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While walking to class. "Where flowers bloom, so does hope."
More pictures from the Night Circus Gala in Lexington, Kentucky for One Book One Bluegrass. I am told there were over a thousand people there. It was magical, to say the very least.
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Despite Grantland's Chuck Klosterman struggling to get a sit-down interview with Joe Banner over Draft Weekend, Clark Judge, CBS Sport's senior NFL analyst, was able to sit down with Cleveland Browns' CEO Joe Banner and talk about the rebuilding project of the Browns. In what was a, frankly, candid interview, Banner refused to shrink under the weight of the massive job that lies in front of him. In fact, Banner was exceedingly confident that he will not fail in his duty: Q: Five years from now what are we going to be saying about Joe Banner and the Cleveland Browns? Banner: "Hopefully, you're not focused on Joe Banner. But I think you'll feel the Browns are where they're supposed to be. It's an iconic NFL franchise that has a rich tradition and fans that deserve success. To me, it's a three-legged stool: You have on-the-field performance; you have charity and a commitment to community; and you have the whole fan experience element of running these teams. I think people will look at this franchise and feel we're doing all of those very well." Q: But talk about a daunting challenge. Aren't you basically trying to raise the Titanic? Banner: "This is a big challenge. I've sold people on coming here on the basis that we have a chance to create one of the most compelling turnarounds of any sports franchise in the country. And I think that's how we're thinking about it. Some people may be intimidated by that, but we're actually excited by it." Banner also had some strong remarks about the failures of his predecessors: Q: I've heard talk about a 3-5-year program, but Browns fans are sick of more long-term pledges. So what should people know about what you're doing here, and how soon should they expect to have a winning franchise? Banner: "I think it's going to be obvious so that once we get playing, they won't need to ask the question. I think they'll see improvement immediately, though nobody realistically thinks we're ready to win a Super Bowl. And, at the risk of crossing the line, there have been a lot of people here over a lot of years who talked about long-term plans, but I haven't seen anybody who actually implemented that. They've been filling needs year by year, sometimes with expensive players who aren't that good. Everybody talked about a long-term plan, but when's the last time the team traded for a future draft pick? When's the last time the team said, 'We may not have position 'X' with the best player this year because there's nobody in the marketplace who's that good, and we don't want to waste all the future cap money just so we win six games instead of five?' So there's been a lot of cheap talk about long-term plans here, and I'm not talking last year. You go back 15 years through different administrations. They all have basically been trying to win now." Whether Banner will find success where others have failed remains to be seen, but one thing is clear: Joe Banner is going to approach this process with a confidence and a straightforward approach that seems to differentiate itself from what Browns fans have seen before. The results should speak for themselves on the field. [Related: Cleveland Browns to release QB Thaddeus Lewis]
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Still trying to figure out how to get the best shots out of that fancy new DSLR camera you got for your birthday? Here's a tip: Practice, practice, practice. You're going to want to tote your camera around with you everywhere, snapping shots whenever the opportunity arises. And obviously you're going to want a great-looking camera bag to tote it around with, right? Check these out.
When you're just starting out, you don't have a ton of photo accessories to lug around. What's the use in dropping a few hundred bucks on a spacious camera satchel when you don't even have a spare lens?
Instead, start out with one of these cool and compact cases (pictured in the gallery above—each costs less than $25!), then upgrade to the big bag when you've got more gear.
- USA Gear DuraNeoprene dSLR Grey FlexArmor ($15.99, Amazon.com)
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And one to splurge on...
- Ok, so it's not exactly a cheap beginner's bag. But we love the super-compact form factor of this wool herringbone camera bag from Etsy seller mariforssell ($125).
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Unfortunately, due to the fact that it must be purchased and shipped from a seller in Japan, the steps required and the price may not make this "inexpensive" but the Diagnl Ninja Strap is probably the best accessory I've bought for my m4/3 Olympus PEN E-PL1.
the ape case looks like what I was looking for awhile ago but couldn't find the right item. I already have a crumpler 6mil for all my gear and wanted just a holster. I went with the low pro cirrus TLZ 15. It is a great holster and will hold my XSI with a the 55x250 lens easily. TONS of padding and is still pretty light and not too bulky. I also looked at the thinktank photo holster 20 or something like that that extends to accomodate a bigger lens. However it was a lot more money and if you had to extend it for the bigger lens, it then had little protection.
I don't really get the appeal with this type of strap or other systems like this. Yes it is good for a quickdraw but I still prefer a holster type bag for protection. I can't see walking around with that strap and anything other then my 50mm lens on it. Too easy to break it with it sticking straight out my back. In a crowd this would be horrible (I can see in a city someone actually pick poketing your lens right off the body), and also hiking since you never know what you might be walking up against (small cliff ledge, tight spot between trees or rocks, etc). If i had to i would go with a chest harness type thing, yes you don't look as cool and discreet, but it is actually contained and in front of you where you know what is going on with it.
I like that camera cube. We got a naneu bag with a removable insert so we can use it in other bags.
I just got the wool herringbone camera bag in medium from Etsy... Yes, its pricey, but absolutely worth it. Lots of little pockets for extra batteries, manual, your phone, keys, etc. When I carry this bag with the camera, I don't even need to carry an additional purse.


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A Movie A Day: Quint on THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS (1957)
Which way is Ireland? WHICH WAY IS IRELAND?!? Harry Comments!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today's installment of A Movie A Day. [For those now joining us, A Movie A Day is my attempt at filling in gaps in my film knowledge. My DVD collection is thousands strong, many of them films I haven't seen yet, but picked up as I scoured used DVD stores. Each day I'll pull a previously unseen film from my collection and discuss it here. Each movie will have some sort of connection to the one before it, be it cast or crew member.] Mory Jimmy Stewart, this time catching a flick following yesterday's Hitchcock classic THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH. Today is Stewart as Lucky Lindy in THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS. I know I linked to the individual title up above, but if you're going to dig into the list and stick with me on some future Jimmy Stewarts and add them to your collection you can either drop $17.99 on THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS above or $22.99 and get the entire Jimmy Stewart Box Set. We've already covered FIRECREEK and THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB… I've seen FBI STORY, but THE NAKED SPUR and THE STRATTON STORY are both future titles of the list. I'm going to apologize in advance for this one. The movie was great, enthralling and wonderful, but this will be a bit of a half-assed AMAD installment. I'm due up in a few hours to pack and finally get back home. The last week has been filled with meetings, both for personal projects and interesting AICN stuff and I jumped right into this hectic week from the even more insane week of Comic-Con. So, I've been averaging about 4-5 hours of sleep a night and it's catching up with me. Unfortunately for THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS it's hitting me hard right now. The flick is wonderful, light and entertaining and not at all the stagy drama I had in my brain for whatever reason. James Stewart plays Charles Lindberg and we get the story of Lucky Lindy's famous cross-Atlantic flight. Stewart is, as always, magnificent and immediately likable. If there's a cold-hearted frog-faced sumbitch out there who doesn't like Jimmy Stewart… well, I'd like to meet him because like leprechauns and genies, he shouldn't exist. Maybe, he'll give me a few wishes? Anyway, the flick very much feels like a precursor to Martin Scorsese's THE AVIATOR, but without the insanity and brooding feeling of Marty's movie. Both Hughes and Lindberg share the passion and almost inhuman drive to take risks for the sake of living. This is Stewart's movie through and through, but there are some really good character roles, including nice, but brief, turns from Patricia Smith as a girl who gives Lindberg a lucky mirror at a crucial moment, and the late, great Murray Hamilton (Mayor Vaughn FTW) as a fellow stunt flier that we meet during "present day" Lindberg's constant flashbacks to his past. How else you going to fill 2 hours and 15 minutes where the main meat of the story is a single man sitting in a signle bread. Final Thoughts: I hate to rush this one because it's an amazing film from director Billy Wilder that feels just as light-hearted, fun and touching today as it must have upon its initial release. Stewart's co-star in the film is a fucking fly. No shit. I expected it to get its own credit. The schedule for the next 7 days is: Saturday, August 2nd: VON RYAN'S EXPRESS (1965) Sunday, August 3rd: CAN-CAN (1960) Monday, August 4th: DESPERATE CHARACTERS (1971) Tuesday, August 5th: THE POSSESSION OF JOEL DELANEY (1972) Wednesday, August 6th: QUACKSER FORTUNE HAS A COUSIN IN THE BRONX (1970) Thursday, August 7th: START THE REVOLUTION WITHOUT ME (1970) Friday, August 8th: >Hell Is A City (1960) Tomorrow we jump to VON RYAN'S EXPRESS thanks to writer Wendell Mayes. I promise it'll be more indepth, but I'm literally falling asleep at my keyboard like Lucky Lindy was falling asleep at his controls during the big flight. See you folks tomorrow! -Quint email@example.com
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June 2nd: Harper
June 3rd: The Drowning Pool
June 4th: Papillon
June 5th: Gun Crazy
June 6th: Never So Few
June 7th: A Hole In The Head
June 8th: Some Came Running
June 9th: Rio Bravo
June 10th: Point Blank
June 11th: Pocket Money
June 12th: Cool Hand Luke
June 13th: The Asphalt Jungle
June 14th: Clash By Night
June 15th: Scarlet Street
June 16th: Killer Bait (aka Too Late For Tears)
June 17th: Robinson Crusoe On Mars
June 18th: City For Conquest
June 19th: San Quentin
June 20th: 42nd Street
June 21st: Dames
June 22nd: Gold Diggers of 1935
June 23rd: Murder, My Sweet
June 24th: Born To Kill
June 25th: The Sound of Music
June 26th: Torn Curtain
June 27th: The Left Handed Gun
June 28th: Caligula
June 29th: The Elephant Man
June 30th: The Good Father
July 1st: Shock Treatment
July 2nd: Flashback
July 3rd: Klute
July 4th: On Golden Pond
July 5th: The Cowboys
July 6th: The Alamo
July 7th: Sands of Iwo Jima
July 8th: Wake of the Red Witch
July 9th: D.O.A.
July 10th: Shadow of A Doubt
July 11th: The Matchmaker
July 12th: The Black Hole
July 13th: Vengeance Is Mine
July 14th: Strange Invaders
July 15th: Sleuth
July 16th: Frenzy
July 17th: Kingdom of Heaven: The Director's Cut
July 18th: Cadillac Man
July 19th: The Sure Thing
July 20th: Moving Violations
July 21st: Meatballs
July 22nd: Cast a Giant Shadow
July 23rd: Out of the Past
July 24th: The Big Steal
July 25th: Where Danger Lives
July 26th: Crossfire
July 27th: Ricco, The Mean Machine
July 28th: In Harm's Way
July 29th: Firecreek
July 30th: The Cheyenne Social Club
July 31st: The Man Who Knew Too Much
Hey folks, Harry here - I can't resist chatting a bit about THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS - and will not allow, Quint's tiredness, to short you folks a good commentary on this GREAT Billy Wilder movie. What is it that makes THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS and the story of Charles Lindbergh as played by Jimmy Stewart such an incredible filmic endeavor? To a large degree, it is that Billy Wilder recognized the insane passion and vision that these earlier flyers had for the mad intention of man to occupy the domain of the birds. There was such a drive in pioneers to wrestle the impossible down to the ground. To beat the tarnation out of it and to school it. Watching lanky Jimmy Stewart as Lindbergh is a classic. There's something impossible about Jimmy Stewart. He looks ill prepared for the land... he plays Chuck as a guy that prefers the air - there's less trouble up there. It's a place where he can talk to himself and not be judged by a passerby. Where he's not going to trip, where he can sit back, relax and just fly. And what an amazing thing that was. At the time that Lindbergh was doing all this - there weren't that many flyers out there. It wasn't safe, aviators were believed to be insane folks. They had seized upon a manifest destiny though. They knew that through innovation and challenges that they would domesticate the air as man had the land and the sea... and as we continually attempt and WILL live amongst the stars. This is that sort of passion, that sort of insanity. The insanity of living in a world that is wrong and knowing you're right. KNOWING the impossible is just a engineering solution waiting to be undertook. The film is bliss. Unlike Quint I am not just discovering the film. I've had it on videotape since 1978 when we recorded off of WGN in the pre-HBO days of Cable Television (at least in Austin). I fell in love with Franz Waxman's soaring score.... that used violins as motors to power the Spirit Of St Louis on its fateful flight. His score is the soul of the film, it is the dream of flight, the emergence of passion and the miracles that save him. The cinematography from the second that Lindbergh takes off for Paris - to his historic landing is my absolute favorite aerial cinematography ever. It isn't about daring divebombings, no loops, just the soaring of a transatlantic flight. Something I've done a good 80 times in my life now. And the first 40 or so transatlantic flights - I actually listened on the flights to Waxman's score. It's magical to look out a window - above the quilted moonlit clouds and hear Franz reminding you of that soaring brushed metal beauty that first made this flight. That dared the world to follow. And EVERY SINGLE TIME I cross over Ireland - I hear my internal Jimmy Stewart scream out, "HELLLLOOOOOO DOWN THERE!!!!! HELLLLOOOOOO!!!!" THE SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS is about breaking down the impossible into the inevitable - and the dream of a man to do it first so that the world could see that it could be done. It's what we need more of today. We need more derring-do. We need men of the sort that Lindbergh was. To reinvent a better tomorrow than the today we have. That's the Spirit of St Louis. It is what I see when I set eyes upon the plane in the Smithsonian and the dream that this movie conjures. Apologies to Quint for taking up space on this magnificent column - but I could not hold my tongue at a half-written deadline driven piece. Billy, Jimmy and Lindy -- and this movie deserve better.
Quint here again... "How else you going to fill 2 hours and 15 minutes where the main meat of the story is a single man sitting in a signle bread." WTF? I told you I was tired. That should have been more like "How else are you going to fill 2 hours and 15 minutes where the main meat of the story is a single man sitting in a cockpit on a 40 hour long flight." I'm in Houston on my layover back to Austin and figured I'd say thanks to Harry for adding more substance to this particular entry. The movie is terrific and worth more than the tired ramblings I gave it. I'll have Von Ryan's Express spinning right when I get back home, so look for a more lucid AMAD later tonight.
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Aug. 2, 2008, 4:32 a.m. CST
Love James Stewart
by mrfan
Aug. 2, 2008, 6:24 a.m. CST
Thanks Quint
by Bloo
I know you probably feel this was halfassed but dude you've done how many days now, I lose count, I think most of us expectedthis to go the way of One Thing I love Today or something where it would fade away pop up once or twice and fade away, glad you kept it up even during the heavy comiccon week and now your own personal heavy week, good work, keep it up
As for Spirit of St. Louis, yeah Stewart was too old, it has a bunch of filler and it's still an amazing movie, can't go wrong
Aug. 2, 2008, 7:20 a.m. CST
Apparently Lindberg hated Jews.
by rbatty024
I used to really like the history of aviation when I was younger and even watched this movie long before I had the attention span for it. I was disappointed to learn that Lindberg was an unapologetic anti-Semite. It's a shame when a supposed American hero turns out to be just an everyday asshole.
Aug. 2, 2008, 9:31 a.m. CST
Quint, you've never seen the Spirit of St. Louis?
by jae683
Really?! Man, you do need some catching up to do.
Aug. 2, 2008, 9:56 a.m. CST
Stewart's Weird Screech
by Dave Bowman
Whenever Lindy tries to call to someone from his plane, he emits this dire, high-pitched wail that goes on and on. The poor people on the ground must have thought a Nazgul was after them.
Aug. 2, 2008, 10:03 a.m. CST
Lindbergh REALLY hated Jews
by JackRabbitSlim
There were a couple of speeches that came to light fairly recently that depicted what a racist piece of offal he was.
Aug. 2, 2008, 10:58 a.m. CST
Just Do It, Q-man,
by Napoleon Park
Now I like writers who put their personalities and a little autobiography into their writing.
On the other hand, to cite an irrelevant example, during the final year or so of james Dean Smith's brilliant failed comic Boris the Bear, his text pieces were all these one note rants on how he wans't making enough money on the comic to print t-shirts, buy ads, or, eventually, even keep publishing the book. Never heard from him again and a great talent was lost, but that's not the point.
AMAD is a great series - I read it ever day - or sometimes catch up on two or three at once, but never miss it either way. If you're under the weather, strapped for time, have a headache, whatever. Just give us what you got. Even if it's a couple paragraphs dashed off.
I hope this message isn't too contradictory. Autobio is good. Tell us about how you related to the movie, how it fit into your life, how it affected you personally and why. fine. But writing about the actual process of writing the reviews... a bit less interesting. We get it, it's a huge commitment and something of an occasion ordeal to keep up with. I worked in a comics shop for eight years and even your dream job gets to be a bit of a bore eventually.
Even stuff like "this movie derserves a more in depth review but I'm falling asleep" is okay... just not day after day, okay? I hope that was diplomatic enough and taken in the spirit of constructive criticism it was meant as.
Aug. 2, 2008, 11:17 a.m. CST
lindberg was a fucking nazi
by bacci40
a real live american nazi, and to keep him a hero, they covered up the fact that he loved hitler and everything he stood for...and they also put a man to death for a kidnapping he did not commit...bet the fucker did it himself...this movie was great, but lindberg was scum
Aug. 2, 2008, 12:06 p.m. CST
Billy Wilder's parents were killed at Aushwitz
by Tacom
And he was able look past any of Lindbergh's political leanings to make a movie about him because he did something none of you guys would have the stones to do.
Aug. 2, 2008, 1:41 p.m. CST
A really good little seen Stewart movie is
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Carbine Williams. It's about a guy sent to prison after allegedy shooting a government agent when moonshing operating came under attack. I don't think they did ballistics back then. Anyway, guns are a hobby of his, and he ends up making a gun in prison not to escape, but just for ha has. When the warden finds out he's actually given permission to continue. He ends up making a weapon used by the US military, and is eventually paroled. I'm looking forward to the Von Ryan's Express review. I liked that movie even though I don't like Sinatra.
Aug. 2, 2008, 1:42 p.m. CST
And Stewart didn't need giant robots or
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Michael Bay's things that go boom. Keep up AMAD Quint, but take it easy on yourself.
Aug. 2, 2008, 3:53 p.m. CST
by palimpsest
Man, I loved that movie when I was a kid. The kinda war movie that seemed to be ron perpetual Sunday afternoon showings in the UK. Not seen it for a loooong time. And SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS is great straightforward hero-worship cinema, from a time when people were allowed to have heroes amd ideals.
Aug. 2, 2008, 6:20 p.m. CST
TomBodet, I got it, Carbine Williams' gun
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
comes in contact with the allspark and becomes the new Megatron.
Aug. 2, 2008, 10:57 p.m. CST
by BurnHollywood
It's "Lindbergh" who flew the Spirit Of St. Louis...Charles LindBERG was the enterprising Brooklyn Deli proprietor who invented the Everything Bagel. What else could he do? Mrs. Lepkowitz kept holding up the line trying to make up her mind between poppy and sesame seeds.
 You know it's true 'cause you read it on the internet!
Aug. 2, 2008, 11:27 p.m. CST
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by karlchilders2000
HeadGeek, you may not be able to hold your tongue at a half-written deadline driven piece, but some of us have held our breaths for scattershot "regular" columns that never materialized from other contributors here. Good on Quint for having posted, period. "Harry's DVD Picks" could take note.
Aug. 2, 2008, 11:41 p.m. CST
Tacom....so wilder was a self hating jew
by bacci40
what has that got to do with the fact that lindberg was a fucking nazi...not an isolationist...he was a fucking member of the bund...he was a fucking traitor to our nation...the french shoulda shot his ass down
Aug. 2, 2008, 11:43 p.m. CST
sorry....lindbergh was a nazi
by bacci40
not lindberg...ford was a nazi too...which is why i will never drive one
Aug. 3, 2008, 12:50 a.m. CST
Harry's comments...
by My friends call me Killjoy
Should be in a black box, and not within the article. I love the passion on the page, but it doesn't belong in Quint's AMAD, it belongs down here with the rest of us who respond to his opinions. We value your views, Big Guy, but if I were Quint, I'd be a bit put off.
Aug. 3, 2008, 12:51 a.m. CST
And for Quint...
by My friends call me Killjoy
Congrats, man! You seem like one of the good guys. Best of luck with the flick.
Aug. 3, 2008, 2:15 a.m. CST
Not the real Charles Lindbergh! Brilliant cinema!
by heathencomics
I love this picture. And you know what? It's a fantasy. It's not a document of the life of Lindbergh. It's a movie movie! Wilder crafts wonderful nuanced characters and moments but the idea that this in any way represents the real man is absurd. This is a movie that I return to again and again. I love the world of it. I agree with Harry about the magic of early aviation as portrayed in the movie. I'm a sucker for it. I'm a huge Stewart fan. I'm a huge Wilder fan. Though he's not usually thought of as a visual director, the Roosevelt Field lift off sequence is filled with suspense and elation. Every shot is perfectly chosen. It gives Spielberg in his prime a run for his money. The ECU of Stewart's eyes is hardcore. It's great moviemaking but you can't conflate movies with real life. It's all fake! Gabriel Hardman
Aug. 3, 2008, 2:40 a.m. CST
You miss the point quite spectacularly, Memories-Of-Murder
by palimpsest
Well done.
Aug. 3, 2008, 2:42 a.m. CST
Read this, and It'll help
by palimpsest
http://www.sheilaomalley.com/ archives/003291.html
Aug. 3, 2008, 9:15 a.m. CST
Stop trying to steal Quint's thunder, Harry.
by Knuckleduster
Start your own fuckin column.
Aug. 3, 2008, 10:58 a.m. CST
by JimBobCooter
No need to insult Wilder. Now HE is a true American hero. An immigrant who fled his country for the US, became a citizen, and subsequently revolutionized his industry, making movies and Hollywood (and noir and comedy genres) infinitely better.
Aug. 3, 2008, 11:07 a.m. CST
by JimBobCooter
I agree with your point to a point. I hated "The Patriot" for the very reasons you bring up.
 Do you think you are ever allowed to have a biopic stand for something greater than the man or woman? For an act to be a symbol for a larger story?
 It's an interesting problem, and something writers have always struggled with. Now, white-washing a Nazi sympathizer is more clear cut as offensive, obviously. But is there a point where you can just tell a story without delving into facts that are irrelevant to the story -- which is the trans-Atlantic flight and the bravery it took to fly it?
Aug. 3, 2008, 11:10 a.m. CST
Case in point
by JimBobCooter
"Amadeus" - great movie. Historically inaccurate. Should it be burned in effigy as propaganda and lies?
Aug. 3, 2008, 11:26 a.m. CST
An innocent man was not executed for the kidnapping
by Chewtoy
I've never been one for conspiracy theories, and the idea that an innocent man was executed for the Lindbergh kidnapping is definitely up there. Yes, media involvement made the case a mess (hell, reporters posed as connected criminals offering to serve as intermediaries for Lindbergh, and subsequently got their hands on and published the ransom notes... including the identifying marks that were supposed to allow Lindbergh to tell a real kidnapper's note from a fake.) There are conflicting eyewitness reports about most anything that you can question... Was Bruno Hauptmann at work or not the days in question?... that kind of thing. But all of the hard evidence points to him, and still does upon forensic reexamination today. The homemade ladder found under the child's bedroom window was made from the wood of Hauptmann's attic floorboards. He had $15,000 of the traceable ransom money hidden under his garage, and was found after passing some to a gas station attendant, who thought Hauptmann was acting suspiciously (the attendant suspected the money might be counterfeit) and so wrote his license plate number on the bill. A ton of handwriting experts, then and now, say he's the one who wrote the ransom notes. He had the address of Lindbergh's contact for the ransom delivery written in his closet (which he admitted to writing down himself because he was following the case.) And he had a history that included burglarizing homes and armed robbery. Oh, sure... if he were rich enough he could have gotten a lawyer to point to all of the interference from the press and pressure on the police and created some reasonable doubt just like O.J. did... but without a *very* sympathetic jury, he would still have been convicted today.
Aug. 3, 2008, 12:53 p.m. CST
Two AMAD in the top ten
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Plus Black Hole was top a couple weeks ago. This just goes to show we love the classics along with the Bayified movies of today
Aug. 3, 2008, 12:54 p.m. CST
Spirit Rocks
by Nerves69
This movie is an inspiration to those who push the borders of " what's possible". People like Roz Savage, trying to cross the Pacific. Also, for more on classic flicks, check out my brother's blog WWW.CINEMAFIST.COM. Thanks!
Aug. 3, 2008, 12:54 p.m. CST
A total Whitewash...but a great film...
by Bones
This is one of those great, old-time HOllywwod biographical films that basically invents the character of a real person in order to make it a good movie.
 But it works...and is yet another triumph for Billy Wilder. Jimmy Stewart is great as always, playing the fictional Charles Lindbergh, as opposed to the Aryan Moron "REAL" Lindbergh, who like many people, bought into the whole idea of Eugenics and that there were higher and lower physical classes of people. From what I hear, his little trip accross the atlantic was supposed to be a superiority trip, to be used all around the world to show what a WASP can do, as opposed to what he no doubt considered "mongrel" races.
 Who knows what kind of man he might have been in a world with Genetics, Ancestral Mapping and the Human Genome project...he might have understood that all people are descended from a common ancestor and that that origin point was most probably Africa...or it is possible he would have remained as in-the-dark as a lot of people today, using their hate and ignorance as shields so they don't have to think for themselves or change their traditions of violence and fear.
 Still, it is a great movie.
Aug. 3, 2008, 1:15 p.m. CST
Bones and Memories-Of-Murder
by heathencomics
Well said Bones. More articulately than I could have put it. M-O-M: I'm not disagreeing with you about the real Lindbergh. He most likely was a nazi fuck head. That just doesn't change the fact that "Spirit" is a very entertaining, well crafted movie. I'm not going to pretend that its not just because real man it's based on had disgusting personal views. - Gabriel Hardman
Aug. 4, 2008, 1:35 a.m. CST
Spreading disinformation as usual,
by LewisWetzel
aren't you, M-of-M? Lindbergh was given a pass, huh? As a response to Lindbergh's isolationist activism, Roosevelt had the FBI investigate his personal life. When Lindbergh tried to reactivate his commission in the Army Air Force after Pearl Harbor, the Roosevelt administration blocked him. He had to shop himself around to the aircraft companies as a civilian consultant, and was eventually able to take part in combat missions in the Pacific. It seems to me that risking one's life in the fight against the Axis is a pretty good indicator of where one's loyalties lie, and is a pretty good argument against charges of "treason." And as far as poor innocent Oppenheimer being victimized for being "sympathetic to socialist ideals," he was probably a member of the Communist Party USA for a while in the 30's; at least, he attended cell meetings where every other participant was a party member. If so, he was part of an organization that was taking orders from Stalin; Oppenheimer, and every other CPUSA member, was more closely aligned with that particular murderous totalitarian ideology than Lindbergh was with Nazism. Who's the hypocrite, M-of-M?
Aug. 4, 2008, 6:36 a.m. CST
what would jimmy stewart know about fly?
by chipps
huh? Just kidding. you know, you're all right. Everyone, let give it up for that guy.
Aug. 4, 2008, 10:35 a.m. CST
America's Favorite Nazi Sympatico: Charles Lindburgh
by ArcadianDS
oh and In Ernest Goes to Camp, he confessed to stealing the Lindburgh baby. Case Closed.
Aug. 4, 2008, 4:14 p.m. CST
I stole the lindbergh baby
by chipps
then I shot J.R
Aug. 4, 2008, 7:25 p.m. CST
Where exactly did I apologize for
by LewisWetzel
Nazism? Where I praised Lindbergh for joining the fight against the Axis, perhaps? Or perhaps you mean Nazi in the good old '40s Popular Front sense of "not a Communist." If so, I'm guilty as charged. As for persecuting "socialists or syndicalists," plenty of socialists, union types, and other members of the non-Communist left cheerfully and of their own free will testified AGAINST the Communists during the House UnAmerican Activities Committee hearings. They remembered how the Communists had tried to subvert their organizations, and knew what we were up against better than most. The Communists called Roosevelt a warmongering fascist all during the period of the Nazi-Soviet Pact - just as they were told to do. They only changed their tune when their country was attacked - and I'm talking about Operation Barbarossa, not Pearl Harbor. Compared to this, how exactly was Lindbergh a traitor? Let me repeat this, since you clearly have reading comprehension problems: after his country (the United States, in his case) was attacked, Lindbergh made every effort to join the war effort and finally succeeded in serving on active duty. Before the war, there's no evidence he did Hitler's bidding in the same way that CPUSA members, as a matter of course, did Stalin's. So once again: you would convict Lindbergh of treason...why? As usual, freedom in a radical leftie's version of a "true democracy" would not extend to people you disagree with. Whether or not I've shown my true colors, you've shown yours, "mate." Say hello to Stalin and Mao when you see them.
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Holiday Cookie Platter: What Are Your Must-Have Cookies?
Gingerbread men, nut horns, frosted sugar cookies, chocolate crinkles, peppermint candy cane cookies, those cocoa ones with the cherry in the middle whose name I can never remember. I love them all, equally and without reservation. I'd make them all if I could, too! What holiday cookies do you absolutely have to have every December? Any new ones this year?
I grew up in a house with a mother who, by her own admission, always went a little crazy with making holiday cookies. From the weekend after Thanksgiving through to Christmas, there was always a platter filled with every kind of cookie on the kitchen table. Some she made every year, like the Scandinavian peppermint cookies and the sugar wafers sandwiched with red and green frosting. Others she would make on a whim because a recipe looked irresistible.
I had my favorites, but what I really loved was the sheer variety. At no other time of the year did my brother and I have such a choice of sugary desserts. We were allowed to pick just one after dinner, and I remember agonizing over my decision for long minutes before finally picking that evening's cookie.
Which holiday cookies do you make year after year?
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My "must have" cookie this year is a modified version of the Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies with Cherries & Pecans recipe from here <http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/dessert/recipe-chocolate-chip-oatmeal-cookies-with-cherries-pecans-124638>
I de-gluten-ized it using gluten-free oats and oat flour, plus a little coconut flour. I eliminated the pecans and upped the cherries and chocolate chips (using the Ghirardelli 60% chips).
EVERYONE is asking for these for Christmas this year.
My sister-in-law's Linzer Tart cookies are absolutely the best. The best part of Christmas is when she hands us each our little tray to take home. It's the best gift of all.
The only cookies we ever made during the holidays were sugar cookies that we decorated as kids. I associate Christmas with homemade candy and quick breads
Scotcheroos. My grandparents would always bring them, and I thought they had scotch in them so I wouldn't eat many, but they are divine. I ruined the holiday-ness of them, though, by figuring out the recipe and making them for events all year round, but they still always bring me back to Christmases when I would sneak just one more.
My mother always made spritz cookies (butter cookies from a cookie press). Just this weekend I made them myself for the first time. This is the epitome of my childhood Christmas!
Snickerdoodles and lemon bars!
"Holiday Wreath" corn flake cookies. Same recipe as rice krispy treats, but using corn flakes, green dye and red hots as holly berries.
My fav is molasses cookies, made chewy from the recipe on the bottle. They are not too sweet, even a bit salty. I even serve them as appetizers. Yum.
We always make butter cookies, 7 layer bars, raspberry crumb bars, and pumpkin cranberry bread!
ChinaMK, ditto on those corn flake cookies! The Mother made them every year, several times. We also made a lot of walnut rugelach, covered in enough powdered sugar to make you choke, but oh man, what a way to go. And an almondy dough that we dyed half red and twisted together like candy canes, and when they came out of the oven, we sprinkled them with pureed sugar/candy canes! And pecan sandies!
Craving sugar like hellz bellz now.
@cdavis67- Thank you for finally solving a mystery I've been pondering for weeks. I had never even heard of a cookie platter associated with the holidays until a few weeks ago, and I wondered if I was missing something. It never occured to me to analogize it to holiday candy making.
some molasses ginger snaps and y recent fave glutenfree oatmeal puffed rice choc chip cookies here Oatmeal Choc chip cookes, gf and v
Chocolate thumbprints, crackles, and gingersnaps!!!
There MUST be chocolate chip, red lips, peanut butter (for my dad) and lemon bars (for my stepmom), but there are always at least 4 other kinds too... we have a Cookie Baking Day every year!
Peanutbutter blossoms, white chocolate macadamia, gingerbread, and mincemeat cookies!
I'm struggling with this. I grew up with a cookie master great aunt on one side of the family and a serious 3-tiered cookie tray on the other side, so I guess to me the essential point is Variety. But we do a really small Xmas now! Tiny batches of a few things? I want to make walnut penuche (which is really a fudge), butter cookies with cherries, iced hermit cookies, and at least a couple more. This is a pretty great problem to have, yes.
In my home, we always always baked cut out sugar cookies all day Christmas Eve, but that's it. Nothing before or after aside from a really yummy rum cake most years.
In my adult years, I go all out and middle of the month bake a zillion thick sugar cookies and elaborately pipe them, package them and ship them to close family. It's become my tradition my husband secretly hates! (I disappear for a week with a room full of cookies he can't eat!)
When I do cookie exchanges and things though, I like doing traditional speculoos or Linzer cookies. Nothing says fancy Christmas cookie to me like a linzer cookie (even though I'm not particularly fond of eating them!)
Snickerdoodles, pfefferneusse, and traditional sugar cookies always remind me of Christmas, because my mom always seemed to be baking like it was her job around that time! I've been craving molasses lately, so perhaps it's time to try my hand at some of these.
Russion tea cookies, lemon bars, peanut butter blossoms, cut-outs, egg nog logs, sandwich creams, party mix and candies (caramels, whip cream chocolates, turtles and choc covered pretzels). Boy were we busy! We've cut our favorites down to just a few in the last years.
sherri s-
what are whip cream chocolates? never heard of those but they sound interesting.
We often made and decorated cut-out sugar cookies when I was a kid, but not much else - my mom and I both bake pretty avidly, but it was hard to compete with my grandmother's rum balls and fruitcake. Now, my mother-in-law always sends over a platter with gingerbread, sugar cookies, shortbread, marzipan, mincemeat tarts, and more.
However, even though it's completely unnecessary, I've decided that I'm going to start my own holiday baking tradition as of this year, with cranberry-pecan shortbread and spicy gingerbread cut-outs.
Spritz, has to be green tree cookies with mulit-color sprinkles for the ornaments.
I love baking of all kinds--I love rolling out pie dough, mixing a batch of brownies or cookies or cakes. Recently I learned how to make a yeast raised sweet bread, babka. And I'm experimenting with making injera. Every year I look forward to baking a variety of cookies for the Christmas season BUT, I am completely indifferent to cut-outs. I try skipping it but my family begs for them. So for them I make cut-outs.
Molasses crinkles, chocolate cherry thumbprint cookies, Russian teacakes, shortbread, gingerbread men, fudge, cut-out sugar cookies...dozens and dozens! My siblings and I always looked forward to the Saturday in December when she'd spend the whole day baking cookies (she'd make much of cookie dough ahead of time). We'd help roll warm teacakes in powdered sugar and frost the sugar cookies and of course stir the fudge! Making christmas cookies with my mom is my favorite holiday memory.
I'll cease waxing nostalgic, but I love hearing about others' holiday cookie traditions!
frosted cut-out cookies, the spoon cookies from Gourmet (brown butter cookies sandwiched with jam), chocolate almond toffee, pecan fingers, rugelach, lemon bars, lace cookies. That's probably all for this year.
cinnamon shortbread. They smell like Christmas!
Almond-flavored candy cane cookies from the Betty Crocker cookbook.
There's also a recipe, iirc, that goes something like "combine a box of lemon cake mix and a tub of cool whip; bake" -- I remember these most distinctly from a year when we also did a lot of dusting with lemon-scented Pledge ...
Eggnog kringles are good for breakfast.
And there are tons of other good cookies (the King Arthur blackstrap spice crackles are a recent favorite) but those are the particularly Christmasy ones.
I love pfefferneuse, and the classic sugar cookies. I've been making peanut butter spritz cookies the past few years, too!
My mom and I split the baking. She makes almond crescents and her grandmother's recipe for butter cookies. I make apricot kolacky, cherry-walnut rugelach, orange lace cookies, and espresso meringues.
Molasses gems with golden raisins! Soft and chewy.
I love Christmas cookies! We always had Russian tea cakes but everything else varied year to year.
My grandmother used to make these horrible creme de menthe balls - nobody liked them, but she would make them year after year, insisting that we always loved them, and the was surprised when they were the only cookies left by New Years. All of her other cookies were great. She stopped baking a few years ago, but we always still have a lot of cookies around the holidays.
I like to make a bunch of different types of cookies and give them as gifts. For the past few years I've been building a mix of my own, adding one or two new varieties each year, and keeping the winners. Some favorites are 5-Spice Gingersnaps, Grapefruit sandwich cookies, Cherry and honey-almond shortbread, benne wafers, and chocolate peppermint bark cookies.
I bake smitten kitchen's brown butter brown sugar shorties just for myself, like Deb suggests :)
To bring to cookie swaps, I do Russian tea cakes, oatmeal/pecan/choc chip cookies, and sometimes thumbprint jam cookies. Also sometimes the chocolate crinkle cookies from Williams-Sonoma Essentials of Baking. For years, I've been putting off the earl gray tea cookies from The Kitchn... maybe I'll finally need to try those this year.
I try to always AT LEAST bake two Dresdner Christstollen and a bath of Vanillekipferln. Which might be odd for a french gal, but that's what I love :)
@Christine. Make them!! They're so easy and so fast to throw together. I just made a batch in ten minutes, wrapped them in plastic and tossed them in the freezer til I can invest the time to slice and bake them closer to Christmas. Will probably make another two or three different batches. Definitely a batch with matcha so they're all green and pretty for Christmas.
Ooblis! Cut a digestive biscuit (Peek Freans) in half, smooth a mound of coffee-flavored icing on top, freeze, then dip the icing side in melted chocolate and freeze again. Serve still mostly-frozen. Best thing on the cookie tray.


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The hard feelings are starting to be aired out between members of the Boston Celtics and former "Big Three" member Judas..oops Ray Allen. First head coach Doc Rivers let it be known that he was pissed that Ray left for Miami. The latest member of the Celtics to let it be known that he was very disposed with Ray turning his back on his former teammates is none other than Celtics captain Paul Pierce. Pierce called Ray a brother that helped him win a championship ring, but made it clear that he was very bitter towards Ray for jumping ship in a recent interview. Pierce also feels the boo levels Ray receives will be a great barometer for the rivalry between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat.
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Orbitus Hat
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The best thing about this hat is the fit: lightweight and super cozy. It is simply constructed with ribbed bands and short rows (instructions given). This cute toque knits up quickly and looks amazing with Malabrigo Twist or any aran weight yarn.
Skill Level: Rookie-Apprentice-Virtuoso-Genius
Skills: knit, purl, short rows (w+t)
Sizes: adult s (m-l); shown in size medium which should fit most adult heads
Finished Measurements: fits approx. a 19 (21-23)" head
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Next: Knit to 2 (10, 18) sts after second m, w+t. Purl to 2 (10, 18) sts after m, w+t.
Next: Knit to 7 (15, 23) sts after second m, w+t. Purl to 7 (15, 23) sts after m, w+t.
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So good!!!! This recipe was so great! The mustard and syrup baste was perfect over the combination of spices. Instead of using an entire large ham, my local grocery store sells smaller individual pork shanks weighing about .75 lb each, which was better for cooking for only 2 people. I reduced the oven temp. to 350 degrees and basted very 15 min. Total cooking time about 1 hour. It turned out perfect! Will definitely making this again.
Maple-Mustard Glazed Fresh Ham
Photo: Johnny Autry; Styling: Leigh Ann Ross
Fresh ham is different from the cured ham you may be used to. It's juicy, full of rich pork flavor, and much less salty—a wonderful special-occasion roast. Serve with Brussels sprouts and mashed sweet potatoes.
Yield: Serves 16 (serving size: 3 ounces ham)
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Recipe Time
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1 Hour, 10 Minutes
Total: 11 Hours, 45 Minutes
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 358
- Fat: 14.3g
- Saturated fat: 5.3g
- Monounsaturated fat: 6.1g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.5g
- Protein: 46.9g
- Carbohydrate: 7.3g
- Fiber: 0.2g
- Cholesterol: 140mg
- Iron: 2.4mg
- Sodium: 381mg
- Calcium: 26mg
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 2 teaspoons Hungarian sweet paprika
- 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 (10-pound) shank portion, bone-in fresh ham, skin removed
- Cooking spray
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1. Combine the first 6 ingredients in a small bowl. Score outside of ham in a diamond pattern; rub with spice mixture. Cover and chill overnight.
- 2. Remove the ham from refrigerator; let stand at room temperature 1 hour.
- 3. Preheat oven to 425°.
- 4. Arrange ham, fat side up, on rack of a roasting pan coated with cooking spray, and place rack in pan. Bake at 425° for 30 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350° (do not remove ham from oven); bake at 350° for 1 1/2 hours.
- 5. Combine maple syrup, Dijon mustard, and butter. Turn ham, fat side down. Bake an additional 40 minutes, basting with syrup mixture every 20 minutes. Turn ham again. Baste with the remaining syrup mixture, and bake an additional 35 minutes or until a thermometer inserted close to bone registers 145°. Let stand for 20 minutes; remove excess fat, and slice.
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- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Carbohydrate
- COOKING METHOD: Marinate, Roast
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posted by eviltammy at 11:36 am (EST) on Apr 14, 2009
aha! My kitties had kept the reference to pinky children to themselves... thank you for the explanation!
I will tell my kitties that I know of some of their cousins who have a good home. They will be happy about that. I only have rescue pets of one sort or another.. used to work for a vet.. saw terrible things.
Now I will check back to see more kitty ics on your profile!
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"Note halo over my head."
love it! LOL
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hmmm a great smell without cooking?
You do have something there.. lol
as for my furkids..LOL
It never occurred to me to put up my offspring..
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Hi Marf
I just read an old post of yours...
about the smell of books that have gone to Indian homes..
I am betting Nag Champa incense.....
easy to find and one of my faves...
posted by mckait at 5:21 pm (EST) on Jun 12, 2008
I'm sure it'll take Yseult a few more years to write out her name! :-) Our first pet was a cat (Frisky) and he lived for 20 years. He would go out every day and we live on a busy street so for him to not get run over during that period of time proves he's pretty darn smart. Incidentally we have a nice little thread going about cats and dogs -- on a strategy message board of all places:
posted by sonshi at 9:12 pm (EST) on May 5, 2008
Hello Marf, it's good connecting with you. Thanks. Beautiful cat you have there. My father in law has a cat that's very similar -- and she acts like her name: Angel. Sincerely, Thomas
posted by sonshi at 11:33 pm (EST) on Apr 21, 2008
I am writing to you regarding a book project for your consideration. Basically, I am editing the second issue of hoi polloi – A Literary Journal for the Rest of Us and all proceeds benefit charity. This literary anthology features short fiction, creative non-fiction, essays and poetry. In addition, a section of the book is devoted to the craft of writing. In this second issue, I hope to include profiles on those individuals who enjoy writing reviews. I plan to include several sources of the review genre with a few individuals from each source. Sources would include Amazon.com, LibraryThing and Barnes and Noble, just to name a few. I understand you may have concerns about privacy and that is fine. If you would prefer to maintain anonymity, I will honor that wish.
If you have any suggestions, questions or concerns, please get back to me.
A suggested profile might include:
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You may have a public profile already entered on the site and you are welcome to use information from that source as well.
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hey friend, good to meet ye. ^_^
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Thanks for your comment on my page! Please do keep your real current photo in your profile. Way too many people hiding behind images, photos or icons other than their own...
And besides, it's a nice photo! :-)
Yeah, if it's up to me then there's space for many more disgruntled people here, but you might wanna verify with an authentic Norwegian. After all, I'm only a guest in this country... ;-)
And don't give up too quickly on your location either. A reed hut by the water and/or campsite by small water is a pleasant place to be, if you know what I mean... ;-)
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Heyla....Wood-engraver here.
My squirrel has no name; it really refers to me since some people do seem to think I am a wee bit "squirrelly"! I also feed our gang, along with the birds. Our cats get to watch from the windows and chitter away at it all!
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Just so happens I have a VERY small SC flag. ;->
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Welcome to the group! The thing next to the flag is a grain of Carolina Gold rice. I've made a note on our page.
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see you in second life next week:^)
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I just keep things in a pile until I get back to entering information here. As my job is currently eating my time I have not read a great deal lately.
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Marfita; peeked at your profile after reading some commments about second life. SO i clicked on the myspace url: Bob Kilgore is an amazing guitarist/musician! I am a non-player in comparison. I enjoyed one of his demos of the Harmonic Capo and will explore his music further in the future. Glad you have that URL listed. Please give Bob my regards! Cris, in PA. LT = cad_lib
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Thanks for joining the Humor group.
Happy cataloging.
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Re: Your review of "A Confederacy of Dunces": If you think the plot of the book and its provenance improbable, then you must not have spent a great deal of time in New Orleans. From that perspective, both are very familiar.
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Thank you - sorted. I wanted to use the corn dog picture but then got depressed at how shitty I'm looking these days. Maybe it's because I have no corn dogs out here! The salted peanuts would cheer me up. I'm going onto the MSC site to see what Bob does!
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I feel a right plonker, being a group of 1. I haven't had time to tell friends here - well, those that read, anyway. The rest will probably think that I've started a bookie operation in competition with the HK Jockey Club. . . I've a friend that just recommended books by William Boyd - says I'd like him because he writes all about the Brit colonial era. Ring a bell? HK Bookie
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Trayvon Martin deserves justice, but has George Zimmerman received a fair trial?
If you want a taste of the poison surrounding the George Zimmerman trial, consider this fact: Florida is preparing for riots if he's found innocent. Local authorities are keeping tabs on social media to pre-empt civil disturbance, and police might rope off limited "First Amendment zones" to control the spread of demonstrations. Community leaders, police, teenagers and a basketball star have cut an ad asking people not to resort to violence. The implication is that certain sections of the public have already decided that Zimmerman is guilty and will accept nothing less than the "right" verdict. The mood is indicative of a trial that's become as much about racial politics as criminal justice.
The "white-Hispanic" George Zimmerman is accused of the murder of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager who wandered into the wrong neighbourhood (actually, his own). Zimmerman stalked Martin and the two men got into some sort of confrontation. Zimmerman came out bruised, pleading self-defence; Martin came out dead with a bullet in the chest. The police concluded that the killing was self-defence and let George go. This was obviously the wrong thing to do: the circumstances of Trayvon's death were suspicious and the perpetrator should have been charged. Martin deserved to have his killer taken to court.
But Zimmerman also deserved to have a fair trial. On the basis of the strength of the defence case, it's likely that he will eventually walk – but there's still a debate to be had about whether or not he has been tried without prejudice. The concerns are these:
1. The media has shown bias. Lots of it. The most famous example is the two photos that many outlets chose to use to depict Zimmerman and Martin: Zimmerman's being a gangster's mug shot and Martin's a teenage cutie pie. If an alternative set of photos showing Zimmerman as a beaming model citizen and Martin as a hoodie had been used, the media narrative surrounding the case might have been entirely different. There are also examples of networks using footage of Zimmerman that downplayed the blood and bruises he sustained in his fight with Martin, or even of the manipulation of the 911 call to give the impression that Zimmerman was motivated by racism.
2. The government has shown bias. Reporting on this is contradictory, but if it's true then it ought to be a major scandal: Obama's Department of Justice gave out thousands of dollars to finance anti-Zimmerman rallies in Florida. The unit involved would argue that it was doing what it's supposed to do by financing community action to relieve racial tensions etc. But is this truly appropriate? No more appropriate than the President remarking that "if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon" – an obvious attempt to inject emotion and racial politics into an ongoing investigation. As always, the more maverick departments of the administration take their lead from Obama's rhetoric.
3. The trial itself has shown bias. First, the prosecution delayed for months before finally handing over text messages to the defence written by Martin in which he discussed fighting with other individuals (it's possible that the prosecution engaged in discovery violations and misled the defence about their "problems" with accessing those texts). Judge Nelson showed little concern about these procedural misdeeds. On the contrary, she has consistently displayed contempt toward the defence and their client – refusing to give them proper time to assess and prepare the new evidence. In extraordinary scenes, she even interrogated Zimmerman over his preference not to testify. You can see what happened in this video, and it's difficult not to conclude that she was pressuring the confused-looking defendant.
Of course, Zimmerman's final fate rests with the jury and, in keeping with the spirit of the system, we ought to accept their verdict as being free from prejudice. But is that realistic when the media, the government and even the judge has acted with varying degrees of bias? Courts should operate in a bubble, free from outside opinion, with cases judged purely on the evidence submitted. But pity the poor jury who have to not only deal with the facts but also with a remarkable deluge of public pressure. If they deliver the "wrong" verdict there's a risk of riots.
There are two tragedies in the Trayvon Martin case. The first, and biggest, is that a boy needlessly lost his life in a confrontation that need never have happened. For that, Zimmerman had to answer before a court. The second is that the case has demonstrated how race still poisons much of American public life and even influences the justice system. Be it the racism that sees disproportionate numbers of black people targeted by the police and sent to jail, or the racialised discourse that potentially perverts a trial, America still has demons to exorcise.
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Statistics are a fine art of interpretation for some, and literal truth for others.
You're clearly looking at the literal "numbers are up, that must equal success!" view of things, which in some cases is good enough, but in practice is a very bad thing to do when you're attempting to accurately predict future success.
Yes, the game has 5.5 million people in Asia playing now, but against what competition and how has their playtime been correlating to the releases of other games, and how do they count those 5.5 million people when accounts aren't monthly subscriptions? Is that 5.5 million people have created accounts, 5.5 million have played within the last month or last year or what metric exactly is that covering? Asian games are on a pre-paid per-hour schedule, not a monthly recurring fee. Clearly, people in monthly fee land aren't terribly interested in keeping an active account that they're not playing with, but an hourly pre-paid service costs you nothing to keep alive forever and ever if you want. Asian totals can go up to some magically infinite number if you don't discount people who aren't actually playing.
I'm of the opinion that compared to other games out right now and historically, WoW isn't exactly as good as some people want to think as far as the amount of players in the US/Europe. I'm willing to bet that the numbers are on the decline in the US, but hit a nice rebound with 2.3 and/or the holidays where people may have been bored and picked it back up or got a gamecard/expansion for xmas, whatever.
Further, 5.5 million in Asia isn't THAT impressive considering Lineage had 3 million subs before WoW was out at all. (2003) That was miles and miles above the average MMO population in the US, so there was clearly a very very large gaming population in Asia already. Give it some more years and with the expanding economy in China... you have to figure that the potential numbers are way higher. The comparatives in the US would be that the most popular game in the same time frame was Everquest with 500,000, and 2 years later WoW had several million. Has the Asian gaming populace picked up on WoW as quickly as the US population did? Not exactly, otherwise we'd be seeing a 15mil+ worldwide figure, even if the numbers are padded a bit by the difference in subscription models.
So again, WoW is the big dog... but is the population really healthy or has significant churn set in? I personally think it's the latter, but of course Blizzard doesn't have any interest in releasing numbers that can't be easily interpreted as anything other than "everything's awesome, nothing bad here, no sir!".
Eternalpayn said...
Just like with US timecards, it's people who have played within 30 days.
Tiago Magalhães said...
If you care to read the press release you'll see that the metric used in Asia is people that have logged on in the last 30 days.
And you go on trying to make a point on how big the mmo population was in Asia compared to the United State's in 2003. Only thing it says is Asia discovered mmos before the US. Big Woop.
You're really grasping at straws if that's the best you can come up with to downplay this milestone.
Then again, what would a wow comment thread would be without someone annoucing the End of the World is uppon us? ;)


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* the current regime and the opposition
* diplomacy and the international community
* the impact of the conflict on neighbouring Lebanon
The full podcast can be downloaded/played here (9.36 MB MP3 file): http://www.catholicnews.org.uk/content/download/31645/226904/file/mena27... [1]
Thanks once again to the website of the Catholic Bishops Conference in England and Wales (http://www.catholicnews.org.uk/ [2]), to whom I am an advisor, for hosting this podcast.
© Harry Hagopian is an international lawyer, ecumenist and EU political consultant. He also acts as a Middle East and inter-faith advisor to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England & Wales and as Middle East consultant to ACEP (Christians in Politics) in Paris. He is an Ekklesia associate and regular contributor (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/HarryHagopian [3]). Formerly an Executive Secretary of the Jerusalem Inter-Church Committee and Executive Director of the Middle East Council of Churches, he is now an international fellow, Sorbonne III University, Paris, consultant to the Campaign for Recognition of the Armenian Genocide (UK), Ecumenical consultant to the Primate of Armenian Church in UK & Ireland, and author of The Armenian Church in the Holy Land. Dr Hagopian's own website is www.epektasis.net [4] You can follow him on Twitter: @harryhagopian
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