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You thought Chuckles was out of your life forever, huh? Guess again, bozos, because this guy hasn't even started making everyone's life miserable. Pete Carroll, Touchdown Jesus, Bears fans....no one will escape the wrath of Weis.
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Pete Carroll: Weis said his off the cuff comments about USC's coach were taken out of context, but I'm not sure how "He's doing it in Malibu" is out of context. (It being, sleeping with a grad student.) Carroll denied it and Weis apologized (and I guess the entire country has agreed to drop the whole thing?) but true or no, Carroll can't be amused about people asking where he spends his nights. Especially if it's Reggie Bush's old house.
Notre Dame fans: Well, we know why they hate him, but even running their old coach out of town on a rail hasn't stopped Weis from dragging the Irish down further. He convinced their stud junior quarterback to leaving school because no one can coach him up like good old Chuck did, and naturally stud junior wideout Golden Tate was not far behind. So instead of watching that dynamic duo smooth over a tough transition year, expect a more Keystone Cops-style offense in South Bend next season. Yikes.
Clausen/Tate Theoretically, these young men are going to be very rich, very soon and they still believe that Weis is the reason for that. But what if Clausen had gone to USC instead? And Golden Tate had ended up at ... say, Alabama? Or if Weis had simply partnered them with more competent teammates that could have honed their talents, given them a better place to showcase those skills, or possibly given them a reason to return for one more year of seasoning that could have improved their visibility and draft status. (Eh, it doesn't matter. They're still filthy rich.)
Ron Turner: Charlie's college football grave isn't even filled in yet and he's already lobbying for another NFL job. A job that currently belongs to Turner, the Chicago Bears offensive coordinator. The Bears' offense is ... how you say? ... pathetic, so even if Weis can only recreate a fraction of his New England magic that would be a welcome sight at Soldier Field. Of course, if it turns out that sans Brady/Belichick Weis is not much of an offensive genius, well ... hasn't that city suffered enough?
Cincinnati fans: Remember that dream you had of Brian Kelly being the one man who could maybe overcome all that poll nonsense and actually lead your tiny school to an improbable, yet inspiring, national championship run? Yeah, sorry about that.
The economy: Weis was not just Notre Dame's head coach, he was also their offensive coordinator, which means his absence leaves the school without a single human being who can hold a clipboard and shout numbers. Or anyone who has ever played a Madden video game, apparently. That's the reason the Fighting Irish gave for declining all bowl invitations and that decision means either Detroit or Mobile will lose close to $500 in local business revenue. (Also, they think they're better than everyone else and can turn down honors most college athletes would be grateful to accept. Seriously, they should be banned from bowls for five years. Screw those guys.)
So I guess, the only people who aren't furious with Weis at this point are bloggers who enjoy attacking him for being a selfish loud mouth. Bless that man.
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Ponsonby Rd favourite Wallace Rose reopened its doors last month following a year's break for owner Sandra Harden. "It was a rather risky, radical thing to do but I wanted a complete break with family after 26 years running it," she explains. "My loyal staff and customers are all back with me and the feedback has been amazing. I feel very fortunate." Harden opened the store in 1987, developing a loyal fanbase with her passion for textiles and prints - interests reflected in her favourite things, from suede Prada shoes to intricate Bali beading.
• Wallace Rose, 186 Ponsonby Rd.
1. Little Victorian table
I bought this table at Cordy's many years ago. It has an unusual combination of Maori and Victorian carvings. It's since revealed its own little secret: when we moved house, I found a handwritten note taped inside which reads: "This table was carved by Vida Pearce about 1894 to be given to her daughter, Mary Vida Hodson if she cares to have it".
2. Oval glass painting
This is a reverse painting on glass - a really tricky Chinese technique used around the 1800s. I believe it is the portrait of a diplomat's daughter, but what makes it special to me is its uncanny likeness to my own daughter, as my neighbour constantly reminds me when she comes over for a glass of wine. It's a standing joke when she comments, "is that child still up?"
3. Alfred Sharpe
We went to Webb's to buy a contemporary piece, but we came home with an Alfred Sharpe painting instead. It made a lot of sense; when I was doing art history at high school, I wrote a project on Sharpe and I remember thinking how wonderful it would be to have one of his works. So at Webb's many years later, this work came up. A scary skull-head painting was quickly replaced.
4. Biedermeier chest
I found this in Sydney, after Wallace Rose's first Australian Fashion Week Show; I had four hours to myself on Queen's Rd. Whenever I look at it, it makes me laugh. What a strange idea: designing drawers with no handles. But I have still managed to fill it up with stuff. I have no idea what's in there.
5. Rabbit on a stand
This is my daughter Lydia's first masterpiece. She was 3 years old when she did it. "Rabbit" sits on a framed mirror, made by my husband Andrew's grandfather. I rescued it from the family bach many years ago and reinvigorated it. So now we've got three generations in one installation. It's held the same spot in our house for a decade.
6. Prada shoes
I bought these in Hong Kong in 1993, before I had children. They were Miuccia Prada's first footwear collection. It really was love at first sight - despite the impracticality (cream suede) and the price. I justified it to myself, knowing they'd last forever - and they have. That's probably because I only ever wore them twice. I've now let go and given them to my lovely niece Arna, no strings attached ... except that she just has to wear them.
7. Bear paw necklace by Jane Dodd
Andrew gave this to me for my birthday a couple of years ago, along with matching earrings. People say I'm hard to buy for and they're right - but I love these. They have a beautiful naivety to them; they are whimsical and clever. I'd love to build on this collection; I love every item from her Leuchterweibchen range.
8. Curio cabinet
It's stuffed full with travel mementos, souvenirs and small, silly objects. Every house should have a receptacle like this where they can store their memories; it's like a bad taste time capsule. The great thing is it's a dust-free zone, because you can shut the door and never have to clean it.
9. Fresh flowers
If there's such a thing as an essential extravagance, this is it. My floral budget is not up there with Elton John's. I prefer clashing colours and I believe two bunches are better than one. It is my Friday pilgrimage to Bhana Brothers.
10. Beaded mat
I bought this at Ubud in Bali when I was pregnant with my first child, Louis. I love the intricacy of the beading, the colours and the image. It astounds me, the hours and patience involved.

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Well, Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada are forming the next government of Canada – a Majority government, no less.
I cannot help but feel deep down inside that there was so much hatred directed at the Prime Minister and that people voted to remove him from office and chose the Liberals over the NDP to do so.
Unfortunately, the electing of the Liberal Party also brings with massive debt and after the spending spree the Liberals intend to go on, the deficit is going to increase at a rapid rate, and as we all know, the Liberals need money to pay for their promises and that money comes from you and I, the taxpayers of Canada.
I hope the desire to remove Harper is worth the headaches we'll be suffering with Justin in command, and I'm not just talking about their out-of-control spending.
Here are some great Justin oops which hopefully will not be occurring as leader of the country;
Unlike Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne who has made MANY mistakes but covered them up with flat denial, avoidance and threats of lawsuits, Justin Trudeau has not appeared to understand the importance of thinking before he speaks.
During the controversy surrounding Bill C-51 – a bill where by the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS), and 17 other government agencies are granted the authority to combat threats to Canada's national security, preferably without infringing on Canadians' Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Liberal leader who voted for the Bill, has now admitted that his support for the Conservatives Bill might have been a mistake…
During the Maclean's Magazine leaders debate, Trudeau responded to the conversation around the Liberals' support of C-51, with these four words: "Perhaps it was naive."
Here is how he voted on the Bill;
To give Trudeau the benefit of doubt, it was a tough decision to make, I'm sure. I heard him stumble and bumble over the easy questions about which shampoo he uses and which Avenger was his favourite, so maybe this way just a difficult question for him to answer.
He does like to go (vote) with the crowd… He knows legalizing pot is popular with the kiddies. Personally, I believe pot should be legalized and taxed because the government can use the revenue to counter the health care costs associated with medical issues stemming from drug use. Heck, they should legalize it and then increase EI funding and the length of time EI benefits are in effect to accommodate all the happy people…
He knows taxing the "rich" or the "1%" is popular with the other 99% of Canadians, and he knows that increasing spending to get stuff done is super-popular. What he will soon realize is that whatever tax increase he throws towards the "1%" is not going to be enough to offset their massive spending increase which is coming down the pipe.
Oh, and the 1%… Who are these awful rich people who get all the tax breaks according to Trudeau?!? In Canada the highest Federal tax paid is 29% for those making over $138K per year. Add that to the provincial rate, and in Ontario, for example, someone making over $138K can pay over 42% of their income in tax. (http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/fq/txrts-eng.html). Are these the people he will be targeting? Or, is Justin going after the REALLY rich people who based on very basic mathematics make the most money, but also pay the most back in taxes!
Trudeau hates small businesses, and this should become very evident in the Liberals first budget. Trudeau believes small business owners create businesses as a vehicle to hide their massive incomes. Doesn't every 1%'er want to have to deal with the Canada Revenue Agency on a daily basis, be responsible for the income of their employees and paying taxes to keep the economy ticking so the Liberals can come in to power, increase taxes and call them frauds… Don't think so. I predict he'll stop the small business tax decrease that the Conservatives brought in. Even though the Liberals and the NDP have agreed to keep it, if elected, it's a certain no go in my opinion.
I believe in discussing facts, so I went to the Liberal Party of Canada's website, to the link for "My platform", to make sure I presented his promises in a fair and reasonable manner. Unfortunately, because I was unwilling to click that I would be / or might be voting for Justin, I was not able to get in to the secret Liberals playground. Instead, I had the option to use a search option to add what I want from the Liberal Party.
I entered this; "Fiscal responsibility, Responsible spending, Respectful spending, Respect for Taxpayers money, Lower taxes, Do not raise taxes, accountability for words and actions."
The search engine was not able to find a match for any of these items in the Liberal's platform!
Oh my.
Deep down inside, I feel that the Liberals and their leader know that only in Ontario will citizens tolerate out of control spending and corruption by continuously voting in the same government which increased taxes, delisted services and has caused absolute chaos with teachers and soon doctors.
I believe there really is a left-wing media bias in Canada and sadly, I even predict that in their first (or second budget) the Liberals will even restore funding to the CBC, but not extend any funding to any other media outlets, especially to any who do not share their rosey view of the world.
When Trudeau said, "The budget will balance itself", he believed it.
He also has very poor judgement. He accepted Conservative hand-off Eve Adams, who was being dropped by the Conservative party, and who then lost her nomination bid to Marco Mendicino. Where were the questions surrounding his judgement as has happened to Stephen Harper regarding his appointment of Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin to the Senate.
Trudeau also publicly mistook Russia's opposition leader Boris Nemtsov (who was shot dead in Russia) with former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (whom he had met with), in a press release.
Or when he called a Conservative member a "Piece of Shit", then went on a potty mouthed tirade where you can see that he actually enjoyed it without thinking for a moment about the implications down the road (http://operationmaple.ca/laugh-out-loud/justin-trudeau-swears-house-of-commons.html)
So much like his Dad…
Or, when being interviewed on Les francs-tireurs, Trudeau said, "Canada isn't doing well right now because it's Albertans who control our community and socio-democratic agenda."
He also said Canada would be better served if there were more Quebecers than Albertans in charge.
Trudeau did apologize, and then tried to explain away his thoughtlessness by saying he didn't hate Albertans but that his comments were directed the Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, who rose to power as an MP from Calgary, which he really thinks makes it all okay…
But he doesn't just hate Alberta… He hates all of Canada, except Quebec. As a MP, Trudeau told Radio Canada; "I always say, if there came a point where I thought Canada really was Stephen Harper's Canada … maybe I'd consider making Quebec a country. Oh yes. Absolutely. I know my values very well even if I no longer recognized Canada."
There is even a story – recently removed from the Internet – where Justin Trudeau declared that if aliens came from outer space, they would have the same rights as human beings, and would be granted Canadian citizenship…
Now I'm sure that the puppeteers pulling the strings of Trudeau are in full spin control, teaching Justin how to correct his oops and explain that clearly each and every comment has been taken out of context or manipulated by the evil Right-Wing media in Canada – wait, we don't have that option so much anymore – then it must be Stephen Harper's fault for forcing Justin to speak this way.
He's young… ish.
He's hip… ish.
He's trying to keep up with the success of Ben Mulroney, but he's just going to promise himself into a corner and ask every Canadian to Ben Dover.
On October 19th the Canadian public have made a choice, and I have a few words for voters in Canada… Caveat Emptor. Let the buyer beware!
I hope PM Trudeau v2.0 doesn't embarrass the country, because after all the selfies have been taken, he still has to do the right thing. Having former PM Stephane Dion as his Minister of Foreign Affairs is laughable and quite frankly frightening…
Time will tell. Wait until his first budget and we'll see how these predictions stand up!


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Finance & Development, June 1971
- "Capital" and "Investment" in Developing Countries
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Line art designs, simple line drawing ideas, outlines with straight and curved lines, line backgrounds, line patterns and more!
Line art is one of the fundamental parts of an art. The lines convey a lot of hidden emotions. When many lines culminate together, you can get amazing portrait and arts. These lines should not be considered light. If not done right, they never result in great arts. Even when you join a drawing class, the first lesson would be on getting the lines right. This has to be mastered before you go on with everything else. There are a lot of pure line arts-based diagrams available online so that you can derive inspiration from these diagrams and create amazing artwork.


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As virtual reality is veritably becoming reality we can expect that any experience we desire will eventually be available to us - for a fee, of course. One day magnetic pulses might alter our brainwaves to allow us to perceive what we now cannot even imagine; formula 1 racing, walking down the catwalk with other world famous models, singing for a crowd of crazed fans, or soaring through the air as an eagle - might just be a few examples of standard packages.
Most significantly, the experience of dying a slow, painful death will be one better replaced with your own ultimate fantasy ending. The computers will monitor your vital signs and adjust the virtual experience so your last living perception is timed perfectly to the scenario of your choice. Perhaps you just want a perfect moment that ends suddenly with no indication of the end at all, or perhaps you want to die as a hero on a medieval battlefield.
If you could, what would YOU choose for your final experience?
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To live in and experience, even for a brief time, a world where humans have finally left behind their legacy of savage and primitive divisiveness and destructiveness. A world in which a reverence for life, human and non-human alike, is virtually universal, and violence of any kind (except perhaps as a last resort) is seen as a relic of a barbaric past. A post-theistic world in which humanity has left behind all forms of superstitious and irrational world-views, and is collectively dedicated to balancing the existence of the individual and society. A world in which every individual is given the support, encouragement and opportunity to explore themselves, to discover who they are and where they belong in the greater scheme of things.
Reply to Oneinfinity - so Imagine by John Lennon then?
that's my anthem :)
But but but but, he says no possessions! I like having possessions >./p>
While serenity and peace would be desirable such as watching a flower bloom or an eagle flying, I would say a series of battles (whether actual or political) in which I am fighting (and succeeding, of course) to bring justice and freedom to those that are oppressed. Nothing gets my inspirational juices going like a group of people fighting for rights, independence, or freedom.
TTRMO Soylent Green...
(I haven't got the faintest idea what this particular abbreviation is supposed to mean.)
(Is it a twitterism?)
that totally reminds me of
My greatest wish in life is to end it suddenly, unexpectedly, and painlessly.
total over-stimulation of all my pleasure centres
Ok, my 'final fantasy' is to experience a group of aliens invading earth. They have come on a big interstellar craft, the last of their kind, searching for a home. They have selected our planet and informed us that we will be allowed to co-exist with them as their slaves. The people of the planet drop all their sectarian, national, ethnic, and cultural barriers and unite in a definite "no freakin' way, we live free or we die, A-holes!"
The aliens send down ships to do us in, and I find myself united with a group of friends from all stages of my life. We go head to head with some alien ground troops, slaughtering them and taking their energy guns. We then kill off a landing party and take their ship. I figure out how to pilot the ship, and various friends take over the weapons and nav systems as we fly through a barrage of incoming hostiles, blowing the hell out of them in a fight that makes star wars look like a snow ball fight.
We finally manage to land on the mother ship, and run through the corridors killing them at every turn until we get to the bridge. There are millions of them on board, too many to kill them all, so we hack the controls and decide to fly the ship into the moon. I volunteer to pound into the moon as my friends escape. As the moon is becoming huge on the main viewer, I receive a radio transmission that all invading forces are being slowly overwhelmed and that the destruction of the mother ship will ensure the future of a united humanity.
Finally, as a small moon crater fills the view screen, I actually see the Apollo 11 landing zone with LM base craft and all the left behind gear. I grab the rail in front of me and scream, "Don't EVER fuck with humans, fucktards!" as the craft carries me and a few million aliens into the lunar surface at a hundred thousand miles per hour.
In the final instant as I am blown apart by the impact, memories of my entire life and all the friends that joined me in the fight flash through my mind, ending with the moment I walked out of Consumer's Distributing department store with my first computer - a timex sinclair 1000 - under my arm.
Hmmm, a very interesting topic indeed. It kind of makes me think that you would be put into a dream state....Maybe even a lucid dream state for the rest of your....time. I would like to be put into that lucid dream state right before I die. Therefore, I know I am "dead" and I am in a dream so I could control and wrap my dream world to my liking. For anyone who has had a lucid dream knows that this is a very cool concept haha.


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Cheese Fondue
Serves 2-4
At one time, fondue pots were the rage as wedding presents. Alas, this has gone out of fashion, but fondue is still a special treat. It does require long forks to spear the bread and a pot that can be kept warm over an alcohol burner.
The first trick to a good cheese fondue is using decent cheese. Don't try substituting an inferior cheese for the Gruyere or it will seize up on you. The second trick is to coat the cheese with flour, so it will not separate. Another trick is to be sure the fondue does not overheat.
Day-old bread works a bit better than fresh. Be sure to add a green salad to the menu to round it out. If it gets "gluey," add a bit of liquid and reheat slowly, stirring. I have substituted Parmigiano Reggiano for the Emmenthaler with success.
— Nathalie Dupree
1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed with salt
2 cups dry white wine
14 ounces Gruyere cheese, grated
7 ounces Emmenthaler cheese, grated
3 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon kirsch (optional)
Freshly ground pepper
Dash cayenne pepper
1 long loaf of French bread, cubed
Heat the garlic and wine in an earthenware or fondue-type pot until it just simmers (don't let it boil). Meanwhile, toss the cheese in a bowl with the flour to coat. Add the cheese to the wine 1 cup at a time, stirring each addition until it melts. When the cheese is melted, stir in the kirsch if using and add the salt, pepper and cayenne to taste. Remove to the alcohol burner and keep the heat low enough so it won't burn and high enough that it stays melted.
Spear the bread cubes with the forks and dip into the pot of melted cheeses.
Nathalie Dupree is the author of 14 cookbooks, most recently "Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking." She lives in Charleston and may be reached through Nathaliedupree.com.


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The 78 Project Feature-length Documentary Film
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The 78 Project records musicians as they perform early American songs - exactly as they were originally recorded, instantaneously onto 78rpm lacquer discs. With one microphone, one 1930's Presto direct-to-acetate disk recorder, and one blank 78 record, artists have a chance to make a recording anywhere they choose. It's a haunting, magical time travel experience when we play back our freshly cut acetate - we're hearing a sound almost a century old, but recorded only moments earlier.
The 78 Project began as an acclaimed series of web episodes, which we shot over the past year with generous and talented musicians in New York City. Our feature-length film will take the energy of the series to exciting new places and people.
And we want you to join us!
Like Alan Lomax, the great field recordist and our inspiration (more about Lomax below), we're out to discover what it means to be American today and to explore the deep historical significance of American songs – from Blues, Bluegrass, Cowboy songs and Murder Ballads to Folk, Gospel, Country and Roots.
We'll visit modern musicians and local legends in their homes and hometown haunts, and we'll tour the collections that hold our national musical treasures like the Alan Lomax Archives, the Library of Congress, the Southern Folklife Center, and the Smithsonian.
As we shoot the film we'll keep you updated with amazing stories, songs and video clips. This is a film about the connections we find with each other through music, and we want you to share it with us as we make it.
Presto! Recording in One Take
The 78 Project film will be filled with beautiful one-take performances and it will take you behind the scenes, deep into the surprising – and sometimes terrifying – process of recording them on vintage equipment. And speaking of vintage equipment, have you met our Presto?? Our Presto direct-to-disc machine is a genuine, wild and magical piece of 1930's history. Many of the most iconic field recordings from the 1930's and '40's were recorded on a Presto just like ours, including recordings of Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie and Jelly Roll Morton. It uses one microphone to provide the signal to a ruby stylus (or needle), which physically carves a groove into a blank nitrocellulose lacquer disc.
The Presto records at 78 rpm, which means we get just over 3 minutes of song per side of the record. It's a mad dash to get the whole song onto the surface of that platter as the needle races from edge to center, throwing up a kinky, out-of-control chip in its wake!
How We Work and What We Need
A little goes a long way at The 78 Project. That is because we are a small, efficient, professional operation, and we conserve resources well. We are just asking for the money we need to shoot The 78 Project feature film, to cover the cost of crew, equipment, insurance and transporting the production to the planned locations.
Each dollar we raise beyond our goal will contribute to post-production. It will pay for the editing, mixing and finishing of the film.
Other Ways to Get Involved and Help The 78 Project
- First of all, thank you. You're already supporting us by being here.
- Sign up for our email updates on our site so that we can keep you posted!
- If you're on Facebook, Twitter, or you have a blog, email list, friends who would be interested in what we're doing, please reach out.
- Wave to us if we're driving through your town. And please, give us directions if we look lost! Also, if you just baked a pie, we wouldn't turn down an invitation.
About The 78 Project Web Series
Between September 2011 and June 2012, we gave 15 artists each one blank lacquer disc and the opportunity to make a one-take 78 rpm field recording anywhere they wanted to. We found ourselves in churches, hotels, apartments, gardens, bars and even a fishing club. The 78 Project has grown into a substantial, exciting, collaborative adventure. Episodes and digitized audio from the acetates are streaming on our website now: www.the78project.com
When the Presto clicks on and the platter starts to spin, there is a moment where the whole room focuses in and everything becomes a part of the music; the radiator's hiss is a harmony and the sounds of traffic below tune to a G so perfect you can check your strings against it. – Alex Steyermark and Lavinia Jones Wright, from The 78 Project web series
Some Press for The 78 Project:
Soundcheck WNYC / May 17, 2012
The 78 Project: A New Take on that Old Timey Sound
The New Yorker / April 9, 2012
Take One "Presto!" Talk of the Town p. 25
BBC News / May 11, 2012
78 Project replicates original vinyl recording style
Links to more press are on our website. http://the78project.com/press/
++ We are incredibly excited that The 78 Project will be showcased at IFP's prestigious Independent Film Week in September as part of its esteemed Project Forum in the Spotlight on Documentaries. ++
The Future of The 78 Project
Next year, when our Feature-length Documentary is edited and ready to screen at festivals, we will tour with our Prestos around the country and around the world, appearing at events and screenings to make miraculous recordings for you to see and hear. We hope you will have a chance to see us in person and join in the process!
Now that we've started, we can't imagine life without The 78 Project! So we'll continue to make series of episodes as long as we possibly can. Hopefully for years to come!
About Alan Lomax, The Great Field Recordist and Our Inspiration
The story of Alan Lomax is the story of America discovering itself. Lomax devoted his life to capturing folklore and encouraging its appreciation as an art form. Beginning in the 1930s and continuing on for more than 50 years, he logged countless miles down back roads and highways, venturing into penitentiaries, farms, private homes, concert halls and dance joints searching for the story of the human spirit told through song. He captured thousands of audio recordings, hundreds of images and hours of film, which helped to develop the Library of Congress' Archive of American Folk Song as a national resource.
"What he was aiming for was a means of helping Americans redefine the country to themselves and to the world by means of performance." - John Szwed, from his book, Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World
The Alan Lomax Archive Archives, The Association for Cultural Equity, The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and Folklife Center at the Smithsonian have been crucial advisers to The 78 Project. If you have a moment, check them out and lend them your support, too!
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Dementia is a general loss of mental abilities. It can include a loss of ability to think, reason, learn, and understand. To be considered dementia, these mental losses must be severe enough to interfere with day-to-day activities. Dementia must also have:
- Memory problems
Mental loss that is severe enough to cause problems with one or more of the following:
- Language
- Visuospatial function
- Executive function—foresight, planning, anticipation, and insight
- Praxis—learned motor skills
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Causes of dementia include:
- Alzheimer dementia (most common)
- Brain damage after multiple small strokes —also called vascular dementia
- Lewy body disease
- Alcohol use disorder
- Multiple sclerosis
- Huntington disease
- Parkinson disease
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other prion disorders
- Front-temporal dementia, including Pick disease
- Normal pressure hydrocephalus
- Untreated syphilis
- Toxic levels of metals, such as aluminum, which can sometimes occur in people who have dialysis treatment
- Vitamin B12 deficiency
- Thiamine deficiency
- Thyroid dysfunction
Risk Factors
Increasing age is the most common factor that increases your chance of developing dementia. Other factors include:
- Family members with dementia
- Down syndrome
- Apolipoprotein E status—a genetic risk
- Elevated cholesterol
- Multiple strokes
- High blood pressure
- Diabetes
- High cholesterol
- Obesity
- Lack of physical activity
- Vitamin deficiency
- Chronic drug use
- Long-term use of hormone replacement therapy
- Repetitive head trauma —may occur with contact sports
- Overweight or obese
Symptoms often begin mildly and get more severe over time. Symptoms vary according to the cause of the dementia, but often include:
Increasing trouble remembering things, such as:
- How to get to familiar locations
- What the names of family and friends are
- Where common objects are usually kept
- How to do simple math
- How to do usual tasks, such as cooking, dressing, or bathing
- How to drive
- How to pay bills
- Having difficulty concentrating on tasks
- Having difficulty completing sentences due to lost/forgotten words—may continue to a complete inability to speak
- Forgetting the date, time of day, season
- Getting lost in familiar surroundings
- Being withdrawn, losing interest in usual activities
- Having mood swings
- Having personality changes
- Walking in a slow, shuffling way
- Having poor coordination
- Losing purposeful movement
Your doctor may diagnose dementia through:
- An extensive medical history from you and your family
- Observing your behavior
- A physical exam
- Tests for your nervous system
- Mental status and psychological tests
Imaging tests take pictures of internal body structures. These may include:
- CT scan
- MRI scan
- PET scan
- SPECT scan
Cerebrospinal fluid that protects the brain and spinal cord can be analyzed with a lumbar puncture .
Currently, there are no treatments to cure many types of dementia. Some medication may help to decrease the symptoms of dementia or slow its course.
Two types of medications that may be used to reduce the symptoms of dementia include:
- Cholinesterase inhibitors
- N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists
Treatments that are being studied include:
- Gamma-secretase inhibitors.
- Tau fiber aggregation inhibitors.
- Herbs and supplements, such as vitamin E , ginkgo biloba , or huperzine A . Currently, evidence is mixed as to the effectiveness of these natural remedies.
Lifestyle Management
This type of support is critical for people with dementia. Behavioral and environmental support includes:
- Keeping you safe in your home
- Providing a calm, quiet, predictable environment
- Providing appropriate eyewear and hearing aids, easy-to-read clocks, and calendars
- Participating in music therapy and/or dance therapy
- Participating in physical and occupational therapy for daily activities
- Encouraging light exercise
- Eating a healthful diet
- Discussing healthcare wishes with family members and doctors and appointing a healthcare proxy and a legal power of attorney
Psychiatric Medications
People with dementia often develop psychiatric symptoms. You may need appropriate treatment, such as:
- Antidepressants
- Antianxiety medications
- Mood stabilizers
- Antipsychotics
Caregiver Support
Caring for a person with dementia is difficult. Those providing care will need support. The Alzheimer's Association is an excellent resource for families and caregivers.
While the exact cause of dementia is not known, these steps may help to reduce your risk:
- Eat a healthful diet . This will help you to maintain good levels of vitamin B12 and cholesterol.
- Exercise regularly . This can also enhance cardiovascular health, which may delay the onset of vascular dementia.
- Alcohol may have some benefits if you use it in moderation. This means no more than two drinks per day for a man, and one drink per day for a woman. Moderate amounts of alcohol may decrease your risk of dementia. Higher amounts of alcohol however, can increase your risk of dementia.
- Engage in mentally stimulating activity. This may also reduce the risk of Alzheimer disease.
This content is reviewed regularly and is updated when new and relevant evidence is made available. This information is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with questions regarding a medical condition.
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In the afternoon of his 39th birthday, less than a year after his wedding day, poet Christian Wiman was diagnosed with an incurable cancer of the blood. Wiman, who announced Wednesday that he will step down in June as editor of Poetry magazine, the oldest and most esteemed poetry monthly in the world, had long ago drifted away from the Southern Baptist beliefs of his upbringing. But the shock of staring death in the face gradually revived a faith that had gone dormant (a story he first told publicly in a 2007 article for The American Scholar).
Wiman's new book of essays, My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), took shape in the wake of his diagnosis, when he believed death could be fast approaching. These writings come from someone who is less a cautious theologian than a pilgrim crying out from the depths. They divulge the God-ward hopes (and doubts) of an artist still piecing together a spiritual puzzle. San Francisco-based lawyer and author Josh Jeter corresponded with Wiman about his new book, his precarious health, and the ongoing challenge of belief in God.
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I was raised in West Texas as a Southern Baptist, in a culture and family so saturated with religion that it never occurred to me there was any alternative until I left. Then it all just evaporated in the blast of modernism and secularism to which I was exposed in college. Or, it didn't evaporate, exactly, because I never would have called myself an atheist. But religious feeling went underground in me for a couple of decades, to be released occasionally in ways I never really understood or completely credited—in poems, mostly.
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- At the back there's a useful 'Conchological Glossary' to help sort out the crenulates from the reticulates
- A huge 30-page index that is both thorough and user-friendly
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The Time Will Come….Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Barbara Jean is toast! She called me no less than 37 times yesterday after lunch wanting to come spend the afternoon with me at work. No. Been there. Done that. Lived to regret it…ALOT. She could make the Pope nuts!
So, after a well placed little white lie (I told her the Chief was in the office so she needed to stop calling) the calls FINALLY stopped. I should have known enough to be scared…very scared. This is what greeted me when I got home from work yesterday afternoon:
Click the photo for a closer view. Dear Lord. She got me good. Now, you must first realize that I truly dislike the color pink. Barbara Jean knows this. Look what she did!! You can't see it but there's even pink silly string all over the porch! The items hanging from the top of the porch and the railings are pink and purple party boxes that say "Fashion Party". Pink streamers EVERYWHERE. My, my, my.
Not only did she gift wrap the storm door in a brilliant flourescent pink foil paper but she also wrote messages on the wrapping. Among them:
"Bet you wish you had let me play at the office now!" and "Revenge is sweet".
I laughed extra hard when I pulled the gift wrapping off the storm door only to find that she had wrapped the main front door as well! Gracious! Oh yes, revenge is sweet and the child will pay. This I promise. She got me good.


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I've always like the idea of molecular mixology, but not necessarily the name or some of the end products. The name has been abandoned by most practitioners of the art, but the media refuses to move on. So be it, it's just a name and if it promote's better drinks / solids / foams / beads then that's fine. Hence forth the anti-bitters discussion will be classified as "taste science". So what the hell are "Anti-Bitters" anyway, and why would one want to be anti-bitter? Aren't bitter flavours all the rage and what the cool bartenders are doing?
Cool bartenders aside, bitter is a flavour that the majority of the population are not enamoured with. Before we can really discuss the role of bitters, and bitter blockers in cocktails, we need to take a brief trip into the past to explain why many people haven't developed an appreciation for bitterness.
Friday Night Evolutionary Biology Lesson
On the evolutionary side of the equation, history has shown that bitter flavours played a role in protecting us from poisons. Those early primates who lacked these important taste receptors, and ate the "red berries", are no-longer participating in the gene pool. Our natural instincts still tell us to make a "scrunchy face" when we taste bitter flavours.
Today, modern humans still believe that bitter equals bad. That is what that pulsating mass of grey matter tells them, so why would they fight it. The obvious answer is because you can learn to like bitter flavours and that opens up a whole new taste range. But, getting over "scrunchy face-itous" is extremely difficult for those who have suckled on the syrupy sweet sugar teat.
Fact: Bitter components all taste same. Yes, when we taste bitter, whether it is in beer, analgesics or an amaro, that bitter flavour is the same. The difference you sense is the coupling of aroma and the other tastes (sweet, salty, sour, metallic, unami, etc.)
A handful of bars are starting to incorporate bitterness into cocktails, while reducing the sugar content. But, the vast majority of bars still avoid bitter flavoured drinks, well, aside from shots of Jagermiester. Change presents a steep slope for managers and bartenders. Leaving the proverbial herd, and setting out on a new path which involves buying cases of Chartreuse, is difficult. Why risk it when Raspberry Sour Puss sells just as well.
This is where Anti-Bitters come into play. But before I explain that, we have to go back to the classroom and have a short lesson on what bitter blockers are.
Friday Night Science of Taste Session
Not surprisingly, bitter blockers do exactly what the name implies. They do this by interfering with the signalling protein called gustducin. To keep it simple, this is how it works; When a bitter component, from food or drink, hits your taste-buds, the receptor cell, on the bud, releases a squirt of gustducin, which then starts a cascade of reactions that result in an electrical signal pulsating down a nerve to your brain. The signal simply says "bitter". Depending on how bitter the food/drink is determines the intensity of the signal (i.e. more bitter equals more gustducin production resulting in stronger signals, and more intense scrunchy face).
Many of the compounds that block bitterness are naturally occurring in the human body. Some of them are found in breast milk, which nature designed to ensure that babies were not offended by bitter calcium components found in the milk. Without calcium babies would be little balls of gelatinous, money eating, sleep stealers. With bones they are at least cute.
Many of these compounds are FDA approved and fall under the category of "generally regarded as safe (GRAS)" which is the green light category. Also, companies have patented the bitter blocking properties of these components since they represent a very lucrative market.
The problem with some of these bitter blockers is that they are expensive, unstable at room temperature (need refrigeration) and are slightly soluble in water and insoluble in pure alcohol. There is still a lot of research to be done. But I have a sample that I keep in my fridge and it is proving to be very useful.
How Does This Relate to Cocktails?
Well, as we discussed before, many people have an aversion to bitterness. Trend setting bars, and bartenders like working with bitters, as it is a great way to introduce new flavours to people. The problem comes when someone orders a drink and the bartenders gets excited and makes something with Chartreuse, Punt e Mes, Benedictine, over proof rum and a dash of aromatic bitters. Yes, an expensive, complex, bitter, drink, but not likely to impress the general public. Actually that mixture is unlikely to impress anyone.
Once an unsuspecting drinker gets a sip of that, the scrunchy face will come out and the drink will get sent back. The manager will look at the bartender, with contempt, for having to pour that drink down the sink. But, if you had a bottle of "Darcy and Son's Miracle Anti-Bitters No.47" behind the bar, you could simply add a couple of dashes, and straighten out the bitterness issue. Less spillage makes tight ass managers happy.
Basically, what I'm saying is that if professional bartenders, and spirit companies, want to grow the bitter category, it may be difficult to do with the general populace. But, having the ability to back-track a drink gives the bartender an opportunity to experiment with people and introduce them to bitter components, without generating a lot of spillage. It's an additional weapon in the bartenders arsenal.
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Bitter blockers are compounds that works really well at blocking the bitterness of things like coffee, grapefruit juice and Unicum bitters. Once the bitterness is blocked it gives you a glimpse into the other flavour components that make up these magic elixirs. Grapefruit juice becomes sweeter and more citrusy, while Unicum becomes spicy and herbal. What else can it be used for?
If you attended the Sensory Perception session at Tales of the Cocktail you might recall we discussed normal, non and super tasters. One piece of information that I divulged was that super-tasters and some normal tasters perceive alcohol as bitter. I'm a normal taster who finds ethanol to have bitter characteristics. Can bitter blockers improve the flavour of vodka?
In this little experiment, I shook up some vodka with lots of ice and poured equal amounts into ISO wine tasting glasses. Yes, I gave the vodka the over the shoulder beating it deserves, but I usually stir for guests and others. I used Oval Vodka, because they sent me a free sample. I'm not preferential to any vodka and generally don't drink it myself, but if you like collecting bottles Oval has a unique one.
Anyway, in one glass I added two drops of bitter blocker solution and the other was straight up. I tasted the straight up one ("sample one") first, to avoid having any lingering bitter blocker effects interfere with the tasting. Sample One had that slightly bitter "alcohol" flavour that I often detect. That flavour is one of the reasons I avoid vodka martini's, vodka and soda, etc. It may not be the vodka, it just might be me.
After assessing "sample one" I rinsed with some filtered water, rested my palate for a minute and then tasted "sample two" (vodka plus bitter blocker). My impression was that it removed the bitterness that I detected in the un-doctored sample. It actually made the vodka taste sweet, smooth and highly drinkable.
The real test was the swish test. After about 15 minutes, the vodka warmed up a fair amount. Now, I'm not one to swish warm vodka around my mouth, but in the interest of science, I did. This little test really confirms that the bitter blocker makes a huge difference. "Sample One" gave me the spinal shivers, while Sample Two was smooth and sweet. It was extremely interesting. If you wanted to play the game of who's got the smoothest vodka, anti-bitter vodka would be the opposition crushing, third world, communist, despot. Nobody beats them.
This seems to correlate to the fact that non-tasters find ethanol sweet. Basically, the bitter blocker is impeding the release of gustducin on my tongue, but a non-taster would naturally have less gustducin production, due to the lower number of taste buds found on their tongue.
There is a lot of opportunity for products like this behind the bar. I see it as a way not to reduce bitterness, but improve the acceptance of bitterness. There are a few hurdles to overcome, like storage, patents and solubility, but I've made some significant strides in these areas. But someday we may have an option that will allow us to be more effective bartenders.


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WASHINGTON — First, Americans endured exasperating delays and ruined vacations from passport processing backlogs. Now, a congressional investigation indicates they may have been overcharged, too — perhaps by more than $100 million a year.
Sens. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said the State Department and Postal Service quietly gouged U.S. citizens over the government's $97 passport fees, even as new anti-terrorism laws require more travelers to carry passports. They are asking the Bush administration for an accounting of where the passport profits go.
Over the past year, as the government issued nearly 14 million new passports, it collected at least $111.4 million more in passport fees than its stated costs, according to calculations by The Associated Press based on figures from State Department and congressional investigators.
The government's standard $97 fee is just a start for some people. The State Department offers to send travelers a passport in a hurry for an extra $60 plus overnight delivery costs. Some private companies offer speedy service for $180 or more. Passport photos typically cost $15.
Since 2005, a new passport has cost $97 for adults, $82 for children under 16. At the senators' request, congressional investigators studied whether a $30 portion of that charge was justified.
The $30 is intended to cover the cost of clerks examining and accepting passport applications at post offices, State Department passport offices, courthouses, libraries, municipal offices and universities.
The investigators' findings? The government's $30 fee was roughly double the actual cost when imposed in 2002. The Postal Service, which operates 5,382 locations where people can apply for passports, estimated its costs at $13.31 in 2002. The State Department, which operates 14 passport offices, said its costs were $16.20 at that time.
"This is not supposed to be a profit-making venture," Dorgan said. "They charge 30 bucks just for passing something across the counter."
Robert Tollin of New York City, who received his passport in June just in time for his honeymoon in Mexico, was angry when informed how much the fee exceeded the costs.
"That's over a 200 percent markup," Tollin said. "Maybe I should be in the Post Office business. That's an exorbitant markup. I don't mind paying a service fee, but that's outrageous."
The remaining $67 is spent producing the passport booklet and for related costs, such as rent at passport offices, security guards and background checks. Investigators from the Government Accountability Office did not look into that portion of the fee.
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A Postal Service spokeswoman, Joanne Veto, said the agency's $13.31 figure was not an accurate reflection of its costs when the fee was imposed. Congressional investigators, however, said that was the figure the Postal Service gave the State Department for use in setting the $30 fee.
The State Department said in a statement, "We aren't able to comment on GAO reports before they are officially released."
The department told the GAO it has hired a contractor to perform a new cost study of the fee before December 2008.
"It's sort of a tax," Schumer said. "Where did all the money go? What are they going to do to correct it?" Schumer and Dorgan have asked Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to determine whether fees should be lowered.
The reputation of the government's passport agency was severely tarnished during the summer, when a processing backlog by July left more than 2 million people waiting for passports. Officials said 500,000 were left waiting more than three months, trying to obtain what typically is ready in six weeks.
Vacations, weddings, honeymoons, business meetings, education plans and nonrefundable deposits all fell victim to the delays. People lost work time waiting in long lines.
"We've had a passport mess in this country," Dorgan said. "Now we find out the same State Department ... has been double-charging with respect to the fee for applying for the passport. This is not acceptable."
Linda Kocher of Wahpeton, N.D., paid twice for three passports this year — the second payment was necessary when the original passports failed to arrive as she was ready to vacation in Mexico.
"You think they're not trying to make any money off me. That's baloney," she said.
The GAO said the State Department and the Postal Service — which are permitted to keep any profits — benefited from a dramatic surge in the numbers of passports issued, rising from 7 million in 2002, including renewals, to more than 18 million over the past year.
The senators estimated the government overcharged travelers $112.7 million during 2002, when just 7 million passports were issued.
The government uses some of its profits to provide free passports to relatives of dead soldiers traveling overseas to attend funeral services. But the senators said it was "inconceivable" all the government's profits were used for those purposes, and they asked Rice for a detailed accounting of where the money went.
More Americans are required to have passports because of new anti-terrorism laws. The State Department has said it expects to issue as many as 23 million passports next year and 30 million more in 2010.
Since January, for the first time, travelers visiting Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda by air have needed passports — or proof they applied for passports. The requirement will take effect for land and sea travelers before June 2009.
Since many Americans travel often to these areas, including regular cross-border travel to Canada and Mexico, the State Department plans to introduce a new $45 Western Hemisphere passport card next spring.
The fee for accepting the applications would drop from $30 to $25 for the card and traditional passport books, under a State Department proposal.
The State Department told congressional investigators its cost for accepting applications at its offices in 2005 had risen to $24.36, virtually the same as the proposed new $25 fee. But consular officials could not describe how they calculated that estimate, investigators said.
The Postal Service initially told the GAO, in April 2006, its cost for accepting applications had jumped to $19. But later the mail service revised its cost estimate upward to $32.86 — adding overhead costs not associated with passport processing — making its cost appear to be higher than the $25 fee it would collect.
"It is unclear whether USPS's estimate accurately reflects its costs," the GAO said.
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If the satirical movie "Borat" spoofed an entire nation, then "Mongol" was a decent counterpunch, casting back 800 years to the glory of a world conqueror, and earning Kazakhstan its first nomination for a foreign-language Academy Award earlier this year.
But "Mongol" was more than a big-budget Genghis Khan biopic, says Gulnara Sarsenova, the perfume and cosmetics magnate who helped bankroll the $23 million production. It also aimed to bolster the self-respect of a traditionally nomadic people aggressively Russified during 70 years of Soviet domination.
"There's a lack of awareness among Kazakhs of our rich and interesting past," says the flamboyant CEO, who is from the Naiman clan of northeastern Kazakhstan. That's the same clan of Borte, Khan's empress, whose charms in the movie brought out the sensitive side of the Mongol pillager. "I wanted to show that Kazakh history goes much further, is much deeper, than we'd ever thought."
As a coproducer of "Mongol," Ms. Sarsenova is at the forefront of efforts to reconnect Kazakhs to their ancestors, especially through film. While "Mongol" – with its Russian director, international cast, and global audience – is still a rare, privately funded exception, more typical are the dozens of historical films for domestic consumption that state-run Kazakhfilm has churned out since independence in 1991.
Kazakh-language programs face a daunting challenge, though. Stretching across a region the size of Western Europe, this sparsely populated nation is 47 percent Kazakh and 44 percent ethnic Russian. While homes in even the most remote Kazakh villages boast their own television, Russian media and Russian-dubbed Western fare dominate the tube.
Moreover, as roughly half of Kazakhfilm's movies romanticize bygone Kazakh heroes – an answer to the Soviet propaganda that began with the 1917 revolution – some wonder where the need to educate crosses into propaganda of its own.
But, asks Slambek Tauyekel, vice president and chief editor of Kazakhfilm, "what is propaganda? It tries to make everyone think the same way.
"We hope everyone will understand our films in their own way," adds Mr. Tauyekel, a 50-something filmmaker dressed sleekly in black leather sportcoat.
"This isn't about counterpropaganda, but healing and restoring Kazakh souls."
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Sarsenova, herself, once dreamed of a career in movies. Though her father was a member of one of the poorer Kazakh clans he rose to become a high-ranking Communist official.
"He spoke a lot of socialism, and that if it weren't for the Soviet system, he would still have been a shepherd," she says, but adds that he quietly nurtured her national identity. "One thing he always said was, 'One must never forget his ancestors.' "
Sarsenova briefly attended the prestigious Russian State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow, but her father didn't tolerate her flight of fancy for long and ordered her back to Almaty, to "get a legitimate degree." She settled for a journalism degree from Kazakh State University.
Kazakhstan's independence opened the door to private enterprise – and the glamour Sarsenova craved. A self-described "pioneer" of Kazakh commerce, she built an empire of two-dozen luxury boutiques across the country, known as "French House." Her flagship Almaty store is fronted by a glitzy replica of the Eiffel Tower, emblazoned with interlocking neon hearts.
When Sarsenova was approached in 2004 to sponsor "Mongol," she says, the script plucked at her patriotic heartstrings: "It was a question of fate." She became one of five producers.
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Early on, the Soviets appreciated film as a tool for shaping identity. With so many ethnic groups in its yoke, Moscow steered clear of anything that might kindle national sentiment. In Central Asia, Soviet-controlled film studios in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan produced work that praised Stalin, promoted the notion of "Soviet man," or prodded Islamic women to lift their veils. The Kazakhs themselves were portrayed as rescued from a primitive existence. Meanwhile, they also endured a unique trifecta of trauma at Moscow's hands: the famine of Stalin's forced collectivization that killed a million Kazakhs, a network of concentration camps that constituted the southern flank of Stalin's notorious gulag, and four decades of above-ground nuclear testing that turned Kazakh farmers into human guinea pigs.
As the Soviet empire began to crumble, Kazakhfilm was among the first to find its voice, delving into Kazakh history. This was further fueled by the fact that Kazakhs didn't have to fight for independence, as other ex-Soviet republics did, says Kazakh film critic Gulnara Abikeyeva.
"We had to look for the roots of honor and bravery, through films about our national heroes," says Ms. Abikeyeva. "We received independence, but not in our minds or in our culture."
The pinnacle was the 2005 film "Nomad," a pet project of the authoritarian president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. The government shelled out $37 million for the film, an unheard of sum in these parts. Marked by lush cinematography, it opened and closed with commentary from Mr. Nazarbayev himself.
Kazakhfilm, though, is otherwise strapped for cash, deprived of the heavy Soviet-era state subsidies. On its once-proud campus, set against the backdrop of the snowcapped Tien Shan mountain range, the studios are rich with props that constitute one of the largest collections of folkloric crafts in the country – from stacks of colorful handmade carpets to carved furniture and leather containers for kumiss, the national drink of fermented horse milk.
But signs of neglect are everywhere: marble stairs are chipped, linoleum hallways buckle, light bulbs are burned out or missing. Staff levels are one-quarter those of Soviet times; production costs rarely top $1 million. (A visiting journalist is asked several times, hopefully, if he's a potential investor.)
Still, Kazakhfilm crackles with creativity. In the animation department, a storyboard pasted to the wall tells the tale of an old woman whose lone goat is gobbled by a wolf. Only the tailbone is left behind. On the carpeted floor of their traditional nomadic yurt, that bone turns into a baby boy – delivering a miracle to an elderly couple that had long yearned for a child. It also reminds them of the harmony of nature.
The animator of this childrens' film, Kayergali Kassymol, says there was a time when Kazakh elders on the steppes transmitted such values to their children and grandchildren. "Now it's the television that educates their children, which is why we're bringing our oral tradition to TV," he says. "We must educate this generation that they have their own culture, their own nomadic roots. While religions, states, and countries come and go, culture is what remains."
But, notes the critic Abikeyeva, "if you were to look just at the majority of our films, you'd get the sense we're living in the 19th or early 20th century."
The Ministry of Culture seems to agree and recently told Kazakhfilm to plow new terrain, says Tauyekel, the chief editor. He doesn't share that view, but adds, "Because we depend on their financial support, we have to be very polite."
With the success of "Mongol," there's hope that new oil wealth – Kazakhstan sits atop one of the world's largest reserves – will trigger a flow of petrodollars into the film industry. Not only historical films, but the stuff of 21st-century society – detective thrillers, romantic comedies.
"If Hollywood is an army, then here we have half a battalion," says Vladimir Tatenko, a TV producer and veteran documentarymaker for Kazakhfilm. "So I'd like to ask those now buying yachts or football clubs – why not invest in cinema?"
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Sarsenova is doing her part, she says. The next coproduction of her Eurasia Film Production company is "Tulip," a contemporary film about a Kazakh shepherd who falls in love on the steppes.
Meanwhile, her father's own national spirit has awakened, and he's proud her work "contributes to raising the level of Kazakh self-awareness," says Sarsenova. "Back then, he cared about the future of the Soviet Union – now he cares about the future of Kazakhstan."


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The U.S. Defense Department has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test that had been planned for next week at an Air Force base in California amid mounting tensions with North Korea, a senior defense official told The Associated Press.
The official said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel decided to put off the long-planned Minuteman 3 test until sometime next month because of concerns the launch could be misinterpreted and exacerbate the Korean crisis. Hagel made the decision Friday, the official said Saturday.
The test was not connected to the ongoing annual U.S.-South Korean military exercises in that region that have angered North Korea.
The North's military warned this week that it was authorized to attack the U.S. using "smaller, lighter and diversified" nuclear weapons. South Korean officials say North Korea has moved at least one missile with "considerable range" to its east coast — possibly the untested Musudan missile, believed to have a range of 1,800 miles (2,890 kilometers).
U.S. officials have said the move suggests a North Korean launch could be imminent. But while Washington is taking the North Korean threats seriously, U.S. leaders say they have seen no visible signs that the North is preparing for a large-scale attack.
North Korea held its latest nuclear test in February, and in December it launched a long-range rocket that potentially could hit the continental U.S. Increasing tensions is the uncertainty around the intentions of the country's new young leader, Kim Jong Un.
North Korea has been angered by increasing sanctions and the U.S.-South Korean military exercises, which have included a broad show of force ranging from stealthy B-2 bombers and F-22 fighters to a wide array of ballistic missile defense-capable warships. The exercises are scheduled to continue through the end of the month.
This week, the U.S. said two of the Navy's missile-defense ships were moved closer to the Korean peninsula, and a land-based system is being deployed to the Pacific territory of Guam later this month. The Pentagon last month announced longer-term plans to strengthen its U.S.-based missile defenses.
The defense official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the Minuteman 3 test delay and requested anonymity, said U.S. policy continues to support the building and testing of its nuclear deterrent capabilities. The official said the launch was not put off because of any technical problems.
The globe-circling intercontinental ballistic missiles make up one of the three legs of America's nuclear arsenal. About 450 Minuteman 3 missiles are based in underground silos in the U.S. The other two legs of the nuclear arsenal are submarine-launched ballistic missiles and weapons launched from big bombers, such as the B-52 and the stealthy B-2.
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The group said Thursday that if 25,000 people sign the petition on the White House website within 30 days, the Obama administration will provide a response.
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Secret Chemical Spraying at Macondo has not ceased since official well shutdown on 15 July.
– BK Lim
13 Nov 2010
The MC 252 well has been officially shut since 15 July (BP's press release and website announcement). As late as Sept 2010, the world was still publicly assured that the bottom kill by the relief wells was the surest and most reliable way of permanently killing the oil leak from the reservoir. BP and Thad Alan publicly declared the rogue well was "successfully and permanently" cemented at 18,000 ft below mudline (bml) by the relief wells that started unannounced on 15 Sept 2010. Is this just empty rhetoric and part of BP's elaborate Mass Deception Act?
First of all, please be informed that the oil leak from the reservoir was never killed and could never be killed. The late Matt Simmons paid with his life to bring us that message. And the world repaid him with words of ridicule in technical blogs around the world.
Peak oiler, energy blogger, and chemical engineer Robert Rapier has published a series of critical evaluations of Simmons' work, the most recent of which was published — of all places (!) — inThe Oil Drum website. The TOD article takes a close look at some of Simmons' recent statements about the oil spill in the Gulf. A careful reader will come away with the clear conclusion that Simmons' credibility is in tatters, blowing in the breeze. Only the truest of Simmons true believers in TOD comments persists in defending the recent incredible and fantastic statements that Simmons had made to the press.
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We have been lied to, through and through. It is very obvious why the activities (besides ramming up the recovery costs to capitalize on the idling rigs) did not decrease after the official "shut down date of 15 July". The gas-oil spill continues unabated till this day. The capping of well A was just a "dog & pony show" to fool the world. There is a constant need to spray chemicals to disperse and to coagulate the oil and methane leaking into the gulf, to cover up the magnitude of the disaster.
The deception is obvious when BP had to disguise the chemical spraying operations as "Cement OPS" and "Rig Move"; inspection of the grouted seafloor as "biological survey" and intended explosion operations as "gooseneck ops" just to name a few. Any seasoned viwer can tell that these ROV videos are not recording what the label says. Why is the US government still in denial and the main media completely silent? The official spin is that we do not need anymore bad news to derail the financial recovery. This is just as bad as Burma's Generals with their chests full of fake medals. (See Burma Bummer – by Dean Johns). Would a few more disasters spur the economy?
Admittedly, one crow does not make a new sun rise. But tens of concrete evidences of criminality and still no prosecution? People of the humane First World were shocked by the immense sufferings and atrocities committed by the authoritarian regimes of Burma, North Korea, Zimbabwe, Somalia and many other 3rd world countries. Powerful first world countries are unwilling to act for various political and economic reasons. But genocide being carried by a foreign multi-national corporation right in the backyard of the world's most powerful nation and blatantly ignored by the world's mainstream media? What the heck is going on? Does the world not care a single bit on the mass destruction of the marine life and condemnation of whole coastal communities to a future life of pain and suffering? And we call ourselves civilized?
Capping the well and bottom-killing it with relief wells were the wrong moves. See The High Risk Of Capping BP's Gushing Well. Despite sending them all the emails and copies of my articles, BP and those in control never responded and never listened. Now we are living out a mega-disaster with urgency as the worst is yet to come.
The evidences at hand clearly debunk that hollow premature victory cry on 19 Sept10. Would BP admit defeat at the hands of Mother Nature? No. Keeping with the same reckless spirit that drove the Macondo Wells to destruction and disaster, BP is now speeding the world into an irreversible ecological catastrophe; one that will start us on the express highway to the eventual destruction of world civilization. Not the planet itself, as Mother Earth is more resilient than the human beings renting the living accommodation on its land surface.
The images of mass destruction and deception in the Gulf are brought to you by concerned citizens of the world. See for yourself, the future of this planet flashing before your eyes in the comfort of your living room. You have been forewarned. In generations to come, you have to answer to your children why nothing had been done to avert their untold miseries.
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