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I originally wrote the following op-ed last year when news broke that Variety, the L.A. Daily News and various other Los Angeles publications were firing theatre critics. I'm not one to rehash old articles, but when I read news of Variety once again committing a crime against the theatrical community by releasing not just a critic, but its chief theatre critic David Rooney, I couldn't help but draw attention to the importance of live theatre critics.
Sifting through the dusty archives of my closet last May, I stumbled upon a preserved program of the stage musical Ragtime. I had kept this oversized playbill as a cherished memory after seeing the Broadway-bound production in 1997 at Century City's Shubert Theatre. It was the first time my younger brother and I attended the theatre together. He being of a more jock-like mindset didn't always conjure within him an organic love of such things as singing and dancing. For me, it was different.
Having been raised in a family that toiled away behind the scenes in television and film, I grew up on movie sets and location shoots, but was never truly beguiled until the curtain concealing a vast stage slowly peeled back revealing a world of imagination, live and right in front of me. It was only then that a rush of amazement washed over my face and I was transported into the lively imaginations of those that created such works.
After putting aside the program, frayed along the edges from years of weathering, I continued packing up my life for a move to New York City, where I now reside. The decision to flee Los Angeles, a town where I was born and that I called home for most of my life, was rooted in a desire to experience a sense of culture often fleeting on the West Coast.
Mind you, I was long a champion of my hometown, considering those East Coast types, making snide remarks about the barren cultural wasteland that was Los Angeles, merely uninformed and somewhat pretentious. So it was with great dismay that I read a recent notice in the Los Angeles Times of layoffs amongst the theatre critic and arts coverage world at publications including the LA Weekly, Daily Variety and the L.A. Daily News.
Over the last few years I worked as a theatre critic in Los Angeles for an online publication. It was always my hope to instigate discussion and debate amongst readers. To have people think of live theatre as more than overpriced entertainment, rather as an exercise of the mind and a soul enriching experience. That is, of course, when a production has such merits.
I saw a critic's role, in any town or city, as a vital part of the theatre-going process. It was our duty to steep, like a satchel of robust tea, in the history and fringe of arts and literature. It was only through such a process that a critique could pick up the conversation established by a playwright or performer and carry it a step or so further.
Oscar Wilde once wrote that criticism "takes the cumbersome mass of creative work, and distils it into a finer essence," adding that "the duty of imposing Form upon chaos does not grow less as the world advances." The prolific playwright warned that an age without criticism is "either an age in which art is immobile, hieratic" or "an age that possesses no art at all." Wilde was of course, just that wild, as he often took on controversial or taboo subjects to great lengths, a trait that ultimately led to his demise. But his message was no less prolific, nor is it any less relevant today.
As the economy in this country is violently shaken, money spent on live theatre is quickly becoming a rare commodity. Is there not a more important time to hold creative types to task? A critic must demand that creators avoid slipping into a Hollywood mindset of crafting flashy blockbusters; rather they carry forward the tradition of cultural enrichment.
The three stalwarts of Los Angeles theatre -- Sheldon Epps of the Pasadena Playhouse, Gilbert Cates of the Geffen Playhouse and Michael Ritchie of Center Theatre Group -- recently took to the airwaves and discussed the loss of critics at local papers. While many fine points were made, it was Cates' suggestion of resorting to peer-review amongst his lot that was troubling. Lending a critical voice to those that stand to financially profit from a commercial success begins to look like a slippery slope. Would Jack Warner writing reviews of MGM's films have served the public? I can picture it now. "The Wizard of Oz is a competent piece of celluloid, but you would be better served saving your money in these hard times, as we have a real hit coming your way next week."
A critic must stand alone, unaffected by any controlling interests or pressures to valiantly inform their reader. "It is only by remaining collected, and refusing to lend himself to the point of view of the practical man, that the critic can do the practical man any service," wrote Matthew Arnold.
At the beginning of this year, the world was robbed of a literary mastermind and critic, John Updike. His contributions to the creative world, especially in his criticism of fellow authors, were invaluable, and his long-time home, The New Yorker, mourns his loss with the rest of us. Updike was taken by natural causes. While I make no comparisons between a theatre critic in Los Angeles and the author of arguably the great American novel, I do use his standing as an example of importance. Let us not suffer further causalities by choice, as was done by the publishers at the LA Weekly, Daily Variety and the L.A. Daily News, rather let us celebrate that we have impassioned writers willing to further our culture into this ever changing world.
I have a strong desire to continue speaking up on behalf of my hometown to those I run across here in New York. To tell these Broadway aficionados that Los Angeles has immense potential and they should not write it off just yet. But without a strong critical core acting as gatekeepers there, I fear this transplanted Angelino might have merely fumes left to fuel my argumentative flames.


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Beat M4zz 2-0.
Challenger: leggolover8
Score: WIN 2-0, both GG's.
beat blues 2-1 first badge whoo
Credit to BLUES for userbar (such sweg).
Challenger: Spiderman123
Score: Loss 2-1, I hate that core...
I here by award you, mah Badge.
Beat rey 2-0
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Lost 0-2 to Psilo. To literally the worst version of those colors I've seen so far, other than my own. But a loss is a loss.
In Fearful Day, In Raging Night, with strong hearts full, our souls ignite. When all seems lost in the War of Light look to the stars--For HOPE BURNS BRIGHT!
I don't care about my pokemon other than their battling potential. If they aren't good at battling, I'm not going to use them. If I have to spend time getting my pokemon to be perfect, so be it. I'll battle your pokemon that are "raised with love" anytime, and you know what? I'll probably win.
Shoulda read the OP better. My bad guys.
Witness the power of the new HaxGodhttp://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/battletower-ou-320816
I beat to Psilo 2-0, GG's man, you played pretty well, 3-0 and 4-0 i think, you went in with the same approach and fell short due to a tie in the second, but i still think the tie didnt matter, see you in a few.
DW OU only really has two options that you're certain to utilize that make it separate from OU. Overprediction lost me the first, and speed tie almost certainly one him the second. Whether or not it mattered is hypothetical, so it's useless to discuss lol.
GG's, thanks for the match.
Challenger: InsaneDragoniteHD - Win 2-0
Challenger: Charizard007 - Win 2-0 (Sorry about the hax)
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Challenger: Jazz Hands - Win 3-0
Challenger: Tithi - Win 3-0
won 2 games to 0 against rachi user, irrelevant hax both games, as everytime I missed he did not make full use of it cause he was expecting to die.
To make it clear, if you PM me, I get an email. I do not use this site anymore.
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The federal government now considers a family of four in New York City to be poor if its pre-tax income is below $37,900.Even with full medical coverage.
The calculation helps explain why newly revised Census Bureau figures hike the number of poor Americans to 49 million as of last year, further widening an already yawning gap between ordinary perceptions of poverty and how the government sees it.
This breathtaking number begs the question: What does it mean to be "poor" in the United States?
To the average American, the word "poverty" means significant material hardship and need. It means lack of a warm, dry home, recurring hunger and malnutrition, no medical care, worn-out clothes for the children. The mainstream media reinforce this view: The typical TV news story on poverty features a homeless family with kids living in the back of a van.
But poverty as the federal government defines it differs greatly from these images. Only 2 percent of the official poor are homeless. According to the government's own data, the typical poor family lives in a house or apartment that's not only in good repair but is larger than the homes of the average non-poor person in England, France or Germany.


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Treat yours customers as if they were newspapers reporters; this is the new mantra for savvy companies of all sizes.
As consumers, we've become disenchanted with advertising and marketing of all sorts, having being duped, tricked or made to feel foolish on more than one occasion. The last true medium that holds sway is referrals from friends, colleagues, or online reviews from the likes of Yelp, AngiesList or TripAdvisor. According to a survey by the American Marketing Association, 90 percent of consumers trust peer reviews and 70 percent trust online reviews. It's the last, true, medium that many consumers turn to when faced when inundated with choice, and confused by similar-sounding sales pitches.
Perhaps it is because reviews are the last sacred ground, that a flurry of outrage spread like wildfire across the Internet when news leaked that Reverb Communications (a PR agency) was paying interns to write positive reviews on iTunes for their clients Apps. Or when the occasional Amazon.com author gets ousted for disparaging competing books while positively reviewing their own. If you can't trust advertising messages, and you can't trust reviews, what else is left?
Based on my experience growing 99designs into a company that earns 7-figures per month, based largely on word of mouth, here are my three golden rules:
- Think long-term reputation vs. short-term profit.Trying to optimize profit on a sale-by-sale basis is a fool's game, leads to frustrated customers and lost repeat business. When FedEx left an eBags package without a signature at our office building over the weekend which got stolen, a single email to the company resulted in a quick refund to my credit card. Compare that to a recent experience with a National Retailer, where a request for an exchange or refund took two store visits, three people, and more than 90 minutes of waiting while employees scoured the back-room for inventory that turned out to be non-existant.Even Apple lived up to its reputation recently, happily issuing me a partial refund on a laptop order after I failed to claim a discount I was eligible for. It would have been easy to transfer me around different departments, put me on hold, or outright say "no" to retroactively applying the discount. But the first person I spoke to happily made it happen even though they had no idea that we had 90+ employees on MacBook's that we regularly refresh, spending thousands in the process. You never know who the customer is on the other end.
- Identify your top customers and make them feel special.With many companies, the most feverently loyal customers represent a disproportionately huge chunk of revenue. Knowing who those people are — and giving them special attention — is a must-do for every company. I recently had a conversation with the founder of a large Las Vegas based conference that's been running for more than 10 years who used Klout.com to identify his most influential attendees. By offering just a little bit extra (free limo service to and from the airport), a dozen influencers directly contributed to over 100 additional tickets being sold with almost no additional marketing costs.
- Make yourself available.I had my personal cell phone number on sitepoint.com for 10-years (a site visited by more than 2.5 million people every month and ranked Top 1000 in the world), and was happy to answer more than 30 calls on Christmas Day, when a special deal we were running on the website went wonky. These days, we have dedicated support reps for us on three continents, and we've never outsourced to a call centre to cut costs.
Tony Hsieh from Zappos says his company loves to talk to customers, and classifies customer service as a marketing investment, rather than an expense that must constantly be slashed and analyzed. Zappos has no metrics that reps have to hit around calls per hour, average time per call, or other silly nonsense that leads frustrated customers.
Some businesses are even taking it a step further, by turning their most prolific fans into advocates and online sales people. Under Armour and Skullcandy have recruited an online sales force made up of their most loyal and knowledgable customers and are paying them with cash and gear for answering live chat requests from prospective customers on their websites. After all, who better to make authentic product recommendations and answer detailed product questions, than the customers already using them? No outsourced call centre team can match the passion, product knowledge and helpfulness of your most ardent supporters. There is hope.
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For many of us, coffee is the first thought of the day. Just thinking about it gives us the buzz, the energy and the power to ask ourselves the next question, do I make it at home or shell out another $4 at the local Starbucks as I race to work?
Well, you may decide to do both if you've seen new research that suggests women who drink more than one cup a day may decrease their risk of depression.
The more coffee women drink, the greater we reduce our risk of depression, according to the study. And since one in five women are diagnosed with depression at some point in life, it may be worth contemplating that double shot of espresso.
A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds women who drank two to three cups of coffee a day reduced their risk of depression by 15 percent, compared to women who consumed only one cup or less per week.
Those who drank about one cup of coffee per day also reduced their depression risk, although not by nearly as much.
The study was led by senior author Dr. Alberto Ascherio, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health.
Ascherio says he's not quite sure how caffeine makes people feel better. "Our results suggest that caffeine may have a beneficial effect on the cellular level, and may protect neurons lost to neurodegenerative disease," he tells Time's blog, Healthland. "We are establishing a certain degree of reasonable evidence that caffeine has a long-term effect on the risk of depression, but we cannot attribute this to any pathology."
The biggest coffee drinkers saw the largest reduction in risk, according to the study. Those who drank four cups or more per day reduced their risk of depression by 20 percent.
Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health looked at more than 50,000 women enrolled in the ongoing Nurses' Health Study. The average age of participants was 63. None of the women were diagnosed with depression at the beginning of the study.
Over 10 years, researchers documented the number of women who developed depression, and compared it to the amount of caffeine they consumed. Eighty percent of the caffeine was consumed in coffee; twelve percent in tea and five percent in caffeinated soft drinks.
Researchers caution that it's still too soon to race out and celebrate good mental health with a "cup of Joe". More study is needed to actually prove that caffeine has a protective effect against depression.
Over the years, coffee and caffeinated products have earned a bad rap at times, but concerns about too much caffeine just don't seem to be panning out, according to an editor's note at the end of the Archives paper.
Efforts to study their affects on cardiovascular problems, inflammation, and even cancer have shown little effect, notes Seth Berkowitz.
"Taken together, these results reassure coffee drinkers that there seem to exist no glaringly deleterious health consequences to coffee consumption," he says.
Earlier research, including one study among men, suggests that caffeine reduced depression, suicide, and could possibly have a protective effect against certain prostate cancers, too.


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Although I watched "To Catch a Predator" on "Dateline NBC" with the same fascination that most people did -- "I'll be right out, I spilled some milk on my sweater; have a cookie while I change!" -- I've long had a fundamental problem with the show, which I always felt lured (often weak) people into doing something they likely would not have otherwise, but then didn't even lure them into committing an actual crime -- which is what entrapment really means. There is NO VICTIM when a so-called pervert chats about sex with a 51-year-old undercover cop. There isn't even a victim when a so-called pervert drives to the (fake) house of a 51-year-old undercover cop. The truth is, at this point, who hasn't said or done things online that took on an element of fantasy? Do we even REALLY think the hot OF-AGE guy we're chatting with online -- who always happens to be a closeted fireman -- is real much less the hot-to-trot high school sophomore who is dying to have sex with an older guy who says he's got wine coolers? EVERYTHING online is fake until proven otherwise. I understand that legislators thought they were doing something good by passing tough laws against online predators -- parents understandably freaked out when they realized the scary Internet allowed strangers, including sickos who look at child pornography, to "come into" their homes and mess with their children -- but did you know that these reactionary laws create penalties for crimes like this that are often, pardon the pun, far stiffer than those for people who ACTUALLY MOLEST CHILDREN? (It's really messed up.) I'd suggest we spend more time prosecuting people who are actually harming people -- and keeping tabs on high-risk offenders once they're out of jail -- instead of engaging in questionably legal stunts like this.
So it gives me a schadenfreude stiffy to see that smug host Chris Hansen -- you know, the married one with two sons -- was caught in a hidden-camera sting by the National Enquirer doing something (probably) illegal -- having an adulterous affair with a woman 20 years his junior! (I hope someone walked up to him with a piece of paper folded in their hand as the cameras rolled and said, "Sit down. So what did you think was going to happen here today?")
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
To Catch a Predator Catcher
6 comments:
- NG said...
Awesome comments; too bad they are ten years too late.
Yes, that was a horrible show and Hansen is an awful person who traumatized a lot of innocent people. As a reminder, MSNBC was owned by GE at the time. GE of course is a huge criminal enterprise--war promoter and profiteer, serial polluter, financial terrorist.
Brilliant commentary. Couldnt agree more.
- Topaz said...
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. (But actually, he looks pretty awesome for 51.)
Check out this logic about abusers vs. watchers:
"Those people are totally despicable, but they're more honest than you are," the judge said.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/stash_prep_school_teacher_gets_years_4ZiBv7wjGrF78B7Fu82JBO#ixzz1QnkCOQhL
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Well, the first thing I decided to do was to take a little inventory of what's in my larder. Makes sense, right?
(Not my actual pantry; photo by Julie Magro, aMichiganMom on Flickr.)
Canned/jarred food:
8 cans tuna
2 cans split-pea soup
1 can condensed tomato soup
2 cans kidney beans
3 cans cannellini
1 can red bean paste
6 cans corn
1 can fat-free refried beans
1 can vegetable soup
2 cans tomato paste
1 can no-salt diced tomatoes
1 jar sauerkraut
1 jar grape jelly
2 jars peanut better
many, many condiments/pickles/sauces
most of a bottle of ruby port
most of a tub of organic vegetable shortening
a small amount of cocoa butter
a few fresh veggies (celery, carrots)
most of a jar of applesauce
some leftovers (not many; we don't tend to cook large quantities)
condiments and flavorings (mayo, salsa, curry paste, liquid smoke, vanilla etc.)
a tub of miso paste
2 pre-fab pie crusts
2-lb. block of medium cheddar, unopened
a tub of cottage cheese, unopened
half pound of butter
2 lbs. shrimp
1 pork chop
A couple corn dogs
Several bags of chicken skin/fat to make schmaltz with
a little ice cream
baking stuff (flours, sugar, yeast)
brown rice
teff flour
brown sesame seeds
red quinoa
bag of shrimp shells
a leaky bag containing the other half of the Syrah from the short ribs
Dry goods
a pretty large variety of dried beans, seeds, and grains (rice, oats, cornmeal, etc.)
a box of falafel mix
a bag of Korean roasted corn for tea
a box each of rice krispies and shredded wheat
a few pop tarts
many, many, many herbs and spices
a bag of TVP
a bag of seitan strips
baking stuff (baking powder, soda, etc.)
a bar of unsweetened chocolate
a few packs of ramen
lots of coffee
a metric buttload of popcorn
Also, on the counter is a fresh batch of yogurt in the yogurtmaker, a variety of fruits, a bottle of corn oil, some onions/garlic, and more spices.
Next, I made a quick list of a dozen or so dinners I could cook using only the things in my pantry/fridge, without buying anything new. (Breakfast and lunch are easy: toast, cereal, sandwiches…)
Pantry dinners, brainstorm version
Pasta with tomato sauce and TVP
Split pea soup with croutons (a fave of the kid)
Falafel and flatbread with tahini sauce
Pork fried rice
Red beans and rice
Tuna casserole
Grilled cheese and soup
Pasta e fagiole
Stuffed buns
Noodles with peanut sauce
TVP sloppy joes
As the weeks go on, I'll need to get a little more creative, but some of our favorite standbys are on this list, and it's looking good for having actual real food to eat without buying much more than fresh produce, eggs, milk, and coffee.


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I have mentioned before that lately I am seeing more people come in for a bankruptcy consultation that have been sued by one of their credit card companies. Usually it is for smaller amounts, less than $5,000. Nothing sends more panic through a person to have the process server show up and the door one evening (they always seem to drop by late at night) and get handed a lawsuit.
While receiving the lawsuit is nothing to ignore, it can help calm your nerves a little to understand the litigation process and when you can expect that your credit card will actually be able to obtain a judgment against you. Below are the steps to how a judgment is obtained in Arizona:
Step 1: You Receive the Summons and Complaint
The documents the process server has dropped off at your house likely were comprised of a Summons and Complaint. The Summons is the document that lets you know that a lawsuit has been filed against you and that you have 20 days to respond by filing a written Answer with the court.
The Complaint is the document that lets you know who is suing you and what they are alleging you have done or what amount of money they are trying to get from you. In addition to the Summons and Complaint you may get a document entitled "Certificate on Compulsory Arbitration." In Arizona certain cases are required to go through an arbitration process before they will be allowed to go to trial. Arbitration is a less formal way of resolving the dispute than trial. In Maricopa County, Arizona cases where there is less than $50,000 in dispute must go through the compulsory arbitration process. If you receive this document it is merely alleging that the case is worth less than $50,000 and must go through the arbitration process.
Step 2: Responding to the Complaint
If you dispute what is alleged in the Complaint, you must file a written Answer to the Complaint within 20 days from the day you received the lawsuit from the process server. If you do submit a written Answer the case will then be put on a track towards heading for trial. If you don't file a written Answer you risk getting a Default Judgment entered against you.
Step 3: Application for Entry of Default Judgment
If you do not file an written Answer to the Complaint within the 20 day period, you will likely receive another document, this time in the mail, that is entitled "Application for Entry of Default Judgment". This is the plaintiff/creditor's way of letting you know that they are now seeking to have a default judgment entered against you because you haven't responded. If you still want to submit a written Answer you must do so within 10 days from the day the Application for Entry of Default was filed with the court. If you don't, you are well on your way to having a Default Judgment entered against you.
Step 4: Motion for Default Judgment
If the 10 days go by and you still haven't filed a written Answer to the Complaint, the next document you will receive in the mail is a Motion for Default Judgment. The Motion for Default Judgment is the plaintiff/creditor's opportunity to lay out why they are entitled to judgment and what amount they are asking for. At this point if you have not filed a written Answer you have lost your right to do so. The court will have already entered a default against you and now the judge will sign a Default Judgment that can be used to collect money from you in the form of a wage garnishment or the garnishing of your bank accounts.
Step 5: Your Wages Get Garnished
Now that a judgment has been entered against you, the plaintiff/credit can take that judgment and use it to garnish up to 25% of each of your paychecks and garnish your bank accounts, taking all but $150 of the money in your account. If you need to file bankruptcy, you will want to do it prior to the garnishment.
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If you have been served with a lawsuit the filing of a bankruptcy case will stop this process in its tracks. No matter what stage or step the lawsuit is in, once the bankruptcy case is filed with the court the collection case against you must stop. Even if a Default Judgment has been entered against you, it can be eliminated through a bankruptcy filing.
If you need to file bankruptcy and are having your wages garnished, the bankruptcy will stop the garnishment and void the underlying judgment.
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The slave trade refers to the buying and selling of slaves and was common in the ancient world, especially within the Roman Empire. It declined during the early Middle Ages, but has not completely died out.
The slave trade recommenced in 1455 in Africa. The Pope gave justification to enslave non-Christians in a papal bull.[Citation Needed] It became an important part of Africa's economy. It did not come to an end until 1800-1865 with the work of Christians; William Wilberforce and John Wesley.[Citation Needed] The United States banned the importation or export of slaves on 1 January 1808;[1] but not the US's internal slave trade. The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the Confederate states, and the United States passed the 13th Amendment in response to end slavery in general.
I believe that the arguments for African enslavement were refined during the brutal process by Christians who needed justification but the attitudes behind the arguments were pre-existent (Drake, 1987). To emphasize, It is my position that the attitudes making African enslavement possible existed prior to the actual taking of Africans from the continent but that the refinement of the argument against Africans and for the enslavement occurred during the long history of enslavement in the Americas and Caribbean. Increasingly the Christian sentiment of the settlers became disturbed by the practice of slavery and consequently demanded new and more complex arguments to justify an un-Christian practice.[2]
The "slave trade" was preeminently neither a trade nor an activity initiated by the victims. It was not merely a mechanism to answer the labor needs of the Americas and the Caribbean but an example of deep moral and ethical failing that relied upon the belief of white racial superiority to sustain it.[2]
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The screening of Transformers: Age of Extinction has been postponed to Sunday at the Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF) due to some technical glitch.
The screening, which was scheduled for Friday at the Druk White Lotus School, would have coincided with the film's worldwide release.
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Transformers: Age of Extinction is a science-fiction action film based on the Transformers franchise. It is the fourth installment of the live-action 'Transformers' film series and stars Mark Wahlberg in the lead role.
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SUMMARY: I haven't the leisure of fear. — France, Jeanne d'Arc
"Well, you can't lie there all day," the girl's voice called, and pulled at his arm, leveled him up. France coughed, and it felt as though he lost some eyelashes when he at last dared retake his vision. A dirty girl squatted at his side, pale face plainly assessing.
"What is a little thing like you doing without your father to watch you?" France smiled, or at least, thought he did. There was a hard sting at the crease of one of his eyes. The girl—was she even old enough to bleed?—drew her gaze along the ground, and the ashy dirt building between her toes. Her mouth sat upon her face like a bruise. Her eyes turned shyly.
"Well, I didn't want to. I thought you might be dead, and dead people are quite awfully smelly. And if you weren't dead, then you must have been drunk, because I can't think of why else someone would lie in the middle of a burned field like you were."
"And if I was drunk, then I would have smelled then as well?"
"Perhaps worse. It does matter on how dead you are."
"Either way, quite rank."
"Well," France touched the edge of that grave little face, noting how his fingers blemished it with marks, "I am sorry if I have offended you, my dear. But I am glad it was your face I woke up to."
She smiled a little. "It's alright. You weren't drunk or dead, so it's alright."
"But I must still smell?"
"Yes, you do."
"Alas!" And he pressed his hand to his heart, though the seconds dwindled and his throat burned for the barren land, "But the innocent are cruel."
Her head tilted happily. There was something wonderful about that, about the clearness of her eyes, how fair her hair was. "But I had to come and help you, even if you smelled. I suppose I must, too. Do I smell?"
"Only of roses."
"Oh, I knew it. I knew you were good," she clapped her hands and scrambled away from him, backing away as a girl does, keeping a protective distance between herself and a man. The wind blew shifts of grey sand into the backs of her legs, and France stood to avoid catching it in his eyes. His skin felt scalded and raw, and where the sun touched him burned.
"No, no. That won't do at all. I'm really quite the scoundrel, please. Do say I am, won't you? I simply couldn't stand nobility."
When her lips broke into a smile he could spot a molar growing in. She was moving back, but kept looking straight at him, turning so that her body angled away, and back to the edges of a field. "You shouldn't be so sad, you know. He loves you very much. Just wait a little bit. I promise."
She threw herself into a run, sprinting towards the field and pushing her body through the tall grasses. France watched her bare feet flash at him, cracked and white and grey, as she plunged into the yellow stalks. He took a step, and then another, and another, though he had thought he would never walk again. But perhaps he could—perhaps...
The cloud cover slipped, and the sun burned through the long, yellow grass, setting the entire thing into a dying blaze, and the image of it seared into France's skin.
A girl racing towards fire.
"—but the main problem is with the land, if we could just have a moment to turn the soil, if the English would stop razing it for just a moment—"
France stopped. There was a rush of something cool and bright behind his eyelids, and a stream of something poured into his ears, pooled in his stomach and settled and he raised his eyes to meet his falsified king, ruling on the blood of the once-chosen.
He rushed over the lands and forests and rivers and villages and found a silhouette turned from him, slender-backed and with rigid shoulders. Older now, fit to hang upon a crucifix. His mouth felt full with the taste of dirty metal. A light hung about her, perhaps by the sun or something else, and she began to turn—
A hand jerked on his shoulder, and France rushed backwards and slammed into his skin, shaking and whitened.
"—been listening? Have you perhaps spied upon some bright thing?"
It took him too long to place the face staring upon him with such regal accusation. His king, indeed.
"If I had, would you believe me?" his gaze shifted, "What a pretty little chart you've made! Oh, but it's a picture of me. Magnificent. I'm flattered darling, you really shouldn't have. I think I'm looking rather slim these days, don't you agree?"
His king stared at him, and then threw his hands into the air with a nostalgic shout, "I give up!" He then began ordering a great manner of foodstuffs from the servant at the door. France rested his hip upon the table's edge, and drew lines across the map with his finger, lingering over a small, bare bit of land.
She would put it on the map, then.
She was different when she was alone. Much more of a frightened girl, much less the fearless man she forced herself to be. It made him uneasy, to think of what she did, a human playing the saint. It was the quickest way to die.
She didn't know how to fight. He'd watched her practice with a bow, missing the mark over and over again, and the armor she'd put on was too big, too heavy.
And now. And now it was this same little girl, who shook before him, his final option.
"Jeanne," he touched her shoulder, felt a million other hands within his own, turning her, "Are you perhaps afraid?"
For a moment she only looked at him, pale eyes flicking, then her head turned, and her hands clasped rigidly behind her back. She took great, circling paces away from him, so she faced the wall of her tent. "Why are you trying to make me second-guess myself? Do you want me to fail?" she asked, voice flat. "Have I perhaps offended you? Have I embarrassed the men with my presence? Did—no, don't answer. I know the answers though I ask. I—" her breath caught, "Am I wrong for this?"
France bit his tongue as she wiped angrily at her eyes, still turned from him. Her fingers tore through her cropped hair, thick as it was with sweat. He waited for her to gather herself, rather than pull her close. But some part of him wondered if she'd wished he had.
"Fear?" she repeated with a breathless, uncontrollable laugh, so that she caught it in her hands and brought it back up to her mouth. She kept them there for a moment, until her shoulders stilled. "I haven't the leisure of fear."
He helped her into her armor, lingering over the slightness of her shoulders. She needed a bit of a running start to mount her horse.
He felt the arrow. Not her first fight by a long shot but the angels only kept you for so long, after all, and she'd been damn lucky. Witch luck or holy luck, whichever the gossips preferred, but it had kept her safe and he...he hadn't.
She didn't fall at first. The impact of it sent her whole body rocking forward, and the fingers attached to her injured shoulder collapsed, so that the horse was free to run madly through the battlefield, yet another agent of chaos. The men behind her were shouting, and trying to pull her off the horse, and he was at her side in a second, as he always was, and reaching up to catch her by the good arm and pull. She had enough wits about her to kick free of the stirrups, and then she was bleeding in his arms, eyes wide open and wet and she was going to die now, this was the end for her, and she knew it.
"Go," she told him, wet fingers pressing against his chest. "Please. Please, you have to go. Leave me."
There were men running at her from all sides. The French and the English men. Her horse was still running, still mad, and the thing coming from his girl's shoulder must have been as long as her arm. She tried to look at it and turned pale. He touched her face to make her turn away, to pretend that it wasn't there, that none of this was happening.
"You are so brave," France whispered, and bent to kiss her shining, golden eyelashes. They were wet against his lips. "My brave Jeanne."
Still, she pushed him, "Go!" she cried, "It doesn't matter, I'll be fine! Just go!"
She slid from his arms then, as the men pulled back. They ran. They left her, and France was dragged back with them as they gave ground. He watched, heart in his mouth, as she turned to look at him, snarled yellow curls hanging short around her chin. She smiled without teeth or eyes, and reached for her sword.
The cell England has put her in is not so bad as he had expected. She is worse.
"Why should you cry, my Jeanne?"
She looked up, lip caught between her teeth. There was something terrified about her ragged nails. She laughed from her throat.
"I should like not to," she began in clever hysteria, "I should like to die without fear, and it takes a bit of concentration, if you don't mind." She stared fixedly at the wall, hands now fisted in her short yellow hair. France slid down the wall, and rubbed a rough thumb down her clammy cheek.
"Are you mad, dear?"
"Mad as they say?" she whispered, and pressed her eyes shut, then giggled helplessly, "I can't think of a reason why not to be."
"Well, then," he trailed his hand to cradle the base of her neck, "It is fortunate you have such redeeming qualities."
Her head lolled to the side, resting upon his shoulder briefly, eyes half closed and thick with color. "This isn't the best time."
"No?" he settled an arm around her shoulders, forced it to be light, to not claw into her skin until she couldn't leave, "When would you suggest?
She didn't say anything for a long while, nor did she pull away from him. Her skin was burning, and when she looked at him, he knew exactly how she would die. Without miracles.
"Don't let them win," she said, all order and demand. "I don't matter anymore. I've gotten you this far but the rest is up to you. All of you. Or just you, I mean, I don't—I don't really get it. And—and I'm sorry. I'm sorry I couldn't, you know, finish it off. I tried. I really did think I could do it, you know," she licked her lips, eyes wide and feverish, "I can't hear them anymore. The angels. I think they left me."
"They wouldn't come here," France dismissed, glancing around her dim cell, "How would they get in? The windows are too small."
She smiled weakly.
She was quiet when they tied her to the stake. Quiet, but crying the valiant tears of one who is truly afraid, but too brave to do anything other than face it.
They'd put her in a dress, and pulled back her hair. Most fascinating were her feet, small and bare and dainty, the toes clenched inwards and shaking.
He went to her, to the front of the crowd, and she saw him and looked into his eyes and tried to smile, and he could not think of a single thing to say. She stayed like that, looking at him, as they brought out the torch. They orange flames licked against her skin and hair, turning her to gold, to light, to a bright and shining thing.
"How beautifully she burns," England whispered, and France looked into the fire, and the dark shape wavering beneath it, and his face was wet, and it was difficult to see, and she was so very gone. Lost to the ending he had always known was coming, his girl that ran towards fire.


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Lew Won't Adopt Geithner's Stand Against Wall Street Deregulation Bills
Last year, then-Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner slammed a series of bills that would have deregulated Wall Street banks. But this year, as a slate of nearly identical bills is being considered by the House Financial Services Committee, newly minted Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has declined to oppose them.
The bills are presented as technical fixes to the 2010 Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act, which was aimed at preventing another 2008-style financial crisis. Most of them aren't. One bill would allow certain derivatives that are traded among a corporation's various affiliates to be exempt from almost all new Dodd-Frank regulations. Another measure would expand the types of trading risks that banks can take on. Yet a third bill would allow big multinational US banks to escape US regulations by operating through international arms. Etc. Etc.
The main problem with these bills, financial reform advocates say, is that it's too early to tweak Dodd-Frank. Although the massive financial-reform law passed more than two years ago, all of its provisions must go to regulatory agencies to be crafted into rules before they take effect in the real world. Because of heavy industry lobbying to weaken or kill the regulations, two-thirds of the 400-odd rules are still not finalized. "You take the least controversial [bill], and it's still pulling a thread out of a jacket," says Jeff Connaughton, an investment banker-turned-financial reform advocate who worked with former Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) on financial reform legislation in 2009 and 2010. He says altering these sections of the law could make the whole thing fall apart. "Can we please get the rulemaking done first before we start pulling thread out of the sleeve?"
When many of the same bills were introduced in the last Congress, Geithner sent a letter to the House Financial Services Committee warning against the measures. The Dodd-Frank Act "provides essential financial reforms that should not be weakened or repealed," he wrote:
The bills present issues that the regulators are still actively considering in their rulemakings. If enacted, the proposed legislative changes would undermine the integrity of the rulemaking process, further complicate the work of the regulators, and increase uncertainty for firms. Accordingly, Treasury believes that the proposed bills are at best premature and that the regulators should be permitted to continue their work through the rulemaking process.
When asked about Lew's position on the bills and whether he would take a stand against them, Lew's office had no comment. However, his spokesperson did point to recent testimony by a Treasury official who said, "Efforts to repeal the Dodd-Frank Act in whole or piecemeal...will...be corrosive to the strength and stability of our financial system." But a Treasury official saying that a partial Dodd-Frank repeal would be bad does not carry the same weight as a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury that takes a stand against specific bills.
Financial reform advocates have said the administration has not done enough to defend Dodd-Frank. "This is a three-front war by Wall Street," Connaughton says. "The administration needs to be standing up strongly on all three fronts and they're not. They haven't been supporting the agencies the way they should. They haven't been giving the judicial battles the legal importance it deserves. They haven't loudly stated Geithner's position from April 2012, so they're not fighting Congress."
The seven bills sailed out of the House Agriculture committee in late March and are now being considered by the House Financial Services Committee. Last year, the similar bills cleared all the committees, but some never received a vote on the House floor, and they all failed to reach the Senate by the time the 112th Congress ended. As Bart Naylor of Public Citizen noted in April, the bills got an early start this time around, so the pressure on the Senate to take them up if they pass the House will be higher.
Update: After this story, the Treasury Department got in touch with Mother Jones to clarify its stance on Dodd-Frank. After that story, the Department got in touch with Mother Jones again to further reiterate its support for financial reform.


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The dusky actor bagged the prestigious award for her role in the acclaimed movie Dekh Indian Circus
Tannishtha Chatterjee may not enjoy a star status in India, but the talented actor is well known in the international film circuit for her acting prowess. She made people sit up and take notice with the 2008 British film Brick Lane. she was also seen in Road, Movie opposite Abhay Deol. And now, Tannishtha has bagged the coveted title of the best actress at the New York Film festival for her scintillating performance in Dekh Indian Circus.
"I feel so good. Dekh Indian Circus has been a special film. It has won a lot of awards at other prestigious film festivals across Asia and other places in the world. Personally, it has been a challenging role for me. I had to put on a lot of weight. It also required a different body language, and entailed working with people from different backgrounds. Actors are part of the director's vision, that's why the credit needs to go to my director. I am glad that my performance in the film has been recognised and audiences's around the world have loved it," said Tannishtha in an interview to a daily
Directed by Mangesh Hadawale, Dekh Indian Circus is an entertaining metaphor for rural India's struggle to access the supposed economic boom of the flourishing Indian metros, and Tannishtha plays the role of a resilient mother, who inculcates great values in her children, in the face of adversity.


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Police chief talks solutions on gun violence
12/31/2012 8:55am
Helping stop gun violence is not as simple as putting laws in place but also involves controlling who has access to guns, according to Provo's police chief.
Van Noy, Hoffman to return for senior seasons at BYU
12/31/2012 10:45am
It's a belated Christmas present for BYU football fans: linebacker Kyle Van Noy is staying for his senior season with the Cougars.
Broken hydrant creates slushy mess in Sandy
12/31/2012 2:02pm
Monday is off to a rough start for some Sandy residents who woke up to water rushing into their basements. Firefighters said a hydrant broke overnight in the freezing cold temperatures.
Mich. woman jailed 11 days for alleged cursing
12/31/2012 2:13pm
A woman is free on bond after spending 11 days in jail. Her alleged crime: cursing.
Trooper hit on Christmas Eve warns drivers to slow down
12/31/2012 5:33pm
A trooper hit by a jeep on the freeway on Christmas Eve says it will be a long time before he's able to get back out on the job. But he's glad his injuries weren't worse
'Make everything 25 cents': Kids share New Year's resolutions
12/31/2012 6:18pm
If you're still trying to decide on those New Year's resolutions, you have just under six hours to make up your mind. To help you, we got some tips I found the ones who haven't ever broken a resolution: kids.
Top 10 most-viewed stories on ksl.com in 2012
12/31/2012 6:57pm
Throughout 2012, we were surprised by the weird, we were struck by the solemn and given hope by the sweet stories that were featured in the news. Looking back, we've put together a review of the most popular stories — the ones you read, shared and commented on the most.
Parents of drunk driving victim urge caution in drinking, driving
12/31/2012 7:26pm
Holiday cheer can change in an instant with one wrong driving decision. The Strebel family of South Jordan knows that all too well.
UHP begins annual New Year's Eve DUI blitz
12/31/2012 10:23pm
Each New Year's Eve, the Utah Highway Patrol and other law enforcement look to keep those who have drank too much from driving.
At year's end, remembering cop killed on duty
12/31/2012 10:30pm
The Ogden Police Department suffered perhaps the worst tragedy in its history as five officers were injured and one was killed in a January shootout.
Ogden High School restored complete with art deco details
12/31/2012 10:31pm
More than $75 million later, Ogden High School is new again and will open to public tours within the week.
2 SUVs crash; 1 into Jordan River
12/31/2012 10:38pm
Two cars slid off the road Monday morning in West Jordan, sending multiple people to the hospital.
Year in photos: the good, the bad and the colorful
12/31/2012 10:42pm
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ScreamingChicken Hell is the 15th tee on Sandy Hollow G.C. on Ladies' Day. Been there, done that, and the memory's still vivid nearly 35 years later.
Wabbit Im on a Airplane in the center seat. The person with the window seat needs to get up every 5 min's and there is a kid behind me kicking my seat the entire flight. Don't forget the screaming baby! Daytona to Charlotte July 97.. Still cringe when I think of it.
chewingthefat There is no bacon I have to have sex with Joy Behar and Whoppi Goldberg, every day!
GotBaddog my ex-wife lives next door.