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how do you write a report on iraq, an alleged report on reality, and ignore the number of iraqis dead?
ask phyllis bennis and eric lever. in fact ask united for peace & justice.
i'm not in the mood for this sh*t.
phyllis bennis has been called out before for using an undercount of the number of iraqis killed in the illegal war.
so united for peace & justice should have known to watch her figures.
they didn't.
they've issued a 'report' that tells you the 'Estimates range from 71,017-600,000+' on iraq deaths. that is not the low & the high. the high is over a million. over 655,000 was the number by the lancet study in JULY 2006.
phyllis bennis and eric lever need to get their figures right.
there's no excuse for it.
unless they're saying that 440,000 deaths of iraqis don't matter?
1,040,569 is the number for the just foreign policy tracker.
bennis and lever need to get their sh*t together. especially eric lever who had the nerve to equate howard zinn's very principaled and grounded in reality remarks with david sirota's cover for the caving democrats.
this is embarrassing. this is shameful.
over 400,000 iraqi deaths are rendered invisible by bennis and lever.
that's not right. that's disgusting.
and it's disgusting that united for peace & justice wants to put out that LIE.
it's a lie.
that's all it f**king is. united for peace & justice is losing a lot of credibilty with that crappy 'report.'
i don't know that they can afford to lose it.
i was on five campuses today with ava, cedric, c.i., dona, kat and wally. there was 1 group we spoke to where some students (always more than 1 at each gathering) brought up that bullsh*t from united for peace & justice.
kat told me it's been an issue every where the gang's spoken all week. (this was my 1st day joining them.)
again, phyllis bennis ALREADY had a reputation for ignoring iraqi deaths.
and if i wasn't aware of that (i was) before today, you better believe i heard about it from angry students. phyllis bennis needs to concern herself with getting her facts right because there's a hell of a lot of angry students and the biggest laugh getter was when a student called her 'the judy miller of the peace movement.'
i feel bad because c.i. had to write about it today in the snapshot. it's been coming up all week and c.i. had put it off and put if off hoping it was just a certain region, then that it wasn't everywhere. it is everywhere. c.i. likes phyllis bennis.
but 'like' or 'not like' doesn't matter. if you can't do your function, you get called out. that's how it is.
(and after c.i. had to address 1 person who outraged the community, c.i. can address any 1. if you don't already know who that was, i'll write about it tomorrow.)
we're tired of it. and at the last 1 today (there are others going on, wally, cedric, ava and c.i. are hitting 2 more campuses. dona's gone to the airport - with my husband - to pick up the rest of the gang) , c.i. said, 'i like phyllis bennis. i understand what you're saying. you think she's intentionally lying and doing so because she doesn't care. my own take is it's more of need not to have things thrown in her face by big media. but having said that, i'll never say it again. the peace movement is not about defending cowardly actions. i will go out on a limb defending any 1 trying to get something out. i will not defend cowardice. and i don't think you should either.'
that got a standing ovation.
c.i. followed it with, 'maybe it's time to send the message, "get real or get off the stage?"' and that also went over very well.
if united for peace & justice thinks they can tie themselves in with bennis & lever's nonsense and not have fallout, they're kidding themselves.
bennis earlier, bascially, called alexender cockburn nuts. that was brought up on every campus today as well. here's a portion of alexander cockburn's response ('Don't Carpool with Nouri al-Maliki,' counterpunch):
Phyllis Bennis talks vaguely of "searching for a clear strategy", but this vagueness is no more surprising than the self-restraint of MoveOn and Americans Against Escalation in Iowa. Bennis resides at the Institute for Policy Studies, whose principals are well aware that any-IPS related support for a strategy deemed discomfitting to the Democratic Party's efforts to capture White House in 2008 would result in having IPS's major funders yank them back into the kennel in short order.
that's certainly how it looks to me.
let's close with c.i.'s 'Iraq snapshot:'
Thursday, September 13, 2007. Chaos and violence continue, the 'model' province suffers a setback, Bully Boy is in wardrobe and makeup preparing for his live comedy bit on American television tonight, energies move towards DC for the actions including the "die in" on Saturday led by IVAW, UFPJ releases a report that doesn't please all student activists, and more.
Starting with war resisters and returning to the roundtable where Brian Lenzo and Kyle Brown (US Socialist Worker) speak with war resister Eli Israel, war resister Camilo Mejia and Phil Aliff. Lenzo and Brown asked Mejia and Israel why they made a decision to resist?
Mejia replies, "I got tired of being afraid. I realized that with everything that happened in Iraq -- and a lot of messed-up sh*t happened, from the torture of prisoners to the killing of civilians to the unnecessary exposure of our own troops -- and the inability to stand for what I believed was the right thing to do, and being there with the political conviction that the war was wrong, freedom really has nothing to do with not being in shackles or chains but with your own ability to do what you believe in your heart to be the right thing to do. I had to overcome my fear. I knew all along what the right thing was but I hadn't had the freedom to act upon that belief. It got to the point where I could no longer conciliate my conscience with my military duty, and I decided that whenever being a good soldier and being a good human being came into conflict, the right thing to do was be a good human being."
There is a growing movement of resistance within the US military which includes Timothy Richard, Robert Weiss, Phil McDowell, Steve Yoczik, Ross Spears, Zamesha Dominique, Jared Hood, James Burmeister, Eli Israel, Joshua Key, Ehren Watada, Terri Johnson, Carla Gomez, Luke Kamunen, Leif Kamunen, Leo Kamunen, Camilo Mejia, Kimberly Rivera, Dean Walcott, Linjamin Mull, Agustin Aguayo, Justin Colby, Marc Train, Abdullah Webster, Robert Zabala, Darrell Anderson, Kyle Snyder, Corey Glass, Jeremy Hinzman, Kevin Lee, Mark Wilkerson, Patrick Hart, Ricky Clousing, Ivan Brobeck, Aidan Delgado, Pablo Paredes, Carl Webb, Stephen Funk, Clifton Hicks, David Sanders, Dan Felushko,Brandon Hughey, Clifford Cornell, Joshua Despain, Joshua Casteel, Katherine Jashinski, Dale Bartell, Chris Teske, Matt Lowell, Jimmy Massey, Chris Capps, Tim Richard, Hart Viges, Michael Blake, Christopher Mogwai, Christian Kjar, Kyle Huwer, Vincent La Volpa, DeShawn Reed and Kevin Benderman. In total, forty-one US war resisters in Canada have applied for asylum.Information on war resistance within the military can be found at The Objector, The G.I. Rights Hotline [(877) 447-4487], Iraq Veterans Against the War and the War Resisters Support Campaign. Courage to Resist offers information on all public war resisters. Tom Joad maintains a list of known war resisters.
Resistance is ongoing in the US and gearing up for Saturday, September 15th (see ANSWER for more information) mass protests will be taking place in DC and IVAW will lead a "die-in". This will be part of a several days of action lasting from the 15th through the 18th. September 17th IVAW will kick off Truth in Recruiting. CODEPINK will be conducting a Peoples March Inside Congress (along with other groups and individuals) on September 17th. United for Peace & Justice (along with others) will begin Iraq Moratorium on September 21st and follow it every third Friday of the month as people across the country are encouraged to wear and distribute black ribbons and armbands, purchase no gas on those Fridays, conduct vigils, pickets, teach-ins and rallies, etc.
The September 15th March to Stop the War will take place in DC (meet up at noon in front of the White House) and a mood of police brutality appears to be settling over the US capital. Last week Tina Richards and Adam Kokesh took part in a peacefull press conference in Lafayette Square that police felt the need to break up. Richards and Kokesh both attempted to put up flyers for the March on fhe 15th and, for that 'crime,' were subjected to extreme force. Richards has declared, "I have been asked if knowing all that would happen, the intimidation, the injuries and pending legal costs, would I do it again. 'Yes,' I have answered. 'Any day is a good day for the first amendment'." On Monday, attempting to hear Davey Petraeus give testimony to the House, Rev. Lennox Yearwood (IVAW and Hip Hop Congress) was attacked. He spoke with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales (Democracy Now!) about what he experienced:
REV. LENNOX YEARWOOD, JR.: Well, on September 10, I went to hear the hearing,
[. . .] So I was going in, in essence, to make government more transparent. It was also critical for me as a person of color to be in the room to report back to my community. But instead, when I got there, I was waiting in line. I was standing there. I had to do a radio interview. I asked the officer, I said, "Can I step out of line for a second to do an interview?" He said, "No problem." I did my interview. I came back to the line. I got back in the line. I was waiting. And then, all of a sudden -- it was somewhat suspicious -- another officer came down, was passing out blue post-it notes. And as he was coming in the line, he actually came to me and actually Colonel Ann Wright, who was standing with me. It was amazing. The two officers who were going in to hear General Petraeus, he actually told us both, "You can't get in," and then walked past us. And so, me and Colonel Ann Wright looked at each other and said, "Why can't we get in?" He said, "You can't get in." And so, we went up forward, and we kept walking to the front of the line and said, "Why are we being denied?" "You just can't get in." And so, somebody came and passed one of the blue post-it notes to Colonel Wright and put it in her hand. And she showed it to him. "I didn't give you that." She said, "I know. Why can't we get in?" He said, "Well, OK, you can get in." And she said, "What about Reverend Yearwood?" He said, "No, he can't get in." And that's when it started. I said, "Why are you singling me out? What is going on?" It's important to know. We have this huge rally at the White House, and a march to the Capitol is coming Saturday. And I know my picture is on the flier. But regardless, I asked, "Why are you singling me out?" At that point in time, they became to be aggressive, and they got around me. And I said that -- "You're going to be arrested." I said, "What am I going to be arrested for? What have I done? I just want to go inside and hear the hearing for myself." At that point in time, one came behind me, said, "You're going to be arrested." And then somebody grabbed me on my shoulder. And I kind of turned. Amy, by the time I turned, I was on the ground. And I actually just felt myself going headfirst into the concrete. [. . .] And so, when they pulled out of -- they actually didn't pull me out. They just stopped me from getting in, and they wouldn't tell me why. They just stopped me. What was worse, when they leaped on me, started to beat me in the halls of Congress. And I say, here I am, a former officer lying in the halls of Congress, while there's another officer in the hearing lying to the Congress. And here I am just lying and being beaten. I couldn't understand.
The YouTube video of the assault of Yearwood is played on Democracy Now! and will in the DN! archive even if vanishes from YouTube at some point. Yearwood being thrown to the ground and assaulted in the Capitol by the Capitol police is and should be shocking. It is also part of a rising pattern. As The Third Estate Sunday Review editorialized Sunday, "What happened to Richards, Kokesh, Thompson and the rest -- including the press -- should be seen as the seminal moment it is. If you're not angry, you're not paying attention. And if you don't call this out, be prepared for the next Ohio because it will come bit by bit. Get angry. And don't use stuff the anger, let it fuel you to make demands of your elected representatives, to practice civil disobedience and to insist that the illegal war be ended and Bully Boy be impeached. If you don't know where to start, many trying to make a difference will be gathering in DC on September 15th."
Tonight Ugly Bully follows Ugly Betty in primetime as Bully Boy -- currently at a 36% approval rating in the latest CNN poll "unchanged from an August poll and barely above where it was in January" -- attempts to resell his illegal war all over again. But there's a problem with the sales pitch. The "model province" was Al-Anbar Province (if you believed the soft and easy press -- that was never reality). And now . . . a plot twist.
Laith Hammoudi (McClatchy Newspapers) reports, "Sheikh Sattar Abo Risha, the head of Anbar awakening council was killed in an IED explosion targeted his armed car near his house in Ramadi city today afternoon. Abo Risha's nephew, his aid and two of his guards were killed in the explosion." Jay Price and Leila Fadel (McClatchy Newspapers) explain that the late Sheikh "lunched with President Bush during the president's brief visit to Anbar just 10 days ago" and that this "was the second assassination of Anbar tribal leaders key to the anti-al Qaida rebellion that has become the Bush administration's No. 1 example of progress in Iraq. In June, four sheiks of the Anbar Salvation Council were killed along with eight other people when a suicide bomber slipped past security at a Baghdad hotel and detonated a bomb he was wearing." The BBC summarizes their correspondent in Baghdad, Hugh Sykes, evaluation of the "severe blow" of the assassination as: "It may undermine the new movement against al-Qaeda in Iraq, he says, or it could strengthen resolve to resist the insurgents, who are regarded by an increasing number of people in Anbar as unwelcome invaders." Steve Negus (Financial Times of London) offers that "Abu Risha assumed a high profile, appearing on television as a symbol and spokesman of the movement while making public appearances in and around Ramadi, as if daring al-Qaeda to kill him. His death might deter others from taking a similarly public role. Without a charismatic spokesman willing to be the Anbar Salvation Council's public face, the movement's morale could falter." Martin Fletcher (Times of London) writes, "The Times has interviewed Sheikh Sittar twice in the past year. Urbane, chain-smoking and impeccably dressed in long white robes and headdress, he was a sheikh from central casting. . . . During the second interview, two weeks ago, as his three children played on the grass, he joked about how his grandfather had fought the British in the colonial era. When I asked how many times he had escaped assassination he laughed. 'Many times. I can't count,' he replied, as his children played on the lawn in front of him." Al Jazeera's correspondent James Bays declares, "This is a man who had a controversial past, but in recent months he has become a very prominent figure even meeting George Bush." CBS and AP note that no one has come forward to claim credit or "responsibility for the assassination" and that "[p]rivately, two U.S. officials said earlier that his assassination would be a huge setback for U.S. efforts in Iraq, because it sends a message to others who are cooperating with coalition forces or thinking about cooperating against al Qaeda." CNN notes, "It is unclear if the bomb was remotely detonated or triggered by the convoy."
In other violence . . .
Laith Hammoudi (McClatchy Newspapers) reports a Baghdad car bombing that claimed 4 lives and left ten more wounded, and a Baghdad roadside bombing that claimed 1 life and left three injured. Reuters notes a Falluja roadside bombing that claimed the life of 1 police officer (two more injured)
Reuters reports a police officer was shot dead in Mosul with four others wounded,
Laith Hammoudi (McClatchy Newspapers) reports 11 corpses discovered in Baghdad.
Yesterday in another softball interview conducted by Anderson Cooper (CNN) in Iraq (where are the charges that he's just in Iraq for the ratings?), Cooper counted it a success that he was able to get the puppet of the occupation, Nouri al-Maliki to concede that "there is a problem in parliament, in ministries, in how ministries are selected . . . ." Coops was so thrilled about it that he forgot to point out the heads of all cabinets (ministries) were appointed by whom? al-Maliki. And as Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!) observed today, "The apparent collapse comes amidst a new White House effort to convince lawmakers US goals in Iraq are being achieved. Pushing through a new oil law has been high on the list." What? As James Glanz (New York Times) noted, the theft of Iraqi oil appears on hold and al-Maliki is convinced that "there is a simpler reason the Sunnis abandoned or at least held off on the deal: signing it would have given Mr. Maliki a political success that they did not want him to have." Glanz white washes the reality of the law that would provide for the theft of Iraqi oil, but that's the Times for you, right? Andy Rowell (Oil Change International) notes that "Iraq's oil minister Hussain al-Shahristani" declared the proposed deal between Hunt Oil Company and the Kurdish north "illegal."
Turning to other news, Wednesday on WBAI's Wakeupcall Radio, Sue Udry (United For Peace and Justice) spoke with Deepa Fernades about [PDF format warning] "Iraq: The People's Report" which details a number of issues including the Iraqi refugee crisis, the lack of power and potable water. Udry noted, "We're up close to half a trillion dollars -- five hundred billion dollars spent in Iraq. And the Bush administration is asking -- we're still not sure how much more he wants. But between 140 and 200 billion more. But that-that five-hundred billion could have been spent on for example, in the US could have built, over 4 million affordable housing units we could have paid 7 million public school teachers, we could have insured 272 million unisured childred."
The report has many strong points. But it's already led to complaints on campuses we've spoken at this week. The question students want to know (wording it nicely here): Is there a reason Phyllis Bennis and Eric Lever low ball the number of Iraqis who have lost their lives? "Estimates range from 71,017-600,000+" is shameful. If they're going to go with the lower estimate (Iraq Body Count) it is incumbent upon Bennis and Lever to use the correct number from the Lancet Study which WAS NOT six-hundred-thousand-plus. It was 655,000-plus. [PDF format warning] "Mortality after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: a cross-sectional cluster sample survey" was written by Gilbert Burnham, Riyadh Lafta, Shannon Doocy and Les Roberts. From the third paragraph of the summary: "We estimate that as of July 2006, there have been 654 965 (392979-942636) which corresponds to 2-5% of the population in the study area." The number is 654,965 and that was the number through July 2006 -- last year. In October of 2006, Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!) began the interview she and Juan Gonzalez conducted with Les Brown noting, "More than 650,000 people have died in Iraq since the U.S. led invasion of the country began in March of 2003. This is according to a new study published in the scientific journal, The Lancet. The studdy was conducted by researches at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad." On March 27th of this year, Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!) noted, "BBC News is reporting the British government ignored the conclusions of its own experts when it dismissed a medical studdy estimating more than 650,000 Iraqis have died due to the Iraq war. The study appeared in the British medical journal the Lancet last year. Researches based their findings on interviews with a random sampling of households taken in clusters across Iraq. In newly-released memos, the chief scientific adviser at Britain's Ministry of Defence called the researcher's methods 'close to best practice' and 'robust.' Both the US and Britain publicly rejected the study and criticized its methods."
That may be understandable from government liars. It is not understandable from peace groups. What could have been a strong resource for UFPJ has instead become a source of mockery or a source of anger on several college campuses. And you know what? The students are right to be angry. Saying 600,000 is dishonest. And the number was over 600,000 in July of 2006 -- over a year ago. Things like getting the numbers wrong (intentionally) go a long way towards explaining why so many students against the illegal war are writing off the established peace movement. This is the warning and groups can heed it or they can ignore it. But stunts like that are exactly why students are washing their hands of a number of groups and see them as inherently useless. (The authors of the report should also be paying attention to the reaction. Especially Bennis because she's better known and that's not a good thing in this instance.)
1,040,369 is the current estimate of Iraqis killed during the illegal war. That number is via Just Foreign Policy which uses the Lancet study as well as the deaths reported since then -- and notes that all deaths are not reported so the number is higher than their estimate. In September of 2007, you need to do better than offer up a number from July of 2006 (which you still get wrong) and when you don't, you better accept the questions you're inviting about exactly how much value you place on Iraqi lives because the student movement has moved beyond the nonsense that's being pushed off on them. They're not the timid crowd and they're not going to take direction from anyone but especially not from those they don't trust. Something as basic as the numbers leads to questions, not trust.
Finally, on PBS' NOW with David Brancaccio: this week (Friday's on most PBS stations), the program expands to an hour for a special look at the Third Infantry's First Brigade which is on it's third deployment to Iraq. A preview is posted at YouTube. The earlier broadcast of interviewing the Third Infantry's First Brigade can be found here. And NOW is offering an online exclusive of interviews with members of the Third Infantry and their spouses.


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Freshman Aaron Berardino impacted the game in multiple ways during his first contest with the Blue Devils. The Windsor, CT, native saw time on defense and special teams in Central's season opening loss to Stony Brook on Saturday, but his performance earned him recognition as the Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week.
Berardino made four solo tackles in the loss, but his biggest contribution was an interception that halted a Stony Brook drive.
With the Blue Devils trailing, 21-3, and in need of a big play, the Berardino delivered. He picked off a Stony Brook pass at Central's own 30-yard line with 6:47 remaining in the second quarter. Not only did the play stop the Seawolves, but on the ensuing possession the Blue Devils punched in their first touchdown of the season.
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Welcome to the CRG Discussion Forum!Forum registration problems: Make sure you enter your email correctly and you check your spam box first. *Then* email KurtS2@gmail for help.Classified ads are not allowed on the forum.
Steve:Yes we have swapped the grille out. i will check the part number on it and the headlight covers. Going out of town so it will be towards the end of the week before I look at this.Mark
...Steve, ...I'll read up on the survey thread, ...will surely provide info... Kevin
Les' is also a Norwood car and it's currently FOR SALE ON EBAY!! WHY Les, WHY WHY WHY??Ed
We have had some new folks join CRG since the start of this threat so I thought it would be good to ping it in case they were 68 RS owners and could contribute. BTW, Kevin and Mark, did you forget us? Steve
Steve:Thanks for the pic. It's exactly what i neede to know. My car is an 06C car built in Los Angeles. I have provided some documentation to Kurt as it is a numbers matching L78 (not restamped) so he has a pic of the block stamp and the cowl tag.I am checking this from work and I will check the other thread when i get home tonight. I checked the headloght covers this morning but it was early and I don't drink coffee so maybe I overlooked the part numbers. I'll look again.Mark
MarkThe HL cover numbers are on the back side in the middle on mine and I think on Ed's and Les' too. Thanks for taking another look.Steve


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The couple were accompanied by Mike, Carole, Pippa and James Middleton for the service which was conducted by Reverend Ann Templeman. The family sat together in the church and enjoyed Christmas carols with the residents of Berkshire.
As you all know, William and Kate are spending Christmas with the Middleton family at their beautiful home in Bucklebury, Berkshire. It has been reported Kate wanted to spend her last Christmas before motherhood with her family.
The Queen joined the rest of the Royal family for the annual Christmas service at Sandringham this morning and spent time greeting the locals before leaving by car with Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
William and Kate looked relaxed as they left the service no doubt looking forward to spending the day with family and of course Christmas lunch :)
Kate looked festive in her Hobbs 'Celeste' coat.
Kate purchased the coat in Sloane Square in September 2011 reduced from £369 to £182 and wore it during a visit to Liverpool on Valentine's Day. It is described as:
'Wrap up warm in this stunning double crepe wool coat. In a sumptuous seasonal chestnut brown, this coat subtly flares from the hips. It's given an on trend toughened edge thanks to the leather stud fastening, cuff straps and waisted belt'.
The Duchess wore her Aquatalia by Marvin K 'Royal' Weatherproof Booties (also known as the 'Rouge'). Silvertone hardware details on the side of a weatherproof bootie fashioned with an elastic inset at the side for an easier fit. The slip-resistant rubber sole offers excellent wet-weather traction. The €326 boots are available in sizes 5 to 12.
Kate carried her red suede Gucci clutch.
Kate accessorised with her Green Amethyst Kiki McDonough earrings.
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Kate completed the look with a red Hugo Boss pashmina and wore her hair in a loose bun. I thought it a lovely look, perfect for a Christmas service. The Duchess looked quite pale and tired, I hope she is continuing to recover but I know hyperemesis gravidarum doesn't disappear overnight which is why the couple's decision to spend the day away from the media spotlight was the best choice for them.
The Queen's Christmas speech was broadcast today at 3 p.m. HM spoke about the spirit of the London 2012 games and how memorable the Diamond Jubilee celebrations were for the royal family. You can watch the full speech at the Royal Channel.
Merry Christmas Duchess Kate readers :)


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I'm with Stephen King on this one. Part of my yearly tradition of Halloween is watching horror and monster movies with the family, but along with that most television stations pull out either some kind of monster movie marathon, or else they manage to scrape together some kind of "documentary" in which they get actors, comedians, directors, and pop-culture figures to offer up their opinions about the line-up the network has constructed. The usual set-up can manifest in multiple ways, whether it's "40 Scariest Movies of all time" or "10 Best Horror Films of the 90s," or "20 Scariest Horror Movie Characters" the point is the Network put out some kind of poll and then generated a list and then hired a bunch of people to react to it and whoever had the best reaction got on the air.
Stephen King isn't a media whore in any way, but he's proven he isn't afraid to come onto shows like this and offer up his opinion. Given the fact that he's written more books than god, and most of them are based in the horror genre, it makes sense that he appears on these shows, but what's beautiful about the experience of sitting through these farces year after year is the fact that no matter what Stephen King always manages to produce some insightful or powerful observation that makes sitting through the three-hour crap-fest worth-while.
One of these events appeared on television some years ago, I really need to start carrying around a personal calendar notebook but that seems the kind of totem of seasoned age and I'm nowhere near that yet, yet, and in fact the entire program was about the horror genre with Stephen King offering up assessments about the movies made over the last few decades. He addressed old school monster movies, science fiction films, zombie movies, vampire movies, torture-porn, and at one point he addressed the 80s slasher films specifically the characters of Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Michael Myers. Most of his comments about the original films were positive but he made the argument that the main problem with the films is that, over time and with every subsequent sequel, the aesthetic goal of the movie is to sympathize not so much with the victims but with the monsters performing the atrocities.
This is the distinction. When the teenagers in the first film who are about to have sex by the beach of the old lake are stabbed to death you feel sorry for them because Jason is a monster and they were just kids trying to have some fun. By the thirteenth movie those kids stop being people and instead become cattle because they're yet another in a long line of innocent people who are too stupid to realize they're in a Friday the 13th movie. This is important though because once you stop caring about people, and actually start enjoying watching them die a change has taken place, and not necessarily a good one.
It's pathetic and embarrassing how much of a revelation that was to me. And looking over some of writing I realize that I experience quite a number of revelations. Still, up to that point I was still a fan of the horror genre, but the beginning of the end was happening to me, and after watching Hostel and The Devil's Rejects this lesson became painfully clear. I couldn't enjoy most horror films anymore because too many of them were about horrible people doing horrible things to other people, and most of the thrill was a morbid hero worship of terrible people. I noted recently when I wrote about The Shining that part of the original appeal was that Jack Torrance was some kind of anti-hero that I warmed to, but watching the film again I realize how much of a monster he is. Where before his darkness and psychosis appealed to my teenage sentiments, now he was just a madman who posed a threat to his family. And there is the problem that makes it difficult for me to warm back to the horror genre, because there are just a few truly great examples of movies where the impulse isn't to root for the monster.
So like I said before, I'm with Stephen King on this one. Which makes writing a positive review of the 1980 film, and horror classic, Halloween, all the more puzzling.
Now before the reader interjects to ask, yes I enjoyed the Rob Zombie remake, because even if he took the character Michael Myers in a different direction, he did it in such a way that it was distinctively his vision and not just a pathetic re-make. I bring this up because there is actually a great debate on the internet as to whether or not Rob Zombie's film is good, to which my argument is a resounding yes because it was different.
Halloween, the original now, was made for $300,000, and the script took about 10 days to write. The end result was an international success and over $70 million dollar revenues at the box office, not to mention jettisoning the career of John Carpenter who had at that time made only one other movie which was Assault on Precinct 13. The movie is about a young boy named Michael Myers who, when he is only six years old, stabs his sister to death with a knife after watching her have sex with her boyfriend. He walks out of the house where his parents find him wearing a clown mask and holding the knife. From there the movie jumps forward 15 years when Michael escapes a mental institution and returns to Haddonfield, Illinois where he finds Laurie Strode. Laurie is the original virgin heroine of the 80s who reeks of innocence and intelligence while her friends talk and even brag about their sexual escapades while often leaving Laurie in the ditch. One by one Michael kills the girls and their boyfriends until finally attacking Laurie. Dr. Sam Loomis, who has been Michael's psychiatrist for the last 15 years, has been following him and trying to find him. He eventually finds Laurie being attacked by Michael and shoots him several times where he falls from the balcony of the house. The films ends with several shots of the house while Michael's now iconic breathing is heard and the space where his body fell is empty.
The real fun of watching the movie, now that I've aged and "seen some shit," is the exact reason King warned me about. Michael becomes the anti-hero, and by the time you've seen Halloween every Halloween for close to a decade you start to turn the movie into a drinking game, or else you get a nice little contact high from the fear of the person watching with you who's never seen it and doesn't realize Myers is totally gonna leave that dude literally hanging off the ground with the butcher knife.
But let me channel the young teenager in me who was still learning and acquiring experience, and who also had to watch the movie in spurts because that damn breathing near broke me.
The most horrific fucking thing about Michael Myers is the fact that the film is almost always shot through his eyes. His victims appear in our line of sight, going about their lives oblivious to the fact that they're being watched or followed. The girls in the movie being the first victims because they each are "corrupted" by the filthy act of sex. The girl's in the movie, except for sweet, loveable, and chaste Laurie, effectively established the working archetype of the ditsy, sex obsessed teenager.
One early exchange is enough to see this presentation:
Lynda: [concerning Annie] The only reason she baby sits is to have a place for…
Laurie: [realizing she had forgot something] Shit.
Annie Brackett: I have a place for *that*!
Laurie: I forgot my chemistry book.
Lynda: So who cares? I always forget my chemistry book and my math book, and my English book, and my, let's see, my French book, and… well who needs books anyway, I don't need books, I always forget all my books, I mean, it doesn't really matter if you have your books or not… hey isn't that Devon Graham?
If that isn't enough perhaps a later scene will demonstrate what I'm talking about:
Lynda: [exposing her breasts] See anything you like?
And there it is. Now this is tame by todays horror standards because Carpenter as a director was working with a different audience. The 1980s established the "rule" in most horror films that if you had sex then you had to die. Wes Craven would rely on this trope and actually parody it, and at the same time replicate it, in his movie Scream. It's easy though to look back at horror movies and make fun of this direction, but if I can defend Carpenter for a moment, in terms of a narrative structure this actually makes a fair amount of sense, especially given what Michael Myers becomes.
Before Rob Zombie added a psychological dimension to the character, Michael Myers was one of the big slasher-movie anti-heroes because he possessed a kind of supernatural power. Jason Vorhees was immortal and couldn't die, Freddy Krueger attacked teenagers through their dreams, and Chucky was a Doll possessed by the spirit of a serial killer. These descriptions aren't an effort to demonstrate that I have no life, but simply to establish the fact that the monsters that haunted these movies all had some kind of connection to the supernatural. It could just be because it was the 80s and the threat of nuclear annihilation made people eager to surrender their fear to an unreal, or super-real, antagonist that could strike at any time, but that still leaves Myers seemingly at first the oddball.
Myers doesn't have super powers, he's just a dude in a William Shatner mask stabbing people. He's just a kid who stabbed his sister to death, my reader argues, how does that make him a threat in the same caliber as these other guys?
This is a fair objection, but a closer inspection reveals Michael Myers in fact follows the same supernatural, super-powerful persona, it's just that he works on a more mundane level. Dr. Sam Loomis gives a powerful speech in the film which, though a bit theatrical, creates the impression of Myers as something more than a human being:
Dr. Sam Loomis: I met him, fifteen years ago; I was told there was nothing left; no reason, no conscience, no understanding; and even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, of good or evil, right or wrong. I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes… the devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply… evil.
He more or less gives the same speech later much to the same effect:
Sheriff Leigh Brackett: I have a feeling that you're way off on this.
Dr. Sam Loomis: You have the wrong feeling.
Sheriff Leigh Brackett: You're not doing very much to prove me wrong!
Dr. Sam Loomis: What more do you need?
Sheriff Leigh Brackett: Well, it's going to take a lot more than fancy talk to keep me up all night crawling around these bushes.
Dr. Sam Loomis: I- I- I watched him for fifteen years, sitting in a room, staring at a wall, not seeing the wall, looking past the wall – looking at this night, inhumanly patient, waiting for some secret, silent alarm to trigger him off. Death has come to your little town, Sheriff. Now you can either ignore it, or you can help me to stop it.
Again, this passage is easy to ignore once you've watched the movie around twenty times and are sick on your son's candy. You promised yourself that you would only eat one or two pieces but then you saw they had Reese's Pieces and it's all a blur after that. It's through these speeches though Dr. Loomis paints a portrait of a monster that is almost completely devoid of any humanity. But it's not enough that a few speeches suggest the man is nothing but pure evil. Myers become a predator in the truest sense because, while Loomis is looking for Michael, he and Sheriff Leigh Brackett return to the old Myers house where the very first murder occurred and they find something:
[inside Myers' house]
Dr. Sam Loomis: Hey… What is that?
Sheriff Leigh Brackett: A dog.
[Loomis and Brackett walk next to dog]
Sheriff Leigh Brackett: It's still warm.
Dr. Sam Loomis: He got hungry.
[referring to a partially eaten dog]
Sheriff Leigh Brackett: A man wouldn't do that.
Dr. Sam Loomis: This isn't a man.
A friend of mine works as a professor of Psychology at the same school I teach at, and before that he used to work in a prison system as a psychologist. We were talking at book club one night about the death of Jesse's dog in the graphic novel Preacher, and while many of us commented on how the purposeful murder to the animal seemed unnecessarily graphic, he interrupted to share a thought. He noted that being in the system he saw some "scary" people. I put that word in quotations to emphasize his delivery not to mock him. These "scary" people you would encounter in that system usually weren't the murderers, the rapists, or the petty offenders. Instead the people that were the most frightening were the ones who tortured animals for fun. They would usually laugh while describing torturing the pets or else be terribly calm.
This aside only seeks to illuminate a point. It takes a certain willpower to murder to torture an animal and Michael Myers does so without forethought or much pressure. The act of slaying an animal like a dog, a domestic pet to many people, is a simple act so that he can eat. It also however, in terms of the laws of movies, makes him the most despicable monster that ever lived and quite possibly worse than Hitler. I believe that's a verbatim quote from some film critic, but it's been a while since I read that, or thought I read it, man that was a lot of candy in that Jack o' Lantern.
I really struggled when thinking about this essay because I'm not exactly sure how much there is to say about Carpenter's movie once you get past the fact that it helped establish his career which would produce such wonderful movies like Escape from New York and The Thing. The film also, in its own way, helped to establish the aesthetic of Carpenter films which has been repeated by filmmakers like Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, the most recent example however being The Duffer Brothers with their Netflix miniseries Stranger Things. Carpenter as a film maker has contributed a feeling and an atmosphere that is still being replicated or borrowed or recreated, and perhaps the reason for this is because his films are blessed with a great simplicity. Even as he would tackle a film like Escape from New York, which relied on a devastated Manhattan island for a movie location, his movies feel like they are taking place in real locations with real people who, most importantly, feel real for their setting.
Halloween then really starts this because of the domestic simplicity of Laurie, the virgin/heroine/victim of the film. At times her virgin innocence, just typing that makes me feel creepy, becomes a little galling and the viewer actually starts to hope that she'll get laid at the end of the movie just so that she'll stop whining about being the girl scout, but even so her real qualities as a character make the film so enjoyable to watch because you recognize that this nice girl has become the target of a supernatural monster.
Michael Myers, as he exists in the first Halloween movie, is a monster because there is no opportunity to understand why he is performing the atrocities that he is. He also seems to possess the ability to overcome physical ailment and outright assault. He is, as Laurie puts it:
[last lines]
Laurie: It was the boogeyman…
Dr. Sam Loomis: As a matter of fact, it was.
After this there was close to about six or seven sequels before Zombie's remake and a sequel to that one which, even if I am an apologist for Zombie, finally killed the Halloween myth for me. After a while it just got to be too much, and as I said at the top. I'm with Stephen King. After a while the anti-hero's journey just becomes a gratuitous exercise in morbid pornography.
Still, despite this I still hold a place in my heart for the first Halloween movie because it was one of my first intros to the horror movie genre. There were plenty of nights spent awake as every tree branch landing on the roof was Michael Myers, the boogeyman who haunted my nightmares and who reminded me that having sex in the 80s led to horrible consequences.


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RUSTUM, Pakistan (CNN) -- Piled high with food, Minhaj Bahdar rides a rented motorbike back to his family's temporary sanctuary away from the fighting between Pakistan's army and the Taliban.
The Bahdar family -- 16 adults and 7 children -- has food rations but not much to feed them all.
The little motorbike struggles under the weight of food -- 80 kilograms of wheat, 4 kg of sugar, 1 kg of salt and 300 grams of tea. It sounds like a lot -- but it has to last the Bahdar family one month.
Twenty-three of them live in two tiny rooms provided by a local villager. They don't have enough food. There is no running water. The family is part of a humanitarian crisis in Pakistan that aid groups say is going largely unnoticed -- hidden from view because they are not in a tent city aid camp.
"Up until now it's been a largely invisible crisis. Most of the displaced -- something like 90 percent of those two-and-a-half million (displaced) -- are staying with host families," Chris Webster, of the World Vision aid organization, told CNN.
Some 2.5 million people have been forced to leave their homes, on the run from the Taliban and war, in the largest movement of people in Pakistan since partition from India more than 60 years ago.
Communities have been taking in those fleeing the fighting -- and the toll on them could soon show, Webster said.
"I've met people who sold their land, sold their cattle in order to provide for people they have never met before," he said. "They are impoverishing themselves to help these impoverished people. The potential for that is another wave of displacement and a deepening of the crisis."
Barely one quarter of the pledged half billion in aid dollars has actually been given, Webster said. "The scale of the need is so vast across such a wide area that $10 or $50, whatever you can give, will make a huge difference."
The Bahdars are at Rustum -- about three hours' drive from the capital, Islamabad, but still close to the former Taliban strongholds of Swat and Buner. Watch Minhaj Bahdar's journey for food »
Pakistan army convoys are on the road that leads to Swat on their way to battle the Taliban. Last week, an army convoy got into an eight-hour gun battle with the Taliban on that road.
There appears to be more fighting in South Waziristan, and Webster expects another mass displacement of people -- perhaps another half million people.
At its distribution hub, World Vision is struggling to keep pace with the needs as it hands out food to 500 families a day.
It was into this chaos that Minhaj Bahdar came hoping to get food for his family.
It was his lucky day -- he had the right papers and was able to claim a month's ration of food for his family. Too heavy to carry far, he rented a motorbike to make the 10-minute trip home.
Back at his house, everyone was waiting to help, but when the food was laid out it was clear: What was too much for the bike was too little for 23 people --- 16 adults and 7 children -- for a month.
Minhaj Bahdar said they were barely an hour's drive from their old home but were too afraid to go back. He said he was angry with the Taliban and blamed them for being forced out.
Their mud homes were falling down from shelling, and it took them three days to get to Rustum.
"The whole population was fleeing from their homes and without anything," Bahdar's father said. "Indeed, we are in miserable condition but what can we do, except to bear it?"
I asked Bahdar's five-year-old niece if she missed her home. "Of course," she said, and then asked if I would take her somewhere safe.
It's heartbreaking, but so is their plight.
All About United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees • Pakistan • The Taliban


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I can't force you to seek more pleasure in 2013. I won't nag you to play harder and explore the frontiers of feeling really good. However, I will say this: If you don't plan to put yourself into at least partial alignment with the cosmic mandate to have maximum fun, you may not get the best use out of the advice I'll be offering though my horoscopes in the coming year. Please consider the possibility of ramping up your capacity for pure enjoyment.
"Is it bad to live without a hell?" poet Pablo Neruda asks in The Book of Questions. Let's add these queries to his: Is it dangerous to live without the awakening force that an enemy provides? Is it naive to think you can achieve great success without the driving motivation that comes from thinking about ideas you hate?
Consider the issue from another angle. Dentists love tooth decay. Treating cavities provides them with a steady income. Likewise, exterminators are dependent on termites, lawyers need crime, and priests crave sinners. Lots of people have symbiotic connections with nasty stuff. In fact, isn't it true that most of us nurture our feelings for the things we love to despise and fear?
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Now that I am 2.5 years into the gluten-free diet, I don't see my diet as limited at all. When I first started it was as if the world had ended. I worshipped bagels, pan pizza, flour tortillas, hot soft pretzels and basically anything made with bread. It quickly became clear that I was going to have to make some changes and very quickly. I was going to have to quit eating fast food as much as I was and eat at home and actually cook. I went to some of the local specialty health food stores and bought breads, cereals, pizza doughs, bagels, etc. I even found GF donuts! I have my favorites though. I will list them below. Then, I will do Jon's list. His is going to differ from mine a bit, but his priorities are also different.
Kim ~ Pamela's Amazing Wheat Free Bread
Jon ~ He is with me on this one. It also makes wonderful pizza that we tend to have every Friday night. I top mine with veggies, he prefers plain cheese or pepperoni (Hormel says GF right on the package). I use Prego 3 Cheese spaghetti sauce for the sauce.
Kim ~ Kinnikinnick Plain Tapioca Bagels. There is a recipe on the Pamela's Amazing Wheat Free Bread for bagels that I have been meaning to try. I guess I'll give it a go when I get some spare time next year. 😉
Jon ~ He isn't really a bagel kid. He never had the chance to get hooked on them. Good for him!
Kim ~ I like the Blue Diamond Pecan Nut Thins They are great with Harvarti Cheese or any cheese spread. Reasonably priced at local mainstream grocery stores.
Jon ~ He likes these, but prefers the Glutino Crackers These are not cheap and I find they fall apart easily. The taste is close to a Townhouse or Ritz cracker.
Kim ~ Now DH makes a mean doughnut hole out of Pamela's Ultimate Baking Mix , but as far as ready made, Kinnikinnick is the only way to go. They come frozen and in many flavors. I personally love the chocolate covered chocolate doughnut.
Jon ~ He feels much like I do here. He likes the cinnamon sugar that comes frosted. I don't know where to buy these online. I am fortunate enough to find them at our local health food store, one of the largest Gluten-free food sources in the state and those surrounding us.
Rolls, Foccacia, Buns:
Kim & Jon ~ Chebe mixes by a mile. We love the foccacia mix. I use the roll mix for rolls, hamburger and hot dog buns. Even our non-gluten-free family members like these mixes. They are very nicely priced right at $3/each or under. It looks as if these are about to be sold on Amazon (nice for the subscription service and buying in bulk). I tried to find them there a few months back and they weren't even listed.
Flour Mixes:
Kim ~ I use Pamela's Ultimate Baking Mix cup for cup in my recipes now. It is easy and I can get the mix in bulk and with the subscription service on Amazon (free shipping and less per case). I use this mix for pancakes, cakes, muffins, cookies, quick breads, you name it. **There is already guar gum (like Xanthan Gum) in this mix, so you don't need to add Xanthan gum. There is also some baking soda, baking powder & salt in the mix. Pamela's website says "The leavening in Pamela's Baking & Pancake Mix is equal to approximately 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon baking soda per cup.".
Jon ~ He doesn't really care as long as he gets his goodies. He really likes his pancakes for breakfast, and I use the Pamela's Baking Mix for those. I do sub buttermilk for the water and he seems to like those better.
Pie Crust:
Kim ~ Whole Foods Bakehouse Frozen, hands down. If you have a Whole Foods close, or heck, take a road trip, this pie crust is so good. I have served it to many finicky relatives over the past 2 years with no complaints and tons of compliments. I even passed off some leftover Banana Cream Pie to my neighbors last week and they were amazed when I told them it was GF!
Jon ~ Once again, he is on board. There is sugar and whip cream and more sugar. That is all he cares about here.
Kim ~ Tinkyada or Trader Joe's. I like them both. Tinkyada does seem to fair better when re-heating a meal. I have used Debole's for Lasagna before and it worked well too.
Jon ~ I happened to buy Bi-Aglut one time from the health food store ($8 for a tiny pkg). He loved it and begged for it. No chance. It was good, but so is Tinkyada or TJ's. Not worth the extra $5/pkg.
Hot Soft Pretzels:
Kim & Jon ~ I have not been brave enough to try to make these from scratch yet. I have not heard of a decent recipe to even try. I really, really miss these. Funny thing is I never ate them that often when I could. I think the idea that I CAN'T have them is making my craving worse. If anyone knows a good recipe, I am game.
Kim ~ Rice Chex! Woohoo!!! It is about time! They even have recipes on their website for GF treats! **If you buy these, make sure the box says "Gluten-Free" on it. There are still some older boxes in circulation.
Jon ~ The boy loves his Fruity & Cocoa Pebbles. He will eat Amazon Flakes (Envirokidz) and Peanut Butter Panda Puffs. He likes the Rice Chex, but wants to pour sugar on them!
I think that is it for now. If I come up with any more favorites, I will make sure to add them or post a new list.
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It's the kind of enthusiasm that radiates throughout the
entire dock as those around him can sense it. There is a certain leadership characteristic
about him that you can't quite put your finger on, but at the same time you
can't help but be in awe of that confidence. Standing near the empty slip at
the State Dock Marina on Lake Cumberland, Terry Aff scans the Kentucky horizon looking for one of his
Off in the distance, CHAOS
comes into view as one of his latest custom-built creations rounds the corner.
Even though this boat now belongs to a family, the president of Stardust
Cruisers welcomes the sight of this houseboat pulling into the slip, like a
proud father welcomes his own child.
Bill Jasper from State Dock is the captain-for-the-day of
this beautiful houseboat and he smiles from the helm seat as he pulls into the
dock to pick up Aff, as well as the Houseboat
magazine crew. The CHAOS houseboat is
just one of the many Stardust houseboats at this marina, yet Aff is eager to
show off this particular beauty that is a former Houseboat Expo showboat.
Veteran Passion
Aff is new to the reigns as president of Stardust, but he's
far from a houseboating rookie. With four houseboats, two being custom-built,
it's clear that this is more than just a job, but rather a passion where
houseboating runs in his blood.
"Like most houseboaters, we rented at first and we had a
blast," says Aff, who has owned houseboats for the past 25 years. "We raised our family on houseboats and on
the lake and I've always enjoyed houseboating. But I especially enjoy building
The love of houseboating and that drive led him to Stardust,
but jumping into the houseboat industry at a time when other manufactures were
struggling, was viewed with mixed reactions from the outside world. But for
Aff, he's the type of leader who wants to be on the front lines, and he believes
this segment will bounce back strong from this down economy.
"Our biggest challenge is sales, we're down 80 percent from
peak by my estimates, but we're starting to see an increase in activity," says
Aff. "Financing is available; we need to build on consumer confidence."
Stardust General Manager John Gregory shares that same
desire to help build back the houseboat industry into what this segment used to
"We'd like to get back to building 20 to 25 new custom boats
a year," says Gregory. "We'd be down from just a few years ago, but we'd still
be reasonably pleased."
Building Quality
Besides a strong and determined demeanor, Aff also brings
with him his experience in the auto industry where he was involved in precision
metal working and machine systems that at times needed to be within a few thousandths
of a millimeter. He brings this background from his former career with him,
believing a houseboat should be durable and long-lasting. His main plan is to build
solid boats, while continuing to raise the bar for quality.
"Houseboats need to be precise and built like the machines
that they are," says Aff. "Stardust leads in innovative and design. For example
the glass sides give houseboats the boat look versus the box look. Our goal is
to combine design with performance and function. The way it handles is just as
important as how it looks."
Having a boat that handles well is why Aff strongly believes
that every houseboat should have bow and stern thrusters.
"Handling is the most important factor and thrusters
accomplish that," says Aff. "Another must-have item would be geo-thermal heat
pumps. My wife Shelly and I spend a lot of time on the boat all year long and
you need to be comfortable, air source heat pumps become extremely noisy in the
The Stardust general manager has his own ideas of what every
custom-built houseboat should include.
"Every boat should have an entertainment bar on top and
plenty of storage throughout," says Gregory. "I hear that a lot and I believe
it's important. I have also had conversations about dumbwaiters with the
mechanical variety being optional."
Adjusting To Times
Stardust, like all houseboat manufacturers as this time,
continues to find a good balance so they can be profitable at a lower volume.
The Monticello,
Ky.-based manufacturer used to thrive on a high production rate as it built
boats fast and produced lots of houseboats each year.
"Now we have less people doing more with each boat,"
explains Aff. "The benefits will come in the long-term when the volume picks
"Trying to motivate new sales and working to control labor
costs on the projects we have are two major challenges," adds Gregory. "We
encourage multitasking and when we hire we're looking for a skill set that
doesn't limit an individual to one area. Fortunately we have been reasonably
successful in the labor area, but the bottom line is sales need to improve."
Part of the success that keeps Stardust moving forward and
further cements this company as one of the top builders in the country is its Five
Star Renovation Program that was started a few years back. Stardust has done a
certain amount of refurbishing older houseboats for over 15 years or so to some
degree, but in the last three to four years it's become more of a focus. These
refurbishments range from simple repairs to complete interior and exterior renovations.
"We've seen people that really love their floorplan on their
houseboat that is ten years or older and if the hull and engines are still in
good shape, we're able to successfully refurbish their boat for less money,"
says Gregory. "By doing remodeling in-house, the boat can be brought in from
different lakes and the customer can adjust their budget or wants once we get
it out of the water."
Exterior work and outboard maintenance are the two biggest
projects that Stardust sees with its renovation program, but other upgrades
include A/C units, septic systems and insulation as the goal is to take an
older houseboat and make it more comfortable for less money.
Stardust refurbishes its own boats as well as other
manufacturer's boats and will continue to give options to houseboaters who
might not be ready to purchase a custom-built houseboat at this time.
Price Match Guarantee
Another factor in the manufacturer's success and its
determination to succeed is a price match guarantee that it began offering last
summer. Stardust feels it can match any houseboat builder's price, feature for
feature. They believe that all the builders are working on similar cost
structures, and therefore the price of the boats should also be similar. The
main idea behind the price match guarantee is to educate the consumer about
features and construction. This guarantee from Stardust will insure the
consumer is making an educated decision and will obtain the best price for a
properly built and equipped boat. This
guarantee that Stardust now offers gives consumers the chance to price shop and
it enables them to work with customers to get the right price and be competitive.
One other key advantage that Stardust offers is that all of
its cabinetry work is completely custom-made in its cabinet shop by experienced
professional cabinet makers.
"It is crucial in building custom boats because we can make
use of all the space and layouts," says Gregory. "We like to use all the areas
of the boats by doing it ourselves in-house. It allows us to customize or meet
the needs of our customers, plus it gives us complete control over the quality,
material used and customize to a specific color."
Besides in the in-house cabinetry shop, the bulk of the
fiberglass work, including fly bridges and top deck bars, are done in-house for
the same control reasons.
Stardust Cruisers is committed to the future of houseboating
development and that level of commitment starts at the top with Aff. With this
seasoned captain behind the wheel the future looks promising for this Kentucky builder.
At the conclusion of our photo shoot on the CHAOS houseboat, we all stroll towards
the State Dock marina store when Aff takes a moment to look back at the
houseboat that is now tied up for the night at the dock. The pause he offers
towards the custom-built houseboat indicates how much he truly cares for this
company. And it also gives off that sense of confidence that our industry is
heading towards a brighter future.
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Panathinaikos OPAP Athens comes off another strong season in all competitions. Things did not start well for the Greens; they won only six of their first 14 EuroLeague regular-season games. Panathinaikos decided to part ways with head coach Xavi Pascual and in his place hired Hall of Fame Coach Rick Pitino. The team kept winning at home, but struggled on the road and by Round 22, Panathinaikos had a 9-13 record and was in a tough situation in the standings. However, the team went on to win seven of its next eight games, including road wins against Herbalife Gran Canaria, Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul and CSKA Moscow - the latter on a buzzer-beating three-pointer by Nick Calathes, who earned EuroLeague MVP for March honors. That outstanding run allowed Panathinaikos to finish the regular season in sixth place. Real Madrid was its playoff opponent and Los Blancos ended up sweeping Panathinaikos, but Calathes was chosen to the All-EuroLeague First Team. The Greek powerhouse lost its seventh consecutive playoff series but bounced back in domestic competitions. It won the Greek Cup in February by downing PAOK Thessaloniki in the final and went undefeated in the Greek League playoffs to claim its second consecutive title. Panathinaikos will have the same ambitious goals in the 2019-20 season - to be the team to beat in Greece and challenge for a Final Four spot.
A giant not only in Greek sports but also in continental basketball, Panathinaikos stands as the mightiest force in the EuroLeague since the dawn of the Final Four era in 1988, with a whopping six EuroLeague titles won between 1996 and 2011. The Greens first took charge of Greek basketball with 12 domestic titles over a 17-year stretch between 1967 and 1984. After a dry period, Panathinaikos bounced back to become a top team in Europe. In 1996, Panagiotis Giannakis, Dominique Wilkins and Fragiskos Alvertis came together and secured the first EuroLeague title by a Greek team. A few years later, the club started a new streak of league crowns. Panathinaikos lifted its second EuroLeague trophy in 2000, led by head coach Zeljko Obradovic, in Thessaloniki, Greece, with a win over Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Greens won it all again in 2002 by upsetting Virtus in Bologna. It soon clicked again for Panathinaikos as it knocked off defending champion CSKA by 2 points in the 2007 championship game – an instant classic played in Athens. Two years later in Berlin, the Greens put their name on the title once more with CSKA falling by 2 points in another of the most exciting finals in basketball history. In 2010-11, EuroLeague MVP and Final Four MVP Dimitris Diamantidis shined as Panathinaikos turned away defending champ Regal FC Barcelona in the playoffs and then downed Maccabi Electra in Barcelona for their sixth EuroLeague crown. During the 2011-12 season, Panathinaikos lost a tough EuroLeague semifinal and saw its streak of nine straight Greek League championships come to an end. That season also marked the end of the Coach Obradovic era. Panathinaikos was one win away from returning to the Final Four in both 2013 and 2014, but stayed strong in Greece with back-to-back league and cup doubles. In the 2014-15 season, Panathinaikos won the Greek Cup, made it to the Greek League finals and reached the EuroLeague Playoffs for the fifth consecutive season before losing to CSKA Moscow in four games. The Greens returned to the EuroLeague Playoffs in 2016 and lifted the Greek Cup trophy for the fifth consecutive season; however, Olympiacos prevailed in the Greek League finals. Two years ago, Panathinaikos was ousted by eventual champion Fenerbahce Istanbul in the EuroLeague Playoffs, but shook it off and finished the season in style with another Greek double. In the last two seasons, Real Madrid stopped Panathinaikos in the playoffs, but again the Greens bounced back to take two more Greek League titles; its 27 Greek crowns are more than double any other club! A strong, ambitious and competitive Panathinaikos is a safe bet again this season.


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Going to the movies used to a hobby, until genealogy came along. When I began dating my husband, we went every week, the price was right, we had three drive-ins and three theaters to choose from, but now they are all gone. A new one opened, and I was there opening day, to see Titanic. We often go to old theaters in Lexington, Waltham and several new ones in Boston.
I'm not going to list all my favorites, but I am partial to musicals, good drama, foreign films, especially Chinese. That might sound a little unusual, but I got hooked on them about five years ago. When I worked in Washington, DC, I saw quite a few movies being shot, including one in the building were I worked, the DAR. The movie was, The Distinguished Gentlemen staring Eddie Murphy. (They used the Connecticut Board Room to play the part of a White House room.) I saw Eddie just feet away and that was pretty thrilling.
The other day, I read that actor Kevin James will be staring in a movie called, Here Comes the Boom, to be partially filmed in Lowell, MA. It is the third movie to be filmed in my city since 2008. "James will play a physics teacher," "Filmmakers and actors love Lowell because the city has been really good to them," "Lowell is also a metropolitan city that's both lovely and gritty. It has a lot to offer because no other place really looks like it." Well, I don't know about the lovely, but it sure has grit. When I saw that there was going to be a casting call for the movie, I went to take a photo.
|Open Casting call for "Here Comes the Boom" March 20, 2011, Lowell, MA
See copy of application below.
Prior to that movie, British comedian and director, Ricky Gervais filmed most of his movie, The Invention of Lying here. Stars were, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, and my favorite, Rob Lowe. Again, I was there. As I checked out things from my car, I saw and heard Ricky on the sidewalk, with his megaphone, yell. " cut." (Apparently, they wanted moving cars in the shot and I didn't know that.) My window was down, and when I saw Ricky, he was just five feet away. Of course, I said, "hi" and he to me! Talk about intelligent. We saw it opening day as well. I never saw Rob in person though, never saw my car in the movie.
|Form was handed to everybody to fill out.