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|Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
|Season 1 Episode 01
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|Matthew Weiner
|Directed by
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We are introduced to the world of 1960s advertising in America. Handsome, high-level ad executive Don Draper is living the high life, yet he struggles to find inspiration for a Lucky Strike ad campaign and juggles his marriage and extramarital affair. Peggy Olson, ushered into a new world as Don's new secretary, has difficulty fitting in with her co-workers, especially Joan Holloway, the ringleader of the secretarial pool. In the meantime, Peggy catches the eye of Pete Campbell.
Mad Men: A term coined in the late 1950s to describe the advertising executives of Madison Avenue. They coined it.
Donald Draper, the creative director for the Sterling Cooper ad agency, sits at a bar, drinking an old-fashioned and scribbling on a cocktail napkin. He strikes up a conversation with an African-American waiter about cigarettes, asking him why he chooses to buy the Old Gold brand instead of Lucky Strike. They are interrupted by one of the owners of the bar, who claims the waiter can be a bit too "chatty," but Don insists that the two of them were simply having a conversation. Searching for inspiration, the waiter says he "loves smoking," although "Reader's Digest says it will kill you." "Yeah, I heard about that," Don replies. He scopes out the room, observing all the fine-looking people smoking and chatting.
Don meets Midge Daniels later that day. He discusses business with her, trying to figure out what to talk about in his meeting with Lucky Strike the next day. Surprised that Don is "really there to talk," Midge listens and asks Don whether this is the part where she says that "Don Draper is the greatest ad-man ever and his big, strong brain will find a way to lead the sheep into the slaughterhouse." Don smiles and says he "doesn't want to go to school tomorrow," as Midge opens her blouse and they make love. The next morning as they both wake up, Don teasingly says that they should get married. Midge questions whether he thinks she would be a "good ex-wife," then hands him a watch, affirming that Don knows "the rules"—she doesn't make plans or breakfast. He then heads to work.
Arriving for her first day at work, Peggy rides the elevator with a few young executives from Sterling Cooper: Ken Cosgrove, Harry Crane, and Paul Kinsey. Ken instructs the elevator operator to take the "long way up" then leans into Peggy and whispers that he is "really enjoying the view." Paul turns the conversation over to Pete Campbell's bachelor party, swearing that Pete's fiance is a "nice girl." Harry asks, "who wants that?"
At Sterling Cooper, the young exec's make their way to Pete Campbell's office. Paul questions why Ken pulled the stunt with Peggy in the elevator and Ken tells him it was so she knows "what she's in for." In Pete's office, the smarmy young account man has a phone conversation with his fiancee, claiming he has no idea what the other men have in store for him while Ken holds a flyer to "The Slipper Room." Pete reassures her that he will stop by her place before he leaves, so her mother can "check under [his] fingernails." Surrounded by co-workers who are more interested in discussing the bachelor party, Harry confirms that Pete's fiancee's father is "loaded."
Joan Holloway introduces Peggy to her new job as Don's secretary. She gives her work and personal advice. She states that hopefully Peggy will avoid some of the "mistakes" Joan has made there, and as Paul walks past and says hello to Joan, Joan turns to Peggy and nods, "like that one." When they get to Peggy's desk Joan shares a personal moment with Peggy by confiding that the men they work for are looking for something between a "mother and a waitress and the rest of the time, well..." Joan leans in close to Peggy and advises her to "take a paper bag, cut eyes holes out of it, put it over your head, get undressed then look at yourself in the mirror. Really evaluate where your strengths and weakness are, and be honest." Peggy tells Joan that she always tries to be honest. On that cue, Don arrives with Roger Sterling in tow.
Inside Don changes into a fresh shirt while Roger highlights the importance of the up-coming Lucky Strike meeting. Roger insists that he isn't the one who is nervous, and trusts that Don "has something" to present them. Before leaving Roger asks whether Sterling Cooper has any Jews on their payroll, and Don replies "not on my watch", to which Roger reveals that they have a meeting with Menken's department store.
Don, settled in his office with antacid fizzing in his glass of water, struggles for inspiration as he rummages through his things. A medal with "Lt. Donald Draper" on the front reveals Don served time in the Army. Salvatore Romano enters with a mock-up of the new Lucky Strikes ad and asks Don if they should drink "before the meeting or after?...Or both?." They are joined by Dr. Greta Guttman, a researcher who gives Don a report that theorizes that the desire for cigarettes is actually a death wish, and people enjoy smoking because of that danger. Don proclaims the research report absolute poppycock and throws it in the trash.
As Don naps in the middle of the day he stares at a fly trapped in a ceiling light fixture and drifts in and out of consciousness as the sound of bombs replay in his head. Peggy comes in to wake Don, saying Pete is outside his office. After introducing herself to Don once again, Don instructs Peggy to "go outside and entertain" Pete as he spruces up. Not wanting to seem uncooperative Peggy pleads, "do I have to?" Slightly impressed by her wit, Don replies, "I see your point." Peggy offers Don aspirin before Pete bursts in. Pete is instantly attracted to Peggy inquiring whether she's "Amish or something" due to the way she dresses. Peggy politely replies that she is from Brooklyn. Pete advises her that she is in the city now, and it "wouldn't be a crime" if they see her legs. Don apologizes to Peggy for Pete's libidinous behavior, saying he "left his manners at the fraternity house." On the way to their next meeting Don tells Pete to knock off the playboy escapades as he is getting married and if he doesn't he'll end up as a lonely mid level exec.
Their next meeting is with Rachel Menken, for Menken's department store. Also in the room is David Coen, a token Jewish employee from the mail room. She wants the store to be the next Chanel. She does not appreciate their suggestion to offer coupons to housewives, proclaiming that Menken's is the type of store that "shares a wall with Tiffany's." Per Pete's suggestion, he asks why Rachel doesn't just go to a Jewish firm, and Rachel assures him that she was at a Jewish firm and that "their research favored coupons too." Roger reaffirms that "coupons work, housewives love coupons." Rachel says that housewives aren't the demographic she wants to appeal to, she wants people like Don to come into the store "because it's expensive." Don, fed up, storms out of the room after Rachel provokes and mocks his lack of preparation by snarking that "Sterling Cooper is known for being innovative" in a sarcastic tone. Pete follows while David remains to snack on the food laid out on the table and tries to get a Bloody Mary cocktail, only to get a dirty look from Roger Sterling.
Peggy is at the office of Dr. Emerson, an OB/GYN. Dr. Emerson reveals that Joan is the one who sent Peggy to get on the pill, and says Joan "must be a scream" and describes her as a "fun girl." He assures Peggy that there isn't anything wrong with a "woman being practical about the idea of sexual activity" regardless of her marital status, although if he catches her abusing the medication, he will take her off it. He blithely states that Peggy doesn't have to become the "town-pump" to get her "money's worth."
Peggy continues her tour of the office courtesy of Joan with gifts Joan had instructed her to pick up that day. Joan talks about Dr. Emerson, saying that he is "a dream." She goes on to state rather suggestively that "he has a place in South Hampton, [I'm] not saying [I've] seen it, but it's beautiful." Joan introduces Peggy to the "nerve center" of the office, the switchboard. She reminds Peggy to never provoke them, and to always be a "supplicant."
Their next meeting is with Lucky Strike meeting, Sterling Cooper's most important client. Roger Sterling, head of the company, joins in welcoming Lucky Strike to the office. The ad team banter back and forth over how Lucky Strike is a fine product (while everyone coughs and hacks) and how they have fashioned a "safer cigarette" and even invested in their own tobacco research facilities. Roger unfortunately announces that Sterling Cooper can no longer advertise that "cigarettes are safe." Don blankly stares at the empty pages of his report; the team flouders since Don still has no ideas to offer to Lucky Strike. Pete intervenes and offers Dr. Greta's "death wish" psychology. Shocked, the Lucky Strike men begin to leave, with Lee Garner, Sr. in particular disbelief over the ridiculous claim. Don suddenly comes up with an idea and saves the meeting, saying "advertising is based on one thing: happiness." In a moment of inspired genius, Don asks Lee Sr. how Lucky Strike's tobacco is made. When Lee explains that their tobacco is "grown, cut, cured and toasted." Don cuts him off and pitches the following line: "Lucky Strike; it's toasted." He makes the logical connection that if Lucky Strike cannot claim that cigarettes are healthy then neither can any of their competitors. While everyone else's cigarettes are poisonous, Lucky Strikes are "toasted." Within moments, the Lucky Strike folks are sold.
After the meeting, Roger encourages Don to reconsider the presidential campaign for Richard Nixon before being interrupted by Ken, Harry, Pete, and Paul. Roger sees that Don is about to engage in "light camaraderie" with the boys, but before he leaves, he asks Don to "patch things up" with Rachel Menken and reveals that her account would gain an additional $3 million for the firm. Don reluctantly accepts, calling him a whore. The boys once again ask Don to join them for Pete's bachelor party, but Don declines and wishes them a good time without him.
While the rest leave, Don catches Pete alone and calls him out for using Greta's research. Peggy then comes into Don's office and congratulates Don on his victory and thanks him for defending her from Pete's vulgar behavior. She takes Don's hand only to have her gesture backfire when Don chastises her for allowing Pete to go through his garbage and get the report. Peggy defends herself by saying that Pete claimed he had left his fountain pen in Don's office and she hadn't meant to go behind Don's back. Don advises her to go home and put her curlers in because she'll have a fresh start tomorrow.
Pete and the guys head out to the gentlemen's club and soon find themselves surrounded by girls. Pete, however, is not happy. While Ken, Harry and Paul flirt Pete finds himself alienating one of the women by being too forceful with his come-ons. One woman asks what the clan do for a living and Harry proclaims themselves to be "the finest ad-men in all of New York, hell, in all of the world."
Don tries to talk to Rachel a second time after their disappointing meeting. She asks whether Don "got into trouble," and he admits he acted unprofessionally and shouldn't have treated her as "anything less than a client." Rachel immediately accepts his apology. While offering her a cigarette, Don tries to explain that he was under a lot of pressure due to another account but Rachel deems his outburst refreshing, since she was only "hearing all the things I had assumed." Don changes the subject by grilling Rachel on why she isn't married, and Rachel explains that she finds business to be a thrill, and she doesn't "wear an apron" because she has never been in love. Don explains his philosophy on love and life before Rachel realizes that it must "be hard being a man too." After drinks Rachel gives Don the good news that his firm has her business.
With the bachelor party over, Pete shows up at Peggy's door. "I wanted to see you tonight," he whispers. She lets him in.
Don heads home, taking the train out of the city. He pulls up to a house, walks in, and kisses his wife, already in bed. He walks to another room to see his young children fast asleep.
- "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" was shot in April 2006, a full year before the rest of the season was filmed.
- "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" is the only episode of "Mad Men" to be shot in New York City. Every other episode is shot in Los Angeles or the various location shots.
- The scene with Don and Roger in Don's office was the first scene to be filmed in the entire series.
- According to the Season 1 commentary track, the picture of Trudy on Pete's desk is actually Matthew Weiner's mother, since the part hadn't been cast yet. Later episodes include a picture of Alison Brie.
- Remy Auberjonois, the actor who plays Dr. Emerson, was cast for a different part, but switched to that role after the original actor didn't show up. Matthew Weiner also considered playing the part of Dr. Emerson.
Main Star
- Jon Hamm as Don Draper
- Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson
- Vincent Kartheiser as Pete Campbell
- January Jones as Betty Hofstadt
- Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway
- Maggie Siff as Rachel Menken
Guest Star
- Remy Auberjonois as Walter Emerson
- Darren Pettie as Lee Garner, Jr.
- Rosemarie DeWitt as Midge Daniels
- John Cullum as Lee Garner, Sr.
- John Slattery as Roger Sterling
- Bryan Batt as Salvatore Romano
- Michael Gladis as Paul Kinsey
- Aaron Staton as Ken Cosgrove
- Rich Sommer as Harry Crane
- Gordana Rashovich as Greta Guttman
- Henry Afro-Bradley as Busboy
- Jack O'Connell as Bartender
- Bess Rous as Marjorie
- Julie McNiven as Hildy
- Stephanie Courtney as Marge
- Zandy Hartig as Ivy
- Kristen Schaal as Nannette
- Heather Klar as Wanda
- Jamie Proctor as Cleo
- Emma Roberts as Camille
- Mark McGann as Old Waiter
Don: "She won't get married, because she's never been in love. I think I used that to sell nylons."
Rachel: "For a lot of people, love isn't just a slogan."
Don: "You mean love, you mean the big lightning bolt to the heart, where you can't eat, you can't work - you just run off and get married and make babies. The reason you haven't felt it is because it doesn't exist. What you call love, was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons."
Rachel: "Is that right?"
'Don: "I'm sure about it. You're born alone and you die alone, and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you, to make you forget those facts - but I never forget. I'm living like there's no tomorrow; because there isn't one."
Rachel: "I don't think I realized until this moment that it must be hard, being a man too."
-- Don enlightens Rachel, in Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.


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The WTC towers "did very well" to stand as long as they did, the head of the official inquiry into their collapse said in a BBC Horizon programme broadcast in the UK on Thursday.
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The drywall fireproofing surrounding the central columns was highly fire-resistant but not very strong.
Researchers believe much of it was dislodged on impact.
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Rickie Lambert is spot on for Southampton as his penalty helps sink Aston Villa
Paul Lambert suffered yet more misery as his Aston Villa side suffered a 1-0 home defeat to Southampton.
By Razwan Mirza - Tweet me: @RazMirza
Last Updated: 12/01/13 11:47pm
Saints leapfrogged their opponents and into 15th place after recording their first win in five matches and only their second away win of the season thanks to skipper Rickie Lambert.
The decisive moment in the game was tinged with controversy as Enda Stevens appeared to make little contact challenging Jay Rodriguez in the penalty area but Mark Halsey was in little doubt as he pointed to the spot.
Lambert made no mistake from 12 yards, scoring his ninth Premier League goal of the campaign and his 97th goal in 179 games. The striker also maintained his 100 per cent career record from the spot - a perfect 29 out of 29.
Villa boss Lambert brought on Barry Bannan for Brett Holman at the start of the second period and his side showed more purpose.
Artur Boruc parried Andreas Weimann's left-footed effort and then Christian Benteke hooked the ball over the bar after the 'keeper had denied Stevens.
Brad Guzan was relieved when Jason Puncheon crashed a fierce low drive against the near post.
Villa then staged a late rally as Boruc kept out Benteke's towering header.
The Pole was powerless to stop Nathan Baker's header but it crashed against the crossbar from Bannan's corner.
Benteke then shot wide after Boruc had bravely saved at the feet of Gabriel Agbonlahor as the Saints survived to seal all three points and complete a league double over their opponents.
The harsh reality is Villa have now taken only one point from their last five league games and look set for a season-long battle to stay up. It completed a miserable week after the Capital One Cup semi-final, first leg setback at Bradford.
Saints have now collected 17 points from their last 11 games - a sharp contrast to losing eight of their initial 10 games back in the top flight.


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"We're estimating that many of these butterflies fly more than 5,000 miles in their lifetime," said Chip Taylor, who runs the Monarch Watch Program at the University of Kansas. He and his team place small tags on monarchs' wings to monitor where they fly.
"Monarchs have a biological clock in their brain, but also one in their antennae that tells them when the sun rises and sets," Taylor said. By keeping track of the sun's location in the sky, these two body parts act like a calendar and compass for the butterflies.
Monarchs that spend the winter in Mexico live eight or nine months, longer than any other monarchs. They begin their migration in late summer or early fall and reach Mexico in late fall and early winter, covering an average of 25 to 30 miles a day (about the distance from Washington, D.C., to Annapolis, Maryland).
They begin their flight back to the southern United States in late February and March. Along the way, each female lays a few hundred eggs. As the migrating generation dies off a month or two later, the new generation continues the springtime migration north and reaches the eastern United States and Canada in late spring and early summer. They have children and grandchildren of their own, and the cycle continues.
Migrating monarchs face many dangers, including storms and predators. But according to Taylor, their biggest threat is habitat loss.
Like all living things, monarchs need food, water and shelter to live. Adult monarchs eat nectar from flowers, and their larvae (the caterpillar stage) eat milkweed plants. In the United States, about 6,000 acres of land are paved over each day for roads and buildings, leaving less space for for butterfly habitats.
But kids can help. You can raise the caterpillars to butterflies, then release the adults. "Monarch Watch provides monarch caterpillars to hundreds of schools," Taylor said.
Kids also can plant milkweed and other butterfly-friendly plants in their gardens, or catch and tag adult monarchs before migration begins.
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Five Moves to Get You Bikini Ready NOW
If you want to see the best bodies in the world, head to my hometown, Miami. I grew up playing on the shores of South Beach, and let me tell you, the people there look good. Honestly, it's surprisingly easy to confuse the beach with a Victoria's Secret fashion show. Jacqueline Kasen, a trainer at Equinox South Beach, helps keep Miamians looking super hot. Her top five bikini body exercises will give you a full body workout and with a bonus: Each one of these moves engages your core. Incorporate them into your routine now to get as sizzling as Miami is in the summertime.
#### 1. Side Plank with Leg Extensions
Works: obliques, trunk, abductors (outside of hip), and shoulders
Lie on your side with your elbow directly under your shoulder. Keeping both feet flexed, use your obliques to lift your hips- don't arch your back! Lift your right leg and crunch it in. Extend your leg back out for one rep, then lower it. Repeat 10 times, then switch to left leg.
2. Lateral Squat with Band
Works: glutes, quads, and hamstrings
Put a resistance band above your knee, making sure it's not on your kneecap. You can put a second band above your ankles for more intensity. Squat and step to the right 15 times, landing with your feet hip-width apart. On the last rep, do 10 deep squats. Go as low as you're able to and only come up halfway. Take no rest and repeat the 15 steps and 10 deep squats with your left side.
3. Switch Lunge with Kick
Works: glutes, quads, and hamstrings
Step forward with your right leg and lower your hips until both knees are at a 90-degree angle. Using as much power and force as you can, jump up and switch your legs in midair. Land with your left leg in front and make sure to land on your heel, not your toe. Take your back leg and kick it up in the air. Return your foot to the floor and jump switch again. Repeat for a total of 20 alternating leg with kicks.
4. Windmill with Dumbbell Press
Works: obliques and shoulders
Put your feet hip-width apart in an L shape, with your right foot straight and your left turned out. Use a 5-7 lb dumbbell or kettlebell and raise your right hand into the air. Push your right hip as far to the side as you can while still standing straight. Look at your right hand up in the air. With an open palm, slowly reach your left hand as far toward the floor as you can without bending your leg. Repeat 12 times, then switch arms.
5. Triceps Push-Up
Works: triceps and shoulders
Start in a full body plank position with your feet together and your body aligned. Don't drop your hips! Place your hands shoulder-width apart and angle them slightly so your thumbs are facing each other. Come down and slowly count 3,2,1. Hold the pushup for one second. Make sure your arms aren't close to your body. Your elbows should be out enough that your arms look like wings. It's okay if you can't bend your arms very much! You can start off by putting your knees on the ground. It's a modified version, so it's easier but still challenging. Do as many reps as you can!
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Renovation to the four faces of the Marion County Courthouse clock tower is rapidly approaching completion.
The last leg of the project started Monday with the west- facing clock dial when David Seay of Regulator Time Company and his team removed the temporary plywood cover from the opening and installed both the iron quarter sections and the glass face.
Seay said each iron quarter section weighs approximately 60 lbs.
"The glass is a different story," Seay said. "Each quarter section weighs about 35 pounds but the center section is about 50 pounds."
Seay and his team labeled the sections of each clock face because all four dials were originally handmade to fit each specific opening, which meant that every piece needed to go back exactly where it was before.
"There was a small situation with the dial that involved us having to remove the 9 10 11 12 section back out of the hole," Seay said. "The bolt holes didn't line up with the glass."
Seay said the exterior of the glass portions were sandblasted to give clock faces a frosted appearance akin to look the tower had when it was originally constructed.
"It is not quite as light as the Plexiglas we removed," Seay said. "But the faces will appear whiter during the day and have more of a glow at night."
The half-inch glass Seay is installing will also be more sturdy that the than the Plexiglas he removed.
"It shouldn't flex at all," Seay said. "If it happens to break because of a bird or debris hitting it, the glass won't fall apart."
Seay estimated that it should take about a day to install each clock face.
He hopes have the project completed by Thursday or Friday, weather permitting.


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The Kansas City Star is reporting linebacker Jovan Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend this morning and then drove to the Chief's practice facility where he committed suicide.
Belcher and his girlfriend got into an argument in their Kansas City home this morning and Belcher allegedly shot her several times.
Belcher and his girlfriend had a 3-month-old baby who witnessed the shooting along with Belcher's mother who was visiting.
His girlfriend was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Belcher then drove to the Kansas City Chief's practice facility where he saw GM Scott Pioli. Pioli allegedly tried to convince Belcher to not "commit additional acts of violence" but when the police arrived Belcher shot himself in the head.
Earlier: KCTV is reporting that an unnamed Kansas City Chiefs player allegedly shot his girlfriend at a home in Kansas City and then went to the Chief's practice facility where he committed suicide.
NFL reporter Jay Glazer tweeted:
"Players are being told to go Stadium for team meeting on what has gone down but more details I'm getting, not a good situation"


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Religions address some of the most interesting and compelling questions in human life:
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- What is the true nature of human beings?
- Why are we here, and how should we then live?
- Who are we as a people, and who do we want to be?
The study of religion explores human understandings of these key issues from diverse places and cultures as they develop across changing circumstances and in encounter with each other. A key feature of the identities of individuals and communities, religions have tremendous power and impact on our personal lives and our local, national and global communities. With their divergent worldviews, moral codes, and conceptions of the life's meaning and purpose and the crucial roles religion plays in history, politics, law, the arts and so much more, understanding religion and developing interreligious literacy is an essential requirement for living productive and ethical lives as global citizens in our world today.
The Religious Studies Department at Chapman University offers courses that are global in scope and cover a broad range of religious traditions and contemporary ethical issues. Courses explore not only diverse understandings of the nature of reality, the meaning of life and death, and the relationship of faith and reason but also how we might address contemporary challenges of social justice, war and peace, the environmental crisis, medical ethics, human rights and globalization. The study of religion is necessarily interdisciplinary, employing methods from textual studies and archeology to philosophy, history, politics, anthropology, sociology, economics, literary theory, and more, to analyze religious phenomena, ideas, practices and texts. In this global and interdisciplinary study of the religions of the world, the department reflects the broad ecumenical and pluralistic interest of the Disciples of Christ, the founding denomination of the university.


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A player injured during a junior varsity football game at Jersey Village High School was transported to a hospital by Life Flight on Thursday evening, reports say.
Both KHOU and KTRK report that the student suffered a head injury during the Falcons' game against the Tomball Cougars. KHOU identified the player as Bailey DuBose. KTRK says he plays for Tomball.
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Hey! Want to piss off some homophobic fundie bigots? Of course you do!
So recently, a dearly beloved snack food came out in support of marriage equality. And there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth among people whose lives are filled with anger and fear, that they would never again be able to enjoy their favorite cookie. Truly, my heart bled. Did yours? I bet it did, you softie, you.
And now, a group of folks called Minnesota for Marriage, which is a curious thing for a group trying to prevent certain people from being allowed to marry to call themselves, are declaring war (which, I guess, is what you do when you're all about love) against General Mills. Because General Mills supports love and equality and marriage for everyone, you see, and that is an evil Satanic homodevil thing to do. And MFM's Andy Parrish, who wants all his loyal prayer warriors to know he can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com, will have none of it.
Well, my my. For sure, General Mills definitely needs someone at their backs. So why not? After all, who doesn't enjoy Count Chocula? (Okay, don't answer that. But, good grief, Trix! Whose childhood wasn't positively influenced by the Trix rabbit!)
So here are some fun ideas. You can send old Andy a note letting him know that you appreciate the information that General Mills have come out against the kind of bigotry by which Andy has chosen to define his life, and that you will certainly support their products in any way you can. Better yet, if you're a gay couple, what fun could be had by sending Andy a photo of yourselves, posing with your favorite General Mills cereal. One of you could be feeding the other a spoonful of Cheerios in a sultry way. Or if you really wanted to make Andy's head asplode, one of you could be licking flakes of Total off the other's body with the note "You bet I'm getting 100%!"
Trolling. It is such an art!
Looking forward to seeing what shenanigans ensue.
Quick addendum: General Mills is not the company that makes Oreos. That's Kraft. Thing is, they're both proudly pro-equality, the bigots hate them both now, so we should give them our love.
Addendum the Second: According to PZ, this post appears on Minnesota for Marriage's FB page.
And they're trying to disown it by saying it was put there by a hacker. (Here's the proof that that's a lie and desperate spin, and that they support the scriptural sentiment.) But they wouldn't take it down until "Facebook's forensics team" identified the hacker. (eyeroll) So it stayed up until the afternoon of Wednesday, June 27, getting all kinds of high-fives from MfM's fellow fundie bigots.
But here's the thing. You don't get to do this. You don't get to trumpet your bigotry with a fanfare of Biblical justifications, and then repudiate one of the principal passages from the very holy scriptures upon which that bigotry is founded, because you're uncomfortably aware that by modern, secular, humanistic moral boundaries, its incitement to murder goes a little too far. If this book is the divinely inspired word of your creator, from whom you believe your "morality" comes, what basis you do have to pick and choose what "morals" he gets to teach you?
If God is your "absolute moral authority," and he says do this, you can't say "Yes God, you're my moral authority, except when you tell me to kill someone." Because aren't you then placing your "relative" moral values over those of the "absolute" lawgiver?
Think for yourself. Make your choice. Millennia-old religious edicts or modern enlightened thought? In or out?


text: Take this ring keep it to yourself: why we skipped the ring exchange #Ceremony Advice#ceremony#feminism#ring May 13 2014 | Guest post by Hell Pollard Thanks to kestrel1983 for uploading this to our Flickr pool. Sure, we got married in a dorm common room, had touches of Halloween decorations everywhere, and used a Celtic Loving Cup Ceremony. But the thing that I believe is the most interesting part about our wedding is that we didn't exchange rings during the ceremony… we each put our rings on ourselves. When we started thinking about writing our own ceremony, both my husband Clayton and I felt that there was something that wasn't really feeling right for us about putting a ring on each other's finger. It could be that we're punks, it could be that we're feminists, it could be for a bunch of different reasons. But even the idea of us saying "please take this ring" instead of "with this ring, I thee wed" or something like that, was just not feeling right for us. So I thought that instead of exchanging rings, we could just put the ring on ourselves. I like the idea that it would symbolize that we entered this relationship as individuals, and that rather than the other person putting a ring on to bind us to those promises, we freely bind ourselves to them. We wound up deciding to go ahead and do exactly that! We co-wrote a set of vows, and then crafted special wording for the ring part in the ceremony. We wanted to be sure to include a line to sort of explain to our guests what we were doing, and why, so that nobody in the audience would be lost. During our ceremony, this ring portion came last. We did the Celtic Loving Cup Ceremony, then I said our vows, then picked up the ring and said "I place this ring on my finger as a symbol of my devotion to you and as a symbol of the vows I make to you this day" as I put the ring on my own finger. He said the exact same vows back to me, as he put his own ring on his finger. We were worried about how that portion of the ceremony would be viewed by our guests. But afterwards, the few comments that we got from people were just "we loved that part of the ceremony." Related Post 10 gender neutral and feminist-friendly wedding readings for your rad wedding ceremony When searching for weddings readings for your LGBT wedding, feminist wedding, or just a wedding where you want to embrace gender neutral terms, it can... Read more I think that this is really great option for people who aren't that into some of the symbolism/potential meanings behind the ring exchange. I know that I had not seen this, so I hope that this post inspires some more people to consider this option — or just make them aware that this is even option! And don't worry, your guests won't freak out. Reporter Name * Reporter Email * Original text Enter the original text here. Edited text* Enter your suggested copyedit here. Notes You can add a note for the editor here. * Required information. Fix Typo Hell Pollard A senior in her final month of college, she is more focused on post-grad life than ever before, but wishes she just had more time to play in the sunshine or curl up with a book beside her partner. PREVIOUS Try this instant cure for the wedding blues NEXT Say ALOHA to budget-friendly, LGBT-friendly, and all-around friendly Hawaiian wedding photographer Creatrix Photography Show/Hide comments [ 15 ] This is amazing, and something I never considered! I've always found the ring part of any ceremony very awkward. This is wonderful. I absolutely love the symbolism of entering into the marriage, and binding ourselves to the promise or devotion. Very powerful 🙂 Reply I love this idea! I may have to think of this in our wedding vows! Reply I'm going to have to talk to my partner about this. I really love the idea of maintaining that this decision was made by two equals – it goes with everything we've maintained since day one of our relationship: that being partners does not mean you give up your individuality, even when you marry. Reply That's such an interesting perspective! I feel like for me the ring exchange is not so much another person binding you as much as you're giving a token of your oaths to your partner for them to carry around with them all the time, and vice-versa. Although my dad and I think a lot of men in that generation didn't wear rings, so it was more of a one-way street, which I find a little sad. Anyway, interesting 🙂 Reply I agree – your partner putting a ring on you doesn't bind you, it binds them. Maybe like clicking the "I accept" button on a software user agreement, only instead of pressing a button you place a ring and you actually know what you're promising and you really do accept it 😛 Reply I like that this is more like making a promise to yourself than another person. Sometimes they mean more and are harder to break. Reply THIS is FANTASTIC. I may steal this… will have to talk to the dude and see what he thinks. Reply I was sure I remembered something like this in a Norse/Viking wedding here on OBB, so I found it (in the comments) http://offbeatbride.com/2011/07/alabama-viking-wedding: Oath Ring These were used to consecrate the wedding vows strengthen the link between the concept of the unbroken circle of the ring and the unbreakable nature of the vow. Why are they putting on their own wedding rings? The wedding ring is a symbol of a binding oath. The Norse believed that an oath could not be placed on a person, therefore the Bride and Groom are placing the symbol of their oath on their own finger. It seems to be in how you view the symbol of the ring – whether it is a token of a promise made to another or to oneself. Reply In many Jewish ceremonies one partner will put the ring on the index finger of the second partner. Then second partner will say something about how they come to the marriage of their own free will while moving the ring to their ring finger. Then it is done the same way for the first partner. A similar idea, but different process. Reply Yes, I remember reading something (probably here on OBB – where I seem to hear about most great ideas?) about one partner handing the other partner a ring saying, "I GIVE you this ring as a sign of my faithfulness, etc," and the receiver taking the ring and putting it on saying, "I ACCEPT this ring as a commitment to love you, etc." I thought it was beautiful. I love how OBB makes me re-examine my thoughts about why we do things – wedding or otherwise – and how to make them more meaningful. Reply OOH I love that, too 🙂 Reply Has anyone seen a sample ceremony script of this? I've heard something similar at a jewish wedding I attended, but can't seem to find anything on it. Reply oh brilliant, wish I had thought of that Oh well, we made the same points with our words 🙂 Reply I love this idea. Will potentially be using it for our wedding. Thanks for the post. 🙂 Reply Love the ring idea! I was just thinking today that I wanted to do something different with the whole ring thing when FI and I get married. This will be the second – and LAST – marriage for both of us and I hate the thought of saying the same vows we said to other people being said for our ceremony. And I hate that due to the nature of my fiance's job he won't be able to even wear his ring. What to do? 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Encouraging but limited view of charter public school progress
Families and educators may be interested in a new national report about charter and district public schools. Whether they have one or several of more than 39,000 Minnesota students attending a charter, or a district, private or parochial school, the report contains encouraging information. However, the study also has important limitations.
Any study summarizing public schools needs to recognize the vast array of charter and district schools offered. For example, Minnesota has district and charter public schools that are arts-focused, Montessori, American Sign Language, Chinese, French, German, Hmong, Russian, and Spanish Immersion, Classical, International Baccalaureate, project-based, "on-line" and "second chance."
This is the second major national report done by the Center for Research on Educational Options (CREDO) at Stanford University. The first was in 2009. This year's report covers public schools in Minnesota, the District of Columbia, 26 states and New York City which researchers "treated separately as the city differs dramatically from the rest of the state." CREDO says that 95 percent of the nation's charter public school students live in these states and districts.
The report focuses exclusively on gains in state-wide reading and math scores – important but not the only important ways to judge students and schools. CREDO found
- Overall, gains since 2009 in reading and math
- Larger increases for African American, Hispanic, English Language learners and students from low income families
- Gains partly because some low performing schools were closed, and new schools opened, plus improvements in some existing schools.
CREDO's researchers recommended closing more low performing schools and studying "what plans, what models, what personnel attributes and what internal systems provide the appropriate signals that lead to high performing schools."
So CREDO shows that some charters are helping close achievement gaps. That's encouraging.
What are the report's limitations?
First, responding to a question I asked, Devora Davos a CREDO Research Manager, acknowledged that the study was "able to include only a very few high school students in Minnesota and only for reading, because it is tested in grade 10." This information should have been in the report.
Second, what's important about schools? Most people think about several factors, such as program, attendance, safety, and in secondary schools, graduation rates. Bob Wedl, former Minnesota Commissioner of Education and I agree that it's also valuable to know what percentages of a school's students earn college credits and attend some form of one, two or four year post-secondary program. CREDO's report covers none of those issues.
The report also continues an unfortunate tendency of some researchers, advocates and critics of district and charter public school. CREDO tries to compare dramatically different schools. The list above helps illustrate the array of approaches Minnesota charters and district schools are using.
Can we compare gas mileage of leased and rented cars? No, it's meaningless because cars in both categories vary widely. The same applies to district and charters. We should be learning from district and charters whose students make significant progress – and not just on tests.
Tom Watkins, former Michigan State Superintendent of Public Instruction wrote, "Too much of the education debate is traditional school v charter school…political rhetoric has never educated a single child. …We need to get to the point that the only adjective that matters before the word SCHOOL—is QUALITY."
Tony Simmons, co-director of High School for Recording Arts, an award winning Minnesota charter criticized " this false debate of charters vs. district schools. Each should be used to inform the other regarding best practices and move more towards cooperation and collaboration… The question any family or student should have in choosing a school is whether a given school, charter or district, is a good choice for their needs and expectations. "
Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions welcome, please comment below


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Former SLU Basketball Coach Rick Majerus dies at age 64
Sun, 12/02/2012 - 12:01pm — Kyle Quick-Publisher
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ST. LOUIS - Saint Louis University mourns the loss of former head men's basketball coach Rick Majerus, who passed away Saturday, Dec. 1.
"On behalf of the entire Saint Louis University community, I wish to extend our deepest sympathies and our prayers to Rick's family and friends during this very difficult time," said University President Lawrence Biondi, S.J.
"Tonight we join the rest of the basketball world in sending our condolences to Rick Majerus' family and friends," said Saint Louis director of athletics Chris May. "Coach Majerus put his heart and soul into the Billiken program, and for that we will be eternally grateful.
"What I will remember most about Rick's tenure at SLU was his enduring passion to see his players excel both on and off the court," May said. "Wins and losses meant a lot to him, but no more than to see our student-athletes succeed in the classroom. He truly embraced the term 'student-athlete,' and I think that will be his lasting legacy."
May said the team was informed Saturday afternoon that Majerus' condition was deteriorating. The University's support staff, counselors and campus ministers are available to assist SLU's student-athletes as needed.
"Nobody loved basketball and teaching kids more than Rick," said SLU interim head coach Jim Crews. "His passion for the game and the coaching profession was unparalleled. Rick was a true friend and was always there when needed. I, along with so many others, am going to miss him."
Sunday's game against Valparaiso at Chaifetz Arena will take place as scheduled. The game tips at 3:30 p.m.
Majerus coached the Billikens from 2007-12. In 25 years as a collegiate head coach, he posted an overall record of 517-216. In five seasons at SLU, the Billikens went 95-69.
During his five years as SLU's head coach, Majerus put the men's basketball program back on the map. Last season, he guided the Billikens to the third round of the NCAA Tournament, SLU's first NCAA appearance since 2000. In addition, the Billikens topped Memphis in the second round for their first NCAA Tournament win since 1998. Saint Louis entered the national polls for the first time since the 1994-95 season.
Also highlighting the Majerus era at SLU were an appearance in the finals of the postseason College Basketball Invitational in 2010 and the ESPN 76 Classic championship a year ago, SLU's first in-season tournament title since 1986.
Majerus took 12 teams to the NCAA Tournament and four to the NIT during his illustrious career. His 1998 University of Utah team advanced to the NCAA championship final. Majerus has reached the 20-win plateau 15 times, including two seasons with 30 wins.
During his time at SLU, Majerus had eight players earn Academic All-Conference honors, the most by any Atlantic 10 Conference program during that span. He has coached six Academic All-Americans in his career, including two with the Billikens.


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EC's School of Christian Ministries honored Dr. Cheryl Bridges Johns ('73) with the G. Earl Beatty Servant Leadership Award during Homecoming Weekend 2013.
This honors her exemplary servant leadership as she has led through serving the body of Christ in the local church, in academia, and in ecumenical and creation care initiatives.
(Dr. Tracy Reynolds, Dean of EC's School of Christian Ministries, interviews Dr. Cheryl Bridges Johns in October 2013. Produced by Brandon and Mari McDaniel.)
Dr. Johns holds a B.A. from Lee College, an M.A. from Wheaton College, and a Ph.D. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. She has served as president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies in the past and has been a professor of Discipleship and Christian Formation since 1985. She currently teaches at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Cleveland, Tenn., and has taught at Lee University, Northwest Bible College, the Church of God Theological Seminary, and other institutions and churches worldwide. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Association of Theological Schools in America and Canada while also serving on boards such as Evangelicals for Human Rights, the Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture.
Dr. Johns actively participates in creation care initiatives such as "Scientists and Evangelicals Initiative on the Care of Creation" and ecumenical initiatives, including the Roman Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue, Evangelicals and Catholics Together, and the Church of God-Mennonite Dialogue. She has also represented the Wesleyan-Pentecostal tradition with the World Council of Churches and Faith and Order for the National Council of Churches.
Her published works include more than three dozen articles in scholarly and religious publications along with two books: Pentecostal Formation: A Pedagogy Among the Oppressed and Finding Eternal Treasures. In 2012, the Church of God awarded her the Distinguished Educator Award for Faculty. She and her husband, Jackie, co-pastor the New Covenant Church of God, which they planted in 1989.
This award is named in honor of Dr. G. Earl Beatty who faithfully served in ministry for more than 58 years. Through his service to God, the Lord has used him to lead in the body of Christ in a variety of positions. He has served as a pastor for many years. At Emmanuel, he was Dean of the School of Christian Ministries and Executive Vice President. He is currently Vice President of Academic Development at Holmes Bible College.
"Dr. Beatty's walk with Christ is exemplary, and this award which bears his name is presented to alumni and faculty of the School of Christian Ministries who display outstanding servant leadership worthy of imitation," says Dr. Tracy Reynolds, SCM Dean.
It has only been awarded twice in the past, once to Dr. Beatty and once to Professor Paul Oxley.