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Oh boy, here we go again.
You'll recall the huge flap last June. The Michigan House passed Medicaid expansion. Gov. Rick Snyder demanded quick senate action. He was stiffed instead.
Fast forward to the so-called core curriculum debate.
The House passed this which requires every school to teach the same courses and now it's in the senate where three key GOP senators are moving with all the speed of a receding glacier.
Check it out.
Senator Phil Pavlov (R-St Clair) chairs the senate education committee.
"Are you ready to vote yes today?"
The senator offers, "Not today."
What about tomorrow?"
"Not tomorrow."
Sen. Bruce Caswell (R-Hillsdale) is the GOP vice chair. "I'm continuing to listen…It's not a yes. It's not a no."
And Sen. Howard Walker (R-Traverse City) who runs the K-12 budget subcommittee?
"I've heard good arguments on both sides," he postures himself comfortably on the fence.
There's nothing wrong with wanting more information before they vote, but some of the key arguments made by the governor and others in favor of core standards, does not resonant with either Mr. Pavlov or Mr. Caswell.
Question: Should students be exposed to the same course content?
"Not necessarily," responds Mr. Pavlov who adds, "It's a local issue. I think our local curriculum directors are doing a pretty descent job of putting the right material in front of the kids…We gotta make sure we preserve that ability."
Doesn't sound like a yes vote yet. And he concedes he might not get to yes.
Former school superintendent turned Senator Caswell opines, "Why are we giving up our control of the standards which we set for ourselves in order to go with Common Core which is a nationwide standard… local control is very important and once you give that away, it's very difficult to get it back."
Not looking too good for the governor who has taken a different tact then his more aggressive reaction over Medicaid. He now expresses unending confidence in the legislative process and appears willing to wait. There will be no "gauntlet" throwing from him this time.
He doesn't have a choice so he won't lash out again.
Who says you can't teach a rookie governor new tricks?
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Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell performed well in the August primary, beating her Republican opponent, Michael Baumgartner, by more than 25 percentage points.The two candidates recently faced each other in their one and only televised debate prior to the Nov. 6 election.
This race has gotten somewhat forgotten with all the attention and money being focused on the race for governor and the high-profile initiatives on the ballot.
Baumgartner is basing his campaign on two main themes -- opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, unusual for a Republican, and the ballooning of the federal deficit during Cantwell's time in office.
"When you look at the policies that my colleague just criticized, he's really talking about the Bush policies," she said. "About two wars that weren't paid for, about a tax cut that wasn't paid for."
Baumgartner contends that she's as much to blame as President George W. Bush. "Senator Cantwell voted for both these wars," he said. "Both these wars that were poorly planned, didn't have a clear exit strategy."
As Baumgartner tries to paint Cantwell as just another tax-and-spend liberal, Cantwell is returning the favor by trying to tie him as much as possible to the most conservative wing of the GOP.
"She regularly blames the Tea Party for not being able to get anything done. I can think of no better statement of why Senator Cantwell should not go back to the Senate," he said. "They are not going away regardless of what you think about them."
Cantwell said she believes Baumgartner's ties to the movement are out of step with the state's elections.
"The Tea Party, which you have signed pledges for, are not the values of Washington state," she said to Baumgartner during the debate. "I go to the United States Senate to hold up the values of this Washington, not the other Washington."
For her part, Cantwell is focusing on the improving economy and trying to instill fears about what might happen with Social Security and Medicare if Baumgartner is elected.
"This election is about whether we are going to continue to move forward on the types of job creation that our nation needs, or whether we are going to try to balance the budget on the backs of our seniors," she said. "I'm not going to do that."
In his closing statement, Baumgartner shot back. "You have a very clear idea of what you are going to get from Senator Cantwell if you send her back," he said. "If Senator Cantwell had the ability or the willingness to do something remarkable, I think you would have seen it in those last 12 years."
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SUWANEE -- This month, families at Riverside Elementary School collected more than 3,600 books for Meadowcreek Elementary.
During the month of February, Riverside Elementary held a book drive for Meadowcreek Elementary, a Norcross school with a high percentage of students considered to be economically disadvantaged.
Missy Fiveash, the chairwoman of the Riverside PTA's book drive committee, said she got the idea for the project while browsing serve.gov. Once she developed the idea for the project, she contacted Gwinnett County Public Schools to see if there was a school in need of books.
"We had the whole world to consider, but we thought it would be nice to keep it local and support our own community," she said.
The school system let Fiveash know that Meadowcreek Elementary had a need for books and would appreciate the donation.
Fiveash planned the drive with the help of Riverside PTA President Janette Derucki. A committee of parents helped collect, sort and pack the books.
The unspoken goal was to collect at least one book for the more than 1,600 students at Riverside.
Parent Rebecca Duran said she knows there is a correlation between reading and success later in life.
"We've got to have access to these books for these kids to just read, read, read, read, read," she said. "I've got five kids. We've got bookshelves in every room, and we're just filled to the brim."
Most Riverside families have many books in their homes, but Duran said the families of students at Meadowcreek Elementary might not have the discretionary income to spend on lots of books.
"We're all in one community, even if we're not in the same neighborhood school," Duran said. "Why wouldn't we help out our neighbors in Gwinnett County?"
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You can take the bar out of Boston, but not, evidently, the Boston out of the bar. With the debut of Lincoln on Waltham's Moody Street, a.k.a. Restaurant Row, Josh Childs (owner of popular Downtown Crossing spot Silvertone Bar & Grill) and a few fellow investors who also happen to be bartenders are giving suburbanites a taste of the city—without the parking hassles or high prices.
The place feels like a speakeasy, and the cocktails, mostly classic and quite chic, match the décor—the room wide and deep, with a thick wooden bar running along one wall, the lighting set to an eye-narrowing dimness, and black-and-white photos as accents. One specialty, a house-made raspberry-infused vodka served straight up in a sugar-rimmed glass, packs a punch. And while the overall selection of liquors, beers, and wines is limited compared with other bars' (five or six wines, about 10 beers, and a limited cocktail menu) and the bartenders are still learning the ropes, Lincoln is sure to give locals a reason to stay close to home. 467 Moody St., Waltham, 781-893-5600.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Present: Joan Griffin, Chairman; Mary Lee Underhill Vice-Chairman; Pat Skinner, Corresponding Secretary; Chris Monterio, Treasurer; Mark Branoff, Assistant Treasurer; Wendy Keller, Recording Secretary; Lisa Thornton, Member; Carl Heidenblad, Director; Diane Mayr, Assistant Director.
Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by Joan Griffin, Chairman, at 7:04 p.m.
Minutes: The minutes for the April 10, 2007 were approved.
Correspondence: Trustees received thank-you notes from staff for last month's appreciation dinner.
Financial: Chris Monterio, reported that through 33% of the year 30% of the budget has been spent.
Director: Carl presented his monthly report for May 2007.
Circulation-- April 2007 circulation increased only slightly from April 2006 about 1.1% However, in the first 4 months circulation of this year the library circulated 4800 items more than last year for the same period, an increase of about 8%. (61532 circulations in 2007, 56715 in 2006).
Registration-- There have been 183 new registrations so far this year.
Internet uses-- 2241 since the first of the year. In addition, many people bring their laptops and use the wireless connection to connect with the internet.
Collection-- In the first 4 months of the year, the net growth of the collection has been limited to 695 items, or about a .89% increase from 1 January 2007.
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We are getting ready for Strawberry festival. There are a few building items that need to be taken care of prior to the festival – painting hand rails on the outside stairway, pumping the septic system, and the usual grounds work.
Selectmen's Workshop September 10th. The purpose of this workshop is to ensure the Board of Selectmen and Department Heads / Committees have an opportunity to meet at least once in a workshop setting to discuss items in detail which affect that department or board prior to beginning of budget planning for 2008. Additional meetings as well as subject matters can and will be added onto regular meeting agendas throughout the year.
Statistics: For the month of April we had 6363 visits to the library, 82.6 volunteer hours and the collection size totaled 79,145 items.
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Building Expansion Committee: The committee consisting of Peter Griffin, Sally D'Angelo, Ron Coish, J Gross, Carl Heidenblad, Lisa Thornton, Mark Branoff and Wendy Keller presented their report and has determined that in order to meet both current and future needs the Nesmith Library needs to be expanded by approximately 10,000 to 11,000 sq. ft.
MOTION: Mark Branoff moved that we accept the design proposal and schematic from Denis Mires. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. The committee was thanked and dismissed until it will re-convene in the fall.
F.L.O.W. Lisa Thornton reported that F.L.O.W. is working on the Strawberry Festival to be held June 2.
Windham Endowment for Community Advancement—Sharon Scannell gave a brief overview of current activity and provided a list of newly recruited members of the executive committee. Mindy Davis will update us on some of the financial objectives at a future meeting.
Unfinished Business:
Nesmith Library 10th Anniversary Celebration in our new building is scheduled for Saturday, September 15th from 2-4 p.m. Joan Griffin presented an outline so that we can begin planning the event. A committee was formed to organize the event and consists of Joan Griffin, Lisa Thornton, and Jena Day.
Mark Branoff, Assistant Treasurer updated us on his research with Citizen's Bank involving the possibility of investing our idle funds (non-lapsing 1&2,CAP 3 and donations) in short term CDs which are FDIC insured. MOTION: Wendy Keller moved that we authorize the treasurer and assistant treasurer to invest these funds in a laddered portfolio of 1-6 month CDs. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
Thank-You Notes –Pat Skinner will send notes to the members of the Building Expansion Committee thanking them for their dedication and hard work.
Next Trustees Meeting: Tuesday, June 12th 7:00 p.m.
ADJOURNED: The meeting adjourned at 9:10 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Wendy Keller, Recording Secretary
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Visual Storytelling - Part 1
I realize that I am driving some of you crazy by not just GETTING to more Elements of Act 2 and onward, but there are two more posts I feel are essential to cover right up front when we're dealing with structure, so you can be thinking about them all along.
Plus, this is in my opinion the best part of writing.
So – Visual Storytelling.
When I was in that bliss period between handing in a new book and getting editorial notes (now sadly just a memory) I was able to read, and was picking up about ten books a day. I can do that because when I'm reading for pleasure, or clear the palate for my next book, I discard most books within ten pages, if that. Sometimes I give it 50 pages. Sometimes I make it halfway through and lose all interest. So that was pretty much the process over that blissful two weeks. (I only made it through about five whole books, most of them Mo Hayder, who is rearranging all the molecules in my body with her brilliant, horrific, tragic thrillers.)
But when a book really does me, I will read it over and over again. And recently I picked up a book that had me riveted from the very beginning – and it made me realize something actually pretty obvious about myself.
I am a visual whore.
Yes, and proud of it. Oh, sure, I could pretend to be all highbrow and quote Aristotle on "Spectacle" in The Poetics, but really, why sugarcoat it? Give me eye candy. Dazzle me with images. But make them mean something. Your story better give me your themes visually or you risk losing me, and fast. I want symbols, symbols, damn it!
And no, I haven't segued into talking about movies, now. I'm talking about books.
I have to say, one thing all that screenwriting has been really good for is helping me develop a strong visual writing style. I love it when readers tell me – "I can see every scene you write." But actually, visual storytelling is a lot more than just putting a movie into your readers' heads as they're reading your book. Visual storytelling actually presents themes that elevate a story and make it resonate in a reader's consciousness – and subconscious - long after they close the book.
My obsession with visual storytelling started way before I started writing scripts. Production design is a crucial element of theater, too, and we had a brilliant head of design in the theater department at Berkeley, so I got spoiled early on with mindbending, thematic sets that gave a whole other dimensionality to the plays I saw in my formative years. A good production designer will make every single thing you look at on stage – color scheme, props, sets, costuming, shapes, textures – contribute to your deeper understanding of the play's story, characters and themes.
That was a lesson that served me well when I started screenwriting. And then working as a screenwriter opened up whole new worlds of visual storytelling.
So what can we as authors learn from screenwriting about writing visually?
A lot.
Let's start with establishing shots and master shots, setpiece scenes, and visual image systems.
One thing I've noticed about beginning writers' writing is that they almost always fail to set up a chapter visually. Actually a lot of published authors have this problem, too. I find this extremely annoying and frustrating. After all, human beings process the world visually before any other sense, so why wouldn't we as authors want to instantly establish where we are and what we're looking at and how that makes us feel right up front, in every chapter? If you don't, your reader is going to be uncomfortable and disoriented until you finally give her some idea of where she is.
That's why it's useful to think in terms of establishing shots and master shots.
An establishing shot, in film – you guessed it - establishes the location. A shot of the Eiffel Tower lets us know we're in Paris, a shot of the Sphinx tells us we're in Egypt. An exterior shot of an office tower followed by people working inside an office lets us know we're inside that building.
A master shot is an angle on a scene that shows all of the players of the scene in the specific location – like looking at a stage and seeing the entire set and all the actors on it. You get all the information about the scene in one shot.
But an establishing shot is more than just information about WHERE the action takes place. It can, and should, convey emotion, suspense, theme – any number of things about the action about to transpire or the character walking into the scene.
Every time I start a chapter or a scene, I think first about the establishing shot and the master shot. I look at the upcoming action from a long enough angle to see everything there is to see about the scene. Where am I and what am I looking at? I might not describe it outright for a paragraph or two but if I don't, there's a damn good reason that I didn't start with it, and I don't keep the reader waiting long to give them the visual. And when I do give the visual, I think about what it says thematically and emotionally about the scene. Is it a confined space because my heroine feels trapped? Then I make sure to convey that claustrophobic sense. Are the colors of everything muted and leached because of my hero's depression? Is every tree on the street bursting with bloom and fragrance because my lovers have finally reunited? (Yeah, I'm being on the nose, but my feeling is – be over the top at first to make sure the emotion is there… you can always tone it down later.)
This is a fabulous lesson to take from filmmaking.
There are multiple definitions of a setpiece – it can be a huge action scene like – well, anything in THE DARK KNIGHT - that takes weeks to shoot and costs millions, requiring multiple sets, special effects and car crashes… or a meticulously planned suspense scene with multiple cuts that takes place all in a – well, a shower, for instance, in PSYCHO.
If you start watching movies specifically to pick out the setpiece scenes, you'll notice an interesting thing. They're almost always used as act or sequence climaxes. They are tentpoles holding the structure of the movie up… or jewels in the necklace of the plotline. The scenes featured in the trailers to entice people to see the movie. The scenes everyone talks about after the credits roll.
That elaborate, booby-trapped cave in the first scene of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. The helicopter chasing Cary Grant through the cornfield in NORTH BY NORTHWEST. The goofy galactic bar in STAR WARS. Munchkinland, the Scarecrow's cornfield, the dark forest, the poppy field, the Emerald City, the witch's castle in THE WIZARD OF OZ. The dungeon – I mean prison – in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. In fact you can look at RAIDERS and SILENCE and see that every single sequence contains a wonderful setpiece (The Nepalese bar, the suspension bridge, the temple in RAIDERS…)
Those are actually two great movies to use to compare setpieces because one is so big and action-oriented (RAIDERS) and one is so small, confined and psychological (SILENCE), yet both are stunning examples of visual storytelling.
A really great setpiece scene is a lot more than just dazzling. It's thematic, too, such as the prison (dungeon for the criminally insane) in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. That is much more than your garden variety prison. It's a labyrinth of twisty staircases and creepy corridors. And it's hell – Clarice goes through – count 'em – seven gates, down, down, down under the ground to get to Lecter. Because after all, she's going to be dealing with the devil, isn't she? And the labyrinth is a classic symbol of an inner psychological journey – just exactly what Clarice is about to go through. And Lecter is a monster, like the Minotaur, so putting him smack in the center of a labyrinth makes us unconsciously equate him with a mythical beast, something both more and less than human. The visuals of that setpiece express all of those themes perfectly (and others, too) so the scene is working on all kinds of visceral, emotional, subconscious levels.
Now, yes, that's brilliant filmmaking by director Jonathan Demme, and screenwriter Ted Talley and production designer Kristi Zea and DP Tak Fujimoto… but it was all there on Harris's page, first, all that and more – the filmmakers had the good sense to translate it to the screen. In fact, both SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and RED DRAGON are so crammed full of thematic visual imagery you can catch something new every time you reread those books.
But this post is already long, so I think I'll save my discussion on visual image systems for another even longer post, so we can focus on setpieces today.
What are some of your favorite setpieces or symbolic images, literary or filmic, recent or classic?
Oh, and the book I picked up during my reading binge that inspired this post?
Barbara Vine's THE MINOTAUR… wonderfully creepy and psychologically perverse – you have a schizophrenic (maybe) brother, four strange sisters, an even stranger mother, and a young au pair on an isolated English estate – and in the middle of this house is a mysterious library built as a labyrinth.
You better believe I'm hooked.
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- jnantz said...
I've always liked the door in Stevenson's THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, or the pool of firesnakes and the sunken door in Gardner's GRENDEL. Both separate the monster(s) from the "real" world. The visual symbolism there is great.
But then again, I love the sparse stage and anti-visual of Absurdist Theater pieces like WAITING FOR GODOT or ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD.
Oh, and thanks for telling me about Saturday. I really enjoyed Ms. Kriss's open and frank nature. I will look into your suggestions about RWA and HCRW. I feel like it would be very beneficial. Thank you.
- Alexandra Sokoloff said...
Doors and portals are always the best! Those are two great examples.
I was watching PAN'S LABYRINTH last night - talk about a visual feast! But I loved the doors in that - through the tree trunk at first, but especially the doors that she draws with chalk.
I've seen some pretty spectacular sparse sets for R % G and Godot, too.
Yes, Miriam pulls no punches! I'm glad you made it.
Okay, at this point, I'm just thinking you should get it over with and write a book including this material. This morning, thanks to your posts on Act II, I worked through my outline and reinvigorated it. This is by way of saying you've got some time before I need to see what you have to say about Act III. You've also prompted me to buy that large bulletin board to accommodate forty plus notecards...
And in a nod to today's post: how about that moment in Polar Express (which I was forced to watch this morning in the doctor's office) when the train is skidding across the field of ice toward the mountains rearing up before them as the ice cracks beneath them? When at last they sail through the narrow opening safely onto the tracks and into the calm night toward the North Pole...ahh.
- BT said...
I've just spent the entire morning reading the whole series of posts from How Do I Get A Literary Agent through to here.
Haven't got a lot of work done in my real job, but if you won't tell the boss - I wont.
Excellent series of posts. I think I'll have to create a link salad dedicated to you and this advice over at musings.
I was wondering if you'd do a list of books, and give reasons as to why you suggest they be on an authors shelf. Obviously SILENCE, RAIDERS, THE MINOTAUR, etc for some of the reasons you've outlined so far - characters, midpoints, setpieces, suspense, plot sections, scene climaxes, etc, but I'm guessing there are a few more.
And when you do transform all this into an ebook or into print form, I'll buy it, even though I'll have read each word already.
What's more, I really look forward to seeing how you put all this advice into practice in your own books.
Speak soon
- Alexandra Sokoloff said...
Carla, thank you! I'm doing index cards today, too. So much more fun than sitting at the computer! And the cats love it because they can help.
That scene from POLAR EXPRESS sounds awesome. Does this mean I have to go to the doctor and watch it, too?
- Alexandra Sokoloff said...
Brenton, you are so sweet. I love link salads dedicated to me! ;)
No, not a word to the boss.
That is a truly excellent request: a list of books to illustrate some of these things. I'll have to start compiling it.
But this is why I really stress, and I should continue to stress, the importance of creating your OWN master list in your own genre, in that story notebook I talked about.
Anyone who hasn't done this yet should do it RIGHT NOW: make a list of ten books and movies in the genre that you're writing in: books and films that you love, that you think are structured similarly to the story that you're telling, or even that are not in your genre but are your favorite books and movies of all time.
Because what works structurally for ME is not necessarily going to do it for YOU.
For me, I am constantly looking at SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (book and movie), A WRINKLE IN TIME (book), THE WIZARD OF OZ (film), anything by Ira Levin, especially ROSEMARY'S BABY (book and film), THE EXORCIST (book and film), JAWS (film, but I need to go back and compare the book), PET SEMATERY (book, obviously) THE SHINING (book and film), IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - that's off the top of my head, just to illustrate the point I'm about to make -
All of those examples are what I would call perfectly structured stories But that list is not necessarily going to be much help for someone who's writing, you know, romantic comedy. (Although the rom coms of George Cukor, Preston Sturges, and Jane Austen, and Shakespeare are some of my favorite stories on the planet.
You need to create YOUR list, and break those stories down to see why those stories have such an impact on you - because that's the kind of impact that you want to have on your readers. My list isn't going to do that for you. Our tastes and writing and themes and turnons are too different - even if they're very similar.
I will take your question to heart, though, and start using more examples of each thing I'm talking about. I'll go back at some point and revise these posts with more content, too.
Maybe I'll do a post just on this in the next week or two, too, because it really deserves more attention than just a comment.
In the meantime, I need EVERYONE'S examples so we can have a more eclectic and genre-inclusive discussion and so I can learn something, too.
- R.J. Mangahas said...
I guess I would be a visual pimp then. I love to write description that gives a vivid picture of things, but sometimes I tend to ramble and I guess that's not good either.
Structure wise (Partial list)
DEATHTRAP (Play and movie)
MISERY (more book than movie)
MYSTIC RIVER (Book and Movie)
STAR WARS (Original Trilogy Only)
SECRET WINDOW (There was a great opening sequence in the film that really set the tone)
As usual Alex, useful info. I feel like I'm getting a whole semester's worth of writing classes (without the outrages tuition fees)
Wonderful post. Thank you.
Fabulous post again. I feel I should be paying you for this information. I've taken online courses on writing that aren't nearly as good as what you are giving us here.
But I will be buying your new book as soon as it comes out (and telling everyone I know to do the same), as well as THE HARROWING. I'm excited to read them both, and it's the least I can do for your generosity.
I have to say that MYSTIC RIVER is my favorite example of a thematic, visual book. The movie was great, too. I need to read the book again so I can pay closer attention.
As for movies, M. Night Shyamalan uses thematic elements and setpieces extremely well, in my opinion, especially in SIGNS.
Oh, and..
Because of you, I have a huge bulletin board with a ton of Post-Its next to my writing desk where I am putting your notes into practice. Everyone who comes into the room asks me about it. It's quite the conversation piece. LOL!
- Alexandra Sokoloff said...
RJ, great list! But where's WATER FOR ELEPHANTS? It may not fit the genre you're clearly working with, but that book is too much of a touchstone for you to leave it off the list. There is something about that book that you need to be analyzing for your own work.
It's the oddball titles in your lists that really color your unique writing style.
- Alexandra Sokoloff said...
Thanks, Ace and Kristine.
MYSTIC RIVER has beautiful image systems. It very much works with fairy tale structure - thanks for the example, people, because I can use it in an upcoming post.
And Kristine, buying my books is much better than paying me for this! Thanks for understanding that.
Yeah, the story board is a great conversation starter. And it makes people think we're really doing something in there when we lock ourselves in the office for days at a time. ;)
- Mystery Man said...
Honey, we must be soul mates.
I'm the visual gigolo.
- Alexandra Sokoloff said...
Ooh, I draw out the Mystery Man! Must be doing something right! ;)
That is a stunningly great series, thanks a lot - now I'll never get any writing done today.


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The War Film Library was just one of the ways the Academy contributed to the victory effort during World War II. In 1940, the Academy Research Council, chaired by Darryl Zanuck, was designated to work with the War Department to coordinate the production of training films at the Hollywood studios. Under the auspices of the Research Council, the studios worked with Signal Corps officers and technical advisers to produce hundreds of training films for the U.S. Army. Most of the costs were absorbed by the studios, and many filmmaking personnel donated their services. By 1942, over 300 films had been delivered to the War Department and were being shown to members of the armed forces.
The Research Council also organized a series of schools on motion picture and still photography in order to train and qualify cameramen for Signal Corps service. The instruction was done by industry professionals who volunteered their time. By May 1943, nearly 400 men had graduated from the Motion Picture and Still Photographic School. The Research Council also set up a special committee to examine and recommend men for officer and enlisted positions in the Army Signal Corps.
The Academy's Research Library also made an important contribution by collecting and organizing newspaper and trade publication clippings documenting the effects of the war on the film industry. Begun on December 8, 1941, the clipping collection included information on all aspects of the motion picture industry's efforts, from bond tours and conservation to training films and the Hollywood Canteen. This collection of clippings is still part of the holdings of the Margaret Herrick Library.
The war also had an effect on the annual Academy Awards. The presentations were scaled back and included many references to the film industry's war efforts. At the 1942 Awards, a large banner behind the podium displayed the number of people from across the motion picture industry (27,677) who were then serving in uniform. For the 1943 Awards, the ceremony was held for the first time in a theater. Many servicemen and women were invited to attend, and the proceedings were broadcast to combat zones via the Armed Forces Radio Service.
From 1943 to 1945, due to wartime shortages, Oscar winners received statuettes made from plaster rather than metal, but were allowed to exchange them after the war. One of the lasting changes was the introduction of a category to recognize documentary filmmaking, which was playing such an important role in the war. At the 1941 Awards "Churchill's Island" became the first of the wartime documentaries to be honored by the Academy. Others included "The Battle of Midway" (1942), "Prelude to War" (1942), "Desert Victory" (1943), and "The Fighting Lady" (1944).
The Academy's small staff was also greatly affected by the events of the war. Donald Gledhill, the longtime Executive Secretary, joined the Army Signal Corps, and was called into service in January 1943. His wife, Margaret Gledhill, the Academy's librarian, stepped in to act as Executive Secretary in his absence. At the end of the war, the Academy chose to make the appointment permanent, and Margaret Gledhill (later Herrick) went on to serve in that capacity until her retirement in 1971.


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Avoiding pitfalls in chronic disease quality measurement: A case for the next generation of technical quality measures. Am J Manag Care 2001 Nov; 7:1033-43.Krein S, Hofer T, Kerr E, Hayward R. Whom should we profile? Examining diabetes care practice variation among primary care providers, provider groups, and health care facilities. Health Serv Res 2002 Oct; 37(5):1159-80.McGlynn EA. Six challenges in measuring the quality of health care. Health Aff 1997 May-Jun; 16(3):7-21.Pogach L, Rajan M, Aron D. Comparison of weighted performance measurement and dichotomous thresholds for glycemic control in the Veterans Health Administration. Diabetes Care 2006 Feb; 29:241-6.Rodondi N, Peng T, Karter AJ, et al. Therapy modifications in response to poorly controlled hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus. Ann Intern Med 2006 Apr 4; 144(7):475-84.Measurement Considerations for Special PopulationsBrown A, Gregg E, Stevens M, et al. Race, ethnicity, socioeconomic position, and quality of care for adults with diabetes enrolled in managed care. Diabetes Care 2005 Dec; 28:2864-70.California Healthcare Foundation/American Geriatrics Society Panel on Improving Care for Elders with Diabetes. Guidelines for improving the care of the older person with diabetes mellitus. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003 May; 51(5 Suppl):265-280.Durso SC. Using clinical guidelines designed for older adults with diabetes mellitus and complex health status. JAMA 2006 Apr 26; 295:1935-40.Fiscella K, Franks P, Gold MR, Clancy CM. Inequality in quality: Addressing socioeconomic, racial and ethnic disparities in health care. JAMA 2000 May 17; 283:2579-84.Huang ES, Sachs GA, Chin MH. Implications of New Geriatric Diabetes Care Guidelines for the Assessment of Quality of Care in Older Patients. Med Care 2006 Apr;44(4):373-7.Nerenz DR. Health care organizations' use of race/ethnicity data to address quality disparities. Health Aff 2005 Mar-Apr; 24(2):409-17.Schillinger D, Grumbach K, Piette J, et al. Association of health literacy with diabetes outcomes. JAMA 2002 Jul; 288:475-82.Translating Epidemiology to Quality Measurement: Glycemic ControlCDC Diabetes Cost-Effectiveness Group. Cost-effectiveness of intensive glycemic control, intensified hypertension control, and cholesterol reduction for type 2 diabetes. JAMA 2002; 287:1757-63.Eastman R, Dong F, Javitt JC, et al. Model of complications of NIDDM: Analysis of the health benefits and cost-effectiveness of treating NIDDM with the goal of normoglycemia. Diabetes Care 1997 May; 20(5):735-44.Hofer TP, Vijan S, Hayward RA. Estimating the microvascular benefits of screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2000 Summer; 16(3):822-33.Huang ES, Shook M, Jin L, et al. The impact of patient preferences on the cost-effectiveness of intensive glucose control in older patients with new-onset diabetes. Diabetes Care 2006 Feb; 29:259-64.UK Prospective Diabetes Study Group. Intensive blood glucose control with sulphonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and risk of complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 33). Lancet 1998 Sep; 352:837-53.Translating Epidemiology to Quality Measurement: Blood Pressure ControlBlood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists' Collaboration. Effects of different blood-pressure lowering regimens on major cardiovascular events in individuals with and without diabetes mellitus. Arch Intern Med 2005 Jun; 165:1410-9.Khosla N, Bakris G. Lessons learned from recent hypertension trials about kidney disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006; 1:299-335.Vijan S, Hayward RA. Treatment of hypertension in type 2 diabetes: Blood pressure goals, choice of agents, and setting priorities in diabetes care. Ann Intern Med 2003 Apr; 138:593-602.UK Prospective Diabetes Study Group. Tight blood pressure control and risk of macrovascular and microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes: UKPDS 38. Br Med J 1998; 317(7160):703-13.Translating Epidemiology to Quality Measurement: Lipid ControlCannon CP, Braunwald E, Mccabe CH, et al. Intensive versus moderate lipid-lowering with statins after acute coronary syndromes. New Engl J Med 2004 Apr 8; 350(15):1495-504.Heart Protection Study Collaborative Group. MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of cholesterol lowering with simvastatin in 20,536 high-risk individuals: A randomized placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 2002 Jul 6; 360(9326):7-22.Larosa JC, Grundy SM, Waters DD, et al. Intensive lipid lowering with atorvastatin in patients with stable coronary disease. N Engl J Med 2005 Apr 7; 352(14):1425-35.Pedersen TR, Faergeman O, Kastelein JJ, et al. High-dose atorvastatin versus usual-dose simvastatin for secondary prevention after myocardial infarction. The IDEAL Study: A randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2005 Nov 16; 294(19):2437-45.Vijan S, Hayward R. Pharmacologic lipid-lowering therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus: Background paper for the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med 2004 Apr;140:650-8.Using Patient Reports to Assess Technical and Interpersonal QualityChang JT, Hays RD, Shekelle PG, et al. Patients' global ratings of their health care are not associated with the technical quality of their care. Ann Intern Med 2006 May;144(9):665-72.Glasgow RE, Nelson C, Whitesides H, King DK. Use of the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) with diabetes patients. Diabetes Care 2005 Nov; 28:2655-61.Safran DG, Kosinski MMA, Tarlov A, et al. The Primary Care Assessment Survey: Tests of data quality and measurement performance. Med Care 1998 May; 36(5):728-39.Safran DG, Tiara DA, Rogers WH, et al. Linking primary care performance to outcomes of care. J Fam Pract 1998 Sep; 47(3):213-20.Solomon LS, Hays RD, Zaslavsky AM, et al. 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Absent last-minute action from the United States Congress, American shareholders are likely to see their dividend taxes increase sharply on the first day of 2013. The change closes a decade-long period during which the U.S. government taxed dividends at a significant discount to regular income.
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Dear Jill,
Can you discuss produce savings in your column? I know sometimes there are coupons for fresh produce, but I'd like to hear your thoughts on how we can save money buying something we all need. Is it worth paying more for organics? Are you only eating canned and frozen things because there are coupons? Let's talk produce!
Anne Marie M.
Here are some of my favorite supermarket strategies and secrets for buying produce. They'll benefit couponers and non-couponers alike.
Weigh your produce. Any produce items that come pre-bagged (potatoes, apples, onions) in a 3- or 5-pound bag are usually packed by volume, not weight. Weigh the bags to find the ones with the most fruit and vegetables inside.
Shake it:
If you're buying fresh produce from refrigerated cases that mist the produce with water, shake the produce off thoroughly before you bag it. You'd be surprised how much water can be retained in a head of broccoli or a celery bunch. And if you don't shake it off, you're paying for water.
Buying produce:
Buying what's in season is always going to be cheaper, per pound, than buying what isn't. I like to buy what's in season too as it tends to be more flavorful and fresher. Some of the long-term "fresh" produce storage methods may surprise you -- apples can be stored in a controlled atmospheric setting for well over a year. Author Martin Lindstrom researched this topic in his book, "Brandwashed" (Crown Business, 2011) and noted the average grocery store apple is 14 months old! Think about it -- if you're buying apples in March, they're not fresh.
Organic produce:
Is it worth the extra cost? Much is often made of the Environmental Working Group's "Dirty Dozen" list, which keeps track of the produce with the highest concentration of pesticides. The EWG advises buying organic for the items on the list -- apples, celery, peaches and strawberries among them. However, buying non-organic fruits with skins that you remove before eating, such as oranges, grapefruit, pineapples, kiwis and bananas will save you money. These fruits are on the "Clean Fifteen" list, where there's little difference between organics and non-organics.
Fresh produce, frozen or canned? When I advocate buying frozen produce, I sometimes take a little flak from people who insist that fresh is better. But there's a lot of evidence that frozen produce may be healthier because it's picked when ripe and flash-frozen. In contrast, a lot of fresh produce is picked before it is ripe so that it can ripen in transport. I've also read that canned tomatoes pack more nutrients than most fresh tomatoes, because again, they were picked when they were ripe. Store-bought fresh tomatoes are picked when they're green -- it's easier to transport them without bruising before they are ripe. Later, they're ripened quickly with ethylene gas. The more time vegetables spend on the vine, the more nutrients they pack. (Plus, there are a lot of coupons for frozen and canned produce.)
For green, leafy vegetables like bagged salads and spinach, you're better off picking bags that are from the front of the case, not the back. We are sometimes inclined to dig to the back of the shelf and find the freshest bag, but the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry found that the bags at the front had higher levels of nutrients, folate and Vitamin C because the plants' photosynthesis was continuing in-store under the lights.
Wasting produce:
I try not to waste food, and I've read a lot of statistics on how much food Americans throw away each year -- anywhere from 30 to 40 percent, which I find kind of shocking. Just over the past few weeks I've been experimenting with produce storage containers that breathe and prolong the life of tomatoes, onions and other vegetables that you might only use a portion of at a time. Sadly, my previous routine was to wrap the cut vegetable in plastic wrap or a plastic bag, which usually leads to soggy, less than fresh produce -- which eventually gets thrown away. I've learned that storing things properly makes a big difference.
Jill Cataldo, a coupon workshop instructor, writer and mother of three, never passes up a good deal. Learn more about Super-Couponing at her website,
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I think there will always be certain people in our lives that mean a lot more to us than other people do. I think once you care for someone, if you actually really truly care for them, that never goes away. Even if you haven't spoken in weeks or months or years you still feel connected to them in some sense. You still think about them every day. Even if half the time you don't know whether you hate them or love them, even if you can't decide whether you'd rather have them leave for good or stay by your side. Once they become a part of your life they never actually leave. So why should we ever forget anyone completely? People make us who we are and people teach us how to love and even after they disappear they are still part of us, and we should never throw that away. Loving someone is never easy, it never has been and it never will be. Things fall apart. Sometimes people are careless and impatient, sometimes people make mistakes and sometimes people hurt each other. Things end up falling apart and sometimes they hurt for weeks or months or years at a time, but the thing that most of us forget to remember is that things also often find ways of falling together.
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Magic® Quiet Air 10 - qt. Foam Bucket with Aerator
Item # WX2-224619
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Magic® Quiet Air 10 - qt. Foam Bucket with Aerator keeps bait lively and ready to boost your fishing haul!
Keep bait in this high-insulation 10-quart bucket... comes complete with a quality aerator! You'll properly oxygenate your bait bucket, providing happy, healthy, top-performing minnows and MORE for fishing success this year! The bucket is equipped with a braided plastic handle, and features an "organizer" top for lures and other gear.
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