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Please tell me whether this statement is true. Buying a single company's stock usually provides a safer return than a stock mutual fund.
a) True.
b) False.
c) Don't know.
d) Refuse to answer.
The answer, of course, is b. In the National Financial Capability Survey (NFCS), sponsored by FINRA and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, only about 52% of Americans answered this question correctly.
In "Optimal Financial Literacy and Saving for Retirement,"¹ Annamaria Lusardi, Pierre-Carl Michaud, and Olivia S. Mitchell look beyond the reliably grim big picture to put a price tag on our ignorance.
Education, financial literacy, and retirement assets
The researchers used results from the NFCS and heavy-duty econometric techniques to estimate assets at retirement for three groups of savers: those without a high school diploma, high school graduates, and college graduates.
Not surprisingly, those with more education tend to be more financially literate, as measured by the percentage of correct answers to the NFCS. Those with higher financial literacy scores tend to make greater use of "sophisticated" investment services such as IRAs and stock mutual funds, which is the researchers' key to enhancing long-term wealth accumulation.
|Education level
|Percentage of correct answers on NFCS
|Use of sophisticated investment products and services (%)
|No high school diploma
|High school diploma
|College diploma or greater
Source: Lusardi, Michaud, and Mitchell (2011).
What if we could acquire perfect financial literacy at no cost? What if all of us scored 5 out of 5 on the NFCS questions about interest rates, inflation, bond returns, compounding, and diversification? The benefits would be greatest for those with the lowest financial literacy scores, as their newfound knowledge would allow them to make greater use of sophisticated and higher-returning investment services.
In a world of perfect financial literacy, those without a high school diploma could increase their wealth at retirement by about 18%, without any changes in their earned incomes or savings rates. For college graduates, perfect financial literacy would boost wealth at age 65 by 4.5%.
|Education Level
|Assets at age 65 based on current levels of literacy
|Assets at age 65 based on perfect financial literacy
|Percentage change
|No high school diploma
|High school diploma
|College diploma or greater
Source: Lusardi, Michaud, and Mitchell (2011).
What keeps us from getting smart? Here's where things get complicated. There's a cost to increasing our financial literacy, whether in the form of fees paid to an advisor or in the opportunity cost of time spent reading books or using websites.
Higher-income savers have strong incentives to pay these costs, in part because Social Security replaces a relatively small percentage of their earnings. If they want to maintain a stable level of consumption throughout their working and retired years, these savers need to get smart. For low-income savers, the cost of acquiring financial knowledge may outweigh the benefit, and modest levels of financial literacy may be "optimal."
Another explanation for low financial literacy is that financial services are complex. It's too hard to get smart about compound interest and adjustable-rate mortgages. Economist Robert Shiller, who lays some of the blame for the 2008–2009 financial crisis on our poor grasp of financial concepts, has suggested that one response to poor literacy might be government subsidies for financial advice.²
Fixes in the works
I wouldn't count on a grand policy initiative to raise financial literacy across the board. Instead, we'll probably continue to tackle the challenge on a number of fronts, and here there's promising news.
As my colleague Steve Utkus has written, the evolution of the 401(k) plan has, in effect, reduced the cost of acquiring financial knowledge. At the end of 2012, 32% of Vanguard-administered retirement plans automatically enrolled new employees in the plan, double the 2007 level. The default investment selection in almost all of these plans is a balanced investment strategy that allows retirement savers to diversify widely across the stock and bond markets.³
Increasingly, workplace retirement plans are automating the kinds of financially productive behaviors associated with higher levels of financial literacy. Knowledge is good, but its absence may no longer be as costly.
At the grassroots level, we hear promising anecdotal feedback about Vanguard volunteer initiatives such as My Classroom Economy, a program that makes high-quality financial education resources available to teachers across the country. Just as the internet has reduced the cost of distributing these materials, it may yet bring down the cost of providing high-quality investment advice to larger and less affluent groups of savers.
The bookstore and the library card
Finally, there's the library card. When I first enrolled in a 401(k) plan, I probably would have scored no better than 40% on the NFCS. Interest rates? Sure, I knew what those were. Inflation? Yes, I'd done time in the 1970s. Compounding? Diversification? Not really.
My plan provided me with good basic educational material, but it was a tricky leap from the brochures to investment selection. I signed up for a hodgepodge of investments. Months later, I wandered into the investing section of a bookstore on the North Side of Chicago. In an inspired, if ambitious, act, I pulled Bogle on Mutual Funds from a stack on the new book table. After all, my 401(k) plan had mutual funds.
I won't say it was an easy read for the financial novice. The prose harkened back to the 19th century, with casual references to the Roman poet Horace. The lessons unfolded across charts and tables with an uncompromising mathematical logic. This wasn't a "how-to." This was a Ph.D. in mutual funds packed between hard covers.
But the book made abstract concepts such as diversification concrete. It explained the role of stocks and bonds. It included model portfolios. Above all, Bogle on Mutual Funds taught me about the importance of investment costs. I was set for life.
¹Lusardi, Annamaria, Pierre-Carl Michaud, and Olivia S. Mitchell, 2011. Optimal Financial Literacy and Saving for Retirement, Pension Research Council Working Paper WP2011–20, Philadelphia: Pension Research Council.
²"How About a Stimulus for Financial Advice?" by Robert J. Shilller, January 17, 2009; available at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/business/economy/18view.html?_r=0
³ Utkus, Stephen P., Jean A. Young, 2013. How America Saves 2012. Valley Forge, PA.: The Vanguard Group.


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I just wrapped a story on 3D TV, so it's like geek kismet to find this icon-riddled poster by Mike Mitchell for the upcoming Crazy 4 Cult 4 in L.A. The exhibit showcases 100 artists' reinterpretations of classic cult films, which means featured folks like Snake Plissken, The Dude and Pee-wee Herman should more than get their love in mixed media. Mitchell notes on his blog the poster will go on sale online and at the show starting Friday. Want.
• Boba Fett, RoboCop and other geek icons with beards
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Fourth of July activities are cooking. Here's some considerations for you:
– More than 4,000 runners are expected at this year's four-mile "Firecracker 4" road race in Saratoga Springs.
Event organizers expect to raise $40,000 to benefit the Saratoga Springs High School track and field/cross-country programs, the Saratoga Springs YMCA's expansion in Wilton and the Saratoga Springs Greenbelt Trail Project, which seeks to link existing trails into a 10-mile path encompassing the city.
The 2013 event includes these special features:
–-$4,000 in monetary prizes to the top individual and team finishers and 324 award categories and prizes for runners of all ages
— Team competitions for: military; public safety (police/fire/EMS); and high school/college scholastic teams
— "Running in Colors" competition to reward business/organization with most runners in the same color shirts with publicity and bragging rights
— Host of the USATF Adirondack 4 Mile Grand Prix Event and second annual USATF Team Championship Race
"We are committed to our local athletes, the wellness of our community and the continued development of infrastructure that makes Saratoga Springs a destination for runners, walkers, bikers and recreationalists," event co-chair Peter Goutos said.
The seventh annual race kicks off July Fourth festivities at 9 a.m. at the Saratoga Springs City Center. Registration is $25 through Tuesday here.
Next up is the All-American Celebration in Saratoga Springs – a parade directly after the race, barbeque and dessert festival, classic car show, live music, city tours, face painting and fireworks at dusk. Click here for information on that.


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I have tried a lot of false eyelashes in my time, especially as i love to wear them on myself and my clients always request them. With that being said i am always on the look out for the next perfect brand to fit my needs.
I have to admit i have a been a lover of Eyelure lashes for a really long time but when KISS offered to send me some of their lashes i jumped at the chance.
The lashes i have on in the above picture are the KISS Looks So Natural KFL03 and i really do think they look so natural.
As soon as i put them on they felt so light and comfortable, this is something which is a key factor for me when trying lashes as a lot of my clients are brides and they really don't want to spend their wedding day being dragged down by the weight of their false lashes.
The seam of the actual lash is so thin which means they blend so nicely that you can't even notice you are wearing false lashes. I purposely didn't wear any eyeliner for this look above just so you can see how thin the lash line really is!
They have a revolutionary tapered end lash which means they have an amazing flutter affect on the end again giving them a really natural finish, unlike other false lashes which have a blunt end lash which can appear incredibly harsh.
I don't normally use the lash glue which is provided with false eyelashes and i always use my own which i have on stand by in my kit, however i thought i would give the glue a go which comes with these KISS lashes and i have to say i was really impressed. It is a white glue with a slight multi-coloured look to it but it dries completely clear. I always carry glue with me when i am wearing lashes just in case, but in this case i didn't need to use it as my lashes stayed put all night!
At only £4.49 from Boots these lashes have 100% got pride of place in my kit and i have been using them on myself for nights out.
Have you tried any KISS eyelashes?


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A front page article titled "U.S. regulators lack information on health risks of many chemicals" on Aug. 2 in the Washington Post regarding recent recall of Kellogg's cereals, is alarming and thought-provoking. The reality told us that toxic chemicals are not only in the household products (cleaners, pesticides, etc), but also sneaking into our food!
Recently, Kellogg recalled 28 million boxes of cereal because customers complained of an odd smell and taste that made some folks sick. What is it? It turns out — a natural component of crude oil, 2-methylnaphthalene, which leaked from the packaging.
"Federal regulators, who are charged with ensuring the safety of food and consumer products, are in the dark about the suspected chemical, 2-methylnaphthalene. The Food and Drug Administration has no scientific data on its impact on human health. The Environmental Protection Agency also lacks basic health and safety data for 2-methylnaphthalene — even though the EPA has been seeking that information from the chemical industry for 16 years."— cited from the article.
I'm frankly surprised and puzzled… To my knowledge, naphthalene is a possible human carcinogen (concluded by The International Agency for Research on Cancer and EPA), as I informed the public on our website. I'm not an expert on 2-methylnaphthalene, but simple chemistry suggests that it is a compound structurally related to naphthalene. What is naphthalene? As you might know, it's a primary ingredient of mothballs.
Next, I did a quick search on PubMed — a resource from the U.S. National Library of Medicine for biomedical literature with approximately 20 million references. Results? There are 124 references on "2-methylnaphthalene" dated from 1960s. Here is a brief summary about 2-methylnaphthalene associated health risks:
1. Lung toxicit: Dietary exposure of mice to 2-methylnaphthalene for 81 weeks (i.e. most of their lives) caused pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, a disorder that rapidly leads to respiratory failure, because the alveolar spaces are filled with an abnormal lipid-rich material that hinders gas exchange. Data from exposure of lab animals (rats and mice) to 2-methylnaphthalene through various routes (including acute inhalation, skin, and abdominal injection) confirmed the lung toxicity. Other respiratory hazards include depressed breathing rate, lung and bronchi cell damage.
2. Tumor development: Exposure to 2-methylnaphthalene significantly increased lung tumors in male mice, although dose-dependent effects are not clear enough to address its carcinogenic potential.
3. Liver toxicity: 2-methylnaphthalene inhibited cell-to-cell communication in cultured rat liver cells. Bear in mind that the chaos of intracellular communication is evident in cancer.
In addition, there are studies on the microorganisms involved and their potentials concerning how 2-methylnaphthalene is metabolized and degraded….
Further studies will, without doubt, help establish health implications in humans. I guess the question is not whether there is related information. The real question is whether the food company wanted to know about it or not.
Chemicals found in food supplies have become an ongoing problem tracing back to BPA, now 2-methylnaphthalene, what will be next? What's even more frightening is that you probably never find out. As a scientist emphasized at the end of the article, "In this case, it had an odor and it had a taste, so it was detected. But there are hundreds of other potential impurities that we can't smell and taste, chemicals that we know very little about and the government knows little about."
We anticipate that the government sets vigorous food safety laws, takes effective and authoritative measures to test products and/or chemicals before they hit the market, in order to protect consumers from any harmful health consequence resulting from industrial self-interest and self-regulation.
For our citizens, this is just one more reason why you need to get informed and become educated. Depending on the manufacturers or government might be too late.
What's your thought on food safety?
To find out which cereal package is involved in the recall, read:
U.S. regulators lack information on health risks of many chemicals
To learn more about Naphthalene, click here.
Photo credit: by muresan113


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Vivendi's Search for Activision Suitors Off to Slow Start
Vivendi SA (VIV) Chairman Jean-Rene Fourtou, looking for a buyer for the company's $8.27 billion stake in Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI), is finding little enthusiasm among potential suitors.
Fourtou, in an interview yesterday at the Allen & Co. media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, said Vivendi may sell its 61 percent stake in Activision, the largest U.S. video-game publisher. Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), maker of the Xbox console, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (TTWO) and Walt Disney Co. (DIS), the world's largest entertainment company, aren't pursuing bids, people with knowledge of their plans said.
"It's a possibility," Fourtou said of a sale after walking with Activision Chief Executive Officer Bobby Kotick. His comments marked the first public confirmation that the holding is on the block. Asked if he was trying to find a buyer at the event, Fourtou said: "We're always looking at opportunities for all of our businesses."
The Sun Valley retreat, known for big media deals, may offer the best hope for Fourtou and Kotick to attract a suitor, Michael Pachter, an analyst with Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles, said in an interview. Activision's focus on packaged games at a time when the business is moving online will be a deterrent, he said.
"This is the beauty contest," Pachter said. "If you can't get a date there, you're probably going to die a spinster."
Strategic Fit
Just as Vivendi considers Activision a non-core asset, other media companies don't see a strategic fit for the Santa Monica, California-based company, Pachter said.
For weeks, Paris-based Vivendi has canvassed possible buyers, people familiar with the matter have said.
Microsoft, while approached, isn't actively considering a bid, according to one person. That could change, the person said. The software company, based in Redmond, Washington, would have to consider that buying Activision may jeopardize sales of the company's "Call of Duty" games for rival consoles made by Sony Corp. (6758) and Nintendo Co.
Disney, based in Burbank, California, is unlikely to bid for Activision, according to a person with knowledge of the company's plans.
Take-Two, the New York-based publisher of "Grand Theft Auto" and "Red Dead Redemption, isn't interested, a person with knowledge of the company's plans said.
Tencent, Nexon
Vivendi gained 3.5 percent to 15.77 euros today in Paris. The stock has risen 20 percent since Bloomberg News reported on June 7 that the future of Activision would be discussed at a senior executive meeting.
Activision, also the publisher of the ''World of Warcraft" online game, gained 1.7 percent to $12.10 at the close in New York, giving the company a market value of $13.5 billion. The shares are down 1.8 percent this year.
Vivendi is seeking a cash sale, one person said. That could complicate any deal with China's Tencent Holdings Ltd. (700) or Japan's Nexon Co. (3659), both of which were approached, according to the people. Neither company has sufficient cash to fund such a purchase.
Wayne Hickey, a spokesman for Microsoft, declined to comment, as did John Christiansen, a spokesman for Nexon. Catherine Chan, a spokeswoman for Tencent, and Alan Lewis, a spokesman for Take-Two, said their companies do not comment on market speculation.
Disney CEO Robert Iger brushed off reporters' questions on July 10 about Activision, saying "I'm talking to everyone" at Sun Valley.
'Great Weather'
Kotick, who has led Activision for at least 20 years, has seen his largest shareholder transformed from a stable, hands-off investor to a candidate for breakup. Strolling yesterday with Fourtou, he walked away before the chairman's comments to a reporter.
Asked a day earlier about a sale, Kotick replied, "It's great weather."
Vivendi will consider selling Activision shares on the market if it can't find a buyer, a person with knowledge of the matter said last month. The French company is planning to make some announcements about its strategy when it reports first-half earnings on Aug. 30, a person familiar with the matter said.
With few expressing interest in buying control of Activision, a large public sale of stock may depress the price, said Arvind Bhatia, an analyst with Sterne Agee & Leach Inc. in Dallas. Kotick may need to line up partners for a management-led plan to buy Vivendi's stake, he said.
Debt Ratings
"Any transaction that happens will involve Activision as one of the partners," Bhatia said in an interview. "Whether it's today or in three months, I don't think it really matters that much."
Vivendi's net debt totaled about 12.5 billion euros at the end of March. The company has been warned by Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings that its debt rating may be cut unless it reduces liabilities. The stock fell to a nine-year low in April, before the departure last month of CEO Jean-Bernard Levy in a clash over the direction of the company.
Activision had $3.48 billion in cash and no debt as of the first quarter, according to company filings. The stock trades at 14.6 times trailing earnings, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, below its 25.4 in fiscal 2010 and a five-year high of 67.6 in 2007.
The multiple reflects investor uncertainty over growth prospects during a transition phase for the video-game industry with the introduction of the first new consoles in seven years, Edward Woo, an analyst with Ascendiant Capital Markets LLC in Irvine, California, said in a recent interview.
Industry growth is now taking place on social-media websites such as Facebook.com and away from traditional consoles.
U.S. sales of packaged games like those played on Xbox or PlayStation fell 6 percent to $8.83 billion last year, according to researcher NPD Group Inc.
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Toasting summer wines
Cool, crisp, lower-alcohol pours - champagne, vinho verde, cava and more - are perfect poolside or picnicking
Published 5:30 am, Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Sweltering days call for a light touch.
While lush, velvety cabernet sauvignon is inviting and warm in wintertime, the King of Grapes can be overpowering in hot weather.
``You want acidity in the summer,'' says sommelier Sean Beck of Hugo's and Backstreet Cafe. ``Our bodies don't like tannic things that make us warmer. We crave something more cleansing.''
So every year, when the thermometer shoots up, wine geeks lay off the heavyweights for livelier quaffing. Racy, lighter-bodied wines with minimal tannins and lower alcohol embrace these sun-filled days, enlivening boat outings, beach picnics and weekend barbecues.
``Summer is when we have fun with wines,'' Mockingbird Bistro wine director Marcy Jimenez says. ``I'll try different wines, play more by the glass. People are relaxed and don't mind trying less familiar varietals."
Fizzy libationsNew Year's Eve isn't the only time people toast with champagne. This effervescent wine is meant to be enjoyed year-round. But lofty prices keep it from becoming a daily pour, even though Americans have a penchant for bubbles.
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According to the Wine Institute, total U.S. consumption of champagne and other sparkling wines reached 35 million gallons in 2006 — up about 20 percent from 2001. These bubbly delights make up about 5 percent of total U.S wine sales.
Restaurants have introduced sparkling alternatives, such as frothy prosecco, made from a white-wine grape grown in Italy's Veneto region. Vintners sometimes add small amounts of pinot grigio and pinot bianco.
Prosecco comes extra-dry or brut, which is even drier. It generally marries well with seafood and creamy dishes, such as fettucine Alfredo. At Bice Ristorante, maitre d' Marco Borghi pairs Lunetta Prosecco with risotto or salmon carpaccio and avocado.
"Salmon is an oily fish," he says. "Avocado is rich in flavor. The dryness of prosecco cuts through that oiliness and richness. It's a relief on the taste buds. You want them to relax and change. Prosecco cleanses and revs them up for the next morsel."
Vinho verdeWhen a colleague heard we were writing about summer sparklers, she immediately touted Portugal's vinho verde. She and her husband were introduced to the slightly effervescent wine at a party.
"We were sitting on the patio, grilling, with sweat dripping down our brows," she recalls. "After the first bottle of chardonnay, everyone liked the lightness of the verde. When it's so hot, we drink too fast, so the lower alcohol content was very welcome."
Vinho verde, or green wine, earned its moniker because it's enjoyed young, upon release. White vinho verde is made from assorted grapes, including loureiro and alvarinho. Slightly bubbly, low in alcohol (less than 10 percent) and high in acid, it glides on the palate, conveying fruity notes, usually citrus. The Portuguese drink it with kale stew, but inexpensive, uncomplicated vinho verde can go with many foods.
CavaCava is another bubbly favorite of wine geeks because of its affordability. Many bottles sell for less than $20.
"Speaking of bubbles, the Raventos Cava is fantastic," says Central Market wine and beer manager Martin Korson. "Some cavas are too sweet and unbalanced, but that one is well done."
The Josep Maria Raventos i Blanc "L'Hereu" Cava Brut is redolent of lemon and apple aromas, with notes of baking bread lingering on the palate.
Cava is produced in the Penedes region of northeastern Spain, just west of Barcelona. The majority are sparkling whites, but producers also make rosés. If you come across the Casteller Cava Rosé, grab a few bottles — maybe a case. Less than $12, this nervy wine has a racy nose of citrus and red berries. Hinting of sweetness, its finish lingers.
Cava piggybacks on Spain's rising prominence in the wine world. As one Houston sommelier puts it, "Spanish wines smoke!"
The Spanish conquestFrom sumptuous riojas to spicy tempranillos, Spain offers wines to match any weather and food. Affordable pricing also makes exploration easy — at least for now.
"The Spanish category has exploded," Spec's wine consultant Zachary Pearson says. "It offers incredible value."
Many Spanish reds are perfectly drinkable in summer, such as grenache, or garnacha in Spanish.
France and Australia offer the most familiar grenache wines, but the grape's home turf is Spain.
"Grenache has turned into the wine geek's riesling," says Jimenez of Mockingbird Bistro. "We moved into rosés last summer. Now we're trying grenache from California, from Spain, from Australia. It's a full-bodied wine for the cabernet sauvignon drinkers but without the harsh tannins."
Grenache dominates the Priorat region of Spain. "Here, you'll find grenache with dark, red fruits," Jimenez says. "Generally, you'll find juicy black plums and ripe raspberries, coupled with leather, smoke and earth."
Tasting Room wine director Michael Housewright is keen on Dara, a blend of grenache, carinena (carignan), merlot, cabernet sauvignon and syrah. It sells for $25.
"There aren't many wines from Priorat in that price range anymore. The vines are old. They grow on lunarlike surface boulders. The sun heats the rock, resulting in a ripe, rich wine with tons of minerality. You can smell the rocks."
With this wine, you get good acidity and the smell of the terroir. While there's a black-pepper component, it feels cool on the tongue. Housewright pairs it with hamburgers.
The white queenChardonnay still dominates the white category, but sommeliers are seeing a shift for summer.
"California chardonnays can be buttery oak bombs," Jimenez says. "So people are moving toward lighter, food-friendlier whites. Pinot grigio is huge right now. But for something different, I steer toward Spanish albariño and Italian tocai."
Tocai Friulano is a white grape grown around the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. This floral wine is made for food, Jimenez says, and if you drink a lot of pinot grigio, this is a nice sidestep into something else you might like.
When it comes to brutally hot weather, first choice for Mike Sammons is a Grüner Veltliner.
"Superlight, often bone dry, this wine has started to gain a bit of international appeal," says the 13 Celsius wine director. "Most grüners are ridiculously crisp and could quite possibly be the most thirst-quenching substances on the face of the earth. Best when they're coming from Austria, specifically from the Kamptal, these wines are laced with brilliant green apple and, usually, an impressive white-pepper backbone."
Sauvignon blanc also tastes of summer.
"I favor New Zealand sauvignon blanc over all other styles," Sammons says. "A good Marlborough or even a Martinborough sauvignon will show great acidity, gooseberry and grapefruity goodness that's hard to resist."


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Queensbury native, Republican and three-term supervisor Dan Stec, 40, wants to run against U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy in November. He said this morning he will make the rounds to county committees in the 10-county district before making a final decision.
If Stec gets in the race, he would be the first candidate to announce a challenge against Murphy, who squeaked a win over Assemblyman Jim Tedisco in a special election last April. It would also set up a political version of a subway series. While Stec lives in Queensbury, Murphy, also 40, lives in Glens Falls.


text: In 1946, long before it owned the ABC Television Network or created alphabet spelling books for children, Disney made an industrial film for General Motors called ABC'S of Hand Tools. Bill Roberts directed this educational short, aimed at adults, which demonstrates the proper use of common tools. The interesting thing is that the film (and accompanying booklet) re-uses the character "Emotion" (an uncouth caveman, and caricature of Ward Kimball, from the 1943 wartime cartoon Reason And Emotion – also directed by Roberts), here with a new name, "Primitive Pete". Bob Sokol posted a pdf of the entire booklet here. J.J. Sedelmaier sent us large scans (below) of several pages of his copy.


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Why pilates has been a real boon for our Mr D'Arcy
The Leinster rugby ace and his wife Aoife Cogan have opened a Reformer Pilates studio a loft-style oasis of calm that will park all your troubles
It takes a rather brave man to go into business with his new wife, not least in this harsh economic climate. But after a 15-year international rugby career that's seen its fair share of slings and arrows, Gordon D'Arcy is better braced than most for the choppy waters of owning his own business.
D'Arcy and his model wife Aoife have recently made public the passion project that has taken up most of their past year. Form School on Dublin's Grattan Street is the couple's Reformer Pilates studio, where the public can access Pilates, yoga and ballet barre classes.
"The first thing (about opening a business) is that you have to be passionate about what you're getting involved in," says Gordon.
"If you're interested, you'll want to succeed with it. Aoife has done Pilates for a number of years, even though she would be a person that wouldn't enjoy the gym. It was healthy, it offered toning and so it ticked all the right boxes for her."
Midway through his 16-year career, Gordon suffered an injury-plagued season in 2004-5. Yet he attributes Pilates with his hip and back injury recovery, enabling him to make the Lions squad for their 2005 tour to New Zealand.
"I was able to keep playing, and (Pilates) was so important for injury prevention and injury maintenance," he explains. "When I don't do it, my back will tighten up somewhere down the line."
Gordon and Aoife are clearly aware that their profile as a celebrity couple will get curious types through the door of Form School ... but they're confident that the service they're offering will ultimately speak for itself.
"My wife is in the exact same headspace (as me) on this," says Gordon. "We can promote it a little more than most people starting out in business, but that only takes you so far. You get people through the door, but you only get one chance to make a first impression. We won't be giving the classes, but we've hired the best teachers, and I'm blown away by what we're offering."
Certainly, no detail has been spared as the couple sought to create an oasis of calm in Dublin's city centre. Wanting to offer something different to other fitness studios, Aoife and Gordon designed a loft-style studio with plenty of hipster flourishes.
The studio décor - largely overseen by Aoife, and thanks to Kilkenny design duo Gild & Cage - features subway tiles, bison heads, reclaimed church paraphernalia and antique cinema seats. A first for a Dublin fitness studio, surely ... yet escapism and aspiration are clearly part of the package.
"We wanted to offer something different in the marketplace, and the whole thing about Pilates is that it's a mind and body workout," explains Gordon.
"It's a place to switch off your mind, park everything in your life for a good half-hour or hour and focus on the workout."
Pilates has doubtless been popular in Dublin in recent years, but in the hierarchy of workouts, Pilates and yoga can sometimes fall quite far down the totem pole. Given that they are workouts based on strength, control and stretching as opposed to kinetic, dynamic exertion, plenty of people simply dismiss them as a less 'serious' and effective workout than others; something that Gordon is happy to dismiss out of hand.
"People who make sweeping statements like that often haven't done the exercise before," he smiles. "It's a very male thing to think, 'I'll go in there and blow it out the door'. The first few times I did it I certainly went too hard, not realising that you need to build up your endurance.
"With the reformer machine, I get as much out of that workout as I do from lifting weights. In fact with Pilates, you're lifting your own body weight half the time. You have to be quite focused on what you're doing. Anybody who doesn't think of Pilates as a 'proper' exercise, I'd challenge them to come in and try the basic training ... I guarantee they'll come away thinking differently."
The same goes for the ballet barre classes, which Gordon admits are infinitely more hardcore than first meets the eye.
"I probably would have thought that the ballet classes might have been easy," he says.
"I did look in on a class, and the faces of the people coming out were priceless. Like, 'woah, that's gonna hurt tomorrow'."
For the uninitiated, Reformer Pilates is the practice of 500 controlled exercises using a reformer machine, which is like a bed frame with a foot bar and arm/foot straps. Though it may look a bit like a medieval torture device, the idea is to improve posture, build flexibility and core strength and promote long, lean muscles. As it happens, there are two reformer beds at Leinster Rugby Club's training ground ... and according to Gordon, they always have a queue in front of them.
"As with any exercise, Pilates needs to be done alongside a balanced diet and good lifestyle to help you achieve your goals," says Gordon. "Joseph Pilates, who invented the exercise, recommended three sessions a week to get the maximum benefit. But it works well alongside other workouts, too."
With Gordon facing into the Heineken Cup and Six Nations ("it's going to be an intense few months, from here on in it's a race to the silverware at the end of the season"), Aoife will take over the front-of-house duties at Form School. And so far, creating the business together has only served to strengthen their union.
"It's been perfect," smiles Gordon. "We've brought a different skill set each to the table and they have dovetailed seamlessly.
"We have a similar outlook on life ... we're kindred spirits. I think sometimes people use marriage as an excuse not to get into business!"
Speaking about their respective strengths, he adds: "Aoife was very passionate about the design, and she's better than me at getting out there and meeting the teachers and getting the word out there. The business side, setting up the accounts and all that, has been better for me."
After getting involved recently in the running of the Exchequer Bar in Dublin, Gordon is certainly no greenhorn when it comes to business. Like many other rugby players, he is keenly aware that while he has already enjoyed a lengthy playing career, nothing lasts forever.
"I think we all know that our careers can be cut short at any moment through injury," he muses. "Being sensible about having something happening in the background is just one of those things that's part of being a player. If you're given opportunities, you have to take them, and they might not necessarily be there when you finish up. This generation (of rugby players) in particular have been thinking about their post-rugby careers up to five years before it happened. Fortunately, our players' association provide the tools for people to think about what they'll do after rugby."
Though the paint is barely dry on the walls, Gordon and Aoife already have plans to expand Form School. Once the class schedule is up and running, Form School members will in the future be able to avail of workshops and talks from some of the biggest names in sport and fashion. And, to complement the training classes, talks on nutrition and even motivation will also be offered down the line. In short, Form School appears on course to become a popular wellbeing hub.
"We don't want people to just walk in and out to the classes, it's about giving them the tools to be healthy," he explains. "I think there has definitely been an upturn in Irish people wanting to look after themselves."
What advice might Gordon have for anybody curious about Reformer Pilates but daunted by those intimidating-looking machines? "The fear of the unknown is a terrible thing, but overcoming it can possibly change your life," he says. Spoken like a man who has seen the fruits of his business labours finally come to bloom.
For more information on Form School, 24A Grattan Street, see www.formschool.ie.
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Danny Guzman Sr. called himself "The Freshman" when he first enrolled at Midland College in 2010.
"He's such a nerd," Gianna Guzman, 24, Danny's daughter, said, laughing. "He was all about having his backpack ready and getting his new school supplies."
Danny wasn't a typical freshman, though.
At 49, Guzman is among just 4 percent of Midland College students age 35 or older.
After more than two decades of service in the U.S. Marine Corps and some persistent prodding from Gianna, Danny decided to pursue his college education. He graduates with his associate degree in criminal justice on Friday, making him the first in his family to earn a college degree. He'll beat Gianna, who receives her bachelor's degree in nursing from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center on Saturday, by one day.
A third Guzman, Tommy, 19, will also graduate this month when he walks the line at Lee High School on May 31.
"Wow. We're a family that has accomplished a lot," Gianna said. "We were all going through this at the same time, so there was a lot of leaning on each other."
Gianna's belief in the importance of education prompted her to encourage her dad to pursue a degree.
"I didn't care what it was," she said. "I just wanted them to do it. It's hard to motivate my brothers and be like, 'Hey, you should go to college. You should do this and this,' and then they're like, 'Well, Mom and Dad are doing just fine without their college educations.'
"I tell them you should always strive for something more, and I would tell (my dad) that too. And he was like, 'OK, fine. I'll go.'"
Danny started classes at Midland College in 2010, going as a three-quarters-time student the majority of the time, while still balancing a full-time job as a warehouse manager for Morrison Supply.
The balancing act was made easier by sharing the Midland College experience with Gianna, who in 2010 transferred to Midland College from the University of Texas at Arlington after learning she was pregnant. The pair shared textbooks from semester to semester, and Gianna was able to help her dad with some homework.
"Just math!" he insisted.
Every day after Danny and Gianna finished at their jobs, Gianna would swing by the house and pick up her dad for class.
"We rode to school together," he said, smiling.
"With our little backpacks," Gianna added, motioning like she was carrying a backpack on her shoulders.
Danny, now a 3.5 GPA student, said he used to hate going to school. That disdain for school led to him to not graduating from high school on time.
"I was supposed to graduate in '82, but for being a bonehead, I didn't get my diploma until (later) and I didn't get to walk at graduation," he said.
Now, graduating from college is less about the subject matter of the degree, and more about the accomplishment for Danny.
"What I wanted to get out of it was education," he said. "The basics, like English, biology, science, math. That's what I wanted to get out of it. I wanted to be educated. I wanted to have a degree, and just because you have a degree in a certain field doesn't mean you're going to work in that field.
"It's something that no one can take away from you, because I earned it and I'll have a diploma to show for it."
Tommy, too, will further his education at Midland College when he pursues a welding certificate this fall. Tommy began welding as a junior, and quickly realized it's an activity he enjoys and could turn into a career with further training. Tommy aspires to one day become a master welder.
"What I see is a great future me," he said. "I never see myself in an office or at a computer. When I'm welding, my greatest motivation is creation. Welding, I can make anything I want."
Danny said he is "one proud papa" and gives "100 percent parent support" when it comes to his kids and their accomplishments.
"She does a lot compared to me," Danny said of Gianna, after listing her jobs and activities. "I'm just helping myself. She's really the one that's the real go-getter, and she's blazing a trail for all her other siblings as well."
Gianna said it's a sweet moment for her family to celebrate its accomplishments at once. The Guzmans are throwing a joint graduation party later this month.
"It was a family effort, really, to get to this point," she said. "We all started pretty much at the same time. We all finished at the same time. We can all have our success together."
"Let me interpret that for you: chaos," Danny said, correcting Gianna. "Total chaos. But it can be done."
Danny completed the last class he needed for his degree in the fall, but decided to wait until Friday to officially receive it. Because he didn't walk the line in high school, he wanted the experience this time around.
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When asked to cover The Walking Dead Escape at San Diego Comic-Con for Wikia, I was all too eager to say yes. As a huge fan of the series and the graphic novels, I was excited to show the world how much of a bad-ass I truly was (in a structured and safe environment) and to prove to my family that I would totally survive the zombie apocalypse (albeit, a fantasy one at Petco Park in San Diego). Fun, I thought. It'll be fun.
And then I checked in.
I immediately felt the anxiety rise within me. Here I was, the out-of-shape Cuban girl with glasses surrounded by hundreds of people that looked like they joined cross-fit this past year just to complete this course. They were stretching, doing push-ups, breathing exercises… legit -- they were pumping themselves up to survive the apocalypse. Oh yeah, and the waiver stated this "course was specifically designed to challenge you emotionally, mentally, and physically." What the hell did I get myself into?
Soon after I checked in, Darryl (cameraman for Wikia, not the one with the crossbow) arrives and we discuss our game plan. He, too, notices the Hulks & She-Hulks we are surrounded by, but agrees with me that this is just a fun experience. No need to worry. Safety first. I instantly feel better knowing that he has my back and that he will be carrying a huge camcorder, so, if I end up in a tight sitch, I can always throw him to the frenzy. (Sorry, Darryl.)
They blow the horns and rush the first group to the quarantined area. The Escape has begun.
We start with about 75-100 people. This is important because as you watch the video of our experience, you will notice that we quickly dwindle down to 15-20 survivors. This obstacle course is no joke.
We keep getting rushed to section after section of government officials letting us know "we're safe" and we "made it", but (surprise, surprise) they lie. Every time we think we've cut a break and can breathe, mass groups of walkers appear and come after us. Some are slow, and some didn't get the memo that they needed to be slow. Their make-up is awesome, they kinda smell, and they're groaning "ughhhhh ughhhhhhhhhhh" is on point. These actors sound, look, and act like the walking dead for real. We go through abandoned parking lots, stairwells, hospitals, etc. All areas set-up throughout Petco Park, which by the way is freaking huge.
As I am running throughout the course trying my best not to get touched by these walkers, I am trying even harder not to get shoved/punched/thrown down by the participants. Yeah, remember those cross-fitters I mentioned earlier? Someone should teach them how to play nice -- this isn't a real zombie apocalypse. They even shoved Darryl into walkers. I was the only one who could shove Darryl! Geez.
So, about 45 minutes and 972 calories later (my Fitbit told me so), we survived. We end up at a government tent with about 20 other survivors where the "President" is congratulating us on making it through and once again proclaiming us safe and sound. ((Spoiler Alert)) And then the military opens fire and shoots us dead. Nice, huh? So no one really survives the Escape. But, it was awesome.
The experience was intense, physically demanding, crazy because participants acted like it was real… but, awesome. And I didn't need to sacrifice Darryl. We made it through together, Wikia-style. ;-)
A huge thanks to Wikia for letting me cover this and for Cameraman Darryl for not leaving me behind.
Check out the video and I hope you enjoy the experience. If you get a chance to check out The Walking Dead Escape at a city near you, I definitely recommend it.


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Does anyone know of a fish cleaning service around the cleveland area?
I do know that Wildwood has one, but the price seems kind of steep and you may have to wait till next day to pick up your fish.
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All I know is on the Huron river, Fred's fish cleaning service. He is a dollar a pound live weight and is usually done in 2 hours or so, longer on weekends unless you are first or so. He is dockside, so you can drop off on the way in, secure the boat, get cleaned up and something to eat and then go pick up your fish. The perchin' has been real good out of Huron.


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Something like 38% of all 911 calls in New York City are now attributed to the phenomenon known as "butt-dialing." The New York City 911 operators receive 10.4 million calls a year and nearly 4 million of them are accidental. And the Big Apple is not alone in suffering from this problem. It's a nationwide plague caused by a little-known cellphone feature.
Larger departments end up with surplus uniforms occupying precious storage space. Over the years, I have made a point of getting to know and work with the people in larger departments who are responsible for supplying uniforms and equipment to their officers to make use of that excess.
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In a reflective look at past failures and present successes, Ben Goldfarb writes about how the natural runs of salmon can show us how a river, how an ecosystem, is supposed to behave. And we must pay attention, he urges, for "Eventually, empty rivers don't seem so bad, or so unusual. That gradual forgetting isn't unique." Via Adventure Journal.
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VW has taken off the wraps of the VW Golf GTI Adidas edition and VW Golf GTI Excessive edition at the Woerthersee tuning festival. Nice!
The Adidas is a three-door GTI that carries the name of the famous German sportswear brand. The only exterior differences are small Adidas badges on the B-pillars and unique 10-spoke alloy wheels. On the inside, the usual GTI plaid upholstery has been supplanted by a black finish with red side bolsters and the Adidas triple stripe down the middle. Cars equipped with the DSG dual-clutch gearbox also get an old-school shift knob with golf ball texturing.
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Boulevard month on the Live block, you could get $2 Boulevard draws on Friday nights. The culmination of Boulevard month is this Friday with some special beers on tap. Boulevard Hoppy Wheat will be available for general consumption as well as Boulevard's newest Smokestack beer, Nommo Dubbel (pending whether it passes a QA test at Boulevard this week). Not so adventurous? You can still get Boulevard Wheat and Pale Ale for $2 and Tank 7 and Collaboration #2 will also be around on tap.
In addition to the special beers on tap, Boulevard's Alex Rodriguez, who was one of the forces behind the creation of Hoppy Wheat, will be around to answer questions, give tips and apologize for the third baseman with the same name. If you get there early enough you may still be able to get a sample card which will allow you to get a tasting glass (just like the Gents use), a tasting card and 4 free samples.
To my knowledge, this is the first public opportunity to taste Nommo Dubbel (not Test Dubbel or whatever else they've called it for the past year). Plus it's a pretty good opportunity to get your hands on some Hoppy Wheat or Collaboration #2 if you haven't tried those yet. It should be warm enough outside to enjoy yourself.
Next month will be Lagunitas month with the same deals including maybe some special brews at the end of the month event.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Guido and Nommo
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- AnonymousJuly 26, 2011 at 2:35 PM
For those that avoid P&L like the plague, where would we find the new specials? Is Live Block a bar or a part of P&L? ThanksReplyDelete
- Bull E. VardJuly 26, 2011 at 2:45 PM
In the courtyard where the stage is by Gordon-Biersch. The actual bar where the beer is is just outside of McFaddens.ReplyDelete
Any idea what a good time would be to turn up? I'm aiming for some Hoppy Wheat and a tasting glass...ReplyDelete
- Bull E. VardJuly 28, 2011 at 8:26 AM
You'll wanna be there pretty close to 4 if you want a tasting glass.ReplyDelete
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If the spell is as you say, to make someone realize the trouble they cause, it could be either a blessing or a curse spell, depending on how you choose to look at it.
As a blessing it could cause a complete change in the person when they see what others do about them. Now this is only a blessing if they are completely oblivious to what they are doing and how they are precieved. If they are not, and they feel justified in their actions or at least have rationalized them to a point that they are okay with what they have done, than this could come as a curse to them. It would depend greatly on what the person has done. Not all acts that you see as bad are seen that way by others. If you do not know the story of this person's life it may be best not to cast such a spell on them as it could cause some serious problems
its my father... i know you may think it strange, but we have given up 10 years of our lives to care fr him after my mother died, 6 months ago he found a new woman, nothing wrong in that... he suddenly announced that he was going to move in with this woman (with a few weeks notice) this virtually leave us without secure housing as i said previousley, we gave up 10 years of our lives to make sure he was never lonely etc, so lived in the same house... he has decided to up and leave with just his clothes, leaving me and my sister to deal with the house, sorting it, clearing it, all the finances that go with it... and at any given moment the landlord could kick us out if they fnd out my dad has left... my dad has just walked away... only comes back for short periods (a few hours) to visit, my sister took an overdose with all the stress its causing and even on the night she was in hospital my dads (girlfriend) was asking what time he would be back... my dad didnt even bother to stay .. did as he was told and went back to her.. i feel she is controling him as he has had a complete personaility change .. even other family members are shocked by his behaviour.. its as if he is frieghtened of saying no to her....
Many thanks for your reply.. i had not actually thought of a truth spell before, but to put one on her, what would that achieve? but yes i know my dad has been telling 'fibs'.. i feel his relationship with this lady is based on money pure and simple as suddenly he is moving in with her a few weeks after winning some money on the lottery..
All i know is this woman has no compassion, and that she even disowned her own daughter because she didnt approve of something she did, she has 3 grandsons, but only one grandson bothers with her.. and that is all i know... my dad hardly bothers with his sde of the family anymore, even seeing his great grandson less frequently.. and yes it hurts when your own father choses another family over his own.. especially after all we have done for him... something isnt right.. this much i am certain of.


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In the dustbin of technology, what happens to player piano rolls, cassette tapes, CDs, and so on when the companion machine is broken, missing or forgotten?
The evolution of technology and its machines produces an insatiable appetite for the next shinier, faster, easier mode of experience. Thus, the desire to acquire and to satisfy this appetite becomes a machine of desire that desires a machine. Each new generation in the history of automated devices for recording sound, communicating thoughts, or reproducing experience, was once the "next best thing" that everyone wanted, but societal desires have moved on to newer, shinier machines.
Although the CD is still a functional medium for holding information, CDs are becoming increasingly passé. But when combined into a quilt of digital memory in the shape of a victrola horn, the texture and scale of the visual result offers an alternative experience of desire; an experience that thrives on the traces left by what once had been "the next best thing", creating new memories that fall outside technological economies of desire and acknowledging the overlooked complexity of, for example, buying next month's new cellphone.
On First Friday, March 7th, the opening of this installation will be accompanied by a performance on the Theremin by local musician Mark Kuykendall.
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Here we are again at Three-Word Thursday, where Fish Hack can "shed" a little light on why Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis (allegedly) used deer-antler spray to speed up his recovery from a triceps tear to compete in Sunday's Super Bowl.
He could have made it back two weeks earlier had he used elk-antler spray. Bigger critter with way-larger antlers. But the creamy white butt he'd develop would have been a sure give-away.
Creamy. Performance-Enhancer. Bother.
The concept that deer-antler spray would somehow give someone an illegal leg-up over non-sprayers is as astonishing as it is under-used.
The spray that Lewis as well as several Alabama players allegedly used before their 2011 football championship is banned by the NFL and NCAA as a performance-enhancer.
Who would have known that a little forked-horned buck could give Lewis just enough to win a Super Bowl on the eve of his retirement.
The lesson here is Mr. Parks and Rec Hoopster: Buck up, literally. Maybe your can use some PEDs to elevate your jump shot enough to slip two dimes under your shoes.
And to Crappie Roll-Caster among the fly-fishing ilk, maybe deer-antler spray can elevate your lame-ass roll cast to 14 feet instead of the historical 6.
Elk-antler spray should get you out there a full 16 feet. Not good enough to tag out on the Applegate River during winter steelhead season, but far enough to scratch a few.
So don't bother.
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Carmarthenshire farmers Huw and Sheila Davies played host to visitors from Denmark following promotions by Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) that saw a 20% uplift in sales of Welsh lamb.
MENY, which operates 120 superstores in Denmark, rewarded their in-store butchers who had sold the most Welsh Lamb with a 'farm-to-fork' tour.
Visiting Llandre Farm offered the butchers a chance to see traditional and sustainable farming practices. "The butchers were fascinated by the way we handle the sheep," said Huw. "Denmark is a very flat country so they saw a great contrast in what we have here in the spectacular Dolau Cothi valley.
"They said that Welsh Lamb is their lamb of choice," he added, "And that it's been taken up very well by customers there. It was a joy to show them around, and hopefully it will help HCC in promoting Welsh Lamb even more in the Scandinavian market."
Mike Rasmussen, a manager with MENY said that the retailer has seen a 20% growth in sales of Welsh Lamb. He said: "We started selling lamb from Wales last year and have seen its potential. Welsh lamb is very nice, it has a very good story and it was really nice to see it with my own eyes.
"Danish customers like cuts which are easy to cook with without too much fat. This trip will motivate the butchers working in the stores to tell their customers about how Welsh Lamb is produced and tell the story to the Danish people."


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Dear Liz,ReplyDelete
I'm backing away from the table now. Love the dialogue. And I learned a new word, "spliff." Good one.
Sorry - did I scare you? 'Spliff' is the word they use round here - I'm sure there are hundreds of others!Delete
EBay's probably the place to sell something like this!!ReplyDelete
'Lamp for sale - slightly stained'?Delete
He found a terrifying use for those lamps. Good story.ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm still not sure which one she used!Delete
This was very funny! What a sale!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Glynis - do you think she actually sold it?Delete
What could be better than a murder weapon to light your beside reading... Nice one.ReplyDeleteReplies
If those are the kind of stories you read last thing at night!Delete
Spliff? Is that a dolt? or a pothead? I've lived with an obsessive compulsive everything in its place. I can imagine the satisfaction of cracking one over the skull. I think it best he get rid of the murder weapon ASAP. Very clever.ReplyDeleteReplies
It's a roll-up with an added ingredient. OCD is of course something we should sympathise with, but living with it is a pain in the ....Delete
It's best to use one without a shade, because of the blood splatter. Er, I mean I expect it would be ...ReplyDeleteReplies
That's why I get my lamps from John Lewis...ReplyDelete
Lots packed in there, Liz - a great little tale!Replies
I can't remember the last time I bought a lamp! John Lewis? Oh if only I still lived in UK?Delete
Oh dear, I'll never buy used lamps again.ReplyDeleteReplies
You'll be okay as long as you check them for blood!Delete
Great story - I have bought lamps at garage sales before but I never did a CSI test on them for blood - I guess I will next time. ha ha Good job! NanReplyDelete
Great story - checking for blood from now on at garage sales!ReplyDelete
Well, I keep writing a comment and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. If it doesn't work this time - I give up - BUT, I like your story. I am going to check for blood from now on. Thanks! NanReplyDelete
NANCLAIRE you managed three comments so you are obviously pressin all the right buttones, Perhpas i should go back and chanch shose where ?i think I've left two>ReplyDelete
Well done, Liz. A chilling conclusion! At yard sales, I often find myself wondering about the history of the items for sale...ReplyDelete
My response just disappeared too... I'm going to guess that it's off to some back room to be ok'ed by Liz. Let's hope. But confusing... to see your comment disappear! :-pReplyDeleteReplies
Dear tales-etc, thanks for both your comments! I enabled 'comment moderation' last year after my blog was invaded by spammers. I try to check regularly so that genuine comments appear quickly.Delete
And no extra charge for incriminating finger prints? Such a deal! Delightful story!ReplyDeleteReplies
No - it all goes in the same price.Delete
Loved the dialogue all the way :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you camgal - these 100 worders seem to work well with dialogue, don't they?Delete
Oops. Paul really shouldn't have opened his mouth, since it got him silenced forever.Well atleast I won't be making the same mistake... :DReplyDeleteReplies
It's always wise to agree with your wife's choice of household goods!Delete
Yup, I learned a new word too!ReplyDelete
I have interesting friends - can you tell? :)ReplyDelete
Great short! Now I have to go look up "spliff."ReplyDeleteReplies
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Earlier this year at the annual Vimy dinner at the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto, (former) Hon. Col. John Selkirk (of the Brockville Rifles), rose to thank the dinner's keynote speaker. Broadcaster, author and journalism professor Ted Barris had just completed a 60-minute visual and impromptu presentation on the Battle at Vimy Ridge, in honour of the battle's 90th anniversary.
"Our history has a friend in Ted Barris," he said. "The stories of individual Canadians and their extraordinary achievements will never be lost if they are in his hands."
Writing military history was not Ted Barris's first choice. Like most writers, he began his writing career in search of stories, and, like his father (Alex Barris) before him, has established a solid reputation for getting the facts straight and telling the history well.
Born in Toronto in 1949, Ted knew in grade school he wanted to become a writer. Coincidentally, it was during his research for a term paper – The Causes of the War of 1812 – and at the urging of an inspirational elementary school teacher (Mike Malott) that he fell in love with history and historical writing. The practical side of writing hit him early, however, because while attending high school, he earned spending money by contributing stories on high school activities to the neighbourhood weekly, the Agincourt Mirror.
In 1968, Barris entered Ryerson Polytechnical Institute's three-year Radio and Television Arts program. Again, he used his newfound skills to land part-time work hosting the weekend all-night show at CJRT FM and occasionally reading news on CBC Radio. He also explored documentary, for the first time, co-writing and co-producing half a dozen radio docs for CBC Radio's weekend youth program, Action Set, hosted by Al Maitland and John Kastner. Though he graduated with an RPI diploma, he eventually returned to his studies, made up the credits required and received his Bachelor of Applied Arts from Ryerson University in 1976 (receiving his degree at the same graduation as his wife Jayne MacAulay – they had married in 1975).
Drawn initially to journalism associated with entertainment coverage, in the early 1970s Barris wrote freelance music reviews for the Globe and Mail, and a number of Canadian show-business magazines such as Wingit, Pop and Grapevine; he also had longer features published in such Canadian periodicals as Canadian Composer and RPM Magazine as well as American magazines Rolling Stone (San Francisco), Film News (New York) and Country Sky (Los Angeles). This writing put him in line for a staff position with Warner Bros. Records in the company's artist and repertoire department, but instead he moved west to work in radio and television. For two years he worked on staff at the University of Saskatchewan, writing, directing and editing educational TV. One short film he wrote and directed – a public service message about noise pollution – won the White Owl Conservation Award (Montreal) in 1973.
While residing in Saskatoon, Barris discovered data about the earliest days of steam navigation on western Canada's major waterways; he learned that there were first-hand witnesses, diaries and files in local archives brimming with similar material; so he set about tracking down the sources for a potential manuscript. On receipt of a Canada Council grant in 1974, he began researching, interviewing and writing his first book – Fire Canoe: Prairie Steamboat Days Revisited (McClelland and Stewart, 1977). The book was technically a bestseller, but enjoyed sales principally in western Canada. The book gained additional attention when the federal government decided to recognize western Canadian steamers with a series of commemorative postage stamps.
In 1978, Barris took up freelancing fulltime – as a journalist and broadcaster – moving back and forth across the country as work demanded. In print, he was published in both national and regional press, while on-air he contributed to numerous CBC Radio programs (including Morningside, Arts National, Sound of Sports) and to National Public Radio (Washington, D.C.). He also story-produced for several shows on TV Ontario during this time and wrote a syndicated TV pilot, Whatever Happened To…? about historic figures, events and phenomena. His documentary work was again recognized in 1978, when his conversations with witnesses in The Sinking of the Titanic aired on CKO, earned him the International Billboard Radio Documentary Award (New York).
Taking up residence in Edmonton in 1979, Barris returned to his writing of history as a focus for much of his freelance work and income. He wrote scripts for the Alberta Educational Communications Authority (ACCESS), including documentaries on Aboriginal and Metis life, as well as a series of history documentaries called The Alberta Experience, which celebrated the province's 75th anniversary year. His scripting on the CBC TV show Tommy Banks Live helped earn the show a CBC TV Prix Anik Award (1981); he was an ACTRA Award finalist (1979) for scripting the variety special A Little Part of Canada (co-written with his father, Alex Barris); and his script for the NFB documentary Elk Island: Prairie Sanctuary won the 1985 Golden Sheaf award at the Yorkton Film Festival. In that ten-year period in Alberta, as well, he served as regional president of the Alberta branch of the ACTRA Writers' Guild.
Again he contributed regularly to periodicals in the region, including book reviews for Western Report, and features for Edmonton Magazine and Western Living. During his stay in Edmonton he also wrote his next three books – Positive Power: The Story of the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club (ESP, 1983); Rodeo Cowboys, the Last Heroes (Prairie Books, 1985); and Spirit of the West (Key Porter, 1987). When Hurtig Publishers began preparing entries for its new Canadian Encyclopedia (1985), Barris was invited to write several history entries ranging from sport to navigation to wartime material.
Using Toronto as his base again in the late 1980s, Barris began writing a syndicated weekly column, called The Barris Beat (it is now in its 16th year) and he freelanced on-air principally for CBC Radio (as backup host for such programs as Metro Morning, Ontario Morning, Radio Noon, etc.) He began writing for Facts and Arguments in the Globe and Mail and when the National Post came on the scene in the 1990s, he wrote features for its Issues and Ideas section. He also moved to feature writing for such national periodicals as 50Plus magazine and Masthead magazine. And his features focusing on Canadian military history began appearing in Legion magazine, the Canadian Aviation Historical Society Journal, Airforce magazine and Esprit de Corps.
Documentary radio and periodical writing about Canadian military history led to longer manuscripts and the first of his military books – Behind the Glory: The Plan that Won the Allied Air War (Macmillan, 1992); Days of Victory: Canadians Remember 1939-1945 co-authored with his father, Alex Barris (Macmillan, 1995); and Deadlock in Korea: Canadians at War 1950-1953 (Macmillan, 1999). All were bestsellers in hardback and paperback. Macmillan also published his book Playing Overtime: A Celebration of Oldtimers Hockey (1995).
As a spin-off of his military writing, Barris was invited to join the roster of speakers travelling the country as a guest speaker for the Association of Canadian Clubs. Numerous veterans' organizations, regimental associations and military museums across the country called upon him for keynote speeches, A/V presentations and Remembrance Day dinners. For instance, he was headline speaker at the Allied Air Forces Reunion (Toronto, 1993), the Billy Bishop Museum commemoration (Owen Sound, Ont., 1994), the 50th anniversary observance of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (Yorkton, Sask., 1995), the Lancaster Museum Reunion (Nanton, Alta., 1996), as well as regular "history night" speaker at the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto.
In 1993, Ted Barris received the Canada 125 medal "for service to Canada and community." In recognition of his work documenting the role of Canadian volunteer soldiers during the Korean War, and subsequent presentations of his manuscript material/research on behalf of veterans before the Veterans Affairs parliamentary committee, the Korean War Veterans Association of Canada awarded Barris an honorary lifetime membership in the KVA. In 2000, the University of Toronto invited Barris to submit a learned paper during a conference on Canadian/Korean perspectives in the new millennium; his research was subsequently published in book form as Canada and Korea: Perspectives 2000. He also received a citation of merit for his assistance in awareness and fund-raising for the Durham Public School Board initiative to send high school students from that region to Normandy in June 2004 and to Hong Kong in November 2005.
Academia came calling in 1999. Centennial College's School of Communications, Media and Design (in Toronto), needed a qualified journalist and broadcaster to teach at its Centre for Creative Communications. At first Barris filled in, teaching both graduate and undergraduate students in the program's first year. The college invited him back a second year and by 2002 he had taken a fulltime position as professor of print journalism – teaching news reporting, beat reporting, copy editing, online writing, broadcast journalism, law and ethics, and the history of broadcasting. That same year he was a finalist for Centennial College's Wicken Teaching Excellence Award and received the NISOD Excellence Award (from the University of Texas at Austin). In addition to his teaching duties, Barris has introduced a high-profile Speakers' Series at the college through which colleagues in the industry – Gwynne Dyer, Pamela Wallin, June Callwood, Linden McIntyre, Carol Off, Royson James, Naomi Klein, Knowlton Nash, Anna Maria Tremonti and Lloyd Robertson, among others – have spoken to Centennial students, faculty and staff. As a continued connection with those celebrated media names, Barris underwrote and introduced the June Callwood Scholarship at Centennial College, the award designed to recognize and assist (with small financial bursary) the work of aspiring communication students with a particular passion for advocacy communications. He also re-instituted Remembrance Day activities at the college; each year since 1999, the communications school has come to a full stop as invited veterans offer first-hand accounts of their wartime experiences during a full November 11 observance.
During this same period Barris completed two other books on non-military subjects. In 1999, he co-authored with Rod Austin Carved in Granite: 125 Years of Granite Club History (Macmillan); and in 2001, he co-authored with Alex Barris Making Music: Profiles from a Century of Canadian Music (Harper Collins). As a long-time member of the Writers Circle of Durham Region, Barris also spearheaded an annual celebration of authors. The "Words In Whitby" series of public interviews (a la Actors' Studio) allowed writers and fans outside Toronto to witness hour-long conversations on stage as well as autographing sessions with their favourite authors. Over the six years of the event, Barris has interviewed at length such writers as Pierre Berton, Charlotte Gray, David Adams Richards, Wayson Choy, Nalo Hopkinson, Wayne Johnston, Robert J. Sawyer and Joy Fielding.
In 2004, his most popular Canadian history work up to that time was released by Thomas Allen Publishers, on the 60th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. JUNO: Canadians at D-Day, June 6, 1944 was a bestseller on the day it was published and yielded a stream of media appearances, including featured guest on CBC Radio's Sunday Edition; colour commentator (with Lloyd Robertson) on CTV's coverage of the D-Day 60th Anniversary as well as CTV's Canada A.M.; featured historian on TVO's Studio 2; and keynote speaker at the Empire Club's tribute to the D-Day anniversary (televised on Rogers Communications).
A rewritten and updated 60th Anniversary Days of Victory edition was published by Thomas Allen Publishers in 2005, as well as a republished edition of Behind the Glory: Canada's Role in the Allied Air War, completing Barris's trilogy of books on the Second World War. In honour of Year of the Veteran observances across Canada, he was invited (among other places) for a return visit and speaking engagement at the Empire Club of Canada in December 2005 as well as the RCMI. Recently, he has also been called upon to offer letters of support and/or endorsements for inductees to the Aviation Hall of Fame, and applicants for the Order of Ontario and the Order of Canada. He also appeared on national television in support of the campaign to keep Fred Topham's WWII Victoria Cross medal in Canada. In March 2006 at the 78th Fraser Highlanders annual dinner, the regiment presented Ted Barris with its 2006 Bear Hackle Award of Excellence. Previously awarded to such military dignitaries and historians as Brig. Gen. Denis Whitaker, Dr. Jack Granatstein, Maj. Gen. Lewis Mackenzie and Dr. Terry Copp among others, the citation noted Barris's "contribution to Canadian military history and efforts to preserve that Canadian tradition."
This spring, Thomas Allen released his 15th book, Victory At Vimy, Canada Comes of Age, April 9-12, 1917. The book received national coverage and accolades from most reviewers. In praise of the book, the Calgary Herald said: "through a masterful use of oral histories, personal letters and memoirs…Ted Barris has created a fitting memorial to the ordinary Canadian soldiers at Vimy. The Globe and Mail said Barris "brings back a world from beyond the horizon of living memory." And the National Post reviewer called Victory At Vimy " must read." The book has remained in the top-ten on most major bestsellers lists throughout the spring of this year (2007).
Barris's growing library of Canadian military books and his regular public appearances to speak about Canadian military history, have sparked an additional activity. For the past four years, Toronto-based Merit Travel has invited Barris to act as historical consultant and guide for veterans' revisits to Second World War sites – in 2004 to Juno Beach, in 2005 to liberation sites in Holland, and in 2006 to the U.K. to visit the locations where their secret war was waged against the Axis. Then earlier this month, he led a tour to join the 90th anniversary observances at Vimy Ridge, in France. Each tour has attracted scores of veterans, their families and history buffs alike to revisit historically significant locations as Barris offers period anecdotes and perspective of the military events that took place there.
As he completed his remarks of thanks to Ted Barris at the end of the 2007 RCMI Vimy dinner, earlier this month, Hon. Col. John Selkirk passed along his personal gratitude for a moving exclamation point to the evening's observance, as well as a membership in the institute. He explained that the RCMI could do well to have the likes of Ted Barris and his strong sense of Canadian history closer at hand, more often.