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The Spring 1968 issue of Famous Artists magazine contained a feature article and interview with Franklin McMahon. Earlier this week I presented the first and second parts of that interview. Today we look at the conclusion...
FAS: You cheerfully admit that even when nobody asks you to cover a story you go ahead and make the drawings and then, hopefully, find someone to publish them. Do you like working on speculation?
FM: I query somebody when I have a good idea or I go ahead and find a place for it later. Nobody gave me an assignment for my Common Market story, which I sold to Fortune.
(Below, McMahon illustration from his Common Market series for Fortune magazine)
The reason you go ahead is the possibility of a big exciting payoff if you keep your eyes open. Timing is important. An editor may tell you, "We're not doing that kind of story." What he means is, "We're not doing it this week." But his interest could develop. After the second or third look he may want the story. Particularly when the subject has been exhausted and a new look is needed.
FM: The magazines can do stories to illuminate a subject before it becomes a problem and even anticipate the headline. I suggested to a magazine that they do a story on what the people of Birmingham were thinking long before they turned the hose on them.
FAS: Why don't magazines take more of a chance?
FM: An editor doesn't know what's out there. Neither do you until you get there. That's why you have to go and find out. When you get there the story begins to turn over, but sometimes not until you're in the middle of it. I'm not talking about exposés. The artist can celebrate the things that are positive. It's a question of the artist interacting with a meaningful subject, something that interests him.
FAS: What interests you?
FM: One thing that interests me is civil rights. The Vatican Council and the way it relates to civil rights, non-violence, which seems to be the major theme of our times. It's what the young people in the streets are thinking about. I don't think Churchill is really the man of the century. Probably Gandhi.
(Below, a crowd in India listens to Vinoba Bhave, Fortune magazine, 1963)
FM: I'm interested in the changes taking place in the established church. What goes on is so much conditioned by the relationship of Christians to Jews. The Ecumenical movement, bringing people together, becoming a world society - these are the kind of things that interest me. My first consideration is to do stories that interest me and then do them so they are published.
FAS: How do you develop a reporter's eye?
FM: Keep your mind open. I think there's a story everywhere. There are certain visual ideas, reportorial ideas, actually, that are best expressed in art. There is no way of knowing what ideas these are until you go out and look around.
FAS: When you go out after stories that interest you, do you go out with an attitude, an editorial point of view?
FM: If I have an attitude, I would like to stop having it. When you start out on a story you probably do have some preconceived idea of what you will find. but going there changes your idea of what a place is like. What you suddenly realize in Selma, for example, is that this is a condition of humanity. There are good people on both sides who want to work it out and bad people on both sides. All your notions are scuttled because you are dealing with human beings and not symbols.
(Below, the head of the Chamber of Commerce, Birmingham, Alabama)
FAS: You seem to have no trouble getting into conventions, conferences, going where the action is. How do you get in? What kind of accreditation do you need?
FM: You have to look for the public relations guy and explain what you want to do. the artist is unique, and there is no machinery set up to accommodate this. usually there is a man who handles writers, and one for photographers. At political conventions I go to the press guy who deals with writers. When I was doing the Common Market story and I wanted to interview Lord Hinchley I called the headquarters of the Conservative Party and explained what I wanted to do and the press man called him and arranged it. Most people want to get their ideas across and you can help them do it. There's no reason why they shouldn't welcome an artist. The only problem is finding the right contacts.
FAS: I notice that you not only describe yourself as an artist/reporter, but you also volunteer to do the text for a drawing and make layouts for the project you're working on. Your training must have been very comprehensive. Was it?
FM: I went to the Chicago Art Institute, the Institute of Design in Chicago and WPA art classes. I went mostly at night because I apprenticed in an art studio as soon as I got out of high school. The WPA sessions were simply life classes. I studied painting and materials at the Art Institute. Chicago is a design center in the sense that the artists who work there have a primary interest in developing their pictures for printing. You take a thing from the start. You aren't called in at the end. When I did something for an agency I wanted to do the layouts too. The total thing.
FAS: Where do you work when you are not out on location?
FM: I have a studio in my house and one in Chicago. Increasingly, I work at home. I have a small office in Chicago which I share with a designer.
FAS: When did you really begin concentrating on reportage?
FM: Around 1955, when I decided I was spending too much time in the studio. The first chance I had to get out came when I was offered a job illustrating a book on the Constitution of the State of Illinois. Rather than doing a kind of organization chart with drawings showing what the Legislature did and the Governor did and so on, I proposed that I would go out into the state and see how the people lived under this Constitution.
The effect of the laws on transportation in a small city, for example. In a way, what I was doing was decorative art because the pictures could be used anywhere in the book and did not specifically illustrate a given piece of text. I sent the book to Life as an example of the kind of work I wanted to do and they gave me an assignment to cover the Till trial.
(Below, McMahon art from another courtroom reportage assignment for Life magazine, from the 1957 NYAD Annual)
FAS: How can an artist break into the sort of reportage you do? After all, you have the contacts, the reputation and the resources to finance these exploratory trips.
FM: Not every artist will want to go to India or be interested in the Common Market. A guy could work for his local newspaper. There are companies in his area who might want to do an annual report. Regional and local advertising agencies might give him assignments. He should be observant. You ask yourself, "How does this look?" Not many have really done this.
FAS: Do you ever paint for pure pleasure or make a fine arts painting instead of something to sell?
FM: I don't see much difference between work done for publication and work done for galleries and museums. This is my serious work. There's too much talk today about divisions in the arts between commercial and noncommercial, about one as serious and the other as nonserious art. Most great artists in history were commercial artists - they earned their keep by painting for their patrons. I can't work today for Philip II but I may do commercial work for Container Corp. of America of McDonald's Hamburgers.
FAS: You have managed to "do your thing" and be rewarded for it. But clients seek you out because of your individual approach. What advice can you give the artist who is not yet firmly established and who must do what the client wants but also wants to express his own point of view and approach?
FM: He should do his job the way they ask for it but try to go beyond what's asked because they never ask you to do what you're capable of doing. They don't know what you can do. The artist can see things others can't. Do what's asked - but always do something for yourself as well.
* Many thanks to Matt Dicke, who provide most of the material for this week's posts.
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Friday, February 15, 2013
The Franklin McMahon Interview, Part 3: "This is my serious work."
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Thanks so much for posting this interview. Really fascinated by McMahon's clarity of purpose.ReplyDelete
Complex with details, intricate, telling, saturated with observation; still preserving a clearness uncluttered and a luciditiy of his own, no subject deemed too difficult to tackle; wow, this man can draw crowds! He must have drawn a million human figures in his lifetime!ReplyDelete
What an artist!
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A Good Dog in Trouble
My beloved Orson kept biting people. What should I do?
When I got Orson in 2000, we were both in bad shape. The 2-year-old border collie was excitable and aggressive. I was living (unhappily) in northern New Jersey, writing (unhappily) about media and technology. I had few interests outside my family, and I had few friends.
Five years later, almost everything about my life was different. I was writing (happily) about dogs, animals, and rural life, living (happily) on a 110-acre farm in upstate New York. Orson had become my beloved sidekick. We were always together, day and night. His arrival had sparked the best and most important change in my life.
But he was still troubled. I'd tried every tactic from sheepherding to acupuncture to calm him, and I'd had considerable success—I thought. But in the spring and summer of 2005, for reasons that weren't clear, he suddenly became aggressive and bit three people. The following is adapted from A Good Dog: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life, published this week.
I had four choices.
I could build a more secure kennel for Orson behind the house, away from traffic and visitors.
I could find a more isolated and peaceful home for him, where fewer people visited to alarm him.
I could take Orson to a veterinary school like Cornell's for more sophisticated testing—MRIs, brain scans, further blood work—to make certain that no medical issue (a tumor, for example) was causing his violent behavior.
I could take him to my vet and have him killed.
The next morning before dawn, Orson and I rode up on the ATV to see Sirius, the Dog Star. I brought a piece of toast for breakfast. I sat munching on it, tossing Orson bits and scratching him under his chin.
Dogs, dogs. One day he's biting somebody's neck, the next morning he's sitting on the hilltop with me, gentle as a kitten.
"What are we going to do with you, my friend?" I asked.
I considered the first option. My contractor friend Anthony could easily build a kennel with high fences and posts behind my farmhouse. Orson would have space to run, a vantage point from which to watch the sheep and the house, but no one could get near him.
Orson, I knew, would hate it. He always wanted to be near me, to be part of the action. A social creature, he loved stimulation. Penned in the back, he would be barking and pacing all the time. I would hate it, too. I loved being with Orson; I didn't bring him into my life in order to keep him in isolation.
"Nobody could get into it, and he couldn't get out," Anthony told me. "But it wouldn't be a kennel, it would be a prison. Just so you know."
This was not why I had this dog, or any dog.
What about option two? What if I could locate a remote farm where there would be space to run, woods to explore, and someone happy to take in a dog like this? But I would miss him always. More importantly, I'd be trying to slip off the hook.
Obviously, it's sometimes appropriate to give a dog away— I'd done it myself. But I would feel, and be, irresponsible if I passed a problem dog along. If Orson bit another kid or adult, perhaps more seriously, a few inches higher, injured someone's face or eyes—could I live with that? I was choking on my own statistics, those I'd spouted in my writings and talks: Nearly 5 million people bitten by dogs each year. Hundreds of thousands, most of them children, hurt seriously enough to go to a hospital. Dogs that have bitten are likely to bite again.
To me, dogs that harm people violate the fundamental contract between humans and canines. They cause lawsuits, insurance problems, restrictions on all dogs, plus lots of human pain and suffering. Keeping a violent animal is antithetical to everything I believe about a life with dogs. Passing one along to someone else was no better. I could not give Orson away and then simply hope for the best. Orson was not more important than a child's safety. At least, I didn't want him to be.
The third option was perhaps the most feasible. Go to Cornell, spend $5,000 or $6,000—I'd checked—for the elaborate workups necessary to determine if any hidden physical factor was causing this aggressive behavior. One vet had suggested Orson, when aroused, might be experiencing something akin to seizures.
Such tests might or might not find something, however. They would be frightening, possibly painful for him, draining for me. I'd already exhausted the possibilities of conventional veterinary care and much of alternative medicine as well. My kitchen counters were stacked with Chinese herbs. Orson had had veterinary chiropractic and acupuncture.
I'd trained Orson faithfully in the heat and cold and wet, employing truckloads of treats, spending thousands of hours repeating grounding and calming commands. We'd even won a ribbon in my early attempts to teach him to herd sheep.
What was the outer limit of what was appropriate to do for a dog? How much money and time was too much to spend? Living in this hamlet upstate, I'd seen the grinding poverty people struggled with. A family up the road lived in a trailer with gaping holes covered by tar paper. Hunters desperately asked to hunt on my property—not for sport, but to feed their families. I knew of dogs that got shot when their owners couldn't afford veterinary care. Where was the balance between the care and money I lavished on Orson and the needs of human beings? I didn't know, but I felt I was approaching the line, perhaps had already crossed it.
No, it didn't seem right to subject this dog to more tests, to spend thousands of dollars seeking answers we might never find.
That left the fourth choice: Putting to death a dog that I loved dearly, that I'd written about, that was known and loved by so many people, that had changed my life. I owed him so much.
I was afraid even to talk to my vet about the prospect of euthanizing Orson. I imagined her shock and outrage and pictured her throwing me out of her office, forcing me to find a less ethical vet who would do it for the money, no questions asked.
I could even hear her words: "We don't kill animals like Orson. He's wonderful. He's healthy. How dare you even ask?"
After Orson and I rode back down to the house, I called her and asked if I could visit. She seemed puzzled when I showed up solo, without a dog, but waved me back into her small office. We talked for an hour about Orson. She already knew about his arousal and nipping. Now I told her about the latest incidents, the bites, the blood and torn shirts. She understood what I was feeling, she said. She'd had to put down an aggressive dog of her own.
We went over, in detail, all the possibilities. Orson might well have a medical condition, she said. She told me what I might expect if I went to specialists or veterinary behaviorists. But conventional care hadn't found the problem yet, and holistic treatments hadn't eliminated it. Sending him to another home was a possibility, but she agreed that I might be passing a serious problem along to others.
She wasn't telling me what to do, but she said her practice did not believe in circulating dogs that harmed humans. Violent dogs ought to be put down, she agreed, and if I sincerely believed Orson was one, and would hurt other people, she would help me. "In the final analysis," Mary said, "you know your dogs best. Only you can really judge. I will support your decision." That nearly brought me to tears. My vet was telling me she trusted me; it meant a lot.
I went home to think. I called Lesley, my local animal communicator and shaman. This was not her terrain, but she had become a friend, one I felt knew Orson's spirit, so I wanted to tell her what was happening. She had no advice. Some things belonged in the spirit realm, some in the human domain, and she respected those differences. Orson's attacks sounded awful, she said—I was right to take them seriously. So even the shaman was out of ideas.
Everyone around me—especially my wife—grasped that this was my decision. She'd rarely seen the aggression in Orson that was causing all this trouble, just the sweet dog who slept at the foot of the bed and slurped our faces each morning. Put Orson down? "Could you really do that?" she wondered.
The truth was, I wasn't really soliciting options, and the people who knew me well weren't offering any.
So, there we were. Four choices, none of them good.
In trouble, I turn inward, trying to reason through what must be done. But I've also come to rely on the thinking and writings of a few people who've inspired or guided me. They never quite tell me what to do, but always help me figure it out. I call them my secret board of directors.
It's a very distinguished membership, including the late Trappist monk Thomas Merton, Abraham Lincoln, and philosopher Hannah Arendt. I especially cherished her Responsibility and Judgment, a series of essays about right and wrong and how each of us decides which is which. I've often turned to it when I faced rough choices and it has never failed me.
So, I settled on the porch with Orson and read one of Arendt's chapters on moral conduct. It was a warm late afternoon, and the hawks were circling slowly over the meadow in front of the farmhouse. Orson was dozing near me, Rose sitting by the fence, eyeing the sheep. Clementine was on the lawn on her back, snoring contentedly. It was terribly discouraging to have made it through these five-plus decades, to struggle to reach this place with Orson's great help and inspiration, to be living on this beautiful farm, sitting on the porch on a lazy summer day—and be contemplating this awful act.
I felt old, weary, and sad.
So, I read. Moral conduct, Arendt wrote, depends mostly on the discussions we have with ourselves. We must not contradict ourselves by making exceptions in our own favor. We must not place ourselves in positions in which we would have to despise ourselves.
"It certainly is not a matter of concern with the other but with the self," she'd written. "The standard is neither the love of some neighbor nor self-love, but self-respect."
It did not matter what other people, or other dog lovers, would do or would think of whatever I decided. It mattered what I thought of myself; the respect I needed to seek was my own. The world is filled with people of certainty, who have a sure sense of what others ought to do. Nowhere were they more numerous than in the vast network of people and institutions that constituted the dog culture. Yet if life with dogs had taught me anything, it was to be less, not more, certain. Animals have ways of teaching you that for all your books, vet, Web sites, and holistic practitioners, you are not in control. Animals live by their own lights.
There was a preacher I'd met a few miles south of here, years ago, who walked the hills and valleys looking to save souls. I was fond of him, admired his energy and faith. He'd never saved a single soul, he told me, but never missed a day of trying. He used to stop by my little mountaintop cabin once or twice a year, and although he didn't get far with my soul, I usually gave him a cup of tea. We talked for a few minutes while he gathered himself for the rest of his arduous day.
I thought of him that afternoon and wished he would come along. At some point during every visit, he used to say that the devil was the world's best theologian, because he knew right and wrong better than anyone. I would have liked to meet somebody that sure. Instead, I was the sole judge, legislator, and theologian of my world.
What pushed me through my lethargy was a passage Arendt cited from Immanuel Kant: "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heaven above me and the moral law within me."
Orson and I had been under the starry heavens all summer and now, I had to listen to the moral law within me.

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I hated to do it because it went against my competitive instincts, but I stuck my hand out the window to motion the red, turbocharged E46 M3 past me on the left after the long-ish back straight on the Streets of Willow. I was holding him up because the Hoosier race tires still weren't up to temp on that crisp winter day up in the high desert, and the car was sliding around too much. After tailing him for a lap at a gap of five to six car lengths, I felt the tires starting to come into their own, which meant it was time to try to redeem myself.
The M6 I was driving was fortified with ESS Tuning's new supercharger system, so new that the kit hadn't been officially released at that point. The ESS engineers spent two years developing the system, with a lot of cold-weather testing in Scandinavia and countless hours of hard running on the Nürburgring and the autobahn. For the final stages, more tests were carried out at their Arizona test facilities to make sure it would run properly in hot weather as well. The two-year, unlimited-mileage warranty shows they have faith in it.
With the tires warmed up, I started to find spots where I would gain on the M3; a little bit through the fast esses and then some more on the two fast straights. Where I was losing time was coming out of the slow, Second-gear corners. The supercharger's immediate onslaught of torque would spin the tires as if they were wrapped with bacon and the M3 would stretch its lead. Finding that fine line just before the tires started to spin called for judicious throttle inputs, and when I got it right, I could sense that I was clawing back the distance lost, inch by inch.
I had seen the red M3 in the parking lot earlier in the day and noticed it packed a Horsepower Freaks (HPF) turbocharger system. Some of their systems can crank out as much as 789 hp on pump gas. Their baseline, Stage 1 kits are rated at 518 hp. So as I tried to reel him in, I figured he probably had the advantage in terms of power-to-weight and the M6 had the advantage over him in the grip department what with the M6 on R-compound Hoosiers and the M3 using the widest street tires that the owner could stuff in the wheelwells.
Seeing the gap close gave me the confidence to push even harder; a little later on the brakes here or full throttle through the uphill blind kink on the back straight or letting the nose slide out just a little at the end of the fast, downhill, Third-gear left-hander. The M6 was more than willing, although the stock brakes and pads were its weakest link. I had expected it to feel fat and out of shape on the track but its composure surprised me. You could tell it was a heavyweight, but it moved around the ring like a middleweight. Eibach Pro springs were the only suspension changes and you could feel them being worked but not overwhelmed. The R6 Hoosiers (265/30-19 (f) and 295/30-19 (r)) relayed plenty of info through the steering wheel, with the front tires giving up first and power oversteer practically any time you wanted it—and sometimes when you didn't.
The power was good at almost any point in the rev range. Sill present was the lack of low-end torque the S85 engine has taken criticism for, but on the track where you're playing with the serious half of the rev range, the ESS supercharger noticeably fattens up the mid-range, making that surge towards the engine's ridiculous 8250-rpm redline come that much quicker with the smoothness, force and propulsion of a jet turbine. The delivery is seamless and the only telltale sign that the engine is not stock is the muffled whistling sound from the spooling blower.
The ESS kit is based around a Vortech V3Si supercharger; a cast-aluminum manifold; high-flow Bosch Motorsport fuel injectors; a cast, high-temperature plastic intake for the supercharger; a reprogrammed ECU with new settings for the VANOS and throttle sensor and the assorted brackets, belts and hoses. Their VT-1 kit, which the M6 was running, is rated at 625 hp and 455 lb-ft of torque compared to 500 hp and 380 lb-ft stock. Maximum boost is 5.5 psi. Their VT-2 kit includes an intercooler, a smaller pulley and an ECU tune to accommodate the upgrades for a 25-hp bump to 650 hp at 7 psi.
The way I reeled in the M3 over the course of four or five laps made me think that maybe there wasn't a power-to-weight advantage because now I can read when the registration on his license plate expires. Maybe his tires are starting to overheat or his brakes were cooked or maybe there's more than one reason I'm on his tail and actually holding back in some sections. Whatever the reason, I'll take it. On the same section I let him by a few laps ago, he stuck out his hand and told me to pass him on the left.
Off the track and on the street the ESS supercharger exhibited the same seamless delivery of power, with quick, effortless blasts up to 130 and tons more pull beyond that. There were, however, times when I had to drop down an extra gear to make real progress. The fact is it's still a 3,900-pound car and that 455 lb-ft of torque isn't around at 2000 or 3000 rpm. ESS also offers a reprogram of the SMG's brain for crisper, faster shifts so getting the car to scoot just takes a nudge on the paddle.
Aesthetically, the car features Vorsteiner's carbon front lip and rear diffuser, from which the exhaust tips of an RPI full cat-back exhaust protrude. The grille has been matted black and the side grilles have a subtle matte bronze finish to match the center spokes of the HRE 794RS wheels (9.5x20 (f), 11x20 (r)). Those wheels are bound by Pirelli P-Zero Corsas measuring 265/30 front and 295/30 rear. The headlight covers have been tinted to finish off its sinister presence.
5.0-liter V10, dohc, 40-valve. ESS Tuning VT-1 supercharger, RPI full cat-back exhaust
SMG III, seven-speed semi-automatic with ESS Tuning software
Eibach ProKit springs
Wheels and Tires
HRE 794RS (9.5x20 (f), 11x20 (r) (street)
Pirelli P-Zero Corsa 265/30 (f), 295/30 (r) (street)
Stock M6 9.5x19 (track)
Hoosier R6 265/30 (f), 295/30 (r) (track)
Peak Power: 625 hp
Peak Torque: 455 lb-ft


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Friday, March 24, 2006
Briggs Condensed
Like a lot of other illustrators, Austin Briggs did a great many illustrations for Reader's Digest Condensed Books. This wealth of beautiful imagery might have escaped notice if not for the generousity of a Today's Inspiration contributor who wishes to remain anonymous. As well, Drazen Kozjan shares another Briggs article, this one from "Illustrating for the Saturday Evening Post" - thanks again, Drazen!
All this wonderful stuff is now available at larger sizes in my Austin Briggs Flickr set.
Finally, some readers may not know that for a time during the 30's Austin Briggs was the artist of Alex Raymond's newspaper comicstrip, Flash Gordon. And speaking of Alex Raymond and Flash Gordon (how's that for a segué?), go take a look at David Apatoff's current post over at Illustration Art for a fascinating discourse entitled " THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD TASTE AND GOOD ART".
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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Employee With Epilepsy Discriminated Against in Violation of ADA, Federal Agency Charges
DENVER – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit yesterday against Western Trading Company, Inc., an Army-Navy surplus company in metro Denver. The lawsuit alleges three violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) based on Western Trading's dealings with Tyler Riley, an employee with epilepsy who has grand mal seizures and who briefly worked for the company.
According to the EEOC's complaint, Tyler Riley worked for Western Trading less than a week before having a seizure on the job. The EEOC alleges that Riley was allowed to return to work after providing three separate releases from his doctors, but was then sent home again when Western Trading learned of a second seizure during his off-duty hours. The lawsuit alleges that despite additional information from Riley's doctors, he was never allowed to return to work. Based on these allegations, EEOC asserts that Western Trading failed to make reasonable accommodations for Riley and terminated him in violation of the ADA. The EEOC also alleges that Western Trading unlawfully kept Riley's medical records with his other personnel information.
The EEOC filed the lawsuit (EEOC v. Western Trading Co., Inc., Case #10-cv-02387-MSK-MEH) in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement. The suit seeks monetary damages, including back pay, compensation for emotional distress and punitive damages. The EEOC also seeks injunctive relief prohibiting further discrimination by the employer and mandating corrective action.
"Myths, fears, or stereotypes about epilepsy are insufficient grounds for refusing to accommodate the disability or for terminating an employee with epilepsy," said EEOC Regional Attorney Mary Jo O'Neill. "Indeed, the ADA was created to combat such stereotypes."
EEOC Phoenix District Office Acting District Director Rayford Irvin added, "Our investigation into this charge revealed that Mr. Riley provided his employer with several assurances that it was safe for him to work. An employer cannot simply disregard medical providers' statements in favor of unsupported conjecture or speculation."
Further information about the EEOC and its power to enforce federal workforce discrimination laws is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
TNA should be applauded - not ridiculed - for waving the white flag
It would be easy – and perhaps well deserved – to kick TNA while it's down right now. Indeed, the new "Monday Night War" that it declared about two months ago turned out not even to be a skirmish. And after drawing ratings so dismal in its Monday night slot that its previous ratings on Thursday looked gigantic in comparison, TNA and Spike TV effectively tapped out last night, and announced Impact would return to Thursday night.
I've heard a lot of talk today about TNA management retreating with their proverbial tails tucked between their legs. And that is certainly accurate. Dixie Carter, Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, and Vince Russo have themselves largely to blame for TNA's ultimate failure on Monday nights.
It's true that putting a dent in the ratings juggernaut that is WWE Monday Night Raw would have been tough for even a finely tuned wrestling promotion. But, by any standards, TNA's performance on Monday nights was a major disappointment. And that had everything to do with not giving fans what they want, and giving them far too much of what they don't want.
But now may not be the time to look back. After months of bold moves by TNA, the boldest may have come last night. Returning to Thursday nights – and in the process admitting defeat – is a wise and brave move, and one TNA should be commended – not disparaged – for.
The company has taken other important steps in that direction as of late, as well. The coronation of Ron Van Dam as the new TNA champion, the attempt to create a fair ranking system and the re-introduction of Samoa Joe as a back-to-basics butt kicker are all important building blocks for TNA.
Rather than continue wasting time and money fighting a losing battle against WWE, TNA is smart to concentrate on building its own brand, on its own night.
- Al Castle
Pro Wrestling Illustrated Senior Writer
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Well said, Al.
I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall when Dixie Carter broke the news to Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff. Their reactions would have spoken volumes.
Hopefully, they gracefully accepted the disappointing news. If they put up any kind of fuss whatsoever, I'd have to wonder where their priorities lay.
I know I was wrong in believing, based on the Jan. 4 experiment, that Impact would increase its audience by going head-to-head with Raw. Hopefully, Hogan's and Bischoff's egos will allow them to make the same admission.
If not, Dixie should get J.R. and/or Paul E on the blower but quick!
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I agree with you as well, Al.
For all the things TNA does that scream "WCW", this is something they've at least (hopefully) learned from.
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This was survival for TNA. Competing with WWE at this pace would lead it to implode. Read more @ www dot glassmanstanding dot com.
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Cassetica Software, Inc. v. Computer Sciences Corp, 2009 WL 1703015 (N.D.Ill. 2009)
Cassetica Software made an application available for download on the web and entered into a license agreement for that application with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). Cassetica alleged that CSC continued to download the application after the license agreement expired.
So Cassetica sued in federal court, alleging a number of causes of action, including violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 USC 1030 et seq. (CFAA). CSC moved to dismiss pursuant to FRCP 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. The court granted the motion, finding that Cassetica did not plead either damage or loss as required by the CFAA.
What the CFAA requires
Interpreting the CFAA differently that at least one other judge in the Northern District of Illinois has (cf. Garelli Wong & Assoc. v. Nichols, 551 F.Supp.2d 704 (N.D.Ill. 2008)), Judge Kendall held that Cassetica was required to plead either damage or loss as such terms are defined in the CFAA. (In Garelli Wong, the court held that both damage and loss must be pled.)
Under the CFAA, "damage" is defined as "any impairment to the integrity or availability of data, a program, a system, or information." "Loss" is defined as "any reasonable cost to any victim, including the cost of responding to an offense, conducting a damage assessment, and restoring the data, program, system, or information to its condition prior to the offense, and any revenue lost, cost incurred, or other consequential damages incurred because of interruption of service."
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The bare allegations of damage in the complaint were not enough. The court found that Cassetica did not allege any facts that would plausibly suggest that the software downloads — authorized or not — caused a diminution in the computers or usability of [Cassetica's] computerized data." The court went on to observe that "[c]ritically absent from the Complaint are allegations that CSC's downloads resulted in lost data, the inability to offer downloads to its customers, or that the downloads affected the availability of the software."
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Cassetica's complaint also failed to plead loss. The allegations primarily dealt with the lost fees Cassetica would have received had the alleged unauthorized downloading not taken place. Because Cassetica did not allege that it lost revenues as a result of an interruption in service caused by CSC, its claim for lost revenue fell outside the CFAA's definition of "loss."
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From Emerging Leaders
Capturing Our Stories: A National Oral History Program of Retired / Retiring Librarians
Sponsor: ALA
In addition to expressing her concerns through three Task Forces, Dr. Loriene Roy is supporting several demonstration projects during her year as ALA President. One of these projects is a national oral history program of retired librarians. An Emerging Leaders Cohort will assist in the development of the project by gathering information for the project website, receiving training on oral history methodology, conducting one or more interviews, and serving up the content on the project website.
Expected Outcomes
Contributions to a website highlighting "Capturing Our Stories."
- To compile a database of other library-related oral history projects so we do not duplicate efforts (and so we can learn from their methods). We will link all valuable projects to the "Capturing Our Stories" website.
- To receive oral history training and conduct at least one interview each, with the understanding that our interviews may or may not be part of the initial "Capturing Our Stories" launch.
- To compile a list of possible future interviewees.
- Do all that we can to ensure the continuation of this project. We may research grants for future funding, attract media attention for the launch of the project, set up on-site interview stations at conventions for librarians to share their stories, etc.
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Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert Featured on 'The Hunger Games' Soundtrack
Just this week, iTunes finally revealed the full tracklisting for the long-awaited soundtrack to the highly-anticipated upcoming film, 'The Hunger Games,' and thankfully, a few country names made the list. We've known for quite some time now that Taylor Swift's collaboration with the Civil Wars, 'Safe and Sound,' would be included, and it's actually at the top of the list.
The second song also belongs to Swift, as another new tune of hers dubbed 'Eyes Open' made the cut for the blockbuster-to-be. But she's not the only country femme with a song spinning behind the film. Miranda Lambert got her wish to have a song she wrote appear on the soundtrack — 'Run Daddy Run,' featuring the Pistol Annies will also hit the big screen, as well as the Civil Wars' 'Kingdom Come' and the Secret Sisters' 'Tomorrow Will Be Kinder.'
Swift debuted her 'Safe and Sound' video last night (Feb. 13) in a global debut through MTV. Speaking with the network about the film and how she thinks she would handle being thrown into the middle of a similar situation, Swift was pretty candid: "Honestly, I think I would just be the person who runs and hides," she said. Swift, who read the books herself before knowing she would be on the soundtrack, remembers when she found out she was going to write a song for the film.
"When I got the call, I thought from what I'd heard about the movie, 'It's an action movie, right? We're probably going to be writing a song that's like, We're going to win!'" she remembers. "And then I read the book, and I thought, 'No, we're going to have to write sort of a death lullaby.' It's so different from what I thought."
Swift wrote that beautiful death lullaby with the Civil Wars, and if you're about to go crazy with all the anticipation of the upcoming film, you can at least watch her hauntingly fresh music video for 'Safe and Sound' over and over until the release.
'The Hunger Games' Soundtrack Tracklisting
1. Taylor Swift (Feat. The Civil Wars), 'Safe & Sound'
2. Taylor Swift, 'Eyes Open'
3. Arcade Fire, 'Abraham's Daughter'
4. Kid Cudi, 'The Ruler & The Killer'
5. Miranda Lambert (Feat. Pistol Annies), 'Run Daddy Run'
6. The Civil Wars, 'Kingdom Come'
7. The Decemberists, 'One Engine'
8. Glen Hansard, 'Take the Heartland'
9. The Low Anthem, 'Lover Is Childlike'
10. Punch Brothers, 'Dark Days'
11. Secret Sisters,' Tomorrow Will Be Kinder'
12. Birdy, 'Just a Game'
13. Ella Mae Bowen, 'Oh Come & Sing'
14. Jayme Dee, 'Rules'
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The Bisons had no shortage of offense on Tuesday, as they used 14 hits, including three home runs, to defeat Middle Tennessee State 13-6.
The Bisons fell into an early hole, after the Blue Raiders used a three-run homer in the first to take the early lead. However, the Bisons quickly rebounded, plating five runs of their own in the bottom of the inning. Caleb Joseph got the Bisons started with a sacrifice fly to right. The next batter, Blake Bratcher, brought another run home with an RBI double. Jared Picchiottino added to the lead, driving in two more on a double down the left field line. Jay Moreland completed the inning's scoring with a single up the middle.
The Bisons increased their lead to 6-3 in the second on Allen Bolden's third home run of the season, a solo shot to right center.
The Blue Raiders got one of the runs back in the third, but the Bisons plated another in the bottom of the inning on a lead-off homer from Justin Sanders.
After the Blue Raiders pulled to within 7-5 with a run in the sixth, the Bisons stretched their lead to 11-5 in the bottom of the inning. Bratcher got the scoring going in the sixth with an RBI single to third. Picchiottino completed the scoring, driving in three on his first home run of the season.
Bisons starter Paul Piennette lasted three innings, giving up four runs on eight hits while striking out six. He was relieved by Charles Williams to start the fourth. Williams lasted three innings, giving up one run on six hits, before he was relieved by Kyle Tognazzini to start the seventh.
The Bisons tacked on two more runs in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Moreland, and a final run scoring on a wild pitch by Sanders.
Tognazzini kept the Blue Raiders off the board over his two innings of work before he was relieved by Chris Burnett to start the ninth. Burnett allowed one run in the ninth to bring the score to 13-6, the final.
Picchiottino led the Bisons on offense with three this, five RBIs, and two runs scored. Bratcher and Bolden also recorded three hits in the game.
"It is nice to get your first hit of the game in your first at bat," Picchiottino said. "It makes you feel more comfortable at the plate the rest of the night. I was seeing the ball really well tonight, and was able to get the barrel on the ball a couple times.
"Our team as a whole has been hitting the ball well. We are getting contributions from one through nine in our lineup. We played a solid game tonight all the way around and beat a good MTSU team."
With the win, the Bisons improved to 15-11 on the season. The Bisons are back in action when they travel to Union City, TN to take on UT-Martin tomorrow, April 2, at 6 p.m.
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I also remember seeing 24 or 26 episodes from a few sources up until the first few weeks of the new adaptation, lets hope this means they scrapped the latter half to do a better production.
I think Berserk actually needs to be 30 or 40 min length of episode.Or if they are going to do 20 mins they should do nearly 30 episode at least.
A preliminary screening of the new animation series will debut at a special live event in Tokyo on April 2 . The Eclipse 2017 Sacrificial Feast (蝕2017 ~生贄たちの宴~)
I almost forgot about the anime.
I'm excited for the Hirasawa performance. i see the name 9mm parabellum bullet up there again... will they be doing a new opening or some one as first season? i hated that opening.
So who's excited?!
i hope they'll do a good thorough job with the flashback of Farnese and Serpico, it's a very important section of the story and there's so much to show about it that i think an entire anime episode should be necessary to give it enough justice, although i somewhat doubt they're going to dedicate so much just for a flashback
Anyway, i thought that the manga serialization would be resumed about at the same time of the TV series for marketing reasons, if only a preliminary screening is set for april i hope that doesn't mean the manga too will be delayed.
It'll get cut
it's only a supposition that the manga relaunch will coincide with the anime's new season.
The Falcon of the Millennium Empire arc
I wish for a new Susumu Hirasawa song for the second season, or at least I wish the studio use Sign.
Hopefully they'll use Oh Ashes more judiciously in this next season. And maybe Sagisu's music will make more sense...or you know, actually work (I still can't get over that Griffith reveal all these months later).


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In general, the two grades interact rather well but on some issues there may need a bit of arbitration. Here is how I wrote it in the book:
The inevitable result is the emergence of two main categories of chareidim – the [Rabbi] Shimonists and the [Rabbi] Yishmaelists. These two strains co-exist within every chareidi community and often within chareidi households. In most aspects, there are no substantial adverse effects to this phenomenon. The Yishmaelists admire the Shimonists for maintaining a higher standard and the Shimonists appreciate that the Yishmaelists are 'doing their job'. Essentially, they carry out a teamwork program (in the spirit of the Yissachar – Zevulun partnership) as, typically, both groups gain from the achievements of the other.
Problems do arise when Rabbi Shimonist chareidim expect or demand other chareidim who may lean toward the Yishmaelist school of thought to maintain their stricter standards. These problems tend to flare up in relation to community issues which collectively affect all of the chareidim in a community and where a common policy must be adopted. Here, these two conflicting schools of thought make it difficult to determine a single policy to serve the entire spectrum. In some cases, a rift within the community is unavoidable. This occurs mostly within the education system as that is one crux of the initial debate – should young chareidim be educated exclusively toward the higher Shimonist standard or not? Does the presence of the Yishmaelists make those standards harder to achieve? On occasion this disparity comes to the fore in family relations, mostly between fathers and sons (though sometimes even between husbands and wives or in-laws), sometimes with tragic consequences. This issue demands further study which I hope to provide.
To rephrase the question: Is it justified for a "high class" chareidi educational establishment to except potential students who do not fully fit their preferred profile, or are they beholden to accept them?
Well, listen to the opinion of one of the finest arbitrators in the business, L'orach yamim v'shanim tovim.
In the ensuing video, two school officials from Beit Shemesh are consulting with the "Rosh Yeshiva" Harav Aharon Leib Shteinman, Shlit"a. It seems that a local Beit Shemesh man is on the verge of remarrying to a widow from Bnei Brak who has two sons. As they are looking to settle in Beit shemesh, they want to enroll the two boys in this particular Talmud Torah.
The officials of the TT somehow feel that this widow is too "open minded" for their tastes and are seeking the Rosh Yeshiva's approval to not
The Rosh Yeshiva will have none of it! And he says so in no uncertain terms.
Oh, and pardon the English.
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2016 Toyota Supra was a sports car that will give you a surprise on the global automotive industry. The Toyota Supra is one of the most successful sports car that attracted the attention of many people. Toyota Supra concept has become one of the hottest news is awaited by those who are lovers of sports car products, particularly from the automotive companies of Japan. Supra has become one of the important products mainly to Toyota's sports cars. All New Toyota Supra is rumored to have been having a more refreshing design changes to deal with the increasingly tight competition.
2016 Toyota Supra Concept Design
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Hello fellow anime lovers,
now i have a very picky taste in anime so i am finding it hard to find stuff i can stick to, so if you guys cant help i fully understand. these are the things i am looking for
i like to be able to get emotionally involved with the characters
Dark (demons, supernatural)
make you cry out of utter hopelessness or misery over the situation or suffering to a character you have grown to love (Wolfs Rain is a prime example of this)
i also like emotionless characters with a hidden past which makes them vulnerable you know the types kio out of fruits basket. D of vampire hunter D. sasake in naruto
(eg naruto
Spoiler for Naruto:
i have watched quite a few series but have currently gone blank for names :S
please no manga as i find i am too lazy to read -.- i know im a traitor
will be anticipating your response
thanks for reading
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Monster. After 2 episodes I would have done anything not to be in the protagonist's shoes. The entire anime's very dark, twisted, realistic and depressng.
Gungrave's protagonist also goes through very hard times and ends up being pretty emotionless; yes it has weird demon things and gangsters too. It's a bit old but awesome.
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For emotional, melancholic mood in which the situation is so hopeless (ending doesn't count) that it feels like the world's literally ending, that nothing the characters do can alter it, you have to try Zegapain (and Persona Trinity Soul if you like the former). Zegapain has a mecha/apocalyptic setting with humans not being quite human... well, I can't spoil more. Clues are sprinkled all over the anime. If you want to get to some of the meaty stuff, you've to watch at least past episode 4 (big revelation comes in Ep 6, but even bigger revelations await). I'm putting this here because some people get put off by the mecha fight. But the worth is really worth it.
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New York Fashion Week: Top Three Trends
From olive green to leather and fur, WSJ's Elizabeth Holmes picks her top three trends from New York Fashion Week.
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Many people can remember the first time they were touched by a film. Whether it was a touching scene from Gone With the Wind or an epic battle from Star Wars, through storytelling, movies have the power to invoke human emotion. Directing a film is a kind of storytelling. Film directors are responsible for a film's artistic and dramatic aspects while also overseeing technical aspects of a film. A director visualizes beyond the words on the script to a living, breathing, canvas with specific shots, lighting, mood, and emotion -- all painstakingly created for the screen. Through a director's overall vision, a film is born.
The Work of Movie Directing and Producing
The director is responsible for every aspect of a motion picture production, from set design to music to cast decisions. Directors work with actors; makeup artists; cinematographers; writers; and film, sound, and lighting technicians. They determine all the particulars of how scenes are to be shot, from visual requirements to the placement of the actors and the scheduling and budgeting requirements. In most large movies, there are layers of assistant directors, who work directly with technicians and cast members. All directors must ultimately answer to the executive producer, who has the final say on the production.
Directing and producing can be stressful work, with long and irregular hours and pay, and the need to adhere to budgets and union rules.
Education & Training
Many Los Angeles area art schools, colleges and universities offer degree programs in broadcasting, radio, film and TV. Others may offer theoretical media studies, while a few may offer majors in film directing.
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But you know, as a romantic, I believe sometimes nice guys do finish first. So again I say, "Ganbare Kou!"
There's really no logical way to make Kou and Ohana's "true love" realistically progress without a lot of butt-pulling and shoe horning and compromising Ohana's development. He already tried to make face-to-face contact with her, and that fell apart without a fight, and it's already nearly half way through the show. Ohana has so many others things to learn and do and other friendships to develop, and she's already realized that she's chosen Kissui over Kou. Yeah, some people interpret that as meaning "oh, she wants Kou back", but isn't that like pretending that no one in life has to make hard choices or some sacrifices as they grow up?
That works if you believe it's necessary for Ohana to completely wash her hands of her past in order to grow up. Problem is, life isn't that easy and clear most of the time. It's absolutely possible that she could decide she wants to stay at Kissuiso - but also that Kou is the guy she loves and always was. The two are not mutually exclusive.
Because, as you say, this is a coming-of-age story and not a romance I think it's a mortal lock we'll get a resolution of Ohana's life choices in terms of personal growth. I'm nowhere near as confident there will be any clear resolution in terms of the relationships at all.
And no. While it's possible that Ko and Ohana would keep their affections for eachother despite being seperated without seeing eachother, and that she ONLY found out he liked her right before she left...it's not likely.
"Likely" is a subjective term and one I never used. It's possible - how possible, who knows. It's very clear that she has unresolved feelings for Kou, whatever the end result is. It may just be friendship, even sympathy, or it could be that separation will be what makes her realize that she had what he wanted right in front of her all along. Just no way to know, yet.
We're really dealing with two distinct issues here, logistics and feelings. If the feelings are strong enough, I suspect Okada would find a way to make the logistics work. If Ohana never loved Kou romantically and has (or will) moved on in her life, the fact that he's in another city is largely irrelevant.
And I think you're marginalizing the significance about Ko living in another city out of contact from Ohana. Ohana obviously is quite fond of Ko, and I really doubt it's platonic, even at this point. However it's FAR from a mature adult relationship. It might have grown into something, but I'm not seeing much possibility for it at this time. Nor, given the kind of relationship that Ohana and Ko have, do I really see it really lasting.
I'm sensing a real insecurity in some of the shipping that's going on with this show, actually. My position is simply that a Kou/Ohana pairing is possible and consistent with what the show has done so far. So if an Ohana/Tohru pairing, or no pairing at all. But there's a desperation to deny all possibility of an Ohana/Kou pairing, as if the very possibility was too frightening to consider.
It's very interesting, especially since there's so little concrete evidence of how this may turn out, and frankly so little evidence that the resolution will turn on a romantic moment at all.
I don't think it's a matter of insecurity. Go back 3 episodes and I would be saying that Ohana/Ko was still a legit possibility. It's mainly how I've reacted to the tone and events set up in these last few episodes, that seem to rather strongly suggest a quite low probability of Ohana/Ko working.
Pretty clear now that Ohana is still totally hung up on Kou. I think that OV was a complete troll, personally - the contents of the episode itself were much more telling.
Kou is almost too nice to be realistic at this point - he's behaving like a Saint. But I've known guys like him - it's the combination of two factors. He's a really nice guy to begin with, and he's hopelessly in love with Ohana. I feel for him, but hopefully Ohana wises up before the series is over. If not, he really would be better off if she would just cut the cord.
If you think about it, Ko was kind of rejected by Ohana, without her realizing it. He told glasses girl that he wanted to watch over Ohana for her safety but during that phone call, she tells him that she's been horrible to him and she's not going to rely on him anymore. I think Ko took that as "I don't deserve you as a boyfriend" and his confession was rejected. Which results with him saying "jaa naa" and Ohana getting rejected. So they both kind of rejected each other... on accident? I wish they'd both just sit down and talk it out. @_@ So damn confusing.
I just thought of something; wouldn't it be hilarious if Kou was working all of those part-time jobs to invest in that super deluxe hotel that all of the inns are competing against? That'd make Kou Ohana's final boss :heh:
Episode 22 came out, Its confirm that Ohana has finally sorted out her feelings for Ko. :D
I fear the upcoming return to Tokyo arc, because it means the show is ending and Ohana could be rejected >_<
Dare I say it... KoHana end? :heh::heh:
Careful, Icarus - I think it's still too early. Okada will probably stab me in the eye again before this is all over. My money's still on the forever alone end, though my heart is pulling for KoHana.
The one piece of Ko internal dialogue that makes me now lean more towards a Kohana end rather than an Ohana-forever-alone end is this:
'Thank you so much, Ms. Matsumae. I had almost given up on Ohana...'
Simply put, it doesn't make sense for Ko to be thinking this if he's already in a romantic relationship with his female coworker at the library (or anybody else, for that matter).
So he should be "available". So is Ohana, of course. And they both clearly have strong feelings for one another. So... I'm not seeing any real obstacles right now.
That doesn't mean that Okada won't create one, mind you, but I'm actually a bit skeptical that HSI would create a brand new completely romance-crushing obstacle at this juncture. The anime likes to build on what came before, while using new elements merely as puzzle pieces to fit in to the bigger picture.
True. There really isn't any chance Kou is dating Bookstore-girl based on his behavior here. Right now the biggest obstacle would appear to be a late entry by Satsuki to steal him.
In a way, if Ko and Ohana don't end up together this series has wasted an awful lot of time on a diversion. What was the point of throwing up all those obstacles, only to remove them and then have them break up anyway? With any other show, I'd say that would be perverse and unlikely. With this one, who knows?
But if Ko and Ohana don't end up together, in spite of all of its buildup and lack of real romantic conflict, then all of the time devoted to it will seem like a waste to me because it didn't really go anywhere, or contribute to anything of lasting import.
I don't know I wouldn't be surprised if Ohana ends up misinterpreting Kou (again) and the relationship fails... just to troll the watchers.
Soooo, odds on Ohana's mom NTR end?
...Okay fine, probably not.
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I read the news that a U.S. senator was arrested for drunk driving with great amusement this morning. On the one hand I thought there, but for the grace of god, go I. But on the other hand, it's likely not the first time that this Mormon–and presumed tee-totaler–has done such a thing. He tells his people, both in his church and in his state, one thing and then goes out and does the exact opposite.
As an enthusiastic drinker for many years, I can't judge him for his liquor consumption. I hope that he would cut others the same slack, but I don't know what's inside his heart. But what's wrong about this is that the people he represents in Congress were actively misled. And whether he apologizes or not–and he has–that doesn't change things one little bit.
He's one of the Republicans who routinely obstructs things in the Senate, and will continue to do so, regardless of how this plays itself out in the legal system. The honorable thing to do, after being publicly revealed as a hypocrite, would be to resign his Senate seat immediately. But he won't do this. He'll make some insincere apologies, and then check himself into a rehab/detox program, with the expectation that when his turn at re-election comes up in 2016, the voters in Idaho will forget this ever happened in the first place.
I'm willing to be proven wrong on this, but I don't think that will happen.


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Thursday, September 9, 2010
ollism #21
Me- Olls, do you think mommy has a favorite kid that she loves more?
Ollie- (with a smile) Yes.
Me- (Crap, he knows, he knows) Really, who?
Ollie- He leans in and whispers........me.
Me- It is you!!! I do love you the most!(phew)
YOU, OLIVER, ARE MY FAVORITE CHILD!! But don't tell anybody, it's our secret.
Ollie sticks his hand out and says, Mom, give me your words. Then he scooped up my words and shoves them into his brain.
Ollie definitely went up a few notches with that stunt. Want to know something funny? Growing up my Dad always told each child that they were his favorite, I totally believed it to.
On side note, Ollie did indeed have a black eye. I'm not gonna mention any names, BUT a certain 2 year old may or may not have hit him in the face with a broom.
There is never a dull moment in the Schultz house.
12 comments:
- rookie cookie said...
You do love babies. I remember when you rocked crying Jack to sleep one time. As a new mother, I couldn't have appreciated that more.
My hair looked the same as Ollie's when I was 8. And I am a girl. Sad.
- September 9, 2010 at 9:36 PM
- Damaris said...
I love this post. I worry about the same thing. I wonder if my 4 year old thinks I love him less now that my 11 month old is so so mobile and he's not as gentle as I would hope and I end up screaming at him like no tomorrow. Heck, I wonder if he thinks I even like him.
My husband thinks he's the favorite out of his family. His mom did a good job at showing an abundance of love.
- September 10, 2010 at 5:44 AM
- Georgia said...
That just proves what a good Mom you are Ruth. Such a cute story.
And I love the picture of Ollie with a black eye. The picture tells a story. I love the expression on his face. Too cute!
- September 10, 2010 at 7:17 AM
- molly said...
I always tell each of my boys...
"you're my favorite Ty Ty"
"you're my favorite Benny"
And they always tell me
"you're my favorite mommy"
They are in my favorite in their own unique way.
- September 10, 2010 at 7:33 AM
- Melany said...
haha his face is so priceless in that pic. i wish i could shove words in my brain.
- September 10, 2010 at 9:33 AM
- Heather said...
That poor little face.... and his expression is priceless! (How did you make him do that face?) And yeah, we have (almost) the same kid dynamic of ages. I've got an 11 yr. old, who thinks she's a teenager, the boy, who was born on the same day as Max (and only 1 hr. apart), a 4 yr. old, who thinks she's a princess (sometimes), and a 2 yr. old who likes to swing light sabers at his siblings. No black eyes, as of yet, but I'm expecting that to happen at any given time.... And my husband also tells ALL of them that they are his favorite... even to the point of telling them that one of the other children is his favorite and he gets a BIG eye roll and a 'Yeah, right dad'. Hope your little one's are enjoying school, and that you are too!
- September 10, 2010 at 9:56 AM
- Taryn said...
We tell each of our four children that they're our favorite too. They're now 11 and being told 'that's why you're my favorite' keeps them competing for the honor. lol
- September 14, 2010 at 9:00 AM
- Molly said...
I have an Oliver, too - mine is special needs. So glad I found your blog - your family is lovely. Cheers to you and yours!
- September 14, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- pollydove said...
My dad may not have actually said it out loud, but all 5 of us siblings feel like we're his favorite ... and that is what I am trying to make my own feel too!
So you keep going with this "plan" 'cause it is a GOOD ONE!
- September 15, 2010 at 11:22 AM
- Emily Rosell said...
i loved this..
and the fight...
and the scooping up your words....
cool kids.
- September 17, 2010 at 9:59 PM
- Kirsty said...
That is precious :)
My mummy recently died. My brothers and sisters were sharing that she had each told them that they were her favourite in her last conversations with them.
Its true, we were ALL her favourites :)
- September 18, 2010 at 8:45 PM
- Denise said...
This made my heart melt! What a special story...now one of my favorites:) Thank you for sharing your life with us. I feel blessed to have found your blog.
- May 18, 2011 at 5:59 PM


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Whilst the eyes of the world focus on new Manchester United manager David Moyes and his transfer plans, the names of two of his former Everton players keep on cropping up in the papers.
Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines are both excellent players who could well do a job for United, especially given they both play in positions that the club are looking to strengthen but there's another current Everton player who Moyes should look to recruit.
Seamus Coleman joined Everton in 2009 from Sligo Rovers in his native Ireland for the nominal fee of £150,000 and, after a nearly career ending injury lay-off in which Coleman almost lost a toe, burst on to the scene making his debut with a man-of-the-match substitute appearance against Tottenham Hotspur.
Coleman quickly established himself as a buccaneering full-back, always looking to overlap his winger and put the opposition on the back foot with a gritty determination and ferocity in the tackle.
Since that breakthrough the Republic of Ireland international has become the Toffees first choice full-back and has developed a maturity in his game along with improved defensive awareness to compliment his natural attacking abilities.
Off the field Coleman comes across as the down-to-earth kind of character you'd expect from someone from a small town in County Donegal.
Having played Gaelic football for most of his life, Coleman only took a serious interest in football aged 18 when he received an offer from Sligo Rovers and has relied on hard work and commitment to make up for the lack of an academy style footballing education.
Whilst Rafael had an excellent season making 38 appearances in all competitions, firmly establishing himself as one of the first names on the teamsheet at Old Trafford one thing he lacked was genuine competition.
Over the course of the season Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and even Antonio Valencia have filled in at right-back although none of them could be considered a true right-back.
Looking forward to next season both Jones and Smalling will be looking to get more of their games in the heart of the defence and Valencia will hope not to be called on to cover in defence too often.
Whilst Fabio is due to return from his loan spell at QPR and could be used for cover at right-back, don't forget he actually ousted his twin to start the 2011 Champions League final, he will be looking to take advantage of Patrice Evra's decline and possible exit from the club.
Coleman would do more than just provide cover for Rafael, he would be genuine competition and given the intense competitive nature of both characters it could prove to be a situation that will get the best out of both players.
United have a strong tradition of successful Irish players (Liam Miller excluded) and Coleman would be odds-on to follow that lead.
Having cost Everton next-to-nothing he would be unlikely to command a large transfer fee and could turn out to be a great bit of business for Moyes and United.
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