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We are nearly halfway through 2015. That is 5 years we are talking about. This is probably the best time to reflect. Some people would say that the 2010s decade is the worst time for music, which isn't exactly true as we got a lot of great records from this time; My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, 21, good kid m.A.A.d city, Random Access Memories, Run The Jewels 2, etc., are only a few examples of the many amazing albums that were released. But there's always a yin to the yang and this list is not about good records. Let's talk bad music and MY GOD, does the bad music of the past five years suck. It sucked ass. It sucked dick. It sucked balls. It sucked assdickballs. No originality, no effort, abuse of Auto-Tune or similar vocal effects, lazy songwriting, sterile production, boring ballads, boring club/party songs, pointless features, watered-down EDM, Vine rap. These are part of the reason why 2010s music is getting a bad rep. Before we get started, a couple of ground rules; in order for a song to make this list, it has to been released between 2010 and 2014 and it has to have charted on the Hot 100, the peak position doesn't matter. Also, I've expanded the list from ten to fifteen because there is so many contenders that doing ten wouldn't do it justice. Now that we got that out the way, let us dive into the Circles of Hell to look at the worst music of the past five years.
Don't you just love it when country artists try to pander to the hip-hop crowd? No. You don't. Nobody does. Unfortunately, that's what we got with bro-country and the most dominant act of this sub-genre of country music is Florida Georgia Line with the remix to their hit single Cruise. This is pathetic. The production is over-processed and has little to no country instruments, the vocal effects drown out the vocals, lyrically, this song is about a guy trying to pick up a hot chick, and Nelly shows up to add nothing of importance. This isn't even a country song anymore, it's a pop-rap song with the only thing country about it is the singers. It's like the label wanted something that can impact the pop charts and they did it by remixing a shitty country song from a bunch of new hicks and teamed them up with a rapper who hasn't had a hit in 5 years, whose career highlight was rapping with the Honey Nut Cheerios bee. And this is the result of that. Ugh.
Oh, Miley. How did it come to this? How did you go from Hannah Montana to a Rihanna wannabe? This was Miley's newest single when she crafted her fake ratchet white girl image, We Can't Stop and boy, did I wished that they stopped. For a supposed party song, this is depressing as hell. The suicide rate had increased thanks to this shit. The production from Mike Will Made-It is slow and dreary, which is the exact opposite of a good party. Miley's vocals are monotonous and drenched in Auto-Tune, which makes her sound detached from the lyrics, which aren't that good, either. It's just your typical "we can do whatever we want and we'll party all night" clichés. My main problem with Miley is the same problem I have with Justin Bieber; she tries WAY too hard to be cool and she ends up looking like an even lamer white girl than she already is. This is not a good song for any occasion.
Katy Perry's music has never been that good, but she reached a new low with this. This is just awful. The production is a hot mess, being a bunch of 80s-sounding synths and percussion clashing with a bunch of annoying sounds. Katy's performance is that of someone who isn't even trying anymore. The concept of this song is the same as Waking Up In Vegas and Last Friday Night: being a reckless moron. The lyrics are horribly phoned-in, one facepalm-worthy moment is the Japanese-y line. What? She's basically pandering to brain-dead idiots whose weeks comprise of emptying their bank accounts at the club while getting evicted from their apartments because they didn't pay their rent for two months. At this point, this is sad to witness. It's clear that Katy Perry is going through a mid-life crisis. Also, the less said about the Riff Raff remix, the better.
Lil Wayne has been on a steady downfall for a while and this song proves it. Every cliché surrounding his music is on here; doing drugs, oral sex, having lots of money, threatening violence, etc. The only thing he didn't do was rhyme nigga with nigga. For a song called Love Me, there is nothing to love about it. This is a series of unappealing acts of hedonism and posturing bravado. Mike Will Made-It doesn't help matters with his slow, dark production and neither does Future or Drake, who both sound depressed. It seems like nobody cared about anything while recording this song, especially Wayne, who knows that people will buy anything he'll put out, no matter how shitty it is, which is why he isn't even putting in any effort into his music anymore. I already reviewed this POS in a Target Practice, so check that out for more of why Love Me is shit.
You ever hear a song that makes you want to vomit by just the thought of it? For me, this is one of those songs. "Blow my whistle, baby" is obviously about blowjobs. This is as subtle as a steel sledgehammer to the balls. Listening to this song is like letting Flo-Rida stick his dick into your ears and skull-fuck the shit out of you. How do you get away with this and get a number one hit out of it? The world may never know. Flo-Rida brings no personality outside of being a horny pervert. Production-wise, it's mostly simple acoustic guitar and dubstep drums and bass. There's not much to say about the verses as they're nothing more than nonsense. Andspeedingupyourcadencedoesntmakeupfornotsayinganything. Of all of the shitty songs that Flo-Rida has put out, this one is the worst out of all of them. Flo-Rida, go away.
Ah, yes. The ever-so detested Chris Brown. What's there really to say about this guy that hasn't been said? He's a piece of shit human being and it reflects on his music. Loyal is a song written by a bunch of bitter, angry douchebags who cry like babies when they don't get what they want. The beat is a dreary DJ Mustard reject and the lyrics are VERY contradictory. They bash women who aren't loyal and yet, they talk about stealing another man's girlfriend. Where's the logic in that, Spock? Where's the logic? Chris, you can't criticize shallow women who'll cheat on their boyfriends when YOU are the one tempting women who already have boyfriends to cheat on them with you. All you're doing is enabling this horrible behavior you bash others for to continue and that makes you look like a big, fat hypocrite. The featured rappers don't help things either as they just brag about themselves and how awesome their life is WHILE stealing someone's girlfriend. This song is hateful, mean-spirited, and has so many plot-holes that the whole song would collapse from the lack of structure.
THIS song. THIS fucking song is why we know about its producer, DJ Mustard. His simplistic, interchangable style is present here. The three note bass riff, the weak percussion, and the gang vocals. This beat is the same thing over and over again. Another thing repetitive about this song is the hook, which is just "rack city, bitch, rack rack city bitch" and this takes up 75% of the lyrics. That is just lazy songwriting. There's nothing fun here as everything is monotonous. Tyga's flow sounds like he's bored, which means that the listener is also bored. His rapping isn't that impressive as his verses are all of the typical mainstream rap tropes, plus the "got your grandma on my dick" line, which is… disgusting. I'm still baffled that this piece of shit qualifies as an actual party/club song because it is slow and boring. These type of songs shouldn't put people to sleep, which is the reason why Rack City fails.
I want to believe that this is a joke because there is no way anyone would unironically make a song like this and release it to the public to be taken seriously and there's no way anyone would like this without any irony. How terrible is this song? Just look at this guy. Do you expect anything good to come from this asshole? He looks like a bum that a label executive found outside and decided to craft a rapper out of by slapping gold jewelry on him and put a mic in front of him. This song is shit. The beat is so simple that anyone could recreate it on FL Studio. The topic is exactly what you expect from a song call All Gold Everything; all of your standard brag rap cliches. Trinidad James sucks as a rapper, rhyming words with themselves, rhyming words that doesn't rhyme, and spitting lyrics so simple that 6 year olds could come up with something more complex. This dude is a joke. He basically paved the way for Vine rap. One good thing we can get out of this is that Trinidad James is no longer relevant, which I think should send a message to the Bobby Schmurdas of the world. Your career will be cut shorter than a porn star's pubic hairs if your career highlight is a dumb novelty song that blew up virally. You will never be taken seriously and will be thrown in the same trash bin as Soulja Boy.
Thinking about it, a lot of club and EDM songs from 2010 to 2012 sucked hard. The production of these type of songs aged horribly throughout time. Turn Me On is one of those songs. Only one question pops up in my mind when it comes to this song; WHY? Just… why? David Guetta was never that impressive as a producer/DJ and this song doesn't help. The beat is so overproduced and clunky that it becomes unlistenable. It's like Guetta just looped a bunch of annoying sounds together, one of those annoying sounds being Nicki Minaj, who is singing with so much Auto-Tune that would make Future jealous. Her voice is so over-proccessed and Auto-Tuned that at certain points, it doesn't even sound like her. She sounds like an annoying cartoon robot. This was released in the same year as Roman Reloaded and it fits in perfectly with the rest of the songs off that shitty album, plus the number of terrible EDM songs that were out at the time. Anyways, this club filler is one big clusterfuck and is more of a turn off than a turn on.
At this point of the list, we're going much deeper into the Circles of Hell, which means the songs will only get worse and worse as they're completely detached from humanity and decency. This is one of those songs. I have some unpopular opinions when it comes to certain artists and songs and I will stand besides all of them. So I have no regrets in saying Ke$ha sucks and this song proves it. Everything about it is a mess of epic proportions. The beat is sloppy and choppy, the lyrics are horrifically simple and disgusting, Ke$ha is in full annoying white girl mode (made worse by the Auto-Tune), and 3OH!3 are in full white frat douchebag mode. I have heard the defense that Ke$ha's music is a parody of modern pop music which isn't a good defense at all. Parody can suck, too. Just look at those awful spoof movies like Epic Movie, Date Movie, and Disaster Movie. They're all good examples of parody done wrong. In order for parody to work, it has to not only satirize a certain topic by doing an over-the-top version, but it has to say something about the flaws of that topic and be funny, too. There's no satire in this song and none of it is funny, she's just making lazy pop music on purpose. Mark Grondin, I know Ke$ha's your girl, but even you have to admit that this is shit. Blah Blah Blah is such an appropriate title for this noise filler because that's all I hear.
Here it is, ladies and gentlemen. The worst of Vine rap. Provided by supposedly Rich Gang, but really, this is just Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan. Let's talk Young Thug, who is the worst rapper to have ever blown up in the last five years. This guy makes 2 Chainz look like Nas. He can't rap, he can't sing, he has no musical talents. This guy is a walking troll, trolling us with bad music like this. The beat is simple and boring as shit. Young Thug doesn't show off any talent here. Half the time, you can barely understand him because his voice is so grating and when you do understand him, his lyrics are terrible. Why people get behind him is a mystery that Sherlock Holmes couldn't solve and the pretentious, rap-hating hipsters that jerk this dude off with their praises aren't helping. Rich Homie Quan is forgettable, there is nothing he says that's even worth mentioning. Oh, and Birdman is on the outro, rambling like he's in Scarface. It's completely pointless and brings the song down more. How people like this crap without irony, I'll never know. All I know is that Lifestyle is nothing but a piece of shit.
Rihanna and Chris Brown on a song together 3 years after the incident. This really happened, people, and it is as bad you expected it to be. This is another song whose existence makes me ask why. If there was an audio personification of ugliness, it would be this song. The beat is an atrocious mess. It's like a migraine in musical form. After listening to it, you're left with a massive headache. Being a song named after birthdays, Birthday Cake is about oral sex and it is done in the most unappealing way. Easily one of Rihanna's worst performances. Even worse than that is the presence of Chris Brown, who just made this song creepy. You look at his lyrics and it sounds like he's ready for round two of turning Rihanna's face into hamburger meat. How sexy. These two should never collaborate on a song ever again, especially if the end result is turds like this.
Nicki Minaj. What's there really to say about Nicki Minaj? She basically went from someone with potential to someone making some of the worst music ever made. There's not a lot of songs that gets on my nerves more than Anaconda, which basically dethroned Stupid Hoe for the worst Nicki Minaj song ever. The beat lazily samples Baby got Back and does nothing with it besides play random parts of the song. This essentially sounds like a poorly done Baby Got Back remix. Nicki Minaj is at her worst, rapping in an annoying voice about fucking criminals who buy her things in two short verses. To think that there are people out there who think this is pro-feminist. I just like to assume that these people were trolling and just wanted to create clickbait. There is nothing pro-feminist about Anaconda. This is a song where a woman is basically objectifying herself and alienating all skinny people (including her fans) with saying "fuck the skinny bitches." The "hook" of the song relies on Sir Mix-A-Lot's hit single and rapes you in the ears with a clusterfuck of noise. You'd think that this would be the end of it, but no. This song is about 4 minutes long and half of it consists of the outro, where Nicki rambles about nonsense. Either the engineer fell asleep while mixing and mastering or this is an endurance test to see how patient the listener is. It's like Nicki wants me to hate this song so bad. Well, she accomplished that very well while losing all of my respect for her.
It's very rare that you get a song with a title that perfectly describes it. This shit is infamous in its badness. Most of this song is Big Sean repeating the word ass multiple times, all of this done over one of the worst beats ever made. The production is nothing more than repetitive percussion and samples. Just like Anaconda, this shit was made to test the patience of the listener to see how much noise they can tolerate. This is a musical torture device, used by the CIA for interrogation. They put earplugs into suspects' ears, hook up the iPod, and play this, alongside Stupid Hoe, My Humps, and Barbie Girl, in a loop. Lyrically, it's what you expect from a modern rap song, bragging about being rich and having sex with strippers. Nothing in the verses stand out, it's just filler until the hook comes back. Don't even get me started on the Nicki Minaj remix because I would be here all day discussing everything wrong with it. I will never forgive Big Sean for this piece of elephant dung. And to think there is only one song that's worse. Prepare yourselves, people. This is going to get ugly.
Before we get to number one, here are some dishonorable mentions.
- Cher Lloyd-Swagger Jagger/Want U Back
- will.i.am ft Britney Spears-Scream & Shout
- Beyoncé ft Jay Z-Drunk In Love
- Usher ft will.i.am-OMG
- Wiz Khalifa-We Dem Boyz
- Jason Derulo ft Snoop Dogg-Wiggle
- Far East Movement ft The Cataracs & Dev-Like A G6
- ILOVEMAKONNEN ft Drake-Tuesday
- Taylor Swift-22
- Rae Sremmurd-No Flex Zone/No Type
- Luke Bryan-That's My Kind Of Night
- Drake-Started From The Bottom
- Maroon 5-Animals
- Sean Kingston ft Justin Bieber-Eenie Meenie
- anything from the New Boyz
And finally, the worst song of the decade so far IS…..
Do you remember the days when producers didn't try to share the same spotlight as the artists and stayed behind the scenes where they belong? Well, those days are over and now producers are fame-whoring themselves harder than a Kardashian, adding annoying and unnecessary audio watermarks on everything they produced, trying to make sure that people know who produced the songs. You didn't see Quincy Jones, George Martin, or Rick Rubin doing this crap. Hell, even Max Martin and Dr. Luke knew their place, but not P. Diddy, JR Rotem, DJ Mustard, and Mike Will Made-It, who now holds the title of worst song of the 2010s decade so far, 23. Jesus cock-sucking, ball-licking Christ, this song is FUCKING HORRIBLE!! Let's start with the beat, this godawful beat. Mike Will's production style is usually not the best kind of music for club/party music, too slow and dark. This song is exactly that, with annoying synths and uninteresting generic percussion. 23 also answers a question that no one asked; what would happen if a producer got two mediocre black rappers and a talentless white pop singer on a song together? Well, we all know the answer to that question. There's not much to say about Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J's verses. They're your standard brag rap. Even with the terrible beat and forgettable rappers, that would just make this song generic. But what pushes it from generic to the worst song of the past 5 years can be summed up with three words: Miley Cyrus rapping. My God, she is a horrible rapper. Her flow is that of someone who just discovered rap for the first time and thinks they can do it themselves and her lyrics are simplistic to the point of insult. It's all made worse by the faux-ratchet image she pushes. You know? I've seen people give a lot of shit to rappers like Eminem and Macklemore and accuse them of appropriating black culture for white people. Look. Eminem and Macklemore are not appropriating black culture. They both have a real love of hip-hop and they talk about their actual lives in their music, which actually has a message (say what you want about Eminem's message, but it's a message at least). Miley, on the other hand, is a white girl trying to be black and doesn't give a shit about hip-hop. I will gladly stand behind any criticism of her appropriating black culture for white people. She has no business rapping at all. Stick to swinging on wrecking balls naked, bitch. Because of Miley, this song went from a generic rap song to audio genocide. This is where the lowest common denominator exists, where everything good and decent in the world dies a slow, painful death. To everyone involved with recording, distributing, promoting, and purchasing of this song, you can all go fuck yourselves.
So that was the list. The worst music of the current decade so far. All of these songs, plus more, are the current, more updated soundtrack to my personal Hell. Congratulations, you fucking assholes. Quick announcement before I sign off: I am going to do more Worst Songs Lists based off the 1990s. Individual lists will be made for the years 1990 through 1999 and I will wrap things up with a Worst Songs Of The 1990s list. This task will require me to listen to EVERY song from the Year End Hot 100 list of those years. That's about 1000 songs to get through, which will take a lot of time. I will keep you updated on everything via Twitter. That's all I have for now. There won't be any new posts next week as I will be going to the movies to see Avengers: Age Of Ultron. Hey, I have a life, too. But don't worry. The week after, I'll post up a new Random WTF Lyrics and a new Target Practice.
Twinz (Deep Cover 98)-Big Pun ft Fat Joe
Touch The Sky-Kanye West ft Lupe Fiasco
Vitamin C-Smile
Rocket Man-Elton John
O-o-h Child-The Five Stairsteps (can you tell that I watch Guardians Of The Galaxy a lot?)
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"Crafting History: Textiles, Metals and Ceramics at the University of Georgia" is currently on view at the Georgia Museum of Art through Sunday, Apr. 29. Pictured above is a portrait of artist Gary Noffke from 1972.
AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Kenneth Storey's light painting photography removes background distractions and focuses on images from the natural world. Through February.
ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) New paintings by Mary Porter, Greg Benson, Chatham Murray, Candle Brumby, Lana Mitchell and more.
ART ON THE SIDE GALLERY AND GIFTS (17 N. Main St., Watkinsville) A gallery featuring works by various artists in media including ceramics, paintings and fused glass.
ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) "Looking Up! Artistic Explorations of Our Skies" includes paintings, drawings and sculptures by Ana Anest and Scott Pope. Opening reception Feb. 18. Through Apr. 20.
ATHENS ART AND FRAME (1021 Parkway Blvd.) Heidi Hensley's paintings depict colorful and eclectic scenes of Athens and UGA.
ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.)"heARTwork, Resilience in the Midst of Struggle" presents artwork by James Barnes and Broderick Flanigan. Through Feb. 17. • "Georgia's Great…African Americans of Historic Distinction" explores the contributions of people who have made an impact in politics, science, entertainment, Civil Rights, media, sports and more. Through February.
ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) The gallery's new Artists-in-Residence series presents visual artist Gunnar Tarsa and composer Kyle Lewis, who collaborate on performances as Guy Did Ail. Drawing-in-progress open studios, Mondays–Fridays, Feb. 15–27. Performances Feb. 17, 24, 27.
ATHENS LATINO CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND SERVICES (445 Huntington Rd., #120) See 20 paintings by Stanley Bermudez.
BENDZUNAS GLASS (89 W. South Ave., Comer) The family-run studio has been creating fine art glass for almost 40 years.
CIRCLE GALLERY (UGA College of Environment and Design, 285 S. Jackson St.) "Figure Settings: Sculpture by Jean Wilkins Westmacott." Through Feb. 22.
CITY OF WATKINSVILLE (Downtown Watkinsville) "Public Art Watkinsville: A Pop-up Sculpture Exhibit" consists of sculptures placed in prominent locations around downtown. Artists include Benjamin Lock, William Massey, Stan Mullins, Robert Clements, Harold Rittenberry and Joni Younkins-Herzog. • "Artscape Oconee: The Monuments of Artland" features a total of 20 paintings on panels installed around town. Artists include Claire Clements, Peter Loose, Andy Cherewick, Lisa Freeman, Manda McKay and others.
CLASSIC CENTER GALLERIES (300 N. Thomas St.) "Kaleidoscope" includes artwork by Stanley Bermudez, Tammy Cantarella, Beth Thompson, Starr Campbell, Katherine Burke, Wilma and Erin McIntosh. Through May.
CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING CO. (271 W. Hancock Ave.) "Clouds and Clay: Above Georgia" features aerial photography printed on aluminum by Dr. Chris Greer. Reception Feb. 25. Currently on view through Mar. 4.
EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Artwork by Laura Lamb. Through February.
FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Provocative still life oil paintings by Manda McKay and eccentric collages by Kenny Aguar. Through February.
GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) "House Beautiful" explores domestic landscapes through works by Holly Coulis, Sarah Hobbs, Paige Adair, April Childers, Jess Machacek and Justin Barker. Through Apr. 28.
GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) "Artful Instruments: Georgia Gunsmiths and Their Craft." Through Feb. 25. • "Clinton Hill" offers a survey of the 20th-century abstractionist's career, from printmaker to painter, from pulp-paper pioneer to lyrical wall constructions maker. Through Mar. 18. • "Opera in Print: Fin-de-siècle Posters from the Blum Collection." Through Apr. 22. • "Crafting History: Textiles, Metals and Ceramics at the University of Georgia." Through Apr. 29.
GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) Lucha Rodriguez's site-specific installation, "Amorphous Dislocations of Ultramarine," incorporates handout paper, translucent color film and LED lights for a floating display that changes color. Through April.
THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Jeremy Kiran Fernandes, Cal Clements, Hazel Ruth Bray, Cooper Holmes and Sam Benson. Through Feb. 18.
HEIRLOOM CAFE & FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) Paintings by Neil Hancock and Megan Sparks. Through Mar. 5.
JUST PHO…AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Drawings and painting by Patrick Linker.
K.A. ARTIST SHOP (127 N. Jackson St.) "Love, in All its Many Forms" is a group exhibition of intimate works pertaining to the theme of love. Opening reception Feb. 15. Through March.
LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) Curated by Deepanjan Mukhopadhyay, "Tripwire" addresses anxieties pertaining to dislocation, home and surveillance through immigrant artists and artists from the American South. Through Mar. 22. • In "This is a Developing Story," Amanda Ross-Ho combines video, sculpture and textiles into a theatrical tableau. Through Feb. 23. • Jon Vogt's solo show "Oscillations" offers collaged colored pencil drawings resembling waveforms. Through Feb. 23. • Sarah Kennedy and Trent Johnson explore the importance of transparency in communication through "We Have So Much to Talk About." Through Feb. 23.
LAST RESORT GRILL (174 W. Clayton St.) Mosaic artwork by Jane Wright. Through Feb. 28.
LOWERY GALLERY (2400 Booger Hill Rd., Danielsville) The gallery celebrates "24 Years of Art" with Giclee prints, originals, photographs and sculptures by over 24 artists including Claire Clements, Ben Rouse, Peter Loose, Kip Ramey and more.
LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) "Resonating Destinations" features mixed media works by Jim Wilson. Through Mar. 3. • Collections from our Community presents "Angels Everywhere: Connee Flynn." Through March.
MADISON ARTISTS GUILD (123 S. Main St.) Folk art by Peter Loose. Through Feb. 28.
MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) "Contemporary Ceramics in Georgia." Through Apr. 9.
MAMA'S BOY (197 Oak St.) Susan Pelham's collages are influenced by Magic Realism and Surrealism.
OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) "Resonance: A Bi-Sensory Art Exhibit" pairs works of art with sound. Artists include Jackie Dorsey, Melody Croft, John Ahee, Manda McKay, Denise Stewart-Sanabria and more.• Curated by Moon Jung Jang, "Typo-poetry: Despite Black and White in Sound" investigates typography as a way to write poetry. • "Repercussions" showcases assemblages by Lisa Freeman. Through Feb. 16.
PINEWOODS PUBLIC LIBRARY (1265 Hwy. 29 N. #12) See paintings by Stanley Bermudez as well as a community mural currently in the process of restoration.
RICHARD B. RUSSELL JR. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) "Wrestling Temptation: The Quest to Control Alcohol in Georgia." Through Sept. 21.
THE SURGERY CENTER (2142 W. Broad St.) See colorful paintings by Dr. Hildegard Timberlake. Through March.
TRIO CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY (766 W. Broad St.) "In These Streets" presents the work of North Georgia street artists including 70dot, Cold Tony, DoitDoitLeague, Squishiepuss, Ashley Anderson, Killamari and more. Through Feb. 24.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) Melody Croft's "Illuminations" are portraits that use newspaper and magazine print to include poetry excerpts. Through February.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA OCONEE CAMPUS GALLERY (1201 Bishop Farms Pkwy., Watkinsville) In "A Sum of Parts," Laura Noel's work explores the shifting place books and words hold in American culture as it becomes increasingly digital. Closing reception Feb. 14.
VERONICA'S SWEET SPOT (149 Oneta St., #6C6) See work by local and regional artists, craftsmen, potters and sculptors.
VIVA! ARGENTINE CUISINE (247 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Antoine Stewart.
WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Artwork by Georgeinna Brackett.
THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) Permanent artists include RA Miller, Chris Hubbard, Travis Craig, Michelle Fontaine, Dan Smith, Greg Stone and more.


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I didn't notice this Vintage Green Swiftly LS yesterday but it's gorgeous. Maybe it got snuck onto the US website this morning.
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This colour is easily my favourite in years. The day it comes to Canada I can die happily.
Haha I also grabbed the Modern Racerback from Coquitlam Center today!
I just came from my store because I had to pick up the Modern Racer in this color. I didn't pull the trigger last night and it sold out online.


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I find Alan Pelz-Sharpe's recent article extremely interesting, particularly the second trend he identifies: "Multilingual requirements will rise to the fore." According to Pelz-Sharpe, "Of all the trends I have observed…that is the strongest by far."
From a translation/localization service provider perspective, this is certainly good news! I run Lionbridge's global marketing efforts, so I empathize with other marketers when I consider all the things under the marketing umbrella that we need to consider for translation. One example that comes to mind is this blog. There aren't many multilingual blogs out there yet, but I believe this will be the year that many more global companies head this way. Lionbridge may be one of those companies, and we're taking some time to be strategic, by considering the following 8 issues:
1.Where does the content come from? Do you translate the blog posts from English, do you recruit in-country bloggers for each of your key languages to post original content, do you take a hybrid approach?
2.How do you determine which existing posts to translate and in which languages? Do you just do them all even though some content may not be relevant in certain locales?
3.How do you get your in-country team members excited about blogging and creating local content? Do you translate this local content into all the languages also?
4.What kind of quality is acceptable for blog translation? Will readers forgive less than perfect quality? Does Machine Translation provide "understandable" with no human review?
5.Who moderates the comments on all the blog posts, especially those non-English posts?
6.Where do you host the blog? For SEO purposes, we know hosting a blog in-country certainly helps in the rankings, but do you really want to decentralize and have independent blogs?
7.How do you present the "choose language" option on the blog?
8.What about other resources on the blog, including webinars, white papers and videos blog posts? That opens up a whole new can of worms.
We'll be wrestling with these questions this year as we evolve our blog to be more global, with input from our colleagues around the world. I don't have the answers yet, but we'll start the process and see what works and what doesn't, and we'll share that with you.
We value your comments and feedback, and we hope to be a resource for you as you follow this trend in 2010 and expand your own communications into multiple languages.
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simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none."
He was believed to have been born on April 16, 1889 [1]. There
is some doubt whether April 16 is actually his birthday, and it
is possible he was not born in 1889. There is also uncertainty
about his birthplace: London or Fontainebleau, France. There is
no doubt, however, as to his parentage: he was born to Charles
Chaplin, Sr. and Hannah Harriette Hill (aka Lily Harley on stage),
both Music Hall entertainers. His parents separated soon after
his birth, leaving him in the care of his increasingly unstable
A postage stamp issued by IndiaIn 1896, Chaplin's mother was unable
to find work; Charlie and his older half-brother Sydney Chaplin
had to be left in the workhouse at Lambeth, moving after several
weeks to Hanwell School for Orphans and Destitute Children. His
father died an alcoholic when Charlie was 12, and his mother suffered
a mental breakdown, and was eventually admitted temporarily to
the Cane Hill Asylum at Coulsdon (near Croydon). She died in 1928
in the United States, two years after coming to the States to
live with Chaplin, by then a commercial success.
Charlie first took to the stage when, aged five, he performed
in Music Hall in 1894, standing in for his mother. As a child,
he was confined to a bed for weeks due to a serious illness, and,
at night, his mother would sit at the window and act out what
was going on outside. In 1900, aged 11, his brother helped get
him the role of a comic cat in the pantomime Cinderella at the
London Hippodrome. In 1903 he appeared in 'Jim, A Romance of Cockayne',
followed by his first regular job, as the newspaper boy Billy
in Sherlock Holmes, a part he played into 1906. This was followed
by Casey's 'Court Circus' variety show, and, the following year,
he became a clown in Fred Karno's 'Fun Factory' slapstick comedy
According to immigration records, he arrived in the United States
with the Karno troupe on October 2, 1912. In the Karno Company
was Arthur Stanley Jefferson, who would later become known as
Stan Laurel. Chaplin and Laurel wound up sharing a room in a boarding
house. Stan Laurel returned to England but Chaplin remained in
the United States. Chaplin's act was seen by film producer Mack
Sennett, who hired him for his studio, the Keystone Film Company.
Chaplin initially had difficulty adjusting to the Keystone style
of film acting, he soon adapted and flourished in the medium.
This was made possible in part by Chaplin developing his signature
Tramp persona, and by eventually earning directorship and creative
control, which enabled him to become Keystone's top star and talent.
His salary history shows how rapidly he became world famous, and
the skill of his brother, Sydney, at being his business manager.
Keystone, worked for $150 a week
1914-1915: Essanay Studios, of Chicago, Illinois, $1250 a week,
plus $10,000 signing bonus
1916-1917: Mutual, $10,000 a week, plus $150,000 signing bonus
1917: First National, $1 million deal — the first actor
ever to earn that sum. He also formed his own independent production
company, the Charles Chaplin Film Corporation, which made him
a very wealthy man
Chaplin built his own Hollywood studio in 1918, and assumed an
unparalleled degree of artistic and financial control over his
productions. Using this independence, over the next 35 years he
created a remarkable, timeless body of work that remains entertaining
and influential. These include comedy shorts including: A Dog's
Life (1918), and Pay Day (1922); longer films, such as: Shoulder
Arms (1918) and The Pilgrim (1923); and his great silent feature
length films, among them: The Kid (1921), A Woman of Paris (1923),
The Gold Rush (1925), and The Circus (1928). After the arrival
of sound films, he made City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936),
essentially silent films scored with his own music and sound effects.
His dialogue films made in Hollywood were The Great Dictator (1940),
Monsieur Verdoux (1947), and Limelight (1952).
"Modern Times" (1936) depicts the dismal situation of
workers and the poor in industrial society. The Eating Machine
Scene depicts the dehumanizing effect of mechanization.While Modern
Times (1936) is a non-talkie, it does contain talk -- usually
coming from inanimate objects such as a radio or a TV monitor.
This was done to help 1930s audiences, who were out of the habit
of watching silent films, adjust to not hearing dialogue. Chaplin
being observed by his boss while sneaking a smoke in the bathroom
came before George Orwell's "Big Brother" by more than
a decade, and might have inspired it. Modern Times was the first
film where Chaplin's voice is heard (in the nonsense song at the
end). However, for most viewers it is still considered a silent
In 1919 he founded the United Artists film distribution company
with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith, and
served on the board of UA until the early 1950s.
"talkies" became the dominant mode of moviemaking soon
after they were introduced in 1927, Chaplin resisted making a
talkie all through the 1930s. It is a tribute to Chaplin's versatility
that he also has one film credit for choreography for the 1952
film Limelight, and one credit as a singer for the title music
of the 1928 film The Circus. The best-known of several songs he
composed are "Smile", famously covered by Nat King Cole,
among others, and the theme from Limelight.
"The Great Dictator" (1940) was an act of defiance against
Adolf Hitler and fascism. Chaplin played a fascist dictator clearly
modeled on Hitler (also with a certain physical likeness).
The Great Dictator
His first dialogue picture, The Great Dictator (1940) was an act
of defiance against Adolf Hitler and fascism, filmed and released
in the United States one year before it abandoned its policy of
isolationism to enter World War II. The film was seen as an act
of courage in the political environment of the time, both for
its ridicule of Nazism and for the portrayal of overt Jewish characters
and the depiction of their persecution. Chaplin played a fascist
dictator clearly modeled on Hitler (also with a certain physical
likeness), as well as a Jewish barber cruelly persecuted by the
Nazis. Hitler, who was a great fan of movies, is known to have
seen the film twice (records were kept of movies ordered for his
personal theater). Interestingly, Chaplin and Hitler were born
only four days apart (Hilter was born on April 20, 1889).
Chaplin's political sympathies always lay with the left. His politics
seem tame by modern standards, but after the 1940's his views
(in conjunction with his influence and fame) were seen by many
as dangerously radical. His silent films made prior to the Great
Depression typically did not contain overt political themes or
messages, apart from the Tramp's plight in poverty and his run
ins with the law. But his films made in the 1930's were more openly
political. Modern Times (1936) depicts the dismal situation of
workers and the poor in industrial society. The final dramatic
speech in his 1940 film The Great Dictator, which was critical
of patriotic nationalism, was highly controversial, as was his
vocal public support for the opening of a second European front
in 1942 to assist the Soviet Union in World War II. The critical
view of capitalism in his 1947 black comedy Monsieur Verdoux was
hugely controversial, with the film being protested at many US
Although Chaplin had his major successes in the United States
and was a resident from 1914 to 1952, he retained his British
nationality. During the era of McCarthyism, Chaplin was accused
of "un-American activities" as a suspected communist;
and J. Edgar Hoover, who had instructed the FBI to keep extensive
files on him, tried to end his United States residency. FBI pressure
on Chaplin grew after his 1942 campaign for a second front in
the war, and reached a critical level in the late 1940's, when
Congressional figures threatened to call him as a witness in hearings.
This was never done, probably because of fear of Chaplin's ability
to ridicule and lampoon the investigators.
1952, Chaplin left the US for a trip to England; Hoover learned
of it and negotiated with the INS to revoke his re-entry permit.
Chaplin then decided to stay in Europe, and made his home in Vevey,
Switzerland. He briefly returned to the United States in April
1972, with his wife, to receive an Honorary Oscar. Even though
he was invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
(the Academy Awards), he was only issued a one-time entry visa
valid for two months.
Academy Awards
Chaplin won two honorary Oscars. When the first Oscars were awarded
on May 16, 1929, the voting audit procedures that now exist had
not yet been put into place, and the categories were still very
fluid. Chaplin had originally been nominated for both Best Actor
and Best Comedy Directing for his movie The Circus, but his name
was withdrawn and the Academy decided to give him a special award
"for versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing
and producing The Circus" instead. The other film to receive
a special award that year was The Jazz Singer.
second honorary award came 44 years later in 1972, and was for
"the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures
the art form of this century". He came out of his exile to
accept his award. Upon receiving the award, Chaplin received the
longest standing ovation in Academy Award history, lasting a full
five minutes from the delighted, enthralled star-studded studio
was also nominated without success for Best Picture, Best Actor,
and Best Original Screenplay for The Great Dictator, and again
for Best Original Screenplay for Monsieur Verdoux (1947).
is sometimes overlooked that Chaplin also won a competitive Academy
Award. In 1973, he received an Oscar for the Best Music in an
Original Dramatic Score for the 1952 film Limelight, which co-starred
Claire Bloom. The film also features a cameo with Buster Keaton,
which was the first and last time the two great comedians ever
appeared together. Because of Chaplin's difficulties with McCarthyism,
the film did not open in Los Angeles when it was first produced.
This criterion for nomination was not fulfilled until 1972.
final films were A King in New York (1957) and A Countess From
Hong Kong (1967), starring Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando.
Chaplin's professional successes were repeatedly overshadowed
by his private life, particularly with regard to his politics
and his pattern of relationship with young women. On October 23,
1918, the 28 year old Chaplin married the 16-year-old Mildred
Harris. They had one child, Norman Spencer Chaplin, who died in
infancy; they divorced in 1920. During the divorce Chaplin claimed
Harris had had a lesbian affair with noted actress of the time
Alla Nazimova, well known for seducing young actresses. Harris
in turn claimed Chaplin was a sexual addict into very unusual
sex activities. Both claims have merit.
At 35, he became involved with 16-year-old Lita Grey during preparations
for The Gold Rush. They married on November 26, 1924 after she
became pregnant. They had two sons, the actors Charles Chaplin
Jr. (1925-1968) and Sydney Earle Chaplin. Their extraordinarily
bitter divorce in 1928 had Chaplin paying Grey a then-record-breaking
$825,000 settlement. The stress of the sensational divorce, compounded
by a tax dispute, allegedly turned his hair white. The publication
of court records, which included many intimate details, led to
a campaign against him.
Chaplin and actress Paulette Goddard were involved in a romantic
and professional relationship between 1932 and 1940, with Goddard
living with Chaplin in his Beverly Hills home for most of this
time. After the relationship ended, Chaplin made public statements
that they had been secretly married in 1936, but in private he
claimed they were in fact never officially married. In any case,
their common-law marriage ended amicably in 1942, with Goddard
being granted a divorce and settlement.
Chaplin briefly dated actress Joan Barry, but ended it when she
started harassing him and displaying signs of severe mental illness.
In May 1943, she filed a paternity suit against him. Blood tests
proved Chaplin was not the father, but as blood tests were inadmissible
evidence in court, he was ordered to pay $75 a week until the
child turned 21.
Shortly thereafter, he met Oona O'Neill, daughter of Eugene O'Neill,
and married her on June 16, 1943. He was 54; she was 17. This
happened in the face of her father's refusal to give his permission;
he said that if they went through with the marriage, he would
never speak to Oona again. As far as is known, he kept his word.
Despite this, the marriage was a long and happy one, with eight
children. They had three sons: Christopher, Eugene and Michael
Chaplin and five daughters: Geraldine, Josephine, Jane, Victoria
and Annette-Emilie Chaplin.
On March 4, 1975, he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the
British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. The honour was first
proposed in 1956, but was vetoed by the British Foreign Office
on the grounds that he sympathized with the left and that it would
damage British relations with the United States, at the height
of the Cold War and with planning for the ill-fated invasion of
Suez underway.
Chaplin died on Christmas Day, 1977, in Vevey, Switzerland, following
a stroke, aged 88, and was interred in Corsier-Sur-Vevey Cemetery
in Corsier-Sur-Vevey, Vaud. On March 1, 1978, his body was stolen
in an attempt to extort money from his family. The plot failed,
the robbers were captured, and the body was recovered 11 weeks
later near Lake Geneva.
Some have said or suggested Chaplin was Jewish. It is unclear
how this rumour began. One anti-Semite, George Lincoln Rockwell
founder of the American Nazi Party, claimed Chaplin's real name
was Israel Thonstein. There has never been any documentation showing
Charlie Chaplin was Jewish and he made a point of not giving an
answer so as to not dignify the question.
There is a statue of Chaplin in front of the alimentarium in Vevey
to commemorate the last part of his life.
Amongst his many honours, Chaplin has a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame and in 1985 he was honoured with his image on a postage
stamp of the United Kingdom and in 1994 he appeared on a United
States postage stamp designed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.
In 1992 a film was made about his life entitled Chaplin, directed
by Oscar-winner Lord Richard Attenborough, and starring Robert
Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin (Charlie's daughter,
portraying Charlie's mother, her own grandmother), Sir Anthony
Hopkins, Milla Jovovich, Moira Kelly, Kevin Kline, Diane Lane,
Penelope Ann Miller, Paul Rhys, Marisa Tomei, Nancy Travis, and
James Woods.
In 2001, British comedian Eddie Izzard played Chaplin in the film,
The Cat's Meow, which theorized about the still-unsolved death
of producer Thomas Ince aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht,
of which Chaplin was a passenger of at the time.
Geraldine Chaplin played her own grandmother, Hannah Chaplin,
in Richard Attenborough's 1992 film "Chaplin"
A bronze statue to Chaplin was erected in the small seaside town
of Waterville, Co. Kerry, Ireland where the star spent many holidays
in later life.
A young Chaplin is a character in Shanghai Knights; the movie
presented the fictional idea that Chaplin originally came to America
by stowing away with Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson's characters.
It is true that Charlie Chaplin once lost a "Charlie Chaplin
look-a-like" competition. As Chaplin became popular throughout
America, Chaplin look-a-like competitions became popular. On one
occasion, a rising young actor called Bob Hope took first prize!
Chaplin was a friend of Luis Buñuel in the early 30s.
In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted among
the top 20 greatest comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy
All his life, Chaplin was known to be an avowed atheist. He had
nothing but contempt for any form of religion. He once joked,
"I would love to play the part of Jesus! I fit it perfectly
because I am a comedian."


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Publisher: Kingston, Ont. : Canadian Institute of Guided Ground Transport, Queen's University, c1987
Edition: Rev. and updated
Branch Call Number: REF 385.0971 Sta 3558
Characteristics: xv, 496 p. ;,23 cm
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[QUOTE=faithandhope;635687]Question, what does pot have to do with anything?[/QUOTE
I only put that there because smoking is bad, on the other hand I think vaporizing pot wouldn't really affect your flaccid size. I mean I live in Colorado, shit is legal and everywhere and was everywhere before it was legal. Pot really effected my motivation ( As I would smoke 2-4 grams a day.) and it slowed me down alot. Also I HEARD that being high before going to bed effects REM.
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2-4g a day is a lot and I'm not surprised it made you feel sluggish. My girlfriend and I use 3.5g between the two of us every two weeks. Moderation is important, my friends.
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daaaamn. 1 g lasts me a month. if I smoked 2-4 g a day I would not be able to function.
Now I just don't have time to smoke any at all."Know the rules well, so that you may properly break them" - The Dalai Lama
Do not criticize the seed for not yet being a tree.
Character is destiny - Sigmund Freud
As long as I have breath in my lungs, I will make this happen
- 03-08-2013 #48
Smoking multiple times a day, and maintaining a fairly consistent high, I make a quarter last me 2 weeks. This amounts to .5 grams a day, which cost me $5. I'm not a lazy stoner. I smoke when I work, it helps my mind from getting distracted. I tend to try to tackle 5 different things at a time and I overwhelm myself, If I smoke, I can calmly focus on one task at a time. I also smoke on my way to the gym .. Smoking for me isn't about just getting high. It truly has an effect on my life. When I wake up in the morning, 99% of the time I am not looking forward to the day ahead of me. I haven't been working lately, no friends/girlfriend. I wake up depressed. I don't even want to live life. Sometimes I sit around feeling like this for hours at a time. Then I smoke. And what happens? My head clears. Literally. As soon as I get high, I think to myself "Ok what the fuck are you doing, time to get your ass moving" It allows me to put my emotions and feelings to the side, and have a more clear perspective on my day. I don't need to hear someone say "Oh you rely on weed for (Fill in the blank).." Because even before I smoked weed, I would wake up feeling like this. No weed isn't the *solution* to my problems, and yes it once used to be an immature teenage thing, oh lets go smoke a blunt guys. It's changed. $5 a day for my mental stability is well worth it. And No, it isn't used to "run from my problems" As I'm sure someone is going to spit something out about that. I have PLENTY, more than enough, time to think about and reflect on my life. It motivates me.I have no problem being with just one woman, but I can't not eat all the donuts.
Current: 7.2" x 5.25"
Next stop: 7.5" x 5.4"
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Funny how that guy hasn't been back to this thread when we all went apeshit on him with scientific studies lol..
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Jesus Christ...ive just checked this thread, worked nights last night. Can't believe so many people jumping on the band wagon to pound me with this study and that study....honestly guys if you like weed and it works for you great. Just because I may have been incorrect about the testosterone I've been slammed....big deal, I've been there, done that with drugs etc and believe me I am in the best shape of my life mentally and physically than I've ever been now that I'm leading a cleaner life...or should I say that I've grown up...but hey that's what works for me and nothing or no study will ever persuade me that smoking or vaporising is any good for anyone
Awaits another clinical study....ZzzzzzzzBPEL: 6.7 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.1 7.2 .7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.8 7.9 8.0
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Evan Spiegel has bent on one knee and popped the question!
Supermodel Miranda Kerr, 34, and Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, 26, have tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in southern California on Saturday. Spiegel's and Kerr's friends were seen arriving at Spiegel's Los Angeles home before the wedding on Saturday evening, a source close to the couple told PEOPLE.
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The idea of man-caused global warming is especially effective because it can be pounded into practically everybody's head via an easily memorized 3-point mantra. Global warming believers need only to counter dry recitations of skeptic science material with assertions about the numbers of 'IPCC scientists', declare this to be the settled consensus opinion, then claim there is leaked memo evidence proving skeptics are paid industry money to "reposition global warming as theory rather than fact" – hoodwink the public, in other words. Obviously, reporters aren't then obligated to give fair balance to skeptics. In a nutshell, settled science, crooked skeptics, reporters may ignore skeptics, bam, bam, bam.
A timeline of where, how and when that "reposition global warming" phrase first showed up is something global warming believers would hate, since it might prompt a total loss of faith in the validity of that central accusation point. The loss could cascade into questions of whether the science actually is settled in the face of skeptics' science-based criticisms, and people may also start to wonder about the 'fair media balance' idea, since they might not readily recall instances where skeptics actually received that from mainstream media reporters.
One thing to always keep in mind about the "reposition global warming" phrase accusation against skeptic climate scientists is how it is literally all that Al Gore and his followers have to prove skeptics are corrupt. Never mind that neither Gore nor anyone else who quotes the "reposition global warming" phrase and other memo phrases ever shows them in their full context or mentions any in-depth details about the leak, and none of them have ever proven a quid pro quo arrangement exists between skeptics and industry funders. As can be seen below, one of the biggest problems is Al Gore's 2006 claim that Gelbspan discovered the memo containing that phrase, but Gore himself quoted from that same memo set years before Gelbspan first said anything about it.
(Words highlighted in red indicate later key repetitions. Boldface words indicate serious contradictions)
- In early 1991, U.S. coal company associations created the Information Council for the Environment (ICE) pilot project public relations campaign to provide some balanced science assessments they thought were unfairly missing from Al Gore's then-current narratives about the threat of global warming. The objective was to show how the debate was anything but settled, and one of the internal memos for the PR planners had this as the #1 strategy: "reposition global warming as theory (not fact)." Considering how
the rest of the memo and other papers are worded, (1/11/18 Author's addition: link no longer displayed full files as of around December 2017; my downloaded copy of their file is here) the sentence could have read, "Show how the man-caused global warming theory is contradicted by theories of natural variability". The sentence in context with the rest of the PR papers gives no indication it is a top-down industry directive for skeptic scientists to lie about the issue.
- In order of appearance: A May 24, 1991 article in the Flagstaff Arizona Daily Sun mentioned the ICE campaign, "Global warming ad campaign termed irresponsible", as did Phil Shabecoff's Greenwire fax service in its June 19 1991 "Inside Track: Sowing the Seeds of Doubt in the Greenhouse" report; A June 24, 1991 Energy Daily article had specific ICE memo phrases in its title "Greenhouse ads target 'low income' women, 'less educated' men" and within its content; and a July 8, 1991 NY Times article about ICE, specifically repeated the "reposition global warming" phrase, saying it had received copies of the ICE memos from the Sierra Club.
- Al Gore's January 1, 1992 "Earth in the Balance" book quotes directly from the ICE memos on page 360, "… some self-interested cynics are seeking to cloud the underlying issue of the environment…Documents leaked from the National Coal Association to my office reveal…as follows: "People who respond most favorably to such statements are older, less-educated males from larger households, who are not typically active information-seekers… another possible target is younger, lower-income women…"
- What little that can be seen at a Google books search of the June 1992 "The Greenhouse effect", Volume 64, edited by Matthew A. Kraljic, shows the identical wording of the July 8, 1991 NY Times article.
- [12/23/14 Author's note addition:] In the 1993 updated version of "Gaia, An Atlas of Planet Management", a sidebar paragraph slightly alters the phrase by adding "ing" to the first word and an extra "a" near the end, but otherwise keeps the parentheses around the last bit, like the original ICE memo did. However, this book incorrectly names the ICE PR campaign as being the "Informed Citizens for the Environment", a problem I detail at longer length here. Regrettably, this book offers not source for any material in it.
- Curtis Moore's and Alan Miller's August 1994 book "Green Gold" cites the "reposition global warming" phrase from the July 8, 1991 NY Times article. However, Moore and Miller also must have seen the other ICE papers firsthand, as they mention an interview with a person cited in an ICE memo who is not named in the NYT article.
- Ross Gelbspan's first mention of the "reposition global warming" phrase that I can find happens during a December 15, 1995 Living on Earth National Public Radio interview. He also mentioned the "older, less educated men and young, low-income women" words, identical to what is seen in Gore's "Earth in the Balance" book.
- [10/17/14 Author's item addition:] On January 25, 1996, The Phoenix New Times repeated the second half of the "reposition global warming" phrase along with the "older, less educated men and young, low-income women" words, and additionally provided other ICE memo phrases not found in Gelbspan's radio interview…. months before the next entry below.
- An April 1996 "Ties That Blind: Case Studies of Corporate Influence on Climate Change Policy" report by the enviro-activist group Ozone Action stated it and Ross Gelbspan "obtained" the ICE documents.
- Andrew Rowell's October 22, 1996 "Green backlash" book repeats the "reposition global warming" phrase, but his endnote #106 says nothing more than "ICE internal packet, Strategies, p. 3"
- David Helvarg's December 16, 1996 "Energy Companies Try the 'Tobacco Approach' to Evidence of Global Warming" article in The Nation (pages 3-4 here), like Rowell's book above, quotes the "reposition global warming" phrase, but does not say where it came from. The unusual thing about Helvarg's article is that he mentions the name of ICE's PR director, something that only two other publications (that I've been able to find) do – one was an obscure November 1991 Oregon free enterprise newsletter, the other was the Flagstaff Arizona Daily Sun paper I noted in item #2 above.
- Gelbspan's April 1997 The Heat is On book cites the "reposition global warming" phrase without saying where he got it, his end notes simply stating, "ICE documents in author's possession, Mission Statement, Strategy Statement, and Test Market proposal, February 1991"
- Mark Hertsgaard's August 3, 1997 NY Times review of Gelbspan's book stated, "…the fossil fuel lobby has achieved the goal stated in a 1991 planning memo unearthed by Gelbspan: to 'reposition global warming as theory rather than fact.' …No other reporter has told this story as comprehensively or explored its implications for human welfare as searchingly as Gelbspan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist." As seen in items 2 though 5, Gelbspan's mention of the "reposition global warming" phrase occurred after those, and he is not a Pulitzer winner.
- Repetition of the "reposition global warming" phrase basically increases exponentially after 1997
- Gelbspan's "Boiling Point" book was published in 2004 (it cites his 1997 book for the "reposition global warming" phrase), and Al Gore's NY Times review of it said Gelbspan's first book is "the best, and virtually only, study of how the coal and oil industry' corrupts skeptic scientists." One paragraph later, Gore said Gelbspan documented, "the largely successful efforts of companies like ExxonMobil to paralyze the policy process, confuse the American people and cynically 'reposition global warming as theory rather than fact…'".
- In a PBS Now April 22, 2005 broadcast, Gelbspan said, "This is some of the documents I gathered along the way that document this very, very cynical campaign of deception and disinformation….we got a copy of the strategy papers for that campaign. And it said that the purpose of the campaign was to "reposition global warming as theory rather than fact".
- [1/11/18 Author's item addition:] The Comer v. Murphy Oil (Third Amended Class Action Complaint February 23 2006 global warming nuisance court case cited the "reposition" phrase – more details about that situation here.
- Gore's 2006 "An Inconvenient Truth" movie spells out the "reposition global warming" phrase full screen in red letters just before its 1 hour 13 minute point. The companion book for the movie says Gelbspan was the discoverer of the phrase.
- In his May 28, 2006 review of Gore's movie, the late Chicago Sun Times movie reviewer Roger Ebert quoted Gore directly: "… the energy industry has paralyzed America for 20 years with disinformation like that. They're using exactly the same strategy the tobacco industry used. … We found an internal memo from an energy industry group from 1998, written by their disinformation specialists, saying their objective was: 'Reposition global warming as theory rather than fact.'"
- Mark Hertsgaard's May 2006 "While Washington Slept" Vanity Fair article is published, with what appears to be an unequivocal statement that the "reposition global warming" phrase originates from the Global Climate Coalition (GCC), a mistake that is repeated at Wikipedia from 2006 to 2008, thus prompting other mistaken repetitions of that association worldwide. Wikipedia removed it when a critic forcefully pointed out how unsupportable the association was.
- One particularly widespread citation of the phrase is a quote in the August 5, 2007 Newsweek magazine article "Global-Warming Deniers: A Well-Funded Machine". Reporter Sharon Begley did not say who was the source for her assertion that a "game plan called for enlisting greenhouse doubters to 'reposition global warming as theory rather than fact,' and to sow doubt about climate research just as cigarette makers had about smoking research."
- At the Davos 2008 conference, Gore says (off camera), "Exxon Mobil has funded 40 different front groups that have all been a part of a strategic persuasion campaign to, in their own words 'reposition global warming as theory rather than fact.'"
- [1/11/18 Author's item addition:] The Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., Et al.(February 26, 2008) global warming nuisance court case cited the 'strategy/targeting memo phrases' – more details about that situation here.
- Gore's 7000+ word June 22, 2011 Rolling Stone article bypassed Gelbspan and his own "Earth in the Balance" book note and said the following: "… the script for this show was leaked to The New York Times as early as 1991. In an internal document, a consortium of the largest global-warming polluters spelled out their principal strategy: "Reposition global warming as theory, rather than fact."
- As recently as late 2013, a presenter for Gore's Climate Reality Project said this: "A lavishly sponsored campaign, started twenty years ago, to distract us from the problem. In a memo that was leaked to the press several years ago revealed their strategy in their own words, which is to 'reposition global warming as a theory rather than a fact.'" Western Fuels' PR campaign started and ended over 22 years ago, it was not 'lavishly funded', and the leak of its memos in 1991 most certainly was more than 'several years ago'. The presenter's PowerPoint slide shows this statement: "We've seen this before… Their cynical objective, outlined in a secret memo by a consortium of the largest carbon polluters, that was leaked to the press, is–in their own words–to: "Reposition Global Warming as Theory Rather than Fact.""
- [7/9/15 Author's item addition:] Current as of today, The Union of Concerned Scientists "The Climate Deception Dossiers" web page features a handy infographic of the "reposition global warming" phrase, and a link to their downloadable PDF file of old Western Fuels ICE campaign memo scans, which is 100% identical to Greenpeace's scan collection (which I linked to in item #1), after, of course, the deletion of the page 1 Ozone Action summary. As I noted in my June 10, 2013 blog post, nobody else (with one oddball exception) could bring themselves to point directly to Greenpeace's "ICE memo collection" over the last two decades, and UCS only adds to this streak in a really strange way.
- [11/16/16 Author's item addition:] Current as of today, this Greenpeace page continues to prominently feature its Koch Brothers Youtube video which attempts to portray the "reposition global warming" phrase as a sinister plot hatched by "industries" to hoodwink the public, which I detailed in this blog post.
- [1/11/18 Author's item addition:] The trio of "San Mateo / Marin / Imperial Beach v. Chevron Corp. et al." court cases filed in California in July 2017 cited the 'strategy/targeting memo phrases,' which I detailed at further length here.
- [5/15/18 Author's item addition:] The trio of "Santa Cruz County/City / Richmond v. Chevron Corp. et al." court cases filed in California in December 2017/January 2018 cited the 'strategy and (partial) targeting memo phrases,' which I detailed at further length here.
The "reposition global warming" phrase can only be evidence of a cynical quid pro quo arrangement when it is accompanied by proof that skeptic climate scientists were paid industry money in exchange for lies about global warming. When it is seen to be filled with irreconcilable faults and strangely shared talking points, it's worthy of a much deeper look into why those problems are there.
(This blog piece is largely an update of my original 2010 timeline here, with many of the 'hazy' details cleared up.)


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World records are not supposed to be simple endeavors and at Ferris State University they wouldn't have it any other way. The university's Rube Goldberg team just returned from Japan where they were taped for a TV show called "Fountain of Trivia." Rube Goldberg machines use a series of complicated steps to perform one simple task. In 2007 the FSU team set a world record for most steps in a machine when it took 229 tasks to squeeze an orange into juice. The game show brought three students and an professor to Japan for two weeks to build a machine that would break the previous world record. The machine built by Kyle Hebner, Mike Dunakin & Bryan Williams along with advisor Thomas Hollen will most likely be certified as having more than 229 steps once the Guinness Book of World Records fully analyzes it. The machine built in Japan took the team two weeks to create and took a picture with a Polaroid camera once it was complete. Kaz and Corey talked to the guys and got to see them turn a few toys into a mini-Rube Goldberg machine. For another segment from this show, visit www.mifox32.com under Michigan This Morning "On The Road."