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Yesterday, I met a new grand-niece for the first time. I held the little peanut (5lbs 4ozs), who was born five days ago in Denver, and not much in life holds a candle to those moments with her in my arm.
All of us keep homes in geographic places. Since I've opened this blog, I've met bloggers (online) in other places, one near the English seaside whose blog site I like visiting. My home is presently in the mountains of Colorado at about 8700 ft. altitude (It's 42 degrees outside now, the sun is out, but there's a bitter wind blowing through the pines and aspens which has turned the snow-covered ground into a sort of hard white frosting, reminding me of the early Fleetwood Mac album, Bare Trees). But our minds are geographic places also.
Lately, through a friend, I've been practicing "mindfulness," which is a form of meditation. Mindfulness helps to keep one planted in the now of existence, with bare feet on wet sand instead of allowing oneself to be pulled forward by the tide, into the deep, or backward into the dead tangles of old seaweed. Annie Dillard, in her book For The Time Being (1999), described existence as at the crest of an ocean wave. The dead fall behind life, and newborns rise into it. My grand-niece was once a part of the ocean and is now a part of the wave. Someday, I'll no longer be a part of the wave, but I'll still be within the ocean. We're all a part of that ocean.
Too often, the past and future seem to have roots creeping up and around my legs, pulling me in both directions, tearing me apart instead of leaving me alone to participate in the now. I described to my friend that mindfulness brings a realization of having been born with a nice little cottage of the mind, but in growing up, I learned to spend more-and-more time outside, always here, always there, but never home. Mindfulness brings me back into the cottage, into the now.
This blogsite of mine is an extension of that cottage. I can have all the parties I want here, because I'm always invited. [ When is a party not a party? When you're not invited ]. I hope to someday make my niece's new daughter aware of her own little cottage, where she'll always find a sanctuary, an ever-replenishing spring of personal power away from "the machine" that this world will welcome her to soon enough.
A very good book on the practice of mindfulness, is: [Williams, Mark, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal and Jon Kabat-Zinn. The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself From Chronic Unhappiness. The Guilford Press, 2007.] The best copy comes with a CD that contains assistance with the practice of mindfulness.
There are two other books that are on my mind regarding this post (my little cottage, as you might have guessed, has stacks and stacks of printed paper, with lots of my fingerprints and dusty sneeze-germs on the pages).
The first book is [Lowenthal, David and Martyn J. Bowden, ed. Geographies of the Mind: Essays in Historical Geosophy. Oxford University Press, 1976]:
1. Yi-Fu Tuan. Geopiety: A Theme in Man's Attachment to Nature and to Place.
2. John L. Allen. Lands of Myth, Waters of Wonder: The Place of the Imagination in the History of Geographical Exploration.
3. William A Koelsch. Terrae Incognitae and Arcana Siwash: Toward a Richer History of Academic Geography.
4. David Lowenthal. The Place of the Past in the American Landscape.
5. Martyn J. Bowden. The Great American Desert in the American Mind: The Historiography of a Geographical Notion.
6. Marvin W. Mikesell. The Rise and Decline of "Sequent Occupance": A Chapter in the History of American Geography.
7. Wilbur Zelinsky. Unearthly Delights: Cemetery Names and the Map of the Changing American Afterworld.
8. Philip W. Porter and Fred E. Lukermann. The Geography of Utopia.
The second book is: [East, W. Gordon. The Geography Behind History: How physical environment affects historical events, with illustrative examples from early times to the present. W. W. Norton, 1965, 1967.]:
I Geography as an Historical Document
II Old Maps as Historical Documents
III Geographical Position
IV Climate and History
V Routes
VI Towns
VII Frontiers and Boundaries
VIII Habitat and Economy
IX The Dawn of Civilisation
X The Dawn of Civilisation in the Americas
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
DUCKTALES RETROSPECTIVE: Episode 45, "Luck O' The Ducks"
one exception, which might have turned up in a Gemstone pocket book at some point had the titles lasted longer). There is obvious potential in an Irish Duck story that incorporates Irish legends, myths, and, of course, treasure, in fun and believable ways. Think of what Don Rosa was able to mine out of the Finnish Kalevala. Given a completely open playing field to work with, writer Michael O'Mahony lets the ball (either rugby or "football," take your pick) bounce out of bounds, packing the episode with "Oirish" stereotypes galore. In truth, the shifty leprechaun Fardoragh (Frank Welker) and pint-sized King Brian (Billy Barty) are the least problematic of these elements. You might argue that "real" leprechauns are more like the sadistic, violent pixie seen in this movie and its sequels than they are the cuddly-cute Fardoragh, but at least O'Mahony was paying some attention here, in the sense that "Fardoragh" is a real Gaelic word meaning "black." Likewise, King Brian might be considered a tribute to the legendary Irish king Brian Boru. Welker and Barty both give very energetic performances and make these characters enjoyable in spite of their childish aspects. The "headless horseman" and Banshee aren't all that bad, either, though, as Greg pointed out, one could hardly expect a chest of drawers to keep a ghost out of a room, even in the DuckTales world.
Alas, O'Mahony can't control himself when it comes to jackhammering home the "Hey, gang, WE'RE IN IRELAND!!!" message, subjecting Launchpad to one of his most humiliating roles in the series in the process. The green plane and lepra-costume are silly enough...
Launchpad is fortunate in one respect in this ep: he gets some things to do, even though they are pretty idiotic. The Nephews don't even get that much. Honestly, for all HD&L contribute to the episode, they might as well have been left behind while Scrooge, LP, Webby, and Fardoragh flew to the "Emerald Isle." They whiz away their one moment of "responsibility" by falling asleep while on guard duty; otherwise, they're just hanging around... or lying around with a somewhat unexpected bedfellow:
The portrayal of Scrooge here, of course, is straight out of the "Occupy Duckburg" playbook. Of course, greed is part of Scrooge's character and always has been. Rarely, however, has it been presented with such a comprehensive lack of subtlety. We get the infamous dollar-sign eye-flash not once, not twice, but THREE times, just to make sure we completely understand that Scrooge is, ya know, greedy. I wonder whether there is some sort of correlation between the number of D.S.E.F.'s in a $CROOGE story and the story's rating on inDucks. If there were one, then I imagine that the correlation would be negative.
Back Out in the Outback" insofar as the "cuteness factor" goes. It's a shame that she didn't carry some of her reticence about befriending Australian animals in the latter ep into her initial encounter with Fardoragh. Instead, she's literally defending him before she even knows anything about him (apart from the fact that he's threatened to "do an Irish jig" on the Ducks' faces if they come any closer). Once he starts calling her "Princess," the (non-Irish) jig is up, and she snaps into the "Fardoragh is my friend!" mindset that she'll maintain for the remainder of the episode. At times, you almost have to agree with the kvetching Scrooge that Webby is a bit foolish to be accepting Fardoragh at face value in such an unquestioning way.
Russi Taylor. In an episode noteworthy for its ham-handedness, I appreciated the lighter touch on display here. For sure, I got more emotional sustenance out of these moments than I did from the over-the-top scene in which Webby gives her "wonderful" friend a four-leaf clover and Fardoragh promptly breaks down and bawls.
The Last Leprechaun" and Gummi Bears' "Gummis Just Want to Have Fun" weren't much better, so there's at least a possibility that a "leprechaun curse" may be involved.
(Greg) Scrooge and the nephews dive in and in a scene that contradicts the logic they were shooting for; the nephews dive in as if the gold was water like Scrooge's. I thought we proved in GoldenSuns episode #5 that the nephews cannot do that spot?
Perhaps Scrooge finally gave in and initiated the youngsters into the arcane mystery that is money-diving. Against this, of course, you have to weigh his refusal to teach Launchpad the same trick in "Duck in the Iron Mask." Perhaps Scrooge reasoned, "I dinna know whether you can crash a bin full of money, but I'm not aboot to take the chance!"
The Rescuers Down Under movie.
Barty also appeared in the Gummi Bears episode "A Recipe for Trouble." That one wasn't any great shakes, either.
(Greg) We then get another sky shot of the snake [pit] and then we go to floor shot as we see the babyfaces sitting on the edge. Okay; WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SUPPOSED TO ACCOMPLISH HERE?! Now if the idea was to have the snakes use their tongue to tickle their feet; then this spot would work except that the snake are about 12-15 feet below the babyfaces. And LP shoes are still on. How in the world is this supposed to be torture for their crimes? Just sitting there and watching the snakes hiss? I'm supposed to take this seriously?
(Greg) Brian goes to the window as [Fardoragh] tries to escape; but Brian grabs his ankle and throws him down onto the floor and demands answers from the infamous liar. That makes Brian the most over character in the episode; bad plot thread be damned. [Fardoragh] bounces off Brian's belly and admits that he had to because they were going to tar and feather him with their own feathers... Brian decides then not to feed them to the snakes (WHAT?! That is lame to the extreme!) and instead they will have a party thrown in their honor. Oh god; this episode just made less sense now.
This switch really was clumsy, with no justification being given for Brian's change of heart at all. I don't see how the story editors could have allowed O'Mahony to get away with this.
(Greg) Okay; so we cut to the well as Scrooge is wearing various jewelry on himself as he and [Fardoragh] are climbing up the well... And of course he's tired as hell and somehow he throws everything down into the hole below. D'OH! This guy needs Wii Fit STAT!
The funny thing here is that Scrooge claims that he's "not as strong before [he] became a multi-zulti-zillionaire" while he's climbing up a dark shaft with no equipment or other assistance whatsoever. Heck, he's even able to save Fardoragh with relatively little trouble when the latter loses his grip and falls. Methinks Scrooge is selling himself short here. Perhaps his burgeoning greed has given him enhanced powers not normally granted to multi-zulti-zillionaires.
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- Joe Torcivia said...
You write: "Rescue Rangers' "The Last Leprechaun" and Gummi Bears' "Gummis Just Want to Have Fun" weren't much better, so there's at least a possibility that a "leprechaun curse" may be involved."
Sorry, but if you consider such great leprechaun cartoons as Chuck Jones' magnificent change-of-pace Porky Pig short "Wearing of the Grin", Huckleberry Hound's "Huck of the Irish" (on assignment for a picture news magazine to get a photo of a leprechaun – with a great ending gag!), and Johnny Bravo's outrageous "Blarney Buddies" (Kiss the Blarney Stone / Barney Stone!), with Frank Gorshin as the leprechaun, I'd say there's no such thing as a "leprechaun curse"!
…Maybe it's just Disney!
- July 18, 2013 at 8:03 AM
- Chris Barat said...
I was specifically thinking that the DISNEY AFTERNOON versions of the "lepisode" might be under the curse. I make no claims or promises about any other animated entities!
- July 18, 2013 at 10:42 AM
- Pan Miluś said...
I like the joke when Scrooge jumps into his money bin and jumps out in a swiming costume (thre is idenctical thing in the first episode but other way around)
- July 18, 2013 at 12:42 PM
- kenisu said...
I guess this is one of those moments where I let nostalgia get the better of me and decide a sub-par episode really isn't all that bad. I have very fond memories of being five years old in 1987, having seen this episode and then going out into the backyard and imagining a bunch of tiny little trees to tie invisible handkerchiefs to. :)
But hey, you forgot to mention one of the dumber things about "Luck o' the Ducks": the musical confusion between Scotland and Ireland. The moment the ducks come in for a landing on the Emerald Isle, we hear the bagpipe theme from "Curse of Castle McDuck", and the Scottish music doesn't end there.
I remember coming across a post from someone somewhere about how Ron Jones had once mentioned this to them in an email. He had said he wasn't too fond of how his library score was handled throughout the series, and cited this episode in particular, for its lack of cultural knowledge in the music department.
- July 18, 2013 at 3:34 PM
- Comicbookrehab said...
It could be that each time a story with Leprechauns was featured, they appear to have used "Darby O'Gill" as reference and were bound to stay close to it. The examples Joe cited were not bound to any speciffic mythology. There's an episode of FANTASTIC MAX with Don Knotts playing "Blarney Fife" and I remember that was also a fun episode.
- July 19, 2013 at 10:56 AM
- Chris Barat said...
Your comment reminds me of the episode of HOUSE in which Dr. House responds to an Australian character who objects to being called "British": "You've got the Queen on your money; you're British!"
The ep's use of Scottish music in an Irish setting is fairly irritating, but in all honesty, the ep has much worse things to answer for!
- July 19, 2013 at 11:10 AM
- Chris Barat said...
"I like the joke when Scrooge jumps into his money bin and jumps out in a swiming costume"
Cue the Nephew's comment from "Too Much of a Gold Thing": "How does he DO that?" Now that Scrooge has apparently taught the kids how to dive into the money without injury, perhaps he can teach them the quick-change trick as well. :-)
- July 19, 2013 at 11:13 AM
- Pan Miluś said...
I rewatch the episod just now. Overall a weak one but...
I like the image of boys waiting for the ghosts with one of them holding a beasball bat ;)
I love the Banshee desing a lot... but the way HD&L stop here was just way to silly for this show.
Tiny horses where a cute idea ;)
I like part with Scrooge climbing up sequence while droping all the gold...
I actually found it to be one of better uses of Webby on the show and I actually like her here... Even wit her constant annoying "Come and join my tea party" lines. I hate when they gave a character a extreme political views in a kids show...
BTW -> Those thing Webby did with her hair beafore she went to sleep (I don't know the english term for it... THOSE things : http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UpvZ42VN_T0/Uec_60gQl7I/AAAAAAAAHn0/rPy0ai41IUo/s1600/ThxPrincess.jpg ) Isn't she way to young to do that?
BTW 2 -> So... Now the gigant rock marks the place where the gold is hidden and Scrooge can return any time with hundret of workers to dig up the gold? Ok, he "learn his leason" but I have a filing next episode/week he will be just as wealth hungry...
P.S.3 -> I like upcoming "The Golden Fleecing" a lot...
Well, Ok, the HD&L woodchuck fog trick was way to sill for this show and It's to bad it didn't had the creepenes the oryginal Barks story had (I just love the ruins among the fog and the Larkies lair in the oryginal BTW) but damn it! It has VonDrake and I love that guy a lot! (BTW -> I still thinks that VonSwine character in "Yuppy Ducks" and "The Attack 50 foot Webby" was ment to be him)
- July 19, 2013 at 6:57 PM
Speaking of Leprechaun episodes; I have reviewed all three and I thought Gummis Just Want To Have Fun was good; if because Nogum wasn't the focus of the episode and it was mostly Grammi just wanting to have fun with a friend; which at least had a sense of sympathy for her.
As for the "torture scene": Even if the original plan was to have them being eaten by snakes; the staging was awful. They just couldn't use a pulley system and have them dangled into the pit? That would allow them to pay off the torture and be threatening. It would have been better than Polly Wants A Treasure actually. But of course; it's not because the writer had zero idea what he was doing (and as I mentioned in the review of the Volume 2 DVD set; the continuity on the ropes are completely shot too).
As embarrassing as the shot with Launchpad riding backwards on the tiny horse; I did laugh at it. So it did exactly what the writer wanted in this case.
Oh and the animators need to know the difference between a giant potato and a large glob that looks like frozen cookie dough. Cannot forget that either.
- July 21, 2013 at 4:38 PM
- Chris Barat said...
"Those thing Webby did with her hair beafore she went to sleep (I don't know the english term for it... Isn't she way to young to do that?"
They're called hair curlers, and you're right, they're typically used by middle-aged and older women, not by young kids. I also think it would be physically impossible for Webby's feathers to "roll up" in the manner indicated so that the curlers would stay on her head.
- July 26, 2013 at 8:03 PM
- Chris Barat said...
"Speaking of Leprechaun episodes; I have reviewed all three and I thought Gummis Just Want To Have Fun was good; if because Nogum wasn't the focus of the episode and it was mostly Grammi just wanting to have fun with a friend; which at least had a sense of sympathy for her."
It just seemed so CONTRIVED to me, both the basic setup and the triviality of the "adventure" that Grammi and Nogum had. I wonder whether it would have worked better had Grammi met Nogum for the first time at the start of the episode and their friendship and activities had been a subplot in a more ambitious story line.
- July 26, 2013 at 8:06 PM


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Working the system: Beware of doctors with private rooms
Japan's national health insurance system isn't perfect, but it's fairly airtight. Unless you have a condition that might benefit from some sort of experimental treatment which has yet to be approved by the government, everything is covered, meaning you won't pay more than 30 percent of the cost of that treatment. And if the amount you do pay exceeds a certain amount, the government will pay for most of that as well, so there is very little danger of, say, a patient having to mortgage his house to pay for care, even for a so-called catastrophic illness, which is something that occasionally happens in the United States.
But that doesn't mean there aren't medical situations where people end up paying a lot of money; it's just that they probably don't have to. This is why we've always been mystified by the supplemental health insurance business in Japan. Why buy extra insurance when the national system takes care of everything? One of the main reasons is private rooms, which the government doesn't pay for. National insurance covers overnight stays, but only for non-private rooms, and only a very limited amount. If a patient wants a private or semi-private room, or even a special type of bed in a non-private room, he or she has to pay for it out of pocket.
Some doctors use this exception to make money. An acquaintance of ours, whom we'll call A-san, recently told us a story about a visit she made to a private gynecology/obstetrics clinic in Saitama Prefecture. A-san was worried about her 77-year-old mother, who lives separately from her and has been suffering from a gynecological disorder for almost a year. Though she had been to her local hospital, the doctor there said he could not treat the condition properly, and while it wasn't life threatening, it made everyday life difficult. A-san's mother is on a fixed income and not tech-savvy, so A-san Googled the name of her condition and the first clinic that came up in the search said it had experience treating elderly women for that particular condition and happened to be not far from her mother's home. She made an appointment.
The clinic's owner and only doctor was quite chatty, and, after examining her mother, he told A-san that she needed an operation, and that because she had special insurance for elderly people she would only pay 10 percent of the surgery cost. In addition, since the surgery was expensive, she could apply for the kogaku iryo (high cost medicine) system, which would refund most of the 10 percent she would normally have ended up paying. In the end, she would only have to pay ¥44,400 for the actual operation.
But there was a catch. The clinic, which mostly catered to expecting mothers, only offered private rooms for ¥16,900 a night. The doctor said that following the operation, A-san's mother would need to remain in the clinic for 10 nights, so altogether the operation would cost more than ¥200,000, not counting transportation to and from the hospital and whatever medication she would have to take. An interesting justification for extra charges...


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Ben's video game gives kids with cancer a way to fight back.
Ben steps into a computerized world engulfed in new game levels and points – a world away from the fear of his leukemia. Computer games are the only things that helped Ben stay positive while in and out of the hospital.
Nine-year-old Ben asked the Make-A-Wish® Greater Bay Area chapter if he could create a video game to help kids with cancer relieve some pain and stress involved with their treatments – to give them a way to fight back.
At first everyone was a bit pessimistic as they discovered a venture like this could cost nearly millions of dollars and take several years.
But thankfully Eric Johnston, on behalf of LucasArts – a leader in publishing and developing interactive entertainment software – stepped forward to help share the power of a wish®. Eric not only wanted Ben's wish to become a reality, he planned for Ben to be involved in every step of the process.
So Ben and Eric – with the medical expertise of Ben's physician Dr. Seymour Zoger, - begin the process meeting on a regular basis to really hone down Ben's vision.
The creation team decides the game should closely resemble the real life battle of chemotherapy. Just like in treatment, the players would strive to destroy all mutated cells and collect shields of strength and protection. But they have to fight; these shields are guarded by monsters –Iceman, Robarf, Big Chicken, Fire, Vamp, Qball and Tornado – each associated with a common side effect of chemotherapy: colds, vomiting, chicken pox, fever, bleeding, hair loss and rashes respectively.
The players' shields - earned through courage - enable them to reach three different health levels: health you get from hospital, ammunition you get from the pharmacy and attitude you get from home.
Dr. Zoger says the science behind these levels and characters came from what Ben learned himself in dealing with his treatments.
Now it's ready for publication and distribution! The University of California at San Francisco's Children's Hospital serves as the first medical facility to install the game for its patients.
"Eric and Ben achieved the impossible!" says Patricia Wilson, Greater Bay chapter executive director.
Ben's wish is inspiring because it was selfless and – Ben is a philanthropist.
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October 27, 2007 - 12:31 PM
I'm a cancer serviver and I want to say I wish someone had though of this great idea when I was going through my cancer treatments I had thyriod cancer and it is hard to go through the treatment but you have to do whats best for you....Thanks little buddy for the great Idea and a special thanks to Eric and his staff for helping you make your dream come true keep up the great work little buddy may God Bless you and your family and May God Bless Eric and his staff as well.....Your friend in Christ Elizabeth
December 01, 2008 - 3:30 PM
hi, ben. today we got homework about how u created this game about cancer. i went back and thought about my friend danial. he has a brain tumor. i think everyone should be inspired and make more games about cancer and how u can fight it. now that i read your artical in class i really want to create a game for my best friend danial.
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I wish to be the creator of a cancer healing-themed board game for children in India
I wish to give back comfort and hope
I wish to be a comic book creator
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The American Prospect has a series of stories out this week about the prospects for making up the racial wage and income gap (and how African-American and Hispanic women have the worst gap of any subgroup). Suffice it to say, the prospects are not great because the causes are so varied and intractable, ranging from non-racial reasons that simply disproportionately affect African-Americans to straight-up discrimination to the fact that getting advanced degrees can make the wage gap worse — despite what John McCain thinks, education doesn't flatten out the wage. So whither the race for equality?It's not that education is a bad place to start — studies all show that the average college-educated person of whatever race and gender makes more than the high-school graduate of the same race and gender. No one is suggesting otherwise. But the case can and should be made — National Black MBA Association meetings aside — that trying to fix the problems that are causing the wage gap can't stop there. Studies show that lip service and diversity-recruitment initiatives aside, race and racial stereotypes still feed into hiring decisions — to the detriment of women of color and to, frankly, companies themselves, many of which could probably use fewer yes-men and more people with a diversity of thought and experience from whom to draw ideas. Women of color, naturally, face a more than a double whammy as studies show that they don't do as well as either white women or men of color in getting jobs or getting equal pay. This comes even as 44 percent of black households have a woman and the main breadwinner. Black women's median pay only increased by 22 percent between 1975 and 2000, while white women saw an increase of 32 percent. Race and gender seemingly play off each other to a point where women of color aren't merely as disadvantaged as women or as men of color, they're more disadvantaged than either grouping regardless of education achievement, which is a hard pill to swallow in a country that promises equality of opportunity. So, what to do? Few of the authors of these pieces offer any concrete answers given that the reasons the wage gap persists are so varied. But maybe, as Bill Clinton said on The View this morning, the first step really is to acknowledge not how far we've come but how far we have left to go. As these studies indicate, that's quite a way. Women of Color [The American Prospect] Understanding the Black-White Earnings Gap [The American Prospect] Black Women: The Unfinished Agenda [The American Prospect] McCain Dismisses Equal Pay Legislation, Says Women Need More 'Training And Education.' [Think Progress] Less Notorious BIG, More PhDs [The Guardian]
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a $50 million lawsuit brought by members of the Ramapough Native American tribe against the makers of a movie that they said depicted their people in a negative light.
The lawsuit filed in New Jersey in December claimed the writers and producers of "Out of the Furnace" made false representations about the people who live in the Ramapo Mountains along the New York- New Jersey border.
It claimed that unsavory characters in the film had last names that are common among the Ramapough and that it perpetuated negative and unfounded stereotypes. The plaintiffs — who are mostly from New Jersey and New York, with one from Tennessee — claimed the film caused them humiliation. They were seeking punitive and compensatory damages.
The 2013 movie stars Christian Bale as a man trying to find his missing brother, who has gotten involved with a bare-knuckle fighting ring in the mountains of New Jersey.
The movie's villain, played by Woody Harrelson , has the last name DeGroat, which is common among the Ramapough. Most of the 17 plaintiffs in the suit have the DeGroat last name.
Harrelson's character is the leader of a gang of "inbreds," according to the suit, who are depicted as lawless, drug-addicted, poor and violent, and live in the "mountains of New Jersey."
The Record (http://bit.ly/1oEpWPt) reports the judge recently dismissed the suit. That decision came a few weeks after lawyers for Relativity Media, which released the movie, and the other defendants filed a motion to dismiss it.
In legal papers filed in March, they said the plaintiffs had failed to state a claim for defamation or false light under both the common law and the First Amendment and argued that the dismissal of the false light or defamation claims negates the claim of infliction of emotional distress.
Lydia Cotz , the attorney for the plaintiffs, told the newspaper that she and her clients haven't yet decided whether they will appeal the decision.
Cotz said she was "disappointed that the court did not view my clients' perspective as meritorious, but we are pleased that this litigation let the makers of this film, as well as the region in general, know that there are contrary views about this community's character and values."
The Ramapough do not have federal recognition but identify themselves as an American ethnic group recognized as a tribe by New York and New Jersey.
Information from: The Record ( Woodland Park, N.J.), http://www.northjersey.com


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The world depends on mariners. Mariners depend on SCI. And we depend on you.
Christmas at Sea distribution in Port Newark on December 2, 2011.
Photos by the Rev. David Rider, President & Executive Director.
Volunteer knitters from around the country knit garments as symbols of SCI's mission of hospitality. Each year, SCI distributes these warming gifts to mariners far away from home.


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I took an entire preschool class and told the story of, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," in three scenes using hands and paint. I think my homage to Eric Carle would make him proud.
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Cortex project is a joint project-team affiliated with INRIA, CNRS and University de Lorraine. We are located both at the Nancy - Grand Est research center and LORIA in Nancy (France). Our domain of research relates to computational neurosciences. More precisely, the goal of our research is to study the properties and computational capacities of distributed, numerical and adaptative networks, as observed in neuronal systems. In this context, we aim to understand how complex high level properties may emerge from such systems including their dynamical aspects. In close reference to our domain of inspiration, Neuroscience, this study is carried out at three scales, namely neurons, population and cerebral region.
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Randle El Reflects On Steelers' Tradition
By Larry Weisman
Posted: August 19, 2009
Antwaan Randle El played the first four seasons of his pro football career for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A college quarterback who morphed magically into a wide receiver, Randle El became a full-time starter his final year with the Steelers. That was 2005, when the club stitched together a stunning late-season run culminating in the 21-10 victory against the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL.
Randle El caught three passes for 22 yards in that game and also became the first receiver ever to throw a touchdown pass in a Super Bowl when the Steelers razzle-dazzled the Seahawks with his 43-yard fling to Hines Ward, who would be named the games MVP.
Randle El left the Steelers for the Redskins as a free agent in the spring of 2006. The Steelers would undergo more changes. Running back Jerome Bettis retired after winning the title in his hometown of Detroit and coach Bill Cowher exited after the next season.
The Redskins play the Steelers Saturday night in the second preseason game for both teams and Randle El is hardly surprised to see how much his old team looks like, well, his old team. Once again, the Steelers are defending champions. Theyve not strayed far from their roots in reloading and winning their second championship in four years.
They dont look any different, Randle El says. Sound defense, the players are where theyre supposed to be, and they are always making the big play when its time, in terms of sacks and interceptions. They always had a good front four or five and the pass rush they have, they always had it and brought pressure and got to the quarterback. They always had a good running game. The offensive line wasnt as good last season but they have Ben.
As in quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Five years in the league, two rings.
There exists a culture of stability and commitment that creates the Steeler Way. The Rooney family, rooted in Pittsburgh, brings core values to ownership. Patience is one of its virtues. In 1998, the Steelers lost five games in a row and six of seven to close the season and finish 7-9. A year later they would drop six in a row and seven of eight to come home 6-10.
Did they fire Cowher? No. When the playoff drought reached three years, did they reach for meat ax? No. They would be rewarded. Though the Steelers might have fallen short in reaching the AFC championship game twice and losing it twice to the New England Patriots, they eventually took that next step.
They earned the franchises record-tying fifth Super Bowl victory when they beat the Seahawks and an unprecedented sixth this past February with their 27-23 comeback triumph against the Arizona Cardinals.
They are what they are. They dont change much. When Mike Tomlin became the coach two seasons ago, he didnt impose a defensive philosophy at variance with what the Steelers traditionally ran. A devotee of the Tampa-2 scheme, Tomlin left the Pittsburgh 3-4 alignment intact and in the hands of coordinator Dick LeBeau.
Patience. Tradition. Culture.
It starts with the people they bring in, Randle El says. The attitude catches on and it sticks with the next group that comes in. Its hard to develop but when youve got it, keep it.
The Steelers have had three head coaches since 1969--Chuck Noll, Cowher and Tomlin. Nolls teams won four Super Bowls in a six-year span as the feared Steel Curtain. Cowher got the Steelers to two Super Bowls and won one. Tomlin is one for one.
None of those coaches ever talked about finesse or winning a game in a style other than basic smash-mouth. Nolls Steelers played smothering defense and ran the ball with Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier. Cowhers Steelers played a blitzing scheme that made stars of Kevin Greene and Joey Porter and ran the ball with Barry Foster, Bam Morris, Bettis and Willie Parker. Tomlins team, during a five-game winning streak last year, allowed four touchdowns.
The Steelers do not blow teams out. They wear them out. Defense and the running game. Patience, tradition, culture.
They find a way to win, Randle El says. When you play a team like that, you cant make a bunch of mistakes. If you can make them make mistakes, you have to cash in.
In defeating the Cardinals 20-10 in their preseason debut at Heinz Field, the Steelers were exactly themselves. They ran the ball 32 times and threw it 27. The Cardinals? Sixteen runs, 49 passes. The Cardinals allowed four sacks and threw a pair of interceptions. Neither of either for the Steelers.
Randle El does not look back on his departure from the Steelers with regret. He just remembers very well what the Steelers were and he knows what they are.
He can probably tell you with a fair amount of accuracy what they will be five years from now. They will be the Pittsburgh Steelers. The same Pittsburgh Steelers.
Larry Weisman covered professional football for USA TODAY for 25 years and now joins the Redskins Broadcast Network and Redskins.com to bring his unique viewpoint and experience to Redskins fans. Go to Redskins.com for the Redskins Blitz column and NFL Blitz on Friday. Larry also appears on Redskins Nation, airing nightly on Comcast SportsNet, and on ESPN 980 AM radio, both in the Washington, D.C. are


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With a regularity somewhere between circadian and cicadian, the media can't quite ever tear itself away from that great political soap opera that is nearly concluding its second decade -- The Bill & Hillary Show.
The Clintons never fail to enthrall, entrance, infuriate and repulse -- depending on the audience. Sure enough, the last week or so gave morsels to just about anyone and everyone who needed a taste of something Clinton.
So what's the state of the Clinton marriage? Hmmm...considering what happened at the Clinton Global Initiative last week, it would seem that things are good. How do we know? Because, well, this couple that has been married more than a quarter century, you know, kissed!!! And it made headlines!!! And Bill still loves his Hillary. We know this, because he told us:
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"I want to begin by expressing my extreme indebtedness to the Clinton Global Initiative, to all of you who participated, for giving me the first chance I have had in a week to see Hillary," Clinton told the audience of social activists and business leaders at the closing session of CGI, a week-long conference designed to find solutions to global problems through public and private partnerships.
She responded in kind:
"It won't surprise you to hear that I am very proud of my husband, and I think what he has invented and brought to life here is extraordinary," she said, adding that the new State Department food initiative, in part, was an idea she developed by seeing the kinds of partnerships the Clinton Global Initiative produced.
They kissed as they headed off stage. Huzzah!! Huzzah!!
A few days later Bill then headed to Meet The Press where the old chestnut of the "vast right-wing conspiracy" popped up, in conjunction with the latest conservative criticism of Barack Obama. That phrase, of course, originated with Hillary back in the halcyon days of Ken Starr and the Monica Lewinsky saga.
Which, of course, made the timing just perfect that a former Clinton aide stepped forward in the last few days with claims that then-President Clinton got a little too huggy with her while on a foreign trip in 2000. Considering that a book about somebody working as a policy aide might not otherwise hit the bestseller list, what's the best way to primp sales? Make sure to tease the pliant media with a bit of Clinton trivia (that may or may not be true)!
And, of course, the media complies. Why not, even with a charismatic, young and relatively popular current president, nothing quite sells like that Bill and Hillary show.
Even if there's not really much happening there.
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The Quakers' situation has changed a bit since then.
Junior Sean O'Brien, an All-Inter-Ac League midfielder who started for the Quakers since his freshman year, has chosen to focus on basketball and did not come out for the soccer squad this season. One other current junior at Penn Charter and two seniors also did not return, giving the Quakers a little different look than expected.
Veteran head coach Bob DiBenedetto (who has won Inter-Ac championships both at PC and at the old Chestnut Hill Academy) still has a strong core of seniors to build around, starting with tri-captains who make up most of the starting defensive unit, Sam Agre, Josh Cannon, and Ted Foley.
Four other seniors are back, David Kotch, Ed McLaughlin, Ray Vandegrift, and Zach Weinberg, and two new upperclassmen are joining the varsity, Andrew Paisley and Will Sutor.
Vandegrift, a star lacrosse attackman who unfortunately was injured last spring, is also an offensive force on the soccer pitch. Paisley is a reserve goalie for the Quakers and the starter is freshman keeper Andrew Verdi, who was a member of the Under-14 U.S. National Team this summer.
Current Charter juniors Matt Sullivan, Brad Jones, and Cole Brown are all third-year varsity players; Sullivan broke into the starting line-up as a freshman. Jones is a forward, and the other returning juniors, including Devon Smith, play in the midfield. A fifth 11th-grader, Mason Thomas, is stepping up to varsity this fall.
Sophomores James Vandegrift (Ray's brother), Adison Cripe, and Luke Zieger are primarily outside midfielders, and Charter will get even more depth in the middle from Harrison Williams, the only freshman besides Verdi on the varsity roster for the start of the season.
Opening their season in the nation's capitol, the Quakers dropped two games but made respectable showings against perennial Washington-area powers DeMatha (a 1-2 outcome) and Gonzaga (0-2). Last Thursday the Quakers strolled down the lane to record a 3-2 win over a young but feisty Germantown Friends squad. Facing another Friends Schools League team on Saturday, Charter played without five regular starters and fell to Friends Central, 2-1.


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Story zone: Big writing contest strikes again
Have you had the good luck to meet someone who lived to tell about a transoceanic journey in a boat with wild animals for company? Have you deciphered secret messages hidden in a famous painting? Or have you merely survived childhood, which is all Flannery O'Connor said was necessary to create a good writer?
Even if you haven't done any of those things (except survive), it's time for you to take your seat in front of the keyboard and begin to cast your magic spell. Tell your story. The Hook Fiction Contest is back.
As we did last year, we're asking all entrants to pay a $5 per story entrance fee, with all proceeds going to the winners. It's a small pittance to support your talent.
Prizes and such
The first-place winner receives $600. There's $150 each for two or three runners-up– who will be published in the spring.
In addition, Meridian, a UVA literary magazine, is offering a year's subscription to the winner and runners-up.
Finally, food for your thoughts. Al Dente restaurant on the Downtown Mall is offering dinner for all the winners and judges. Juicy!
But, read on, there's more.
The winner and runners-up will also be officially saluted at the opening event of this year's Virginia Festival of the Book (vabook.org) on Wednesday, March 24. This year's Festival hotshots (besides you, of course) include Michael Ondaatje, Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Chabon, and Lawrence "Hitman" Block.
Three special celebrity judges will make the final decision: last year's winner Deborah Prum, Meridian editor Stephen Boykewich (who's also The Hook's Performance editor), and well-known George of all genres, George Garrett.
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Deadline: 5pm, Tuesday, February 3. We don't care about postmarks; the manuscript must be in the Hook newsroom by deadline.
All manuscripts must be typed in 12 pt. or larger font, double-spaced, on 8 1/2" x 11" paper. (No sunset-scenes or pandas in the background, please.)
All manuscripts must be stapled, and with the author's name, address, phone, and email (if any) clumped within a match-book-size area on the cover sheet (so we can temporarily cover the name during the judging). Entries with your name on in a header or footer on each page will be discarded.
We're looking for short stories of no more than 3,500 words that have not been published either in print or electronically.
By entering, you give The Hook permission to use your name, story, and even your smiling face in our pages.
We usually get more than 100 submissions, so, in keeping with our name, make sure your story "hooks" us from the first page, and please make sure it has conflict, dialogue, action, and resolution. Essays are not stories.
You retain all rights to re-publish your story in other publications (hmm... how about The New Yorker?) after it has run in The Hook.
Anyone is eligible: professionals, students, professional students, homemakers, dentists, miners and minors, snake-charmers, etc.
There is a limit of two (2) manuscripts per author.
Please check your manuscript for errors; we can't accept hand-corrected copies.
If you need acknowledgement that your story has been received, enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard. If you're addicted to your Underwood #5 typewriter, suppress your Luddite tendencies and patronize a copy machine. We can't return entries.
Those whose stories withstand the scorching heat of our judges' scrutiny will win and will be notified by the end of the day Wednesday, March 5.
Don't forget to enclose your entry fee of $5 for one story or $10 for two stories.
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What is your workout schedule? What do your meals look like? How did you lose weight and stretch marks after pregnancy? These are just a few of the questions you sent in last week.
Hello, everyone! It's Carrie Sisson here today to field your questions. Last week Mark and I asked for any questions [1] you might have about my experience living the Primal lifestyle. I want to thank everyone who commented for your kind words and thoughtful questions. I'd love to hear your thoughts to my responses in the comment board today. Thanks again and Grok on!
Fitness Questions
What kind of workouts do you do?
I love to be outdoors, hiking or sprinting on the beach.
I work out in the gym with a personal trainer (a bodybuilder who won the Miss California title) to maintain my muscle tone and strength. I also do some yoga, because I love the way I feel after a class: a state of blissful inner peace that helps the rest of my day flow with ease and grace.
Weekly routine? What kind of weight training do you do? How long and how often?
Sunday – Yoga
Monday – Weights (low reps, heavy weights – chest, shoulders, tris) with my bodybuilder trainer Becky West
Tuesday – Yoga, hike an hour to an hour and a half in the Malibu hills
Wednesday – Weights (legs)
Thursday – Weights (back and biceps), hike
Friday – Off
Saturday – Sprints, either at the beach or on an elevated treadmill
How long have you been exercising?
I've been pretty active all my life. I played tennis, skied and water skied growing up. I jogged (maybe 10-15 miles a week) during the jogging craze. I have lifted weights since my late twenties (in fact, I met Mark in a gym in Los Angeles in 1987). I have to say that since we really started focusing on "Primal" living, I feel better and am stronger than at any other time in my life.
Do you do anything specifically for your abs?
No, I have learned that most compound exercises work the abs better than all those ab-specific exercises (and you don't really have to think about it). The abs respond more to activities that require stabilization more than they do to just crunching.
Diet Questions
What do you eat?
Here are a couple sample menus:
Day 1
Breakfast – Green tea with heavy cream, smoothie with 30 grams protein powder and a handful of berries
Lunch – Salad with veggies, avocado and fish (usually salmon)
Dinner – Grilled fish with grilled veggies
Snacks – Half cup of plain full-fat yogurt with a bit of agave nectar
Click the images below to view the nutritional breakdown:
Day 2
Breakfast – Green tea with heavy cream, 3 scrambled eggs with veggies and cheese
Lunch – Kale salad (pine nuts, Parmesan cheese and raisins), cup of yogurt
Dinner – Grilled fish with steamed veggies
Snacks – Handful of nuts
Click the images below to view the nutritional breakdown:
How many carbs do you eat on a daily basis?
I try to stay at right around 100. I rarely exceed that amount by very much and often fall below it.
Is your diet rich in fats?
Yes, I love cheese, butter, full-fat yogurt, salad dressings made with extra virgin olive oil, nuts, seeds, avocado, fatty fish, etc.
Why have you chosen to exclude red meat and poultry from your diet?
My parents became vegetarian over 30 years ago and inundated me with the many books on the inhumane treatment of CAFO animals. I guess it sank in, because I haven't eaten red meat or chicken since. About ten years ago, I did notice that it was difficult to get a reliable source of good protein, so I began eating fish. I now eat some form of fish every day, along with the use of supplemental protein (powders). The increased protein really boosts my energy.
How many calories do you take in for maintenance? For weight loss?
My weight never varies more than five pounds, so I don't really count calories. I eat when I'm hungry and eliminate simple carbs most of the time. Like Mark, I can have days where I eat a fair amount (maybe 2,300 calories) and others where I can eat next to nothing and suffer no ill effects.
How sensitive for carbohydrates are you really?
I still have a sweet tooth. I think we all do, but I don't get carried away indulging it. If I have dessert at all, it might be a taste or two at a restaurant or as a guest at someone's house. Also, I never really appreciated how impactful grains are on my body. I do try to avoid them now. If I break down and eat grains (and I do every great once in a while – but not that much) I bloat, have gas and get a "poochy" belly.
Since women need a higher percentage of body fat than men in order to maintain normal biological functions such as their monthly cycles, do women in general have different dietary requirements than men? (for example, more carbs? more fat?)
Clearly, women need fewer calories than men overall because they tend to have less lean mass. I think it's the hormones that helps drive the allocation of fat on women's bodies, too. So a diet high in carbs will tend to see an even greater impact on fat storage in women. Meanwhile, I think women just need more dietary fat than most get; sometimes as a result of childbearing and nursing, other times as a result of monthly hormonal changes, etc. Women always tend to be afraid of dietary fat (and I certainly was), but I have seen that the more fat in my diet (as long as the carbs are low) the healthier I feel and the better I look.
Women's Issues
Some friends and I were just discussing how lifestyle can affect women as they get to that stage in life where every doctor is handing out hormones. Any thoughts on this?
I am going through menopause now. I tried for a long time to do whatever I could naturally to avoid hormone replacement therapy; I tried all the herbs, black cohosh, dong Quai, Evening Primrose, macca, specific vitamin regimens, etc. The hot flashes were bearable, but when my memory started to go, I gave in. I now use bio-identical hormones in a cream form (low doses of progesterone, estrogen and testosterone) and have never felt better.
How to lose weight/stretch marks after pregnancy?
I breastfed my daughter Devyn for two years (and son Kyle for 16 months). In each case, I had my body back – or even leaner – within two months and never had stretch marks. It could be because I never gained much weight with either child. It could also be the amount of fat in my diet, the fact that I rubbed coconut oil on my belly each night or because I exercised through each pregnancy. I would say it was partly genes, but my own mother had serious stretch marks from each of her children. Maybe it's just luck, too.
What effect has living Primally had on your reproductive health? Easier periods, etc? I used to (and sometimes still do) suffer from very painful periods and I notice that when I'm strictly off grains/refined sugars, they are less so. Do you have any observations about this? I figure if living primally is good for overall health, it has to have a positive effect on a female's reproductive health as well.
I was not eating truly Primally until just before menopause. However, I have friends who have cut out the sugar and the grains and who no longer have menstrual cramps, their periods are lighter and they have more energy during their cycle. All the research I have read confirms that a high-fat, low-carb diet will offer those benefits. It's just getting through the transition that is the hardest part.
Raising Children
What do you feed your children? Did you exclude all grains from your children's diets?
I wish I had had this info when my kids were younger. They grew up on "healthy whole grains." Of course, they have cut way back now. My 18-year-old daughter is healthier and leaner for having done so. She eats all forms of meat, poultry, eggs and fish as her main emphasis. My 15-year-old son is still a vegetarian (his choice from age two) and has opted to cut back on grains somewhat, while increasing his salads, steamed veggies, nuts and fruits. He loves avocados, heavy whipping cream and olive oil and he does get added protein from yogurt, protein powders and some legumes.
As a mom of two small children I'm both struggling to get back to an athletic life (and lose the baby weight) and I'm trying to figure out how to get the kids to enjoy primal foods. I've resorted to letting them at least keep their oatmeal breakfast to get them to eat. Any thoughts and suggestions to a young family would be very welcome!
I make sure we have plenty of Primal food choices in the fridge or the pantry at all times. I also got rid of most of the non-Primal snacks, so there's no temptation to go for a bowl of Rice Crispies instead of an apple with almond butter. We try lots of recipes until we find some that everyone enjoys. I still take my son grocery shopping with me and he likes helping plan dinners together.
My question is more for my kids. Do you have any tips for packing them good "primal friendly" lunches for school?
My daughter liked to roll turkey and cheese into little finger sandwiches (instead of bread) as her favorite lunch. I also used to give them small containers of fresh berries or celery with cream cheese or I'd cut up red bell peppers, carrots, and/or cucumbers with a home-made dipping sauce. Mark says a cold chicken leg is a great lunch meal, too.
Any advice you have to balancing role of mom in the quest for health?
I enjoyed rollerblading or jogging with my kids in a "baby-jogger" for years. As they got older, we played many games with them at least once a week outside. Soccer, tennis, biking, hiking, Frisbee, swimming at the beach, ping pong, stand-up paddling, you name it. I think kids are the best excuse for parents to get back into the mindset of the Primal law that says "Play." Of course, it gets the kids into that mindset, too, because sometimes kids today spend way too much time inside. I also think it's imperative that you model good eating patterns for them. Let them get involved cooking with you or food shopping or meal planning.
Odds and Ends
How long have you been Primal?
For me it has been a gradual transition. I have always valued sleep and play. Those were easy for me. I have worked out religiously since my mid-twenties – although I bought into the cardio thing for too long. I recently became a fan of sprinting, even though I was pretty good at it (=fast) for most of my life. I have always done the kind of gym workouts that focused on body parts, but within the past five years have transitioned to more full-body motions (pushups, pull-ups, dips, weighted squats and lunges, etc). The diet was more recent. I only gave up wheat three years ago. The effect was so pronounced (in a good way) that I gave up oats and other grains shortly thereafter. Now, I might eat some rice in a sushi roll or a tortilla chip here and there, but usually that's only when we go out to eat (because I simply don't keep those things at home).
What do you do to take care of your skin? It looks like you have very few freckles, wrinkles, or age spots (or stretch marks!!) despite living the "Malibu lifestyle" with lots of sun.
I do live the Malibu lifestyle and spend a good deal of time in the sun, but I am adamant about keeping my face, chest and arms covered with clothing, shade or a good combo UVA/UVB sunscreen. That way, I get my tan and my vitamin D, but minimize the ageing part. I also do take advantage of twenty-first century medicine in that I do micro-dermabrasion on my face and neck and get glycolic acid peels once in a while.
I am very interested in the primal female perspective and how it might differ, even if only slightly, from the males.
I have spent the past few years studying spiritual psychology and noting the energetic differences between men and women (and how to coexist peacefully with those differences!). I love the Primal concept and think Mark has really hit on a novel way of viewing how we evolved physically. I do believe we (men and women) are different energetically and can each take the Ten Blueprint Laws and apply them in our own unique way. For example, I like the idea of going barefoot a lot, and I do so around the house and on the beach, but you won't catch me wearing FiveFingers to the gym anytime soon. And there's no way I'm ever giving up my Manolo Blahniks.


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