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Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Don Mancini
Writer: Don Mancini
Producer: Ogden Gavanski, David Kirschner
Stars: Fiona Dourif, Michael Therriault, Adam Hurtig, Alex Vincent, Elisabeth Rosen, Grace Lynn Kung, Marina Stephenson Kerr, Zak Santiago, Ali Tataryn, Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif
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Following four years in an asylum, Nica Pierce questions her sanity when multiple Chucky dolls seemingly start a new killing spree.
It took four years in a maximum-security asylum following her conviction for murder, but Dr. Foley successfully convinced Nica Pierce that the diminutive doll she claims killed her family was a figment of her imagination. Nica's ongoing therapy now continues at Harrogate, a remote facility filled with an assortment of schizophrenics, delusional baby killers, and a man who alternately believes he is either Michael Phelps or Mark Zuckerberg.
Nica's ongoing therapy also includes intimate sessions with a Good Guys doll named Chucky. Dr. Foley picked one up at Hot Topic, hoping to heal Nica by forcing her to confront her fears head on. Nica doesn't want to face one Chucky doll, let alone two. Yet that's exactly what happens when Tiffany Valentine shows up to drop off a doll that belonged to Nica's niece Alice.
When strange suicides start decapitating criminally insane patients, Nica immediately assumes the deaths are no accident. She's suddenly sure one or both Chucks are somehow up to old tricks. What's weirder though is that if Chucky is indeed haunting Harrogate, how is Andy Barclay still in possession of a severed, sentient Chucky head with a shotgun hole in its face?
Picture the "Child's Play" series on a graph of competing sine waves where one line measures each installment's traditional frights while the other constitutes comedic value. The horror line initially dominated the humor line, although the gap between peaks grew until "Seed of Chucky" really widened the margin with its emphasis on campiness over creepiness. "Curse of Chucky" (review here) then brought the humor back down, submerging it under the horror wave once again, to match an overall mood more synched to the first film's thriller tone.
"Cult of Chucky" stays closely in step with "Curse of Chucky" as a generally straight horror movie. The comedic curve does bump back up a bit however, as writer/director/franchise father Don Mancini is too wise of a filmmaker to take Chucky too seriously. After all, we are talking about a serial killer who transferred his soul into a children's toy using voodoo, who has also been supernaturally resurrected in one improbable manner after another. There would be something wrong if a Chucky movie didn't have some sense of humor about itself.
"Cult of Chucky" rides a fluctuating wave of its own as it oscillates atmospheres within the movie. The first half hour stays tight on a slow-to-start psychological mystery, hitting typical notes of "what's going on?" and "is this all in her head?" suggestions that don't really fulfill their promise. A particular mid-movie moment involving an open grave doubles down on inferring a sinister conspiracy at the asylum too. It, and a few other ultimately unfair misdirects, don't make much retrospective sense after the plotline's truth is in the open.
But once Chucky starts being Chucky, which isn't until halfway through, "Cult of Chucky" starts getting crazier with the carnage, finding a more spirited personality in the process. This "anything goes" attitude energizing the back half is what has kept the series strong, relevant, and able to creatively reinvent itself no matter its missteps.
As venerable fright film franchises go, only "A Nightmare on Elm Street" has been as fearlessly imaginative regarding its sequels. "Cult of Chucky," like every "Child's Play" movie before it, willingly does whatever it takes to feel fresh, please fans, and keep its own continuity in check while still taking risks to further the fiction. It doesn't always work, and doesn't always work within this sequel specifically, but the commitment to quality over cash grab is clearer here than perhaps any other horror series.
Meta humor breaks a few fourth walls in groan-worthy ways. We don't necessarily need a Jennifer Tilly reference, or a "Hannibal" crack to leave us wondering when in the world Chucky had time to watch two seasons of a television series. On the whole however, "Cult of Chucky" comes out as a spooky, splattery scary movie with only enough self-aware satire to acknowledge how silly it is. If you've remained a happy passenger on the "Child's Play" train through the highs and lows of the previous six films, your boarding pass is still good for an entertaining ride on "Cult of Chucky" too.
Alternate capsule review from a conversation with my girlfriend:
Me: "I saw 'Cult of Chucky' today."
Her: "And?"
Me: "It was alright. Kind of silly."
Her: "Well, that's Chucky."
NOTE: There is a post-credits scene.
Review Score: 75


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~ J.C. Ryle
But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. 2Timothy 3:1-4
Friday, 10 June 2011
True Repentance Produces A Deep Hatred Of Sin :
~ J.C. Ryle
3 comments:
- EJK said...
This quote reminded me of Paul's great battle with sin he shares in Romans 7:13-25. But he also share the testimony of his great deliverer, Jesus Christ.
Just a little side note - when God was first opening my eyes to the doctrines of grace, His Wonderful Grace, one of the instrumental eye openers He used (from a human standpoint) was J.C. Ryle. Spurgeon was probably the most instrumental (humanly speaking).So I have a deep affection for those two men. Ultimately, of course, it was the Holy Spirit who opened my eyes to see God's glorious truth.
Thanks Dale
- 12 June 2011 at 02:38
Thanks for posting, and the link to the 5 Marks. Most of my internet browsing has been on/around the subject of Repentance lately, so it fitted in well.
After feasting on Calvinist blogs from around the world (America!) it's heartening and uplifting to know there's a like minded person in my neck of the woods (Moresby,Whitehaven)!
Oh, and well done for the street preaching!
- 12 June 2011 at 16:07
Thanks for the comments,
Helen where do you fellowship ?
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Moments of Grace/
Sunday morning. Â Still so much packing to do! Last night, I started getting a headache and sat down for a bit. Then the frog princess woke up from night terrors so, the packing was stalled. Â I woke up with a sweet little girl next to me. I got her milk, her burp cloth (she's always liked holding on to it while drinking her milk and falling asleep) and set her on the pillow next to me. Â Every day moments. I suppose I could complain about how early it was but, I just enjoy the moment. Â Thankful for so much even in the midst of this storm.
Afterwards, with the TV in the background, we danced on the bed and when she laid back on the bed and pulled up her shirt, I scratched her belly and let her move my hand around to where it was itchy (though I'm convinced this is not so much a necessity as it is a new game). Â It made me think of when my belly was bulging with her inside, moving around and doing summersaults. Â Though I had pretty intense Braxton Hicks and went into preterm labor at 30 weeks which put me on bedrest for the following 6 weeks, I think I had a pretty wonderful pregnancy. Â So thankful for all that I was able to experience during that time.
In the quiet of a Sunday morning, I have my very own moment of praise and worship. Â On a big bed, snuggled up with my frog princess, getting hugs, smiles and pinches. Â The recipient of so much unbridled and unrestrained love, the keeper of hugs, the captain of kisses. Â I am overwhelmed with the thought that my life has been filled with all this grace and all these blessings in spite of all of the rough patches. Â And so, I wake up to a new day feeling like a new woman simply by paying a little attention to the small moments of grace that I am given.
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Hi and welcome to Mortgage Professional, America's weekly news roundup. Well we'll have a look at the headlines that have shaped your industry this week.
Today we will be looking at 2013 origination figures, some of the negative consequences of interest rates spikes and opportunities arising in the commercial lending sector.
We take a look at a recent report that was released this week, that showed that the number of new mortgage originations during the first 4 months of 2013 was on track to be higher than the same period during 2012. The Mortgage Monitor Report released Monday by Lender Processing Services, showed that there were about 3.2 million in new originations from January to April of 2013 compared to only 2.5 million during the first four months of 2012. The report showed that originations were strong, coming close to 2007 levels. It's difficult to know however if this will mean higher origination figures for 2013 overall.
Origination numbers only reflect the data till April 2013. Therefore not including the months of May and June, when interest rates soared more than 1% to nearly 5%. Higher interest rates will reduce housing affordability. Some say 1% is equivalent to an increase of 10% cost to a home purchase. We are not yet certain how much interest rates will affect housing demand. But it will be more clear in July's new home sale figures released at the end of the month.
In a report by the Wall Street Journal this week, however Bank of America, Merrill Lynch Economist predicted that housing demand shouldn't dramatically change until rates reached about 6%. It's still uncertain whether we will reach that number this year, but the report did note that a faster uptake in rates will more negatively affect home buyer demand. On the supply side, inventory is still incredibly low, but there are signs that it's improving.
According to Redfin, an online real estate database and info provider, there are about 185,000 properties on the market nationally at the end of May, up about 4% from last month, but still down 22% from last year. Inventory could be relieved if institutional investors started releasing some of the inventory they purchased following the financial crisis, but it doesn't appear that they will be doing so any time soon. Bloomberg reported this week that Blackstone Group, one of the world's largest private equity firms that purchased more than $250 million in homes in 2012 and more in 2013, will start selling their properties to other investors who hope to do buy to rent strategies.
Under the financing arm called B2R finance, which stands for Buy to Rent, Blackstone will start financing to investors who want to use the same strategy as they did, buying properties on the cheap and making them rental properties, the strategy is expected to last for years, generating a great deal of income for investors, but continually starving the market and inventory for purchase.
It's been reported that Blackstone is on track to purchase 30,000 homes in 2013 alone. K. C. Conway, Chief Economist from Colliers International, a commercial real estate resource provider told MPA that strength in the industrial warehouse market will be driven by events like the Panama Canal expansion which is expected to increase the size and frequency of shipments on the East Coast. Conway explains that places like Baltimore, Maryland and Norfolk, Virginia which are connecting post Panama ports are cities that are likely to see the most of that industrial expansion.
That's all for this week's MPA weekly news roundup. We hope to have all your eyes and ears next time on MPA.
Sales of new single-family homes posted dismal March numbers, and Richard Cordray says the closing process requires too much paperwork. This and more in MPA's weekly update
Up to 70% of mortgage lenders may be careless with customer data, a new study says. And the House wants to overhaul the CFPB. See the news that matters to our industry on this week's MPA Mortgage News
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JPMorgan announces 8,000 job cuts, housing sees good and bad news, and a criminal mastermind slugs a prosecutor in open court. MPA takes a look at the news that affects our industry
A major lender gets dinged for interest-rate violations, a Fed honcho prognosticates on the taper, and inflatable space houses are apparently a thing now. MPA takes a look at the stories that shape our industry.
A famous whistleblower sues 22 big banks, consumers become more optimistic about mortgage credit, and mortgage delinquencies hit a 5-year low. MPA takes a look at the stories that shape our industry.
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20: Hitchhiker
written by Eli Barraza
[[SFX: tape recorder starts; Victoria serves tea]]
VICTORIA (V): Alice, dear, may I ask you something of a personal nature?
JUNE BARLOWE (JB): Vicky, four years and you still ask permission?
V: I know, but you can be quite reserved about some things! The past is the past, and all that. You're about looking towards the future. But that's what I'm asking about.
JB: Go on.
V: I get the sense that you're not sticking around for much longer in Carlsbad. Lord knows, you've overhauled the perfume counter... But this was all just you biding time for something, isn't it?
JB: Oh Vicky, it's not like that. Carlsbad was good for a while but... I've been saving up and I think I need to move back to Illinois, where there's some real greenery. I'm tired of seeing the New Mexico Sun on my doorstep.
V: Look, you're a tough woman and if you think that you need to get out of here, well, I'll miss you but I support you. Promise to send me a postcard from every rest stop so I know that some hitchhiker didn't try to murder you on the highway?
JB: Please! As if I'd ever give a lift to a hitchhiker.
V: And, as a last request, Alice, could you... I feel a little silly saying this in case I'm wrong but, I was wondering, before you left... what's your real name?
JB: Vicky, I... it's June. June Barlowe.
[[SFX: radio tuning; a rural gas station; June buys a soda from a machine]]
BEN QUIGLEY (BQ): Excuse me, miss?
JB: Yes? Oh my god!
[[SFX: June flings her soda bottle at Ben]]
BQ: Whoa there! Nearly decked me!
JB: Quentin?!
BQ: Here, let me grab that for you... And the name's not Quentin. I'm Ben. Ben Quigley.
[[SFX: Ben returns the bottle to June]]
BQ: Apologies for startling you, ma'am. I was wondering, well hoping really, if you happened to be heading north eastward on 66? Most people around here are usually heading the other way. I'd pay for gas and maybe a hot meal for the favor?
JB: Well um, Give me a minute–
BQ: Sorry about that again. Didn't mean to scare.
JB: No no, it's fine, woke me up better than the coffee-flavored sludge they had at the motel. Where are you going? I'm headed all the way to Illinois.
BQ: Pretty far for a lady such as yourself.
JB: I get by fine.
BQ: I don't doubt it, with an arm like that. To be honest, I'm not too sure where I'm headed.
JB: Well Qu- Ben. Why don't you tell me about it in the car.
BQ: Thank you kindly, ma'am. Oh, I never caught your name?
JB: June Barlowe.
QB: Barlowe. That's a nice name.
[[SFX: They get into the car; radio tuning; as they drive]]
BQ: After I got back, I thought about what I wanted to do and it was one of those cheesy moments when I was stargazing and thought, "I'd like to go there next."
JB: Where? To space?
BQ: Yeah, space! Like, you ever read Jules Verne? Or see the Frenchman's picture about it? "La Voyage dans La Lune?" Now, I dunno about getting to the moon, but I'd at least like to get to space, you know?
JB: So what's a spaceman doing in my car then?
BQ: Figured I'd get to know the country, get to know the planet a bit better before I try leaving it. All these scientists and G-Men, I don't think they spend enough time around the people and places that they're affecting, you know?
JB: Acutely.
BQ: And if I'm gonna help get America to space, then I want to get to know her a bit better. Brainiacs like me shouldn't stay in their ivory tower.
JB: Not many people think like that, Mr. Quigley.
BQ: And I think that's a right pity, Ms. Barlowe.
[[SFX: tape fast-forward; "Aura Lee" on the car radio]]
JB: Now that I'm done in Carlsbad, I thought I'd go back to where I grew up. I've got the beginnings of a... project in mind. It's late summer now but oh you'd love it in the fall, Ben, with all of the leaves and the air just feels... fresh. Nothing like the dead orange air of New Mexico.
[[SFX: "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" comes on the car radio]]
BQ: I love this song!
JB: I know!
BQ: You do?
JB: ...I mean, I know, it's a great song!
[[SFX: June turns the music up]]
BQ: Can't go wrong with the classics. Could you turn it down a little though? It's hard to talk over.
JB: I didn't realize you wanted to keep talking…
[[SFX: June turns the music down]]
BQ: You're an odd woman, Ms. Barlowe but I do enjoy talking to you.
JB: Please, call me June.
BQ: As you wish, June.
[[SFX: tape fast-forward]]
JB: I know The Invisible Man Returns isn't the best but oh it was so fun!
BQ: But did you see the Invisible Woman?
JB: How could I, if she's invisible?
BQ: Where have you been hiding a sense of humor?
JB: You seem to bring it out of me.
[[SFX: car is parked]]
BQ: I really hate to say it but I think this is my stop. Maybe we could grab another meal at Diamonds? I heard they rebuilt it just last year.
JB: I'd really like to but… I think I should continue on. Can't afford to get distracted and dawdle with such a long way to go.
BQ: Holding yourself accountable, June. I like that. If I'm to be honest, of all the people I've gotten to know so far, I'm happiest that I've gotten to know you.
[[SFX: Ben opens the door]]
JB: Ben, before you go, I'd like to... Well, if you're ever in the Chicagoland area, look me up, alright? I'd like to see you again, I mean I hope I'll see you again.
BQ: I hope so too, June.
[[SFX: radio tuning]]
JB: Yes, Mother, I made it, safe and sound. You're sure you and Dad are going to be alright in the DC house?... Yes, of course I'll be over for the holidays... No, I haven't met a MAN, I just got here. Well that's not entirely accurate, I did meet someone... No no, he was veteran I gave a ride to, that's all. Yes I know how dangerous it is–Mother, please! I did give him my name and maybe I'll see him again and maybe I won't but that's none of your business for the time being! Tell dad I said hello.
[[SFX: June slams the receiver down]]
JB: Pull yourself together, June. Just because you met a man who looks like Quentin and acts like Quentin and now all you're thinking about is... no. God gave you a brain, he expects you to use it. Especially when the heart's all used up... Now. Where to begin.
[[SFX: radio tuning; phone ringback]]
HELEN PARTRIDGE (HP): (on phone) Hello?
JB: Is this Helen Partridge?
HP: Who's calling?
JB: My name is June, June Barlowe, from–
HP: Polvo, right, you. Why on earth are you calling me?
JB: ...I'm sorry, Helen. I-I just moved back to Chicago, well Evanston, really, and was hoping to reconnect with old friends, talk about–
HP: We weren't much friends, June. Our husbands worked together. We both went to the same cocktail parties. Not much else. And Los Angeles is a bit of a hike from Chicago.
JB: Look, I'm just trying to reconnect with everyone and it's been a trouble to find people.
HP: Trouble? You know as well as I do that's all you'll have if ODAR finds out you've been snooping around. My recommendation? Stop whatever you're thinking about doing. Now.
JB: But Helen I–
[[SFX: Helen hangs up; June slams the receiver]]
JB: Dammit!
[[SFX: radio tuning]]
PATTY FITZROY (PF): Here's your tea, June. Lemme check if George is still here. (calls out) George, darlin', June's here! George?! June Barlowe our very dear old friend is here! (to June) Hm, he musta left already to go teach his class. University of Chicago, you know a lotta ODAR folks went there!
JB: You don't say.
PF: Oh June, I was so happy when you called! we thought you dropped off the face of the earth after what happened to Quentin, ah, such a tragedy. But here you are, bright as ever and that perfume! I've been dabbling in aromas myself, figured I'd have some fun with my chemistry background.
JB: –That's fascinating! And how are the others doing? I spoke to Gertrude, Helen, and Jill so far but have had some trouble tracking down the rest of the old gang, especially that Esther Roberts.
PF: You know I have no idea where Esther went off to, disappeared when we all went our separate ways. You know, she was one of those Chicago gals, too! But it's the funniest thing, you know. Last week, there I was, talking to George about how no, I couldn't go to the faculty function tomorrow, the second episode of the Lone Ranger was gonna be on, when the phone rang. It was a reporter! Asking about ODAR people just like you–well not JUST like you but anyways here I am thinking cowboys and then this Mr. Gaines fella calls asking about science! Well, I couldn't tell him much because, well, you know how it is.
JB: A reporter? Do you by any chance still have his number?
PF: Sure! Took it down just to be polite, hold on, it was around here somewhere.. oh! Of course right under George's hat. I told him earlier he looks exactly like Clayton Moore in it but he called me a big fat liar and I told him just you wait, you'll see him on the broadcast tonight, identical!
[[SFX: radio tuning; June dials the phone]]
JB: C'mon June, just call him. Pump him for information. He's only a reporter, you've dealt with those types before. He's just a silly man who probably doesn't even know what he knows.
[[SFX: phone ringback; Lou answers; music plays in the background]]
LOU GAINES (LG): (on phone) Louis Gaines speaking.
JB: Hello? Mister Gaines? I hope this isn't a bad time, I know it's late. I'm calling from Evanston. My name is June Barlowe.
[[SFX: radio tuning]]
RECEPTIONIST (R): Hello ma'am. Can I help you? You seem a little lost.
JB: Oh hello! I was just looking for an alumni directory, I wanted to reconnect with some old classmates.
R: I can certainly go and check in our records, what year was it that you graduated?
JB: Ah, well you see some of these... friends graduated a different year than me but I can't recall the exact year. Could you perhaps look them up by name? An Esther Roberts perhaps?
R: I'll see what I can do, ma'am.
[[SFX: The receptionist walks away]]
JB: Work with that man... Probably drop me the minute I tell him anything. Do it alone, like you've been. You can do this.
[[SFX: The receptionist returns]]
R: I don't have anything current listed for an Esther Roberts but we did recently do an alumni feature on a... Bridget Chambers, who graduated the same year. The photo of their class is on the wall over there. Ring a bell?
JB: Ah, there she is, right next to Esther actually! How funny. Yes, could I grab her information? She might know how to hunt down my dear ole Esther.
[[SFX: radio tuning; June returns home]]
JB: New York! I knew this wouldn't be convenient, but Jesus, it's like chipping away at a mountain! Okay, options. Call her.... Not ideal. Ask parents for a ticket.... Too many strings. I could always... Dammit June, if you're Alice down the rabbit hole, you may as well take someone else with you.
[[SFX: June dials; phone ringback; Lou answers, with music]]
LG: (on phone) Louis Gaines speaking.
JB: I've thought it over. We'll have to be careful, Mr. Gaines, you don't know what they can do.
[[SFX: radio tuning; a party]]
JB: I know it feels like we've hit a stone wall after Bridget in October but at least you haven't had to host dinner parties with the post-Polvo wives club!
LG: (on phone) They can't be all that bad.
JB: You've never sat next to Gertrude Klein on her third glass of wine... I used to be friends with these people, Lou. But now I've got this whole new perspective, listening and picking up any scrap of information I can get. But there's been nothing useful!
LG: We'll keep our noses to the ground June. Check the papers, see if anything's been tied up a little too neatly. We'll get 'em. Like you said. Any luck at your DC shindig?
JB: My mother's attempt at marrying me off to some middle aged bachelor again. I had to avoid a certain member of Paul Douglas's staff for several hours.
LG: Did you dig anything up?
JB: Unfortunately, not many were people in the mood to discuss government contracts and scientific exploits with a widowed woman over the holiday. Oh, listen, I've got to go. We'll catch up soon.
LG: Happy New Year, June.
JB: Happy New Year, Lou.
[[SFX: June hangs up; radio tuning]]
LG: (on phone) I've got a lead on a post office in Colorado.
JB: Do you think that's where they are?
LG: Maybe, but with a name like Point-of-Exile, it's oddly on the nose. I'll call you back with what I find out.
[[SFX: June hangs up; the phone rings]]
JB: Barlowe residence.
OPERATOR: (on phone) We have a collect call from Mexico, will you accept charges?
JB: Mexico? Who on earth?... yes I'll accept.
OPERATOR: Please hold.
[[SFX: lines connected]]
PETRA (P): (on phone) Ms. Barlowe. Can I call you June?
JB: Who is this?
P: I'm just an interested party, checking in on your progress in disrupting a certain government organization. I'd say my friends call me Petra but... I'm fresh out of friends. But I intend to help if you'll accept it.
JB: And what would make me trust a voice on the phone?
P: Quick on the uptake! I like that.
JB: I've been doing this for a while, Petra. These days I can smell them coming from fifty paces.
P: I've left the employ of our mutual friends recently and the skills I gained from them were attained at... a high cost. I think you'll take my meaning when I say that I've seen my future with them and it was not all that bright.
JB: I do take your meaning and I'm sorry for whatever happened to you, but who's to say that you aren't still in their employ?
P: If I was, they would have stopped you before you started. You're hitting dead ends, June, but you can still beat them! It's time you widened the circle.
JB: I'll think on it. Lou and I are partners and I'd like to discuss this... widening the circle.
P: He's next on my list to call. I'll let him know to trust your judgment. I already do.
[[SFX: radio tuning]]
LG: (on phone) Well I don't know about you, June, but I've crossed every other name off my list. If we're going to have any chance at success, we need her. If what you told me is for real, then we need her.
JB: After what she made me do, how could I possibly–?
LG: Are you sure she's to blame? You know her better than I do. Either it was intentional, or there's something else going on, now, what's more likely?
JB: [sigh] Fine. If you can track her down, if you can make a compelling case–
LG: I'll do it, June. We're close.
JB: You're a maniac. Best of luck.
[[SFX: June hangs up]]
JB: Track down Sally Grissom, that high horse riding, garbage spewing, takes no action freak! I can't believe he wants to... she's the reason why I'm here in the first place!
[[SFX: phone rings; June picks up]]
JB: Barlowe residence, please don't tell me this is another call from Mexico, those rates are ridiculous!
BQ: (on phone) Mexico? Who have you been talking to in Mexico?
JB: Oh I beg your pardon, I thought... [clears throat] who may I ask is calling?
BQ: I know it's been over a year, June, but I was hoping you wouldn't forget me that easily.
JB: ...Ben?
BQ: Oh thank god, I really had to strike up the courage to look you up and then as the phone was ringing, I realized that you might not remember me and for a moment there you didn't but you do! ...I should start over. Hello, it's Ben Quigley, the man who hitched a ride with you last year. Also the man who would like to see you maybe for dinner?
JB: Ah, you've caught me at an interesting time, Ben.
BQ: Oh. I see. Well then, I'm sorry to have bothered you, Ms. Barlowe. Perhaps another time, have a nice day–
JB: I can cook dinner! Financially, going out is a bit extravagant but I can cook... if you like.
BQ: You aren't afraid of having some man over to your home?
JB: [laughs] Ben Quigley, if you were going to do something drastic to me, you had an entire road trip to do it! No, I haven't had a guest over that I actually liked in ages, so it's no problem, really. Friday at 7 work?
BQ: It works perfectly.
[[SFX: radio tuning]]
JB: Ben, you are downright dastardly!
BQ: What? I'd gone for months surrounded by these serious gray faces, pretending I too was a serious gray faced man, and I couldn't take it anymore! I couldn't tell if he was amused at my prank or happy that he finally had a reason to transfer me to another department. Either way, I'm happy to be done with neutrinos. Not really my thing as it turns--
[[SFX: doorbell]]
JB: What on earth? Just a moment Ben, probably just a salesman... or some girl scouts.
BQ: At this hour?
[[SFX: June opens the door]]
P: Hello, June. Mind if I come in? Been traveling nonstop from Mexico!
JB: Pet... Petr–
P: Petrified to meet me? Excellent! Exactly the effect I was looking for. Sneaking up on people, kind of my thing these days. Sorry it had to be you, Lou is way higher up on ODAR's list of people to keep an eye on so I didn't want to risk showing up in Delaware. How are you, June?
BQ: Oh, it is a girl scout.
P: I'm not a Girl Scout. Yet another thing I've missed out on. Anyways, my name is Petra and oh my God, you're Quentin Barlowe!
BQ: Ah, what?
JB: Ksh, shush shhhh shhh no, Petra, this is my friend Mr. Quigley. Ben Quigley.
BQ: Quentin... you kept calling me that during the road trip.
JB: What? No I didn't.
BQ: And this young lady just said Quentin Barlowe, hang on, what's going on here?
[[SFX: static distortion]]
P: June, this is Quentin, I've seen pictures of the original timepiece team. When we agreed to get the gang together, I didn't realize... Wasn't he was dead though? Yeah, he was the reason why ODAR never allowed weapons near the timepiece.
[[SFX: static distortion recedes]]
BQ: Timepiece? ODAR? June, who is this young woman?
P: You haven't told him?!? Wait, how does he not know? Oh my God, wait, your husband was a time traveler, and you didn't even know it, and now you're trying to hide that from the earlier version of him so he doesn't end up going back and dying all over again??... Wowza, maybe I shouldn't have said all of those things out loud. I've gotten way too used to talking to myself.
BQ: June, want me to call the police? This woman isn't making any sense, I think she might be disturbed.
JB: I...I need to show you something, Ben.
P: This is all happening very fast isn't it? Try living backwards for a while–about five years a year, now that is living fast! It's really nice to be able to say these things out loud without ODAR eavesdropping on very single phone call, you know. And you're walking away, okay I will follow and close the door behind me.
[[SFX: radio tuning]]
JB: I've asked Petra to stay in the dining room while I explain things. At least the things about us.
BQ: Please, just tell me whatever you mean to tell me.
JB: The reason why I keep calling you Quentin is that... I was once married to a man by the name of Quentin Barlowe.
[[SFX: June opens a photo album]]
JB: We met in 1943, married not long after. Never took to a person so quickly, really. We were relocated to Polvo so fast we didn't even have to time to get our own house together. Quentin worked on a government project, a machine that can move backwards in time. They called it the Timepiece. Quentin was brilliant, and they saw that and they used it. And then... the man that was my husband died. Murdered. By a bullet that was fired the week after he died.
BQ: I'll admit, June. That man bears a striking resemblance but–
JB: I know your favorite song! I know that you hate strawberries and that you used to cut out your favorite Krazy Kat strips and use them as bookmarks! I do believe, even if I don't want to, that you are that man in the photo. And I am absolutely terrified that if they killed you once, they'll do it again.
BQ: Alright, let's say I believe you. How does that young lady out there figure into all of this?
JB: She's a... friend. After you, after Quentin died I had to lay low for a while but this past year I've been looking into ODAR, looking into how to stop them from hurting anyone else. She's helped spur the investigation along. And there's a man, Lou Gaines, I've been working with him this whole time. I'm so sorry, this is a lot to drop on a person all at once.
BQ: Yes, telling a person that not only is time travel possible but that they're a time traveller, oh wait, no, not yet, later, also that they have a wife who was so upset by their death–
JB: Well you're technically not dead yet–
BQ: Right, the death that hasn't happened, caused said wife to go on a multi-year crusade to bring down the mysterious government organization responsible for that death! That, June, is a lot to drop on person! What does ODAR even stand for anyway?
JB: Office of Developed Anomalous Resources.
BQ: Of course it does.
JB: There's no easy way to do this. It's a bit all or nothing.
BQ: So I've gathered. Are you a time traveler too?
JB: Ha! Good gracious no. I won't go within a 10 mile radius of that infernal thing if I don't have to. Petra, on the other hand, I have a feeling she's used it quite a bit.
BQ: Well, let's go and find out.
JB: You're not... running for the hills?
BQ: Look, either you're two of the most interesting lunatics I've ever met, or you're right and we're dealing with time travel. I said I wanted to be involved with the new frontier, right? Well this is it. Plus, if you are right, I'd really rather not die in 1945. Let's go out and talk to this Petra.
[[SFX: radio tuning; June and Petra do the dishes]]
P: That was a fun conversation.
JB: You seem to be a part of a lot of those.
P: Keep an eye on him, June. I'm not saying that he's a turncoat or will be. I'm talking medically. Pay attention to his speech patterns. If he coughs. If he gets confused about the order things happen...
JB: Do you think he might have, what did you call it, Butterfly Syndrome?
P: I'm not sure if there's an effect on people who have yet to travel but the brain really doesn't take well to paradoxes.
JB: Yours did.
P: And I paid an impossible price for it. At least you got him back, June. I'm never going to see them again.
JB: You know, sometimes you sound so very young and other times you sound older than I am.
P: Yeah, well that's pretty much how I feel all of the time.
[[SFX: more dishes]]
P: So, do you really think that Lou can convince Sally Grissom to help us?
[[SFX: June drops a plate; she collects the pieces]]
P: Oh sorry, sore subject. We only ever heard all the good stuff about her. ODAR propaganda at it again.
JB: Yes, well she brought them the Timepiece on a silver platter.
P: Though, June, I mean... I know you went through hell but you know that Sally hasn't exactly had an easy time of it herself, right? I'm not excusing anything she's done but... just don't throttle her if she shows, okay? ODAR screws everyone over equally.
JB: Not equally.
P: Point taken. Okay, new topic: what do you think of using code names when we get the gang together? I was thinking I could be Strider or OOH! Mountain Shroud!
[[SFX: radio tuning; teletypes and a radio scanner]]
JB: Petra, when I said that you could use the guest room, I didn't mean for you to set up your own war room–
P: There's someone pacing outside your house. She looks like she might be talking to herself.
JB: Oh god. I'll get it, you stay here.
P: And now she's walking up the walkway... no, no, she's turning around... wait she's coming back again, nevermind she's changed her mind. You'd think she'd get dizzy! Oh, and now for the final approach... oh my God it's actually her!
[[SFX: radio tuning]]
SG: So… No mushroom canapés I see.
[[SFX: June sets her cup down a little too hard; Petra enters]]
P: Lou called earlier, said the others should be arriving in a few days.
SG: Others! Yes, awesome other people with whom I may interact, we can all interact! Draw up plans, take down ODAR…. and, all that jazz….
[[SFX: silence; Sally coughs]]
P: Butterfly Syndrome?
SG: What? Oh, no. Just feeling really weird… You know June, I didn't think we'd, you know, hug or anything but I figured that words would, um, be exchanged and you would bring me up to speed on everything, and this terrible knot in my stomach would untie itself, and I could stop feeling like I was gonna throw up god damnit I really have the worst reversaries, girl cannot catch a break–
JB: You haven't apologised.
SG: I'm sorry.
JB: Excuse me?
SG: I'm sorry. Look, June, I have spent a lot of time feeling guilty over my role in ODAR and the Timepiece and ruining people's lives because there is so much more that's happened that you have no idea about. I was practically Miss Havisham level not leaving my house for a while. So yeah, I am sorry. I didn't mean for any of this to happen. But I'm not here for a pity party. I'm not here to get yelled at. I'm here to figure out how to fix this. I have an idea that might work! We tried it once before but then, Nikhil... the man who I was working with. They got him before we could put it into motion.
P: Nikhil? N-Nikhil Sharma?
SG: Yeah, you know him?
P: I... um... I'm going to make another cup of coffee. Does anyone want some? No, okay cool.
[[SFX: Petra exits]]
JB: I'm sorry. About your friend. This... Nikhil.
SG: Thank you.
JB: Let me be clear with you. I do not like you. My world is lesser with you in it and nothing you can say or do will ever change that. I know that we need you and you need us if we are to pull this off. But we will never be "pals." Clear?
SG: Crystal.
JB: Good. There are also some other things that we need to discuss.
SG: I know, first we have to figure out how to break into ODAR, actually we might be able to circumvent that if we got our hands on our own Rainbow generator or maybe built one ourselves but dammit they probably have those papers under lock key and ODAR time agent bullshit but what if, hm, I wonder what Victor Lambert is up to these days, probably still behind bars after that Christmas fiasco in Polvo but it might be easier to break him out rather than getting the–
JB: Sally.
[[SFX: knock on door]]
JB: Ah, there he is.
SG: I thought Petra said that the others weren't arriving for a few days.
JB: Oh, she meant Lou and his people. No, this is someone... well I can't fully explain it but you'll recognize him.
[[SFX: June opens the door]]
JB: Ben, this is Sally Grissom. Sally, meet Ben Quigley.
BQ: It's a pleasure to meet you Ms. Grissom.
SG: I... How... It's Dr. Grissom.
[[SFX: tape recorder stops]]
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Episode 20: Hitchhiker features –
Hannah Trobaugh (June Barlowe)
Lee Satterwhite (Quentin Barlowe/Ben Quigley)
Susanna Kavee (Helen Partridge)
L. Jeffrey Moore (Lou Gaines)
Lia Peros (Petra)
Kristen DiMercurio (Sally Grissom)
Lily Richards, Eli Barraza, Erin Bark, Aze Gates (additional voices)
with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson
Original music by Mischa Stanton and by Eno Freedman-Brodmann.
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Sustainable Consumption & Production
The Overbrook Foundation's Sustainable Consumption & Production program seeks out efforts that support innovative ideas in sustainability, particularly around the production and consumption of materials. Projects funded range from promoting EPR (extended producer responsibility) legislation to building sustainable paper markets to innovative recycling methods. Climate change, with a particular focus on energy efficiency and youth engagement, receives distinct but limited support.
Below are the Foundation's 2013 grantees through its sustainable consumption & production portfolio.
Alliance for Climate Education
General Operating Support - $50,000
The Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) was founded in 2008 to educate high school students about the science behind climate change and inspire them to take action. Not many organizations can say that their work has reached over 1.6 million five years into their formation. Nor could many claim that they're actually changing peoples' minds on climate change. However, ACE is doing both. It recognizes that it is critical not just to raise awareness of climate change and its effects among youth, but to actively engage them in the debate and encourage them to take leadership roles. ACE's mission is to fundamentally shift the attitude and behavior of a generation and build the will to solve the climate crisis. ACE achieves this through an education and action program that accelerates climate science literacy among teens, providing leadership training and opportunities, and inspiring students to become climate leaders and innovators in the green economy.
American Sustainable Business Council
General Operating Support - $25,000
The American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) is a growing coalition of business organizations and businesses committed to creating a vision, framework and policies to support a vibrant, just, and sustainable economy. Its members are innovative business organizations and companies that counter the strategies of "old economy" businesses by instituting sustainability in their operations and advocating for sustainable policies. Since 2012 it has added 45,000 new businesses and 50,000 individuals, bringing its membership up to 165,000 and 300,000, respectively. Its top leaders have met with President Obama, testified at Congressional hearings, organized the first-ever Business Summit for a Sustainable Economy, built a presence at state-level in 14 states, and significantly increased its media coverage, using these strategies to elevate business power on crucial sustainability issues.
Consumer Packaging and E-waste Recycling Initiatives - $35,000 (second payment of a two-year grant)
Founded in 1992, As You Sow promotes environmental and social corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy, coalition building, and innovative legal strategies. In As You Sow's report Unfinished Business, it estimates that $11 billion of recyclable materials are wasted annually. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a proven strategy in other countries that shifts the responsibility for post-consumer waste from taxpayers and municipal governments to companies that produce the packaging, creating incentives for producers, increasing packaging recycling rates, providing revenue to improve recycling systems, and reducing carbon and energy use. As You Sow is now engaging with 20 companies to develop plans for packaging that will lead to higher recycling rates and reduce environmental impacts. This shareholder advocacy initiative will integrate with ongoing corporate and grassroots efforts to pass EPR policy at the state level. As You Sow is also pressing electronic retailers to provide electronic take-back programs and large corporate technology users to pledge the use of "e-Steward" certified recyclers when retiring equipment.
General Operating Support - $45,000
Clean Production Action (CPA)'s mission is to design and deliver strategic solutions for green chemicals, sustainable materials and environmentally preferable products.The organization's unique role is to translate the systems-based vision of clean production into the tools and strategies that NGOs, governments and businesses need to advance green chemicals, sustainable materials and environmentally preferable products. Projects include GreenScreen, currently the leading application for identifying safer chemicals, and BizNGO, which is at the center of cross-sectoral efforts to transform the chemical and material economy into a more sustainable frame.
Corporate Ethics International
General Operating Support - $10,000
The mission of Corporate Ethics International (CEI) is to ensure corporations serve the citizenry. CEI pursues this mission through several projects, including the Business Ethics Network (BEN) project, founded in 2003 and which is the organization's flagship project. BEN includes over 700 individual corporate campaign activists and 150 campaign organizations. In terms of capacity-building, BEN provides education, facilitates collaboration and increases recognition of campaign successes with the funding community and the public. Work in 2013 includes supporting their professional activist network (the Citizen Activist Network), services such as their webinars, Corporate Campaign University, activist listserv, and building on its 2012 work to help the public understand the role of the U.S. Chamber in political campaigns and corporate lobbying.
The Paper Campaign/Carbon Canopy - $10,000
Dogwood Alliance mobilizes diverse voices to defend the forests and communities of the Southern U.S.—the largest paper producing region of the world—from destructive industrial forestry. For over 10 years, Dogwood Alliance has been on the leading edge of catalyzing a shift in the U.S. paper market toward greater use of post-consumer recycled and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paper. Dogwood's goals for 2013 are to convince Yum! Brands/KFC to adopt sustainable paper packaging guidelines and practices through a sustained public pressure campaign, and to engage McDonald's in a multi-stakeholder collaborative working to improve forest conservation on private lands in the South as a strategy for achieving its new supply chain management goals. Dogwood is also working to enforce new fiber sourcing policies and actions for International Paper that address controversial logging practices and expand the acreage of Forest Stewardship Council certified forests in the South.
Sustainable Corporate Production and Consumption - $50,000
Environmental Defense Fund's mission is to preserve the natural systems on which all life depends. Guided by science, EDF believes that changing corporate behavior is as important as changing individual behavior, and works to design and transform markets to bring lasting solutions to the most serious environmental problems. Through its Corporate Partnerships Program, Environmental Defense Fund works with leading companies to create new best practices for environmental performance, leveraging their influence to create positive change. More recently, EDF has added equity leverage—using ownership positions to exert pressure for change—and a third leverage point: using peer networks to foster innovation and collaboration. EDF will continue to use all three levers to reduce energy use, global warming emissions, waste and toxic pollution.
General Operating Support - $20,000 (first payment of a two-year grant)
Environmental Paper Network was formed by nonprofit organizations in 2002 as a project to accelerate macro-level transformation in the paper industry and foster strong collaboration among organizations working toward this common goal. In 2013 EPN will focus on three areas: creating strategic opportunities for collaboration among member organizations; managing collaborative projects and resources that increase the adoption of sustainable solutions, including the Paper Calculator, PulpWatch.org, WhatsInYourPaper.com, and the Paper Steps/Eco-Paper Database; and providing capacity for participation in critical product standard rule-setting processes for the paper sector.
General Operating Support - $35,000
The Food Think Tank (Food Tank) is a new organization, created to re-frame the current policy conversation about the food system. It seeks to align agricultural systems with nutritionally sound and environmentally responsible production, and connect sustainable growth for farmers with healthy food for eaters. Food Tank launched in 2013, providing original research and an aggregation of agriculture news and commentary, curated and produced several times daily. It strives to become the go-to resource and convene on agriculture issues. In its initial years, the Food Tank plans to offer innovative environmentally sustainable approaches to alleviate hunger, obesity, and poverty by highlighting emerging research, innovations, and global stories of success in agriculture. It will showcase ideas already at work—in cities, kitchens, fields, and laboratories.
General Operating Support - $30,000 (second payment of a two-year grant)
Founded in 2000, ForestEthics has a mission to protect Endangered Forests and wild places, wildlife and human well-being. The organization carries out this mission by applying an approach of building public awareness, engaging governments, and pressuring and supporting companies—including both buyers and consumers of wood, paper and fuel—to reform their practices. ForestEthics is one of the only groups that both publicly confronts corporations that destroy forests and mobilizes environmentally responsible corporations to speak out on environmental issues, and it has led many of the world's largest brands—including Staples, Office Depot, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Target, Victoria's Secret, Nordstrom and many others—to adopt improved policies for paper procurement and usage. In ten years, it has secured agreements to protect more than 65 million acres of endangered forests in Canada and the United States.
GAIA U.S. & Canada Program: Advancing a New Materials Economy & Making Recycling Work in the United States - $40,000
GAIA is a worldwide alliance of more than 600 grassroots organizations and individuals in 89 countries and whose ultimate vision is of a just, toxic-free world without incineration. GAIA's two-part strategy, which focuses on both stopping unsustainable practices and advancing solutions, is reflected in its dual name: the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives and the Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance. In keeping with GAIA's broad purpose, the network's core activities include: organizing regional and global meetings for collective strategizing; hosting active e-mail lists that provide a virtual space for member-to-member support; facilitating skill-shares and global days of action; publishing new informational materials; and, when possible, providing technical and fundraising assistance to members in need. In 2014 GAIA will continue its multifaceted, proactive efforts to promote recycling, reuse, and composting as key environmental, climate, and job creation strategies as well as working to advance "responsible recycling."
General Operating Support - $25,000
The purpose of the Green Press Initiative is to advance systemic changes within the paper production and consumption cycle which result in the preservation of endangered forests, greenhouse gas reductions, conservation of natural resources and protections for affected communities. GPI plans to focus on the engagement of U.S. book industry stakeholders in continued progress to reach 2012 treatise paper-related benchmarks of 30% recycled/20% Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified (the industry is now at 24% and 16%, respectively), and to continue working in partnership on a new methodology for calculating paper's impact on forest carbon. In addition, it will work with the Project for Improved Environmental Coverage, a fellow initiative of SEE Innovation.
General Operating Support - $40,000
Groundswell's mission is to unlock communities' shared economic power to grow sustainability and expand prosperity on the local level. By organizing communities into collective purchasing groups and negotiating discounted rates for clean energy, Groundswell is able to make clean energy accessible to families and organizations for the first time. This expands the clean energy economy and reduces the carbon footprint of energy consumption.
Ultimately, Groundswell works to change consumer and business behavior, reduce energy consumption, create new economic opportunities by driving business to local contractors, and promote social welfare by reinvesting savings into community programs.
Healthier Hospitals Initiative - $50,000
The mission of Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) is to transform the health care sector, currently a major polluter, and to reduce harm to human health and the environment. For over 17 years, HCWH has done groundbreaking work in researching best practices, testing them and providing implementation tools for hospitals. Yet, this agenda has been put into practice unevenly through the healthcare system. The Healthier Hospitals Initiative was created to challenge hospitals to better practices in six areas: Smarter Purchasing, Safer Chemicals, Leaner Energy, Healthier Foods, Less Waste and Leadership. The Initiative has grown to 13 Sponsoring Systems, comprised of the largest, most influential heath care systems in the U.S. And, with 850 hospitals participating, the Initiative is almost halfway to meeting its goal of enrolling 2,000 hospitals (35% of the entire healthcare sector). These hospitals represent more than $21 billion in purchasing power.
General Operating Support - $50,000 (second payment of a two-year grant)
Founded in July 2008, and launched in beta in April 2009 as a NYC pilot, ioby (rhymes with Nairobi—stands for the opposite of NIMBY) is the only digital engagement platform specifically designed to direct an untapped source of citizen philanthropy to the environmental grassroots movement, bring meaningful opportunities for civic participation to environmentalist supporters, and stitch together the stories of innovation, change and community-building into a larger narrative on the importance of urban revitalization as a mechanism to address global environmental challenges. In April 2012, ioby announced its national expansion, and as of September 1, 2012, had leveraged the platform to raise and disburse nearly half a million dollars in citizen micro-donations averaging $35, fully funding nearly 200 projects that make urban neighborhoods stronger and more sustainable.
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Don't Waste LA Campaign - $35,000 (first payment of a two-year grant)
The Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) is a leading advocacy organization dedicated to building a new economy for all, grounded in good jobs and a healthy environment. Its "Don't Waste LA" (Waste and Recycling) project aims to systematically transform the waste and recycling industry in the city of Los Angeles and other cities in LA County and create a national model for resource management. In 2010, LAANE began its campaign to push for an exclusive franchise system of hauling, where recycling regulations could be strengthened, standardized, and enforced. After a hard-fought campaign by LAANE's team and allies, the City Council voted in November 2012 in favor of converting to a franchise system. Regulations and an ordinance are presently being developed with LAANE's input. For 2013, LAANE's objectives are to ensure that the competitive franchise policy to be finalized by late 2013 will maximize recycling and reuse, establish safety, labor and environmental standards for hauling and processing facilities, and will be implemented in the most sustainable manner.
General Operating Support - $50,000
Movement Strategy Center (MSC) is dedicated to transformative movement building. MSC seeks to create a movement ecosystem of deeply connected groups that share values and rely on each other to respond to the needs of impacted communities, advance policy solutions, and transform the lives of people on the frontlines of change. MSC partners with more than 300 grassroots organizations, alliances, networks and foundations that operate at local, regional and national levels. The organization places the experience and leadership of those most impacted at the center of its transformative movement building. The majority of its partners are organizations led by low-income, people of color, immigrant, youth and other marginalized populations. Movement Strategy Center seeks support to nurture connections between movement-building efforts as it launches a ten-year transformative movement building initiative. MSC's goal is to cultivate existing and emerging collaborations and alliances within and across social justice sectors to foster value-based alignment in framing, strategy and outcomes.
Natural Resources Defense Council
Promoting Extended Producer Responsibility and Sustainable School Food and Packaging - $70,000 (first payment of a two-year grant)
Founded in 1970 by a group of law students and attorneys at the forefront of the environmental movement, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has become one of the nation's largest environmental advocacy organizations. NRDC lawyers helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws. Today, the NRDC staff of more than 300 attorneys, scientists and policy experts work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Beijing. NRDC is also working to advance replicable models of product stewardship—putting the burden on producers to make sustainable choices in packaging their products and take responsibility for the waste they create—by advancing extended producer responsibility legislation in Rhode Island and California. Recently, NRDC has been asked to advise six of the nation's largest school systems—including New York City—on procuring antibiotic-free chicken and phasing out the wasteful, antiquated Styrofoam lunch trays still used in school cafeterias.
Campaign for Sustainable Products and Packaging - $25,000
Product Policy Institute's (PPI) mission is to prevent waste and to promote sustainable production and consumption practices through good public policy and governance. PPI's ultimate goal is to advance sustainability by advocating product polices that result in green design and closed loop cycling. PPI's strategy is to develop a strong framework of product-focused environmental policies at the state and local level across North America, which will ultimately drive effective national policy. PPI has reached a critical mass of support in the Northeast region, acting as an influential legislative and organizational voice for EPR legislation in six Northeastern states. PPI played a significant role in crafting EPR resolutions for the US Conference of Mayors, as well as the National League of Cities.
Product Stewardship Institute
Building Capacity to Pass EPR Legislation for Packaging, Batteries & Mattresses - $20,000
Founded in 2000, the Product Stewardship Institute's mission is to pursue initiatives to ensure that all those involved in the lifecycle of a product share responsibility for reducing its health and environmental impacts, with producers bearing primary financial responsibility. Just one year after the organization's founding, it created the nation's first cohesive, published set of goals for product stewardship in the United States, to spur a change in the way products are designed so that manufacturers, retailers, governments and consumers share the responsibility for minimizing the product's health and environmental impacts. PSI's work includes initiating and leading national negotiations in over 18 industry sectors, resulting in the development of model legislation for—and the passage of—25 state electronics laws, 10 state thermostat laws, 4 state paint laws, and 3 state lamps laws. Furthermore, PSI has laid the groundwork for the introduction of EPR laws for mattresses, batteries, and other products that it has assessed have the greatest likelihood of passing. PSI takes a collaborative approach that brings together divergent parties to develop joint product stewardship solutions.
The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice
Environmental Sustainability Program - $40,000
Founded in 2003, the Vance Center is part of the New York City Bar Association, and mobilizes the global legal profession to promote social justice, human rights and the rule of law. The Vance Center established the Environmental Sustainability Program in 2011 to provide a range of legal resources in support of environmental protection in Latin America. The Working Group engages environmental lawyers from international firms in New York City and Latin America, in consultation with environmental organizations focusing on the region, to identify systemic, cross-border challenges, and design and implement multi-pronged strategies for addressing them. Regulatory reform, collaborative advocacy and private-public partnership are strategies that succeeded in the United States, and now can start in Latin America, to promote remediation, conservation and conscientious stewardship.
General Operating Support - $40,000
The Story of Stuff Project was founded in 2008 by Annie Leonard to leverage the remarkable success of The Story of Stuff, a 20-minute web-film that explores the hidden environmental and social consequences of America's love affair with its Stuff. The Project seeks to fundamentally transform systems of production and consumption — the way we make, use and throw away Stuff — so that they serve, rather than undermine, environmental sustainability and social equity. The Story of Stuff Project team believes industrial systems should operate more efficiently and use only material inputs that are compatible with biological systems. In 2013, The Story of Stuff will produce and release its ninth web film, The Story of Solutions; produce, beta test and launch an innovative, online Citizen Muscle Boot Camp; and create and introduce three, Community-generated campaigns on reducing plastics volume and toxicity, increasing sharing of infrastructure and diminishing political corruption, with a focus on overturning Citizens United.
Urban Green (U.S. Green Building – New York Chapter)
General Operating Support - $40,000 (first payment of a two-year grant)
Urban Green Council's mission is to lead the advancement of sustainability in the urban built environment and to serve as a model for other cities through education, advocacy, collaboration and research. It helmed the Green Codes Task Force, which released 111 proposals to green New York City's codes in February 2010. Through the Council's advocacy, 35 proposals have been adopted with more under consideration. Urban Green also provides a wide range of educational and networking events for its members and the green building community at large; conducts research; and advocates for change that will make cities more sustainable. After the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Bloomberg asked Urban Green to chair the Building Resiliency Task Force.


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The Hellma Group, a leading manufacturer of optical solutions and components for the process industries and research and analytical laboratories, has concluded an agreement to acquire the assets of Axiom Analytical Inc.
The acquisition will form the world's leading supplier of optical precision modules for online spectroscopy in the field of process industries.
It also marks an important milestone in the journey to prominence of the Hellma Group, as Lutz Mayer – CEO of Hellma Holding GmbH – explained, "This transaction will represent an important milestone within our company's history which aims at further developing our market shares by solutions that fit our customers' applications accurately."
"Moreover, it will offer great potential for more innovative products for the analytics business sector."
Holm Kändler, President of the newly established Hellma Axiom Inc., added, "With the Axiom Analytical acquisition we will ensure profitability in the industrial sector of the Hellma Group and in addition will focus more on industrial trends such as the increasing automation and growing quality requirements."
Axiom Analytical was founded in 1988 by Dr. Mike Doyle and Norm Jennings, pioneers in the field of process Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy.
The company's mission at its inception, was to develop and manufacture the robust sample interfacing equipment required to fully realise the potential of vibrational spectroscopy for industrial near–line and on–line chemical analysis.
Ensuring continuity, Jennings and Dr. Doyle will work as consultants for the newly established Hellma Axiom Inc., while the company's location in Tustin, California will also remain unchanged.
Dr. Doyle said of the acquisition, "The Hellma Group and Axiom Analytical are a perfect match. The combination will enable on the one hand the strategic expansion of our business and the continuation of the past decades' successful activities. On the other hand, customers all over the world will now have access to products and know-how from the two strongest companies within this market. This is truly unique and will create major synergies."
The Hellma Group has been able to implement several successful transactions in recent years and confirmed that, based upon this experience, a team of representatives from both companies will control this integration process again on this occasion.


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The Conservatorship Process in California
In this video, Matthew Talbot discusses how Conservatorship works in the Probate Court
When is a Conservatorship Necessary?
For assisting a friend or family member with mental capacity issues, there are two main ways to help them. One way is to have them sign documents such as a Durable Power Of Attorney or Advanced Health Care Directive. When somebody signs these documents, they are appointing another person to make medical and financial decisions on their behalf. However, sometimes this avenue is not available, because the mental capacity issues are too severe or the person is susceptible to undue influence. In those situations, a Conservatorship is necessary. For those adults with special needs, a limited conservatorship is often necessary.
Types of Conservatorship We Handle
Conservatorship of the Person
Conservatorship of the Estate
Contested Conservatorships
Complex Trust/Conservatorship Matters
Limited Conservatorships
How a Conservatorship Works
A Conservatorship is the best way to assist an elderly person with severe mental capacity issues, while also providing complete and total protection. To obtain a Conservatorship, you must petition the Court requesting that they appoint you Conservator over the person with mental capacity issues (i.e. the Conservatee). A Conservator can make legal decisions on behalf of a Conservatee in several different situations.
Types of Conservatorships
Conservatorship of the Person. The Court will establish a Conservatorship of the Person if the Judge believes that the Conservatee cannot make medical decisions by themselves. Therefore, if the Court appoints you Conservator of the Person, you generally have the ability to make medical decisions on behalf of the Conservatee. You can help determine where they will reside, assist them in obtaining necessary prescriptions, and make many other medical decisions for them. Often times, people with mental capacity issues can't understand what they need to do when it comes to their health care. Having a Conservator of the Person can literally save a person's life.
Conservatorship of the Estate. The Court will establish a Conservatorship of the Estate if the Judge believes that the Conservatee cannot manage their finances or is susceptible to undue influence. If you are appointed as Conservator of the Estate, you generally have the ability to make financial decisions on behalf of the Conservatee. You take control of their assets and manage them prudently. You can invest the liquid assets and sell real property. However, there are many complicated laws regarding the management of the assets. Further, you have to account to the Court for each penny spent. The California legislature has put in many protections to ensure that no Conservator can misappropriate Conservatee funds for their own personal reasons.
Many caveats and exceptions exist when it comes to the laws around Conservatorships. This is a general overview of the nature of a Conservatorship and when it is appropriate. If you are concerned about a friend or family member being unable to manage their health care or finances, and executing estate planning documents is unreasonable, a Conservatorship is the way to go.
Temporary Conservatorship vs. General Conservatorship
A temporary Conservator is needed when there is an emergency need to protect an elderly person or their property from injury or loss. For example, if a caregiver is taking financial advantage of the elderly person, you may need to rush to Court for the purpose of obtaining temporary Conservatorship to block access to the Accounts.
If you do not obtain a temporary Conservatorship, the first hearing on the general Conservatorship is usually 6-8 weeks out, depending on the county. Here, the concern is less an emergency need to manage assets or medical care, but instead what the best course of action is to ensure the appropriate care and well-being of the elder person in the long term.
Conservatorship Litigation
I handle Conservatorship litigation and, similar to Will and Trust litigation, my main focus is attempting to mediate these matters. Conservatorship litigation can occur when multiple parties wish to be Conservator. In those instances, I try to work with all parties to find a mutually agreed upon resolution before taking the matter to trial. I have represented clients in many complex Conservatorship mediations in order to find creative solutions to family problems.
More information on the Contested Emergency Conservatorships.


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I have less than no time to write this post: work is suuuper crazy right now and I've hardly had time to cook, let alone write. But how's this for a teaser: it's taking me longer to write this post than it did to make the onion tart I'm sharing with you. Really.
As long as you don't make your own puff pastry, this tart can be put together in no time with just a bit of advance prep work (read: caramelize onions). I had a bit of time one night last week so I caramelized down two whole white onions into a big sweet mush. They served as the main ingredient of this here tart, topped off with some goat cheese, quick-sauteed mushrooms, and a few snippings of chives. That's it. And with such little effort, the whole thing still got polished off at Friday night dinner.
If I had more time to write I would -- but promise me you'll make this tart, in the meantime? I'll regale ya'll with more stories after work is done and I'm on vacation. Plus, if you're patient, I can promise awesome pictures from my upcoming cruise to Alaska!
Onion Tart Makes 2 tarts
2 sheets puff pastry, thawed on parchment paper atop baking sheets 2 whole onions, chopped and caramelized with some oil or butter over low heat for 20-ish minutes 2 cups mushrooms olive oil 3/4 small log goat cheese (enough to dot two tarts generously) a couple chives
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Saute mushrooms over medium high heat with some olive oil and a bit of the caramelized onions (for flavor). Bake puff pastry for ten-fifteen minutes, until it begins to puff and turns ever so slightly golden. Out of the oven, pile ingredients onto tarts -- first onions, then mushrooms, then goat cheese, then chives. Bake five-ten more minutes, until golden throughout and the cheese is melted. Serve immediately.


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Karen and I woke up fairly early. I think it was about 7:30 or 8. It was a cloudy morning. Zung would have been disappointed not to be able to take a Zungrise picture. Karen was going to check out the exercise facilities. I don't exercise when on vacation (if you're keeping track, I also don't cook or clean, wear a watch or carry a purse), so I headed off to the buffet for breakfast. Karen doesn't generally eat breakfast. She drinks it, but it's not what you think. She called room service for coffee and juice – orange and mango.
I was excited to go to Bella Vista for the breakfast buffet. Not for the food. I was excited to see Alex, my favorite breakfast and lunch waiter. We've seen him for years and it just wouldn't be a trip to the Grand without seeing him. I asked the hostess if he was working today and she took me to his section. He saw me coming and smiled. We hugged and then he asked where Zung was. I told him it was a girl's trip, but the other girl didn't do breakfast. He told me it was his last two days. I gasped and then he said until he was gone for 12 days on vacation. He was going to Vera Cruz to visit family. He had me worried there for a minute.
He remembered I drink English Breakfast tea and brought me a pot of hot water and two tea bags. (I love that. I don't know why most places expect you to use one measly tea bag for multiple cups of tea. It would be like pouring hot water over used coffee grounds.)
When he came back with my tea he said, "Well, since your husband is not here, that means we can go to Coco Bongo." I laughed. I am soooo not a Coco Bongo type of girl. He confessed that he had never been there and neither one of us were quite sure what goes on there.
I kept my breakfast simple – croissant, bacon (I'll work on my high cholesterol when I get home) and fruit. I read the news and emails on my iPad and posted on Trip Advisor. I said good-bye to Alex and told him I would see him at lunch and I would bring Karen.
I went back to the room and slathered on sunscreen and put on my bikini. I figure 50 is pushing it to wear a bikini. But I'll hold out until they pry it out of my dead, cold hands or I come to my senses. Whichever comes first. (When I was a young mother I thought it was unseemly to wear a bikini, so I'm making up for lost time). Besides, I'd had a request for bikini pictures. I couldn't disappoint.
The previous night I had asked Eder which beach waiters were working and where they would be. The awesome Humberto was working in front of Building 71, so that is where I headed. I was excited to see Humberto. But there was someone I was more excited to see. Someone I had pined for the three months I had been gone. I thought about him every day. I had missed him terribly. And there he was, waiting for me.
My beloved lounge chair. He was all ready for me.
"Querido, where have you been?"
"I missed you so much. Come here. Lay down on me and never leave again." I was happy to see my lounge chair had missed me as much as I had missed him. He gave me a big hug and didn't let go for a long time. Then he whispered in my ear, "Mi amor, have you gained a little weight?"
Excuse me? A gentleman NEVER asks that question. I smacked him and he went back to whispering sweet nothings.
It wasn't long before that other very important man showed up, the awesome Humberto. I asked him if he remembered me from August and he was honest, "I see so many people." He gave me some water and took my order for a Coco Loco.
I took what I thought was a picture of it, but I had accidentally turned my camera to the video button. I would love to include the video, but it's pretty expensive to embed video on wordpress, and the link to photobucket doesn't seem to work, so for now, take my word for it. I ordered a Coco Loco. (If anyone knows how to do this photobucket link thing, feel free to send me a message or leave a comment).
Humberto is the best beach waiter ever. He comes by about every 30 minutes. He's just amazing. All day long. It was fairly crowded. But he always checked to see if we needed anything regularly.
Karen and I took some beach photos.
(Cuff, this one's for you – sorry, everyone else, inside joke).
That done, we went back to doing what we do best. We took advantage of having the most awesome beach waiter, Humberto, and ordered drinks. Karen drank champagne.
The weather, in a word, sucked. It was the cloudiest, coldest day I have ever spent on the beach. I doubt it was much warmer than it was back in Colorado (which was 67). I had to huddle under a towel to keep warm later in the afternoon. Drinking was a survival move. We had to drink to keep warm. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Drinking without eating can lead to trouble. We did not want to get into any trouble. At about one o'clock (when I was sure Alex would be there) we headed to Las Brisa for lunch.
A yummy and entertaining lunch it was.
Bring on the Boom Boom!
(I talk a good game, but it would turn out, I'm a wimp).


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InfoLetter Issue #13 - Good Health is Real Wealth
Enjoy single issues of this subscription Infoletter from LTYG Wellness Circle as various experts share their knowledge to help you with specific aspects of your Healing Journey. Read through the descriptions below to find out exactly what's offered in this issue…
InfoLetter #13 - Good Health is Real Wealth
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A few days ago, I was watching a television documentary about the British theatre actress, Sheila Hancock. The presenter was explaining how, after her husband had died of cancer, Sheila had overcome devastating grief by throwing herself into her work. In fact, she was described as having "the courage to soldier on"...
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I really enjoy a book about how someone solved his or her own problem and this one is a gem. As the title indicates, it includes formulas for housekeeping - everything from air fresheners to laundry products. It covers facial skin care, whole body care, gardening, pets, pest control, home care and hobbies – from joint compound to art supplies. Chapter One gives you the basics: how to create creams and other formulas from scratch, as well as labelling, packaging, testing, and storing…


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DEAR ALI: 'How Do I Start a Relationship?'
Posted on April 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
Dear Ali, "This general lack of dating means many young adults don't even know how to get a relationship started." This quote was pulled from the same USA Today article I wrote about last week entitled, 'Is Dating Dead?', which made the case that traditional dating among young adults just isn't happening as frequently as […]
DEAR ALI: "What are some 'RED FLAGS' I should avoid?"
Posted on April 8, 2011 2 Comments
DEAR ALI, I just got out of a destructive relationship and am still facing the consequences of hurt, pain, distrust, abuse and more. I kept trying to be 'forgiving' when things would happen, hoping he would keep his promises to change, but he didn't. I guess my question is, what are some of the 'red […]
DEAR ALI: 'Why are so many godly women at my church staying single?'
Posted on March 4, 2011 4 Comments
Dear Ali, I am one of your male readers and really enjoyed your book! I also know a lot of people in my church who share similar ecclesiastical considerations as you. They trust God for a mate. They keep prayer journals. They try to engage in "joyful waiting." But they remain single. Why is this […]


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