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Video- President Barack Obama Talks Stanley Cup To Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
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A short clip of the event.
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Live Stream- President Barack Obama Honors The Los Angeles Kings
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via The White House,
The President honors the 2014 NHL Champion Los Angeles Kings and the 2014 MLS Cup Champion LA Galaxy.
The event is scheduled to begin at 2:10pm ET.
Watch below...
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President Barack Obama called Los Angeles Kings captain Dustin Brown to congratulate him on the Stanley Cup.
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"Ted - I will come to a Caps game; I intended to come to a playoff game last season; and then I looked and you were done in the first round; after a 3 to 1 lead - sorry about that…".
-President Barack Obama to Ted Leonsis, via Ted's Take.
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Flames Forget Hockey, Focus On Obama
by Paul on 01/21/09 at 12:36 PM ET
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from Scott Cruickshank of the Calgary Herald,
The fact that it could infiltrate the cloistered and single-minded quarters of the Calgary Flames, that history could supersede habit, says plenty.
"We can catch highlights later—that's usually on, but this was obviously a big day in history, a special day," Flames captain Jarome Iginla said after Tuesday's practice at the Pengrowth Saddledome. "We had it on all our TVs. A different beginning to the hockey day. It was good. Pretty amazing.
"It's pretty cool how many people came out, how excited people are about it, in different countries. There was a lot of hype for his speech, and what his speech would be. He's such a good speaker. Most of the guys, yeah, were watching it."
Craig Conroy, one of four Americans on the roster (David Moss, Eric Nystrom, Andre Roy are the others), agreed with Iginla. It was indeed a morning like no other.
"Every TV in here—anywhere you walked in the rink—it was all him. Him!" said Conroy. "It was Obama everywhere, you could go from one room to the next. It was fun, because everyone knows it's history. First African-American. Probably the most powerful man in the world…."
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Comparing Iginla To Obama
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,
The parallels in their personal histories are startling, remarkable even.
They are both products of an interracial marriage. Their fathers, black, hailed from Africa, one from Kenya, the other from Nigeria. Their mothers, white, hailed from the hinterland, one from Kansas in the American Midwest, the other from Edmonton in Canada's frozen north.
The respective marriages faltered early, when they were babies, and so both were raised in households where the grandparents played prominent roles. They were accomplished athletes - one played high-school basketball in the U.S. the other major junior hockey in Canada. They were known, even in the early, more anonymous stages of their lives, for their leadership abilities.
Neither ever backed away from a fight, and while Barack Obama didn't drop the gloves with Willie Mitchell or Cody McCormick or David Hale - as Calgary Flames forward Jarome Iginla did earlier this NHL season - the campaign to be president of the United States eventually evolved into something of a street fight in its latter days, too.
added 7:19am, A similar type story from Terry Frei of the Denver Post....
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Mixing Politics and Hockey
by Alanah McGinley on 11/01/08 at 06:20 AM ET
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Whoever said hockey and politics can't mix? James Duthie at the Ottawa Citizen finds us some evidence:
Just take a look at the following actual quotes from the key figures in the race. (Now, I can't 100-per-cent confirm the context of the statements, but I'm pretty sure I know what they were talking about.)
"I have fought against excessive spending my entire career, but we need to make it a priority to take care of our veterans.''
—Republican presidential candidate John McCain, on the Daniel Alfredsson contract extension.
"It's not something that I'm proud of. It was a mistake as a young man.''
—Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, on the time he bet on the Leafs to win the Cup.
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Episode Recap - "Embarrassing & Favorite Moments" - 07/21/2008
Footage of pumpkin carving, the American Girl trip, the Bounce U boxing match, the train fight at Dutch Wonderland, Jon lasciviously eyeing Kate in her towel (eww), Kate crying at the 'tups stroller picture in front of their old house. Footage from "Games Gosselins Play" is next, I believe, complete with the screaming fight in the driveway, with Jon all "shut your mouth, stop cleaning and play with your kids." Nice. By my count that's many more embarrassing moments than good ones.
Jon blabs on about how it used to be weird to see himself on TV, but now after filming 60 episodes, it's normal. Can I just insert that ever watching myself on film & knowing that it would be seen by millions would never, ever be easy for me. Does that make me weird, or them?
More strolling down dysfunctional lane: footage of Jon wiping up after "someone took a dump on the floor", Kate's plane meltdown…which out of context comes across as really fake, for some reason, and Jon petulantly throwing his (Valentine's?) shirt down the hall because Kate ordered one that was too small…hee. I forgot how funny that was. "But there are some times where we're like that was a horrible episode," says Jon. Like all the episodes they just showed, Jon.
Jen: "Can you give us some examples?" Jon glances sideways at Kate and smirks "Well, there are…" and she interrupts, "Of you." "Pulling the stick out was a bad one," says Jon.
And, we're off.
Kate: "He still regrets that. You never say that. I don't know what made you say that."
Jon: "You. The pressure of you."
Kate: (talking over Jon) "You might think it but you don't ever say it."
Jon: "No. I don't know why I said it."
Kate: "By you talking about it again they're going to air it again. Just so you know. So now it will be in two episodes. Aren't you happy?"
Jon: "So what? That's the whole point."
We now cut to the incident in question. They are surrounded by what appears to be 1,000 children. Really, I have no desire for 8 children. Just saying. Anyway, Jon simply asks if the kids will wear their play shoes or good shoes. That's seriously all the man does. Kate's all "What did I tell you the other day? Why do you ask every time what shoes they'll wear?"
Interviewing, Jon says admits that he's not a good multi-tasker, to which Kate bugs out her eyes and nods up and down emphatically like, "that's right, dumb-ass, you're not."
Back to the fun. After what looks like some time has elapsed, Jon zings "When are you going to pull the stick out? 'Cause it's getting really annoying." Jon, extract the stick yourself & beat her soundly about the head and shoulders with it. You've earned the right. Plus, sticks are organic.
Jen: "Did you immediately regret it?" (Read: "Did you know how much you were gonna pay for that one?")
Jon: "Yes, I was like, oops!" Laughs.
Kate: "I felt bad for him because he doesn't normally say that. I haven't heard him say it since, or before that."
While Kate speaks, Jon is continuously mugging for the camera. Glancing sideways at Kate, glancing at the producer/cameraman/whoever, smirking, tries to cover up his smiling. She is turned to look at him, but he focuses on the others in the room & the camera. He realizes she isn't done, and tries to pull a more serious face so mom doesn't hand out another love tap.
Kate: "And there's a nicer way if your spouse is being grouchy, there's a nicer way to communicate that if you're being mature and not immature like you're sitting there giggling right now. There's a nicer way to say things. You could have said in a very mature, husbandly way, 'Kate what are you so bothered about? Can I help you with something?' I've asked you our whole marriage when I'm stressed, say 'Is there something I can help you with?' There's a hundred things you can help me with, but if you don't ask, I just bark. So, he hasn't learned that yet. Typical man. It's alright. We have to love them despite their faults."
Nothing like a lesson on how to communicate maturely from a woman who manipulates, condescends to, criticizes, and stereotypes her husband, while legitimizing her own bad behavior, all in the space of about 20 seconds. She continues to stare pointedly at Jon, the most awkward of silences ensues until finally Jon says, "I don't know what to say." Me either, buddy. I know child support for 8 kids would be tough, but maybe you could fake your own death?
Jen quickly tries to save Jon by getting Kate to describe some of her least favorite moments.
"Well, it's the Toys R Us episode," Kate replies.
So, you're thinking that Kate finally grasps the fact that she showed her ass at the toy store? Not so fast, there.
"Jon was being a child, playing with toys as usual," Kate says. Footage of day in question, Jon showing the kids animal toys, being a normal human being, etc.
Jon: "Actually I was told to watch the kids."
Kate: "You were, but you were playing and so involved in your child play you weren't paying attention to me trying to buy gifts." Ummm..kay.
Jon: "I was distracting the children so they wouldn't see what you were buying them."
Kate: "Right, and you weren't paying attention to when we needed to move on to the next thing. I don't even quite remember what it was about except for some reason I needed his help or attention or we were getting ready to…I don't even remember the details but the fact that I had to yell to get his attention, and yes, I did yell loud, and by the way it sounds louder on the show because I'm mic'ed."
Footage of Kate's infamous "Hel-lo!" across the Toys R Us.
Kate: "Everyone that was nearby heard me. But it's not like anyone in the next building heard me."
Same "Hel-lo!" footage, except now you notice people whipping around when they hear the bellow of the beast. One lady rushes her kid out of camera range. Then they play the footage again. Jen does not like Kate, y'all.
Jon: "I think I was in lane 5 and you were in 13, so that's 8 lanes. Everyone heard you."
Kate: "I've never done that since, and I don't care what he says. We've never been in a store where I've yelled across the store, 'Hello!'"
Jon: "Yes we have."
Kate: "When?"
Jon: "Crayola factory."
So, it looks like Jon has quite a mental list going of all the times Kate has humiliated him in public and for the enjoyment of the viewing audience. Interesting. And here comes Jen with some more footage! We all remember Kate screaming "Jon!" across a huge room at the crayon factory.
Kate: "That was not a store." Excellent defense, Kate.
Jon: "No, but you yelled across the whole floor."
Kate: "Yes, because there was 2,000 people between me and you and I literally yelled to merely have you hear me. I had kids I had to take to the bathroom, kids I had to give to you, and I had to yell, you were way over there and I couldn't get to you."
Jon smugly nods the whole time Kate speaks, looks lost in thought for a moment, and says, "There's three episodes. There's one at the corn maze, one at the toy store, and one at Crayola."
OK, I have to say…does Jon not keep track of the many off-camera humiliations I'm sure he's subjected to? Is it OK unless it makes it to an "episode"? Sad. OK—back to the dirt.
Kate: "I don't…I don't know what you're talking about."
Jon: "At the corn maze in our show open, you yell 'Hel-lo!'"
Kate: "OK, in the recent days have I done that?"
Jon: "In the recent days, no."
Kate: "OK, there you go."
Jon: (mumbling) "You've been away three days."
At this point, Kate looks shocked, pissed, and puts her head in her hands. When you see all this dialogue between them written out, it sounds like the conversation between a 15 year-old and his castrating mother. Unpleasant to witness, and really just shoots out of the water any notion that these two are a loving couple. Business partners is a more accurate description, trying to sell their Gosselin "brand" to the sheeple. We are treated to more Jon-emasculation via the "frickin' dog" footage outside after the Toys R Us debacle.
Kate: "And, yes, that was a learning moment for me, how that came across. I don't know what I would've done differently, but I just wish Jon…I wouldn't have yelled, obviously, but I wish Jon would be more sensitive and pay attention to the big picture of what's going on. Right?"
Jon: (hostile sideways glance at Kate) "Sure, I'll try." That dripped in all kinds of insincerity.
Kate: "Thank you."
And for the funniest moment of the evening, Jen says, "This episode might be a most embarrassing moment." Jen and the cameraman crack up, Kate laughs in a kind of confused way because she once again does not see that she's the joke, and Jon just gives Kate YET ANOTHER sideways glance like, "You can't embarrass her, trust me."
OK—Joel footage. And as much as I love me some Joel, "Boys have wieners," is not his greatest hit for me, and, if we're honest, this episode is so much more about the idiotically embarrassing
parents than the cute kids. The kids are adorable, and as far as I can tell, never do a single embarrassing thing. I heart them, but won't spend a lot of time recapping their adorable-ness. It's a given.
After the commercial break, Kate interviews that the 'tups 3rd birthday party "that everyone says was so over the top" was one of her favorite moments, what with the perfect weather and great memories and whatnot. Then, she explains that really what got to her about that episode is what she said at the end of it. She did some speechifying about how they were lucky to get through the pregnancy with all the babies, etc. which is all true. But the important part is that her own words in that episode still move her to tears. OK, crazy.
Footage of Collin trying to stuff a baby doll in a bike compartment & pulling kids along in the wagon. Cute, yeah, but did Collin really do nothing else in 60 episodes? Oh, wait, I remember my favorite Collin moment. Let's use that instead. After his mom screamed at him and his brothers for removing a knob off a dresser drawer, she turned her back and he did a "Nanny, nanny boo boo" dance at her. Hee-hee.
OK, back to the "marriage slowly disintegrating" footage. Apparently "Slapping Jon" has been made into a favorite moment. For some. Guess who.
Kate: "Maybe embarrassing and funny is the episode where you have all of the clips of slaps of
Jon…it's like 'pow, pow, pow, pow, pow!" (as she pretends to hit Jon all over again).
Footage of 8 or 9 "love taps". Jen really does not like Kate, y'all.
Jon: "She likes that,"
Kate: "Yeah, I do."
Jon: "…and that's an embarrassing episode for me."
Kate: "Is it?"
Jon: "Yeah, it's really strange."
Kate: "It's for emphasis, I've done that my whole life. It happens to be that you're the one next to me most of the time, so you receive the brunt of it."
Jon, with a look like "Yeah, go sell that crap somewhere else, lady," merely says thank you.
Aaden footage! He is very curious about the cameras and seems to like the cameraman, Scott. I love Aaden.
OK, a bunch of blah, blah about not knowing it was illegal to take the pinecones out of the forest in California. Who cares? Some more blah, blah about storing said pinecones in the garage & the disagreement about which box to put them in. Scintillating. Kate then busts out with a compliment for Jon. I know, you're shocked. Me too! Are you ready?
Jon is good at figuring out how to put things in boxes.
But wait, Jon, before you go and get a big head…you weren't right about the pinecone box. Sorry. You may be good at putting things in boxes when the cameras are off, but when they're on & the box is full of illegal pinecones, you're still a dumb-ass. Again, sorry.
Footage of Hannah kissing her siblings goodbye as she goes for her special day. Sweet. Kate, however, has not been spoken of in the last 10 seconds, so we must get back to her. Sorry, Hannie! We'll see you later when you're covered in your own feces, don't worry!.
Alexis footage. Cutie! But, wait, it's still kind of about Kate. Footage of Kate coming home from her tummy tuck. The way she comes through the 'tups door with a big phony "Mommy's home!" really grates. So contrived. Anyway, Kate is very gratified that Alexis is so amazed to see her. Like she's a burning bush or dancing elephant. Alexis says sweetly "Hi, mommy, hi!" Aaand now that we've portrayed Alexis in a positive way, we can show her covered in poop during the first hour-long special. Classy.
More footage of fun times, Dutch Wonderland, Disneyworld. Kate and Jon both interview, yet again, that their family wouldn't have ever been able to go to Disney without the show and that they're so blessed. But, now that we've brought up Disneyworld, Jen takes the opportunity to exhibit Kate freak show, episode 278: Vanillagate!
Jon: "Ice cream at Disneyworld."
Kate: "No."
Jon: "I thought that would be an embarrassing moment."
Kate: "Oh, yeah, that was embarrassing."
Cue the Vanillagate footage, with all its attendant barked orders, mocking, shrieking children, and spousal criticism. And a very uncomfortable-looking Beth, I might add.
Kate: "He disappears, leaves me. I always beg him to protect me, he doesn't. He's over there chatting. Letting me freak out, and not even…again, a husband who loves his wife would have stepped forward, despite how embarrassing it appeared, if you wanted me to stop all you had to do was say 'How can I help you?'. But part of this is you choose to 'Oh, she's embarrassing, good-bye! I'm just going to stand over here and chat and act like I don't know any of them.' That's not a help. I just need help. When I'm freaking out it's because I'm frustrated, can't move fast enough, and nobody helps me. So if you can just say 'How can I help you' instead of mocking me, laughing at how I act, you know, whatever, it could change it."
Jon: "OK, no one helps you." (he left off the "whatever, bee-yotch")
Kate: "I…did I just say that? That no one helps me?"
Jon: "Yes you did, 'and no one helps me,' you said."
Kate: "Yeah, standing aside and watching it all unfold and crumble."
Jon: "I was watching my kids enjoy the princesses. I didn't want to go and rehash it again. Sorry for opening my mouth. Maybe I won't suggest any more embarrassing moments because I'm getting grilled in the seat…"
Kate: "Right."
Jon: "…every time I come up with an embarrassing moment. So from now on I'm not going to say anything. Hopefully this conversation is over."
Kate: "It's not, and that's not communication. Good try, though. Do you under…"
Jen: (interrupting) "Let's go back to favorite moments."
Wow, so, literally everything is Jon's fault. Kate's meltdowns are because he doesn't help her enough when she gets frustrated. He could "change it" (her behavior) if he protected her and gave her enough attention. If the man walked up to her and said "How can I help you?" she would have made him feel like an idiot for not knowing immediately what to do. Jonny-boy cannot win.
Apparently, Leah's shining moment from 60 episodes is talking about Hannah pooping in her "unna-wears". OK, cute. Whatever. Commercial break.
Favorite moment with Mady is when she bosses the 'tups at their old table. Mady and Cara are cute (according to their parents) when they talk about Alexis and her disgusting poop. The whole family goes to cut down a Christmas tree. Jon swears he will never do that again, for which he is shouted down and punched in the face by Kate. Just kidding, but she hints that he will indeed be doing it again, as it is a GOSSELIN FAMILY TRADITION, and you don't f-around with those.
Jon interviews that in one episode he wore a striped sweater that made him look like a "big, fat, dog." The footage shows, that it is, indeed, an ugly sweater. Jon talks about how he looks fat and in the episode is at a buffet, so he mimes shoveling food in his mouth. Kate cackles, because she loves to hear Jon, herself, and anyone else refer to Jon as fat. Jon needs his "fuzzy-bunny" ASAP. He also didn't like that producer Jen wouldn't let him shave his "beard" for filming continuity during a few episodes.
Blah, blah Cara loves all the 'tups, but Mady doesn't, she just pretends to so her parents don't sell her to the gypsies. The footage of Cara & Mady from the first special shows what we've all observed…there are light years between the twins at four and the 'tups at four.
BS shots of Jon & Kate kissing culled from different episodes. Again, whatever. Ahhh…a last dose of vitriol for the road. Kate says that the episode has helped them learn some things and have some "counseling" in their "counseling chair."
Kate: (hugging Jon) "So do you love me even more?"
Jon: "I'm not saying anything."
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53 comments:
Very funny! Such an awkward episode . . . I have a recapped it as well on my site. Somebody needs to step in here, IMO.
- ana bee said...
yup, this episode took the cake for "most likely to induce a bout of painful wincing."
1. i actually think this episode was NOT jen stocks' idea; it was probably kate's half-brain attempt at damage control... which backfired, to no one's surprise. but i do agree: jen can no longer hide her disdain for kate.
2. i'm convinced jon and kate seriously ARE just business partners at this point, and once the twins are old enough to wipe their own asses, jon is jetting out of that situation with half the earnings and all the kids. at least, this is really what i hope.
Not ONCE did the words "I'm sorry" "I was wrong" or "I made a mistake" come out of Kate's mouth. This woman is unbelieveable!
Is it just me or does the voice not sound like Jen doing the interviewing? Jon also referenced "my producer Jen" rather than "you, Jen" not that that means anything, but I really thought the voice was different. Maybe mediaguy knows something about the "new to me" voice.
Anyone ever wonder why when Kate does all the yelling across stores etc. for Jon she just doesn't call him on their cell phones and tell him what she needs or wants? Sure would save embarassing moments that Kate doesn't acknowledge of course
I agree, Anon 12:48. Some people snark at Jon just as much as Kate, but he felt bad and was sorry about the stick comment, and laughed at himself when he looked silly in the sweater. That's the idea behind the show, to laugh at yourself or maybe explain it in case there were some extenuating circumstances.
Turns out there were certain circumstances that needed explaining. Everything KATE did, was because Jon was a child, or immature, or involved in his child play, or not helping her. I am so glad she got a chance to justify herself. Now we know who the real villain is behind her Hellooos; Jon, the child. If he would just calmly ask her how he can help, she will melt into a pool of calmness in the middle of her meltdown. Please, I am hoping Jon tries that the next time. Cause I am sure that will help.
Get a little humility, laugh at yourself, and learn to say you're sorry.
Sorry to be so heavy on the sarcasm. Seeing the episode in print really makes me irritated all over again.
Great recap! Thanks!!
This episode showcased Kate's narcissism to its full extent!! Wow!! I was almost speechless after watching her try to explain away her horrific behavior!!
Also, I'm shocked (mock horror) that Kate didn't mention gum-gate as one of her most embarrassing moments!! I mean, she only traumatized her sweet little boy by threatening to toss his beloved bear because it had a speck of gum on it.
Oh, and she didn't mentioned how she bashed her SIL on national T.V. for giving gum to the kids that she takes care of for free!
I just watched the Utah episode where Jodi flew to Utah, just to fly back to help Kate with the kids!
No spa trip or chocolate for her.
Just a sweet lady who loves her nieces and nephews...who cares about family!!
Lisa....from CA (MacGirlRN)
- Chela429 said...
I agree with anabolotin, in part. I think the episode was for some kind of damage control. Who's idea it was, I have no idea. I agree however that it backfired. For as much as the children looked as cute as ever, as a couple Jon and Kate looked awful. Kate talking over Jon, Jon rolling his eyes at Kate, the akward body language. It was depressing to watch, yet fascinating. If they do go their seperate ways I hope Jon gets custody. If not those children will be in for a ton of issues.
Great recap!
I loved how even though Kate admitted that it was the ONLY time Jon has ever said "get the stick out" she still said he needed to learn his lesson?? Newsflash, Kate. When he said he regretted it and hasn't said it since, that means he learned his lesson!
Obviously, everything that goes wrong in Kate's life (and, certainly, all of her amazing meltdowns) is Jon's fault.
I keep thinking that episode had to be a joke. Can she really believe that if Jon would only spend 24 hours a day saying "How can I help you" that she wouldn't scare so many people?
- Robert said...
I feel for ya dude. I've been yelled at more than once at Toys r Us because I was playing with the toys...
It's like taking me to Home Depot and not expecting me to play with the tools.
Besides If you weren't supposed to be rocking the Hannah Montana karaoke machine they wouldn't have it out on display.
Don't worry Jon, the peeps got your back.
This episode for me solidified my suspecions that J&K 's marriage will be over very soon. Notice how he doesn't put his arm around her in the chair anymore? In fact he seems to stay as far away as possible from her now. In one recent episode (sorry i can't remember which one) I'm pretty sure Kate has to grab his face for a kiss...i think it was the Korean food episode (I could be wrong). It was all about J&K not the kids this time. I think the show has lost it's focus.
Everyone now. Sing along!
The Reality Show Gosslinillies
Come listen to a story about a man named Jon
A good ol' boy, who didn't like to cut the lawn
Then one day he was shopping for some food
When he heard a big heeelllllooooo from his wife with the tud
Kate that is, white gold, narcissistic tea!
Well the first thing you know ol' Jon's a millionaire
Kinfolk said please don't move away from here
Jon said North Carolina is the place we gotta be
So they loaded up the big 20 passenger van and moved to Caroliny
Gated hills that is
Swimmin pools, reality stars.
The Gosslinillies!
If I remember correctly, J&K preview the episodes a week before they air. So, I'm assuming all episodes receive the J&K seal of approval. Then why, oh, why would they approve this episode in particular? Their couch interviews are more damaging than anything said on the internet about them.
- Angela said...
dubiwag, you have my applause for such a funny and observant recap, and for sitting through that painful episode more than once. Well done!
Angela--thanks. Never done anything like that before, but as a TWoP recap addict, I felt the urge. Hard to pass up such rich material.
When people say they feel sorry for Jon and criticize the way Kate treats him, the Kate worshippers chime in with "They really compliment each other, he knew what she was like when he married her, etc. etc. etc." (barf)
Funny, I have never seen anyone turn that around when Kate is berating Jon for 10 minutes about how he doesn't listen, she has been telling him over and over and over how to handle her when she is "grouchy" - she just gets more sympathy from her fans. Well, I have to say, Kate, you knew Jon was laid back and un-motivated when you married him, so why would you expect him to change now?
He is so obviously just phoning it in at this point. They are about as pathetic as 2 people can get and the lack of respect in their marriage is crystal clear.
Say goodnight, Jon-boy.
Everyone now. Sing along!
The Reality Show Gosslinillies
Come listen to a story about a man named Jon
A good ol' boy, who didn't like to cut the lawn
Then one day he was shopping for some food
When he heard a big heeelllllooooo from his wife with the tud
Kate that is, white gold, narcissistic tea!
Well the first thing you know ol' Jon's a millionaire
Kinfolk said please don't move away from here
Jon said North Carolina is the place we gotta be
So they loaded up the big 20 passenger van and moved to Caroliny
Gated hills that is
Swimmin pools, reality stars.
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I think that in the past many viewers would say "Oh, that's just Kate! It's okay. She has EIGHT kids!!!" That's why we have seen all of Kate's "color". Now, I believe even the most loyal J&K fans are taking another look and wising up. It would be rather stupid of them to air another negative episode.
Honestly this episode had me disgusted. Narcissist Kate's behavior is behind commenting. I just shake my head and wonder how the hell her supporters can continue to defend her. Heck I USED to be one of those people. And now I can't believe I even liked her much less went on message board sites and wasted my time defending her. Like she cares? LOL. She's just a bitch and those kids. Those poor kids. They're forever going to be the ones who are going to be living with this nuckin' fut. Unbelievable.
It is really a shame that Kate is not aware of one of the basics of cognitive behaviourial therapy and that is that we are all responsible for our own behaviour. It is a difficult thing to take responsibility and be mindful of our impact on others but it is worth the work. Not to blame the whole load solely on her but it is glaringly obvious that she needs therapy or this family is just going to chug along and nothing is going to improve. She has alot to lose.
I don't get why having 8 kids would be any kind of excuse for acting the way that Kate does. I'm sure that having 8 kids is difficult. However, I have four kids, 6 and under, one set of multiples, and one with autism. By her logic, I should be justified in being half as bitchy and horrible as she is. If I ever get anywhere close to half as bad as Kate, I hope that someone knocks some sense into me.
They did have odd favorite moments. None of my favorite moments involving my children involve poop for example. But then again, I actually play with my children and so we have experienced a lot of special moments together.
- Manda said...
Oh. That was painful. Has anyone else read the book Blink? There's a chapter about a lab the analyzes couples as they talk and can predict with a good degree of certainty whether the couple will divorce or not. 1 key point was 'contempt' as shown by eye rolling and other facial expressions in the same vein. Another was validation - the couples who had successful marriages where the ones who could concede to the other, i.e., "You're right. I'm sorry. You do a lot for me."
It would be interesting to see this lab analyze a couch interview.
Also, I have noticed that Jon tends to withdraw - crossing his arms, saying, "I'm just not going to talk anymore," until someone behind the camera (not Kate) begs him to please keep talking. He has been doing this more and more (or they have been showing this more and more).
- ana bee said...
oops, i meant sextuplets* learning how to go to the bathroom by themselves
(see comment up, up above)
p.s. i would totally be happy watching this show if all they filmed was the kids playing together for a half hour every week. no joke. get outta here, mini-couch confessionals!
A lot of fans seem to identify with the dynamic between Jon and Kate. That's sad. This doesn't look like a healthy marriage, and it's all so public. Train wreck just keeps coming to mind.
The irony to me in this episode is that rational Kate can't see that all she would have to do is say, "Jon, I need some help, will you help me with...?"
But no, she blames Jon for not reading her mind, in case she hasn't figured it out, men don't think the same way as women, they don't read women's minds and of course that could be why they are so nasty, icky and dirty.
This is a great recap. It was an uncomfortable episode to watch and I was waiting to see the comments about it. I appreciated seeing the kids but I wouldn't have necessarily chosen those clips of them. Jon and Kate's relationship seems so antagonistic. They act more like a couple meeting to settle a divorce and not a couple doing a "couch confessional". This family is so far away from how they were in the first special.
I will grieve for those kids if they go out of state and live in some isolated McMansion. The only support system they have is their whackjob mother, passive father and a TV crew. Oh, and the paid strangers who take care of them when J & K are gone.
The show will become even more freakish and unreal. It will show the kids in their new roomy digs (that should take up one whole episode) and then lots of contrived, paid excursions to who knows where.
Does kate have a poop fetish maybe? I mean... I have a baby only 5 months old and many many lovely memories of playing with her, bathing, her laughing first foods. first turn over... little nicknames and their stories... none of her poop has been cute thus far...and I don't forsee it becoming cute (does it??). I do have a cute fart memory... but it was cute because it was in the tub and the look on her face when she made bubbles not the fart itself.
How is poop or talking about your sibling's poop a favorite moment for anyone?
As for Jen's disdain for Kate... maybe she's aiming to get Jon once he leaves her.
This really was a great recap and yes, their exchange did look worse in black & white. I didn't even think that was possible!
I agree with LALA. Julie said J&K get to see, (approve?), the show a week before it is aired. She wrote about this in reference to gumgate. Something about Kate not even calling Jodi to warn her or try to excuse her behavior before it aired.
- Unknown said...
I found it interesting that Kate expects everyone to help her. She has talked in many episodes (and in real life) about having help. She needed that extra nurse for a year, Jon needs to help her all the time, the kids need to help each other and fetch things for Kate.
Kate also mentions the word "protection" and in the same breath, help. Jon should protect her- from what? Herself? Her demons? The hurt child within?
I completely understand that in Kate's perception, she's had a rough childhood, but give it a rest. She has people- people who wash her clothes, dry them, fold them, put them away. She has a personal chef (according to some sources), assorted babysitters, and other people who help watch the 'tups.
As much of a limp vagina that I think Jon is, he needs protection too. He needs protection from hits, slaps, verbal and mental abuse while Kate stays in bed or barks orders. It would be different if she had some sort of disability (perhaps she could claim depression?) but until then, get your ass out of bed/plastic chairs and be a MOTHER.
The children need protection, too. Protection from J & K stealing the money that they've been whored out for. Protection from being under the spotlight every day. Protection from the day they will no longer be in the public eye (and probably broke). Most of all, they need protection from the verbal and possible physical abuse of J & K. These children are going to be in a world of hurt as adults and require tons of therapy.
Minxie, I keep picturing them off in another state away from everyone too. Totally isolated, living on a movie set full of props and facades. Taking contrived trips, complete with made-for-tv-memories. I have a really bad feeling we are about to see the 2008 version of the Truman show with Aaden, Collin, Joel, Hannah, Alexis and Leah as the lead characters. The twins experienced several years of life before the show. They have gone to school and made friends. They know there is a world out there. On the other hand the 'tups don't. Can you imagine? I keep picturing Jim Carey in the Truman Show and how he reacted the day he realized his whole life was fake, designed for entertainment value.
- Serena said...
I have a really bad feeling we are about to see the 2008 version of the Truman show with Aaden, Collin, Joel, Hannah, Alexis and Leah as the lead characters.
Funny you should say that. We have a reader-submitted piece about that exact topic scheduled to be published in the next few days. Spot on.
- dizzy_squishling_and_bean said...
As pathetic as it is I actually got a little anxious watching this show. Like the beginning of a panic attack, the whole thing felt like 20 minutes of confrontation. I would have LOVED to see lots of funny clips of the tups and twins rather than the disintigration of a marriage...Every time Kate said something like "I need you to ask me what you can do" I cringed, riiiight she would snap his head off and shove it up his butt. Not that it was nice but the stick comment was accurate and walking around with that stick up your butt isnt setting a good or fun example for your kids.
THank you, thank you, thank you for this recap. I read it while I watched the episode. My hate for Kate is full on after having watched this train wreck. I think these kids are the cutest things, but I simply cannot watch this show anymore, not even to watch the little ones. I cannot give any more time to a woman who treats her husband, the man she supposedly loves, in such a horrid, disgusting way. Done, done and done.
I just watched the show. Even with reading the comments about it beforehand, all I can say is WOW, beyond my expectations. Kate was so patronizing and condesending. Jon looks like he has given up and doesn't care anymore. IMO the producer seemed stunned by the interaction and didn't really know what to do other than say, okay let's move along to a favorite moment. The only other thing that I noticed that wasn't mentioned in the recap was that Jon brought up most of the favorite moments, but as soon as he did Kate would interrupt him and start explaining her version of what happened and why it was one of her favorite moments.
I wonder if Jon and Kate are getting along so poorly now because Jon is no longer working out of the home and being stuck with Kate for 24/7. Before he was gone long hours and didn't have to put up with her that many hours in the evening.
Things that make you go hmmmmmm.
- dizzy_squishling_and_bean said...
I would most certainly think that him being around all the time is contributing to the animosity. I love my husband to death but when he's around 24/7 for long periods even I get a little aggravated and need him to go away lol.
That was so hilarious I almost peed my pants! Thank you for the much needed laughs this morning!! You have a gift for words.
When I first started watching this show, I thought the Gosselins seemed like a flawed but charming and loving family. The affection between J&K and J&K and the kids seemed entirely genuine to me. I saw lots of humour and the ability (at least on Jon's part) to laugh at themselves and their foibles. How sad to see how much things have changed. (did I mention I only started watching in Feb.this year?)
In terms of body language, I noticed a few things in this episode.
1) In the interview segments, Jon can barely stand to look at his wife anymore. It's one more example of how desperately disengaged he seems to be from her.
2) Kate continually looks to both Jon and the producer/interviewer for validation.
3) Haven't seen any "love taps" in a LONG time.
Unlike a lot of you, I won't speculate on why these changes have occurred. You all seem to have your own ideas about that. However, if what we see on the screen is any indication, this is a family that needs to make some changes in their lives before the runaway train they're on crashes and burns.
It's just sad...
I am not really sure how I feel about this family after all of things i have read lately. I have seen the pine cone episode and Kate seems to be so proud that she was right, but does she not also realize that she was wrong too? She insisted that those freakin pine cones would fit in that "more compact box" and they didn't. They were both right, and wrong. I sure didn't hear her admit that she made a mistake too!
have you guys notice how KATE crosses her legs==its pointing away from JON...so...from what i read somewhere there is tension in the relationship on her side.
what someone wrote about body language==have read that legs crossed towards you mean that the person is interested in you, and wishes to converse.
Legs crossed away mean that the person is uninterested in you and does not wish to be bothered.
I'm not trying to be ugly at the post above me, but I have a hard time believing that the way Kate crosses her legs shows the tension between her and Jon. Sorry, that just doesn't fly with me. I cross my legs the same way since I was 12, and that never determined who I liked and who I didn't like. I could be wrong, I just had to add my two cents.
However, I will say I can tell a big difference between the last season and this season. To me, the filming once seemed to be a neat idea, and I could really see the love between Jon and Kate and their children. Now, from what I have read, I'm beginning to go back and look at the episodes and I see that it has kind of been a downward spiral. At the beginning you saw Jon and Kate working together to raise their kids. Now, I see other people coming in to raise their kids! Scary, but true. At least this is my opinion. I've never posted on here before.
I will say through experience that I hope Kate doesn't lose all ties with her family. When times get tough....and let's face it this is life--times will get tough...she will need her family to turn to. Sure she may have Jon and the kids, but she is going to need her parents sometime...I'm just sure of it. But maybe someday Kate will realize that she needs to take a good look at her life, and change some things for the sake of HER CHILDREN.
I only wish I COULD cross my legs ;-)
I think that Kate and Jon's overall body language says a lot.
I noticed, even way back when, that there is always a huge gap between their bodies. Even when Jon's arm used to be behind her.
I've heard the leg crossing theory before, and certainly put together with all of the other body language signals they're putting out, they can't stand each other.
Not even long enough to 'fake it' for the couch segments.
The producers should watch the Roloff family series to get some better filming ideas for the Gosslins. I know there are some who don't like that show either but
they seem to have a better balance for the kids as they grow up on TV.
First why not have Jon and Kate admit the obvious.
Yes we have a nanny. Introduce the nanny because she must be an important part of the children's lives but PLEASE show more time of Jon and Kate ACTUALLY playing with the kids. Make Kate play with the kids if you have to. I would love to see her actually reading them a book.
Yes we have a cook. Let us see Kate working with the cook to get a list of meals the kids will eat that are healthy and organic. Show times the cook messes up and the kids refuse to eat the meal. (then have the cameraman give them cupcakes LOL.) We the watchers would LOVE that.
Admit the household wealth has increased and you no longer need gifts and love offerings REALLY!
Admit moving and being blessed with a big free house. We would think better of you if they were simply HONEST.
Do we see the Roloff teens waist up in the shower? DON'T show these kids either! Potty training is complete. Those kids should be using the real toilet and washing their hands.
Yes show us they cam wash their hands and brush there teeth ALL BY THEMSELVES.
The producers need to write into the contract MARRIAGE COUNSELING. There will be no show if the family falls apart.
Give us 4 two hour specials
a year. It would be fun and interesting see the kids grow up without being so intrusive into their lives.
All these "new" shows are mostly recaps of old shows. BORING!
Give those sweet babies a break! Please stop filming the twins during their breakdowns and pain. They don't need that in their lives. Those two girls need OUTSIDE FRIENDS.
Invite the family and friends back into the show. We love the friends and family. Pay them for their valuable time. So Kate says she won't do the show if they are paid. CALL HER BLUFF! Bet she won't really quit.
Jen the producer we love these kids. Please show us it is possible for you to care about them too.
We do NOT want to be watching the cameras chasing these kids 20 years from now on the TV show COPS.
"it was odd seeing the now-estranged Beth"
They're estranged from Beth too? I'm sort of new on the Gosselins-are-not-all-good bandwagon, but I hadn't read that elsewhere! Sad. She's losing loved-ones left and right.
sad, your comment at 11:21am is one of the best I have seen on this or any site. Constructive, thoughtful, and creative. You have some great ideas there that would not only help the show but help this troubled family in their actual life. If only Kate were open to advice...
Kate has not really appeared to engage with her children in the past season or two. Her interactions with them seem staged or forced. I suspect she likes having employees around to raise them for her.
Although your post (sad, July 25 11:21am) does have some very good ideas, I have to wonder if it will work in regards to Kate. They don't show her doing most of these things now, and if they started to I would view it as damage control. Jon seems to be the more "hands on" parent of the two. It has been mentioned on the show that he is the one that gets them up, gets them ready, and bathes them. He seems to enjoy doing things with the kids while Kate is usually shown on the side watching, cleaning around them, or sitting with a child on her lap. I have to wonder how Kate will react to doing things she does not want to do. In my opinion, making someone do activities they are not inclined to do will just build up resentment.
I definitely agree with wanting more honesty if they really do have all this extra help. It drives me nuts when I read someone say if Kate can do it with 8 children then my 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 children should be easy in comparison. Then you read about speculation and rumors about nannies, a laundry folder, a second person to iron the laundry, and a third person to put the laundrey away, an organic cook, a gardener, personal assistants, Jon being self-employed, free clothing, "love offerings", a brand new home, etc. and you have to question whether it is really as "exhausting" as Jon and Kate would have us believe.
Kate's frequent slaps and hits on John set a poor example for the children that hitting is acceptable. These she does while being filmed and on her "best" behavior. I wonder what happens when the cameras are off, she is even more tired than she claims to be and one of the children sets her off? Does she haul off and paddle them? I think she has a major anger problem and little children are no match for an angry adult woman.
We have noticed how the kids scream, slap, poke and outright push one another over. This is aggressive behavior that will become more dangerous as the children grow up.
I have observed that children that are happy and well mannered grow up to be happy and well mannered. These children are not being taught good social skills.
I finally got my hubby to watch a J&K+8 eppy with me, this was his first, the Favorite & Embarrassing moments one. He sat silently for the 1/2 hour, then when the ending credits were rolling he started shaking his head from side to side and said "These people are whacko, why in the world would most of their favorite moments include someone shitting?"
So true, so true.
I've been reading the posts here and have commented on a few, but I have never actually literally cringed at an episode until this one. (I didn't see cupcake gate, but I hear that one is cringe worthy too.)
I sat and watched with my mouth open. I couldn't believe how clueless Kate is about how her actions affect others. Or, how clueless she is that her actions are actually her responsibility and not Jon's.
And, Jon, he looked miserable. He looked like he couldn't stand to be in the same room with the woman. Kate sat there clueless as usual.
My favorite was when she asked if she'd done anything like that in the past few days to which Jon mumbled that she hadn't been home.
It seems that hair plugs isn't all that Jon's had implanted.
Colin seems to be short tempered with his siblings. I have not seen the show in awhile, but I remember that when I saw how Colin behaved and certain quirks that he had were very similar to how I use to behave when I was his age and when I was small. My parents and teachers have done a lot to teach me how to express my feelings better and help me interact with others. Colin may need to be given help in this way when he goes to school, and I don't believe Jon or Kate would be able to understand his needs or any of their other children's emotional needs. I have seen a clip on youtube were Kate basically said she wishes Aaden didn't have glasses, because she wants her children to be perfect.


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As I write this the World Cup round of 16 is playing out, with Argentina and Switzerland nearing the end of the first half without having scored a goal… but that's not the point of this post, my first in quite some time. I'm writing to say that… well, I'm going to be writing a lot more, in an effort to do more with my music I've come to the realization that it is necessary for me to write more words as well. That may not make more sense at the moment, but trust me, I shall explore it – right here (not now… the game is on) – in the days, and months to come.
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Hello. I'm Lauren Vancouver.
I know it's a good thing for pet rescue in general, and also for my shelter HotRescues, to get publicity since it calls people's attention to matters involving saving animals and encourages them to help needy pets. That's why I don't object to having my adventures memorialized in books and novellas. And it's also why I didn't object to having a book trailer made about the most recent full-length book about me, OODLES OF POODLES.
OODLES OF POODLES involves the film industry, so it's an appropriate story to be promoted in a film of sorts. A lot of people I know--including me--are depicted in it by actors briefly appearing as if they're the real thing.
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PM rejects Schillerová as FinMin, wants another candidate
Prague, May 15 (CTK) - Czech Deputy Finance Minister Alena Schillerova does not have the necessary preconditions for becoming finance minister, Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (Social Democrats, CSSD) said on Monday and asked ANO to propose another candidate to replace Andrej Babis (ANO) if he is fired.
Sobotka said he would not even agree with the nomination of Environment Minister Richard Brabec (ANO) for the post.
In the past, Brabec was chief of Lovochemie, a chemical plant in Lovosice, north Bohemia, that falls under Agrofert holding.
Babis owned the Agrofert holding, which also includes the Mafra publishing house issuing the national dailies Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) and Lidove noviny (LN), until February, when he transferred it to trustee funds to comply with an amended conflict of interest law.
In a press release issued after this morning's meeting of the government coalition council, Sobotka wrote that Schillerova together with Martin Janecek, director of the Financial Administration, is responsible for the ministry's slow and reluctant attitude to controls of the firms that issued untaxed one-crown bonds, including Agrofert.
This means that she would continue in Babis's steps, Sobotka wrote.
Schillerova said she was shocked by the arguments Sobotka used against her.
The rightist opposition comprehends Sobotka's reasons. TOP 09 said, however, no one nominated by ANO can bring a change to the ministry.
The Civic Democrats (ODS) said the government crisis will not be resolved and that an early general election should be held.
Sobotka has proposed Babis's dismissal over his dubious financial transactions and influencing of the media which he owned.
"The (Finance) Ministry only started to act after the budget committee, the government and the Chamber of Deputies urged it many times to do something," Sobotka said.
He wrote that Schillerova does not guarantee a clear and unbiased investigation of the bonds adding that she is dependent on ANO and Babis.
Sobotka also blamed Schillerova for pushing through and defending the current strongly repressive approach to the administration and collection of taxes.
He wrote that there is a growing suspicion that it harms and liquidates honest firms.
"That is why I rejected the nomination of Ms Alena Schillerova on Monday and asked the ANO movement to submit another proposal," Sobotka wrote.
"I respect the ANO movement's right to propose a new candidate after the dismissal of minister Babis. However, being the prime minister, I cannot give up factual as well as constitutional responsibility for the new minister guaranteeing a proper, competent and independent exercise of the ministerial post," Sobotka wrote.
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The Honorable Erwin Cummins had never seen his courtroom so crowded. Not since his appointment to the Washington County bench some 10 months earlier had so many people crammed shoulder to shoulder in the five rows of pews of Courtroom No. 1.
The judge had noticed an oddly large number of onlookers in the room for the selection of the last of the jurors on that morning of Tuesday, Nov. 21, 1922, but there was something different and more menacing now as he was about to convene the afternoon session. Never had he seen spectators standing with their backs against the dark walnut paneling at the rear of the enormous room for want of seats, or the curious fighting for position to peek through the windows of the doors.
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The judge scanned the room: the jury assembled to his right; the defendant and his counsel at one table, the prosecutors at the other; their witnesses seated in a line of chairs behind those tables; and behind the witnesses the throng. And of this throng the judge thought, who were these people? Aside from the local reporters, he recognized not a single face of these men with dark hair and olive complexions, most much smaller than the former halfback.
The judge called tipstaff George Langenbacher to the bench and asked him about the men. They started coming in the courtroom the previous day, the tipstaff responded, positioning themselves in the front, close to the jury box and the seats for the district attorney's witnesses. They are Italian, many of them from Pittsburgh, the tipstaff said.
The murder trial of Angelo Fragassa was by far the most important case Cummins had encountered in his short career on the bench. Fragassa, 28, along with Marcanto
nio Daniele, 40, and his son John Daniele, 18, all of Canonsburg, had been indicted by the grand jury for the murder of Gabriele Fiore, a 27-year-old Standard Tinplate mill worker, shot through the brain in his East Canonsburg home early in the morning of May 29, 1922. The three had been held in Washington County Jail ever since.
The case had attracted widespread attention, because despite the fact that scores of Italians had been murdered over the past 15 years, and hundreds of others victimized by assault and arson, few suspects – members of what had become known as La Mano Nera, or the Black Hand – were ever brought to trial. Bodies turned up routinely, but clues to their demise did not. The killers were skilled, and, according to the popular press, organized in a secret hierarchy. The demands of their victims were quite simple: Give us your money or we will burn down or blow up your house and business; continue to refuse and we will kill you and your family.
This case promised to shed light on these so-called Blackhanders who terrorized their own people – the hardworking immigrants who had fled poverty and possibly the same kind of extortion in their native Italy.
The judge had granted defense attorneys' request for severance, meaning that the three defendants would be tried separately, much to the chagrin of court staff, who would have preferred to wrap things up well short of the Thanksgiving holiday. Three consecutive trials in the November term would mean day and night court sessions right up to Thanksgiving Day, celebrated that year on Nov. 30, the fifth Thursday of the month.
Fragassa, the accused gunman, was to be tried first, followed by the elder Daniele, portrayed by the prosecution as chief of the Canonsburg chapter of the Black Hand.
Fiore had withdrawn a large sum of money from the bank the day before he died, intending to return to Italy with it. The commonwealth would try to prove that Daniele had ordered his death for Fiore's refusal to surrender his fortune to him.
Judge Cummins worried how the atmosphere in his courtroom might affect the trial. Would witnesses be too afraid to testify, what with these gangsters staring them down from every angle? As he pondered how to proceed, word came that an Italian from Carnegie named Tony Butera was caught in the act of making sketches of the county jail and was promptly placed in that jail by order of District Attorney Howard Hughes.
Cummins was not about to allow the witnesses to be intimidated, justice derailed, accused killers to escape or his budding career on the bench to be cut short. He ordered the courtroom cleared of spectators. Witnesses, too, would be absent, summoned to testify just as they were needed.
News was printed or 'megaphoned'
The public's exclusion from the Fragassa trial only heightened interest in it. Court proceedings were closely followed in the only medium for news and entertainment at the time: the newspapers. Judge Cummins' order added mystery and danger to an already well-publicized case. But the trials for the murder of the Canonsburg man were not the only things on readers' minds on that cold and clear day in late November.
Interior construction of the towering George Washington was nearly completed in advance of the hotel's grand opening in January, and the front pages of the local papers announced that Wade Lowry had been hired as its manager. Also reported were the deaths of two children in a Monongahela house fire and the swearing in of the nation's first female U.S. senator, Rebecca Felton, 87, of Georgia, who would serve for just one day.
The exploits of the Washington & Jefferson College football team were always of high interest, and it was announced that the team's game against West Virginia University on Thanksgiving Day would be "megaphoned" to those gathered in front of the First National Bank on South Main Street, directly across the street from the Observer Publishing Co. building then under construction. Because the evening Reporter would not be published on the holiday, play-by-play results from the game in Morgantown would be telephoned to Washington, and a newspaper employee at an upper window would shout the action through a megaphone to the crowd below.
Even though the victim Fiore and his accused killers were all Italians from Canonsburg, readers in Washington, and in fact all over the county, had a keen interest in the trials; the terror inflicted on Italian immigrants, in particular, had been occurring all over the northern United States and Canada.
The first instances of supposed Black Hand crime in this area surfaced in Donora in 1906 and quickly spread to wherever Italians had settled to work in the mines, mills and factories. Citizens of California, Burgettstown, McDonald, Houston, Marianna, Charleroi, Cecil, Monongahela and other communities all faced the threat of extortion. In Washington, at least five brutal slayings from May 1914 to December 1915 were never solved.
Of course, violent crime was not restricted to those of Italian descent. The overwhelming majority of immigrants from that country worked hard and obeyed the laws. The criminal population was as diverse as America was in the 1910s and '20s, but media attention did seem to zero in on the Italians. In later years, not just the news media but Hollywood would find fascination in another mainly Italian criminal cartel: the Mafia.
The trials of the accused killers of Gabriele Fiore and the events that quickly followed might well be considered the end of the Black Hand in Washington County. To understand this phenomenon, we must go back to its beginning and meet the characters so central to its rise and fall.
This serial will explore the lives of six people: the three men accused of Fiore's murder and the three principal witnesses for the prosecution. Of these lives, all but one would end in sudden violence.
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Most Challenging
General Manager, Ross Brown said that "the Maktoum Championships—Ramadan Tournament this year (13-27 August 2010) will be the most significant event we have hosted here at the Fujairah Tennis and Country Club because it involves so many sports, players, spectators and organizers."
In its short history the Fujairah Tennis and Country Club has developed a fine reputation for hosting and managing events such as the Monodrama Festival, the Wedding Expo, Style 2010 Fashion Exhibition, the Fujairah Classic Bodybuilding Championships, the Weightlifting Competitions, Eight Ball Championships and International Tennis Championships, but the sheer number of people who will attend makes the Ramadan Tournament logistically challenging.
Expertise in Organization
Each of the 18-20 sports has its own chairperson and organizational team and in the last two years since the Maktoum Championships was established by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Hamad Al Sharqi a good deal of local expertise has accrued.
Now Ross Brown is busy meeting with the organizers in order to finalize the location of each event in the grounds of the Fujairah Tennis and Country Club and to assess what resources will be needed.
Improving a Winning Formula
Brown wants to help improve what has become a winning formula. Coming to Fujairah over a year ago to take up the position of General Manager, last Ramadan was his first taste of the Maktoum Championships. He was impressed with the enthusiastic level of participation and he wondered how he could become more involved.
Bridge Building by Sport
Ross Brown resonates with Sheikh Maktoum's vision of using sport as a means for developing harmony and growth for everybody because as a sportsman, a coach and a sports event manager over many years, he has seen first hand how "sport has a way of building bridges across various groups."
Location, Location, Location
One of the attractive features of the Maktoum Championships—Ramadan Tournament this year will be to have nearly all the sporting competitions and exhibition events in the one location—the Fujairah Tennis and Country Club. This will eliminate the need for travelling by car from one event to another and when spectators come to watch their favoured event they will be able to walk around with ease and enjoy the many competitions that will be held both indoors and outside.
Excellence and Expertise
In addition to providing the variety of areas in the one location Ross Brown says his staff has significant expertise in sports management, training in a range of sports as well as proficiency in the crucial areas of safety, first aid and security.
High Hopes
As a tournament, Brown is hoping for a high participation of players in all the sports and the smooth running of the events.
For the crowds who will attend each evening from 9.00pm to midnight, Brown is working to provide a spectator-friendly environment with everyone easily finding their way from one event to the other, with food and refreshments being on hand whenever they are needed.
All in all, the leader of the team at the Fujairah Tennis and Country Club is working hard with the organizers to ensure that when everyone looks back on the Maktoum Championships—Ramadan Tournament 2010, they will declare it to be the best championships yet.
More Information on the Fujairah Tennis and Country Club
* Some photographs of the Fujairah Tennis and Country Club are at this link.
* Link to see location and get directions to the Fujairah Tennis and Country Club.
* Fujairah Tennis and Country Club web site.
Further Information on the Maktoum Championships
* Maktoum Championships Plan New Sports for Ramadan Tournament in Fujairah, Fujairah in Focus, 4 June 2010.
* Bookmark this Maktoum Championships-Facebook Page for up to date information, photographs, videos etc.
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Report Says E.D. Too Restrictive In Recognizing Drug-Free Schools
WASHINGTON---The Education Department has unnecessarily limited its drug-free schools recognition program by only considering schools with strict "no use" approaches, the General Accounting Office concludes in a new report.
The report, conducted at the request of Representative Major R. Owens, Democrat of New York and chairman of the House Select Committee on Education, found that the department will not consider schools with "responsible use" approaches for its four-year-old recognition program.
To date, the department has recognized exemplary programs in 184 public and private schools.
Under a no-use program, students are told that any use of drugs, tobacco, or alcohol by minors is wrong and harmful. Responsible-use programs, while not condoning drug use, stress informed decisionmaking, or attempt to limit the riskiest forms of behavior, such as drinking and driving.
Probably the most well-known responsible-use program is Students Against Drunk Driving, which has chapters in 25,000 middle and high schools nationwide.
Research has not shown "the general superiority of one prevention approach over any other, nor have any evaluations isolated the effects of a no-use approach," the report said.
In its written response to the G.A.O. recommendation that it make a broader range of programs eligible for commendation, the E.D. said the criteria for the recognition program must be consistent with the DrugFree Schools and Communities Act, which it uses to fund the program.
The G.A.O. said it believes the act, which requires schools to certify that they are drug-free in order to receive federal funds, does not rule out the citation of responsible-use programs.--E.F.
Vol. 11, Issue 05, Page 28Published in Print: October 2, 1991, as Report Says E.D. Too Restrictive In Recognizing Drug-Free Schools
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Fourteen strangers with sharply different views on immigration, gun control and other hot-button issues gathered around a table in the Eagan Civic Arena on a rainy autumn night and did something unexpected: calmly talked politics with each other.
No one raised a voice or rolled their eyes. Opinions across the spectrum were met with smiles and polite nods. Several participants even said they'd learned from a person with very different ideas — labeled in the session as Republican "reds" and Democratic "blues."
"I feel like the divide seems to be greater and deepening in the media and in politics more than in people," Ashish Pagey, a blue from Eagan, said after the session had been underway awhile. "People are multidimensional and nuanced. They're not red-red or blue-blue."
For a few hours, it was almost possible to forget the increasingly stark divisions on display in Washington, on cable TV and social media feeds, in Facebook and Twitter feeds, and around extended-family dinner tables for months. Recent national polling by the Pew Research Institute finds huge and widening gaps between Democrats and Republicans on everything from the role of government to racial discrimination to U.S. involvement in global affairs. Numerous polls in recent months confirm that Americans of different political views are increasingly separated by geography, that they read different things and watch different news sources, and beyond specific issues also increasingly diverge on more fundamental questions like how the U.S. economy should work.
"What is striking is how little common ground there is among partisans today," stated the Pew report published in October, noting the widest divisions since the Washington-based group started polling on partisan divisions more than 20 years ago.
A group calling itself Better Angels — a term from President Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address — organized the Eagan session, looking to rebuild understanding one structured conversation at a time. A small group of academics behind the effort are teaching people how to listen despite political differences — and to remind them they have more in common than they think.
Around the country, the group is hosting similar workshops. University of Minnesota Prof. Bill Doherty, a marital and family counseling specialist who's led workshops in nine states, says there's proof the group is doing something right. "We've never had a shouting match," Doherty said.
Widening divisions
Better Angels was in the works well before the 2016 election, with a developing mission to help lessen what seemed like increasing tension in the American electorate. But the last election gave the effort new urgency.
"I think the election just made many people realize we were entering into a really difficult period … in terms of trying to understand each other as citizens," said David Blankenhorn, one of the effort's founders.
Pew studies back that up. In addition to wide differences on issues and societal questions, its polling found job approval ratings for President Donald Trump are at their most politically divided than at any time since Pew began tracking such numbers in the 1950s. While 88 percent of Republicans say they approve of Trump's performance, just 8 percent of Democrats feel the same way.
Differences between the parties are now considerably larger than differences by age, gender, race, education level and religious belief, and the number of Americans with views more mixed between left and right has shrunk dramatically.
Blankenhorn is a New Yorker and a Democrat who once ran a think tank focused on family and marriage, and he knew something about polarizing issues. Once a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage, he very publicly changed his opinion in 2012, alienating activists on both sides of the issue.
After the last election, Blankenhorn called up a conservative Republican colleague in Ohio and suggested working together to get Trump and Clinton voters to talk to each other. They tapped Doherty to draw up a plan for a weekend-long event, then recruited 20 people in Ohio to spend a weekend together. "At the end, we felt like something really important had happened," Blankenhorn said. "Nobody changed their minds about who they voted for, but they had certainly changed their minds about each other."
Ground rules
Getting there isn't easy.
Case in point: the recent "60 Minutes" segment in which Oprah Winfrey tried to engage Trump supporters and opponents in a discussion. As Winfrey tossed out topics, the conversation quickly devolved into participants talking — and shouting — over one another.
"That was like the Roman circus," Doherty said. "Throw red meat out there and send the lions on each other."
Doherty's Better Angels workshops are run more like a counseling session. When it's time for someone to talk, everyone else has to listen. At the start of each discussion, he lays out ground rules: no background conversations, no commentary, no obvious nonverbal reactions.
In Eagan, Doherty invited participants to introduce themselves and share why they'd signed up to talk politics with strangers. One man, wearing a red name tag, volunteered that he'd spent 30 years arguing with Democrats and figured that it was time to try something different. A woman with a blue name tag said she drove to the Twin Cities from western Minnesota's Traverse County because political divisions are tearing her family apart.
"I need to learn to listen better and how to respond," the woman said. "Because I'm not feeling good about myself."
(Participants at the session allowed a Star Tribune reporter and photographer to sit in, but some did not want to be identified by name.)
Many of the nine men and five women at the Eagan event were recruited by friends or acquaintances familiar with Better Angels. Most were from nearby suburbs or Minneapolis, and a majority were middle aged and white.
Doherty separated the two groups and asked them to come up with a list of stereotypes they believe the other group holds about them. Ideas poured out: The blues said red voters think they are unpatriotic, fiscally irresponsible and soft on crime. The red group was even more blunt, writing that blues think they are racist, uneducated and preoccupied with corporate profits.
Both sides talked about the origins of political stereotypes, and what they actually believe to be true about themselves and the politically like-minded. Then they presented findings to the full group. While a few people appeared unmoved — one woman shrugged and said she remained convinced that her ideas about the other side were correct — some opinions seemed to shift.
During a break, Pagey, wearing a blue name tag, chatted with James Kiner, a Burnsville man with a red name tag. They agreed that sweeping political stereotypes so dominant on social media quickly break down in actual face-to-face conversation. "Questions of what's best for people shouldn't come down to deciding that some of us are bad people," Kiner said.
Not so different?
The rest of the evening at the Eagan session involved an exercise Doherty calls the "fishbowl." First, the blue group sat in a circle and talked about why their own values and policy beliefs were better for the country. Then they switched gears, opening up about their own concerns or qualms within the progressive movement.
The red group sat in a larger circle around the blues, quietly listening. Then they switched.
Both sides seemed especially intrigued — even encouraged — to hear the self-critiques. Blues fretted about their struggle to win supporters in rural areas, and admitted to assumptions that college degrees automatically make people smarter. Reds worried that they fail to connect beliefs and ideals to the concerns of real people, and about the inclination to ostracize anyone who dissents from conservative orthodoxy.
"What we're really bad at is talking to the people who aren't the blues in a room," said one of the people with a blue name tag.
A few minutes later, someone from the red group shared a similar thought: "We don't tell a good story about what's deep down — it's just the policies and the think tanks."
Several participants were surprised: The other side's values sounded a lot like their own.
Blankenhorn said his experience so far — the group has now held about 45 workshops — suggests most of the participants will keep thinking about their interactions with neighbors who think different things but still want to get along. Maybe, he hopes, they could be part of a shift toward a national electorate that listens to each other rather than simply talking about each other.
"To actually achieve an honest disagreement, to see what areas you agree and disagree on and what common ground you can find, you can't do it just by watching MSNBC or Fox News," Blankenhorn said. "You have to put a little effort into it, and it involves interacting with people on the other side."


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Wind energy is the conversion of wind into a usable form of energy.
You can harness the power of the wind to create electricity, windmills for mechanical power, wind pumps for water pumping and drainage, and can be used to sail the open ocean on a ship.
But, the most practical method would be to use it for your home or business.
Wind power is very consistent from year to year, but wind speeds vary from day to day.
The "off and on" nature of wind seldom creates problems when used to supply 20% of your electricity needs.
Most people simply use solar power in conjunction with wind energy.
Using solar together with wind is a powerful combination that will save you money for years to come.
It is a investment in your future, and our species' future.
Solar energy and wind power are most efficient when used together.
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Many folks these days are turning to wind power to help offset utility costs.
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Wind turbines come in many different sizes and designs for residential use.
Small scale wind power systems can normally generate from 1 KW, all the way up to 50KW of residential, usable electricity.
Small scale wind power is especially convenient for rural communities and towns.
Home owners living in suburbia can also use small wind power units on top of their roofs, or in their back yards.
There are even a number of wind power kits that home owners can purchase as a DIY project.
In general though, there are two types of home wind energy systems: off grid and grid tie.
What is Wind Energy: Grid Tie
Grid tie home wind turbines are connected to the main electrical grid.
There are a number of advantages to grid tie systems.
Such as, any surplus energy you generate can be sold to the electrical company, and you get paid.
Sounds like a good deal to
Also, you do not have to depend on battery storage systems as a backup.
You can simply use the power from the grid as your back up. It's a very convenient method.
Off Grid
Off grid wind power systems are completely self-reliant.
Most always, wind power is used in conjunction with photovoltaic systems to generate enough power to live comfortably.
Battery storage systems are utilized for backup power.
Often, off grid systems may be the only option for some rural and mountainous environments.
One advantage to off grid living is the pride you feel from being so self reliant, and independent.
This way of living requires a lot dedication to energy conservation, which requires you to keep a close eye on how much energy you use.
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I'll be doing something Mass Times Accelerationish today.
Crazy Star Wars Day
…be with you!
I'll be doing something Mass Times Accelerationish today.
Crazy Star Wars Day
Still can't get over the kids' soccer games on Saturday. The U10 boys came back from a 2 goal deficit to tie it up in the second half. There was an own goal against Gavin (no way to stop it), but they tied it up again with less than a minute to play in the game. They never – ever – gave up – and played so well as a team. They didn't bunch, passed well and looked great against an older team. My son stopped everything else while in goal, including a penalty kick over the wall.
The U12 girls went up against a team from another local YMCA that play a very physical game. They got called for a couple pushes that ended their rough play. A couple of the girls really shined Saturday, but they all played so well – Much better than I expected. The shiners have struggled to fully understand the game, over the last few seasons, but one scored and another stole everything that came near her, passed well and played tough. Nice 4-1 win and I'm so proud of them all.
Oh yes the image? The girls all decided they wanted to be the "Spartans" as their jerseys are Green and White.
"It's your birthday too, yeah." Actually I don't know who else's birthday it is, but for the now deceased Saddam Hussein and the lovely Jessica Alba. I hear that some guy named Jay Leno has this date for his birthday. My uncle Ed shares this date as his birthday.
On this date nothing interesting happened. The only marginally interesting thing that I could find was that Sir Isaac Newton's book was published. Oh and in 1923, Wembley Stadium opened with Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United in the FA Cup. Holy COW has that rivalry been going on a while. Only one's still in the English Premier League.
So today for my birthday, I will coach two soccer games. A U10 Boys and U12 Girls. I doubt they will be as heavily watched as the 1923 game, but it will be as riveting for those attending.
Have a great my birthday.
Friday, I found myself sitting in a coffeehouse. Ok it was a Panera. It was just before lunch, when Panera kick you off their wireless, so started writing this, hopefully to get done in 12 minutes. I didn't.
Anyway, I had to throw ear goggle on as the women behind me were bitching and complaining about everything in their lives. Lucky there was a good bit of Goth being played on KEXP.org. Because they talked loud enough, to hear everything they said, I know they consider themselves Christians. However they had nothing nice to say about anyone in their lives. Is that how Jesus lived? Is that what Jesus preached? I also consider myself a Christian, and yes this is complaining about another person (or 2). But I'm only bringing this all up, because I hope that each of you consider Christ's teachings in your lives. Whether or not you are a Christian. Love thy neighbor as thyself. He lived love. He was love – and for me, he is love. Please stop passing judgement on others. For one thing it makes you angry, and does nothing to hurt the other person, unless you act on it and physically try to change their lives negatively.
Lastly, if you think you're a Christian, live like it. Do it in public. Love others. This means being kind.
Would you purchase the technology to check your health stats when you walk into your closet in the morning?
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I do read your spam comments to see if WordPress flagged them correctly. They are all (100%) spam. But I do read them – so I ask: Could you try to make them more interesting? Please? If not, stop doing them. If they can't get through WP's spam filters, do you think they're going to make it past my skillful eye? Hm? Well do ya?
I just lost another week.
The days just flew by.
How am I going to catch up?
How'd Friday get here so quick?
Where did the week go?
I need more days of the week.
Holy Crap it is Wednesday
Where did the week go?
I could use 4 more days here.
I am working today.
Today's Hash: #entrepreneur.
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Roman Police Bust Corrupt Gladiator Ring at the Colosseum
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The officers were part of an undercover sting meant to weed out cheating centurions.
Men dressed in their gladiator finery are a common site at the Roman landmark; posing for pictures with tourists and encouraging them to go on guided tours. A practice for which they get a kickback.
But, it's not all smiles and tacky souvenirs – there is a dark side to the centurion brotherhood. There have been allegations that the business is a "closed shop," and outsiders wanting in are rigorously, sometimes brutally, excluded, reports The Guardian.
There have also been complaints of gladiators tricking people into paying for tours that never happen, and then threaten those who demanded their money back. Or, some will charge outrageous fees for photo ops, while others hold cameras hostage until a fee is paid.
So, Roman policemen dressed as gladiators went out to patrol the streets of Rome. They were reportedly approached and threatened by three other gladiators, who were then arrested. When a skirmish ensued, more undercover officers, dressed as street cleaners, came to the rescue.
According to the Daily Mail, 20 faux gladiators and tour guides were arrested as part of the operation. But, The Guardian quotes that number at 30.
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