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The former second-in-command to Gen. David Petraeus during the 2007 "surge" of U.S. troops to Iraq just finished up a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything (AmA) that's a fascinating look at the behind-the-scenes strategy during the Iraq War.
Col. Peter Mansoor (Ret.), now a professor of military history at Ohio State University, served 26 years in the Army with two tours in Iraq, to include duty as Petraeus' executive officer in 2007.
While much of the credit for counterinsurgency goes to Petraeus (and Gen. James Mattis), who literally wrote the book on the subject, it was Mansoor who edited the work.
He had some great questions thrown at him, and we're sharing the ones here we found the most fascinating. You can read the full AmA here.
Most interesting to us (and the answer most upvoted) was his answer to what the U.S. faced as its greatest threat. Notably absent from his answer was talk of nation-states or terrorists, when he wrote, "Collapse from within – the increasingly polarization of our domestic politics. We need to find common ground and work from the middle outward, not from the extremes inward."
Some answers have been edited for clarity.
On whether the war in Afghanistan is or was "winnable" and what that would be considered to be:
"I think the United States had to fight the war in Afghanistan, but we took our eye off the real objective, which was the destruction of Al Qaeda. The mishandling of the fight at Tora Bora in 2001 was incompetence at its finest. The Bush administration then took its eye off the ball again through its ill-considered invasion of Iraq, leaving Afghanistan to fester.
At this point the best the United States can hope for is to support an Afghan government that can keep the country together after 2014 and convince the Taliban that it cannot win the war in any conceivable time frame. In my view, this will require the election of an Afghan president with some real leadership abilities, unlike Hamid Karzai. With good leadership and support from the United States and our NATO allies, anything is possible.
For a view of what winning might look like, look at Colombia. A decade ago the country seemed on the verge of disaster with the FARC on the ascendancy, but now the war there is all but over. Good Colombian presidential leadership and U.S. support were the keys to victory."
On what the average citizen without military service probably doesn't grasp about Gen. Petraeus:
"I don't think the average person understands just how open Gen. Petraeus was to advice from below. He had an open e-mail channel to anyone in Multi-National Force-Iraq — and often received messages from junior leaders on problems in their areas that they could not get resolved through their chain of command (or problems that the chain of command were creating). I often discussed issues with Gen. Petraeus and found him willing to listen — provided you had something intelligent to say and were ready for the give and take that followed. I think this aspect of his leadership style is one that other leaders can and should follow — but they have to be willing to listen and accept advice and thoughts from below (which means reining in their egos)."
On whether the firing of Ba'ath Party loyalists was largely responsible for the insurgency that took root:
"There were three decisions made in the spring of 2003 that, in my view, created the insurgency in Iraq:
- Extensive de-Ba'athification that many Iraqis believed amounted to the de-Sunnification of Iraqi society
- Disbanding the Iraqi Army, the only indigenous forces that could have been revitalized and used to help secure Iraq in the aftermath of major combat operations
- Empowerment of an Iraqi Governing Council composed of highly sectarian politicians, many of them expatriates who did not understand the Iraqi people's concerns
The occupation of Iraq was significantly different from the occupation of Germany after WWII. Germany was devastated from end to end and its armed forces annihilated. Millions of Germans died in the war and the Germany people were starving. Simply put, the level of distress made the Germans more open to cooperating with the occupying forces."
On the harsh words he had against Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in his book "Surge":
"Senior leaders must be willing to listen. Rumsfeld thinks he was open to criticism, but he was not. If a leader cannot listen to contrary opinions and make informed decisions based on a full range of views, then he/she courts disaster — as Rumsfeld did in Iraq.
Abu Ghraib was a moral failing of the U.S. military that should have resulted in the resignation of the Secretary of Defence. President Bush was faithful to his subordinates to a fault. He should have let Rumsfeld go in the spring of 2004 and put different leadership in place in the Pentagon."
On what the future will bring as the next big evolution of warfare:
"Drones are actually part of an ongoing trend that will impact war dramatically in the future – robotics. We will witness that evolution on the ground as well as in the air. If you look at drones, as advanced as they might seem, we are actually at the point where nascent air forces were in 1916 during WWI. Aircraft were first used for reconnaissance, then someone figured out how to drop bombs from them, then fighter aircraft were developed to attain air superiority, then aircraft were used for transport and strategic bombing. The same evolution will occur with drones, and we are at the leading edge of that evolution.
Robotic ground vehicles will also be developed in the future, as well as exo-skeletal suits that will dramatically improve the capabilities of infantrymen. It sounds like sci-fi, but it will happen."
The full AmA is worth the read. You can check it out here >
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A biomedical breakthrough . . . Remove Stress in 15 minutes
Stress is an inevitable part of life. It's simply unavoidable. All too often we find ourselves in situations that automatically trigger our body's stress response—a physiological reaction that floods our bloodstream with adrenaline, cortisol, and other stress chemicals. And, unfortunately, regular exposure to the stress response takes a devastating toll on our heart, blood vessels, muscles, and even our brain—not to mention the unpleasant side-effects of tension, anxiety, and worry.
While stressful situations may be inevitable, the damage and side-effects of stress are not. There is a way to stop stress from affecting your body and mind. Fortunately nature has equipped our bodies with the perfect antidote to stress. It's called the relaxation response.
Early on, Helicor decided to focus on creating a personal, affordable medical device. Typical medical-grade biofeedback systems cost thousands of dollars and require a person to be attached to a computer. Helicor team chose to create a unit that would be self-contained, portable and had no external wires or leads to attach. It is intended to be used for relaxation, relaxation training, and stress reduction.
After 4 1/2 years of design development, prototyping, testing, programming, and user feedback, the StressEraser was launched at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in August 2005. First customer shipments began in October 2005.
Biofeedback and Heart Rate Variability
The StressEraser provides a daily points-based system that allows each user to tailor the relaxation training to his schedule. The points-based system also allows the therapist to tailor the relaxation training homework to the individual treatment needs of the client.
The StressEraser personal biofeedback device is intended to be used solely for stress reduction, relaxation, and relaxation training. The device has not been clinically tested for the treatment of any psychological or physical medical conditions such as insomnia, hypertension, anxiety disorders, chronic pain, etc. The product is not intended to be used for the treatment or diagnosis of any medical condition.
The Science of the StressEraser — how it works
Your Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) controls functions in the body that normally occur unconsciously, such as heart rate, respiration rate and digestion. This system is responsible for keeping your body in a regulated, balanced state. This balance is created by the constant back and forth nature of the two primary branches of your ANS: the Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) and the Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS).
Your SNS is involved in mobilization responses that enable "fight or flight" behaviors known as the stress response. Your PNS is involved in "rest and renew" behaviors that enable growth and restoration and are known as the relaxation response. Parasympathetic activity is regulated by your vagus nerve. The vagus nerve is the longest nerve in your body, extending from the brain stem to the base of the spine and to several organs and your heart. When the vagus nerve activates, the relaxation response is turned on. When the vagus nerve is inactive, the relaxation response is also inactive.
Your "fight or flight" or stress response can become activated by both major and minor stressors. Even states of excitement and emotions such as anger and fear activate the SNS. The primary pacifying nerve in your body, the vagus nerve, mediates the activity of the "rest and renew" or relaxation response. Overall, activation of the PNS promotes calming so you can recuperate from day-to-day stress, keeping the ANS in balance. To know more about SNS and PNS, click here.
Ideally, the SNS and PNS operate in an evenly balanced manner, keeping your body in a state of physiological homeostasis. Although there are exceptions, in general when SNS activity increases, PNS activity decreases. In particular, when SNS activity increases, the activity of the vagus nerve decreases. SNS changes in your body are all extremely important, particularly if you are in a life threatening situation in which you have to fight or escape. When the stressful moment has passed, the PNS response kicks in to relax your body and return it to a balanced state.
Our nervous systems have not yet adapted to the type of ongoing stress we face today. Ongoing minor stresses such as traffic jams, work demands, problems at home, or financial concerns tend to build up. Emotions such as anger, fear and anxiety will cause your SNS to activate. As stress accumulates, your stress response remains active for longer than your body can handle. Your relaxation response, therefore, is less active, which throws your ANS out of balance. Over time, repeated stressors and negative emotions have a cumulative wear and tear on the body that can lead to significant health problems. This is called "allostatic load." When you are healthy, your nervous system returns to normal functioning after a stressed situation by increasing vagus nerve activity. This helps the system to recover.
When you are faced with stress on a daily basis, however, your stress response fails to shut off in a timely manner. Allostatic load leads to reduced activity of your vagus nerve. As a result, your system becomes hyperactive or begins to burn out. Hyperactive stress responses cause your system to remain in fight-or-flight mode for an extended period of time. Burn-out inhibits both your SNS and PNS from activating. In both cases, your body becomes out of balance, making your system less flexible and less able to effectively adapt to external demands. Over time, allosatic load can cause significant health problems. There is now a large literature on the relationship to stress and disease. According to the American Institute of Stress, "it is hard to think of any disease in which stress cannot play an aggravating role." In fact, the Institute reports that up to 90% of doctors visits are stress related.
Perhaps the two most important methods of actively triggering your relaxation response are:
- learning to change your breathing and
- learning to change your focus. By changing your breathing and your focus, you can increase the vagal influence on your heart—and therefore relax your body.
There is growing literature on the effects of these relaxation exercises on stress-related illnesses and performance. In particular, breathing slowly can activate the vagus nerve to help enhance autonomic control. However, slow breathing without physiological biofeedback—which provides the cues that you are doing it correctly—can actually be counter-productive because you are not breathing in sync with your nervous system.
The StressEraser is a tangible biofeedback device that was specifically designed to help you find the unique breathing pattern that maximizes RSA, maintains your focus, and most efficiently triggers increased vagal influences on your heart.
Greater variability, especially due to larger rhythmic changes associated with breathing, leads to a higher amplitude RSA wave – and therefore more parasympathetic (relaxation) activity. When there is greater parasympathetic tone, it supports health, growth, and restoration.
As you learn to find this breathing pattern, the StressEraser simultaneously guides you to focus your attention, a key aspect of proper physiological relaxation. The goal of this strategy is transform a heart rate pattern characterized by short, jagged RSA waves into one characterized by large, smooth RSA waves. The StressEraser is the only portable HRV/RSA biofeedback device that allows you to follow and manipulate your RSA wave in real time. When used properly, it enhances the state of your nervous system, while inducing feelings of calm and relaxation.
The StressEraser measures your real-time beat-to-beat heart rate via an infrared finger sensor. The finger sensor has a built-in photoplethysmograph to identify the pulsation associated with each heart beat. The StressEraser accurately identifies the time of each pulse and calculates heart rate based on the time that has elapsed between the two most recent pulses. The StressEraser plots the up and down, wavelike movement and displays the pulse rate wave on the LCD screen.
By observing the RSA wave derived from your beat-to-beat pulse rate, the StressEraser provides a window into the activity of your vagus nerve.
The StressEraser then breaks down the RSA waves to analyze the frequency of each individual wave.
Once the frequency of the wave is computed, you receive immediate feedback on whether the wave was sufficiently long and smooth to receive credit. If you are breathing in your unique optimal pattern – and have a calm, neutral mind – you score 1 point for a large smooth wave, as marked by three vertical squares. The goal is to achieve this type of wave continuously. If the wave is long enough to indicate sufficient, but not optimal RSA, the user receives 1/2 point as marked by two vertical squares. If the wave is too short, the user receives no points, as marked by one square. (Note: Seniors and beginners can set a goal for continuous two-square waves.)
The minimum suggested session is 30 points (about 5-7 minutes) with a goal of 100 points per day (approximately 20 minutes).
To achieve continuous three-square waves, you are instructed to inhale until your heart rate peaks. This point is marked by a triangle. The triangle indicates the moment that a natural burst of vagal activity is about to begin, indicating your parasympathetic response. When the triangle appears, begin your exhale and shift your thoughts to a calming focus phrase (such as counting your exhale). Then, extend your exhale until the wave begins to rise again. At the end of your exhale, inhale until the next triangle appears.
The slow breathing rate required to create this wave varies from person to person, but is usually somewhere between 4.5 and 7 breaths per minute. Your unique pattern is called your "resonant frequency." When you attain your own resonant frequency pattern, there is a perfect phase relationship between your breathing rhythms and your heart rhythms. That is, they are in perfect sync with one another.
Breathing and heart rhythms are the two most important mechanisms involved in the neuroregulation of the heart. As with your breathing, you can consciously alter your natural heart rhythm (known as the "baroreflex") to a certain extent. When they are in perfect sync, studies show that it helps strengthen and balance the autonomic nervous system. Once you learn to find your resonant frequency pattern, you will notice it induces feelings of mind-body relaxation.
One of the most useful features of the StressEraser is that it does not give credit if there is a disruption or "break" in the flow of a wave because of withdrawal of vagus nerve activity. These breaks might be caused by a variety of factors, including:
- Extending the exhale for too long
- Strained or improper breathing
- Excessive emotion
- Being highly distracted
- Fever or illness
- Specific medications blocking vagal regulation
- Or irregular heartbeats
The StressEraser recognizes these breaks and informs you that a disruption occurred. Since the StressEraser's feedback is in real-time, you can immediately correct the behavior that caused the wave break. Typically, a wave break is your cue to re-focus on your breathing.
In summary, the StressEraser is a tangible biofeedback device that was specifically designed to help you find the unique breathing pattern that maximizes RSA, maintains your focus, and most efficiently triggers increased vagal influences on your heart. Therefore, the StressEraser promotes health and calmness. It can be used to reduce stress for those who have issues dealing with constant stress, brief stressors (i.e., deadlines, public speaking) or to simply enhance health, performance and overall feelings of calmness.
How to Use the StressEraser
There are two primary goals of each StressEraser session – to relax your body and to calm your mind.
- Your first goal is to relax your body by making tall, wide, smooth waves. Because breathing directly affects your HRV, the most effective way to relax is to dramatically slow your breathing. When your waves are tall, wide, and smooth, you have engaged the natural relaxation response in your body. Repeating for 10-15 minutes at a time has a lasting effect.
- Your second goal is to calm your mind by reducing negative emotions and thoughts. Even when you are breathing properly, negative emotions will cause your waves to get shorter or to become jagged. You can reduce negative thoughts by focusing on your waves and by counting during your exhale. This exercise will clear your mind.
Practice Slow Breathing. Before you start your first StressEraser session, it is important that you practice breathing slowly. This will give you a feel for the type of breathing you will be doing with the StressEraser. To practice, inhale for 4 seconds and then exhale for 5 seconds. Feel free to follow your watch or to simply count slowly to yourself. Continue breathing at the 4-second/5-second pace for about 2 minutes. Remember, your goal is to learn to breathe slowly – not deeply. As long as you are breathing slowly, depth will come. Your breathing should always feel relaxed, not strained. Creating a wave pattern similar to the pictures below may take a while. So take your time and do the best you can.
Your First Session
- Press the POWER button on the right side panel (not one of the buttons on the front).
- When prompted, insert your left index finger into the clip. Wait 5 seconds for the sensor to adjust to your pulse rate.
- As soon as your wave appears on the screen, press the BREATHE button.
- Whenever you are ready, inhale slowly and gently. When a new triangle appears above the wave, exhale slowly and gently. During your exhale, slowly count 22.214.171.124.5.
- When your wave begins to rise, start your next inhale.
Note: While triangles cue your exhale, there is no cue for the inhale. If you like, you can use the squares as an approximate cue. Begin your inhale when you see the squares appear under the previous wave. Alternatively, you can count 1 second after your wave has started to rise – whichever works best for you.
Score your waves. Your goal is to consistently score 2 and 3-squares under each wave. You get no credit for 1-square waves. Each 2-square wave is worth 1/2 point. Each 3-square wave is worth 1 point. To get 2 squares, follow the instructions to create waves that are tall, wide, and smooth. Keep exhaling at the triangle and counting your exhale.
Your optimal exhale count. If 5 is an uncomfortable count for you – or if you're not scoring 2 and 3-square waves – try exhaling for a count of 4 or 6. You can try even faster or slower, depending on your comfort level. Once you have found an exhale count that is comfortable and consistently results in 2 and 3-square waves, you have found your optimal exhale count. Continue with that count until you have scored at least 5points. (Your points accumulate in the top-left corner of the screen.)
Breathing Tips:
- Don't lean. For best results, find a comfortable place to sit or recline. Don't lean forward – make sure your sitting position enables you to keep your air passages and abdominal muscles free. Breathe in and out through your nose or mouth, whichever is more comfortable for you.
- Pursed lips. If you are having trouble breathing slowly, try pursing your lips. To do this, pucker or "purse" your lips as if you are going to whistle. This will release less air as you exhale and will help slow down your breathing.
- Always comfortable. Remember, your breathing should always be gentle, quiet, smooth and comfortable. You should not be straining, taking long inhales, holding your breath, or doing anything that is at all uncomfortable.
- Slow not deep. StressEraser breathing is NOT "deep" breathing. Depth will come as long as you are breathing slowly. Breathing deeply too quickly can cause you to feel dizzy or lightheaded. StressEraser breathing is like normal breathing, except it is a little slower. And of course it is synchronized with the activity of your nervous system.
- Extend your exhale. Once you are familiar with the StressEraser and are consistently scoring 3 squares, extend your exhale as long as you can until your wave starts to rise again – then begin your inhale. Remember, you benefit from making your exhales longer and longer, as long as your breathing remains comfortable and relaxed. The idea is to extend your exhale for as long as your nervous system can handle.
If you are not able to make out the above instructions, you can watch the video to understand more.
Results may vary
The indicated use of the StressEraser is for relaxation, relaxation training and stress reduction. The StressEraser is currently being tested in numerous controlled clinical trials at leading academic institutions for stress-related issues such as Anxiety, Asthma, Depression, Insomnia, Migraine Headaches, Performance (occupational & sports), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD, Stress levels in physicians and pregnant women, etc
Several StressEraser studies have been completed and overall results indicate users both prefer and find the StressEraser more helpful than other relaxation techniques. Immediately after using the device, users report significant reductions in feelings of stress related anxiety, increases in feelings of calmness and relaxation, increases in cognitive performance and decreases in heart rate. Moreover, results indicate that the more efficient someone is at using the device, the more they report improvement in stress related symptoms of anxiety.
Studies reveal that the StressEraser reduces feelings of stress-related anxiety and anger, increases objective indicators of work performance, and increases heart rate variability. You can access more published work here.
Fred Muench
Stress Eraser
Fred Muench – A biography
Frederick Muench has a PhD in Clinical Psychology and is currently serving as the Director of Clinical Research and Development, Helicor, New York, NY where he is responsible for new project development, clinical trials and professional education and consulting for the StressEraser biofeedback medical device. He is also an adjunct Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University in New York, NY.
About Stress Eraser
StressEraser is an award-winning small portable medical device, that relaxes the body and calms the mind in 15 minutes. The StressEraser can be used to quiet the mind before sleeping, rapidly relieve intense stress, and even to stay calm during highly stressful situations.
From beat to beat, your heart rate reflects the activity of your stimulating and pacifying nerves. The StressEraser displays these tiny changes as a wave. By watching your wave characteristics in realtime, you learn to adjust your breathing and mental focus. This decreases the activity of the stimulating nerves (thereby decreasing stress) and increases the activity of the pacifying nerves (thereby increasing relaxation).
The StressEraser is classified by the FDA as a Class II 510(k) exempt medical device. The indicated use is for relaxation, relaxation training and stress reduction. The StressEraser is available for $299 from the StressEraser web site at http://stresseraser.com. The StressEraser is currently available to U.S. residents only.

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The first trailer for director Taylor Hackford's (Ray) crime thriller Parker has been released. Based on the novel series by Donald E. Westlake, the film stars Jason Statham as a professional thief who lives by a set of rules: don't steal from people who can't afford it and don't hurt people who don't deserve it. When his crew double crosses him and leaves him for dead, he sets out to seek revenge during their biggest heist ever. The pic is a slight departure from Statham's standard shoot-em-up action fare, but this trailer still has its share of clichés. Moreover, Statham inexplicably plays a lot of dress-up for his heists, disguising himself as a priest and as a rich Texan (with a terrible accent). If you're a fan of Statham and his films, this is probably right up your alley. If not, Parker looks unlikely to change your mind.
Hit the jump to watch the trailer. The film also stars Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Wendell Pierce, and Nick Nolte. Parker opens on January 25th, 2013.
Here's the synopsis for Parker:
Parker (Jason Statham) is a professional thief who lives by a personal code of ethics: Don't steal from people who can't afford it and don't hurt people who don't deserve it. But on his latest heist, his crew double crosses him, steals his stash, and leaves him for dead.
Determined to make sure they regret it, Parker tracks them to PalmBeach, playground of the rich and famous, where the crew is planning their biggest heist ever. Donning the disguise of a rich Texan, Parker takes on an unlikely partner, Leslie (Jennifer Lopez), a savvy insider, who's short on cash, but big on looks, smarts and ambition. Together, they devise a plan to hijack the score, take everyone down and get away clean.


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Annie Hall, playing on Saturday on TCM
Well, this is a first. Everything that jumped out at me on the schedule I've already included in these posts before, so there are no newly featured films at all. It's almost as if TCM decided to give me a break since they knew I'd be busy at their festival all weekend. Anyway. Just because I don't have anything new for the column this week doesn't mean there's not great stuff. A lot of it. And please, if you notice something that I didn't mention, put it in the comments – there are always films that I haven't seen and thus don't feel comfortable recommending (or don't even know about!).
Monday, April 26
4:00pm – TCM – The Snake Pit
One of the earlier films to deal with the realities of mental illness seriously, with Olivia de Havilland as a woman in an insane asylum, brilliantly moving back and forth between lucidity and falling back in the fog of illness. She got an Oscar nom for her role, based on a true story.
1948 USA. Director: Anatole Litvak. Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm.
8:00pm – TCM – The More the Merrier
A World War II housing shortage has Charles Coburn, Joel McCrea and Jean Arthur sharing an apartment; soon Coburn is matchmaking for McCrea and Arthur, and we get a wonderful, adorable romance out of it.
1943 USA. Director: George Stevens. Starring: Jane Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn.
2:15am (27th) – TCM – Swing Time
Many people call Swing Time the best of the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals, and it's certainly up there. Frothy story? Check. Jerome Kern music? Check. Fantastic dances? Check. Of course.
1936 USA. Director: George Stevens. Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Helen Broderick, Victor Moore, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore.
Must See
Tuesday, April 27
8:00am – TCM – Gilda
Gilda was the last person Johnny ever expected to meet again, much less as the wife of his boss, a sleazy casino operator in South America. Glenn Ford plays a quintessential defeated noir narrator in Johnny, while Rita Hayworth imbues Gilda with all her available mystique to make Gilda one of the more memorable films of the 1940s.
1946 USA. Director: Charles Vidor. Starring: Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth, George Macready
5:05pm – IFC – A Fish Called Wanda
It's not a Monty Python picture, but with John Cleese and Michael Palin on board as participants in a zany crime story, along with ambiguous-relationshiped Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline, it has some of the same absurd charm.
1988 USA/UK. Director: Charles Crichton. Starring: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Maria Aitken, Tom Georgeson.
8:00pm – TCM – Midnight
Solid Billy Wilder/Charles Brackett-penned screwball comedy that ought to be better known than it is. Claudette Colbert ends up in the middle of a millionare-wife-gigolo triangle, paid by the millionaire husband to break up the wife and gigolo by impersonating a baroness; meanwhile, a poor taxi driver she'd met previously is smitten with her and seeks her out, only to find her in her new guise. Sparkling dialogue and a strong cast give this a sophisticated twist that doesn't quite match Lubitsch at his best, but is on the same track.
1939 USA. Director: Mitchell Leisen. Starring: Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Francis Lederer.
Wednesday, April 28
8:00am – IFC – Strictly Ballroom
The first of Baz Lurhmann's "Red Curtain" trilogy, about a Latin ballroom dancer who shakes up the Australian ballroom competition circuit with his unorthodox choreography. Among other things. A little shrill at times, but mostly funny and endearing, and less borderline schizophrenic than the rest of the trilogy (which I love, don't get me wrong).
1992 Australia. Director: Baz Luhrmann. Starring: Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson, Gia Carides.
(repeats at 1:15pm)
2:30pm – TCM – High Society
This is not one of the best music-centric films ever made, but it is the musical version of The Philadelphia Story, with both Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra crooning it up with songs by Cole Porter. Oh, and one of Grace Kelly's last roles before she retired to become a princess and stuff. Still, you wish with that pedigree that it were better than it is. Ah, well.
1956 USA. Director: Charles Walters. Starring: Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, Celeste Holm, Louis Calhern.
7:00pm – Sundance – INLAND EMPIRE
David Lynch's latest magnum opus, which pretty much can't be understood by any use of normal narrative logic. However, it works thematically and emotionally as well as any movie I've seen ever. Stories weave in and out of each other, characters merge and separate, the plot you thought you had a hold of becomes elusive and it's essentially impossible to tell what's real. But if you let yourself go to it, you're in for a special treat. You know those 3D images that you can only see by throwing your eyes out of focus? Do that with your mind in order to "see" INLAND EMPIRE.
2006 USA. Director: David Lynch. Starring: Laura Dern, Justin Theroux, Jeremy Irons, Jan Hencz, Karolina Gruszka, Grace Zabriski
Must See
(repeats at 1:20am on the 29th)
Thursday, April 29
8:00pm – IFC – Kill Bill, Vol. 1
A lot of people would point to Pulp Fiction as Tarantino's best film, and I think Inglourious Basterds is right up there, too, but I vote Kill Bill Vol. 1 for sheer amount of fun. He homages spaghetti westerns, Hong Kong fighting flicks, and revenge-sploitation, and ties it all together with incredible style.
2003 USA. Director: Quentin Tarantino. Starring: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine.
Must See
(repeats at 3:00am on the 30th)
10:00pm – IFC – Kill Bill, Vol. 2
On the one hand, Kill Bill Vol 1 isn't quite complete without Kill Bill Vol 2. And there are a lot of good parts in here – the film noirish opening as the Bride catches us up on what's going on, the fight with Daryl Hannah in the trailer, training with the kung fu master, her getting out of the coffin, etc. But the ending lags a little too much for me to truly say I enjoy watching it as much as Vol. 1.
2004 USA. Director: Quentin Tarantino. Starring: Uma Thurman, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Michael Madsen.
Friday, April 30
10:05am – IFC – Sleeper
One of Woody Allen's early films, and a rare attempt at science fiction on his part, has meek Miles Monroe cryogenically frozen only to wake in a totalitarian future as part of a radical movement to overthrow the government. A rather different film for Woody, but still with his signature anxious wit and awkwardness.
1973 USA. Director: Woody Allen. Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory.
(repeats at 3:45pm)
10:35am – Sundance – Bob le flambeur
Jean-Pierre Melville's noirish crime film about an aging gambler/thief who takes on one last job – knocking over a casino. Melville was the master of French crime films, and an important figure leading up to the New Wave – Godard name-checks this film in Breathless, mentioning Bob le flambeur (Bob the Gambler) as an associate of Michel's.
1956 France. Director: Jean-Pierre Melville. Starring: Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Gérard Buhr, Daniel Gauchy.
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12:00M – Sundance – Pan's Labyrinth
One of my absolute favorite films of the past decade (or ever, really), an absolutely beautiful and terrifying fantasy that juxtaposes the gruesome horrors of the Spanish Civil War with an equally horrifying fantasy world that provides, if not escape, at least some measure of importance and control to the film's young heroine. Guillermo Del Toro solidified my view of him as a visionary filmmaker with this film, and it still stands to me as a testament to what fantasy can and should do.
2006 Spain/Mexico. Director: Guillermo Del Toro. Starring: Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Meribel Verdú, Doug Jones.
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Saturday, May 1
6:20am – IFC – Annie Hall
Often considered Woody Allen's transition film from "funny Woody" to "serious Woody," Annie Hall is both funny, thoughtful, and fantastic. One of the best scripts ever written, a lot of warmth as well as paranoid cynicism, and a career-making role for Diane Keaton (not to mention fashion-making).
1977 USA. Director: Woody Allen. Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane.
Must See
(repeats at 12:25pm and 5:25pm)
10:35am – IFC – Hannah and Her Sisters
Though I love Manhattan and Annie Hall to bits, I throw my vote for best Woody Allen movie ever to Hannah and Her Sisters. It has all the elements Allen is known for – neurotic characters, infidelity, a tendency to philosophize randomly, New York City, dysfunctional family dynamics, acerbic wit – and blends them together much more cogently and evenly than most of his films do.
1986 USA. Director: Woody Allen. Starring: Barbara Hershey, Mia Farrow, Carrie Fisher, Michael Caine, Dianne Wiest, Woody Allen.
Must See
(repeats at 3:30pm and 5:15pm)
4:15pm – TCM – My Darling Clementine
John Ford's version of the famous confrontation at the OK Corral actually focuses more on Wyatt Earp's fictional romance with the fictional Clementine than on the real-life Earp/Clanton feud, but history aside, this is one of the greatest and most poetic westerns on film, proving yet again Ford's mastery of the genre and of cinema.
1946 USA. Director: John Ford. Starring: Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Linda Darnell, Cathy Downs, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt.
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10:15pm – TCM – Some Like It Hot
After musicians Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon unwittingly witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, they have to escape the mob by impersonating women and joining an all-girls band. The fact that Marilyn Monroe is the band's lead singer doesn't help them stay undercover. Easily one of the greatest comedies ever put on film.
1959 USA. Director: Billy Wilder. Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Joe E. Brown, George Raft.
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2:45am (2nd) – TCM – The Major and the Minor
A rather slight and sometimes shrill comedy that still has its moments, notable for being Billy Wilder's first Hollywood film as a director (he also wrote it, of course, with Charles Brackett). Ginger Rogers plays a young woman who pretends to be a twelve-year-old child to get half-fare on a train; in so doing, she catches the attention of a soldier who takes her under his wing, thinking she's actually twelve. Events snowball from there. I have a soft spot for this film, personally, and especially for Diana Lynn as the sarcastic and much-wiser-than-her-years kid who becomes Rogers' confidant.
1942 USA. Director: Billy Wilder. Starring: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley, Diana Lynn.
Sunday, May 2
9:05am – IFC – Primer
Welcome to sci-fi at its most cerebral. You know how most science-dependent films include a non-science-type character so there's an excuse to explain all the science to audience? Yeah, this film doesn't have that character, so no one ever explains quite how the time travel device at the center of the film works. Or even that it is, actually, a time-travel device. This is the sci-fi version of getting thrown into the deep end when you can't swim. Without floaties.
2004 USA. Director: Shane Carruth. Starring: Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya, Carrie Crawford.
5:30pm – TCM – Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Musical tones and volcano images haunt Richard Dreyfuss, eventually leading to an encounter with some of the most strangely beuatiful and mysterious, yet apparently friendly, aliens ever put on film.
1977 USA. Director: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban.


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Communicating with landowners (Kurt Thomas, Jim Regan-Vienap, Kathryn Boyer, Terry Nelson).
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Laying out vegetation transect (Jim Regan-Vienap, Jeff Repp, Mindy Nicoletti, Tom Makowski).
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Late July Organic Snacks removed from shelves
Giant Food, following a recall by Late July Organic Snacks, announced Friday it removed from sale organic mini peanut butter sandwich crackers due to possible salmonella contamination in the peanut butter.
The following products, with sell-by dates of May 19, 2013, through July 11, 2013, are included in this recall:
• Late July Organic Snacks Mini Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, UPC 89044400070, 5 oz.
• Late July Organic Snacks Mini Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, UPC 89044400071, 1.125 oz.
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No illnesses have been reported to date. Customers who have purchased the product should discard any unused portions and bring their purchase receipt to Giant Food for a full refund.
Consumption of food contaminated with salmonella can cause salmonellosis, one of the most common bacterial foodborne illnesses. Salmonella infections can be life-threatening, especially to those with weak immune systems, such as infants, the elderly and persons with HIV infection or undergoing chemotherapy. The most common manifestations of salmonellosis are diarrhea, abdominal cramps and fever within eight to 72 hours. Additional symptoms may be chills, headache, nausea and vomiting that can last up to seven days.
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France's ruling Socialist party wants the parliament to recognize the State of Palestine, following similar moves by Britain and Sweden meant to bypass the current diplomatic stalemate.
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, PLO member and General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative said Wednesday that such a vote would count as a success for the masses and for all political parties, particularly the socialist movements.
Barghouti added that the potential vote is a significant step for the Palestinians, hoping the move would bring more than just a symbolic change. He added that the recognition could potentially snowball on to other European countries, suggesting that up to seven or eight other European countries may follow in France's footsteps.
British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in mid-October in favor of a non-binding motion to "recognize the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel as a contribution to securing a negotiated two-state solution."
The vote, which Israel cautioned would undermine prospects for peace, came just weeks after the Swedish government announced plans for a similar recognition.
The latest round of failed diplomatic efforts to forge a two-state solution collapsed in April. Palestinians now see little hope of reaching a negotiated settlement and are choosing to push unilaterally for statehood, encouraging international steps to recognize it.
"The [Palestinian] situation is so blocked that most Socialist lawmakers now believe that we must do something and that the existing positions must be shifted," a French parliamentary source told Reuters on Wednesday. "This is a way of doing that."
France does not currently classify Palestine as a state, but has said it would extend recognition of statehood if it believed doing so would help promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
French parliamentary sources told Reuters on Wednesday that members of the Socialist party hope to agree on a final text in the near future. Once approved, the motion may be submitted to president of both the lower house and the National Assembly, who will decide whether to put it forward for debate.
"There are still several steps still to go, but the Socialist bloc believes there has to be a parliamentary initiative on this," the parliamentary source said.
The Palestinian Authority estimates that 134 countries have now recognized Palestine as a state.
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Bulls remain fourth in Eastern Conference playoff race
CHICAGO — Joakim Noah had 18 points and 10 rebounds and eight assists, Mike Dunleavy scored 22 points and the Chicago Bulls pulled away late for a 108-95 victory over the Orlando Magic Monday night.
With one game left in the regular season, the Bulls are fourth in the Eastern Conference playoff race and looking at a first-round matchup with Brooklyn. To catch Toronto and finish third, the Bulls would need to win the season finale at Charlotte on Wednesday and have the Raptors lose at New York
Kyle O'Quinn led Orlando with 20 points on 9-for-11 shooting, and Andrew Nicholson added 19. Rookie Victor Oladipo was limited to 10 points after scoring a career-high 35 points against the Bulls earlier in the season.
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This is the subway tunnel that brings the L line under the East River, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn. It looks like a set from a movie.
MTA employees using a pump train are working around the clock to pump seawater out of the L train's tunnel under the East River. The tunnel was flooded during the unprecedented 13-foot storm surge of Hurricane Sandy. This photo shows activity on the afternoon of Monday, November 5.
After the water is all gone, MTA technicians will start a throughout inspection of "tracks, signals, switches, electrical components, and third rail." The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says that "If any repairs are needed, employees will make them as quickly as possible to get service restored." That's not coming soon enough. The L line is one of the main arteries in the city. [MTA Flickr]
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Foam pumpkins are thin enough to carve with a craft knife and light enough to hang with thin wire.
Use a battery-powered "tap light," sold at most home improvement stores, for illumination.
We found our pumpkins at Michaels, a chain of craft stores (800/642-4235).
- In the pumpkin's back, use a craft knife to cut a hole large enough to slip in the tap light.
- With an awl, punch five holes in pumpkin for the laces and pull tab.
- Loop a piece of waxed string through the top holes and knot it to form a hinge, then loop another piece through bottom hole and knot it to make a pull.
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Happy Hallowe'en, Boils and Ghouls! Here's a tricky treat for everyone who loves to draw monsters ( or just loves drawings of monsters): a great little "How To..." booklet by 'Scary' Harry Borgman, long time TI list member and mid-century illustrator extraordinaire.
Harry created this cornucopia of cartoon creeps back in the early 1970s, around the same time he was drawing scary illustrations of Dracula in a more realistic style for a book entitled "Great Tales of Horror and Suspense".
This little book was Harry's first "How To..." book and paved the way for other larger art instruction books he did for Watson Guptill Publications.
Harry had already taught art "live and in person" at the Society of Arts and Crafts in Detroit just a few years earlier - and that lead to an opportunity to contribute some 'sick' scribblings to Sick magazine.
These delightfully dreadful drawings show how Harry's moniker at Sick magazine, "The Professor" suited him perfectly!
Harry Borgman recently celebrated the 1st Anniversary of his blog, Harry Borgman Art Blog. There you'll find so much interesting information, so many astonishing anecdotes and such a wealth of amazing artwork that you'll want to cancel your plans for the day and stay glued to the computer. Harry has had so many interesting adventures in the illustration biz and at age 81, he's still going strong! Happy Hallowe'en - and Happy 1st Anniversary, Harry Borgman Art Blog - here's to many more!
* My Harry Borgman Flickr set.
Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Happy Hallowe'en with 'Scary' Harry Borgman!
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Sooper scary, Harry! You never cease to boggle my mind with your humor, versatility, creative mind, and the works. You should be doing a daily/weekly/monthly, whatever, syndicated cartoon or strip. Great stuff, and thanks. And thanks, Leif, for the treat....no trick....today. Couldn't be a spookier selection!ReplyDelete
Coolness! Just discovered this blog and Happy Anniversary to Mr. Borgman! Another great blog to add to mt bookmarks.ReplyDelete
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text: (June 1, 2013) For the third year in a row, Palm Beach International Raceway hosted Round 3: Invasion of the national drifting series, Formula DRIFT. Seeing a consistent increase in attendance each year, Palm Beach International Raceway decided to bring in six additional grandstands to the road course to accommodate the growing number of drifting and motorsport fans in South Florida. Over the two day competition, PBIR hosted thousands of fans at the venue to witness drivers drift at speeds over 100 mph on a modified track layout on the road course. The main competition kicked off with the Round of 32 drifters competing eliminating competitors until it came down to the final four late on Saturday night. Michael Essa clenched first place in Round 3 of the drifting competition, with Daigo Saito in second and Robbie Nishida in third. For the complete list of results go to Formula DRIFT's website, FormulaD.com or click the following link: http://formulad.com/schedule/results/palm-beach-results-2013.php


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Billy Crystal Is Doing An Amazing Job Hosting The Oscars — Bravo Billy
Are you laughing hysterically during every commercial break like I am? Billy Crystal is killing it at The Academy Awards!
Billy Crystal doesn't have to worry about booking his next big film any time soon. He's found his own Academy winning role as best host of the Oscars ever!
Haters need to turn it down a notch! I've been reading a lot chatter on Twitter tonight from people who are "bored" with Billy hosting the Oscars. And you know what Twitterverse? I completely disagree!
Billy, 63, stole the show from the very moment he chatted with Justin Bieber in the opening montage and he's kept me laughing ever since. There is a reason this is his NINTH time hosting the show, after all!
To me, Billy Crystal just oozes the Oscars. It's in his blood. He's classic, hysterical, witty and positively represents Hollywood. There really isn't anyone else who could host the Oscars in such a charismatic and lovable way like Billy does. Don't you just want to squeeze him up there at the podium? I mean he's LIGHT YEARS better than James Franco and Anne Hathaway were last year. Seriously, what was that debacle?
Moving on, I just really can't imagine anyone else who would do as great of a job as Billy is doing.
Maybe you're thinking that Chris Rock would rock the Oscars as host? And I'd tell you N-O! I was cringing during those two minutes he was presenting tonight. How could I survive an entire show? Or what about Emma Stone? Nope! Sacha Baron Cohen? Okay, that would be hilarious, but the Academy has already made up their minds on that one.
Truth be told, I'd be happy if Billy Crystal hosted the Oscars for the rest of his life! Go, Billy, go!
What do you think, HollywoodLifers? Are you with me on this one? Is Billy Crystal the best host of the Academy Awards EVER? Vote and weigh in below.
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Silver City Brewery announced yesterday the opening of the new tasting room at its Bremerton brewery. On Wednesday, May 16 at 3:00 p.m. the Silver City Brewery Taproom opens to the public. Many beer drinkers have visited the Silver City Brewpub near the Silverdale Mall but few have actually been to the brewery. Yes, there was a time when the brewpub and the brewery were the same place. Two years ago Silver City decided to move production to a larger, offsite brewery.
The Silver City Brewery Taproom will offer all of the brewery's regular lineup of beers plus seasonal, specialty and small-batch beers. All will be available by the glass and most will be available in growlers and 22 ounce bottles to go. They will also sell kegs.
Silver City Brewery & Taproom
206 Katy Penman Ave.
Bremerton, WA 98310
Taproom Hours:
Wednesday thru Friday: 3:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Saturday: Noon – 8:00 p.m.
Sunday: Noon – 5:00 p.m.
Kegs sales throughout the week between 11:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
The Taproom is also available on Monday and Tuesday evenings for private events.
Le Fat 2012
To celebrate the opening of the new Taproom, Silver City is releasing Le Fat 2012 – Oak-Barrel-Aged Belgian Sour Scotch Ale, available in cork-finished bottles.
Le Fat 2012 production began immediately following the move to Bremerton, 2 years prior to it's release. The beer is based on one of Silver City's Fat Scotch Ale. The beer was fermented with Belgian yeast, inoculated with non-traditional micro-organisms and aged in used Merlot, Malbec and Cabernet barrels.
Le Fat will go on sale Friday May 25th at 5:00 p.m., available exclusively at the Silver City Brewery Taproom. The quantities are limited so please arrive early if you would like to purchase a bottle. The 750ml cork finished bottle sells for $19.99.