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Vote for Pam Hubbard
To the Editor:
I find the goings on at the NH State over the last few years to be unacceptable. There has been a general lack of respect between parties that has resulted in the decay of our democratic process. It's time we restore order to the NH state legislature. I hope you will join me in supporting/voting for Pam Hubbard to represent Strafford County Dist. 12 on Nov. 6.
Pam has previous NH legislative experience - she served between 2006 and 2010 - a time when parties could work together and actually get things accomplished. Pam has also served as a teacher at Spaulding High School and has been on the Rochester School Board. Pam is an outstanding citizen and will represent us well at a time when we need rational thinking and civility most.
Sandy Ho
Sweeping promises, no specifics
To the Editor:
In Thursday's vice-presidential debate, Paul Ryan wouldn't give specifics on almost any major issue facing presidential leadership, from defense to the economy. He didn't explain, despite repeated questions from the moderator, how the Romney-Ryan tax plan would help the middle class or how their fixation on trickle-down economics would create jobs. He didn't explain their plan for our troops in Afghanistan or what he and Romney would do differently in Iran. He didn't explain because he couldn't.
Paul Ryan refused to give specifics because he doesn't have any. Though he and Mitt Romney make sweeping promises for how they will help the middle class, those promises are just empty words. Romney and Ryan are worried about getting elected but not about coming up with true solutions that will help the American people.
Julia Rodriguez
Medicare premiums deciding vote
To the Editor:
I received a health care update (Oct. 15, 2009) from Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter and the next date I hand-delivered a letter to her Washington Street office!
I questioned how much will our Medicare cost go up or down over the next five years.
I stated that my spouse and I paid $8,490 or 19 percent of our disposable income in 2008. I have never received a reply.
Since then I talked to her on the phone and she said she had no control over the increased cost of health insurance, showing she doesn't know the difference between Medicare and secondary insurance.
I now find that our Medicare premiums will have increased an additional $3,614 between 2009 and 2014.
This has made me realize that we will be voting for someone else instead of Carol this November!
Paul Vatcher
Supporting Watson
To the Editor:
I am very pleased to have the opportunity to express my support for re-electing Bob Watson as a Strafford County Commissioner.
My husband Dudley and I have known Bob (and his family) for more than 30 years, and I can tell you that you would have a hard time finding anyone more sincerely dedicated to serving the interests of the people of Strafford County. You need to just look at his record to see that he promotes programs that directly impact people without compromising fiscal responsibility.
Coming from a military family, I am particularly pleased by Bob's vocal support for the building of a Veterans' Home for homeless vets on County land. It is a project that will be completed without using any local tax dollars and will deeply impact the lives of those who once served and now find that they need our assistance.
I hope you will join me in voting on Nov. 6 to re-elect Bob Watson as a Strafford County Commissioner, it's a vote you can make with confidence.
Linda (Lavoie) Durant
Police Commission keeps public informed
To the Editor:
The Rochester City Council acts like it knows better than the voters after several ballot losses regarding abolishment of the Rochester Police Commission. The city manager and council want to eliminate the police commission so they can oversee the Rochester Police Department.
How can the city manager take over this control when he has recently had to hire two assistants to help him do his current work? This resulted in substantial pay increases for the in- house appointments. Watching all police commission meetings, Rochester citizens are well aware of what has been going on in the police department as well as to provide public input.
Eliminate the police commission and the council will keep you uninformed. Is the council capable of handling police grievances for internal matters? The police commission does..Wake up and realize this council wants complete control over every matter. Don't let them expand their power. Force them to deal with responsibilities that they can hardly handle now in other departments. I am proud to be serving on the police commission. We represent the citizens of the city, not the City Council.
James F. McManus, Jr.
Time to retire Rep. Keans
To the Editor:
Rep. Sandra Keans, Ward 2, has been a Rep. for over 30 years and has never met a tax or fee she didn't like and isn't concerned about the impact these taxes and fees have on the residents and businesses of NH.
Rep. Keans' voting record shows that she doesn't like guns, parental rights, the rights of children (born and unborn); and votes for legislation that hurts small businesses and discourages businesses from coming to NH.
It's time to retire Rep. Keans and her tax and spending spree votes and replace her with a candidate who is fiscally conservative, pro-business, supports our 2nd Amendment, and will protect the rights of parents, children, and property owners. That candidate is Steve Beaudoin.
In 2010 we voted in a Republican-led Legislature who did what we "hired" them to do - balance the budget without gimmicks. Did you know that because of the 2012-13 biennial budget passed in 2011 by this Legislature, NH has a surplus of $13.8 million as of June 2012? Rep. Keans voted against this budget.
Let's keep the momentum going and vote for Steve Beaudoin, Ward 2.
Diane Wood
Malek's money
To the Editor:
Is your vote up for sale?
Apparently the American Action Network, led by one Fred Malek, thinks it is. Fred won't pay you, but he's just bought $2 million worth of media exposure in New Hampshire to try to dissuade you from voting for Carol Shea-Porter for Congress. That's more than twice the funding Shea-Porter has for her own advertising in her contest with the Tea Party's Frank Guinta.
Who exactly is Fred Malek?
Let's glide on by that youthful indiscretion in 1959 when he and friends were arrested in a Peoria park for bludgeoning, skinning and roasting a dog on a spit (see DogsAgainstRomney.com) and go directly to his service as deputy chief of the Nixon-Agnew re-election campaign in 1972, the one that gave us Watergate.
He later became a wealthy corporate executive (one-time president of Marriott Hotels), paid a Securities and Exchange Commission fine of $100,000 in a 2004 fraud case and served as finance co-chair of the McCain-Palin campaign in 2008 before cooking up the American Action Network in 2010 with a mission to defeat Democratic candidates.
Thanks, Fred, but no thanks. New Hampshire doesn't need your advice or your culinary skills.
Susan Mayer
Romney's dishonesty
To the Editor:
Through almost two years of campaigning, Governor Romney has established a pattern of dishonesty that reflects the contempt he has for not only the "47 percent" of the American people, but for our democratic process as well.
Governor Romney's blatant lies during the debates are his latest. Switching political positions he had campaigned on for 18 months, he stated he would keep parts of "Obamacare" including protection for preexisting conditions. Yet later, his campaign admitted that his plan did not do this. He stated that his tax plan does not favor the rich, and that he will help protect the middle class. Yet, most economists say that his math does not work, and the middle class again will be hit hard. He stated that he would be the one to protect Medicare, but his voucher plan has been panned. It seems Governor Romney can look into a camera and change his positions without blinking, hoping that most of us are too busy to notice.
Governor Romney does not stand by his positions, show us his taxes or play by the same rules as the rest of us. He is giving us a very clear picture of the type of President he would be.
Irene Grand
Check your Obama facts
To the Editor:
In his October 22 letter to Foster's Daily Democrat, Mark Phillips of Newington, obviously in the camp that would believe anything about President Obama, puts a number of questions to the President. In one, he asks, "Why does Michelle employ 23 personal assistants when Laura Bush had only one?" The fact-checking website, snopes.com, debunks a raft of myths about Michelle Obama. Here is the one about her staff (which also tells how many staffers previous first ladies had): www.snopes.com/politics/obama/firstlady.asp.
For the facts about Obama and his Social Security number, there's this: www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/ssn.asp; For the facts about Obama and who financed his education, there's this: www.snopes.com/politics/obama/money.asp; As to Phillips's charge that Obama cancelled the National Day of Prayer (etc), that is not so: www.snopes.com/politics/obama/prayerday.asp.
Now that he knows about snopes.com, perhaps Phillips might want to do some actual fact-checking. As Senator Patrick Moynihan once said, "One is entitled to his own opinions, but not to his own facts."
Phillips's letter consists of a string of allegations in the form of questions. I'm surprised he didn't ask the President, "When did you stop beating your wife?"
Jane Wingate
Vote no on Questions 1, 2, 3
To the Editor:
Anyone who voted in the September primary had to jump through extra hoops just to vote, because the Republican majority in the legislature saddled us with more rules and bureaucracy. Bill O'Brien and friends claim to be for smaller government with less power over people, but everything they do grabs more power.
Their latest power grab attempts to upset the balances in our Constitution. In Question 1 they seek power to tell future generations what form of taxation they can use. O'Brien thinks he knows today better than the people who may live 100 years from now what will be the right thing for them. This is nonsense. No one should have the power to tell his great-grandchildren exactly how they can tax themselves.
Question 2 wants to give the Legislature power over the Courts. This violates the vital separation of powers that the Founders put in the Constitution. They knew the danger of too much power in one branch of government. O'Brien and friends want to destroy checks and balances that have served us well since 1783.
Question 3 would set up a constitutional convention to further monkey with the Constitution and make who knows what changes to give O'Brien and friends even more power.
Please reject this power grab. Vote No on Questions 1, 2 & 3.
Emmanuel Krasner
Leonard is wrong for schools
To the Editor:
Education alert! An examination of Fred Leonard's voting record on education reveals a pattern of disrespect for Rochester schools and the taxpayers. Parents especially should take notice for two reasons: 1) these votes affect the resources our schools will have to maintain quality in the future, 2) in the long run it will raise our taxes to continue what we have, and in addition, to pay for private and religious schools.
Examples: Fred voted for a moratorium on school building aid grants; he voted for using only the minimum compliance for children with disabilities; he voted to study how taxpayer dollars could be used to pay for vouchers for private and religious schools; he voted to eliminate compulsory school attendance; he voted against funding to restore the community college system; he voted to divert public dollars to private and religious schools. There is more but I think you get the idea.
This move by the Teapartiers and the 9-12ers demonstrates a pattern for future education where we would have two parallel education systems. A private/religious system and a public system all paid for by tax payers. The system we have now allows for a choice which people pay privately or publicly. If people like Fred and his friends prevail we will be paying for two systems. One for the haves and one for the have nots.
I am a product of the public school system here and I am proud of my accomplishments because of it. I hope with your vote you will vote to continue a system that has served us well.
Rose Marie Rogers
Police Commission should go
To the Editor:
I urge Rochester voters to support the Charter Change Amendment to eliminate the Police Commission. The Police Commission is an outdated part of the government that was put in place during the Strong Mayor form of government. The City Charter provides that the Police Commission has purview over hiring, firing and setting wages. One thing they cannot do is commit to cost items without City Council approval. That is why the City Council has to approve all contracts and budgets. One thing this Police Commission approved was an "Employment Agreement" or contract with the new Police Chief and Deputy Chief.
In this agreement the new Chief is paid a base salary of $95,000 and after six months he will receive a $2,000 wage increase and again after 12 months receive another $2,000 increase. The City Council has not approved these cost items. Additionally the Police Commission came before the Finance Committee to have the Council approve more money than was appropriated in the budget for raises for the Command Staff including an additional 4 percent for the Police Chief. So, Chief Dubois was making around $104,000 when he retired after 10 years as Chief and Chief Allen will make after one year $102,800. Is that being fiscally responsible? There is also a clause in the agreement that states; "… that if any employee's annual wage, exclusive of overtime, shall be within 85 percent of that of the Chief of Police, the salary of the Chief of Police shall be immediately increased to an amount at least 15 percent in excess of that of the subordinate employee." So we have a person with that clause determining raises for his subordinates. Does that sound like a good fiscal practice?
I urge all Rochester voters to vote "Yes" on the Charter Change Amendment to eliminate the Police Commission.
David Walker
Ward 4 City Councilor
Examine their records
To the Editor:
How do we decide which politicians to vote for? One website I found useful is http://granitestateprogress.org. I studied the legislative report cards of all nine Rochester state representatives. In these polarized times it is not surprising that Democrats and Republicans have opposite voting records. The voting records of Republicans Kyle Jones, Laura Jones, Warren Groen, Cliff Newton, Sue Delemus and Fred Leonard are essentially the same. They all voted for House Bills 1 and 2, budgets with draconian cuts to the developmentally disabled and other vulnerable people, to education, Head Start and other successful programs.
They voted to repeal free kindergarten, lower the dropout rate back to 16, weaken anti-bullying laws, and even to assert that constitutionally, the state has no responsibility to fund education. "We can't afford it," they cry, but they also passed a number of unnecessary tax cuts and corporate give-aways that reduced the state's ability to fund its obligations. They even voted to advise Congress to privatize Social Security.
Sue Delemus is a fan of Glenn Beck, who is too extreme even for Fox News. Kyle and Laura Jones and Warren Groen are members of ALEC, a corporate-sponsored legislative bill mill that is active in all states, but extreme enough for Walmart to end its sponsorship. In addition, the Joneses are Free Staters who don't really believe in government as we know it.
Much of this backward Tea Party mentality has trickled up to the rest of the Republican establishment, including Ovide (Governor), Guinta (Congress) and Mitt Romney, our "seriously upper class" Republican Presidential candidate. Do I still need to discuss reproductive rights?
Vote Democratic: Vote Barack Obama, Maggie Hassen, Carol Shea-Porter and all the other democratic candidates. We need to protect the ongoing economic recovery and to protect our rights!
Ernst Ketel
Democratic moderates?
To the Editor:
I nearly fell out of my chair when I opened up a recent Rochester Times and saw the ad placed by the Rochester Democrat Committee calling their candidates for the NH House of Representatives "moderates." Wow! They go on to say, "We understand we must provide for our future by strengthening the economy with responsible investment." Those are code words for "If you're looking for state spending that couldn't be paid for unless the legislature increases our tax burden by millions of dollars during a recession, then please vote for us." I could hardly call this the type of investment that will make our state economy strong.
Then the ad says something about "affordable health insurance" for families. I wonder if they plan to follow former Democratic Governor Jeanne Shaheen's model which led to less competition and higher insurance premiums? Just how do they plan to accomplish affordable healthcare when Obamacare will raise insurance premiums on individuals and cause small business to hire less full-time employees? Fewer full time jobs mean a better economy to them? Another Democratic formula that really does not equate to anything logical.
Most of the other things in the ad might make some sense, but I'd ask these candidates why they didn't do these things when they had majority control in Concord? Looking at these people, all I see are liberal partisans who believe throwing lots of money at things makes them better. There isn't a single moderate bone in their bodies. They will be sock puppets for public labor unions as most of them have been on the City Council or School Board. We won't get common sense, but instead will get liberal sense, whether you like it or not, just like the last time they controlled Concord. We had an $800 million budget shortfall and now they want to do it to you again!
Please don't fall for the empty promises of these new found "moderates." Please vote for responsible, conservative, common sense Republicans for our State Legislature to keep New Hampshire moving in the right direction!
Donald E. Chesnel
Cloward, Piven and Obama
To the Editor:
During his two years at Occidental College Barack Obama, by his own admission, gravitated to and was fascinated by Marxist professors. During his time there he attended conferences presented by the Democratic Socialists of America where Marxist/Socialist ideology was discussed and advocated. One of the key speakers at these conferences was Frances Fox Piven, a Columbia University Sociologist and activist who, along with her now late husband Richard Cloward, devised what is known as the Cloward-Piven Strategy.
The Cloward-Piven Strategy seeks to eliminate poverty by bringing about the collapse of capitalism. By expanding welfare and entitlement programs to the point where they place impossible financial burdens on state and local governments coupled with excessive spending by the federal government, Cloward-Piven hoped to create an economic crisis, social upheaval and ultimately the collapse of capitalism and the institution of a socialist form of government complete with a guaranteed minimum wage and a near classless society with a permanent majority relying on the federal government for survival. It is the ultimate redistribution of wealth scenario. Cloward and Piven envisioned this strategy being most effectively implemented through the Democratic Party.
Piven is now a professor of political science and sociology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, serves as honorary chair of the Democratic Socialists of America and openly supports the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Is Obama a floundering, incompetent community organizer or is he skillfully and brilliantly implementing the Cloward-Piven Strategy by overwhelming the economy to bring about the collapse of capitalism in the U.S.? I'll let you decide. But keep in mind that in 2008 Obama promised to "fundamentally transform America" and has continually maintained that spreading the wealth around would be good for everyone.
Having spent countless hours researching Obama's background, associations, activities, policies and speeches, I personally believe Barack Obama represents the greatest danger this country has ever faced.
Brian E. St. Onge
Restore LCHIP Funding
To the Editor:
With the November general election fast approaching, now is the time to question your state representative, senate and gubernatorial candidates about their support for restoring funding of the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP). This year LCHIP grants would have totaled zero, nada, zip, thanks to the current legislature, but will amount to $500,000, only because funds were unexpectedly returned by grant recipients. How did things get so bad for a program whose supporters were once promised $6 million in annual funding for grants to protect the state's most important natural, historic and cultural resources through public-private partnerships?
There is no question that times are tough, but there is no logic in the state zeroing out funding for LCHIP grants for fiscal years 2012 and 2013. This is penny wise and pound foolish, when you consider the loss of job opportunities presented by the 51 proposals received by LCHIP in September of this year seeking $2.7 million for projects involving 40 historic buildings and 11 conservation projects totaling 4,325 acres. The $1.3 million in LCHIP grants awarded in December 2011, by way of example, attracted $34.5 million in total project value, far exceeding the required 1:1 match, and represented 24 projects that supported 130 jobs and contributed $4.2 million to the employment economy of the state. Since the program was created in 2008, LCHIP has contributed funding to 226 projects helping to protect more than 263,000 acres and 126 historic structures and sites in 141 of New Hampshire's cities and towns, investing $27 million and leveraging more than $236 million in total project value. Here in Rochester, LCHIP helped fund the Central Square Parson statue restoration, and projects at Gagne Farm and Rochester Opera House. Local projects on the LCHIP Register in need of protecting include Jacobs Farm and Round Pond.
The legislature not only failed to fund this critical program, it also raided LCHIP's dedicated funding source to support general government. LCHIP is funded, in part, with $200,000 annually from the "moose" conservation license plates, and in 2007 the state created a dedicated funding source by establishing a new $25 recording fee on deeds, mortgages, discharges and plans recorded at county registries of deeds. But it wasn't long before the state decided it had more pressing needs for the money. First, it diverted half of the recording fee money to the general fund for fiscal year 2011 ($2 million) and then it went back and grabbed another $1.5 million from fiscal year 2010 revenues in order to balance the budget. Then, the state took nearly all of the money from the recording fees for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 for the general fund, leaving only a negligible amount for existing administrative obligations.
Remind these politicians that a recent survey of registered voters conducted by the UNH Survey Center found that land conservation is one issue that everyone in New Hampshire agrees on, Republicans and Democrats alike, and that voters are fed up with the bait-and-switch tactics of collecting a fee for conservation and then using it to fund general state government.
Dennis Vachon
Candidate for Strafford County Register of Deeds
Republicans: take back your party
To the Editor:
If anyone actually believes that either Obama or Romney can significantly impact job creation in the U.S. they should go take an economics course at UNH if they can afford to after the tea party Republicans slashed 50 percent of the university system's budget.
More than anything else, this election is about whether the citizens of this country, and particularly, this state wish to be governed by right wing, anti government, tea party, free stater (out of stater) Republicans.
They have driven out the rational Republicans like Dick Lugar and Olympia Snow who were capable of fashioning compromise.
New Hampshire's current Republican legislature has no interest in our state's working men, women, and businesses. If you have children in the State's University system or are about to enter the system, the legislature's 50 percent reduction in support for UNH has substantially increased your tuition costs. If you're a farmer or a land owner, the current legislature slashed support for cooperative extension so if you need a forester or an agricultural specialist to help your orchard or tree farm cope with an unknown pest, forget about it. If you have an older parent who needs nursing home care – too bad, the Tea Party Republican legislature says you're just a bunch of slackers looking for a hand out, and God help you if you have a handicapped child.
OK so let's move on to their constitutional amendments. They propose to make it unconstitutional to have an income tax. If this were a serious proposal they could have started by abolishing the "Business Enterprise Tax" (BET) which is nothing but an income tax on self employed people like me. Carpenters, doctors, plumbers, lawyers, graphic artists are all subject to this tax. If there is ever to be property tax relief in this state, taking options off the table isn't a good place to start.
Their second proposal - number 2, to strip the Judiciary of their independence is quite simply the road to Fascism. They would be allowed to pass any law without further judicial review.
In all my years as an independent I have rarely voted a straight party ticket, but this situation demands that we send a message to the Republican party, "take back your party from the right wing zealots or lose your ability to influence events." It is with some regret that I am obliged to vote a straight Democratic ticket and I urge other working people to do the same.
Charter Weeks
A look at the VP debate
To the Editor:
I recently watched the Vice-Presidential debate between Paul Ryan and Joe Biden. Paul, you could have very easily won this debate by saying "there you go again, Joe" after his many interruptions. Biden's smirking and eye-rolling was not very statesmanlike, Ryan showed considerable class in not losing his cool but I think he should have been more assertive. If he cannot handle Joe Biden, how is he going to handle Vladmir Putin? As to content I would say it was a draw.
One of the mistaken impressions is that our current tax laws favor the rich. I have been a tax preparer for the last 10 years and I can say that in the area of Capital Gains perhaps they do. For single parents however, particularly low income parents, the tax laws are very friendly. There is the earned income credit (refundable), the child tax credit of $1,000 per child partially refundable, the education credits, (partially refundable), the dependent care credit, and finally a lower tax bracket of 10 percent. When I say, "refundable," I mean that you actually receive government money even though you may owe no tax. All of these credits are phased out in the higher income levels so they are truly for the low and middle-income taxpayer. Both democrats and republicans passed these laws. Mitt Romney's income is mostly from interest and capital gains which are taxed at a lower rate because the government recognized that there is more risk in investing than working for salary and wanted to provide an investment incentive. Many of these provisions expire at the end of this year, and unless extended will cost lower income taxpayers a loss of anywhere from $500 to $3,000 or above. It is not likely that congress will extend them this year and even if Obama were reelected it is still unlikely. It will be another four years of gridlock.
Both Vice-Presidential candidates were suckered in on the abortion issue. They should have simply answered "Roe v. Wade" is the law of the land at least for the present. This election, considering the economy and foreign policy situation, should not be about abortion.
It's very easy to fix the economy, start manufacturing things in this country, not Red China, and try job sharing. There are many people that would be happy with a single day's work, myself among them, and on the other side, many people would like to work only four days a week. This is not a new idea nor is it my idea, but it might work.
I am not going to watch the next debate, it will simply be more of the same: slinging charges and counter charges with no new solutions. I will watch the final debate on foreign policy because I believe that is a major issue. The bottom line is we need a change. We have tried Obama for four years, now it's Mitt's turn and I would say to him: "Win one for the Gipper."
Sydney A. Rose
Independents: vote!
To the Editor:
Independent New Hampshire voters are 39 percent of those registered. Our next president may well be chosen by them. The presidency may be decided by New Hampshire's four electoral votes.
When I ask my wife, are we better off now than four years ago, her answer is our income is down and our expenses are up. In our budget our expenses for gasoline and heating oil are up by $3,000 and our food bill is about $1,500 higher. Our health care insurance is about to increase by some unknown number. We are much worse off than four years ago. We can all see President Obama's policies did not improve things at all. In four years he has increased the national debt by a number only an astronomer can understand. Each of our grandchildren will have to shoulder an estimated $100,000 of it.
The question many Independent voters are asking is, what added debt will our grandchildren have if we elect Barack Obama for four more years?
Has he improved our economic situation or has he made it worse? Has his energy policy led to lower or higher gasoline prices? Gasoline was $1.80 a gallon when he took office. It is now twice that amount.
The cost of energy has a substantial impact on the cost of food and our food bill, which is now much more than four years ago. These increases can be directly traced to the energy policy of Mr. Obama. He has blocked the Keystone pipeline and reduced the number of oil leases on government owned lands by 30 percent. He has reduced the number of ocean drilling permits by 40 percent. What is more disturbing to me is that he is not aware of these statistics compiled by a government agency that reports to him. If he doesn't have these important figures in broad strokes at his fingertips how can he be an effective CEO of the largest government enterprise in the world?
Independents know that being a skilled orator is not enough. Just maybe Barack Obama is over his head in the job of president and we should let him go.
New Hampshire Independent voters recognize that President Obama does not understand how our private sector economy works, nor does he understand what policies are needed to stop the increase of government red ink, nor what policies are needed to stimulate the private investment needed to create new jobs in the private sector. Governor Romney does.
Independent voters can help ensure a victory for Republican Romney. It will be the independent voters gift to their grandchildren.
David Scott
To the Editor:
I don't know if I should thank Anthony McManus for his letter of Oct. 9. He quoted Mr. Romney's plan for American foreign policy: to "embrace the power of partnerships, access the transformative nature of free enterprise, and leverage the abundant resources that can come from the private sector". Wow!
I thought I'd heard that speech before and I searched my own vast files. Yep, it was Nov. 14, 1993 and the speaker was Dilbert in the cartoon that bears his name.
Dilbert used his empowerment "to create a new paradigm" and "teamed across functional boundaries [for] market-driven proactively found excellence in the midst of chaos." Wow!
I'm glad to have both quotes, of course. But Mr. McManus has left me with a question — "Who is the real cartoon?"
Larry Brown
Welcome to the 47 percent
To the Editor:
I am happy that Dover City Councilor/State Representative Michael Weeden wasn't as seriously injured as he could have been, given the dangerous situation he recently confronted on the streets of South Boston. As a parent, I can imagine the nightmare scenario and empathize with Rep. Weeden's parents. I wish him a full speedy recovery from his injuries so he can resume his important duties of representing his Dover and NH constituents.
In the June 8, 2012 edition of Foster's, the politically ambitious Rep. Weeden, who is no stranger to controversy in his elected positions, stated, "I hope to continue my work in the State Legislature in order to maintain low taxes, ensure limited government, restore personal freedom, and promote individual responsibility. I ask for your support. "
While a part of the extremist Tea-Party-led NH Legislature, Weeden has "responsibly" voted in the affirmative for reducing the rates on tobacco tax and permitting children to drop out of school at age 16. He has also said "yea" for you to "Stand Your Ground." Councilor Weeden was recently chastised by fellow Dover City Council members for introducing the idea of fireworks on the public streets of Dover. His motives regarding questioning of the City Manager's authority were called into question by Foster's, who suggested it was a power grab. Now, with three conflicting accounts and an apparent cover-up about events on Oct. 8, 2012, possibly involving ill-advised (not illegal) behavior beneath the dignity of his public positions, Rep. Weeden may find himself embroiled in his own personal "Weeden-Gate Scandal."
I would bet that when the highly influential Rep. Weeden officially endorsed fellow "Severe Conservatives" Gov. Mitt Romney for President and Congressman Frank Guinta for re-election, he never dreamed that he would have been considered part of the 47 percent of Americans that Romney talked about: A person dependent on government who considers himself a victim. As a bottom-feeder myself who is extremely dependent on the government for my monthly military retirement check to pay the mortgage and my current state position salary to pay the bills and, yes, taxes (Federal Income, Payroll and Property), I welcome him to the 47 percent club.
Wayne Merritt
Support the Police Commission
To the Editor:
As someone who has supported abolishing Rochester's Police Commission in the past, I've come to realize when voters speak (seven times!) it's time to move on. The constant attempts by certain City Councilors to get rid of the commission are about power and control and nothing else.
And with regard to Councilor Keans' comparison of budgets between departments, it's a weak attempt at making her point. General government, fire, police and public works all have distinctly different roles and responsibilities. So while Councilor Keans believes a comparison between the fire and police department's budgets is a good comparison, it's really apples and oranges. Just looking at the number of calls each department gets on a weekly/monthly/yearly basis, there is no comparison. The fire department sees around 200 calls per month where the police department gets in excess of 4,000 calls a month. That's a significant difference and suggests we get tremendous value for our tax dollars. But in any event, both the police and fire departments are vital public safety organizations we want our tax dollars spent on.
What I find most laughable about Councilor Keans' reasons for abolishing the Police Commission is the merit plan issue. Councilor Keans and a few of the other councilors pushing for a police department takeover voted for wage increases in the recent past of between 6.6 percent to 12.9 percent per year for management staff and 16 percent per year for the city manager. And even more recently handed out a $10,000 raise to the city's newest deputy city manager. How can she criticize the Police Commission for using money included in their budget (a budget Councilor Keans voted for) as they see fit to run the department? And when we look at budgets prior to the Tax Cap, we see budget increases supported by Councilor Keans at 2-4 times the rate of inflation. So now all of a sudden she got religion about budgets and taxes?
I urge you to look past the empty and misleading rhetoric and see this attempt to abolish an important elected body for what it is — a power grab! Please vote to keep the Police Commission!
Fred Leonard
Women in the workplace
To the Editor:
During the second Presidential Debate, Mitt Romney revealed his true attitudes about women. When asked what he would do to advance women in the workplace, Romney blatantly ignored the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act signed by President Obama that demands that women receive equal pay for equal work. (It is telling that he has refused to come out in support of this Act.) Instead, he boasted about leading the charge in collecting "binders of women" qualified to work in his Governor's Cabinet. Not only were his comments offensive, but also his claims about being a champion of women in the workplace were false.
Here are the facts: Prior to Mitt's election as Governor, a bipartisan group of women in Massachusetts formed "MassGAP" to address the problem of the lack of women in senior leadership positions in state government. The committee conducted research and put together the infamous "binder full of women," a report containing lists of names of qualified women for all the different cabinet positions and agency heads. They presented this binder to Governor Romney after he was elected. Indeed, Gov. Romney had nothing to do with initiating this study. Also despite the report, not one of the senior positions Romney cared most about (budget, business development, etc.) were given to women. In fact, a UMass-Boston study found that the percentage of senior-level appointed positions held by women actually declined during Romney's term as Governor.
Also note Romney strategically avoided mentioning another key issue that directly impacts women in the workplace: access to contraception. Romney has joined forces with extreme conservatives in stating that health insurance companies should not cover contraception. He has promised to defund Planned Parenthood, which provides free cancer screenings and contraception to low income women. Do we really believe Romney supports women advancing in the workplace?
Like the rest of his fellow Republicans (including those on our NH ballot: Paul Ryan, Frank Guinta, and Ovide LaMontagne), Mitt Romney smiles ever so nicely as he wages war on a woman's right to be in control of her own destiny.
Beth Olshansky
Mitt is not for common people
To the Editor:
Mitt Romney is definitely not for the "common People" of our country! If he was, he would be willing to pay his fair share (as we all do) of taxes; stop his shelters in China, and help our country to go forward in all areas, instead of devising plans to make it harder for the middle class to survive! Everything I have read and heard, by and about Mitt Romney and his running mate, gives me the cold shivers for what is ahead for us if they are elected in November!
I do want to stress, however, the importance of everyone voting, regardless of who you vote for! Most countries in our world decree who will rule these countries by succession, not by citizens voting to choose who they want. We are a Democracy and have the right to choose who the majority wants! In our free society, we have the right to choose! Please do vote on Nov. 6.
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A three-hundred-year-old Bajoran ship comes through the wormhole, and its passenger claims that he is the Emissary of the Prophets.
Summary Edit
As Chief O'Brien and Doctor Bashir enter the cluttered O'Briens' quarters, having just won the Battle of Britain in the holosuite, they lament that O'Brien must return the quarters to normal in preparation for Keiko's return (after her six-month absence on Bajor). Bashir and O'Brien express lament for tearing down such a monument to the chief's bachelor days but O'Brien tells him that if they don't clean it up, Keiko will have him dismantled.
O'Brien greets Keiko and Molly warmly at the airlock and receives a surprise: during Keiko's last visit to Deep Space 9, they "got lucky" and Keiko is pregnant again.
In Ops, Major Kira welcomes Vedek Porta, escorting a young Bajoran couple who are hopeful that Captain Sisko, as the Emissary of the Prophets, will bless their recent marriage. Sisko invites them into his office, and recites a brief prayer in the Bajoran language. Kira, watching, is very moved, and the couple positively glow, thanking Sisko profusely before they leave. Before following them out, Porta compliments Sisko on his improved pronunciation. After they are gone, Sisko sighs and confides to Dax how exhausting it is to be a religious icon to an entire planet, on top of all his Starfleet duties. Then Kira alerts them that something is coming through the wormhole: a Bajoran lightship, which appears to be three hundred years old. The passenger, a lone man, is beamed directly to the infirmary. When Sisko and Kira get there, the man lying down on the biobed introduces himself as "the Emissary."
Act OneEdit
The mysterious man is Akorem Laan, a famous Bajoran poet from the 22nd century whose unfinished poem, The Call of the Prophets, has become legendary. He explains that, while traveling in his lightship, he was injured and thought he would die. Then he discovered the wormhole by mistake and was healed by the Prophets, who have delivered him to DS9. He knows nothing of the Cardassian occupation or other hardships his people have been through, but he believes the Prophets have chosen him as their Emissary.
Sisko tells Dax that he is all too happy to step down from the title of Emissary in favor of Akorem; aside from having the burden of the position removed, he adds that Starfleet Command has always been uncomfortable with one of their officers occupying a central role in the Bajoran religion. Porta has already endorsed Akorem, and Sisko accepts that the Bajorans will be much better off recognizing one of their own as the Emissary.
As Chief O'Brien walks home from work, Bashir arrives to offer his congratulations on the baby and convinces him to have a celebratory drink in Quark's. There, the two raise a pint of beer to the upcoming arrival, as Bashir notes that the second baby is usually easier than the first for parents as they know what to expect. When they tell Quark the news, the Ferengi muses back to when Nog was a baby and read 'See Brak Acquire'. Worf then arrives for a drink, and stiffens up when he hears Keiko is having a baby. O'Brien explains to Bashir that Worf delivered Molly since the Enterprise had been damaged and he was the only person available when Keiko went into labour. As Bashir jokes that he'll call on Worf if he needs any help, Worf decides to schedule some leave to visit his parents on Earth when the baby is due.
Kira and Odo watch from the upper gallery as Akorem gives a speech on the Promenade. Odo gently asks whether she sees the inherent contradiction in Akorem's accession: before he appeared, Kira was entirely convinced that Sisko was the Emissary, but now it's as if he never was. Kira says that her faith allows her to reconcile the contradiction.
But then Akorem drops a bombshell by announcing his belief that the Bajorans have "lost their way" by abolishing the d'jarras, a stratified caste system based on family names. Reviving the d'jarras, he believes, is the best way to heal Bajor's wounds after the Occupation. There is some scattered applause from the crowd, but several, including Kira, look deeply troubled, as does Sisko, who is watching the speech in his office on his desktop monitor.
Act TwoEdit
In conference with Akorem and Vedek Porta in the wardroom, Sisko says that adopting a caste-based discrimination system will make Bajor ineligible for Federation membership. Akorem sees it as an acceptable sacrifice, as does – not surprisingly – Kai Winn. Akorem assures Sisko that he does not expect Bajor to make the change overnight; for instance, First Minister Shakaar, whose d'jarra marks him as a farmer, will not be expected to resign immediately; instead, Akorem is confident that, by the time of the next election cycle, few will vote for him.
In the Replimat, Kira is looking for a place to sit with her mug of raktajino, but the place is full. Just as she is about to move on, Gia, a Bajoran woman interrupts her meal and surrenders her seat, saying that Kira's d'jarra outranks hers. Sisko, sitting nearby, says similar things have been happening all over the station. Both of them are troubled, but Kira says it is not her place to question the Emissary. Sisko is still disbelieving about how readily Bajor is making such drastic changes on Akorem's word, and Kira tells him that Sisko never fully grasped just how devoted the Bajorans are to the Emissary – Sisko could have said the word, and they would have done anything.
Unable to sleep, Sisko wanders about the Promenade at night, where he has visions of Kai Opaka who proceeds to ask who he is several times. Confused, he says she should know him, but she responds cryptically that she can't know someone who does not know himself. She disappears and the lights turn back to normal before he can respond.
Act ThreeEdit
When Sisko asks Bashir about the vision, he describes it as an orb shadow, which the Bajorans believe occur when a person is not following the will of the Prophets as shown in the orbs. Religious explanations aside, it was caused by an over-abundance of neuropeptides, and Sisko readily accepts treatment to make the visions stop.
Kira attempts to follow her d'jarra, which dictates that she resign her commission in the Bajoran Militia and become an artist. Unfortunately, despite her best attempts, she ends sculpting a "flock of flightless birds" in her quarters. Kira seems to have little confidence in her own artistic ability. Even so, Vedek Porta is nonetheless stern in his belief that d'jarras are correct and that the Prophets have chosen for Kira to be an artist.
The O'Briens are enjoying time together at home. Miles plays with Molly, teaching her darts. Keiko has found the fur coat that Miles wears to the holosuite, and comments on the amount of time he spends there with Bashir. Miles responds jokingly that it keeps him out of trouble, and kisses her. Keiko needs to get back to some work, so O'Brien goes back to play with Molly, but her mood has changed, not willing to play darts and content to draw by herself. With nothing to do but watch, O'Brien eyes the fur coat.
Meanwhile things are going from bad to worse for Sisko. His failure in his mission to ensure Bajor's entry into the Federation, a goal Sisko has been working toward for several years now, does not please Starfleet Command. Although there is no direct statement of it, he can tell they are unhappy, which he finds ironic considering they never wanted him to be the Emissary in the first place. As he and Kira go over the duty roster, he cannot shake the feeling that he has failed in his duties. And it gets worse: Kira has to resign in order to follow her d'jarra. As soon as Sisko can find someone to take her post, like Major Jatarn, she'll leave. Sisko tells her that her position may be filled by someone else, but he considers her irreplaceable. There is an extremely sad moment between them as reality sets in.
Act FourEdit
O'Brien and Bashir meet by chance in Quark's and realize they no longer have time for one another now that Keiko and Molly are back on the station. O'Brien mentions playing darts with Molly in their quarters, and Bashir is trying to teach Morn how to play in the bar, but it is not the same for either of them. When Quark archly informs them that they are late for their weekly holosuite reservation, they realize that is something else they have had to give up.
Sisko gets a call from Constable Odo to come to the Promenade immediately, where a vedek has just been killed. The man, Vedek Imutta, fell from the second level, and as Odo prepares to start an investigation, Vedek Porta calmly announces that he pushed the man simply because he had an "unclean" d'jarra and was unwilling to resign as vedek to follow his d'jarra. Sisko, frustrated, orders him taken into custody.
Sisko decides that enough is enough and he must take back his role as emissary from Akorem. However, as Akorem is unwilling to give up the post and both men know there will be chaos if they force the Bajoran people to choose between them, Sisko asks Akorem to enter the wormhole with him to ask the Prophets to choose.
Act FiveEdit
Inside the wormhole, Akorem remains convinced that he is the emissary, but as usual, the Prophets appear largely unconcerned. They claim Sisko and Akorem's linear nature limits their comprehension, though Sisko states the two want to understand. They agree that the d'jarras are a part of the past, which "the Sisko" has taught them means, it is no more and it can never be again. Akorem is confused, and asks why, then, did they send him into the future? They reply, "for the Sisko" – to remind him of the responsibilities he bears. Akorem, realizing that he is not the Emissary, says he's been wrong about everything and that he should have been left to die. The Prophets state they could return him to the point they found him (injured and dying), but Sisko requests they return Akorem to his own time as he is now, uninjured. After silently conferring with each other, the Prophets state Akorem will have no memory of his trip to the future, which the poet finds more than acceptable as it will allow him to reunite with his wife and family. Telling the Prophets that he's ready to go home, they return him to the past. Noting that Sisko wants to stay further, he tells them he still has questions. The Prophets remind him that just as they are "of Bajor," they emphasize that he is also of Bajor. On Sisko's silent acceptance of this, he is returned to the runabout.
Back on the station, on the pretext of getting her husband treatment for his depression, Keiko arranges for Miles and Bashir to spend time together again.
In Quark's, Kira ironically presents Sisko with the gift of one of her "sculptures" and tells him that his earlier speech, in which he explained what happened to Akorem and that the Prophets do not wish the Bajorans to return to the d'jarras, went over very well. Sisko is reading The Call of the Prophets, which Kira is surprised to learn has now been finished. Kira fails to understand how she can still remember Akorem's work as unfinished when the Prophets have changed the past and in the new timeline, his work had been finished all along. Amused, Sisko notes that "The Prophets work in mysterious ways," to which Kira grins.
They are interrupted when a Bajoran man and his daughter approach the officers to ask Sisko if he can bestow a blessing on the girl at her upcoming birthday/coming-of-age celebration. Sisko happily agrees to the request, having now fully accepted his role as the Emissary.
Memorable quotes Edit
"I thought you said you'd started straightening this place up!"
"You should've seen it before."
"Look, Keiko's shuttle'll be here before we know it. We should've left the holosuite hours ago.
"What? And let the Jerries cross the Channel? Never!"
- - Bashir and O'Brien, upon entering O'Brien's messy quarters
"No more ceremonies to attend, no more blessings to give. No more prophecies to fulfill. I'm just a Starfleet officer again; all I have to worry about are the Klingons, the Dominion and the Maquis. I feel like I'm on vacation."
- - Sisko, after renouncing his role as Emissary
"Daddy! Daddy! I have a little brother!"
"Really? Is that him? (Points to Molly's doll)"
"No. He's in there. (Points to Keiko's tummy)"
- - Molly telling Miles that Keiko's pregnant
- - Keiko O'Brien, announcing to Miles she is pregnant
"Quark! Did you hear? Chief O'Brien is having a baby."
"I thought your females carried your young."
"My wife. My wife is having a baby."
- - Bashir, Quark, and O'Brien
"It's just hard getting used to being a religious icon."
- - Sisko
"Congratulations! I remember when my nephew Nog was a baby. Cutest thing you ever saw. Heh. You know babies. Every little thing they pick up goes straight into their ears. Ohhh, I used to love reading to him. You know, 'See Brak acquire. Acquire, Brak, acquire!"
- - Quark
"Did you hear? Keiko's gonna have another baby."
- - Quark and Worf, remembering the last time Keiko had a baby
"Well, I'll be sure and call you when she's ready to deliver; you can lend a hand."
"Seven months? Unfortunately, I will be away from the station at that time. Far away. Visiting my parents. On Earth. Excuse me."
"Forgive me, Major, I don't mean to be difficult, but your faith seems to have led you to something of a contradiction."
"I don't see it as a contradiction."
"I don't understand."
"That's the thing about faith. If you don't have it, you can't understand it. And if you do, no explanation is necessary."
- - Odo and Kira
"What about you, Doctor? The Battle of Britain awaits and you know my policy on cancellations, NO refunds." "Go ahead! Maybe Morn's better in the cockpit of a Spitfire than he is at darts."
"Ah, it wouldn't be the same"
"Hm, you're right, Morn probably doesn't even know where England is!"
- - Quark, O'Brien and Bashir
"If you don't hit it off with Major Jatarn, I can think of a few other people, shouldn't be that hard to find someone to replace me."
"I don't doubt that I can find someone to fill your post. But to replace you…"
- - Kira and Sisko
"You killed him because of his d'jarra?"
"I had to. If a vedek can't do what the Emissary has asked of us, how can we expect anyone else to?"
- - Sisko and Vedek Porta
"If the d'jarras belong in the past, why did you send me into the future?"
"For the Sisko."
- - Akorem and the Prophets
"I'd like you to have this. It's an original Kira Nerys. It might be worth a lot someday."
"I hear she didn't make many."
- - Kira, presenting one of her "sculptures" to Sisko
Background information Edit
Story and scriptEdit
- The working title of this episode was "The Other Emissary". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library)
- The producers had to fight to get this episode made because the studio had told them not to do any shows about Bajoran religion. Episodes such as "In the Hands of the Prophets" from the first season and "The Collaborator" from the second had proved to be somewhat unpopular with viewers, and Paramount felt that shows dealing with religion in general, and Bajoran religion in particular, were not ratings winners. According to Hans Beimler, "Shows about religion, alien religion and the Prophets, are extraordinarily difficult. Not because they're hard to produce, but because they're not proven ratings winners. As a result, the studio tends to be happier when DS9 is doing action stories." Similarly, René Echevarria explains, "The studio doesn't like Bajor stories. And Bajor's religion is one aspect of Bajor to which they really don't respond." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- The ship flown by Akorem Laan is the same model used in the episode "Explorers". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- The closing credits of this episode feature a number of changes from previous episodes; Ron Wilkinson is replaced by Fritz Zimmerman as set designer and Herman Zimmerman is changed from production designer to visual consultant, and his position in the credits is switched with art director Randy McIlvain. The reason for this was due to a number of Deep Space Nine crew helping out on the production of Star Trek: First Contact. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- David Warner was approached for the role of Akorem. Ira Steven Behr commented "Personally, I wanted David Warner as Akorem. He wanted to do it, but his wife talked him out of it because he was on vacation and she didn't want him to work. To this day I still wish David Warner was in it. I think it's a really interesting script and idea, and it leaves us with a nice, interesting mystery. It's a good show, and Avery was great, but I wanted him to have a better opponent". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages)
- Actor Colm Meaney was unhappy with the decision to have O'Brien's quarters in disarray due to Keiko's absence. Meaney states that, "It was expedient to have some sort of what's considered humor in the script, but I object to saying this man is incapable of keeping his apartment tidy when his wife's away. That's a cliché." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- Jane Espenson commented: "The whole Trek experience, at TNG and DS9, was incredibly positive. Thank you, Star Trek!" [1]
- This episode is considered to be Part II of the "Emissary Trilogy", with Part I being "Destiny" and Part III being "Rapture", and as with "Destiny", Sisko is initially very clear in this episode about how uncomfortable he is in his role as Emissary of the Prophets. However, this episode represents an important turning point in his attitude to his position. It is the second time the phrase "The Sisko" has been used (it was first used in the episode "Prophet Motive") and it is the first time we hear the phrase "You are of Bajor". Both of these phrases would come to have great importance in the future. As well as that, this episode marks the point at which Sisko finally begins to accept his role as Emissary (in "Destiny", he accepted that there may be more to the Prophecies than he has allowed for, but he didn't change his opinion about his own status in Bajoran religion). Throughout the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons he becomes more and more accepting of his position, something which can be seen most clearly in the fifth season episode "Rapture" (where he not only accepts his role, but embraces it and allows it to guide him), and in his interactions with the prophets in episodes like "Sacrifice of Angels", "Image in the Sand", "Shadows and Symbols", and, most importantly of all, the series finale "What You Leave Behind".
- This episode marks the final appearance of Camille Saviola (Opaka) on the series, with Opaka appearing first to Sisko in an orb shadow and then later as the form assumed by a Prophet.
- Bashir and O'Brien tease Worf about when he delivered Molly in 2368 in TNG: "Disaster". Worf is so uncomfortable about this that he schedules leave so he will not be present when Keiko is due, just to make sure it does not happen again.
- Ironically, Worf does appear in "The Begotten" but does avoid helping with the birth.
- In the scene in Quark's where Bashir and O'Brien talk about playing darts without each other, a laboratory squeeze bottle can be seen under the bar, redressed as some kind of alien drinking glass.
- Kira's line "That's the thing about faith. If you don't have it, you can't understand it. And if you do, no explanation is necessary" is a paraphrase of a quotation from St. Thomas Aquinas, which reads "To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible."
- Bashir and O'Brien order several pints of ale during this episode and never finish any of them. In one case, O'Brien leaves after having no more than a single mouthful.
- Quark's statement about everything babies handle "goes straight into their ears" is one of the few times that a Ferengi says "ears" instead of "lobes."
- Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode.
- Kira's lack of artistic skill was mentioned once before, in the season two episode "The Circle". In that episode, Kira states that she has no artistic ability whatsoever.
Video and DVD releases Edit
- UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.9, 9 September 1996
- As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection
Links and references Edit
Starring Edit
Also starring Edit
- Rene Auberjonois as Odo / Prophet
- Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf
- Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax
- Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko
- Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien
- Armin Shimerman as Quark
- Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir / Prophet
- Nana Visitor as Major Kira / Prophet
Guest stars Edit
- Rosalind Chao as Keiko O'Brien
- Robert Symonds as Porta / Prophet
- Camille Saviola as Opaka-Prophet
- Hana Hatae as Molly O'Brien
Special guest star Edit
Co-stars Edit
Uncredited co-stars Edit
- David B. Levinson as Broik
- Tammy Rodriguez as the Yellow-skinned alien dabo girl
- Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn
- Unknown performers as
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Deleted scenes references Edit
External links Edit
- "Accession" at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
- "Accession" at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- "Accession" at Wikipedia
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I have a "Bell head" this is my 3rd Volt and it fits me perfect. I use it for road, MTB and Cross. I have a big head and this is the only helmet on the market that fits me.
Bell Fit and quality
I actually tried some other brands after my Bell Ghisello had the radish and needed to be thrown away. None of them fit my head, and it is clear your head is either a Bell/Giro/Lazer/LG etc. Fit is key obviously, but I also like the way it looks and vents. The visor seems a little odd for a road helmet, but it easily snaps on and off, so take it or leave it. If you have a "Bell" head - great choice.
Item # BEL0002 Bell Volt Helmet
Saved my brains
I had a big crash wearing this helmet, I (and the helmet) got pretty banged up in the accident.....however, my brain is intact and I am shopping for the same helmet again because it has proven itself above and beyond just looking good and being comfortable.
Comfortable helmet
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Good helmet. Lightweight, vents really well and the adjustment is easy. Seems to have a slightly different fit than the Giro helmets, which worked better for me personally.
the volt rides into paris
Comfortable, but heavy
I bought size Large and it weighs 342g which surprised me. I have a Bell Furio which is a low end helmet that ways 322g. I was hoping the Volt would be around 280 (as advertised), noticeably lighter than the Furio on a long ride. Still, everything else about the helmet feels very comfortable and it's about the same weight as the Giro Saros helmet (330g) that I returned (looks huge, and the adjustment mechanism is not as easy as the Volt's wheel).
I really feel the super premium price point of the helmet should be on the light side of the spectrum, hence the three stars.
RealCyclist is awesome in their customer service, excellent return process and cheap return shipping makes ordering risk free.
The Volt is DynoMite!
The Volt is as good as it gets! Light weight - wear it and forget it. Superb ventilation - I've had cheaper Bell Helmets and had issues with sweat dripping down my forehead and all over my glasses - not so with the Volt. Fit is stupid-money. Got a funny shaped head and Giro's always fit like crap - Bells are spot on for me. Retention system on this is easily adjustable and holds the lid to your head without any uncomfortable pressure points. Really dig the removable visor as this helmet does road and MTB duty - looks sweet both ways. Great colors too - I've got the Saxo replica and it's sweet having a helmet that all the other Fred's don't have. The silver Carbon fiber trim is silly, but looks cool. Great helmet all around.
the volt cometh
tearing up some icy singletrack with the Volt
my favorite
fits great and looks great. fortunately, i haven't been able to crash test it, but i have full confidence that it would protect me should the need arrive. my favorite helmet i own.
Sweet lid. It's super light and fits far better than my old Flux. The adjuster wheel works well, the removable visor feels solid and can be adjusted up or down when in use. Nice to be able to use this on pavement as well... now if I only had a road bike.
Perfect Fit
This helmet is extremely easy to get a perfect fit..even while riding. There is a knob on the back that instantly adjusts for perfection. There are lots of vents, so if it is chilly, I recommend a skull cap for warmth.
Another Great Bell Helmet
I have been riding Bell helmets for years. This helmet replaced a sweep that I broke in a crash (my head is still intact) and the fit is very similar. The new pads are a nice improvement and seem to absorb sweat better than the ones in my Sweep. Every Bell I have ever had has been cool and light, the Volt continues that tradition, it is very cool in the heat. I love the dial ratchet, it lets me quickly adjust the size mid ride if I take my wool hat off when it warms up.
Can't believe I ever road w/o this helmet.
I got this helmet for my birthday this year; not only was it the best birthday gift I couldn't believe I had been riding w/o it.
The previous revue is spot on; this Helmet is light, breathes great, adjusts and fits well. Though, I didn't pay for my helmet I would have considered this a deal.
Great Helmet
I shopped around quite a bit before selecting this helmet. This one seemed to fit my mellon the best and was lite and confortable. The helmet keeps your head cool on hot days and has good air flow. Some of the veins are reenforced with carbon, which adds strength and looks sharp. Great value for the money compared to other high end offerings. I have a medium, which weighs 310g dispite the Bell site claims of 280g.
Super good Bell VIDEO info:
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Good skid lid
Fits just like the Bell Sweep. The straps are a little finicky to get totally flat. After a few minutes of mild frustration you can get them flat against the contours of your head. Bell tends to fit heads with a round profile. Comfortable and plenty of vents that you can stick your glasses in.
Actually, Giro tends to fit round heads better. Bell fits oval heads better. This seems to be the consensus on online bike forums and true to my own experience. I've got a seriously oval head, and I can get Bell helmets to fit fine but every Giro I've tried fits horribly.
Does the Matte Blue/Black (*Discontinued)...
Does the Matte Blue/Black (*Discontinued) that is on sale come with a visor?
Has the Bell Volt line changed much since...
Has the Bell Volt line changed much since its introduction in 2008? To me it appears to be the same, with no real updates to the line since then. Just wondering if its old tech. Much thanks.
does it meet aus/nz safety standards
does it meet aus/nz safety standards
The stamp for AU/NZ safety standards is applied at customs. They cut two of every 1000 helmets (or a number similar to that) in half and test them. Because of this only helmets ordered from the manufacturer in bulk will have the required stamp.
Is this the 2009 model?
Is this the 2009 model?


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With stunning performances from two completely genuine young leads, this is a movie people will talk about all year.
With stunning performances from two completely genuine young leads, this is a movie people will talk about all year.
Thrilling and charming in a way that very few American comedies ever are.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
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"The Monk" is an eccentric period melodrama with horror-flick overtones. Occasionally incoherent but never dull, the movie brims with weird imagery: figures in peaked hoods scurrying across windswept plains, nuns in opaque white veils, a bouquet rapidly wilting and then bursting into blue flames, a baby being pecked by crows. At one point, a group of men march past the camera. They are wearing crowns of candles on their heads; drips of hardened wax cover their shoulders.
Directed and co-written by Dominik Moll, a German-born French filmmaker best known for his clever thrillers ("With A Friend Like Harry," "Lemming"), "The Monk" stars Vincent Cassel as Ambrosio, a Capuchin friar with an ominous hand-shaped birthmark on his shoulder.
Abandoned as a newborn on the steps of a monastery, Ambrosio was raised to be a model monk: pious, perceptive, sensible. A skilled confessor and orator, he is widely admired by his Capuchin brothers and by the townspeople who come to hear his sermons. Cassel gives the character a credible holier-than-thou confidence. He wears a beard that effectively covers half of his face, drawing attention away from his mouth and on to his pensive eyes.
The story of "The Monk" — adapted from Matthew Lewis' influential-though-hardly-classic 1796 novel — is the story of Ambrosio's descent into sin and madness. It's lurid, silly, strange stuff — murder, incest, pacts with the devil — so it should come as no surprise that Lewis' novel was a Surrealist favorite. Luis Bunuel even tried to make it into a movie. Though Bunuel never managed to get his version financed, the Surrealist critic and filmmaker Ado Kyrou eventually made an interesting film — starring spaghetti Western icon Franco Nero, of all people — based on Bunuel's script.
Moll's version flirts with Surrealism without ever quite giving the impression that it's a work of art; his take on "The Monk" is, first and foremost, a classy B-movie, keen to offer Gothic atmosphere, nudity, and mild shocks. In some ways, it resembles a Hammer horror flick (think "Curse of Frankenstein" or the Christopher Lee "Dracula") — except that the Hammer movies were visually opulent and "The Monk" is often austere and grayish. Interiors are dim and shadowy, which fits the 16th century setting. The costuming isn't gaudy or over-stylized. During its first 15 or so minutes, it would be easy to mistake "The Monk" for a restrained religious drama.
At around the 15-minute mark, however, Ambrosio recounts a dream — a vision of a woman in red who doesn't show her face — to a fellow monk, and the movie effectively enters a dream state which it never leaves. Every subsequent scene inches the dream further and further into nightmare. The visuals become more adventurous; Moll plays around with superimposed images, diffuse light, silent-movie-style iris shots, and even throws in a few theatrical lighting tricks — a spotlight pointing out a character in a crowd, for instance.
Oddly, as "The Monk" becomes more imaginative, its plot — a lot of twisty intrigue involving a masked leper who lives at the monastery and a young aristocrat's courtship of a woman who admires Ambrosio — becomes less engaging. By the end, it's hard to care for Ambrosio or his fall from grace; he has been marginalized by the imagery.
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Mere Theory headline a FREE show at the Seaford Tavern on Saturday 21 May, with support from local heroes Saving Savanah and Shapes Divide. Doors are at 8pm.
Mere Theory headline Seaford Tavern – Sat 21 May
Floating Me support – Sat 7 May
Mere Theory are pleased to be supporting prog-rock supergroup Floating Me on the Adelaide leg of their national album tour, which hits Jive on Saturday 7 May. We'll be playing alongside Melbourne's Sleep Parade, and Adelaide's own Weightless. Floating Me features members of Karnivool, COG and Scary Mother, and their self-titled debut album is released April 15.
Mere Theory (acoustic) support As Tall As Lions – Sun 1 May
Nige and Chris are performing a Mere Theory acoustic set in support of As Tall As Lions' national tour, which plays Enigma Bar on Sunday 1 May. The show features As Tall As Lions, Elliot The Bull, Mere Theory (acoustic) and Raider. Tickets are $25 +bf, and it's an 18+ event.
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Wednesday, 29 December 2010
One for 2011? 'Prince of Thorns' – Mark Lawrence
In the meantime, here's another entry in my occasional list of books that you might want to keep an eye open for next year. It may be a case of the publicity people being over eager (although you can't really blame them for doing their job…) but 'Prince of Thorns' comes with a letter talking of the book being 'acquired in the US for the highest advance for any debut in this field for the past 7 years' and that 'every single fantasy publisher in the UK bid for the rights'. Voyager are certainly pinning their hopes on this one as the book isn't due for release until August and I've already had an advance copy through the door…
Check out the blurb and see what you think,
"Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but one brother, and I loved him well. But those days are gone and what is left of them lies in my mother's tomb. Now I have many brothers, quick with knife and sword, and as evil as you please. We ride this broken empire and loot its corpse. They say these are violent times, the end of days when the dead roam and monsters haunt the night. All that's true enough, but there's something worse out there, in the dark. Much worse."
Once a privileged royal child, raised by a loving mother, Jorg Ancrath has become the Prince of Thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities. The world is in chaos: violence is rife, nightmares everywhere. Jorg's bleak past has set him beyond fear of any man, living or dead, but there is still one thing that puts a chill in him. Returning to his father's castle Jorg must confront horrors from his childhood and carve himself a future with all hands turned against him.
I've read the first chapter and it's definitely a little bit more than the 'young prince after the throne that is his' story that it initially looks to be. On the other hand though, does the genre really need another tale of a young prince after the throne that is his? I'll let you know once I've finished reading. In the meantime though, what do you think? Has the blurb got you interested in picking this one up?
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- Michael Natale said...
This sounds good to me.
Even in the BLRB you can tell the author's prose is well crafted but easy to read.
If the story holds up - and perhaps the bidding war you mentioned means it does - this could be a hit.
Definitely on my list to read next year...
- 29 December 2010 at 13:13
- Adam Whitehead said...
I heard that the UK editor said this was the most significant epic fantasy book she'd acquired in 15 years, the previous one being A GAME OF THRONES. So yup, this does have a lot of backing behind it, and I'll certainly be taking a look :-)
- 29 December 2010 at 17:07
- Hannah said...
My kind of cover, my kind of blurb. Not too worried if there is a bit of 'same old' in basic storyline - so long as it's well written with great world-building, characters, and not utterly predictable.
- 29 December 2010 at 18:06
- BookMarc Blogpants said...
It sounds like a good read although the cover shout 'Assassins Creed' at me when looking at it.
- 29 December 2010 at 19:43
- noothergods said...
Looks very interesting, I'm definitely going to have to keep an eye out for this one.
- 29 December 2010 at 20:02
- JamesY said...
The first paragraph of the blurb suggests a dark story and that appeals: I hope it stays dark. I wouldn't be turned off completely if the book is a 'journey of redemption' for the young prince, but it would move from a potential hardback purhase to waiting for the mass market paperback.
- 30 December 2010 at 09:31
Good call. The artist (Jason Chan) has done work for video games (Dragon Age for sure) but don't think he worked on Assassin's Creed.
- 30 December 2010 at 16:15
- Graeme Flory said...
Adam - I love those fighting words from the editor, it's that kind of attitude makes me want to pick it up even more and see what the fuss is about :o)
JamesY - I've only read the first chapter but it is suitably dark (so far...)
- 31 December 2010 at 16:06
I have read it and can assure you that it remains dark. While some of its themes may have been seen in fantasy before, the way the story plays out is entirely new and surprising--at least it was to me.
- 3 January 2011 at 22:22
Googled my way into this. Did you ever review it? I can't find your review.
- 12 November 2011 at 10:02


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BGTG 73 - Oct 15, 2007 - Pre-Essen 2007
I'm just squeezing this show in before the Spiel game fair starts in Essen later this week. If you're like me you've been reading the lists and rumors about new games with great anticipation . . . even though you aren't attending Essen in-person. This year, I took a closer look back at the previous year's Essen buzz before & after the show, confirming that I've only got about three "keepers" from an initial list of perhaps thirty games that caught my eye in some way. And three is a good year!
Does that mean there are only 2-3 that interest me this year? No, it just means that's what I'll have to hang onto in 2008. Right now I'm again interested in well over thirty titles, anxiously awaiting play reports, photos, and even a chance to check them out myself. The process of winnowing down to the few keepers is part of the fun, too.


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Manuscript of "The Early Scotch Settlers of Cape Breton" by M.D. Morrison
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Item is a manuscript of an unpublished article titled "The Early Scotch Settlers of Cape Breton" written for presentation to the "Literary branch of the Guild" in Dominion, Nova Scotia. Attached is a letter written by Morrison ...
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If you are looking for shoes, bags, clothes or costume jewellery at reasonable prices or second-hand, the best thing to do is go to the El Arenal Sunday street market which is open until 14.00 hours. Here you can also buy seasonal fruit and vegetables, all kinds of condiments and even flowers. During the week there is a street market in the Vistalegre duarter every Tuesday and Friday.
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Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Closer look at Le Metier de Beaute glosses
The only ones that turned out lifelike were Dubai and Peche. To compensate for this, I've done some more swatches and taken a picture of them all together.
I didn't think to put any foundation/concealer on so ignore my skin!
Swatches/Picture L-R: Ibiza (shimmery peachy pink) Peche Lip Creme (peach with a slight golden shimmer) Bondi Beach (neutral browned rose), Dubai (shimmery cool toned pink), Bali (warm shimmery cranberry red).
Although the colours are sheer they are really glossy, combined with a lightweight texture that is not sticky or tacky, these are one of my favourite glosses.
For those in the UK you can only buy Le Metier from Liberty http://www.liberty.co.uk/
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You've made me want Dubai even more. It looks lovely and I really like the sound of the texture. How do you find it compares to the Hourglass lipglosses?ReplyDelete
It'll have to wait a while though as I think I'm going to buy the Suqqu anniversary set that London MakeUp Girl posted about. I'm slightly stressed about the thought of the phone call though!
Aren't they lovely? I have Cannes (or is it Nice perhaps, I forget) which is a lovely shimmery light pink and absolutely love its consistency. It's light and non-sticky, but lasts really well, whilst the shimmer is grown-up and elegant...ReplyDelete
Hi Jane,ReplyDelete
I'd say the hourglass ones are a bit thinner consistency and wetter than the Le Metier. The Le Metier last a bit longer on me.
I like the look of the Suqqu set, hope your call goes ok, the lady was really nice but it got to the point where I could only think of stupid things to say when spelling everything out phonetically.
Hello Nina,
Le Metier and Hourglass are definitely my favourite glosses. Have you seen the Le Metier spring collection ? I'm very tempted by the eye kit even though they are not my normal colours.
The Le Metier do sound lovely. Thank you for the comparison, it's really helpful.
The call went ok, but I did have the phonetic alphabet up on the laptop just in case. I know my mind would have been a blank. I called Birmingham first and was crushed when they said they didn't take phone orders. They were obviously much quieter than London.
Yes yes, these are on my loooong list! Leaving tomorrow, wIll be back on 13th June, with a heavy suitcase!!! xxReplyDelete
Hi Jane,ReplyDelete
Thats a good idea about having the phonetic alphabet to hand, I may do a Le Metier order soon so I might do that just in case! How strange that the Birmingham store don't do phone orders, I know I have ordered Armani from them before, seems silly to make themselves so hard to get. I'll look forward to when you get your Suqqu x
Hello Anna,
You have probably gone now, but hope you have a nice trip, can't wait to see what you end up with x
I checked my phone last night and discovered I'd had a call back from the counter manager in Birmingham. They would have been more than happy to do a phone order. I suppose the girls at the counter were just unaware. I'll have to check the message again for her name so I have it for any future needs!
I'm really looking forward the package arriving. The camera is poised for blog snaps of course.
Jane x
Hi Jane,ReplyDelete
I bet the manager was a bit miffed to have missed out on an order! If you find out her name let me know please x
I checked the phone message and her name was Rebecca. She sounded lovely and yes, I bet she was miffed at losing a sale!ReplyDelete
Jane x
Thanks Jane, I'll write that down xReplyDelete


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