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Movies That Say "Christmas" To Us...
The Wilson Bros give a run-down of what films make them feel Christmassy
We thought that we would bring you a selection of movies which are guaranteed to elicit that a festive charge in us, regardless if they have a Christmas theme in them or not. So brace yourself as we bring you a flight at breakneck speed of what brings out the warm and fuzzy Christmassy feelings in The Wilson Bros...
Female Trouble:
We admit that there really isn't much in the way of genuine festive cheer in the works of John Waters, but we were introduced to his earlier films back around Christmas 1990, when we bought a box-set featuring Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Desperate Living and Polyester – needless to say exposure to such twisted works of genius warped our cinematic sensibilities in a fairly permanent manner.
John Waters' 1974 opus, Female Trouble depicts the tawdry life of Dawn Davenport (Divine), from juvenile delinquent to career criminal and ultimately to murderess; what particularly links this film to the festive season for us comes early on, where Dawn's long-suffering parents bear the brunt of not buying their daughter a pair of cha-cha heels for Christmas; Dawn stomps upon all of the unopened presents in a manner reminiscent of Godzilla levelling Tokyo and the ensuing altercation with her parents sees the Christmas tree knocked over and her mother underneath it semi-conscious and moaning "…not on Christmas".
Dawn then flees the family home and hitch-hikes a lift with Earl, a seedy individual (also played by Divine) and the two of them end up getting down to it on a patch of wasteland, with the bilirubin stains on Earl's undercrackers clearly visibly as he pumps away. Waters has since remarked having his leading man playing two characters having sex with each other in the same scene is the ultimate cinematic depiction of the term "go fuck yourself".
With family discord, grubby seasonal sex, intravenous injection of eyeliner, murder and mayhem, Female Trouble isn't traditional Christmas fare, but for those of you with a taste for something other than the traditional House of Mouse-type seasonal offerings, not to mention anyone who appreciates outrageous or distasteful humour, then John Waters' story of the intermingling of celebrity and murder might just jingle your bells.
Black Christmas:
We were late getting to this particular party, as it was about ten years ago when we first saw it. Taping it off of Channel 4, we got our first taste as we wrapped presents on Christmas Eve, and what a belter it was! We immediately went out and bought the Tartan DVD in readiness for the following year, and has been part of the pre-Santa ritual ever since.
Though many cite John Carpenter's Halloween as the original suspenseful maniac-on-the-loose-with-lots-of-tension-and-point-of-view-shots film, but the plain truth is that he was beaten to the punch a full four years earlier by director Bob Clark, who would later be responsible for the hugely successful Porky's series.
Black Christmas sees pretty, young Jess (Olivia Hussey) and her fellow sorority sisters being menaced by an unseen figure that has been plaguing them with obscene telephone calls. The bodies eventually start mounting up and Police Lieutenant Fuller (genre icon John Saxon) wades in to try and get to the bottom of things.
When watching the DVD, it became apparent that the normally unassailable Channel 4 had taken it upon themselves to edit some of the fruitier dialogue out of the movie. As anyone whom has experienced the uncensored version will tell you, there is some deeply surprising obscenities to be found, especially in the incredibly twisted phone-calls made to our campus gals. Considering that The Exorcist was only the previous year, it looks like Clark wanted to see just how far he could take the concept of bad language, and boy, did he play to win!
Clark's film is a festive thing of wonder, with numerous pleasingly tense scenes, coupled with a doom-laden atmosphere that pervades every frame. This may sound like Black Christmas is heavy going, but there are numerous moments of light relief, with many of them provided by a pre-Lois Lane Margot Kidder as a foul-mouthed, dipsomaniacal sorority chick; her most amusing scene sees her plying a little kid with booze and using decidedly salty language around him – you'd never get that in a film these days.
The mainly Canadian cast is bolstered by international stars like Hussey, Saxon and 2001: A Space Odyssey's Kier Dullea, but there isn't a single duff turn in the whole film and special mention must go to actor John Rutter, who plays a police detective with the filthiest snicker in cinema history. The gag he laughs it was so funny that Clark used it again (along with actor Doug McGrath) in his later movie Porkys.
The fact that this film deals directly with Christmas and evokes a genuine Christmassy atmosphere means that Black Christmas ranks quite high in our list of favourite festive movies; we'll leave you with the words from the irresistible trailer, delivered by someone doing a vaguely passable James Mason impersonation…
"Remember those idyllic scenes out of your childhood? Crisp winter nights? Star bright? Cracking Yule logs? Sleigh-bells? Candlelight glimmering off of shimmering Christmas trees? Chestnuts roasting over open fires? Carollers beneath snow-covered window ledges? Remember those – remember them well. After Black Christmas they will never be the same again…"
A Christmas Carol:
Not the recent Jim Carrey one with the animated corpses, you know, the movie which cements that Robert Zemeckis has become George Lucas, obsessed with technology whilst simultaneously losing the core abilities needed to make cohesive cinema. It's not even the 1999 version with Patrick Stewart treating it as a staging of his one-man show, our favourite is the best of the bunch. It was 1984, and George C Scott was to be shown the error his ways by three spirits… well, you know the story by now.
Scott is the glue which bonds all of the exceptional elements together. Some of the more celebrated performances of Scrooge have come across as caricatured or cartoonish in our eyes, but here we find a man genuinely haunted by his past, before the ghosts have even gotten to him. Scott is a man with a blackened soul, inwardly brooding rather than lashing out at all with no reason, someone whom has lost a crucial human component, unable to interact with anyone other than to better his financial situation. When he does lose his temper with those who fall afoul of him, this Scrooge is just cool and forceful, with a smouldering hatred like an improperly extinguished cigar. His eventual redemption by the close of the movie is genuinely uplifting, and neither mawkish nor a bout of forced jollity.
They say a story is about the journey, rather than the destination, and who reading this doesn't know where A Christmas Carol is going to finish up? There are some version of the story which keep you checking your watch in anticipation of the finish, but the perfect pacing and genuine investment in the characters avoid such involuntary distractions. The resentment felt by Scrooge's father, Ebenezer's damning choice between a career and a family with the love of his life, the isolation from his nephew - everything hits home courtesy of terrific actors and some powerful direction. There are recognisable character actors populating the entire movie, all perfectly cast and pulling their weight, and you're always finding yourself saying: "Hey, that's… and that's from…".
How about this for a cast: George C Scott, David Warner, Edward Woodward, Susannah York, Michael Gough, Liz Smith, Angela Pleasance, Frank Finlay, Joanne Whaley, Mark ( Doctor Who) Strickson and Lucy Gutteridge, one of the most under-appreciated actress around, whom ironically ended up living in the gutter when made homeless. There are so many other faces, and it's deeply pleasant experience to pick them out.
The atmosphere created throughout the film is both authentic and extraordinary, with extensive location photography in Shrewsbury bringing a real Dickensian flavour which has failed many times to be captured via the miracle of soundstages. It's a clean version of the times, without the excrement awash on the streets, but to show Scrooge slipping on a pile of rancid shit would be to take away from the story itself, so we get instead a beautiful, chocolate-box version of Dickensian London, with some nifty matte-paintings to drop Parliament and St Paul's into their right places.
If we were to pressed on any criticisms, they are that David Warner is a little too old to really be Bob Cratchit, and that the kid playing Tiny Tim is a bit wooden, but both overcome these obstacles through sheer charm. Whatever, this more than any other movie puts us in the Christmas spirit, with an affecting message that no matter how bitter and twisted life has made you, anyone can find the sense of joy and warm feelings either life has kept out of their reach, or which they have denied themselves. We can't recommend this one highly enough.
Nobody makes a Christmas movie like Joe Dante, n-o-o-o-body. Ah, we remember it well: Gremlins was the big summer hit of 1984, only beaten by Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop and Temple of Doom (these movies raked in a phenomenal amount of cash at the time) but we here in the UK were still getting these huge blockbusters about six months after they came out in the US. Consequently, our first experience of this anti-festive classic was when a relative got hold of a literally unwatchable pirate copy of the movie, and any hopes of seeing it prior to release were quickly dashed. Gremlins was one time when the lengthy wait worked out perfectly, as this summer hit became a Christmas movie over here, released on 7th December to a waiting audience - Hell, even TVAM weathergirl Wincey Willis held up a Gizmo puppet to viewers, on the condition that only the ears be shown, so extensive was the pre-publicity!
BBFC "15" certificate be buggered - if these two eleven year olds wanted to see it, we were damn-well going to get in! Certainly it helped that our local cinema (Images - the memories…) was a private flea-pit, and that the manager really didn't care about age restrictions, so in we quietly slipped. With all the bad-feeling generated by the US release, the cat was out of the bag as to how a cute Christmas movie turns into a monstrous rampage of evil creatures, not to mention that most of the more notorious pieces had entered into playground legend. Once the movie was rolling, it really had a Hell of an effect on us, as if we had been dragged into an adult world were horror could be brought squarely in the middle of a domestic environment, and that even the most reverent of times are fair game. We also remember a coupling couple a few seats along from us just as well as the movie - Jesus, they were really going for it…
We watch it every Christmas, and get a kick out of every time technology allows a better version of the movie to come along, with Blu-ray being no exception. Deleted scenes which we had only seen in our French sticker-album were finally revealed to us, and quickly seen as wise removals. Regardless of such material, there's still no sign of the piece in the comic adaptation where Billy's new pet gets his name after picking up the Bathroom Buddy, gaining the moniker as: "…he's already figured out how to use most of your gizmos". Gremlins comes with an almost infamous inbuilt mythology, with the "rules" for keeping a Mogwai baffling most audiences. How cans they transform into monsters should they eat after midnight? Why do they reproduce with water? Not to mention the biggest mystery of all: why are the Peltzer family celebrating Christmas anyway…?
Gremlins holds up pretty well today, as both an icon of eighties popular culture and as a Capra-esque nightmare all on its own. Sitting near me as I write is an original 1984 life-size Stripe figure, which probably helps bolster just how much affection we have for the movie. It ruined the concept of Santa for a generation of kids, which annoyed parents far more than the murderous mayhem on the screen, which is rather puzzling, and Snow White is still interlinked with Dante's movie in our minds to this day. It's quite a legacy for a director to be able to say that he buggered up Christmas, but Dante can still hold his head up high on this one.
We admit that on the surface, Dario Argento's seminal dreamlike fairytale shocker might not seem like a title to appear on a shortlist of Christmassy films, but from our perspective it most certainly is; this is mostly due to the fact that we were given a copy of the VHS release as a Christmas present from our dear Nan back in 1990 and watching it surrounded by festive decorations that uncannily mirrored the general colour palate of Suspiria itself made inextricably linked the trials and tribulations of Suzy Banyon forever with Christmas in our minds.
Most of you know the story by now – American Suzy Banyon (Jessica Harper) arrives in Germany to start her training at a prestigious dance academy, little suspecting that evil lurks within the school's walls and she slowly begins to realise that not only is it a front for a coven of witches, but also that the deeper she delves into the real goings-on, the less likely that she is going to walk out of the academy in one piece.
Argento's aural and visual assault on the senses seems to lend itself well to Christmas, acting as both an accompaniment and an antidote to the excesses of the period; the colour scheme of predominantly red and green, coupled with the Teutonic flavour really evoke a feeling of Christmas - like wandering through a German Christmas market whilst whacked out on a particularly powerful strain of acid.
The music score by Italian progressive rock band Goblin is as much an all-out assault on the aural front as the visuals are on the optic nerves, with heavy bass and rock clobbering you like Ben Grim's fist, coupled with light and tinkly - almost childlike - melodies that creep up your spine and threaten to strangle you when you least expect it. The nursery-rhyme melodies that play through much of the film have a Christmassy feel to them, which is another reason why Suspiria is one of those films that remind us so much of this time of year.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service:
Well, it wouldn't be a list of Christmas films without including a Bond movie in here somewhere, now would it...?
The sixth entry in the Bond film series had been much-maligned for years, until it began to be reappraised in the early ninties, where people started to get over the fact that Sean Connery wasn't it in and actually started to appreciate all that the film had to offer, including beautiful cinematography; one of the best Bond girls of all time (not to mention being played by one of the greatest actresses of her generation, Diana Rigg); fabulous source material to work from (which was also followed Fleming's novel remarkably closely); a wonderful theme song performed by Louis Armstrong; and the man who shaped the editing style of the series, Peter Hunt, finally gets to direct. It is a pity that the only thing that people think of when OHMSS is brought up in conversation is that George Lazenby played Bond.
The criticism that Lazenby has constantly had to take over the last four decades was certainly unfair; even though the man had no dramatic acting experience prior to getting Bond, he had that certain charisma and managed to acquit himself admirably in the role, with only a couple of scenes revealing his inexperience. Certainly before Daniel Craig took over the role, Lazenby was the only Bond actor who looked like he could physically handle himself in a real fight and that really lent weight to his on-screen persona. It's just a pity that Lazenby took bad advice and left the series after just one film, though seeing as the next one was to be the awful Diamonds Are Forever, maybe George dodged a bullet on that one...
OHMSS contains what is far and away the most powerful scenes in the Bond series; after getting hitched near the end of the film, Bond and new wife Tracey are driving off on their honeymoon, only to be ambushed by Blofeld. Tracey is shot dead, leaving Bond utterly shattered and had audiences filing out of cinemas in stunned silence. They don't make 'em like that anymore.
OHMSS was the least financially successful film in the series - it certainly made back it's budget, but was the slowest to turn a profit; the anti-Lazenby feeling was fuelled by scurrilous tabloid reporting during the shoot and the public didn't warm to him. Ultimately, the passage of time has been kind to this entry in the series and Bond's human side is shown in a manner that was not seen again until Daniel Craig took over the role nearly 40 years later.
Why are we including this film in our list of movies that make us full of good cheer? Well, there is a Christmas motif than runs through the film, with much of the action taking place in Switzerland, allowing for all kinds of European Yuletide goodness to be seen. Much of the film is also set over the festive period, so when we watch OHMSS, we can't help but feel Christmas flowing through our veins.
The Nightmare Before Christmas:
Tim Burton's story of the Pumpkin King trying swapping careers for something more festive is an utter delight, with Henry Seleck's gothic design ironically capturing the purest sense of Burton's work than Burton himself has been able to come up with. The superb stop-motion animation fuses with a terrific soundtrack by Burton collaborator Danny Elfman to create the ultimate Christmas movie, and one which doesn't make you feel as nauseous as scoffing and entire tin of Quality Street afterwards.
The UK had to wait an entire year before getting to see the movie - which is wrongly attributed to Tim Burton on an almost daily basis - but we managed to get hold of an early NTSC-PAL conversion from a pre-release US tape, and were able to revel in its twisted goodness before most people over here even knew of it. We sat back and groaned at the expected tabloid publicity machine rumbling into action as papers (and we're looking at you, Today…) published articles with psychologists trying to determine if the movie would "damage" children whom watched it. Absolute bollocks.
We went to collectors marts during the interim period between the US and UK theatrical releases, and noted with keen interest just how unsuccessful the marketing line was, with the dark imagery being too intense for younger buyers of toys, and being launched just before collecting such stuff became kind of cool for Generation X'ers. Since then, we have witnessed the shocking prices such previously unwanted merchandise now go for, remembering when you could pick them up for a song. Now there is so many things with Jack Skellington's face on, that it boggles the mind how it all tanked at the time. For a frame of reference, see the "Final 17" of the original Star Wars figures, as we also remember seeing them warming pegs in our local Tesco.
We got hold of a copy of the superb (and expensive) LaserDisc set, which came stuffed to the gills with extras, most of which are now out there on Blu-ray, but we were most intrigued that subsequent special editions have footage of the cast removed from their additional features, leading us to believe that they have been carefully snipped in order to preserve the mystique of the film. It's a pity, as watching the seamless merging of the voices of Chris Sarandon and Danny Elfman is nothing short of mesmerising. There is some really good stuff to be found, but not on the DVDs.
When Nightmare Before Christmas had a 3D re-release a couple of years ago, the reviews were much less kind than they were when originally released, as though the world had suddenly turned on it. Many point out that it sags in the middle, only just redeeming itself as the final act comes to an end. This might just be that the reviewers had experienced the horrors of real life a in the intervening years, and the make-believe antics of Halloween Town have squeezed out of their affections.
If we have any criticism of the movie it's that the more you watch it (and this is one of many we see every Christmas without fail) some of the logic unravels faster than the stitching on one of Sally's limbs. When Jack's attempts to bring joy to the world bring chaos to both worlds, leading him to go back to being the Pumpkin King, you can end up reading the moral of the movie as: "Stick to what you are good at, don't branch out into anything new, because if you do, it'll be an unqualified disaster".
Then we get to the icing on the cake: Vincent! Packaged with every release of Nightmare Before Christmas is the absolutely superb animated short film by Burton. Narrated by Vincent Price, this creepy tale of a boy obsessed with Vinnie himself and the works of Edgar Allan Poe is brought vividly to life with more gothic imagery than the audience of a Smiths concert! We always stick it on after the main feature, and just sets the whole experience off wonderfully. Remember that psychological bullshit rolled out when Nightmare Before Christmas was eventually released? They "concluded" that Vincent was more damaging than the movie, concerned that it could seriously disturb kids. Utter crap.
Well, we hope that you've enjoyed this little look at what movies have the ability to fill our black little hearts with seasonal good cheer; though most have a direct Christmas theme to them, one or two just evoke strong memories of Christmas past and makes is feel as Christmassy. Writing this article gives us a break from our punishing Doctor Who reviewing schedule, but we'll wrap things up with by quoting William Hartnell's improvised line at the end of the infamous Doctor Who festive episode, The Feast of Steven...
"Incidentally, a happy Christmas to all of you at home!"
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scratch wrote: pitdeadite wrote: ["Black Christmas" is] also the only reason that we have "Halloween" to begin with. Carpenter used Clark's sequel idea for the basis for his own film.
Rubbish. I don't know exactly where this particular online myth started - probably with Bob Clark himself? - but the initial idea for a movie about a serial killer stalking babysitters came from Irwin Yablans and Moustapha Akkad and the idea of setting the story on Halloween night originated with Yablans.
Not rubbish. After "Black Christmas" came out, Bob Clark worked on a project with John Carpenter, about a murderous family living in the Appalachian Mountains. The movie was never made, but in their time spent together, Clark told Carpenter of the idea that he had for a sequel to his 1974 film. It was to be titled "Halloween" and it involved the previous killer being captured and placed in an insane asylum. He would then break out on said holiday to kill again. When Carpenter made his film, Clark even said that he never felt wronged, because of the way the killer (Michael Myers) was portrayed. Clark stated that he would've continued to use his 'phantom killer', who the audience would never see fully outright and whose identity would remain a mystery.
Rubbish. I don't know exactly where this particular online myth started - probably with Bob Clark himself? - but the initial idea for a movie about a serial killer stalking babysitters came from Irwin Yablans and Moustapha Akkad and the idea of setting the story on Halloween night originated with Yablans.
Not rubbish. After "Black Christmas" came out, Bob Clark worked on a project with John Carpenter, about a murderous family living in the Appalachian Mountains. The movie was never made, but in their time spent together, Clark told Carpenter of the idea that he had for a sequel to his 1974 film. It was to be titled "Halloween" and it involved the previous killer being captured and placed in an insane asylum. He would then break out on said holiday to kill again. When Carpenter made his film, Clark even said that he never felt wronged, because of the way the killer (Michael Myers) was portrayed. Clark stated that he would've continued to use his 'phantom killer', who the audience would never see fully outright and whose identity would remain a mystery.
pitdeadite wrote: ["Black Christmas" is] also the only reason that we have "Halloween" to begin with. Carpenter used Clark's sequel idea for the basis for his own film.
Rubbish. I don't know exactly where this particular online myth started - probably with Bob Clark himself? - but the initial idea for a movie about a serial killer stalking babysitters came from Irwin Yablans and Moustapha Akkad and the idea of setting the story on Halloween night originated with Yablans.
Rubbish. I don't know exactly where this particular online myth started - probably with Bob Clark himself? - but the initial idea for a movie about a serial killer stalking babysitters came from Irwin Yablans and Moustapha Akkad and the idea of setting the story on Halloween night originated with Yablans.
Glad to see that we are not alone in our love of Bob Clark's Black Christmas! It really is a fabulously enjoyable film - the only thing that irritates is Olivia Hussey's plummy-sounding vowels when she answers the phone during the phone "Huloooh?!?"
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pitdeadite, YES!! when i read the title for this article i immediately thought of BLACK CHRISTMAS!! it's become a tradition of mine to watch this movie each year around...Christmas!! great great movie!! i even enjoyed the remake but as a guilty pleasure. it's SO bad it's fun!!
Thank you for mentioning "Black Christmas". Not only do I consider it to be the quintessential slasher movie, but it's also the only reason that we have "Halloween" to begin with. Carpenter used Clark's sequel idea for the basis for his own film.
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In the subject FAQ, you say that omusubi can be any shape. I am a fan of NHK Taiga drama and I noticed that during the Sengoku Jidai period, the warring states era, that the omusubi was round. In Hawaii where I am from, round omusubi was only served at funerals and never any time else. And fell into the category of only at funerals. Like passing anything from chopsticks to chopsticks.
I have also heard it said that triangular omusubi represented ten-shi-jin, heaven-earth-mankind.
Any information you have on this aspect of omusubi would be appreciated.
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I think the onigiri shape significance thing came up somewhere else...maybe on the Onigiri FAQ page itself. I've done a lot of googling on the subject, and asked my mother and aunt, and they say that basically there really isn't much significance to the shape of onigiri anymore, if there ever was. Round onigiri don't play any role in funerals either - when my grandfather died he was offered a plain bowl of rice with chopsticks stuck in it, and the only special thing about the funeral feast served to family and guests was that it _shojin_ - i.e. vegetarian, with no fish/meat. (Not sure about eggs...it could have been vegan.)
Now, I have a theory that people in Hawaii who are descendents of Japanese immigrants may have certain customs and so on related to onigiri/omusubi because many came from the Hiroshima area (where onigiri are called omusubi; in most of the rest of the country they are called onigiri). I am not from the Hiroshima area, and none of my family is, so I'm not familiar with customs there, but it makes sense to me logically.
As for the old time onigiri you see on the NHK Taiga Drama, I think they are round just because that was (at the time depicted) the most practical way to carry around rice/fuel! I haven't seen it, but I guess they were just plain, with no nori and so on right? (An onigiri just formed like that with salt is called a shiomusubi.)
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Thank you very much for your research and your thoughts on this issue.
You are quite right about the appearance of the onigiri in the NHK Taiga Drama, they are plain with no nori.
Your theory of the custom being peculiar to Hiroshima is interesting. My Mother's side of the family is from Hiroshima. I do not know what part of the Japanese immigrants to Hawaii were from Hiroshima. My Father's side of the family came from Yamaguchi.
I don't know that the custom of round omusubi is still practiced in Hawaii. I know that shojin isn't anymore. The food served at my Father's services included meat.
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Underground science is living in exciting times. This year we celebrate 100 years from the first flight of Victor Hess leading to the discovery of cosmic rays. While cosmic rays have helped a lot in the understanding of particles in the early years, they are now a source of noise for many high-energy physics experiments. To escape from this unwanted background, tens of different experiments have moved to laboratories thousands of feet below ground level, to look for elusive neutrinos or dark matter particles.
Many of these studies are aiming at a better understanding of the neutrino. How does it oscillate? What kind of particle is it? What mass does it have? And after the surprising result of the Opera experiment at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory last year, do they really travel faster than light?
Not less interesting is dark matter, expected to be 85% of the total matter of the Universe. Dark matter searches are performed in deep underground laboratories all over the world, and while no clear direct signal has been seen yet, 3 different experiments are seeing a counting rate modulation which could well actually come from the movement of the earth through the dark matter halo of our galaxy. However, such a modulation could also be faked by more mundane effects related to atmospheric changes. To get a definitive answer, this modulation should be measured in the southern hemisphere. A similar modulation would be the sign of a genuine dark matter signal, while an opposite modulation is explained by an atmospheric effect. Unfortunately, all the current underground laboratories are located in the northern hemisphere.
In the last decade, strong efforts have been made in Latin America towards a better integration, and the booming economies of the region have been looking forward to the Asian market. Linking commercially the productive areas of Brazil and Argentina to Asia implies the construction of complementary accesses to the Pacific through the Andes. One of the main projects being pushed forward is the Agua Negra tunnel, to be dug under the Andes between the Chilean 4th region of Coquimbo and the Argentine province of San Juan. It will be a double 14 km long road tunnel, and its deepest point will have more than 1750 m of rock overburden. This tunnel is, in other words, an ideal location for a world class deep underground laboratory, the first in the southern hemisphere.
The construction of the ANDES deep underground laboratory has been pushed forward since 2010. While not initially thought of as an acronym, ANDES can stand for Agua Negra Deep Experiment Site. The foreseen underground layout will consist of various halls for a total volume of more than 60,000 m3 over about 4,000 m2 to harbour all the necessary equipment for several major experiments. The dark matter program will of course be a highlight of the facility, and repeating any modulation seeing experiments in the southern hemisphere will be the first target. In the neutrino sector, a large detector able to detect low energy neutrinos is being designed, mainly focused on neutrinos from solar and supernovae origin, as well as geoneutrinos. Geoneutrinos are neutrinos produced by the decay of radioactive products in the Earth (mainly potassium, uranium and thorium), and are thought to be of extreme relevance for the heat budget of the Earth. ANDES is at a unique location to make this measurement, as not only the geoneutrino flux is expected to be high due to the thick Earth crust at the level of the Andes, but also because one of the main backgrounds in this measurement, neutrinos from nuclear power plants, is absent (there are few nuclear power plants in the region, compared to other laboratories where such measurements are conducted).
The location of ANDES is also unique as it is located close to an active seismological region. In addition to the measurement of geoneutrinos, this is an ideal site for a full geophysics underground laboratory, linked to both the Chilean and the Argentine network of seismographs. The laboratory will also host an ultra low radiation measurement area, important to select high purity material for neutrino and Dark Matter experiments, but also for environmental studies.
Taking into account that the Agua Negra tunnel is an important project of regional integration, ANDES was seen as a similar opportunity, at a time where science is well promoted in most Latin American countries. In order to build and operate the ANDES laboratory, a larger body, the CLES (Latin American Consortium for Underground Science, in Spanish and/or Portuguese), is being considered. The CLES is thought of as the natural body to operate, finance, and plan the scientific roadmap for ANDES, and as a way to promote the academic integration among Latin American countries participating in the project. The four countries currently being actively part of the CLES are Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, but it is foreseen more will join in the future. It is a unique opportunity not only to host international experiments and to build an international laboratory, but also to create an international body in charge of coordinating these activities together with academic development and integration, human resources formation, and a rich technical, social and outreach program.
Underground science is really living in exciting times.
Xavier Bertou is head of the department in the high energy research and technology unit of CNEA, associated researcher of CONICET, and coordinates the ANDES initiative. He works at Centro Atómico Bariloche in Argentina.


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Alexandria Library Timeline -- 1794 - Present
July 24, 1794
Alexandria Library established as subscription institution by Alexandria Library Company. They charge an annual fee of $5. Edward Stabler voted first secretary and librarian and James Muir elected president.
Books probably were housed in the back room of Stabler's Apothecary Shop
James Kennedy appointed librarian
Library is incorporated. First catalog published, which listed the holdings in the hundreds.
Collection moved to the New Market House, adjacent to City Hall
William G. Cranch apppointed librarian
George Drinker appointed librarian. John Leadbeater appointed assistant librarian and "Guardian of the Reading Room."
Library housed in The Lyceum
Norval E. Foard named librarian
The "Young Men of the Town" Society takes over management of the Library Company
Circulation: 3,000
Volumes: 4,481
The City of Alexandria occupied during the Civil War and the Lyceum used as Federal hospital. Books housed in homes of Alexandria Library Company members.
Library housed at the Alexandria Christian Association
August Hening appointed librarian
Emma J. Young appointed librarian
Books moved several different times to various locations along King Street
Alexandria Library Association forms and collection relocated to the Peabody Building
August Hening appointed librarian
Alice Green appointed librarian
Library moved to Robert E. Lee Camp Hall at 806 Prince Street
City Manager sets aside $1,000 for the establishment of a free public library
January 28, 1937
President of the Board Mary Powell Scott and Secretary Mary B. Smoot authorized to sign contract agreement between Dr. and Mrs. Robert Barrett, The Society of Friends, the Alexandria Library Association, and the City Council of the City of Alexandria for a library building.
February 22, 1937
Corner stone laid for the new library building
August 20, 1937
The first Alexandria Free Public Library opens at 717 Queen Street. Dr. Robert South Barrett donates funds to erect the library in memory of his mother, Dr. Kate Waller Barrett, a humanitarian, social crusader, and political reformer. The Society of Friends grants a 99-year lease for use of its old Quaker Burial Ground on Queen Street as the site for the new building.
The Library Company signs an agreement with the Alexandria City Council, turning over its collections to the city. In turn, the city agrees to include operating expenses for the public library in its budget. First year's budget is $5,000.
A Library Board is established, including three members of the Association ("The Company"), two members appointed by the Mayor, and two members of the City Council
Beatrice Workman appointed transitional librarian
Catherine Scoggins appointed librarian
Circulation: 71,953; Cardholders: 3,781; Volumes: 5,535
August 21, 1939
Sit-in at segregated Alexandria Library leads to the arrest of five African American men
April 22, 1940
Robert Robinson Library, named for a grandson of one of George Washington's slaves, opens for black residents at 638 N. Alfred Street (now the Alexandria Black History Museum)
Evelyn Roper Beam appointed librarian
Hazel Miller appointed librarian of Robert Robinson Library
Sara Murphy Carr appointed librarian of Robert Robinson Library
Circulation: 110,371
An amendment to the charter states that the Library Board is required to present its annual budget to the City Council
Ellen Coolidge Burke appointed Director of Alexandria Library
Minnie Fuller appointed Librarian of Robert Robinson Library
Circulation: 156,700
Addition built on Barrett Library: Floor space: 12,200 sq. ft.
Cardholders: 21,875; Volumes: 52,708
Circulation: 267,115
Jeanne G. Plitt appointed librarian
Library gifted 800 volume book collection on Virginia history and the Lee family by Cazenove G. Lee, Jr.
The Library begins bookmobile service
May 11, 1962
Robert Robinson Library closes
Addition built on Barrett Library: Floor space: 14,600 sq. ft.
Circulation: 367,583
Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library opens on Seminary Road: Floor space: 17,874
Bookmobile discontinues service
James M. Duncan, Jr. Branch Library opens on Commonwealth Avenue: Floor space: 9,600 sq. ft.
Jeanne G. Plitt appointed Director.
An amendment to the charter states that three members of Board are citizens-at-large and one member from City Council
Cardholders: 75,565
Volumes: 222,979
Library leases the Lloyd House for its local history and rare books, manuscripts, and archives. Floor space: 7,500 sq. ft.
Needs Assessment Study by King Research Company calls for "a new community library in the western end of the city," as well as the remodeling of Barrett Library and additions to the branches.
In October, the Library automates its catalog with GEAC. All library books are barcoded in a project that took a year to complete
Friends of the Library groups established for each branch
Bookmobile service reinstated
Young Adult services added for ages 12-16
Library catalog is automated
A new advocacy group, the Friends of the Alexandria Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, is formed
Patrick O'Brien appointed Director
Two free internet computers available at Burke Branch.
In May, Barrett Library closes for renovation. Mini library is established in South front room of Llyod House.
End of the 16mm film service and VHS are relocated to the branches.
September 10, 1995
Barrett Library reopens, with four free internet computers available for patrons. The addition included the preservation and reinterment of original graves on the grounds of the Library.
March, 14, 1996
The Library's first website goes live
A new web-based catalog system, GeoWeb was released.
Alexandria Library Foundation chartered
November 15, 1999
250th anniversary of the founding of Alexandria
Time capsule buried behind Beatley Branch, including the following items: letters from Jefferson-Houston Elementary School Students, City officials, and state and federal representatives; photographs of Alexandria buildings and streets; local artwork; brochures from City departments; statistics from Alexandria City schools; programs from local churches and synagogues; print-outs of City website home pages; and various pop culture artifacts.
Cardholders: 101,951; Volumes: 389,260
Bookmobile service ended in September
January - Barrett closes for renovation to add Local History department. It reopens on March 20, 2000
On January 31, 2000 Charles E. Beatley, Jr., Central Library opens on Duke Street
November - Burke closes for renovations
CDs and DVDs are added to the system for circulation
March 4, 2002
Burke reopens
James M. Duncan, Jr. Library Foundation incorporated on July 30
Duncan closes in mid-August 2004 for renovation, then moves to a storefront at 3809 Mt. Vernon Avenue
Beatley began providing free WiFi internet access
September 22, 2005
Duncan Library reopens, the first City of Alexandria government building to have a green roof
Alexandria Library begins offering downloadable audiobooks through the online catalog via Overdrive
WiFi internet access is expanded to all branches
Beatley Central Library receives City Beautification Award
In coorperation with the Burke Friends of the Library and the art students from the Hammond Middle School, a six panel mural of famous citizens of Alexandria was unveiled and dedicated on the back wall of the branch's parking lot. The six celebrated were George Washington, Francis C. Hammond, Mayor Bill Euille, State Senator Patsy Ticer, former T. C. Williams High School football coach, Herman Boone, and former Director and community leader, Ellen Coolidge Burke.
Library circulates one million items in April 2007 (1,041,589)
Alexandria Library collaborates with The Foundation Center as a Regional Cooperating Collection: a large collection of Foundation Center print and online resources, including online training, are located at the Barrett. Foundation and Grant classes, arranged by Barrett staff, are offered to patrons.
Rose T. Dawson is appointed the first African-American Director of Alexandria Library
"All Alexandria Reads" program starts with the book "Marley and Me" by John Grogan
Through an ongoing partnership with Hammond Elementary School, Burke Library hung 4 more murals of famous Alexandrians.
70th Anniversary of Alexandria Library Civil Rights Sit-In. During the 70th Anniversary Celebration, students from Samuel Tucker re-enacted the sit-in, Vice Mayor Kerry Donley read a Proclamation, and members of the media took pictures of the student re-enacting the photograph of the original young men being escorted from the library by police.
Beatley Central installs two self-check out machines to help eliminate the long check out lines
In January 2010 the National Park Service (NPS) announced that the Special Collections Branch had been selected to join the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. This national program includes vetted places, resources and repositories for people studying the Underground Railroad. The Alexandria Library, Special Collections Division is one of three sites in Alexandria to be accepted by NPS and one of a handful of libraries to make the list.
Kate Waller Barrett Day is celebrated on May 20, 2010
Alexandria Library begins offering downloadable ebooks through the online catalog via Overdrive
The Alexandria Library chosen to be Technology Zookeepers for Library of Virginia Region 5
In June 2011 Duncan Branch installs a self-check out machine
In March 2012, the Virginia General Assembly legislated Senate Joint Resolution No. 231, which commends the Alexandria Library on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.
In April 2012 Barrett Branch and Burke Branch installs self-check out machines
Special Collections staff authors the book Alexandria (Images of America), a pictorial history of the City of Alexandria, using vintage photographs and original documents to show how a small colonial town grew into a modern city. Set for release on July 2, 2012.
Solar panels are installed at Beatley Central Library
Alexandria Library celebrates its 75th anniversary as a public library on August 20, 2012


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Wittenberg emerged as the preseason favorite in balloting by North Coast Athletic Conference football coaches for the 28th annual preseason football poll.
The Tigers, who collected their second-straight NCAC crown in 2010, collected four of nine first-place votes from the coaches to total 74 points. Last season's runner-up, Wabash, also earned four first-place votes, but finished just below Wittenberg in the poll with 73 total points. Wooster, which last won the conference title in 2004, accumulated the final first-place vote and finished third in the balloting with 66 points, while Allegheny (56) and Denison (37) earned the fourth and fifth spots, respectively. Ohio Wesleyan (34), Oberlin (32), Hiram (19) and Kenyon (14) rounded out the bottom four slots in the poll.
DePauw, which posted a 9-2 record in 2010, will not officially join the NCAC as a football playing member until the 2012 season; however, the Tigers will get their first taste of NCAC competition this season as they will take on Allegheny, Ohio Wesleyan and Wabash (Monon Bell Game) in non-conference contests.
Wittenberg is entering its 16th season under the leadership of head coach Joe Fincham. Fincham holds an overall record of 136-31 at Wittenberg, including a mark of 91-14 in North Coast Athletic Conference games. The Tigers, who were eliminated from the 2010 NCAA Playoffs by Ohio Athletic Conference member Ohio Northern, 37-14, are led by the reigning NCAC Offensive Player of the Year Ben Zoeller. Zoeller, a quarterback, led the conference in passing yardage (272.5 per game), passing touchdowns (25), pass efficiency (161.6) and total offense (272.9).
The 2011 season opens on Thursday, Sept. 1 with Wooster hosting Baldwin-Wallace at 7:00 PM. NCAC play begins Saturday, Sept. 10.
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Athletic Conference 2011 Preseason Coaches'
(first-place votes in parentheses, followed by total points)
1. Wittenberg (4) 74
2. Wabash (4) 73
3. Wooster (1) 66
4. Allegheny 56
5. Denison 37
6. Ohio Wesleyan 34
7. Oberlin 32
8. Hiram 19
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NEW LONDON, Conn. - Behind seven event victories and 15 All-Conference honors, the MIT women's track and field team won its first-ever NEWMAC Championship. The Engineers knocked off Wheaton College for the lead spot, which had won the previous nine championships.
MIT secured event wins from seven different competitors, while making its presence felt in every area. The Engineers finished with 215.5 points with Wheaton totaling 178.5. Springfield College finished in a distant third on the team board after closing with 140 points.
MIT demonstrated a command over the long distance events. While Alisha Schor grabbed second in the steeplechase, freshman Maria Monks grabbed first place in the 5000m (18:12.28). Springfield's Alyssa Brigham broke up a 1-2-3 sweep in the 5k after squeezing ahead of Hana Adaniya and Jennifer Doyle, while Karen Condon (40:57.88) led a successful sweep of the top three spots in the 10,000m after out-kicking teammate Elizabeth Finn (41:01.86).
Although the Engineers didn't secure as many points in the middle distance races, they still delivered some fantastic performances. Andrea Staid set a new outdoor record in the 800m with a time of 2:19.52. The finish was good enough for third and just ahead of teammate Andrea Bradshaw, who finished fourth after tying the previous Institute mark in 2:19.66. Adrienne Bolger lowered her personal record in the 1500m for the third consecutive week and finished fourth in the race with a clip of 4:51.18.
Rookie standout Amy Magnuson was easily victorious in the 100m hurdles, while she also earned All-Conference plaudits with a second-place finish in the triple jump. Junior Leanne Veldhuis enjoyed another spectacular effort in the 400m hurdles, cruising past the field with a time of 1:03.74.
The MIT women dominated the pole vault as well. Emily Hwang earned her first conference Gold after clearing 10'8.75" while Allison Brown, Christine Fanchiang and Alison Barnard all finished among the top six.
Aline Thomas paced Tech's field contingent with two All-Conference honors. Thomas threw 157'7" in the hammer to earn second in addition to a NEWMAC title in the shot put, which she won by nearly three feet. Chi-Fong Wang appeared even more impressive in the javelin as she threw 125'7" to win the event. Her best mark landed 10 feet further than the next closest competitor.


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I haven't been posting regular Numb3rs summaries for the new season, because I've been disappointed with the new episodes; they appear to be using math mostly for throwaway comments, rather than actually trying to get into any specifics (Farey sequences, the Art Gallery Theorem, and cellular automata being some examples).
They did mention curvelets though, when doing image reconstruction. This particular reference is interesting because, as Shankar Krishnan informs me, one of the top experts on curvelets, Emmanuel Candes, is actually at CalTech, and Caltech's math department has been providing technical expertise for the show.


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Redland crash sends boy to hospital, man to jail
As a result of a Sunday evening traffic crash in Redland, Life Flight had to take a 5-year-old to the hospital and police arrested a 72-year-old man from Oregon City for driving under the influence of intoxicants.
Norman Dallas was also arrested on charges of assault, criminal mischief, recklessly endangering and reckless driving of his Dodge pickup truck.
The boy with reported severe facial injuries is expected to survive. An aunt with her two children, who was driving an Oldsmobile sedan, received a broken leg. The other child in her car survived with minor injuries.
Fischers Mill Road was once again open for travel on Monday morning after the June 16 crash at about 8:15 p.m., when Clackamas County deputies responded to the area near South Princess Court. Four people had to be transported to area hospitals, after being extricated from their vehicles by Clackamas Fire District No. 1 personnel.
Initial reports indicated that a pickup truck containing only Norman Dallas was headed westbound when it lost control and hit the Oldsmobile headed eastbound. The Clackamas County Crash Reconstruction and Forensic Team was called to investigate the crash, due to the serious injuries and possibility of alcohol involvement.


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"How far we have come and how far we still need to go" Graduation address: The University of the Witwatersrand, 1 April 2014 Prof Christof Heyns
It is graduation time at most South African institutions of higher learning and many a Studietrust bursary beneficiary will over the next few weeks don the gown to receive that degree or diploma and celebrate the hard work and determination of the past few years.
Prof Christof Heyns, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and Professor of Human Rights Law, Co-director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa at the University of Pretoria and former Studietrust trustee, recently spoke at a graduation ceremony at Wits University. With his permission we publish his thought-provoking speech, in the hope that our graduates all over South Africa will be inspired by his words while they celebrate their achievements and at the same time recommit themselves to the task at hand, here in South Africa, and in the world.
Graduation address: The University of the Witwatersrand, 1 April 2014
Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management
"How far we have come and how far we still need to go" Christof Heyns
I am deeply honoured to address you today on this important occasion, where the commerce, law and management students of this outstanding university are graduating. As you heard, I was fortunate enough to be a graduate here some years ago as well, and it has made all the difference to my career, both in terms of what I had learned and the recognition that Wits enjoys around the world, as a leader in the field of higher education and in the quest for social justice. Over the years people like myself have taken, and continue to take, inspiration from institutions such as the Centre for Applied Legal Studies – in many ways the model we used for the Centre for Human Rights in Pretoria – and from what Wits has come to stand for.
It seems to me that graduation in many respects symbolizes a changing of the guard. After today you formally are no longer "students", but "graduates" and "alumni"; you will now practice and not just just learn about the principles of your profession. You will also no longer be assessed and judged by this University according to the standards that it has set for you; instead this institution will be judged according to the standards that you maintain in the "world out there".
For those who graduate today, and their loved ones who have supported them during their studies, often at great cost to themselves, a new and exciting phase of life has started. For this institution, one more year ring is added to the sturdy trunk of this tree that has such a proud record of service to its country and society.
I would like to make some observations today from the perspective of my experience of "the world out there" and, in particular, from my experience of having worked with the United Nations over the last four years as Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. In other words, as advisor to the world body and to its member States on unlawful killing, or, as my colleagues like to say, Special Rapporteur on all kinds of terrible things.
I recently asked an ambassador to Geneva from a country from which there are troubling reports whether I could conduct a fact-finding mission to his country. He remained silent for a while and then asked: "So you want to come and tell us we are killing people?" I had to be honest, and tell him yes, that was more or less it. However, I like to see it in a more positive light – the mandate is an opportunity to pursue the better protection of life on a global scale.
However positive one wants to put it, there is no escaping the reality of how cruel we remain to each other. From the slaughter in the Central African Republic and Syria, in open daylight, to the hidden but no less real and systematic horrors of the People's Republic of North Korea, these are affronts to our aspirations to call ourselves a world based on human rights. The excessive use of force by the police against demonstrators and other members of the public in countries such as Venezuela, Turkey, Egypt and, in some cases, our own country, are a far cry from what is promised in the treaties to which these states have signed up.
I recently did extensive missions to Mexico, where some 100 000 people died during the last eight years in drug-related violence, and Papua New Guinea, where sorcery-related killing is endemic.
Many have called the last century the "most violent century" ever, and say that with the advance of technology, such as drones and now lethal robots, we are heading for a situation where we will destroy ourselves.
I get deeply affected by seeing these things first-hand. The pleas of parents who have lost their children in the conflicts of Kashmir and in Turkey to a stranger like myself to "do something" will stay with me forever. In meeting victims, I sometimes feel as if I am with a traveling global Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The distinct limits to what I, or for that matter the UN, can do for them does not help the situation. In some ways the situation seems unresolvable.
And yet, and yet: There is something to be said for a scientific approach in the midst of such horror. Those who have the luxury to retreat from the mayhem and do the casualty counting tell us that although we are starting from a very low base, the world as a whole may in fact be getting less violent. Yes, what we see today is unacceptable, but it is still better than how things were one or two hundred years ago.
Harvard psychologist, Steven Pinker, whom I had the privilege of involving in the course of some of my work on the death penalty, has published an extensive study claiming that over the last four centuries an ever-decreasing percentage of the world population has met its end at the hands of other human beings – and that includes the two world wars of the 20th century. While aspects of the study are controversial, not many argue with his main conclusion: As a species we may be getting less violent.
What has gone up is not the number of casualties; rather, compared to previous centuries, it is our sensibilities and expectations that have gone up, as well as our exposure to violence through the media. We are now in the human rights era and what was earlier accepted as inevitable, and had to be endured "like the weather", as the Roman historian Tacitus put it, can now be challenged and changed. The agony does not go away, because each life is of infinite value, and the levels of violence are still much too high. In fact, the agony may be higher than in the past because we are now more sensitive. We may also be replacing the old problems with new ones, such as global warming. However, there is some comfort to be had from knowing that, in some respects, we are doing the right thing.
Pinker is the first to acknowledge that this is no guarantee for the future. You may know the story of the man who fell from the 20th floor of a building, and as he passed the second floor on his way down someone asked him through the window how it was going. His answer was: "not too bad, so far". The apparent decline in violence may still all change. Ukraine; global warming; terrorism and excessive countermeasures; drones that roam the earth; new weapons that will select and engage targets without human intervention; there are so many threats. However, we will do well to notice that we live in what is called the "long peace" – we have not had a world war since 1945; and if we want to retain and sustain and increase this trend, we need to know what has caused this.
A number of causes for the decline in violence may be identified. No doubt world trade has played a significant role, not only in expanding the size of the cake, and of the middleclass worldwide, but also in creating a situation where the "Other" is not primarily my enemy, but rather my trading partner. Commerce and management have made our world more interlinked and capable of meeting our aims. The whole is indeed proving to be more – much more – than the sum of the parts. Together, as the saying also goes, we can do more. Global communication has likewise played a huge role. We can now understand something of the inner world of people whom we have never met through reading their books and watching their movies.
A further reason why we are less violent as a species, I would venture to say, is the emergence of international law as a global force. Consider the fact that war has throughout most of history been a legal and indeed an acceptable form of settling disputes. Have you noticed how the "Department of Defense" of countries such as the United Kingdom used to be called the "Department of War"? It is only at the middle of the last century that an international system was developed "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war." A human rights ethos, and world organization, which pre-emptively removes many of the causes of conflict was established.
One hundred and fifty years ago Henry Dunant witnessed the slaughter at Solferino, and established the Red Cross, as a global force to counter the terrible effect of war, and International Humanitarian Law followed in its wake. In essence, international law has served as a "gentle civilizer" of nations and of human beings. The system is, no doubt, full of holes and great powers like the USA and Russia all too often cross the line at will, but we are much better off than 100 years ago, when these lines hardly existed.
There is no room for complacency and, in fact, it will be dangerous to focus too much on the road that we have travelled so far, lest we lose sight of the challenges that lie ahead. However, every now and again, as has famously been said, one needs to stop on the way up a mountain and consider where you have come from. A graduation ceremony is one such occasion, where we should pause and take stock of the question whether we are moving in the right direction. Judging from the above, it seems clear to me that your skills will be sorely needed.
Like I am sure many of you are, I am deeply concerned about the road we are currently travelling on in South Africa. I will not make the easy case that there are many societies where it is much worse, even though that is obviously true, I see that for myself every day. We should not compare ourselves to them, but rather to what we can be. However, allow me to say that I am convinced that the odds faced by many other societies are much more difficult to beat than the odds we are up against in South Africa; and we have a track record of having moved against the odds to where we are.
We have a real chance to consolidate the gains of our democracy. There can be little doubt about our ability, ranging from our natural resources to the people this country continues to bring forth. The answer to how to seize the future in such a divided and unequal society is also not difficult – it lies in establishing a system of laws that is responsive to the needs of our people, one that treats people as partners and with dignity. It is as simple as that, and any attempt to undermine the law and our constitution and its institutions is a step in the wrong direction that has to be resisted. There is no short cut. Our society has to be built brick by brick.
Successful nations are those with vibrant institutions that operate according to their own internal logic, the one as a supplement and a check and a balance for the other. External interference with institutions such the courts, the media, and universities is certain to deny all of us that future. However, these institutions, in order to be effective, also need committed and able people, who have the high-end skills and education needed to make a difference in the complex world of today. In short, they need you.
So, my message to you is one of human agency, and of building society not based on slogans, but through institutions, brick by brick. The world is a daunting place, but we need not and should not throw up our hands and say there is nothing we can do about this. We are in significant ways making progress with the right to life – widely regarded as the most fundamental right and also the most measurable (you are either killed or not). If that is possible, we can certainly make progress also with the other rights. I would venture to say that the growth of many of the economies of the so-called "developing world" during the last couple of years suggests that this can also be done as far as socio-economic rights are concerned – if we want to. Of course, the catch is in the 'if'.
This brings me to my last observation: What does it mean to walk out of here today as a Wits graduate? My starting point would come from the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, which links rights to responsibilities, and I am pretty sure your school and university teachers, like mine, have emphasized this to you. We are social beings, and whether we call it that, or Ubuntu, or medemenslikheid, we our bound to each other.
Therefore, opportunities such as those you and I had come with obligations. Exceptional opportunities come with exceptional responsibilities. We have a duty to plough what we have received back into our societies. We – you and I – are singularly equipped to ensure that our community is one that allows everyone to be fully human. We are the ones with a singular obligation to make sure the "if" is met.
As I see it, the starting point for us as a society and as a continent to move forward – to exercise the agency I have spoken about – is that those who will be able to do the most for their society, must get the opportunities to develop their skills to the highest level. You were given those opportunities.
There is much more I would have liked to talk to you about today. I would have liked to talk about how it is possible to be a South African but also a citizen of the world; about the shortage of people from our continent, and with your backgrounds, in the UN and other global institutions. I would have liked to say how gaining such experience and bringing it back to our country is essential for our growth. But enough words for now: You will see these things for yourselves.
Action is more important. Let's celebrate today not only how far we as a society, but also you as individuals, have come. Let's do so thoroughly. Then we need to get down to the important work that lies ahead.


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PaddockArea where horses are saddled and paraded before being taken onto the track.
Paddock JudgeOfficial in charge of paddock and saddling routine.
PanelA slang term for a furlong.
ParimutuelA form of wagering originated in 1865 by Frenchman Pierre Oller in which all money bet is divided up among those who have winning tickets, after taxes, takeout and other deductions are made. Oller called his system "parier mutuel" meaning "mutual stake" or "betting among ourselves." As this wagering method was adopted in England it became known as "Paris mutuals," and soon after "parimutuels."
ParlayA multi-race bet in which all winnings are subsequently wagered on each succeeding race.
Part WheelUsing a key horse or horses in different, but not all possible, exotic wagering combinations.
Past PerformancesA horse's racing record, earnings, bloodlines and other data, presented in composite form.
Patrol JudgeOfficial who observes the progress of a race from various vantage points around the track.
Photo FinishA result so close it is necessary to use the finish line camera to determine the order of finish.
Pick (3,4,5,6)A type of multi-race wager in which the winners of all the included races must be selected.
PillSmall numbered ball used in a blind draw to decide post positions.
Pinched BackA horse forced back due to racing in close quarters.
Pipe OpenerExercise at a brisk speed.
PlaceSecond position at the finish.
Place BetWager on a horse to finish first or second.
Placing JudgeOfficial who posts the order of finish in a race.
Plate1) A prize for a winner. Usually less valuable than a cup. 2) Generic term for lightweight (usually) aluminum horseshoe used during a race.
Point of CallA horse's position at various locations on the racetrack where its running position is noted on a chart. The locations vary with the distance of the race.
Pole1) Markers at measured distances around the track designating the distance from the finish. The quarter pole, for instance, is a quarter of a mile from the finish, not from the start. 2) The top of the head, between the ears.
PonyAny horse or pony that leads the parade of the field from paddock to starting gate. Also, a horse or pony which accompanies a starter to the starting gate. Also can be used as a verb. He was ponied to the gate. Also known as a "lead pony."
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Post PositionPosition of stall in starting gate from which a horse starts.
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Telltale Games issued a verbose email yesterday officially announcing the release date for the upcoming retail iteration of The Walking Dead. The game, which is currently available as five episodic downloads on the Xbox Live Marketplace, PlayStation Network, iOS and Steam, will hit store shelves as a single, disc-based release on December 11. Unlike standard retail releases which commonly see $60 price tags, prospective players can pick up the entire first season of The Walking Dead for a mere $30.
If it seems like we're trying to steer you toward buying this game/compilation, well, that's only because we are. As Telltale's email points out, we recently awarded the first season of The Walking Dead our first perfect 10/10 score. Additionally, we also published glowing reviews for each individual episode of the game as they were released on the various digital distribution platforms. In short, we adore The Walking Dead, and feel that everyone, whether they're looking for deep characterization, traumatic horror or simply a bunch of ugly rotting corpses, will agree that The Walking Dead is one of the best video game releases in recent history.
Telltale's email also includes a reminder for true Walking Dead devotees to get their pre-orders for the Collector's Edition in as quickly as possible. While this iteration of the release will set you back a sizable $70, it includes "an exclusive edition of The Walking Dead Compendium One: over 1,000 pages of Robert Kirkman's original comic book, collecting the first 48 issues of Rick Grimes' story." Though the Compendium won't cover the entirety of Kirkman's run on the Walking Dead comic books to date, those 48 issues span the comic's first five years — the same years in which it won its massive cult following (which, in turn, spawned both the video game we're discussing and AMC's Walking Dead television series). If you enjoy the dark, bleak atmosphere and complex characters of Telltale's game, you'll likely feel the same about Kirkman's comics.
Oddly, Telltale seems to have struck up a deal with Best Buy on the disc-based PC edition of The Walking Dead. According to the email, Best Buy is the only place where you can buy the retail release on PC. This leaves consumers with little choice on where to shop, but on the upside, Best Buy is also the only place where you can find a "a Limited Edition cover variant for all platforms, along with an exclusive poster insert." So that's something, right?
Wherever you buy it, the point here is that once December 11 rolls around, no one should have an excuse for not playing this game. Now even those without internet connections can enjoy the haunting story of Lee and Clem, and those who've already enjoyed the game as a download can use this opportunity to play through the entire adventure again. If you do decide to replay the game though, keep in mind that attempting to be as terrible a person as possible will only make your soul hurt.
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Volume 18 Issue 6 | July 1-7, 2005
Blue Bench
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Sibling duo sells stylish, functional childrens furniture
Downtown Express photo by Elisabeth Robert
Stephen, left, and Susan Johnson, owners of Blue Bench in Tribeca, sell childrens furniture and offer a range of other services.
By Kaitlen Jay Exum
After spending 25 years working in the fashion industry, siblings Susan and Stephen Johnson were both ready for a change. Interior design, Susan said, seemed like a natural progression from fashion. She had recently helped a pregnant friend decorate her babys nursery and, in the process, discovered a unique line of childrens furniture called Little Folk Art and developed a relationship with the designer, Susan Salzman. As both Johnson siblings are crazy about childrenStephen has two boys and Susan adores her one niece and seven nephewsworking in the field of interior design for childrens rooms seemed like a logical move.
In August 2000, the Johnsons opened a kids furniture and accessories shop at 159 Duane Street in Tribeca. Initially, they named their store Little Folk Art as they primarily carried Salzmans designs, but they soon realized that their store needed an identity apart from the furniture line. (Salzmans furniture is widely known on the West Coast, but has a much lower profile here on the East Coast.) The Johnsons rechristened the shop Blue Bench, after a blue metal glider bench that they had stationed on the sidewalk in front of the store when they first opened. They had become known for the bench, a popular play-spot for the neighborhood kids, and the name Blue Bench appealed to them.
The atmosphere in the shop is comfortable and relaxed; not only is the store itself, full of pastel furniture and featuring a wide, open storefront window, a tranquil setting, but the Johnsons display a natural camaraderie that immediately puts both children and parents at ease. The siblings worked together in the fashion field for about 10 years and, knowing how well they collaborated, had no qualms about setting up shop with one another. Theres nothing better, really, than when you have full trust in your partner, Susan explained. Adding to the overall coziness is Layla, Susans ever-present cockapoo. Shes friendly, great with kids, and can spot a belly-rubbing sucker like me in record time.
Blue Bench carries not only Salzmans Little Folk Art line of furniture, but also Pea Notes stationery, Jane Keltner furniture, vibrant paintings by local artist Matthew Brzostoski, and a variety of accessories, both decorative and wearable, ranging from bibs and baby blankets to mobiles and lamps. One of their best-selling items is an inventive baby changing table, which consists of a dresser with a removable platform on top; at approximately $2,600, its not cheap, but it is sturdy and an example of good design that retains its functionality as kids age. Another popular piece is the tiered bucket bookshelf, which features graduated shelves that taper toward the wall. As the lower shelves jut out farther than higher shelves, children can use them as stairs and climb up to reach books on the top shelves. Again, the shelves are a pricey $985, but they are attractive, solid, and weighted properly so that climbing youngsters wont cause the unit to tip over. Were really into function as well as style, said Stephen. They also carry useful books, such as City Baby: The Ultimate Guide for New York City Parents from Pregnancy to Preschool and Salzmans book, Rooms to Grown In: Little Folk Arts Great Rooms for Babies, Kids, and Teens.
Not only does Blue Bench boast a selection of well-made and attractive furniture for children, but the Johnsons also offer services above and beyond what many other shops provide. They will help customers pick out stationery for the baby announcements and fabrics or paint colors for furniture. From 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. every Tuesday morning from the fall through the end of May, they present free Storytime events, in which Susan reads to a crowd of 30-40 children. (In the future, they hope to host book signings by childrens authors, too.) After the events of September 11, 2001 forced the store to remain shuttered for over a week, the Johnsons forwarded calls to their mobile phones and went to customers rather than the other way around. And, as was mentioned in recent articles in both New York magazine and the New York Times, the Johnsons have even helped expectant parents choose two separate nursery sets, one for a boy and another for a girl, and then found out directly from the mothers doctor which sex the baby would be, all the while keeping it a secret from the parents. While Stephen suspects that this trend of surprised-yet-prepared parents might be just a fad, he and Susan are only too happy to accommodate them.
Although the Johnsons would like to open more Blue Bench locations, perhaps in Westchester or Connecticut, for the time being, were learning what it takes to run a small store, Susan said. And its a lot of work.
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sounds a bit like muse / matt bellamy in places.
i hate muse
but really quite like this
Given up on them
Can't see them ever writing a remotely memorable song again. How long has it been now? 16 years & counting. Bring back Alan!Sciflyer and ethricdouble this'd this
Eh, the song's not that bad
It's just not really anything to write home about. They've had a few OK songs over the past 15-or-so years, but IMO just haven't had a thoroughly good album. It's a shame because I really used to love their musical output, and would always eagerly anticipate new releases. In all honesty, I wish they had called it a career years ago (maybe after Ultra - which, despite Alan's absence - was quite good).
Ultra was their last half-decent album
and Barrel of a Gun is one of their best singles. Since then it's been diminishing returns every time, and these 2 new tracks don't indicate any kind of return to form.
It is indeed sad as they were the first band I ever became obsessed with, and the first band I ever saw live, back in 1986 on the Black Celebration tour. Guess they're kind of an electronic Rolling Stones now, releasing increasingly irrelevant albums as a reason to go on tour & play the hits. Also wish Martin would just stop singing, his voice is increasingly unbearable.
they're in that unfortunate position where every album gets heralded as a return to form, but just isn't. not getting fooled again.
although i like martin's voice.
Ultra was the start of the rot
Barrel of a Gun and Home excepted. Playing The Angel had its moments though (if it was a bit too long) - they need to get back to 9 or 10 focused songs per album as per the Violator/SOFAD phase.
PTA is great
Probably the only DM album I listen to as an album (so I guess that immediately invalidates my opinion).
I also really like Violator
It's just that they're not a band I approach in terms of albums. Lots and lots of fantastic songs, but only one album (okay, two) that I value as albums.
It's probably their most consistent album since Ultra, and has the virtue of sounding like golden age DM. But Martin's vocals on Damaged People make me want to pour boiling chip pan oil in my ears.
It's bland
I'm sad. I hope the other songs from the album Delta Machine are better.
and Matthew Dear
Well now, I'm really interested.
"Should Be Higher"
Smells like a classic DM to me.
The whole album is up for stream on iTunes now
Not as terribly weak as Sounds of the Universe but IMO still pretty unremarkable.


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