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Ernest Hemingway, American author and journalist, lived and worked in Paris during the 1920s. In A Moveable Feast, the book in which he writes of his time in the French capital, Hemingway describes trips to Parisian velodromes at the zenith of track racing.
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Are you guys in touch with your state's School for the Deaf? Although the girls aren't students there, they might be able to help you with advocacy and things like that. |
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I will post a link to the article if it makes it into the paper. We did an interview this morning with them. They will be out after school is out to ask more questions and stuff. They were mostly after information on being deaf, there lifestyle, there technology, and stuff like that. Im sure it helped them when it comes down to better research now that they have more of an idea. I did leave them a bunch of rescores and some numbers of people to call and talk to. Secetblend You might say that but I will only push this till Im satisfied that the people with wrong doing get what they have coming to them. So far the teacher and the social worker are the only ones at fault. I can not be but so pissed at the school board or social services because a few people went out and did what they wanted to. The teacher is on unpaid leave pending the outcome of there investigation. The social worker has been fired and I have charged her for criminal trespassing and slander. I know this is a sue happy world but it only looks like 2 people did this not the school board or SS. As long as the school board and SS dose there investigations fairly then how far can I push this before I become part of the problem. I would love to get this story out to the public but only if it is told with some explanation to the deaf lifestyle. I do not want to become an outcast where I live. I dont want to have to send my kids to private schools and home schooling is possible but do not want to go there.
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The social worker that was under probation was because she was new to that office. They did not reveal any other info.
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First of all I should let you know that I am hearing, and I am beside myself after having read your post! I can't believe that a social worker (acutally I do believe) would do this. Obviously this individual has NO knowledge of deaf culture. I am so sorry for what you and your family are being put through. I am just learning about deaf and their culture, the deaf are truly inspirational to me. Maybe I am more accepting of different situations facing us do to growing up with a disabled parent??? My mother had polio as a child and her entire life has walked with a crutch, now that she is getting older she has resorted to a walker. Not that I feel being deaf is a handicap! I love reading post that people make to different websites, because it allows for me to learn deaf culture. My sister has a hard of hearing friend, and an aquaintance of my husband's has a deaf daughter with CI, other than that I don't know anyone deaf or hard of hearing, that is outside of school. I wish I could offer you advice. I know in my son's case we suspected ADD we could ask our school board for a child advocate, but in your case if there isn't anyone on the school board that is deaf you are SOL. I would look into your legal rights! Best of luck and please keep me posted as to what happens!
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The issue I am having is that the dates don't add up. I noticed that you posted this on Monday January 26th, 2009--talking about the previous Friday when the social worker came to your house--was Friday January 23rd or was it the week prior to that? January 16th, 2009? Secondly, when a complaint is filed against a social worker, licensed or unlicensed, with Child Protective Services. They have to launch an investigation which takes time. They will interview the social worker and the teacher as well as interview you to make their decision. Having them tell you that the social worker is going to be fired when the complaint is first made without an investigation on the same day that this gets posted?? Something is not right. Especially in this time frame as Child Protective Services don't move that fast when a complaint is made. Afterall has any of us ever gotten a straight answer from a governmental bureaucracy? Third--the teacher being out on unpaid leave for possibly calling in a complaint to the social worker about the hearing aids? That sounds not kosher as school districts only force teachers to take unpaid leave when the teacher has blatantly violated a child by sexual assault, harrasment, along those lines. Being on unpaid leave for this???? Something doesn't make sense...... So--help me understand this. Thanks! By the way--congrats on having 4 daughters. No doubt they are the apple of your eye--just like mine was. |
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Byrdie I understand where you're coming from.
I had a visit on the 1-23 I was told that the social worker was going to be fired because she was still on probation. For what she is on probation for I'm not 100% sure. They did not say when she would be fired, but said she would be fired. The school board said that the teacher would go on to unpaid leave because she admitted to talking to talking to the social worker about us and gave her our info. Because she gave out our information this is considered child endangerment, slander, and it is also a privacy issue because it was not done using the school policy. If the policy that was set up by the school board to protect the rights of students and there families then she would have nothing to do with this. If your child was endangered by a teacher and admitted to it, do you think the school board would let them keep teaching, give them leave with pay, or leave with out pay until the investigation had been done? No mater how you look at it she admitted to giving out info that lead to the harassment of my children, my wife, and I. just giving out the information would come down lack of privacy.
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Here is how it works with the school system. Teachers are mandated reporters. That means if they suspect child neglect or abuse in any way, they are mandated by law to report to CPS within 24 hours of the suspicion. If they do not report it, they are liable for legal prosecution. Once they report to CPS, it then becomes CPS's obligation to follow up on the complaint and make sure that the child is safe.
Even though this teacher may hqave jumped the gun, so to speak, if it is written into this child's IEP that hearing aids are to be worn during class times, and the hearing aid is not being worn, she followed the law in reporting this. CPS then followed their legal obligation by sending an investigator to check on the child's welfare. I don't particularly agree with the philosophy of forcing a child to wear a hearing aid, but the fact of the matter is, these people were doing what they are mandated to do under the law. My suggestion would be that you call an IEP meeting and have the IEP amended to include the fact that the child will not be wearing their hearing aid at all times. Of course, you will need to come up with a reason other than she simply doesn't want to wear it. Typically it would be that she receives so little benefit that the hearing aid interferes with her ability to discriminate visual information. As the investigator is unlicensed, there isn't much you can do epcept file a complaint with CPS regarding her attitude. That will be handled internally. |
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Extraordinary talent, a famous last name, and a lot of exposure generated from her modeling career helped Jane land the lead role in Tall Story (1960), a romantic comedy directed by Logan and co-starring Anthony Perkins. Even though it was her first film, Jane received above-the-title billing in the opening credits and was played up as a major new star. However, Jane hated the experience and couldn't stand her character, a girl-next-door cheerleader who goes to college for the sole purpose of finding a husband. She decided that she never wanted to make another movie again and spent the next two years doing a series of plays on Broadway, including "There Was a Little Girl" (1960) which earned her a Tony Award nomination. In 1961, Jane was named Woman of the Year by the Hasty Pudding Theatrical Society. She came back to Hollywood only when she was offered a role that was the complete opposite of the one she had played in "Tall Story," that of prostitute-turned-heroine Kitty Twist in Walk on the Wild Side (1962). The film co-starred Laurence Harvey, Capucine, and Barbara Stanwyck, but it was Jane's beauty that carried the day. Her next two films, both released in the fall of 1962, were met with widely varying degrees of success. The Chapman Report (1962), which had her playing a frigid young widow, was slammed by critics and earned her that year's "Worst Actress" award from the Harvard Lampoon organization. In contrast, Period of Adjustment (1962) was a critical and commercial hit for Jane and her up-and-coming co-star, Jim Hutton. She received her first Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress.
In 1963, Jane starred opposite Peter Finch in the formulaic melodrama In the Cool of the Day (1963), followed by the innocuously fun romantic comedy Sunday in New York (1963) with Rod Taylor. In the summer of that year, Jane went to France to start shooting the crime thriller Joy House (1964) with Alain Delon. While in France, Jane also starred in the erotic drama Circle of Love (1964), in which she broke ground by becoming the first major American actress to do a nude scene in a foreign film. The film was directed by Roger Vadim, who at 35 was twice divorced from actresses Brigitte Bardot and Annette Stroyberg, and had recently sired an illegitimate son with his 19-year-old protégé, Catherine Deneuve. Initially, Jane had reservations about Vadim because of his frowned-upon past, but couldn't resist his charm. They fell in love and soon moved in together, eventually marrying on August 14, 1965. Back in Hollywood, Jane played the title role in the smash hit western satire Cat Ballou (1965), proving her a big box office draw. The next year, she starred opposite Marlon Brando and Robert Redford in The Chase (1966), generated further controversy with her nude scenes in The Game Is Over (1966) directed by Vadim, and played a frustrated spinster torn between Jason Robards and Dean Jones in the comedy Any Wednesday (1966), which earned her another Golden Globe nomination. Jane's success continued with roles in Otto Preminger's Hurry Sundown (1967) opposite Michael Caine and the hit adaptation of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park (1967) with Redford.
1968 saw the release of two movies in which Jane was directed by her husband. The first was Spirits of the Dead (1968), in which Jane and her brother Peter played out an incestuous theme. Then, she played the title role in the notorious sci-fi sex farce Barbarella (1968). Jane's feelings about the film have changed over time from proud to embarrassed to indifferent, and she now accepts "Barbarella" for what it is: a charming camp classic that, for better or worse, has become the film that she is best known for. On September 28, 1968, Jane and Vadim had a daughter, Vanessa Vadim. Jane didn't take much time off for motherhood, returning to work three months later to start shooting her next film. The film was They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), a haunting, powerful period piece depicting the desperation of the Depression Era. The film was a big hit at the box office, and Jane's lacerating turn as the cynical malcontent Gloria electrified critics. Giving the performance of her life, Jane received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Unfortunately, she lost the award to Maggie Smith for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969). Nonetheless, Jane was now the most in-demand actress in the world and could have her pick of any role she wanted. She did exactly that, and her follow-up to "Horses" was a stunner. In 1971, Jane played a sexy hooker being targeted by a serial killer in New York City in the hit thriller Klute (1971), and was again nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. This time, she won.
In the midst of all this success, Jane experienced an early midlife crisis. Unhappy with her "permissive, indolent life," she left the unfaithful, carefree Vadim (whom she'd been supporting financially since their courtship) and threw herself into politics as the Vietnam War reached its height. She also became a radical activist for almost any leftist cause, including desegregation, women's rights and environmental issues, and supported the Black Panther Party and the Red Power movement. Jane rallied all over the nation, which prompted the F.B.I. to closely monitor her. In November 1970, while returning to the U.S. after giving a speech at a college in Canada, Jane was arrested at Cleveland Airport for drug smuggling. She had no drugs, and the pills she was arrested for carrying turned out to be vitamins (she got out of jail almost immediately). In July 1972, just months after winning the Oscar for "Klute," Jane took a two-week tour of North Vietnam and visited the capital city of Hanoi. She made a public service announcement to American bomber pilots and was photographed sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft battery, appearing as if she were shooting at incoming American planes. The photograph was seen around the world, and what actually happened has often been wildly exaggerated. (One of the most popular myths was that she turned smuggled messages from American soldiers in POW camps over to their captors, and the men were tortured to death because of her actions.) Jane was branded a traitor and given the nickname "Hanoi Jane." Decades later, she is still despised by many.
In the fall of 1972, Jane became pregnant with her second child by fellow antiwar activist Tom Hayden. Vadim was also expecting a baby with his latest girlfriend, heiress Catherine Schneider, but he and Jane had put off filing for divorce. On January 16, 1973, Jane and Vadim finally divorced, and she married Hayden three days later. On July 7, 1973, Jane gave birth to a son, Troy Garity. He was given his paternal grandmother's surname because the names "Fonda and Hayden carried too much baggage." Meanwhile, Jane's career had taken a setback as a result of the scandal she caused with her trip to Hanoi. Despite having recently won an Oscar, Jane claimed she was "greylisted" because President Richard Nixon had conservative state legislators introduce measures that would condemn or ban her films. Conservative theater owners went along, and studio executives didn't want to take a chance on her. Indeed, Jane's next three films had received scant distribution and went virtually unnoticed. Both Tout va bien (1972), a French picture she made with Yves Montand, and Steelyard Blues (1973), a comedy with previous co-star Donald Sutherland, barely opened in brief limited releases, while her adaptation of A Doll's House (1973/II) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival but subsequently went straight to television. Jane took a four-year hiatus from acting, during which she formed her own production company, IPC films, to produce vehicles she hoped would return her to star status. 1977 was Jane's comeback year. She starred with George Segal in the hit comedy Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) and portrayed author Lillian Hellman in the superb drama Julia (1977), which earned her a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and another Oscar nomination. Jane then produced and starred in Coming Home (1978), as a Marine officer's wife who volunteers at a Vietnam veterans' hospital and has an affair with an amputee played by Jon Voight. The film was another hit for Jane and she won her second Oscar. She followed with two other successful films released the same year: the western Comes a Horseman (1978) with James Caan and the comedy California Suite (1978) with Alan Alda. Jane was on a roll, and 1979 proved to be an even more successful year for her. She received a fifth Oscar nomination for her role as an ambitious reporter who witnesses a cover-up of an accident in a nuclear power plant in The China Syndrome (1979) with Jack Lemmon and Michael Douglas, and reunited with Robert Redford for the romantic adventure The Electric Horseman (1979), her seventh hit in a row. Jane was at the peak of her career, and American audiences had clearly forgiven her. She even won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Actress. Still, the hatred of many Vietnam War veterans would never cease.
In 1980, Jane starred alongside Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton in Nine to Five (1980). The zany comedy about three secretaries who turn the tables on their sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical boss was a surprise box office smash, becoming the second highest-grossing film of that year. Jane had long wanted to work with her father in hopes of repairing their strained relationship, and achieved this goal when she purchased the screen rights to On Golden Pond (1981) specifically for her father and her to star in with Katharine Hepburn. The film was an outstanding success, and won Henry Fonda his only Academy Award for Best Actor. He was too ill to attend the ceremony, so Jane accepted the award on his behalf; he died five months later. Jane's other 1981 release, Rollover (1981), was a rare commercial failure. Now in her mid-40s, Jane would act less and less as fewer plum film roles came her way. During this time, husband Tom Hayden was elected to the California State Assembly, but not without Jane's help (she donated over $1 million to his campaign, a staggering price for state-level election). In 1982, Jane released her first exercise video, "The Jane Fonda Workout," which sold over 17 million copies on its way to becoming the best-selling home video ever, and further contributed to her wealth. After three years away from acting, Jane won an Emmy Award for a rare television role in The Dollmaker (1984) (TV). In 1985, Jane gave a tour-de-force performance as psychiatrist Dr. Martha Livingston in Norman Jewison's religious thriller Agnes of God (1985). The next year, she received her final Oscar nomination to date for her portrayal of an alcoholic murder suspect in The Morning After (1986) opposite Jeff Bridges. Jane retained her status as an A-list actress, but only made two more films before the close of the decade: Old Gringo (1989) with Gregory Peck and Stanley & Iris (1989) with Robert De Niro, both of which failed to find an audience.
On Jane's 51st birthday in 1988, Tom Hayden told her that he was in love with another woman. The woman was Vicky Rideout, a political speechwriter 20 years Jane's junior. Jane became deeply depressed and went on to lose an estimated $30 million in the acrimonious divorce (Hayden was worth a mere $50,000 before they married and had refused to sign a pre-nup). Meanwhile, twice-divorced cable tycoon Ted Turner called Jane up and asked her out on a date. As it turned out, the pair had a lot in common (Turner also lost a parent to suicide) and a romance blossomed. Jane announced her retirement from acting after 30 years as a movie star, and married Turner on her birthday in 1991. She happily undertook conventional wifely duties for the first time in her life and no longer took high-profile ideological stands, although she remained active in philanthropy and founded the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention in 1995. Jane and Turner were regarded as a power couple, and even though she caught him cheating on her just one month after their wedding, the marriage lasted eight years until they amicably separated in 1999. Their divorce was finalized in 2001, and Jane received a "generous" financial settlement from Turner and got to keep their ranch in New Mexico. In 2001, Jane was honored with a career retrospective by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. She spent the following years writing her memoirs and spending quality time with her family, which now included two grandchildren, Malcom and Viva.
In 2005, after more than 15 years away from acting, Jane was back on the big screen with a hilarious performance in Monster-in-Law (2005) opposite Jennifer Lopez. Though dismissed by critics, the film was a box office hit and introduced her to a whole new generation of audiences. That same year, she published her autobiography, "My Life So Far," which frankly detailed her eating disorders and prescription drug addictions in the past, as well as her contentious relationship with her father and her lifelong propensity to reshape herself to suit the men in her life. Jane also devoted 150 pages of the book to the Vietnam War, and apologized for the hurt she caused American soldiers. Jane's book reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list. In 2007, she starred in Georgia Rule (2007), a comedy-drama that had her playing mother to Felicity Huffman and grandmother to Lindsay Lohan. Jane said that she's not looking to start a new career, but that her return to acting has been merely for the fun of it. In 2009, Jane went back on the Broadway stage to star in the original play "33 Variations," which earned her a Tony Award nomination. Most recently, she released a new exercise video called "Prime Time," aiming at older audiences.
Now in her 70s, Jane Fonda is vital as ever and positively thriving. Revered by the film community and a worldwide following of fans, she is a peerless living legend with a dynamic body of work unmatched by any other Hollywood actress.
Ted Turner | (21 December 1991 - 22 May 2001) (divorced) |
Tom Hayden | (19 January 1973 - 10 June 1989) (divorced) 1 child |
Roger Vadim | (14 August 1965 - 16 January 1973) (divorced) 1 child |
Frequently plays single women, often due to problematic relationships
Blonde hair and blue eyes
Voluptuous figure
Deep sultry voice
Chosen as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars (#21) in film history by Empire magazine (1995).
Attended Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York. Her roommate was Lara Parker. Parker later co-starred with Jane's brother Peter Fonda in the film Race with the Devil (1975).
Is the subject of an erroneous urban legend. When Vassar was a women's college, the story goes, Jane Fonda refused to wear the elegant white gloves and pearls that were the attire for the daily Tea in the Rose Parlor. When confronted, Fonda returned to the parlor wearing the gloves and the pearls, and nothing else.
Ranked #83 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list (October 1997).
Announced her retirement from acting in 1990 but returned to the screen 15 years later in Monster-in-Law (2005).
Married Ted Turner on her 54th birthday in 1991.
Daughter of Henry Fonda and Frances Ford Seymour (14 April 1908 - 14 April 1950).
Older sister of Peter Fonda. Younger half-sister of Frances de Villers Brokaw.
Aunt of Bridget Fonda and Justin Fonda
Her birth was the cause of some interruptions during her father's filming of Jezebel (1938) with Bette Davis.
She was, and still is, an exercise maven.
Fonda was arrested in 1970 after allegedly kicking a cop when she was found carrying a large amount of what appeared to be pills. All charges were dropped after the pills were identified as vitamins.
Atttended Emma Willard School in Troy, New York.
Announced her separation from husband Ted Turner (January 2000).
Was offered the role of Chris MacNeil in The Exorcist (1973).
Jane now openly admits that she suffered from bulimia from age 13 to age 37. While modeling, she said she lived on cigarettes, coffee, speed, and strawberry yogurt.
Ex-sister-in-law of Susan Brewer.
Born at 9:14 AM EST
Shortly after her divorce from Ted Turner, she announced she had become a born-again Christian. Speculations are that this may have played a part in their seperation, since Ted Turner has expressed highly critical opinions on religion in general.
The suicide of her socialite mother Frances Seymour Brokaw was kept from her as a teenager, and she was told that she'd died of heart failure. Household newspaper and magazine subscriptions were canceled, and the staff and student body of Fonda's high school were instructed not to discuss the incident. Fonda learned the truth months later while leafing through a movie magazine in art class.
Her out-of-retirement movie, Monster-in-Law (2005) came out the same time as her autobiography, "My Life So Far" and the same time her workouts are re-released to DVD format in stores.
Protested alongside fellow actresses Sally Field and Christine Lahti, and playwright Eve Ensler urging the Mexican government to re-investigate the slayings of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez, on the Mexico-Texas border (February 2004).
In addition to her late maternal half-sister Frances, she has an (adopted) half-sister, Amy, and a former stepsister, Pam.
She was voted the 51st Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1960 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "There Was a Little Girl."
Premiere Magazine ranked her as #32 on a list of the Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation feature (2005).
Born on the same day Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) premiered.
In 1982, she accepted the Oscar for "Best Actor in a Leading Role" on behalf of her father Henry Fonda, who wasn't present at the awards ceremony
Of the Oscar-winning father-daughter couples, she and her father are one of two couples (the other is Hayley Mills/John Mills) where the daughter won an Academy award before the father did. Hayley Mills' Oscar was an honorary award for Pollyanna (1960), "...[T]he most outstanding juvenile performance during 1960". Juveniles were not allowed to compete for Oscars until the late 1960s, when the juvenile award was abandoned.
She and her father were the first father-daughter couple to be Oscar-nominated the same year (1982).
She and The China Syndrome (1979) co-stars Jack Lemmon and Michael Douglas have all won Oscars for Leading Roles. Fonda won for Klute (1971), Lemmon won for Save the Tiger (1973), and Douglas won for Wall Street (1987).
Her father was of Italian and Dutch descent and her mother was of Irish and German descent.
Stepdaughter of Shirlee Fonda
Is fluent in French.
Passed on the title role in Norma Rae (1979), which won a Best Actress Oscar for its eventual star Sally Field.
Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2006 Razzie Award nominating ballot. She was listed as a suggestion in the Worst Actress category for her performance in the film Monster-in-Law (2005). She failed to receive a nomination, however. (Had she gotten the nomination, it would have been her first Razzie nomination in 16 years. She was previously nominated for Worst Actress at the 1990 Razzie Awards for her performance in the film Old Gringo (1989).)
In her modeling days after college, she was twice on the cover of Vogue magazine.
Her performance as Bree Daniels in Klute (1971) is ranked #91 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
Jane was mentioned on Sir Mix a Lot's 1992 hit single, "Baby Got Back".
She and Tom Hayden gave their son Troy Garity his paternal grandmother's last name for the sake of anonymity
She and her father Henry Fonda are the only father-daughter couple to receive Oscars for leading roles.
A 1972 visit to Hanoi during the Vietnam war where Fonda campaigned in favor of the communist regime and the subsequent release of several photographs of her atop a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun used against American air crews earned her the nickname "Hanoi Jane." As a result of her visit to Hanoi and the accompanying photographs, many Americans continue to regard Fonda with general resentment and hostility to this day.
Visited Sweden in September 2006 to support political party FI (Feministic Initiative) in the national election. FI focuses on issues that will benefit women and is led by the previous leader of Sweden's communist party. Coincidentally, "fi" is also the Swedish military abbreviation for "enemy".
Turned down Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) and Chinatown (1974).
Was born double-jointed.
Turned down the role of Bonnie Parker, then played by Faye Dunaway, in Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Living in France at the time, she did not want to relocate to the United States for the part.
In 1984, her wealth, generated from acting, producing, and fitness videos was estimated at $50 million.
Her aerobics video "Jane Fonda's Workout" sold 17 million copies, making it the bestselling home video ever and her an icon of this form of exercises (1982).
Considers They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) as a turning point in her career.
Danced ballet until she broke her foot in her 40s.
She was a close friend of Gregory Peck, and he frequently attended political rallies with her.
Was amongst those considered for the role of Lara Antipova in Doctor Zhivago (1965), but the part ultimately went to Julie Christie.
Nominated for the 2009 Tony Award for Best Performance for a Leading Actress in a Play for "33 Variations".
Was offered the role of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), but she turned it down. Louise Fletcher, who went on to win the Best Actress Oscar for her performance, was cast instead.
Recovering from left knee replacement surgery [June 17, 2009].
She remains very close to her former stepdaughter, Nathalie Vadim.
Claimed, after the Oscar ceremony on April 9th, 1979, that the film The Deer Hunter (1978) was a racist film and that it presented the official version of the war in Vietnam.
Jane and her half-sister, Frances de Villers Brokaw, became estranged after their mother's suicide when Jane was 12 and Frances was 18. They remained estranged until Frances' death in 2008.
Was one of the first actresses to produce her own films and star as the romantic lead into her 50s.
Was considered for the roles played by Vera Miles in The FBI Story (1959), Leslie Caron in Fanny (1961), and Carol Lynley in Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965).
Had hip and knee replacements. It is a genetic condition. Both her father and brother also had replacements.
In 1994, Fonda founded G-CAPP, the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention. The foundation advocates for safe-sex education, provides teens with support personnel before, during, and after childbirth, and runs a network of "Second Chance Homes" that help teenage mothers become self-sufficient by striving to reduce repeat teen pregnancies and providing teen mothers with a safe living environment, support for long-term economic independence, and child development, parenting and life skills.
Has two grandchildren, Malcom and Viva, by her daughter Vanessa Vadim.
Jane Fonda was the first pick for the role of Evelyn Mulwray in Chinatown (1974), which eventually was played by Faye Dunaway. Fonda was wanted by the film's producer Robert Evans, who was also at the time chief of production at Paramount Pictures, and by director Roman Polanski and Paramount owner Charlie Bluhdorn. After lengthy negotiations, Fonda passed on the role. Evans then contacted Faye Dunaway's agent Sue Mengers and got her for the rock bottom price of $50,000, telling Mengers -- a close friend -- that he wanted Dunaway whereas everyone else wanted Fonda. Saying that he had time to intercede before Fonda signed her contract, Mengers got Dunaway to agree to the insulting offer. (Evans had explained to Mengers that after three flops in a row, Faye was a cold property.) After signing Dunaway, he told Mengers that Fonda had actually passed on the role. Mengers slammed down the phone on him. Polanski had not wanted Dunaway as his female lead due to her reputation for being temperamental, which she lived up to on the "Chinatown shoot. She received an Oscar nomination for the role.
Claimed Michael Jackson visited the set of On Golden Pond (1981) in New Hampshire and went skinny-dipping with her [interview with Jimmy Kimmel on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (2003) on December 7, 2011].
Ranked #9 in Men's Health 100 Hottest Women of All Time (2011).
Her daughter Vanessa Vadim was delivered via forceps. The traumatic birth then resulted in Fonda being diagnosed with post-partum depression.
In the late 1970s she took in a foster daughter, Mary Luana Williams, who had attended at a camp Fonda ran with then-husband Tom Hayden. Mary was the daughter of members of the Black Panther Party, and later reunited with her biological parents.
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 30, a daughter Vanessa Vadim on September 28, 1968. Child's father is her now ex-1st husband, Roger Vadim.
Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 36, a son Troy O'Donovan Hayden (aka Troy Garity) on July 7, 1973. Child's father is her now ex-2nd husband, Tom Hayden.
Was taught to play guitar by David Crosby.
Made a fortune launching the first exercise video.
Jane's appearance in On Golden Pond (1981) with dad Henry Fonda and son Troy Garity marked the only time three generations of Fondas appeared in the same film.
Jane's appearance with brother Peter Fonda in Spirits of the Dead (1968) marked the only time the siblings worked together in a feature.
Was delivered via Caesarean section.
Returned to work 3 months after giving birth to her daughter Vanessa Vadim in order to begin filming They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969).
Returned to work 2 years after giving birth to her son Troy Garity in order to begin filming Julia (1977).
Working in Hollywood does give one a certain expertise in the field of prostitution.
I was terrified when I turned 30. I was pregnant and had the mumps and Faye Dunaway was just coming out in Bonnie and Clyde (1967). I thought, 'Oh my God, I'll never work again. I'm old!'
"Acting with Laurence Harvey is like acting by yourself - only worse" - Jane Fonda on her 1962 film Walk on the Wild Side (1962).
It hurt so many soldiers. It galvanised such hostility. It was the most horrible thing I could possibly have done. It was just thoughtless. [expressing regret at her support for the Viet Cong]
I, a Socialist, think we should strive toward a Socialist society, all the way to Communism.
"If you understood what Communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees that one day we would become Communist." (speaking to students at the University of Michigan in 1970)
People think actresses find public speaking easy, and it's not easy at all; we're used to hiding behind masks.
[Accepting her father's Oscar for On Golden Pond (1981)]: "I'll bet when he heard it just now, he said 'Hey ain't I lucky?' As if luck had anything to do with it".
I would have given up acting in a minute. I didn't like how it set me apart from other people.
When I start down a path that I know is the right path, I go with all of me.
I'm a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can't challenge the man I'm with if means I'm going to end up alone.
It's hard to imagine a happy ending to the US-led war in Iraq. What's it going to mean for stability as a nation, for terrorism, for the economy I can't imagine. I think the entire world is going to be united against us.
Ted Turner needs someone to be there 100 percent of the time. He thinks that's love. It's not love. It's babysitting.
I wanted to do a tour like I did during the Vietnam War, a tour of the country. But then Cindy Sheehan filled in the gap, and she is better at this than I am. I carry too much baggage.
When I left the West Coast I was a liberal. When I landed in New York I was a revolutionary.
Oh Henry Fonda's love of the Theater: I'm becoming obsessed with his presence in my head, because my dad adored theater. He didn't talk much, but he would talk about how he loved the immediacy of a live audience. I was never comfortable enough in my own skin 45 years ago to be able to understand it. I just wanted to escape. And now it's like, 'Oh Dad, I wish you were here and alive, so I could say to you: "I get it! I'm finally able to experience what you were talking about."
Why she quit acting while married to Tom Hayden: When I was really, really unhappy with myself and my life, which happened in the second half of my marriage to Tom, I just stopped. Acting became too painful. I just couldn't. All the joy leached out of it.
[Monster-in-Law (2005)] was the single smartest move I ever made
On returning to the stage in 2009: I am not the same person I was. I really am a different person. And I feel now that I could really be better than I have ever been in acting. It felt like something I had left prematurely. I didn't complete it, and I wanted to see if I could find joy in it again. It's been 45, 46 years since I was last on Broadway, and it feels like it too, in the sense of my personal trajectory. I feel that in terms of my personal development there has been at least half a century in there. Thank God.
It's always great to rehearse on a plane because people think you're mad.
Emotionality is really easy for me. My father always said that Fondas can cry at a good steak.
Dating's not something I spend a lot of time thinking about. Nor do I miss it, frankly. I feel 71 years old. I do. I'm really aware of the miles that have been logged and of the life that has gone under the bridge and how it has made me grow. I'm someone who has always tried to think about what it has all meant. I'm a quester. So I feel my age. I feel grown up.
[on her book 'Prime Time'] I actually never lead. There's always something more first, and then I'm the cheerleader. There are many, many books about aging. Mine just covers everything that I wanted to know.
I viewed my mother as a snob. Well she was a snob. Had she lived long enough I probably wouldn't have cared for her very much, frankly. So the way I protected myself from that is, 'Okay, I don't need you'. But of course I blamed myself when she killed herself.
I try to live my third act in such a way that I won't have regrets. You never get there entirely, but you can spend your life working at it.
[on third husband Ted Turner] For his own reasons, Ted moves laterally through life, very fast. Across his millions of acres. I wanted to go vertically. I knew if I stayed with him I'd be safe, I wouldn't need to work, and it would be interesting. But I would never be a whole person, and I wanted to be a whole person.
I took Klute (1971) because, in it, I expose a great deal of the oppression of women in this country - the system which makes women sell themselves for possessions.
Aging is not what we used to think it was, where you peak at middle age. It's ascending a staircase into growth, wisdom, well-being and happiness.
[in 1967] I like this picture (Barbarella (1968)) because it's the kind that Vadim does best. It's absolutely new. I'm sure there's nothing like it.
I have used acupuncture many times in the past - to reduce fever, heal broken bones, relieve pain... it really works if the doctor is skilled. I have felt I needed to have my energy system balanced.
It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.
The people who did you wrong or who didn't quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too.
All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.
I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.
If you're ever in a situation where you're not getting served or you can't get what you need, just cry.
Steelyard Blues (1973) | $100,000 |
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) | $100,000 |
Julia (1977) | $500,000 |
California Suite (1978) | $500,000 |
The Electric Horseman (1979) | $1,000,000 |
Nine to Five (1980) | $2,000,000 + profit share |
(August 2003) Has signed to do a film (main role) with Jennifer Lopez (aka J. Lo) in Monster-in-Law (2005) - filming starts November 2003.
(April 2005) Published her autobiography, My Life So Far.
(March 2009) Currently starring in 'Moises Kaufman''s "33 Variations" on Broadway.
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Jewel-toned squares made by SueAnn Bunt of Painted Post, New York are softer than store-bought gumdrops.
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Originally published as Goody-Goody Gumdrops in Taste of Home December/January 1997, p18
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Reviewed on Nov. 10, 2008 by bikenviken
Oh... and it was kind of annoying to have to keep them in the fridge all the time...
These were good but I found them to be a little too sticky.
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1. He went from "First off straight to Third off" He missed out the Second.
Monti, The chances of Ruby being with you now are about as slim of the chances of you losing your virginity by the time you keel over. Exactly zero. And I do have speakers I am using them now too listen to the power rangers opening theme song.
Only 12 years say "you don't know how to talk to girls" as a put down. Just so you know. Go away.
And yes Monti because Gears 3 is the final game
See everyone Monti is the most idiotic boy who I have seen, And guess what he's a Alcoholic.
1. You are a necrophiliac
2. You drink from your wifes mouth
3. You are a alcoholic
4. You are a druggy
These reasons alone show that you need to go to rehab and get help. Because I am sorry but you really need it.
2. I am better looking than you.
3. I am not a dollar.
4. I can spell.
5. I own a dog
6. I own the coat you wish to own
7. I am better than you at anything and everything
2. I am better looking than you ever could be
3. Yes you are
4. I can spell better than 10 times any amount you mention
5. I own a dog look it up
6. No you want my coat
7. Don't lie
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Online Exhibits
Online Exhibits are typically built to highlight an area of our collection, either to commemorate an event, or merely as an adjunct to our physical materials.
University of Nevada, Reno
- Nevada University History
- A collaboration betwen the Special Collections and University Archives and the Public History program. This exhibit presents articles written primarily by students on the topics of the campus, colleges & departments, student life, and events, with accompanying images largely found in the University Libraries collections.
- University History Timeline
- Offered here is a history of the University of Nevada, a land-grant institution, presented through images of students and campus.
Nevada History
- Johnson Jeffries Fight: A Centennial Exhibit
- In conjunction with the Nevada Historical Society, Special Collections designed this online narrative of the historic, landmark boxing match between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries in 1910.
- Nevada in Maps
- Originally developed to electronically preserve fragile, historic maps of Nevada, the Nevada in Maps exhibit now contains a number of collections, including Sanborn Maps of Nevada and historic geologic and mining maps.
- Sheepherders of Northern Nevada
- Explores the origins and effects of the sheep industry in Northern Nevada, as well as the sheepherding lifestyle, including details about the Basque people who came to practice this trade.
Nevada People
- The Basque Hotel
- Designed to augment the Northern Nevada Reads program, this exhibit features Special Collections materials related to Robert Laxalt's writing process and his novel The Basque Hotel.
- Bohemians in Northern Nevada
- Built to accompany a physical exhibit of Special Collections materials (on display in Summer 2011), this online exhibit contains biographical information on members of Northern Nevada's prominent mid-1900s community of Bohemian artists, as well as images of their work.
- Far Out! The University Art Scene, 1960–1975
- Built to accompany a physical exhibit of Special Collections materials (on display in Summer 2012), this online exhibit continues our retrospective of local art history first explored in the "Bohemians" exhibit a year earlier. It picks up the story from the perspective of the University art department as it experienced a period of dramatic expansion during the counter-culture heyday—in terms of facilities, faculty and student enrollment.
- Nevada Writers Hall of Fame
- Honors Nevada's finest writers. Most members have a write-up summarizing their literary career, followed by a list of published works, as well as published criticism and biographical sources.
- Will James and the West: Life and Art of a "Lone Cowboy"
- Will James was a famous cowboy, cattle rustler, and an author and artist of the American West. This exhibit tells his story from his early years, through his prison sentence, to his fame.
- Book Arts: Fusing Words and Visual Imagination
- The Book Arts Collection contains historical and contemporary books produced by fine bookmakers. This online exhibit highlights some of the more elaborate examples of books as art.


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Jad Mahal
10 Haroune Erracid Street, Marrakech
Jad Mahal is part of a new breed of entertainment restaurants that has sprung up in the last couple of years, following a trend begun by the successful Le Comptoir. The emphasis here is on style and atmosphere as opposed to culinary excellence, but that's not to say the food is at all poor.
The brainchild of three French fashion designers, this restaurant-cum-bar-cum-club has become the venue of choice for society Marrakchi and wealthier visitors to town. The Arabian/Indian décor, languid seating and exclusive atmosphere is home to some fine Franco-Moroccan cooking. The menu is prepared monthly by Xavier Mathieu, a Michelin-starred chef and would-be Gary Rhodes who visits from France to discuss the menu with executive chef Vincent Faucher.
As the evening wears on, the wine flows, the music is pumped up, and then to tumultuous applause some of the finest (and most beautiful) belly-dancers in Marrakech arrive to liven up proceedings. Go on the right weekend you and may even catch a rare thing indeed in Marrakech - a live band.
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Ybor Sabor
Ask Casey Gonzmart, fourth-generation owner and operator of Ybor (EE-bore) City's Columbia Restaurant what to order and he'll answer "The Cuban." This is the now famous and widely imitated sandwich that, Casey explained during his StoryCorps recording, is not so much Cuban as it is Tampa. The sandwich itself embodies some of the history of Tampa's Ybor City neighborhood where the MobileBooth has been recording stories for the last month.
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Some Random Stuff Just To Get A Post Up
by Jenners • 11/08/2012 • Randomosity • 87 Comments
I know it has been awhile since I've posted. We're all feeling much better (thanks for the well wishes). The problem NOW has been that BB has been off from school for the entire week and his constant presence has been cramping my style and blogging. However, I'm going to try and knock off a wee post with some random stuff.
- To the Makers of Taylor Pork Roll: If a serving size is 3 slices, then don't you think you should package your product with 9 slices instead of 8???? I can't tell you how annoying this is. Either I'm forced to buy another pack (and face the same conundrum) or eat a 2 slice sandwich. Actually, now I see the genius of your evil plan!
- Today I saw a car that had one of those "family" decals but it had only one figure .That was kind of sad.
- Wreck-It Ralph was really fun. I'd definitely recommend it. Of course, BB liked the scene featuring the double-entendre use of "duty" the best.
- I bought my first hot glue gun and am doing crafts. Those of you who remember my past efforts (see below) will be pleased to know that I'm being supervised by an experienced crafter and things are working out loverly. I will post photos of the finished crafts when they are done. Trust me … if I can do this stuff, anyone can.
- I was eligible for an upgrade on my phone and got an iPhone 5 and have embarked on a love affair with Siri. It is driving Mr. Jenners nuts, but I won't give her up. (I am working on not thanking her each time though.)


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LaQ Fire Truck and Mini Racer 2
LaQ is a new construction toy made in Japan. Asianmommy received the Hamacron Constructor Fire Truck and Mini Racer 2 free for review.
The kids and I had the pleasure of putting these toys to good use. We built the Fire Truck, but the 170-piece Fire Truck set also allows you to build an Ambulance, a Police Car, or a Police Motorcycle. The set comes with complete directions for building these four models. The Mini Racer 2 comes with 38 pieces.
You must review the instructions carefully, because there are 7 types of pieces, including base parts and joint parts, as well as special parts. Some of the pieces are very similar, so you need to refer to the numbers on the diagram to make sure you're using the correct pieces. The toys are recommended for ages 5 and up, but I think little ones may need some help at first, so be prepared to lend a hand.
What I liked: These construction toys are so much fun! I love the interconnecting, 3-D aspect to them.
What could be improved: Haha! I accidently put the wheels of my Mini Racer 2 on backwards, so the wheels wouldn't turn, and I couldn't figure out why. Luckily, someone pointed this out to me, and my Mini Racer now glides smoothly. :)
Car Kits
I like kits that make things for my son who likes to build. Are they widely available in the US? They look cool but I haven't seen any near me.
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Gotta love anything from Japan! And so cool that 7 pieces can do so much!


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Last year we had 15,000 visitors to the event. This year during the Open Studios and Galleries Weeks, 52 painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers, installation artists and craftworkers open their studios to visitors. You may find anything from cards, prints and original works of art to buy; see anything from works in progress to exhibitions of contemporary art. Venues include studios, chapels, barns, sheds, galleries and artists' homes. You have the chance to meet and talk with the artist, often over a cup of tea, and gain a unique glimpse of the artistic process. Don't feel shy about visiting; all the artists are only opening their studios as they are keen to meet you. If you are stuck for transport or would like company to visit then consider taking advantage of our free guided bus tours. Further details of these are in the Events Section.
The event is spread over the two full weeks of Easter with some artists opening all the time and others for only a few days. A 44 page colour Guide has been widely distributed, and a PDF copy along with additions and corrections can be downloaded from here. In the Guide, alongside each artist entry, is a calendar marked with their opening days and in the back section of the Guide a daily schedule of all studios open on each day which enables you to plan a route to visit those open. Normally we run on a shoe string and struggle to raise funds to run the event, so this year we are extremely grateful to our funders, the Arts Council of Wales, Anglesey County Council, the Welsh Government and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development who have enabled us to do much more to promote and run the event.
If you enjoy your visit then come back in the autumn to discover the performing arts talent on the Island or sign up yourself or your group to the event. The Anglesey Performing Arts Weeks (APAW), 19 October – 4 November 2012; a taste of what is to come is shown under the Performing Arts Weeks section. For a copy of the Guide or if you have any questions contact: Heather at the Ucheldre Centre 01407 763361, or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I was in the Five Towns store and saw the Nintendo Wii on the shelf so I bought it. I was so excited. I got home and it was empty. No one told me that I had to go to merchandise pick up and there was no sticker on the box. When I called the store I was told they sold out and I could get a refund. I said that was not acceptable. They eventually tracked down the system. I gave them my member number and my name as well as my wifes. My wife went into the store with her license, the receipt, and my costco card and was given a hard time. They said how do we know it was you. I called the store today and spoke to an Assistant General Manager. He did not want to do anything for me. Eventually he agreed to give me a free cake from the bakery the next time I come in. I accepted this as that was all he was willing to do. He originally said that what he would do is verify that the rest of the systems have the sticker. Doing that does nothing for me. My system did not have the sticker and I had to have my pregnant wife drive back to the store while I was at work. I would like Costco to give me some real form of compensation, not a cake. An example of this would be a free Wii game or controller. Your store messed up and needs to take proper responsibility. I am so upset by this that I may not continue my membership next year.
Most electronics retailers take one of the following steps to minimizetheft - 1) lock all expensive electronics in a display case that can only beopened by an associate, who will then take the system to the nearestcheckout. 2) put them out on the shelves, but fasten a large security alarmsystem to them that will sound in the case of tampering 3) put only empty boxes out for display purposes assuring that theconsumer cannot get their hands on the item itself. Additionally, the serial number of the system is recorded at the timeof purchase and sent to the game system manufacturer's website to keeptrack of the purchase date for warranty purposes and to counteractfraud. While the cashier that rung out your purchases should have pointed outthat you possibly had just an empty box (if he/she had lifted it toscan it), when you picked it up, you should have noticed aconsiderable difference in weight. The security seal would have alsobeen broken if it had been emptied, and that too would have set offsome warning bells with me. If I pick up something that the seal isbroken, I either a) replace it on the shelf, b) bring it to a clerk'sattention that it has been opened, and/or c) check the contents tomake sure that all the items are in there. Bottom line is, regardlessof how excited you were, always check out things before you buy. You'll be surprised how much heartache it saves. Addendum - So your pregnant wife had to drive it back. So? Pregnantdoes not equal crippled. I worked 11+ hour days while pregnant upuntil my 7th month when the doc told me if I didn't quit, I'djeopardize the health of myself and the baby.
You got your cake and you can eat it too. Be satisfied with the apology and the free gift as most places ofbusiness will not offer that much. I once purchased a Bar-B-Q grill from Home Depot and found a majorpart missing during assemly. It was 30 miles back to Home Depot after I dismantled what I had already put together. All together it came to 120 milestotal for that grill of mine. But once I was there I didn't even think to ask for a power saw orgift certificates for some T-Bones. I accepted their apology, as the clerk had nothing to do with thepackaging I didn't expect much else except for another grill. Take what you got and be happy. As for your wife, she got out of thehouse for awhile. If there was concern about her well being you never would have senther. Eat your cake, sit in front of the TV and enjoy your game. But if youdon't really want to complain about anything don't buy a grill that isnot already assembled, I don't think you would be able to handle it. Your complaint was minor, don't let it bother you. And after reading some of these replies to your complaint, you must begoing bald by now. This is a tough house to complain to, I know. Oh by the way, I didn't write in to here or anywhere else about mygrill. lol
Be glad they offered you a free cake and did not just laugh in yourface. How could you not know the box was empty? At least they gave youthe product and didn't refuse thinking you were trying to screw them.And to get all upset over a video game unit, for the love of god, growthe hell up. You have a pregnant wife and a kid on the way that shouldbe your first priority not a KIDS video game unit.
You are so upset over this ? maybe you need real problems in yourlife.
Gimme, gimme, gimme....pregnant ploy.....gimme, gimme, gimme!!!
Ok, they were nice enough to offer you a free cake to smooth thingsover. You didn't think that was fair. Here's a thought - why don't you become a manager at Costco, and thenYOU can decide what a fair form of compensation would be for customerswho have been "wronged". I think the store recignized its mistake and made a fair offer to keepyou a happy customer. If that didn't work, well maybe it is time tosever your ties with them.
Your pregnant wife had to drive? Oh, the horror!! I was 9 monthspregant and still doing my shopping a BJ's. Hell, I drove an hour whenI was pregnant to have my kids' Nintendo Game Cube fixed. I also wentto work. Oh, no, she had to drive?!?! Say it ain't so!
"I was in the Five Towns store and saw the Nintendo Wii on the shelfso I bought it. I was so excited. I got home and it was empty." What exactly do you mean by "it was empty"? Specify. Was it justmissing the Wii itself, or was it missing everything (wires,controllers, manuals, game, etc.)? Because if it was completely empty,you'd have to have the attention span of a fruit fly to not noticeit. "No one told me that I had to go to merchandise pick up and there wasno sticker on the box." I guess they just assumed most people could tell the differencebetween a full box and an empty one. Guess you showed them, huh? "When I called the store I was told they sold out and I could get arefund. I said that was not acceptable." Seems pretty generous to me. You bought an empty box for $250, andthey offered to give you your money back for not being completelysatisfied with your empty box purchase. That right there is a textbookexample of free market enterprise, my friend. "They eventually tracked down the system. I gave them my member numberand my name as well as my wifes. My wife went into the store with herlicense, the receipt, and my costco card and was given a hard time.They said how do we know it was you." See, now I have no idea if you ended up getting your system or not.Did you? You can't just leave us hanging like that. I'll have youknow, its very rude. "I called the store today and spoke to an Assistant General Manager.He did not want to do anything for me. Eventually he agreed to give mea free cake from the bakery the next time I come in. I accepted thisas that was all he was willing to do." A happy ending! You had a problem with Costco, they offered youcompensation, and you freely accepted it. Hugs all around! So this isthe end of your letter then, right? "I would like Costco to give me some real form of compensation, not acake." Somehow, I'm not surprised. Hey, if you're not going to eat your freecake, can I have it? I love free cake. "An example of this would be a free Wii game or controller. Your storemessed up and needs to take proper responsibility." Because, as everyone knows, the proper equivalent reparations for notstopping someone from paying $250 for an empty box is a $50 video gameor a $40 controller, not a $15 cake. Come on, Costco! Think! "I am so upset by this that I may not continue my membership nextyear." I'm sure that'll just break Costco's heart.
what does your wife being pregnant have to do with it? pregnant =/=disabled.
This is one of the reasons that this website is in my Favorites. Ilove these people who complain even after the company fixes theproblem AND gives you free food to boot. What else should they do foryou? Seriously, it was a mistake that was corrected and then some andthen you still complain. I guess there really is no satisfying somepeople.. Unless the company gives them free things which, my guess, is whatsome of these complainers wanted all along!
I think the fact that you were mentally myopic and didn't realize thatyou were purchasing AN EMPTY BOX means you deserve nothing whatsoever,other than the Wii you paid for. And leave the pregnant wife out of it, you whiner.
Yes, the store messed up but so did you. How could you not notice howlight the box was? Was this your first time shopping at Costco? Theyalways put empty boxes out and you have to claim the item. You got your system and a free cake and do not deserve anything more. It seems to me, they went out of their way to make this right for you. They could have just shrugged their shoulders and gave you your moneyback but they tracked the system down for you.
OSrry to have to break the news to you, Matthew, but people who workat costco are human too. Don't get me wrong, I feel for ya, I reallydo. IT's an incredibly frustrating and annoying thing to have happen,but come on, you might not renew your membership because a stock boymade a mistake? Let's havea little perspective. THey refunded yourmoney and you accepted a cake as compensation. You should not haveaccepted it, if it wasn't good enough. It was just a mistake. Nobodydid it to antagonize you. Btw, pregnant does not mean disabled. Ifyour wife is able to drive around to fulfil her own needs then thefact that she's pregnant doesnt belong in the letter. Driving toCostco is not more dangerous to the baby than driving to her friendshouse to have tea.
I can actually see something like this happening. Our Costo was VERY picky about the membership card when we weremembers. If your wife's photo was not on the membership card, howwould they know it was you if she wasn't speaking to the same personyou gave the information to over the phone? Anyway, it was an honest mistake. They corrected the error and theoffer of a free cake, in my opinion, was a nice gesture on their partand unusually thoughtful. How did this leave you less than whole? Yougot what you paid for. Gas, aggrivation, wear and tear and drama wereyour fault for not realizing the box was empty in the first place. Iloved the line "An example of this would be a free Wii game orcontroller". You did show extreme restraint by not going for thewhole shebang... a plasma TV and Surround Sound System.
That really sucks and I think that the blame lays with you and thecompany. You should have realized the box was too light and thecashier should have reminded you to pick it up... sucks and I hopeyou get this taken care of but I don't feel that you deserve acontroller or game. Perhaps a $10 gift certificate to Costco?
I purchased a computer program there and didn't know the productwasn't in it until they ran and got it. If he didn't know how much itweighs, how is he to know? It's the cashiers fault.
Don't companies usually keep high priced merchandise in the back andkeep "dummy" boxes out? coulnd't you feel that it was empty? I don'tknow how heavy it is but...
It looks like you were scammed. Did a shoplifter take the wii out ofthe box? I suggest you go on Ebay to find a wii or order one fromAmazon.com or some other internet store.
What kind of cake are you going to choose? Also did you not realisethe box was empty.
As a Costco shopper, I am not buying this one. Here's why: We got our X-box at the Costco near us (Regular X-Box, not the 360)and the way Costco has their game systems is NOT just "a box on theshelf". They are ALL in HARD plastic with some sort of extra. The360s that I see now have a game and controller. I think. The onlygame system they have that you have to get from the Cashiers is thehand held ones, the Nintento DS or Sony PSP. And ALL the handheldones clearly state you need to get it system at the counter. And eventhose are in hard plastic and with extras. So I think this is a fake. Or a jerk. I'm not sure.
OMG how do you not realize you picked up an empty box? There is nohelp for some people.
I'm laughing too hard at the offer of a free cake as a form ofcompensation. Where else, ladies and gentlemen, can you hear: "I'm mad. They messedup and all I got was a free cake for my trouble." ROFL!!!!
OK, so did you get the Wii or not? If yes - end of story - let it go! If no, then either get one or, or again, LET IT GO.
Was the box shrink-wrapped? I would be very wary of buying a Wii thatwas literally on a shelf where anyone could get at it, without openingit in front of the cashier to ensure that everything was inside. I wouldn't even buy software in a box that way: they put the boxesout on the shelf because they're attractive, and they put the actualCDs somewhere else, because they're attractive too. Even without aWii, I can say with some confidence that there's a bigger differencein weight between a box with and a box without a Wii than there isbetween a box with and a box without a CD. For that matter, I open boxes of over-the-counter meds before I leavethe store. I've been burned before. I don't think you deserve "real" compensation either. An apology,yes. The Wii to be promptly handed over once you had proven who youwere, or the money refunded, yes. But I wouldn't think you needed acake, let alone a controller. Especially since you drag in yourwife's pregnancy, apparently to make it seem as if you've been evenmore wronged than people who have other people who aren't pregnant runerrands for them. If it's difficult for your wife to go to Costcowhile she's pregnant, I'm sure that they are occasionally open duringtimes that you are not at work.
I'm having a hard time understanding that since/if you are a memberthere and buy things regularly, even electronics, you would know theprocedure for picking up the item. So you get to the register, pay forit, and then walk out, with this light weight box, in a bag maybe, orin a cart? It sounds like some details are missing is all.
I find it interesting that you didn't realize box you grabbed off theshelf was empty. I don't have a Nintendo Wii nor do I know anythingabout them, but I have to believe they weigh more than hot air. Speaking of hot air - - Costco doesn't owe you anything, including acake or a Wii game or a controller - - nothing. I'd say the error here is 50% your fault for not realizing the box wasempty and 50% the Costco cashier's for doing the same - - so you'reeven. And believe me, Costco has lots of members and losing you and yourdemands won't mean squat to them.
Okay, ease up on those dramatics. Nobody kicked your dog. Nobody called your mother bad names. Nobody took a baseball bat to your grandma. You don't deserve any compensation. At all. I mean, COME ON! You should either get the system you paid for or your money back. That's it.It was a simple mistake. You know, the kind that people make on a daily basis WITHOUT expecting'compensation'? (Nice gratuitous mention of the pregnant wife, by the way! Geez.)
Matthew-I understand your frustration, but you should not haveaccepted anything. You should have demanded to see the generalmanager, and demanded they produce the Wii immediately. However, I am wondering how you managed to carry the box home and notrealize it was empty?


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"We share a common culture. We celebrate the ties that bind us," St. John Administrator Leona Smith said.
Every speaker and many of those who attended the event echoed those remarks, with several from the U.S. territory speaking about their family roots across the water.
"My mom is from Virgin Gorda, my dad from Tortola and my wife from Tortola," St. John resident Jose Penn said.
Visitors from the BVI were greeted at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Cruz Bay by steel pan music. The celebration started at Cruz Bay Park, where students from Julius E. Sprauve, Guy Benjamin and Gifft Hill Schools sang several songs. It spilled out to the street for a small parade featuring the Sprauve School Gulls band, the Rainbow Dancers from Gifft Hill, the Love City Leapers jump rope team, and others.
As those at the celebration enjoyed a buffet breakfast in the park, BVIers and those from the U.S. territory mixed and mingled.
League of BVIers President Charles Martin was on hand to celebrate. He said his group's goal is to foster the relationship between the territories.
The activities shifted to the V.I. National Park's Annaberg Plantation, where organizers had a slew of cultural demonstrations set up among the ruins.
While some of the speeches struck a serious note, it was also a day for fun. Gov. John deJongh Jr., BVI Acting Gov. V. Inez Archibald and BVI Premier Dr. Orlando Smith were among those showing their stuff in a group dance led by the Mungo Niles Cultural Dancers from St. Thomas.
Drake's Passage, Tortola and other BVI islands served as the backdrop for the remarks by officials from both territories.
"We are just a stone's throw away," Archibald said.
Archibald spoke about the territories' shared history, including those days when ancestors in both places worked sugar plantations. Looking around at the old stone ruins showcased at Annaberg and at Ajax Peak behind it, she said slaves were kept on the hill to keep them away from others so they couldn't foment rebellion. And she also noted that the first slave rebellion in the new world took place on St. John in 1733.
Smith said economics brought the BVI and USVI closer together, and suggested that a third of those living in the U.S. territory population have BVI roots.
While family connections were a common theme, deJongh discussed how issues in the U.S. territory and the BVI impact each other. For example, he said that when crime happens in the BVI, it affects what happens in St. Croix.
He also suggested that the BVI might consider a joint marketing campaign with the USVI.
On the heels of Tuesday's USVI-BVI Inter Island Council meeting on St. Thomas, Lt. Gov. Gregory Francis noted how important the council is to territorial relations.
"But today we're celebrating friendship and we're celebrating families," Francis said.


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George Russ Sr.
Dillon, S.C.
George Milton Russ Sr., 85, of Dillon, S.C., formerly of Rowland, died Oct. 21, 2012, at Regency Hospital in Florence, S.C.
The funeral will be 3 p.m. Tuesday at Dogwood Baptist Church, the Rev. Roger Strickland officiating. Burial will be in Lumbee Memorial Gardens.
He was born April 27, 1927, in Bladen County.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George Russ and Maude King Russ; his wife, Gladys Mitchell Russ; and a son, Thomas Eugene Russ.
He is survived by four daughters, Judy Wyman, Brenda Jones, Terry Cox and husband Perry, all of Dillon, and Denise Hutto and husband Michael of Mullins, S.C.; two sons, George Russ and wife Rose of Hope Mills, N.C., and Leslie Russ of Dillon; 21 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchildren.
The visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Floyd Funeral Services.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Dogwood Baptist Church at 520 Dogwood Church Road in Rowland.
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