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A guest drinking CHANG, a millet beer served in bamboo mugs, at a reception organized by the groom's sisters after the wedding.
|The Royal couple being greeted by the Commoners
|Hope Cooke dancing with her stepson Tenzing Namgyal
Photographer Marilyn Silverstone at wedding of Crown Prince of Sikkim
|The Royal Weeding in its process
|Sikkimese Bhutia dancers at the wedding festivities
Tsuklakhang Royal Palace. March 20th, 1963. Guests arriving at the wedding with gifts.
Hope Cooke being prepared for the marriage ceremony
|The Royal Couple
|Tsuklakhang Royal Palace. The Maharaja Tashi Namgyal (70), head of State of Sikkim, sits on a 5 foot throne during the wedding.
Tsuklakhang Royal Palace. Reception held after the wedding. A young Sikkimese serving traditional beverages.
Late Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal with his American Gyalmo Hope Cooke on the Wedding Day
March 18th, 1963. The day before her wedding, Hope Cooke tries on the replica of her wedding dress, which is made out of a golden tissue, in "Mokye" (Sikkimese)
Photographer Marilyn Silverstone in Sikkimese Traditional costume at wedding of the King of Sikkim.
|US Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith at the wedding reception. 1963.
Denzong Cinema. Representation of classical Indian dance by Indrani Rahman, given after the wedding.
In the front row: the Royal couple and the King Tashi Namgyal
Royal Palace of Tsuklakhang. The American Ambassador, Kenneth Galbraith (left), being welcomed by the Maharaja Tashi Namgyal.
All the photographs were taken by Marilyn Silverstone on the day of Royal Weeding on 20th of March 1963. For more information visit http://www.magnumphotos.com. These pictures abide copyright of Marilyn Silverstone.


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So You Want to Live in ... Bellingham, Washington
Twenty minutes south of the Canadian border, this western Washington outpost prides itself on its handsome setting and sense of community.
Every autumn, the chum salmon run in Whatcom Creek, whichthreads through the heart of Bellingham. The salmon spawn in theshallow riffles, unconcerned that urban buildings and garden trees,rather than towering cedars and firs, now shade their beds.
The fish leap a cascade to rise above the tidal shore at thespot where a lumber mill gave the city its start. After coal wasdiscovered under Sehome Hill, now the home of Western WashingtonUniversity, several small towns sprang up along Bellingham Bay;they consolidated in 1903 to become the city of Bellingham.
Shipyards soon followed, and the world's largest salmon canneryrose from the Fairhaven shore. The boom lasted a little more than ahundred years. Canneries shut down when the salmon declined;shingle mills and boatyards closed when they ran out of trees.Today, only a few rotting pilings mark their sites. The fishingharbor now caters mainly to pleasure boats.
Despite the loss of these industries, Bellingham's future looksbright. The city (population 68,000) has emerged as a regionalshopping destination; white-collar jobs are replacing blue-collarones, and well-to-do telecommuters and retirees pump money into theeconomy. Western Washington University is expanding as well, inpart because of its splendid location on Sehome Hill, with grandviews of the Canadian Coast Mountains to the north, the Salish Seaand the San Juan Islands to the west, and the Olympic Mountains tothe south.
Its setting has made Bellingham popular in recent years: Thesheltered waters (both salt and fresh) are perfect for kayaking andsailing, and the tall mountains are ideal for hiking, mountainclimbing, snowboarding, and skiing. Tallest of these peaks isvolcanic Mount Baker (10,778 feet), which rises about 40 miles eastof town at the edge of North Cascades National Park.
Yet even though it lies just 18 miles below the 49th parallel,Bellingham's climate is mild enough with infrequent frosts that aspecies of palm is hardy and camellias flourish. In spring, urbanlawns are covered with daffodils and tulips; summer bringsstrawberries, blueberries, and cascades of roses; in autumn, apple,pear, and plum trees are weighed down by bushels of fruit. Wintercan turn cold, but lowland snow is rare.
Pete Kremen came to Bellingham in 1974 without plans to stay. Hewas a news director on the rise, intending to use his job with alocal radio station as a springboard to the big city. When hisdream job was offered, however, he turned it down. Pete and hiswife, Fidela, decided they liked Bellingham, its people, and thebeautiful surroundings too much to move.
Dean Bumstead, a tree surgeon, moved here from New England forthe town's splendid recreational choices: He paddles his sea kayakalmost daily, rain or shine. He also competes in regional ski racesand, at 46, is still a contender in Bellingham's annual May "Ski toSea" race, a grueling multidiscipline competition that starts atthe Mount Baker ski area and ends at the Fairhaven waterfront insouth Bellingham.
Local kids who leave here because of the scarcity of well-payingjobs often retire in Bellingham. Ken Imus went away to California,made lots of money selling cars, and came back to spend a largeportion of his profits rehabilitating the 1890s business districtof Fairhaven, the part of Bellingham where he grew up. Now in his70s, he's settling in a house he built overlooking the town, thebay, and the mountains he loves.
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"I Am A Heart Attack"
February is American Heart Month. You may remember Lexington Medical Center's 2013 heart commercial, "I Am A Heart Attack." The 60 second spot, produced by Lexington Medical Center, is intended to jar viewers into taking action for their health through the personification of a heart attack. The commercial won a prestigious "Silver Telly Award." Watch it below.
We'll debut our 2014 heart commercial this week, again produced by Lexington Medical Center. If you liked last year's, you'll love this one, too. Here's a behind-the-scenes slideshow of filming.


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Designers included Charles Frederick Worth, Gabrielle Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli, Charles James and Vera Maxwell, to name a few. Jan Reeder, consulting curator of the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection, compiled a beautiful book of pictures, descriptions and histories of the museum's entire collection. The book is called High Style: Masterworks from the Brooklyn Museum Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and was available for browsing at the end of the exhibition. Along with the book of the costume collection was the computer center where people created their own fashion looks with the Polyvore virtual styling tool, which allows you to click and drag your favorite clothing and accessories to the drop screen and watch your fashion concepts come to life!
The end of the fashion journey was marked by the fabric wall where you got to touch and feel the different fabrics used by some of the designers in the collections, as well as fabrics that many fashion companies still use today.
This historical and educational exhibit allowed fashion lovers the chance to step into the lives of people who came to understand fashion as an art. Designers became bolder and more daring in their designs as different worldly circumstances took over. Visit the Met (1000 Fifth Ave, Manhattan) and check out the Brooklyn Museum's and Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Collection's new collaborative exhibit titled: "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity," on display until August 15th.
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text: Scientists have long puzzled over whether dogs have a social hierarchy similar to wolves (Canis lupus), their closest relatives. Wolf packs are typically made up of a nuclear family that's led by a single breeding pair. But dogs living with human families are often placed with other unrelated dogs, and many of them may have the potential to breed. To find out if there is a leader in such groups, researchers tracked the paths of six dogs cared for by one owner as they took a series of walks. Five of the dogs were Vizslas, a Hungarian hunting breed, and one was a mixed breed. All were outfitted with high-resolution GPS harnesses (as shown in the photo above) that mapped their paths as they all traveled away from their owner and back again through an open grassy field; the owner also wore a GPS unit on her shoulder. Dogs that consistently took the lead were older, more aggressive, and more trainable than dogs that followed, the scientists report online today in PLOS Computational Biology. The scientists also determined that the leaders in this group of dogs were the most dominant. Dog leaders were followed in nearly 75% of their interactions with another dog—which is similar to the amount of time wolf pack leaders direct their followers. There is one key difference, though, between the wolf and dog leaders: While leadership in wolves is tied to an individual's reproductive role, it apparently is not in dogs, at least not in this group. The main leader among these six was a neutered female. Thus, even without a breeding pair to direct them, the dogs in this group organized themselves into a hierarchy, and paid attention to the leader of the pack.


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Nice pics...but I wanna see the young lady that works back in the gear area, Not sure of her name but she is very helpful and VERY attractive. Long blonde hair..name may be Brittney or Brandi...not sure.
Nice place too....Bought my '08 zx10 from Mas...got a really good deal.
Welcome! My dad just picked up a sweet VTX from there a year ago. He got a great deal and they practically tossed in all the gear for him and my mother. Great place/people
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What's the best way to prepare high schoolers for jobs in the 21st century? Education leaders and the general public have been debating this question with more heat in recent years, clashing over whether to focus on college preparation or vocational training, especially training linked to blue-collar jobs.
High school students who completed higher levels of math, performed better academically, and had a greater sense of control of their future were more likely to migrate and work in labor markets with larger shares of college-educated workers, according to a new study by sociologists at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin).
It can be hard to plan for basic needs, like paying rent or taking care of your kids, if you don't know when you'll be working next week or just how many hours you will be needed.
A new study by researchers at the University of California-Davis, finds that an unpredictable work week is the norm for growing numbers of low-wage workers — nearly 40 percent of whom worked variable hours for at least one four-month period after the start of the 2007-09 Great Recession.
A shift to defined-contribution retirement plans, such as 401(k) plans, has led to an income and education gap in pension savings that could exacerbate future economic inequality, according to a study that was presented at the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).
Job satisfaction in your late 20s and 30s has a link to overall health in your early 40s, according to a new nationwide study.
While job satisfaction had some impact on physical health, its effect was particularly strong for mental health, researchers found.
Those less than happy with their work early in their careers said they were more depressed and worried and had more trouble sleeping.
And the direction of your job satisfaction — whether it is getting better or worse in your early career — has an influence on your later health, the study showed.
Bisexual men and women are paid less for doing the same jobs than similarly qualified heterosexual men and women, according to Indiana University research that breaks new ground by treating bisexual individuals as distinct from gay men and lesbians in the workplace.
The study, "Sexual Orientation in the Labor Market," was published online today (Nov. 15) by the American Sociological Review, the flagship journal of the American Sociological Association. The author is Trenton D. Mize, a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Mothers who leave work to raise children often sacrifice more than the pay for their time off; when they come back their wages reflect lost raises, according to a new study by Paula England, Professor of Sociology at New York University.
From a study on the impact of racial resentment on political ideology to analysis of issues including minority college admissions, the success of lying demagogues, and public opposition to "religious freedom" laws, the most downloaded sociological research published in the American Sociological Association's journals in 2018 spanned a wide range of topics and social concerns.


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In-depth coverage leading up to the 2013 MLS SuperDraft.
MLSsoccer.com continues its team-by-team preview of the 2013 SuperDraft with a look at what could be in store for the Columbus Crew, who narrowly missed the the postseason in 2013.
When it comes to the Crew, the big wild card is the pending international signings with GM Brian Bliss hoping to land two of them this week.
Depending on whether they come to fruition, the club's strategy could change significantly by the time the SuperDraft on Thursday, January 17, rolls around.
Columbus Crew SuperDraft Picks: #9 (1st Rd), #28 (2nd Rd)
Columbus Crew Depth Chart (22 players):
Goalkeepers (2): Andy Gruenebaum, Matt Lampson
Right Back (1): Joshua Williams
Center Back (3): Chad Marshall, Chad Barson, Eric Gehrig
Left Back (2): Tyson Wahl, Bernardo Añor
Right Midfielder (2): Ethan Finlay, Eddie Gaven
Central Midfielders (5): Milovan Mirosevic, Danny O'Rourke, Tony Tchani, Kevan George, Wil Trapp
Attacking Midfielders (1): Federico Higuaín
Left Midfielder (3): Dilly Duka, Justin Meram, Ben Speas
Forwards (3): Jairo Arrieta, Aaron Horton, Aaron Schoenfeld
Internationals slots (4 of 8 remaining):
Columbus Crew SuperDraft Priorities
Right Back: If recently signed Homegrown player Chad Barson doesn't make the transition to right back (college coaches feel that's his best position in MLS) and the upcoming international signings don't produce a right back, the Crew will be in the market for one at the SuperDraft. Problem is the options are slim.
Wish List (forwards): Tommy Muller (Georgetown), Drew Beckie (Denver), Joe Franco (Cal State Northridge)
Speed Forward: Although Aaron Horton is their speed option in the Crew's current stable of strikers, the club may pull the trigger if the likes of Generation adidas products Deshorn Brown or Jason Johnson fall to them.
Wish List (speed forwards): Erik Hurtado (Santa Clara), Jason Johnson (Virginia Commonwealth), Deshorn Brown (Central Florida), Ashton Bennett (Coastal Carolina)
Central Defender: Brian Bliss says that one of the international players he's chasing is a defender. Where on the back line is unknown. In the meantime, Marshall is coming off ankle surgery and former Akron center back Barson will be a rookie (unless he's deemed to undersized to play in the middle of the defense). There should be at least one highly rated center back remaining by the time No. 28 comes around.
Wish List (centerbacks): Tommy Muller (Georgetown), Eric Schoenle (West Virginia), Eric Robertson (Brown), Trevor Newquist (St. Mary's)


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A relatively simple trading strategy that involves buying a set of options, two calls and one put, with the same strike price and expiration date on a stock. The strap is a more focused version of the straddle, and is popular due to its unlimited profit, limited risk nature. The maximum loss that a strap can incur occurs when the equity price on the expiration date of the options is the same as the price on the date the options were purchased. In this case, the loss is equal to the sum the three-option set was purchased for. However, with any deviation in the price either up or down, the strategy recovers at least some of the cost of purchasing the options. See: Strip, Straddle
A bullish investment strategy in which an investor holds two calls and one put on the same underlying asset with the same expiration date and strike price. An investor uses a strap when he/she believes that the price of the underlying will increase substantially. If it does, the investor stands to make a substantial profit by exercising the calls. On the other hand, if the underlying decreases in price, the investor will not suffer a substantial loss because the strike price of the put protects him/her. See also: Call backspread ratio.
A combination option made up of two calls and one put. The buyer of a strap profits from large variations in the price of the underlying asset, especially if it moves upward.


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A couple of weeks ago my youngest boys and I got to participate in something very exciting… We had a photography crew, a hair and makeup artist, and a team from both Johnson & Johnson and Walmart take over my master bathroom, transforming it into a studio, for almost a full day.
You may be wondering why we agreed to this invasion. Well, we were asked to make an appearance in an National ad booklet for Walmart, featuring our favorite Johnson & Johnson baby care and oral care products. Of course I was more than eager due to the simple fact that Johnson's Baby products were included!
Here's the exact shot chosen for the Johnson's Baby products ::
Timmy was touted as being an awfully adorable model! I agree.
As part of my assignment as a "model" I was to go to my local Walmart (not hard being that I'm a Walmart Mom) and purchase the products that were featured with us in our part of the ad. So, I set out to find the Johnson's Baby Lotion, Johnson's Head to Toe Baby Wash, Listerine, and Reach toothbrushes for my older kiddos.
I discovered that the Johnson's Baby products were in the Personal Care section of Walmart, as well as the Baby section. This was something I hadn't paid much attention to before and was kind of puzzled by. I guess it makes sense though…
Not only have my babies always bathed in these fabulous products, but my older kiddos use them and I've even been caught using them. The Bedtime Bubble Bath & Wash is one of my favorites! The Baby Lotion has been a part of our nightly bedtime routine for years.
Not too long ago I wrote about our trip to the dentist and our commitment to good dental hygiene. Listerine and Reach toothbrushes are helping us build stronger and healthier teeth.
Anyhow, with the coupons, all of the items I purchased were quite a steal!
We took lots of pictures of the whole shopping experience and share them on our Google+ page. The ad will be mailed this week, so keep an eye out for it. However, if you do not receive the ad booklet in your mailbox this week, you can print some great coupons to save on Listerine, Johnson's Baby Lotion, and Desitin products.
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The latest release of the Fannie Mae Monthly Summary indicated that total serious single family delinquency declined slightly while still remaining at distressed levels.
In September, 3.10% of non-credit enhanced loans went seriously delinquent while the level was 9.43% of credit enhanced loans resulting in an overall total single family delinquency of 4%.
The following charts (click for larger ultra-dynamic and surf-able chart) show what Fannie Mae terms the count of "Seriously Delinquent" loans as a percentage of all loans on their books.
It's important to understand that Fannie Mae does NOT segregate foreclosures from delinquent loans when reporting these numbers.


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Job is a biblical figure.
To prove that the opposite was true, God tested Job, whom he put through bitter physical anguish.
Although Job was a man of great virtues, the four friends of his who visited him said he was actually a sinner, which was the reason for God putting him to much trouble.
They expressed false sympathy and were insinuating rebukes to him.
I would say Job's comforter is somebody who pretends to be a friend, therefore is a false friend.
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The founder of the Subway restaurant chain said that his business wouldn't exist if he tried to start it today. Fred DeLuca, who at 17 started Subway with a $1,000 loan from friend and later business partner Dr. Peter Buck, cited federal regulations — particularly the ObamaCare socialized healthcare law — as destructive to the entrepreneurial spirit in today's business climate.
Appearing February 27 on CNBC's Squawk Street, DeLuca said that federal interference has "continuously gotten worse" with its onerous regulations, so that "it's tough for people to get into business — especially a small business."
"I'll tell you, if I started Subway today, Subway would not exist," declared DeLuca, "because I had an easy time of it in the '60s when I started and I just see a continuous increase in regulations."
DeLuca said that the imposing ObamaCare law is "the biggest concern of our franchisees. They don't know what to expect. It's causing a lot of concern." He added that the costs "will be passed on to the consumer."
Subway ranks as the world's largest restaurant chain with more than 38,000 restaurants in 100 countries.
The 40-plus lawsuits that have been filed against the ObamaCare contraception mandate reflect the intense opposition that is building against the government healthcare scheme. Scores of non-profits, private colleges, religious hospitals and foundations, and private businesses have risen up to reject the mandate, which requires employers to provide free contraception — including abortion-causing drugs — to its workers.
The owners of Hobby Lobby, one high-profile company that has sued to stop the mandate, said that their refusal to comply with the morally reprehensible mandate could cost them up to $1.3 million in federal fines per day. "The government is forcing us to choose between following our faith and following the law," said Hobby Lobby founder and CEO David Green as his company filed a lawsuit against the mandate. "I say that's a choice no American and no American business should have to make."
Thus far, federal courts have ruled in favor of several companies and organizations in their suits, temporarily blocking implementation of the mandate as their lawsuits move forward.
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I'm back and nutty as ever! No, I haven't abandoned my post at the NutGourmet—just took a little holiday break to spend time with family and friends and cook up a flurry of great munchies I'll share in future blog posts.
Now, I've returned with a fresh vigor and a feverish desire to share the nutty pleasures. Sometimes I bemoan the fact that nuts are not exactly dirt-cheap. Then, on the other hand, maybe that's a good thing because many of us would probably be tempted to gorge on massive amounts of them. That would be a bad thing. How bad?
What constitutes a healthy level of nut consumption? The key is to remember there is awesome power in "just a little." That "just a little" means there are potent benefits in consuming as few as one to three ounces of nuts a day. Translate that to the equivalent of about one or two generous handfuls.
Some might be thinking that limiting oneself to just one or two ounces of nuts a day may actually feel like utter deprivation. In truth, that small quantity is actually achieving a perfectly healthy ideal. It never ceases to amaze me that such a small quantity packs a big wallop in knocking down high cholesterol and blood pressure and reducing the risk of coronary artery disease.
At the December 2009 meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, attendees learned from researchers at Texas Woman's University – Houston Center that a mere two ounces of pistachios a day boosted levels of gamma- tocopherol, a natural form of the powerful antioxidant vitamin E. The authors acknowledge higher levels of gamma-tocopherol may offer protection against certain forms of cancer, namely lung and prostate cancer.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services update the Dietary Guidelines for Americans every five years. In 2005, the guidelines suggested incorporating 1.5 ounces of nuts such as hazelnuts into the diet several times per week. They suggest hazelnuts are a good source of vitamin E, magnesium, folate, B vitamins and minerals that may play a role in lowering blood pressure. Hazelnuts are high in beneficial monounsaturated fats and only contain 4 percent saturated fats.
Just two handfuls of walnuts a day was the catchphrase of a study looking to inhibit the growth of breast cancer tumors in mice. W. Elaine Hardman, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry at Marshall University School of Medicine in Huntington, West Virginia, gives the omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, and phytosterols in walnuts a thumbs up for their ability to block the progression of tumors and suggests the compounds contained in walnuts could slow down the growth of breast cancer in humans.
A study cited in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology demonstrated that just eight walnuts eaten at the end of a meal may be better than olive oil in helping to prevent damage to the delicate lining of the arteries. Walnuts were compared with olive oil in a study conducted at Barcelona's Hospital Clinico and were found to better retain the elasticity and flexibility of the arteries when necessary to expand and increase blood flow. While many people turning to the Mediterranean diet credit the olive oil for the heart healthy focus, they miss the true hero—the little handful of walnuts.
Must one conclude that nuts are truly a miracle food? No, they certainly are not. Nuts are merely one of many of the highly nutritious plant-based foods that help us to stay healthy and assist us in returning to a state of health when we've fallen into the pit of chronic disease.
There really are no miracle foods, though many food purveyors work hard to convince people their product is theeee one to repair all the health ills and provide a cure-all. The power of the few remains the steadfast mantra referring to all whole, plant-based foods consumed in smaller portions than Americans have become accustomed to consuming. Feasting is best saved for special occasions.
For the daily diet, the power of a few nuts along with comfortable and reasonable portions of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and seeds brings impressive results in a surprisingly short time.
The following measurements comprise a one-ounce serving of nuts:
20 to 24 ALMONDS
6 to 8 BRAZIL NUTS
16 to 18 CASHEWS
18 to 20 FILBERTS (HAZELNUTS)
10 to 12 MEDIUM MACADAMIAS
18 to 20 PECAN HALVES
150 to 157 PINE NUTS (PIGNOLI)
45 to 47 PISTACHIOS
1 tablespoon PUMPKIN SEEDS
1 medium-size handful SESAME SEEDS
3 tablespoons SHELLED SUNFLOWER SEEDS
Almond Board of California–http://www.almondsarein.com
American Association for Cancer Research "Walnut consumption decreases mammary gland tumor incidence, multiplicity and growth in the C(3) Tag transgenic mouse" AACR 2009; Abstract LB-247.
California Pistachio Association–http://www.pistachios.org
The Hazelnut Council–http://www.hazelnutcouncil.org
Hernandez, M.S. American Association for Cancer Research (2009. December 9). Pistachios may reduce lung cancer risk. ScienceDaily. Retrieved January 20, 2010 from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091208191956.htm
International Nut Council Nutrition Research and Education Foundation http://www.nuthealth.org
National Pecan Shellers Association–http://www.ilovepecans.org
Peanut Advisory Board–http://www.peanutbutterlovers.com
The Peanut Institute–http://www.peanut-institute.org
Ros, Emilio. "Eating walnuts at the end of a meal may help cut the damage that fatty food can do to the arteries" Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2006/10/10 09:38:33 GMT
The Walnut Marketing Board–http://www.walnut.org


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Ibanez, 458 Mass. at 651 (emphasis added). None of the evidence thus far presented at trial indicated that the plaintiff's mortgage was part of the Trust Fund, or how the Depositor acquired the Trust Fund.
In re: SIMA SCHWARTZ, Debtor.
SIMA SCHWARTZ, Plaintiff,
HOMEQ SERVICING, AGENT FOR DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE and DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, Defendants.
Case No. 06-42476-MSH, Adv. Pro. No. 07-04098.
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts, Central Division.
April 7, 2011.
A central question at trial was whether defendant Deutsche was the owner of the mortgage on the plaintiff's home during the foreclosure process which resulted in the foreclosure sale of the home on May 24, 2006.2 The plaintiff introduced into evidence a document entitled "Assignment of Mortgage" dated May 23, 2006, which reflected the assignment of the plaintiff's mortgage from the original mortgagee, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for First NCL Financial Services, LLC, to defendant Deutsche. During the plaintiff's case, all parties agreed that this assignment was dated prior to the date of the foreclosure sale. No party disputed its authenticity or validity. Because the assignment was executed prior to the foreclosure sale and its validity was not questioned, I ruled at trial that the plaintiff had failed to carry her burden of proving that Deutsche was not the owner of the mortgage when it foreclosed.
In her motion for a new trial, the plaintiff argues that I misconstrued Massachusetts law, pointing out that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in U.S. Bank. Nat'l Ass'n v. Ibanez, 458 Mass. 673, 941 N.E.2d 40 (2011) recently held that in order for a foreclosure sale to be valid the mortgage must have been assigned to the foreclosing entity not merely before the sale, but prior to the first publication of notice of that sale required by Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 244, § 14. Ibanez, 458 Mass. at 647-48. I agree with the plaintiff's interpretation of Ibanez and since the May 23, 2006 assignment was executed after the foreclosure notices had been published, I could not rely on the assignment exclusively in granting the defendants judgment on partial findings. In light of the foregoing I must determine whether and to what extent to open the March 6, 2011 judgment for the defendants.
In Count I of the complaint, the plaintiff seeks a ruling that the foreclosure sale was invalid. Not only does the March 23, 2006 assignment fail to establish the validity of the foreclosure sale, it constitutes the only evidence presented that at the time Deutsche began publishing notice of the sale, Deutsche was not the holder of the mortgage. The defendants argue that the pooling and servicing agreement dated November 1, 2005 which is listed in the joint pretrial memorandum as a trial exhibit provides evidence that the mortgage on the plaintiff's property was assigned to Deutsche well before the foreclosure process had begun. The excerpt of the pooling and servicing agreement that was admitted during the plaintiff's case in chief, however, provides no such evidence. The excerpt indicates that an entity defined as the "Depositor" assigned the "Trust Fund", which I presume included mortgages listed on a mortgage loan schedule not provided, to Deutsche, as Trustee for the benefit of the certificateholders of the Morgan Stanley Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-4. In Ibanez, the Supreme Judicial Court held that where, as here, a recordable assignment was not executed prior to the first publication of a notice of a foreclosure sale, the foreclosing entity may nevertheless prove that it was the mortgagee at the relevant time. The Court observed:
[w]here a pool of mortgages is assigned to a securitized trust, the executed agreement that assigns the pool of mortgages, with a schedule of the pooled mortgage loans that clearly and specifically identifies the mortgage at issue as among those assigned, may suffice to establish the trustee as the mortgage holder. However, there must be proof that the assignment was made by a party that itself held the mortgage.
Ibanez, 458 Mass. at 651 (emphasis added). None of the evidence thus far presented at trial indicated that the plaintiff's mortgage was part of the Trust Fund, or how the Depositor acquired the Trust Fund.
I find that the plaintiff has presented sufficient evidence of the chain of title of the mortgage on her property to carry her burden of persuasion that the mortgage was not owned by Deutsche before the first publication of the notice of foreclosure sale. I must, therefore, vacate and open the judgment for the defendants on Count I of the complaint.
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Before you travel overseas there are 10 important things to remember. After you have made all of the arrangements for your vacation or travel to some other country here is a list of what not to forget. This list is important for anyone preparing for a trip as the preparations can sometimes be a harrowing experience, so print out this list and put it on your refrigerator or someplace else conspicuous so you don't forget anything.
10. Don't forget your luggage. Take an extra piece of luggage for souvenirs of your trip. I do this by packing all of my luggage a little lighter so that when the trip is over I have an empty suitcase for my new treasures.
9. Pack some common over-the-counter medications such as; aspirin, diarrhea medicine, insect repellant, cold medicine, sunblock lotion, etc. Get a travel first aid kit to take with you. Like a boy scout Always be Prepared.
8. If you take medicine daily, include enough plus some extra in case of travel delays while overseas. Many countries won't have the medicines you are accustomed to taking.
7. Check whether or not you need any sort of vaccinations for the countries you are going to be visiting, then get them if recommended. Very important for your health.
6. If you have pets make arrangements for them to be cared for while you are gone. We all love our pets, so don't forget this one.
5. Take some extra cash which you should keep separate from your travelers checks. Enough to tide you over for a day or two, again in case you lose your travelers checks or you are robbed.
4. Make copies of your passport, travelers checks and any other important papers you may be taking with you. Very important in case your original papers are stolen.
3. Get Travel information and any maps you think you might need. In other countries it could be difficult to get the maps and information you might need.
2. Let people in your family or close friends know where you will be and when, leave them an itinerary. Very important in case of an emergency at home or if something happens to you on your trip.
1. Get your Travel Medical Insurance from the links below. Never buy your Travel Insurance from the company you made your travel plans with.
If you follow these simple 10 things to not forget you will have a smoother vacation or trip and thus will much more worry free vacation. You can find out how to get your travel insurance on-line at http://www.globaltravelcoverage.com or contact the agent there using their contact form.
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Givat Shmuel, Israel, – August 20, 2007– MAHLE Group, one of the top 30 automotive suppliers worldwide, has successfully implemented Cimatron's integrated CAD/CAM solutions to speed up its prototype production operations.
To address a growing demand, MAHLE Group has added prototype manufacturing to the portfolio of services it provides to its automotive customers. "Prototyping is a critical and challenging phase in the process of automotive part manufacturing nowadays," said Ulrich Boch, manager of the prototype and utilities shop at MAHLE Group. "We often need to have the prototype ready in a very short order, even before the design is completed."
With such demanding time pressures, MAHLE was looking for a CAD/CAM solution that would not only reduce the time of individual tasks but also streamline the entire process from design to production. With frequent engineering changes occurring at the prototype phase, MAHLE needed a system that could allow such changes to be quickly and safely incorporated into existing designs.
Ulrich Boch explained the selection of Cimatron: "Looking back, Cimatron was the right choice for us. We desired to have a continuous system throughout the tool shop, starting from the design up to the milling machine. Cimatron is offering this continuity, as well as the interfaces for Catia and ProE which allow us to exchange product design data."
Functionality and ease-of-use have also played an important role in the selection of Cimatron as the system of choice at MAHLE. "The option to generate a tool set with only a few clicks and the ability to link to standard catalog components of all major manufacturers is highly appreciated by our users," said Marco Brosemer, manager of the tool making shop at MAHLE. "In addition, we find the Quick Compare functionality a key capability for prototype tool making."
Cimatron's Quick Compare functionality reduces the time and effort required to manage and implement engineering changes. The software analyzes and displays changes in design between different versions, allowing the designer to decide which changes to incorporate into the project. Steps that have previously performed, such as the separation of shapes, need not be repeated.
MAHLE's prototype tooling capabilities have increased considerably since it started offering the service. "Our tool shop began producing small tools four years ago; today, the largest tools can reach the dimensions of 800 x 1000 mm and mold clamping forces of up to 800 tons. The Cimatron software has been a significant enabler of our success in building up these capabilities in such a short time," said Boch.
About MAHLE
With an annual turnover of more than 4.3 billions Euros (5.8 billions USD) in 2006, the MAHLE Group is one of the largest automotive suppliers in the world. Being the leading manufacturer of components and systems for the combustion engine and its periphery, MAHLE is ranking among the top 3 system suppliers of piston systems, cylinder components, valve drive systems, air management systems, and liquid management systems. The company employs more than 40,000 people at 110 production sites and seven research and development centers.
About Cimatron
With more than 20,000 installations worldwide, Cimatron is a leading provider of integrated, CAD/CAM solutions for mold, tool and die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts. Cimatron is committed to providing comprehensive, cost-effective solutions that streamline manufacturing cycles, enable collaboration with outside vendors, and ultimately shorten product delivery time. Cimatron's cutting-edge CAD/CAM solutions are widely used in the automotive, medical, consumer plastics, electronics, and other industries.
Founded in 1982, Cimatron is publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol CIMT. Cimatron's subsidiaries and extensive distributor network are located in over 35 countries to serve customers worldwide with complete pre- and post-sales support. For more information, please visit http://www.cimatron.com/.
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1. There are 1000s of flavor combinations to improve upon the recipe given with the instructions.
2. The starters can be frozen/refrigerated to either restart the cycle later or to use as batter in those 1000s of recipes mentioned above.
3. The end product doesn't have to be cake! I even found a pizza dough recipe using starter.
So far I've used 5 of my 15 starters. The rest are sleeping in the freezer. I had one failed experiment...the lemon poppy seed variation I 'invented". I am not sure what happened, but it was scary! But these three were successes and will certainly be tried again.
First up...Almond Joy Amish Friendship Bread
Follow the Amish Friendship Recipe that comes on your instruction sheet but substitute almond for vanilla extract, substitute instant chocolate pudding for instant vanilla pudding, add 2 Tablespoons of cocoa, 1 tablespoon of espresso powder, 1 1/2 cups slivered almonds and 1 cup coconut. I'd cook a little bit longer than called for due to these added ingredients. I made mine in a bundt pan instead of loaf pans.
This is the instructions that came with my starter:
- day 1:
- Do nothing with the starter.
- days 2-5:
- Squish the bag.
- day 6:
- Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk. Stir with a wooden spoon.
- days 7-9:
- Squish the bag.
- Day 10:
- Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk. Stir. Take out 3 cups and place 1 cup each into three separate plastic containers. Give one cup and a copy of this recipe to three friends. To the balance (a little over one cup) of the batter, add the following ingredients and mix well.
1/2 cup milk
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
In a separate bowl combine the following dry ingredients and mix well:
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 - (5.1 oz) box instant vanilla pudding
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup nuts
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Mix and pour into two well greased and sugared bread pans. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.
So moving on from the ordinary to a couple of not so ordinary variations.
How about Amish Friendship Cornbread? This was moist, almost spoonbreadish.
1 cup Amish batter *
2 eggs
1-1/2 c. milk
2 tsp sugar
1/2 cup flour
1-1/2 c. cornmeal
Combine in large bowl. Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
1/4 cup oil
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
Mix well. Pour in well-greased 9" pan. Bake at 425 degreesF 25-30 minutes. (I added 1 can of drained corn, 1 cup of shredded cheddar 1 can of green chiles, & 1 can of jalapenos and cooked for about 10 minutes more at about 375° - check for doneness.)
And finally..my favorite of the bunch Amish Friendship Pancakes!
Combine in large bowl:
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
Combine in smaller bowl:
2 TBS oil
2 cups Amish batter
1/2 cup milk (plus/minus 1/4 cup)
1 egg
Add ingredients of smaller bowl to ingredients of large bowl and mix on medium speed.
Spoon batter onto greased griddle.
For Waffles: Prepare batter for pancakes except increase oil to 1/4 cup.
If you ever feel the need to start this cycle yourself there is a recipe for making the starter yourself. It so simple it's not even funny. So never ever feel sorry about breaking the bread chain again! Simply put 1 c. flour, 1 c. sugar, 1 c. milk, and 1 T. yeast in a ziploc bag and let it sit on the counter. Call that Day 1, and you're good to go.


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Announcer relishes role as voice of Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — From his perch with a panoramic view of the world's most famous racetrack, the new voice of Churchill Downs will sit out one of the most anticipated moments of the tradition-soaked Kentucky Derby.
Larry Collmus will try to tune out "My Old Kentucky Home" while the crowd of 160,000-plus sings along and the thoroughbreds take to the Churchill Downs track. The veteran announcer says it gives him chills, and he wants to avoid being overtaken by emotion.
"I don't want that feeling that I used to get, because it's a distraction," he said. "The last thing I need is that leading up to the race.
"So I'll introduce 'My Old Kentucky Home,' but I won't listen to it."
Collmus, 47, has called the past three Derbys for millions of people watching on NBC Sports, but this will be the first time his voice will be heard by the thousands at the track for the 140th Kentucky Derby on May 3. The previous track announcer stepped aside last year.
Collmus has three decades of experience and his crisp cadence is familiar to many horse racing fans. He will continue as the race caller for the network on its telecasts of the Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes and the Breeders' Cup.
He is just the third announcer to call the Derby for both the track crowd and millions watching on TV.
"He will take his place on the brief, but very distinguished and accomplished, roster of announcers that have served as the voice of the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks," the race at Churchill for 3-year-old fillies the day before the Derby, said Churchill Downs track President Kevin Flanery.
In his first Derby call for NBC, Collmus excitedly declared that the horse Animal Kingdom was "roaring down the center of the track" en route to victory in 2011.
"It is the most exciting and nerve-wracking two minutes you could ever imagine," he said.
Collmus honed his announcing skills far from the media glare. He started as an assistant announcer on the racing circuit in his native Maryland. By age 20, he was hired as track announcer at Birmingham Turf Club in Alabama, where he called doubleheader race cards on Saturdays — 10 races in the afternoon and 10 more at night.
During his stint at Suffolk Downs in Massachusetts, snow sometimes had to be shoveled off the walkway to the announcer's booth, he said. He went on to call races for 20 years at Monmouth Park in New Jersey and still serves as track announcer during the winter meet at Gulfstream Park in Florida.
At Churchill, he will be a fixture long after the Derby, calling races during the spring, September and fall meets.
But his first stint here was a short one.
Collmus spent a week calling races in 2008, among a handful of announcers who took turns in what was widely seen as tryouts. The job ultimately went to Mark Johnson, a British announcer.
Churchill Downs spokesman John Asher said the split between Johnson and the track was an amicable one.
Like any track announcer, Collmus hopes he's calling the race when the Triple Crown drought finally ends. Affirmed was the last horse to sweep the Derby, Preakness and Belmont in 1978.
"The day that that finally happens, to be the guy who gets to call it would be the most incredible thing," he said.


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This morning, I stopped by the County Courthouse to see some demos of the partially wrapped buses. (The Council tabled the vote on whether to allow the partial wraps, so these demos were made available to help the members come to a decision. Members of the Transit Advisory Committee and the Accessible Services Advisory Committee were also invited to take a look.)
The partial wraps leave 15″ clear on every bus window. This looks different on different buses, depending on the size of the windows and the height of the seats. (I apologize in advance for the quality of these pictures; I have yet to replace my broken camera.)
Here's what a partially wrapped trolley looks like:
Note: There aren't any real ads designed for this template yet, so the folks at Metro just removed some of the vinyl from an existing ad.
Here's a New Flyer 40-footer:
In this case, instead of altering an existing wrap, they covered the parts of the windows that would be obscured by the ad.
Here's the view from inside the trolley:
And from the other side:
Anyone recognize the man in the red circle? Yes indeed, Busfather was there as the official driver of the 40-footer. He got to hang out for a couple of hours while the bigwigs (and regular folks like me) checked things out. Not a bad gig for a sunny Monday.
Anirudh, aka Bus Hero, who also happens to be one of my fellow TAC members, was also there.
Anirudh on the trolley:
So was my councilmember, Larry Gossett:
Y'all already know how I feel about bus revenue: I'm inclined to endure a little obscured vision every once in a while if it means more service. The good news is, the partially wrapped buses don't obscure your vision. I could see out of all the windows, even when I hunched down to make myself shorter. (Of course, I'm not sure how a child riding alone or a person in a wheelchair would do. I'll leave the latter to the folks at the Accessible Services Advisory Committee.)
Bottom line: We (OK, I) likey. Councilmembers, please vote "yes."
After the bus viewing, a lovely lunch at the Gates Foundation with my friend Char (which involved a slowish ride on the 70), and a quick trip to the Real Change office, I happened upon Smooth Jazz while crossing the street on my way to catch the 27. (He was driving a bus back to the base, apparently, after finishing his shift.) I waved before I had a chance to remember that he doesn't actually know me, and he waved back. Turns out, he does know me (and how could he not–I've been on his bus about 30,000 times in the past year). He said he hadn't seen me in a while and had been wondering what I'd been up to. This, of course, made me feel very important and fabulous.
Called up the homies and Im askin yall
Which court, are yall playin basketball?
Get me on the court and Im trouble
Last week messed around and got a triple double
Freaking brothers everyway like m.j.
I cant believe, today was a good day


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Joel Parkinson Claims Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast in Solid Conditions at KirraPosted by: Shari on March 11th, 2009
KIRRA, Australia — Joel Parkinson (AUS), 27, has won the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by LG Mobile, defeating fellow finalist Adriano de Souza (BRA), 22, in solid six-to-eight foot (3 metre) surf at Kirra.
After a 12-year hiatus, today's action brought the ASP World Tour back to Kirra for the Finals of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast. Whilst it was not classic Kirra, the challenging conditions at the historic pointbreak offered churning barrels with massive scoring potential.
Parkinson, winner of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast in 2002, was fearless from the outset in the hard-fought Final, collecting an excellent 8.83 out of a possible 10 on his opening ride, breaking his board in the process.
"That first wave was a good one but I came down funny on the floater and buckled my board," Parkinson said. "I came in and just got energized when I heard the score and everyone on the beach really pumped me up. The crowd is awesome. There are so many people. Down here you don't really see it, but from the water you can see the crowd on the hill and all along Coolangatta and even down Kirra Point. I could hear them roaring – it was amazing."
The hometown favorite would return to the lineup to collect a bevy of high scores, including a 7.50 and an 8.17, before nailing his second perfect 10 of the day, pushing his heat total to an unsurpassable 18.84 out of a possible 20.
"I was thinking it has been a long time between drinks [ASP World Tour event wins]," Parkinson said. "Until the hooter blew, I didn't know what emotion to feel. It's the kind of thing where you're surrounded by a lot of people and it's not until you pull yourself back and you're together with family and friends, that's really when you feel all of your emotions. Right now I'm on a high and I'm buzzing, it will be a few hours to let it all sink in."
Parkinson now sits atop the ASP World Tour ratings, in excellent position for his 2009 campaign for the ASP World Title.
"There's still a long way to go and there are a lot of dangerous surfers out there," Parkinson said. "I don't want to get too far ahead of myself. It is a long year with a lot of stops [on the Dream Tour]. It is going to be a great year."
De Souza, former ASP World Junior Champion and into his first Final ever in an ASP World Tour event, was unable to find a rhythm against Parkinson, only grabbing a 7.00 out of a possible 10 as a noteworthy score.
"I saw Kirra break a couple of years ago but I am too young to have seen it break like it has in the past," De Souza said. "These are the best waves so far during my time in Australia. I am really glad with everything. Second Place for me is an amazing result. I will just keep trying to do the same thing at the next event."
Despite not claiming the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, De Souza's Runner-Up finish today sees him rocket to No. 2 on the ASP World Tour ratings, putting himself in excellent position for the season ahead.
"It was my first Final ever so I'm happy and glad with my performance," De Souza said. "I will just try to keep focused and determined for the rest of the year. It is amazing for me. It is a big thing that has happened in my life this Final."
Mick Fanning (AUS), 27, former ASP World Champion (2007) and two-time past winner of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast ('05, '07), surfed the heat of the event this morning, narrowly going down to Parkinson, 19.93 to 17.66.
"Cyclone Hamish turned it on for us," Fanning said. "It's one of those days where you can have one of the best surfs of your life or one of the worst surfs of your life. It wasn't the best surf of my life, but it was definitely up there."
The incredible conditions provided the ideal forum for the two locals to raise the performance bar, and while the lead flip-flopped several times throughout the Semifinal, it was Parkinson's perfect 10 that would nail the coffin shut.
"I didn't see Joel's 9.90 but I saw his 10," Fanning said. "When his head popped out, I knew. I said to myself I would give that a 10. Congratulations to him, he surfed an awesome heat."
Taj Burrow (AUS), 30, finished Equal 3rd at today's Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, going down to eventual event Runner-Up De Souza in Semifinal 2.
"I felt really lost at sea," Burrow said. "It was a total lucky dip, then the wind squall came through and it got even more wild and washed out. Every time a wave came that looked any good, Adriano [de Souza] was sitting next to me with priority. I was just really unlucky. Last time I surfed here, I got a perfect 10 as a wildcard, so I have good memories of Kirra. I would have loved a 10 at the end of that heat. I'm just looking forward to the next event now."
Highlights from the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast will be available via www.quiksilverpro.com.au
The next stop on the 2009 ASP World Tour will be the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach from April 7 – 18, 2009.
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com
1 – Joel Parkinson (AUS) 18.83
2 – Adriano de Souza (BRA) 11.30
SF 1: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 19.93 def. Mick Fanning (AUS) 17.66
SF 2: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 14.84 def. Taj Burrow (AUS) 5.34
1. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 1200 points
2. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 1032 points
3. Taj Burrow (AUS) 876 points
3. Mick Fanning (AUS) 876 points
5. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 732 points
5. C.J. Hobgood (USA) 732 points
5. Adrian Buchan (AUS)732 points
5. Damien Hobgood (USA) 732 points
Full ratings available at www.aspworldtour.com
Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast pres. by LG Mobile
Roxy Pro Gold Coast pres. by LG Mobile
Stop No. 1 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour
Stop No. 1 of 8 on the 2009 ASP Women's World Tour
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
February 28 – March 11, 2009


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EU Commission Wants More Copyright Licensing, But Not Creative Commons Or Fair Use
from the that'll-make-the-lawyers-happy deptWhile there's no doubt that copyright licensing is a mess that is often holding back key innovations online, it's a bit worrisome to hear about how the EU Commission is exploring the issue. It has set up a "Licenses for Europe" campaign, but designed in a way that locks in a predetermined conclusion that the only way to deal with locked up content in Europe is to get the big copyright holders to agree to more easily determined licenses. Again, this is not necessarily a bad thing, but it ignores the larger picture: including the fact that most content produced today is coming from individuals and not as a part of a larger industry.
La Quadrature du Net explains why the whole setup is a problem:
Instead of planning for a broad reform that would break away with full-on repression of cultural practices based on sharing and remixing, the Commission is setting up a parody of a debate. 75% of the participants to the working-group concerning "users" are affiliated with the industry and the themes and objectives are defined so as to ensure that the industry has its way and that nothing will change. Through this initiative, the EU Commission shows its contempt of the many citizens who participated in defeating ACTA and are still mobilized against repressive policies.Just starting out from the point of view, that "user generated content" is somehow a different category than "content," itself is problematic, but much more problematic is the fact that there is no interest from this effort in things that would actually help out on a large scale: such as recognizing that copyright doesn't make much sense for many of these works, and that sharing and building on others' works is a part of how culture works (and that "licenses" can often get in the way of such things). In fact, the EU Commission made sure that no discussions of things like fair use were to be discussed, since the point of the discussion was just "licenses."
La Quadrature du Net is registered to participate in a working-group of the new "Licences for Europe" initiative called "User-Generated Content". Everything in its name, theme and mission is biased to fit the views of the entertainment industry – which represents more than 3/4 of the participants! – The working group is meant to focus on "User-Generated Content", as if works created by Internet users were a different category from "real" cultural works; as if today, everyone was not on an equal footing to participate in culture. The Commission's framing of discussion is subservient to major industrial actors who keep attacking their users' cultural practices and ignore the urgent need to reform copyright.
The working group is supposed to work only on licensing – contracts by the industry in which it controls everything – rather than discuss new exceptions to copyright, which would represent the general interest by allowing not-for-profit sharing and remixing of digital works.This is really unfortunate. Because when you start from the position of licensing everything, you ignore the fact that not everything needs to be licensed. And, as a result, you end up with over-licensing, which is a real problem. Apparently, things got even worse once the sessions began. Even though there were rules in place designed to keep the details of the proceedings mostly secret, some indications from inside were that things were not going well, thanks to some tweets from COADEC.
Industry reps seemed to have absolutely no interest in discussing things like fair use or other "exceptions" to copyright. Someone brought up fair use, and apparently the response was that "fair use is from the 20th century" and then annoyance at the fact that "exceptions" were even being discussed since "we should just talk about licenses." Moderators obliged by shutting down any talk of exceptions.
Someone tried to point out that this seemed to be putting the cart before the horse, asking whether or not there has been any evaluation done as to whether or not licensing was really the best solution, and the moderator responded "well we want to deliver something." We've heard this before, many times. Politicians have no interest in making sure the solution they're pushing for makes sense or works, so long as they're seen as "doing something." We saw that nearly a decade ago when Senator Orrin Hatch tried to push his INDUCE Act, and when quizzed about it, he admitted that it might cause problems, but he had to "do something" or else.
Further making a mockery of the whole thing, someone brought up Creative Commons licensing... and that conversation was also shut down as a "certain industry" claimed it was "too early" to discuss such things. Apparently, this "certain industry" doesn't realize that Creative Commons is a form of licensing too. Like too many maximalists, they consider Creative Commons not to be a form of licensing, but another form of "copyright exceptions," (which it is not).
All in all, the whole session appears to have made a mockery of any attempt at real, meaningful copyright reform. One more comment from the session sort of highlighted the whole problem. As the moderator and people from "certain industries" shut down all talk of exceptions, and focused solely on how to set up a system with more and more licenses, an attendee asked a simple, pointed question:
Attendee asks, who gives a licence for mining the Internet?And that, right there, encapsulates the entire problem. If you think that we shouldn't be talking about exceptions, and that everything requires licensing, what you're really saying is that search engines are illegal. Searching the internet without "permission" is illegal. And that's the world that the EU Commissions seems to think we should be heading towards.
Yes, locked up content is a problem, and fixing licensing is one part of the solution, but it cannot be done absent a more comprehensive look at the issues of the internet and copyright today. Completely ignoring things like fair use or other "exceptions" to copyright (I prefer to think of them as the rights of the public rather than "exceptions") means you get bad plans with bad results that border on the ridiculous.
Filed Under: creative commons, eu commission, europe, exceptions, fair use, licensing, public rights


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Friday, August 29, 2008
Where I'm At
VIDEO WATCHDOG #143, with the Rodd Dana cover, is now back from the printer... for the second time! The shipment was actually delivered yesterday and, a short time into the mailing process, I discovered that the issues were cut a fraction of an inch too tall to fit into our deluxe VW binders! We immediately halted the mailing (none of these copies were actually sent out) and our printer recollected the entire order, cut every issue down to its intended size, then redelivered half the order last night and the other half this morning. So the mailing of #143 is now back on track, and copies should begin reaching our First Class and Air subscribers sometime next week.
Finally, for those of you who have taken an interest in my Vita Nuova, yes, I'm still vegetarian and still swimming three times per week. I don't see either of these things as a fad, but as facets of a new approach to living. I've lost twenty-odd pounds in the past month and am now wearing a belt I haven't been able to pull around myself in at least eight years -- on the third notch. I'm pretty happy about that, though not exactly satisfied, which seems to me the healthiest outlook to maintain.
Friday, August 22, 2008
SIMON, KING OF THE WITCHES reviewed
1971, Dark Sky Films, DD-2.0/16:9/LB/+, $14.98, 98m 54s, DVD-1
Despite its scary title and the violent, druggy, sexist, black magic trappings of its original promo campaign, this isn't a horror film at all, nor a particularly exploitative one; it's actually part character study about a homeless, mostly likeable, cigar-smoking practitioner of White Magic who lives in a storm drain and a satire of the myriad cults arising from the ashes of psychedelicized Los Angeles of the early 1970s, informed to some extent by the gnostic legends of Simon Magus.
Andrew Prine stars as the affable Simon, who starts out with little more than his own seemingly insane self-beliefs and a bag of cheap trinkets (including a "Pentagram of Solomon," a likely nod to low-budget producer Joe Solomon), but quickly ascends the power chain of LA, using genuinely caring relationships with naïve streethustler/minion Turk (George Paulsin─picture Peter Noone with a Jack Nicholson grin) and the pill-popping daughter of the district attorney (Cincinnati-born Brenda Scott, looking intensely vulnerable and distracted), to reach effete socialite Hercules Van Sant (Gerald York). Stiffed with a bad check by one of Hercules' party guests, Simon proves his abilities with a death curse and soon has enough cash and clients to buy into some real accessories, like an oval mirror that allows him to venture onto the astral plane like a Dr. Strange of the counter-culture, and set about his ultimate plan to expose the corrupt nature of the city at large, its officials as well as its lawbreakers and flakes.
There's a jokey Black Mass scene featuring Warhol acolyte Ultra Violet, some non-sexualized nudity and one or two nearly bloodless stabbings, and a goat─but it's all fairly mild, eclipsed by the humor of scenes like Simon's solution to Turk's priapic problem. Scripted by Robert Phippeny (THE NIGHT OF THE FOLLOWING DAY), an alleged warlock himself, the film's cleverly etched characters, general air of hedonism, and baroque dialogue ally it with the more personal works of screenwriters Charles B. Griffith and Robert Thom. There's far more talk than action, explaining the unusually long running time, but hit-and-miss as it is, it can't be faulted for not talking straight. Alternately interesting, intelligent, moving, rambling and incoherent but, as one character says, "At least it's different!"
The anamorphic 1.78:1 mono transfer is colorful and well-balanced but with variable sharpness traceable to limitations in the original cinematography. The supplements, overseen by Michael Felsher, interview an affable Andrew Prine (16m 53s) and director Bruce Kessler (11m 58s), adding on a 1m trailer and a 58s radio spot accompanied by a lobby card slide show. The Prine interview makes the editorial mistake of illustrating his reference to a naked "ditz" on an altar in the Ultra Violet sequence with footage of Brenda Scott in a similar situation, inadvertently denigrating his ex-wife and a serious actress. For a backstage peek into the casting of the blonde on the altar, see Roger Ebert's profile of producer Joe Solomon in the classic reference book KINGS OF THE B'S.
I noticed though your comment about an editorial mistake in SIMON SAYS where Prine refers to a "ditz on a platform" as being mistakenly played under a shot of Brenda Scott from the film which you felt added an unintended backhanded comment about Scott from her former husband.
What was left out of the final featurette due to some audio issues and some fragmented sentences from Mr Prine during the interview were some more direct references to that exact scene in the film where Simon seduces Scott's character and gets her naked on the platform/slab in his abode. Prine was asked by the interviewer to restate the answer and that's the take I used in the final featurette, which was more concise but did leave out a few details which were garbled by a microphone squelch in the previous answer. As a result, some of the contextual info surrounding his discussion of this scene was lost. I can assure you he was not referring to Scott personally but her character, and was also not referring also to the later scene(s) with Ultra Violet. I noticed at the time, that this "ditz" reference could be taken somewhat out of context, which is why I chose to use this bit to lead into Prine's discussion of his fond memories of working with Scott on the picture which I felt would clarify his relationship with her and make it clear that his previous comment had only been about the characters.
If the context of his remarks come across as unclear, it was certainly not intentional in any way, but I stand by my editorial decisions in this piece, and hope that this email puts any confusion to rest.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Loving THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO LOVE
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Top 10 Lines of Dialogue from Dallamano's VENUS IN FURS
With frosted sand-colored hair and a cocoa-butter complexion, Laura Antonelli is at her most delectable in Massimo Dallamano's VENUS IN FURS, a contemporary adaptation of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's definitive S&M novel. The Velvet Underground captured the spirit of the book better; in Dallamano's hands, it's the Salem cigarette ad-looking story of Severin (Régis Vallée), a perverse would-be philosopher about sexual matters who is happy for reasons buried deep in his childhood only when he's made to feel miserable... up to a point. He meets his match in Wanda (Antonelli), a former stripper and erotic exhibitionist whom he meets at a Spanish resort. Once they discover they're... er, compatible, they marry, move into an Italian villa, enter into a cosplay game of mistress and chauffeur, hire a couple of lesbian maids, and -- this being a product of macho Spain and Italy -- Severin eventually learns the hard way that man was not meant to serve as his woman's bitch. At times it seems more like a writ of bitterness from someone who hasn't quite gotten over a bad divorce, rather than something based on the gospel of whips and leather. It's not great, but there are various delights to be found here, including Gian Franco Reverberi's infectious Eurotrash score (it sounds like the sitarist was imported from the VAMPYROS LESBOS sessions), a classic beauty in its prime, and scads of the most deliriously quotable dialogue you've ever heard. To wit:
1. "If deep pleasure is born most of all from suffering, then this is the woman of whom I've always dreamed!"
2. "It's very difficult to act like a prostitute when one is in love."
3. "You're all the same, you men! When you love a woman, you want to lock her up in the most secret cell of the Pyramid of Chaos."
4. "Women are always forbidden the most amusing things."
5. "Wanda, will you marry me?" "Yes, yes, I will marry you, because I want to betray you, bring you to desperation! I will make you unhappy, you'll see!"
6. "Such happiness as this... almost makes me unhappy."
7. "Sometimes women are whores uselessly, and the vulgar side of this is its uselessness."
8. "You're too beautiful to belong to just one man." (Did I hear an "amen" in the house?)
9. "All I can say is, after two months, you've become like any other husband!"
10. "I must resign myself to being normal."
Need I say more? VENUS IN FURS is available from Xploited Cinema in two different editions: the preferable 16:9 Shameless Screen Entertainment PAL Region 0 import for $24.95 (82m 3s -- trimmed of roughly 55s of a red-tinted scene by the BBFC), and the fullscreen IVC's Japanese NTSC Region 2 import (83m 26s, unmatted fullscreen and reportedly uncut, but if so from the wrong projection speed, with one instance of optical fogging) for $39.95. The material missing from the Shameless disc has been posted on the label's website for free viewing by those claiming to be 18 years of age or older, and involves an extension of a non-explicit rape scene in which the violation becomes pleasurable to the victim. (The tinting on the scene emphasizes that it's a fantasy of Severin's, rather than something that actually happens, making the cut seem particularly gratuitous and ill-considered.) The Shameless disc includes a widescreen trailer featuring alternative takes and shots, some including nudity, not found in the feature version itself.
Kihachiro Kawamoto Films Reviewed
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
First Look: VIDEO WATCHDOG #143
Monday, August 11, 2008
Scenes From My Vita Nuova
I'm going through a weird, distracted phase that's tied up with some important changes I've made in my life and my attempts to map out my future. I mentioned a blog or two ago that I've started swimming; I'm now doing it three times per week and have already dropped more than twelve pounds. Also, about three weeks ago, in fact to the day, I decided to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle and I'm liking that -- although the soup aisle at the grocery store (my former idea of health food), now throws up more "Forbidden" signs than are found in the archives of the Catholic Legion of Decency. I always loved the foods I am now swearing off, and to be perfectly honest, I'm not completely happy about my decision to live without them, but I am, I think, settled. Once you get into this, you realize it's more than just a dietary decision; it's also a code of morality. Until I can learn to cook for myself, which I don't foresee in the immediate future, thank God for the folks at Morningstar Farms.
I started working on a new novel this past week, made respectable progress (maybe 20 pages), hit the right tone, then realized it was not what I should be writing at this time. I hope to get on with the right project sometime this week.
In the meantime, and I recognize the danger of this, I feel myself losing a lot of old interests. I must have more than a month of ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOURs and WHAT'S MY LINE? episodes piled up on my DVR hard drive, but the prospect of dubbing them over onto my DVD recorder to get the commercials out of them is something I'm not ready to face and presently have no interest in doing. I don't understand why I ever collected anything. I have stopped watching more movies at or before the halfway-point this past week than I can count; these are movies that I've sometimes seen and know I like, but it seems a movie has to be really extraordinary to hold my attention these days. Fortunately, there was one: Lech Majewski's THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS (2004), which streets tomorrow on the Kino on Video label. I think this movie is an absolute masterpiece, and it's also the first movie I've seen since my first viewing of Sergio Leone's ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST at the age of 12 that I like so much, I'm actually wary of seeing the director's other works. I feel like I want to be faithful to this one, it's so good. I was faithful to ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST for at least 10 years; then I bit the bullet and saw Leone's other films, all of which had their own qualities but none of which ever equalled or surpassed my introduction to his work. Kino sent me three other movies by this amazing director -- THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO HARRY, THE ROE'S ROOM and GLASS LIPS -- and I apologize, but they'll just have to wait till I'm over this one.
In other news: To my surprise and honor, a young punk band from the Glendale, California area has adopted the name of Throat Sprockets. Lead singer Miss Lonelyhearts tells me "I think it's the best band name since Led Zeppelin!" If you go to their MySpace page, you can hear/download their first offering, "Keep Your Distance."
And finally, Jerad Walters of Centipede Press tells me that he has received the first six advance copies of my VIDEODROME book from its Hong Kong printer. He says "They look magnificent!" Hopefully the book's Amazon page will soon be corrected to reflect its "in print" status. In the meantime, you can order the book directly from the publisher here. Copies begin shipping in three weeks. Donna and I have not made arrangements with Centipede yet, but I imagine we will also be selling the book through Video Watchdog.
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
HAZEL COURT - HORROR QUEEN reviewed
An Autobiography
by Hazel Court
Tomahawk Press (www.tomahawkpress.com), 152 pages, $25.00, trade softcover
British actress Hazel Court passed away earlier this year, on April 15, just a month or two before the announced publication date of her long-promised autobiography. A copy of this sadly timed Tomahawk Press release arrived here yesterday, courtesy of Amazon.com (now offering the book for the sale price of $16.50), and I read it straight through in an evening.
The book's advance word of mouth has been beating the drum about the fact that it contains a never-before-seen color image of Hazel topless, as she was filmed for a continental release of THE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH (1959). The photo is in the book, and different to the four sequential filmstrip images previously seen on the inside cover of LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS #16, but not printed large enough to permit much detail. Even so, it's neither the most beautiful or ravishing image in the book, which is loaded with lovely images of Hazel at all the different stages of her life. The two that particularly took my breath away can be found on the Acknowledgements page (which appears to be post-retirement) and page 38 (a photo from her first professional session at age 16).
As loath as I would be to say this to the dear lady's face, pretty pictures and a nice interior layout aside, I found the book a disappointment. Why? Because the opening chapters are so arresting, so complete and vivid a recreation of her early years, and so revelatory of an unexplored gift for writing, that the later chapters about her life in movies seem sketchy and shallow by comparison. There is an almost palpable feeling of difference here between chapters written by hand and others that might have been obtained otherwise, as through a transcribed tape or ghostwriter. I don't know how difficult a book it was for her to write, if other duties were in the way of her concentration, but the early chapters give us dense, delicious portraiture while the later ones give us snapshots.
The early chapters do offer the reader some insight about how this working class girl from Birmingham acquired her regal bearing onscreen and how she wore those period costumes with such ease. There is also a heartbreaking story about her first love, identified only by his initials, who went off to war and died in 1941, but not before taking the photographs (by gaslight) that led to Hazel's first screen test. Her first marriage to actor Dermot Walsh is almost elliptic in its modest coverage, and none of the reasons for their "painful" divorce are gone into, nor really is the story of how she came to fall in love with second husband, actor/director Don Taylor (obviously the great love of her life). A strange emphasis of photos showing Hazel in the company of artist Fred Yates, with whom the text mentions only one brief anecdotal meeting, begs curiosity. There are also odd instances of padding, with surprisingly detailed film synopses added in (complete with dialogue), and quotes taken from recklessly identified sources. One quote, allegedly from TV GUIDE, is far too long and critical in character to have ever appeared there, and it's an embarassment when the book reaches out to the IMDb for information anyone could find there for themselves. The text is also guilty of some inattentive editing (repeated information, etc) and proofreading (Edgar "Allen" Poe, "Heaven's" no!, etc).
Despite these unworthy birthmarks, it's still a pleasure to spend time in her thoughts and reveries, and a shade of her book's early substance eeks into its latter pages, which focus on her development as a sculptress, her widowhood, and her last years in a log cabin in the High Sierra Mountains. But my abiding feeling about the book, after closing it, is that it makes me wish that Hazel Court was still here with us, so that she might be coaxed into sharing even more details of her life and times as ably as she began to put them down here.
Also included are loving and observant Forewords by her daughter, animation art authority Sally Walsh, and Vincent Price (signed with a "V" I've never seen in his signatures before) and notes of affection and respect from Roger Corman, Ken Annakin and producer Harvey Bernhard.
PSYCHO - The Director's Cut?
UPDATE: Reader Stephan Held informs me that the site Movie-Censorship.com offers an identical breakdown of the shots missing from the current PSYCHO DVD with English text. You can find it here.
Furthermore, VW contributor Brad Stevens tells me that this more complete version of PSYCHO used to be shown regularly by the BBC in the 1980s, though he does not know which version is currently being shown.