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Doofus in the White House?Posted Friday, July 17, 2009, at 8:33 AM
Why is it that we always have to have at least one doofus in the White House at a time?
From Dan Quayle to Bush to Biden, it seems like there always has to be one person who doesn't know when to shut up.
I guess as long as we have a goober in there it gives a little comic relief to all of the craziness they like to throw at us.
I was reading a story this morning about Joe Biden making the statement that "We need to spend money to keep from going bankrupt."
So far since the election, I have not read a single story about Biden that did not center around him saying something that he shouldn't have.
I remember during the election last year seeing a video of him making the comment that "In Delaware, the largest growth of population is Indian Americans, moving from India. You cannot go to a 7/11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking."
I'm telling you, some people are simply put here on earth for our enjoyment. Well, and to run our country.
Any favorite stupid White House comments?
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I would feel safer hunting with Cheney than I would accepting a ride home with Ted Kennedy if I were a young lady pregnant with his child. At least Cheney will see that you get to the hospital and not run and hide till the next morning.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Sun, Sep 20, 2009, at 1:16 AM
sorta off topic, but I can't believe over 50 percent of Dexter folks polled wants Sarah Palein (sp) to run for president. I can't believe so many folks are just plain struck by this gal.
-- Posted by Dexterite1 on Tue, Jul 28, 2009, at 8:40 PM
Hoon--Your methods of expressing your FACTS are quite satisfactory and I would never criticize you in that area at all. I like to have my ammunition in readiness when I confront a Liberal because they tend to get all emotional and frequently resort to name-calling and finger-pointing. Ayn Rand's books have a calming effect that I find more successful in my "argument planning." *L* I smiled when I read Goat's comment about ATLAS SHRUGGED. She said it was not "cheery" reading. Really? I found it to be enlightening and anything that can do that for me is "cheery." It is a book of magic. Unlike HARRY POTTER, the magic in AS comes from the minds and intellects of ordinary people, not from the wands of Liberals. Electricity is magic to me. If my power does not work, I call an electrician. If my government does not work, I call a Conservative. If my beer is gone, I call a friend.
-- Posted by geezerette on Sat, Jul 25, 2009, at 3:14 PM
"Liberty" is a magazine that focuses on "libertarian" issues. Its writers are familiar with Rand, Rothbard, Mises, Hayek, etc. "Reason" magazine is quasi-similar, but it is slicker and doesn't have "Liberty's" edginess. You can see the cover of the current issue and subscribe on "Liberty's website at, http://www.libertyunbound.com
I'm going to see if Keller Library will subscribe to "Liberty."
-- Posted by FJGuy on Sat, Jul 25, 2009, at 12:57 PM
You scare me geezer...but I like it!!!!!!
You don't think I present my facts and opinions in a reasonable and logical manner/????????
Have a drink on me and rock off! You guys crack me down.
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Fri, Jul 24, 2009, at 11:20 PM
If you get the book and do begin reading, you will find you will have less time for blogging. However, the book will cement your thoughts and you will be better equipped to present your facts in a reasonable, logical manner. I would not steer you wrong. I have confidence in you! Have a beer! A Liberal would find fault with that suggestion, too. Maybe, if you were to provide, from your own money, enough beer for everyone...
-- Posted by geezerette on Fri, Jul 24, 2009, at 3:49 PM
Yes Geezer, you need to understand that in GOAT's world, it is OK to slam HOON....and then call HOON out anytime HOON gets a little chippy. And for anyone to say that you must have read a certain book to believe a certain way or you are a hypocrite is a bit lacking in reason. GOAT, I am finding that Libertarians...the famous ones like Beck and Boortz and Penn....are standing up to all arrogance, hypocracy, and reckless leadership, no matter the party and I like that....while also trying to find common sense. If you would, list some liberal views that are in line with a common sense way of thinking. Tough to do.
May very well check the book out, but don't have to in order to have a certain set of values and views.
We do indeed officially have a doofus in the white house now....and if the media were 79% Conservative as opposed to Liberal, it would be reported nightly.
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Fri, Jul 24, 2009, at 2:31 PM
I told you we needed FJGuy on this blog. Yes, geezerette, I've read the book. As an English teacher, I had known about it for years, and then my brother, a Libertarian, encouraged me to read it. Not cheery reading, for sure, but a real eye-opener.
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, Jul 24, 2009, at 6:33 AM
Rand favored Capitalism, so in general she supported Republicans because they were more sympathetic than Democrats to the promotion of business and "free enterprise." She endorsed Goldwater in 1964, and Goldwater's speechwriter was the well-known Libertarian Karl Hess. It was Hess who wrote the famous line in Goldwater's acceptance speech for the Republican nomination, "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
-- Posted by FJGuy on Fri, Jul 24, 2009, at 12:06 AM
I know that she said in her interviews that she considered herself a Capitalist which is a tad different from the Libertarian thinking. She believed in a strong government which was controlled by the voting public. Work hard, keep your virtues (honesty being the primary one), and take nothing that is not yours to have. Sounds good to me. Have you read the book?
-- Posted by geezerette on Thu, Jul 23, 2009, at 9:24 PM
Ah, well maybe she wouldn't be considered a Libertarian, but I know two - and they seem to think she hung the moon.
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Jul 23, 2009, at 7:36 PM
I suspect it will not be long before Hoon will have read the book--if he hasn't already. However, I question whether or not the term Libertarian can be closely associated with the concepts put forth by Ayn Rand. I took no offense. I've discovered that, if one's feet are firmly planted, it takes a really hard shove to upset him.
-- Posted by geezerette on Thu, Jul 23, 2009, at 4:18 PM
Geezerette, you mistake my meaning. I was slamming hoon, not "Atlas Shrugged" or Libertarians. Hoon has said that he's a new Libertarian, and I'm saying that it's a little hypocritical to consider oneself a Libertarian without having read "Atlas Shrugged."
Even an occasional liberal has read Ayn Rand.
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Jul 23, 2009, at 3:31 PM
"To force a man to drop his own mind and to accept your will as a substitute, with a gun in place of a syllogism, with terror in place of proof, and death as the final argument--is to attempt to exist in defiance of reality. Reality demands of man that he act for his own rational interest; your gun demands of him that he act against it. Reality threatens man with death is he does not act on his rational judgment; you threaten him with death if he does. You place him in a world where the price of his life the the surrender of all the virtues required by life--and death by a process of gradual destruction is all that you and your system will achieve, when death is made to be the ruling power, the winning argument in a society of men.
Be it a highwayman who confrons a traveler with the ultimatum: 'Your money or your life,' or a politician who confronts a country with the ultimatum: 'Your children's education or your life,' the meaning of that ultimatum is: 'Your mind or your life'--and neither is possible to man without the other."
"For centuries, the mystics of spirt have proclaimed that faith is superior to reason, but have not dared deny the existence of reason."
Quoted from ATLAS SHRUGGED--from John Galt's speech in which he explains his reasons for living a life apart from politicians (thieves).
Yes, I've read ATLAS SHRUGGED more often than I've read the Bible. And, yes, I was reared a good Baptist. I prefer the novel; although, there are similarities in some of the basic themes.
I couldn't let the slam against ATLAS SHRUGGED pass without commenting. Is there something wrong with the concept of Libertarians? (Have I been successful now in stirring?)
"Try being informed instead of just opinionated." Bumper sticker.
-- Posted by geezerette on Thu, Jul 23, 2009, at 1:53 PM
Don't underestimate HOON's intelligence GOAT. I love a good spanking too, by the way.
Bon, did you see the ignoranus in chief last night? Anyone?
This guy is a complete joke and is taking this country so far down a road we don't need to go it is sick.
Another favorite from last night....#1 favorite is on front page here....was him talking of bipartisanship and the 'pubs standing in the way. The donkeys have all the votes they need. They need NOTHING from the 'pubs. Pass the junk without them. Oh, they can't because some of the mules are up for re-election soon and have looked at the polls.
All in the name of power. They don't give a crap about your health....they want government power and people are too **** dumb to stand in the way of it.
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Thu, Jul 23, 2009, at 7:21 AM
Well, well, I had no idea that this blog site had risen from the ashes... Wouldn't want to miss Bon's use of big words. "Reprimand..." Impressive. Don't use those words, Bon, or your good buddy won't know what you're talking about.
And - hey - Hoon, bon - have either of you read "Atlas Shrugged," the bible of the Libertarians that geezer mentioned?? C'mon, now, quote me a few lines. (Where's FJGuy when you need him??)
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Jul 23, 2009, at 6:52 AM
Hoon, you said wacked. You know you are going to get reprimanded now don't you?
And yes, I am having a drink!
-- Posted by BonScott on Wed, Jul 22, 2009, at 11:42 PM
By the way...did anyone see the messiah on TV tonight campaigning. ONLY in Washington are they feeling as if Healthcare is a crisis and an emergency. Problem, yes......crisis and something needing a quick fix by a bunch of wacked out liberals...nope.
Have a Drink on me!
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Wed, Jul 22, 2009, at 11:32 PM
Ette...bring it on! Bon, way to cheerlead. Layne is tearing up the front page, sort of like he is sitting in an angry chair or something.
For Those About to Rock....HOON salutes you!
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Wed, Jul 22, 2009, at 11:31 PM
Don't go mute geezerette. You have added new life to this sometimes stale blog. Keep typing baby!
-- Posted by BonScott on Wed, Jul 22, 2009, at 5:40 PM
Go to www.dirtyliberal.com and read what some more common-sense people think. Perhaps I understated my views; perhaps I should have put in a few "I feel..." comments. Logic is a result of common sense. I trust I have not dampened the spirit of the group. I would hate to ruin the fun I've been having over the past months by reading the contributions of the various participants. Please continue. I'll keep quiet.
-- Posted by geezerette on Wed, Jul 22, 2009, at 12:19 PM
I think Dexterite got into the homemade wine this AM. GOAT.....save him.
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Wed, Jul 22, 2009, at 11:39 AM
Don't go getting soft dexterite1. Rally yourself and wake up the goat. It would get really boring without your beyond left field point of view.
-- Posted by BonScott on Wed, Jul 22, 2009, at 7:57 AM
I see nothing wrong in anything geezer has written. We could all do better in life by following these humane views of life. No more debate, talk to yoursekf instead.
-- Posted by Dexterite1 on Wed, Jul 22, 2009, at 6:18 AM
Geezer said more substantive thoughts, views, and opinions than GOAT + Dexterite added together over the life of the blogs. Good stuff. Still waiting for any,,,,,,,,any angles from the other side. Surely there are some. Bon, I think this is Geezer Butler, bassist for Black Sabbath, except for Geezer Butler is still living in the LOU.
Man....refreshing to hear of more common sense. Dexterite will probably rip on us for using the word spank. Goat will say something like Hoon has some sort of fan club........but there WILL BE NO refuting of the ideas posted here. Too tough. C'mon Dexterite....begging for some sort of real debate....bring it.
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Tue, Jul 21, 2009, at 11:11 PM
That might be the best post in months. Once again geezer, well said.
I'm Bon Scott, and I believe in good red wines and a 12 to 6 curve ball.
p.s. I'm starting to like geezerette's point of views.
-- Posted by BonScott on Tue, Jul 21, 2009, at 9:49 PM
I've been called lots of things in my life and the names have included racist, evil, and mean so I am immune to those names. I would prefer to be called to serve on the jury at the trial of some of these politicians who are like the little nodding dogs one used to see in the rear windows of cars. I'm sick of the whining and the begging from the people I thought I wanted to be like when I was much younger. I see no reason to apologize for being an American who not only follows the rules (I confess to speeding, however.) but fully expect my fellow citizens to do the same. I see virtually no gray area between right and wrong. I believe in capital punishment. I believe in spanking children for wrong doing. I believe child abusers (sexual predators) should be made to talk in a high voice before they are put to death. I do not believe in welfare as a way of life for generations of do-nothings. I am polite to a fault, do not offer my opinion unless asked, and prefer my own company usually. I love my children. I love my country. I would, if placed in the necessarily hard spot, give my life for either. I own a gun and I know how to use it. I do not condone liars because they are the same as thieves.
Have I said enough to be initiated into the Hoon/BonScott Fan Club?
-- Posted by geezerette on Tue, Jul 21, 2009, at 9:10 PM
Geezer....are you a dead rock star?
You make way too much sense for some on here...they will indeed call you racist, mean, evil, and also claim that the last 8 years were the worst of their lives.
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Tue, Jul 21, 2009, at 3:41 PM
Hoon--By the time the liberals realize that "it" cannot happen to us, "it" will be knocking at the door. Have you read Ayn Rand's ATLAS SHRUGGED? It's a long read but the lesson is well worth the time. Another of her books is WE THE LIVING. Both tell stories of the takers of society. I wish you well in your efforts to alter the thinking of the smalltowners whose existence has never been threatened--of which they are aware. BO is a major threat. And, NO, I'm not a racist!
BonScott--I love beer too! It is the purpose of the Socialist to eliminate classes. The wealthy are wealthy because they have learned ways to get and to stay that way. The middle-class know they can work hard and maintain. The lower-class know they can get by on welfare--which is the same as stealing from the middle-class. Those people who cannot function in any class (politicians) spend their time telling the middle-class (because the wealthy know not to listen) they should "share" their earnings with those less fortunate. Yeah!
-- Posted by geezerette on Tue, Jul 21, 2009, at 2:56 PM
Did I predict there would be a last 8 years comment?
Your messiah has Quadrupled what Bush did in all 8 of those years in 4 months. But that is OK in your mind and I am a racist because I don't believe in horrid liberalism, some would argue socialism.
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Tue, Jul 21, 2009, at 9:12 AM
People do not truly understand what is happening to our country. We are getting taxed at an unbelievable rate. We are slowly, but surely getting taken over by our own government. And we are losing are rights and we don't even know it.
The scariest thing about this is that the middle class, which is the class that holds this great country(yes, it is still great)together, are the ones that are going to suffer greatly by all of this. The upper class will stay wealthy, the lower class will stay poor, and the middle class will slowly creep down because we are going to have to pay for all of this bull**** that is taking place.
I'm Bon Scott and I still love beer.
-- Posted by BonScott on Mon, Jul 20, 2009, at 10:38 PM
They're aimed at the new president which some folks will never accept, there's a black man in the white house.
Where was your tea parties the last 8 years??
-- Posted by Dexterite1 on Mon, Jul 20, 2009, at 8:52 PM
Your right Hoon. The Tea Parties are not about donkeys or elephants. It's about what I posted earlier; taxation without representation. And that's what a lot of these people don't get that bought into the media hype. When it comes right down to it, it's a real sad situation.
-- Posted by BonScott on Mon, Jul 20, 2009, at 8:32 PM
I would be impressed if you ever gave me one substantial reason to buy into your liberal way. But all you got is general, basically lame comments, and NO substance.
Dexterite, can you tell me some things you don't like about the tea parties??????
Geezer...watch this, you will hear nothing but right wing this and that and ite will ignore the fact that these tea parties are happening because people are ****** at a government intrusion and higher taxes along with unending wasteful spending.
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Mon, Jul 20, 2009, at 8:02 PM
This is the same group pushing tea parties. Now I'm impressed.
-- Posted by Dexterite1 on Mon, Jul 20, 2009, at 7:14 PM
I visited the site and signed on. I trust several more people here will do the same. However, I'm also equally sure some will not bother because to do nothing is the usual method of dealing with government. Thanks for the site.
-- Posted by geezerette on Mon, Jul 20, 2009, at 3:00 PM
You may not have 20 minutes, but if you do, check this out....
We are headed for one heck of a sub-standard healthcare system. If you think the government has a tough time delivering a letter, or getting your licensed renewed, just wait.
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Mon, Jul 20, 2009, at 2:15 PM
My goal is to one day stand in the middle of two people running for office. Will start locally and then move on to the national scene. My job will be to stand in the middle and point out all the lies, hypocracy, arrogance, ignorance, broken promises, and pin headedness that will NO DoUBT spew from their mouths. I won't e there to win a race or hold office, just to affect the process and point out faults of BOTH sides.
GOAT and Dexterite will belittle me as a right winger.....I am a common senser. I am real close to the middle and lean a bit to the right. Our country has elected a far left liberal and that has prices. But to ONLY have a I hate George Bush attitude and to ONLY get your news from CNN, CBS, ABC, or other entertainment news programs along with the liberal rags of papers that come our way is to be too simple minded. Right is right and wrong is wrong. Common sense should guide us all and I still say.....BOTH pubs and dems are spineless cowards in need of power.
I am Shannon Hoon. Neil Boortz has more common sense than 94% of Americans and I approve this message.
PS. Don't wait around for any substantial comments supporting this ignoranus of a president we have now. You can't defend this much stupidity.
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Sun, Jul 19, 2009, at 9:20 PM
I think Hoon should run for national office. Maybe we could honestly capitalize the title again. (Is that right, Bon Scott?)
I don't care how much money BO gives away--just as long as it is from his personal bank account. But, of course, it is mine so I do care. I can't wait for the next election. No one who is in office now will get MY vote.
-- Posted by geezerette on Sun, Jul 19, 2009, at 8:36 PM
I'm with you Hoon. If anyone ignores the Constitution, it's B.O. himself....Taxation without representation, you gotta love it.
I'm Bon Scott, and I'm still waiting for a legitimate birth certificate from our president(he still does not deserve to have that capitalized).
-- Posted by BonScott on Sun, Jul 19, 2009, at 7:15 PM
Again...no specifics...just a 'bring 'em on attitude' after 3000 Americans were killed during attacks on 9-11. Seems at the time, Congress along with about 98% of Americans had that attitude. I guess the messiah would have went over and met with Bin Laden.
So far we are safe and that is a great thing....but someone has to get the credit just as Clinton and Bush were chastised for ignoring signs leading up to the attack.
Ignoring the Constitution is not the argument I would use if my messiah in chief was redistributing wealth, buying up American Banks and Auto industries, and continuing to push for taxing one class so he can give to another.
GOAT is good company, but also brings no facts to the table....
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Sun, Jul 19, 2009, at 7:00 PM
Don't want to confuse any right wingers with the facts, I don't hate GW, he just ignored the Constitution, keeping us safe with his 'bring-em-on attitude', getting hundreds of thousands Iraqis killed, thousands of troops killed, wounded, some in horrible condition. Yes, I suppose we're safe but at what cost.
It'll take years to get this country working and saving and living again. But please, don't show any patience. I promised I wouldn't respond, but if I'm quoted with GL, I'm in pretty good company.
-- Posted by Dexterite1 on Sun, Jul 19, 2009, at 6:24 PM
GOAT and Dexterite don't get into specifics......they don't refute anything negative about their messiah in chief. They hate GWBush and that is the basis for their love of what is going on now. For a year now, I have put up argument after argument against a very liberal direction....also have admitted faults in Bush and other so-called conservatives when I see them....with nothing but general negative comments and "last eight years" whining. Oh by the way, are Dexterite and GOAT still angry that we are in a war on terror maintaining ALL GW/Cheney policies while even SURGing into other countries? Again, be prepared for NO facts to support the shut HOON comments to follow!
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Sun, Jul 19, 2009, at 1:10 PM
Is that a compliment? However, you failed to comment on the suggestions I made. Would love to see sanity return to the USA. My pen name? I'm old but I have retained my cognition.
-- Posted by geezerette on Sun, Jul 19, 2009, at 11:44 AM
Colorful phrasing, geezerette. Who would expect a poet with your pen name??
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Jul 19, 2009, at 8:21 AM
Hoon is right! We should start our list of "things to do" with vowing NOT to vote for anyone who already is in office. We should insist on term limits--two terms and out. We should all read the Constitution and attempt to find similarities between what is happening and what was intended to happen. There really may be an edge of the world and we are reaching the rim.
-- Posted by geezerette on Sat, Jul 18, 2009, at 4:10 PM
The real doofus headed back to Texas earlier this year. No truth shown in above statement,,, needs a name change.
-- Posted by Dexterite1 on Sat, Jul 18, 2009, at 2:52 PM
Well, if that wasn't "running with it," what is? At least you got it out - We knew you would.
NCLB is just as dumb as ever, but looks as if once a stupid program is started, it takes dynamite to get it stopped. Nobody's lighting the match, as far as I can see...
Let's see, what's the opposite of "rose-colored lens"? Maybe poop-colored lens? Looking at life through poop-colored lens? Everything you see is distorted, one way or the other.
-- Posted by goat lady on Sat, Jul 18, 2009, at 2:32 PM
Isn't Obama looking just a little bit like a dufus himself these days?
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Sat, Jul 18, 2009, at 12:53 PM
Bad hunter....but an ***-kicker when it came to the war on terror.
Not running with this one. The media controls which politicians get labled doofus' for the most part. Clinton and Algore said enough stupid crap to put them in that category, but a liberal media in love with a pot smoking, cigar using, global warming wack protected much of that. Now, we have an ignoranus in there promising this and saying that, being held accountable for nothing with a VP who speaks like the drunk at the end of the bar. Media controls it all and will report NOTHING that shows disapproval for their far far left way of thinking.
Enjoy Nationalized government run healthcare all in the name of taxing the wealthy and giving to those who fail to do for themselves. Enjoy a war on terror being fought like the wimp who sucked up to the bully and hoped to not get hit as hard. Enjoy paying more in the name of global warming (which doesn't exist) for home heating, cooling, and everything else if Crap and Trade passes by these idiots.
The politicians we have running the show...both sides....need to go. Clean house, start over, take back OUR country. We have gotten out of hand and the idiots rule. Not many want their jobs, and the ones who do want them for the same wrong reasons.....which revolve around power and feeling like a bighead.
Oh, and Education is a great example.....same crap spewing out of Obama's mouth as was from Bush's and every other politician. No one screaming that Obama is sticking with No Child Left Behind? I can't hear everyone ******** and moaning about it now. I thought that was the dumbest thing ever for education? NOTHING will change with our education system...it is a joke, will remain a joke and many who would be great leaders and educators will do something else.
How is that for not running with the topic at hand GOaT!?
My Name is Shannon Hoon....I am a Libertarian and Love Penn Gillette!
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Sat, Jul 18, 2009, at 9:50 AM
Well, I'll add this innocent story before hoon gets hold of this topic and runs with it: Several years ago, I worked with the most wonderful high school principal. He took a klutzy, unpopular kid under his wing to teach him how to hunt. He even gave him a beagle. He told me that he was taking the kid out to hunt on the weekend, so on Monday I asked him how it went. He finally had to keep the kid in front of him, because he kept hearing the boy click the safety off behind him.
What a scary sound - to be walking along and hear the click behind you! It's a wonder he didn't get shot! What a good guy!
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, Jul 17, 2009, at 2:39 PM
No disrespect Corey,, I always chose my hunting partners carefully,, very carefully. Never walk in front of an inexperienced hunter.
-- Posted by Dexterite1 on Fri, Jul 17, 2009, at 12:46 PM
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Church would use light preaching so parents would not be offended and can come back with their children. Church would teach parents get into the culture of this young generation to understand them. The church would use games and prizes to make a child vistor happy. That way is a dangerous path, a easy path. This is a hard question, but churches must center God in their lives in order to teach the parents whom are members or vistors that what God wanted for them to live by and how to teach children in Christ's manner. That would be God's Word. Not under the law, but under the grace of Jesus.
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Sadly, Kids with no discipline, would grow in his own way or mindset.
Kids would get away with lots of things. Without God and what He said
in His Word, Kids would have a rough ride to please God and themselves. We need to use loving, firm, bold talk with kids while they live with their parents until they leave the house, so they can learn to abide with Christ and His teachings during their lifetime.
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#1. Youth programs when I was a teen focused on how to "get along" in school and peer groups while maintaining a Christian image. We talked about tricks to avoid getting into drinking or drugs or situations that put us at risk for premarital sex. It was mostly practical maneuvers and how to talk and act among peers so that we did not offend while maintaining our "witness." Nowadays, my own kids have been in churches that fill huge rooms with couches, promote slovenly behavior and casual, even irreverent places that directly oppose the solemnity of proper worship services. They talk about good uses for the internet and cellphones. It's legalistic at best in most of the churches I've seen. At worst, it's group fun with ice-breakers and soda-pops. Teaching avoided the clear presentation of sin and grace. Instead, youth pastors have taught my kids how to use verses from the Bible to keep themselves out of trouble. Pastors, when they rarely approached the subject of parenting, talked about family time (dinner table tradition) and how to "talk to kids" in order to build rapport with them and get them to trust us and build friendship friends.
-Related: I was listening to Focus on the Family recently: about elementary aged kids who dressed and acted like adults. The guidance to parents about "keeping them children during their child years" was prefaced with "DON'T tell your kids NO outright: that will cause their hearts to harden and they'll rebel." Sounds like some of the teaching in my past.
#2. Kids with no discipline get a clear message that there are no boundaries. Result: a mushy quality to the Law and towing the mark. There's no positive statement about what is wrong and right. That means there's no clear grasp of what sin means. That makes it hard for them to understand a need for the Gospel. The problem perpetuates itself as kids grow up without clear standards. They have no tools for applying discipline in their own families or society (or church). Therefore the truths of sin and redemption get more and more confused.
#3. Advice? Repent. Realize the sin of this form of parenting and take it to the Lord in prayer. Ask for forgiveness and for direction to correct the problem. Take action!
--1. If your church is not actively combatting the irresponsibile and syncretistic philosophy of this age with clear Biblical teaching, bring the subject up to the pastor or leave for a church that does keep up the fight.
--2. Read the Word! Focus on cause and effect. Rebuild understanding of the Law and what Christ does to deal with failure to keep the law.
--3. Be honest with the kids. Explain what's wrong and what you're going to do about it. Parents are sinning against their kids in this situation. This means we have to address the problem with the kids.
--4. Seek guidance from church.
--5. Finally, find hope in the Lord, for He really is faithful and knows all that is going on in you and your kids.
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I'm rubbed raw by the ridiculous trend that we avoid anything that might be considered harsh or offensive. I'm guilty of it, myself, and that makes it even more rotten. We, as Christians, should be courageous and committed enough to attack sin where it presents itself. We're so afraid of scaring people off that we can't even repeat a clear statement right out of Scripture. "Thou Shalt Not..." isn't even an option anymore. We have to downplay the explicit and bring on affirmation and huggy-god-mushy-love stuff instead.
Us too, as parents. Like you said: loving, firm, bold talk. Rooted in the Word of God.
I agree, thanks, Yes, I understand now.
That we must put our feet down and be serious.
Yes, I too miss the saying, 'Thou shall not' and I too miss the serious sermons on sin and hereafter. We all learn and Jesus picks us up.
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Gallo, Max
Max Gallo 1932–
(Has also written under pseudonym Max Laugham) French novelist and historian.
The following entry provides an overview of Gallo's career through 1995.
A popular author of historical fiction and nonfiction, Gallo is praised for his detailed and accessible accounts of modern historical events and biographies of European leaders. La nuit des longs couteaux (1970; The Night of Long Knives), a nonfiction work that examines Adolf Hitler's 1934 assassination of SA leader Ernst Röhm and about one hundred other political opponents within the Nazi party, ably demonstrates his command of complex historical data and his readable journalistic style.
Biographical Information
Born in Nice, France, Gallo was educated at the Lycée du Parc Imperial and at the Faculté des lettres et institut d'études politique of Paris, earning doctorates in contemporary history and letters. While teaching at the Lycée du Parc between 1960 and 1965, Gallo wrote his acclaimed L'Italie de Mussolini (1964; Mussolini's Italy), after which he became a journalist, television writer, and novelist. A socialist activist during the 1970s and 1980s, Gallo was named to various posts in the French government under François Mitterand.
Major Works
Most of Gallo's works, fiction and nonfiction alike, focus on contemporary historical themes and people. Mussolini's Italy, for example, incorporates extensive historical documentation in a biographical exploration of the complex character of Benito Mussolini—tracing the rise and fall of Italy's Fascist dictator during World War II. Maximilien Robespierre (1968; Robespierre the Incorruptible) examines the character of Robespierre, one of the principle agents of the French Revolution. Subtitled "A Psychobiography," this work incorporates detailed historical information and psychological theory to construct a portrait of Robespierre, showing him to be a lonely man struggling with an inner need for recognition and dignity. In Histoire de l'Espagne franquiste (1969; Spain under Franco), Gallo examines the life and political career of General Francisco Franco of Spain. Working from extensive primary documentation, Gallo follows Franco's rise to power and explores his dictatorial governing style. Gallo's first novel, Le cortège des vainqueurs (1972; With the Victors) also takes place in Italy during World War II. The story follows the wartime career of Lieutenant Marco Naldi, who is a press secretary for Mussolini's son-in-law. Motivated by his desire to maintain the values and traditions of his aristocratic Italian upbringing, Naldi lives a sexually promiscuous life in and around some of the major figures and political events that have changed the course of western civilization in the twentieth century. Following the publication of I manifestinella storia e nel costume (1973; The Poster in History), which traces the history of western poster art from 1789 to 1970, Gallo wrote the La baie des anges novel trilogy (1975–1976) and the two-novel sequence Les hommes naissant tous le même jour: Aurore (1978) and Les hommes naissant tous le même jour: Crepuscule (1979). These novels, according to the author, were designed as imaginative explorations of twentieth-century western society and its people. The plots of the two novels are interconnected, following the same seven people of varying socio-economic backgrounds over a period of forty years. As the stories unfold across Europe, the United States, and South America, the characters grow up and mature amid some of the most decisive events of the twentieth-century. Le regard des femmes (1991) tells the story of Lisa and Philippe's disintegrating marriage against the backdrop of contemporary French society. In the novel La fontaine des innocents (1992), Anne-Marie Bermont, a divorced career woman, encounters Jonas, a street hoodlum. As the plot unfolds, the lives of Jonas, Anne-Marie, and the tenants of Anne-Marie's Paris apartment building begin to intersect. Eventually, all of the characters get an opportunity to tell their own troubled stories about how they manage to survive in the disintegrating Parisian society of the late twentieth century. Although Gallo's L'Amour au temps des solitudes (1993) is set in present-day France, the plot ranges from Nice to Antibes, Italy, and to war-torn Yugoslavia. An aging magazine director, Catherine Vance, and members of her family recall several tragic events in their lives. In order to avoid the painful memories, family members devote themselves to their careers. For example, Catherine is totally occupied with managing her magazine. Eventually, Catherine's daughter Jeanne and Jeanne's husband Vincent are able to rise above their painful pasts and experience a sense of hope and self-acceptance, which is sparked by the rescue of a small child from a burning building in war-torn Croatia.
Critical Reception
Most critics have applauded Gallo's command of contemporary western history in both his nonfiction and fictional works. These critics have also noted his straightforward and conversational journalistic style, and have compared his plot structures and story development with the works of Honore de Balzac. While some commentators have faulted his use of flash backs and flash forwards in such nonfictional works as The Night of Long Knives, other critics, such as Joseph Lee, have contended that Gallo knows how to turn history into "a rattling good yarn." Although some critics have pointed out occasional historical inaccuracies in Spain under Franco and have accused Gallo of relying too heavily on personal opinion to flesh out his portraits of Robespierre and Mussolini, other commentators have suggested that his fictional characters are well drawn, such as Marco Naldi in With the Victors and Anne-Marie Bermont of La fontaine des innocents. Finally, because he is able to present contemporary western history in an engaging manner, commentators have generally agreed that Gallo's nonfiction and fictional works contribute to a deeper understanding of the complexities of the people and history of the twentieth-century.
Principal Works
L'Italie de Mussolini: Vingt ans d'ere fasciste [Mussolini's Italy: Twenty Years of the Fascist Era] (nonfiction) 1964
La grand peur de 1989 [as Max Laugham] (nonfiction) 1966
L'affaire d'Ethiopie (nonfiction) 1967
Gauchisme, réformisme et révolution (nonfiction) 1968
Maximilien Robespierre, histoire d'une solitude [Robespierre the Incorruptible: A Psychobiography] (non-fiction) 1968
Histoire de l'Espagne franquiste [Spain under Franco] (nonfiction) 1969
La nuit des longs couteaux: 30 juin 1934 [The Night of Long Knives] (nonfiction) 1970
Au nom tous les miens [For Those I Loved] (nonfiction) 1971
Le cortège des vainqueurs [With the Victors] (novel) 1972
La Mafia, mythes et réalitiés (nonfiction) 1972
I manifestinella storia e nel costume [The Poster in History] (nonfiction) 1973
L'affiche miroir de l'historie [with Regis Delnay] (nonfiction) 1973
Demain l'Espagne [Dialogues on Spain] (nonfiction) 1974
L'oiseau de origines (novel) 1974
La baie des anges, Volume I (novel) 1975
La baie des anges: Le palais des fêtes, Volume II (novel) 1976
La baie des anges: La promenade de des Anglais, Volume III (novel) 1976
Santiago Carillo (nonfiction) 1976
Le pouvoir à vif, despotisme, démocratie et révolution, que sont les siécle pour la mer (novel) 1977
Régis Debray (nonfiction) 1977
Les hommes naissant tous le même jour: Aurore, Volume I (novel) 1978
Les hommes naissant tous le même jour: Crepuscule, Volume II (novel) 1979
Une affaire intime (nonfiction) 1979
Et ce fut l défaite de 40: La cinquième colonne (nonfiction) 1980
France (nonfiction) 1980
La bague magique (novel) 1981
Un crime très ordinaire (novel) 1982
Garibaldi: La force d'un destin (nonfiction) 1982
La demeure des puissants (nonfiction) 1983
Le cinquième colonne (nonfiction) 1984
Le grand Jaurès (nonfiction) 1984
Les idées décident de tout (nonfiction) 1984
La troisième alliance pour un nouvel individualisme (nonfiction) 1984
Le beau rivage (nonfiction) 1985
Belle époque (novel) 1986
Lettre ouverte à Maximilien Robespierre sur les nouveaux muscadins (nonfiction) 1986
La route Napoléon (novel) 1987
Que passe la justice du Roi: Vie, procès et supplice du chevalier de La Barre (nonfiction) 1987
Jules Vallès, ou, la révolte d'une vie (biography) 1988
Manifeste pour une fin de siècle obscure (nonfiction) 1989
La gauche est morte: Vive la gauche! (nonfiction) 1990
Le regard des femmes (novel) 1991
L'Europe contre l'Europe: Entretiens avec Eric Fournet et Olivier Spinelli (nonfiction) 1992
Une femme rebelle: Vie et mort de Rosa Luxemburg (nonfiction) 1992
La fontaine des innocents (novel) 1992
L'amour au temps des solitudes (novel) 1993
La condottiere (novel) 1994
Jè: Histoire modeste et héroïque d'un homme qui croyait aux lendemains qui chantent (novel) 1994
Les rois sans visage (novel) 1994
John P. Reid (review date 5 May 1972)
SOURCE: A review of Robespierre the Incorruptible: A Psychobiography, in Commonweal, Vol. XCVI, No. 9, May 5, 1972, pp. 219-20.
[In the following review, Reid favorably assesses Robespierre the Incorruptible, contending that it is a laudable study of the psychological aspects of Robespierre's character.]
The French Revolution was the first major political upheaval in the entire history of the Western nations to deserve the revolutionary epithet. This distinction says more about the relative inconsequence of centuries of successive and diverse political change and development than it does about the depth and seriousness of the events of 1789 and the years...
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Robert E. O'Brien (review date 1 August 1972)
SOURCE: A review of The Night of Long Knives, in Best Sellers, Vol. 32, No. 9, August 1, 1972, pp. 213-14.
[In the following favorable review of The Night of Long Knives, O'Brien discusses Gallo's use of historical documentation as a basis for understanding why Hitler liquidated several powerful allies.]
"The Führer himself is law and justice." It must be true that the will of the sovereign has the force of law, even if the sovereign is tyrant, or madman, or both. The above quotation is part of the writings of the Nazi jurist, Karl Schmitt, in justification of the wave of murder and assassination by which Hitler broke the power of the SA,...
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Joseph C. Harsch (review date 23 August 1972)
SOURCE: "Nazi History: The Haphazard Purge," in Christian Science Monitor, August 23, 1972, p. 11.
[Harsch was a journalist, news correspondent, and author of books on contemporary world politics. In the following favorable review of The Night of Long Knives, he comments on Gallo's literary style and his utilization of the historical record.]
Reporters called it "the night of the long knives." It happened in Germany on the night of June 29-30 in 1934 when Adolph Hitler allowed his fascist revolution to devour its own original children.
The devouring was a savage, ruthless, vindictive affair. What was conceived of as a means of purging the Nazi...
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Joseph Lee (review date 28 April 1973)
SOURCE: "Joseph Lee on Interpretations of Hitler, the Man," in The Spectator, Vol. 230, No. 7557, April 28, 1973, pp. 523-24.
[In the following excerpt of a review of several books on Hitler, Lee examines The Night of Long Knives, focusing on its literary style and historical credibility.]
Hitler is much the most fascinating politician of twentieth-century Europe. Stalin, with whom he is frequently compared, faced far fewer problems. Stalin never had to worry about his public. They were already prisoners of a system which Stalin had merely to capture, not to create. Hitler, on the other hand, had to woo a mass electorate, and intrigue for power from outside...
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The Times Literary Supplement (review date 13 July 1973)
SOURCE: A review of The Night of Long Knives, in The Times Literary Supplement, No. 3723, July 13, 1973, p. 817.
[The following is a mixed review of The Night of Long Knives.]
The dramatic story of Hitler's purge of the SA on the night of June 29-30, 1934 is told by Max Gallo [in The Night of Long Knives] in a detailed "scenario in which time shifts both forward and backward, the past flowing into the present, the present moment containing the past", in an attempt "to recreate events not only in terms of general causes and political mechanisms, but also by evoking the attitudes, thoughts and faces of the various actors and … the skies and landscapes...
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The Times Literary Supplement (review date 2 November 1973)
SOURCE: "The Caudillo: A Strategy for Survival," in The Times Literary Supplement, No. 3739, November 2, 1973, p. 1336.
[In the following review, the critic favorably assesses Spain under Franco, applauding its detailed history of Francisco Franco's rise to power but faulting its examination of the inner workings of the Franco government.]
General Franco has long enjoyed favourable publicity in England. During the Spanish Civil War he was described by conservative and Catholic commentators as a crusader against barbarism, a defender of Western Civilization. In 1937, Douglas Jerrold wrote in his Georgian Adventure that Franco was "a supremely good man, a...
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Elbridge Colby (review date 1 February 1974)
SOURCE: A review of Spain under Franco, in Best Sellers, Vol. 33, No. 21, February 1, 1974, pp. 482-83.
[Colby was an educator, journalist, and author of books about contemporary world politics. In the following review of Spain under Franco, he comments on Gallo's journalistic style and his mixing of historical fact with personal opinion.]
Having recently published a detailed and perceptive volume by this author on Italy under Mussolini, Dutton now comes along with a translation from the French of the same author's history of the Spanish under Franco. (The translation [of Spain under Franco] by Jean Stewart is done with all the ease of original...
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C. F. Latour (review date March 1974)
SOURCE: A review of The Night of Long Knives, in American Political Science Review, Vol. LXVIII, No. 1, March, 1974, pp. 300-01.
[In the following review, Latour states that despite some faults, The Night of Long Knives "is a fine tale of horror for the general reader."]
The Night of Long Knives by Max Gallo chronicles the liquidation of Ernst Röhm and associates, the destruction of the SA as an element of revolutionary political power in the Nazi state, and the gangland slaying of uncounted victims of political or personal vendettas carried out with great verve on June 29-30, 1934 by men then grasping for ascendancy in Hitler's regime…....
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Kurt J. Frohlich (review date 6 April 1974)
SOURCE: "The Dream of Empire, Again," in The Nation, New York, Vol. 218, No. 14, April 6, 1974, pp. 441-43.
[In the following review, Frohlich applauds Gallo's command of contemporary history in Mussolini's Italy.]
When on June 13, 1921, Mussolini, as deputy of the young Fascist Party, rose in the Italian Parliament and declared, "We deny that the history of mankind can be explained by economic determinism," he repudiated his Socialist past and opened the way for his new role. Italy with its colorful history of varied forms of small duchies and city republics had never lacked swashbuckling condottieri, and Professor Gallo in his book [Mussolini's Italy]...
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José M. Sánchez (review date 18 May 1974)
SOURCE: A review of Spain under Franco, in America, Vol. 130, No. 19, May 18, 1974, pp. 403-04.
[Sánchez is an educator and author of books about Spanish politics and religion. In the following favorable review of Spain under Franco, he applauds Gallo's writing style and use of historical detail while faulting his one-sided view of Francisco Franco.]
At age 81, Francisco Franco has managed to stay in absolute power in Spain for 35 years, longer than any Spanish executive since Philip V in the early 18th century. He has controlled one of the most politically volatile people in Europe with threats and blandishments, but he has managed to stay on top....
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Edgar Lustgarten (review date July 1974)
SOURCE: "Demon into Clown," in Books and Bookmen, Vol. 19, No. 10, July 1974, p. 46.
[Lustgarten is a freelance writer and broadcaster. In the following review of Mussolini's Italy, he favorably assesses Gallo's writing style, historical competence, and biographical skill.]
Was Mussolini a Fascist? Or a Socialist? Or an Anarchist? In fits and starts, by twists and turns, all three. That, at any rate, would appear from the bare record of his political acts, his formal declarations. But [in Mussolini's Italy] Max Gallo's vivid portrait is that of a character less complex, and—in one sense—more consistent. He depicts Mussolini as an opportunist;...
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The Times Literary Supplement (review date 2 August 1974)
SOURCE: A review of Mussolini's Italy, in The Times Literary Supplement, No. 3778, August 2, 1974, p. 828.
[In the following review, the critic favorably comments on Mussolini's Italy, contending that it is good "popular" history.]
Max Gallo's book [Mussolini's Italy] does not claim to offer a distinctive interpretation of Mussolini and Fascism; it relies almost completely on secondary sources. M Gallo has written an unashamedly "popular" history, and his book should be judged in those terms. It is, in effect, a series of dramatic set-pieces linked by narrative; it ranges from Mussolini's errant and itinerant youth and early manhood, through the...
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Publishers Weekly (review date 19 August 1974)
SOURCE: A review of With the Victors, in Publishers Weekly, Vol. 206, No. 8, August 19, 1974, p. 74.
[In the following review, the critic favorably assesses With the Victors.]
In this sensitive account, history and conjecture are imaginatively interwoven in the story of Marco Naldi, son of an Italian landowner. [With the Victors] begins in the fall of 1917 at the time of the Italian defeat at Caporetto. Marco's father is killed in the war and he is gruffly befriended by Ferri, one of his father's contemporaries, who later becomes a prominent Fascist. Marco enlists in the army in his father's place and also makes friends with Alatri, a Communist. In the...
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The New York Times Book Review (review date 6 October 1974)
SOURCE: A review of With the Victors, in The New York Times Book Review, October 6, 1974, p. 40.
[In the following unfavorable review, the critic assesses Gallo's literary style and development of characters in With the Victors.]
[In With the Victors] Max Gallo's Marco Naldi is one of those superheroes, like Robert Briffault's Julien Bern or Upton Sinclair's Lanny Budd, who leads a panoramic life on the stage of history. He meets world leaders in person, and makes the scene of big political happenings. Naldi starts as a lieutenant in the Arditi after Caporetto, and joins the fascist movement when the war is over. He becomes an aide to Mussolini's...
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Anne Hollander (review date 30 November 1974)
SOURCE: A review of The Poster in History, in Saturday Review, Vol. 2, No. 6, November 30, 1974, pp. 20-2, 24-5.
[Hollander is a lecturer in fine arts and author of the book Moving Pictures (1989). In the following excerpt, she reviews The Poster in History, contending that the book is a "sloppy treatment" of the subject.]
Poster art has a separate history, although, as we have seen, serious artists have lent their talents to the genre. The Poster in History, by Max Gallo …, is authored by a French historian of journalistic, rather than scholarly, accomplishments who has no art-historical background to speak of. The posters illustrating...
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Virginia Crosby (review date February 1975)
SOURCE: A review of Le cortège des vainqueurs, in French Review, Vol. XLVIII, No. 3, February, 1975, pp. 664-65.
[In the following review of Le cortège des vainqueurs, Crosby praises the book's detailed historical setting and literary style but faults the poor character development.]
Sealed off by time from any further physical or moral actions of significance, an old man turns toward the past and to an accumulated sum of events whose finality is an accusing silence. In writing his life for his son Philippe, Marco Naldi is attempting to reach a young man he has never known and, at the same time, to release his spent life from the opacity of...
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Nancy M. O'Connor (review date October 1979)
SOURCE: A review of Les hommes naissent tous le même jour 1: Aurore, in The French Review, Vol. 53, No. 1, October, 1979, pp. 151-52.
[In the following review of Les hommes naissent tous le même jour 1; Aurore, O'Connor favorably assesses the book's literary style and plot but faults the character development.]
Max Gallo is a frequent contributor to the book review section of L'Express, and is well known as an historian of the Fascist years in Europe. Eight long novels written and published in the course of the last six years also make him a remarkably prolific novelist, and a successful one to judge by the regularity with which his books figure...
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Danielle Chavy Cooper (review date Summer 1993)
SOURCE: A review of La fontaine des innocents, in World Literature Today, Vol. 67, No. 3, Summer, 1993, pp. 583-84.
[In the following review of La fontaine des innocents, Cooper favorably assesses its plot, themes, and characters.]
On two levels, both factual and symbolic, the title of Max Gallo's massive new novel [La fontaine des innocents]—his nineteenth—solidly anchors the work in today's Paris, intimately allying the traditional and the new, as it is in the Halles district where the eponymous fountain is located. The very structure and development of Gallo's powerful novel as well as its overall theme are closely linked to the famous...
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Danielle Chavy Cooper (review date Autumn 1993)
SOURCE: A review of L'amour au temps des solitudes, in World Literature Today, Vol. 67, No. 4, Autumn, 1993, p. 772.
[In the following favorable review, Cooper comments on the character development and the mixture of history and fiction in L'amour au temps des solitudes.]
Over the last three decades Max Gallo has enjoyed a nonstop literary career, in both fiction and nonfiction, with some fifty titles to his credit, including best sellers and Livre de Poche reissues. As in his preceding novel, La Fontaine des Innocents … L'amour au temps des solitudes again intertwines contemporary history and fiction. "Tout y est imaginaire," the author declares. "Et...
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Richard Kopp (review date October 1993)
SOURCE: A review of Le regard des femmes, in The French Review, Vol. 67, No. 1, October, 1993, pp. 160-61.
[Kopp is an educator and author of books about French literature. In the following favorable review, he comments on the plot, themes, and literary style of Le regard des femmes.]
Max Gallo appears fascinated by the relationship between the public and private elements which make up human existence. He is capable of introducing the public individual and uncovering the hitherto unknown private facts which explain the public persona, but in the same manner he is capable of introducing the private individual and explaining the public facts not known previously...
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Further Reading
Adams, Phoebe. Review of The Night of Long Knives, by Max Gallo. Atlantic Monthly 230, No. 2 (August 1972): 92.
Favorably assesses The Night of Long Knives.
Gough, Hugh. "Genocide and the Bicentenary: The French Revolution and the Revenge of the Vendée." The Historical Journal 30, No. 4 (December 1987): 977-88.
Reviews Gallo's Lettre ouverte á Maximilien Robespierre sur les nouveaux muscadins and other books, reflecting on the French Revolution in its bicentenary year.
Rosselli, John. "Italian Centaur."...
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Abandoned Dog Found In Thermal Bag
LAKEWOOD-An abandoned female Chihuahua was found along Southwestern Drive on Monday, apparently zipped inside a Coors Light thermal bag and left for dead.
According to Ray Muniz Jr., cruelty investigator with the Chautauqua County Humane Society, the dog was not only extremely scared and very cold when discovered, but standing in its own feces and urine, indicating it had been in the bag for quite some time.
"A short-haired Chihuahua inside a thermal bag with (freezing temperatures outside) is not a good mix," Muniz said.
The dog, which was first spotted by a passing driver, was eventually taken in by the Lakewood-Busti Police Department.
After receiving several calls about the dog's owner, police were able to track down a woman who admitted the dog belonged to her.
According to her statement, it was an "ex-friend" who took the dog and placed it in the aforementioned bag.
Both her and her "ex-friend" are awaiting further investigation. Their identities have not been released.
As for the Chihuahua, the dog is safe and healthy at the humane society, according to Muniz, who said that "she got her spunk back."
When asked if he sees such animal cruelty often, Muniz said, "Unfortunately, I do."
"Sometimes, people look at animals and see them as disposable," Muniz said.
Anyone who witnesses signs of animal cruelty are encouraged to call the humane society's Cruelty Tip Line at 665-2209 ext. 204.


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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Setting Standards in Relationships
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- AnonymousJanuary 16, 2013 at 4:10 PM
Hope her standards are realistic tho...if yes, den she shudnt lower them...at d end of the day, she's gonna be d one to stay in marriage and endure woteva comes ...not her parents ... Wish she cud get a job,move out to stay alone or with a friend ...parents can really pressurize sum1 into making a mistake ..God help usReplyDeleteReplies
Lol @Anon I totally agree o, I had to move out of my parent's home and got a job so I can avoid any kind of unnecessary talk of "if you were married like chioma..."Delete
na wa oh my dear. im in d same shoe now tho no pressure from anyone except ma mind telling me dat im due. i jst cnt c masef settling wit any of ma suitors. i no noone is perfect but dey all seem to hv one flaw dat is simply unacceptable by me. if only dey were flaws i cld leave with, i would b married by now*whew* i believe HE is out dere sha.ReplyDeleteReplies
@ DD my sister I am in d same shoes too o, at times I even wonder if I am not to choosy sef,but eh, there are some flaws I just can't live wit,so we wait and pray...Delete
no way should she reduce her standards for anyone or any reason, it's for life we are talking about not a few years except that's what she wants(divorce) . the people complaining wouldn't live in the marriage with her! so she should wait till she finds HIM, as far as they are realistic expectations and not dream land or school girl fantasyReplyDeleteReplies
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Peace has come to the kingdom of Uruk, and Jil is trying to settle into a normal life. But his day to day routine is soon interrupted by a familiar face who demands he take her to the top of the Tower.
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I have InstantRails installed and am trying to create a very basic application. It uses a database called hierarchy_development that is created and then has the following very simple SQL code to create the tables -- I just have two:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS song;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS composer;
create table composer(
name char(50) not null default '',
id int not null auto_increment,
primary key(id)
) engine=InnoDB;
create table song(
name char(50) not null default '',
id int not null auto_increment,
composer_id int not null,
constraint fk_song_composer foreign key (composer_id) references composer(id),
primary key(id)
) engine=InnoDB;
The database.yml for the application file reads as follows:
adapter: mysql
database: hierarchy_development
username: root
host: localhost
adapter: mysql
database: hierarchy_test
username: root
host: localhost
adapter: mysql
database: hierarchy_production
username: root
host: localhost
When I attempt to use the statement "ruby script\generate scaffold song song" from my application directory it generates a few files and then gives me the following error:
exists app/controllers/
exists app/helpers/
exists app/views/song
exists app/views/layouts/
exists test/functional/
dependency model
exists app/models/
exists test/unit/
exists test/fixtures/
identical app/models/song.rb
identical test/unit/song_test.rb
identical test/fixtures/songs.yml
error Before updating scaffolding from new DB schema, try creating a table for your model (Song)
This is pretty common; I've ready some threads about the error but none of the given solutions have worked for me.
As a side note, I tried to run the statement "ruby script\generate scaffold recipies recipies" in the application directory for the sample cookbook application and got the same error.
Thanks for your help.


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For now, the team has a repair job on its hands in trying to get their 2008 MVP candidate to return to the level he was in his breakout season. Obstacle No. 1 is the physical part. Quentin revealed that while the left foot that gave him trouble most of the season likely won't need surgery, it led to damage in the knees that may. "My health is something I need to take into consideration in the offseason, something I'm going to have to really address and stress,'' Quentin admitted. …
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Ableton Live
"This probably isn't the most original of choices, but it's such a simple and versatile way for me to get ideas together for production in the initial stages. The warping of samples is a game-changer for the kind of thing I do. Plus Live works with video too, which is great for my AV shows."
Serato Scratch Live
"I couldn't do what I do without this program. I've been using Scratch Live since it came out, and it would be very weird to start DJing without it now - it's become integral to my style of jumping from track to track and genre to genre. Again, I can use it with video too, which is amazing."
Universal Audio UAD plug-ins
"Mark [Ross, Chop Suey co-producer] has an 1176, LA2A and an RE-201 in the studio. The UAD plug-ins allow us multiple instances and total recall, as well as flavours of other esoteric hardware that I can't afford!
"The step up to UAD-2 is a massive advance, and now plug-ins really do offer a valid alternative to hardware."
Propellerhead Software Reason
"[Mark Ross and I] don't normally start tracks in this, but we were mucking around in an old version and realised that the timing sounded really good. We ended up making Happy - the track that we did with Boy George - in this, and Reason's simplicity and lack of options definitely helped to shape the songwriting."
Native Instruments FM7/FM8
"I love 80s synth sounds, and find that I'm often drawn back to FM7/FM8 for that DX7 vibe. Mark has all the original synths, but we often work on the move, and Native Instruments' software is a quick and easy way to get at these sounds."
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Topic: 5 short Ruby on Rails how-tos
Here are a few useful things I have discovered while learning in Ruby on Rails, I hope they are useful to you and feel free to correct me on anything that is not right or if you have a better solution to any of these problems.
I am very new to programming and I am self-taught, so I do not claim to know what I am talking about. I do, however, try to do things "correctly," so please do not hesitate to enlighten me further if you see something you don't like.
1. Escaping HTML
Purpose: to increase security from cross-site scripting, and to ensure the the proper rendering of your page.
Let's say a hypothetical user wanted to be cool and decided that he'd enter this as his username:
WomenLoveMe77
If you don't escape the HTML, you'd end up with this when the username is displayed. But thankfully, if you escape the HTML the username will just be the text that was input and the browser will not render it as HTML.
Just use
<%=h @user.userName %>

<%= @user.userName %>

<%= html_escape(@user.userName) %>
2. Encoding email links:
Purpose: to decrease the harvesting of email addresses by those pesky interweb spyderbots.
<%= mail_to @user.email, "Email Me", :subject => "Hi there", :encode => "javascript" %>
# =>
<%= mail_to @user.email, "Email Me", :subject => "Hi there", :encode => "hex" %>
# => Email Me
This certainly does not provide foolproof protection from your address getting out there to spammers, but it definitely helps and is an easy way to decrease the chances of a spambot getting addresses off of your site.
If you want something more secure than this, check out the CipherMail plugin, but this is a nice and easy way to make things a little more secure.
3. Using a select menu to redirect to the selection
Purpose: to create a select menu that redirects to the selected item's page on change.
You can read about the different select menu helpers here. But here is an example using the collection_select method.
To make the redirect happen, all you have to do is add something like :onchange => "document.location = '/controller/' + this.value" to your select method:
<%= collection_select(:contact, :id, Contact.find(:all, :order => :firstName), :id, :fullName, { :prompt => "Select a Contact" }, :onchange => "document.location = '/contacts/' + this.value")%>
You can use virtual attributes to display additional
info in the dropdown instead of just one field.
# contact.rb
def fullName
"#{firstName} #{lastName}"
4. Creating a two-tiered navigation system with dynamic links
Purpose: to built a dynamic site-wide navigation system.
Here is a solution I came up with for a global navigation link system. The site for which I built this is not restful and is mostly static content, so please excuse the ugly non-named routes I am using.
1. Global and completely dynamic system
2. Two-tiered:
a. main-links that are displayed on every page
b. sub-links that are only displayed with their parent
3. Display to the user what the current page is.
4. Easily modifiable and understandable. All links are consolidated.
We start by creating a couple of app-wide helper methods that serve as a sort of site map. This will provide a way for us to easily see what our links will be on each page, which is nice since this scenario includes sub-navigation which is only visible when it's parent is selected.
# application_helper.rb
def get_main_links
@mainLinks = [
"About Us"
def get_sub_links(owner)
case owner
when "home"
@subLinks = [
'Watch Demo Video'
when "products"
@subLinks = [
'Now Shipping',
'In Development'
when "about_us"
@subLinks = [
'Our Employees',
'Contact Us'
I also setup a little method to convert our human-readable links to something good for display in the URL:
def linkify(string)
string.gsub(' ', '_').downcase
# linkify("About Us") => "about_us"
If anyone knows how to turn that into an inflector so we can do "@string.linkify" instead please let me know.
In the view we will use two methods built into rails to make the links dynamic:
This will check both the controller and the action, so we will use this for the sub-links, but it won't work for the main ones, so we'll use:
With this, we can be more specific. We can pass controller.controller_name and compare that to the main nav links.
Now for the view code:

<%- get_main_links
for l in @mainLinks -%>

<% get_sub_links(linkify(l)) %>

<%= link_to_unless controller.controller_name == linkify(l), l, { :controller => linkify(l), :action => linkify(@subLinks.first) } %>

<%- end -%>

<%- get_sub_links(controller.controller_name)
for l in @subLinks -%>

<%= link_to_unless_current l, :action => linkify(l) %>

<%- end -%>

5. Tagging a single field with multiple check boxes
Purpose: to provide a simple, dynamic solution for tagging a model with various options that are not mutually exclusive.
Here's what I like about this method:
1. No DB modification or extra relationships needed, just uses a single string field
2. Simple and pretty output of tags. As a string by default, but easily converts into an array.
3. Allows for multiple selections in one field as opposed to a select menu, which is limited to one.
In this example I'll use an address, which can take multiple roles (shipping, billing, etc.)
Let's start with the view so we can see where we are headed:

<%= tag_with_check_boxes "address", "addressOptions", @address, ["Shipping", "Billing", "Store", "Office", "PO Box", "Home"] %>

<%= tag_with_check_boxes "address", "addressOptions", @address, ["Shipping", "Billing", "Store", "Office", "PO Box", "Home"], { :startTag => "
", :endTag => "
" } %>
This will create a checkbox for each tag you pass, and optionally wrap it in some tags so you have control over the formatting.
Now for the helper method:
# Application Helper
def tag_with_check_boxes(modelName, virtualAttribute, object, tags = [], options = {})
options.reverse_merge! :startTag => "", :endTag => "" # allows for options to be blank
@storedTags = object.send(virtualAttribute) # use "send()" to dynamically pass the attribute name
@checkboxTags = ""
for tag in tags
@checkboxTags += options[:startTag] + check_box_tag("#{modelName}[#{virtualAttribute}][]", tag, tag_stored?(tag, @storedTags)) + "#{tag}" + options[:endTag]
# set boxes as checked or unchecked for editing already existing data.
def tag_stored?(tag, storedTags)
if storedTags # check if the record exists so it doesn't break the "edit" action if the field is empty or the "new" action.
storedTags.include? tag
Now we need to add a virtual attribute to handle the array we will send through the form:
# Address Model
def addressOptions # we need an alias getter method for 'addressType' in order to keep the function dynamic
def addressOptions=(tags)
self.addressType = tags.join(', ')
This does not take care of any validation or anything like that, but you can do that if you choose.
If you don't ship to PO Boxes, for example, you could validate that "PO Box" and "Shipping" are not both checked at the same time.
If you want to play with the tags as an array, just do:
@address.addressType.split(', ')
and you can do whatever else you need with it.
One potential problem with this method is that if you want to remove all tags from an entry, the update action doesn't know that you deselected the checkboxes since it only updates values that are sent to it (blank checkboxes == no addressOptions param). If you want to allow the removal of all tags, you can add this to the "update" action of your controller:
if not params[:address][:addressOptions]
@address.addressType = ""
I hope that this was beneficial to you, and please let me know how I can improve upon these methods. Thanks for reading, and many thanks to Ryan Bates of Railscasts for helping me learn Ruby on Rails, and for encouraging me and many others to contribute to the community.
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After 2 hours of looking for help from different documentation & sites, I found out none of them are complete solution. So, I summary my instruction here:
1) yum install php-devel
2) cd /usr
3) wget http://pear.php.net/go-pear
4) php go-pear
5) See the following line in /etc/php.ini [include_path=".:/usr/PEAR"]
6) pecl install imagick
7) Add the following line in /etc/php.ini [extension=imagick.so]
8) service httpd restart
Hopefully, I can save other engineer effort & time.... Good luck!


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Home Run and its 3-0 Reds!
Home Run and its 3-0 Reds!
Reds Fan Since 1971
Sometimes hacking away works. "Can't walk our way outta a slump"
Attended 1976 World Series in my Mother's Womb. Attended 1990 World Series Game 2 as a 13 year old. Want to take my son to a a World Series Game in Cincinnati in my lifetime.
Hold it....
The REDS have 3 runs? In a single game?? And 2 HR in a single inning??
Please, nobody smack me and wake me up. I want to enjoy this. :-)
Ryan Ludwick for Mayor of Cincinnati.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
Waino is no bueno today...
Jay runs down a long Fly to end the inning. 3-0 Reds in the 4th.
I'm going soon so someone else should take over. Bring home a winner today RZ.
Reds Fan Since 1971
They should keep hitting it to the people in the stands. It allows the batter to circle the infield with no consequences, leading to a--point, is it?
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great." - Joe Posnanski
"I got all of it ... I crushed that ball ... and it BARELY cleared the outfield wall. I settled into my home run trot ... then I realized I didn't even have a home run trot." - Bob Uecker
Reds are tremendous in these "salvage the final game of the series" situations.
Well Stubbs didn't K, so that's movement towards the right direction. FO to LF.
I think that may have been Stubbs's hardest hit ball of the season.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great." - Joe Posnanski
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Communication and Perception
When king penguins arrive and depart from a breeding colony, they use acoustic and visual signals to communicate to mates. Acoustic signals are courtship calls between mates. Visual signals consist of a series of bows and neck movements. (Carroll, 2006)
Communication Channels: visual; acoustic
Perception Channels: visual; tactile; acoustic; chemical


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TheStreet Ratings Top 10 Rating Changes
NEW YORK ( TheStreet Ratings ) -- Every trading day TheStreet Ratings' stock model reviews the investment ratings on around 4,600 U.S. traded stocks for potential upgrades or downgrades based on the latest available financial results and trading activity.
TheStreet Ratings released rating changes on 64 U.S. common stocks for week ending December 21, 2012. 56 stocks were upgraded and 8 stocks were downgraded by our stock model.
Rating Change #10
GAIN Capital Holdings Inc (GCAP) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself, feeble growth in its earnings per share, deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins.
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Highlights from the ratings report include:
- Despite any intermediate fluctuations, we have only bad news to report on this stock's performance over the last year: it has tumbled by 38.94%, worse than the S&P 500's performance. Consistent with the plunge in the stock price, the company's earnings per share are down 60.00% compared to the year-earlier quarter. Despite the heavy decline in its share price, this stock is still more expensive (when compared to its current earnings) than most other companies in its industry.
- GAIN CAPITAL HOLDINGS INC has exprienced a steep decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter in comparison to its performance from the same quarter a year ago. Earnings per share have declined over the last year. We anticipate that this should continue in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, GAIN CAPITAL HOLDINGS INC reported lower earnings of $0.40 versus $1.21 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 22.5% in earnings ($0.31 versus $0.40).
- The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Diversified Financial Services industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 57.7% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from $7.62 million to $3.22 million.
- Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Diversified Financial Services industry and the overall market, GAIN CAPITAL HOLDINGS INC's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- The gross profit margin for GAIN CAPITAL HOLDINGS INC is rather low; currently it is at 21.80%. It has decreased significantly from the same period last year. Along with this, the net profit margin of 8.04% trails that of the industry average.


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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Great organisation, lovely marshals & a fab route !!In full: Coffee cake was awesome as was the last hill !! Loved it !!Date of review: February 23, 2014
In short: I LOVE this race !!In full: Slightly altered course which slowed runners a bit but once past the pinch points of the start and the first left turn onto a footpath it was back to the original course. Marshals & organisation were fabulous, a great finisher T shirt and it starts 2 minutes from my house !!! My favourite race of the year !!!!Date of review: October 14, 2013
In short: Fab u lous (darling)In full: Great course, extremely well marshalled. I just needed my legs to go faster !!Date of review: August 15, 2013
In short: Great value, well organised & challenging. In full: Excellent course, lovely scenery, accurate timing, results on the day, great support, downhill finish after up hill start. Free sandwiches, biscuits & drinks at finish, lovely momento to each finisher,toilets & shower too and near two fantastic pubs serving real ale. A GREAT race !!!!!! Date of review: April 23, 2013
In short: My favourite race !In full: Excellent route, great marshals, fab T Shirt, bar at the finish, my only issue is that the race is only held once a year ! Date of review: October 17, 2012
In short: First time running this race and I`ll be back. EXCELLENT !!In full: Hills, views, great marshalls and CAKE at the finish. I had to seek out the race director and shake his hand !! SPLENDID !!!Date of review: September 23, 2012
In short: Excellent race, great organisation & fab day out.Date of review: May 28, 2012
In short: My favourite local race. Brilliant !!!!In full: This race just gets better and better. I`ve run it 8 times now. The marshalls were great and I was extremely impressed with their traffic directing skills and road sense when implementing road closures. Great food at the clubhouse after and a fab T shirt to all finishers. DO this race !!!Date of review: October 11, 2010
In short: A Great race. It even has a race director who knows where the best pubs are !!!!In full: 5 minutes quicker than last year. Suffered a bit on the hills towards the end but very enjoyable race with great marshalling and great pubs nearby. DO IT !!Date of review: August 22, 2010
In short: IImproving but could do better. In full: Drink stations far better.Marshalling great.Start was top drawer.Finish area still needs work, too many people trying to get out through a small gate. I didn`t mind the long walk to the baggage but others did.I think the race should lose the relay runners.Do them on another day please.Date of review: May 31, 2010
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In addition to low-cost processors for netbooks and advanced central processing units for fully-featured notebooks, Intel Corp. plans to release a breed of inexpensive chips aimed at affordable thin-and-light notebooks, according to a media report. The new family of microprocessors will compete directly against AMD's recently launched Athlon Neo processor.
Package size of Intel's new mobile processors will be 22mm x 22mm, according to a story by Cnet News.com web-site, which is inline with processors inside Apple MacBook Air and other highly-portable thin laptops. The key difference between the forthcoming processors and those used in machines like Voodoo Envy is price: the new central processing units are projected to be very affordable.
Exact specifications of the new processors are not clear, but the media report, which cites sources close to Intel, claims that the chips will be a "tweak" of Intel's existing ultra low voltage (ULV) microprocessors based on Core 2 micro-architecture, which may imply that the new processors will have thermal design power of just 10W, considerably lower compared to standard mobile Core 2 Duo chips.
The rumour emerges just days after Advanced Micro Devices unveiled its code-named Yukon platform that features single-core AMD Athlon Neo processor in small packaging aimed at thin-and-light laptops.
In case the price of the new Core 2 processors for cost-effective thin-and-light laptops is comparable to AMD Athlon Neo, then the new chips will compete against each other head-to-head. However, if Intel decides to enable mainstream notebooks with its small form-factor CPUs, then there will be no direct competition between the new Core 2 ULV and AMD Athlon Neo.
It is unclear when the new Intel Core 2 ULV chips for inexpensive thin-and-light systems hit the market.
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Crew - Girls Varsity
Berkshire's Girls' Crew trains and races in the spring season. We start our season with a week-long trip to Tampa, Florida during spring break. This is a great chance for novices to learn the sport in a comfortable setting and for experienced rowers to get back into the swing of the sport. Back at school, we practice daily at our boathouse on Long Pond, in nearby Lakeville, CT. The season features 1500 meter sprint races against scholastic competition such as Taft, Choate, Gunnery and Pomfret and culminates with the prestigious NEIRA Championships in Worcester on the last weekend in May. In addition to spring racing, we enter a boat in the Head of the Charles regatta in Boston each fall.
Berkshire Girls' Crew is open to all students who are looking for a challenge, interested in trying something new and willing to push themselves athletically. Although some girls arrive with rowing experience, the majority of rowers arrive at Berkshire with no previous experience in the sport, simply a desire to try. Within their first season, new rowers are often challenging for seats in the top two (varsity) boats.
Berkshire crew trains at the Norman White Boathouse at Camp Sloane in Lakeville, CT. In addition, we use the facilities at the Jackman Stewart Athletic Center on campus, which houses our 10 Concept 2 ergometers, a full weight room and athletic trainers' offices.


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Canon S100 RAW color issuespmartin089 May 1, 2012 10:48 PM
Hello, all. I created a thread with this similar issue a few months ago but never really got it resolved. Instead of reviving an old thread, I decided to just recreate it with updated information.
I have the new Canon S100 and I am having an issue with how the RAW files appear in Lightroom.
I import the photos into a Lightroom catalog and they all look fine within the importer window (which shows essentially what a JPEG would look like), but when I click on the photo in Library or Develop, once the photo finishes loading, the red saturation goes through the roof.
Any photo that already had a little bit of warmth to it exploded with red.
Whereas any photo taken in normal light gains a little more warmth and exposure.
Here are a couple examples of the JPEG preview (also how it looks in-camera) compared with what the RAW looks like once it's been loaded in Lightroom. (The above or left photo is the "normal" version, the bottom/2nd image is the RAW)
It's sort of difficult to tell with some of the photos by looking at them side-by-side. I also have the individual photos if you want to A/B them to see the changes that are actually occurring.
There are no presets being applied upon import.
The only solution I've found is to convert them all into JPEGs using Canon's software (which does not alter the images as seen above), and edit them in Lightroom as JPEGs, but that completely eliminates the point of buying a camera that is capable of shooting in RAW.
I've been having this issue since the S100 first came out (when I purchased it) with Lightroom 3.6RC and was told that it would be fixed in Lightroom 3.6… which it wasn't… nor was it fixed in Lightroom 4.
I decided to just go ahead and convert all my photos to JPEGs until I found a fix to this so I could at least have my photos (I had photos from my anniversary with my girlfriend in November that I couldn't do anything with so I was sick of waiting).
I figured I'd wait till more people had the camera, expecting this issue to be more widespread… but now that a lot of people have the S100, I've looked around and found no other instances of this happening… so I'm worried it's something on my end.
I have a 2008 13" MacBook Pro running OSX 10.7.3 and I have the latest version of Lightroom (4.0) and Camera Raw (7.0) installed. I've tried the photos in Photoshop CS5 and it does the same thing. When this first happened back in December I tried the photos in Aperture as well and it did the same thing.
The only software that seems to recognize the true color of the photos is Canon's horrible "professional editing" software.
Thanks in advance.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (89 votes).
In short: fast courseIn full: Parking at the start was a bit of a nightmare, but apart from that very well organised.Very fast course, but no chance of a pb today due to windy conditions.Will definetly run next year.Date of review: November 23, 2009
In full: I arrived at 10.15am and already there were problems in organising where people were going to park round the rear of the hangar. There seemed to be little communication between stewards at this point. But the race itself was fine tho at times the gusts made a pb very unlikely. The course was in no way flat with a deceptive incline following a left turn after the 3K marker and both the start and finish had quite noticable climbs (tho not too long in either case!) The 2 lap course was good for pacing and not at all dull tho the lady who stood opposite the drinks table at the 5km drinks station with an empty plastic cup in her hand was an unhelpful tease!! I would have thought it best only to hold a cup out if it had liquid in it; this minor gripe aside a pleasant enough atmosphere to the race.Date of review: November 22, 2009
In short: Windy but enjoyableIn full: Having done this one in 2008 and seeing the reviews, I guessed this might be popular and turned up early. Others didn't have this foresight and I hear that the gates of the car park were closed because the staff at the Karting Centre were being abused after so many turned up late. I hope this doesn't mean the end of the race after only two events.Date of review: November 22, 2009
In short: Windy but enjoyable flat course In full: Arrived early so missed the car(nage) mass arrivals at 10.30. Crowded start but thinned out pretty quickly. Wind put paid to fast time but still happy !. Good marshalling and organisation. Maybe chip timing next year ? Date of review: November 22, 2009
In short: Windy run with some gentle undulationsDate of review: November 22, 2009
In short: Quick and well organisedIn full: Really enjoyed this despite the cold wind. Stayed for relaxed coffee afterwards and so had no problem getting out of the car park. Start was rather crammed but registration, race and finish all went smoothly. Date of review: November 22, 2009
In short: A pretty good race in terrible, windy conditions.In full: On arrival it took about 10-15 mins to park so organisation could be better. It was a very windy day, the start was a bit congested and the course wasn't as flat as I expected so not much PB potential today. If it was a calmer day I might have a had a different opinion however. In general the stewarding and course were fine. Not sure if I'll return next year yet... Date of review: November 22, 2009
In short: An enjoyable 10kIn full: The weather made this difficult and I think everyone's time was probably slower than they would have expected! It's certainly worth the trip and it's organised by runners - which is always a positive!Date of review: November 22, 2009
In short: Good race marred by poor parking organisation and a rather crowded startIn full: A decent flat 10k on quiet lanes, often "two lapers" are demoralising but this wasn't and it never seemed to feel like we were going around again! Good marshalls on the course, and it was well marked. BUT it sufferred from badly managed parking which made extracting the car afterwards challenging to say the least. In the middle ranks the start was a bit crowded and this didnt really sort itself out until nearly the 1km marker. Grass Roots organise other excellent races - I felt this one fell a bit short of that accolade Date of review: November 22, 2009
In short: Good Sunday Morning RunIn full: Well organised/marshalled. Horrible windy conditions and so not quite PB this year. Quite cramed start but on the whole good local run. Well done to organisers. Date of review: November 22, 2009
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