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1-343 Speech on the Illinois National Guard, 1934
Speech on the Illinois National Guard
[Spring?] 1934 Chicago, [Illinois]
In accepting your invitation I was moved not only by appreciation of your courtesy in inviting me, but also by General Keehn's desire for me to comment on my impressions of the Illinois National Guard, in view of my recent assignment to duty here and previous unfamiliarity with this military organization.
I came to Chicago last fall, a stranger to the community and a novice to my duties as Senior Instructor for the Guard. But I have learned a great deal in the past ___________ months,1 and I am inclined to think that some of the things I have learned are matters of interest to the citizens of the State, and especially to the influential members of the community like yourselves.
Because I am an officer of the Regular Establishment, does not mean that my interests and ideas lie in a field remote from those of the National Guard. It is a fact that the better informed an Army officer is, the more he is impressed with the vital importance of the National Guard, and the critical importance of its state of efficiency.
You know—or more possibly, you don't know—that we have fewer Regular troops in the United States today than twenty years ago, and unfortunately most of our organizations are stationed in the sparsely settled districts along the Rio Grande, or where shelter happens to be available, near the summit of the Rocky Mountains, for instance. All our combat troops in this country could be given reserve seats in your great stadium. A big-league ball park could accommodate them. There are more Regular soldiers in this country, but they are of the non-combat type—such as medical personnel, ordnance, and quartermaster men, telegraph and telephone operators, clerks, chauffeurs, teamsters and mechanics. Before the World War most of these duties were performed by civilian employees. Today they are included in the total enlisted strength of the Army you see referred to in the statements of the Federal Budget.
I have referred to this phase of the situation in order to make clear the position of the National Guard in this country. In brief, the Guard constitutes almost our entire first line of defense. Our war army would eventually consist of about five percent Regular troops, twenty percent National Guard, and seventy-five percent of men obtained by selective conscription and officered by the Reserves. It is apparent that with so few Regular troops, our dependence in the first months of trouble must rest principally on the State forces called into the Federal Service.
Now just what does this mean? If you admit that in another National emergency involving war, America will have to depend strictly on herself and will not be free to prepare behind the skirts of an ally—that is, a country not in our debt—then you must in turn accept the prospect of having our State troops sent to the theatre of operations in the first few days of war, and there immediately committed to action. This would be in decided contrast to the last war, where the Thirty-third Division, for example, was not employed as a division until seventeen months after our declaration of war, and even then there was never a time nor opportunity to arrange for its artillery brigade to join it.
Another consideration heavily colors this picture. The last War while the greatest war, had become a highly stabilized war when we entered. Such warfare is far simpler in its requirements of troop training than warfare of movement, such as occurred in August and September of 1914. More complicated materiel is required, but far less of troop training. Units fought in what amounted to a slot or carefully defined section of the great front. Extended reconnaissance, preliminary engagements, uncertainties regarding the enemy—these complications were not inflicted on the troops. Organizations merely moved into a carefully delimited sector of a vast military setup, closely confronted by an enemy in fixed place, whose every trench and position had been photographed and studied by experts. Warfare of movement is about as complicated, in contrast to this character of fighting, as the double reverse-forward pass play of modern football would be in comparison to the old-fashioned line buck of thirty years ago.
The rapidity of movement incident to modern motor transport and the development of fast planes, fast tanks and radio communications, add greatly to the difficulties. Warfare of movement—what we must expect at the outset of a campaign, what the National Guard must bear the brunt of—requires skilled officers, trained non-commissioned officers and a very high standard of discipline. The troops must be able to survive terrific and prolonged physical exertion, intermittent meals and unavoidable confusion. Fortitude of the highest order is essential; unquestioned loyalty, despite losses, failures and misfortunes, is absolutely necessary. And the point I am trying to make clear is, the troops of the Guard must be prepared this week to undertake such service next week. Conscription by selective service could not produce effective troops for many months. The Regular Army is entirely inadequate. Therefore the National Guard must be ready.
So, there is always before us the yearly problem of promoting the efficiency of the Guard. Armory training once a week affords the only opportunity during all of the year, except the two weeks the troops are sent to camp in the summer, paid and supplied by the Federal Government. What was expected of the Guard twenty years ago is no criterion of what is demanded today. Your security before the world depends in a large measure on the efficiency of the Guard, and your support and the public understanding of the situation, is essential to that efficiency.
Service in the Guard is still voluntary, but it lacks the old inducements of a few simple drills, numerous showy parades and a club-like organization. Today the Federal Government requires certain standards of training in a multiplicity of highly technical matters. The Infantry soldier no longer confines his efforts to shooting a rifle, drill movements and parades. He must understand the complications of light machine guns, heavy machine guns and their indirect fire, grenades, one-pounder cannon, six-inch mortars, and almost everything electrical but television. He must be geared into an elaborate and much scattered team. The Division requires six-inch artillery, eight-inch howitzers, tanks, aeroplanes, gas defense, draft horses, trucks, mounted work, elaborate electrical communications, and many other matters. Marching in single column this massive divisional organization would cover ——— miles2 of road space. All this means work, hard work, with little time for the splashy display features of soldiering common to the past.
Business men, sometimes those very prominent in the world, are often in-different to the affairs of the Guard. A few may even be contemptuous of its military importance, at least cold to matters concerned with its moral support. Only ignorance of the real situation permits this attitude, unless the individual is equally indifferent to fire, theft and life insurance, and police measures to protect his home and family. Such an attitude of indifference to the Guard could not well be based on a belief in the desirability of a large standing army, for such an army is an economic impossibility in this country, even if it were not completely out of keeping with democratic ideals.
There is another and much more intimate relationship of the Guard with your interests. The past three years have given us a glimpse of serious possibilities, under the duress of a great economic depression. Strikes, fomented unrest among vast numbers of unemployed, Bonus armies, numerous "shirt" movements, and other indications of an abnormal state of "nerves" in the world, have caused citizens to worry or to flinch before the possibilities of chaotic conditions. Here and there in the country the ordinary power of the civil authorities has been temporarily overwhelmed or has merely broken down. In view of these possibilities, what have you to depend on for the orderly continuance of affairs in Illinois?
You have your National Guard, ready today, every plan prepared and carefully studied, to meet instantly the call of the Governor, to suppress disorders and restore and maintain the peace. Every man knows his place, every officer and non-commissioned officer knows his duty—and a very distasteful duty it would be—to safeguard your welfare and that of your family and community, in the shortest possible number of hours. You would undoubtedly welcome such help in an emergency; it would meet your enthusiastic approval. But, gentlemen, there is absolutely necessary to the efficiency of such a plan, your understanding, your sympathetic and your appreciative support of those officers and men who give so freely of their time in your direct interest.
Speaking impersonally, as a regular officer, the work required of these men is hard work—often monotonous work. As the representative of the Federal Government, I am responsible for many of the least enjoyable features of that work. Being an officer of the National Guard in Illinois involves a serious obligation on a man's time, a very serious obligation regarding possible duties, particularly those distasteful and dangerous duties in the suppression of domestic disorders. That officer is, therefore, entitled to your active support and evident approval, and from a purely selfish point of view, your personal interests demand that support and approval.
I have been impressed by the general efficiency of the Illinois National Guard. I have been profoundly impressed by the tremendous amount of work General Keehn and his officers have done in preparation for any serious domestic emergency which might develop within the State. I feel free to assure you that you are fortunate in possessing this strong arm behind the ordinary peace processes of the civil authorities, and behind the law and the courts. In my investigation of the efficiency of the preparations of the Guard to support the civil authorities in the maintenance of peace, I have found a fine attitude of idealism, I may call it, on the part of the officers centered in a profound effort to be prepared to do their duty by the State, an attitude completely devoid of political significance regarding this or that consideration, such as corrodes or mutilates so many of our public endeavors. Sincerity and genuine patriotism govern, for which we should all be very thankful.
Document Copy Text Source: George C. Marshall Papers, Pentagon Office Collection, Speeches, George C. Marshall Research Library, Lexington, Virginia.
Document Format: Typed draft.
1. The file copy of this speech has a blank line drawn before "months," as printed here. Most likely Marshall presented the speech more than once to civic groups.
2. The file copy of this speech has a blank line drawn before "miles," as printed here.
Recommended Citation: The Papers of George Catlett Marshall, ed. Larry I. Bland and Sharon Ritenour Stevens (Lexington, Va.: The George C. Marshall Foundation, 1981- ). Electronic version based on The Papers of George Catlett Marshall, vol. 1, "The Soldierly Spirit," December 1880-June 1939 (Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981), pp. 420-423.
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Congress wants ferry ghats sealed to stop Trinamool 'anti-socials'
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Apprehending "disturbance" by Trinamool Congress "anti-socials", Congress leader Abdul Mannan on Tuesday moved the Election Commission, urging it to monitor and seal all ferry ghats along the Ganga river on the fifth day of the West Bengal assembly polls on April 30.
"As on April 25, election in North 24 Parganas and Howrah is over, so the Trinamool anti-socials are being migrated to Champdani constituency (in Hooghly district) to create disturbance and booth-capturing on poll day on April 30," Mannan, a candidate from the constituency, said in a statement to Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Gupta.
Fifty-three constituencies spread across the districts of South 24 Parganas, Kolkata and Hooghly will go to the polls in the fifth phase on Saturday.
Mannan requested the poll panel to check the ferry ghats on the day prior to the polls and also urged central forces to ensure that only those with proper voter identity cards are allowed to enter.


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Those Puppies in the Window
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The feeling of panic inside the room sharpened to a point. Our collective concern, fear, and anxiety prickled against my skin like the touch of a hundred phantom spiders, raising hairs on both of my arms and up my back. Still, when I spoke, I managed to keep the majority of those emotions from leaking into my voice.
"Alright," I said. "New plan."
"New plan?" Mila asked. I could tell that was clinging desperately to her normal dispassion, but the façade was cracking around the edges. Her eyes were a little too wild and the grip on her handgun was a bit too tight. "I never knew what the old plan was. Outside of getting us into the estate, to begin with."
"We knew that Asher was going to come back eventually," I said. "And we all knew that Aiden was going to be a factor in this, no matter how it shook out. He doesn't care about the money and I strongly doubt he cares who comes out on top of this, so much as he's obsessed with…well, with one thing."
"With me." Mila swallowed a lump of emotions. "He's obsessed with me. He's not going to stop. He'll never stop and –"
"Mila!" I took a long step closer and clapped my hands about three inches in front of her face. The sound was sharp enough to sting my ears and, judging from the winces of sympathetic pain from Avis and Neal, everyone else in the room. Mila's eyes focused first at the point of impact, then on me. "I need you to stay with me, okay? I absolutely can not do this if you fall apart. Do you understand me?"
She nodded slowly at first, but with gradually escalating speed. "You said there's a new plan?"
I gave her an encouraging smile, summoning the last dredges of positive thoughts from my soul. "Right. Yes. That. New plan."
"You do have a plan, don't you?"
"Of course I've got a plan!" I lied, thinking furiously while I prevaricated. "First, we've got to take stock of our problems. I'll go first; we're trapped on the upper floors of an estate, surrounded by a countless number of armed thugs who, for the most part, already know what we look like."
"Could we sneak out?" Avis asked. "Like you did at the manor house?"
I shook my head. "That was always going to be a trick that only worked once. Hill knows all about the secret passages in his own house. Even if he didn't before we stole you, we can be damn certain he made a point to learn about them afterwards. He'll have men positioned at any possible exits and I'm not even sure if there are any of those that wouldn't still leave us trapped on his grounds."
"Fight through?" Neal asked, through cracked and bleeding lips.
"I don't know how many people he brought," Mila said.
"And I still don't have access to his security system," Sarah added, speaking direct to us from her position of relative safety in her mobile command center. "So I can't count them."
"If I don't know what I'm fighting or where they are, it'd only be a delaying tactic," Mila finished. "Besides, you aren't in any condition to be fighting anything at all. You'd only be a liability."
"If you can't figure out a way to get us out of here," Avis said, jabbing a tiny finger in my direction, "anything we do is just going to be a delaying tactic."
I did have a method of exfiltration in mind, but it wouldn't work with so many people. Worse, it was just like our escape at the manor house; the trick would only work one time, when it was too insane to be considered by any rational thinkers. Hell, I hadn't even told Sarah about my idea yet, and she might prove instrumental to timing everything perfectly. Even saying it out loud before everyone was in position might be enough to scuttle the entire thing.
If I couldn't use that method, though, I was drawing a blank. I could admit that Asher was categorically more intelligent than me. He might have been as smart as Sarah, maybe even smarter in certain areas, but it wasn't his brute intelligence that made him dangerous right now. No, what had everyone scared was that he knew me, and he knew how I thought. Trapped within the estate, he could take his time clearing room by room until he found me. I couldn't fight back. I couldn't run away. He'd be able to patiently savor the possibility of revenge against me, ignoring the reality that I hadn't actually done anything to him.
I blinked. "Asher. He's focused on me."
"Yes," Mila said, "we all know that. What's your point?"
"I mean, he's entirely focused on me. He's potentially ruined perfectly good plans before, just to take a shot at me. And the only two people that these goons actually follow orders from are Asher and Hill." An idea began to crystallize in my thoughts and a plan began forming around that lone crystal.
Mila scowled at me. "That's exactly the problem. He will not stop until he gets his hands on you. So what are you trying to say here?"
Another piece fell into place. It wasn't a plan, so much as a general outline of events that I could only hope unfolded in the way I wanted them to, but it was better than nothing. "I'm saying that we have to split up."
Mila gave me a blank, uncomprehending look. That expression was mirrored on Avis's face and, if I could see his features through the mask of blood obscuring them, I suspected that I'd see a very similar expression on Neal. "Split up," Mila repeated.
"I'm with her," Sarah said, through the earbud. "Why would you split up? How would that help anything?"
"We've got to accept that we can't get the Book right now," I said. "Avis, you have a good memory, don't you?"
"Photographic," she replied, as if that were the most natural thing in the world.
"Then that'll have to do. That's the first thing. We switch tracks from finishing the job to getting out of here in one piece. We don't know how many people are in this estate and we don't know how many are coming, but we do know that Asher will redirect every single of them to capture me, if it comes down to it."
"You want to make yourself bait?" Sarah asked, incredulously.
"Not going to happen," Mila said, at the exact same time.
"If the two of you would both listen for a second," I snapped, "you'd know that this is the only way we're going to get out of this alive." I focused on Mila. "On my best day, I can barely keep up with Asher and I've got no problem admitting that. I've still got some things up my sleeve, and those might catch him off guard, but I can promise you one thing, right now: I have no chance of beating Aiden."
Her jaw tightened, but she didn't say anything.
I decided to press the point a little harder. "You've said it yourself: he has a one-track mind and it's currently leading him straight to you. He can't be tricked or misled or played against anyone else. That's the absolute worst case scenario for someone like me. If he's in this, we're all screwed. Point blank."
"So you…what, exactly? You want me to draw him away from you?" Mila asked. "You want me to make myself bait?"
I rolled my eyes and seriously considered shaking some sense into Mila. "It isn't about bait! Why are both of you so fixated on that idea? This is about creating matchups that we each have a possibility of winning, as opposed to playing it the way they want, with the terms they want, and losing everything in the long run. Can you seriously not understand that?"
Silence. Avis clung to Neal's outstretched, bloody hand like a life preserver. Mila's dark eyes narrowed into slits as she thought about my idea. And Sarah…Sarah was quiet. I didn't hear the sound of her fingers flying across one of her keyboards and her shallow breaths were still audible over the line, so I knew she hadn't muted us. Everyone was just…waiting.
"Devlin, I don't think I can beat him," Mila said, finally, in a soft voice that sounded so unlike her that it brought my thoughts to a screeching halt.
"You absolutely can," I insisted, "and I don't believe for a second that you're going to let this be the end of things. You've still got a job to do, don't you?"
"And I'm not going to be doing that job if I'm somewhere else, dealing with my own personal demons, am I?"
"That depends on how you choose to look at it," I said. "I can play Asher and Hill against each other, maybe start a miniature civil war amongst the thugs loyal to Hill and the ones that Asher managed to buy. That should buy me time. Maybe even enough time for me to get out of here on my own. But I absolutely will not be able to do that against Aiden and his crew. Getting them to look somewhere else could very well be exactly what saves my life in the long run."
"And that just happens to leave you facing the entirety of Hill's hired army all by yourself, without your bodyguard." Mila and I made eye contact for the briefest of moments. There was more in her eyes than I could read in the brief glance, but I did manage to make out a twinkle of fear before it was drowned it by a flood of resolution. "This is a bad idea. You know it's a bad idea."
"You're the one that jinxed us," I said. "I'm just trying to salvage everything." I flashed her a quick smile to let her know that I was joking.
She didn't answer me out loud. Instead, she reached into her jacket and removed a second clip of bullets. She tossed them to me without a word and I snatched them out of the air.
When those bullets were secured into one of my concealed pockets, I turned my attention to Neal and Avis. "You two are going to go with her. Most of the attention's going to be on me until Hill shows up to assert control, and there's no way to know when that's going to happen. It's better to get you off of the estate before things get that bad."
"How are we going to do that?" Avis asked.
"Michel – he's the Frenchman who drove us away from the manor house – is waiting outside. If Asher's bringing most of the men inside to find me, there might be an opening at the gate. Or, if nothing else, a skeleton shift that he can just drive past before they really have a chance to react. Either way, the odds are better out there."
"I'll let him know what you're planning," Sarah said. She didn't have to express her displeasure overtly; I could feel it in every syllable of her speech. The line popped twice and she was gone before I could think of anything I might say to soothe her.
Avis nodded. "You saved us," she said, "and you didn't have to. You could've left, like…like everyone else always leaves." She paused, looked up at Neal, then amended her thought. "Almost everyone."
"He's an idiot like that," Mila said. I glanced back at her and saw that she'd gathered up some of the papers from Avis' tiny desk and stuffed them into various pockets on her person. "It's one of those things you've just got to get used to."
"I…I think I would not mind that," Avis said. She squeezed Neal's hand fractionally harder – I suspected that even the small girl might be strong enough to hurt him, in his current condition – and moved closer to him.
Mila walked over to me. "You aren't going to be the first job I fail. You get that?"
I nodded. "Trust me, no plans to die today. If worse comes to worst, I can always activate Plan C."
"And what's what Plan C?"
"That would be Plan 'Cry Until Mila Comes To Save Me.' It's a new one in the repertoire. Haven't really had a chance to put it through its paces yet, but I think it's got potential."
At first, she scowled at me, but the expression cracked and shattered into a wide, genuine smile. Then, with only a slight hesitation, Mila reached out and wrapped me in a one-armed hug. When we separated, it was possible that she'd been as surprised by the sudden outburst of emotion as I was.
"Don't die," she said, gruffly.
I blinked. "Right. Check. Won't die." I blinked a second time and recovered more of my faculties. "Make sure they get out of here safe. One way or another, you'll know how this all works out in the end."
Mila opened her mouth and closed it, a moment later, without uttering a single sound. Her phone beeped instead. She motioned for Avis to take it from her pocket. "It's a map," the little girl said. "From Sarah. There's a location marked where Michel is supposed to be."
"Does your memory work with anything other than numbers?" Mila asked.
Avis responded with an arch, scathing look.
"Glad to hear it. You're going to be our navigator, then. Stand behind me and say where to turn, and when to do it. Got it?"
"I understand," Avis said. She moved into position. Neal had to nearly bend in half to stay concealed behind Mila's short frame, but he managed it.
Mila turned around one more time. I could tell that she wanted to say something, but had no idea how exactly she was supposed to say it. I took a shot in the dark, hoping to save her a little bit of awkwardness. "Tell Aiden he's an asshole for me, okay? I want to hear all about how he took it when we're back at the hotel."
The lines around her eyes grew tighter, more resolved, and she nodded. Then, without another word, she slipped out of the room with Avis and Neal trailing behind her.
I stood there for a few seconds without moving. Eventually, I checked the chamber on my borrowed handgun for what felt like the hundredth time and let out a long sigh. "Well," I said to myself, "I started this whole thing alone anyway. Figures that's how I should end it."
The earbud popped twice. "Not alone," Sarah said. "You should know better than that."
A lot of embarrassing things had happened over the course of our combined careers, and Sarah had seen most of them courtesy of miniature cameras or security cameras strategically positioned to give her a view of my actions. I'd grown so used to their presence that I almost didn't think about them anymore. The only thing she couldn't typically see were my own facial expressions, unless I made a point to describe them to her, which I hardly ever did.
In all the years we'd worked together, I had never once been so disappointed in that difficulty. Because there weren't any words I could possibly have used to describe the wide, radiant grin that spread across my face when Sarah spoke into my ear. The English language simply failed to encompass the wealth of emotions.
So, instead of trying, I cleared my throat twice and faked a cough. "No," I managed to say. "No, I guess I'm not."


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· under 10 minutes' walk to the ski lift · free shuttle bus to lifts · 15 minutes' walk to the town centre
The Lion is the perfect Bansko hotel if you want to be close to the best skiing, at a great price, without scrimping on facilities. There's a pool, sauna, steam room and even massages available - which are well worth the extra after a day on the mountain.
The location is pretty good too - just 10 minutes' to the lifts, though the hotel runs a shuttle if you don't want to walk. Once your ski boots are off, it's 10 minutes to the centre - although you don't need to leave the hotel for great après, as there's a great bar and lounge onsite.
The rooms are large and we've got twin rooms, family rooms and sole occupancy rooms available.
· free WiFi · free shuttle bus to ski lifts · lifts to all floors · 194 bedrooms · extra charge for safe in reception
Wine, dine and unwind
· lounge and bar with an open fireplace
Spa, wellness and pools
· indoor pool · sauna, steam room and fitness room · extra charge for massage
For the family
· extra charge for pool table
All rooms have a cable TV, hairdryer and minibar.
Small Eaves Twin Room - sleeps 1-2: Twin beds, private bath (with shower attachment) and WC.
Superior Twin/Double Room - sleeps 1-3: Twin or double bed, single sofa bed, private bath (with shower attachment) and WC.
Family Room - sleeps 2-4 (max 3 adults): Double bed and either two single sofa beds or one double sofa bed, private bath (with shower attachment) and WC.
Please note: Eaves room has sloping ceilings
· welcome drink · continental buffet breakfast · buffet evening meals (extra charge for drinks including water) · Christmas and New Year's Eve gala dinners are included · optional upgrade to full board with packed lunches (sandwich, piece of fruit, cake or chocolate bar and bottle of mineral water)
Please note: For Winter 18/19, the Hotel Lion will be offered on a light all-inclusive basis. This means that drinks (beer, wine, water and juice) will be included in evening meals.
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Experience the exhilarating skiing and vibrant après ski that is making Bansko one of the fastest up and coming ski resorts in Europe. Sample some of the best of Bulgarian food and soak up the traditional architecture, before making the most of the efficient ski system and admiring the breathtaking views.
Great for •Beginners •Night Skiing •Cheap ski holiday
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Eighteen-year-old Brie O'Mara has so much going for her: a loving family in the sidelines, an heiress for a roommate, and dreams that might just come true. Big dreams–of going to acting school, finishing college and making a name for herself. She is about to be the envy of everyone she knew. What more could she hope for? Except her dreams are about to lead her down the road to nightmares. Nightmares that could turn into a deadly reality.
Dead Dreams, Book 1, a young contemporary adult psychological thriller and mystery.
This story is about 18 year old Brie O'Mara. She is trying to find her place in the world. Her dream is to go to New York and become an actress. In order to assert her independence and try to make her dreams come true, she moves into her own apartment and works 2 jobs. Her mother is the usual type of mother hen, always worrying and fussing over her.
To help with the rent, she takes on a roommate, Sarah McIntyre. She's comes from money and pays Brie upfront. However, she is full of secrets and apparently her brother and uncle are out to get her because of her money and upcoming inheritance.
Brie is very naïve. I understand that she wants to be independent, but I think she takes it too far. When the plot thickens, she not only goes against her morals, but also her gut feelings. To an 18 year Old's eyes, I suppose her mother is over bearing and nosy. However, to me, she is not. She is just a mother who worries for her child that has just moved out. I would think that if she were so unbearable, she would be constantly coming over unannounced and always calling. However, this just isn't the case. There are a few phone calls, and except her bringing Brie food once, I just didn't see it.
Sarah concocts a plan to get her out of her brother and uncle's radar, but she is going to need Brie's help. She knows just how to play Brie and all the right buttons to push. This is where all of Brie's common sense seems to go out the window. There are so many red flags that she just chooses to ignore. I was frustrated with her so many times. With all that Brie has going for her, I'm a bit confused as to why she would go along with this plan. Money it seems can get to the best of us, as it did to Brie.
As the plot thickens, the author definitely keeps us on our toes. There are several revelations in this story, and I found myself quickly reading the pages so I could find out what happens. However, there is a shocking event at the end, which I totally didn't see coming. We have to read book 2 in order to find out what happens, and I will definitely be picking it up!
Having deceased parents at such a young age could have explained Sarah's odd behavior. I sat up straight, and the hair at the back of my neck prickled, without my knowing exactly why. "I'm sorry." I felt the blood draining from my face. Perhaps it was the thought of losing one's parents that shocked me.
"Oh, don't be," she said, almost flippantly. "They've been dead awhile. They had me in their forties, and Dad died of cancer. Lung cancer. Too much smoking. Ironic, isn't it? Mom just wilted after that and followed suit six months back."
She didn't seem in the least bit affected. "So, who is it you're running from?" "I just don't want my brother to know where I live."
I could already see the problems that could arise. My mom would, at this point, have waved a red flag and shouted, "There, Brie. Bad brother. Bad blood. Do you want to be dragged into this? Who knows what crimes the brother might have been involved in?"
Of course, Mom would have been right, but I am my own person and I would like to think I could make sound decisions. Besides, something about Sarah intrigued me. It wasn't just her transparency with me, or her globs of money, although I could see how it'd be fun to hang out with someone with her bounty and who didn't seem caught up.
"So what's with your brother? He's jealous of your inheritance?" And what about troublesome cousins?
"Not inheritance." She rolled her eyes as if I'd made a ridiculous mistake and had said two plus two was five. "Trust fund. The inheritance kicks in only when I turn twenty-one, which is in a few weeks, and I keep a clean record—no arrests, no misdemeanors.
"Todd, my brother, receives his own funds. Same deal as me. Grandpa was fair that way. Anyway, my dad was Grandpa Luke's only child from his first marriage. Both Todd and I get the inheritance from my dad's estate at the same time, after my twenty-first birthday. Provided..."
She looked at me quizzically, almost sizing me up.
I found myself gripping the edge of the coffee table and leaned forward. "Provided?"
"Like I said, provided we never get into trouble or make a nuisance of ourselves with the law. Grandpa was particular that way. He saw too many rich kids become a pain to society. So, my brother and I must show a clean slate. Prove we're worthy of the inheritance."
"I see." I didn't, really. Who did she have to prove this to? How many others had rejected Sarah's apartment-sharing application based on her secrecy conditions and far-from- common background? But still, she had the dough and I was desperate to seal the deal, especially since two others who'd inquired about the apartment had sounded high, speaking with a melodic tone indicative of their "happy" state, and a third had never called back even after profusely promising to. I couldn't afford a flaky roommate.
Running to my parents to bail me out each time a housemate wriggled out of a deal wasn't an option and I didn't make enough to bear the rent alone. Just as long as Sarah paid her share, and didn't try to murder me in my sleep, that was all I expected out of this arrangement.
"What happens to the inheritance if one of you goofs up and breaks the law?" I asked.
"The one left standing will gain the other's share. And, I can tell you, the sum would make Captain Cook rouse from his grave." She made a spooky gesture with her arms, as if she were a ghost.
"And you're staying away from your brother, because...?"
She drained the last of the cocoa and smacked her lips. "Because Todd's waiting for me to slip up. Did I also mention that if one of us perishes, the other gains the inheritance, too?"
"I would've recalled that detail." And what an incentive to do away with the other.
"So?" Her brown eyes widened, and she jerked her chin at me. "Am I acceptable? You won't be sorry. You can keep the deposit now."
At this point, I should have asked why I made the cut. Sarah could surely rent a place five times the size of this dump. Okay, the place wasn't a dump, and the apartment was in a safe neighborhood in the woodsy town of Atherton, mostly mansions with large parcels in the most affluent part of the San Francisco Bay Area. Like most cities in the Northern California suburbs, Atherton deemed it good manners to apportion a corner of its ritzy acreage to middle-income dwellers—or as in my case, subterranean-income-level dwellers.
My parents had insisted on a respectable neighborhood if their darling daughter had to succumb to apartment living. When the Sky Atherton Apartments came on the market, they'd insisted I apply. Never mind it was about a thousand dollars more than my budget allowed. But, I was on an agenda to prove something to myself, and to them, and I didn't have a choice.
I studied Sarah as she raised her eyebrows. Maybe I was trying to find excuses to take her on. She looked sober. She had money. She seemed like a clean-cut, girl- next-door type, and except for her relations who she shouldn't be blamed for, I couldn't see a reason to refuse.
So, Sarah moved into that nine-hundred-square- foot, third-story apartment that very afternoon. She didn't bring much furniture, just an antique-white twin bed with matching bedside table and dresser. She also had two hefty Louis Vuitton suitcases and two cartons, one measuring about four-by-four feet and another that was humongous and could have easily hidden a small elephant, especially the way it weighed. She refused my offers to help move it and struggled as she heaved and pushed it into her bedroom.
"Why not hire some professionals for this?" I asked as I got up to lend her a hand. What's the point of having gobs of money? It was a good thing I had on my usual yoga pants—I vacillated between them and skinny jeans. Sarah, on the other hand, tottered on five-inch heels and wiggled in a super-tight miniskirt.
She shook her head as if I'd proposed something preposterous. How had she even gotten it into her Jaguar, or gotten it from there and onto the dolly I'd borrowed from Mrs. Mott, my then-next door neighbor?
"The Jag's backseat folds down," she explained when I asked, as if this were common knowledge. "Mine is a special order. Besides, have you ever been in one?"
I got the message.
Her other three pieces of furniture arrived late in the evening via a white-glove delivery service. She gave each delivery man a hundred-dollar bill each, gratuity, she'd said. I should have insisted on helping with removing the cardboard cartons and gotten a tip, too.
Later, I heard Sarah through her closed door, heaving and puffing over something in her room. I walked to it, and placed my ear by the door jamb, and wondered what secret she kept in that heavy carton.
Mother called that night to find out who I'd settled on for a new roommate. I never mentioned I'd only had one viable candidate, and I didn't specify details, either— just that I'd found someone not on drugs. "Nor on pot." Mother was specific about using the word "pot," just in case some junkie, or worse, Libertarian, didn't consider pot a type of drug.
"How can you decide so quickly to take her in?" Mother seemed disturbed and spoke with a shrill voice, as was her practice when she felt thus. "Did you even run a credit check?"
I gave her a brief history of the McIntyre fortune, and that pacified her for the moment.
The next few days, Mother called again and again, asking to meet Sarah, but Sarah kept making excuses. Once, she claimed she was late for a show, a matinee to a ballet in the city. Then, another day, she insisted the brakes on her brand-new, forest-green Jaguar XK coupe, no less, needed servicing. She even, by way of excuse, said her dry cleaning was messed up.
"But, can't you even have coffee with her, once?" I asked Sarah one rare evening when I didn't have work and we were watching an oldie movie and crunching on a microwaveable popcorn—the kind they'd recently confirmed could be carcinogenic.
With her mouth full she just waved at me as though I were a mosquito and pointed to the TV: her signal to shut up and watch the screen.
As the days passed, my ears should have perked up at the warning signs, the excuses that bordered on lies, but still, I could see why someone would be wary about meeting her roommate's parents, especially if the parents were anything like mine and had their noses in places even a dog wouldn't think of sniffing. I would have run away from them, given the chance.
Besides, I was juggling two jobs: a receptionist at Stay Fit in the wee hours of the morning, and a Starbucks barista in the afternoon. Thus my mind wasn't always sharp, even with all the free caffeine. I never suspected Sarah wanted to avoid meeting my parents, my friends, co-workers, or, for that matter, Mrs. Mott, the only neighbor I was on talking terms with, for a reason.
"Mrs. Mott could really do with some help," I said, one afternoon, while balancing a half-dozen cardboard cartons and heading toward the little old lady's apartment next door. She seemed frail and had her doctor with her.
"I'm busy," Sarah said, applying a deep copper hue to her French-tipped toenails.
"It's too bad you won't meet her. She used to be a concert pianist in her younger days. She's a neat lady."
"I have a doctor's appointment," she said without looking up. "Are you sick?"
"Just routine stuff. Maybe I can meet her another day.
I stared at Sarah. "She's moving to a senior home. She had a heart attack yesterday. There won't be another day." And I stalked out the door.
Emma Right is a happy wife and Christian homeschool mother of five living in the Pacific West Coast of the USA. Besides running a busy home, and looking after their five pets, which includes two cats, two bunnies and a Long-haired dachshund, she also writes stories for her children. When she doesn't have her nose in a book, she is telling her kids to get theirs in one.
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Less than 48 hours after Team Babbitt's/Monster Energy/AMSOIL Kawasaki's Gavin Faith emerged with his first career AMSOIL Arenacross title, Orleans Arena was once again filled by the roar of bikes. The 17th Annual AMSOIL AMA Amateur National Arenacross Championships (ANAC) officially brought the 2016 season to a close with a showcase of the fastest amateur talent in the country, crowning 28 AMA National Champions across 29 classes of competition for all ages and skill levels.
Following a day of practice on Saturday, the ANAC field entered Sunday ready to do battle on the track inside Orleans Arena. Heat Races commenced on Sunday morning, which set the field for a series of talent-laden Main Events that afternoon, from which a winner would be crowned in each class.
All entrants at ANAC earned their shot at racing for an AMA National Championship by competing in the Amateur Days that took place each Sunday during the 13-rounds of the AMSOIL Arenacross season leading up to finale weekend in Las Vegas. Riders qualified by accumulating points in one of four different amateur regions - South, East, West and Central.
The crowning of AMA National Champions for ANAC actually began on Friday night during the AMSOIL Arenacross finals with both the Ultracross 50cc (4-8) Class and AMSOIL Dominator Supermini Class putting on a show for the packed house in attendance. KTM rider Emile Lacher withstood a tough test from fellow KTM rider Preston Zollers in the Ultracross Main Event to become the first AMA National Champion of the weekend, while Team Green Kawasaki rider Jeremy Ryan captured the Supermini title. With his win, Ryan earned an invitation to compete in the Amateur All Stars class at October's Monster Energy Cup at Las Vegas' Sam Boyd Stadium, along with fellow podium finishers Josh Varize and Cole Williams.
On Sunday afternoon the on-track action and battles for each respective title were exceptional, with the country's most talented amateur riders in the arenacross discipline giving it their all. When the final checkered flag flew, signifying the end of a memorable 2016 season, KTM Orange Brigade rider Josh Varize and Yamaha rider Addison Emory IV emerged with arguably the most impressive outings of ANAC, with both riders earning three AMA National Championships apiece. Varize took the win in the Supermini 1 (9-15) Class, Senior Mini (12-15) Class, and Supermini 2 (13-16) Class, while Emory was triumphant in the Expert A Class, Pro Sport A Class, and Collegeboy (16-24) Class.
Five additional riders took home multiple AMA National Championships inside Orleans Arena. Chad Saultz rode his Yamaha to victories in the 250 B Class and Open B Class, while Yamaha BluCru rider Colton Eigenmann swept the Schoolboy 1 (12-16) and Schoolboy 2 (14-16) classes. Preston Boespflug was the most successful mini bike rider of the weekend, winning both the 65cc (7-11) and 65cc (10-11) classes aboard his KTM. In the more veteran classes that featured riders ages 25 and up, Justin Kelly and Eddie Ray were the most successful, with Kelly taking the 25+ Class and 30+ Class wins aboard his Suzuki and Ray walking away victorious in the 35+ Class and 40+ Class, also aboard a Suzuki.
2016 AMSOIL AMA Amateur National Arenacross Champions
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51cc (4-6) Limited: Mikah Carpenter - Freeport, Illinois - Cobra
51cc (4-8) Limited: Bradyn Johnson - Orlando, Florida - Cobra
51cc (7-8) Limited: Tyler Cole - Auburndale, Florida - Cobra
65cc (7-9): Cole Kish - Newport, Michigan - Cobra
65cc (7-11): Preston Boespflug - Battle Ground, Washington - KTM
65cc (10-11): Preston Boespflug - Battle Ground, Washington - KTM
85cc (9-11): Thomas Welch - Charlotte Hall, Maryland - KTM
25+: Justin Kelly - La Moille, Illinois - Suzuki
30+: Justin Kelly - La Moille, Illinois - Suzuki
35+: Eddie Ray - Travelers Rest, South Carolina - Suzuki
40+: Eddie Ray - Travelers Rest, South Carolina - Suzuki
2 Stroke B/C: Jackson Gray - Forsyth, Georgia - Husqvarna
250 B: Chad Saultz - Batavia, Illinois - Yamaha
250 C: Tyler Ducray - Galt, California - KTM
Beginner: Adam Carter - Mountain Home, Idaho - Kawasaki
Collegeboy (16-24): Addison Emory IV - Owasso, Oklahoma - Yamaha
Expert A Class: Addison Emory IV - Owasso, Oklahoma - Yamaha
Girls (7-13): Katie Benson - Delmar, Delaware - KTM
Open B: Chad Saultz - Batavia, Illinois - Yamaha
Open C: Jaylend McCarty - Colorado Springs, Colorado - Yamaha
Pro Sport A Class: Addison Emory IV - Owasso, Oklahoma - Yamaha
Schoolboy 1 (12-16): Colton Eigenmann - Titusville, Florida - Yamaha
Schoolboy 2 (14-16): Colton Eigenmann - Titusville, Florida - Yamaha
Senior Mini (12-15): Josh Varize - Perris, California - KTM
Supermini 1 (9-15): Josh Varize - Perris, California - KTM
Supermini 2 (13-16): Josh Varize - Perris, California - KTM
Women (12 & Up): Mackenzie Tricker - Travelers Rest, South Carolina - Suzuki
AMSOIL Dominator Supermini: Jeremy Ryan - Santa Nella, California - Kawasaki
Ultracross 50cc (4-8): Emile Lacher - Brooksville, Florida - KTM


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Eddie makes a bet with his army comrades over who can turn up with the ugliest date, and subsequently encounters Rose, a woman of character who changes his life.
Though he has been acting for years, Ryan is new to musical theatre, so he is able to bring a mixture of experience and fresh enthusiasm and drive a complex role where he is not able to trade in obvious or corny pathos.
"I think he is just a very conflicted character," Ryan says. "In certain ways he is definitely unlikable but at the same time you sort of sympathise with him. There's a lot of dramatic irony [in the show], so a lot of what he does and the way he actually thinks comes from that culture in America... The entitlement and arrogance that they had.
"The way he speaks and acts has been ingrained through his life, and the audience will know that all these things that are promised to them [after the war] aren't going to come true... You are sympathetic with him through that. It is challenging because a lot of the times he is in the wrong and he does a lot of things that are not relatable."
The key to the success of Ryan's characterisation has been to begin with Eddie's identity as a marine.
"We have had a few military personnel come through. One of my good mates is actually in the Navy so I've been picking his brains a lot about, I guess partially the culture but also the formalities of military life and the way that the culture impacts his interactions. We had someone come in from the army to take us through all of the drills and take us through certain strategies, things like how to salute, how to march, the different kinds of practice in the armed forces. We have done a fair bit of research into that as a team as well."
Ryan admits that his research forced him to confront the idea of what is lately called 'toxic masculinity', and how this multiplies in organisations like the marines.
"As a whole [they] do come across that way, and so he does come across as that reluctant hero character. Through the interaction with women, through the story, he does change and does develop as a character. I think he's a very split character, you see two versions of him, with the other marines and then when he is with Rose, [who] surprises him a lot of the time. He is programmed to see women in a certain way, but the way he interacts with her and the things that she says and does really shock him."
It was easy to develop the desperate wartime camaraderie that the show demands, in part because of the atmosphere of Blackout Theatre Company, one of the most solid local organisations in Sydney.
"It's such a family oriented group... They do a lot of things within the community. At the moment we are doing a lot of carolling and a lot of fundraiser barbeques. They go out to the children's hospital every year around Christmas and sing to the sick kids there... It reflects in the shows."
Ryan says one of the most challenging aspects to 'Dogfight The Musical' is blending this old school military feel and intensity with musicality.
"The music is very '60s, a lot of rockabilly and a five piece band coming through... Sort of upbeat, but then you also have a lot of really great ballads. The writers, they are incredible, the harmonies they have written for the show are absolutely phenomenal, that's one of the things that really excites me about it. You have these five, six part harmonies through these songs that are so intricate but so beautiful when they all come together. So it's very '60s rock and roll with a musical theatre twist... But then you do have the orchestra element as well, especially at the end in the bigger ballad numbers."
With both music and character, the show seems to build towards an end point.
"Stamina-wise, it's such a huge show" Ryan agrees.
"You are on stage for two hours straight, and then the finale... It's a very big number in terms of the solo. I sort of refer to it as the 'Empty Chairs At Empty Tables' number, from 'Les Mis', it's quite similar to that in that it's a mournful finale at the end of the show, it's a massive number and the orchestra really swells through that."
So does this mean Ryan sees 'Les Misérables' as the perfect musical experience?
"'Dogfight' is probably up there! It's hard to get past some of the current ones that are coming through and remoulding a lot of musical theatre, things like 'Book of Mormon' and 'Hamilton'. I have always been attracted to musicals that are different, things like 'RENT' and the cultural change that that created, shows like 'Spring Awakening'. It's hard to say... It changes."


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Both sides have a dual mission: winning over Jewish voters in Broward and Palm Beach counties — and scaring them away from the other guy. With the contest for the state's 29 electoral votes exceedingly close, there's little chance either side will stand down before Election Day.
The effort is so important to the Obama campaign that
"If you look at the Jewish community, nationwide and in Florida, it is still very much pro-Obama, pro-Democratic," Lew said in an interview.
On Thursday, former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., headlined Jewish Americans for Romney events at a condo community, a synagogue and a bagel shop. Then he headed to faceoff with former state Sen.
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The back and forth between Obama and Romney on Israel, and subsequent spinning from their surrogates, shows the intensity of the efforts. The Jewish vote in South Florida is "absolutely critical," Coleman said.
Jewish voters have gone 3:1 for the Democratic presidential candidate for the past four decades. Though Jews make up 3.4 percent of the Florida population, according to estimates by Ira Sheskin, a geography professor and director of the University of
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Edith Klein, who lives west of Boca Raton, said she was a liberal Democrat as a young woman. Now 75, she's a Republican.
"I can't believe that any Jewish voter would vote for Obama after what's been going on here," she said. "They are Roosevelt Democrats from way back. They have always been Democrats and they just can't break away." She termed him a failure on the economy and foreign affairs.
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Our day out together
Not very often we get to go and spend time together outside of the home... when we have time off from the shops we are normally soo happy and content to stay and home and enjoy the tranquility. Yesterday we went around about a few places and went for a bush walk in Buderim. Was so nice.
Here are a couple of fuzzy pics to share with you off my phone.
This morning Corey and I went down to Mooloolaba Beach where Ken was training. We had a yummo breaky together for Fathers Day then spent the rest of the day at home listening and watching the rain. Was bliss to have nothing on.
I hope you all had a great weekend and enjoyed some family time together for Fathers Day.
See you for now
Moonie x
Glad I got a photo of us on our 6th Wedding Anniversary.. I was spoilt and was given a gorgeous Silver ring with a thick band with a daisy on top and a cute pendant. The pendant is also silver as I love silver. It is a flat circle with a medium size cirlce cut out of the middle. The wording around the circle is NEVER ENDING PEACE AND LOVE
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If you are about my age and had parents that grew up in the 60s and 70s, you probably didn't see Brussels Sprouts at your dinner table growing up. That's because our parents were given this vegetable in the most disgusting manner possible: boiled or steamed. This results in a slimy, pungent ball of leaves in your mouth. There's no way I would have touched them either. As a result, most people only think they hate Brussels Sprouts.
I think it's all in the preparation though and will venture to say that most people actually will like them if done right. I, too, was in disbelief until September when my friend Brooke made some roasted Brussels Sprouts for me (different recipe). So don't knock it until you try it. Besides, there is bacon involved and we all know that like butter, bacon makes everything better.
Roasted Brussels Sprouts
-1 package fresh Brussels Sprouts
-3 slices bacon
-1 Bartlett pear
-olive oil
Preheat oven to 425°.
Cut Brussels Sprouts in half.
Chop pear.
Slice bacon into thin strips.
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Scatter sprouts, pear, and bacon on a cookie sheet. Drizzle with olive oil. Season with salt, pepper and thyme.
Place in oven for 20-30 minutes or until Brussels Sprouts are tender and slightly crispy around the edges.
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While you're at it, go for the whole classic '60s meal of Brussels Sprouts, mashed potatoes and meat loaf. Only make Ina Garten's meat loaf and not the dry brick you're thinking of.


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The hack allow ENCRYPTED Mobi files to be read on the Kindle. So you can buy a DRM-protected mobi book and read it on Kindle.
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Well, it's been a few days since you've seen my smiling face and I'm sure someone out there missed me. I've been spending some time away from SL and just enjoying my "me" time. I've been less than inspired to do a lot of things lately so I didn't want to get burnt out on doing the things I love. In any case, here I am.
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There is nothing better than waking up to spoonfuls of creamy, cinnamon-spiced oats paired with the crunch of sweet green apples! These overnight oats contains an abundance of healthy, plant-based and delicious ingredients that mirrors the heavenly taste of an apple pie! This recipe takes only 5 minutes to prepare and can be enjoyed the following morning.
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- 1/2 cup Oats
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Catching and eating your own fish is great, but when guests come for a visit they always want to go out for a meal with halibut and chips at the top of the list.
Usually, we end up dining downtown at Humpy's, Snow Goose or Glacier Brewhouse. Everyone goes home happy, but I can't help wondering whether we're missing out on something better in the Anchorage area.
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Friday, April 22, 2011
A few words (and some pictures) about objective reality.
A week ago Friday, the first film version of the 1957 Ayn Rand best-selling novel Atlas Shrugged opened in 300 theaters. The movie was made for $10 million and pulled in about $1.7 million in its first weekend.
People who love Rand allegedly love objective reality, even after all the cruel things objective reality has done to them. Here are some simple statements based on math.
$10 million is a tiny budget for a film these days and this movie is Atlas Shrugged Part 1. The filmmakers rushed the film into production because their rights were about to revert to Rand's estate, so they decided to make a trilogy and shoot the first third of the book. The second and third parts are not yet in production because they don't have the cash.
300 theaters is a very limited release and there's no way to massage these numbers into a positive thing. Sometimes a movie will get a prestige opening in Los Angeles and New York and then open wide across the country to great numbers. Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino opened in 6 theaters in December so it could be eligible for the Oscars, did land office business in those first few weeks ($45,000 per screen), then opened wide in January 2009 to be the #1 movie in America.
This will NOT be repeated by this film. Opening in 300 theaters in April is due to the movie having a weak company backing it and no stars in the cast. It averaged about $5,000 per screen, not awful per screen but definitely not special, and given there were only 300 screens, the net result is awful. The movie has to make six times its opening weekend numbers to make the initial investment back. That's not easy.
The producer postulated this week that is would be in 1,000 theaters this weekend, which is still a puny number compared to major film which open is 3,000 to 4,000 theaters. The weekend theater counts came out yesterday. Atlas Shrugged Part 1 (and probably part Omega as well) will be in 465 theaters.
Unless a right wing fatcat comes in and buys multiple boatloads of the DVD and gives them away, this turd is following a well understood pattern known as the downward spiral.
Enthusiasts of Rand are happy to tell you that Atlas Shrugged is still the #4 book on Amazon, and over the past fifty years has been second in popularity only to the Bible.
By the same argument, we can say that the New York Mets are the second best baseball team in New York over the past fifty years. Sometimes second place is a distant second place.
Cruel people on left wing websites are comparing Atlas Shrugged to another popular 20th Century book turned into a film by its zealous fans, Battlefield Earth.
This comparison is unfair. Battlefield Earth was one of the worst reviewed films of all time, but it did sell $20 million worth of tickets in 2000 in the U.S. and about $30 million worldwide. The newer movie would love to have those numbers.
Of course, Battlefield Earth was made for about $80 million, so it was a financial turkey as well as a critical disaster. So far, Atlas Shrugged has been panned by reviewers (2 good reviews out of the first 29 for 6%) and loved by audiences (85% favorable), but these are small audiences filled with cult members.
Still, making a profit on that $10 million investment is looking harder and harder, because the split on ticket sales starts in the producers' favor on opening weekend and slowly shifts in the favor of the theater owners.
Since I brought up two movies based on books revered by two 20th Century cults, let's talk about a self-financed, low budget film based on the favorite book of a First Century Mediterranean resurrection cult.
I am of course talking about Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ.
If we are talking numbers, this is clearly one of the great success stories in movie history. 15th on the all time list, 26th when adjusted for inflation, supporters of the First Century Mediterranean resurrection cult went to the theaters in droves to support this film in 2004.
But since then... crickets.
When I googled TV listings for Passion of the Christ, I got zilch. when I wrote that nobody shows it, my dear friend and fellow nerd Abu Scooter sent me an e-mail saying it is being shown on TV by the third rate Trinity Broadcasting Network, the dessicated corpse of what Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker left behind.
This is why I love nerds. We really are deep into a cult of information. Either get it right or shut the fuck up. We are honest not because God commands us, but because when we are wrong and someone else is right, we know we lose in our hearts and no god has to tell us that.
Given that it is shown such pathetically lowly status even on cable, it is fair to say Passion of the Christ not a beloved holiday classic. It may be that now Mel Gibson is thought of as a stupid, violent middle aged racist who follows his prick around all day and beats up women when they disobey his prick, not as many of the cultists are thinking his movie was a wonderful uplifting experience, but instead seeing it for what it is, torture porn.
Because it is torture porn, it's not going to do well on commercial TV. It's hard to sell auto insurance on a new cell provider right after a scene where a guy is flayed to within an inch of his life.
Trinity Broadcasting Network shows it. Do you know the channel number of TBN on your cable box? I didn't think so.
So if you want to make a lot of money with a movie that will be attended by members of a fanatical cult, here are some handy rules of thumb.
Jesus cult, you've got a chance.
Ayn Rand cult, L. Ron Hubbard cult... save your money.
J.K. Rowling cult, J.R.R. Tolkien cult... money in the bank.
And, oh yeah. They might have made money if somebody sang and cashed in on a short-lived 21st Century cult. If Ayn Rand met Hannah Montana or L. Ron Hubbard was sung by Justin Bieber, you might be able to make a dollar on that.
8 comments:
- Padre Mickey said...
Er, Christianity isn't Iron Age, it's closer to the era known as Antiquity.
Great post, otherwise.
- April 22, 2011 at 9:04 AM
- Matty Boy said...
Oops, my bad. I looked on Wikipedia and pulled out the number for Iron Age Europe. The Iron Age is over in the Middle East much earlier.
Obviously, my confusion stems from the fact that Jesus was a blue eyed blond who spoke English.
I will fix the post post haste.
Thanks, Padre. Don't work too hard this weekend.
- April 22, 2011 at 9:16 AM
- Padre Mickey said...
I will admit that saying Iron-age Resurrection Cult is lotsa fun!
Just finished the Service of Three Hours. I'm laying low until tomorrow night.
- April 22, 2011 at 1:59 PM
- Dr. Zaius said...
If only Atlas Shrugged could become as significant a part of our culture as Battlefield Earth. If only...
- April 22, 2011 at 6:21 PM
- Abu Scooter said...
Gibson's Passion got a TV home this year -- Paul and Jan Crouch's Trinity Broadcasting Network (also co-founded by the infamous Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker). TBN's only broadcast affiliate in California is in Santa Ana, but it infests cable systems in the rest of the country.
TBN is airing the movie as I type this.
- April 22, 2011 at 6:29 PM
- Matty Boy said...
Dr. Z: It's a lot easier to get active members in a cult based on goofy sci-fi than it is in a cult filled with people who believe "I've got mine so fuck you!"
Such are the odd ways of humanity.
Abu S.: Thanks for the heads up! This is exactly why nerd pals are better than the Google. I will fix the post post haste.
- April 22, 2011 at 8:02 PM
- Anne said...
The Passion of the Christ is showing in UK on Easter Monday on More4, a minority interest channel that often shows art house films. The Independent's listings comment is as follows: "If you can overlook the peculiar logic of making the film in Latin and Aramaic but casting white actors, the anti-Semitic undercurrent, and the sado-masochistic tenor of Mel Gibson's brand of Catholicism, then you have to admit that his Passion play is an impressively put together piece of horror cinema, which makes most other such exercises in torture porn look lame."
You didn't write that by any chance? It all bears out what you were saying, anyway.
- April 24, 2011 at 1:08 AM
- Matty Boy said...
Dear Anne: Happy Easter! I did not write it, but I'm happy now to have read it.
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The weather report promised a fairly good day with sporadic rain/sunshine and we decided to chance it. So, we're off to pick some strawberries... I know it's much simpler to pick them off the shelves in supermarkets, but where's the fun in that!
Anyways, we started off pretty early, in fact we were their first customer of the day... very much like the famous adage about the early birds and some worms.
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The Monster Squid
(The first book in the Beast Quest : The Golden Armour series)
A Chapter Book by Adam Blade
The evil wizard Malvel has stolen the magical suit of golden armour and scattered it throughout Avantia. Tom vows to find the pieces -- but they are guarded by six terrifying new beasts! Will Tom survive an underwater battle with Zepha the Monster Squid and collect the first piece of armour?
Genre: Children's Fiction
Genre: Children's Fiction
Used availability for Adam Blade's Zepha
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Title: Beast Quest #7: Zepha the Monster Squid (Special Value)
Author(s): Adam Blade
ISBN: 1-4431-0557-0 / 978-1-4431-0557-6 (Canada edition)
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