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Nevada Desert Experience
Friday, April 6, 2012
Contact: John Amidon or Jim Haber, 702-646-4814 (office),
518-312-6442 (mobile John) 415-828-2506 (mobile Jim)
Good Friday In A Nuclear World:
10 arrested at the Nevada National Security Site
Nevada Desert Experience (NDE) concluded its 26th annual Sacred Peace Walk this morning at 11:00am. Thirty people participated in this year's walk from Las Vegas to the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). Ten were arrested in an often-repeated act of civil resistance standing for global nuclear abolition and Western Shoshone sovereignty in this region. The peaceful and prayerful demonstration included dozens of participants, with the final element of ten who crossed the line and were arrested by the Nye County Sheriffs and Wackenhut Security forces guarding the infamous nuclear testing grounds.
NDE continues its mission of supporting "personal renewal through desert spirituality, reconnecting with each other and the earth to end subcritical tests and other war-making preparations at the Nevada National Security Site and preventing the return of full-scale nuclear testing." The NNSS continues its mission of promoting global domination through nuclear weapons prowess, as supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. Today's activities began with a Western Shoshone sunrise prayer service led by Shoshone Chief Johnnie Bobb. The weekend will continue the formation of a reunion of former peace- campers from the 1980s gathering at the Peace Camp across US Highway 95 from the NNSS Mercury Exit. Earlier this week, the Sacred Peace Walkers held vigil at Creech Air Force Base as well, prior to the vigil for peace at the NNSS.
The ten NDE participants arrested today are Miki Tracy of WI, Rev. Felicia Parazaider of CA, Fr. Louie Vitale of CA, Laura-Marie Taylor of CA, John Amidon of Albany, NY, Theo Kayser of Los Angeles, CA, Erik Johnson of TN, Dennis Duvall of Prescott, AZ, and local Las Vegans Charlie Smith and Robert Majors. Two days prior to this prayer-action which ended in arrests at the NNSS, four of the above-named Sacred Peace Walkers were arrested at Creech Air Force Base while standing for international human rights (see the NDE news release) after serving an indictment to Col. James Hecker for violations of human rights.


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During high school in South Dakota, Bill Russell was regularly taunted for being effeminate and gay. The Tony-nominated writer and lyricist of the musical Side Show was also publicly humiliated in a homophobic fit on at least one occasion, in which he was nominated for homecoming queen by some incredibly cruel classmates during an open assembly.
"I felt like the biggest freak in the world," Russell says — and not just because of those trying times at Spearfish High nearly 50 years ago. He also had no interest in the family business — raising cattle — or in the area's typical teenage pastimes, from playing sports to going hunting. "I felt really odd."
Naturally, many of the interests and attributes that made Russell feel like a freak growing up in the Black Hills have led him to success in that haven for freak-feeling folk since time immemorial: the theater, and more specifically New York. Russell credits the musical Hair — with all its hippie-type freaks — as the show that inspired his path to musicals in the first place. And, of course, so-called freaks are at the heart of Side Show, his most popular work to date. "I knew I was gay from a very early age," Russell says. "So making the leap to sideshow oddities and conjoined twins, it really wasn't hard for me at all. I could really identify."
The musical Side Show, which he wrote with composer Henry Krieger (Dreamgirls), was well-liked but short-lived in its original Broadway production in 1997. Now the Kennedy Center, in association with California's La Jolla Playhouse, has produced a revival of the show and critics and audiences alike have been raving about this flashy, dramatic makeover helmed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters, Chicago, Dreamgirls). All that buzz naturally has producers dreaming and scheming about Broadway. "There's a lot of interest in moving," Russell says. "Everything is crossed — fingers, legs, toes."
"I'm elated by this production," Russell continues. "Working with Bill Condon and Henry on this revival has just been probably the greatest experience of my career."
Apart from Side Show, the 64-year-old's career over the past three decades has been almost exclusively focused Off-Broadway, or on stages even farther away from the Great White Way. This is no doubt in part a reflection of the fact that outsiders, and especially gays, usually fuel his stories — somewhat limiting mass appeal, at least to a Broadway producer's way of thinking.
Right now Russell has two revivals running — Side Show in D.C. and in New York, Pageant – The Musical, a comedy originally developed over 20 years ago with Frank Kelly and musician Albert Evans and billed as "the Miss America pageant meets The Birdcage." The contestants are drag queens, a gay-heavy category of performer that in recent years has become almost-mainstream thanks to RuPaul's Drag Race.
Remarkably, Russell has never seemed to let his high school horror stories scare him away from regular visits back to his hometown of Spearfish. And the whole experience seems to have emboldened him to be more publicly gay, not less. He came out in the early 1970s, when "coming out" was still a fairly new concept — and he did so in an article in western South Dakota's largest newspaper. The consequences of that action were mostly positive, from a warm welcome by many classmates at the next year's high school reunion, to a former tormentor congratulating him and even making amends. "Bill, some of us were talking about that interview you gave last year, and we think you had a lot of guts to do that," this erstwhile bully told Russell, who recounted the exchange in a Playbill essay published last month. "And I just want to apologize for any shit I gave you in high school."
Whether in having conversations with locals or by ensuring local papers publish his wedding announcement, Russell has stayed vigilant in making sure the people of western South Dakota know and remember that he's gay. With greater knowledge comes greater acceptance. "So many people out there especially think they don't know any gay people," Russell says. "I like to remind them that one of their native sons is gay."
METRO WEEKLY: I wanted to start by asking the most basic question: What inspired you to write about Siamese twins and freaks in the first place?
BILL RUSSELL: [Laughs.] In 1985, Bobby Longbottom, who directed the original Broadway production, told me that a friend of his had seen this movie, this terrible movie, Freaks, starring real-life conjoined twins, who sang and danced and played musical instruments. And he thought we should do a musical about them. I was immediately excited about the idea because I thought the image of two actors moving together, singing together, was so strong and metaphorically interesting.
I grew up in the Black Hills of South Dakota, in cowboy country. My grandparents were cattle ranchers in Wyoming, and everyone called my father "Cowboy." I knew I was gay from a very early age, and I felt like the biggest freak in the world, and so making the leap to sideshow oddities and conjoined twins really wasn't hard for me at all. I could identify.
MW: It didn't give you pause, though? I mean one of the things about the sideshows and touring circuses from the previous century is that they were very much exploitative and sensationalistic. I think that could be one reason maybe some don't reflexively think of this as a musical that they should see.
RUSSELL: I didn't realize that until about three years into writing it. Some people are repelled just by the idea of conjoined twins. Because those of us who are not conjoined have a difficult time projecting ourselves into that situation, of being connected, literally, to somebody 24 hours a day. But if you're born that way, it's just something that you live with and adapt to — or at least it used to be. Now, conjoined twins are separated instantly, with much more complicated [bodily] connections than Daisy and Violet had. And I know that some people hear "sideshow" and think, "I don't want to see something about freaks and human oddities." But I'm always drawn to stories about outcasts and finding the humanity in characters that are not necessarily mainstream. It's a very intriguing world, sideshows, and that whole milieu. It's really fascinating, at least to me.

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One purpose of the new Constitution was to organize an effective army to deal with issues surrounding the "western lands." The western lands, were, of course, occupied by Native Americans. The history of U.S. relations with Native Americans during the nineteenth century is long and complicated because of the number of different Native American peoples involved, but fundamentally simple in terms of the process that was repeated hundreds of times across the continent. The U.S. government deployed military garrisons on the edge of Indian (Native American) territories, and when conflict arose, as it invariably did, the army reacted by invading the Indian nations and attacking the Native Americans.
At the time of the American Revolution, however, Americans viewed the Indians as distinct peoples, and they viewed their nations as distinct nations, even if other countries did not. Both the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of the United States reflected this reality. One of the first acts of the Continental Congress was the creation in 1775 of three departments of Indian affairs: northern, central, and southern. Among the first departmental commissioners were Benjamin Franklin and Patrick Henry. Their job was to negotiate treaties with Indian nations and obtain their neutrality in the coming revolutionary war. Among the first treaties presented to the Senate by George Washington—in August 1789—dealt with U.S. relations with various Native American tribes.
While the many accords reached with the Native Americans were sometimes called treaties, in reality the treaties were fictions. On 9 July 1821, Congress gave the president authority to appoint a commissioner of Indian affairs to serve under the secretary of war and have "the direction and management of all Indian affairs, and all matters arising out of Indian relations." From 1824, Native Americans were subject to the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, newly established as a division of the War Department. After 1849 they were subject to the Home Department (later the Department of the Interior), which, within a century, controlled virtually every aspect of Indian existence.
International law in the nineteenth century did not consider as true treaties accords concluded with indigenous tribes that were not constituted in the form of genuine states. In 1831 the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia ruled that Indian nations were not foreign nations but "domestic dependent nations," although the following year in Worcester v. Georgia, in a ruling that was defied by President Andrew Jackson and ignored by Congress, he ruled that they were capable of making treaties that under the Constitution were the supreme law of the land.
Between 1789 and 1871 the president was empowered by the Senate to make treaties with the Native American tribes or nations in the United States. These treaties ostensibly recognized the sovereignty of Native Americans. Many of the very early Native American treaties were ones of peace and friendship, and a few included mutual assistance pacts, or pacts to prevent other tribes from making hostile attacks. The majority of Native American treaties, however, dealt with trade and commerce, and involved Indians ceding land. Native title was effectively extinguished by treaties of evacuation and removal of the Native American population. Most were signed under coercion. During the two terms of the presidency of Andrew Jackson (1828–1836), when removal of Native Americans from their lands reached almost a frenzy, ninety-four Indian treaties were concluded under coercion. Interestingly, one feature that all Native American treaties share with foreign treaties is that the courts will not inquire into the validity of the signatories. Just as a court will not inquire into whether a foreign dignitary was bribed or forced into signing a treaty, the courts will not inquire into whether a Native American tribe was properly represented during negotiation of a ratified treaty or whether such a treaty was acquired by fraud or under duress.
The president's authority to make treaties with Native Americans was terminated by the Indian Appropriations Act of 3 March 1871, which declared that no Indian tribe or nation would be recognized as an independent power with whom the United States could contract by treaty. However, this statute did not alter or abrogate the terms of treaties that had already been made. Native American treaties are still enforced today and continue to constitute a major federal source of Native American law.
In later years, Congress made provisions to permit Native Americans to recover monetary damages for treaty violations by the federal government. Prior to 1946 Congress enacted numerous special statutes permitting tribes to recover damages through the court of claims, and in 1946 Congress established the Native American Claims Commission to settle claims.


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So I have had enormous amounts of fun in the last couple of days having a go at improvisational quilts using scraps and leftovers. I borrowed a book from Crookwell Library on a whim. I haven't been into quilts lately, have made so many in the past and even several unfinished tops lying around. I've been much more into dressmaking (more on those in upcoming posts, if I do them).
I wanted to share this quilt top. The book is great (you can see it here: http://www.bookdepository.com/The-Improv-Handbook-for-Modern-Quilters-Sherri-Wood/9781617691386).
The idea in this book is to cut freehand, no rulers; and to base your quilt on a 'score' (like a musical jazz score). So you set guidelines, such as only use striped fabric; only use curves; only use black and green; whatever you want, really. I followed a basic score for 'floating squares', and the guidelines I chose were to only use blue/purple fabrics, with a dash of red; and to use strips on three sides of each square.
I played around with the blocks placement with light and dark. Started off alternating lights and darks but that didn't grab me. Half an hour later I had the above. A gradient diagonally up from light to dark. If you squint at it, or take your glasses off if relevant, you can see the gradient more obviously.
I really had fun doing this. No matching, no measuring except by eye, filled in any gaps as I went and as I put the rows together. I think this has reignited my love of patchwork.
Not sure what to do with the top. Might quilt it, might turn it into something else. Anyone of my lovely friends need a lap quilt....?
Now just for fun, here are some photos of quilts that I made over the past 10 years - all made with rulers and careful cutting, with a few minor exceptions. In contrast I really like the improv one, how the squares jump and move all around, and how the lights and darks work together.
This one is squares as well, cut precisely, but with some improv-ing in the borders with the strips. I did buy a lot of this fabric new, though, so don't really count it as upcycling.
Above is similar squares but then cut into four and rejoined in a Courthouse steps variation. This is one of my favourite quilts made for an old friend's baby.
Above I made this one 11 years ago, my first 'proper' quilt. Very traditional to my eyes now. It was the one and only time I stitched in the ditch!!
Have a great day everyone (that is, if I still have any readers after a year!)
Kath x


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a. For the purposes of providing treatment, our practitioners may require detailed medical information. We will only collect what is relevant and necessary for your treatment. When you visit a practitioner, they will make notes which may include details concerning your medication, treatment and other issues affecting your health. This data is always held securely, is not shared with anyone not involved in your treatment, although for data storage purposes it may be handled by pre-vetted staff who have all signed an integrity and confidentiality agreement. To be able to process your personal data it is a condition of any treatment that you give your explicit consent to allow practitioners to document and process your personal medical data. Contact details provided by you such as telephone numbers, email addresses, postal addresses may be used to remind you of future appointments and provide reports or other information concerning your treatment. b. For marketing purposes, the Clinic and practitioners may also use the contact details provided by you to respond to your enquiries, including making telephone contact and emailing information to you which the Clinic and practitioners believes may be of interest to you. c. In making initial contact with the Clinic you consent to the Clinic and practitioners maintaining a marketing dialogue with you until you either opt out (which you can do at any time) or we decide to desist in promoting our services. The Clinic and practitioners may occasionally also act on behalf of its patients in the capacity of data processor, when we may promote other practitioners based at our premises, who may not be employed by us. Practitioners do not broker your data and you can ask to be removed from our marketing database by emailing or phoning the Clinic using the contact details provided at the end of this Privacy Notice. d. Some basic personal data may be collected about you from the marketing forms and surveys you complete, from records of our correspondence and phone calls and details of your visits to our website, including but not limited to, personally identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. e. The website uses cookies, which is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. WordPress.org uses cookies to help identify and track visitors and their website access preferences. Website visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using the website. f. The Clinic or practitioners will only collect the information needed so that we can provide you with the services you require, the business does not sell or broker your data.
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In the event that the Clinic or practitioner refuses your request under rights of access, we will provide you with a reason as to why, which you have the right to legally challenge. At your request the Clinic or practitioner can confirm what information it holds about you and how it is processed.
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In the year gone by, PHO was sold by roaming street vendors. A PHO vendor carried a shoulder pole with two heavy baskets. One side held the pot of broth over charcoal and the other side held a tiny cupboard with two drawers. The top drawer held bowls and plates and the lower drawer held a dish washing tub. Bunches of spring onion and poached of beef hung above the pot of boiling broth.
Making the broth is the key part of cooking this Hanoi delicacy. After being washed beef bones are put into a pot of cold water. The boiled water is then poured off and fresh water is added, boiled and retained. Ginger and grilled onions are added. After the water is rough to a boil, the heat must be reduced and bubbles extracted. More cold water is added and more froth is removed to purify the water. The broth's flavor depends greatly on what spices are added. Chefs keep their recipes a secret in order to give their restaurant an edge.
The PHO noodles must be carefully selected. The rice used to make PHO noodles should be high quality to ensure that the noodles are soft and white. The best onion and cilantro are said to come from Lang village (a famous one which provides many kind of raw vegetables and herbs for Hanoi). Good Hanoi PHO should have sweet and clear broth, moist beef, sticky and soft noodles and fresh herbs. The noodles are spread around the boil and thinly sliced beef is added, along with spring onions, cilantro, sliced yellow ginger and tiny slices of bright red chili. The colors create a tantalizing picture. All five senses are awakened.
Many visitors to Vietnam want to try an authentic bowl of PHO, but it should be in HANOI where is developing and integrating with the rest of the world, many of its traditions remain intact.


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Adults Don't Have it All Figured Out: 5 Life Lessons from a Millennial | by Guest Girlfriend Nyasha Hill
I sunk into my couch as tears of relief streamed down my face. I'd crossed the finish line and made it to 22, but it was more than just another birthday. It was a victory. 21 was hard for me. I'd wrapped up my senior year in college and the weight of financial and emotional stress had come down on me hard. I was low and wanted nothing more than to be done with school and distance myself from that city and from one of my most embarrassing relationship (if you can call it that) experiences to date.
I wish somebody would have told me that adults don't have it all figured out. It seemed like everyone around me was becoming a boss while I was watching, dazed and confused about where I fell off the boat. My friends felt pressure too, but they delivered! We were all ambitious, but I felt behind as I saw them rack up degrees, promotions, and luxury cars. I was happy for them! As happy as I could be with my non-profit Program Coordinator salary, still living at home with my parents. I wish I'd known about this finance calculator here because it could have helped me to realise that maybe there were some things I could afford. Even the success I did begin to experience seemed to be more the result of God deciding to throw me a bone instead of hard-earned, well-deserved accomplishments. I was tired of being heaven's charity case. I wanted my own accolades. Why couldn't I seem to move the needle?
Attitude determines altitude. Your perception of your abilities directly influences your success. I wasn't progressing because, in my mind, I was less capable than all the people I saw succeeding. I didn't have the clothes or the money or the degrees – the excuses were endless. I was praying for a breakthrough, and God broke right through to the heart of the matter: I was comparing myself to others instead of concentrating on how to best pursue my own passions. And, while praying and fasting are great spiritual habits, if you're not taking additional steps toward your goals, you gon' be praying and fasting in the same circumstances this time next year.
Fast forward to today. In three years, the annoying boy from 1st grade has turned out to be the love of my life (putting that college situationship to shame). I'm closer to the professional trajectory I want, working as a college counselor helping young people shape their futures. I started budgeting and saving (and shopping) and, I'm acting with a local Black repertory theatre (Look out, Broadway). Most importantly, I have peace and confidence, and I am truly enjoying life.
I have learned that the best intentions are stalled more by a crowded mind and a lack of motivation than a lack of initiative. Here are some pivotal lessons that might give you a much-needed push:
- Be honest in your evaluation of yourself. My Pastor taught my church that to be humble is to have an accurate assessment of yourself. It's realizing and accepting your gifts and your shortcomings and letting that influence your decision about how to approach your goals and responsibilities. True humility involves being less critical, more accepting, and fairer in the way you treat yourself and others.
- Exercise your independence. I have learned that independence involves more than me paying my own car note. Independence, for me, has been about cultivating the courage to think for myself. Anyone who's grown up with a single mother knows that she puts her all into teaching you and even more into protecting you. My childhood obedience to my mother translated to apprehension and caution throughout most of my young adult life. In the back of my mind, I have always felt like I needed permission to make important decisions. I needed validation on which car to buy, where to live, and whether or not to change jobs. I was afraid to speak up for myself at times. I was shrinking in my own life, not realizing I had every right to make those decisions for myself. I have become tremendously less emotionally reliant on others' buy-in. I know now that I don't need a second opinion on how to live my life.
- Live your life. Ain't nothing like a Facebook announcement to make you rethink your whole life. Social media will have you thinking you're supposed to have cured cancer, won a Grammy, married rich, and launched a multi-billion dollar online company by now. Sis, rest. That's not your destiny. I recently wrapped up my first professional show at Hattiloo Theatre, one of the few remaining Black repertory theatres in the country. And, it wasn't because I was keeping tabs on what my friends were doing. When I tapped into my own passions and interests, I experienced tangible success. Nothing compares.
- Be kind to yourself. A friend recently called me with some big news and when I asked her if she was happy, she said happy was one of the emotions she was feeling. I encouraged her to allow herself to experience the full spectrum of the emotions brought on by her situation. We keep so much bottled in that if someone pierced our sides, ain't no telling what would spill out. Start allowing yourself to feel upset, to feel excited, to feel proud or pissed or tired or inspired. Give yourself permission to be human and respond to the challenges and accomplishments you experience. This curbs stress and combats feelings of helplessness. Then, try communicating those feelings to a close friend or family member.
- If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Period. During the inaugural Great Girlfriends conference last June, Brandice led a session on cliff jumping – taking leaps of faith toward your goals. She mentioned having made an Excel spreadsheet of her ideal life and specifying what each goal would require. If you get in your car and mindlessly drive around, you could end up anywhere. If you have a specific destination in mind before you start driving, you'll arrive exactly where you want to be. Creating a plan is creating a map for your life's journey. Of course you can't control everything, but when you get serious about planning, you'll realize you were more in control than you assumed.
This is not an exhaustive list. These lessons are not meant to replace the magazine clippings and motivational quotes that you'll neatly glue to your bigger-and-better-than-ever 2017 vision board. These lessons are meant to influence your daily living. If you look for opportunities in your day-to-day conversations and interactions with others, if you pay more attention to your inner dialogue with yourself, if you employ wisdom and balance in your decision making, you'll experience one little victory after another. You'll look back and have shaped a meaningful life for yourself. And, before you know it, you'll be passing some wisdom to the next wide-eyed 20-something trying to find her place in the world.
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Michelle Obama unveils new curly hairstyle as she leads the way at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner with Katie Couric, Ivanka Trump and Bradley Cooper
- Michelle Obama wore her hair in tight curls for the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington DC
- Hairstyle differed from her usual straight and sleek 'do; she also donned glamorous gold down for the 101st dinner
- Journalist Katie Couric and husband, John Molner, spotted arriving at glittering event - both dressed in their finest
- Couric, 58, was donning a pretty floral, floor-length gown, while her spouse was sporting a black suit and a bow tie
- Joined on red carpet by Ivanka Trump, pregnant Naya Rivera, actor Ty Burrell, Bradley Cooper and Jane Seymour
- Dinner was biggest event on Washington DC's social calendar - and included speech by President Barack Obama
- In speech, Obama lashed out at Republican enemies John Boehner, Jeb Bush, Dick Cheney, Michele Bachmann, Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee - and made jokes about Hillary Clinton and 'best friend' Joe Biden
- 'Dick Cheney said I'm the worst president of his lifetime - I think he is the worst president of my lifetime,' he said
She typically wears her dark hair straight and glossy.
But last night, First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled a new, curlier hairstyle for the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington DC.
Mrs Obama, 51, was spotted sporting tight curls and a glamorous gold dress as she chatted with Hollywood A-listers, politicians and reporters.
She was joined at the glittering event by her husband, President Barack Obama, who later spoke in front of attendees and millions of viewers.
In his speech, Obama lashed out at seven of his Republican enemies - and also made jokes about both Hillary Clinton and his 'best friend' Joe Biden.
Journalist Katie Couric, 58, and her husband, John Molner, 52, were seen arriving at the 101st dinner at around 6pm - both dressed in their finest.
The Yahoo Global News Anchor was donning a pretty floral, floor-length gown, while her spouse of 10 months was sporting a black suit and a bow tie.
They were joined on the red carpet by Ivanka Trump, who was wearing a red fishtail dress, Bradley Cooper and pregnant Glee actress, Naya Rivera.
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New hairstyle: She typically wears her dark hair straight and glossy. But last night, First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled a new, curlier hairstyle for the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington DC. Above, Mrs Obama smiles as she chats to a guest
Beaming: The 51-year-old donned a glamorous gold dress for the dinner, which featured Hollywood A-listers, politicians and reporters
Contrast: Mrs Obama's curly 'do (left) differed from the straight style she usually opts for (as seen, right, at an event in Virginia Thursday)
Get Michelle's glamorous look in a metallic column gown
For the White House Correspondents Dinner, Michelle Obama channeled old Hollywood glam with her luscious curls and gleaming Zac Posen gown. The sparkling metallic column dress was sleeveless to show off those famous toned arms and was belted at the waist.
We were happy to see the First Lady up the glamour effect for a night where A-list guests like Chrissy Teigen, Ivanka Trump, and Bradley Cooper were all in attendance. Choosing a frock by Zac Posen was a no brainer, he's dressed nearly all of Hollywood's elite and his creations always stand out on the red carpet.
Michelle's couture look was just another notch on her sartorial belt. And if you want to recreate it, we've got the goods in our edit. Choose from a number of designer duds in all shades and budgets and you'll look like a style star.
Speech: Obama lashed out at the Republicans as he delivered his speech (above) in front of Hollywood stars, journalists and politicians
Journalist: Katie Couric (pictured) and her husband, John Molner, were spotted arriving at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
Dressed in their finest: Couric, 58, was donning a glamorous floral, floor-length gown, while Molner was sporting a black suit and a bow tie
Family: They were joined by Donald and Melania Trump (both pictured left) and the Trumps' daughter, businesswoman Ivanka, 33 (right)
Expectant mother: Actress and singer Naya Rivera was also seen on the red carpet, showing off her growing baby bump in a white dress
Another A-lister: Actor Bradley Cooper is seen mingling with guests at the annual event, which is being held at Washington Hilton Hotel
Sharing a joke: Couric (left) and model Chrissy Teigen (right) laugh and clutch each other as they share a joke after arriving at the event
Having fun: Jenna Dewan-Tatum, who is married to actor Channing Tatum, holds onto Teigen's bare leg as they and Couric joke around
Black tie: Actor Ty Burrell and his wife, Holly (both pictured left) also made an appearance, while Cecily Strong (right) is hosting the dinner
Glittering: The dinner, dubbed 'nerd prom', is the biggest event on Washington DC's social calendar. Above, journalist Arianna Huffington
Attendees: The event will include a speech by President Obama. Above, attendees Candice Crawford (left) and Gina Rodriguez (right)
Couple: Gina Rodriguez, an award-winning actress, is pictured kissing her partner Henri Esteve following their arrival at the annual dinner
Modern Family actors Ty Burrell and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and their respective partners, Holly Burrell and Justin Mikita, also made an appearance.
The dinner, dubbed 'nerd prom', was the biggest event on the capital's social calendar - with Obama's speech getting underway at around 10pm.
In the speech, Obama hit out at Republicans John Boehner, Jeb Bush, Dick Cheney, Michele Bachmann, Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee.
Of House Speaker Boehner, he said: 'The presidency has aged me. I look so old, John Boehner has invited [Israeli Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu to speak at my funeral.' His comment was in relation to Boehner's decision to invite Netanyahu to address Congress without first consulting Obama.
Minutes later, Obama remarked that some 'dumb' people consider him 'arrogant, aloof and condescending' - including former Vice President Cheney.
'A few weeks ago, Dick Cheney said I'm the worst president of his lifetime... Which is interesting because i think Dick Cheney is the worst president of my lifetime,' Obama told the 2,600 attendees.
Later in his speech, the President slammed former Florida Governor Bush for having identified himself as Hispanic on a voter registration form in 2009 - something Bush recently admitted to.
'Look, I understand. It's an honest mistake. It reminds me when I identified myself as American back in 1961,' Obama told guests. He then lashed out at presidential hopeful Cruz, 44, noting that he had compared himself to Galileo due to his beliefs on climate change.
'Galileo thought the earth revolved around the sun,' he said. 'But Ted Cruz believes the earth revolves around Ted Cruz.'
During his speech, which caused many guests to laugh (although some appeared offended), the President also joked about former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, who recently announced her 2016 presidential bid and traveled to Iowa in a black 'Scooby' van in a bid to deploy campaign resources.
Striking the same pose: Channing Tatum's wife, Jenna Dewan-Tatum (left), and actress Jane Seymour (right), were also seen at the event
Baring her leg: Model Chrissy Teigen shows off her slender leg in a sequined dress, which she teamed with a dark shade of red lipstick
All in black: Model Adriana Lima is pictured at the glittering event, which helps fund scholarships and awards that recognize journalists
All in black: Ms Lima poses for photographers shortly after 6pm. The dinner started at 7.30pm - and was followed by Obama's speech
Surprise kiss: Couric was seated next to Supreme Court Judge Antonin Scalia for the meal, which will be followed by the speeches from Strong and Obama. Above, Couric (left) laughs as Scalia is surprised by a kiss from NPR Legal Correspondent Nina Totenberg (far right)
Friends; After planting a kiss on his cheek, Totenberg, donning a black dress and matching gloves, was seen greeting an amused Scalia
In the spotlight: Actress Jane Fonda was spotted wearing a slinky black dress for the event, during which President Obama will speak
Most of the politicians who are hoping to succeed Obama as president in the 2016 election are seemingly staying away from the event, which is taking place at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Above, figure skater Johnny Weir (left) and social media personality Bethany Mota
Another mom-to-be: Naya Rivera was not the only expectant mother at the event - model Anne V (left and right) was also in attendance
Actress Connie Nielsen (left) smiles at photographers, while Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner (both right), beam at others
Father and daughter: Donald Trump (left) and one of his two daughters, Ivanka (right), pose separately on the red carpet prior to dinner
Center of attention: Mrs Obama wore long black jeweled earrings under her curly hair for the dinner, which was attended by many A-listers
Speech: Obama lashed out at the Republicans as he delivered his speech (above) in front of Hollywood stars, journalists and politicians
Catching up over wine: Obama (left) is pictured speaking with White House Correspondents Association president Christi Parsons (right)
Representing his country: The Obamas are seen holding their hands over their chests as they stand for the national anthem before dinner
'I've got to stay focused on my job. It is still a time of austerity,' he said. 'I have one friend - just a few weeks ago she was making millions of dollars a year and she's now living out of a van in Iowa.'
He later commented on the recent scandal over Mrs Clinton's exclusive use of a personal email address while in office, joking that he thought it would have been her private Instagram account that would have caused her problems. 'Photos' from the account were then displayed on-screen.
They included Mrs Clinton scrawling on a drunk person's face and posing with two pet cats.
Cecily Strong from 'Saturday Night Live' was hired to host the annual event, which helps fund scholarships and awards that recognize journalists.
Other stars to have been pictured on the red carpet earlier tonight include actress Gina Rodriguez, actor Haley Joel Osment and his sister Emily, Broadway star Idina Menzel, One Tree Hill actress Sophia Bush, figure skater Tara Lipinski, Gayle King, and former beauty queen Candice Crawford.
They also include journalist Arianna Huffington, actress Jenna Dewan-Tatum (married to Channing Tatum), and Donald Trump and his wife, Melania.
And Fox News employees were spotted posing, before sitting down for dinner with other guests at the Washington Hilton Hotel at around 7.30pm.
Actress: Reality TV star Laverne Cox (right) is pictured chatting with another guest at the dinner, during which Scott Horsley of National Public Radio will receive a special mention in the Beckman Award category for his coverage of White House policies and politics
All smiles: Haley Joel Osmont and his sister Emily (both left) and actress Gillian Jacobs (right) were also captured on the red carpet
Glamorous: Actress Lucy Liu (left) was sporting a low-cut black dress for the event, while Irina Shayk (right) was donning a pink gown
Politician: Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and husband Paul Pelosi are pictured at the event
Former Secretary of State: Madeleine Albright (left) and politician Newt Gingrich attend The Washington Post's pre-dinner reception
Busy: Guests crowd into the hallways as they leave their pre-parties to go to the ballroom for the White House Correspondents' Dinner
Bright colors: Actress Ashley Judd donned a purple dress with a flower in her hair for the event, which was also attended by Connie Britton and Sophia Bush. Britton (left in the right-hand-side image) wore a structured red dress, while Bush sported a slinky green gown
Taking to the red carpet: Guests Gabourey Sidibe and Bailee Madison (both pictured left) and businesswoman Martha Stewart (right)
Journalists: Fox News channel talent are seen posing at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington DC
Husband and wife: Actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and his wife, Nukaka, hold hands at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last night
Couric was seated next to Supreme Court Judge Antonin Scalia for the meal, which will be followed by the speeches from Strong and Obama.
Last year, Obama targeted several media outlets in his amusing speech, remarking: 'MSNBC is here. They're a little overwhelmed. They've never seen an audience this big before.' Noting that he had traveled to Asia recently, he added: 'The lengths we have to go to to get CNN coverage these days.'
Meanwhile, a video skit played to guests showed health-conscious Mrs Obama sneaking some ice cream in the White House kitchen.
The 2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner's award winners include:
- Josh Lederman of The Associated Press and Jim Avila of ABC News, the Merriman Smith Award for presidential coverage under deadline pressure.
- Peter Baker of The New York Times, the Aldo Beckman Award for repeated excellence in White House coverage.
- The Edgar A. Poe Award, recognizing coverage of news of national or regional significance, to The Washington Post's Carol A. Leonnig and The Wall Street Journal team of Gary Fields, John R. Emshwiller, Rob Barry and Coulter Jones.
Scott Horsley of NPR will receive a special mention in the Beckman Award category for his coverage of White House policies and politics
Some of the celebrities to have been spotted at the 101st White House Correspondents' Dinner so far include:
Model Adriana Lima
Actor Bradley Cooper
Model Chrissy Teigen
Actress Naya Rivera
Actor Ty Burrell and his wife, Holly
Cecily Strong (host)
Actor Haley Joel Osment and his sister, Emily
Magazine editor Gayle King
Actress Rebecca Gayheart
Broadway star Idina Menzel
Actress Connie Britton
Actress Gillian Jacobs
Actress Sophia Bush
Model Hannah Davis
Model Chanel Iman
Actress Darby Stanchfield
Model Irina Shayk
Actress Jane Seymour
Actress Connie Nielsen
Figure skater Tara Lipinski
Businesswoman Martha Stewart
Actress Constance Zimmer
Business magnate Donald Trump, his wife Melania and daughter, Ivanka
Actress Kelly Rutherford
Actress Lucy Liu
Journalist Arianna Huffington
Video blogger Bethany Mota
Figure skater Johnny Weir
Actress Ashley Judd
Journalist Katie Couric and her husband, John Molner
Former beauty queen Candice Crawford
Actress Gabourey Sidibe
Actress Bailee Madison
Actress Gina Rodriguez
Actress Jenna Dewan-Tatum (married to Channing Tatum)
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NORMAN, Okla. – BYU-Hawaii's Nicolas Herrera was named a finalist for the 2017 Division II Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award presented by Barbasol as announced Thursday.
Herrera advanced to the NCAA Championships after finishing in second with a 12 under par at the 2017 NCAA Division II Men's Golf West/South Central Regional. He led the Seasiders to their first ever PacWest Men's Golf Championship after posting a 14 under in the 54-hole tournament. He is currently averaging a 69.75 in his 24 rounds played this season, second in Division II and fifth among all collegiate golfers. His lowest round of 62 is tied for the seventh lowest in collegiate golf this season. He has carded par or better for 17 straight rounds.
Herrera has totaled six eagles and 112 birdies this season, leading BYU-Hawaii five first place finishes on the season, including the final four tournaments of the season. The Seasiders enter regional play as the top-ranked team in the west region and having earned their highest national ranking of No. 11 from the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Nicklaus Award recipients will be announced June 1 with the honor presented by Jack Nicklaus at a ceremony during the final round of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club. In addition to receiving the Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award, the five recipients will compete in the Barbasol Shootout for an exemption into the PGA TOUR's Barbasol Championship, held July 20-23, at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Grand National in Opelika, Ala. The Barbasol Shootout will be held Saturday, June 3 at the storied Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio - the same club where Jack Nicklaus first learned the game of golf as a young boy.
You can see a full list of the semifinalists here.


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Hal Forrest is usually given credit for creating the very first aviation oriented cartoon strip, Tailspin Tommy. The Bell Syndicate jumped on the aviation bandwagon, following Lindbergh's 1927 flight, and hired Hal Forrest, an illustrator and a fledgling cartoonist, and Glenn Chaffin, a newspaper writer and press agent, to put together a comic strip which would have an aviation theme. The earliest date for publication of the first strip (number 1) of the daily comic has been established by correspondent Steve Hathaway as Monday, April 30, 1928; he found that the Oakland Tribune began running the strip on that date.
Forrest has been described as an "indifferent" artist whose style centered more on airplanes than people. The two collaborated on the strip until the end of 1933 at which time Forrest bought out Chaffin's interest in the comic strip. Forrest did both the writing and drawing until 1936/37 when he hired an assistant, Reynold Brown (more about him later), who became a "ghost" artist, doing the actual inking of the strip over Forrest's pencil sketches, but his name never appeared on the strip. It is universally agreed that the strip's illustrations improved with Brown's renderings - particularly drawings of personages. Examples of the early strip, as inked by Forrest, are shown below.
The Tailspin Tommy series started with young Tommy Tomkins, who took a correspondence course in aero engineering and was exposed to real aviation by a mail pilot, Milt Howe, who made an emergency landing near Tommy's Littleville, Colorado neighborhood - Howe got Tommy a job at Three Point Airlines in Texas and the story takes off. Tommy, nicknamed "Tailspin Tommy" early in life, acquires a comic strip pal, "Skeeter" Milligan and a girlfriend, Betty Lou Barnes - they eventually own shares in the airline and all become pilots on the airline staff which leads to countless exploits.
Only a handful of newspapers carried the early Tailspin Tommy strips when it first came out in 1928. The daily strips were sequentially numbered (starting with 1) and each strip had a copyright date (year only). The strips began to have publication dates added sometime in 1930. As mentioned above, the very first publication was on April 30, 1928. I have been able to acquire newspapers containing the very early strips, number 2 through 10; these very early dailies were published in The Anaconda Standard (Montana) in May, 1928. These strips usually appeared on the bottom of the classified ad section of the paper. Daily strip numbers 2 to 10 are shown below along with a bus advertisement which appeared on the same page. These first dailies introduce Tommy to aviation. Only the strips showing an airplane are included.
Strip Number 2, May 22, 1928
Strip Number 5, May 25, 1928
Strip Number 7, May 28, 1928
Strip Number 8, May 29, 1928
Strip Number 9, May 30, 1928
Strip Number 10, May 31, 1928
The color panels below are from the Des Moines Sunday Register of June 22, 1930. The comic strip covers the front page of the "32 Comics in Colors" sections. At this time the strip was written by Glenn Chaffin and drawn by Hal Forrest. Note the nifty floatplane which sort of looks like a Fairchild "71" which was a popular bush airplane of that period. The struts should be in a "V" for a "71" and by the last panels, the airplane was drawn correctly (as shown below). This is strip Number 36 in the series.
The Sunday strip Number 97, shown below, is from August 23, 1931. This is the original watercolor drawing used for the strip, not the printed, lithographic version.
The Tailspin Tommy Sunday strips in 1932 featured "Uncle Abner's" dirigible which was bound for the North Pole. Adventures over Alaska involved viscous storms, enemy planes, dense fog and ice, torn fabric and other misadventures. The Sunday color strip number 160, run on November 6, 1932, is shown in its entirety below; just scroll down to go from panel to panel. Nifty airplanes! This is near the beginning of the Alaskan adventure with the dirigible.
The dirigible series continued on in 1932 and 1933 Sunday strips. The 1932 Sunday color strip number 168 is presented below.
Many of the Sunday strips also included a Tailspin Tommy Flying Club flight lesson which filled out the page. The lesson below is on the same page as the strip Number 324 shown above.
Be sure and show up for your next flying lesson!
The French also gave flying lessons along with the Jean Bolide strip.
A three-cent stamp won't get you a model plan of the Douglas D.S.T. plane as advertised in the strip above but, with a few key clicks, you can obtain a .pdf file of the original Tailspin Tommy Flying Club plan as offered in 1938. A sample is shown below and a complete plan may be printed out by clicking here for a DST plan.
Concurrent with these 1939 strips, Hal Forrest also drew a strip entitled 4 Aces which ran underneath the Tailspin Tommy strip; a short bit is presented below for strip number 156.
And, after all these months of the Sunday strips, The Four Aces are still battling the pirate orientals at the same island place!
Several examples of Tailspin Tommy movie posters are shown below.
The comic strip appeared in as many as 250 newspapers and was carried on color Sunday comic pages. Most of this pen and ink "action" took place during the 1930s and the strip died out in 1942 with a minor reappearance of a comic book in 1946. A thorough discussion of the Tailspin Tommy movies and story line of the daily strip may be accessed by Clicking Here and Here.
By the 1940s there was increasing competition from other aviation oriented comics and Tailspin Tommy had to compete in the adolescent trenches with Smilin' Jack, Barney Baxter and other strips - eventually strips such as Milton Caniff's wartime Male Call, Terry and the Pirates and the 1947 Steve Canyon eclipsed all others for quality of illustration and story lines - Steve Canyon survived until 1988 - 41 years!
Being first is always a precarious honor and eventually becomes a challenge as it engenders competition. Tailspin Tommy occupies an important spot in aviation history and is worthy of collection - thousands of young men labored over their model airplanes and enjoyed the aerial adventures of comic characters as the youth of America became "air minded" and were unknowingly prepared for the major conflict of World War 2. The Army Air Corps in 1942 owed a lot to the model airplane kit makers and the promoters of youth-related aviation publications - the benefits of this aviation preparation were many. In researching this article I found that another early aviation daily comic strip, Skyroads, was first published in May 1929 making it the third aeronautical comic strip (the second was Tim Tyler's Luck by Lyman Young - August 1928) - of personal interest is the fact that I met the writer of this strip, Lester J. Maitland, some years ago in Oakland. Maitland was a distinguished aviator having been the first (with crew) to fly to Hawaii in 1927 in a Fokker and served in many capacities with the Army Air Corps setting other important records. Maitland's name fell off the strip in 1933. Lester Maitland died at the age of 91 in 1990. The artist of the strip was Lt. Dick Calkins - for awhile he was assisted by Zack Mosley who went on to create the highly successful strip, Smilin' Jack. Calkin's first assistant was Russell Keaton who eventually became the signer of the strip.
Correspondent Jay Maeder has pointed out that another daily strip, Flying to Fame, by Ernest Henderson, is more likely the one that should be considered as the second aviation strip, although both it, and the Tim Tyler strip, didn't begin with an aviation theme in the first few strips (aside from the title), as did Sky Roads. The Flying to Fame strip was first run on June 18, 1928, one month following Tailspin, and the very first panel is shown below - note that aviation is mentioned in this kick-off panel. Airplanes appeared in the story line within a few weeks - the first instance, July 10, 1928, is also presented below.
The Big Little books were a phenomenon of the 1930s; measuring a small 3 5/8" x 4 1/2", the color illustrated, card cover books were a thick 425 pages or so! The story line was carried on the left hand page and the facing right hand page was an illustration following standard comic strip panel technique. Subjects were far ranging, from Jack Swift and His Rocket Ship to Little Women. Two examples of Tailspin Tommy books are shown below. The first, Tailspin Tommy Hunting for Pirate Gold, is a Big Little Book published by Whitman in 1935. The second, Tailspin Tommy and the Lost Transport, is from 1939/1940 and carries the name of the Better Little Book although still published by Whitman.
TAILSPIN TOMMY and the ISLAND IN THE SKY The "Island in the Sky" is a 1936 Whitman Publishing Co. big little book; in this exciting adventure, Tommy and Skeeter are flying across the Pacific when they encounter a dirigible in distress during a storm. The carrier, USS Saratoga, comes to the rescue of Tommy as they run low on fuel. Directed back to the carrier by a navy pilot, Tommy lands on the carrier. Taking off the next day, they run across a high plateau, an "island in the sky." Landing, they run through a gamut of adventures involving the wild and fearsome Aztecs that inhabit the land, along with a beautiful and white "Sun Goddess" who befriends them. They eventually escape with the aid of Pancho Pistola and his cabin job. Wow! And that takes 425 pages to unfold, half of the pages being cartoon panels.
Interesting note. The drawings for the books are apparently not taken from the daily strips but are redrawn for the book. As a good example, note the daily strip for the "Island in the Sky" story; the drawings for the strip are considerably more detailed than the book. Episode 2411 is shown below.
But, the interesting aspect of this book is not this hair raising story - or the beautiful sun goddess. Of prime interest is the use of a real-life Navy pilot's name in the story - and the fact that the pilot actually flew from the carrier Saratoga at the time with Fighter Squadron 1. Additionally, little did Hal Forrest realize in 1936, that Lieutenant Cameron Briggs would become a Rear Admiral and the skipper of the Boxer during the Korean War before he retired in 1955.
Shown below are two excerpts from the book which mention Cameron Briggs:
Lieutenant Commander Cameron Briggs, Aviation Officer and Commanding Officer of Cruiser Scouting Squadron Eight (VCS-8), second from left, on board the USS Philadelphia, (CL-41), in November 1940. CL-41 shown below.
If you would like to know more about Admiral Cameron Briggs, click here. Admiral Briggs' granddaughter, Tina May, has provided information written by her father concerning Admiral Briggs' experiences. He believes that Cameron Briggs met Hal Forrest while Cameron was flying for the Navy's High Hats at an airshow in Michigan, around 1928-29 - the High Hats were famous for flying tied together. Cameron also did a scene in Hell Divers which featured Wallace Beery and involved the Saratoga.
Nine of these books were published. They were:
All of the books listed above were ghostwritten by Gaylord Du Bois and illustrated by Hal Forrest.
The Stephen Slesinger Inc. company published thirty Tailspin Tommy Adventures in 8-page booklet form as a promotion for Big Thrill Chewing Gum; the example shown below is from a 1934 enclosure with gum from the Goudey Gum Co.
Adventures appeared in other booklet forms as shown below.
The framed set of 1939 Tailspin Tommy strips is priced at $1000.00.
Several panels, shown below, of strip #3466, run June 13, 1939, are good examples of the detailed ink work done by Brown.
To view a number of strips from 1935, click here.
Hal Forrest's comic strip attracted the attention of Aero Digest columnist, Cy Caldwell in the February, 1932 issue. Caldwell wrote a rather "folksy" column in each issue entitled "PERSONAIRLITIES" about aviation people and he liberally sprinkled his own homespun philosophy throughout his musings. The following is Cy's 1932 comments on Hal Forrest.
The following information concerning the genealogy of Hal Forrest was received in 2014.
The story line is roughly as follows: Adventure Pictures is shooting a World War I aviation film, "Midnight Patrol," at Three Points. Bruce Wilkins, acting as a double on aerial shots for the film's hero, acted by Gilbert Montague, is a womanizer and a sometimes drunk, who annoys most of the women on the set including the actress, Mlle. L'Vrille, and Tailspin Tommy's love, Betty Lou, the leading lady. Wilkins eventually gets the boot following a bout with the star "Monty" Montague and "Monty" lands in a hospital with injuries received in the fist fight but word is out that it is only an appendix problem. Tommy Tomkins gets thrown in as an actor to take "Monty's" place and as a stunt pilot. Skeeter crashes during a scene with a SPAD and Wilkins re-enters the picture as "Monty" forgives "the unfortunate affair." Mysterious attacks happen as the airfield is thrown into the dark and real bullets are thrown during an aerial battle as Wilk gets shot at by his "friend" Douglas. All this "action" in April through June of 1934 in episodes strips 1805 to 1882.
Several early Tailspin Tommy publication covers are presented below.
Also, a Hal Forrest (same fellow?) did some acting in TV movies and serials in the 1950s, receiving screen credits for several productions. I would like to hear from anyone who has something to add to the Tailspin Tommy saga and I would enjoy any additional art from either the printed strips (specially the Sunday color) or original illustrations by Hal Forrest and Reynold Brown.
I have a video tape of one of the movie serials. The movie, Danger Flight, is one of the four Tailspin feature films. This movie, which is available on DVD, involves stick and tissue model airplanes - very appropriate for this website. A synopsis of the movie is presented below:
Frames from the movie are shown below in general order of appearance. Tailspin Tommy Tomkins and Betty Lou Barnes lead off, followed by local airport Air Scouts with their gaggle of various rubber powered models, all appropriate designs for this 1939 production. An old time model shop with a nifty display board showing a solid model of a B-17 - StromBecKer? A flight shot of a cabin rubber design. A new kit is opened and it contains a model motor box - this is an Ohlsson box from 1939, but unlike today's "product placement" in movies, the Ohlsson brand name has been blacked out! But in the next frame you can't miss a sparkling new Ohlsson 23. A gas model was constructed but the engine is not the "23" but a mystery engine that I can't identify (see last frame) - it appears that it might be a front intake (not common in 1939) and looks a little like a Madewell 49 but that engine wasn't around in 1939! Numerous fine blackened fins with an aluminum finned head. I believe that the gas model is an original design as it doesn't fit any configuration exactly that I know of from that era. A number of real airplanes were used including this lovely Ryan (NC 14912). Several Stinsons were featured including many shots of a Stinson Tri-Motor Model A.
This has to be one of the all-time great model airplane feature movies (ok, it is a "B" grade). Can you come up with a better one? This feature has models from the beginning to the end, both rubber and gas powered. Not to mention payroll robbers, airplane crashes, kidnapping, and even a kiss.
TAILSPIN TOMMY - TEST PILOT The handsome actor, John Trent, who appeared in the movie series featuring Tailspin Tommy, was an active TWA pilot before becoming an actor - and he became a well known test pilot for Douglas Aircraft following his movie career. John Trent's real name was La Verne Browne. He grew up in Orange County and became a pilot while in college and did some barnstorming through Virginia before becoming a co-pilot for TWA doing DC-2 flights between Burbank and Kansas City. Producer B.P. Schulberg is reported to have "discovered" Browne during a rather rough flight out of Burbank which was diverted to Amarillo - this epiphany happening over a cup of coffee. A subsequent screen test landed Browne a major part in a Schulberg film, A Doctor's Diary, by Paramount. Time magazine praised John Trent as , "a self-assured young man of likely starring caliber."
Trent then played in four Tailspin Tommy movies, convincingly as a pilot since he was one. TWA used his movie star status to promote TWA as the photo below shows. The release on the back of the photo states: "From T.W.A. News Bureau. Pilot-Actor Coaches Air Hostesses on 'Makeup.' Film Star John Trent, formerly Captain LaVerne Browne of T.W.A., shows Air Hostess Eva McIntyre, center, and Dorothy Newton the proper shading of makeup to blend with the luxurious interiors of the Skysleeper and Skyclub planes. John Trent now flys T.W.A. frequently as a passenger although he still holds his captain rank as a dollar a month employee."
Trent worked with Marjorie Reynolds and Milburne Stone, who played "Skeeter" - Stone in later years played "Doc" in the TV series Gunsmoke. Following his series of Tailspin films, Browne applied for a job in the flight-test division of Douglas and he became a routine test pilot for the SBD Dauntless. By 1943 he became a project test pilot with his first assignment the unsuccessful XSB2D, then moved on to test the XTB2D with counter-rotating propellers driven by the monster P&W 4360. He made the first flight on the new Wright R-3350 powered XBT2D-1 in March 1945 which became the workhorse AD-1. Browne became the flight manager (chief pilot) of the Douglas El Segundo flight-test division until he retired in the early 1960s. Quite a career for Tailspin Tommy! A Douglas co-worker of Browne informs us that La Verne Browne's callsign at Douglas was "Tailspin" and that he was referred to as "Brown with an 'e'."
The Fall 2009 issue of AAHS Journal, Volume 54, Number 3, has a delightful article about "LaVerne 'Brownie' Browne" written by one of the El Segundo test pilots that worked for "Brownie" - H. "Dix" Dixon. Has a photo of the test pilot group taken in 1955. Anyone viewing this particluar website should be a member of the American Aviation Historical Society. Log on to www.aahs-online.org for information on joining.
Following the Scorchy strip, Sickles became a premier illustrator for magazines, books, advertising, movies etc.; during WW2, Sickles illustrated for the War Department. He devoted his art to western scenes in his later life. Noel Sickles died in 1982. A magnificent book covering Scorchy Smith and Noel Sickles life and art was published in July 2008; this book is recommended for all fans of aviation comics - dust jacket shown below.
The dust jacket of this book reads: "NOEL SICKLES drew comic strips for three brief years, yet his groundbreaking work on the 1930s adventure series SCORCHY SMITH is a milestone in the history of newspaper comics. The series is presented complete in this volume. During the three years that Noel Sickles wrote and illustrated the 1930s adventure comic strip Scorchy Smith, he revolutionized the field when he moved away from the heavy black outlines predominant in the comic strips of the day. He adopted storytelling techniques from the motion pictures, while relying on brushwork to create a looser, more impressionistic representation of people, action, and scenery. This chiaroscuro approach had never before been seen in the comic pages.
"Impressed with the results Sickles was achieving on Scorchy, his friend and studiomate Milton Caniff adopted a similar style that became his signature on Terry and the Pirates, Male Call, and Steve Canyon.
"Scorchy Smith is the wellspring of comics' chiaroscuro movement, and "Bud" Sickles's artistic growth is a trailblazing monument to the possibilities inherent in the graphic story medium."
Two examples of Sickles's later work, below, are from the book.
The following airplane scenes from Scorchy Smith are from April 7 and June 2, 1934 and July 10, 1936.
Forrest's "ghost" artist, Reynold Brown (1917-1991), working for Forrest from around 1937 through 1941, went on from Tailspin Tommy to a very distinguished and varied career as an illustrator and artist. In high school, Brown was an admirer of famous illustrators such as Leyendecker, Cornwell, Rockwell and N.C. Wyeth; coincidentally, Norman Rockwell's sister was a teacher at Brown's school. His art education was achieved at the Alhambra High School and, needing a job, he began work on Forrest's strip. Later, Brown met Rockwell who advised him to leave the cartoon business if he wanted to learn to be an illustrator. He worked at North American in WW2 as a technical illustrator and then did phantom drawings and illustrations for many popular magazines including Flying. (see sample P-38 below). He created illustrations for other magazines and books such as the Earl Stanley Gardner Perry Mason series while living in New York.
Departing the East Coast, and after a short 1951 stint at N.A.A., Brown elected to do free lance work and took a teaching position at the Art Center College of Design where he taught figure and head drawing for 26 years. Reynold Brown is best known for his work with movie posters, having worked on over 250 campaigns for most of the big studios, beginning in 1951. Other illustrations during his movie career included record jackets. In the early 1970s, Brown concentrated on fine art and became an accomplished artist in the field of western art. Of interest to viewers of this aviation website, Reynold Brown painted nine paintings for The United States Air Force Art Collection - subject matter centered on operations in the Japan and Okinawa area between 1961 and 1963. One example would be Catalog Number 1963.048, Home for Dinner - F-105s from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa SOS. He was a long time member of the Los Angeles Society of Illustrators. He suffered a major stroke in 1976 and, unable to fully recover, continued to paint but in a less representational style He moved to Nebraska in 1983 and created local landscape scenes until his death in 1991.
A marvelous book, Reynold Brown - A Life in Pictures, by Daniel Zimmer and David J. Hornung, was published in 2009. This book presents a thorough and richly illustrated overview of Brown's art work throughout his lengthy career, starting with Tailspin Tommy, and progressing through his airplane cut-aways, movie posters, portraits, teaching and western art. The text sensitively outlines the creativity demonstrated by Reynold Brown, working from his small home office and balancing his home life with the pressures of the movie world. A recommended book. Note the similarity between Noel Sickles' career and that of Reynold Brown's. The photos below show some of the typical pages.
The poster below is from the late 1950s and was painted by Reynold Brown.
The poster shown below is a Reynold Brown painting; you can view a large selection of Brown's work by clicking here.
A March 2009 issue of the Wall Street Journal carried the "DVD Focus" bit shown below; Brown's 50 foot woman just won't go away! Sadly, the 50-foot star, Allison Hayes, recently passed away.


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Good Morning Sunshine – Banana-Pineapple Green Smoothie
In one of my more brilliant moves, I decided that it would be a great idea to stay up until 3 am the night before I was supposed to lead a group long run at 7. When I got up this morning, I was in serious need of a pick me up. In my not-quite-awake daze, I threw a bunch of things in the blender with the hopes that it would be edible. The result was a power packed tropical smoothie that got me up not one, but two infamous hills without passing out this morning.
Banana-Pineapple Green Smoothie
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1 large ripe banana
- 1 cup pineapple chunks
- juice of one orange
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
- 2 Tbsp ground flax seed
Power Breakfast
I'll be the first to admit that breakfast is not my strong suit. While I am good about eating it every day, I'm not a morning person, so I tend to opt for the quick and easy. If I have to be at work in the morning, I'm one of those that runs out the door with just enough time to go through the Starbucks drive-thru or grab a gas station breakfast (translation: cream filled Bismark and cheap coffee) on my way to work. So when I was scheduled to open at the gym this morning, meaning getting up at 4:45 on a Saturday morning, the urge to grab some over priced coffee and a scone was beyond tempting. Then I remembered that both the waist line and the fast food budget are in need of a little trimming, so I pulled myself out of bed, plugged in the blender, and made the chocolate banana green smoothie that Happier, Healthier, More Fit Me posted a few days ago as part of her clean eating challenge. So instead of a calorie packed sugar fest, I had a delicious smoothie that fed my early morning chocolate craving and was packed full of protein, omega 3's, and all kinds of other stuff that I've been told is really good for me. Then I had some FREE coffee at work to get my caffeine fix in. Win-win.
Chocolate Banana Green Smoothie
2 cups baby spinach
1 cup almond milk (no almond milk, so I made mine with plain old skim)
1 frozen Banana (I used a fresh banana. Still yummy, but a little warm)
1 tbsp cocoa
1 scoop protein powder (I used vanilla)
2 tbsp ground flax
Dinner on the run – Spicy mango veggie burgers and grilled pineapple
It's a beautiful Minnesota summer day and the trails are calling my name. So when it came time to decide what was for dinner, I wanted something quick and easy that was also healthy and went great with a beer (ok, maybe not the best pre-run hydration). This is one of my go to dinner in a hurry staples: Spicy mango marinated veggie burgers topped with grilled pineapple. Finish topping it off with a little fresh baby spinach and spicy light mayo (light mayo with some chipotle powder, chili powder, onion powder, and garlic powder to taste), and you've got a veggie burger that bites back. Pair it with some spicy sweet potato fries on the side, and dinner in under 20 minutes, but it tastes like it took so much longer. The beer is optional 🙂


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