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Because of the relative frequency of trachoma in the countries of the Orient and southern Europe, we have perhaps been accustomed to attach less importance than we should to the comparatively few cases in this country. Attention has been called to the danger of spreading this disease in this country by allowing immigrants who are affected with the disease to come here. Wilder1 has pointed out that there are already large numbers of cases of trachoma in the United States, and he has especially investigated the prevalence of the disease in Illinois. In the Illinois Institute for the Blind at Jacksonville, 9.09 per cent, of the 451 pupils in attendance were totally blind from trachoma. As a cause of blindness trachoma was second only to blennorrhea neonatorum, which was responsible for 17.25 per cent, of the total number of cases of blindness. At the Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary,
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Even if George Clooney doesn't snag the Oscar for Best Actor on Sunday night, it looks like he'll still go home with a statuette of his own.
Walking the red carpet outside Los Angeles's Hollywood and Highland Center for the 84th annual Academy Awards, The Descendants star's date, girlfriend Stacy Keibler, seemed to be channeling Oscar himself.
Keiber, whom Clooney first stepped out with this summer, dazzled in a gold Marchesa gown that seemed inspired by the trophy Academy Award winners take home.
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President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu Are in Love Now
The two engaged in a bromantic good-bye at the White House today.
The last time Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House, in March, it was shortly after Israel symbolically bitch-slapped Joe Biden, and the Obama administration handled their meeting more coolly than an excessively air-conditioned LIRR train: no photos of the meeting, no readout, no briefing. But the White House felt a backlash for reacting so harshly to Israel, and is still in the process of convincing everyone that it hasn't turned on the longtime American ally. So when Netanyahu stopped by the White House again today, things went drastically, conspicuously different.
For this visit, not only were photographers allowed to record the event for posterity, they and reporters were allowed to take pictures of the two leaders engaging in a hearty and prolonged handshake in the Oval Office where both men took questions from the small "pool" of reporters.
On top of that, a choreographed "walking shot" of the two leaders strolling through the green grass (before the cameras) like co-stars in a bromance was even arranged. The president walked Netanyahu to his awaiting limousine and shook his hand robustly, saying, "be well." The president waited patiently as Netanyahu got into the limo and got settled. As the car started to pull away, President Obama waved one last goodbye.
Okay, okay, we get it, Obama and Netanyahu are friends again. We're surprised they didn't have Obama stare at the car until it was out of sight, and then force a single tear of sadness down his cheek. Jeez. Michelle doesn't even get it this good.
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I've got linux and windows while I use linux majority of my time. However from time to time I'd like to play some games which wine doesn't support without rebooting the machine. Is it possible to run windows inside the linux? Do I need to use emulator or is there another way without using wine?
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Isn't that where the Teletubbies live?
I've been there. It doesn't always look so... clean. But it's a neat place to hang out.
Believe it or not, planning for a 10,000 year flood is actually useful. In fact, it would have helped a lot in SW Washington last year.
Except that flooding is an ecologically useful activity, and "preventing" it usually ends up having horrible consequences elsewhere. Still, it's Kent, so I guess they have to do something with this, since it's the only unpaved portion of the valley left.
All I know about every cool piece of earth art in South King County involves stories from friends who took psychedelics there (probably because they are pretty Teletubby-esque).
OMG! Am I that old!?!?!? I remember when this place was being cleared to be built. Sorry about messing up that new grass too....
All that's missing is the sun with a baby's face.
Does this really qualify for landmark status? I compare it to the Ballard Denny's and find it lacking.
That's the park where I smoked some pot laced with something...horrible and had a total freakout in that pit right there. So selfishly I want it torn down and not protected. But then again, that experience put me off drugs and I've led a healthy, happy, prosperous life so maybe not. Eh. I'll leave it to those with more objective observations to decide.
@4: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Nobody said anything about "preventing" flooding. (Though try telling the people living along Highway 8 that it's 'ecologically useful' for their homes to be destroyed. Have an escape planned ahead of time.) Planning for 10,000 year floods doesn't mean building concrete bulwarks all around the property. It's about making a place for the water to go that will mitigate the damage to your site. Which is exactly what they're doing by lowering the parking lot.
Awesome. I'm bringing my clubs. Thanks for the tip.
I am surprised there isn't already a Kent City Landmark, but that's a discussion for another post! If designated as a Kent City Landmark will the Tubbies have to be evicted? Not sure my kids would be okay with that... Maybe we could relocate them to the military housing in Discovery Park.
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Meet the Travoltas! Robert De Niro moors his yacht to hang out with John and Kelly Preston on Greek island
His later career has been noted more for his comedic turns in the Meet the Parents franchise than the heavyweight dramas that kickstarted his career.
Therefore we're used to Robert De Niro being thrown into a large, incompatible family group where hilarity is bound to ensue.
So it's hard not to chuckle (and want very much to be a fly on the taverna wall) at the sight of De Niro's holiday crew enjoying a lunch with the Travoltas.
Friends: Robert De Niro (standing in green floral shorts) and John Travolta (seated in black shirt and cap) met up for a harbourside lunch on the Greek island of Skiathos today
Especially given the scandal that's engulfed the Scientologist over recent months.
What could they have to talk about?
Travolta's marriage was rocked after a barrage of gay sex allegations were made against him.
But both Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston seem intent on putting the whole thing behind them, with the help of their friends... including De Niro.
The Taxi Driver legend was spotted with Travolta and Kelly on the Greek island of Skiathos, where they were hanging out with a large group of friends and family.
Distracted: Perhaps the recent scandal is still weighing on John's mind as he looked at his phone at points
Being sociable: The actors, who filmed a movie together earlier in the year, were joined by many friends
John, 58, and 68-year-old Robert filmed Killing Season together earlier this year, and were both travelling around the Mediterranean on their yachts before mooring up to meet on the island.
In the movie, De Niro play a military vet, living in a remote cabin, who is visited by an European tourist (Travolta), who turns out to be a former Serbian soldier looking for revenge
John and Kelly have just been to Mykonos, the Greek island famous for its pristine beaches and, oddly enough, gay nightlife.
Head of the table: All eyes were on John as the group stopped for lunch during the day
In deep conversation: No doubt the group were chatting away about the movie business
The pair were seen taking a romantic stroll around the island, walking hand-in-hand as they took in the stunning sights and indulged in some shopping.
Holding on tight to her husband, Kelly, 49, was summery in a striped nautical style dress which was belted at the waist.
Meanwhile, John also went casual in some beige trousers, a black T-shirt and a baseball cap.
The couple didn't stop their fun on the dry land, they also boarded a speed boat and took to the high seas.
Stuck in the middle: John appeared at times far away from the conversation as he stood on a boat between De Niro and his wife Grace Hightower
In holiday mode: Armed with a pair of boardshorts and a backpack, Robert was ready to take in the sights
John it appears is desperately trying to move on from the recent scandals which shocked the world.
The saga began in May, when the A-lister was hit with two lawsuits from male masseurs claiming the actor made sexual advances towards them during massages - though one claim was later withdrawn.
Despite various other people coming out of the woodwork making similar claims Mr Travolta has not addressed the allegations directly, though his legal team has strenuously denied them.
It also emerged last month that author Robert Randolph is alleging in a new lawsuit the actor and his attorney, Marty Singer, made false claims about his mental health in a bid to bring the writer's credibility into question.
He claims they managed to stop his book You'll Never Spa in This Town Again, in which he made explosive claims he witnessed Travolta engaged in sexual intercourse with other men at various bathhouses, from making it onto the shelves.
Nautical: The two movie stars and their friends moored up to enjoy drinks in the harbour
Supportive: As he has throughout the trip, Travolta stuck close to his wife throughout
However Mr Travolta's lawyer said the pair are intending to sue Mr Randolph's attorney's for malicious prosecution.
Devout Scientologist John has been married to Kelly since 1991.
Their oldest child Jett died in 2009 at the age of 17 and they have two other children Ella Blue, 11,and 23-month-old Benjamin.
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Like, are there any parts that are prone to breaking, that I should replace before running it, instead of hassling with it later.
For the Hurricane Nitro, do you need to switch out anything, or replace it? Like with the clutch bell in the Tornado? Thanks
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Yeah, you're right, but, does the hurricane come with the steel clutch bell already installed, or is it still the aluminum one?
Wow, hmm, I might just start saving up for one, it sounds like its a lot better than a tornado
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Plenty of SXSW Coverage: See Sunday here, see the after-parties here, see the photos of locals here, read about Blue Scholars here, read about Diplo, Pissed Jeans, Old Tim Relijun, and more here.
RIP: Mikey Dread is dead. So is the drummer for ABBA.
Did I Do That?: Urkle sings about abstinence.
Fist Pumps and Pick Slides: Tragedy rocks C.H.A.C.'s basement.
Danny Boy: The song is both banned and celebrated for St. Patrick's Day. Paul Constant shares his favorite version.
More Evidence: Ticketmaster continues to be a bummer.
Tonight in Music: Travis Morrison Hellfighters at the Sunset. And dozens of St. Patty's Day parties all over the city.
Rumours: Cocaine's greatest achievement?
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Zoom In On Ocular Effect
The ARGN Tipline lightbulb flashed this morning, alerting us to a new message arriving at the ARGcave. Our intrepid hero reporters donned their shiny gold catsuits and red swirlie over-the-suit panties, flipped their capes over their shoulders and flew into the internet wild to gather information, like the Thunderbirds but with better marionettes.
They came back with a mysterious website, Ocular Effect. The rather barren site displays a flash movie entitled "spiroclock" – but wait! Is that what we think it is?! IT'S A COUNTDOWN! We hooked Brains up to his new fangled math program and he chugged out an answer – Monday! The countdown clock runs to this upcoming Monday, July 17th! Holy good mathing, Brains!
We then sent Virgil Tracy out to whois the domain. He was amazingly successful and Lady Penelope was most enthused. Virgil gathered intriguing information that leads the ARGNbirds to believe that the magical world of Disney is behind this project. Gordon, not wanting to be out-performed by that pantywaist Virgil, noticed in his investigation that Ocular Effects redirects to 00112358.net, which isn't registered to Disney, oddly enough.
What may happen on Monday has yet to be discovered — it's unclear what Disney project is being promoted, and equally hazy what the strange, spinning wheel with the ooglie-booglie, danger music represents, but rest assured, the ARGNbirds are ready, prepped, and pantied to keep you informed of every surprise.
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apcfreak on
July 11th, 2006 1:51 am
As Kanashimi No Kage said it, when you google 00112358.net you get "ReGenisis – Flash Detected".
Regenisis 2?
Amelia on
July 11th, 2006 4:36 pm
The oculareffect.com site will not come up for me, but the 00112358.net site will.
Is this just my problem? If not, any suggestions as to why this is happening?
Jackie K on
July 11th, 2006 7:08 pm
No, it's not just happening to you. The oculareffect.com site appears to be offline, though the 00112358.net site isn't. At this point, I don't think we can offer any reason for it other than mysterious PM fluffernuttery. For other discussion, make sure to check out the UnFiction forum thread at http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15800
Mandrake on
July 12th, 2006 6:46 am
The URL is made up of the first 8 digits of the 'Fibonacci Numbers'… The symbol in the middle of the centre wheel may or may not be interpreted as one of the symbols for 'Phi' (not Pi). Could be interesting to see where this goes.
apcfreak on
July 12th, 2006 2:22 pm
Is it just me, or is their sound that was not their yesterday??? i guess i should check the forums…. 😉
Rayn on
July 14th, 2006 10:50 pm
If you align the rings (try visualizing it), you can see it forms a shape similar to a birthday candle or a refinery tower with flames shooting out of it.
Question: will the countdown run out with the slots on the rings pointing up, down or towards the flashing lightbulb?
Rayn on
July 14th, 2006 11:32 pm
I also took the liberty of Photoshopping the rings in order to align the rings by the notches. You can see the image at:
Looks like a candle more and more. Any movies with this logo coming out?
Pandora on
July 18th, 2006 3:54 pm
Hey guys! I'm starting up a new blog which will follow the clues from this ARG closely. It will be modeled after the TLEC blog, for those who are familiar with The Lost Experience ARG.
Please check:
And help us contribute clues!
JobSquad on
July 20th, 2006 1:37 pm
Go to http://www.oculareffect.com and see the oculus. the yellow sphere floating around has a symbol on it…click it to enter the oculus…then match up the symbols and you see some really odd images before being re-directed to an odd site about the girl who designed them…something fishy is going on
Caen on
July 29th, 2009 7:43 pm
3 years too late, but does anyone know if the countdown timer or the actual ocular eye was ever ripped from the website before it went down? I've tried emailing the guys who made it but no reply for 4 months…
If anyone has information feel free to email me. I would specifically like the countdown animation that keeps looping for personal experiments.
Hunter X on
August 3rd, 2009 9:54 am
Caen: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.oculareffect.com/ should be useful. I did a bit of looking around and they have a version of the occulus, but I didn't search far enough to see if it all works fully.
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Bethenny Frankel – she is one incredibly busy woman. She has her Skinny Girl empire, her self-help books, her new fiction book Skinny Dipping (released this week), her reality TV show, her upcoming talk show, oh and she also happens to be a mom. With being so involved in many different things, one of the keys to Bethenny Frankel's life is to multi-task.
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Stormy Space Weather Takes a Toll on Ozone A new study confirms a long-held theory that large solar storms rain electrically charged particles down on Earth's atmosphere and deplete the upper-level ozone for weeks to months thereafter. Said Charles Jackman, a researcher at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Laboratory for Atmospheres and lead author of the study: "[W]hen these solar proton events occur you can see immediately a change in the atmosphere, so you have a clear cause and effect."
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Francis Rose MBE (29 September 1921 – 15 July 2006) was an English field botanist and conservationist. He was an author, researcher and teacher. His ecological interests in Britain and Europe included bryophytes, fungi, higher plants, plant communities and woodlands.
Rose was born in south London. He studied natural sciences at Chelsea Polytechnic and Queen Mary College, University of London, graduating with a degree in botany. He obtained a PhD in 1953, studying the structure and ecology of British lowland bogs.
From 1949, he taught at Bedford College and other colleges in London. In 1964, he joined the geography department as Senior Lecturer in Biogeography at King's College London, becoming a Reader in 1975 until 1981.
He married in 1943 to Pauline and had a family of three sons and a daughter. Rose was awarded the MBE in 2000. He died at Liss in Hampshire.[1]
- The Wild Flower Key — How to identify wild plants, trees and shrubs in Britain and Ireland, 1981. Revised by Clare O'Reilly, 2006. Frederick Warne. ISBN 0-7232-5175-4.
- Colour Identification Guide to the Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of the British Isles and North Western Europe, 1989. Viking. ISBN 0-670-80688-9.
- The Flora of Hampshire, 1996. Co-authored with Richard Mabey, Lady Anne Brewis and Paul Bowman. Harley Books. ISBN 0-946589-34-8.
- Rose, Francis; P. Wolseley (1984). Nettlecombe Park: Its History and Its Epiphytic Lichens - An Attempt at Correlation. Field Studies Council. ISBN 1-85153-165-3.
- The Observer's book of Grassse Sedges and Rushes, 1974. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd
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- ^ "Author Query for 'F.Rose'". International Plant Names Index.
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At Home with the Braithwaites: The Complete First Series (DVD)
If you ever thought you have had one of those days, picture this. A mother of three named Alison Braithwaite (Amanda Redman) is given a winning lottery ticket for her birthday by younger daughter Charlotte (Keeley Fawcett) and winds up with 38,000,000 pounds. Knowing what her family is like, she tells no one except two women (played by Lynda Bellingham and Sylvia Syms) who help her form a charitable trust to give the money away to needy people. In the meanwhile, her not too brainy husband David (Peter Davison) is trying to wriggle out of a hot affair with his secretary Elaine (Judy Holt), her older daughter Virginia (Sarah Smart) has a lesbian crush on their neighbor Megan (Julie Graham), who is having an affair with a young window washer, all the while her middle daughter Sarah (Sarah Churm) lets her drama teacher know how she feels about him but later gets pregnant by her boyfriend, at the same time the Press is sniffing around closer and closer to the true identity of the lottery winner!!!
And that is only the surface problems Alison is facing in the opening season of the smash television hit in England, "At Home With the Braithwaites." Played for shock, tears and laughs, the first season of this series is now available in a boxed set from Acorn Media (AMP 7184). My wife and I watched the two DVDs (6 episodes) on three consecutive nights and thoroughly enjoyed them. Of course, the plot was exaggerated beyond credibility-but the wish fantasy of winning a huge lottery makes it too strong to resist the story of someone who actually did win, even if that person is fictional.
Davison has the acting skill to give you a really believable idiot whose face you would love to punch; while Smart's pouting and feeling sorry for herself because of all the trouble she herself has caused makes her at the same time sympathetic (she never could get her parents to listen) and repugnant (nothing can excuse her actions, only explain them). Don't you agree that the British actors are good at creating such characters that are at the same time typical and yet completely individual?
This is the kind of series you invite friends over to see and have a game of predicting what new problems will arise in the next episode. And believe me, it takes great acting to make all of this palatable. And if you any of you recognize your own problems in all this, it is because keeping big secrets to yourself can be dangerous to your health.
The only bonus features are some selective film biographies of the main characters. Also, although the original telecasts are in 16:9 ratio, the company that supplies Acorn Media has told them only the full-screen version of the Season 1 is available. That accounts for some awkward compositions in some shot.
The Yeomen of the Guard
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Strangely cut but of historical value
June 21 2004
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The Yeomen of the Guard (Audio CD)
It took only 54 years for the 1950 recording of Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Yeomen of the Guard" to appear on a CD at a budget price (two or three other labels had it at a quite expensive one). But now my favorite budget-priced company, Naxos of America, has included it in their Great Operetta Recordings series along with the so-called Martyn Green offerings of "HMS Pinafore," "The Mikado," "The Pirates of Penzance," "Patience," "Iolanthe," and "The Gondoliers." (This leaves only "Ruddigore" with Martyn Green and "Princess Ida" and "The Sorcerer" without him-and I do wish they would hurry.) All are conducted by G&S expert Isidore Godfrey.
Green is well known by G&S fans as the legendary comic lead with the D'Oyly Carte Company for many years and his recordings are treasured by many.
This particular Naxos set (8.110293-94) sits on two CDs, the first holding Act I and the second Act II with 9 wonderful little G&S-for-orchestra selections from 1935. "The Yeomen of the Guard" itself is (as all in the series were back then) without dialogue and it is not quite musically complete. It is missing the comic duet "Rapture, rapture" in Act II and two stanzas from the Act I finale, for no better reason than that the D'Oyly Carte Company had dropped them from its productions back then. What a shame.
The cast is adequate to quite good. Green is outstanding as a morose Jack Point who (on the stage at least) actually dies at the end. The bottomless basso of Richard Watson is just right for the idiotic Shadbolt, but the gorgeous mezzo of Ann Drummond-Grant is a bit too mature-sounding for "little Phoebe." Tenor Leonard Osborn has his usual vocal troubles and should have yielded to the then upcoming tenor Neville Griffiths, who here has the tiny role of Leonard Meryll.
D'Oyly Carte veteran Darrel Fancourt's voice had become a little leathery, but his Sgt. Meryll is full of character, making the loss of the duet even more unforgivable.
So this is really for G&S addicts, for whom this is of great historical interest, and for groups who plan to do "Yeomen" and want a good idea of the traditional delivery.
The Politician's Wife
~ Juliet Stevenson
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A Political Morality Tale for All Times
June 1 2004
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The Politician's Wife (DVD)
This is one of the great revenge stories of all times. Paula Milne has written the script to a three-part miniseries seen not too long ago on Masterpiece Theatre called "The Politician's Wife." The Minister for Family (of all people) is caught in a love nest scandal. And like a certain President's wife of recent memory, his spouse is expected by The Party to stand behind him. Well, she does-and in the most original way possible. As all the Old Boys rally behind this despicable lowlife, the wife uses that very system of disinformation to get back a bit of her own. Just how she does it and with what results I refuse to say, because I want you to savor this jaundiced view of inner-party workings and how they destroy whatever traces of humanity those concerned might have had once.
Well, this show is now yours for the viewing on an Acorn Media DVD (AMP 7117), and I suggest you grab it. It is due to appear on July 6, 2004; but I wanted to give you lots of warning.
The disgusting conservative minister is played to perfection by Trevor Eve, while the equally evil (but just possibly unwitting bait in the trap) femme fatale is made very believable by Minnie Driver. But the show belongs to Juliet Stevenson as the wife who does what is considered (by men, of course) to be her duty in the most beautiful Iago-like way. My favorite part is the speech she gives to the wives of other conservative politicians, in which she thanks them sincerely for showing her that personal morality and feelings and family and true devotion must all be put aside for the sake of The Party. This Swiftian moment is nearly matched later when she tells someone about how her husband is such an accomplished liar that he has started to believe his own lies-as long as he is still speaking them. Do governments ever really change?
In fact, the only sympathetic characters other than the wife (and that is a matter of opinion) are the two children. All the other male characters are smiling, foul Party-beings to whom "conservative" means nothing more than conserving their power and "truth" means nothing more than the most effective lie that will serve their turn.
The three episodes have a total running time of 187 minutes and every minute is riveting. True to what television executives think the public wants, we get our usual quota of nipple shots (why do these actresses put up with this?) and the F-count is under 10. (Remember when they had to get special permission to say Damn at the end of "Gone With the Wind"?)
There are some film-biogs at the end and an interesting essay by the author that you will have to read off the screen. But the play itself is top-notch. Again, grab this one.
This Was Radio
by Ronald Lackman
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Good for what is sets out to do
May 31 2004
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In the past, I have reviewed many a set of old-time radio show sets from Radio Spirits but only one or two books about that subject. I noticed in the Radio Spirits catalogue a book called "This Was Radio," became interested, got a copy, and was favorably impressed enough to want to tell you about it.
Measuring about 14 1/4" long and 11 1/4" high, this attractive volume of only 57 pages (plus an index) gives a very nice introduction to what radio was all about in the pre-television days and provides plenty of pictures to let you know what the stars looked like. Now the important word is "introduction." I must make it clear that you will have to turn to other books for fuller details; but author Ronald Lackmann does what he set out to do very well. He gives you an outline, not a full history, of that phenomenon that was part of so many lives in my generation.
The contents are divided like this. Chapter 1: The Beginning, 2: Mystery, adventure, horror, suspense, westerns, 3: Comedy, 4: Music programs, 5: Popular children's programming, 6: Daytime programming for the ladies, 7: Panel, quiz and talk shows, 8: Radio news brings World War II home, 9: Unforgettable radio moments, 10: The golden age of radio lives on.
Just as important are the two CDs that accompany the text, letting you hear the actual sounds of many of the programs mentioned in the text and many important moments from our history such as the Hindenburg disaster and Churchill's "Finest Hour" speech. Among the less important but still memorable selections are the sketch that got Mae West banned from radio and the voices of Marilyn Monroe and Marlin Brando.
But I must register a strong reprimand to whoever gave the first CD only two tracks and the second one only four. So while the book gives a complete list of the selections on the discs, you would have a very hard time locating any given one of them-which makes their classroom value nearly nil. Perhaps this can be remedied (although I doubt it) and replacement CDs sent to purchasers.
Nevertheless, the discs are fine if you play them straight through; and the text and pictures are well worth the price.
Isaac Albeniz - Merlin / Wilson-Johnson, Skelton, Marton, Vaness, Odena, Eusebio (Teatro Real Madrid 2004) [Import]
~ Eva Marton
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A good looking production but you will need the subtitles
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Isaac Albeniz - Merlin / Wilson-Johnson, Skelton, Marton, Vaness, Odena, Eusebio (Teatro Real Madrid 2004) [Import] (DVD)
Back in the last decade of the 1800s, a rich man's son named Francis Burdett Money-Coutts (Coutts is mentioned in "The Gondoliers" as bankers) decided to write the librettos to a trilogy that would do for England what Wagner's Ring cycle had done for Germany. He chose the story of King Arthur and wrote the librettos for "Merlin," "Lancelot" and "Guenevere." The composer who accepted the challenge was Isaac Albeniz, known mostly today for his piano music and only recently given respectful attention by Spanish musicologists.
Well, the music for the latter two is still lost, but conductor Jose de Eusebio made it the task of many years to restore "Merlin" and at long last we have a DVD recording on the BBC Opus Arte label (OA 0888 D) of a complete performance given at the Teatro Real de Madrid.
First of all, the text is in English, but you will understand very little of it without using the subtitle feature (in English, German, Spanish, or French). Sopranos are notoriously difficult to understand in any language (so much do they love vowels at the often total expense of consonants), and casting Eva Marton as Morgan le Fey makes even her vowels fairly incomprehensible. The Nivian of Carol Vaness is a touch better.
As often happens, the men fare better on the enunciation side. David Wilson-Johnson (Merlin) and Stuart Skelton (Arthur) are not exactly exemplary, but at least half the words come across.
Several of the choruses are off-stage, so understanding the words is out of the question; those choruses sung onstage are little better. Still the singing is of a high quality, so back to the subtitles!
On the acting side, there is little to recommend. Nowhere do I see any depth of characterization; but these are standard mythological and legendary (yes, there is a difference) creatures. Angel Odena plays the evil Mordred looking too much like *** of the Monty Python group in the Spanish Inquisition sketch to elicit anything but a smile; but Vaness nearly makes a believable character as the Ariel-like slave of Merlin who turns to Morgan for her freedom. Marton's acting is of silent-film vintage.
Interestingly, the characters of Lancelot and Guenevere show up only as dancers in this opera.
The sets and costumes are minimal and symbolic, the costumes fetching. Much of the opera is given over to ballet and the opening to Act III is stunning. Most of the solo singing is of the post-Wagner declamation genre but without the wonderful use of leitmotif that Wagner used as the basis of his scores. Only in a chorus or two will you find any melody. But all in all, with the video aspect, the music takes on a timeless quality that seems right for the action on stage.
For once, some of the bonus material is very informative, namely the interview with the conductor concerning the work, Albeniz, and the problems of reconstructing the music. What Marton and Wilson-Johnson have to say is of less interest.
Two serious complaints. How many "live" performance DVDs must be issued before some engineer copes with the problem of acoustically dead spots on stage? And when will so many editors of the program notes stop using white print against grey textured backgrounds? I found the Merlin booklet practically unreadable and sent yet another e-mail to BBC about this. They never do answer.
On two DVD discs, the opera runs about 155 minutes. The picture is wide screen (16:9 ratio)
Vol. 1-Sound of Vaudeville
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May 4 2004
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Vol. 1-Sound of Vaudeville (Audio CD)
Up to a few days ago, the name Eddie Morton meant nothing to me. The only reason I dearly wanted a copy of a CD featuring this singer was the subtitle: "Eddie Morton: the Sound of Vaudeville, Vol. 1" on the Archeophone label. This company has been issuing ancient recordings of inestimable historical value, three of which I have already reviewed here and in other papers.
The booklet that comes in the jewel case is an exemplary one, giving all the important facts about the life and times of this once well known comic singer and enough pictures to give a feeling of what vaudeville was like. (Having been born in 1936, I just missed out on catching the tail end of this theatrical form that was murdered by radio and the film.)
This 79-minute CD contains 28 recordings made by Morton from 1907 to 1910. Some of the titles, which speak eloquently about the kind of songs you will hear, are "The Peach That Tastes the Sweetest Hangs the Highest on the Tree," "The Right Church but the Wrong Pew" (two recordings), "I'd Rather Be a Minstrel Man than a Multi-Millionaire," and "The Party That Wrote 'Home Sweet Home' Never Was a Married Man"!
The sound is excellent considering the vintage, Morton's enunciation very good indeed, and the whole thing a lot of fun. But there is a warning at the bottom of the back cover, "Contains Racially Derogatory Language." The booklet elaborates thus: "Archeophone believes that if we neglect the offensive parts of our history, we will fail to learn from it." I see their point. Others might not.
Midsomer Murders: Set Three
~ John Nettles
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Complex plots and enjoyable viewing
March 14 2004
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Midsomer Murders: Set Three (DVD)
Many of you might have watched "Midsomer Murders" over the commercial-ridden A&E channel and have joined millions on both sides of the Atlantic in becoming devoted fans. For you, good news. Acorn Media has issued the third set that includes five more episodes in boxed sets of 5 DVDs.
Briefly, in the first set, "Death's Shadow" deals with several weird murders in Badger's Drift, "Strangler's Wood" with the seeming renewal of serial killings after many years, "Blood Will Out" with the effect of nomadic groups on local problems, and "Beyond the Grave" (the most gothic of the four) with ghostly doings in a museum.
In the second, we have "Dead Man's Eleven" dealing with a cricket bat as a murder weapon and a cricket game as the scene of yet another murder; "Death of a Stranger" dealing with fox hunting, strange tramps, Oscar Wilde, and murder; "Blue Herrings" dealing with suspicious deaths in a home for the elderly; and "Judgement Day" dealing with a "perfect" village trying to win an award as the bodies pile up.
In this latest set, "Garden of Death" involves local outrage at the commercialization of a local treasure; "Destroying Angel" is about murders concerning a hotel; "The Electric Vendetta" centers around those who do and do not believe in UFOs; "Who Killed Cock Robin" is about a love affair, while "Dark Autumn" is about multiple love affairs.
In a former review, I said that I found the first two series just a little less striking, a little more low-key, than those I have raved about in the Wimsey, Poirot and Miss Marple series. I added that "Midsomer Murders" seems a recycling of the Inspector Morse series but without that character's idiosyncrasies. But by now, I am pretty hooked on the show and complain only about extremely complex plots that will make you want to view them a second time. But that is the point in owning recordings.
I should interject here that some television series are rich and enjoyable enough to deserve repeated viewings. Poirot for its humor and period settings, Marple for its characters, Wimsey for all three of those elements, and now "Midsomer Murders."
John Nettles plays Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby with a droll sense of humor that is most appealing and most of his ongoing problems stem from his job's keeping him away from his lovely wife (Jane Wymark) and daughter (Laura Howard). His sidekick, Sergeant Troy (Daniel Casey) is simply Barnaby's sidekick but there is a humorous interplay between them. Notice that Inspector Morse's assistant is also named Troy.
And it is very good to see that gorgeous English scenery with its old inns and the like. Oh yes, and no foul language, but some unnecessary nudity of the "we may do it so we must do it" variety adds nothing to the quality of the show.
Ovid's Art of Love: Classic Rules of Seduction
by Jack Tr Shapiro
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Makes modern sex guides obsolete
March 4 2004
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Ovid's Art of Love: Classic Rules of Seduction (Audio Cassette)
How many of you recall how, back in the 1970s, the Supreme Court decided that our founding fathers really meant freedom of the press and of speech to include the most pornographic materials on news stands for children to see and purchase. Remember all those sex manuals that suddenly proliferated: The Sensuous This and That, Where to Pick Up Men/Women and What To Do With Them Later? Well, back around the first century CE a chap named Ovid had anticipated them all with his "Art of Love." And that was literally in the Year 1.
Augustus, head of one of the most corrupt empires ever, went on a morality kick, had the book banned, and sent Ovid into exile. In fact, the United States also tried to keep the book out of this country up to 1960. And now in 2004 you can hear it read with perfect enunciation and seriousness by Martin Jarvis on two Audio Partners tapes (21050).
The first part is addressed to the men, the second (to keep things fair, Ovid explains) to the women. Now many people confuse his purpose just as they do that of Machiavelli in "The Prince." Neither man is advocating what he writes as a way of life. He is merely describing how humans have always acted and saying that if you wish to do these things, you might as well do them right. (I know some will disagree with me when it comes to Ovid, but to each his own opinion.)
Using metaphors drawn from chariot racing, navigating, and mythical tales, Ovid describes in great details where to meet the opposite sex, how to attract them, how to keep them interested when out of bed, and how to act when in bed. Yes, being a man, he tends to be very patronizing when discussing female reactions in the men's section; but he is quite sympathetic to women when addressing them in the second section.
Definitely not to be used for junior high school book reports, this reading will not only amuse you and surprise you (my gosh, it's so modern!) but perhaps also give you a deeper insight from a man who did it all about 2000 years ago.
Wagner: Das Rheingold - Zagrosek [Import]
~ Wagner
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Feb. 22 2004
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Wagner: Das Rheingold - Zagrosek [Import] (DVD)
Maybe I am too picky, too traditional. One of the critics for a much-respected magazine viewed the EuroArts CD of the 2002 production by the Staatsoper Stuttgart of Wagner's "Das Rheingold" (20 5206 9 DVUS OPRDNR) and loved it. I just finished viewing it and found myself increasingly annoyed as it unfolded under a director who chose to ignore most of what the characters were singing in his modern-dress (how original!) setting of this epic from ancient Iceland and medieval Germany.
The concept was to place all the action in a single set, the lobby of a sanitarium-or possibly an insane asylum, and I would vote for the latter-with a large fountain in the middle which is supposed to be the Rhine. Wotan (Wolfgang Probst) and his wife (Michaela Schuster) are dressed like CEOs, the giants (Roland Bracht and Phillip Ens) are normal-sized contractors with briefcases, the fire god Loge (Robert Kunzli) is a slightly overweight person in no particular costume at all, and the three Rhinemaidens (Catrione Smith, Maria Theresa Ulrich and Margarete Joswig) hang around the lobby dressed in attractive black blouses and slacks and join in the family doings when they should be offstage under water.
Much mention is made of a helmet that is only a mirror in this production (the director unconvincingly explains why in the program notes), of a Valhalla that is nowhere in sight, of Wotan's spear that is also absent, and of piles of gold that are represented by a single sheet of chain mail. When the giants refer to poles around the goddess Freia (Helga Ros Indridadottir), there are none at all; and although she is standing in full view, they complain that she is not yet entirely hidden. It is all very silly-but the director got the audience's approval during curtain calls.
Any do-it-yourselfer would have a hammer larger than the one brandished by Donner (Motti Kaston) and his powerful invocation to the clouds is considerably reduced by the commonplace costume he is given. You can look in vain for the wretched Nibelungs that Albrech is terrorizing (an economy move?) and his transformations into dragon and frog are described in the lyrics but the man remains the same. A Rheingold without magic indeed.
The singing is quite good, except for Probst's inability to control his powerful baritone. He also, I am sorry to say, is physically the least noble Wotan I have ever seen; and he does not help things with that ugly habit of singing out of the side of his mouth.
The best of them all is the Alberich of Esa Ruuttunen. Theoretically the villain of the story, his sincere acting and dramatic vocalizing makes him more sympathetic than any of the other characters. That is, with the possible exception of Freia, who is directed actually to lament the death of the giant who professed to love her. This is the only really interesting concept in this production.
I give credit to conductor Lothar Zagrosek for keeping the score moving at a dramatic clip. But to me the unforgivable happens yet again, as it has on so many other video opera discs and tapes. There is one spot on the actors' stage left that is acoustically dead. Sure enough, that is where they tie up Alberich after his capture, so that his lines are very hard to hear-and they are important lines too. Can't the engineers catch this and rectify it before the disc is released for sale? Is there NO quality control?
This is the start of a Ring Cycle that was given over to four different directors. Maybe one of the other three will be truly imaginative and pay some attention to the text.
The running time is 152 minutes, the picture is wide screen (16:9 ratio), and the subtitles are in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian.
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An operatic approach to G&S
Jan. 31 2004
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Operettas (Audio CD)
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, as soon as the copyright on Gilbert's lyrics expired, EMI began to issue what could have been the complete series of Gilbert & Sullivan collaborations but never quite finished. Of the 14 operettas from "Thespis" to "The Grand Duke," only 9 found their way into the EMI series. In order of composition rather than recordings, they were "Trial by Jury," "HMS Pinafore," "The Pirates of Penzance," "Patience," "Iolanthe," "The Mikado," "Ruddigore," "The Yeomen of the Guard," and "The Gondoliers."
They are all played by the Pro Arte Orchestra under the baton of veteran G&S conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent (who conducted most of the RCA Victor/HMV electric recordings) and feature the soloists and chorus of the Glyndebourne Festival. The only voice familiar to devotees of the earlier recordings is that of George Baker, who had assumed most of the comic roles on many an acoustic and electric recording, although he himself had never appeared in any of those roles on a stage.
Once the days of the mono LP were over, the Decca (overseas) and London (over here) labels were busily issuing stereo versions with D'Oyly Carte casts while EMI was giving them stiff competition with their Glyndebourne people. While the D'Oyly Carte singers were not quite up to their rivals vocally, several of their recordings included the dialogue, which was a bane to some, a blessing to others. However, now that both companies have reissued their complete Gilbert & Sullivan sets in a budget format, you can judge for yourselves which is superior. But it is of the EMI set that I wish to comment here.
It comes in a box of 16 CDs, arranged in the order of composition, except for "Trial by Jury" which follows rather than precedes "Pinafore" as part of the same set. My only quarrel with the series as a whole is the lack of a good basso profundo, especially for the role of Pooh-Bah. Using opera star Geraint Evans as Ko-Ko, Jack Point, and the Duke of Plaza-Toro was not a good idea, since he does not have that lightness of voice and sparkle the roles require. But George Baker takes over in the other comic leads; and it is difficult to believe that this man had made a "Mikado" recording back in 1917 and was still going strong. Oh, of course, now and then the patter songs take their toll. But Baker is a G&S legend and I am one of the thousands who love him.
The leading tenor (in 7 of the 9 recordings) is Richard Lewis, whose voice may not be as characterful as some of the D'Oyly Carte tenors of old but is beautiful to hear. The leading soprano is Elsie Morison, who can tackle the coloratura of Josephine ("Pinafore") and Mabel ("Pirates") with no trouble. Sounding a little too mature, perhaps, for some of the other roles, her vocalizing more than makes up for it. Now remember that most of these singers have long operatic backgrounds and approach Sullivan's music in that mode.
When the EMI LPs were transferred to CDs, the extra time each disc could carry called for several "fillers" or what is now called "bonus" tracks. So as an added inducement to purchase this set, you will also hear Sullivan's symphonic alone in his overtures to three of the works not included, "Overture in C," "Symphony in E," "Overture di Ballo," incidental music to "The Tempest" and to "The Merchant of Venice," and the "Cello Concerto in D." They are taken from more recent recordings with different orchestras and conductors.
The booklet gives all the casts and tracking, along with synopses cued to the tracks. However, newcomers are advised to find a good edition of the plays so they can follow the words and perhaps pause between songs to read the equally clever dialogue as a group entertainment.
So even if you own other recordings of these immensely popular works, I am sure you will enjoy this EMI set very much indeed. And yes, some of the sets are still available separately in their individual jewel cases.
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FL law, in general, does not allow for lethal force in defense of property. Once the BGs are in the car driving away, you've (usually) passed the point where lethal force was authorized.
What is it with shooting at getaway cars lately? These folks are watching way too much TV... It is, in almost all cases, a BAD IDEA to shoot at a moving vehicle. There is just way too much potential for tragedy - not only if you miss (which you probably will), but even if you hit! You have now created a two-thousand pound unguided missile in the middle of the street... Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb.


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Denis Burke (Irish politician)
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For other people named Denis Burke, see Denis Burke (disambiguation).
Denis Burke (1904 – 25 July 1971) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a senator for 13 years. He was first elected in 1948 to the 6th Seanad, and held his seat until he stood down at the 1961 election.[1]
Burke stood twice as a candidate for Dáil Éireann, in Tipperary South at the 1961 and 1965 general elections. He was unsuccessful on both occasions.[2]
- ^ "Mr. Denis Burke". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
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Barry Sonnenfeld; Steven Spielberg; Walter F Parkes; Laurie MacDonald; Robert Gordon; Barry Fanaro; Tommy Lee Jones; Will Smith; Lara Flynn Boyle; Johnny Knoxville; Rosario Dawson; Tony Shalhoub; Patrick Warburton; Jack Kehler; Rip Torn; Greg Gardiner; Steven Weisberg; Richard Pearson, (Film editor); Danny Elfman; Mary E Vogt; Bo Welch; Graham Place; John Berton; Rick Baker; Lowell Cunningham; Columbia Pictures.; Amblin Entertainment (Firm); MacDonald Parkes Productions.; Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
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|In English or dubbed French with optional English or French subtitles; closed-captioned.
|Program notes inside insert.
Based on the Malibu comic by Lowell Cunningham.
Special features: Disc 1. Director's commentary with optional telestrator diagrams; "Alien broadcast" icon to access the Alien Broadcast Network during the film. Disc 2. Special delivery: MIIB orb featurettes (Take 2: looping MIB II, Rick Baker: special make-up effects; Danny Eflman: original score; Bo Welch: art/production design; Foley artists; Frank the pug); Blooper reel; Serleena animatic sequence; Multi-angle scene deconstructions; Alternate ending; Creature featurettes (Barry Sonnenfeld's intergalactic guide to comedy, Scrad/Charlie, The worms, Serleena, Alien esoterica, Jeebs Jarra, Jeff the worm); Theatrical on-sheets; Music video; Filmographies.
|Director of photography, Greg Gardiner ; edited by Steven Weisberg, Richard Pearson ; music by Danny Elfman ; visual effects supervisor, John Berton ; alien make-up effects by Rick Baker ; costume designer, Mary E. Vogt ; production designer, Bo Welch ; co-producer, Graham Place.
|Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub, Patrick Warburton, Jack Kehler, Rip Torn.
|MPAA rating: PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and some provocative humor.
|2 videodiscs (ca. 88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
|DVD, Region 1; dual layered; Dolby digital.
|Special features: Director's commentary with optional telestrator diagrams; 15 featurettes; alternate ending; blooper reel; multi-angle scene deconstructions; Will Smith music video; DVD-ROM features.
|Altri titoli:
|Men in black II (Motion picture)
Men in black 2
|Columbia Pictures presents an Amblin Entertainment production in association with MacDonald Parkes Productions ; a Barry Sonnenfeld film ; executive producer, Steven Spielberg ; produced by Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald ; story by Robert Gordon ; screenplay by Robert Gordon and Barry Fanaro ; directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.
Four years after agents J and K averted an intergalactic disaster J is still working for the MIB while K has returned to the comforts of civilian life. While investigating a seemingly routine crime, J uncovers a diabolical plot masterminded by Serleena, an evil Kylothian monster who disguises herself as a sexy lingerie model. It's a race against the clock as J must find and convince K--who not only has no memory of his time spent with the agency, but is also the only person alive who has the expertise to save the galaxy--to reunite with the MIB before Earth is destroyed completely.
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