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City and County of San Francisco
DEpartment of the ENvironment
Regular Meeting Notice and Agenda
Friday, May 27, 2011, 8:30 a.m.
City Hall, Room 400
One Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Council Members: Maria D'Agostino (Chair), Chris Buck (Department of Public Works—Vice Chair), Dr. Larry Costello, Dan Flanagan, Malcolm Hillan, Rose Hillson, Sandy Sherwin, Dan Sider (San Francisco Planning Department), Andrew Sullivan, Megan Sutherland, and Kelaine Vargas; Advisory Members: Mike Barrow (San Francisco Public Utilities Commission); Stanley Muraoka, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency; San Francisco Recreation and Park Department (Vacant); Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Vacant)
Council Coordinator: Mei Ling Hui Council Secretary: Monica Fish
Public comment will be taken before the Council takes action on any item.
Order of Business
1. Call to Order and Roll Call.
2. Adoption of Minutes of the March 25, 2011 Urban Forestry Council Regular Meeting. (Explanatory Document: March 25, 2011 Draft Minutes) (Discussion and Action)
3. Introduction of New Urban Forestry Council Members. (Discussion)
4. Public Comment: Members of the public may address the Council on matters that are within the Council's jurisdiction and are not on today's agenda.
5. Approval of Draft Resolution File No. 2011-05-UFC commending Terry Milne for his service to the Urban Forestry Council. (Explanatory Document: Draft Resolution File No. 2011-05-UFC) (Discussion and Action)
6. Election of Urban Forestry Council Chair and Vice-Chair. (Discussion and Action)
7. Tree of the Month Campaign. The Council will discuss program planning for the Tree of the Month campaign. (Explanatory Documents: Tree of the Month Program Plan and Tree of the Month Campaign Example) (Discussion)
8. Presentation on the Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit Plan. Speaker: Rachel Hiatt, Senior Transportation Planner for the San Francisco County Transportation Authority. (Informational Presentation and Discussion)
9. Hearing on Nominations for Landmark Tree Status. The Urban Forestry Council will hold a hearing to determine whether the trees nominated at the following locations meet the criteria for designation as landmark trees. (Discussion and Action)
At the conclusion of the hearing, the Council will vote on whether to approve or reject the nominations and shall adopt written findings to support its decision. The Council will forward approved nominations to the Board of Supervisors for further consideration.
Blackwood Acacia (Acacia Melanoxylon) located at 2853 Vallejo Street, Assessor's Block 0958, Lot 18, San Francisco, CA (Explanatory Documents: Landmark Tree Committee Written Summary, Nomination Form, Committee and Staff Evaluation Forms, Magazine Article, Tree Images, Support and Objection Letters)
Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) located at 774 Cayuga Street, Assessor's Block 3146, Lot 042, San Francisco, CA. (Explanatory Documents: Landmark Tree Committee Written Summary, Nomination Form, Committee and Staff Evaluation Forms, Tree Images)
English Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) located at 864 Francisco Street, Assessor's Block 0045, Lot 006, San Francisco, CA (Explanatory Documents: Landmark Tree Committee Written Summary, Nomination Form, Arborist Report, Committee and Staff Evaluation Forms, Tree Images)
10. Urban Forestry Council Review of its Goals and Objectives. (Explanatory Document: Urban Forestry Council Goals and Objectives Chart)(Discussion)
11. Staff Report. Staff will provide updates on Urban Forestry Council administrative and programmatic operations relating to research, planning, funding, outreach, and other related activities. (Informational Report and Discussion)
12. Committee Reports: (Informational Reports and Discussion)
Planning & Funding Committee. Chair's Report on the April 21 and May 19, 2011 meetings. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 16, 2011, 4:15 p.m. at City Hall, Room 421.
Landmark Tree Ad Hoc Committee Report. Chair's Report on the April 12 and May 10, 2011 meetings. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
13. Chair's Announcements: Chair, Urban Forestry Council (Information and Discussion)
14. Urban Forestry Council Member Announcements. (Information and Discussion)
15. New Business/Future Agenda Items. (Information and Discussion)
16. Public Comment: Members of the public may address the Council on matters that are within the Council's jurisdiction and are not on today's agenda.
17. Adjournment.
The next meeting of the Urban Forestry Council is scheduled for Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at 6:00 p.m. in Room 400, City Hall.
Public Comment
At this time, members of the public may address the Council on items of interest that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council but are not on today's agenda. Public comment will be taken following each agendized item. Each member of the public may address the Council for up to three minutes, unless otherwise announced by the Chair. If it is demonstrated that the comments by the public will exceed 15 minutes, the Chair may continue Public Comment to another time during the meeting.
The Brown Act forbids the Council from taking action or discussing any item or issue not appearing on the posted agenda. This rule applies to issues raised in public comment as well. In response to public comment, not on an agendized item, the Council is limited to:
1. Briefly responding to statements made or questions posed by members of the public, or
2. Request staff to report back on a matter at a subsequent meeting, or
3. Directing staff to place the item or issue on a future agenda (Government Code Section 54954.2(a).)
Disability Access
The Urban Forestry Council meetings will be held in Room 400 or 416, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA. The Council meeting room is wheelchair accessible. The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center Station at United Nations Plaza and Market Street. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #42 Downtown Loop, and #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the Metro Stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For information about MUNI accessible services call (415) 923-6142. There is accessible curbside parking adjacent to City Hall on Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue and in the vicinity of the Veterans Building at 401 Van Ness Avenue adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex.
The following services are available on request 48 hours prior to the meeting; except for Monday meetings, for which the deadline shall be 4:00 p.m. of the last business day of the preceding week: For American sign language interpreters or the use of a reader during a meeting, a sound enhancement system, and/or alternative formats of the agenda and minutes, please contact Monica Fish at (415) 355-3709 to make arrangements for the accommodation. Late requests will be honored, if possible.
In order to assist the City's efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City accommodate these individuals. Individuals with chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call the Mayor's Office on Disability at (415) 554-6789 or (415) 554-6799 (TTY) for additional information.
Know your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance
(Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code)
Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force Administrator, City Hall, Room 409, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102-4683 at Phone No.: (415) 554-7724; Fax No.: (415) 554-7854; E-mail: [email protected]. Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco Public Library and on the City's website at www.sfgov.org.
Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements
Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code §2.100, et. seq] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at: 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415) 581-2300, fax (415) 581-2317; web site at www.sfgov.org/ethics.
Other Important Information
The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.
Copies of explanatory documents are available to the public at the Department of Environment, 11 Grove Street, San Francisco, California between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., upon request to the Council Secretary at the above address or telephone number 415-355-3709 or via e-mail at [email protected] within three business days of a meeting. Explanatory documents are also available at the Council's meeting or agenda website https://sites.google.com/a/sfenvironment.org/commission/urban-forestry-council as attachments with each agenda or meeting minutes. If any materials related to an item on this agenda have been distributed to the Urban Forestry Council after distribution of the agenda packet, those materials are available for public inspection at the Department of the Environment, 11 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 during normal office hours or will be made available at the meeting website as attachments with the agenda or meeting minutes.
When bringing handouts to meetings, please photocopy on both sides of the paper and try to use post-consumer recycled or tree-free paper. Also, please bring sufficient copies of handouts for both the Council and the public.
Urban Forestry Council
San Francisco Department of the Environment
City and County of San Francisco
11 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Posted: May 23, 2011
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Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They don't know beforehand what roles we'll ask them to talk about.
The actor: John Rhys-Davies was well on his way to carving a niche for himself on the U.K. television landscape when his appearance in the blockbuster miniseries Shogun put him on Steven Spielberg's radar for a part in his upcoming film about a globe-trotting archaeologist/adventurer. Playing the role of Sallah in the Indiana Jones films—which have just been released on Blu-ray—further raised Rhys-Davies' profile, securing him a lifetime's worth of film and television roles. Many of which, he does not hesitate to admit, he has not gone out of his way to watch.
Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) / Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989)—"Sallah"
John Rhys-Davies: Steven Spielberg had seen Shogun, which was a terribly successful miniseries. When I say that it was successful, I mean the streets of New York were cleared at night when Shogun was playing, because everyone was at home learning how to say [utters a few Japanese phrases] and all these other things. It also introduced sushi to North America. Basically, there weren't any Japanese restaurants where sushi was served, aside from a few places. Anyway, it was hugely successful. Next to Roots, I believe it was the most successful miniseries of all time. Steven had seen it, and he asked to see me. And I said, "This character is a 5-foot-2-inch skinny Egyptian, and I'm a 6-foot-1-inch, 265-pound, very un-skinny Briton. What are you looking for here?" He said, "Well, what I want is sort of a combination of that character you played in Shogun—Rodrigues—and Falstaff. I want you to bring him to life." So those were the guidelines I took. I didn't want to make him just a comic figure or some sort of caricature, so I tried to develop him as an intelligent man who was an opportunist yet was also tremendously loyal… a survivor like Indy, but someone who, above all, puts a value on loyalty and friendship.
The A.V. Club: Given the success of Raiders Of The Lost Ark, was there ever any talk of having Sallah turn up in Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom?
JRD: No, there was never any mention of Temple Of Doom. I guess the character is confined by geography, though, isn't he? I mean, you could put him into Temple Of Doom, because writers can do anything. [Laughs.] But they obviously wanted to go with… you don't want to get too locked into certain characters, because then they'll demand more money, and you've got to drag them on from picture to picture. So, no, nothing like that was ever mentioned. But I was delighted to get the summons to do [Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade], although it was a slightly different character, really. All the background that you'd assumed in the first one… I suppose you carry it with you in the third one, but he's more comic relief in his own way, because the focus of the film is now on father and son engaging in the ultimate quest, for the Holy Grail. And you accept that, because that's part of your job.
AVC: Yet you passed on the opportunity to make a brief appearance at Indy and Marian's wedding in Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.
JRD: Yes, I did. I guess it would've been rather sweet to be in that last little thing, and they did offer to bring a camera crew to me in order to film a bit of blue screen where you would've seen me clapping for the happy couple. But that's all it would've been. I don't know, I suppose I felt as though it would've cheated the audience just a little bit. I like to think the audience has some fondness for Sallah, and just to give him an appearance as brief as all that, a quick cutaway… well, that's sort of short-selling him, isn't it, really?
The Black Windmill (1974)—"Fake Military Policeman" (uncredited)
JRD: Good lord, yes. The very first film I was in. With John Vernon being really rather wonderful. I met John many years later, and it was only those many years later that I realized just how talented and how marvelous a man he was. I miss him terribly. I so enjoyed meeting him and working with him later on. A good fellow.
AVC: In addition to Vernon, the film was also filled with numerous British actors of note, including Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, and Joss Ackland.
JRD: Dear old Joss. Joss is actually the most successful man I've ever met. I think he has something like 36 or 37 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. And that is the real measure of a man's success.
The Living Daylights (1987)—"General Leonid Pushkin"
JRD: [Affects Russian accent.] Ah, yes. Comrade Pushkin. A great character who should be back in the Bond films again: intelligent, refined, sort of sophisticated. Spying is a like a game of chess: Sometimes you have to withdraw, sometimes you have to sacrifice one of your pieces to win, preferably a knight rather than a king or queen. Not that I think Pushkin was a queen. [Laughs.] Though I thought Timothy [Dalton], while being devastatingly handsome, was a bit too thin, a bit too skinny for Bond. In that opening sequence, he really does have to stand twice in the same spot to cast a shadow. I think Bond is a slightly more solid figure, in a way. He's a man who… I mean, I think Daniel Craig is doing a grand job, and of course Sean [Connery] did a grand job, but, you know, there's a slight sort of street-thug about them as well, which is rather interesting and probably not what [Ian] Fleming originally intended. And I thought Pierce [Brosnan] did a very good job as well. I think he really sold it quite well. But I think Craig's doing a great, great job.
Sliders (1995-1997)—"Professor Maximilian Arturo"
JRD: [Sighs.] Oh, don't get me talking about this. I shall be sued for all the scandalous and slanderous things I say about it. It could've been the Fox network's Star Trek franchise—you could go anywhere in space, anywhere in time—and we had… oh hell, I've got to be very careful how I say this: I felt that the writing was sometimes not up to the challenge. [Laughs.]
AVC: You've been practicing that precise phrasing, haven't you?
JRD: No, no, I just thought I'd find the element of diplomacy in the whole thing. You know, you don't really forget those moments of insanity where it's like, "Well, John, with this week's episode, we really have checked it out with the astronomer." Hmmm. You have three pulsars entering the solar system. "Yes, well, the astronomer says they can come in clusters." Cut to the astronomer or astrophysicist thinking of a cluster in terms of hundreds of light years. [Laughs.] You do realize, guys, what a pulsar is? "Yes, they spin a lot, and they give off radiation when they do it, and every 24 hours the earth is going to be bathed in this radiation." Well, you do realize that they spin a little bit faster than that? I think the slowest ones might spin in about four seconds. The other ones spin even faster than that. Milliseconds. What you've got is something four times the density of the sun, condensed into something like 20 miles in diameter. Now, does this not suggest to you that it brings another problem? I mean, do you understand how gravity works? And what do you think will happen to the plants? Add to that that it's not just the one. There are three! Wow. I think that death from 24-hour radiation is the least of our problems! [Laughs.] Oh, it was just insanity.
You know, it's not hard to get people to take a premise and accept it. "What if a star went nova?" Or something like that. You're allowed a McGuffin. But from there on, the logic and the science must be pretty good. We accept, for instance, that Bruce Willis picture, Armageddon, and the idea of drilling and splitting the thing because you've been warned how if you set off a firecracker in your hand and close it… [Makes an exploding sound.] But, of course, they recently determined that the fire of the atom bomb inside the darned thing was quite inadequate at the point of impact to have done anything. But, you know, that's subsequent calculation. I love science, I love science fiction, and when you have a responsibility like a television series, where you can introduce young children to interesting things… of all the passions that we are most ashamed of, intellectual passion appears to be one of them. But the object of the good teacher—and of the smart actor, when he's given the chance—is to show that intellectual passion is a glorious thing. And that's really what I was trying to do with poor old Max Arturo.
CHiPs (1982)—"Nakura"
JRD: Eric Bercovici, who'd written Shogun, said, "You're in town? I want you to do me a favor. It's a piece of shit that I wrote, but I want you in it." And I said, "Why?" And he said, "Why? I gave you Rodrigues in Shogun and you're asking me why?" I said, "No, no, no, I didn't mean it quite like that…" "Good!" he said. I said, "Give me why I can play this thing." He said, "For one line: 'When the loading is finished, bring me his other eye.'" [Long, loud laughter.] I said, "I love it. I love it!" Eric is one of the great adapters and writers. The script of Shogun was so tight that you could not take a word out of a sentence, you could not take a sentence out of a scene, and you certainly couldn't take out a scene without putting ripples right through the back or the front of the overall story. Just brilliant.
I, Claudius (1976)—"Macro"
JRD: Yes, well, I got to kill Sejanus, didn't I? [Laughs.] Oh, it was an incredible experience. What an exceptional bunch of people they were. It was one of the few times I think my first-born son really started to worry about his father. Because when he saw me walk in with the head of a small boy… I think he saw it at school, or something like that, and it worried him for some time, he says.
Incidentally, Jack Pulman, the lovely writer of that, he'd been given a commission to write the thing, and he said, "Oh, good, yes, this will be lovely fun." He read it, reread it, read it and reread it again, sat down at his typewriter, and… nothing. And nothing the next day. Or the next. And occasionally the BBC would phone up and say, "How are you coming along?" "Oh, yes, well, I've just managed to sort of do the outline of one or two…" "How is it coming on now, Jack?" "Yes, I've got the outline of the first five or six of them all done…" "So how's it going, Jack?" "Well, I've started writing one, and… I've got them all sketched out now, and I'm actually into the writing." And he hadn't done a thing! [Laughs.] I mean, he was at the point of saying, "God, I've got to send the money back! I can't do this. I don't know how to do this. I don't have the line into this." And then a mate of his called him up and said, "Come have lunch." So they were at lunch, and the question was asked, "So what are you doing?" "Well, I've been asked to adapt I, Claudius." And his friend said, "Ah, what a wonderful thing. They're a great Mafia family, aren't they?" At which point, Jack looked at him and said, [breathlessly] "Thank you!" And he got up, went home, and immediately churned out every one of them. Sometimes a writer just needs a hook.
Star Trek: Voyager (1997)—"Leonardo da Vinci"
JRD: By the way, my son, the same one who was a bit concerned after I, Claudius… oh, he must've been well into his 30s when he called me up and said, "Well, Dad, I guess you've finally arrived." I said, "What do you mean?" He said, "I've just seen you in Star Trek: Voyager. If you're in Star Trek, you've really cracked it, Dad." [Laughs.]
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001) / The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002) / The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003)—"Gimli"
JRD: I spent 30 years trying to be recognized. I really wanted to bury myself in a full prosthetic like that, didn't I? [Laughs.] I said no. I basically said no to my then-agent, who now is one of my co-managers, and he said, "John, if you're not prepared to do Gimli in The Lord Of The Rings, I don't think we can continue to represent you." Which was a bit of a squeeze. And then my son—he of the Star Trek plaudit—said, "You know, Dad, forgive me, but if you turn this down, I think you're nuts." I said, "Why is that, son?" He said, "Well, think about it: In every library and every bookshop throughout the world, you'll find two feet of book space devoted to Tolkien. Think of what that means in terms of an audience base." I thought, "Well, that does make sense…" But who would've thought that a chap [Peter Jackson] who'd made a couple of small films in New Zealand would have… I mean, how stupid do you have to be to imagine that you can turn The Lord Of The Rings into a film script? Not only did everyone else think it was unfilmable, but Tolkien himself had thought it was unfilmable. That's why he originally sold it for about 110 quid, because he owed the England revenue some money. And besides that, it's a cast of thousands. Anyone can direct a four-hander if you've got six weeks and a couple of cameras. Anyone can do that—and, unfortunately, they do do it. When you're talking about 22 or 23 leading characters, a cast of thousands, all the special effects… come on, in New Zealand? [Laughs.] Give me a break.
I said, "This is going to be a total waste of time. However, I will go there because I have to go there, I will check it out, and then if I'm convinced, as I am pretty convinced that it's just a no-hope thing, I will go to Peter Jackson, and I will say, "Peter, I am terribly sorry, I can't leave my family that long." And he would've had to replace me, because you can't do something like that unless everyone is marching to the beat of the same drummer and headed in the right direction. So I went down and I spent two weeks, a morning and an afternoon in every different department, and to my horror, I discovered a level of expertise that I would only expect to find in perhaps only two or three of the great film capitals of the world. Slowly it dawned on me that this funny little New Zealander had actually created an entire film industry just to service The Lord Of The Rings. But I still held out hope that I could find an out. [Laughs.]
But when I went to watch him direct, I saw the ease and authority that he had with his crew and cast, and it was clear that this guy really knew what he was doing. And within a few days of my starting to shoot, I was one of the very first to stand up in front of a bunch of very skeptical New Zealand journalists and say, "Gentlemen, you have really no idea what is happening here. I shall make three prophecies: 1) These films are going to be amongst the biggest grossing pictures of all time. 2) These pictures are going to be bigger than…"—George [Lucas] was just doing the new set of Star Wars films—"These pictures are going to be bigger than Star Wars." Oh, I mean, the laughter was risible. Peter Jackson buried his face in his hands. "And 3) When you look back in 20 years' time, amongst the great and extraordinary pictures and favorites of that time will be The Lord Of The Rings." Boy, did I get a caning in the press. [Laughs.] But, you know, when you've been around the big ones and the catastrophes, you get the smell of them. If you're around Shogun or Raiders Of The Lost Ark or one or two others, you get the flavor in your nostrils for the extraordinary. And for The Lord of the Rings, I had it in buckets.
Grizzly II: The Concert (1987)—"Bouchard"
JRD: Was it called Grizzly II? I thought it was a rather good performance that I gave. Unfortunately, it was a bit grisly in the sense that the special effects were disastrous. And since the whole thing was based on a "devil bear" that was supposed to be 12 to 14 feet high, everything falls down from there. What other memories do I have? Oh, I have some classic memories of it, but I don't think I can actually repeat them without being sued for something or other.
AVC: Laura Dern was similarly evasive. The best we could get out of her was, "I'm 16 years old, it's six weeks in Budapest, Hungary, at the exact second Communism is ending, and it's me, George Clooney, and Charlie Sheen. I'm not gonna say another damned thing."
JRD: [Momentary silence.] You know, I think we're talking about a different film. Because I don't think ours was ever actually released.
AVC: It wasn't. But there are clips on YouTube nonetheless.
JRD: Oh, really? Well, if it's the same film… Can you remember Staying Alive?
AVC: I can.
JRD: Do you remember [who plays] the choreographer in that?
AVC: That would be Steve Inwood. And, yes, his very next film credit after Staying Alive was, in fact, Grizzly II: The Concert.
JRD: I want to know what happened to the first Grizzly. [Laughs.] Now, as far as Steve… well, to begin with, is he still alive?
AVC: He appears to be.
JRD: Oh, all right, very good. Has he done anything since?
AVC: Very little. A pair of small films and a few TV episodes, but his most recent credit is from 1997.
JRD: Poor fellow. He was very handsome, very strong, but he had one or two problems, and I guess coming off the near-superstardom of Staying Alive, it made him… perhaps overvalue his contribution a little bit. And the whole thing was a real eye-opener. Sometimes you learn more from films that aren't terribly successful and, indeed, sometimes you learn more from real disasters than you do from the ones that succeed. But it was a howlingly funny production. Personally, I remember standing on a hill for 45 minutes in the cold, waiting to turn up the hill and run. And, of course, like an idiot, I did stand on my mark for 45 minutes and, when camera was called, I did turn and run up the hill, which when you're standing facing downhill, your Achilles tendon is in its shortest position, and when you start to run up the hill, it is fully extended. And I heard both of mine go [makes a twanging sound]. Oh, I was in agony. But that was my fault. In those days, I thought I was unburstable and immortal, anyway. But now here we are, many wounds later… So, yeah, it was a shame, that film. It could've been quite a good little movie. I think it's probably still on Arnie Kopelson's shelf somewhere, but I guess its time came and went. Surely the music from the concert's out of date by now. [Laughs.]
The Untouchables (1993-1994)—"Agent Michael Malone"
JRD: Ah, yes. Dear me, why do I have such trouble with American television series? Basically, my miff with that was that, you know, the guys really sort of started glorifying [Al] Capone, who was an utter little shit. An asshole. It was that terrible state that writers can get into. When the writers themselves are a bit out of control and their lives are collapsing around them, they seem to rejoice in misery and celebrate the wrong sort of things. In truth, the destruction of Capone was a very good thing for America, and Eliot Ness did become a mess, but he wasn't always. And to denigrate justice and its officials always upsets me, frankly, possibly because my father was a policeman himself. Sorry, I tend to have a warmer spot for them than perhaps the rest of mankind. [Laughs.] But I've seen societies where the law has been completely corrupt, and it's a nightmare. Just a nightmare. So I'm all for the thin blue line, myself. And Chicago? The great American city and the great American small town rolled into one.
AVC: William Forsythe, who played Capone, is returning to Chicago to film his new series, The Mob Doctor, and he worked out that his new character, who's just been released from prison, completed a sentence that was the exact number of years that it's been since Capone was put behind bars in The Untouchables.
JRD: All right! How is Bill? Is he behaving himself these days?
AVC: At the very least, he seems to be in good spirits.
JRD: Oh, good. Good, good. Because he was not a happy man when we did The Untouchables.
Waxwork (1988)—"Werewolf"
JRD: Wasn't that fun? Yes! Great fun, wonderful cast, and a great director. So, yeah, I had a lot of fun on that. The only time I've ever played a werewolf. I particularly liked the touch that I insisted on, which was that as his hands were gripping the desk, you could see the blood developing around his nails as the nails began to grow. I thought that was a nice touch. Actors: We're stupid men, aren't we? [Laughs.]
The Lost World (1992) / Return to the Lost World (1992)—"Professor Challenger"
JRD: I think it's a damned good performance. I think The Lost World could've been a successful movie except for the fact that it pre-dated the good special effects and computer graphics. So our dinosaurs were just really ridiculous and pretty under-par. But if somebody re-mastered the dinosaurs, I'm sure the film could stand by itself as a pretty good portrayal of [Arthur] Conan Doyle's book. By the way, I thought I'd found something quite remarkable the other day. I found another Professor Challenger story in a little junk shop in Auckland, and I thought, "Oh, gosh, I bet no one else has seen this! I bet we could make a film out of this!" And as I read it… [Sighs.] I realized why we couldn't. It was just so bad. It was really, really Conan Doyle on a very off day. I can't even remember what it was called now, but, my God, it was hokey.
Never Say Never Mind: The Swedish Bikini Team (2003)—"Hakim"
JRD: [Explosive laughter.] Well, that was a lot of fun, wasn't it? I loved those beautiful women. Yep. Russ Lyster, my then-agent, who was much loved and is dearly missed, got me into that one. "You gotta take this, Johnny. I wanna come along and see the girls." Actors take jobs for all sorts of reasons, you know. I mean, as you recall, the Eric Bercovici one—"When the loading is finished, bring me his other eye" —that was purely because Bercovici just needed me to play this damned part and I owed him. We often do that. We often do things for friends. We return favors and give favors. And what the heck, let's not take our lives too seriously. That's what friendship is for. That's what life is for. I don't recall that I ever actually saw the film. But, oh, how I felt it… [Laughs.]
The Great White Hype (1996)—"Johnny Windsor"
JRD: Yes! And I've just seen Mr. [Peter] Berg's Battleship. The same man. What a nice chap. We got on very well. I played the belligerent, racist London Cockney boxing coach. [Affects Cockney accent] Yeah, y'know, think one of those East End actors without much character, that sort of thing, right?
Animaniacs (1993)—"Tympannini"
Aladdin And The King Of Thieves (1995)—"Cassim"
Cats Don't Dance (1997)—"Woolie Mammoth"
Spongebob Squarepants (2001-2002)—"Man Ray"
AVC: You've done a fair amount of voice acting in your career.
JRD: Have I? I suppose I have. The problem with animation is that you don't get to see or hear the end results very often. I've never caught either of Man Ray's episodes on Spongebob [Squarepants], for instance. Then again, I can't say that I've actually made it my life's purpose to seek them out, either. But, of course, now that I have a 6-year-old daughter, I ought to do something like that, I suppose. I liked playing Woolie, the mammoth in Cats Don't Dance, and… lord, I must've done something else. Oh, yes, indeed: Didn't I play Aladdin's father in The King Of Thieves? That's right, yes.
AVC: You also played Tympannini on an episode of Animaniacs.
JRD: Did I? If you say so. [Laughs.] I'm sure I did, but I have no clear recollection of that one. You know, you go into a studio, you're tired, you're jetlagged because you've just flown in, you do what's required of you, you go home, and you go do the next job the next day. So, Tympannini, yes, that rings a bell, but I'm not conjuring anything up at the moment. I'm not visualizing it. But doubtless it was wonderful.
Fantastic Four (1995) / The Incredible Hulk (1996)—"Thor"
Gargoyles (1995-1996)—"Macbeth"
AVC: You've also had a presence within various superhero series. For instance, you played Thor on both Fantastic Four and The Incredible Hulk.
JRD: Yes, I did. And I also played Macbeth in Gargoyles, which has developed quite a cult following over the years. I don't know if you know, but historically speaking, the researchers on that show did more service to the real Macbeth than Shakespeare did. It's a far more accurate portrayal of Macbeth than Shakespeare's. It's not often that you can say something like that.
Sahara (1983)—"Rasoul"
AVC: In the wake of playing Sallah, you turned up in several films that could be said to possess more than a little Lost Ark in their DNA.
JRD: Well, yes, I suppose they do. I mean, Sahara with Brooke Shields was… well, it was a lot of fun. [Laughs.] It's not often a cat gets to lead a cavalry charge, really. That was one of the joys of that one. Although I must confess that I got it absolutely right. Our director was a splendid fellow, and he said, "John, I really need you in this cavalry charge because you're one of my few actors who seems to be able to stay on a horse." I said, "Yes, that's fine, but listen: With 80 Spanish stuntmen and 400 Arab extras behind me, I really want to be well ahead of them so that I have a chance, at least, of getting up if I fall off." He said, "No problem, it'll be long shots coming across the plains, so give yourself 100 yards ahead of them, and it'll be bunched up by the time we shoot it with a long lens." So I duly did that, and then we got all of those wonderful shots in, and he said, "Now, I really want to get to get it from the side, so I really don't want you more than 20, 25 yards in front of them." I said, "Boss, if you've got me from the front, you've seen my face. Can you possibly use the stuntman for this?" And he said, "No problem, John, no problem." Now, my Spanish stuntman has been born in the saddle, and he's a better rider than I will ever be. A better anything. But they charge off, a stray horse cuts across him somehow, and his horse throws him and he goes down… and 400 extras ride over top of him. I'm seeing it happen, and I've gone out of my seat in horror, and part of my brain is saying, "Oh, my God!" But I must admit that the other part of my brain was going, "Called that right, didn't I?" [Laughs.] I went and visited him in the hospital, and, you know, he had bones sticking out of his legs and arms, cracked ribs, fractures, but doing the bravura stuntman thing that they do. Poor fellow. I hope he was all right afterwards. Dear me…
Brooke was wonderful, by the way, although I'm hard pressed to remember who else was in it at the moment. Oh, John Mills was in it! Johnny Mills. One of the later things he did in his life. It was very sweet. We weren't that far from Eilat, so we got him some oysters with pearls in. So we gave him the pearls for his birthday, and he ate the oysters as well. [Laughs.] What a lovely man and a great actor. A lot of vast experience.
Firewalker (1986)—"Corky Taylor"
JRD: I liked Chuck Norris immensely. I thought he was really, really good. And it was being directed by a dear director friend of mine, J. Lee Thompson, who was a wonderful, wonderful director. One of those old-school directors who's forgotten more about directing than people who've come out of film school will ever learn. J. Lee Thompson had had three productions in the West End of London before he was 20. Because, you know, he'd been a writer as well. He also directed The Guns Of Navarone. A terrific, terrific director.
Shogun (1980)—"Vasco Rodrigues"
King Solomon's Mines (1985)—"Dogati"
JRD: I actually met Lee Thompson on King Solomon's Mines. That's where we got to meet. I loved Lee. But I also enjoyed the opportunity to work with Chamberlain again, because we'd done Shogun together. So working on King Solomon's Mines with Richard… I love Richard. He is such a complete professional. I've met and worked with wonderfully professional actors, but I think just in terms of watching and copying a professional, Richard probably taught me as much as anyone else. Wonderful discipline, wonderful courage, wonderful focus. I mean, the first day we went to sea when we did Shogun, it was about 170 degrees. The humidity was vast, the ship was rolling, and the sun was absolutely merciless. Everyone was sick. And Richard would sit down between shots, take out his fan, fan himself, and just talk cheerfully. And if somebody vomited in his eye line, he would just move his head slightly and just keep talking as if it was the most normal thing in the world. The director had taken three Dramamines and was lying on the deck directing. The cameraman, Chuy Elizondo, a tough man and a good guy, was vomiting between takes. And Richard just… if Richard had actually said, "Oh, come on, guys…" I mean, morale at that point was so low. We'd overstayed, we'd gone three weeks, maybe even five weeks, too long in Tokyo, which had cost a bucket of money. And if Richard had actually said at that moment, "This is above and beyond the call of duty, this is ridiculous, everyone's vomiting here," I do believe there was just a chance that the production could've actually collapsed at that point. But because he absolutely refused to pay any attention to anything unpleasant going along at all, he just treated it as if it was a normal day, all of us had to get through it. And the next day it was a little bit easier, and the next day easier still, and so on. But for a demonstration of what it is to be a leading man, of taking that burden and that responsibility to hold a company together, it was magnificent. Just magnificent.
So it was a great joy to meet Richard again in Africa, of course, and with marvelous Herbert Lom as well. Lomsky and I got on terribly well. Lom was a great sort of actor. Extraordinary, really. He was Inspector Clouseau's senior officer, who develops a tic in his eye as a result of working with Clouseau. Lom was a wonderfully sophisticated man, though. I think he was Czechoslovakian. I think he trained in architecture, too, before the war, but he fled just prior to World War II and established himself in England. But he was so good. Witty, urbane, a wonderful fellow. And then there was Sharon [Stone]. Sharon Stone in Africa. That was an interesting thing to behold. [Cackles.] I must say, I have a great fondness for Sharon. I think she's a damned good actress. Perhaps not so much in Solomon's Mines, but certainly in one or two things that I've seen her do subsequently. Very impressive, indeed. What a nice bunch of people I've worked with over the years.
Budgie (1971-1972)—"Laughing Spam Fritter"
JRD: [Affects Cockney accent] Yeah, well, he was Charlie Endell's hench-mench, really. I mean, Budgie Bird, played by Adam Faith, he was a stroppy little twat, wasn't he? Sometimes you've got to keep these guys in line, you know? Like, sometimes you've got to raise things so that all their trousers will need shortening to the knees. Know what I mean? Nothing personal… [Laughs.] Hmmm. I think he may have been related to the fellow in The Great White Hype.
In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)—"Merick"
JRD: I like Uwe [Boll]. Uwe was… [Long pause.] He was a very mercurial fellow in those days. I saw him the other day at the film festival in Santa Monica, and he seemed very subdued. His hip was hurting him, giving him some real problems, and the tide of his type of films has turned. The German economy had slightly turned, and they changed the tax or something like that. So he was slightly on the defensive the other day when I saw him, and one saw his vulnerable side, which always touches your heart, really. But I wish him well, and I think he'll bounce back. His idea of direction was that of an organizer rather than a sensitive conductor of an orchestra, but there's great virtue in producing. A man who can raise money and make films is really worth his weight in gold. I've never been able to get money for a project, and I've certainly seen friends of mine with magnificent projects that are just stymied by real rotten guys who just get in the way of things because all they want to do is take a good project, give you money, and have you go away so that they can take the credit and do things their way. One hates those people… and hopes that the afflictions of Egypt will fall upon them.
Victor Victoria (1982)—"Andre Cassell"
JRD: Oh, yes, well, not a bad little cast, is it, when you look at it? [Laughs.] Not a bad little director, either: Blake Edwards at just about the height of his powers. Just magical. It was, actually, the first time I really believed that I could hold my own in that august sort of company. You know, Shogun, it was good, but it was television. I, Claudius, The Naked Civil Servant, all that sort of thing, it was good and they were wonderful actors. Great stage actors, good television actors, but no one with a really great film cachet. So I suppose Victor Victoria really was the first time when, you know, you found yourself having to cope with extraordinary filmic talents, above all Julie [Andrews] and Jim [Garner].
Julie, I love her to death. She's just terrific. And underrated, because she can do… well, she used to do so much. I mean, she was a great dancer, a good actress, a good stand-up comedienne, a good singer… You know, we're sort of a bit suspicious of all-arounders, aren't we? We rather adore our specialists. If you can do too much, it rather raises the question of whether you can do one thing brilliantly, and it really begs the question as to whether you're serious enough to focus. Oh, God, what awful people we are. [Laughs.] But Julie is just a great all-around show-woman, performer, and artist.
And Jim Garner is just about the easiest man in the world to be around. I loved working with him. I learned so much from him. And the rest of the company weren't too shabby, either! The chap who played the inspector [Peter Arne], who comes in at the end to inspect and see whether he's a she or whether she is a she or… oh, I'm almost completely lost now. But he was an interesting man. He'd been in the Royal Air Force, I think, as a fighter pilot in World War II, and about 18 months after we had finished the film and it had come out, he was murdered by his lover. Which was really rather sad, because he was a good actor and an awfully nice fellow. That was a period when it seemed as though there were a lot of gay men being murdered by their lovers. [Sighs.] "For each man kills the man he loves… the coward does it with a kiss…"
Cyborg Cop (1993)—"Kessel"
JRD: Um… yes, I think we shot that in… [Hesitates.] Didn't we shoot that in Sri Lanka or someplace like that? I think I played that in a Yorkshire accent. I rather fancied doing it. I saw him rather as sort of a David Hockney type. If that is, indeed, the one I'm thinking of.
AVC: Well, Cyborg Cop was actually shot in South Africa.
JRD: Ah, okay, wrong one. Wrong film! Yeah, I did something else in Sri Lanka, then. Which means that I can't say as Cyborg Cop rings too many bells. You do realize, of course, that about 40 percent of these I've never actually seen. [Laughs.] But let's simply attribute that to the fact that they've been released while I was working on the next job, shall we?
Psych (2012)—"Curator"
AVC: To bring things more or less full-circle, you recently played a museum curator in an episode of Psych entitled "Indiana Shawn And The Temple Of The Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger."
JRD: [Laughs.] A nod toward Dr. Jones, to be certain. What fun. And what nice boys. That reminds me: They said they might have me back. I must get my agent on the line.


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Managing conflict:
March 5, 2012
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This is such an amazing post, Danni. I really, truly agree with this, us women are so complicated some times but we all drag stuff from our past and childhood when we allow it. I'm glad you talked about this. xoReplyDelete
This is beautiful! I'm saving it so I remember it someday when I need it. Thanks :)ReplyDelete
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I love this! We are currently attending a class at our church that tackles many of the same issues. Although I think we had a fairly stable to begin with, the class has been sooooo helpful and eye opening. The teachers even use the same sort of "cycle" idea in the classes, except they refer to it as the "Crazy Cycle." :)ReplyDelete
This is a really interesting way to think about arguing. I think that personal space is so key in figuring out what you really feel about a situation. Also, being very careful to discuss issues and not start slinging mud or blaming. Thanks!ReplyDelete
- hillary05 March, 2012 12:26
This is a wonderful post. I read an interesting relationship book this year called Hold Me Tight and one thing in it that struck me was the idea that in modern society, we expect our partner to be everything. In the past, the expectations of husbands and wives were much narrower, and we looked to our family, friends, and community for a lot of the things that we only get from our romantic partners now. That's a lot of pressure, and it means we have to work that much harder to nurture the attachment between us, so it isn't obscured by expectations, reactions, and defenses.ReplyDelete
Amazing post and can be applied to any relationship. Thank you for sharing such valuable notes with us.ReplyDelete
I've not heard of this before but immediately identify with the buttons and reactions. Something like this really makes you take a step back and apply it to your own situation.
Thank you so much for posting this! I love my fiance dearly and we are actively seeking growth in our conflict resolution with each other.. these notes are going to be SO helpful. I can't wait to share these with him, and with our other couple friends who are seeking the same help! I truly appreciate this.. you should post other resources you come across in the future too. :)ReplyDelete
Danni, this is an incredible post and I'm so glad you shared what you learned with us! In past relationships, I've definitely kept silent when something upset me, but that usually meant that I became a bit passive aggressive about it. Half the time, I expected boyfriends to read my mind. Since I identified this habit, I've gotten much better at conflict and taken a "I'm going to say how I feel, and do it without accusing either party of wrongdoing." That has helped, as well as having him understand that I need him to really listen to me and respect my feelings. That honesty and openness and talking through things made such a big different in my last relationship.ReplyDelete
Thanks for this post...I really appreciated it. The parts that spoke to me most deeply were Make sure your hearts are both open when you get back to talk and Sometimes it's hard for me personally to pray when I am sooooo angry, but it is so important to pray to get my heart right and allow His love back in. I really struggle in these areas!ReplyDelete
- torrie05 March, 2012 12:56
great post. had to let you know that these type of posts are appreciated. these are great reminders for me. and i love that you're brave and take risks to step out and post about "real life" along with your beautiful "work/hobby" related posts. you're so blessed that they are one in the same! :)ReplyDelete
Really appreciate your thoughts friends! :)ReplyDelete
@Alison - CRAZY CYCLE, love it, hahaaa. so true. ;)
@hillary - That is so interesting cause I have lately been dealing and realizing I sure have a lot of expectations.. which can often be a main reason for our arguments. The expectations are unrealistic and ridiculous. I need to stop thinking he needs to change and accept and love him for who he is, which is pretty awesome.
@Casey // dreams and bones - So excited you'll be sharing with your fiance later! There were a ton of engaged couples at this retreat, it is so important to discuss going into marriage! If you have any questions, feel free to email!
@Brandi {not your average ordinary} - I love your insights. "without accusing either party of wrongdoing" is KEY and I should have mentioned that in the post too. They talked a lot about being careful to point fingers as well which I fall easily into. That is such a huge thing to identify communication habits, I often do think he should know what I'm feeling since I told him but guys are different. I still need to figure that out!
@Jummy - so wonderful to know I am not the only one ;)
My husband and I read a book called 'Love and Respect' which was extremely helpful for us. In the book they lay out the crazy cycle which is really similiar to what you are describing. I would recommend this book to anyone in a serious relationship!ReplyDelete
My fiance and I are reading a book called "Hold Me Tight" by Dr. Sue Johnson as a part of our premarital counseling. If you haven't read it, I couldn't recommend it more. It's a wealth of information, mostly focused about her years researching and cultivating emotionally focused therapy (EFT). The "reactive cycle" you mention is talked about in different terms (but same concept) and in really great detail. And every "button" is, as you say, connected to an unmet attachment need. It is already helping us so much and we've hardly skimmed the surface.ReplyDelete
Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your experience! I really liked the bit about "pursuing truth" and plan to share it with my fiance tonight.
I want to commend you for being so open and sharing so much of your heart and mind here.ReplyDelete
Something I believe in is, instead of constantly evaluating what your partner is doing, you need to evaluate yourself and your own behavior, and take care of your own half of the relationship.
One last thing: my husband, who I have been together with for 13 years now, always has to remind me that men are sensitive, too. They have feelings, too. And women shouldn't treat them in a way they wouldn't want to be treated.
xo Dawn
even, healthy marriages need a getaway to learn more about each other so that "healthy" can continue to grow.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous05 March, 2012 14:23
A really thought provoking post. We tend to just get bored half way through a pointless conflict and do something else. Also, when I'm angry I still find it really hard not to laugh at him so that often lightens the mood. Real problems are sorted out within minutes by just stating the facts. We don't play games and were both quite good at asking questions and getting clear answers so any insecurities are quickly squashed. I think it's key to remind yourself that your lover isn't a bad person. It's so easy to skip into that mindset of thinking they're out to hurt you. As soon as they lie though it destroys all that so trust is imperative.ReplyDelete
So much truth in this post. My husband and I struggle with our own reactive cycle and its been particularly hard this past year because of external family drama. I appreciate any reminder to stop, listen, and think first in my relationship!ReplyDelete
oh wow. i never really post on your blogs (except the one down below hehe) but this article is awesome!!ReplyDelete
i too believe too much into the lies. and reading your article made me feel like i have guidelines now on how i feel. i've been feeling so lost recently because of me and my boyfriend's silly stupid arguments. and i often think "he doesn't even care about me anymore" blah blah blah.
thank you so much for this article danni!
I've never heard of this before, but I totally enjoyed reading and am actually interested in attending one of these. Thanks so much for sharing :) My husband and I have been married for 5 years, but together for 11 (we dated throughout college + long engagement). I think we could definitely benefit from this retreat.ReplyDelete
This is awesome, Danni! I've heard of something similar from the Love & Respect series that I watched in small group. I'm so encouraged that you and Nick are growing in your marriage!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous05 March, 2012 15:28
Thank you for sharing this post today. Usually I come to your site for all of the visual splendor but today this is just what I needed. I feel encouraged to bring forward some of these thoughts/ideas regarding some conflict that is going on between my husband and I right now. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for the great post!ReplyDelete
Wow that was a really interesting post and it made me think about how me and my partner react to such things. I'd have to sit for longer and try and piece together more ideas and do some more analysis of the way we behave if I were to truly take on what you've said though (and as I'm pregnant and have a very short attention span I don't think I can do that kind of thinking at the moment). But it has made me think about what we do...I tend to get annoyed and angry if I feel like I'm loosing control or if I don't feel loved enough. BUT my anger stops me from communicating properly because I cry with rage (silly huh?) and so always have to go an compose myself before we can get to the talking things over...'whats wrong?' stage. Lol I've stormed out of the same room 3 times in messy angry tears each time trying to pull myself together so I can explain myself! Its so annoying when that happens! Basically though we get through our conflict because we talk about things openly and honestly even though it hurts and then the other person will try really hard to adjust their behaviour if we feel thats what needs to happen. Relationships are quite hard work but so worth it in the end :) I think you can deepen your love and make it stronger if you get things out in the open too! Thanks for the great post! x xReplyDelete
- Anonymous05 March, 2012 16:56
I've been following your blog since you posted on that do-it-yourself cocoa powder gift that you put in a glass jar! Haha =)ReplyDelete
This post finally made me come out of hiding. Here are my favorite points -
1. The idea of the crazy cycle.
2. Pursuing Truth
3. Friendship being the secret ingredient.
Thank you! I'm so proud of you!
God bless you and Nick. All the best. =)
You are such a blessing Dani - thank you Jesus for this post! :DReplyDelete
I know the crazy cycle and if you ever have the opportunity to be a part of the Love and Respect conference you will be so blessed.
Sorry if I am repeating anything that may have been mentioned in previous comments but I didn't read the comment thread.
That is where the term 'crazy cycle' comes from. It is an amazing seminar/course for anyone who is a believer. I say that because the whole premise is on God's Word, His plan for marriage and what exactly does it mean. It's an absolutely fabulous conference and I highly recommend it.
It sounds like you experienced a beautiful retreat. I'm glad you included this in your blog as your blog is a reflection of who you truly are.
xo - C
I'm so glad you shared this, thank you. Going to make my husband read it now!ReplyDelete
this was fantastic! I was a bit intimadated by how long it was... the pretty pictures helped! it was definetly encouraging and something I would like to work on. thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Thanks for this! Definitely worth the read. I've found the best success with "I" statements as well as just remembering that he's an introvert and I'm an extrovert and being aware of how that plays out.ReplyDelete
I really love that you shared this. I agree it's so much better to lovingly analyze the dynamic in your relationship all the time, not just waiting for problems to fix.ReplyDelete
I'm in charge of the marriage and family lecture in the Sociology class I'm student teaching in so you totally just helped me do a little research too...thank you. :)
I love this post so much :) My mister seems to think we are the only people on earth that fight. I'll have to show him this post :)ReplyDelete
xo Heather
i think what you said and learned makes total sense , i get mad at little things but in reality i'm getting mad because of deeper reasons. i often try to keep quiet about things that bother me because i don't wanna fight but it builds up and then explodes i know communication is also key but i need to really do that and also learn to take a step back ,i have this overwhelming feeling of wanting to just fight it out but that never seems to work out lolReplyDelete
I really think my husband and I need to go to a retreat like this. Not because we have issues, but because I am SOOOO difficult to live with. I know I am! He's so easy going and I'm just a nutcase. Pushing buttons is such a serious yet easy thing to do.ReplyDelete
Great post!ReplyDelete
Steve and I have very little conflict in our relationship, but I still sometimes catch myself thinking things I know are not true - he's NOT judging me for not having washed the dishes (he does all the cooking - it's a fair swap); I'm judging myself and pushing the blame onto him so I can self-righteous about it! It's a lot easier now I know that I'm doing this.
- Anonymous06 March, 2012 04:05
Thank you so much for sharing this! I can't imagine that there's a reader out there who couldn't benefit from reading this. People need to know that no one's relationships are perfect. That't the inherent problem with marriage, it's HARD! But worth the work because a good one makes things so much better, but a bad one makes life unbearable.ReplyDelete
I'm just always amazed how many deep things can come up, how much my husband wants to do things that I don't want to do. I just really feel like I shouldn't have to do some things, and he thinks I should because he wants to. Three examples come to mind: He wants to go on a cruise - I get desperately sea sick; he wants to go to a footy game at the MCG, I NEVER watch footy and he hardly does; he wants to go to a country music festival, I barely like country music and I don't like being out in the sun for a long time. To me it's like saying, hey, let's eat spiders! I just don't want to do it!!ReplyDelete
Should I?
great post! our bible study group is studying the book The Peacemaker by Ken Sande. It's not only for couples but for all your relationships in general. Lots of food for thought in those pages!ReplyDelete
Great post. Everyone should know this stuff - they should teach it in school.ReplyDelete
All that said, Ive been with my husband 15 years and we still have the same silly fights.
One thing I dont think you mentioned but is really important (in my humble opinion) is that you don't always need to be right. Even if you are right 100%, you still lose when you argue about it - deciding to pick your battles is a huge lesson to learn.
The way I deal with my my conflicts in my marriage, is I deal with myself first. If I find I'm using the accusing and strong words like "You're", "never" "always", (ex: "You're never going to help with this xxx project because you're always doing xxx") then that's when I know i need to calm down, back up and look at myself rather than him.ReplyDelete
Great post, and these are great guidelines not just for marriage, but for any relationships.
This is really great advice! I love blog posts with this much substance. Being each other's best friend is so important to keep a happy marriage. It allows you to communicate with each other better and reminds you to have fun with each other more often.ReplyDelete
i really needed this.ReplyDelete
sometimes mark and i fight over what seems later to be really silly things, but at the time, sometimes i honestly feel like i could just walk away over it! our biggest problem is that although we both eventually apologize and get over the fight, the issues themselves never seem to get resolved, so they just keep resurfacing. this will be really helpful. :)
- Anonymous06 March, 2012 16:43
Just wanted to say thank you for this :)ReplyDelete
Danni, thank you so much for sharing this on your blog. It's really nice to read about marriage sometimes, about the relationships that compose the home, about something so true to my experience. When my husband and I did premarital counseling (which I HIGHLY recommend), we talked a little about the reactive cycle (though I like the crazy cycle name more, too!). I'd forgotten about it--thank you for sharing this all and reminding me. I have a good marriage but it could always use a little extra work. Every marriage can.ReplyDelete
My parents are doing a Love and Respect couple's Bible study through their church--I think you would really like the book and studies, if you found the retreat so good. You guys might also like to check out Sacred Marriage. I've only read part, but it really resonated with me--it's intelligent and yet relatable.
- Kimberly06 March, 2012 23:59
This is great! I totally agree about the 'pride' thing. It's so hard for us girls to let go of a little pride, let alone guys, and say 'I'm sorry' but when we do, the opposite party opens up as well =)ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing!
Seriously incredible and a gracious act of God that you blogged on this. I have such terrible anger and mine and Dan's (my husband) relationship is a perfect picture of the buttons > reactive crazy cycle. Thank you so much, sister. Also, I live in Seal Beach. We should grab coffee sometime!ReplyDelete
Love, Cara
- Amy - Thank You Cards Shop07 March, 2012 11:48
love that you posted this - this especially hit home for me: "Nick and I have a great marriage, we don't need to go to something like this"ReplyDelete
it made me think - why not learn and grow in one of our most important relationships, even if things are "going ok".
i'm going to be more open minded now to seminars like this instead of being a bit defensive like i have been :)
I've read about this philosophy before. But the "emotional buttons" were "core hurts" instead. It makes sense to me! I appreciate the reminder.ReplyDelete
In the book I read about it it teaches you that when someone confronts you, don't get defensive. Instead step back and try to figure out what their "core hurt" is or what is really bothering them (ie feeling unimportant, judged). It's a great way to get to the root of the problem.
hey, great message about relationships. so 'ironic', more like, 'God moment' for me to find this just hours after a conflict with my fiance. thanks for the quick peek at such simple, but profound wordsReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 March, 2012 15:18
This is a really really really good post. Thank you for your heart.ReplyDelete
Wow. That is such a good thing to blog about. It's really refreshing to read something of depth and value in the blogospehere. I really do agree with what you have written, and it is so encouraging to read truth. Thanks so much for sharing!ReplyDelete
Wow. It is so refreshing to read something so honest and so full of depth. I really do think we need to be open and honest with our spouses and always keep the lines of conversation open at all costs - even if it means eating a slice of good ol' homebaked humble pie, and admitting we are wrong once and a while. Thanks for your post!ReplyDelete
Solving conflict between husband and wife is difficult unless both of them will sit down and talk about the issues they have.ReplyDelete
Being rational could help here a lot than being emotional. Letting the pride down is might help also.
If conflict is not solved, this may trigger to unhealthy living the lead to divorce.
So while the conflict is still fresh and small. Try to solve it early. And most of all, let god be the center of your family.
i'm not sure how but i didn't see this post until now. thank you so much for sharing what you learned and your own thoughts/experiences. i agree that it's dangerous for couples to always think "our relationship is perfect". as humans, we should always strive to makes ourselves into better people and that goes for our relationships too.ReplyDelete
Friends, Thank you so much for reading + supporting my blog, and for taking the time to leave me a comment. Your comment support truly means so much to me. Have a lovely day! xo, danni


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La veine du bois...les moulures de la cuillère...Bravo Rosa ! j'aime toujours !ReplyDelete
Belle soirée et bises...à très bientôt...
And then post it :D Love this pic Rosa!!ReplyDelete
How pretty. I love china and silver.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! I'm in love with the spoon and the napkin - looks so sophisticated! Great!ReplyDelete
hugs, Sandy
It's very pretty Rosa. Did you take it with B/W Camera?ReplyDelete
I'm curious what comes on the plate.ReplyDelete
Liebe Grüsse, Robert
Your photos always set the perfect mood!ReplyDelete
J'aime comme les détails du bois ressortent ... C'est magnifique !ReplyDelete
Magnifique encore une fois!ReplyDelete
Le petit plat métallique me plaît énormément!
Gorgeous tableware! I have a fairly limited selection - keep thinking I must go into some charity shops and look for things.ReplyDelete
C'est joli comments tout:-)ReplyDelete
Really nice grain in your tabletop. And nice composition. Lovely, as always. Thank you.ReplyDelete
I have a small obsession with cutlery. Okay, it's a large one. The older the better!ReplyDelete
oh Rosa what lovely are your pictures always, a bientotReplyDelete
You make everything look so beautiful :)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous Rosa!ReplyDelete
Beautiful, I love getting a behind the scenes look!ReplyDelete
Le jeu des textures, c'est ce que tu photographies le mieux selon moi.ReplyDelete
Amazing shot!ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful day Rosa
Great photo - lovely backdrop.ReplyDelete
Olá, amiga!
Passei para rever o seu blog.
Muito harmoniosa! Lindaaaaaaaaa!!!
Amei a fotografia.
Um ótimo fim de semana!
So pretty, Rosa! Your black and white photos are always so inspiring!ReplyDelete
I love the pattern on that spoon Rosa! Lovely photo :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful! Makes me want to go prop shopping.ReplyDelete
A very cool black and white shot and lovely props!ReplyDelete
Beautiful textures!ReplyDelete
Came back from my trip, miss your beautiful pictures and posts. Love this one a lot.ReplyDelete
beautiful. the contrast of the textured tabletop with the shine and gloss of the other items is really nice.ReplyDelete
Beautiful! This makes me want to shoot more in black and white. I can't believe I haven't at all since getting my new camera about a week ago!ReplyDelete
J'aime bien le fond du plat qui rappelle le bois de la table.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7:44 PM, November 30, 2012
So you set up the plates and props first too! :) I love to see the behind shoot! :)ReplyDelete
Fun to see the set up in B + W!ReplyDelete
I like that the wood table has those entanglements and the glass gives a silver look which is a great flow with the spoon, especially the spoon ending. All that gives a contrast to the plain white plates that keep your eyes busy, even though there is no food in the plate.ReplyDelete
The perfect amount of shine! I have such a hard time with reflections on spoons and mason jars :/ReplyDelete


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Tax breaks for Ben Affleck. Tax hikes for everyone else.
As he calls for $1.9 billion in new taxes, that proposal didn't add up for Governor Deval Patrick. So, he's also proposing to cap the film tax credit at $40 million, according to CommonWealth Magazine.
Putting the brakes on Hollywood is a start. But it doesn't address the generous mindset behind a broad and entrenched policy. According to a report by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, Massachusetts gave up on the collection of $2.4 billion in tax revenue during fiscal year 2012 in order to provide businesses with 58 different tax breaks.
The policy is based on the premise that business goes where the tax breaks flow, and so do the jobs that go with them. Extortion is another word for it, and it works because states live in fear of losing their corporate base. But shouldn't someone try to objectively answer the question: Which of these 58 tax breaks really creates jobs and keeps them here?
That was a key point raised in the August 2012 report by the Budget and Policy Center. As the report explains it, the goal of state economic policy is to raise the living standards of the people of the state. Achieving that goal requires jobs that pay good wages and benefits. Creating such jobs requires businesses that prosper.
To woo businesses to the Bay State and keep them happy here, the state walked away from more than $2 billion in 2012. Yet, according to the Budget and Policy Center, only about $770 million of the total corporate revenue forgone is tied to an actual economic development strategy. And, in most cases, no one checks on how well the strategy is working.
To put it as kindly as the Budget and Policy Center, those tax breaks are collectively "long overdue for a careful analysis of their costs and benefits."
Yet the trend is not to question or analyze. According to this report, tax breaks tied to alleged economic strategies have grown by $428 million over the last 15 years, from $342 million in fiscal year 1996 to $770 million in fiscal year 2012. They started with sector-specific tax breaks for manufacturers and mutual fund companies and grew to embrace the film production tax credit.
There are also general tax breaks such as the so-called "brownfields credit," available to any company that cleans up and redevelops an abandoned or possibly contaminated property; and discretionary tax breaks such as the life sciences tax incentive program. In the interests of full disclosure, the Budget and Policy Center report also lists a tax exemption for "materials, tools, fuels and machinery used in newspaper printing."
These are nice tax breaks if you can get them. But on a case-by-case basis, what does the state get in return? According to a Pew Center on the States report, done in April 2012, "No state regularly and rigorously tests whether those investments are working."
When states do test tax-break policy, results often raise questions about its value. For example, the Pew Center report notes that when Massachusetts analyzed the impact of the film industry tax incentives in 2009, the Department of Revenue estimated they created 1,643 jobs. Yet the agency also estimated that the spending cuts required to pay for the incentives would reduce employment by 1,421 jobs, for a net plus of only 222 jobs.
In 2010, Patrick proposed capping the program at $50 million a year, but lawmakers rejected it. They regularly buy into the notion that just having Hollywood in Boston is priceless, and worth whatever the state gives up in revenue.
Patrick, meanwhile, is calling for a hike in the income tax; a new sales tax on candy and soda; and an increase in the cigarette tax.
The pitch for new taxes goes like this: If citizens want better transit and improved schools, we all must share the burden. Shouldn't all-in-this-together sacrifice apply to corporate citizens, too?
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Campfires of Freedom: The Camp Life of Black Soldiers During the Civil War
African-Americans - both freemen and ex-slaves - enlisted for a variety of reasons, from patriotism to sheer poverty. Like many of their white counterparts, they attributed theological significance to the war
A Grand Army of Black Men: Letters from African-American Soldiers in the Union Army 1861-1865
Almost 200,000 African-American soldiers fought for the Union in the Civil War. Although most were illiterate ex-slaves, several thousand were well educated, free black men from the northern states
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Ronald Grover / Business Week:
Wal-Mart and Apple Battle for Turf — The retail behemoth isn't happy about the iPod maker's plans to offer movie downloads through iTunes. Has Wal-Mart met its match? — The guy from Bentonville, Ark., surely isn't on any of Hollywood's leading man lists.
Discussion: Techdirt, Don Dodge on The Next …, Engadget, IP Democracy, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Shop Talk, Gizmodo, paidContent.org, Business Filter, Infinite Loop, CrunchGear, Blogging Stocks, Macsimum News, Guardian Unlimited, The Tech Report, Smalltalk Tidbits …, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check and Dvorak Uncensored
Paul Miller / Engadget: iTunes movie downloads to go for $14.99 a pop?
Cynthia Brumfield / IP Democracy: Apple to Sell Movies Online; Walmart Too; Big Screen iPod Here?
David Chartier / The Unofficial Apple Weblog: iTMS movie downloads in September - but only one studio on board so far?
Erin Kandel / Shop Talk: Mystery Apple Announcment on September 12th
Mwelch / Business Filter: Apple, Wal-Mart download wars
Charles Jade / Infinite Loop: September launch for iTunes Movie Store?
John Biggs / CrunchGear: iTunes Movie Store Coming
Brian White / Blogging Stocks: Apple battles... Wal-Mart?
Dennis Sellers / Macsimum News: Why I fear the dominance of the Wal-martians
Jack Schofield / Guardian Unlimited: Next Apple launch on September 12
Cyril Kowaliski / The Tech Report: iTunes to offer movie downloads in two weeks?
James A. Robertson / Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants: When Elephants Dance
Eideard / Dvorak Uncensored: Wal-Mart Freaked by Apple Downloads Demands Hollywood Slash DVD Prices …
Arik Hesseldahl / BusinessWeek Online:
Exclusive: Movie Downloads on iTunes By Mid-September — Coming soon to a Mac or PC near you: Movies on iTunes. My BusinessWeek colleague Ron Grover has exclusive details about how how Wal-Mart, as the largest seller of DVDs — it sells about 40% of DVDs produced — is unhappy at the prospect …
Discussion: Alice Hill's Real Tech News, ZefHemel.com, Mobility Site, Blogging Stocks and digg
Zef Hemel / ZefHemel.com: iTunes to Sell Movies Mid-September
Richard Cunningham / Mobility Site: Apple to Feature iTune Movie Downloads
Tobias Buckell / Blogging Stocks: Apple after the bell 8/31/06: iTunes movie rollout soon
CliffosakaJapan / digg: Is Apple Nuts? $14.99!...Movie Downloads on iTunes in 2 Weeks; New iPod??
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
iTunes To Have Movie Downloads This Month
iTunes To Have Movie Downloads This Month
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Stowe Boyd / Message:
Efficiency v Belonging: The Real Heart Of Social Tools — Ryan Carson has poked at an interesting hornet's nest in his recent post, Why I Don't Use Social Software, leading to a spate of concurring voices, especially Nick Carr, but supported by Phil Edwards, Cloud Street, Rob Hyndman, James Robertson, and Greg Linden.
Discussion: Unit Structures, Smalltalk Tidbits … and Geeking with Greg
Fred Stutzman / Unit Structures: Social Software and Community Capital
James A. Robertson / Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants: Social Software as fad?
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Mathew Ingram / mathewingram.com/work:
Social software is not a fad
Social software is not a fad
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Larry Angell / iLounge:
Reports: Apple to hold special event on September 12th — Based on reports from European Apple enthusiast websites and last night's YourMacLife radio broadcast, Apple is in the process of inviting members of the press to a special event for new products, to be held on September 12, 2006.
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Jason D. O'Grady / The Apple Core: Apple's un-keynote at Apple-Expo Paris
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Scott McNulty / The Unofficial Apple Weblog: Apple special event on Sept. 12?
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
MySpace driving more retail traffic than MSN search — New Hitwise findings indicate that MySpace sent more US traffic to online retail sites last week than MSN search, the third largest search engine on the web. That's big news, as it's tangible evidence that youth oriented online social networking …
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Vladimir Cole / Joystiq: Xbox 360 wins the MySpace war. So what?
Yaron Galai / Web X.0: Google & MySpace - Whos' really driving the traffic...
Gavin Clarke / The Register:
Berners-Lee calls for Web 2.0 calm — Analysis Five years after the first internet bubble burst, we're now witnessing the backlash against Web 2.0 and a plethora of me-too business plans, marketing pitches and analyst reports exploiting the nebulous phrase.
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Skeptic / Dead2.0: Tim Berners-Lee thinks I'm cool
Assaf / Labnotes: Rounded Corners
GeekyGirl Dawn Foster / Open Culture: Web 2.0, Knowledge, and Splitting Hairs
Robert Liu / news.tmcnet.com:
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Russell Shaw / IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband: The three reasons AOL is choosing PhoneLine over TotalTalk
Andy Abramson / Working Anywhere: Requiem For The Future of VoIP
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Samsung YP-K5 MP3 Mini Boombox: First Unboxing, Review, and Video. — Here it is. You might have seen some fuzzy flyby images of this MP3 player with speakers built into its backside. But we've got it in our hands. And we love it. — For a 4GB player, its kinda chunky.
Discussion: Anything But iPod and Gadgetell
Dan Frommer / Forbes:
America's Most Wired Cities — With most of the U.S. technology industry focused on the East and West coasts, you'd think the best place to get online would be San Francisco, or perhaps New York City. But Atlanta tops Forbes.com's survey of America's most wired cities.
Discussion: Digital Micro-Markets, Valleywag and GigaOM
Deutsche Telekoms offering new rate packages consisting of Internet, fixline telephony, mobile communications, and entertainment — T-Com now offering single-, double-, and triple-play - Price reductions of up to 30 percent - T-Mobile introduces inexpensive minutes and flat-rate packages …
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Om Malik / GigaOM: In Germany Broadband Price Wars Breakout
James Enck / EuroTelcoblog: Battle of the press releases
NORTEL ADVANCES BUSINESS STRATEGY WITH PROPOSED SALE OF UMTS ACCESS BUSINESS TO ALCATEL — REFINES FOCUS ON NEXT-GENERATION MOBILITY — TORONTO - Nortel* [NYSE/TSX: NT] announced that it has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding for the sale of its UMTS access business to Alcatel …
Discussion: GigaOM and Mark Evans
Om Malik / GigaOM: Alcatel Bulks Up for 3G
Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software:
Language Wars — An old friend emailed me to ask: … Ah, an excellent question, simultaneously impossible to answer and very easy to answer! — Sorry, I should stop speaking in riddles. A while ago I wrote an article called Lord Palmerston on Programming in which I claimed …
Discussion: Smalltalk Tidbits … and Jeffrey McManus
James A. Robertson / Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants: Joel Gets Hammered
Major Nelson / Xbox Live's Major Nelson:
Over 50-Million Marketplace downloads served — The Xbox PR team just released some interesting data that I think some of you may find interesting. Check these numbers out! — The Xbox Live Marketplace just passed 50 million downloads. That is double the 25 million mark from just three months ago.
Discussion: DigitalBattle and Joystiq
Tobias Dahl / DigitalBattle: 50 Million Xbox Live Downloads
Robert Summa / Joystiq: Microsoft: Marketplace has had over 50 million downloads
Sean Alexander / Addicted to Digital Media:
Windows Media Player Beta 2 (for XP) now available for download — Fortunately everything has propped early so I can tell you about the new toy to play with over the long weekend- Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 w/ MTV's Urge music service, just in time for the MTV Video Music Awards ;).
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Nathan Weinberg / InsideMicrosoft: WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 11 BETA 2 RELEASED
Doc Searls Weblog:
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Ravi / All about Linux:
Transcript of talk with Richard .M. Stallman on the sidelines of 4th International GPLv3 Conference held at Bangalore — Various governments in the developing world are slowly but surely waking up to the advantages that free software can provide both in terms of monetary savings as well as otherwise.
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Matt Asay / Open Sources: Work is for the Proletariat
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Google Image Labeler — Google released the Google Image Labeler game. The idea is that you will be labeling images along with a random partner, in real-time. When you both find the same keywords, you score points and advance to the next round. A high-score table shows who scored the most points.
Discussion: Search Engine Watch Blog and Google Operating System
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog: Google Images Labeler: Google's Challenge To Flickr?
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Paris Hilton hacks voicemail using Asterisk — Celebrities Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan are in a well-known feud that now has entered one of my favorite realms, namely VoIP. According to an InfoWorld article, (which Asterisk VoIP News reminded me about), it is alleged that Paris Hilton used …
Discussion: Signal to Noise, Asterisk VoIP News and CrunchGear
Gavin Robinson / CrunchGear: Paris Hilton is a L33t HaXor
Firefox 2.0 beta 2 boasts enhanced look, features — Mozilla released Beta 2 of its upcoming Firefox 2 browser for developer review Aug. 31, emphasizing that it is being made available for testing purposes only. The release contains a number of new features, as well as some enhancements to look and feel.
Discussion: Niall Kennedy's Weblog, TeleRead, TechBlog and Slashdot
Niall Kennedy / Niall Kennedy's Weblog: Watching a Firefox beta rollout
David Rothman / TeleRead: So what do you think of the Firefox 2.0 beta 2? — Roundup here from Techmeme.
Chron.Com / TechBlog: Updated: Firefox 2.0 beta 2 is out
Zonk / Slashdot: Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 Arrives
CNET News.com:
Intel expected to cut thousands of jobs — update Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini is expected to announce a massive layoff as soon as Tuesday that could eliminate as many as 10,000 jobs, CNET News.com has learned. — The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker, having suffered several …
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Cyril Kowaliski / The Tech Report: Up to 10,000 Intel staff facing the axe
Patrick Cooper / On Deadline: Reports: Massive layoffs may hit Intel
CmdrTaco / Slashdot: Intel to Lay Off Thousands
It's here: the 16GB USB dongle — Toshiba has announced the world's biggest USB dongle - an impressive 16GB. — The TransMemory line of flash memory sticks range from 512MB up to 4GB, but with a special "limited edition" 16GB version, presumably just for showing off.
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Adam Frucci / SCI FI Tech: Toshiba announces 16-GB USB thumb drive
CmdrTaco / Slashdot: 16GB Flash USB Dongle