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I was reading this thing on the Huffington Post about how the Miss California pageant organization helped or encouraged or arranged or paid for Miss California to get breast implants before the Miss U.S.A. pageant. But the weird thing for me was that while the official being interviewed about the breast implants was defending the help to Miss California ("Oh, we are concerned with her overall self-esteem….") he also listed off other things contestants do to get an edge, especially during the swimsuit competition.
The interviewer asked, pointedly, "Wouldn't she have a better chance of winning if she were more proportioned?" That is, wouldn't she have a better shot if she didn't have implants?
To which the official replied: "Well of course she does. But there's plenty of ways of getting to more proportion without doing breast implants."
I want to leave aside how confusing this answer is for a second because the very next thing the official said really threw me for a loop.
"Many of the girls use chicken cutlets."
I don't understand why this is even an option in a beauty pageant. Why doesn't anyone say anything? Are they really that much of a joke that women can stuff poultry down their tops and saunter onto the stage with a Hey, look at my perfectly proportioned totally-not-enhanced-by-poultry torso?
I mentioned this statement by the pageant official to Emily, and her reply was nowhere near as outraged as I was. In fact, she seemed to think it was funny that I cared at all that the pageant enforce some kind of standard.
"Where do you draw the line?" she asked. "Do you tell contestants they can't dye their hair?"
"Uh, yeah, I guess…"
But, really? It sure seems like this is a clear case in which we should just say no. No to the chicken cutlets. No meat products allowed during a beauty pageant. No murdering helpless animals and stuffing them down bikini tops.
Just no. It makes beauty pageants even more of a joke than they are.
I pressed Emily again on this whole abuse of poultry thing. "But look, even though we can't draw a line I think we should just keep the poultry out of the pageant."
"It's not chicken. Dumbass."
Guys, apparently "chicken cutlet" is a euphemism for a gel-insert or something.
The more you know. *rainbow*

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Project Members
- Michael Cysouw
- Hagen Jung
Quantitative approaches to lexical comparison
Lexical material ("words") is one important source of information to establish genealogical relations between languages. We investigated quantitative methods to assist linguists in this kind of historical-comparative research.
The comparison of words (i.e. strings of characters) is strongly reminiscent of the comparison of strings of DNA. The major difference is that the strings of DNA are normally much longer than words in human language. This means that in principle there is more information in the DNA-strings to properly assess their similarities. In contrast, each character of a linguistic word is much more informative than the 'letters' of DNA. In DNA there are only four letters (A, C, G, T), while a human language has between 15 and about 100 different letters (phonemes). This means that each individual character in strings of human language carries more information than the 'letters' of DNA.
We expected that these different kinds of data are roughly equally informative, and consequently we were adapting approaches from DNA comparison for the comparison of words in human language. As for the data, we were using the various wordlists that were collected in our department to investigate and test different kinds of quantitative methods of lexical comparison.
Selected recent publications produced within this project
Cysouw, Michael & Hagen Jung. 2007. Cognate identification and alignment using practical orthographies. Proceedings of Ninth Meeting of the ACL Special Interest Group in Computational Morphology and Phonology, 109-116.


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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Horses -- the other red meat
That's a question that you, as an American Citizen, probably can't answer. We just don't eat them. They're edible, and other countries do, but we don't.
Our feelings about horses are that they are a special animal; many people consider eating a horse with the same sort of horror that they'd approach eating a beagle or a black lab. This sentiment is so strong, in fact, that horse meat was prohibited from being used in pet food in the united states in the 1970s. Horse meat for human consumption was effectively outlawed in the United States by legislation that closed federally-inspected horse slaughterhouses in 2007.
When we outlawed slaughter for horses in the USA we shifted some of the market to Canada, and some to Mexico, and for many horses, instead of being slaughtered in a regional plant that means a trip of many hundreds or a thousand miles before they're slaughtered, often in cattle trailers that aren't tall enough for the horse to stand upright -- an uncomfortable journey, and certainly the last thing that the folks who outlawed the USA slaughter of horses had in mind.
What faces many horse owners now is that there is just no good way to dispose of a horse that is lame, dangerous to ride, or that the owner simply cannot afford to keep any more. In my area there are several well-publicized cases of horses being slowly starved to death (there are horse animal hoarders) or abandoned. You take your own horse to a trail, go riding, and find your trailer filled with horses on your return.
Yes, there are horse rescue groups, but there's just too many horses for them to take. Would you rather see the horse humanely killed in a USDA inspected slaughterhouse or trucked to Mexico and killed under... well, brutal would be the word that I'd use -- conditions? I'm speaking as someone who regularly slaughters
I've been to several auctions in the past 3 months where horses have sold for between $1 and $10 each -- 800 to 1,000lb animals.
For a variety of reasons I'd like to see horse slaughter return to the USA: Shorter journey for the horse, local jobs and economy, kindness, and ability to regulate and enforce those regulations to ensure humane handling of the animals.
And I hate to see the horses wasted. At current auction prices, many people just shoot and bury their horses directly. When you can't even get enough for the horse to pay for a happy meal, there's just no incentive to do the right thing when disposing of it. I'd much rather see that horse go as human food.
Current article in the Seattle times talking about saving a "horse with a name"
wikipedia article on horse slaughter.
abandoned horses in Time Magazine
horses being abandoned at boarding stables - the legal view
Rising abandonment rates - USA today
A million horses - lobbying for horse slaughter
Mexican slaughterhouse video. Gruesome stuff. You really think this is better than a USDA plant? These guys want to outlaw export of the horses for slaughter entirely -- leaving horse owners with even less option than they have today.
Canadian Horse slaughter. Not quite so gruesome. They talk about the difficulty in using a captive bolt on a horse -- but compared to Mexico slaughter...
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You aren't buying horses for $10 and feeding them to your pigs, are you (perhaps after cooking them)? That would be humane for the horse (if you did it right) and good for your pigs. You'd have to buy a lot of horses at once to make it work - and probably do it secretly, because of consumers' feelings. - November 10, 2010 at 3:22 AM
- Bruce King said...
I thought about buying a horse and eating it. at less than 1/10th of a cent per pound, it's a great food value.
- November 10, 2010 at 3:46 AM
- Funder said...
I'm not morally opposed to consumption of horse meat, and I think it's a terrible shame that so many horses go so completely to waste. The current system is truly inhumane though.
The other aspect that no one talks about is drug withdrawal. Many horses at the ends of their lives are drugged, and since it's illegal to eat them, there are no withdrawal times followed. Lame backyard horses headed to auction and virtually any off-the-track racehorse will have been dosed with phenylbutazone (Bute), a very effective horse NSAID. And a carcinogen.
It's not likely that a meal of horse salami will give you tumors. It's just dumb in the same way as eating a fish from a polluted river. But I'd hesitate to work my way through a whole horse carcass or feed it to my dogs or pigs. - November 10, 2010 at 7:05 AM
I remember when I was younger, Mom brought home some mat from the store and said, don't tell your dad this is horse meat. It tasted a lot like beef but a little different also. Dad liked it and it was cheaper than beef so Mom bought more until they no longer sold it. Guess I am showing my age here, but I totally agree with you. I have seen many horses starved because of the economy. People have to put family before pets and have to feed themselves first. Where we are right now has few horses being the suburbs of Philadelphia/Camden area, but I do know that in south Jersey, people are leaving their horses to fend for themselves in the wild. It is sad that after so many years of tender care and being domesticated these horses are now being set free to live in the wild and have no idea how to do it. If they don't want to let humans eat them (for whatever reason they may have ) they should at least let the pet food companies start using them again. Just a sad thing that regulations have done again.
Adele - November 10, 2010 at 8:17 AM
- sheila said...
Laws like this show how far removed people are from farming and the realities of life.
- November 10, 2010 at 8:23 AM
Personally id be leery of eating a horse that was not raised like a meat-animal, simply because horses, as other pets, get medicated way beyond what meat-animals do. One issue i seem to recall is that a specific painkiller used for horses, called "bute" is toxic for humans and stay in the meat of the horse. I would buy someones old dog cheaply and eat it, simply because i woulndt know what the owner had fed it, and there arent any guidelines, nor agencies making sure the animal arent toxic. (not to mention the issue of tumors, that get prevalent in pets simply because they live longer, whereas most meat animals are slaugthered when they reach an approriate weight.)
so bascially, if its raised and regulated like a meat-animal, id eat it like so, but i woulndt put a pet on my plate. - November 10, 2010 at 9:20 AM
Horses in the US (esp. OTTB's) are full of drugs very unsafe for human consumption. I suppose if you do decide to purchase a horse and self-slaughter for personal consumption, that it would qualify as a nice note of Darwinism; enjoy the side effects.
I would also love to know what local farms your are involved with - I'd hate to accidentally support your farm. I only buy local meat and produce; while I've never seen your face, I'll be sure to cement the name to memory just in case. Someone unaware of the risks of horsemeat to ones health (moral conflicts aside) isn't someone who's growing/raising practices I could have faith in. - November 10, 2010 at 10:28 AM
- Joanne Rigutto said...
Getting rid of horse slaughter was one of the worse things the animal rights and horse lovers movements ever did to the horse industry.
It's ironic, but the best thing those people could do is to lobby to bring it back. - November 10, 2010 at 10:40 AM
i've eaten horse salami and enjoyed it.
- November 10, 2010 at 10:46 AM
- StefRobrts said...
There are a lot of horse lovers now who also feel the elimination of slaughterhouses was a bad idea, but the animal rights people pushed for it, and people who know nothing about horses thought it was a good idea. I think the unintended consequences of it were worse for the horses overall.
It has also made 'rescue' a big opportunity for con men, who buy the horses for slaughter, then offer to let people 'rescue' them out of the kill pen for 4 or 5x the amount they paid for them. Often they tack on quarantine, boarding, transportation fees - a person can end up spending a thousand dollars trying to save a horse that way. Good money for the kill buyer though. There are legitimate rescue groups, but some real scams too, and the horses are caught up in it all. - November 10, 2010 at 11:03 AM
people and their cushy disney feel for all animals. face reality people. good entry and good thoughts.
- November 10, 2010 at 3:13 PM
I completely agree with you. It doesn't seem logical that people are allowed to mindlessly breed as many horses as they want but it is illegal to provide unwanted horses with a humane end.
I also think its funny that some of the other comments on here seem to personally attack you when you didn't say that you want to use these horses yourself. You just state the current situation. - November 10, 2010 at 4:13 PM
For those of you who are interested in true facts and figures, let me quote John Holland, a senior analyst who has studied horse slaughter and the ramifications for years. This is a great, truthful read. My two cents. There is no humane way to slaughter a horse. NONE. The cruelty is an abomination and anyone who thinks it can be done in a "kind" way is deluding himself!
"September 1, 2010 -The Perfect Time to End the Slaughter of American Horses:
At the moment, the news is rife with stories about the level of equine neglect in the United States, with many of the articles blaming the "unintended consequences" of closing the US horse slaughter plants and calling for them to be reopened. But in reality, we are coming up on a once in a lifetime opportunity to get rid of this abominable practice once and for all. To understand this apparent paradox, one needs to get past unsubstantiated myths to the real forces at play in the market.
First, one needs to understand that it is completely impossible to blame the current glut of excess horses on the closing of the slaughter plants because the closings simply sent the horses over the Mexican and Canadian borders for slaughter. In 2006, the year before the closings, 142,740 American horses were slaughtered, and that number only dropped by 14% the year the plants were closed. By 2008, slaughter was back to the second highest level in almost ten years.
Next, it is necessary to understand what really causes neglect, and that is unemployment. After years of studying the relationship between neglect rates and slaughter volumes, I had concluded that there was no relationship whatever. Then I looked at the rates of neglect in Illinois in comparison with unemployment in the state. The correlation was striking...
What is needed is for congress to pass HR 503/S727, banning the slaughter and export to slaughter of American horses. This action could be placed in abeyance until a trigger was reached of unemployment dropping significantly (perhaps under 8%). The result would be a smooth transition to a much more humane equine industry.
Horse slaughter is not a "necessary evil", merely an evil. Now is our opportunity to resign this practice to the dust bin of American history."
To read the entire article. Use this link: - November 10, 2010 at 5:03 PM
- AareneX said...
As often happens, Funder and I agree.
I don't want to eat horses, but it is a shame that such a large meat animal is usually wasted--euthanasia fills the carcass with toxins so that it cannot even be buried safely unless the water table is very far beneath the surface.
Christy Lee: it is generally accepted in vet text books that a properly placed bullet is effectively instant and painless to the animal. It's not a pretty death, but if a person is interested only in the comfort of the animal, then prettiness takes a distant second place. If I thought that I could be accurate when the time came, I'd choose that option for my own horses. I'm not sure I could be, and an inaccurate bullet is not painless, so I'll be obligated to go with the toxin route.
I'd be happy if we could legislate and enforce humane transportation laws. The line at the slaughterhouse goes quickly compared to the long and inhumane ride to Mexico or Alberta. - November 10, 2010 at 7:59 PM
wow what is next our dogs and cats. You sick ignorant people. Where do you draw the line? Hell lets just eat our children too. Just such a mass starvation and shortage of food in this country not!
- November 10, 2010 at 8:39 PM
- Victoria M said...
Great information here! I enjoy reading your posts.
- November 10, 2010 at 9:32 PM
Christy Lee, of course it is possible to humanely slaughter a horse.
One obvious way that springs to mind: shoot it in the brain with a powerful bullet. E.g. a .357, .223, etc.
No brain, no pain.
Also, it looks like if cattle are on bute, you need a 45 day withdrawal period until you can eat them. I'd guess the withdrawal period is as long for a horse.
So the bute is a problem, but it is surmountable.
Finally, I'm monstrous enough I'd say that we ought to be rendering our humans into animal feed. There's no reason to let all that protein and fat go to waste. - November 10, 2010 at 10:59 PM
You really should study your facts before posting. They outlawed the use of horse meat in pet food back in the 1970's because it was making dogs sick. But hey, you want to eat it? Bon Appetite'
- November 11, 2010 at 5:07 AM
Dairy cattle and beef are FOREVER prohibited from entering the food chain at ANY TIME if they have been given bute. Perhaps you should read the laws a little more carefully. God, the author of this blog is an idiot. - November 11, 2010 at 7:36 AM
- MorganLvr said...
Anon, you are wrong on several counts:
No, it is NOT possible to humanely slaughter a horse in the "assembly line" method which is needed to make a paying proposition out of slaughtering them.
To my knowledge, cattle are NOT permitted bute, but if they are, it needs investigated. Bute would not be the first banned drug that has been illegally used in food animals.
It is necessary to understand the vast differences between horses and cattle and how misleading it is to compare the two in any way. Not only are there great differences in temperament, the digestive processes are totally different. For instance, cattle may be wormed with ivermectin - banned for use in horses that are used for food - because they are ruminants. Notable, ivermectin can NOT be used in non-ruminating calves. Nor can the ivermectin marketed for horses be used in cattle.
So, IF bute can legally be used in cattle, that does NOT mean it can be used in horses. It has been proven by independent studies that horses retain bute indefinitely. This can cause serious problems because some people are extremely sensitive to this drug. That's why it was removed from the human market long ago.
As far as I'm concerned, you can eat anything you want. That doesn't mean it should be a commercial project. Poisoning yourself is one thing. Poisoning others is quite another. - November 11, 2010 at 8:18 AM
- Bruce King said...
"The use of horses as pet food was outlawed because it was making dogs sick..." I don't think that's true, but I'm open to any backup that you have for that statement. Horse meat is used as pet food in many different countries with no ill effects.
People delivering horses to the auction are now being required to provide signed statements that they've owned the horses for 30 days or more (I'm guessing for withdrawal period purposes), and that the horses are not medicated; announcement was made at the toppenish auction I attended about 3 weeks ago, and I'm sure that every other auction is doing the same thing.
Regarding dairy and beef cattle and bute -- care to back that up with a link to the appropriate law or regulation? - November 11, 2010 at 8:19 AM
You are guessing wrong Bruce. There is NO withdrawal period from Bute. NONE, ZIP, ZILCH!
- November 11, 2010 at 8:39 AM
- Bruce King said...
Regarding humane slaughter: The conversation about how the horse is rendered insensible or killed for slaughter, is a red herring in my opinion. Horses are killed every day by their owners for a variety of reasons. that's something that can be tackled in regulating the slaughterhouses. Right now there IS NO regulation by the USA of horse slaughter because it's being done in other countries. I'd rather see it be done here so that we can regulate practices that are of concern.
(manes and tails, a horse rescue organization - NOT an unbiased source by any means, in their link, states that a 9mm or .357 shot is a humane and instant kill for a horse. http://www.manesandtailsorganization.org/captive_bolt.htm They also make the statement that "...Carbon Monoxide – this method saturates the tissues and leaves residues thereby making the meat inedible.", which is both misleading and incorrect. CO2, Carbine Dioxide) is the gas that is often used in slaughter to render animals unconcious, not CO, and CO is widely used in meat packaging and GRAS (generally recognized as safe) for that use.
The slaughter issue is a red herring by folks who would like to end all horse slaughter by any method, even those that horse rescue operations admit are humane. - November 11, 2010 at 8:39 AM
- Bruce King said...
Christy Lee: You've made that statement twice. Please back it up with something other than your opinion. I'm not an expert on drugs or withdrawal periods -- and I'm guessing neither are you. So please do provide a link to the appropriate reference or regulation.
- November 11, 2010 at 8:47 AM
Here Bruce...chew on this: "The United States Food and Drug Administration released a document in 2003 establishing that phenylbutazone (Butazolidin, or Bute) is not fit for horses intended for the food chain. According to the document, Bute is a carcinogen, as determined by the National Toxicology Program. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) recently released a document establishing revised guidelines or horses intended to be slaughtered in slaughter houses in Canada. In that document there is a list of substances that are not permitted for horses intended for the human foodchain, regardless of when the substance is ingested. No quarantine period for these substances. They are simply banned. Bute is on that list."
- November 11, 2010 at 8:48 AM
- Bruce King said...
That's interesting, Christy -- now provide the source of that quotation. There are withdrawal periods for bute, and I quote: "Past recommendations for slaughter withdrawal were of a minimum 45 days for the first dose, with another five days added for each day of therapy beyond the first."
If horse owners are juicing their animals with stuff that is carcinogenic and harmful, what does that say about them? - November 11, 2010 at 9:00 AM
IF, you knew anything about HORSES, they are born with an uncanny sence of feeling danger. They want to flee..Just like a MOTHER has the 6th sence when something is wrong, it is a natural instinct. Except for the fact that anyone can put their picture and post anything with out true education, you have no clue. Ah, atleast I can lay my head down on my pillow at night knowing I am filled with compassion. Instead of working on the real issues of over breeding and the Race horss being used at 2 years of age before their legs are developed, you too are looking for the easy way out and like the other people are looking for the big buck and 5 mins of fame. We could put all the truths right onfront of you and you would still not get it, cause you either have it or you do not, compassion and a sence of right and GOOD....Horses are still used in dog food, there is a plant in New Jersy called Bravo Paking..Amanda Sorvino and Grandad Paul Sorvino (movie Star)have been fighting them
- November 11, 2010 at 9:01 AM
Harmful to HUMANS...not to the horses..Bruce King and the other meds are the ones that do not leave ahorses body. Google, med used in horses
- November 11, 2010 at 9:03 AM
http://www.kaufmanzoning.net/ This is the best website for getting oneself educated on horse slaugther and the realities of it.
- November 11, 2010 at 9:05 AM
http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/features/horseslaughter-123.shtml Another good read.
- November 11, 2010 at 9:07 AM
Posted links, and they are not showing...
- November 11, 2010 at 9:12 AM
Horse owners juicing their horses! Seriously man, educate yourself!
Do you think all those sport horses performing and making money for their owners, getting injuries in the process should not have pain medication?? Bute is a NSAID, so commonly given to horses it is called the aspirin of the horse world.
I challenge you to find one racehorse that has not beeen given Bute, and by that I mean I horse that has raced, not just the breed!
Better yet, go pick up a package of wormer for horses, read the package and take note of the section that states "not intended for animals destined for food" Do you propose that horses not be treated for worms??
Here is an unbiased document I can only hope will help inform you, but I have my doubts. You seem to just be set in your completely wrong opinion, which is sad. However, I can say it is people like you that energize those of us that do care about animals and human health, so thanks for that!
(oh and just so you know - this is a link from the Equine Welfare Alliance, it was not written by them) - November 11, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- November 11, 2010 at 9:19 AM
- Bruce King said...
I've gotten a number of comments from folks with links to this or that horse rescue operation. Typically they're one line emails "Please read this!!".
I'm no longer going to publish that sort of link. Write your opinion, say what your point is, and then provide a link to anything that supports or backs up your opinion and I'll post that.
Take the time to make your point and back it up. I get that many people are emotional about this, and I've published enough of that here to show that point. Now move on. - November 11, 2010 at 9:19 AM
This Must be a Pro slaughter writer that only support his own agenda which is pure ignorance..
Knowing there are drugs in horses like wormers, brute and steriods..
Horse slaughter also promotes abuse and neglect which is against the law..
This article and writer should be jailed and fined.
I can surely bet he or she has never donated to a horse rescue in there lifetime.. - November 11, 2010 at 9:23 AM
- Bruce King said...
Lets see what the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has to say:
"The AVMA and other AHSPA opponents contend that the assault of the anti-horse-slaughter coalition, led by HSUS, on the federally regulated horse slaughter industry has, in fact, led to the current welfare crisis. Unwanted horses fared much better when they were transported under government supervision to U.S. regulated facilities and humanely euthanized, they say. (Cavel International Inc., the foreign-owned operator of the Illinois slaughter plant, is appealing the state ban to the U.S. Supreme Court.)
"The reality is, proponents of this legislation have done nothing to address the real issue here, and, in fact, by seeking to ban horse slaughter, they have made things significantly worse," said Dr. Mark Lutschaunig, director of the AVMA Governmental Relations Division. Opponents of the federal ban say its supporters should instead focus their energies on addressing what to do with the some 100,000 horses relinquished by their owners each year to slaughter
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jan08/080115a.asp - November 11, 2010 at 9:35 AM
This is why I continue to read... I thoroughly enjoy watching you make people mad by stating facts. Also, I would believe most of the people getting mad are horse people.
So why would they approve of giving their horses these chemicals to begin with? You are suggesting a much more efficient process for ending these animals life, so why do these people disagree? I still have not heard a viable option from any of the haters for how to fix the problem. idealism. - November 11, 2010 at 9:51 AM
- Funder said...
Jeannie, the slaughterhouse in NJ was underground, unlicensed, totally illegal. It has nothing to do with humane horse slaughter. And Bruce isn't a horse owner - why on earth should he work on ending futurities or overbreeding or any of that? He has his own priorities.
Bruce, horse owners who use bute aren't bad people - it irritates the stomach, like all NSAIDS, but otherwise it's not harmful to horses. It's overused, but so is ibuprofin in humans.
Any horse owner desperate enough to run a horse through auction will sign any piece of paper you want. Individual owners like to believe their precious pookie is going to a loving 4H home, large breeders dumping unsold stock just don't care what happens, and the kill buyers really don't care where the horses came from. Nobody's breeding horses for food, because the prices are too low, so nobody's using best practices for food animals. - November 11, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Here is the link that you requested, Bruce:
http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm124078.htm - November 11, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- Bruce King said...
Funder -- the same is true for many animal owners at auctions. Our current system of selling animals at auction provides anonymity for the seller, and I'm certain that animals have entered the food chain that shouldn't have via auction.
that's one of the reasons that I think that an animal ID system that allows you to track where an animal has come from is a good idea, even though their are vocal opponents to any animal ID system. - November 11, 2010 at 9:58 AM
- Funder said...
Yeah, as much as I hate the idea of NAIS, a working ID system would really help auction buyers. Still, NIMBY - I don't want to register my horse and goats with anybody!
- November 11, 2010 at 10:01 AM
Airspace - wow. So if someone writes a controversial thought they should be fined and jailed?
You obviously disagree, why don't you thoughtfully put it in writing so we can see you point of view, and not the stalinistic views you hold.
Barry - November 11, 2010 at 10:11 AM
- Valerie said...
Bruce, IN OTHER COUNTRIES horses are RAISED as livestock and they AREN'T given the toxic chemicals that we routinely give our horses (our pets) here, which is why horse meat is no longer used in pet food here - as it is TOXIC to pets! Why don't you truly educate yourself on a topic before you start spouting off about something you obviously know nothing about. You stated "What faces many horse owners now is that there is just no good way to dispose of a horse"; that is a COMPLETE LIE! I have put a horse to sleep as that was the responsible thing to do, he was our much loved companion for many years and once his health deteriorated to the point of suffering as his owner and protector it was our job to call the vet and have him HUMANLY euthanized. I have never owned a rank/mean horse, but I've know people who did and they knew the responsible thing was to put a bullet in the horse's head to protect anyone from being injured. A person who is starving a horse is not doing it because slaughter isn't an available option, they are doing it becuase they can't afford to feed the horse and don't know what to do - having slaughter available in the US wouldn't change the percentage of starving or abused horses in this country at all. The reason slaughter is promoted is due MONEY and human greed; the AQHA promotes slaughter because the more horses that are breed the more registration fees they receive. There is no withdrawal period on many of the drugs we give our horses on a routine basis, meaning that once they have been give that drug they are not EVER intended to wind up as a meal for humans or pets. But again greedy aholes step in and they are going to lie through there teeth about the horse not having received anything. Don't you think that if a kill buyer buys a horse for $50 and can sell it to a horrific death (watch the youTube videos - I can post a couple good links for you) for $600 that he won't hesitate to lie on a form when there is no penalty for lying. I'll tell you another thing, a starving horse has a chance - he is not dead and many a horse has been rescued and brought back from starvation. A slaughtered horse has no chance. Many people have had their prized horse or family pet (horse) stolen right out of their pasture by people looking to make a quick $ - can you imagine the horror of finding out that your beloved animal was sold to slaughter - you admit is gruesome. When slaughter occurred here in the US there were PLENTY of cases of horrible abuse and injuries. The USDA has released those photos and reports under the FOIA. WE DO NOT WANT OUR HORSES TO BE IN DANGER OF SLAUGHTER HERE OR ANYWHERE, THEY ARE NOT LIVESTOCK, THEY ARE OUR FAMILY! That would be like eating grandma. Like every responsible horse owner, I worm my horses regularly (every 6-8 wks) and every wormed states "not intended for horses destined for slaughter", I use bute (a Non-Steroid-Anti-Inflammatory-Drug)to ease my horses discomfort when he is sore (just like people take Ibupropen), I give Penicillin when there is infection, antihistimines for allergies, etc, etc. Answers to the problems, stop breeder incentives, have fees for every registration that go to legitimate horse rescue organizations and to fund retirement, stop breeding inferior horses, get the economy back on its feet (which by the way horse people contribute GREATLY to the economy - farriers, vets, feed stores, tack stores, grooming supplies, supplements, drugs, etc, etc,- every horse makes a significant contribution to the economy). The breed associations refuse to recognize that right now there is no market, yet they keep incentivizing people to breed more horses.
- November 11, 2010 at 10:35 AM
build a horse slaughter plant on a Native American reservation?
- November 11, 2010 at 11:01 AM
To me, it seems infinitely more cruel to leave unwanted horses to starve to death than it is to send them to a slaughtering facility. At least that is relatively quick. With adequate water, it can take a horse months of suffering and torment before it finally starves to death. People seem to think that there are enough rescue operations to take in all these unwanted horses, but there isn't. And shipping them thousands of miles to be butchered in Mexico or Canada is cruel as well, plus a waste on resources (think of all the gas burned to get them there). If people can't afford to care for their horses any longer, they should be able to send them to an inspected, regulated, US slaughter facility, especially since the market in horses has dropped and its hard to find someone else to take on your hungry animals that you can't afford. I've butchered my own animals as well as hunted for game, and am convinced a relatively rapid death is more humane than drawn out suffering. And for the record, I own my own horses, and care for them well.
- November 11, 2010 at 11:12 AM
In China and Korea they eat dogs so should we start eating digs here,too?
In California the slaughter and transport to slaughter of horses has been outlawed and there is no increase of cases of abandoned or starving horses since then.In fact,the selling of horses to slaughter for profit actually gives the incentive to breed more horses,not less.And many people are now afraid to sell or give away their horses out of fear that they will end up on the slaughter truck so it actually increases the cases of horse neglect.
Horses are used as therapy animals or they carry us on their backs.Horses trust humans and as a thanks they get loaded on trucks;little ponies with large draft horses and then unloaded where they can smell the blood and death.They often arrive with broken legs and necks and open wounds.
By the way,ask the people of the communities that had horse slaughter plants and they will tell you of pools of decaying blood and carcasses and entrails rotting outside and what-not.They needed years to clean up the mess after the plants closed.
The whole idea is just so wrong on so many levels. - November 11, 2010 at 11:51 AM
The problem that should also be addressed here is the over breeding of horses that goes on in this country! Check out how many thoroughbred, Quarter horses, Appaloosas and paints are registered in this country every year. How many of those horses end up in good homes and how many end up going to slaughter. Not to mention the back yard breeding that goes on with on count on how many unregistered horses are born every year in this country!!
- November 11, 2010 at 12:11 PM
Funder - you are incorrect. Bravo Packing is still in operation. Look it up, they have a website, and they do still kill horses for zoos etc...
Beyond that, not all people that send their horses to auction are desperate, unfortunately, like you, they are uneducated and clueless of the facts. - November 11, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- damae said...
Wow, Bruce, you found a hornets nest!!!!
I only see too much emotion and not much common sense in those against horse slaughter. I have certainly never heard that horse meat was making dogs or cats sick in the '70's. and a quick google search reveals nothing of the kind.
I'll end with a quote from Shakespeare:
"Your worm is your only emperor for your diet:
We fat all creatures else to fat us.
And we fat ourselves for maggots." - November 11, 2010 at 8:53 PM
I greatly dislike the implied connection between "if we dont let them slaugther, theyll just abandon/starve/other horribleness them instead"
Whatever happened to euthanasia for pets? and responsible practices of spaying/neutering as a natural part of ownership of PETS? because in present day america, that does seem to be what horses fall under.
Often this blog tries to be a voice of reason for responsible husbandry of animals, For instance, Bruce himself repeatedly brings up the notion to not buy into "fads" in livestock (emus, kangaroos, goats ect.) unless there is a market. Likewise, why breed your horse if:
1, Theres a surplus on the market.
2, you are unable to sell the subsequent offspring.
3, your horse is NOT the best damn horse ever, ensuring the value of the stock.
A great deal of the horses that are being starved ect, seems (to me atleast) to be bred and neglected, and subsequently sent to slaugther by people who should bother doing research, rather than look for an easy outlet for their back-yard bred horse.
I personally have no moral qualms about eating an animal, if the animal in question was raised for consumption and regulated and kept for consumption. Much as i would want to put good safe and LEGAL beef/pork/chicken on my plate, i would want the same if it came to Emu,Ostrich/Kangaroo/Horse, heck even Guinea pig/Whale if i ever go to the respective countries.
(I wrote an anonymous post higher up, but if im gonna keep having an opinion, i might aswell have a name to go with it.) - November 12, 2010 at 6:30 AM


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For manly men who enjoy the scent of rum, brine, cedar, and - of course - cotton candy.
Thanks to Alyssa B., Kathy B., Haley L., Jodi B., Camille W., and Naresh S., who think karaoke night just got a lot more interesting.
When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong.
The news either gets more depressing or more ridiculous every day. I think I'll take the more ridiculous, as it provides you two with some awesome material!
Love the microphone XD
You know, I thought bakers would *want* people to eat their cakes, not make them into body parts that no one wants to even *think* about!
Here...you can have the slice of butt crack! Yummmm. Not.
Don't we tell kids not to put toys in their mouth?
I wish I had this wv yesterday!
Cybomom is 1/2 cyborg & 1/2 mom
Now that's how I like my news!
That poor pirate has no mouth -- how can he (she?) say arrrrrrrhhhh?
wv - redisho
I think I'll cut up a redisho ver this cake -- a nice change from carrot jockeys.
I'm still laughing at "Man Valley's Toot Sweet".
My verification word is "seste", which is pretty close.
That's not a three-flippered, one- footed penguin in that first cake?
I feel slightly disappointed.
Hmm, are you sure that first cake is a deformed dolphin? I thought it looked more like a deformed albino penguin. With an iceberg off to the right.
I too thought that was some kind of Chernobyl penguin on the first cake. "Congratulations on your new Ta-Tas"??? .
And "Man Valley Toot Sweet"- I know the Chinese eat moon cakes but they're different :-)
My wv is very appropriate today:
Shaty: Today's cakes are all pretty shaty
I'm not sure "congrats on your new ta-ta's" works on any sort of cake, whether wrecky or not. It frightens me.
That really looks NOTHING like a microphone.
Happy Tenth Birthday?
Kids grow up too quickly these days.
I think I got a Barbie doll for my first birthday. This lucky girl gets a personal massager cake. Sooo jealous.
OMG. I really have no other words for the "microphone".
I really like how the "butt crack" was obviously made by someone dragging a finger through the icing. It just adds a touch of class that you don't often find in butt crack cakes. And of course, the imagery that thought brings with it is just lovely.
I like how the "butt crack" was obviously made by someone dragging a finger through the frosting. It adds a touch of class that you just don't find that often in butt crack cakes. Also, the imagery that thought brings with it is just lovely.
I think the butt cake and the warthog are both well done...although offputting as something to put in your mouth!
I just noticed the photo credit on the pig cake-- it's one pair of glowing red eyes away from an obscure Amityville reference.
XD XD that SO does not look like a microphone
That's a dolphin? I thought it was a Dr. Moreau experiment combining the head of a penguin, an extra flipper, and the tail of a pregnant mermaid.
Nothing says "I Love You" like a warthog-shaped cake.
Crack Ills!
-- rocketride
I have to say, I do kind of like the warthog. I'm not sure he's appetizing, but he's...winsome, in a warthoggy kind of way.
That thing on the first cake is the reason I never go in the water...who knows what kind of horrible mutant might be in there.... And, I hope that the recepient of the microphone/sex toy combo cake is celebtrating 10 years in dog time, not human time....baaaaad parents.....
wv - sylaqu: These cakes are so bad you just can't cut the bakers any sylaqu.
That dolphin is too good! :) HAHA!
I choked on my coffee when I saw the "microphone" cake. Dear god, that was for a girl's 10th birthday? If I was her parent, I would have refused to pay for it and grabbed an ice cream cake from the local Carvel/Ben & Jerry's/Dairy Queen.
But not before I took a snap of the cake so I could show it to my friends and we could laugh hysterically over it.
ok but the first one looks like the result of a bird and dolphin hook up!
the plumber's cake gives new meaning to the phrase "this tastes like ass"
And I can only hope that the new ta-tas don't look as much like bowls as her cake.
Nozadolphin on za furst cayke!Nazooduc!
The ta-ta's comment throw me for a loop. Let nip that one in the bud...
My first thought on seeing the "microphone" cake (code word for "sex toy") was, "My God, who on earth would let a 10 year old see this??? Somebody call Child Services!"
Maybe I'm just really childish, but the line that made me laugh out loud was "It's a (booby) trap."
Dolphin? Microphone? OK, if you say so.......
I made a birthday cake with a microphone on it once. I swear it looked like a mic, but I got ribbed for giving my (male, straight, married) friend a cake with a penis on it.
According to the article, there is actually video of the snake/ta-ta incident available on YouTube. In case anyone is interested.
Hey, where'd everyone go?
I thought the microphone cake was a test tube. Maybe its because I'm a science student. Maybe my mind is pure and innocent. What we know is nobody thinks "Hey, that's a microphone!"
I agree with others, it looks more like a penguin with 3 flippers. If it was supposed to be a dolphin, it is even worse than I though!
Are you sure that's a dolphin? I thought it was a mutant duck...or something. LOL!
Totally thought the "microphone" cake said "Happy 10" Birthday"
Yeah, I'm voting sex toy on that last one...
I don't know about 10 year olds today, but when I was 10 I would have thought "Why am I getting a cake shaped like a bullet or is it a submarine." I have no brothers and was a pretty innocent kid.
WV: princimm: What you give the principal to keep him from calling your parents. or what a chocoholic prom queen takes to the prom.
As a cake it's pretty wrecky, but if you're going to make a warthog cake, I'd guess it would look like that.
This should be aptly titled "Creepiest Cakes." I don't know how I would feel if someone were to bit into my breast or butt crack.
BIG GIGGLES at that last one (: (: (:
omg! over half of these were on the taping on npr's "wait wait don't tell me" i went to last week!!!!!! they would definitely appreciate the boob cake for the snake (they talked about that for a good 20 minutes haha!)
Imagine being the blushing recipient of the ta-tas cake...if you weren't expecting it.
all PA annoucements are obscene- I work in a place where we are regularly interrupted by PA announcements which tell us that they are testing the PA system
what flavoured cake would be used for the butt one?
#1 The epic struggle for survival between penguin and squid ends in a draw. I never knew they were natural enemies..
#2 Someone thought of this and ordered it, while someone else agreed to make it. And they say good taste is dead?!
#3 "Well sure, there's no buckle, no fly and two patch pockets in front, but how can we make SURE people know which end is up? ...I know!" [Extends Fickle Finger of Fate]
#4 What's inside -- deviled ham?
#5 It's about time that the story of Pinkbeard the Pirate was told!
#6 The question is, is this a faithful *reproduction* of the customer's wishes or did the wreckerator flunk Propriety 101? Couldn't we have made the notes bigger or included a stand to better convey the concept of 'microphone'? Maybe squared off the lower end? Something?
I'm just glad no states, cities, place names or traditions were harmed in the creation of today's post.
I actually thought the "plumber butt" cake was adorable!!! I might have to make one of those!!!
Love the site!!! Keeps me laughing!!!
Mental note: never take a drink from my cup while reading Cake Wrecks. The "new Ta-Ta's" almost killed my computer....;)
I LOVE this site!!
My first thought on seeing that microphone is why on earth is someone giving a vibrator cake to a ten year old?? Lol I honestly would not of figured that was a microphone and I just bet the wreckerator did that on purpose. And that manly perfume lmao when I saw the butt crack guy.. scary.
Is that a "Dolphiguin" on Lisa's cake?
And the butt crack...looks more like a canyon than a crack.
I'm definitely getting "Whispers of Wharthog" (WOW) for my husband for Christmas this year.
Great Job, J&J (I'll leave it to y'all to fight it out for whose "J" is first.)
I actually like the warthog cake.
hahahahaha- thanks I needed that!
BTW: What's up with that Dolphin's flipper? Or the extra one?
wv: dapho- A poor gentleman.
"He's a very dapho in his Sunday best"
At least the second pic is accurate with the rather large seams where it connects back to the "body"...
my 4yo daughter, and 5 yo old son literalyl fought out loud, anout whether that is a dolphin or a penguin... for about 20 minutes... it was BAD... bad wreckerator... bad, bad, bad...
I want that butt-crack cake! Wish I'd had that for my birthday!
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The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is an animated film directed by Ralph Bakshi, and released to theaters in 1978. It was an adaptation of the first half of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Bakshi's most ambitious effort (and his most famous after his animated adaptation of the underground comic Fritz the Cat), the film was produced by Saul Zaentz's Fantasy Films, and distributed to theaters by United Artists.
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Long ago, in the early years of the Second Age, the great Elven-smiths forged Rings of Power — Nine for mortal Men, Seven for the Dwarf-lords, and three for the fair Elf-rulers. But then, the Dark Lord Sauron learned the craft of ring-making and made the Master Ring — The One Ring to rule them all. With the One Ring, Middle-earth is his and he cannot be overcome. As the last alliance of Men and Elves fell beneath his power, the Ring fell into the hands of Prince Isildur of the mighty kings from across the sea. However, he did not destroy the ring, and, because of this, the spirit of Sauron lived on and began to take shape and grow again.
The Ring had a will of its own, and had a way of slipping from hand to hand, so that it might at last get back to its master. The Ring lay in the bottom of a lake for thousands of years. During those years, Sauron captured the nine Rings that were made for Men and turned their owners into the Ringwraiths - terrible shadows under his great shadow who roamed the world searching for the One Ring.
The Ring, meanwhile, was found by two friends. One of them, Sméagol, was so enticed by the Ring's power that he killed his friend Déagol to get it. Sméagol possessed the Ring for hundreds of years, during which it warped him into a twisted, gurgling wretch known only as Gollum, until his "Precious" was discovered (some might say stolen) by the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.
Several years later, in a land called the Shire, Bilbo is celebrating his 111th (or eleventy-first, as it is called) birthday, on the same day that his nephew Frodo celebrates his 33rd birthday (his "coming of age"). During his speech, Bilbo slips the Ring on, and confusion arises as the party notices that their host has suddenly disappeared into thin air!
Gandalf the wizard, however, knows the truth behind this act. In Bilbo's hobbit hole, Gandalf tells him to leave the Ring for Frodo, but Bilbo seems unwilling to give it up. He does, finally, agree to do so, and leaves the Shire.
Gandalf realizes that the "magic" ring is in fact the One Ring forged by Sauron, the evil lord. He knows the Shire is in danger - soon Sauron will learn that the Ring is in the possession of a Baggins and send his "wraiths" after him. Heeding Gandalf's advice, Frodo leaves his home, taking the Ring with him. He hopes to reach Rivendell, where he will be safe from Sauron, and where those wiser than him can decide what to do about the Ring. In his journey, he is accompanied by three hobbit friends, Pippin, Merry, and Sam. From the start, they are pursued by Black Riders (Sauron's Ringwraiths or Nazgûl). Narrowly escaping these and other dangers and meeting other interesting characters en route, they eventually come to Bree, where they meet Strider (who ultimately reveals himself to be Aragorn, heir to the Throne of Gondor), another friend of Gandalf who leads them the rest of the way to Rivendell through further hardships. Frodo is stabbed upon the mountain of Weathertop by the chief of the Nazgûl, with a "Morgul blade" — as part of the knife stays inside him, he gets sicker on the rest of the journey.
At Rivendell, Frodo meets his uncle Bilbo whom he had not seen since he left Hobbiton years before; Bilbo seems much older and weaker, and, for a terrible moment, is once again held in sway of the Ring. Bilbo, Gandalf, and others argue about what should be done with the One Ring. Finally, Frodo stands up, and willfully volunteers to go to Mordor, where the Ring can be destroyed. Frodo sets forth from Rivendell with eight companions: two Men, Aragorn and Boromir, son of the Steward of the land of Gondor; an Elven prince, Legolas; Frodo's old friend and powerful wizard, Gandalf; Gimli the Dwarf; and Frodo's original three hobbit companions. These Nine Walkers were chosen to represent all the free races of Middle-earth and as a balance to the Nine Riders.
Their attempt to cross the Misty Mountains is foiled by heavy snow, so they are forced to take a path under the mountains via Moria, an ancient Dwarf kingdom, now full of Orcs and other evil creatures, where Gandalf falls into the abyss after battling a Balrog. The remaining eight members of the Fellowship then spend some time in the Elf-haven of Lothlórien, where they receive gifts from the Elf queen Galadriel that in many cases prove useful later in the quest. They leave Lórien by river, but Frodo begins to realize the Ring is having a malevolent effect on some members of the party - especially Boromir, who tries to take the Ring from Frodo. In the process, Frodo puts it on to escape him. Later, Boromir is killed by Orcs while trying to defend Merry and Pippin, whom the Orcs capture.
Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas, tracking Merry and Pippin, come across the Riders of Rohan who tell them that they attacked the Orcs the previous night and left no survivors.
However, Aragorn is able to find small prints and they follow these into Fangorn Forest, where they meet a white wizard who they at first believe to be Saruman, but who turns out to be their wizard friend Gandalf, whom they believed had perished in the mines of Moria. He tells them of his fall into the abyss, his battle to the death with the Balrog and his reawakening.
The four ride to Rohan's capital, Edoras, and persuade King Théoden that his people are in danger. In the process, Saruman's agent in Edoras, Gríma Wormtongue, who had been keeping Théoden subdued and weak for years, is expelled from the city. Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas then travel to the defensive fortification Helm's Deep while Gandalf goes north in search of Éomer's men in the north of Rohan to bring as reinforcements.
Hobbits Merry and Pippin escape from the Orcs who captured them when the orcs themselves are attacked by the Riders of Rohan. Merry and Pippin head into nearby Fangorn Forest where they encounter Treebeard, a treelike giant known as an Ent. These guardians of the forest generally keep to themselves, but are moved to oppose the menace posed to the trees by the wizard Saruman.
At Helm's Deep, Théoden's forces resist an onslaught of Orcs and Men sent by Saruman, and Gandalf arrives the next morning with the Riders of Rohan just in time. The fleeing orcs run into a forest of Huorns — creatures halfway between tree and Ent — and none escape. Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Gandalf and the army of Rohan then head to Saruman's stronghold at Isengard.
Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam discover Gollum stalking them as they try to reach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. Gollum hopes to reclaim the Ring. Sam loathes and distrusts him, but Frodo pities him, and so lets him live in return for guidance to Mount Doom. Gollum promises to lead them to a secret entrance to Mordor. Gollum, who is briefly torn between keeping his word to Frodo and reclaiming his "Precious," is ominously overheard to say "she might help us..." as he leads Frodo and Sam to Cirith Ungol.
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Character Actor | Role |
John A. Neris | Gandalf (character actor) |
Sharon Baird | Frodo (character actor) |
Michael Lee Gogin | Character Actor |
Paul Gale | Character Actor |
Patrick Sullivan Burke | Character Actor |
Billy Barty | Bilbo, Sam (character actor) |
Donn Whyte | Character Actor |
Trey Wilson | Character Actor |
Albert Ash (Albert Cirimele) | Character Actor |
Patty Maloney | Character Actor |
Jere Rae Mansfield (Jeri Lea Ray) | Character Actor |
Felix Silla | Character Actor |
Mike Clifford | Character Actor |
Larry Larsen | Character Actor |
Art Hern | Character Actor |
David Dotson | Character Actor |
Tommy Madden | Character Actor |
Gary Jensen | Character Actor |
Aesop Aquarian | Character Actor |
Santy Josol | Character Actor |
Stan Barrett | Character Actor |
John L. | Character Actor |
Herbie Braha (Herb Braha) | Character Actor |
Sam Laws | Character Actor |
Hank Calia | Character Actor |
Terry Leonard | Character Actor |
Frank Delfino | Character Actor |
Peter Looney | Character Actor |
Russ Earnest | Character Actor |
Dennis Madalone | Character Actor |
Louis Elias | Character Actor |
Robert 'Big Buck' Maffei (Buck Maffei) | Character Actor |
Edoardo Faieta (Eddy Fay) | Character Actor |
Jerry Maren | Character Actor |
Carmen Filpi | Character Actor |
Harry Monty | Character Actor |
Ruth Gay | Character Actor |
Frank Morson | Character Actor |
Leonard P. Geer (Lenny Gear) | Character Actor |
Walter Robles (Walt Robles) | Character Actor |
Harriett Gibson | Character Actor |
Mic Rodgers | Character Actor |
Bob Haney | Character Actor |
Angelo Rossitto | Character Actor |
Chuck Hayward | Character Actor |
Peter Risch (Pete Risch) | Character Actor |
Eddie Hice (Eddy Hice) | Character Actor |
Jack Verbois | Character Actor |
Loren Janes | Character Actor |
Gregg Walker | Character Actor |
Lucille Bliss (uncredited) | Character Actor |
Mel Smith (uncredited) | Character Actor |
Scenes[edit | edit source]
- "Credits" (0:40)
- "Prologue: A Ring's Tale" (3:41)
- "Bilbo's Farewell" (2:05)
- "Frodo's Quest" (6:24)
- "Saruman's Sorcery" (2:43)
- "Sinister Horseman" (4:19)
- "Inn at Bree" (3:52)
- "Aragorn's Vow" (3:54)
- "Black Riders Invade" (2:50)
- "Rider Swordsman" (4:19)
- "Cornered" (5:59)
- "Wall of Water" (2:39)
- "Gandalf's Update" (2:51)
- "Council of Elrond" (4:39)
- "Frodo's Quest Renewed" (2:19)
- "Change in Route" (2:40)
- "Grabbed at the Gateway" (2:44)
- "Inside the Mine" (3:04)
- "Under Siege" (3:51)
- "Balrog Strikes" (0:39)
- "Homage to Gandalf" (3:27)
- "Galadriel's Test" (3:05)
- "Borimir's Madness" (sic) (4:21)
- "Borimir's Sacrifice" (sic) (0:49)
- "Following the Orcs" (5:12)
- "Whiteskins Attack" (4:55)
- "The Gollum" (1:36)
- "Escape in Mid-battle" (4:38)
- "Treebeard" (3:24)
- "Back from the Abyss" (1:55)
- "Théoden of Rohan" (3:48)
- "Gollum Gets Touchy" (4:57)
- "The Orcs Advance" (4:42)
- "Cave Retreat" (4:36)
- "Two Weary Hobbits" (2:50)
- "Outnumbered" (2:05)
- "Gandalf Triumphant" (3:19)
- "End Credits" (2:34)
Differences from the book[edit | edit source]
The movie makes a few deviations from the book, but overall follows Tolkien's narrative quite closely. Many parts of the novel explaining the transition from one part of the plot to another were omitted which makes the middle part of the movie somewhat difficult to follow, if the viewer is unfamiliar with the story.
- In the film's prologue it is suggested that the Elves created the 19 Rings of Power for their Kings, and for those of the Dwarves and Men. Sauron then learned the craft of ring-making after that. In the original story it is Sauron who teaches the Elven smiths this ability, and only after their defiance he distributed them to the Dwarves and Men.
- Another prologue deviation suggests that the Last Alliance of Men and Elves was losing the war, which contradicts the original story.
- As in Tolkien's novel, Saruman the White adopts the title "Saruman of Many Colours"; however, his robes are neither white nor multi-coloured, but red.
- Saruman is sometimes called "Aruman". It is believed that this name was derived to keep viewers from confusing the character with Sauron, but it is not done consistently.
- The film greatly condenses Frodo's journey from Bag End to Bree; for example, Crickhollow, Brandy Hall, the Old Forest, and the Barrow-downs do not appear. Tom Bombadil also does not appear in the film.
- The scene where the Nazgûl arrive in the hobbits' room at The Prancing Pony and begin slashing at their beds only to find that they are not there, and pillows have been placed to form the figures of their bodies is not in the book. A passage does appear that states that hobbit beds wind up slashed during the night, but the townsfolk of Bree are the perpetrators, not the Nazgûl. This scene also appears in Jackson's version.
- Just as in Jackson's films, the first elf which the hobbits and Aragorn encounter on their journey is changed -- this time to Legolas.
- Arwen does not appear, nor is she mentioned.
- Aragorn carries a broken sword (presumably Narsil) up to the Rivendell section of the story, where he presents it at the Council of Elrond. However, the sword's reforging into Andúril is never shown (or mentioned) in the film, even though Aragorn carries an unbroken blade for the remainder of the film.
- Gimli appears to be about the same height as the rest of the non-hobbits in the Fellowship.
- There is no mention of the Uruk-hai, or, at least, they are not at all differentiated from the regular Orcs.
- Éowyn makes only a brief appearance and has no spoken dialogue.
- While Éomer is mentioned, he is never officially identified (thus, he also has no spoken dialogue). Also, as in the Jackson films, it is he and his forces with whom Gandalf arrives near the end of the Battle of Helm's Deep instead of Erkenbrand's.
- Faramir does not appear, nor is he mentioned.
- The "Fires of Isengard" appear as magical projectiles.
Production[edit | edit source]
Animation[edit | edit source]
Much of the film used live-action footage which was then rotoscoped to produce an animated look [1] [2]. This saved production costs and arguably gave the animated characters a more realistic look. For the live-action portion of the production, Bakshi and his cast and crew arrived in Spain where the rotoscope models acted out their parts in costume. The actions of Bilbo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee were performed by Billy Barty. Sharon Baird performed the part of Frodo and John A. Neris was Gandalf. [3]
Of the rotoscoping, Bakshi said "I didn't start thinking about shooting the film totally in live action until I saw it really start to work so well. I learned lots of things about the process, like rippling. One scene, some figures were standing on a hill and a big gust of wind came up and the shadows moved back and forth on the clothes and it was unbelievable in animation. I don't think I could get the feeling of cold on the screen without showing snow or an icicle on some guy's nose. The characters have weight and they move correctly."
"Making two pictures (the live action reference and the actual animated feature) in two years is crazy. Most directors when they finish editing, they are finished; we were just starting. I got more than I expected. The crew is young. The crew loves it. If the crew loves it, it's usually a great sign. They aren't older animators trying to snow me for jobs next year."[4]
Following the live-action shoot, each frame of the live footage was then broken down into individual frames, and then printed out, and placed behind animation cels. The details of each frame were copied and painted onto cels. Both the live-action and animated sequences were storyboarded. [5] [6] [7]
Voice cast[edit | edit source]
After finishing in Spain, Bakshi went to the BBC's recording studios in London. He cast several stars - William Squire, John Hurt - and used several of the BBC Repertory Company's stock actors, like Peter Woodthorpe, Anthony Daniels, Norman Bird and Michael Graham Cox. The actors recorded the lines with each other, but were required to pause for two seconds after each line, to smoothen the recording. This caused some stilted dialogue in the finished product[8].
Reception[edit | edit source]
The film was originally intended to be distributed as The Lord of the Rings, Part One, but United Artists dropped the "Part One" from the title, believing moviegoers would not pay full ticket prices to see half a movie. Says Ralph Bakshi: "United Artists at that time was terrified to say 'Part One.' I remember sitting in meetings screaming my head off saying, 'You can't do this!' Had it said 'Part One,' I think everyone would have respected it. But because it didn't say 'Part One,' everyone came in expecting to see the entire three books, and that's where the confusion comes in" [9]. In interviews, Bakshi sometimes referred to the film as The Lord of the Rings, Part One.
Critics were generally mixed in their responses to the film. Roger Ebert called Bakshi's effort a "mixed blessing" and "an entirely respectable, occasionally impressive job ... [which] still falls far short of the charm and sweep of the original story." Vincent Canby of the New York Times called the film "both numbing and impressive". Film website Rotten Tomatoes, which compiles reviews from a wide range of critics, gives the film a score of 50.
Despite criticism, the film grossed $30,471,420 at the box office[10] (the budget was $8 million), but United Artists, who believed the film to be a flop, refused to fund a sequel which would have completed Tolkien's story on film.
Follow-up[edit | edit source]
In light of the theatrical The Lord of the Rings, Part Two adaptation being scrapped, a means of "finishing" Tolkien's story and making it more complete for audiences then inadvertently fell on the Rankin/Bass animation studio (fresh on the heels of the success of its previous TV adaptation of The Hobbit) in producing an animated TV special based on the final part of The Lord of the Rings. Their adaptation of The Return of the King finished the story and answered most of the questions raised by Bakshi's animated film. Despite this, several unresolved story developments between the ending of The Lord of the Rings and the beginning of The Return of the King were left unexplained, especially the Ents' march on Isengard (along with Merry eventually taking up with the Army of Rohan, and Gandalf and Pippin's subsequent journey to Gondor), the betrayal of Frodo by Gollum, and the attack of Shelob the monster spider-creature on Frodo and Sam. It should be noted, however, that production for this Rankin/Bass follow-up had begun even before their version of The Hobbit had originally aired (let alone before Bakshi's theatrical film had premiered)[11], so Rankin/Bass can't be entirely blamed for this flaw in continuity.
Warner Bros. (the rights holder to the post-1974 Rankin/Bass library and most of the Saul Zaentz theatrical backlog) has released The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Return of the King on home video (VHS, DVD and Blu-ray). Both of these films are packaged separately and they are placed as a boxed-set "trilogy" of films.
External links[edit | edit source]
- The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) at Wikipedia
- The Lord of the Rings at IMDb
- The Lord of the Rings on Ralph Bakshi's website
- An Exhaustive History of Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings by Dan Olson
- Screen captures from the laserdisc edition
- Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings, Part One: A Critique - a humorous critique of the film
Licensed screen adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's works | ||
Animation | The Hobbit (1967) · The Hobbit (1977) · The Lord of the Rings (1978) · The Return of the King (1980) ·The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024, upcoming) | |
Live-action | The Lord of the Rings film series | The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) · The Two Towers (2002) · The Return of the King (2003) |
The Hobbit film series | An Unexpected Journey (2012) · The Desolation of Smaug (2013) · The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) | |
TV series | Hobitit (1993) · The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022-present) |


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I feel giddy: Max is seeing someone like him on the cover of a major magazine. Many, many people will also see this girl and get the message that, hel-lo, kids with different abilities are worthy cover models. They are worthy of being part of anything and everything the world has to offer.
In the past couple of years we've seen more inclusion of kids with special needs in mainstream media, including the Target and Nordstrom ads featuring Ryan Langston, who has Down syndrome; the girl with a wheelchair in last fall's Girl Scouts catalog; and the little girl with Down syndrome who became a swimsuit catalog model this past summer. But having a child with special needs as the cover model for a mainstream magazine is major. It's about time!
That kid is Emily Keicher, a 3-year-old from Buffalo, New York, who has spina bifida. The magazine found Emily through the Spina Bifida Association; her parents are active fundraisers.


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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
The Articles of Dragon: "Singing a New Tune"
A good case in point is Jeff Goelz's "Singing a New Tune," which appeared in issue #56 (December 1981) of Dragon. The article presents a single-class bard for use with AD&D rather than the multi-class monstrosity included at the end of the Players Handbook. At the time, never having read Doug Schwegman's original bard from Strategic Review #6 (February 1976), the idea of a bard that didn't require levels in fighter and thief beforehand was nothing short of revolutionary. In addition, Goelz's bard had a high degree of intellectual coherence. For example, his bard could cast illusionist spells in addition to druid spells, which made sense for a class of wandering performers. However, this new bard's selection of both types of spells was limited to those that made sense for the class. No longer, for example, could bards cast healing spells.
Goelz's bard is probably my favorite version of the class. If I ever decided to include them in my Dwimmermount campaign, I'd be sorely tempted to base them on this one. The PHB bard never made much sense to me and, in any event, they were unduly powerful given the archetype they were supposed to represent. I only ever allowed one PHB bard into my campaign back in the day and it did not end well. Later on, I readily used Goelz's bard and it proved a popular option for many players.
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A little before 1981 I had created my own bard class, based very much on the set-up for the Houri class from White Dwarf (which I wish somebody would do a similar thing like you are doing with Dragon).
More music based (less warrior poet I guess) skills and abilities, and the eventual magic they could do would be of a more musical, whimsical nature. In my recently ended, two year Night Below campaign one of my players ran this class of mine and just loved how it complimented his vision of the character more than the standard one.
Still, part of me would like to see the official 1st edition bard in one of my campaigns just because I've never had a player run that version.I think I understand where Gygax was coming from with his multi-class monstrosity of the AD&D Bard featured in the back of the PHB. This was a very inept and a hamfisted way of adapting a follower of Wotan (or Odin) from the Norse mythology. Wat struck me abou Norse Gods was that each and every male one of them is really a representation of a professional soldier and a combat veteran, each deity is a representation of a distinct soldier personality type at a different age/stage of masculine development. Wotan is a patron of bards. He is a middle age warrior who has lost an eye and has suffered for his wisom by being hanged upside down from the tree of life as a fool. He has recovered from the edge of death and hell by becoming a sort of trickster witha twisted sense of humor. Legend has it that Wotan takes on many disguises and that he likes tio sneak up on comfortable middle class men and drink with them, exceot that Wotan sikes his own magic into the cups of the suburbanites that he is drinking with. Those imbibing of Odin's water (for that is what it is before the Odin's touch), turn into POETS and they get wanderlust. And they get the urge to leave behind their homes and families, and to wander the world as soldiers and criminals and to write songs about the greatness of Wotan, and their own exploits and their lifestle. So, you get a bardic charcater, who is a sort of a Fighter/Thief (in D&D terms) with the gift of the gab and the stand up improvisation. Ergo we get the multi-class chimera from Gygax as well as some sort celtic "colleges" more appropriate to Druids than to followewrs of Norse Gods (not quite the Barbarians of the UA).
ReplyDeleteThis is probably the best iteration of the bard in the development of D&D. This article convinced me to buy Evangeline Walton's beautiful retelling of the Mabinogion. I can't recommend her work highly enough.
I think the original bard in the Strategic Review was a mash-up of the Celtic, Norse, and Occitan traditions. I would not be unreasonable for a class "splitter" to separate these three traditional figures into three classes (bard, skald, troubadour?).- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 6:05 PM
Brooser Bear --
The Irish filidh (poet with foretelling powers) was indeed supposed to be a warrior (but never a murderer!) who accompanied, entertained, and counseled his lord during the fighting season and the boredom of winter; and during the non-fighting season spent time on his farm; or traveled around with his band of bards, reciters, musicians, harpers, and other entertainers, making poetry and collecting gifts in exchange. They were highly educated in several fields, and were also held to have either holy or magical powers in many fields.
Gygax's level names and "colleges" were an exact carryover of filidh school grade-names, roughly corresponding to year of schooling at an Irish monk school. (Even today, the idea is that you get a doctorate after 7 years of higher education, the same length of time it took to get to become a teacher/master in Irish religious studies, brehon law, or filidh studies.)
IIRC, the druid level names were stolen from the Irish monk school grades. (Which is really really hilarious, because the monk school advancement was partially based on how much Scripture you knew by heart, as well as other theological and liberal arts knowledge. So Gary was thinking of druids as being St. Kevin of Glendalough, with a birdnest built on his arm.) - AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 6:09 PM
Oh, and of course a filidh's dignity demanded that he always ride a horse; he had many obligations to various people and a whole section of the law always regulating his actions; and there were various typical Irish things that he would and wouldn't do, for the sake of respect for his art and his powers, and even to keep them from leaving him. The huge amount of fencing-in by this would be the logical way to control a "super bard".
ReplyDelete - AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 6:31 PM
Went looking... my recollection of the druid level names was incorrect, or drawn from some obscure article. Man, my memory's not what it used to be.
The flipside of the filidh (highly educated, rich, of high caste, with big political responsibilities) was the bard, who might be free or unfree, and who might or might not be from a family of bards, and who might or might not be part of a band of some filidh or another bard, and might or might not be educated. They dealt with people who weren't as rich and powerful, and so they weren't as bound by laws. Some were held to have powers, but not every bard. We really don't know a lot about Irish or Scottish bards of this rank. - AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 6:37 PM
Oh, here you go. Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards (ie, filidh for the most part). I'll try and find Joyce for y'all too.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 7:08 PM
And if a Bard could cast illusion spells why bother with an illusionist? When I think bard I think Bulgarian BattleSinger. There was a woman in a Eurovision Song Contest. She was amazing and you could literally believe that she was the sort to sing as her fellow bulgarian horsemen rode into a village and butchered all the villagers.
A Bard should provide Combat bonus magics. They should have weird abilities like:
Battle Hymn (+1 to hit bonus for 1 round per level for friendly warriors)
Fearful Harmony (-1 to morale of opponents in range of singing) I think that different character classes would be expressed differently in different cultures. In my campaign I have addressed this issue with a skill system. A Nordic Skald, and Irish filidh and a Bulgarian Battle Singer would all be Bards in my campaign, but they would have different skillsets available to them, and of course, would be followers of different mythos. I think with regards to the Filidh, they are a cultural extension of the historic Celtic Druids, whom Romans have eradicated as an institution. It appears that some of their traditions and social funtions (but not theology) have outlived the Romans, and possibly entered the (Christian(?)) Irish Monk-Schools via Syncretism. Keep in Mind that Historic Druids practiced human sacrifice, typically burning the powerless and unwanted (retarded peasants whom the village felt they can get rid of with minimum cost), burning them alive in a Wicker Man ritual, when a condemned criminal could not be found. I don't think that the ancient Druids were necessarily evil, but neither they were these Nature Children reciting poetry and picking up after squirrels in sacred groves. Survibvibng accounts of Druids by Romans (Pliny among them), decribed Druids as an erudite power elite, highly educated and highly indoctrinated into theology of reincarnation in a religious tradition which had no writing, so Druids memorized their sacred texts, which were passed verbally from generation to generation. I think that Julius Caesar may have also commented on the Druids strong beliefs in reincarnation, but he viewed these beliefs as a prodict if indoctrication, which made for dedicated and fanatical figters, who were not afraid to die. Kinda very modern take on the Druids from a very anciet Roman. Anyway, sorry about digression.
Needless to say, AD&D did not serve up historically accurate Monks, Druids, or Bards. I was able to do so, quite easily, via afore mentioned skill sets. Initially I brought those in to force Magic Users to seek ways besides the typical - Magic-Missile - Sleep- Fireball - Finger of Death GARDEN PATH. When I got a player, who wanted to play a Monk, I gave him a choice - Do you want to play a Shaloin Martial Artist? A Christian Monk (if so, which order fascinates you the most?)? A Bhuddist Monk or an Ancient Hndu Yogi?
He wanted to play a Zen Bhuddist. I had no Zen Monks, so I had to write the Monastery into the campaign and then do research and modify the AD&D Monk class and give player several tables of different skills to pick from as he grows in levels.At least I found the article online...
I would caution James that many reading this new series might wish for excepts and greater context only afforded by access to the original article. This could lead to some backlash to those that are enjoying the renaissance, but don't have access too, or ambition for, old Dragon magazines.
Just a thought.
Much thanks for bringing this article to the light though!Great idea for a series; I think you'll get lots of interesting reactions.
FS said: "I also hope to see writeups of the 45 articles on the BEST way to calculate falling damage."
You're welcome! :-)I still think that the best version of the bard is the one from AD&D 2nd Ed. It's the only one that makes sense IMHO in the usual D&D fantasy world: a traveller/adventurer/jester/performer/singer that goes from town to town as an entertainer and a source of news and stories from afar. Someone like this would need to pick some varied skills to survive in a world filled with dungeons and monsters. IIRC the AD&D 2nd. Ed bard had fighter, thief and mage skills, but was useles as a main fighter, thief or mage. But still it was fun to play as "it's own thing". The problem, I think, is the name: "bard" is not the most appropiate as it will lead people to compare it to the real world bards, skalds and troubadours, and the D&D bards are just a different sort of adventurers.
Historical bards in D&D would be just warriors or thieves (or almost any other class) with a good musical or performing skill. That can be achieved with roleplaying mostly, there's no need for a class.


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The ranking is flawed because past winners are taken out of consideration, but what the hell: Surf's up.
This may be hard to believe in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, but an annual list of the best beaches in the country has a New York beach ranked No. 1.
Less surprisingly, that beach is in East Hampton, the vacation playground for the rich and famous.
In an announcement that coincides annually with the unofficial start of summer, coastal expert Stephen P. Leatherman on Friday released the 23rd version of his Top 10 Beach List, placing Main Beach in East Hampton at the top.
"The thing about the Hamptons is that people are so proud of their beaches out there," Leatherman told The Associated Press in an interview in advance of the release of his list. "People pick up their litter there, the bathrooms are clean; they provide good services."
Leatherman, who goes by the nickname Dr. Beach, visited Main Beach earlier this month. He said that unlike many beaches farther to the west and in New Jersey, the beaches on eastern Long Island saw less erosion and flooding from the effects of Superstorm Sandy.
"Considering the magnitude of the storm, people will be very pleased to see that Main Beach is the way they remember it," he said.
Leatherman, a professor at Florida International University in Miami, has visited beaches around the world and uses criteria like water and sand quality, as well as safety and environmental management, to compile his annual list. Once a beach reaches the pinnacle of No. 1, it is retired from future consideration, he said.
Coopers Beach in nearby Southampton, N.Y., was the No. 1 pick in the 2010 survey. Sarasota, Fla.'s Siesta Beach was tops in 2011 and Coronado Beach in California earned the top spot in 2012.
The other nine on Leatherman's 2013 list after Main Beach are: Kahanamoku Beach, Waikiki, Hawaii; St. George Island State Park, Fla.; Hamoa Beach, Maui, Hawaii; Waimanalo Bay State Park, Oahu, Hawaii; Barefoot Beach Preserve County Park, Bonita Springs, Fla.; Cape Florida State Park, Key Biscayne, Fla.; Cape Hatteras, Outer Banks, N.C.; Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, Mass.; and Beachwalker Park, Kiawah Island, S.C.
East Hampton village residents have free access to Main Beach, although parking permits are required from May 15 to Sept. 15. Non-residents can buy parking passes at $25 per day but they are limited in number, with only 40 non-resident daily parking passes sold on weekends and holidays.
Max Scainetti, a lifelong East Hampton resident, said the tiny grains of tan sand and the cleanliness of the beach are two of the things that make Main Beach special.
"This is one of the best beaches in the country and I've been to a lot of beaches," Scainetti said. "I think basically it's a lot to do with the sand. A lot of Long Island beaches tend to be rocky where these are more sandy beaches."
Javier Baldo, an East Hampton cook, said he has visited Main Beach regularly for about eight years.
"It's fairly civilized. It doesn't get too crowded. The water is delicious," he said. Delicious? "It's really great water, it's really clean. You just have a lot of space."
Baldo said celebrities are sometimes seen at the beach, but people generally keep to themselves.
"It's quiet, there's no loud music playing. It's obviously very safe; great lifeguards. There are really great lifeguards. They're actually fit and very well experienced. That's a big thing, just the safety," he said.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Prince Fielder made a splash at the All-Star Home Run Derby. Eight of them.
The Detroit slugger joined Ken Griffey Jr. as the only players to win multiple titles, thrilling the crowd at Kauffman Stadium with several shots into the right-field fountain and beating Toronto's Jose Bautista 12-7 in the final Monday night.
"Just being mentioned with him is real special," said Fielder, who spent time at Griffey's house when he was a kid. "My dad would let me go over and play video games all day. He always took care of me when I was a kid."
On a night when the Yankees' Robinson Cano was repeatedly booed and went homerless, Fielder put on the most powerful display among baseball's big boppers. Winner at St. Louis' Busch Stadium three years ago, Fielder had a total of 28 home runs over three rounds to cap the main event on the eve of the All-Star game. He hit the four longest drives of the night, including a pair at 476 feet.
"They were far," he said. "That's not easy to hit it out there."
While the ball stayed out of McCovey Cove during the 2007 Derby at San Francisco's AT&T Park and the right-field swimming pool last year at Chase Field in Phoenix, there was plenty of aquatic activity in Kansas City, second only to Rome for most fountains in cities around the world.
After three splash shots among his five homers in the first round, Fielder started off the second round as the setting sun lit up clouds in a pretty pink behind the left-field wall. His mop of dreadlocks visible as he hit without a helmet, Fielder deposited four more balls into the 322-foot-wide water spectacular, which by then was illuminated in the twilight.
He added another water drive in the final round, then leaned against one of his sons while he watched Bautista swing.
"I'm a little disappointed," Bautista said. "I'm capable of doing more. I had a lot of fun doing it."
When he won three years ago in St. Louis, Fielder's 23 homers included a 503-foot drive that disappeared between two sections of bleachers in right-center. Griffey won titles in 1994 at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, 1998 at Denver's Coors Field and 1999 at Boston's Fenway Park.
Cano set a final-round record of 12 en route to last year's title in Phoenix, where he hit 32 overall. This year he was the object of loud booing throughout by fans upset he didn't select the Royals' Billy Butler after promising to take a hometown player for his derby team.
Fans chanted "Bil-ly Butler!" in between their boos. When it was over, Cano got hugs from Boston's David Ortiz and Yankees teammates Curtis Granderson and CC Sabathia.
"I was criticized before I got here. If you play for the Yankees you get booed everywhere you go," Cano said.
It was the 17th time a player went homerless in the Derby, the first since Detroit's Brandon Inge in 2009.
"that was the most interesting reaction to a home rum derby i've ever seen, but the fans were excited which is all that counts," Granderson tweeted.
Carlos Gonzalez and Andrew McCutchen (four each) and Matt Kemp (one) also were dropped after the first round.
Carlos Beltran (12) was dropped after the second round, when Mark Trumbo and Bautista were tied with 13 apiece, leading to a swingoff won by Bautista 2-1.
Trumbo and Bautista each managed to put a drive into the small fountain beyond the left-field wall. Trumbo also hit a pair of shots over the Royals Hall of Fame in left, toward Interstate 70.


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