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Studio DVD unit shipments were off 4% in the first half of this year, supporting Home Media Retailing market-research estimates that consumer spending on DVD purchases and rentals was down 3.7% in the same time frame.
During Tuesday's opening business session at the 25th annual Video Software Dealers Association Convention, DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group reported that more than 740 million DVDs shipped to retailers in the first half of 2006, according to figures compiled by Kaplan, Swicker & Simha for the DEG. That's down 4% from last year's first-half shipment tally of 772 million units.
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"DVD sales are virtually flat, [but] consumers in some 85 million U.S. households continue to enjoy their DVDs beyond the living room into every room of the home, as well as into cars and a variety of portable devices for use on the go," Nickerson said.
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PWR exposes Reynolds' latest scam Author: Kevin John Braid Following the Psychoactive Substances Act (PSA), which banned the main revenue stream of headshops throughout the UK who were selling so-called legal highs, many were looking for new products that didn't fall foul of the law. Enter CBD, a non-psychoactive cannabinoid …Read More »
CLEAR attacks Corbyn for supporting medical cannabis
By Chris Bovey The political allegiance of Peter Reynolds has always been confusing. Judging by his racist right-wing blogs, one might be led to think he's best suited in the British National Party. In the past he's claimed to love Thatcher, support UKIP, been a member of the Lib Dems …Read More »
Petey increases his legal bill to Chris Bovey by £6,169.92
Author: Ellen Harrison Another day, another dumbass move from Dumbass "Peter" Reynolds. We carried the story last December that Reynolds had tried hard to convince the High Court that his lost libel case against Chris Bovey should be reinstated because Chris' lawyers hadn't informed him how to sue them, and had …Read More »
Peter Reynolds Gets A Royal Boning From A Royal Court
Author: James Collins You might have heard that Peter Reynolds is suing people. That's what litigious, slimy conmen do; they wield the law as a cudgel against those who would stand up to them. It's the same behavior that truly powerful people in our world engage in, but on the …Read More »
Reynolds condemns Cannabis Hypocrisy Protest
Author: Kevin John Braid We know Peter Reynolds doesn't like public smoke-outs anymore. He used to be supportive of demos and marches, but when he realised he would be welcome as a fart in a spacesuit at any smoke-out, he made the proclamation that public displays of smoking cannabis is …Read More »
CLEAR wants you to go to prison
Author: James Collins CLEAR has recently announced a new means by which, they claim, citizens of the United Kingdom can now legally obtain cannabis medicine with a prescription. The end has come. Prohibition is over and Peter Reynolds is solely responsible. Everyone rejoice!! Okay, perhaps you can put the party …Read More »
CLEAR AGM, Or Not.
Author: James Collins CLEAR is finally having an annual general meeting, and wow is my face red. They've pulled their act together, worked their hardest, and assembled an event that is going to put Woodstock to shame. It will be like the Million Man March on Washington D.C., or maybe …Read More »
Reynolds magics up Dr Potter books from the past
Author: Kevin John Braid There's never much of interest on the CLEAR ghost site, apart from the occasional rant from Peter Reynolds or a poorly written article by Derek Williams. We still keep an eye on CLEAR's web site, as well as Peter Reynolds' own personal blog, as from time …Read More »
Peter Reynolds & UKCIA remove defamation victory claims
Peter Reynolds and Derek Williams humiliated Author: Kevin John Braid A few weeks ago, a very boastful Peter Reynolds and his sidekick, Derek Williams, published articles on CLEAR, UKCIA and Reynolds' own personal blog, claiming the first victory in his defamation cases. On Peter Reynolds' blog he wrote that he …Read More »
Reynolds gets Facebook to censor his critics
… and Derek Williams makes a tit of himself (again!) Authors: James Collins and Kevin John Braid Last week we reported on the hilarious revelation Peter Reynolds had been posing as an investigative reporter called James Clay, trying to dig non-existent dirt on one of his many critics. Reynolds' predictable …Read More »

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Anna got her set of Christmas classic movies as a present for the first day of Hanukkah, and we watched Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. I kept thinking how much this movie reminds me of Soviet movies of the same time – both in the simple way it was made and in the message. Rudolph is different, and his parents make everything possible to disguise this fact. Then he is discovered and rejected – not just by peers, but by adults as well and even by Santa himself. Of course, all ends well. Anna enjoyed Hermey the dentist elf best, since she is telling us that she wants to be a dentist for months now, but honestly I don't see her wanting to watch the movie again. I personally really didn't like Santa in the movie and thought that he is a rather grumpy and whiny old man.
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Title: Mass Effect: Andromeda
Genre: Action, role-playing game, third-person shooter
Developer: Bioware
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Date: March 21, 2017
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A total of seventy-four hours, a 78% completion play-through and start of a New Game+ run later, I feel like I've played Mass Effect: Andromeda enough to talk about it. I want to start by saying that Mass Effect is my favorite video game franchise. Ever. I keep the original trilogy, even with its flaws, on a pedestal of my favorite games – so I had a lot of expectations for Andromeda, but more than that, I was just beyond excited to be back in my favorite video game universe.
Release day finally came and I have to say, the mixed reviews kind of left me in a daze. I tried to turn my back to any and all reviews until I could get my own hands on my copy after work. My efforts proved futile more often than not, so I read tons of mixed reviews hours before I finally started my own adventure in Andromeda. However, I kept an open, and hopeful mind. I am here to tell you that I am sure glad I did.
Mass Effect: Andromeda kept several of the qualities that made its predecessors so charming. That's not to say the game was without flaws. It had many, and I'm definitely not blind to them, having had some run-ins, though minor, myself. That said, the flaws did not break the experience for me, as Andromeda's strong suits kept me engaged and wanting more.
The Characters
Characters, most importantly, your squadmates, are arguably the driving force and soul of the Mass Effect franchise. Mass Effect: Andromeda, as the name suggests, throws you into a whole new galaxy, meaning that your beloved Normandy crew is left in the past. 600+ years in the past, to be exact, meaning that everyone you grew to love, in exception for maybe Liara, is dead.
The crew on the Tempest, as your new ship is called, had a tall order: they needed to be as charming, relatable and downright enjoyable as a crew you had three games to get to know. Luckily, Andromeda is massive, which means that before beating the story, you can spend an ungodly amount of hours doing side quests, and getting to know your crew better with dialogue, random exchanges while driving around planets and the like.
That's not to say that story does not cement a relationship with your Tempest crew. Despite my open mind towards the game itself, I set out thinking these new faces would never be able to top, or even come close to the ones I left behind in the Milky Way. I was glad to be wrong. Admittedly, the crew's introductions all feel kind of flat. You don't have an equivalent of Thane Krios gracefully taking down armed guards or Jack breaking out of a test tube to savagely take down Cerberus troops with her biotic powers.
The difference comes with the fact that you only really "recruit" three of your six squadmates. Peebee, Drack and Jaal are the only three you meet while exploring new planets, and their introductions vary, all very akin to their personalities.
Peebee, for example, tackles you, Drack is seen destroying Kett, the new enemies in Andromeda, and Jaal simply confronts you after you arrive in his home uninvited. He then joins you as an envoy. The rest of the squad, you just… have. Liam and Cora are with you from the start, and Vetra essentially comes with the Tempest after a brief exchange.
Introductions aside, the squad really grew on me. Each of their loyalty missions were engaging and well written. Some were stronger than others. Liam's loyalty mission is now one of my personal favorites in the entire franchise, mostly due to the writing. In addition, you have a number of side quests, such as one where the crew prepares for a movie night, which seem tedious at first, but the payoff is worth it and makes you grow closer to your crew as a result. (See: quests such as movie night are better left off for later in the game, even though you acquire it towards the beginning).
Overall, the crew is great and I assure they will grow on you if you give them a chance. They are younger and more inexperienced than your crew on the Normandy, which might come off as annoying to some, but it definitely adds some charm and realness to them.
Liam, for example, is constantly making rash decisions, trying to help the Initiative and to make sure that we can coexist with the Angara, Jaal's people. You can address this with him, choosing to reprimand him or to let it slide. After all, every character is breaking their shoes in in this new galaxy.
Similarly, Peebee added a sense of comic relief and unpredictability never before seen in an Asari character. Even the Salarian pilot Kallo and Suvi, the resident science officer, seemed to have interesting and well-thought out backstories. Gil, the engineer, despite the flak he's gotten from fans, brought what I thought to be one of the most interesting romances—seeking to become a father with a male Ryder, should you, as the player, accept to do so.
In short, there is truly not a single overly boring character aboard the Tempest.
It is also worth mentioning that even though Bioware has some issues to address with same sex romance, and I hope they do, I was pleasantly surprised with Peebee's development and romance. I never thought any new relationship would come close to Liara's well-written arcs. (I'm looking at you, Lair of the Shadow Broker). But it's safe to say that Peebee grew on me exponentially over the course of the game.
Up there with characters, one of the most important requirements that Andromeda needed to meet was feeling and playing like a Mass Effect game. This it definitely pulls off without trouble. The combat is without a doubt one of the shining aspects of the game, with the new addition of "jump jets"—essentially jetpacks—that let you jump and boost for dodging and overall faster movement.
In addition, Andromeda shed the confines of choosing a specific class. Now, you can pick and choose abilities from all different classes to match your play style, whether that's having charge like a vanguard, grenades like a soldier and overload like an engineer, all together.
We also get to see the introduction of "profiles." These profiles have the names of the classes you've grown to know and love, and each one boosts specific stats on your character. Given that Ryder is essentially made into a super soldier by SAM, your companion AI, you can switch profiles on the fly, giving you an edge in all scenarios. The vast improvements to combat made some of their dull enemies, like the Kett, enjoyable to encounter.
Though the squadmate command seems to have lost functionality in exchange for more fast-paced combat, I didn't find that this took away from combat overall, with each encounter still being entertaining. I will say that the lack of enemy diversity did make combat feel a bit old at times, but switching up your approach, either by crafting and trying new weapons, or switching up your powers, made it feel fresh once again.
The Universe
As you may already know, with Andromeda, Bioware let go of the boundaries that kept players from exploring in previous games. Now adopting an open world, the planets you visit feel massive. Being able to roam around them in a much more functional version of the Mako, the Nomad, was a nice touch. The open world aspect also brought along a myriad of side quests and "tasks" that became tedious. But the fact that you're not coerced into them made up for it.
I personally started out by picking up every single quest possible and completing them. I soon realized that this strategy would burn me out and instead chose to focus on the quests that caught my attention. This worked wonders for me and made it so that the game never felt bothersome. If you are a completionist, however, the option to do every single mission the game has to offer is there. And trust me: it will take a while to finish.
Though the open world seems to turn off some players, it truly allowed Bioware's artists to create exceptionally beautiful environments. When you play a game with boundaries, you reach a point on a map where you realize, "Oh… that's just a matte painting as a background, creating an illusion that there's more to explore." In Andromeda, the universe is very much alive, and an absolute joy to explore.
The beautiful soundtrack composed by John Paesano also helped breathe life into the universe. It made me excited for what's to come next in the series, as the game takes place in one cluster of the Andromeda Galaxy. There are many more planets to explore, if they decide to expand down that route.
The Protagonist
Much like the crew, no matter what, Andromeda's protagonist(s) had a lot to live up to. If you played Mass Effect, you grew incredibly attached to Commander Shepard, whether you played their default versions or you customized them yourself.
I've seen many players claim that Ryder fell flat, with the writing being too goofy or loose. I couldn't disagree more. This was yet another aspect of the game where I wasn't expecting to be more than simply content. Over the years, the connection I've had with Shepard's character is unlike any connection I've had with any other video game character.
The Ryder twins had a lot to prove, and for the most part, they stepped up to the plate and had a great at-bat. The fact that both Ryder characters are in the game—no matter who you choose to play as—is a definite improvement which saves Bioware some headaches on the "what's canon?" front.
Another memorable feature of the Ryder siblings is how they are characters with decent qualifications, yet not meant to ever take the position of Pathfinder. It just makes them more real and relatable. They get their position thanks to dire circumstances, and that's not to say they don't prove themselves—they definitely do. But the process of filling their roles' shoes is a slow one that unfolds before you as a player.
The Ryder twins go from being unable to keep their crew's attention in meetings to being the person they look to when a leader is needed. You, as a player, earn your crew's respect and admiration. That is something that somewhat lacked with Shepard, to some degree, given that… well, Shepard was just a badass.
Additionally, Jennifer Hale and Mark Meer's iconic voices were pretty evenly matched by newcomers Fryda Wolff and Tom Taylorson. Both voice actors did an outstanding job bringing their respective Ryder characters to life. Not because they are as epic and commanding as their predecessors, but because they are different. Just like Ryder is, in no way, similar to Shepard. Their lines, though exceptionally delivered, make Ryder sound normal. They're the kind of person you speak to in the streets, where they'll say two words to you and you'll be like, "Oh, that person's got a good voice." Except they're acting and they're doing it well.
My biggest criticism of Andromeda's protagonists is the lack of involvement from the sibling you do not pick to play as. However, I am positive, given the game's ending, that this is something that will change if more games are to come. At least I am hoping it does. It would be extremely fun to have your sibling as a squadmate, which seems to be what was intended for the Ryder twins story-wise.
The Not So Good
I must admit Andromeda had some shortcomings. But if you're expecting me to talk about bugs and facial animations, you'll be disappointed. I may sound like the biggest liar in the world when I say this, but both my playthroughs on PS4 have been relatively bug free. I have encountered about one floating enemy, and a few other glitches. None of these broke the experience for me, and neither did the facial animations. Besides, Bioware has been pretty diligent about listening to fans and applying quality of life improvements.
Mass Effect: Andromeda's story was pretty simple, with the theme of exploration and finding a new home being the obvious the main focus. It starts out pretty slowly, but picks up speed as you progress in the game. There are callbacks to the original trilogy which could potentially make hardcore fans shed a single tear. Not to mention, there are a lot of underlying elements to the story, such as the secrets behind the Initiative and why they left the Milky Way, which made me extremely curious.
However, they did play it safe with their story, and I am hoping that, as with the original trilogy, things get more intricate and that the stakes grow as we play more. (For example: go more in depth on the Initiative's secrets).
Now, don't get me wrong, I felt pleased by the end of the game. The story is a great foundation for what's to come, and it's made me extremely excited for the future of the franchise—but it is definitely not one of the game's strong suits.
The Antagonist
By far the weakest link in the game, the Archon did not present much of a threat. The character had moments that made him feel more menacing than usual, but that doesn't say much. He was cartoonish and downright funny in a bad way on numerous occasions. That comes with the fact that the Kett, as a whole, were never really interesting.
Finding out that they were converted Angara all along helped them out a bit, but given that we've already seen this in different iterations of Mass Effect antagonists, it did not boost their reputation or worth by much. I hope that if they decide to keep the Kett—which seems like they will given the last scene in the game—that they give them a better purpose and goal than just "kettifying us all," as Peebee charmingly put it.
I believe the universe is holding extremely promising secrets, such as the nature and current whereabouts of the Jaardan. This alone is keeping me hopeful and wanting to see what Bioware has in store for the franchise and the antagonists to come.
As you could probably already tell, I loved this game. Its shortcomings did not keep me from relishing the overall experience. A mix of the gameplay, charming new cast, promising protagonists and potential for the story still has me logging more and more hours on new game plus, with no signs of stopping.
Despite its criticisms, I truly believe Bioware has done a good job once again introducing us to the universe many of us have grown so incredibly fond of. I am looking forward to what's to come, just as I am hopeful. Trust me, the skepticism you feel to leave the home they so expertly crafted for us in the Milky Way is perfectly normal. I felt it too, so believe me when I say that the journey to Andromeda is worth the shot.
As you get your feet wet and the once unknown faces surrounding you grow warmer and more familiar, Andromeda will start to feel like home as well. You will, with certainty, be able to take a deep breath, start a new game and believe the words leaving Ryder's mouth, your mouth: "We made it."


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The first thing that you need to do is to make sure you've covered all of the basics that should be common sense in terms of getting a job but which sometimes get overlooked. This means that you have updated your resume which also means that you should have a colleague or friend take a look at it, give you feedback, point out typos and fix everything that may hinder your I can t find a job dilemma. This would also include preparing a fresh cover letter and buying stationary to print it out. Set up a professional email name if you don't already have one because it's not appropriate to contact potential employers from your email address that sounds unprofessional and colloquial. I can t find a job also means that you should invest in at least one professional outfit to wear to any interviews that you get which you'll go to freshly showered and with a clean cut haircut. Arrive at them on time. Your future employers will almost all consider these things to be basic, obvious, common sense things that you should be doing so your failure to do them could be what's preventing you from getting a job.
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The person that is trying to hire you is probably trying to fill an empty position and that means that he or she is probably completely frazzled. The easier you make that person's job, the more likely it is that you are going to get the position that you want. This starts with your application. Make sure that you complete all of the requested application materials, following any special instructions made available to you that can lead to I can t find a job solution. If an ad says to send your resume in the body of an email, don't send it as an attachment or forward links to your online portfolio. Also, be sure that you provide all methods of contacting you (IM, email address, phone number, address) in a clear and concise manner so that if the hiring individual wants to contact you, the information to do so is right at their fingertips and you will never say anymore I can t find a job.


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You know what is funny? I just got back from the LV boutique in Soho, and I was looking at the Azur Speedy 30, and when I asked the SA if he has had people complain that it gets dirty, he said many people add feet to it! I thought that was weird, too - I assume NOT by LV, but by some tailor/bag maker?
That is right ^^ we had a discussion about this in a thread a couple weeks ago. Many do add feet!
I suppose people would alter the bag if they didn't care about the value or whether it still looked authentic. nHaving said that if, you don't want your bag to get dirty, don't put in on dirty surfaces, kwim? :okay:
I'd never add feet to my speedy...I think it'd ruin it's appearance, but that's just me!
I think the feet look ridiculous!
I saw one a while ago with feet too And it had pink patina
mmm I tought we where over with the "OMG I saw a fake" threads
lol, did you really almost throw up?
I saw 2 fake monos on the train and a fake MC alma.... you see fakes all the time.... they'll always be around.
lol yeah it was at a greek festival and i almost lost my dolmades lol
I agree
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The Bible is not a book for all seasons
I don't read the National Post very often. I find their brand of economic and social conservatism makes them the "Fox News" of Canadian newspapers. In keeping with their conservative roots, an article was recently published called The Bible: a book for all seasons, where the author argues that "The Good Book" is a timeless tome suitable for all ages. He suggests which parts of the Bible to read (depending on your age), with the flawed assumption that there is anything to really learn from reading this dusty, morally ambiguous tome.
I think his funniest suggestion is for teenagers to read the story of Job. In case you've never read it, the story goes something like this: God's favorite human is Job, who is a great worshiper (making the necessary sacrifice of innocent animals to appease his jealousy), but the Devil and he disagree as to how loyal Job really is. So, for the purposes of settling a cosmic bet, God allows the Devil to completely fuck Job over. His house is destroyed, his wife and children are all killed, he loses all his belongings and his physical health deteriorates. Job is not angry about this, but asks God why he has done such a thing. His (supposedly) wise response is "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?".
I guess if you have some rebellious teenagers, the story of Job represents every parents' response whenever confronted with a question they can't answer: I made you, and you'd better listen to everything I say. That's right kids, your parents are vengeful gods that you must eternally listen to and admire. Yeah, truly this is a book for all ages!
I think with all the millions of great books humans have written over the many centuries since the invention of the printing press, we can do a little better than that, wouldn't you agree?
(props to James for the link)
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Its been a while since reading JOB but I thought it was a bet between gOd and good old Satan adn it was gOd who pushed oll the shit onto Job??? But I found the Job story like most of the BuyBull a hard read with all that backward english crap.
Get 'Job: A comedy of Justice' by Heinlein. Same basic story but a lot more fun to read.
The Mother
Frankly, I thought "Slumdog Millionaire" was one of the best movies for whiny,priveleged, grass is always greener teenagers.
Honestly. Not Job.


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The Andalusian Coastline, Spain.
April 30th, 1943. 9:30am.
A local fisherman walking along the surf, spots something in the waves. It's waterlogged, soaked through, and is being steadily washed up onto the beach by the breaking waves. Once the fisherman gets close enough to the water, he recognises this bit of 'driftwood', as a human body.
The body is dressed in British military attire. There is a life-vest around the body, and handcuffed to its wrist, an official-looking briefcase, locked, and no-doubt, crammed full of all kinds of military intelligence!
Officially, Spain is neutral during the Second World War. But that doesn't stop them from passing on intelligence to the Nazis when the situation suited them. And right now, it seemed to suit them very well.
The dead body of the English seaman was brought ashore and the contents of the pockets scrutinized. According to his identification papers, the corpse was that of the late Maj. William Martin, of the Royal Marines. He had apparently drowned, or frozen to death in the cold Atlantic waters and his body had been washed ashore. With a wealth of British military intelligence literally chained to his wrist.
The Germans had struck on a bonanza of information! Now, they knew that the Allies planned to invade Italy! They knew how many people there would be, how many tanks, air-planes, troops, and even where the landing-beaches would be! It was a gold-mine, a jackpot! A triumph!
…and it was all FAKE.
This is the true story of "Operation Mincemeat", an audacious and ludicrous plan dreamt up British espionage and propaganda men in London during the middle of the Second World War. A plan to deceive the Germans so utterly that they would never know their true intentions! It was a plan that seemed insane and impossible! A plan that went off without a hitch…
What was Mincemeat?
In 1943, the tide of the Second World War is beginning to turn in the Allies' favour. It's turning alright, but it's taking its sweet time about it.
To hurry things along, the Allies plan an invasion of Italy, to destroy Mussolini and the Italian fascists, and render the Italians a negligible force, and a useless ally to the Germans. Or better yet, to get the Italians to join the Allies in their struggle against German and Japanese tyranny!
But to invade Italy, the Allies need to keep the German code-breakers and spies busy and distracted, by feeding them nice, fat, juicy chunks of misinformation. Lies and deceits that would keep them guessing and uncertain, right up until the very day of the invasion!
With the North African theater of the war going so well throughout 1942, the Allies were planning their next step in the war: The invasion of Europe. To go through France was foolhardy, impossible, and stupid. For the time-being, at least, that would have to wait. But Italy, on the other hand, might be an easier, and more viable option.
Critical to the invasion of Italy was the invasion of Sicily, the island famous for its long connections to the Italian Mafia. Whoever controlled the island of Sicily would have a naval base in the region, and would therefore be able to control the rest of (or a vast majority of) the Mediterranean Sea.
The problem with invading Sicily was that the Germans knew that the English knew that invading Sicily was the wise thing to do. So to throw the Germans off the scent, the English began one of the biggest and most outlandish deception-plots in the history of the Second World War: Operation Mincemeat.
How did 'Mincemeat' work?
The best way to get the Germans to think that the Allies were going to invade Italy via every other possible part of the Italian coastline, apart from the island of Sicily, was to do it in writing. But obviously, para-dropping a letter over the Reichstag in Berlin wasn't going to work. This deception had to be more dramatic than that. The British had to make the Germans think that they'd stumbled across a huge gold-mine of information, purely by chance. Something that would look like such a huge blunder to the British, and such a huge intelligence win to the Germans, that it couldn't possibly just be a set-up, could it?
The idea for 'Mincemeat' was dreamed up by two men: Lt. Commander Ewen Montagu, and Flight Lt. Charles Cholmondeley. For those trying to untangle their tongues after that, it's spelt: "Cholmondeley"…but is actually pronounced: "Chumley".
Originally, Cholmondeley had suggested dropping a dead body over France with a radio-set and a busted parachute. The Germans would pick up the radio-set, and the British could transmit lies to them, live over the airwaves. This idea was shelved for being too unworkable. How would the radio-set survive a drop from an airplane which was supposed to kill a man, with a parachute that didn't work properly? It sounded interesting, but was far too impractical. But Cholmondeley wasn't going to give up. He was sure the idea could work…it just needed a bit of tweaking.
He'd gotten the idea for the dead-body ruse from a man who would eventually become one of the greatest writers in the history of British literature…Ian Fleming. Yes, that Ian Fleming. James Bond Ian Fleming. Fleming supposedly, got the idea from another author…strange how no idea can ever be truly considered original, is it?
Regardless of who dreamt up the idea in the first place, Cholmondeley kept it in his brain until he could figure out how he could use it effectively in the war-effort.
The problem was that planting documents on dead bodies had been used for years. It happened in the Great War, it happened twice in 1942 alone! The British were perhaps fearful that if they used this trick too often, the Germans might get wise to their schemes. So it had to be deployed with delicacy.
And the upcoming invasion of Sicily was just such an event where this scheme might work.
Preparing the Bait
For Operation Mincemeat to work, Cholmondeley and Montagu required the following ingredients:
– One dead body. Male. Average size and appearance.
– British field battle dress.
– A background and biography of the dead body.
– Delicious, juicy papers and intelligence documents that would make the Germans drool with delight.
The first step was the hardest: Finding the body.
This being the middle of WWII, you'd think that finding a dead body would be easy. Dead soldiers, sailors, airmen, civilians, government types, and so-forth, must be all over London. But not just any body would do. For the plan to work, it had to look as if the body had died by drowning or exposure. As such, the actual cause of death of the body had to be hard to detect. It couldn't be something obvious like a heart-attack, a gunshot, a stroke, or from some sort of infectious disease.
And on top of that, they had to find the body, never mind what it died of! The days of body-snatchers were long-gone, and everything had to be done through official channels, full of white paper and red tape. The body, when found and selected, couldn't be one after which relations or friends were likely to come calling. There had to be no next-of-kin wondering what happened to Uncle Bertie or Cousin Jonathan, there had to be no living relations, no friends, no family, nothing whatever. The body had to be completely unattached.
As tricky as this was, they did eventually find a body.
To aid the duo in their scheme, they enlisted the help of Sir Bernard Spilsbury, a renowned pathologist. He explained how a body decomposes, and what kinds of traces various manners of death leave behind. This allowed Montagu and Cholmondeley to narrow their field of search.
The body that they finally selected was that of Glyndwr Michael. Mr. Michael, a Welshman, was a derelict, a drifter, a homeless illiterate and a man with a sad past. His father had committed suicide, and his mother was dead. He had, so far as the research uncovered, no living relations. And he'd committed suicide by swallowing rat-poison. His body had been found in the streets in London and taken to the mortuary. Because evidence of the poison was miniscule, post mortem, it was almost impossible to tell what the man had died of. So he could have died of almost anything!…
…such as drowning at sea.
Mr. Michael was perfect! The body was bought and paid for, and the plan was in action!
You Only Die Twice
The body was found. It was suitable in every respect. Size, weight, age, gender, manner of death and general overall appearance. Now, it had to be kitted out as a dead naval officer.
To do this, Mr. Michael was renamed Major William Martin, Royal Marines. And to enforce this falsehood to anyone who dared to ask, a library of phoney documents were run off the printing-press to certify this.
The body was outfitted with standard brown British Battle-Dress. An actual naval uniform was considered too hard to obtain in wartime…they were all handmade by Gieves and Hawkes of Savile Row! They wanted to give the fictitious 'Maj. Martin' a sendoff to support his king and country, but they didn't want the funeral to be that expensive!
Besides, could you imagine asking a Savile Row tailor to measure up a corpse for a naval dress-uniform? He'd probably kick you out of his shop.
With the attire sorted, now came the documentation.
'Maj. Martin' was given I.D. papers that said he was born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1907. His surname was 'Martin' because it seemed to be a really common surname in the Royal Marines in the 1940s, a convenient coincidence. Nobody was likely to ask questions.
Along with stuff like a wallet with his I.D. cards in it, his pockets were stuffed with everything from train-tickets, theater-stubs, love-letters from his phoney fiancee, a receipt from an exclusive London jeweler for an engagement-ring that cost and arm, a leg and his right nut, a photograph of his fiancee (in reality, a photograph of an office-secretary, who posed for the shot), bank-papers, cards, business-letters, money…even a letter from the London tailor Gieves and Hawkes…Not to say that his naval dress-uniform was ready, but to say that they were waiting for payment for a shirt he'd supposedly asked them to make for him!
With the personal papers complete, it was now necessary to prepare the false military documents. Among other things, letters and maps were planted inside the official briefcase. These papers would ensure that the Germans thought the British would invade Greece before invading Italy. This was fake, of course. It was a ruse to get the Germans to position their troops where they would be completely useless, while the Allies invaded Sicily. All the documents were printed or typed on official War Office stationery, with all the right stamps, seals and signatures.
But it wasn't just necessary to deceive the Germans…but the British as well! Just in case anyone who wasn't in on the plot should come asking questions, more fake documents were prepared, to protect the mission. As Churchill said: The truth must always be protected by a bodyguard of lies. And they lied alright! Even the coroner who had secured the body for the operation typed up fake documents. He claimed that permission had been given by the corpse's next of kin (in this case, parents) that the body might be used for military purposes.
Again, this was fake. Mr. Michael, the corpse, had no parents! They'd died years ago! But it was all part of the deception…
Preparing the Drop
The body was prepared, dresed, kitted, fitted and stuffed with papers. Now all that remained was to cast the bait into the sea, and wait for the Germans to bite.
The only problem with this was that the bait was a dead body. And bodies rot.
to combat this unsightly issue, the men in charge of 'Mincemeat' engaged the services of the original 'Q'…Charles Fraser-Smith. A genius scientist, who was literally the inspiration for Ian Fleming's 'Q' character in the James Bond series, Fraser-Smith devised a metal canister in which the corpse could be stored. To prevent decomposition, the canister was filled with dry ice, and then sealed shut. Dry ice is carbon-dioxide in solid form. Once the ice melted and vaporised, the entire inside of the canister would be filled with Co2, driving out the oxygen and preventing further decay of the corpse.
This canister, along with all the other necessary bits and pieces for the deception, were loaded onboard a submarine, H.M.S. Seraph. The Seraph and its crew sailed out into the Atlantic Ocean.
Once the Seraph had reached the waters off the coast of Spain, it's C.O., Capt. Norman Jewell, ordered the submarine to surface. The canister with the corpse inside was brought up on deck, and opened. The briefcase with the papers were shackled to its wrist and a life-jacket strapped around its torso. Now, the operation could begin.
The body was prepared for burial at sea. Capt. Jewell read out the 39th Psalm, although this wasn't specified in his orders, and then the corpse was lowered into the sea.
To make the deception just that little bit more realistic, the crew of the Seraph even launched an inflatable life-raft, to drift off with the body. Then, they sailed off, letting the currents take the body away towards Spain. The specially-designed canister that carried the corpse was dumped into the sea and riddled with machine-gun fire to make it sink. The Seraph sent a radio message back to London to say that the mission had been a success.
After the Drop
Just dropping the corpse into the ocean and sailing off was not enough to ensure 'Mincemeat's success. Once the corpse was found by the Spanish and its contents were passed onto the Germans, the British carried on with their ruse. Maj. Martin's name appeared in a list of the dead and missing, which was published in the New York Times a week later. You can read it here:
You can see Martin's name at the bottom of the list of officers. He's mentioned as "ROYAL MARINES. – T/Capt (A/Major) W. Martin".
To further impress on the Germans and their Spanish collaborators the 'importance' of these phoney documents, the British started making inquiries about what had happened to the ficticious Maj. Martin and his precious cargo. After a while, the Spanish Government, still pretending to be 'neutral' during the War, sent the papers contained in the locked briefcase back to England. Although the Spanish had assured the British Government that the contents of the case had been untouched, the British could see that the Spanish and Germans had gone over the documents in minute detail, and they must've believed their contents, because they went to extraordinary pains to make it look like they hadn't been tampered with, to prove how 'uninterested' they had been. But there were telltale signs, such as envelopes being re-sealed and papers being replaced into their packets in the incorrect order and so-forth.
The message sent to the War Office and to the United States Government, was "Mincemeat Swallowed Whole", to indicate that the ruse had been a success.
And boy, was it ever!
The Effect and Importance of Mincemeat
Mincemeat was an intelligence success because through this deception, the Germans relocated their troops from Italy, to Greece, where the British wanted them to think the Allies would make their invasion of southern Europe. Greece was one of the last Allied strongholds in Europe to fall to the Germans, so it must've seen reasonable to the Germans that it would be the first place that the Allies would want to reclaim.
This relocation of troops to Greece meant that only a skeleton force was left in Sicily to defend the island. Even after the invasion of Sicily, German agents working in England, who worked with the British Government against the Nazis, in the famous Double Cross System (usually just marked as "XX"), would feed the German Government false information, saying that their 'spying' in Britain revealed that the invasion of Sicily was a blind, a distraction for the Germans, while the Allies prepared for their main invasion of the Greek islands.
This falsehood also paid off. The Germans, convinced that Greece was to be invaded, refused to move their troops. By the time they realised how they'd been tricked, and relocated their men to Italy, the Allies had attained a firm hold on the island of Sicily and was preparing for the big push to the Italian mainland.
Less than a year later, in September, 1943, with the Italian fascists under Benito Mussolini beginning to wane in power (and with Mussolini himself becoming increasingly unpopular in the eyes of the Italian population for failing to defend Italy and allying himself with Hitler), the Italian Royalists, under King Victor Emmanuel III, signed an armistice with the Allies, and switched sides, from Axis to Allied.
The Italian Royalists and most regular Italians, now free from the scourge of Mussolini, fought against the Germans and the remaining fascists elements in Italy. Despite allying himself with with the winning side, King Victor, a once popular and respected monarch, was suffering from increasingly waning popularity. When the Italian capital of Rome was bombed by Allied planes, his popularity took a real nosedive.
Operation Mincemeat secured several wins for the Allies and changed the course of the war in many ways…Although it did little to secure the Italian king's popularity, and in 1946, the monarchy was abolished.
More Info?
"Operation Mincemeat" – BBC History
"Operation Mincemeat" – BBC Documentary


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(Related: How our redesign flipped the Reader's iconic music coverage into its own brand, "B Side.")
Last year I wrote an admiring post on Seattle alt weekly The Stranger, praising the paper (as well as its integrated, smart and funny marketing and digital efforts), and pondering: This is a paper I'd really seek out if I lived in Seattle. What is it about how they do what they do that makes it so appealing?
The appearance at my local coffee shop this morning of a special 40th anniversary issue of the Chicago Reader (above, with online links below) prompts me to follow up my Stranger love with some Reader props. (While I was the consultant hired to create prototypes and strategy for the paper's major overhaul that launched in April, I am not formally affiliated with them at this time.)
During the last year, the paper's gotten its act together in such a way that makes me (as a reader, not a journalist or designer or consultant) once again want to hunt down a copy when it hits the street each Wednesday or Thursday. This was the local habit for decades, for seemingly everyone moving to the city — you made a point to cross the street to get one — but obviously, the "decline of print" has made this less common. What seems to be at work today with the Reader? How did this happen?
Following are six things worth watching about how the Chicago Reader does what it does today — in print.
1) Even with limited resources, its possible (and urgently necessary), to revitalize the editorial mix.
In the words of Publisher Alison Draper, the paper "had gotten stale," and advertisers were taking note, and bolting. It wasn't just that the thing was printed on dead trees. The look, yes, but also a lot of the content and how it was organized came to seem tired. Today, new features, most put into play by new Editor Mara Shalhoup, call to readers from throughout the book. Big ideas like an inverted (and revitalized) music magazine, "B Side," starting on the back cover, to smaller ideas within, like the Artist on Artist music interview or the award-winning Key Ingredient chef challenge, say to readers, we have surprises in here you're not going to find anywhere else (i.e., not just listings.) Many new features, like the Culture Vultures or In Rotation columns, bring new voices into the paper at minimal cost (what Shalhoup has called "cultural curation, but a conversation that WE direct.") OK, fine, this blogger kinda digs the new mix, but more importantly, advertisers have taken notice as well (see Item No. 4, below).
2) The "brain drain" of editorial layoffs matters, and producing substance requires investment – or reinvestment.
Up to the time of relaunch, the paper came to feel anemic from the loss of talent wrought by layoffs. Yes, good stuff remained, but especially in comparison to the "glory days," many found it lacking. Shalhoup's response? Lure investigative reporter Mick Dumke back to the fold, from a brief stint at the Chicago News Cooperative. (Steve Bogira, a Reader veteran of many years among those who had been laid off, had rejoined the paper the year before.) Substantial reporting by each of them, and colleague Ben Joravsky (as well as other staffers and new stringers) jumps out from week to week. It would be hard to miss the message: this paper cares once again, in new ways, about the under-reported stories of Chicago, and we'll commit the resources, and dig deep, to get them.
3) Advertising matters, not just in terms of revenue, but as content – and design, placement and pacing are crucial.
The redesign offered up some new sizes, shapes and placement for advertising – admittedly, some were "out there" and haven't really stuck – but as important, Draper insisted on improving the design and variety of ads, and service to advertisers, and invested in staffing to address this. The Reader was partly known for years for its eclectic and often artistic mix of advertising, telling readers what to do and where to shop — and the anniversary issue this week shows off a bunch of great looking ads, colorful and well designed, and yes, some with unusual shapes, from front to back (and back to the music front again). Pulling this back from a corporate backshop in Atlanta, and recommitting in-house ownership, were key.
4) Given improved service, and a sense of editorial excitement, former advertisers will come back – and new ones will even come on board.
In June, I had a three-month-later checkup with Draper as she prepared a talk for the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies convention. "How goes advertiser response post-redesign?" I asked. She crowed about three big former advertisers who had come back to the fold (to the tune of $40,000 to $60,000 contracts) who specifically cited the improvements and reinvestment they were seeing in the paper. (In addition to a revised editorial strategy, new glossy covers and inside spreads were available for premium ad spots. The paper just feels more professional.) This week she told me of a number of new recent inquiries from advertisers who had never been with the paper, seeking proposals for ad strategies for the coming year. So something must be working. (In addition to editorial improvements, new hires and new approaches to sales have been put in play.)
5) A paper that has some heft to it feels like it's worth picking up, and keeping around.
This summer I spent about a month on the West Coast, off and on, and being a news (print) junkie, tried to seek out alt weeklies wherever I stopped. Most were in the realm of 48 to 52 pages weekly, which really strikes me as a "danger zone" with a product like this — quite frankly, by the time you fill 50 to 60% with ads, it looks, feels and reads like there's nothing in it. The Reader, by noticeable contrast, has been at 80 pages or more every week since its relaunch in April. (The annual "Best of Chicago" issue in June, traditionally a biggie, was a robust 168 pages; this week's anniversary issue is at 104.) While Draper cautions that you can't judge the financial health of an alt weekly by page count alone (digital's growing for everyone), readers do notice such things, and when they decry "there's nothing in it" as a reason to bail, it's hard to argue. Winning back Chicagoans who've left the paper, remembering the "glory days" when it was so hefty you could use it as a doorstop, may be another challenge. Thus:
6) Marketing matters, along with a confident, clean brand presence, and just being able to find the damn thing.
Last winter I lamented to Draper and her crew: "I can't for the life of me find a Reader in my neighborhood (one of Chicago's best known, Wrigleyville, more or less). What's the good of redesigning it if no one (meaning: me) can find it? Today's Chicago Woman has far more boxes in my hood." (This was true, not my usual hyperbole — I counted.) The paper had fallen off the radar of many in the city, for a variety of reasons that went way beyond "it's on newsprint, and sorry, I get my news online." Visibility and marketing were at a low point. (Don't even ask me about my West Coast paper hunt this city – one major market was littered with ratty boxes, devoid of papers wherever I looked.)
Draper told me to simmer down, she had a plan in place to reevaluate where racks were placed and to put hundreds of new and refurbished boxes on the streets. In the last two months, I've noticed a dozen new boxes within 10 blocks of my house, in strategic locations, sporting a ginormous version of the reversed "R" in the paper's logo that couldn't be more visible. The boxes seem bright and clean (yeah, for now – stickers and graffiti surely on the way) and, well, sort of proud. Fitting for a milestone birthday year, and a nod to the paper's accomplishments in the face of turmoil (and resignation) in the newspaper industry. Happy birthday, Reader, and congrats on a year of hard work and a helluva 40th anniversary issue – here's to many more, in print, online or beyond.
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Related or semi-related stuff online:
- Highlights from the Reader's 40th Anniversary issue Included: the excellent musings of Senior Editor/ media writer Mike Miner on how it all began; a PDF of the humble first 16-page issue; eight founding staffers revisit the wild and woolly early days; cartooning genius Chris Ware recalls his most nerve-wracking submission to the Reader; revisiting a super-cool graphic "family tree" of notable Chicago chefs; recollections of legendary critic Jonathan Rosenbaum, and more.
- An album of notable (well-done, shocking, different, or just plain weird) layouts, illustrations, photos and ads from the first year or two of the Reader.
- Earlier posts on this blog about the Reader redesign.
- Additional blog posts about alternative newsweeklies (editing, design, publishing and survival strategies).
- Follow Ron Reason News Design on Facebook to follow issues like this about the news publishing industry.
- Follow Ron Reason News Design on Twitter to stay in touch with links on related topics.