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Harp Seals, Pagophilus groenlandicus
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Description & Behavior
Harp seals, Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777), aka Phoca groenlandica, get their common name from the harp-shaped pattern on the dorsal (upper) side and flanks of adult harp seals. These patterns are more distinct on the bodies of adult males. The Latin name translates to "ice-loving seal of Greenland." Adult males and females are similar in size measuring about 1.5-2 m in length and weighing an average of 130 kg. The life span for harp seals is about 30-35 years.
World Range & Habitat
Three distinct populations of the the ice-loving harp seal are found in the chilly waters of the Arctic and northern Atlantic Oceans. The northwest Atlantic population breeds in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and off the coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland. The east Greenland population breeds near Jan Mayen Island, and the Barents Sea population breeds in the White Sea. Population data for this species is scarce, however it is estimated that the northwest Atlantic population contains between 4-6.4 million seals, the east Greenland population contains about 300,000 seals, and about 1.2 million live in the Barents Sea and White Sea.
Harp seals are a highly migratory species, and have been known to travel distances up to 2,500 km. They are also a very gregarious species gathering together to molt after the breeding season, which takes place on the pack ice from February-March. After molting, the seals disperse widely to feed during the warmer months. Seals from the northwest Atlantic population travel to Baffin Island and southwest Greenland in early summer, then travel to Ellesmere Island in the high Arctic, some reaching as far as Hudson Bay, by late summer. Those breeding near east Greenland have been found feeding in northern Iceland and northern Norway. In late September the populations begin a southward migration toward the winter breeding grounds. Some juveniles and non-breeding adults stay in the north year round. There is no evidence of interbreeding among the different populations, but studies have shown juveniles may move between them.
Feeding Behavior (Ecology)
Harp seals have a varied diet of fish such as capelin, polar and Arctic cod, herring, sculpin, Greenland halibut, redfish, and plaice. They also consume crustaceans such as amphipods, euphausids (krill), and decapods (shrimps and prawns). Harp seals routinely dive to depths of 100 m while feeding, however one individual was observed diving to a depth of 274 m.
Known predators are polar bears, orca (killer whales), and sharks. Walruses also prey on harp seal females and pups in the White Sea.
Life History
Males and females reach sexual maturity between 4-6 years. This gregarious species gather together during the breeding season to form dense breeding grounds that contain up to 2,000 seals per sq km. Male courting rituals include calling, blowing bubbles, making pawing gestures, and chasing females on the ice. Pups are born from late February-April, measuring 80-85 cm in length and weighing 10-11 kg. Their fur is yellow when they are born, hence the name "yellowcoats" for baby seals. The yellow coat turns white withing a few days, and 2.5 weeks later, the pup begins to molt the white fur which is replaced by a silvery-gray coat with irregular dark spots. Molting pups have tufts of white fur called a "ragged-jacket". When the white fur has been completely shed at around 4 weeks of age, the seal is called a "beater". About 14 months later, juvenile coats have larger spots and the young seal is then called a "bedlamer". This spotted coat pattern is kept until sexual maturity when the harp pattern begins to form, and in males, the head turns black in color. Seals that do not develop the full harp shape are known as "spotted Harps". The mortality rate for harp seal pups in their first year is 20-30%.
Females nurse for about 12 days during which time the pups will gain between 30-45 kg. After her pup is weaned, the female mates with one or more males, usually in the water. She then begins an intense feeding period before molting. Males remain at the breeding patch as long as possible to mate before leaving to molt. The pup starts to swim and feed itself at about 4 weeks.
Harp seals gather to molt from April-May eating very little during this time.
Conservation Status & Comments
Canadian Hunt
All three harp seal populations are commercially hunted for oil and fur. They are most often hunted on their breeding grounds. Considering the large concentrations of harp seals during breeding season, the hunt in Canada has been described as the largest slaughter of marine mammals in the world. The size of the harp seal hunt in Canada was aided by government subsidies in the 1990s and increased significantly during this time. Since 1997, the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for harp seals in Canada is limited to 275,000, and the reported total killed in 1999 was 244,552. In 2000, only 91,602 harp seals were killed, in spite of the extended hunting season that year. This reduction was attributed to low demand for pelts, high fuel and ammunition prices, and increased insurance rates. In addition, access to harp seal breeding grounds was difficult in 2000 because of an early Spring that melted the ice. It is believed that the number of harp seals killed each year is underreported by an estimated 38-89%.
In Greenland, harp seal hunting is unregulated. Combined with the number of seals killed as fishery bycatch, estimates of around 465,000 harp seals in the northwest Atlantic population were killed each year from 1997-1999. These figures exceed the birth rate and therefore there are concerns that harp seal populations are declining. Harp seals are killed at the same rate as they were between 1950-1970 when the northwest Atlantic harp seal population declined by as much as 50%.
Juvenile "whitecoats" were often killed for their fur in Canada and in the Arctic, however public outcry in 1983 influenced the European Economic Community to ban the import of whitecoat products, and in Canada, commercial hunting of whitecoats has been banned since 1987.
Unfortunately, it appears that Canadian sealers are searching for new markets in Canada and internationally, and hope to persuade the United States and the European Union to lift trade barriers on seal products. Not only is harp seal oil marketed, male harp seal genitals are exported to Asia as "aphrodisiacs". Seal leather, fur, and meat products are also produced and sold. However, there were no government subsidies for seal meat in 2000, and the seal industry admitted before the 2000 hunt began that the demand for both seal meat and seal pelts was down. In 2001, it was official government trade statistics revealed that only 51% of Canada's 2 million pelts from harp and hooded seals killed between 1982-1999 were sold, further demonstrating the low demand for seal pelts.
Conservation groups have been very active in Canada defending the need to protect seals. They have documented inhumane activities such as seals being skinned, cut open, and dragged with hooks while still alive, clubbed and left to suffer for long periods before being killed. Video footage has been taken of a Canadian Coast Guard ice-breaker ramming seals while clearing the ice to give the sealers better access to the ice floes. Sealers have been prosecuted for such behavior, however, an ongoing battle between the sealing industry and conservationist photographers is ongoing, and sealers have requested that photographers be banned from recording the hunt altogether.
Norwegian Hunt
Harp seals are subjected to intensive commercial hunting during the spring at both their West and East Ice breeding grounds, hunt quotas for these populations being jointly managed by Norway and Russia. For the 2001 sealing season Norwegian vessels were allocated hunt quotas of 15,000 adult harp seals on the West Ice (2 non-suckling pups deemed equal to 1 adult) and 5,000 adult harp seals on the East Ice (2.5 non-suckling pups deemed equal to 1 adult). An average of 14,778 harp seals were killed by Norway between 1991 and 1996. The totals dropped however to 7,163 and 2,716 in 1997 and 1998 respectively. The 1999 season saw a further reduction in the number of seals killed to 781 pups and 1,172 older seals, only two vessels taking part in the West Ice hunt and, for the first time in many years, no Norwegian vessels sealing on the East Ice. However the 2000 season saw a massive increase, a total of 18,678 seals being killed, of which 12,321 were on the West Ice (6,328 non-suckling pups and 5,993 older seals), and 6,357 on the East Ice (2,253 non-suckling pups and 4,104 older seals).
In Norway, killing of suckling pups is regulated, nevertheless, killing of newborn seals still suckling after the regulatory cut-off date were still legally killed. Another inhuman treatment in Norway has been documented when seals targeted to be shot from the boat to then be killed by a hakapik escaped injured into the water before death.
Like Canada, the Norwegian sealing industry depends on government subsidy, and the market for seal products is poor. The sealing industry is fledgling with fewer experienced sealers and a poor international market. Pelts are the primary reason for seal hunts in Norway. The market for meat is small and limited to the city of Tromsø.
In Russia, the seal hunt is also government-subsidized. Here, the white pelts of baby seals are dyed black and sold as hats for which there is little demand. In spite of the European Union ban on the import of harp seal whitecoat products, there are reports that they are being imported from Russia illegally. The number of pups killed by Russian sealers in 1999 was 34,850, all whitecoats. The quotas for whitecoat pups in 2000 was 63,500, and in 2001 76,000.
There have been reports that many whitecoats in Russia are not properly killed and are transported while injured to processing areas. In January 2000, a bill to ban seal hunting was passed by Russian parliament 273 votes to 1, however it was vetoed by President Vladimir Putin.
Harp seals, like many other seal species, are blamed by the fishing industry for declining fish stocks, such as cod, particularly in the northwest Atlantic. Subsequent analysis has shown that the decline in fish stocks is more likely caused by over-fishing and discarding juvenile cod as bycatch. In spite of this evidence, Canadian fishing interests and provincial government ministers in Newfoundland are calling for a massive cull of several million harp seals. Additional research has shown that the harp seal diet consists of over 120 species of fish and invertebrates, and therefore such a massive reduction in harp seal populations would have a negative impact on the marine food web, and therefore, on commercially fished species.
Somewhat ironically, over-fishing will likely reduce harp seal populations naturally as food sources decline. Evidence exists that harp seal populations in the Arctic and Barents Sea declined when the number of capelin declined in the Barents Sea. As a result, harp seals migrated into Norwegian coastal waters and approximately 80,000 of these seals died in Norwegian gillnet fisheries exceeding the usual bycatch rate of 500-2,000.
In Canada, harp seals are also at-risk of entanglement where an estimated 17,000 are killed in lumpfish gillnets in Newfoundland each year. Additionally, in the northeastern United States about 400 harp seals are estimated to be killed each year by entanglement in multispecies sink gillnet fisheries.
Like harbor and gray seals, increased sightings of harp seals were reported in 2001 along the eastern seaboard of the United States, including a large number in need of rescue. The cause of this increase is unknown, but may be attributed to changing distribution or availability of harp seal prey, increased seal populations resulting in greater competition for food, and increased commercial fishing in the north forcing seals south to look for food.
Harp seal populations, particularly those feeding in the St. Lawrence River estuary, are at-risk of environmental contamination. Additionally, the ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has been breaking up and melting earlier each year due to warmer winters, which may be attributed to global warming, has resulted in increased mortality of harp seal pups born on the ice. Inadequate ice floes result in decreased birthing grounds, and pups can drown or be crushed by the breaking ice.
The harp seal is listed as an Appendix III species under the Bern Convention.
References & Further Research
Seal Conservation Society (SCS): Harp Seal, Phoca groenlandica
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DETROIT -- Chrysler Group may make automobiles, but right now, it's selling its dealers rope by the yard.
Chrysler's decision to abandon the traditional punishment-reward cycle for monitoring how its dealers treat their customers in favor of a more collaborative approach has drawn many kudos in online comments posted this week on autonews.com. Many of the comments seemed to come from envious General Motors' dealers, who urged the General to follow Chrysler's lead and trust dealers to do what's right in their own stores.
Chrysler dealers -- who had grown frustrated with the rigid, checklist-like nature of the former Dealer Standards program -- had requested that the company begin treating them as adults.
And in large measure, dealers themselves created Chrysler's new sink-or-swim Customer Experience Initiative. Though they argued that the initiative should come with some financial incentives for dealers who met objectives, only a few will ignore the program because there's no money attached.
But Chrysler's bold move to abandon the rewards and penalties of its Dealer Standards program could eventually become a case in which dealers regret getting what they asked for.
What happens when the flood of consumer input coming in from the factory's surveys and mystery shopper program -- which will now identify the individual employee the customer interacted with -- reports that the dealer principal's son or daughter is the reason behind his sales department's bad rep?
Or imagine what would happen if a few holdout Chrysler dealers chose to ignore their customer satisfaction scores altogether?
If dealers thumb their nose at the factory, the logic behind Chrysler's new initiative would argue that those dealerships either wouldn't stay in business or would be bought by others. That would be a very cheap way for Chrysler to reduce its dealer body further.
But I can't be the only person to consider a scenario in which frustrated Chrysler executives would share their dealers' customer satisfaction surveys publicly -- a type of factory-sponsored Angie's List that would reward well-performing dealers and decimate those who failed to play ball.
Don't get me wrong; what Chrysler has chosen to do with its Dealer Standards Program/Customer Experience Initiative is a much-needed step toward improving the performance of its dealer body. Smart dealers will grab the opportunity to improve their service and, ultimately, their profits.
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I was in New York City last weekend when the infamous and seemingly racist headline ran about the Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin. The phrase that was used -- a chink in the armor -- is not racist on its own. If you're unfamiliar with the idiom, you can read about it here. But one of the words in the idiom can be a racist slur. I was talking about it with friends and no one could believe that the headline was posted. We freaked out, actually. But one friend wondered if there was any way that the editor was younger and didn't know about the racist connotation. It certainly worked under the non-racist definition -- the article was discussing Lin's turnovers as his Achilles' heel, a fatal flaw in his performance. So I was interested to read this story in the New York Daily News:
The ESPN editor fired Sunday for using "chink in the armor" in a headline about Knicks phenom Jeremy Lin said the racial slur never crossed his mind - and he was devastated when he realized his mistake.
"This had nothing to do with me being cute or punny," Anthony Federico told the Daily News.
"I'm so sorry that I offended people. I'm so sorry if I offended Jeremy."
The headline was up for all of a half hour at 2:30 AM on Saturday. But Federico was fired and an anchor who used the phrase separately was suspended for a month:
Federico, 28, said he understands why he was axed. "ESPN did what they had to do," he said.
He said he has used the phrase "at least 100 times" in headlines over the years and thought nothing of it when he slapped it on the Lin story.
Federico called Lin one of his heroes - not just because he's a big Knicks fan, but because he feels a kinship with a fellow "outspoken Christian."
"My faith is my life," he said. "I'd love to tell Jeremy what happened and explain that this was an honest mistake."
I thought that was interesting, not just that he said it but that the Daily News included it in its report about the incident. One of the things I find interesting about the Lin story is the effect he's having on people. For instance, I don't like basketball but I really enjoy watching him (my husband thinks this is an awesome development since he's a huge basketball fan). But it's certainly true, as that great Michael Luo piece in the New York Times showed, that his faith and testimony resonate with people as well.
The other thing I think will be interesting to see in coverage is how Lin's faith affects how he handles his work and the attention he receives:
A gracious Lin, who led the Knicks to another dazzling hardwood victory Sunday, gave Federico and Bretos the benefit of the doubt.
"They've apologized, and so from my end, I don't care anymore," Lin said. "You have to learn to forgive, and I don't even think that was intentional."
I just wanted to point out that the Daily News did a good job of naturally incorporating religion into this story, both from Federico's perspective and Lin's. For what it's worth, the guy who was suspended also used the phrase with its non-slur meaning, and pointed out that he would have avoided it if he'd thought of the racial meaning. He added that his wife (and child) are Asian.
Which leaves me with one last religion-related question and it's the kind we don't typically touch here. But I'm curious what you all think. The Daily News writes that the offending headline was the last headline Federico wrote before heading home at 2:30 AM and that it may be the last headline he ever writes. Now, I know that not everyone practices forgiveness or related religious concepts, but why, exactly, was the guy fired? For not knowing that a completely legitimate phrase that has been used for hundreds of years also contains a word with a racist meaning of more recent vintage? Is that a standard we want to use in newsrooms? A requirement that editors have perfect knowledge of racism? I do think that editors should be aware of racism and racist words and strive to avoid causing offense, but when I look at this story, I'm wondering if newsrooms shouldn't do some soul-searching of their own.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Popular U.S. sports broadcaster John Madden is retiring from the world of broadcasting at the age of 73, NBC said Thursday.
The network announced on its Web sites for MSNBC and NBC Sports that the NFL Hall of Fame coach, who commentated for "Monday Night Football" and "NBC Sunday Night Football" during his long career, has officially retired, the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News said.
"It's time. I'm 73 years old," Madden said in the online postings. "My 50th wedding anniversary is this fall. I have two great sons and their families and my five grandchildren are at an age now when they know when I'm home and, more importantly, when I'm not..."
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Grant: Rangers' Lance Berkman passed on retirement for chance to win one for his home state
HOUSTON — On an unseasonably warm January morning, Lance Berkman steps outside of a warehouse being converted to a personal training facility, picks up a sledge hammer and pummels an earthmover-sized tire.
He bounces the hammer off the tire over and over as if it was the lever that operates the puck at a carnival test of strength.
"You know," Berkman said between tire thumps, "if you could crank up a little 'The Legend of John Henry's Hammer' by Johnny Cash, it would be a nice accompaniment."
This typical Berkman scene, full of sharp wit, raises one question: Really, is all this necessary?
After all, Berkman is 36, sporting a salt-and-pepper beard that is filling in nicely. There is the slightest hint of paunch around his belly, though, to be fair, he wouldn't have gained the nickname "Fat Elvis" long ago if there wasn't.
As recently as a couple of months ago, he was beginning a quiet retirement from professional baseball and transitioning to college coaching. And who needs to keep pounding on knees that have endured six surgeries, including two in the last eight months?
So, yeah, Lance, is all this really necessary?
"That's a good question," Berkman said when asked why he chose to forego the cushiness of retirement and play a 15th season in the majors, this one as the Rangers' primary DH. After a whirlwind late-December courtship, he signed a one-year contract on Jan. 10 that guarantees him $11 million for 2013 and includes an option for 2014.
"The dollars may have been a lure, but it is the competition that is rewarding," Berkman said during a break in his 21/2-hour workout. "Once you step on the field, you aren't competing for compensation, you are competing for pride. I love the competition. To me, it has always been about the competition."
Change in plans
Life really was set up for Berkman to quietly walk away from pro baseball last fall after two seasons with St. Louis.
After signing with St. Louis despite some overtures, but no contract offer from the Rangers, he produced the fifth 30-homer, .300-batting average season of his career in 2011.
The Cardinals also came back from oblivion and eventually — in case you forgot — beat the Rangers in a seven-game World Series for the ages. Berkman hit .423 in the Series, including a homer and the game-tying, two-out RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning of Game 6. It was his first world championship and put a nice bow on a nice career.
Last season, however, was filled with nothing but pain. He had torn cartilage in his right knee and tried to play through it, but ended up with a strained calf two weeks into the season. His return, three weeks later, lasted only a week before the first surgery.
Two months later, his return lasted only two weeks before swelling in the knee knocked him out another month. His return from that lasted only five at-bats before he required another surgery. He is still rehabbing from that surgery and probably won't be 100 percent until early in spring training.
It gave him plenty of time to consider the future. Berkman, who has long expressed an interest in college coaching, heard from Wayne Graham — his college coach at Rice — that he could join the staff as a volunteer assistant for the upcoming season.
"The college game is less jaded," Berkman says. "It's all about winning. In the minors, it's about development. In the majors, most people want to believe it's all about winning, but there are a lot of guys who play for their individual accomplishments and the betterment of their families. In college, it is simply about the competition."
Berkman spent the final two weeks of Rice's fall program working with the team and planned to return for spring practice.
But in December, teams started calling. The Astros were interested in a reunion. The New York Yankees, Philadelphia and Tampa Bay were all curious about Berkman's thoughts on playing. When the Rangers' initial off-season plans fell through, they, too, joined the conversation.
The Astros were in no position to contend. New York, Philadelphia and Tampa Bay would have made it difficult for Berkman to see his wife, Cara, and four daughters between the ages of 3 and 11, regularly.
The Rangers were looking for a full-time DH, which would lower stress on Berkman's knees. They were certainly a contender. They were close to home. They had a contract in hand. It all added up to some "pretty special circumstances."
"It sounds like exactly what you are after," Graham told Berkman. "It's hard to get any better than that. He wanted so badly to coach in college and he still will. But I think he wanted my blessing to do this. I told him he had a lot of hits left in him."
It was distinctly different from the last time the Rangers called.
Win one for Texas
Lance Berkman is as Texan as all-beef chili. He was born in Waco, grew up in New Braunfels, was educated and settled in Houston. He owns a ranch between Johnson City and Fredericksburg. He says his roots in Texas go back at least six generations on both his mother's and father's sides.
"Being from Texas is special," he says. "It's not something I take lightly. We have a culture that's all our own. We are unique."
One uniquely Texas trait: being straight-forward and honest, even if the truth sounds unpleasant.
That's all Berkman said he was doing when he seemingly ripped the Rangers during a radio interview shortly after signing with St. Louis. Asked to compare the clubs, he responded that St. Louis had better pitching and that the Rangers' staff was just slightly above average.
"When asked to compare the two teams, I gave what I figured to be an honest answer," Berkman said. "I didn't mean any disrespect."
He figures he'll approach Rangers pitchers in spring training to discuss — and apologize, if necessary.
It wasn't the first time he's made a comment so frank and so straight-forward it caused an issue. It also probably won't be the last.
When the conversation turns back to his honest answer about playing in 2013, he reiterates the compensation may be enticing, but it is the competition that is rewarding.
And the idea of winning in Texas?
"The only thing better than to retire with having won a World Series would be to do it, having won one for the state of Texas," Berkman said. "I do consider this the greatest state in the union, and it would feel more special to do something for your own people."
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Where Lance Berkman ranks among native Texans all-time in a couple of key offensive categories
Player, Birthplace, HRs
Frank Robinson, Beaumont, 586
Ernie Banks, Dallas, 512
Eddie Mathews, Texarkana, 512
Adam Dunn, Houston, 406
Norm Cash, Justiceburg, 377
Lance Berkman, Waco, 360
Rogers Hornsby, Winters, 1.010
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Tris Speaker, Hubbard, .929
Frank Robinson , Beaumont, .926
Eddie Mathews, Texarkana, .885
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Yup. That's right! All y'all out Nebrasky way can come by Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska tomorrow at 7:00 PM and see a lecture by li'l ol' me (please note the time, I was wrong yesterday. It's 7). There's a bit more info if you click on the title of this article or on the word "link" below. Although I'm not sure how they got the idea that I studied under Kodo Sawaki at the turn of the century then played bass with a punk band. I must've been the oldest guy in the scene! Anyhow, I've only ever met Kodo Sawaki thru Nishijima, in the sense that whenever you meet a Zen teacher you're meeting their entire lineage.
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Getting Ready for TIFF + Recent Reading
For nearly 15 years I've attended TIFF as a member of the general public but this year I applied for, and received, press accreditation. I'm looking forward to socializing with critic friends and making some new ones. Here's what I plan on seeing:
Bastards (Claire Denis, France)
Le Joli Mai (Chris Marker & Pierre Lhomme, France, 1963)
Stranger by the Lake (Alain Guiraudie, France)
Manila in the Claws of Light (Lino Brocka, Philippines, 1975)
At Berkeley (Frederick Wiseman, USA)
Closed Curtain (Jafar Panahi, Iran)
Abuse of Weakness (Catherine Breillat, France)
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Our Sunhi (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
Un Conte de Michel de Montaigne (Jean-Marie Straub, France)
The King's Body (João Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal)
Redemption (Miguel Gomes, Portugal)
Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, UK)
A Touch of Sin (Jia Zhangke, China)
Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming-Liang, Taiwan)
The Strange Little Cat (Ramon Zürcher, Germany)
Wavelengths 1 (Avant-garde program with new films by Luther Price, Kenneth Anger, David Rimmer, Andrew Lampert and Scott Stark)
Manakamana (Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez, USA)
Story of my Death (Albert Serra, Spain)
The Last of the Unjust (Claude Lanzmann, France)
When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism (Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania)
The Selfish Giant (Clio Barnard, UK)
Three Landscapes (Peter Hutton, USA)
Song and Spring (Nathaniel Dorsky, USA)
Three Interpretation Exercises (Cristi Puiu, Romania)
REAL (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)
October November (Götz Spielmann, Austria)
The Police Officer's Wife (Philipp Gröning, Germany)
R100 (Hitoshi Matsumoto, Japan)
Pays Barbare (Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi, Italy)
We are the Best! (Lukas Moodysson, Sweden)
Ilo Ilo (Anthony Chen, Singapore)
Love is the Perfect Crime (Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu, France)
Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (Alexey Fedorchenko, Russia)
The Major (Yury Bykov, Russia)
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-- Many terrific candidates and films on director Travis Wilkerson's list of "100 Greatest Living American Filmmakers" at MUBI. [UPDATE: This list, which went viral on Twitter and Facebook recently, was not in fact created by Travis Wilkerson. Please see his comment below.]
-- Steve Rybin on Hal Hartley at his blog Cinephile Papers.
-- "New York Neorealism" by Mark Asch at Fandor.
-- Darren Hughes at MUBI: "Looking at Women: William A. Wellman's Style in "Frisco Jenny" and "Midnight Mary"".
-- A great interview with Abel Ferrara at Indiewire.
-- A 1950 article by Jacques Rivette on Hitchcock's Under Capricorn, translated by Ted Fendt and appearing in English for the first time, at Andy Rector's blog Kinoslang.
-- The "Cinema of Resistance" series at Lincoln Center in NYC looks great; Kevin Lee has created a video tribute inspired by it.
-- The new issue of the journal Grey Room is devoted to the cinema of Guy Debord.
-- Christopher Small posts Tag Gallagher's article "Angels Gambol Where They Will: John Ford's Indians," which appeared in Film Comment in 1993.
-- At the AV Club by various writers: "Beyond the Jedi: 10 Underappreciated Movies from 1983".
-- The new entry "Philosophy Through Film" at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (via Catherine Grant).
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7 comments:
- Bianchista said...
oh my!
- November 18, 2010 at 12:11 PM
- dicky said...
No full shot?
- November 18, 2010 at 4:26 PM
- Tyler said...
No full shot, sorry. As soon as the bike was out of paint it was picked up personally by the customer (long drive from Montreal). They dropped off some beer and were just about to leave when I pulled off a last minute hand-held photo shoot. It was shot at arms length with a 35mm lens... so I only had so much focal distance to play with.
And... to make a long story longer: the shop got inundated with dust due to a major building project going on just outside our door so the photo studio is currently covered in a fine (yet chunky) layer of dust. As soon as I get a bunch more bikes welded for you fine people I'll get back into the studio for major cleaning session.
- November 18, 2010 at 9:00 PM
- dicky said...
Sounds like a conspiracy.
- November 19, 2010 at 7:47 AM
- Rodd Heino said...
the question is HOW did you like the beer?
oh the bike is built up right here next to me and it looks FINE!
rodd from talltreecycles.ca
(no not mine sadly)
- November 19, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- Indy Fab said...
The beer... ruled.
- November 19, 2010 at 4:08 PM
Really love the color combo. Are those standard colors? Sprout green, garden green and baby blue pearl?
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Flea market
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When we moved back to our home and we unpacked our things I went with a very critical eye through our belongings and made a selection of things which we could sell at a fleamarket.
Yesterday I went with my mother and sister in law to a fleamarket in the TT hall at Assen. Besides selling I did some shopping as well. This is what I bought:
Vintage postcards:
Vintage embroidery and smock patterns:
Libelle (a Dutch Womens magazine) supplements with knitting and crochet patterns:
Vintage hat:
Antique collar:
Leather gloves:
My mother in law had a box of leather gloves, so they were a gift!
Lace and buttons (also a gift):
A set of weights:
To use for cutting fabric, drafting patterns.
Last but not least: When I unpacked my boxes to install our booth I found the missing pattern piece of the Brigitte dress! I don't know how it came there, but I'm so happy I found it!
This fleamarket was lovely, great booths with vintage and antique, good prices, nice music (a quartet which played lovely songs from the 20s - 40s) and a great ambiance.
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When we moved across the country earlier this year I was pretty ruthless in regards to what came with us and what didn't, too. I find it just makes setting up home again so much more enjoyable when you truly love and are eager to find a spot for all your possessions.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Four top officials at a now-defunct Bay Area slaughterhouse have been indicted by a federal grand jury and are accused of allowing tainted meat into the food supply — going so far as to swap diseased cows' heads with those of healthy cows to avoid inspection, officials say.
The revelation of diseased meat forced Rancho Feeding Corporation to recall about 8.7 million pounds of beef products six months ago. The company went out of business in February.
The newly unsealed indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in San Francisco last week, charges Rancho co-owner Jesse "Babe" Amaral, Jr., 76, with distribution of adulterated, misbranded and uninspected meat; conspiracy; and mail fraud conspiracy. Eugene Corda, 65, who was in charge of receiving cattle and moving them for inspection and slaughter, and Felix Cabrera, 55, the foreman who ran the kill floor, face the same charges.
The indictment also charges Amaral with mail fraud and mail fraud conspiracy in a separate scheme to defraud farmers with false invoicing.
Rancho co-owner Robert Singleton, 77, of Petaluma, is charged with one count of distribution of adulterated, misbranded and uninspected meat.
All of the defendants are charged with violating the Federal Meat Inspection Act, federal officials said.
Between mid- to late 2012 and January 2014, Amaral instructed Cabrera to process cattle that had been condemned by a U.S. Department of Agriculture veterinarian and Cabrera directed Rancho employees to carve "USDA Condemned" stamps out of the cattle carcasses and to process the carcasses for transport, sale and distribution, federal officials said.
Rancho distributed more than 100 condemned cattle, according to the charging documents.
Officials also say that during the same time period, Amaral and Singleton directed Cabrera and Corda to sidestep inspection procedures for cattle showing signs of "cancer eye," a disease that can result in condemnation.
The indictment alleges that Amaral and Singleton had Rancho employees, including Cabrera and Corda, slaughter cancer-eye cows during USDA inspectors' lunch breaks, a time during which plant operations were supposed to cease, and then to conceal the diseased cow heads by swapping them with healthy cow heads for the post-mortem inspections.
Amaral is also accused of fraudulently charging farmers "handling fees" based on false statements that their cattle had died or been condemned, when the cattle had actually been sold for human consumption.
Amaral and Corda appeared in federal court Monday morning; Amaral was released on a $50,000 secured bond. Corda was scheduled for a bond hearing Monday afternoon. Singleton is due in court on Friday and Cabrera has not yet made his initial appearance.
The charges carry sentences that vary from three to 20 years in prison, with fines from $10,000 to $250,000.
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Last October, Zhang Dong, a developer based in Shanghai spent a week building a SNS Weibo (Chinese Twitter) app called MoWriter. It is now the most downloaded Chinese SNS app on BlackBerry World. He did expect few hundred downloads, but when he was invited to attend China's BlackBerry 10 App Contest Award ceremony on March 30th in Beijing – he knew something big was coming.
Back in November 2012, China's BlackBerry 10 App Contest kicked off by launching mini sites on cooperating developer community homepages. It caught the attention of hundreds developers right away. The 16 total prizes offered amounted to 350,000 CNY ($56,382 USD), with an additional 28 brand new BlackBerry 10 smartphones for winners, plus the opportunity to be promoted on the BlackBerry World carousal. All 16 winning teams were invited to Beijing for the award ceremony. One attending student developer said, "I need to thank you for the opportunity you gave us, no other company has ever done this before. BlackBerry truly cares about developers like us." I am sure he will continue to build apps for BlackBerry 10 with his counterparts.
From November 2012 to February 2013, more than 500 developers signed up for the contests and more than 600 apps were successfully submitted to BlackBerry World across mainland China. In February of this year, 16 outstanding apps out of 30 finalists were picked by a team comprised of a BlackBerry app development manager, a marketing expert and selected BlackBerry consumers.
Sarim Aziz, one of the contest judges and head of Developer Relations in APAC attended the ceremony on March 30th to award the Grand Prize check of 100,000 CNY (1,588 USD) to Zhang Dong.
Photo: Sarim Aziz with the grand prize winner Zhang Dong
Mike Zhou, Developer Relations App Development Manager also presented the updated BlackBerry 10 platform technical overview, with a very interactive Q&A.
Photo: Mike Zhou presenting on the BlackBerry 10 technical platform introduction</p>
Cooperating developer communities played an important role in supporting the contest. Community leaders were also invited to be on stage to share their BlackBerry 10 experiences. Terry Zhao from HMTL5 DreamWorks said he was very satisfied with the exemplary performance of HTML5 on the BlackBerry 10 platform and he is expecting a number of high-quality games from his community this year. Xiangning Liao from the Flash Community was also very happy because out of 16 winning apps, four of them came from his group. Liao added, "I am glad to see how well the BlackBerry 10 platform supports Adobe Air and I am sure Flash developers will submit more BlackBerry apps!"
Photo: Dev Community leaders sharing experiences
Thanks again for the great support from Chinese Dev Communities, HTML5 Dreamworks, the Flash Community, and the CNBBDev Group!
Photo: Group photo with developers
Meanwhile, the Taiwan BlackBerry 10 Enterprise App Contest wrapped up on March 20th. Pipedeal and Nlink (free version)/ (paid version) were the winners from Taiwan. Judges are currently reviewing submissions for the Hong Kong BlackBerry 10 App Contest. Six finalists will be selected by the BlackBerry team and public voters by April 9th. We saw great enthusiasm coming from the region and will keep everyone posted on the results.
For more information on Chinese BlackBerry 10 App Contests, please check out the videos below:
Video 1:Special prizes winning apps introduction (10)
Video 2:2nd and 3rd prizes winning apps introduction
More information about winning apps:
MoWriter – By Zhang Dong – MoWriter has been the most popular third-party Sina Weibo client on the BlackBerry® platform since 2009. Now a new version for BlackBerry® 10 has been developed, with full functionality and an excellent user experience. The senior software developer works for an automotive company's Shanghai office. He spends his spare time working on the Weibo client using the Cascades SDK. MMMOOO has been collaborating with him since last year.
Let the ball roll up – By the Air Mobile Team – The game's idea is based on an old Chinese trick. Audiences must use their skills to keep track of a ball that has been put in one of three fast-switching bowls. This app was selected as the winner of the BlackBerry JamHack in Shanghai in October 2012. The app has been polished further since. The Air Mobile Team has formed a startup company early this year and is planning to submit more online games within the coming months.
PTCInquiry – By Leo Wang – This is a tool that can read the information from metro cards using NFC technology. The app reads the balance of metro cards and records the last 10 transactions. It was developed by Leo Wang of Nanjing Youdian University, who established iiberry.com on the BlackBerry Developer blog. (PTCInquiry currently only supports Beijing, China but will be expanded to more cities in the coming versions).
Photo Club – By Wu Zhou – This app features the ability to: Adjust Photos, Add Clipart, Add Frames, Add Effects, and Add Custom Elements. Users of Photo Club also have the developer's guarantee of free updates for the app's lifetime.
Oxygen Bubble – By Team Zero – Two Flash developers developed the Oxygen Bubble game during Shanghai JamHack in October of 2012 and continued polishing the app after the event.
Truth or Dare – By Wteam – This application is a virtual Truth or Dare game. One person must complete a randomly drawn card labeled "Truth" or "Dare". This all-ages game was developed by Wteam, an innovative startup from Guangdong Ocean University.
Gif Animator –By Zhongfei Ge – This is a cool GIF making app that allows users to create the most attractive animations on mobile devices. Users just have to select photos from their gallery and use the tools provided to create amazing animated GIF pictures. Users also have the ability to share GIFs via SNS or BBM.
Clash of Stars – By Finger2Finger – This game invites users to go on a space adventure, dodging cosmic rays, black holes, and interstellar attacks. The development group, Finger2Finger, has submitted over 600 games via the BlackBerry 10 portathons. A majority of the games were developed based on Cocos-2D.
Infinity lands – By Ifree studio – This is a strategy game developed by a leading company of over 400 developers.
Back to Whale Island – By Air Mobile Team
Star Tracker – By Weibin Pan – This app features the ability to identify what stars, constellations and deep sky objects you are looking at in real-time. The app utilizes a mobile device's gyroscope, digital compass, and accelerometer to drive the best user experience. This paid app has been featured on the BlackBerry World carousal and has so far generated over 2000 downloads for one month.
Wallpaper Shifter – By Liangcheng Cao – Wallpaper Shifter is a tool that enables the automatic rotation of wallpapers on BlackBerry 10 devices. Users can define a profile and desired interval at the same time!
Dtrip – By JiangDan – Dtrip features the ability to help users plan their trips abroad.
Berry Sonar – By Air Mobile Pioneer s – This app was developed by a participating team of attendees at the Shanghai 2012 BlackBerry JamHack.
Mega Emoji –By Jibiao – Mega Emoji is a useful tool with more than 1000+ smiley, symbols, and BBM emoji that can be used in messages on SMS, BBM, Facebook, and Twitter.


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LCA2010 (the conference usually known as "linux.conf.au", but in New Zealand for 2010) has an initiative to sponsor diverse attendees. Google is sponsoring the LCA2010 Diversity Programme in which Open Source contributors who are members of a minority group, including women, can apply to receive up to NZD1000 towards attendance at LCA2010 in January in New Zealand. Applications for LCA2010 assistance from this program close on Friday 2 October 2009.
They've also just announced their programme (I co-chaired the selection committee, but aggravatingly can't attend due to conflicting commitments re bringing new life into the world, talk about poor timing kid). Women speakers are:
- Angela Byron, Drupal Under the Hood
- Anne Chin, The implications of using FOSS under Australian copyright and contract law
- Claudine Chionh, Unlocking the ivory tower: Free and open source software in collaborative humanities research
- Gabriella Coleman, Tuesday keynote
- Selena Deckelmann, Survey of open source databases
- Liz Henry, Hack Ability: Open Source Assistive Tech
- Emma Jane Hogbin, Self Help Guides for World Domination
- Denise Paolucci, Build Your Own Contributors, One Part At A Time
- Silvia Pfeiffer, HTML5 video: how to process and publish video in an open format
- Sarah Sharp, SuperSpeed me: USB 3.0 for Linux
Congratulations selected speakers.
Update, per pfctdayelise in comments, see also the LCA2010 Haecksen & Linuxchix miniconf, now accepting submissions from women. This will be the fourth time a women's miniconf has run in addition to the main programme.


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ChicagoTom wrote:For the first time this season I cannot fault the effort or committment of this team for the loss last night. Unfortunately, effort alone was not enough to get that all important first win.
After sleeping a few hours after the game and thinking about it a bit, I am still baffled as to why Nellie had the Warriors defending the Cavs last important possession in a zone. And on top of that, why on Earth would they leave Gibson alone for a three. The Warriors have a team of athletes that can and should be able to guard teams man-to-man. I know Lebron is going to command a double team most of the night, but to leave Gibson open playing a zone defense with slow rotations is just unacceptable to me. It is not as though this was the first time all night he had hit a three. That was his fifth. You would think the Warriors would get the picture that if Lebron does not take the shot, he will find Gibson for a shot of his own from outside the arc. The Warriors should NOT have been playing zone. I do not get that at all.
Monta was good tonight and provided a big spark in the second quarter. Biedrins chipped in tonight as well and had a nice game. Having those two play well will surely help this team pick up some wins.
What I have noticed this season is that the Warriors do a good job of fighting back in games after being down. They have done it most every game. Unfortunately, once they are back tied or leading by one, they seem to fall apart. They somehow need to find a way to not just catch teams, but catch teams and blow past them and take a commanding lead. They seem to allow teams to stay in games by taking ill advised shots or letting the opponent get an offensive board or something that leads to another possession. That has to change.
Lastly, there seems to be too much one-on-one stuff going on with this team. It is as though one guy gets the ball and everyone else stands around and watches that player make a move and take a shot. There is little to no movement on this team and that needs to be addressed. If you watch the Suns they are always moving and getting easy shots created by their off the ball movement. The Warriors could learn a thing or two watching them play. Until this team learns to move a little bit without the ball and stops standing around they will continue to lose games.
Nicley put Tom. I was at the game as well, the Ws looked good but the defense was pretty bad, especially when they were playing zone. I know they were trying to prevent a powerful James from penetrating, but horrible rotation. And the free throws have to get better, one other thing that cost them the game. That ane the terrible calls by the refs. there were a couple that were a joke.


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Congress may be headed toward a stalemate on the border.
The crux of a House GOP working group's plan, laid out Wednesday, to address the influx of children streaming to the U.S.-Mexico border contains fundamental differences from the Senate's evolving blueprint.
A proposal that lawmakers have decried as one of the most contentious—and possibly irreconcilable—is a change to the 2008 anti-trafficking law prohibiting Central American children from voluntary removal. This is a key component of a plan from a House Republican working group, led by Rep. Kay Granger. House GOP Conference members were briefed Wednesday morning on the group's recommendations to solve what President Obama has called a humanitarian crisis at the border.
The recommendations—which haven't been set in stone—included a number of bullet points focused on securing the border.
- Deploy the National Guard to the border to assist Border Patrol agents. Granger did not say exactly what the number of troops might be.
- Require the Homeland Security Department to craft and implement a plan to "gain operational control" of the southwest border.
- Address border-security issues in Central America and Mexico.
- Create repatriation centers to help families and unaccompanied minors once they return to their home country.
- Implement aggressive messaging campaigns—which are already underway in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. These are aimed at exposing the dangers of the journey to the U.S. and dispelling the myth that children will be permitted to enter the country.
- Process family units within five to seven days. Children should have a fast-tracked immigration-court hearing within seven days after a child welfare official's screening. More judge teams and temporary judges would be added.
- Establish an independent commission to craft metrics to show if initiatives to secure the border are working.
- Create tough penalties for smugglers and disassemble transnational criminal organizations.
The GOP outline may not have the full backing of House Republicans. The scope of conservative opposition to the Granger plan isn't yet fully known, but it is rooted in a narrative that has dictated GOP hostility to everything immigration-related that has been discussed during this Congress.
Perhaps the most important aspect of Republicans' opposition is their visceral distrust of Obama to execute and enforce any of the laws they have already passed or may pass in the future. Conservatives have consistently accused Obama of selectively enforcing immigration law, and many have essentially ruled out any further legislating on the issue until a new president resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.


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Some flowers grow well in the shadows, and you might be tempted to say that Rita Carrey is one of them, except that her brother's outsized fame never felt like a shadow to her.
It is more like a really big south-facing window.
If you see Rita this summer — and you probably will (between her band dates and her appearances as a radio DJ, she seems to be everywhere) — you will notice the penguin Popper. It's a prop from Jim Carrey's new film, Mr. Popper's Penguins, a gift from Jim to Rita to help her raise money for the Light of Day foundation in its fight against Parkinson's.
Rita exults in her sibling's success. She grew up believing in it, and the force of his personality and legend never cramped her own style.
When Rita drove buses in Burlington, which was her job until she went into radio, her passengers liked her not because she is Jim Carrey's sister, though many knew she was, but because she sang so entertainingly. She was known as the Singing Bus Driver.
When she sang the national anthem at a Ticats-Argos game at Ivor Wynne a couple of years ago, people recognized her in the line-up to the women's washroom afterwards. Not as Jim Carrey's sister, but as the one who had just sung O Canada.
"I still had to stand in the line-up, though, and missed half the game," jokes Rita, who lives in Flamborough. "I loved it — singing to 26,000 people. I didn't want to get off the field."
Singing on the buses; singing at Ivor Wynne; being flown on a private jet to watch her little brother stick his hands and feet in the cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theater in the 1990s.
These will all presumably find their way into Rita's memoir — the one she's working on this summer.
I catch up with her in a rare quiet moment on the dock of the Grimsby marina where her 30-foot Bayliner named Angelina (her middle name) is moored. Parked near it is her 2006 Mustang with the chrome hubcaps and double white strips, and beside her, Popper.
The stories flow easily, there are so many, and she tells them with fondness and an irresistibly personable, down-to-earth charm.
There's the one about how she and her sister found Jim's little black book when they were visiting him in Malibu.
"We couldn't resist," Rita says, deliciously. They opened it. That's how Rita knows Tom Hanks's phone number and Adam Sandler's.
There are stories from their childhood. The family lived for a time out of a van. Jim was impossibly energetic, always putting on a show.
"We knew something would come of it," she recalls.
One time, she and her sister tricked him into eating wallpaper paste.
There's another branch to her memoir that could, if she let it, render all else a mere footnote. In 2005 her son Marty, the one who spurred her to take her music out to a wider public, was tragically killed in a car accident. A flatbed flew off a passing truck and struck his car. He was 25.
Rita says, rather than opening the pain again, writing about it is helpful. She says she moved through many stages in the aftermath, but ultimately knew she had to push beyond the paralysis of loss — she has two other sons, Mike and Matt, and the joy of music was Marty's legacy.
Marty not only encouraged Rita to get up and sing in clubs and bars, they formed a band together, Transit, and wrote songs together.
These days, with her group The Rita Carrey Band, she still writes original material as well as covering classic rock tunes.
Music fills her life. Rita is also a DJ for Giant 91.7 (classic rock) in Welland. The way it works with Popper is she brings it wherever she goes. People pose with Popper, who is signed by Jim Carrey, and the photos are posted online at Giant 91.7's website, along with the penguin's upcoming whereabouts (on Aug. 1, Popper's going to the CN Tower). On Nov. 11, Popper gets auctioned off in Niagara Falls in the culminating show of Light of Day's concert series.
Rita says she hopes to finish her book in time for Christmas. For more information on Popper and Light of Day, visit lightofdayniagara.com.
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Melony McGant, poet, storyteller, humanist and world lover of children lives on HOPE; works to breathe in love, and exhales fear (false expectations appearing real). She says "Perhaps our current challenges are wake-up calls for our collective awakening to truth." And she believes that the truth is, there is no need for our constant bickering, our disdain for eachother, for wars and killing, for world hunger, massive disease, for discrimination, subjugation, or oppression. She maintains that LOVE, even on a rainy day, is the answer to our dreams, our individual quests, and our future collective identity. "If we can learn to value our children, our elders, ourselves, and our Mother Earth=Heart, then surely we have the power to impact society and to create a world filled with JOY."
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Valmont is a dumping ground
(Re: "On the hook," Ghosts of Valmont Butte series, Feb. 23.) Our family has lived in Valmont since 1915. Our house is the location of the old Grange hall. Boulder has always looked east to Valmont as their dumping ground. When they needed gravel, they dug it here. When they needed a place for a trash transfer station, they converted a beautiful KOA campground for that purpose. Where do you think they intended to build a sewage composting plant and a fire training station? On Valmont Butte, next to our pioneer cemetery. The county also issued a permit to tear down the butte to supply rock and dirt to build the railroad overpass on Foothills Parkway. The latest proposal is to dig up the open space on Valmont to make a swamp to replace a wetland being covered for a bike path on Highway 36.
Boulder always sends representatives to tell us how wonderful these projects will be for our community and, since we don't get to vote on anything, we will have no part of the decision-making. For years we have had to form groups to fight the destruction of our area and, with the help of the Native Americans and the federal government, we have sometimes succeeded.
Hugh McGinty/Boulder
Thanks so much for the story on Valmont Butte. I think my blog comments came off as sarcastic, but I am not at all, so don't read that in. The BW is doing marvelous work here.
This story is off the hook. Circular remediation. Put all the crap bags in a big pile and worry about it later. Later is now.
Boulder's version of pay it forward?
People can protect themselves with knowledge. Go and stop the madness, only if they know what the madness is.
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Glad to see [the series] back. Can we have more history of the town of Valmont and that area? Thanks!
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Abortion and circumcision
(Re: "Foreskin follies," Uncensored, Feb. 16.) Editorials in the Boulder Weekly the last few weeks come out strongly in favor of abortion rights and against male circumcision. Juxtaposed, these positions present an interesting observation: The problem with circumcision is its timing. If it is performed in utero, no problem, as a fetus has no protectable interest and the pregnant woman has no restraints on what she does with her own body. In utero circumcision benefits as well from the argument that if a woman can abort her fetus, surely she can take action far less destructive.
Mark Loewenstein/Boulder
Dear Pamela, I'd rather be circumcised than aborted!
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Thank you so much for publishing the recent "Foreskin follies" article by Pamela White. I can't believe that some of our state legislators want to spend our tax dollars on circumcision, which is little more than cosmetic surgery. Our state budget is collapsing, and Medicaid recipients can't even get all of the medically necessary treatments they need, yet Sen. Foster wants to spend money on circumcision? The bill she drafted would force Medicaid to cover all types of circumcision, even adult circumcision when there's no medical problem! This would be a ridiculous waste of our money and a disservice to Medicaid recipients.
Craig Garrett/Colorado Springs
It's illegal even to make a pinprick on a girl's genitals. Why don't boys get the same protection? Everyone should be able to decide for themselves whether or not they want parts cut off their genitals. It's their body.
It's not like it can't wait — there are only two countries in the world where more than 50 percent of baby boys are circumcised — the USA and Israel.
Mark Lyndon/via Internet
BEST OF BOULDER SURVEY LAUNCHES Boulder Weekly has launched its annual Best of Boulder survey, and several new categories have been added this year. Voters can participate online at www.boulderweekly.com through March 31.
In response to last year's reader feedback, the survey now gives local residents a chance to vote for "Best East County Restaurant," "Best Lyons Restaurant" and "Best Nederland Restaurant."
In addition, BW has added other new categories, like "Best Gluten-Free Menu," "Best Food Truck," "Best Coffee Roaster" and "Best Cocktail." Everyone who responds to the survey will automatically receive an exclusive invitation to Boulder Weekly's Best of Boulder Bash.