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GQ: Mark Penn On Why She Lost
In an exclusive post-mortem, Mark Penn still wonders where all the money went.
June 12, 2008 -- With the possible exception of Hillary Clinton, there was no one in the primary race with higher negatives, as they say, than Mark Penn, her beleaguered chief strategist. Polarizing doesn't begin to describe him, based on the unrelenting shitstorm of criticism hurled his way. From the loaded (did he really not know that California wasn't winner-take-all, and did his firm really get paid $13 million?) to the just plain schoolyard-bully mean (he's socially inept, nobody likes him, he has no friends!), it was brutal. Through it all, Penn never once defended himself, even as the Blame Penn chorus grew louder. And when he did put himself out there, to spin for Hillary, it didn't always go so well, as in the infamous (last) time he went on Hardball to promise America that the Clinton campaign would not be making an issue of Obama's college drug use, vowing that they wouldn't be talking about the cocaine. Or the cocaine. Causing Joe Trippi to jump down his throat, in a live and excruciating moment, and Terry McAuliffe to tell him to stop.
Oh, and he also got demoted. But not really.
It couldn't have been easy to be Mark Penn.
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A disclosure/caveat: I once profiled Penn's wife, Nancy Jacobson, for another magazine and, in the years that followed, got to know her personally. My previous encounters with her husband were all of the cocktail-party variety, but I never found him to be the least bit socially inept. And I always found the backstory compelling: Raised by a single mother who made $10,000 a year as a schoolteacher after his father—a union organizer and kosher-poultry dealer—died when Mark was 10. So determined to go to Harvard that when he got wait-listed, he jumped on a train from New York and knocked on the door of the head of admissions to personally plead his case. (He got in.)
I met with Penn twice as the campaign was winding down. The first time, in his office in Manhattan, he was frazzled, edgy, juggling e-mails (he gets a thousand a day) and stepping outside repeatedly to take urgent calls from Bill. His suit jacket was rolled up in a ball on the conference table. He seemed a little subdued, at war with himself or someone, the loyal guy who doesn't name names but was clearly mourning the way things were playing out. The second time, in his gleaming white-and-glass offices in Washington, it was over but for the speech, and I hesitate to say he seemed relieved, but he seemed relieved. He was loose, laughed easily, gamely narrating the stories behind all the tchotchkes in his office—the framed photos of him and Nancy with Hillary and Bill, the photo of him deep in conversation with Bill in the Oval Office (when they were discussing one of the more, "uh, sensitive matters"), the "ACQUITTED" front-page impeachment story from The Washington Post, signed by Bill with gratitude to Mark. His office is dominated by a huge fish tank. (At Harvard he used to "breed fish" in his dorm room; it's safe to say he wasn't the BMOC.) In person he is every bit the geeky guy who secretly loves to watch SpongeBob SquarePants. And every bit the guy who coulda, woulda, shoulda won this thing.
Highlights from the Interview
GQ: How did you underestimate him [meaning Barack Obama]?
Mark Penn: I think I never underestimated it, that once you had that kind of candidate, that that kind of candidate could be real trouble. And that if that candidate… You know, if Obama won Iowa, it would really change, dramatically change, the situation going forward. And consequently, I really wanted to question Obama as early as possible.
You wanted to hit him harder? Well, I wanted to question the basic underpinning of his campaign… His problems in his campaign were (1) that he didn't have the usual experience of somebody running for president, and (2) that the positions he took on Iraq—you know, that were revered by the press—didn't really hold up when you look through his record in the Senate.
Why didn't you? Well, I started down that road.… President Clinton took on the Iraq back-and-forth. But the rest of the campaign didn't want to tackle Iraq. They always felt that that was a losing proposition for her, and they always pulled it back.
How much of the reluctance to go after him at the beginning was because he's a black candidate? [clears throat] You know, I can't answer that.
But there had to have been some concern about attacking the first black man who was a serious candidate for the presidency. Well, but the word attack is a harsh word. If you point out somebody's voting records, his attendance records, you know, if you point out how they differ with you on an answer of meeting with dictators, you know, that was a prime concern of a lot of people. It appeared to be the prime concern of a lot of people in the news media. Because the normal stories that would have been written about someone just never appeared. The truth of the matter was, there seemed to be an unlimited market for anything on Hillary and very little market for writing a story on Barack Obama and say, for example, his attendance in the Senate. There has still been no story written about something like that—as basic as something like that.
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The liberal bloggers say you don't have principles, you're this mercenary, you're a triangulating phony. Why do they hate you so much? Well, first of all, they don't know me. Probably a mistake in the campaign was not to get to know people like that early on.
But when they say you're a mercenary— I say, "Look, I'm a consultant. And consultants are obviously gonna be paid for their services." But unlike the other consultants now, I don't own the company anymore. I'm an employee. The other consultants are not employees.
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Is it possible that in some ways, that no matter what happened or what you did or didn't do, this was a phenomenon, Obama was a phenomenon, and there was nothing that could have been done to stop him? No, I don't think that's true. When a race is this close at the end, you could have done something.
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Highlights from the GQ Interview with Mark Penn (cont.)
In retrospect, when you look at the Obama campaign, what were some of the other things that were really genius? I think, at the end of the day, they really did what they had to when they had to. They didn't think twice about taking her on when they had to. They did it. They just did it. And I think they were right to go after the progressive voters who were Democrats in Republican states that were ripe for a candidacy like his, and they did it very well. And I think that they sold him as a brand.… They finely targeted several constituencies in order to put together their coalition and even to turn out unexpectedly large numbers of young people. They had a great organization.
Obama ran a great campaign, then. Well, I think, look, he had tremendous help from the media…
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Do you think Obama can win the states she won in November? Sure, he can win. I don't think there's any question he can win. It's a Democratic year, he's coming out of these contests as a very strong nominee, there's a tremendous amount of almost worldwide enthusiasm for him—so he definitely can win.
But? But he's gotta show that he's got the right experience to be president. He's gotta forge a stronger connection with working-class voters. He's gotta really introduce himself to those independent voters who are really gonna decide it for the first time.
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Do you think Obama's an elitist? I think that what you've seen is that he has not, so far, connected with the working class of America in a credible way. And he's gonna have to overcome that.
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One of the damning reports about you was that you thought the California primary was winner-take-all and not allotted proportionally. In an article in Time, Harold Ickes was quoted as having called you on that: "How can it possibly be that the much vaunted chief strategist doesn't understand proportional allocation?" Is that true? It is a false story, plain and simple. And it is being used to divert people from the real question of who, how, and when was the decision made not to build political organizations or spend money in a lot of the caucus states? I can assure you that was not the message team. And she did have, on the political team, some of the world's greatest experts on the subject.
Looking at the big picture down the road, years from now, how do you think history will view this campaign? Well, they're always going to look at it and say, "Well, it was a surprise that she didn't win." And they'll look at her and say, "She was the first woman that had a real opportunity." Look, we never know what's gonna happen later on. A lot of people have come back. It's pretty unusual for somebody to win the nomination the first time out. History is really quite the opposite. The expected in politics is the unexpected... The reason that I would have gone after him early was precisely because I didn't underestimate the power of a Fresh New Candidate who also had appeal to the African-American vote and the latte voters. To put them together, into a very strong coalition supported by money and the press? Absolutely I saw all that. Absolutely… But: How do you stop something like that, right? You don't stop something like that by being "warmer" [snorts]—by, you know, giving an interview on a personality show.
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Was the inevitability thing you? No. Inevitability is a concept from the opponents, okay? We ran, though, as somebody who was the front-runner, as somebody who had the strength. She had the experience. She had, you know, then, the political establishment behind her. You know, front-runners typically win against challengers. That's been the pattern. So it was never a notion that she was inevitable. It was a notion, though, that she was running as a big candidate, the kind of person you want to turn to as president and you say, "I really believe this is somebody who can do this job, and do this job the way the great presidents have done this job."
So who started it? No, I think the Obama campaign called us inevitable. And that stuck with the media. But that wasn't something that we were actively selling. We were selling the idea that she was ready to be president, that she had broad support across the country, and that she was the candidate who could win.
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Highlights from the GQ Interview with Mark Penn (cont.)
What happened in October? How was that the turning point? Well, October of '07 we were forty points ahead. What happened in October, or really the beginning of November, was that Barack Obama personally attacked Hillary Clinton. Called her disingenuous. They attacked her in the debate on the driver's licenses… And until then, basically, people were declaring the race over. The message strategy had been so successful that everybody was declaring it over. And they got so frustrated that what the Obama camp did was that they restrategized. And they concluded, obviously, the only thing they could do was attack her personally. It took us a while to kind of throw off those basic attacks. And I think that it was a tough organization to respond to that. You know, the response to a lot of those attacks became "Let's do the soft, personal stuff." And that didn't work.
Go back to the licenses. What happened was, Obama announced the day before [the debate] that he was gonna go after her personally. Called her disingenuous in The New York Times. Now, at that moment, and up until that moment, you know, we had won the experience primary; we won the new-ideas primary. A lot of the leads that we would rely upon in the big states were already built up. He was fading in the national polls, and he said, "Look, the strategy here isn't working. I've gotta do something different." And Obama did. He attacked her. And a lot of the press egged him on.
But he should have. You would have, right? I would have, yeah! But… So that attack, on the driver's licenses, was then played an absurd number of times by the media.
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...what other things could have turned the ship around? …the group that did the budget had set a goal of raising 75 million and keeping 25 million aside. In fact, over a hundred million was raised, and 25 million wasn't there.
So they just pissed away way too much money on Iowa? Well, I still don't know what happened—whether it was Iowa. Because even Iowa was not that large a percentage of a hundred million.
That's a huge amount, 25 million. Do you think there'll be some awful scandal about where it all went? No.
It was just ineptitude? I just think it will be very high. [He means the amount of money that was pissed away.]
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When you look at the highs and the lows, I assume the "3 a.m." ad was a high point for you. How did it come about? Um, had a long plane ride, and I'm sitting there looking at the polls coming back from Texas, and there's a pretty good chance we're gonna be out of the race in about two weeks, unless we come up with something different. So I spent the whole plane ride thinking to myself, We need to have a game changer. And so I wrote five game changers. Now, she had used a line that came from somewhere about "3 a.m." in one of her speeches, and so I built one ad around that. I built another ad around a lot of the positions Barack Obama had in his 2004 primary...
Of the five, how many ran? One… What I did was, I sent her the five game changers in an e-mail. And I said, "Look, I think we gotta do one of these, because the trends look like we're gonna go down in Texas unless we do something out of the ordinary and out of the box."
And she said? She said, "I like this one. Give it a try."
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You've been portrayed as having no allies. And on the other hand, you have Bill and Hillary's trust and respect to this day. Well, you know, I've been through a lot with the Clintons. Remember—and I think most people don't remember this—that after the '94 congressional elections, the old consultants were shown the door and the new consultants came in. The president was at 30 percent favorable; 65 percent of the people said they'd never, ever vote for President Clinton again. Nobody wanted the job…
Did your lack of allies hurt you? Well, you know, obviously in '96, I had a team of allies. We had a wonderful functioning team that made decisions in minutes. This was not… I didn't have that kind of team…Ultimately, I think this was set up in a way that Hillary wanted to set it up….I think she believed that diffusing things was a better way.
Do you mean diffusing power? Yeah, diffusing authority. Letting experts in, in different areas. You know, that's why political was Harold Ickes, and you know, Patti was the manager, and Mandy was media. I'm just saying that this was set up as a diffuse organization. And I think, look, again, when you look at it under… Maybe a theory that this kind of creative tension would produce better advice—
What does that tell you about her ability to run the country? I think she'd be great at running the country. I wouldn't interpret how somebody organizes a campaign in terms of how they're gonna run the country.
Why not? Because the average person might think, if she can't run her campaign— Because never confuse running for president with being president.
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What do you say to the critics who think she should have gotten out sooner? No male candidate has ever been told to drop out. Ever.
Are you saying it was sexist that they wanted her out? I just think that no woman has ever—I'm sorry, no candidate has ever been pressured like this, to drop out! Especially someone who's within a couple…a percent. Who's within, you know, a hundred-plus delegates. This is an incredible phenomenon. It's an entirely new phenomenon.
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Highlights from the GQ Interview with Mark Penn (cont.)
At the end of the day, Bill's [Clinton] influence—did it hurt or help…? Look, there's no question that the Obama campaign took comments that could not in any way, shape, or form in an objective reality be seen as racist, and they told surrogates to characterize them that way. And I think that was the… And not only that, but when you look at who was making the comments, people who devoted their lives, you know—President Clinton was there in Little Rock—who devoted their lives to kind of repairing the breach racially in this country, it was doubly, it was really doubly unfair and troubling.
What you've described sounds an awful lot more nasty and ruthless than— …Just because, you know, people think Hillary was more negative than he was doesn't mean in fact that it was the case. Look, I just think, you know, President Clinton was extremely valuable. He was out there seeing people and putting the case for her, you know, day after day. And everyplace he went, she got more votes than she would have.
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Let's talk about the whole vice president thing. Should she be talking about it? Do you think she wants it? Look, I think that's totally gonna be up to Barack Obama and what he wants. And I don't think that she's gonna have any other comment on it. I don't think that it's really appropriate for anybody to talk about. It's Barack Obama's choice. And he's gonna make the choice that he thinks is best for his ticket, for the party, for the country…
But how do you feel about the idea? I think that the two of them together would make an excellent ticket.
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So let's talk about sexism. Where did you see it? …From the beginning, I thought she would get a tremendous amount of support from women. Women are 54 percent of the electorate. For all the talk about more young people coming out? More women came out. Millions more women came out than ever before. It was the largest increase. They're really energized. But you know, at the time that Obama said, you know, "She's playing the gender card," the media played into that, you know? She wasn't playing the gender card. If anything, there was a lot of other stuff going on here. Not from the Obama campaign, but just in society generally. And I think Chris Matthews owed her a major apology, and eventually delivered one. The media had been outrageous.
You mean Matthews's comment about "The reason she may be a front-runner is her husband messed around"? Right. And the kind of nutcracker dolls you could find at the airports. You know, the kind of stuff that would just never be allowed against anyone else was almost commonplace against Hillary. And I think, actually, after New Hampshire, women woke up to that. They supported her from that time on very solidly. And I think they saw her as both qualified for president and their champion, and I think that they became increasingly upset at the media over time. I think the media's got a lot of damage to repair with the women in this country.
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Umm, Bosnian snipers? Bosnia hurt. I think that it was, again, just an example of the mistakes she made as a candidate. I think it eventually died. Remember, see, this is why, when you come back to moments—even New Hampshire—that made a difference for her, they're not about weakness, they're about inner strength. And so I think that, at the end of the campaign, she has broken through here on this question of inauthenticity, and they see her as a true champion for causes that she's fought for. And it took them a long time to see that.
But how do you explain the snipers thing? And not just saying it once, but saying it a few more times? I think she just made a mistake. Look, she clearly remembered something, right? She remembered that there had been a threat. And sometimes I'm astounded by the number of things that she has to remember right. She has to remember every policy, everything she's ever done. I mean, look, it's easy when you— When you don't have a thirty-five-year record, you don't have to remember much. When you've got a thirty-five-year record, you can be held accountable for every single second.
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When you talk about the media and the treatment of her, you know, part of it—in the beginning of the campaign, back when it seemed like she was the inevitable nominee—she was really distant from the press. Don't you think that had something to do with the fact that the press fell in love with Obama? Well…no. [laughs] The press fell in love with him, period.
Why? The press always falls in love with the new cool intellectual candidate. You know, he is their kind of candidate. Go back through history. They didn't like Al Gore. They loved Gary Hart. They love those kinds of candidates, always have. But—but—but look, I think that he was the first African-American, you know, credible presidential candidate was a factor behind how much the press was enthusiastic about him. But she was also the first woman candidate. But the standard… You know, the microscope that they put her under, that they did not put her opponent and opponents under, was just incredible. I don't think anybody has ever been put under this kind of microscope running for president. There were certain times early in the campaign where she would try to be…do what people tell her, and say, "Hey, I'll be more relaxed, I'll tell a little joke." But every time she told the joke, it became a, you know, a federal case. Her words are parsed. Every single word is parsed. By the right, by the left, by the press. In a way that makes it kind of…difficult to just, quote, go out there and let it all hang out. And so she is naturally careful and precise in the things she goes on to say. But I think that during that same time, there were a lot of off-the-record sessions with the press, a lot of behind-the-scenes work she was doing. And over time she gave, you know, she did a lot more going back to the press, and she was great. See, if you go back to some of the myths of the campaign, I'm sure, if you check, that she has far more availabilities than Obama's had. That she has been far more accessible to the press, overall. So the question is who had the impression of who's accessible.
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What did you say to her, when it was clear that it was over? You know, to have a conversation like that, I'll wait a period of time. I'm not gonna have that conversation right now. There's something about the way this race went on and the way she fought through it… Look, they wanted to get her out. Ever since Iowa! No, it's something I'm gonna wait on a little bit and kinda go back emotionally on, you know? [laughs] I mean, this interview says about the maximum that I can say.


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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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Yesterday, Griffin turned nine. Nine!
Which means he's old. And I'm freaking old.
It's harder to write about my boys as they get older; it's a respect thing, I get it. And I share what I'm told is okay to share.
Being an SPD kid is not fun, everything is bigger. Disappointment is harder, hurt feelings are more tender and the bests of days is joyously awesome. It's a roller coaster for all of us, and overall it's an amazing ride.
Soccer is still awesome and you're excited to try out a kids' curling class.
You like to be busy (heh, I think you get that from me) and want every moment of every day planned. You also get quite upset if plans fall through (again, from me) and we commiserate together.
We're more alike than you care to admit, being a Daddy's boy now. Beyond the eyebrows (which you ask for me to trim, but tweezing and waxing are not allowed), we both have problems finding our Nerds (it gets easier as you get older, I promise!), we're tenderhearted and heart on our shirt-sleeves kind of people. We're both sarcastic and "love" to use air quotes.
You love art and architecture, and you got a couple of books to inspire and get your creativity going. You create games, characters and stories. You should really write them down more - the oral histories you are coming up with will be lost if you're not a bit more careful.
You're an amazing big brother and love your little brothers so much. Although, you openly hope Emerson will pester Darwin, to give him a taste of how he pesters you. And no, I don't plan on having another baby so Emerson can get a taste of that medicine. Crazy kid.
Happy ninth birthday Griffin! Our family wouldn't be right without you here!
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6 comments:
- amy h said...
Happy nine, Griffin!
- Tuesday, February 22, 2011
- grace said...
Wow, he looks so much like you, Laura. What beautiful eyes.
- Wednesday, February 23, 2011
- PamKittyMorning said...
Crap he can't be nine!!! Not having little kids in the house gives me a false sense of slow time passage. He was so little when I first started reading your blog. Happy Birthday Griffin!!!
- Wednesday, February 23, 2011
- Keeper of the Herd said...
Beautifully written! I did not know you were dealing with SPD.
- Saturday, February 26, 2011
- heidi said...
so well done laura. just wait. i had a stroke a few weeks ago when abby turned 14. and got her driver's permit. and enrolled for high school. bleh. how is it that we are old enough to have kids that old?
- Monday, February 28, 2011
- Jersey Knitting Mama said...
Happy Birthday Griffin! Boys boys boys! You have to love them. Isn't that interesting that SPD makes everything bigger. It's the same exact thing for my son.
- Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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Cardi B Spent $64 at Waffle House and That's the Kind of Life We Want to Lead
We know Cardi B likes dollars, she likes diamonds, she likes stunting, she likes shining, and that she also really likes her chips and guac. What we didn't know, however, was that the "Be Careful" rapper loves her some Waffle House.
The 25-year-old mother of Kulture Kiari recently posted a (now deleted) screenshot of her bank statement to prove that she and her rapper husband Offset paid in full for their new Lamborghinis. (An internet rumor claimed that they were leased - the horror!) What caught our eye was not that she paid for her Lambo with straight cash - but that Cardi spent $64 at Waffle House in Atlanta, Georgia.
The 24-hour chain that serves all the breakfast foods is pretty hard to spend a ton of money at, especially if you're dining alone. We're assuming Cardi B brought a crew to nosh on pancakes, bacon, and eggs, but the rapper could have just been living her absolute best life. As Cardi once famously said, "Let me fat in peace."
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Case Study #2: Records of Daily Life
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When Sophie migrated from Ohio to Oregon in 1859 she took a diary and recorded all the details of daily life on the trail. She counted births, deaths, the weather and other details of their journey. One hundred years later, her great-great grandchildren found the diary in the attic, soiled, stained and falling apart. The journal is a primary source.
Sophie's writing was so eloquent and poignant that it has been written about and paraphrased in many books written about the Oregon Trail. Many scholars refer to it as a statistical record. All those accounts are secondary sources.
A couple of publishers reprinted the entire diary in collections of writings, but they fixed Sophie's spelling and grammar errors. (Sophie wasn't getting graded so she didn't worry about such things.) Because the original was altered, those books are considered by many scholars to be secondary accounts.
One publisher, Trulyoriginal, Inc. reprinted Sophie's diary exactly as it was written. Although they translated Sophie's handwriting into typing, they did not fix her spelling or grammar and they maintained the original formatting as much as possible. Whenever smudges or other damage made the original indecipherable, they included a note stating such. They even included scanned pages from the original diary. Most scholars would agree that this book is a primary source.
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Remember the last time you used a pay phone? Yeah, neither do I. And it looks as if New York City is thinking the same thing as they're working with pay phone and broadband companies to turn those old boxes into free wireless hotspots by using "military grade" antennas to spread the signal. Currently the city is running a pilot program with ten different boxes. There is currently one in Queens, two in Brookland and seven in Manhattan. If you would like to view the full list of free wireless hotspots check out this Tumblr post.
Installing one of these boxes costs roughly $2,000, which is being paid for by Van Wagner Communications. Van Wagner owns most of the city's pay phones and would like to spread these boxes to more of NYC's 13,000 pay phones. And while they aren't running ads as of now, this is very likely to happen in the future to make these hotspots profitable. All future support for these wireless hotspots will be paid for by Van Wagner and other communication companies in the city.
To me, this is a great solution for reusing old pay phones. Since the mobile age is in full effect most of us rely on our mobile devices for communication and rarely find ourselves needing to use a landline or pay phone. And with all of the cell phone congestion in New York City, I think this plan will benefit everyone, even wireless carriers. What do you think? Let us know by leaving a comment on this post.


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Postlingberg in Linz, Austria: A Journey to Fairyland
The Zwergenkuche, or miniature kitchen, in Postlingberg, a fairyland in Linz, Austria
By Larry Zalatel
Children and grown-ups alike enjoy the Dwarf and Fairly Land of Postlingberg. Postilingberg is the landmark of the city of Linz, Austria and overlooks the Danube River.
On Saturday morning in Linz, Austria, it is market day. The brightly colorful trams of red, white, and blues pass quickly through the square (The Hauptplatz, the main square) picking up and discharging their passengers. In the background I hear the mellow sounds of a Austrian folk group, consisting of a button accordion, guitar and vocalist performing Oberkrainer ethnic folk music.
I stand in the bustling market place in the square taking in the sights and smells of Austria. Through the square out in the distance and high on the mountain overlooking the city I can see Postlingberg. My wife and I are visiting her family in upper Austria.
They are green grocers and provide fruit and vegetables to the local populace. They have two produce stands one is located in Linz and the other in Marchtrenk a small town not too far from Linz.
Market day is a very exciting experience and it is similar to the market that we have in Cleveland, Ohio. People arrive early to be able to obtain the most freshest and delectable foods offered.
My wife and I walk through the market and visit the various booths to see what is on display. We converse with some of the sellers and enjoy some of the samples offered.
We purchase some Swiss cheese then head away from the square, walking through the small alleys to do a little window shopping at the various stores surrounding the square. Around lunch time we remember that one of the stands in the market is offering fresh grilled bratwurst, so we head back to the square to enjoy a bratwurst with mustard on a hard roll and a stein of beer
Later on by about 2 PM most of the shoppers are gone. The customers having purchased their groceries, the market closes and we tear down and pack up the stall in the truck and head home to Marchtrenk.
Visiting Farm
Later during the week I join my wife's nephews and go with them to visit the farms and the produce houses to obtain the various products needed for the upcoming market days.
The next morning, grabbing a hot mug of coffee, we hop in the truck and head out while it is still dark. By the time we arrive at the farm the morning light is just staring to clear the horizon.
After we load the home grown lettuce, beans and purple cabbage, we head for one of the local produce houses. It is cold as we scurry from one bay to the other selecting the foodstuffs required. I watch as the nephews select only the freshest and unblemished produce. By about 11 AM we have obtained the needed fruit and vegetables and we head home for lunch.
That evening after dinner my wife's nephew tells us about the story of Postlingberg. It seems that it is a tradition when a child makes his or her first communion to take them to Postlingberg. It is located up on the mountain overlooking Linz down in the valley.
From the top of the mountain on a clear day you can see the mountain ranges of the Alps and a panoramic view of the city of Linz. Entrance Fees: Adults EUR 4.40, Children EUR 2.20.
My wife, her family and I visit the hill overlooking Linz. We start on an electric railway that takes us from the bottom of the mountain in Linz to the entrance of the grotto.
It is a slow ride up the hill, however it provides time to see a fantastic view of the valley below. Arriving at the top other highlights include the pilgrimage basilica and the underground fairy-tale world of the Grottenbahn.
The electric railway was halted on March 25, 2008, for reconstruction, rebuilding of existing tram cars and the purchase of new tramcars. The line was extended to the main square and now the Postlingbergbahn is more closely integrated into the urban transit system.
From the Hauptplatz in the city center, a passenger can now travel through to Postlingberg and that includes tourists traveling by rail from the boat docks. The official opening of the rebuilt and extended Postlingbergbahn was held on 29 May 2009, in time to celebrate the line's 111th anniversary.
The parish church and pilgrimage basilica, Postlingberg Church, "Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary" is visible from the square in Linz and is perched high above the roofs of the city and is the highest point on Postlingberg. It is of a double-steeple design and was built in 1748 according to the plans of Matthias Krinner. It is the landmark of the Upper Austrian capital. I am told that the church is popular for weddings because of its unique location.
Grottenbahn (Grotto Train)
The Grottenbahn, or "grotto train," was built in 1906 in one of the seven fortress towers built by Maximilian on Postlingberg. It transports small and grown visitors through a colorfully illuminated fairy-tale world. Inside the tower visitors circle around riding a dragon called "Lenzibald."
During the ride on the dragon, miniature scenes from the lives of the dwarves are illuminated alternately on the left and the right. This is the high point of the ride, a journey through the magically illuminated grotto where all the dwarf figures can be seen at once. A flight of stairs leads downward past the crystal mine and the King's courtyard of Rapunzel to the cellar of fairytales.
Fairy Tale Land awaits with life-sized figures in fourteen scenes that tell exciting stories from the fairy tales of Snow White, Rubezahl, Hansel and Gretel, and the musicians of Bremen that are laid out on different streets.
An added attraction is a model of the main plaza of Linz that was constructed in 1936. This exciting reproduction shows life around the turn of the century in Linz in a display of all the businesses and shops of the time.
There is a souvenir shop in the exit area of Grottenbahn where there are a fine selection of products from the Grottenbahn CD, coloring books and stuffed animals. All in all whether you visit Postlingberg with children or not, it is place to bring back happy childhood memories.
If You Go:
Getting there
There are many direct flights from the United States and Canada to Frankfurt or Munich, Germany. However there are no direct flights to Austria. Air travelers can fly to Frankfurt, Munich, Paris, or London and connect to airlines to the Blue Danube Airport in Linz, Austria. The fares range from $1000.00-$1500.00.
Where to stay
In Austria there are many places to stay including hotels and the Gasthaus, a Gasthaus is a modest country inn serving home cooked meals. There is no hard and fast rule but many Gasthaus have sleeping arrangements, especially if there is a picture of a bed hanging out in front of the establishment.
Postilingberg, Linz, Austria.
Austria also has many bed & breakfasts (zimmer frei). Throughout the country there are signs along the roadsides advertising them. The local tourist bureaus usually have list of them with prices and further information. They are highly recommended as a delightful way to meet the people and make new friends.
Usually the price can be negotiated. Prices average about $45-$80 per night and they are much cheaper than hotels and normally include breakfast. We have stayed in bed & breakfasts in Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia and have revisited them on several occasions. Also hotel information is available on the Internet.
Where to eat
Pizza is almost as much of a staple in Europe as it is in the United States. I noticed how popular it was when we first visited Europe. Pizza is not made the same way as in the United States. In this part of the world, the crust is usually thinner and the toppings and combinations are different. European sausage has a different taste and of course there are many types of sausages depending on the country visited.
A traditional lunch can be obtained at the Postlingberg Schlossl Restaurant and visit the Schlossl beer garden for less formal food and an impressive view.
For Further information, contact:
Linz City Tourist Board
4020 Linz
phone: +43 732 7070 2009, fax: +43 732 7070 54 2009,
E-Mail: email@example.com.
A list of restaurants can be found at this site
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Red Arrows Announce Triple Bill for Eastbourne's 25th Anniversary Airshow
29 March 2017
Fans of the Red Arrows are in for a triple bill of flying this August, as the world famous aerobatic team return for three days of displays at Airbourne: Eastbourne International Airshow, which celebrates its 25th year.
Launching a big weekend of flying, the team which this year includes a pilot hailing from Eastbourne, will perform over the sea on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the hundreds of thousands lining Eastbourne seafront.
The free airshow, which returns from 17 – 20 August will see new Red Arrows recruit Flt Lt Toby Keeley, displaying as Red 2 over his former home town, just two years after flying there solo. The Hawk pilot is this year achieving his childhood dream to perform with the team, many years since watching their displays in Eastbourne as a child.
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Adobe's latest web design software Muse, still in beta, makes a lot of bold claims as to its functions and intentions.
Non-semantic code, is it such a big deal?
Should print designers really become web-designers overnight?
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The first 63,000 paintings from the nation's public collections have just gone online on the BBC Your Paintings website. My painting, which found its way into the Hampshire County Council Contemporary Art Collection some time after I sold it at my degree show in 1988, is among them. You can see it here.
It's still being called An Island Near the Shore on the Your Paintings website for now, a name given to it, I expect, by the mysterious A Smitt, who was credited with the work for too long. I'm hoping that it will soon return to the title I originally gave it, after due consideration and contemplation: Untitled.
I gather that the painting hung for many years in the main reception area of Hampshire County Council in Trafalgar House, Winchester, until the building closed last year, and is now in Hampshire House, Eastleigh, which is used for Children's Services staff and public meetings. I'd quite like to pop in and pay it a visit sometime. I bet A Smitt never did that.


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Welcome to the Fourth Issue of History Now
By Carol Berkin
National holidays often conjure up images of family gatherings, picnics and barbeques, jubilant children celebrating a day off from school, and newspaper advertisements of department store sales. Yet as historians and history teachers it is our task to remind our students that these are days of commemoration and remembrance, not simply days of celebration. In this issue of HISTORY NOW, a group of noted scholars provides a closer look at the origins and the significance of six of our major national holidays: Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Labor Day, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
David Waldstreicher shows us the way in which the commemoration of the Declaration of Independence served to instill patriotism and devotion to the republican experiment that was the United States in our nation's early generations. Catherine Clinton traces the origins of Thanksgiving in the post Civil War era and provides us with a closer look at the woman who spearheaded the movement to create what has become one of the most cherished American holidays. Kenneth Jackson examines the means by which Americans honor those who have fallen in defense of our country. Joshua Freeman reflects upon the meaning of Labor Day and the contributions of the American working class. Finally, Jim Horton explores the role of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the civil rights movement that changed our nation's history and moved us closer to our national goal of social equality and justice.
In these thoughtful essays, each scholar raises and answers critical questions about what these holidays commemorate and how they came to be designated as days of public recognition. But these essays do more; they point the way to how we, as educators, can use these holidays in the classroom to better explain crucial eras or movements in American history. As always, we have asked a group of skilled, experienced, and creative teachers to provide exemplary lesson plans at various grade levels. And, in this issue as in every issue, our librarian extraordinaire, Mary-Jo Kline, provides a guide to materials on the web and in the library that will help you create lessons of your own.
A happy Fourth of July to you all!
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Why Are Estuaries Important? Ecosystem Services
In addition to providing economic, cultural and
ecological benefits to communities, estuaries deliver invaluable ecosystem
services. Ecosystem services are fundamental life-support processes
upon which all organisms depend (Daily et al., 1997). Two ecosystem
services that estuaries provide are water filtration and habitat protection.
Habitats associated with estuaries, such as salt marshes and mangrove forests, act like enormous filters. As water flows through a salt marsh, marsh grasses and peat (a spongy matrix of live roots, decomposing organic material, and soil) filter pollutants such as herbicides, pesticides, and heavy metals out of the water, as well as excess sediments and nutrients (USEPA, 1993).
One reason that estuaries are such productive ecosystems is that the water filtering through them brings in nutrients from the surrounding watershed. A watershed, or drainage basin, is the entire land area that drains into a particular body of water, like a lake, river or estuary. In addition to nutrients, that same water often brings with it all of the pollutants that were applied to the lands in the watershed. For this reason, estuaries are some of the most fertile ecosystems on Earth, yet they may also be some of the most polluted.
Estuaries and their surrounding wetlands are also buffer zones. They stabilize shorelines and protect coastal areas, inland habitats and human communities from floods and storm surges from hurricanes. When flooding does occur, estuaries often act like huge sponges, soaking up the excess water. Estuarine habitats also protect streams, river channels and coastal shores from excessive erosion caused by wind, water and ice.
Unlike economic services, ecosystem services are difficult to put a value on, but we cannot do without them, and thus, they are essentially priceless.
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An Elaborately Stencil Resist Dyed Peacock: Katazome
February 15, 2014
When I first saw these three panels from a futon cover I thought the large, multi-toned indigo dyed image was a phoenix; having a better look it was clear that this image is a peacock, an image not often seen on folk textiles.
The peacock was resist dyed, possibly using a set of stencils, the technique is called katazome. Or, maybe, this image was made using a combination of katazome with a free hand resist dyeing technique called tsutsugaki. And what a complex image this is–and what a large one, too. The peacock itself measures 27″ x 32″, 68.5 cm x 81 cm.
The three panels are taken from a futon cover and as you can see by the wonderful fading on the indigo dyed cotton, this futonji was used hard.
The level of detail on this piece is just fantastic–it's a beautifully realized rendering.
It probably dates to the late nineteenth century and its overall dimensions are 71″ x 37 1/2″ or 180.5 cm x 95 cm. I will be listing this for sale on the webshop in the next few weeks.


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Will Hurricane Irene be a Blessing in Disguise?
"Ghastly as it may seem to say this, the terror attack (911) — like the original day of infamy, which brought an end to the Great Depression — could even do some economic good."
"If people rush out to buy bottled water and canned goods, that will actually boost the economy."
"First, the driving force behind the economic slowdown has been a plunge in business investment. Now, all of a sudden, we need some new office buildings. As I've already indicated, the destruction isn't big compared with the economy, but rebuilding will generate at least some increase in business spending."
Paul Krugman (Princeton Professor, New Times Columnist, and Keynesian Extraordinaire on how the September 11th attacks could "stimulate" the U.S. economy)
The above quotation from Paul Krugman represents his economic philosophy embedded in the deepest part of his soul. That is that spending of any kind during economically distressed times is all that is needed to turn things around. Following Krugman's logic, Hurricane Irene with the destruction it wrought in the hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars along the eastern seaboard could be just what the doctor ordered to give the sputtering U.S. economy a jump start. After all, roof tops will have to be repaired. Structures and piers will need rebuilding. And infrastructure like power lines, drainage systems, and roads will need revamping. According to Krugman's philosophy the carnage from the storm should be an economic bonanza for workers, tax authorities, and producers of goods.
But, hold on for one minute. Not only did Krugman's prediction about the economic benefits of the World Trade Center being destroyed not come to fruition, his philosophy represents an economic fallacy explained by Frederic Bastiat, political economist and member of the French Assembly, in 1850.
In Bastiat's Parable of the Broken Window, shopkeeper John B. has a careless son who breaks one of his shop's window panes. The shopkeeper pays six francs to the glazier to fix his window. According to many of Bastiat's contemporaries and Keynesians today this is a good thing since the glazier is six francs richer and will presumably spend that six francs on other goods and services thus providing employment to others. This sounds great and given the potential to the economy of one broken window you might think that John B. should be hopeful that his son never learns to be careful and breaks many more of his windows in his lifetime.
Naturally, the good shopkeeper doesn't want to spend all of his profits on new windows and here is where the fallacy of Krugman's thinking comes into play. Krugman and his Keynesian brethren only focus on what can be seen in the parable, namely the windfall to the glazier and his potential expenditure thereof. They totally ignore the fact that if the window had never been broken the shopkeeper would have had it and six francs worth of some other good or service to enjoy. Like the glazier's expenditure, the shopkeeper's outlay on other goods and services would also provide employment to others. Thus destruction of property spending through carelessness, vandalism, violence, or natural disaster enjoys no advantage over ordinary consumer spending. If it did Europe would have gotten rich immediately after World War II.
That's why Hurricane Irene will not be a blessing in disguise for our economy.
Article first published as Will Hurricane Irene be a Blessing in Disguise? on Blogcritics.
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George Kissell Passes Away From Auto Injuries
The joy of playoff baseball in October took a blow Tuesday as one of the game's enduring figures died from injuries he sustained in a car crash in Pinellas Park.
George Kissell, a longtime instructor and minor league manager with the St. Louis Cardinals, was injured in the crash about 7:45 p.m. Monday on U.S. 19.
Mr. Kissell, 88, was taken to Northside Hospital, then on Tuesday morning was transferred to Tampa General Hospital, where he died, hospital spokesman John Dunn said.
Mr. Kissell, who lived in the Mainlands in Pinellas Park, may not have been a household name to the general public, but he was well known to baseball insiders and die-hard fans.
He had worked for the Cardinals organization since the 1940s, which is believed to be the longest current affiliation a person has had with a single club.
Although he never played in the major leagues, he held almost every other on-the-field job in baseball. He has mentored players from Joe Torre, now the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, to Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols.
A 1997 profile about Mr. Kissell in the St. Petersburg Times said "the word that describes him best is teacher," earning him the nickname "the Professor."
"Anybody in baseball knows George … from owners to clubhouse kids," Brian Bartow, a Cardinals spokesman, said Tuesday before news of Kissell's death had reached St. Louis. "We're saying our prayers."
Mr. Kissell was injured when the 2002 Chevrolet in which he was a passenger collided with a 2005 Pontiac at U.S. 19 N and 110th Avenue N.
The Chevrolet, which was traveling west on 110th, was driven by Mr. Kissell's daughter, Karolyn K. Kidwell of Pinellas Park. Mr. Kissell was in the left rear passenger seat behind her.
The Pontiac, driven by Stacy L. Lehart of St. Petersburg, was going about 40-45 mph, said Pinellas Park police spokesman Sandy Forseth.
Both doors on the left side of the Chevrolet were crushed. Firefighters spent 15 minutes cutting off the doors to get Mr. Kissell out. His heart stopped at one point, but paramedics revived him.
Kidwell, 58, also was injured and was taken to Bayfront Hospital. She has since been released.
Lehart, 27, was injured but was not taken to a hospital.
Mr. Kissell's wife, Virginia, who was in the front seat of the Chevrolet, was apparently not seriously injured.
Forseth said the investigation is continuing and no charges have been filed, though he said the early information indicates Kidwell may have run a red light.


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So now we have a "Welcome Ad", and basically I could live with that. But when I start a day's CodeGuru activity by clicking the link in a thread update notification mail that should take me to the first new post in that thread, instead I get to the page with the ad, and when I then click "Skip this ad" at the upper right, I'm getting dropped at the forum root page, not the respective thread. But most annoying: At this point the thread that the link in the mail should initially have taken me to will be marked "read" and I need to find my way to the first unread post myself.
The ad apparently is only shown "the next day", where "next day" seems not to be determined by lifetime of the IE session or crossing midnight local time; perhaps it's the Windows session that counts or simply a certain timespan of inactivity. But that may actually not be relevant for the issue at all.


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What You Don't Know About Radon Gas Could Hurt You
They say that ignorance is bliss, but that is certainly not true when it comes to radon gas contamination. If you have not yet had your home tested for radon, every day you delay could be putting you and your family at grave danger. The sooner you have your property tested, the sooner you will be able to get on with your life and know that your health and the health of your family is protected.
Radon Gas is an Invisible Threat
One of the things that makes radon such a danger is the fact that it is totally invisible. If you have contaminants in your drinking water, you can generally tell you have a problem from the taste and smell of the liquid coming out of your tap. If you have a gas leak around your home, you can discern the odor of rotten eggs. Radon gas provides no such warning signs, and that is one of the factors that makes it such a threat to homeowners and business owners across the country and around the world.
Radon gas is completely invisible, so you could have high levels in your home or commercial building and never even know it. Radon also has no telltale odor, so there is no way to detect it in your home, even if the gas has already built up to toxic levels. The only way to tell for sure if you have a problem with radon is to have the property tested. The sooner you do that, the sooner you can get on with the rest of your life.
Radon Gas is a Serious Health Concern
Radon is nothing to fool around will, and delaying testing could have dire health consequences for yourself and your family, or your workers if you are a business owner or employer. Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer deaths in nonsmokers, and the second leading cause even among those who do smoke. That makes radon gas one of the most insidious, and certainly one of the most dangerous, sources of indoor air pollution on the planet.
The problem is that radon can slowly build up to toxic levels, and since it is colorless, odorless and invisible you would never even know you have a problem. In small concentrations, radon is relatively harmless, but when concentrated in a small area it can become deadly, causing lung cancers and other serious respiratory ailments.
The health effects of exposure to radon gas tend to get worse over time, making it even more important to have your home or business tested as soon as you can. Even if you do not suspect a problem, the peace of mind alone is worth the small cost of testing. When you call an experienced radon testing company, a certified technician will test your property and determine whether or not you have high levels of radon. If your home or business does have high levels of radon gas, there are techniques that can be used to reduce those levels and make your home or business safe. But it all starts with testing, and you should have your property checked without delay for radon gas.


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2 lbs tenderloin pork or dark meat boneless chicken,remove excess fats
2 tbsp sugar or to taste
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2 tbsp soy sauce
salt to taste*optional*
1 drop dark thick soy sauce*optional*
some oil for frying
1:Cut pork shape like cutlet about 1 inch thick each piece,use metal meat mallet or back of the knife(the dull side) to tenderize the meat before marinate with all the seasoning for 2 hours or more. Use the tip of your finger to check the seasoning.
2:Heat skillet or pan ,drizzle some oil at medium heat.Slowly place each piece of meat on the skillet,pan-fry each side for 1 minute or until cooked.
3:Dish out and serve warm with rice.


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