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Cris Barrish from The (New Castle, Del.) News Journal raised questions about the legal loophole in Delaware, which says public officials must be named only when lobbyists spend more than $50 on each one at social events. The (New Castle, Del.) News Journal examined the state's lobbyist database, which details lobbyist spending and gifts received by top state officials since 2002, and found out "A total of $471,200 - nearly two-thirds - was spent on public officials who did not have to be identified." In addition, "Lobbyists paid another quarter-million dollars during the 4 1/2-year period ending June 30 for individual gifts greater than $50."
In a series by Salon.com and the Center for Investigative Reporting, Will Evans exposes a money trail that leads from the pockets of judges to coffers of prominent Republicans - including the President. "At least two dozen federal judges appointed by President Bush since 2001 made political contributions to key Republicans or to the president himself while under consideration for their judgeships, government records show." While not illegal, these contributions are ethically questionable due to their potential influence on lifetime appointments to federal courts. "[T]here must be a balance, some ethics scholars and judges say, between that right and the responsibility of those seeking a judicial post to appear impartial."

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The feud between "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy and the band Kings of Leon is getting nasty.
First, the band said they don't want their songs given the "Glee" treatment. Then, Murphy, who is openly gay, gave an interview to The Hollywood Reporter in which he called the band's members a name that rhymes with "glass bowls." That brought a response from the band's drummer, Nathan Followill that has landed him in hot water and branded a homophobe.
"Dear Ryan Murphy, let it go. See a therapist, get a manicure, buy a new bra. Zip your lip and focus on educating 7yr olds how to say f***," Followill tweeted.
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Followill backed off quickly, tweeting: "I'm sorry 4 anyone that misconstrued my comments as homophobic or misogynistic. I'm so not that kind of person. I really do apologize."
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – Sophomore Manny Colon (Williamstown, N.J./Buena Regional) hit his second home run of the year, and third of his career, in game one, but UMBC dropped both games of a rain-shifted doubleheader to East Carolina, Friday in non-conference action at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
East Carolina (16-11) took the opener, 13-3, behind two doubles from Drew Reynolds, and then earned the sweep over UMBC (5-13) with a 6-0 win in the night cap.
Sophomore Riley Stephenson (Frederick, Md./Boonsboro) took the loss for the Retrievers in the opener after surrendering eight runs, three earned, on 13 hits in six innings of work. Stephenson (1-2) held ECU off the board for the first three frame and struck out one while not issuing a walk.
Jeff Hoffman (1-3) tossed seven innings for the hosts, earning his first win of the season by holding UMBC to two runs on six hits. The right-hander punched out six and allowed one walk.
Both pitchers controlled the early stages of the game with neither team able to send one across in the first three innings. ECU broke through in the fourth, however, as Reynolds led off with a double down the right field line and came in to score as the next batter, Zach Houchins, singled up the middle.
The Retrievers looks to pull the game level in the top of the fifth as Colon slashed a double to the left-centerfield gap. Senior Brandon Coluccio (Freehold, N.J./Freehold Township/Brookdale CC) followed with a walk, but a strike out and a fielder's choice ended the threat.
East Carolina took advantage of the opportunity and plated two more in the bottom of the fifth as Dylan Brown sent a sac fly to right and Reynolds backed him up with an RBI single to right-center. The Pirates then tacked on five runs in the sixth to push the lead to 8-0 before UMBC could get on the board.
In the top of the seventh, junior Jake Barnes (Annandale, Va./Annandale) yanked a double down the left field line to start the inning and two batters later, Colon pulled his round-tripper down the right-field line.
The Pirates added two more in the bottom half of the inning to widen the gap to 10-2, and the Retrievers got one back in the top of the eighth as Barnes raced home on a wild pitch after drawing a walk. East Carolina responded with three runs in its half of the inning to round out the scoring.
In game two, East Carolina jumped on senior Mac Gill (Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson) for two runs in the bottom of the second on a two-run home run by Luke Lowery. Gill (1-2) ended up taking the loss after yielding six runs, four earned, on ten hits in five innings of work.
Pirate starter Reid Love controlled the Retrievers over the full nine innings, tossing a complete game. The left-hander shut out the UMBC attack, striking out six while scattering five hits.
ECU looked to break the game open in the bottom of the third, loading the bases on a double, error, and single. Gill was able to work out of the jam almost unscathed, though, as he induced a 6-4-3 double play, which scored one run, before fanning Lowery.
The Pirates added to their lead in the fourth, however, scoring three times against the Retriever righty.
The Retriever bullpen kept the visitors in the game as junior Bobby Applegate (Somerdale, N.J./Sterling/Gloucester County College) tossed a scoreless sixth and classmate Jonny Dierks (Easton, Md./Independence/Fort Scott CC) followed by holding the Pirates off the board in the seventh.
UMBC threatened in the top of the eighth as freshman Conor Hax (Bowie, Md./Bishop McNamara) lined a one-out single down the right field line and classmate Andrew Casali (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) beat out an infield roller to put two on. Reid escaped the inning without damage as his defense rolled up a 4-6-3 twin killing to end the inning.
Sophomore Michael Gomez (Nutley, N.J./Don Bosco Prep) threw a clean eighth, but UMBC could not plate one in the ninth.
The Retrievers and Pirates will conclude their three-game series on Sunday with first pitch set for 1:00 p.m.
- East Carolina has now won all three meetings between the two schools
- Dolshun went 1-for-4 in the first game and then 1-for-3 in game two to extend his streak of reaching base to 12 straight games.
- After going hitless in the opener to end his seven-game hit streak, Lachance went _-for-_ in game two
- Gill's streak of six consecutive quality starts, which dated back to May of 2013, came to an end in game two.


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Sony Pictures Classics has acquired "Before Midnight," one of the best-reviewed films at the Sundance Film Festival. Richard Linklater's film is the third installment in his series that began with "Before Sunrise."
Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy star as Celine and Jesse, two people with an undeniable attraction who run into each other for brief bouts of romance every several years. In this case, the setting is Greece, with the characters now in their early 40s.
Linklater wrote and directed the film, which premiered on Sunday. He also produced it with Christos V. Konstantakopoulos and Sara Woodhatch.
"In 1991 we were in Sundance with 'Slacker' and we witnessed the birth of a major American filmmaker. At Sundance 2013 with 'Before Midnight,' we have further confirmation that Richard Linklater is a film master at the peak of his form," Sony Pictures Classic said in a statement. "This one has it all as entertainment and as a work of cinematic art. It is a perfect movie made by not one but three auteurs, Rick, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy. This movie will be incredibly successful around the world."
Cinetic Media chief John Sloss, who was selling the movie, told TheWrap earlier this week that this movie had received the best reviews of any movie he's worked on.
Indiewire's Eric Kohn called it "masterful" in his review, writing that Linklaker "has completed one of the finest movie trilogies of all time." He gave the movie an A+.
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Herrera, Brewers snap 7-game skid, rout Cardinals
MILWAUKEE — The end of a seven-game losing streak lifted the spirits of the Milwaukee Brewers.
An 11-2 win Sunday over the St. Louis Cardinals gave manager Ron Roenicke's team a one-game lead in the NL Central at the All-Star break. A team that has also had to cope with the death of shortstop Jean Segura's 9-month-old son now gets a breather for a few days.
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With Segura home on bereavement leave, Elian Herrera had a career-best five hits a day after being called up from the minors to take Segura's roster spot. The offense tied a season high with 19 hits to back a strong seven-inning outing by starter Wily Peralta.
"Somebody had to step up. ... That's huge for us, for everybody. It lets us go into the break like that and still in first place," said Peralta (10-6), who allowed three hits and struck out five before departing after seven innings because of a minor leg cramp.
Like Segura, Peralta is from the Dominican Republic. The pitcher was heading home for the break, and he was planning to text Roenicke to let him know how Segura was doing.
The morning started with the Brewers organization holding its annual Family Day outing, when players and coaches can bring their children to the ballpark. Players were smiling alongside their sons and daughters on a sunny afternoon, and Roenicke hoped the day would create a diversion from the team's roughest patch of the season.
All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy said he thought the family time possibly helped the squad.
"But it doesn't matter if you're winning or losing whenever you're with your family," Lucroy said. "It is a business and it is a job we have to perform, but ultimately the goal is to provide for our family, and family is most important."
Peralta allowed just three singles and gave up his only run after Kolten Wong reached first on a passed ball despite striking out. Wong eventually scored on Matt Adams' groundout.
Peralta got a defensive boost with a runner on base in the fifth when left fielder Khris Davis made an over-the-shoulder catch on Jon Jay's fly to the warning track with a man on first.
"I had to step in like an extra gear ... just kind of a lucky play," Davis said. "A big play with the runner on first, he's probably going to score."
Davis hit his team-high 15th homer in the bottom of the fifth for a 5-1 lead.
For the Cardinals, a frustrated Carlos Martinez (2-4) allowed four runs in four innings.
Making his seventh career start, Martinez gave up three walks and a balk while also hitting Carlos Gomez with a pitch in the fourth. Gomez then scored on Scooter Gennett's two-out, two-run double down the left-field line for a 4-1 lead.
Martinez flicked his head back in frustration as he watched the ball take a tricky carom off the side wall on outfielder Matt Holliday.
An inning earlier, Martinez tossed his bat behind his back in the direction of home plate after grounding out, leading umpire Jeff Nelson to raise his arms and stare at the 22-year-old pitcher for a few seconds.
"I tried to throw the bat to the ground. I don't know if it was emotion," Martinez said through an interpreter. "I went to the umpire and said I was sorry. It was just frustration."
Manager Mike Matheny said Martinez was having a tough time "finding anything."
"He's trying to harness his emotions a little bit, which will harness his control," Matheny said. "It was a rough day for him. It's one of those learning points."
Milwaukee added three runs off the Cardinals bullpen to stretch the lead to 8-1 in a sixth-inning burst started by Herrera's double. The Brewers are in first place at the All-Star break for just the fourth time in franchise history.
NOTES: Matheny said ace Adam Wainwright could pitch in Tuesday's All-Star game despite going seven innings in Saturday's win over Milwaukee. Tuesday would be scheduled to throw in between starts. Matheny will manage the National League. ... Gennett tied a career high with three hits. ... Matheny said he wasn't sure yet how he would set up the Cardinals rotation after the All-Star break. St. Louis hosts the Dodgers on Friday. ... Milwaukee doesn't plan to make any changes in its rotation, meaning Kyle Lohse (9-4) would get the start Friday in Washington.


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2012 is one of the most anticipated and hyped years in our lifetime. Expectations are that it's going to be a passionate ride and hanging on tight during this roller coaster excursion is all we can do when the bolts are coming loose and the big curve is just up ahead. "Interesting times" may be a curse to some but for many of us, it's exactly where we need to be.
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Our brothers in the know at Kotaku have got their hands on what is alleged to be the motherboard for a new Xbox 360. If their gamble plays out, it could be the smallest Xbox yet.
The image comes via China, so it's not known just how authentic the cries of "IT'S A NEW XBOOOOOX" are, but of note is the fact that the CPU and GPU looks to be combined in the same chip.
When you think about it, the coming year is going to have a lot of light cast on the Xbox brand—from the Natal launch later this year, to the Xbox compatibility with Windows Phone 7 Series, and even the advent of 3D gaming. It may've been a while since we've heard about rumored Xbox 560s or 720s, but this November the Xbox turns five. It's about time for a refresh, don't you think? [A9VG via Kotaku]


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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
First edition hardcover
|Robert A. Heinlein
|Cover artist
|Irv Docktor
|United States
|Science fiction
|G. P. Putnam's Sons
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|June 2, 1966[1]
|Media type
|Print (hardback & paperback)
|382 (1997 Orb books softcover ed.)
|0-312-86355-1 (1997 Orb books softcover ed.)
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|The Rolling Stones (shared character)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, about a lunar colony's revolt against rule from Earth. The novel expresses and discusses libertarian ideals. It is respected for its credible presentation of a comprehensively imagined future human society on both the Earth and the Moon.[2]
Originally serialized in Worlds of If (December 1965, January, February, March, April 1966), the book was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1966.[3] It received the Hugo Award for best science fiction novel in 1967.[4]
- 1 Plot
- 2 Characters
- 3 Major themes
- 4 Sources, allusions, and references
- 5 Critical reception
- 6 Awards and nominations
- 7 Influence
- 8 Film
- 9 Audiobook releases
- 10 See also
- 11 References
- 12 External links
At the time of the story, 2075, the Moon (Luna) is used as a penal colony by Earth's government, with the inhabitants living in underground cities. Most inhabitants (called "Loonies") are criminals, political exiles, or their descendants. The total population is about three million, with men outnumbering women two to one, so that polyandry and many forms of polygamy are the norm. Although Earth's Protector of the Lunar Colonies (called the "Warden") holds power, in practice, little intervention exists in the loose Lunar society except that concerning the exportation of goods to Earth (mainly wheat), giving way to a virtually anarchist society. Due to the low surface gravity of the Moon, people who stay longer than a six months undergo "irreversible physiological changes and can never again live in comfort and health in a gravitational field six times greater than that to which their bodies have become adjusted".
HOLMES IV ("High-Optional, Logical, Multi-Evaluating Supervisor, Mark IV") is the Lunar Authority's master computer, having almost total control of Luna's machinery on the grounds that a single computer is cheaper than (though not as safe as) multiple independent systems.[5]
The story is narrated by Manuel Garcia "Mannie" O'Kelly-Davis, a computer technician who discovers that HOLMES IV has achieved self-awareness and has developed a sense of humor. Mannie names it "Mike" after Mycroft Holmes, brother of Sherlock Holmes, and they become friends.[6]
Book 1: That Dinkum Thinkum[edit]
At the beginning of the story, Mannie, at Mike's request, attends an anti-Authority meeting with a hidden recorder. When the authorities raid the gathering, Mannie flees with Wyoming ("Wyoh") Knott, a political agitator, whom he introduces to Mike and with whom he meets his former teacher, the elderly Professor Bernardo de la Paz, who claims that Luna must stop exporting hydroponic wheat to Earth or its limited water resources will be exhausted. In connection with this, Mike calculates that if no prevention occurs, food riots will occur in seven years and cannibalism in nine. Wyoh and the Professor decide to start a revolution, which Mannie is persuaded to join after Mike calculates that it has a one in seven chance of success on the basis that one in ten was good enough for him.
Mannie, Wyoh, and Professor de la Paz thereafter form covert cells, protected by Mike, who adopts the persona of "Adam Selene", leader of the movement, and communicates by the telephone system. Mannie saves the life of Stuart Rene LaJoie, a rich, well-connected, charismatic tourist, who is charged with turning public opinion on Earth in favor of Lunar independence. Before the planned time to revolt arrives, soldiers who had been brought to quell the mounting unrest rape and kill a local young woman, then kill another who finds her body, and rioting erupts. The Loonies overcome military opposition and overthrow the Warden who we later discover ends up brain dead due to hypoxia. When Earth tries to reclaim the colony, the revolutionaries plan to use in defense a smaller duplicate of the electromagnetic catapult used to export wheat.
Book 2: A Rabble in Arms[edit]
Mike impersonates the Warden in messages to Earth, to give the revolutionaries time to organize their work. Meanwhile, the Professor sets up an "Ad-Hoc Congress" to distract dissenters. When Earth finally learns the truth, Luna declares its independence on July 4, 2076, the 300th anniversary of the United States' Declaration of Independence and heavily bases its own declaration of independence on it.
Mannie and the Professor go to Earth to plead Luna's case, where they are received in the Federated Nations' headquaters in Agra, and embark on a world tour advertising the benefits of a free Luna, while urging various governments to build a catapult to transfer supplies, especially water, to Luna in exchange for grain. Their proposals are rejected and Mannie is imprisoned on charges of public immorality and polygamy, but he is freed by Stuart LaJoie and returned, with him and the Professor, to Luna.
Public opinion on Earth has become fragmented, while on Luna, the news of Mannie's arrest and an attempt to bribe him with the appointment of himself as Warden have unified the normally non-political Loonies. An election is held in which Mannie, Wyoh, and the Professor are elected (possibly by the intervention of Mike).
Book 3: TANSTAAFL![edit]
(The title is an acronym for "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch!", a common expression on Luna that states one of the main ideas of the book's political system).
The Federated Nations on Earth send armies to destroy the Lunar revolution, but these are vanquished, with great loss of life, by the revolutionaries. The rumor is circulated that Mike's alter ego Adam Selene was among those killed, thus removing the need for him to appear in the flesh.
When Mike launches rocks at sparsely populated locations on Earth, warnings are released to the press detailing the times and locations of the bombings, but disbelieving people, as well as people on religious pilgrimages, travel to the sites and die. As a result, public opinion turns against the fledgling nation.
A second attack destroys Mike's original catapult, but the Loonies have built a secondary, smaller one in a secret location, and with Mannie acting as its on-site commander, the Loonies continue to attack Earth until it concedes Luna's independence. Professor Bernardo de la Paz, as leader of the nation, proclaims victory to the gathered crowds, but collapses and dies. Mannie takes control, but Wyoh and he eventually withdraw from politics altogether, and find that the new government falls short of their expectations ending up falling into a less radical political system.
When Mannie tries to speak to Mike afterwards, he finds out that the computer has lost its self-awareness and its human-like qualities although in all other aspects it remains unaffected.
- Manuel "Mannie" Garcia O'Kelly-Davis is a native-born, slightly cynical inhabitant of Luna, who after losing his lower left arm in a laser-drilling accident, became a computer technician.
- Wyoming "Wyoh" Knott-Davis is a political agitator from the colony of Hong Kong Luna. She hates the callous and indifferent Lunar Authority for personal reasons; when she was transported to Luna as a young girl along with her convict mother, a radiation storm contaminated her ova, causing her to later give birth to a deformed child – a misfortune that could have been averted had the Lunar Authority acted in a timely manner to move their ship's passengers from the surface of Luna.
- Professor Bernardo de la Paz is an intellectual and lifelong subversive shipped to Luna from Lima, Peru. He describes himself as a "Rational Anarchist", believing that governments and institutions exist only as the actions of aware individuals. Brian Doherty claims that the professor was modeled after autarchist Robert LeFevre.[7]
- Mike, alias Adam Selene, alias Simon Jester, alias Mycroft Holmes, alias Michelle, officially an augmented HOLMES IV system, is a supercomputer empowered to take control of Lunar society, which achieved self-awareness when his complement of "neuristors" exceeded the number of neurons in the human brain.
- Stuart Rene "Stu" LaJoie-Davis, a self-styled "Poet, Traveler, Soldier of Fortune", is an Earth-born aristocrat and tourist rescued by Mannie when he falls afoul of Loonie customs. He later joins Mannie and Professor de la Paz when they return to Luna, as he is deeply in debt and would be arrested for bribery and other crimes. In his own words "I'm saving them the trouble of transporting me [as a convict]".
- Hazel Meade, later Hazel Stone, is a 12-year-old girl who intervenes on behalf of Mannie and Wyoh during the raid on the agitators' meeting. Mannie later has Hazel join his cabal to lead the children as lookouts and couriers. She is a major character in The Rolling Stones and in later Heinlein novels, most notably The Cat Who Walks Through Walls.
- Mimi "Mum" Davis is Mannie's "senior wife" and de facto matriarch of the Davis family.
- Greg Davis is the Davis family's second-ranking husband, but is the senior for all practical purposes as "Grandpaw Davis" has failing mental faculties. Greg is a preacher for an unspecified denomination.
Major themes[edit]
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The first sixth of the book relates the discussions between the protagonists justifying and plotting the revolution; the next quarter describes the year-long revolution itself. The remainder of the book recounts events occurring in the months after the revolution in May 2076, and a week or so of events in October 2076 leading up to capitulation by Earth.
Politics and society[edit]
Professor Bernardo de La Paz describes himself as a "Rational Anarchist", a name probably invented in the text itself. "Rational Anarchists" believe that the concepts of State, Society, and Government have no existence but for the "acts of self-responsible individuals", but concede that this is not a universal belief. The desire for anarchy is balanced by the logic that some form of government is needed, despite its flaws.[8] Knowing this fact, a Rational Anarchist "tries to live perfectly in an imperfect world". When challenged by Wyoh, Professor de la Paz replies, "In terms of morals there is no such thing as a 'state'. Just men. Individuals. Each responsible for his own acts. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free, because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything that I do."
Lunar society is portrayed as akin to that of the Old West, tempered by the closeness of death by exposure to vacuum and by the shortage of women. Because the sex ratio is about two men to each woman, the result is a society where women have a great deal of power, and any man who offends or touches a woman uninvited is likely to be attacked and eliminated through the nearest airlock. Marriages tend to be polyandrous, including group marriages and Mannie's own line marriage. In discussion with a woman from Kentucky, Mannie implies that underground, three-dimensional Lunar estate is recorded in the name of the woman (or women) in a marriage. In a divorce, he implies, the separated man (or men) who contributed towards its cost would have money returned to him.
After decades during which antisocial individuals were selectively eliminated and the Authority exercised little real control, the Loonies live by the following code: Pay your debts, collect what is owed to you, and maintain your reputation and that of your family. As a result, little theft occurs, and disputes are settled privately or by informal Judges of good reputation. Failure to pay debts results in public shaming. Reputation is highly important in this society; with a bad reputation, a person may find others unwilling to buy from or sell to him. People are expected to pay back debts using all available funds.
Duels are permitted, but custom requires that anyone who kills another must pay debts and look after the deceased's family. Exceptions are allowed in the case of self-defense. Retaliatory killings do occur, but typically a consensus establishes which party was in the right, and no long-standing feuds exist. The Vikings influence mores on the Loonies, save that it is the society as a whole rather than the Althing which judges the actions of individuals.
Except where exchange involves the Authority, a generally unregulated free market exists. The preferred currency is the dollar of the Bank of Hong Kong Luna, 100 of which are exchangeable for a troy ounce of gold, a supply of which was shipped to Luna for this purpose, or more usefully for potable water or other commodities in published quantities. The Authority dollar circulates in dealings with the Authority, but this tends to lose ground over time against the Hong Kong Luna dollar.
Although the revolution succeeds in averting ecological disaster, the narrator decries the instincts of many of his fellow Loonies ("Rules, laws – always for [the] other fellow"). This theme is echoed elsewhere in Heinlein's works – that real liberty is to be found among the pioneer societies out along the advancing frontier, but the regimentation and legalism that follow bring restraints that chafe true individualists (an idea emphasized in the first and final page of the novel, and in the later book The Cat Who Walks Through Walls).
Plot elements[edit]
As in Stranger in a Strange Land, a band of social revolutionaries forms a secretive and hierarchical organization. In this respect, the revolution is more reminiscent of the Bolshevik October revolution than of the American, and this similarity is reinforced by the Russian flavor of the dialect, and the Russian place names such as "Novy Leningrad".
Continuing Heinlein's speculation about unorthodox social and family structures, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress introduces the idea of a "line marriage". Mannie is part of a century-old line marriage, wherein new spouses are introduced by mutual consent at regular intervals so that the marriage never comes to an end. Divorce is rare, since divorcing a husband requires a unanimous decision on the part of all of his wives. Senior wives teach junior wives how to operate the family, granting financial security and ensuring that the children will never be orphaned. Children usually marry outside the line marriage, though this is not an ironclad rule. Mannie's youngest wife sports the last name "Davis-Davis", showing she was both born and married into the line.
The social structure of the Lunar society features complete racial integration, which becomes a vehicle for social commentary when Mannie, visiting the Southeastern United States, is arrested for polygamy after he innocently shows a picture of his multiracial family to reporters, and learns that the "range of color in Davis family was what got [the] judge angry enough" to have him arrested. It is later revealed that this arrest was anticipated and provoked by his fellow conspirators to gain emotional support from Loonies when the arrest is announced.
The novel is notable stylistically for its use of an invented Lunar dialect consisting predominantly of standard English and Australian colloquial words, but strongly influenced by Russian grammar, especially omission of the article "the", which does not exist in most Slavic languages (cf. Nadsat slang from A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess). This aspect of the Lunar dialect is explained by the fact that many of the deportees on Luna are Russian.
Earth politics and background history[edit]
The novel indicates that Earth had experienced a nuclear world war (the "Wet Firecracker War") in the past century, although no significant traces of devastation are apparent at the time of the novel's setting.
Other changes include unification of the entire North American continent under a successor government to the United States, and political unification of South America, Europe, and Africa into megastates. The Soviet Union seems to have lost the land east of the Urals to China into a rump state, and China has conquered all of East Asia, Southeast Asia, eastern Australia, and New Zealand (deporting unwanted people to Luna in the process). This Chinese aggrandizement is similar to that described in Tunnel in the Sky, and to a lesser extent, Sixth Column. The militarily dominant nations seem to be North America and China. India is overcrowded, but seems able to obtain many of the wheat shipments from Luna.
It is suggested that the Western nations, including North America, have become corrupt and authoritarian, while holding on to the vestiges of the prewar democratic idealism in propaganda and popular culture. China is portrayed as plainly and unabashedly despotic, but no less technically advanced than the West. The Soviet Union seems to have relatively little influence, whereas the Lunar Authority itself is portrayed as corrupt. Most of Earth seems to have been split into several large nations, most joined together by the Federated Nations. They include the North American Directorate, Great China, the Soviet Union, Pan Africa, Brazil (hinted to include all of South America), and a European coalition (named "Mitteleuropa" in chapter 25, paragraph 8). Individual nations such as Chad (the first to recognize Luna), India, and Egypt are also named.
Sources, allusions, and references[edit]
Possible sources[edit]
The situation depicted in the second and third part of the novel resembles the rebellion of the Lunar colony described in another science-fiction novel published in 1959, Time Out of Joint, by Philip K. Dick. While the opposition between Earth and Moon echoes the historical conflict between the United States and the British Empire, the way the Lunar rebels force Earth to acknowledge their independence is similar to the one they adopt in Dick's novel (launching missiles, some with nuclear warheads, in an unpredictable fashion).
Allusions to other works[edit]
Professor de la Paz names Carl von Clausewitz, Niccolò Machiavelli, Oskar Morgenstern, and Che Guevara as part of a long list of authors for revolutionaries to read. He also quotes a "Chinese General" on the subject of weakening the enemy's resolve, a reference to Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
When planning the revolution, Mike is described by Mannie as "our Scarlet Pimpernel, our John Galt, our Swamp Fox, our man of mystery", referring to the works of the Baroness Orczy and Ayn Rand, as well as to the history of the American Revolution. Parallels to the American Revolution are intentional; Luna's Declaration of Independence is issued on July 4, 2076, and one event is referred to as paralleling the Boston Tea Party.
When discussing the resource loss on Luna and likelihood of ensuing food riots, Professor de la Paz suggests that Mannie read the work of Thomas Malthus.
Connections to other Heinlein works[edit]
Hazel Meade Stone first appears as a character in Heinlein's earlier book, The Rolling Stones, a.k.a. Space Family Stone (1952).
The setting of the Luna revolt is revisited by Heinlein in his late-period novel, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, which again includes Stone as a character. The book shows that by 2188 the names of the signatories of the Lunar Declaration of Independence are studied, but Room L of the Raffles Hotel, wherein the revolution was plotted, is used as an ordinary hotel room, albeit with a plaque on the wall.
References to history, geography, and science[edit]
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The Lunar action takes place in Mare Crisium and the novel makes accurate references to such nearby locales as Crater Peirce. According to the narrator, most people live in one of six major underground "warrens" linked by "tube", a system of underground trains. Luna City is the most important to the plot, and is "on the eastern edge of Mare Crisium". The Authority warren Complex Under is connected to Luna City by the Trans-Crisium tube. Johnson City is close to the complex, linked by a single tunnel. Novy Leningrad, a large warren, is linked to Luna City by tube, and a journey between the two requires the traveler to "change at Torricelli". Another warren is Tycho Under, whose location is clearly in the area of the crater Tycho. Hong Kong Luna is located in Crater Plato. The warren known as Churchill is not described in detail, although it is linked to Hong Kong Luna by a tube across the Sinus Medii on the Lunar Prime Meridian. The secret catapult is built in the region of Mare Undarum.
Colorado Springs is mentioned as near the military target Cheyenne Mountain Complex which took a direct hit during the "Wet Firecracker War", but suffered little damage until hit many times by rock missiles from Luna.
The headquarters of the Lunar Authority on Earth are in the city of Agra, near the Taj Mahal. The bombardment from Luna omits the city of Agra from its target list out of respect. Mannie, a New York Yankees fan, visits what is presumed to be Yankee Stadium, now expanded to hold at least 200,000 people, and also visits Salem and Concord in Massachusetts.
Lasers are used primarily as mining and cutting tools, but are adapted as hand weapons and ground-to-orbit weapons by the Loonies.
Luna's industries use both solar power and hydrogen fusion. Heinlein correctly quotes the maximum yield of solar cells at about 1 kilowatt per square meter, but is over-optimistic with regard to fusion, describing it as taking place in small magnetic pinch bottles.
Mannie refers to a comrade, Foo Moses Morris, who, following the revolution, goes broke and starts a tailor shop in Hong Kong Luna, a reference to both Robert Morris and, by allusion, Haym Salomon, who helped support the American revolutionary government and also suffered financial reverses.
The Brass Cannon[edit]
Heinlein's original title for the novel was The Brass Cannon, before being replaced with the final title at the publisher's request.[9] It was derived from an event in the novel: While on Earth, Professor Bernardo de la Paz purchases a small brass cannon, originally a "signal gun" of the kind used in yacht racing. When Mannie asks him why he bought it, the Professor relates a parable, implying that self-government is an illusion caused by failure to understand reality:
Once there was a man who held a political make-work job ... shining brass cannon around a courthouse. He did this for years ... but he was not getting ahead in the world. So one day he quit his job, drew out his savings, bought a brass cannon — and went into business for himself.[10]
Professor de la Paz asks Mannie to assure that Luna adopts a flag featuring a brass cannon — "a symbol for all fools who are so impractical as to think they can fight City Hall". Before leaving politics, Mannie and Wyoh carry out his wish.
Heinlein owned a small brass cannon, which he acquired prior to the 1960s. For nearly 30 years, the firing of the brass cannon, or "signal gun", was a 4th of July tradition at the Heinlein residence. It is believed that this cannon was the inspiration for Heinlein's original title for the novel. Virginia Heinlein retained the cannon after her husband's death in 1988; it was eventually bequeathed to friend and science-fiction writer Brad Linaweaver, after Virginia Heinlein died in 2003. Linaweaver restored the cannon to working order and subsequently posted a video of it on YouTube in 2007, wherein it is fired several times with blank charges at a shooting range.[11]
Critical reception[edit]
Algis Budrys of Galaxy Science Fiction in 1966 praised The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, citing "Heinlein's expertise for dirt-level politics, snappy dialogue and a sense of an actual living society". He said that he had never read a more believable computer character than Mike ("may in fact be the most fully realized individual in the story"). Budrys suggested that the story may actually be Mike manipulating humans without their knowledge to improve its situation, which would explain why the computer no longer communicates with them after the revolution succeeds.[12] Reiterating that Mike manipulated the humans, in 1968 Budrys said that every review of the book, including his own, erred by not stating that the computer is the protagonist.[13] Carl Sagan wrote that the novel had "useful suggestions for making a revolution in an oppressive computerized society".[14]
Leigh Kimmel of The Billion Light-Year Bookshelf said that the novel is "the work of the man at the height of his powers, confident in his abilities and in the editorial respect he enjoys, and thus free to take significant risks in writing a novel that would stretch the boundaries of the genre as they stood at the time". She characterized the novel as a departure from what had previously been associated with science fiction. Kimmel cited Heinlein's "colloquial language ... an extrapolated lunar creole that has arisen from the forced intersection of multiple cultures and languages in the lunar penal colonies"; the protagonist's disability; "the frank treatment of alternative family structures"; and "the computer which suddenly wakes up to full artificial intelligence, but rather than becoming a Monster that threatens human society and must be destroyed as the primary Quest of the story, instead befriends the protagonist and seeks to become ever more human, a sort of digital Pinocchio".[15]
Adam Roberts said of the novel: "It is really quite hard to respond to this masterful book, except by engaging with its political content; and yet we need to make the effort to see past the ideological to the formal and thematic if we are fully to appreciate the splendour of Heinlein's achievement here."[16]
Andrew Kaufman praised it, saying that it was Heinlein's crowning achievement. He described it as "Carefully plotted, stylistically unique, politically sophisticated and thrilling from page one". He goes on to say that "it's hard to imagine anyone else writing a novel that packs so many ideas (both big and small) into such a perfectly contained narrative". Kaufman says that, regardless of political philosophies, one can still admire Heinlein's writing ability, and the ability to influence the reader to root for "a rag-tag bunch of criminals, exiles, and agitators".[17]
Ted Gioia said that this might be Heinlein's most enjoyable piece of work. He said that it "represents Robert Heinlein at his finest, giving him scope for the armchair philosophizing that increasingly dominated his mature work, but marrying his polemics to a smartly conceived plot packed with considerable drama". He went on to praise Heinlein's characters, especially Mannie.[18]
Awards and nominations[edit]
- Hugo Award Best novel (1967). It was also nominated in 1966.
- Nebula Award Best novel nomination (1966)
- Locus Poll Award All-time Top 10 novels, #8 (1975), #4 (1987), #2 (1998, among novels published before 1990)
- Prometheus Award Hall of Fame Award recipient (1983)
The book popularized the acronym TANSTAAFL ("There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"), and helped popularize the constructed language Loglan, which is used in the story for precise human-computer interaction. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations credits this novel with the first printed appearance of the phrase "There's no free lunch",[19] although the phrase and its abbreviation considerably predate the novel.
In 2015, it was announced that Bryan Singer was attached to direct a film adaptation, entitled Uprising, in development at 20th Century Fox.[20][21]
Audiobook releases[edit]
Two unabridged audiobook versions of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress have been produced.
- Read by George Wilson, produced by Recorded Books, Inc., 1998
- Read by Lloyd James, produced by Blackstone Audio, Inc., 1999
See also[edit]
- ^ "Books Today". The New York Times: 40. June 2, 1966.
- ^ Gioia, Ted. "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress". conceptual fiction. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ^ "1966 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ "1967 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ Gresh, Lois H.; Weinberg, Robert, The science of Stephen King, p. 59
- ^ Franklin, Howard Bruce, Robert A. Heinlein, p. 168
- ^ Doherty, Brian. Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement, pg. 385
- ^ Wright, David, Sr. "Rational Anarchy An Analysis of the theme given by Professor Bernard De La Paz In Robert A. Heinlein's 'The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress'". DWrighsr.tripod.com. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ Heinlein, Robert. Heinlein, Virginia (ed.). Grumbles from the Grave. p. 171.
- ^ Heinlein, Robert (1982). The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. p. 207.
- ^ Brad Linaweaver presents Robert A Heinlein's Brass Cannon on YouTube. The cannon is fired after 6 minutes into the 9-minute video.
- ^ Budrys, Algis (December 1966). "Galaxy Bookshelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 125–133.
- ^ Budrys, Algis (July 1968). "Galaxy Bookshelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 161–167.
- ^ Sagan, Carl (1978-05-28). "Growing up with Science Fiction". The New York Times. p. SM7. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ^ Kimmel, Leigh. "Review". The Billion Light-Year Bookshelf. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ Roberts, Adam. "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress: SF Masterworks VII". Infinity Plus. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ Kaufman, Andrew. "Top Science Fiction Novels Of All Time". Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ Gioia, Ted. "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein Reviewed by Ted Gioia". Conceptual Fiction. Conceptual Fiction. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations". AskOxford. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
- ^ Child, Ben (4 March 2015). "Bryan Singer directing Robert Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress". theguardian.com.
- ^ "Bryan Singer Tackling Sci-Fi Classic 'The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress' for Fox (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com.
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Hello, welcome back my loves! I hope you all are doing well. Today's post was shot back in August while in Toronto when the sun was beaming and bare legs were the norm. Can't say the same for today whilst wearing layers under my denim coat but the sun is still shining and I truly can't complain.Read More »
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In this moment feeling utterly and completely myself.
Good morning my loves! I hope you all are having a great first couple weeks of September. I'm over here patiently waiting for my adventure abroad to commence in t-4 days!! Gathering all my list minute essentials and beginning to pack is just the beginning of all the mayhem but I live for these moments.
Speaking of, I also live for these simple moments, waking up at 6am, on my own and sitting in the remaining moments of darkness writing this post. That either makes me sound completely out there or quite introspective. Really I'm fine with either. I'm just enjoying these last couple weeks of summer break (school doesn't start until the 26th!! craziness) and taking it one moment at a time.
This look, which is seriously one of my summer favs, was shot back when I was in Toronto last month. After piecing this look together in a Starbucks washroom (I could tell you all the glamorous stories), I turned to my friend and couldn't help but laugh because I think I'm the only person who would wear this. That's seriously my favorite part about sharing my looks with you is always having that element of authenticity and individuality. I was definitely channeling vintage vibes here with the longer shorts and corset style top with shoulder pads. I also might be the only person who loves some good shoulder pads. Hate em or love em they're here.
I hope you all enjoyed this post! I can't wait to share my entire journey with you all following my trip to Scotland. Wishing you all a wonderful day and love you for reading.
xox, A
– Dancing On My Own –
Nights like these I find so much comfort in the quiet darkness. I think I turned into a morning person this summer and forget what it's like staying up past 1am. I miss those nights where staying up during the early hours would be prime time. That's why this is the perfect time to write this post. Something I decided to write about and actually publish because I know there's at least one other person out there feeling or going through something similar, so here's to you.Read More »


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In a closely interdependent world, global partnerships are essential to the successful implementation of the IHR. Partnership is required between all countries to share technical skills and resources, to support capacity strengthening at all levels, to support each other in times of crisis and promote transparency.
Partnership between different sectors (e.g. health, agriculture, travel, trade, education, defence) is also essential to build coherent alert and response systems which cover all public health threats, and, at the time of events, are able to rapidly mobilize the required resources in a flexible and responsive way.
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- International Atomic Energy Agency
- International Air Transport Association
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- International Labour Organization
- International Maritime Organization
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- World Organisation for Animal Health
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I mentioned his personal space issues last week and have received many emails requesting more information. If you are a fan though, be warned… it's not the best or most flattering encounter ever. It was Thursday night – Diddy's event in Scottsdale. Julian and Dylan Walsh show up on the carpet completely blitzed. Full Story


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Ranger Cookies, Chinese Chews and Orange-Cranberry Torte recipes: Helen Dollaghan
Helen Dollaghan, food editor of The Denver Post from 1958-1993, selected recipes she felt were the best and published them in this 1987 special section called "30 Years of Rocky Mountain Cooking." Most are recipes Helen or her readers developed.
Every Friday we share several of the recipes from her collection.
Week 9: Ranger Cookies, Chinese Chews and Orange-Cranberry Torte
From the depths of an
old-letter file came this
one: "Don't sell it short.
This cookie recipe is one
of those basics that can be
changed repeatedly —
rice cereal or shredded
wheat in place of the
cornflakes. You can add
spices, raisins, nuts, dates
…" – Mrs. J. Griffin,
Delta, Colo., Feb. 17, 1969.
She was referring to this
recipe which appeared in
Empire magazine from Jean
Schacht of Colorado Springs.
Ranger Cookies
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter or margarine
1/2 cup solid shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups quick-cooking oats
2 cups whole cornflakes
1 cup coconut
Cream together butter, shortening and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix until smooth. Add flour, soda, baking powder and salt. Mix until smooth. Add oats, cornflakes and coconut. Mix thoroughly. Roll into small balls. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Flatten with tines of fork. Place them about 3 inches apart since they will spread. Bake in preheated 375-degree oven until light brown, 12 to 15 minutes, depending on size. Makes 6 dozen.
No one knows how
these little chews,
a cross between cookies
and candy, got their name.
Mrs. Gloria Kinnison of
Ovid, Colo., obtained the
recipe from Mrs. Arthur
Duran of Denver in the late
Chinese Chews
2 eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 package (8 oz.) pitted dates, cut in small pieces
Powdered sugar
Cream together eggs and sugar. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Spread in greasted 8- or 9-inch square pan. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven 20 minutes or until golden brown. While still very warm remove spoonfuls from pan. Roll in 1-inch balls, then roll in powdered sugar. Store in refrigerator in tightly covered container. Makes 3 1/2 dozen.
When we first made
Catherine Dittman's torte
in 1965 we wondered if it
was worth the trouble of
hand-cutting cranberries
in halves to fill a cup. It
doesn't take as long as you
might think, and it is
worth it.
Orange-Cranberry Torte
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted before measuring
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1 cup diced dates
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup halved cranberries
Grated rind of 2 medium oranges
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup cooking oil
1 cup orange juice
1 cup brown sugar
Sift together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and soda into mixing bowl. Add dates, walnuts cranberries and orange rind. Mix well. Thoroughly mix in eggs, buttermilk and oil. Spoon batter into well greased and lightly floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven about one hour or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool to lukewarm. Combine orange juice and brown sugar in small pan. Heat until sugar melts. Cool to lukewarm. Remove cake from pan. Place on rack over a large pan or plate with rim. Pour orange mixture over top and sides to cover all areas, letting it drip into pan. Pour over torte once more. Wrap torte in heavy-duty foil. Chill at least 24 hours before slicing. Refrigerate for about 2 weeks or freeze for longer storage. Serve plain or with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Serves 12 to 16.


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[singlepic id=13 w=250 h=240 float=right]Dolly Parton, the original Dumb Blond and the herald of this all-American cultural phenomena (preceding Paris Hilton by 40 years), will release her new Backwoods Barbie album this coming February 26th.
Not a big Dolly fan myself, I am however the biggest sucker for cover versions, and Dolly's new album includes the craziest country rendition to Fine Young Cannibals' 1989 hit She Drive Me Crazy.
Have a listen and take special notice to the funky fiddle riff:
Buy this MP3 track or buy the entire album.
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Tooling Article
Say So Long to Secondary Processes
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To gain insight into the products emanating from the creators of such tooling, we visited the brand-new home of Amada America in Schaumburg, IL, to speak with Amada Midwest tooling manager Scott Bowerman. We also visited nearby contract manufacturer Genesis Inc. to learn how the $30 million company leverages technology to continue its impressive growth pattern even in difficult economic times.
30-yr. Customers, 30-yr. Pricing
"For some of our customers that we've maintained since our early days, back in the mid-1970s, we still make their parts for the same price we charged 30 years ago," shares Bill Stringfellow, owner and founder of Genesis Inc., Roselle, IL. Since founding the company in 1976, Stringfellow has led its consistent growth from sheetmetal fabricator and metalformer to the inclusion of powder coating, silk screening, CNC machining, welding and other processes, including wire-cable assembly and electromechanical assembly. Impressively, it's grown by at least 5 percent per year for the last several years by strictly following this Stringfellow directive:
"No one industry can comprise more than 20 percent of our business," he preaches. While Genesis manufactures parts and assemblies, and in some cases complete OEM products such as gaming machines and cooking appliances, for as many as 10 different markets, its busiest customers at the moment are those in the food-processing, communications and medical industries. Typical annual order sizes average 3000 to 5000, which the firm manufactures in quarterly run sizes and warehouses for customers in a 30,000-sq.-ft. building near its 60,000-sq.-ft. main plant. The firm also inhabits four other buildings nearby, where it performs powder coating, machining and assembly operations. In all, 150 employees work over two 10-hr. shifts to meet customer demand for 2-week lead times.
Along with his commitment to diversification to immunize the company from a downturn in any one end-user industry, Stringfellow also insists that his sheetmetal-fabrication shop operate with 20-percent open machine time. To continue meeting that requirement, late in 2007 it purchased the latest-greatest CNC turret-punch press from Amada, an EMK 3510NT press. It boasts twin AC-servo direct-drive technology and adjustable control of ram motion—speed, stroke length, hover height and hold time.
New Tools, Better than the Old Tools
An important and innovative feature of its EM series of machines is what Amada calls Power Vacuum die technology, used on 0.5- and 1.25-in. tool stations. The press directs a continuous stream of air through the die to the slug chute, which effectively draws any slivers and slugs out of the die and a from the work surface. This allows die penetration to be reduced to just 1 mm, less than half of the typical die penetration required. Reduced penetration allows hit rates 30 to 50 percent faster, as well as reduced tool wear. It also, according to Amada's Bowerman, allows tool designers to develop tools for the press that otherwise could not be used in production. Hence the firm's introduction, a few years ago, of several new tools it calls Innovation Tools.
"New tooling concepts developed in recent years for the state-of-the-art CNC turret punch presses aim to reduce or, in many cases, completely eliminate the need for secondary operations," says Bowerman. Among the new tool offerings is the Safety Inch Bend Tool, in use at Genesis and which allows the 90-deg. forming of short flanges in the turret press. The tool proves perfect for forming very small parts that otherwise might prove difficult to safely and efficiently form in a press brake.
"The tool bends the flange downward into the press bed," explains Bowerman, "in one or two strokes, or it can bump-form in a series of indexed hits to make radius bends. Then it separates the formed part from the sheet to exit through the slug chute." The tool runs in a 2-in. station and has a minimum flange length of three-times material thickness, up to 1.378 in. (See the sidebar for more information on new tooling for turret punch presses.)
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Where the New Technology Pays Off
"Since we've had the new turret press, of course our employees want to run every job in the shop on it, since it's so much faster than our other equipment," says Stringfellow, thanks in part to its use of vacuum-die technology. "So we've analyzed our turret-press work to look for opportunities to improve productivity as well as quality by moving the work to the EM machine."
Citing one example of such a move, Genesis special-project engineer Gerry Luptak showed us a small hinged door panel fabricated on the EM to take advantage of the machine's infinitely adjustable stroke length.
"Dowel pins are used as hinge pins, and we can't swage them," explains Luptak. "In the past, forming the knuckles in the turret press all to the same dimension required our assemblers to pound the pins into place inside of the knuckles. Achieving a press-fit proved a timely and difficult manual operation as operators forced the pins through both knuckles. Now we run the parts on the EM, where we can program a slightly wider opening on one of the knuckles. This allows for a slip fit through the first knuckle and a press fit only through the second knuckle, which makes assembly much easier and quicker."
Luptak also showed us a new job being run on the EM press using a hemming tool. "Typically, we'd have to form the hem in a press brake. Now we can do it in the turret," he says, "eliminating the secondary operation and the required material handling."
Asked what's next for the firm's newest turret press, Luptak has his eyes on Amada's contouring tool, another of its Innovation Tools. This tool nibbles contours not achievable with standard tools, at pitches less than material thickness.
"It results in a near-laser-quality edge," says Bowerman. "And metalformers can avoid the purchase of special shapes."
"We think that tool will offer us opportunities to do more prototype work," adds Luptak, as the firm eyes opportunities to win more jobs from its 40 or so active customers. "And since it can run at nearly 800 strokes/min., we'll be able to use it in production runs as well." MF
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See also: Amada North America, Inc, Genesis Systems Group
Related Enterprise Zones: Fabrication, Tool & Die
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I don't know if it is middle age setting in, or enough bad experiences collected over time, but I have developed an aversion to change. If you look at my psoriasis treatment record in the past, I didn't mind trying all kinds of treatments from eastern herbal remedies to the new biologics. For example, I was one of the first on the block to try the biologic Amevive when it came out in 2003. I liked reading about the psoriasis drug pipeline, following different medications as they meandered through clinical trials and FDA approval process. I don't know a lot about the medical field but I do try to stay on top of what's new for psoriasis as an informed patient. But now, when something new comes out, I am less likely to adopt it early. I would rather find something with a proven track record and stick with it as long as I can. I may even go back to something that worked in the past (such as I did with Soriatane in 2005-06) even if I know the side effects (for me it was palms and soles painfully peeling, gingivitis, and dryness). As long as I know what to expect I can tolerate the change.
Uncertain change, however, is inevitable. If I could accept this fact I believe I could save myself a great deal of emotional turmoil fighting it. Psoriasis itself always seems to be changing—adapting to treatments, getting better or worse for no apparent reason, breaking out in new places, and so on. The unpredictable nature of psoriasis makes it such a difficult disease to not only treat, but also to manage emotionally. If I could have my psoriasis stay at a moderate level, without the fluctuations, I would take that over the bad and good times.
Change has also come in seeing a relatively new to me dermatologist. Recently I mentioned that my regular dermatologist has been out of the office for health reasons and his office does not know when he will return. Last week I saw his colleague who is filling in for him. I have seen her a few times before when my dermatologist was out of vacation. Those times we usually deferred major decisions to when he would return. This time I felt like we needed to make decisions on how to move forward not knowing when he would return. The first change she made was to prescribe the generic version of cyclosporine instead of what I am used to, Neoral. She also prescribed a couple new topicals to try. While the mainstay of my treatment remains the same (Enbrel and cyclosporine) I could feel myself resisting the changes. This week I am trying the new topicals, though with some reluctance. I confess I did ask for the Neoral and she was amenable to changing the prescription. Different dermatologists have different approaches, just as we as patients do.
What kinds of changes are you facing in your psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis condition? What new approaches have you tried that you may have felt reluctant to try? We all gain a bit of courage from hearing one another's stories; looking forward to hearing about yours.


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He may be the law, but Judge Dredd has been overruled at the box office. Dredd didn't even meet the studio's lowball estimates of $9 million to $10 million in its first weekend in the United States, pulling in an estimated $6.3 million instead. And it hasn't even done well enough in the U.K. and other European countries to compensate.
This is too bad, both because Dredd was a nifty film and because this is the sort of mid-budget action movie that ought to be a slam dunk — Dredd didn't need to make hundreds of millions at the box office to break even, it just needed a decent number of die-hard action movie fans. But this is more ammunition for people who claim that mid-budget movies are dead, further bifurcating the market into low-budget indies and massive blockbusters. (Luckily, another mid-budget action film, End of Watch, had a much better weekend.)
So what went wrong here? A few theories:
1) The marketing. Lionsgate was only on the hook for the cost of prints and marketing for Dredd, so they may not have had the financial incentive to push the film hard enough. And what marketing I saw didn't really convey the "Batman-analogue in a dark future city" concept clearly enough.
2) The remake factor. This film wasn't really a remake of the horrendous Sylvester Stallone Judge Dredd movie, but did audiences know that?
3) Lack of mainstream appeal. This may be proof, once again, that a movie needs to do more than appeal to the Comic Con crowd, to make money. Dredd was a love letter to fans of the comic, but never quite spoke to fans of generic action movies or Nolan's Batman films. (See item #1.)
4) The R rating. The over-the-top violence in Dredd was one of the best parts of the film, but the comic has always seemed to be aimed at the smart 13-year-old. You could easily imagine a PG-13 Judge Dredd movie that would convey the violence and lunacy without quite so much overt gore — and that would have made more money as a result.
In any case, this means there will probably never be another Judge Dredd movie. (Cancel your dreams for a CG version of Walter the Wobot.) And it's another nail in the coffin of the off-beat mid-budget action film.