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|Also Known As:
|Lucille Vasconcellos Langhanke
|September 25, 1987
|May 3, 1906
|Cause of Death:
|complications resulting from emphysema
|Birth Place:
|Quincy, Illinois, USA
|actor, photographer's model, novelist
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Groomed from childhood to be a star, Mary Astor fulfilled that dream and proved to be an exceptional performer. Beauty contest exposure and an exceptionally camera-friendly face earned her an invitation to Hollywood and Astor gradually moved from supporting assignments to leads in such major silent films as "Beau Brummel" (1924), "Don Q Son of Zorro" (1925), and "Don Juan" (1926). She easily made the jump to sound pictures and displayed her versatility in everything from the sizzling "Red Dust" (1932) to the elegant "Dodsworth" (1936) to the screwball classic "Midnight" (1939). However, she was truly indelible as the deceitful heroine of "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) and gave an Oscar-winning barnstormer of a performance in "The Great Lie" (1941) that managed to overshadow the rarely dwarfed Bette Davis. In between the triumphs, Astor dealt with much adversity, including the money-grubbing machinations of her parents, several failed marriages, infidelity charges, a suicide attempt, and a penchant for alcohol that plagued her for two decades. She publically aired those problems in the autobiography My Story (1959), the success of which helped to launch a new career for Astor as a novelist at a time...
Groomed from childhood to be a star, Mary Astor fulfilled that dream and proved to be an exceptional performer. Beauty contest exposure and an exceptionally camera-friendly face earned her an invitation to Hollywood and Astor gradually moved from supporting assignments to leads in such major silent films as "Beau Brummel" (1924), "Don Q Son of Zorro" (1925), and "Don Juan" (1926). She easily made the jump to sound pictures and displayed her versatility in everything from the sizzling "Red Dust" (1932) to the elegant "Dodsworth" (1936) to the screwball classic "Midnight" (1939). However, she was truly indelible as the deceitful heroine of "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) and gave an Oscar-winning barnstormer of a performance in "The Great Lie" (1941) that managed to overshadow the rarely dwarfed Bette Davis. In between the triumphs, Astor dealt with much adversity, including the money-grubbing machinations of her parents, several failed marriages, infidelity charges, a suicide attempt, and a penchant for alcohol that plagued her for two decades. She publically aired those problems in the autobiography My Story (1959), the success of which helped to launch a new career for Astor as a novelist at a time when her movie career was coming to a close. Thanks to the enduring love for "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), it would almost certainly be Astor's best remembered credit, but her considerable dramatic and comedic abilities were on full view during virtually all phases of a commendable career that spanned four decades.
Mary Astor was born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke on May 3, 1906 in Quincy, IL. Instructed in piano from a young age and possessing a lovely face, Astor's participation in beauty contests convinced her parents that she might have a chance in show business. When photographs of the striking teenager came to the attention of Paramount Pictures, Astor first stepped before the cameras in the silent "Bullets or Ballots" (1921). Although her association with that company proved short, Astor found work in both features and shorts produced by independent companies. She earned her first lead role in the drama "Second Fiddle" (1923), but her profile was raised considerably after being cast opposite John Barrymore in the Warner Bros. epic "Beau Brummel" (1924). Similarly prestigious assignments followed in "Don Q Son of Zorro" (1925) and "Don Juan" (1926), but Astor was also faced with some significant dilemmas. In the time since she proved successful at acting, Astor's parents had grown increasingly domineering, taking control of her finances and holding her a virtual prisoner in a home they had purchased using their daughter's money.
Meanwhile, follow-up features like "The Rough Riders" (1927) and "Dressed to Kill" (1928) had further cemented the actress' star status and her salary eventually reached $10,000 per month. Astor was able to partially extricate herself in 1928 after marrying writer-director Kenneth Hawks, but the majority of her paycheck continued to be pilfered by her parents. Sadly, Hawks perished in a plane crash in January 1930, seven weeks short of their second anniversary. Astor would eventually succeed in casting off her parental predicament via the legal system, which reduced those financial obligations to a mere $100 per month. In the interim, Astor easily navigated the switch to talkies in productions like "The Runaway Bride" (1930), "The Lash" (1930), and "Behind Office Doors" (1931). Of particular note was the sexy adventure "Red Dust" (1932), where Astor was part of a memorable romantic triangle with Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. She also enlivened the excellent Philo Vance mystery "The Kennel Murder Case" (1933) and proved a good match with opposing leading men Edward G. Robinson and Louis Calhern in "The Man with Two Faces" (1934), where she played a vulnerable actress whose comeback is endangered by her evil, Svengali-like husband. The film was based on the play "The Dark Tower," which was co-written by the celebrated George S. Kaufman, whose presence in Astor's life would inadvertently contribute to more headaches that she could possibly imagine.
Following Hawks' death, Astor wed Dr. Franklyn Thorpe, but it was an unhappy union and Astor frequently saw other men that piqued her interest. A few months after their 1935 divorce, Thorpe took Astor to court to try and gain custody of the daughter they had together. As evidence to back up his claims, Thorpe threatened to introduce Astor's "blue" diary, which contained graphic details of her infidelity, including pages devoted to dalliances with Kaufman. While the document was ultimately ruled inadmissible due to pages having been removed, its existence was widely reported in the highly excitable press who had not had such a field day watching a woman's reputation crash and burn since Clara Bow's secretary had blackmailed the star, revealing her many sexual conquests in court. In the end, Astor was awarded custody of the girl for nine months per year and the public proved indifferent to the scandal, unlike how they had with Bow. In fact, the significant success of the actress' next feature, William Wyler's superb literary adaptation "Dodsworth" (1936), found Astor more popular than ever and she moved on to such notable efforts as "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1937) and "The Hurricane" (1937).
She next wed film editor Manuel del Campo, and did some of her finest acting of the period in the frequently hilarious farce "Midnight" (1939), which reunited her with and former lover John Barrymore. In the picture, she played his patronizing aristocratic spouse, whose infidelity accidentally aids destitute showgirl Claudette Colbert with her scheme to pass as a member of the Hungarian aristocracy. A wonderful, fast-paced comedy well-acted by all, Astor's work on the picture was complicated by the actress' second pregnancy, which necessitated much planning and careful camera placement to hide the accompanying weight gain. As good as she had been in several movies up to that point, it was 1941 that proved to be a banner year for Astor. She essayed her most famous role as the lovely, but decidedly deceitful heroine of John Huston's "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), a masterful adaptation of the Dashiell Hammett novel that ranked amongst the greatest detective films ever produced.
On top of that exceptional bit of characterization, Astor won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her remarkably vivid performance as Bette Davis' romantic rival in "The Great Lie" (1941). It was a very different sort of part for Astor and the vigor with which she tore into it surprised and impressed both audiences and critics - as well as, no doubt, legendary on-set diva Davis, who had the picture stolen right out from under her by Astor. In hopes of rekindling the magic generated by "The Maltese Falcon," Astor, Bogart and mutual co-star Sidney Greenstreet were reteamed for Huston's "Across the Pacific" (1942), though lightning did not strike twice and the resulting film was competent, but disappointingly ordinary. Preston Sturges' "The Palm Beach Story" (1942) offered a much better vehicle for Astor, who provided wonderful support for stars Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea in a sparkling screwball farce. Astor soon joined the contract player ranks at MGM and graced a variety of projects, including the glossy musicals "Thousands Cheer" (1943) and "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), in which she memorably played Judy Garland's turn-of-the-century matriarch. She also starred opposite Lana Turner and Spencer Tracy in the Sinclair Lewis adaptation "Cass Timberlane" (1947), and appeared in the superior film noir "Act of Violence" (1948). On the personal front, her marriage to del Campo ended in a cordial divorce after he decided to join the Canadian Air Force and she wed her final spouse, Thomas Wheelock, a union that lasted until 1955.
Although MGM kept her fairly busy, Astor was not especially happy with the sort of roles being offered, and in the wake of playing yet another mother to younger starlets in "Little Women" (1949), she decided to cease relations with the studio. She also finally took steps to end the excessive drinking that had long been complicating her life by checking into a sanitarium, but the road ahead proved difficult. After battling ill health, she attempted suicide with an overdose of sleeping pills in May 1951. In the wake of this trauma, Astor subsequently embraced Catholicism and when she was ready to work again, concentrated on television, appearing on various live dramatic anthology programs. She continued to undertake such parts throughout the remainder of the decade, while also resuming film work with supporting duties in such projects as the glossy CinemaScope mystery-thriller "A Kiss Before Dying" (1956) and the corporate drama "The Power and the Prize" (1956). In 1959, Astor penned her autobiography My Story and was frank about years of familial, marital, and substance abuse problems. Although she began to act again in features like "Return to Peyton Place" (1961) and again in a Bette Davis vehicle, "Hush.Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964), the positive response accorded to My Story launched a new career for Astor as a writer. Her first novel, The Incredible Charlie Carewe hit bookstore shelves in 1963 and was followed by four more over the next five years. In 1969, Astor penned My Life in Film, which devoted much more time and detail to that portion of her life than the autobiography had. Her days as an actress now over, Astor lived the final years of her life as a resident of the Motion Picture Country Home and succumbed to the effects of a heart attack on Sept. 25, 1987.
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Reportedly, Astor's part in "The Great Lie" was built up at the insistence of co-star Bette Davis in an attempt to salvage a weak script.
"A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes - but a movie actor waits." --Mary Astor in "A Life on Film"
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Comfort food from the crockpot is one of winter's greatest delights. Slow cookers make recipes easy to mix together and make in the morning, with dinner ready and waiting for you when you get home from work! Crockpot food is rich, savory, and satisfying. Even better, it's so easy! Most recipes require you to dump ingredients into the crock, then cover and let it simmer away until you're ready to eat!
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Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki
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Just when you were craving Italian, but thinking you had to go to a restaurant to enjoy it proper comes this recipe for the crockpot! Homemade lasagna has never been easier, or more awesome! This recipe uses spaghetti noodles in place of the lasagna noodles. Brilliant!
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Slow Cooker Spicy Salsa Chicken
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So I'm trying to decide what solution to use to power my GPS. I figure I have 3 options for the powerlet:
- Powerlet stubby to cigarette socket
- Powerlet to 10" cable cigarette socket
- Powerlet to Mini USB
So the 2 cigarette options ahve the advantage of more flexibility and price, but disadvantage of more parts to power something. But mainly what would you suggest doing one or the other between the stubby and cable.
The miniUSB has less parts, and will plug direct to the GPS, but of course less things it will power, and is a more expensive bit then the cig options.
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Kissi Media uses royalty free stock music to create a promotional video for a local New York pharmacy.
Enter a New York City pharmacological playground at the New London Pharmacy, where beauty, health, and luxury converge to create an experience of wellness. All captured on camera, production company Kissi Media presents this two-minute promo video utilizing royalty free production music from Productiontrax.com.
"I went over budget but am in love with that track," said Dawn of Kissi Media. The music, "Jazzy Quartet" by Dan Foster, captured the style and sophistication of the New York City-based shop with its Dave Brubeck Take-Five inspired feel. The promotional video highlights the in-store consultation services and compounding pharmacy, and high-end European product line, as well as specialty niche beauty products and fragrances.
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The Lemon Bay Historical Society purchased this historic building in May, 1988. However the land is leased and is due to expire in May of 2018. For many reasons the Historical Society has elected to move this iconic community building. Your help is needed to raise funds to move this historic building to a "forever home." READ MORE
The Society grew out of a Pioneer Days Celebration on September 4, 1983 honoring Englewood's first newspaper editor, Josephine Cortes, author of History of Englewood and Pioneer Days founder. In May, 1984 an organizational meeting was held, and by the next Pioneer Days celebration on September 2, 1984, the Society had organized a mullet roast for 150 people! The mullet was freshly caught by members of the Platt family and Bill Davis and Bob Cashatt foraged some swamp cabbage, which was cooked using Eula Davis' (Bill's mother) famous recipe. In 1985, the Lemon Bay Historical Society was officially incorporated as a non-profit organization whose mission was "for the specific purposes of perpetuating the legacy of the past [and] honoring the pioneer settlers of the Lemon Bay area." Bob Cashatt, also an artist, designed the logo for the Society.
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Joining your local chamber can provide your business with long-term advertising opportunities. Know how to turn your chamber membership into an effective marketing tool for your business.
By Lance Winslow: Contributing Author
Most towns and all cities have chambers of commerce. The chamber offers many things to mall businesses especially new ones and start-ups. Chambers provide a voice for the business community, a bridge between government- small business corporations volunteers - religious organizations schools clubs - homeowners associations corporations - general public etc. It's a monumental job, always changing. It takes money, lots of it. It takes coordination and a knack for small town politics. It takes members who will volunteer, who care and are dedicated. Of course that's where you come in.
Chambers of Commerce hold various events such as:
•Table Top Exhibits/Expos
•Committee Meetings
•Installation Dinners
•Educational Exchanges
•Home Based Business Groups
•Networking Breakfast Meetings
•Membership Drives
If you attend some of these events, you will make new friends, contacts and customers. Anyone can join the chamber. It usual costs $100-450. But you only get out what you put in. Many small business owners may see it as a waste of money. In actuality it is relatively inexpensive depending how you chose to use your membership. It can be a long lasting advertising in the form of:
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If you truly want to become involved, we suggest you join various Chamber of Commerce committees. Committees need your input. You probably talk to one hundred business owners and residential customers per week. Five hundred per month. They know you, they trust you and they generally speak their mind to you. When these associates, business customers and business people talk to politicians, it's a more tactful type conversation. When they talk to Chamber of Commerce staff, they tend to also choose their words more carefully. When they talk to you, it's more point blank, to the point, blunt and the reality of the way they really feel. You'll never get a sugar coated answer to a small business dilemma from an actual owner. They'll tell you how they feel. Whether they are happy or mad as hell about an issue. You also are the eyes and ears of the community with its residences.
When you come to these committees you bring knowledge. You will soon find your ideas, observations and personal opinion are paramount. You are the most valuable tool a chamber committee could ever hope to have.
However, you need to ask yourself, "Do you have the extra time?" If you don't, don't volunteer. There is nothing worse than a committee member who volunteers and then doesn't pull through when he or she is needed. If you have the time you will be repaid in new business contacts and customers and the feeling of knowing you made the difference.
How do you join a committee?
Talk to the president of the chamber. Tell them you want to volunteer. Find out which chamber committees have openings. Many times there is no limit to the number of people, so try to pick one with a large group of members. You will be able to do more networking and big groups tend to divide sub-committee work loads more evenly.
Join a committee that interests you. Don't join one you don't care about. Just like in college, you always got better grades in the classes you enjoyed, didn't you? Make sure the people in the group really want to get something done and it's not just a who's who social gathering. That kind of group eventually fails to accomplish even the most basic of mission statements. You are a winner, so you should be in a winning group. Make sure once you have gone to a couple of meetings, the turnover is low and that no one person's ego stands out in the group, especially if it's the chairman. If this happens, go to one more meeting and dismiss yourself.
"Business is so good, I don't have any time left." Then volunteer to help with flyer distribution by leaving information on your counter or delivering this vital information to your customers and business clients. Tell everyone you are more than happy to be of assistance. Then give everyone in the group your card. You can still help without battling personalities. Remember everyone there is volunteering and it is better to be a friend than an enemy.


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Sunday, August 31, 2008
August Daring Bakers: Chocolate Eclairs and My Sticky Little Secret
I officially have a tummy ache from sneaking licks of the different elements of this month's Daring Bakers challenge, and all is right with the world. And in case you were wondering, the tummy ache was worth it.
I was excited from the get-go for August's challenge, because it wasn't a multi-layer cake that required the dreaded buttercream, and because it was something I'd never made before: Pierre Herme's chocolate eclairs. In fact, I'm not entirely sure I've ever even tried homemade eclairs, let alone bake them myself.
[so this is what pate a choux looks like]
For this reason, eclairs have always seemed like the kind of cheap treat that you get with a supermarket assortment of party pastries. Not so. I learned my lesson, and I also learned how to make 1) choux pastry, 2) creme patissiere, or pastry cream, and 3) salted caramel. A pretty good month, don't you think?
[the only downside: caramel cleanup]
I more or less followed the Pierre Herme recipe, with a few important changes. Herme calls for a basic choux pastry, filled with a chocolate pastry cream and topped with a chocolate glaze. Chocolate is great and all, but I wanted a little something extra....something like salted caramel.
[caramel in the making]
In the spirit of challenging myself, I made two small batches of salted caramel (my first caramel sauce, ever!). Let me tell you something about homemade salted caramel. It is awesome. Totally, mind-blowingly, deliciously awesome. With just a hint of burnt sugar and a subtle, salty punch, it could just be the solution to all things pastry. Having made my chocolate pastry cream (I first tried a regular pastry cream, and let's just say things got a little, um, lumpy), I added the cooled caramel directly to it. Bingo. At first taste, the chocolate cream had been a little flat, but the caramel perked it right up. The second batch I used to drizzle over the filled eclairs, which created a zebra-esque aesthetic when combined with the chocolate ganache I used for the eclair glaze. Because the salted caramel was a bit sticky for drizzling, I mixed it with a spoonful of fromage blanc to get the proper consistency. Hot damn. Let's leave it at that.
But back to the recipe. Once I had my creative fun with the pastry cream and glazes, it was time to look that choux pastry in the face. I've never made a choux, which is also used for making cream puffs. I was a little anxious about the baking, because I'd heard about some deflating pastry shells, but I was sure to bake them amply, so that they were rigid and deep golden brown, and this did the trick. Still without a proper pastry bag, I used a big zip-top plastic bag to pipe little mini-eclair shapes, and some freaky-looking round specimens, onto a baking sheet:
Then I baked them for about 20 minutes. They were puffed and lovely by the time I took them out of the oven:
Once they were cool, I sliced them in half. They were pretty much hollow inside, as if begging me to stuff them full of delicious chocolate-caramel goodness:
From there, all I had to do was fill them with the caramel-chocolate crack (or pastry cream, if you prefer), and drizzle them with more crack (chocolate ganache and caramel glaze).
When I warned my mom about the impending baking project in my apartment, she was so excited (she's an eclair connoisseur, apparently), that she practically demanded that I invite her to share in the fruits of my labor. She and my dad came over for some serious eclair indulgence. And the verdict? Everybody enjoyed the eclairs, although the chocolate filling wasn't as popular as I thought it would be. Alone it was incredibly good, but there is something about a vanilla-filled eclair with a chocolate glaze on top that is just hard to beat. If I ever made these again, I would definitely go for a vanilla pastry cream, perhaps with caramel. My only other minor complaint about this recipe is that I found it difficult to make the eclairs pretty. What with all the filling and the glazing, they can look a bit messy. And since they aren't supposed to be made in advance, timing can get a little iffy when serving these to guests. Still, though, the good outweighs the bad for this month.
As far as the Daring Bakers challenges go, this one was low on the time-intensity scale (at least compared to July's challenge, which took two whole days), but produced very tasty results.
Thanks to this month's hosts, Tony and Meeta, for a great challenge! Be sure to check out the Daring Bakers blogroll for some more renditions of the Pierre Herme eclair.
19 comments:
Amazing and made even better with salted caramel! Then again, what isn't made better by salted caramel =)?
My Yummy Life
- August 31, 2008 at 12:47 AM
- Vera said...
Mia, your éclairs are lovely! Love the filling!
- August 31, 2008 at 12:52 AM
- breadchick said...
Oh yum and look how light those puffs came out!
- August 31, 2008 at 1:14 AM
- Celeste said...
Your eclairs look fantastic! Well done...this was a fun challenge!
- August 31, 2008 at 1:14 AM
- Cynthia's Blog said...
The post was great! Your piped Choux looks very tight! I was glad for this month's challenge too. Nicely done.
- August 31, 2008 at 2:24 AM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
What a great flavor combo! Your Eclairs look fantastic and really delicious! Great job!
- August 31, 2008 at 5:03 AM
- Angela said...
Mmmm salted caramel. Sounds and looks amazing!
- August 31, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Dad and I discovered that we liked the éclairs even more after they were refrigerated overnight. The filling was delicious and I didn't miss the vanilla one bit. We decided cold éclairs are the way to go. And of course, they are all gone!
- August 31, 2008 at 7:13 PM
- Mia said...
Yes, I read that on some other blogs too - the eclairs are better chilled and/or the next day. Glad you enjoyed them!
- August 31, 2008 at 7:22 PM
- MaryMary said...
WOW--salted caramel is one of my all time favs. Wish I had thought of that! They look phenomenal with the two glazes...Cheers!
- August 31, 2008 at 7:49 PM
- Katie said...
Yummm! How tasty.
- August 31, 2008 at 10:16 PM
- maybelle's mom said...
I hear you about the pretty thing. It helps if you freeze them and then form them; though I think you did a great job making them look delicious.
- August 31, 2008 at 10:41 PM
- Anne said...
Yum, caramel! :)
- September 1, 2008 at 1:20 AM
- Katie B. said...
You weren't the only one with a tummy-ache! (You're right - totally worth it!)
I can't begin to tell you how jealous I am of your salted caramel - yum!
- September 1, 2008 at 11:58 AM
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I know you thought you had trouble making them look nice, but out of a bunch of the blogs that I've checked out I think your eclairs are some of the best looking. Good job, wish I had been at home just a week longer...
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salted caramel - this gets better! lovely idea and a great job on these!
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Salted carmel is very inspired. These are wonderful!
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You did extremely well with this challenge. The salted buttercream was a great idea!
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Yet while scientists and environmental groups have been working in this marine Amazon for years, only within the past few years has the region risen on the international conservation agenda, says Sian Owen, who heads the policy and external relations activities for the World Wildlife Fund's Coral Triangle program. Rising concerns about the health of the oceans in general have played a part. But concerns also have grown about the potential economic, political, and security implications for the region if the triangle no longer can serve as an economic bulwark. Beyond the terrorist bombings in Bali in 2002 and 2005, the region already has seen a surge of Islamic fundamentalism. This raises the specter of political instability if a major piece of the region's economic mosaic disappears.
One sign that countries are taking the Coral Triangle more seriously came last month in Bali. There, top officials from Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste – the six Coral Triangle nations – agreed to develop an action plan for sustainable management of the triangle.
The hope is to have the plan ready in May and fully approved the following year at a summit held in conjunction with the World Oceans Conference in Manado, Sulawesi. The Asian Development Bank, the Global Environment Facility, and the World Bank are devising approaches to help the six pay for their efforts. The United States has donated $4.35 million toward the goal.
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In the meantime, conservation efforts in individual countries continue. And researchers are attacking a range of scientific and sociological questions related to building marine protected areas.
In late November, The Nature Conservancy released a study looking at whether establishing conservation programs – which include setting up alternate sources of income for inhabitants, such as seaweed farms or a cut of the fees tourists pay to enter national parks – can help reduce poverty in the region. Although the results in the four marine protected areas varied, overall, the study found that people in each were better off. More homes are sprouting satellite-TV dishes, peoples' diets are improving, and more children are finishing elementary school, says The Nature Conservancy's Ms. Djohani.
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Nina Mirnig
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Nina Mirnig (born 1982) received her BA (2004), M.St. (2005) and D.Phil. (2010) in Oriental Studies/Sanskrit from Oxford University. Her research interests include the development and history of early Śaivism and its literary traditions (in particular early Śaiva tantras and manuals as well as the Sivadharma corpus), the formation of Śaiva devotional practices (e.g. the worship of the Śivaliṅga) as well as rituals and beliefs concerning death and afterlife in Hinduism. Further, she focuses on the study of epigraphical material as a source for religio-political and cultural history, with special focus on Nepalese inscriptions of the Licchavi period, as well as the cultural history of early medieval Nepal.
Nina Mirnig joined the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia in June 2014 as a member of the FWF project Visions of Community. Since July 2015, she works on the FWF project "The Śivaliṅga Cult on the Eve of the Tantric Age: A Study and Critical Edition of the Śivadharmaśāstra's Chapters 1-5 and 7-9".
Since 2014, Mirnig has been cooperating with a team of archaeologists under the direction of Prof. Robin Coningham (UNESCO Chair, Durham University) on developing interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the early cultural layers of the Kathmandu Valley.
- Liberating the Liberated: Tantric Death Rites in Early Śaivism. Submitted to the Austrian Academy of Sciences Press.
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- Natasja Bosma, Nina Mirnig, ed., 2013
Epigraphical Evidence for the Formation and Rise of Early Śaivism. (Special Issue of the Indo-Iranian Journal 56:3/4.) Leiden: Brill, 2013.
- Nina Mirnig, Peter Daniel Szanto, Michael Williams, ed., 2013
Puṣpikā: Tracing Ancient India through Texts and Traditions. Contributions to Current Research in Indology. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2013.
- "Umā and Śiva's Playful Talks in Detail (Lalitavistara): On the Production of Śaiva Works and their Manuscripts in Medieval Nepal"; together with Florinda De Simini. In (eds) V. Vergiani, D. Cuneo and C.A. Formigatti, The South Asian Manuscript Book. Material, Textual and Historical Investigations, De Gruyter: Berlin. (2017, in print)
- "The 'Divine' Worshipper in the Śivadharmaśāstra: Conceptualising the Śaiva Lay Devotee (śivabhakta) in the Construction of a Śaiva Social Order," in Tantric Communities in Context, (eds) Nina Mirnig, Marion Rastelli, Vincent Eltschinger. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. (forthcoming).
- "Early Strata of Śaivism in the Kathmandu Valley: Śivaliṅga Pedestal Inscriptions from 466–645 CE," in the Indo-Iranian Journal, Volume 59 4/4, Brill. (2016)
- "Exploring ancient Pashupati: the results of preliminary surveys and excavations at Bhandarkhal 2014–2016"; Coningham, R.A.E., Acharya, K.P., Davis, C.E., Manuel, M.J., Kunwar, R.B., Hale, D., Tremblay, J., Gautam, D. and Mirnig, N., Ancient Nepal 192, pp. 28–51. (2016)
- "Hungry Ghost or Divine Soul? Post-Mortem Initiation in Medieval Śaiva Tantric Death Rites," in Ultimate Ambiguities. Investigating Death and Liminality. Eds. Peter Berger and Justin Kroesen. Berghahn Books. (2015)
- "Favoured by the Venerable Lord Paśupati. Tracing the Rise of a new Tutelary Deity in Epigraphic Expressions of Power in Early Medieval Nepal," in the Indo-Iranian Journal, Volume 53, 3/4, Brill. (2013)
- "Śaiva Siddhānta Śrāddha. Towards an Evaluation of its Performance in the Early Medieval Period," in Puṣpikā. Tracing Ancient India Through Texts and Tradition. Contributions to Current Research in Indology. Oxbow Books, Oxford. (2013)
- Hans T. Bakker, Peter C. Bisschop, Yuko Yokochi, eds., in cooperation with Nina Mirnig and Judit Toerzsoek (2014), The Skandapurāṇa. Volume IIB. Adhyāyas 31-52. The Vāhana and Naraka Cycles. Critical Edition with and Introduction and annotated English Synopsis. Brill, 2014.
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It hurts to know someone could get a thrill from my abuse: Why I petitioned to have Grand Theft Auto V removed from Target
By Nicole
In Grand Theft Auto V, an R-rated video game that allows players to attack and kill women in the sex trade, I would have been the character who gets left by the sidewalk, bleeding and unconscious. Or hit with bats, run down, set alight still screaming and graphically murdered – for game points, or maybe just 'for fun.'
- Target Australia pulls Grand Theft Auto V from shelves after customer feedback on violence
- Grand Theft Auto and the problem with banning 'violent' video games and media
- Angry gamers petitioned Target to stop selling the Bible, but their plan backfired
I was in the sex industry in my early 20s. But instead of the virtual world of GTA V – the abuse I suffered, while not as extreme as those in the game, was terrifyingly real.
It has taken me almost ten years to get my life back on track and to recover from the sexual violence and abuse I faced. I still live with flashbacks, nightmares, and crippling depression and anxiety.
Last week, together with two other women, I started a change.org petition requesting Target to pull GTA V from its shelves. The reason behind the campaign is simple: that a game exists which makes 'enjoyment' out of the kind of abuse I lived through in real life is sickening. For survivors of abuse, it adds insult to injury to think someone could get a thrill out of violence against women, even if it was in a 'virtual world'.
In GTA V, a new 'first-person player mode' feels more realistic than ever. This includes a more realistic depiction of sex acts with women (who are largely represented as prostitutes) – and the options that follow of being able to kill them with machetes, guns or bats to get their virtual money back.
Making it all the more disturbing was having a retailer I shop at which sells and promotes this kind of game. As recently as last week, Target was advertising Grand Theft Auto next to Peppa Pig. This was being marketed at parents buying Christmas toys.
It sent a terrifying message. This is a game that has ingrained misogyny and graphic violence against women. It breeds an acceptance of abuse in our world; abuse from which I've been trying desperately to recover – and by stocking this game, major retailers are lending their credibility to it.
Despite potential backlash, I couldn't stay silent about this. The fact that over 40,000 parents, customers, and advocates got behind our change.org petition showed we weren't the only ones. The response to our campaign exceeded our wildest expectations – and forced Target to listen to their customers.
Since then, gamers have launched vicious and violent attack on myself and other women who dared to speak up. We've had threats of rape and torture. To mutilate us and set us on fire.
One gamer has threatened to locate us and publicise where we live. Another has superimposed the face of a friend onto the body of a murdered woman lying in blood, in a scene from the game.
"I'm going on GTA V right now and pretending every ugly c—t is you", tweeted another hater to her.
Ironically, these abusers claim this game does not perpetuate violence, and yet they continue to send women horrific violent threats online.
Gamers also argue that games like GTA V have no impact on real life violence, despite research published earlier this year showing violent video games increases aggression, aggression-related variables and decreases pro-social outcomes.
Sadly, many women don't need studies to tell us that. We know because we've lived it. We know how violence can start with 'playful' remarks and turn into dangerous, controlling behaviour. We've seen the violence implicitly condoned in these games play out in real life.
The 'thrill and pleasure' that gamers get off violence against women in GTA V makes the world less safe. Not because every gamer turns into the abuser – but because it breeds a casual acceptance of violence against women.
Stripping GTA V from the shelves of retailers like Target and Kmart won't change that culture overnight. It's one step among many — like the recent #takedownjulienblanc campaign – that will help dismantle the culture of violence against women in years to come.
It may not be a popular debate, but it's one that Australia desperately needs.
*Name has been changed
Reprinted with permission of the author.
1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732): 24 hour, National Sexual Assault, Family & Domestic Violence Counselling Line for any Australian who has experienced, or is at risk of, family and domestic violence and/or sexual assault. Lifeline: 131 114
Grand Theft Auto: lesson learned the hard way
…there is no denying the deeply rooted misogyny and sexism of the series.
Of Grand Theft Auto V's three playable characters, all are men. The vast majority of the women depicted by the game's narrative are either passive victims to be killed or rescued, or sex workers to be killed or used. While the series' supporters have long used the excuse of "satire" to justify the story lines, there is no critique of the social attitudes depicted; it simply perpetuates them…
The petition signers are completely right: Grand Theft Auto V's treatment of women is terrible. That they would want to complain about this, and that Target and now K-Mart might listen to them is neither shocking nor outrageous.
… it is not a case of censorship, and it is not a case of an ignorant mainstream being paranoid about a medium they do not understand. Rather, it is a group of people with legitimate concerns about an incredibly popular cultural work perpetuating toxic politics, and taking the reasonable approach of directing their valid concerns to retailers who often explicitly market such adult products directly to children. If videogames want cultural relevancy, they need to deal with cultural responsibility… Videogames no longer exist on the margins of popular culture, and if they are going to uncritically present problematic material, they need to be ready to face the consequences. Read full article
The Video Game Industry Has Only itself to Blame for Misogyny and Harassment
The thing is, it's not just a vocal minority. It's a vocal minority that actually participates in the cruelest harassment, but we're kidding ourselves to think they are somehow separate from a culture characterized by video games. Just play a match of more or less any competitive online game and listen to the number of times you hear the word "rape:" despite what we may think, this is not normal or inevitable. What it is, however, is a natural byproduct of the games we play.
We all know, at least on some level, that games have a massive problem with depictions of women…
It's not a tremendous leap to assume that a community of consumers and producers is going to develop some intensely dysfunctional aggression and misogyny when this is the cultural background that we're interacting with… It all comes from somewhere. If the "gamer" community is defined by playing certain games, then it will inevitably be colored by the content of those games. This recent virulent hatred directed towards women in the industry should serve as some proof. Read full article
See also: 'Gamers retaliate: activists barraged with rape, mutilation and death threats after Grand Theft Auto win', MTR
'We must never normalise violence', Ken Lay, Herald Sun


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