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The Lotus Formula 1 team is making some bold moves forward as it nears the end of its first season in Formula 1.
The team, established exactly one year ago by Tony Fernandes, the Malaysian music to airlines entrepreneur and F1 engineer Mike Gascoyne, will soon be renamed Team Lotus and this weekend it inked a deal with Renault for a technical collaboration involving two years supply of engines, gearboxes and KERS system.
When Force India made the switch for 2009, they immediately moved up from the back of the grid and even took pole and challenged for the win in the Belgian Grand Prix. Typically in 2008 they were 1.7secs to 2 secs off the pace. A year later they were around 1sec off the pace early in the season and ended it 0.5 sec off.
This step, which may even involve closer ties than just the technical partnership, will give Lotus a proven package around which they can finesse the aerodynamics and move up the field to challenge Sauber, Toro Rosso and maybe others next season. It is a strong challenge to Virgin Racing and Hispania.
There has been no official statement yet, but the deal is done.
Fernandes said on the BBC yesterday,
"Lots of negotiations have gone on over the last couple of weeks and we're very happy with the outcome. We want to move up the grid and we want to be up there with the Red Bulls and Ferraris in years to come – we're not going to do that overnight but we've got to make those constant steps forwards."
This season Lotus, like all the new teams, has been using Cosworth engines and suffered greatly with reliability problems around the gearbox and hydraulics provided by Xtrac.
The Cosworth engine has been pretty reliable and has steadily improved through the year – in its most serious test so far at Monza, a Cosworth engined car was 9th fastest through the speed trap at 341km/h, comparable with the Renault engined cars.
The other breakthrough has been that Fernandes has managed to acquire the rights to the name Team Lotus from David Hunt, brother of 1976 world champion James. This will allow them to use the original Lotus logo, with Colin Chapman's initials in it, and has other heritage benefits.
The team will be able to claim a direct connection with the Team Lotus which raced from 1958 to 1994, winning 79 races and six constructors' championships. It is brand with a strong racing pedigree, evoking memories of great drivers like Jim Clark and Mario Andretti and it will be interesting to see how Fernandes leverages it in Asia and developing markets.
What has been pleasing about the way Lotus have conducted themselves this year is that they have made some strong moves, like hiring experienced drivers and now the Renault deal and the rebranding to Team Lotus, but have done so in a humble way, acknowledging the fact that they are new kids on the block.
Renault engine and the other stuff clearly means a huge step forward for Lotus. Well done to them.
James it is possible that the original brand (with initial ACBC) will appare on T-127 cars during 2010 F1 season?
Shame for Cosworth to lose a customer – Lotus Cosworth was very evocative, even more so than Lotus Renault, I think, despite that also having a famous heritage.
Lots of people have said nice things about the Cosworth engine and it's plainly been reliable and reasonably competitive on performance. I got the impression from Fernandez' interview that it's perhaps the whole gearbox-engine package that Lotus more attractive (with emphasis on words *gearbox* and *package*).
rubens deserves at least one more win before he retires,a little compensation for letting schumacher win some races
James I have a question: how is the real power difference between renault, mercedes and coswhort?
Renault saids that the distance from Mercedes is about 40 hp, it's admissible?
And how many hp Lotus will gain with renault?
Its great to hear the Lotus name on the grid. The purchase of the whole drivetrain will certainly be a considerable boost. Well done chaps.
In '03 Group Lotus (Proton) tried to get their hands on the 'Team Lotus' trademarks by using the 'non-use'argument.
David Hunt managed to keep them due to his supposed efforts in trying to enter F1, just!
Considering another 7 years of 'non-use' have passed, do you know if this has any bearing on the deal with Tony Fernandes getting a deal.
What I mean is if David didn't allow the the name to be used then he would probably lose it anyway under the Trademarks rules anyway?
Group Lotus are trying to get them again, which probably moved things along
Thanks very much James, I waited for the return of Team Lotus since 1994, in my opinion the most cool brand in F1 history! More than Ferrari…
I havent had a lot of time etc for the new teams so far but good on lotus and their team…. great job and good luck to them!!
I thought it particularly telling to the atmosphere at Lotus when Fernandes was seen smiling and laughing while giving high fives and handshakes to the crew in the garage after qualifying. What a contrast to over serious corporate shadow that seems to loom over most of the F1 garage. Refreshing…im a fan.
Is the Lotus team registered as a British team or is it still actually Malaysian which seems a bit silly.
What is your view on the use of the Team Lotus name?
There are many who believe that the name died with Chapman.
Fernandes' team probably has as much right to use the name as the outfit circling around the mid-field and below two decades ago.
Mate, what's with the "JAMES ALLEN"??
Did Ferrari's die with the passing of Enzo? Sure, they had some tough years following his death, but they came back.
What's to say some kid in Formula Ford now isn't going to end up joining Team Lotus in 2018 and make the team virtually invincible (similar to Schumacher's involvement in Ferrari)?
After Enzo had passed away, the team was still there at the same place, with the same people. This is rubbish ! There is only one team that was always at Formula one and that is Ferrari. AFter all they do build the engine, gearbox, chassis and so… Nobody else did the same ! Do you believe that when, Demontezemolo will pass away, the team will not be the same team anymore ?
Fur sure Enzo was Ferrari and Collin Chapman was Lotus but Ferrari has never stopped producing F1 cars and production cars.
You completely missed my point. Ferrari didn't die with Enzo's passing, nor did Lotus die with Champman's passing. Same with the passing of Ken Tyrell and Bruce McLaren; the team lived on and after several ups and downs, and a few changes here and there, have come back to achieve success.
Ferrari kept the same passion after Enzo died, but they just became less competitive for a while. They brought on Berger, who brought Jean Todt. They then hired Schumacher, who brought Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne along. This definitely changed who was in charge, changed how the people worked, and they went from being mediocre to battling for championships again.
Lotus went through a similar phase. After Chapman died, the team began to fall off. They gradually lost competitiveness. Unlike Ferrari, they didn't resurrect themselves in time, and closed. Now new management has come along, with new people, and they are trying to bring the team back.
Both teams have had major changes in management and engineering, with Ferrari's happening more gradually than Lotus, due to the nature of the team closing and restarting.
Personally, I see major parallels here, and I could see Lotus regaining the form it had back in Champman's days, much like Ferrari is enjoying successes similar to during Enzo's reign.
What great news. It really looks like Lotus is a team very much on the up. I would be surprised if they weren't consistently beating Torro Rosso next year, as with a great design team behind them, and a proven drive terrain from Renault the drivers will have everything they need to take the fight forwards. Very exciting times for Team Lotus.
I hope they do well. I think it shows how serious lotus are. I've never thought virgin was a serious team. In fact I had a bet with my wife that Branson will abandon F1 in less than two years
Yip, we've seen it all before, I'll join you with a fiver. The wife had better start hedgeing !!
James do you think that F1 will lose Lotus name, the next year? In other words it is possible that Prton will oblige Tony Fernandez to renounce to Lotus brand?
Although it may seem a bit of a cheap trick to simply buy the Team Lotus brand from David Hunt, it should be borne in mind that both of the current drivers have been to Hethel driving versions of the current road cars (certainly the Evora at least). It is a shame that the Team Lotus name wasn't used after some more obvious involvement of the factory, but who knows what may happen in the future.
Like Mercedes and Renault? How many engineers from either company have done anything beyond engine work for the team?
BMW, Toyota and Ferrari were realistically the only ones that were true factory teams (perhaps Honda, but even then, the BAR bones were still there).
This is great news – I will have to resurrect my old Renault engined Lotus Europa that has been languishing in the back of the shed for the last 25 or so years!
Those things were not just small but tiny …. it took me 5 min to squeeze my 6'3″ in to it and I still have the bite marks on my knees and flat head to prove it … The question is …. Will the salad dodging allow you to get into it again ??? ( How strange … the one I got into was in the Gold Leaf ( cigarette) colours …. How un PC .. would you be prosecuted these days driving it round without a big warning notice on it … LOL. )
This is great to hear. It is funny that the moment Lotus announced that they would not be using Cosworth power (which they were forced to in order to compete by the way) every F1 site said that it meant they were leaving F1…. I am glad to see that J.A. at least does some background check on the rumours he gets and reports. Thanks again James!
James, do you think that they are moving because of the Kers element of the package? What are Cosworth supplying in this respect?
James, there is an intriguing "point score" that is hard to find information on: the constructor standings for the three, currently, non-scoring teams in 10th to 12th place. I understand 10th receives a sizable purse, and judging by most website listings Lotus seems to be number 10 at present? How is this non-score calculated and how close is this little duel-within-a-duel down the back of the grid?
Another "point score" that becomes fascinating at this time of the year is the number of fresh engines each driver has left – Alonso is rumoured to be very low?
It's done on best position. Lotus are 10th as their best result so far is 13th. HRT have scored 2x 14th places and Virgin have a 14th place, putting them last. Assuming Lotus don't score higher than 13th again, the other two teams could beat them if they scored a 12th place or if Lotus don't get another 13th, the other 2 teams could move ahead by scoring 2 or more 13th places before the end of the season. If they tie on best result, it counts back to the next best result to see who has got more.
You can see all driver results here
Alsono took his 8th engine in Monza, but has only used his 7th for one race as well. Choose "engine cycle" on the following link to see complete engine usage for each driver
Great informative link, ty.
On this basis Webber is looking pretty handy, of the drivers running for the championship.
I'm italian Lotus fan and I have fear to lose one more time team lotus in f1 competitions: what is the probability that Lotus cars obliges tony fernandez renunce to the Lotus name???
Now get rid of Trulli and get somebody of use to the team
Getting the car designated as a T127 was the first coup – now having the ACBC badge goes even further in making the team 'Lotus'. I'm sure the cynics will still carp on about exploiting a name etc but I think Tony & Mike have gone about it in a very proper manner. Look forward to a push up the grid with the new complete engine/gearbox package next year!
Any rumours that for this super technical stuff that Renault will provide Lotus with, Renault will add for example Petrov in exchange for Kovalainen?
What are your thoughts James regarding the position of Petrov within the team?
the second question may be a little off topic, but I can't find a better place to ask it.
Yes, as soon as I heard rumours of that, I thought it may be a logical move.
Petrov gets time to improve with less pressure, and Renault gets the more consistent driver.
Alternatively, Renault could take Trulli for a swansong year before taking Petrov back in 2012. Kovalainen would want a longer contract presumably, which could limit the deal.
Regarding Kovalainen, you definitely have a point. But still I don't think Renault would want to take Trulli. In my opinion Heikki is for Renault a far more prospective driver
Do you have any idea what the relative power levels of the Cosworth and Renault are?
As you point out, a Cosworth-engined car was fast through the speed traps – much to the chagrin of Webber!
This is excellent news. The way Lotus have conducted themselves this year has been excellent.
I have to admit the main reason for me following F1 originally was because of the time i sat in Nigel Mansells lotus at a very early age on the isle of wight (I still have the picture with me in his car and him sitting on the side).
It is great to see the name revived (thats what F1 is all about) and everything they are working towards is designed to live up to the name.
I dont think the fact that it has malaysian backing has any bearing on it.
Ferrari is now not independant, McLaren is also funded by Qatari interests to some extent. Its all about globalisation of funding isnt it.
I am just happy to see a great name coming back to F1 in such a positive way.
Having another brand parked in storage is completely pointless and I'm sure the Chapman family will be happy to see it back.
wasnt Lotus powered by Renault in the turbo days (I have to apologise, I was a little young at the time to remember fully).
Awesome news, of all the new teams I think Lotus are by far the best placed to make a real success of their team and seem to have the best long term future.
They have brought in experienced drivers and have a highly regarded design team headed by Mike Gascoyne. With Renault power next season I expect them to be harrying the likes of Mercedes if they not careful 🙂
Hooray! Great news for Lotus. They all seem such nice people, Tony Fernandez was great on the BBC Forum at Monza & I always look forward to hearing Mike Gascoyne as you won't get a load of 'media speak'.
Both Kovalainen & Trulli seem to be very happy with the set-up, looking forward to the 2011 car.
TEAM LOTUS again, who would have thought it!
Great for lotus and F1
Makes me wonder though what Williams will do. Don't think they will move up the ranks if they stick with cosworth but doubt they will get a deal now with Renault too and merc already said they won't supply further teams. Can't see them ever getting ferarri so what can they do??
Also could mean cosworth is bit doomed if all they do is supply lowest ranked teams.
well they did put in that letter of support for Ferarri at the FIA hearing, so who knows…
I'm another fan of Tony and Mike. Tony won me over at the Fans Forum. I'd like to see them enjoy the same success with Renault that Williams and Bennetton did in the 90s.
Just so long as the synergy doesn't go too far. I'm not too sure I'm that keen to see a blinged up Lotus variant of the Kangoo on the roads anytime soon.
this sounds very promising for lotus! when the f1 season started i wasn't too bothered about any the new teams that much, but as the races went on something attracted me to lotus, a very likeable team which i think has earned much respect and its place in the paddock. i can see a bigger and brighter futrure in the sport for them, lets hope this change is the launch pad they need! i'm also hoping heikki or jarno can secure them the 10th spot they need this season, and as for next year i see points on the board, although that is me being ever the optimist!
James, please – it's KERS, not KERS system!
KERS = Kinetic Energy Recovery System
KERS system = Kinetic Energy Recovery System system
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome
Thanks for the interesting articles 🙂
who kers! Soz couldn't resist 😉
HA HA good one!
I'm more of a fan of KER'S
Actually, I quite fancy a glass of KIR
Hello James,
This is completely off-topic, but Ferrari has launched last week a public F1 simulator: reactions so far seem very good and the game has huge visuals and dynamics, besides being very realistic. Do you know something about the reasons behind it? It's just a one-off or the beginning of something bigger?
Here is a link with photos and a video: http://www.virtualr.net/ferrari-virtual-academy-2010-mini-review-previews/
I know this is crazy but what if:
Ferrari will gather setup data from all of the people that play online. All of the different tweaks and setups. If it really is an accurate simulation, then could Ferrari not look at the car setup data of the Fastest laps and use that data on their cars???
Very pleased for them indeed. I hope they do well as I always liked Lotus. It was the first team I followed in F1. I started watching at the age of 8 in 1987.
You were a little to quick typing your story James. You wrote: "David Hunt, brother of 1976 world champion David" As you are well aware, he had the same name as you: James.
Kind regards
It'll be interesting to see if Hispania manage to get the finance together to being the Toyota partnership that is on the cards – if they do then Virgin could be left alone at the back next season.
Personally I don't see why they needed to cast themselves under this Lotus disguise. I find it offensive since they possess no residual essence of the real team Lotus. They didn't need to go that route and I reject them using the Lotus name for personal gain.
That's all I see it amounting to, same as the parasites who were trying to use the Brabham name in the same way. In the absence of an authentic revival these hallow guernseys should stay retired.
With you all the way there PaulL.
Taking on the name does NOT legitimise this outfit.
"Heritage",a large part of the modern F1 audience wouldn't even know who C Chapman is,or was,or the amazing groundbreaking innovations he created,& heritage doesn't seem to be much of a priority to FOM & the FIA,every new Tilke borefest that replaces a circuit with some history is testament to that so the heritage angle is strictly for the individuals opinion.One piece of heritage I hope they lose is those hideous yellow wheel rims,they may have been de rigueur back in the swinging 60's but IMO they just look cheap in this era.Its a good thing their Renault arrangement though,I'm rapt for them.
I totally agree with you. Celebrating the 500th race had nothing to do with humility, on the contrary ! I give them the benefit of the doubt but it will not be as obvious as they believe.
Sorry, but that's utter rubbish!
Ferrari aren't the team they were in the 70s/80s because there's none of the same personnel, none of the sponsors are the same, the only thing they've kept is the red colour.
Same argument for McLaren, Williams, Mercedes etc etc.
Lotus is a name which was synonymous with technical development and achievement, the 'new' Team Lotus (if you want) is trying to do the same thing, but they've got to build up a technical team in the same way that Williams have done over the last few years – and they never left the sport.
So let them be and accept them in the way that Chapman's son has done. For pity's sake if he can accept them, surely you can?
I am so sorry but what you write about Ferrari is nonsens ! It is the only F1 team that has always carried on. They had good times and bad times but were always there. They ARE formula one and without them it would be not the same anymore. The Lotus team has done quite a good job this year; they were the best NEW team but far behind the others. They created big expectations but to be honnest, I was quite disappointed. They are trying to compare themselves to Ferrari by letting the world know it is their 500th race… This was ridiculous. It is, for me, like showing off with the neighbour's boat…
I am happy the name is back but I believe that at the moment Mr. Fernandes must, taking into acccount the results, a different, humble attitude and not show off with other man's legacy.
You could say the same about the Renault and Mercedes Race teams?
No you couldn't really, it's the other way round: Both Mercedes and Renault are large going concerns with a formidable history in F1.
And they have both owned their brand from inception, Mercedes even registering the first ever motor car.
Lotus F1 or Team Lotus, in it's current guise, is really nothing more than brand new in (a bought) old brand.
How is Mercedes any different? They just bought Brawn and put their logo on the car. Their only involvement is the engine, which is no different than last year. It's not like Mercedes took some engineers off the SLS project and said "ok, go build an F1 chassis/design a new front wing/etc"
Personally I think Lotus F1 is more reflective of the old Team Lotus than Mercedes GP is of the silver arrows of the 1950's.
Well no a 15% stake from the parent company and the same staff is more than adequate carry-overton draw a connection.
Mercedes likewise has parent company backing.
Still, how is it any different then?
Lotus F1 is funded by Proton, who owns Lotus Cars. Same deal. Now they just have the final piece of the puzzle, which is the name "Team Lotus". It's no different than Mercedes buying Brawn, Renault buying Benetton, Honda buying BAR, etc, etc.
If a 15% stake is all that's needed, Proton/Lotus Cars has that criterion covered.
I don't agree with you. I think it is great to see the continuation of these epochal names because it cements Formula 1's present to a past fully worthy of continued remembrance and reflection. In Lotus's case, Tony Fernandes has gone to great lengths to legitimise his team with the Chapman family and Lotus's original legacy.
A parallel can be drawn. In Europe they go to great trouble preserving the exterior of old buildings to maintaine the essential character and richness of a culture. This becomes more understandable if you live in North America for a while.
Hmm… but I don't think your parallel is quite parallel though.
A corrected parallel would be if the historical building had been pulled down completely, and then someone had come along some years later and built a different building (not even on the same site I might add), for the same line of business, and called it the same name
As much as I loved the lotus team and it's drivers of years past, I simply can't get myself to regard the Malaysian team as anything linked to the original other than by name or logo. And I fail to see the logic in what can only be pretence. I fail to understand how: "… Tony Fernandes has gone to great lengths to legitimise his team with the Chapman family and Lotus's original legacy." Did he pay enough? Has the New Lotus shown creative innovations or anything that could be referred to as 'original legacy'? It's a brand new team for goodness sake, it's unfair even to expect it!
It's such a shame that when a new country eventually join F1, they find it necessary to buy a badge of a team that now exists in (very fond) memory only.
A nice analogy. And i do agree with you, Lotus have gone to great lengths to establish ties with the original team. It's important to continue the heritage of the sport and i believe they're doing this in a respectable way. If they manage to beat Torro Rosso's and Saubers next year, and possibly score a few points then i think Chapman would be proud of what his team in it's new guise has achieved in such a short amount of time.
I would much rather see teams like Lotus on the grid, restoring heritage, and history to the sport than completely new teams. I'm sure many people would agree, even if they aren't convinced by the history a name brings.
Although I really quite like the team and always want them to do well, I do agree with you 100%.
But hey-ho there are more important things in the world!
Of the 3 new teams Lotus is the only one I warmed to, they have done a great job in bringing back some of the original team's magic, even if we all know they are totally separate things. They have good drivers, techincal staff and seem very engaged with the fans through events, twitter etc – something Virgin has done to a much smaller extent, while HRT simply have not. They act like a proper F1 team, while the other 2 act like upgraded GP2 outfits. With Renault power they should improve a lot next season, nice move for them.
One thing I don't understand – I've read in several places now how Cosworth are improving their engine throughout the season – I thought there was an engine development freeze? How are they managing to improve? Are they exempt from the freeze somehow?
One of the comments made by Cosworth earlier in the year was that they didn't have the data on the circuits to "optimise" their engine Mapping. I think as they visit the circuits the knowledge gained helps them with the ECU.
It seems like all the new teams have been having gearbox and particularly hydraulic issues. Perhaps the other new teams would be better off contracting Williams to provide the drivetrain for them, if they were willing, and get rid of the xtrac units.
BTW wasn't the xtrac unit the one Max Mosley wanted to be the standard for all the teams? Not sure that would have been for the best.
It would have made for interesting races. All the drivers running around the track to compete for glory as their cars have all broken down!
Great to see the old logo back on the block.
This could be a good move for lotus. Another reason they gave on bbc for not being fast this year was they were putting in margins so they would be reliable. But they gave been let down in that regard. I don't think there is anything particulary wrong with the cosworth as williams have used it to good effect this season. And red bull have shown that its not all about the engine, a lower power unit can still be part of the best car.
As an aside this will give the 4 engine manufacturers 3 teams to supply each providing there are no other changes before next year. Any news of how this change will affect cosworths income james? Wasn't the deal for 5 mil a year for the teams? Will cosworth lose that or will other teams pick up the cost? I guess contracts are in place but didn't cosworth need a certain number of teams to make it economically viable? And lotus didn't want the cosworth in the 1st place did they?
Cosworth is now a very diversified company, and i think they generate most of their income from defense work now. I dont think 5 million a year is going to effect them too badly.
There is something very likeable about Lotus. Of all the new teams they seem by far the one with the most realistic chance of sucess. Mike Gascoyne did great things at Jordan and also at Toyota until the board started messing around with what was best left to Mike. I feel the Renault deal is likley to help them eclipse the Virgin and HRT cars next year and should thrust them properly into the fold. From what i hear none of the 3 new teams are even running a seemless shift gear box, or even one that works 50% of the time ?!
Tony and Mike have done a cracking job this year, even if they don't win the new team battle for 10th place i think they have won the respect of the grid! They have atleast won mine
I have watched F1 for 50 years and you have done a superb job in an honest, humble, hard working and very likeable way since you have arrived in F1. Since the first time I saw you speak on TV you've exuded an air of the Professional and utterly respectable entrepreneur. I personally have supported you from day one and I hope you are involved in F1 for many years, you are a massive asset. Considering your first year I'm amazed but yet I'm not …. It was a little obvious that you were that good.
Good Luck – You have some real fans – Bigger and better will be coming. Congratulations on the Renault deal and the name, you and your team deserve it.
For a start I was not too impressed with the use of the Lotus name I thought it would be another case of the abuse of the Brabham name.
However I think Tony and his team have gone about it in a very decent and humble way.
They have been very respectful and clever with their use of the Lotus name.
They are embracing the history and legacy of the original Team Lotus but also acknowledging that they are a new team and have to prove themselves. I also think their is genuine passion for the Lotus name and they do not want to damage that name (mind you the name was damaged anyway when they fell off the back of the grid in the early 90s).
So all in all they have gone about it in a very clever way, they have assembled a good solid team, they have secured a good solid technical platform for next year and good luck to them.
I think Cosworth will be a little disappointed. The Cosworth engine seems to be fairly decent, it certainly has some speed in the back of the Williams anyway and they were quick at Monza which has to be the biggest engine test of the year.
I agree entirely with your comments and think they carry a lot of good will from the F1 community. I wish them every success.
One thing that puzzles me though James. Why couldn't Tony Fernandes confirm the purchase of the name and also the Renault engine supply on BBC yet you have been able to make this post and the BBC posted about the engine change immediately after the race?


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November 19, 2012
Twenty miles from Philadelphia. Nora is trying to prove her bona fides to a faction of rebels in West Chester. Her tattoo got them in the door, but not much further. The commanding officer asks for one good reason why he shouldn't execute them all. Miles offers him Monroe's head on a plate. "Let's just say, for a second, that I'm telling you the truth. And that I can get you a clean shot at Monroe. How do you pass that up?" He doesn't. Charlie stares off at the darkened skyline of Philadelphia and suggests Drunky McWhiskypants take it easy. It's a school night. Big day tomorrow. Miles snorts at the understatement. They have to be realistic. WE'RE ALL GUNNA DIYEE TOMMOREH, CHOLLEH.
What makes her think that he knows what he's doing? That he ever did? What if he and Monroe come face to face? What then?
They set out accompanied by a small group of rebels on the only route in to Philly – the train tunnels. The walls around the city are 30 feet high, topped with machine gun nests. "Can't go over, we gotta go under." Eliza Dushku's younger sister, Ashley Echodeen, takes out the guards at the tunnel entrance with two well placed arrows. The rebel sergeant is played by Dollhouse's Reed "Mr. Dominic" Diamond, so there is absolutely no reason to be suspicious of him. Sgt. Dominic is a gambler. He talked his colonel into this mission because he liked the odds. "Best case, you give us Monroe. Worst case, this is a trap, but I still manage to put a bullet in your brain. Win / win." Aaron asks Ashley Echodeen why she's fighting for a country she's barely old enough to remember. She tells him she's doing it for her father who emigrated from Syria. "He left because he didn't want his kids to grow up scared in their own country." She asks why Aaron is fighting Monroe and in answer, he vomits and passes out, because until that moment, it hadn't occurred to him that he was. Miles' earlier, cryptic question has been scratching at Charlie's brain. She asks Nora what he was like when he was still in command of the militia. And more importantly, if he and Monroe were so close, why did Miles leave?
"Probably because he tried to assassinate Monroe."
Emphasis on tried. "Miles couldn't pull the trigger. Couldn't go through with it. They were best friends." They continue walking in silence. Nora hears the *click* and stops Charlie just as she steps on the mine. She calls out to the others to stop moving. Also, do any of them have a bag of sand that weighs roughly as much as a young woman with perfectly bouncy hair? No? Nora performs some delicate Swiss army knife-fu to reset the pin, but there could be a second mine underneath. So, Charlie is going to step off and then they're all going to run away! Run away! The mine goes off, triggering a series of explosions that seals the tunnel behind them. The only way out is through.
Juliet is hard at work on Monroe's device. She's making good progress now that she's got some music. And AWWW YEAH, THE LED ZEPPELIN PLAYS! I'm so happy for show creator Eric Kripke that he was finally able to license (and afford) Zeppelin for a show; however, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU, SUPERNATURAL!! IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOUUUUUU!!! I mean, COME ON! How amazing would Sam's demon blood detox in "When the Levee Breaks" have been if Kripke had actually be able to use the song? I shake my fist in your general direction, The CW! BOO! Anyhoo, Neville introduces Juliet to Captain Burke. Perhaps she could be so good as to explain to him what the "gadget" she's building does. The lives of Burke and his men – "boys, as young as Danny" – may depend on it. She begins by telling him that the Pyramid Pendant of Power acts like a wireless battery, albeit one with a very limited range. Only 9 or 10 feet. As she moves the pendant back and forth across an invisible line, the music fades in and out, illustrating her point. It can power small electronics – CD players, computers – but for vehicles and weapons, it needs an amplifier. Her device increases the pendant's range to half a mile, and allows it to flip on any tanks, jets, or missiles within its radius. Neville eagerly asks her when it will be ready.
"You mean, when will you have the ability to murder thousands of people? Soon."
Walking through the tunnel. Walking through the tunnel. Walking through the tunnel. Miles hurried ahead of the group and stops outside of a service closet. He draws his sword and pulls open the door. Where's the militia scout? He just saw him go in! Collective looks of 'O-kaaaaay.' They wade through a flooded section of tunnel and Nora suddenly stops. She's got a bad feeling about this. She looks around with increasing panic until finally she's pulled under the surface. The water clouds red with blood as she struggles. Shut down all the garbage smashers on the detention level! Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level!! Miles and Charlie rush back to help her, but there's nothing there. No alligator. No blood. Her leg is fine. Aaron stares at the end of his low burning torch. It all makes sense. When the tunnel collapsed, it cut off the air supply. They're suffocating. They're hallucinating. They're slowly dying.
Quick, hallucination off! Miles Matheson versus Sam Winchester, GO!
The Girard Street Station exit is only 10 minutes away, but when they get there, it has long since been bricked up. It could have happened a month ago or a year ago. It's doesn't really matter. Miles tries to think of another way out … but this was the one. Sgt. Dominic keeps them moving, on to the next stop on the line. As they walk, Miles notices a sliver of light coming from a doorway and hears the muffled beat of Zeppelin's "Kashmir".
Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream
I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been
To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen
They talk of days for which they sit and wait
Miles pushes open the doors and steps into Sebastian Monroe's sun filled office. It's all so familiar. Unchanged since he last saw it. He turns and the general is standing behind him. Bass breaks into a beaming smile and throws his arms around his old friend.
And all will be revealed …
Miles realizes he's hallucinating. Hey, if you're still in your head, how about you push play on the rest of the song? MOAR ZEPP, DAMMIT! Head!Bass laughs and tells him he's gone to seed before turning serious. "You look tired, brother. Was it worth it?" Miles quietly insists he has no regrets – not about leaving the militia or trying to kill his friend. Bass reminds him that he's in Miles' head. He is Miles' head. And he knows how afraid Miles is that he will sell out his friends in exchange for his old life. That he'll fall right back in line beside Monroe. "You're scared, Miles. Scared it's going to happen." Charlie pulls him out of the hallucination and gives him the Sack Up 2: We'll die without you, pull it together Boogaloo speech. After Aaron's wife Priscilla yells at him for being strong for Charlie but not for her, they finally hit a source of fresh air and maybe a way out. Dominic throws himself against the bullet riddled steel door, but it doesn't budge. Miles puts his shoulder to it, and stumbles through the doorway as it springs open. While he scouts ahead, Dominic opens fire on his own people, killing Not!Victor and Other Guy. He forces Miles out of the tunnel at gunpoint and bars the door behind them. Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Nora and Charlie bash themselves against the door while Dominic evil monologues that Miles is a prize worth blowing two-years of deep cover. He been sure the whole time that Miles would recognize him. He pinned a medal on Dominic's chest once. The Trenton Campaign. Dom was so proud. "General Miles Matheson shook my hand." Aaron finally does the math and realizes he weighs more than Nora and Charlie combined, and should probably take a turn at the door. He breaks through and Ashley Echodeen takes point with Charlie close behind. She draws her bow, but Dominic's bullet is faster. Nooo!! He ducks back behind the corner just as her arrow flies mere inches from his face. He hurries up the service stairs behind Miles and turns as Charlie pulls the trigger. Dom takes the bolt square in the chest, but is still able to fire off a round. The bullet only grazes Charlie's head, but as she falls to the ground she cracks her nugget good on the concrete step.
Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace, whose sounds caress my ear
But not a word I heard could I relate, the story was quite clear
When Charlie wakes up, she's back in her old house. Was she dreaming? Her father is in the kitchen fixing dinner. He pinches her hard. She looks awake to him. It felt so real. Militia killed him. They took Danny. Maggie died. Ben sits next to Charlie on the couch, his face glowing in the sunlight. "It's all over. You're home." He tells her to close her eyes. Don't do it, Charlie! You'll be trapped in the Djinn!verse until you die! It's not perfect, it's only a wish (or a traumatic head injury)! In the tunnel, Miles begs her over and over to open her eyes. He seems on the panicked verge of the TV forceful pounding on the chest to bring her back. From the sofa, Charlie asks Ben if he heard Uncle Miles' voice. Her father wonders why she would be thinking of someone she hasn't seen since she was a kid. "That's not true. I went to Chicago. You sent me there. To get Miles, so that I could get Danny back." Charlie's face falls as she realizes, "that's what's real." She hugs her father and he asks her, please, not to go. She wants so badly to rest – to stay – but she can't. Miles is calling her. They have work to do.
Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream
Heed the path that led me to that place, yellow desert stream
My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon, I will return again
Sure as the dust that floats high in June, when moving' through Kashmir.
Monroe calls on Juliet in her workshop. He appreciates her taking the time to explain how the amplifier works. After their visit, Neville had a hunch about the machine … and his hunches are almost never wrong. Based on that, Monroe is bringing in a second opinion. Guards lead Dr. Jaffee into the room. He limps around the table holding the device and renders his judgement. "It's a bomb." A fairly sophisticated one at that. The pendant acts like an electric trigger. One that Juliet could use to detonate the bomb while Monroe was there and she wasn't. Only the bomb probably wouldn't go off, so she would be forced to smash it with a rock over and over while crying and yelling "COME ON! COME ON!!" I would put Juliet Burke and Bobby Singer in a tie for the 'Dear gods, how many times do we have to watch them die in the previously on …' Sweepstakes. Moving on. Monroe has reached his breaking point with Juliet. She is dead. Danny is dead. He has Dr. Jaffee, his pendant, and his cooperation. Monroe doesn't need Juliet anymore. He turns and walks away as Neville barks at the guards to remove her. Juliet picks up one of the screwdrivers laying on the table, leans across the bomb, grabs Brad and shanks him.
"Now you need me."
Revolution airs Monday at 9:00 p.m. on NBC.
Whitney is also watching Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, and Hawaii Five-0.


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Re: To Bob Badour, sorry
Date: 19 Jun 2006 08:13:52 -0700
Message-ID: <1150730032.837253.160920_at_c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>
x wrote:
> This is a railroad station.
I believed this was a board of discussion about database.theory...?
> > > > > A lot of what?
> > > > > A lot of BS....From what I observed he brings mainly disrespect,
> > > > > insults and close mindedness...His attitude makes this board a
> sterile
> > > > > field of eternal "OO VS RM people"
> > > > > and "you are saying nonsense"
> > >
> > >
> > > > Sometimes, you just have to call a spade a spade.
> > You have to be careful with such concept...Some people may use it to
> > disqualify anything that proves them wrong...
> > > And often not.
It's because such a question is difficult to answer that if one does not bring evidences, people should refrain from calling spade ANYBODY. This kind of behavior should be supported by sound reasonning, logic, knowledge and proofs NOT blind belief in a few ignorant barking dogs.
> > > Who's pushing you to do that ? :-)
> > To do what? To denounce the hyppocrisy and ignorance of some people
> > here...
> I was asking Tony D who's pushing him to call a spade a spade.
> Because only sometime you have to call it that way. The rest of the time you
> don't have to. You call it by other name.
> > > Where I have heard that before ? ...
> > Of course you have heard it before...It's just your ears are filled up
> > with SQL crappola to hear it...
> Whose ears ? What SQL have to do with it. I haven't learned SQL in school
> if that is of any interest to you.
Given the amount of proofs I have provided to expose false reasonning and ignorance, *some* people just seem to lack the cognitive abilities of making sense of more-than-3-prepackaged words such as *crank*, *idiot*, *fuck yourself* ...They clearly divert attention on people like me when they can not adress issues proving them wrong. My guess is that this is the result of practising and seeing SQL through RM too many years...
> > > >Sometimes admittedly
> > > > Bob will call it a bloody spade, and get rather exasperated that
> > > > someone still hasn't grasped the concept of "spadeness" and wants to
> > > > talk lots and lots about how they want to rename shovels as spades and
> > > > can't see what the problem with that is and hey I've been successful
> > > > with projects by using shovels and calling them spades and I've been
> > > > earning decent money since nineteen-canteen using shovels as spades
> and
> > > > the difference between a shovel and a spade is only of interest to
> > > > those theory guys and ... and .. and ...
> > A confused reasonning...
> > BB insults (due to a lack of good manners) is not the worse part of the
> > debate...His incoherence and hyppocrisy is...He pretends one thing
> > (like educate you, help you) and in the next thread he insults you
> > which means he lacks coherence...I observe that and I do not need to
> > put a word on it (spade BS)...I describe a situation I observe
> > period...
> > > Maybe they were just talking about different things ...
> > BS, I have used terms, defined terms reexplained terms again and
> > again..Some people get it right away but certainly not paradign blinded
> > idiots
> Maybe I was not talking about you. Maybe I was talking about someone else.
I can talk of what I observed. I interacted with some idiots and lost valuable time explaining concepts through sound demonstrations...They do not give a damn...What interests them is self promotion....
Therefore, I created a Fraud Exposal Wall for some a FEW to quote their ignorance and incoherence...Letting people making an opinion of themselves of whom they are actually talking to...
(check out Keith Duggar, Fraud Exposure Wall for some quote of his). http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.theory/browse_frm/thread/a32a4f2f9c0ccbaa It is a beautiful example of somebody getting busted and trying to divert attention form a real coherent argumentation by self promoting and bragging...Loosing all control, he totally looses control and makes a total fool out of himself insulting...That's what happens when you expose frauds...
> > > > > I have confronted him with simple arguments he did not even
> > > > > understand...I had to reexplain a thousand times to receive
> insults...
> > > > Maybe he understood them better than you think ?
> > That was my initial thought but I was wrong...
> > I reread the entire thread and presented him with documented and
> > succint ways of proving that some allegation he made were irrelevant
> > and wrong...No answer...Therefore, I draw a conclusion...
> > > If someone turns up it will be turned down.
What remains are proofs and facts...I did prove my point. All he did was insulting when he realized I disagreed with him...That's how ignorants react when exposed to truth...They either divert discussion to irrelevant subject or they get so mad to be ridiculed that they start insulting you non stop.
> > > http://romania.ido.ro/tornero-lyrics-6/
> > >
> > > Garcon! Another turn!
> > >
> > > >If someone turns up asking leading questions
> > >
> > > What's a leading question ? A heavy one ?
> > > >or pushing an
> > > > opinion or pursuing an agenda whilst simultaneously repeating over and
> > > > over that they're just asking questions and would like to understand,
> > > > well they can expect to get called on that. Reasonably enough. And if
> > > > it goes on over an extended period, anyone's patience wears out.
> > > Who's agenda ?
> > You better stick to jokes...Seems you are better at it than RM and data
> > management ;)
> With whom are you talking ? That joke was not mine. I translated it for you
> and replaced some ethnic groups to make sense to you. That's all.
> You don't know me to make that kind of statements. Ah, you used the word
> "seems" and ';)' .
That was actually a compliment with an encouragement to educate yourself more about RM and not do like BB's barking dogs...
"Humor is to intelligence what a spear is to a sword"
> And by the way: what make you think RM and data management are not a joke
> these days ?
If you think RM which is nothing but applied Mathematics in data management science is a joke then you have to assume Mathematics is a joke. Do you think Mathematics is a joke? Received on Mon Jun 19 2006 - 17:13:52 CEST


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We've had a ton of tomatoes this year-probably more than we've ever had in the past. It's a simple task to just go out to the garden, pull a few tomatoes, garlic and basil, and then start cooking. This is a family favorite-margherita pizza. It's really just a fresh tomato pizza, but it's one of the reasons we're so anxious for summer to get here. If you're interested, I've got a great recipe for it. We make ours outside so we don't even have to heat up the kitchen. You'll have to buy my ebook to get it, but it you do, you'll walk away with a lot more than just a great pizza recipe. You'll learn a lot of tidbits about square foot gardening. You'll also learn about the two most frequent causes of failure in the square foot garden along with how to make your own 100% organic solutions to eliminate bugs and pests. You probably have most of these items in your home right now. All I can tell you is that these work exceptionally well. In Mel's first book he says that these homemade remedies "work for some of the plants some of the time for some of the people." These work. However, I do have to say that I rarely have had any kind of bug/pest problems in my garden. This point will lead me to my next post where I'll explain why that's the case with a lot of square foot gardeners. I'm finishing up with my final week of veggie/produce deliveries. It's a good thing because it's really slowing down. I do have plans on gardening all winter long. I just want to show that this can be done-pretty easily too! Stay tuned-I've been experimenting and learning about a new type of fertilizer-one that you make yourself in your own backyard. It's really good-I think you're going to like this.
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I will be incommunicado until Monday, as I am accompanying our juniors on their grade-level trip. We are traveling through Montgomery and Selma, Alabama to learn about the Civil Rights Movement. We will travel north to Memphis to learn about the Blues, visit Beale Street, and see Graceland. I have been looking forward to this trip, and I'm really excited. I'll tell you all about it when I return.
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Freedom Writers: A Review
I don't have the opportunity to go to the movies very often, and I am choosy about which movies I see in the theater. Let's face it, when movies cost $9.50 a pop, and I have two small children who can't sit through most movies, I suppose it isn't surprising that I might go only once a year. Do you remember being a teenager and going to the movies with your friends every weekend? I digress. My boss gave each faculty member gift cards to Starbucks and Regal Cinemas for Hanukkah — nothing extravagant, just enough for a cup of coffee and one movie ticket. However, I have always appreciated these gifts more than he might realize because I rarely get to indulge in going to the theater. I suppose for that reason, I also hang onto my movie gift card until something really looks good. Last year, I saw The Chronicles of Narnia with my gift card. This year, my gift card burned a hole in my pocket for some time. There really wasn't anything out that I wanted to see. I saw a few commercials for Freedom Writers and decided it looked good, so I decided to use my gift card on this film rather than wait to use it on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as I expected I might have to do. I was not disappointed, and I believe I would have paid to see the film.
The film begins as Erin Gruwell, a fresh-faced, naive first-year English teacher is given her classroom assignment of remedial freshman classes. She carefully chooses her outfit for the first day, confidently adding a string of pearls her department head advised her not to wear to school. When she peeks in her classroom for the first time, I couldn't help but be reminded of my own first look at my classroom in my first year teaching. She writes her name in neat cursive script, and as she waits for her class to file in, her excitement is palpable. The very first day, a fight breaks out in her class and it is clear that this experience is not going to be what she thought it would be. A short exposition reveals the violence and despair that are a daily part of her students' lives. She resolves to keep fighting, despite the advice of her father and worries of her husband. When she finds a racist cartoon drawn by one of the students, she uses the moment to teach the students about the Holocaust. The classroom is gradually transformed into family, a safe zone, and a vibrant writing lab. Students begin to chronicle their lives in diaries given to them by Ms. Gruwell. Students read literature like The Diary of Anne Frank and begin to see how others have dealt with living in war zones that resemble their own home in Long Beach. They write letters to Miep Gies, who sheltered the Frank family in her home during the Holocaust, and raise funds enable Gies to come and speak at their school.
The reviews on this film are mixed, mainly because Freedom Writers is not the first film to feature a white teacher transforming the lives of students — in this case, Cambodian, African-American, and Hispanic (along with one very scared white kid). I can't deny that it's true that this story has been done before; however, don't let that discourage you from seeing it. I thought the movie was incredibly moving. I think if you have ever taught a difficult group of students — or perhaps if you've ever taught, period — and this movie fails to make you cry at some point, then you have a heart of stone. I think all of us walk into a classroom at some point, believing we will be crusaders who change the world. We have these little mugs that say "2 teach is 2 touch lives 4 ever," right? Or the little poster that says, "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." I think many of us begin the profession with the same eager optimism that Hilary Swank as Erin Gruwell captures so well in the film. Many of us gradually become more like Gruwell's department head — convinced the kids are bad, unteachable, and ultimately going to quit school anyway, so why bother? Or we become like the teacher in Erin's department who refuses to teach anyone but Honors students or upperclassmen. I read at least one review that took exception to the portrayals of Erin's colleagues, but anyone who has ever taught has run into teachers just like them. However, one simply doesn't run into teachers like Erin Gruwell often.
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Five Things You Probably Don't Know About Me
Will mentioned this in his blog, and though no one's tagged me, I decided to play.
- Will begins by mentioning his relation to William Bradford and John Proctor. Some of you probably know I am a genealogist, but you may not know it is a quirky hobby of mine to figure out how I'm related to famous writers. I am Mark Twain's fourth cousin six times removed, Tennessee Williams' sixth cousin three times removed, Jane Austen's fifth cousin seven times removed, Oliver Wendell Holmes' fifth cousin eight times removed, Robert Penn Warren's eight cousin three times removed, Willa Cather's eight cousin three times removed, Sir Walter Scott's sixth cousin nine times removed, Ray Bradbury's ninth cousin three times removed, twentieth great-granddaughter of Geoffrey Chaucer, sixth cousin six times removed of Emily Dickinson, and… well, I could go on, but the point is that I am just barely related to anyone famous. At least no more related than you probably are. The difference is I am weird enough to figure out the relationships.
- I was what is known, I suppose, as a heavy metal chick in high school. Hair bands. Yep. And I had big New Jersey mall hair. No, you can't see a picture.
- My son Dylan is named for the poet Dylan Thomas — Dylan Thomas Huff. My dad's name is also Thomas, so Dylan's middle name serves the dual fuction of completing the poet's name and honoring my dad. My hope is that Dylan will not emulate the poet's lifestyle.
- My husband is an operatic tenor. He has had roles with the Knoxville Opera and has sung in the Atlanta Opera Chorus. I think he gave up on making it a career after he didn't make the last round of Met auditions for which he was eligible.
- I am a King Arthur buff. A walking encyclopedia of Arthuriana. And yet, I have never had a chance to put it to much use teaching. Gawain is my favorite knight. My daughter Maggie's middle name is Elaine for the Fair Maid of Astolat. May she not suffer the same fate.
I tag Mr. Teacher, Nani, and Ms. George. Well, really anyone else who wants to play.
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Have you heard about NaNoWriMo? I have been hearing about it (and scoffing, I'll admit) for about five years. I finally decided to see if I was up to the challenge. I must be crazy to think I can do this with three kids and a full time job teaching, but it isn't as if sitting on my rear scoffing about it for five years has enabled me to put pen to paper.
You can follow my progress if you like at my personal blog and NaNoWriMo profile.
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Clock Buddies
I don't think I've mentioned this before, but it's an idea I got from our biology teacher. Essentially, "Clock Buddies" is a system of group work that I have found (after using it a great deal in several classes over the last few weeks) to be very effective.
Students are given a handout that has a clock face on it. They sign up with twelve other people for "partner" assignments. Once they have a buddy for each time on their clock, you are ready to go. Next time you want students to work with a partner, tell them to work with their 9 o'clock buddies (or whatever number you prefer). Students have choice in terms of who they work with, but they also work with different people. Hint: Students usually sign up with their best friends for 12 o'clock or 1 o'clock, so if you want to make sure they really buckle down, you can avoid calling those times often.
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My Classroom
I took some pictures of my classroom in our new building.
This is the view outside my window:
As you can see, we still have some construction going on. You can see a piece of the baseball field. The building is our gym, which is still under construction. It doesn't look as pretty through my camera as it does when I look out, but I have pretty view of the hills and trees.
This is my desk:
I was lesson planning. Ms. George, can you see my Jim Burke Teacher's Daybook under the curriculum unit book?
This is the view toward the front of the room from my desk. You can see my projection screen, which is pulled down over my SMART Board.
This last picture is a view of the back of the room, including my then-empty bulletin board, student desks, and book shelves. This was is kind of blurry.
Isn't everything shiny?
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I just found out that Fox 5 Atlanta has a link to the video for the story that appeared about my school's opening day, but hurry and watch it quick. It won't be up for long.
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Moving In
The Atlanta Jewish Times has a nice article about my school's new building and campus. It's hard to describe my excitement when I entered the building this morning. The last time I toured the school, it was decidedly unfinished, and I think I halfway wondered how on earth it would be transformed into a school by our September 5 start date. I grew more anxious as pre-planning started and we were unable to get into the building to work on our classrooms. Of course, our administration apologized profusely, and I realize it wasn't their fault. We finally got in, and yes, in order to be ready for school on Tuesday, that means I'll be working over my Labor Day weekend, but considering I was at home for much of pre-planning, I can't complain.
Our campus is gorgeous. If you click the link to article, you can view pictures of the building. Everything is new. I received a brand new teacher's desk and chair, two file cabinets, two shelves, 22 new student desks and chairs and…. cue drumroll… a SMART Board! I am beyond excited about having this wonderful technological tool for my classroom.
I am on the third floor, and clearly the stairs will take some getting used to. There are still some tell-tales signs that construction continues. However, when I saw that all of the furniture from our old campus fit in one tiny section of our basement, I realized how much more space we would have. Our old campus was composed entirely of modular units, and one could walk across the campus in about a minute. I actually got lost in our new building today.
We have a beautiful faculty dining room. Previously, we tried to squeeze around one table in the faculty workroom in order to eat together, but now, we will all fit, and there shouldn't be any scrambling for chairs. The students also have a beautiful cafeteria with kosher kitchen. The new media center is absolutely gorgeous. Our Learning Lab has real study carrels. We used to cram into a closet-sized room for Learning Lab.
We all have our OWN classrooms. For the last two years, I have shared a classroom with a wonderful friend and teacher, and part of me will miss having so much interaction with her. However, our floating teachers were most grateful for their own rooms, and I know having my own space will be nice.
This morning at our faculty meeting, we celebrated as our headmaster arrived, dressed in a tux (as was our Judaics head) and playing his accordian, and some of the braver teachers (not me) actually got up and participated in Israeli dancing through the media center. It was so much fun to be a part of. I felt kind of silly just sitting there, beaming (and clapping along with the accordian), but we were all so excited and happy. I really enjoyed sharing that moment with my colleagues.
What is really going to be cool is when the students come on Tuesday and get their first look at their newly completed school. I wouldn't have missed today for the world, and I can't wait to see what the students think on Tuesday. I wish you all could have seen it. It was just amazing.
P.S. Check out the award-winning video our students created. That's my principal in the green sweater.
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I know this isn't my genealogy blog, but I was lucky to be the recipient today of a CD full of amazing pictures of my family taken from the 1880's to 1960's. The picture below is of students at Miss Gilbert's Music and Elocution classes at the Parker Institute in 1891-92 in Whitt, Texas. My great-great-grandmother, Stella Bowling, is on the far left in the middle row (with the buttons that form a V across her chest). There are so many people in the photo that details are hard to see. If you click on it, you can look at a larger version.
My great-great-grandmother Stella taught school for eight years in one-room schoolhouses in the Denton, Texas area. When he was in school, my great-uncle Alvin wrote to her, his grandmother, to interview her about what school was like when she was a girl. This is what she said:
Rosebud, New Mexico
Nov. 11th 1935
Dear Alvin:—
It is with pleasure I answer your most welcome letter. I am glad you are interested in school and hope you enjoy your school days as much as I did mine. Really I think our school days are our happiest days with all their troubles and trials — yes I had my share of "trouble & trial" in school even tho I never got a whipping.
When I went to school the schools were not "Graded" as they are now. We had classes — sometimes 2 or 3 of a kind, I mean of the second reader we'll say as some pupils would have McGuffey's Readers while others would have another kind. I used the McGuffey's Readers. The "Old Blue-Backed Spelling Book" (Webster Spelling Book) and Alvin I don't believe I'd be afraid to "spell" with my Grandchildren to-day.
I was eight years old April 13, 1875 and started to school some time that year, at Lewisville, Denton Co., Texas. However my Mother had taught me at home, so I was in the second reader and could spell "way over in the book" and knew how to make the figures and count.
That first school house was up on a "rise" N.W. from town about 1/2 Mi. It was a large "two story" house; the upper room was used by the Mason Lodge the lower for school church and Sunday School.
Sometimes there were 75 or so pupils so had to have two teachers, but both taught in that one big room.
We sat on long benches and a class would go up to the teacher to recite and sit on a long bench, only the spelling classes would stand in a row and "turn down", when one missed a word. The pupil who was head of class to day would "go foot" tomorrow.
The house was heated by a stove and they burned wood. When it was real cold the teacher would let us go sit awhile by the stove to warm our feet. They wouldn't let us draw pictures in time of books.
When I started to school my Grandma gave me a large square framed slate and that's what I wrote on, and "figured" & (played when the teacher wasn't looking.)
In 1879 we moved way out to Wise Co. I was 12 by then, you see so had other books to study such as Geography — Monteith's Third Part. Rag's Third Part Arithmetic and Grammar — Smith's, I believe, was the first one I used; then later Reed & Kellogg's. So we had to parse and diagram. Yes that was hard.
That school house was a real country school about 3 or 4 Mi. S.W. of Bridgeport (the old town) Texas, in Pleasant Valley. It was built of logs (I believe) and had long home-made benches. No black-boards, so we used slates.
There was a plank "desk" on each side to write on, the boys used one, the girls used the other. Yes, we had a time to write, some had bought copy books, others used "fools cap" paper and the teacher would set a "copy". It too had a stove and burned wood. The house was in the woods so we had lots of shade to play in.
The boys played on one side of the house, the girls on the other. The boys at both these schools played ball and other similar things. The girls would play games such as base "Learner Lou" etc — we had nothing to play with but always had fun.
Girls all wore sun bonnets — never went bare headed but in warm weather would go bare-footed, same as the boys — oh! the big girls didn't, of course.
Sometimes school would be only for three months, and a five month school was a long time — I mean in the country. Then sometimes there would be a subscription school in Summer.
Sometimes the teacher would "stay a round" with the people — not have to pay board.
My first school I had to walk alone and go about three Mi. but at this last one we lived just little over 1/2 Mi. from the school house.
While we lived there tho there were two years I did not go to that school, because the teacher did not keep good order. I went to a lady who taught in her house 2 Mi. away. There we sat by a fireplace and used her chairs. She was such a fine teacher too — could explain things so we could understand even arithmetic. Also she had some different readers I used but I forget the names. Of course, they were the higher books 5th & 6th.
My letter is getting too long to tell about when I "went off" to school. So will close for this time and if you want the other part I'll write again.
Lovingly your Grandmother,
Stella Cunningham
If you get a chance, write down your school memories for those who come after you.


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YES. That's right. ASSASSINATION.
"You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it," Robertson said. "It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war ... and I don't think any oil shipments will stop."
Not only is he a American Taliban idiot, but he's now talking like a terrorist when he advocates the murder of DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS!!
Venezuela's vice president on Tuesday accused religious broadcaster Pat Robertson of making "terrorist statements" by calling for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
This is INCREDIBLY embarrassing to the US but furthermore, it's down right dangerous!
If you can advocate the assassination of a DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED President CHOSEN by his people, then what stops someone else from making the same FATWA on you?
We knew the American Taliban had come to the US but to actually issue a FATWA, a death sentence??
Pat Robertson has taken the religious reicht WAY TOO FAR!
Please contact ABC Family & 700 Club. Boycott their advertisers till they act responsibly & stop condoning talk of murder!
Hey, ABC! Murder is NOT a Family Value!
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Sometime in 2004, I had to revise a well-established import process that was clogging up the production SQL server with gooey slowness. The size of the data we were loading had grown dramatically since the process was last modified, and the server was overburdened.
At the time, I really only knew SQL syntax and a handful of basic commands you might see in Access: SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, and maybe PRINT. Basically, I was no more educated in T-SQL than an Office power user. Armed with what little I knew, I had to make our server responsive while this process was running. I opened the script and began to search for something, anything, to tweak.
After a lot of staring and head-scratching, I found something. A command that would ease up on the gas.
I began throwing this command everywhere I could in the hopes it would throttle back the process. I ran the process again, and it worked beautifully. No longer was the server unresponsive while importing these large data sets. Outstanding.
What command did I use, you ask?
I found a single instance of WAITFOR, sitting innocently at the end of the loop. That's right. In a loop. Assuming this to be a magical command, I proceeded to stripe the code with WAITFORs everywhere. Inside a loop, which was really a CURSOR. That sat inside a CURSOR. Which sat inside another CURSOR. (Are you vomiting yet? I'm nearly there myself.) Performance was abysmal — "We'll let it run overnight, maybe it'll be done by morning," — but I had freed up the server.
I had traded a problem I couldn't tolerate for one that I could.
At the time, I wasn't really interested in learning T-SQL (or anything else about SQL Server for that matter). It's therefore perfectly reasonable that I would be okay with exchanging one problem for another. Doing so required no development on my part. Solving the problem, however, would have meant learning about performance tuning and best practices.
I wouldn't want to revisit that code; I know it's awful (and hopefully no longer in use) and I wouldn't get much satisfaction from rewriting it. I'm just happy knowing I don't trade problems anymore. These days, I much prefer to solve them.


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Walt Disney's 1937 animated masterpiece, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," will mark its 75th anniversary with a state-of-the-art digital presentation at the New York Film Festival on Saturday, Sept. 29 at the prestigious Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. The film will be introduced by acclaimed animator/director/historian Eric Goldberg, who served as supervisor of the Genie character in "Aladdin," co-directed of "Pocahontas" and counts "Fantasia 2000" among his credits. Festival attendees will also get a sneak peek at Walt Disney Animation Studios' newest animated short "Paperman," an innovative new animated film that combines the best of both the CG and hand-drawn worlds. "Paperman," directed by John Kahrs and produced by Kristina Reed (and utilizing Goldberg's animation talents), will open in theaters in November with the hilarious arcade-game-hopping adventure "Wreck-It Ralph."
"It's an honor to be introducing 'Snow White' at this year's New York Film Festival, marking the film's 75th anniversary," said Goldberg. "Walt used to refer to 'Snow White' as 'the one that started it all,' and he was right. The storytelling, the emotions, the cinematics and the comedy are all so true and so powerful, it's astonishing to think this assured piece of filmmaking was the studio's first feature effort. Anyone who is working or has worked in the animation medium owes 'Snow White' a huge debt, as it never ceases to inspire us. Walt and his team created something that is timeless: it isn't a question of whether 'Snow White' is lacking in surround sound, computer graphics or stereoscopic 3D, it's whether today's films can measure up to 'Snow White.'"
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" premiered on December 21, 1937 at the Carthay Circle Theater in Hollywood, and was the first animated feature film produced by Hollywood. More than 750 artists worked on the film, which took three years to produce. The film received a special Academy Award® in 1939, consisting of one full-size Oscar® and seven dwarf Oscars, presented to Walt Disney by Shirley Temple. The film became the highest-grossing motion picture up until that time, and held that distinction for two more years (until it was surpassed in 1939 by MGM's "Gone with the Wind").
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was the culmination of Walt Disney's dream to make a full-length animated feature. He had seen a silent version of "Snow White," starring Marguerite Chapman in 1917 (when he was just 15 years old), and the story made a tremendous impression on him.
Just as "Snow White" pushed the boundaries of the medium, the newest Disney short "Paperman" introduces a ground-breaking technique that seamlessly merges computer-generated and hand-drawn animation techniques to tell the tale of a lonely young man in mid-century New York City, whose destiny takes an unexpected turn after a chance meeting with a beautiful woman on his morning commute. Created by a small, innovative team working at Walt Disney Animation Studios, "Paperman" pushes the animation medium in an exciting new direction.


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Building with 108 apartments eyed for growing 'Green District' near Allston, Brookline border
A development company is seeking city approval to build a 108-unit apartment building in Allston along the same block of Brainerd Road where the company opened a 100-unit apartment building in the summer and recently began construction on another 79-unit complex.
About half of the units would be studios and the rest would be one-bedroom apartments, said company founder and chairman Bruce Percelay. He said there would also be a roof-top fitness center that connects to an outdoor roof patio, "so you can work out and then chill out."
The building would span two parcels at 75 Brainerd Road and 10 Redford St., which together comprise just over a half acre. The properties have housed a single-story warehouse building, which was recently razed, and an auto repair shop, which will soon be torn down.
State records show the developer bought the Brainerd Road property for $2.5 million in July. Percelay declined to say how much the company will spend to buy the Redford Street property or how much the project would cost.
He noted that the final plans for the project are subject to approval, and thus there is potential for change.
"This plan is our intention, but we're still awaiting city and neighborhood approval," Percelay said.
The proposed building would join a two-block area that the prominent Back Bay-based real estate company recently dubbed the "Green District."
The company has taken an environmentally-friendly focus at several apartment buildings it owns and leases there, including at two new developments one of which achieved LEED Silver status and the other LEED Gold.
Percelay said the proposed project at 75 Brainerd Road hopes to achieve the highest energy efficient rating of LEED Platinum.
To do that, he said the current design for the building includes electric car charging stations, purified water dispensers on each floor to promote less bottled water use, access to a nearby Hubway station, European-style appliances that are smaller and more efficient, super-insulated windows and a white reflective roof. The building would be constructed primarily with recycled materials.
This past summer, the company completed a year-long, $23 million project to build a 100-unit apartment building on abutting property at 65 Brainerd Road.
The five-story, 135,000 square-foot building called the Element includes 101 parking spaces in a ground-level garage. The company razed single-story auto repair garages to develop the site, which is about four-fifths of an acre.
As tenants began moving into that building, the Mount Vernon Company began work on another $14.5 million project to build a 79-unit apartment building across the street at 60-66 Brainerd Road.
The frame for the four-story, 83,500 square foot building called the Edge has begun to take shape and is scheduled to open to tenants by the summer. It will include 79 parking spaces, some in a garage below the building, others in a lot behind it.
The company razed an about one-and-a-half-story warehouse building to develop the 1.2-acre site. About two-thirds of the property is in Allston; the rest is in Brookline.
The Mount Vernon Company bought the 60-66 Brainerd Road site for $3.25 million in March 2011, and purchased the 65 Brainerd Road for $4.65 million in December 2010, state records show.
Within the so-called Green District, the company owns other properties that it has planned to undergo environmentally-friendly renovations and other changes, including 80 apartments at 1298-1302 Commonwealth Ave.; 83 units at 74-86 Brainerd Road and 20 units at 8 Griggs St. and a retail strip at 1304-1312 Commonwealth Ave.
The city's redevelopment authority said on its website that it plans to hold a public meeting about the proposed project for 75 Brainerd Road on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the community room of the Jackson Mann Community Center in Allston.
The public review comment period for the project is scheduled to run until Feb. 11, according to the city website.
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William Peterson and his wife, Geraldine, live quietly in Liberty City where the highlight of their week often is the appearance of a long-time friend with a hot meal and time to chat.
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Bernie Polite, who retired from a career with International Paper in 2001 and now is president of Community Help Inc., fits that bill.
Accompanying Polite and his meals are conversations that frequently provide a spark in people's lives.
"It's not so much the meal," Polite said. "It's the conversation."
Polite is one of a team from St. Philip Monumental AME Church on Jefferson Street who fan out Wednesdays to visit a dozen or so seniors and shut-ins, most, but not all of whom, are church members. They have served as many as 17.
"The need is there," Polite said, adding with a smile, "In most cases they control the conversation."
Peterson knows Polite can be counted on to be there.
"He's like the mail — he never misses," Peterson, 79, said. "If I have a problem with anything, I can always call him.
"We have a lot in common. We can always talk about the old days. … He's part of the family."
Peterson is a Savannah native who retired from his career as a truck driver in 1995. His wife, Geraldine, 77, and he have been married for 52 years. Unfortunately, a serious stroke in 2009 slowed Geraldine and limited her ability to talk.
Nonetheless, he said, she enjoys talking to him.
"She really does," he said.
Polite has made a career of addressing problems for Savannah's low-income children and families through the Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority before he helped start the small nonprofit that assists low-income people and students.
He and his pastor, the Rev. George A. Moore Jr., created Community Help Inc. as a nonprofit response to Savannah's poverty issues in 2005.
Polite recalls how he and the Rev. Marsha Verdree, also a church member who sits on the nonprofit's board, came up with the idea of delivering meals to the elderly and shut-ins.
Polite surrounded himself with board members who think like he does — that low-income residents deserve a break.
Their effort is joined by more than two dozen people from cooks to delivery people at the church where the meals are prepared.
St. Philip Monumental AME Church is central to Polite's life.
Polite was born into that church, then left before returning to his roots in 1980. Two years ago he stepped back somewhat from Youth Futures activities, in a large part to put more time into his church.
In addition to the hands-on work, he said, Community Help provides financial assistance each month to keep the program operating.
Peterson has belonged at St. Philip since he was a child and has known or known of Polite for much of that time.
For Peterson, Polite's visits offer another advantage.
Peterson does the cooking for the couple but when Polite arrives at the front door, Peterson knows he will bring enough to last two days or so.
"That's two days when I do not have to cook," he said, adding that some days he just does not feel up to it.
The fare is always healthy, he said, and that's another plus because his wife is diabetic.
"She can't get hungry," he said. "I have to make sure she eats."


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