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By the time I joined Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet he had already graduated to Covent Garden and I did not get to know him properly until 1952 when we were both appearing in a short season of ballets by John Cranko at Henley-on-Thames.
Cranko had been asked by John Piper and Osbert Lancaster to get a group of dancers together to help save the theatre from being sold off as a warehouse. This turned out to be a major turning point in Kenneth's career. Although he had been dancing important roles at Covent Garden, he had begun to suffer from serious attacks of stage fright and Ninette de Valois realised that he needed to get away for a bit from the stresses and strains of dancing at the Royal Opera House; not only could the critics be pretty vicious, but being extremely sensitive, he suffered a lot from jealousies within the company and gibes from his colleagues. Working with Cranko at Henley in a creative and more relaxed atmosphere helped him get his confidence back and gave him the feeling of being part of a family, something he had been yearning for ever since his mother died when he was just 11 years old. Cranko gave him the lead in a new ballet Dancing set to music by the jazz pianist George Shearing, in which he partnered my wife-to-be Sonya Hana, as well as other challenging roles; but most importantly, he made Kenneth believe he could be a choreographer himself.
"Kenneth's problems lay deeper than just stage fright; he seemed to have a tortured soul"
However, I sensed that Kenneth's problems lay deeper than just stage fright; he seemed to have a tortured soul and, in fact, he later confided in me that he felt he needed some sort of psychiatric help but did not know how to go about finding it. His mood swings were fairly extreme; on some days he and Geoffrey Webb, another member of the group, would pretend to be wild and crazy ghouls executing dangerous and daring acts, such as leaning out of the dicky of a friend's Triumph Roadster backwards whilst travelling at 70 miles an hour with their heads practically touching the road! Then on other days he would be full of despair and totally lacking in confidence. A serious car accident shortly after Henley made his nervous condition worse and as a result he could never travel in a car faster than 20 miles an hour, would not use public transport and never flew. This was to have repercussions later when he became director of The Royal Ballet. Because the premiere of his new ballet Ballade for The Touring Company had been scheduled to take place in Lisbon a few days before the Covent Garden company opened in New York for their first season under his direction, he had to travel there by the QE2 missing the first night with disastrous results - the public were insulted and Solomon Hurok, who had done so much for the company over the years, was both angry and hurt. It took Kenneth a long time to recover from the ill feeling caused by this bad planning.
I think it was shortly after the car crash that he started to drink a bit too much in order to overcome his nerves and feelings of insecurity; over the years this reliance on alcohol was to take a hold of him. He also went into psychoanalysis for several years and although this treatment didn't seem to help him much he always maintained that it did do a lot for the creation of his ballets, giving him a deeper understanding of the human psyche. Sometime later he went to a psychiatrist (very different treatment from analysis) and this helped him a great deal.
"he would spend hours counting out every single note, discovering hidden phrasing, using the atmosphere of the music to huge effect"
After Henley, Kenneth returned to the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet just when David Poole was starting a workshop for aspiring choreographers and Kenneth did his first piece of choreography Somnambulism to a jazz score by Stan Kenton. It was an instant success and he then did two more ballets for the group. I was in one of them, Laiderette , set to Frank Martin's Petite Suite Concertante , which required a harpsichord. The work was so successful that it was taken into the Ballet Rambert repertoire almost immediately although De Valois had wanted it for the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet but in those days, with the company's limited budget, it was not possible to tour a harpsichord. What impressed me most was his instinctive understanding of the music and his unorthodox use of it. It was a difficult score and, as he was unable to read music, he would spend hours counting out every single note, discovering hidden phrasing, using the atmosphere of the music to huge effect. We were also amazed at the way he took basic classical steps and made them look completely different, often asking us to try them backwards, turned in and with strange arms and body movements which nowadays seem quite natural. In rehearsals Kenneth demonstrated most of the steps and movements himself and then made us develop them until they looked right; he was always demanding and his choreography was very complicated and extremely difficult; much more so in those early days than in his later works. Needless to say he suffered from appalling nerves throughout and was convinced it would be a flop. In fact, it was hailed by the critics as a work of near genius and Ninette de Valois commissioned him to do a new work, Stravinsky's Danses Concertantes . Kenneth chose Nicholas Georgiadis from the Slade to design it and their association was to last throughout their careers.
Cranko gave Kenneth constant support and created the part of Moondog for him in The Lady and the Fool, probably his greatest role, though he never liked the ballet, finding it far too sentimental for his taste. Cranko also gave Kenneth the idea for his next ballet, House of Birds, based on a Grimm Brothers fairy tale, Jorinda and Joringel , He was going to do it himself but then decided it would be a good piece for Kenneth; how right he was, for it brought out another aspect of Kenneth's work which was rather macabre and frightening, but showed how masterly he was when tackling a narrative work. Kenneth used Georgiadis again and John Lanchbery found the perfect music consisting of some piano pieces by Federico Mompou, which he arranged beautifully. The result was a major triumph for all concerned. Steps, ideas and choreographic invention seemed to flow out of Kenneth and within two years he had created six highly successful works.
"He did though have a brilliant eye for recognising talent, often rescuing dancers from the ranks whose hidden talents were not always immediately apparent"
Kenneth badly wanted to stop dancing as now he had found himself as a choreographer he had lost all desire to be a performer. Madam however wanted him to continue, firstly because good male dancers were still in short supply and, secondly, because there was no money for another choreographer's salary as Ashton and Cranko were both already under contract. Happily though, the success of Danses Concertantes had been so astounding that she had no choice and he got his way. Even so, his insecurity and depression continued and he began to rely on alcohol more and more in order to get through long and exhausting days of nerve racking rehearsals. He was, however, very quick witted and fun to be with, provided he was surrounded by his few very close friends. He had very strong likes and dislikes and was often accused of only using his friends in his ballets. He did though have a brilliant eye for recognising talent, often rescuing dancers from the ranks whose hidden talents were not always immediately apparent. He and Margaret Hill, a superb artist who joined the company from Rambert, but who did not really fit into the required Royal Ballet (then Sadler's Wells) mould, struck up a deep personal relationship and he created Solitaire for her. They helped each other a great deal as they both seemed to suffer from the same problems - feelings of loneliness and rejection; subjects that were to feature in many of Kenneth's later ballets.
And then Lynn Seymour appeared on the scene. She was the perfect MacMillan dancer with a body that could make all his amazingly inventive and offbeat choreography look natural, a superb classical line, feet that could almost speak, and wonderfully expressive eyes, strangely enough with a slight cast, that made her beauty even more appealing. She was to become his muse and give him inspiration, often anticipating his choreographic thought process, suggesting steps and movements that fitted in perfectly with his ideas. They became a wonderful professional partnership and great friends, but their relationship was fairly tempestuous - they both had strong personalities with very definite ideas; but she always managed to make his often extraordinarily difficult and inventive steps make sense and brought his characters to life. Who will ever forget the rape scene in The Invitation ?
"Las Hermanas contained all the things that Kenneth could depict very well: sexual repression, violent lust, jealousy and dramatic intensity."
In 1963, Kenneth went to Stuttgart on Cranko's invitation and created Las Hermanas . He had not had a particularly good year, with only one ballet and the critics were being vile to him. I was ballet master there at the time and I sensed he was particularly nervous, not looking at all well, and his hair had become quite grey. I was quite worried that things were not going to work out; and then Marcia Haydée and Ray Barra started working with him. As usual he started with the main pas de deux and no one was allowed near. The rapport that emerged between them was wonderful; Kenneth became a changed man and he went on to create some of his most expressive and dramatic choreography. Las Hermanas , with music by Frank Martin (another score for harpsichord) and designs by Georgiadis, was based on Lorca' s The House of Bernarda Alba and contained all the things that Kenneth could depict very well: sexual repression, violent lust, jealousy and dramatic intensity. It was, to my mind, the perfect combination of steps, ideas, music and perfect casting and I could not believe how Kenneth changed from someone seemingly on the verge of nervous breakdown, into this man with a purpose that would not swerve. It made me realise the necessity of making sure that choreographers have the right atmosphere and the right artists to work with. This visit to Stuttgart made a huge difference to his creative life, and the already individual style of his work became even stronger. Cranko was actually very envious of the immediately recognisable look of his choreography and said that he knew no other choreographer with such a strong personal signature. Kenneth adored working in Stuttgart and decided that somehow, somewhere he must, like Cranko, have his own company, which in fact he did a few years later in Berlin. He went back to Stuttgart two years later and created Song of the Earth , probably his greatest work. I think he was, in some way, expressing his appreciation for all that Cranko had done for him. This gratitude was further demonstrated when he choreographed Requiem as a tribute to Cranko when he died ten years later.
Las Hermanas was a triumph. I later directed it for the BBC. It was a marvellous collaboration with a great cast: Haydée, Barra, Monica Mason as the Jealous Sister, Georgina Parkinson as the Younger Sister and Ruth Papendick as the Mother. Kenneth was brilliant in his understanding of working to the selective eye of the camera rather than a theatre audience; he would have made a great film director. We then collaborated on a new work, The Crimson Curtain , which he choreographed especially for television with Seymour and Desmond Doyle. This was another occasion when Kenneth's nerves nearly got the better of him. The initial rehearsals were carried out behind closed doors - even I was not allowed in - and he was terrified by the time restrictions that are imposed when working for television. However, when the pas de deux was finished and I was allowed in I beheld the most ravishing piece of dance that moved me deeply. Later in the studio, when this particular section was being filmed, one of the rather bolshy stagehands, who thought "ballet was only for poofs", turned to me with tears in his eyes "I didn't know that such love existed". The Crimson Curtain was based on a French film of the same name and set to a harpsichord concerto by Gabriel Pierné. It tells the story of a young girl's passionate desire for a hussar who is billeted with her family. To get to his bedroom she must creep past her sleeping parents. At the height of their lovemaking she dies in his arms. Somehow he must get the body back to her room, and we are left with the final shot of him galloping into the distance, knowing that at any moment the parents will awaken. Sadly, this strange and romantically beautiful ballet got destroyed when the BBC were having a clear out.
"I think he was probably the most honest man I have ever worked with, and the one who suffered most in the pursuance of his art."
Kenneth and I had always worked well together and when he accepted the directorship of the Berlin Opera Ballet he invited me to be his assistant director. For family reasons I had to refuse, but judging from what one hears about all the problems that Kenneth was faced with there, this was just as well. The amazing thing about Kenneth is that although on the surface he sometimes appeared to be a very gentle person, fraught with nerves and ill health, underneath he had an inner strength that impelled him to do things his way, both as a choreographer and a director. This sometimes made him unpopular with the establishment, the critics and his peers, but he always stuck to his guns. I think he was probably the most honest man I have ever worked with, and the one who suffered most in the pursuance of his art.
Sir Peter Wright was ballet master for Sadler's Wells Opera Ballet and later for The Stuttgart Ballet, where he choreographed various works. He has mounted works for many companies and led the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet to Birmingham in 1990. He was knighted in 1993 and made director laureate in 1995.


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In an illustrious career that spanned 62 years, Friz Freleng was involved in nearly every aspect of animation. As a creator, director and producer, Freleng has created or contributed to many of the most memorable and award-winning cartoons in animation history. He began at Warner Bros. in 1930 after coming from Disney, and garnered his first screen credit on "Sinkin' In The Bathtub," which was Warner Bros.' first cartoon.
Freleng remained at Warner Bros. for 33 years (Except for a two year stint at MGM, where he organized a new animation department). During this time he was a major developer of Warner Bros. characters, producing and directing over 300 cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and Sylvester and others. Clearly evident in all of Freleng's cartoons was a unique talent for synchronizing the visual gag and the accompanying background music. Additionally, Freleng's modifications to such Warner Bros. mainstay characters as Sylvester and Tweety has been so successful, the studio has not been compelled to change the characters ever since. While at Warner Bros. Freleng was honored with four Academy Awards, and nominated for seven others.
In 1963, Freleng teamed up with David DePatie to form DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, which in addition to Warner Bros. cartoon shorts, also produced the Pink Panther series, which first appeared in the opening titles of the Blake Edwards motion pictures of the same name. The DePatie-Freleng venture paid off handsomely by winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Subject. DePatie-Freleng Enterprises also created "The Inspector," "The Ant and the Aardvark," and "The Texas Toads," among others. Freleng returned to Warner Bros. in 1980 as a Senior Executive Producer, where along with new animated sequences, he produced three feature length animated films composed of his classic shorts. Of these were "The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Movie," (1981), "Bugs Bunny Rabbit Tales," (1982), and "Daffy Duck's Movie - Fantastic Island" (1983).

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We are humbly dedicated to the upliftment of our brothers and sisters living in marginalized communities. Our way is through love and the practice of Gandhiji's teachings. Please explore our website to learn more about our communities, projects, process and how you can get involved.
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Unlock the Past Researching & Writing History Seminar
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13 May 2011 8:30am - 14 May 2011 4:30pm
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- Cost: 2 days $85; 1 day only $55
Whether you are a beginning or experienced researcher, or a budding novelist, Unlock the Past's Researching & Writing History Seminar will provide you with practical information and guidance to use in your current or future projects - or perhaps inspire you to write for the first time.
The seminar will be held over two days with the option of one day attendance on either Friday or Saturday. It will be a contribution to About Time: South Australia's History Festival .
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Program - Click here for Talk Summaries and Speaker Biographies
Friday 13 May
8.30 - 9.15 registration & trade tables
9.00 - 10.00am So, you want to write history? (Peter Donovan)
10.00 - 11.00am morning tea & trade tables
11.00 - 11.45am How old is my house? (Peter Bell)
11.50 - 12.15pm Writing for magazines and local media (Cassie Mercer)
12.15 - 1.15pm lunch & trade tables
1.15 - 2.00pm Sporting history & biography (Ashley Mallett)
2.05 - 2.45pm Writing research or resource guides (Shauna Hicks)
2.45 - 3.00pm afternoon tea & trade tables
3.00 - 3.45pm Writing creative non-fiction (Carol Baxter)
3.50 - 4.05am What I meant to say was... (Jackie van Bergen)
4.10 - 4.50pm Publishing and marketing - self publishing or with a recognised publisher
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Saturday 14 May
8.30 - 9.00am registration & trade tables
9.00 - 9.40am Accessing government and private archives (Graham Jaunay)
9.45 - 10.45am Writing interesting family histories 1 (Carol Baxter)
10.45 - 11.15am morning tea & trade tables
11.15am - 12.15am Writing interesting family histories 2 (Carol Baxter)
12.15 - 1.15pm lunch & trade tables
1.15 - 1.55pm Gather, organise & preserve your personal & family stories (Annie Payne)
2.00 - 2.45pm Oral history: tips for historians - (Patricia Sumerling)
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3.00 - 3.45pm Understanding context in history or a work of fiction - (Patricia Sumerling)
3.50 - 4.10pm Printing your book - (David Sweeney, Openbook Howden)
4.10 - 4.30pm Wrap up
Attendees may choose to attend both days or one day only.
Who should attend?
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The Louisville Ballet closed its 60th Anniversary Season with a spectacular mixed repertory performance at the Brown Theatre April 13 and 14.
The production was punctuated by a piece from Louisville native and New York City Ballet principal dancer Wendy Whelan and her partner Craig Hall.
Following the performance, guests celebrated the Ballet with a reception at Theater Square Marketplace.
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A day comes that many didn't think they'd live to see
WASHINGTON — For Josie Johnson, history will come full circle when she stands in the crowd at the foot of the U.S. Capitol and sees Barack Obama sworn in as the 44th president of the United States.
Johnson, a retired University of Minnesota professor, was in another crowd on Washington's National Mall on a sweltering day in August 1963, mesmerized by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech about dreaming that someday his children would be judged by the content of their character, not by the color of their skin.
"I keep thinking that Obama was the child he was talking about, that America and the world would see his character," said Johnson, who's 77. "Never in my life did I think I would see this day. To see Martin Luther King and now Barack Obama, it's a full circle, a wonderful complete, full circle. I pinch myself once a day now."
Obama's election and his coming inauguration have triggered euphoria, disbelief, a restoration of faith in an American system that hasn't always been worthy of it, a feeling that all things are possible no matter who, or what, you are.
It's been two months since Obama became the first African-American to be elected president, but the emotions among African-Americans, especially the elderly, are as vivid and fresh as if it were still Nov. 4 with the results from California just coming in.
Jan. 20 will be just as emotional — perhaps more so — when Obama puts his hand on a Bible, states his full name and takes the oath of office before what's expected to be the largest Inauguration Day crowd in history.
"This is an incredible public racial moment, a positive one," said Katheryn Russell-Brown, the director of the University of Florida's Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations. "And it's wonderful to see this through the eyes of citizens older than me, through my parents. There was no reason for them to imagine something like this in their lifetime."
Ernie Green couldn't imagine there being an African-American president as he grew up in Little Rock, Ark., where he and eight other African-American students were taunted by whites and required protection by armed National Guardsmen as they integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
Green and other members of the Little Rock Nine will attend Obama's swearing-in ceremony as guests of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. They'll join the surviving Tuskegee Airmen, the famed African-American aviators of World War II, as special inaugural guests.
"I didn't think it would happen in my lifetime," said Green, 67, who lives in suburban Washington. "To me, personally, it makes me feel that the choice I made in Little Rock 51 years ago came to fruition."
Roscoe Brown, a Tuskegee Airman who accepted the Congressional Gold Medal from President George W. Bush last year on behalf of his fellow airmen, figured that there'd be an African-American president, but not until 2012. He's happy that the day came sooner rather than later.
"It's a vindication about beating segregation," said Brown, 86, who grew up in segregated Washington. "It's a good time, like the end of the Civil War."
Rep. James Clyburn, a son of segregated South Carolina, also speaks of vindication when he talks about Obama's victory and what it symbolizes. Clyburn, a Democrat, said he'd cried with his children and grandchildren on Election Night, three generations of one African-American family shedding tears for different reasons.
Clyburn said his were tears of "vindication for all those who kept faith in the American system." The tears streaming down the faces of his family, he said, were "tears of hope."
"Hope for a future they really thought would never come to be, as many times as I told them they could grow up to be whatever they wanted to be," Clyburn recalled. "Quite frankly, they didn't believe it, and I didn't believe it when I was telling them."
Like many older African-Americans, suburban Washington resident John Leeke began the political season doubting that enough whites could shed the age-old shackles of racism and vote for a black or biracial person to occupy the highest office in the land.
As the campaign progressed, however, and Obama's primary victories mounted, Leeke grew more confident that some attitudes had changed and Obama could pull it off.
Still, he rarely talked about it because he couldn't shake a nagging feeling that despite Obama's imposing campaign war chest, formidable organization and sizable lead over Republican presidential candidate John McCain, something would go wrong and white voters would reject him.
"Too many times we have trusted people to do the right thing and they'll turn around and do things that truly are not indicative of doing the right thing," he said. "Given that, I'm thrilled, pleased, excited and haven't settled down since it was a done deal."
Like Leeke, retired professor Johnson didn't say much to her family and friends about Obama's chances during the campaign, chalking it up to superstition. She knew in her heart that Obama would win, but she nonetheless was pleasantly surprised when he did.
"I didn't believe it," she said. "It restores my faith in what I believe is possible. It demonstrates that with hard work, discipline, it can happen."


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When you receive your instructions this time around from the payphone at Odhner Avenue and Traeger Road, you can go behind the nearby fence to grab your usual pre-payment of body armor and (this time) hand grenades. Then, you can head to your initial location, which is off of Rand Avenue on the east side of Alderney. However, once you arrive to your location, the red dot on your HUD will begin moving, and a huge Hummer-like vehicle will come careening down the street. You should give it chase, of course, to its ultimate destination in a series of alleyways off of the southern end of Rand Avenue.
Once you arrive, it's time to let your guns do the talking. There's no realistic way your targets are going to get away (in fact, they seem itching for a stationary fight), so use your car as a weapon on the vehicle that shows up on the far end of the alleyway in an attempt to trap you. Once both of the persons that come out of that car are killed, you can get out of your vehicle and use the high ground you currently occupy to kill the remaining foes below. Any stragglers that are using cover expertly can then be hunted down individually and eliminated. Once the last red dot on your HUD disappears, the mission ends successfully.
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Commercial methane digester being built in Fremont
About six years ago, according to Rob Zeldenrust, Gerber Products Co. in Fremont first proposed the construction of an anaerobic digester to turn food processing waste into methane gas that could then be fuel for generating electricity.
"They were trying to be proactive" in a way that embraces environmental stewardship, said Rob Zeldenrust, a senior manager at North Central Cooperative, which is based in Indiana but now has a branch in Fremont that was previously the Fremont Cooperative.
Last week, the ceremonial shovels finally turned the first dirt for the Fremont Industrial Park at the site of the $22 million Fremont Community Digester, which is expected to go on-line next summer, converting about 100,000 tons of waste per year to gas, fertilizer and compost. The gas will fuel a power plant generating up to three megawatts at peak production, with the electricity being purchased by Consumers Energy and added to the electrical grid.
About 15 food processing companies in West Michigan will pay to have their waste disposed of at the FCD, and Gerber is the first customer, said Zeldenrust.
North Central is a minority owner of the FCD and will market the fertilizer and compost that is a byproduct of anaerobic digestion of organic matter.
NOVI Energy, of Novi, is developing and managing the biodigester.
The FCD's majority owner is INDUS Energy LLC, an investment group based in Bingham Farms in southeast Michigan. Comerica Bank is providing debt financing for the project with the backing of a $12.8 million loan guarantee awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development, under its 9003 Biorefinery Assistance Program.
Since this is one of the first large-scale anaerobic digesters using co-digestion to be built in the United States, there were 150 or more people at the ground-breaking last week. The crowd included federal, state and local government officials plus representatives of the various companies involved, including DeMaria Building Co. of Detroit, the general contractor.
"You're going to hear some people say this isn't the first," said Zeldenrust, "but all the rest of them take (waste material) primarily from livestock operations."
The FCD will process "a very small percentage of animal waste … at the beginning," said Zeldenrust. If and when the supply of waste from food processing stabilizes, that will be the main "fuel" for making methane, he added.
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, chair of the Senate agriculture committee, wielded a shovel along with State Rep. Jon Bumstead, R-Newaygo, USDA State Director James Turner, INDUS Energy representative Arvin Shah, Zeldenrust of North Central, and NOVI Energy President Anand Gangadharan.
"Fremont Community Digester is demonstrating firsthand the important role West Michigan agriculture plays in developing new clean energy alternatives, which will create new jobs and protect our environment," said Stabenow.
"This project is a prime example of how agriculture, business and the community can come together to create jobs, improve the environment, and manufacture green electricity for decades to come," said Gangadharan.
According to the USDA Rural Development, the Fremont project will be one of the first commercial-scale anaerobic digesters in the United States and will reduce landfill use and improve the quality of agricultural runoff. The Fremont plant process is called "co-digestion" because it can use more than one type of organic material simultaneously — in this case, food processing waste along with a small amount of farm animal waste.
In addition to fertilizer, the solid byproducts can be used as compost to improve agricultural and garden soil and also as dried bedding for dairy cows.
Zeldenrust said the proprietary equipment for the anaerobic digester will be provided by a Danish company, which has been building this type of equipment for years. The captured methane will be piped to a pair of 24-cylinder internal combustion reciprocating engines, similar to diesel engines, which will be directly connected to the generators.
Environmental laws and the amount of waste generated at the larger food processing companies in West Michigan make their disposal of the waste a "huge problem," according to Zeldenrust.
"Fifteen different companies are under contract" to bring their waste to the FCD, he said. Food processing waste affords "maximum gas yield," more so than animal manure alone, he added.
Methane digesters have been used for thousands of years, according to Zeldenrust. He said the famous Roman baths were heated by burning captured methane from waste.
"On a volume basis, probably the biggest customer we are going to have (disposing of waste) is Peterson Farms," Zeldenrust said of the facility in Shelby.
Peterson Farms Inc. was organized in 1984 to process tart cherries from the Petersons' own farm, but quickly began processing other farmers' cherries, too. In 2004, Peterson Farms Fresh Inc. was established as a state-of-the-art, fresh-cut fruit processor, and today it is one of the largest processors of apples, grapes and oranges in the United States. The corporation markets 125 million pounds of frozen fruits and asparagus annually, along with 5 million gallons of apple juice/cider and juice concentrates. One of Peterson Farms' corporate customers is the McDonald's fast food chain, which Peterson supplies with apples.
The FCD is designed to process an average of 400 tons of waste material per day, but Zeldenrust said the region bordered by Grand Rapids and Muskegon on the south and Ludington and Reed City on the north typically generates about 4,000 tons of food processing waste each day.
The North Central Cooperative — and the Fremont Co-op, even before it became part of the larger organization — has always been in the business of selling fertilizer to farmers. Zeldenrust said some of the fertilizer sold in the U.S. comes from Canada but most of it today actually comes from the countries that were once part of the Soviet Union, as well as Middle Eastern countries.
The FCD will be producing fertilizer in competition with those foreign sources, although "in the big picture, it's not even a fly speck. But it's a start," said Zeldenrust.
When it first became evident that a methane plant could be built in Fremont that would also produce fertilizer, "we were motivated to be involved with this, because if we didn't participate, we were going to be competing with it," said Zeldenrust.
He said North Central (then Fremont Cooperative) began its involvement with the proposed project almost six years ago; NOVI Energy got involved about five years ago.
Zeldenrust said there were years of setbacks as the project evolved. "But the good thing was, we were forced to continue our internal evaluation all the time."
"We are very satisfied with this project," he said. "We are going to be able to deliver on all the promises when it comes to noise and smell and safety, because we have been forced to go back and revisit this many times."
"With our business model, we think we are going to be extremely successful," said Zeldenrust, adding that the FCD "is going to be the first one of many" plants producing methane and fertilizer from food processing waste.


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Just in time for the paperback releasing later this month, Variety announces TODAY WILL BE DIFFERENT has been picked up by HBO!
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Town residents sported their favorite athletic gear at the Southington Education Foundation's fifth annual Fan of the Foundation Gala last month.
With a theme of "Tailgate at the Turf," attendees wore their favorite sports jerseys and t-shirts while eating tailgate-style appetizers and entrees at the Aquaturf. The gala will also featured the new STEM University Lounge, a dorm-style reclining area that has a pinball game and a professional photographer to take photos of all attendees.
"There was a tremendous outpouring of support in education," said SEF Chair Dawn Miceli. "Our students truly are the town's biggest asset."
Besides the new STEM University Lounge, the event featured live entertainment from local DJ Butch Gray along with an auction that offered unique items including a pin ball machine and an electric guitar. Miceli said students had the opportunity to win "Principal of the Day," "Gym Teacher of the Day," and "Superintendent of the Day."
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"I am very excited about spending the day with Mr. Pepe, and to see what he does on a daily basis," Julia said.
All proceeds at the gala benefit the Southington school district, and Miceli said SEF has raised more than $30,000 to instill a love of learning into the classrooms.
Currently, the SEF has warded nearly $100,000 to local classroom initiatives that increase educational opportunities. The SEF has also started a new initiative with its long-term commitment to advancing STEM education within the entire school district.
"SEF gives so much to our schools—it is nice to give back to them," said Principal Marilyn Kahl.
For more photos of the SEF gala, please see the Southington Scene on page 19.
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In-the-Hoop Bottle Label
All Hallows' Eve is creeping closer, and whether
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A UN-sponsored meeting in London Sunday aimed at clearing the way for a referendum on the future of the disputed Western Sahara ended without any concrete results, the head of one of the delegations said, quoted by AFP.
Former US secretary of state James Baker presided over the talks between representatives from Morocco and the Polisario Front, which is seeking independence for Western Sahara from Morocco.
"We haven't reached any concrete results," said Mahfoud Ali Beiba, head of the Polisario delegation, following five hours of closed-door talks, said AFP.
He told journalists that the sides had expounded their respective positions but denounced the Moroccan government's "provocative" attitude. No precise questions were raised, he added.
"We haven't sensed on the Moroccan side a wish to make progress. We were surprised by the return to the provocative language which we thought we had heard the last of," said Ali Beiba.
"Overall the peace process is making progress, but there remain obstacles to overcome," and require a referendum on autonomy for Western Sahara.
According to Ali Beiba, Baker -- who was representing UN chief Kofi Annan -- called on the two parties to put forward proposals to resolve the impasse and said another meeting would be held in late June.
Brahim Mokhtar, Polisario Front representative in London, said Baker who chaired five hours of talks would try again in June, said Reuters
"The Moroccan delegation is not ready for talks," Mokhtar told the agency.
"More pressure is needed from the international community," he added.
Baker and the Moroccan delegates left the meeting without comment.
Besides Morocco and the Polisario Front, Algeria -- which supports the armed rebels -- and Mauritania, in an observing role, attended the London talks.
Both Morocco and the Polisario Front accepted in 1988 a UN plan for a referendum which would allow voters in the former Spanish colony, annexed by Morocco in 1975, to choose between independence or remaining part of Morocco.
But the vote has been postponed since 1992 due to disagreement over who should be eligible to participate.
The UN has established a count of 86,381 voters but Morocco is insisting that some 140,000 others who were deemed ineligible should be accepted.
Morocco and the Front ended fighting in 1991, since when a ceasefire has been monitered by a team of some 300 UN military observers – (Several Sources)
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Congress Wants to Revive Ban on Horse-meat in U.S.
Bill Tomson has details of efforts by Congress to revive a ban on horse-meat processing in the U.S. Photo: Getty Images.
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Much noise is being made about how absolutely awful people are being in their insistence that those out of work should, if they are capable of work, at least try to find some. It's even possible that some people are being absolutely awful about it. However, there's a very important point that those complaining seem not to have quite grasped. Not insisting upon that trying to find work makes both the unemployed and the rest of us poorer. A new paper from the US:
This paper provides new evidence on job search intensity of the unemployed in the U.S., modeling job search intensity as time allocated to job search activities. The major findings are: 1) the average U.S. unemployed worker devotes about 41 min to job search on weekdays, which is substantially more than their European counterparts; 2) workers who expect to be recalled by their previous employer search substantially less than the average unemployed worker; 3) across the 50 states and D.C., job search is inversely related to the generosity of unemployment benefits, with an elasticity between −1.6 and −2.2; 4) job search intensity for those eligible for Unemployment Insurance (UI) increases prior to benefit exhaustion; and 5) time devoted to job search is fairly constant regardless of unemployment duration for those who are ineligible for UI.
While this specific information is new the basic idea isn't. Richard Layard has been saying much the same thing for decades:
If you pay people to be inactive, there will be more inactivity. .... Europe has a notorious unemployment problem. But if you break down unemployment into shortterm (under a year) and long-term, you find that short-term unemployment is almost the same in Europe as in the U.S. – around 4% of the workforce. But in Europe there are another 4% who have been out of work for over a year, compared with almost none in the United States. The most obvious explanation for this is that in the U.S. unemployment benefits run out after 6 months, while in most of Europe they continue for many years or indefinitely.
People really do respond to incentives and generous and long lasting unemployment benefits really do provide an incentive not to look for work all that hard (to put it at its mildest).
No, we don't want to punish those who cannot work: but we most certainly do want to encourage those who can and thus we really do need to reform the welfare system. Even if not perhaps be absolutely awful while doing so.
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ForceFire wrote:How does one on the path of Raja Yoga deal with the astral plane.?
Jim Eshelman wrote:Can you ask a more detailed question, please? Fro one point of view, Raja Yoga is almost entirely about the astral plane (i.e., World of Y'tziyrah), since that subsumes all normal psychological functions; but perhaps, instead, you are asking about "astral" intrusions during meditations, or the phenomena of dhyana, or something else?
LD330 wrote:This may still be too general but how do the phenomena of dhyana deal with the astral plane?
Does raja yoga not affect the worlds above Yetzirah?
seekinghga wrote:What steps have you taken to answer these questions for yourself? These questions are important.
LD330 wrote:I am practicing hatha yoga (Liber E style asana and working through the beginner program in "Light on Pranayama" by BKS Iyengar) and have practiced concentration meditation in the past. My practice right now is not that strenuous. I do 25 min of asana and the prayanama practice takes around 20 minutes (both 6 times a week). I've been fascinated with the idea of dhyana ever since I read Book 4.
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Maroons prove point with close win
HE blamed himself when Queensland lost game two, but a field goal with five minutes to go by half-back Cooper Cronk gave the Maroons a thrilling 21-20 win and the State of Origin shield for an extraordinary seventh time at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday night.
While Cronk was the hero, the star for Queensland were Greg Inglis who produced a powerhouse performance filling in for the injured Billy Slater at full-back.
Johnathan Thurston also turned in his best Origin game since taking over at five-eighth from Darren Lockyer, while Nate Myles again worked tirelessly and was rewarded with the man of the series award.
Just as the Maroons were able to send Lockyer out a winner last year, last night's victory provided the perfect farewell for retiring warhorse Petero Civoniceva.
The win was largely set up in the first half on the back of 20 minutes of domination by Queensland.
That started with a penalty to the home side in the 18th minute which saw Thurston find winger Darius Boyd who barged over in the corner for Queensland's first try.
Just minutes earlier the Maroons had been in an identical situation but Inglis went for the short pass despite Boyd waiting with a clear path to the try-line.
With Thurston unable to convert, Queensland trailed 8-4, but could have levelled soon afterwards had Justin Hodges tried to power over instead of trying to offload just metres out from the Blues tryline.
It didn't matter, however, because New South Wales were simply unable to make ground through the forwards.
With just two props in the line-up, James Tamou was replaced by back-rower Anthony Watmough with skipper Paul Gallen trying to fill-in as a front-rower.
That task was made more difficult given the enormous amount of tackling he also got through.
The situation was made worse when another second-rower in Ben Creagh, who had come on to replace prop Tim Grant, was knocked out in one of his first hit-ups.
Instead of getting a rest, Tamou was forced to come back on, but with limited influence.
Queensland took full advantage when Thurston made a crucial 50m line-up break to set another try, which he finished off himself next to the posts after an off-load from Corey Parker.
New South Wales did itself no favours by kicking out on the full from the restart, and Queensland was in again when Hodges sliced through the tiring defence to set up the 16-8 half-time lead.
It was a disappointing finish to the half by the Blues after an impressive start, particularly by winger Brett Morris.
A fabulous 40m bust just minutes into the game put the visitors in perfect position, but they elected to take a shot at goal from right in front after winning a penalty on the next tackle.
Morris was again involved in the 12th minute when he scored the opening try despite the best efforts of Sam Thaiday to hold up the ball.
Leading 8-0, the Blues looked on track for an upset, but as they had done in the last eight matches at Suncorp, Queensland hit back hard to lead at half-time.
New South Wales desperately needed to score first after the break, and when Brett Stewart got on the end of a Robbie Farah grubber for a try straight after the restart, the Blues were back in the game at 16-14.
Two successful penalty kicks by Thurston put Queensland out by a converted try, but the Blues set up the grandstand finish with a superb try to Josh Morris who reached over the top of Boyd to score in the corner.
Carney, whose kicking for goal had let him down earlier in the series, coolly slotted the conversion to set up the nail-biting finale.
Blues coach Ricky Stuart, the last man to have coached New South Wales to a series win back in 2005, didn't win back the Origin trophy for his state, but his players certainly won back respect.


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The resulting message from this experiment is more of marketing oriented than one which seeks to offer a scientific proof to the entire process in its whole. However, major players behind the Adya Clarity Scam confirm that the Black Mica product was an invention of one Dr. Asao Shimanishi who discovered that the Black Mica rock or Biotite had immense healing powers. In fact, this scholar from Japan alludes to the idea of cleaning entire water bodies such as lakes and rivers using this solution.
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I had been meaning to update this recipe for a while. Whenever I teach Intro to Sichuan cooking classes, we focus on simple and easy-to-love stir-fry dishes such as Kung Pao Chicken, Mapo Tofu, and Dan Dan Noodles. But anyone who has spent enough time in good Sichuan restaurants is bound to eventually try a dish listed as Chongqing chicken, Sichuan chicken with chilis, wok-fried chicken, or a number of similar names. (Lazi jiding is the name in Mandarin.) And inevitably in every class, when I go around the room during the intro ice-breaker and have students list their favorite Sichuan dish of all time, at least one or two will mention this dish.
When a student in a private class I recently taught requested we work on this dish, it reminded me of how long it has been since I made it at home. And so I decided to update this, making it extra crunchy with the method I developed for dishes like General Tso's Chicken and Chinese Lemon Chicken in my cookbook.
Lazi jiding (辣子鸡丁) is like a more sophisticated version of kung pao chicken. It's smokier, spicier (a lot spicier if you chop up the chilis), and only a bit more complex in its preparation. (The way I make it is more like shallow-frying. I use about 3 cups of oil, and dredge the chicken in a cornstarch-salt-pepper mixture beforehand.) Few fried chicken entrees are enveloped by such a succulent tongue-tingling sauce.
Give this one a try, especially if you've already tried your hand at some of the more basic Sichuan dishes and want to up the ante!
Spicy Wok-Fried Chicken with Chilis (Chongqing Chicken)
Serves 4
- 1 pound chicken breast, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 1/2 cups cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 3 cups peanut or vegetable oil, plus 1 tablespoon for stir-frying
- 8 to 10 dried red chilis
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 leek, white part only, thinly sliced
- 1 small piece ginger, minced
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
- 2 egg whites
- 2 tablespoons chili garlic sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon chicken stock or water
- 1 teaspoon Chinese black vinegar, or substitute a good-quality balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon ground Sichuan pepper
- Prepare the marinade: In a large bowl, combine the soy sauce, rice wine, and egg whites. Coat the chicken with the marinade mixture and let sit for 10 minutes.
- Mix together the ingredients for the sauce: chili garlic sauce, soy sauce, chicken stock or water, Chinese black vinegar, cornstarch, and Sichuan pepper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl or plate, mix together the cornstarch, salt, and pepper. Dredge the chicken in cornstarch mixture and shake off the excess cornstarch.
- Heat the 3 cups of peanut or vegetable oil in your wok until it registers 350°F on an instant-read oil thermometer. Working in 2 or 3 batches, add the first batch of chicken cubes and fry until golden brown on the outside and cooked through, about 4 to 5 minutes. Remove the chicken with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Repeat with the rest of the chicken.
- Drain the oil into a heatproof container and save for discarding. Wipe the wok with a paper towel to remove any brown bits, but don't wash.
- Reheat the wok or skillet over medium-high heat. Add another 1 tablespoon of oil and swirl to coat the base and sides. Add the dried chilis to the wok and and stir-fry until just they start to blister, about 30 to 60 seconds. Add the leeks, garlic, and ginger and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Stir in sauce mixture and simmer until slightly thickened, about 1 minute. Add the fried chicken, toss to combine, and remove from heat. Serve immediately.


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Obamas to attend 10 balls on night of inauguration
WASHINGTON — Barack and Michelle Obama's inauguration dance cards are getting filled up — with 10 officially-sanctioned balls, including five regional celebrations.
The presidential inaugural committee will announce Tuesday that the president-elect plans to continue the tradition of "Regional Inaugural Balls,'' which will include inauguration night festivities for the South, Midwest, the West, the East and the Mid-Atlantic states.
In addition to the five regional balls, the president-elect will host a Youth Inaugural Ball — tickets half price for those 18 to 35 — and a ball for his home states — Illinois and Hawaii.
Vice President-elect Joe Biden will host a ball for his home states as well: Delaware and Pennsylvania.
The campaign previously announced that the Obamas would appear at a neighborhood Inaugural Ball — reserved solely for Washington, D.C., residents — and a ball for military personnel, their spouses and those wounded fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The president-elect and the vice President-elect will make the rounds at each of the 10 inaugural balls.
Tickets for the regional balls will be available to invited guests for $150. Ticket distribution will be announced at a later date.
"This is America's inaugural celebration in every way," said Presidential Inaugural Committee Executive Director Emmett S. Beliveau.


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How to Play Slide Shows on Your iPhone
You can play slide shows of your photos on your iPhone. If you store a lot of photos or images on your iPhone, watching a slide show is a fun way to see them all.
Choose your Camera Roll or another album from the Photo Albums list.
To do so, tap the Photos icon from the Home screen or tap the Camera Roll button in the Camera application.
If you see the play button at the bottom of the thumbnails screen, tap it and you're finished.
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Cruella DeVille's Boutique is a flashback to the '50s and '60s, veering away from modest poodle skirts and leaning heavily toward pinup couture: White blouses with little black buttons, red dresses, shiny black skirts, leopard prints and polka dot prints, most of it designed to hug closely – very closely.
Tara Masterson worked for years at different boutiques on the South Shore, but had never quite clicked with the designer clothes she was selling. She found the fashions … well, boring.
"It was never my style," she said. "I would try to find pieces close to my style and then do something to punk them up. I always liked the retro pinup clothes, dresses and skirts that were flattering to your figure. I'm a little more on the wild side when it comes to fashion."
So when the dog groomer located above her boyfriend's custom car shop closed in Hanson, Masterson moved in, creating her own retro niche by opening Cruella DeVille's Boutique. The store is a flashback to the '50s and '60s, veering away from modest poodle skirts and leaning heavily toward pinup couture: White blouses with little black buttons, red dresses, shiny black skirts, leopard prints and polka dot prints, most of it designed to hug closely – very closely.
"The clothes are feminine and dainty – and saucy," Masterson said.
The look of the shop follows suit. The walls are red, the floors a red-and-black checkerboard pattern. An old icebox from the '50s is filled with socks, chain wallets and other accessories. A huge car tire acts as a table for T-shirts. Bar stools are fashioned with faux tiger print seats. A bathroom wall is covered with cut-out ads from 1950s magazines – the A&P, Winston cigarettes, Gerber baby food, Jergen's lotion. It's almost like shopping for clothes in a 1950s diner.
Located on Main Street, Masterson's shop shares a small strip mall with a convenience store, tanning salon and consignment shop. It seems like an unlikely spot for a store with such a flamboyant flair. Masterson realizes the clothes may be a tough sell for some local folks, but she said she believes there are plenty of people like her who are longing to wear a little something different.
"The majority of people around here dress very conservatively," said Masterson, who grew up in Braintree and now lives in Weymouth. "But there are those few who will go bold. I have people tell me they never expected anything like this in a little strip mall. There isn't much like this around here, and we are starting to get people coming in from Boston, the North Shore and all over."
Cindi Medico of Hanson picked up a rockabilly T-shirt at Cruella DeVille's Boutique and was tempted by a skin-tight red dress that she may end up going back for.
"I felt pretty hot in it," she said. "I didn't get it because I don't have anything to wear it to right this second, and I would feel bad leaving it in my closet. The store is so different. I was so impressed with it."
Her boyfriend Robert Kane of Whitman was equally enthralled. "The whole retro pinup girl thing is really sexy and cool," he said.
Masterson stocks the store with vintage styles she orders from companies on the West Coast. T-shirts go for $10 to $20, dresses for $60 to $90, and handbags for $50 to $70. She makes sure to order no more than four of any one dress or handbag style. "A customer won't show up somewhere and see everyone wearing the same thing," she said.
It's almost as if Masterson was born a few decades too late. She is attracted not only to the clothes from the 1950s and '60s, but also to the cars and music from that period. A vintage jukebox in the shop is filled with old 45s, including The Angels' "My Boyfriend's Back," Roy Orbison's "Only the Lonely" and the Coasters' "Yakety Yak."
Masterson's father used to drive her around in his '63 Chevy Nova – a car he has since handed down to Masterson and her sister. He would play all kinds of golden oldies on the car's tape deck. "I wasn't listening to New Kids on the Block like other kids," she said. "I was listening to Elvis, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and the Platters."
Masterson's dad took her to car shows as a child, and she was in awe of the beautiful old cars. "I was one of the only little girls there" said Masterson, who now owns a 1977 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – the car that inspired the name of her boutique.
And now Masterson, a 27-year-old single mom, is bringing her own 10-year-old son Michael to these car shows, hauling a bunch of the clothes and accessories to sell to customers with a similar sense of style.
"That's where you really find the type of people who want to dress like this," said Masterson, who is known as Ms. DeVille at car shows. "The girls will go dressed like pinup girls with cheetah prints and red lipstick. The guys will slick their hair back. It's a throwback to an era I really enjoy, when guys had manners and girls dressed really nicely."
Masterson said she believes many women today choose comfort over style, neglecting to add enough spice to their wardrobes. "A lot of clothes today are not flattering to the female figure," she said. "I'd love to see women get dressed up more, no matter what size they are. I'm always the one who would much rather be overdressed than underdressed."
Indeed, she even goes to work dressed to the nines. On a recent afternoon at her shop, Masterson wore a tight white blouse with form-fitting black skirt, white pearls, bright red lipstick, black nail polish and a red flower clip in her long black hair.
Her penchant for dress-up started early. Starting at age 3, Masterson would swipe her mother's stilettos to walk around the house, wear "spinny" fluffy dresses with netting underneath, and raid her aunt's closet to put on business suits and chunky jewelry.
Masterson has had some repeat customers and is hopeful business will pick up even more in the fall when people seek out her shop for plaid jackets and retro long-sleeve shirts.
"I feel like we are still a hidden gem. I know there are other people who want to stand out and be a little different," she said. "We could all break out of the conservative way that many New Englanders dress. I am hoping I can add a little twist to this area by bringing in this style."
The boutique is at 1375 Main St., Hanson; 781-754-6577. www.myspace.com/cruelladevilleboutique.


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Jimmy Kimmel wants it to be known that he has, um, no beef with Morrissey.
Despite the English singer and animal rights activist's abrupt decision to pull out of performing on Tuesday's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" to protest his fellow guests, who were the duck-hunting stars of the A&E reality hit "Duck Dynasty," the funnyman says he still wants Morrissey to appear on his late-night show.
"Note to Morrissey - if you have more dumb statements to make, I invite you to make them where I do, on my show," tweeted Kimmel Wednesday.
Morrissey cancels "Jimmy Kimmel Live" performance due to "Duck Dynasty" appearance
Along with the invitation, the comedian included a humorous twitpic of The Smiths' former frontman brandishing what looks like a tommy gun with the caption, "Morrissey, you are the Quarry."
Upon canceling his appearance, Morrissey, who's a vegan, put out a press release saying that he "can't take the risk" morally of appearing alongside what he called "animal serial killers," referring to the Robertson family, the clan whose exploits operating a business for duck hunters are chronicled on the cable network and just kicked off a third season as one of A&E's most watched series.
On Tuesday's "JKL" during his opening monologue, however, Kimmel couldn't resist mocking Morrissey for living up to his glum reputation.
Jamie Foxx sings Channing Tatum tribute on "Jimmy Kimmel Live"
"While I respect his stance on this, I really do, there's a very good reason why I didn't dump the 'Duck Dynasty' guys for Morrissey. And that's because they have guns," quipped Jimmy. "By the way, if Morrissey is this serious about being associated with meat of any kind he shouldn't do any television shows, because I guarantee when he was on 'Letterman' last month there had to be an Outback Steakhouse commercial in the mix."
He added: "He keeps finding new ways to depress us."
Kimmel also showed a fake commercial featuring the "Duck Dynasty" guys hawking a "carrot call," a product for vegans "specifically designed to mimic the call of a wild carrot."
At the start of Wednesday's show, however, the comic extended an olive branch, saying he respects Morrissey's views and asking the musician to come back on the show.
"I'm at Warissey," joked Kimmel about their feud. "This has nothing to do with people who eat meat versus people who don't. I'm completely respectful of people who do not eat meat...but the statement he made is ridiculous. So I'd like to invite him to join me on the show to discuss it. Because I'm an open, evenhanded person, who considers all points of view."
He concluded: "So you are invited, Morrissey, to talk this out, and perhaps we'll be better men for it. But probably not."
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