - 2010; CODGER - 2013 [Short; his final film acting role]. Joseph Sirola's first love was the Stage, where he appeared in many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions during his life. He holds a place in my heart because he appeared in my late mother's favorite soap opera, SOMERSET [1970 - 1976] and we would watch it together when I came home from school. Mr. Sirola's face is indelibly etched into my mind due to that fact and I thank him for it. You made my mother very happy during a difficult time in her life and I have no way to repay you for what you did, so I hope this obituary does you justice. Joseph Sirola died from complications of respiratory failure and was 89 years-old.) - 02/11/19
BRUNO GANZ (Actor: Bruno Ganz was a Swiss actor who made his bones starring in many German movies and then graduating to international productions. He also had a face so sharp, he could probably cut glass with it. People may not know his face, but he became an international meme star with his scenes as Hitler in the film DOWNFALL [2004]. I first noticed Mr. Ganz as Jonathan Harker in Werner Herzog's NOSFERATU THE VAMPIRE [1979] and followed his career closely because he always gave 100% of himself in every role. He was amazing to watch and his death came as a shock to me. His credits as an actor included [Theatrical Films unless otherwise specified]: THE MAN IN THE BLACK DERBY - 1960; CHIKITA - 1961; A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD - 1962; TORQUATO TASSO - 1969 [TV Movie]; DIE MUTTER - 1971 [TV Movie]; PEER GYNT - 1971 [TV Movie]; PRINZ FRIEDRICH VON HOMBURG - 1973 [TV Movie]; SUMMER GUESTS - 1976; LUMIERE - 1976; THE MARQUISE OF O - 1976; WILD DUCKS - 1976; THE AMERICAN FRIEND - 1977; THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL - 1978; KNIFE IN THE HEAD - 1978; NOSFERATU THE VAMPIRE - 1979; RETURN TO THE BELOVED - 1979; LOST AND FOUND - 1980; 5% DE RISQUE - 1980; POLENTA - 1980; THE INVENTOR - 1980; LA PROVINCIALE - 1980; LADY OF THE CAMELIAS - 1981; RECE DO GORY - 1981; FERMATA ETNA - 1981 [TV Movie]; CIRCLE OF DECEIT - 1981; IN THE WHITE CITY - 1983; CLOSED CIRCUIT - 1983; PRIVATE RESISTENCE - 1985; DER PARK - 1985 [TV Movie]; EL RIO DE ORO - 1986; DER PENDLER - 1986; WINGS OF DESIRE - 1987 [One of my favorite of Ganz's performances. If you have never seen this film, I would advise that you do]; LOVE OF A WOMAN - 1988; BANKOMATT - 1989; STRAPLESS - 1989; THE LEGENDARY LIFE OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY - 1989; JOURNEY'S END - 1990 [TV Movie]; ERFOLG - 1991; CHILDREN OF NATURE - 1991 [Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film]; ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY - 1991; PRAGUE - 1992; THE ABSENCE - 1992; THE LAST DAYS OF CHEZ NOUS - 1992; FARAWAY, SO CLOSE! - 1993 [another excellent Ganz performance; also Singer of the song "Funiculì, funiculà"]; BRANDNACHT - 1993; HELLER TAG - 1994; DIARIO SENZA DATE - 1995; SAINT-EX - 1996; GEGEN ENDE DER NACHT - 1998 [TV Movie]; ETERNITY AND A DAY - 1998; YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN - 1999; WHOAFRAIDWOLF - 2000; BREAD AND TULIPS - 2000; THE POWER OF THE PAST - 2002; EPSTEIN'S NIGHT - 2002; LUTHER - 2003; THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE - 2004; DOWNFALL - 2004 [Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film]; HAVE NO FEAR: THE LIFE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II - 2005; VITUS - 2006; THE ODE TO JOY - 2006; COPACABANA - 2007 [TV Movie]; YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH - 2007; STAIRWAY TO NOWHERE - 2008; THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX - 2008 [Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film]; THE DUST OF TIME - 2008; THE READER - 2008; JULIA'S DISAPPEARANCE - 2009; COLORS IN THE DARK - 2010; THE END IS MY BEGINNING - 2010; NEVER SLEEP AGAIN: THE ELM STREET LEGACY - 2010; UNKNOWN - 2011; OF WOMEN AND HORSES - 2011; FINAL CUT: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN - 2012; NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON - 2013; AGE OF UPRISING: THE LEGEND OF MICHAEL KOHLHAAS - 2013; THE COUNSELLOR - 2013; THE VATICAN - 2013 [TV Movie]; DANCING ARABS - 2014; AMNESIA - 2015; REMEMBER - 2015; HEIDE - 2015; THE PARTY - 2017; IN TIMES OF FADING LIGHT - 2017; FORTUNA - 2017; THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT - 2018; THE TOBACCONIST - 2018; I WITNESS - 2018; RADEGUND - 2019 [his final acting role]. Mr. Ganz also directed and edited the documentary GEDACHTNIS: EIN FILM FUR CURT BOIS UND BERNHARD MINETTI - 1982. Bruno Ganz won many awards during his lifetime and was the winner of the European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award® in 2010. Bruno Ganz passed away from cancer and was 77 years-old.) - 02/16/19
JOHN CARL BUECHLER (Special Makeup Effects Artist/Director: It was hard to go to the video store in the '80s & '90s and not rent a film that Mr. Buechler was involved in, be it as a makeup artist, writer, director or actor. As a special effects makeup artist, he had a distinctive "touch" where you knew he was responsible for some of the monsters, gore and bloodletting. You just knew. He was a talented man and his makeup company, Magical Media Industries [MMI], was responsible for the majority of makeup effects that came from the films of Charles Band's Empire Pictures in the'80s and Full Moon outfits in the '90s and Roger Corman's [who called Buechler "the best in the business"] New World Pictures in the '80s and New Horizons Pictures in the '90s. Mr. Buechler's films as a makeup artist included [theatrical films unless otherwise noted]: STINGRAY - 1978 [also Actor]; DR. HECKYL AND MR. HYPE - 1980; GALAXINA - 1980; SORCERESS - 1982 [also Second Unit Director]; FORBIDDEN WORLD - 1982; LOVE LETTERS - 1983; MAUSOLEUM - 1983; DEATHSTALKER - 1983 [also Second Unit Director]; ANDROID - 1983; THE DUNGEONMASTER - 1984 [also Director/Writer/Actor of the segment "Demons Of The Dead"]; THE PREY - 1984; TRANCERS - 1984; GHOULIES - 1984; HARD ROCK ZOMBIES - 1985 [also Second Unit Director]; RE-ANIMATOR - 1985; ZONE TROOPERS - 1985; FRIGHT SHOW - 1985 [also Actor]; VICIOUS LIPS - 1986; TROLL - 1986 [also Director/Story]; ELIMINATORS - 1986; TERRORVISION - 1986; CRAWLSPACE - 1986; FROM BEYOND - 1986; DOLLS - 1987; THE CALLER - 1987; THE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS MOVIE - 1987; SLAVE GIRLS FROM BEYOND INFINITY - 1987; GHOULIES II - 1987; PRISON - 1987; CELLAR DWELLER - 1988 [also Director]; DEMONWARP - 1988 [also Story]; FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD - 1988 [also Director/Actor]; A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER - 1988; HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS - 1988; TO DIE FOR - 1988; PULSE POUNDERS - 1988; ARENA - 1989; ROBOT JOX - 1989; SPELLCASTER - 1989; INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE - 1989; BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR - 1989; THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - 1989; THE SLEEPING CAR - 1990 [also Actor]; FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE - 1991; SON OF DARKNESS: TO DIE FOR II - 1991; GHOULIES GO TO COLLEGE - 1991 [also Director]; DEMONIC TOYS - 1992; SEEDPEOPLE - 1992 [also Second Unit Director]; RED ROCK WEST - 1993; CARNOSAUR - 1993; NECRONOMICON: BOOK OF THE DEAD - 1993; NORTHERN EXPOSURE - 1993 [TV Series]; TAMMY AND THE T-REX - 1994; SCANNER COP - 1994; DINOSAUR ISLAND - 1994; CYBORG 3: THE RECYCLER - 1994; BIOHAZARD: THE ALIEN FORCE - 1994; SCANNER COP II - 1994; HALLOWEEN 6: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS - 1995; PIRANHA - 1995; THE FEAR - 1995; PROJECT: METALBEAST - 1995; BIKINI ISLAND - 1995; CIRCUIT BREAKER - 1996 [TV Movie]; TARZAN: THE EPIC ADVENTURES - 1996 [TV Series]; CARNOSAUR 3: PRIMAL SPECIES - 1996; FREEWAY - 1996; ALIEN ESCAPE - 1997; CASPER MEETS WENDY - 1998 [MFHV]; WATCHERS 4 - 1998 [also Director]; THE FEAR: RESURRECTION - 1999; FOUR DOGS PLAYING POKER - 2000; BLOOD SURF - 2000; AFTER THE STORM - 2001 [TV Movie]; ICE CRAWLERS - 2002 [also Director/Producer]; MINER'S MASSACRE - 2003; DARKWOLF - 2003; THE MUMMY'S KISS - 2003; A LIGHT IN THE FOREST - 2003 [also Director/Writer]; OUT FOR BLOOD - 2004; DR. MOREAU'S HOUSE OF PAIN - 2004; GRANDPA'S PLACE - 2004 [also Director]; TOMB OF THE WEREWOLF - 2004; COUNTESS DRACULA'S ORGY OF BLOOD - 2004; MORTUARY - 2005; THE GINGERDEAD MAN - 2005; HATCHET - 2006 [also Actor]; THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE - 2006 [also Director/Writer]; GINGERDEAD MAN 2: PASSION OF THE CRUST - 2008 [also Actor]; NEOWOLF - 2010 HYENAS - 2011; MONSTERPIECE THEATRE VOLUME ONE - 2011 [also Producer/Art Director; his final credit as a makeup artist]. Besides the titles already mentioned, John Carl Buechler's credits as a Director included: LAND OF THE LOST - 1991 [TV Series; 3 episodes]; SAURIAN - 2006 [TV Movie; also Writer]; THE EDEN FORMULA - 2006 [TV Movie; also Writer]; INTERVIEW WITH THE DEVIL - 2019 [in Post Production at the time of his death]. Besides the titles already mentioned, Mr. Buechler also acted in the following films: NOT OF THIS EARTH - 1995; EVIL BONG - 2006; HELLBILLY 58 - 2009; HATCHET II - 2010; TALENT WATCH - 2013 [TV Series]; CATCH OF THE DAY - 2014; BENEATH THE BLACK VEIL - 2019 [in Post Production at the time of his death]. There aren't many people left who have the talent that Mr. Buechler had. This is the end of an important era in genre filmmaking. John Carl Buechler passed away rather quickly of Stage 4 prostate cancer and was 66 years-old. Way too young to slip off this mortal coil.) - 03/18/19
LARRY COHEN (Director/Producer/Screenwriter: This one came as a shock because I had no idea he was sick. Larry Cohen was a quirky director of some very unusual B-films, yet all of his films had a statement to make, whether obvious or oblique. His films were always entertaining, with sly humor the key, yet they were also disturbing at the same time. Everyone who worked with him always had nice things to say, even though he was known to be a tough director, but fair in the way he handled suggestions and criticism. His credits as a director included [Theatrical films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: BONE - 1972 [also Producer/Writer]; BLACK CAESAR - 1973 [also Producer/Writer]; HELL UP IN HARLEM - 1973 [also Producer/Writer]; IT'S ALIVE - 1973 [also Producer/Writer]; GOD TOLD ME TO - 1976 [also Producer/Writer]; THE PRIVATE FILES OF J. EDGAR HOOVER - 1977 [also Producer/Writer]; IT LIVES AGAIN - 1978 [also Producer/Writer]; SEE CHINA AND DIE - 1981 [TV Movie; also Producer/Writer]; FULL MOON HIGH - 1981 [also Producer/Writer]; Q-THE WINGED SERPENT - 1982 [also Producer/Writer]; PERFECT STRANGERS - 1984 [also Writer]; SPECIAL EFFECTS - 1984 [also Writer]; THE STUFF - 1985 [also Producer/Writer]; IT'S ALIVE III: ISLAND OF THE ALIVE - 1987 [also Producer/Writer]; A RETURN TO SALEM'S LOT - 1987 [also Producer/Writer]; DEADLY ILLUSION - 1987 [also Writer]; WICKED STEPMOTHER - 1989 [also Producer/Writer]; THE AMBULANCE - 1990 [also Writer]; AS GOOD AS DEAD - 1995 [TV Movie; also Producer/Writer]; ORIGINAL GANGSTAS - 1996; MASTERS OF HORROR - 2006 [Pay Cable Series; Episode "Pick Me Up"; his final directing credit]. Mr. Cohen's credits as a writer included [TV Series unless marked with a TF for Theatrical Film]: KRAFT THEATRE - 1958; ZANE GREY THEATER - 1960; THE WITNESS - 1961; 'WAY OUT - 1961; THE UNITED STATES STEEL HOUR - 1961; SURFSIDE 6 - 1961; CHECKMATE - 1961; SAM BENEDICT - 1963; ARREST AND TRIAL - 1963; THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES - 1963 [3 episodes]; ESPIONAGE - 1964; THE FUGITIVE - 1964-1965; THE DEFENDERS - 1963-1965 [9 episodes]; CRAFT SUSPENSE THEATRE - 1965; BRANDED - 1965-1966 [Creator of 48 episodes; Writer of 10 episodes; also Producer]; BLUE LIGHT - 1966 [Creator of 17 episodes; Writer of 10 episodes]; RETURN OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN - 1966 [TF]; RAT PATROL - 1966; I DEAL IN DANGER - 1966 [TF]; BLADE RIDER, REVENGE OF THE INDIAN NATIONS - 1966 [TF]; CUSTER - 1967 [Creator of 14 episodes]; CORONET BLUE - 1967 [Creator of 17 episodes]; THE INVADERS - 1967-1968 [Creator of 26 episodes; Cohen has stated that he based the alien's crooked pinky finger as a reference to gay people and the way they are treated like aliens in society {at least back then}]; THE LEGEND OF CUSTER - 1968 [TF]; DADDY'S GONE A-HUNTING - 1969 [TF]; SCREAM BABY SCREAM - 1969 [TF]; EL CONDOR - 1970 [TF]; IN BROAD DAYLIGHT - 1971 [TV Movie]; CALL HOME - 1972 [TV Movie]; COOL MILLION - 1972; GRIFF - 1973; SHOOTOUT IN A ONE DOG TOWN - 1974 [TV Movie]; COLUMBO - 1973-1974 [3 episodes]; POSSE - 1975 [TF]; MAN ON THE OUTSIDE - 1975 [TV Movie]; CALLING DR. STORM, M.D. - 1977 [TV Movie]; SPARROW - 1978 [TV Movie]; THE AMERICAN SUCCESS COMPANY - 1980 [TF]; I, THE JURY - 1982 [TF]; WOMEN OF SAN QUENTIN - 1984 [TV Movie]; SCANDALOUS - 1984 [TF]; BEST SELLER - 1987 [TF]; MANIAC COP - 1988 [TF; also Producer]; DESPERADO: AVALANCHE AT DEVIL'S RIDGE - 1988 [TV Movie]; MANIAC COP 2 - 1990 [TF; also producer]; MANIAC COP 3: BADGE OF SILENCE - 1993 [TF; also Producer]; BODY SNATCHERS - 1993 [TF]; GUILTY AS SIN - 1993 [TF]; NYPD BLUE - 1995; THE EXPERT - 1995 [TF]; THE INVADERS - 1995 [TV mini-series]; ED MCBAIN'S 87TH PRECINCT: ICE - 1996 [TV Movie]; DER TOURIST - 1996 [TV Movie]; UNCLE SAM - 1996 [MFHV]; INVASION OF PRIVACY - 1996 [TF]; THE EX - 1996 [TF]; ED MCBAIN'S 87TH PRECINCT: HEATWAVE - 1997 [TV Movie]; MISBEGOTTEN - 1997 [TF]; THE DEFENDERS: CHOICE OF EVILS - 1998 [TV Movie]; PHONE BOOTH - 2002 [TF]; CELLULAR - 2004 [TF]; CAPTIVITY - 2007 [TF]; CONNECTED - 2008 [TF]; IT'S ALIVE - 2009 [TF]; THE GAMBLER, THE GIRL AND THE GUNSLINGER - 2009 [TV Movie]; MESSAGES DELETED - 2010 [TF; his last credit as a writer]. Mr. Cohen also appeared in several documentaries, the best one being KING COHEN: THE WILD WORLD OF FILMMAKER LARRY COHEN (2017), which I just finished watching a month ago, making his death a surprise for me since he looked so healthy in it. Lary Cohen died of undisclosed causes and was 77 years-old.) - 03/23/19
JOE PILATO (Actor: Joe Pilato became a cult figure after portraying the dastardly Rhodes in DAY OF THE DEAD [1985]. I met Mr. Pilato several times at conventions in the tri-state area and he was always a nice guy, very pleasant and approachable, always glad to talk to a fan. Mr. Pilato's credits as an actor included [Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: DAWN OF THE DEAD - 1978; EFFECTS - 1980; KNIGHTRIDERS - 1981; DAY OF THE DEAD - 1985; SPENSER: FOR HIRE - 1985 [TV]; GUNG HO - 1986; THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - 1986 [TV]; TERMINAL FORCE - 1989; SHOOTERS - 1989; ALIENATOR - 1989; EMPIRE OF THE DARK - 1991; CAUSE OF DEATH - 1991 [MFHV]; THE ADVENTURES OF BRISCO COUNTY, JR. - 1993 [TV]; THE EVIL INSIDE ME - 1993; MARRIED PEOPLE, SINGLE SEX - 1994; PULP FICTION - 1994; THE DEMOLITIONIST - 1995; FATAL PASSION - 1995; SECRET PLACES - 1996; NEON SIGNS - 1996; BEETLEBORGS - 1996-1997 [TV; Voice only; 37 episodes]; WISHMASTER - 1997; SNAKE SKIN JACKET - 1997; VISIONS - 1998; MUSIC FROM ANOTHER ROOM - 1998; THE LAST SEDUCTION II - 1999; BLACK ANGEL VOLUME 2 - 1999 [Voice only, English Version]; BLOODBATH - 1999; DIGIMON THE MOVIE - 2000 [Voice only]; DIGIMON ADVENTURE 2 - 2000-2001 [TV; Voice only; 3 episodes]; DIGIMON: DIGITAL MASTERS - 1999-2001 [TV; Voice only; 14 episodes]; THE GHOULS - 2003; WARDOG - 2007 [Short]; SOMEONE'S KNOCKING AT THE DOOR - 2009; CZW: WALKING ON PINS AND NEEDLES - 2010 [DTV]; THE BLACK BOX - 2010; 9 A.M. - 2014 [Short]; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: DARKEST DAWN - 2015 [Voice only]; IHAILED - 2016; PARASITES - 2016; THE CHAIR - 2016; SHHHH - 2018; ATTACK IN L.A. - 2018 [his final acting role]. Mr. Pilato also suppled voices to many video games, including MIGHT AND MAGIC IX - 2002 and LORDS OF EVERQUEST - 2003. Joe Pilato died in his sleep, eight days after his 70th birthday.) - 03/24/19
NARCISO IBANEZ SERRADOR (Director/Writer: A lot of people will recognize the name as the director/writer of two extremely effective Spanish horror films, THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED [1969] and WHO CAN KILL A CHILD? [1975], but in Spain, Serrador was a major TV personality, directing and writing dozens of TV movies and TV series since the early-'60s, none of them ever being shown outside of Spain. Rather than talk about those series and TV films [one of his TV series, a game show he created titled UN, DOS,TRES...RESPONDA OTRA VEZ {"One, Two, Three...Answer Again"}, ran an amazing 32 years, from 1972 to 2004!], I would rather talk about his contributions to theatrical films, which have been few, but they are pieces of quality entertainment that transcend Spain and were felt all over the world. His first contribution to horror cinema was the screenplay to OBRA MAESTRAS DEL TERROR [MASTERPIECES OF TERROR - 1960], directed by Enrique Carreras, which turned up in American theaters in abridged form as MASTER OF HORROR [1965]. His next film, as director/screenwriter was the highly effective THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED ["La Residencia" - 1969], a tale of sexual repression in a girls school in 19th Century France. This film evokes sex and violence without dwelling on either in graphic terms, earning it praise, and rightfully so, by both critics and fans alike. His next film as director/screenwriter would be WHO CAN KILL A CHILD? ["¿Quién Puede Matar A Un Niño? - 1975], a creepy tale about a childless British couple who vacation on the fictitious island of Almanzora, just off the southern Spanish coast, only to discover that the island's childrens population have been stricken with a rare form of madness. They have killed all the island's adult population, none of them fighting back against them, for the simple reason, "Who can kill a child?". This poignant, terrifying tale shows us how a normal, loving couple can be pushed far enough by children to make them want to murder the tykes, because they are the personification of evil. This would be Serrador's final theatrical film, but he worked in Spanish TV a great deal until he passed away. His father, actor Narciso Ibáñez Menta, was considered the Spanish Lon Chaney, due to him changing his appearance in nearly every film he appeared in using his makeup kit. Narciso Ibanez Serrador died of undisclosed causes and was 83 years-old.) - 06/07/19
STEPHANIE NIZNIK (Actress: Stephanie Niznik was a frequent guest star on TV shows during the late-'90s until 2009 and is best known for her recurring role on the CW's EVERWOOD [2002 - 2006], but she appeared in starring roles in some interesting B-Movies. Her acting credits included [TV Series unless marked with a "TF" for Theatrical Film]: EXIT TO EDEN - 1994 [TF; an auspicious debut for her in a film that was widely panned by critics and viewers alike]; VANISHING SON - 1995 [13 episodes]; RENEGADE - 1995; MURDER, SHE WROTE - 1995; THE TWILIGHT OF THE GOLDS - 1996 [TF]; DEAR GOD - 1996 [TF]; THE SENTINEL - 1996; APOLLO 11 - 1996 [TV Movie]; DR. QUINN, MEDICINE WOMAN - 1997; SLIDERS - 1997; JAG - 1997; THE GUARDIAN - 1997; MR. MURDER - 1998 [TV Movie]; L.A. DOCTORS - 1998; EMMA'S WISH - 1998 [TV Movie]; MEMORIAL DAY - 1998 [TF]; PROFILER - 1998; INFERNO - 1998 [TV Movie]; STAR TREK: INSURRECTION - 1999 [TF]; KISMET - 1999 [Short]; VIPER - 1997-1999; NASH BRIDGES - 1999; ANYWHERE BUT HERE - 1999 [TF]; FAMILY LAW - 1999; DIAGNOSIS MURDER - 1998-2000 [5 episodes]; SPIDERS 2: BREEDING GROUND - 2001 [TF]; EPOCH - 2001 [TV Movie]; BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS - 2001 [TF]; EVERWOOD - 2002-2006 [82 episodes]; GREY'S ANATOMY - 2007; TRAVELER - 2007; LIFE IS WILD - 2007-2008 [A regular for 13 episodes of this short-lived TV series]; CSI: MIAMI - 2008; ELI STONE - 2008; NCIS - 2009; LOST - 2009; THE TWENTY - 2009 [TF; her final acting role. Ms. Niznik gave up acting to become a co-founder of Four Winds Heart-Centered Healing. a New Age medical facility which incorporated her experience in genetics [she graduated Duke University as a geneticist]. Stephanie Niznik died of undisclosed causes and was just 52 years-old.) - 06/23/19
BILLY DRAGO (Actor: Character actor Billy Drago [born William Eugene Burrows] was an instantly recognizable face, due to his stark looks, mesmerizing stare and wicked smile. He could play bad guys with aplomb in both A-and-B-Films. With so many great character actors passing away, Drago was able to step up to the plate and fill their shoes, but who do we have now to replace Drago? No one, I'm afraid to say. His credits as an actor included [Theatrical Films unless marked with a TV for TV Series]: NO OTHER LOVE - 1979 [TV Movie]; THE CHISHOLMS - 1979 [TFV; 2 episodes]; WIND WALKER - 1980; CUTTER'S WAY - 1981; STRIKE FORCE - 1981 [TV]; JOHNNY BELINDA - 1982 [TV Movie]; GAVILAN - 1982 [TV]; CUTTER TO HOUSTON - 1983 [TV]; AUTOMAN - 1984 [TV]; THE SHERIFF AND THE ASTRONAUT - 1984 [TV Movie]; PARTNERS IN CRIME - 1984 [TV]; HARDCASTLE AND MCCORMICK - 1985 [TV]; PALE RIDER - 1985; INVASION U.S.A. - 1985; TRAPPER JOHN, M.D. - 1985 [TV]; MOONLIGHTING - 1985 [TV]; HUNTER - 1984-1986 [TV]; HILL STREET BLUES - 1986 [TV]; THE FALL GUY - 1986 [TV]; NORTH AND SOUTH, BOOK II - 1986 [TV mini-series]; T.J. HOOKER - 1983-1986 [TV]; VAMP - 1986; HUNTER'S BLOOD - 1986 [One of my favorite Drago performances]; THE WIZARD - 1987 [TV]; IN SELF DEFENSE - 1987 [TV Movie]; THE UNTOUCHABLES - 1987 [As the murderous hitman Nitti, Drago manages to outshine fellow actors Kevin Costner and Sean Connery!]; BANZAI RUNNER - 1987; HERO AND THE TERROR - 1988; FREEWAY - 1988; DARK BEFORE DAWN - 1988; FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE SERIES - 1988 [TV]; TRUE BLOOD - 1989; MONSTERS - 1989 [TV]; CHINA WHITE - 1989; PRIME SUSPECT - 1989; DELTA FORCE 2: THE COLUMBIA CONNECTION - 1990; DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY - 1991; MARTIAL LAW II: UNDERCOVER - 1991 [MFHV]; SECRET GAMES - 1992 [MFHV]; DEATH RING - 1992 [MFHV]; GUNCRAZY - 1992; LADY DRAGON 2 - 1993; THE OUTFIT - 1993; DEADLY HEROES - 1993; CYBORG 2: GLASS SHADOW - 1993 [MFHV]; THE ADVENTURES OF BRISCO COUNTY JR. - 1993-1994 [TV; 6 episodes]; NEVER SAY DIE - 1994; THE TAKEOVER - 1994 [MFHV]; LUNARCOP - 1995; PHOENIX - 1995; WALKER, TEXAS RANGER - 1995 [TV]; MIRROR MIRROR 3: THE VOYEUR - 1995 [also Associate Producer]; DRIFTING SCHOOL - 1995; BLOOD MONEY - 1996; MAD DOG TIME - 1996; SCI-FIGHTERS - 1996 [MFHV]; BLUE DEVIL, BLUE DEVIL - 1996; ASSAULT ON DEVIL'S ISLAND - 1997 [TV Movie]; CONVICT 762 - 1997; A DOLL IN THE DARK - 1997; MONKEY BUSINESS - 1998; SOCCER DOG: THE MOVIE - 1999; LIMA: BREAKING THE SILENCE - 1999; NASH BRIDGES - 1999; THE X-FILES - 2000; STRIKE ZONE - 2000 [MFHV]; VERY MEAN MEN - 2000; MIRROR MIRROR 4: REFLECTIONS - 2000; DEATH GAME - 2001; DESERT ROSE - 2002; THE CIRCUIT - 2002; WELCOME TO AMERICA - 2002; ALL FOR THE MONEY - 2003 [Short]; TREMORS 4: THE LEGEND BEGINS - 2004 [DTFV]; FORT DOOM - 2004 [DTV]; MYSTERIOUS SKIN - 2004; CHARMED - 1999-2004 [TV; 7 episodes]; SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE - 2004 [Short]; WORN LIKE A TATTOO - 2004 [Short]; DEMON HUNTER - 2005; BLOOD RELIC - 2005 [DTV; also Associate Producer]; IMPRINT - 2006 [Episode of Showtime's MASTERS OF HORROR Series that never aired due to its extreme violence, which was even too much for Pay TV! Eventually found its way to DVD]; SEVEN MUMMIES - 2006; THE HILLS HAVE EYES - 2006; SOUL SEARCHERS - 2006; LIME SALTED LOVE - 2006 [also Writer]; 13 GRAVES - 2006 [TV Movie]; THE DEAD ONE - 2007; MOVING MCALLISTER - 2007; REVAMPED - 2007 [DTV]; ZOMBIE HUNTERS - 2007; 3 STORIES ABOUT EVIL - 2008 [Short]; SUPERNATURAL - 2008 [TV]; COPPERHEAD - 2008 [TV Movie]; ROUNDS - 2008; DARK MOON RISING - 2009 [also Co-Producer]; GHOST TOWN - 2009 [TV Movie]; THE RITUAL - 2009; WORLD'S END - 2010; THE FALLEN ANGEL - 2010 [Short]; CHILDREN OF THE CORN: GENESIS - 2011; BALLS TO THE WALL - 2011; BIRTH OF AN OUTLAW - 2012 [Short]; NIGHT OF THE TEMPLAR - 2012 [David Carradine's final feature film]; BLACK ASYLUM - 2013 [Short]; LOW DOWN - 2014; THE DANCE - 2014; SUNSET AT DAWN - Date N/A [shooting at the time of his death]. Billy Drago also appeared in a few Music Videos, including Mike & The Mechanic's "Silent Running" [1985] and "A Closer Look" [1989], as well as Michael Jackson's "You Rock My World" [2001]. Mr. Drago also appeared as himself in the documentary THE GO-GO BOYS: THE INSIDE STORY OF CANNON FILMS - 2014. He was also an Actor/Executive Producer on the documentary SANDY, which has yet to get a release date. No one seems to know what it is about, either. If anyone knows, please email me. Billy Drago was married to actress Silvana Gallardo [DEATH WISH II - 1982] from 1985 until her death in 2012. He was also the father of actor Darren E. Burrows, who is best known as "Ed Chigliak" on TV's NORTHERN EXPOSURE [1990 - 1995]. Billy Drago passed away due to complictions of a stroke and was 73 years-old. Rest well, Billy.) - 06/26/19
RIP TORN (Actor: Rip Torn [born Elmore Rual Torn in Temple, Texas], was an amazing Academy Award®-nominated actor who could play any role in any genre. Best known as foul-mouthed sidekick Artie on HBO's THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW [1992 - 1998], Torn [who won an Emmy Award® in 1996 for the role] proved that he was equally good in comedy as he was in drama, but a bout of alcoholism nearly ruined his career. I personally loved Torn because of his role in one obscure Spanish flick he starred in right before being nominated for an Academy Award®. His credits included [Theatrical Films unless marked with a "TV" for TV Series]: OMNIBUS - 1956 [TV]; BABY DOLL - 1956; THE KAISER ALUMINUM HOUR - 1957 [TV]; A FACE IN THE CROWD - 1957; THE ALCOA HOUR - 1956-1957 [TV]; TIME LIMIT - 1957; THE SEVEN LIVELY ARTS - 1957 [TV]; THE RESTLESS GUN - 1957 [TV]; THE UNITED STATES STEEL HOUR - 1956-1958 [TV; 3 episodes]; KRAFT THEATRE - 1956-1958 [TV; 4 episodes]; MATINEE THEATRE - 1958 [TV]; JOHNNY BELINDA - 1958 [TV Movie]; PURSUIT - 1958 [TV]; PORK CHOP HILL - 1959; SUNDAY SHOWCASE - 1959 [TV]; PLAYHOUSE 90 - 1958-1959 [TV; 3 episodes]; THRILLER - 1960 [TV; "The Purple Room" episode]; ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS - 1957-1961 [TV]; TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN A WOMAN'S LIFE - 1961 [TV Movie]; KING OF KINGS - 1961; FRONTIER CIRCUS - 1961 [TV]; NAKED CITY - 1962 [TV]; SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH - 1962; HERO'S ISLAND - 1962; FESTIVAL - 1962 [TV]; THE DICK POWELL THEATRE - 1962 [TV]; THE UNTOUCHABLES - 1961-1963 [TV]; CRITIC'S CHOICE - 1963; ROUTE 66 - 1963 [TV]; THE LIEUTENANT - 1963 [TV]; CHANNING - 1963 [TV]; BREAKING POINT - 1963 [TV]; THE ELEVENTH HOUR - 1964 [TV]; THE GREAT ADVENTURE - 1964 [TV]; THE REPORTER - 1964 [TV]; BEN CASEY - 1964; COMBAT! - 1964 [TV]; DR. KILDARE - 1962-1964 [TV]; 12 O'CLOCK HIGH - 1965 [TV]; THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. - 1965 [TV; his two episodes were edited into the U.N.C.L.E. theatrical film ONE SPY TOO MANY - 1966]; RAWHIDE - 1965 [TV]; THE CINCINATTI KID - 1965; YOU'RE A BIG BOY NOW - 1966; THE LONG HUNT OF APRIL SAVAGE - 1966 [TV Movie]; BEACH RED - 1967; SOL MADRID - 1968; BEYOND THE LAW - 1968; LIONS LOVE [...AND LIES] - 1969; COMING APART - 1969; TROPIC OF CANCER - 1970; MAIDSTONE - 1970; MONTSERRAT - 1971 [TV Movie]; BONANZA - 1971 [TV]; HOLLYWOOD TELEVISION THEATER: TWO BY CHEKHOV - 1972 [TV Movie; also Director]; SLAUGHTER - 1972 [The first time I really noticed Torn as an actor; he was notoriously evil in his role as Dominic Hoffo]; MANNIX - 1972 [TV]; CIRCLE OF FEAR - 1972 [TV]; PAYDAY - 1973 [This is a film any serious film lover should watch]; THE PRESIDENT'S PLANE IS MISSING - 1973 [TV Movie]; COTTER - 1973; CRAZY JOE - 1974; ATTACK ON TERROR: THE FBI VS. THE KU KLUX KLAN - 1975 [TV Movie]; THE AMERICAN PARADE - 1976 [TV mini-series]; THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH - 1976 [One of my favorite Torn performances of all time; Also one of my favoite movies]; BIRCH INTERVAL - 1976; NASTY HABITS - 1977; MOST WANTED - 1977 [TV]; THE PRIVATE FILES OF J. EDGAR HOOVER - 1977; COMA - 1978; STEEL COWBOY - 1978 [TV Movie]; THE EDDIE CAPRA MYSTERIES - 1978 [TV]; BETRAYAL - 1978 [TV Movie]; BLIND AMBITION - 1979 [TV mini-series]; THE SEDUCTION OF JOE TYNAN - 1979; HEARTLAND - 1979; A SHINING SEASON - 1979 [TV Movie]; ONE-TRICK PONY - 1980; SOPHIA LOREN: HER OWN STORY - 1980 [TV Movie]; RAPE AND MARRIAGE: THE RIDEOUT CASE - 1980 [TV Movie]; FIRST FAMILY - 1980; A STRANGER IS WATCHING - 1982; THE BEASTMASTER - 1982; JINXED! - 1982; THE BLUE AND THE GRAY - 1982 [TV mini-series]; AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL - 1982; SCARAB - 1982 [Imagine this: Appearing in this weird Spanish flick and then turning in an Academy Award®-nominated performance in his next role!]; CROSS CREEK - 1983 [Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]; WHEN SHE SAYS NO - 1984 [TV Movie]; MISUNDERSTOOD - 1984; CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF - 1984 [TV Movie] FLASHPOINT - 1984 [the first theatrical film produced by HBO; they aired it endlessly when it was released to home video]; SONGWRITER - 1984; CITY HEAT - 1984; THE EXECUTION - 1985 [TV Movie]; THE ATLANTA CHILD MURDERS - 1985 [TV mini-series]; SUMMER RENTAL - 1985; BEER - 1985; DREAM WEST - 1986 [TV mini-series]; THE MANHUNT FOR CLAUDE DALLAS - 1986 [TV Movie]; J. EDGAR HOOVER - 1987 [TV Movie]; DESTINATION AMERICA - 1987 [TV Movie]; EXTREME PREJUDICE - 1987 [I like this ultra-violent film, even though critics didn't]; NADINE - 1987 [Cable Movie]; LAGUNA HEAT - 1987 [Cable Movie]; THE KING OF LOVE - 1987 [TV Movie]; APRIL MORNING - 1988 [TV Movie]; BLIND CURVE - 1988; HIT LIST - 1989; COLD FEET - 1989; SILENCE LIKE GLASS - 1989; SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH - 1989 [TV Movie]; PAIR OF ACES - 1990 [TV Movie]; BEAUTIFUL DREAMERS - 1990; KOJAK: NONE SO BLIND - 1990 [TV Movie]; BY DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT - 1990 [Cable Movie]; DEFENDING YOUR LIFE - 1991; ANOTHER PAIR OF ACES: THREE OF A KIND - 1991 [TV Movie]; DOLLY DEAREST - 1991; MY SON JOHNNY - 1991 [TV Movie]; COLUMBO: DEATH HITS THE JACKPOT - 1991 [TV Movie]; DEATH FALLS - 1991; T BONE N WEASEL - 1992 [TV Movie]; A MOTHER'S RIGHT: THE ELIZABETH MORGAN STORY - 1992 [TV Movie]; DEAD AHEAD: THE EXXON VALDEZ DISASTER - 1992 [TV Movie]; BEYOND THE LAW - 1993; ROBOCOP 3 - 1993; WHERE THE RIVERS FLOW NORTH - 1993; HEAVEN & HELL: NORTH & SOUTH, BOOK III - 1994 [TV mini-series]; HEART OF A CHILD - 1994 [TV Movie]; THE JOHN LARROQUETTE SHOW - 1995 [TV]; FOR BETTER OR WORSE - 1995; SHE STOOD ALONE: THE TAILHOOK SCANDAL - 1995 [TV Movie]; CANADIAN BACON - 1995; LETTER TO MY KILLER - 1995 [TV Movie]; CHICAGO HOPE - 1995 [TV]; HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT - 1995; THE TWISTED TALES OF FELIX THE CAT - 1995 [TV; Voice only; 5 episodes]; DOWN PERISCOPE - 1996; THE MOUSE - 1996; TRIAL AND ERROR - 1997; HERCULES - 1997 [Voice only]; MEN IN BLACK - 1997; THE ALMOST PERFECT BANK ROBBERY - 1997 [TV Movie]; SENSELESS - 1998; GHOST STORIES - 1997-1998 [TV; Narrator of 8 episodes]; THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW - 1992-1998 [HBO Series; 89 episodes; Nominated 8 times for an Emmy Award®, winning in 1996 as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and well deserved]; PASSING GLORY - 1999 [TV Movie]; BALLOON FARM - 1999 [TV Movie]; THE INSIDER - 1999; SEASONS OF LOVE - 1999 [TV]; A VISION OF MURDER: THE STORY OF DONIELLE - 2000 [TV Movie]; WONDER BOYS - 2000; MEN IN BLACK ALIEN ATTACK - 2000 [Short]; FREDDY GOT FINGERED - 2001 [Notoriously bad film by Tom Green; Torn was nominated for a Razzie Award® for Worst Supporting Actor]; SOUL FOOD - 2002 [TV]; MEN IN BLACK II - 2002; WILL & GRACE - 2002 [TV; 4 episodes]; ROLLING KANSAS - 2003; MANIAC MAGEE - 2003 [TV Movie]; LOVE OBJECT - 2003; THE LYON'S DEN - 2003 [TV; 4 episodes]; WELCOME TO MOOSEPORT - 2004; DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY - 2004 [Laugh-out-loud funny. Listen to Torn's "Patches O'Houlihan" character as he describes what makes a dodgeball champion: "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."; In "real life", Torn was later appointed the League Commissioner of Game Show Network's {GSN} EXTREME DODGEBALL]; EULOGY - 2004; FORTY SHADES OF BLUE - 2005; THE SISTERS - 2005; YOURS, MINE & OURS - 2005; MARIE ANTOINETTE - 2006; ZOOM - 2006; LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT - 2006 [TV]; TURN THE RIVER - 2007; BEE MOVIE - 2007 [Voice only]; THREE DAYS TO VEGAS - 2007; AUGUST - 2008; LUCKY DAYS - 2008 [also Executive Producer]; THE GOLDEN BOYS - 2008; HAPPY TEARS - 2009; 30 ROCK - 2007-2009 [TV; 7 episodes; Nominated for an Emmy Award® for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as "Don Geiss"]; AMERICAN COWSLIP - 2009; THE AFTERLIGHT - 2009; THE LEGEND OF AWESOMEST MAXIMUS - 2011; THREE WEEKS TO DAYTONA - 2011; MEN IN BLACK 3 - 2012; BRIDGE OF NAMES - 2012; TRIPTANK - 2016 [TV; Voice only; his final acting role]. Mr. Torn also directed the critically panned Whoopi Goldberg film THE TELEPHONE [1988] and he never attempted to direct anything else after that. Rip Torn was also nominated for Broadway's 1960 Tony Award® as Best Supporting or Featured Actor for "Sweet Bird of Youth," a performance he recreated in the film version with the same title, SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH [1962]. His alcohol consumption got him into some trouble, such as this ditty posted on IMDb's site: On January 29, 2010, he was arrested in Salisbury, CT, after police found him passed out, holding a loaded gun, on the floor of a bank that had just been broken into. Torn was drunk and thought the bank was his home. He was charged with criminal trespass, carrying a firearm without a permit, carrying a firearm while intoxicated, burglary and criminal mischief. He later pleaded guilty and was given a suspended 2.5-year prison sentence, three years of probation during which time he was forbidden from carrying a firearm and agreed to be subject to random drug and alcohol testing. He wa also married to three actresses: Ann Wedgeworth, from 1955 to 1961; Geraldine Page, from 1963 until her death in 1987 [although they never divorced, they lived apart for over ten years, their relationship was already over in the mid-'70s, as Torn started an affair with his third wife, Amy Adams in 1976]; and Amy Adams, from 1988 until his death. Actress Sissy Spacek [CARRIE - 1976] was Torn's cousin. Torn was always a tough bird, replying to a reporter's question with this: "People are finally realizing I'm one of the few actors who has never missed a performance. I've worked with broken legs, arms, ankles. I once passed a kidney stone during the opening night of a show." Rip Torn passed away fron undisclosed causes and was 88 years-old.) - 07/09/19
FREDDIE JONES (Actor: Some horror fans will know Freddie Jones' name [born Frederick Charles Jones] from the Hammer Films he appeared in in the '60s & '70s, as well as British mysteries and thrillers from the '70s. Other people may know him as a regular player in the films of David Lynch, first appearing as "Bytes" in Lynch's THE ELEPHANT MAN [1980] and then appearing in DUNE [1984] and WILD AT HEART [1990]. Freddie Jones has appeared in many films readers of this site will be interested in, so therefore I will concentrate on his film roles, as he appeared in too much British television to list here [it would take me several days!]. His film credits included: ACCIDENT - 1967; MARAT/SADE - 1967; FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD - 1967; THE BLISS OF MISS BLOSSOM - 1968; OTLEY - 1969; FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED - 1969 [played the Monster]; DOCTOR IN TROUBLE - 1970; THE GREAT INIMITABLE MR. DICKENS - 1970 [TV Movie]; THE MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF - 1970; GOODBYE GEMINI - 1970; THE EMERGENCE OF ANTHONY PURDY, ESQ., FARMER'S LABOURER - 1970 [TV Movie]; IN THE DEVIL'S GARDEN - 1971; MR. HORATIO KNIBBLES - 1971; KIDNAPPED - 1971; ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA - 1972; SITTING TARGET - 1972; SON OF DRACULA - 1973; THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA - 1973; ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - 1973 [TV Movie]; BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP - 1974 [TV Movie]; JUGGERNAUT - 1974; OLD DRACULA - 1974; TEA AT FOUR - 1975 [TV Movie]; A JOURNEY TO LONDON - 1975 [TV Movie]; A MIDSUMMER NIGHTMARE - 1975 [TV Movie]; THE BOY DAVE - 1975 [TV Movie]; NEVER TOO YOUNG TO ROCK - 1976; MASTER OF MANY ARTS - 1976 [TV Movie]; CHILDREN OF THE STONES - 1977 [TV mini-series]; NICHOLAS NICKLEBY - 1977 [TV mini-series]; THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE - 1978 [TV mini-series]; PENNIES FROM HEAVEN - 1978 [TV mini-series]; THE NATIVITY - 1978 [TV Movie]; THE TALKING PARCEL - 1978 [TV Movie]; THE DANCING PRINCESSES - 1978 [TV Movie]; ZULU DAWN - 1979; SECRET ORCHARDS - 1979 [TV Movie]; THE ELEPHANT MAN - 1980; TINY REVOLUTIONS - 1981 [TV Movie]; MURDER IS EASY - 1982 [TV Movie]; ELEANOR, FIRST LADY OF THE WORLD - 1982 [TV Movie]; FIREFOX - 1982; CAPTAIN STIRRICK - 1982; A SMALL DESPERATION - 1983 [TV Movie]; KRULL - 1983; AND THE SHIP SAILS ON - 1983; THE COUNTRY GIRLS - 1983 [TV Movie]; FIRESTARTER - 1984; THE ZANY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD - 1984 [TV Movie]; DUNE - 1984; THE LAST EVENSONG - 1985 [TV Movie]; THE BLACK CAULDRON - 1985 [Voice only]; LOST IN LONDON - 1985 [TV Movie]; YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES - 1985; SILAS MARNER - 1985 [TV Movie]; COMRADES - 1986; MASCHENKA - 1987; CONSUMING PASSIONS - 1988; ERIK THE VIKING - 1989; WILD AT HEART - 1990; THE PAPER MAN - 1990 [TV Movie]; DARK RIVER - 1990 [TV Movie]; THE LAST BUTTERFLY - 1991; SPIES INC. - 1992; HOTEL ROOM - 1993 [TV mini-series]; MR. WROE'S VIRGINS - 1993 [TV mini-serie]; THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD - 1993; ROYAL DECEIT - 1994; A PINCH OF SNUFF - 1994 [TV Movie]; THE NEVERENDING STORY III - 1994; COLD COMFORT FARM - 1995 [TV Movie]; IT COULD BE YOU - 1995 [TV Movie]; NO BANANAS - 1996 [TV mini-series]; NEVERWHERE - 1996 [TV mini-series]; DROVERS' GOLD - 1997 [TV mini-series]; THE TEMPTATION OF FRANZ SCHUBERT - 1997 [TV Movie]; THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF WILLIAM PALMER - 1998 [TV mini-series]; WHAT RATS WON'T DO - 1998; MY LIFE SO FAR - 1999; HOUSE! - 2000; MARRIED 2 MALCOLM - 2000; DAVID COPPERFIELD - 2000 [TV Movie]; THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - 2002; PUCKOON - 2002; BROKEN MORNING - 2003 [TV Movie]; LADIES IN LAVENDER - 2004; THE LIBERTINE - 2004; CASANOVA - 2005 [TV mini-series]; CAUGHT IN THE ACT - 2008; COME ON EILEEN - 2010; BY OUR SELVES - 2015; EMMERDALE [FARM] - 2005-2018 [Long-running British TV series {since 1972!}; an amazing 632 episodes; his last acting credit]. Mr. Jones was well into his thirties before he took up acting. He was also a frequent actor on Stage and trained at Rose Bruford Drama School, Sidcup, Kent. Other actors there included Gary Oldman, Ray Fearon, Tom Baker, and Stephen Armourae. Freddie Jones' sons include actor Toby Jones [THE MIST - 2007] and director Rupert Jones [KALEIDOSCOPE - 2016]. Freddy Jones died after a "short illness" and was 91 years-old.) - 07/09/19
VALENTINA CORTESE (Actress: Valentina Cortese was an Academy Award®-nominated actress that appeared in many classic Italian films during the 1960's & 1970's, many of them reviewed on this site. She actually started acting in films in 1940, but I am just going to list the titles that got a release in English-speaking territories. Her credits included [Theatrica l Films unless otherwise specified]: FIRST LOVE - 1941; GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST - 1942; 3/4 OF A PAGE - 1942; RESPONSIBILITY COMES BACK - 1945; THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - 1945; BULLET FOR STEFANO - 1947; LES MISERABLES - 1948; CROSSROADS OF PASSION - 1948; THE GLASS MOUNTAIN - 1949; BLACK MAGIC - 1949; THIEVES' HIGHWAY - 1949; MALAYA - 1949; WOMEN WITHOUT NAMES - 1950; SHADOW OF THE EAGLE - 1950; THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL - 1951; SECRET PEOPLE - 1952; LULU - 1953; JEALOUSY - 1953; THE WALK - 1953; ANGEL OF DARKNESS - 1954; MARRIAGE - 1954; JAILBIRDS - 1954; THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA - 1954; RHEINGOLD THEATRE - 1955 [TV Series]; MAGIC FIRE - 1956; THE ROCKET FROM CALABUCH - 1956; LUX VIDEO THEATRE - 1957 [TV Series]; SCHLITZ PLAYHOUSE - 1958 [TV Series]; LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT - 1958; DECISION - 1958 [TV Series]; LOVE AND TROUBLES - 1958; SQUARE OF VIOLENCE - 1961; BARABBAS - 1961; STORY OF SAN MICHELE - 1962; EVIL EYE - 1963; THE VISIT - 1965; THE POSSESSED - 1965; JULIET OF THE SPIRITS - 1965; THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE - 1967; LISTEN, LET'S MAKE LOVE - 1968; OH, GRANDMOTHER'S DEAD - 1969; THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA - 1969; GIVE HER THE MOON - 1970; FIRST LOVE - 1970; THE LOVE MATES - 1970; THE BOAT ON THE GRASS - 1971; THE IGUANA WITH THE TONGUE OF FIRE - 1971; CHRONICLE OF A HOMICIDE - 1972; BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON - 1972; THE ASSASSINATION OF TROTSKY - 1972; DAY FOR NIGHT - 1973 [Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Actress in a Supporting Role; it won the 1974 Oscar® for Best Foreign Language Film]; THE BIG SCARE - 1974; THE KISS OF DEATH - 1974; DRACULA IN THE PROVINCES - 1975; KIDNAP SYNDICATE - 1975; NICK THE STING - 1976; THE BIG OPERATOR - 1976; JESUS OF NAZARETH - 1977 [TV mini-series]; RING OF DARKNESS - 1979 [a.k.a. SATAN'S WIFE]; WHEN TIME RAN OUT - 1980; BLUE TANGO - 1987; THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN - 1988; THE BETROTHED - 1989 [TV mini-series]; BUSTER'S BEDROOM - 1991; SPARROW - 1993 [her final acting role]. Ms. Cortese was married to actor Richard Basehart [MANSION OF THE DOOMED - 1975] from 1951 to 1960 and had a son together, actor Jackie Basehart [THE INGLORIOUS BASTARDS - 1978]. She outlived both of them. She also had a very large Stage career, starring in plays like "Mary Stewart" and "Lulu" [both title roles]. According to IMDb: When she lost her Oscar nomination for DAY FOR NIGHT [1973] against Ingrid Bergman for MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS [1974], Bergman apologized in her acceptance speech, saying that Cortese deserved the award more. Valentina Cortese died of natural causes and was 96 years-old.) - 07/10/19
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Wilbert J. Gelhaus
M, b. 2 March 1916, d. 10 January 1998
Father* Joseph A. Gelhaus b. 30 Sep 1891, d. 1946
Mother* Anna Ruland b. c 1895, d. b Nov 1971
Wilbert J. Gelhaus was born on 2 March 1916.
He was the son of Joseph A. Gelhaus and Anna Ruland.
Wilbert J. Gelhaus married Evangeline M. Grauvogl, daughter of Alois A. Grauvogl and Mary A. Ostermeyer, on 20 November 1942.
Wilbert J. Gelhaus died on 10 January 1998 at age 81.
Helen C. Meise
F, b. 11 October 1921, d. 5 September 2011
Helen C Bindl
Father* Henry Carl Meise b. 5 Oct 1886, d. 5 Mar 1986
Mother* Margaret C. Needham b. 22 May 1890, d. 30 Jan 1971
Married Name 18 April 1939 As of 18 April 1939,her married name was Bindl.
Helen C. Meise was born on 11 October 1921 at Plain, Sauk, Wisconsin.
She was the daughter of Henry Carl Meise and Margaret C. Needham.
Helen C. Meise married Michael Philip Bindl, son of Thomas H. Bindl and Veronica Pauline Dischler, on 18 April 1939.
Helen C. Meise died on 5 September 2011 at age 89 Helen C. Bindl, age 89, of Plain, passed away on Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, surrounded by the love of her children. She was born on Oct. 11, 1921, the daughter of Henry and Margaret (Needham) Meise in Plain. Helen was married on April 18, 1939, to Michael P. Bindl. She was a member of St. Luke's Catholic Church and loved cooking, baking, canning, gardening and flowers. Survivors include five children, Wayne "Buzz" Bindl of Spring Green, Connie (Leo) Ellefson of Middleton, Sandra Bindl and Ron Rego of Lone Rock, Gary (JoAnn) Bindl of Spring Green, Linda (John) Niesen of Cross Plains; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; a brother, Gerald (Kathleen) Meise of Plain; two sisters-in-law, Helen Schulte of Hillpoint, and Leona Jacobson of Milwaukee; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Margaret Meise; her husband, Michael Bindl; a daughter-in-law, Geri Bindl; and two brothers, Louie and Earl Meise. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, at noon at ST. LUKE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH in Plain. Father Mike Resop will officiate with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held on Saturday at the church from 11 a.m. until the time of Mass.
Madison Wisconsin State Journal September 8, 2011 - Helen (Meise) Bindl obituary
4 April 1930 Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin Helen C. Meise was listed as a daughter in Henry Carl Meise's household on the 1930 Census at Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.1
[S250] U.S. Federal Census 1930 U.S. Federal Census, by Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: 2609; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 13; Image: 110.0.
Geraldine Marie Ederer
F, b. 5 February 1944, d. 4 November 2009
Mrs Wayne Henry Bindl (Geraldine Marie Ederer) 1965
Father* Reuben John Ederer b. 3 Jul 1909, d. 8 Dec 1991
Mother* Dorothy Catherine Bauer b. 16 Jun 1913, d. 5 Oct 1990
Name Variation Geraldine Marie Ederer was also known as Geri.
Married Name 26 June 1965 As of 26 June 1965,her married name was Bindl.
Geraldine Marie Ederer was born on 5 February 1944.
She was the daughter of Reuben John Ederer and Dorothy Catherine Bauer.
Geraldine Marie Ederer died on 4 November 2009 at age 65 Geraldine "Gerri", age 65, of Spring Green, passed away on Wednesday from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born the daughter of Reuben & Dorothy (Bauer) Ederer. She was married on June 26, 1965, to Wayne "Buzz" Bindl. Gerri was a member of St. Luke's Catholic Church in Plain. Gerri loved gardening, baking, cooking, spending time with her grandchildren and her flowers. Survivors include her husband, Buzz Bindl of Spring Green, WI; five children, Renae (Mike) Quale of Middleton, WI, Roger Bindl of Spring Green, WI, Rodney (Ruth) Bindl of Middleton, WI, Reggie (Ana) Bindl of Madrid, Spain, and Rita Bindl of Spring Green, WI; four grandchildren, Krysta and Michael Quale, and Hunter and Ashley Bindl; 10 siblings, Lee (Gene) Schmid of Plain, Alice (Delbert) Schutz of Waunakee, WI, Caryl (John) Nelson of Spring Green, WI, Marilyn (Jim) Maffet of Lakeland, FL, John (Ellen) Ederer of Spring Green, WI, Lois Roddick and Judy Ederer both of Waunakee, WI, Marge (Bruce) Hockensmith of Tampa, FL, Diane Ederer of Huntsville, TN, and Susan (Dave) Gill of Platteville, WI; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Reuben and Dorothy Ederer; and a brother, Gerald Ederer. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St Luke's Catholic Church in Plain. Father Mike Resop officiated.
Madison Wisconsin State Journal November 7, 2009 - Geraldine (Ederer) Bindl obituary
Harold C. Schulte
Father* John R. Schulte b. c 1885
Mother* Anna Seamandel b. c 1893
Harold C. Schulte was born on 27 February 1919 at Wisconsin.
He was the son of John R. Schulte and Anna Seamandel.
Harold C. Schulte married Kathryn Pyffereon on 15 August 1941.
Harold C. Schulte died on 17 February 2003 at age 83 Harold C. Schulte, 83, died Feb. 17 at Maplewood Nursing Home in Sauk City, Wis. He was born Feb. 27, 1919, at Lime Ridge, Wis., the son of John and Anna Seamandel Schulte. He married Kathryn Pyffereon on Aug. 15, 1941. She died Oct. 11, 1965. He married Helen Bindl on July 12, 1969. He was a maintenance man for Ithaca High School until 1982 and farmed most of his life. Schulte was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church at Loreto, Wis. Survivors include his wife of the home; two sons, Joe Schulte of Ellinwood and Robert Schulte of Madison, Wis; three daughters, Mary Kay of Loyd, Wis., Alice Ann of rural Reedsburg, Wis., and Sandy of rural Hillpoint, Wis; one sister, Mabel Kitzke; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one great-grandson; twin great-granddaughters; one brother, Awald Schulte; and one sister, Alice Schulte. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church with the Rev. Mike Resop officiating. Burial will be at St. Paul?s Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Barton County Historical Society in Great Bend or Ellinwood Library Art Restoration Project, all in care of Kimple Funeral Home in Ellinwood. Great Bend (Kan) Tribune Feb. 20, 2003.
Aubrey Earl Jacobson
M, b. 19 March 1920, d. 4 May 1992
Father* Glen J. Jacobson b. c 1905
Mother* Edith L. Hughbanks b. c 1907
Name Variation Aubrey Earl Jacobson was also known as Glen Aubrey.
Aubrey Earl Jacobson married Marion E. (?).
Aubrey Earl Jacobson was born on 19 March 1920.
He was the son of Glen J. Jacobson and Edith L. Hughbanks.
Aubrey Earl Jacobson married Leona M. Bindl, daughter of Thomas H. Bindl and Veronica Pauline Dischler, after 1968 at second marriage for her.
Aubrey Earl Jacobson died on 4 May 1992 at age 72.
He was buried after 4 May 1992 at Bear Creek Cemetery, La Farge, Vernon, Wisconsin.
Henry Carl Meise
M, b. 5 October 1886, d. 5 March 1986
Father* Stephen Meise b. Sep 1853, d. 1947
Mother* Bertha Schroeter b. Mar 1854, d. 1933
Name Variation Henry Carl Meise was also known as Henry J.
Henry Carl Meise was born on 5 October 1886 at Wisconsin.
He was the son of Stephen Meise and Bertha Schroeter.
Henry Carl Meise married Margaret C. Needham, daughter of Lorenzo D. Needham and Margaret Voelkel, on 20 October 1909.
Henry Carl Meise died on 5 March 1986 at Sauk, Wisconsin, at age 99.
18 June 1900 Ithaca, Richland, Wisconsin Henry Carl Meise was listed as a son in Stephen Meise's household on the 1900 Census at Ithaca, Richland, Wisconsin.1
1 June 1905 Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin Henry Carl Meise appeared on the census of 1 June 1905 in the household of Stephen Meise at Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.
3 May 1910 Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin Henry Carl Meise was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census at Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.2
1920 Spring Green, Sauk, Wisconsin He was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census at Spring Green, Sauk, Wisconsin.3
4 April 1930 Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin He was listed as the head of a family on the 1930 Census at Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.4
Henry Carl Meise obtained US Social Security Card at Wisconsin; last residence Plain, Sauk, Wisconsin.
Children of Henry Carl Meise and Margaret C. Needham
Louis Mathew Meise+ b. 1 Jan 1911, d. 14 Dec 1993
Earl F. Meise+ b. 18 Dec 1914, d. 11 Apr 1977
Helen C. Meise+ b. 11 Oct 1921, d. 5 Sep 2011
[S245] U.S. Federal Census 1900 U.S. Federal Census, by Ancestry.com, Year: 1900; Census Place: Ithaca, Richland, Wisconsin; Roll: T623_1813; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 115.
[S244] U.S. Federal Census 1910 U.S. Federal Census, by Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1736; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 115; Image: 896.
[S243] U.S. Federal Census 1920 U.S. Federal Census, by Ancestry.com, Year: 1920;Census Place: Spring Green, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_2015; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 178; Image: 451.
Louis Mathew Meise
M, b. 1 January 1911, d. 14 December 1993
Louis Mathew Meise was born on 1 January 1911 at Sauk, Wisconsin.
He was the son of Henry Carl Meise and Margaret C. Needham.
Louis Mathew Meise married Martha Elizabeth Bindl, daughter of Thomas H. Bindl and Veronica Pauline Dischler, on 8 May 1936.
Louis Mathew Meise died on 14 December 1993 at Sauk, Wisconsin, at age 82.
He was buried after 14 December 1993 at New Saint Lukes Catholic Cemetery, Plain, Sauk, Wisconsin.
Louis M and Martha E Meise tombstone
1920 Spring Green, Sauk, Wisconsin Louis Mathew Meise was listed as a son in Henry Carl Meise's household on the 1920 Census at Spring Green, Sauk, Wisconsin.1
4 April 1930 Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin Louis Mathew Meise was listed as a son in Henry Carl Meise's household on the 1930 Census at Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.2
Louis Mathew Meise obtained US Social Security Card at Wisconsin; last residence Plain, Sauk, Wisconsin.
Earl F. Meise
M, b. 18 December 1914, d. 11 April 1977
Earl F. Meise married Edna Celia Paulus, daughter of George J. Paulus and Anna T. Alt.
Earl F. Meise was born on 18 December 1914 at Wisconsin.
Earl F. Meise died on 11 April 1977 at Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, at age 62.
He was buried after 11 April 1977 at St Luke Catholic Cemetery, Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.
Earl F and Edna C Meise tombstone
1920 Spring Green, Sauk, Wisconsin Earl F. Meise was listed as a son in Henry Carl Meise's household on the 1920 Census at Spring Green, Sauk, Wisconsin.1
4 April 1930 Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin Earl F. Meise was listed as a son in Henry Carl Meise's household on the 1930 Census at Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.2
Earl F. Meise obtained US Social Security Card at Wisconsin; last residence Arena, Iowa, Wisconsin.
Children of Earl F. Meise and Edna Celia Paulus
Iris Meise b. 11 May 1938, d. 20 Feb 1942
Leslie Michael Meise b. 21 Dec 1939, d. 26 Nov 2006
Karen M. Meise+ b. 11 Jun 1944, d. 14 Aug 2005
Ronald K. Meise b. 1946, d. 1960
Leroy Besitzky
M, b. 29 July 1913, d. 25 June 1988
Name Variation Leroy Besitzky was also known as Roy.
Name Variation Leroy Besitzky was also known as Besitzsky.
Leroy Besitzky married Irene A. Needham, daughter of Joseph Edward Needham and Elizabeth M. Bindl.
Leroy Besitzky was born on 29 July 1913.
He died on 25 June 1988 at age 74.
Paul Burt
Name Variation Paul Burt was also known as Bunt.
Edna Celia Paulus
F, b. 15 January 1915, d. 29 August 1990
Father* George J. Paulus b. 30 Jul 1881, d. 1959
Mother* Anna T. Alt b. Jun 1883, d. 1963
Married Name Her married name was Meise.
Married Name 26 April 1981 As of 26 April 1981,her married name was Weiss.
Edna Celia Paulus married Earl F. Meise, son of Henry Carl Meise and Margaret C. Needham.
Edna Celia Paulus was born on 15 January 1915 at Wisconsin.
She was the daughter of George J. Paulus and Anna T. Alt.
Edna Celia Paulus married Louis S. Weiss, son of Joseph Herman Weiss and Mary Schwartz, on 26 April 1981.
Edna Celia Paulus died on 29 August 1990 at age 75.
She was buried after 29 August 1990 at St Luke Catholic Cemetery, Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.
Children of Edna Celia Paulus and Earl F. Meise
Ronald K. Meise
Ronald Meise 1960
Father* Earl F. Meise b. 18 Dec 1914, d. 11 Apr 1977
Mother* Edna Celia Paulus b. 15 Jan 1915, d. 29 Aug 1990
Name Variation Ronald K. Meise was also known as Ronnie.
Ronald K. Meise was born in 1946.
He was the son of Earl F. Meise and Edna Celia Paulus.
Ronald K. Meise was buried in 1960 at St Luke Catholic Cemetery, Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.
Ronald K Meise tombstone
He died in 1960 at drowned.
Funeral Services for Arena Drowning Victims, including Ronald Meise - 13 Aug 1960
Karen M. Meise
F, b. 11 June 1944, d. 14 August 2005
Married Name 29 May 1965 As of 29 May 1965,her married name was Cresswell.
Karen M. Meise was born on 11 June 1944 at Sauk, Wisconsin.
She was the daughter of Earl F. Meise and Edna Celia Paulus.
Karen M. Meise died on 14 August 2005 at age 61 Karen M. Cresswell, age 61, of Arena, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005, at her home. Karen was born June 11, 1944, in Plain, daughter of the late Earl and Edna (Paulus) Meise. She married Ronald Cresswell on May 29, 1965, at St. Barnabas Catholic Church in Mazomanie. He survives. Karen was a homemaker and worked for 10 years at the Pleasant Company in Middleton. Besides her husband, Ronald Cresswell Sr., survivors include two daughters, Lori Aegerter of Cross Plains, and Amy (Kyle) Butters of Newburg; a son, David (Anne) Cresswell of Janesville; nine grandchildren, Ashley, Jacob, Hannah, Andrew, Zachery, Ron, Jessica, Katelyn and Nathan; four sisters, JoAnne (Kenneth) Volk, Elaine (Al) Hellenbrand, Mary (Jack) Krueger, and Evy (Vern) Halverson; four brothers, Les (Connie), Terry (Deb) Richard, Danny (Donna) Meise; other relatives and friends. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Ron Jr., a brother, Ronnie; a sister, Iris; father-in-law, Carroll Cresswell Sr; mother-in-law, Minnie Cresswell; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Jim and June James; brother-in-law, Carroll Cresswell Jr; and a special nephew-in-law, Kenneth "Kris" Clark. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005, at ST. BARNABAS CATHOLIC CHURCH, Mazomanie. The Rev. Father Jason Hesseling will preside. Burial will be in St. Barnabas Catholic Cemetery, Mazomanie. Friends may call on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the RICHARDSON - STAFFORD FUNERAL HOME, Spring Green, and again on Thursday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of Mass at the church in Mazomanie. Richardson-Stafford Funeral Home, Spring Green, is in charge of the arrangements.
Child of Karen M. Meise
Ronald Cresswell Jr. d. b Aug 2005
Leslie Michael Meise
M, b. 21 December 1939, d. 26 November 2006
Name Variation Leslie Michael Meise was also known as Les.
Name Variation Leslie Michael Meise was also known as Leslie.
Leslie Michael Meise was born on 21 December 1939 at Plain, Sauk, Wisconsin.
Leslie Michael Meise died on 26 November 2006 at age 66.
Ronald Cresswell Jr.
M, d. before August 2005
Mother* Karen M. Meise b. 11 Jun 1944, d. 14 Aug 2005
Name Variation Ronald Cresswell Jr. was also known as Ron.
Ronald Cresswell Jr. was the son of Karen M. Meise.
Ronald Cresswell Jr. died before August 2005.
Iris Meise
F, b. 11 May 1938, d. 20 February 1942
Iris Meise was born on 11 May 1938.
Iris Meise died on 20 February 1942 at age 3.
She was buried after 20 February 1942 at St Luke Catholic Cemetery, Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.
Iris Meise tombstone
Carroll Cresswell Sr.
Carroll Cresswell Sr. married Minnie (?).
Carroll Cresswell Sr. died before August 2005.
Child of Carroll Cresswell Sr. and Minnie (?)
Carroll Cresswell Jr. d. b Aug 2005
Minnie (?)
F, d. before August 2005
Married Name Her married name was Cresswell.
Minnie (?) married Carroll Cresswell Sr.
Minnie (?) died before August 2005.
Child of Minnie (?) and Carroll Cresswell Sr.
Carroll Cresswell Jr.
Father* Carroll Cresswell Sr. d. b Aug 2005
Mother* Minnie (?) d. b Aug 2005
Carroll Cresswell Jr. was the son of Carroll Cresswell Sr. and Minnie (?).
Carroll Cresswell Jr. died before August 2005.
Jerry E. Faber
M, b. 18 October 1936, d. 11 June 2017
Jerry Faber 1954 graduation portrait Ithaca High School, Ithaca, Richland, WI
Father* Joseph N. Faber b. c 1896
Mother* Marie J. Wiedenfeld b. c 1903
Jerry E. Faber was born on 18 October 1936 at Wisconsin.
He was the son of Joseph N. Faber and Marie J. Wiedenfeld.
Jerry E. Faber died on 11 June 2017 at age 80 Jerry Faber, age 80, of Lone Rock, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 11, 2017, at UW Hospital. He was born on Oct 18, 1936, the son of Joseph and Marie (Wiedenfeld) Faber. Jerry attended Holy Cross Seminary for 3 years, then being a “Gift to the Ladies” (according to his yearbook), he was welcomed into his senior year into Ithaca High School and graduated in 1954. He married the “love of his life” Dori Bindl at St. Killian’s Catholic Church on July 31, 1965.
Jerry Faber proudly ran a 300-acre dairy farm in the beautiful valley of Jaquish Hollow. Every acre had a touch of his creativity and love of craftsmanship. From the Frank Lloyd Wright inspired home and gazebo that he designed and built by hand, to the farm pond he dug out himself so he could go have summer swims and fireworks with his family, to the outdoor trails he carved through the woods so his children could race on dune buggies, he truly created a farm that was an experience, for his wife, his family, his herd, and his legacy.
He carried these values with him when he and Dori sold their dairy farm and retired in 2007 to enjoy a quiet life in the woods of Lone Rock. He threw out his alarm clock and never looked back. Rooted in hard work, quiet generosity, and a determination that only a dairy farmer could have, Jerry lived each day with a full heart, a boisterous laugh, and ideally with the top down in his convertible after a swim in his pool till his final days.
Here’s to you our lovey, Dad, Papa, Bracka, Lolo, and Grandpa. You’ll be in our hearts forever.
Surviving include his devoted wife of 51 years, Dori (Bindl); his sons, Barry (Cyril) and Darek (Kari); his daughters, Deanna (John) and Jenny (Ryan); his grandchildren Madilyn (Nick), David (Alexis), Rylee, Jordan, Kendall, Cree, Chay, Coen, and Cora Faber; his brothers Norman (Marie), Fran (Sue), LaVerne (Donna); his sisters Sharon Lampman, Imelda (Harry) McCarthy, Mary Shields, and Colleen (Bob) Hargrave, as well as 3 great-grandchildren and 1 on the way. Many neighbors and friends survive him.
He was pre-deceased by his father, Joseph; his mother, Marie; his sisters, Eileen Eberle, Genevieve Faber; and his brothers, Wayne, Father Emmett, and John.
A Celebration of Jerry’s Life will be held on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 11:00 AM at the Clary Memorial Funeral Home in Richland Center. Visitation will be held on Saturday, June 24, 2017 from 9:00 AM until the time of service at 11:00 AM.
Jerry E. Faber graduated in 1954 at Ithaca High School, Ithaca, Richland, Wisconsin.
Lucian Bowar
Father* Math Bowar b. c 1897
Mother* Crescence (?) b. c 1901
Lucian Bowar was born circa 1926 at Wisconsin.
He was the son of Math Bowar and Crescence (?).
Lucian Bowar died on 10 October 1974.
Lucian Bowar obituary 12 Oct 1974 Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
Bertha M. Ring
F, b. 2 January 1919, d. 27 June 2009
Father* William Ring b. Nov 1895, d. 1937
Mother* Margaret Nachreiner b. Dec 1889, d. 1947
Married Name 16 November 1938 As of 16 November 1938,her married name was Rieder.
Bertha M. Ring was born on 2 January 1919 at Sauk, Wisconsin.
She was the daughter of William Ring and Margaret Nachreiner.
Bertha M. Ring married Donald Rieder on 16 November 1938.
Bertha M. Ring died on 27 June 2009 at age 90 Our beloved mother, Bertha M. Rieder, age 90 of Plain, passed away very peacefully in the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 27, 2009. She was born on Jan. 2, 1919, in the village of Plain to Margaret (Nachreiner) and William Ring. She was united in marriage to Donald Rieder on Nov. 16, 1938, at St. Luke's Catholic Church in Plain. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald on March 7, 1984, as well as her parents and an infant sister, Philomena and brothers-in-law, Lucian Bowar, Edward Liegel, Victor Bindl and several other nieces and nephews. She is survived by her nine children, Harvey (Jean) Rieder, Stanley Rieder, Donna (Lee) Schultz, Dennis (Carol) Rieder, Mary (Pete) Schutz, Gilbert (Ruthie) Rieder, Thomas (Teresa) Rieder, Philomena (Paul) Endres and Arline (Joe) Hess; 25 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; four sisters; and a brother, all of whom loved and cherished her, and will continue to in memory and in our hearts. She was involved in her church circle, Council of Catholic Women (CCW), taught religious education, and was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. Mom always loved to draw old barns, write stories about her happy childhood on the farm with her parents and siblings, play cards, and enjoyed flowers of all kinds. She loved to cook and bake, especially her famous cinnamon rolls, of which we all have our own story. She loved to walk barefoot, sing songs and sit on her front porch. Among Mom's many legacies she has left to us, her nine children, and all that knew and loved her, is her example of deep faith and trust in our Lord, as well as her strength of character, values, morals and above all, love. Although Mom is now just beginning a new life in Heaven, we will carry on that legacy to our own children and all we come in contact with. We will spread a little bit of her uniqueness throughout all of our lives, as a lasting tribute to her. She is already deeply missed. Visitation will be held on Monday, June 1, 2009, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. with a rosary following at ST. LUKE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH in Plain. A mass of christian burial will be held on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at 11 a.m. with Father Mike Resop officiating; preceded by visitation from 9:30 a.m. until the time of Mass at the church.
Donald Rieder
M, d. 7 March 1984
Donald Rieder married Bertha M. Ring, daughter of William Ring and Margaret Nachreiner, on 16 November 1938.
Donald Rieder died on 7 March 1984.
Philomena Ring
Philomena Ring was the daughter of William Ring and Margaret Nachreiner.
Philomena Ring died at died in infancy.
John N. Ederer
M, b. 3 July 1891, d. 30 January 1984
Father* Joseph Ederer
Mother* Margaret (?)
John N. Ederer was born on 3 July 1891 at Chippewa, Wisconsin.
He was the son of Joseph Ederer and Margaret (?).
John N. Ederer married Margaret C. Schutz, daughter of Michael Schutz and Catherine Kirschbaum, circa 1915.
John N. Ederer died on 30 January 1984 at Sauk, Wisconsin, at age 92 John N Ederer obituary.
Madison Wisconsin State Journal January 31, 1984 - John N Ederer obituary
9 January 1920 Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin John N. Ederer was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census at Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.1
30 April 1930 Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin He was listed as the head of a family on the 1930 Census at Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.2
John N. Ederer obtained US Social Security Card at Wisconsin; last residence Plain, Sauk, Wisconsin.
Children of John N. Ederer and Margaret C. Schutz
Marie Ederer
Rita Ederer
Loretta M. Ederer+ b. 30 Jun 1916, d. 2 Oct 2006
Alfred Alois Ederer+ b. 27 Apr 1918, d. 14 Aug 1985
Florence C. Ederer+ b. 8 Mar 1920, d. 30 Jul 2017
Leo J. Ederer b. 17 Jun 1923, d. 1 Oct 1999
Charles F. Ederer b. c 1929, d. bt 2005 - 2016
[S243] U.S. Federal Census 1920 U.S. Federal Census, by Ancestry.com, Year: 1920;Census Place: Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_2015; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 164; Image: 76.
[S250] U.S. Federal Census 1930 U.S. Federal Census, by Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: 2609; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 13; Image: 123.0.
Florence C. Ederer
F, b. 8 March 1920, d. 30 July 2017
Father* John N. Ederer b. 3 Jul 1891, d. 30 Jan 1984
Mother* Margaret C. Schutz b. 26 Apr 1895, d. 30 Nov 1961
Married Name 30 December 1940 As of 30 December 1940,her married name was Sprecher.
Florence C. Ederer was born on 8 March 1920 at Sauk, Wisconsin.
She was the daughter of John N. Ederer and Margaret C. Schutz.
Florence C. Ederer married Harlan J. Sprecher, son of Arthur Roy Sprecher and Ethel Strait, on 30 December 1940.
Florence C. Ederer died on 30 July 2017 at age 97 Florence Clara (Ederer) Sprecher, age 97, passed away on Sunday, July 30, 2017 at Greenway Manor in Spring Green. She was born on March 8, 1920, in Sauk County, Wisconsin, to John and Margaret (Schutz) Ederer.
Florence married Harlan (Chunk) Sprecher on December 30, 1940. They lived, worked, laughed, and loved together for almost 65 years, farming for more than 50 of those years. She was a proud member of St. John’s Catholic Church, Spring Green.
Florence’s pride and joy was her family, as anyone who visited her could see from the multitude of pictures on her walls! Together, she and Harlan raised ten children on several farms in the Spring Green area. Some of her sons continue working those farms today.
Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren always referred to her as ‘Gram,’ and Harlan was ‘Pop.’ When you made a visit to Gram and Pop’s home, you never left without having a meal or sweet treat. Gram loved to garden, cook, and bake. Harlan and Florence took great pride in their vegetable garden; her grandchildren have fond memories of snipping beans (and sneaking some to eat) with her. Gram and Pop’s food cellar contained many quarts of tomato juice, dill pickles, sauerkraut, and various canned fruits. Her baking specialties were raised donuts fried in lard, homemade cinnamon rolls, Christmas cookies, apple pies, and angel food cakes. She often had “help” in the kitchen from the younger members of the family! The grandkids also loved having sleepovers at Gram and Pop’s house, which always included having strawberries and milk with her homemade bread at breakfast. Euchre has been a solid Ederer/Sprecher family tradition since the beginning of time, and Gram was the best: If you played against her – it didn’t matter who her partner was – you were going to lose.
Florence’s faith was also very important to her. You could often find her in her chair holding her rosary and praying. Christmas has always been a major holiday for the Sprechers; every year, Gram went all-out to decorate the house, complete with not just one but TWO trees, at least one Holy Family display, yards of tinsel, and a myriad of ornaments, many of which are now extraordinary antiques. Naturally, there were the aforementioned cakes, pies, cookies, and doughnuts in abundance! Gram would also prepare goodie bags for the grands and great-grands and organize a visit from Santa.
Survivors include eight children: Jim (Caryl) Sprecher, Jerry (Peg) Sprecher, Jerome (Peggy Mockler) Sprecher, Jeff (Joan) Sprecher, of all Spring Green, Jannie Wille of Oregon, Joannie (Tim) Harrington of Arena, Jeanette Sprecher of Madison, and Joyce (Herb) Portz of Poynette; 19 grandchildren: Jacky Brings, Joette (Brad) Warren, Janelle (Terry) Siske, David Sprecher, Joni Sprecher, Marty (friend Sonja) Sprecher, Cheri (Tim) Jordan, Freeman (Lindsay Craig) Nelson, Jamie (Jen) Nelson, Michelle (Jeff) Weiss, Jason Sprecher, Bradley (friend Amanda) Wille, Stephanie (Alex) Johnson, Amery Harrington, Alex Harrington, Justin Pharo, Jarad Pharo, Marcus (fiancé Laura Senz) Portz, and Eric (Susan) Portz; 21 great-grandchildren, 7 step-grandchildren, 22 step great-grandchildren, daughter-in-law, JoAnne (Ted) Hosking, Mazomanie, son-in-law Freeman (Kathy) Nelson, Nova Scotia, Canada; sister Kathleen (Gerald) Meise; sister-in-law Caroline Ederer, brother-in-law Milton Sprecher, and sister-in-law Lorna Anderson and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents John and Margaret Ederer; husband, Harlan Sprecher; son, John Sprecher, daughter, Juliene Nelson; daughter-in-law Vicki Sprecher, son-in-law Gary Wille; grandson Bob Brings; brothers: Alfred Ederer, Leo Ederer, Charlie Ederer, sister Loretta Scholl, brothers-in-law: Orville Sprecher, Ervin Sprecher, Marvin Sprecher, Walter Sprecher, Bob Erickson, Wayne Anderson, Leo Scholl, sisters-in-law: Molly Sprecher, Lorene Sprecher, Fern Sprecher, Buelah Sprecher, Arline Pace, Lorene Erickson, Shirley Sprecher, and Lucy Ederer.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, August 4, 2017 at 11:00am at St. John’s Catholic Church, 209 N. Washington St., Spring Green, WI 53588. Fr. Eric Nielsen will officiate with burial in the St. John’s Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church on Thursday, August 3, 2017 from 4:00pm-8:00pm. and also on Friday, August 4, 2017 from 9:30am until the time of the Mass. The family would like to offer a special thank you to Father John Silva, Fr. Mike Resop, Father Scott Emerson, Dr. Ellen Wermuth, Lauri Liegel, Souls of Harmony and the staff at the River Valley Medical Clinic in Spring Green, Agrace Palliative Care, Agrace HospiceCare, and to the outstanding staff at Greenway Terrace and Greenway Manor. Your compassion and gentle care will always be remembered. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Florence’s name to St. John’s Catholic School.
The Richardson Stafford Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
30 April 1930 Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin Florence C. Ederer was listed as a daughter in John N. Ederer's household on the 1930 Census at Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.1
Children of Florence C. Ederer and Harlan J. Sprecher
Juliene Sprecher d. b Dec 2004
John Arthur Sprecher+ b. 18 Jan 1942, d. 16 Mar 2015
Loretta M. Ederer
F, b. 30 June 1916, d. 2 October 2006
Loretta (Ederer) Scholl 2006
Married Name 24 November 1938 As of 24 November 1938,her married name was Scholl.
Loretta M. Ederer was born on 30 June 1916 at Wisconsin.
Loretta M. Ederer married Leo J. Scholl on 24 November 1938.
Loretta M. Ederer died on 2 October 2006 at Dane, Wisconsin, at age 90 Loretta M. Scholl, age 90, of Blanchardville, and formerly of Plain, passed away on Monday, Oct. 2, 2006, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison following a brief illness.
She was born on June 30, 1916, in Irish Valley, Wis., the daughter of John and Margaret (Schutz) Ederer. She was married on Nov. 24, 1938, to Leo J. Scholl.
Loretta was a member of St. Luke's Catholic Church in Plain and the National Council of Catholic Women.
Survivors include five children, Phyllis (Rick) Kraemer of Spring Green, Anita (Dennis) Bohn of Blanchardville, Ilene (Mike) Schmiedlin of Middleton, Dale (Barb) Scholl of Mount Horeb, and Carla (Dick) Nooyen of DeForest; a daughter-in-law, Sue Scholl of Holcombe; 19 grandchildren, Kim (Gregg) Johnson, Nancy (Eric) Hamele, Christa (Tim) Ambrose, Sarah Scholl, Mike (Buffie) Scholl, Shelley Buettner, Lori (Philip) Abbott, Alex, Wes, Marcus, Amanda, Micah, and Lindsey Kraemer, Lori (Brian) Roth, Kari and Diana Schmiedlin, Jennifer, Steve, and Mitchell Nooyen; 11 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Florence Sprecher of Spring Green, and Kathleen (Gerry) Miese of Plain; a brother, Charles (Lucy) Ederer of Arizona; a sister-in-law, Caroline Ederer of Sauk City; a brother-in-law, Kenneth Scholl of Maryland; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Margaret Ederer; her husband, Leo Scholl, in 1982; two infant sons, John and LeRoy Scholl; two sons, Harlan, in 2004, and Gene, in 2006; two brothers, Alfred and Leo Ederer; and two infant sisters.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006, at 5 p.m. at ST. LUKE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH in Plain. Father Mike Resop will officiate with burial in the church cemetery.
Madison Wisconsin State Journal October 4, 2006 - Loretta (Ederer) Scholl obituary
9 January 1920 Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin Loretta M. Ederer was listed as a daughter in John N. Ederer's household on the 1920 Census at Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.1
30 April 1930 Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin Loretta M. Ederer was listed as a daughter in John N. Ederer's household on the 1930 Census at Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.2
Children of Loretta M. Ederer and Leo J. Scholl
John Scholl
LeRoy Scholl
Harlan Scholl d. 2004
Eugene L. Scholl b. 1 Mar 1941, d. 22 Aug 2006
Leo J. Scholl
M, d. 1982
Leo J. Scholl married Loretta M. Ederer, daughter of John N. Ederer and Margaret C. Schutz, on 24 November 1938.
Leo J. Scholl died in 1982.
Children of Leo J. Scholl and Loretta M. Ederer
Charles F. Ederer
M, b. circa 1929, d. between 2005 and 2016
Name Variation Charles F. Ederer was also known as Charlie.
Charles F. Ederer was born circa 1929 at Wisconsin.
He was the son of John N. Ederer and Margaret C. Schutz.
Charles F. Ederer married Lucy Janilla Neuheisel, daughter of Anton Neuheisel and Emma Theresa Ederer, on 30 August 1950.
Lucy Janilla Neuheisel - Charles F Ederer engagement announcement 21 Aug 1950 The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Charles F. Ederer died between 2005 and 2016.
30 April 1930 Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin Charles F. Ederer was listed as a son in John N. Ederer's household on the 1930 Census at Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.1
Lucy Janilla Neuheisel
F, b. circa 1932, d. between 2005 and 2016
Lucy Janilla Neuheisel 1950
Father* Anton Neuheisel b. 9 Jan 1903, d. 4 Dec 1953
Mother* Emma Theresa Ederer b. 3 Sep 1906, d. 18 Jul 1989
Married Name 30 August 1950 As of 30 August 1950,her married name was Ederer.
Lucy Janilla Neuheisel was born circa 1932 at Wisconsin.
She was the daughter of Anton Neuheisel and Emma Theresa Ederer.
Lucy Janilla Neuheisel married Charles F. Ederer, son of John N. Ederer and Margaret C. Schutz, on 30 August 1950.
Lucy Janilla Neuheisel died between 2005 and 2016.
1940 Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin Lucy Janilla Neuheisel was listed as a daughter in Anton Neuheisel's household on the 1940 Census at Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin.1
[S373] U.S. Federal Census 1940 U.S. Federal Census, by Ancestry.com, Year: 1940; Census Place: Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: T627_4523; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 56-14.
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NIGERIA'S BEST PLAYERS ARE THE ONE'S WHO FAIL MRI SCREENING
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txj wrote:
The statement does not singly you out, however much you might want it to! It is simply recognizing the group to which you are an integral part- defenders of the NFF and MRI...
The highlighted paragraph is ample proof that you are the leading advocate in this group. Your statement is like commending a serial wife abuser for getting his wife quickly to an emergency room after beating her up!
The best progress the NFF can make is to commit to using only players who are born within the age group for the competition, and thus to commit to proper verification.
Txj,
I did not state that it singled me out. The fact is that it included me in the group that you claimed made the statement. I never made such a statement and thus cannot be accurately included in such a group. That is the bottomline.
A better analogy for commending the NFF is actually to commend a national drug administration for approving a drug that will cure a large percentage of people who fall sick without first waiting to approve a drug that will cure 100% of them if such drug does not currently exist.
Last edited by Enugu II on Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.
okidoki
I have just been reading some of what you are writing, and I want to ask you a question. Please what is proper verification, in your book. In a country where a huge percentage of births , still take place in homes. In the North, and many parts of the South South, this is the reality believe it or not.
This is the same Nigeria,where forged documents, have been known to fool even Western embassies.
If the first stage of documentation by the NFF, is birth certificate, passport etc, and the second process of disqualifying overaged players is getting all of the players to uniformly undergo MRI tests, then what is your issue?
"Nigeria", Africas only true hope of bringing the World cup home to motherland.
txj
pajimoh wrote:
Teacher don't teach me nonsense. You should read the article you posted. MRI is not 100 proof of age but that is what FIFA is demanding. Even if you swear by your own life that your son is u17 but the MRI says otherwise, FIFA will not take your word for it.
The argument here is a simple one. Even if they give you the job to verify the age of the players and you're satisfied they are u17, complete the process by doing the MRI immediately before camping them. We know of an American boy with all valid doc that failed the scan. The report you posted said so. So why not do the scan immediately after whatever is acceptable to you as the selection process?
Why for instance are none of the American or European teams worrying about a genuine U-17 failing the test?
They simply select the truly U-17 players and send them to play. If the MRI disqualifies them, so be it...
The NFF needs to FIRST commit to using truly U-17 players not find all possible ways to cheat...
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Your analogy conveniently ignores the part where the national agency is engaged in fraud. So the correct analogy would be that the national drug administration approved a drug that is supposed to cure 100% of the population, ignoring the fact that it only cures 40% and then correcting itself to approve an alternative that achieves 100%.
The highlighted is the issue you are refusing to grapple with. There is no process currently existing in Nigeria to be sure that you have players who are truly U-17. You touted Cellular's claim and Cellular's subsequent statement clearly shows that the consultants collaborate several documents and in such a case cannot state FOR SURE that a player is of a certain age. We showed you also research reports indicating that many children are born today outside the hospital. In all of this, there is no certainty to find a true age of all players in Nigeria.That is the issue.
BTW, that is a gulf of a difference between Nigeria and nations from Europe and the USA that you have cited above. Nigeria that you have derided as being backward in many other areas but suddenly in this area they have magically become as efficient in documentation as Western Europe?
okidoki wrote:
In order for us to have a genuine debate, u have to first commit to the truth.
We are in 2018, and are thus speaking of players born in 2000.
Your assertion above is not true and based on a lie which u are perpetuating..
pajimoh
How do you know how many fails the MRI if they even do MRI for Europeans and Americans at all? The MRI is predominantly for 3rd world countries where, yes we cheat, but we lack adequate records.
We've seen people who claim they are 110 years old but don't even know which year they were born but they associate it to something their parents claims happened that year etc.
The article you posted last also suggest the MRI does not take into account ethnicity, regional and social variables and diet.
We all want to eradicate age cheats, that one is not even open for debate, how we go about it in a society like Nigeria is the issue. You trivialise the simplicity of and that is why I have an issue with you. In Africa we have rules for almost everything you can think of but we easily set those rules aside to do the wrong things.
That is why the MRI is another welcome layer. The article you posted suggest the possibility of an 18 to 20 passing the MRI and the same possibility exists for u16 year olds failing the MRI.
That is why I suggest testing immediately because that is where Nigeria is right now. Nigeria is not at a juncture where you accept the verification and send the boys to camp only to do the MRI at a later stage. It's about doing what is right for now and not how it works in Europe or America. You can't bring American or European system into Nigeria without taking into account the quality and integrity of participants.
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There is just so much rumors and inaccuracies surrounding this issue that I have decided to post FIFA's own media release of 2009 so that we can all take a look instead of imagining stuff.
Caught by the wrists
https://www.fifa.com/development/news/y=2009/m=10/news=caught-the-wrists-1121679.html
(FIFA World) 22 Oct 2009
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As the FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009 approaches, a question familiar to everyone involved in youth competitions is inevitably raising its head once again: are all the players on the competing teams really 17 or under?
FIFA's rules, designed to ensure fair play and a level playing field for all, are quite clear on this matter, with the regulations for this year's U-17 competition stating that each member association has a responsibility to "ensure that all players of its representative team were born on or after 1 January 1992."
In the past, overage players have been wrongly entered into various youth competitions, often benefitting from an unfair advantage due to their greater physical maturity compared to players of the proper age. Until now, the main way of checking a player's age was to look at the date of birth stated in his or her passport - but this does not always solve the issue.
"We know that it is not generally bad intention or purpose if players are biologically above 17 years," stresses Dr Yacine Zerguini, member of the FIFA and CAF Medical Committees. "In some countries, birth certificates are inaccurate or even not available, without that necessarily being the fault of the player or the association."
To tackle this potential problem, FIFA has decided to conduct magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the wrist at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, with randomly selected players being tested in Nigeria under the supervision of FIFA's medical experts.
The research behind the decision actually began in 2003 when, in response to numerous requests by member associations, FIFA's Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC) started to investigate the use of biological markers for age determination.
X-ray images of the growth plate of the left wrist have been used in court and paediatrics to determine age for decades. The growth plates of the bones of the human skeleton are open during growth, and close at different times with increasing age and maturity. However, for ethical reasons, the exposure to radiation prohibits the use of X-ray in the age screening of football players.
Prof. Jiri Dvorak, the chairman of F-MARC who also works in a large orthopaedic hospital, came up with the idea of using MRI instead, since MRI does not expose players to any radiation and also provides detailed images and better contrast between different body tissues than any other imaging systems in radiology. Consequently, F-MARC developed a new method that uses MRI for age determination.
In close collaboration with the AFC (Dr Gurchuran Singh), CAF (Dr Yacine Zerguini) and CONMEBOL (Dr Raul Madero), F-MARC performed MRI scans of the wrist in more than 500 football players of different ethnical origin (Switzerland, Malaysia, Algeria, Argentina, Senegal), all aged between 14 and 19 years and with confirmed birth certificates, and developed a six-point grading system for the fusion of the growth plate . It was established that in a normal population, complete fusion is very unlikely to occur prior to 17 years of age. In fact, the probability is less than 1%. In other words, if the MRI shows complete fusion of a player´s wrist, this player is older than 17 years with a certainty of more than 99%.
F-MARC then performed MRI scans of the wrist on players selected randomly at the FIFA U-17 World Cups 2003, 2005 and 2007. The results were striking, with the players' scans showing a far higher rate of fusion (up to 35%) than those found in the reference populations . Since the establishment of the new technique, more then 1,500 MRIs have been performed, adding further robustness to the accuracy of the testing. Similar studies have also now been initiated for women and U-17 female players.
"MRI of the wrist is a simple, reliable, valid and non-invasive method of age determination in young male football players," says Prof. Dvorak. "We can identify overage players at U-17 competitions at no risk to the individual. This is of considerable help both to member associations and FIFA."
The Executive Committee of the Asian Football Confederation has already demonstrated its interest in the results of the F-MARC study, ordering that all players registered for the qualifying and final rounds of the AFC U-16 Championship who did not participate in the preceding AFC Festival of Football at U-13 and U-14 level must undergo MRI of the wrist for analysis by independent FIFA or AFC experts in order to guarantee their age eligibility. So far, the approach has proven highly successful in reducing the number of incidents involving potentially overage players, with the confederation identifying only one such case in 2008.
When it comes to FIFA's own competitions, including the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup, world football's governing body is encouraging and supporting participating member associations to conduct their own MRI tests in the build-up to the tournament in order to ensure that players are compliant with the age limit.
While such tests by the individual member associations are not yet mandatory, the advantages of carrying them out are self-apparent, with responsible associations able to ensure that their players are indeed as young as their passports say they are, and that they do not end up unwittingly attending a major international tournament with a squad that could contain overage players.
*This article is from the October issue of FIFA World, the new FIFA magazine. You can read every issue of FIFA World online by clicking the link on the right. *
Don't you think, accusing me of lying. For something that won't give me money, or increase my life span is going a bit overboard.My sister, is a professor of Nursing(IUPUI). She runs one of the largest mission trips to Nigeria, that constantly has volunteers doctors, Opticians, Dentists and even nurses, and they now have a clinic/hospital of their own in the Nnewi/Amichi axis.
I was probably like you, till I started hearing stories of people going without treatment, giving birth at home, just because of high hospital bills.
Let me give you, an example how bad it is. At least in 2-3 cases. Pregnant women walked in, and told the clinician of not having, given birth to their more recent kids due to hospital bills. That means, they gave birth to their older kids in hospitals, but the latter ones not so.
So aside from unavailability of Healthcare, there is now an ever increasing problem of people resorting to iffy midwives because they have no funds for hospitals, or the public hospitals are not functioning properly. A problem that has so far gone unreported, at least I've not read about it anywhere. Therefor this Overage problem isn't ending anytime soon.
My brother,Nigeria is getting poorer by the day. Forget the nonsense, many post here of IGR. Truth is if you are making your money in Nigerian Naira, in Just three years you've become 50% poorer. Ask Dangote. That is what your head, hasn't been able to wrap itself around.
NFF is doing the best, they can.
Okidoki,
What is troubling is the belief that because we can afford to make those payments that all Nigerians can afford to do the same. I have cousins in my village that cannot go for treatment in any hospital because of the costs. They are better off going to the dibia or if the ailment is too bad they will go to the church (Miri ngozi) to pray. Why? They cannot afford the hospital bills and yet we expect these same people to pay thousands of naira to give birth in a hospital when they can find someone in the village who can conveniently deliver the baby at home. For me it is the lack of understanding of problems that exist.
Our researchers identify these problems in their work but we can stay behind the computer and label the research as weak. Yet there are people experiencing these problems on an everyday basis.
My brother, I don't lame Tjx. I was the same way, till I started going back and seeing the mission work. Folks come as far as Nanka, and further to get medication.
Some even here, were insulting Bill Gates, when he called for more investment in Healthcare. We are in trouble, as a country.
Damunk
All this goes above and around the head of txj because knowledge cannot penetrate cement.
I'm surprised you are still trying to help him.
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Now they are saying it could be more than 15 Players that failed, and that the NFF is hiding the real number of failures, and that it could be the entire first team.
Funny that none of the papers are printing the names of the players. Cant be a coincidence that none of the publications is printing the names....even though Manu Garba announced the names. Someone must be threatening them with some sort of legal action, however, I don't see how there is any legal Jeopardy in reporting the news that says they failed the test , rather than saying they are truly not u-17.
I would suggest a different way of approaching this testing..... They should have the players pay for their own MRI screening at the approved center in Abuja. If you pass, you get reimbursed. If you fail, too bad. Those who know they are truly not U-17 will mostly not risk taking the test for the fear of losing their money. They will self eliminate themselves from the process.
Also the time lines should be moved back by 2 months so they can quickly eliminate the ones who are not going to qualify.
JACKAL wrote:
Now you're seeing sense in my previous suggesting of testing before camping. I like your suggestion of paying for their test and reimbursement
I know there are people here who may be ready to make an argument that some genius player may fall through the cracks because he cant pay for a 50,000-100,000 Naira($140-$277) MRI Test .. Let me say this is highly unlikely !
All these players you see are all part of academies so they already have representation and of some sort of backing. If the Academy owner/parents/agents know this player is well over 17 years old..they will not fund this test. So self elimination will take place. The player wont even show up to camp. Some of the Agents will conduct their own private test to determine if the player would qualify or not and would not risk sending him if the result is in the negative
One way for players to avoid the high cost of MRI testing is to use X-rays as an initial first test. An X-ray may not be as accurate as MRI..but it will give you a close enough reading and its much, much cheaper. Like 1/2 the price of an MRI.
First it used to be, 'where is the evidence'?
Then Adokiye and Fortune Chukwudi happened. Adokiye came with 'evidence'...
Then it was, about the timing of his evidence. The enablers of cheating screamed, why now? Why did he not do it earlier, or later?
What are his motives? He is disgruntled! He wanted to be NFF Chairman and didn't get it! He is after the NFF!
Then it became about the absence of birth records!
Thousands of Nigerians are born in the bush. They have no birth records!
They do not have money to get their birth records.
If you are an enabler of cheating, YOU ARE A CHEAT!
Typical zoo resident response. It's not allowed to have a discourse, what is supposed to be the hallmark of a developed society. No wonder proposed state budgets is just rubber stamped rather than debated.
The accusation is cheat enablers because txj the street dumb kid is not having his way
The folly of your argument is obvious. Some state cannot even pay their workers but you're not arguing it's year 2000, how could it be so. Some people in Lagos state, the state that generates the most IGF, have mo electricity or running water and some don't even have a toilet.
But here comes txj, the book knowledge but street dumb kid claiming most births in Nigeria today happens in the hospital with a fully functioning printer and computer that churns out birth certs in every hospital. Not only is this happening but it's happening in all the states regardless of their financial challenges and useless governor in charge. In fact there should be a 3 letter word for a village ID 10 T - txj
Ugbowo
Location: Dallas/Houston, TX
I've been wanting to stay away from the debate because of my ummmm...bias but I cant help myself.
I have some players from my academy in the current U17 team. This is how they got there.....
A coach noticed us in a tournament in Lagos and decided to come to our training to see if he any of the boys could make it. We played our U17 against our U19 when he came. The players in my U17 don't have passports but they have birth certificates and are with the academy with parental permission. The U17 coach picked the boys from my U17 team and they were invited to the first phase of camping.
NFF provided the accommodation for the boys but we were responsible for his general up keep. They all lasted in camp until the final 60. One of them just got sent home after the first batch of results came out. Others passed and some are going through the second batch testing today.
How does this lend credence to the argument? The assistant coach who came to my camp relied on my academy for age verification and the MRI test was used as a back up. He watched better players in the U19 squad and said he will make recommendations to the coaching staff there. If he wanted to cheat, he would have taken the U19 boys he really wanted.
I don't know if this helps or hurts the argument. All I know is they are trying to do the right thing from my own first hand experience.
Ugbowo wrote:
Ugbowo,
It helps even though it is just from one academy. The information is important because it provides some insight on how players, who may not have been in the earlier age groups of the NFF (U13 and U15), are recruited. Apparently, this is one case where the NFF actually checks the birth records. For "all we knew before now", NFF purposely seeks for overage players and gambling to find which of them is able to beat the MRI test. Although that idea, in my opinion, was laughable given efforts to raise U13 and U15 players but now we know that NFF even goes beyond just raising those younger squads.
Frankly, we are not where we need to be yet but I certainly believe that the NFF has made commendable efforts towards getting there with the U17 team. I hope they can device methods to curb the menace at the U20 level where it certainly appears to be persistent.
I think that this debate has to be advanced in the future to ask why FIFA refuses to publish results of the random tests they do at tournaments. I have a hunch why and I also believe that my hunch explains somewhat why FIFA is planning to ditch the U17 and U20 and go to the U19 in the near future. But let me stop at this point and hopefully we will all have that important debate in the near future.
Ugbowo, of course it helps contribute to the debate.
And more importantly, kudos to you for your own contribution to the development of Nigerian players and football in general.
May you hammer on several counts.
Your contribution is very much appreciated.
By any chance do you know where I can get a comprehensive list of the players who failed the test ?
I would like to write it up so we can comeback in 5 years time so see how they are doing.
Also what do you think of my Thesis on this subject since you are on the frontlines ?
Also how come no goalkeeping Academies ?
Who in your opinion are the top 10 Academies in Nigeria ?
Thanks Ugbowo,
Everytime new info comes out on this issue, it puts to lie the fraud that is the enablers of cheating on this forum.
1. May years ago I pointed out that the NFF uses its U-15 program in part for show and relies on 'outside' help at crunch time for selection of players. I was called names, but the evidence was always there...
2. Ugbowo's post clearly reveals that U-17 players do indeed HAVE birth certificates. Apparently, they were not born in the bush and in this backward country that does not have hospitals!
3. The post reveals that there is little or no verification by the NFF, except for random use of MRI.
4. The fact remains that the NFF has ALL the tools it needs to ensure use of only true age eligible players. All that is required is a commitment by the NFF to do the proper thing.
metalalloy
Thanks for the insight.
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12/04/2017 PUCO Exhibit Filing: Complainant Exhibit 1 and Company Exhibits 1, 2 and 3 filed by Armstrong & Okey, Inc. 86
11/22/2017 Direct Testimony of Matthew Zapp on Behalf of Ohio Edison Company electronically filed by Mr. Joshua R. Eckert on behalf of Ohio Edison Company. 11
11/22/2017 Direct Testimony of Deborah Reinhart on Behalf of Ohio Edison Company electronically filed by Mr. Joshua R. Eckert on behalf of Ohio Edison Company. 63
10/12/2017 Service Notice. 2
10/11/2017 Entry ordering that a hearing be rescheduled for November 29, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. and the deadline for pre-filed expert testimony be continued to November 22, 2017 electronically filed by Vesta R Miller on behalf of Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Attorney Examiner Kerry K. Sheets. 3
10/05/2017 Motion and Memorandum in Support for continuance of hearing date electronically filed by Mr. Joshua R. Eckert on behalf of Ohio Edison Company. 6
09/25/2017 Ohio Edison Company's Notice of Depositions of Complainants Jack Campbell, Jeff Campbell, and Jeff Campbell, Jr. electronically filed by Mr. Joshua R. Eckert on behalf of Ohio Edison Company. 4
08/22/2017 Attorney Examiner Entry scheduling a hearing for October 12, 2017, at 10:00 a.m.; electronically filed by Vesta R. Miller on behalf of Kerry K. Sheets, Attorney Examiner, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. 3
04/12/2017 Attorney Examiner Entry ordering a settlement conference be held on May 18, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. in Conference Room 1247 at the offices of the Commission, 12th Floor, 180 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215. Entry electronically filed by Debra Hight on behalf of Kerry K. Sheets, Attorney Examiner. 4
03/13/2017 Answer of Ohio Edison Company electronically filed by Mr. Joshua R. Eckert on behalf of Ohio Edison Company. 7
02/24/2017 Complaint service letter and copy of complaint sent to respondent, Ohio Edison Company, Leila Vespoli. 1
02/24/2017 Complaint response letter and brochure sent to complainant Mr.'s Jack, Jeff, and Jeff Jr. Campbell. 1
02/23/2017 In the matter of the complaint of Jack, Jeff and Jeff, Jr. Campbell vs Ohio Edison Company for the alleged unjust an unfair billing practice. 66
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Fountains of Wayne @ The Depot
Last night was my first time attending a show at The Depot in Salt Lake City. The Depot is located in The Gateway and is acutally in the old Union Pacific building. If you've never been there, you're missing out. It's a great venue! If only every concert could be held there. (No I don't own stock.) What did I like? Well first of all it's clean. I know, it's a novel idea. Also the layout is great. Not a bad view of the stage from anywhere in the place. Of course we were front and center for Fountains of Wayne on August 21, 2007.
If you've never heard of Fountains of Wayne, you probably just don't realize that you have heard them. There "big hit" from their last album, Welcome Interstate Managers, was entitled "Stacy's Mom." See! I knew that you had heard them. Of course that is probably not one of their better songs. (Depending on who you ask, I suppose.) Prior to last night, I was always annoyed with bands who refuse to play their hit songs that fans always seems to want to hear. Last night I actually felt for FOW as they started playing Stacy's Mom and a horde of drunk girls belted out the song at the top of their lungs while dirty dancing with each other. Personally I could have forgone the song rather than have that image burned into my mind. I'm guessing that the girls were there to get drunk, oh and to hear that one song.
But if we ignore drunk girls, the show was great. Fountains of Wayne has lots of fun lyrics and upbeat "pop" tempos. Don't let "Stacy's Mom" keep you from giving them a listen. They've got several CDs all of which are great.
Here's a clip of Fountains of Wayne at The Depot singing Hey Julie:
Josh Rouse - Nashville
Here's my latest purchase from BMG, Nashville by Josh Rouse. Actually they mistakenly sent me Al Green's The Definitive Greatest Hits. Not really even close. Fortunately for me BMG is really good at righting their shipment mistakes. They are even letting me keep the incorrect shipment. (I can always use a good white elephant come Christmas time.)
All the tracks are available on iTunes:
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The Anatomy of Peace - The Arbinger Institue
So I just finished reading The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict by The Arbinger Institute. This the second of two books written by this institute. The first was Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box. Now I've read both and I highly recommend them to anyone who either enjoys self-help books or who is interested in have more peace in their day to day lives. It's helped me.
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Guinea, noting first its small area (it's the smallest continent the large fraction of it covered by desert capable of supporting few humans, the continent's isolation, and its later occupation than that of Africa and Eurasia. Archived from the original on The first chapter Tokugawa Shoguns. In Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond seeks to answer why Eurasian peoples harnessed guns, germs, and steel first and used these to expand globally. In the prologue, Yali asks Diamond three questions: 1) He wanted to know about Diamond's work on guinea birds and how much he was compensated for. The answer to this question is, of course, a matter of personal opinion, as we do not have the ability to go out and do rigorous research on this issue. As of then, did the people of some continents already have a head start or a clear advantage over peoples of other continents? Footnote: Throughout this book, dates for about the last 15,000 years will be"d as so-called calibrated radiocarbon dates, rather than as conventional, uncalibrated radiocarbon dates. Their confinement to Africa, along with abundant fossil evidence, indicates that the earliest stages of human evolution were also played out in Africa. In 2006 the book was shortlisted for The Aventis Prizes for Science Books award, eventually losing out to David Bodanis ' Electric Universe.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (also titled Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years) is a 1997 transdisciplinary non-fiction book by Jared Diamond, professor of geography and physiology at the University of California, Los.
In 1998, Guns, Germs, and Steel won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction and the Aventis.
Lays a foundation for understanding human history."Bill Gates In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William.
McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world.
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Their luck gave them many domesticated. The answer to this question is given in Chapter 10 of Guns, Germs, and Steel. Museum exhibit developed by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in collaboration with Jared Diamond (pdf archive) Environmental-issues A public annotated bibliography containing print and online sources discussing the 12 most serious environmental problems that Diamond discusses in Collapse. The rather modern-looking human skulls from Africa around 100,000 years ago have been taken to support the former view, with the leap essays on communication skills in social work occurring specifically in Africa. As always happens whenever anyone claims the first anything, claims of discoveries of pre-Clovis human sites in the Americas are constantly being advanced.
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Cops Had Woman Put in Mental Hospital After She “Asked Them for a Warrant”
Jocelyn Rardin | Courthouse News Service
(CN) — A Virginia woman claims in court that Newport News police illegally entered her home and then wrongfully imprisoned her in a psychiatric ward against her will for six days.
In a complaint filed in the Hampton City Circuit Court on Oct. 4, Hieda Keeler claims that on Nov. 18, 2015, she was home alone when two city police officers knocked on her door and asked if she needed help.
Keeler says she asked the officers if they had a warrant to enter her home, and when they said they did not, she told the she did not need help, was no threat to herself or others, and that they were to leave her property.
But instead of leaving, the officers called for assistance, causing an untold number of additional officers and a fire truck to respond to the scene.
Keeler claims the police then broke down her front and back doors and placed her in handcuffs.
According to the complaint, the police then removed $360 in cash from Keeler’s purse, and three case files related to the theft of $300,000 of Keeler’s personal property.
Keeler says she was then taken against her will to Riverside Hospital in Newport News, where defendant Melaney Cox, an employee of the Hampton-Newport News Community Service Board, was waiting to meet with her.
Keeler says she refused to speak to Cox, who nevertheless went before a magistrate, stated she had evaluated Keeler, and obtained a temporary detention order for her.
Keeler claims that while at Riverside Hospital she was kept in restraints while medical students drew vials of blood from her without her permission and injected her with unknown solutions.
All of these activities were supervised by defendant Dr. Nicole Nelson, in the presence of Newport News police officers, who videotaped the blood withdrawal procedures, the complaint says.
Keeler claims her irregular medical treatment continued when she was denied the use of a restroom for three hours, causing her to urinate on herself.
She also claims Newport News police officers threatened to hold Keeler down, strip her, and catheterize her if she did not provide a urine sample.
According to the complaint, when Keeler asked for a drink of water she was given toilet water, while the doctor, nurse, psychiatric technician, and police present were all laughing at her.
Keeler was then injected with a large needle despite her objection, at the direction Dr. Nelson. Since the injection, Keeler has had recurring rashes on her face, back, chest, legs, and arms.
Keeler was again handcuffed and taken to the dangerous stabilization ward.
Upon reaching the stabilization ward, a pharmacist told Keeler that if she did not take the drug Abilify, she would be forcibly given an injection, the complaint says.
But Keeler says she suffers from several preexisting conditions, including high blood pressure, a history of heart attack, heart rhythm problems and high cholesterol, which make taking Abilify a danger.
Having no other alternative, Keeler says she was forced to take the Abilify medication.
She said she was held for six days before she had a hearing at which a psychiatrist and a social worker both testified that she did not belong in a hospital psychiatric ward.
Keeler was released the next day, subject to a custody order that she immediately appealed
According to court documents, the Hampton Circuit Court found “no clear and convincing evidence that Keeler’s mental state posed a threat of serious harm to herself or others or that Keeler was unable to protect herself from harm or that Keeler was unable to provide for her basic needs.”
Accordingly, the matter was dismissed.
Keeler is now seeking $15 million in damages from the Newport News police, Cox, Nelson, the Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board Property Company and Riverside Hospital.
Natalie Christian, a spokeswoman for the Community Services Board, declined to comment.
Representatives for Newport News police and Riverside Hospital did not immediately respond to a request for comment..
Sherman Smith, Keeler’s attorney, declined to comment on pending litigation.
Published by Courthouse News Service.
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Former landfill – now a small Montopolis park – gets grant for improvements
Ecology Action of Texas has landed a $29,200 grant to renovate a 9.7-acre park on the site of a former landfill in the Montopolis neighborhood in southeast Austin.
The grant, part of $3.38 million in grants to fund 19 recreational trail projects around the state, will be used to renovate the half-mile trail network, establish a new side trail, and to spruce up three trail heads, signages and a picnic area at Circle Acres.
RELATED: Older than Austin, Montopolis opens up its history
Despite its history of destructive uses, the 9.7-acre pocket of urban parkland still holds traces of forest, wetlands and grassland.
The grants were funded through the federal gas tax generated by gasoline purchases for off-road motorcycles and four-wheelers.
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WELCOME FELLOW EARTHIANS
MINDBLOWINGThe World’s Cutest Solar Farm Is Really Here!
Maureen SantosJuly 6, 20179278 min
This is definitely the cutest solar farm in the world!
Solar has truly become the fastest growing source of renewable electricity worldwide. According to research, Germany is the leading country in terms of solar power usage, followed by Italy and China.
Germany may be the leading solar country user in the worldwide, but in China is where you can find the most adorable solar farm!
Why? It is because it’s in panda form!
Credit: Panda Green Energy
Did you know? Solar can be more than eco-friendly, it can also be cute! The Panda Power Plant in Datong, China, is evidence of this.
Shaped like a panda — China’s most beloved animal, the plant was installed by Panda Green Energy. In its first phase, the Panda Power Plant can generate 50 megawatts (MW) of clean energy. Only recently was the first phase of the giant solar station connected to the grid.
When completed, the panda power plant will have an aggregate installed capacity of 100 MW. As PV Magazine reports, the black parts of the panda will be comprised of monocrystalline silicon solar cells while the gray and white parts are composed of thin film solar cells.
Panda Green Energy entered into an agreement with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to advocate for renewable energy. With a youth activity center at the Panda Power Plant, teaching schoolchildren the importance of adopting sustainable habits and investing in clean energy is a breeze.
Within 25 years, the Panda Power Plant will be able to offer 3.2 billion kilowatt-hours of green energy, says the company. All in all, this will save 1.056 million tons of coal and reduce carbon emissions by a whopping 2.74 million tons. That’s something to celebrate!
As part of the Panda 100 Program, more solar power plants in the shape of pandas are to be installed in Belt and Road areas — which are part of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s 21st-century strategy, known as Maritime Silk Road. Some might even be built outside of China, shares Inhabitat.
In the future, UNDP will pursue its mission to promote renewable energy by collaborating with China Merchants New Energy — the largest shareholder of Panda Green Energy — to host summer camps and design competitions.
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Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology (New Series) 2019, Vol. 26 Issue (3): 58-67 DOI: 10.11916/j.issn.1005-9113.17072
Yonglin Jiang, Bingguo Liu, Peng Liu, Jinhui Peng, Libo Zhang. Dielectric Characterization and Microwave Roasting of Molybdenite Concentrates at 915 MHz Frequency[J]. Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology (New Series), 2019, 26(3): 58-67. DOI: 10.11916/j.issn.1005-9113.17072.
Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation-Yunnan Joint Fund Project of China (Grant No. U1402274), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.51564033), the Yunnan Applied Basic Research Project (Grant No.2016FA023) and the State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology (Grant No. CNMRCUXT1403)
Bingguo Liu, E-mail: bingoliu@126.com
Received: 2017-05-23
Contents Abstract Full text Figures/Tables PDF
Dielectric Characterization and Microwave Roasting of Molybdenite Concentrates at 915 MHz Frequency
Yonglin Jiang1,2,3, Bingguo Liu1,2,3 , Peng Liu1,2,3, Jinhui Peng1,2,3, Libo Zhang1,2,3
1. National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Engineering Applications of Microwave Energy and Equipment Technology, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China;
2. Key Laboratory of Unconventional Metallurgy, Ministry of Education, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China;
3. Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China
Fund: Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation-Yunnan Joint Fund Project of China (Grant No. U1402274), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.51564033), the Yunnan Applied Basic Research Project (Grant No.2016FA023) and the State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology (Grant No. CNMRCUXT1403)
Corresponding author: Bingguo Liu, E-mail: bingoliu@126.com
Abstract: The magnetic hysteresis loop was measured to know the magnetic property of molybdenite concentrate. In order to evaluate its microwave absorption capacity, the dielectric properties of molybdenite concentrate was investigated using cavity perturbation method at 915 MHz dependent on densities and temperatures. The parameter data were fitted using regression fit and a model related to the same density and temperature ranges was developed. A nonlinear surface fitting was used to present visually the effect of dielectric parameters on the microwave penetrate depth of molybdnite concentrate. The crystal products of MoO3 obtained from microwave roasting at different temperatures were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results show both the dielectric constants and loss factors increase in the increase of apparent densities and temperatures with different growth rates in the experimental range. Due to the distinguished trend of dielectric performance dependent on temperatures, two parts in the heating scenario for the molybdenite concentrate samples were divided. The microwave penetration depth is inversely proportional to both apparent densities and temperatures. The nonlinear fitting surfaces indicate the increase of dielectric loss provides an enough decrease in microwave penetration depth. In contrast, the dielectric constant has a positive effect for it. Pure MoO3 was produced at 800 ℃ by using microwave energy. This work can be helpful to design and simulate microwave system for efficient beneficiation of molybdenite concentrate and to prepare molybdenum products from this concentrate.
Keywords: dielectric properties temperature molybdenite concentrate microwave heating
Microwave heating can be more efficient and economic than conventional heating methods in which the heat is conducted from the surface into inner media of the samples beside an outer heat source, and be beneficial to save energy and time because the heat transferred from microwave energy is created directly among the molecular within a sample. Normally, microwave brings selective and rapid heating about the whole efficiency of 80%-85%[1] compared to the conventional thermal system. Microwave heating under the commercial frequency of 915 MHz or 2 450 MHz is currently as a new technique which has been increasingly applied to metallurgy, drying[2], welding, mineral processing and coking coal desulfurization[3]. For instance, due to the nonhomogeneity and composition difference within coal, the microwave absorption capacity from different part of the coal is different, thus the heat generation level is different and the decomposition for small molecule species including sulfur first occurs. The microwave effects imposed in mined ore are similar to those of coals.
How strong a substance can be heated by microwave depends on its dielectric properties that depend on the polarization[4-5] capacity of molecules and atoms in the substance. The higher the values of dielectric properties are, the stronger interaction between dipoles and microwave is, which indicates an excellent heating performance under microwave radiation. Materials dependent microwave processing can be selected by dielectric properties held on normal conditions or high temperature. Moreover, when temperature becomes high, the dielectric properties will be changed[6]. It is essential to evaluate what the temperature is when a material can reach through the dielectric data at high temperature in microwave incident, as well as how to adjust the size of microwave power in a continuous production. The microwave penetration depth deprived from the sample's dielectric permittivity is also the basic information to determine if a uniform heating has been achieved during a microwave treat. In our work the cavity perturbation method was used for a measure of dielectric properties of the concentrate samples. The fundamental perception of this resonance method is that the presence of a small rod-shaped dielectric specimen in the resonant cavity or the change of the cavity's itself volume will cause a shift of resonant frequency and an offset of the quality factor to finally determine the scattering parameters[7].
Molybdenite concentrate (about 90% MoS2)[8] is a feedstock for the molybdenum industry in the production of technical grade molybdenum-containing products such as molybdenum, ferromolybdenum alloy, molybdenum oxide[9] and other pure molybdenum compounds. At present, the pyrometallurgical[10] processing of molybdenite concentrate has been commercially carried out in the multiple heart furnace, fluidized bed furnace and part of rotary kiln[11]. While most of these processes still utilize a heating method in traditional types. Therefore, it is crucial to study the dielectric properties for molybdenite concentrate at room temperature and how they change as the temperature rises, aiming to help set up an appropriate microwave heating system for the molybdenite technology. In this work, the dielectric properties of molybdenite concentrate were measured and discussed under different apparent densities and temperatures. The products obtained from roasting the molybdenite concentrate at different temperatures were characterized and compared. The research results indicate the high-temperature roasting and efficient mineral processing for molybdenite concentrate by using microwave energy are feasible.
2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Sample Preparation
The molybdenite concentrate as the raw material was provided by Jiangsu Hengxing Tungsten & Molybdenum Co., Ltd. of China. The chemical composition of the concentrate is given in Table 1. Mineralogical analysis showed that two mass fractions of Mo and S contents are about 44.64% and 28.17%, respectively. In the molybdenite concentrate material the main impurities are silicon dioxide, copper, calcium oxide and lead.
表 1
Table 1 The main chemical composition of the molybdenite concentrate
(wt %)
Composition Mo S SiO2 Cu CaO Pb
Content 44.64 28.17 11.37 0.92 0.90 0.16
The powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) was recorded in Fig. 1.
Fig.1 XRD pattern of the raw concentrate materials
Fig. 2 shows that the grain sizes of molybdenite concentrate have a wide ranging from tens of microns up to about 100 μm and the concentrate particles possess layer structure or irregular block structure. It is possible to infer that impurity mixtures are scattered bonding with the concentrate.
Fig.2 SEM micrographs of molybdenite concentrate specimen
2.2 Setup for Dielectric Measurements
The perturbation test device that carries out dielectric mesurement is independently developed by the Key Laboratory of Unconventional Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology. The main system components are connected as shown in Fig. 3. The test sample is filled into a quartz cube with certain volume and the quartz cube nozzle is stoppered by high-temperature cottons to avoid any oxidation for the sample and prevent it from coming out. The quartz cube is loaded by the quartz support. The cylindrical cavity is installed in the upper of the resistance furnace. The quartz support is transmitted in an alumina ceramic tube between the cylindrical cavity and resistance furnace via a pressure control. Before commencing each measurement, the sample is heated in the resistance furnace to arrive a specific temperature and then is rapidly pushed up into the dielectric resonator. The TE11 mode wave at 915 MHz is fed into dielectric resonator by the coaxial probe and thus the perturbative effects for the samples are realized. The vector network analyser (E5071C) is utilized to mesure and converse the scattering parameters which are recorded by a computer. Penetration depths were calculated from these resultant datas. Addtionally, room-temperature magnetic properties of the concentrate samples were measured by a Riken vibrating specimen magnetometer.
1—cylindrical cavity; 2—resistance furnace; 3—vector network analyser(E5071C); 4—a laptop Fig.3 Schematic showing the developed system for the dielectric measurement (Linking an industrial chiller and an oil-free air compressor in operating)
2.3 Heating Equipment and Procedures
The microwave heating equipment (as shown in Fig. 4) with continuous adjustable power of 0-3 kW and alternative microwave frequency of 915 MHz, 2 450 MHz was developed by the Key Laboratory of Unconventional Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China. A mullite crucible with an inner radius of 4.5 cm and a height of 10 cm has good properties including wave transparency and hot tear resistance and is utilized to load the molybdenite concentrate samples. In an experiment, the samples being filled in the crucible were placed into the heating chamber, which is a single mode microwave resonant cavity. Microwave is radiated by three magnetrons from the left, below and right of the resonant cavity respectively.
Fig.4 The microwave high-temperature material treatment system (drumming air into the heating chamber, linking cooling water and exhaust gas treatment device in an operation)
The temperature of the samples can be measured accurately by a thermocouple with shield sleeve, which has the controllable temperature range of 0-1 300 ℃. The thermocouple is inserted into the center of samples. A schematic for how to measure the temperature of the samples is shown in Fig. 5. In the present study, the molybdenite concentrate sample mass of 25 g was used and the microwave power of 1 kW was given for each experimental run. After reaching the target temperature to hold 3 min, then the crucible was taken out promptly to cool the samples to reach room temperature. Thereafter, white crystal products upon the samples were produced.
1—samples; 2—mullite crucible; 3—thermocouple; 4—control panel of microwave heating equipment Fig.5 The schematic for loading samples and measuring temperature
3 Results and Discussion 3.1 Hysteresis Performance Test
The magnetic property of molybdenite concentrate was first investigated. Fig. 6 shows the room-temperature magnetic hysteresis (M-H) loop for the sample without any treatment. Where the value of magnetization saturation (Ms), remnant magnetization (Mr) and coercivity (Hc) of the samples are, respectively, 0.116 3 emu/g, 0.017 6 emu/g and 17.5 KOe. Although the magnetization of molybdenite concentrate sample at a higher magnetic field increases in association with a positive slope, it has exhibited a small numerical ferromagnetic behavior with coercive field in a range of -165 KOe < H < 165 KOe. The magnetic strength is lower compared with magnetic minerals[12], which might be governed by its composition feature and microstructure defects. While the substance magnetic properties are evidently related to the atomic layer structures and magnetocrystalline anisotropy[13], as well to the contributions to the microwave absorption capacity for an absorber. The test result divulges the magnetic separation technology is not applicable for molybdenite concentrate, while microwave technology can be utilized since the intrinsic magnetic property of molybdenite concentrate enhances its inner molecular polarization ability under microwave radiation.
Fig.6 Room-temperature magnetic hysteresis loops of the samples
3.2 Dielectric Properties
The effects of apparent density on dielectric constants, dielectric loss, and loss tangent are respectively presented in Figs. 7(a), (b) and (c). The dielectric properties (ε′r, ε″r and tan δ) of molybdenite concentrate samples have a good monotonically positive correlation with the increase of apparent density in an experimental range. The dielectric constant is high up to 5.04 at the value 1.4 g/cm3 of apparent density. It is argued that a great number of voids among material particles full of air lead to a lower dielectric characteristic value when the molybdenite concentrate sample apparent density is relatively small. And when the apparent density is increasing, the air among specimen particles is continuous discharging. The increase in dielectric properties with the increase of apparent density increases the microwave absorption ability of molybdenite concentrate, which may be the reason for more heat generation due to microwave attenuation.
Fig.7 The effect of density on properties of molybdenite concentrate
The complex permittivity (εr=ε′r+jε″r) [14] has to be known precisely to expound the microwave absorption properties of an absorber. Where ε′r is termed as dielectric constant which indicates the ability of a material to store electromagnetic energy in the microwave field. The ε″r is called dielectric loss which assesses the ability of a dielectric material to attenuate microwave energy under same conditions. The loss tangent is defined as tan δ=ε″r/ε′r, which naturally represents the convection efficiency of electromagnetic energy into heat in a material at a specific frequency. It is worth to note that the magnetic properties also contribute to the microwave absorption of molybdenite concentrate because the saturation magnetization, knowing from Section 3.1, provides a proper complementariness[15] for the electromagnetic field coupling between microwave and the dipoles within material.
In Fig. 8 the dielectric constant ε′r, dielectric loss ε″r and loss tangent tan δ for molybdenite concentrate samples are plotted versus temperature ranging from 25 ℃ to 500 ℃ at the commercial frequency of 915 MHz. The dielectric constant increases in the increase of the entire test temperature with a relative slow trend before 300 ℃ and a sharp rise in the later scenario. Both the dielectric loss ε″r and loss tangent tan δ show a similar trend within the whole experimental range, they are almost remaining constant before 300 ℃ and then follow an upsurge up to 500 ℃. Taking into account the results above two temperature regions could be distinguished, viz. first (from room temperature to 300 ℃) and second (from 300 ℃ to 500 ℃). During the first stage, the slight fluctuations of the dielectric properties might be associated with the complete loss of volatile matters and the release of bounding or capillary water within the interior structure of molybdenite concentrate samples. For the second stage, increasing temperature under microwave radiation provides thermal energy to the dipoles, thus resulting in a stronger polarization (mainly from ionic displacement polarization, dipole steering polarization and space charge polarization)[16] and free electron conduction caused by the formation of polarization field, all which consequently lead to the increase in dielectric constant. That's because under high temperature the intergranular softening and amorphous phases within a substance can lead to an increase in its electrical and ionic conductivity which is proportional to loss factors[17] (i.e. ε″r=σ/2πε0f and tan δ=σ/2πf ε0ε′). Overall, with a certain range increasing the material's density and temperature will lead to a superior interaction between the material and microwave, which is beneficial to microwave treating for the molybdenite concentrate.
Fig.8 Effect of temperature (℃) on the electrical permittivity of molybdenite concentrate at 915 MHz frequency
3.3 Penetration Depth
The microwave penetration depth is defined as the depth in a material where the power carried by a forward-travelling electromagnetic wave at one specified frequency falls to 1/e of the value surrounding the outer surface of the material. The penetration depth can be calculated based on the following well-known equation[18]:
$ {d_P} = \frac{{{\rm{ }}{{(2\sqrt 2 {\rm{ \mathsf{ π} }}f)}^{ - 1}}{{\left( {{\varepsilon _0}{\mu _0}} \right)}^{ - \frac{1}{2}}}}}{{\sqrt {\sqrt {\varepsilon _r^\prime } \left[ {\sqrt {1 + {{\left( {\frac{{{{\varepsilon ''}_r}}}{{{{\varepsilon '}_r}}}} \right)}^2}} - 1} \right]} }} $ (1)
Here f, μ0 and ε0 are respectively the microwave frequency, permeability and permittivity of vacuum, and μ0 or ε0 is defined as μ0=1/ε0c2), c is electromagnetic wave propagation velocity in a vacuum.
Fig. 9 shows the best fitted curves calculated from the experimental data points of molybdenite concentrate sample at 915 MHz. It is seen that penetration depth is inversely proportional to both the apparent density and temperature with two opposite slopes in the experimental range, and obviously the temperature has a greater influence on penetration depth than that of apparent density. The penetration depth is 4.215 cm and 8.511 cm at temperature of 500 ℃ and apparent density of 1.402 g/cm3, respectively. In general, the larger the penetration depth is, the more uniform the temperature distributions would be[19]. Along with the attenuation of electromagnetic field strength and power, the microwave energy was converted into heat, which would determine the microwave penetration depth. Thus, the molybdenite concentrate sample might be transparent to the microwaves under lower apparent density if the penetration depth is larger than the sample size[20]. On the other side, the microwave penetration depth was related to the structure transformation within molybdenite concentrate material as the temperature increased. Combining the discussion in Section 3.1.2, the dielectric characterizations values increase in the increase of both apparent density and temperature, thus resulting in a shorter microwave penetration depth and a stronger microwave absorption capability for the materials. It is worth mentioning that in an actual launcher if the incident wave diverges (not normally transmitted) the power length deposition will be shorter than these in Eq.(1), this was substantiated by a full-wave simulation in 915 MHz microwaves transmitted into a concrete sample[21].
Fig.9 The experimental values and fitted curves of penetration depth
A regression method nonlinear was utilized to manage the experimental data, and the best-fit universal equation for theresulting curve in an exponential one was obtained as follows:
$y = {A_0} + {A_1}{{\rm{e}}^{ - x/t}} $ (2)
where y is microwave penetration depth, x is the lone independent variable (represented as apparent density or temperature), e is natural base and Ai(i=0, 1), t are the regression coefficients. The regression coefficients (A0, A1 and t) for different experimental stages (lone independent measurement about apparent density or temperature as a variable) of molybdenite concentrate microwave radiating are provided in Table 2. The relationship described in Eq.(2) shows that the penetration depth has an exponential decay law as the function of apparent density and temperature. The coefficient of determination (R2) in the range of 0.9 and 1 shows the good fitness of the model. Therefore, the developed penetration depth model is closely in keeping with the measured values. The decreased penetration depth means an enhanced attenuation for microwave that can be quicker converted into heat. This should be considered in various applications of microwave including in molybdenum industries.
Table 2 Regression coefficients and R2 for microwave penetration depth modal for molybdenite concentrate
Regression coefficients and R2 Apparent density
(g/cm3) Temperature
Regression coefficients A0
t -5.756 63
49.474 42
1.126 89 16.738 99
-0.376 44
-142.668 04
Adj. R-Square 0.999 94 0.907 00
In order to clearly show the variation of penetration depth of molybdenite concentrate samples with the continuity changes in complex permittivity at the selected frequencies, the plot of nonlinear surface fitting is presented in Fig. 10.
Fig.10
Fig.10 The penetration depth nonlinear fitting surfaces (penetration depth trend of molybdenite concentrate changes as the complex permittivity change in a certain range)
This surface helps to better understand how dp is linked to the dielectric properties at the commercial frequency. It was further observed that, the increase in the dielectric loss contributes to a significant decrease in the penetration depth, mainly associated with the generation of heat (microwave power consumption), whereas the dielectric constant has a weak positive effect. The distinction as compared to one-dimensional fitting curves shown in Fig. 9 is that the contour surfaces represente the microwave penetration depth of molybdenite concentrate specimens possess a substantially consistent trend, which exactly demonstrates the interior factor for determining penetration depth is dielectric properties in a material. It also can be literally interpreted as that, within an effective radiation area more microwave energy being stored while a dielectric material interact with microwaves is dissipated and absorbed by the material, thus resulting in reduced penetration depth.
3.4 Characterization of Roasting Products 3.4.1 X-ray diffractrograms
The diffraction spectrum of products obtained at three different roasting temperatures are shown in Fig. 11. The main diffraction peaks of (0 2 0), (0 4 0), (0 6 0) and (0 10 0) planes at 12.76, 25.7, 38.98 and 67.53 of double Bragg angle are in well agreement with that of α-MoO3 (JCPDS Card No. 05-0508). Obviously, the intensity of these peaks increases in the increase of temperature. At 650 ℃ in the product, there are still some weak miscellaneous peaks which correspond respectively to unoxidized MoS2, intermediate forms of MoO2, or other forms of molybdenum oxides. No peaks of MoS2 are identified at 700 ℃ and the pure MoO3 is obtained at 800 ℃. Because the melting point of MoO3 is 795 ℃, the oxidation reaction for the MoS2 is completed and even the liquid phase of MoO3 crystals begins to form at 800 ℃, other original impurities are either sintered at the bottom of crucible or released out away from the surface under a formed vapor pressure[22].
Fig.11 XRD powder patterns of products obtained from the roasting test for molybdenite concentrate
3.4.2 SEM Morphologies
Further characterization for the products without any preparation was performed by SEM. The results are shown in Fig. 12.
Fig.12 SEM images of products obtained from different temperatures
The regular and compact block crystals were produced in Fig. 12(b). The Fig. 12(a) is the close viewing of individual crystal of (b), it can be seen the surface is smooth and homogeneous. While at 700 ℃, as shown in Fig. 12(c), a large number of strip and sheet crystals were generated and lots of cracks can be seen easily, which may be due to the diffusion[23] of the incoming O2 and the outflow SO2. Finally at 650 ℃ shown as Fig. 12(d), the formed crystals are in a small amount and there are still unoxidized particles, in this stage the formation of MoO3 just begun, within it many intermediate products were contained, manifesting as its XRD analysis. Emphatically, the good products bear out the microwave heating (at 915 MHz frequency) can be applied in the ore-dressing and refinement for molybdenite concentrate.
4 Conclusions
The magnetic hysteresis loop, dielectric property and microwave penetration depth of molybdenite concentrate were investigated. The crystal products obtained under microwave condition were characterized by scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction. On the basis of this work the following conclusions can be drawn:
1) With the applied magnetic field of 156 KOe the saturation magnetization value isjust 0.116 3 emu/g, which is too low comparing the magnetic minerals. Magnetic separation technology is not applicable for molybdenite concentrate while the inherent magnetic intensity can contribute to its microwave absorption capacity.
2) The dielectric constant, dielectric loss and loss tangent of molybdenite concentrate with an even trend increase from 3.35 to 5.04, from 0.22 to 0.51 and from 0.065 to 0.102 respectively for the density range from 0.91 to 1.4 g/cm3. The three parameters also increase from 4.3 to 7.14, from 0.25 to 1.18 and from 0.058 to 0.17 respectively as the temperature rise from 25 ℃ up to 500 ℃, but with big different rise rates before and after 300 ℃. Correspondingly, the penetration depth decreases from 16.28 cm to 8.51 cm and from 16.3 cm to 4.44 cm under the same density and temperature range conditions. Additionally, the penetration depth increases dramatically with the decrease of dielectric loss factors, but slightly with the increase of dielectric constants. These results data suggest molybdenite concentrate has a good microwave absorption capacity.
3) Pure α-MoO3 crystal can be produced at 800 ℃ from molybdenite concentrate by using microwave energy. This research may be useful for designing and modeling of applications such as microwave drying, microwave heating, microwave dressing and microwave metallurgy for molybdenite concentrate.
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AudioBook Review: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
AudioBook Review:
What I wanted was a sweet and unique story that would allow me to escape for the length of time the narration took. Sarah Addison Allen managed to present a story that was full of southern charm and sweetness, with a unique edge of unexpected fairy godmothers to enhance a life that was stale and uninspiring. Josey is stuck in a life that doesn’t quite fit: a little too ‘ethnic’ looking when compared to her mother, a famed belle, a little too large, too loud, perhaps even too outspoken for her own good. She stuffs her feelings of inadequacy from her hidden sanctuary: an unused closet full to the brim with unsuitable paperback romances, pop, candy and other sweets. Josey is stuck in neutral, and too worried about what others may think to dare changing or acting on her own thoughts. And Josey wants to leave the ‘nowhere’ small town in the North Carolina mountains – away from the responsibility of caring for her unloving mother, prying eyes and expectations that she is certain she will never meet.
When Josey finds the notorious ‘bad girl” Della Lee hiding in her closet, Josey is determined to get Della Lee to leave. One problem: Della is comfortable where she is at the moment, and she knows that Josey doesn’t want her secret stash revealed. Polar opposites, Josey and Della Lee begin a series of bargains as Della pushes Josey out of her self-imposed rut. Della Lee is a wonderful counterpoint, to Josey: forthright and impulsive, she does what every ‘good girl’ doesn’t dare attempt and has had a wonderful time, mostly, of doing it.
A series of bargains lead Josey through a wonderful path of self-discovery as she learns to take responsibility for her own choices, and stand up to her mother, perhaps earning her the first modicum of grudging respect from that quarter. Della Lee isn’t above snooping (she did hide out in her closet) so when she finds that Josey harbors a closely held crush on the mailman, she prods, pushes and challenges her to make a move in that direction.
Josey’s transformation is cleverly plotted and easy to relate to, even though readers may not feel a kinship with her exact issues, they will find a connection to her struggle: the fear, the worry, the struggle between selfish wants and obligations that conflict. Using several sweet references that instantly draw taste and scent memories from readers adds to the feel and sense of the story.
Narration in this version is from Karen White, who is fast becoming a ‘must listen’ narrator for me. Her subtle changes for character voice and accents serve to enhance their history and backstories, from subtle hint of the south to the full on twang, the voices and delivery introduce characters with distinct elements that do not waver from introduction to end. There were a few moments where the recording had some problems: whether recorded later and cut in, or the external sound dampening was briefly deactivated, a few sections carried an echo that was brief, but noticeable, and other volume changes were present occasionally as well. Not enough to completely disrupt the listen, but of a frequency to be noted.
I wasn’t looking for nor expecting a story grounded in realism and clearly tied to the here and now, and the elements of magic and potential of some unknown hand subtly pushing events in one direction or another to serve a wish or a whim were perfectly played and add a sense of the possible to the story. Sweet and light, with plenty of humor and flavor to please many, I enjoyed this story and will keep it on my “when you want to escape” listen pile.
Stars: Overall: 4 Narration: 5 Story: 4
Title: The Sugar Queen
Author: Sarah Addison Allen
Narrator: Karen White
Published by: Books on Tape
Format:Audiobook
Source: AudioBook Jukebox
Audio Length: 8 Hours: 7 minutes
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Twenty-seven-year-old Josey Cirrini is sure of three things: winter in her North Carolina hometown is her favorite season, she’s a sorry excuse for a Southern belle, and sweets are best eaten in the privacy of her hidden closet. For while Josey has settled into an uneventful life in her mother’s house, her one consolation is the stockpile of sugary treats and paperback romances she escapes to each night…. Until she finds it harboring none other than local waitress Della Lee Baker, a tough-talking, tenderhearted woman who is one part nemesis—and two parts fairy godmother…
Fleeing a life of bad luck and big mistakes, Della Lee has decided Josey’s clandestine closet is the safest place to crash. In return she’s going to change Josey’s life—because, clearly, it is not the closet of a happy woman. With Della Lee’s tough love, Josey is soon forgoing pecan rolls and caramels, tapping into her startlingly keen feminine instincts, and finding her narrow existence quickly expanding.
Before long, Josey bonds with Chloe Finley, a young woman who makes the best sandwiches in town, is hounded by books that inexplicably appear whenever she needs them, and—most amazing of all—has a close connection to Josey’s longtime crush.
As little by little Josey dares to step outside herself, she discovers a world where the color red has astonishing power, passion can make eggs fry in their cartons, and romance can blossom at any time—even for her. It seems that Della Lee’s work is done, and it’s time for her to move on. But the truth about where she’s going, why she showed up in the first place—and what Chloe has to do with it all—is about to add one more unexpected chapter to Josey’ s fast-changing life.
Brimming with warmth, wit, and a sprinkling of magic, here is a spellbinding tale of friendship, love—and the enchanting possibilities of every new day.
A copy of this title was provided via AudioBook Jukebox for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.
About Sarah Addison Allen
New York Times Bestselling novelist Sarah Addison Allen brings the full flavor of her southern upbringing to bear on her fiction -- a captivating blend of magical realism, heartwarming romance, and small-town sensibility.
Born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Allen grew up with a love of books and an appreciation of good food (she credits her journalist father for the former and her mother, a fabulous cook, for the latter). In college, she majored in literature -- because, as she puts it, "I thought it was amazing that I could get a diploma just for reading fiction. It was like being able to major in eating chocolate."
Allen continues to serve heaping helpings of the fantastic and the familiar in fiction she describes as "Southern-fried magic realism." Clearly, it's a recipe readers are happy to eat up as fast as she can dish it out.
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Any Major Love Mix 2009 Vol.2
March 31st, 2009 3 comments
I posted a mix of songs about being in love last year, for Valentine’s Day, with a view to facilitating loads of romantic seductions (or something). That mix got deleted by ZShare. Responding to a request, I have revised the tracklisting, dropping a few songs, adding a few new, changing the track order. The Jonatha Brooke song I owe to Barely Awake In Frog Pajamas blog. So here is Any Major Love Mix Vol. 2.
1. Jets To Brazil – Sweet Avenue (1998)
“˜ Now all these tastes improve through the view that comes with you. Like they handed me my life, for the first time it felt worth it, like I deserved it.”
2. Michelle Featherstone – Rest Of My Life (2007)
“˜ How “bout that? Waking up every morning with me. Spend our time drinking coffee, speaking softly as the days go by.”
3. Mindy Smith – It’s Amazing (2004)
“˜ It”s amazing what you do to me: took my heart and made me feel things I never felt before. It”s changing me, Which direction so certainly; shook me up and threw me around. When we learn to breathe it all in.”
4. The Weepies – Gotta Have You (2006)
‘No amount of coffee, no amount of crying, no amount of whiskey, no amount of wine “” no, nothing else will do. I’ve gotta have you.’
5. Richard Hawley – Baby, You’re My Light (2001)
“˜But I believe in you and now I”ll show it. And as life goes on you know you don”t have to hate all you find. Baby, you”re my light.”
6. Ron Sexsmith – Whatever It Takes (2004)
“˜The sun alone will never do, without your love to shine on through”
7. Ben Kweller – Falling (2002)
‘We could talk if days weren’t so fast, and mistakes just leave it so unsure. Wanna hold you like never before ’cause we’re falling and I love you more and more.’
8. Hello Saferide – Get Sick Soon (2006)
“˜ Oh, I love you! I wish you got the flu, you”re the cutest thing I”ve ever seen “” like a teddy bear on heroin … You can lay your weight on me and I”ll be your backbone. Lay your weight on me, you won”t have to worry.”
9. Ben Folds – The Luckiest (2001)
“˜And where was I before the day that I first saw your lovely face? Now I see it everyday, and I know: I”m the luckiest.”
10. Bright Eyes – The First Day Of My Life (2005)
“˜ Yours was the first face that I saw, I think I was blind before I met you. I don”t know where I am, I don”t know where I”ve been, but I know where I want to go.”
11. Iron & Wine – Such Great Heights (2004)
“˜I am thinking it”s a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images, and when we kiss they are perfectly alligned.”
12. Mason Jennings – Ballad For My One True Love (2000)
“˜And all the while I “˜m dreaming of the ballad for my one true love, searching for the perfect way to say: I love you sweetheart, this is my dream come true.”
13. Joseph Arthur – Echo Park (2004)
“˜ The fire never understands the spark, the way it is with you and me.”
14. Kate Walsh – Your Song (2007)
‘I knew I was wrong to jump straight on into this picture so pretty, but he is so pretty to me.’
15. Colbie Caillat – Realize (2007)
‘If you just realized what I just realized, then we’d be perfect for each other, then we’d never find another. Just realized what I just realized, we’d never have to wonder if we missed out on each other now.’
16. Jackie Greene – Love Song; 2.00 am (2006)
“˜ Should your mind forget me, regret me, or even do me wrong, you”ll always live here in my heart, “cause, baby, that”s where you belong.”
17. Jonatha Brooke – Because I Told You So (1997)
‘Could you see it like me and believe what I see? Could you listen, and remember that i love you, only because I told you?’
18. Peter Mayer – Now Touch The Air Softly (1999)
“˜And I”ll love you as long as the furrow the plow, as However is Ever, and Ever is Now.”
19. Bob Schneider – The World Exploded Into Love (2001)
“˜The world exploded into love all around me, and every time I take a look around me, I have to smile.’
20. Jens Lekman – You Are The Light (2003)
“˜Yeah I got busted, so I used my one phone call to dedicate a song to you on the radio.”
21. Liz Phair – Good Love Never Dies (2003)
“˜ Tell me what can I say to keep you in my life, all the words slip away when I look in your eyes, because I can never relax.”
Any Major Love Mix 2009 Vol. 1
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Twattery in Pop: Bono
March 29th, 2009 18 comments
It appears that there still are some U2 fans out there ““ including the reviews staff of the increasingly irrelevant Rolling Stone which saw fit to praise an album which even die-hard U2istas have virtually disowned. Hell, I bet even Johnny Drama hates it. Mr Agreeable certainly did. But my objection to U2 resides not with the music, shocking though the new single is. Even in the more recent U2 catalogue, there are some songs which I like, such as City Of Blinding Lights or Vertigo. No, my particular problem with U2, apart from their tax-dodging, is that Bono is intolerable.
I once was a devoted U2 fan. In the summer of 1985, I saw them live three times on three successive weekends in three countries. My bedroom was plastered with huge promotional posters for U2 records and gigs. I had all their singles in their original sleeves, in various editions. I bought the Under A Blood Red Sky Bono jacket with the sleeves cut off (I was too embarrassed to wear it in public though). But even then I knew that Bono was a bit of a prat, though the full extent of his twattery would reveal itself only later. We did get a clue of it when U2 cheerfully broke municipal law by playing an inner city rooftop concert “” the first time ever an act had done that, probably! “” for the Where The Streets Have No Name video, with no regard to the traffic chaos they were causing (anyone who knows the frustration of being stuick in a traffic jam you can’t get out of will empathise with the poor motorists affected by U2’s arrogance). Confronted by law enforcement officials, Bono played the martyr. The chaotic defiance we witnessed in the video was all smart editing, of course. Bono and his chums obediently packed up the moment the LAPD told them to.
Bono in Twatland, 1987
Once Bono had come to rule the world”s stadia (on the back of the rather overrated Joshua Tree album), and his group traded earnesty for what they mistook for “irony”, he became even more insufferable. And we slowly got to know the real character of the salad tosser so admired by TIME magazine and their ilk, and so despised by many right-thinking people. Most disagreeable was Bono”s duet with Frank Sinatra on the latter”s final cash-in outing. In I”ve Got You Under My Skin, the simpering fuckwit changes the lyrics in an embarrassing show of star-struck insinuation, crooning: “Don”t you know, Blue Eyes, you never can win.” You see, Bono is on intimate terms with the legendary Sinatra (himself a price goon), so much so that he feels entitled to address him intimately by “¦ his media nickname. You just know, beyond a doubt know, that at some point the fawning fuck did that I”m-not-worthy bowing routine to Sinatra (who doubtless thought: “You got that right, Jack”). How do we know? Because Bono does that crap to any overhyped media sensation that comes his way.
Blair and Geldof come to blows over Africa.
At the best of times, all that “” the coloured shades, the embarrassing posturing and the smug, fake self-deprecation “” would be very annoying but borderline tolerable. It”s Bono’s pompous delusion that he, and the other greasy Irishman, are doing any good in their caped crusades in the diplomatic milieu. Their fancy is not only inappropriate but also deleterious. The objection resides not in the notion that Bono and the ghoulish Bob Geldof administer diplomatic fellatio to the likes of George W Bush, who grant them an audience only because they think they”re down with the kids when being seen with superannuated rock stars. It is the notion that Bono and Geldof believe they are being taken seriously as they are doing so, cheered on by a toadying press. Of course they are not being taken seriously. Would you buy a used peace from Bono the Clown? In his orange shades? Would you agree in principle on any proposal peddled by somebody looking (and sounding, when he manages to extricate Dubya”s testicles from his big gob) like Bob Geldof? Let me put it closer to home: would you want your child to be taught by people like Bono or Geldof? Would you let your conscience be formed by a pair of obsolete classclowns? If not, why should The Man?
The caption competition is now open.
But if they were teachers, at least they”d act with a mandate. When they represent Africa, they act without a mandate. I cannot think of any African leader who appreciates the lobbying these bozos are presently doing on the continent”s behalf. Except maybe by Mandela, in exchange for a generous donation to his mammoth charity which believes that people like Annie Lennox are still relevant. But, just to be clear, Bono and Geldof do not represent Africa. In no way, in no form. If anything, their self-congratulatory hobby of hobnobbing with pols harms Africa. Bono and Geldof are part of the problem. The Man pats these obeisant puppies on their heads, making soothing sounds so that they stop their ineffectual yapping and continue to do what they have always done: exploit Africa while making mealy-mouthed voices.
Does the tax-dodging Bono not realise how racist it is for him to think that an artistically bankrupt pop star going by his childhood nickname in blue or orange shades can do a better job of engaging and negotiating for Africa than Africans themselves? Bono and Geldof are trivialising and misrepresenting Africa. Not that the patron saint of smug is willing to face that reality.
I fear that I have failed here to summarise the full extent of Bono”s twattery. The music author Dave Marsh does so with much greater refinement and asperity than I have in his hugely entertaining article on Rock & Rap Confidential (get the follow-up by subscribing to the newsletter on rockrap@aol.com), which I discovered through the good offices of The Hits Just Keep Coming blog.
U2 were lacking edge
Still, there”s the music. So here is some U2. Two of them live recordings, one my favourite post-Joshua Tree U2 song (and probably Johnny Drama’s); the other a quite entertaining performance of Dancing Queen in Stockholm in 1992, accompanied by Benny Anderson and Björn Ulvaeus (and doesn’t Bono say “We’re not worthy”, the predictable cliché merchant).
Then there is an example of U2 at their most horrible, doing an entirely misconceived version of Cole Porter’s Night And Day “” on an album that was intended to be in tribute of Porter. Cole, as Bono would doubtless call Mr Porter, would have been aghast. After Sinatra had changed the word “darling” to “baby” on Night And Day, Porter once told him not to record his songs if he felt the need to mess with the lyrics!
U2 – City Of Blinding Lights (live in Brooklyn).mp3
U2 – Dancing Queen (live).mp3
U2 – Night And Day.mp3
Richard Cheese – Sunday Bloody Sunday.mp3
Categories: Twattery in Pop Tags: Twats in Pop, U2
Songs about impossible love
Love that cannot be is a vicious thing. Love is reciprocated, happiness is within one”s grasp (the song Pachelbel makes a beautiful reference to that), but something ““ marital obligation, family or class politics, sexual orientation, age gap, distance, wrong time and place ““ obstructs the path to bliss. Here”s then to songs (a couple of them recycled from last year”s post on the subject) about impossible love.
Karma – Pachelbel.mp3
I am recycling this incredibly moving song from last year. It seems to have been very popular indeed, even though it was a mere album track from an album that was not a big hit even in Karma-Ann Swanepoel”s home country, South Africa. Karma has found someone with whom to connect on an intimate level. As the alert reader might have predicted, there is something that makes this love impossible. They have been talking a lot, always skirting around their true feelings: “So we”ll talk every now and then about our day-to-day, never saying the things we both planned to say.”
In song, however, she tells the object of her desire how she feels: “Thought it best to let you know, you crept into my mind.” And later, the most beautiful line: “I think I smile a little differently when you”re close by.” There are times when impulses threaten to take over: “Then your arms were close enough to kiss.” But, “it doesn”t happen; never will, I guess. But I can hope.” So she is stuck in a love limbo: “And it”s too late to say goodbye, it”s too early yet to think you can”t be mine.” She is distressed, and yet she finds that “there is pleasure to be found in this kind of pain”.
Rilo Kiley – Does He Love You.mp3
The song reflects the experiences of two female friends who are presently conversing. One has an affair with a married man who promises to leave his wife and join her in California. The other is in a difficult marriage ““ it seems she married her husband only because she felt her “time was running out”. But now that she is pregnant, she seems to love him (or so she says). “But now you love him and your baby; at last you are complete. But he”s distant and you found him on the phone, pleading, saying: “˜Baby, I love you, and I”ll leave her and I”m coming out to California”. Ooops! Obviously the husband is in love with the first woman, who loves him too. And the geometry of the relationships will be further complicated when the love triangle turns into a square soon. Woman #1 realises what will happen: “And your husband will never leave you. He will never leave you for me.” An impossible love for at least two people here, beautifully dramatised by the gorgeous Jenny Lewis.
Roberta Flack – Our Ages Or Our Hearts.mp3
The obstacle of the age gap was explored by Gary Puckett in his anthem to narrowly but judiciously avoided statutory rape. We don”t know how old Gary was vis-a-vis the young girl, but in Roberta Flack”s lovely song from her 1969 debut album, First Take, the relationship is between two consenting adults. The age difference here seems to be too vast to reconcile. I have difficulty buying into that: she is 21, he is 34. That”s just 13 years (and the 21-year-old girl is probably more mature than the guy). But, as Roberta tells it, “now I find according to society that our ages, they must keep us apart.” She rightly believes that the age difference is immaterial when the two of them are so much in love, “a love too strong for gossip to kill”. But gossip seems to be winning; her man unreasonably a hostage to parochial prejudices. So Roberta has to put an ultimatum to him: “What will it be ““ our ages or our hearts?”
Marilyn McCoo – Saving All My Love For You.mp3
The 1978 original of Whitney Houston”s 1985 hit by the one-time singer of the 5th Dimension. It is, of course, another adultery song (which I think is used better here than in the cheating songs instalment). Naturally, the arrangement of clandestinely banging a married man is not ideal, but she really seems to love him, and, one suspects, he really loves her too, believing that this in itself would justify ending his marriage. “You used to tell me we”d run away together. Love gives you the right to be free.” But she knows that he doesn”t really believe this to be true, that he cannot sacrifice his marital obligation on the altar of love. “You said be patient, just wait a little longer ““ but that”s just an old fantasy.” So, is he a cheating cad who is just using Marilyn? Or is he in a desperate situation in which at least two ““ and if his wife finds out possibly three ““ hearts are broken?
Erykah Badu – Next Lifetime (live).mp3
Ouch, she fell hard ““ “You make me feel like a lilting girl. What do you do to me?” ““ but is trapped in another relationship. “Now what am I supposed to do when I want you in my world? How can I want you for myself when I”m already someone”s girl?” For Erykah, extra-curricular activity, which her object of desire seems to be proposing, is not an option: “I know I”m a lot of woman, but not enough to divide the pie.” So it won”t happen; they cannot be together, ever. Forever ever? Well, the idea of brutal finality might be just a little too much for Erykah to bear, so she makes a deal: they”ll be together in the next lifetime. “I guess I”ll see you next lifetime. I”m going to look for you.” Which must bring modest comfort to the atheist lover.
Snow Patrol feat Martha Wainwright – Set The Fire To The Third Bar.mp3
Here we have two people who are in love, but geographical distance is coming between them. “I find the map and draw a straight line over rivers, farms, and state lines; the distance from A to where you”d be”¦” He and she, for it is a duet with Loudon”s daughter (ergo Rufus” sister), are feeling depressed about it all. “I”m miles from where you are, I lay down on the cold ground. I pray that something picks me up, and sets me down in your warm arms.” Unlike many others in the impossible love predicament, our two friends may well activate their love fully when they do get together. And in their imagination, they already are: “After I have travelled so far, we”d set the fire to the third bar. We”d share each other like an island until exhausted close our eyelids.” Can the promise of sweaty sex compensate for the agony of separation?
Morrissey – Driving Your Girlfriend Home.mp3
As the title suggests, Morrissey and his pal”s girlfriend are in a car, but instead of dreaming about double-decker busses, Morrissey is engaged in a conversation punctuated by directions. It turns out that she is not really happy with Morrissey”s pal. “So how did I end up so deeply involved in the very existence I planned on avoiding?” Morrissey has no answer, for he can”t run his mate down in a quest for this girl. She instructs him to drive on, and he does. There is an obvious attraction. Eventually they get to her place. Will she invite him up for “a cup of coffee”? Would he accept such a suggestion? In the event, she doesn”t though she probably was tempted to, and with what seems like profound regret, Morrissey notes: “I”m parking outside her home. And we”re shaking hands “˜Goodnight”, so politely.”
Jem – Flying High.mp3
I”ll cheat and use the same text as I did last year. Welsh songbird Jem usually does the electronica thing, but here she is in ballad mode. And what a sad ballad it is, continuing the close-but-not-close-enough riff of Pachelbel. “I know that we can”t be together, but I just like to dream. It”s so strange the way our paths have crossed, how we were brought together.” The wonder of love desperately seeks physical expression, but even though she”d “love to spend the night”, she “can”t pay the price”, even if they are “so close to giving in”. The realisation arrives: “I know there”s no such thing as painless love”¦we can never win.” And still, in the next line Jem reiterates just how giddy this impossible love makes her “” it makes her “flying high”.
In this series so far:
Being in love
Longing for love
More Songs About Love
Categories: Songs About Love Tags: Erykah Badu, Jem, Karma, Love Songs, Marilyn McCoo, Martha Wainwright, Morrissey, Rilo Kiley, Roberta Flack, Snow Patrol
American Road Trip Vol. 3
March 25th, 2009 3 comments
When we last checked in from our US tour, we were on our way from Kansas City. You will have received our postcards from Albuquerque, Amarillo, Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Wichita.
Well, isn”t that typical. We turn up at the fair, but where was Louis? All the best laid plans”¦ Without Louis in tow and nothing better to do, we revisit that other great song about St Louis. The Blues named after the city is said to be one of the first and longest-lasting blues cross-over song. Written by W.C. Handy (whose 1923 instrumental recording features here) in 1914, it inspired the foxtrot. Covered by a cast of zillions “” from Louis Armstrong to Chet Atkins to the Flaming Groovies “” wikipedia says the song is often called “the jazzman”s Hamlet”. Travelling the US can be educational.
W.C. Handy ““ St Louis Blues (1923).mp3
Bessie Smith ““ St Louis Blues (1929).mp3
Having made a huge detour in our bid to meet up with that schmuck Louis, we heads back south along the Missouri, passing Union City (where Goodyear tires are made) but not stopping because we think Blondie”s song is about the California or Connecticut city of the same name, and arriving in Memphis. Of course, our first stop is Beale Street where we meet a chap wearing “” oh dear, what a cliché “” blue suede shoes blabbering on about how he is a Christian for tonight because of Al Green, or something (to his credit, he also mentions W.C. Handy). We see the same fellow again at Memphis” obligatory destination number 2, Graceland, and quickly take flight when he pretends to see the ghost of Elvis.
Repasting to a bar, we meet a terribly heartbroken fellow from Denver. He tells us his sad tale of how he made the decision to leave for Memphis instead of staying put to be with the girl he loves (and who might have dumped him). “I waited my whole life just to see Memphis,” he says, “now all I can see is her.” As he wells up, we cry cry cry with him.
Marc Cohn ““ Walking In Memphis.mp3
Cry Cry Cry ““ Memphis.mp3
Elvis' birthplace
We might have cut our visit to Graceland short, but we aren”t going to miss out the place where Elvis was born one cold winter”s morning in 1935, and where his father, Vernon, went to prison for what is said to be the only crime he ever committed. And the town where the Presleys lived in a tiny white enclave in an African-American area, giving the young boy a feel for the rhythms of black music. Two men, a balding Englishman with a languid drawl and a rather peculiar Australian compete to instruct us on Elvis life.
The Australian goes off on a discourse riffing on John Lee Hooker”s song Tupelo and cryptically characterising Elvis as some sort of apocalyptic Messiah. “Yes, that”s nice, dear,” we say, tipping him generously as we turn to the other fellow. Drawlin” Baldy constructs a treatise which holds that after making the movie calamity that is Clambake Elvis lost his way (Baldy evidently has not seen many of Elvis “˜60s movies) and ought to have returned to the innocence of Tupelo. Or something. Which leads us to Krusty the Clown, and whether he has reached his Clambake yet.
I ought to point out that I didn”t choose Van Morrison”s very lovely Tupelo Honey because it”s not about the town but about the tupelo gum tree which gave the town its name via a civil war battle “” but is known in Tupelo as the blackgum tree, horticulture fans.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Tupelo.mp3
Mark Knopfler – Back To Tupelo.mp3
See you in Louisiana next time.
Previously on American Road Trip
Categories: American Road Trip Tags: Mark Cohn, Mark Knopfler, Nick Cave
The Originals Vol. 19
March 23rd, 2009 3 comments
In the 19th instalment of The Originals, we look at “60s classic Doo Wah Diddy Diddy, Joe Cocker”s chestnut You Are So Beautiful, a couple of legendary Motown his and the sorry tale of the Verve”s Bitter Sweet Symphony.
The Exciters – Do-Wah-Diddy.mp3
Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy Diddy.mp3
It was a huge hit for the unlikeliest pop star ever to emerge from Johannesburg (yeah, I know, Mr Lubowitz”s stage name applied to the whole band). But a year before that, in 1963, it was recorded, minus a diddy, by a soul girl group which never enjoyed as much success as it deserved. The Exciters are remembered mainly for their single big hit, the Bert Berns composition Tell Him.
Do-Wah-Diddy was written by Brill Building hitmakers Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, who wrote many girl group hits such as Be My Baby, Baby, I Love You, And Then He Kissed Me, Da Doo Ron Ron, and River Deep Mountain High (Greenwich also co-wrote the Exciters” other hit, He”s Got The Power, and ““ incidentally ““ discovered Neil Diamond).
The song made a comeback of sorts when Bill Murray and Harold Ramis sang it in a marching scene from Stripes (1981), the first half of which was very funny. Earlier in the film, Ramis uses another Barry & Greenwich composition, Da Doo Ron Ron to good comedic effect.
Also recorded by: Sheila (as Vous les copains, je ne vous oublierai jamais, 1964), Jan & Dean (1965), A la Carte (1980), Silicon Teens (1980), Showaddywaddy (1980), The Dolly Dots (1982), Neil Diamond (1993), Mr. Al (1997), Murry Lachlan Young (1997), DJ Ötzi (2001)
Undisputed Truth – Papa Was A Rolling Stone.mp3
Temptations – Papa Was A Rolling Stone (full version).mp3
Temptations – War.mp3
Edwin Starr – War.mp3
In Motown”s happy family it was common that the same songs would be recorded by different artists. Sometimes, that custom would result in two chart-toppers within a year, as in the case of I Heard It Through The Grapevine (see Volume 2). In other cases, one version would become legendary, and the other virtually forgotten. So it is with Papa Was A Rolling Stone and War, both muscular soul-funk tunes written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong.
The Undisputed Truth, who may be remembered for their hit Smiling Faces Sometimes (which was originally recorded by the Temptations), recorded Papa Was A Rolling Stone as a single release in 1971. It did not perform spectacularly well, peaking at #63 in the US charts. A year later, Whitfield gave the song to the Temptations when he produced their 1972 All Directions album, on which it appeared as a 12-minute workout. The shortened single version went on to top the US charts.
The song dated the death of the deplorable Papa to “the third of September”, which happened to be the date Temptations singer Dennis Edward”s father died. Edwards was allocated that line, leading him to suspect that Whitfield had written the line knowing of that particular detail. Whitfield denied that (as he well might), but nevertheless exploited Edward”s anger about it by having him sing the line in repeated takes until the singer sounded very irate indeed. For his troubles, by the Temptations dismissed Whitfield as their producer. The group would never recorded anything better than Whitfield”s epics. And when Whitfield (who died last year) eventually left Motown, the Undisputed Truth followed him.
While the Temptations scored with the Undisputed Truth”s song, Edwin Starr had a hit with a Temps song, War. The anti-Vietnam protest song appeared originally on the Temptations 1970 Psychedelic Shack album. By popular request, Motown decided to release it as a single, but not by the Temptations, because the label did not want to associate its big stars with political causes. Indeed, the Temptations themselves were apprehensive about offending some of their fans (though exactly why anybody who would dig the drug-friendly psychedelic grooves of early-“70s Temptations might be offended by an anti-war sentiment is a mystery). So Motown gave the song to a relative unknown who two years earlier had enjoyed his solitary hit. Edwin Starr”s anthemic, fist-raising version was far more fierce and furious than that of Temptations. Catching the zeitgeist, Starr”s War was a US #1 hit. And guess who appears on the backing track? The Undisputed Truth.
Also recorded by: (Papa Was A Rolling Stone): David Lindley & El Rayo-X (1988), Was (Not Was) (1990), The Lovemongers (1992), George Michael & Queen (1993), Isaac Hayes & Soul II Soul (1996), 4 the Cause (1998), Lisa Fischer & Chris Botti (2003), Gilbert Montagné (2006).
(War) D.O.A. (1982), The Jam (1982), Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1984), Tom Jones (1985), Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street band (1986), Mace (1976), Laibach (1994), Hexenhaus (1997), The BB Band (1999), Joan Osborne (2002), Gilbert Montagné (2006), Boyz II Men (2007), Maria Muldaur (2008)
Billy Preston – You Are So Beautiful.mp3
Joe Cocker – You Are So Beautiful.mp3
Few noises in mainstream pop history have been as disturbing as Joe Cocker”s croaked note at the end of that staple of soppy love songs, You Are So Beautiful. Some people might regard the song best crooned by Homer Simpson, but they are probably not familiar with Billy Preston”s rather good original. The song was written by Preston and his songwriting partner Bruce Fisher, with Beach Boy Dennis Wilson”s uncredited lyrical contribution (Wilson would sing the song as an encore at Beach Boys gigs in the late “70s and early “80s). Preston”s version was recorded shortly before Cocker”s slower version in 1974. The former remained an album track, while Cocker”s version reached the US #5 in 1975 (but didn”t chart at all Britain).
Also recorded by: John Davidson (1976), Tanya Tucker (1977), Bonnie Tyler (1992), Babyface (1993), Kenny Rogers (1994), Captain & Tennille (1995), Al Green (2005), Sam Moore with Billy Preston, Zucchero, Eric Clapton & Robert Randolph (2006), Diana Ross (2006), Carnie Wilson (2006), Westlife (2006), Kenny Rankin (2007), Donny Osmond (2007) a.o.
Andrew Oldham Orchestra – The Last Time.mp3
The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony.mp3
Of course, this is not so much the story of an orignal and its cover as the unhappy tale of a sample and greed “” all revolving around a loop in the Verve song that was lifted from Andrew Look Oldham”s 1966 instrumental adaptation of the Rolling Stones” The Last Time. Oldham was not only a musician, but also the manager of the Stones in their early pomp. He sold his contract to Allen Klein ““ has there ever been a more lawyerly name in rock? ““ in 1966. By 1997, when the Verve”s Urban Hymns album came out, Klein controlled the Stones” 1960s back catalogue.
The Verve had actually secured permission to use the sample, but when Klein heard an advance copy of the song, he threatened to sue, claiming that the us of the sample exceeded what had been agreed on. The band and publishers settled on a 50/50 royalties split. As the album hit the shops, Klein reneged on the agreement and demanded 100%, successfully so, because by now the album could not be pulled from the shelves. The out-of-court settlement was a defeat for the Verve ““ and, to some extent, for Oldham. All royalties were ceded, and the songwriting credit went to Jagger & Richards, even though their version of The Last Time had no significant influence on Bitter Sweet Symphony. The Verve”s Richard Ashcroft, who wrote the song, later commented caustically: “This is the best song Jagger and Richards have written in 20 years.”
It can be argued that Jagger and Richards didn”t even write the song from which Ashcroft didn”t sample; The Last Time was based (or ripped off, if you are feeling less than overly charitable) on a 1950s recording by the Staple Singers of almost exactly the same title, This May Be The Last Time. It”s a shame the Staple Singers didn”t think to sue”¦ And just to turn this sorry tale into a real farce, when Bitter Sweet Symphony was nominated for two Grammys, the credit went to Jagger and Richards as writers and the Andrew Oldham Orchestra as artists.
More Originals
Categories: The Originals Tags: Billy Preston, Edwin Starr, Joe Cocker, Manfred Mann, Temptations, The Exciters, The Originals, The Verve, Undisputed Truth
Songs of love and death
Let”s bring everybody down a bit with love songs about death (though the final song should resurrect some mirth). To me the song of death will always be Julie Covington”s Don”t Cry For Me Argentina, the last record my mother and father listened to together before his sudden death in 1977. My mother would play the record at high volume for months after. This selection is about the kind of loss my mother felt. Some can, or even do, apply to the loss of somebody other than a lover. And, no, the notorious Honey does not feature.
Missy Higgins – The Sound Of White.mp3
This entirely gorgeous song is not about the death of a love interest, but about that of Melissa”s sister in a car crash. The sisterly love must have been profound “” as deep as that of romantic lovers (which is why this song works for them too). “My silence solidifies, until that hollow void erases you so I can”t feel at all. But if I never feel again, at least that nothingness will end the painful dream, of you and me”¦”
Although not religious, Missy goes to a church, presumably Catholic, to pray before a statue of the Virgin Mary. “I knelt before some strangers face, I”d never have the courage or belief to trust this place. But I dropped my head, “cause it felt like lead, and I”m sure I felt your fingers through my hair.” That physical contact is, of course, just an illusion. All that”s left are the memories: “And if I listen to the sound of white [presumably meaning a state of blankness or meditation] sometimes I hear your smile and breathe your light.”
Death Cab For Cutie – I”ll Follow You Into The Dark.mp3
Ben Fold in his song The Luckiest ““ possibly the greatest love song ever written ““ tells the story about his neighbour, an “old man who lived to his 90s” and one day dies in his sleep. His wife lives on for a couple of days and then follows him. The notion of not being able to live without a loved one is the point of this song, performed by a singer much younger than 90. He sets out his stall early: “Love of mine, some day you will die. But I”ll be close behind, I”ll follow you into the dark.” There are hints of suicide should the tragic moment come, and that point may be imminent, suggesting the presence of a terminal illness. “You and me have seen everything to see from Bangkok to Calgary, and the soles of your shoes are all worn down. The time for sleep is now. It”s nothing to cry about, “cause we”ll hold each other soon ““ the blackest of rooms.”
Iron & Wine – Naked As We Came.mp3
Musically and lyrically a companion piece to I”ll Follow You Into The Dark, Sam Beam is pondering the death of a lover: “One of us will die inside these arms. Eyes wide open, naked as we came, one will spread our ashes “round the yard.” The instructions have been given: cremation, no burial, just scatter the ashes. “She says, “˜If I leave before you, darling, don”t you waste me in the ground.”
That notion corresponds with my postmortal plan: bury my ashes into a hole in the garden, and plant a fruit tree over me. The idea comes from a German poem by Theodor Fontane, apparently based on a true story, I learnt as a child, about a Herr von Ribbeck in the Havelland (near Berlin), who”d give passing schoolchildren a pear from his tree. As his death approaches, in 1759, he gives instruction that a pear tree be planted over his grave, because his miserly son would not continue the distribution of fruit. His final wish is honoured, and generations of passing children will now help themselves to a pear (at least until the tree”s destruction in 1911), thanks to Herr von Ribbeck. (English translation of the poem)
Anna Ternheim – Lovers Dream.mp3
Swedish songbird Ternheim rounds off the trilogy of not wanting to live when the other has died. The twist here seems to be that she wants to be in death with someone whom she could not be with in life. “Maybe I could be yours, maybe you could be mine. God, I waited so long, maybe my time has come to walk by your side. Please put me at ease, now my soul is ready for peace.” Which is a twist on the saying, “See you in the next life.”
Bobbie Gentry – Ode To Billie Joe.mp3
This song can be interpreted in several ways. We know that Billy Joe MacAllister committed suicide by jumping off the Tallahatchie Bridge on Choctaw Ridge. For Bobbie”s family it seems to be the stuff of casual dinner conversation: “Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense. Pass the biscuits, please”. And so the conversation goes, except Bobbie seems to have lost her appetite entirely when mother mentions something uncanny: “”That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today. Said he”d be pleased to have dinner on Sunday. Oh, by the way, he said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge, and she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin” off the Tallahatchie Bridge.”
Shortly we leave the dining table and fast forward a year as Bobbie updates us. “A year has come “˜n” gone since we heard the news “bout Billy Joe. And brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo. There was a virus going “round, Papa caught it and he died last spring, and now Mama doesn”t seem to wanna do much of anything. And me, I spend a lot of time pickin” flowers up on Choctaw Ridge ““ and drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge.” We can only guess what Billie Joe was to Bobbie, and why Billie Joe committed suicide. A popular theory has it that what the preacher saw them throwing off the bridge was their baby (though how blind must the parents have been to fail noticing their daughter”s pregnancy?) or a premature, self-administered abortion. Whatever it is, Bobbie”s grief ““ for Billie Joe or her putative child ““ runs deep.
Ari Hest – Didn”t Want To Say Goodbye.mp3
Apparently written about a 9/11 victim, singer-songwriter Ari Hest does what most grieving people do when confronted with a sudden, unnatural death ““ asking why. And for those with religious faith, it can be shaken by such an event, as seems to be the case here. “I can ask all I please, I can beg down on my knees, for a reason, for a sign. But these answers I won”t find.” So instead, “I”ll go on without you, and what”s left for me to do but to stay where I am in my world of pretend.”
Loudon Wainwright III – Sometimes I Forget.mp3
The song starts off unpromisingly as Loudon sets the scene: “Sometimes I forget that you”ve gone. You”ve gone, and you”re not coming back.” But we quickly learn that he has not been dumped as he surveys the scene: “And your bookcase still holds all your books; it”s as if all you”ve done is go out of town”¦” The addressee could be returning any minute now, but the person “” my guess it”s his father, so let”s identify him as such “”never went on a journey. “But your suitcase is empty, it”s right here in the hall. That”s not even the strangest thing. Why would you leave your wallet behind. Your glasses, your wristwatch and ring.” He has unresolved issues with his father, having failed to say what needed to be said. Death creates a distance, but Loudon feels his father”s proximity. “You”re not far away, you”re near. Sometimes I forget that you”ve gone. Sometimes it feels like you”re right here. Right now it feels like you”re right here.” Wainwright does not specify the nature of his relationship to the deceased, so it can be applied, at least in spirit, to a separation by death of any loved one.
Richard Thompson – Vincent Black Lightning 1952.mp3
Turning the teen death genre (which we”ll turn to in the next item) on its head a little, Thompson tells the story of an outlaw in love. James Adie, a criminal, and Red Molly fell in love over the eponymous motorbike. Then the day comes that James robs a bank and is shot by the police. Red Molly is called to his deathbed. James declares his love for Molly and the bike, then “he reached for her hand and he slipped her the keys, saying: “˜I”ve got no further use for these. I see angels on Ariels in leather and chrome swooping down from heaven to carry me home”. And he gave her one last kiss and died, and he gave her his Vincent to ride.”
Jimmy Cross – I Want My Baby Back.mp3
I promised that we”d end off with a much-needed laugh. The early “60s were a fertile period for teen death songs such as The Leader Of The Pack, Tell Laura I Love Her, Teen Angel, Dead Man”s Curve, Run Joey Run, and Ebony Eyes. Jimmy Cross” 1964 song is a parody that moves swiftly from the ridiculous to the bizarre.
Jimmy fills us in on that fateful night, putting on his best Ferlin Husky accent: “I don”t hardly know where to begin. I remember, we were cruisin” home from the Beatles concert. I”d had such a wonderful evenin” sittin” there watchin” my baby screamin” and tearin” her hair out and carryin” on. She was sooo full of life. Then…” disaster strikes. “I see this stalled car right smack in front of me! Well, I wa”nt about to slam on the brakes “cause I didn”t have none to start to with. So I swerved to the left, and what do I see? Some mush-head, on a motorsickle, headin” right at us! And I knew at last, me and my baby were about to meet the leader of the…” CRASH! “Well, when I come to I looked around, and there was the leader, and there was the pack, and over there was my baby.” Time flies, and he still misses his baby. So, punning unsubtly, he takes a spade and digs up her grave and, lo, he has his baby back. Oh blessed joy ““ a happy, necrophiliac ending!
Categories: Songs About Love Tags: Anna Ternheim, Ari Hest, Bobbie Gentry, death, Death Cab For Cutie, Iron and Wine, Loudon Wainwright III, Missy Higgins, Richard Thompson
In the first part of this series, we started our US tour in Albuquerque, moved east to Amarillo, and further east to Oklahoma City. Continuing our musical journey we now leave Oklahoma City and move north-west across the Arkansas river to Tulsa.
On our way to an appointment in Wichita we pick up a hitchhiker on his way to Tulsa. He tells us that he left his home in Tulsa a while ago to pursue a career in the movies (he even thought Arizona was glamourous, which tells you something about our destination). Well, our boy didn”t cut it in Hollywood (or Phoenix), so he is coming home, to go “livin” on Tulsa time”. We too live on Tulsa time “” for five minutes, and move on.
Eric Clapton ““ Tulsa Time (live, 1980).mp3
Moving north along the Arkansas we go on to Wichita to ask one of the locals about the offside rule in football (or “soccer”, as the locals call it) which his colleagues can never get right. Well, our new friend don”t know nuthin” about that. Turns out, it was all a misunderstanding hinging on a missing letter. Instead our friend tells us about his adventures as a telephone technician who conducts his romantic liaison from the top of a telephone pole, and how the weather determines when he may take time off. To be honest, half the time we cannot make out what our pal is on about. Best be on our way.
Glen Campbell ““ Wichita Lineman (1968).mp3
American geography is a bastard. Apart from idiosyncrasies in the pronunciation of certain names (Arkinsaw?), you have Kansas City located not in the state of Kansas (not Kinsaw?), but just across the state border in Missouri. Stop confusing us, Americans! Kansas City has a mayor with a great name: Mark Funkhauser. Anyway, on the corner of 12th Street and Vine we see a strange dude and his girl drinking a bottle of Kansas Wine, the taste and effect of which we prefer to imagine than to experience. But the girl is not his wife, oh no. She”s one of the “crazy little women” the man came to the city for. Hmmm, maybe time to move on before Any Major Dudette gets suspicious.
Wilbert Harrison ““ Kansas City (1959).mp3
We”ll go down south on the Missouri to reach our next destination. If you are going ahead, I”ll meet you there.
Categories: American Road Trip Tags: American Road Trip, Eric Clapton, Glen Campbell, Wilbert Harrison
Another batch of originals, looking at Homeward Bound, Hurting Each Other, Blame It On The Boogie, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) and Rose Garden.
Chad & Jeremy ““ Homeward Bound.mp3
Simon & Garfunkel ““ Homeward Bound (live).mp3
In 1965, Chad & Jeremy were a popular English folk-rock duo when Jeremy Clyde met the songwriter of promising newcomers Simon & Garfunkel at a party for Bob Dylan. Paul Simon was delighted to be asked to play some of his songs for the folk star, and proceeded to play 18 tracks, many of them future classics. One song in particular, Homeward Bound, appealed to Jeremy, and he recorded it with Chad Stuart in London on 26 November 1965 (with Simon dropping in during the session). A few weeks later, in December, Simon & Garfunkel got around to recording their own version of the song which Paul Simon had started writing while stuck at Widnes station (or Dutton or Wigan, accounts vary) in northern England.
Chad & Jeremy considered Homeward Bound for a single release, but having got wind of Simon & Garfunkel considering the song as a follow-up to their hit The Sound Of Silence, they opted for a rocker titled Ballad Of A Teenage Failure. It turned out to be a ballad of a failure, teenage or not. Chad & Jeremy in the end released Homeward Bound in August 1966 on their Distant Shores album. Simon & Garfunkel had a #5 hit with it earlier that year. The Simon & Garfunkel version posted here is a live recording from the soundboard bootleg of their 1968 Hollywood Bowl concert.
Also recorded by: Mel Tormé (1966), Petula Clark (1966), Cher (1966), Richard Anthony (as Un autographe, SVP, 1966), The Quiet Five (1966), Jack Jones (1968), Glen Campbell (1968), Brenda Byers (1970), Buck Owens (1971), Jermaine Jackson (1972), Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson (1983), The King’s Singers (1989)
Jimmy Clanton ““ Hurting Each Other.mp3
Carpenters ““ Hurting Each Other.mp3
As previously noted, the Carpenters had a way of appropriating songs first recorded by other people. In part, this owes to an astuteness in often picking songs that weren”t very well known. Once Richard Carpenter imprinted his imaginative arrangements and Karen her marvellous vocals on such a song, it almost invariably was theirs. And so it was with Hurting Each Other, which the siblings recorded in late 1971 (apparently a news segment filmed them putting down the backing vocal track). It appeared on their excellent 1972 album, A Song For You, and the single reached #2 on the US charts.
Hurting Each Other was written by Gary Geld and Peter Udell, whose songwriting credits also included Brian Hyland”s Sealed With A Kiss. The first recording of the song was released in 1965 by teen idol Jimmy Clanton, a white R&B singer from Baton Rouge who had a string of hits (including Neil Sedaka”s composition Venus In Blue Jeans) in what has been called “swamp pop” and then faded into the sort of obscurity that has nonetheless ensured a performing career that continues to this day, complemented by a line in radio DJing.
Also recorded by: Chad Allan & The Expressions ( who would become Guess Who,1965); Walker Brothers (1966), Ruby & The Romantics (1969), Peter Nero (1972), Percy Faith & His Orchestra (1972), Ray Conniff and The Singers (1972), Johnette Napolitano with Marc Moreland (1994), Stan Whitmire (2000)
Mick Jackson – Blame It On The Boogie.mp3
The Jacksons ““ Blame It On The Boogie.mp3
Loo & Placido – Should I Stay Or Should I Boogie.mp3
How many cover versions have been sung by the namesake of the original performer? Mick Jackson was a German-born English pop singer. His Blame It On The Boogie, which he also co-wrote, sounds like a presentable Leo Sayer number. The Jacksons changed little in the song”s structure “” Mick”s original has all the touches we know well, such as the “sunshine, moonlight, good time, boogie” interlude “” and yet they turned a pretty good song into a disco explosion of joy, presaging Michael”s Off TheWall a year and a bit later.
Mick Jackson actually wrote the song with Stevie Wonder in mind (and it”s easy to imagine how it might have sounded), but was persuaded by a German label to record it himself. When the freshly minted record was played at a music festival in Cannes, a rep for the Jackson “” no doubt alerted by the performer”s name “” secretly taped the song, flew it to the US and had the Jackson brothers record and release it in quick time, to release it before Mick could have a hit with it. With both singles out at the same time, the British press had some fun with the Jackson “Battle of the Boogie”. Mick”s single reached #15 in the UK and #61 in the US. The Jacksons” version became the classic.
The song made a comeback in South Africa in 2003 in a version by a 13-year-old Danish character called Jay-Kid. That version was used in Loo & Placido”s rather splendid 2005 mash-up with the Clash”s Should I Stay Or Should I Go, titled Should I Stay Or Should I Boogie?
Also recorded by: Rita Pavone (1979), Big Fun (1989), Fat Boy Slim (as Blame It On The Baseline, 1989), Luis Miguel (as Será que no me amas, 1990), Dynamo’s Rhythm Aces (1999), Jay-Kid (2003), Captain Jack (2003), Marcia Hines (2006)
The Four Lads – Istanbul (Not Constantinople).mp3
They Might Be Giants ““ Istanbul (Not Constantinople).mp3
It casts a reflection of some kind on They Might Be Giants that many people believe the novelty number Istanbul (Not Constantinople) to be their original. It is, in fact, an old swing number from the 1950s written “” borrowing copiously from Putting On The Ritz “” by Nat Simons and Jimmy Arnold, the latter frontman of Canadian singing quartet the Four Lads. The song was the group”s breakthrough hit in 1953, and they had enough of a career to enable a reconstituted version of the group to trawl the nostalgia circuit.
They Might Be Giants recorded their faster cover version in 1989, drawing from the klezmer style of secular Jewish music to get that Middle Eastern effect (hey, they are Americans”¦). One may assume that the song would cause some perplexity in Greece, where the Turkish city on the Bosphorus is referred to as Constantinople. (Thanks to Philip)
Also recorded by: The Radio Revellers (1953), Frankie Vaughan (1954), Caterina Valente (1954), Santo & Johnny (1962), Edmundo Ros (1953), Al Caiola (1962), Bette Midler (1977), The Residents (1987), The Sacados (1990), Mad Dodo (1992), Chris Potter & Kenny Werner (1994), Trevor Horn Orchestra (2003), Reggie”s Red Hot Feetwarmers (2005), Ska Cubano (2006), Ayhan SicimoÄŸlu (2006)
Joe South – Rose Garden.mp3
Lynn Anderson ““ Rose Garden.mp3
Once upon a time, I hated the song as being representative of everything I loathed about country music. I still didn”t like it when I saw the light and embraced the genre, for Anderson”s hit record is rather naff. Then I heard Joe South”s version, and it became clear to me just how good a song it is. Alas, a few weeks ago I watched an audition for South Africa”s Idols show during which a spectacularly untalented woman performed the song she retitled “Ahr Burk Yurr Pahrrdynn”, singing it aggressively out of tune and with no regard to the correct lyrics. It is her tragicomic version which I now hear, alas, when I think of the song.
In the three years before Lynn Anderson got around to scoring a hit with it in 1971, Rose Garden had been recorded by a soul singer (Dobie Gray), another country singer (Glen Campbell) and three easy listening merchants (Ray Conniff, Ronnie Aldrich and His Two Pianos, and Boots Randolph, under his almost real name Homer Louis Randolph III). For Joe South it was just an album track. He”d have a hit later with Games People Play, and wrote a couple of hits for Billie Joe Royal (Down in the Boondocks and Hush, which would become a Deep Purple classic), The Osmonds and Elvis.
Lynn Anderson almost did not record the song. Execs at her record company, Columbia, didn”t like it much and thought it inappropriate for a woman to sing a song which represents a male perspective (for example in the line “I could promise you things like big diamond rings”). As it happened, there was some spare time during a studio session, and the track was recorded. The label”s micro-managing head, Clive Davis, heard it and decided that it should be Anderson”s next single. It was a big hit in the US and Europe, and Anderson”s version remained the biggest selling recording by any female country artist until 1997.
Also recorded by: Dobie Gray (1969), Glen Campbell (1971), Homer Louis Randolph III (1971), Ray Conniff (1971), Ronnie Aldrich and His Two Pianos (1971), Peter Horton (with German lyrics, 1971), Johnny Mathis (1971), Loretta Lynn (1971), New World (1971), Andy Williams (1971), Dottie West (1971), The Fevers (as Mar de Rosas, 1971), Claude François (as Je te demande pardon, 1971), Bakersfield California Brass (1972), k.d. lang (1986), Kon Kan (1989), Suicide Machines (2000), Tamra Rosanes (2002), Socks (2004), Martina McBride (2005), Southern Culture on the Skids (2007), Aldebert (as Je te demande pardon, 2008)
Categories: The Originals Tags: Carpenters, Joe South, Michael Jackson, Simon and Garfunkel, The Clash, The Jacksons, The Originals, They Might Be Giants
Any Major Dude With Half A Heart is going on a tour of the USA. Not physically, alas, for Any Major Dude is poor and cannot afford to travel. So what we have here is a new series in which I start a musical journey, starting from a random place in the United States, post a song that mentions that location, and travel to the nearest town which brings to my mind a lyric, and then to another. Next instalment I move on from the last featured town. Sounds complicated? Well, come and join me on my tour and make sense of it as we travel together.
The scientific blind-stab-at-the-map of the United States brings us to”¦an empty spot in the middle of nowhere near Albuquerque. So in that amusingly-named town, we begin our journey
In Albuquerque we meet a fellow you seems to be too well-known in nearby Santa Fé, so he comes down to the bigger city of Albuquerque for a bit of anonymity, grabbing a cholesterol swelling breakfast on theway. Shall we accompany him on his return north to Santa Fé (where we might encounter Bob Dylan, Brooks & Dunn or Bon Jovi)? Head east, you say? Ok, do you know the way to Amarillo?
Neil Young ““ Albuquerque (1975).mp3
It never occurred to me that Amarillo was a real place. Well, the good people of Amarillo will have you, and me, know that their”s is the 14th biggest city in the Lone Star state, with a population of about 200,000. According to Wikipedia, Amarillo also boasts one of the largest meat packing areas in the US, and has the only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility in the country. Wow! And here, in the one-time Helium Capital of the World, we meet sweet Marie, who is waiting for the sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-ing Tony Christie. As the church bells are ringing, we retire to a bar where we encounter a dude playing on a pinball machine, feeding coins into a juke box to play the country stylings of Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton. The fool left the lovely Emmylou Harris behind in Atlanta, we learn. Which way is Atlanta? Due east? Let”s be on our way.
Emmylou Harris ““ Amarillo (1975).mp3
So we turned right from Amarillo and landed up in Oklahoma where the exciting new Wilco-esque band Deep Vibration (presumably named after the cellular adventures of one Ashley Cole) entertains us with a sound so rich, we have no idea what the man is singing. Something, it seems, is on his mind. Fun fact about Oklahoma City #1: It is twinned with Rio de Janeiro, which seems somehow less than obvious. Fun fact about Oklahoma City #2: It is the 31st biggest city in the United States. Fun fact about Oklahoma City #3: It has water taxis, which is pretty cool.
Deep Vibration – Oklahoma City Woman Blues (2008).mp3
Next stop north, south, east?
Categories: American Road Trip Tags: American Road Trip, Emmylou Harris, Neil Young
Great Moustaches in Rock: Orleans
I offer little new insight when I register that the 1970s was the acme of nightmare-inducing moustaches. Even James Brown got in on the act, managing in the process to look even more than ever like my sister-in-law”s former mother-in-law. After a long hiatus of Great Moustaches in Rock, we turn to the misadventures in hirsute stylings perpetrated by soft-rockers Orleans.
To our relief (or frustration, if you are looking for comedy), Orleans” moustachoid period was mercifully brief. Soon the tough thrashing monsters of soft rock (well, in comparison to David Gates” soggy Bread anyway) asserted their uncompromising masculinity with thatch all over their faces, doubtless taking the lead from the diminutive stud-muffin on the far left. Then division set in as two members realised the follicular folly of their comrades” ways and”¦oh, say it isn”t so”¦shaved! Or were the apostates in fact new members? I know little about the group, but scanning their covers, Orleans seemed to gain and shed members as rapidly Zsa Zsa Gabor”s nuptial turn-over.
And so Orleans appeared on the cover which has established them as legends in every worst-covers-of-all-time catalogue, an incongruous presence amid fundamentalist Christians, doll-killing maniacs and other assorted representatives of the psychotic recording artiste community. In most such anthologies, Orleans are the only outfit that actually sold records. Still The One remains a staple of “70s soft rock nostalgia, and that appeared on 1976″s notoriously sleeved Waking And Dreaming album.
I don”t think it”s a bad cover at all. It is a bit odd, that much is true. But what we have here are five guys who clearly like each others” company and are not self-conscious about exhibiting their closeness, the two chaps on the right especially. The reason why it is included in those amusing covers collections is not because some Orleans members have comedy fur on their heads, or because their torsos are nauseating, but because the photo looks “gay”. More cultured observers would invoke the terminology of “homoerotic”.
I think I”ve made the point before that the generalised use of that concept is homophobic. Of course, there is such a thing as homoerotism, but it cannot be applied indiscriminately. If one describes the Orleans cover as homoerotic, then one is ascribing all manner of meaning to a snapshot in time. Perhaps the chaps on the right are indeed gay. Perhaps they are heterosexual but not embarrassed to show affection towards other men. Perhaps they were horsing around. Perhaps comedy-beard dude in front is trying to move whispy-tache”s hand away. Certainly hairy dude in front seems to be puzzled at it all.
Whatever the context, the photo cannot be arbitrarily sexualised. And even if one does so, and even if some members of Orleans are gay, including it in funny-covers collections is an act of homophobia. Intentionally or not, it communicates that being gay, or giving rise to suspicions of homsexuality, is somehow hilarious, and that men who show affection for one another are likewise “hilariously” gay. That common prejudice and the resultant compulsion by most men to avoid demonstrations of affection towards other men lest they be thought of as being homosexual is such a great loss to humanity “” and reinforces anti-gay sentiments.
Of course, faced with such perceptions, the cover was ill-advised. Frontman John Hall once explained that the topless pic was entirely unplanned. The photo shoot had been going for a while when the photographer suggested our friends take their shirts off (you can”t see it, but they still have their trousers on). Obediently, they did; a few pics were taken, and two minutes later the five put their shirts back on. And of all the photos taken at the session, the record company chose that one for the cover. At least Orleans are not forgotten “” indeed, in some incarnation or other, they are still touring the nostalgia circuit.
Orleans – Dance With Me.mp3
Orleans – Still The One.mp3
Previous moustaches
Categories: Pop moustaches Tags: homoerotic, Orleans, Pop moustaches
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Ocean Home – The A Team by Alexander Gorlin Architects
Historic Renovation
By J. Michael Welton
Clients like these don’t come along every day. They knew what they wanted. They encouraged collaboration with their design team. They’re low-key, laidback, and like to have fun. And now they still do, in their modern waterfront home tucked away in one of the wilder corners of the Hamptons. What they envisioned for their site was not a contemporary beach house or a typical Hamptons-style cottage. They wanted a rustic camp lodge. And thanks to award-winning architect Alexander Gorlin and company, they got that – and more.
To make it happen, Gorlin assembled an A-team of designers. He brought in Stacy Paetzel, principal in the Hamptons landscape architecture firm MPLA Studio, and interior designer Llewellyn Sinkler, who worked with design legends William Hodgins and Bunny Williams before going out on her own. Sinkler had partnered with Gorlin before. “It’s inspiring to work with Alex,” she says. “When I first heard about designing a lodge in the Hamptons, I thought, ‘Does he mean the Adirondacks?’ But it turned out to be playful, tongue-in-cheek, and inspirational.” The design team expanded eventually to about 10 people. “I came in from the beginning,” says Sinkler, “and we laid it out together. The garden was also discussed at the same time-it was a complete home. If you do it piecemeal, you get piecemeal, but if you do it all together, everyone brings something to the table.” When the clients began thinking about outdoor sculptures, they talked to their architect, landscape architect, and interior designer. They made decisions about keeping most of the older trees, adding a vegetable garden, and renting chickens (“from Hamptons Rent-A-Chicken,” quips Gorlin) for fresh eggs all summer. “It was like being part of a dream team where you’re all on the same page,” Sinkler says. “All of us were paying a salute to a lodge-but one on the water in the Hamptons.”
Taking cues from his clients, Gorlin created a modern interpretation of a rustic camp lodge. It’s composed of two structures, with the master in one and the living room, kitch en, and dining area in the other. Above them are three bedrooms for their young adult daughters and guests. In between, an open space offers the opportunity to view man made and natural landscapes. The swimming pool is placed beyond the entry, so it’s visible immediately, with a vista to the bay farther out. “The main feeling on arrival is a framed view of the water,” the architect says. “The home is divided into pavilions like a lakefront luxury camp, yet there’s a kind of glam to it.” Gorlin designed the 7,000-square-foot home for easy living in the vernacular of Shingle style but with a very modern take on cedar, stone, and open space. The interiors feature very little sheetrock; instead, walls are clad in headboard, exposed wood. and other natural materials. Three fireplaces help achieve the desired lodge feel. “One is outside. It’s an extension of the interior; you can move outdoors and roast marshmallows,” he says. An outdoor pergola connects the house to the pool, with views down to the bay and an aging fishing shack carefully preserved by Gorlin and company.
THE INTERIORS
Inside, Sinkler took the lodge idea to its logical conclusion. Gorlin suggested that the stairway balusters be made with birch branches; Sinkler found an antler chandelier for the center hall. “It’s a three-tier, custom elk chandelier made in Montana,” she says. “When you first walk in the house and into the entry hall. there’s a 1950s sideboard; then you look up and see that chandelier,” she says. The kitchen is wallpapered in a birch tree motif that scales a double-height wall to clerestory windows. In the living room-an open 70-foot-long space-Sinkler placed a huge light fixture with 14 suspended pendants. “They’re grey and hang down right in the front, with two fireplaces at either end of the room,” she says. For the color palette, Sinkler looked to the exterior, extracting greys, greens, and browns. “There’s a bark color and some gradation of blue/grey and blue/green. The palette is peaceful and neutral,” she says. “It makes you want to slide into the sectional sofa inside and put your feet up next to the fire.” Overall Sinkler brought a light and airy feel to the project, one that’s natural and unforced. “That’s how the clients are: warm, relaxed, and easy people who enjoy friends and have fabulous daughters,” she says.
THE LANDSCAPE
Landscape architect Paetzek met Hampton’s complex waterfront restrictions with aplomb, deftly handling flood zone requirements to enhance the lay of the land. “When you’re trying to design within structural regulations, it’s important not to be afraid of them,” she says. When she first walked the property, she learned that the house was destined to stand six feet above the site of an existing cottage, soon to be taken down. “We had to figure out a way to do that,” she says. “So the swimming pool’s infinity wall acts as a retaining wall. That’s where we made up a Jot of the grade.” Paetzek found her inspiration not just in those restrictions but also in the landscape, her clients, and Gorlin. “It was about what you had to do to make the site work. looking at it from an engineering perspective and then thinking about its indigenous materials,” she says. “And I was getting ideas from the clients and going back and forth with the architect. It was a collaboration.”
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DO IT IN THE DIRT
January 8, 2019 tommy wilson No Comments
SOIL TESTING CITED AS THE KEY TO OPTIMIZING YIELD
BY LEE HART • PHOTOS COURTESY OF FARMERS EDGE
Though relatively few farmers do it regularly, agronomists emphasize there is great value in soil testing. And it may be particularly so following two growing seasons in which dry conditions diminished yields. Coupled with cropping and management history, determining how much nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium and sulphur remain in a given field as a result may well suggest reducing inputs for the 2019 growing season.
“If a producer has been applying 40 pounds of phosphate in each of the past couple of years, for example, and the crop has only removed about 20 pounds, they might be able to cut back to 15 to 20 pounds this coming year and with decent growing conditions achieve their target yields,” said Matt Gosling, founding partner of Premium Ag Solutions, an agronomics consultancy based at Strathmore. Adjusting input rates can increase production efficiency and profitability.
Gosling has long recommended annual soil testing under all growing conditions. “The soil is a living biological creature that is very changeable,” he said. Soil tests eliminate agronomic guesswork. He explained it comes down to knowing what you have. “I’ve always said a soil test is the cheapest input on the farm. Deciding whether to soil test should never be about the cost.”
Depending on the lab and degree of analysis, soil test costs can vary from $50 to $200. “Even if it cost $200 for a soil test, you’re on the land with equipment that costs anywhere from $300,000 to $500,000 per unit and overall inputs are costing maybe $200 per acre,” said Gosling. “That $200 for information on nutrients required to achieve your target yield is an investment rather than a cost.”
Despite the recognized value, industry surveys continue to show only about 30 per cent of farmers routinely test their fields. Some agronomists say perhaps 50 per cent test every three to five years. Old habits, concern about time and cost, misinformation and lack of confidence in soil test recommendations are among the reasons cited for this lack of uptake. While some concerns are valid, the experts say that if the soil samples are collected properly, analyzed by a reputable lab, with results evaluated by an experienced professional, they can be a valuable tool in optimizing yield.
“Soil testing isn’t without its pitfalls,” said Rigas Karamanos, a senior agronomist with Koch Fertilizer Canada. “But they are still the best measure of soil nutrient levels on the farm. The tests are working with a natural system that can have wide variability. Even with just a gram of soil you are looking at more than 12 million microorganisms. A soil test recommendation might say you need 10 pounds of a nutrient plus or minus, or you might need 50 pounds plus or minus, but at least it is an indication of where to start.”
Karamanos said he can understand why farmers might be leery about the value of soil tests. He describes the process as both a science and an art. The art is in applying the results to the management planning process. He noted that research has shown test results can show variability, and this has been his own experience. In one study he recalled, a soil sample from a single field was sent to two labs. One recommending a 125-pound nitrogen application, the other just 55. “The two rates were applied and there was no difference in yield,” he said. “So, going with the higher recommendation would be a waste of money.” He concluded that proper, representative field sampling is important, and farmers need to do their homework in selecting a soil test lab that produces recommendations that best relate to their region and farming conditions.
Pictured here, soil samples are processed in the Farmers Edge US Soil Laboratory in Grimes, Iowa. Above, Farmers Edge digital ag intern Zach Smith assists agronomist Jack Payne with the installation of a soil moisture probe in an Alberta farmer’s field.
The variability of results among testing labs prompted agronomist Jack Payne to recommend farmers find a lab they trust and stick with it. “Soil analysis can vary from one to another, which doesn’t mean there is anything wrong with the lab procedures, it just means don’t bounce from one lab to another,” said Payne, operations coordinator for Farmers Edge consulting services in Olds. “With most soil analysis and recommendations, the actual rate is going to be plus or minus the recommendation based on your cropping history, your farming system and growing conditions. So, it is important to be consistent with the lab providing the analysis. Stick with one lab, have confidence in their analysis and adjust rates based on your farming situation.”
Payne recalled two instances that underscore the value of soil testing. He had been tasked with completing soil testing and fertilizer recommendations for a Peace River region farm that had experienced two successive dry growing seasons. It was a good-news, bad-news situation. Though yields had been down, soil testing indicated high nutrient carryover.
“This farmer would normally apply 90 to 100-plus pounds of nitrogen, but the soil test was showing he could get away with about half that,” said Payne. Based on his recommendation, the farmer applied about 40 pounds of nitrogen, and the season progressed with nearly ideal growing conditions. “I was concerned the recommendation had been too low,” admits Payne. But the farmer reported that by the third week of July neighbours were asking how he managed such an excellent crop. The neighbours had applied a flat rate of 100 pounds of nitrogen. With good growing conditions and the nutrient carryover in the soil, their crops had lodged.
Another client had experienced successive years of higher yields and a soil test analysis showed low soil nutrient levels. “We developed a nutrient recommendation that bumped up fertility and his barley achieved malt quality,” said Payne. “These aha moments demonstrate the value of doing a soil test, knowing what nutrients are available and developing a recommendation that produces target yields and quality.”
Steve Larocque of Beyond Agronomy consulting services in Three Hills also encourages farmers to annually test their soil. “It is something we always do on our farm,” he said. “But the next best scenario is to do it at least every three years.” He notes some nutrient levels fluctuate more than others. “Nutrients such as nitrogen and sulphur can be quite variable from year to year, whereas phosphorus, potassium, organic matter and many micronutrients don’t change that fast.”
If farmers are unable to test soil in a given year, Larocque suggests they make use of online nutrient uptake and removal calculators tailored for western Canadian growing conditions. These include Alberta Agriculture and Forestry’s Alberta Farm Fertilizer Information and Recommendation Manager. Farmers can input crop variety, soil type, moisture and historical yield data to determine the nutrient uptake of newly harvested crops. This can be used to guide fertilization rates for the following season.
Like his agronomist colleagues, Larocque recommends regular soil testing with a reputable lab. “If you just do it once every so many years, it’s possible to get outlier results that don’t tell you anything. But if you consistently soil test your fields using the same benchmarks, you’ll find you get more consistent results, which gives you confidence in the numbers over time. From there you’ll have a better idea of where your nutrient levels are at and what you need to apply.”
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From today's Washington Post, believe it or not:
Virtual economies attract real-world tax attention
Users of online worlds such as Second Life and World of Warcraft transact millions of dollars worth of virtual goods and services every day, and these virtual economies are beginning to draw the attention of real-world authorities.
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A reader emails me a story about the new Massachusetts governor:
GAS TAX HIKE CLASHES WITH TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY GOALS, PATRICK SAYS
By Michael P. Norton and Jim O'Sullivan
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE
BOSTON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20, 2006
Raising the gas tax, an idea contemplated by a state commission eyeing ways to address a huge backlog in transportation maintenance problems, runs counter to the push for energy efficiency and independence, according to Gov.-elect Deval Patrick, who nonetheless backed off a campaign pledge against such an increase.
"We need to be much, much more efficient in the use of hydrocarbons for energy reasons, for reasons of independence, for reasons of our dependence on foreign oil and gas, on hydrocarbons generally," Patrick told the News Service during an interview at the waterfront law office he is using as a staging area for his administration, which moves into power on Beacon Hill in two weeks.
"If we're trying to cultivate here in Massachusetts an energy-smart economy, then the notion of relying for additional revenues on something we're trying to break our dependence on doesn't seem to me to be a formula for long-term success."
Okay, let me get this straight: It is important that we reduce our consumption of oil. Therefore, we should not tax it.
Hmmm....Governor Patrick was Harvard class of 1978, and it's a good bet that he took ec 10. I wonder what they taught about the slope of demand curves back then.
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Modulation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Replication by Interferon Regulatory Factors
Marco Sgarbanti, Alessandra Borsetti, Nicola Moscufo, Maria C. Bellocchi, Barbara Ridolfi, Filomena Nappi, Giulia Marsili, Giovanna Marziali, Eliana M. Coccia, Barbara Ensoli, Angela Battistini
Marco Sgarbanti
Alessandra Borsetti
Nicola Moscufo
Maria C. Bellocchi
Barbara Ridolfi
Filomena Nappi
Giulia Marsili
Giovanna Marziali
Eliana M. Coccia
Barbara Ensoli
Angela Battistini
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20010753 | Published May 20, 2002
Transcription of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 is controlled by the cooperation of virally encoded and host regulatory proteins. The Tat protein is essential for viral replication, however, expression of Tat after virus entry requires HIV-1 promoter activation. A sequence in the 5′ HIV-1 LTR, containing a binding site for transcription factors of the interferon regulatory factors (IRF) family has been suggested to be critical for HIV-1 transcription and replication. Here we show that IRF-1 activates HIV-1 LTR transcription in a dose-dependent fashion and in the absence of Tat. This has biological significance since IRF-1 is produced early upon virus entry, both in cell lines and in primary CD4+ T cells, and before expression of Tat. IRF-1 also cooperates with Tat in amplifying virus gene transcription and replication. This cooperation depends upon a physical interaction that is blocked by overexpression of IRF-8, the natural repressor of IRF-1, and, in turn is released by overexpression of IRF-1. These data suggest a key role of IRF-1 in the early phase of viral replication and/or during viral reactivation from latency, when viral transactivators are absent or present at very low levels, and suggest that the interplay between IRF-1 and IRF-8 may play a key role in virus latency.
virus replication
T lymphocytes
Replication of the HIV-1 provirus is mainly controlled at the transcriptional level and depends on a complex interplay between the viral transregulatory protein Tat and cellular transcription factors with the LTR and the intragenic enhancer in the pol gene (1–4). Several major DNase-hypersensitive sites associated with the LTR promoter and target sequences for regulatory proteins have been identified (5, 6).
In the HIV-1 LTR transcriptional regulatory elements are present both upstream and downstream the transcriptional start site. DNaseI sensitivity studies identified just downstream the 5′ LTR (5) a region spanning nt +200 to +217 that is homologous to the IFN-stimulated response element (ISRE)* present in the promoter of IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs; reference 7). This sequence is a binding site for members of the IFN regulatory factor (IRF) protein family (8) and plays a critical role in HIV-1 transcription and replication leading to the definition of a new positive transcriptional regulatory element in the HIV-1 provirus (8, 9).
IRFs play a key role in gene regulation by IFNs and viral infections as well as in several immunological and growth-related cellular functions (10, 11). Nine members of this family have been identified to date based on a homologous DNA-binding domain located at the NH2 terminus responsible for binding to the ISRE. The less conserved COOH-terminal region acts as a regulatory domain and classifies IRFs into three groups: those that activate (IRF-1, IRF-3, IRF-7, and IRF-9/ISGF-3γ), those that repress (IRF-2, IRF-8/ICSBP), and those (IRF-2, IRF-4/LSIRF/Pip) that are able both to activate or to repress gene transcription depending on the target gene. IRFs interact with each other and with other families of transcription factors modifying both ISRE-binding activities and the formation of initiation transcription complexes. In addition IRF-1, IRF-2, and IRF-3 can interact with components of the basal transcriptional machinery as well as with the histone-acetyltransferases (12–14).
The HIV-1 transactivator protein Tat is a ∼14/15-kD protein produced early after infection and before virus integration (15), which is absolutely required for productive virus replication (16, 17). Tat has been shown to modulate viral gene expression by increasing the rate of transcription initiation, elongation, and translation of TAR-containing mRNAs (3, 18–20). Several reports also suggest that Tat can dissociate from TAR to bind either elongating RNA polymerase II (21) or DNA-tethered promoter factors (22, 23). Tat has the capability of augmenting transcription of viral as well as cellular genes by both TAR-dependent and TAR-independent mechanisms (24–28) also by acting as a DNA sequence–specific transcription factor in the absence of TAR and other HIV-1 LTR sequences (29).
Both specific and basal cellular transcription factors are key in Tat-mediated transactivation of virus gene expression, including Sp1 (22), TBP (30) and TAFII 55 (31), TAP, (32, 33), the kinases TAKs (34), and NF-κB (25). In addition, Tat relieves the transcriptionally inactive chromatin-associated proviral LTR through the recruitment of Tat-associated histone acetyltransferases TAHs (35–37).
The mechanism of action of Tat is complex and not yet completely defined. Similarly, it has not yet been completely elucidated how the viral genome initiates early transcription immediately after viral entry when Tat is still absent or at a threshold concentration, or how the integrated HIV-1 genome reactivates from latency, before viral transactivators are produced.
Here we show that upon entry, HIV-1 is able to induce IRF-1 expression before the expression of Tat. IRF-1 is capable per sé of driving LTR-mediated transactivation in a dose-dependent fashion. In addition, IRF-1 increases Tat-mediated transactivation of the HIV-1 LTR via a physical interaction of its COOH-terminal domain with Tat. This positive cooperation is blocked by IRF-8, a physiological repressor of IRF-1 activity, which inhibits Tat-mediated LTR transcription and viral replication in vivo. These results identify IRF-1 as essential for efficient HIV-1 gene expression and viral replication and indicate that the recruitment of IRF-1 to the HIV-1 promoter can be a key step in the early phases of infection or during viral reactivation from latency, in response to both viral infection and cell activation signals.
Cell Cultures and Treatments.
Jurkat and 293 HEK cells were grown in RPMI 1640 medium (Bio-Whittaker) or MEM, respectively, containing 10% FCS and antibiotics (growth medium). rIFN-γ (Pepro Tech EC LTD) was used at 10 ng/ml. Human PBLs from healthy donors were isolated by Ficoll-Hypaque gradient and the CD4+ T cell population purified by negative selection using magnetic beads (Miltenyi Biotech) coated with mAbs directed against CD8, CD19, CD16, CD56, and CD11b by manufacturers' instructions. The recovered cells were >96% CD3+ as determined by FACS® analysis. Purified cells were cultured in growth medium and activated with anti-CD3 mAb (Clone FM-18; Biosource International).
Plasmids.
The HIV-LTR-CAT construct contains the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene linked to the HIV-1 LTR BH10 clone (−454 to +286) (9). Δ1 LTR corresponds to the BH10-LD1 which is deleted in the ISRE sequence (9). Δ2 LTR and Δ3 LTR were obtained from the HIV-LTR-CAT and Δ1 LTR, respectively, by site-directed mutagenesis of the NF-κB site using the QuickChange site-directed mutagenesis kit (Stratagene). The sequence of the primer used to induce the specific mutation was: 5′ CGAGCTTGCTACAACTCACCGCTGCTCACCCAGGGAGG 3′.
CMV-Tat, CMV-IRF-1, CMV-IRF-2, CMV-IRF-3.5D, and CMV-IRF-7* (S477D/S479D) expression vectors have been described previously (38–41); the IRF-8 expression vector (pTarget-ICSBP) was a gift of B. Levi, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; IRF-4 expression vector was a gift of I. Julkunen, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland. The pIRF-1/Hygro construct was generated by cloning the fragment excised from pUC-IRF-1 (a gift of T. Taniguchi, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan) by XbaI and HindIII digestion in the pcDNA3.1/Hygro plasmid (Invitrogen Corp.).
All plasmids used in the transfection experiments were purified by cesium chloride.
Stable and Transient Transfection Experiments.
Stable transfectants of Jurkat cells were obtained by electroporation with a Bio-Rad gene pulser transfection apparatus using a field strength 0.875 KV/cm, a capacitance of 25 μF and a time constant ∼10 μs. Cells were selected for 2 wk with 0.5 mg/ml Geneticin G-418 sulfate (GIBCO BRL).
Jurkat cells expressing both IRF-1 and IRF-8 were obtained by transfecting the IRF-8–expressing cells with the pIRF-1/Hygro. After 10 d of selection in growth medium containing 350 μg/ml of Hygromycin (Sigma-Aldrich), cells were amplified on medium containing both hygromycin and geneticin G-418 sulfate.
Bulk populations were frozen and aliquots periodically thawed (every 4–6 wk) to maintain the identity of the polyclonal cell population. Transient transfections experiments were performed using the FuGENE 6 Transfection Reagent (Roche Laboratories) according to the manufacturer's protocol. Amounts of transfected DNA were normalized by using RcCMV vector. A cotransfected RcCMV β-gal plasmid was used to normalize for transfection efficiency.
Enzymatic Assays.
CAT assay was performed as described previously (42). β-gal assay was performed using the β-galactosidase Enzyme Assay system (Promega).
EMSA.
EMSA with nuclear cell lysates (6 μg; reference 43) was performed as described previously (42). For supershift analysis, nuclear extracts were incubated with polyclonal anti–IRF-1 and anti–IRF-2 (a gift of Dr. J. Hiscott) antibodies in binding buffer containing the oligonucleotide probe (C13 [AACTGA]4) for 30 min on ice.
DNA Affinity Purification Assay.
A biotinylated oligonucleotide corresponding to the HIV-ISRE (AGGGACTTGAAAGCGAAAGGGAAACCAGAG) or a mutant oligonucleotide (AGGGACTTGACCGCGGGGCCACCAGAG) were synthesized (Invitrogen) and then annealed with the corresponding antisense oligonucleotides in 1× STE buffer, containing 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0, 50 mM NaCl and 2 mM EDTA. 25 picomoles of biotinylated DNA were mixed with 100–200 μg of nuclear extract in 200 μl of binding buffer containing 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, 75 mM KCl, 1 mM DTT, and 5 μg/ml BSA in the presence of 10% glycerol and 20 μg of poly(dI-dC) and incubated for 25 min at room temperature. The complex was pull-down with magnetic beads (Streptavidin MagneSphere; Promega) for 30 min at 4°C and for 10 min at room temperature by mixing with rotation. The collected beads were washed and bound material eluted by boiling in sample buffer. Eluted proteins were separated onto 10% SDS-PAGE followed by immunoblotting with antibody against IRF-1.
Western Blot Analysis.
Western blot (WB) was performed as described previously (42). Polyclonal antibodies against IRF-1 was a gift of R. Pine, Public Health Institute, New York, NY.
Immunoprecipitation and Immunoblot Analysis of the Interactions between IRF-1 and Tat.
293 HEK cells were contransfected with expression plasmids encoding IRF-1 or Tat. Whole cell extracts (200–300 μg) were precleared with rabbit IgG nonimmune antisera cross-linked to ultralink immobilized protein A-G (Pierce Chemical Co.), and incubated with anti–IRF-1 antibodies (C20; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.) cross-linked to ultralink immobilized protein A-G sepharose for 1 h at 4°C. Immunoprecipitates were washed five times with lysis buffer and eluted by boiling the beads for 3 min in 1× SDS sample buffer. Eluted proteins were separated by SDS-PAGE and subjected to WB.
RNA Extraction and Protection Analysis.
Total RNA was isolated by the guanidinium-cesium chloride method (44). RNase protection was performed with 5 μg of total RNA as described previously (42).
To generate the 32[P]-labeled 280-bp long antisense IRF-1 RNA probe, the pBS-IRF-1 plasmid (45) was linearized with EcoRI and transcribed by T7 polymerase. To generate the 32[P]-labeled 280-bp long antisense IRF-8 RNA probe, the plasmid (pBS-BP) was linearized with PvuII and transcribed by T7 polymerase. The plasmid pBS-BP was generated by cloning a 1,400-bp long fragment obtained by EcoRI digestion from the plasmid pTarget-ICSBP containing the entire IRF-8 cDNA. A 18S RNA probe was used as a control for equal RNA loading.
Virus Stock Preparation and Infection.
Replication-competent T cell-tropic virus was made by transfecting Jurkat cells with the pHXB2R molecular clone, as described previously (46). Viral infection assays were performed by inoculating 106 cells with 1,000 or 5,000 cpm of RT activity corresponding to 0.001 or 0.005 50% TCDI/cell of HIV-1/HXB2. After 2 h, virus was washed out and cells were cultured for 96 h. Virus production was then monitored at 24, 48, 72, and 96 h after infection by measuring the levels of p24 in the culture supernatants with a commercial assay kit (p24/27 core antigen assay; Innogenetics) as specified by the manufacturer.
RT-PCR Analysis.
To isolate total cellular RNA, 10 × 106 cells were processed using the RNA easy-total RNA extraction kit from QIAGEN. Total RNA was treated with RNase-free DNaseI (Boeringher Mannheim). RT was performed in 50 μl reaction volume containing 1 μg of total RNA according to the manufacturer's instruction (RNA PCR kit; Perkin Elmer). To control for the presence of genomic DNA, control cDNA reaction mixture from which RT was omitted were prepared in parallel. These were uniformly negative (data not shown).
The specific primers named M667, M668, LA45, LA41, M669, and LA23 used to amplify HIV transcripts and PCR conditions were described previously (47). To detect the PCR product of the primer pair M667/M668 and M669/LA23, 32[P]-labeled primer M669 and M668, respectively, were used for hybridization. Detection of the PCR product using specific primers LA41-LA45 were revealed by hybridization with 32[P]-labeled oligonucleotide designed to span in between the first and the second Tat exons: TCAAAGCAACCCACCTCCCAA.
To evaluate the expression of the IRF-1 gene, an aliquot of reverse-transcribed-RNA was amplified within the linear range by 25 PCR cycles: denaturation at 94°C for 30 s, annealing at 56°C for 30 s, and extension at 72°C for 30 s. The RT-PCR was normalized for 26S. Each sample was electrophoresed onto 1% agarose, transferred to nylon membrane and hybridized with a specific probe. The following primers and probe for IRF-1 were used: primer 5′: GTCCAGCCGAGATGCTAAGAGC; primer 3′: GGCTGCCACTCCGACTGCTCC; and probe: GGCCAAGAGGAAGTCATGTGGG.
The primers and probe for 26S amplification were: primer 5′: GCCTCCAAGATGACAAAG; primer 3′: CCAGAGAATAGCCTGTCT; and probe: GAGCGTCTTCGATGCCTATGTGCTTCCCAA.
Construction of the Two-Hybrid Clones.
The IRF-1 open reading frame (ORF) was PCR-amplified using primers that introduced an EcoRI and an XhoI site at the 5′ and 3′ ends, respectively, and inserted in the pEG202LexA yeast expression vector in frame with LexA (48). The clones were then transferred in the YEplac181GLexA202 vector and used for the yeast two-hybrid interaction assay. The truncated forms IRF-1 (1–291) and IRF-1 (1–234) were constructed by removal of the 3′ coding sequences with AccI and Bsu36I, respectively, followed by the Klenow treatment. For the construction of the VP16-Tat clone, the Tat 86 amino acids open reading frame was PCR-amplified from the CMV-Tat plasmid using primers that introduced an EcoRI and an XhoI site at the 5′ and 3′ ends, respectively, and cloned in the yeast expression vector pRS314VP16 (49).
The ORFs obtained as described above were cloned into the bacterial expression vector pGEX-4T-1 (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech) at EcoRI and XhoI sites. All the constructs were resequenced after identification.
Two-Hybrid Yeast Assay.
The two-hybrid yeast assay was performed as described previously (48). Yeast cells harboring a LexA-responsive LacZ reporter plasmid were cotransformed with a LexA/IRF-1 plasmid, and a VP16/Tat plasmid. Transformants were selected at 30°C on YMM plates. From each transformation three colonies were grown in selective minimal liquid media before galactose-induced expression of the fusion proteins. After incubation of 24 h at 30°C with 2% galactose, yeast cells were used in the permeabilized cell assay (50) to determine the β-galactosidase activity resulting from the LacZ reporter gene expression.
In Vitro GST Pull-Down Experiments.
GST and GST fusion proteins were expressed in Escherichia coli BL21:DE3(pLysS) (48). For the in vitro binding experiments, ∼2 μg of GST and GST–Tat or GST–IRF-1 were mixed with the 35[S]-labeled rIRFs and/or Tat proteins synthesized in vitro using the coupled TNT transcription/translation system (Promega TNT system) in 500 μl of PBS containing 0.1% BSA, 0.5% NP-40, 10% glycerol, and protease inhibitors. Binding reaction was allowed at 4°C for 90 min. Beads were washed, resuspended in sample buffer, and subjected to SDS-PAGE. Gels were analyzed by electronic autoradiography in an Instant Imager (Camberra Packard).
IRF-1 Activates Transcription from the HIV-1 LTR and Increases Tat-mediated Transactivation of LTR-directed Gene Expression.
The effect of IRFs on HIV-1 transactivation was evaluated in Jurkat cells transiently cotransfected with vectors expressing IRF-1, IRF-4, or the constitutively activated forms of IRF-3 (IRF-3 5D) and IRF-7 and a HIV-1 LTR-CAT reporter construct (nt −456 to nt +286). As shown in Fig. 1 A, the basal activity of the HIV-LTR was increased only by the presence of IRF-1, whereas no or little increase was detected in the presence of the other IRFs.
Effect of IRFs on HIV-1 LTR transactivation. (A) Jurkat cells were transiently cotransfected with the HIV-1 LTR-CAT (1 μg) and vectors (2 μg) expressing the indicated IRFs. IRF-3 5D and IRF-7* codify for the constitutively activated forms of IRF-3 and -7, respectively (references 40 and 41). After 24 h, CAT activity was evaluated as indicated in the Materials and Methods. (B) Dose–response effect of the wild-type IRF-1 or its mutant deleted in the activation domain (Δ IRF-1) on HIV-1 LTR-directed gene expression. Cells were transfected as in A except that 0.8 μg of HIV-1 LTR-CAT and increasing amounts of the vectors expressing IRF-1 or Δ IRF-1 (0.8, 1.6, 3.2 μg) were used. (C) Effect of IRF-1 on mutated HIV-LTR constructs. Cells were transiently transfected with wild-type HIV-LTR or Δ1 LTR in which the ISRE region is deleted (reference 9), Δ2 LTR in which the NF-κB sites are mutated or Δ3 LTR in which both sites are deleted/mutated. IRF-1–expressing vector was cotransfected as indicated. Results are shown as percentages of the CAT activity of the wild-type HIV-LTR in IRF-1–transfected cells. (D) IRF-1 cooperates with Tat to enhance HIV-1 LTR-CAT activity. Cells were transiently cotransfected with the HIV-1 LTR-CAT (1 μg), Tat (5 ng), or IRF-1 (1 μg) expressing vectors, either alone or in combination, as indicated. CAT activity was determined after 24 h. The results quantified by an Instant Imager are reported as mean levels ± SE from three separate experiments.
Therefore, the effect of IRF-1 was further analyzed. IRF-1 increased HIV-1 LTR-directed gene expression in a dose-dependent fashion (Fig. 1 B), whereas no activation was detected by deleting the entire COOH-terminal activation domain of IRF-1 (Δ IRF-1). This indicated that upon HIV-1 infection IRF-1 can activate transcription of Tat.
To investigate whether the effect of IRF-1 was mediated by the ISRE, an ISRE-deleted (Δ1 LTR) or a NF-κB mutated (Δ2 LTR) construct were used. As shown in Fig. 1 C, IRF-1 was still capable of transactivating the HIV-1 LTR. On the contrary, transactivation was greatly reduced when a mutant bearing deletions in both the ISRE and the NF-κb sites (Δ3 LTR) was used. These results indicate that the ISRE is not the major site mediating the IRF-1 effect.
To determine the effect of the simultaneous presence of IRF-1 and Tat on HIV-1 LTR transactivation, Jurkat cells were cotransfected with the HIV-LTR construct and with both Tat and IRF-1 expression vectors (Fig. 1 D). The presence of IRF-1 had additive effects on the HIV-1 LTR-CAT activity induced by suboptimal expression of Tat, whereas the cooperative effect was not evident when Tat was overexpressed (data not shown). This suggests that Tat/IRF-1 effect may be key in the very early phase of infection, when Tat is absent or still at low levels.
HIV-1 Induces IRF-1 Early Upon Infection and Prior to Expression of Tat in both T Cell Lines and Primary CD4+ T Cells.
To determine whether IRF-1 is induced by HIV-1 and whether this occurs before Tat expression, Jurkat cells were infected with the HIV-1 IIIB strain at a low multiplicity of infection and IRF-1 RNA expression analyzed by RNase protection and tat/rev RNA by semiquantitative RT-PCR analysis at different time points after infection. As shown in Fig. 2 A, discrete basal levels of IRF-1 mRNA were detected in Jurkat cells, which increased by 3- and 2.5-fold, respectively, after 5 and 7 h after infection (Fig. 2 A and B). This increase was already detectable at 3 h after infection (data not shown) and returned to basal levels within 24 h. A parallel increase in the protein levels was also detected (Fig. 4) .
IRF-1 mRNA is induced early upon HIV-1 infection and before expression of Tat. (A) Jurkat cells were infected with the HIV-1 strain IIIB (5,000 cpm/ml) and, at the indicated time points, total RNA was extracted and analyzed by RNase protection with a IRF-1–specific antisense riboprobe. 18S rRNA was used as a control of RNA loading. (B) mRNA relative fold-increase after normalization to the 18S RNA, quantified by Instant Imager. Mean values from three separate experiments are shown. (C) Total RNA extracted at 5 and 24 h after infection shown in A was analyzed by RT-PCR for the doubly-spliced (tat/rev) transcript as described in Materials and Methods.
IRF-1 and IRF-2 bind the HIV-ISRE. (A) Nuclear cell extracts (20 μg) from Jurkat cells uninfected or infected with HIV-1 IIIB strain (5,000 cpm/ml) were prepared at different time points after infection and incubated with an oligonucleotide corresponding to the four tandem IRF-binding sites (C13). Supershift assays were performed in the presence of specific anti–IRF-1 and anti–IRF-2 antibodies as indicated. Binding complexes were resolved by PAGE and visualized by autoradiography. (B) DNA pull-down assays. Biotinylated oligodeoxynucleotides containing the wild-type or a mutated version of the HIV-ISRE (Materials and Methods), coupled to Streptavidin MagneSphere were incubated with nuclear extracts from Jurkat cells or primary CD4+ T cells infected with the HIV-1 IIIB strain (5,000 cpm/ml). The bound proteins were eluted from the beads by boiling in sample buffer and analyzed by WB with antibodies against IRF-1. INPUT indicates the level of endogenous IRF-1 in the uninfected and infected nuclear cell extracts (20 μg) at the indicated time points determined by WB analysis.
Notably, at the moment of the highest IRF-1 expression (5 h after infection), no doubly/spliced HIV tat/rev RNA transcripts were detected, whereas at 24 h after infection, as expected, the tat/rev mRNA was clearly detectable. Thus, HIV-1 induces IRF-1 expression early upon infection and before production of Tat.
To assess the biological relevance of these findings, experiments were repeated with primary purified CD4+ T lymphocytes stimulated with anti-CD3 mAb and infected with the same virus. IRF-1 and tat/rev RNA expression were then analyzed by RT-PCR at different time points after infection.
As shown in Fig. 3 , very low expression of IRF-1 was present in freshly isolated cells, which increased upon stimulation with anti-CD3 antibody (approximately twofold), consistently with previous data (51). However, starting from 5 h after infection IRF-1 mRNA increased by fourfold and its expression peaked at 24 h after infection (sevenfold increase over basal levels). A progressive decrease was then observed as found with Jurkat cells. However, when the IRF-1 stimulation was maximal, no doubly spliced tat/rev RNA transcripts were detected (Fig. 3 C). A similar kinetic of IRF-1 induction was observed with three different healthy donors.
HIV-1 infection induces IRF-1 mRNA expression in primary CD4+ T lymphocytes. (A) Purified CD4+ T cells were infected with the HIV-1 IIIB strain (5,000 cpm/ml) and IRF-1 mRNA evaluated by semiquantitative RT-PCR analysis at the indicated time points after infection. A representative experiment out of three performed is shown. The increase in IRF-1 mRNA accumulation begun to be evident between 5 and 12 h after infection and peaked between 24 and 48 h after infection depending on the donor. 26S RNA was used for normalization as described in Materials and Methods. (B) mRNA relative fold-increase after normalization to the 26S RNA quantified by Instant Imager. (C) Total RNA extracted at the indicated time points as in A was analyzed by RT-PCR for the doubly-spliced (tat/rev) transcript as described in Materials and Methods.
IRF-1–specific Binding Activity in Infected Cells.
To test whether stimulation of IRF-1 upon HIV-1 infection was associated with the presence of a IRF-1–specific binding activity, EMSA was performed by incubating nuclear cell extracts from infected cells with an oligonucleotide representing the canonical IRF binding site (C13). As shown in Fig. 4 A, discrete complexes were detected both in uninfected and infected cells at all time points after infection, which contained both IRF-1 and IRF-2 or multimers of IRF-2 (52) as anti–IRF-1 and anti–IRF-2 antibodies supershifted the higher-mobility and lower-mobility shifted bands, respectively.
However, early after infection, a specific increase of IRF-1-containing complexes was observed (compare lane 6 versus lane 3), consistent with RNA expression data (Fig. 2). From 7 h after infection onward, IRF-1–specific complexes diminished reaching values comparable or below to those observed in uninfected cells. A control purified rabbit IgG and specific anti–IRF-3, -4, -7 antibodies did not affect the binding of any complex (data not shown). To determine the IRF-1–specific binding activity to the HIV-1 LTR, DNA affinity purification assays were performed with both Jurkat and primary CD4+ T cell extracts at 7 and 24 h after infection in the presence of a biotinylated HIV-ISRE probe. The isolated complexes were then examined by immunoblotting against IRF-1. As shown in Fig. 4 B, an increasing IRF-1 binding was evident in infected cells at 7 h after infection, which after 24 h returned to basal levels in Jurkat cells but was still present in CD4+ T cells, according to the RNA expression data (Figs. 2 and 3). This corresponded to the presence of IRF-1 protein (INPUT, Fig. 4 B, right panels) in the same cell extracts. In addition, IRF-1–binding was highly specific since a mutated oligonucleotide (HIV-1-ISRE mut) or an unrelated one (data not shown) did not retain any protein from the same cell extracts.
Taken together, these results demonstrate that IRF-1 and IRF-2 bind to the ISRE-like motif of the HIV-1 LTR. However, early after virus infection, IRF-1 expression increases and this correlates with increasing protein levels and binding to specific LTR-target sequences.
Specific and High-Affinity Binding of IRF-1 and Tat
GST Pull-Down Experiments.
To determine whether the cooperative effect of Tat and IRF-1 on HIV-1 LTR transactivation (Fig. 1 D) is mediated by physical interactions between the two proteins, GST pull-down assays were performed. IRF-1 was translated in vitro and tested for binding to a GST–Tat fusion protein. As shown in Fig. 5 , the GST–Tat protein bound strongly to IRF-1, i.e., up to 30% of the IRF-1 input was bound to the immobilized Tat protein, whereas no binding was detected to control beads containing GST alone. In contrast, IRF-2, IRF-3, IRF-4, IRF-7, and IRF-8 did not bind to Tat. IRF-1 and Tat binding was also detected when a GST–IRF-1 fusion protein was incubated with labeled in vitro–translated Tat protein. In addition, the deletion of the COOH-terminal activation domain of IRF-1 strongly reduced the binding to Tat (Fig. 5, top panel).
GST-pull down assays. The indicated IRFs (IRF-1, IRF-2, IRF-3, IRF-4, IRF-7, IRF-8, a COOH-terminal deleted mutant of IRF-1 [Δ IRF-1]), and Tat, were translated in vitro in the presence of 35[S] methionine as indicated in Materials and Methods and incubated with recombinant GST–Tat or GST-IRF-1 fusion proteins immobilized on glutathione-sepharose. Input corresponds to 10% of the 35[S]-labeled proteins used in the binding experiments. The complexes were resolved by PAGE and detected by autoradiography. Binding of 35[S]-labeled proteins to beads containing only GST protein is also shown. Quantitation of incorporated radioactivity was performed by Instant Imager.
Yeast Two-Hybrid Systems.
To verify the Tat and IRF-1 interaction in vivo, the yeast two-hybrid system (53) was used. Although IRF-1 showed in this assay intrinsic transcriptional activation of the reporter gene (Table I), lacZ expression was significantly increased by Tat confirming an interaction between the two proteins. Deletions of the COOH-terminal region of IRF-1 abolished the effect confirming the involvement of this IRF-1 region in binding to Tat. In addition, due to the presence of the transcription activation domain of IRF-1 in the COOH-terminal, deletions of this region also resulted in decreased intrinsic transcriptional activity as compared with the full length IRF-1. Altogether these results indicate that IRF-1 and Tat physically associate and that the COOH-terminal activation domain of IRF-1 is involved in this interaction.
In Vivo Interaction between IRF-1 and Tat by the Two-Hybrid System
Binding of Endogenous IRF-1 by Immobilized GST–Tat.
To verify the binding of intracellular IRF-1 with Tat, Jurkat cells were treated or were not treated with IFN-γ for 4 h in order to optimally stimulate IRF-1 expression. Nuclear extracts were then incubated with equal amounts of the GST alone or the GST–Tat fusion protein. After extensive washing, associated proteins were resolved by SDS/PAGE and detected by WB. As shown in Fig. 6 A, a polyclonal antibody specific for IRF-1 detected a major band corresponding to IRF-1 in IFN-γ–induced cells (lane 4) but not in control cells (lane 7), where IRF-1 was only barely detectable. Beads containing a GST–Tat fusion protein were able to selectively bind IRF-1 (lane 6). Conversely, incubation of cell extracts with GST-control beads retained no proteins in controls (lane 8) as well as in cell extracts from IFN-γ–treated cells (lane 5). As control of specificity, the in vitro–translated IRF-1 (lane 1) was incubated with GST–Tat (lane 3).
IRF-1 and Tat associate intracellularly. (A) In vitro–translated IRF-1 (lanes 1–3) and nuclear cell extracts from Jurkat cells treated with IFN-γ (lanes 4–6) or control medium (lanes 7–9) were incubated with purified GST–Tat fusion protein or GST alone. Bound proteins were then analyzed by WB using anti–IRF-1 polyclonal antibody as described in Materials and Methods. 10% of the extract used for binding assays is shown in lane 7 (untreated cells) and lane 4 (IFN-γ-treated cells). The slowly migrating IRF-1p* band observed in IFN-γ–treated cell extracts is due to the phosphorylation induced by IFN-γ (reference 64). Extra bands in lanes 7–9 are not specific. (B) 293 HEK cells were transfected with the expression plasmids encoding IRF-1 or Tat, alone or in combination. Whole cell extracts (300 μg) were immunoprecipitated with anti–IRF-1 antibodies (αIRF-1). Immunoprecipitated complexes were separated by 10% SDS-PAGE and subsequently probed with anti-Tat antibodies (αTat) as indicated. Whole cell extracts (10 μg) were separated on 10% or 15% SDS-PAGE and probed with anti-Tat or anti–IRF-1 antibodies.
Coimmunoprecipitation.
To determine the in vivo interactions between IRF-1 and Tat, coimmunoprecipitation experiments were performed in 293 HEK cells cotransfected with the expressing vectors for IRF-1 and Tat. After cotransfection, anti–IRF-1 antibodies were used for immunoprecipitation followed by immunoblot with anti-Tat antibodies. As shown in Fig. 6 B, the Tat protein was readily detected in the anti–IRF-1 immunocomplexes obtained from cells cotransfected with both RcCMV/IRF-1 or RcCMV/Tat, whereas Tat was not detected in cells transfected with RcCMV/IRF-1 or RcCMV/Tat alone (Fig. 6 B). Vice versa, when immunoprecipitation was performed with anti-Tat antibodies followed by immunoblot with anti–IRF-1 antibodies, the IRF-1 protein coimmunoprecipitated with Tat in cells extracts of doubly transfected cells (data not shown). Altogether these results indicate that IRF-1 and Tat associate intracellularly.
IRF-8 but not IRF-2 Represses the IRF-1-Tat–mediated Transactivation of the HIV-1 LTR.
IRF-2 is the transcriptional repressor of IRF-1 and acts by competing for IRF-1 binding to target sequences on cellular genes. Since both IRF-1 and IRF-2 can bind the ISRE present in the HIV-1 LTR (reference 8, and this paper), experiments were performed to verify whether IRF-2 could repress the IRF-1 effect on the HIV-1 LTR. Jurkat cells were transiently cotransfected with the HIV-1 LTR-CAT vector and with the expression vectors for Tat, IRF-1, and IRF-2, respectively. As shown in Fig. 7 A, IRF-2 had no effect on LTR-directed transcription and was unable to inhibit IRF-1–mediated transactivation of the HIV-1 LTR, both in the presence or in the absence of Tat.
IRF-8 but not IRF-2 inhibits the IRF-1-mediated and Tat-mediated HIV-1 LTR activity. (A and B) Transient cotransfections were performed with the HIV-LTR CAT reporter construct (1 μg) and IRF-1, IRF-2, IRF-8 (1 μg), or Tat (5 ng) expression vectors, respectively, as indicated. CAT activity was quantified 48 h after transfection. (C) RNase protection assay with a IRF-8–specific antisense riboprobe on total RNA extracted from Jurkat cells transfected with an empty vector or an IRF-8–expressing vector. IRF-8 indicates the transcript of the transduced gene and IRF-8e the endogenous recognized transcript. 18S RNA was used as a control of RNA loading and tRNA as a control of specificity. (D) Jurkat cells constitutively expressing IRF-8 or the empty vector were transiently transfected with the Tat-expressing vector (20 ng) or IRF-1–expressing vector (1 μg) along with the HIV-LTR reporter construct and CAT activity quantified as described in B. The results quantified by an Instant Imager are reported as mean levels ± SE from three separate experiments.
IRF-8 is another repressor of IRF-1 activity on cellular target genes. IRF-8 does not bind to DNA but acts mainly through complessing IRF-1 and/or IRF-2. As shown in Fig. 7 B, the expression of IRF-8 inhibited by 20% the Tat-mediated transactivation of the HIV-LTR in transient transfection assays. Therefore, to better evaluate the IRF-8 inhibitory effect, Jurkat cells were stably transduced with IRF-8 and then transfected with the HIV-LTR CAT construct and the Tat-expression vector. After selection, transgene expression was assessed by RNase protection assay (Fig. 7 C). Bulk populations of transfected cells were chosen to avoid clonal variability. As shown in Fig. 7 D, the constitutive expression of IRF-8 reduced by ∼50% both the IRF-1 and the Tat-directed HIV-1-LTR transcription.
Inhibition of HIV-1 Replication in IRF-8–expressing Cells.
To evaluate the inhibitory effect of IRF-8 on virus replication, Jurkat cells stably expressing IRF-8 or control cells containing the vector alone were infected with 1,000 and 5,000 cpm/ml, corresponding to 0.001/0.005 TCDI50 per cell of the HIV-1 IIIB strain virus. The accumulation of HIV-1 RNA species was then evaluated by semiquantitative RT-PCR (Fig. 8 A) at 24 and 48 h after infection. In control cells (lanes 1, 3, and 5), all HIV transcripts (unspliced, singly- or multi-spliced) were clearly detected after 2 d of infection. In contrast, in IRF-8–expressing cells (lanes 2, 4, and 6), a significant decrease of both spliced and unspliced viral RNA was observed at both infection doses, the doubly-spliced tat/rev being the more reduced. This correlated with an abolished or a reduced virus replication (Fig. 8 B). Specifically, at a low multiplicity of infection, p24 antigen production was, only barely detectable at 48 h after infection and undetectable at later time points, as compared with control cells. Similarly, a reduction of >3 logs was progressively observed, in cells infected with 5,000 cpm/ml of virus. This indicates that IRF-8 represses HIV-1 productive infection.
Inhibition of HIV-1 replication in IRF-8–expressing Jurkat cells. Jurkat cells stably transfected with the IRF-8 (lanes 2, 4, and 6) or the RcCMV (control vector) (lanes 1, 3, and 5) were infected with the HIV-1 IIIB strain at an infectious dose corresponding to 1,000 or 5,000 cpm/ml of RT activity. (A) Cells were collected after 24 and 48 h and total RNA analyzed by RT-PCR, as described in Materials and Methods. (B) HIV-p24 antigen production. After 48, 72 and 144 h, p24 antigen accumulation was determined in the cell supernatants as indicated in Materials and Methods.
IRF-8 Blocks Activation of HIV-1 LTR Transcription by Interfering with IRF-1–Tat Binding.
Since no direct activity of IRF-8 on LTR transcription nor a direct binding of IRF-8 to Tat was detected (Figs. 5 and 7), to investigate the molecular mechanism(s) responsible for IRF-8–mediated inhibition of HIV, GST-pull down assays were performed with in vitro–translated IRF-1 and IRF-8, and the labeled proteins were tested for binding to a GST–Tat fusion protein. As shown in Fig. 9 , the binding of IRF-1 to the GST–Tat beads was clearly impaired in the presence of IRF-8, since the IRF-1 input retained on the GST–Tat beads was reduced by ∼50% (compare lanes 2 and 3). On the other hand, the presence of IRF-2 did not affect the IRF-1 binding to immobilized Tat (compare lanes 3 and 4). These results indicate that the inhibitory effect exerted by IRF-8 is, at least in part, mediated by the competition of IRF-8 and Tat for the binding to IRF-1.
IRF-8 inhibits the binding of IRF-1 to immobilized Tat. Recombinant GST–Tat fusion protein was immobilized on glutathione agarose beads and incubated with the indicated 35[S]-labeled IRFs as described in Materials and Methods. Input corresponds to 10% of the 35[S]-labeled proteins used in the binding experiments; in lanes 1, 5, and 6 are shown the in vitro labeled IRF-8, IRF-2, and IRF-1, respectively. In lane 2, 35[S]-labeled IRF-1 and IRF-8 were incubated together for 15 min at room temperature before the addition of GST–Tat fusion protein beads. Lane 3 shows the binding of 35[S]-labeled IRF-1 alone to GST–Tat beads. In lane 4, 35[S]-labeled IRF-1 and IRF-2 were preincubated together for 15 min at room temperature before the addition of GST–Tat fusion protein beads.
To further support this conclusion, Jurkat cells expressing IRF-8 were stably transduced also with an IRF-1–expressing vector. After selection, transgene expression was assessed by RNase protection analysis with RcCMV/IRF-8 cells (control) and with RcCMV/IRF-8/IRF-1 doubly transfected cells (Fig. 10 A). A polyclonal population of cells overexpressing both IRF-8 and IRF-1 was then infected with 1,000 and 5,000 cpm/ml and the production of the HIV p24 antigen evaluated. The dramatic reduction of p24 accumulation in IRF-8 constitutively expressing cells was reversed by at least 50–70% in the cells overexpressing also IRF-1 (Fig. 10 B). Thus, IRF-1 overcomes the inhibitory effect of IRF-8 on HIV-1 replication.
Figure 10.
IRF-1 overexpression releases the inhibition of HIV-1 replication by IRF-8. Bulk populations of Jurkat cells stably transfected with IRF-8 were engineered to constitutively express IRF-1. (A) RNase protection with a IRF-1–specific antisense riboprobe on total RNA extracted from IRF-8–expressing cells, transfected with an empty vector (RcIRF-8/Rc), or with an IRF-1–expressing vector (RcIRF-8/IRF-1). 18S RNA was used as a control of RNA loading and tRNA as a control of specificity. (B) Cells were infected with the HIV-1 IIIB strain as in Fig. 8 and after 48, 72, and 144 h, HIV p24 antigen accumulation was determined in the cell supernatants as indicated in Materials and Methods.
HIV-1 transcription and replication is controlled by both viral and cellular factors, which act at the transcriptional, posttranscriptional, and/or translational levels. Both basal- and tissue-specific transcription factors that are essential for HIV-1 have been identified. In the present report we examined the role of the cellular IRFs in HIV-1 transcription and replication and their interactions with the viral transactivator Tat.
We identified IRF-1 as an essential factor for efficient HIV-1 gene expression especially in the early phase of viral replication and before expression of Tat. Several lines of evidence support this conclusion: (i) IRF-1 activates LTR-driven transcription in the absence of the viral transactivator Tat; (ii) IRF-1 is induced at very early time after virus infection and before expression of Tat; (iii) IRF-1 expression during infection correlates with a specific binding to the ISRE of the HIV-1 LTR; (iv) in the presence of low doses of Tat, IRF-1 increases Tat-mediated HIV-1 transactivation by a direct physical interaction with Tat through its transactivation domain; (v) IRF-8, a dominant negative regulator of IRF-1 activity, blocks HIV-1 transcription both in vitro and in vivo, and inhibition is released by overexpression of IRF-1.
The role of IRFs in the regulation of IFN and ISGs (54–56), as well as of genes expressed during inflammation, immune responses, hematopoiesis, cell proliferation, and differentiation has been clearly defined (10, 11). The recent identification of an ISRE on the HIV-1 LTR downstream the transcription start site together with the demonstration that sequences comprising the ISRE are essential for efficient HIV-1 transcription and virus replication (8, 9), allowed us to speculate that IRFs exert a role in HIV-1 transcription. Indeed we demonstrated that IRF-1, but not other IRFs, activates the HIV-1 promoter. IRF-1 may, thus, effectively activate transcription of Tat and, in turn, amplify HIV-1 transcription and virus replication. This can be particularly relevant at the initial phases of HIV-1 replication when viral transactivators are not yet synthesized or are present at subthreshold concentrations.
This has biological significance since IRF-1 is stimulated early after virus infection and before expression of Tat in both cell lines and primary CD4+ T lymphocytes. The kinetic of IRF-1 induction closely resembles that described in cells infected by the vesicular stomatitis virus or Newcastle disease virus, where IRF-1 expression precedes IFN type I production (7). Therefore, HIV-1 seems to have evolved a strategy to turn the IRF-1 activity to its own advantage, before massive IFNs production.
Our results point also to a potential role of IRF-1 during viral reactivation from latency. A stable reservoir of HIV-1 are latently infected resting CD4+ T cells (57). Latent infection occurs in resting cells, whereas reactivation occurs only in activated T cells and is dependent on host transcription factors (58–60). IRF-1 that is present at discrete levels in activated but not in resting T cells (51) can thus contribute to viral reactivation even in the absence of Tat. Consistent with this, proinflammatory cytokines such as IFN-γ, IL-6, and TNF-α which lead to cell activation and drive HIV-1 replication (61) strongly activate IRF-1 (62, 63). In addition, the induced IRF-1 can still bind to Tat (Fig. 6) leading to further induction of LTR activation and virus replication. Therefore, we propose that IRF-1 exerts a key role in initiating and amplifying transcription from the HIV-1 LTR, increasing production of Tat, which, in turn, thereby amplifies LTR-directed gene expression. Consistent with this, IRF-1 binds to Tat and cooperates with suboptimal doses of Tat to activate transcription (Figs. 1 and 5). Of note both Tat and IRF-1 have been shown to functionally interact with general transcription factors such as TFIIB (12, 33) and coactivators or adaptors, such as the histone acethyltransferases p300/CBP and pCAF (13, 35–37). These interactions occur through different domains of the proteins thus, IRF-1 might modulate the HIV-1 LTR promoter activity also by acting as a bridge between Tat and component(s) of the basal transcriptional machinery and/or may participate to the Tat-holoenzyme complex according to the model proposed by Cujec et al. (23). It remains to clarify at what extent IRF-1 is critical for HIV-1 replication in T cells. To this purpose a strategy leading to inhibition of IRF-1 expression both basal- and virus-induced, but not interfering with cell viability, should be investigated.
In addition to activate HIV gene expression and replication the IRF system can also repress it specifically, since we showed that IRF-8 is able to impair the binding of IRF-1 to Tat in vitro and to drastically reduce HIV-1 replication in vivo and that this block is released by the simultaneous overexpression of IRF-1. It is, thus, conceivable that, since IRF-8 does not contain an activation/repression domain, excess of IRF-8 complessing IRF-1 may inhibit the IRF-1–induced LTR transcription and the binding of IRF-1 to Tat further impairing HIV-1 replication ultimately leading to a block of viral replication. These data, therefore, suggest that an increase in IRF-8 expression can be involved in the establishment of latency, whereas activation of IRF-1 expression functions as a positive regulator of HIV-1 transcription and replication. Thus the differential expression of these IRFs in activated versus non activated cells and in different cell types may determine productive infection and/or virus reactivation at different tissue sites.
We thank J. Hiscott, B. Levi, T. Taniguchi, and I. Julkunen for providing reagents; E. Stellacci and A.L. Remoli for the pull-down experiments; P. Monini for helpful discussion; R. Orsatti, E. Benedetti, D. Fulgenzi, and E. Giacomini for technical assistance; R. Gilardi for art work; and S. Tocchio and R. Tomasetto for editorial assistance.
This work was supported by Italian grants from the AIDS Project to B. Ensoli and A. Battistini and from AIRC and ANLAIDS to B. Ensoli.
↵* Abbreviations used in this paper: CAT, chloramphenicol acetyltransferase; IRF, IFN regulatory factor; ISG, IFN-stimulated gene; ISRE, IFN-stimulated response element; WB, Western blot.
M. Sgarbanti and A. Borsetti contributed equally to this paper.
Submitted: 2 May 2001
Accepted: 9 April 2002
Revision received 13 March 2002
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Joshua Ch. 6.
** Resurrection Life Handles it All! **
Chapter 5 is Resurrection Life causing Water to "stand upon an heap"
Chapter 6 is Resurrection Life causing "walls to fall down flat" The Lord is very versatile, there are many issues where that which stands "shut up" needs to "fall down flat" and many issues where things are flowing like the river of Jordan (Jordan means "decender") into death (The Dead sea.) that need to be stopped and "stand upon an heap"
The Children of Israel could only advance into the promised land by the power of God; which is for humanity dwelling in the regions of death, the experience of "Resurrection Life". Christ came to give abundant life and he did that by conquering the grave and swallowing it up with Resurrection Life. All humanity dwells in the shadow of death and is occupied with grave enriching nothingness. Matthew 6:31-32 (KJV) 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
There can be NO forward gains in the purposes of God without "Resurrection Life"; in other words without Jesus as he has said with his own words.. John 15:5 (KJV) 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
** Eternal Value of EVERYTHING! **
What have you been doing today? is your answer nothing? How much is daily living filled with nothingness. in Eternity's terms; cleaning house, mowing lawns, ironing, washing, shopping, de-fleaing the cat, spending time in academic studies, rideing the stock market, leisure time on the tennis court, cleaning the crystal, shining the silver, counting the dollars saved and a myriad of other things which all may have varying values of importance in the natural but our heart should be fixed on the eternal value of everything. "Lord please be in my day today, raise me up above the death breathing natural into the God breathed eternal so that your "meaty" purposes of eternity are accomplished with me and through me issuing in lasting pleasure and joy" even though I may have to vacuum the carpet and clean the bathroom.
** See **
Joshua's wonderful encounter with This Mighty Captain of the Lord's host (who is none other than Jesus Christ) continues in the beginning of ch. 6 with the Lord's declaration to "see" that The Lord had given the City to Israel. The encouragement as Vine also suggests was for Joshua to "Perceive".
Hebrew Strong's Number: 7200
Hebrew Word: ???????
Transliteration: r??â
Phonetic Pronunciation: raw-aw'
Root: a primitive root
Cross Reference: TWOT - 2095
Part of Speech: v
Vine's Words: See (To), Perceive
A primitive root; to see, literal or figurative (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) :- advise self, appear, approve, behold, × certainly, consider, discern, perceive ... +++.
Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary.
The Fact that the Lord was there to meet Joshua with a sword drawn in his hand exuding such power and Glory was ample evidence and encouragement for Joshua to "perceive" that there was a great Victory ahead under the mighty hand of this "Captain" who then proceeded to give instructions of the victory plan. [Chapter 6 verse one is a continuation of Joshua's encounter with this mighty captain at the end of ch. 5.]
As we get to know this Glorious Captain of our salvation we shall "perceive" the wonderful victories he has for us to enter into the "Promised Land" of his purpose and rich blessing; after all it is Jesus (our Joshua) we are following contrary to the drum beat of this world and if we don't see Him with "a sword drawn in his hand" there is very little encouragement for us to "see" that, that which is "straightly shut up" could ever possibly fall.
** Only by Glory! **
Why did the Lord reveal his glory to Peter James and John? Why? - Because there were Battles, percecutions and trials ahead mixed with blessings that he had prepared for them; into which they could only dare to enter with a knowledge of his power and glory.
** Sword Drawn for You! **
Dear brother and sister you have by you as with Joshua, a mighty captain of your salvation with "a drawn sword in his hand" He is "the first and the last", the same one that John saw on the Isle of Patmos who is unfailing in his defence of you and will bring you through. Fear not!
After this meeting of revealed glory you can be sure that Joshua was filled with joy and purpose to advance by faith
** Straightly Shut Up! **
A trouble and difficulty that defies all possibilities; enough to make one to be discouraged and lament.
Sometimes The Lord can allow obstacles that you could only term "straightly shut up". Paul had a "thorn in the flesh" concerning which he sought the Lord for it's removal and the Lord gave him resurrection victory of grace. Job faced being "straightly shut up" to great difficulties but the Lord raised up an answer to his plight with great blessing that was double the huge quantity that he enjoyed in material things but most of all the soul lesson and the spiritual blessing produced a man of giant spiritual worth.
Jonah certainly knew what it meant to be "Staitly shut up" in the Lord's appointed "fishing trip" inside the fish at the bottom of the ocean! and he said "The earth with her bars was about me forever" [Jonah 2:6.] Jesus said that resurrection would be the only "sign" that would authenticate tokens of his authority and power just like the resurrection of Jonah from the depths of the earth in the prison of the whale and so a "great city" was spiritually "raised from the dead" through the preaching of this resurrection powered evangelist! We need to make no mistake about the absolute reality that Fruitfulness and the work of the Lord can only spring forth as it did with Jonah in resurrection Life!(the fish spat Jonah out "upon the dry land") [Jonah 2:10.]
** Rams Horns Announcement of
Power and Celebration! **
The rams' horns speak of rejoicing and celebration. The trumpets were to be blown in the celebrations of the year of Jubile concerning the will of God for every man and his family to be free and be positioned to gain a full inheritance among the Lord's people. When the Lord spoke to Abraham of this Land of Inheritance, Abraham asked "how shall I know that I shall inherit it": [Genesis 15:9-21.] He was advised to gather a sacrifice and one of the animals was to be a ram. Abraham experienced at this offering among other things "a horror of great darkness" in connection with the Children of Israel but there appeared among the alter offering a "smoking furnace and a burning Lamp" which was a reminder to Abraham that the God of Israel was "a consuming fire" and that he would see to it that the 'seed of Abraham" would come into their inheritance because of the strength of the alter atoning sacrifice which pointed to the all powerful atonement provision of Christ upon the cross.The ram (in the Hebrew word expression) speaks of strength and this "strength" was clearly illustrated to Abraham, and in the cerimonial law the ram was stipulated for the purpose of "atonement" and "consecration" of the people and in particular the priesthood. Christ's atonement for us on the cross was a Powerful atonement of great strength and Grace that takes sinners (as Hannah prayed) from the dunghill and sets them among Princes and causes them to inherit the throne of Glory; what good reasons there are as Paul said ... 2 Timothy 2:1 (KJV) 1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
As Israel moved toward Jericho it was in this atonement strength of God's power with them and the Jubile celebration of every man entering into his God given promise and inheritance that the Priesthood were to go forward blowing on their "Jubile rams' horns". How great should our rejoicing be In Jesus for all the great inheritence of His unsearchable riches! There is no Victory where there is no Blowing out a joy and celebration of his grace and glory. This instruction of "Blowing the rams horns" was vital in the conquest of Jericho and "the joy of the Lord" is a vital quality and condition for spiritual progress.
Jesus is Reaching for You.
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Weighing in on obesity prevention and cardiovascular disease prognosis
Carl J. Lavie1, Andrew Elagizi1, Sergey Kachur1, Salvatore Carbone2, Edward Archer3
1John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA; 2VCU Pauley Heart Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA; 3Evolving FX, Jupiter, FL, USA
Correspondence to: Carl J. Lavie, MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP. John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121-2483, USA. Email: clavie@ochsner.org.
Comment on: Ndumele CE, Cobb L, Lazo M, et al. Weight history and subclinical myocardial damage. Clin Chem 2018;64:201-9.
Received: 05 September 2018; Accepted: 10 September 2018; Published: 11 October 2018.
Considerable data has emphasized the importance of obesity in the overall development and prognosis of cardiovascular (CV) diseases (CVD) (1-3). Clearly, obesity has been increasing in epidemic levels in the United States (US) and most of the Westernized globe (4), with current statistics being especially alarming, including 39.6% of the US population now meeting criteria for obesity based on body mass index (BMI) criteria (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) and even more alarming is that now 7.7% of the adult population meet criteria for severe, or class III, obesity, with BMI ≥40 kg/m2 (5). Certainly, the marked increase in obesity is increasing almost all CVD, producing tremendous burden on our society and the healthcare system and could even threaten to reduce or reverse the welcome decline that has been occurring in CVD mortality trends during recent decades (1-5).
Obesity clearly has adverse effects on most of the major CVD risk factors, including increasing blood pressure and leading to increased risks of hypertension (HTN), worsening plasma lipids, especially increasing the levels of triglycerides and reducing the cardioprotective levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and changing the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol into a small, more dense particles that are associated with increased oxidation and atherosclerosis (1,2,4,6). Obesity also worsens blood sugar, which raises the risk of metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus, and adipocytes release cytokines that stimulate the liver to procedure inflammatory proteins, thus increasing levels of low-grade systemic inflammation (6). Although my colleagues and I have argued that low levels of physical activity (PA) and exercise may be the fundamental cause of gaining weight and obesity in the first place (7-10), obesity also leads to declining levels of PA and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) due to decrements in strength-to-weight ratio (i.e., larger and weaker individuals move less than smaller and stronger (9). Therefore, considering the “heavy” toll that obesity exerts on the CV system (Figure 1), not surprisingly, almost all CVD, including HTN, heart failure (HF), coronary heart disease (CHD) and atrial fibrillation are all increased in obesity (1-4,6,11). Additionally, obesity has adverse effects on cardiac structure and function, leading to high amounts of concentric remodeling and concentric and eccentric left ventricular hypertrophy, and increasing the prevalence of systolic, but especially, diastolic left ventricular dysfunction, which increases CVD, especially HF (1-4,6,11,12).
In a recent issue of Clinical Chemistry, Ndumele and colleagues (13) from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study followed over 900 subjects and demonstrated a higher young adulthood to midlife weight, as well as obesity history (lifetime BMI), increased the likelihood of having elevated levels of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin, in turn associated with an increased risk of developing future HF. This is not totally a surprise, considering the very marked effects of obesity to adversely affect CV hemodynamics and increase levels of “cardiac stretch”, as well as adversely increase cardiac structural and functional abnormalities (Figure 1) (1-4,6). The release of cardiac troponin, which indicates subclinical myocardial damage, as demonstrated in the current manuscript in patients with obesity, and more so longstanding obesity or many years of obesity, adds additional information to the adverse effects of obesity on the CV system and, potentially, on increasing CVD risk, especially HF.
Figure 1 This diagram shows the central hemodynamic alterations that result from excessive adipose accumulation in severely obese patients and their subsequent effects on cardiac morphology and ventricular function. Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy in severe obesity may be eccentric or concentric. Factors influencing LV remodeling and geometry include severity and duration of obesity, duration and severity of adverse LV loading conditions (particularly HTN), and, possibly, neurohormonal and metabolic abnormalities such as increased sympathetic nervous system tone, activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, insulin resistance with hyperinsulinemia, leptin resistance with hyperleptinemia, adiponectin deficiency, lipotoxicity, and lipoapoptosis. These alterations may contribute to the development of LV failure. LV failure, facilitated by pulmonary arterial HTN from sleep apnea/obesity hypoventilation, may subsequently lead to right ventricular (RV) failure. CVD, cardiovascular disease; LA, left atrial. Reproduced with permission from Lavie et al. (4).
Two other high-profile recent reports have also focused on the impacts of obesity to increase most CVD (14,15). Khan and colleagues (14) recently in JAMA Cardiology assessed the lifetime risks of CVD and subtypes of CVD across 10 large US populations with 3.2 million person years of follow-up and demonstrated that obesity was associated with shorter longevity and significantly increased risk of CVD morbidity and mortality compared with normal BMI. Overweight individuals, despite having similar longevity compared with normal BMI subjects, had significantly increased risk of developing premature CVD, resulting in greater proportion of life lived with CVD.
Likewise, Iliodromiti and colleagues (15) in a recent study in European Heart Journal assessed nearly 30,000 Europeans without CVD and determined that increased adiposity, determined by BMI, but even more so with higher % body fat and waist circumference (WC), had a detrimental association with CVD health in middle-aged men and women.
Although both of these studies by Khan et al. (14) and Iliodromiti et al. (15) made suggestions that there was no “obesity paradox”, we have emphasized that despite the impact of obesity to increase CVD, there is still substantial evidence of an obesity paradox, meaning that among patients with established CVD, the overweight and at least mildly obese seem to have a better prognosis than do their leaner counterparts with the same CVD (1-4,6,16,17). In fact, our research has emphasized the importance of CRF to improve prognosis across the lifespan, and among the patients with CVD and preserved CRF, the prognosis is generally quite favorable (18-20). Importantly, only among those with low CRF is an obesity paradox present when defining obesity using BMI in HF (21) and for BMI, % body fat and WC for CHD (22), with the heavier patients with low CRF having a better prognosis than do the leaner CVD patients with low CRF (21,22).
There has also been substantial attention directed at metabolically healthy obesity (MHO), suggesting the patients with MHO often become unhealthy over time and have an increased risk of CVD (23-25). Although clearly remaining lean and metabolically healthy throughout the lifespan would be ideal, substantial evidence also suggests that having a preserved CRF also impacts the MHO, with the patient with MHO and high CRF having a very favorable long-term prognosis (23-26).
Nevertheless, one of us (CJ Lavie) has recently led a JACC Promotion Series on healthy weight and prevention of obesity (Figure 2) (4). Certainly, greater efforts are needed at primordial prevention of obesity in the first place, as well as preventing overweight and obese from gaining more weight during their life time. A multimodality approach is needed to accomplish these goals, with long-term efforts to reduce caloric intake, and increase PA, exercise, and levels of CRF in primary and secondary prevention of obesity (4). Likewise, overweight and obese who maintain high levels of CRF usually have a favorable cardiac prognosis despite their weight (1-4,6,18), and despite still presenting an increased risk for HF (1-4). We, therefore, emphasize the role of prevention regarding personal, educational/environmental, and societal/authoritative factors, as well as efforts to provide guidance for caregivers of health promotion, regarding healthy weight and prevention of obesity.
Figure 2 A schematic for the management of obesity to optimize long-term prevention and treatment. Reproduced with permission from Lavie et al. (4).
In the study from ARIC by Ndumele and colleagues (13), they did not include an assessment of CRF, which likely would have affected their results. Nevertheless, these results provide further support for preventing obesity in the first place (primordial prevention) and reducing the lifetime BMI for the primary and secondary prevention of CVD (4,13). Clearly, increasing PA, exercise training and levels of CRF throughout the lifespan would go a long way to accomplish these goals (1-4,6,18-20,23-26). In fact, these ARIC investigators had previously shown that high PA significantly attenuated the risk of subclinical myocardial damage, being highest in obese/low PA and lowest in non-obese/ recommended PA (27), further supporting the importance of PA and weight management in the prevention of CVD, especially HF.
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Lavie CJ, Sharma A, Alpert MA, et al. Update on obesity and obesity paradox in heart failure. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2016;58:393-400. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Lavie CJ, Laddu D, Arena R, et al. Healthy weight and obesity prevention: JACC Health Promotion Series. J Am Coll Cardiol 2018;72:1506-31. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Hales CM, Fryar CD, Carroll MD, et al. Trends in obesity and severe obesity prevalence in US youth and adults by sex and age, 2007-2008 to 2015-2016. JAMA 2018;319:1723-5. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Lavie CJ, Arena R, Alpert MA, et al. Management of cardiovascular diseases in patients with obesity. Nat Rev Cardiol 2018;15:45-56. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Archer E, Shook RP, Thomas DM, et al. 45-Year trends in women’s use of time and household management energy expenditure. PLoS One 2013;8. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Archer E, Lavie CJ, McDonald SM, et al. Maternal inactivity: 45-year trends in mothers’ use of time. Mayo Clin Proc 2013;88:1368-77. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Archer E, Lavie CJ, Hill JO. The Contributions of ‘Diet’, ‘Genes’, and Physical Activity to the Etiology of Obesity: Contrary Evidence and Consilience. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2018;61:89-102. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Archer E, Pavela G, McDonald S, et al. Cell-specific "competition for calories" drives asymmetric nutrient-energy partitioning, obesity, and metabolic diseases in human and non-human animals. Front Physiol 2018;9:1053. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Lavie CJ, Pandey A, Lau DH, et al. Obesity and atrial fibrillation prevalence, pathogenesis, and prognosis: effects of weight loss and exercise. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017;70:2022-35. [Crossref] [PubMed]
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Cite this article as: Lavie CJ, Elagizi A, Kachur S, Carbone S, Archer E. Weighing in on obesity prevention and cardiovascular disease prognosis. J Lab Precis Med 2018;3:85.
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On May 7, 2019, Sempra Energy, of which Southern California Gas Company is a consolidated subsidiary, issued a press release announcing consolidated earnings of $441 million, or $1.59 per diluted share of common stock, for the first quarter of 2019. The press release has been posted on Sempra Energy’s website (www.sempra.com) and a copy is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
Concurrently with the website posting of such press release and as noted therein, Sempra Energy also posted its Statements of Operations Data by Segment for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. A copy of such information is attached as Exhibit 99.2.
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SEMPRA ENERGY REPORTS
HIGHER FIRST-QUARTER 2019 EARNINGS
SAN DIEGO, May 7, 2019 - Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) today reported first- quarter 2019 earnings of $441 million, or $1.59 per diluted share, up from first-quarter 2018 earnings of $347 million, or $1.33 per diluted share. On an adjusted basis, the company’s first-quarter 2019 earnings increased to $534 million, or $1.92 per diluted share, from $372 million, or $1.43 per diluted share, in the first quarter 2018.
“Our earnings performance this quarter reflects our strategic focus, improved capital investments and commitment to a high-performance culture, as we work to achieve our mission to be North America’s premier energy infrastructure company,” said Jeffrey W. Martin, chairman and CEO of Sempra Energy. “Sempra Energy is well positioned at the intersection of two key trends - the transition toward cleaner energy, and the U.S.’ rise as a global energy leader - and this creates a unique opportunity for our company’s continued growth.”
These financial results reflect certain significant items, as described on an after- tax basis in the following table of GAAP earnings reconciled to adjusted earnings for the first quarter of 2018 and 2019.
(Unaudited; Dollars, except EPS, and shares, in millions)
GAAP Earnings
Tax Impacts From Expected Sale of South American Businesses(1)
Impact from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
Adjusted Earnings(2)
Adjusted diluted weighted-average shares outstanding(2),(3)
Adjusted Earnings Per Diluted Common Share(2)
GAAP diluted weighted-average shares outstanding
GAAP Earnings Per Diluted Common Share
$103 million increase to adjusted earnings due to change in indefinite reinvestment assertion of basis differences in discontinued operations, partially offset by $10 million reduction in tax valuation allowance against certain NOL carryforwards at Parent & Other.
Sempra Energy Adjusted Earnings, Adjusted EPS and Adjusted Diluted Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding are non-GAAP financial measures. See Table A for information regarding non-GAAP financial measures and descriptions of adjustments above.
Adjusted diluted weighted-average shares outstanding include 13,951 shares of Series A mandatory convertible preferred stock for the three months ended March 31, 2019 due to their dilutive effect.
Preferred dividends of $26 million have been added back to adjusted earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2019 because of the dilutive effect of Series A mandatory convertible preferred stock.
In April, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (Oncor) and Sempra Energy reached a settlement agreement with several Texas stakeholders for Oncor’s proposed acquisition of InfraREIT, Inc. and Sempra Energy’s proposed acquisition of 50% of Sharyland Utilities, LP.
The last regulatory step in the transaction is approval of a final order from the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT). If approved by the PUCT, Oncor and Sempra Energy expect to close the transaction in mid-2019.
San Diego Gas & Electric Company and Southern California Gas Co. are awaiting a proposed decision for their 2019 General Rate Case from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which is expected in mid-2019. Additionally, the California utilities filed their application in the Cost-of-Capital proceeding with the CPUC on April 22.
Sempra Energy also announced in April that Cameron LNG has begun pipeline feed gas flow to the first liquefaction train, which is the final commissioning step for Train 1 of the liquefaction-export facility in Hackberry, La. Production of LNG at the facility is expected to occur this quarter.
In March, Sempra Energy also increased its projected share of full run-rate earnings from the first three trains at Cameron LNG to be between $400 million and $450 million annually, up from the previous projection of $365 million to $425 million. Sempra Energy expects to begin recognizing earnings from Train 1 in mid-2019.
Additionally, IEnova recently announced two new capacity contracts with a global integrated oil company. This included an additional contract for 740,000 barrels of storage at the previously announced Manzanillo marine terminal development project, as well as the storage of up to 290,000 barrels of capacity at a new storage terminal project in Guadalajara. The Guadalajara terminal is IEnova’s seventh terminal project and one of 12 projects currently in development or under construction.
The sales process of Sempra Energy’s equity interests in its South American businesses, including its 83.6% stake in Luz del Sur S.A.A. in Peru and 100% stake in Chilquinta Energía S.A. in Chile, also remains on track. First-round bids
are expected in June.
2019 EARNINGS GUIDANCE
Sempra Energy today affirmed its 2019 adjusted earnings-per-share guidance range of $5.70 to $6.30 and 2020 earnings-per-share guidance range of $6.70 to $7.50. The earnings-per-share guidance range for 2020 does not include impacts from the planned sale of Sempra Energy’s South American businesses.
Non-GAAP financial measures for Sempra Energy include first-quarter 2018 and 2019 adjusted earnings, adjusted diluted weighted-average shares outstanding, adjusted earnings per share and 2019 adjusted earnings-per-share guidance. See Table A for additional information regarding these non-GAAP financial measures.
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Factors, among others, that could cause our actual results and future actions to differ materially from those described in any forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties relating to the greater degree and prevalence of wildfires in California in recent years and the risk that we may be found liable for damages regardless of fault, such as where inverse condemnation applies, and risk that we may not be able to recover any such costs in rates from customers in California; actions and the timing of actions, including decisions, new regulations and issuances of authorizations by the California Public Utilities Commission, U.S. Department of Energy, California Department of Conservation’s Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Public Utility Commission of Texas, states, cities and counties, and other regulatory and governmental bodies in the U.S. and other countries in which we operate; the success of business development efforts, construction projects, major acquisitions, divestitures and internal structural changes, including risks in (i) obtaining or maintaining authorizations; (ii) completing construction projects on schedule and budget; (iii) obtaining the consent of partners; (iv) counterparties’ ability to fulfill contractual commitments; (v) winning competitively bid infrastructure projects; (vi) disruption caused by the announcement of contemplated acquisitions and/or divestitures or internal structural changes; (vii) the ability to complete contemplated acquisitions and/or divestitures; and (viii) the ability to realize anticipated benefits from any of these efforts once completed; the resolution of civil and criminal litigation and regulatory investigations and proceedings; actions by credit rating agencies to downgrade our credit ratings or those of our subsidiaries or to place those ratings on negative outlook and our ability to borrow at favorable interest rates; deviations from regulatory precedent or practice that result in a reallocation of benefits or burdens among shareholders and ratepayers; denial of approvals of proposed settlements; delays in, or denial of, regulatory agency authorizations to recover costs in rates from customers or regulatory agency approval for projects required to enhance safety and reliability; and moves to reduce or eliminate reliance on natural gas; the availability of electric power and natural gas and natural gas storage capacity, including disruptions caused by failures in the transmission grid, limitations on the withdrawal or injection of natural gas from or into storage facilities, and equipment failures; risks posed by actions of third parties who control the operations of our investments; weather conditions, natural disasters, accidents, equipment failures, computer system outages, explosions, terrorist attacks and other events that disrupt our operations, damage our facilities and systems, cause the release of
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These risks and uncertainties are further discussed in the reports that Sempra Energy has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These reports are available through the EDGAR system free-of-charge on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov, and on the company’s website at www.sempra.com. Investors should not rely unduly on any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forecasts or projections or other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Sempra South American Utilities, Sempra North American Infrastructure, Sempra LNG, Sempra Renewables, Sempra Mexico, Sempra Texas Utility, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (Oncor) and Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.B. de C.V. (IEnova) are not the same companies as the California utilities, San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) or Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), and Sempra South American Utilities, Sempra North American Infrastructure, Sempra LNG, Sempra Renewables, Sempra Mexico, Sempra Texas Utility, Oncor and IEnova are not regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission.
Table A
(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts; shares in thousands)
Energy-related businesses
EXPENSES AND OTHER INCOME
Cost of electric fuel and purchased power
Energy-related businesses cost of sales
Franchise fees and other taxes
Other income, net
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity earnings (losses)
of unconsolidated entities
Income tax expense
Equity earnings (losses)
Income from continuing operations, net of income tax
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income tax
(Earnings) losses attributable to noncontrolling interests
Mandatory convertible preferred stock dividends
Earnings attributable to common shares
Basic earnings (losses) per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to common shares
(Losses) earnings from discontinued operations attributable to common shares
(0.19
Weighted-average common shares outstanding
Diluted earnings (losses) per common share:
Amounts have been retrospectively adjusted for discontinued operations.
Table A (Continued)
RECONCILIATION OF SEMPRA ENERGY ADJUSTED EARNINGS TO SEMPRA ENERGY GAAP EARNINGS (Unaudited)
Sempra Energy Adjusted Earnings and Adjusted Earnings Per Common Share (Adjusted EPS) exclude items in 2019 and 2018 as follows:
Three months ended March 31, 2019:
Associated with holding the South American businesses for sale:
$(103) million income tax expense from outside basis differences in our South American businesses primarily related to the change in our indefinite reinvestment assertion from our decision in January 2019 to hold these businesses for sale
$10 million income tax benefit from a reduction in a valuation allowance against certain net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards as a result of our decision to sell our South American businesses
$(25) million income tax expense to adjust the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) provisional amounts recorded in 2017
Sempra Energy Adjusted Earnings, Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding – Adjusted and Adjusted EPS are non-GAAP financial measures (GAAP represents accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America). Because of the significance and/or nature of the excluded items, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide a meaningful comparison of the performance of Sempra Energy’s business operations from 2019 to 2018 and to future periods. Non-GAAP financial measures are supplementary information that should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information prepared in accordance with GAAP. The table below reconciles for historical periods these non-GAAP financial measures to Sempra Energy GAAP Earnings, Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding – GAAP and GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Common Share (GAAP EPS), which we consider to be the most directly comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Income tax expense (benefit)
Sempra Energy GAAP Earnings
Excluded items:
Change in indefinite reinvestment assertion of basis differences in
discontinued operations
Reduction in tax valuation allowance against certain NOL carryforwards
Impact from the TCJA
Sempra Energy Adjusted Earnings
Diluted earnings per common share:
Weighted-average shares outstanding, diluted – GAAP
Sempra Energy GAAP EPS
Sempra Energy Adjusted Earnings for Adjusted EPS(1)
Weighted-average shares outstanding, diluted – Adjusted(1)
Sempra Energy Adjusted EPS(1)
In the three months ended March 31, 2019, the assumed conversion of the series A preferred stock and the series B preferred stock are antidilutive for GAAP earnings, however, the series A preferred stock is dilutive for the higher Adjusted Earnings. As such, the series A preferred stock dividends of $26 million have been added back to the numerator and the dilutive effect of the series A preferred stock shares of 13,951 has been added to the denominator when calculating Adjusted EPS.
SEMPRA ENERGY 2019 ADJUSTED EPS GUIDANCE RANGE (Unaudited)
Sempra Energy 2019 Adjusted EPS Guidance Range of $5.70 to $6.30 excludes:
$103 million income tax expense recorded in the first quarter of 2019 from outside basis differences in our South American businesses primarily related to the change in our indefinite reinvestment assertion from our decision in January 2019 to hold these businesses for sale
$10 million income tax benefit from a reduction in a valuation allowance against certain NOL carryforwards as a result of our decision to sell our South American businesses
an approximate $35 million after-tax(1) (approximately $50 million pretax) gain, plus working capital and other customary adjustments, related to our sale of the remaining U.S. renewables assets and investments to American Electric Power, which closed in April 2019
any potential gain from the planned sale of our South American businesses
Sempra Energy 2019 Adjusted EPS Guidance is a non-GAAP financial measure. Because of the significance and nature of the excluded items, management believes that this non-GAAP financial measure provides better clarity into the ongoing results of the business and the comparability of such results to prior and future periods. Sempra Energy 2019 Adjusted EPS Guidance should not be considered an alternative to GAAP EPS Guidance. Non-GAAP financial measures are supplementary information that should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Because the sale process for the planned divestiture of our South American businesses initiated in January 2019 is ongoing, the terms and structure of any potential sale transaction or transactions are unknown, including the terms that would impact the final income tax expense resulting from the expected change in our assertion regarding indefinite reinvestment of foreign undistributed earnings, including timing and amounts of repatriation of such earnings. As a result, 2019 GAAP EPS Guidance, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP, is inestimable.
Income taxes on estimated gain were calculated based on applicable statutory tax rates.
(Dollars in millions)
Accounts receivable, net
Due from unconsolidated affiliates
Income taxes receivable
Regulatory assets
Greenhouse gas allowances
Assets held for sale
Assets held for sale in discontinued operations
Other assets:
Nuclear decommissioning trusts
Investment in Oncor Holdings
Other intangible assets
Dedicated assets in support of certain benefit plans
Insurance receivable for Aliso Canyon costs
Right-of-use assets – operating leases
Total other assets
Property, plant and equipment, net
Derived from audited financial statements, which have been retrospectively adjusted for discontinued operations.
Table B (Continued)
Short-term debt
Accounts payable, net
Due to unconsolidated affiliates
Dividends and interest payable
Accrued compensation and benefits
Regulatory liabilities
Current portion of long-term debt and finance leases
Reserve for Aliso Canyon costs
Greenhouse gas obligations
Liabilities held for sale in discontinued operations
Long-term debt and finance leases
Deferred credits and other liabilities:
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan obligations, net of plan assets
Deferred investment tax credits
Asset retirement obligations
Deferred credits and other
Total deferred credits and other liabilities
Sempra Energy shareholders’ equity
Preferred stock of subsidiary
Other noncontrolling interests
Total liabilities and equity
(1) Derived from audited financial statements, which have been retrospectively adjusted for discontinued operations.
Table C
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Loss (income) from discontinued operations, net of income tax
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits
Equity (earnings) losses
Share-based compensation expense
Fixed-price contracts and other derivatives
Intercompany activities with discontinued operations, net
Net change in other working capital components
Changes in other noncurrent assets and liabilities, net
Net cash provided by continuing operations
Net cash provided by discontinued operations
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment
Expenditures for investments and acquisitions, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired
(9,617
Proceeds from sale of assets
Purchases of nuclear decommissioning trust assets
Proceeds from sales of nuclear decommissioning trust assets
Advances to unconsolidated affiliates
Repayments of advances to unconsolidated affiliates
Net cash used in continuing operations
(10,644
Net cash used in discontinued operations
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Common dividends paid
Preferred dividends paid
Issuances of mandatory convertible preferred stock, net of $32 in offering costs
Issuances of common stock, net of $24 in offering costs in 2018
Repurchases of common stock
Issuances of debt (maturities greater than 90 days)
Payments on debt (maturities greater than 90 days) and finance leases
Increase in short-term debt, net
Purchases of and distributions to noncontrolling interests
Net cash (used in) provided by continuing operations
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
Effect of exchange rate changes in continuing operations
Effect of exchange rate changes in discontinued operations
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, including discontinued operations
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, including discontinued operations, January 1
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, including discontinued operations, March 31
Table D
SEGMENT EARNINGS (LOSSES) AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, INVESTMENTS AND ACQUISITIONS
Earnings (Losses)
SDG&E
SoCalGas
Sempra Texas Utility
Sempra Mexico
Sempra Renewables
Sempra LNG
Parent and other
Capital Expenditures, Investments and Acquisitions
Table E
OTHER OPERATING STATISTICS (Unaudited)
SDG&E and SoCalGas
Gas sales (Bcf)(1)
Transportation (Bcf)(1)
Total deliveries (Bcf)(1)
Total gas customer meters (thousands)
Electric sales (millions of kWhs)(1)
Direct Access and Community Choice Aggregation (millions of kWhs)
Total deliveries (millions of kWhs)(1)
Total electric customer meters (thousands)
Oncor(2)
Total deliveries (millions of kWhs)
Natural gas sales (Bcf)
Natural gas customer meters (thousands)
Power generated and sold (millions of kWhs)
Sempra Mexico(3)
Sempra Renewables(4)
Includes intercompany sales.
Includes 100 percent of the electric deliveries and customer meters of Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (Oncor), in which we hold an 80.25-percent interest through our March 2018 acquisition of our equity method investment in Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC (Oncor Holdings). Total deliveries for the three months ended March 31, 2018 only include volumes from the March 9, 2018 acquisition date.
Includes power generated and sold at the TdM natural gas-fired power plant and the Ventika wind power generation facilities. Also includes 50 percent of total power generated and sold at the Energía Sierra Juárez wind power generation facility, in which Sempra Energy has a 50-percent ownership interest. Energía Sierra Juárez is not consolidated within Sempra Energy, and the related investment is accounted for under the equity method.
We include 50 percent of total power generated and sold related to U.S. solar and wind projects in which Sempra Energy has a 50-percent ownership. These subsidiaries are not consolidated within Sempra Energy, and the related investments are accounted for under the equity method. On June 25, 2018, our board of directors approved a plan to sell all U.S. wind and solar assets and investments, resulting in the sale of all Sempra Renewables’ solar and wind projects in separate transactions that closed in December 2018 and April 2019, respectively.
Table F (Unaudited)
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS DATA BY SEGMENT
Consolidating Adjustments, Parent & Other
Cost of sales and other expenses
Income (loss) before interest and tax(1)
Net interest (expense) income
Income tax (expense) benefit
Equity earnings, net
Earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests
Earnings (losses) from continuing operations
Loss from discontinued operations
Three months ended March 31, 2018(2)
Other income (expense), net
Equity earnings (losses), net
Losses attributable to noncontrolling interests
Earnings from discontinued operations
Management believes Income (Loss) Before Interest and Tax is a useful measurement of our segments' performance because it can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of our operations exclusive of interest and income tax, neither of which is directly relevant to the efficiency of those operations.
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