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Curriculum Guide for The 39 Clues Book 1: The Maze of Bones
- Grades: 3–5
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About The 39 Clues
The 39 Clues is an exciting adventure series that will visit every continent and lead your students through 500 years of history, all while introducing them to fascinating historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Amadeus Mozart, Amelia Earhart, and more!
Designed to connect with even the most reluctant readers, it meets children where they like to learn in a multi-platform approach. It will get your students engaged in history and leave them ready to devour the next book in the series. By combining a ten book series with an online game where students can solve puzzles, each child is able to become a member of the Cahill family and join in the pursuit of the clues to find the ultimate source of the Cahill fortune and power.
Created as a completely secure environment, The 39 Clues website precludes communication with other users, so you can be assured of your students' safety. There are even trading cards that allow students to access inside information about the Cahill power simply by entering a code from the card. The trading cards can be a great tool to use in your classroom-management reward system too! The books are incredible and can stand on their own if you choose not to engage your students in the online activities.
About This Guide
Use this guide to bring the excitement of the 39 Clues books into the classroom — and to explore geography, history, literature and math — while at the same time teaching to the reading standards, in ways that can be geared to multiple learning styles.
The guide to Book #1 covers comprehension skills.
Find guides to all other books on the teaching resources for The 39 Clues page.
Guides written by Laura Stockwell, Fifth Grade Teacher, Orlando, Florida
Guide to The 39 Clues Book #1: The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
Theme of this section: Reading Comprehension
Students will learn:
- Writing
- Creative Expression
- Critical Thinking Skills
- Deductive Reasoning
- Number Sense
- Historical Thinking
About the Author
Rick Riordan is the author of The Maze of Bones, and the architect of the plot for the entire ten-book series. Author of the #1 New York Times best-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series for children, he draws on his experience as a teacher of fifteen years to enchant children with his award-winning stories.
Mr. Riordan taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. In 2002, Saint Mary's Hall honored him with the school's first Master Teacher Award. His own experience with his son's learning differences inspired him to create the Percy Jackson series that features a twelve-year-old dyslexic boy who discovers he is the modern-day son of a Greek god. Mr. Riordan does a masterful job of showing how learning disabilities can work to a person's advantage in life!
Rick Riordan now writes full time. He lives in San Antonio with his wife and two sons.
To learn more about Rick Riordan and his work visit:
How the Story Begins
Minutes before she died, Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her descendants an impossible decision: "You have a choice — one million dollars or a clue." Grace is the last matriarch of the Cahills, the world's most powerful family. Everyone from Napoleon to Houdini is related to the Cahills, yet the source of the family power is lost. 39 clues hidden around the world stand to reveal the family's secret, but no one has been able to assemble them. Now the clues race is on, and young Amy and Dan must decide what's important: hunting clues or uncovering what really happened to their parents.
Step 1: Begin the Hunt!
Hook your students by launching your unit with this exciting video clip of Rick Riordan discussing The 39 Clues.
Or download and print this booktalk about The Maze of Bones.
A mystery reader is also a great way to launch a book unit. Invite a parent, the principal, or another volunteer to read the first two chapters aloud to the class.
Step 2: Create an Investigation Journal
Your students will need a place to keep track of their ideas and clues. This will also be a place for them to write responses to discussion questions, ponder vocabulary words, and make connections to aid comprehension. The 39 Clues series is a natural catalyst for students to students' comprehension, enticing them to understand fully what they are reading so they can drink in every potential clue! This guide will help you model reading comprehension strategies for your readers.
To create an investigation journal, use a composition notebook, binder, or even staple together notebook paper. Have students personalize a cover by decorating it with pictures or drawings of famous people they admire and places they would like to visit in the world. Leave the back cover blank for a later activity. Have them divide the journal into three sections:
- Discussion
- Vocabulary
- Activities
Step 3: Read Chapters 1 and 2
Skill: Activating prior knowledge to make connections to the text
Discuss the following questions as a group, or have students write thoughts in their journal.
- What does power mean to you? What could make you the most powerful person in the world?
- If you could be related to one famous person, who would it be?
- One million dollars or a clue — what would you decide?
Vocabulary Activity
Students will work in groups of two. One child will read the word aloud to the other. The second student will respond with what they think it means. Have them discuss what mental image the word generates in their minds. Finally, have them locate the word in the text to see if their definitions fit the context. Did their definitions fit the meaning?
Step 4: Read Chapters 3 & 4
Skill: Making inferences to build comprehension
Good readers draw conclusions based upon their own background knowledge and clues in the text. Model for your students how to read between the lines by asking "I wonder" questions. Ask your students to ponder the following questions. Discuss answers as a group or have them write their conclusions in their investigation journal.
- Mr. McIntyre told the heirs that the prize would make the winners the most powerful beings on earth. I wonder what it could be?
- Why there are exactly 39 clues?
- Amy and Dan were given a warning: Beware of the Madrigals. I wonder what the Madrigals are and why they must beware of them?
Step 5: Read Chapters 5, 6, & 7
Skill: Synthesize - combine what you've read with your own existing ideas to form new ideas.
Amy doesn't think she and Dan have a chance to find the clues. Mr. McIntyre assures her that they have talents to help them win. In your investigation journal compare and contrast Amy and Dan, the Kabras, the Starlings, Jonah Wizard, the Holts, Alistair Oh, and Irina Spasky. What advantage does each of them have over the other heirs? What is their weakness? What countries do they come from? What qualities do you think the winners will possess?
Here's a clue to get you started.
Vocabulary Clue
Divide the class into two teams. Ask one person from each team to come to the front of the room. The teacher will show the class the word. Contestants can ask their team only yes or no questions about the word. The person who guesses their word in the fewest guesses wins a point for their team.
Grace Cahill kept a map of the world with pushpins in her secret library. Help your students track their journey around the world by displaying a world map in your classroom. Track their locations with pushpins like Grace!
Another option is an online map where students can see pictures of the actual historical locations on line.
Step 6: Read Chapters 8, 9, & 10
Skill: Ask questions - before, during, and after reading - to better understand the author and the meaning of the text.
Encourage your students to ask questions like:
- What do I think will happen to Dan and Amy? Will the Luciens eliminate them?
- What have I learned about Ben Franklin? What did he invent? What else do I want to know about him?
- What predictions can I make? Do I think they will find the answer to the clue in Philadelphia?
In their investigation journal, have your students make predictions about the book's ending and ask questions about the text. At the end of the unit, see who guessed correctly!
Vocabulary Activity
Student will be naturally interested in the espionage aspects of the book.This easy lesson integrates science with vocabulary from the book by having the students write the vocabulary words with invisible ink. Students will learn how types of juice, when heated with a light bulb, will reveal a secret message!
Have each student write the definition of a word on a piece of plain paper.Using invisible ink from the activity below, students will hide the word somewhere on the page. When the ink has dried, have a partner try to decode the secret word!
Make Invisible Ink!
What to do
- Using juice squeezed from a lemon or from a bottle, apply "ink" on paper with a cotton swab or paint brush.
- Allow the paper to dry.
- Ready to read the secret message? Hold the paper up to a light bulb. The heat will cause the "ink" to darken to a very pale brown. Be careful not to get the paper too close to the heat source and ignite the paper!
How it works
Lemon juice is acidic and weakens paper. When paper is heated, the remaining acid turns the writing brown before discoloring the paper.
Step 7: Read Chapters 11, 12, 13, & 14
Skill: Visualize - create pictures in you mind while you read.
Ask your students what they see, smell, feel, and taste while reading.
What did Amy look like after the flight to Paris?
What did it sound like to be mobbed by paparazzi?
What do you think Jonah Wizard's fashion line looks like?
Dan dreams about crème glacee? What do you think it is and what does it taste like?
In the investigation journals, have students draw their most vivid scene/character/setting from these chapters and then compare their ideas with a partner to see the differences and similarities.
Step 8: Read Chapters 15, 16, 17
Skill: Finding the main idea
Looking for the big idea in a book helps readers determine importance while they are reading. In textbooks, the main ideas are often announced in boldface words and titles, but in literature, students may need to hunt for clues to find the theme of the book.
One theme of this book is talent. The historical relatives of the Cahills are talented. The team members are talented. Dan and Amy don't think they are talented, yet everyone is out to get them. What are their talents and how are their talents linked to the other theme of the book — power?
Step 9: Read Chapters 18, 19, 20
Skill: Putting the clues together-reading comprehension
Your class is now armed with some powerful information to solve The 39 Clues. They've learned what good readers do to comprehend a story. Review with your class their investigation journals now that they've finished the story.What predictions were accurate? What questions can they now answer? What new thoughts do they have?
Rick Riordan uses some powerful and vivid words in his writing. In their investigation journals, have your students write down words from The Maze of Bones that they would like to use in their own writing. What less effective synonym could the author use? How did the more picturesque word change the passage?
Here are some of the words:
Chapter One
- Perilous
- Lamented
- Talisman
- Brusque
- Obscured
Chapter Two
- Lunatic
- Careened
- Exploits
- Hearse
- Sentimental
- Exasperation
- Podium
- Beneficiaries
- Quest
- Instituted
- Destiny
- Surname
- Renounce
Chapter Three
- Guardian
- Archeology
- Mutant
- Contorted
- Wards
- Embarking
- Coaxed
Chapter Four
- Resolution
- Cartographer
- Alliance
- Collaborate
Chapter Five
- Vellum
- Pseudonym
- Almanac
- Combusting
- Inferno
Chapter Six
- Monogram
Chapter Seven
- Antidote
- Incapacitate
- Anti-surveillance
- Kiosk
Chapter Eight
- Cylinder
- Rendezvous
- Careened
- Submerged
Chapter Nine
- Predicament
- Asunder
Chapter Ten
- Ambushed
- Sarcasm
- Gendarme
Chapter Eleven
- Shurikens
Chapter Twelve
- Conspiracy
Chapter Thirteen
- Stronghold
Chapter Fourteen
- Quay
- Mausoleum
Chapter Fifteen
- Catacombs
- Symbolic
- Coordinates
Chapter Sixteen
- Forged
- Quavering
- Imploring
- Arrondissement
Chapter Seventeen
- Anagram
Chapter Eighteen
- Inert
- Catalyze
- Belfry
- Skittered
Chapter Nineteen
- Parchment
- Adagio
Explore History with Ben Franklin
Introduce students to Ben Franklin and his many accomplishments by having them explore: http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/interview/index.asp
Learning about Ben Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was naturally curious and liked to learn how things work. Introduce students to these fun facts about Franklin:
- He got tired of switching between two pairs of glasses — one for reading and one for distance. So he cut each pair in half to create the bifocal lens.
- He wanted to swim faster so he created swim fins.
- He wanted to reach a high shelf so he invented a long reach device.
Ask students what they wish was easier in their lives. Then have them create and idea for their own invention and sketch their design.
Electricity experiment
Benjamin Franklin may be most famous for his experiments with electricity. Did you know that static electricity is similar to that of a lightning strike? Walking on carpet can generate about 3,000 volts of electricity and taking off a sweater can create about 30,000 volts. Lightning strikes discharge 100 million volts! Using a balloon and a fluorescent light bulb, students will explore how static electricity works.
Unlike standard incandescent bulbs, fluorescent tubes are filled with a gas that gets excited when even a small amount of electricity is applied to it. In fact, you can power up a fluorescent bulb with a spark of static electricity. In this activity, you'll test this principle for yourself.
- Balloon
- Dark room
- Fluorescent light bulb
What to Do
- Decide who will hold the bulb first and who will be on "balloon duty." Designate another person as note taker. Make the room as dark as possible.
- While the bulb holder firmly grasps the bulb with the metal contact portion facing outward, have the person on balloon duty rub the balloon against his or her head and then immediately touch the "charged" balloon to the metal contact.
- Observe what happens.
- Change roles, and repeat step two.
- Change roles once more and repeat step two but this time introduce a variable, such as rubbing the balloon for a longer period of time or waiting for five seconds before touching the balloon to the bulb. Be sure to record your observations in your investigation journal.
Understand Symbols and Crests and Design Your Own Crest
The four branches of the Cahill family use symbols to represent themselves. Look at the Cahill crest on page 45. What do the symbols of the four branches mean?
Have students find out which branch of the Cahill family they are in when they log onto www.the39clues.com (see "Join the Cahill Family" below).
Share familiar symbols with the students such as the McDonald's arch, the Nike swoosh, the Olympic rings etc. Why do people and corporations use symbols? Discuss other symbols such as your state's seal. Discuss symbols from nature such as the eagle, or flowers such as the rose.
Have the students design their own crest using symbols that they feel represent them, or use one of the Cahill family crests. Place the crest on the back cover of their investigative journal.
Join the Cahill Family
Children can become part of the Cahill Family and join the hunt for clues and prizes!
With the help of their parents, have students log on to The 39 Clues Web site, www.the39clues.com, to create an account and find out to which branch of the Cahill family they belong! Students will need to have their parent's email address to gain permission to activate the account.
Multi-Author Stories — A Fun Writing Activity
Each book in The 39 Clues series is written by a different author. Have students explore this process through cooperative writing.
First, have a class discussion to outline an idea for a story. Then have each student write their opening paragraph, then pass their paper to the next person to write the second paragraph. Continue until the work is complete. For a more unpredictable experience, after each paragraph, papers can be shuffled and passed randomly to the next author. Finally, share/compare/discuss the stories. Are they similar or very different? Why?
Guides written by Laura Stockwell, Fifth Grade Teacher, Orlando, Florida
- Part of Collection:
- Subjects:Challenges and Overcoming Obstacles, Cooperation and Teamwork, Literary Criticism and Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Action and Adventure Heroes, Reading Response, Geography and Map Skills, Europe, Social Studies through Literature, Siblings
- Skills:Literary Elements, Reading Comprehension, Maps, Online Sources, Social Studies, Research Skills, Vocabulary, Expository Writing, Narrative Writing


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I told you recently about my excitement over the release of Matthew West's latest album, The Story of Your Life. Honestly, I can't remember looking forward to a new project like I did this one; the songs are so powerful. Last week on Twitter (my sister now refers to me as a Twitter nerd), I posted the silly tweet, "5 days til release of new Matthew West album The Story of Your Life. Can't wait. Sitting on the edge of my seat is getting uncomfortable." I cracked up when Matthew West replied, "BiblicalBeauty, you should try sitting on the edge of a sofa, or maybe a beanbag chair. =) Maybe we will do a cd promo-buy Story of Your Life, get a seat cushion."
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Here's the video for "My Own Little World."
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My Own Little World
In my own little world it hardly ever rains
I've never gone hungry, always felt safe
I got some money in my pocket shoes on my feet
In my own little world
Population: me
I try to stay awake through the Sunday morning church
I throw a twenty in the plate but I never give 'til it hurts
and I turn off the news when I don't like what I see
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Population: me
What if there's a bigger picture
what if I'm missing out
What if there's a greater purpose
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Outside the car, saw a sign, said "Help this homeless widow"
Just above this sign was the face of a human
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So I rolled down my window and I looked her in the eye
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What if there's a greater purpose
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On The Hypocrisy Of Central Banks Removing Tail-Risk
Via Martin Sibileau of "View from the Trenches",
One cannot but wonder at the idiocy blindness of those who sustain that both the European and the US central banks removed "tail risks" in the last days, with their new measures. To start, the whole idea that a tail risk exists is simply a fallacy of Keynesian economics. It assumes there is a universe of possible outcomes and, as if humans acted driven by animal spirits, randomly, each one of them has a likelihood of occurring. In all honesty... what else can occur if a central bank prints money to generate a bubble? Why would the bursting of the bubble be called a tail-risk, rather than the logical outcome? Why, if that was tried in 2001 in the US, resulting in the crisis of 2008... why would it be any different now, when there is an explicit announcement to print billions per month? Why?
...as if that was not clarifying enough, as an example of the chaos that the Fed and ECB's actions have engendered on the world via uncertainty over risk-free rates - and the stunning realization that the global risk-free rate curve is now split between Europe (ST) and US (LT)...
With the European Central Bank backstopping short-term EU sovereign debt (as long as the issuer submits to a fiscal adjustment program), we should see two trends taking place:
The first one, mentioned in our last letter, is that the market should arbitrage between the rates of core Europe and its periphery, converging into a single Euro zone target yield. The Italian auction mentioned above, together with continuous weakness in Germany's sovereign debt, the movement of capital out of the US dollar to the Euro zone (lifting the Euro to $1.31) and the rally in EU banks, would seem to indicate that this convergence is slowly materializing. The critical piece here, the one that will really nail this coffin, is the return of deposits transferred to the core of the Euro zone, back to the periphery that originated them. This is what's behind the ongoing negotiations towards a banking union. Ironically, if the banking union was successful, making deposits return to banks of the periphery, it would make it easier for the Germans to leave the Euro zone, because the current imbalances of the Target 2 system would disappear, radically lowering the cost of the exit!
The second trend, the one we missed last week, consists in that –perhaps- we will no longer be able to talk about "the" risk-free rate of interest, when we refer to the US sovereign yield. If the first trend proves true, there would be no reason to believe that the short-term US sovereign yield should keep as low as it is vs. the equivalent EU sovereign yield. For all practical purposes, in the segment of up-to-3 years, the European Central Bank would set the value of the world's risk-free rate! The big assumption here is of course, that the first trend, above, holds true. Only then, the arbitrage between the US sovereign yield and the EU sovereign yield could be triggered.
What would the levels be, for the up-to-3 year yields? As we know, the European Central Bank will not pre-commit to a yield target. Of course, they don't want to be challenged, because there is only so much they can sterilize before they start suffering a net interest loss, as we explained last week. But from a dynamic perspective, what counts is not the level, but the driver: In the long run, as the sterilization fails (also explained in our last letter and first proposed back on May 13th, 2010), the short-term "risk-free" rate of interest would be driven by the consolidated fiscal deficit of the Euro zone.
Having said this, the remaining question is what determines the value of the long-term risk-free rate of interest. The Fed, in our view, although not announced last Thursday, will eventually continue to purchase long-term US sovereign debt. Effectively in the beginning, the Fed would set the value of the risk-free yield curve, past the three-year point. When things get out of control and inflation expectations for the US dollar take the lead (in a few years), the fiscal deficit of the US should determine the dynamics of the long-end of the curve….Does that make sense? No! (At least not, if you are not Keynesian) Because if "things get out of control", we must say good bye to long-term interest rates altogether. That market will evaporate, and the US will only be able to sell short-term debt.
At that point, if the Euro zone still exists as we know it, the battle for the ownership of the risk free rate will have been won by the European Central Bank, by definition. Why? Because by definition, if the Euro zone still exists, it is because they succeeded in stabilizing their fiscal problems. Otherwise, the shortening of the term horizon for the US sovereign yield should continue contracting, until hyperinflation completely wipes it out.
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Oh, that tail-risk.
That power curve just moved further away from the axis and now has a tail a black man can appreciate - Oh My God Becky!
ZIRP, NIRP, QE, TWIST, LTRO = Life Support!
You hit it Pladizow. The elites have found a way to stay on top without submitting to the short term problems. Money heroin will wear off someday.
Ben Bernazathoth, blind idiot god of central banking.
The FED and ECB have obviously co-ordinated on an infinite printing policy. But, what if they are wrong?. The "crisis" is now 4 years old! Folks, we have fought world wars in shorter time! What if every other central banker on the planet follows same?
No 'what if' about it. How long will you survive on eating yourself?
"things get out of control"
There is no control when a system is based on the equation.
"The FED and ECB have obviously co-ordinated on an infinite printing policy."
Sorry no such thing exists nor could exist.
The Fed's mission is simple, expand the global credit market to it's max potential, then when it collapses watch just like everyone else. A little late to be complaining don't you think? Of course you can lodge your complain with the complaint department which will shred it upon filing.
"JELTZ (INTO THE P.A.) There's no point in acting all surprised about it. The plans and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning office in Alpha Centauri for fifty of your Earth years, so you've had plenty of time to lodge formal complaints." _Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
"FED PUT " Is our Pavolvian "DINNER BELL". Notice how the market is only starting to weaken now that QE Infinity has bee nannouced? That is not coincidence. That is because Primary Dealers are dumping to the public , who have been trained and brainwashed to believe in the safety and commitment of the central bank. ITS A GIANT POKER GAME AND THE PUBLIC ARE THE SUCKERS AT THE TABLE
You bought then, right?
This was just another down Monday, to let the 101K's feel they got in cheap.
Once a bubble is created, the question is not if it bursts, the only question is figuring when will it burst.
What about exogenous shocks such as the oil crisis of the 1970s? Can't an exogenous shock unrelated to monetary policy trigger "tail risk"? Or did Keynesians invent exogenous shocks, too?
Hurricane? Tsunami? Earthquake? Other acts of God? All Keynesian inventions . . .
The Tail Risk is Ben doing the SANE THING and stop all his insanity before it drives us to WW3.
Is it really a possibility to get hyperinflation in the developed world anymore?
What needed product is so restricted to nation of origin so as to cause problems?
Other than Goobermint, I see none. The 2nd Amendment can cure that one.
The central banks have moved to the physical war against the people of the earth. I'm not sure if that kind of language still applies. English right?
The Fed is pursuing an end run around congress but it's the politicians fault in the end because they could do away with the fed if they wanted to.
Ben got to work, as instructed by Chuckie S.
Yes he sure did have you seen Intrade now 66.2%
Intrade: Fed helped Obama's re-election odds
Great Piece. It's easy to get jaded. It's easy to think this shit, with all the guns in the world behind it can go on forever.
Thanks Tylers. Don't know quite why or how you do it, but you nail the jello to the wall.
It is impossible to squeeze the balloon, and duct tape all the possible tears in the rubber. I, among many others, need to be reminded of that. Gotsidank, and may the poison tree frog smile upon thee;)
I think Nov 7th will be a shit sandwich or balls to the wall. Gonna be a squeeze. Hanging chads and all that fun stuff!
This is a really good question, and I would love it if someone could devote some time to understanding the economic mechanics that has transpired in Japan. I think would be a really good model to understand - to determine what has been done, and how it has impacted on the value of their currency and how that might play out with the US dollar.
Personally, I don't understand it in detail - perhaps one of our more informed contributors could serve us an analysis.
Well, this other current ZH post has some info on the subject; http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-09-17/japan%E2%80%99s-slow-mot...
"Borrowing at near zero cost has been its hallmark for years. Due to Japan's institutional setup and cohesive insular psychology, the government has been able to sell 95% of its debt within Japan. Individuals directly or indirectly hold over 50%. Government-owned or controlled institutions hold over 40%."
I guess while there is a market for the debt, then confidence is retained - once the debt market gets tapped out, then rates rise and you switch to pure monetiztion, and confidence may erode rapidly - maybe someone else can comment on this.
Hyperinflation occurs due to loss of confidence in the currency. (Different from simply high inflation or currency devaluation...though both of these can ultimately lead to loss of confidence.) Holders of the currency try to dump it in favor of holding goods or other currencies and sellers of goods and services become reluctant to accept it except in larger quantities, initially, then not at all.
As Japan's stock and real estate bubbles deflated (commencing around 1990) and interest rates were lowered the yen declined in value, culminating after the Asian currency crisis in late 90's, from roughly 130 down to 68. (And I am talking about the Yen's value, not USD/Yen which is often simply quoted as "Yen". I'm also posting from recollection so if the exact figures or timing is a wee bit off, no nitpicking.)
So the yen was, in fact, devalued by about 50% by the markets due to increased money printing and debt taken on for various "stimulus" projects, (which of course were non-stimulative, just increased their debt, much as US has been doing in current times), together with declining rates of interest.
There was not, however, a loss of confidence in the currency. At that time, as up to even recently, no one was particularly worried about Japan "defaulting" on JGB's since the holders were mostly Japanese, a people with abundant savings, hence Japan's increasing debt was/has been considered as "owed to themselves". Additionally, at that time, the yen was the only one of the majors, used in international trade, to bear a ridiculously low rate of interest.
The increasingly globalized financial industry realized circumstances had in essence suddenly created "free money" to be had upon borrow. Thus, not only no loss of confidence, but a demand for the currency came into being to support a subsequently burgeoning carry trade...taking cheap money, that with a negligible interest to be repaid, and using it to flip into (or invest in) higher return vehicles/countries/instruments.
Your premise is not quite correct. The Yen appreciated against the USD fron 130 to 68. Low interest rates created a demand for Yen for the carry trade.
You are mistaken as you are either quoting USD/Yen rather than Yen or you are talking about the Yen's appreciation post-Asian currency crisis into its recent Fall 2011 high. The Yen is currently above 127*.
Low interest rates creating demand for Yen for carry trade is indeed what was stated in my post as well.
More like Ba-ooom. Two syllables. Germany wont play.


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A federal appeals court on Tuesday, finding the state's criminal justice system "infected" with racial discrimination, tossed out Washington's law banning prison inmates from voting.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday tossed out Washington's law banning incarcerated felons from voting, finding the state's criminal-justice system is "infected" with racial discrimination.
The surprising ruling, by a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle, said the law violates the 1965 Voting Rights Act by disenfranchising minority voters.
The decision is the first in the country's federal appeals courts to equate a prohibition against voting by incarcerated felons with practices outlawed under the federal Voting Rights Act, such as poll taxes or literacy tests.
But Washington's 37,000 felons in prison or on community supervision should not yet break out their voter pamphlets. State Attorney General Rob McKenna said he will appeal — either back to a larger 9th Circuit panel, or directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The two-judge majority apparently was persuaded by the plaintiffs' argument that reams of social-science data filed in the case showed minorities in Washington are stopped, arrested and convicted in such disproportionate rates that the ban on voting by incarcerated felons is inherently discriminatory.
The decision, written by Judge A. Wallace Tashima, said the studies "speak to a durable, sustained indifference in treatment faced by minorities in Washington's criminal justice system — systemic disparities which cannot be explained by 'factors independent of race.' "
McKenna said the ruling, if upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, would apply to all 48 states that ban voting by felons in prison or on supervision. But he disputed the research and the court's legal reasoning.
"What the 9th Circuit did here is misapply the Voting Rights Act," he said. "They just got it wrong."
The case was first filed in Spokane in 1996 by Muhammad Shabazz Farrakhan, who was serving a three-year sentence at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla for a series of felony-theft convictions. Ultimately, five other inmates, all members of racial minority groups, joined as plaintiffs.
The case has twice bounced between district court and the appeals court.
It was built on research by University of Washington sociologists who found that blacks are 70 percent more likely — and Latinos and Native Americans 50 percent more likely — than whites to be searched in traffic stops.
The research also showed that blacks are nine times more likely to be incarcerated than whites, despite the fact that the ratio of arrests for violent crime among blacks and whites is less than four-to-one. One result of that: 25 percent of black men in Washington are disenfranchised from voting.
"When this important right to vote is taken away in a manner that discriminates against a whole population, the real reason to do it doesn't make sense anymore," said Lawrence Weiser, a Gonzaga University law professor who represented the inmates.
The National Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark civil-rights law, banned electoral practices that were commonly used to disenfranchise black voters. Lawsuits similar to the one in Washington have been filed around the country, but federal courts in Massachusetts in 2009, New York in 2006, and Florida in 2005 reached opposite conclusions.
Ryan Haygood of the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund said such cases are "very hard to win." But he described voting by incarcerated felons as the "best tool to re-integrate them into society."
"There is this view that there is reason to be fearful, but there is no danger of people participating in a democracy," said Haygood, who worked as co-counsel with Weiser on the case. "You don't lose when people participate in a democracy. That's especially true of people who are incarcerated."
Two law-enforcement groups and several prominent Washington officials — including two former U.S. attorneys and former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper — supported the plaintiffs in court, arguing that there is "no legitimate penal interest" in disenfranchising felons.
Only two states — Vermont and Maine — allow prison inmates to vote.
Article IV of the Washington Constitution bans voting by people convicted of "infamous crime," described as one that merits incarceration in prison, until their civil rights are restored.
Under current law, felons cannot get their voting rights restored until they finish their prison sentences and terms of community supervision. Previously, felons also had to pay off any fines and court costs before their voting rights were restored, but the Legislature dropped that provision last year.
Secretary of State Sam Reed supported that change, but said he was "disappointed" in Tuesday's ruling because it did away with a rational consequence of committing a felony.
"If they need to deal with the law and justice system, deal with that," Reed said. "We don't think it's an appropriate remedy to say because there is racial discrimination, we're going to solve that by allowing people to vote" in prison.
If the court's ruling is upheld, it is unclear how felons in custody would vote. Washington's Department of Corrections inspects outgoing inmate mail, and most counties with state prisons are vote-by-mail counties. But state voting laws prohibit such opening of mail-in ballots.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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Images: NECC displays capabilities for Wisconsin ESGR [Image 1 of 3]
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Mark Miller, Frito Lay district manager, center, and James Warsaw, Mid-Wisconsin Bank president chief executive officer, members from the Wisconsin Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, observe a Talon Mark II Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robot, operated by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Isbrandtsen, Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, assigned to EOD Mobile Unit 2, as it attempts to pick up a nickel during a visit to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command July 19. The ESGR visited Navy Expeditionary Combat Command to familiarize themselves with NECC's missions and capabilities.
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I've recently caught the cycling bug. And I seem to have lots of questions about bikes now that I never thought I would have. I've been cycling a lot in Kyoto recently (you're allowed to ride on the pavements, it's like being ten again). Although the bike I've been using is functional, I soon realised that it would be a lot more fun if I had a slightly better bike.
So I've ordered a new one from a bike shop here. They had to order one for me because I needed a bigger frame than any of the bikes in the shop at the time. So I thought I'd join the forum so that I could search, read and perhaps get some advice and answers to questions I have, from those with more experience in bikes.
The roads are quite flat here in most places, but I live at a higher elevation than most of the more built up busy areas, basically where all the shops are. So it's a fun downhill ride to get to pretty much anywhere I want to go, but more effort required to get home.
I do have a few questions which I'll ask separately.
So anyway, here I am, happy to be here. Looking forward to some bicycle talk.


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In 1988, when the first "Die Hard" was released, Bruce Willis' everyday action hero John McClane was something of an anomaly. This was the era of the invincible action superstar – people like Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Jean-Claude Van Damme, who would waltz through action movies firing machine guns, surviving explosions with the casualness of someone doing laundry or putting up wallpaper. With "Die Hard," McClane was a new kind of hero -- a New York City cop who is afraid of flying, who's deeply insecure about his marriage and who, once bank-robbing terrorists seize a Los Angeles skyscraper, forgets his shoes, embodied by an actor most knew from a primetime comedy. And while there are plenty of instances where he survives against all odds, he also gets cut, bleeds, and screws up – things that these Reagan-era he-men rarely (if ever) did. As the series progressed, things became more and more cartoon-y for John McClane, until, by the fourth film, he was just as undefeatable as the heroes he was once such a refreshing antithesis to.
In an Esquire conversation between "Lethal Weapon" scribe Shane Black and director Edgar Wright, Black described what had befallen the franchise by the third entry: "John McTiernan -- who I've had a checkered history with, but he's a nice enough guy -- made the most bizarre movie in 'Die Hard 3.' Some of the violence is so cartoonish -- people will literally fall fifty feet and stand up and go, 'Ow, my knee hurts.' But that movie also has some of the most bloody, realistic, and riveting scenes. There's this female terrorist who carries around a scythe and slits people's throats. It has these really adult, realistic cop story thrills, then the rest of it is a comic book where they're sitting on top of a giant bomb like an old episode of 'Batman.' "
As the fifth entry in the franchise, "A Good Day To Die Hard," heads to theaters this week, we thought we would run down all the instances when John McClane probably should have died (but didn't). And yes, it's pretty much almost every instance of peril. Yippee-ki-yay, motherfuckers.
"Die Hard": McClane should've died when....
Few people know that John McClane, in addition to being a beleaguered New York City cop trying to make amends with his estranged wife by attending a glitzy Christmas party who ends up foiling an elaborate terrorist/bank heist plot, is also part tree frog. This is the only explanation for his ability to shimmy down an elevator shaft using nothing but his toes and a machine gun (he uses the shoulder strap extensively – until it comes undone! No!). He should have plummeted to his death. Of course, that would have made the movie really short.
He was shot at through a wooden table
Simple physics: bullets go through wood. When John McClane is cornered underneath a giant, ornate, totally '80s conference table, with a hulking, European bad guy on the other side of the table with a very large gun, logic dictates that the bad guy (named Marco! And played by an Italian soccer star!) would blast through the table and kill our relatively gnomish hero. There's even dialogue about it! Marco says, in his swarthy Italian soccer star way, "Next time you have a chance to kill someone, don't hesitate." AND THEN MARCO HESITATES. McClane then fires up through the table, riddling Marco with bullets, after which McClane quips, "Thanks for the advice, pal." End scene.
During the explosive climax, the bad guys, led by an irrepressible Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber, set off explosives at the top of the skyscraper meant to blow up all the hostages and conceal their getaway. Of course, New York cop John McClane has other plans and runs to the roof, scaring away the hostages by (of course) firing a machine gun at them. When everyone else has left the roof, the terrorists still decide to blow up the roof, which means that McClane wraps a fire hose around his waist and jumps off the fucking building. Okay, now barring the logistical hurdles of a man jumping off the top of a skyscraper tethered to a fire hose, at one point the fire hose comes unmoored from the building, at which point McClane should have plummeted to his death. Instead, he shoots out a window and lands inside, at which point the thing that the hose is attached to threatens to pull him back out the window (it probably would have – he would have plummeted again). Take that, gravity!
"Die Hard 2": McClane should've died when....
"Die Hard 2" was the franchise inching towards cartoonishness (or jumping in wholeheartedly). Notable examples include the snowy jet ski chase, which has McClane running away from a bunch of jack-booted bad guys in a sequence more akin to a big James Bond action moment than the relatively human-based set pieces in the first film. At one point, he jumps his jet ski on the top of an 18-wheeler, landing safely on the other side of the highway (after blowing up one of his pursuers). In reality, and not comic book land, his jump would have fallen short and he would have been flattened by the 18-wheeler, which is a very big truck indeed, and one that would barely register running over a jet ski and a plucky cop (this time he's a Los Angeles cop in Washington, D.C. – perennially out of place, this guy!).
He was blown up by grenades in the plane
In a moment that was played endlessly in the marketing materials for "Die Hard 2," John McClane is cornered in a military plane and then locked inside. Then, to add insult to injury, the bad guys throw grenades into the plane. And not just a couple of grenades – we're talking a copious amount of grenades. (Terrorists are not keenly attuned to the concept of "overkill.") What's John McClane to do? Well, if this were real life, he'd probably be blown to smithereens, but in "Die Hard 2" world, he jumps into the cockpit and hits the ejector button, propelling himself into the sky while the explosion is going on. Barring the fact that the ejector seat probably didn't work after being riddled with bullets, the fact that he got in the seat and pulled the lever before the grenades went off is absurd, even more so for the fact that the seat propelled him clear of the explosion. It's just daft.
During the climax of "Die Hard 2," McClane is fighting a goon on the wing of a giant 747. (This is when he kicks someone into one of the plane's massive engines and it results in a gory red spray. Director Renny Harlin has said openly that he was very influenced by Sam Peckinpah at the time. Even Peckinpah would have found that "a bit much.") He gets knocked onto the tarmac from the wing of the plane (ouch) and then, somehow, doesn't get run over by its huge-ass tires. No matter. Shortly after he lights the plane on fire (via flare!) and it blows up just as it's taking off. All of the bad guys die in a fiery inferno and everyone is happy because, honestly, airports are annoying enough as it is without terrorists.


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The Pope Blesses a PlayStation: Prescott and Gordon Arrange a Peerage, Tony and Cherie Pray for Africa, While Sarah Sizes Up the Curtains
Box, Red, New Statesman (1996)
Scene 1: 10 Downing Street. With Blair out of the country, Prescott is in charge. He comes barrelling down the corridor. A smirking Peter Hain blocks his path.
Prescott: Out of me way, you suntanned ponce.
Hain [extra-plummy voice]: Oh I say, John. Hello, old sport. Fancy a spot of Pimm's in the rose garden?
Prescott: Piss off.
Hain: What's up? Lost your badminton racket? Why don't you pop over to the Billiard Room around sixish. We'll get squiffy with a few of the servants and then have a game of charades? Or maybe even sardines, if you're feeling really racy. Count you in?
Prescott: Ah, bollocks. He barges past Hain and makes his way to the door of Sarah and Gordon's flat. He taps and enters. Gordon is dandling Baby John on his lap. He's beaming from ear to ear.
Gordon: Good work, John! You're a political genius.
Prescott: Eh?
Gordon: The worst spell the government's had for nine years--and you're getting the flak. Brilliant!
Prescott: For you, maybe. Gordon puts Baby John down who promptly runs up to Prescott and kicks him in the shins.
Prescott: Owwwww!
Gordon: Oh, cheer up. I expect you're here to collect your reward. How about a new mallet? Ha ha ha.
Prescott: Oh God. Not you as well. Everyone's got the whole thing arse over tit. I was bloody exhausted that day. I'd spent five solid hours signing tower block approvals and rubber-stamping new Tesco's hypermarkets and I needed a spot of fresh air. Now me whole life's collapsed. I've lost everything. Me shagpad. Me girlfriend. And me rough-and-ready image as a man of the people. I even got 'eckled this morning on me way to work: "Sexist! Toff!" What a humiliation. I just want to vanish from the face of the earth.
Gordon: That's easily arranged. How about a peerage? Lord Prescott of Dorneyw ... [Beat] Whoops. Sorry. Ha ha ha.
Scene 2: The Vatican. Tony and Cherie wait for an audience with the Pope. Paparazzi are ready to photograph the meeting.
Tony [whispering]: Whatever you do, don't call me Your Holiness.
Cherie: Shhh, here he comes.
Two nuncios open a pair of vast gilded doors. The Pope glides in.
Cherie [whispering]: God, he's even smaller than Bono.
Tony flashes his most unctuous, duchess-melting smile.
Tony: How do you do, Your Holiness?
Pope: Guten morgen.
Cherie drops a curtsey and kisses the Pope's ring.
Cherie: Father. Are you well?
Pope: Ach, not so bad. A leetle arzritis in ze shoulder from all ze vayving but uzzervise good, ja.
Cherie: First things first, Father. …


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In response to softlaw2's comment:
The guy Softy thought should have been released in favor of Coco Crisp. The guy Softy said would be washed out of the league by now.
In fact, I said to trade Crisp because of the money and value. I said he would end up in the last stage of he career as platoon guy. I will be correct on that, as well.
You said he was a superstar. You said he was the next Ichiro. Some said the next Ted Williams. All wrong, and his physical consitutition and short arm swing and bad routes won't get a lot of mileage past 30.
I noticed, in your prevarication, that you avoided that bad route that casued Lester to get 2 earned runs that weren't earned. Ellsbury always plays the big hop on balls in front of him, and he never knows where to go until well after the ball is in flight.
I happened to watch that play in CF again last night and no CF in the game would have made that catch. Ellsbury was off in the right direction with the hit, which was off the end of the bat by the way, and at full speed running towards it and even though he is one of the fastest players in the league he didn't get close to it. That was not a bad play.


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Sep 2015 - $40.00
Long, level sites. A good place for overnight stop. Was quiet and felt safe. Lots of grass for dog walking. The road to the campground turns into gravel and is a washboard. - Barbie Queue
Aug 2015 - $36.00
Site was level, 50 amp hookups & cable (we didn't use it), very clean and quiet. We did not have a sewer but didn't need it so that was fine with us. Price reflected that. Lots of big rig sites available. Good area for dogs. The sites are not huge but we had an end site so no one on the driver's side. There are shade trees scattered through the campground, which is nice. The cafe offers a "daily supper special" which we took advantage of. It was very good and well worth the $7.95. They also offer pizza which is fixed there.
We would definitely stay there again! - KarenS144
Jul 2015 - $40.00
We had a level, long pull thru so that we could stay hooked up, as this was just and overnight stop. The staff was friendly and helpful and escorted us the the site. Everything worked well and the pool was VERY refreshing after a hot traveling day. Not too far off I80, but quiet at night. Bonus was a crop dusting plane working in one of the adjacent fields. - ronboett
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Price includes $5/daily entry permit but not the $7 reservation fee. Entry permit is $25/year. OK campground. Sites are mostly level and wide, but tend to be short. Roads are decent for a big rig and it was easy to back in. No water or sewer hookups, and you block the road when filling up at the water spigot. The biggest drawback is its location at the intersection of an interstate and highway. Most of the time the road noise isn't bad, but for some reason trucks frequently need to hit their jake brakes and the sound really carries. Otherwise it's a decent campground and I'd give it a higher rating if they had FHUs. - Keeping up with the Joneses
May 2015 - $20.00
Stopped here overnight on our drive back from Ohio to Colorado and got the very last available site. It was by the road, so we didn't feel comfortable putting out our driver side slides for fear someone would drive by, not see them and either hit them or hurt themselves on it it. But the location was very pleasant and relaxing, with lakes to walk around. We didn't use the facilities as we had them on board. It was totally fine as an overnight. We would return, but would want a different spot so we could comfortably open all our slides. - RVLove.com
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Traveling across country and needed an overnight spot. The park is very easy to find from I-80, you can see the freeway traffic from the campground but you don't hear it. The campground has the Platte River on one side and Mormon Lake on the other, choose your site then self register at the entrance. The gravel sites have 30 & 20 amp electricity only. Fresh water fill and dump station have easy access. - Charlie M.


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Simultaneously one of the most sparsely populated places on the planet and one of the places most shaped by long human presence, especially through complex traditions around the management of fire and fisheries, Northern Australia is exquisitely rich with biocultural diversity. The region has some of the planet's most significant and resilient marine biodiversity in the Great Barrier Reef and the world's largest substantially intact savannah system stretching from Cape York across the Top End westwards to the Kimberly, as well as the rain forests of Queensland's Wet Tropics. Its coastline and islands include the Torres Straits Islands between Papua New Guinea and Northern Queensland, important areas like the Kowanyama Delta on the Gulf of Carpenteria, all the way to where the desert meets the ocean in Western Australia. Australia's North is also rich in mineral and water resources, and has a significant tourism industry with the potential to deliver benefits to Indigenous communities.
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The many distinct Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islands peoples inhabiting these varied landscapes represent some of the longest continued relationships between landscapes and cultures in the world; enabling the development of sophisticated methods of harvesting and natural resource management with deep relationships to country. Coastal communities in Queensland, for example, sustain relationships with freshwater springs beneath coral reefs that they know from periods during the last Ice Age when sea levels were lower, and honey hunters seeking the nests of stingless bees in Arnhem Land follow not the bee but a brightly-colored parasitic wasp that specializes in laying its eggs in the bees' nest sites. Communities are also adapting traditional knowledge to current challenges, like the Aboriginal stockmen in the Kimberly who are adapting their fire management systems with the changing bush-grass dynamic to improve cattle grazing.
After generations of dispossession and marginalization Australia's Indigenous Peoples gained citizenship in 1967 and have re-established control of significant ancestral territory in recent years. The Christensen Fund supports Traditional Owners to re-establish the cultural and natural resource management practices of "caring for country" and building a "culture-based economy" (which includes ecosystem services, indigenous-controlled tourism and the arts), as well as backing their programs to secure inter-generational transmission of traditional knowledge, values and languages. With support, numerous indigenous institutions have enhanced their cultural continuity, livelihoods, and the management of their lands for biodiversity and carbon management.
In recent years there has been substantial growth in private philanthropy in Australia, and a growing commitment among Australia's institutions to take seriously the vision and institutions of Indigenous Peoples. For this reason it has been possible to co-fund most of Christensen's activities with Australian institutions, and to develop jointly a new approach to enabling the energy and commitment of Indigenous Australians to contribute long term to the natural and cultural heritage of this region.
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Lucifer is a Latin word, which means to carry a light, or as a name it means bearer of light. It wasn't until the late medieval era that early Christians began using the term to refer to Satan, the most famous fallen angel. In ancient Rome, the term Lucifer was used by Roman astrologers to define the Morning Star, which is why you will still to this day hear Lucifer referred to as the Morning Star. The actual star being referred to in this case wasn't even a star at all, but the planet Venus, which is visible above the horizon before sunrise. The Latin roots of the word itself were most likely a literal translation of the Greek word Eosphoros, which means carrying the light, or carrying the dawn. In the Christian nomenclature system, the name Lucifer probably appeared first in the Latin translation of the Bibles of the 4th and 5th centuries. Many people think the name is rooted in Hebrew or ancient Aramaic, but obviously this is not the case at all.
According to Christianity Lucifer is the person behind evil itself, in fact he was the creator of all evil. In the Bible it says that Lucifer was the highest ranking angel in heaven before his fall. In heaven he was called the son of the dawn, or him who brings light. He was a great archangel, and prince amongst his angelic brethren. According to some Christian scholars, Lucifer was respected by most of the heavenly angels due to his rank, but that his high ranking is the reason why he began to challenge God, and eventually hate him. It was here that the first feelings of dissatisfaction within our universe emerged, as Lucifer began to slowly fall from God's grace. Lucifer would eventually be consumed with rage, envy, pride, and pure jealousy, and through these emotions he would lead a rebellion against God. His intention through this rebellion was to somehow elevate himself well above God, and eventually reign supreme over all that is and ever was.
After Lucifer openly rebelled against God with his legions, the war in heaven broke out. Michael the archangel was commanded by God to put down the rebellion, and he eventually went on to defeat Lucifer, and then cast him and all of his followers out of heaven forever. Lucifer and his demons fell to the earth, having had their wings singed off in the war with Michael. Thus they would be trapped on earth, destined to roam amongst mankind until the final battle takes place. This final battle is detailed in the Book of Revelation, where it is said that Lucifer will be defeated once and for all. In these references, it names Lucifer or Satan as the great dragon and the original deceiver who tricked Eve into sinning in the Garden of Eden. This is the only place in both the New and Old Testament where the direct connection is made between Lucifer and the serpent. For this specific serpent reference, please refer to the Book of Genesis.
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Sun Kil Moon is a music project of singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek, best known for his previous band Red House Painters. Sun Kil Moon sees Kozelek undertake the writing, composing, singing, and guitar playing, accompanied by Tim Mooney and Anthony Koutsos on drums, and Geoff Stanfield on bass. The band is named after Korean lightweight boxer Sung-Kil Moon. Following the dissolution of Red House Painters after the tumultuous release of their last album 2001's "Old Ramon," Kozelek released a handful of solo recordings before forming Sun Kil Moon in 2002. The band's debut album, "Ghosts of the Great Highway," was released in November 2003 by Jetset Records. It contained several songs c...
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Did you see The Cove – would you do this to a friend?
The Telegraph today says Free flipper! argues scientist
Dolphins should be treated as "non-human persons" and merit special rights above other animals because they are so bright, scientists claim.
Researchers argue that it is morally unacceptable to keep such intelligent animals in captivity or to kill them for food.
Dolphins have long been recognised as among the most intelligent of animals but many researchers had placed them below chimps, which some studies have found can reach the intelligence levels of three-year-old children.
MY VIEW: I have always been highly unconvinced that marine parks and aquauria were the best places for dophins. Ever since seeing them in relatively tiny pools in small marine centres in New Zealand, I have felt sorry for them! Also, viewing dolphins and whales in the wild where they are naturally spectacular. Recently seeing the film The Cove – has convinced me not only that such amazingly intelligent creatures deserve better, perhaps they should be counted as 'friends' just like man's 'best friend' – the dog!
Dolphins in captivity – important role or just plain wrong?
My view: I have always been uncomfortable with the notion of having captive animals in enclosed spaces, and would far rather view them in the wild. My wife and I have gone whale-watching holidays http://www.wdcs.org.uk/ for that reason. Whilst educational aims for keeping wild animals captive – so children and families who would otherwise not have the opportunity to see and interact with them, are able to learn about them – there are many reports of animals not seeming to be happy – by way of repetitive behaviour – with some dieing much earlier in their lives. These worrying aspects raise questions.
As a zookeeper in New Zealand, I was very aware of the need for animals to have space and be able to go about their daily lives including displaying normal behaviours. Conservations groups – see links below – are working with zoos and dolphinarium to improve the lives of animals. Providing opportunities for this to happen is one of the greatest challenges of zoo and dolphiarium.
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In 2008 Kido Foundation wrote and produced a puppet show for youth depicting in dramatic acts precisely the tragic and despicable facts you write about in this article. WSPA supported this effort.
We did it in puppet theatre form because we believe that reaching the younger ones may bring effective and corageous supporters of marina mammals into homes and families…kids see, learn and question aloud! Thus we aim also at reaching the policy deciding adults. Another angle of the strategy to get people to act and stop the killing and begin to enjoy marine mammals beyond the slavery contract which exists today.
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Typical O'Barry statement with no scientific foundation. jdd_london wrote:
Sunday, 11 October 2009 at 08:28 am (UTC)"…that the life span of a captive dolphin is reduced from around 25 years in the wild to about five; that half of all dolphins die within 90 days of capture."
Typical O'Barry statement with no scientific foundation:
It is ironic that anti-captive posters displaying the heading of the article were actually deemed misleading in the UK by the Advertising Standards Authority in the 1980s after a complaint by Dr Margaret Klinowska the author IUCN Red Data book on whale and dolphins.
And this is something that O'Barry may not be so keen for people to know:
http://www.wspa.org.uk/ WSPA is working towards a world where animal welfare matters and animal cruelty ends.
http://www.bornfree.org.uk/International wildlife charity working to prevent cruelty and alleviate suffering.
http://www.eaza.net/Pages/European%20Association%20of%20Zoos%20and%20Aquaria.aspx Promotes co-operation for furthering wildlife conservation, particularly through European Endangered Species Programmes (EEP).


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Drew Barrymore attends the Rag & Bone Cocktail Party at Intermix in Los Angeles.
She wore a jacket by Rag & Bone with black pants and YSL pumps.
She wore a jacket by Rag & Bone with black pants and YSL pumps.
Oh, boy. This is where the IN OR OUT format fails us. We admit up front that there are some issues here, but we did a tiny gay gasp when we saw this getup. You see, true style is really rare among celebrities, most of whom fake it by paying someone with true style to dress them. Granted, it's possible this was styled for her, but considering the casual nature of both the outfit and the event, we suspect otherwise.
Let's get this out of the way: her hair looks terrible. Really, really awful. We think she might be past the age where she can work a sort of rocker chick/wild child look, plus teasing out such bleached hair only makes it look fried. Secondly, the pants. We see them, really we do. And we doubt they're flattering on any woman over a size 2. We admit that there's just not enough visual evidence for us to make a ruling as to whether they suit Drew.
But we can't help it; we love this look. We love that a movie star like Drew can wear an outfit like this when most would have defaulted to the standard ruffled cocktail dress. That jacket is straight-up fierce and we love both the chain necklace and the cap. Honestly, if she'd picked a different hairstyle (a ponytail would have been cute), we would have probably considered the look perfect. As it is, she's IN (as if you couldn't figure that out) simply because, while we'd quibble with some of the details, it's such a great, stylish, casual and somehow TOTALLY Drew sort of look. It's pure L.A. style. We dig it.
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