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Henry and Mudge and the Funny Lunch Cover - Section 3: Partner Work
Henry and Mudge
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Objective: SWBAT use the illustrations in the text to deepen their understanding of the characters, setting, and plot.
Common Core Connection
The standard RL1.7 allows students to analyze the illustrations and use them to deepen their understanding of the characters, setting, and events in a story. In this lesson, students get to practice this skill and also their evaluation, speaking, and listening skills, all of which engages them in higher order thinking activities. Speaking and listening are the foundation for effective communication, which is a necessary skill to be prepared for college or a career.
Lesson Overview
I try to use complex texts in my lessons that are well-suited to the specific skill I am trying to teach, and Henry and Mudge does just that for this lesson. The text allows the reader to analyze the emotions of the characters specifically because the illustrations show very clear images of the characters' emotions.
The students work in small collaborative groups and transition about every twenty minutes throughout the lesson. I have created a video for Transitions and small groups (Peanut Butter Jelly Partners) in the resources in case you want to know more.
Beginning Activity
I project the lesson image on the Promethean board and ask the class to discuss what the image shows about the character, setting, or events. While the students are discussing, I am listening to assess their prior knowledge. Then I share some great things I hear.
Next, I explain that we will be doing a read aloud and I will stop periodically for us to discuss the illustrations. You will then analyze some illustrations on your own. Last, we will share and evaluate each others work. Students need to know the flow of the lesson so they feel comfortable. In addition, it really helps with classroom management if the flow stays the same in each lesson.
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Guided Practice
Now we move to the desks for the guided practice and I read the story aloud. When I get to the first picture I stop and allow the students to talk to their partner about how the illustrations I describe the character, setting, or events. We stop at each of the pictures in the links for analysis.
I remind the class to :
- Check the colors used in the illustration for mood.
- Check the expressions on the characters' faces for emotions
- Check the action in the illustration for additional details about the event it portrays.
Then I ask one student to share their ideas. Last, other students engage in a discussion by adding to what the previous person said. I then add their ideas to the chart on the board.
- Henry and Mudge Picture 1
- Henry and Mudge Picture 2
- Henry and Mudge Picture 3
- Henry and Mudge Picture 4
I usually put a sticky note on the places where I want to stop in my book. At each picture I have noted ahead of time with a sticky note, the students pair share about how the illustrations add to the description of the characters, setting, and events. Then one person shares aloud. The class engages in a discussion and I finally write their comments on the chart.
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Partner Work
The students are moved to the center tables to work in small groups. I give each group a copy of Henry and Mudge and the Funny Lunch. They use the text's illustrations to find evidence that deepens their understanding of the characters, setting, and events. I try to use pictures that show some emotion from the character and the children have a lot of expression in the illustrations:
- Henry and Mudge and the Funny Lunch Picture 1
- Henry and Mudge and the Funny Lunch Picture 2
- Henry and Mudge and the Funny Lunch Picture 3
The students use a simple graphic organizer that we have used in previous lessons to list the picture and how it adds to their understanding of the character, setting, or events. By using the same graphic organizer for these lessons my students are able to focus on the skill, and not how to use a new graphic organizer. Keeping some things consistent helps first graders as they learn new things, and too many new things can be very overwhelming to young learners.
Now I am getting to my role in this section, which is walking around and getting the students started. After they get started, I keep walking around reading their work and stopping to check for understanding. If I see several groups missing one thing, I just stop and help the whole class. Sometimes I just say, "hey class, I see that everyone is struggling here so I need to make sure you understand." Then I just start explaining. This is a very complex time for me as the teacher because I am analyzing their work, and trying to guide the class in the right direction without feeding them the answers, all at the same time. I typically do this with questions. How does Henry feel? How do you know? What expression does his make? How do you feel when you make that face? Where is he? What does he want? How can you tell?
My notes and planning strategies are in these videos: Partner Practice with Notes and Partner Practice Planning Notes.
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Student Reflection
Next the students transition to the lounge for the students reflection. This is where about three volunteers will present their work to the class, and the class will evaluate.
- Here is the students' Presentation
- Here is the Peer Evaluation
As you can see in the video, students give their peers specific feedback on what they need to do to make their work better or something they really like. One of my favorite comments has been, "you got the conclusion right because it is kind of like the one Mrs. Aymett did." The student still needs support isolating what about my model is good, but this shows that the student is able to make a connection and reference a model. I want the students to avoid saying good job because it's not specific enough, and if somebody does say that I just ask them to think deeper.
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As the lesson comes to a close the students remain in the lounge since this section only takes about five minutes. It is at this time I want to know what my class knows, and where we need to go from here. So, I ask the students to discuss with their peanut butter jelly partner one thing they learned and one thing they would like to learn. As the class discusses I listen and restate some of the things I hear. Then I ask other students to add to that to create a discussion. Last, we discuss where we will go next and probably I will raise the complexity in the text and continue working on this same skill. Finally the lesson ends with the students echoing the lesson goal: I can analyze illustrations to add to my understanding of the characters, setting, and events.
Thank you so much for sharing this lesson. I am excited to teach it. The only thing that I am a little confused about is in the Partner work section. You share 3 pictures but on the video portion you have 4 pages marked. Also, the questions you share are for 4 pictures. So I will use the 4 pages that you marked in the video. Thanks again.
P.S. In the partner work are the students focusing on the 4 pages that you have chosen? Or do they comment on any of the pages?
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DWTS All Stars, Week 3 – Dancing by the Numbers
Anyone else find it somewhat (ok, not at all) coincidental that the two women likely in the most trouble with voters were also at the top of the leaderboard, yet had dances that were not even close to tied for the best of the night?? Don't get me wrong, I like both Melissa and Kelly very much, but even with docked points for breaking the rules, Shawn and Apolo belong at the top of the leaderboard. The only thing that comes to my mind is that they are doing fine in votes, and Melissa and Kelly both need protection from Kirstie and Bristol. Why do they warrant protection and Drew and Helio don't?? Well…Drew and Helio don't work for ABC. Melissa and Kelly (and Gilles) both do work for ABC. There are no coincidences. Sure, Apolo and Shawn are likely fine – but it chaps my ass that for two weeks in a row Apolo has gotten screwed and this week Shawn joins him. There is no way – no way – that either Melissa or Kelly deserve to be a full point and a half ahead of Apolo. I say, give them each a 25.5 or 26, Apolo a 27 or 28 and Shawn a 27 (only because she broke the rules).
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- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
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Posted: 09/25/2012 01:19:53 PM PDT
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Hyundai, which has lagged its rivals in battery-powered electric cars, aims to leapfrog that technology and roll out what it calls the world's first production fuel-cell electric vehicles at this week's Paris auto show.
The South Korean automaker is betting that fuel-cell electric vehicles will be a more realistic future auto technology than pure battery electric cars such as Nissan Motor's Leaf.
Those models have struggled to win over drivers as the batteries are expensive, take hours to recharge and can only drive short distances. Toyota this week scaled back plans for its all-electric eQ minicar, saying it misread the market.
A fuel-cell converts hydrogen and oxygen into water and generating power to drive an electric motor. Fuel-cell vehicles can run five times longer than battery electric cars on a single power-up, and it takes just minutes to fill the tank with hydrogen, compared with 8 hours or so to recharge a battery.
Hyundai, which has watched Toyota make the running with its hybrid Prius model, wants to jump ahead in the fuel-cell market.
But it will offer just 1,000 FCEVs, based on its Tucson crossover, from December through to 2015 in Europe as it looks to more than halve production costs to $44,700.
Trade media have put the initial sticker price at around $88,000, a hefty price tag for a brand that made its name with cheaper, feature-filled models.
While fuel-cell electric cars may go further, manufacturers
still have to wrestle with the high cost of production -- double or triple that of battery-powered electric vehicles -- and a lack of refuelling infrastructure.
"We aim to reduce prices of fuel-cell vehicles to match battery cars by 2020-25," Lim Tae-won, the director in charge of fuel-cell research at Hyundai and its affiliate Kia Motors , told Reuters ahead of the Paris auto show.
He said fuel-cell cars would overcome the "range anxiety" -- or fear of running out of power far from a charging point -- of battery-electric cars if the refuelling issue was resolved.
A 2008 McKinsey study of 11 global carmakers predicted as many as 1 million fuel-cell electric cars on Europe's roads by the end of the decade, but industry experts caution demand will depend on customer acceptance of the technology, government aid and, crucially, the availability of hydrogen filling stations.
"The great thing about a battery powered electric car is that power sockets can be found anywhere," said Andreas Winckler, managing director of the services unit of Frankfurt trade fair operator Messe Frankfurt Medien und Service, which has leased both battery and fuel-cell electric cars from Mercedes-Benz since November.
"Before we installed the first charging stations here, we just opened a window and ran an extension cord out to the car."
Winckler noted there was just one hydrogen filling station in the entire Rhein-Main region around Frankfurt, continental Europe's financial hub, but it had been broken for weeks. "That's clearly the big dilemma with fuel-cell cars," he said.
Hyundai's Lim said it would cost more to develop a hydrogen refuelling infrastructure than one for electric battery charging, but each hydrogen station would process more cars as it would take just minutes to fill up.
German industrial gases producer Linde is investing tens of millions of euros with Daimler to build 20 hydrogen filling stations by 2015. For now, Germany has only seven.
The aim is to bring down the cost to that of a natural gas filling station, around 300,000 euros, or $387,500, from around 1 million euros today, said Ulrich Buenger, a coordinator at the European Hydrogen Road Tour 2012, which is funded by industry and the European Commission.
In Seoul, Lim predicts fuel-cell will ultimately become the leading alternative fuel technology, though hybrids will dominate during that transition. For now, Toyota is alone in increasing sales of hybrid-electric vehicles, while General Motors, Nissan and others have struggled to live up to the hype with their early battery electric models.
"Battery electric car makers entered the market too early without resolving problems such as range anxiety and costs," Lim said. "It was a hasty approach. The battery electric cars may have helped raise brand value for a couple of years, but ended up slowing down the take-off in the market."
Hyundai's production-ready fuel-cell electric vehicle can run as far as 588 kms (365 miles) on a full charge, similar to traditional gasoline vehicles, Lim said, while Nissan's Leaf can drive only up to 73 miles per charge.
Toyota slashed its plans for the eQ to sales of just 100 in Japan and the United States from previous forecasts of several thousand, saying battery technology could not live up to consumer demands. "The current capabilities of electric vehicles do not meet society's needs, whether it's the distance cars can run, or the costs, or how long it takes to charge," said Takeshi Uchiyamada, Toyota's vice chairman, adding that fuel-cell vehicles looked to have more potential.
"The biggest problem is how automakers bring down costs and how much infrastructure will be in place," he said.
Hyundai hopes to get a jump on its rivals by offering 1,000 of its FCEVs, overtaking Daimler and Honda Motor, which have leased only small numbers of their fuel-cell vehicles -- the Mercedes B-Class F-Cells and FCX Clarity, respectively. By 2015, Hyundai aims to have the capacity to build 10,000 FCEVs, rising to 100,000 in 2020, when it expects the loss-making business to achieve "economies of scale," Lim said.
Toyota plans to launch sedan-type fuel-cell electric vehicles from around 2015, and predicts sales in the tens of thousands by the 2020s. Nissan is working on a fuel-cell vehicle with Daimler for 2016 and will also unveil a concept fuel-cell sport utility vehicle, the TeRRA, in Paris.
GM shifted funding from fuel-cells to push Chevrolet Volt electric car with range extender, but sales have been sluggish.
In a KPMG global survey of 200 auto executives, one in five expected fuel-cell electric cars to attract more consumer demand than pure battery electric cars in 2025. Sixteen percent went with battery cars. Hybrids, including plug-ins, provide the best mid-term solution, the survey, published in January, showed.
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A brilliant retelling of the classic fairy tale, Rapunzel Untangled gives an old story a modern twist that often had me laughing.
Bennett's "Author's Note" at the outset gives us the heads-up that this yarn will be a unique adventure, and it truly is.
In this alternate universe, Rapunzel is a girl who lives alone with her mother, marooned to the world by an illness that makes her über-susceptible to germs. (She's not quite forced into a bubble, but it's close.)
Her only connection to the outside is via the Internet, which was necessary for her homeschooling projects. One fateful day, Rapunzel Facebook-friends a stranger named Fab Fane Flannigan.
Their budding friendship shifts her world, introducing her to wondrous things like M&Ms, and she can't go back to the way things were before.
The sweet romance is especially touching when Rapunzel might just be killed by a kiss, and her tenderness with Fab Fane is expressed in other ways.
But her mother has a reason to keep her safe—keep her hidden—that has nothing whatsoever to do with Rapunzel's best interests.
This is a YA, though [vague spoilers for those interested in adult subject matter] there are some scary scenes, a short imprisonment and a starvation-deprivation-torture sequence—it wasn't graphic but mildly psychologically terrifying—appropriate for 13+?
I love that this retelling of Rapunzel, Untangled is so refreshingly different from the original story that it's impossible to know how the story ends. It was hard to put the book down, and when the climax approached I had no idea what to expect. Will love conquer evil, or will Rapunzel meet her destiny—and possibly her death?
As someone who enjoys good fairy tales, this story was a real treat.
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Hey guys, I need your help. I want to get a spotting scope but don't want to spend more than about $200. Yes. I realize that you get what you pay for, that's my budget! Can anyone recommend one? It's for a 100m range.
I'd like something better than the Tasco $100 ones you see at wally world. How about one twice as good for $200, is there such a thing? I've been told that Russian optics are a good deal. TAPCO has a Russian scope for $80 that I've been looking at. Anyone know about them? Thanks in advance, Gino |
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Got Tasco 15-45x60 made in china for $59.00
I can see bullet holes at 100 yards very clearly. What more do you need? [This message has been edited by JA (edited May 06, 1999).] |
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You might try some of the mail order places for a Bausch & Lomb 15x60 "Discoverer" spotting scope. They are made overseas and usually run about $200 if you look hard enough.
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Gino, I just bought a 2nd spotting scope after considering one for a long time. I read several articles on the topic and talked with various users as well as vendors.
What are the specific requirements you have? For me, it was size, ruggedness/durability/waterproofness, middle to high range optical quality, and reasonable cost (not above $400). I chose Burris 20x50mm based on its size and quality of its glass but depending on what I needed, I could have very easily chosen other spotting scopes whose functional characteristcs are as good as the Burris I bought at a lower cost with better ease of usage (for example, armored Nikon 20x60mm). On the other hand, Kowa makes an even smaller 50mm objective spotting scope that is even handier and less costly than the Burris but is not waterproof and nitrogren sealed but with a very good optical quality. If I may ask, what are your requirements? ------------------ Shutoku Shia [email protected] |
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I have a Bushnell Spacemaster 15-45 Zoom ( Model 78-1217 ). It cost me about $250. Work well. Comes with a decent tripod. Rubber armored so it doesn't get beat up.
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Fresh Goods from 661
With 2015 just around the corner (at least in the bike world) 661 has been hard at work updating their product line for the upcoming season. With a number of new protective pieces, and even more in the pipeline, we got a run-through of what to expect from them over the next few months at Crankworx.
Evo AM Helmet
First up on deck is the Evo AM helmet. Containing a lining made of Contigo foam, 661 claims it will do a better job of protecting your noggin in an impact over traditional EPS foam. The shell will come in three different sizes, and all will sport a full 360º boa closure system to create a secure fit.
Another unique feature of the Evo AM is the Fidlock magnetic buckle. It operates on a sliding mechanism, with magnets holding the closure together. After a little bit of practice, I was able to close it one-handed, and it should help reduce the amount of fumbling required to do up the helmet with gloves on.
For those interested in giving their head some extra protection in a crash, the Evo AM will also come in a MIPS version. MSRP for the Evo Am is $150 CAD for the standard helmet, and $200 CAD for the MIPS version
Exo Series Pads
Falling into the lightweight end of 661's protection levels, the Exo series of pads is designed for the kind of rider who wants something that isn't going to interfere with extended climbs, but offers enough padding to protect them should they come off the bike.
Evo Light Pads
Based around the D30 padding material, the Evo Light group is aimed at riders who are looking for big-impact protection while still maintaining freedom of movement. Elbow, knee, leg and wrist protection will all be available in mid-2015, but the big stand-out at the booth was 661's new compression top.
Comp Helmet
The Comp full-face helmet sees a big graphics update for 2015, with the idea being that helmets, shoes and gloves will all have a "colour pop," while the pads themselves remain more stealthy.
Dirt Lid Plus
Last but certainly not least, 661's Dirt Lid sees an update for 2015, with a revamped anti-microbial liner, and the Fidlock buckle system. MSRP for the helmet is a wallet-friendly $38.99 CAD
It certainly looks like the lads and ladies at 661 have stepped up their game for next season, and we're definitely interested to see where they take this historic brand to next…
Aug. 20, 2014, 1:47 p.m. - Morgan Taylor
I like the looks of that Evo AM helmet. With MIPS! The Exo pads will protect skin, but not joints. Important distinction. Better than nothing, of course.
Aug. 21, 2014, 1:21 p.m. - boomforeal
i like how low profile the new exo pads s are, and the increased
coverage, but they also look like they wouldn't offer much protection in
a serious crash. current gen pads are bulkier, but i've taken some
pretty good shots to the bendy bits and they've done their job just
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I-215 is open again, but repairing damage done to the Perris Boulevard bridge project during a crash is expected to delay construction for weeks, a transportation official said Wednesday.
A sand hauler slammed into temporary supports for the bridge Tuesday morning at a point where the highway narrows and curves, collapsing wood forms and steel beams on the freeway. The wreck snarled traffic for miles in both directions. Though southbound lanes were reopened shortly after the crash, the northbound lanes remained closed until early Wednesday.
Ironically, the initial concrete pouring for the overpass was to take place Tuesday night. Now "it appears unlikely to occur before the end of August," said Eliza Echevarria, community relations manager for the Riverside County Transportation Commission, which is spearheading the project.
Crews must rebuild forms before concrete can be poured. Echevarria said officials have yet to determine what repairs will cost, but "we're looking at someting substantial."
Taxpayers will not be on the hook for the damage, however.
Echevarria said the agency's $77 million contract with the construction contractor, Skanska, calls for the firm to absorb such costs.
"The contractor will pay for the repairs and will seek reimbursement from its insurance, and also from the operator of the truck," Echevarria said.
Similarly, the contractor picked up the tab when a truck hauling a mobile home slammed into the same bridge on July 9, 2013, on the freeway's southbound side, she said, adding that last year's accident triggered a four-day delay on the overall project. She said it is unknown how many days will be lost for the project this time.
Echevarria said despite this latest setback, the widening is still expected to be finished close to on time – in the middle of 2015.
Since February 2013, the contractor has been widening I-215 from two to three lanes on each side in a 12.5-mile section between Nuevo Road in Perris and Scott Road in Menifee. When completed, the project will give commuters a modern, seamless six-lane freeway from Murrieta to Moreno Valley.
"This is a little bit of a setback, but we will overcome that," said Marion Ashley, chairman of the regional transportation commission.
A clearer picture emerged Wednesday of how the accident occurred.
California Highway Patrol Officer Travis Monks said a preliminary investigation determined the driver was heading north in the right lane when the semi-truck moved briefly into the left lane and veered back into the right lane. Then, he said, the trailer rode up on the concrete rail along the right side, sliding sideways along it.
"It hit the support beam, which is way off of the rail," Monks said.
Monk said it was unclear why the driver moved into the left lane.


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More Concept Art From Canceled 'Avengers' Video Game Emerges
Over the past couple years, we've actually seen quite a bit of what THQ Australia's Skrull-filled Avengers video game would have looked like if it hadn't been canceled. Much of that art was of big, bulky Skrulls with superhero powers, but that apparently was only going to be one aspect of the game's bad guys.
Artist James Brouwer posted a set of images of some of his concept art to his blog a while back, and its Skrulls look quite a bit sleeker. There's also a lot more attention paid to Skrulls shifting into female forms. Check out what could have been after the jump, along with a video of the game that never was.
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That gummy grimace of pleasure after dispatching the former world No 2 Tommy Haas signified the conclusion of a splendid few days for Andy Murray. Three bloodless victories in which the Scot has dropped just one set means he can now contemplate further adventures as his critics digest the reality that this was the character who has been, at times, reminiscent of Harry Enfield's 'Kevin the Teenager' but who now has developed into a model of discipline and composure.
He is a man who can accept adversity without self-abasement and without raging against the world. Maybe a slight exaggeration on both counts, but certainly Andy Murray has grown in every sense since he was last here. As his predecessor in British affections, Tim Henman, reflected on this triumph: "His whole attitude and body language was first class. He'll be very pleased with his first week's work."
Yesterday, Murray returned to the Centre Court he vacated when beaten by Marcos Baghdatis 726 days ago, after progressing to this stage with a distinct absence of moodiness or surliness with victory against Belgium's Xavier Malisse, and France's Fabrice Santoro. Haas was barely more troublesome.
Those earlier contests had been a stroll, which he had followed by another more leisurely one with his new border terrier Maggie, and playing pool with his friends and girlfriend at his Wimbledon apartment. All part of the new image. The new man. Chilled. Ready to embrace all that Wimbledon could throw at him, under Miles Maclagan's coaching regime.
And looking ready now to demonstrate that his next autobiography will chronicle rather more achievement than his recently published first effort. Remember, that defeat by Baghdatis was his best Grand Slam performance, together with round-of-16 appearances at the 2006 US Open and last year's Australian Open. As yet, it's a life story which promises rather more than it has produced, though there were signs at the conclusion of the defeat of the 38-ranked Haas that he was seeing the ball in glorious, giant technicolour.
The only set to elude Murray was the result of a tie-break. Murray conceded: "Apart from the last few games of the second set, he [Haas] had few chances on my serve. I didn't play the tie-break too well, but I didn't let it affect me. Before I might have done. In the past, I struggled to deal with the expectancy and pressure. Now I've got people around me who are very supportive. That helps."
To describe yesterday's opponent as merely injury-prone does Haas no justice. He has had more surgery than the bionic man. Haas's best sequence here came last year when he reached the last 16, only to cry off a fourth-round match with Roger Federer because of a stomach tear. The Florida-based German has also required surgery for shoulder problems. There was a certain surprise that he actually arrived on court, without requiring a drip and nursing support.
In contrast, Murray's much-publicised ailments – a twisted ankle, injured knee, wrist damage and an injured thumb – appear a touch wimpish. Now 21, the Scot had been defeated by Haas in three sets earlier this year, at Indian Wells, but started with the kind of confidence to which he was entitled after those earlier rounds.
All highly satisfying for those in a Royal Box stuffed with the great of sport; the Brits among them harbouring expectations that Murray could become the first British men's singles champion for 72 years. Though he has work to do to attain the level of Federer and Rafael Nadal, there was plenty to enthuse those looking on, including those knights of the realm, the Bobbys Charlton and Robson and Steve Redgrave. A certain plain Mr Henman was also watching.
Murray lost the first six points but broke the German's serve in the third game, with a crosscourt forehand and a laser-targeted backhand. It provoked a relatively subdued crowd to the kind of frenzy one had expected. Yet, still, you sensed, support for Murray from many was qualified. A bit like Lib Dem voters wondering whether they should be backing David Davis. It was certainly not Henmania. But neither was it quite the Andy-apathy that some had deemed it. A young lad brandished a Saltire, but with no sign of Sean Connery this year, there was no Scottish fervour.
Interestingly, the isolated voices of support have a tendency to call him "Murray". Perhaps they can't quite bring themselves to call his Christian name. Yet.
At 4-2, Murray had three break points, but Haas's serving got him out of trouble, for the moment. One bellow of "Come on, me old Jock", induced widespread amusement as the Scot prepared to serve for the first set. The Jock duly delivered, to claim the set 6-4, with an unreturnable delivery.
While Murray had remained cool, without a hint of temper other than that trademark fist-clenching when he won a crucial point, it was Haas who, by now, had begun to cuss himself. Murray required only three games of the second set to break Haas again and was controlling events, teasing Haas with the full repertoire of shots.
Somehow it was all too straightforward. How swiftly can fortunes change. Murray was reminded of the resilience of the German, who broke back to make it 4-4. It went to a tie-break, during which the Scot served a double fault at the worst time to allow Haas to take the breaker 7-4 and restore parity.
It could have been a defining moment – the first set Murray had lost in this year's Championships. But he responded tenaciously. Though he insists that it "will take a couple more years before I'm playing at the highest level", the feeling grew all the more strong that Murray has it in him to eventually succeed here as he took the third set 6-3, for a two sets to one lead, and then claimed the fourth 6-2, to confirm he could safely make a diary entry – meet Richard Gasquet – for the second week at Wimbledon.
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Taronga is working with Himalayan Nature to protect key habitats for the endangered fishing cat in Nepal, as part of the Taronga Field Conservation Grants program.
Here's the latest update from our Research and Conservation Coordinator, Monique Van Sluys, who has joined the project team in Kathmandu and Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve:
The lodge where I was staying had a hide for bird watching and we decided to go there at dusk in the hope of seeing fishing cats.
We'd seen footprints nearby in the morning, so we knew there were fishing cats active in the area. We waited in silence for about 20 minutes. Just when I thought it was too dark to see anything, Iain Taylor from Charles Sturt University spotted something walking at the water's edge.
I could not believe it - it was a fishing cat! It stopped right in front of the hide and I had a perfect glance at its back (with binoculars).
The following day we went on a boat trip in a motorless inflatable boat, drifting downstream with a local boatman 'guiding' the boat. Whenever we saw what seemed to be a suitable habitat, we stopped to look for fishing cat footprints. We found several.
The flight back to Kathmandu after a week in the field was not without emotions, as the weather was awful. I could not see anything for the whole flight as a cold front was sitting over Nepal, from the Himalayas to the lowlands in the south.
I visited the Himalayan Nature headquarters and spent some time with staff, talking about their projects. Their team really works hard and is very community-oriented.
Yesterday I visited a 'vulture restaurant', supported by Himalayan Nature and also WWF. The idea is to have a 'retirement place' for old cows – as a hindu country killing cows is not acceptable – that can also work as a place to attract vultures.
It's still in its early stages, but the community wants to develop an eco-tourism/awareness program about the vultures. I was asked to present binoculars to the community in recognition of Taronga's support to conservation in Nepal. It was a very small gesture, but it was received as a huge present by the community.
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Ever since AMC's TV series Mad Men went on the air there has been a lot of demand for vintage and vintage inspired early to mid 1960's Mad Men dresses. Classy ladies love the sexy pencil dresses worn by Joan while our hearts resonate with Peggy's innocent personality and cute retro style. Even Betty's housewife glam is something to "ooo" and "ahh" over. Thankfully modern designers have rescued us from moth-eaten vintage frocks and brought back the fashions of the 60's with modern mad men dresses. Let's take a look at a few of the classic Mad Men clothing styles available today and where to buy them:
P.S. This is for the ladies. Men go here learn how to dress like Don Draper and the rest of the Ad Men crowd.
1960s Mad Men Sheath Dresses- The Secretary Style
While most women didn't wear their dresses as tight as Joan did, women were into form flattering pencil shapes. The pencil dress and pencil skirt came in various lengths. Your body shape will decide which length is appropriate for you- not your office morals : ) These were not meant to be worn tightly, rather the shape of the dress loosely outlined your natural body shape. Skirts had kick pleats on the back so that you could walk comfortably, not hobble down city streets.
Waist lines were still high up compared to later decades. Having a tight, tucked, thin waist had been in fashion since the 1940's and it wasn't going to go away anytime soon. Proper waist cinching undergarments were a must for all clothing of this era.
To add a vintage 60's inspired sheath dress to your wardrobe simply look for a high round neck bodice and shapely fittesd skirt. If you see one with a rounded collar or cute side tie- grab it fast. Colors range to suit you best. Plain colors more then patterns were seen on this style of dress. Formal occasions added more shine with jewel tone materials.
These sheath dresses are also called short cocktail dresses. Although the little black dress was develop in the 1920's it really took off in the 1950's and 1960's. Think Breakfast at Tiffany's.
By season 4 of Mad Men we start moving into the mid 60's with plenty of vibrant colors. This is the time where we start to see a lot of bright orange, green, yellow and loud plaids. Yikes! The sheath dress was still popular but a little less form fitting and more straight on the body. Mad men dresses still flattered the body and maintain the personality of the characters. So should yours.
1960s Mad Men Dresses: Full Circle Dresses
The full circle dress or swing dance dress is what Betty and every 1950's housewife wore. They remained popular into the early 1960's although perhaps a little less full then in the early 50's. The most common style of dress was the shirtwaist. It buttoned down the front like a blouse, fitting snugly over layers of underwear and slips, and then layed out over yards of gathered tulle. House dresses came in many patterns of checks, plaids, and flowers. The later into the 1960's the brighter the colors became and the less tulle petticoats were worn.
At the office these dresses were worn with only a slip- no huge petticoats. Peggy is the champion of the office style circle dress. A bit dated from the 1950's, she didn't quite fit into the modern look. Towards the final third season her style took on more buttons and bold patterns to reflect her evolving fashionable personality.
1960s Mad Men Clothing: Women's Pants
Other then a scene with Betty- women's pants were not worn on Mad Men. It's a shame because cigarette pants are simply adorable and flattering on more body types than the popular 1950's Capri pants. Cigarette pants were usually black, flat front, and narrow down to the ankle. They remind me of long Capri's and are often confused with each other. They are slim but not quite as body hugging as skinny pants are today. They are sometime called ankle pants or crop pants.
1960s Mad Men Clothing: Shirts, Tops, Blouses and Sweaters
When a women wore pants or a pencil skirt is was always worn with an ultra cute top. These could be button down blouses for a more casual look, or pull over sweater tops that buttoned at the back or shoulder. The plain fronted top with various styles of collars and ties were quite becoming on women in the 1960's. A slightly more conservative woman may wear a matching top and cardigan sweater called a twin set. These pretty soft knit sweaters usually button on the top only exposing the short sleeve shirt underneath. These are highly loved and collected today. If you also watch Glee you will see Miss Phillsburry wearing twin sets with pencil skirts.
1960s Mad Men Clothing: Women's Shoes
Kitten heels or classic pumps were all that women wore in the office and believe it or not at home too! Kitten heels are small, narrow heels on short, almost flat like pumps. Decoration was minimal in favor of shoes that matched your dress perfectly. Toes were pointed instead of round and never had ankle or foot straps. A slingback was still OK for summer. Sandals were present but not popular. Shop for 1950's / 1960's womens shoes.
1960s Mad Men Accessories
Purses always matched a Mad Men outfit. It was a signature of a well polished lady. The signature style for day wear was a flat, square or slightly rectangle shape, leather purse with a single arm strap in either leather or gold chain. For evenings or special occasions plastic Lucite clutch purses were a short lived but very big fad in the early 60's. These cute rounded bags opened with a clasp or had a short gold chain. Fabric or leather clutches were also common and also always matched the dress.
If you have a mother or grandmother who was a young women in the 1950s and 1960's then you probably have noticed that they still wear a strand of pearls with their dresses. Pearl necklaces were the item to have and wear. The fad was started by Jackie Kennedy and remained very popular throughout the 50's and 60's. I'm sure other gold jewelery was worn but the pearls were a stamp of fashion and sophistication.
The other popular jewelry element was the brooch or pin. Usually gold or accented in pearls every dress, sweater or jacket wore one on the upper right side. Flowers and leaves, sometime animals, were shaped into fancy gold pins. Colorful gems acted as the flower center with sprays of gold petals surrounding it. Evening wear was extra sparkly with rhinestones or fancy small diamonds throughout the design. Buy some reproduction 1950's jewelry here.
This was the last decade where a woman wasn't a woman if she didn't wear a hat. In the show we didn't see women wearing hats much since they took them off in the office. To and from work was a different story. Women's hats came in a variety of shapes and styles. Felt was the main material, shaped into cloche like hats with wide brims, or sculpted into angular shapes and balanced at an angle. One unique shaped hat style had a crescent shape to it that pinched the head on either side of the head leaving the back of the head uncovered. These were ideal for hairstyles, like Joan's french twists because it didn't mess up the hair when taken off.
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Here are some nice 1960's Mad Men dresses and accessories to help you start your Mad Men clothing wardrobe:


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Arroyo doesn't believe that it's the case. He wants it to be the case. Arroyo knows that there is a threat, but feels that he has to downplay it because when national security issues dominate the public discussion, conservatives win elections, and ultimately, he's a partisan before he's a patriot. This is why whenever the status of Islam as a political entity is raised, he immediately tries to turn it into a religious freedom issue, rather than a political subversion issue.
Islam is about more than simply holding a set of beliefs and acting on them in the private sphere, it's about imposing those beliefs on everyone around you, at gunpoint. This is what we saw in Kenya this week. Those who subscribe to that aspect of Islam, the political aspect, have no place in our Constitutional order, by their own admission. That is why they say that they want to bring it down. We have two choices, which are pretty stark: Either we allow them to undermine America and impose Sharia, or we don't. If we don't, then we have to recognize what we are dealing with and act accordingly. Arroyo claims that this is a false dichotomy, but he has yet to present any proof to the contrary, he simply presents his assertions as facts and insults anyone who disagrees, especially when they provide facts to support their arguments.--Odysseus
Sic Hacer Pace, Para Bellum.
Before you can do things for people, you must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the people!
Well, I'm still new enough here on CU to not fully know much about certain posters and their perspective on things, but I learned a long time ago that Islam -- despite what the hand-wringers and nay-sayers say -- has a long, long history of attempting to obliterate any other people or way of life that isn't, oddly enough, Islam.
They've gone and put it into their book. Their "prophet" was a pedophile shitstain that happened to capture a few imaginations.
It didn't take a lot of imagination for me, in the aftermath of 9/11, to understand Islam for what it is and what it isn't.
It isn't "peaceful." It isn't accommodating. It isn't gracious and it isn't just.
What it is - It's determined to bring its way of life to these shores and impose its will on those who don't want to be imposed on.
To them, you either join the party, be enslaved, or be killed.
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In most sports, cold-cocking an opposing player repeatedly in the face with a series of gigantic Slovakian uppercuts would get you a multi-game suspension without pay.
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Lot 1527: LUDWIG HERMANN, COASTAL LANDSCAPE IN POMMERN, oil on canvas, 68,5 x 97 cm
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Description: Hermann was a pupil at the Berlin Academy with G. Schadow but also studied in Paris and Italy. As a result his town and country Vedute are varied; depicting motifs from Holland, Belgium, Normandy and Venice. Our painting is an example of the coastlines at Pommern and Rügen that the Greifswald-born artist painted.
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Artist or Maker: LUDWIG HERMANN
Exhibited: COASTAL LANDSCAPE IN POMMERN
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STOCKTON - Jobs are opening up at the Stockton Police Department for sworn officers and trainees. Anyone with an interest should apply online at stocktongov.com/government/departments/humanResources/oppPos.html.
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� Recruit: Cadets enrolled (on their own) in a police academy can apply, be hired and get paid while still attending the academy. They become police officers upon graduation.
� Academy graduate: As the name implies, someone who has successfully graduated from a California police academy can apply and be hired as a police officer.
� Trainee: A person with no training or experience can be hired as a lower-paid trainee, and the city of Stockton will send him or her to a police academy. The trainee will be elevated to police officer upon graduation. Trainee positions are closed now but will open up later this month for a six-week application period.
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Whether you're embarking on your first century training program or your 10th, your goal is to cover the distance without bonking.
In order to maximize performance, it's essential to fuel yourself properly during training rides and racing, especially when you're riding longer than two hours.
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As a nutritionist, I've found that many cyclists tend to overestimate cycling energy expenditure, causing them to overeat and gain unwanted weight during the season.
Furthermore, taking in too many calories during training can trigger a multitude of stomach issues (e.g., nausea, diarrhea, side stitches, etc.) and ultimately harm performance.
Below is a step-by-step guide to help you determine your total calorie burn during training rides as well as your target calorie replacement needs after about 90 to 120 minutes of cycling. Happy riding!
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6 Steps to Proper Fueling
- Step one: Determine your goal cycling speed.
- Step two: Multiply cycling speed coefficient (see Table 1) by your total body weight.
- Step three: Multiply step 2 by 60 minutes to determine hourly calorie expenditure.
- Step four: Add 22 calories to step 3 for every 100 feet climbed during cycling event.
- Step five: Multiply step 4 by 0.3 to determine minimum hourly calorie replacement demands.
- Step six: Multiply step 4 by 0.5 to determine maximum hourly calorie replacement demands.
Table 1. Calculating calorie expenditure during cycling | |
Average Speed(mph) | Coefficient (cal./lb./min.) |
15 | 0.0561 |
16 | 0.0615 |
17 | 0.0675 |
18 | 0.0740 |
19 | 0.0811 |
20 | 0.0891 |
21 | 0.0975 |
23 | 0.1173 |
25 | 0.1411 |
A Sample Case Study
Joe is a 150-pound athlete gearing up for his first Ironman. He's had issues with premature muscle fatigue and cramping during previous races which has led him to seek nutritional advice for race-day fueling. We used the guidelines specified above to help devise the perfect nutrition plan for his needs.
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text: The Game That Fights Pirates With Piracy Was Just Greenlit On SteamPatricia Hernandez5/16/13 9:30pmFiled to: SteamSteam GreenlightStardew ValleyRIOTThe LegendLegends of EisenwaldGame Dev TycoonBleedKotaku RadarPC gamingIndie GamesKotakuCore432EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink This batch of recently green-lit games looks fantastic, and not just because it includes the game development simulator where piracy battles piracy. Let's take a closer look at the upcoming games that will eventually release on Steam, shall we? Bleed"An action platformer focused on stylist, acrobatic dodging and fluid, challenging gameplay."Game Dev Tycoon"Start your own game development company and replay the history of gaming in this business simulation game. Start your business in a garage in the 80's."Legends of Eisenwald"A unique mix of RPG and strategy set in a realistic medieval world, Legends of Eisenwald combines dynamic campaigns with fast-paced, yet strategic, turn-based combat."The Legend"'The Legend'" is here to leave you afraid of the dark for the entirety of your life." (A tall order!)RIOT"As the economical crisis advances, the discontent of an entire population cannot help but outburst in Riots, where the sounds of many voices get heard at once."Stardew Valley"Stardew Valley is an open-ended country-like RPG with support up to 4-player co-op!" Advertisement I think I'm looking forward to Stardew Valley and RIOT the most, what about you?Reply43 repliesLeave a reply


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I've watched the television show a few times, enough to realize that anything I might have learned back in the stone age of leisure suits and mood rings and 8-tracks, can no longer be summoned from the depths of my flimsy psyche.
I wasn't smarter than a fifth-grader in the fifth grade.
I'm sure not smarter than one now.
So while accepting the fact I couldn't trick them on things like Nevada not being part of the Four Corners or Brazil being the largest South American country by area or Mercury being the planet closest to the sun, my challenge to some of the thousands of fifth-graders running around Cashman Field on Tuesday had to be more limited in scope.
The 51s held their annual school day game, and in between a pregame ceremony of warning kids about the dangers of smoking and Las Vegas beating Tacoma 5-4 in 10 innings, I thought it important to quiz the tykes on the home team.
Jovany attends Wolfe Elementary in North Las Vegas.
1. Do you know who Noah Syndergaard is?
Jovany: "No."
2. Do you know what Major League baseball team Rafael Montero will pitch against this week?
Jovany: "No.
3. Do you know which team has the best record in Triple-A baseball?
Jovany: "No."
4. Does your inability to answer any of these questions make you doubt that you are smarter than me?
Jovany: "No."
At this point, despite Jovany's strong but odd level of confidence, I felt my Stephen Hawking facade coming on, confident the short ones could struggle keeping up if I continued my assault of queries on the 51s.
"What about fractions?" asked fifth-grader Angie.
Boy, talk about a rally killer.
There is always one in the group.
What the 9,686 in attendance witnessed, or at least the few hundred who remained following most of the kids returning to school, was a rarity when it comes to the 51s this season.
Las Vegas before Tuesday was 21-2 when leading after six innings. It led 3-0 entering the eighth against Tacoma, but then really took the school-day theme seriously and allowed fifth-graders to finish the game.
Or at least played like it.
Zach Lutz won it for the 51s with an RBI single in the 10th, but not before the home team blew the best start all season by Logan Verrett, whose 7 1/3 innings pitched included 11 ground ball outs and no earned runs.
But then the 51s went all Bad News Bears defensively to the point the only players missing from the eighth inning on were Tanner, Lupus and Engelberg.
There is a reason 51s manager Wally Backman didn't give the anti-smoking speech beforehand, because I assume there were a few packs blown through late in the game.
"We got the win, which is nice, but Logan pitched such a great game, maybe the best game we have had pitched by anyone all year," Backman said. "I'm very disappointed the way we played the last three innings. We had some mental letdowns and didn't play good defense. It happens, but that's how you let teams beat you.
"We haven't done it very much this season, but when it happens, it's not a happy time for me. The gut starts turning a little there. Those last three innings were a total letdown, blackout, whatever you want to call it. I'm happy we won, but the players knew I was pissed off in that dugout."
Overall, he's fine. His team is better than fine. It still owns the best record in Triple-A at 28-11 and still has a deep pitching staff led by the Mets' top prospect in Syndergaard.
Montero was called up this week and will pitch against the Yankees tonight at Citi Field.
Things continue to go well for the 51s, despite the fact many of the fifth-graders at Tuesday's game weren't aware of the team's hot start.
More to my intellectual speed, I discovered a group of third-graders from William Snyder Elementary strolling the concourse with their teacher, Mrs. Eitnier. Her students had shown such good behavior all year, they were allowed to attend the game with the older ones.
I had to be smarter than a third-grader, right?
"Multiplication is a good start," Mrs. Eitnier said. "We do a lot of social studies. Cause and effect. Comparing different (styles) of writing.
"We also have been studying communities and map skills."
I suppose that doesn't include the Google maps application on my iPhone that helps me get from home to the grocery store ...
"No," said Mrs. Eitnier, laughing. "They have to read the maps."
I'm out.
Las Vegas Review-Journal sports columnist Ed Graney can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 702-383-4618. He can be heard from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday on "Gridlock," ESPN 1100 and 98.9 FM. Follow him on Twitter: @edgraney.


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The Normalizing Heart
European literature is rife with great works about epidemics, from The Magic Mountain to The Decameronand don't forget La Bohème. But though America has had its share of plagues, we haven't dwelled on the subject in art or entertainment. It's too fatalistic to suit the Yankee spirit of reckless optimism. Maybe that's why, aside from a few potboilers and a story by Edgar Allan Poe, there wasn't much American fiction about epidemics, until AIDS.
This plague broke all the rules. Because its first victims in the U.S. were gay men, it immediately assumed Levitical proportions. AIDS raised the specter of sinful sex in a horrifically literal way. It was a powerful metaphor for the culture wars, despite Susan Sontag's counsel to the contrary. And to gay artists, it was a moment when the personal became profoundly political. As a result, there's a vast archive of films, dances, performances, and even symphonic pieces about living with HIV. But when it comes to addressing the epidemic as a collective trauma, no medium has been more effective than theater. What we remember most, among the scores of works about AIDS, are plays.
This week is a good time to consider how the genre has evolved. The Worth Street Theater is reviving Larry Kramer's formative AIDS drama The Normal Heart at the Public Theater, and the Public is presenting Biro, a new monologue written and performed by Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, a Ugandan American. Though most people with AIDS today are black or brown, its theatrical face is still white. Biro is one of the first times a black man's story of HIV has been seen on the American stage.
Seeing both plays back to back is remarkably revealing. In Biro, there are drugs for HIV but no way for most Africans to afford them. In The Normal Heart, no one knows why gay men are dying and nothing can be done to save them. Now, these same men would probably be holding their own, unlike the African in Mwine's piece. He's in immigration jail, having entered America illegally to be treated. Kramer's characters rage at negligence and lost entitlement. Mwine's subject has no such recourse; his only weapon is determination to survive. Kramer demands attention; Mwine can only plead, "Help me."
But for all its particularity, Biro is also typical of recent AIDS plays. It's not just an HIV story; it's a black man's odyssey from Africa to Cuba to the U.S. The epidemic must now be embedded in a larger framework if it is to resonate. Both Paula Vogel's The Long Christmas Ride Home and Craig Lucas's Small Tragedy are about the tribulations of a social unit, either a family or a group of friends. When AIDS appears, it's just another bombshella thematic layer that alerts the audience to something profound. Seen against these latter-day dramas, The Normal Heart has the singular virtue of being an AIDS play about AIDS.
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When Ned Weeks, Kramer's protagonist, burst upon the stage in 1985, I thought he was a monster from the superego. I hated his indifference to the complexity of gay sexuality, and his scorn for those who reacted with denial to a catastrophe no one could imagine. I suspected that the play's success had something do with homophobia. Its demand that gay men "stop defining ourselves by our cocks"and stop having sex entirelyseemed awfully like the traditional liberal response to homosexuality: Love the homo, hate the sex.
But I've made my peace with Weeks, and watching him thunder again last week I found myself thinking he'd made peace with me. He seemed less self-righteous and more willing to acknowledge his neurosis. I was so sure new speeches had been added to the play that I watched an earlier version at the Lincoln Center Library, but the text is pretty much intact. What has changed? It could be that the current production makes the secondary characters fuller and their conflicting points of view more potent. But my perceptions have evolved as well. I'm not so worried about the fate of homosexit's been privatized but not pulverized. And liberal society seems more willing to accept the fact that gay men fuck. With that issue off the table, I can see the play in a less defensive light. It prefigures many issues in gay politics today, from marriage to the valuation of queer culture. It reminds us that tolerance is not the same as acceptance. It captures the early days of AIDS with unflinching clarity. And it still holds its audience rapt. Ibsen Kramer isn't, but that ain't bad for a play about a world that has changed.
There was another important AIDS play in 1985. William Hoffman's As Is had no stomach for hectoring, and no politics as such. Instead, it focused on a male couple coping with the ordeal, camp humor and all. This was a more nuanced rendition of a gay relationship than Kramer'sand one that didn't require reform. As Is never became a cause célèbre, but it had a greater impact than The Normal Heart on the next wave of AIDS plays. Their theme was the nurturance that had always existed in gay society (unbeknownst to many straights). You could see this agenda in Terrence McNally's Love! Valour! Compassion! (1994), which hewed to the boys-in-the-E.R. model Craig Lucas had devised four years earlier in his film Longtime Companion. These domestic dramas tugged at America's heartstrings without being untruthful about gay life. They were every bit as effective as ACT UP.
But, needless to say, they left little room for irony. That became the terrain of plays like Vogel's The Baltimore Waltz, in which AIDS is evoked in an invented illness: Acquired Toilet Disease. Then there's Angels in America, with its grand synthesis of sex, politics, and metaphysics. These plays from the early '90s attempted to create new metaphors for AIDS, but they also pointed to a time when the epidemic would lose its symbolic power. By the new century, fewer people known in artistic circles were dying, and the anti-gay action had shifted to other issues. It became possible to create a new set of associations, in which the plague stood for the era when it arose. Along with yuppies and club kids, there was this deadly disease back in the Reagan years that can now be dressed in retro and set to music. Curtain up; light the lights.
On a bleary night, Hugh Jackman could pass for '80s song-and-dance man Peter Allen. He has the dervish-in-a-Hawaiian-shirt look down. His impersonation is the main reason why people are drawn to see Allen's life story in The Boy From Oz. But when it comes to Kleenexing the house, there's nothing like the moment when the ghost of Allen's lover (who has died of AIDS) comes back to inspire him, or when Allen's ghost urges us to follow our dreams. Something similar happens to the trans artist Leigh Bowery in the '80s milieu musical Taboo. "I'm not going to be famous as an AIDS victim," he gasps. "Promise that won't be my legacy." And it's not. Before the curtain falls, he's become a source of inspiration, with one denizen of the club scene singing, "Hold up your head/Never be afraid to shine."
How did AIDS become a reprise of "You'll Never Walk Alone"? By the same process that turns war into parades. Stylization allows us to seal up the past. We can freeze the time when panic had to be managed and desire suppressed, when death was all too proud. Even The Normal Heart has this anesthetizing effect. It reminds me that revisiting a trauma in the comfort of the present is a good way to forget. But maybe the play has another meaning for those who never experienced AIDS in its early days. To test my reaction, I went to see it with a gay man who was a child when the epidemic struck. I was stirred but unable to connect with the viscera of my feelings. He cried and cried.
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Topaz (1969)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Genres - Spy Film | Sub-Genres - Political Thriller | Release Date - Dec 19, 1969 (USA - Unknown) | Run Time - 143 min. | Countries - UK, USA | MPAA Rating - PGShare on
Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Filmed on locations ranging from Denmark to the Universal backlot, Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz is based on a novel by Leon Uris. Frederick Stafford, a veteran of European-filmed James Bond rip-offs of the 1960s, is cast as Andre Devereaux, a French secret agent assigned to snoop around Cuba in the months prior to the 1962 missile crisis. Someone is supplying Castro -- and, by extension, Moscow -- with NATO secrets; it is up to Devereaux to liquidate the "mole." Aiding Devereaux is CIA agent Nordstrom (John Forsythe) and aristocratic anti-Castro Cuban Juanita (Karin Dor), who happens to be the girlfriend of pro-Castroite Rico Parra (John Vernon). The director seems to be in awe of the fact-based storyline, and as a result, the film is more cut-and-dried than most Hitchcock efforts. Three different endings were filmed for Topaz; the Laserdisc version carries all three, as does the print available to the American Movie Classics cable service. According to the MPAA, the film was originally rated M but later changed to PG; however, a number of home-video issues of Topaz officially list it as "Not Rated."
Cuba, espionage, French [nationality], scientist, secret-agent