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Located in Downtown Tacoma, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Washington State History Museum, Museum of Glass, and Tacoma Dome. University of Washington Tacoma and Tacoma Union Station Rotunda are also within 10 minutes.
Hotel Features
Along with an indoor pool, this hotel has a 24-hour fitness center and a 24-hour business center. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Other amenities include self parking, a meeting room, and dry cleaning.
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Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Tacoma Downtown2102 South C Street Tacoma WA 98402
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Tacoma Downtown features an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business-related amenities consist of a 24-hour business center and a meeting room. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. This Tacoma hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, laundry facilities, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
- Elevator/lift
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Free breakfast
- One meeting room
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour business center
- Computer station
- Total number of rooms - 163
- Number of floors - 8
- Newspapers in lobby (surcharge)
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Indoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Desk
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free dial-up Internet access
- Premium TV channels
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast each morning.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time ends at 1 AM
Check-out time is Noon
Payment types
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 50.00 per accommodation, per stay
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No cribs (infant beds) available
Optional extras
- Self parking fee: USD 7.00 per night
- Pet fee: USD 50.00 per accommodation, per stay
Hotel Name
- Holiday Inn Express Hotel Tacoma Downtown
- Holiday Inn Express Tacoma Downtown
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The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Brad Jefford Trio: Hailing from St. John's, the Brad Jefford Trio+ (BJT+) has become a strong force on the city's jazz and improvised music scene. Fusing tradition with their own contemporary sound the group uses elements from jazz, blues, funk, rock and many other musical genres to produce a wide range of grooves and textures. Led by guitarist/composer Brad Jefford, they keep the spirit of jazz and improvisation in the forefront whether they are playing one of the their funky originals or showing their softer side over a classic ballad. From the group's "Ageless" recording, released this year, Click Here to check out "Goodchord Blues".
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Felix's Supreme Court back in session on April 11
Welcome news from the Mariners this morning as the club announced it's bringing back the "Supreme Court" at Safeco Field on Thursday, April 11, for Felix Hernandez's first home start.
The "Supreme Court" is a stadium-wide version of the popular "King's Court" section that is in attendance down the left-field line for all of Felix's starts at Safeco, with fans in that area given a yellow King Felix T-shirt and a big "K" card, which have become quite a sight when the group stands and chants and every time Hernandez gets two strikes on a hitter.
The Supreme Court debuted last year in the first start after Hernandez threw a perfect his perfect game against the Rays and the result was a Safeco Field that looked like a sea of yellow supporters.
Hernandez will start twice on the opening road trip — tonight against the A's in the season opener at 7:07 p.m. in Oakland and Saturday in Chicago against the White Sox. So his first home appearance will be April 11 against the Rangers.
The first 25,000 fans that night will receive a special t-shirt and the commemorative K card, courtesy of ROOT SPORTS. First pitch is 7:10 p.m.
Special ticket prices for the game are $10 for all View Level seats and $25 for select Main Level, Terrace Club and Outfield Reserved seats. Tickets for the game are on sale now without service charge at the Safeco Field Box Office and Mariners Team Stores. They can also be purchased online at mariners.com and by phone at 1-888-732-4487.
"The first Supreme Court on Aug. 21, to celebrate Felix's perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays, created such a special atmosphere in the ballpark that we wanted to do it again to celebrate Felix's first start of the season at Safeco Field, and to celebrate that he will be in a Mariners uniform for years to come," said Kevin Martinez, the Mariners vice president of marketing.


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We have about a dozen PCs that are used in a retail/commercial business, a couple are used to check out customers, a couple to schedule service calls and maintain those records, one for bookkeeping, and a few workstations around the building. Would it make more sense to go with a peer-to-peer network (which is the current status quo), or would there be many advantages to switching to a dedicated server?
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If you have limited needs for a network, say for example, you just want to be able to share a printer with all of your machines, then you may be ok with peer-to-peer. It has the advantages of being simple, easy to set up (or no set up at all in your case, since you already have a peer-to-peer network), and you don't need to buy any additional hardware. Beyond that, the advantages fall with having a dedicated server.
The expense isn't that much more, since there is usually no need to have a cutting edge machine for a server. One of your existing machines would probably be sufficient. It will be more reliable and faster, and you won't have that Arrrrrgh! moment when someone shuts down a computer while you are accessing files on their hard drive. It will take a little planning and work to create a network, but not too much, and the benefits will be felt by everyone.


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UPDATE, 4:20 p.m.: Tonight's game has indeed been postponed. With heavy rain expected in the forecast, the Mets and Phillies will instead play tonight's scheduled game on Thursday. First pitch will be thrown at 7:10 p.m.
NEW YORK – It's supposed to be nasty here tonight at Citi Field, and Matt Harvey's final start of the season for the Mets may be postponed.
As you can see on Weather.com, storms are headed this way in the early evening, and they won't go away for a while.
Luckily (depending on your perspective), both the Mets and Phillies share Thursday as an off-day, so the game might be cancelled early enough.


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your edit here]...but I do have a reason. If you are who you say you are, that image should be in an article about you...not on an image about a character's concept art. Having said that, I have some questions for you...
- Were you Greenbeard in just Dead Man's Chest or were you also in At World's End?
- What can you tell me of your role as Greenbeard? Like were you a photo double or did you actually portray him?
- And more importantly, how much had "Jason Kakebeen" been a part of the role compared to yours(unless of course if that was merely a rumor or something)?
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Thanks, CJS. The concept art was cool. Haven't checked, but hope you have displayed all the other crusty characters, too! Actually, I portrayed Greenbeard in the Dead's Man Chest scene on Davy Jone's ship when Will Turner and Bootstrap Bill appear, but could not go to the Caribbean. Jason 'piloted' the ghost ship there, and was in World's End, for the lion's share. No rumor.Loading editor
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The FDIC has published a handy how-to guide titled Fiscal Fitness for Older Americans: Stretching Your Savings and Shaping Up Your Financial Strategies. The guide includes practical tips and information on: sources of funds during retirement and potential pitfalls to avoid; protecting against financial frauds that target the elderly; simplifying and organizing finances; what to consider before giving others access to bank accounts and safe deposit boxes; and things seniors (and everyone else) should know about FDIC insurance. The publication also features retirement for seniors, and a list of government resources (including some from the FDIC) that older Americans and their families can turn to for help on financial matters. Click here to get your copy of Fiscal Fitness for Older Americans: Stretching Your Savings and Shaping Up Your Financial Strategies.
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Washington awarded grant to help foster children with emotional disabilities
The federal Administration of Children and Families has awarded Washington a $639,000 grant to enhance mental health services for children in foster care.
"The partnership between the Department of Social and Health Services and the University of Washington will allow our state to be in the forefront nationally to improve access to evidence- based practices for foster children with behavioral health disabilities," said Eric Trupin, Director of the Evidence Based Practice Institute at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
"The grant will also have a particular emphasis on reducing the emotional trauma many of these children experience," he said.
"A significant percentage of children in foster care have an identified mental health disorder. This grant will help us positively impact the experiences of children in foster care by enhancing the coordination of services between child welfare and mental health systems," said DSHS Children's Administration Assistant Secretary Denise Revels Robinson.
This one-year grant will focus on comprehensive planning to improve the social and emotional well-being of children in foster care. The primary goals of the grant are to:
- Streamline and standardize processes to identify and refer children for services.
- Increase capacity to deliver evidence-based practices and trauma-informed care.
- Coordinate planning between professionals in mental health and child welfare.
DSHS Aging and Disability Services Administration Assistant Secretary Jane Beyer said "Identifying children with emotional disabilities earlier, and connecting them to the appropriate services, are crucial to reduce the risk of life-long disabilities. The timing of this grant is well aligned with the state's initiatives to improve children's mental health."
Contingent upon successful outcomes of the grant's one-year planning process, there is also the potential for the grant to expand over the next four years. Additional grant funding will support infrastructure development, staff training, evidence-based practices service training and evaluation.
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FAIRFIELD, Alabama -- Fairfield City Council President Darnell Gardner offered "condolences" to the family of Birmingham City Council President Maxine Parker at a meeting of the Fairfield council Tuesday night.
Parker died at Princeton Baptist Medical Center on Tuesday after being hospitalized for a few days.
She began her third term on the Birmingham council and was voted council president just last month.
Gardner said he knew first-hand that Parker was devoted to her constituents.
"It's not a time that I visited Bethel Baptist Church in Collegeville that she was not there," he said. "She was always right there in her community working, and working for her people. She had a great interest, a great love for the people of... Collegeville, and truly she will be greatly missed."
Parker was a long-time Collegeville neighborhood president before joining the council, and Collegeville and North Birmingham remained a strong focus during her tenure.
For example, Parker was a major advocate for government intervention regarding environmental pollution in the Collegeville, Harriman Park, North Birmingham and Fairmont neighborhoods.
Parker talked about the successes and challenges of environmental work in her community as a presenter at an EPA conference in Boston in July.
"Our prayers go out with her," said Gardner, who told the council secretary that he would like to prepare a letter for the Birmingham City Council that would "express our condolences from the city council here for the Parker family."
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Syracuse, N.Y. -- Upstate University Hospital is facing a $37 million cut in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget, a move that would eliminate all of the state taxpayer money that goes into the medical school and hospital's operating budget.
What's a hospital to do in the face of such bad news?
Buy another hospital, it seems.
"It's vital, " Dr. David Smith, president of Upstate, said about the medical center's plans to make an offer on Community General.
Without that state money -- 5.7 percent of its annual income -- Upstate would rely even more on the business it gets from patients.
So the more beds available for those patients, the more potential income and the more training opportunities for medical students who pay tuition.
Upstate has 409 beds. Earlier this month, as Cuomo was making his pitch for shrinking the state budget by 2.7 percent, 410 patients were checked into Upstate.
Smith said Upstate had wanted to have a total of 500 to 560 beds to increase its income. "And that's before the cut, " he said in his office on Monday. "Now, we need 600 beds."
Community, with 306 beds, would be a boon.
Officials from both hospitals are optimistic about a merger, and Upstate plans to make a formal offer in about a month.
It's unclear, for now, how Upstate might pay for Community -- whether it would borrow money or use "current assets, " said Dan Hurley, Upstate's assistant vice president for government and community relations.
More on that will come out in coming weeks as Upstate looks to the attorney general, the comptroller and Community's union for approvals in the deal, according to Hurley.
Smith said the transaction would not prompt layoffs of Community's 1,100 staff, though he said some changes might come through attrition.
"We can't see 1,100 jobs leave the community, " Smith said.
Local governments
Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli, D-Syracuse, is ready to talk land banks.
As the new chairman of the Assembly Local Governments Committee, Magnarelli wants to create a program to allow municipalities to buy and resell delinquent properties without taking on the risk or burden of caring for them.
"Right now, the cities don't take care of delinquent properties, " Magnarelli said. If they did, they would then have to pay to mow the grass and shovel the walk, not to mention pay any damages should anyone get hurt in an abandoned house.
A land bank works like this: a city, like Syracuse, would establish a nonprofit trust. That trust could then buy delinquent houses and re-sell them to developers. The money made from the sales would go back into a pot of money to buy more run-down buildings and keep vacant houses from overtaking neighborhoods.
A land bank "would put these properties aside until there's a good buyer, " he said.
Moreover, he said, it would get the property back into a private owner's hands and back on the property tax rolls.
In 2008, the Legislature passed a land bank bill, but Gov. David Paterson vetoed it. The Senate passed a bill sponsored by Sen. David Valesky, D-Oneida, last year. This year, land bank bills sponsored by Valesky and co-sponsored by Magnarelli are pending in the Senate and Assembly.
Who got mail?
An odd thing happened at The Post-Standard this week.
The New York State Assembly sent Gus Bliven mail.
It's hard to know which is stranger: That the Assembly would spend 44 cents to mail a press release. Or that the Assembly would mail it to Bliven, who covered Albany for The Post-Standard for 50 years, but died in 2001.
Inquiries into the Assembly speaker's office were met with shock.
"A letter?" an aide said. "We don't send letters anymore."
Well, somebody at the Assembly did. And it was addressed to Bliven, with a 44-cent postage frank stamped across the envelope.
Bliven, it seems safe to say, would have been outraged at the government waste.
Teri Weaver's Albany Notebook is published Sundays in The Post-Standard. Contact her at email@example.com or 470-2274.


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It would be very convenient if CDI was available inside JPA Entity Listeners.
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uuhhh, not sure if we like to do that. This idea is around since quite a time, but please remember that EntityListeners might get called often, VERY OFTEN! You really might completely trash the performance of any JPA provider that way!
Consider a @PostLoad EntityListener. It might be convenient in some cases, but in most cases it's just a runtime overhead which slows down your app.
Also the JPA spec doesn't define extension points, so this would be heavily provider dependent. It would get hard to exchange the JPA implementation of a server. The JPA spec also doesn't define any need for using AnnotatedType instead of the class annotations itself. So this would not be as convenient as it looks at the first glance I fear.
There are easy ways to lookup the BeanManager inside any EntityListener and get your contextual references that way.
Since I have been running into this issue lately: JPA does not recommend EntityManager interactions within JPA lifecycle callbacks*. Shouldn't we add a note somewhere that injected resources require special attention regarding JPA compliance? And because of that firing CDI events from a JPA entity listener is particularly dangerous?
In my case I tried to implement global available created/updated/deleted entity events which turned out to be an bad idea if implemented on EntityListener level.
* JPA Spec 3.5.2: In general, the lifecycle method of a portable application should not invoke EntityManager or Query operations, access other entity instances, or modify relationships within the same persistence context.[45] A lifecycle callback method may modify the non-relationship state of the entity on which it is invoked.


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Bring up the word "succulent" in conversation and, unless you're at a vegetarian potluck, the word "steak" is soon to follow. And even if you are at a vegetarian buffet, it's probably "portobello mushroom" that enters into the discussion.
Bring it up in a conversation with me, and my mind immediately goes — as it does too often, if you ask some people — to female demons.
Oh wait, that's a succubus (not to be confused with what frustrated public transportation commuters mutter under their breath while waiting in the cold/heat/snow for that last bus home that never comes).
But say the word around gardeners and their eyes light up at the possibilities, and it's not because they're hankering for a T-bone or love talking about female demons. At least, most the time.
I had always thought, those rare times I actually gave the subject much attention, that succulents were limited to iceplant and what we called a pencil tree (but which is actually a Euphobia Tirucalii).
Clearly, based on all of the succulents that are flourishing in our and many other gardens, and in pots on our deck, and in any number of other places indoors and out, I vastly underestimated the countless varieties, and where they could be grown.
Which is where Marcia steps in.
Yes, this is going to be one succulent column (OK, I'm still thinking of female demons; my bad).
Succulents always have been one of my favorite things. As far back as I can remember, I've had a succulent patch somewhere in the garden.
Succulents are a very broad category that includes the sedums and sempervivums, which I used for the containers in this column.
They are pretty easy to grow given the proper conditions, slugs usually leave them alone and bees love their flower heads, which is a big plus.
You can grow them in containers or plant them in the ground. Most like a sunny, well-drained spot but some varieties will take a little shade.
When buying succulents, check the label for hardiness, ideal light conditions, soil moisture level, height and whether it's deciduous or evergreen. Place plants with similar needs together in the same pot.
Succulents are so sculptural and have such character and beauty that I can't resist them. I rarely pass one by in the nursery without taking it home; it's an addiction.
Sempervivum are also endearingly known as hens and chicks, because in the middle of each cluster is the large, mama hen rosette that sends out offsets, which are the baby chicks.
Irresistible, if you ask me.
Plant one and you can end up with an entire family. The rosette will live for several years before sending up a flower stalk and dying, but not before leaving a little family of offsets.
Eventually, if they're happy, you will end up with a pot overflowing with sempervivums.
I like to mix a variety of sedums and sempervivums in all different kinds of containers throughout our garden.
I usually have a large concrete trough filled with sedums on the back deck. I asked our daughter Madeline if she wanted to help replant it for this week's column and she came up with the idea of going to a local thrift store and buying quirky containers to fill with succulents.
We bought all kinds of succulent treasures at Xera Plants, and a few more at Joy Creek Nursery in Scappoose. At Xera, I got a lot of help from 17-month-old granddaughter Noelle, who tried to put every plant I picked out back into the greenhouse. It was a big job for a toddler.
Tips for succulent containers
1. It's best to buy breathable pots such as those made of concrete or clay. We bought some glass and glazed ceramics. Just don't overwater them, and let them dry out slightly between waterings.
2. Make sure the container has adequate drain holes. We (Madeline and I) used an appropriate drill bit to drill holes in the bottom of each container. Ask a salesperson at your local hardware store what you should use for your pot.
3. Fill the bottom one-quarter to one-third of pot with packing peanuts or crushed rock for good drainage.
4. Use well-draining potting soil — add about one-third volume perlite, pumice, 1/4"-10 crushed rock and sharp sand to the soil for better drainage.
5. Group plants with similar needs together.
6. Most succulents are drought tolerant but, unlike cactus, will perform best with a little summer watering and light fertilizer. They just don't like soggy soil.
7. After you plant your succulents, top dress with crushed rock to prevent crown rot.
8. My daughter bought delicate china cups to fill with succulents. Since we decided they probably wouldn't withstand our winters outdoors, we decided to plant them with tender succulents and bring them indoors in the fall.
Over the years, some of our succulents have thrived and some have disappeared. To spread the happiness, I take cuttings from ones that do thrive, plant more in the garden and pass them along to neighbors, friends and clients.
Marcia Westcott Peck is a landscape designer (pecklandscape.com) and Dennis Peck is not. He is a curator at The Oregonian, which is a good thing for him, because if he had to use his hands for anything other than typing, it would not be pretty.


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John Heffernan, 92, died on August 21, 2012, in Stuart, Fla.
John was born on April 22, 1920, in Amsterdam, N.Y. He graduated from Amsterdam High School and attended Northwestern Oklahoma College. He started a career in 1952 as town supervisor in Wells, N.Y. and chairman of the Board of Supervisors as Hamilton County Treasure in 1965 until he retired in 1987 after 22 1/2 years.
There will be a graveside service on Wednesday, October 10, 2012, at 11 a.m. at Fairview Cemetery in Amsterdam, N.Y. Local arrangements are by the Northville Funeral Service.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Funeral arrangements have been made for Jameek Champagne, 23, a devoted father and lifelong Staten Islander who died Dec. 23 in a house fire in his Osgood Avenue home, in the Park Hill section of Clifton.
Born in West Brighton, Mr. Champagne moved to Clifton seven years ago. He attended Susan Wagner High School, and recently worked in plumbing.
His family recalled him as a funny man who liked to party with his friends. But most important to him was spending time with his two young children, son Jameek Jr., 2 months old, and daughter Lisaya, 1.
In addition to his children, also surviving are his mother, Inez Champagne; and his three brothers, James, John and Shameek.
The funeral service was slated for this Monday at 9 a.m. in the Scamardella Funeral Home, West Brighton. Burial was to follow at Silver Lake Cemetery.


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Thanks also to Anthony Bruno, Larry Jessen and Curt Olson for helping to pick up all the trash bags and to Rhonda Chambers for being a great cheerleader to champion the cause for a clean and litter-free city.
We had a great turnout with even better results - 145 full bags of trash were collected, and 261 cans/bottles were collected and given to PICA to be redeemed and used for their many projects.
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It's Flush Times for the Darkest Stop on the Grand Tour—Europe's Sewers
If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Vienna or Paris; Love Among the Effluent in Brighton
VIENNA—Josef Gottschall's mind was in the gutter. Four years ago, he had just become publicity manager at Vienna's sewer company and was struggling for inspirations to promote it.
"Everything is below ground and your product is…" unmentionable, Mr. Gottschall says.
Fortunately, the classic 1949 film with Orson Welles, "The Third Man," climaxes in a dramatic chase through Vienna's sewers. Capitalizing on that, Mr. Gottschall launched a Third Man Tour of the subterranean waterways. Today, it's an underground hit.
Vienna isn't alone in plumbing the depths of tourism. A local chamber of commerce in Brighton, England, in 2007 voted the city's sewers the "Best Place to Visit." The living monument to Victorian engineering and architecture topped other attractions including the Duke of York's Picturehouse, one of Britain's oldest cinemas.
Brussels in 2007 renovated its sewer museum, whose exterior resembles a Greek temple. Underneath, visitors can stroll unaccompanied along a redolent sluiceway.
And the wellspring of sewer tourism, Paris's Musée des Égouts, plans a makeover to handle rising traffic, which surpasses 100,000 visitors a year.
Museum officials, who are all sewer workers, aim to expand their exhibits on topics including water treatment, safety equipment and unexpected discoveries.
One display in the spacious sewer tunnels celebrates notable items retrieved, including swords, stolen handbags and false teeth. Another commemorates Eleanor, a 32-inch alligator, whom workers caught in 1984 and who now lives in a Paris zoo.
Sewers Flushed With Success
Tours of the city's sewers, already famous from Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables," began in 1867, when a revolutionary, modernized network collected only rainwater. Workers clad in white guided visitors aboard special tour barges and wagons.
"It was very chic," says museum spokeswoman Marie-Christine Amable. "We had beautiful sewers." Toilet waste came in 1894, but the rides continued for 80 years.
Sewer museum officials around Europe say they're flush with visitors now thanks in part to environmental concerns. People are increasingly curious about how their waste is handled. Water authorities are capitalizing on the attention to teach citizens they shouldn't do things like pour oil and grease down the drain.
"We can show the public what flows by in raw sewage," says Brighton sewer tour guide Stuart Slark.
But celebrating effluent management poses unusual curatorial challenges. Constant moisture and noxious chemicals ruin displays. Heavy rains flood galleries. Deadly and explosive gases can build up, forcing hasty evacuations. Rats run rampant.
"It's not so easy to prepare the sewer for visitors," says Mr. Gottschall in Vienna, an engineer who once designed sanitary works. "The safety instruction book is like this," he adds, holding his thumb and forefinger an inch apart.
But danger and noisome corridors don't deter tourists bored with churches and monuments.
"Everybody does the Arc de Triomphe," said Harry Chlebos, a retiree from Phoenix, while examining the City of Light's dark underbelly. Older Americans know of Paris's sewers, he added, from a reference to them decades ago in an episode of "The Honeymooners," in which sewer worker Ed Norton dresses up as the man he claims designed them.
Young Americans are also attracted. Museum manager Lionel Decaix says that about five years ago, two young fans of "Jackass" TV shows and films, which feature people doing foolish stunts and pranks, hid in the museum at closing to make an amateur video. They immediately tripped alarms and had to be released by the police. "Americans are very intrepid," says Mr. Decaix.
So is Brighton native Steve Sparks, who proposed to his girlfriend, Carolyn Payne, during a tour of the city's sewer last May. "I was a little nervous about losing the ring," recalls the property developer, who dropped to one knee inside a cavernous red-brick storm drain. Mr. Sparks, who coordinated his plans with sewer-operator Southern Water, says he wanted to make the moment unusual.
"I believe that since the sewers were built in 1870, nobody has proposed in them," says Mr. Sparks, 42.
Despite Ms. Payne's shock, she said yes. "It's really quite beautiful and cathedral-like there," says the November bride, who is 30. "It does still smell," she adds.
Odor also can't deter lovers of "The Third Man" from following Orson Welles's footsteps down a spiral brick staircase. The film, a dark thriller involving murder, smuggling and deceit in the rubble of occupied Vienna, has long drawn fans above ground.
Brigitte Timmermann, author of a 420-page tome called "The Third Man's Vienna," has led tours dedicated to the movie, written by novelist Graham Greene, in her native city for years. The Third Man Museum, an exhaustive collection of artifacts and memorabilia amassed by a Viennese couple, opened in 2005.
When Mr. Gottschall shifted to promoting sewers in 2007, he quickly got together with Ms. Timmermann's Vienna Walks & Talks and the museum to offer a whole package. They all were thrilled finally to link with the sewer.
For his part, Mr. Gottschall scrambled to secure rights to show three minutes of the movie. A bigger challenge was installing lights and projectors that would automatically disconnect if chemical sensors detected dangerous gases, including carbon monoxide, methane and sulfuric acid. Switches are similar to miners' equipment and don't cause sparks, as normal circuits can.
Underground today, visitors first see a film about Vienna's sanitation and the tasks sewer workers perform, projected on the wall of a spacious sewage-filtering chamber. Then they see clips from "The Third Man" in a nearby chamber, where several chase scenes were filmed. Finally, visitors spill out into the vast, vaulted tunnel that channels the Vienna River and that provided a memorable setting in the film.
Tour guides note that many sewer scenes were actually shot on a dry, odor-free soundstage in London. Crossing Vienna's underground without soaking beautifully polished wingtips—as Mr. Welles' character does— would be impossible, they explain.
Ashley Venzel, a 26-year-old English teacher from Ohio, took the tour on a recent day after watching "The Third Man" with her boyfriend. She enjoyed it partly because "it's not very touristy," she said while removing the spelunker's helmet that visitors must don.
Mr. Sparks, the Brighton newlywed, looks forward to touring other cities' sanitary works. Vienna sounds interesting, he says, but Paris is particularly romantic. "Maybe Paris for our first anniversary," he says.


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"Neighbors, kids look to calm Langley hangout"
"Youth Center staffer Frankie Petitclerc interviews Dan Smith about his perspectives on the after-school hours in Langley.Matt Johnson / staff photoNo one needs a clock in downtown Langley to know when school is out.Every school day, dozens of Langley Middle School and South Whidbey High School students roll into the heart of the city on Island Transit buses, disembarking at an Anthes Street bus stop. From there, many go to the South Whidbey Youth Center in the basement of the nearby United Methodist Church. Others wander into town to buy a snack or use the public restrooms behind the Langley Chamber of Commerce.Yet one seemingly dull spot in the center of all this draws the children like no other. That spot is a one-acre parking lot sandwiched between the Youth Center and the bus stop. Known as The Lot among the kids, neighbors, and downtown businesspeople, the parking lot -- which is owned by the church -- is an after school hangout, attracting young people between the ages of 11 and 18 for up to four hours every day. Unfortunately, it has also attracted more than its share of unseemly behavior.During two meetings held at the youth center last month, neighbors living and working around the Lot reported seeing weekly examples of illegal or questionable behavior. There have been fights, acts of vandalism, yelling, swearing, lewd behavior and some partial nudity. Some of the youths regularly smoke in defiance of city ordinance and state law. Others have been observed to be intoxicated. Some neighbors even reported seeing incidents that looked suspiciously like drug deals. All of this together made neighbors resent the kids, even though they did not want to.I think probably the toughest part is when everybody has to close their windows, said Doug McLeod, a lot neighbor and owner of a vacant lot adjoining the parking lot.The activity has attracted not only neighbors' attention. The gathering of youths brings the Langley Police Department to The Lot almost daily.We tend to sit there more often than not, said police Chief Bob Herzberg.Misdoings in The Lot reached a literal flash point last year when a girl who spent time in The Lot set fire to a large recycling bin full of newspapers. She was arrested for arson.Last week, lot regulars and lot neighbors got together to talk during a pizza party in the middle of the Lot. The plan was to bring the kids and the adult neighbors together to meet each other and to take away the suspicion both groups say passes regularly between them. To get the two groups to know each other better, youth center workers, neighbors, and other concerned adults met kid after kid and asked them questions about themselves and about how Langley and the Lot could be a safer and more friendly place for both youth and adults.One of the party's organizer's, youth center coordinator Issy Olivia, said having the adults and children even learning each other's names would go a long way toward easing the tensions between the two groups.We wanted to have a respectful exchange between the youth and the adults, she said.Frank Vande Werfhorst, the operations manager for Island Transit, was one of the adults who showed up. The Anthes Street bus stop is the most heavily used -- and most vandalized -- stop in the transit system. He said meeting the kids who use the stop may build respect among the kids for the Lot neighbors and their property. The kids want adults to say hi rather than look at them like they're punks, Vande Werfhorst said.Matt Postlethwaite, a lot regular, said he knows why some of the downtown merchants keep a wary eye on the kids that gather there.Sometimes when we're out here, the people at the Porter Building get mad because we fight sometimes, he said.Still, Postlethwaite said, an incident here or there is not reason enough for what he sees as constant scrutiny. Even when he walks around town, Postlethwaite said he gets strange looks from adults.When they look at me funny, it makes me feel weird, he said.Some of the youths who spend time at the Lot do not get much of a thrill out of being there. Homeschool student David Bourdin gets off the bus at the Lot daily to wait for a connecting bus. He said the time he spends there is boring. Nonetheless, he said he has received many distrustful looks from adults who do not seem to want him there.It's annoying, Bourdin said.Sixth grader Rhapsody Olson said the get to know me approach will make previously uncomfortable meetings with adults more friendly..You can say 'hi' to them after you know them, she said.From law enforcement's perspective, Chief Herzberg said the meetings between the neighbors and the kids who hang out at the Lot came just as the rude and illegal behavior at the Lot had begun to decrease. In the past, officers have been on hand to prevent unruly behavior and to monitor the almost daily interactions between young teens and young adults. Officers have also been called to the Lot by nearby residents and others when teens were seen fighting, smoking, vandalizing the bus stop or surrounding property, or when minors were observed to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs.There are also safety issues. Although skateboarding is illegal on city streets, skateboarders have been able to use the Lot because it is private property. Often, skateboarders would jump down the rock stairs leading from the bus stop to the Lot, endangering themselves and people on the street. The danger was recently decreased when the church removed the stairs.Most of the problems in the Lot have decreased since the start of this school year, Herzberg said. But there are still dozens of kids who spend hours every day standing around in the asphalt parking lot and walking aimlessly through town. While it is their right to do that if they wish, Herzberg said they would be better off if their parents took more interest in how they spend their after-school hours.I wish more of them would choose to use the Youth Center, he said.Most of the neighbors do agree that activities have settled down in the Lot. Several of them look forward to the day when the South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District builds a proposed skateboard park at the South Whidbey Community Park. That will make the Lot less of a focal point for kids, they say.Still, there may always be an unseemly element at the Lot that no amount of Hi, how are yas can solve.There is a rougher crowd that we'll never get to know, Doug McLeod said. There is a group that moves in and out.Neighbors and the Youth Center staff will continue to hold meetings to discuss further solutions to behavior in the Lot. "
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|By Davidrune (Davidrune) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 11:22 am: Edit
Just wanted to say that.
Farenheit 9/11 is the most disjointed unresearched slanderous "documentary" ever.
I love how he connects unrelated facts and always attempts to "help" minorities in every movie.
|By Vancat (Vancat) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 11:29 am: Edit
|By Scubasteve (Scubasteve) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 11:43 am: Edit
It's a movie.
|By Idiias (Idiias) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 11:44 am: Edit
|By Alongfortheride (Alongfortheride) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 12:36 pm: Edit
Davidrune, feel better now? If he had completely ignored minorities in the making of his movie, would you have criticized him then? You could have said, "Michael Moore is a big, dumb man" and stated that you did not appreciate his attempts to "help" minorities. However, you chose to use the word white in the title. It makes it sound as if you have a problem with his ethnicity. Just asking.
|By Vancat (Vancat) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 01:40 pm: Edit
ummmmmmm actually, the thread's title is a play off of a very good book called "Michael Moore is a Big Fat Stupid White Man" which is ANOTHER play off of Michael Moore's own book "Stupid White Men"
|By Feuler (Feuler) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 01:42 pm: Edit
I believe that was a reference to Michael Moore's book, "Stupid White Men."
I haven't seen 9/11 yet, but I did see Columbine, and if 9/11 is anything like it, I'm sure it's unfocused BS. However, I'm still very glad he made it and it's getting all this publicity, because it might get more people to the polls to kick out Bush. The means justify the ends.
EDIT: I was typing this as the above messages were posted, so I didn't know that had been cleared up already.
|By Appliedmath (Appliedmath) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 01:53 pm: Edit
I remember from Columbine that Moore took the victim's of the shooting and marched into K-Mart with the cause of banning their specific bullets. This man has nothing better to do in my mind.
|By Scubasteve (Scubasteve) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 01:54 pm: Edit
Democrats have Michael Moore fending for them.
Republicans have SBVT.
They negate each other and we are even
|By Mom101 (Mom101) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 01:57 pm: Edit
Give credit where it is due. Moore is extremely creative. He produces greatly entertaining movies. He is very adept at creating personal wealth. He is so convincing that he can get people to call works of fiction documentaries. I have to say he's pretty smart!
|By Annakat (Annakat) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 02:45 pm: Edit
the real star of fahrenheit 9/11 is lila limpscomb, the mother of the soldier who died in iraq. she went from fully supporting the policies of the bush administration, to questioning them, to finally rejecting them. can any of you who criticize the film say that her sentiments, feelings, opinions, and conclusions are without merit or unreasonable?
|By Mom101 (Mom101) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 03:11 pm: Edit
They are the human reactions of a mother, nothing more, nothing less.
|By Paulhomework (Paulhomework) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 03:25 pm: Edit
Michael Moore's "documentary" and the Swift Boat Veterans for crap cancel each other out.
Both are highly biased, and generally baseless arguments. Swift Boat are just telling out right lies, and Moore connects irrelevants facts in order to arrive at false conclusion, while presenting half-truth, etc.
Intelligent people watch both, then decide that both are useless.
|By Alongfortheride (Alongfortheride) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 08:06 pm: Edit
Thanks Vancat and Fender for straightening me out on this. Sorry Davidrune!
|By Pcrunner17 (Pcrunner17) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 08:17 pm: Edit
Not to start a huge debate, but what makes you say that the Swift Boat veterans are telling outright lies..? Is there any truth to what they're saying?
|By Ndbisme5 (Ndbisme5) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 08:33 pm: Edit
Pc, it's just common sense.
|By Socalnick (Socalnick) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 08:41 pm: Edit
"Intelligent people watch both[refering to more and the swift boat vets], then decide that both are useless."
so true but remember we live in a nation where 50% of the people dont know who the vice president is.
|By Valpal (Valpal) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 03:23 am: Edit
That can't be true, can it? 50%? Well, I can almost guarantee that virtually all of that 50% is comprised of people in the lowest educational and economic strata of our society. And these same people are expected to vote intelligently? Scary---truly scary...
|By Csbballstardad (Csbballstardad) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 08:19 am: Edit
Whoa there ValPal. While we are "guaranteeing" things , I can guarantee that you are : 1)intentionally overstating your position for effect 2)Pat Buchanan , David Duke, or the reincarnation of Papa Doc Duvalier or, I'm hoping not , but 3) someone I would prefer not exercize their right to vote before reading back through their high school civics text (and this time pay attention to the text AFTER 1964 ).
|By Mom101 (Mom101) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 10:06 am: Edit
Intentionally overstating her position that 50% of people not knowing who the VP is "scary---truly scary? What else would you call it?
|By Calliandra (Calliandra) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 11:36 am: Edit
A large percentage of that is probably kids and younger people who aren't interested in politics yet.
|By Vancat (Vancat) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 11:39 am: Edit
somewhere, i heard that a decent portion of Americans could not identify America on an unmarked map. Anybody know of that?
Also, must people don't care and don't really give a about politics
|By Csbballstardad (Csbballstardad) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 11:40 am: Edit
It was the guarantee and the q that followed that I found scary. The fact that our nation has an ever increasing economic and educational divide between haves and have-nots is certainly frightening as we continue to ignore the problem . I find the posters seeming belief that economically disadvantaged people and less educated people are somehow less qualified to vote than educationally and economically advantaged people as undemocratic . You don't find that scary? I have an idea. Let's make everybody take a test and pay a fee before they vote! Now who gets to write the questions? If I do I'll start with questions from the civics book after 1964.
|By Candi1657 (Candi1657) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 11:43 am: Edit
I wholeheartedly agree with Davidrune...Moore isn't doing us (minorities) any favors. Remember his foolish statements to the effect that if black people had been on the hijacked plane they would have beaten up the terrorists? Thanks a lot, Moore, for applying another stereotype in the name of being our "champion". I simply despise that guy.
|By Simba (Simba) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 12:37 pm: Edit
Remember his foolish statements to the effect that if black people had been on the hijacked plane they would have beaten up the terrorists?
I don't ever re-call him making that statement - are you swift-boating Moore?
|By Bakk (Bakk) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 01:05 pm: Edit
Great! We now know that "swift-boating" really means "quoting facts"!
I read an article this morning about Mr. Moore which would have been the top story on all news stations had the target of the vicious attack been a non-White or a Jew. I thought "Oh, he's gone too far this time." But since the Whitebashing in this country gets worse by the month, not one U.S. newspaper decided it was politically incorrect enough to mention. You be the judge as to whether or not this would have been on your news had the target of the attack been a non-White. Note the author of the piece is a black man with a Muslim name. Read his words quoted in the original article at The Independent
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
06 January 2003
I took my son to see Michael Moore live at the Roundhouse, in north London, before Christmas. The US radical and author of the best-selling book Stupid White Men was (mostly) clever, funny, angry, sharp, iconoclastic and sceptical about the lies and humbug processed by the US government and big business. Sure there were some flunked bits � you expect that, the troughs are part of the adventure, an evening with a well-worn rebel.
What we did not expect was to feel so enraged at one point that we almost walked out. It was when Moore went into a rant about how the passengers on the planes on 11 September were scaredy-cats because they were mostly white. If the passengers had included black men, he claimed, those killers, with their puny bodies and unimpressive small knives, would have been crushed by the dudes, who as we all know take no disrespect from anybody.
|By Valpal (Valpal) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 01:29 pm: Edit
Oh come on, don't put words in my mouth, nor assume I believe things I DO NOT believe! You don't find it scarey that in this media saturated society, 50% percent of people (though, I admit I initially assumed that statistic was, 50% of the "voting populace".) can't name the Vice President of the United States?
If true, that fact begs ALL SORTS of questions. Like, how does one become so politically disenfranchised (or disinterested ) that he/she can't be bothered to learn this elementary factoid?
"I have an idea. Let's make everybody take a test and pay a fee before they vote! Now who gets to write the questions? If I do I'll start with questions from the civics book after 1964. "
You just made a quantum leap in assuming that I'd advocate abridging ANY American citizen's right to vote. As an African American woman who remembers "pole taxes" and other such attemps to deny black people access to the ballot box, I would fight ANY attempt to reinstate voting rights restrictions. You, Csbballstardad, have made the assumption that I would deny some Americans the right to vote. But THAT IS NOT WHAT I SAID AND THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT WHAT I ADVOCATE!! I hope I've made that clear.
My point is that people who are so politically uninformed can't possibly make an informed decision in the voting booth. In this regard, I would have to say that, yes, they are LESS QUALIFIED to make an INFORMED DECISION. But they are JUST AS QUALIFIED TO VOTE as their more politically knowledgable peers, simply by virtue of the fact that they are American citizens of voting age, guaranteed that right by law.
The less politically informed a person is, the more easily he/she can be manipulated by party operatives on either side of the fence. In this way, they are not so much excercising the right to vote, as they are functioning as pawns of the political power brokers. That's what I find both alarming and sad.
But the more I think about it, the more I find the very statistic this discussion is centered around to be suspect. It's not specific enough. What does "50% of people" mean? Does it include children under 12? Alzheimers patients? I just find it hard to believe that as many as half of qualified voters (and I've already defined, qualified) can't name the V.P.
|By Candi1657 (Candi1657) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 04:11 pm: Edit
Thanks for the direct quote, Bakk. No one is "swiftboating" Moore. His own statements do the dirty work.
|By Candi1657 (Candi1657) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 04:42 pm: Edit
Not only is that statement ignorant and offensive to black people, it is also callous and disrespectful towards the families of people that lost their lives that day. You can't get much lower.
Additionally, (while we're on the subject of Moore) anyone find it ironic that after 9/11, Moore made several statements to the effect that it was not worth retaliatory measures in Afghanistan and we shouldn't invade...then (in a complete 180 in F9/11) he criticizes Bush for not focusing on Afghanistan enough to finish the job (as if it was the "worthwhile" war, because he knows for damned sure that he couldn't get away with saying what he said then, today)? This demonstrates that his documentaries rely on mass manipulation of the viewing public. Yes, Moore does believe, as he says, that most Americans are downright stupid. If this isn't evident in the way he insults our intelligence with his films, nothing else is.
|By Vancat (Vancat) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 04:49 pm: Edit
Nothing matters to that guy except $$$$$ and bacon.
|By Geodude666 (Geodude666) on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 08:53 pm: Edit
Compare the number of big, stupid, white men to the number of big, stupid, black men, davidrune. Yeah that's what I thought.
|By Candi1657 (Candi1657) on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 10:15 pm: Edit
Uhhh...did you read this post in its entirety? I don't wish to believe that you made that utterly foolish, ignorant, and assanine comment after being properly informed.
|By Jekyllnhyde10 (Jekyllnhyde10) on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 10:34 pm: Edit
If one has ever read Catcher in the Rye they remember the quote stating the immature man dies nobly for what he believes in while the wise man lives humbly for it. Moore should take that to heart. I'm sick and tired of his rash antics. Gimme a break!!
P.S. Paid for by John Stossil
Signed a conservative liberal or a liberal conservative-haven't decided yet
|By Feuler (Feuler) on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 10:36 pm: Edit
I disagree that money is what is driving Moore. While I am sure he likes making all sorts of money off his movie, I've heard that he has also publically encouraged people to illegally download it, because he thinks people should see it in whatever way they can (the film producer may have put a stop to his saying that though). Say what you will about his intelligence or honesty, but I am sure the man believes that he is doing the right thing for the country.
Thought I don't understand how anyone in the public eye can have such low self-respect that they would allow themself to be so fat and badly groomed all the time. I mean, all politics aside, I have trouble respecting a man who doesn't respect me enough to f***cking shave before he makes me look at him on TV.
|By Davidrune (Davidrune) on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 10:46 pm: Edit
Geodude666, this post is based upon a book written by Michael Moore and another book written in response to that book.
The book has the same title as this post but I added "fat" because I frankly believe that Michael Moore is a bit pudgy. May that's just me.
But, I'm glad that you revealed your irrational racial bias.
|By Candi1657 (Candi1657) on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 10:47 pm: Edit
I DO believe Moore thinks he is on a noble mission, of sorts, but what I don't get is why he puts forth his message in such a disingenuous way. He likes to pull heart-strings and push emotional buttons to get people to believe that he is just one of them, a concerned, patriotic American that is surprised by the path our country is taking and is simply looking for answers. What he attempts to conceal at all costs from the average American is the reality that he is far more radical than even they would ever imagine. He knows this knowledge would immediately turn them off from anything else he has to say.
|By Davidrune (Davidrune) on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 10:51 pm: Edit
P.S. Geodude666, I hope you get inhabited by anal dwelling monkeys who like to burrow.
|By Valpal (Valpal) on Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 02:04 am: Edit
Michael Moore is a kool-aid drinker for the radical left.
|By Socalnick (Socalnick) on Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 02:24 am: Edit
michael more + red happy face shirt= Kool aid man ... possibly
sory if anyone gets angry but this is immeaditally what i thought of when valpal said he is a kool-aid drinker.
|By Valpal (Valpal) on Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 12:00 pm: Edit
Socialnick, are you old enough to remember the "Jonestown Massacrer"? That's the basis of my analogy.
|By Socalnick (Socalnick) on Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 12:50 pm: Edit
sorry never heard of it
|By Davidrune (Davidrune) on Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 06:04 pm: Edit
Did you hear about Michael Moore's decision to sacrifice the academy awards for the good of America? I'm losing more and more respect for this man as time wears on.
Why I Will Not Seek a Best Documentary Oscar (I'm giving it up in the hopes more voters can see "Fahrenheit 9/11")
Dear Friends,
I had dinner recently with a well-known pollster who had often worked for Republicans. He told me that when he went to see "Fahrenheit 9/11" he got so distraught he twice had to go out in the lobby and pace during the movie.
"The Bush White House left open a huge void when it came to explaining the war to the American people," he told me. "And your film has filled that void -- and now there is no way to defeat it. It is the atomic bomb of this campaign."
He told me how he had conducted an informal poll with "Fahrenheit 9/11" audiences in three different cities and the results were all the same. "Essentially, 80% of the people going IN to see your movie are already likely Kerry voters and the movie has galvanized them in a way you rarely see Democrats galvanized.
"But, here's the bad news for Bush: Though 80% going IN to your movie are Kerry voters, 100% of those COMING OUT of your movie are Kerry voters. You can't come out of this movie and say, 'I am absolutely and enthusiastically voting for George W. Bush.'"
His findings are similar to those in other polls conducted around the country. In Pennsylvania, a Keystone poll showed that 4% of Kerry's support has come from people who decided to vote for him AFTER seeing "Fahrenheit 9/11" -- and in an election that will be very close, 4% is a landslide. A Harris poll found that 44% of Republicans who see the film give it a �positive� rating. Another poll, to be released this week, shows a 21-point shift in Bush's approval rating, after just one viewing of the movie, among audiences of undecideds who were shown "Fahrenheit 9/11" in Ohio.
My pollster friend told me that he believes if Kerry wins, "Fahrenheit 9/11" will be one of the top three reasons for his election. Kerry's only problem, he said, is how many people will actually be able to see it before election day. The less that see it, the better for Bush.
But 20 million people have already seen it -- and the Gallup poll said that 56% of the American public has seen or plans to see "Fahrenheit 9/11" either in the theater or on home video. The DVD and home video of our film, thanks to our distributors listening to our pleas to release it before November, will be in the stores on October 5. This is very good news.
But can it also be shown on TV? I brought this possibility up in this week's Rolling Stone interview. Our contract with our DVD distributor says no, it cannot. I have asked them to show it just once, perhaps the night before the election. So far, no deal. But I haven't given up trying.
The only problem with my desire to get this movie in front of as many Americans as possible is that, should it air on TV, I will NOT be eligible to submit "Fahrenheit 9/11" for Academy Award consideration for Best Documentary. Academy rules forbid the airing of a documentary on television within nine months of its theatrical release (fiction films do not have the same restriction).
Although I have no assurance from our home video distributor that they would allow a one-time television broadcast -- and the chances are they probably won't -- I have decided it is more important to take that risk and hope against hope that I can persuade someone to put it on TV, even if it's the night before the election.
Therefore, I have decided not to submit "Fahrenheit 9/11" for consideration for the Best Documentary Oscar. If there is even the remotest of chances that I can get this film seen by a few million more Americans before election day, then that is more important to me than winning another documentary Oscar. I have already won a Best Documentary statue. Having a second one would be nice, but not as nice as getting this country back in the hands of the majority.
The deadline to submit the film for the documentary Oscar was last Wednesday. I told my crew who worked on the film, let's let someone else have that Oscar. We have already helped to ignite the biggest year ever for nonfiction films. Last week, 1 out of every 5 films playing in movie theaters across America was a documentary! That is simply unheard of. There have been so many great nonfiction films this year, why not step aside and share what we have with someone else? Remove the 800-pound gorilla from that Oscar category and let the five films who get nominated have all the attention they deserve (instead of the focus being on a film that has already had more than its share of attention).
I've read a lot about "Fahrenheit" being a "sure bet" for the documentary Oscar this year. I don't believe anything is truly a "sure bet." And, in the end, I think sometimes it's good for your soul to give up something everyone says is so easily yours (ask Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps why he gave up his spot in the last race to someone else equally deserving, and you'll know what I am talking about).
I have informed our distributors of my decision. They support me (in fact, they then offered to submit our film for all the other categories it is eligible for, including Best Picture -- so, hey, who knows, maybe I'll get to complete that Oscar speech from 2003! Sorry, just kidding).
Don't get your hopes up for seeing "Fahrenheit 9/11" on TV before the election. In fact, I would count on NOT seeing it there (you know me, I'm always going after something I probably shouldn't). Get to the theaters soon, if you haven't already, or get it from the video store in October and hold house parties. Share it with everyone you know, especially your nonvoting friends. I have included 100 minutes of extras on the DVD -- powerful footage obtained after we made the movie, and some things that are going to drive Karl Rove into a permanent tailspin -- more on this later!
Thanks for all of your support. And go see "Super Size Me," "Control Room," "The Corporation," "Orwell Rolls Over in His Grave," "Bush's Brain," Robert Greenwald's films and the upcoming "Yes Men." You won't be sorry!
Michael Moore
P.S. If you want to read my dispatches for USA Today from inside the Republican Convention, go to www.michaelmoore.com.
|By Socalnick (Socalnick) on Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 08:51 pm: Edit
how can a man ask republican senators why they havnt enlisted their son in the war, yet parents can't enlist their children can they.
|By Valpal (Valpal) on Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 11:59 pm: Edit
Socialnick, if you'll do a google search of, "Jonestown Massacrer", I'm sure you'd be much intrigued.
|By Sepi11 (Sepi11) on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 10:25 pm: Edit
For the record, it's false for anyone to say that Moore is being biased. He is making a DOCUMENTARY, he doesn't have to show both sides.
Also, Moore has put up a claim of MILLIONS of dollars to anyone who can find false information in any of his movies. If he lied, why would you offer money to anyone who could prove him wrong?
The anti-kerry ad campaigns are rediculous and FALSE. That's why they can't "cancel out" Moore's truthful documentary. People need to get their facts straight...
|By Davidrune (Davidrune) on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 10:28 pm: Edit
Err... Moore has also surrounded himself with lawyers who will sue anybody who dares to criticize his movie for slander.
So... it's double edged sword.
And... sure everything is true, it's just the way in which their presented.
I'm sure that their was one remote section in Iraq were kids played on swings before Bush declared war, but it definetly was spread throughout the whole country.
I'm sure that Bush hesitated for some minutes before he reacted. But, we don't even know if that was under the advice of the secret service. Even so, what was he to do?
I'm sure that most of the recruits come from "ghetto" areas. But that's just common sense. Poor people are more likely to enlist than rich people are. That has always been the way, since rich people used to pay poor people to take their draft spots. That has absolutely nothing to do with Bush.
I'm sure that many of the things he's presented is the truth. But he has only presented one aspect of the truth. One might even say "half-truths" that distort the picture.
|By Mom101 (Mom101) on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 10:28 pm: Edit
|By Davidrune (Davidrune) on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 10:31 pm: Edit
And... sure everything is true, it's just the way in which their presented.
I'm sure that their was one remote section in Iraq were kids played on swings before Bush declared war, but it definetly was spread throughout the whole country.
I'm sure that Bush hesitated for some minutes before he reacted. But, we don't even know if that was under the advice of the secret service. Even so, what was he to do?
I'm sure that most of the recruits come from "ghetto" areas. But that's just common sense. Poor people are more likely to enlist than rich people are. That has always been the way, since rich people used to pay poor people to take their draft spots. That has absolutely nothing to do with Bush.
I'm sure that many of the things he's presented is the truth. But he has only presented one aspect of the truth. One might even say "half-truths" that distort the picture.
|By Candi1657 (Candi1657) on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 03:47 am: Edit
That's right...it's all about presentation. How Moore manages to make it look like Bush is rallying the party faithful when he is at a charity event...how he makes it seem like Bush is talking about America's war on terror when he is really talking about a Palestinian attack in Israel...so on and so forth...
It is the deception when looking at context that is the most damaging. Because Moore amalgamates these contextually misplaced situations into a vast, coherent scheme that manages to dupe so much of the viewing public.
|By Sepi11 (Sepi11) on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 04:45 pm: Edit
Keep in mind Moore is making a DOCUMENTARY. He needs to portray factual information. He has no responsibility to show the other side of things. He's making a documentary filled with facts that show his opinions. That's more than any other person would do. He deserves a lot of credit for doing what he did.
|By Candi1657 (Candi1657) on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 05:09 pm: Edit
Read this:
This is simply the concise version. A more detailed one is available for mass consumption if you care to search a bit.
Tell me again what he deserves credit for? Deceiving people into believing his presentation is wholly factual and completely accurate? Don't feel badly about it, he has duped a lot of individuals. Note this was compiled by an Independent.
|By Vancat (Vancat) on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 06:27 pm: Edit
Good work Candi
|By Candi1657 (Candi1657) on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 06:34 pm: Edit
Thanks, I try.
A mistake on my part: The author, Dave Kopel, is actually a life-long Democrat.
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03-09-2012 14:55
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if account was set up in two names is it possible for first party to record conversations on skype from diff computer
05-12-2012 13:55
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11-12-2012 08:25
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I am just curious if it is possible to be known at the other end if your video is being recorded by the person with whom you are chatting? are both parties asked for permission to record?
11-12-2012 10:41
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No...there's no way to know if the person at the other end of a call is recording the call, and there is no requirement for them to tell you they're recording, or ask for your permission to do so.
My personal take is if you don't want to be recorded, and you don't trust someone not to record you, don't have a video call with them.
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Thats a nice one.
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[invalid URL] Found this and pretty work for me
30-12-2012 17:08
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PhilipSnow wrote:
Is this an official skype support service? or just a users' forum? I'm not feeling it's very helpful so far.
I really want to know what has happened to Supertintin which was working quite adequately up to a month of so ago.
Then, when I started using it again, it wasn't recording properly at all. So I updated it. Then I found that the audio and video were out-of-sunch. It was recording as .mpeg4 instead of .avi as previously. I think that's the reason why it's not working properly, i.e. out-of-synch. Can someone tell me whather this is the problem?
I'm still waiting for a reply from Supertintin support, no reply after nearly two weeks - or is it three.
I've tried Evaer in the meantime, but I find the same out-of-synch problem whether recording in .avi or .mpeg4.
The older version of Supertintin indeed save calls and video calls in .avi format. However, the newer versions now record calls in .mp3 and video calls .mp4 format, but I don't think the change in the recording format caused the problem.
First,I would suggest that you fully uninstall other recorders in your system as having multiple recording Apps may cause issues in the performance of your recorders. Then install the latest version of Supertintin from their site or from the Skype Apps Directory (I think they have released a newer update again a few weeks ago), and of course the latest version of Skype.
It may also be advisable to check for possible updates for the device drivers you are using (especially graphics/video and audio drivers). You can check the corresponding manufacturing sites to see if there are newer versions of your computer's device drivers.
Furthermore, sometimes their support team's response are longer than usual (just like any other customer service teams). I think you can send them a follow up email if the suggestions above don't work.
31-12-2012 15:07
31-12-2012 15:07
I don't know why you're all satisfied with these programs. They only work for Skype alone, and are not very good.
Try out FRAPS (I think its around $37 USD), it works for ANY video applicaiton including video games, Skype, Media Players, and other stuff. Way better deal.
11-01-2013 20:32
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do you have a primer on using camtasia to record skype video calls? I want to do an interview.