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Friday, July 27, 2007
Speaking Of Animation Critics...
Does that mean that the Disney style movies are ironically written?
I like how our language keeps changing.
Sanjaya is an ironic singer...
"Mom, I hope you don't mind, I got an ironic report card today."
go check out Rebecca's sites, she's very talented...and doesn't draw poorly on purpose
SUNDAY: Howie Post, my favorite Harvey Comics Cartoonist
40 comments:
- ted said...
That reviewer seems to need a punch in the brain.
- Colin said...
That review was....ironic.
So I guess we're now using that in place of shitty.
That review was so convoluted. It reminded me of communism, especially this part: It's supposed to be poorly drawn, just as comedy is supposed to be poorly staged, so only the comedy and never the filmaking stands out. It's obviously that the critic has never made a film before.
- Tool said...
the writers are the stars of the simpsons. matt groening parlayed his underdeveloped drafting abilities into a career writing stuff, animation without much of an emphasis on the visual art.
that doesnt make the simpsons completely unenjoyable, but thats just what it is. its all about the script. it doesnt go for the potential of drawings in sequence, it never will. many people still find it entertaining for what it is.
- John said...
The word we be at a loss without blogs like these...
- kelvinkao said...
You know... this makes me wonder.
What if... instead of movie critics reviewing animations using live action standards (like character development, acting, etc.), we have animators writing reviews of live action movies as if they are writing animation? What would've they have come up with?
Not enough colors?
Not enough stretching?
Not animated enough?
Just a thought.
I like up to about season 9 of The Simpsons.But I thought the new movie for the most part was lame and tired.
But practically everyone seems to think its the best thing ever.
It's me against the world, baby!
- PCUnfunny said...
Ironically drawn ? Do we need amy more excuses for crappy darwings ?
- chrisallison said...
It's the crutch of postmodernism to make the assumption that everything in the piece is INTENTIONAL.
My two cents anyhoo...
- Mr. Semaj said...
The ironing is delicious...
- Colin said...
"What if... instead of movie critics reviewing animations using live action standards (like character development, acting, etc.), we have animators writing reviews of live action movies as if they are writing animation? What would've they have come up with?"
It would probably make Richard Roper's head explode. I'm all for it.
- Will Finn said...
i loved the SIMPSONS MOVIE and am a big fan of the show, but thanks for posting this clip: it is a classic example of why i don't read newspapers any more, least of all movie criticsim.
here you have some pseudo-intellectual tripping all over herself trying to sound smart to a readership that could care less, describing the obvious about why the show is funny. and in the process making idiotic generalizations about live action (the writer's supposed area of expertise) that are pathetic. "Comedy is staged badly"??? WTF??? Filmmaking is only considered good if the aesthetics upstage the material, i guess... this is the sort of ivy league gibberish that is supposed to be film criticsim....
by contrast what a relief and refresher to read Chuck Jones' no holds barred rip on UPA. Even if i didn't agree with him i would applaud his articulation and respect his view here.
- C. A. M. Thompson said...
The Simpsons at least had some talented artists who created a new version of Matt Groening's style for animation. Underneath the crude exteriors there are some classic cartoon principles, although they're very conservative about what they're using. A lot of newer cartoons don't even try to transform their creators stuff into something that will animate.
- Bluedog said...
Just to go back to UPA for a second. The strangest thing...my wife bought a VHS at a small town Zellers called "Gerald McBoing Boing Presents the Twirliger Twins" from 1957 redone in 1987 for 99 cents. Good voice work by Stan Freberg and Daws Butler, super simplistic drawings by Fred Crippen, Phil Duncan and Frank Smith. My 4 year old and 2 year old can't stop watching it, even though it's kind of dumb-assed, violent and mean-spirited.
- NateBear said...
i bet that semi-fun pose of homer is one of the most popular ones.
Hey John, I know you dislike The Simpsons, but it seems you didn't really understand the reviewer. You cannot compare 'ironically drawn' meaning 'poorly drawn' in the article to 'Hey Mom, I got an ironic report card.'
In the case of The Simpsons, the art is deliberately simple. The result is a highly successful, influential TV series. The creators know that and celebrate it. In the case of the report card, the kid did not deliberately fail. And even if the kid did, for some reason fail his exams on purpose to get a bad report card, success and influence will not follow. So I don't think those two are comparable.
'Irony' means using a word to describe something that is is not. To be precise, "the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning." So when the reviewer said 'poorly' he or she actually meant 'well.' (I know you disagree with that, I'm just saying that is what the reviewer meant.) The Simpsons were one of the first shows to start the huge trend towards ironic comedy that was so popular all through the nineties, and still today.
I doubt the show would have been as popular or successful had it been animated in 40s style full animation, nor crappy 70s and 80s 'realistic' animation.
That said, I do know what you are talking about in this blog -- the artists (if not the writers!) on The Simpsons are certainly creatively constrained. Then again, I am sure a lot of the artists would be happy that they have worked so hard on a show as successful as The Simpsons.
- lastangelman said...
Reading his previous columns, I would wholeheartedly agree that this writer is a whole hearted phony, who has just enough skills to twist the English language enough to make himself appear to less educated people that he knows what he is talking about. More perceptive people can see through his phoniness, his pretensions, all his false trappings, but they wised up to his act long ago and have long ignored his pseudo-intellectual forays into the critical arts, unless they were in need of an ocasional good laugh.
Having seen The Simpsons Movie, I will say the drawings and visuals and styles are exactly what you would expect from the creators of the show, no surprise, but the comedy writing and action holds together throughout the film, surprisingly. Essentially, though, this movie isn't going to be a classic piece of animated history. Despite all the hard work the creators sweated over this, as they claim, it remains about as disposable and faux controversial as any other piece of pop culture detritus produced in this decade. It'll sell a lot of DVDs when paired off with the Simpsons 10th season DVD this Christmas, and that'll be it.
- Max said...
I'm going to see The Simpsons Movie tomorrow, even though you don't like the animation. And that review was horrible.
- Brian B said...
Pretty much, tool. The writing and the voice actors. Now if she could make an excuse for the bad writing of the last 10 years, I'd like to hear it. Season 1-8 not only had good comedy, but good staging and dramatic writing as well. The dumbest thing about this article is the suggestion that they can't coexist together - and make the product better as a whole by doing so. The Simpsons could have used better drawing, but it's never been death to the series as entertainment, that it hadn't.
Anyway, this lady should check out Billy Wylder, and get back to us with the inevitable review about the quality of filmmaking and comedy together ammounting to sheer incomprehension.
- amir avni said...
Wow, Rebbecca's stuff is great!
- The GagaMan(n) said...
If anything every drawing of the Simpsons now looks really calculated, like they have all the eye and mouth templates sitting on a computer somewhere. I haven't seen the movie yet though so I can't really tell if it counts so much for that than it does the TV series for last few years. I say this whenever something about the Simpsons comes up, but I loved how the old Tracy Ulman (?) short episodes looked, myself. Crudely drawn (much like Beavis and Butthead) but also very creative and looked it like the animators were having fun. Not so much now, as they're very strict on keeping on model. Shame, 'cause the writing is usually good enough.
- stephen rogers said...
Looking forward to your Harvey post. Warren Kremer and Howard Post belong up there with Harvey Eisenberg, Milt Stein, Dan Gordon and Owen Fitzgerald!
Thanks for drawing attention to artists who more often than not are condescended to by historians.
And surely some of the Harvey characters are ripe for the sort of treatment you gave Yogi Bear and the Jetsons a few years back. Hell, they're half way there themselves. The first time I saw "Tarts and Flowers" I initially thought I was getting a Famous theft of that old Silly Symphony about Candyland. I changed my mind when the villain is gleefully beaten up by the cops.
And the whole thing ends with an amazingly funny and grotesque shot of the gingerbread man having sired a family in the oven, and everyone is grinning, though baked to a crisp! Sick-cute indeed!
- Jeff Read said...
Here's a rule of thumb: Your art teacher likes Clampett-directed Bugs Bunny whereas your English teacher likes The Simpsons.
Well, all of mine did; the fact that I had mainly the same English teachers as Simpsons writer Mike Reiss (he went to my high school) helped matters there.
The world is awash in writers who are amateurish cartoonists who can still be funny. Groening, Mike Judge, Scott Adams... but all of these are still better than this guy, who can neither draw nor be funny.
- JohnK said...
But those cartoons aren't as funny or well written as Looney Tunes or Tex Avery.
You don't have to have bad animation on purpose.
And those animated sitcoms aren't as funny as the classic live action sitcoms.
- E said...
its the Simpsons people, not 13th century oil paintings done by the masters or whatever.
you people are WAY too critical and have a stick WAY too far up yourself atop your undeserving high horses.
ive checked out some of the blogs from the people who had something to say i didn't agree with/was ridiculous and most of you should probably just stop posting your opinions all together.
i give it a B-... being that i haven't watched an episode in about 2 years now, i didn't think it was as horrible as some of you jerks proclaim.
- Blue said...
Hey John, Thanks for putting up Rebecca Sugar's LJ - I fell in love with her comic immediately. Now there's a cool artist with some great skills and ideas. Really inspiring for me - I'm about her age, and it's cool to see that someone so young has such strong and crazy aesthetics!
- Gabriel said...
the guy comes to a cartoon blog to complain that people take cartoons too seriously. That's so stupid, i wonder if folks in other fields have to deal with this. Do architects keep hearing "chill out, dude, it's just a building" whenever something aggresses their senses?
I had no problem understanding what the writer was talking about, as some posters have. I think I made it pretty clear in my last post.
Now, of you want mind-bogglingly cryptic and awful writing about animation, try this. It's from the programme of an animation exhibition in my hometown of Sydney in 1996. I met John there, and immediately gave him a yoga demonstration by putting my foot in my mouth. Luckily he was woozy from jetlag, so he probably forgot about it. Enjoy:
"This paper will explore in a transverse, speculative manner the intertextual delineation of the animatic apparatus in the cultic Nickelotoon The Ren and Stimpy Show. Mobilising an interdisciplinary poststructural approach, the speaker will address questions of abjection, animatophilia, carnivalisation, dialogism and the frame of the frame in a multifaceted discursive attempt to colour the more distinctive polyphonic cultural, kinetic-visual and theoretical concerns of our Spumco odd couple."
I'm more or less certain it was a joke. Ironic, to be precise -- deliberately confusing, in order to make fun of over-important pop-culture critics. I'll never know for sure, though. John, do you know? Do you still have your notes on the animatic apparatus and animatophilia from 11 years ago?
- Roberto González said...
I loved the Itchy and Scratchy short in The Simpsons movie. It was funny because of the visuals, Silverman did a great job with it.
There is a couple of other scenes that have more or less creative imagination, but nothing as good as the Itchy and Scratchy piece. At least visually. The movie is really funny, though slightly flawed plot-wise, it does have some cliches and it's a little disjointed in places.
- megabulk said...
Wow, Rebecca's Pug Davis comic is GREAT. And I like how PD looks a bit like George Liquor American.
- crolyss said...
just have to say it here that i thought the comic rebecca sugar wrote is brilliant. really funny and really well drawn, well done!
- E said...
gabriel : you all speak of cartoons like they're poetry. "this guy comes to a cartoon blog saying people take them too seriously" damn straight.. THEYRE CARTOONS they dont have to be technical artistical splendor. People like you are the reason talented people with new ideas of what animation is/can be have such a hard time breaking through narrow minds such as your own.
- 1dying said...
John K.!
Have another nugget:
1. To be lousy on purpose.
Does that mean that the Disney style movies are ironically written?
go check out Rebecca's sites, she's very talented...and doesn't draw poorly on purpose
Lousy on purpose? ... to be, or not to be... : you are about two tones too soft on her.
So BLUE thinks she's cool.
Her style is dump, her stories are psycho. Rebecca thanx(!) for making serious analysis about though subjects in life. ... Like we need this kind of art in order to enlighten ourselves and... find the passion.
BLOG COMMEMTS Critique:
Why do you approve bad comments?
COLIN got it nice.
points out that The critic is not cooking sausages... um... something else totally irrelevant. (But funny.)(Damn communism victim.)
TED is irrelevant and [nr.1]="should get deleted, otherwise commie victims like roberto will have dialectic space prepared for them".
JOHN is irrelevant and so #1.
kelvinkao is having just a thought, so #1.
CARTOON LAD has desires of world domination, so #1.
CHRISALLISON only weights about 2 cents on this white background, #1.
Mr. Semaj seems OK to add mass to your blog, right? Cut it out for my sake, then. Just look how much I wrote, alone. (This would be a damp irony, a suggestion, etc. but, of course, I am too serious for that. It's killing time. Fight me, oh, enemies!)
COLIN said that you need to be a professional ice cream maker in order to taste it. This is a really really stupid way of putting things.
WILL FINN is OK.
Will I give my opinion more if more than one fine gent will comment per post? SURE. Communist VIRUS needs 1 good man in front, to be the hope of ones dying every day.
... so here is C.A.M. THOMPSON.
And OTHERS.
On the internet...
... you don't have to be lousy on purpose.
There are real people out there:
BAGGERSTEVE says:
"Hey John, I know you dislike The Simpsons, but it seems you didn't really understand the reviewer."
1. John K does not dislike the Simpsons.
2. Are you giving a strong argument here?
"You cannot compare 'ironically drawn' meaning 'poorly drawn' in the article to 'Hey Mom, I got an ironic report card.'"
3. Will you take the time to explain why?
"Simpsons BIG, so OWNER POWERFUL. Failed exam, so KID +choice NEGATIVE/POSITIVE, sinthesis= YOU ARE WRONG."
4. Self explanatory.
"'Irony' means using a word to describe something that is is not. To be precise, "the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.""
5. I just read it and realized you are a GENIUS! You must have an IQ of goddamn 160!
Then he says some stuff more, some negatives/positives, and then reaches a highly successful and appraised conclusion, in the for ever spirit of the revolution.
John K, You have written very well that you /negative/ over being lousy on purpose.
Is this the bright side?
- PCUnfunny said...
"say this whenever something about the Simpsons comes up, but I loved how the old Tracy Ulman (?) short episodes looked, myself."
Me Too ! Every time I bring it up the fist thing I hear is "The darwings were crude" or they were "sloppy". Yes,BUT,thay had lots of funny animation and darwings. Now we have this ultra stiff, "god forbid I go off model" crap.
- Gabriel said...
You obviously don't care for cartoons as much as most of us here do. You're pretty happy with the ugly stuff on tv. Why would you go out of your way to tell people who yearn for funny and well drawn cartoons that they are asking too much?
People like you are the reason talented people with new ideas of what animation is/can be have such a hard time breaking through narrow minds such as your own.
That makes no sense at all.
- Drifta39 said...
Funny Drawings does not equal a funny cartoon. The early Tracy Ulman crap was Ok... animated to "John K Standards" but from what I've seen they were not funny. The Simpsons was hilarious... it may not conform to you animation elitist's standards, but it was well written and funny.
You guys need to realise that the majority of people that watch cartoons are just interested in a laugh and not in how well animated it is, the talent of the artists etc.
- JohnK said...
I thought the Tracey Ullman shorts were much funnier myself.
I've never seen anyone laugh out loud at The Simpsons' half hour show.
I see people smirk and look at each other to see if they should acknowledge that something wry just happened.
People laugh out loud and lots at Looney Tunes, Tex Avery and the 3 Stooges.
They are well written and funny looking at the same time.
- Drifta39 said...
I have also laughed out loud to Looney Tunes as well as Simpsons. I am not saying well animated cartoons are not funny, I'm just saying that some of the posters here need to realise that Simpsons is funny in its own special way... it's mainly due to the writing and a few slapstick gags... and it works.
Just Like Looney Tunes, Screwball Squirell (which I like) and Tom and Jerry rely on crazy insane drawings and well animated characters... which works as well.
All I'm saying is Cartoons do not have to be drawn and animated crazily to make people laugh, and The Simpsons is one example.
I've laughed out loud a lot of times during a Simpsons half hour show... "City of New York vs Homer Simpson" was a particularly funny episode.
- PCUnfunny said...
I don't know how you can't laugh at a funny drawing. The Ulman shorts are better then a majority of the series.
- Clownface said...
I'm probably going to cause people to get their knickers in a knot, but speaking of Looney Tunes and such...
Am I the only one who never found cartoons such as Looney Tunes particulary funny? Sure it has had large impact on the animation industry and all, but when I was a kid the cartoons annoyed (and sometimes bored) me more than they amused me. This is a reason I find it pointless to argue that cartoons have to be like this and that, it all boils down to personal preference, as much as a cliché it sounds. I myself wouldn't care for animation as much as I do if only these over the top wacky cartoons existed, they usually don't do much for me.


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Penang 槟城(Malay: Pulau Pinang) [16] is an island off the northwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It is also the name of the Malaysian state which is made up of Penang Island and the facing strip of territory on the mainland called Seberang Perai (formerly Province Wellesley).
Penang's beaches are nice, though a little lackluster when compared to those in some other Malaysian states, but this is more than compensated for by the island's rich multicultural history which is full of Malay, Chinese, Indian and European influences. Penang is also well known for being the "food paradise" of Malaysia.
Penang Island
Mainland (Seberang Perai)
Penang was part of the Malay sultanate of Kedah until 1786, when Captain Francis Light built a fort at the site of present-day Georgetown and managed to get the island ceded to the British East India Company. The island, along with Malacca and Singapore, was one of the three British Straits Settlements.
The name Penang comes from the Malay word Pinang, means the betel nut (槟榔) tree (Areca catechu). The name Pulau Pinang translated literally from Malay means "betel nut island". The original name of Penang was Pulau Ka-satu or "First Island", it was renamed to Prince of Wales Island on 12 Aug 1786 to commemorate the birthday of the Prince of Wales, later, George IV. During the early and middle part of the last century, Penang Island was also known as "The Pearl of the Orient".
The capital, Georgetown, was named after King George III of Great Britain. Today, Penang has the highest population density in Malaysia and is the only state where the ethnic Chinese are the majority. The state of Penang today has the third-largest economy amongst the states of Malaysia, after Selangor and Johor.
The cargo trade has largely shifted down to Port Klang and Singapore since Penang lost its free-port status in 1969, but now Penang makes a good living off tourism and electronics manufacturing. The multi-national corporations that operate factories in Penang's Free Trade Zones include Intel, AMD, BBraun, Dell, Flextronics, Agilent, Osram, Motorola, Seagate, and Jabil Circuit. Penang was granted Cyber-City status on 21 June, 2004. At the World Heritage Committee Session in July 2008, Georgetown and Malacca were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The state of Penang is made up of two parts, Penang Island, a turtle-shaped island in the Straits of Malacca 8 km west of Peninsular Malaysia, and Seberang Perai (formerly Province Wellesley), a rectangular-shaped district that is part of the mainland.
Georgetown is Penang's largest city. Development of the eastern coast of the island is slowly linking Georgetown, in the northeast, to the city of Bayan Lepas in the southeast. The northern coast, including Batu Ferringhi, is also being heavily developed and features the island's best beaches and resorts. The island's western side is still relatively undeveloped and has a serene "kampung" lifestyle (village) feel about it.
Penang, like the rest of Malaysia, has an equatorial climate. This means temperatures of between about 22°C/72°F (night) and 30°C/86°F (day), between 70% and 90% humidity, and an annual total rainfall of about 2400mm. The driest months are usually January and February. The wettest period is usually from September to November with August also being quite wet; frequent thunderstorms can be expected in these months.
When to go
Penang's high season is around Christmas, New Year's Day, and Chinese New Year (check the lunar calendar; it could fall on the end of January or early to mid February), when the east coast of Malaysia is drenched and hordes of sun-seeking tourists descend on the island. Accommodation tends to be packed, and priced accordingly.
Get in
By plane
Recently refurbished Penang Bayan Lepas International Airport (IATA: PEN) is one of Malaysia's larger and better-equipped airports, operated by Malaysia Airports [17].
The airport is on the southeastern coast of the island, some 30 min from Georgetown. Take Rapid Penang bus no. 401E from the terminal building to KOMTAR (first bus 5:30AM last bus 11:35PM, every 30 min; fare 2.70 RM, exact change necessary), ☎ +60 4 6434411
The airport is serviced by AirAsia [18], Firefly [19], Cathay Pacific Airways [20], SilkAir [21], Jetstar Airways [22], Tiger Airways[23], Thai Airways [24] and Malaysia Airlines [25].
Direct domestic flights are available to Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, and Langkawi. Direct international flights are available to Jakarta, Ko Samui, Surabaya, Macau, Taipei, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Medan, Singapore, Phuket, Perth and Banda Aceh.
By car
Penang is connected to the mainland and the North-South Expressway by the Penang Bridge, one of the longest bridges in Asia. There is no toll for vehicles heading to the mainland, but vehicles headed to the island must pay a toll as follows: motorcycles: RM1.40, cars: RM7, vans and buses with two axles and four wheels: RM12, [26].
By train
KTMB [27] operates train service to the Butterworth train station, within walking distance to the ferry to Penang Island. Tickets can be booked at the train station, the ferry terminal, or online [28]. The journey to/from Kuala Lumpur takes 6 hours.
An overnight train departs Bangkok daily at 2:45PM Thai time, scheduled to arrive in Butterworth at 1:45PM Malaysian time. Trains are air conditioned, are all sleeper cars, and cost THB1,210, with a THB104 surcharge for bicycles.
By bus
Buses in Georgetown arrive/depart at the new bus terminal at Sungai Nibong, a fifteen-minute ride from the centre, and about ten minutes from the airport. A taxi to the centre costs RM20. Rapid Penang bus 301 and 401E goes to KOMTAR and Pengkalan Weld (Weld Quay). Major coach operators include Fivestars [29] with online booking [30] ,Konsortium [31], Plusliner / Nice [32], Transnasional [33], and Mutiara.
The trip from Kuala Lumpur's Pudu Raya bus station or Kota Bharu, Perhentian Islands each cost around RM35 and take around 5-6 hours. Buses to/from Johor Bahru and Singapore take 10 hr and cost RM 60 or SGD$45.
It's possible to travel by bus to and from Thailand. Tickets are available from travel shops in and around Penang Road. Some prices and journey times are:
By minivan
Minivan service is more expensive than bus service and is available between Georgetown and cities in Thailand such as Ko Phi Phi, Phuket, Trang, Surat Thani, Krabi, Ko Samui, Ko Pha Ngan, Bangkok and Hat Yai (RM30) on daily basis. Service is available to the Perhentian Islands for 130-150 RM, boat included.
By boat
Langkawi Ferry Services [36] operates ferry service from Langkawi to Penang at 2:30PM and 5:15PM daily. ☎ +60 4 2642088 in Penang; ☎ +60 4 9663779 in Langkawi. One-way trip costs RM60 for adult, RM45 for child (3-11 years old) and RM25 for infant (below 2 years old). Return trip costs RM115, RM85 and RM50 respectively. Trip takes 2 hr and 30 min. Advance booking can be made via the web site - note you have to use Internet Explorer for the transaction (Chrome and Mozilla will not work). Credit cards are not accepted at the terminal, although there are numerous ATMs in the attached shopping mall. The ferry in service is very old and offers no facilities other than simple air-conditioned seating. There is no access to the top, meaning thereby that no sight-seeing on the way is available. There is proper locked storage for luggage at the rear of the ship upon boarding. There is no restaurant. Check-in is at least 30 minutes before scheduled departure time.
Langkawi Ferry Services [37] operates ferries from the Belwan port in Medan to Penang on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, returning to Penang on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. The boat leaves at 9:00am at the journey takes 6 hours. Tel: +604264-2088 in Penang; +62614521666 / +62614527555 in Medan. Adult: RM110 one-way, RM180 return; child: RM60 one-way, RM100 return.
NOTE: As of sometime mid 2010 this ferry and all other companies ferrying to Medan have stopped. There are ferries to other places such as Dumai in Sumatra.
Get around
One of the best ways to sight see is to walk around Georgetown; but wear light clothes, start early in the morning, and put on plenty of sun-block during the daytime. When crossing the roads, remember to look both ways, even on a one-way street. Walking tours are available by local residents and Georgetown personalities, arrangement can be made direct or through hotels or guest houses. Individual tours usually start at 9.00 am and are tailored to suit. The walking tour we had included the guide, his protege and just two of us, we were amazed at the knowledge information and background history of buildings our guide gave us. The amusing stories and great lunch we enjoyed made this the best day we had in Georgetown. (Just remember to take water). The cost of 180 R was real value for money and tour actually went for much longer than we expected.
By bus
RapidPenang [38], the local bus service, features new buses. All bus stations and bus stops which are serviced by the RapidPenang buses are labeled with proper signboards to ensure user-friendliness. Buses are somewhat frequent on the main artery to Batu Ferringhi. Rapid Penang bus 101 bound for Teluk Bahang goes through midtown Pulau Tikus, (northwest end of) Gurney Drive, Tanjung Tokong, Tanjung Bungah, Batu Ferringhi and terminates at the Penang National Park entrance. Avoid so-called 'minibuses' because they usually go as far as Tanjung Bungah and can be poorly maintained.
Be aware that you have to hand over the exact fare, as the driver doesn't have change (of course you can pay more and resign the change). So when arriving e.g. at Penang airport from abroad, you won't get far with your freshly ATM-dispensed RM 50 notes. The fare from the airport to KOMTAR is RM 2.70, so buy a snack or similar in the arrival hall.
Rapid Penang bus 203 and 204 to Air Itam (RM1.50 adult) departs westward on Lebuh Chulia (the main backpacker hotel road) or southbound from the KOMTAR building are handy for visiting both Kek Lok Si Temple and Penang Hill (Bukit Bendera) Funiciular Base Station, approximately 30mins south west of the city centre. The driver will inform you of when to alight. Bus 204 departs from the funicular base station to return to Komtar and onward.
The main hub for buses in Georgetown is KOMTAR, the tallest building in town. The secondary hub is located at the Pengkalan Weld (Weld Quay) ferry terminal. All buses depart from the ferry terminal will stopover at KOMTAR, but city centre-bound buses destined for KOMTAR may not go all the way to the ferry terminal; ask the bus operator. There is a new long-distance bus terminal at Sungai Nibong, refer to by bus entry.
Municipal Council of Penang Island [39] provides a free CAT shuttle bus hop on hop off service in Georgetown which runs approximately between the Pengkalan Weld ferry terminal and KOMTAR every 20 min daily 6AM-12am, (including Sundays & public holidays). Visit [40] for more details. An unofficial route map detailing the location of the CAT shuttle bus stops can be found here [41].
Also, foreigners can purchase a Rapid Passport [42] for only RM30 and enjoy a week of unlimited travel onboard all rapid Penang buses.
RapidPenang has a very useful iPhone app ("rapid penang mobile icis") which features a GPS powered route planner and updated arrival/departure times based on the GPS equipped on the busses.
By trishaw
These three-wheeled human-powered vehicles might be the best idea for a pleasant city tour. One can stop at any point to take a photo or buy souvenirs. Many trishaw riders are also excellent 'tour guides'. Negotiate the fare first before getting on a trishaw; it is advisable to hire them by the hour for extended sightseeing.
By car
Car rentals may be a viable option, especially if you are planning to get off the beaten track and explore the western or southern coast of the island. Take note that Penang Island has quite a number of one-way streets and narrow roads. Many Penangites ride motorbikes and a minority of them have disregard for pedestrians, cars, and even their own lives, so you must be very careful when driving on the roads. Avoid driving during the rush hours between 7:30-9:30AM and 5:30-7:30PM. Motorcycle riders can be undisciplined and tourists should be extra vigilant of them.
Taxis in Penang are equipped with meters but most drivers are reluctant to use the meters. Always haggle with the taxi driver and agree on a price beforehand.
At some high-end hotels, particularly on Batu Ferringhi, you may find blue SUVs marked "Teksi Executif" (Executive Taxi). These taxis do use the meter, but are hard to find on the streets.
Almost all locals in Penang are able to speak Malay, the national language of Malaysia. The ethnic Chinese in Penang (who form the majority) usually speak a localized variant of Hokkien known as Penang Hokkien, which Minnan speakers from Taiwan and Fujian may have some difficulty understanding due to the slang and some loan words from Malay. Most ethnic Chinese are also able to speak Mandarin, and many are also able to speak Cantonese and Hakka. Ethnic Indians usually converse with each other in Tamil and ethnic Malays usually converse with each other in Malay, but quite a good number of Indian and Malay Penangites can converse in Hokkien.
English is spoken fluently by most professionals and businessmen, as well as by service staff working in hotels and tourist attractions. Most other locals under the age of 50 will be able to communicate in broken English, supplemented by non-verbal forms of communication such as pointing and gesturing. When in doubt, gravitate toward younger locals, as English is a required subject in Malaysian schools. Nearly all teenagers or adults in their 20s or 30s should be able to speak reasonably fluent English.
See Georgetown for attractions located in town; this covers only sights elsewhere around the island.
Events and festivals
Beaches - The secluded beaches of Pantai Kerachut, Muka Head, and Teluk Kampi are located on the northern coast. There is an old lighthouse at Muka Head beach. You can reach these beaches by either hiking (1 - 3 hours) or by hiring a fisherman's "sampan" (boat) from the small village of Teluk Bahang. The village itself has a kilometre-long beach and a small Scout campsite.
Shopping malls
Outdoor markets
Penang is famous throughout the country for its Chinese bakeries. For ethnic Chinese tourists from Singapore or elsewhere in Malaysia, a visit to one of these bakeries is a must, and friends and office colleagues would generally be expecting some pastries as souvenirs from someone returning from a trip to Penang.
Penang offers plenty of delicious and cheap Malaysian food, but is famed throughout the rest of the country for some specialities such as Char Koay Teow, Penang Laksa, and Nasi Kandar, which are found practically everywhere on the island. Penang is an island of countless food stalls, a veritable "food paradise". It is known to many around Asia for its culinary originality and diversity. However, Penangites find good food in many places usually unknown (and even odd) to tourists.
The best way to find good food is to ask the locals. Don't be surprised that some stalls that are set up beside a busy road or coffee shops located in some inconspicuous back alley are considered to serve very good food by the locals, sometimes even under a tree! The rule of thumb is to be adventurous with your tongue and to look at the condition of the stall and its surroundings. Generally, if a stall is being patronised by many locals, the food will be good to eat.
For restaurant listings, see Georgetown, Batu Ferringhi, etc.
For the most well-known Char Koay Teow, try "Sister's Char Koay Teow" at Macalister Road. Sister's Char Koay Teow however, is widely regarded as overpriced, overrated and unfriendly service by most locals. More popular albeit still relatively expensive Char Koay Teow can be found at Lorong Selamat together with a wide variety of other stalls which are popular with both locals and tourists alike.
Penang cuisine
If you've been travelling in Singapore or elsewhere in Malaysia, you'll see some familiar names, but don't be fooled: Penang laksa or hokkien mee are quite different from what you'd get in, say, Kuala Lumpur. Topping the list are:
Traditional foods
Desserts include:
And wash it all down with some...
Most of Penang's fancier accommodation is in the form of beach resorts on the main tourist beach of Batu Feringghi. More backpacker-friendly options, as well as a few classical luxury hotels, can be found in Georgetown. You can find many budget hotels at Chulia Street, Muntri Street, and Love Lane area. See those articles for details; the following listings cover only accommodations elsewhere on the island.
Emergency numbers
Stay safe
Penang is relatively a very safe place for travellers, however like in any other place, Penang has its share of crime, like Love Lane that is very dangerous in the dark when walk down the street alone. Therefore, common precautions must be taken against snatch-thieves and scams. Some other precautions:
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The rebuilding of the Texas Rangers is about to begin. How much rebuilding will happen is anyone's guess at this point.
The first salvo occurred Tuesday, when the Rangers decided not to pick up the options of Scott Feldman and Yoshinori Tateyama. Really no big surprises there. Tateyama, who pitched pretty effectively for Texas in 2011 (2-0, 4.50 ERA in 39 games) was a disaster in 2012 (1-0, 9.00 ERA in 14 games). Feldman, expected to fill the long relief/spot starter role, became a fulltime starting service after Colby Lewis and Neftali Feliz were lost for the year with injuries and Roy Oswalt failed to do well as a starter. The biggest surprise of Feldman's season is that his 6-11 record and 5.09 ERA was good enough to earn a 0.0 WAR. In other words, 6-11, 5.09 must be considered a replacement level starter. Wow.
The only potential minus here is if Feldman just needed longer to get over microfracture knee surgery in 2011 and posts a great 2013 for someone else. For all the good Jon Daniels has done as GM, this past season saw at least five Rangers cast-offs who performed credible jobs for their new teams: Tommy Hunter, Pedro Strop and Darren O'Day for Baltimore, Cody Eppely and Clay Rapada for the Yankees. Constructing a pitching staff is so often a crap shoot, with many relievers having an awesome year, following up with two terrible seasons, then suddenly finding lightning again. Many teams' fortunes rise and fall on these variables. If those castaways had been able to put together those seasons for the Rangers, it might have been a post-season difference maker.
So we know Feldman and Tateyama won't return, unless they re-up with Texas at a major discount. The next step is the free agent process.
Josh Hamilton will get the league standard $13.3 million dollar offer to stay in Texas for another year. He will turn it down and if he signs elsewhere, Texas gets a supplemental draft pick. More unknown is whether the Rangers will make the same offer to catcher Mike Napoli. Because he had a down year, Naps could accept a $13.3 million offer for another year, hoping to turn it around in 2013 and get even bigger bucks and a multi-year deal a year from now. If no offer is received, then we'll know Texas has committed to totally overhauling the catching.
The Blue Jays are stockpiling catchers, having picked up Yorvit Torrealba after Texas let him go and, just last week, inking Bobby Wilson after his release by the Angels. Since they already had two well-regarded home-grown catchers, it's a good bet the Blue Jays will deal some of their catching in the off-season. The Rangers have expressed interest in both J.P. Arencibia and Travis D'Arnaud.
Other Rangers getting ready to test the free agent waters include Mike Adams, Koji Uehara, Mark Lowe, Roy Oswalt and Ryan Dempster. Of that group, Oswalt is most certainly gone. Since Adams' year ended prematurely to injury, the hope is he'll be willing to sign again with Texas, as he might not now command the dollars he could have. I'd love to see them resign Uehara as well. Down the stretch, he was one of Texas' most effective pitchers. Texas will allow Lowe to leave and I doubt there's much interest in getting Dempster to come back, though that could depend on other factors.
If Texas lets both Hamilton and Napoli walk, we could be seeing a pretty big revamping of the offense. There's a lot of power that would need replacing. That's why, with Hamilton likely to go elsewhere, I think Texas will do what they can to at least keep Napoli.
I expect Texas to go hard after Zack Greinke in the free agent market, while the Angels will go all out to try to keep his services. If Greinke doesn't materialize, Texas could pursue a trade with Tampa Bay for David Price.
Another reason to re-sign Napoli: to keep him for a first base platoon with Mitch Moreland. Moreland can hit the ball a long way and is an adequate defender, but at best is a streaky hitter with hot spells that don't last long enough to off-set the cold snaps. And that's just against right handed pitchers. Against lefties, Moreland is cold and colder.
There are several directions the Rangers could go this off-season. What's definite is they'll make more moves between now and Spring Training than they did the past two years combined. I can't wait to see how it all shakes out.
GOLD GLOVE AWARDS: For the second straight year, Adrian Beltre nabbed the AL Gold Glove Award for his defensive play at third base. The other two Rangers up for Gold Gloves, David Murphy and Elvis Andrus, didn't receive the honor. Beltre was an easy choice. That's easy to say, but judging by the actual award winners, it's hard to back up. On the one hand, sometimes they give the award to people just because they committed so few errors, despite not having the range of other players at the position. Case in point: JJ Hardy of the Orioles. While I love Elvis, the winner probably should have been Brendan Ryan of the Mariners, who had range and only nine errors. On the other hand, some players win because of past reputation alone. Case in point: Adam Jones of the Orioles, who's won the award before but had six errors in the field this year, a high number for an outfielder. In other words, there's no set criteria for winning Gold Gloves. That's why I'm happy Beltre won. With no set criteria, there was no guarantee he would.


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Discourage drivers' mistakes with defensive driving.
By practicing the first two layers of crash prevention, Control Your Bike and Obey the Law, you can reduce your risk of a wreck by over 90%. You can further reduce your risk of a wreck and make your bicycling experience more enjoyable by practicing the third layer of crash prevention, Discourage Drivers' Mistakes. It's like defensive driving for cyclists. The tools you use are lane positioning, awareness, and scanning and signaling.
When I am in line behind a car at a stop light and there is a car facing us on the other side, I watch it like a hawk, especially if it is signaling a left turn. A common scenario is that after the car in front of the bicyclist goes, the left-turner on the other side thinks there is a gap—but it isn't a gap; it is a bicyclist. I know that could happen and so I'm prepared. I'm highly visible in the middle of my lane. If the driver doesn't see me despite my visibility, I am prepared to slam on my brakes.
Common car-bike collisions are a right-hook or a left-hook. Taking the lane, or riding close to the center of the lane instead of hugging the right edge, makes you more visible, helps motorists more accurately judge your speed, and gives you more room to react.
Choosing your lane position is one of the most complex things we teach in Traffic Skills 101. A bicycle can share a wide lane if you can comfortably ride side-by-side with a larger vehicle. Larger, faster vehicles can safely pass without changing lanes. But in narrower lanes, cars squeeze by too fast and too close, dangerously buzzing the cyclist. If you take the lane, cars must use the left lane to pass when oncoming traffic to clear, which is much safer. Take the lane any time the lane is too narrow to share safely or when you are riding at the same speed as traffic (such as in the downtown area).
Most of the time, the safest option in town* is to take the lane. This seems counter-intuitive, but taking the lane discourages motorists from buzzing you and increases your visibility. The most common phrase spoken by a motorist after a bike-car collision is, "I never saw him/her." You can prevent invisibility by using lights at night, wearing bright, reflective clothing, and taking the lane. Ride where motorists are watching—not on the wrong side of the road, not on sidewalks, and not on the edge of the road.
Know what to watch out for: cross traffic which might fail to yield, cars backing out of driveways or pulling out of parking lots, and left- and right-turners who might not see you. Being aware of possible hazards is important for both controlling your bike and discouraging drivers' mistakes.
Finally, communicate with motorists around you and negotiate your place on the road by scanning and signaling. One night heading home on Baltimore, I wanted to get into the left turn lane. I scanned and signaled, waiting for an approaching car that might pass me first. The car slowed to let me change lanes. When I saw the Jimmy John's sign on the car, I called the store to compliment the driver for making that lane change easy for me!
Scan behind you, signal your turn or merge, and when it is clear, or a motorist slows down to let you in, complete the maneuver. Most of the time you can wait for a gap in traffic to make your turn or your lane change. A mirror helps with scanning, but check your blind spot before making your move.
Taking the lane, being aware, and scanning and signaling discourage drivers' mistakes.
*A well designed bike lane requires a road that could have a wide lane. However, bike lanes are prone to filling with debris. Don't blindly follow the painted line. Use your judgment as to what is safe.


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Peter Burwash. Like, the real one.
Not who he seems. This story caught our eye in this weekend. From the Monterey County Herald:
Peter Burwash is famous in the tennis world, but last week he discovered his picture was on a newspaper column by one "Richard Burwash," published in Salt Lake City.
"I got so many calls about it," Burwash said. "Friends, newspapers, TV stations called."
The name and photo were purloined off the Internet by Mayor Mike Winder of West Valley City, Utah, the state's second largest city and a suburb of Salt Lake City, population about 130,000.
Winder apparently was fed up with negative publicity about West Valley and decided to pen "good news" about his city under a pseudonym. When it became apparent that the real Peter Burwash, 63, is well known as a motivational speaker, author of 10 books and founder of the world's largest tennis management firm, the game was up.
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Built in the 15th century, the façade was entirely modified by Giambologna in 1578. The interiors, instead, maintain their original Renaissance structure.
On the side of the road, on the so-called 'Canto del Diavolo' Giambologna wanted to leave a sign of his passage, putting a copy of his Diavolino (Little Devil).
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In the brief time Rick Jorgenson has served as RVHS principal, he has had many parents ask him the same question: What can be done to help their struggling child?...
In the brief time Rick Jorgenson has served as RVHS principal, he has had many parents ask him the same question: What can be done to help their struggling child?
Jorgenson's first response is to encourage them to consistently check Skyward to see how they are doing in each of their classes and to keep in contact with their teachers.
He also encourages students who are behind to come in and get help.
"For a lot of students this helps," said Jorgenson.
Yet, he added, there are some students who need even more help or perhaps a different perspective to help them get on the right track.
In an effort to help those students, RVHS is going to implement a student tutoring program he is calling the student help center.
Jorgenson made the proposal to the Redwood Area Board of Education at its Nov. 26 board meeting.
The student help center would be modeled after similar concepts at the college level where students come in for help from their peers who have demonstrated they grasp the concepts others are struggling to understand.
Students who would serve as tutors would be members of the junior and senior class who are on pace to graduate in four years, have maintained a grade point average of 3.0 or higher and have received the recommendations of three of their teachers.
Jorgenson told the board there would be five tutors, with one of them serving as a help center program manager. The program would be under Jorgenson's direction, but much of the work of scheduling would be done by the program's manager.
The center help time would be offered to students Monday through Friday mornings and at other times based on need in the upper level of the school's media center.
The primary focus would be on math and reading, said Jorgenson.
Those who serve in the tutoring roles would be paid on a per hour basis, and Jorgenson estimated the cost of the program for the second semester would be approximately $1,500.
He said there are compensatory aid dollars set aside through the high school to be used for tutoring, and those dollars would be used to help cover the costs of the programs.
The plan is to have the program up and running as of Jan. 7, said Jorgenson.
The program would be evaluated to determine whether or not it is a success based on the number of students who participate in the program as well as data provided from teachers who indicate whether or not a student's grade are improving based on the help they are receiving through the student help center.
"I want to tell parents we have a program to help their child," said Jorgenson, adding he believes this is just one more avenue to help students see success in their academic careers.
The board approved the program's implementation.
In other action during its meeting, the school board:
• Approved the creation of a robotics program for students in Grades 9-12 at an estimated cost of $14,000 with funds from grants, the school's gifted and talented funds, community education funding and other gifts being used to cover the cost.
• Agreed to discontinue charging fees and attendance at RVMS choir and band concerts.
• Accepted the resignations of LaVonne Quackenbush from her position as an assistant track coach and Lael Dornseif as head volleyball coach.
• Approved the employment of JoAnne Gewerth as an ECSE paraprofessional for 66 days at 2.5 hours per day at $9.25 per hour.
• Approved an increase in hours for Reede Gray paraprofessionals Nikki Dow-Markuson, 113 hours, and Cindy Mumme, 45 hours, at $9.25 per hour to assist elementary school kindergarten teachers as they conduct reading assessments.


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Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale and include a short essay of his or her educational goals, two letters of reference or recommendation from a non-relative one preferably being academic with their application.
Applications will be judged on GPA, the appropriateness of the field of study, leadership activities, and community involvement. A personal interview may be requested. The scholarship is paid directly to the college or university.
Applications must be post marked by April 30.
Applications may be obtained from the University of Delaware, Kent County Cooperative Extension Office, 69 Transportation Circle, Dover, DE 19901, by calling (302) 730-4000, or from the following website: www.ag.udel/extension/kent/Programs/masgar.htm
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Mexico gets a new president on Saturday, Enrique Pena Nieto of the long-standing Institutional Revolutionary Party (or PRI). He comes to power with an economy that's growing faster than its Latin American-rival Brazil for the first time in the past five years or so—and with markets that look highly appealing to investors.
The economy is expected to have a growth rate of 3.8% in 2012 vs. 1.5% for Brazil and 2.2% for the U.S, according to Bloomberg. And that recent track record has been drawing in investors like Bill Gross of PIMCO. (PIMCO's Emerging Local Bond Fund, PELBX, has about $14 billion in assets, of which 19% are Mexican and 14% are Brazilian based.)
"Following the results of the election, it seems more likely that some of the needed structural reforms (to smooth labour market rigidities, foster formal employment and private-sector deregulation) could be achieved in the coming six-year presidential term, leading to faster economic growth," wrote analysts at Canada's Scotiabank in a recent report.
During the final week of November, for instance, EPFR Global-tracked equity funds had inflows of nearly $14.9 billion, with Mexico-themed equity funds experiencing six-week highs, the research group reported Friday.
Global investors now own more than 50% of Mexico's $140-billion-plus fixed-rate peso bond market, Bloomberg said in a report on Friday. That's the highest proportion since February 2000. This has helped push returns on peso debt to close to 20% in dollars this year, which is about eight times the uptick in local-currency Brazilian bonds.
Yields on Mexican-peso debt due in 2024 have dropped nearly 230 basis points, or more than 2%, in the six years since outgoing President Felipe Calderon (of the young National Action Party, or PAN) came to power, to roughly 5.6%. They should move down to about 5%, Bloomberg says, as expected reforms move through the legislature.
Mexico's stock market did well under Calderon. It was up 12.4% in local currency terms year to date on Nov. 21 and 20% in U.S. dollars for the same period, according to The Economist. In contrast, Brazil's performance fell close to 1% in the local currency and nearly 12% in U.S. dollars.
Rising income levels in Mexico and among Mexican ex-patriots living in the U.S. and elsewhere are prompting some investment firms, and wealth managers, to find new ways of winning their business.
Early on Friday, Market Vectors, the fifth-largest provider of exchange-traded products in the U.S. and the eighth-largest provider of ETPs globally, said it added six NYSE Arca-traded ETFs available to qualified Mexican investors. Deutsche Securities Casa de Bolsa in Mexico will act as local sponsor and filing agent for the depositary receipts of the Market Vectors High-Yield Municipal Index ETF (HYD) and five other funds.
The Mexico Equity & Income Fund (XMXEX, MXE, MXEPR), a closed-end fund offered through U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, is up about 20% over the past six months. The iShares MSCI Mexico ETF (EWW) has done nearly as well, while the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) is down about 2% over the same period.


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Miguel Alexander Pozo, a litigation partner at Lowenstein Sandler, in Roseland, has been named president-elect of the Hispanic National Bar Association, and is looking forward to developing long-term partnerships with major corporations to strengthen the finances of the association while creating programs to benefit the community.
Pozo will be the group's first Dominican-African president when his one-year term begins next September. He has been serving as the group's finance chair, where he helped develop several co-branded corporate partnerships. JPMorgan Chase is partnering with the HNBA on Su Casa, an educational program launched last May to help homeowners avoid foreclosure.
"The reason these programs work is because they allow us to partner with a corporation around a business imperative that corporation has, and around a need the bar association can fill in the community," Pozo said. He said the HNBA also is working with MetLife to create a nationwide mentorship program in which law students are mentored by Latino attorneys.
"It pairs up law students with more senior lawyers and allows them to get one-on-one mentoring and guidance from a practitioner with similar interests," he said. It's being rolled out throughout the country following its launch this past September.
"I'm trying to develop 10 of those types of relationships around programs that don't necessarily just affect lawyers, but the community as well," Pozo said.
In the first half of 2013, Pozo said, the HNBA will launch Su Negocio to "provide legal clinics to business people who are starting a new business, or have an existing business. Latinos tend to be very entrepreneurial, and this could be a growth opportunity in New Jersey to help the Latino community launch businesses."
Pozo, 40, was a summer associate at Lowenstein Sandler, and has been with the firm for 14 years, where he litigates commercial cases involving business torts, contract disputes, commercial real estate disputes and brand protection issues. He is a former president of New Jersey's Hispanic Bar Association and a Rutgers Law School graduate.


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The St. Patrick's Day breakfast
The St. Patrick's Day breakfast
Elizabeth Warren took a jab at campaign rival Scott Brown's appearance in a Cosmopolitan centerfold at the 2012 breakfast.
In 2011, Boston City Councilor Bill Linehan (far right) poked fun at Mayor Thomas M. Menino to the tune of "Charlie on the MTA." At left is Menino, second left is Senator Scott Brown and state Senator Jack Hart held a microphone.
At the 2011 event, Senator Scott Brown presented Governor Deval Patrick with a phone that stored numbers of leaders at Fidelity on speed dial.
Governor Patrick shared a laugh with Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray during the 2009 St. Patrick's Day breakfast.
Senator Jack Hart (left) held up a poster of Senator John Kerry and Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, with commentary by treasurer Timothy Cahill (right) during the 2007 event. Senator Joseph Biden laughed at lower left.
In 2006, Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healy took a jab at the Democratic gubernatorial field as Representative Stephen Lynch was seated at left.
Governor Mitt Romney also made an appearance during the 2006 breakfast.
From left: "The Irish tenors" — Attorney General Tom Reilly, state Senator Jack Hart, and US Representative Stephen Lynch — belted out a song as Governor Mitt Romney listened during the 2006 breakfast.
Senate President Robert Travaglini and Governor Mitt Romney during the 2006 St. Patrick's Day Breakfast.
As a candidate for governor, Deval Patrick addressed the crowd during the 2006 St. Patrick's Day Breakfast.
In 2005, Governor Mitt Romney mimicked a poster of himself as Dr. Evil and Mini-Me.
Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey held up an altered photo of House Speaker Thomas Finneran sporting Mitt Romney's hair at the 2005 breakfast.
Senator John Kerry unexpectedly showed up at the 2003 roast. Seated at left was Mayor Menino. Behind him at left, state Senator Jack Hart. Seated to Kerry's right are Representative Stephen Lynch and Governor Mitt Romney. Behind them, from left, were state Representatives Martin J. Walsh and Eugene L. O'Flaherty, state Senator Guy Glodis, and state Representative David T. Donnelly.
Lieutenant Governor Jane Swift held up a shirt, shortly before stepping up to the governor's office, during the 2005 St. Patricks Day Breakfast.
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino wore a Superman T-shirt during the 2001 St. Patricks Day Breakfast.
Governor Paul Cellucci, right, handed a gag fire extinuisher "for putting out fires at city hall" to Mayor Menino, left, as state Senator Stephen Lynch, center, helped out at the 2001 St. Patrick's Day breakfast. Menino had been negotiating with Boston firefighters, who were working without a contract.
Lieutenant Governor Jane Swift showed off a composite photograph while telling jokes about her popularity as Governor Paul Cellucci, bottom left, looked on.
Treasurer Shannon O'Brien gave House Speaker Tom Finneran a New England Patriots jersey during the 1999 breakfast.
In 1998, Governor Paul Cellucci tried on a sombrero, a gift from Vice President Al Gore who joked that he could get Cellucci a job as ambassador to Mexico.
State Senator Stephen Lynch and Vice President Al Gore held up a mock campaign sign during the 1998 St. Patrick's Day Breakfast.
Governor William Weld and Senator John Kerry sang together in 1997 during the St. Patrick's Day Breakfast.
In 1997, state Senator Stephen Lynch, left, presented US Representative Joseph Moakley with an army helmet bearing his nickname.
UMass President Billy Bulger, who had a less-than-stellar reputation for knowledge about UMass athletics, held up "UMassopoly" as his basketball coach, John Calipari, stood at right during the 1996 event.
Mayor Thomas Menino listened as Governor William Weld held up a sign poking fun at Senator John Kerry in 1996.
From left: Father Tom McDonnell, Boston University President John Silber and Govenor William Weld in 1993.
From left: City Councilor Ray Flynn, State Senator William Bulger, Governor Michael Dukakis, City Councilor Louise Day Hicks, and Congressman Joe Moakley at the 1975 breakfast.


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I guess the moral of this story is that you never know what happens in the bathroom. Let your imagination run wild. Please take that as intended for YOU to use YOUR imagination and become the rock star of your own bathroom!
After spending over ten years working in advertising I've learned to appreciate the "truth in advertising". OK. OK. Stop laughing. Well, now I'm wondering if you're laughing at what I'm laughing at…. the "truth" part, or are you laughing because you're thinking "wow, she held a job for ten years"?
I got my start in newspaper advertising and moved on to radio marketing. I've had the privilege of working with some very creative minds. April Fool's Day reminds me of the year we did "fake" commercials on the air. Listeners could call in to win if they heard a crazy ads like "The Hell on Wheels Send-off at the Hillard-Jennings Funeral Home for that loved one going to the warmer climate in the afterlife"; "the Cheating Spouse Cell Phone Package that gets rid of those frequently called numbers that you want to keep secret"; "the Happily-Ever-After Wedding Planner that comes complete with a divorce lawyer" and my personal favorite (that never made it on the air due to content) "the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness plea for calls from those unhappy with their poop".
It's amazing what can happen in a production studio with endless sound effects and limitless imaginations.
My days in radio have been over for several years, but I still love to break out my best "announcer" voice and promote products. Most folks sing in the shower. Not me! I produce commercials from the bathtub…or as I like to call it "Bubbles and Babbles".
One night last week after a long day at work, I came home to relax with a glass of wine, bubbles and self-produced infomercials. Yes, I sit there and dramatically read the backs of Bath & Body Works body wash, shampoo, and conditioner bottles, shaving lotion, and sometimes other products I grab from the medicine cabinet.
It was during my most recent "production session", as I was in the middle of reading a "promo", that I noticed the content of BS on the back of my son's Axe body wash bottle; which I NOW think should be labeled "for adults only". Using my most awesome dude voice (it's now time for you to read this in your most awesome dude voice to get the full impact), I'm spewing about "Pheonix" having the "bold scent that embodies the maverick spirit. Be reborn every day. All that's left to do is rise to the occasion…" At this point, my little voice has dipped into the gutter for what that sentence might mean and as I move on to the next sentence on the bottle, complete with graphics, "The cleaner you are, the dirtier you get. Unlimited female attention." Now I'm in full blown OMG mode. I bought this for my 8-year-old. OMG!
What I find interesting about personal hygiene products is the marketing approach to the target audiences. Women's products promise "an escape to tranquility and peace…a retreat to isolate her from everything and everyone". Men's products however, tempt with a guarantee that he will be pounced on by a hooker, not even a hooker, someone desperate and lustful.
I guess the moral of this story is that you never know what happens in the bathroom. Let your imagination run wild. Please take that as intended for YOU to use YOUR imagination and become the rock star of your own bathroom!
Until next time, find YOUR Wisdom.... Accidentally.


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There are people who have complained I am neglecting the upcoming holiday. Well, I don't like to belittle other people's beliefs, but this holiday doesn't mean a thing to me. If I REALLY, TRULY believed in the sentiments of the day…but I can't pretend, not to you, fair reader. I just honestly don't believe the world will end a week from Friday. It can't. Why let me have the 1954 Nudist Yearbook if no one's going to be around next July to buy it?
Let us consider other seasonal pleasures (but only after you read the following verse.)
'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the Fair
Uncle Blogsy was cursing banana boxes there:
Some last-minute donors had brought them in late
Reducing my nerves to a pitiful state;
Though THEY were now snuggled anest in their beds,
Their book-uncle called dreadful doom on their heads:
I worked to get boxes stacked out of the way
So they wouldn't crush somebody on Christmas Day.
When out in the lot there arose such a clatter,
I sprang to the door to see what was the matter;
I muttered, "So help me, if this is one more
RV filled with books, it is gonna be war!"
The moon on the bosom of newfallen snow
Gave a lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When what to my wondering eyes should appear
But a minivan pulled by eight tiny reindeer
With a guy at the wheel whose beard was so thick
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick;
More rapid than Simenon, his car was towed
Through the snow by the reindeer, who couldn't be slowed:
"Now Turow! Now Clancy! Now Christie! Maeve Binchy!
On Stewart, Paretsky, McCourt and DaVinci!
Pull up to the dock! Back up to it tight!
There's plenty of books to be moved here tonight!"
As bookmarks that need to stay put slip away
When you want to pick up on the story next day,
So up to the dock all those reindeer they drew,
With that dang minivan, and St. Nicholas, too!
I tried to pull backward and fasten the door
But Nick wasn't there in the van any more:
He was up on the dock, despite how I frowned
And in moments had passed through the door with a bound.
He was dressed in fake fur, and a hat with ear flaps,
And earmuffs as well (scared of frostbite, perhaps.)
A bag made for books he had flung on his back,
Which really confused me: it hung rather slack.
"Now, Blogsy!" he laughed, and his laughter was jolly
(And quite overwhelming: his breath smelled like holly)
"Come load up my van with Arundhati Roys
As gifts for a few thousand small girls and boys;
The ones on the nice list will bask in the sheen
Of Dr. Seuss, Milne, and Shel Silverstein;
While toddlers and tots who have not been so good
Will get all those bags of Ya-Ya Sisterhood."
"You're my kind of Santa, you nasty old elf!"
So I moved ninety boxes, in spite of myself.
The van held a lot more than most vans I've seen
But, hey, it was Santa's—you know what I mean.
He jumped up inside, to his team gave a whustle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thustle.
I thought I'd done well as he flew through the air
But turning around, I could just stand and stare::
There were five times the books that had been there before!
I heard, "That'll teach you to open the door!"


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A study in tranquil simplicity, white slate leads the curious across a pond dotted with stone boulders and tropical greenery. Be sure to bring an offering - even if it's just an open, guileless heart - to appease the two Buddha-head guardians. Then take a deep breath and step across the threshold to discover what lies inside the pavilion beyond the low stone wall.
Shaped like a keystone entry, this brick pathway draws color inspiration from the house it leads to. Meticulously balanced with greenery and flowers along each edge, palm trees in the centre garden bed create a sense of mystery by partially concealing your ultimate destination. Or perhaps they are simply telling anyone who walks this road to leave the outside world behind and concentrate on the beauty found within.
Perfect for strolling with your significant other, this winding pathway is marked by boulders and indirect lighting. Variegated stones in a crazy paving pattern give a rich texture with an almost childlike sense of playfulness and magic. If you watch closely and respectfully, perhaps you'll catch a glimpse of sprites or pixies dancing under moonlight on the lawn beyond.
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For boarding up the Harmon Cove Outlet Center and locking out its tenants without notice, an affiliate of Secaucus-based Hartz Mountain Industries is being sued in Hudson County Superior Court by Vitamin World Inc., which has held a lease for a 900-square-foot retail location at the property since August 2000.
According to Loryn P. Riggiola, an attorney at Newark-based Sills, Cummis & Gross P.C. who is representing Vitamin World, Hartz Mountain Associates barricaded Harmon Cove sometime before the mall was scheduled to open Sept. 29. On Oct. 9, Vitamin World received a letter from Hartz stating access to remove personal property and inventory would be provided until 6 p.m. on Oct. 19, "at which point (Hartz Mountain) will deny further access and continue preparation to demolish the interior of the building," the letter read, despite Vitamin World holding a lease for the location through July 31, 2015.
On Oct. 19, Riggiola said the court issued a temporary restraining order on Hartz Mountain, and though the court denied the restraint on Oct. 25, it put a stay on the restraint, which held off demolition through Oct. 31. But when Riggiola tried to get an extension for the stay that day to prevent any further demolition, the courts were closed due to Hurricane Sandy, and remained closed until Nov. 8. Thus, Hartz Mountain continued demolishing the interior of the now-former Vitamin World property on Nov. 1 and continues to do so today, Riggiola said.
According to a court filing by Joseph M. Aronds, an attorney with Secaucus-based Horowitz, Rubino & Patton who is representing Hartz Mountain in the case, Vitamin World's inventory is "being safely stored in a locked truck in the parking lot at the site," and the building it formerly occupied "is no longer safe for anyone other than appropriate construction personnel." Aronds declined to comment on the lawsuit. A representative from Hartz wasn't immediately available to comment.
Riggiola said she is requesting an extension on the original stay to stop any future demolition work.
"We're in a state of emergency, but (Hartz) made sure they had men available to take the building down," Riggiola said. "The state Supreme Court issued orders to extend deadlines because of the storm — so if the courts extended deadlines, why wouldn't they extend them for stays?"
Riggiola said other tenants in the mall have agreed to relocate to other Hartz Mountain-owned properties, and while the firm offered the same relocation option to Vitamin World, "what would stop Hartz from doing this kind of thing all over again at that new space?" she said.
Riggiola said another Harmon Cove tenant, Gymboree, has not yet agreed to relocate, but Aronds' court filing indicated the children's clothing retailer had vacated the building as of Oct. 16. Gymboree counsel David Goldstein did not return requests for more information.
Litigators for Hartz Mountain and Vitamin World are scheduled to argue the case before Hudson County Superior Court Judge Peter F. Bariso Jr. at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 26th Oct 2006 16:19 UTC, submitted by Charles A Landemaine
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