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Pedro Nunes Salaciense
Born: 1502 in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal
Died: 11 August 1578 in Coimbra, Portugal
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Pedro Nunes or Nunez wrote under the Latin name of Petrus Nonius Salaciensis. The city of his birth, Alcácer do Sal, was named Salacia by the Romans so Salaciensis simply indicates that he came from Salacia. Nothing is known of his parents but it is certain that they were of the Jewish religion. Nunes travelled to Spain and entered the University of Salamanca around 1517. This university, already 300 years old when Nunes began his studies, was one of the leading centres for education in Europe. Although no records exist to prove the date of his admission, nevertheless at this time it was typical for boys to enter university at age fifteen and from the wide range of topics that he studied at Salamanca we know that he must have taken a typical length course. Given the skills he acquired he must have studied philosophy, medicine, mathematics and geography. In 1523 he graduated and, in the same year, married the Spanish girl D Guiomar Areas in Salamanca. Pedro and Guiomar Nunes had six children: two boys Apolónio and Pedro, and four girls Briolanja, Francisca, Isabel and Guiomar.
We do not know exactly how long Nunes remained at Salamanca after he graduated but by 1527 he had returned to Portugal. There he began teaching Prince Luis, the brother of Joao o Piedoso. Joao had become king of Portugal (known as John III or John the pious) in 1521 at the age of nineteen. Nunes acted as tutor to Luis until July 1531. Starting in 1527, Nunes taught navigation skills to Martim Afonso de Sousa, who led the first colonizing expedition to Brazil in 1530, and to another naval officer Joao de Castro. In fact Joao de Castro, in addition to a highly successful career in the Portuguese navy in North Africa and India, was himself an excellent scientist writing three important works on the science of navigation in 1538, 1538-39 and 1541. On 16 November 1529 king Joao o Piedoso appointed Nunes as "Cosmographer of the Kingdom of Portugal". One of his official duties as Cosmographer was to give classes in navigation to seafarers. A few weeks later, on 4 December, he began teaching moral philosophy at the University of Lisbon. This appointment was only as a substitute for the professor, but on 15 January 1530 he was appointed to the chair of Logic. He taught logic for at least a year but it appears that his classes were not very successful with students so he moved to the chair of metaphysics on 4 April 1532. During this period, however, Nunes was working towards a doctorate in medicine and after successfully taking examinations on 16 February 1532 be was awarded his medical doctorate on 3 March.
It is not entirely clear where Nunes was over the period between 1532 and 1544. Part of the time he was in Lisbon but there is also evidence that he spent time in Spain. Certainly during this period he was officially employed by the University of Lisbon and he supervised the studies of a number of doctoral students over these years. He was also working during these years on writing a number of books. He began writing Libro de Algebra in 1534 although only published the completed work thirty-three years later. The book is in three parts, the first part dealing with equations of the first and second degree and the third part dealing with equations of the third degree. The middle part of the text studies the theory of proportion and algebraic manipulation. The first of Nunes books to be published was Tratado da Sphera in 1537. This book contained Nunes' edition of Sacrobosco's Tractatus de Sphaera, of Peurbach's Theoricae nouae planetarum, and of Book I of Ptolemy's Geographia. In addition Nunes added two works of his own on navigation. His next published work was De Crepusculis (1542) in which he addressed a problem posed to him by one of his pupils, Prince Cardinal Henrique the son of Manuel I who became archbishop of Braga in 1534 and, after a career in the church, king of Portugal in 1578. Nunes taught Henrique from October 1531 until his appointment in Braga. The question he had posed to Nunes was "Which day has the shortest twilight?" and it was the question of the duration of twilight that Nunes addressed in De Crepusculis. Gonzalo de Reparaz Ruiz writes [10]:-
[Nunes] was teacher of mathematics of the son of D Manuel, the Infant Henry, to whom he demonstrated the method of establishing the latitude of a point by the height of the sun and how to indicate this on a chart. This demonstration he repeated before the King in 1533. In the preface which he had written to his Libro de Algebra and dedicated to his former pupil the Cardinal Henry, who was then Regent of the country, Nunes states that the publication of this book was delayed by other "very varied" works which, he asserts, had taken his time for several years.Nunes moved to the University of Coimbra to take up the Chair of Mathematics on 16 October 1544, a post he held until 1562 although he spent four years away from the University living in Lisbon during the period 1557-61. The Chair of Mathematics was a new post in the University of Coimbra and it was set up to provide instruction in the technical requirements for navigation, clearly a topic of great importance in Portugal at this period when control of sea trade was the chief source of Portuguese wealth. While at Coimbra Nunes taught Christopher Clavius. He had been appointed Royal Cosmographer in 1529 but was promoted to Chief Royal Cosmographer on 22 December 1547. He held this post until his death. In 1548 the king, Joao o Piedoso, honoured Nunes by naming him Cavaleiro do Hábito de Cristo (Knight of the Order of Christ).
Soon after moving to Coimbra Nunes published De erratis Orontii Finaei in 1546. This book was written to show that Oronce Fine's attempts to solve the three classical problems of squaring the circle, trisecting an arbitrary angle and to doubling the cube were incorrect. Around 1550 he made the discovery for which today he is best known, namely his investigation of the loxodrome or, to use the name that Nunes invented, the rhumb line. In many ways the loxodrome is a natural curve for someone interested in navigation to examine for it is the curve that a ship will follow if it always follows the same compass setting. Another way to think of the curve is that it is obtained by cutting the meridians on the sphere at a constant angle. A loxodrome will, in fact, spiral towards the pole but its importance to map projections is that the loxodrome become a straight line in the Mercator projection of the sphere. It was Willebrord Snell who named Nunes' rhumb line the loxodrome.
In 1566 Nunes published his own collected works as Petri Nonii Salaciensis Opera which contains improved versions of his earlier works with additional material [8]:-
This book is a very much extended compilation of Nunes works about navigation and was, at the time, the state of the art of nautical science. It also included a commentary to Aristotle's mechanical problem on the motion of a boat propelled by oars.A second improved edition of this book was published in 1573 under a different title, namely De arte atque ratione navigandi. In 1567 he published Libro de Algebra mostly written many years earlier as we noted above. We note that John Martyn published in [4] what is claimed to be an early version of Nunes' algebra text. However, Giovanna Cifoletti [5] casts doubt on whether the published manuscript was written by Nunes or whether it was a set of notes taken by one of Nunes' students. In 1571 he put together two of his previously published texts, De Crepusculis and De erratis Orontii Finaei, bring them out in a single volume. Outside mathematics he worked in geography, physics, cosmology and he wrote poetry. Examples of his poetry are published in [4].
Nunes devised a system to allow fractional parts of a degree to be measured. He describes it as:-
... drawing on the face of a quadrant for measuring angles 45 concentric arcs, one of which was divided into 90 equal parts or degrees, and the remainder into 89, 88, 87, 86, etc., successively, the last being divided into 46 equal parts. When the index did not exactly cut one of the divisions of the arc of degrees, it passed through or near to one of the divisions of one or other of the other arcs; and by noting the place of that division the fractional parts of a degree were calculated.In 1572 Nunes was called to court to preside over the reform of weights and measures. He stayed in Lisbon for two years before finally returning to Coimbra.
Finally, let us note the friendship between John Dee and Nunes. Dee wrote in 1558:-
... if my work cannot be finished or published while I remain alive, I have bequeathed it to that most learned and grave man who is the sole relic and ornament and prop of the mathematical arts among us, D D Pedro Nunes, of Salacia, and not long since prayed him strenuously that, if this work of mine should be brought to him after my death, he would kindly and humanely take it under his protection and use it in every way as if it were his own: that he would deign to complete it, finally, correct it, and polish it for the public use of philosophers as if it were entirely his. And I do not doubt that he will himself be a party to my wish if his life and health remain unimpaired, since he loves me faithfully and it is inborn in him by nature, and reinforced by will, industry, and habit, to cultivate diligently the arts most necessary to a Christian state.
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Calif. Laws Shift Gears on Algebra, Textbooks
New laws in California have set the state on a course for some potentially significant changes to the curriculum, including a measure that revisits the matter of teaching Algebra 1 in 8th grade and another that revamps the state's textbook-adoption process and hands districts greater leeway in choosing instructional materials.
The algebra-related legislation, in particular, has been the subject of considerable debate. State officials say it aims to help clear up confusion among school districts about state expectations in the 8th grade with the Common Core State Standards, but critics contend that it will effectively end the state's long-standing embrace of Algebra 1 at that grade level.
At issue are additions the state made before adopting the common core, essentially approving two sets of 8th grade math standards.
Shortly after Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, signed the legislation last month, Michael W. Kirst, the president of the state school board, issued a statement addressing the question head on.
"This bill will not, as some critics claim, eliminate Algebra 1 as an option in grade 8," he said, noting that the state intends to provide "two viable pathways" for that grade. "Placement of students in math courses based on their readiness is still a local decision and should remain as such."
The textbook measure, meanwhile, ends a budget-driven moratorium on adopting new instructional materials, and makes changes to that process, including stating explicitly that districts are free to spend state dollars on materials not on the state-approved list.
Glen W. Thomas, a former state secretary of education under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mr. Brown's Republican predecessor, praised the measure, saying it converts state adoption into "more of a Consumer Reports for districts."
He explained: "Districts can use the list that the state develops ... or they can select their own [materials], but if they do it themselves, they have to use a majority of teachers on the [selection] committee and ensure there is a significant degree of alignment with the common core."
But Ze'ev Wurman, a former federal education official under President George W. Bush, is sharply critical of both new laws.
The textbook legislation "essentially dismantled any serious quality assurance of California textbooks ... and is full of confused or confusing language," said Mr. Wurman, a Silicon Valley executive who served on a state commission that evaluated the suitability of the common standards for California.
In any case, Jay Diskey, the executive director of the Association of American Publishers' schools division, said he's seeing moves to hand districts greater flexibility in choosing textbooks not just in California, but also other states, including Indiana and Texas.
In Indiana, a law signed last year ended the state's textbook-adoption process altogether. The state will still provide a list of recommended instructional materials, but districts will only be bound by it for reading.
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Both pieces of California legislation come as the state gears up to implement the common core, which all but four states have adopted. A state panel began meeting recently to craft curricular guidance for districts on the standards.
State officials say they were eager to ensure instructional materials would be available to districts in a timely manner. In fact, the measure accelerates the adoption process significantly.
At the same time, officials and analysts say the state's difficult financial situation and the advent of new standards in English/language arts and math endorsed by so many states call for a rethinking of the textbook process. (California adopts textbooks only for grades K-8, not high school.)
"It is a big change for California," Mr. Kirst said of the legislation in an interview. "It's not your grandfather's Oldsmobile. That [bill] really rewrote our authority."
He pointed in particular to the language freeing districts to spend state textbook aid on materials not on the state list.
B. Teri Burns, a senior director at the California School Boards Association, said she welcomes the emphasis on "local decisionmaking" in the new law.
"As we move to the common core, certainly we'll see more materials that can come from any state and be used here, which should bring down prices and bring up alternatives," she said.
Mr. Diskey from the publishers' group said he's generally pleased with the legislation, especially because it shows the "first sign of life" for textbook adoptions in California after the process was stalled for several years amid the state's budget crunch.
"It kick-starts an adoption process for math materials to the transition to the common core," he said.
But there's a catch for publishers, who now must pay for the state reviews, a provision Mr. Diskey said his group opposed but recognized as a necessity to ensure passage.
"Opposition to this bill for almost anything could have endangered a [textbook] adoption," he said.
Separately, under California legislation approved last year, officials are expected later this fall to bring before the state board for approval a list of supplemental materials to "bridge the gap" between existing instructional resources and the common core. Those offerings, however, will not be part of an official adoption, but simply a set of state-recommended materials.
Bill Honig, a former California schools chief who heads a state panel on instructional materials, said the state recognizes a "major shift occurring in materials right now."
He said: "They're not just books anymore; there's print material, digital material. Many times you don't get the total of what you're going to use from one publisher."
But Mr. Honig acknowledged the freedom districts get to choose under the textbook measure Gov. Brown signed last month comes with risks to quality.
"That is a legitimate concern," he said. "One of the benefits of state adoption is that there is quality control, and it is a complex procedure."
Two Pathways
Meanwhile, the bill addressing algebra was needed, Mr. Kirst said, because of the state action in 2010 approving two sets of 8th grade math standards: one based on the common core, the other with that content plus a raft of extra topics identified as Algebra 1.
"This creation of two potentially conflicting standards at a single grade level has created confusion in our school districts and has created a void in available textbooks/instructional materials aligned to state standards," he said in a statement.
The new law permits the state board to remove the additional algebra content. Mr. Kirst said it also allows the state to clarify that it will provide two course pathways, one for students ready for Algebra 1 at grade 8 and another for those who take it a year later.
At the same time, Mr. Kirst emphasized that the common-core math standards for 8th grade already include some algebra.
But Mr. Wurman called the legislation "a direct attack on teaching algebra in grade 8."
He said, "Kirst can claim that he has no plans to eliminate it, but it is not a matter of his plans—it is a matter of law."
Mr. Wurman said the bill's dictate that the state follow "one set of standards" for each grade will mean the California assessment is pegged to the common core for 8th grade. And he expects that will lead many schools, especially low-achieving schools that serve large populations of poor and minority students, to stop offering Algebra 1 in middle school.
California has joined the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, which is developing tests aligned with the standards.
Mr. Honig said the new tests will be flexible to meet different skill levels.
"Everyone will take the regular common-core assessment," he said. "But what it's going to do, Smarter Balanced, it's going to be adaptive, it can go up as much as two grades or down as much as two grades, so they will have a spectrum of algebra [tested]."
Mr. Kirst said many California students who were ill-prepared for algebra were placed in the subject and were unsuccessful.
State policy over time has created incentives for more students to take algebra in 8th grade, and participation levels have skyrocketed over the past decade. More than 60 percent of California students now take it at that grade level, Mr. Honig said.
Data from a report that Mr. Kirst, a professor emeritus of education at Stanford University, co-authored show that in 2010, 46 percent of 8th graders scored "proficient" or above on the state Algebra 1 test, while 29 percent scored "below or far below basic." Yet the study said 4½ times as many economically disadvantaged 8th graders scored proficient or above in 2010 as in 2003.
John Mockler, a former executive director of the state school board, worries that the state's plans may undermine the progress it has made in getting more black and Latino students to take and succeed in algebra in 8th grade.
"Some of us are concerned that we'll go back to the old days when schools said, 'Those kids aren't ready for algebra,' " he said.
Mr. Honig said he expects some changes in Algebra 1 enrollment as the common core becomes the "default" approach for districts.
"This two-path policy is trying to keep the ones that want to accelerate, and then beef up the other course that everybody else takes," he said. "But every child is going to get a good hunk of algebra, no matter what."
Vol. 32, Issue 09, Pages 1, 11Published in Print: October 24, 2012, as Calif. Laws Shift Gears on Algebra, Textbooks
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(For previous installments of the Career Prospectus series, please click here.) I wonder if you may be interested in doing a Career Prospectus on Clive Owen? I remember there being so much buzz around him a few years ago, not least because at one point he appeared to be the strong favourite to take the Bond role that eventually went to Daniel Craig. Full Story
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Hard-off: Clive vs Spittle
Look at Clive Owen at the GQ Magazine Awards yesterday in Spain. He's awesome. But I feel like he's being doing this sh-t a lot. And exclusively. Store openings, jewellery shows, a lot of "Celebrity Appearances" and not that much work in between. No, no, I don't mean to say that he doesn't work at all, but you'd think he could work much more than he does. Full Story
Oh Hi Clive
Clive Owen was in Madrid yesterday at the presentation of the new limited edition Chivas 12. He looks good, sexy motherf-cker. I've seen Clive two years in a row at TIFF. He's always rather serious, totally Mr Cool, often has no time for the media, or fans for that matter, sometimes gives off the air of a bitch who's above it all, and then he shows up at these gratuitous alcohol and jewellery events ready to smile and shake it. Full Story
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Clive is back
He was at TIFF last year, saw him when he hit up a few parties including Soho House/Grey Goose and InStyle, and has returned to Toronto this year with Trust, directed by David Schwimmer about a girl who is the victim of an online perv. Clive and Catherine Keener play the parents. Clive will f-ck that dude up. Full Story
Leather jacket and knock knees
Clive Owen arrived in LA yesterday in a beautiful leather jacket. He's a beast. But, as I mentioned several months ago, because I am a shallow fickle bitch, it hurts me when I see his knock knees. Sometimes they're less obvious and the quiver is well protected. Sometimes, however, like in these photos, the knock knees are quite pronounced. Full Story
Is he knock-kneed?
It's Clive Owen. In London promoting The Boys Are Back. I do, I love him too. He's a sexy beast. And as you know, I want him to cuss at me. But I noticed something while I was watching Duplicity during a scene when he's running. And it's been a nagging bitch ever since. Is he knock-kneed? Knock-knee-ness not a quiver killer, it's definitely not like open mouth breathing but, because fantasy f-cks are all about shallowness anyway, it's also not exactly ideal. Full Story
Men in suits
Clive Owen and Hugh Jackman are both in New York, both were photographed in suits, wearing the sh-t out of their suits, no boys allowed. Hugh as you know is currently performing on Broadway with Daniel Craig in A Steady Rain. Many of you have had the pleasure of seeing the production and have written to applaud the actors and their hotness. Full Story
Michael Caine & Clive Owen
The Grey Goose Soho House party on Saturday night was sick. The venue: a subway platform at Bay Station. Two trains with blue lit compartments lined each side of the platform and a long bar bordered one which, naturally, became my office for the evening. The event was in honour of Harry Brown, the new film starring Sir Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer (pictured here with Terry Gilliam) who is pregnant and due in January. Full Story
Oh goody. It's way more fun when the truly famous stars are the bitches. Last night, Julia Roberts and that sexy, sexy, SEXY fine ass beast Clive Owen were in New York for the premiere of Duplicity. Roger Friedman was on the press line, was angling to speak with her. Full Story


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The City Council recently approved the transfer of $100,000 from the budget reserve to help fund the installation of Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) at multiple intersections. The Tab recently spoke with Jason S. Sobel, director of transportation operations for the Department of Public Works, about the project and its progress.
What is the purpose of the Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS)?
The purpose is to assist visually impaired pedestrians to safely cross at signalized intersections. This is done with both an audible locator tone to help visually impaired residents find the pedestrian push button, and audible messages to let pedestrians know when it is safe to cross.
How much does each one cost?
The cost to replace all the pedestrian push buttons at an intersection with APS buttons is generally $6,000 - $8,000 per intersection, depending on the number of pedestrian push buttons at that intersection.
How many will there be throughout the city once the project is done?
There are approximately 100 signalized intersections in the City of Newton, and approximately half of the signalized intersections already have APS push buttons. The $100k that has been approved by City Council is the funding for the first of three years, with the goal to have APS push buttons at all of the signalized intersections at the end of the three years.
When will the project be done?
The project is expected to be complete in three years, when APS push buttons are installed at every signalized intersection in Newton.
How are the intersections chosen?
The intersections are chosen based on discussions between DPW, the Planning Department, and the city's ADA coordinator [Commission on Disability]. These discussions focus on the priority locations to complete first, although as noted above, the goal is to install APS push buttons at all signalized intersections in the City of Newton.
Can residents propose intersections where they think the signals are needed?
Residents can reach out to the city's ADA Coordinator, Jini Fairley, with locations that they think should be prioritized. However, as noted above, our goal is to install APS push buttons at every signalized intersection in Newton over the next three years.
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Friday, November 17, 2006
Ebert's Best: 1977 &1978
"Hard to believe," I said, while staring wistfully at my older daughter, "but before you came along, your mother and I went out to the movies every week. Left work, met for a quick beer at the pub, then dashed across the street for a show."
I don't make a habit of this sort of reminiscing (for what it's worth, this week has been an abnormal slog for the lot of us). And I mention it only because responding to this list has made my recollection of the past look downright dubious. Off to the movies, at least once a week? Plus movies on the VCR -- often on Friday, Saturday and Sunday? How is it possible I missed so many ostensibly great movies?!?
These lists have been, as the politicians are fond of saying, "humbling". But since I've already outed myself as a dilettante, I might as well keep going.
1. 3 Women
2. Providence
3. The Late Show
4. A Woman's Decision
5. Jail Bait
6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7. Aguirre: Wrath of God
8. Annie Hall
9. Sorcerer
10. Star Wars
Let's start with the obvious -- 1977 was the year I first went to the movies. Just go here if you don't already know my Star Wars story.
Close Encounters -- saw this way back then, too. First impression: this sure ain't Star Wars. Second impression, 20 years later: what, exactly, was the big deal over this movie? The first three seasons of The X Files were an enormous improvement on the entire concept (but then I've always been partial to paranoia).
Annie Hall -- wow. Woody Allen discovered his swing and knocked it out of the park with this one. This really should have made it to my Fifteen Favourite list (maybe I'll just quietly remove Gidget...).
Aguirre: The Wrath of God -- my favourite Herzog movie. Unfortunately, you'll see exactly why this is so when we get to 1982.
1. An Unmarried Woman
2. Days of Heaven
3. Heart of Glass
4. Stroszek
5. Autumn Sonata
6. Interiors
7. Halloween
8. National Lampoon's Animal House
9. Kings of the Road
10. Superman
Interiors -- the final scene where the sisters artfully arrange themselves for the camera got me giggling. I don't think that's the response Woody was hoping for.
Halloween -- when I was 16 I attended a Halloween party, and this was what we were watching. At 16 years old (in 1981) that moment when Jamie Lee Curtis runs from room to room and discovers all her dismembered friends was, I thought, sufficiently scary. I watched it again last year and was struck with two realizations: 1) by today's standards, this movie has a leaden and ineffectual pace; 2) the young and adorable Ms. Curtis was (by today's standards) a thick-ankled lass!
National Lampoon's Animal House -- I'm setting myself up for a fall, but here goes: First of all, I don't mind admitting this is a truly entertaining flick. But that's part of my problem with it. In 1979, in my suburban grade nine classroom, every single one of my male classmates had seen this film and memorized swaths of its dialogue. They also committed to memory every word uttered by Cheech & Chong ("Dave? Dave's not here!"). Throw in Saturday Night Live and you had a three-cornered template for life. In Grade Nine. In the suburbs. I've gone back to the old neighborhood and caught up with most of my friends from that single year, and I can't help but get a little depressed by what a corpulent, brain-dead bunch they've turned into. Maybe there weren't the proper parental checks and balances to prevent this outcome. And maybe your grade nine class was different. But I think this movie had an undue influence on these feckless kids of bourgeois privilege.
Superman -- I've always had problems with this character. He's only compelling when he's Clark Kent. Otherwise, he's Steve Austin (the original, mind) with a cape.
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- DarkoV said...
Label me a heathen and get it over with.
I am not a Spielberg fan.
Jaws, Close Encounters.., Sophie's Choice, E.T., yep, just add them to the list of movies worth one view and then good riddance.
At first I thought Providence was this movie. Never saw the former. Loved the latter.
3 Women was....strange; nothing new there since it's an Altman.
No matter what depth of moral terpitude Woody has sunk to since 1977, I'm with you that "Annie Hall" is simply a great, great film.
Hated "Superman" and never bothered with any of the sequels. "Steve Austin (the original, mind) with a cape"? Too funny...and too kind.
"Interiors" was a comedy, right? That's all I remember from seeing it; laughing a lot. That and wondering who kept the rooms so clean as the moving air caused by all of the room-to-room floating had to have kicked up the dust bunnies. The constant sound of the ocean gave me the impression that most of the cast would walk into it one night, thus leaving us alone with that gorgeous house. I believe realtors got the idea of showing videos of prospective houses for sale by watching this movie, so some long term benefits did come out of Mr. Allen's efforts.
The best for last.
I saw "Animal House", if memory has not deserted me, in the summer of 1978, shortly after "Star Wars". Loved both for how different they were from most movies shown then. I've seen "Animal House" multiple times since and, I confess, still find it hilarious, as opposed to some movies these days. "Star Wars"? I haven't seen since 1978 and have no urge to see it.
Your grade nine classmates' current condition? I can explain it only as reality not meeting expectations. Did they go off to college, where knowledge is good, (sorry, couldn't hold myself back) and not have any of those experiences they thought "Animal House" was advertising? I'd be bummed out too, depressed that I'd been fooled again by that false dreams machine in Hollywood. As a kid, "Animal House" and Cheech & Chong sure did make adulthood, or at the very least, suspended adulthood, appealling. How did the wool get pulled over our eyes so easily?
Probably, becausee we were so eagerly doing the pulling.
"Animal House" is a lot like extended guitar solos. Only appreciated by guys. Only scoffed at by the gals.
I still put the movie on at least once a year and I still fall out of the couch on certain scenes. Suspended adulthood? Punch my ticket, I'm waiting to board. Well, at least for a couple of hours.
- 12:27 pm
- Whisky Prajer said...
If I had to deliver a quick prognosis re: my grade 9 friends, I think the troubles began when they tried to live out the Cheech & Chong/Animal House lifestyle in grade 9. One of the more disturbing "extras" available on the Metallica: Some Kind of Monster DVD is footage of an audience member in his mid-30s, standing up after a screening and tearfully announcing how he can now see it's possible to be drug-free and still "rock out". That guy sure looked and sounded familiar. I guess some journeys get started with little steps.
- 2:51 pm
- Joel Swagman said...
I agree that close Encounters is over-rated. And Annie Hall is the best film about relationships ever.
- 2:53 pm
- Xenoverse said...
Substitute "Monty Python" and "Fawlty Towers" ("Farty Towels") for "Cheech & Chong" and SNL, and you have a pretty good picture of schoolboy life in Scotland there too.
But wait... didn't "Kentucky Fried Movie" come out the same year as Animal House? A twofer, I recall. But you had to be there... which is pretty much your point, isn't it?
My kids, to continue the tradition, quote "Family Guy" and Dane Cook incessantly.
- 4:26 pm
Days of Heaven is worth a watch.
- 9:53 am
- Whisky Prajer said...
fcb - "Fawlty Towers" & MPFC? If you're trying to make me feel better, it's not working. Now, "Family Guy" - that's it, exactly. You listen as the progeny chuckle, you hope against hope this is some indication of higher intelligence, then you despair as the parrotting begins. You could take them aside and explain the fine points of irony, but it would be a lost cause.
- 4:33 pm
- Whisky Prajer said...
ジョエル - Annie Hall is an altogether unique "date" movie: you can see it just as you're on the verge of getting serious with someone, and you can see it as you're on the verge of breaking up.
phil - *sigh* One more to add to the Netflix cue...
- 8:05 pm
Hey Whiskey,
I've been enjoying your rejoinders to my "I'm Listing!" on Ebert's picks. (Been out of town, then very ill, so only now am getting back to it.)
First of all, regarding "2001: A Space Odyssey" - I did see it on wide screen in a theatre several times. It is mesmerizing and the accuracy of the space scenes is cool (e.g. no sound when in the vacuum of space), but it does drag, I think, except for the part where Hal goes nuts. And the ending (where Bowman evolves like the monkeys at the beginning due to influence from the black monolith into the "star-child/star-embryo" (with fantastic cosmic powers) - presumably the next step in evolution) just isn't all that clear within the narrative of the film. So, I stand by my "boring and impenetrable" remarks - while realizing I'm delving into a bit of film buff heresy, particularly since I'm a geek, too.
The secret to "Close Encounters" was that it was the first and only film of the time to couch the idea of initial extraterrestrial contact as a positive thing. And the special effects for the time were amazing. Yeah, it's aged and has a lot of its thunder stolen by the fact that most of its ideas and themes have been absorbed into the general gestalt. (Not that you don't know this, but just thot I'd toss it out there.)
Finally, the reason Jamie Lee C. is thick-ankled is because she's really a boy. She has a very rare genetic condition that prevents her own body from absorbing any testosterone it produces, so she "defaulted" to female anatomy due to that. If she didn't take hormone enhancement, she would've looked like a boyish female all her life, but estrogen and other hormone treatments have made her look more female. (For the record, she's sterile, too.) But, genetically, she's XY.
- 12:48 pm
- Whisky Prajer said...
Nice to hear you're up and at 'em, Y (I can't quite by the XY Curtis proposition, though - I've always been a bit sweet on her).
- 6:45 pm
- Scott said...
Erm...I've always been sweet on Jamie Lee too, even a little after I woke up to being gay. The XY theory therefore makes both perfect sense to me while being deeply unsettling. :)
Ah, the fascinating fluid river that is sexuality!
Bottom line though: Curtis writes adorable books for adopted kids, she's an underrated actress (pleeeease do another movie with John Cleese!) and she's Jake Gyllenhaal's godmother, which seems both odd and quite sweet. Man, woman or in-between, she's a class act!
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US won't stop allies from arming Syrian rebels
While chances for negotiations seem remote, Washington still prefers a diplomatic solution to two-year-old civil war
ISTANBUL (AP) — Ending Syria's civil war through negotiations seemed an even more remote prospect Monday, as the main opposition group tried to set up a rival government to President Bashar Assad's regime and the US said it won't stop allies from arming the rebels.
The opposition Syrian National Coalition met in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday to elect a prime minister who would run an interim government in Syria's rebel-held areas.
The election was initially set for Tuesday, but officials then said it might take place later Monday. Similar efforts had been derailed by internal disputes in the past.
Setting up such a government, in a direct challenge to the regime, could harden battle lines even more and close the door to negotiations between Assad and the opposition.
The US has been cool to the idea of a rival government, saying the focus should be on a political transition. Under a plan endorsed by the international community last year, Assad's supporters and opponents were to propose representatives for a transition government, with each side able to veto candidates.
However, the plan did not address Assad's role. Most in the Syrian opposition rule out any negotiations with the Syrian ruler.
On Monday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said the Obama administration wants to leave the door open for a political solution.
But concerning Syria's rebels, "the United States does not stand in the way of other countries that made a decision to provide arms, whether it's France or Britain or others," Kerry said, speaking in Washington.
His comments came after French President Francois Hollande said last week that his country and Britain were pushing the European Union to lift its arms embargo on Syria as soon as possible so that they can send weapons to rebel fighters.
The two countries are seeking military help for the rebels by the end of May or earlier if possible. Germany and other EU nations have been skeptical, pointing to the risk of further escalation.
Britain and France argue that Assad will not hold genuine negotiations if he believes he can survive militarily and that strengthening the rebels is the only way of squeezing the regime.
Kerry's remarks indicate that the Obama administration will not interfere with any country seeking to rebalance the fight against an Assad regime supported by Russia, Iran and Hezbollah.
The United States long argued that more weapons in Syria would only make peace harder. As the violence has worsened over the last year, Washington has tempered that message somewhat. It is now promising nonlethal aid to the anti-Assad militias in the form of meals and medical kits, and refusing to rule out further escalation.
The Syria conflict erupted in March 2011 as a largely peaceful uprising. In response to a regime crackdown, the rebellion turned into an armed insurgency and then civil war. More than 70,000 people have been killed and some 4 million of Syria's 22 million people have been driven from their homes by the fighting, according to UN estimates.
The conflict remains deadlocked, with rebels controlling large areas in northern and eastern Syria, and the regime defending its hold on the capital Damascus and elsewhere. Services have broken down in many rebel-held areas, which come under frequent regime attack by air-dropped bombs and artillery.
The Syrian National Coalition, largely based in exile, has wrestled for weeks with a decision on setting up an interim government. The exiles could have trouble asserting their authority in war-ravaged regions, and the risk of failure is high.
"Expectations will be high and means will be low," said coalition member Louay Safi.
However, Safi believes support for an interim government will grow if it shows it can deliver services to people in the rebel-run territories. "Anyone who tries to oppose it will be in a difficult position," he said.
All those attending the Istanbul conference said they oppose negotiations between the opposition and the Assad regime on the terms of ending the war.
"We've heard a lot about this 'peaceful solution,' but there are no positive, real steps from the regime, and the opposition presented its plan and it is clear that the regime was just playing for time," said Nizar Al Hrakey, another coalition member.
The election of a prime minister was initially to begin Tuesday, but conference participants said it might take place later Monday.
The coalition's 73-member general assembly is choosing among 12 candidates for the job.
Earlier Monday, the head of the main rebel group, the Free Syrian Army, lent his support to the idea of an interim government.
Gen. Salim Idris told reporters that fighters affiliated with the FSA will recognize the authority of such a government.
"We consider it the only legal government in the country," Idris said in Istanbul.
Idris also portrayed the FSA as the most powerful and organized rebel formation in Syria. It remains unclear, however, how many of the hundreds of rebel brigades fighting Assad's forces follow Idris' commands or are linked to his group.
Some of the most effective rebel groups are Islamic extremists who have developed their own support networks. One of them, Jabhat al-Nusra, has been designated a terrorist group by the United States and is said to be linked to al-Qaeda.
Idris said his group has no relationship with Jabhat al-Nusra.
He renewed his call for world powers to arm rebel fighters, saying his group would ensure that the weapons don't fall into the wrong hands — a prime concern of the US and other powers, especially given Syria's southern frontier with Israel.
"We have the power and the organizational capacity to control the movement of these weapons and keep them in safe, trusted hands," he said.
In Syria, meanwhile, three mortar shells struck central Damascus, the seat of Assad's power. The pro-government's Al-Ikhbariya TV said one of the shells fell in Muhajireen district near Tishreen Palace, one of three palaces that Assad uses in the capital.
Activists also reported that mortar shells struck near state security agencies in al-Barakmeh district and close to the Higher Education Ministry in Mazzeh district.
At least 26 people died Monday in fighting in Damascus and its suburbs, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an activist group.
Also on Monday, Assad's fighter jets struck targets near the town of Arsal, Lebanon, according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency. The two countries share a porous border.
US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland confirmed that Syrian warplanes and helicopters fired rockets into northern Lebanon, striking near Arsal.
"This constitutes a significant escalation in the violations of Lebanese sovereignty that the Syrian regime has been guilty of," Nuland said. "These kinds of violations of sovereignty are absolutely unacceptable.'
Associated Press writer Bradley S. Klapper in Washington contributed to this report
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
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Utah resident Jonas Otsuji is a 37 year old Sushi Chef. Like the brisk staccato chops of a knife wielding Sushi Chef, Jonas' CBS.com bio is also brief and concise. He likes to cook, loves his family, and knows how to build a shelter. I'm not getting a real read on this guy from his stock answers so let's check out how he comes across on camera...
*snore* Is there tryptophan in Spicy Tuna Roll? Holy Ahi, this guy is a snoozefest. What's the house specialty, a little Uni dipped in liquified Ambien and dusted with chamomile flowers? Unagi glazed with Propofol coming right up! Sonata Blossom. Trazadone Tempura. Hamachi Halcion. Buy 2, get 1 in heaven because you just overdosed.
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- SouthernFebruary 12, 2012 at 1:47 PM
Wonder if he'll perk up once the meds wear off ?ReplyDelete
ahh....it's so good to read your stuff again. I am back to laughing at work, AND on a Monday no less. Life is good.ReplyDelete
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davidhassid wrote:Well, til people are tested, no one can ever be sure. I agree with you. I don't know if I would or would not, however, my morals are to honor friendship and family, and I hope that, if I am ever tested, I'll keep with it. I'm sure everyone who says "No" is the same way. Nobody can possibly know what they would do in circumstances that would test that kind of thing. I wouldn't even be surprised if the person who said "Hell Yeah" would change in special scenarios.
Shikanosuke wrote:Most people probably really never know the validity of their claims in this area until they have actually been tested. Family often may hold true, but friends fall apart quickly under such strains.
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Hi! Not really sure where else to place this, as my truck isnt going to be used heavily for camping or overlanding, more like just the occasional "on a whim" camping trip or fishing trip, etc.
I have a 2004 dakota 4x4. It's lifted about an inch and on 32's. Nothing special at all, but it's my daily (well, i daily a company vehicle, but its my "real" or "normal" vehicle). The truck is from NH originally (my dad bought it new) has had alot of rust repaired and was resprayed by my brother back in Rhode Island, then it made its way to me. It;s nothing special, but i plan to keep it as long as it holds together and lasts.
I used to run a tonneau cover but wanted something more useful. As mentioned I'd like the ability to sleep in it with SOME comfort, as well as make it useful, but not purely dedicated to camping. I needed to still maintain the same utility as a truck with a camper shell, because it'll still be used as a truck. I shall chronicle my little project below:
I picked up a camper shell for a couple hundred bucks
i plasti dipped it black so i dont look like a banana or yellow pages delivery service.
then in installed some inexpensive LED's as general utility lights not just for camping. should he helpful just for loading/unloading on regular camping trips and with plain cargo.
Now here's where things get ugly. apparently i suck at upholstery. I wanted to cover the wires and was considering some insulation for the top of the shell. In the end I decided against any actual insulation since i figure it cant be any different than sleeping in a tent and will rely on my sleeping bag for warmth. I bought a giant fleece blanket and foolishly attempted to glue it to the top.
The actual top came out okay, but then i didnt get everything straight and had to make a bunch of random seams in the back and got some wrinkles. I'm not proud.....but it'll do. I havent gone back through yet with contact cement and glued down the edges around the windows. I've got a bit of "touch up" to do, but it likely wont make much of an improvement. please dont laugh at me lol.
So, one of the big issues about sleeping in a pickup bed is the cold floor, being that air is under you. Again i dont plan on any arctic expeditions in this thing, but at least wanted SOME insulation from the sheet metal.
I picked up a 4x8 of 1 1/2" insulation sheathing, and a 4x8 of luan underlayment. I cut to fit, and glued the luan to the top of the foam so that I can move around on top of it without crushing and denting the foam. this should at least keep the bed from sucking my warmth away. I made it 3 separate panels that can be removed or stacked at the front of the bed for easy storage. Or they can just hang out in there as long as im not doing any heavy materials moving
Next, i picked up a cheap ($19) 5x7 rug at walmart to be installed either with or without the insulation panels. Cut it to fit the wheel wells and cover the floor. I went around the cut edges with a hot glue gun to prevent it from fraying. Why anybody would pay $400 for a "bed rug" kit is beyond me!
Lastly, i know this is only good for warm weather camping, I picked up a twin sized air mattress for $7 at walmart. This will work and be more comfortable than a thermarest or similar thin pad for the majority of camping that I do in the truck. If i do have to camp in the cold, I'll bring one of my thin insulated pads rather than this one which will not keep me insulated at all.
As you can see in a few of the pictures, i also wired in a 12v socket near the switch for the lights. This will run my phone charger or whatever I need back there. All the wiring for the lights and the outlet was done on a quick disconnect spade connector so i can just pop it off when necessary to remove the shell, and everything will go with the shell except 1 wire running in the bed from the 12v on my 7 pin trailer harness.


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Before Saturday, no one had rushed for 100 yards against the 49ers defense, and no one had run for a touchdown against the 49ers defense. Before Saturday, nobody had worn Skittles sneakers against the 49ers defense. Correlation is not necessarily causation, but this time it totally was, say scienticians.
Lynch had a robust 5.1 yards per carry and a 4-yard score (and might have had another if not for a bizarre broken play on 3rd and goal from the 1). His secret? Skittles in the belly and on the feet. Nike rigged up a special pair of Skittles colorway Talons for Lynch to wear on Saturday, and off he went. But the traditional Skittles shower in the end zone was no substitute for a W.
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The biggest factor when it comes to self-storage prices in Fort Myers, Florida is size. Below are some monthly price ranges you can expect to see in Fort Myers, Florida based on different storage unit sizes.
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The overall average price of a self-storage unit booked in Fort Myers, Florida over the past 180 days is $69.57.
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Ah, there you are. I was wondering when EVE Online's insane space battle would catch the attention of Next Media Animation—aka the Taiwanese cartoon shop regularly pumping out videos of controversies and calamities in the West.
The video fixates on the missed rent payment, literally, that started the hostilities on Monday, which is part of why the battle was so transfixing to non-EVE players. But just having thing recounted in Mandarin—which even if I don't speak it, I detect a disbelieving tone—makes it funnier, too.
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