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calculate(operation, column_name, options = {})
This calculates aggregate values in the given column: Methods for count, sum, average, minimum, and maximum have been added as shortcuts. Options such as :conditions, :order, :group, :having, and :joins can be passed to customize the query.
There are two basic forms of output:
* Single aggregate value: The single value is type cast to Fixnum for COUNT, Float for AVG, and the given column's type for everything else. * Grouped values: This returns an ordered hash of the values and groups them by the :group option. It takes either a column name, or the name of a belongs_to association. values = Person.maximum(:age, :group => 'last_name') puts values["Drake"] => 43 drake = Family.find_by_last_name('Drake') values = Person.maximum(:age, :group => :family) # Person belongs_to :family puts values[drake] => 43 values.each do |family, max_age| ... end
- :conditions: An SQL fragment like "administrator = 1" or [ "user_name = ?", username ]. See conditions in the intro.
- :joins: An SQL fragment for additional joins like "LEFT JOIN comments ON comments.post_id = id". (Rarely needed). The records will be returned read-only since they will have attributes that do not correspond to the table's columns.
- :order: An SQL fragment like "created_at DESC, name" (really only used with GROUP BY calculations).
- :group: An attribute name by which the result should be grouped. Uses the GROUP BY SQL-clause.
- :select: By default, this is * as in SELECT * FROM, but can be changed if you for example want to do a join, but not include the joined columns.
- :distinct: Set this to true to make this a distinct calculation, such as SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT posts.id) …
Person.calculate(:count, :all) # The same as Person.count Person.average(:age) # SELECT AVG(age) FROM people... Person.minimum(:age, :conditions => ['last_name != ?', 'Drake']) # Selects the minimum age for everyone with a last name other than 'Drake' Person.minimum(:age, :having => 'min(age) > 17', :group => :last_name) # Selects the minimum age for any family without any minors
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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/calculations.rb, line 134 def calculate(operation, column_name, options = {}) validate_calculation_options(operation, options) column_name = options[:select] if options[:select] column_name = '*' if column_name == :all column = column_for column_name aggregate = select_aggregate(operation, column_name, options) aggregate_alias = column_alias_for(operation, column_name) if options[:group] execute_grouped_calculation(operation, column_name, column, aggregate, aggregate_alias, options) else execute_simple_calculation(operation, column_name, column, aggregate, aggregate_alias, options) end end


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Description: A temporary adhesive excellent for use in embroidery because there will be no needle gum-up. Use for appliqué, adhering backing to garments, and positioning difficult-to-hoop items.
PLEASE NOTE: Net weight is 5.6 oz / 159 g. (Why is this different? 8.5 ounces is FLUID ounces - Ounces are a measure of weight. FLUID ounces are a measure of volume.)
Frequently Asked Questions:
QUESTION: Does 505 have an offensive odor?
ANSWER: No, 505 is odorless.
QUESTION: Is 505 repositionable?
ANSWER: Yes, quilt layers and applique lift easily leaving no residue behind. You can reposition several times for the first 15-20 minutes. After that you would have to reapply spray.
QUESTION: How do I use 505 for basting quilt layers?
ANSWER: Simply spray a very light coating on one side of the batting. Position the quilt top onto batting.You may want to do this in a few sections if you are working on a large project. It is very easy to reposition. Turn over and repeat the procedure for the backing. You can baste a quilt in about 10 minutes. See 505 How To instructions.
QUESTION: How do I use 505 for applique?
ANSWER: For raw edge applique: Spray a little on the back of the applique piece and position in place. Use a satin stitch or decorative stitch to cover the raw edge. For finished edge applique: Cut out paper pattern without seam allowance. Spray wrong side of pattern with 505 and stick to wrong side of fabric. Cut out applique from fabric with 1/4″ seam allowance. Place applique with paper side up and spray 505 covering to edges. Fold and stick seam allowance onto paper. You can now stick applique on the background fabric and stitch. Cut out paper from back.
QUESTION: Does 505 make layers difficult to needle?
ANSWER: No, you don't notice that it is there. There is no drag on the needle when hand or machine sewing.
QUESTION: Will 505 gum up needles or scissors?
ANSWER: No. 505 was developed for use in the commercial embroidery industry and it is essential that 505 not gum up needles or scissors.
QUESTION: How long will the bond last?
ANSWER: About 2 months for polyester and about 4 months for natural/blends. Sew in place during that time. The bond will release when washed.
QUESTION: Does the adhesive transfer onto the other fabric?
ANSWER: No, Just spray and wait a minute to set. As with our other adhesives, 505 stays on the surface that you have sprayed.
QUESTION: Is 505 acid free?
ANSWER: Yes, it will not harm or discolor fabric.
QUESTION: Will 505 harm the environment?
ANSWER: The adhesive itself is non-toxic. Our products meet or exceed all state and federal clean air regulations and contain no CFCs to affect ozone.
QUESTION: Is cleanup easy?
ANSWER: Yes, cleanup with soap and water. If you have sprayed too much, try Murphy's Oil Soap and a scrub sponge.
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Taking a break here to show off the item I chose to bring to the Carnival of Genealogy's "Show and Tell." I always loved show and tell at school and could never decide which of my treasures to share. Still can't. So I hope we do this one again.
When my Patriarchal Grandmother Hortense Carpenter died, she left instructions that each of her grandchildren should receive a quilt that she had sewn. She had made many beautiful quilts that were distributed to her 11 grandchildren. All except me--the oldest grandchild. Somehow (and after a certain relative took a couple of extra quilts) all of the grandchildren got one but there wasn't one left for me. I wasn't really upset about it, I had inherited several things from my grandmother, but my mother was really frustrated that I hadn't received one of my grandmother's beautiful handcrafted quilts.
Grandma died in 1991. In 1996, my mother was at the family condo and looking at one of the beds, realized that there was one more of my grandmother's quilts that had been overlooked and was being used as a bedspread there. She snatched it for me and brought it home to give to me. In the days before she could give it to me, I suffered the miscarriage of my first pregnancy, a pregnancy we had been waiting and hoping for for a long time. My mother gave me the twin size, thick, warm, corduroy log cabin style quilt the day after we found out that the baby had no heartbeat. Over the next couple of days, following surgery and through intense emotional despair, I had this quilt wrapped around me constantly. My hormones were adjusting and I was freezing cold for several days, so even at work, I kept this quilt around me. It was like a huge warm hug from my grandmother.
Several years later, I discovered a picture of me and my grandmother while she was working on this quilt. It was Christmas 1974 and Grandma had made one of those typical scrumptious Christmas dinners. Grandma was a retired home economics teacher and there was nothing domestic that she didn't do perfectly. My sister and I played under most of the quilts Grandma had stretched out on the quilting frames. I remember building wonderful forts and playing with our dolls in our own little world under there. And eventually she taught us to quilt. I have one of her sewing machines and I have made several quilts on my own quilting frames.
More recently, as my wonderful children arrived, and grew big enough to understand, I have wrapped them in this quilt, and told them about how much I wanted and waited for them, and how much I loved my grandmother. As we have cuddled under this quilt, they have learned of her sewing talents, but also of her adoration of me, the long walks we had in the mountains near her home and how she taught me the names of all the wildflowers there, and many other things I loved about her. I miss my Grandmother but I am thankful my children and I can have a hug from her any time.


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What began as a simple inquiry for a wheel spawned into a new Hamilton innovation. The end result was a custom engineered all stainless inline caster for a major aerospace part supplier. The aerospace company ordered two of these special casters designed for a clean room environment and each with an impressive carrying capacity of 15,500 lbs. The caster stands 10 1/8" tall and 21" long equipped with two 8 inch diameter by 2.2" inch wide double flanged track wheels. Four 40 millimeter double sealed precision stainless steel ball bearings were press fit into each wheel with 1-1/4 inch axles. The pivot block used axles 1-1/2 inch in diameter.
The application required the load remain completely level to compensate for floor irregularities. So unlike a conventional dual-wheel caster that features wheels side by side, this caster was designed with inline wheels that support each other with a pivot point in the center of the caster. So when the front caster encounters the irregularities in the floor, the back wheel would keep the load level.
Unlike industry-standard 303 or 304 stainless, Hamilton engineers selected ultra-durable, high-grade 316L stainless steel for all major components. 316L stainless has superior corrosion and pitting resistance and performs extremely well under continuous use. 316L stainless also contains less carbon than 303 or 304 stainless that reduces contamination during the welding process.
Hamilton Caster
Filed Under: Aerospace + defense, TECHNOLOGIES + PRODUCTS, ALL INDUSTRIES, Bearings


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Sean Casey, Peter Gammons, Al Leiter, Dan Plesac, Harold Reynolds & Mitch Williams Among Talent On-Site
Intentional Talk: World Series Edition with Kevin Millar & Chris Rose To Air Live On-Field Throughout World Series
Phillies Senior Vice President and General Manager Ruben Amaro, Jr. to Serve as Guest Analyst October 29 and 30
Secaucus, N.J., October 24, 2012 – MLB Network's extensive coverage of the 2012 Postseason hits the road for the World Series as MLB Tonight will air live before and after every World Series game with previews, analysis and highlights of the Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants matchup, plus interviews from Comerica Park in Detroit and AT&T Park in San Francisco. MLB Network's Intentional Talk, co-hosted by Kevin Millar and Chris Rose, will also air live on-site throughout the World Series. MLB Network's MLB Tonight is presented by Sears and Intentional Talk is presented by Jack Daniel's.
- Beginning today, two-hour editions of MLB Tonight will air live at 3:00 p.m. ET and 6:00 p.m. ET on the day of each game, and Intentional Talk will air live at 5:00 p.m. ET every day during the World Series. MLB Tonight will air live on the field following every game. On off-days, MLB Tonight will air live at 6:00 p.m. ET while MLB Network's Path to the Championship will recap the latest World Series results.
- On-site coverage from San Francisco will be anchored by Brian Kenny and Chris Rose, with Dan Plesac, 1993 and 1997 World Series champion Al Leiter and Harold Reynolds while on-site coverage from Detroit will be anchored by Greg Amsinger and Rose, with Sean Casey, who batted .529 for Detroit in the 2006 World Series against St. Louis, Mitch Williams and Reynolds. Hall of Fame award-winning baseball writer Peter Gammons, Sam Ryan and Matt Yallof will also be reporting on-site throughout the World Series. On-site coverage will be complimented with studio coverage during every MLB Tonight anchored by Ahmed Fareed and Paul Severino and featuring analysis from Eric Byrnes, 1980 World Series World Champion Larry Bowa, John Hart, and 2003 and 2007 World Series Champion Mike Lowell.
- Phillies Senior Vice President and General Manager Ruben Amaro, Jr. will serve as a guest studio analyst during the World Series when he joins MLB Tonight on Monday, October 29 and Tuesday, October 30.
- Leading up to Game One today, MLB Network will air a feature commemorating the 40th anniversary of Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson's death, including a rare interview between Bob Costas and David Robinson, Jackie Robinson's son. David Robinson will reflect on his late father, including the impact Jackie Robinson had on baseball and society, plus his memories of his father's speech before Game Two of the 1972 World Series, which was nine days before Robinson passed away.
- Prior to Game Two this Thursday, MLB Network will mark the 10th anniversary of the 2002 World Series with a feature on the seven-game series between the Anaheim Angels and San Francisco Giants. Hosted by Costas, the feature includes interviews with Dusty Baker, his son Darren Baker, Tim Salmon and J.T. Snow, looking back on the most memorable moments of this seven game classic, including Snow pulling Darren Baker out of harm's way in Game Five and the Angels' comeback to win Game Six and Game Seven.
- Leading up to Game Three on Saturday, MLB Network will reflect on the 35th anniversary of Reggie Jackson's historic three-home run performance in Game Six of the 1977 World Series with a feature including interviews from Jackson, Steve Garvey, Ron Guidry, Willie Randolph and the original calls from the television broadcast team of Howard Cosell, Keith Jackson and Tom Seaver.
- MLB Network will keep its social media followers updated during the World Series with the latest news, quotes, interview clips, photos and breakdowns using #MLBTonight and #WorldSeries through its presence on Facebook and Twitter. MLB Network analysts, including Eric Byrnes (#MLBNByrnes), Sean Casey (#MLBNCasey) and Mike Lowell (#MLBNLowell) will live tweet from the MLB Network twitter feed during every World Series game. Fans can also stay up to date by following MLB Network's on-air personalities on Twitter.
- MLB Network local channel listings are available at www.FindMLBNetwork.com.
MLB Network is the ultimate television destination for baseball fans, featuring the Emmy Award-winning MLB Tonight, live games, including Postseason telecasts, original programming, highlights, and insights and analysis from the best in the business, including Bob Costas, Peter Gammons, Jim Kaat, Al Leiter and Harold Reynolds. MLB Network debuted on January 1, 2009 as the largest launch in cable television history and is currently distributed in approximately 70 million homes throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. For more information and to find MLB Network in your area, go to www.mlbnetwork.com.


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It has long been known that subtle electronic fields and noises emitted by computers can reveal clues about your activity, a powerful spying method that can be done from a few feet away.
These so-called "side-channel signals" can be collected by antennas or microphones and through analysis could reveal sensitive data such as encryption keys.
It's not known if spy agencies are already using these methods, but the many academic studies outlining potential attacks would suggest it's probably a growing part of signals intelligence.
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have embarked on a three-year project to figure out how these electronic signal leaks could be prevented by redesigning hardware and software.
Milos Prvulovic, an associate professor with Georgia Tech's School of Computer Science, said his team has been looking for potential vulnerabilities in applications or hardware designs that might make such signals collection easier.
"I don't want to demonstrate an attack in order to be able to defend against it," Prvulovic said in a phone interview Thursday. "Then, the defenders are always playing catch up with the attackers."
Much effort has gone into trying to stop side-channel attacks from being successful against specific pieces of code, such as a cryptographic kernel.
But much less work has been done in leakage at a broader architectural level, such as what features are the strongest leakers, they write in their research paper.
To look into this, the researchers developed a new metric called "Signal Available to Attacker" (SAVAT), which measures the side-channel signal generated by a single instruction difference when a program is executing.
SAVAT quantifies the side channel signal's dependence on instruction-level differences. The metric allows programmers to modify their code to prevent such high differences from being detected, especially when processes are underway that deal with sensitive information.
They looked at the electronic emanations from three Windows XP laptops running 11 different instructions, as well as some mobile devices.
As expected, some signals were stronger than others depending on what components were involved. Two instructions executed on-chip tend to be quieter than a signal generated by an on-chip instruction that uses off-chip memory, according to their research paper.
Collecting those signal differences can reveal what an application is doing and could be used, for example, to obtain cryptographic keys without trying to break the encrypted content in other ways, Prvulovic said.
Over the years, people have become very good at collecting signals and matching that to a person's activity. During their work, Prvulovic and his colleagues discovered an interesting peculiarity about spellcheckers, which isn't mentioned in their paper.
There's not a lot of signal that comes from a computer running a word processing program that has spellcheck turned off, Prvulovic said. It's relatively difficult for an attacker to tell what key is pressed.
But turn spellcheck on, and things get really noisy. The signals can be picked up by an AM radio, Prvulovic said. In fact, the processing is so loud, it's audible: a person can hear it.
Each keystroke causes the spellchecker to look up the word in a dictionary to try to catch a mistake and flag it.
"It turns out that spellchecking is orders of magnitude more activity than you would normally get for just a simple key press," he said. "Modern software does a lot of stuff that is convenient but horribly computationally intensive. That creates differences that can be picked up."


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Apple announced new iPad Air and all major case makers also announce the cases they've been working on.
The iPad Air features a thinner design , along with 64-bit Apple A7 processor , iOS7 and impressive weight, only one pound.
There is too many cases for iPad Air right now , so we try to list the best cases for every budget , taste, and every need.
Check out the best iPad air cases:
Fintie 360 degree rotating iPad Air case
Fintie 360 degrees rotating case is flexible for landscape or portrait viewing . With dual layer hard cover, this case perfectly protects the device against any scratches. Available in 22 colors .
Fintie iPad Air slim folio case
Fintie Apple iPad Air Folio Case is made of premium synthetic leather. It's a quality product with multiple color choices and very easy to use. Check it out on Amazon.
Photive iPad Air Lightweight Hardshell Case
Photive case have lightweight hard shell which provide incredible protection against accidental drops. Also have three kickstand position for easy reading or watching movies. More info on Amazon.
Supcase iPad Air Slim Hard Shell Leather Case
Supcase iPad Air case is made of synthetic leather with very soft interior material. It's perfect for movie watching or video chat . Check it out on Amazon.
i-Blason Armorbox 2 Layer Protection case for iPad Air
i-Blason Apple iPad Air Case ArmorBox provides full body protection for your iPad Air. It's a great case for children and combine very nice and elegant design with a hard clam protective shell. Buy it now on Amazon.
i-Blason smart leather iPad Air case
i-Blason's Smart leather iPad Air case is amazing iPad Air case. It has may functions such as auto wake and sleep smart function , enclosed slot for credit cards, built-in elastic hand strap and pen holder. Check it out on Amazon.
Poetic Slimline Case for Apple iPad Air
Poetic Slimline Case is very thin and offers a sturdy design with maximum protection to the back and the screen of iPad Air. Also magnet on Slimline works very well and will wakes up your iPad when opening the lid. Buy it now on Amazon.
Devicewear slim leather iPad Air case
If you looking for very high quality and very slim leather case with soft black interior, Devicewear is yours case. The stand have 5 different viewing angles and your ipad is put to sleep or awakened when case is opened or closed.Check it out on Amazon.
MoKo slim iPad Air leather case
With premium quality PU leather MoKo case bring a classy look. No-scratch microfiber interior is additional protection layer for your iPad. This case also add wake/sleep functionality when the lid is opened and closed Check it out on Amazon.
Bear Motion iPad Air keyboard case
If you looking for ultra thin iPad Air keyboard case , then you need to check Bear Motion case. It's Right for You. Check it out on Amazon.
CaseCrown iPad Air case
CaseCrown offers good quality , as the cases above , at a low price. Check it out on Amazon.
Invellop black leatherette case cover for Apple iPad Air
Invellop Black Leatherette iPad Air Case comes with hard case , lightweight and ultra-thin design. It's great case for work, school or travelling. Buy it now on Amazon.
Incipio Watson Wallet Folio Case for Ipad Air
Incipio watson wallet case offers leather exterior and microsuede interior. It has three card slots for ID or credit cards.Check for more info on Amazon.
Incipio LGND Hard Shell Convertible Case for iPad Air
With unique folding design and available in six colors Incipio LGND case is nice case for every iPad Air. This case also have magnetic front closure.Check it out on Amazon.
Ionic bluetooth iPad Air keyboard case
Iconic's bluetooth keyboard case for ipad air is a great case, durable, prefesional look with easy keyboard connection via bluetooth. If you want to turns you iPad Air this is the right case for you. More info and review on Amazon.
Ionic Designer iPad Air case
Ionic Designer case has all-in-one unique stand case which is easy to use for you daily routine , work or school. Buy it now on Amazon.
Snugg iPad Air case
This case can protect you Ipad Air very well. It's handsome looking case and allows to holding your device in various position. Snugg iPad Air comes with lifetimegGuarantee and elastic hand strap. It's fantastic case available in many colors. Check it out on Amazon.
Sleeve for iPad Air (light grey with a fit for a smart cover)
SLEEVE case is a sturdier,simpler, protective cover. It's made from sustanainable natural wool style material. More info on Amazon.
Cygnett CY1323CIPSL Paradox Sleek Folio
Cygnett Paradox Sleek come origami folding design and in many colors. It's provide all-round protection for every iPad Air. Check it out on Amazon.
STM Cape Protective Case for iPad Air
STM Cape Protective Case is excellent lightweight and slim case . The case has water-resistant hard shell back and is perfect solution for your iPad Air. Check it out on Amazon.
Kavaj "Berlin" iPad Air Leather Case Cover
KAVAJ iPad Air leather case is a hidden gem. The case is very beautiful , very light with a great quality. It's magnet technology lets your device to wake and sleep when you open and the close the case . Buy it now on Amazon.
The Joy Factory aXtion Rugged Case for iPad Air
This case is very slim ,lightweight and have water-resistant protection. Also you should never be affraid for you iPad Air again. It can withstand drops from up to 6 feet and you can splash it or scratch it , it will still stay protected. Check it out on Amazon.
The Joy Factory SmartSuit Ultra Case/Stand for iPad Air
The SmartSuit combine a hard case protection, an intelligent cover and amazing looks. It is ultra-slim and has special magnets hold the cover open. One of the best cases available for iPad Air. Check it out on Amazon.
Belkin LapStand Cover/Case for iPad Air
With Belkin LapStand Cover case you can easy balance your iPad Air on your lap while you work. Lap stand has many different viewing angle, so you can easy find best position when watch videos. Check it out on Amazon.
Griffin Survivor Case + Stand for iPad Air
Griffin Survivor Case is designed from the inside out to protect your iPad Air.It will survive any extreme conditions sand, rain, dirt, shock to keep you iPad safe. Designed and tested to meet or exceed US Department of Defense Standard. Buy it on Amazon.
Ballistic Tough Jacket Case for Apple iPad Air
Ballistic Tough Jacket case offer three layers of protection one of strongest on the market. This case also have Ballistic Corners – all corners have extra shock absorption. More on Amazon.
Moshi iGlaze VersaCover Origami Case for iPad Air
Moshi iGlaze is very slim and functional case. VersaCover is soft microfiber which protect Retina dispay and iGlase protect perfectly your iPad aluminium back from scratches Check it out on Amazon.
ZAGGkeys Folio Backlit Keyboard Case for iPad Air
ZAGGkeys is very solid and well built case. It's offers 130 degree of viewing angles, lighted bluetooth keyboard and a powerful battery.Check it out on Amazon.
Belkin QODE Ultimate Wireless Keyboard Case for iPad Air
Belkin QODE keyboard case can easy transform your iPad in full laptop.The case is strong and sturdy, very light and slim and batery provides 1900-hour active mode or 4300 hours in standby. Check it out on Amazon.
Kensington KeyFolio Exact with Removable Bluetooth Keyboard
Kensington KeyFolio is here ! Removable, ultra-thin Bluetooth keyboard with construction enables multiple viewing angles and available in six colors. What you wating for ? Buy it on Amazon.
Two more keyboard covers for iPad Air:
Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad Air
Beast iPad keyboard on the market. This case really improves your iPad functionality. This is ultrathin keyboard Cover with Built-in Bluetooth keyboard. Have functions for auto wake/ sleep when you open or close the cover. Check it out on Amazon.
Logitech FabricSkin Keyboard Folio for iPad Air
This keyboard case not only will add protection to your iPad air , but also makes it stand out. It's ultra-thin and light protective case and Bluetooth keyboard with full-size keys disappears into the inner fabric surface. Check it out on Amazon.


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In our opinion, Mr. DeGolia stands out in this race due to his insights as a longtime business executive and corporate board member and his willingness to listen, respectfully, to all ideas and try to come up with creative solutions to problems before the council and of concern to residents. His decision to get involved in town government was sparked in the last election, when he was dismayed that the proposal to build a library in Holbrook-Palmer Park was pushed "from the top down" by a slim council majority, he said.
Mr. DeGolia notes that the town was recently able to pay $2 million toward its long-term pension obligation, which he says is due in part to the influx of many young families who are moving to Atherton and paying higher property taxes. Mr. DeGolia says these families will want playing fields, bike lanes and a safe way for pedestrians to cross El Camino Real, where several fatal accidents have occurred recently.
Mr. DeGolia did not accept support from the police union, and said he believes there is almost no possibility that the town will outsource police services. He did say that police costs and pensions, which take up more than half the town's budget, are worthy of discussion.
Mr. DeGolia is a candidate who will make sensible decisions as a council member. He vows to listen to residents and says he will try to make the council's decisions as transparent as possible. He is not endorsed by any current council members, who split 2-2 on many issues, so Mr. DeGolia could be a swing vote. We urge voters to elect Rick DeGolia to the Atherton City Council.
(Clarification: The editorial above notes that Mr. DeGolia was not endorsed by any members of the City Council. That is correct: His publicized endorsement list does not include any current council members. Some residents contend that Mayor Elizabeth Lewis did endorse Mr. DeGolia when she, along with 19 other residents, signed his nomination papers. We do not agree, and we stand by our statement and our endorsement of Mr. DeGolia for the Atherton City Council.)
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One upside to downsizing on Wall Street: Cash bonuses jumped 9% to nearly $121,900 last year.
Total bonuses rose 8% to $20 billion, according to New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. That's a reversal from 2011, when bonuses fell 19%, to a revised tally of $18.5 billion.
Overall, bonuses are still short of levels during the height of the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009, when they totaled over $22 billion in each year. Average bonuses were also higher during those years, at about $140,000.
"Profit and bonuses rebounded in 2012, but the industry is still restructuring," said DiNapoli, in a press release.
Wall Street profits in 2012 didn't just rebound -- they tripled.
Broker/dealer operations in New York reported profits totaling $23.9 billion in 2012, compared to $7.7 billion in 2011. The comptroller described it as "among the most profitable years on record."
Bernanke: Spending cuts will hit recovery
However, fewer people are sharing the wealth. The industry -- dominated by firms like Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Citigroup (C) -- has slimmed down since the financial crisis, which led to the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the sell-off of Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch.
There are 10% fewer jobs on Wall Street since 2008, the comptroller said, and fewer workers receiving bonuses.
Average salaries for the industry rose slightly from $362,900 in 2011. The comptroller didn't have the exact figure for for 2012.


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Cieza Castle © Turespaña
Casa del Corregidor, Lorca © Turespaña
Cehegín Bullring © Turespaña
View of the Immaculate Conception, a work by Salzillo in San Miguel Church, Murcia © Turespaña
Square and Town Hall, Cartagena © Turespaña
We present a route in the Region of Murcia to discover the work of one of the most emblematic figures in the region: the sculptor Francisco Salzillo. He is considered to be the most outstanding Spanish Baroque sculptor, especially for his processional statues, which we can enjoy at Easter Week.
This route takes us round most of the Region of Murcia and its main towns. We recommend allowing a week for it. We'll spend the first day in the town of Lorca. It is dominated by the ruins of its Moorish origin castle, although the town's heritage is Baroque. There are important churches such as Santo Domingo and San Francisco, the Palace of Guevara and the buildings in Plaza de España.
Salzillo's imprint is present in the former collegiate church of San Patricio, a Renaissance-Baroque building (16th-18th century) which houses figures of Saint Peter and Saint Paul made by the sculptor, as well as the Museum of Embroidery for Images, where we'll find a highly expressive group of sculptures of the Last Supper.
Then we'll head towards Cartagena (65 kilometres away). It is the region's second largest town. It was founded by the Carthaginians as a trading post (Qart Hadash). Later on it became one of the main cities in Roman Hispania (Carthago Nova). The magnificent Roman Theatre and the remains of the Punic (Carthaginian) walls date from that time.
In Cartagena, Salzillo's work can be found in the Church of La Caridad and in Santa María de Gracia (sculpture of the Four Saints, the group of sleeping Apostles from the 1761 Prayer in the Garden Float). We can complete our visit with the Modernist buildings on Calle Mayor, or the military buildings (port, bailey and walls), built in the time of Charles III.
Our next destination is the capital of the region and Salzillo's hometown: Murcia. We'll spend two days there and the Cathedral of Santa María stands out amongst the magnificent buildings in the city, with its splendid Baroque façade-altarpiece by Jaime Bort.
Let's look for Salzillo. We'll find him in the Church of San Juan de Dios (five sculptures), the Monastery and Museum of Santa Clara, the Church of San Miguel (figures on the main altarpiece), the Church of Santa Catalina (a figure of Saint Rita) and San Nicolás de Bari (Cristo del Amparo and Dolorosa figures), and also, of course, the Salzillo Museum, dedicated to his art.
Then we'll travel through the irrigated lands of Murcia, bursting with fruit and vegetables. Three stops in one day: the towns of Lorquí, Ricote and Cieza. In Lorquí we'll visit the Church of Santiago Apóstol (18th century), which houses a statue of Jesus the Nazarene, attributed to Salzillo. In Ricote, in its magnificent Baroque Church of San Sebastián there is a figure of Joseph by Salzillo. In Cieza, there are statues attributed to Salzillo or to his school in the churches of La Asunción and San Joaquín y San Pascual, in the Monastery of the Inmaculada Concepción and in the House-Museum of the Dormis brotherhood.
Finally, on the last day of the route we'll explore the lands that produce good wine: the regions of Jumilla and Yecla. In Jumilla, a place of famous wineries, there are works by Salzillo in the Church of Santiago (the Suffering Christ crucifix) and in the Monastery of Santa Ana del Monte, where we'll be able to see the statue of Christ bound to the Column (1755). In Yecla, the Basilica of La Purísima houses a Virgin of Sorrows, also by Salzillo.
A good option to enjoy Salzillo's sculptures is to visit the Region of Murcia during Easter Week. Many towns have processions with floats that carry images carved by Salzillo. For example, in Murcia, Cieza and Lorca.
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
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My Life in the Theater" MAN OF LA MANCHA
This was the very first Broadway musical I ever saw-and probably the first professional play of any kind. We took the train up to New York from New Brunswick and I think returned after it. It was fabulous and Richard Kiley was terrific in his Tony-award winning role.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Opening Credits: Monsters, Inc
When your grandson says, "I love this song" how can you not love it too.
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This Book Was So Depressing I Couldn't Finish It
Leaving subjects like child torture and the slave trade aside, would you not finish a book because it is depressing? How about a movie? What subject matter is just too much for you? How many books/movies have you put aside for that criticism? Do you expect every book or movie to provide you with entertainment? I don't mean that as a criticism because sometimes I wonder why I am drawn to dismal, dreary fare. I guess it all comes down to why do you read? Why do you go to see a movie?
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Forgotten Movies: The Sterile Cuckoo
Other than CABARET, in which she is brilliant, this is the only Liza Minelli performance that works for me. But it does. She plays a kookie college co-ed, that is poignant in her attempts to forge a relationship with a straighter than straight guy. The boy tries hard, but her eccentricities are too much for him--a little like THE WAY WE WERE.
Sad and with a lovely theme song. COME SATURDAY MORNING.
Todd will have more links for you here.
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Monday, January 28, 2013
Movie Theme Music: An Affair to Remember
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Say Something Good About Detroit
Detroit actually has two cities inside it. Highland Park and Hamtramck. Hamtramck, traditionally Polish, has become a vibrant community for many ethnic groups today.
Hamtramck's non-motorized transit plan -- think pedestrians and cyclists -- has been seven years in the making but city officials expect to see some tangible rubber hit the road later this year.
Hamtramck is working with collaborative-design-studio livingLAB to finish the plan this year. The end result will be designs for more and better pedestrian paths, the groundwork for connecting Hamtramck to the Dequindre Cut and 25 miles of bike lanes.
"This would be all new bike lanes installed throughout the entire city," says Jason Friedmann, community & economic development director for Hamtramck. "The goal is to be done by next fall."
Hamtramck's new bike lanes would be along its major commercial corridors, such as Conant, Gallagher, Holbrook and St. Aubin streets, along with Hamtramck Drive, which circles the General Motors Assembly Plant. City officials are still debating the feasibility of putting bike lanes on Jos Campau because of already tight space for vehicles and pedestrians.
Friedmann says the non-motorized plan will make the city eligible for funding for the installation through the State of Michigan. He also hopes it will open Hamtramck up to more funding to extend the Dequindre Cut north from Eastern Market to the city, a stretch of about 3.5 miles.
How are things in your neck of the woods for transportation other than motorized ones? Detroit has been lagging behind and in fact, there is no safe place to ride a bike in my community.But things are improving day by day. Yay, Detroit!
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Sunday, January 27, 2013
I had worried about getting home before dark throughout the entire movie because since I don't drive and Phil has absolutely no sense of direction going new places is a challenge.
I somewhat confidently punched in HOME on the system and we set out. It was 4:30 PM. Just as we passed what I thought was the freeway we needed to take I noticed the GPS had an estimated time of arrival of 8:45 AM. God knows where the sucker was taking us but that was sixteen hours in the future. Portland? Seattle? Who knows? Did the gadget want a road trip we had never planned? Had someone made it in Vancouver?
We did get home but the anxiety level in that car was high.
Do you fear getting lost? What was the most lost you ever got? I can tell stories to make your hair curl. Like going around a roundabout in England twelve times.
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Saturday, January 26, 2013
Forgotten Writers
We went to a book talk at a local bookstore (D.G. Wills) here where Robert Lorin Calder, a Canadian historian, regaled us with stories about Somerset Maugham, and stories about getting his biography published. WILLIE: THE LIFE OF W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM was published in 1989. Some of his most interesting anecdotes concerned Maugham's work for the secret service, which Maugham used in ASHENDEN. Professor Calder is now embarked on a study of how the many film and TV shows made from his work fared. There were as many as ninety although many are lost.
Mr. Willis has his own you tube channel where he has films of many of his past guests. http://www.youtube.com/user/DGWillsBooks
Growing up, Maugham was one of my favorite writers. I think I read most of his major novels and loved his book on writing THE SUMMING UP. It is hard to believe a writer of his caliber is read no more but I fear he is not.
Any Maugham fans out here?
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Friday, January 25, 2013
Beat It
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Shakespeare Uncovered
Here is some info.
This picture accompanies the story in the NYT.
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Friday's Forgotten Books
A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES and THE VAULT, both by Ruth Rendell
(Reviews by Deb)
(Reviews by Deb)
(SPOILER ALERT: I have tried very hard to avoid spoilers in writing about these two books, particularly A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES; but because one book involves the investigation of a major event from the other, there is no way to steer clear of describing a few key plot points. I've noted the paragraph where potential spoilers lurk. Please don't read them if knowledge of those points would make it difficult for you to enjoy the books.)
A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES (1995) is a Ruth Rendell "standalone"—that is, a self-contained novel that does not feature her recurring character, Chief Detective Inspector Reg Wexford of the Kingsmarkham police force. In fact, with its psychological suspense, fateful coincidences, and essentially unresolved ending, SIGHT is much more in the vein of the books that Rendell publishes under her alternate pseudonym of Barbara Vine. THE VAULT (2011), on the other hand, is a Rexford novel, but functions as a sequel of sorts to SIGHT. Although you do not have to have read A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES in order to enjoy THE VAULT, having read SIGHT makes reading THE VAULT a richer experience.
In the trademark Rendell/Vine plot device of introducing unrelated characters whose lives do not appear to intersect in any fashion, we meet the main characters of A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES: First is Harriett Merton, a dissatisfied middle-aged wife. She lives in Orcadia Cottage, a lovely old house made famous in the 1970s when Harriet and her then-boyfriend, a rock superstar, were painted in front of it by a well-known artist. When her relationship with the rock singer dissolved, Harriett married the wealthy Franklin Merton who purchased Orcadia Cottage for them, seeing as even his wealth could not meet the asking price of the famous painting. "A fine thing," he grumbles, "when you can afford the house but not a painting of the house." All this happened in the early 1970s; by 1995, the Mertons are leading separate lives and Harriett's boredom has led her to indulge in casual affairs, mostly with tradesmen that she meets by finding their ads in the Yellow Pages and getting them to the house under the pretext of needing repair work done.
Then there is Teddy Brex, a young man raised in both financial and emotional poverty. Rendell possibly dwells too much on the squalor of Teddy's upbringing—living in a filthy, cramped house with his apathetic father, mentally-limited mother, and an uncle whose only passion is for his prized vintage Edsel—but this emphasis highlights the contrast between Teddy's environment and the man he becomes, one with artistic talent, an eye for good design, and perfectionism in creating furniture and doing period-appropriate architectural repairs. Teddy is also quite good-looking and attracts the eyes of the women in his university classes, but he has no use for them. His emotional isolation and quest for perfection leave him disgusted with what the reader perceives to be the normal interest of modern young women.
In a far more prosperous suburb, we are introduced to Francine, a young woman who has suffered an enormous trauma: As a child of six, she witnessed her mother's murder and later inadvertently destroyed some key evidence in the case. Francine's father has long since remarried and Francine's step-mother—a former therapist with her own past problems—has been so overly protective of her step-daughter that, at almost 20, Francine is still as innocent and sheltered as a pre-teen; she has never been on a date and any events she attends with school friends must be approved by her step-mother.
When Francine is permitted to go to an art show, she meets Teddy Brex, who has won an award for a mirror frame he has designed. They are attracted to each other for all the wrong reasons. To Teddy, the fragile, innocent Francine personifies his ideal of the perfect women, not at all aware that this ideal has been created out of his own isolation and cannot stand exposure to the real world; while Francine sees in Teddy a way to become more worldly and experienced, not realizing that his experience is almost as limited as hers and that he is damaged even more than she by the emotional deprivation of his childhood and family life. Each of them has had too little experience of the opposite sex to understand that they are projecting wildly unrealistic expectations onto the other, but the reader knows and is uncomfortably aware that things can only end badly for them.
That bad end begins when Harriett randomly selects Teddy's Yellow Pages ad and asks him to come to Orcadia Cottage to give her an estimate on some restoration work. Unlike Teddy, the reader knows that Harriett's real goal is to determine if Teddy would be a good candidate for an affair. As Teddy walks through Harriett's home, a home he immediately loves because of its outstanding design and architecture, Harriett's propositions to the handsome young man become more obvious—obvious to anyone with some experience of human interaction, not someone like Teddy, who remains oblivious to Harriett's innuendo. And so a comedy of cross-purposes begins: Harriet trying to seduce Teddy and Teddy trying to determine exactly what in the house needs repair.
To say more about how the lives of Harriett, Teddy, and Francine intertwine would be unfair—but Orcadia Cottage is the focus of what happens and Teddy's uncle's beloved Edsel also plays a role. We know that things will definitely end badly for some of the characters, but it is only in THE VAULT that the police become aware of and have to investigate what has happened.
THE VAULT takes place 12 years after the events of A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES have come to a close. The novel begins with DCI Wexford now retired and no longer living in Kingsmarkam—the location for almost all of the Wexford novels. With his wife, Dora, Wexford is living in London, in an upscale home owned by his daughter Sheila, a wealthy actress. If you're familiar with London, you'll enjoy Rendell's descriptions of some of its many areas—Muswell Hill, Shepherd's Bush, Finsbury Park, Kensington, Hampstead, St. John's Wood—and the social and architectural traits that define each one. To facilitate this mini-travelogue, Rendell has Wexford do a tremendous amount of walking—more than he has ever done in any other book, so that the previous bane of Wexford's life—his on-going struggle to maintain a healthy weight—is no longer an issue.
(WARNING: The following paragraph contains spoilers.)
When four bodies are discovered in an unused coal cellar under Orcadia Cottage, Scotland Yard asks Wexford to help them with their investigations. Three of the bodies are determined to have been dead for over ten years (if you've read A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES, you're already familiar with this part of the story); but the fourth body has only been in "the vault" (as Wexford thinks of it) for about two years. To a reader familiar with SIGHT, this forth body presents a new mystery; while, to the police, all four deaths are newly-discovered and have to be investigated. And so Wexford goes about trying to determine the identity of the dead and why they ended up where they were found. One of the interesting elements of the book—and the reason why I believe that reading this book would be a richer experience if you've already read SIGHT—is seeing how Wexford investigates what happened, including various dead ends and conclusions that only the reader knows are either right or wrong. The Edsel from A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES makes an appearance, as does the framed mirror that was the start of Teddy and Francine's relationship.
As Wexford continues on his "unofficial" investigation, back in Kingsmarkham, his divorced social worker daughter, Sylvia (a strident type who no one—including Wexford or the reader—can generate much sympathy for), is brutally attacked by her former lover, a much younger man. This brings Rexford and Dora back to Kingsmarkham to help Sylvia while she recovers. This in turn keeps the action moving between London and the Wexford's home town. (Frankly, I think Rendell could easily have jettisoned the entire Sylvia subplot without harming the book at all.)
As usual in Rendell's Wexford books, certain social/cultural issues come to the fore and are examined through the prism of one or more characters. In THE VAULT, this issue is the sexual exploitation of women from former Soviet states who are smuggled into England and who, being without passports or the appropriate papers, are then forced to work in the sex trade (which is apparently thriving behind many of the doors of restored neo-Georgian houses in the London suburbs). This element of the book involves several very unsavory characters, most of them also connected in some way to the building trade—which dovetails into the repair work that the current owners of Orcadia Cottage (with none of Harrett Merton's ulterior motives) were trying to get done when the bodies were discovered. Rexford must determine which of the several contractors and repairmen who visited Orcadia Cottage saw the bodies in the cellar and, instead of calling the police immediately, decided it would be a good place to dump another one.
As befitting a Wexford novel, eventually the pieces of the puzzle are put together and a plausible scenario and suspect emerge. In addition, we are briefly reacquainted with a character from A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES who, we are happy to learn, is now working in a professional capacity and has a spouse and child. Both SIGHT and THE VAULT are well-written books and can be enjoyed when read alone, but reading them in sequence provides an altogether deeper reading experience.
This book takes place in one of those little towns in the Finger Lakes section of New York State near Utica. The town has been losing jobs and people for half a century. But disappearances suddenly are not due to a lack or jobs or a desire for more cultural offerings. Janice McNeal, a woman of ill repute, is murdered in her own home, her arm amputated. Her son, though seemingly bereft, arouses suspicion when he bites off a classmate's ear. Next three young girls vanish inexplicably, bundles of their clothes later turning up.
A Marxist study group at the local college and a vigilante squad of rednecks also comes under suspicion. The unnamed narrator, a high-school biology teacher, secretly keeps a collection of nasty objects submerged in formaldehyde (Remind anyone of WALKING DEAD). No one here is beyond or above suspicion. Some sort of mass hysteria has come about, reminding the reader of WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP.
This book examines the sort of hysteria that can overtake a small isolated community. Despite its title, it's a horror story-- a vivid and scary tale from the author of the Charlie Bradshaw Saratoga Springs crime fiction novels. Dobyns is also a poet. This is, no doubt, his darkest book.
You can find more links for forgotten books over at Todd Mason's blog, right here.
MY REVIEW OF AMOUR is right here.
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
MY Life in the Theater: Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood
This play was included in the American Playwrights: The Best Plays of 2003. It was the story of husband and wife actors both nominated for Oscars. Sorry that I don't remember more but I think we enjoyed it.
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What Are You Missing Out On?
What do you wish you enjoyed more? What widely held interest eludes you?
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Opening Credits" THE SHINING
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When Books Could Change Your Life
This article discusses how books read at a certain age--around 12--seem to have a bigger impact on you than anything you read later. Yes and no for me. The books I read at that age touched my heart but maybe not my head. It was the books I read about 4-5 years later that really impacted my thinking. Are "Cry me A River" books more important in the long run. I am not sure. Certainly THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK would be in either category. Same with TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and THE MAN IN THE GREY FLANNEL SUIT.
Some of the books that had a big impact on me would include The True Believer (Hoffer), the works of Colin Turnbull, The Lonely Crowd (Riesman), The Feminine Mystique (Friedan), The Second Sex, (de Beauvoir) The Silent Spring (Carson), In the Shadow of Man (Goodall) (a few years later), Catch 22 (Heller) The Greening of America. the works of Kurt Vonnegut and some of Bradbury.
I am sad when I think how rarely I read books like this today. The age of sociological studies seems gone.
What books had a pivotal influence on you as a kid and later?
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Tuesday Night Music
We heard Joshua Roman play at the Atheneum in La Jolla on Sunday. Technology is a wonderful thing. He had made this short video the night before in front of the incredible sunset. The sky was orange, pink, blue. He was amazing as was the music. The Atheneum is a wonderful art and music library and center for various musical events, albeit small ones.
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Would You Scrap Old Memories for New Space
Or as the article said trying to write on a piece of paper already covered with writing.
If you could take a pill to discard some useless memories or information from years ago--such as how to play pac man or who was in your second grade class, would you? Kind of like ETERNAL SUNSHINE but with memories rather than feelings.
If it made it easier for you to learn new skills and remember where you put the car keys, is it worth it?
Sidebar-when Phil sees me pick up the science page, he groans. He knows I will tell him he needs to make some change and fast.
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Forgotten Movies: What Movies Have You Walked Out On?
UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG-it seemed ludicrous to me at age 16. I was not prepared for anything about it. I would probably like it now.
KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE-just didn't get the humor. Not sure if I would now or not.
LETHAL WEAPON-could not take watching Danny Glover's daughter get tortured (although it was mostly threat rather than action).
Of course, with movies on TV, we don't finish even half of them. It took us all we could do a few weeks ago to make it through 21 Jump Street.
What movies have sent you to the exit early?
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Movie Themes: The Usual Suspects
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Say Something Good About Detroit: MLK in Detroit
These photos were taken on Sunday, June 23, 1963. On that date, Dr. King and former governor Swainson both participated in the Detroit "Walk to Freedom."
Dr. King was then in the midst of a tour (begun that spring) from California to New York. His Detroit stop proved the tour's biggest success. Police estimated the Freedom Walk crowd at 125,000. The day after the event, The Detroit Free Press labeled it "the largest civil rights demonstration in the nation's history." The walk began at Woodward and Adelaide and continued down Woodward to Cobo Hall. It lasted about an hour and a half, as marchers carried signs and sang songs (Songs included "We Shall Overcome" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic.").
The Detroit Council for Human Rights organized the Walk. The Council's director, Benjamin McFall, and its Chairman, Rev. Clarence L. Franklin, marched in a line with King and Swainson. That line also included Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanaugh, United Auto Workers President Walter P. Reuther and State Auditor General Billie S. Farnum. (Then-current governor George Romney, a Mormon who avoided public appearances on Sundays, did not directly participate. He did, however, proclaim the day "Freedom March Day in Michigan.")
At the walk's conclusion, King gave a speech at Cobo Hall. According to the contemporary Detroit Free Press report, approximately 25,000 people sat in attendance, with African Americans comprising about ninety-five percent of that total. They listened as King spoke of non-violence and an end to racial segregation. The June 24, 1963 Free Press report notes that King "ended his speech by telling of a dream." According to the Free Press, King described his dream of whites and blacks "walking together hand in hand, free at last."
In his book King: A Biography, David Levering Lewis states that King repeated the phrase "I have a dream" several times during that Cobo Hall speech. Lewis notes that when King addressed a crowd in Washington, D.C. two months later, he "kept the refrain from the Detroit speech: I have a dream." (See Lewis' King: A Biography, second edition, Urbana: University of Illinois, 1978, pg. 227).
King's Washington speech of August 28, 1963 became famous as his "I have a dream speech." It was a defining moment in the American civil rights movement. In one sense, however, the seeds of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream were planted in Michigan - in Detroit's Cobo Hall
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Sunday, January 20, 2013
Sunday Night Poetry: Wallace Stevens
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Your Favorite Book Set in Maine
Thanks to Stephen King, there are a lot of good books set in Maine.These are two of my favorites although looking at a list of them on Good Reads, there are many more.
What is your favorite book set in Maine?
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Saturday, January 19, 2013
Your Favorite Sandwich?
It is a slice or three of avocado, some freshly cut parm-reg cheese, a slice of an heirloom tomato (or the best one available) on thinly sliced multi-grain bread. The avocado stands in for mayo or mustard. All you need it a few cranks of the pepper mill and you will be in heaven.
This graphic omits the cheese. Don't. If you want to be bad, add some bacon.
What's your favorite sandwich?
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Gene Kelly
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Friday's Forgotten Books: January 18, 2013
Links to other books can be found at Evan Lewis' blog, right here.
THE ASSAULT, Harry Mullish
Chief Inspector Ploeg, a sadistic collaborator with Holland's Nazi occupation force during the war, is assassinated by Bolsheviks on a street where four houses stand. The body is placed in front of the Steenwijk house. In retribution, Nazi troops storm the home of young Anton, killing his parents and brother.
Anton lives the second half of the twentieth century as normally as he can, encountering Ploeg's son, and the various neighbors who also lived on his street, Discovering the truth is a slow process and it takes almost half a century to come upon the full truth.
This book perfectly sums up what happens during war: people who have no part in it suffer. And that suffering reverberates over the years.
Mullish's most ambitious novel, "The Discovery of Heaven," also widely translated, was considered his masterpiece. A melodrama more than 700 pages long, it offers a sweeping discourse on history and art, science and religion, man and God, good and evil. The two main male characters in the book are consummate intellectuals like Mr. Mulisch himself.
Despite, or because of, the novel's many layers of intellectual inquiry, it became a best seller and was voted "the best Dutch-language book ever" by Dutch readers in a 2007 newspaper poll.
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
My Life in the Theater: TAKING LEAVE
We saw TAKING LEAVE by Nagle Jackson at the Performance Network in Ann Arbor in 2001. It is a comic treatment of KING LEAR. In this production, he has dementia--maybe one of the first plays we saw about Alzheimers. I remember it as a very fine evening. Of course, the real Lear often seems to be suffering from this sort of break too.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Opening Credits: THE BIRDS
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Things That You Really Can't Explain
What idiosyncratic taste can you not explain?
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Forgotten TV: TWTWTW
That Was The Week That Was was on telly in Britain around 1962-63 and in the US in 1964-65. David Frost did the original. Steve Allen was part of the US version. The show looked at current events in a satirical way. Not sure why the runs were short. Perhaps shows like LAUGH-IN were more entertaining a year or two later.
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Monday, January 14, 2013
Movie Themes: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
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Say Something Good About Detroit: Detroit 2.0
If Detroit is going to undergo a successful revival it will be through entrepreneurs like Dan Gilbert, a former area native who has gone onto great success though his businesses like Rock Financial and Quicken. He also is the majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers. He was born and raised in the Detroit area and attended Wayne State University.
The Quicken Loans founder and chairman announced he has bought five more buildings in downtown
The buying spree brings the total bought by Gilbert and his partners to 15 buildings in the city's core totaling 2.6 million square feet of commercial space, plus two parking garages with a combined 3,500 parking spaces. Last month, the Gilbert team also broke ground on a 33,000-square-foot specialty 10-story parking garage with ground floor retail downtown.
The partners operate through Rock Ventures, the umbrella entity that oversees Gilbert's portfolio of companies, investments, and real estate, of which the flagship part is Quicken Loans, the nation's biggest online home mortgage lender.
Gilbert has said many times that he is buying so much real estate to help launch what he calls Detroit 2.0 – a lively live-work-play district in the heart of the city based around entrepreneurial companies in the digital economy. He has already filled up most of his major purchases, like the Chase Tower and First National buildings, with employees of Quicken or its various spin-off firms.
"It has been an exciting year of opportunity in Detroit," Gilbert said in a statement released by Quicken. "Our focus in 2013 will be on the three R's – residential, rail and retail – all of which are vital in creating the vibrant, thriving urban core that we all envision."
The buildings Gilbert has purchased are in the very heart of downtown Detroit, which is where any true revival much take place.
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Sunday, January 13, 2013
Five Canvasses
It is a cold day in the San Diego area-maybe 55 and people here are dressed as if it is anywhere from 35 to 75. We are across the street from a park butting up against the ocean. Five women are painting the ocean and all of their canvasses are exactly alike. Perhaps their instructor does not encourage individuality-she might be more interest in color.
The park on a Saturday is filled with dog walkers, kids kicking a ball, lovers, groups of young women, young men, elderly people on walkers, birds--which people have a desire to feed despite the warning signs. Does feeding birds that live by an ocean full of fish really make people feel virtuous.
But I am still thinking about those five identical canvasses. And thinking about books that make good use of the ocean--that paint their picture vividly. JAWS comes immediately to mind. Also THE DAWN PATROL. I am also reminded of THE LIFE OF PI. Not all beach reading has to be beach reads.
What books do a good job of putting you by the sea? Any sea.
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
Friday's Forgotten Books/Summary Combined
This is a series I was sad to see end too precipitously.
Friday The Rabbi Slept Late., Harry Kemelman
In this first book of the series, David Small is the new rabbi of a Jewish congregation in the fictional suburban New England town of Barnard's Crossing. He is both religious and rational; practical and pious.Thus the perfect detective.
Usually Small is drawn into the events when they involve a member of his congregation or Barnard's Crossing's Jewish community in general but in the first book, it is he himself under suspicion.
He is accused of murdering a young woman whose body is found on the Temple grounds. Her purse is in his car.
The charm of this book, and all the books, is watching Rabbi Small deal with troublesome members of his congregation, balancing Temple politics with serving God. And the mystery was almost always rewarding. I will always miss Rabbi Small.
I purchased the 1993 Black Dagger Crime reprint of Margo Bennett's 1955 mystery, THE MAN WHO DIDN'T FLY, at a library discard sale a few years ago and it languished on the "to be read" shelves (along with several hundred other books) until I finally pulled it down from Mount TBR last month. When I finally did, I was pleasantly surprised to see that Martin Edwards (proprietor of the "Do You Write under Your Own Name?" blog and a fine mystery writer himself) had written a concise and informative foreword for this edition. I felt confident that if someone of Martin's expansive knowledge of Golden Age and mid-century mysteries enjoyed this book, I probably would too. And I was right—THE MAN WHO DIDN'T FLY is an entertaining and witty mystery.
The book, much of which is told in several long flashbacks, concerns attempts by the police to determine the identity of three passengers who died when a small chartered plane flying to Ireland crashed into the sea just off the English coast. The reason the police are having difficulty determining the identification of the passengers is that four men were listed on the plane's manifest as scheduled to fly that day, but only three did. The fourth passenger failed to appear and the plane took off without him; however, that man has not stepped forward to identify himself and, therefore, no deaths can be accurately attributed. (In these days of having to arrive at the airport two hours before your flight carrying three different kinds of identification and a pre-printed boarding pass, there's a nostalgic quaintness to a time when you could literally show up at the airport a few minutes before take-off and climb aboard.) As the police interview witnesses (most of whom are either willfully or naturally unhelpful), the flashbacks begin as we learn of the events that took place over the days leading up to the flight.
Bennett establishes the main characters in crisp descriptive passages: The Wade family (who, in one way or another, are connected to each of the four passengers) consists of Charles Wade, who is constantly dreaming up impractical ways to make money—all of which only lose him more of the limited amount he has—and his two daughters, Hester, a medical student in her early twenties, and Prudence, a sixteen-year-old whose temperament is the opposite of her name. In their orbit are Moira and Joseph Ferguson, a wealthy couple (it was Joseph who chartered the plane—he claimed to have business in Ireland) whose brash houseguest, Harry Walters, is in love with Hester but flirts shamelessly with the older Moira. Harry is supposedly an artistic type, a poet, but he's really a classic moocher living on people until they tire of him. The Fergusons (particularly Joseph) had tired of him and were offering him a seat on the plane in order to get him out their home and their lives. Morgan Price is the Wades' one paying boarder (another of Charles Wade's money-making schemes that has failed to produce results), a hypochondriac who is hiding a secret past and, after an encounter with a group of Londoners, finds it convenient to arrange to go to Ireland "for his health." Finally, there is Maurice Reid, a family friend who is supposed to be advising Charles Wade on how to invest his capital. He was the final passenger scheduled to fly—a decision hastily made when he, like Morgan, encounters a person from his past that he is eager to avoid.
Each of these men knew and had reasons to distrust the others. And each, in his own way, was something of a con-man. Joseph Ferguson is broke, but knows that it is almost as important to appear rich as it is to actually be rich, so he lives on credit and spends lavishly. Harry Walters, in the guise of an unappreciated poetic genius, thinks nothing of pilfering other people's belongings or charging items to their accounts at local stores. Morgan Price circumvents questions about his past by focusing on his numerous imaginary ailments. Maurice Reid is clearly a true con-man, although Charles Wade, eager to invest in a get-rich-quick scheme, fails to see this. Even Harry Walters, not the most ethical of men, warns Hester that her father is going to lose all his money if he invests with Reid.
One of the interesting parts of the book is the realization that three of the characters we meet during the flashback scenes are dead in a plane at the bottom of the sea. Bennett does such a fine job of bringing each of them alive that we can't help but wonder, "Which character do I want to be the one who didn't fly?"
The book's ending is neat and satisfying, as the police arrive at the solution of identities by treating the scant clues they have as a logic problem: If passenger A mentioned Australia and passenger B did not smoke and passenger C's name began with an M, etc., until the answers bring them to the required identifications. The identity of the "man who didn't fly" is thus established and it only remains to discover where he is. He is in fact located almost by accident and not by the police--another one of the interesting twists in this thoroughly enjoyable and unjustly forgotten mystery.
Joe Barone, The Corpse in Oozak's Pond, Charlotte MacLeod
Brian Busby, Die with Me Lady, Ronald Cocking
Bill Crider, The Original Sceince Fiction Stories; Double Action Detective and Mystery Stories
Martin Edwards, He Never Came Back, Helen McCloy
Curt Evans, The Portcullis Room, Valentine Williams
Jerry House, The Snow Goose, Paul Gallico
Randy Johnson, Judas Gun, Gordon D. Shirreffs
Nick Jones, Backflash, Richard Stark (Donald Westlake)
George Kelley, Conjure Wife/Our Lady of Darkness, Fritz Leiber
Margot Kinberg. The Cape Cod Mystery, Phoeboe Atwood Taylor
B.V. Lawson, Publicity for Murder, Elizabeth Messenger
Evan LewisMonogram in Lead, Carroll John Daly
Steve Lewis/William F. Deeck
Todd Mason THE [SKIFFY] CHANNEL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TV SCIENCE FICTION (sic) by Roger Fulton and John Betancourt
Neer, The Canary Murder Case, S.S. Van Dine
J.F. Norris, From This Dark Stairway, Mignon C. Eberhart
David Rachels, Dirty Money, Richard Stark
James Reasoner, Pandora's Box, Jack Pine
Richard Robinson, The Twelve Deaths of Christmas, Marion Babson
Ron Scheer, The Brand, Therese Broderick
Kevin Tipple/Barry Ergang, The Girl With the Long Green Heart, Lawrence Block
Prashant Trikannad, The Man Without A Country, Edward Everett Hale
TomCat, Nightshade, Paul Doherty
Megan's review of INTERCEPT by Dick Wolfe of Law and Order fame can be found here.
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
My Life in the Theater" The Misanthrope
Lavinia Moyer helmed the Attic 1976-94, through years that saw great promise, artistic success and, finally, financial despair for the nonprofit. The Attic for many years was considered the city of Detroit's most artistically sound resident theatre, but a fire at its Greektown-area location began years of financial instability that saw the company move to various spaces, including a partially-renovated Strand Theatre in downtown Pontiac, MI (1992-94).
The Attic later limped along artistically and financially at a space in Trapper's Alley, in Detroit's Greektown, before presenting sporadically in Pontiac (after being shut out of the Strand by the city of Pontiac).
The Attic Theater Moyer knew -- one of beneficient subscribers and promise and donations and returning artists and Equity actors -- is gone now. Too bad for us.
FRIDAY'S FORGOTTEN BOOK LINKS WON'T BE UP UNTIL AROUND 12:00 EST due to my location.
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Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Opening Credits: Lolita
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The Golden Age of Television
Have certain genres of movies become obsolete in now that cable television can spend so much more time on character development, etc?
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Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Tribute to TV Shows of the Sixties
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Monday, January 07, 2013
Movie Themes: Terms of Endearment
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The Captive Reader
One thing that made a difference to me was the font was much larger than the font in the print magazine. Even years ago, I found the font size in TNY difficult. On the Ipad it was a joy to read.
Are you influences by font size? Have you ever been held captive and read something you might not have ordinarily?
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Say Something Good About Detroit: John Hantz and his urban forest
John Hantz is buying up lots of abandoned lots and planting thousands of trees.Critics see this as a entrepreneur getting land at far below its market value. Proponents see it as land littered with trash and burned out buildings being replaced by trees. If Detroit ever recovers from its malaise it won't be in this area, a few miles from my house and one of the most decimated areas of the city.
John Hantz wants to plant at least 15,000 trees on about 140 acres. Hantz promises to clear out all the trash and keep the grass cut, things the city cannot afford to do now.
At a demonstration area for the project, Mike Score of Hantz Farms shows off the progress made to transform the vegetation. It's basically a small-scare version of what Hantz Woodlands will look like.
The company is paying $300 for each lot, a price below almost anyone's idea of a fair deal.
Although some cite him as an opportunist, it is hard to drive through this area of Detroit and not be hopeful that trees are preferable to what is currently there.
Score says that while thousands of trees won't reverse the fortunes of this hardscrabble neighborhood, he hopes it will stabilize things.
The project will buy 1,500 city lots. That still leaves more than 58,000 parcels the city owns but can't afford to manage. That means plenty more opportunities for unorthodox ideas about what to do with Detroit's most abundant resource.
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Sunday, January 06, 2013
Sunday Night Poetry: Mary Oliver
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My Best Of--but only the more obscure films and books
As I look over the books and movies I saw in 2012, I have to say it was a pretty good year in this regard.
These are a few of the older books I read in 2012 or the more obscure 2012 movies.
These are a few of the older books I read in 2012 or the more obscure 2012 movies.
1) MEMORY, Donald Westlake. This was a recent publication of Hard Case Crime, but it certainly would top my list any year. The protagonist, an actor, is beaten senseless by the husband of a woman he beds for one night. The rest of the book follows him as he tries to remember who is, what he is, how to solve this dilemma. If you want to learn how to plot, how to climb inside someone's head, this is the book for you. Not a boring page in the book.
2) MONTANA, 1948, Larry Watson. A small book, full of pain, full of graceful writing. A dying Sioux woman will not allow her employers, the town sheriff, to call for the town's doctor, his brother. Powerful stuff as we watch events unfold through the eyes of a boy.
3) RED BAKER, Robert Ward. I can't say enough good things about this story of man who loses his job and everything else when he can't come to terms with the loss. Just terrific. Newly available as an ebook.
4) THE SILENT LAND, Graham Joyce. What if you woke up at a ski lodge and everyone else had disappeared. This book explores that notion through a young couple. Haunting and it shows that white can be as dark as black.
5) WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN A CASTLE, Shirley Jackson, Probably you read this a long time ago. Reading it again makes you notice so much more.
Five of the Best Short Stories I read this year
1) The Babysitter, Robert Coover
2) Things I Learned in Fairy Tales, Roxanne Gay, PROTECTORS
3) Tetanus, Joyce Carol Oates, GIVE ME YOUR HEART
4) Girls in Their Summer Dresses, Irwin Shaw
5) A Good Man is Hard to Find, Flannery O'Connor, THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF THE 20th CENTURY
1) LE HAVRE, A great little movie that shows that community is everything for an African boy who turns up portside in a small French town.
2) THE DEEP BLUE SEA-The wife of a judge falls in love with an air force pilot during the Second World War. He is not worthy of her love, which makes it all the more interesting. Rachel Weisz is brilliant in this moody little piece.
3) A SEPARATION. When an Iranian couple wishes to separate, it turns out to be almost impossible. Insightful, sad, complex.
4) AUGUST 31, OSLO. A day in the life of a recovering drug addict as he leaves his treatment facility to interview for a job.
5) STARLET, A young woman meets an older one at a garage sale and they both impact the other's life in surprising ways.Dree Hemingway is Ernest's great granddaughter and she is wonderful as is her co-star, Besedka Johnson, who has never acted before now.
6) FOOTNOTES-A father and son, both Talmudic scholars, cannot move beyond earlier grievances.
Television-This will be the least unexpected choices, I am afraid
1) MAD MEN-The best year yet was the 2012 season
2) BREAKING BAD-Since it was divided into two parts, it is hard to evaluate but I have faith in this one to have the nerve to take it to the mat,
3). The 2012 Presidential Election-horrible, sad, sickening, surprising yet the outcome made it worth it.When people mention 2016, I want to cry. Can't do it again.
4. VEEP/GIRLS-And these shows confirmed every impulse we had about politics in Washington or spoiled girls in New York
5. PARENTHOOD, When I needed a cry, this one was standing by and Peter Krause is the actor I would most like to have as my Dad. In effect, his family has two Moms.
6. BIG BANG THEORY-Always there when I needed a laugh.
Not the greatest seasons for THE GOOD WIFE, JUSTIFIED, WALKING DEAD, MODERN FAMILY. And no new TV shows this fall showed much promise.
Television-This will be the least unexpected choices, I am afraid
1) MAD MEN-The best year yet was the 2012 season
2) BREAKING BAD-Since it was divided into two parts, it is hard to evaluate but I have faith in this one to have the nerve to take it to the mat,
3). The 2012 Presidential Election-horrible, sad, sickening, surprising yet the outcome made it worth it.When people mention 2016, I want to cry. Can't do it again.
4. VEEP/GIRLS-And these shows confirmed every impulse we had about politics in Washington or spoiled girls in New York
5. PARENTHOOD, When I needed a cry, this one was standing by and Peter Krause is the actor I would most like to have as my Dad. In effect, his family has two Moms.
6. BIG BANG THEORY-Always there when I needed a laugh.
Not the greatest seasons for THE GOOD WIFE, JUSTIFIED, WALKING DEAD, MODERN FAMILY. And no new TV shows this fall showed much promise.
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Saturday, January 05, 2013
Friday, January 04, 2013
Friday's Forgotten Books
Todd Mason will have the links today.Hopefully I will return next Friday.
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Thursday, January 03, 2013
My Life at the Theater: FAITH HEALER, BRIAN FRIEL
We saw a terrific production of this play at the Abreacht Theater in Detroit (this is the director, Charles Reynolds). It's done in a series of four monologues by a faith healer, his wife, his manager, and then him again. The performances were outstanding. I have to say the Irish know how to tell a good story and this one stands out. There are some mysteries here and you can make your own interpretation of events.
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"THE" book for a reluctant reader.
I always pick the same book. It is TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN. I would read this book right now if it was one my shelves. Maybe I will go to the library tonight.
What would you choose?
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Wednesday, January 02, 2013
First Wednesday Book Review Club
TRUST YOUR EYES, Linwood Barclay
When Ray Kilbride's father dies, he moves back home to settle the estate and make arrangements for his brother, Thomas. Thomas has not left the house, except for doctor visits, for many years. He spends his days mapping, through a computer system, every street in the world. He believes that this knowledge will save the world after the coming apocalypse. When brother Ray, an illustrator, agrees to follow up on an image that has upset Thomas, the two run afoul of a dangerous circle of people. Ray, with the help of Thomas, must settle both this issue and determine exactly how their father died and what is the secret from Thomas's past that perhaps precipitated his agoraphobia.
TRUST YOUR EYES is a technological hat tip to REAR WINDOW. Very enjoyable.
For more reviews, see Barrie Summy.
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Forgotten Movies-Remember the Night
Preston Sturgis wrote the screenplay, Michael Leisen directed this little dollop, which I found charming but left Phil cold. Stanwyck is a petty thief; MacMurray, a DA prosecuting her, when the holidays interrupt the trial. Long story short, they end up on a trip to their Indiana homes. Her home explains her future and his explains his. It looked to be a comedy for the first thirty minutes, but soon evolved into a sentimental piece for Christmas. Either the dialogue and characters are sharp enough to carry it for you or not. Not the best matchup of the two stars obviously but good enough for me.These two had chemistry from the get go. And Stanwyck is just plain good in anything although this film mostly makes use of her ability to be poignant. Was there ever a more versatile actress?
Todd Mason may have more forgotten movies today.
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text: The Little Rascals are back in an all-new movie! Join the fun with Spanky, Alfalfa, Darla, Buckwheat, Petey the dog and the whole gang as they are up to their usual mischief! The Rascals try anything to raise the money needed to save their grandma's (Doris Roberts) bakery. The only trouble is – they can't seem to do anything right! From botched pet washes to terrible taxi service, they just can't raise a penny. Their only hope is to win prize money from the local talent show – but have you ever heard Alfalfa sing?


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For those who couldn't be there, and for those who were there and seek to savor the memories, here is An Event Apart Chicago, all wrapped up in a pretty bow:
- AEA Chicago – official photo set
- By John Morrison, subism studios llc. See also (and contribute to) An Event Apart Chicago 2009 Pool, a user group on Flickr.
- A Feed Apart Chicago
- Live tweeting from the show, captured forever and still being updated. Includes complete blow-by-blow from Whitney Hess.
- Luke W's Notes on the Show
- Smart note-taking by Luke Wroblewski, design lead for Yahoo!, frequent AEA speaker, and author of Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks (Rosenfeld Media, 2008):
- Jeffrey Zeldman: A Site Redesign
- Jason Santa Maria: Thinking Small
- Kristina Halvorson: Content First
- Dan Brown: Concept Models -A Tool for Planning Websites
- Whitney Hess: DIY UX -Give Your Users an Upgrade
- Andy Clarke: Walls Come Tumbling Down
- Eric Meyer: JavaScript Will Save Us All (not captured)
- Aaron Gustafson: Using CSS3 Today with eCSStender (not captured)
- Simon Willison: Building Things Fast
- Luke Wroblewski: Web Form Design in Action (download slides)
- Dan Rubin: Designing Virtual Realism
- Dan Cederholm: Progressive Enrichment With CSS3 (not captured)
- Three years of An Event Apart Presentations
Comment posting here is a bit wonky at the moment. We are investigating the cause. Normal commenting has been restored. Thank you, Noel Jackson.
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Monday, April 14, 2014
Use @Evernote for all of your lesson planning needs #EdChat
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Thank you for the encouragement to use tags. I've never been much of a "tagger," but this will help when I'm searching for a specific project. Great article!ReplyDelete
I too found this article helpful and encouraging re: uses for Evernote in staying organized. Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing. This will be a tremendous time saver for my training seminars. Plus asking the students to have Evernote saves money and gets me closer to a green Classroom. Keep them coming.ReplyDelete
Excellent explanation and examples (as always)!ReplyDelete
I'm not even close to using Evernote as well as you for lesson planning, but I have started saving some files and links in notebooks this year. Now if I can just teach the same thing for awhile, I will be a happy camper!!!!!!!! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 16, 2014 at 8:28 AM
This is brilliant. I use Evernote every day and didn't think of this. You are awesome!ReplyDelete


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How many of you know how to pronounce your surname? What about your great grandfather's surname? Can you pronounce the name of the town where they lived? Ok, ok, those of you with surnames like Seaver, West, Palmer, Wiseman, Manson, and Midkiff are probably rolling your eyes about now. But there are a whole cadre of us who have never heard the proper ethnic pronunciation of the surnames of our ancestors and the villages where they lived. As one who finds herself Polish-language challenged, I can tell you it's very frustrating!
I took Polish language classes for 3+ years but never got beyond conjugating verbs in 3 of the 7 cases. Most of what I've learned, I've forgotten, because as they say, "if you don't use it you lose it". I've been told I have excellent pronunciation for a non-native speaker but I still get tongue tied when I come up against some of those long Polish surnames with 8 consonants and 2 vowels. And city and village names? Fagitaboudit!
So when I came across Donna's post about a web site where you can have text converted to audio, in Polish, I clicked on over right away. And then I spent the next hour or so learning how to properly pronounce the surnames way back on my family tree and the villages my ancestors were from. I know what you're thinking... how could I not know that? Well, the surnames of ancestors who were only a generation or two back were no problem because I heard my parents say their names. But farther back than that... they never came up in conversation. Surnames aren't the only problem. How would you pronounce Uncle Wawrzyniec? And no, that's not a surname it's a first name! Here's an easier one for you. Do you know how to pronounce Jasia or my dog, Kaj?
Some of the surnames in my family are pronounced pretty much the way you'd guess, like Furman, Adamski, and Lisowski. But others like Łanucha, Mołecki, and even the first name Anna might surprise you. And in all the many times you've read the surname Lipa on this blog, you probably didn't mentaly pronounce that correctly either.
Expressivo has instantly become one of my favorite web sites. I can see myself making good use of it in blog posts to come! If you're Polish-language challenged like I am, you'll really appreciate Expressivo!
Thanks for pointing me to this wonderful site Donna!


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How the Gunslinger Missed the Target! The Dark Tower Reviewed
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Image: A flag belonging to Boko Haram flies from a atop a mosque in a file photo. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun
By Josiane Kouagheu
DOUALA, Cameroon (Reuters) – Suicide bombers targeting a town in northern Cameroon killed 32 people and wounded 66 on Monday, one of the worst attacks yet in the Central African nation as it'struggles to contain violence blamed on Nigeria's Boko Haram.
State-owned radio and local officials said four explosions struck a busy market and entrances to the town of Bodo, which borders the Islamist insurgency's strongholds in northeastern Nigeria, at around 10 a.m. (0900 GMT).
A local official, who said the death toll could rise further as a number of those take to hospital were in serious condition, said the attackers had slipped in under the cover of seasonal, dusty Harmattan winds.
"The Harmattan has been blowing for three days. … The vigilance committees weren't able to see the suicide bombers, who entered the village in the middle of the night," he said, asking not to be named.
While there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, northern Cameroon has become the scene of increasingly frequent suicide attacks as Boko Haram has stepped up cross-border violence that has also spread into Chad and Niger.
Twelve people were killed in an attack on Jan. 13 at a mosque in the town of Kouyape.
Bodo, separated from Nigeria by only a small border river, was previously targeted at the end of December when two female suicide bombers blew themselves up at the town entrance.
Boko Haram has killed thousands of people and driven more than 2 million people from their homes during its six-year insurgency in one of the world's poorest regions.
Regional armies mounted an offensive against the insurgents last year that ousted them from many positions in northern Nigeria.
Following that operation, Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Benin pledged to set up an 8,700-strong regional force tasked with wiping out Boko Haram. The United States has also sent troops to supply intelligence and other assistance.
The establishment of the force has been plagued by delays, however, and joint operations have yet to begin, leaving it up to national armies to tackle Boko Haram individually.
In the absence of effective coordination, security sources have warned that can often mean that soldiers just drive the militants across one another's borders.
(Writing by Makini Brice and Joe Bavier; Editing by Edward McAllister, Mark Heinrich and Peter Cooney)
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There are some swell places to visit in the Solar System, but there are also a few places that it might be best to avoid. There are some grand vacation places — the rim of Mariner Valley on Mars comes to mind, or the ice fountains of Enceladus — but there are some places that you might be better off just reading about.
The Himalayas of Venus, the view of Jupiter from Io, being able to see the entire solar system in one glance from Pluto — all of these have places have some pretty nasty price tags attached. Here are the seven most dangerous places in the entire Solar System.
1. Io
In spite of boasting a spectacular view of the giant planet Jupiter, constant volcanic eruptions and huge flows of molten sulfur would make trekking around the landscape a little dicey. Even without the possibility of being blown up or fried, you'd have to deal with a deadly radiation field that would be pouring 3600 rems into you every day. You get about 0.1 rem per year on earth, so you work out the figures.
2. Venus
Crushing pressure, sulfuric acid rain, 700-degree temperatures. If you want to see Venus' towering Maxwell Mountains you better look fast — because it'd be a race to see whether you'd be crushed, incinerated or dissolved first.
3. Just about any comet
In addition to an unstable, perpetually erupting surface, it possesses an "atmosphere" consisting largely of gravel. Being on a comet that is "calving" — or disintegrating into big chunks like a glacier — would be worse. Even worse yet: a sun-grazing comet that is disintegrating like — well, like a snowball in hell, as it zooms through the outer atmosphere of the star.
4. The surface of Pluto
A surface containing oxygen frozen hard as steel with lakes of liquid neon. On a clear day the sun provides about as much heat and light as a full moon does back on earth. With Pluto's surface temperature at -378 to -396 F (-228 to -238 C) you'd freeze solid in a nanosecond so it at least it probably wouldn't hurt.
5. Inside the rings of Saturn
Playing dodge-em with 40 zillion icebergs probably sounds like more fun that it really would be.
6. The hydrogen sea of Jupiter
You just don't want to be anywhere near there, trust me. Somewhere far beneath Jupiter's clouds and the core of the planet may lie a sea of liquid hydrogen, lit only be the glow of titanic bolts of lightning. Below this the pressure continues to rise until ordinary liquid hydrogen is compressed into liquid metallic hydrogen, of all things.
7. Titan
Intense cold and a dense, poisonous atmosphere...and if you needed any more reason to keep the windows and doors shut, it's an atmosphere which would be explosive if accidentally mixed with oxygen!


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105 Year Old Bacon Woman
A couple of weeks ago, I was surfing the internet and found a video of Pearl Cantrell who recently reached the golden age of 105 years old. She credits bacon with her longevity
I wrote a very short blurb about it ["Is Bacon A Miracle Food?"] and posted it to this website along with a video about Pearl's story. Sadly, the video is no longer available. You can still find the link to the original story below.
However, the great folks at Oscar Mayer caught wind of Pearl crediting bacon for her long life and they sent their famous Wienermobile to give her a visit in Richland Springs, Texas!
Oscar Mayer in their press release said, "When folks at Oscar Mayer heard that Pearl Cantrell of Richland Springs, Texas credited much of her exceptional lifetime to her love of bacon, they knew they had to meet her. What's more, the brand wanted to recognize a fan that loves bacon as much as they do, and what better way to do so than gathering around an American icon that's been bringing smiles for decades?"
On Monday, the Wienermobile took a very special detour from its regular route to visit Pearl and offer rides around town to her as well as her family and friends.
Oscar Mayer also made sure Pearl had some of their famously delicious bacon!


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'Roar' is the first single from the anticipated release of Perry's fourth album, "Prism". In this newest endeavor, Katy is shedding her sugary, outlandish persona and adopting something darker. 'Roar' does have the twitter-verse in a tizzy due to it's resemblance to Sara Bareilles' new song Brave.
Re-defining yourself isn't easy, good luck Katy.